Fall2016 issue 07 by The Etownian

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Vol. 113. Issue 7

Thursday, november 3, 2016

Board of Trustees uses fall session to deliberate future of College by Stephanie Miller Asst. News Editor

he Elizabethtown C ollege B oard of Trustees held their fall meeting Saturday, Oct. 29 in the Susquehanna Room behind Myer Residence Hall. The meeting began with breakfast and a student-faculty research presentation before moving on to cover the business agenda. In addition to the officers and members of the Board of Trustees, members from different parts of the College community

were in attendance, from professors to representatives of Student Senate. President Carl Strikwerda’s report touched on many aspects of the College, from the approvals of future comprehensive fee increases to the success of the men’s soccer team. Strikwerda also mentioned that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe d e c l are d Nov e mb e r 2 0 1 6 “Wi l l i am Shakespeare Month” because of the College hosting the traveling Shakespeare’s First Folio exhibit and events. Strikwerda also discussed the College’s new “Envision 2020” Strategic Plan, which

will involve many of the other topics discussed by the Board. A draft of the plan will be ready for different campus organizations to review and edit in January. One issue that received a lot of attention was the College’s enrollment rate. Senior Vice President of Academic Af fairs (SVPAA) Betty Rider described the impact the recent drop in enrollment has had on the College and led a discussion about how to deal with the decline. The Class of 2020 is made up of 442 students, which is short of the annual goal of 500 students per incoming class.

Get Out The Vote event features Artist-inResidence plays local democratic House candidate Carnegie Hall

This combined with the similarly small population of the Class of 2018 had several trustees worrying about the size of the College and the financial consequences a decreasing student population can have. Strikwerda said a more thorough analysis of the enrollment situation and ways to improve it is being planned for the Board’s winter meeting. “Our school is a tuition-dependent small college that cares about its students,” one trustee said. SEE TRUSTEES PAGE 3

500 students, staff join Into the Streets by Megan Kane Asst. Campus Life Editor

by Amanda Jobes Copy Chief

lizabethtown C ollege Artist-inResidence guitarist David Cullen traveled to New York Friday, Oct. 28, where he performed at Carnegie Hall. Cullen took the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities as an experienced musician when he was invited to the city last weekend. Carnegie Hall is home to many music programs and hosts a vast number of concerts every year. It has been invested in the realm of music since its establishment in 1891 and has only continued to grow into the legend it is today. Cullen’s performance took place as a part of “ The Gathering C oncert” in Weill Recital Hall. He and a group of other musicians came together for this occasion, including guitarist Will Ackerman, pianist Lynn Yew Evers and cellist Eugene Friesen. Oboe and English horn player Jill Haley, Cullen’s wife, and others also contributed to the performance. Cullen and Haley joined forces with the group of musicians in order to create a memorable night of music for their audience. Cullen and Ackerman have also worked together in the past on more than one occasion performing for masses. This performance was not Cullen’s first, either. He has played the guitar since he was seven years old, and he has done his fair share of both performing and recording labels, particularly in the areas of jazz and classical music. He also won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Recording. Now that he is an Artist-in-Residence at Etown, Cullen spends much of his time working with the College’s music students and those interested in music therapy and education. Through his experience helping students achieve their dreams as well as performing in concerts as a team player, Cullen has continuously brought music into this world and the people in it. Cullen will be playing guitar with the Elizabethtown College-Community Orchestra on Nov. 13. The performance will feature one of his original compositions.

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David Cullen is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist. He played at Carnegie Hall last week.

Photo courtesy Jared Hamilton

Christina Hartman, who is currently running for the 16th district seat in the House of Representatives, hosted a “Get Out The Vote” rally on Oct. 27.

by Katie Weiler Staff Writer

hursday Oct. 27, in Gibble Auditorium candidate Christina Hartman came to speak at a meet and greet for the Elizabethtown College Democrats. Hartman is running as the Democratic nominee for the 16th district seat in the House of Representatives. Hartman was introduced by Lancaster County Democratic Committee City Chair Diane Topakian and spoke mainly about this year’s race. She spoke of the importance of ‘getting out the vote,’ especially since our district is a moderate community. Since previous races have put the Republicans in the seats in the house, it is important to have options for the people of the district. Hartman spoke mostly about how she has been an advocate for human rights and has been to 43 countries and worked in 20 of them. She started her campaign about two years ago, after wanting to continue to aid in the advocacy for human rights. Hartman was born in Manheim Township and has since been on the campaign trail all over the district. Her talk focused on the district’s growing Hispanic population and how this new population will change the future. Hartman said that being a woman has caused some advantages and disadvantages. Working in many non-profit organizations, Hartman acknowledged that there were many women involved in her line of work. A member of the audience brought up the cost of college and the amount of student debt. Hartman assented that student debt is not only a problem for the students themselves, but also a gradual problem for the economy since students are paying back their loans and cannot use that money for things such as purchasing a car or putting a down payment on a house. Hartman focused more on gaining federal assistance and offering more free community college programs to place students in vocational schools to transition into a better financial future. Hartman elaborated upon her stance on

education and how this generation must focus on giving children a better future. By utilizing less testing and endorsing an entrepreneurial spirit, individuals will be able to invoke a better sense of critical thinking in the next generation. She also spoke more about the economies of Lancaster, Chester and Berks counties, which make up the 16th district. With an array of local businesses, the opportunities to reach a global market are at a high, and larger businesses from our district are already national leading providers. Sophomore Samantha Dickson asked Hartman about restorative justice, which related to a previous lecture with Melanie Snyder on Oct. 26. Hartman talked about the need for the US to enforce a rehabilitation program for criminals after they were released, since it costs less for these programs than the cost of returning to jail. With many female candidates running for office, “2016 is the year of the woman,” Dickson said. A native of Maine, who decided to vote locally, she attended the event to learn more about the candidates. “This is a historic election year, and I believe everyone needs to be cognizant,” sophomore College Democrats club vice president, John Koons said. The club ran a campaign on campus for Bernie Sanders last spring with phone calls and canvassing by knocking on doors in the neighborhood. This year they worked with the Elizabethtown Democratic Club, who paired them with Hartman, and they have worked on promoting her within the area. The College Democrats have built off of similar activities that the College Republicans club on campus partake in. During the meet and greet time of the Hartman “Get Out the Vote” event members of the College Republicans club stood in the lobby of the Masters Center and held signs for District 16’s Republican nominee Lloyd Smucker. The College Republicans have been promoting Smucker and have met him in the past. College Republicans club President junior Allie Vaccaro wants to make sure that both parties are represented on campus and “fight for Republican values for the local community.”

he Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) hosted the 34th annual Into the Streets event Saturday, Oct. 22. Over 500 Elizabethtown College students and staff participated in the day of service. Into the Streets volunteers worked in three areas of the community: Fall Fest, raking and winterizing and volunteering at local agencies. Many student organizations set up tables at the GEARS Fall Fest. Held at the Elizabethtown Fairgrounds, the festival attracted many local families. Etown students helped children create fall-themed crafts and provided more information about their respective clubs. Other students partnered with community organizations to set up supplies or assist with events. For the first time, students traveled to Willow Valley Nursing Home to sing with the residents and play bingo. Others visited the Etown Winter Shelter to organize supplies for the cold months ahead. Among others, the Community Cupboard, the Etown Public Library and the Central PA Food Bank also welcomed volunteers. Moving Forward Together and the Etown softball team worked with the Global Aid Network. Together they made packages for people who live in impoverished areas. Sophomore CCCE employee Kyle Lumbert led the Moving Forward Together Group during Into the Streets. He appreciated the opportunity to lend a helping hand to community members. “It’s a chance for students to give back to the community,” Lumbert said. “Back home there were not a lot of things of this kind to do.”

“[Into the Streets] betters our skills to help and volunteer.” ~Kyle Lumbert

A third group of students worked to rake leaves and winterize the homes of community residents. Senior Charity Good, co-leader of the event, was pleased that they could visit even more homes this year. “We were able to send students to some new local residents, completing more raking and winterizing projects than ever before,” Good said. In total, students and staff completed 45 service projects. Over 30 groups participated, including five sports teams. Still more students signed up as individual volunteers, friend groups and first-year seminars. Lumbert believes that Into the Streets is beneficial for both the participants and the recipients of the service. “It betters our skills to help and volunteer,” he said. “And it creates a relationship with the community so they know we are here, and we want to help.” Whether students were raking and winterizing, working at Fall Fest or volunteering with community organizations, all participants of Into the Streets could lived out the motto of the College: “Educate for Service.”

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Juniors Jaime Ramos and Alpha Sow and senior John Wolbert made a big impact this Halloween in this giant teddy bear costume. It measured approximately six feet tall. The boys purchased the bear and hollowed out the stuffing so that it could fit each of them. They took turns wearing it around campus, carr ying it between two of them when no one was inside of it. Ramos’ goal with the bear suit was to top his costume from last Halloween: A massive Pac-Man outfit made of cardboard.

Photo: Taylor Miles | Photography Editor

The Halloween-enthusiastic trio is seen here posing with their creative project at the Jay’s Nest, taking a snack break between visits to friends around campus.

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Trustees brainstorm ways to increase retention

At the fall meeting, members of the Board of Trustees discussed the Sports, Fitness and Wellness Center as well as finishing the Nicarry renovations. “Every kid we lose is a big deal.” The trustees then brainstormed ways to help prospective students make personal connections with the College and make them more likely to enroll. Several trustees liked the idea of making a personal phone call to every accepted high school student. The calls could come from a random faculty member or student or from someone who is involved with one of the student’s interests. For example, future prospective students could receive calls from athletic coaches or professors in their departments of interest. Strikwerda and Rider both said that what the College is making up for any lack of enrollment with its retention rate. “The Class of 2019 had an 86.7 percent retention rate from their first year to their sophomore year, which is great for any institution and especially for Etown and the kind of students we have,” Strikwerda

said. The trustees also discussed the proposed Sports, Fitness and Wellness Center and unanimously voted to proceed with designing the building. The completed design will be presented to the Board for approval at a future meeting. In terms of funding the Center, so far the College has raised over $11 million of the $15 million goal. The Center will be built over the practice field next to Wolf Field and is predicted to open in the fall of 2018. According to an email Strikwerda sent after the meeting, the Center will boast a fitness center, three indoor courts, a floor level running track and spaces for students to hang out. Other future campus projects discussed at the meeting included a café in the High Library, more renovations to the second floor of Nicarry Hall and renovations

to the bathrooms in Myer Residence Hall. These projects will be funded by the College’s Plant Reserve Fund. At the meeting, the trustees voted to move almost $2 million into the Plant Reserve Fund to help pay for these projects. Campaign Steering Committee chair and former Board chair James Shreiner gave an up date on the BE Inspired campaign launched this past spring. The campaign is designed to raise money to benefit all aspects of life for Etown students and is organized around certain goals. S ome of t he go a ls are “Bu i l d i ng Community,” which involves funding projects like the Sports, Fitness and Wellness Center and various sustainability efforts, and “Transforming Lives,” which will fund student-faculty research and programs like Called to Lead. With well over $34 million donated or pledged to be donated so far, the College is more than halfway to its goal of raising $50 million by 2020. “If each dollar donated so far was represented by a foot-long blue jay, the blue jays would reach from Etown to Tokyo, Japan,” Shreiner said. “Now we have to bring those blue jays back around to Etown.” The trustees also voted to purchase a property located at 593 College Ave. This property could have many different functions once the purchase has been made official. Other such properties have been turned into Student-Directed Learning Communities (SDLCs) or extra space for academic departments. The most recent College-owned property to open is the diversity-themed Mosaic House. Board members discussed ways to help current and prospective students see Etown as a college town and connect students to the town itself and the surrounding area. One idea was sharing a shuttle with Masonic Village and the Etown community. The shuttle would take people to local businesses and possibly places like Hershey or Lancaster on weekends. In addition to discussing topics relevant to the entire Etown community, the trustees discussed topics that pertain to the Board itself. The trustees approved the Board Leadership Succession Plan, which states the length of certain trustees’ terms and describes how their positions will be filled when their terms are over. Later, Board Assistant Secretary and 2001 Etown graduate Leanna Meiser gave an update on the Trustee Annual Fund. The meeting finished with an Executive Session led by Board chair Robert Kerr. This session was open to trustees only and concluded with lunch after the meeting adjourned. The theme of the meeting was “College Leadership, Envisioning Our Future” and between all the planning, discussion and decision-making, the Board did just that.

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The Electoral College by Garrett Clark Contributing Writer By now most of you reading this have decided who you are voting for, or have even already voted, in this presidential election. Recently, I have continually heard the following response to this debacle of a presidential election: “I just don’t get it!? Why would anyone ever vote for him?!” Hopefully, I can address here why someone would vote for Trump and not for Secretary Clinton—or, in my case, not vote for either of them. Let’s be real: the reason presidential elections are contentious is because they are personal. Our vote is more personal than we think. When we vote for a person we are approving of all that goes with that person to represent us. So why will some conservatives vote for Trump? In this case, I think it comes down to choosing either one’s own conservative values or a candidate’s personality. For example, if I promote the 2nd Amendment and consider myself pro-life, I have to choose between Hillary, who absolutely does not agree with these views, or Donald, who seems incompetent, racist, misogynistic, etc., but MAY uphold his promises to promote conservative principles. So which is more important to right-wing voters? I mean, come on, let’s be honest, voting is a selfish act. Many people will choose their own conservative values over another’s morality. Personally, I’m not willing to make that choice. I don’t agree with Secretary Clinton’s views and the direction she wants to take the country. However, I cannot stamp my name to the Trump ballot because I don’t approve of all that goes with him. So in whom will I put my faith? With whom will I identify? The truth is, and I know some of you will roll your eyes at this, but I put my identity in neither the left side of the aisle nor the right, but in Jesus Christ. Yep, I did it. The religion card has been pulled out, people. But that’s who I am, right? And elections are personal! I don’t really put my faith in a president. I don’t wish ill on a president or presidential nominee. I pray for all those in office, because they do have an effect on me and others around the world. But I don’t rely on them for my peace of mind. Many w i l l s ay t h at my vot e will not matter, but I am voting for Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, on Nov. 8 because I refuse to compromise my conservative views while simultaneously refusing to support a candidate whose actions do not reflect my morals. My goal of writing this was not to persuade you to vote one way or the other, but to encourage you to sit down and engage in a civil manner about our different world-views. In trying to understand those on both sides of the aisle, might we get some peace and less violence in this election? Quite frankly, even as a political science major, I can’t wait until this election is over. My political party is torn apart. I don’t expect people to like or agree with my view, but please at least respect my opinion and the opinions of others you talk to this election season. The Etownian would like to remind the campus community that election day is next Tuesday, Nov. 8—less than one week away. Voting will take place at various locations around town. Absentee ballots must be sent in as soon as possible to count.

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Student Senate by Adam Saubel Student Senate Vice President C ampus leaders, donors and alumni flocked together this past week for the seasonal Board of Trustees meeting. As a student organization, Senate was invited to participate in three specific Board meetings: The President, Sean Fiedler, was invited to the Board’s Student Life Committee meeting, the Executive Cabinet was invited to experience the Strategic Planning meeting and Fiedler and Vice President Adam Saubel were invited to the general business meeting Saturday, Oct. 29. The Student Life Committee was composed of a Trustee collective, Dean Marianne Calenda, Chaplain Tracy Sadd, the Faculty Assembly President Dr. April Kelly-Woessner, Fiedler and other Student Life directors and stakeholders. Calenda highlighted the important changes that had occurred since the previous meeting. Most importantly, retention has been significantly high at 86.7 percent. A new counselor will soon fill the vacant position in Counseling Services, and residence hall bathrooms will receive renovations. Senate provided updates on their progress, while also providing feedback on possible projects and input when necessary. The Strategic Planning meeting occurred Friday, Oct. 28. The Board of Trustees, Faculty Assembly

Committee chairs and President Carl Strikwerda gathered to have an open mic session. The goal was to address the future of the College through the Strategic Plan that is in development. A large majority of the meeting placed emphasis on making the College innovative and giving Etown the opportunity to adapt to future circumstances it will face. The Board of Trustees and Senior Staff met to approve future operating plans and budget proposals as well as give updates on the current state of the College. The room filled with tension as the meeting progressed, with some Board members expressing concerns about current trends that the school is seeing in regard to enrollment, the Office of Marketing and Communications and other financial situations. Some highlights of the meeting included Dr. Sara Atwood and students presenting their research experience to the Board of Trustees. The Board also approved the purchase of a property along College Avenue, which will allow for increased flexibility. The general business meeting on Saturday morning marked the conclusion of the Board of Trustees events for the week. The Board of Trustees will gather again in the spring semester. They plan to visit Southwestern University, the #1 ranked liberal arts college in Texas. The Board is hoping to gather ideas from this visit and see where the College can improve.

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Music therapy seniors research emotional expression through playing instruments by Samantha Kick Contributing Writer

enior music therapy students Zoe Robinson, Sarah McCollum, Ashley Doron, Cody Thompson, Bethany Wentling and Madison Button are currently engaged in conducting research for a senior project. Their study aims to discover the way in which different emotions are communicated by different instruments. Each student has been equally involved in the various aspects of the project, which required a literary review and analysis. According to Button, the group selected this during a collective brainstorming session. They selected the topic over others present because of the lack of current research on emotions and instruments, the level of difficulty involved in setting up experiments and the appeal of the topic to the group members. “[This project] was the most feasible to get done within our specific timeframe,” Doron said. Projects such as these are important to music therapy. “[Music therapy] relies on research to prove itself a legitimate field,” Button said. “Conducting student research at Etown gives our students the knowledge of what proper research entails and how to read and comprehend research articles and gives us experience that can be beneficial on the job hunt.” Music therapy students are assigned projects such as this one in order to familiarize them with how to properly conduct research studies. Button considered the hardest part of the study the preliminary paperwork. After that was approved, the group began locating a focus group of participants. “I did not know what to expect going

Photo: Taylor Miles | Photography Editor

Four instruments included in the study were the keyboard, xylophone, guiro and djembe drum.

[into the project], but I’m enjoying it now that we are conducting research instead of preparing to conduct,” Button said. Doron considered determining the methodology of the study the most difficult part. Once that was agreed upon and confirmed as ready by their faculty member, the group sent an email to randomly selected Etown students asking them to participate in the study. According to the email, participants spend approximately 25 minutes listening to “short recordings of music improvisations played on different instruments” in the Zug Memorial Hall computer lab at a time convenient to them and “identify the emotional content using SurveyGizmo.” Now in the process of enacting their empirical study, the seniors are all holding one another accountable for helping collect and manage data. “We all try to balance out the work as much as we can,” Doron said. “Each group member is responsible for putting in a

certain of amount of time, so we can get the work done.” Doron feels strongly that working on this project will help her and her classmates succeed in their chosen field. “The importance of research in music therapy is to prove that music, the tool we use to work with clients, is efficient, effective and accountable because music therapy is an evidenced-based practice,” Doron said. “The importance of student research at Etown is to help us become better professionals in our field, to teach us how to think critically and support our claims to prove that what we expect to happen in our study will happen.” The researchers believe that the project is receiving a good response to their participation requests. However, they would like to see more student involvement to be sure the results are applicable to general population. To participate in the study, email ecseniormusictherapyresearch@gmail. com.

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Groups on campus, in community support local homeless by Shaye Lynn DiPasquale Staff Writer

ndividuals experiencing homelessness are frequently stigmatized and misrepresented by mainstream media. While there are plenty of cases where mental health and substance abuse have contributed to an individual’s experience with homelessness, the majority of people who are experiencing homelessness fell on hard times for one reason or another. In Lancaster County, 40 percent of individuals that are homeless have jobs. The issue is that many households are cost burdened, with families spending nearly 50 percent of their income on mortgages, rent and utilities. It is common for individuals or families to be “living beyond their means,” meaning that the loss of a job, a pay cut or a medical crisis could devastate their financial standing. Shelters across the county have worked to meet the needs of the homeless population, but most are only able to support the needs of a portion of the homeless community. “There are no shelters in Lancaster County that do what we do, that take men, women and children,” said Janice Davis, administrative assistant for the biology department and founder of the Etown Winter Shelter. “That’s what makes us unique and what sets us apart.” After serving for 13 years as a senior pastor at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Davis’ husband Skip began to recognize a need for homeless services and outreach programs in the Elizabethtown area. Together, the couple began to research and gather more information on the issue of homelessness by reaching out to the Lancaster County Coalition to End Homelessness (LCCEH). “We heard there was a need, so we went to the town with it,” Davis said. In the fall of 2015, the Davises launched the Etown

Winter Shelter out of the basement of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church with the help of volunteers from the local community. By the end of the winter season, the shelter had served 18 clients, averaging seven to nine clients per night. “The town came together and really supported this project with their own blood, sweat and tears,” Davis mentioned. When she started the shelter, she had no idea how much it was going to cost to run. The donations that came in from people in the community are what sustained the shelter. “As people came to the shelter, they brought along their questions and concerns,” Davis said. “It became apparent that we needed to provide them with more than just a place to sleep in the basement of the church.” This past summer, Elizabethtown College secured approval of a Lancaster County Human Services Block Grant that approved the creation of Etown Community Housing and Outreach Services (ECHOS). ECHOS focuses on expanding service delivery to individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of experiencing homelessness. The ECHOS office, located in Nicarry Hall, is run by two social work case managers, Debra Jones and Kim Grey. “It’s all about directly meeting with the people who really need the help,” Grey said. “This year, any person who comes through the shelter will automatically become one of our ECHOS clients.” Both Jones and Grey agree that their main goal is to help get these individuals and families experiencing homelessness back on their feet as soon as possible. “We tend to think of a person experiencing homelessness as an individual in a big coat, sitting on the side of the road,” Grey said. “The individuals here in Elizabethtown that we are seeing don’t fit that view.” With the support of Etown, ECHOS has partnered with faculty, staff and academic departments on campus. Dr. Peggy McFarland, associate professor of social work and

Professors discuss struggles of translating original works by Amity Radcliff Staff Writer

he Bowers Writers House held an event Monday, Oct. 24 about the process of translation. Dr. Brian Newsome, Dr. Vanessa Borilot and Dr. Mark Harman spoke about their experiences with translation. Newsome talked about his translation of the book “Invasion 14,” originally written by Maxence Van der Meersch. As an associate professor of history and the Dean for Curriculum and Assessment at Elizabethtown College, Newsome will integrate his translation into his work at Etown. “I wanted to use it in my classes, an interesting lens into novels,” Newsome said. As a historian, he wanted to use “Invasion 14” in his classes to give his students a better understanding of World War I. There was already a translation of this book, but Newsome believed it was too generalized. He wanted to put the right words together like a puzzle and to integrate some modern-day English slang into the novel. Newsome found it challenging to translate certain parts into understandable English, while still keeping the voice of Van der Meersch. In order to accomplish this, he had to do a lot of research to first understand these parts himself before translating them for others. “Researching for accurac y is ver y rewarding,” Newsome said. Borilot, an assistant professor of French at Etown, is proficient in French and Creole. She talked about her role as a cultural consultant for a translation project. She explained how she needed to understand the world around her, while also being influenced by it. Her main point was the idea of identity. According to Borilot, people should question who they are by looking deeper than the identity on the surface. As Borilot reinvestigated history, she discovered shared experiences with other cultures. She worked to understand how local experiences can become global ones. According to Borilot, translators need to have keen eyes and ears to choose the right word, one that will make sense without closing off the culture being presented. Harman, a professor of English and German, discussed what he has worked on

in the past and the projects he is working on now. He has translated “The Castle” by the German author Franz Kafka and is currently working on the translation of another work by Kafka: “The Metamorphosis.” Harman realized the translator needs to keep the ambiguity of the original work. He decided to change the name of the book for his own translation to “The Transformation” because he felt this English word more closely matched the original word in German. There is always a difference in translations as the translators try to create their own voice while still keeping the voice of the original.

“Translation is like refinishing an old piece of furniture.” ~ Mark Harman “Translation is like refinishing an old piece of furniture.” Harman said. There are a number of difficulties that translators face when they make final decisions about the translation. Sometimes translators fiddle with the wording and have second thoughts throughout the process until they have to hand in the final piece. Another difficulty translators have is that some word’s word can have many meanings in English. Sometimes they must consider the context in order to understand what the original author meant and to translate it correctly. It can be hard to keep the original author’s meaning if it does not translate well into English. “How do I catch the cadence?” Newsome asked himself while translating “Invasion 14.” Translators are not supposed to improvise, especially if they want to keep the voice and flavor of the original author. They go back and forth on the exact wording to use, trying to decide what the author is saying and what they want to get across as translators. “Sometimes you have to make your own compromise,” Harman said.

director of field instruction, has worked with ECHOS as their clinical supervisor. “The whole town has come together, and that’s what I love,” McFarland stated. “The college town has just wrapped their arms around this whole program.” “It’s a chance to do something meaningful for the community, and I think that’s really important,” junior social work major Carly Foster said. Foster is currently interning with the ECHOS program. Over the past two months, she has been exposed to ECHOS’ mission and clients and has seen the need in the Etown community. Foster meets with clients who are either in temporary living situations or are at-risk of being evicted from their current homes to help connect them with the necessary resources. “I think we owe it to ourselves to just be the change you wish to see in the world,” Foster stated. ECHOS provides students with a convenient and accessible way to give back to the local community, according to Foster. In addition to needing volunteers to work at the shelter, ECHOS needs a volunteer transportation team to take clients to appointments, service meetings and stores. It also needs a moving team to assist clients as they transition into local apartments, and a mentoring team to meet with individual clients and provide support. ECHOS hopes to receive donations of furniture, clothing, food and cleaning supplies for apartment startups. The ECHOS staff encourages students to come out to the final volunteer training session for this winter season, which takes place Wednesday Nov. 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Hoover 110. The training will educate volunteers on the best practices to use when working with clients and how to break down the stigma attached to the homeless population To sign up for the training session or to learn more about how to get involved with the Etown Winter Shelter, contact Janice Davis at etownwintershelter@gmail.com.

Author speaks about history, impact of pit bull on culture

by Mikenna Lehane Staff Writer

ednesday, Nov. 2 the Bowers Writers House welcomed author Bronwen Dickey for a craft talk and evening reading. Dickey discussed her writing strategy and personal approach to creating narratives and talked about her new biography, “Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon.” “Bronwen has written a stunning book about the history and legacy of the pit bull in American culture and shows us how maligned the reputation of this dog breed has become,” director of Bowers Writers House Jesse Waters said. “Plus, she’s a brilliant young woman who writes about a wide variety of topics in her essay work and has published in some of the country’s most respected and popular magazines.” At the craft talk led by Dickey, she had everyone go around the room to introduce themselves and to find out what area of writing each one of them wants to pursue. She wanted the talk to be a freeflow of information between her and the students. Dickey discussed some of the challenges that she deals with when writing, such as fear, anxiety and procrastination. The students could relate to these challenges, so she offered guidance by sharing how she deals with them. “For any writer, it is important that when their fears come true that they do not work for number of hours that they take breaks, go for walks, remember to sleep, socialize and have a good nutrition because these are all factors that can help overcome any struggle,” Dickey said. Sophomores Bronwyn Morris and Elizabeth McIlhenney agreed that what they admired most about Dickey’s presentation was that she was open, honest, real, humorous and relatable. “I thought that it was a great experience to go to; it was enlightening to hear about a writer’s process to find inspiration. I liked how the discussion was relatable,” Morris said. “The impact that the discussion had on me was the topic of dealing with fear and anxiety because it is not a topic that writers want to hear about, but they have to because it happens to every one of them,” McIlhenney said. During the evening reading, Dickey held a reading workshop, where she divulged the process of creating her book. The process consisted of socializing with dog owners, people who had been bitten by a pit bull or other breed of dog and animal shelter workers.

She did this in order to gain insight into how and why pit bulls act the way they do. Dickey then read a part from her book about animal welfare and some of the hardships that pit bulls go through. Dickey closed the discussion with a question and answer session. “The focus should not be what a dog does wrong but the factors that play into why pit bulls or animals act the way they do is because of their environment and the people that surround them,” Dickey said. Dickey explained that an encounter she had with a pit bull in 2008 made her realize how they are misunderstood. While at her friend Buzz Williams’ house, she was surprised when his pit bull sat on her lap and acted calm and sweet. This experience motivated her to write to a biography in order to uncover the layers of the issue surrounding pit bulls. “Even for people who are not that big on dogs I want them to realize that due to information coming at us so fast from the media we are not able to completely understand the full truth behind what gets published.” Dickey said. “I hope that they will use my book as a tool for critical thinking and how the lives of people and pit bulls are intertwined.”

Photos courtesy of Jesse Waters

Author Bronwen Dickey spoke about her research and writings on the impact of the pit bull in the US.

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2016 Peace Fellow lectures on the American criminal justice system by Matthew VanCleef and Aileen Ida Staff Writer and Features Editor

he Elizabethtown College Alumni Peace Fellowship (ECAPF) and the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking recently honored 2016 Peace Fellow Melanie Snyder ’85. Snyder is currently executive director of the Lancaster County Re-Entry Management Organization (LCRMO) for her work researching and maintaining peace in Pennsylvania. Following her naming as the 2016 Peace Fellow, Snyder came to Etown to present two public lectures and to connect with students and faculty in classrooms and small group settings. The LCRMO is an organization which, according to their mission statement, has created a network of faith-based and community organizations in partnership with the criminal justice system to help create safer communities and to reduce re-offenses. Snyder’s work in this organization has largely been trying to work with the local criminal justice system in order to create programming and to provide training that will help to better support those incarcerated in order to help them “become productive citizens and to remain crime-free.” Throughout her studies and years of work in the field, Snyder has witnessed first-hand some of the major flaws in the criminal justice system, especially those related to discrimination against those incarcerated. The first lecture, entitled “Racialized Structures in the American Criminal Justice System,” occurred Tuesday, Oct. 25 in the Susquehanna Room. One out of every 100 American adults are incarcerated in the criminal justice system, and this number is disproportionally disadvantaging those of color. Eighty percent of those incarcerated come from low-income areas, and 60 percent cannot afford bail, which is, again, disproportionally higher for those of color. Additionally, 64 percent suffer from mental health problems, 50 percent have learning disabilities and 66 to 75 percent have a history

of substance abuse. “Many will say and believe that these people are dangerous and should, therefore, be in prison, but when we look at the statistics, it is clear that this is untrue, and we need to look at who is incarcerated and why,” Snyder said. In addition to the racialized structure of the criminal justice system, in Snyder’s second lecture, entitled “Criminalization of Poverty, Addiction and Mental Health Needs,” she discussed the criminalization of poverty and mental health. Poverty is something that is not always connected with but is often intertwined with issues of race. As mentioned earlier, most incarcerated people come from low-income areas. Snyder spoke about how three out of five prisoners in local and county jails are in jail solely because they cannot afford their bail. They have not had their court date yet. According to Snyder, this criminalization of poverty has recreated debtor’s prisons that were outlawed nationally in the 1800s. However, there is no law forbidding individual states from creating and enforcing debtor’s prisons. The other aspect of Snyder’s second lecture was the idea of criminalizing mental health. She cited the fact that two-thirds of currently incarcerated people suffer from mental illness. She specifically focused on the fact that people who have suffered trauma, especially childhood trauma, have a direct link to mental health issues and incarceration. Funding for mental health programming and resources is lacking across the nation and the criminal justice system is not exempt from this issue. By not having a trauma-aware criminal justice system, people with mental health struggles are likely to be repeat offenders as the issues that landed them in prison are likely related to trauma they have experienced. While not all prison systems are beginning to accept the need for trauma-aware training, the Lancaster County prison system is planning to work with Snyder throughout 2017 to train all, or at least most, of their employees in how to be trauma-aware and how to use that as a way to prevent re-offenses.

Unfortunately, not all prison systems are willing to work to stop the incarcerated from reoffending. A large part of this unwillingness to help prisoners is directly related to the forprofit prison system. “Since the majority of American prisons are private institutions that are for-profit, there are many financial incentives for law enforcement to keep these prisons operating at full capacity,” Snyder explained. These incentives range from federal grants for Drug Task Force programs to money for arrest quotas. Additionally, many of the companies operating within the prisons, such as private phone and electric companies, offer incentives. For example, the Lancaster County Prison’s phone company offers a minimum of $33,000 to the prison for using their private services.

“We have to wrestle with these issues and create an open dialogue in order to have a system that can be truly just.” ~ Melanie Snyder

Snyder also presented many resources for the attendees to get involved and become more educated on the subject. First were three documentaries focused on the subject of racism within the criminal justice system: “The House I Live In,” “The 13th” and “The Central Park Five.” Next were three books: “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander, “Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow” by Daniel Hunter and “Unfair” by Adam Benforado. Finally, Snyder talked about three ways one can act to make a direct impact on the injustices presented. The first was to support

the LCRMO. The second was to participate in the Healing Communities Training. The third was to participate in the YWCA Anti-Racism Training. “These are challenging problems, and they are difficult to talk about, but we have to wrestle with these issues and create an open dialogue in order to have a system that can be truly just,” Snyder said. The topics discussed by Snyder are nationally important but also resonated with the passions and interests of many students across campus. Sophomore Amy Lieberman said she was interested in the topics discussed because she is passionate about helping people with social issues. She was also able to make connections between the lectures and what she learned in her first-year seminar. Other students were able to find some career guidance through Snyder’s talks and the topics she discussed. “Going to the lecture made me realize that I don’t want to work on a national level or a federal level, I’d rather work in small county prisons or county jails,” said sophomore sociology and psychology double major Stevie Caronia. Caronia was even able to make a connection with Snyder outside of the lectures through lunch and an in-class presentation with Snyder. Caronia now plans to intern with her within the next year. Rita Shah, assistant professor of sociology, spoke of the importance that Snyder’s lectures and the lessons they provided have to students and the community at large. “While they may not be directly impacted by the criminal justice system, the system plays a role in all aspects of society and indirectly impacts every single person,” Shah stated via email. Through the help of the community and the criminal justice system, Snyder believes that the wrongs in the criminal justice system can be fixed, no matter how bad they may seem. “I believe it was Maya Angelou who said, ‘We did the best we could with what we knew at the time, and when we knew better, we did better,’ and I think we are reaching a point where we need to know better so we can do better,” Snyder said.

Most modern musical ever Sleep Fair hosted to educate students on healthy sleep habits performed at College opens

by Aileen Ida Features Editor

he Student Wellness Advocacy Group (S.W.A.G.) hosted their first ever Sleep Fair Wednesday, Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the KAV. S.W.A.G. collaborated with a couple people from the campus and local community to create a program that provided with Etown students with different resources related to sleep. A couple areas of information included dream interpretation, naps and aromatherapy. S.W.A.G. does weekly programming related to different health topics important to college students. Usually there programs consist of a table in the BSC with information and some sort of activity to get students interested in health, but this topic was expected to be of special interest to students. “We’ve never done anything with sleep before, and it’s seemed to have a lot of interest in the past,” said sophomore Kaitlyn Freed, who was in charge of this event. Freed felt this topic was specifically important to college students since most students do not get enough sleep. First-year Rebecca Russell did not know about the event until right before it started but thought it would be interesting. “I really liked it because I have trouble sleeping. It takes me like an hour to fall asleep.” Russ el l found t he st at ion on naps especially interesting. She was happy to find out that an hour and a half is considered a perfect amount of time to take a nap since she often takes naps close to that length of time. The aromatherapy and dream interpretation table were also interesting to Russell. Another student, sophomore Danielle Suomela, saw the signs for the fair on her way back to her dorm and decided to stop in.

“I didn’t know that there was so many essential oils that could help—aromatherapywise—with your sleep, I thought it was just three or four but it ends up being a lot more than that,” Suomela said. S.W.A.G. was also offering a drawing for either a tempurpedic pillow or an aromatherapy diffuser for students who visited at least three of the available tables. Every student was also able to take a sleep kit the S.W.A.G. members provided with an eye mask and a pair of ear plugs to help block out light and sound. Blocking out light and sound helps to guarantee better sleep throughout the night.

Photos: Jacob Hopkins | Asst. Photography Editor

S.W.A.G. hosted a Sleep Fair to help students learn about healthy sleep habits and other facts.

by Rachel Lee Asst. Features Editor

he Elizabethtown College production of “Spring Awakening” opened Thursday, Oct. 27. This musical was originally produced in 2006 and is the most modern musical students have performed at Etown to date. The musical was chosen by the play selecting committee. Two students, one junior and one senior, are elected to the committee each year. The other members are the theater department faculty: Michael Swanson, Richard Wolf-Spencer and Theresa Mastrobuono. Each year, this committee chooses a crowd pleaser, a cutting edge play and either a modern or period classic. “Spring Awakening” is this year’s crowd pleaser. A crowd pleaser is a musical which is popular and will interest a wide range of people. The committee reviewed a list of potential crowd pleasers submitted to them in last November. This list contained about thirty musicals suggested by both students and faculty. After at least two committee members read each one, the committee had a first vote and narrowed the original list down to a short list of about 12 to 20 musicals. After each committee member read all these musicals, they considered a number of factors and then voted for “Spring Awakening.” Swanson felt this musical was chosen because it is popular among students and was a Broadway hit in 2006. He also thought it was chosen because of the universal themes it explores. The musical is based on a play of the same title written in 1891 by Frank Wedekind. It takes place in Germany during the 1890s when society was oppressive and morally conservative. It centers around a group of teenagers as they go through puberty and explore sexual themes. “There’s a lot of things that might make people go ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh,’ but at the same time, there’s a lot of humor in the truth of it,” junior cast member Amber Mangabat said. “As people, I think most of us have gone through one or more of the things these characters have gone through.”

The musical adaptation of the play features punk rock music. Director Dr. Michael Swanson, who is also the Director of Theatre and Dance and an associate professor of theatre at Etown, feels this genre represents rebellion and how the teenagers in the musical are expressing ideas ahead of their time. Sophomore cast member Emily Seratch believes the characters are transported to 2006 when they sing these rock pieces. “The music in it and the themes in it are just unlike anything that you’ll see in most other musicals,” first-year cast member Dylan Warner said. “The songs you hear in the show sound like you could hear them on the radio.” The musical also contains more dancing than recent musicals have. The last Etown production to have this amount of dancing was “Cabaret” in 2010. “The dances themselves are so freeing,” Seratch said. “We’re jumping around. We’re yelling. We’re running. We’re skipping. We’re just expressing ourselves, so it’s a lot of fun to do, and I’m sure it’s a lot of fun to watch.” The musical was a learning experience for the student actors. “I have a dance background and so do a lot of the girls,” junior cast member Katherine Campbell said. “What was really great was that the boys don’t have dance backgrounds, and they had more dancing than us, so it was really fantastic to watch them from the beginning.” Senior cast member Christopher Budnicki and Mangabat played all the adult men and women, respectively. They did not sing or dance as much as the other actors, but they still gained experience from the performance. “The biggest thing I learned, as far as acting goes, was changing between characters and being five different people. I know that happens a lot in repertory theater. Repertory theater sounds kind of cool now,” Mangabat said. “Spring Awakening” will continue to show Nov. 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. in the Tempest Theatre. Tickets are 10 dollars and can be pre-ordered by calling (717) 361-1170 or by emailing boxoffice@etown.edu.

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Piano recital held to honor former Alternative prom creates piano instructor, mentor, motivator safe space for all students by Delaney Dammeyer Staff Writer

r. R o b e r t M c D o n a l d performed a memorial recital for the late Nancy Bowman Hatz Saturday, Oct. 22. The recital took place in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center in front of an audience of students, faculty, Hatz’s loved ones and visitors from Masonic Villages at Elizabethtown. A former piano instructor at Elizabethtown College, Hatz passed away Jan. 20, 2016 at the age of 100. She was also an instructor at Susquehanna University and one of the earliest patrons of Gretna Music, an organization which supports classical and jazz performances at the Mt. Gretna Playhouse and the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Along with her husband Russell, Hatz attended and judged music competitions with Harmonia Music Association and Gretna Music for 40 years. Hatz is remembered for her intelligence and passion for music. Dr. Carl Kane, patron of Gretna Music at Etown and host of the evening’s event, told stories about conversations between Hatz and himself. “Everyone took turns driving her from Masonic Homes to concerts, and for most of us, it was considered a privilege,” Kane said. “She could talk for hours on everything from the 17th century reformation to a recent concert.” One reccurring figure in Hatz’s stories was McDonald. “Often she’d mention him. She believed

she was the reason for his success early in his career,” Kane explained. As a concert pianist and faculty member of Curtis School of Music and Julliard, McDonald has performed in a wide array of settings and been praised for his talent. Hatz was among those who praised him and was, unbeknownst to her, praised by McDonald. After performing his first piece, McDonald turned to the audience. Without a microphone or the support of the piano, McDonald told the story of how he and Hatz were drawn to each other. It was during a National Federation of Music Club’s competition he entered in the 1970s. “She called me after my audition,” McDonald said. “I was sure I’d blown it, but Nancy had called to tell me I was moving on. I asked, ‘Are you sure? You must have the wrong person.”” At this point, Leffler hummed with laughter. McDonald won the National Federation of Music Club’s Award and later performed as a concert pianist for four years. “Nancy approached me afterwards and said, ‘I told you so,’ before saying anything else,” McDonald said. As a tribute to Hatz, McDonald played the piece from his audition. Along with a master class led by McDonald, the concert was offered to music majors as a learning experience and lecture credit opportunity. Senior music major Sarah McCollum was in attendance and commented on how Hatz’s story related to her own experience at Etown.

“For me, my greatest mentor in the music department is Dr. Bomberger,” McCollum said. “He knows what pieces I like and what my style is. When Dr. McDonald talked about Nancy Hatz, I was reminded of how Dr. Bomberger and I work together. I can see why she was so important to him.” The concert displayed an array of piano pieces by different composers, from Claude Debussy to Gabriel Faure. They were all played by McDonald. Reflecting after the show, McDonald shared his thoughts on the type of presence Hatz had in his life and the lives of young performers. “She was always picking up where we left off, even after years,” McDonald said. “Her memory and her wit and her intelligence struck people, I think. It certainly struck me.” Kane also discussed what Hatz would have said to young music majors if she had been there that night. “Don’t be discouraged,” Kane said. “It was a message she lived by.” Hatz had been a friend to Kane. “She was passionate about the music, and I think she really shared that with a lot of people,” Kane said. Kane also told the story of seeing Hatz five days before she passed. He was struck by her vivacity and willingness to accept what may come. Kane saw her as a motivator until the end. “Someone who motivates and sees potential in someone can do great things for their self-esteem and success,” Kane said.

by Aileen Ida Features Editor

think it was cool getting together and dancing to music and just being silly and there was food—I liked all that stuff,” junior Derek Burton said of his time at the Second Chance prom hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. The event was hosted Thursday, Oct. 20 from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Susquehanna room as a fun way for students, especially those who had bad experiences with prom in high school, to get together and have fun in a safe space. Stephanie Collins, Interim Coordinator of Multicultural Programming and Residential Communities, took the lead on planning and carrying out this event. She also asked her wife to be her date for the dance.“I heard about the idea about Second Chance prom from a colleague of mine who heard about it existing at Westchester,” Collins said. She talked to students last semester, and they expressed interest in wanting the event to happen on Etown’s campus. “At most colleges, Second Chance prom is very specifically marketed to the LGBT community on campus because a lot of students weren’t able to take the date they wanted or wear what they wanted to prom,” Collins stated. Collins expressed that she was concerned

that by only marketing the event toward the LGBT community, there would be a possibility of sacrificing the larger sense of Etown community. The event was marketed toward all Etown students with the SafeZone logo that shows LGBT students that the event or space is a safe area for them. In Collins’ opinion, this event provided an opportunity to show that Etown is stronger together than separate in any one identity. It offered an outlet for students within the LGBT community who may or may not be involved within diversity groups on campus and who may or may have come out at this time to come together and have fun in a safe space. Sophomore Fatima Janneh, was only able to attend the event for a short period of time but said she enjoyed her experience and thought the event was a good idea. “I just thought it was really interesting and really cool that they were doing this for people who couldn’t go to prom or had a horrible time at prom,” Janneh said. Janneh’s prom was, in her own words, “okay.” She said she was not dating anyone at the time, so she did not have to deal with any controversy related to that, but she said Second Chance prom offered a moment to just hang out with friends and relax, something college students do not always have the time to do. Pictures from the event can be found on the Mosaic House’s instagram, their account name is etownmosaichouse.

Photo courtesy of Mosaic House

Students from across campus were invited to participate in a Second Chance prom. The event allowed students who didn’t, or weren’t able to, enjoy their prom in a safe place.

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November 3, 2016

Student responds to recent alcohol violations, argues for campus to remain wet by Melissa Spencer Contributing Writer

or at least a decade, Elizabethtown College has been a wet campus in a rural setting. When applying for colleges, the idea of attending a wet versus a dry campus was mixed into my consideration. I wanted to go to a safe institution, one with a good but restrictive policy for those who dabble outside of the acceptable realm of drug and alcohol usage. Fortunately, Etown provided me with just that: a safe, wet campus with a controlled alcohol policy. So, what is a wet campus and what is a dry one? In general, a dry campus is a college or university that allows no alcohol to any of its students, even those over the legal drinking age. On the other hand, a wet campus is a college or university that allows its of age students to possess alcohol on school property.

“The College’s goal is to keep students as safe as possible, while allowing its students to be responsible adults at the same time.” Naturally, every school is different. Some will be completely dry campuses while others will be dr y but allow students of age to drink outside of school grounds. And some will be completely wet campuses, while some will be wet, but will limit legal student usage to certain parameter. Etown is the latter. According to the 2016-2017 Elizabethtown C ollege Student Handbook, “Individuals 21 years of age or older may possess alcohol for their personal use in their own living space.” The Student Handbook then states that the maximum quantity of alcohol allowed within one college housing unit is no more than one six-pack of beer, one liter of wine, one four-pack of wine coolers or one pint of distilled alcohol per resident of legal drinking age. Ad d it i ona l s cho ol p ol i c i e s and regulations are numerically listed in the “Alcohol and Other Drug Policies (AOD)” section of the student handbook. In addition to outlining what you can and cannot do in regards to the College’s AOD, the Student Handbook a ls o includes a “Student C o de of Conduct” section, which describes all the punishable offenses, along with their consequences in a grid-like formation. The grid is based on examples of

common school violations, with different variants of educational sanctions that would follow. This grid incorporates both underage and overage offenses. According to the Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities Dr. Susan Asbur y, each cas e is taken into a different consideration. “With each case, we consider the amount of alcohol involved, whether this is a first or subsequent offense and the student’s circumstances,” she said. For example, let’s say a student has an illegal possession of a small quantity of alcohol. Following the grid, that student would potentially get a formal warning followed by one of three possible educational sanctions and a notification to the athletic director if the student were involved in any college athletics. Additional violations and subsequent consequences are listed in the “Student Code of Conduct” section of the Student Handbook. Within this section, the Student Handbook also covers the College’s Amnesty Provision. The Amnesty Provision indicates that in a situation of medical emergency, students should activate an Amnesty response by calling Campus Security, caring for the individual(s) experiencing the emergency and cooperating with any emergency response teams and Campus Security. Student(s) who follow the “call, care, cooperate” plan can be granted amnesty. In partner with the College’s Student Handbook and personal rules for alcohol usage on campus, Etown students are also subjected to the Elizabethtown Borough and Pennsylvania state laws as well. The overall purpose of the Student Handbook and the detailed rules and restrictions regarding alcohol and drug use is to keep us, as students, as safe as possible. Director of Campus Security Andrew Powell stated that “for the large annual events like Homecoming, TGIS and graduation, we do have more staff on duty.” Therefore, for the bigger events on campus, Campus Security adds more staff members to ensure overall safety. “We w ant s tu d e nt s t o h av e an environment that supports the safety and health of individuals,” Asbur y added. In response to the question of whether or not Etown should remain a wet campus or start to transition into a dry one, I feel we should keep things the way they are. The College’s goal is to keep students in nonthreatening positions while affording us the opportunity to be responsible adults at the same time. “I appreciate that Etown allows students to make responsible decisions in a safe environment,” Asbury said.

Photo: Taylor Miles| Photography Editor

Campus Security makes regular rounds on campus to protect those students who choose to drink, doubling those efforts during large events like Homecoming.

Letter to the Editor: Homer learns about accesibility, inclusiveness in class material by Sanjay Paul Associate Professor of Economics

he life of a Dean is, quite possibly, replete with glamor, excitement and the unvarnished joy of working in a hallowed office in Alpha Hall. She might even—gasp!—have Windows 10 installed on her machine days before the hoi polloi in Hoover get their dirty hands on it. But, surely, thought Homer, as he absently munched on a scone at the Blue Bean, even a Dean’s life, charmed though it may be, is not without a few challenging moments. Consider, for instance, the effort involved in getting the faculty, a group known for its skepticism about the utility of the College’s website, to include various items in the syllabus.

“How can we justify leaving some of our students to suffer needlessly, to wrestle with inaccessible documents and videos, indeed to have their learning impeded, simply because we find it inconvenient to make a few adjustments?” Each semester, notes Homer plaintively, the requirements—the policy on weather-related class cancellation alone takes up a page—keep piling up, so that a fully-compliant syllabus now looks like a mini PhD dissertation. But at a recent faculty meeting, Homer was made aware of far greater perils facing a Dean. A presentation on accessibility highlighted the need for faculty to make sure their materials—all their materials—were accessible. Homer of course was unaware of what this meant: Accessibility, he thought, meant he should make his syllabus and other stuff merely available to his students. Why, of course, they were all accessible to the interested student! Why were we devoting a meeting to the subject? Weren’t there more important things to talk about,

such as the plague of low morale? Not for the first time, it soon became apparent to Homer that he was completely uninformed on an important academic matter. Accessibility, he learned, referred to the ability of students with disabilities to make full use of course materials—the syllabus, readings, assignments. Homer remains a little foggy on the details, but he gathered that when faculty created Word documents, PDFs and videos for their courses, they had to make sure they did so in such a way that the content of these materials could be understood by students of all abilities. This might require professors to exert greater care in the production of such materials. On occasion, they might have to turn to experts at the College for help. Workshops, videos and websites could also be employed to inform the faculty about effective methods to ensure their materials are accessible. But didn’t all this mean more work for an already overworked faculty? Wasn’t this requirement yet another straw on the camel’s back? How much longer, cried an anguished faculty member, can we tolerate this ever-growing burden? When is enough enough? added Homer petulantly. He was now suffering the pangs of hunger, his scone long forgotten. Making materials accessible was also a government requirement. Any dereliction, suggested a colleague, could invite lawsuits, a prospect that immediately darkened the gathering’s already gloomy outlook. The Dean wisely refrained from speculating on the precise punishments that awaited an errant college, but it was clear that the matter could not be left to the discretion of the faculty. The Dean also suggested that the faculty might consider speeding things up and have their compliant syllabi ready for launch at the beginning of the spring semester. This would be a change from the glacial pace that often accompanies initiatives of tangential interest to the faculty. The work of the Dean goes on. She will need to monitor progress on the matter. Homer’s petulant outbursts will have to be reined in—or better yet, ignored altogether. In the meantime faculty might consider the most important argument of all: viz., making materials accessible is simply the right thing to do. How can we justify leaving some of our students to suffer needlessly, to wrestle with inaccessible documents and videos, indeed to have their learning impeded, simply because we find it inconvenient to make a few adjustments?

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Campus Security remains vigilant as clowns cause international concern by Samantha Romberger Staff Writer

ith creepy clowns popping up all over the world in the last few months, at least 40 states in the US

have been affected in one way or another. Public schools are receiving threats left and right from supposed clowns. Police stations across the US and abroad are overwhelmed by reports of sinister clown sightings. Many of these reports are secondhand, and there have been very few actual arrests. Most notably, upwards of 500 students at Penn State Main Campus went on a “clown hunt” after students claimed to have seen some creepy clowns. Members of the mob took baseball bats and other weapons and crowded the streets until early in the morning. No one is certain whether or not there were any actual clowns, as none of the reports were first-hand, but there certainly was a stir. Meaghan Nelson, a freshman at Penn State Main Campus, said that the episode was “really scary because kids went out with weapons to kill the clowns.” She described the night as “just awful.” Rumor has it that the supposed clowns may have been students involved in a hazing ritual, but this has not been confirmed. Nevertheless, creepy clowns are finding themselves in handcuffs, and the reports keep piling up. “What was once a comical publicity stunt has gone too far,

and now the safety of the performers and the witnesses are all at risk,” Etown senior Brandon Diaz said. Diaz isn’t the only one who is genuinely concerned about the clown situation. Several students suggested that their reactions to a creepy clown might be involuntarily violent. What would you do if you were walking alone at night, and a clown jumped out of a bush? Most students predicted that fists would fly in this situation. This has serious implications during the Halloween season. Those who attempt practical jokes might face real consequences. This was the case for a 16-year-old in Berlin. The anonymous teenager dressed as a clown, wielded a hammer and attempted to scare a group of acquaintances. One of his victims, a 14-yearold, stabbed him out of fear. He was taken to a hospital. His current condition is unknown. With costume season in full swing, the levels of fear seem to be rising. “Some small children are very afraid,” first-year Carly Lepley said. “They are afraid to leave their houses, and it’s affecting them academically because they can’t focus.” Unfortunately, the world is not a circus, and young students should not be terrified when walking to their bus stops. Campus Security recognizes our anxiety. In regards to the rest of the Halloween season, Director Andrew Powell suggests wearing a costume that “doesn’t restrict movement or eyesight,” preferably something reflective. He also strongly discourages wearing any clown-related costumes to avoid unnecessary panic.

Assistant Director Dale Boyer reminds students not to violate disorderly conduct rules. Carrying a weapon or attempting to scare others could result in charges, regardless of the costume involved. “If you are carrying a machete, I really don’t care what you’re wearing,” Boyer said. As always, Campus Security will be available at “0” or 717361-1000. During an emergency, students should call Ext. 1111 or 717-361-1111. Boyer urges all students to simply “be safe, be responsible and use common sense” during the holiday time. First-year Lauren Shakes thinks that common sense is indeed at the forefront of this issue. She doesn’t understand why the creepy clowns won’t hang up their noses already. “People need to stop making problems for themselves in their own neighborhoods and instead focus themselves on doing something to better their communities,” Shakes said. I am inclined to agree with Shakes. As someone who hides under blankets during horror movies (or, for that matter, watches Pixar movies instead whenever possible), I can’t wait for the sightings to stop. There’s a reason that people like me don’t buy tickets to haunted attractions. Well, actually, there are two reasons: First, I’m desperately broke. Second, creepy things just aren’t for me. I have lots of irrational fears, and I would prefer that my fears remain irrational. It is bad enough that I can’t turn on cable television for the month of October. What’s next? Zombies on the loose? Mummies? Let us hope that creepy clowns go out of style as soon as possible.

“Black Mirror” offers horror-focused look at future of technology

by Connor Burke Staff Writer

n t o d a y ’s r e b o o t - f i l l e d e nt e r t ai n m e nt wor l d , it i s surprising that one legendar y show has not received a “dark and gritty” reboot: “The Twilight Zone.” With its individual stories and recognizable brand name, it would be a sure-fire hit with audiences. Maybe it has not happened yet because CBS does not want to tarnish its former legacy, or maybe they are war y of its reception because of how the 1980s film reboot was received by audiences. But I think the main reason is because we already have the perfect modern-day “Twilight Zone,” and that’s Netflix’s “Black Mirror.” “Black Mirror” is an anthology

series (meaning every episode is dif ferent w it h litt le to no continuity) that mainly focuses on not-too-distant futures and a lt e r n at e re a l it i e s a n d t h e i r relationships with technology. It began on BBC’s “Channel 4” and was exclusively a British show for its first two seasons, premiering on Netflix without much fanfare in the United States in 2014. Then, last year it was announced that it would become a Netflixonly series, with a double length season (6 episodes instead of the usual 3) and guest directors/writers like “Parks and Recreation” writer Michael Schur and star Rashida Jones, “10 Cloverfield L ane” director Dan Trachtenberg, along with the usual writer/director of “Black Mirror” episodes, Charlie Booker.

The third season premiered with all episodes streaming on Oct. 21. These new episodes, along with the previous ones, are incredibly gripping, strong and make it one of the best shows on Netflix, along with becoming one of my favorite shows of all time. Episodes of “Black Mirror”can be split into a few basic categories: “lighter” episodes, uncomfortable and cringe-worthy or full-on horror. Each category is full of endlessly entertaining episodes, with some huge highlights and very few duds. The “lighter” category contains, unfortunately, the series’ worst episode, “The Waldo Moment,” which has a foulmouthed animated reality show teddy bear getting into politics. It may be the least scary or gripping episode, but given the

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current presidential election…it might have been on to something when it premiered in 2014. Other lighter episodes include the great “Nosedive,” which has Bryce Dallas Howard living in a society where your amount of likes on a Facebook/Instagram-esque website determines someone’s quality of life, and my personal favorite episode of season three so far, “San Juneripo.” Without giving too much away, “San Juneripo” follows the story of a woman named Yorkie who chases a woman she is in love with through time, and their trials and tribulations of how the two women hop decades. It’s a beautiful love story with some genuinely sweet twists and a happy ending (which is rare for the series) that almost made me tear up with joy. Full-on horror epis o des of “Black Mirror” usually hit hard and linger with you for a while. Season two’s “White Bear,” a story of a woman being tortured and haunted by something in her past, always generates a loud and passionate response from those who have watched the show, with some naming it as one of their favorite episodes of the entire series. Season three continued the horror trend with the freaky “Men Against Fire,” with a war against mutated cockroaches, and the videogame-centric, personally terrifying “Playtest,” in which a man tests a new virtual reality horror videogame only to find that at some points the game gets too real…and even stops becoming a game. “Playtest” goes at a pace that starts out slow and haunting, and then begins to speed through a huge series of twists and turns that made the entire room I was watching with scream and cheer at the same time. Most episodes of the series fall into the “unsettling and cringeworthy” category. From the very f i rst e pi s o d e, “ T h e Nat i on a l

Anthem,” which sees a British Prime Minister having to do unprintable things to a pig on live television in order to save a duchess, to a slower but still slightly uncomfortable season two episode “Be Right Back” (starring Domhnall Gleeson, which, if you read any of my reviews last year, is someone who I’m constantly proud of every time I see him in a high-profile production), to the genuinely unsettling and upsetting season three episode “Shut Up and Dance,” which sees advanced stalking and manipulation through webcams, text messages and even drones. The best episode of the entire series, in my opinion, also fits into the unsettling category. It’s an episode known as “The Entire History of You.” Without giving away too much, it involves a not-too-distant future in which eyes can record everything that someone sees and hears with 100 percent accuracy. It is usually used for fun and nostalgia, but when a couple (played by Toby Kebbell and Jodie Whittaker) begins to have intense arguments and question each others’ loyalty to the marriage, the recordings and memories begin to play a larger, more sinister part in their lives. It’s beautifully shot, acted very well, and had me on the edge of my seat the entire hour, it was the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a completely perfect piece of television. “Black Mirror” is one of the best television shows currently airing. Its anthology structure leads to episodes alternating from being happy and light, to dark and depressing, to scary, to oddly uncomfortable. It is a journey that is sometimes perilous to take, but absolutely worth it. Even the weakest episodes are entertaining and gripping tales to warn about our futures and the technology that we depend on so much.

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Sports

November 3, 2016

Cross country teams sweep Landmark Championships for third straight year

in Etown athletics... The men’s soccer team will host the Landmark Conference Championship game on Saturday after defeating Susquehanna University last night. The women’s soccer team’s season ended with a 5-0 triumph over Landmark Conference opponent Juniata College. The women’s field hockey team maintained their dominance in the Landmark Conference, defeating Goucher College in the semifinals of the conference playoffs. The Blue Jays will host the championship game on Saturday. The women’s volleyball team finished their season on a winning note, taking down Alvernia University three sets to one on Saturday afternoon. The men’s and women’s swim teams competed at Goucher College this past weekend with the men coming away with a 150-111 victory. The women fell to the Gophers, 153-109. The men’s and women’s cross country teams won their third straight Landmark Conference Championship on Saturday.

in the NCAA... With 10 weeks of the 2016 college football season in the books, the Alabama Crimson Tide remain atop of the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll. Teams are fighting for the top four spots in the poll in order to compete in the BCS playoff at the end of the season. As it stands, Alabama, the University of Michigan, Clemson University and the University of Washington are the top four teams in the country. None of the four teams have suffered a loss yet this season. Outside of the top four, the University of Louisville sits at fifth with a seven and one record. The Cardinals only loss this season came at the hands of Clemson. Ohio State University currently sits in sixth after falling to Penn State University in week eight of the season. This week’s biggest drop in the AP poll was Boise State University, which fell 11 spots to 24th after losing their first game of the season to Wyoming University.

in the pros... The Major League Baseball (MLB) season has officially come to a close with Wednesday night’s game seven of the World Series. The Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs were tied at six into the ninth inning, with the Cubs taking the win in the 10th inning in an 8-7 final score. The Cubs won their first World Series game in Chicago since 1948 in Game Five, defeating the Indians 3-2. The team has appeared a total of 11 times in the World Series, but have not won the series since 1908. Their 2016 victory ended a 108 year losing streak.

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The men’s and women’s cross country teams completed a sweep of the Landmark Conference Championships this past weekend. It was the third year in a row that the Blue Jays have swept the championships.

by Paige Williams Staff Writer

or the third year in a row, both the men’s and women’s cross-countr y teams took first place in the Landmark Conference Championships this past weekend. The meet took place on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Moravian College in B ethlehem, Pennsylvania. The men’s and women’s teams scored a t ot a l of 3 1 an d 2 8 p oi nt s , respectively. For the men’s team, four of the Blue Jays placed in the top 10 and five runners’ scores counted overall. Each of the five scorers ran season-best 8k times. Senior Keegan McDonough led the Blue Jays with a time of 26:03.23 and placed second overall. First-year Samuel Gerstenbacher placed fourth at 26:18.34. For his solid performance throughout the season, Gerstenbacher also earned Rookie of the Year. Just behind Gerstenbacher was senior Andrew Lesko, who placed fifth with his best championship time of 26:30.23. Junior Tom Fitzgerald placed eighth and firstyear Ryan Rippeon placed 12th with times of 26:38.32 and 26:51.38,

respectively. “The team is really excited about the win. This was a very special one for us. We have a lot of younger guys who have never accomplished something like this, so it was good to see them have success at this level,” McDonough said. As a senior, McDonough has been present for the past three wins. He says that each year the team has won “with a different set of athletes and circumstances,” which speaks to the strength of the program. Lesko, who has also been present for the past three wins, mirrors McDonough by saying, “We take our training very seriously. This kind of result merely reflects all of the hard work we put into the sport. We are all very pleased to continue to build a dynasty atop the Landmark Conference.” Both Lesko and McDonough say the men’s team went into the conference planning to win. “Losing was not really an option for us…We knew that we had to run our best to take the title,” Lesko said. Up next for the men’s team is the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional, which will take place Saturday, Nov. 12. For the women’s team, the Blue

Jays accounted for eight of the spots in the top 12. Senior Casey Quinto led the Blue Jays as she took third place with a personal best 6k time of 21:53.86. Following Quinto in fourth and fifth place were juniors Brenna McNamee and Kelsey Brady with times of 22:09:48 and 22:14.94, respectively. Junior Maria Anderson placed seventh at 22:26.52. Seniors Liz Wedekind and Brianna Earnshaw rounded out the top 10, placing ninth and 10th with their respective times of 22:58.02 and 23:00.36. S ophomore C olleen Kernan placed 11th with her time of 23:08.12. Junior Alexis Groce was right behind Kernan, placing 12th at 12:17.87. “We are excited to have continued our winning streak in the Landmark Conference. We always want to live up to the amazing teams and runners that have come before us, and continue the traditions they began,” Quinto said. “Every win is a whole team effort, and every person on the roster contributes,” she continued. The women’s team will also be competing in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Saturday, Nov. 12.

Women’s soccer flies by Eagles in final game of 2016 season Blue Jays shut out Juniata, 5-0, miss out on final Landmark playoff spot on tiebreaker criteria

by Brian Lukacsy Sports Editor

n order to keep their season alive, the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team needed several different factors to come together in their favor. The first requirement was earning a victory over Juniata College on Saturday, Oct. 29. Etown honored its six senior players and one senior manager prior to the start of their final regular season game. Seniors Morgan Chambers and Caroline Novak led the way with one goal each to propel the Blue Jays to their second largest win of the season. In total, Etown found the back of the net five times against Juniata goalkeeper Erin Mueller. First-year Lydia Lawson opened the scoring in the ninth minute with her eighth goal of the season. Chambers was credited with the assist to put the Blue Jays ahead. The game remained 1-0 until the 33rd minute when junior Chelsea Dantona converted on a scoring opportunity for her first goal of the year. Chambers scored her second goal of the season to put the Blue Jays up 3-0 going into halftime. Chambers enjoyed her best game in an Etown uniform and recorded a career-high three points. Early in the second half, Lawson took a pass from junior Maria Boretti in the box and beat Mueller for her second goal of the game and teamleading ninth of the season. Lawson finished the season with the team lead in both goals and

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The women’s soccer team ended their season with a 5-0 victory over Landmark Conference opponent Juniata College.The Blue Jays honored their seven seniors before the win. From left: seniors Callie McClanahan, Caroline Novak, Elyse Koterwas, Morgan Chambers, Miriah Dwyer, Maddie Burkhardt and Olivia Fryberger.

points (18). Novak finished the scoring barrage for the Blue Jays with her penalty kick goal in the 54th minute. With the Blue Jays doing their part to stay alive in the playoff race, Moravian College needed to take care of business against Susquehanna University and Catholic University needed either

a win or tie against conference-leading University of Scranton. The Greyhounds took down Susquehanna 2-0 to help out the Blue Jays’ chances. However, Catholic dropped a double overtime heartbreaker to Scranton to end Etown’s playoff hopes. Based on tiebreaker criteria in the Landmark

Conference, Catholic claimed the third seed based on goal differential among the three tied teams. Susquehanna (even) claimed fourth, and Etown (-1) fell to fifth. The Blue Jays finished the season 6-10 overall but played well in the Landmark, recorded four wins in their seven matches.

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November 3, 2016

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Men’s soccer drops Susquehanna in semifinals, advances to title Blue Jays to host Landmark Conference Championship game Saturday, faces Univiversity of Scranton. by Liz Driver and Brian Lukacsy Staff Writer and Sports Editor

he E lizab et htow n C ol lege men’s soccer team celebrated senior day with a 3-0 victory over Juniata College on Saturday, Oct. 29. With the win, the Blue Jays clinched the top seed in the Landmark Conference Championship tournament. Senior Jamison MacMain, one of eight seniors to be honored on Saturday, opened the scoring for the Blue Jays only 2:27 into the game. MacMain headed in a cross from fellow senior Liam Cunningham for his first goal of the year. Sophomore Gilbert Waso was also credited with an assist on the play. The Blue Jays entered the game with 31 wins in 31 games against Juniata and improved that record with the shutout victory. Etown entered the game ranked 18th in the latest D3soccer.com Top 25 poll. Waso was a handful for the Eagles defense all afternoon, setting up his teammates for opportunities all over the field. He recorded two assists and scored a goal of his own in the 63rd minute to put the game out of reach. Waso’s second assist came on first-year JD Haaf ’s fourth goal of the season. Waso’s goal was his conference-leading 14th of the year. He currently leads the conference with 34 points. Along with MacMain and Cunningham, the Blue Jays honored Noah Andrews, Brent Batory, Tyler Caton, Ian Harrigan, Jeff Light and Ryan Sandell. This senior class owns a 46-15-10 record going into the Landmark playoffs. Last night, the Blue Jays hosted the Landmark Conference semifinals against Susquehanna University. The top seeded Blue Jays were trying to avenge a Landmark

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The men’s soccer team will host the Landmark Conference Championship game on Saturday. The Blue Jays honored their eight seniors prior to Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Juniata College. From left: seniors Ian Harrigan, Ryan Sandell, Jeff Light, Brent Batory, Jamison MacMain, Tyler Caton, Noah Andrews and Liam Cunningham.

playoffs loss as the favorites last season against the University of Scranton. The Blue Jays jumped out front of Su s qu e h a n n a e a r l y i n We d n e s d ay ’s semifinal, scoring in the 15th minute to take a 1-0 lead. Sophomore Tyler Colasanto picked a good time to score his first career goal. First-year JD Haaf set up Colasanto for the first of his two assists on the night. In the 32nd minute, the Blue Jays struck again when Waso scored his 15th goal of the season to give Etown a 2-0 lead. The Blue Jays would enter the half with the same two goal advantage over the River Hawks. Less than 10 minutes into the second half, first-year Duncan George put the

game out of reach with his fifth goal of the year. The Blue Jays held a 3-0 lead over Susquehanna, one that they would not relinquish. In the 66th minute, Susquehanna was able to get on the board with a goal from Maxfield Reed to cut the defecit to two. Sandell made three saves for the Blue Jays, earning his 12th win of the season in net. With the victory, the Blue Jays will host the Landmark Conference Championship game on Saturday. In Wednesday’s other Landmark Conference semifinal, the University of Scranton defeated Drew University, 2-1 to advance to Saturday’s

Men’s swimming victorious over Goucher, women drop close meet

by Brian Lukacsy Sports Editor

n Saturday, the Elizabethtown College men’s swim team earned a 150-111 victory over Goucher College for its first dual win of the season. The Blue Jays won five individual events, all by first-year Casey Marshall and senior Kieran Koehler. Etown’s swimmers posted 11 new seasonbest times. Marshall kicked off his collegiate career with an outstanding performance against York (Pennsylvania) College on Oct. 22. He followed up his impressive debut with another strong performance against the Gophers. Marshall was the first leg of the winning 400-yard medley relay, recording a 56.68 100 backstroke split. Marshall won the 200 free in a time of 1:55.78 before going on to win two more individual events. Sophomores Sam Hirshberg and Ben Spangler finished second and fourth in the 200 free behind Marshall. Koehler earned victories in the 50 breast and 100 breast to round out the individual victories for the men. Spangler took second, and senior Ethan Weber took third in the 100

breast event. Koehler also swam on Etown’s winning relay team in the 400 free event. With the victory, the men’s team is now 1-1 and 1-0 in the Landmark Conference. The Gophers dropped their third meet in four tries. The Blue Jays will travel to Gallaudet University for a meet this Saturday. The women also took on Goucher on Saturday afternoon but suffered a defeat at the hands of the Gophers. The Blue Jays won four individual events led by first-year Sara Lingo’s victories in the 500-yard freestyle and 200 individual medley. First-year Sadie Hawkins won the 100 butterf ly, and junior Dru Schneider took first in the 50 breaststroke. The women ultimately fell to the Gophers, 153-109 and will look to earn their first dual meet victory of the season this Saturday at Gallaudet. The Blue Jays also swam on Friday night, Oct. 28 in the annual Schweikert Relays at Susquehanna University. Following their swim against Gallaudet, the Blue Jays will meet their final two Landmark Conference opponents of the season with meets against Catholic University on Nov. 12 and Drew University on Nov. 19.

championship game. The Blue Jays defeated Scranton on the road back on Oct. 1, 2-1. This year’s championship is a rematch of last year’s championship game, which S c r a nt o n w o n t o r e a c h t h e N C A A tournament. Kick off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Ira R. Herr Field. T h i s i s Et ow n’s t h i rd c on fe re n c e championship appearance in the last four years. The Blue Jays are seeking their 21st conference title all-time and their first in the Landmark Conference. Etown’s last conference title came in 2006 when they were still a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference’s Commonwealth Conference.

Final Landmark Conference Standings Field Hockey 1. Elizabethtown College 2. Catholic University

6-1

3. Susquehanna University

5-2

4. Goucher College

3-4

5. Juniata College

3-4

6. Drew University

2-5

University of Scranton 8. Moravian College

Men’s Soccer

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The men’s swim team defeated Goucher College, 150-111 on Saturday.The women lost to the Gophers, 153-109. The Blue Jays will take on Gallaudet College this weekend.

Record 7-0

2-5 0-7

1. Elizabethtown College

Record 5-0-2

2. University of Scranton

5-2-0

3. Drew University

4-1-2

4. Susquehanna University

3-1-3

5. Moravian College

2-2-3

6. Goucher College

1-4-2

7. Catholic University

1-6-0

Juniata College

1-6-0

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November 3, 2016

Field hockey continues dominance of Landmark Conference Blue Jays defeat Goucher College in Landmark semifinals, host championship game Saturday

by Nick Loschiavo Staff Writer

he Blue Jays continued their success this weekend with a win against Juniata College. This is a huge win for head coach Brandy Michael, who in her first year, has gotten the team perfect through their conference schedule. In their 3-1 win, a goal was scored by three individual players. The Blue Jays now find themselves as the top seed in the Landmark tournament, and boy are they playing like one. Success first found the team when firstyear Olivia Beachley deposited her third goal of the season into the net, after being set up by senior Nicole Leaf. But the Blue Jays then found themselves tied up when Rachel Weigel of Juniata scored her second goal of the season. Beachley was proud to get her team on the board and found a something extra special about her goal. “I was just trying to get open and away from the Juniata defense, and then I got the rebound shot off the goalie from Nicole Leaf and scored. It felt awesome to score the first goal of the game which gave us a lead,” Beachley said. “Also because I wanted to score for my mom’s birthday, and she came to watch.” After Juniata scored the defense took notice and only allowed one more shot for the rest of the game. The Blue Jays took offense to this goal and didn’t let up the rest of the way. With the defense rolling the offense was put in a great position. Senior Addie Stang connected on her second goal of the season, while senior Charity Good stayed hot and made her ninth goal of the season. This was all the Jays needed as it was the final nail in the coffin for Juniata. Good was fired up after making her goal and knew the positive vibes resonated throughout the whole team. “The game was tied 1-1 until Addie Stang scored her goal, giving us a slight lead. When I scored right after that, it felt like we were back in control. Scoring two goals that close together gave us momentum and confidence that we could win, and we were able to hold them the rest of the game,” Good said. “Everyone on the team has to do their part for us to win, and I was glad to be able to score a goal to help give us a

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With their win over Goucher College on Wednesday afternoon, the women’s field hockey team will host the Landmark Conference Championship game on Wolf Field this Saturday. The Blue Jays have not lost a conference game this season.

little bit of cushion for the rest of the game.” This win was huge for the Blue Jays. They never let their guard down and played relentlessly until the final seconds of the game. Juniata was outshot 19-6 by the Jays who had 15 penalty corners compared to the five the Eagles managed. With the win the Blue Jays eliminated Juniata from the Landmark playoffs. Good understood how big of a win this truly was. They had a game plan and stuck to it. “Our plan heading into the game was to play hard, execute all of the little things we’ve been working on, play together and win. We knew that if we won, we would finish the regular season conference play undefeated, which was one of our goals. After winning yesterday, we were able to mark off that goal.” The Blue Jays hosted the Landmark Conference semifinal after going

undefeated in the regular season. On Wednesday, Goucher College came to Wolf Field to battle for a spot in the Landmark C onference Championship game on Saturday. Goucher fought hard against the topseeded Blue Jays, forcing a dramatic finish to decide the outcome. Junior Emma Christman made sure the Blue Jays did not have an early exit from the tournament, scoring twice in the 2-1 victory over the Gophers. Christman’s first goal came in the first half at 23:29. Senior Allison McLamb knocked the ball in front of Goucher’s cage, and Christman was able to poke it into the back of the net for a 1-0 Etown lead. The Blue Jays would remain up 1-0 into the second half. In the 58th minute, Goucher struck to tie the game at one and set up a dramatic ending.

Trying to avoid overtime, the Blue Jays were on all out attack in the waning minutes of the game. The Blue Jays earned a penalty corner as the clock expired with the ensuing corner acting as the final play of the game. On that corner, junior Megan Eppley received the ball, passed it on to Leaf who fired a shot at the goal. Stang redirected the shot to Christman who was able to knock it in for the game winning goal. Christman scored in the final 30 seconds of the game for the second time this season against the Gophers. The Blue Jays will host Susquehanna Un ive r s it y i n S atu rd ay ’s L an d m ar k Conference Championship game. The River Hawks defeated Catholic University in Wednesday’s other semifinal game at Catholic. Etown defeated both Catholic and Susquehanna during the regular season.

TEAM of the Week CROSS COUNTRY TEAM

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Nov. 5 Landmark Conference Championships

The men’s and women’s cross country teams are now three for three in Landmark Championships dating back to the 2014 season. That was the first year Etown competed in the Landmark Conference. The women’s team scored a meet-low 28 points, 15 better than second place Moravian College. The men’s team distanced themselves from second place University of Scranton by 16 points for the team title.

Landmark Conference Championships M/W @ Gallaudet Wrestling @ Messiah Invitational

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