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Leffler Lecture canceled, will be postponed by Kelly Bergh News Editor
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he Nov. 15 Elizabethtown College Leffler Lecture has been canceled with the intention of being postponed to a later date in the school year. NPR radio journalist Michele Norris was scheduled to speak in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at 7:30 p.m. Her talk, “Eavesdropping on America’s Conversation on Race,” was inspired by
her experience founding The Race Card Project, which collected thoughts about race from people around the nation in six-word snippets. Norris was scheduled to interview with the student media organizations on campus during a press conference and to have dinner with select students from the Honors Program. The following morning, she was supposed to speak with select students during a questionand-answer session. The College does plan on rescheduling
Norris’ visit and lecture in the future. The author of The Grace of Silence expressed her condolences regarding her need to postpone her visit. The Leffler Lecture is an annual event sponsored by Linda ‘67 and Patrick Castagna and presents renowned sp e a kers w ho inspire t he campus community to discuss ways to make meaningful societal impacts. The College will announce the new date of the Leffler Lecture as soon as it has been scheduled.
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Faculty artists display creative works in month-long Zug Hall exhibition by Rachel Lee Asst. Features Editor
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hen visitors enter the Hess Gallery in Zug Hall from Thursday, Nov. 10 to Saturday, Dec. 10, they will see a Plexiglas container filled with corn chips and corn plants in the center of the room. Associate professor of art Milt Friedly created this piece titled “Corn-Chip,” and it is one of 24 pieces of faculty-made art displayed in the month-long Faculty Art Exhibition. The exhibit features the work of seven faculty members of the department of fine and performing arts (FAPA), including Friedly, and one faculty member of the Department of Communications. Assistant professor of art, Kristi Arnold, has four pieces of work on display: “Octopada,” “Oh,” “Lizardly Pink” and “Bomb Pop Mountain.” The first three are wooden pieces painted with acrylics. They are exhibited on stands throughout the gallery. The fourth was made with monoprint, ink, cut paper and watercolors. “My favorite is ‘Bomb Pop Mountain.’ It’s cool and abstract,” junior social work major and art minor Rita Eisher said. “I like what she [Arnold] plays with: darkness and distortion.” Adjunct faculty in the FAPA department Daniel Burns’ three pieces in the exhibit are “Redemption,” “Son” and “Husband.” The first is an oil painting. Burns used
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graphite, charcoal and wax to create the other two, which are both images of shirts. Burns feels that the images in his work represent his life journey and that his work is an autobiography. Adjunct faculty in the FAPA department Jeff Bye has four acrylic paintings on display: “The Bowery,” “Corner of New York,” “Inside the Domino Sugar Factory” and “Soo Line.” These pieces are based on the places Bye visited while working in New York City, Philadelphia and throughout the Northeast. As a conservator in Pennsylvania and surrounding states, Bye could explore areas of these cities off limits to the general public. He documented places such as the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Domino Sugar Factor y with his sketchbook and camera. Adjunct faculty in the FAPA department Linda Eberly’s work in the exhibit includes four digital prints: “Can You See,” “Dearly Engraved,” “Bear in Mind” and “Oh! Bark . . .” Eberly created these by adding textures to her photographs and paintings of nature. The textures were either created by adding a Photoshop layer or by painting the texture onto the piece. In each piece, Eberly can see common objects in the textures. She attributes this ability to pareidolia, or the psychological phenomenon when someone perceives a familiar object in a random pattern. She says this interest in patterns and textures started when she was a child and saw images when she stared up at
the clouds. Along with “Corn-Chip,” Friedly’s “Water Works—Columbia,” “Not My Dirt” and “Blues de Paris” are part of the exhibit. “Blues de Paris” was made by using digital etching and high-type block print. F r i e d l y c r e a t e d “ C o r n - C h i p” from an old Plexiglas container that the Elizab ethtown C ollege biolog y department was throwing away. He also used corn chips donated by Martin’s Potato Chips. Visitors can touch the corn chips and corn plants by putting their hands in the plastic gloves attached to the container. Friedly called this work an experiment because he needed to figure out an irrigation system, so the corn plants could grow inside the container. Now the corn plants have reached the end of their cycle, according to Friedly, as they are dying and turning brown. “Corn-chips” was originally exhibited at the Keystone Art and Culture Center in Lancaster. During this time, Friedly told a boy who visited frequently that this is how corn chips are made. Periodically, Friedly added corn chips to the work, reinforcing what he told the boy. “It is supp os e d to b e s ome w hat whimsical,” he said. “Not My Dirt” consists of farm dirt, a shovel, a wheelbarrow and a video of someone shoveling dirt. SEE FEATURES PAGE 4
Alumni to publish literary magazine by Katie Weiler Staff Writer
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newly established literary anthology on campus looks to connect alumni with their previous experiences at Elizabethtown College. This magazine, called Field Mark, is accepting submissions solely from Etown alumni and bolsters the hallmark phrase “Blue Jays. Always.” The name of the literary anthology comes from the definition of “field mark,” which is a distinguishable mark that identifies a bird such as a Blue Jay, the College’s mascot. Started by 2011 Etown alumus Austin DeMarco and 2012 aluma Nicole St. Pierre, the magazine will be released for the first time this year. The two are serving as coeditors of the magazine after being asked by Bowers Writers House director Jesse Waters and executive director of college engagement opportunities Mark Clapper to steer the effort. According to the Field Mark website, DeMarco has a degree in English with a concentration in professional writing and is currently living in the Washington D.C. area. St. Pierre was also an English major with a concentration in professional writing who previously wrote for The Etownian and is currently residing in Maryland. Their magazine is intended to integrate the various lives of alumni, serving as an outlet for former students to share their favorite stories from the “Nest” that is Etown. Regardless of where they end up, they will be reminded of their roots here at the College when they reminisce about their undergraduate days. “I’ve always been very vocal about the positive impact that Elizabethtown College had on my life, and I’ve always been willing to give back to the school in whatever way I can,” St. Pierre said. “For me, it was an honor just to be asked to spearhead the magazine, so I am very excited about it.” T h e s u bm i s s i on p e r i o d op e n e d on Homecoming day, Oct. 15, and will continue until Dec. 31. The literary anthology runs in four sections, similar to our campus literary magazine Fine Print. There are fiction and creative nonfiction section, for which submissions must be limited to 10,000 words. Each prose contributor is limited to submitting three pieces. There is also an artwork and photography section for this magazine that will feature photographs or pictures from any alumi artists that are interested in entering. The editors ask that the pictures are of good quality, and contributors are limited to five entries. The poetry section is open to various forms, but each alum is asked to enter less than six poems. There is also an option to enter any works that don’t fit in the guidelines for any of the sections above. If the work of an alum is selected, he or she will receive a copy of the magazine once it is printed, which will most likely be in May of 2017. All work will be selected to fill the magazine by the end of February 2017. “We want to create a publication that emphasizes the connection we all still have even after we graduate,” St. Pierre said. D eMarco ag re e d wit h his co-e ditor regarding the magnitude of the impact his undergraduate experience left on him. “Etown provided a really seminal experience for me, and I liken my time there to a four-year conversation with my classmates, learning about myself and others and growing together as a result,” he said. “The success of Field Mark is a continuance of that conversation beyond graduation.” The magazine is asking for a blind submission process, so when alumni send in their work they will need to keep their name separate from their piece of writing. For details regarding submitting pieces go to etownfieldmark.wordpress.com or contact the editors through the Field Mark Facebook page.
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The Electoral College by E. Fletcher McClellan Professor of Political Science If the Electoral College were actually a college, it would be difficult to get accepted. Being a Republican helps. For the second time in the last five elections, the Democratic presidential candidate won the national popular vote on Nov. 8 but failed to gain a majority of electoral votes. As of Nov. 15, Hillary Clinton gained 1.2 million more votes than Donald Trump. The margin could grow to nearly two million after all ballots are counted. By comparison, Democrat Al Gore defeated Republican George W. Bush by 550,000 votes in 2000. However, Trump won the electoral vote 306-232 and is in line to join Bush as a minority president once the election results are certified by the states and affirmed by the ballots of pledged electors. So, Democrats and other confused Americans want to know: Why do we have an Electoral College, and why is it more likely to screw Democratic candidates? To begin, we have to go back to the framing of the US Constitution in 1787. Advocates of a strong national government, like Alexander Hamilton, argued an independent, chief executive was needed to provide “energy” to the government. Still, there was concern that a President of the United States could become too powerful. When James Wilson of Pennsylvania proposed that the president should be elected by a national popular vote—an idea that big “D” and small “d” democrats in the modern age would favor—the Constitutional Convention rejected the idea. Many delegates feared that the president could dominate the government by mobilizing the people to support his policies. Southern delegates believed their favored candidates would always lose in a national election because slaves could not vote. Small states thought they would be outnumbered. Alternatively, the convention considered a proposal by James Madison of Virginia to have Congress select the president. Supporters of a vigorous presidency blocked the measure, arguing it would make the president too dependent on the legislative body and weaken the office. Hence, a compromise was introduced that the president should be chosen by a separate body of electors, selected by the states. But then, how should the states be represented in the Electoral College? Madison, coming from a large, more populous state, wanted the bigger states to have the most representatives. Slave-holding states like Virginia had bigger populations because a slave was counted as 3/5 of a person in the population for the purpose of representation. Small states, concentrated in the North, objected. Again, a compromise: The delegates agreed that each state should have representation in the Electoral College that was equal to the total number of representatives a state had in Congress (i.e. the number of House members plus two). This arrangement boosted small states slightly while satisfying the more populous states and the South. As it turned out, four of the first five presidents were Virginian. Still disadvantaged by the representation formula in the Electoral College, small states were accommodated by a backup voting plan to have the House of Representatives decide if no candidate receives an Electoral College majority. To win in the House, a candidate needed to win a majority of state delegations with each delegation, no matter how large, counting as one vote. Delegates thought non-George Washington candidates would have difficulty obtaining an Electoral College majority. Therefore, most elections would end up in the House. What the Framers did not anticipate was political parties would emerging, leading to bloc voting by state electors representing the winning political party, and that most elections—but, as we know, not all—would be decided by the Electoral College. If you followed closely, you now realize that the presidential selection process was a product of an elaborate political compromise among alliances of states and was neither a project to establish democracy nor a means to choose the best qualified person. Rather, the Electoral College requires a winning candidate to receive a distributed, geographical majority, rather than a national, numerical majority of voters. Because Democratic support is concentrated in the Northeast and West Coast, their presidential candidates are at a structural disadvantage. Abolishing the Electoral College is next to impossible. A constitutional amendment requiring 2/3 of both houses of Congress and 3/4 of the states is needed. The Republicans controlling Congress and 25 state governments favor the current rules that brought them to power. More modest fixes also appear unlikely to succeed. Allocating electors by Congressional district such as Maine does would seem to compound the problem. An interstate compact of states pledging to award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote has the support of only 10 states, none of them controlled by Republicans. Regardless, the Electoral College frustrates Democrats, who have won the popular vote in six of the last seven elections but only captured the White House four times. Their only remaining option is to practice more strategic politics within the existing system. By neglecting the white, working class in Pennsylvania and the Midwest, the Democrats lost the 2016 Electoral College game. We will see whether President Trump can succeed where they failed.
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Relay For Life kicks off with Hawaii-themed event by Kelly Bergh News Editor
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he 2016-2017 Elizabethtown College Relay For Life efforts were kicked off by the Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) club in the Brossman Commons Center (BSC) on Nov. 15. from 4 to 7 p.m. The Hawaii-inspired evening introduced the “Relei For Life” theme and opened the registration period for the spring event. CAC came up with the Hawaiian theme through a brainstorm and decorated their first registration event with colorful leis. They also set up a game wheel and sold paint chip bookmarks and Etown and Relay For Life wristbands to establish a festive setting that encouraged engagement. There are currently 15 teams registered at Etown, and more—as well as individuals—are able to sign up until the date of the event. Last year, about two dozen teams participated. Etown’s Relay For Life will take place in Thompson Gymnasium on Friday, Mar. 17, 2017. The event will go overnight into Mar. 18. This year, the club hopes to raise over $40,000 from all of its events combined. Fundraisers throughout the year will include bowling nights and Folklore sales partnerships.
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This year’s Relay For Life theme is “Relei For Life.”
The club will be selling Gertrude Hawk chocolates and Yankee Candles throughout the next several months, as well. Additionally, luminaria will be sold and flown at the Relay For Life in memory of those who lost their lives to cancer. For more information about fundraisers or the event, or to register a team, email cac@etown.edu.
October sees several new hires at College including event technition, librarian by Amanda Jobes Copy Chief
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his October, Elizabethtown College welcomed a group of new faculty and staff members, including Jennifer Strain, Tina Morris, Amy Berra, Melissa Hagman, Taylor Frombaugh, Michelle Henry and Marie Joseph. Strain works in the High Library as the instruction and scholarly communications librarian. She will be instructing students and helping them to get the most out of their research. Since her last job was a librarian position at a public library, Strain has had her fair share of experience in the field. She has expressed her enthusiasm about being part of the Etown community, stating that her “current goal is to get a look inside all the buildings on campus.” Morris has filled the new position of administrative assistant for the chemistry department. Her greatest responsibility is making sure that materials needed for the department are ordered and paid for, although she assists the other faculty and staff with a variety of tasks. So far Morris has had a positive experience with the people of the College and is optimistic about her future here. Berra has joined Etown as the new assistant to the Vice President Student Life and Dean of Students. She attended school at Mary Baldwin College and later had a managing position for a psychiatric practice in Harrisburg. However, Berra thought that Etown would be a good
fit for her because she attended a small college for her own education. Overall, she said that she has found all the people she has met to be “very welcoming.” Hagman is the new event technician at the College. She earned her higher education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Hagman works with technical operations for events in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and the KAV on campus, and she has worked Board of Trustees events as well as E-fit classes. Frombaugh works as the new assistant women’s lacrosse coach. She also graduated from Millersville and is currently focused on defense, strength and conditioning for the team here at Etown. In addition to her new job at the College, she is also a middle school coach for Lanco Elite Club Lacrosse in Lancaster. Similarly to the other new hires, Frombaugh agrees that her experience at the College has been warm and welcoming so far. Henry is a new student information systems coordinator in the Center for Student Success. Joseph works in Facilities Management as an environmental services worker. As a whole, the new individuals on campus are excited about being a new part of the College. “I’m looking forward to getting to know the community better,” Strain said. Time will tell what these new members can give and get back from their experiences at Etown.
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Mosaic House sponsors Black Lives Matter discussion, vigil by Delaney Dammeyer Staff Writer
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hursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., the Mosaic House hosted an event centered on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Students and faculty held a Respecting All Perspectives (RAP) discussion in the house. Later, students gathered in front of the BSC and wrote the names of some of the people of color who have been killed due to police brutality this year. The event was held to raise awareness and knowledge of the movement and show solidarity with students and community members of color. Elizabethtown College’s Mosaic House, located across the street from Campus Security, is a host and safe space for diversity groups on campus. Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Mosaic House hosted an “Election Results Watch Party” and has opened its doors to public events and community members since its opening in early October. Thursday night’s discussion began with Interim Coordinator for Multicultural Programs and Residential Communities Stephanie Collins reading facts about the history and goals of the BLM movement. “I work closely with NOiR, and they have concerns about being students of color on a small, primarily white campus,” Collins said. NOiR and Collin’s goals for the night were to educate and open the floor for healthy debate. The BLM movement began as a social media hashtag after the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012. #BlackLivesMatter is attributed and currently managed over social media by activists Alicia Garzia, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. Garzia wrote the history of the movement on their official website. “It was a response to the anti-black racism that permeates our society and also, unfortunately, our movements,” Garzia stated. BLM grew into an organized movement after the murder of
Mike Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in 2014. As Ferguson citizens protested and faced brutal treatment at the hands of a militarized police force, #BlackLivesMatter existed as a rallying cry and a symbol of support. BLM is now a national organization with chapters in large cities. These chapters have a presence in political and social events. The ultimate goal of the organization is to reveal the systematic racism in the United States, validate the experiences of black people and seek justice for hate crimes. Many students shared their firsthand experiences with racism and BLM groups. In this environment, students were free to voice their concerns with BLM’s protesting tactics and with the racial climate on campus. First-year communications major and student employee at the Mosaic House Pleasant Sprinkle-Williams shared what she believed black students would like to see on campus. “I’d like to see more acceptance from students, and more training on what microaggressions are and how to deal with them,” SprinkleWilliams said. A microaggression is a comment or action which dismisses or shows prejudiced thinking against a group. Microaggressions are a phenomenon well-known to people of color. They often face microaggressions when they are told they “don’t sound black” when they speak or “don’t act black” based on the definition of “blackness” created by that person. Such struggles were discussed by students. Many had experienced some form of racism, direct or otherwise. Many worried about the future and safety in this violent post-election period. Yet there was still a feeling of hope within the group. Students reacted positively to sharing and contributing to discussion. “I think student activism is great,” Sprinkle-Williams said. “It creates connections within student groups. When we all feel like we’re working
toward the same goal, it creates better relationships between us.” Amidst healthy concern and informed discussion, there were moments of excitement and fun. Students became comfortable within the group as they realized that they were in a safe space. People joked, shared snacks, made hot chocolate and shared honestly with each other. Talk died down and Collins presented a list to the group. The list was a tentative report of people killed by police in 2016. Many were people of color who had been unarmed, in mental crises or falsely accused of a crime at the time of their death. Collins led students to the BSC to write some of these names in chalk in front of the main steps. The sentiment was meant to show solidarity with the BLM movement. The hashtags #saytheirnames and #alllivesshouldmatter accompanied the collection of names. Students hope to continue having these discussions and being active in their support of the black community.
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Following a discussion, students wrote names of people of color killed by police violence this year in chalk outside of the BSC.
Music department presents Award-winning author leads Shakespeare-oriented event interactive writing workshop
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by Aileen Ida Features Editor
s Shakespeare’s First Folio comes to Elizabethtown College, a long list of other events related to Shakespeare and his influence on the arts are taking place across campus. One such event, entitled If Music Be the Food of Love: Songs from the Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, was recently hosted by the music department. Friday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in Zug Recital Hall, students from the music department and from musical groups on campus sang adaptations of his songs and sonnets. Among the 15 songs presented at the performance were identifiable pieces, including a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” commonly recognized by its line, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Other pieces within the performance included excerpts from highly recognizable works, such as “Twelfth Night” and “Romeo and Juliet.” Side-by-side with these were a couple excerpts from less recognizable pieces, such as “Measure for Measure.” Sophomore Jacqueline Carroll said she thinks the pieces chosen, generally, are recognizable to students and the general public.
Most of the performances were solo pieces; only three were ensembles. According to Carroll, the solos were assigned to students by their voice professors. Carroll performed a solo and also sang in the Women’s Choir ensemble. Carroll said she, along with all the other performers, auditioned in October for the ability to be a part of this event. She mentioned that there are many opportunities for music majors to perform in a variety of events, but that this was her first solo performance. “I thought the Shakespeare concert was a really interesting, unique event that we were never going to have again,” Carroll said. “So I thought why not try and see what happens, and it just happened to work out.”
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Etown students sang excerpts of musically adapted Shakespearean songs and sonnets.
by Amity Radcliff Staff Writer
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onday, Nov. 14, Bowers Writers House hosted a craft talk and evening reading with author Jeffrey Ethan Lee. Lee is a fiction and poetry writer who has written many awardwinning books, including “identity papers,” which was a Colorado Book Award Finalist. During his craft talk, he had the participants do a spontaneous writing workshop as he tried to get them to find their authentic, authoritative voice by using a motherly or grandmotherly voice, one they know well. This writing workshop was a way to get the writers warmed up and ideas flowing. “I usually use a voice of a person I know well as a character, for it’s good for characters to have flaws,” Lee said. During his reading time, he read sections from multiple books he has compiled. The first one was a poetry book called “invisible sister.” The one section he read was a memory inside a memory as the character thought back to the eight grade year and also all the way back to their fourth grade year. The other section from “invisible sister” was called “peace valley elementary school during the Vietnam war.” When reading this, Lee emulated the characters with slight voice
changes and captured their emotions with his voice. Another book he read from was called “Color Schemes,” in which he read two sections, the one section followed a college-aged guy during a relationship problem. The other section he read was called “Color Schemes,” just like the title, which is a short novel that is broken up into small poetry sections. The main event was Lee reading from his book, “The Autobiography of Somebody Else.” This book is a love story that takes place partially in a theater and partially in a mental ward. Lee read from various sections in the book, each of which portrayed a different story. Some of the sections were set as flashbacks, whereas others took place in different times. “Life is a thing of beauty, a joy forever,” Lee let this quote sit in the air a bit as the audience grasped the feel of the scene. As inspiration, Lee used what he could remember from things that happened to him in the past. “This book didn’t end up going through too much revision, and it came pretty quickly,” Lee said. He has had many experiences that were able to be collected into a book many people can enjoy. His experiences were used to help further his love for writing and creating. “I’ve always been interested in writing stories,” Lee said.
Actor performs interactive show, holds workshop for students
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by Matthew VanCleef Staff Writer
ew York City actor Louis Butelli performed a one-man show in the Tempest Theater Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. Commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Butelli and his colleagues wrote the show entitled “The Gravedigger’s Tale” to travel with the First Folio! exhibit currently at Elizabethtown College. “The Gravedigger’s Tale,” featuring Butelli as the gravedigger, tells the story of “Hamlet” from the gravedigger’s perspective using comedy and audience participation. The gravedigger is a relatively small role in “Hamlet” but was one of the characters who did not die in the end and was responsible for those that did. “We were toying around with a bunch of different ideas, and we really wanted to create something that would be engaging but still get the story across and thought: ‘The gravedigger isn’t dead! Why not have him tell the story as if he were explaining what happened to the King?’” Butelli said. The performance began with the gravedigger entering a dimly lit stage with nothing but a large, antique chest in the center. He showcased his comedic style from the start by trying to move the chest, but he was unable to because it was too heavy. Frustrated, he began emptying the chest, pulling out a large wooden tray, a book and a sandwich. He sat on the chest, thumbing through the book and reading the first lines of various Shakespearean plays. Finding one that he seemed
to like, the gravedigger began reading the beginning of “Hamlet” with the famous lines, “To be, or not to be,” while eating his sandwich. Deeper into the opening monologue, the gravedigger walked up to an audience member in the front row and gave him his sandwich, which stayed with the audience member until the end of the show. He also began to engage the audience more by pausing at the questions in the monologue, gesturing for audience members to answer the questions. Because they would not know the answers without having memorized “Hamlet,” the gravedigger appeared to become frustrated that the audience could not answer his questions, again showing his comedic style. At another point in the performance, the gravedigger had the audience create sound effects to aid in his recitation of “Hamlet” and to set the scene. He also began to take out bones from the chest, which had cards on them with questions. The gravedigger went up to multiple audience members with the different bones and had them read the questions to further his monologue. When an audience member did not read the question loud enough, he again became comically frustrated and turned to another audience member to read the question even louder. The gravedigger also pulled an audience member onto the stage to act out a scene with him, where he ended up pretending to poison and kill the audience member as a part of the monologue he was reciting. Finally, the show ended with the gravedigger pulling a ukulele out of the chest and singing a song from “Hamlet.” “This performance was a really interesting portrayal of ‘Hamlet’
and the theatre in general,” junior Ari Retzer of Shippensburg University said.“I really loved how [Butelli] included the audience and that the lights were dimmed just enough that you could see the audience, but [Butelli] was still featured.” Etown first-year Aileen Burke had a similar reaction. “It truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity to have the First Folio here at Etown, but this show in particular was really interesting. [Butelli] was able to take something that everyone knows and reconstruct it into something new, and I thought it was a great portrayal and really funny.” After the show, Butelli held an acting workshop for theatre students entitled “Shakespearean Clowning,” where he worked with 10 Etown students on Shakepeare’s different comedic approaches to his characters, both physical and verbal. “Louis made me realize something that I had known, but not truly taken to heart, that fear of being the actor often gets in the way of being the character,” junior theatre major Amber Mangabat said. “Especially in clowning, the character may want to do something, but the actor thinks such an action is ridiculous and holds back. If we just let that action happen, [which] he referred to it as ‘letting your inner monkey take over,’ then the scene improves, and the audience is that much more entertained.” The First Folio! exhibit will remain on campus until Sunday, Dec. 4, accompanied by various Pop-up Shakespeare performances around Elizabethtown. Performance times and locations are available under Campus Events on the Etown website.
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Etown hosts day-long training, Faculty art featured in exhibit discusses teaching Shakespeare NEWS PAGE 1
This work and “Corn-Chips” were inspired by farming, according to Friedly. He was inspired by his heritage and the local area. His father came from a farming village in Switzerland. “The farming makes me feel at home,” an anonymous visitor wrote in the guest book by the entrance to the gallery. “Water Work – Columbia” is made of a fire hydrant, pipe, monitor, video and sound. The video shows the hydrant’s source of water. For Friedly, this work reflects his belief that clean water is the most important resource and his concern about the Chesapeake and Delaware Watersheds. Two drawings by adjunct faculty in the FAPA department Jeff Geib are on display: “Veracity” and “Blake: Sanguine and Melancholic.” The latter is a pair drawn in sequence, based on a life cast of the poet William Blake. Assistant professor of communications Katherine Hughes has two photo collages in the exhibit: “Glimpses of England I” and “Glimpses of Ireland I.” She has been interested in photography since she first developed and printed black and white photos in a makeshift darkroom using her grandfather’s equipment.
Associate professor of history of art and director of the fine arts division Patricia Likos Ricci’s “Street of the Lost” is also on display. It is a pen and ink drawing meant to represent young people dying from addiction, gun violence and homelessness. Ricci was inspired by her work with drug addicts in Philadelphia and the current epidemic of heroin overdoses in Etown. “The work is complete only with an audience to interpret and experience. It is relived through your personal vision,” Friedly said.
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Hess Gallery is currently home to an exhibit featuring faculty works.
Holiday tree is lit at ceremony Photo: Megan White Staff Photographer
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very year Etown hosts an annual tree lighting ceremony. President Strikwerda read “ The Night Before Christmas” to the cookie-munching crowd of students after the Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 16.
by Samantha Romberger Staff Writer
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pril 23, 1616, roughly 400 years ago, the legendary William Shakespeare passed away. To honor his life and works, the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington D.C. is touring the First Folio. The First Folio, a collection of 36 Shakespearean plays, was published in 1623 by two of Shakespeare’s closest friends. The First Folio is on display in Elizabethtown College’s High Library until Dec. 4. The First Folio is currently encased in glass on a podium in the High Library. There will be a number of events during its stay here at the College, including family workshops, theatrical performances and a musical recital. As part of the exhibit, Etown is hosting several educational events related to Shakespeare. On Nov. 11, the College presented a workshop for high school English teachers. The event was sponsored by the Folger Shakespeare Library and the English Speaking Union of Pennsylvania and was led by Sue BiondoHench. Biondo-Hench is a teacher and has studied Shakespeare pedagogy at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The high school teachers learned new approaches to teaching Shakespeare in their classrooms. They were also introduced to exciting opportunities for high school students, including a monologue competition at Lockhaven University. For this competition, high school students perform a monologue of their choice to a panel of judges, who choose the top three performances. The competition includes over 20,000 participants annually. Zoe Oliver, a second place winner, said that she “really appreciated Shakespeare on a more personal level” after the competition. Only a handful of the teachers present had sent students to this competition before, but many seemed excited at the prospect of doing so in the future. “You shouldn’t try to get beyond the language,” Dr. Russ McDonald, an English professor at Goldsmith
College, said in a video presented to the teachers. He went on to praise Shakespearean language, claiming that it has “a rich variety of expression that other languages don’t have.” As an example, he cited the distinction between the terms “thou” and “you.” In the 16th and 17th centuries, “thou” was used in personal, intimate relationships, while “you” was used more formally. In “Romeo and Juliet,” Romeo refers to Juliet as “thou” from the moment they meet, but Juliet uses “you” until the scene on the balcony, when she finally asks Romeo, “Where for art thou?” signifying her love for him. Biondo-Hench then outlined the complicated and impure process of creating the First Folio. The system of writing, inking, drying and organizing the pages presented many challenges. For this reason, each written version of Shakespeare’s work is unique. Scribes, printers and compositors often took liberties in interpreting the text, resulting in countless versions of the famous plays. The teachers compared an excerpt of “Romeo and Juliet” written in a quarto to the same section in a folio. The texts were divergent, incorporating differences in dialogue, metaphors, structure and overall tone. “The Quarto uses rhymed couplets, giving it a more cutesy tone,” Caitlyn Hunt of Middletown Area High School stated. Then, they worked together to act out the scenes with personal interpretations. They flocked to a table of accessories where they claimed black capes, floppy hats and Rapunzel-esque blond wigs. Each group’s performance was met with laughter and applause from the other teachers. Dr. Gannon-Rittenhouse, an English teacher at Middletown Area High School, said that the event gave her “a lot of good ideas about how to interact with the text,” and that the day was “reenergizing.” “Some of these exercises I already do, but some things I could do better,” Hunt said. “I learned things I can do to get everyone involved.” She appreciated that this interactive workshop was “not a normal conference of getting presented at.”
November 17, 2016
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Students argue whether current Simulation reveals strengths, events belong in the classroom, weaknesses of handicap campus keeps them informed accessibility on campus by Shaye DiPasquale Staff Writer
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etween classes, tests, studying, finding time to eat and socializing, students in today’s world are finding it difficult to stay “plugged in” to current events. While many college students’ mornings begin with rolling over in bed and immediately using their phones to check social media, this does not mean that the content they are engaging with is keeping them up-to-date on what really matters. Many students rely on the campus, their classes and their professors to keep them in the know about what is going on with the world around them.
Even though Elizabethtown College has a small student body, it is still incredibly important that every student on campus is informed and ready to tackle the real world after they graduate. Does Etown do an effective job of ensuring that the campus community remains updated on current events? Some students feel that the responsibility of keeping students informed falls onto the shoulders of professors. “I think that the biggest influence for students to keep up with current events is their professors,” sophomore business major Kira Kuhar said. “If professors stress the importance of current events in their classes, I think that makes a huge difference on students.” Kuhar feels that specific departments, like the business department, do a really good job of keeping students informed and up-to-date on news and current events. “In my first semester here at Etown, I had to read The Wall Street Journal and write an article reflection on what I had read each week for one of my business classes,” Kuhar said. “I felt like I actually knew what was happening in the world.” In the spring semester, Kuhar stopped reading The Wall Street Journal because it was no longer required for her class. During that time, Kuhar admits that she felt a lot less informed and knowledgeable about the issues going on in the world around her. This semester, Kuhar is back to reading every issue of The Wall Street Journal for another business class. While she feels that skimming the whole paper can be “very tedious,” Kuhar is happy to do it not just for class, but for herself as well. “If something that you read a few weeks ago becomes headline news, you already know the background to the story and you can easily follow it as opposed to being completely surprised by it,” Kuhar stated. First-year engineering major Brandon Huey doesn’t believe that discussions concerning news and current events belong in every classroom. “Current events apply more to certain classes than others,” Huey said. “To me, it’s irrelevant to teach you stuff like that in an Engineering course or a Physics course.” For Huey, it is more important that his professors spend class time covering topics outlined in the curriculum because he feels that curricular material is what will help him most in the real world. “We only have so much time to learn the
curriculum,” Huey stated. “By discussing current events and other things that are not necessarily relevant to that course, we are taking away from the amount of time we have to understand the subject matter we are supposed to understand.” On the other hand, Dr. Peggy McFarland, professor of social work and director of field instruction at Etown, argues that it is critical that students be exposed to conversations about current events both inside and outside of the classroom. “I am a big news watcher, so I am always surprised when I come to class and the students have no idea what is happening in the world,” McFarland said. “The only advantage students have is their connection to social media, which often has little pieces of information but not the whole story.” For McFarland, true learning takes place when students are able to research and understand what is going on in the outside world and relate that information to what they are learning in the classroom. Besides simply having discussions in the classroom, campus programming can help students stay informed on current events. “I think we attempt to offer a well-rounded schedule of activities, but students do not always realize the relevance of a speaker related to their education or knowledge of world events,” McFarland said. “Students are so busy with classwork and activities that they have to make choices.” Huey believes that students are more likely to attend a news-oriented lecture or program if they can personally connect to and engage in the topic. “I think they are stimulating to some people, but none really piqued my interest this semester,” Huey stated. Kuhar feels that the campus doesn’t promote lectures and other events on national and world news in a way that makes them stand out to students. “Everything that they throw at us looks the same, so it all bundles together,” Kuhar said. “Sometimes I will miss interesting details about the event because they all just blend together in my head.” Some students are wary to attend lectures or events regarding current event topics if they know that the presentation will be interactive and call for audience engagement. “I don’t like when people give an opinion on a matter in which they have no real information on,” Huey remarked. “People will debate a topic passionately, when they have no idea what the topic even is. I get annoyed quickly at stupid commentary.” McFarland noted that students are not always that eager to show up to a lecture or attend an awareness program for a multitude of reasons. She still believes that if professors make the effort to place a certain level of emphasis on the topic that is to be discussed and stress the importance of attending these events, students will be more likely to attend. “I find that as a professor the best way to encourage students to attend events is to make the connection to the course material and to demonstrate my own excitement about potential programs,” McFarland said. “Overall, it demonstrates the importance of a wellrounded liberal arts education. “
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The Wenger Center is one of the most handicap inaccessible buildings on campus.While a bridge connects its second floor to Nicarry, the small, tight halls make it hard for one to manuever in whether on crutches or in a wheelchair.
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am not physically disabled. A few weeks ago, however, I got a glimpse into the challenges that individuals with disabilities face. During a disability simulation in my special education class, I took a short walk (or, in this case, ride) in someone else’s shoes. Not only did this experience expand my worldview, but it also helped me to understand some of the strengths and weaknesses in the accessibility of the Elizabethtown College campus. When I walked into my education classroom the day of the simulation, I was equal parts excited and nervous. As a future educator, I wanted to be able to understand my future students and the challenges they would face, including any disabilities they might have. I had also never done anything like this before. I wondered, “Will people stare? Will they laugh?” My list contained three items: speech impairment, hearing impairment and wheelchair-bound. I stuck wax in my ears to deafen the words of my peers. After cramming five pieces of Dubble Bubble into my mouth, I could barely open my jaw to grunt. We were split into groups of four, and one of my classmates brought over a wheelchair for me to sit in. Initially, I remember being annoyed—I couldn’t go anywhere unless the girl pushing my chair wanted to go there, too. Half of the time, I couldn’t hear what my group was saying, and it took too much effort to respond coherently to what I did hear. Of course, that was when the lightbulb moment happened. The groups were given a list of tasks to complete around campus. My group set off, heading toward the library at a brisk pace. Then we had to slow down. The path between Nicarry and the library had a sharp incline, and it was tricky to navigate in the wheelchair. Some of the other students in my group also had arthritis (simulated by putting beans in their shoes). Eventually, we made it to the library. Those majestic heated steps posed too much of a challenge for the chair, so we had to go around to the wheelchair ramp on the side, which involved covering more ground on the incline. Previously, I had not known of this ramp’s existence.
Our two most difficult tasks involved the gym. First, we went into the back of the Jaywalk. Or, at least, we tried. The automatic button on the outer door didn’t work when we pushed it. This resulted in a complicated operation in which the girl pushing my chair tried both to hold open the door and push me through it. Thankfully, some bystanders gave us a hand and opened the door from the inside. Then it was on to the gym bathroom. My job was to go into the handicap-accessible stall. This quickly turned from a simple task to a daunting challenge. It was nearly impossible to fit into the stall since it was located at the front of the bathroom and quite narrow. After some elaborate methods of maneuvering, we gave up and went back to our classroom. When our class reconvened for a period of reflection, it became obvious that other students faced similar obstacles. Complaints ranged from narrow fits on ramps to challenges in accessing certain parts of campus in a timely fashion. We concluded that while the campus does have quite a few accommodations to assist individuals with disabilities, there is always room to grow. The College, like most of the world, was built for non-disabled people. Even with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) policies in place, the narrow stall and the broken button prove that we are not a completely handicap-accessible campus. The disability simulation taught me two things. First, it’s important to walk—or wheel— in someone else’s shoes, even just during an 80-minute class period. Second, all students with disabilities will face challenges. If we can take strides toward improving even the smallest aspects of campus, whether it involves repairing a button or widening a stall, it can make a greater impact than we would imagine. I don’t mean to demean the work that has already been done by Etown. Like I said before, I am not disabled and do not truly have a grip on what it means to face these challenges daily. What I do know is that anyone can be an advocate. If there’s something broken or difficult to access, pointing out the problem is the first step toward fixing it. In all areas of accessibility and beyond, I propose that the College try to minimize the challenges we face in any way it can.
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November 17, 2016
Students discuss College’s use of four credit course system
Are transfer students put at a disadvantage due to credit system’s focus on current students? by Kayleigh Kuykendall Campus Life Editor
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s I have begun the journey into my last year of school, I realized that this week marks the last time I will be registering for classes in my undergraduate career. As I began to tally up my credits and scramble for courses outside my major, I discovered that I do not know much about why my classes meet when they do or how four seems to be the magic number for the credits I receive per class. As someone who knows Elizabethtown College’s course system inside and out, Dr. Brian Newsome, associate professor of history, College Registrar and Dean of Curriculum and Assessment, offered up a few answers as to why the College conducts registration the way they do. As a general overview, he explained to me that Etown was not the only college to have a four credit course system in place. “There are a number of colleges that have four credit courses. Some of those classes meet for four hours [a week] and some meet for three, with a floating fourth hour for projects and such. The College shifted to the four credit model to provide a richer learning experience for the students,” Newsome said. This “richer learning experience” is basically a way to give student’s the ability to focus on four classes instead of the normal five that other colleges have implemented.
While this seems reasonable, some students wonder if having that extra class would really be that big of a deal. “Some of my classes are three credit and some are four, but I don’t really see a difference between four versus five classes anyway,” senior Juliana Krampf said. “I feel like you could handle the extra course since a lot of students overload already. But again, I feel like I’m a bit biased because I’m used to taking five classes, and I feel like I still get the same experience out of each course.” No matter the opinion, the four credit system makes sense if the C ollege’s number one priority is to help students focus on their classes, but it gets a bit tricky when one becomes aware of the rather large disparity between class meeting times. As many students have come to realize, courses can range from meeting once a week to three times a week, with most meeting twice a week. “The minimum for credit hours is 50 minutes, but it can go to 60. It’s up to the instructor to decide what is best for the class,” Newsome said. So it seems to me that the class meeting times are left to the faculties discretion. But with this a bigger question arises in my mind: what exactly does a “credit” equal? The College’s course catalog defines a credit hour as “a unit of curricular material that normally can be taught in a minimum of 14 hours of classroom instruction plus
appropriate outside preparation or the equivalent as determined by the faculty.” This definition sheds light on why professors have such leeway with their class times, giving them the ability to make sure students are getting the in-class time they need to succeed.
“Some of my classes are three credit and some are four, but I don’t really see a difference between four versus five classes anyway.”
~Juliana Krampf
This helps to make sure students are in class for no longer or shorter than they need to be. Hopefully, the discretion in terms of credits allows them the time needed for outside of class assignments and extracurriculars. Newsome also assured that each course goes through a rigorous process in order to make sure students are getting the most out of their courses. However, there seems to be a slight disadvantage in this system for those students transferring to Etown.
Senior Cortland Jacoby recalls a friend of hers who transferred in her junior year, receiving only 58 credits in return, leaving her just below the junior level, which is 60 credits. “I’ve heard transfer students talk about it before, and I understand where they’re coming from. It may not always happen, but I feel like that leaves a lot of transfers at a disadvantage regardless when they have to tally up their credits to graduate,” Jacoby said. Ne ws ome, howe ver, assure d t hat students with this problem are a very rare exception. “ The courses from other colleges transfer as courses and typically folks have the minimum they need,” he said. So, when it comes down to it, is the four credit system superior to the three? I honestly can’t say. What I can say is that the College does its best to work with the students and make sure they are getting the education they need to achieve great things after graduation. Does that mean having to work a bit closer with transfer students, ensuring that they graduate on time and are able to register with their respective class? I would hope so since the Etown, I know, works ver y hard to make sure ever y student is getting the education they need. To me, the four credit system seems to be a good way to make that goal come true.
Kevin Spacey’s “Nine Lives” is as terrible as everyone expected by Connor Burke Staff Writer
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ine Lives” is just as bad as you think it would be. Have you ever thought a movie sounded like a bad idea, but watched it anyway? Sometimes those movies end up being great, like the remake of “21 Jump Street.” Others are just as bad as they look, like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” and some are so bad they’re entertaining, like “The Room.” Thankfully, because of the surprisingly A-List cast dealing with a terribly clichéd script, “Nine Lives” falls into the final category: it’s so ridiculous and bad that it’s pretty funny. The story of “Nine Lives” sounds like something that would be a fake trailer on an episode of “South Park” or “The Simpsons.” The film tells the tale of Tom Brand, played by Kevin Spacey, a high-powered businessman who is obsessed with building the tallest skyscraper in North America. He continually berates his overworked son, played by former “The Flash” star Robbie Amell, and never has time for his second wife and youngest daughter, played by Jennifer Garner and Malina Weissman. When his daughter’s birthday comes around, she only wants one gift from Tom, outside of him actually spending time with her: a cat. So, Tom arrives at Felix Purr-kins’ pet shop, a cat-filled
store run by a cat whispering Christopher Walken. Through some unspecified magic, Tom’s body goes into a coma, and his mind is placed inside the cat. Now Tom has to learn how to love his family better and save his company from being sold, while looking at the world through his new cat eyes. Seriously, that’s the film’s actual story. It sounds like a lazy mess that a writer would create because he ran into his boss in the bathroom, and the boss asked how the new family comedy script was coming along. That level of laziness isn’t only in the story, but it also permeates almost every other aspect throughout the rest of the film. This is shown immediately as the opening credits begin. Not only are the credits themselves presented in one of the most ridiculed fonts of all time, Comic Sans, but also the sequence isn’t even presented with original footage. Instead of putting the credits over scenes that were shot for the movie, they’re over cat videos straight from YouTube. Have you ever seen the video of the cat in a shark costume riding a Roomba around a kitchen? Well the producers of “Nine Lives” hope you haven’t and don’t mind watching it with the phrase “featuring CHRISTOPHER WALKEN” in the top left corner of the screen. What makes the laziness of “Nine Lives” so shocking is the director. While director Barry Sonnenfeld isn’t exactly a household name, he has directed some wonderfully creative and fun movies, such as the two live-action “Addams Family” films, the “Men in Black” movies and the first two
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episodes of the woefully short-lived TV series “Pushing Daisies,” His films and TV shows usually are full of charm, humor and beautiful sets and shots, but none of that is visible in “Nine Lives.” The sets are bland boardrooms and wealthy houses, and they are usually vacant, so a blatantly CGI house cat can run around and get into shenanigans. It feels like Sonnenfeld just wanted a paycheck and nothing else. Even the cat’s shenanigans feel phoned in, containing sequences that feel like they were cut from a live-action “Garfield” movie.
“It’s not something that you would want to analyze, but it’s something to turn your brain off and just laugh at the ridiculousness.” While the sequences feel uninspired, some can be ridiculous to the point of being hysterical, like when Tom in the cat’s body becomes desperate to feel human, so he pours himself an ashtray full of expensive Scotch and proceeds to stumble around drunk. Then, the next morning, instead of asking how the cat got drunk, Garner and Amell look at the Scotch and say to each other “The cat has good taste!” Yes, that’s a real line from a Spacey headlining motion picture. Maybe that’s the saving grace of “Nine Lives,” the fact that the actors are willing to play with such a stupid script. Walken plays Mr. Purr-kins as straight as they come, trying to make him a wise mystical figure and trying his best to work with the premise that he can magically communicate with cats. Spacey plays a more upbeat version of his usual rich jerk type, and then becomes a constantly annoyed and sad voice over an honestly cute cat. The change between Spacey’s baritone lamenting “I’m going to have to go the bathroom in a box” over footage over a cute gray cat running around is so bizarre, it’s hilarious. Garner also is giving it her all with the script, constantly smiling and giggling her way through lines like “It’s illegal for me to castrate my husband, Mr. Fuzzypants, but I can have YOU neutered.” The only actor that doesn’t seem like they’re having a good time or particularly invested is Amell, who hits his marks and frowns when he needs to. “Nine Lives” is a mess, from the Comic Sans opening credits to the finale which involves the cat jumping off of a building attempting to land on top of a parachute. It’s an upsettingly lazy turn from the usually creative and fun Sonnefeld, but the commitment of most of the cast changes it from a terrible movie to a terribly entertaining film. It’s not something that you would want to analyze, but it’s something to turn your brain off and just laugh at the ridiculousness.
November 17, 2016
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Women’s cross country earns bid to NCAA championships
Men’s cross country finishes ninth at Mideast Regional, women place third to receive at-large bid.
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ne week after they took third at the Landmark Conference Championships, the men’s cross country team went on to place ninth at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional. The Blue Jays competed against 51 other teams at DeSales University Saturday, Nov. 12. The top performer of the Blue Jays was first-year Samuel Gerstenbacher. He had a season best time of 26:10 and placed 42 out of 351 runners. Senior Andrew Lesko jumped up 41 spots from his place last year and placed 49th with a time of 26:22. The next two finishers for the Blue Jays were junior Tom Fitzgerald and first-year Ryan Rippeon, with respective times of 26:44 and 26:45. Fitzgerald took 81st place while Rippeon placed 84th. Senior Keegan McDonough was 87th with his time of 26:47 and sophomore Tyler Alansky had a personal best of 26:51, which got him 93rd place. Gerstenbacher shared that after being down five key runners from the previous year, “racing to ninth in the region was a c tu a l ly a te st ament to [ t he te am’s] rebuilding process,” despite their hopes of placing higher. “I have never been more proud than I am of this team and this season,” Gerstenbacher said. “I think I speak for the rest of the team in saying that the captains and seniors have been great role models and nothing but supportive for the younger guys on the team.” Lesko said the team was hoping to make it to Nationals. Although they did not accomplish this, he is pleased with the team’s performance: “I am very happy with how
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The women’s cross country team finished third in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional this past weekend at DeSales University. The men’s team placed ninth in the field of 52. The women’s team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in Kentucky.
everything went not only at this race but throughout the whole season. The veterans performed at their best, and in many ways, the first-year class over-performed throughout the season.” The women’s cross country team, also coming off a third consecutive win at Landmark Conference Championships took third in the regional meet. Four of the Blue Jays were named allregion. The top five runners for the Blue Jays all finished within one minute of each other and each of the Blue Jays placed in the top 50 out of 371 runners. Senior Casey Quinto led and paced the
team, placing 14th with a time of 22:04. Behind her, finishing in 21st place with a time of 22:29, was junior Brenna McNamee. Ten seconds after McNamee, junior Kelsey Brady finished at 22:39, placing 24th. Junior Maria Anderson and senior Brianna Earnshaw had respective times of 22:48 and 22:57. Anderson placed 31st and Earnshaw took 36th. Two spots behind Earnshaw was senior Liz Wedekind with a time of 23:05 and 38th place. Sophomore Colleen Kernan placed 47th with a time of 23:21. Earnshaw says the team is excited to have met their goal of placing third. “Our coach
stressed to us that we were all fit enough and that this race would come down to which team ran the smartest,” Earnshaw said. “We have such a close pack this year and that has made us such a strong team,” she added. Quinto also commented on the team being “close-knit” and their plans to “run as a solid pack in the next race. We are excited to have placed third but want to perform even better at the NCAA meet on Saturday,” Quinto said. The men’s team must wait to see if any runners have qualified for this weekend’s D iv i s i on I I I C h ampi onsh ip me e t i n Kentucky.
Light lifts men’s soccer to NCAA win, Blue Jays fall in second round, 2-0
E in Etown athletics... The men’s soccer team earned a first round victory in the NCAA Tournament by defeating Vassar College in overtime, 1-0. The Blue Jays fell to Rutgers-Newark University in their second round game on Sunday night. The men’s basketball team defeated Stevenson University on Tuesday night to open their 2016-17 season. The women’s basketball team took down Lebanon Valley College in their home opener on Tuesday night to begin the season 1-0. Senior Luke Fernandez won the 197-pound weight class at the Ursinus Fall Brawl this past weekend for the men’s wrestling team. The men’s swim team fell to Catholic University, 185-76 on Saturday, while the women dropped a 195-65 decision to the Cardinals. The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships on Saturday, finishing ninth and third, respectively.
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by Brian Lukacsy Sports Editor
very NCAA team has a defining moment during their run toward a championship. Saturday night, senior Jeff Light provided the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team with one. In the 95th minute, Light scored to lift the Blue Jays to a first round victory over Vassar College, 1-0. Light’s golden goal advanced Etown into the second round to face Rutgers-Newark University, which defeated New England College, 1-0 in their first round game. The Blue Jays will play in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship for the first time since 2004. In the first half, both teams were even in shots and entered the half scoreless. First-year Duncan George had an opportunity to put the Blue Jays ahead in the fourth minute with a header, but Vassar defender Hayden Van Brewer cleared the attempted shot away. The second half was anything but even between the two sides as Vassar had the Blue Jays back on their heels for the final 45 minutes of regulation. The Brewers outshot Etown 9-1 in the second half but could never beat senior goalkeeper Ryan Sandell. Sandell finished with five saves to earn the win. Light had an opportunity just a minute and a half into overtime, but his shot went wide of the goal. However, moments later the Blue Jays finally converted to earn the win. Sophomore Mitchell Gochnauer played the ball to
Light on the left side, and Light beat his defender to advance the ball toward Vassar’s goal. Light ripped a shot from the left just outside the six-yard box, and it skidded through a group of Vassar and Etown players before finding the back of the net. The Blue Jays’ 1-0 overtime victory was the program’s first since a 2-0 victory over Drew University back on Nov. 10, 2004. Sunday, the Blue Jays played regional host to Rutgers University, Newark in a second round matchup to determine which team would reach the Sweet 16. Rutgers-Newark jumped on top of the Blue Jays early, scoring in the 3rd minute to take a 1-0 lead. Rutgers-Newark’s Chigozie Atubi crossed the ball toward the front of the goal, and Alex Torres was able to beat Sandell to give the Raiders an early advantage. In the 15th minute, the Raiders struck again as Atubi set up his teammate Fabio De Sousa. DeSousa shot from outside the box which beat Sandell high and to his right. It was De Sousa’s 14th goal of the season and gave RutgersNewark a 2-0 lead. The 10th-ranked Raiders never looked back, holding onto their two-goal lead until the final whistle. Etown outshot Rutgers-Newark 13-9 for the game but could not find the back of the net. The Blue Jays season ended with a 14-4-2 record while the Raiders move on to their first Sweet 16 appearance in the program’s history.
After a Saturday full of top 25 upsets, the latest rankings of the College Football Playoffs (CFP) looked a lot different. The University of Alabama remained the top team in the poll, but following the Crimson Tide this week is the Ohio State University. The Buckeyes defeated the University of Maryland to climb from fifth to second after Clemson University, the University of Michigan and the University of Washington all lost and fell in the rankings.
in the pros... After 10 weeks of the National Football League (NFL) regular season, the Dallas Cowboys own the league’s best record at 8-1. The New England Patriots tried to keep up with the league-leading Cowboys by earning their eighth win of the season. The Patriots fell on Sunday Night Football to the Seattle Seahawks in one of the season’s most entertaining games, 31-24. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Los Angeles Clippers have proved many experts correct with their fast 10 win start to the season. The Clippers are the first NBA team to reach double digit wins this season.
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Senior Jeff Light scored in overtime of an NCAA Tournament first round victory over Vassar College. The Blue Jays faced off against Rutgers-Newark University in the second round but were shut out by the Raiders.
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November 17, 2016
Men’s, women’s swim teams drop Landmark meets to Catholic
Blue Jays put past meet behind them, look ahead to another Landmark meet at Drew University Saturday.
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by Elizabeth Driver Staff Writer
hough not without valiant effort, both Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams lost to Catholic University on Saturday, Nov. 12. The women’s team had a score of 65 to Catholic’s 195. Starting the meet off well, first-year Sara Lingo won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:17.46 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:36.97. Lingo achieved personal best and season’s best times in both of these events. According to Lingo, she likes any distance event. “I’m a big fan of the 400 and 200 IM and the 500 and 1000 free,” Lingo said. The 400 and 200 are individual medleys where she completes all four strokes herself. Other accomplishments for the day include sophomore Erika Cole breaking into the 26 second bracket for the 50-yard free for the first time this season. She was inches short from
winning by coming in 26.75 seconds to Catholic’s 26.61. Senior Mariselle Parisi broke Etown’s fastest 200-yard breaststroke time with 2:46.56, 2.5 seconds faster than the previous time. Parisi believes the season is going well so far. “We have a really strong team, and we are definitely growing in size, which is helping us fill the lanes easier than past years,” Parisi said. She expects her own times to keep dropping and the team to keep working hard for upcoming meets. The last event was the 200-yard free relay, made up by Cole, Lingo, junior Megan Anderson and sophomore Maddie Lasko. They came in third with 1:49.08. The first three were less than half a second apart from each other by the end. “From what I’ve observed, the practices and hard work that we are all putting into swimming is paying off,” Lingo said. She has confidence that “if the Etown team continues,” many people will be getting their “overall best times at the end of the season at
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The men’s and women’s swim teams both fell to Catholic University this past weekend in a Landmark Conference meet.The men lost 185-76, while the women dropped their meet to the Cardinals, 195-65.
conferences in February.” Though the men’s team scored more than the women’s, it was not enough to win the meet. They
managed 76 points while Catholic scored 185. The first event was won by the 200-yard relay team of first-years Casey Marshall and Brian Sylvestri,
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The Blue Jays will travel to Drew University on Saturday, Nov. 19 to face off against the Rangers. It will be the program’s last meet against a Landmark Conference opponent this season until the Landmark Championships begin on Feb. 17.
Alec Schneider and sophomore Guillaume Gouronc with 1:44.68. Though it did not garner a win, Marshall earned the team’s seasonbest in the 1000-yard freestyle with 11:04.48. He continued to help the team with a victory in the 100-yard butterfly in 53.36. This time qualifies him as the fourth quickest in the conference this season for the event. Another relay including Marshall, sophomores Nick Petrella and Sam Hirshberg and junior David Foery made the team’s season best in the 200-yard free relay with a 1:34.99. Gouronc’s time of 1:05.28 in the 100-yard breaststroke was a new team-best and placed him second in the event. Another accomplishment was Schneider’s season best in the 100-yard free with 51.13. Petrella and senior Jake Stonecipher both had season-bests in the 200-yard backstroke with 2:08.70 and 2:33.21, respectively. The upcoming meet for both the men’s and women’s teams will be Saturday, Nov. 19 at Drew University starting at 1 p.m.
Fernandez takes home title at 198 pounds, leads wrestling to strong finish at Ursinus TM
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Nov. 19 M/W vs Drew/FDU Wrestling @ Ursinus Cross Country @ NCAA Champs M Basketball vs Wesley W Basketball @ F&M
Nov. 20 M Basketball @ LVC W Basketball @ F&M Wrestling @ Lycoming
Nov. 22
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by Brian Lukacsy Sports Editor
he Elizabethtown College men’s wrestling team competed in the Ursinus Fall Brawl this past Saturday, Nov. 12. Senior Luke Fernandez, ranked seventh in the country in the 197-pound weight class, dominated his competition on the way to his second career tournament victory. Fernandez began his run to a title by blanking The College of New Jersey’s Alex Mirabella, 12-0 for a major decision. From there, Fernandez seemed to get stronger, cruising to the finals. He defeated Muhlenberg College’s Scott Schaefer and Delaware Valley College’s Chris Yocum in back-to-back matches by technical falls. The senior finished runner-up at the Messiah Invitational last weekend. On Saturday, Fernandez disposed of his opponent, Camden Country College’s Dymere Rappa, in the final, 5-0. Fernandez is 7-1 to start this season and has earned his top-10 ranking by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) and D3wrestle.com. At the Messiah Invitational, the Blue Jays had four place winners. On Saturday, Nov. 5, Etown once again had four wrestlers place. Senior Bryan Pflanz worked his way into the 133-pound final against Naval Academy Prep’s Cody Trybus before dropping the title match, 9-2. To earn his spot
in the final, Pflanz defeated Delaware Valley’s Brenden Velez and pinned Camden County’s Joe Talarowski. Junior Phillip Torresani opened his tournament run with a 20-5 technical fall victory over McDaniel College’s Nicholas Malinowski before pinning Gettysburg College’s Lenny Ogozalek in the second round. In his semifinal match at 125-pounds, Torresani fell to Delaware Valley’s Kordell Rush. Torresani would eventually place fourth in his weight class. Junior Eric Eckstein also placed fourth at the tournament, his new career-best finish. He won five of his seven matches on Saturday to earn fourth. First-year Colton Rex went 2-2 at 133-pounds, earning one pin. Junior Quinn Ruble earned three straight pins in the 174-pound consolation bracket. First-year Max Rhoden earned his first career victory with a 12-4 major decision at heavyweight. Rhoden was tasked with facing the defending national champion, Delaware Valley’s Zach Roseberry, in the second round and suffered a defeat. However, Rhoden fought back to the consolation quarterfinals with three more wins in wrestle backs. Etown competed in its first dual match of the season last night when they hosted 10th-ranked York College. The Blue Jays will compete in the Lycoming College Quad this weekend. Etown will face Lycoming College, Penn College and Washington & Jefferson College Sunday, Nov. 20.
Nov. 21 M/W @ LVC
Nov. 23
M Basketball @ Wilkes
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Senior Luke Fernandez dominated the competition on his way to a championship in the 197-pound weight class at the Ursinus Fall Brawl this past Saturday. Fernandez went undefeated in his four matches to earn the title.