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Vol. 111. Issue 1
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Community mourns passing of political science professor by KAITLIN GIBBONEY
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n Tuesday afternoon, the Elizabethtown College community mourned the loss of Dr. W. Wesley McDonald, professor of political science at the College. McDonald has been at the
College since 1980 after earning his underg radu ate deg re e in political science from Towson State University and his graduate degree from Bowling Green State University. He later earned his doctoral degree from Catholic University in 1982.
During his time at the College, McD ona ld publishe d s e vera l scholarly articles mainly focused o n A m e r i c a n c o n s e r v at i s m , American electoral politics and campaigns, classic f ilms and p olitics, p olitical novels and the history of Western political
ideas and modern ideologies. His research had granted him appearances on C-SPAN in Oct. 2004 and Penn Cable Network with colleague Fletcher McClellan in April 2013. McDonald s er ved as the chairman of the College’s pre-law
program, a faculty advisor for the College Republicans campus club, a member of the American Political Science Association, a member of the Philadelphia Society and a member of the executive board of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association.
Workers begin installation, construction of Local native serves Class of 2014 gift of new bridge in the Dell as assistant director
of annual fund by DANA ROBIDOUX
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Photo: Tiana Ferrante
Three workers disassemble the bridge on the Dell before installing the updated bridge. The new bridge is a gift from the Class of 2014. The bridge will be repaired and widened, and its support beams will be replaced.
by KELLY BERGH
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lizabethtown College community members can expect to see a new and improved bridge on the Dell within the next few weeks. Students walking near the Dell early in the second week of the se-
mester may have taken notice of the sudden absence of the little old bridge. Facilities workers removed it Tuesday morning in order to begin working on its replacement, a project funded by the recent graduates of the Class of 2014. In continuation of the tradition of
giving a gift to Etown upon graduating, during the 2014 spring semester the Class of 2014 held a fundraiser in which the majority of the class eagerly participated. Though a specific gift had not been decided upon at the time, the class still managed to exceed their goal of raising $2,500. SEE BRIDGE PAGE 2
imberly Arntz is the new Assistant Director of the Annual Fund of Elizabethtown College. Arntz, originally from Elizabethtown, Pa. herself, has returned to her hometown to accept the position. The Annual Fund supports areas on campus which are in the greatest need of assistance based on criteria set by the College. The Assistant Director of the Annual Fund is responsible for managing all aspects of Phonathon and the Senior Class Gift program. Arntz, who worked as a Phonathon coordinator at Slippery Rock University, is excited to utilize several fund raising strategies at Etown. She has also worked with Make-A-Wish Foundation Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Arntz said that she loves fund raising because it allows her to “combine [her] business skills with [her] passion for
helping others.” Arntz is most enthusiastic about working with new people and cited the polite atmosphere on campus as only increasing that enthusiasm. Her biggest goals include increasing the C ollege’s Phonathon success and Senior Class Gift participation. Arntz is also focused on trying to reel in younger alumni, increasing their giving efforts and bringing new ideas to the Annual Fund team to increase donations. A graduate of Elizabethtown Area High S chool, Arntz got her b a c h e l or’s d e g re e f rom Slippery Rock University, where she studied business management, marketing and Spanish. Arntz has a lifelong hobby of dancing and also enjoys making crafts. Although she has been active in her position since June 12, Arntz hopes to become involved in a couple more activities as the semester begins and opportunities arise.
Center introduces Professor publishes book on beard cuttings conflict management Extensive coverage has been given to by ALYSSA AICHELE the beard cutting attacks by the media r. Donald Kraybill, distinguished over a three-year period, since September certification Dcollege professor and senior fellow 2011. by CRYSTAL UMINSKI
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he C e n t e r restorative processes to f o r G l o b a l help build the campus U n d e r s t a n d i n g community. and Pe acema k ing The Conflict at Elizabethtown Tr a n s f o r m a t i o n College introduced a C e r t i f i c a t e i s a n certification program outgrowth of previous to instruct students, p e e r m e d i a t i o n st af f m e mb e rs an d programs on campus f a c u lt y i n c on f l i c t a n d r e f l e c t s t h e management and growing need to transformation. “raise the background Pe acema ker-in- understanding on Residence Jonathan c a m p u s o f w h a t R u d y d e s i g n e d conflict is,” Rudy said. the Conflict According to Rudy, T r a n s f o r m a t i o n “Conflict is neither Certificate program g o o d n o r b a d .” t o o v e r v i e w t h e Instead, he said, “It foundations of conflict is our choices that we transformation with an make in response to emphasis on practicing conf lict that either communication and get us into trouble mediation skills. with destruction and Rudy stated that the v iol ence or c an b e course will help teach an opp or tunity for students and staff to greater trust and better tu r n c on f l i c t s i nto c o m m u n i c a t i o n .” stronger relationships based upon trust and will facilitate other SEE CONFLICT PAGE 3
at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, recently published a book about Amish beard cutting attacks and hate crimes convictions called “Renegade Amish.” The book focuses on a few different aspects of the case. In the fall of 2011, five beard cutting attacks were committed by a renegade group of former Amish over an eightweek period. The attacks victimized nine Amish men. In his book, Kraybill describes the histor y of the renegade group, the autocratic leadership style of their bishop and the motives behind the clan’s attack on Amish men in their area. According to Kraybill, the 16 members involved in the attack were convicted of federal hate crimes motivated by religion. The beard cuttings are unprecedented in 325 years of Amish history. Kraybill mentioned that he does not know of any other forcible beard cutting attacks on Amish people prior to this.
Kraybill had mentioned that the New York Times ran numerous stories, as did other national print presses. The events were also covered by several television and online publications. He said, “One of the reasons for writing my book was that the general public heard bits and pieces of this bizarre event over [the past three years], and I have tried to piece them all together into a coherent narrative in the book.” The L ancaster Amish have b e en disgraced and appalled by this occurrence. In the book, Kraybill discusses two dozen reasons for how the offenders have violated Orthodox Amish practices and teachings. “In my judgment, the offenders are clearly no longer Amish,” Kraybill said. The Amish are citizens of the United States and are accountable for any wrongs they may commit against the legal statutes, just as the rest of the population is. They do prefer to resolve any disputes they have within their community quietly.
Photo: Luke Mackey
Dr. Donald Kraybill recently published a book called “Renegade Amish” about fall 2011 Amish beard cutting attacks.
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Literary magazine undergoes rebranding by MICHAELA FETTEROLF
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he campus literar y magazine, formerly known as “Fine Print,” has been renamed “VOX.”
S e n i o r Ky l e r Ko o n s , a professional writing major and editor-in-chief of the magazine, is responsible for the revamped name and the overall rebranding of the
magazine. A veteran staff member of Fine Print, Koons felt that the title was unoriginal, and that it was time for a change. Koons was eager to make
the magazine a more marketable, modern college publication.
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September 11, 2014 BRIDGE PAGE 1
BCA suspends Rome study abroad option Class of 2014 gives a
new bridge on the Dell
by KELLY MOORE
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rethren Colleges Abroad recently decided to suspend their Rome, Italy program for the coming year. Newly hired Director of Academic Affairs Dr. Stephen Burwood, explained why students interested in traveling abroad to that location can look forward to a completely redesigned curriculum in the near future. “What was happening was that we were getting a few people applying but not enough to really run the program. I think Italy has broad appeal for a lot of people, and so what we are spending this semester doing is talking with a lot of people to craft a program with the right partner in Italy that will be more appealing,” Burwood said. The decision that led to the suspension of the Italy program this year was reviewed by Burwood, the program manager for Italy, and the resident director there. “I reached out to our consortium schools to seek their advice. The feedback I received weighed very heavily to convince me the existing program was not working well enough and needed to be suspended for now until we can replace it with something more directly relevant to more students,” Burwood said. Although the suspended program was BCA’s only semester-long offering in Italy, they are looking to develop some shorter programs which may be entirely in Italy or partially in Italy. “We have a new leadership team at BCA Study Abroad,” Burwood explained. “One of the things that I’m doing is a comprehensive review of all of our programs together with the interim president to see what we can do to make them better, more relevant and more appealing. I’ve discovered that our Italy program is not really appealing to anywhere close to enough
Class of 2014 president Adam Moore, who is now working on campus as an admissions counselor, is facilitating the project. Class of 2014 Advisor Ben Osterhout and Gary Dupler of the campus facilities department are also among the project’s management. Wanting the gift to be both a nice visual and a tangible contribution to the campus, the team consulted the list of projects that facilities have to Photo: Luke Mackey Though studying abroad in Rome is currently not available as an option, work on. They decided that the gift BCA is working to strengthen the Italy program and other programs. which best fit their wishes was a new bridge for the Dell. As the existing people.” is the Dalian, China program that is bridge was getting old and was in The current Rome program focused developing tracks where one does not need of repair, its reconstruction heavily on Italian language and Ital- have to be a Chinese language major. will allow it to be more useful to ian studies. “We are looking now at In this instance, a student can then both students and the facilities other partners,” Burwood said. “Ital- pursue something that is more relevant department. ian language in the United States is a towards his or her major, such as some “It’s a nice shortcut to get across very small proposition, so it makes business-related fields. BCA Study campus,” Moore said. He hopes to a lot of sense for students to learn Abroad is also looking to create entirely see his class’ gift to their alma mater some conversational Italian. But that new semester-long programs as well as prove advantageous to the Etown is not enough. They need to be able to shorter summer programs. community as a whole, as everyone take courses that count towards their There are other courses in Italy walks through the Dell at some point major, and that’s our aim for the new through Etown, but Burwood argues or another. This present, he is sure, program.” that BCA’s programs allow for students will be “beneficial for students.” Burwood is convinced that BCA to work with a resident director who The Dell bridge will soon boast needs an Italy program, but the current make sure that there are plenty of im- fortified “bridge piers” as its main offering wasn’t working well enough, mersion opportunities which ensure supports and replacements for which is why it was decided that the that participating students are not the current deteriorating support course needed to be suspended tem- just “over there with a bunch of other beams. In the facilities shop, the porarily. At various times, BCA may Americans,” Burwood said. “That’s the existing handrails will be modified need to upgrade or replace an offered kind of model program that we have. and the deck boards will be sanded curriculum in a certain area. Rarely, It is designed for you to get the best and then refinished. “We are trying that will mean suspending a program out of your study abroad experience,” to be sustainable by reusing as much for a short time. Burwood said. Burwood believes that of the existing structure as possible Other programs offered through they will have an Italy curriculum while giving the entire bridge a fresh BCA are actually being strengthened available again in the near future for look,” Dupler said. to include more English-taught oppor- students who are not currently in their The widening of the bridge, in tunities, thus allowing more students senior year and would be interested in addition to the repaving of the to go abroad to areas most applicable studying abroad there. path cutting through the Dell, is to their majors. One example of this
intended to provide facilities with a convenient and more accessible route around campus for their maintenance trucks and, in winter, snow plows. During the large events that are typically held in the Dell, such as Induction in the fall, holiday celebrations in the winter and Commencement in the spring, hundreds of people populate the space.
“We are trying to
be sustainable by reusing as much of the existing structure as possible while giving the entire bridge a fresh look.”
- Gary Dupler
The new bridge will be able to better withstand the crowds of students, faculty and staff members and visitors walking across it. Its renovation will both ensure that the Dell is an accessible area and add yet another element of beauty to the campus. Though the project does not have a specific timeline, as members of the campus facilities department are working on it as they have time, students can expect the new bridge to be in place in time for the Oct. 18 Homecoming festivities, when its dedication will be taking place.
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ITS offers free Microsoft Office products to current students by JESSICA FELDMILLER
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lizabethtown College’s new agreement with Microsoft will make students’ penny-pinching less of a necessity for some. Microsoft has started a Student Advantage Program which Etown, like many other institutions, has instituted this year. This new program allows students to download Microsoft Office for free. Previously, the College had exclusively purchased Microsoft for campus computers due to monetary limitations. The licensing for Microsoft Office covered the systems in place at the College. The new program allows for Information Technology Services (ITS) to share the product they purchased with students. The
licensing agreement, and the download the student installs are specific to each student. ITS covers the licensing agreement from the time a student enrolls at Etown until his or her graduation. Even those students attending for more than four years will have access to free Microsoft Office products. Upon graduation, ITS will offer to let the student purchase the licensing agreement. The process of downloading the free software is easy. Students can visit the Microsoft website, portal.office.com. Etown login credentials — those used on Jayweb — give students access to the download. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook are available for Macintosh computers. These and more programs are available for PC users. The software is accessible on tablets
and smart phones as well. Once downloaded, the system can be used on any computer to retrieve files. As easy and convenient as the program is, students may run into minor problems that ITS can address. Formatting of the software will vary between Macs and PCs due to the difference in the operating systems, but the versions of Microsoft Office available are the latest for both types of computer. PC users will be offered Microsoft Office 2013, and Macs will use Microsoft Office 2011. The benefits of the program do not apply to those who have already purchased Microsoft on their own, unless you wish to update your software with the program. The implementation of this program addresses the campus-wide necessity for CONFLICT PAGE 1
Center begins certification program in conflict management, transformation Over the course of the eight sessions in the program, Rudy intends to teach positive conflict interventions and create a medium which fosters trust and communication on campus. “My philosophy is that conflict is a natural human phenomenon,” Rudy said. “Everybody in their own way is an expert at conflict, or at least feeling it, and what we are looking for is conflict transformation strategies.” By offering the Conflict Transformation Certificate, Rudy aims to create a setting in which students and staff can have the unique opportunity to deliberate, discuss and explore the dynamics of conflicts and conflict resolution strategies. “Getting all those people in one room will open up some dialogue channels that may not exist now,” he said. The Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking at Etown will be collaborating with the Lancaster-based Center for Community Peacemaking for several sessions in the course. Case Manager of the Center for Community Peacemaking Carol Steffy will work alongside Rudy to instruct lessons on meditation. The meditation module is the largest and most extensive section of the course and is designed to teach staff and students to practice
meditation, facilitation skills, and ways to move forward following conflicts. “Conflict is what I do, and it’s what I teach,” Rudy said. “I’m immersed in conflicts in Africa and Asia, and since I came to Etown in 2012, I’ve been trying to find ways to bridge what happens here and the global world.” The Conflict Transformation Certificate program started Sept. 9 and spans until March 2015. The program is comprised of eight threehour sessions, and students and staff must attend all meetings to receive the certificate. Registration for the new Conflict Transformation Certificate began in early August. According to Rudy, “it filled up almost immediately.” Based on the high interest in the certificate program, Rudy said that the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking is exploring the idea of further certificate programs in the future. Rudy said that while future certificate programs will likely be shorter sessions, they will still focus on “enhancing the capacity to transform conflicts that occur on campus.” The Conflict Transformation C er tif icate session is almost completely full, but “if there’s popular interest, we will do it again next year,” Rudy said.
Photo: Luke Mackey
Peacemaker-in-Residence Jon Rudy designed the certification course and hopes it will increase understanding of conflict among members of the campus community.
Microsoft Office products. Other software programs specific to different departments at Elizabethtown College do not offer the same licensing agreement as Microsoft, though, and a cost may be placed on your software. However, labs in various academic buildings offer the necessary software to complete assignments. Campus-wide use of free programs is not common. “Information from people asking questions gives us a good understanding of a pretty wide distribution of people using it,” Brian Helm, director of client services for ITS upperclassmen, said. If this information was misplaced, it can be retrieved from the ITS website. Help is also available at the ITS help desk. AMISH PAGE 1
Recent book describes Amish legal incident
However, if a violent crime takes place, or if state and federal laws are violated, the Amish are just as accountable as other American citizens. The Amish are reluctant to press charges because they view it as exercising force, which for them violates the teachings of Jesus. In his book, Kraybill told the story of how one of the victims had his beard cut forcibly, and he struggled with the decision of whether or not to press charges. “He said Jesus didn’t press charges when he was crucified … eventually he agreed to press charges in order to protect other Amish people from future attacks.” Kraybill explained that because the appellate court overturned the hate crime convictions, this case will likely stay in legal motion for some time. “The reversal deals with how to define and apply the specific legal language [2009 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act] which makes a federal crime out of any attack causing bodily injury on a victim because of the victim’s gender, sexual orientation, religion, race, country of origin or disability,” he said. This means that after the legal actions conclude, the Amish case will set an important legal precedent for how the Hate Crimes Act is applied and interpreted to future hate crimes all across America. Consequently, this unusual Amish-related case is considered very significant for the rest of us.
Architecture minor combines Literary magazine receives coursework in art, engineering MAGAZINE PAGE 1
redesign, adopts new name After brainstorming and discussing the options with Jesse Waters, Director of Bowers Writers House and the magazine’s faculty advisor, the name “VOX” won the position as the magazine title. When asked about the meaning behind the name VOX, Koons responded by saying that “vox” means “voice” in Latin, and that was what he was looking to transform VOX into — the voice of the student body’s creative expressions. “I wanted a name that would be all-encompassing and tell our readers everything we’re about. It needed to be something short, catchy, and marketable,” Koons said. Koons’s aim for the magazine revamp involved more than student involvement. Koons wanted to change past policies about submissions and the magazine’s organization. In the past, only the head editors had the authority to decide which submissions were accepted. Koons knew that a lot of the student body had negative attitudes towards the magazine for this reason, and he looked to change all of that by revitalizing the editorial process alongside the name change and a revamped layout design. Koons came up with the idea of editorial boards. Instead of the head editors choosing what was to be printed, the editorial boards will collaborate on those decisions for their section. The hope of
this new editorial process is that it will make the magazine more democratic. Koons and the rest of the staff are excited about the recent improvements made to the magazine and are hoping for a positive reception from the student body. So far, they have received a lot of positive feedback from English majors who are aware of the new edition and a great deal of encouragement from faculty. All these changes have been made in an effort to better the magazine’s reputation, to become a free and united form of creative expression for Blue Jays. The staff wants the students to make it their magazine. “We’re a publication, but we’re also a student club. We won’t be holding weekly meetings. Instead, we want to spend that time doing different types of social events and trips in an effort to build community,” Koons said. VOX is looking for new staff members to help along their endeavor of student involvement and community-based creative interaction. Students from any major are welcome to join. The staff is taking submissions of work from now until February, with the magazine scheduled for print in late March. Submissions can include diverse writing and art such as fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, scripts and photography. For more information about submissions or getting involved, please email VOX@ETOWN.EDU.
by ABIGAIL PISKEL
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he architectural design minor that has been coordinated by Dr. Joseph Wunderlich, associate professor of engineering and associated chair of engineering and physics, and Dr. Patricia Ricci, associate professor of the history of art, director of the fine arts division and architectural studies minor coordinator, will give students the opportunity to further study the architecture and history of buildings and other related fields. Wunderlich will serve as the architectural studies minor coordinator and main advisor. Students of different years were taking part in independent studies, and first-year seminars related to architecture gained popularity. The students gave both Wunderlich and Ricci the idea to produce a minor where architecture can be further explored. Ten students are currently enrolled in the minor, leaving room for growth. “In addition to preparing students for careers in architecture and related fields, Dr. Wunderlich and I felt it was important to give Etown students
a greater understanding of the role of architecture throughout history and in our contemporary world. With that in mind, we designed a new NCH Core course, ART 280 History of World Architecture, which is required for Architectural Studies minors and is coordinated with the Architectural Design Studio,” Ricci said. Although the course is required for the minor, it can also fulfill the Non Western Cultural Heritage core requirement. The course explains the history, theory and design of buildings from pre-history to the present. It gives students the chance to see if they will enjoy the minor with basic components of understanding that they will use later on with the courses they would have to take. It is organized by the way each building functions, such as scared spaces, meaning places of worship, civic architecture and urban planning, residential, cultural and commercial architecture. Some other components of the minor include having a creative pathway for real-world learning, a capstone course, creating and maintaining a portfolio, sustainability, stewardship
of communities and natural resources and an introduction to a career in architecture. The minor requires a total of 23 credits between the art and engineering departments. The minor will be most beneficial for those students who are planning to pursue a graduate degree in architecture, want to emphasize design-work in their undergraduate studies, are interested in any aspect of sustainability and green initiatives and for those renaissance men and women types who are interested in exploring, discovering, creating and combining the arts and sciences and engineering. However, for those who are just interested in learning more about architecture and design, it is available for them as well. The courses for this class can be found by looking up Architectural Design on the College’s website. There, students can find the classes that will complete the minor, the number of credits each course is worth and in which semester or semesters each course is offered, as every class isn’t offered every semester. For more information or any questions, students are able to contact Wunderlich.
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Features
September 11, 2014
Student Wellness distributes information about consent
Photo: Luke Mackey
Student Wellness set up this table outside the BSC during the second week of classes to distribute information about consent and raise awareness about sexual assault.
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by RYAN SCHWARK
o kick off the second week of the semester as well as the NFL season, Elizabethtown College’s Office of Student Wellness (OSW) held an interactive football-themed event from Sept. 3 to 5 to raise awareness about sexual assault. “Let’s Talk About Consensual Sex: Red Zone” set up shop at various locations around campus, where the peculiar sight of bright tangerine T-shirts and thunderous pop music caught the eyes and ears of students. Curious passers-by near the Dell and BSC were encouraged to win a free T-shirt if they could answer questions pertaining to the common, but nonetheless serious, issue of collegiate sexual assault. After proving their mental mettle,
participants flexed their brawn by playing a game in which they attempted to throw a perfect pass to inflatable wide receivers. Despite the carefree vibe, the true purpose behind this lighthearted amusement, as the OSW stresses, is anything but a game. The primary focus of the “Let’s Talk” event was to increase awareness of the Red Zone in which colleges across America are now entrenched. “It’s so important to raise awareness since the first six weeks of school are when the most sexual assaults take place,” Marissa Ferris, a senior who hatched the idea for the event, said. It is a shocking yet unsurprising statistic that the fall semester is when the majority of college rapes are reported. This period from August to September is amok with sexual misconduct as students lower
their inhibitions while adjusting to new environments and meeting new people. Anybody familiar with the NFL may recognize the term “Red Zone” refers to the last twenty yards before the goal line, when adrenaline is palpable and the offense will do anything to score. With a slightly different context of the word “score” in mind, it’s easy to see how the other Red Zone earned its namesake. By harnessing this connection to the NFL, the Let’s Talk event created an environment that was as recreational as it was educational. Ferris stresses how a relaxed setting is crucial to discussing a topic that can be as disconcerting as sexual assault. “We wanted to make the event seem fun and approachable since we were trying to inform students of a topic that is not so light. When students saw there was a game involved and they had a chance to win a T-shirt, they were instantly hooked. Since we had their attention with something fun, we were then able to ask them a trivia question to really get them thinking about sexual assault, that we might not have been able to do if we were just going about this in a more serious manner.” So what’s the tale behind the title “Let’s Talk,” anyway? One half refers to how better communication between those engaging in sexual activity can help prevent misunderstandings. Much confusion arises when nonverbal cues are treated like vocal demands, such as interpreting the lack of a spoken “no” as a green light for a hook-up. Etown students who participated in the event learned how the definition of consent can vary wildly between individuals, and that although two people may share the same bed, they don’t necessarily share the same boundaries. Paper slips handed out along with the T-shirts also conveyed the importance of being an active bystander.
“Step in”, the miniature flyers urge, “if you feel help is needed.” This was one of the event’s more lasting ideas — how responsibility does not just fall on those who act, but also on those who do not. The other half of the title refers to how important it is for students to communicate about sexual assault with those who can offer help. It’s a philosophy that getting the word out to Etown students to make them aware of available resources is a crucial step towards a safer campus. Part of this effort is reflected in each of the aptly red-colored flyers spread throughout the college. However, by distributing the T-shirts, the OSW aims to extend the program’s reach even further. Emblazoned with the acronym, “C.A.R.E.” (Competent, Active, Reversible and Explicit), wearing the shirts will make each student become a walking neon billboard. Etown’s OSW hopes that the shirts and flyers will show everyone that a source of help is always within walking distance. Some of these invaluable resources on campus include Counseling Services and the Chaplain’s Office. Unfortunately, many students are still unaware that these services are highly confidential and think dealing with sexual assault strictly involves law enforcement. “Let’s Talk About Consensual Sex” is only the beginning of a semester-long effort. On Sept. 25, an event for RAINN Annual Day of Action will be held in the BSC. From 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., local organizations such as SARCC of Lebanon and YWCA Lancaster will be present. With more events like these, students will be able to deal with, and ultimately prevent, sexual assaults on campus. And, as the semester picks up, no time is more important to nudge Etown in the right direction than in the middle of the Red Zone.
Called to Lead challenges students to define, identify leadership traits by EMILY DRINKS
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eadership is something you can use in almost every situation in life, regardless of your official title,” Stacey Zimmerman, the assistant director of Called to Lead, said while facilitating the event “What Does Leadership Mean to You?” on Tuesday, Sept. 2 in Hoover 110. Zimmerman focused on allowing students to make their own definitions of leadership. She began by having students split up into two groups: those who consider themselves leaders and those who are unsure of whether or not they are leaders. Each group thought of three words explaining why they put themselves either in the leadership group or the unsure group. The group who labeled themselves as leaders chose the words “responsible,” “energetic” and “innovative.” The students explained responsibility as being able to handle
tasks and perform them in a timely manner. Energy related to the ability to motivate and inspire others to act and achieve goals. Innovation involved producing new ideas or more efficient ways to perform tasks. Those in the unsure group thought of the words “flexible,” “context” and “adviser.” The groups stated that they felt they had the flexibility to be both leaders and followers, adding that the word context applied to whether a situation called for them to lead or not. They also said that in some circumstances they feel more of a need to function as an adviser rather than take a position of leadership. Zimmerman next had the students split into groups again. The first group was for those who believed leaders were born, and the second believed leaders were made. The groups each came up with two reasons for why they chose their group. The first group said they believed leaders were born based on the time period. For instance, women
would not have been allowed to lead up until a few decades ago; however, now they have the freedom to become leaders. They further stated that personality, a trait that goes through very little change from birth to adulthood, makes some people more willing to be and capable of being leaders. The second group believed leaders were made because of skill and choice. Skills of leadership, such as public speaking or being able to work in a group, can be developed over time. A leader must also choose to take the initiative of leading a group of people. The students next listed qualities they considered essential for leadership as well as their own definitions of leadership. Some of the qualities listed were confidence, knowledge, drive, optimism, problemsolving efficiency and being apt at public speaking. Zimmerman pointed out that the majority of traits the students listed were all learnable traits, indicating that if people
chose to, they could learn the skills necessary to become a leader. Additionally, she stated that most great leaders will recognize areas they are weaker in and surround themselves with people who are stronger in those areas. Zimmerman closed by going over various definitions and qualities experts have given concerning leadership. Earlier leadership theory, called “the great man theory,” proposed that only kings and royalty are capable of leading; however, more recently, people are discussing “trait leadership theory,” which suggests that anyone can become a leader by learning certain skills. “Most individuals now feel that leaders are made. It’s a behavior; it is something you can learn,” Zimmerman said. Most important, she stressed, was that all individuals are capable of being leaders. She added, “Leadership is not a gene or an inheritance.” Instead, it is an ability that every individual can develop and hone the necessary qualities in order to become effective leaders.
Craig speaks about ISIS formation, effects on Syria-U.S. relations by GWEN FRIES
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n Monday, Sept. 8, the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking hosted a lecture by Elizabethtown College’s Ambassador in Residence John B. Craig entitled “Terrorism and the Iran Revolution: ISIS in Syria.” Craig began his lecture by discussing the Arab Spring, which occurred in 2011. He explained that what many viewed as “the beginning of a new era in the Arab world” was the direct result of years of oppression and a large, youthful population with a lack of future prospects. What was produced was an unveiling of radical fundamentalist groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Craig explained that strong societies had not been given the chance to develop apart from dictatorial leaders due to oppression. The masses looked for new strong leaders and found only “fundamentalists who had no interest in human dignity and were incapable of creating stronger economies,” Craig stated. Like many Arab countries, Syria has long been at the mercy of oppressive dictators. From 1971 until 2000, Hafez Al-Assad was the President of Syria. Al-Assad was a secularist,
meaning he did not believe in the dominance of Islamic thought. This made him an enemy of fundamentalist groups, and he had been known to persecute and massacre members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Craig pointed out that while dictatorial leaders are undesirable, they are at least predictable. Radical groups are not. The Syrian people fought against the oppressive regime from March until November of 2011. The Syrian government decided they would convince the population that it was fit to rule by making the Muslim Brotherhood look foolish and defeating them. The Muslim Brotherhood leaders, who were previously imprisoned, were to be set free and given three to six months to establish themselves before the Syrian government would overpower them and pose as the hero. Syria is unique in the Middle East because it possesses a strong external protector: Iran. Syria is vital to Iran because of Lebanon. Therefore, other countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar viewed this as a way to fight a war with Iran by proxy and poured money and weapons into radical groups. Turkey leaving its border open gave these groups a foothold and way to smuggle supplies and people into Syria.
In November 2013, the Syrian government asked Iran for help. Iran sent Hizbullah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to aid them. At some point between January and June 2014, these fundamentalist groups metamorphosed into ISIS. Craig was very clear that the actions of ISIS, contrary to their name, had nothing to do with Islam or Islamic society. “They have completely perverted Islamic teachings,” Craig explained. “Their thoughts on women and on education are completely at odds with modern Islamic society.” Craig has a theory that the ISIS leader Baghdadi is a figurehead, not the true brains behind the organization. “I do not believe he has the education or sophistication to play the role he’s playing,” Craig said. He believes the true leaders of ISIS are remnants of Saddam Hussein’s army. “It’s like the hand of Saddam coming out of the sand as retaliation for alienating the Sunnis,” Craig elaborated. “If I can leave you with one thought, it would be this. Do not fall into the trap of thinking that Syria and the United States can become strange bedfellows,” Craig urged. “That can never happen. They have gone too far in the past.”
Photo: Gwen Fries
During his presentation, Craig described the conflicts in the Middle East and the terrorist organization ISIS. Afterwards, Craig answered questions following his presentation.
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Ashley amuses students using everyday situations, promotes optimism by EMILY VASAS
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lizabethtown College students welcomed rising comedian Tracey Ashley with thunderous applause Thursday, Sept. 4. Ashley and her audience developed such friendly interactions that Ashley extended her set and stayed afterward to interact with several students. Ashley, a rising talent in the world of comedy, was born in Georgia and currently lives in Indiana. In her comedy routines, she uses her upbringing and the ups, downs and awkward situations which arise in daily life to endear herself to and entertain audiences. Ashley is a favorite performer on college campuses and has been nominated for several awards, including Best Female Performer in Campus Activities Magazine. Ashley has also made several on-screen appearances, including co-hosting TVLAND’s Prime Movies and Wanda Sykes Presents: Herlarious. Ashley recently competed on NBC’s Last Comic Standing season 5, making it to the semifinals, which she said was a highlight. Ashley said she did not expect more than the chance to tell some of her jokes and stories on television. She was pleasantly surprised when she found out she was a semifinalist and elated to know that she would be able to reach more people through the show. It was one of the best experiences of her career so far. Ashley first found interest in performing while watching reruns of “I Love Lucy.” She said that she thought the amazing thing about Lucy was how funny she could be through facial expressions alone. Ashley considers herself a storytelling comedian. Her brand of comedy incorporates both exaggerated expressions and body language, with a storytelling lead-up to the punchline. “I think there’s all different layers of comedy,” she said.
“I like to mix it together.” Ashley loves having fun with her work on stage and the freedom it brings. She appreciates the chance to try different material and see how it works for different audiences. The energy and the chance to have a good time with her audience are some of her favorite things about performing. “I like it when I’m killing it,” she said. Ashley’s visit to Etown is the latest in her cross-country college tour, which has included St. Joseph’s University and Northern Kentucky University, among others. She uses relatable humor to engage her audience, first talking about how her day went. She couldn’t believe how extensive the corn fields are in central Pennsylvania. Her style of humor utilizes the ridiculousness of everyday situations in order to bring attention to the more serious situations those things might mask. She joked about things as diverse as losing luggage at the airport to mental illness and interracial marriage, saying that it’s important to be able to spin a positive out of a negative. That way, she said, it’s easier for people to deal with something and face it, rather than ignore it and hope it will resolve itself. Her comfortable stage presence and encouragement of reactions to her stories helped the audience to feel at ease with even her darker jokes. Much of her set advocated being happy with yourself and doing what you love because you only have one life and should live it well. Ashley brings a wonderful ability to reach her audience through her humor and draw them into thinking about deeper subjects. In particular, Ashley enjoys performing for college audiences. She loves the challenge they present. Each school at which she performs gives her a different set of guidelines to perform by. Working within those parameters helps her think of new material to perform and new ways to present existing material.
Photo: Stephen Hajcak
Ashley entertains students with comedic anecdotes and jokes on Thursday, Sept. 4 as a part of her college tour. The subject matter of her jokes ranged from the mundane to the dark, and the audience responded well to her whole performance. On a more technical note, Ashley said that performing for college audiences helps her come up with enough material for her television spots. The guidelines set for college shows she performs are closer to those set for television than club shows are, which helps her identify what she should or should not perform on television. At the end of her set, Ashley said that her performance at Etown had been her best show all week, and that a good audience can make even the most hectic day worth it.
McDougle suggests, demonstrates Sociology professor pedagogical techniques for music opens interactive photography exhibit by KAYLEIGH KUYKENDALL
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McDougle works with music education and education majors to learn the importance of using guitars and recorders in the classroom by playing music with them.
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by NOEL ABASTILLAS
auren McDougle from the Organization of American Kodály Educators held a workshop on musical accompaniments Saturday, Sept. 6 for music education and education majors. The organization promotes an approach to music education developed by Zoltán Kodály, whose philosophy is that music and singing can be joyful for the pupil. The workshop included Elizabethtown College and Millersville University students and focused on the educational uses of guitars and recorders in classrooms. McDougle explained that the guitar is an ideal teaching tool because of its excellent zone of proximity. The mobility of a teacher can help control the classroom, as opposed to being behind a piano. Guitars are also more affordable than $200 pianos. The piano’s complexity makes it difficult for kids to sing along as well. The “harmonic function” creates too dense a texture for children to sing along. Therefore, a guitar chord is appropriate for children. In terms of matching vocal quality, children can match their voices to another child’s voice, making children’s choirs in sing-along albums more feasible. A female’s voice works second best, and a male can either use falsetto or his plain voice. Another perk of the guitar is that most songs use the same chords. Children love the idea of a guitar and the way it sounds. A teacher who does not have a background in guitar can still use one in the classroom as long as they know the chords D, A7 and G. In addition to guitars, recorders are also great instruments to utilize in the classroom. They are costeffective instruments that all students can use for music assignments. Learning about this reinforces a student’s
ability to read music and has other literacy applications. Playing the recorder supports an interest in the band and orchestra curriculum as well as the student’s ability to perform with a group and solo. It can develop fine motor skills and reading skills. These benefits are ideally effective in the fourth or fifth grade, because a child may not have the physical ability to learn an instrument until then. McDougle suggested pushing for more challenging musical meters to be taught, such as triple meter rather than double meter. Children are all individually predisposed musically due to neural fiber elasticity. The Gordon Music Learning Theory says that all children have a certain amount of musical skills, and musical aptitude is measurable. It serves as a stage-specific model of how students should learn music and how music should be taught. Essentially, children have limited musical ability until about age nine, which is when their grasp of muscle control and finger dexterity sharpens. This is when most schools allow students to learn an instrument. The instrument of choice to develop these skills is the recorder. First, the basics are taught, such as holding the recorder, playing rudimental notes, mimicking the sounds of the teacher and cleaning the instrument. Children also need to be taught how to practice. They do not know how long to practice or how to work on tough sections. Teaching holiday songs also has its perks because of its folk music origins, which helps tie in the world in a historical context. However, this has to be implemented carefully so that a teacher does not anger the community. When teaching music of a religious context, it is important to remind students that they are rooted in their cultural heritage.
n Sept. 4, Dr. Rita Shah, assistant professor of sociology, opened her new photo exhibit “Prison or Slave Castle?” to the Elizabethtown College community. Upon arrival, Shah explained to the students what the exhibit was about and why she had decided to undertake the project. Shah is a criminologist whose interests lie within studying and questioning how and why we think about corrections and the correctional system as we do. Being an avid fan of photography, particularly with architectural details and landscapes, she put her two interests together and created an exhibit that demonstrated both of her combined specialties. She hoped to use the look and feel of correctional spaces captured within her photography to better understand how they are situated within society. Places of confinement play a large role in life, whether directly or indirectly, and therefore go unnoticed more often than not. These places are usually hidden from view or regularly ignored because of their constant presence. That is why Shah picked two locations of confinement located in the heart of active communities. The two buildings were built 350 years apart from each other, both now being converted into historical museums, which would make one imagine they are very different from each other, one having been a place where those considered property were held and the other a holding cell for those deemed redeemable by society. While their purposes are arguably different, the two buildings have a similar look and feel to them. Thus, it raises the question of similar architectural features of various locations of imprisonment and how they may or may not have evolved over time to reflect society’s opinion of confinement.
Shah made it very clear as to how the exhibit is to appear. The first set of photographs exhibits various entrance gates to each of the facilities while the remaining sets exemplify cell bars and hallways found within each building. This is done to give the impression to viewers of actually being within a place of imprisonment and exemplify an outline of what it would be like to walk through one. Numbered counter-clockwise, students are given a booklet where they are asked to guess whether the photo belongs to Elmina Castle, built in Ghana in 1482 and one of the most important sites of the Atlantic Slave Trade, or Eastern State Penitentiary, built in Philadelphia in 1829 and considered the world’s first true penitentiary. While the two facilities were built of very different means, the photos are difficult to distinguish between, making students consider and question why the two may look so similar yet house two variably different types of people. The exhibit seeks to provoke the mind and allow students to ask questions, which Shah is open to answer and discuss during the process. After marking their answers, students may flip through their booklets where they will find a smaller version of each picture hung within the exhibit and whether it belongs to Elmina Castle or Eastern State Penitentiary, as well as a short description of each picture. This allows students to actively interact with the exhibit. At the end of the exhibit, students may fill out a survey which lets them reflect on their experience as well as offer to meet with Shah for a follow up meeting which may aid her in continual research on the topic presented. The exhibit is open to the student body throughout the academic year, but students must set up appointments in order to view the exhibit.
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Executive cabinet introduces redesign of Opinion section by SARAH KENNEDY AND KAITLIN GIBBONEY
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ampus Life is the redesigned Opinion section. We hope that this change will enable the Etownian to have a broader scope. Redesigning this section allows us to widen our lens to include the Elizabethtown community, and it is our hope that the section will encourage students to also look beyond the boundaries of the campus to the community. We plan to run articles about community events students might otherwise not hear about, interview off-campus individuals and offer students’ p e rsp e c t ive s on bu s i ne ss e s , venues and entertainment in the surrounding area.
Our main focus will always be Elizabethtown College, but we feel it would be a disservice to wholly ignore the rest of Elizabethtown. When students choose to attend a school, they become part of the on-campus community, but they also are residents of the area that serves as the geographical context of the campus. Since we are a college newspaper, though, we will prioritize articles about the College over those about the community. Additionally, we will only cover community happenings in this section. The News, Features and Sports sections will continue to exclusively cover on-campus news.
The best articles in the Opinion section were those firmly grounded in life on campus. We will still run plenty of this kind of opinion article, as you’ll see in this week’s issue, but we’ll strive to only include articles directly relevant to Etown students. These articles might be opinion pieces about campus goings-on, outside news that affects Etown students o r c o m mu n i t y h ap p e n i n g s . We want to get away from more general opinion articles and make sure that only the best ideas make it through the publication process. We expect that increasing the number of places from which we can draw ideas for content will make it easier to find and select topics sure to be of interest to our readership.
Campus Life has existed in past years, but it was removed when it began to intersect with the Features section. We plan to keep the Campus Life section completely distinct from Features. Coverage of on-campus arts and culture events will always be placed in the Features section. In addition, while Features, along with News and Sp or ts, cont ains purely journalistic writing, the tone of this section will be more creative than that of the other three sections. Of course, Campus Life will remain journalistic, but we hope to include more of the experimental pieces we’ve had in the past as well as some new ones. This section will include satire, list articles, round-up pieces, infographics and photojournalism in addition
to the Etown-centric opinion pieces that will continue to make up the bulk of the section. Like the Opinion section of prior years, this section will house Letters to the Editor sent to us by students, faculty and staff members and individuals from the community. Our staff and writers are excited about this redesigned section and are looking forward to this year of the Etownian. If you have ideas for content, feedback about this section or questions, please use the contact form on our website, etownian.com, or email us at EDITOR@ETOWN.EDU. We welcome and appreciate input from our readership. Thanks s o much for your continued support as a reader. Welcome back to Etown!
Renovations in Nicarry demonstrate commitment to majors in the arts, humanities by modernizing academic building by MATTHEW WALTERS
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our score and seven years ago, I stumbled into summer orientation at Elizabethtown College with a mixture of emotions — roughly one quarter excitement and three quarters fear. I, like every other high school graduate at orientation, scanned my first college course schedule for any horrific-sounding classes, like “Alligator Wrestling,” “Non-Stop Jumping Jacks” or, worse yet, “Calculus.” Fortunately for my heart rate, my schedule was free of any seriously daunting classes. The courses that had been picked for me seemed all too appropriate for an English education major. Other than the subject matter, however, these classes had something in common: they were all in the same academic building. Nicarry? I asked myself. At first, I couldn’t decide how to pronounce the name in my head. Did it rhyme with “hickory” or “Hi, Gary”? I had no clue. I also had no idea which building Nicarry was, though I would become all too familiar with it in a few months. “I hope it’s the building with all the minerals in it!” hoped young, naïve little Matt. How wrong I would find myself to be, for the
building in question had no minerals in sight, or any windows, for that matter. My first order of business in Nicarry was an 8 a.m. education class, which was conveniently easy to find. As I glanced down the hallway on the right, I saw a row of offices belonging to the education department faculty members. The white, brick-patterned hallways stretched on monotonously down the hallways and sunlight streamed into the building only through the glass doors at each corner of the square-shaped edifice. As I ventured to the second floor for another class later that afternoon, I wondered if the builders had simply copied and pasted the first floor, sans the doors to enter and exit the building. The only eye-popping attraction I could find on the second floor was a set of double-doors leading to a futuristic-looking glass tube that attached Photo: Luke Mackey Nicarry to another building — I later learned that the adjacent building was Wenger Hall. Did this Nicarry underwent several renovations over the summer, including the wondrous wormhole to an alternate dimension addition of benches like this one on both floors of the academic building. The updates are greatly appreciated by students in humanities disciplines. really make up for the rest of the building? Does delicious dressing redeem a salad with wilted lettuce and slimy carrots? No.
“I couldn’t decide how to pronounce the name in my head. Did it rhyme with ‘hickory’ or ‘Hi, Gary’? I had no clue.”
VOLUNTEER TO BE AN OVERNIGHT HOST The Office of Admissions will be offering overnight visits to prospective students SundayWednesday evenings beginning September 28th. We are looking for current Elizabethtown College students to host high school seniors who have applied to the College for an evening. Prospective students will have the opportunity experience a “day in the life” of an E-town student by attending classes, participating in student activities, interacting with current students, enjoying meals in the Marketplace and spending the night in a residence hall. First-year and sophomore students are especially encouraged to participate. Any current student interested in hosting must attend ONE of the mandatory training sessions:
Thursday, September 11th at 4:00 -OR- 7:00 PM in Hoover 110 Sunday, September 14th at 4:00 PM in Hoover 110. For more information, please contact Paula Orenstein at orensteinp@etown.edu.
Since that first day in Nicarry, I have frequented the building time and time again, with no changes in sight. Despite my clearly negative opinion of the building’s décor, I don’t mean to make it sound like the Nicarry of old was lined with garbage or was a cesspool for infectious diseases. Compared to beautiful buildings like the Masters Center and Hoover, however, Nicarry seemed to be in desperate need of a facelift. I had heard whispers in the wind that an initiative to renovate Nicarry was a part of President Strikwerda’s Strategic Plan. But with each passing school year, I returned to find the “same old” Nicarry. Meanwhile, alreadyfine facilities, such as Gibble Auditorium, were being redone with glowing capital “E”s on the walls. Something seemed wrong with that picture. Originally, I chalked this neglect of Nicarry up to some inherent bias against the humanities. Of course students in business and the sciences get the decked-out classrooms and pristine buildings. And as a student whose two most
common stops were Nicarry and the basement of Zug, I felt like I was being quarantined just for pursuing my artistic interests. But at least I always had the glass tube to cry myself to sleep in, so there’s that. This past summer, though, I heard news that would dry my tears forever: Nicarry was being renovated — along with Zug, for that matter. Perhaps my hypothesis about the school’s hatred of the humanities was unfounded. As a student assistant at the Young Center over the summer, I had the pleasure of seeing Nicarry during its renovation process. The place was hardly recognizable, and it reminded me of a mine shaft. Without any of the hallway lights on, the soon-to-be-improved Nicarry looked eerie and desolate. But I knew Nicarry’s best days were ahead of it, like a cocoon encasing a glorious butterfly. And what a beautiful butterfly it is. Nicarr y looks infinitely greater than I could have hoped. Quaint benches line the hallways, providing solace for wear y travelers. Students can enjoy the new study room and complete their homework in the lap of luxury. The best part of it all? This is only the beginning. Nicarry still has state-of-the-art classrooms on the way and will look even more fantastic with the subsequent summer. The winds of change are finally blowing, folks. Naturally, the one year I can finally bask in the glory that is Nicarry 2.0, I have no more classes in the building. I can rest easily, though, knowing that dozens upon dozens of Etown students will love the brand new Nicarry. I suppose I’ll have to live “Nicarry-ously” through them.
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Orientation, first week solidify choice of school by KELLY BERGH
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auling refrigerators up two flights of stairs, making plans to dine with friends, praying the bookstore has that one last rental textbook … First-years: we’re just like you. August 21 was my designated move-in date. As an honors student, I moved in a day earlier than the rest of my class in order to attend the annual team-building program Honors Orientation Outdoor Trek (HOOT) the Friday before classes started. After a meeting briefing us on what we were to experience at Mount Gretna (crazy games with tennis balls, balance beams and ropes intended as an excuse to bond, common memories, a fun day spent outside), I was apprehensive. Sure, everyone who had attended in past years remembered HOOT fondly. But was it really that fun? I mean, on my first morning as a college student, I was supposed to wake up at 7 a.m., be on a school bus by 8 a.m. and have made some new best friends by noon. If anything, I figured the faculty members associated with the honors program and my lovely peer mentors were over-the-top optimists. But, you know what? If those were the expectations everyone seemed to have for us honors first-years, then they weren’t just met, they were exceeded. I had to physically support and wear matching shirts with a lot of strangers, but at the end of the day, I considered everyone there at the very least a companion on this crazy college journey I’m beginning. That first long day was followed by a long weekend. As the upperclassmen moved in, I attended countless lectures and meetings on everything from making healthy decisions, to mindfulness of minorities to the history of the Church of the Brethren. Campaign 2014 and the root beer float luau were among the more
entertaining activities, as it gave a taste of the more social side of Elizabethtown College. The most social orientation experience, though, was the infamous annual First-Year Walk into town — an event that was surely more enjoyable for the upperclassmen spectators than us hand-holding first-years. The intensity of the Metamorphosis interactive theater performance subdued the festive mood for a while, but we soon recovered while running around campus on a scavenger hunt. The majority of these mandatory sessions took place in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, so no matter how tiring attending one after the other became, at least I was in a gorgeous and comfortable setting. Continuing the trend of assemblies in beautiful locations, Sunday night’s induction on the Dell at sunset truly made me feel like a member of the Etown community. My peer mentors decided to give my first-year seminar classmates and me a break from playing countless rounds of games like “Mafia” and “Big Booty” so we had a few hours to get dressed up and approve our friends’ outfits before taking photos together and going to the ceremony. Seated amidst the whole class of 2018, it struck me that everyone else was feeling just as excited, nervous and overwhelmed as I was. But there we all were, launching ourselves into our college careers on such a positive note that the nerves melted away and the excitement was the only thing overwhelming to us. The first week of classes, or “syllabus week” as I’ve heard it (very accurately) called, went just as I expected it to, if not better. The professors at Etown seem to be of a similar breed: organized, jovial people who want to help us learn. As a Professional Writing major, I spent one morning meeting with the professors and some students from the Department of English. The students encouraged me to get involved with the campus
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FASHION COLUMN by EMILY LIDSTONE
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hey’re staring again. Of course they’re staring again. But are their eyes glued to you for the right reasons? It pains me to say that newcomers on campus this year bring a whole new meaning to “less is more.” In some cases, all-eyes-on-you is a great thing. Walking around campus in one of your favorite outfits, feeling good, getting compliments from fellow students and being comfortable in your own skin are all benefits of expressing yourself through your clothes. But sometimes, even our own creative expression should have its limits. New students caught my eye as they left the Convocation ceremony on Monday, August 25. My attention was drawn to the glittering of bellybutton rings dangling from “innies” and “outties.” Strange, I thought to myself. I could’ve sworn Convocation was a more formal affair involving much of the esteemed faculty. Were these outfit choices really deemed acceptable? When attending any sort of academic event, whether it’s Convocation or department dinners, it is more courteous to cover up. Professors and faculty appreciate a bit more professionalism in those circumstances and might be uncomfortable seeing shorter attire or lack of attire. It is understandable that new students feel a need to make a big first impression. But if you want it to be the right first impression, don’t take away from your sparkling personality or your brilliant thoughts by having your belly button or other body parts out in the open. Wanting to be different from the rest of the student population is admirable. It is a great achievement to strive for, having your own unique qualities. Nobody wants to be remembered as ‘that’ guy with his pants around his knees or be ‘that’ girl with her belly button ring on display at all times. publications and other clubs, and the professors welcomed me to ask them anything. They reassured me that academically, things are going to work out just fine for every student, provided we’re willing to recognize our own strengths and weaknesses. My lack of classes on Fridays provided the perfect recovery from the excitement and jam-packed schedule of my first week. I was able to go home over the weekend to work
There’s no need to “bare all” when you’re in class or in front of esteemed staff. Put your sunkissed skin away for now. Dress to demand respect for more positive attention from your professor and your peers. Save your see-through shirts for a raging party and your high-rise shorts for a music festival. A nearly naked bottom on a cold seat in class is never comfortable, especially when you need to get up and move, but your skin is stuck to the seat, making it a painful and awkward experience. Ladies aren’t the only ones making the mistake of dressing down. Stores like Urban Outfitters, American Apparel and Forever 21 love putting out men’s shirts with graphic logos about weed or with half-naked women confidently posing. While tops like these may be fun for hanging out in, they definitely should not be found in the classroom. There will certainly be occasions on campus where the less-is-more, dress-down attitude can be acceptable. When the weather still holds some summer heat, it’s reasonable to wear those slightly shorter shorts and those crop tops to sporting events, outdoor student functions or casual oncampus activities. I am in support of soaking up as much sun before the cold creeps in, but you’re not going to catch a tan indoors, and chances are the air conditioning will be on high in all of your classrooms. It makes more sense all around to simply dress appropriately for anything related to academia. Those scandalous see-through shirts, crop tops, and cheeky shorts can be put to better use somewhere else. Those practically nude women and obscenity covered T-shirts will survive a few hours of not being worn. When you catch your peers staring at you this time, you’ll be ready.
and see my family, pleased to learn that plenty of other students did the same. I love that I haven’t found fitting in here a struggle. We all chose to attend Etown; at the very least, we have that much in common. Etown doesn’t seem to be like other schools. My friends from high school that I’ve talked to within the past couple of months, though facing the same major life changes, don’t seem to be having the easy transition period
I’m experiencing. Everyone I’ve come into contact with on campus has been kind and helpful. Though at times it can all be very overwhelming, it hasn’t been difficult for me to settle into a comfortable, enjoyable routine. If the few weeks I’ve been a student here at Etown are any indication of how the rest of my time here will progress, then I can say with confidence that I’ve picked a perfectly happy community to be a part of.
Changing of seasons brings new challenges, opportunities by SKYE MCDONALD
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he transition from summer to fall can be a chore. While I look forward to fall, it’s usually difficult to get readjusted to the stresses of college life after having a lighter summer schedule. I find myself nostalgic for those relaxing times at the beach when I could hear the ocean waves and feel the sand beneath my feet. Every year, I have enjoyable vacations as well, traveling to states like Delaware and Nevada and to islands in the Caribbean. I also annually volunteer at the Special Olympics, which always gives me a sense of pride when I watch the contestants conquer obstacles I can’t begin to fathom. These are the kinds of summer memories I cherish: to be able to travel, relax and interact with my hometown friends. While it may be bittersweet to leave the summer behind, I also enjoy the fall season. Every fall, I spend a weekend with family friends churning homemade apple butter, and, boy, is it delicious. I love eating warm apple butter and roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over an open fire. There are also hay rides and pumpkin carving that I’ve always loved participating in, especially now that there are more young children in my family. I can relate to their joy of sitting on hay stacks on a carriage pulled by a tractor and finding their way through a corn maze to win a prize. It puts a smile on my face to see the little ones get so excited over activities I take for granted. At Elizabethtown College, the transition from summer to fall is made easier by seeing all of my friends again and starting the semester fresh. It can be exciting to think about what classes you will take this fall semester and the new people you will meet. Starting a new fall semester
at Etown means joining or revisiting clubs, participating in school events and readjusting your work ethic to get more motivated about your classes. This fall, I will be contributing to VOX Literary Magazine, the literary magazine at the College. Fall is a time for fresh starts. Beginning again on a clean slate is just one of the parts of the fall semester I anticipate. As I am on the committee for a couple of my clubs, I welcome the challenge of new work, new experiences and new people. Each year, clubs try to build up from where they left off to become bigger and
“Beginning again on a clean slate is just one of the parts of the fall semester I anticipate. As I am on the committee for a couple of my clubs, I welcome the challenge of new work, new experiences and new people.” better than they were the previous year. I love having the opportunity to contribute to an organization that will resound with the College’s students. Recently, I worked a couple of tables at the Activities Fair, but along with the joys of fall comes the fall weather, and the fair was rained out halfway through. Along with these long-term activities
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The return to campus coupled with opportunities for new beginnings instills excitement and anticipation in many students. Etown students look forward to campus events surrounding Halloween and the fall such as the annual Halloween dinner as well as offcampus fall activities like apple picking at the Masonic Village and eating apple cider donuts.
that I enjoy at Etown, the little things make me happy as well. Have you ever had pumpkin spice lattes or apple cider doughnuts? They are so delicious. I could consume these delicacies in other seasons, but there’s just something about the novelty of the fall season that makes these treats so enjoyable. I love eating warm apple cider doughnuts and drinking warm apple cider at the Northbrook Orchard each year. Apple picking is always enjoyable too. Last year, Etown had a day of apple picking at Masonic Village. I’ve always loved coming home with fresh apples in my basket, ready to have them baked into pies. At Etown, I become excited for fall b e caus e I love t he at mosphere t hat surrounds Homecoming. There is a
genuine community feeling surrounding the campus, as students work hard and for long hours designing their floats to win contests in the Homecoming parade. Soon after Homecoming, Rocky Horror Picture Show is performed each year on campus and always attracts a lot of laughter and smiles from the students that attend the performance. While I love summer and all the joys it brings me, I also love the fall season and how that season is celebrated at Etown. There are so many activities for a student to join, so many new people and so much delicious fall food. This fall promises to be even better than the last, and I can’t wait to dive into the parts of fall that really make it a great and memorable season.
Campus Life
September 11, 2014
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Starbucks latte controversy fails to Upperclassman deter enjoyment of seasonal beverage suggests responsible activities, ideas for entertainment by GRACE MARCHIONE
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reetings, first-years! Welcome to Elizabethtown College, the land of rolling hills and sweet scents of chocolate. If you haven’t already noticed, our campus is one of rural Pennsylvania’s hidden gems … but, as you may have begun to realize, finding fun and legal activities in which to take part requires a bit of creativity. However, Campus Security will thank you for being smart, safe and respectful of other students and our beautiful facilities. 1. Chill at the Blue Bean. This may seem like an obvious one, but it truly is one Etown’s most pleasant nooks. Many of us take advantage of this space for serious study time and group work, but it also makes an awesome venue for relaxed hangouts. Try popping in at a less hectic hour and take advantage of the comfy chairs and specialty drinks! Invite a couple friends to chat and catch up, or bring your favorite book and lose yourself for a couple hours. Quiet chill time is a precious resource for those of Photo: Stephen Hajcak
Recently, multiple online articles have questioned the ingredient list of Starbucks’ seasonal pumpkin spice latte. The lattes contain carcinogens, which are linked to cancer, in the caramel coloring formula.
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by ABIGAIL PISKEL
all is coming, which means it’s time for all of our fall favorites: football, sweaters and pumpkin flavored everything! Now, if you’re like me, then you love pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks or pumpkin anything from Dunkin Donuts. And again, if you’re like me, then you don’t always seem to care what you are putting into your body. I go on a major health kick from time to time, but for the most part I eat and drink what I want to. I’m sure we all know by now that some foods and drinks are not good for us; there are things that are put into these products that are not healthy, but that doesn’t stop us from enjoying them. I think that sometimes knowing that these things aren’t the best for us makes it that much more appealing to our taste buds. It’s that forbidden nature that makes the food or drink seem so alluring. For the most part, I am careful about what I put into my body because that’s how I was raised. I am nowhere near saying that I only eat salads and drink milk. I’d be lying if I said I never consumed more than one Big Mac or pumpkin spice latte. Sometimes I have the whole “I don’t care” attitude and shrug off the fact that I just ate a thousand calories in one meal or just drank a ton of processed chemicals in one drink, but there are also times where I figure I’d
better go for a run and eat oatmeal to help my arteries. I just want to do what makes me happy. Everywhere you go, you’ll find some sort of article or nutrition fact that will make you hesitant to put certain foods into your system, but if you really want it and you aren’t allergic to it, then go for it; just be careful. You’re allowed to indulge yourself every once in awhile. What fun is that if you don’t? I’ve seen a lot of different articles and theories going around about a lot of different products. I’ve heard about hair in food at Olive Garden, and I’ve read about all of the chemicals and sugars that go into Little Debbies’ Cosmic Brownies. Has that stopped me from eating at Olive Garden or eating Cosmic Brownies? The correct answer is no. Many articles about the nutrition of these foods mention that these drinks contain harmful chemicals that may lead to cancer. Now I’m no expert in food or drugs or what have you, but these articles also say that this substance is approved by the FDA … for now. If this is the case, if these drinks do contain cancer causing chemicals, I still think that I would drink them. I bet you’re wondering how that makes sense, right? People say that drinking diet sodas can cause the same problems, but we still consume those. A lot of things in this world have the ability to put a strain on our health and yet we still
take part in them because they make us happy. The companies that are making these drinks should rethink the ingredients that are going into their products, and we as consumers should also be wary of how much of these chemicals and products we are consuming. Ultimately, both groups are responsible. The most alarming thing about this chemical being in our beloved pumpkin spice lattes is that it doesn’t even have anything to do with how the drink tastes. It’s all for the purpose of coloring. Well, if that’s the case then what’s the necessity of even having it? Why bother putting a dangerous chemical into a drink if it doesn’t affect anything but the color? I’m sure the manufacturers are smart enough that they could come up with a better, healthier solution to this problem. That’s what they get paid for, right? I don’t know who has the time to sit and read all food labels and nutrition facts. If you are one of those people, then please feel free to continue to do so, and maybe you can give me a few tips. We all like what we like. We’re all going to do what we want to do. Eat your salads or your Big Macs, drink your milk or your pumpkin spice lattes; do what makes you happy. I know that I for one, even if there are “bad” ingredients in something that I enjoy, I’m still going to enjoy it. We only have one life so we might as well enjoy what we can. Let’s not overdo it, but let’s still enjoy it.
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“We all have our own ideas of what college life should be like, but ultimately we will thank ourselves for staying safe and out of trouble.” us who are primarily focused on academics. 2. Explore the outdoors. You don’t need to be Survivor Man in order to get out of the dorm once in a while. On sunny days, take a blanket and find a comfy patch of lawn to claim for a few hours. Play your favorite childhood board game with a group of friends, or try forming a ukulele quartet … just kidding (not really). You can also venture out of the immediate area for fun adventures outdoors, like swimming at Mount Gretna Lake (20 minute drive from campus). 3. Check out campus events. You’re probably sick of being bombarded with information about all the speakers and activities coming up on the calendar, but take it from someone whose introverted tendencies have caused a lot of regret — it’s always worth it to try something new. Whether it’s a sporting event, a movie, a Bowers speaker or a concert, you are getting the chance to do something fun and different for little or no cost. Plus, you might meet a new friend or two! 4. Recruit your dorm buddies for a fun night in. What’s more exciting than having a midnight pancake party in your pajamas? (Probably a lot of things, but it sounds pretty great to me.) Plan a movie night, fashion show or video game tournament and spend some quality time with your neighbors. It’s a great way to meet new people and become better acquainted with your living space. 5. Sightsee in the surrounding area. Sure, Etown is small, but it has plenty of character! Let’s be honest; you probably wouldn’t have applied here if you weren’t at least somewhat comfortable with small town life. Visit local shops and eateries and enjoy Etown’s unique charm. If you’re up for a short drive, Lancaster is also a great place to spend a free afternoon or evening. Wherever you end up going, remember that there are plenty of undiscovered destinations in the area; sometimes you just need to do a little hunting. 6. Try out fun off-campus activities. If you’re looking for something a bit more upbeat and exciting, try one of the nearby theme parks or fun centers. Hershey Park is an absolute requirement for Etown students and even offers options for those of us on a tight budget. There are also venues for laser tag, go karts, miniature golf and roller skating within a half-hour radius. These are great options for when you just want to unwind, laugh and spend time with close friends. 7. Join or start a club on campus. College students have an extremely wide variety of hobbies and interests, and Etown reflects that through its eighty-plus clubs and organizations ranging from a cappella groups to religious organizations to intramural sports. Seek out your desired area of involvement, and if you can’t find something you like, start something yourself ! This is one of the best ways to connect with like-minded peers and take part in your favorite activities. In many cases, it can also end up being a great resume builder. Hopefully, this list will provide some inspiration for how to spend your down time at Etown. We all have our own ideas of what college life should be like, but ultimately we will thank ourselves for staying safe and out of trouble. A bit of creativity and a willingness to try new things will open lots of fun opportunities for creating awesome memories of your undergraduate experience.
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September 11, 2014
Volleyball wins in four sets over Gettysburg
Hosts Tri-Match with Rowan, Gettysburg on Friday by PAIGE WILLIAMS
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The men’s soccer team has started the season 1-1-1 in their first three games, tying their last game with DeSales University 1-1 on Sunday. The women’s soccer team is 3-0 after three games. The Landmark Conference honored junior Lauren Fredericks as the women’s soccer Athlete of the Week after she scored the game-winning goal against York College. The women’s field hockey team captured their first win of the season on Tuesday at Delaware Valley College. The team’s first three losses were by a combined three goals. The women’s volleyball team has a 5-4 record through their nine matches this season. The team will take the court next on Friday when they host a Tri-Match with Rowan University and Gettysburg College. The men’s and women’s cross country teams both competed at the Galen Piper Alumni Open on Friday, each placing 4th in the overall team standings. The Landmark Conference honored women’s cross country senior Amelia Tearnan as Athlete of the Week for her efforts in a recent meet. The women’s tennis team had five players go unbeaten in singles play and all four doubles pairings finish with winning records at the Shenandoah Fall Invitational this weekend. Seniors Ryan Laudeman and Ryan Forbes both finished in the top ten at the Marywood Quad-Match for the men’s golf team on Tuesday.
in the NCAA...
The NCAA lifted the postseason ban on the Penn State University’s football team, effective immediately. The bans, which were imposed after the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal two years ago, were lifted, allowing the Nittany Lions to play in a postseason game this season. All scholarships stripped from the program will be returned in 2015. Florida State, Oregon, Alabama, Oklahoma and Auburn hold the top five spots in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll after week two of the college football season.
in the pros...
The Baltimore Ravens cut running back Ray Rice and the NFL has suspended him indefinitely after a new video surfaced of his assault on his now-wife Janay. The assault occurred back in February at an Atlantic City casino. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is now under fire for not punishing Rice more severely back when the story first broke. Goodell handed Rice a two-game suspension when news first broke back in February. Week one of the NFL season was highlighted by a match-up between the Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts. Former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looked to avenge a loss to the Colts up-and-coming young quarterback Andrew Luck in last year’s regular season. The Broncos jumped out early on the Colts and held on late for a 31-24 victory at home. The Philadelphia Eagles trailed 17-0 at halftime to the Jacksonville Jaguars at home before scoring 34 unanswered points to win big.
he Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team seems to have a promising season ahead of them, judging by a recent Landmark Conference pre-season poll. The Blue Jays were picked fourth in the conference, based on votes cast by the coaches within the Landmark Conference. Randall Kreider, head coach for the Blue Jays, said the team’s primary goal for the season is to be competitive within this new conference and the region itself. With what Kreider refers to as Photo: Athletics Department the “new makeup of the coaching staff,” in addition to a smooth pre- Despite their struggles in the Days Inn Blue Jay Classic, the volleyball season hinting at success, he said team still holds a perfect conference record (4-0) as they head into the the team hopes to finish higher remainder of their competitions. than their predicted conference blocks and junior outside hitter Megan McNaul’s six kills rank of fourth. Senior defensive specialist and captain and 13 digs. Jen Cook said that the team’s goal every year is to win The Blue Jays faced a tough loss the following day the conference. The majority of the team’s conference against Franklin & Marshall. Franklin & Marshall matches are later in the season, and Cook believes that College won the first two games by four and three points playing tougher teams in the beginning of the season will respectively, with the Blue Jays coming back to win the help them know exactly “what [they] need to work out” third game by two. Franklin & Marshall then took the to prepare for these later matches. fourth and final game to give them a victory. Within these The two new assistant coaches, Terry Hutchinson and four games, first-year outside hitter Allie Traynor attained Crystal Agnew, will bring a new dynamic to the team, 13 kills and 12 digs, and High earned 12 assists and 12 digs. which Kreider is excited about. Hutchinson, the primary Later that same day, the team defeated Lancaster Bible assistant coach, will be working mostly with blocking and College in four games. In these games, Scannapieco was defense. There was a notable difference in the team with again a top performer with 17 kills and four blocks, with the new summer workout program Hutchinson designed first-year outside hitter and defensive specialist Chelsea for the girls. “I don’t think the team as a whole has ever Gallagher raking in eight kills and 14 digs. High makes returned for preseason in such good physical shape,” Cook the list of top performers again with her 39 assists and said. Hutchinson may be tough, but according to Cook, 15 digs. Traynor had seven kills and 10 digs, and Cook he “knows a lot about volleyball and is always ready to had 17 digs. tell [the players] how [they] can be better.” Etown was off to a rough start with 11 attacking errors Agnew, an Etown volleyball alumna who graduated in their first game against Messiah. Messiah defeated in 2011, will be working mostly with the setters. Agnew Etown in a quick three games. Over the weekend, Etown should fit well into the team given that, as Cook puts it, stole the second game in their match against Shenandoah, “she knows both the program and how [Kreider] likes to but lost the match in a four game fight. In the match run it.” The players will be welcoming to Agnew as they against DeSales, Traynor saw some more playing time and feel “it should be nice to have a female on the coaching had seven kills, while senior outside hitter Taylor Beck staff,” Cook said. followed closely behind with six kills. High had 25 assists, Kreider and Cook both feel that the loss of last season’s while Cook and McNaul had 13 and 11 digs, respectively. senior captain and libero Carolyn Lukiewski was a tough The Blue Jays came back after the three consecutive one. Cook feels that while it may take the team some losses against Messiah, Shenandoah and DeSales to time to adjust, they are working hard. The players’ biggest beat both Baruch and Rutgers-Camden in Muhlenberg challenge will be to focus on their personal roles and College’s Buttermaker Tournament. Despite losing the first responsibilities to help make this adjustment. game to Baruch, Etown won the following three games and The Jays had their first match of the season against Penn totaled 46 kills and an impressive 76 digs for the match. State Berks, whom they beat 3-2. Senior middle hitter High was also kept busy with a season best of 42 assists. Kelci Scannapieco attained 12 kills, three aces and three Etown was then able to beat Rutgers in the first game of blocks. Junior setter Steph High had 29 assists, nine digs their match 25-12, and proceeded to take the next two and four unreturned serves, while junior libero Shannon games, with 11 kills from Scannapieco. Deck had 27 digs. Other notable performances include Etown faces Rowan and Gettysburg at 4 and 8 p.m. on junior middle hitter Karley Ice’s seven kills and five solo Friday, Sept. 12 in Thompson Gymnasium.
Stretch Internet allows for live streaming of home games
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by BRIAN LUKACSY
lizabethtown College Athletics has agreed to a threeyear deal with Stretch Internet that will allow the Blue Jays to stream live, high-definition videos and stats to fans through the 2016-2017 academic year. Stretch Internet is based in Arizona and, according to their website, “has become the industry leader in providing dedicated streaming solutions to college and university athletic departments and collegiate conferences.” The deal between the two parties allows Etown to stream an unlimited number of home games on a regular basis in high definition for the first time. “Video streaming of home athletic events is long overdue at Elizabethtown,” Director of Athletic Communications Matthew Heffelfinger said. “Not all of our studentathletes are local to Lancaster County and southeast Pennsylvania, so for their family and friends, who may not be able to make every game, to be able to see them play from wherever they are for free is of great benefit. That sentiment holds true for not only student-athletes but our alumni and community members.” Etown is only responsible for content produced at its home games. Martin Fevre, a junior defender for the Etown men’s soccer team, weighed in on the impact of live-streaming games on Stretch Internet. Fevre was born and raised in France. “With games now being broadcasted over the Internet live, my parents, family and friends at home in France will be able to watch me play,” Fevre said. “Knowing that my family will be watching me live is another source of motivation for me. Most games in the Landmark Conference are scheduled for Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 p.m. or 7 p.m. For my family and friends with a sixhour time difference in France, it is an ideal time to watch soccer.” Alyssa Aichele, a junior field hockey and basketball
player from Lancaster, also likes the idea of live-streaming video. “I think that this is a good idea for the school because for me, personally, I love when my friends and family are able to watch my games,” she said. “It definitely isn’t the same as if they were at my games in person, but it’s better than nothing. I would rather they be able to watch my game through live streaming than them just wishing me luck and waiting for my call afterwards to see whether or not my team won.” As of July 1, Etown joined the Landmark Conference as its ninth full-time member. The conference has looked into launching the Landmark Digital Network. “Each school will produce its own streaming video through its own Stretch Internet-branded video portal. That video will be pushed out to the other schools’ portals as well as a Landmark Conference-branded portal,” Heffelfinger said. Stretch Internet competed with a few other Internet live streaming companies for the attention of the Landmark Conference before it was chosen by most of the conference’s member schools. “The Landmark Conference staff and the conference’s sports information directors listened to proposals from a few different video streaming providers over the last academic year [2013-14]. A majority, if not all, of the conference’s nine SIDs felt that Stretch offered the best product in terms of quality and customer service,” Heffelfinger said. “Each of the nine Landmark schools has been working on finalizing their own deals with Stretch Internet over the summer so that all schools are on board in time for the start of basketball season.” The Landmark Conference’s guidelines state that all men’s and women’s basketball home games for the 20142015 season must be streamed live. Aside from basketball, a school can stream any additional home games at their own discretion. “Not all institutions within the conference were required to purchase the same packages from Stretch,” Heffelfinger
said. “I suggested Elizabethtown go with the All-Inclusive Package [with an unlimited number of events with video and live stats] and upgrade to high-definition broadcasts.” All games will be offered to viewers on Stretch Internet free of charge. Most games that Etown will broadcast via Stretch Internet will be available for on-demand viewing in high definition soon after the conclusion of the game. Even if an athletic event is not being streamed with live video, the majority of games will provide live stats through Stretch Internet. The video and stats can be viewed by fans on their desktop, tablets or smart phones. “The ability to get this project off the ground was really made possible by the Landmark Conference and the Blue Jay Athletic Association,” Heffelfinger said. “The Blue Jay Athletic Association provided the funds to purchase all equipment.” For a schedule of events, and the details of those events, fans should visit portal.stretchinternet.com/etown/.
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Stretch Internet will be live streaming Etown home games for this season online for viewers. Stretch’s first stream was the women’s soccer scrimmage against Millersville University on August 26.
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September 11, 2014
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Men’s soccer readies for Smith Herr Boot game against rival
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by BRIAN LUKACSY
he Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team expects success every year. The coaches expect it, the fans expect it and, most importantly, the players themselves expect it. This idea of success is far from new for a program that has won double-digit games in 37 of the last 39 seasons. Therefore, the mentality hasn’t changed for this year’s team heading into the new-look Landmark Conference. The Blue Jays are coming off a 10-win, six-loss and four-tie season in which they secured the number two seed in the Commonwealth Conference Playoffs. Etown hosted Alvernia University in the semifinals and escaped with a 3-0 win in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw over 110 minutes of action. With a historic Lycoming College victory over top-seed and eventual National Champion, Messiah College, the Blue Jays hosted the Warriors for the Commonwealth Conference Championship. Once again, Etown’s team found itself in a penalty kick shootout, but this time on the losing side of a 5-3 result. Lycoming took home the championship and left the Blue Jays to set their sights on the Landmark Conference. This year’s team still has the taste of that bitter defeat to Lycoming as the Blue Jays return 15 upperclassmen, including 10 seniors. “After the loss last year, the team felt cheated. We thought we were the better team and deserved to have won the game,” senior Andrew
Sandridge said. “That’s the way the game is sometimes, though. We moved on, and all of us used that as our motivation all through the offseason to stay in shape and be ready to go this year. Everyone remembered how it felt to walk off that field last November, and everyone worked really hard to make sure that doesn’t happen again this year.” Sandridge and fellow senior David Boretti return as Etown’s top two scorers from last year’s squad. Also returning for the Blue Jays are All-Commonwealth Conference Honorable Mention selections Martin Fevre and Rodrigo Barrera, both juniors. Seniors Kyle Fowler, Dylan Sisler, Kristopher Davis and junior Jack Rudy round out the eight starters returning from last year’s team. The experienced Blue Jays were picked fourth in this year’s preseason poll released by the Landmark Conference. A scrimmage earlier this preseason against Rutgers-Camden University gave the Blue Jays the right mindset of just how much the team can achieve this season. The Blue Jays took that confidence into their season-opener against the Gilmore Alumni Class at Rowan University, N.J. Etown took on the Profs in the opening game on August 29. Votto put the Blue Jays on the board early in the game, scoring in the sixth minute to give the visitors the 1-0 lead. That lead stood up until late in the game when Rowan’s Garret Hoagland found the back of the net in the 86th minute to tie the game at one each and force overtime. Both teams had an opportunity
to end the game early in overtime but couldn’t convert. In the 95th minute, junior Cal Graziano sent a cross into the box that found first-year Scott Hess, who scored the game-winning goal for the Blue Jays. The season-opening win was the first for Etown since the 2011 season when they defeated BaldwinPhoto: Athletics Department Wallace in overtime by a The men’s soccer team takes a 1-1-1 record into their rivalry game against score of 3-2. The next night, Etown Franklin & Marshall on Saturday.The event is nicknamed the “Smith-Herr Boot” took on The College of game. The kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Ira R. Herr Field. New Jersey, a team that second goal of the season early in the of game time, Etown and DeSales had lost its opening game to Messiah, fifth minute of action to give Etown settled for a 1-1 draw. Etown tallied 2-1. On this night, not much seemed the 1-0 lead over the Bulldogs. His its first 20-shot game since Oct. 19 to go the way of the Blue Jays as the goal, off an assist from Rudy, would of last season, but were only able to Lions scored three unanswered goals have stood up as the game-winning score one goal. to win 4-1. goal, the second of his career in just Next up for the Blue Jays will be Down 1-0 late in the second half, three games. However, DeSales took the Smith-Herr Boot Game against sophomore Brent Batory scored off advantage of a corner kick in the 89th rival Franklin & Marshall University. a cross from Fevre to tie the game minute as James Breuning found Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on at one. Two minutes later, TCNJ the back of the net to tie the game Saturday at Ira R. Herr Field. The two answered when Etown scored their at one. The official time of the goal teams played to a scoreless draw last own goal to put the Lions back on was 89:53, 67 seconds away from the season at Franklin & Marshall. top 2-1 into the half. A goal in the final whistle. With a 1-1-1 record through 60th minute and a goal late in the The Blue Jays had plenty of chances three contests this season, the Blue second half for TCNJ put the game to widen their one-goal lead in the Jays will look to get hot before they out of reach. Despite the three-goal second half, but multiple shots from start conference games in a couple difference, Etown held a 14-12 Hess and Sandridge hit the goal post. of weeks. advantage in shots for the game. DeSales also had its chances to tie the “[The] team goal is simple. This past weekend, Etown hosted game earlier than the 89th minute, as Anything short of a conference the Brothers Pizza Blue Jay/Red Boretti stopped a shot from a Bulldog championship and making a run Devils Classic, but rain forced the player after senior goalkeeper Justin in NCAAs will be a disappointing opening-round game against Ithaca Signora came out to contest a corner season,” Sandridge said. “There is no College to be cancelled. The Blue and left the net vulnerable. other way to put it. It doesn’t matter Jays took on DeSales University on The two teams played two who we beat or what our record is Sunday afternoon in their first home 10-minute overtime periods, but come the end of the season. If we game of the season. neither team could break through aren’t conference champions and in Hess tallied his team-leading for a second goal. After 110 minutes NCAAs, then we underperformed.”
Golf takes third at Marywood Quad-Match Cross country teams Team takes on Messiah Falcon Fall Classic on Tuesday
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by BRIAN LUKACSY
ast spring, the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team and Head Coach Jim Reed were united. Reed, an accomplished and well-known golf name in the central Pennsylvania area, took over the men’s golf program on March 4 and coached the Blue Jays in five tournaments last spring. “He knows more about the golf swing than anyone I know,” sophomore Chuck Johnston said. “He goes out of his way to make sure everyone on the team is in a situation where they can succeed. He always thinks about others before he thinks of himself.” Senior Ryan Laudeman said, “Jim is a great coach. He’s always there with good advice and really loves working with us. He always stresses the importance of school first before golf. He’s been a great influence on the team, and we’re very lucky to have him as a coach.” With six returners and four newcomers, the Blue Jays will look to expand on their success of last season this fall. The team is scheduled to compete in six tournaments this fall from September through the middle of October. They will resume play in the spring, golf ’s normal season, and play more tournaments at that time. Laudeman has anchored the Blue Jays team over the last three seasons and will continue to do so this year as Etown’s most experienced and successful golfer. Laudeman turned in six top 10 finishes in tournaments last year, including a tie for seventh at the Commonwealth Conference Championships. His best finish of the year came at the Gettysburg Fall Invitational where he shot one over par and tied for second out of 69 golfers. “Well, since the L andmark Conference doesn’t recognize golf as a varsity sport, this season really doesn’t
mean much for us seniors,” Laudeman said. “I w ou l d l ov e to win a few tournaments in the fall and spring and end my collegiate career with a couple of wins. We are playing some courses I really enjoy playing at, so I’m looking for ward to Photo: Athletics Department hopefully The golf team took third in their first tournament of competing at the season, beating out Misericordia University. the top in every group of seniors. Our other goal would tournament.” Also returning for the Blue Jays be to send our seniors out on a high is Johnston, who finished 19th out note.” Bingamin, Forbes and Laudeman of 93 golfers in his first collegiate tournament last fall. Johnston would like to go out on top in their struggled to finish in the top half of final season on the course for the the field throughout the course of last Blue Jays. “We would love to compete in a few season. “My big goal this season is to be tournaments this year. We’re a young more consistent,” Johnston said. “I had team, so trying to get some of the firsttoo many bad rounds to really have years in tournaments is important to a scoring average that I was happy building our team,” Laudeman said. Laudeman, Hakun and Amspacher with. I want to have a scoring average held the lowest averages last year and between 78 and 80.” A s i d e f r o m Jo h n s t o n a n d look to individually improve this year Laudeman, the returners include to put the team in better positions to seniors Isaac Bingamin and Ryan win tournaments. Laudeman started off the season Forbes, junior Adam Amspacher and sophomore Kyle Hakun. Four the way he hoped, shooting three over first-years contribute to the roster for par for a second place finish in the this upcoming season: Craig Eidle, Marywood Quad-Match on Tuesday. Chris Heuer, Brian Priebe and Adam The Blue Jays finished third out of four Strayton. They look to provide a boost teams in the match. Forbes finished in to the Blue Jays in their first collegiate a tie for eighth place, the only other Etown golfer to finish in the top 10 seasons. “We have a very young group of on the day. Other top 20 finishers for guys. We need low numbers out of our the Blue Jays included Amspacher underclassmen if we want to contend (tied for 12th), Eidle (17th) and Priebe in tournaments,” Johnston said. “One (20th). Etown’s next match will be on of our goals is to get more experience Tuesday at the Blue Ridge Country under our belts. We also have a great Club in Harrisburg, Pa.
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very year is the same. Win the conference, get a national bid,” Coach Brian Falk said of the men’s and women’s cross country teams. Although their four-year conference championship streak was broken this past season, they have the athletes to reclaim their place atop the throne this year. They, along with the rest of the athletic department, have switched from the MAC to the Landmark Conference. While this is a big change from a competition standpoint, it is a challenge they are ready to face and it certainly does not change their goal for the season. “It’s a smaller conference and not as competitive as the MAC, but that isn’t relevant to our goal of winning a championship,” Falk said. Susquehanna University, according to Falk, is their major competition in the Landmark, but if the MAC has taught them anything, it is that this Etown team can run with the best of them. A conference championship, unlike most other NCAA sports, does not mean they get a bid in the national tournament. A place in the tournament is contingent upon their performance in the regional qualifier, from which six teams are chosen: the first and second place teams, and from the following three through six teams, four are picked by a committee based on strength of schedule and other qualifications. A young team came to Etown this year, with the majority of the men’s team being first-years and sophomores. “Preseason went about as well as it could have,” claimed Falk. “The guys looked good, and being a young team, our future is bright.” As far as the women’s team goes, it is a more experienced group then the men’s team. Currently ranked 24th in the nation and
fourth in the region, they have high hopes for this season, especially with three returning seniors who made Nationals last year, and a strong first-year class. Junior Zach Trama is a promising talent with a veteran mental edge. According to Trama, it was “almost impossible for us to do better at the alumni meet.” He’s right, given the fact that they were only one point away from a perfect sweep (15-50). One of their main focuses this season is to run in packs, and Trama claims they did this very well in their meet this past Friday against Shippensburg University. “It is pretty scary for other teams when they see four Elizabethtown runners go past them at once. Also, it allows us to push each other when it gets tough in the latter half of the race. Last night at Shippensburg we were able to do a really good job of this,” he said. Another highlight was the defeat of York College, which was ranked ahead of them before the race. “We are willing to work, and want to win,” senior Amelia Tearnan said. “In the alumni meet, I believe the team performed very well. It was a great start to the season and it helped us to determine where we need to improve.” This was certainly a benchmark for the team going forward to the Shippensburg meet, where humidity and stiff competition played a major role. These conditions will only make them stronger when they eventually take on regional rivals Dickinson College and Haverford College, as well as conference rival Moravian College, later in the season. All in all, these Blue Jay runners will not know the word “quit.” If their early season performances are anything to go off of, this should prove to be a banner year for the program.
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Women’s soccer remains undefeated after victory over rival
Defense continues to play tough, have not allowed a goal in three games this season
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by BRIAN LUKACSY
he Elizabethtown women’s soccer program has learned to build off of every prior season’s heartbreak. Two seasons ago, the Blue Jays went 10-3-6 and won six conference games to just one loss and three ties. That season ended with a disappointing loss in penalty kicks at Stevenson University in the Commonwealth Conference Championships. The team awaited an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, but the Blue Jays were never announced. Last season, the Blue Jays won 12 out of their 20 games and went 7-2 in the Commonwealth Conference to earn the number two seed in the playoffs. Once again they faced Stevenson University in the playoffs, and once again the Mustangs ended Etown’s postseason run. This time around, the Blue Jays had played well enough to catch the NCAA’s attention and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2007. The Blue Jays lost to Trinity College (Conn.) 2-1 in the first round of the tournament. “Last year’s loss took a big toll on us, but now we know what to expect,” senior Kendra Mancino said. “To actually get a bid for the tournament was a big surprise and, hopefully, this year we can make it to the finals. We have a great team and can go all the way if we each give 110 [percent].” The Blue Jays’ goal to play further into November seemed possible in their final scrimmage of this season against Millersville University. The Marauders beat the Blue Jays 3-0 in a preseason scrimmage a year ago, and that was on the mind of a few Etown upperclassmen this time around. “Heading into the Millersville game, we were very anxious and excited to play,” ju-
nior Lauren Fredericks said. “We knew that it would be a tough game and we were ready to fight. We lost some key players last year during our scrimmage against them and felt that this year we wanted to show them what we were made of and get a win.” Etown held a three-goal lead over Millersville in the second half before clearing the bench to give underclassmen playing time. The Blue Jays carried that momentum into their season-opener on August 30 against Keystone College. With Etown scoring four first-half goals, the game was never in question. Junior Kaceyanne Cerankowski recorded a hat-trick for the host Blue Jays as they outshot the Giants 37-3 in the game. Etown had contributions from everyone as seven different players scored and six different players added an assist in the win. Their nine goals were more than any single-game total last season, and the most in a game since the Blue Jays’ 9-0 win over Immaculata in Sept. 2012. The Blue Jays were picked as the favorites to win this year’s Landmark Conference Championship in their first year competing in the conference. Etown returns nine starters from last season’s NCAA Tournament team led by a core group of juniors. Mancino is the lone senior on this year’s squad and will be called upon as a leader for a team with high expectations for this season. “Going into my final season, I feel like I have the responsibility to set the tone for the team and be an example for my younger teammates,” Mancino said. “As it is my last year, I want it to be our most successful season that we’ve had since I’ve joined the team and would like to further the success our team achieved last year. I know I have to come in every day and work hard to be an example for the effort that needs to be put forth by every single member of our team.” Following their shutout against Key-
Field hockey beats Del Val, records first win after 0-3 start
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by KARLEY ICE
he Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team lost its first three games against Franklin & Marshall College, Messiah College and Muhlenberg University in the opening weeks of the Fall 2014 season. The Jays hosted No. 8 Franklin and Marshall for the opening game August 29, but could not score a goal against the Diplomats, losing 0-1. Although the Jays lost, senior goalkeeper Selene Jones contributed seven saves. Both teams were unable to score in the first half, but Franklin & Marshall came up big in the second half when a player redirected a shot to send it past Jones and into the goal. Overall, the Jays had six penalty corners, while Franklin and Marshall had a total of 13. Three of the Jays’ penalty corners occurred within the final five minutes of the game. On Sept. 3, the Jays faced No. 12 Messiah on Falcon grounds. The teams were tied going into the second half, but a goal from Messiah gave them a 3-2 lead, which would give them the win. Senior Andrea Keady struck first for Etown off a pass from first-year Emma Christman. This goal was followed by two goals from Messiah. Then, Christman answered with her first career goal, tying the score at 2-2 going into the second half. Holt’s goal came within the last ten minutes, and junior Alyssa Aichele’s shot on goal for Etown, taken with 3:39 left, was blocked by Messiah’s goalie, sealing the win for the Falcons. Jones posted three saves for the Jays and the team had four shots for the game. “The outcomes were not what we would
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have liked, but we still played with a great amount of intensity and played hard the entire game. We never gave up,” Aichele said about the first two game of the season. Etown hit the road again on Saturday, Sept. 6 to Muhlenberg University. The Jays lost another game by one, with a score of 0-1. The Jays outscored the Mules and had more penalty corners, but could not manage to score. Etown had four shots in the first half before Muhlenberg could even get a shot off. That changed when Muhlenberg got off a shot 14:25 into the game. At the half, Etown had seven shots, while the Mules had four. The Jays had shots from junior Jacki Hikes, sophomore Nicole Leaf, junior Lisa Foose, senior Kaylee Werner, Keady and Aichele. Foose and Aichele both had shots within six seconds of each other, but the Mules’ goalie stopped both, and the opposing team was able to score shortly after. Although Etown outshot Muhlenberg, they had no shots on goal in the final ten minutes of the game, resulting in a Blue Jay defeat. The Jays grabbed their first win against Delaware Valley College with a 3-0 shutout. Aichele, Christman and senior Emily Mason each contributed a goal, while Jones had six saves to make the game a shutout. The 2014 team returns to the season only having lost two senior players from the previous year. “That alone puts our team ahead of the game because we have all already been playing together and know what each other are capable of,” Aichele said. “We already have so much trust in each other,” Aichele said. The team will host Ursinus College on Saturday, Sept. 13, at Wolf Field.
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stone College, the Blue Jays hosted York College (PA) on Sept. 3. Once again, the defense shined, allowing just four shots on goal and two corner kicks on the evening. Junior goalkeeper Dana Robidoux recorded her first shutout of the season, making four saves in the process. Opposite of Robidoux was York goalkeeper Melanie Glessner who hadn’t allowed a goal in the first two games of the season, a span of 180 minutes of game action. Fredericks didn’t take long to change that, putting a shot past Glessner in the Photo: Athletics Department third minute of the game, Lauren Fredericks celebrates with her teammates after scoring giving the Blue Jays a 1-0 the lone goal in a 1-0 Blue Jays win over York College (PA). For advantage. Fredericks’ her efforts, Fredericks was named Athlete of the Week for goal would stand to be women’s soccer by the Landmark Conference. the game-winner as Etown was determined at the time of cancelation. hung on for the one-goal victory. Etown was back in action yesterday at “Scoring that goal early on felt amazing. We wanted to come out hard against York and Franklin & Marshall for their first road game give them a tough game,” Fredericks said. “As of the season. The Blue Jays shutout to Dipa defender, it helped us relax a little knowing lomats 2-0. With a young nucleus of talented players we had a lead, but it also put more pressure on us because we still had 86 minutes left that we and the leadership of one savvy senior, the would have defend with everything we had.” Blue Jays have their sights set high in their Fredericks joined Mancino, sophomore first season as a member of the Landmark Caroline Novak and first-year Maria Boretti Conference. “We’ve been chosen to win the Landmark as the Blue Jays’ back line of defense against Conference, and my mindset this year is to the York attack. After Robidoux was forced to make a save in the 56th minute, she didn’t face work as hard as I can towards this goal and reach the NCAA Tournament for the second another shot until the 85th minute. The Blue Jays’ third game of the season, year in a row,” Mancino said. “I want to see scheduled for a 5 p.m. start this past Saturday our team come together and work hard every at Kings College (PA), was canceled due to day until we reach these goals.” thunderstorms in the area. No make-up date
Kaceyanne Cerankowski by BRIAN LUKACSY Kaceyanne Cerankowski helped the Blue Jays’ women’s soccer team get off to a fast start in their season-opening 9-0 win over Keystone College. Cerankowski recorded a hat-trick, scoring all three goals in the first 64 minutes of the game. She has helped the team to a 3-0 record through the first three games of the season.
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Major: Biology Hometown:
Langhorne, Pa.
Favorite athlete/sports team: FC Barcelona
Hardly anyone knows that... My big toes don’t bend. Favorite Jay’s Nest item: Buffalo chicken quesadilla Favorite musician/band: Zac Brown Band Favorite place to visit: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Favorite Movie: “She’s the Man” Biggest Fear: Being in a plane when it crashes In 10 years, I want to be… a pediatrician. Favorite Etown Memory:
Scoring a goal last year against Messiah
Greatest Etown accomplishment:
Passing Organic Chemistry I and II
Greatest athletic accomplishment: Being selected to the MAC Conference 1st team I started playing soccer... at age 4.
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