Issue 9, Vol. CV

The Student Newspaper of Washington & Jefferson College

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VOL. CV ... NO. IX

Thursday, April 18, 2013

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Retracing History: Rebecca Harding Davis Symposium

Take a look at some of the upcoming Magellan Projects students have planned for this summer.

Page 6 12 Facts about Beer Think you know everything there is to know about this beverage? Think again.

Page 8 Volunteering The Presidents Prep Tutor Program allows students a chance to give back.

Page 15 South Africa South Africa had its first wedding between a gay couple early in April.

Page 19 Baseball & Softball Check out the exciting accomplishments of these two W&J sports teams.

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On Sat., April 13, the English department hosted the Rebecca Harding Davis Symposium. Davis was a seminal figure in Washington history and the event, organized by Dr. Jennifer Harding, was a reflection of her life and works. Above, Natalie Alvarez ‘14, Stephanie Stimeling ‘14 and Julie Williams ‘13 were some of the students who helped with the coordination and execution of the event.

Saturday, 4/20 High: 50°, Low: 31°

Sunday, 4/21 High: 58°, Low: 40°

Monday, 4/22 High: 62°, Low: 45°

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FIVE DAY FORECAST

Friday, 4/19 High: 68°, Low: 41°

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Tuesday, 4/23 High: 61°, Low: 42°

Campus-News ..... 1-5 Life ......................... 6-9 Arts .................... 10-13 Op-Ed ............... 14-17 Sports ................ 18-20

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Great Grandniece of Harding-Davis Recites Poetry “Freeheld” Documentary Mike Nemchick Red&Black Staff

Poet Rachel Loden appeared on Washington & Jefferson’s campus Friday afternoon to perform a poetry reading in the Walker Room.

As the great grandniece of Rebecca Harding Davis, she served as an opening event for the symposium that took place on campus the following day. After some initial audio problems causing a series of ear splitting screeches to assault the small crowd, the reading went off without a hitch.

Loden read a series of poems from her collections Dick of the Dead published in 2009, and Hotel Imperium published in 2008, as well as a few newer poems.

Dick of the Dead and Hotel Imperium focus a lot on Richard Nixon and his political legacy.

Loden, along with her parents, are and were staunch liberals, and her parents supported the communist political movement in the ‘60s. Loden’s father was actually blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities committee when Nixon was a part of it.

Her poetry includes many promi-

nent political and literary figures throughout many time periods.

A few of these include Teddy Roosevelt, Phillip Larkin, Henry Ford, Rebecca Harding Davis, Hugh Hefner and others.

Overall, her poetry makes a lot of political statements using snark and wit mixed with political and cultural knowledge. Loden thinks of herself as a California Bay Area poet. She grew up and lived in the area and it greatly influences her art and her life.

Loden also attended the Berkley Poetry Conference in July of 1965, which is famed for having one of the largest collections of influential poets of the era in attendance at once. This event, her surroundings and the political environment of the time shaped Loden’s interests and her art.

She also relates the political era of Nixon to the legacy of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld who she believed showed “criminal ineptitude” during their time in office, making her poetry still timely today. Not all of her poems are strictly political.

One poem was inspired by a dream Loden had where she was

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herding lambs with Seinfeld character George Costanza. In her poem about Hugh Hefner, she comically states that one day his last bottle of Viagra will be on display in a Smithsonian museum.

Another poem was based on a rejection letter she received when submitting poetry, receiving envelopes that “bleed when opened” and another about a grave digger in Finland. She also read two poems to the crowd that she had never read in public before.

The somewhat short reading was a pleasant and calming way to begin the sunny Friday evening that followed.

Friday, April 5, the academy award winning documentary, “Freeheld (2006)” was screened in the Media Room followed by a short discussion among attending participants. The documentary features Ocean County policewoman Laurel Hester in her fight against the County Freeholders for passing on pension benefits to her same-sex partner, Stacie Andree. Laurel, at that time, was suffering from lung cancer and had less than a year to live. Although New Jersey counties have the option to extend pension benefits to domestic partners, the board of County Freeholders denied Laurel’s proposal on grounds of increasing expense the county would incur. These were in fact empty excuses that tried to cover up the actual reason behind the case, which was confliction with some of the freeholders’ personal beliefs. Citizens of Orange County, friends and former colleagues of Laurel and Stacie became outraged at this form of bigotry and started protests and movements

that led to six counties around the area to start extending pension benefits to domestic partners and finally, with Governor Corzine’s intervention, the Freeholders had to call an emergency meeting and voted to pass the motion of changing their then-existing policies.

The screening was sponsored by the W&J Civics House and organized by Nathan Beam ‘14.

In an interview with the Red & Black, Nathan said, “The Civics House likes to do numerous types of events to promote different viewpoints in politics and we thought this would be a good one because of the timing of events, such as recent Supreme Court oral arguments on the United States v Windsor case for same-sex marriage equality.” When asked why he decided to feature this documentary at W&J, Nathan responded, “I think the best part of showing a documentary like this is that it gets the conversation going on campus, and the great thing about W&J is that, because our student body has different viewpoints and opinions, we can discuss them in a civil environment with respect for each other”.

The Results of Greek Week are In, Who Won? Jake Meyers Red&Black Staff

Greek week has come to a close after a series of events took place throughout the second week of April.

A table sit staffed by both brothers and sisters alike raised money and displayed the competitive nature between the houses through a coin war, raising a total of $1,056 that benefit the Western PA Africa Foundation that collects and sends needed items to

the Gambia, Nigeria and Senegal.

Each of the houses also competed in a banner competition that displayed this year’s theme of superheroes, which announced the following winners in order of their place: Pi Beta Phi, Delta Gamma, and Kappa Alpha Theta for the sororities, and Fiji, Phi Psi, and Delta Tau Delta for fraternities.

The first day of the competition concluded with motivational speaker Rick Barnes addressing the crowd with a lecture titled “Living the Dream of Our Found-

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ers.” The second day was marked by a kickball competition, resulting with the win for Fiji, Phi Delta Theta and ATO for the fraternities and Pi Beta Phi, Delta Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta for the sororities in order of placing.

The third day of Greek week continued with more athletic challenges, with a Powder Puff Football game and a capture the flag competition as well. The victors of the Powder Puff game were Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Gamma.

A busy fourth day hosted an annual blood drive event, which collectively helped save 63 lives.

A humorous Greek Sing competition named Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Tau Omega first place in a battle of both wit and dancing capability. The Superhero fashion show named a representative from Pi Beta Phi and Fiji the winner, followed by a Greek smarts competition.

The final day of Greek week was concluded with none other than the Greek Olympics, fol-

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In the end, Pi Beta Phi and ATO were named Greek week champions, following with Fiji and Delta Gamma in second and Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Alpha Theta in third.

With the conclusion of Greek week, each of the fraternities and sororities on campus were able to show both their spirit and pride all the while saving lives and raising money for needy children in Africa.

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Historical Figure Symposium

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Mike Nemchick Red&Black Staff

Rebecca Harding Davis was an author and journalist known best for her work, Life in the Iron Mills.

What you might not know is that Davis was born in Washington, Pennsylvania and graduated as valedictorian from the Washington Female Seminary in 1848.

The seminary was located where the Swanson Science Center now stands today. Davis is also known for writing about marginalized groups such as the working class, African Americans, immigrants, women and others in order to bring their plight to public eyes to effect social change.

On Saturday April 13, the Rebecca Harding Davis Symposium was held on campus to celebrate the author and her works. The event was also held to commemorate Davis with the presentation and dedication of a historical marker in the author’s honor. The marker is located near the Swanson Science Center.

The symposium was a full day event, beginning with an opening address by Jean Pfaelzer at 9:30 A.M. and ending at 5pm with a book sighing by author Robert Levine and poet Rachel Loden.

Loden, a great grandniece of Rebecca Harding Davis, was on campus Friday as well to host a poetry reading, consisting of selections of her old and new work.

Filling the in-between times were a series of talks and presentations. Professor McEvoy even wrote a play for the event, which was performed during lunch.

Walking tours around campus and some historical sights of Washington were also available.

The dedication ceremony for the historical marker was the main even of the day. During the ceremony, a number of prominent community figures spoke including Tori Haring-Smith, Washington mayor Brenda Davis, Rachel Loden and democratic House representative Robert F. Matzie.

The Swanson Science Center hosted a number of displays re-

4/9/13 Information During a dress rehearsal for a production, a student actor fainted due to the temperature of the theater. The student was taken to the gallery where it was cool and was given a bottle of water when they awoke.

The student stated they were fine and needed no medical attention. The air conditioner was not working correctly in the theater and a work order was submitted for its repair.

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The symposium was the result of months of hard work from students and staff. It highlighted Davis’s work after she graduated from the Washington Female Seminary as well as the seminary itself.

lating to Davis and the seminary.

Washington & Jefferson students prepared exhibitions on different works by Davis or subjects relating to her work or life, using televisions to give self-narrated multimedia presentations to any interested guests.

Senior history students Rachel Shaw and Alexis Geeza participated in an internship with the Washington County Historical Society, researching the Washington Female Seminary using a variety of primary sources and preparing museum style displays for the symposium.

Rachel’s display is located in the David Bradford House and Alexis’s in the Lemoyne House, both located in downtown Washington.

Alexis found her participation in the internship and the symposium to be “a very enlightening and rewarding experience” and gave her “insight into the work of museum curators.”

Rachel found this experience especially enlightening.

She stated that, “I am interested in doing this kind of museum work professionally and can also list this experience when applying to graduate schools.” As a lo-

cal Washington resident, Rachel found this project especially interesting. She said, “I have lived in Washington most of my life and never knew Davis was a local figure.”

Alex Sossi, a senior English major, conducted an independent study project on Rebecca Harding Davis, merging her interests in literature and her experience as a W&J Ambassador to create a tour that would highlight the history of Harding Davis, the seminary and the area of Washington during her time.

She said of the event that “it was a great opportunity to spend a day learning about the life and work of such an influential but often forgotten author.”

A W&J English Professor, Jennifer Harding, was the organizer of the event.

Professor Harding was “surprised to learn that Davis was from Washington, there are no markers anywhere in Washington to make it known.”

She thought it was important to commemorate Davis because she was a “provocative writer who brings to light the lives of women in the 19th century from all social positions.”

On the above date, a student came into the security office to report a theft. The student stated that they were washing their bed clothes in New Res Hall.

The bedding was taken by someone when it was in the dryer. The items stolen were a fitted blue sheet and a blue comforter. The victim could not place a value on the stolen items at the time of reporting.

4/11/13 Ambulance

A protection services dispatcher heard an ambulance being dispatched to Mellon dorm to respond to an intoxicated student. A security officer was then dispatched to the dorm. The intoxicated student smelled of vomit and the ambulance crew asked the student if they wanted to go to the hospital.

The student responded yes. A friend of the student asked if they could go to the hospital with the intoxicated student and was given permission by the ambulance crew. The friend was upset that the ambulance was called at all and made multiple threats to take care of the person who made the call. The student who called 911 observed the intoxicated student vomiting all over the place.

A representative of residence life and a protection services officer accompanied the intoxicated student to the hospital. The intoxicated student stated that they were drinking beer at a fraternity house. The friend of the intoxicated student again threatened to take care of the person who called the ambulance but was informed that the caller did the right thing.

4/12/13 Fire Alarm The fire alarm was activated in the Commons due to toast that was stuck in the toaster and began to burn. The building was evacuated and the smoke cleared. The fire department reset the alarm and cleared the scene.

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Preview: Students Plan Trips Abroad Through Magellan Project Mike Nemchick Red&Black Staff

Huong Nguyen and Carley Adams are two Washington & Jefferson College students who will be completing Magellan Projects this summer. Huong, a junior, has received a Franklin Award to participate in an internship while Carley, a sophomore, is receiving an award to travel and pursue an academic project.

Huong will be at Ohio State University this summer, in Columbus Ohio, completing an internship with the Student Life office at the university. While getting hands on working experience she will also be completing a research project for the institution and has a chance to do some graduate school preparation such as getting ready for the GRE test.

During her project she will get to interact with other interns and take a trip to Chicago to visit a number of other universities to learn about their student life departments, and also explore their graduate school programs. Huong is excited for this internship because she wants to pursue a graduate school degree in higher education administration.

Huong stated that she will “gain a new perspective

by working with a school much larger than W&J, and can compare experiences between the two.” She will be able to see different student programming and recruiting methods while soaking in a new type of campus environment and sees this as great way to prepare for her future plans.

Carley Adams will be travelling to Spain and Morocco to complete her project. She wants to compare the art and architecture in the two countries, and examine how immigration patterns between the two countries have influenced art styles in different time periods. Sophomore student Morgan Mattingly will travel with Carley as their projects will take the pair to the same destinations. Morgan is comparing the literature of the two countries.

The two make a good team as Carley is proficient in Spanish and Morgan in French, the former obviously useful in Spain and the latter is widely spoken in Morocco. Carley is a communications major who started out with more of a focus on an art major.

“Art is still a major part of my life,” said Adams, “And I want to show people that you do not need to major in something for it to remain an important focus in your life.”

Russia Responds to New U.S. Bill

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Carley Adams ‘15, courtesy Mike Nemchick/Red&Black

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The Russian Government made an official declaration that banned 18 Americans from entering the Russia Federation in response to the United States’ Magnitsky Act of 2012 that was signed into law

by President Obama on Dec. 14, 2012.

The Magnitsky Act is a bipartisan bill that denied 18 Russians entry into the U.S. for their human rights violation acts on the case of imprisoning, torturing and denying medical care to Russian lawyer and auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who investigated and later accused Russian police of corruption charges and stealing $230 million in tax rebates.

Soon before his investigation ever reached court, Magnitsky was arrested for “colluding with Hermitage” (whatever that means) and sent to Butyrka prison where he was beaten up, denied health care and never given a chance to meet his family.

He also never had an open court trial, so according to Russian law, was entitled only to a maximum of 12 months in prison.

Magnitsky died eight days before he was supposed to be released, and it is largely believed that the Russian police had a hand in this.

In response to this inhumane act, the United States blacklisted over 60 Russian officials that were connected to the case and later officially banned 18 of them from ever entering the country, thereby disabling them to conduct trade deals with U.S. based businesses.

After the bill was eventually signed into law, top Russian government officials were outraged.

President Putin said to international news agencies, “This is very bad. This, of course, will poison U.S. – Russia Relationship.”

In an official statement released by Russia’s foreign ministry, Deputy Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated, “This is a counterproductive act. Russia’s response will be harsh and not necessarily symmetrical.”

In a later press conference, State Deputy Yevgeny Fedorov remarked that America’s real intention behind this whole “act” was merely to manipulate key Russian figures in big business and government, and was one of America’s many ploys to “promote Pro-

American policies” in Russia. The Russian Parliament also responded by immediately passing a law that banned Americans from adopting Russian children and imposed strict restrictions on the establishment of any U.S. funded NGOs that are considered to be engaged in its domestic politics.

Members of Russian Parliament also revisited the case of the U.S. jailing of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, and as of April 13, 2013, banned 18 U.S. officials that were involved in running the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center and conducting Bout’s trial.

The list includes Justice Department employee John Yoo, David Addington, who served as former Vice President Cheney’s Chief of Staff and two former commanders of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, Maj. Gen Geoffrey Miller and Admiral Jeffrey Harbeson.

Neither Washington nor Moscow had blacklisted currently serving high-rank government officials, which is largely based on the Obama Administration’s continuous efforts in maintaining strong political ties with the Russia Federation.

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Presidents’ Voices

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CAMPUS NEWS 5 “What does being an American mean to you?”

“To me, being an American is a privilege because in terms of individual wealth and living standards, U.S. citizens have far better conditions than that of most people around the world.

Also, it means that we live in a country of tremendous power, whose hegemony invites several foreign interests and investments” —Professor Cathy Altmeyer, W&J German Dept.

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“Being an American means to have the full privileges of individual freedom and the understanding that we are the best country on Earth with continuous growth and development.

It also means to enjoy life to the fullest, while cherishing guns, the bald-eagle and of course, deep-fried food” —Turner Rintala ‘16 Jack Myint/Red&Black

“To us, being an American means developing a strong sense of national pride, lending a helping hand to nations, ethnic groups and societies that need our assistance while at the same time, promoting the American ideology of democracy, freedom and equality for all citizens of the world” —John Tokarski ‘13 & Eric Reynolds ‘15 Jack Myint/Red&Black

”To begin with, being an American means to have the right to freedom of speech and expression. It also means to be a part of a multicultural community that respects and accepts diverse cultures, race and religion of all backgrounds” – Hillary Snyder ‘16 Jack Myint/Red&Black

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12 Things You Didn’t Know About Beer

The New Facebook “Home” Just like every Halloween at Washington & Jefferson, we were all in for 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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Facebook’s brand new collaboration with Android is known as “Home.”

Shari Kaminski Red&Black Columnist

During a recent press conference, Facebook’s latest product was hard to describe. It’s called “Home.”

“Home” is a new smartphone software design, but it’s not a phone or an operating system. It’s also not just an app.

It’s more than an app, and “will deliver a completely new experience.”

With “Home,” Facebook will be more than just a website where people can see what their friends are up too, post pictures and chat.

“Home” essentially makes Facebook the center of a smartphone. Updates on the user’s News Feed, renamed the “cover feed,” will be the first thing a user sees when they turn on their phone.

It will consist of not only status updates, but a slideshow of photos.

To get to their other apps, users will have to swipe past “Home.”

Another feature of “Home” is “chat heads.” “Chat heads” combine texting and messaging.

Profile pictures replace the names of who the user is talking to, and they can be accessed through any other app.

Don’t worry, “Home” has not done away with all those ads people love on Facebook so much. They will appear soon, but for now “Home” is only available on a handful of smartphones.

“Home” will freely interrupt whatever the user is doing to bring them an ad from one of their sponsors.

Sponsors will be able to “poke” a user as they pass on of their locations, or they may be able to find out when a location is visited, with technology that enables the smartphones to be tracked.

In some ways, “Home” will make communication with others even more fluid, but it’s also getting to a point where it’s almost too invasive.

Through “Home,” Facebook is working towards the same goal that all tech companies have, and that is to get customers to spend more time with their products.

“Home” is meant to distract us from other apps from other companies, just like other apps and features try to do.

Fortunately, there is a simple solution to “Home” for those who do not want Facebook to have more of a presence in their lives: don’t download it.

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Though beer is a classic choice at college, few people know much about the interesting history of the drink.

Alexis Geeza Red&Black Staff

01. Zythology is the study of beer and beer-making, including the role particular ingredients play in the brewing process.

02. The oldest written recipes discovered by humans are for making beer, written on stone tablets over 5,000 years ago in the form of songs.

03. In ancient Peru, the breweries were staffed by women of the elite. They either had to be of noble birth or extremely beautiful.

“Brewster” is the correct term for a woman who brews beer.

04. The first recorded drunk driving incident was in 2,000 BC in ancient Egypt, when a drunk charioteer was apprehended after running down a vestal virgin of the goddess Hathor.

The culprit was crucified on the door of the tavern that sold him the beer.

05. The most expensive beer is Vielle Bon Secours, which costs about $1,000 per bottle and is only sold in one bar, the Bierdrome, in London.

06. The world’s oldest continuously operating brewery is said to be the Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan, officially founded in 1040 AD. 07. Beer was a staple of many diets during the European Middle Ages and later periods, when good nutrition was rare and drinking water was more harmful than beneficial. Men, women and children all drank alcohol like beer and wine with most meals.

08. In the 19 century, nursing mothers in Munich, Germany would drink up to seven pints of beer a day because they believed that this was required in order to breast-feed their children.

09. The Czech Republic drinks more beer per capita than any other country.

10. China is the fastest growing beer market in the world. For the past two years, China drank more beer than any other country (350 million hectoliters). The United States ranks number two by amount, but ranks 11 per capita.

11. The first beer cans were produced in 1935. Drinkers were no longer going to taverns and brewers needed to get beer into people’s homes. The smaller packages made it much easier to transport and sell beer to individuals.

12. Beer prevents kidney stones.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, “beer consumption was inversely associated with risk of kidney stones (in middle-aged men).

Each bottle of beer consumed per day was estimated to reduce risk by 40%.”

All facts courtesy of the Huffington Post.

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Gluten: Five Facts You Need to Know NC's Bogus Religious Proposition

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A rejected bill in North Carolina would have violated the constitution.

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The gluten-free diet has been popular in recent months. Here's what you need to know before starting on it.

Bailey Mudrick Red&Black Staff There has been many diet trends set by the stars of Hollywood.

Within the last few years, celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah Winfrey have advocated for this gluten free diet. What does this diet entail exactly?

It eliminates any food made from wheat, rye or barley. Many people who have used this diet swear that eliminating grains from their diets has helped them lose weight, think more clearly and enjoy better overall health.

One main reason people switch to the diet is to treat celiac disease, only 1% of the population have been diagnosed with it. These people have major risk when digesting gluten products; it can lead to multiple health problems ranging from abdominal cramping to osteoporosis and even the risk of some cancers.

So for those not diagnosed with celiac disease, is it still safe for them to part take in the diet as well?

Dr. Arthur Agatston, who is the medical director of wellness and prevention for Baptist Health South Florida and the creator of the best-selling South Beach Diet series, spoke to CNN about this gluten free craze. He told CNN

five important things to remember about gluten.

1. It’s a protein that can cause problems. Gluten is the major protein found in some grains. It is present in all forms of wheat (bulgur, durum, semolina, spelt, farro and more) as well as in barley, rye and triticale (a wheatrye cross).

However, gluten can also turn up in unexpected places, like certain brands of chocolate, imitation crab, deli meats, soy sauce, vitamins and even some kinds of toothpaste.

2. You probably don’t need to completely avoid it. For some people -- about 1% of the population -- gluten can be a matter of life or death. These people have a condition known as celiac disease. Unless you are part of that 1% (and only special tests will let you know if you are), it’s unlikely that you will need to live a completely gluten-free lifestyle.

3. You may need to cut back.

With the significant increase in our gluten intake over the past 50 years due to the ubiquity and overconsumption of products made with highly refined wheat flour, we are just beginning to appreciate gluten’s impact on our health.

As a society, we are in a state of “gluten overload,” and millions of people of all ages and all walks of life are suffering as a result of

a condition that was recognized only a few years ago, called gluten sensitivity.

When people with gluten sensitivity eat foods containing gluten, it triggers unpleasant symptoms: stomach pains, bloat, heartburn, joint pains, headache, skin rashes, fatigue, insomnia and brain fog, to name some of the most common.

Although many of these symptoms are similar to those experienced by celiac sufferers, if you turn out to be glutensensitive, it probably won’t require giving up gluten entirely.

4. Living gluten-free can make you fat. Some people who go off gluten to lose weight end up gaining weight instead.

That’s because they consume gluten-free packaged products that are often just as high in saturated fat, sugar and sodium as other junk food, and these products often contain highglycemic refined ingredients like white rice flour or fillers like potato starch that can affect your blood sugar and trigger cravings.

5. Gluten is not something to fear. Dr. Agatston likes to tell my patients that they need to be gluten-aware, not glutenphobic. This happens when they learn where they fit on the gluten sensitivity spectrum and discover their own level of gluten tolerance.

North Carolina legislators proposed a bill recently that would allow the state and all its subsidiary groups (such as public schools) to make any laws regarding religion that they wanted, including declaring an official faith should they so choose.

Thankfully the bill was pulled only a few days after it was pitched, but the mere attempt leaves a sour taste in the mouths of pretty much anyone who’s ever read the United States Constitution.

House Joint Resolution 494, known was the “Rowan County Defense of Religion Act,” claims that “each state is sovereign and may independently determine how the state may make laws respecting an establishment of religion.”

The bill goes on to declare that the North Carolina General Assembly does not recognize federal court rulings “which prohibit and otherwise regulate” the state and its subsidiaries from making laws that would establish a religion.

With this perspective, the bill holds that the U.S. Constitution only applies to the federal government and not to the actions of state governments. Local and state governments could ignore portions of the Constitution that they do not agree with (the First Amendment in this case, which prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion or impeding the free exercise of religion, among other things).

This would be a decent argument, hypothetically, except that the Fourteenth Amendment passed in 1868 took care of that problem by making sure the amendments’ provisions applied to the states as well.

This proposal was likely prompted by the struggle between the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Rowan County Board of Commissioners; after receiving complaints from residents, the ACLU has sued the Board for opening its sessions with sectarian prayers and for refusing to stop after being asked. Though this bill has gone no further than where it started, it’s only a part of the larger picture involving state legislatures and their desire to break down the wall separating church and state.

Many politicians support the idea of “majority rules” in matters of faith despite the laws already laid down by the United States.

A number of “school choice” proposals that would subsidize religious schools with taxpayer dollars have popped up in recent months, while other proposals promote prayer and proselytizing at public school events and creationist theories in science classes.

Religious minorities in North Carolina remain wary in the wake of the Defense of Religion Act and its implications for a state with growing Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist populations.

Bills such as this one are exclusionary in a very obvious sense and send the message that non-Christians do not matter despite constitutional protections of freedom stating otherwise.

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President’s Prep Tutor Program: Giving Back to Our Future

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To the left, Josh, an eighth grader, works on his math homework. On the right, Kelsee Bainer, W&J sophomore, stands with 11th grader Patrick and his prize for PresPrep attendance.

Emily Necciai Red&Black Contributor Think back to when you were in middle school, even in high school. Think about your most difficult class or subject. Now, think about how you got the grade.

You probably had a tutor and they contributed to your life more than you think they did. If you didn’t have a tutor, think of how much easier that class would have been for you!

There are dozens of children at Washington High School struggling, maybe just like you did, to make the grade or go to college, and you can help them attain their goal by volunteering with the President’s Prep Tutor Program!

“PresPrep” is a popular inclass and after-school program at Washington High School run by

Washington & Jefferson College “We’re looking to increase Prep become more stable; “It’s students. Each week, volunteer our volunteer numbers as well now a self-running club that will tutors have helped anywhere as our collaboration with the complete everything on its own.” between 15 to 20 students, grades Washington Family Center.

In addition to the program’s 7-12, in math, reading, health, They may be able to back recognition as a club on campus, history and more! us and expand the after-school it is also recognized as an asset by One volunteer, freshman program to benefit both programs the children it assists.

Alex Howell, calls it “a One seventh grade way to help out the kids student, Carlos, talked “Each week, volunteer tutors about how the program of Washington with their schoolwork in order to helped him improve in have helped anywhere between has make them more interested school: “Yeah. My grades in college.”

15 to 20 students, grades 7-12, are a lot better. I brought Some may remember my homework grades up a the program from last in math, reading, health, history lot! In the other program year, which was its pilot I went to before, you had and more!” year. However, there have to do homework around been several changes: it is little screaming kids, and now open to seventh and eighth and groups of children” says then you could play basketball. graders in addition to the high Ellyn Brancato, current full-time But here you can listen to your school students; the after-school AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer music and leave when you’re done. portion has been moved to the In Service To America) and leader It’s quiet and I can get homework library, which is considered a of the President’s Prep Program. done my way. It’s pretty chill here.” middle ground and easier for Though she has had a hand Carlos now wants to go to college both groups of students to reach. in running the program for the and be a successful architect. He Grades are on the rise and so is the whole of this year, she is looking gets help in math and reading, number of students attending! forward to seeing President’s and believes that he can do what

he works hard at and whatever he sets his mind to.

This is exactly what President’s Prep is aiming to do!

David Loeffler reasons that “we get a lot of individual attention at DubJay. We should pass that attention on to kids who need it to excel. What could be more rewarding than watching a student excel in life? Especially because you were a part of their life.”

So, next year, when you aren’t sure how to spend your free time, boost your resume or give back to the community, consider joining the President’s Prep Tutoring Program!

They are always welcoming new members and tutors in any major or field.

Become an important part of someone’s life, change it for the better and help the future generations to excel and pass on that special attention.

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Southern Segregated Prom Shocks Nation Abbey Bashor Red&Black Staff For many high school seniors, prom is the single-most revered event a student can look forward to in the course of those four years.

The formal attire, the group pictures and, most importantly, the memories made with friends are the quintessential elements of any senior prom.

For students in the South Georgia region of Wilcox County, however, this ideal of prom has never had the chance to become a reality. Why, you may wonder?

The answer to this is almost too appalling for comprehension: the continued existence of segregation.

For as long as history stands, students in Wilcox County have attended both segregated homecoming dances and proms.

Though the high school itself has long been desegregated, the tradition of holding separate dances for black and white students has remained the same, with each being held at different locations one night apart.

The immediate response to this shocking fact is to question why the school board has yet to intervene.

The issue with this remains that these dances are private events organized by parents and students, not the school board itself.

Wilcox County Superintendent Steve Smith stresses this, yet insists that both he and the board desire change. “I consider it an embarrassment to our schools and community that these events have portrayed us a bigoted in any way,” he mentioned in a recent statement.

As though an answer to his wish, that catalyst for change Smith has wished for has taken form in a Wilcox student, senior Quanesha Wallace. Wallace,

an African-American student herself, along with both black and white friends, has been organizing the school’s first integrated prom. She was voted the school’s homecoming queen, alongside a white homecoming king, yet both were forced to attend separate dances, which disappointed Quanesha greatly.

Quanesha and pals couldn’t imagine attending prom separate from one another, and have come to the resolution of offering a dance that welcomes all of Wilcox’s 400 students, regardless of race.

“This is going to be the biggest prom to ever come through Wilcox County,” Quanesha has stated.

Prom-goers to the new dance will vote on a king and queen, along with cutest couple, best smile and best dressed. They’ll do a remembrance ceremony for a classmate who passed away.

They’ll also start a new prom tradition: a unity toast.

The new integrated prom has gained much deserved attention, from the likes of encouraging social media pages as well as news stations, and has received the support of the school board.

Smith stated that he and the board “not only applauded their idea, but we also passed a resolution advocating that all activities involving our students be inclusive and nondiscriminatory.”

Though she understands the difficulty in breaking the ties of tradition, Quanesha is hopeful that students will be able to stick together and reason with one another.

She plans to study psychology in college, but plans on staying nearby for now to ensure that the integrated prom continues and encourage underclassmen to remain passionate about it. “New tradition,” she says. “Leave them a little something so it won’t be so hard for them like it was hard for us.”

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Increasing Numbers of LGBT Youth

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Compared with older generations, surveys found American young people are more likely to identify as LGBT.

Alexis Geeza Red&Black Staff A recent survey shows that American youths are more likely to identify as LGBT than older generations.

A new Gallup poll based on more than 120,000 participating U.S. adults found that 6.4% of young adults aged 18 to 29 said they identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender — double the response of adults aged 30 to 49 (3.2% yes) and about triple the response of adults over the age of 65 (1.9% yes).

These numbers likely reflect a change in social acceptance and public attitudes towards people with LGBT identities, rather than any indication that there are higher numbers of LGBT people nowadays.

Young adults are more likely to be comfortable and open with their sexualities than older generations who were brought up in a society that greatly shunned and vilified things like homosexuality.

A more accepting and informed generation of new parents is also an important factor in how young adults perceive their sexuality.

“Today’s millennial parents are more than just accepting of their children’s sexual identity. They’re comfortable and embracing of it, too,” said Ron Taffel, a

psychologist and the author of the book “Childhood Unbound.”

He adds that parents want to “actively support and engage their children through communication about all aspects of their lives.”

The Gallup poll and other research also suggest that women are more likely to identify as LGBT than men are (3.6% for women versus 3.3% for men on the Gallup poll), a finding that is fairly consistent among studies.

Women are also more likely to identify as bisexual than men are.

“The pattern across surveys is that men are more likely to identify as gay, whereas women are more likely to identify as bisexual,” explains social psychologist Justin Lehmiller.

“We don’t know exactly why this is, but many psychologists believe it results from women’s sexuality being somewhat more ‘flexible’ or ‘fluid’ and men’s sexuality being somewhat more ‘fixed.’”

LGBT labels aren’t the only identities that young people are using today, however. “There’s been a lot of work done on how LGBT youth is more and more frequently rejecting labels altogether, blurring the lines between sexual orientation and gender, creating new labels and identifying as gender-queer, gender-fluid or pansexual, to name a few,” said sex therapist Margie Nichols.

A more inclusive umbrella term for LGBT youth could also include the 1% of people who identify as asexual, which means that they aren’t sexually attracted to anyone.

Fluid gender identity, which is different than sexual orientation, is also more visible these days as children and young adults become more open about their gender expression.

(Gender identity and expression refers to the to the gender a person feels most comfortable identifying with and expressing, something that isn’t always in line with the sex they were assigned at birth.)

Parents of children who are transgender or non-binary face similar issues as parents whose children have nonheteronormative sexualities when it comes to talking about LGBT concerns and learning about the community.

So when studies like this Gallup survey and similar surveys don’t include options such as “other” when studying gender and sexuality, they miss out on a vital part of the LGBT population.

Yet as time goes on and more studies are done, these kinds of trends are liable to become more prominent as more of society grows up in a hopefully more accepting and encouraging environment.

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Above (left to right), Rachel Detts, Erin Barno, Hannah Russell and Kelly Donaldson, opened the first Senior Showcase for senior art majors as apart of the annual art capstone. In each display, the majors covered a wide variety of subjects from the personal to the societal.

In Detts’s show the iconic image of Disney princesses is used to sift through ideas of contemporary feminism and imbue women with strength and bravery. Barno’s paintings touch upon self image and body dysphoria through the lens of eating disorders and conceptions of self. Russell’s “Hannahland” examines feminism in a more visceral sense by confronting the viewer with a four-walled vagina in which each panel enters a different discourse on women and their bodies and what people see when they see women’s bodies. Finally, Donaldson’s body of work, playing on themes of flight and change, incorporates four years of growth and self exploration as an artist and suggests a continuation of this. The works of these four women will be on display in the Olin Art Gallery until April 21. The second senior art gallery show will be on April 26, featuring Easterbrook, Pfeffer, Rhoad and Tsatie.

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Senior Art Showcases, “An Incredible Measure” of Growth Isabelle Andrews Red&Black Contributor Spring semester for senior Art majors is an exciting time. Each year around April, Olin hosts a series of Senior Art Shows, which showcase the work of senior Art majors and serves as their capstone experience.

These art shows are an incredible measure of how much each student has grown as an artist and allows them to explore different themes and artistic mediums of interest.

The first of two art shows this year was this past Friday, April 12, and featured seniors Erin Barno, Kelly Donaldson, Rachel Detts and Hannah Russell.

Their showcases absolutely amazed the crowd on Friday, and they each spoke with great professionalism.

Erin Barno’s showcase consisted of a series of six paintings portraying deep psychological images of the emotions felt by an individual suffering from an eating disorder.

Barno’s work was incredibly detailed and really grasped the raw emotions felt by her real life model. It was truly a feat to take

something so real and put it onto paper. Kelly Donaldson’s showcase consisted of three different parts.

Using ceramics as her medium, Donaldson used representations of nature to illustrate flight and change in our lives.

A particularly striking piece was a whirlwind of ceramic leaves both on the ground and hanging from the ceiling.

Those leaves, both bright and dull in color, Donaldson described as good, bad, new and old memories in our lives.

The whirlwind was used to represent the whirlwind of life and the need to let go of some memories to make new ones and grow as a person.

Other pieces included beautifully crafted ceramic orbs that represent each season and adorable ceramic birds.

Donaldson’s work summed up in two words would be thoughtful and beautiful.

Hannah Russell’s showcase was arguably the most noticeable of the four, consisting of a large box structure with four very different sides, as well as an interior display.

Russell very daringly used herself as a model for her showcase, exploring themes of gender and

identity in a very in your face fashion.

One side of the structure included various objects projecting from gaping holes as well as stitches along the canvas.

Another side consisted of various paintings of vaginas.

A third side consisted of many different sized drawers with words such as “other people’s feelings” written on the handles.

The drawers were a particularly striking representation of how individuals compartmentalize themselves and try to fit into little boxes (labels) to please society.

The final and most remarkable aspect of Russell’s showcase was the fourth side of her artwork.

The fourth side was a doorway in the shape of a vagina, which opened up to the interior of the box that displayed a nude portrait of Russell as well as netting.

One of the most interesting aspects of this was that Russell offered everyone the opportunity to contribute to her work by writing down words, thoughts and pictures, that related to her theme, on little slips of paper and pin them on the netting inside.

While the showcase was intense, Hannah did an amazing

job at portraying her theme and making the audience think about it. The fourth and final showcase on display at this past art show was Rachel Detts’s. In Detts’s showcase, she explored the gendered stereotypes of women through several paintings of Disney princesses as well as one image of herself.

Unlike the usual image of Disney princesses, Detts displayed what she described as warrior princesses.

These images broke the stereotype of girls as pretty delicate individuals and shoved them into aggressive roles without men.

For example, a painting of a dark Snow White showed her holding the heart of her evil stepmother.

While the Detts’s paintings were beautifully done, many in the audience were struck by the lack of originality.

This theme is one commonly discussed in many sociology and gender women’s studies courses just here on campus, let alone the rest of the world.

However, despite the unoriginal theme, the artwork itself was a big let down.

Anyone who has ever been on Facebook, Tumblr, Deviant Art or

any other social media, may have come across a similar subject matter. In fact, a simple Google image search of “twisted Disney princesses” brings to light artwork that bears a striking similarity to some of Detts’s pieces.

One image in particular caught many people’s attention.

It displayed an image of Rapunzel from Disney’s “Tangled” scraped and angry, with Mother Gothel defeated in the background.

A twisted Disney princess piece by Jeffery Thomas found online is incredibly similar.

Overall, Detts’s work was beautiful and it was evident that she spent a lot of time on all the pieces; however, her lack of originality was a major disappointment.

Congratulations Erin Barno, Kelly Donaldson, Hannah Russell and Rachel Detts on a job well done! If you are interested in seeing their work, it is currently still on display in Olin.

Don’t forget to attend the second senior art show on Friday, April 26 at 7p.m. in the gallery in Olin, which features seniors Rosanna Tsatie, Abrianne Rhoad, Eva Pfeffer and Jordan Easterbrook.

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Jay-Z and Beyonce Go to Cuba Hobo Stew, a Band to Give a Listen to Ashley Burk Red&Black Staff It is not unusual for celebrity power couples to honeymoon at exclusive and envious destinations.

Recently, however, one power couple took a trip for their honeymoon that has come under fire. Beyonce and Jay-Z have drawn scrutiny for their decision to vacation in Cuba to celebrate their 5-year anniversary. The reason they are drawing criticism is because U.S. law prohibits citizens from traveling to Cuba for tourist reasons.

Two Republican members of congress, Ileana RosLehtinen and Mario DiazBalart, have asked the U.S. treasury department to confirm whether the Carter’s had clearance to make the visit to the country. U.S. Treasury Department guidelines stipulate, "Each traveler must have a full-time schedule of educational exchange activities that will result in meaningful interaction between the travelers and individuals in Cuba."

The two Republican members of Congress proceeded to write to the Obama administration saying, "Cuba's tourism industry is wholly statecontrolled; therefore, U.S. dollars spent on Cuban tourism directly fund the machinery of oppression that brutally represses the Cuban people.”

The embargo between the U.S. and Cuba has been in place for over 50 years, but in spite of this the President of the U.S. has recently eased restrictions on academic, religious or cultural exchanges.

Beyonce and Jay-Z visited the Cuban capital of Havana and explored multiple historical landmarks and even mingled with locals. The power couple even dressed the part while they were in Cuba.

Jay-Z sported a fedora during the parts of the trip and was also seen chomping on a Cuban cigar.

The Whitehouse has dodged questions concerning the two’s trip to Cuba, as well as Beyonce and Jay-Z who have not commented on questions made by reporters.

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Above is a picture of the band, capturing, in what I think shows, their personalities perfectly. From left to right: Jesse Jones, Matt Reed, Alex Hastedt and Neil Kraft. These four together make up the incredible Hobo Stew.

Tori Smith Red&Black Editor

All right everyone, I have a band for you to check out.

Hobo Stew is the band, and they’re from northwest Ohio.

They formed the band in the summer of 2006, and have been building up a solid reputation in their area, as well as the surrounding areas, since The band consists of Jesse Jones on vocals and guitar, Neil Kraft on drums, Matt Reed on bass, and Alex Hastedt on keyboard and guitar.

Their sound is a blend of alternative, psychedelic and indie, but they add their own twist and originality.

Bands they resemble are Cage The Elephant, Portugal.

The Man, The Mars Volta,

The Strokes and The Black Keys. These are all bands that influence their sound, so, if you like those bands, you’ll like Hobo Stew.

Hastedt is the newest member to the band, “In the year and a half I’ve been in the band its been fun to add my influence, the band is definitely different from the early days.”

When talking about what the band is about, Kraft said, “Hobo Stew is essentially a pot full of whatever food you have laying around mixed together into a soup. We do that with music. The line up at the time brings their influences to the table, and we all stick them in the pot and see what comes out!”

Currently, they are working on their fourth album, “Freak Kingdom,” which they are all

excited for (I am as well).

“We just spent the last weekend in the studio working on the new record. We feel it’s a culmination of everything we have done at this point and can’t wait to get it ready for everyone to hear,” said Reed.

Jones also commented on their new album with surprise at how proud he is with the progress, “We are really excited for our fourth album, ‘Freak Kingdom.’ Everything we have ever created has lead up to this point. The evolution of our sound has honestly caught me off guard.”

Trust me, these guys are not only a great group of guys, but they also have extreme talent!

So, check them out at www. facebook.com/#!/hobostew, and you can also find them at www.purevolume.com/ HoboStew90453.

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Rebel Wilson Steals Show at MTV Movie Awards New Shows Coming to CBS Ashley Burk Red&Black Staff On Sunday April 14, it was a night of well-deserved awards and some laugh out loud humor, as the MTV movie awards premiered that night. The annual award show averaged 3.8 million viewers, and was up 21 % versus last year among the networks core 12-34 viewers.

The 2013 MTV Movie Awards, hosted by “Pitch Perfect”’s Rebel Wilson, overall got mixed reviews from viewers, but the night definitely had its high moments, some of which were outrageous.

Rebel Wilson not only hosted the night, but also won the award for Breakthrough Performance.

Wilson was a definite big winner of the night, but there were also several others who took away top honors for their careers and time in the business.

Emma Watson, Will Ferrell and Jamie Fox all took top

honors of the night, earning the Trailblazer, Comedic Genius and Generation awards.

Another big winner of the night was actor Bradley Cooper, who took home two awards on Sunday, one for Best Male Performance and the other for Best Kiss.

Aside from the awards part of the show there were also many memorable moments throughout the night.

It has already been speculated that starlet Emma Watson could be playing the coveted role of Anastasia Steele in the upcoming production of “50 Shade of Grey” and co-star Jonah Hill only added fuel to the rumor mill during Sunday’s award show, further indicating that she would be starring in the production.

Rebel Wilson continued to wow audience members and viewers with her many costume changes throughout the night. She rode ‘Iron Mangina’ to the awards show, wore a leather dominatrix jumpsuit and spent a good portion of the night in a koala

bear-clad pink jumpsuit. Her costume changes at times ended up producing more laughs than the actual scripted jokes.

A definite highlight of the night was when fans across the globe were treated to a sneak peak of “Iron Man 3” and the highly anticipated trailer for the upcoming “Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”

Outrageous moments continued throughout the night as Snoop Dog and Ke$ha appeared together on stage smoking what appeared to be a marijuana joint, Rebel Wilson had a faux double nipslip and Aubrey Plaza from “Parks and Recreation” pulled a Kanye West and crashed Will Ferrell’s acceptance speech for comedic genius.

The “Parks and Recreation” actress not only shocked audience members, but also producers and was later asked to leave the show.

Top prize of the night goes the “Marvel’s The Avengers,” who took home not only Best Fight and Best Villain, but also Movie of the Year.

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Shari Kaminski Red&Black Columnist In a few weeks, television networks will be announcing their fall schedules. CBS has ordered a bunch of new pilot episodes, all of which are hoping to earn a spot on the schedule and eventually become a series.

One is a pilot based on the movie “Beverly Hills Cop” with Eddie Murphy.

In the 1984 comedy, Eddie Murphy played a cop named Axel Foley who goes to Beverly Hills from Detroit to catch his friend’s murderer.

The TV series, also named “Beverly Hills Cop,” features Brandon T. Jackson playing Aaron Foley, Axel’s son, who followed his father’s footsteps and became a cop in Beverly Hills.

If the pilot is successful and “Beverly Hills Cop” becomes a series, Eddie Murphy will recur on the show as Axel Foley.

The cast of NBC’s “The Office” is already working on brand new projects. Rainn Wilson landed the lead role in the next pilot from CBS, “Backstrom.”

Based on a Swedish book series, Wilson stars as an overweight, offensive and irascible detective who is trying and failing to change his ways.

An executive producer from “Bones” is also producing “Backstrom” and will continue if it becomes a series.

A third drama from CBS this year is “The Ordained.”

“The Ordained” centers on a priest from a wealthy,

Kennedy-esque family who must leave the priesthood and become a lawyer to prevent the assassination of his politician sister.

“The Ordained” features Charlie Cox (“Boardwalk Empire”), Jorge Garcia (“Lost” and “Once Upon a Time”) and Audra McDonald (“Private Practice”).

NCIS fans may be happy to hear they are getting another spin-off. In addition to NCIS and NCIS: LA, the new (still untitled) spin-off will feature an NCIS team that moves across the country solving crimes.

One last drama that is hoping to make it to CBS this fall is “The Surgeon General.”

It’s about, you guessed it, the Surgeon General.

This pilot stars Jason Isaacs (from last year’s failed “Awake”) as the title character.

CBS also has two promising comedy pilots viewers could possible see this year.

The first, “The Crazy Ones,” is a workplace comedy that takes place in an advertising agency. It stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy and Vampire Slayer”) as a father and daughter who both work at the agency.

The second promising comedy from CBS is “Super Clyde.” “Super Clyde” is about a fast food worker (played by “Harry Potter’s” Rupert Grint) who decides to become a superhero. “Super Clyde” also stars Stephen Fry as “Super Clyde’s” butler.

It’s possible viewers won’t see all of these pilots come this fall, but it will be interesting to see how successful they become.

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Staff Editorial: Spring Time Goodness It’s that time of year again!

The trees are blossoming, and the flowers have begun to bloom and open around campus. The weather isn’t holding back, but you know what they say about April showers and May flowers; and as the weather throws fits of mood swings—it’s hot and muggy one day, then it’s chilly and raining the next—students are beginning to feel the pressure that every semester’s end brings Get ready to buckle down because the papers and presentations will show no mercy in the next coming weeks. We won’t plague you with talk of finals just yet, so savor that breath of relief.

To help you trudge through the workload, we recommend stocking up on coffee and (gasp) sugar.

Our favorite sweetener is sure to give you just the energy kick you need to keep going, but remember to take it easy because too much can do more harm than good.

We would recommend sleep too, but we understand that it’s a commodity which is going to be hard to come by.

But, cheer up.

The squirrels and birds are out, and on those sunny days there’s nothing better than sitting outside and procrast...—uh— studying hard for classes.

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This rendering came from designer Ran Avni. The latest video shows an iPhone 6 mockup with a larger 4.5-inch display but slimmer than the current iPhone 5. This rendering is shown in black or aluminum color options.

Before anyone sees the iPhone 6 they will be seeing the 5S in stores first. It’s widely expected that the iPhone 5S will debut this summer after a reveal at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference along with iOS 7, the next major upgrade to Apple’s mobile operating system.

The iPhone 6 though is not expected to release until 2014, but it is the main focus right now in the Apple’s new plans for the future phones.

All phone companies are now coming out with new phones to keep up with the new technology.

HTC has come out with the HTC One. “The HTC One isn’t just the best smartphone HTC has ever made – I can legitimately lay claim to being the best smartphone ever produced by anyone” The GDGT’s Peter Rojas reported.

With all these phone companies trying to produce the best phone, hopefully one of them will build the perfect phone for every type of consumer.

No Such Thing As a Perfect Phone

As consumers, we all know there is no such thing as a perfect phone. Either the screen is too small or not bright enough. Or it is too heavy and not thin enough, but even if you get the newest and latest edition of your favorite phone, within a few months there will be another addition to the family.

For instance Apple, even though the iPhone 5 was released in Sept., has yet again announced the new plans for yet another iPhone. The iPhone 6 is in the processing of being discussed and although the Apple iPhone 6 continues to be the subject of much debate in the Apple community their rough design has been released to the public.

The Apple community don’t have much concrete data to go on for the iPhone 6, but they do already have some concept ideas such the iPhone 6 featuring a touchpad rather than a home button. There is already a video on the internet that is showing a new slimmer design and once again the aspect that stands out is the lack of a home button.

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Above, Tshepo Cameron Modisane and Thoba Calvin Sithole tied the knot April 6 in front of 200.

Jake Meyers Red&Black Staff While Americans relentlessly decorate their profile pictures with equal signs in anticipation of the legalization of gay marriage, champions of marriage equality have right for celebration.

On April 6, villagers from the small town of KwaDukuza in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa witnessed what has come to be known as ‘the first traditional African gay wedding.’ Tshepo Cameron Modisane and Thoba Calvin Sithole, both 27, held their wedding in front of a crowd of 200 with full support of not only their friends and family, but their country too.

“We see no reason to hide in darkness as if there is something to be ashamed about.” Modisane explained. “Our marriage is largely symbolic and a sign that black gay men can commit and build family through a happy and loving marriage.”

South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled that preventing gay marriage violated the country’s constitution in 2005, allowing for the courtmandated law to pass through the parliament with ease the following year, legalizing gay marriage in 2006. South Africa was the fifth country to legalize gay marriage, while the Netherlands was the first to do so in 2000. Currently, it is legal to marry someone of the same gender in eleven countries, while France and Uruguay are anticipated to legalize gay marriage by the end of the year, totalling 13 countries worldwide.

Where does the United States, a progressive country that champions itself with civil liberties and freedom rank on that list? It currently is listed in the sub-category of partial legalization, along with Brazil and Mexico.

Gay marriage is much like the previous battles for civil rights of the previous generations, and like those previous generations the United States has not once been an international leader. Take women’s suffrage for example. America was the twelfth country in 1920 to allow women to vote, a whole 27 years after New Zealand did so in 1893. Is America going to sit on the side lines once again and watch the rest of the world take strides in civil rights?

In a recent poll, 53% of Americans say they approve of gay marriage. If you think that 53% isn’t a lot, just think back to November when President Obama won the popular vote with 51%; 53% is a majority in this country, and it is a signal that America is finally ready to grant same sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.

It is not a matter of if, but when. 83% of Americans believe gay marriage will become legalized, so why wait? If Americans are ready for the legalization, shouldn’t our law makers be as well, since they represent the will of the people?

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC anchor of the Rachel Maddow Show, summarizes how many proponents for gay marriage feel: “In the past decade, 31 states put to a vote the question of whether or not gay people should be allowed to get married.”

Maddow continued, “Thirty-one states have put those minority rights up to a vote and in all 31 of those states, that minority rights issue has gone down to defeat. But here’s the thing about rights.

They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.”

The issue of gay marriage is one of both morality and nationalism in light of an international approval of gay marriage.

Only time will tell when citizens of all races, religions and sexual preference have the right to marry the ones they love.

Abrianne Rhoad Red&Black Editor With current lawsuits against a few Greek letter organizations (GLOs), Alpha Kappa Alpha one of “the divine nine” historically Black sororities coming to mind, I thought now of all times (especially after a successful Greek Week at Washington & Jefferson College) was best to discuss Greek pride and why we don our letters and chant our chants and build and maintain the bonds we have.

It’s hard to explain the pride and the genuine sense of community that you find, even when being apart of a small, liberal arts college will pretty much guarantee a close-knit community anyway. It’s hard to explain to independents (lovingly nicknamed GDIs) how much like family your fraternal brothers or sisters become in the time you spend as an undergrad in college as a member of a GLO. It’s not like a dictionary definition with one of three potential meanings or neat, little, universal descriptions.

Being Greek opens avenues and doorways that you never thought were available; being Greek connects you to people you never thought you’d become closer to or interact with; it bridges a legacy of service, commitment to others and leadership and fosters frienships that can’t be described neatly with a few words strung together.

Demonstrating your panhellenic and interfraternal pride in events like Greek Week serves as a reminder to ourselves why we care so much about being apart of something bigger than ourselves.

Greek Week is also one of my favorite events of the year because it engages every chapter to band together in friendly competition against other chapters.

I shared a few understanding laughs with independent friends that were woken up in neighboring residential halls this past weekend from shrill cheers and thunderous appluase from Greek Week’s allday olympics Saturday. Greek Week, and Recruitment are the two most recongnizatble times of the year when you can sense a strong Greek presence on campus based on the energy and noise level alone.

But I don’t see that as a bad thing.

When did being so proud of something become something to be ashamed or apologetic for? We get it: you didn’t join a Greek organization because the stigmas were too much for you or for your parents to stomach, it was too expensive for your level of apathy or it just wasn’t your thing entirely.

We all started off as independents, some of us more open-minded that others. But if being Greek is something to be ashamed of, “soror” not sorry (read: sorry I’m not sorry).

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Tunisian Women’s Rights Backpedaling born feminist group Femen, Amina was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Tunisia after government officials and police battered the young women on the Tunisia, the North African country located between streets in retaliation to the protest.

Algeria and Libya, is reacting to the extremist The head of the Commission for the Promotion demands of their dictator Moncef Marzouki. Tunisia of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Tunisia, Almi is the first country in the region to withdraw all Adel, who is additionally a Salafi Islamic preacher, its specific reservations regarding Cedaw – the has called for Amina to be “stoned to death” for the international convention on the elimination of all posting of the images. He warned that the actions forms of discrimination against women. The laws of Amina could cause “epidemics and disasters” and would backtrack in a country that “could be contagious and give has received the title of ‘most liberal’ ideas to other women.”

“Use your body as a in the Middle East region.

According to local media The proposed Islamist-led law is poster for the slogans of outlets, reports say Tunisian a threat to every woman in Tunisia, freedom. Bare breasts secular law would punish her and they are not taking this threat with up to two years in prison. against Islamism.” lightly. Thousands have taken to the Richard Dawkins, author of streets in protest over the last couple the 2006 bestseller “The God of months, making waves in a region that is prompt Delusion” and an advocate for equality, has taken to protest. up her cause and is calling for a day of action in One recent revolt has made international support of Amina. A petition has been posted online headlines after Amina, 19, protested on the streets demanding judicial pursuit of those that threaten topless alongside other women in order to make a Amina’s life. statement.

Femen itself issued a statement calling on women Her body was marked with Arabic writing to “fight for their freedom against religious atrocities” stating “My Body is My Own and Not the Source of and to “use your body as a poster for the slogans of Anyone’s Honor.” She posted a photograph of herself freedom. Bare breasts against Islamism.” topless smoking a cigarette, which prompted the The world will watch as the rights of women in government to take action. A member of the Ukraine Tunisia are tested in the coming months.

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“Expletives! Obscenities! Profanities! Swears! Cusses!”

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Full disclosure: I am a bit of a free speech fundamentalist, a rogue extremist of sorts. I agree with Lenny Bruce when he said “There are no dirty words, only dirty minds.” Words are neither inherently good nor evil, but are judged solely in the context of the speaker. I also agree with Dostoyevsky when he wrote “To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things.”

Swearing is an enjoyable release of stress and I find that people who never partake make unbearable company. I also believe that it is necessary to at times “smash things,” linguistically speaking.

There exist evils and in order to identify them we have to use negative language. I often feel compelled to speak poorly of the Westboro Baptist Church and other hate groups, and aim to do so in sundry incendiary ways.

A description of how they are a group of putrescent Philistines who, though unconfirmed, have been said to “know” various species of livestock, in a biblical sense, may eclipse the extent of my disapproval.

However, in order to do this, I have to use insults, which although great motivators are fundamentally offensive. That, however, is precisely the point.

There is a moral imperative to at some point be willing to offend. However, this conversation on what is and what is not offensive is such a mainstay of American discourse. We seem to have some deep rooted obsession with quote “bad words.”

“Expletives! Obscenities! Profanities! Swears! Cusses!

Sonic vibrations! The horror, the horror!” Some declare that we must avoid certain words solely because they are offensive. They say one must take responsibility of their words, which I agree with, but they fail to mention that it may benefit the offended to take some responsibility over their response. Their argument misses an opportunity for a serious conversation about the words we use and why they hurt us.

We categorize these words as offensive and others as acceptable, but we seldom think about the hypocrisy of these categorizations.

Do you think it’s just a little bit preposterous that we throw words like torture, murder or genocide around like candy at the Macy’s Day Parade? But if I were to insert a certain four-letter word, which stands for the physical expression of love and affection, I would be

fired? To me, the ideas behind the first set of words are hideous examples of human wretchedness, but the idea behind the latter word is the miracle of our existence.

It’s not the idea of a word that matters to the protectors of the offended; it’s the insignificant wave of reverberating sound your ear is detecting that is the real villain.

We’ve completely divorced the idea from the sound.

Consequently, this is the funny thing about words: we allocate them power based on how we use them.

When we suppress words and ideas, we give them the capacity to harm us (the basic idea behind the words “moron” and “retard” are the same, but the former is less offensive solely because of its frequency of use), but when we allow them to flow freely we steal their power over us.

I’m not suggesting we only speak in offensive language, but I’m asking which situation causes less harm: a society that suppresses language and people mutter with malice slurs at each other in quiet tense rooms, or one where we use the words freely? Where we dissociate them from their often rotten origins and discuss what they actually mean?

Where do the ideas behind them come from and how do we get rid of them?

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Miscarriages of Justice, Police Corruption Concerning Jonathan Schmid Red&Black Contributor

A stolen item is reported to the police. Security footage is discovered of a man carrying something from the scene of the theft but it is not clear what the object is, according to a police report. The man in the video is the brother of the victim of the theft and had been with his sister at the time of the theft. He is questioned by the police and explains what he is carrying in the video, which was not what was stolen.

The only crimes he has been charged with before are underage drinking and public intoxication. These are crimes that probably many college students are guilty of. Despite the victim’s pleas that her brother is not the perpetrator, the man was charged with petty theft.

The pursuit of these charges by the police is bizarre. It is not rare though. Michelle Alexander’s “Why Police Lie Under Oath” NY Times article gave a voice to what I had believed to be the case for years. Our justice system operates on a basic assumption, that police are more trustworthy than the alleged criminals. Many cases often come down to the word of the police versus the defendants, and the justice system will often believe the police officers. However, as Dr. House on the fox television show House used to say, “everybody lies.” Yes, guilty defendants have many reasons to lie, but so do the police.

As Michelle Alexander pointed out in her article, in the age of mass incarceration, the police don’t deserve the blind faith they currently are given in the justice system. Peter Keane, previously a San Francisco Police Commissioner, wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle about how perjury by police officer is widespread in order to justify their illegal actions and make them appear legal.

A New York Police Officer, Adil Polanco, bore witness to the darkside of his job to ABC NEWS in 2010: “our primary job is not to help anybody, our primary job is not to assist anybody, our primary job is to get those numbers and come back with them.

At the end of the night you have to come back with something. You have to write [up] somebody, you have to arrest somebody, even if the crime is not committed, the number’s there. So our choice is to come up with the number.”

What this officer has described sound very much like a quota system, which police departments will deny exist because they are illegal in most states in the US. However, their increased arrests rates are considered being tough on crime.

The commissioners get promotions, make speeches and receive awards when they tell us we are safer because of their and their officer’s actions.

They only have to get enough evidence on their “usual suspects” for three felonies, and then they can lock them away for life under three strike policy laws. Since they are repeat offenders their reputations are destroyed and the chances of anyone in the justice system listening to their cries of innocence are slim. As Michelle Alexander pointed out in her article, thousands of alleged criminals plead guilty because juries rarely believe a defendant over police officers.

I think this is because people don’t want to believe they could be charged with a crime when they were innocent. People want to keep this fallacy intact in their mind in order to feel safe, and so they are willing to believe the police are somehow better than everyone else who lies, as House says, and must be telling the truth.

The police are also more than aware who is likeable by juries and who is not, and can trump up charges against someone they know that a jury is much more likely not to believe. A college student comes home for break, and upon arriving finds her sister,

who is in high school, has thrown a party while their parents are not home. The college student starts breaking up the party because alcohol was being consumed by minors. The police arrive shortly after she did, and arrest her for distribution of alcohol to minors and corruption of minors just for being on the premises despite having nothing to do with the party and she must fight the charges in court.

You might be wondering if the extent of police corruption is really widespread, because, wouldn’t these officers be held responsible if this were true? The answer is that they are often not held responsible. Peter Keane also mentioned in his article that the worst case scenario (for the police) is that a trumped up case is dismissed. In this case the officers involved usually face no repercussions, and they continue to “serve and protect” the people. He also points out that the defendants often have criminal records, and Keane says that “no one cares about these people.”

His words are harsh, but the public opinion could easily be persuaded that the defendant “got off ” because of legal technicalities when the defendant has previous offences on their record. I realize this example is old, but I chose it because it is shocking and I honestly don’t believe anything has changed in the legal system since it occurred.

Gerry Conlon, growing up in poverty stricken Belfast in Northern Ireland, was a scrap metal thief. The IRA at the time had much control in Belfast, and his activities had upset them. For his safety, his father bought him a ticket to London and advised him to leave.

During his time in London, the IRA committed what would become known as the Guilford Pub Bombings. Under pressure to find suspects immediately, the police chose Gerry and some of his friends as their “suspects” because of Gerry’s colorful past.

The only evidence they had was that Gerry had recently come into an amount of money that was only suspicious given his poverty status and that he had been in Guilford at the time of the bombing.

Gerry confessed that he had come into the money because he broke into someone’s house and stole it. He had an alibi for the bombings, but the police claimed he made the story up because they could not find the man that Gerry claimed to be with at the time of the bombing. Gerry, unwilling to confess to a crime he did not commit, was tortured by the police.

He resisted until they threatened to kill his family, at which point he signed a confession. He recanted courtesy denesen.mk the confession in court, but the police officers’ word was taken over his, and he was convicted with the confession being the only piece of evidence against him that wasn’t circumstantial. The IRA also alerted law enforcement that Gerry Conlon was not an operative of theirs and he was innocent.

The actual bomber even confessed a few years later. However, Gerry’s cries of innocence and police brutality were not believed, until almost two decades later.

Documents were finally uncovered that revealed the police had in fact found the man Gerry was with during the bombing, and he had corroborated his alibi. Gerry Conlon’s conviction was overturned in 1989, but the shocking end to this story is that the police involved never faced any repercussions.

Ultimately, we all have to take responsibility for these injustices. The police are only telling us a lie we want to hear, that they are tough on crime which means we are safe.

This will never stop unless we stand up and acknowledge this lie, and proclaim that we no longer want to hear it.

The truth is criminals get away with crimes every day, but a justice system that allows people to be charged or convicted of crimes they did not commit is unacceptable. “Beyond a reasonable doubt” is what is required of the justice system to decree a conviction of a crime, and as far as I can tell it is falling short of this by far. To get back to this principle, the politically motivated arrests and convictions must come to an end.

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Kirby Sets Record for Saves Seven Year Old Cancer Patient Touchdown Run

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Harley Straub Red&Black Staff On Saturday April 6, the Washington & Jefferson College men’s lacrosse team travelled to Selinsgrove, PA to take on Landmark Conference rival Susquehanna.

It was a close game, but W&J was defeated by the Crusaders with a score of 11-8. Senior Ran Kirby recorded 25 saves, which broke the school record for number of saves in a single game.

W&J was outshot 51-21.

Twenty of those shots came in the second quarter, and Kirby blocked 11 of them. Junior midfielder Casey Smallwood scored the first goal of the game at a little over 12 minutes, but Susquehanna answered 84 seconds later.

At the 10:18 mark in the second quarter, sophomore attacker Tim Angell scored with an assist from senior attacker Joseph Eck, which gave the Presidents the lead, 3-2.

The final two goals of the half were scored by the Crusaders, which put them in front 5-4 at the half. In the final 15 minutes, W&J came within two goals, three different times. Susquehanna held

the advantage in face-offs 17-6 and ground balls by a margin of 47-22. The Crusaders also forced 25 turnovers.

Kirby’s record showing added to his career save total and upped it to 564. His previous single game high was 19. He was honored by the Landmark Conference twice as Defensive Player of the Week.

Ten of the goals he allowed were scored in 57 minutes and 21 seconds.

As for W&J’s offense, Smallwood led W&J with a pair of goals and one assist. Freshman midfielder Zachary Fredericks also scored two.

So far this season, W&J has 303 shot attempts, 92 goals and, out of the 303 shots, 204 were shots on goal.

The team owns a .673 shot on goal percentage, as compared to their opponents who have a .622 percentage.

They have scored 40 unassisted goals, collected 280 ground balls, and have won 95 face offs, with a .426 faceoff percentage.

W&J will finish out their home games on Sunday April 21 when they host Merchant Marine Academy at 1:00. W&J will also honor their seven seniors on this day.

Bailey Mudrick Red&Black Staff The most heart-warming story took place on the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ football field on Saturday afternoon. Nebraska’s spring game was highlighted by a 69-yard touchdown run.

The fourth-and-1 scoring play was not credited to the Cornhusker’s new running back, Aaron Green, but the smallest person on the field, a 7-year-old boy with brain cancer.

That boy, Jack Hoffman, ran the 69 yards during the game’s fourth quarter to score the scrimmage’s final touchdown and become the game’s leading rusher.

Hoffman broke into the end zone and was mobbed by players on both the Red and White squads in front of 60,174 fans in Memorial Stadium.

Jack, of Atkinson, Nebraska, was diagnosed with brain cancer in April 2011 and is undergoing a 60-week chemotherapy program.

Now on a two-week break from the treatment, Jack and his family received a call from the University of Nebraska’s athletic department inviting them to Saturday’s game at Memorial

Stadium for a special play. Former Nebraska star running back Rex Burkhead befriended Hoffman last season, taking on a leadership role in the boy’s support network, “Team Jack.”

When Jack took the field on Saturday, he wore No. 22 -- the same number Burkhead wore during his college football career.

“It was a lot of emotions right at once,” said Jack’s father, Andy to NBC sports.

“Very emotional to see that. Husker fans have been so incredible to Jack and our family and especially to this cause.”

Football operations director Jeff Jamrog and current fullback C..J. Zimmer hatched the idea to get Jack involved in the annual Red-White game.

Burkhead is currently preparing for the 2013 NFL Draft, but was in attendance on Saturday to see Jack’s big moment. “Jack is a fighter, a strong kid,” Burkhead said.

“To see him run around and enjoy the Husker experience, it’s a dream come true, especially for kids in the state of Nebraska.

For Jack to get down here and do it, I know it made his day.” According to the family’s foundation’s website, Jack is

a lifelong Cornhusker fan; he went to his first game on his fifth birthday.

Just before his second brain surgery, in September 2011, his family reached out to the university and arranged for Jack to meet Burkhead and tour the stadium of the team he grew up admiring so much.

That meeting turned into a friendship with Burkhead that continues to this day.

Burkhead wears a wristband that says, “Team Jack-Pray,” and is also a major supporter of the foundation started by the Hoffman family to fund pediatric brain cancer research, the Team Jack Foundation.

Jack’s touchdown run has now garnered even more attention for the family and their foundation.

It was the number one “Play of the Day” video on ESPN and has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube.

“We just kind of thought we were going to go down there and do that the touchdown play,” said Hoffman.

“Little did we know that when we signed up for that it was going to turn into this big national story so it’s kind of overwhelming, actually, for our family.”

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W&J Stays on Top of the PAC for the Week courtesy washjeff.edu

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Rebecca Hendricks Red&Black Staff The Washington & Jefferson College men’s baseball team had the biggest come-from-behind victory this past Sunday in a historic win against Marietta at Ross Memorial Park.

Marietta is ranked 3rd and is the two-time defending NCAA Division III Champions.

The Presidents were able to overcome a nine run deficit to defeat the Marietta Pioneers in 2 ½ innings.

“The Presidents faced an early 9-0 hole heading into the bottom of the third inning.”

This was their first victory against the team in 118 years.

According to NCAA.com, “The Presidents faced an early 9-0 hole heading into the bottom of the third inning, but W&J

steadily chipped away at the Pioneer lead, scoring at least one run during each of the final seven frames.

Staniscia’s two-out triple got W&J on the board and Peirish followed with an RBI base hit to make the score 9-2 after three.”

The clear star of the game was junior catcher Ronnie Peirish of Wexford, PA. Peirish’s walk-off, book-rule double allowed the Presidents to come back in just two and a half innings.

According to Washjeff.edu, “Peirish sent a long, fly ball into right-center field which took one bounce and hopped over the wall, sending senior second baseman Scott Liller (Moon Township, PA) home with the game’s winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning.”

Marietta (15-6), ranked third, is the highest ranked team W&J (14-5) has ever defeated.

The Presidents ended their 18game losing streak to the Pioneers that dated back to May 15, 1895.

During the game, Peirish had an RBI single that added a run during the next inning that allowed the Presidents to add an-

other run in the seventh, which brought the score to 10-8. Peirish then started the eighth inning with a one-out double and was plated with a bloop single to the right.

A little later the bases were loaded for Brady who had a center field fly ball that tied the game at 10-10.

Marietta had a pair of base runners at the top of the ninth by sophomore Jared Baird was able to set up W&J’s walk-off hit in the bottom half of the inning.

Baird then threw for five in-

“A little later the bases were loaded for Brady who had a center field fly ball that tied the game at 10-10.” nings without score to earn the first victory of his collegiate career. Liller, Michalski and Staniscia all had pairs of hits and were able to score twice, as well as Brady’s two runs.

Washington & Jefferson College has had the honor to have three athletes, in three different sports, be award PAC players of the week.

Junior Harley Straub, from Richfield, Pennsylvania, was selected as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week Award after winning the shot put title Saturday at the Carnegie Mellon Quad at Gesling Stadium.

Straub posted a top throw of 38’4” to claim the event, which featured 13 competitors.

She was also the runner-up in the hammer throw and fourth in the discus. But Straub wasn’t the only one who received praise this week.

Sophomore Jennifer Suder, for the second consecutive week, is the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week. Suder led the Presidents to a fifth-place team finish at the Gettysburg Spring Invitational this weekend at Hanover Country Club. She placed 13th in the 40golfer field following rounds of 93 and 98. In 10 rounds this season, Suder averages 92.7 strokes per 18 holes.

She has posted or tied for the team’s low score in eight of the 10 rounds. The third President athlete to receive recognition was

junior catcher Ronny Peirish, who earned the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week Award on Monday.

Following a career game that included a game-winning double against third-ranked Marietta.

Peirish collected a career-best five hits, including three doubles and four runs batted in, helping the Presidents rally from nine runs down to knock off Marietta 11-10 Sunday afternoon.

Peirish’s one-out, book-rule double in the bottom of the ninth inning plated senior second baseman Scott Liller (Moon Township, Pa./Moon) with the gamewinning run as W&J defeated its highest-ranked opponent in program history.

Overall last week, Peirish batted .556 (10-18) in six games, knocking in nine runs, while scoring eight.

He recorded a trio of multi-hit performances and five of his 10 hits went for extra bases. Peirish leads the Presidents with two triples and is tied with a team-high with four two-base hits and 17 RBI. He is batting .333 and has thrown out three potential base stealers during his time behind the plate.

A career .314 hitter, Peirish is a three-year starter for W&J having appeared in 99 games.

He has tallied 68 RBI and 25 extra-base hits, including three home runs.

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Quick End to Baylor’s Season

Flacco More Than a Quarterback Bailey Mudrick Red&Black Staff

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Rebecca Hendricks Red&Black Staff In the regional finals of the 2013 NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament, the Baylor Bears lost in an upset against the Louisville Cardinals.

The final score was 82-81, and was one of the biggest upsets in basketball history because the Cardinals were seeded at number 5, versus the Bears, who were the number 1 overall team.

In 2012, the Baylor Bears had an undefeated season and won the national championship.

This phenomenal performance in the 2012 season was led by now senior Brittney Griner, a 6’8” player who didn’t see much action in the regional finals.

Griner scored just 14 points

and grabbed 10 rebounds while playing all 40 minutes.

According to BleacherReport. com, “Considering this woman dropped 50 in early March, every single person outside of Kentucky was expecting Griner to come through with yet another

“It’s a sad end to a great era, but we look forward to seeing Griner shine in the WNBA—where she projects to be a superstar.” huge outburst to help Baylor advance.”

During her time at Baylor, Griner has led the Lady Bears to 131 wins and just 15 losses, 10

of which were during her senior year.

In 2010, they had a Final Four appearance, in 2011 they had an Elite Eight exit, in 2012 they won the national championship, and now this year in 2013, they had a Sweet 16 upset. Griner finished just short of breaking Jackie Stiles’ record of most alltime points scored.

While Baylor has some good returning players, their game without Griner won’t be nearly as impressive.

According to BleacherReport. com, “It’s a sad end to a great era, but we look forward to seeing Griner shine in the WNBA—where she projects to be a superstar and could usher in a new dynasty for whichever team is fortunate enough to land her in the April draft.”

Joe Flacco is an ordinary Joe, no more, no less. Flacco, the quarterback of the Ravens, will forever be known as the man that led Baltimore to defeat the 49ers this past Super Bowl, but this man will be trying his hand at something a little different.

Ravens quarterback has agreed to portray the late Johnny Unitas in an upcoming film called “Unitas We Stand,” according to Joe Unitas, Johnny Unitas’ son.

Joe Unitas told The Baltimore Sun that Flacco will play his father playing football in the final scenes depicting the Colts’ 1958 championship game victory.

“Obviously, the Baltimore ties are very important to me,” Unitas said in a phone interview.

“I think it’s great that Joe just won the Super Bowl with the

“My father was just like that.

This is a joke.”

—Flacco Ravens and was Most Valuable Player in the game.

A lot of the way Joe plays and his demeanor reminds me a lot of my dad. He’s not a rah-rah guy.

He throws a touchdown and maybe there’s a little fist pump.

He understands his job is all about winning and he does a phenomenal job leading the offense and the team and obviously they’ve developed a lot of trust after becoming a champion.

He’s an awesome teammate and great leader of the team.”

John Unitas, nicknamed “The Golden Arm,” was a Lithuanian American professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s.

He spent the majority of his career playing for the Baltimore Colts.

He was a record-setting quarterback. For 52 years, he held the record of winning the most consecutive games with a touchdown pass.

In a statement posted on the official website for the film www. unitaswestand.com, Flacco says: “I’m excited and honored by the opportunity to play Johnny Unitas. However, not everyone was ecstatic about this news.

His oldest son from his first marriage, John Unitas Jr., and his grandson, J.C. Unitas, blasted the decision to have the Baltimore Ravens quarterback play the part of Baltimore’s greatest quarterback.

John Unitas Jr. called Flacco a “goofball” in comments about the movie to USA Today Sports, and said he is considering taking legal action if Joe Unitas makes any profits from his father’s name.

Unitas’ second wife, Sandra, unsuccessfully sued John Unitas Jr. in the past for control of Unitas Management Corp., which controls the rights to Johnny Unitas’ name.

“If you want a quarterback, go with Peyton Manning,” he told USA Today Sports.

“My father was just like that.

This is a joke.” His son, J.C., ripped Flacco’s casting in a post on his Facebook page, writing that it is an “embarrassing choice,” according to USA Today.

Joe Unitas responded to the criticism with a letter to The Baltimore, writing that he’d like to apologize to Joe Flacco, his family, agent, and the Ravens organization, “for any embarrassment these comments may have caused.”

Unitas continued, “Joe is a respectable man, a great player, and very similar to my dad in many ways. The Ravens organization is top notch and I respect them very much. Both deserve better.”

Joe Unitas said that production is being planned so that it doesn’t interfere with Flacco’s football schedule with training camp traditionally set to start in late July.