April 2014
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Vol. 60, Issue 4
The student voice of Holy Family University since 1954
Page 2 Meet Liz Moore
Page 4 Make A Wish Fun Run
Page 7 Student Showcase: Katelynn Donahue
Un-Spokane Love: Alternative Spring Break Trip 2014 By Kathleen Salinel
Spring break is a time where students tend to and around a mountain. unwind from the daily bustle of classes and relax at It took the entire weekend for the group to make their own pace. A traditional way that most stuit to Spokane. On March 4, they finally arrived at dents spend their spring break would be going to the worksite in Deerpark, Washington. The group exotic places such as Cancun or the Caribbean to wasted no time and immersed themselves in work. “party it up,” but there are a select few who conThey were spread out through the worksite in sider an alternative spring break. different houses. Everyone was able to help work This year Holy Family’s Habitat for Humanity in different houses every day. People worked on Alternative Spring Break was invited to return either insulation, painting, caulking, siding, or back to Spokane, inserting door Washington after frames. creating a strong Throughout impression in 2010. the week, they From the begincreated bonds ning, everything with not only had been planned each other but out precisely, but all the people Mother Nature had they met in something else in Spokane. They store. had created an On the eve of “unSpokane February 28, the love” with group received those people. news that the 6am The group was flight to Chicago also blessed was cancelled. with the opporThe Alternative Spring Break group took group pictures every day on the Winter storm Titan worksite to remember each day and the lessons that came along with it. tunity to witness was on its way to the 250th house the Northeast. The group waited anxiously in Stededication ceremony to the Siddig-Awasa family venson Lane throughout the night, ready to leave who had escaped Sudan to Washington as refuges. at a moment’s notice for the first available flight. Sari Buckley, a freshman majoring in biochemThough it seemed like it was impossible to leave istry, was a new comer on the trip. She says, “The Philadelphia, the chaperones and group leaders house dedicating ceremony was very emotional, pulled it through. just being on the work site felt real, but after seeing The group left Stevenson with their heads held the family, that’s when it really hit me.” high took the train to get to Newark Liberty InThe trip ended on a good note allowing the ternational Airport. They flew to Houston, spent group to travel safely. There with no hindrance on the night, and the group of thirty was split into the way home, but how did this crazy fulfilling trip four groups for flights to leave an impression on Seattle. The times varied this group? from the morning to the Stephanie Dingman, early evening. Finally, a freshman majoring in all four groups made it nursing, stated, “What to Seattle and spent the impacted me the most night. during the trip was In the morning, the group had gathered together the realization that I was making a difference in and loaded up the vans to travel toward Spokane. a person’s life. No matter how small the impact, Because of the snow, the expected four to five hour everything creates a ripple effect. And knowing ride turned into a 10 hour trek. Roads were closed, that person’s life will only get better from there is a which forced them to take a road going through rewarding feeling.” Photo courtesy of HFU’s Habitat ASB Trip group
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“No matter how small the impact, everything creates a ripple effect.”
Page 11 A Wrap-up of the Basketball Season
Interested in Habitat for Humanity Alternative Spring Break Trip? Ask a habitater what it’s all about! Or watch our video from the 2014 Trip here: HFU ASB 2014 Spokane, WA on YouTube
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Getting to Know Our Professors: Liz Moore by Christa DiMarcantonio
Holy Family University is lucky to call itself home to many talented and inspirational teachers in every field and department. The staff of the Tri-Lite enjoys sitting down to talk with at least one of these influential teachers each issue to learn more about them and gain some insight into their own personal inspiration. Elizabeth Moore, a professor of English and creative writing, who is also an extremely talented writer and musician, truly does it all. Recently, she has been awarded with the Rome Prize in Literature Fellowship by the American Academy of Literature and Letters and will be on a year’s leave beginning September 1st to write abroad in Rome. She is definitely a professor that every student should meet.
With that said, realizing all of the work that goes in to writing, why do you love it? -I love writing because it’s therapeutic in some way, because it lets me examine the human condition in a philosophical and slow way, which we don’t get the opportunity to do on an everyday basis. It allows me to literally disconnect because I don’t look at the internet, I put my phone aside while I’m writing. It’s meditative in a way for me, and every time I write it teaches
Your teaching philosophy is “I teach that writing—whether it’s creative or rhetorical—is a process, not a product.” can you explain exactly what you mean by that? -So I’ll start by talking about creative writing. I’ve met a lot of students who are interested in creative writing and maybe do it as a hobby and there’s a tendency for beginning writers and student writers to get really frustrated if what they’re writing doesn’t match up with the vision they have in their heads. It’s the same I think with any art. You’ve probably had the experience in art class when you were a kid setting out to draw something and having this beautiful vision in your head and then what you put down on paper looks nothing like the end result that you had in mind. That happens a lot with creative writing where you’ll have a really beautiful vision of what you want to say or express and then you get started and you think it’s terrible and then you want to stop. I think the difference between a writer and someone who just wants to write is someone who can get past that initial feeling of this is terrible and realize that it takes a lot of work, revising and labor to really ever finish a piece of art that you feel happy with. I always say that when I write creatively it’s never enjoyable for me, or it’s maybe 5% enjoyable and the other 95% is just work like anything else. So it’s really a process, you work toward it. And with rhetoric, when I teach my students in English 101 and 102, which is our first year writing sequence, again, a lot of them have skills that they feel self-conscious about or that they feel they have had difficulty with in the past and so they’re very apprehensive about college writing because they know what they need to work on and they think somehow that those are hurdles that they won’t be able to get past, but it’s like anything else. You don’t set out to write a paper and finish it completely and it’s done; instead you write a draft and you write multiple drafts and you work, you acquire skills along the way and the difficulty is an essential part of the process. I always tell students to let their brains hurt, because that’s a normal sensation. You need to feel like you can’t do it because your brain just hurts too much. That’s how you know you’re doing it right.
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Why did you decide you wanted to become a teacher? When did you realize this decision? -Well I sort of came into teaching backward which means that I started out studying to be a creative writer, then I started teaching while I was in graduate school and discovered that I really loved teaching college students about writing and composition and creative writing. When I graduated from graduate school, I knew that I wanted to apply to keep teaching.
I was originally a neuroscience and behavior major. When I was a kid my parents pushed me more towards science, and I thought somehow that science was really the thing you should do if you want a job and you should major in something that will immediately lead to a career and something tangible that you can show to employers. I felt like I was impersonating somebody else when I was in my science courses, and I wasn’t doing well in them. Although neuroscience and behavior are incredibly interesting fields that I still love to read about, the problem was that I loved reading about them, but doing the science behind it made me feel very out of my element. At that point, I just realized that I should really follow my gut and I took a leap of faith that everything would fall in to place if I did what I was best at and what I was meant to do and it really has. I also would say to students that what you major in as an undergraduate has much less to do than what you are led to believe by people. Internship experience is probably more important than what you choose to major in, along with just excelling in your field. So if you love something that’s not quite as vocational as some majors, do it and then work hard to get related job experience and employers will see you as someone who can think critically and well and has related job experience and that will make you very hirable. Follow your passion.
me something new about myself as a writer and about the human condition. It’s kind of like exercise, you never really want to do it but when you’re done with it you feel great. That’s kind of how I think of my creative writing. Did you always want to study and pursue a career in English? -I am very practical and I come from a very practical family so I never really thought of writing as an option for a career. I thought it would be a hobby and then I’d have a different career and continue writing on the side and I am very lucky that I have a career that is so connected to writing and I think not a lot of creative writers have that option so most people that really love creative writing will never get a chance to work within the field. I feel grateful and blessed to be working in some capacity within the field. I always knew that I would continue to write for my whole life just because it was something that I always did from the time I learned to write. I kept journals and wrote little poems and there was never a time in my life that I wasn’t writing in some capacity so it never occurred to me that I would stop writing. I just didn’t know that I would have a career that included writing as much as I do. What are some, if any, bumps in the road that you encountered to get to where you are now, maybe as a new college student? -I loved my undergrad as an English major, and it taught me a great deal about critical thinking and analyzing texts and I’m grateful that I did it now. But again because I’m such a practical person and so is my family I had a crisis of faith about being an English major, and
You have recently won the Rome Prize in Literature Fellowship. Could you explain how you were awarded the fellowship and what the honor is? -It’s an award that is given annually to two writers by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and you can’t apply for it. You’re just informed that you’ve been nominated by the nominating committee, which I was informed of in December, and then you have to let them know whether or not you will accept it if you are given it because the Rome Prize is a year living at the American Academy in Rome with all expenses paid, and you get a small stipend too, so obviously they know they can’t just give it to somebody and expect the person can just drop everything and go to Rome, so I spoke with the University, and the University is generously granting me a year’s leave, which is very nice of them and at that point I replied and said yes I will accept it if it’s given to me and then in February I found out that I won, and it’s really exciting. I’ve never lived abroad so that’s always been a goal of mine, to live outside the United States. I’m also really excited just to have the opportunity to write for a year because I’m working on my third novel and even though I love teaching it’s hard to find time to write when I’m also actively teaching full time. You are yourself a writer and have even had two books published, along with short stories and essays. Where do you draw your inspiration from? -Well all writers of fiction obviously find inspiration from their own lives to a greater or lesser extent. My first book was very biographical, it’s called, “The Words Of Every Song” and it’s fiction. It was set in New York City in the mid-2000s in the world of the music industry of that time and follows a cast of characters who are in bands or music producers they’re A&R men or they work in a guitar store.
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article continued At the time that I was writing it, I began as an undergraduate and I finished when I was about 22 or 23, but at the time I was in a band, I was playing music very regularly. I was working in a guitar store, and so that was ripped straight from my life, and a lot of the episodes in that book were things I had experienced although they were fictionalized and removed from the truth. With my second novel, it has almost nothing to do with my own experience. It has to do with a 550 lb. recluse and a teenage baseball star and I’ve obviously never been a baseball star or a 550 lb. recluse. Part of it was a location. I was living in Brooklyn when I started it, and the book is set largely in a brownstone in Brooklyn and my grandparents when I was growing up lived in a brownstone in Brooklyn, so the house that the protagonist lives in is inspired by the houses that they and some of their friends lived in. I guess the initial seed of it was what would it be like to just live in one of these houses and never leave because they’re really cool old city homes and I loved them when I was a kid, and there are many grains of inspiration that made their way in from my own life but nothing as directly as from my first novel.
You are the faculty moderator for Folio, our literary magazine here on campus. For a curious student who might not know much about it, what exactly does Folio do? -Folio is a literary magazine and it’s a long tradition at Holy Family and I think it’s something we’re very proud of. The first issue was published in 1959 and so I think it’s one of the oldest institutions here at Holy Family, and it was run for years by Dr. Lombardi and he really made it what it is today. It comes out annually and we publish poetry, prose and artwork by members of the Holy Family community and also the public at large and its really something I’m proud of at Holy Family it’s a lot of work to put it out and the students do a terrific job and they really do the largest share of it. By the time that Folio night comes around, a celebration and a reading of the issue, we’re all really exhausted but really proud to show everybody the work that we’ve done. Finally, what advice would you give to a Holy Family student interested in writing? -It sounds silly, but my best advice is to write because a lot of students say they want to be a
writer or they feel drawn to it but the actual act of putting your butt in a chair and being in front of the computer and doing it doesn’t happen so much. Writing sounds like a romantic thing and you see it portrayed in the movies as people getting these bursts of inspiration and sitting down and writing all night when in reality its work like anything else. You have to really be dedicate to the craft to achieve progress. The very first thing to do is just to write as much as possible, so I have a writing schedule for myself which I try to stick to as much as I can, so I recommend that. Also just like I tell my composition students to let their brains hurt, as a creative writer you have to do the same thing, so if you’re sitting there and nothing is coming, you can’t just leave you have to wait it out because that feeling is your brain working through ideas. You have to just sit and write. So to meet Liz Moore and the rest of her Folio team if you have not done so already, come out and enjoy Folio night on April 14th in the Lower Lobby of the Campus Center to enjoy some beautiful writing, artwork, and celebration.
Another Successful Make A Wish Fun Run by Gabrielle Fabioneri
Photo by Gabrielle Fabioneri
Holy Family University is widely known for a slip-n-slide, and throwing colored powder at mud, and then sliding down a giant slip-nits efforts to give back to the community that each other all while having fun. slide. surrounds the campus in many ways. OrganiThe night started out with an amazing display Covered in a dazzling array of color, mud, zations such as Habitat for Humanity provide of colored chalk powder being thrown into the soap and sweat, the runners persevered all for students with opportunities to volunteer and an amazing cause. work towards assisting the less fortunate Mary Torpey, sophomore and future groups in our society. Student Government President for the The most recent event that Holy Family 2014-2015 year explains how rewarding students participated in was the 2nd annual 5k this experience was for her, “I was a little “Make a Wish Fun Run” to benefit the Make a nervous about jumping down the slip n Wish Foundation. slide, and one of the students nearby told The foundation is dedicated to granting me to be fearless, and I thought of all the wishes for children with life-threatening illkids who face their battles every day and I nesses. Their goal is to further “enrich the hudid it for them.” man experience of illness with hope, strength The entire event was a display of how and joy.” much Holy Family students care about The foundation runs on donations from those in need, especially the children who volunteers, sponsors, medical professionals fight their illnesses every day. The money and the community to make their wish come raised will go towards helping ease the The colored powder flies through the air at the Make a Wish true and give them the courage to persevere struggle these children go through by grantFun Run through their medical treatments. ing their greatest wish. On Thursday, April 3rd, more than a hundred air, covering the runners in their white t-shirts The Holy Family students are an amazing students, parents, and even children came toto kick off the beginning of their run. The force that consistently comes together to bengether to raise $2,000 for this amazing cause by students raced up Stevenson Lane and around efit the community and everyone around us. running, crawling through mud, sliding down campus, eventually crawling through a pit of
Join us for Folio Night April 14th To celebrate the work of Holy Family’s talented writers and artists 6:00 pm in Campus Center Lower Lobby
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The Truth about Immigration: Amnesty is Overdue By Daniela Chacon
popular within the Latino-immigrant community. Another argument presented is that many immigrants are criminals. Within every nation there are criminals, like in the United States, but that doesn’t mean that they all are. Many immigrants are people who come from third-world countries in Latin America to simply find a job and make a better living. Many immigrants come with a goal, such as to provide their children with the opportunity to go to school. Immigrants are ordinary people who want a chance for a better life. So what is actually driving many Americans’ hearts against amnesty? Passports basically mean we are free to travel to another First, an immigrant is a person who country. However, it’s not as simple to become a resident. comes to live permanently in a foreign before their visas expires. country. Illegal immigrants are immigrants who Unfortunately, that is not the case for all. After don’t have proper documentation. their visas expire, many immigrants continue This means that they entered through the to work diligently in hopes that their employer border, or that they entered this country with will provide proper legalization. The truth is, a visa, which eventually expired. During the amnesty is long overdue. 1900s, there was a massive wave of immigraMany Americans don’t recognize that imtion. migrants pay taxes, whether illegal or not, and Many Italians and Irish immi- they work low-paying, below-the-minimum grated to the United States and wage jobs. Immigrants do contribute to the they were illegal immigrants. American society. Numerous individuals come to Now the final question is: What can we do in the United States with the hope turn for them? that they will obtain legal status Photo by Sari Buckley
“In our view, border security is one of the most important, if not the most important item,” said Senator John McCain in a February interview. However, what Americans fail to realize is that all immigrants don’t enter the United States through the border. Many immigrants come to the United States with a visa. Immigrants come to the United States with the determination of finding a job to support their families and with the dream of having a better life. They seek a life of security and economic independence, and a life that doesn’t include living within an impoverished nation. The United States is home to people of all ethnic backgrounds. We are the country known as the melting pot. Since the 19th century until present day, the United States has experienced major waves of immigration. So, why the hostility and lack of sympathy towards immigrants of this time? One argument that has been presented is that immigrants take away the jobs of Americans. According to the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the influence of economic threat is real, but limited. These are jobs that most Americans are not fighting for, for example, housekeeping and dishwashing jobs. These are jobs that are highly
The United States is home to people of all ethnic backgrounds. We are the country known as the melting pot.
Reflection and Sacrifice During the Season of Lent By Lauren Hutchins
Photo by Christa DiMarcantonio
Lent is a season of soul searching and rependon’t lose your temper as easily. Some even take it a step further and hide the tance. The 40-day period before Easter is a time Easter Sunday falls on April 20 this year, eggs for an egg hunt with the children in the to reflect on our sins, our life, and our relation- which is just a little late compared to the past family. ship with Jesus. few years. Senior Brittnee Reed also looks forward to Lent began on Ash Wednesday March 5, and “Easter is a huge holiday, especially Good Fri- spending time with her family at Easter. “Every will end Saturday, April 19. Students of Holy day,” states junior Marius Rafaeli, “We usually Easter we celebrate at my grandmom’s house. Family University celebrate Lent and Easter make the colored eggs and on Easter Sunday, She makes a huge dinner, and we set up an Easby continuing traditions within the ter egg hunt for all of the kids. It’s University’s community and with their a lot of fun and something that I families. look forward to each year.” Lent is a time when many Christians Another senior, Kevin Branigan prepare for Easter by observing a pelooks forward to also spending riod of fasting, repentance, moderation, time with family. “We either have and spiritual discipline. Ash Wednesa big family fest of lamb or ham at day and every Friday, Catholics are supEaster. My mom makes the best posed to refrain from eating meat. Easter dinner. “ Although not necessary, it is a cusWe all have a favorite Easter tom to make a specific Lenten sacrifice, tradition or certain food that is whether with a certain favorite food, a staple for the holiday dinner. hobby, or form of entertainment. Sometimes, though, it can disFor instance, senior student Christotract us from the true meaning of pher Kovacs, said, “I decided for Lent, I Easter. want to eliminate sweets.” It is not just a time to put on your In addition, junior Katharine Ahn is Sunday best, gather with family also giving up sweets for Lent. “I can’t and eat that chocolate bunny that you wait for Easter so I can have chocolate The school chapel, located in the campus center, is always the perfect place for gave up for the past forty days. It is the students to go and reflect in prayer with God, especially during this special again. I gave up chocolate for Lent. “ season of Lent. most important holiday in our CathoNot everyone makes a sacrifice, lic faith, because we remember that though. Some people make a special Lenten we usually say a prayer, before we eat a huge Christ died to save us. promise, like volunteering at a homeless shelter lunch to celebrate the festivities. Lamb and Easter is a time for new beginnings and to every week during Lent, smiling at strangers wine are an absolute must.” rejoice Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins. With Easter who catch your eye, going out of your way to Marius and his family aren’t the only ones just around the corner, many of our students at do small acts of kindness whenever the opporwho like coloring eggs on Easter. Decorating Holy Family University look forward to celtunity presents itself, or just making sure you Easter eggs is a huge tradition in many families. ebrating.
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TESTING, TESTING: Holy Family Launches a Fresh, New Website By Christopher S. Kovacs
Photo by Sari Buckley
Visitors to the Holy Family website will notice process of making the website began in late be more categorized, says, “It’s hard to navigate the revamped appearance of the homepage and 2013, and utilizes Joomla as the content manand the calendar needs some work.” virtually every other facet of the site, from the agement framework for the site. Macartney stated that the reason for some attractive color schemes to the new tagline, “Joomla allows for easier changes to the features not working properly is because the “The Value of Family”. Marketing Team was faced with All of these improvements were an aggressive deadline to have made as part of the University’s new the site ready by the time the full advertising campaign, which also campaign was ready to launch. includes billboards, television ads and “We’ve been getting reports of even a wrap on one of SEPTA’s Route features not working and they will 84 buses. Holy Family worked closely be sorted by level of priority”, says with the Medford, NJ marketing firm Macartney. “A website is never Idea Hut, which has also created ads finished, it’s always changing.” and campaigns for U.S. Airways, Many times people tend to call a Widener University and Visa Masterwebsite flawed because they find Card, to build the “Value of Family” it difficult to navigate the new laycampaign. out, as opposed to a site that they The website includes an interactive are already comfortable with. calendar, which has selectable features Although there are a few rough depending on a student’s majors or patches that need smoothing out, interests and interactive links to the Holy Family’s new website gives various social media sites Holy Family the school’s online presence a uses. fresh, new image that’s been long The tabs at the headed of the website overdue. have been updated with a streamlined Tri-Lite editor Christa DiMarcantonio navigates the new website excitedly, With the time and care already being checking out the new features. design and have multiple tabs for easy given by the Marketing and Communinavigation. These include the calendar, cations Departments, the full site will school-related sites, and social media links. campus site”, he says. However, some believe be functioning perfectly and prospective stuBob Macartney, the Manager of Online Com- the site could use some improvements. Senior dents and existing students alike will see “The munications for Holy Family has said that the student Brittany Nugent, who prefers the site to Value of Family”.
The Rewards of Recycling By Danielle Ketterer
Photo by Christa DiMarcantonio
Have you ever tossed your water bottle into items currently hold. always sits next to its’ recyclables counterpart, the recycling bin after a fulfilling lunch during Plastic bottles that were once filled with try to toss that bottle just an extra foot into the common hour and suddenly found yourself refreshing, thirst-quenching water are now blue bin. It’s worth it. pondering about where that water bottle was melted down and converted into carpet and Want to take it a step further? Try picking up going to end up? bottles or cans that you see lying around, Some large corporations or busilike on the tables in the Tiger Café. nesses tend to “recycle” by separating Think of how much good recycling can their trash. Many times, the things do. that are labeled as recyclables get When we reuse these materials, such as thrown in to the trash mistakenly paper, plastic or aluminum, we are cutanyway. ting down waste. For every piece of paThis unfortunate reality can only per you recycle, your efforts go towards leave one to wonder, “Is this happenthe benefits of this earth. Just imagine a ing where I am?” Here at Holy Family, world without trees! it most certainly is not. If you are interested and passionate in After taking a tour of the Waste recycling and preserving our Earth’s Management Facility that Holy Famnatural resources and materials, then ily uses, I can officially put your mind join the Green Team. Don’t know what at ease in regards to these very questhe Green Team is? tions. This is a group on campus dedicated to Every week, the Waste Management making the Holy Family community Facility sends out their natural gas more eco-friendly. They accomplish this trucks to scoop up our accumulation goal by completing environmentally foof waste and haul it back to the facilcused service projects and educating the ity for repurposing. When the waste student body on facts about our environarrives at the facility, it is weighed and ment and society’s key role in it, which then dumped onto a conveyer belt. These bottles and cans are just a few examples of everyday items that can you can find in your daily emails. The conveyer belt takes these items be easily recycled, simply by being tossed in to the proper bin. Keep an eye out for their next email with on quite a ride through the 60,000 an interesting fact or an update on the intersquare foot building. Throughout this esting ways they educated themselves on the bumpy journey, these various items are sepaclothing fibers. Who would have thought that topic. rated into individual piles through a complex the very carpet beneath your feet and the clothDon’t forget, recycling is one simple step to process with the help of human hands and vari- ing on your back were made from pre-consum- cleaning up our world and making simple necous advanced technological methods. er recycled content? essary materials practical and more affordable. They are then packed into cubed bundles and Now that you know exactly how useful your One man’s trash now literally has the potenready to be picked up by third party companies old recyclables can be, it’s time to do your part. tial to be another man’s treasure, as long as we who are going to change the value that these When you walk past the trashcan, which almost continue to have a heart and do our part.
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Diversity on Campus and International Day By Justin German
Photo by Christa DiMarcantonio
Although Holy Family is a small campus, it students come from. Students at Holy Family faculty were encouraged to bring a poster with has a fairly high percentage of minorities and would think that most of the students would their country’s flag and national costume. They ethnic groups compared to bigger schools. It be from areas close to northeast Philadelphia were also encouraged to bring a national dish to is not hard to find a few students from other because of the school being in a suburban area. represent their country. countries in each class. Holy Family sponsors events to promote Everyone who attended the event was able to Students and faculty are very welcoming when diversity among its students. The school partry a sample of each food and vote for the one it comes to accepting students from other naticipates in SEPCHE Diversity conference each they liked the most. A presentation also took tions and cultures and place during the it is very hard to find event. someone who will The film “Girls give anyone a hard Rising” was pretime in the school. sented by Kathy Some people would Ruppel, director say that it is not very of the Learnhard for freshmen to ing Resource make new friends. Center located According to statisat the Newtown tics from the school, campus. The African Americans film showed the make up seven perlives of a girl cent of the student from Nepal who body, while four perwas raised as a cent are Asians and slave until she six percent are Hisbecame free and panic. The majority started giving a of Caucasians make voice to other up for 63 percent of girls who were the student populaalso slaves. tion at Holy Family. The last part There is an unof the event International Day was full of brightly colored flags, signs and food, which represent the diversity and unique flare of known 19 percent, consisted in a brief the idfferent people of our world, and how beautiful every culture truly is. which could include speech given by the the international representatives of students who come from other countries to atyear where faculty and students from various the Girls Scouts of the USA. They provided intend Holy Family. The reality is that whites are colleges and universities make presentations to formation to students and encouraged students still the dominant group in most colleges and embrace diversity. to join. universities, but that is slowly changing. The school also has an annual International They promote diversity as well as teaching The percentage of minorities increases nation- Day event sponsored by the diversity team and students about other cultures. Some students ally each year. In addition, Arizona and ConFUSION (students’ multicultural club). are not aware of the difficulties faced by people necticut are among common states where the The event took place on April 2. Students and in other nations.
The Tri-Lite Careers Corner SERVICES OFFERED FROM THE CAREERS CENTER The Careers Centers goal is to help all students develop a successful vocational plan. The Careers Center is the only department on campus that is available to you for FREE after graduation. Our services include the following: •One-on-one confidential Career Counseling. •Learn Behavioral Interviewing – Schedule a mock interview. •Learn how to write an effective cover letter/resume. •Learn how to network yourself successfully to employers. •Vocational Assessment – Take the Myers-Briggs, a 15-20 assessment. Determining what your personality type is a step in the right direction. •Credential File – A file that contains your original letters of recommendation from a faculty member within your major. •Job Fairs – Fall and Spring covering all majors. •Job Bank – sign-up to receive the job bank every 1st & 15th of each month to your personal email address from companies wanting to hire graduates. •Log onto www.collegecentral.com/SEPCHE - A job bank consisting of jobs from 6 other SEPCHE schools. This website allows you to cut/paste your resume and review jobs from other schools within your major. It also has information on resume, interviewing skills, e-portfolios, etc.
It is never too early to start thinking about your career, set up an appointment today!
The Careers Center hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm, M-F. The contact person is Don Brom, M.S., Careers Center Director, 267-341-3224 or via email: dbrom@holyfamily.edu.
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Senior Showcase: The Work of Katelynn Donahue By Christopher S. Kovacs
The Next Senior Showcase: Janet Mackiewicz Opening April 22nd 6:00-8:00 pm Lower Level of the Education and Technology Center Refreshments Provided
graphic design and her wish is to be involved in magazine cover design.” If you’re racking your brain, trying to think of what exactly graphic design is or what a graphic designer’s job is, know that you are surrounded every day by forms of graphic design. A book cover, magazine, restaurant menu, store sign, or company logo are all forms of graphic design. If it catches your eye, it is doing its’ job. Those pieces are not just thrown together – companies hire skilled designers to create a clever and unique design. Donahue will not be the only student to have her work exhibited in the ETC this month. Studio Art major, Janet Mackiewicz, is due to have her exhibit put on display after Katelynn’s show is finished. Keep in mind that studio art and graphic design are two largely different majors, and expect to see very different work from Janet’s
Photo by Sari Buckley
graphic design illustrates that through proper knowledge of art, the ability to use different mediums and a regard for art history, it should most definitely be regarded as an art form.” Technology and art seam to blend seamlessly in Donahue’s case. It would be very difficult for anyone to criticize that her work is not art, and impressive art at that. When asked about the showcase, Pamela Flynn, Professor of Art, said, “Kateylnn Donahue’s exhibit is a reflection of her studies, which center around digital imagery. She hopes to have a career in Photo by Sari Buckley
Technology and organic art came together in a fusion of style in the basement gallery of the Education and Technology Center for a limited engagement. Senior Graphic Design major Katelynn Donahue’s intriguing works were on display for one week only as part of the Art Department’s “Senior Showcase”. Visitors saw thoughtful words placed in front of foreboding cloud images and several magazine cover concepts, along with Donahue’s research paper on imagery and digital technology. Donahue succeeded in capturing each emotion, no matter how intense, with one single image of the sky. Her work of magazine cover concepts seem to pop out of their frames at a passerby, both striking and subtle. All art is unique, and every artist has his or her own particular style. Even the same general style of art varies vastly from artist to artist. For Katelynn, that style is a design that relies on digital imagery, only properly executed with the right artistic flare. “Technology and art should mix”, says Donahue in her artist statement. “My work in
showcase. “The (ETC) art gallery exhibits professional artists every month and at the end of each semester, the graduating art majors have their senior exhibitions in the gallery”, said Flynn. “Students can find out about exhibits by watching for e-mail announcements sent to the HFU community every month.” If you missed the chance to see Donahue’s work, save the date for the opening of Janet Mackiewicz’s showcase on April 22nd. The art department is always providing the Holy Family community with new, bold and beautiful creations. All students should take a walk down to the basement level of the ETC to admire their work throughout the year. Technology has improved countless aspects of life and advanced almost every industry. Now that technology is becoming heavily blended in to the art world, artists are pioneering new territory of mixed media and graphic design, with nearly endless ways of creating new styles and ideas. Holy Family University is lucky to produce a student such as Katelynn Donahue into the graphic design industry, someone who will surely leave her artistic mark on every project she takes on.
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Movie Reviews
Not sure if you’d like to see the latest movies currently in theatres? We’re here to help.
Captain America: Winter Soldier By James Crean
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the to take on a more take charge and strategically a super soldier with a bionic arm, with the darkest movie yet from the Marvel franchise, sound plan to take down the people who are strength and speed to match Cap’s every move. with worldwide political conspiracy taking after him, most specifically The Winter Soldier, All in all, this is a very well done action/ things to a grim and murky place. With espionage film that creates more quesS.H.I.E.L.D. suffering from internal cortions than it answers in the realm of The ruption, Steve Rogers, aka Avengers, which just Captain America (Chris so happens to be the Evans), stands alone in the next time you can see middle of anarchy, with no Captain America in one to trust. Avenger: Age of Ultron With S.H.I.E.L.D. seemhitting theaters during ingly run by men with the summer of 2015. too much power and not If you are a fan of Marenough integrity, the Capvel films, or superhero tain is told at one point that and action films in “Trust is a matter of cirgeneral, this is a qualcumstance.” ity movie to see. If you Joining him in his quest are not normally a fan for truth and redemption of this genre, there still is Natasha Romanoff, aka may be something for Black Widow (Scarlett you in this film as well. Johansson) and Steve WilAs in all Marvel movson, aka Falcon (Anthony ies, make sure you stay Mackie). for the credits, and That Captain has always you’ll be rewarded been considered a straightwith exciting informaforward soldier who has Are you a Marvel fan? Then head to a nearby movie theater, AMC Neshamniy 24 and have your picture tion for the next Avengers been wired to base his life taken in this standee. Captain America’s shield is attached to this backdrop from the film, designed to movie. on patriotism. He is forced make you look like Captain America. Photo by Christa DiMarcantonio
Overall: 3.5 popcorns out of 4
Restaurant Reviews
Looking for a new place to eat? Look no further.
The Cambridge By James Crean
The Cambridge restaurant at 15th and South in downtown Philadelphia mixes a classic British Pub with the cozy feel of your neighborhood bar, with enough culinary and libation (for those 21+) options to satisfy everyone, whether you’re out on a casual date or out with a group of friends. The Cambridge isn’t so loud that you can’t carry a conversation, with background music ranging from Green Day to Bob Marley, Spanish Jazz to The Clash. Two 27-inch TV’s bookend the bar, making The Cambridge a less than ideal spot if you’re looking to catch the “big game.” The tables were nicely stationed, never making you feel like you were crammed into your spot, and the temperature was very comfortable. A great craft beer and wine selection highlights the libations menu, with highly skilled men and women behind the bar using top shelf stuff to make impressive cocktails and mixed drinks.
Burger, with Brie cheese, red wine soaked pears and a lemon horseradish aioli, ordered medium and perfectly cooked. The wine-soaked pears offered a refreshing contrast to the bite of the horseradish, with the flavors perfectly complementing each other. Dark russet French fries were served on the side, with a chipotle aioli for dipping. The chipotle aioli was spicy, but nice as a dipping sauce for the fries, which were crispy and salted nicely. We did wait 25 minutes for our sandwiches to come out, which was a bit longer than a chicken sandwich and burger should take when the restaurant isn’t all that busy, but the waitress did apologize for the wait, and she was very courteous during our time there. All in all, I would recommend The Cambridge to anyone who is looking for a nice, relaxed dinner with friends. The food is good, the staff is hospitable and the atmosphere is very casual.
Overall: 3.5 forks out of 4 The culinary menu was limited, but I’ve always believed that the less items on a menu, the more likely the chef will be outstanding at making it, and that was exactly the case with The Cambridge. My fiancée ordered the Chicken Sandwich, which was a grilled breast with a lemon-dill aioli spread with cheddar, red wine soaked pears, arugula and bacon on top of a finely toasted brioche bun with a side of greens. The greens were lightly drizzled with a lemon vinaigrette and was perfectly done; the sandwich was perfectly proportioned and the different flavors all meshed very well. As for me, I ordered the Cambridge Hall
The food is good, the staff is hospitable and the atmosphere is very casual.
Check back next issue for more reviews on the area’s best restaurants and the hottest movies hitting theatres
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The Senior Class Rocks the Legacy By Richard Haldis
Photo courtesy of Mary Torpey
“Can we go back, this is the moment, tonight After Young finished his set, Salamak John Legend to Macklemore. Jon’s calm and colis the night, we’ll fight ‘til it’s over, so we put took the stage, warmed up on his guitar and lected demeanor made the audience more than our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us.” As invited the scattered audience to come join him happy to sing along and participate in his set. Jon Salamak, Holy Family’s SGA After a few denied ‘Free Bird’ President sang these lyrics while requests, he packed up his he sat perched on a stool in front guitar and said goodnight, of a small but responsive crowd in joining the crowd who the Campus Center cafeteria, the anxiously awaited the night’s mood that hung in the air was bitfirst full band. tersweet; everyone was fully aware Kick Back Tomorrow, the that the seniors, who were responfemale-fronted five-piece sible for organizing the event, are switched gears for the evenot far from their graduation. ning, pulling the trigger on The evening, dubbed the third the show’s theme for popannual Rock The Legacy night, punk and alternative rock. served as a refreshing escape Each of the other bands, from the seniors’ end-of-semester We Could’ve Been Kings, stresses. For the past three years, The Engine Atlantic, and the Rock the Legacy night has Nobody Yet brought their given students a chance to recown unique flavor to a very ognize musical talent on campus specific style of music, which that often goes unrecognized. attracted the growing audi The evening kicked off ence more and more as the shortly after 6pm, as music lovnight progressed. ers shuffled to find a place toward While Rock the Legacy the stage area. Tom Farnham, proved to be a fantastic opconfidently representing his band, portunity for students to get Rushmore, opened up the show out for the night and listen with nothing but his acoustic to good music, many people guitar due to his full band’s ‘lineup don’t realize how beneficial issues.’ the event really is. He played some of his original All of the proceeds go music, and through in a few covtoward the Senior Legacy ers, most notably paying homFund, which will focus on this (Left to right) Jarrett Tolby, Bob Reed, Mary Torpey, Ryan Keller, Emma DiMarcantonio, age to Dashboard Confessional, and Alex Nester take time out of their wonderful night at Rock the Legacy to pose for a year’s gift of renovating the group shot. which went over very well with university chapel. As this year’s the crowd. Rock the Legacy came to an David Young, known by his project name of at the front. The eager crowd came to surround end, it was evident that every single performer Honest Trophy was the perfect choice to follow Salamak, who requested that they take a seat was grateful for the opportunity for exposure, Farnham, showcasing his talent of songwriting Indian-style in front of him. and for the students to discover the true talent with a modest and entertaining performance. His set consisted only of covers, ranging from hidden within our local music scene.
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HFU Blue Crew Bleeds Blue By Jazmine Babuch
Photo courtesy of Ryan Keller
In the midst of an important game, Holy What hopes and aspirations are exFamily students stand a sea of proud and pected for the bright future of Blue spirited fans with blue shirts, creatively deCrew? Mike stated, “I hope that it grows signed posters, and faces painted, shouting, exponentially.” He hopes to see a more “Let’s go Tigers, let’s go!” at the top of their expanded membership with the return lungs, giving it all they got. of alumni to take part in the organizaWith all of the thrill going on, you can’t tion’s tailgates and giveaways. help but join in the fun yourself. This is the Mike also aspires to set up enough outstanding result of Holy Family Univerrevenue to establish a scholarship and sity’s one and only fan-based group, Blue recognize a senior MVP during the seCrew. nior games. He sees a limitless potential Its roots are originally planted back in to amplify Blue Crew and make it the 2009. “The original idea came from Alumbest that it can possibly be. na Lilian Kaminski. It was then passed on Blue Crew is very involved with athletto Melissa Greco and Timothy O’Driscoll. ics. They showed up to Pack the House They ran the group for roughly a year night, hosted giveaways during half before it began dissolving. Tim [Hamill] time, and took part in “Silent Night,” and I then were able to resurrect the group where you can’t make any noise until the this year,” explains Mike Ulrich, Assistant team reaches a certain amount of points. Director of Student Activities. Not a member yet? Head on over to During 2009, the idea of Blue Crew was Campus Center 206 and for $5, you will accepted before it started to phase out and receive a membership card that grants disappear, but after the involvement of Megan Gaffney snaps a picture of herself and the Holy Family you awesome discounts to local businesses, Mike and Tim, Blue Crew is now making Tiger, mascot of the school and Blue Crew. such as Toppers, Nifty Fifty’s, and China its way back Gate. You also reto becoming ceive a t-shirt, and the official a drawstring bag. fan support So what are you group for all waiting for? Join of Holy Famtoday and show ily Univeryour Holy Family sity’s athletic tigers how much teams. you really care!
“Blue Crew is a chance to get involved in something bigger than yourself. It is a chance to join a family that cheers together, smiles together, loses together, and wins together. It is a special group that everyone should want to be a part of.”- Mike Ulrich
JOIN THE CREW Blue Crew is a premier fan organization created to support Holy Family University Athletics!
Membership fee is $5 and you will enjoy members-only benefits at local businesses that support Blue Crew and Holy Family University. You will receive an official Blue Crew t-shirt to be worn at athletics events! JOIN TODAY in CC 204.
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A Recap of the Men’s Basketball Season By Mark Michaluk
all-CACC honors for the second straight season after being named to the first team in his freshman season with Holy Family. Ezell averaged 13.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game this season. He led the conference in total steals with 75 and ranked fifth among the Division II leaders.
Munoz earned all-CACC honors for the third time in his career. The three-time all-CACC selection earned Honorable Mention honors as a sophomore and received second team accolades last season as a junior. Munoz averaged a team-best 14.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game this season. He has totaled 74 three-pointers; second most in the CACC behind teammate senior Khiry Hankins (78). Munoz shot 35.9 percent from beyond the arc this season and .404-percent from the field. In his four-year career Munoz has totaled 1,559 points, which ranks seventh all-time. He also ranks third all-time with 281 made three-pointers establishing himself as one of the program’s top three-point shooters. It is no secret that the team greatly improved last season. The team really came into its’ own this year, tallying up more wins and advancing further into the CACC playoffs. The younger players began to show maturity and leadership on the court. There is no doubt in any student, alumni, coach or faculty member’s mind that the Tigers can’t cut the net and bring home the banner next season. At Holy Family, we strive for excellence and pursue success and persevere over adversity. We hope to show the CACC and Philly U., that we are a team to watch out for next season. We are on the hunt for the 2014-2015 Championship and we won’t stop until we take what is ours! The Holy Family community wishes for the continued success of Ervin Ezell, Alberto Munoz, and Khiry Hankins and the best of luck in their future endeavors. Photo courtesy of Holy Family University Athletics
In their 2012-2013 season, Holy Family’s men’s basketball team went 18-10 overall with a .643 winning percentage. The Tigers finished with an in-conference record of 13-4, going 10-3 at home. Though they had a decent season, they went on to lose in the CACC semifinals to secondranked Bloomfield College. This year, Holy Family hoped to change history for the better and hang a banner up high in the Campus Center gym. They improved to a 21-10 record, to go with a .667 winning percentage. The Tigers finished with an inconference record of 13-6. They decided to change history this year by beating Bloomfield College, 62-51, as they lost the year before. Ervin Ezell had this to say after the win, “This is what we set out to do all year. Everyone said we couldn’t get to the championship game and it feels good to prove those naysayers wrong. It’s my senior year and along with Kyrie, Ben, and Berto, this is what we aimed to do, to get to ‘the show’.” Unfortunately, Holy Family lost the championship game to Philadelphia University, 42-41, after a buzzer-beating, full-court three swished the net by Ezell. Coach Kehoe had this to say after the game, “Envisioning is the tool that paints the picture. I believe we have the talent to come back next year even stronger and win it all. I want to thank all of the seniors for all they have done for the program and our school. They will always be part of our team and our continued success. They will always be Tigers!” Win or lose, Holy Family still had a remarkable season. Senior guards Alberto Munoz and Ezell were named to the CACC second team as voted by the conference’s 14 head coaches. The duo has helped lead Holy Family to a 2010 regular season; the team’s first 20-win campaign since the 2007-08 season. Ezell is earning
Ezell has been a huge factor in the Tigers’ topranked defense this season. Holy Family was second in the nation in field-goal percentage defense (.378) and sixth in scoring defense (63.0 ppg). In addition, the Tigers were third in blocks per game (5.9) and seventh in steals (9.7). In his two seasons with Holy Family, Ezell has totaled 857 points (15.0 ppg), 209 rebounds (3.7 rpg), 287 assists and 158 steals.
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A Recap of the Women’s Basketball Season By Mark Michaluk
In the 2012-2013 season, Holy Family’s women’s basketball team went 28-3 overall with a .903 winning percentage. The Tigers finished with an in-conference record of 18-1, going undefeated at home 14-0. Though they had a great season, they went on to lose in the CACC semifinals to No. 1 Bentley University, 56-85. This year, Holy Family hoped to continue their success. The Tigers hoped to have more of the same success and make it to the CACC Championship game. The Tigers posted an 18-10 record with a 15-4 in-conference record, going 9-4 at home. The Tigers beat Felician College in the CACC quarterfinals, 71-50. Senior Mary McCollum said after the win, “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. Today we made it happen!” As the game began, head coach Mark Miller said in the team’s huddle, “It’s game day! Rise to the occasion! We control our own destiny! Let’s grab this win!” They went on to advance to the CACC semifinals but fell short to Bloomfield College, 62-47. After the loss, Carolyne Heston stated, “Not just as a senior, but as a player, this is one of the world’s worst feelings. I’m sure of it.” The team was crushed. Senior Maggie Serratelli, optimistically said, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
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The Tigers have many young players and are rebuilding to be on top next year. With all of the young talent they have, success will not be out of reach. Holy Family University had five student-athletes named to the 2013-14 CACC Winter AllAcademic team. A total of 37 student-athletes from the 14-member institution earned a place on this year’s team, which is the largest number of winter sport student-athlete selection named to the conference’s all-academic teams since the honor was established in 2004-2005. Six student-athletes were named to the AllAcademic team for the third time in their respective careers, including two Holy Family seniors, Mary Ellen McCollum and Heston. In addition, 11 other student-athletes were repeat selections, including juniors Reagan Jewell and Sarah Pawlak. Sophomore Kim Legen joined the list of 20 student-athletes receiving All-Academic accolades for the first time. In order to be named to the CACC All-Academic team, recipients must have participated in a CACC Championship sport in the winter season. They had to be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have been a stu-
dent-athlete at their current school for at least two semesters, and have achieved a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.50 or higher through the fall semester. Sophomore Erin Fenningham was named to
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the All- CACC third team, while McCollum was named Honorable Mention as voted by the conference’s 14 head coaches. Fenningham is earning All-CACC honors for the first time in her career as she compiled a career season, setting new marks in a number of categories. In 27 games, including 21 starts she averaged a career-high 11.3 points per game, which led the team. On February 22, Fenningham scored a career-high 21 points at Nyack College and scored in double-figures in seven of her last eight games. McCollum is also earning All-CACC honors for the first time in her career. This season, McCollum averaged a career-high 9.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. She also totaled 243 points, 167 rebounds, 68 assists and 20 steals. She set a new career mark with 55 made free throws (55-69). This season, McCollum recorded the first two double-doubles of her career, highlighted with a 28-point/12-rebound performance against cross-town rival Philadelphia University. In her four-year career, McCollum has totaled 721 points, 426 rebounds, 250 assists and 105 steals in 121 career games. As of next season, we hope to show the CACC that we are a team to watch out for next season. The Holy Family community wishes for the continued success of Mary McCollum, Maggie Sterrelli, and Carolyne Heston the best of luck in their future endeavors.
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