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Myer lot changes from m commuter to resident parking

Felicia A. Bonvicino Staff Writer

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ost Elizabethtown College commuter students and faculty have the same morning routine. They wake up, get dressed, prepare for their upcoming day and drive to Etown for classes. These individuals will then park in the commuter and faculty lots.

According to the Elizabethtown College Vehicle Use and Parking Regulations, faculty are allowed to park in any spot with yellow lines, while commuters are allowed to park in Bucher Young Center (Lot C), Leffler Chapel East (Lot D), College Ave. between Alpha Drive and Hoover Business Building (Lot K), Myer Lot (Lot I), Brown Lot (Lot B) and the Church of the Brethren parking lot (Lot Z). One major parking lot known for commuters and faculty is the Myer lot, located on the west side of Myer by Copy Services. This sizable space was a great place to park approximately 47 cars belonging to faculty and commuters.

Recently, due to current parking needs on campus, the Facilities Planning and Construction Committee has altered the lot to house cars belonging to residential students with sophomore standing or higher. The change to Lot I from a commuter and faculty lot to a resident lot took place Nov. 8, 2009.

Since faculty and staff are now unable to park in Lot I, the school has made accommodations for this change: parking has been set aside for faculty, staff, juniors, seniors and commuters across Cedar Street in the Church of the Brethren parking lot, located to the side of the church. However, first-years and sophomores are unable to park here. This considerably large space is able to accommodate more than 70 cars. There are rules for this specific parking location — for instance, one can only park in the church lot from 6 p.m. Sundays to 6 p.m. Fridays.

“I think they should have kept the lot for commuters because sometimes when I’m running late it was easier to park there due to the great location. Now I park behind Leffler, making me even later,” junior Brenda Piaskowski said. Piaskowski expressed her concern about the parking situation along with sophomore Charles Rubis, who also is “not happy about the lot change. The Brinser lot is going to be way too crowded since most of the individuals [who previously parked in the Myer lot] will park there. There is a very large problem with parking on campus. I think a good solution for the whole school would be to build a parking garage,” Rubis said.

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Students feel that the current solution will not fix the growing problem of parking on campus. There was some talk of not allowing first-years to have cars on campus, but Admissions sought to keep this option available because eccau au usee it use it is is one on nee of n of th the he big selling points to draw new students nts ttss to to campus. campu ca mp m puss..

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Swimmer picked as final donor

Rainy days, go away

Senior Danielle Hopkins has been selected as a final bone marrow donor. Read her story.

Weekend activities to pursue when those raindrops threaten to ruin your days off.

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Campus Life, page 6

Sesame Street 40th Anniversary

10 Commandments of Dating

“Sesame Street” celebrates its 40th birthday. Read all about it in the centerfold.

Thou shalt not miss out reading this entertaining and all-tootrue article.

Centerfold, pages 8 & 9

Opinion, page 12 Photos: Matthew P. Butera

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Rachel A. Marsteller News Editor Criminal note Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.

Palm Bay police Officer Dan Fisher says the artist painted the words "ran out of purple" on the white concrete wall. The note was next to an incomplete bright purple piece that read "Solo."

Fisher says the artist will likely face a criminal mischief charge if he or she is apprehended. The damage was estimated at about $200.

950th time is the charm A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The aspiring driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) in application fees but until now failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.

Cha Sa-soon, 68, finally passed the written exam with a score of 60 on Wednesday, said Choi Youngchul, a police official at the drivers' license agency in Jeonju, 130 miles south of Seoul.

Police said Cha took the test hundreds of times but had no specific total; the total of 950 was reported by the local media.

Now she must pass a driving test before getting her license, Choi said.

Record-setting sushi Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley, got their hands fishy Sunday as they assembled a 330-foot California roll.

A university spokeswoman says Sunday's rice-and-seaweed monstrosity is the largest of its kind ever rolled, surpassing a 300-foot California roll made in Hawaii in 2001.

Students used 200 pounds of rice, 80 pounds of avocado, 80 pounds of cucumber and 180 pounds of fish.

And in a nod to the school's scores of vegetarians, the final 15 feet contained tofu instead of seafood.

Members of the Japanese Graduate & Researchers Society dressed as ninjas began the giant project.

The stunt was part of a series of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the school's Center for Japanese Studies.

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Showerheads replaced in green effort Allison M. O’Boyle Assistant News Editor

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ith the looming threat of the flu and cold fall days, who does not want a good hot shower to rinse off the stress of the day and warm seasonal the chill? Many Founders and Ober residents would love to jump on in, but something is preventing such hygiene and comfort — the new showerheads.

According to Joe Metro, director of Facilities Management, new water-conserving showerheads were installed during fall break in Founders and Ober in conjunction with Elizabethtown College’s Energy Conservation Philosophy. The tenet states, “The College spends over $1.6 million dollars annually on energy (electricity, natural gas, fuel, oil, water and sewer).” By implementing the new showerheads, which reduce water drainage to 1.5 gallons per minute, and sink faucets, which reduce it to 0.5 gallons per minute, the College is continuing its six-year process of replacing inefficient plumbing across campus.

However, Founders residents have not embraced this initiative with open arms.

Class of 2012 President Colin Lynch had no problem with the old showerheads, he said.

The new ones are “louder, and the water pressure isn’t as nice.” Although he believes that it is a good idea to install new showerheads, Lynch said that there are other ways we can reduce energy. Because showering is part of a daily routine, Lynch felt it should not be altered: “Ask people to turn off their computers at night instead.”

Junior Founders Resident Assistant and Student Senator Steve DiGrazia found problems in many areas of the showerhead plan, including the lack of student input, less water flow and inefficiency.

“It seems suspicious that they decided to replace them during fall break when there

were hardly any students here,” he said. “I can understand that doing it at that time prevented the most interference; however, I was here when they replaced the ones in my bathroom, and it took all of about 10 minutes—tops. At a time when hygiene is crucial, these faucets do not permit the flow of enough water er to properly wash and remove bacteria, possibly ossibly contributing to the increasing number mber of ill students on campus … In general, ral, we as students have very busy schedules, es, and now with these new faucets, normall bathroom routines take a substantial amount nt more time, renderring us less efficient and and productive. Finally, Fa FaF aa-cilities responded d to to the overwhelmingg complaints issued byy S d e nt Stu Senate, Residencee Life Life and a number of individual students on campus that ‘they are no different than the faucets you use at home.’ An overwhelming majority of students that have been in touch with me both as a Senator and R.A. have informed me that none of their faucets at home function so poorly.”

Sophomore Founders resident Nicole St. Pierre sent a work order through her Resident Assistant, junior Amy Yoder, saying, “I find that the new showerheads are extremely irritating. The water pressure and flow provided now is much lower than before and makes showering difficult. With the new showerheads, it takes me nearly twice as long to shower.”

In response to the rumors that Founders residents have been tearing showerheads out of the wall in anger at their drizzling, Yoder said, “I talked to the rest of our staff, and no one has heard of any kind of vandalism done to the showerheads.” DiGrazia confirms this statement.

Lynch claimed that he sent a work order regarding the showerheads and also brought up the issue in Senate, but he was told by Facilities Management that they would wait to see what feedback they heard and then respond from there. Metro and Baron Wanner, Mechanical Trade supervisor at Etown, said that in response to these work orders, they are modifying the showerheads in Founders and Ober by drilling larger holes in the them to allow more water to come out than the showerheads currently do. According to Metro and Wanner, they will not be back to the way they were before, but they will be better and comply with students’ needs. Wanner believes that it is not necessarily the amount of water that students are noticing from the showerheads, but how it comes out of the faucet— in a cone shape. Metro and Wanner also do not believe that, in proportion, taking longer showers by using less water pressure uses up more energy than shorter showers with more water pressure.

New showerheads like these will be installed in all of the bathrooms across campus before the next school year. It will take so long because all of the manual labor is in-house work, which will save money, according to Metro and Wanner. One plumber and one student worker replaced all of the showerheads and faucets in Founders and Ober so far, and they are working their way across campus. The new showerheads may be unavoidable, but in the grand scheme of things, students are saving money and reducing “the College’s footprint on the environment,” Metro said.

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Breast cancer stigma affects poor women Kristy N. Castellini Staff Writer

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magine having a mastectomy, but after your surgery you not only lost your breast but also your husband and the source of your family’s economic support. According to the MSNBC News Article “Breast cancer stigma endangers poor women, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul says this is a very real possibility for women in many parts of the world.

There seems to be alarming breast cancer rates in poorer countries due to the stigma surrounding the disease. Women who have breast cancer wait until it has developed throughout their bodies to be treated for the disease, due to the fear of losing their husbands.

Two-thirds of women with breast cancer in developing countries are not diagnosed until it has rapidly spread to other areas of their bodies. Aside from the fact that women are discouraged from seeking medical help, breast cancer affects women about 10 years younger in poorer countries than it does in the United States. The reasons behind this are currently unclear. Knaul and Dr. Lawrence Shulman of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have come together in planning a two-pronged approach to fighting breast cancer in developing countries. The plan calls for midwives and other health providers to perform regular breast exams instead of using mammography machines that are simply too expensive. Even though this method cannot catch the smallest tumors, it is the first step in the right direction.

The next step in this plan is to negotiate lower prices for generic

chemotherapy for developing countries. Shulman says that it is unnecessary for cancer specialists to administer the chemotherapy themselves, and if they can instruct and consult with local health officials via email or phone, that would be adequate.

Aside from the horrific stigma that women in poorer countries are facing, women in the United States need to focus on their health as well. “About 192,000 new cases are expected in the U.S. this year, where long-term survival is high, thanks in part to good screening … The report predicts the poorest countries will experience a 36 percent jump in breast cancer by 2020,” MSNBC reported.

Knaul has found that when poor and rural Mexican women get Pap smears to check for cervical cancer, no one suggests checking for lumps in their breasts. Cáncer de Mama, an advocacy group which Knaul founded, works to diagnose Mexican women in order for them to get the treatment that an insurance program would cover. Women of any country should not be scared of losing their husbands, families or homes if they have any kind of cancer, especially breast cancer. When women are fighting their battles to survive, they need their loved ones by their sides for love and support.

“One of the trainers said, 'if he'd leave you for that, he's not worth having,’” Knaul said in a Fox news article. But she acknowledged that will be a hard message for some women's economic realities.

“I find it hard to believe in today’s world with all the technology we have that there are still places in Third World countries that don’t fully understand the diseases that they have and won’t seek medical help,” sophomore Devon Fanger said.

But from Mexico to Malawi, stigma such as Knaul witnessed may prove as big a barrier to fighting cancer as poverty.

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FOX news and Obama administration battle heats up Rachel A. Marsteller News Editor Huntley C. McGowan Assistant Layout Editor

believe and inhabit. Like all commercial representation of news.

“I don’t believe that any of these sources is media, the content of its programming is Clifford Neill, a professor in the com- more legitimate than the others; rather, I designed as much to entertain as to inform. munications department, said, “News by see them more or less as equals that report Anti-Obama opinion, featuring commen- itself is not conservative or liberal. It’s just from different points of view.” tators such as O’Reilly, Hannity and Beck, news. It’s how that media organization may People tend to stick to the news ecently the Obama administration ex- provides the entertainment. It also drives portray it, either through the production channel that supports their views on the important issues. pressed its disappointment Fox News, the news / information “We need to recognize saying that the channel is “a wing of the side by focusing on such issues as ACORN and the the difference between Republican Party.” fact-based news reporting “Let’s not pretend they’re a news network tea party movement,” Mcand emotion-driven comthe way CNN is,” Anita Dunn, the White Clellan said.

“Both conservatives and mentary. If you rely only House communications director, said just liberals periodically accuse on media sources that aflast week. firm your perspective, that No matter what news channel you hap- the media of being biased may be comforting, but it’s pen to watch, whether it is CNN, FOX, CBS, against them,” Professor probably not giving you a ABC or MSNBC, there will be some sort of Stephen Trapnell, a communications adjunct faculty thorough understanding liberal or conservative edge to it. of the issues,” Trapnell said.

“As long as Obama and the Democrats member and former news“While I may not are in power, Fox serves as the platform paper reporter, said.

It is certainly within the agree with their views, I for the opposition,” Fletcher McClellan, do think Fox is legitimate chair of the political science department at rights of any presidential administration to puband should be treated as Elizabethtown College, said. such,” senior Shannon This conflict between Fox and the licly disagree with a news Twigg said. “They are still White House has come about because network, as long as they a major network, and they of a liberal versus conservative bias. The clearly explain the reasons Image: tvsquad.com have the right to be at White House believes that Fox continues for their disagreement.

“The administration was The battle continues between the Obama administration and Fox events and report news.” to lean to the right on issues and at times News about the factuality and possible bias of the stories presented being attacked, members However, the White misrepresents information.

“Fox presents a reality that its viewers of this administration were on Fox.The situation has brought out strong opinions from both sides. House seems to disagree being atwith this, and so does tacked, and policies of this of the news packages, how on-air hosts sophomore Joe Sheehan. administration were being conduct interviews, where producers may “I believe Fox News is too biased to be a misrepresented,” Dunn place certain stories in their program, or true, objective news source,” Sheehan said. said. “The reality is that at even subtle reactions that are picked up by “They clearly support the conservatives some point, the administra- viewers by seemingly ‘unbiased’ anchors to and despise the liberals.” tion has to defend itself.” certain stories of a political nature.”

This past summer, junior Abbey KramEver since the claim was “Each channel has their own focus and er interned at Fox29 in Philadelphia. From made that Fox is not a real bias and is targeted for different audiences,” an insider’s point of view, Kramer believes source for news, the chan- sophomore Callum Luff said. “Viewers Fox to be a balanced station that represents nel has been fighting back should be aware of this and use a variety of every viewpoint. hard. According to the New sources to gain an objective opinion.”

“I never thought they were being too t last Thursday’s Senate meeting, Director York Times, commentaIn today’s world, many people are highly far one-sided. These people are working of Residence Life Allison Bridgeman antors like Glenn Beck, Bill opinionated. Everyone has his or her own because they want a job in the industry, nounced changes for next year’s Off-Campus O’Reilly and Sean Han- beliefs and thoughts about what is right not to undermine the station with conRelease process. Students should watch Campus nity have expressed their and wrong. servative viewpoints,” Kramer said. “I feel Connections for specific updates and deadlines. opinions of the Obama “It’s just the latest episode in the ongo- like people just assume that every single The campus community can also find imadministration for its ag- ing battle between the presidency and the person associated with Fox is a conservaportant information through Senate’s recently gressive stance toward the media for influence over public opinion,” tive, when really most of the workers are revamped Web site, http://www.EtownSenate. cable news network.

McClellan said. there because they could find a job at the com. The new homepage features a comment “It is astounding that “When Republicans were in power, more station in the field they wanted to work box for students to voice their concerns, and the administration critics can’t left-leaning news sources were voicing their at. To be honest, I actually think more of Chirp Chat resource archives campus notificadistinguish between news criticisms,” Luff said. “It seems hypocritical Fox now than I did before my internship.” tions and announcements for the student body. and opinion program- now that Democrats are in power, they reKramer is not alone. It now looks like The site also includes a list of all area businesses ming,” Fox Network ex- fuse to let others voice their opinions.” the White House is backing off its war that participate in Senate’s Passport Program by ecutive Michael Clemente To find out what is actually true and on Fox. Nov. 6, Senior White House Adoffering discounts to Etown students. said. “It seems self-serving what is indeed false, one must experience a viser David Axelrod gave an interview Senate has gathered student comments reon their part.” plethora of news channels. To dispel bias in to Fox News reporter Major Garrett. garding school spirit, and the organization is Regarding the contro- formulating an opinion, tune in to several During the interview, Axelrod pulled now working with the Athletics Committee to versy between the admin- different stations to see who is reporting back on the previous attack on Fox, provide spirit activities. Come out and support istration and the network what and then make a judgment based on saying, “We’re at war only with people the men’s basketball team in the White Out seaat a press briefing this past what was presented. who represent mistruths as truth. son opener versus Manhattanville this Sunday Tuesday, White House Press “In order to really know the truth and And that’s true of any network, whether at 3 p.m. in Thompson Gymnasium. Be sure to Secretary Robert Gibbs to find out about news, I utilize Fox, CNN it is FOX, CBS or any other network. When wear white! said, “I have watched many and BBC. I take the average of the three, errors of fact are stated or when opinion is stories on that network that more or less,” junior Steve DiGrazia said. offered as fact, we will challenge that.”

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Local writer, filmmaker screens indie movie ‘Home’ alone here, where someone I’ll never see. Never knew by making hers. She made a home for me.”

Inga’s close relationship with her daughter is truly miraculous. They spend their days lying out in the field, cloud-watching and flying kites. ome is where the heart is; at least that is what people like to think. And However, Inga spends her nights bothered by her own marriage and its lack in the film, “Home,” Lancaster native Mary Haverstick really brings this of intimacy and, most of all, by fears of her own mortality. She cliché to life with the uses alcohol to control and soothe the pain of what she is golove of a mother and ing through, which reminds her of her own mother’s use daughter. This movie of morphine to soothe her anguish. deals with whether This shows the film’s theme of events coming full love is a more powercircle. For as much pain and hatred Inga had toward ful force than destiny. her own mother, she is now doing the exact same The High Library thing to her daughter. Still, she does not notice at Elizabethtown Colher own destructive habits. lege will continue the According to Stephen Holden of the New High Librar y f ilm York Times, “Moments of psychological bruseries to pursue the tality are all too commonplace in the real goal of bringing the world ... but I’ve never heard a mother world to Etown with direct her bitterness at a young daugh“ H o m e” M o n d a y, ter with such piercing cruelty in a Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in movie. And Ms. Harden, a great the Brinser Lecture actress who never shies away Room. “Home” is a from truthfulness, does not low-budget indie film soften Inga’s alcoholic viciousstarring Academyness ... beautifully acted.” a n d Tony Aw a rd This movie reaches out to winning actress women of all ages. “Home” Marcia Gay Harden, is a very moving film that her daughter Eulala touches the hearts of many.

Scheel, Tony AwardCome to the High Library winner Marian Seldes next week for the screening and Michael Gaston. of “Home.” The staff is very This film was the excited about this event, as official selection of it helps to celebrate the lithe Montreal Film brary’s 20th anniversary Festival for 2008. It Image: cqcentral.com of fulfilling the motto was filmed in Lan“bigger than books.” caster County and Mary Haverstick (right) working on set of the movie ‘‘Home.’’ The film premieres in the Brinser Lecture Room Nov.16 at 7:00 p.m. was written, directed, edited and produced by Mary Haverstick. Haverstick and the film’s composer, Michele Mercure, will be present at the screening of the film and are excited to facilitate a discussion following the film.

According to Greg Wright of http://www.passthepopcorn.com, “Home” is simply a beautiful, exquisite explanation of art and the human spirit. Haverstick’s writing and direction manages a stirring and open-ended optimism.

Inga (Harden) is a middle-aged housewife and mother to her 8-year-old daughter Indigo (Scheel). She is stuck in a failing marriage with Herman (Gaston), who is always too stressed out about his work to care about what is going on in his home life. Inga has just overcome breast cancer and has had a mastectomy.

She writes poems about all of her thoughts, dreams and wishes.

“The cinematic style of this film is an extension of the central character, Inga’s, aesthetic,” Haverstick said.“Her love of beauty and her poetic interpretation of the world around her dictated what every frame would be, and necessitated that in every Photo: Melanie R. Giardina frame, her pain, her joy, would Jacob Swamp stops for a brief photo in a hallway outside of the Gibble be beautifully interpreted.”

Auditorium. Swamp is the former chief of the Mohawk nation and a One of the many poems representative to the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) from the film by Haverstick, Confederacy, the central government of the remaining Iroquois people “Some summer nights, when living in America. storms erase surrounding Swamp visited campus last Wednesday to give a lecture.“Tree of Peace: Iroquois Peace Traditions and Today’s World,Why ‘Burying the Hatchet’ lights. This house becomes is a True American Tradition.” He gave a brief telling of a 10-day long the island that it was, when Iroquois legend and explained how peace rituals are a big part of the date store stood new contemporary Iroquois life. above the door, and closest Swamp was also on campus to help plant a peace tree. Peace trees are neighbors slept two miles symbolic in Iroquois culture as they represent the initial peace that away, across a flood of fields. formed the Iroquois Grand Council and League of Nations.

Land and house, inseparable The peace tree, a white pine, was planted between Leffler Chapel and then, as man and wife or the track. The tree was planted amidst a peace ritual that was spoken crop and seed. From house entirely in Iroquois language. Anyone who appreciates peace should to earth and earth to house, visit the tree and reflect.

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nce called “unteachable,” “delinquents” and “below average,” Freedom Writers Sharaud Moore and Maria Reyes will be speaking on campus twice today.

By the age of 13, Moore had been to 14 different schools.

Thanks to Erin Gruwell, he now teaches algebra at a school from which he was once expelled.

Reyes went from wearing ankle monitors and being part of a gang to earning her bachelor’s degree at California State University Long Beach.

What Moore and Reyes had in common during their freshman year at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, Ca., was English class with Gruwell in room 203. Gruwell tried the conventional ways of teaching her unmotivated class but found that the only way her students would learn was through unconventional methods.

Gruwell realized one day that there were more students in her classroom who had been shot at than who knew what the Holocaust was. Gruwell made a comparison between the genocide during the Holocaust and the daily dangers

her students went through with their gang involvements. What sparked the students’ interests was reading “The Diary of Anne Frank.” From there, Gruwell assigned her students to write in anonymous diaries, which then became published as “The Freedom Writers Diary.” According to the Freedom Writers Foundation Web site, the students wrote about gangs, immigration, drugs, violence, abuse, death, anorexia, dyslexia, teenage love, weight issues, divorce, suicide and all the other issues that they were never before able to express to anyone else.

The students were so inspired by Anne Frank that they wanted to meet the person who compiled “The Diary of Anne Frank.” The students were able to raise enough money to bring the woman, Miep Gies, all the way to their high school from Europe.

The name “Freedom Writers” means more than just people

writing about freedom. According to the foundation’s Web site, the students learned about the Freedom Riders who fought against segregation in the 1960s, thus, the clever title of their book was born.

The speakers’ presentations at Elizabethtown College are funded by two organizations: the Anna Reese Tempest Endowed Distinguished Educator Lecture Series and River Rock Academy.

The lecture series provides an additional fund set aside specifically for educating students by having guest speakers, such as the Freedom Writers, every year.

River Rock Academy is located in Lancaster and founded by Steve Capoferri, an Etown alum, and Patti Shatto-Young.

Capoferri graduated in 1997 with a degree in social work and has been the main advocate in bringing the two Freedom Writers to the College. River Rock Academy is also responsible for

bringing the Freedom Writers to man at 5 p.m., and will also last the Lancaster area. an hour. During the second The education department lecture, the speakers will show a wanted its students to attend 12-minute DVD and follow with the lecture, but the original plan a question-and-answer session. was to host only one lecture at an earlier time. However, due to classes and schedules, the majority of education students would not be able to attend the first lecture. Therefore, thanks to the available lecture series fund and the Office of Development, the Freedom Writers will speak twice.

The first lecture will be held in Leffler Chapel at 10 a.m. and will last one hour. The second lecture will be held Images: belajardikampus.wordpress.com/.../ in the Brinser Lecture Room in Stein- Erin Gruwell, the founder of FreedomWriters

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Student donates bone marrow to stranger, shares story Rachel A. Marsteller News Editor

to be a potential donor, so I had to get blood drawn.

The first time I was called as a potential match, I was told that I was not a 10/10 match. This time, however, n 2009, it is estimated that 44,790 new cases of leu- they told me I am a 10/10 match, so they want me to kemia will be diagnosed in the United States. One donate as soon as possible,” she said.

The 10/10 refers to the ability for one person Elizabethtown College student is helping one woman in her battle against acute cancer this winter. Senior to donate organs and bone marrow to another. EsDanielle Hopkins will be participating in a peripheral sentially there are 10 antigens on most cells in the human body. Antigens are markers used by cells to blood stem cell (PBSC) donation.

She entered the Be the Match registry when there identify one another. Depending on genetics, people was a drive held at Etown two years ago by Allison can have very different types of these 10 antigens. and Randall Kreider, a former swim coach and current If they don’t match up, the immune system of the volleyball coach respectively, in honor of their son. recipient will reject the donor’s organ and attack it Hopkins was contacted last summer. “I was called as a foreign invader.

It is very rare to find a 10/10, or a perfect, match so sometimes the doctors will settle for a 9/10 match or 8/10 match, depending on the situation.

There are two types of donations that are used. The first is a bone marrow donation ,and the other is a PBSC donation, which Hopkins will be doing. A bone marrow donation is a surgical procedure in which the donor is placed under general anesthesia.

Doctors remove bone marrow from the pelvic bone using a hollow needle. The donor will feel as though they slipped on some ice but will experience no major pain.

A PBSC donation is a lot like donating plasma. This process is a way to collect blood-forming cells for transplantation.

The donor takes injections of filgrastim, Courtesy photo which moves blood-forming cells out of Randall and Allison Krieder stand amidst the bone marrow the marrow and into the blood stream. The drive they ran in 2007. An Etown student was recently donor’s blood is removed from one arm, selected as a bone marrow donor for a woman with leukemia. passed through a machine that separates

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the blood-forming cells from the rest of the blood, and the remaining blood is returned to the donor through their other arm.

Hopkins has no idea who she is donating to, except that her bone marrow will go a 37-year-old woman with acute cancer. “When anyone hears about a bone marrow donation, the first thing that comes to mind is ‘that’s really painful,’ so I wasn’t too energetic about it. But as I talked to my mom and people from the registry I became more excited that I was going to be able to really help someone,” Hopkins said.

One year after the transplant, if both the recipient and Hopkins agree, they can meet or talk to one another.

Allison Kreider said that she was thrilled to have one of the students here at Etown be selected as a final donor for someone. That is why she works so hard to host the registry drives. “The drives bring awareness and help to expand the registry. Oftentimes there are very few matches, and so many cannot find a match on the registry. By having these drives, it helps to increase the likelihood that they will find a suitable match,” Kreider said. She hopes to hold another drive in the Etown community in the near future.

There is no cost at all to the donor except for travel expenses. All the medical costs are covered by the “Be the Match” foundation or the recipient’s medical insurance.

This donation gives someone a second chance at life.

The donor’s marrow will regenerate in four to six weeks.

Kreider is happy that her drive paid off for someone, and it shows the Etown student body how important this process is. “It hit home because she is so young. She is my hero,” Kreider said.

If you would like additional information about becoming a donor or the donation process, visit http://www.marrow.org.

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It’s raining, it’s pouring — but life isn’t boring Melanie L. Weyant Staff Writer

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t’s Friday afternoon. As you walk out of your last class, you hear the rumble of thunder, and the sky starts pouring. All of your plans for an enjoyable night out with friends get tossed out the window, and you are left trapped in your dorm room with nothing exciting to do.

We’ve all been there, but what’s an Etown student to do when foul weather is afoot?

1. Grab the popcorn and a few movies and invite your friends over for a mini-film festival. First-year Justin Youk said, “I love rainy days because they are a great time to catch up on movies I want to see. I think an Academy Awards movie marathon would be awesome. I could catch up on the last five years of Best Picture winners.” All of the dorm lobbies have new flatscreen TVs, which make them the perfect viewing place (you don’t even have to clean your room!).

2. Head into town for a night of coffee and entertainment. There are a few dif-

ferent coffee shops in town, including the newly opened Folklore Coffee & Company and the ever-popular Conewago Coffee.

The entertainment is free, and the refreshments are sure to warm you up!

3. Take a nap! First-year Mollie Beach said, “I never have time during the week to nap, so a rainy Saturday afternoon is the perfect time to catch up on sleep.”

4. Have a game (or video game) night.

Good for the vivacious student, game nights are an inexpensive way to bond. Ask each person to bring a board game or the rules to a card game they love. The High Library has a number of games available to check out.

5. Catch up on your reading. Read that novel you’ve been unable to find the time to finish, or start a new one. Rain is the perfect excuse to have a quiet night in your room and unwind from the week’s stresses.

6. Get wet! Put on those rain boots and grab your coat because playing in the rain and splashing in puddles is a great way to have fun with friends.

7. Have a blanket-fort-making contest.

Remember when blanket forts were the coolest thing ever? They still can be! This is a good activity to do with floor mates.

You can also just bond with your roommate and make a giant one in your room! Senior Anna Woods said, “There’s something really magical about forts. They’re great for getting back in touch with your inner child.”

8. Have a date night with your special someone. Since you can’t go out, why not spend the night in with your sweetie? Dim the lights, pop on a romantic movie, cook each other dinner and spend time just being with each other.

9. Get crafty! Learn how to knit or make friendship bracelets with the girls. Make birthday or holiday presents for those you love or just make an effort to make your dorm room look nicer.

10. Spend the day cooking or baking. Have a potluck with your friends (sometimes you just need a break from Marketplace food) or bake cookies for your coworkers. Every dorm has kitchen facilities, so make use of them!

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First Friday features festive fun Melanie R. Giardina Assistant Photography Editor

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ired of the typical Elizabethtown weekend? Need a break from dinners at the Marketplace and trips to Hershey?

But what college student can afford multiple weekend trips and dinners out?

First Friday is a free and fantastic way to get off campus and walk around the streets of nearby Lancaster.

“It’s a fun, cheap way to spend an evening and inject some culture into your life,” alumna Megan Memoli, ’09, said.

On the first Friday of every month, the Lancaster art galleries open their doors long past closing to showcase their new exhibits.

Not only will you get to see local artists’ work, but you can also enjoy the free food, drinks, music and more.

As you weave in and out of galleries, you can stop and listen to local musicians while enjoying a warm cup of apple cider, or sip a glass of wine while looking through bins to find the perfect print of your favorite piece.

Galleries also have snacks like crackers, chips, cheese, cookies and pretzels available.

One of the great things about First Fridays is how you can meet and speak with local artists. The artists are there to inform and educate you about their pieces. Some will even

give tips for working with different types of art media.

According to http://www.

LancasterArts.com, downtown Lancaster satisfies a number of interests — whether you want something sophisticated, contemporary, edgy or funky, it can all be found at First Friday.

“What is great about First Friday is that it has something for everyone.” junior Gina Taylor said.

Besides browsing the galleries, one can go see a show at the Fulton Theatre or take a sneak peak at upcoming shows from the Grant Street Dance Company as described on LancasterArts.com.

In addition to listening to local musicians play around galleries, you can walk to the Pennsylvania Academy of Music and listen to the featured musicians.

Not an art or music person?

Along with the numerous galleries, other Lancaster shops remain open late into the evening.

Instead of going to the mall, you can spend your night downtown shopping at new and different places that offer great prices.

If you have extra money to spend, you can also purchase your favorite art pieces during the night.

Prices vary from the expensive originals, which cost over $1000, to smaller prints, ranging from about $15 to $35.

If you don’t feel like carrying your purchases around all

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night, some galleries will even go so far as to mail them to you. That way, participants do not have to worry about keeping track of their purchases throughout the night.

“I enjoyed the atmosphere of art and culture that Lancaster brought to life, bringing people of all ages together to enjoy artistic creations,” Taylor said.

Whether you enjoy realistic or abstract styles, First Friday brings all kinds of art together with a night of good food, great conversation and fantastic art.

If you do not know where to go, LancasterArts.com also provides a map of all the galleries and events happening during First Fridays.

Whether you’re planning your night or just roaming around, you can check out the galleries you want to visit before you head out.

You can hang out on Gallery Row or in Market District, or you can spend the night in any one of the other art districts.

Every First Friday is different, not only in the exhibits but in music and other events as well.

You can even make your own art at the Lancaster Science Factory.

“I absolutely love going to First Friday,” Memoli said. “It’s a great way to spend a night out on the town enjoying local art and music for free.”

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• An Esbenshade lab room looked like a CSI crime scene this week, when Campus Security was called to take care of a weapons charge in the building. The “weapon” turned out to be a lonesome BB gun.

• Fire alarms in Ober Residence Hall sparked a response from Campus Security this week, resulting in the conclusion that a student had burned brownies.

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Campus Security responded to another fire alarm this week, but instead of brownies being on fire, it was a girl’s hair. Her morning routine set off the alarm, as her hair straightener had burned portions of her mane. But she shouldn’t sweat it. CBS’s “The Early Show” claims that curls are the new “hot” hairstyle.

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A domestic dispute between a boyfriend and girlfriend on campus resulted in the boyfriend being arrested and charged by the police.

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An ambulance was called to the College when a student requested transportation to the hospital due to a headache and sore throat. In other news: CVS is currently featuring a sale on Advil Liqui-Gels.

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Environmental Services was called to Ober basement’s laundry room this week because a student confused it with the bathroom and vomited inside one of the washing machines. It’s believed that the student was polite, however, and put the lid down when finished.

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Campus Security cleaned up a dead bird on the roof of Ober. This is unrelated to the possum death several weeks ago.

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There was a small vehicle accident in Brown Lot this week, as a student’s unregistered vehicle collided with another student’s car. There were no injuries reported.

Beau Bristow brings new sound to Brossman Commons Patricia A. Cangelosi Assistant Copy Editor

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eau Bristow: he’s tall and talented with a hint of a Southern accent from his Alabama home. His latest album, “Stand. Still.,” has gained him wide recognition both nationally and abroad, and he is performing live in the KĀV tonight at 10.

A rising 27-year-old star, the singer/ songwriter especially likes performing on college campuses because their residents are often very open to new music.

“I enjoy just being able to connect with open-minded musical audiences,” he said.

Members of SWEET chose him because of his stage presence and unique sound.

“Bristow’s music is a combination of John Mayer lyrics, with the passionate raspy voice of Bryan Adams. [This is] a very good combination in a musician,” senior Chelsea Kempchinsky, SWEET Sounds chairperson, said. “Anyone who enjoys our student band Flint will really enjoy his music. Also, anyone who enjoys alternative rock should come give him a listen.”

“Stand,” one of the songs Bristow is

most proud of on his new album, captures the essence of his voice: “Breathe in, breathe out loud, ’cause this is life; you are living it right now … Let yourself go in the songs that you sing, let them move you to love, or stop you to think.”

Bristow embraces the notion that college students tend to rethink the ideas they have been brought up with, and he tries to engage this process with his music.

His primary inspiration comes from everyday life. “[I write about] a little of everything in life when I slow down enough to observe what is around me,” he said. “Human relationships bring out the things that are most human about us.”

Often, his own experiences find their way into his songs, but some of the lyrics are fictional. Communication with his audiences helps Bristow to make new discoveries; “I am always pursuing an expanded grasp of life,” he said.

According to a brief bio on his official Web site, http://www.BeauBristow.com, the artist composed the songs on his latest album to emphasize “endurance and the emphatic rejection of a passive life.”

Ironically, the words “Stand Still” are supposed to encourage listeners to move,

to stand rather than sit and watch the world go on around us.

Bristow loves to travel, and it is an integral part of his life as a performer. He lived in Malaysia for five weeks this summer, followed by a five-week trip to Brazil, where he learned a lot about the similarities that people of different cultures tend to share.

“Yes, we’re all complex, we all have issues, and some of us deviate greatly from what we were intended to be, but there will always be a big circle, a category that we all fit inside, that of humanity,” he posted Sept. 7 on the blog on his Web site.

What is Bristow’s number one goal for the next few years? “I would really like to create a body of art that is a comprehensive expression and articulation of true human experience,” he said.

His goal for tonight’s concert, according to Bristow, is “to bring the audience a little closer to themselves ... whether they need a chance to relax and unwind or be challenged and think through some things. I try to encourage all of this with my songs.”

This year, SWEET and WWEC are teaming up to produce concerts the first Friday of each month, an idea that has been in the works for quite a while, according to

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sophomore Chelsea Decker, a member of the WWEC board.

Some have asked why we do not try to hold one major concert per semester or per year. Decker explained, “I know that OSA and SWEET have had high demands to produce a major concert on campus, but due to regulations with zoning and costs, I don’t think it’s been able to happen. As a result, both WWEC and SWEET have been working to bring live acts to campus.”

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Folklore introduces new vibe to downtown community Emily M. Reigart Copy Editor

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n the current economic climate, most people would consider starting a new business impractical, to say the least. But that didn’t stop Ryan and Dawn Bracken, owners of Folklore Coffee & Company, the newest addition to the square in Elizabethtown.

Folklore faces not only challenges, but also competition from two other coffee venues — both of which are also on Market Street. But the Brackens don’t see themselves competing against Conewago Coffee or the library’s Elizabethtown Coffee Company.

Ryan Bracken believes that a community the size of Etown can easily support three coffee shops if each maintains its own niche.

Ryan is a businessman with a visionary heart. “Our goal is to become part of the heartbeat of Etown, not just to profit from Etown,” he said.

The Brackens want Folklore to be not only a fixture in the community but also to play an integral part in helping Etown grow. They hope to network with other businesses to stimulate an economic and cultural renaissance for Market Street. Ultimately, they want to make downtown somewhere worth going.

“Even though we’re not from Etown, we believe in Etown and what it can become,” Ryan explained.

The Brackens envision Folklore as a place for all members of the community, from the high school to the Masonic Village to the College, to feel welcome. They feel strongly about providing a warm and comfortable, but demographically neutral setting for all community members to enjoy. They hope that the interior design of Folklore promotes an atmosphere where people of all ages can feel at ease. The brick walls, modern (but comfy) wooden furnishings and shades of green scattered throughout the open layout all seem in character with the building’s architecture and the coffeehouse setting.

“I was impressed by the homey environment and friendly baristas. Their drinks are delicious and reasonably priced, and

it’s a great environment to study or relax Just don’t try to strike up a conversation with friends,” first-year Kaitlin Cummings with your barista. Although all of the workremarked after her first visit to Folklore. ers at Folklore are extremely outgoing and Paintings created by local artists are friendly, in order for your drink to be as featured on the brick walls, and soon the excellent as you expect, they need to devote Brackens hope to display art from the Col- their full attention to process. Proper coffee lege, as well. In December, senior Katie shop etiquette is to order your beverage, pay Kressler will have the opportunity to use the and then take a seat while it is made. Once wall space to exhibit her own art. your drink is ready, the barista will bring it The owners of Folklore want to extend to you. At this point, the friendly workers are their connection to the College beyond more than likely to strike up a conversation. displaying a few paintings; the Brackens ex“I love working at Folklore because pressed a desire to I get to learn so much have musicians and about coffee. Ryan and bands from Etown Dawn are both explay in the shop as tremely passionate and well. Ryan Brackknowledgeable about en mentioned that coffee, and that helps to he would love to provide the customers host readings by with the best product authors and poets and service possible,” sponsored by the Fimmano said. “On College. Ideally, he my first day of trainwould like “to give ing, Ryan wanted me students a place off to taste and see what campus to learn a bad shot of espresso and debate and exwas like versus what a perience life.” good shot tasted and Photo: Emily M. Reigart Folklore has al- A cup of potato chowder that can looked like. . I really ready had an im- be ordered at Folklore Coffee, & Co. feel like that was impact on the camportant to learn so that pus by employing two students; juniors I can truly make the best espresso drink Jen Fimmano and Lisa Moseson work for the customer.” at the coffeehouse as baristas. Fimmano Ryan added, “A fun fact about coffee is met Ryan through Giant, and he was im- that espresso should taste good!” pressed with her customer service skills.

Bracken emphasizes the importance Ryan and his wife noted that Fimmano of making a truly great drink because of and Moseson, who are both coworkers his passion for coffee. Folklore uses only and roommates, have the people skills organic, free-trade coffee beans, which necessary for their positions. are roasted locally by master roaster Josh Ryan emphasized how intentional he was Steffy of Square One Coffee in Lancaster. in the hiring process. “Employees can make Ryan emphasizes that he is not using the or break a business,” he said. organic, free-trade beans because it’s trendy Fimmano and Moseson were both hired but rather because he believes in the system. with no experience in the coffee industry. This is evident because nowhere in Folklore Both have learned a lot from their employ- can you find a sign advertising this fact. ers, who have high standards. Moseson Bracken says that free trade beans are of admits that learning to make the drinks was a higher quality because the farmers are the most intimidating part of her new job, educated about agriculture, and the harvestbut one wouldn’t know it from the ease with ing process is much more selective. These which she can whip up a mocha. factors, combined with the techniques and

individual attention of Steffy, make Folklore’s coffee superior to that of larger chains that cannot afford such attention to detail.

Folklore’s coffee is good, but if you’re used to sipping Dunkin’ Donuts lattes and Starbucks cappuccinos, you may be in for a surprise. The Brackens’ menu features more traditional coffee drinks, which are less sweet and not quite as large. However, they recognize that many people expect their drinks to be sugary. Be sure to communicate what you want with your barista; they will be more than happy to adjust to your preferences.

The menu at Folklore is still in development because the Brackens want to provide not only traditional drinks but also original ones, like the Big Bad Wolf, a combination of espresso, cayenne pepper, chocolate syrup and whipped cream.

Folklore also offers lighter fare, such as soups, sandwiches, bagels and salads.

In the upcoming months they expect to expand their menu, but for now there is still enough variety to satisfy everyone.

The Brackens also plan to offer a student discount of 10 percent, which, Ryan points out, is considerably higher than that offered

by Taco Bell.

“I really enjoyed the atmosphere, and think it would be a great place to study and do work since it has free Wi-Fi. They are still finishing up the remodeling, especially downstairs, but it has tons of potential,” sophomore Katie Evans commented about her visit. “I really like the modern feel to the place. Plus, the beverages and service were excellent. Everyone should check it out!”

If you are interested in playing at Folklore or having your artwork exhibited, contact Dawn or Ryan Bracken at FOLKLORECOFFEECO@gmail.com. More information and updates about Folklore can be found through their Facebook (http://www. facebook.com/folklorecoffee) and Twitter http://(www.twitter.com/folklore_coffee) pages as well as their Web site (http://www. folklorecoffee.com).

Folklore is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m.

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Snuggies: more than just shapeless blankets with arms?

Laura E. Kuserk Staff Writer

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ast year, the world was blessed with what is quite possibly the single most groundbreaking invention since sliced bread.

We all watched the commercial on television — a young blonde woman, frustrated with her cold house but too lazy to turn up the heat and having serious difficulty with her blanket — introduced viewers to the Snuggie.

The concept of the Snuggie is simple: it is a blanket with arms. You can read a book, work on your laptop or use the remote and still be able to keep your arms warm. One can even go to sporting events and, according to the commercial, still retain his or her dignity.

Although the thought of appearing in public in a Snuggie makes most people cringe, in January of this year, the first of over 40 Snuggie Pub Crawls in Cincinnati, Ohio, was organized by snuggiepubcrawls.com.

People who do not own Snuggies typically make fun of those who do. Mostly because of how one looks when

wearing it, outsiders call Snuggie wearers members of cults.

When the reporters and crew members on “The Today Show” wore Snuggies for a day, people said they looked like members of a gospel choir.

If one wanted to become a fan of the Snuggie on Facebook, he or she could join “The Snuggie Cult” fan page. This page was created by an employee of the Americans for Tax Reform who convinced Joe the Plumber, Tucker Carlson and Andrew Breitbart to pose while wearing Snuggies.

Students here at Etown are jumping on the Snuggie bandwagon. Sophomore Alexa Porcaro just recently bought a Snuggie to keep warm during the upcoming winter months.

“I wanted to purchase a Snuggie because I saw them on the commercials and they looked extremely comfortable,” Porcaro said.

“When I tell people how excited I am that I got a Snuggie, they laugh at me and say, ‘Really?’ After they try on the Snuggie, they realize how awesome they are!”

Porcaro said she ordered her zebra-print Snuggie a few weeks ago and loves it. She said she does not feel as though

she is in a cult simply because she owns a Snuggie.

“I just like to stay warm and cozy. The Snuggie is awesome because you can always stay warm while doing your homework. Your arms are free to Courtesy Photo type, write or text (Left to right) Natalie Jensen, while always stay- SamanthaWideman, Alexa Porcaro ing warm,” Por- and Chelsea Benson proudly display their zebra-print Snuggies. caro said.

Sophomore Chelsea Benson agrees. “When I told my friends I got a Snuggie they all laughed. I’m sure they all secretly want one too,” she said.

To date, over four million Snuggies have been sold, and there have even been line extensions for children and pets. Snuggies cost $14.95 in most retail outlets.

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translating tales

The reign of written word: books trump movies William J. Blatchley Staff Writer

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he transition from written word to silver screen has always been a precarious endeavor for any filmmaker. With ten new book to movie adaptations being released in November alone, it seems as if Hollywood’s well of originality is beginning to dry up.

In recent years, books made into movies have been a hit or miss business, with stress on the latter. Although some of these conversions have been box office smashes, I think it’s time for movie crews to get out of the library and back into the drawing room.

The most anticipated movies of the last six years have been the Harry Potter series. With millions of fans worldwide, the fast-paced action-adventure of the boy wizard did not disappoint with its debut movie “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The movies continued their success with the next two installments and then came to a crashing halt with number four: “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”

It was the largest book of the series at the time, and director Mike Newell left moviegoers outraged with missing scenes and dialogues that he tried to overshadow with special effects. The fifth and sixth movies were an equal letdown, raking in the two lowest box office opening weekends of the franchise.

I am not sure why producers and directors alike felt that any 800+ page book could be honestly represented in a two-and-a-half hour movie, but most viewers agreed that a longer movie would have been fine if the book was justly represented. While the movies provided an all-star cast mixed with a few up-and-coming actors, it left fans of Pottermania wide-eyed and open-mouthed, wondering why the scenes they had imagined for so long had been lost on the big screen.

“The DaVinci Code” was another powerhouse book in recent years. With 36 million books published, fans of this Dan Brown thriller looked to Ron Howard to bring their favorite historian to life. What was read as an epic adventure through the streets of Europe came through as poorly organized and confusing. Tom Hanks failed to adequately portray his character with a less than

expected performance. Those who missed out on the cover-tocover adventure thought the movie was epic; however, those reading enthusiasts who stayed up all night to finish the book were dumbstruck as Howard turned gold into lead.

The movie was mediocre at best. I won’t go as far as to recommend it, and I don’t plan on ever seeing it again. It was a “thrilling” movie with a lot of explaining to do, which it does, endlessly, while I waited for an actual movie to break. With lackluster buildup and less than anticipated visual effects, this blockbuster was just a bust.

The latest book craze that has swept the nation was Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” saga. This four-book series about love and vampires sunk its fangs into Americans, especially teenage girls, selling 40 million copies worldwide. The debut movie, however, was far from expected. With a plot driven by teen love and desire, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson barely ignite enough heat to light a match. After viewers come out of their lovestruck trance with main vampire Edward Cullen, the rest of the movie plummets downhill.

If you plan to become a Twilighter yourself, stick to the books.

The first installment of the movies is an immediate turnoff to those who missed out on the books. This movie was a complete disappointment with nothing good to dwell on. Stewart delivers lines as if half asleep and utterly confused about what she is saying. Pattinson at least gives emotion a shot, but in the end fares no better than his costar. The result is a supernatural romance in which the supernatural and romantic elements feel rushed and complacent, seemingly unmotivated, leaving moviegoers with little to do but shrug and focus on the eye-candy. Given the chance, I’d put a wooden stake right through the heart of this film.

Books are books for a reason. They give readers free will, allowing them to create their own characters and places, something a movie can never do. The written word creates a world for readers, the sole reason why books will always trump movies. Books should be left on the shelves, not on the reels, a place that just asks for disappointment.

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Loud history turned down: WWEC broadcasts muffled Michael L. Mauger Staff Writer

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ince I first j oi n e d t h e board of directors for WWEC as DJ director in the second semester of my freshman year, the board of directors has asked repeatedly for Dining Services to play our station in Etown’s dining venues. It seems like a simple request, given that WWEC is here to serve the students of Elizabethtown College. Most students do not hear the radio at all except in the Jay’s Nest, the Marketplace or the Blue Bean. Dining Services has politely declined our request every time. The fact that our College’s radio station isn’t broadcast in the most popular venues on campus struck me as strange, especially after things that I learned earlier this month.

Last week I had the opportunity to meet with the Director of Alumni Relations, Barry Freidly. He is retiring after the end of this semester, Dec. 31, and wanted to inform me, as the current Station Manger, that WWEC 88.3 FM will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012. During his time here in the ‘60s and

‘70s, he served as a director of the radio station. We sat links to the P.A. system throughout the building and in his office for about 45 minutes, chatting about was constantly played over the air. life, the school and the raWWEC has been told that because there is no guardio station. We exchanged antee as to what is broadcast on the air that Dining stories and talked about Services will not play the station in its venues. WWEC how each of us ended up abides by FCC conduct standards and is subject to where we are. He is truly a their rules and regulations. I’m not sure how that is fascinating person, and not a guarantee that our programming is clean, but for many years, such is their policy. he has served the The end of this semester will mark the end of my school that he at- work with WWEC 88.3 FM. After serving on the tended and loved. board of directors for all but one of my semesters He i n for me d here, as DJ director from 2007-2008, then me that WWEC as station manager for 2009, I will pass the actually torch to the next most qualified candidate. startIt is my hope that the next station manger ed out as can do what I failed to do: to dedicate the a club in 1962, as there was no time and energy needed to take the station to the communications program until the next level. I was unable to give the station ‘70s. WWEC went on the air with the time needed to truly make it as great the opening of the new Baugher as I’d wish. The station has a Student Center in the fall of 1962. history of excellence and has Its two studios were in room 210 the capabilities to be even of the BSC, almost exactly where better. I hope that I can the OSA club lockers are currently come back in a few years located. At the time, the station and know that the station is better was broadcast via carrier current, than when I left it. Hopefully, I can which means over wires, to buildeven come back, meet some old friends ings on campus. Because the station in the Jay’s Nest and hear the station. was located in the BSC, it had direct Image: advisorsquare.com Maybe I’m just dreaming too big.

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What do you think about the House passing the health care bill?

by Melanie R. Giardina

opinion 10 Dating Commandments For the Average College Male 1. Thou shalt not take pictures of yourself shirtless in front of the mirror. We can see that you’re holding the camera phone. And your abs may be nice, but let’s leave that for some lucky girl to discover — and not for the entire Facebook universe to experience.

2. Thou shalt not catcall at women from moving vehicles. While this method seems foolproof, it has a surprisingly low success rate for getting laid.

Name: Maggie Troutman Class of 2012 “I don’t know how I feel about it.”

3. Thou shalt not brag about the following: your high school glory days, how often you drink or the size of your … brain.

4. Thou shalt not pick up girls who claim to be uninterested in committed relationships and “totally cool” with casual sex. They’re lying.

5. Thou shalt not date girls who are against food. If you take her out and she orders a plate of romaine lettuce with no dressing, run far, far away.

6. Thou shalt not be jerked around by women.

If she breaks up with you every other day, cheats on you occasionally and always makes a point to flirt with your friends in front of you, push her out of a moving car. I’m sure she can tuck and roll.

Name: Gary Dupler Jr. Class of 2011 “I don’t really pay attention to politics.”

7. Thou shalt wear protection. Helmets, knee pads and protective eye gear can prevent some of the leading injuries in this country.

8. Thou shalt not base romantic decisions off of what your friends think. Your friend keeps trying to convince you that Prospective Girl #1 is a total dog because he doesn’t want to be the only one whacking it to Girls Gone Wild commercials on late night TV tonight.

9. Thou shalt beware of drunk girls. While she may look sexy gyrating her hips to a Miley Cyrus song early in the night, you could end up with a lap full of vomit and a girl sobbing and snotting into your shoulder.

Name: Jess Swank Class of 2013

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10. Thou shalt be a gentleman. There are so few of them left.

“I am personally not a fan of it.

I think it will drag our economy down even more.”

For the Average College Female 1.

Thou shalt not get so intoxicated that thou has no sense of the “personal bubble.” No one wants to date the stupid drunk girl — specially when she is screaming, approximately two centimeters from your face, leaving you no choice but to inhale her vodka breath and listen to how cute her cat is.

2. Thou shalt not bring up sad ex-boyfriend stories while out with boyfriend prospects. So he cheated on you with your best friend? Well, I bet she didn’t talk about her ex-boyfriends. Similarly, the topic of your secret fantasies about Edward Cullen, John Stamos or Ryan Atwood from “The O.C.” are strictly off-limits.

3. Thou shalt remember that crack kills. Please pull up your pants or buy larger ones.

4. Thou shalt not update your Facebook status with every single move you make. Do you know who cares that you’re “shopping with your besties, doing laundry, getting homework done and then watching Laguna Beach re runs?” No one.

5. Thou shalt be yourself. If he’s a vegetarian and you love your steak still mooing, order it rare. If he can’t accept you for what you are, then the relationship is bound for failure.

6. Thou shalt not wear makeup to the gym. It’s a gym, not Single’s Night at the YMCA. 7. Thou shalt not rely completely on good looks.

One day your boobs will sag, the fat under your arms will jiggle when you’re calling Bingo, and, as much as you hate to admit it, you will resort to that curly grey “Golden Girls” haircut. If your husband is stuck with you because you looked like Beyoncé in college, he might take the transformation a little hard, and you’ll catch him making copies of his 20-year-old secretary’s sculpted rear end.

8. Thou shalt not date men who treat you like a piece of canine defecation. They say, “If you treat a hot girl like dirt, she’ll stick to you like mud.” As the commercial for cervical cancer prevention states, “I want to be one less.”

9. Thou shalt not flirt with professors, bosses, coaches, policemen or tennis instructors. Dangling the idea of sex in front of your superiors or authority figures may be a way to get to the top, but I promise you that the women in your life will laugh at you and call you a floozy.

10. Above all, thou shalt love thyself. Christina Aguilera thinks you’re beautiful, no matter what they say, and so do I.

Name: Zaki Hussain Class of 2012 “I didn’t know it was passed.”

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Entertain Thy Self: refining amusements Jonathan S. Gamble Staff Writer

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icture good weather shining on some friends napping in an unmapped hamlet that National Geographic thought only they knew about. Then paint in a few shallow mountains — to hike later — and a thick wood peaking with leaves of orange, red, and yellow. Now plop the brush in some black to glob in a square 48” big screen. Which do we know how to use best, the square or the hike?

Color a young man and his grandmother inside a cozy room with cozier chairs. Outside is a frosty storm that brewed the hot cup of cocoa in their hands as much as the microwave. Stoke the fire with more kindling, and Grandma begins a story about a time he will never live in but through her. His cell phone rings. No one more important is calling. It has an off button. Which gets pressed, Grandma or the button?

Dream a summer sun setting a brilliant orange calm onto a lake and a boy and his brother who are self-proclaimed Halo masters.

Picture them spring-loaded, each on his own diving boulder, 40 feet off a shore pinched by wind-stricken evergreens. Now draw some electric outlets into those evergreens, some cords out to the boulders and a video game console. Which will be pulled, their springs or those cords?

I hope for the cords, not because they are wrong. Three hours playing FIFA Soccer happens to me, too. I choose for them because — figuratively speaking — too many cords with too few jumps in the lake will foster a stagnant soul.

The purpose of entertainment has sustained the evolution of its forms.

From marbles and Matchbox to video games and DVDs, we still engage

in it to distract us from what is boring or stressful. Whether a form is healthy or unhealthy depends more on how we use it than on what it is. Distraction can be an improving part of human life, yet it has now become something we do more to avoid improvement. It has become a hiatus for the sake of one. Also, entertainment is quite complicated today; some people do more work for vacation than for their jobs.

What then does it mean to entertain thyself? The word “entertain” is defined as providing someone with enjoyment or giving attention to an idea or feeling. Consequently, a thing that entertains is a means to provide oneself with enjoyment or is given mindful consideration.

However, the word “self” is more diverse in its meaning. It could mean one’s soul or spirit, personality or nature and even one’s own interests.

All, however, refer to something inseparably linked to our well-being or long-term happiness. Therefore, to entertain thyself requires not only brain, body or eye candy; this is just the state of being entertained. To entertain thyself, with or without candy, is to consider who and what we are through enjoyably fulfilling means.

In the film “The Matrix” there is an oracle who made Neo cookies and had above her door, “Know Thy Self,” which is to actively examine the validity of one’s inner truth. That doesn’t sound nearly as fun, right?

Knowing can be entertaining, but it also encompasses parts of life which are not enjoyable but are necessary to improve our well-being.

What we use to entertain ourselves should also help us in knowing ourselves. The forms of entertainment have become far too vast and idiosyncratic to attempt any categorization of what that means. But if we each give it an honest go, the common ground we form might weed out some of the boring squares, cords and buttons to leave room for hikes, springs and Grandmas.

in the nation

Virtual activism overshadows physical action Vanessa L. Andrew Staff Writer

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ave you checked your Facebook today?

According to the Facebook Web Site, over 300,000,000 people have an active account, and 50 percent log on every day. The social networking site has groups to join and interesting subjects of which people can become a “fan.” It’s easy to get lost in its depths and forget that you have math homework due the next morning.

The problem is that Facebook encourages you to stay hooked, update your profile and comment on your friends’ profiles instead of doing something constructive. It’s more common for a person to join a virtual group saying that they don’t like something rather than actively protesting their dislike in the community.

Activism is defined as “an intentional action to bring about social or political change,

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economic justice or environmental well-being.”

Someone can take action to support or oppose any side of an argument in today’s society.

Sometimes activism has nothing to do with protesting or any form of confrontation. In the cases of religion, feminism or vegetarianism, advocates may attempt to persuade others to change their behavior directly instead of trying to persuade their governments to change it. On a college campus, uniting together as a group is the first step to a successful protest. In order to prove that you’re serious about a cause, you must find other people who agree with you and what you are saying. Most of the time, a protest is against the reigning authority in place and activists want to bring about an immediate social change in a community.

In today’s civilization, it’s not like there isn’t anything to protest. The most popular topics that students can voice their opinions include:

Internet rights, the environment, American government, health-related subjects, current wars and peace, privacy in general and sexuality. Yet I don’t see anyone lining up with picket signs anywhere on campus. Could it be that no one feels strongly about any of these topics? An article on the Fox News Web Site from August 2006 focused on the low voter turnout and the lack of political activism in college communities when compared to the baby boomers’ protests of the 1960s and 1970s. In the article, Lawrence Mead, a professor of political science at New York University, said, “The average student is not deeply engaged or committed to any political issue.” That same attitude carries over into campuses all over the nation today.

Though there is much to discuss and debate, there is no major change happening in today’s world; thus, students do not feel compelled to actively protest. Anyone can retreat to their dorm room after a hard day of class, but few decide to do something to bring about a change in their immediate community. It’s hard to start any form of activism on your own, and it often takes a lot of time and effort to bring forth any rewarding result.

Most would much rather plug in their computer and post an opinion on a blog or join a group on Facebook than voice their thoughts. The computer is a link that unites students throughout the world and has both its advantages and disadvantages. Just keep in mind that a virtual burst of do-goodery is never going to be as effective as a picket line out on the streets of society.

Correction: In the Oct. 29 issue of the Etownian, it was stated that Masterpiece Marketing received government funding for their research on unexpected pregnancy. In reality, it is independent and privately funded. The Etownian apologizes for the mistake.

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November 12, 2009

wrestling

Messiah Invitational brings victorious season opener Erin M. Hensel Staff Writer

Although several members are already rehabilitating injuries this season, the team will showcase players from different weight classes, and there are he Elizabethtown College wrestling team made enough members to cover for injured teammates.

Results of the Messiah Invitational demonstrate a strong and successful season debut Saturday when they won the team title at the Messiah Invi- the truth of the captains’ statements; team members tational. With a score of 104 points, the Blue Jays from a number of different weight classes placed in finished at the top of nine competing schools, includ- the top three of their class, winning individual titles. ing the hosting Messiah Falcons at 85.5 points and Sophomore Tyler Erdman, at 125 pounds, took first in his weight class. Erdman, named a key player Waynesburg University at 77 points.

Team captains, junior Bill Meaney and senior Eric for this season by both captains, is a returning AllRhoads both agree that the wrestling team has a great American. After placing seventh at the NCAA Diviopportunity to succeed this year, based on individual sion III championships in March, Erdman brought members and the overall makeup of the group. “We his skills to the Messiah Invitational Saturday and have a very large team this year with a lot of depth won all four of his matches, pinning his first opponent in 55 seconds. and talent at every weight class,” Rhoads said.

Senior Bud Croswell, also named a key team Meaney agreed, but also noted that the team is no longer facing at least one of the challenges they did member by both Meaney and Rhoads, took second in previous seasons. “Last year we struggled with place in his weight class at 157 pounds. Croswell injuries, and there was no one to fill in the spots,” missed the 2008-09 wrestling season due to injury, but he made a strong comeback Saturday, winning Meaney said. three out of four bouts and advancing to finals.

Senior Deron Sharp, an NCAA qualifier from last season at 285 pounds, also brought home a second place win. Sharp is considered a critical wrestler for this season, according to Rhoads.

First-year Jim Gentile made his first appearance at the Messiah Invitational a strong one. Gentile took first in his weight class at 174 pounds, raising the score enough to secure the team title.

Other team members Photo: EtownBlueJays.com placed as well, including First-year Jordan Stepanchick wrestles with an opponent at the Messiah Invitational sophomore Will Bentley last Saturday.The Blue Jays defeated host Messiah College by almost 20 points. and R hoads in s econd

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Every meet this year is an opportunity for the team to showcase our talent ... we have a lot of wrestlers pushing for a starting spot, which always helps the team to improve.

Bill Meaney Junior captain Wrestling team place, junior Marty Harnish and Meaney in third, and junior Mike Lussier in fourth.

Upcoming meets this season will prove even more important than Saturday’s invitational. For wrestlers, every match is a personal challenge to overcome weaknesses and defeat opponents despite any odds. Meaney noted the equal importance of each upcoming meet, saying, “Every meet this year is an opportunity for the team to showcase our talent.” First-year wrestlers, like Gentile, and others new to the team, will continue working to become stronger, more prominent team members as the season progresses, and the team will hopefully advance along with them. “We have a lot of wrestlers pushing for a starting spot, which always helps the team to improve,” Meaney said.

Though every match is significant, some are especially anticipated. Nov. 24, the team will face Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pa. Delaware Valley is currently ranked top five in the country, says Rhoads, which makes it one of the team’s strongest opponents. The Messiah College meet in February will also be a key match, as it’s the last single-opponent meet. The Metropolitan Conference Championships will be the following week, where the wrestlers will hopefully finish as strong as they started.

Saturday the wrestling team will travel to Collegeville, Pa., where they will compete in the Ursinus Fall Brawl.

volleyball

LVC Dutchmen defeat Jays in Commonwealth finals Jamie L. Bartolino Editor in Chief

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n a dramatic end to the season, the women’s volleyball team lost 3-2 overall to Lebanon Valley College (LVC) in the Commonwealth Conference championship last Saturday at LVC. The Lady Jays, who ended their season 20-10 overall, fought hard against the Dutchmen (31-2 overall), losing by just two points in the final game of the evening.

“Saturday’s match against Leb. Val. was heartbreaking,” senior Paige Tanner said. “Not for an instant did I think we weren't going to win. In the fifth game and down some points, I had no worries that the Blue Jays weren't going to pull through.”

The team lost the first match in a close finish of 25-23, and then defeated LVC 25-18 in the next match. They kept this streak for a short while, winning the third match 25-23. In the end, the Dutchmen pulled out the win with victories in the final two games (25-16 and 15-13, respectively).

“We were playing for the championship, but we were also playing for the seniors,” first-year Lindsay Palm said.

“The seniors have had such an impact on the team this season. I’m sure if we could do it all over again, we would do some things differently, but we never backed down during our final game. We promised the seniors after the match that we will beat LVC next year.”

While the Lady Jays lost their shot at competing in the NCAA Division III tournament, they managed to set impressive standards for next year’s lineup.

LVC’s win earned them an automatic bid into the D-III tournament, and will face

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Mt. Union today at Juniata College at 5:30 p.m. The winner of that match will play of winner of the match between Cabrini College and Juniata.

Tanner ended her athletic career at Elizabethtown College with second place status in program history in two separate categories, earning 1,446 kills and 1,538 digs over her four years on the team.

2008 graduate Kelly Downs remains the Lady Jays’ kills leader, with a career record of 1,532. 2004 graduate Emily Morris retains her place at the head of the Lady Jays’ digs list with a career record of 1,895.

Palm set a season high for kills, landing 16 over the team’s 30 games.

Senior Kayla Deats followed close behind with 14 kills, and first-year Holly Bubb earned seven.

The championship was also Deats’ final career game, where she landed 13 blocks over the course of the night. She ended her season by coming in eighth in program history in kills with 916 and tied for seventh in blocks with 407 overall. Bubb earned 10 blocks, while junior Crystal Agnew had 15 digs and

We never backed down during our final game.

We promised the seniors after the match that we will beat LVC next year.

Lindsay Palm First-year volleyball player five blocks. Agnew supported the team with 47 assists.

“The season was a rollercoaster,” Tanner said. “We had some super highs and valley lows, but we managed to still stick together as a team.”

“We really appreciate the help we have gotten from our assistant coach, Debbie Murray,” Palm said. “She has really impacted the team with her guidance and commitment and taught the team many life lessons. The volleyball team is like a family. We are looking to really build upon what the seniors have left behind.”

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Thirteen Blue Jays named to All-Conference teams Sara E. Crimmel Sports Editor

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arlier this week, the offices of the Middle Atlantic Conference announced the selections to the 2009 All-Commonwealth Conference field hockey, men’s soccer and women’s soccer teams, which were selected by the head coaches of the respective leagues.

For the field hockey team, junior Julie Foster and senior Caitlin Smith were named to the first team, while seniors Brenna Noon and Liz Hannegan received second-team honors.

For the men’s soccer team, juniors Taylor Helsel, Cameron Gettel and Tony Pacella earned first-team

Caitlin Smith

Smith, who was selected to the first - team in 2007, helped the Blue Jays hold opposing teams to one or fewer goals in 11 of the Jays’ 18 games this season. In 52 starts over her career, Smith earned one goal and one assist.

honors, while senior Luke Mitchell and first-years Javeim Blanchette and Giovanni Correa were named to the second team.

For the women’s soccer team, first-years Laura Wingert and Amy Bunting were named to the first team, while junior Kelly Fisher was a second-team selection.

Messiah took Player of the Year awards for all three teams. Junior Julie Barton earned the honor for field hockey, junior Geoff Pezon won the award for men’s soccer and junior Erin Hench took home the honor for women’s soccer.

The Etownian congratulates Foster, Smith, Noon, Hannegan, Helsel, Gettel, Pacella, Mitchell, Blanchette, Correa, Wingert, Bunting and Fisher on their selection to the 2009 All-Commonwealth Conference teams!

Brenna Noon

Julie Foster

Foster earned two goals and four assists to complete her third season as a Blue Jay with eight points. In 57 career games, she has recorded four goals and 17 assists to total 25 points.

Liz Hannegan

Noon was the second-highest point scorer for the Blue Jays, recording eight goals and two assists. Five of her goals came in conference play, and three of them were deciding factors in Blue Jays’ wins throughout the season.

Hannegan earned five shutouts during her final season, recording a 1.71 goals against average and a .709 save percentage. She ended her career with a 36-14 record, earning 16 shutouts over her three years as a starter.

Helsel was the Blue Jays’ second-highest scorer, recording eight goals and five assists to earn 21 points. Helsel scored four game-winning goals, helping the Blue Jays defeat Widener 1-0; LVC 2-1 in overtime; F& M 1-0; and Albright 3-2.

Gettel was the fifth-highest scorer for the Blue Jays, registering three goals and six assists to earn 12 points.

All three of his goals came off penalty kicks, two of which contributed to the Blue Jays’ 8-2 win over Immaculata.

Pacella recorded two goals and three assists to earn seven points and took 10 shots on goal. He started at outside back in 18 of the Blue Jays’ 19 games. His second-half goal Sept. 29 against Moravian led the Jays to a 4-0 win.

Mitchell started in all 19 games. He chalked the first point of his career when he made an assist against Gwynedd-Mercy. He scored his first and only career goal in the Jays’ 8-2 win over Immaculata.

Blanchette was the Jays’ third-highest scorer, recording seven goals and six assists to earn 20 points. He scored the Jays’ lone goal in their loss to Messiah. He earned two goals in seven conference competitions.

Correa started at outside back in 17 of the Blue Jays’ 19 games. He scored his first career goal in the Jays’ 7-0 defeat of New York City Tech. In each of the Blue Jays’ last six games of the season, Correa recorded at least one shot.

Wingert led the team with six goals and 14 points. She scored the lone goal in the Jays’ win over Millersville. Her two goals, just over five minutes apart, broke a scoreless tie in the second half to help the Blue Jays defeat Widener University and clinch a playoff bid.

Bunting started at center back in 18 of the Blue Jays’ 19 games. Her second-half goal gave the Jays the win over Eastern University. Her defense led the Jays to seven shutouts, four of which were conference opponents. She limited opposing teams to less than 10 shots in 13 games.

Fisher started in 17 of the Blue Jays’ 19 games. In 14 of the games in which she played, the Blue Jays allowed two or fewer goals. Her lone goal came against Stevenson University and was the deciding factor in sending the game into overtime.

Taylor Helsel

Luke Mitchell

Laura Wingert

Cameron Gettel

Javeim Blanchette

Amy Bunting

Tony Pacella

Giovanni Correa

Kelly Fisher

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Blue Jays split with Messiah, defeat Arcadia Rebekah V. Arbogast Staff Writer Janna M. Richards Assistant Sports Editor

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ednesday, the men’s and women’s swim teams traveled to Messiah College to take on the Falcons in their second meet of the season.

The women were able to take home a win with a final score of 118-85, while the men took a defeat with a 138-47 loss.

Senior and Etownian Sports Editor Sara Crimmel took the 1,000-yard freestyle win (12:05.38) as well as the 500yard freestyle (5:59.96). Junior Courtney Kelly won not only the 200-yard freestyle (2:10:08) but also the 100-yard butterfly (1:07.80). Senior captain Lindsay Riley won the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.38) while teammate junior Stephanie Hellman won the 100-yard freestyle (59.97). The 400yard freestyle relay team of Hellman, Kelley, Etownian Assistant Buisness Manager Jennifer Malick, and Riley won in 4:03.88.

On the men’s side, first-year Shawn Martin won the 1,000yard freestyle (12:15.58). In an exhibition event, senior captain and the Etownian’s Athlete of the Week Matt Drob set a pool record in the 200-yard backstroke (2:17.34).

Saturday, the Blue Jay swimmers sliced through the water when they hosted Arcadia

University in their season opener. Both Elizabethtown’s men’s and women’s teams came out on top and began the new season with a bang as they earned their first victories.

The men’s team defeated the Knights 94-61. First-year Ryan Hannon and Martin and Drob each went home with two individual victories. Hannon took the 1,000-yard freestyle (12:12.13) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:17.10). Martin walked away with wins in the 400-yard individual medley (5:07.45) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:38.75), while Drob came out victorious in the 50-yard freestyle (23.44), along with the 100-yard freestyle (52.90).

Senior Kevin Smedman and first-year Chris Nelson also picked up first-place finishes, Smedman in the 200-yard freestyle (2:03.25) and Nelson in the 200-yard butterfly (2:47.49).

The relay team of Hannon, Martin, Drob and Smedman took first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:50.35.

“We ha d a l ot of go o d swims,” Drob said of the Arcadia meet.

On the women’s side, Etown posted a victory of 114-76 over Arcadia. Kelly and Crimmel came away with two individual wins each. Kelly took the 400-yard individual medley (5:13.71) as well as the 200-yard backstroke (2:27.12).

Crimmel, one of the women’s

team captains, came out on top in the 1,000-yard freestyle (12:08.74) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:57.47).

Riley posted an individual win in the 50-yard freestyle (26.32), while sophomore Amanda Martin took an individual first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:42.37). Hellman also helped lead the Lady Jays by grabbing her own individual win in the 100-yard freestyle (58.84).

Like the men’s team, the women also took first place in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:01.36. The relay team consisted of Riley, senior captain Danielle Hopkins, Kelly and Hellman.

Because of the disproportionate score on the women’s side, Head Coach Dan DeHass chose to make the last two events of the meet — the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard freestyle relay — exhibition events for the Lady Jays, so that they would not continue to run up the score.

Had he not done so, Hopkins would have been victorious in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:48.23), and the relay team of Hellman first-year Chelsea Lorenz, Malik and Riley would have taken first in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

“We worked to encourage and support each other and our hard work in practice paid off,” Hellman said.

Starting out with wins for

both the men’s and women’s teams is just the beginning, as the Jays hope to continue the season with more wins and personal improvements.

“I hope we can equal or better last year’s record,” DeHass said. DeHass, in his second year as the head swim coach, is one of the newer coaches on the Blue Jay Athletic staff.

This season seems to be promising, as there are many versatile swimmers on both the men’s and women’s teams.

“We have more of a balance this year,” DeHass said. “We [have] got a lot of depth.”

With 10 more meets this season until the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC)Championships, there is still plenty of time for the Blue Jay swimmers to improve and get into top shape. One of the biggest meets of the season is the Franklin & Marshall Invitational, which takes place during the first weekend of December. The F&M meet is organized similarly to the MAC Championship meet and gives the team an idea of how to prepare for the three-day event in midFebruary.

Saturday, the men’s and women’s teams will travel to Williamsport, Pa., where they will face the Warriors of Lycoming College in a Middle Atlantic Conference contest. The Warrior men are 0-3 this season, while the Warrior women are 1-2.

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Athlete of the Week Matt Drob

Sara E. Crimmel Sports Editor

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he Etownian is delirious with joy to name senior swimmer and captain Matt Drob as Athlete of the Week!

Setting a pool record during last night’s meet against Messiah College, Drob swam the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 2:17.34.

Saturday, Drob won the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 23.44, and, despite losing his goggles at the beginning of the race, won the event more than a body length ahead of the other swimmers.

He also won the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 52.90

and, with first-years Ryan Hannon, Shaun Martin, and fellow senior Kevin Smedman, won

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the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:50.35.

At the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships last season, Drob was sixth in the 100-yard butterfly, ninth in the 200-yard backstroke and tied for 15th in the 50-yard freestyle.

Drob, along with fellow senior Dan Provence, Smedman, and junior Tom Hagerty, took sixth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, seventh in the 400-yard freestyle relay, eighth in the 200-yard medley relay and eighth in the 400-yard medley relay.

Congratulations to Matt for his success in the pool and for being named Athlete of the Week!

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Major: Comp. engineering Favorite sports team: Philadelphia Eagles Favorite TV show: “The Office” Favorite movie: “Boondock Saints” Favorite song to listen to before a race: “Turn My Swag On”

by Soulja Boy Favorite Jay’s Nest item: Turkey Pretzel Melt In 10 years, I want to be ... done working and then traveling the world.

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Sports Recap Men’s Swimming (1-1) Etown 94, Arcadia 61 Messiah 138, Etown 47 Women’s Swimming (2-0) Etown 114, Arcadia 76 Etown 118, Messiah 85 Volleyball (20-10, 6-1) Lebanon Valley College 3, Etown 2 Wrestling Messiah Invitational 1st of 9 (104 points)

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of Sports

Men’s Basketball Nov. 15: Manhattanville Nov. 18: @ Lancaster Bible College Women’s Basketball Nov. 15: @ Moravian Nov. 18: Mar ywood University Men’s Cross Countr y Nov. 14: NCAA Division III Mideast Regional (@ Lehigh University) Women’s Cross Country Nov. 14: NCAA Division III Mideast Regional (@ Lehigh University) Men’s Swimming Nov. 14: @ Lycoming Nov. 18: @ King’s College Women’s Swimming Nov. 14: @ Lycoming Nov. 18: @ King’s College Wrestling Nov. 14: @ Ursinus Fall Brawl

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