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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER

The Etownian

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Vol. 109. Issue 19

Thursday, April 18, 2013

OPINION How not to de-stress at the end of this semester | PAGE 8

FEATURES ‘Putnam County Spelling Bee’ opens in Tempest Threatre | PAGE 4

Distinguished students, leaders, honored at annual ceremony

Award & Scholarship Recipients Campus-Wide Entrepreneurship Scholarship: Bruchette Myrtil, Quinn Gondek Nuts About Granola Innovation Scholarship: Faith Walter Student Senate Scholarships: Carole Isaak: Sarah Creme; Lisa L. Koogle: Laura Kleindienst; Richard Crocker: Mark Clapper; Walter B. Shaw: Adam Moore; Baugher Avenue: Bhim Thapaliya; Ginger Groff: Robin Kreiser; Tom Bowersox: Jillian Casey Resident Assistant of the Year: Robert Otto SDLC Award: The Dream House SWEET Distinguished Service Award: Tanya Miller Better Together Interfaith Service and Leadership: Dr. Jeffrey Long, Ms. Monae Kelsey, Jessica Leidy, Tetiena Harley Amos B. Curry Award: Kate Holsopple, Jordan Dodson Rufus P. Bucher II Award: Donte McCrary-McClain, Beth Kenney Called to Lead: Kristina DiGaetano, Laura Grube, Jen Hughes, Betty Lai, Amanda Latshaw, Christine Nagle, Kristin Peachey, Sarah Steinmetz, Jessica Swank, Alyson Thorp, Min Han Tun, Kelly Van Clief, Kathleen Yelland

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n April 17, students, faculty and staff gathered in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center for the College’s 35th Annual Awards Ceremony. Students of distinction as well as scholarship winners and leaders were awarded for their accomplishments and commitment to service.

Featured above are some of the distinguished

student award winners. All of the recipients honored at the ceremony are in good academic standing and have displayed excellence in academia, service, leadership and commitment to the College’s motto, “Educate for Service.”

Listed are the award winners for the ‘12-’13 academic year.

Student Group Leadership: SIFE Advisor Leadership: Dr. Amy Milligan Leader on the Horizon: Brittany Pressley, Erik Cianci Exemplary Leadership: Brianna Wiest, Robert Graham Omnia Leadership: Rustin Dudley, Paul Whitman Distinguished Student Awards: Gates Failing, Samantha Poremba, Amanda Watson, Meghan Donohue, Jessica Leidy, Julia Carboni, Duc Dam, Jillian Casey, Donte McCrary-McClain, Lauren Stine Points of Distinction: Julia Ward

Nobel Laureate Gbowee presents at Ware Lecture

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by SARAH WERTZ

lizabethtown College welc om e d L e y m a h G b owe e, Nobel Laureate, as the keynote speaker for the 2013 Ware Lecture on Peacemaking. The lecture was held April 17 at the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at the College. Dr. April Kelly-

Woessner, associate professor and department chair of political science, held a discussion following Gbowee’s lecture. The lecture was free and open to the public, and was sponsored by the College’s Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking.

Gbowee is now the executive director of the Women Peace and

Security Network Africa, which is based in Accra, Ghana. This program builds relationships across the West African sub-region to prevent, avoid and end conflicts involving women. She is a founding member and former coordinator of the Women in Peacebuilding Program/West African Network for Peacebuilding (WIPNET/

WANEP). She also served as the commissioner-designate for the Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Gbowee is a peace activist responsible for helping bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.

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Take Back the Night raises awareness on campus

by PAIGE NEIDIG

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ake Back the Night, a walk to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus, will be held Wednesday, April 24 at 8:00 p.m. The walk will begin and conclude on the Brossman Commons Terrace. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend the walk and show support for victims of sexual violence.

Take Back the Night will begin with a pre-walk rally to discuss sexual assault on campus. Attendees who want to speak about the issue are encouraged to do so during the rally.

After the rally, the group will walk around the Elizabethtown College campus to take back the night from sexual violence.

Junior Katherine Tripp, a sociology and anthropology major with a minor in women and gender studies, is working with Dr. Rita Shah, assistant professor of sociology, in planning this event. “The walk is a statement that this is our campus and we have the right to feel safe on it,” Tripp said.

When the group returns to the BSC Terrace, there will be concluding comments and the floor will once again be open for any additional remarks.

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Springtime in Elizabethtown Casey receives Fulbright Scholarship

by KELCI SCANNAPIECO

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Photo: Leah Nissley

Spring has sprung at Elizabethtown College. Students and faculty alike have been enjoying the weather with outdoor class periods, and students can be seen relaxing and studying on the BSC terrace, as well as on the Dell. With a month left until graduation, seniors are making sure they enjoy their last weeks at Etown. Share your photos with us: @etownian and @etowncollege.

enior Jill Casey recently received a Fulbright Scholarship, which will allow her to attend Aberystwyth University in Wales.

This scholarship will aid Casey in her journey toward achieving her Master’s Degree in international relations.

The Fulbright Program is the f lagship international education exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries,” according to the Fulbright Scholar Program website. Nearly 310,000 participants are chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential. The program allows these participants to study, teach, conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to f inding solutions to shared international concerns. The primar y source of funding for the Fulbright Program

Photo: Katie Brumbach

Senior Jill Casey will use her Fulbright Scholarship to attend Aberystwyth University in Wales.

is an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the Department of State.

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International Assoc. of Business Communicators returns to campus

by JACLYN FARRELL

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he emergence of the International Association of Business Communicators Elizabethtown Student Chapter introduced many opportunities for students at their “Mocktail Hour” kick-off event on April 17 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Hoover 110. The new club introduced students to everything the association has to offer, from networking and making connections with professionals to personal

benefits for the future. Juniors Dina Dispensiere and Jessica Sassani and senior Ameeda Lor worked very hard to bring an IABC Student Chapter to the College. Dispensiere shared the inspiration behind the new club. “I was excited for the opportunity to bring this club to Etown and hope that students become involved and see the opportunities that IABC has to offer them,” she said.

The coordinators hoped for a successful turnout. “I would like about an even number of business and communications students to come since they are our target audience. I am

also hoping that the students will stay throughout the event and that most of the attendees become more involved with the club,” Dispensiere said. The mocktail event is only the beginning. “We hope to get at least 20 students to come to the mocktail event and 15 to join the club,” Sassani said. “I hope the weather is nice and hot on the day of our event, so that can initiate students to come out and grab cool ‘mocktail.’ Who would not want to be part of something so life-changing?” Lor said.

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IABC holds ‘mocktail’ event to reintroduces student chapter of once-popular organization The three upperclassmen realized in their Advanced Public Relations class how instrumental and important IABC is and decided to bring back the once-popular club. “IABC Student Chapter Elizabethtown College began a long time ago but due to failed attempts to re-vamp the student chapter on campus, the club has died off,” Lor said. The group’s determined efforts are clear in the many outlets they have utilized to spread the word about Etown’s IABC Student Chapter.

The Communications and Business skills they have acquired over the years have led up to this project, and the event is representative of their readiness for the future. Through marketing outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, the group names the three main reasons to join IABC. Students will be able to connect and network with professionals, enhance their knowledge and skills and access a hidden global job market.

“We had some difficulties, or some bumps on the way of making this event possible, but I am working with an awesome group and they are on top of everything and doing the best they can,” Lor said. The workload was tough, but rewarding at the same time. “It has been very educational and challenging. I have had to schedule, plan and create materials for this event.

This is getting my team and I getting some real world experience with event planning, public relations and advertising,” Dispensiere said. The group ultimately enjoyed the experience, but was very anxious about the turnout. “I enjoyed the process and am hopeful that the event will be a success and students will want to join the club,” Sassani said.

The club has two advisors whose help the students appreciate very much. Much of the success can also be attributed to Dr. Kelly Poniatowski, their Advanced Public Relations professor, and Dr. Tamara Gillis who has been involved in IABC for a long time and supports the club’s future goals. “We first want the College to recognize our club. After that, we want to inspire students to join. In the future, we have

Casey, a political science major with a minor in economics and international relations, began applying for the scholarship in the spring of her junior year after she returned home from studying abroad for a semester. Casey’s spring semester last year consisted of practicing, writing and revising personal statements and statements of grant purpose every week. “A big part of the process was figuring out what I wanted to do with my life and what programs I would be a good fit for,” Casey said. “A lot of it was based on reflection from studying abroad.”

“A big part of the process was figuring out what I wanted to do with my life and what programs I would be a good fit for. A lot of it was based on reflection from studying abroad.”

Photos: Whitney Rufo, Jill Norris

Dina Dispensiere, Jessica Sassani and Ameeda Lor reenergized Etown’s IABC student chapter by hosting a “Mocktail Hour” on Wednesday, April 17. After realizing how instrumental IABC is, the three upperclassmen decided it would be best to bring back the once-popular club.

not discussed our goals specifically but we do have amazing and creative ideas,” Lor said.

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Peace activist discusses ending 2003 Liberian Civil War at Ware Lecture

Photo: Leah Nissley

Lehmah Gbowee, the executive director of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa, served as the keynote speaker for Elizabethtown College’s 2013 Ware Lecture on Peacemaking.The event, which took place on April 17 in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, also featured a discussion between Gbowee and Dr. April Kelly-Woessner, associate professor and department chair of political science.

T h e e f f or t s of h e r s e l f a n d h e r collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf helped bring a period of peace and enable a free election in 2005 that Sirleaf won. This made Liberia the first nation in Africa to have a female president. Gbowee also helped organize the Liberian Mass Action for Peace in 2003, an alliance of both Christian and Muslim women. The group rallied together in protests which included confronting Liberia’s ruthless leaders. In 2011, Gbowee was named the

Scholarship funds Master’s study in Wales

Nobel Peace Laureate and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman. Gbowee has emerged as an international leader who changed history. In 2012, the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa was established in her honor. Along with those awards and distinctions, she has also been granted various other peace awards for courageous commitment and the Blue Ribbon for Peace award among others.

“Mighty Be Our Powers” is Gbowee’s

full story in her own words. It informs audiences of up-to-date knowledge about Gbowee’s now multinational efforts to empower women and help bring peace to their home countries. The book is a very personal response to adversity including despair, hope and exhaustion.

It deals with the hard choices between family and work and the decisions that have to be made as an admired leader of a civilian protest.

~ Jill Casey

Casey sat through two Elizabethtown College faculty committee inter views as part of the application process. After they accepted her interview, Casey attended an official Fulbright interview where they graded her on a scale of one to four pertaining to specific qualities Fulbright strives for in their candidates.

Fulbright is concerned with students who have strong academics, but they also search deeper than just a candidate’s level of intelligence. “The main point of Fulbright is to foster cultural exchange,” Casey said. “They want people who are open-minded and really want to be engaged in the country’s community.” Fulbright searches for candidates with confidence in their ability to survive on their own in a foreign country because Fulbright often takes a hands-off approach to the learning process.

For the Fulbright Scholarship application itself, Casey submitted a personal statement and a statement of grant purpose to explain the type of research she would be conducting in an international setting. Casey’s application was recommended by the U.S. Commission in January of this year and it was transferred over to the country’s commission. The U.K. Commission ultimately decides which students they want for each particular Fulbright Scholarship and they complete this process through a phone interview.

Casey was called at the end of February for a telephone interview.

The U.K. Commission picks which participants will be awarded the scholarships, but the U.S. State Department is the final decision-maker. Casey received an email from the U.K. Commission stating they had picked their finalists, but she had to wait a few days to hear from the U.S. State Department. Finally, she received an email from the U.S. State Department in March verifying that she had officially received the Fulbright Scholarship.

There are grants awarded by Fulbright belonging to several different categories and Casey received the U.S. Student Grant with a U.K. partnership.

Casey believes the paper application played a large part in her receiving the scholarship. “I think they were looking for someone who has a very specific research interest and knows what they want to do,” Casey said. “Fulbright really emphasizes on the phrase of ‘life trajectory,’ meaning you really have to spell out what your career goals are.”

Dr. Kyle Kopko, an assistant professor of political science and the director of the pre-law program at Etown, supported Casey through the duration of the application process. He added to Casey’s confidence to apply for the scholarship. She also worked closely with Joel Janisewski, the assistant director of prestigious scholarships and fellowships on campus. “The committee at Etown really made me figure out what my focus was going to be targeted toward,” Casey said.

Casey wants to focus her research on SubSaharan Africa and conduct her work within development studies. “I studied abroad in the Gambia and that piqued my interest in working with development studies,” Casey said. When she returns to the United States, Casey hopes to study international law and work with issues concerning developing countries.

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Jays present work at Education Without Borders international conference

by ALEXIS HERRICK

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rom March 25-28, five Elizabethtown College students attended a conference for peace entitled Education Without Borders that was held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

S e n i o r s Je n n i f e r Hu g h e s , Min Han Tun, Matthew Seeley, Christine Nagle and international student Emer Cordoba Cuevas were the students selected to attend. Hughes and Cordoba Cuevas were chosen to be two of only 30 pres enters at t he conference, while Tun, Seeley and Nagle were selected as delegates within a group of 180. The students had to submit applications and letters of recommendation to be accepted to attend the conference.

Many people submitted their work in hopes of being chosen as presenters.

Students could submit papers, posters or short documentaries.

Education Without Borders is an organization with the goal to use education to craft a more just and caring world. “The Conference was designed to increase international collaboration to help find solutions for the world’s biggest

problems,” Nagle said. Education Without Borders hopes to achieve this through international action and co op erat ion fo c us e d on development in the southern countries of the world.

“Dubai is a very futuristic city with high ambitions to become a major metropolitan through infrastructure and intellectuals,” Min Tun said. The United States had presenters from colleges all across the nation, including Vanderbilt University, University of South Florida, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and University of Southern California.

The delegates and participants were able to listen to the ideas of the student presenters on the second day of the conference.

T he c on fe re nc e it s el f w as started in 2001 by a group of students in Abu Dhabi who had a dream for higher education.

The international conference is sponsored by the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT). The HCT was the first higher education institution in Oman and has grown rapidly throughout the ye ars, now exp anding to 17 different campuses throughout the country. The company funds the conference because it directly

supports the ideals and goals it has for higher education in the UAE. The first day of the conference was the Festival of Thinkers, hosted by the students of the HCT. The students were able to listen to ideas presented by prominent figures such as former Prime Minister Tony Blair and CNN reporters. They were also able to obtain a wealth of scientific k n ow l e d g e f rom a p an e l of Nobel Laureates of the sciences discussing healthcare options and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education; these speakers informed the students of their experiences and what they had learned in their years working in this very important field. They focused on the ways that these ideas could benefit the southern countries that were in need.

On the second day of the conference, students were able to listen to their peers present on their research, including Cordoba Cuevas and Hughes, who presented on a paper entitled “Overcoming Poverty’s SocialEmotional Limitations through Music Education and Community Performance.” The paper discussed the importance of music education

and highlighted its power to combat poverty. “Music education is a very important topic that has remained inefficiently explored in order to encourage personal development, to promote personal values and to manage positive changes that deeply impacts poor people in developing countries,” Cuevas wrote in his abstract.

Hughes presented a paper entitled “Building Blocks of a Sustainable Greater Good: University Developed S ocial Solutions.” Her paper illustrated a proposal for a social business program within universities. “It was very inspiring to listen to individuals present on topics they are passionate about and bring forth new ideas on improving the world,” Nagle said. This program would challenge students academically, cause them to obtain business and teamwork experience and become culturally immersed in education abroad. It also focuses on building social relationships in an educational environment.

The students also had the opportunity to listen to members of the royal family and the vice president and minister of culture and education speak about the future for the UAE with regard to

education and development. They sat in on panel discussions as well as listened to individual speakers.

Those on the trip said that one of their favorite aspects of the trip was getting to converse with the people and UAE students about the subjects discussed. “There are so many stereotypes about people, but at the end of the day, we really have so much in common that we can work together and get along,” Nagel said.

Tun advises Etown students to apply to attend this conference next year saying that it is a wonderful place to explore. The students were able to learn so much in such a short time about the ways that college students are actively trying to make a difference in this world for the less fortunate. More information about the conference and the application process can be found on the Education Without Borders website at http://ewb. hct.ac.ae/. “I was inspired by the diverse array of students who are not only passionate about helping the world, but are taking tangible steps to improve the status quo,” Nagel said. Of course real change is a major undertaking, but working together we can begin to make a difference.”

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Event includes walk, rally to support victims of sexual violence Before and after the walk, information will be given to students about the resources available on campus and in the Etown community for victims of sexual assault. Pamphlets about sexual assault will be available at Take Back the Night. In addition, Counseling Services is always available to students who want to discuss incidents of sexual assault or any other concerns they have.

There are domestic violence hotlines that can be called as well if a victim of sexual violence needs help.

“Students should know that if a professor hears of an incident of sexual violence, the professor is required to ask about it, and, if you tell them, which you don’t have to, they are required to report it,” Tripp said. “If a student ever feels threatened I encourage them to call Campus

Security or use the blue boxes. If students are off campus, don’t hesitate to call the police.”

According to the HealthyLife Student SelfCare Guide on the College’s website, “Sexual assault is an unlawful act that may involve the touching of intimate body parts, sexual intimidation, or forced sexual penetration. Force may be by verbal threats, physical restraint or violence.” It is estimated that between 20 and 25 percent of women in higher educational institutions are victims of attempted or completed rape over the course of a college career, according to the National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. However, women aren’t the only victims. In a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control of 5,000 college students at over 100 colleges, four percent of men said they were

Group holds elections, prepares for 2013-2014 school year

Student Senate

by KRISTEN LACAILLADE

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enate is preparing for the next school year by beginning to elect new officers into Executive Cabinet positions. On Monday, senators Robert Graham, Andrew Herm, Caitlyn Whirt and Tyler Kunkle gave their speeches during Senate’s Spring Campaign in Steinman 114 (BLR). Voting is currently open for these four candidates until today at 5:00 p.m. on Blackboard. Please take the time to vote whether or not you agree with these candidates being the ones to represent you and advocate for your rights as a student for the 2013-2014 academic year. Every vote counts!

For those students not running for an Executive Cabinet position, petitions are now available in the folder outside of Mail Services for sophomore, junior and senior Senate spots. Each class consists of 12 members ­— four cabinet members (president, vice president, secretary and treasurer) and eight class representatives.

Any student who attends Elizabethtown College is eligible to run for a position, as long as he or she is a full-time student (enrolled in 12 credits or more),

and is not on either academic or disciplinary probation. These petitions are to be signed by 25 members of the same class for which you are running and are due Thursday, April 25 by 5 p.m. to mailbox #1047.

As Senate wraps up the end of the year, senators are tying up loose ends by finishing committee work and looking forward to picking up where they left off beginning in the fall with continued work and welcoming new initiatives.

Senate will also remain under the current structure, as the initiative brought about by Senators Sean Post and Seth Previty did not pass by a vote within the Senate body.

This option may be explored again in the future.

As the year comes to a close, I would like to take some time to say that it has been nothing short of an absolute pleasure to have the opportunity to serve the students of Etown and the campus community as both the Student Senate Executive Cabinet Vice President and Elections Chair this year. Having been a part of Student Senate for the past two and half years in various positions has allowed me to truly make an impact and advocate student rights on campus.

at some time in their life forced to have sexual intercourse against their will. With that being said, Take Back the Night is an event relevant to all students on campus.

Tripp wants students to know that they are not alone if they do become victims of sexual assault. There is a support system in line. In a survey done by the Department of Justice, it was estimated that less than five percent of completed and attempted rapes of college females in the United States are reported to the police or campus officials. “I do not want students to be afraid to report incidents of sexual violence,” Tripp said. “There are plenty of individuals around who can and want to help. If students on campus know that there is a community of support behind them and know what the

resources are, then if they, or anyone they know ever becomes a victim, they will know where to turn to get help, and maybe they won’t be afraid to do so.”

Tripp has received support from multiple academic departments on campus as well as Student Wellness and the Office of Diversity.

Both students and faculty on campus have offered to help. The campus has really been pulling together to make this event happen. “I am appreciative of all the support that has been offered to me and could not have put this event on without it,” Tripp said.

For more information on sexual assault and violence and how to get help, visit The United States Department of Justice sexual assault page at ovw.usdoj.gov/sexassault.htm.help.

Career Services offers job shadowing opportunities in D.C.

by COREY ASPRIL

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n April 18, sophomores at Elizabethtown College are getting an extraordinary experience thanks to Career Services. Sophomore students will be able to meet professionals to shadow during a day dubbed Shadow Day in a career that might interest them. Students have preregistered to take this trip to Washington, D.C. While in Washington, D.C., students will be able to get a more in-depth feel of what it is like to work in the career they would like to have.

This is the fourth annual Shadow Day Career Services has offered to students. Previous Shadow Days that Career Services coordinated were in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and the Hershey area. All four of the previous Shadow Days had a big impact on the students who have gone to these events, which is why Career Services set up another day this year.

Typically for this event, twenty students go to examine and see what it could be like to immerse themselves in a field where they may be in the near future. Transportation is provided for the students who attend the event. When asked why he chose to attend this year’s Shadow Day, sophomore Seth Previty explained, “I chose this event because I saw it as a great opportunity to see what the work force is like, especially in D.C.

It was an opportunity I just could not pass up.”

The purpose of this event is to connect sophomores with an alumni of Etown in the areas that the students are interested in.

Students sign up for the trip and indicate Photo: Leah Nissley the areas of career Career Services held Shadow Day, where choice that most Elizabethtown College sophomores were interest them. Jane able to interact with working alumni in Nini, the director of the professional fields in which they hope Career Services, and to one day enter.

Caitlin Koller, who works in the office of Alumni Relations, then go to to expand their knowledge about work matching each student with what they could do once they a host in Washington D.C. Career graduate. “I am hoping to find Services had a networking event in out what path my shadow took March that had students practicing to get into law and what he would the networking skills that will help suggest for me. I’d also like to see them during the Shadow Day. what the type of law firm he works “I believe this job shadow at is like,” Previty said. experience will be an extreme With this great opportunity, benefit to students, as it will take these students will be able to them out of their comfort zone experience more of an in-depth and show them what their lives feeling of what it is like to have a could look like in a few years,” career in a certain field. With the Austin Whitlock, a sophomore alumni and other professional communications student, said. help this event will help many Alumni were invited to the event as students understand life after well to assist students in practicing college and in the real world. introductions and interacting with Career Services holds this the invited alums they will meet. opportunity every year and Some of the students hope to they encourage more and more find what they are looking for or students to join the experience.

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‘Spelling Bee’ premieres in Tempest Theatre

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dolescence. A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-C-E. Adolescence.

For some middle school students who are going through adolescence, winning the school spelling bee is a dream. This particular dream is shared by six middle-schoolers who have qualified for the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by winning or placing at each of their school’s spelling bees. These soon-to-be-teenagers are motivated by their own reasons to win the Putnam County Spelling Bee, but there can only be one winner. As spellers are eliminated throughout the Bee, they find their own progress, realizing that winning is not everything.

The Elizabethtown College fine and performing arts department presents the musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Director of Theatre and Dance and Associate Professor of Theatre Michael Swanson is the director of the musical. Swanson is also a member of the play selection committee, which consists of three faculty members and two theatre students, who collaboratively chose this musical for production.

“We chose this play because it was our year to stage a musical, which we produce every other year, and because this musical was a favorite of most committee members due to its great story, lively comedy, hummable music and its interaction with audience members,” Swanson said.

The competition is held in the Putnam County High School gymnasium. The judges are Rona Lisa Peretti and Vice Principal Douglas Panch, played by sophomore Taylor Luckenbill and firstyear Tom White, respectively. Rona is a former Bee champion who returns to the Bee after becoming a successful realtor. Vice Principal Panch is interested in Rona, but Rona does not return the feelings. Their table is to the left of the gymnasium, while bleachers for the spellers are located to the right.

As the spellers enter, they receive their numbers and take their seats. Four audience members also become spellers, receive numbers and take their seats on the bleachers. Students’ names are called and the competition begins.

One of the Bee’s participants is Chip Tolentino, played by junior Mike Wawrzynek. Chip is at the Bee to defend his title from last year. However, when his name is called to spell his word, he is distracted by another speller’s attractive sister in the audience, falling victim to his male adolescent development.

Fortunately, Mitch Mahoney, played by senior Kyle Kovatch, is there to be the Official Comfort Counselor. As an ex-convict, Mitch is completing his community service at the Bee. He is there with a hug and a juice box for the eliminated contestants.

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In “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” first-year Kari Kurjiaka plays Logainne, a character under immense pressure by her fathers to win the Bee at all costs.The musical addresses many issues of adolescence, including familial pressures, puppy love, awkward attractions and the eventual triumph found in just being ourselves. Additional performances are scheduled for April 18 and 19.

At first he is grumpy and unenthusiastic, but he eventually learns to appreciate the Bee. The next speller to be eliminated is Leaf Coneybear, played by senior Eric Capece. Leaf is homeschooled and comes from a large family who often tease him that he is not smart. Although initially discouraged, he leaves the Bee with his head held high, knowing that he has proven that he truly is smart.

Marcy Park is the girl to beat at this year’s Bee. She has recently transferred to the area and she can do just about anything, including speaking six languages. Marcy, played by first-year Kara Bauer, is pushed to succeed in everything, and therefore, she is expected to win the Bee. “Marcy is the ‘perfect child’ but she really dislikes the fact that she is constantly winning everything,” Bauer said.

Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere, another Bee participant, is played by first-year Kari Kurjiaka. Logainne is the youngest and most politically-aware speller. Her overbearing fathers pressure her to win at all costs, but Logainne is satisfied with trying her best.

The remaining two characters are Olive Ostrovsky and William Barfée, played by sophomore Theresa Forcellini and first-year Luke Smith, respectively. These two spellers develop a

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mutual crush during the Bee and become good friends. Olive’s parents are not able to make the Bee, and this pulls at her emotions throughout the competition. “She’s on the quiet side and sympathetic, but enthusiastic when it comes to her passions,” Forcellini said. She finds comfort in knowing that she has found a friend in William. William uses an unusual technique to help him spell that he calls the “magic foot.”

Throughout the Putnam County Spelling Bee, each of the spellers endures his or her own development in the sometimes awkward time of adolescence. The Etown students involved in the musical consistently demonstrate their enthusiasm and passion throughout the performances.

“It’s always a lot of fun to step outside of my own persona and become someone else for a bit,” Smith said.

The musical often takes audience members back to their adolescence and middle school years. “It’s also a play with quirky characters played well by a unique group of actors, and I believe that those individual performances will be remembered by audiences,” Swanson said.

Upcoming performances of the musical are scheduled for April 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. and April 21 at 2 p.m. in Tempest Theatre.

Columnist reflects on emergence of spring

by HANNAH BLECKER

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The Open Door Recital at the College is a unique and fun-filled experience for children of all ages, with or without special needs. Music therapy students at Etown plan, practice, and perform interactive pieces of music and song, even dressing up in colorful costumes and performing dance routines. The dances may correspond with the content, theme, or mood of a piece of music, as well as tell the story of the song’s characters using costumes and props of animals, flowers, and more. A reception followed the concert during which the children in the audience could meet their favorite performers.

et me begin this article by saying that I slept through Thursday’s night class (thinking it was Friday) and have been about five minutes late to greater than 50 percent of my classes this week (sorry Mom and Dad). It’s not because I’m lazy, it’s not because I’m unorganized or set my alarm for too late or insist on showering every morning before class. Nope, it’s all because of nature.

Here’s looking at you, spring.

Never before has something been able to completely destroy my willpower to do anything school-related like the first stretch of warm weather.

The Dell comes to life with Frisbees and blankets and really how am I supposed to stay inside and write papers due next week when I could be in a bandeau and shorts soaking up some rays?

We all know that studying outside doesn’t work. You’re all ambitious about taking your books outside, laying all your notes out on whatever blanket you found first. Music, you think. Yeah, that will help. Results from the lab (personal experience) find that’s actually the worst choice you can make. Once my Dirty Heads playlist starts streaming from my speakers, it’s game over. Music leads to closing your eyes, and before you know it you’re jolted out of what started as a mid-afternoon nap by a phone call asking why you’re not at dinner yet.

There’s also that smell of spring:

a crisp, floral aroma that especially seems to waft its way into the air in the area by the BSC where those thick stone benches are. Framed by trees (magnolias maybe?) you can almost feel the sun shining and breeze blowing on your face just by walking through this little corridor, no matter the time of day. I think it’s one of my favorite places on campus, and I wish those benches weren’t so ungodly uncomfortable and in a spot where you kind of have to say hello to everyone who goes by.

Even though schoolwork is getting more difficult to complete with every passing day, somehow it all gets done by the end of the semester.

As of right now, I’m still in my bed at 1:49 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon with two papers due this week. I might be a little stressed out, but I enjoyed watching Saturday’s double headers, cruising with the top down on my Jeep and singing my heart out to “God Bless the U.S.A.” last night way more than I care about work that I know will get done. Maybe my priorities are wrong to some, but I always tell my parents and friends that I would much rather have a great college experience that I can speak passionately about than a 4.0 earned slaving away in the library.

So, the moral of my story, fellow Jays? Walk in the grass barefoot. Take a drive with your windows down and music up. Say yes to all of the opportunities that come your way in the next few weeks. We’ve all heard the old line: the work never ends, but college does; and this year is slipping away as we speak.

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‘Pitch Like A Girl’ addresses gender identity, encourages women to ‘pitch’

by JILL NORRIS

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re you pink or blue? This was the first question posed by senior and self-proclaimed feminist Sarah Steinmetz during her April 9 presentation on “Pitch like a Girl: How a Woman can be Herself and Still Succeed,” a book written by Ronna Lichtenberg. The overall theme of the book appeared to be not only that of empowering women to effectively function within the workplace, but also of teaching them how to most easily reach their career-based goals.

After defining “pitching” as getting the attention of investors, expressing an idea and/or asking for a raise or promotion, Steinmetz passed out a 15-question quiz to help attendees discover which color category they fell under, blue or pink. The yes-or-no questionnaire focused on students’ behavior when interacting with others in both professional and social settings.

Steinmetz explained that students who answered “yes” to the majority of “pink” questions typically want to connect with people on a personal level before doing business and enjoy publicly expressing themselves. Students who were categorized as “blue” tend to focus on getting their work done, are proud of their credentials and dress conservatively. This exercise was completed to show the audience how to look for personality-disclosing signs given off by employers and therefore know how to better communicate with them when pitching an idea or project.

According to the book, there are three things that hold women back in the workplace: biology, stereotypes and negative self-beliefs. Biology affects women because they are naturally more likely to value a relationship than men. Stereotypes can also easily contribute to negative self-beliefs because they can affect how women view the world, how they believe they should act within that setting and therefore how others believe they should behave as well. The specific stereotypes that Steinmetz mentioned were that a good woman is always modest, feminine, patient and polite and always puts the needs of others before her own.

After explaining the workplace handicaps that women face, Steinmetz turned to some of the advantages that they can have over men. These included the more natural abilities to multitask, effectively communicate, pick up on nonverbal cues, maintain relationships and access, process and talk about emotions.

In addition to explaining how to accurately understand the thought processes of those one is pitching to, the book also explained the do’s and don’ts when interacting with prospects, which Steinmetz defined as anyone who can help advance one’s goals. According to Steinmetz, anyone pitching an idea should offer benefits to prospects, acknowledge debts and refrain from neglecting those who initially say no, assuming that women will always support a pitch and approaching the most obvious prospect.

She also explained that, when approaching a prospect with a pitch, one should always express passion and happiness while negotiating, describe the benefits of the pitch and remember that no goal will be achieved if it is not actively sought after. Steinmetz also urged students to remember that an impressive appearance, a clear idea and effective communication skills will also help.

With the pitching process explained, Steinmetz then turned to the decision aspect of business deals.

If the answer is yes, she said that one should be sure to immediately close the deal and ask how and when the pitched idea should be put into effect and who else should help with the project. If the answer is maybe, she explained that it is important to show additional effort at work in order to impress employers and then pitch the idea again at another time. However, if the prospect declines an initial pitch, it is important not to push for it, but to think of another idea and keep from being discouraged.

Overall, Steinmetz did not place this book at the top of her recommendation list. Although she agreed with the author’s opinion that women must unjustly adapt to the male workforce, she did not enjoy the style in which the book was written. This is because of her personal distaste for what she described as a

Villella presents on author Stephen Covey’s ‘Seven Habits,’ offers advice

by RACHEL BARNES

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ave you ever felt stressed out about all the things you are experiencing in your life as a college student, but you do not know how to figure it all out? Toni Villella, director of student activities and campus recreation, recently facilitated a seminar on author Stephen Covey’s popular self-help book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” to explain how.

Villella began the seminar by asking the student audience if they knew what a paradigm was. Everyone looked at one another with a hazy expression of confusion; no one knew. Villella explained, then, that a paradigm is our own personal view of how we see the world, and each person sees how the world works through his or her own lens.

The one thing that people do in order to help them navigate through life is develop habits. “When people usually think of habits, they think of the negative ones,” Villella said. “However, habits are actually a good thing. You have to have them in order to work with other people.”

Villella then expanded upon the “seven habits” featured in the book. The habits can be divided into two categories: the private victories and the public victories. The private victories are more personal and what a person can do by himself or herself, whereas the public victories have more to do with a group and what they can achieve if they work well enough together.

Starting out with the private victories, the first habit is to “be proactive.” On the whiteboard at the front of the room, Villella wrote the words “stimulus” and “response,” and in the middle of the two words, she wrote down the phrase “freedom to choose.”

“In the middle of a stimulus and a response, there is a time where you have all the control to choose how you want to deal with the situation. And that is

very powerful,” Villella said. “However, we cannot worry about things that we cannot control.” One example of this would be that you can decide what you are going to wear, but you cannot control the weather. You decide to wear a T-shirt and a pair of shorts to class, but it is 40 degrees outside. When you step outside in the frigid weather, you can decide in that moment if you want to go back to your room to get a sweatshirt or keep walking to class and freeze to death.

That’s your decision.

“We cannot worry about the things that we cannot control.” ~ Toni Villella

The second habit is to “begin with the end in mind.” This habit is also related to the stimulus and response idea. In that moment when a person has the freedom to make the choice, he or she has to stop and think about what they want the end result to be. An important part is to figure out what matters to you. “In order to do this, you have to have discipline and be grounded,” Villella said. “It is a journey within itself, but it is an important quality to have when working with others.”

Putting “first things first” is the third habit and the final one in the category of private victories. This habit is divided into four quadrants: urgent and important, non-urgent but important, urgent and non-important, and non-urgent and non-important. It is said that most of your time should be spent in the second quadrant, because you are doing what is important to you, and you already have the other habits mentioned already in mind.

In the category of public victories, the fourth habit is to “think win-win.” Villella explained, “There is always a way to have a win-win, even when you are having a conflict with your roommate or whatever else. Just have the conversation.” She also said that boundaries have to be marked in order to do this. An example of this would be drawing up a roommate agreement when you first enter college.

The fifth habit is to “seek first to understand, then to be understood.” This means that when you are in conversation, you not only listen with your ears but also with your eyes and heart. In shorter terms, become an empathetic listener.

Try to think of life in the other person’s shoes first, and then react to whatever they are saying to you.

“Synergize” is the sixth habit. The definition of synergy is that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. “It is about building trust and cooperation,” Villella said. “It is about saying ‘I’m great, you’re great. We’re awesome.’” An example would be how the members of a sports team are good individually, but how they are awesome when they come together.

The final habit is to “sharpen the saw.”

This last habit is about remembering that you are a lifelong learner and need to take care of yourself. “You keep cutting the wood, but if you take time to change the blade, it would be easier,” Villella said. The saw is a metaphor for how people need to take care of themselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The events and attractions included in the OSA calendar of events, she said, can fulfill all four of these things.

After the discussion, sophomore Caroline Montfort described why she wanted to come to this seminar. “It is my favorite book of all time,” Montfort said. “I try to live the way that the book describes.”

Etown students can surely benefit from Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits” within their daily lives.

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During her seminar on author Ronna Lichtenberg’s “Pitch Like A Girl,” Sarah Steinmetz defined “pitching” as getting the attention of business professionals, expressing an idea or asking for a raise or promotion. Utilizing a fifteen-question quiz, Steinmetz attempted to alter audience perspective by using yes-or-no questions to determine behavior in professional and social settings.

self-help book.

At the conclusion of her presentation, she reminded the audience that women typically try to do everything for everyone else quickly and perfectly, which could also be harmful to the working woman. She stressed the importance of taking care of one’s own needs before trying to take care of others, as well as never forgetting or disregarding a personal or professional dream.

Ask Sarah

by SARAH KNIGHT Dear Sarah, Graduation is a bittersweet time of year. It is an incredibly sad time, because for those of us who have found great friends in upperclassmen, it’s a time when we feel as though we may never see our friends again. Now that the semester is beginning to draw to a close, I’m realizing that a few people I consider very dear to me are leaving the College to do bigger and better things, and this makes me very sad. How can an underclassman manage to stay in touch with friends who are graduating (in more meaningful ways than social media), and how can we deal with the struggles of being left behind?

Dear Anonymous, I went through this same deal last year, before I was an upperclassman and had upperclassman problems such as the vague, tinnitus-like ringing of anxiety constantly hovering behind me like the pale specter of death (I’ve hit a bit of an overly dramatic wall lately).

A mere year ago, junior Sarah was fresh faced and fancy free, save for the loss of, like, a ton of friends to Commencement.

They were all so chill and confident, and I thought that there was no way we’d lose touch — they had it so together, and being a post-grad would be so cool, and that social media would keep us connected so much like they never left. This, my dears, is a scandalous falsehood. This isn’t to say friends who graduate don’t value those left behind, but it’s different. I assumed there would be plenty of visit time, and fun road trips to see friends and get-togethers … but I’ve realized, just as they must have and I’m sure you will, that life after college is a 1000 percent different beast. It’s kind of like going to visit your old high school: it’s familiar, it’s where you’ve lived and grown, but it isn’t yours anymore. Even if you miss it, it’s not like college freshmen trek home a lot to visit their friends and teachers constantly. Getting acclimated to a new level of life takes time and effort.

Now, this all sounds very fatalistic. It’s not that I’m saying give up, your friendships are done for. I’m just arguing that it is just as much what you can do as what they can do. Talk to them, listen to where they’ll be and how huge and exciting and freaky life is becoming, and try to find where there will be spaces for you within it. Also remember that you, too, will be growing and changing and busy. Preplan, replan and remember not to totally dismiss the social media. You and your friends will have to establish a new rhythm, yeah, but it’s achievable. Those “upperclassmen” friends of mine? We keep in touch from time to time, and, while I miss them, I realize the next time I see them it’s gonna be cray. So talk, try, and don’t get discouraged. You’ll be there too, one day.

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Whitcas ’98 shares 14 years of experiences as TV producer a professional dancer or do I go into TV?” Deciding that TV was more stable than dance, Whitcas looked for a strong communications program that could help her learn more about the business. “The second I pulled up to the school and saw the wrought iron Elizabethtown College sign, the Dell and the fountain, I knew that this was my school,” Whitcas said. “I didn’t even want to go anywhere else.”

by VANESSA ANDREW

“I sent her my resume, and she called me saying, ‘If you have enough guts to go up to Jerry Springer and ask him for a job, you have enough guts to work here.’”

Photo: www.debwhitcas.net

Deborah Whitcas ’98 has been in the entertainment business for 15 years and attended the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2011. She was nominated for an Emmy Award as Supervising Producer for Divorce Court.

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ome people are born craving the spotlight. Since she was very young, Elizabethtown College alumna Deborah Whitcas ’98 exemplified this as she craved a job in entertainment. Now an Emmy-nominated television Producer with an impressive history involving a myriad of television stations including ABC, CBS Fox, Style/E and several more, Whitcas has made quite the impact in the business for someone so young.

Whitcas grew up in Cherry Hill, N.J. and began dancing at the age of three. Even in her early years, Whitcas knew she wanted to be on TV and asked her parents to find her an agent. Refusing this request, her mother wanted her to have a normal childhood filled with dance, sports, school plays and choirs. As a member of her high school TV Broadcast team, Whitcas was “hooked” as a weekly anchor reporting school news over the local city cable channel.

“When it was time to start thinking about careers, I knew I had to make a hard decision,” Whitcas said. “Do I become

Whitcas thrived at Etown, describing her experiences and friendships as “invaluable.” During her time on campus, she was a producer at ECTV for a show called “Now Showing,” mirroring the qualities of Entertainment Tonight, and was also the public relations director during her junior year, acting as an on-camera reporter for the campus news show, “Campus Beat.” Whitcas was also a DJ for WWEC, a member of the yearbook staff, assistant layout editor for the Etownian, a cheerleader and an “inaugural member” of Emotion.

“Like any college student, while I was there, I definitely went through some hard times, hard classes, bad breakups and let downs, but I think it was all just a part of the college experience and growing up,” Whitcas said. “It made me into the strong person I am today and the person who was able to step out in the real world and conquer it to the best of my ability.”

An advocate for the strong friendships and bonds that are made during the four years of college, Whitcas says that her Etown friends are still some of her “best friends to this day,” and that their support is something that she is exceedingly grateful for and that she would “do absolutely anything for any of them.” Though her graduation was 15 years ago, Whitcas recently became partners with her former Associate Producer at ECTV, Joseph Ruggieri `99, in Los Angeles, Ca. Along with several TV colleagues, the duo is teaming up again to develop a new reality TV show. “It just goes to show you that the Etown bond is strong … Even after all of these years!” Whitcas said.

Graduating as a communications major with a double concentration in mass media and public relations, as well as a minor in theatre, Whitcas describes her post-graduation experience as “lucky.” Saying also, “luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity,” Whitcas felt confident that her skills developed at Etown would help her to excel in the

TV world. Whitcas’ confidence helped her to land her first job, as she walked up to her first boss and asked for a job.

Spending her last spring break as a senior student in Jamaica, Whitcas attended one of the filmings for the “Jerry Springer” show and walked up to Springer himself and inquired about job openings.

“I introduced myself and seized the brief opportunity to tell him I was a senior TV major, was a fan of his show and then asked him if there was any job opportunities at his show,” Whitcas said. “He gave me a contact name to the internship coordinator on the show, I sent her my resume, and she called me saying, ‘If you have enough guts to go up to Jerry Springer and ask him for a job, you have enough guts to work here.’”

After two months as a summer intern, Whitcas was hired as a staff researcher and then became a producer after three years of working on the show. “Just proves my number one rule working in television—never be scared to ask for what you want and network, network, network!” Whitcas said.

“Everybody is somebody.”

Thriving as a producer, Whitcas does it all, from casting and booking, writing scripts, field producing, directing, red carpet reporting to post production and editing. “As a TV producer, I wear a lot of hats,” Whitcas said. “I’m the type of producer who likes to change it up and keep my skills fresh so I can be hired in a bunch of different positions at any time.”

Whitcas describes producing on a “freelance basis” and that “when you are working, you’re already looking for your next gig … because gigs don’t always start back to back.”

“In the 14 years I have been producing, I have worked on about 15 to 20 different shows, ranging from national and international shows to prime time and daytime shows,” Whitcas said. “I have had the chance to work with and interview several celebrities from Dr. Phil to Dr. Drew, to Finola Hughes, Mario Lopez, Danny Bonaduce, Chris O’Donell, Kaley Cuoco, Jenna Ushkowitz and Christina Applegate just to name a few. I have worked on TV Talk shows, Court Shows, and Reality shows, ranging from ‘Bridezillas’ to ‘Blind Date.’”

There are several accomplishments that Whitcas is especially proud of, including her Emmy nomination as Supervising Producer for Divorce Court at the 2010-2011 Daytime Emmys.

“I remember sitting in front of the entire ‘Sesame Street’ cast/crew when the voice of Oscar the Grouch won an Emmy, this 80 year-old man right behind me got up and started walking toward the stage,” Whitcas said. “I realized that this was most likely the same man who did the voice when I was a little girl and I started crying because I couldn’t even believe this was my life.”

Whitcas is currently “one ‘yes’ away” from her dream of being an executive producer for a show that she personally developed, and is developing and pitching her own TV shows to networks and production companies around Hollywood, Ca. Still a dancer, Whitcas also trains under Anna Trebunskaya from “Dancing with the Stars” as a competitive ballroom dancer, performing in her troupe at Trebunskaya’s dance studio, and performs throughout southern California. With her confidence and continued success, Whitcas maintains her connections with Etown and will be a Blue Jay. Always.

SDLC promotes organ donation, hopes to recruit more donors

by KYLE FOWLER

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pril 10 was just one of the many days the Give and Let Live SDLC campaigned for organ donation awareness, a project for which they have been researching and striving to recruit donors. “There are so many benefits to becoming an organ donor,” junior Alysia Overdorf, a member of the SDLC, said.

A few days ago, Overdorf and her roommates could be found in the BSC, working to distribute handouts. In addition, they displayed a poster board with various topics related to organ donation. The board provided three steps to becoming an organ donor: make a decision, share your decision with your family and register online at www.donors1.org/register. The board also included a background piece that provided information on the Give and Let Live SDLC and their goals for the project. The SDLC wishes to spread the word to the Etown community and to become an active part of the Gift of Life movement, offering support to families of donors and recipients.

The display featured quick facts on organ donation in case passers-by did not have time to stop and talk. Each day, 18 Americans die waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. Organ transplants have been successful for over 50 years. Each day, 77 Americans receive a lifesaving organ transplant. One donated tissue can enhance the lives of 50 people. Details such as these helped to put in perspective the sheer number of people who are in need of organ transplants in this country, and how just one donor can make a significant positive impact on many lives.

Several myths arise when discussing organ donation because many people do not have the correct information. For example, some believe that if a person is in an accident and a doctor or nurse sees that the person is an organ donor,

they will let that person die. According to one of the handouts that Overdorf and her roommates distributed, an individual needs to be in the hospital, on a ventilator and pronounced brain dead in order to donate organs.

Another myth that surrounds organ donation is that only rich and famous people can afford to get a transplant. This is not the case; most insurance companies cover major organ transplants, such as heart or lung transplants.

When considering becoming an organ donor, it is common for people to believe that it is unethical and conflicts with their religion. In many cases, this is not true. Catholicism, for example, views organ donation as an act of Courtesy Photo love and self-sacrifice for The Give and Let Live SDLC hopes to offer their support for the cause of organ donation and to increase the benefit and well-being the number of donors on campus.

The group provided free and factual information on organ donation, of others. “The Catholic including how to register as a donor, the laws and ethics of donation, and a few myths that warranted Church would promote the fact that there is a need a thorough debunking. They can often be seen around campus and in the community supporting and advocating for people to become organ donors. for organ donors and that Christians should accept this as a challenge to their generosity and importance of African-Americans in organ greatly increase the number of donors within fraternal love so long as ethical principles donation. According to Overdorf ’s handout, the campus community and support the are followed,” the late Pope John Paul II once more than 33,000 of the 115,000 people who cause in any way they are able. In addition to stated. Other religious groups such as Mus- require organ transplants are African-Ameri- providing information regarding organ donalims, the Anabaptists, Hindus and Jews also cans. African-Americans make up 13 percent tion, the group’s presentation offered tips to support organ donation. This being said, reli- of the U.S. population and 14 percent of all help prevent organ failure. Getting a blood gion, in many cases, supports the individual’s organ donors. However, African-Americans check twice a year, avoiding fried foods that decision to become active in organ donation. constituted 35 percent of all patients waiting clot arteries and being tested for illnesses like The final aspect of organ donation that the for kidney transplants in the past year. diabetes are simple but effective methods of Give and Let Live SDLC publicized was the Overdorf and her roommates hope to avoiding organ problems.

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April 18, 2013

Why merit scholarships should increase with the percentage that tuition does

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‘Putnam’ receives rave reviews, proves entertaining, successful

by TAYLOR KRIEDER

T Photo: Matthew Butera

by CHRISTIAN SAMMARTINO SAMANTHA WEISS

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t is no secret that college is an expensive experience. All of the financial data from the last 20 years proves that tuition is rising at an alarming rate. It can be easy to dissociate ourselves from the fact that these numbers directly impact our lives and the lives of our peers.

However, comprehending the gravity of the situation is crucial.

“For three decades the cost of college has seemed to do nothing but climb faster than the cost of living, based on the full prices that institutions publish,” New York Times writer Perez-Pena wrote.

“That amount, known as a sticker price, set records yet again this year, averaging $39,520 for private nonprofit colleges and $17,860 for public ones.”

Students planning on returning to Elizabethtown College next semester sighed and reached for their aching wallets when it was announced that Etown tuition would also be increased for the fall 2013 semester. The goals and intentions of the decision were laid out in a formal letter to the student body from President Strikwerda. The included excerpt speaks to the financial aid offered to students.

Students got to raise questions about the higher tuition in an open forum with the president, such as, “what tanigble changes are going to be made to the school” and “will scholarships change accordingly?” The answer to the latter question alarmed and even angered some students. No merit-based scholarships will be raised to accommodate the higher cost of attendance at Etown. However, it was made known at the Feb. 21 Open Forum, that in past years, scholarships have been adjusted to meet the higher need in correlation to higher tuition.

Merit-based scholarships, the business office explained, were never intended to change based on need. The intention was to reward outstanding students for excellent achievements, on top of the financial aid that the College and federal government hand out. A student will still be rewarded for his or her academic or athletic achievements with the same amount of money, but that amount will now put less of a dent in the bill.

T h e i d e a of on e’s c o l l e g e d e bt increasing has students wondering why

their efforts seem to have less financial worth than they have had in previous years.

Especially for students who do not qualify for federal aid packages or those students paying their own way through college, news of higher costs is frightening. Generally, even those who work to help defray the costs don’t have much money at their disposal.

One such student, sophomore Arianna Caraballo, lives with her single mother and says that the cost of an Etown education has severely damaged her credit. Not only was her mother’s credit damaged, but the situation with the Parent Plus Loan prevented her mother from receiving any additional loans. At this stage, Caraballo does not know if she will be able to continue her education at Etown. Her hopes of remaining a Blue Jay depend on obtaining extra summer

“The College is continuing to demonstrate our commitment to providing merit- and needbased scholarships to our students. In fall 2012, institutional aid increased by more than $1.8 million to $30 million, a 6.3 percent increase. Over the last three years, the College has offered more than $4 million in additional aid (a 15 percent increase) to assist our students.”

President Carl Strikwerda on financial aid

employment.

Changes in her scholarship status have also hindered her chances of remaining at Etown. After her first-year on campus, one of her scholarships for diversity was taken away. The total amount of the scholarship was $5,000.

“I saw on my actual financial aid that I had a diversity scholarship, and it just disappeared one day,” Caraballo said. “Once you get into the school they are kinda like I guess she is staying, we need to up our class and up the amount

the

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Dr. Kaneberg. She solidified my decision on wanting to be a social worker and is a very caring person. She makes her classroom a fun environment.

Kali Ryan ‘16

of people we have here. Why would you take money from people that are already devoted to the school, and to give it to people who don’t know if they will stay or not?”

According to OnlineCollege.org, the financial burden of college is forcing many young adults to make difficult choices about their careers and personal lives. Statistics say that about 40 percent of young adults delay buying a home, 14 percent delay marriage and 20 percent delay having children in response to rising college debt. And these numbers will continue to climb for Etown students if the College does not attempt to bridge the gap between the scholarships offered and the tuition owed.

“I didn’t really understand how the scholarship and tuition increase worked,” sophomore Bhim Thapaliya said.

While Thapaliya is disappointed in the

Dr. Lemley. She’s been working with me a lot to give me opportunities to better myself and become more experienced within my field of interest.

Molly Jones ‘14

policy about merit-based scholarships, he is glad to be a student at Etown.

However, he would like to see each student receive an increase in scholarship to match tuition increases.

The burden of college payments h a s m any stu d e nt s re c ons i d e r i ng their education, especially at a private institution such as Etown. Intelligence and talent should not be lost over minor discrepancies. The College may want to rethink its position on scholarship values to keep Etown students here.

Who is your favorite Etown professor?

Compiled by Katie Brumbach

Dr. Chung. He’s very interactive with students.

He likes what he teaches and he is really crazy.

He cares if the students are learning or not.

Alvaro Martinez ‘13

Dr. Smith. He was my FYS professor and I’ve always respected his teaching style. He tailors his classes to the students and what works for them.

Marcella Jones ‘14

he Elizabethtown College theatre program successfully presented its spring musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” It was performed in Tempest Theatre throughout the weekend of April 11, 12 and 13th.

If words alone cannot express to someone how wonderful this musical is, the awards it has won will. “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” was adapted by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics composed by William Finn. The musical is based off of a book written by Rachel Sheinkin and it received the 2006 Tony award for best script of a musical.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is a musical that not only keeps the audience’s attention but also involves them throughout the entire show. All the actors and actresses did an awesome job of interacting with the crowd.

The musical takes place in the Putnam County High School auditorium, home of the anthers. The musical reenacts a spelling bee and pokes fun at common jokes made at spelling competitions. It involves six “nerdy” kids, two equally as nerdy adults, a troublesome student, as well as three randomly selected people from the audience.

In the musical, audience members are asked to

“It’s such a fun, highenergy show to be able to perform, as well as the audience to be involved with. It’s definitely comedic, but it has its more serious and thoughtful moments as well.”

help in the production. While this is not a usual practice, it really added to the quirky feel of the musical.

Both the actors’ singing and pit band’s playing was spot on; the actors and actresses all had beautiful voices and the musicians did not miss a note. A lot of the songs were hilarious and had everyone in the audience laughing.

The performance was wonderful, but I can see how someone would not like this musical if they do not appreciate crude humor. The show, though about children, is for mature audiences.

“I really enjoyed the show. I thought it was really comical and it covered a lot of middle school troubles that many people have gone through. I think the only reason why people would not have liked it is because they did not understand the humor and the lighthearted theme of the musical,” first-year Karley Ice said.

At the end of the show, director Michael Swanson announced that anyone who wanted to meet or speak with the actors and actresses could wait in the Tempest Theatre. Swanson seemed pleased and rightly so, because the musical was a complete success.

“I think this year’s musical is great. It’s such a fun, high-energy show to be able to perform, as well as the audience to be involved with. It’s definitely comedic, but it has its more serious and thoughtful moments as well. I’m so glad to have the opportunity to perform in this show, it’s such a joy for me to be able to help tell this story to different audiences every night,” Theresa Forcellini, who played Olive Ostrovsky, said.

If you did not yet get a chance to see “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” it will be performed again at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18; Friday, April 19 and again at 2 p.m on Sunday, April 21. If you need a good laugh, get out and see this musical.

Opinion

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April 18, 2013

Put your records on

R E M M U S O T E D I GU

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by ALEXA VISCARDI

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hile I’m no expert, I certainly learned a few things from experience while enjoying music festivals over the past few years of college. If you're heading out to a music festival soon (Firefly, Lollapalooza or Warped Tour) or if you're planning ahead for next year, check out these tips to help you get the best of the fest.

Tickets & Passes—In 2011, when my friends and I went to Lollapalooza in Chicago, two of us had passes and two of us had tickets. Passes typically last the span of the festival's operating days, and allow one to exit and reenter the park. Tickets are usually only for one day, and often do not allow for re-entry. Check the event schedule: if the shows you want to see are spaced out, sitting around in the blistering heat of the park when you could be ducking into an air-conditioned shop or mall outside the venue for an hour or two, may help you decide whether you want tickets or a pass. Another tip: buy tickets early. Availability may also determine whether you get a pass or single-day tickets. Most major music festivals have earlybird specials that can save you money on passes. Try to start looking into your ticket purchases at least four months prior to the festival.

Long Day's Night: Booking the Hotel—After you’ve bought your tickets, it's time to book the hotel. When my friends and I booked our hotel for Lollapalooza, we wanted to save on cash.

While the hotel covered our basic necessities, it didn't cover much else. Here are a few things to consider when deciding where to stay: • Location– How far is the hotel from the venue? How far are you willing to commute? We drove about 40 minutes into the city each day for the show, but if we could've stayed closer and taken public transport, we would have.

• Amenities– Do you want to have a refrigerator or a microwave in your room? We didn't have either, since it would cost extra to have them. Most hotels have a microwave that is accessible for hotel guests, but it might be good to get the fridge for the room, even if it does cost a bit extra. That way, you can keep all of the water you need during the day cold at night. In our case, the ice machine in the hotel was broken.

• Read the online customer reviews of the hotel– for a more candid idea of how things really work in the hotel in terms of service, food and quality. For example, the most prominent customer review of our hotel in Chicago read: SMELLY HOTEL-Y. This became the joke of our trip, but the hotel actually didn't have a horrific odor like we expected. However, the other reviews that suggested that the service could have been better were accurate. It would explain why they ran out of plastic-ware and food during the breakfast buffet when only ten people were there.

Getting There—If you're driving to the festival like my friends and I did, definitely invest in a good GPS. Most GPS devices offer features beyond driving maps and allow you to navigate around toll routes, display the quickest routes or most gas efficient ones, all helping you save money. We used our GPS for walking around the city (some GPS devices allow you to set them for walking and biking routes as well.) Of course, smart phones also have these features, so get a car charger if you plan to use your phone. If you’re flying to the festival, be sure to book your airfare well in advance, especially if the drive would be 18 or more hours. Your legs and back will thank you.

Be a Record-Keeper—if you’re planning on driving, create a system to save all gas receipts from the trip. It's easier to add all of the receipts up at the end and divide the total equally by the number of passengers when trying to figure out who owes what. On the same note, keep a record of who owes how much money in a notebook, or on a computer spreadsheet. It keeps everyone honest, and is more accurate and efficient than trying to remember that so-and-so owes you $3.50 for the starburst you got them at the last toll plaza.

Recommended Packing—For the outdoor venue: • Bring a back pack with comfortable straps. Most venues will have a size restriction on bags, so check into that beforehand on the venue's website. However, most standard (school) sized backpacks are acceptable.

• Garbage bags to line your backpack. In case you don't have a poncho, lining your backpack will help protect your stuff (and you) from inclement weather.

• Gallons of aloe. Gallons. And sunscreen. Loads of that too.

• Athletic/workout clothes. You dress for success at work. You're going to see successful musicians, so all you have to do is dress for comfort, 'cause at 1:30 in the afternoon in 100 degree weather, that's all that's gonna matter.

• Extra socks. Nobody likes wet socks. Nobody.

• Rain boots. If it rains the morning of or during the show, the area in front of the stage will be a mud pit. But you'll be the perfectly prepared person wearing the rain boots, and you can stand there and smile smugly at the silly people in their ruined shoes.

• Toilet paper & hand sanitizer– just trust me on this one.

For the indoor venue: (Much of this can work for regular concerts/shows as well).

• Thick shoes. By thick, I mean if you're being tossed around in a mosh pit and somebody steps on your foot, it's not going to break. Sneakers or other closed-toe shoes are usually your best bet.

• Dress comfortably for being crammed in standing room only with 500 or more people. Unless you can go to the bar, in which case, wear whatever you want.

• Condense your stuff. Ladies, I know we're all about the ginormous purses, but unless you want your stuff snatched, slim it down to just a wallet or a wristlet.

Know Thy Venue—When the only thing you have to do is count down the days to the show, study up on the venue's maps, policies and activities. Besides shows, most venues have contests and giveaways planned by their sponsors and the details are usually included on the website. Know what will get you in trouble at the venue (obviously don't bring your pet alligator and Desert Eagle.)

For example, most venues do not allow cameras with detachable lenses. Check with the venue to see if media/press passes are available. Be prepared to show I.D. Purchasing Merch—Your favorite band rocked their set, and you want to show them some love by buying their ridiculously cool (and ridiculously overpriced) T-shirt. Here's a few tips for getting the show souvenir that lets people know you were there. For anyone buying merch: after the show, about a million people rush the merch table, so if you can, buy your merch before the show. Also, know what you want and have your method of payment ready. People are going to get testy if they have to wait while you stammer "uhh, maybe, I think I want...wait, where's my wallet?"

For the ladies, I am so sorry to say this, but when it comes to concert shirts, we get ripped the buck off. You’re in line thinking, “I usually wear a medium, so I’ll just get that,” and the shirt you get looks like a postage stamp. “What is this?! A baby shirt?!” you cry in outrage. That’s when the guy working the merch table looks like he wants to bite your head off.

American Apparel is not your friend– unless you are naturally very thin and may or may not disappear when you turn sideways.

If you can, buy the same printed shirt in men’s sizes because it will fit better and you will be happier with your purchase (and yourself) because you won’t have to squeeze into a baby shirt. Unisex shirts also tend to run more true to size, and will fit better. If you don’t want to buy a men’s t-shirt due to print/style, buy your women’s sized t-shirt one to two sizes larger than you usually wear. If you know you will need to see multiple sizes of the same shirt, ask for all of the sizes you need at one time. It will save you both time and keep the crowds from eating you alive. If all else fails, buy a poster.

Take it home, get it framed. T-shirts fade. Posters are forever.

M.V.P.I (Most Valuable Piece of Information)—Don't let little things ruin the entire trip for you. Enjoy the shows and the people you're seeing them with. Make memories, see that band you're not sure about, try new food. Talk to other people at the shows. Be open-minded. Most importantly though, have a blast! You traveled far and paid lots of hard-earned cash earned from your part-time campus job to have the best music-venture possible!

Junior imparts wisdom on how not to de-stress this semester

by ELLEN WILSON

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s the end of the semester approaches, you might be thinking more and more about finals and finishing off the year right.

“Thinking more and more about finals” might just mean that somewhere between halfheartedly finishing your homework, enjoying the good weather and anticipating TGIS, you are remembering for a fleeting moment that a big horrible event is about to unfurl. You are also probably instantly repressing that thought.

If, however, you are an upstanding model student of this academic institution and you are stressing out about the end of the semester, you’ve probably been getting a lot of tips on how to de-stress. Unfortunately, you’ve been getting bad advice. As an expert on taking it easy, let me, a licensed professional, tell you how not to destress this semester.

Don’t stick your head in the sand. I have befriended a lot of ostriches. And by that I mean many of my friends like to ignore their problems. I also mean that I know some large birds in high places. But we’re talking about humans right now, and my human friends can be idiots. They try to pretend that they don’t have major papers due or relationship conflicts to sort out. You might be able to push these thoughts from your brain, but your worries are just going to manifest themselves somewhere else. Have you noticed that suppressing your problems wrecks your digestive system and sleep patterns? No one wants to hang out with a haggard, sleep-deprived zombie who keeps running to the bathroom.

Confront your problems head on for better sleep and consistent poops.

Don’t pig out. When you’re stressed, you’re gonna want to dig into anything in sight that’s of varying degrees of edibility – chips, candy, glue – you

know the drill. But that’s not a healthy way to de-stre- AHAHAHA, just kidding. Eating is a source of joy and solace. Eat whatever you want. Calories don’t count when you’re ready to throw yourself over the edge. In fact, gorging on food makes you become

“Calories don’t count when you’re ready to throw yourself over the edge.” much too heavy to climb any cliffs to jump off of, so it’s a win-win situation!

Don’t hole yourself in your room or library to study. It’s been really nice out. Go outside. No wonder you’re so pale. You might want a quiet, unpopulated place to study, but

c’mon, have you seen the magnolias blooming their little heads off? Like bakery shop windows or former child stars, they’re begging to be looked at.

And yes, the odds are high that you’ll be near a random group of people gossiping about someone you don’t know but now wish you did, flirting like high school freshmen or blasting horrible music. Consider it great people-watching, or utilize them as an aid in your studies – for psychology, consider why they feel the need to blast stupid music or gossip. For languages, construct a few sentences about what they’re doing and how you feel about it. For math or science, do something math or science-y. I can’t help you out with that, I’m a comm. major (insert joke here).

Don’t go postal. We all love getting mail. Don’t take it out on the mail ladies when your parents or friends from home won’t mail you goodies or a letter. When was the last time YOU

mailed someone something? Instead, chat it up with the mail staff. It is a surefire way to make a new friend.

Don’t punch anyone in the face.

You might get away with punching someone in the arm and playing it off as a friendly “hey there,” but probably not.

(You’re not that subtle.) Yes, people are infuriating. The girl in the library who won’t stop talking about her favorite show, the guy who keeps tapping his pen in class or your professor who is determined to destroy your soul might seem justified in being punched, but you can’t do it. The sooner we all admit to ourselves that we’re all annoying and infuriating, the sooner we’ll attain world peace (and probably more world passive aggression).

These simple pointers will help you navigate your way through the end of the semester and life in general. So take it easy, everybody. We’re going to destroy finals in a peaceful, tan and rested way.

Opinion

April 18, 2013

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Faculty Assembly condemns acts of bias, bigotry in public statement

by CHRISTIAN SAMMARTINO

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he Elizabethtown College Faculty Assembly crafted a decisive statement about acts of bias on campus, April 9. The group edited and ratified a universal statement that expresses their moral stance on these issues. The motion to confirm the statement was approved by a majority vote of 57 to 4.

“Whereas, the free exchange of ideas on which a good college education depends presupposes a civil environment, we, the faculty of Elizabethtown College, condemn, reject and denounce in the strongest possible terms the appalling acts of bigotry that have been committed in our community this semester,” the Faculty Assembly wrote.

This statement developed during a meeting of the Faculty Assembly on March 26. During that session, the group collectively decided that it needed to officially address the incidents in a united fashion. According to faculty assembly president Dr. Jeffery Long, “There was a very strong sentiment expressed by faculty members that the recent acts of bigotry on campus had gone far beyond anything that was acceptable in our community and that we needed to make some kind of formal, unified statement about it.”

Long said that faculty members do not factor into the creation or enforcement of campus policies for residence halls. “Our area is the curriculum: what we teach and what goes on in

the classroom, or connected with our classes,” Long said. “Being a behavioral issue, the incidents of bigotry fell outside of what we would normally, as professors, handle. But we felt so strongly that these acts cut so much to the heart of who and what we are — ‘we’ now meaning not just the faculty, but the entire campus community — that we had a moral responsibility to do something about it.”

While there was widespread support for a unified statement, the Faculty Assembly concluded their March 26 meeting without a finalized document. In preparation forApril 9 meeting, Long drafted a statement for the group to contemplate. “Believing, based on my experience, that having a group of people compose a statement is much easier to do if there is a rough draft to work with, rather than trying to do it from scratch, I took it upon myself to draft a statement on the bias incidents and circulate it to the faculty by email in advance of the April 9 meeting,” Long said.

Originally, the draft was specific, even addressing possible solutions.

The overall goal of the draft was to prompt dialogue about the issues, and motivate the refinement of the final response. “My assumption was that this document would provoke discussion and the final result would probably be a very brief and concise statement, summarizing the faculty’s best thinking and shared feelings on this issue,” Long said.

“After discussing several aspects of my original drafts, Professor Douglas

Bomberger, of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, proposed that we simply take the first paragraph of my draft, alter the wording slightly and have that be our public statement,” Long said. “After a little more discussion about wording, the faculty voted on the revised version of my statement, as amended by Dr. Bomberger, and it passed by an overwhelming majority.”

Long said voting was anonymous, and it is not clear why four faculty members voted against the motion. “I do not believe that ‘no’ votes should be taken as evidence of approval of the bias incidents,” Long said. “I think it is most likely that they felt that statement should be stronger or more in depth, or perhaps that there was no point in the faculty putting out a statement on something over which we have no direct policy-making control.”

This statement makes a clear and sincere declaration to all students.

It displays that campus educators support a safe and nurturing learning environment and they will not tolerate bigotry.

“I believe it simply shows that the faculty support any measures that administration is willing to take to ensure that such incidents do not happen again, and that Elizabethtown College becomes and remains a safe community in which students can learn, grow and challenge themselves without fear of being harassed or attacked just for being who they are,” Long said.

How to use the new

by LAUREN FREDERICKS

Preparing to

1. To start this process, make sure the document you want printed is saved somewhere on the computer.

2. Type in the url http://ecpaper:9191/ to go to the PaperCut webpage for Web Printing.

3. Log in with your Elizabethtown College username and password.

4. Click on the “Web Print” button located on the left side of the dashboard that appeared on your screen.

5. To upload the file that you need to print, select the “Submit a Job” button located on the right side of the screen.

6. On this page you will see what printer your paper will be printed to. Next, click the step two button that says “Print Options and Account Selections” located in the bottom right corner.

7. On this page you can choose the number of copies that you need to print as well as which account you will charge it to.

8. The next step is to hit the step three button located in the bottom right corner that says “Upload Document.”

9. On this page select “Choose File” located in the upper right side of the page. This will pop open a window where you can then locate the file that you wish to print.

10. Click “Upload & Complete” in the bottom right corner to submit your paper for printing.

11. Once everything is submitted, a page will pop up to show your status of the paper. Once it says “Held in a queue” under “status” your paper is ready to be printed from the web print machines.

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Go to any of the web print machines and slide your ID card.

Choose the assignment that you wish to print.

Hit the Print button.

Hit the Done button.

The paper will then print.

Parking availability could be resolved with expansion I

by MATT DAVCO

t’s not the first thing most people look at when they begin to look at colleges, but parking can be a big deal if you’re bringing a car to campus.

This is true for Elizabethtown College students, as parking is very limited and has caused numerous complaints from the student body. While it is understandable that the campus is limited in space and money, this does not mean that they should not fulfill the obligation to provide adequate parking to students.

Every student knows that there are designated areas on campus where certain class years can park. First-years have access to Brown Lot, sophomores have access to Brown Lot plus parking behind Myer and “J” Lot, and juniors and seniors can park anywhere that’s open. “At least I can bring a car to college freshman year. A lot of colleges won’t even do that,” first-year Carolyn Urban said. “As much as people may complain about the inconvenience of Brown Lot, it’s better than not having a car at all.” However, seniors Rob Otto and Alexis Geibler were less enthused about the current setup. “Parking is so bad that I don’t even want to leave my apartment sometimes because I know if I do someone is just going to take my spot” Geibler said. “I’m an RA in Myer and I had to circle the building three times before I found a spot, which is very inconvenient when I have to be on duty,” Otto said. Under most circumstances, this organizational setup would work just fine for most people; various factors on campus have been known to diminish the efficiency of this setup.

Elizabethtown Assistant Director of Campus Security Dale Boyer had his own view on the parking situation at Etown. During his 23 years of service at the College, he has seen a multitude of changes and remembers

when Brinser field and the BSC all used to be parking. “As it stands now, the College only has room for roughly a 2000 student limit. If it goes over, it leads to problems,” Boyer said. To make matters worse, he informed me that some students don’t even bother to register their cars and if they do get ticketed for parking in the wrong spot.

Students don’t care and continue to do it anyway, which messes up the system for everybody else.

According to Boyer, the worst issues are when there are special events on campus, and parking is taken up by reservations or visitors to the campus, which creates a cascade effect. This often results in certain groups losing their normal parking so they move their car where they normally wouldn’t go. “I would love to have parking for everybody, but any change we make has a cascade effect that benefits one person but hurts someone else, so it’s just not feasible,” Boyer said.

That’s not to say that the College hasn’t tried to fix the parking problem.

There have been multiple propositions in the past, for example expanding the Myer back parking lot and the parking up past the quads. However, all plans have been put on hold due to financial concerns. I believe this hinders Etown’s plans on becoming a more nationally recognized college because an expanding student body creates a higher demand for student parking, which Etown does not currently have the finances to create.

Personally, I think it would be more efficient for everyone involved to create new parking through an expansion of Myer parking lot and maybe even have strict junior and senior parking sections to make more room for underclassmen and guests for events.

While this may cost more, it will allow more space for events and show that Etown appreciates the upperclassmen by providing designated parking.

Photo: Katie Brumbach

The campus can accommodate about 2000 student cars in its several parking lots, but it seems that parking spaces are never available. Many students believe that the parking situation on campus could be resolved by extending the parking lot behind Myer, but the College hesitates to do so because of financial concerns.

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Sports

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April 18, 2013

Superb play of Messiah’s goalie difference maker in overtime loss

by KENDRA MANCINO

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his past Saturday, April 13, the Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team faced rival Messiah College in a Commonwealth Conference match in Grantham, falling 7-6 in overtime. The men’s team is currently 7-4 and 2-3 in conference play. Messiah has a similar record of 4-6 and 2-2 in conference play. The Blue Jays fought hard, but in the end the Falcons’ Ryan Mayer scored 21 seconds into the first overtime period to give Messiah the win.

First-year Dillon O’Dell scored the first goal for the Blue Jays, his 13th of the season. Messiah scored just six minutes later on a man-up goal by Andrew Harris. Those two goals were the only scores in the first quarter. The second quarter was just as low on goals — again only one from each team was scored. Messiah’s goal came early in the second quarter, and it looked like the Falcons would carry a 2-1 lead to halftime.

However, senior Corey Boushell found the net with only 21 seconds left in the half to tie the score up 2-2. Tight defenses on both sides kept the score low in the first half. Sophomore goalie Chris Wenger had five saves, while Messiah’s Jon Weimer had nine saves.

Messiah was first on the board after the half as Tyler Goglio picked up his second goal of the game. Junior Craig Hunsberger netted in the sole goal of the third quarter for the

Blue Jays at the 9:05 mark. Heading into the final quarter of the game, the Blue Jays were down 4-3. O’Dell tallied a goal again, and first-year Steve Nutting’s first goal of the night put Etown up 5-4. Messiah answered with two goals of their own, but Boushell pulled through for the Jays. He netted in his second goal of the game with a pass from first-year Jimmy Waters with 3:56 to play to tie up the game.

Although Etown fell in overtime, the Blue Jays were the statistical leaders on the night. They lead in groundballs and shots and had fewer turnovers. Despite the Jays outshooting the Falcons on goal 23-14, Messiah’s 17 saves were the key in preventing Etown from taking the win.

The Blue Jays won 12 out of 17 faceoffs but one key faceoff ultimately hurt the Jays. One of the Falcons’ faceoff wins came at the start of overtime, which then ended in a Falcon goal.

Boushell said of the game, “We obviously have a big rivalry with Messiah so we were definitely ready to play. We always want to beat Messiah.” The Messiah/Etown rivalry is one that has been popular with the school for a long time.

Everyone prepares differently for these games, and every athlete tries a little harder in order to prevail over the Fal-

cons. The Blue Jays had a tough fight, but in the end just could not come through. Boushell said, “Individually, I prepared just like every other game – worked hard in practice so I’m ready for the game.” Athletes need to make sure that they are taking practices seriously and playing in practices like they would in games.

This loss moved the Blue Jays into a fifth place tie in the Commonwealth Conference standings with Lycoming College, who the Jays defeated earlier this season. The Blue Jays have another important game next Saturday, April 20 against Albright College at 1 p.m.

Laudeman takes first at Glenmaura Invitational

Jays push forward toward MACs

by SAM CERON

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s teams head toward the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships (MACs) at Lebanon Valley College next month, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track teams took their talents to the Messiah Invitational Saturday where the men finished fourth out of 14 teams, while the women finished in second. Obtaining the top spot in his respective event on the men’s side was senior Cameron Aregood with a throw of over 189 ft.

Among other outstanding performances on the men’s side, junior Kevin Brady finished second in the 110 meter hurdles, junior Brian Layng finished third and first-year Malcolm McCord took fourth. In the 1500 meters, junior Ian Hamilton took fourth place, while Layng also finished fourth in the pole vault. In the Hammer event, junior Steve Smith threw over 93 ft, moving him up the Blue Jays all time list to number eight.

On the women’s side, senior Jenna Niedermayer finished first in the triple jump, long jump, and high jump. Also finishing in the top spot for the Blue Jays was sophomore was Casey Meier, who won the javelin event. In the 4 x 400 meter relay, senior Ashley Lockwood, first-year Alyssa Aichele,

first-year Lindsey Pekurny and junior Shanna Kirgan won the event with a time of 4:11.14.

Other notable performances on the women’s side include junior Elaina Nellis finishing second in the 3000 meter steeplechase and junior Monica Loranger finishing second behind Niedermayer in the high jump. Junior Eileen Kroszner finished third in the shot put with a throw of over 34 feet.

Among other taking third place finishes in their events were senior Pam Jaraczewski in the 100 meters with a time of 13:16, junior Ali Christ in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:10.70, and senior Nadine Yunginger in the pole vault.

While some of the team competed at the Messiah Invitational, others competed in the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic on the campus of Bucknell University on Saturday.

The highlight of the event was junior Traci Tempone finishing in ninth in the 5000 meters, breaking the school record. Tempone’s time to 17:08.46 breaking the record that was previously held by former Blue Jay standout Melissa St. Clair’s 2005 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship run of 17:14.79.

First-year Rachel Carr’s 1500 meter run put her among the College’s best with a time of 4:45.90, ranking sixth all time.

Among other runners in the event were senior Jill Casey with a time of 4:52.64, sophomore Amelia Ternan with a time of 4:59.46, junior Laurie Jones finished at 5:01.51 and junior Amanda Kerno rounding out the Blue Jays with a time of 5:07.90.

In the 3,000 meter steeplechase, senior Megan Patton finished with a time of 11:26.28 while junior Megan Tursi finished in 12:04.24.

Notable men’s performances include first-year Matt Shenk running the 5,000 meter event with a time of 14:47.06. Junior Stephen Welsh finished in 15:05.09, sophomore Dan Gresh finished in 15:38.32 and first-year Sam Cooper finished in 15:57.32.

With the goal of winning the conference, Lockwood believes that these races last weekend have helped the team move toward their goals. “The meets this weekend had lots of great competition, and allowed us to run against schools from our conference, as well as DI and DII schools. These meets have motivated us to continue to train and work hard so we can come out on top this year. Each meet has given us more opportunities to qualify for championships and improve our times as we get ready for MACs.” The teams’ next meet will be at Widener University on Friday and Saturday.

Photo: Thom Swarr

Sophomore Ryan Laudeman won his second tournament of the season on Monday, April 15, the two-day Glenmaura Invitational at +4.

by KELLY ENTERLINE

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ophomore Ryan Laudeman took his second tournament victory of the season Monday at the Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational in Moosic, Pa. After two days, he finished four over par with a score of 146. First-year Adam Amspacher was the next highest Blue Jay to finish; he tied for 21st with a two-day score of 162. Overall, Elizabethtown College finished in eighth place with a team total of 669 (+101). The University of Scranton captured the team title.

On the first day of the invitational, Laudeman hit a three-over-par round of 74, placing him in a two-way tie for second, two shots off the lead. Etown finished Sunday at ninth in the standings with a score of 342 (+58), setting them six shots behind Gettysburg College and Marywood University, who

were tied for seventh.

After day one was over on Sunday, Amspacher tied for 24th and was carded an 83 (+12). Sophomore starter Ryan Forbes shot 92 in the first round.

First-year Austin Blanco was one stroke back with a 93 and junior Austin Good shot a 99. Kevin Long of York, Pa. was tied for second with Laudeman in the individual standings. Laudeman and Long were three strokes ahead of the other three players hoping to place fifth.

On the second day, Laudeman bettered his first day round and shot a 72. Two other golfers – Stephen Welkie from Susquehanna University and Alex Matos from McDaniel College – shot better than Laudeman with 71s. Long picked up a 73 on the day, but Laudeman was still able to pick up the victory. Forbes finished the tournament with a 85 (+15) and Blanco and Good both scored a 90 (+19).

Laudeman also won the Lebanon Valley College Spring Invitational April 1. When asked about his performance for the year so far, Laudeman stated that he could always play better. “I started off the year grinding my way around the golf course and was playing pretty well,” Laudeman said. “However, I’ve been struggling at the last few tournaments, but that’s all part of the game. I’m working on a new swing and I’m confident where my game is headed coming into the last few weeks.” Laudeman hoped to finish in the top 5 this weekend at Glenmaura, and he achieved that goal.

The Blue Jays have been trying different techniques to better themselves for the matches they have left in the year.

“It’s more repetition so that we are consistently doing the same thing because everyone has a different swing and not everyone is going to hit the same shot,” Forbes said. “If we ever struggle we can go to our coach or our captain, Laudeman, and they will help us out.”

“The team always works hard on the games for every tournament,” Laudeman stated. “I’ve started to really help the guys out on the team with their swings and different kinds of shots they should hit in certain situations, and we’re becoming more consistent with hitting fairways and greens.”

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April 18, 2013

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Jays find success at Albright: Noecker breaks records, Riehl joins 100-win club

by KRISTEN HAIN

THIS WEEK’S TOP SPORTS HEADLINES in Etown athletics...

Senior Josh Riehl and Kristi Noecker swept the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week awards for tennis. Riehl grabbed the honor after notching his 100th career win. Noecker set three new school records: most combined career wins (133), most career singles wins (69) and most career doubles wins (64).

in the NCAA...

On Tuesday afternoon, the board of trustees at the University of Alamaba approved a new contract for head football coach Nick Saban. Saban, who has led the Crimson Tide to three national championship titles in the past four years, will be paid $5.62 million per year until 2020. He will also get bonuses for different postseason milestones - the most notable being $400,00 for winning the championship game.

The University of Oregon’s football program has committed major violations in terms of recruiting, but the university has self-imposed a two-year probation period and scholarship loss for a three-year period. The NCAA has not yet come to an agreement with Oregon over the matter. A summary of the findings from the investigation conclude the school made 730 impermissible phone calls, paid for unlawful recruiting services and used contact Willie Lyles to talk to recruits.

in the pros...

After the tragedy of the bombings at the Boston marathon, thoughts turned to the upcoming London Marathon. The London race is the next big international marathon, and it is to be held on this Sunday. The marathon was not cancelled, and British officials are currently reviewing security measures for the race to ensure the safety of participants and spectators. Former Home Secretary John Reis addressed the security at not only the London Marathon but also at the funeral for Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. “In light of the awful attacks in Boston, theses events will require extra vigilance from everyone involved and it is also to be hoped that everyone recognizes the added responsibility of cooperating with the police and the authorities at both events,” Reis said.

Legendary sports announcer, former NFL player and coach Pat Summerall passed away Tuesday from cardiac arrest. Known for his simple commentary and deep voice, Summerall was a perfect match to the lively broadcasting style of one of his most famous partners, John Madden.

Madden said of his partner and friend, “Pat Summerall is the voice of football and always will be.”

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lizabethtown College’s tennis teams were scheduled for a total of five matches between April 11 and 14. The women’s team had a match against Muhlenburg College on April 11 and another against Albright College on Saturday, April 13. The men’s team had to cancel their match against Muhlenburg April 12 due to weather conditions. The game had previously been rescheduled due to snow, and neither team could find a date to reschedule again. The men’s team also played against Albright April 13 and had another match against Goucher College Sunday, April 14.

Etown’s women’s tennis won its tenth match of the season, 5-4, at Muhlenburg. During the match, senior Kristi Noecker tied three sixyear-old school records for singles wins, doubles wins and combined wins. All three records were originally held by Heather Lander ‘07. Noecker took her third singles match against Jennifer Goldberg in 13 games, 6-0, 6-1, to tie the singles and combined wins record. Earlier in the match, she and second doubles partner junior Adriana Scotto defeated Goldberg and Sharen Resnikoff, 8-4. Noecker is six wins away from putting a third 20-win season on her resumé. Etown also won third doubles, with sophomores Christine Evangelista and Kaitlyn Pellegrino taking down Muhlenburg’s Amanda von Taube and Gabriela Contino, 8-3, making it their sixth straight win. Noecker, Evangelista and Pelligrino took singles victories to make it 5-1 Blue Jays. Muhlenburg claimed victories in the final three singles matches.

The Blue Jays also came out victorious during their match against Albright. Noecker had another great match, beating all of her previously tied records. She set the new record for career singles wins with 69, doubles wins with 64, and combined wins with 133 total. All of the women, with the exception of senior Madison Pipkin won their singles matches. Pipkin won one and lost two of her three sets against her opponent Victoria Foanio. In the doubles competition the women’s tennis team crushed their opponents and won all three matches, each pair scoring eight points. Etown took the win with a total score of 8-1. “We’re ranked at the top of the conference and ranked

ahead of our other opponents outside of the conference so we really want to play our best and prove our current ranking. This season we hope to get back to the conference playoffs and make another appearance at NCAAs, which is definitely possible if we keep playing like we have been,” Pipkin said.

The men’s team also won their match against Albright. They completely shut out their opponents taking a 9-0 win. Senior Josh Riehl won his 100th match during the game against Albright. This is the team’s tenth win for the season, and their fifth season straight with ten or more wins. “We took care of business,” senior Paul Whitman said. When it comes to the season, Whitman and Riehl both be-

other year. We have a bunch of guys here that are here to play tennis.” Like the women’s team, the men’s tennis team hopes to win the conference and make another trip to the NCAA playoffs.

The Blue Jays played Goucher on April 14 and took their fifth consecutive win and 11th win of the season.

Seth Hoesman of Goucher defeated Riehl in the singles competition, while Etown took the win in the remaining six singles matches. When it came to the doubles competition, Whitman and senior Bill Freitag took the win over their opponents Pat Murnin and John Bescoby. Junior Cole Turula and sophomore Michael Cannon defeated opponents Cody Nelson and

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Senior Kristi Noecker returns the ball to her opponent. Noecker broke three school records during Elizabethtown College’s match against Albright College.

lieve that the team has been prepared for anything their opponents have thrown at them. “Our practices, especially as of late, have been high energy and intense. We are focusing on our weaknesses, whatever they may be, and trying to improve them. We have figured out who we play best for in doubles too.” Whitman said.

“We practice a few hours every day,” Riehl said. “We’ve went to Hilton Head for a week to train as well. I think we’re just as prepared, if not more, than any

Seth Manfield. Riehl and senior Eric Fritzges lost to Goucher opponents Hoesman and David Spivey.

On April 16, the men took their 12th victory of the season over Hood College, 9-0. Fritzges grabbed his 111th singles win of his career, which puts him within reach of the College’s record of 116 singles wins. The Blue Jays look to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Commonwealth Conference Championships with a win over Messiah College this Saturday.

Baseball grabs one win in series loss to Messiah, moves to 12-20

by ALEXIS MORRIS

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Sophomore Dylan Manning winds up for a pitch. Manning pitched the majority of the second game on Saturday, which the Blue Jays won 4-3.

he Elizabethtown College baseball team entered into a series last weekend with Commonwealth Conference rival Messiah College. The Falcons grabbed the 9-6 win in the series opener Friday, April 12 and a 4-3 win in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader. Although the Blue Jays grabbed a 9-4 win in game two of the doubleheader, Messiah claimed the overall series win.

Messiah started off the April 12 game strong, putting two runs up in the first inning. The offensive action remained slow until the fourth inning. Senior Dillon Tagle sent in redshirt junior Kyle Gable to put Etown on the board. The Blue Jay’s offense was jumpstarted with Tagle’s RBI. Junior Ian Smith hit a double and although sophomore Ryan Haggerty was tagged out on the play, sophomore Luke Gatti was able to get in to home. A Messiah error sent in senior Kevin Berkheiser in the fifth inning. In the sixth inning, Gatti hit a double, good for an RBI. The Blue Jays were up 4-2.

However, Messiah responded with a dominant seventh inning. Six RBIs from six different Falcons gave Messiah a commanding 8-4 lead. Another Falcon run in the eighth put the game out of reach for the Jays. At the top of the ninth, it looked as if Etown could make the comeback. First-year Parke Martin’s RBI fielder’s choice brought the Jays one run closer, and although Gatti scored another run for Etown, Messiah prevailed 9-6. Senior Matt Ruth pitched most of the game for the Jays and had two strikeouts in the loss.

Messiah traveled to Etown for Saturday’s doubleheader.

In game one, Messiah again scored in the first inning. The second and third innings were again scoreless, but Messiah started off the scoring again in the fourth. Heading into the bottom of the fourth, the Falcons sent in two more runs to take a comfortable 5-0 lead. Etown wasn’t ready to go down without a fight ,though. Gatti got the first RBI in a

three-run inning for the Jays. First-year Colton King and Martin also sent in runners and put the Jays within reach of the Falcons.

Messiah increased the gap once again with an RBI and an error in the sixth. First-year Sean Jones’ double set him up in good scoring position, and Berkheiser was able to send him in on a groundout. That was the last runner to cross home for the Jays in game one of the doubleheader, and Messiah won 9-4.

Etown was eager for a win in game two to split the doubleheader against the Falcons. Once again, Messiah was first on the board with a two-run first-inning. Etown evened up the score at the bottom of the third. Tagle’s sacrifice fly sent in Gable and a Falcons’ throwing error sent in sophomore Tyler Weary. Etown was able to take the 3-2 lead in the fourth with a sacrifice fly from Gable. Messiah immediately evened the score at the top of the next inning.

The two remained at a standstill until the end of the seventh when first-year Aaron Rahn’s single RBI sent in Gable and gave Etown the victory. Senior Rob Cressman had three strikeouts in game one, and sophomore Dylan Manning lead the Blue Jay defense on the mound in game two.

Gable commented on the tough losses against Messiah.

“We’ve had an up and down season so far,” he said. “We’re coming off of a rough week, but we just need to take what we can from those games. Learn from them and put them behind us.”

“I expect our guys to control the things that they can control, which for us is attitude, concentration and effort.

As long as I feel that our guys are committed to those three things, I will be content no matter what the results are,” Head Coach Cliff Smith said.

On Wednesday, April 17, Etown faced Susquehanna University at home that ended with a 15-3 victory. Etown took an early 6-0 lead after the third inning, and an eight-run inning in the sixth put the game out of reach for Susquehanna.

April 18, 2013

Falcons squeak by Blue Jays in overtime

by PAUL WHITMAN

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he Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team fought to the last second against the nationally ranked (No. 14) Messiah Falcons April 13 on Wolf Field. Senior Becky Porter found the net to tie the game with 24 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime. The Blue Jays could not find the net in the extra period.

Messiah’s Lizzy Keeney converted the lone goal in overtime, giving the Falcons the 9-8 win.

Messiah struck early against the Blue Jays. Marybeth Bindel found the net in the first five minutes from a pass from Keeney. Nearly five minutes later, Kiersten McGreer slipped one past senior goalie Rachael Waldman to take a 2-0 lead in favor of the Falcons.

Despite the Falcons controlling the game early, the Blue Jays (6-6, 2-2 CC) responded immediately.

Sophomore Leigh Anne Flounlacker scored an unassisted opportunity to cut the lead to one. Four minutes later, senior Emily Butler scored her 16th goal of the season from a pass from Porter to tie the game back up.

With ten minutes remaining in the first period, Keeney scored and put the Falcons back up one. The Blue Jays took their first lead of the game when Porter and Flounlacker scored back-to-back goals. Thirteen seconds after Flounlacker’s goal, Carly Bajus tied the game back up for the Falcons. For the remaining five minutes of the first period, the Blue Jays and Falcons went to a st andstill. The score going into halftime was 4-4.

T h e Fa l cons came out firing in t h e s e c on d half. Messiah’s Keeney s c ore d t wo of the next t hre e go a ls and G abr i elle Hamelr yck tallied another for the visitors, leaving the Blue Jays trailing 7-4.

Battling back against the Falcons, Butler added another goal at the 19:50 mark to shrink the Falcon lead to two. Etown’s defense only allowed one more goal at the 13:56 mark to Keeney, who increased Messiah’s lead to three once again.

Waldman made eight saves on the day, three of them occurring in the last thirteen minutes of regulation time and the most crucial one as time expired in the second half.

The Blue Jays dominated the last 13 minutes of the game. The defense, led by senior co-captain and Etownian Sports Editor Alexis Morris, together had 28 groundballs and forced a total of 21 turnovers compared to the Falcons’ 20 groundballs and 19 turnovers.

Flounlacker initiated the comeback by finding the net twice within one minute, boosting the score to 8-7 in favor of Messiah with seven

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minutes remaining. With one minute to go, Porter forced a turnover in the Etown zone and picked up the groundball to instigate the Blue Jay comeback. Finding the right moment to attack, Porter found an opening in the middle and sent in a shot past Falcon goalie Taylor Phillips. With the score tied 8-8, the Blue Jays forced overtime with a defensive stop as time expired.

Unfortunately, the Falcons scored the sole goal of the extra session, securing their victory against Etown 9-8. However, the Blue Jays hope to follow the same path as last year and meet the Falcons once again in the Commonwealth Conference Championship game.

Butler said after the hard fought game, “We played so well, and now we know we have the ability and talent to play at that high level.”

Butler and the rest of the team know that they will have to keep improving if they want to see a rematch with the Falcons in the playoffs. “We still need to touch up on some things, such as draws and getting ground balls, but the thing that will help us the most is mentally knowing we can win if we work together to do so. We are also lacking some key players due to injuries, and hopefully they will be back in time for the playoffs,” Butler said.

Letting up early goals seems to be a common trend for the Blue Jays.

Butler commented, “We also need to work on not letting teams put a few goals on us in the beginning in the game. We come out slow and get stuck in a hole because teams score on us, and we have to spend the game catching up, such as Ste ve ns on .

If we just come out hard from the get-go we won’t get stuck like that.”

Despite t h e r e c e nt injuries that have caused some players to miss action in games, the team remains hopeful. Junior Natalie Hrynkiewicz said, “Lower classmen have stepped up for various players as a unit including many freshmen that have made an impact in many games.”

After the tough loss to Messiah, the Jays came back strong against Lycoming C ollege Wednes day.

Etown handed the Warriors a huge 23-12 defeat. Flounlacker put up seven goals and nine assists in the win, good for 16 total points. The 16 points is a new school record for points in a game. Flounlacker previously broke this record in a 14-point game over Hood College. Porter also had a big game with six goals. Junior goalie Shelby Bruno picked up 11 saves in the win.

The Blue Jays look forward to their coming games and are seeking another Commonwealth playoff appearance and championship. The Blue Jays will host Albright College April 20 at 1 p.m. at Wolf Field.

“We still need to touch up on some things, such as draws and getting ground balls, but the thing that will help us the most is mentally knowing we can win if we work together to do so.”

Softball takes down Ursinus in DH

by ALEXIS MORRIS

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he Elizabethtown College softball team recently fell to the Messiah College Falcons, but the Jays were able to pick up a sweep against the Ursinus College Bears. On April 13, the Falcons won 7-6 and 7-5. The next day, tough defense by Etown kept Ursinus’ offense stifled, and the Jays swept the doubleheader 1-0, 2-0.

On Saturday, Messiah jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in game one over the Blue Jays after Claressa Mees had a three-run home run in the second inning. The Falcons also picked up single runs in the third and fourth innings, putting them in a commanding 5-0 lead.

However, in the fifth inning, the Blue Jays’ bats started warming up.

Sophomore Payton Marunich put Etown on the board with her RBI triple. In the sixth inning, sophomore Kaylee Werner had a three-run home-run, and then two RBIs from seniors Lindsey Cooper and Elly McCarthy in the seventh put the Blue Jays up by one. However, Messiah tied up the game with an RBI from Becky Notte. Unfortunately, an error from Cooper sent a Falcon runner to home plate and gave Messiah the win in game one.

The tough loss in the first game had the Blue Jays eager for a win.

McCarthy started Etown’s momentum with a two-run homer to left field. Werner stepped up with her second home run of the day and put the Jays up 3-0. Etown’s statement was quickly silenced when Messiah responded with three runs of their own.

Messiah grabbed a run in the second inning to take a 4-3 lead.

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Sophomore Kaylee Werner is focused at bat. Werner was a major offensive threat for the Blue Jays over the weekend, registering two homeruns and six RBIs in four games.

However, Etown’s Werner had the hot bat once again, and her RBI single to right field tied the game at four. A run scored off a wild pitch put Messiah up in the fourth, and the back and forth throes continued. In the sixth inning, first-year Keli Krause sent a runner in, and the score was tied heading into the final inning.

Etown could not even get a hit in the seventh, giving the Falcons just the opportunity they needed.

Katie Souders hit a two-RBI walkoff home-run to end the game and give Messiah the victory.

Although McCarthy was proud of the team’s effort, the losses still stung. “This is the only team the

seniors haven’t beaten in the conference over the four years, so it was really hard to lose that way,” she said. “There was so much hype about the game, so after it was done, it was very exhausting.”

The Blue Jays had a quick response Sunday with their wins over Ursinus. Sophomore pitcher Laura Tomasetti earned the shutout in game one. No Jays registered any RBIs in the win – the sole run came from Werner after a wild pitch. In game two, Krause and sophomore Justyna Pepkowski delivered the shutout, while Werner and sophomore Jessica White grabbed the two RBIs in the win.

Athlete of the Week Casey Meier

~Emily Butler

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by ALEXIS MORRIS Sophomore Casey Meier is competing in her first season with the Blue Jays after transferring from the University of Pittsburgh. Last weekend at the Messiah Invitational, Meier took first place in the javelin with a 38.10m throw. Back in March, in Meier’s first meet with Etown, she broke the College’s javelin record.

Q&A

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In 10 years, I want to be … a professional whistler, possibly a physician on the side.

Hardly anyone knows that. ..

I’m a hick at heart.

Favorite Etown Memory: First weeks at Etown, when I realized I made the right decision to transfer here Greatest Etown accomplishment: Breaking the school record for javelin Greatest track & field accomplishment: Earning the opportunity to compete for Pitt’s Division I team after only a year of experience I started competing in track at age ...

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Major: Biology Hometown: Elizabethtown, Pa. Favorite athlete/sports team: St. Louis Cardinals Favorite Jay’s Nest item: Cow Tails Favorite movie: “The Lion King” Biggest fear: Failure and spiders Favorite place to visit: Anywhere with sun and sand

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Widener, Ellis Widener, Ellis Invitational Messiah Messiah Invitational Men: Invitational Men: @ Franklin & Men: Women: @ Albright Marshall Widener @ Muhlenberg @Widener-DH Women: Albright Lycoming-DH

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@ Messiah Falcon Classic Men: Men: Alvernia @ Kutztown Women: @ Alvernia @ Arcadia-DH @ Kutztown