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W&J Students Visit Buddhist Monastery

W&J competes in and hosts the annual Mock Trial tournament.

Page 4 Dean Yuhasz Susan Yuhasz rejoins the W&J team after Byron McCrae’s, the Dean of Student Life, leave.

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Valentine’s Day

How do other countries celebrate Valentine’s Day around the world?

Page 10 Super Bowl Did Beyonce’s half-time performance steal the show?

Page 15 “Date the Editors” It’s Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t mean it has to be “Single Awareness” Day.

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On Sunday, Feb. 10, a group of W&J students, led by Jack Myint, visited a Buddhist monastery in Fairfax, Virginia. The group of students participated in traditional Burmese festival of food, as well as learning about the history of Buddhism and practicing meditation.

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Energy Lecture Series at W&J S e c u r i t y L o g S Jake Meyers Red&Black Staff

On Feb. 6 the W&J College Energy Lecture Series hosted an event titled The Rational Middle Energy Program: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion of The Rational Middle Energy Series.

Selected parts of the film series The Rational Middle Energy Series were screened to the audience, followed by a panel discussion from several energy experts discussing key issues of the film.

The overall question the film addressed was “How do we move the public discourse on the shale gas development, and other energy issues towards the place identified as ‘The Rational Middle’”?

Shell Oil Company partnered with Gregory Kallenberg, a documentarian who’s previous film Haynesville: A Nation’s Hunt for the Energy Future received honors from Hollywood.

Through Kallenberg’s experience, he has noticed a strong desire for the public to have a balanced and civil discussion of energy issues on topics like where does energy come from, how much energy do we use, how can we minimize its impacts, and how can ensure energy security rooted in environmentalism, economic stability that is protective of energy security. The film has the ambition of moving the American public toward a more informed and less polarized discussion of energy issues.

The event was categorized by four separate showings of the series followed by a discussion from the panel of energy experts.

The four categories were the big picture, shale gas development, the challenges of meeting the energy demands of the future,

2/8/13 Noise Complaint Noise was reported coming from a dorm in Marshall. Upon arrival, officers found students partying in a room that is normally empty as it has no residents. Students were asked to leave which they did. Left behind by students were goggles, beer, a sweat suit, and an iPod docking station. The beer was destroyed and the other items were put in the found property section of the security office.

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The Rational Middle Energy Series is a collection of short films and panel discussions. They recently visited W&J to talk about energy usage and security in the Pennsylvania area.

and a final discussion on how America can move to ‘the rational middle.’

Panelists included moderator Jack Ubinger, a senior vice president of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Bracken Burns, public official of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Washington County-Pittsburgh region, George Jugovic, president and chief executive officer of PennFuture, Tim Puko, environmental journalist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Sylvie Tran, a development manager for Shell Oil Company.

The panel addressed America’s enormous energy usage, which is estimated to be 100 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTUs).

The panel came to the general consensus that the public does not care about where their energy comes from, they care about their services.

The average family of five uses 247 barrels of oil per year to meet their energy needs, a number that the panelists all agreed is neither sustainable nor secure for the impeding future of higher demands and less resources. The discus-

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sion then moved to the issue of hydraulic fracking, and how each site not only consumes 5 million gallons of water for operational use, but how there is much speculation on how it is contaminating the local water supply.

Another major concern is energy security. The panel addressed how PA actually lacks an energy portfolio, or a government plan to address the future of energy demand.

The public likes to imagine that their energy needs can be satisfied in the future, but in reality energy supplies are only secure for another 100 years, which is just one generation.

The panel talked about the major public relations problem of the energy industry, and how it is constantly creating a certain cloud of suspicion among the public eye.

The conversation reverted back towards talks on resource consumption and pollution. Bracken Burns finished with “We are facing a future with cataclysmic result, and we are oblivious as a society. We are sitting on a planet with an unstable future without a plan to mitigate the results.”

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2/10/13 Police on Campus An officer of the Washington City Police Department called the security office to request entry into Cameron Stadium. Washington Police had received a call of a man bleeding from their stomach lying on the football field. W&J security officers responded along with police to the field. No one was found inside the stadium and no evidence was found that a person was bleeding inside the stadium.

2/11/13 Campus Disturbance On the above date, Protection Services was called to report that students were throwing bottles from their room in a neighboring house at their house and yelling **** you **. When walking around the back of the house where bottles were being thrown, officers saw a bottle thrown from the second floor window of the house. The officers could only see an arm out of the window but no face. The officer also heard this student yelling **** you **. The house was entered by security. Another officer spoke to residents of the house that was being targeted by the bottles, all of which said they saw bottle being thrown out of the second floor window of the house in question.

These students stated that they heard people yelling ******* sluts, **** you **, and you are all crazy *******. A student was found on the scene cleaning up broken glass. This student was heard to have been calling someone a crazy ***** through the door of the house before going to clean up the glass. Upon entering the house and room where the bottles were being thrown a strong smell of marijuana was detected. The smoke detector had been removed and a towel placed under the dorm. On the coffee tables were lighters and ashes. Students inside stated they had just smoked cigars inside. All present denied yelling or throwing bottles out the window.

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Which Way Will the Scouts Swing? 500-Year Old Parking Ticket Adam Kmett Red&Black Staff

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After causing a national stir last week, the Boy Scouts of America have announced they will postpone the decision on whether or not they will openly allow gays into their ranks. All this comes after the Boy Scouts affirmed their ban on gays last summer.

The decision to reconsider the ban had some activists hoping the Scouts might reconsider their decision last summer, while it appeared to disenfranchise large numbers of adults within the upper ranks of the organization.

As a legal matter, the Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that they Boy Scouts did have the right to bar gays from entering the ranks of the private organization, which has basis on religious principles.

On one hand, some contend the policy is inherently discriminatory in nature and should be barred as quickly as possible.

Part of this contingent includes former Eagle Scouts who have begun returning their medals in protest of the ban on homosexual males.

On the other hand, some groups claim the decision to lift the ban will dilute the Scouts of their esteemed moral principles

A skeleton found under a parking lot in Leicester, England in Aug. 2012 has recently been confirmed as the corpse of King Richard III, last of the Plantagenet line of British monarchs.

Using ancient texts, the University of Leicester had determined that Richard III had been buried at Greyfriars Monastery in Leicester, but the original monastery no longer exists. What stands there now is a council car park, and excavation of the site revealed two bodies, a man’s and a woman’s. The male skeleton showed signs of violent death and scoliosis (a curving of the spine) that matched with historical profiles of the king.

Mitochondrial DNA extracted from the skeleton was compared to the DNA of Michael Ibsen, a known descendant of Richard III’s sister Anne of York, and another distant relative who wishes to remain anonymous. The results were a match. “The DNA remains points to these being the remains of Richard III,” University of Leicester genetics expert Turi King said during a press briefing.

Further tests conducted on the body were needed to prove these assumptions. Radiocarbon dat-

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Above, Boy Scouts protest the possible lift on the anti-gay ban. The ban has been upheld by the Supreme Court in a 2000 decision, but it has been under attack recently.

and conflicts with the organization’s strong religious affiliations.

The debate has divided individuals and den’s alike. In a high profile case, Jennifer Tyrell, an Ohio den leader, was dismissed as den leader for being lesbian.

Tyrell has begun championing the for fellow Scout members to consider lifting the ban.

Her petition to remove the ban has now been signed by nearly 1.5 million people.

Of a different opinion are those like Brandon Pryde, a troop leader who was amongst others publicly praying outside the Boy Scouts of America Headquarters this past

week.. He prayed in hopes the ban might continue, in order that the moral integrity of the Scouts not be corrupted. Pryde commented that if the Scouts overturned their ban, Pryde’s local church would pull support of the Scouts.

Public polling suggests the public would like to see the ban lifted. The question becomes what way the Board of the Scouts will swing with the gay question hanging in the balance.

Ultimately, the point is this.

What does the message of the Boy Scouts to “show courage” and “stand firm for timeless values” really mean?

trial, knowledge of the case and knowledge of ones character (if a participant is playing a witness).

Most of the event took place in W&J’s historic Old Main.

Although the W&J team did not make it into nationals, they managed to make a strong showing.

Adam Kmett, ’15, Sarah Mitchell, ’15, and Vincent LeDonne, ’16, served as the team’s attorneys.

Chelsea Cummings, ’13, and Kimberly Vanni, ’13, along with Tatiana Johnson, ’14, and Shaun Happell, ’15, served as witnesses for the team.

Luke Watterson, ’13, and Kimberly Vanni, ’13, also dedicated much time to the organization and facilitation of this event. The W&J team faced the University of Pittsburgh, Kenyon College,

California University of Pennsylvania and Howard College over the weekend in strenuous competition. In the face of W&J’s team not making it to nationals, team member Adam Kmett stayed optimistic.

He said the “goal is to build a nationals worthy team and to learn from this year’s mistakes.”

Kmett “loved being a part of the tournament” seeing it as a “valuable learning experience.”

Here at W&J, Kmett is in the Pre Law Society and wishes to go to law school after graduation.

For him the most challenging part of mock trial is “having to think on your feet in court” coming up with rapid, intelligent and legitimate responses. Kmett is also part of W&Js model United

ing and examination of the bones showed that the man died between 1455 and 1540, somewhere in his late twenties or early thirties (Richard III died at the age of 32).

The battle wounds found on the body — ten in all — were likely inflicted around the time of death.

Two of the wounds were severe blows to the head, which could easily have been fatal according to bioarchaeologist Jo Appleby who led the exhumation of the remains last year.

Some of the other wounds show signs of Richard’s corpse being mistreated after his death, “humiliation injuries” inflicted after his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, which ended the English civil war known as the War of the Roses and began the Tudor dynasty with Henry VII’s ascension to the throne.

The discovery is a great boon for historians and supporters of the dead king, many of whom hope that these findings will spark new interest in Richard III and his life. Richard’s reputation is one still being debated due to the subjectivity of written sources by partisan writers since the Tudor era.

Once a full analysis of the body is completed, Richard’s remains will be reburied in Leicester Cathedral, close to the site of his original grave.

Homefield Advantage: W&J Mock Trial Team Hosts Regionals Mike Nemchick Red&Black Staff

This past weekend Washington & Jefferson College hosted the Founding Fathers Mock Trial Association regional competition.

Over 20 teams were in attendance to compete for a spot in the nationals.

In mock trial, a team’s score is awarded by the participant serving as the judge for the mock trial.

The judge is someone who is an expert in law, either a current law student or someone working in the field.

Points are awarded based on knowledge of legal rules, competence during examinations in the

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Above the Washington & Jefferson Mock Trial team poses for a picture after one of their competitions. The tournament lasted for the whole weekend, with the W&J team performing admirably at a highly competitive level. This event was the culmination of a years worth of work for the Mock Trial team.

Nations which will be participating in an event this week, keeping him a very busy student. This is the last big event for W&J’s mock

trial team for the year. Preparations for the event started months ago with many hours being put in the weeks before the tournament.

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Space Oddity: Iran Seeks to Expand Space Program Jake Meyers Red&Black Staff

Iran, we have a problem. A nation that has been making headlines about its nuclear program is now making headlines about its space program.

Iran has recently claimed that it successfully sent a monkey into space, but nations like the United States remain skeptical towards this claim. A comparison of the facial features of the ‘before’ and ‘after’ monkey appears to have distinguishable differences that are delegitimizing Iran’s claims.

The US is unable to verify whether Iran even launched a rocket into space, let alone whether or not the supposed monkey on board even survived.

“The Iranians said they sent a monkey, but the monkey that they showed later seemed to have different facial features,” Victoria Nuland, State Department Spokesperson told reporters. “He was missing a little wart.” Tehran is now blaming the Iranian media for using photographs of what

they claim was the backup monkey, failing to properly document the true space chimp.

The Iran space program asserts that a space craft containing a monkey made orbit around the earth, and safely returned the chimp alive and in one piece.

This is not the first time Iran has sent a monkey into space. In 2011, a failed space mission resulted in the death of another Iranian space monkey, but Iran has still yet to officially confirm that the mission failed and that the previous chimp died last year.

Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard astronomer who tracks rocket launchings and space activity, supports Iran’s claim that monkey space flight was genuine.

He did, however, provide a somewhat different justification for the photograph confusion, saying the monkey with the mole died during the failed space mission in 2011.

The United States and other highly developed nations worry that the program may be a cover for ballistic missile technology

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Above, President Ahmadinejad poses with the now famous space monkey. Iran hopes to expand its orbital presence in the near future and assert itself as a global competitor.

development, and that the space monkey claims are just for purpose of publicity. As soon as sources began to doubt the legitimacy of Iran’s space claims, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told interviewers how he would consider being Iran’s first astronaut in space. “I’m ready to be the first Iranian to be sacrificed by the scientists of my country

Dean Yuhasz, Welcome Back to W&J! Adam Kmett Red&Black Staff

The selection process for an interim Vice President of Student Life is over. As students are beginning to settle into the new semester, Dean Susan Yuhasz is settling back into the W&J community.

Yuhasz, who last worked for W&J five years ago, is filling the position formerly held by Dean Byron McCrae.

Yuhasz commented she felt positively about returning to work at W&J. “I am really happy to come back,” says Yuhasz. “I loved the students at W&J, the people in the student life division, and I really respect the President as well as her senior staff.”

Yuhasz is looking forward to getting to know the current W&J community once again.

When asked what she is excited for during her interim time in the VP role, Yuhasz volunteered, “I am looking forward to two differ-

ent things. I am looking forward to meeting new students and spending time with them again.

I am also looking forward to working with people I enjoyed working with before and meeting new colleagues and getting to know them.”

As part of her first order of business, Yuhasz has made sure to meet with her colleagues in different departments in order to introduce herself and seeks to continue former partnerships and projects that were in existence under former Dean of Student Life Byron McCrae.

Yuhasz is technically coming out of retirement to help out the W&J community, but she does not view the new position as a challenge. In her words, this new job is more of a “special opportunity,” where she can positively impact the W&J community. Yuhasz is a very interesting, busy person.

In her spare time, she does consulting work for a private K-12

school in Kuwait. Along those lines, she offered she loves to travel and sees great value in learning from other cultures. When she is not traveling or consulting, Yuhasz can be found cooking, reading, and even kayaking.

At the moment though, Yuhasz is quite busy. This past week, the new Dean of Student Life had her entire week booked with meetings and other necessary arrangements as part of her transitions.

Even though she is busy, Yuhasz still made time to introduce herself to the student Inter-Fraternity Council and the Student Government Association.

As part of getting to know students better, she requested this article mention that she is sincerely and genuinely interested in getting to know the student body at W&J well. In your spare time, feel free to stop by her office and get to know her. There is friendliness to her spirit you wouldn’t want to miss yourself.

and go into space.” Ahmadinejad proclaimed, remaining hopeful of Iran’s goal of sending a man into space by 2020.

Politicians like Senator John McCain commented about Ahmadinejad’s ambitions, tweeting “Wasn’t he just there last week?” in a linked story about the spaceorbiting monkey. McCain’s tweet was received with harsh criti-

cism, prompting McCain to tweet “lighten up folks, can’t everyone take a joke.” But it wasn’t funny to Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, a Republican, who tweeted, “Maybe you should wisen up & not make racist jokes.”

All jokes and scrutiny aside, the public eye remains watchful over the Iran space program and its goals for 2020.

Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Kyle Sossi Red&Black Editor

In his State of the Union address, on Tuesday night, President Obama announced that 34,000 U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by this time next February.

This means that half of the 66,000 currently American troops will come home within the year.

The plan is a balance of political promises, like his plan to give security responsibilities over to Afghan troops by the end of 2014, as well as giving military commanders the ability to finish the proverbial “job” in the country.

Commanders will have enough forces to support Afghan troops throughout the fighting season, which is the period from the spring to early October where the Taliban are most combative, but the drawdown will also be quick enough to compel Afghan troops to move into a leading role.

This announcement coincides with President Hamid Karzai

visit to Washington last month, where President Obama told the leader of Afghanistan that Afghan troops were scheduled to take the lead this spring.

The necessity of this shift being done correctly, is so that the security situation doesn’t fall into disarray and American military gains over the more than decade-long conflict are not lost. It is currently unclear as to how many American troops will stay in Afghanistan after the drawdown, when the security situation is entirely under the control of Afghans The White House has been quiet on a detailed timetable, stating only that it would be a phased withdrawal.

The President also focused his State of the Union address on other security issues, including North Korea’s testing of a nuclear weapon on Tuesday, Feb. 12. He also discussed the status of the U.S. economy as well as other domestic issues.

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Burmese Food Festival and Monastery Visit

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In a recent trip to a Buddhist Monastery in Fairfax, Virginia, W&J students volunteered with community and religious leaders at a Burmese Food Festival. The trip was organized

by Hla “Jack” Hpone Myint, a W&J student who was raised in Burma.

Jack acted as the liaison for his fellow classmates into the exciting food and culture of his home country.

(Above Left) A woman serves a traditional Burmese dish to a Buddhist monk, so that the food can be blessed. (Bottom Left) A woman prepares a serving on Mont Hin Gar, a traditional Burmese soup consisting of noodles, herbs, hard-boiled eggs and broth. (Above Right) A group of W&J students help set up for the event.

The event was a pot luck-style festival, where different families brought dishes to serve and knowledge of the event spread to friends and family by word of mount. (Bottom Right) Students participate in a meditation session led by a Buddhist monk. The monk also taught W&J students about the history of Buddhist teaching and the life of Siddhartha Gautama.

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Rewriting History: Extremists in Mali Threaten to Erase the Past Morgan Mattingly Red&Black Editor Mali has been a hotspot for world news recently.

Between the French intervention, the response of militants in Algeria at an internationally managed gas field, the destruction of priceless artifacts and monuments, the threat to the Egyptian pyramids, the possibility that France is going to remain there for some time and the questioning of motives, there seems to be no end to the outpouring of news.

The West Africa nation of Mali has been a source of worry for prominent nations since March of 2012, when the coups and rebellions made some wonder if it would become a haven for terrorists.

In March, the elected government of President Amadou Toumani was overthrown by soldiers in the capital, Bamako, upset by the mismanagement of a nomadic Tuareg rebellion in the country’s

northern deserts. However, the coup led to Tuaregs then Islamic militants taking over the northern region.

“The New York Times” cites a sudden charge of the Islamists southward in early Jan. “with a force of 800 to 900 fighters in 50 to 200 vehicles, taking over a frontier town that had been the de facto line of government control” as the final push for French intervention.

On Jan. 15, “USA Today” revealed that “nearly two-thirds of French people polled voiced support for the intervention in a survey done by the French Institute of Public Opinion.”

“Some French policy analysts say the difference is that the French see Northern Africa as part of their sphere of influence and a greater threat due to its proximity” The French ground troops and aerial strikes seemingly quickly ousted the Islamists; but as fighting continues in Gao and residual

Islamist resurge in cities already “taken,” fears of a long, drawn out French involvement grow.

French President Francois Hollande in answer to what they plan to do with the terrorists is cited in “The New York Times” stating: “Destroy them. Capture them, if possible, and make sure they do no harm in the future.”

But the future is looking like it may involve the French.

In “L’Express” magazine a retired French general and military theorist, Vincent Desportes stated: “From the moment France committed itself, it became responsible for what happens in that country, if France leaves too soon and the situation deteriorates, Paris will get the blame.”

France has formerly proposed to the United Nations Security Council that a peacekeeping force be deployed, but Mali has yet to approve.

In the meantime, news of the destruction enacted in Mali’s northern regions while the ex-

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Above is one of the many historical sites that are threatened by continued military actions in the country of Mali.

tremists were in power is coming out. Timbuktu, once a center of education and learning for the Arabic world, was one of the places where much was lost.

In the last days of the Islamists occupation they went to libraries throughout the cities burning, and to shrines of Sufi preachers and scholars to destroy their tombs.

They burned dozens of ancient manuscripts at the Ahmed Baba Institute, the city’s largest and most significant library. Fortunately, many of the city’s citizens hid away other treasures during the occupation.

But one has to wonder what else will be revealed as Mali moves forward.

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Combat Stress With Healthy Habits

a treat. When it came to costumes this year, let’s face it, there was the good, the bad and the ugly. F

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Don’t be like this lady. Stop stress with effective and healthy practices.

Mike Nemchick Red&Black Staff

College and stress typically go hand in hand. Assignments and deadlines piling up, tough exams and even social life are just a few sources of stress for every college student.

Worrying about employment, graduate schools and internships also adds to this.

When living with many sources of stress it is beneficial to have a variety of outlets for this stress. One of the simplest ways to combat stress is exercise.

Whether taking regular walks or keeping up a gym routine, it is easy to find an agreeable form of physical activity to work off stress.

Exercising also has the benefit of keeping the body healthy. Living an unhealthy lifestyle adds to stress, and stress makes one more unhealthy, so it is a vicious cycle.

Even in the cold months, when you don’t want to go outside, it is easy to do yoga inside a nice warm dormitory. Washington & Jefferson College even has a yoga club where interested students can pick up pointers.

Meditation and deep breathing exercises can also be helpful but sometimes take a bit of practice; YouTube is always there to help.

Keeping up a regular sleeping pattern is also of importance.

Not getting enough sleep comes with a variety of health problems in addition to increasing stress levels.

With managing sleep comes time management in general.

Getting assignments done gradually instead of rushing them all at once will help you avoid allnighters. It also helps to avoid the huge and crushing amounts of stress that accompanies procrastination.

During this time of year, seasonal affective disorder is also something to watch out for.

SAD mainly has to do with not getting enough sun. The best way to combat this is to get outside to soak in whatever natural light you can and breathe some fresh air.

There are also natural lights set up next to the mail room in the Rossin Campus Center that simulate natural sunlight. Sitting under these lights for a few minutes each day can help combat SAD. If a student ever feels like stress is overwhelming they should feel free to visit the Health and Counseling Services office to receive professional advice and help.

The staff is always friendly and eager to help those in need.

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What Are the Origins of Valentine’s Day?

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Bailey Mudrick Red&Black Staff

Every February 14, in the United States and across the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine; but who is this mysterious saint, and where did these traditions come from?

Valentines Day is believed to have start in France and England, but the history of Valentine’s Day, and the story of its patron saint, is masked in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contain relics of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.

Yet the question remains, who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men.

Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.

When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons, where they were often beaten and tortured.

According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl, possibly his jailor’s

daughter, who visited him during his confinement. Right before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories all emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and most importantly, romantic figure. By the middle ages, perhaps thanks to this reputation, Valentine would become one of the most popular saints in England and France.

While some believe that Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial, others claim that the Christian church may have decided to place St. Valentine’s feast day in the middle of February in an effort to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia.

Which was celebrated on February 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

Lupercalia survived the initial rise of Christianity and but was outlawed, as it was deemed “un-Christian”, at the end of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine’s Day. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love.

During the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds’ mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of Valentine’s Day should be a day reserved for romance.

Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, though written Valentine’s didn’t begin to appear until after 1400. The oldest known valentine

still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt.

Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois.

In addition to the United States, Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France and Australia.

In Great Britain, Valentine’s Day began to be popularly celebrated around the 17th century. By the middle of the 18th, it was common for friends and lovers of all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes, and by 1900 printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one’s feelings was discouraged.

Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began selling the first mass-produced valentines in America. Howland, known as the “Mother of the Valentine,” made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as “scrap”.

Today, according to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are sent each year, making Valentine’s Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, Christmas being the first with an estimated 2.6 billion cards a year.

So whoever St. Valentine day is, Valentines days is a reminder to cherish the ones we loves and sometimes spoiling someone with chocolate and flowers isn’t such a bad idea.

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How Do Other Countries Celebrate Valentine's Day? Shanel Grabowski Red&Black Staff One either has a love or hatred towards Valentine’s Day. You love it if you actually are celebrating it with a significant other or you hate it if you may be sitting on your couch with some self-purchased chocolates and watching a sappy movie. No matter what you do on the day of Feb. 14, you will be glad to know that not everyone in this world may be celebrating this day of “love and affection” as we know it in the United States.

The United States, Canada, England and Australia are the only countries that celebrate the 14 of Feb. the same way we do here in the United States.

The typical bottle of wine, flowers, chocolates, flowers and romantic cards are what most Americans think of when the topic of Valentine’s Day comes up in conversation.

If you would like to avoid the sappy, lovey dovey ways of Valentine’s Day, then maybe you should hop on the lane and travel

to some other countries for the day. In Japan and South Korea, women are actually expected to give men candy on the 14 of Feb. Although do not fret ladies of Japan and South Korea, men return the favor one month later (March 14) with candy and gifts; known as “White Day.”

“Many Latin American countries celebrate their friendships.”

If you do not want to dip into your savings account to purchase candy and gifts for a male on Thursday, then you could travel to Norway, Denmark or Sweden.

These countries all have adopted the holiday from the United States but it is not made such a big deal.

Sweden refers to Valentine’s Day as “All Hearts Day.” So these countries do still celebrate some sort of love and affection on this day, but there are

many other countries who did not adopt the United States tradition.

Finland and Estonia celebrate “Friends Day.” Many Latin American countries celebrate Feb. 14 as a day to appreciate their friendships.

Mexico, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica all celebrate this day in honor or their friends.

They use this special day to perform acts of appreciation for their friends and acts of affection for their loved ones if they desire.

Therefore if you would like to avoid the thought of celebrating with an imaginary loved one, why not travel to these Latin American countries where you can celebrate with your friends with some Mexican tequila and get a nice suntan while you’re at it.

No matter what you do this Valentine’s Day make it worth the while. Valentine’s Day does not have to revolve around a boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse; appreciate everyone in your life this Thursday.

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Couples both old and young celebrate Valentine’s Day in China with a kiss. People in countries all over the world have unique and interesting ways of celebrating this holiday of love.

Bailey Mudrick Red&Black Staff It is Valentines Day once again and as Americans it means the sight of red roses, romantic cards, teddy bears and heart-shaped chocolate boxes in every household, but what is Valentines Day like outside of America? Sometimes we are so consumed in our everyday lives its hard to think about other countries costumes and how they differ from our own. Valentines day has recently been recognized as a worldwide holiday.

Countries like the UK, Italy, France, Mexico, Spain, Japan, Korea, Latin America and more countries celebrate this day of love.

It has even openly reached places like South Africa and Egypt. In Roman Catholic countries like France celebrate Valentine’s Day like the United States.

France is believed to have originated the holiday during the middle ages; when birds began to mate halfway through the second month of the year, lovers considered this a sign and began exchanging love letters, beginning the cherished holiday.

The United Kingdom, another Roman Catholic country, exchanges cards, chocolates and flowers just like the U.S., but Brits write sonnets and verses to each other and children also join in the fun by spending the day singing songs.

In Whales Valentine’s day is celebrated, but the Welsh also have St. Dwynwen’s day, or Dydd Santes Dwynwen.

It’s on Jan. 25, parties are held and Love spoons are a common gift to be given on this special day. In Italy, Valentine’s Day was once celebrated as a Spring Festival. It

used to be held in the open air, where young people would gather in brightly decorated gardens to listen to music and the reading of poetry.

This custom, however, steadily deceased with the passage of time. Today, a popular Valentine’s Day gift in Italy is Baci Perugina , a small, chocolate-covered hazelnut containing a small slip of paper with a romantic poetic quote in four languages.

Although the exchange flowers and chocolate along with more extravagant gifts such as perfume and diamonds is also present in Italy. A strange custom on this day of love is found in Scotland. Imagine celebrating a romantic day with a complete stranger. A popular tradition in Scottish culture is ‘The Search of the Valentine Date.’ The first man or woman a person sees on the street becomes his or her Valentine. Unlike the U.S., On Feb. 14 Japanese and South Korean women often buy chocolates for boyfriends and husbands.

Then on March 14, a month later, both countries celebrate a ‘reply day,’ where men are expected to return the favor to those who gave them chocolates on Valentine’s Day, calling it ‘White Day’. In Japan the men usually give white chocolate as a gift; whereas in South Korea men give non-chocolate candy to women.

Interesting enough South Korea also celebrates a single’s day on April 14; the single people of South Korea unite over black noodles called Jajangmyeon, and mourn their single lives. A week long celebrations and parties take place in South Africa. Young girls celebrate the day by celebrating a tradition called ‘Lupercalia.’

This tradition requires girls to pin the name of their lover on their sleeve. Although China has adopted Valentine’s

Day on February 14th, The Chinese also have a special day called Qi Qiao Jie, which is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month on the Chinese calendar. This day is also referred to as the ‘Begging Festival’ or the ‘Daughter’s Festival,’ which is an important day for girls.

In the evening girls would prepare melons, fruits and worship, praying that their wishes of finding true love and a good marriage will become true. Couples also visit a temple called ‘Temple of Matchmaker’ and pray for happiness and future marriage. In Spain, you would be celebrating Valentine’s today, the same as the rest of the Western world.

That is unless you were in Catalonia, a country that comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, when it’s called La Diada de Sant Jordi, and celebrated on April 23.

You would be exchanging books as a gift on this day.

Historically, men gave women roses, and women gave men a book to celebrate the occasion. Nations like Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador refer to Valentine’s day as Día del Amor y la Amistad, or ‘Day of Love and Friendship.’ Although it is similar to the traditional version of Valentine’s Day in many ways, it is also common to see people do ‘acts of appreciation’ for their friends.

In Guatemala the holiday isn’t just for youth. In the country’s capital, it’s common for locals and tourists to dress up in feathered masks or vivid Mayan attire and partake in Old Love, a senior citizens’ parade, it is a colorful, affectionate affair.

So no matter who you are, or where you are from there are many different ways to celebrate The Day of Love. As long as you appreciate the ones that love you back.

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Minami Minegishi, member of Japanese group AKB48, shaved her head and made a video after the incident.

Deidre Parker Red&Black Editor Would you ever be willing to take up a career that absolutely forbids you from having a significant other? To most Americans, the idea of remaining single in order to keep a job seems strange; but to hundreds of pop stars in Asia, it’s a harsh reality.

The latest victim of these socalled “no romance” policies, enacted to preserve an image of innocence and availability in members of popular singing groups and celebrities, is Minami Minegishi, prominent member of the Japanese super-group AKB48.

The 20-year old is a singer, actress and popular “idol” in Japan, gaining popularity after AKB48 made their debut in 2005.

Though they recently provided the theme song for Disney’s “Wreck It Ralph,” “Sugar Rush,” you may not have heard of this excessively large pop group (there are 88 members currently).

In Japan, however, they are big business; generating more than $200 million in 2011 in Japan alone. The group is divided into 4 main divisions: Team A, Team K, Team B, and trainees who aspire to one day join a team. AKB48 is based in Akihabara, an area of Tokyo, but there are also related groups in various other cities of Japan including Sakae (SKE48), Nanba (NMB48) and Hakata (HKT48).

They are marketed as “idols you can meet,” perform daily in their theater in Akihabara and in general have a very fan-driven career trajectory. As of early January 2013, Minegishi was a popular member of Team B and riding high on the superstardom that goes along with performing in the unstoppable group. All of this changed when on January 31, she was photographed leaving the house of her alleged boyfriend, Alan Shirahama, who is also a member of a Japanese singing group.

In America this would have only made cheap, gossipy, “are they dating?” news, and certainly wouldn’t have affected Minegishi’s status as a celebrity. In Japan, after the pictures were published in tabloid magazine Shukan Bunshun, the story exploded and no one could have predicted how strong the backlash would be.

Mere hours after the photos were printed, Minegishi appeared online in a YouTube video produced and published by the managers of AKB48. Most notably, her previously long locks had been shorn into a buzz cut; an action meant to show how deeply sorry and ashamed she was about…visiting her boyfriend?

In the rest of the video, she cries, lowers her head, apologizes for her “thoughtless and immature” actions and expresses her desire to remain a member of the group.

The video was viewed more than 3 million times, but due to a

large outpouring of disgust from fans worldwide at its extreme and heartbreaking contents, it was put on private and can no longer be viewed.

After the media circus and head-shaving, many thought Minegishi had seen the worst of the scandal, but sadly they were wrong.

As if to add insult to injury, the band’s managers stripped her of her status as a member of Team B and forced her back to trainee level even though she is one of only four remaining original members who have been with the group since 2005.

So, what now? Sadly, there is little that can be done.

Speculation remains on whether or not Minegishi will ever regain her former status and rejoin one of the main AKB48 teams, and if she does, how long it will take.

As for the “no romance” policy, there is little chance that it will be removed, though several idols have recently spoken out against it and offered their support to Minegishi.

Obviously the fetishization of youthful innocence isn’t a uniquely Japanese problem, but in their popular media, it is certainly a pervasive and, in this case, liferuining phenomenon.

One can only wonder how long it will take before Japanese celebrities are allowed to have private, romantic lives without the fear of backlash, public shaming and demotion. Will they ever?

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Joining clubs and volunteering are two great ways to meet new people.

Mike Nemchick Red&Black Staff It is time for students to get more involved on campus. With the involvement expo coming up on Feb. 20, this is the perfect time for students to get active on campus.

It is the beginning of a new semester. Freshman students understand better how to manage their time and can take on new responsibilities and activities that fit into their routines. Older students may have found new activities or fields of interests they want to pursue.

Whatever the case may be, all students should find a way to be actively involved on campus.

The four years spent in college may be the only time a person is surrounded by such easily accessible resources.

Want to start a club? Go to Student Government with a constitution and have it voted on. New clubs can even receive a budget if they go through the right steps.

Want to start a charity? Talk to an already existing club or rally up some fellow students and make something happen.

How easy will it be after graduation to simply reserve a room, for free, using an online application to hold an event in a furnished area with the electronics you need? With enough time and drive, students can make whatever

they want to see happen on this campus.

If students want to find a way to volunteer and help out the community, there are a large number of opportunities. Justin Dandoy, the director of Volunteer Services, whose office is located in the hub, can set up any student with a number of volunteer opportunities.

Even if students want to go see the world, they can go visit the Global Education Offices in Burnett and find out how to go study abroad. The Magellan project is also a great opportunity, where students can be funded to complete a research project abroad anywhere in the world.

Students can use the opportunities and resources around them to make their goals become a reality. It is even possible to try something completely new and to discover other things they might like.

Never acted? Why not try an acting class or the theater club?

Give intermural sports a try sometime and see how it goes.

Just look at the posters all around campus and pick something out to go do.

Everyone here is surrounded by constant activity; it would be a shame to let it all pass without taking different opportunities and chances. Students are paying to be here, so make something out of your time rather than letting it lay to waste.

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Did Beyonce Win the Super Bowl?

Ashley Burk Red&Black Staff Each year the Super Bowl draws in millions of people, not just for the football, but also for the halftime performance.

In previous years there have been good and bad performances, but nothing that ever blew us away.

Well, except for the Janet Jackson nip-slip, there recently has not been a performance

that has had all audiences glued to the television.

This year, however, was a different story. Beyonce took the stage during this year’s Super Bowl with one of the best performances audiences have ever seen.

In the wake of a lip-synching scandal, many were wondering how Beyonce would strike back at her haters.

Beyonce had been planning her Super Bowl performance for months, and was up for the challenge of ending

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the messy scandal.

For 12 minutes at the center Superdome field, Beyonce gave an explosive performance filled with microscopic changes to her vocals that indicated Beyonce was effectively answering her critic’s doubts.

She started off the performance with one of her most popular songs “Love On Top,” and then followed with some of her other hits such as “Crazy In Love” and “Single Ladies.” During her entire performance she never faltered.

Wearing sky-high, thighhigh, stiletto boots, she walked across the stage like she owned it.

Her choreography was amazing, as usual, with highenergy moves that brought the crowd to their feet.

The most anticipated question of the night was whether or not there would be a Destiny’s Child reunion. For weeks there have been rumors swirling that the three performers would once again reunite and perform together during the Super Bowl, but nothing was ever confirmed.

Then, late in Beyonce’s set, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams joined her to perform snippets of “Bootylicious” and “Independent Woman Part I.” Rowland and Williams also helped out when Beyonce performed “Single Ladies.”

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Although many were hoping that the trio would sing one of their most popular songs, “Say My Name,” their main focus was performing Beyonce’s songs because this was without a doubt her show.

After Rowland and Williams left the stage, Beyonce ended the night with her ethe-

real ballad, “Halo.”

Beyonce’s performance without a doubt stole the show for the night and made some forget they were supposed to be watching a football game.

Next years performer will have to be on their A-game to even think about reaching the heights that Beyonce reached during this year’s Super Bowl.

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W&J Singing With The All Star College Choir Some songs performed in honor of Marvin Hamlisch: “One Song” “What I Did For Love” The theme from “Ice Castles”

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“The Way We Were”

From left to right: Erin Barno, ‘13, Brandon Rauch, ‘14, Nick Stockert, ‘15, Hannah Russell, ‘13, Travis Clark, ‘16, Ben Altomari, ‘13, Noah Salami, ‘13, Kristin Ogden, “15, Dr. Robert Page, Allyse Corbin, ‘14, Samantha Farabee, ‘14, Brennen Malia, ‘15, Kayleigh Verno, ‘15 Allyse Corbin Red&Black Staff

Directed by Dr. Robert Page, The All Star College Choir is a group of singers from 10 Pittsburgh area colleges and universities.

The lucky singers (myself included) rehearsed with Dr. Page starting on Saturday, Jan. 26 and sang under his direction until this past Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013.

Three quartets from Washington & Jefferson College were chosen to perform with the All-Star College Choir: Freshman Travis Clark; Sophomores Kristin Ogden, Kayleigh Verno, Brennen Malia, Nick Stockert; Juniors Brandon Rauch, Samantha Farabee, Allyse Corbin, Noah Salami; Seniors Erin Barno,

Benjamin Altomari, Hannah Russel.

Rehearsals were intense and usually around 3 hours each.

The chorus performed in Marvin Hamlisch tribute concert where we shared the stage with The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and Broadway superstars like Idina Menzel and Brian d’arcy James.

I have personally never been so moved by performing. The beautiful music that the orchestra produced combined with the chorus singing their hearts out with some of our role models was simply the best. We were making music; music that was dedicated to a brilliant artist: Marvin Hamlisch.

Some songs performed to honor Marvin Hamlisch included: “One Song,” “What I Did For

Love,” The theme from “Ice Castles” and “The Way We Were.”

After the tribute concert, we rehearsed more in order to perform with the PSO again, in their Valentine POPS concert.

These rehearsals were some of the best rehearsals I have ever attended…and that means a lot because I have attended thousands of rehearsals. Dr. Page is amazing.

He is so passionate and talented.

“As a freshman, I didn’t know what to expect. I was introduced to other talented musicians, an incredibly humorous conductor, and some new friends” said Travis Clark, ’16.

Dr. Page cares about music and the people who produce it. He focuses on not only the sounds that music makes, but on the text within each song. Dr. Page spent a lot of time having

chorus members read the lyrics of each song and really pushed for a deeper understanding from each member.

Kayleigh Verno, ’15, said: “All Star College Choir was one of the top experiences in my life. Not only did I enjoy spending time with my fellow W&J Camerata singers, but I got to sit alongside many talented singers. My favorite part about the whole experience was working under the direction of Dr. Page. I have never met a man with so much wisdom and character!”

For the entirety of some songs, Dr. Page would have us close our eyes and just sing. We would be so focused, and he said that was when we sounded the best: when we weren’t thinking about anything else, just the songs, breathing and the meaning of each word

we sang. Samantha Farabee, ’14, stated: “It’s so wonderful to have singers of varying backgrounds produce music of such beauty in just a few weeks. As Dr. Page said, ‘It may not always be fun, but it is always a joy.’”

Dr. Page had a great balance of seriousness and humor. He made sure that we warmed up every day and even played some silly songs to get us awake and ready.

Dr. Page had us sing alone and insisted that choir was not about blending voices; he did not want us to change or adapt our voices, he wanted us to be aware how we sound alone and also know who we sound good with or next to.

The W&J members of The All Star College Choir would like to thank Dr. Susan Medley for affording them this amazing musical experience.

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Not Your Typical Zombie Flick Second Season of NBC’s “Smash,” Better Than The First Shari Kaminski Red&Black Columnist

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A completely different sort of zombie movie, “Warm Bodies,” told as a love story.

Ashley Burk Red&Black Staff For as long as I can remember, whenever zombie movies are coming to theaters, the movies are scary, gory and heart pounding.

Don’t get me wrong. I love a good zombie flick, but when the same thing is released over and over again, things start to get old.

Then I heard a rumor that a new zombie movie was coming out and it was going to be completely different from all of the other zombie movies.

I began seeing previews for “Warm Bodies” and knew that I had to see the movie when I came out.

I also went out and bought the book, because it is a wellknown fact that the book is always better than the movie.

When “Warm Bodies” finally hit theaters, I was able to convince my two good friends to go with me. I didn’t know what to expect when I went to see “Warm Bodies.”

Although the movie lacked some qualities that the book had, I was not disappointed. I was actually the complete op-

posite.

“Warm Bodies” follows the story of R. He became a zombie when the world contracted some kind of infection, and now lives at the airport with other zombies. When R embarks on a hunting trip looking for food, he meets a human named Julie. But for once he does not have the urge to eat her. Instead he wants to protect her. So here begins the profound journey of Julie and R. As they begin to bridge the gap between the living and dead, battle lines will be drawn.

“Warm Bodies” is filled more with more humor than attempts to scare the audience, and it offers a new outlook on an unconventional love story.

Even though I wouldn’t say “Warm Bodies” was one of the best movies I have ever seen, it is the perfect date night movie or if you’re in the mood for a light-hearted rom-zom-com (romantic zombie comedy).

During its opening weekend “Warm Bodies” took the top spot, bringing in $20 million and ranked seventh for biggest Super Bowl opening weekend.

NBC’s “Smash” returned on Feb. 5 for its long-awaited second season. The polarizing drama about a creative team trying to get a musical about Marilyn Monroe, “Bombshell,” to Broadway faced many challenges in the first season.

While the pilot was wellreviewed and watched by many, criticism for both the cast and behind-the-scenes crew became constant as the rest of season one aired.

When season two was given the green light to begin production, it was announced that “Smash” would be getting a new showrunner to replace creator and executive producer Theresa Rebeck.

Shortly before the premiere of season two, an article was published online with comments from six people who worked on season one.

These six people remained anonymous while discussing what caused season one to go downhill so quickly after the pilot.

It was revealed that many problems stemmed from Rebeck’s handling of the show.

Rebeck was used to working

in the theater as a playwright when she created “Smash.”

She was not used to working on a television show where NBC would have a say in what happened if they disagreed with the direction in which “Smash” was heading. When the show began receiving criticism, Rebeck would not listen to those who tried to talk to her about change.

The biggest problems in the shows first season were characters that the audience found not only unlikeable, but unwatchable; strange and unnecessary musical numbers; and (oddly) the huge scarves worn by Debra Messing’s character Julia.

Before season two began filming, four actors who played the characters that received the most flashbacks were dropped from the show, and the storylines for those characters were finished in the season premiere.

The unnecessary musical numbers, most likely done in an attempt to copy “Glee,” have stopped. Now, musical numbers not related to the musical “Bombshell” or other musicals mentioned in the show will only occur when the situation calls for it, like in the

season premiere when some of the characters had to sing at a benefit.

Season two also introduced new characters including the writing team of Jimmy and Kyle, who are working on a musical to rival “Bombshell.”

Jennifer Hudson is gueststarring as Veronica Moore, a Broadway vet who has won her fair share of Tony awards, and gives advice to Karen (“American Idol’s” Katherine McPhee) on how to succeed in show business. Other expected guest stars include “Will and Grace’s” Sean Hayes, Liza Minelli and Bernadette Peters (Peters already made an appearance in season one).

While McPhee’s acting leaves much to be desired, if the two-hour season premiere is anything to go by, “Smash” has become a whole new show.

The great songs are still there, the audience has a reason to care about every character and the storyline is focused on getting “Bombshell” to Broadway, as it should be.

The songs from the show are available on iTunes.

“Smash” airs Tuesdays at 10 P.M. on NBC, and the next episode airs on Feb. 19.

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A Great Release of 2013: Foxygen’s Second Studio Album Kyle Sossi Red&Black Editor In one of the first great releases of 2013 came from Foxygen with their second studio album “We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic.” The band, a songwriting and multi-instrumentalist duo of Jonathan Rado and Sam France, was originally formed in 2005, when the members were still in high school.

In interviews, France and Rado are the kind of front men that many bands today are lacking, they are self-assured, but goofy and endearing.

They self-released three EPs: “Kill Art,” “Ghettoplastikk!” and “Take the Kids Off Broadway,” before being discovered by Richard Swift, a producer and fellow musician, in 2011 and signing to the indie powerhouse label Jagjaguwar Records later that year.

Their debut album was a widespread re-release of “Take the Kids off Broadway,” an album that re-configures and experiments with sounds from the past to make a wildly fun and surprisingly original record.

The liner notes, on “Take the Kids off Broadway” define the band as the fusion “of The Rolling Stones, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Bowie, etc…. that creates a sometimesimpressionistic, sometimeshyper-real portrait of sounds from specific places and times.”

This first outing was spontaneous and schizophrenic, in the best sense of the words.

Songs start and end in different genres and time periods from where they began, with no warning of when they will change.

The track “Teenage Alien Blues” for instance starts out

with a menacing groove a la The Doors, then moves into a “Get off of My Cloud”--like jaunt before a carnival-esque David Bowie interlude.

The song picks back up with re-verb and studio effects that sound a bit like “Sister Ray” by the Velvet Underground, and as the ten minute ride ends the band plays a surprisingly melodious close that wouldn’t sound completely out of place on a Prince record.

These guys seemed to have scoured their parents’ record collections and un-prejudicially incorporated as many sounds as they could, even using vocal harmonies reminiscent of someone like Frankie Valli on the album’s title track.

These songs would be jarring if they weren’t so much fun, and they would be derivative if they weren’t so experimental. They borrow from the past, effortlessly gliding

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Foxygen, above, playing at the Echo in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 19.

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between decades and styles: Rock and Roll, Psychedelia, Garage Rock, Blues, ProtoPunk, brief moments of Soul and even elements of more contemporary bands like The Flaming Lips.

In their second album, “We Are the 21st Century…” Foxygen has become more poised and the songs more refined.

It’s still a fundamentally nostalgic project, but the band has internalized enough of the sounds that they start to make them their own. They flesh out single ideas throughout the tracks instead of craftily detouring through different styles. The song “No Destruction” for instance just rolls through this great folk rock tune, with a nice vintage veneer and this great pained, but simultaneously resigned vocal performance that seems to be inspired by a Bob Dylan track like “Positively 4th Street.”

Following that, “On Blue Mountain” soars through cheery and sunny choruses before plunging into dark grooves, constantly building up to a great close. The next track “San Francisco” sounds a bit like the inside of Wes Anderson’s head. It just has a lovely melody with an improbably

infectious chorus: “I left my love in San Francisco (That’s ok, I was bored anyway)/ I left my love in a field (That’s ok, I was born in L.A.).”

“Shuggie,” one of the first singles from the album, has a fantastic bass line, and the track incorporates the same detouring and experimentation of their first album. In the album’s title track, the band uses the absurdly long album title as the chorus which becomes quite comedic towards the middle of the Iggy Pop and the Stooges-inspired song.

The album closes with the song “Oh No” which sounds a bit like “Space Oddity,” by David Bowie and incorporates these great spoken-word overdubs, and ends with a beautiful minute-long piano ballad.

Foxygen progresses on this album nicely, but it’s so short, at only thirty-seven minutes, that it’s difficult for any lyrical themes to develop.

The band, with this album and the one before, has done incredibly well in crafting music through a nostalgic lens, while also incorporating enough strangeness and inventiveness so that it sounds distinctly modern and weirdly fresh.

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Staff Editorial: Love Is In The Air Happy Black History Month (already in progress) and welcome to the third week of the spring semester. Valentine’s Day is upon us and love is running rampant through the campus corridors (insert cheesy lyrics from any Taylor Swift or Maroon 5 love song here).

Though we did not want to make the V-Day edition of the Red&Black scream of sappy love poems and cater to couples, we wanted to be sure it wasn’t only about “singles awareness” day, as V-Day is often nicknamed.

So fret not to all of the self-proclaimed “foreveralone”s or “I could care less” singles. V-Day is a day to celebrate love in its purest, most basic form: platonic love and admiration. Call up your parents and tell them how much they mean to you. Get in touch with your best friend, your brother, your sister—anyone—

and remind them that whatever you do, you do it because you love them.

Don’t let Valentine’s Day be a nagging reminder that you have yet to find your one true love. Don’t let it be this serious holiday where anything less than a motorcade with flowers and candy is unacceptable.

(Even if it is.)

Let V-Day be a positive, humbling and uplifting reminder of how loved you are and how much love you have to give. Be grateful for whomever has brought joy into your life. If you’re one half of a happy couple, cherish what you have. If you’re single, stay close with family and friends and friends who are family that make your days brighter.

On behalf of us all at the Red&Black, Happy Valentine’s Day. And for those who forgot, enjoy these free Lord-of-the-Rings-themed Valentine’s Day cards!

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* Could live off Chinese food

* “I wear my ________ (noun) at night.”

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* Likes climbing castles in Scotland and long walks on the beach

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* Favorite animal is a panda and loves chocolate!

* Has a smile that lights up a room; still looking for her prince charming

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“Wall of Feathers,” A Selection of Students’ Short Stories Tori Smith Red&Black Editor

I met him my senior year of high school when I went to visit my best friend at her college in Ohio. He was sweet. We talked for hours the first night. Dreams, hopes, aspirations, wants, wishes, past, present, future. Every thought that coursed our minds was uttered without a second to reconsider.

Word vomit coursing up my throat, spilling out all over him, unable to catch a breath.

Nothing much happened after that weekend spent with him. I went home.

Back to my bland existence of high school life with studies and finals fast approaching. My best friend came home from college shortly after with stories and gossip about my newly acquired friends and that boy. He said this, and then he said this. You should really talk to him more, Hannah.

My guard was up.

After my relationship the year before had ended, like any melodramatic adolescent, my heart was broken in two, laying on the floor of my high school hallway, being trampled on by him and his new tramp of a girlfriend. To put it blunt, a new relationship scared the f*** out of me.

Why would anyone put themselves through something like that again? You know, I think I’ll stay alone, guarding my heart until the day I die a sad, lonely death.

Dramatic, right? But, like any other teenage tale, OF COURSE it didn’t end with that one weekend.

Though it did reach a sort of standstill. We talked more and more, as if there was really anything else to tell each other.

It wasn’t until a year later that I saw him again. Two friends were getting married, hooray and yippee.

Although they were mild acquaintances of mine, they were best friends of my best friend. Needless to say I was dragged to the wedding in an awkward “Hi you don’t know me, but congratulations!” sort of way.

He was my date, but I suffered the ceremony without him.

Apparently some people don’t know how to request off from work. Awkwardly sitting across from his mom, Hi I’m your sons date. Oh! I’ve heard so much about you! Wait... what?

That moment when you realize he talks about you to his mom. Now, what do I do? Shaking with anticipation as he walks across the backyard. Should I talk to him first, or wait for him to say something to

me? It was clear at this point, though still being denied, the feelings were there, and they were mutual.

Hate to bore you with the lack of details, but nothing happened between us that weekend. We drank. A lot. He went home.

I slept on my friends couch. I promise the story gets juicier.

The month after, a good friend of mine came to visit for a month. We partied. And that’s when the truth came out. Dun dun DUN, like sharks moving in for the kill. I was drunk, of course, spewing words in my texts to him that only an idiot would say. I think I really like you.

No, I mean I really like you. I feel the same way about you! Corny, cheesy, overlydramatic, teenaged lovers talk. And, it was all via text: PROOF! The next week I went to visit him again. Imagine this: My best friend and I devised a plan to surprise him (GAG). We walk into the pizza shop where he worked, he never saw it coming.

The redness rose up my neck, settling in my cheeks like giant STOP signs on a road.

How do I act around you now? I’m so embarrassed!

That week was nothing short of amazing. Complete teenage dream, of course.

But, we’re so far from each other! It’s okay!

You’ll do your thing at home, and I’ll do my thing here!

And, then, we’ll come back together whenever we can! What girl wouldn’t buy that bull****? My birthday is at the end of the month, will you come? Hope sizzling through my body.

I would love to! I’ll make sure I don’t work! He never showed. But, idiotically, I was COMPLETELY understanding. Oh no, it’s okay, don’t worry about it! I’ll have other birthdays.

Two months later would be his sisters wedding, Will you be my date? I’d love to!

Talk about AWKWARD. His family referring to me as his girlfriend. But, wait, does he call me that? Am I his girlfriend? What does that even MEAN? We road off into the sunset, and lived happily ever after! Scratch that, I’m completely lying to you. I went home. We slowly stopped talking to each other. The sizzle and fire we had between us distinguished like firemen hosing off a burning apartment building downtown.

OP-ED Flashback: “ How to Live Life to the Fullest” A bout

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Jonathan Weeks ‘12 Red&Black Contributor

There is an old saying that many of your peers or mentors may have tried to instill within you.

That saying is to live life to the fullest, to disregard all your fears and do whatever makes you happiest.

So the question is, do you live life to the fullest, unafraid of the risks that may come with it, or do you conform to your peers and go along with whatever life hands you?

I think, for the most part, that life should be given all the energy

Editor’s note: Originally featured Thursday Dec. 9, 2010, then-staff writer Jonathan Weeks ‘12 wrote an article entitled “How to Live Life to the Fullest Every Day.” The piece debuted in the last issue of the fall production of the Red&Black in 2010 and has been resurfaced for publication in this issue of the Red&Black.

that one could muster and that people should always push the bounds of all that is possible, but before we go too far, let’s take a step back.

The world is a huge place.

No matter what we believe, every single one of us is a small dot on a small world that is an even smaller dot in an infinitely large universe.

While most of us are diversified by our own opinions or faiths, this fact is common to us all.

It is because of this fact that living life to the fullest has any meaning at all.

Because we are so small, most

people will do almost anything to feel that their lives have meaning: some turn to religion, some to science, some to the entertainment of others and some even to the destruction of others.

Any way you slice it, we all wish to silence the feelings of emptiness that would otherwise haunt us to our dooms.

Our willingness to live life to the fullest is also governed by the fear of death.

All of us will die, and all of us experience the uncertainty of dying.

If death were not constantly looming around us, the motiva-

tion to live while you have the chance to would not be so strong in people. Unfortunately, this fear or uncertainty or emptiness is also the reason that many people fail to actualize the prospect of living life to the fullest.

Many people cannot cope with such intense feelings and attempt to nullify them by “going with the flow,” as some would say.

They fear branching out on their own and experiencing the world for themselves instead of only following others.

To really live life to the fullest, one must have an open mind and instead of fearing death must em-

brace it. The only way to experience life with all the emotion that is possible is to realize how fragile life really is, how close death always lurks and how quickly everything can change for the worse.

As students, our lives are filled with an abundance of pressures and expectations.

Overcoming these and striving for the life you wish to lead can seem a daunting task.

[I would make the argument that] everyone is capable enjoying life to its maximum potential; one must only posses the willingness to live without inhibition.

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“Stiff,” Selection from Student Short Stories Kaleb Yandrick Red&Black Contributor

The town of Krophi was exactly where you want to live. The houses were laid precisely where they needed to be across the vast hillside that overlooked bustling town. Each abode stood on its own plot, far enough away that if it had arms to stretch, it would not touch any other house; this is not to say that houses were far apart, but each was in a comfortable walking distance from every other.

Krophi was the kind of place one called home; that was what Nelia Krophi had in mind when she founded the great town.

Each of the town’s inhabitants knew one other personally.

It was not uncommon for the townsfolk to turn down three to five invitations to dinner before noon because one of the neighbors had already invited them. The kindness of those who lived in the town of Krophi did not stop on the boarders of the town, but spread wide throughout the world.

Their seemingly unending generosity and unparalleled modesty is so that the mayor had to decline offers from “Utopia Quarterly” (which you would never have heard of if you are reading this story) for “Planet Earth’s #1 Utopia” every three months.

It would be foolish to claim that Krohpi was perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Perfect does not make for a very interesting tale anyway. Krophi had its fair share of problems, young Daisy was chief among them.

Daisy is someone you might refer to as normal, but not by the town of Krophi’s standards. She was head of her class growing up; she even graduated valedictorian from Krophi High School. She was captain of the cheerleaders and the girl’s lacrosse team which won the state championship four years in a row under her leadership. Daisy was caring toward everyone and everyone adored her.

Daisy went off to Krophi College just over the hill from her house after graduation (like everyone else in Krophi) but was not sure what she should study. Her father wanted her to be a businesswoman. Her mother thought pursing a degree in law was what Daisy ought to do. Daisy however did not care for either of those ideas.

Through a gauntlet of long nights pouring over books and taking the most

basic of requirement courses, Daisy was given a dusty old book by an equally dusty professor. The title read Gray’s Anatomy.

Daisy read it not once, not twice, not even three times, but eleven times! Daisy had found true love. Why yes, certainly she had boyfriends most of her high school career, but nothing compared to the way she felt for this tome. Daisy wanted to be a coroner. The current coroner for Krophi was planning his retirement now anyway; Daisy took this as a sign.

Now, her parents are likely to blame, who else could be? Her mother and father owned the only funeral home that Krophi possessed. Death was not foreign to the saintly folks in Krophi. Everyone would live to a ripe old age and pass into the afterlife, simply moving from one paradise to another.

At this point, it might be apt to mention Krophi’s other bit of trouble attached to Daisy. After becoming the coroner, Daisy seemed to fade out from the town, only remembered by a few family members and close friends.

She stayed in the morgue for many hours, studying the bodies that arrived. The problem was not so much that Daisy herself was a ghost to the town, but that the ratio of males to females in Krophi was calculated in a very particular way.

You see, fourteen days into February each year, the kind folks of Krophi would celebrate the holiday of St. Valentine’s Day. It is celebrated in the same fashion you would expect it to be (except not one member of the community was alone, like you clearly are, otherwise you would not be reading this tawdry rag on Valentine’s Day).

The reason this is such a big deal is that there are exactly as many men as there are women in Krophi; that is each man and each woman have a valentine. Since the townspeople all know each other and the women do not think any man showing the slightest bit of interest whatsoever is “creepy”, no one says no and everyone continues to be happy. If for no other reason, Krophi is considered a utopia because its women are not found in the looney bin.

This is where Daisy and her neverending love for her job comes in. Holding the mantle of coroner and locking herself in her office and laboratory, she rarely even takes the time for a quick jaunt around town, especially on Valentine’s Day. Each year since her institution of Krophi’s coroner, one young man commits suicide by jumping off the clock tower

near the Sticks River that runs through the town.

No one ever says so, but the entire town believes it is because Daisy has taken herself out of the Valentine’s Day equation, leaving one man alone, who, so overtaken with grief, plunges to his demise from the hands of time.

It has only been muttered once, you almost missed it, someone had said: I guess he ended up with her anyway.

Daisy’s best friend, Sharon, who inherited her father’s boat and funeral barge company, decided to set Daisy up for a blind date on Valentine’s day, an attempt to prevent another young man’s untimely exit down the river.

This brings you to the present where Daisy discusses her feelings about this blind date… ____________________ “I don’t know what Sharon thinks is going to come of this. Taking time off work can’t be done! Especially on Valentine’s Day. I think there is a pattern.” Daisy went on.

“It doesn’t seem right, they were decent enough looking, it seems strange that they would take the dive off the roof because they couldn’t get a date. Anyhow, I have one of those coming up, a date.” And she did.

Rather soon in fact.

“I’ve never been on a blind date, well… my dates never usually start out blind.”

Peculiar. She continues, “I generally only get one date a year, there is so much work to be done, who has the time!” As it turns out, Daisy did. Yes people died in Krophi, but not that often.

“My type? Well, I don’t know if I really have one, but I am generally more attracted to quiet guys. There is just something about a man who listens to what I have to say, no matter what it is. Anything from the removal of the pulmonary artery to the dissection of the medulla oblongata, all the gory details included! For instance, when you make an incision into the meat of the thigh, blood spr…”

Daisy proceeds with the onslaught of description that you will be imaging for the next few minutes. “…sometimes I have to take a shower there is so much blood! You know, people’s minds are often filled with faces dead and gone when someone dies, but I get something truly special. I get to see what they’re really made of, what was truly on the inside.”

A real charmer that Daisy. “Anyway, I’ve gotten off topic. A lot of the guys I’ve seen have been real stiffs, but that is not a bad

thing, I like being in charge, you know?”

Daisy suddenly reaches over and unzips her attentive listener’s fly.

“This is okay, right? I mean, this is normally how this type of thing goes.” Daisy continues disrobing her partner until he is completely nude. “See, isn’t that better?”

Daisy then removes her shirt and tosses it aside. She begins to reach for the clasp of her bra when she stops suddenly.

“Can’t have anyone walk in on this, can we?” Walking toward the door, Daisy twists the bolt lock and makes each step last forever on her way back. She moved as if she had done this before. Each muscle movement calculated, so precise and mathematical that you would hardly even noticed that she grabbed the scalpel and forceps from the nearby tool tray.

Daisy shed the rest of her clothing like a reptile from its skin. She found the latex gloves and removed them from the dispenser near the table. She pulled them on more seductively than one should be able to, with a snap at the end for emphasis.

Moving back toward the man, she pushed herself up onto the sterile metal table, straddling the subject’s wooden, rigid frame.

Leaning over, whispering into the man’s ear, “don’t worry sweetie, I do this all the time.” Daisy delivers a short, but loving last kiss.

She takes the scalpel clutched in her right hand and begins to press it down on the man’s chest making a Y-incision as naturally as the wind rolling through a valley on a cold winter’s night.

There was no protest from the man, you see in his position, one does not have the means to complain very much. Daisy removed herself from the table, grabbing a towel from the counter top to remove some of the blood from her warm body.

“You know, it’s funny, she set me up with a guy, now I get to give Sharon a guy too. Ha!” Daisy said, wiping her face.

Removing the gloves and placing them in the trash can by the door, she reached into the bottom pine drawer with the simple metallic handle.

Inside was full of various coins of all shapes and sizes. Daisy moved her hand around the pile, feeling the coin’s surfaces against her smooth fingertips, finally removing one. Krophi’s one cent piece.

“Of course,” Daisy said to the coin. “Of course it should be this one.” Walking over to the man’s body, she wretched open the mouth and placed the coin under the man’s tongue.

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First Death in X Game History

Lewis and Phelps’ Unique Bond

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Jake Meyers Red&Black Staff Many Baltimore fans rejoiced as the clock struck zero at the conclusion of NFL Super Bowl XLVII, proclaiming the Ravens as Super Bowl champs against the San Francisco 49ers at 34-31.

One Baltimore fan, however, was left in tears at the end of one of sport’s most highly watched competitions in the world.

That fan just happened to be the world’s most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, and the Baltimore native’s emotional response was triggered by the retirement of star linebacker Ray Lewis.

The 22 medal Olympian regularly attends Ravens games throughout the year, cheering on Ray Lewis, who happens to be a great friend of the ornamented swimmer.

Michael Phelps recently told the Baltimore Sun that he credits the Baltimore Ravens linebacker with helping him work through his post-Beijing blues to rediscover his love of swimming.

Phelps and Lewis met up in the locker room at the end of the game, and the two tearfully embraced each other.

Phelps told the media and news reporters afterwards that Lewis had helped him in his career; referencing the passion they both share for their respective sports. “Someone who helped me find the passion back was Ray Lewis,” said Phelps previously in the year. “He’s been able to help me kind of just find me.”

During the embrace, Lewis told Phelps “I told you I was going out on top! And somebody gave me the formula. Baltimore! Champions!”

They hugged, and Lewis grabbed Phelps behind his neck, pulling the swimmer in closer.

They pressed foreheads and whispered, followed by a kiss from Lewis on Phelps’ forehead.

“I love you to death,” Lewis told him. “You gave me the formula.”

During an interview afterwards, Phelps explained “I’m probably more emotional here,” comparing watching Lewis play for the last time to retiring his swimming career at the London Olympics. “It’s the last time I’ll ever see him play. It’s tough for Baltimore people to watch.” Reporters asked Phelps what Lewis meant when he said formula, but Michael would not explain, keeping the meaning a secret.

Perhaps this secret formula is only shared amongst superior athletes from Baltimore.

Caleb Moore was declared brain dead on Thursday, January 31 at the age of 25, after being severely injured in the 2013 Winter X Gamers.

During the event, Moore, who holds four X Games medals, was attempting a backflip in the snowmobile freestyle event when his 450-pound snowmobile under rotated and caught the lip of the landing area, causing him to be sent flying over the handle bars.

Moore landed face first in the snow and his snowmobile rolled over him. Although Moore was down on the ground for quite some time, it appeared that all was well when he was able to get up and walk off the course and later taken to a local hospital to be treated for a concussion.

It was at the hospital that further complications took place.

Moore was found to have developed bleeding around his heart and was flown to Saint Mary’s Hospital for emergency surgery.

The family later said that Moore also had a complication developing his brain.

When news of Moore’s death hit the media, on outpouring of support was shown to Moore’s family from numerous athletes, not only within the X Games community, but also from other sports as well.

This was the first competitor’s

death as a result of injuries sustained during competition in the 18-year reign of the X Games.

Moore’s death has resulted in a review of the safety of snowmobile events.

“For 18 years, we have worked closely on safety issues with athletes, course designers and other experts. Still, when the world’s best compete at the highest level in any sport, risks remain,” officials said, per an ESPN report, while noting that Moore was injured doing a trick he had performed several times before. This is a dangerous sport these athletes are competing in, but the athletes accept the risks and defend their disciplines.

Moore’s funeral is scheduled for Thursday, February 14 in

“This was the first competitor’s death as a result of injuries sustained during competition in the 18-year reign of the X Games.”

Wheeler, Texas. An online fundraiser has been set up for the Moore family to help pay for the medical bills. The fund so far has raised $42,900.

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2013 Men’s Lacrosse Spotlight A Championship For Wrestling’s Etzle Harley Straub Red&Black Staff

Harley Straub Red&Black Staff

The Washington & Jefferson College men’s lacrosse team is under a new leader this year and hoping to have a strong season.

Head Coach Dan Usaj starts his first season at W&J and is looking to lead his team to a good season in the Landmark Conference.

The team looks to be led by the veteran upperclassmen, but the freshmen will play a key role on the team.

The team has 13 returning letter winners. Seniors Ryan Cronin, Joe Eck, and Ran Kirby will serve as the team captains for the 2013 season.

Kirby will be the starting goalkeeper this season.

Last season, he set the school record for saves during a single season with 200. Overall, Kirby has 503 total saves in three seasons.

As of right now, his save percentage is .574. Eck will lead the attack and is looking to become the leading scorer in school history. In order to break the record, he needs 31 goals this season.

If he earns 56 points this spring, he will own the record for career total point mark, also. Junior Grant Stouffer and sophomore Tim Angell will help Eck in the attack. Cronin looks to be strong in the defensive end.

So far in his career, he has picked up 87 ground balls. Juniors David Behringer, Max Kroll, and Quinn Marker and sophomore Chase Bennett will help Cronin in defense.

Last season, Behringer started every game and collected 54 ground balls. The midfield will be led by seniors Tom Kozlowski, Tucker Mizhir, and John Zustra.

In the past three years, these three players have played in 127 games combined. Kozlowski won 49 percent of faceoffs last year and Mizhir won 23 faceoffs.

Joining these three seniors is senior Tom Starr, junior Casey Smallwood, and sophomore Will Wagner. Smallwood scored ten goals in 16 games and Wagner had four goals and one assist in his rookie season.

Last year, Starr did not play, but he is back for his senior year. Starr totaled 39 points in his first two seasons with the Presidents.

The season starts on February 23rd when W&J travels to Thiel College in a non-conference game. On March 16th, W&J starts their conference play when they host Goucher.

Above, David Behringer prepares for the upcoming lacrosse season.

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On Saturday February 2nd, Washington & Jefferson College’s wrestling team traveled to Baldwin Wallace and competed in the John Summa Tournament. Junior Josh Etzel led the team winning the 157-pound championship. Heading into the tournament, Etzel was the number one seed. En route to winning the championship, Etzel won four matches.

His first match was against Waynesburg’s Eric Tuck and he beat him with a score of 6-0. In his second match, he defeated SUNY-Brockport’s Jordan Barnett with a major decision and a score of 11-2.

In the semifinal match, Etzel won against Baldwin Wallace’s Garret Chase by a slim margin of 6-4.

In the championship match, Etzel earned a 4-2 victory against SUNY-Brockport’s Khristopher Shirley.

Head coach Tommy Prairie was pleased with Etzel’s performance at the tournament. “He (Etzel) wrestled well and is peaking at the right time of the year It is looking good for him to be an Al-American.”

After competing in the tournament, Etzel was selected as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference wrestler of the week on Monday February 4th.

This award was his second of the season. With the four wins from the tournament, Etzel’s season record is now 28-3.

Etzel is looking strong heading into the PAC championship tournament which will take place on February 15th and is being hosted by Thiel College.

Last year, Etzel won the 141-pound championship.

Coach Prairie is expecting big things from Etzel at the league championships.

“He should win another title this year; he had beaten both of the guys who are the biggest threat to him.”

After the PAC tournament, W&J will head to the NCAA Mideast Regionals. “The PAC tournament should be a good warm up for Josh for regionals,” said Prairie. Etzel needs one more win to have 60 career victories.

As of right now, he only needs two more wins to have 30 wins for this season.

“Josh’s goal is to break the season win record. Currently, the record is 36 wins,” commented Coach Prairie.

Etzel also has seven victories by fall.

Coach Prairie spoke highly about Etzel. “He is a good leader on the team and is looking to be a Scholar All-American.”

The Penguins are Back!

Harley Straub Red&Black Staff On Sunday Feb. 3, the Pittsburgh Penguins took on the Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center and came away win a 6-3 win.

This win left the Penguins only one point behind the number one Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins were leading until 4:03 were left in the second period when John Carlson scored and tied the game. After the tying goal, Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang scored 37 seconds apart. The tying goal was very odd and a bad break for the Penguins. Goalie Tomas Vokoun was behind the net preparing to play the puck when it took an awkward bounce off the glass and went in the net.

Only 3:37 into the game, the Penguins took the lead when Sidney Crosby won a faceoff and Paul Martin scored on a deflected shot. Not a minute later, the Capitals tied the game when Mike Green one timed the puck past the Penguins goalie. At the end of the first period, the Penguins were leading 2-1 thanks to Deryk Engelland and Matt Cooke. Cooke set a screen and Engelland one timed the puck into the net. The Penguins took control of the game with Kunitz’s and Letang’s goals.

At the 13:59 mark of the second period, Kunitz scored his second goal. With eight seconds left in the third period, Kunitz recorded his third and final goal of the game. Vokoun ended the evening facing 24 shots and saving 21 of them.

The Penguins recorded a total of 26 shots. The goalie for the Capitals ended with 20 saves. With this loss, the Capitals have lost seven of nine games and are seven points behind the first place team in the Southeast Division. So far in the season, James Neal is leading the Penguins with eight goals, followed by Chris Kunitz with six, Sidney Crosby with five, and Pascal Dupuis with four.

As for the goalies, Marc-Andre Fleury has a 5-3 record in games played. Tomas Vokoun owns a 2.27 goals against average having played in six games and also has a .918 save percentage. The next game for the Penguins is Friday February 15 at 7:00 PM. They travel to take on the Winnipeg Jets. You can watch the game on Root Sports.

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SPORTS Superbowl Highlights You May Have Missed Red & Black

Kyle Sossi Red&Black Staff Early in the third quarter, Super Bowl 47 seemed like it would end as a blow-out. A rather non-thrilling victory for Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens over Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers seemed imminent.

The Ravens were leading by twenty-two points, after capitalizing early with three touchdown passes by Flacco and a 108-yard kickoff return by Jacoby Jones, until a power outage shifted the momentum of the game to the 49ers.

Half of the stadiums lights went out early in the third quarter for over ½ hour.

This event seemingly lulled the Ravens into complacency and refocused the 49ers on what they needed to do to win the game.

San Francisco made a run with seventeen uncontested points, including a highlight-worthy 31yard touchdown reception by Michael Crabtree, in which he broke two tackles.

Half of the stadium lights went out early in the third quarter for over 1/2 an hour.

The Ravens, seeing their chances of winning wane, woke

up and came back strong.

The excitement of the game picked up and what at first seemed to be a blowout, turned into a real competition. As seconds ticked off, each vied for the Lombardi Trophy.

The 49ers outscored the Ravens 25-6 after the power outage, but it wasn’t enough.

All told, the Ravens won 34 to 31.

The Harbaugh brothers, the head coaches of the two Super Bowl teams, met at the Ravens colored-confetti-laden field at the games close to shake hands.

John Harbaugh, the coach of the Ravens said, of his post-game conversation with his brother, “It’s very tough, a lot tougher than

I thought it was going to be. It’s very painful.”

There was much pre-game speculation about how the brothers would react to being pitted against each other, but they ap-

“It’s very tough, a lot tougher than I thought it was going to be. It’s very painful.”

— Coach John Harbaugh peared to handle it well.

While both of them were visibly upset and almost comically

animated during it, they were nonetheless cordial with each other throughout the tough game.

While the Raven’s did take home the Vince Lombardi trophy and Joe Flacco was honored as the MVP, many who watched the game would say that the two real winners of the Super Bowl were Beyoncé and Chrysler.

Beyoncé gave a spectacular half-time show performance, laden with as many special effects as a James Cameron movie, which was praised by most everyone who watched the show.

Chrysler also scored big with its “So God Made a Farmer” ad which heralded the American farmer and was well received by Super Bowl viewers.