Issue 8, Vol. CIV

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Arrowbands Dances “Through the Decades”

W&J Professor spends his summer studying fossils with world-renowned primatologists.

Page 4 Elections What are the polls saying in the final weeks?

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Page 10 Mumford and Sons Review of the new album, Babel.

Page 19 Women’s Tennis W&J’s womens’ team competes in the PAC tournament.

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Above, President of Pennsylvania Zeta Chapter of Pi Beta Phi, Amanda Schafer ‘13, works the admission booth at the third annual Arrowbands philanthropy effort. The event was hosted in Olin Theatre Thurs. Oct. 25 and benefitted various charities and philanthropic organizations.

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01 N ovember 2012

Arrowbands: Greek Life Raises Money for Charity Chelsea Cummings Red&Black Staff

Last week, Pi Beta Phi hosted their annual lip syncing competition, Arrowbands.

In the fall, this philanthropic effort ranks high on the Greek calendar.

The fraternities and sororities spend many hours rehearsing and preparing for the competition.

The Greek participants lived up to the Arrowband name and created an interesting, entertaining show that everyone would remember.

As for the performances this year, ATO started the show with a bang.

Each fraternity and sorority included a reference to Pi Beta Phi and ATO was able to creatively include their reference.

One of the brothers changed into an angel costume and sang to “Girls Just Want To Have Fun.” The entire crowd was in laughter. Another interesting dance by the brothers of ATO was when three people came out in entirely white clothes and they choreographed a popping routine with black lights.

The crowd loved the entire routine of ATO. It seemed comedy was a strong suite of ATO. The sisters that came after ATO had a hard routine to follow.

However, the sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta came out in force.

Starting off the routine with “Fresh Prince of Bel-aire,” they moved through the decades with ease.

Finally, coming into songs we have all heard, they performed

“Single Ladies” and “Whip My Hair.” The sisters of Theta looked rehearsed and definitely had a background in dance.

The brothers of Delta Tau Delta relied on their comedy.

Starting the routine with “Walk Like an Egyptian” they were able to use a Maglite as a prop to resemble an oversized microphone.

It was a clever use of props that most other participants did not think of.

Another favorite of the crowd was when Delt performed “Bye Bye Bye,” complete with dance moves.

Finally, to close the routine, Delt played a song we have all grown accustomed to, “Gangnam Style.”

Phi Psi was next in the lineup, and they put up a valiant effort, which included songs such as “Shout” and “Mambo No. 5.”

They might not be on any dancing show soon, but they entertained the crowd.

Halfway through the show came the dance competition for the crowd.

Cupid, Kenny Roberts, judged the competition, and the participants were able to “get jiggy with it” as co-host Emily Stewart commentated.

After the dance off, Phi Delt was up to perform. They started with a classic song “Take Me Home Tonight.”

Although they did have choreography in there routine, it was evident that they were not natural born dancers.

The brothers of Phi Delt did keep the crowd laughing with their choice of songs and choreography, which also included “Jump” and “Wagon Wheel.”

Next was the sorority Delta

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Gamma, and by the looks of the performance, they clearly were well organized and rehearsed.

Dressed up in different outfits, which included Indians, construction workers, and cowgirls, Delta Gamma performed songs from a variety of genres.

A favorite among the crowd was “YMCA,” a classic everyone loves, and another favorite was “Jump On It.” Delta Gamma also did a line dance to “Cotton Eye Joe.” A freshman commented that he loved their performance.

Up next was Fiji. The brothers did a great job entertaining the crowd and keeping the crowd’s attention.

Although Fiji only performed a few songs as compared to the sorority before them, they came out to the stage with a great performance.

The final sorority to perform was Kappa Kappa Gamma.

They definitely played to their strengths and had a well choreographed dance that told a story.

One group was portrayed as the bad boys and the other half played the sweet girls.

The bad boys performed the song “You Give Love a Bad Name,” while the girls lip-synced to “Crazy.” Finally, they both performed to “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”

Kappa Kappa Gamma was the only group that told a story, and it was very well organized and choreographed and the crowed enjoyed it.

Last to perform was the two time champions Beta Theta Pi. The crowd was anticipating a treat and that is exactly what they received. The use of props and creativity brought the perfor-

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The brothers of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity perform their Arrowbands routine. The event featured members from Greek Life using dance performances to raise money for chartiy mance to a new level. First, one brother of Beta portrayed a water fountain while the other brothers danced around the water fountain.

Beta performed songs to “Love Shack,” “Dancing Queen,” “Survivor,” and “Barbie Girl.” Those were not the only songs Beta performed to, which is what made the performance above the rest.

The brothers of Beta were organized, creative and in true Beta fashion danced in Speedos. Beta kept the crowd entertained from start to finish.

Olin Theater was filled, only standing room was available. Although each member of the audience had their favorite, it was the judge’s decision on the winner.

After conferring for a few minutes, the judges handed their decision to Sara Bugajski 13’, the coordinator of Arrowbands, to announce the winner.

In third place was Kappa Alpha Theta, second place went to Kappa Kappa Gamma, and finally first place went to Beta Theta Pi

making them the winners three years in a row.

Most people in the audience came to enjoy the performance, however this event is held to raise money for a great cause.

The proceeds raised during the event go to the Pi Beta Phi Foundation, which raises funds for the Pi Beta Phi literacy initiatives and leadership opportunities.

Throughout the event, the cohosts gave facts about literacy in America. Some of the facts shocked the audience and showed the lack of literacy in America.

However, the event raised $970, which will go towards literacy initiatives, and hopefully help combat the problem.

Bugajski had a final comment on the success of the event and the overall supports. “We had a really great event and had an amazing turnout. Standing room only is never a bad thing to have.

Thank you to everyone for their participation and their donations. We hope to see everyone next year!”

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01 N ovember 2012

Pakistani Youth Shot: Freedom Fighter Fights for Her Life

SECURITY LOGS: 10/27/12 Criminal Trespass

While on patrol, a security officer observed two people run across the street from the Henry Gym and onto the front porch of one of the E. Chestnut St. houses. These two people caught the security guards attention because they were in their underwear and carrying their clothes. Officers went towards the gym and saw a third student run to the parking lot of the gym and then towards a dorm. Security noticed wet footprints leading from an exit door of the gym. As security entered the gym, the door to the pool was seen to be slightly ajar.

By the pool was a black pair of shoes and a black wallet. In the wallet was the ID of the student who left it. The wallet was taken to the security office and the shoes left by the pool. All the exterior doors to the gym were observed to be locked and closed. The student came to the office to claim their wallet. The student was honest and said they were doing something stupid. The student said that the other students they were with saw another individual pull hard on the gym door and it opened. So the group of students decided to follow the fourth student into the gym. The group then got into the pool by pulling really hard on the door. The group decided to swim but some of them changed their mind. Someone yelled something and the students ran out. The student who came to the office was given their wallet and their shoes.

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Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban earlier this month, is showing gradual signs of recovery.

According to doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, Malala “remains ill,” yet medical specialists are “hopeful she will make a good recovery.”

On Oct. 9, a Taliban gunman attacked Malala as she rode the bus home from school.

According to reports, she was shot twice, once in the head and once in the neck.

Following the attack, Malala was airlifted to a military hospital in Peshawar, where doctors initially put her under a medically induced coma and removed the bullet.

By Oct. 15, she again traveled to Great Britain to receive further intensive rehabilitation treatment.

Medical director for Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dr. David Rosser, stated that if the bullet had hit “a couple of inches more central,” the injuries would have been “unsurvivable.”

Most recent reports have informed the public that Malala has now been able to stand with minimal assistance, and that her communication has improved from writing notes to minimal speaking.

Medical teams have confirmed that she is comfortable and responding well to treatment.

Malala’s attack came as a result of her role as an advocate for women’s education and her subsequent challenge of Taliban rule.

She first rose to prominence at age 11 when she began writing a blog for the BBC under a pseudonym in which she chronicled life under Taliban rule. Once the mil-

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10/27/12 Criminal Mischief

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Malala Yousafzai is a 15-year-old Pakistani girl who won a National Youth Peace Prize in 2011. She was recently shot by a Taliban gunman and hospitalized for wounds to her head and neck.

itary had ousted the militants in 2009, she began publicly speaking out on the needs for girls’ education, achieving various accolades such as Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize and a civilian bravery award.

Much of Malala’s activism was inspired by her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, who himself is an educational activist, as well as a poet and school owner.

Malala’s father fostered her early sense of political activism, permitting her to discuss politics often and traveling with her to speak at public events.

Since the shooting, an outpouring of international support has surrounded Malala and her family.

From celebrities such as Madonna dedicating her song “Human Nature” to the young activist, to world leaders supporting a United Nations petition demanding education for all Pakistani

children “in support of what Malala fought for,” countless efforts have been made to raise further awareness on Malala’s behalf.

The tragedy has also reached many politically aware college students, and has consequently raised concerns over U.S. foreign policy.

Jonathan Tripi ‘16 believes that the shooting “still shows that the Taliban has influence in the world,” and that, “we still need to keep our influence in Pakistan because obviously we haven’t helped out enough. The U.S.’s best interest is to stay there.”

As of Thursday Oct. 25, Malala’s parents and brothers were finally able to reunite with her in Great Britain after not having seen her since she had been relocated to the hospital there.

Ziauddin Yousafzai has stated that “With the nation’s prayers she survived the attack and she will surely recover and her health

A student called protection services to report they discovered a broken window in their room. The window was broken sometime during the night. The student stated that rocks were thrown at the window late in the night, but the damage was not discovered until the next afternoon. The window was completely broken and had a large hole through the glass. Maintenance observed the damage and said they would provide a temporary fix until they could have glass cut. A separate student had called into security to report that rocks were being thrown the same night the window was broken, the rocks were reportedly thrown to get someone’s attention. It is not sure whether or not the two incidents are related. The damage was estimated at $30.

10/29/12 Theft

On the above date, the security office received a call stating that a tennis banner had been stolen. The reporting student stated that the banner was 8 feet long by 2 feet wide and was white and red in color, with the words President’s Tennis on the banner along with the W&J logo. The banner was valued at $150. A bench was also reported to be stolen. It was described as a wooden bench, white and red in color, valued at $30. will progress. And, God willing, as soon as she is recovered, I will be back in Pakistan.”

The family has indicated that they will not leave their country and will continue to embark on their mission, even against further Taliban threats that vow to continue to eliminate Malala for

her actions. As for Malala herself, she had reportedly asked her father to bring some of her schoolbooks with him when he came to Britain.

Clearly, the determination and spirit of this young activist is something that no amount of violence will ever quell.

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Beyond the Politics: Students and Staff Host Economics Panel Adam Kmett Red&Black Staff

A lot of rhetoric has been spewed by the 2012 presidential candidates, but how is one to separate fact from fiction?

This seems to be part of the premise behind hosting a panel discussion this week entitled “Beyond the Politics.”

The discussion, held on Monday October 29th, 2012, featured four student panelists and two faculty panelists.

The talk lasted about an hour and was divided into two sections.

The first featured a PowerPoint presentation on current economic

figures and facts, while the second featured a Question and Answer session.

The presentation served several purposes. In addition to separating fact from fiction, the forum also shed light on current debate surrounding the national debt.

Panelists spoke at length about the national debt and shed light on the real problem with America’s debt crisis.

According to the students and faculty, who all share an academic interest in Economics, the problem with the national debt does not lie intrinsically in the total debt number.

Instead, it lies in the amount of debt the United States has accu-

mulated that is owned by foreign countries. By foreign countries controlling our debt, they can, at any time, choose to seize the assets which they paid for – even if they are on American soil.

During the Q&A session other topics were raised. One questioner inquired about the reinstating the gold standard as a means to alleviate American economic problems. However, the expert panel elucidated the problems with concern.

Some of these issues included the fact that the gold standard slows economic growth and that there is simply not enough gold to reinstate the policy. Another questioner inquired about what

approaches are most viable to alleviating long-term concerns about the deficit.

The panel took a moderate approach in their response, noting the importance of raising revenue coupled with making budget cuts.

A final questioner asked about American energy independence.

The panel shared that America is about 75% energy independent.

Interestingly, its independence has been rising in recent years and will likely continue in years to come.

Overall, the forum was an educational experience for all.

Dr. Dunn, a faculty panelist said in a statement on the panel, “We

were able to talk about core issues that determine the future of where problems such as the economy and deficit go.”

Student participant Alexander Nallin felt the same way offering that, “Tonight we talked about important economic issues. I feel every member of the audience came away with a greater appreciation of the issues in this election because of tonight’s event.”

The event, which was attended by approximately 40 students, seemed to be a great success in all aspects.

Anyone who attended the event certainly came away with a clear sense of what is fact in this election and what is fiction.

Kristof Preview “Evolution and..” a Recent Lecture on Human Origins Morgan Mattingly Red&Black Staff

Thursday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. the Washington & Jefferson campus will host Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Nicholas Kristof when he speaks to students in the Dieter-Porter Lecture Hall. Kristof is a journalist whose career has been extraordinary, to say the least.

Since 1984, when Kristof joined “The New York Times,” which he now writes a column for twice a week, he has created a name for himself. As overseas correspondents, he and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, became the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1990 for their coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

He also won another Pulitzer in 2006 for his columns regarding the genocide in Darfur. In 2010, he and his wife published “Half the Sky” which is appropriately subtitled “Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.” This compelling collection of interviews, experiences and possible ways to prevent the horrific crimes happening to women across the globe is the perfect example of the kind of meaningful work Kristof produces. Come see this amazing speaker, sponsored by the English department.

Jake Meyers Red&Black Staff

Last week paleontologist Dr. Christopher Beard, a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record, presented two different lectures incorporating the field of evolutionary study.

Dr. Beard discussed both the marriage of evolution and medicine, and the implications of early primate evolution.

Expeditions in Libya and Myanmar have led Dr. Beard on the ever-expanding quest to find out where our distant ancestors originated from.

His research raises some thought provoking questions regarding the “Out of Africa” theory, suggesting that our ancient ancestors derived from Asia.

Dr. Beard unearthed several ancient primate fossils, and the study of their morphology suggests that around 40 million years ago, these ancient primates colonized Africa.

The incredible similarities in jaw and tooth structure in ancient primate species in both Libya and Myanmar provide what Dr. Beard believes to be as evidence for this colonization theory. There are two species from Asia that are thought to have colonized Africa,

and Dr. Beard hypothesizes that if these two “Columbus” species never colonized Africa, humans would not be here today.

Dr. Beard wishes to gather evidence to learn more about the how, where and when these primate species traveled from Asia to Africa.

Dr. Beard received an invitation from Dr. Stephen Malinak a Professor from the chemistry department.

As both a director and instructor of the first year seminar program, Dr. Malinak teaches a class on evolution, and received an invitation to join Dr. Beard last summer on an expedition on a search for proto-monkeys, or species that had the potential to become primates.

Dr. Beard and Dr. Malinak unearthed fossils dated from 45-65 million years ago in Wyoming.

Dr. Beard’s presentation on campus served as a sort of preliminary assessment of what could potentially develop into a new area of study in the W&J curriculum.

Both Dr. Malinak and Dr. Gottschall among other professors are collaborating to potentially develop an evolutionary studies concentration where students can learn of the many interesting subjects that have origins in evo-

Courtesy Dr. Steven Malinak

Dr. Steven Malinak, a W&J Chemistry Professor, holds a fossil from approximately 45-65 million years ago. The Professor spent his summer in Wyoming, studying Paleontology with Dr. Beard, a world renowned expert on primate fossils, and digging for earthbed fossils. lutionary research. When asked why students at W&J should care about evolution, Dr. Malinak had this to say, “In the United States, the number of people who accept evolution has hovered around 50% for decades.

“Among Western Nations, the only country to have fewer people embrace evolution is Turkey.“ “That is a concern in a country that has for decades been a leader in science and technology.

As students of a liberal arts education, one should never dismiss an opinion until it has been care-

fully considered.” Dr. Malinak continued “Not many people take the time necessary to carefully consider.” Dr. Beard also believes America should garner a better understanding of human origin, for it has incredible benefits in the field of medicine.

He emphasized how other countries like China are heavily investing in science while America continues to cut funds in scientific research and development.

This could leave America in a poor economic standing among the world.

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Countdown to Election 2012: New Security Measures on W&J Campus What the Final Polls are Saying Brittany Lander restaurants. A security escort is it has been deemed by most of the Carley Adams Red&Black Staff From the campaigns, to the debates and now to the polls, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney have finally made it to the homestretch of the 2012 presidential election.

Fascinatingly enough, despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of viewers as well as experts say that Obama clinched the third and final presidential debate, most of the major polls are showing Romney as the candidate currently favorable to win the election of 2012.

The Gallup, ABC News, Washington Post, Rasmussen Reports, Associated Press and Monmouth polls all show Romney as the leader, with the Politico, IBD and CBS News polls displaying Obama.

According to NBC News and Pew Research, the two candidates are tied.

Looking at the Electoral College map with toss up states included, however, one will see that the Obama/Biden ticket is currently in the lead with 201 electoral votes and the Romney/Ryan ticket with 191, with 146 toss up votes.

Similarly, the Electoral College map designated without toss up states projects 290 electoral votes for Obama/Biden and 248 for Romney/Ryan.

As the count continues, it becomes more and more apparent that 2012 could be a repeat of the Gore vs. Bush race of 2000, but with the parties reversed.

Between Obama and Romney, the popular vote has been fairly even with experts saying there is a very good chance that Romney could win the popular vote.

Obama, however, could win the Electoral vote and continue his position in office for another 4 years.

How would Republicans and Democrats react if the election ended in an electoral-popular split as it did in 2000?

When Bush clinched the presi-

Real Clear Polling Avg.

Date: 10/22-29 Pres. Obama: 47.1 Gov. Romney: 47.9 Courtesy RealClearPolitics.com

Real Clear Politics is a bipartisian group that takes the most respected national polls and takes the average of all of them. Many polls have faced criticism this election cycle, for their inability to take early voting, where President Obama is leading, into account when creating their polls. This could end up being a large factor in the upcoming election. They also have Obama currently carrying 201 electoral votes, Romney having 191 votes, and 146 votes still as a toss up. dential election 12 years ago despite Gore winning the popular vote, Republicans and conservatives supported the Electoral College system nationwide, claiming that it was an integral part of our country’s democracy and that Bush’s win was, for all intents and purposes, right and fair.

Observing conservatives’ reactions were Obama to best Romney via the Electoral vote but not the popular vote would be fascinating to say the least.

Ultimately, in any election but especially in an election as close as the one up and coming, all the average American can do is cast his or her vote and hope for the best.

Republican, Democrat, Libertarian – every vote counts. Americans can debate all they want, can watch the polls and maps and keep their fingers crossed, but the best advice Americans – especially young Americans – can receive during election time? Go vote.

Red&Black Staff

After the recent tragedy at Washington & Jefferson, campus safety has been of the utmost concern to students, parents, faculty and staff.

The most noticeable change has been the increased security and police force on campus.

Students take comfort in security driving around at night so that students can reach them.

Also, knowing campus security now has the ability to give rides not only around campus but to the rest of the local downtown is a big help.

It is important to realize not everyone goes downtown to go to the bars.

A lot of students without a car or access to one walk to places like the Post Office, CVS and

extremely reassuring in these instances.

Students are also very pleased with the open meeting between protection services and faculty and the student body.

The voices of students are really being heard.

One of the most important outcomes of new security measure is the campus walk that all students are invited to attend.

Students will have the chance to show the necessary individuals spots on campus that we feel uncomfortable in.

They are places we see everyday, but that we are now weary to travel through.

The alley, connecting the quads and tech center areas to the Greek houses was used quite often.

Now, however, it is not traveled on as much because of how unsafe

student body.

This area should be well lit as well as monitored 24/7 by protection services.

Bigger and better sidewalks could be put in place so that all of campus, not just those that live in the Greek houses, would feel comfortable using it.

Protection Services is doing a great job reassuring the students how much they care about each and every one of us and keeping us safe.

Although tragedy should not have been the way to get this process rolling, students can be thankful that everyone is taking the necessary steps to make sure every student feels safe all over campus, as well as off campus and in the surrounding areas, and that nothing like what has already happened will ever happen again.

Faculty Spotlight: Brianne Bilsky

Gretchen Cline Red&Black Staff

For many of us Washington & Jefferson students, college is a sevenletter word with a four-year timeframe (raise your hands if you just counted the letters in “college” caught ya).

For others, college becomes a livelihood, and returning to a place like W&J becomes a dream come true.

For W&J faculty member Brianne Bilsky, this holds true.

After having graduated from W&J in ‘05 with a degree in English and a minor in Russian, Bilsky moved out to California where she enrolled in a Ph.D. program in English at Stanford.

As a W&J student, she experienced many things that were considered unique for a college student.

Her first time ever abroad was with an Intersession trip to Russia.

After that, she traveled to England for Intersession, and spent an entire semester in Siberia!

Maybe living in Siberia for four and a half months still isn’t your

typical President experience, but Brianne points out that students today at W&J are much more comfortable leaving the comforts of Western Pennsylvania and going abroad than she ever experienced, and her new positions on campus help make it possible.

Bilsky holds many titles here on campus, one of which being the Magellan Project Coordinator and Director.

After having such a unique and different opportunity to travel as a student, she is excited to be able to advertise that ability to current students, and encourages all W&J students to explore their travel options on campus.

She describes the Magellan Project as a unique opportunity for students to “conquer projects, which is empowering to see”, and points out the benefits of completing a Magellan as a “stepping stone to graduate school or the work force, something that sets you above the crowd”.

Two other roles she holds on campus are Director of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL), and instructor of an English composition

class this fall. As a student, Bilsky was a tutor for the PAL program, so taking on the position of Director just came as an added perk to coming back to W&J. She feels that tutoring is “such an important piece of college”, something which benefits both the tutor, and the tutee mutually.

As she explains, by engaging in ideas on a subject, both students are better able to increase their knowledge of a subject.

One thing Brianne Bilsky would like students to know about her is that she is here to help. She holds many different positions, which can help further the goals of W&J students such as studying abroad, getting better grades in a class and more.

She hopes that students on campus will frequently come to visit her office in Rossin 317, and encourages all students to consider pursuing a Magellan or some form of study abroad.

If you are a student that wants to start considering your travel or study options, she is the person who is ready and eager to help you!

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W&J Class of ‘87 Alum Has a Voice in Politics project came up, Hyman volunteered to complete it.

The key was to outwork people in Washington D.C. If he could out-hustle and outwork the In 1987 Ellis Hyman graduated from Washington & competition, Hyman could succeed, and that is Jefferson College. Seven years later he was the top exactly what Hyman did.

Democratic fundraiser in the nation. Now, he owns After seeing the inner workings of Congress, his own business which is arguably the largest phone Hyman went off to work in Ariz. fundraising for political consulting group in the United States. Talk campaigns. He spent seven years on the road doing about an inspirational success story! Fellow readers, this, at times sleeping on couches to make ends meet.

I recently had the distinction of speaking over the Eventually, he became the top Democratic fundraiser phone with Mr. Hyman. in the nation.

The conversation was quite exciting with topics While he had great success fundraising, Hyman ranging from the reelection of Barack Obama decided to change course and establish his own to how to succeed after W&J. Throughout the phone consulting firm, CapAd Communications. interview Hyman volunteered a wealth of stories, The firm now has an impressive list of clientele information and advice. Here is a snapshot of that amongst its 83 campaigns nationwide. In the past, hour conversation.

CapAd Communications has even held contracts Hyman did not to do work on behalf of start his college years presidential campaigns. at W&J. He transferred Hyman accredits his into W&J for a fresh success to working hard and start. This became what perhaps more importantly, he would later describe remaining passionate about as a “great decision.� At what he did.

W&J, he quickly found Throughout our a mentor and friend in conversation, Hyman Professor Steve Zanolli. repeatedly stated the This connection secured importance of being Hyman the opportunity passionate about whatever to work in Washington you do in life.

D.C. When asked for advice Hyman was proactive to current W&J students, about achieving success Hyman reiterated these right from the beginning sentiments and advised of his time in the capital students to “do something city. meaningful.�

In example, he drew It is clear that Hyman is on his resources and passionate about his alma made phone calls to W&J mater too. He worked closely alumni living in the D.C. with President Tori Haringarea for informational Smith in the development interviews.

Speaking of the Magellan Project. He Courtesy washjeff.edu on the outcomes of viewed the initiative as a these opportunities, chance to give back to the “Ultimately I found if Ellis Hyman, ‘87, owns his own highly successful school which had given him they liked me, then they company: a phone political consulting group. so much. would help me,� Hyman What is his aim? He wants recalled. But what is important to note is Hyman did to enable students to complete projects where they not give up when people didn’t like him. would gain the practical experience necessary for In addition to informational interviews, Hyman professional work experience or graduate school. also was looking for internship experience. On one And considering how Hyman got his start— such trip, he found himself “walking the halls of the through a connection he made at W&J—it is US Senate.� fitting that now he has worked to give back to the While there, he dropped by the Human Relations community which gave him that start.

Department and asked if there were positions At the closing of our conversation, Hyman available. Sure enough, there was. It was not long remarked “I’m very proud of graduating from before Hyman started working with Lowell Weicker, W&J.� a liberal Republican senator representing Conn.

Truth be told, I’m proud we have an alumni like In that position, he helped to write the Americans him who worked his way up quickly in the world and with Disabilities Act and reworked the Ocean then gave back to the W&J community. He refused Act of 1970. He got to continue networking at his to give up and out-hustled the competition, enabling internship, where he worked as hard as he could. If a him to achieve success!

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01 November 2012 Red & Black 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. For some girls, they take this as an opportunity to dress in the least amount of clothes as possible, and have it be socially acceptable. But, for others, it is a time to be completely creative and make a costume that no one else on campus would have.

My favorite costume of the weekend came in a trio, as three girls turned themselves into little blue and bubbly bathtubs. There was also a scary clown, a carefully constructed skeleton, a solar system and cougars, of the younger man hunting variety.

Adam and Eve were roaming campus, as well as Pebbles and Bam Bam. Couples costumes were a big hit this year. All you need is a significant other, and the costume is perfect. Jasmine and Aladdin were spotted at the Wellness Center and police officers were dragging their inmates all around campus in handcuffs.

Halloween is the perfect time to be anything you have always wanted to be; whether it is a caveman or a professional basketball player. Hey, I even saw a sexy panda.

Halloween is the time to turn your fantasies into a reality.

As expected, the classic costumes all made an appearance this Halloweekend. The question really was Heaven or Hell? Devils faced off with angels and witches took on ghosts.

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Gamer Senate Candidate Politically Vilified

Colleen Lachowicz, a Democratic senate candidate in Maine, was recently criticized for playing the online multi-player game World of Warcraft. Pictured on the right is her level 85 orc rogue character, Santiaga.

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should have been harmless—her hobby. Lachowicz plays World of Warcraft (WoW), a massive multi-player online role-playing game.

With 12 million monthly subscribers, WoW is currently the largest and most popular multi-player game in the world, and as of Sept. it has released its fourth expansion pack, Mists of Pandaria. In other words, given how widespread and prevalent the game has become, Lachowicz’s hobby is hardly noteworthy.

Despite this, upon learning of her WoW-playing ways, Republicans have gone so far as to create a website titled “Colleen’s World” with a header stating “Maine needs a State Senator that lives in the real world, not in Colleen’s fantasy world.”

The website then reveals her character Santiaga, a level 85 orc rogue, and states that a study has found the average WoW gamer plays for 22.7 hours per week.

I never thought I would love it so much either.” Without context, this sounds like it was taken from the blog of a burgeoning serial killer. In actuality, Lachowicz is merely expressing an appreciation for the playing mechanics of her chosen class, the rogue.

They also cite instances of her wishing she were at home instead of at work – admittedly, Lachowicz should not have posted entries with such content, but she was also writing in what she assumed was a private and safe place. I find it unlikely that the Republicans smearing her have never wished for a work day to end earlier.

Lachowicz’s hobby is being unfairly attacked primarily due to the misconceptions and stereotypes the likely out-of-touch Republicans have regarding video games.

Although war and acts of violence do feature to an extent in WoW, to simplify everything by calling it a “violent game”

Unfortunately, the stigma against video games leads to this unfair sensationalism when in reality the hobby is innocuous.

Besides, the point the Republicans were trying to make is particularly laughable now.

A quick search of the official World of Warcraft website reveals that Lachowicz can’t actually be that avid of a player. Her orc rogue stagnates at level 85 and hasn’t been updated since midSeptember, and even when 85 was still the maximum level in the game, her character’s statistics and gear would have be considered extremely poor.

If Lachowicz was the current maximum level or in a top raiding guild where huge amounts of time and dedication are actually needed, the Republicans attacking her might have had a point.

As it is, this serves as an example of a woman being vilified simply because she is a casual player of a wildly popular computer game.

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Halloween on Campus: From Famous Disney Couples to Cotton Candy Brittany Lander Red&Black Staff 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.

For some girls, they take this as an opportunity to dress in the least amount of clothes as possible, and have it be socially acceptable.

But, for others, it is a time to be completely creative and make

it is a caveman or a professional basketball player.

Hey, I even saw a sexy panda.

Halloween is the time to turn your fantasies into a reality.

As expected, the classic costumes all made an appearance this Halloweekend.

The question really was Heaven or Hell? Devils faced off with angels and witches took on ghosts.

There were not just tricks, but treats; someone looked spectacular in an incredibly creative cotton candy costume.

“Halloween is the perfect time to be anything you have always wanted to be; whether it is a caveman or a professional basketball player. Hey, I even saw a sexy panda. Halloween is the time to turn your fantasies into a reality.” a costume that no one else on campus would have.

My favorite costume of the weekend came in a trio, as three girls turned themselves into little blue and bubbly bathtubs.

There was also a scary clown, a carefully constructed skeleton, a solar system and cougars, of the younger man hunting variety.

Adam and Eve were roaming campus, as well as Pebbles and Bam Bam. Couples costumes were a big hit this year.

All you need is a significant other, and the costume is perfect.

Jasmine and Aladdin were spotted at the Wellness Center and police officers were dragging their inmates all around campus in handcuffs.

Halloween is the perfect time to be anything you have always wanted to be; whether

Magical princesses floated around and fairies cast magical spells on all those in their paths.

There were referees to take care of any foul play and Greek gods and goddesses to rule over all of campus and the students.

Hugh Hefner even stopped by to make an appearance on campus, looking for his bunnies that were roaming all about.

No matter what costume you wore, Halloween is one of the best times of the year.

A little spook now and again never hurt anyone, and it's fun to take a break from studying.

It is a great time to see cute and creative ideas that could be used for years to come.

Although Halloween wasn’t until Wednesday, anyone walking around on campus would have been fooled.

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The Depressing Trends of Female Representation in Superhero Movies

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Though recent comics continue to struggle with female representation, the film industry is arguably worse. Most could probably not name a single one of the “Marvel Divas” pictured.

Alexis Geeza Red&Black Staff This summer was the season for superhero blockbusters — The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man — and a good time for comic book fans. But for those of us that appreciate some female representation in our action flicks, the prospects were a little less fortuitous.

Let’s do a quick rundown for anyone who hasn’t seen the films. The Avengers features Natasha Romanoff (codename Black Widow) as one of the members of the Avengers team, Maria Hill as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Pepper Potts, one of the main character’s love interests.

The Dark Knight Rises features Selina Kyle as cat burglar Catwoman and Miranda Tate, who works for Wayne Enterprises. Finally, The Amazing Spider-Man features Gwen Stacy as Peter Parker’s classmate and possible girlfriend, and May Parker, Peter’s aunt.

In three movies, there are only seven female characters that have any significant purpose or even a speaking part.

That ratio is less noticeable in movies like TDKR or TASM, where there are fewer main characters to begin with. But in a film like The Avengers, when only one out of six main characters is a woman, it’s a lot easier to notice.

These franchises aren’t lacking in female characters to choose from either; the Avengers, in particular, is a series

that has plenty of options for building a team with a more even gender ratio. But time and time again you see the same thing playing out in action films: women are only in them as love interests or maternal figures, with a few exceptions.

The portrayal of women in the actual movies isn’t the only noticeable issue. Ever try looking for movie merchandise for The Avengers that has Black Widow on it? Yeah, good luck with that. I’ve found merchandise with team photos on them where “team” means “everyone except Black Widow.”

Major marketing of Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk is understandable, since they are Marvel’s heavy hitters in terms of advertising. But when it’s easier to find Hawkeye action figures than Black Widow, despite the fact that Black Widow has had more screen-time in the film franchise as a whole, you know someone has decided that marketing Black Widow merchandise wouldn’t be profitable. As for the other characters, you might be able to find some TDKR Catwoman merchandise, but everyone else? Forget about it.

These trends are sadly indicative of the comic genre as a whole. Diversity, especially when it comes to female representation, has been a problem in comics for a while now. The belief that women don’t read comics, or that men only want female characters in comics for the TNA, is prevalent and underscores the fact that companies like

Marvel or DC are at times actively alienating half their potential audience.

Women in comics are sexualized and degraded far more frequently than men are, and more often than not they exist as a plot device to further the story of the main character, who is most likely a man.

In early 1999 writer Gail Simone coined the term “Women in Refrigerators,” referring to an incident in a Green Lantern comic where the main character comes home to find his girlfriend murdered and stuffed into a fridge by the comic’s villain.

The term came to refer to a list of comic book women who had either been killed, raped, de-powered, crippled, turned evil, maimed, tortured, contracted a disease or had other life-derailing tragedies befall them; and, unlike most male superheroes, never regain their original heroic status in the wibbly-wobbly state of comic book canon.

Looking at it that way, a little under-representation in a few summer movies is nothing compared to the treatment of a lot of comics’ female characters.

I love these cheesy superhero movies, I really do. But when you look at the list of upcoming films from Marvel and DC, it’s kind of depressing to see that not a single one has a woman as the main character.

Do we really need yet another Superman reboot? All I want to know is where my Wonder Woman movie is. Is that really too much to ask for?

King Kong or Curious George: You Decide!

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. For some girls, they take this as an opportunity to dress in the least amount of clothes as possible, and have it be socially acceptable. But, for others, it is a time to be completely creative and make a costume that no one else on campus would have.

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Disney’s First Mixed-Race Princess

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The first cover of Newsweek in 1933 shows how much prices have changed over the years. The magazine was printed for nearly 80 years.

Alexis Geeza Red&Black Staff Newsweek, the second-largest weekly news magazine following Time in the United States, announced that it would be going all-digital beginning in 2013. The magazine, which has been in circulation since 1933, will cease print publication with its Dec. 31, 2012 issue and switch to a digital format called Newsweek Global.

According to The Daily Beast, an online news publication that merged with Newsweek in late 2010, Newsweek Global “will be a single, worldwide edition targeted for a highly mobile, opinion-leading audience who want to learn about world events in a sophisticated context.”

The online magazine will be supported through paid subscriptions on par with the current print price, and will be available through e-readers for both tablets and online.

A recent Pew Research Center study showed that 39 percent of Americans say they get their news from online sources, and by the end of 2012, tablet users in the U.S. are expected to exceed 70 million, a drastic increase from 13 million only two years ago.

Newsweek editors have decided that now is the “tipping point” where they can most effectively and efficiently reach readers in an all-digital format.

In the years ahead, digital news appears to be the way to go.

As more consumers switch to computers, tablets, and mobile devices as their main source of news, print sources struggle to compete with a medium that is almost instantaneous in its operation.

Newsweek itself had been facing loses in the millions in the past several years due to

the increase in digital news consumption as well as other financial and business factors.

An Adweek investigation into the company’s finances and revenue drivers reported that getting the company back into the black by 2013 would be a daunting task. From the looks of it, going all-digital has become their final solution to the problem of waning profits and poor print circulation.

The internet is not the only issue print news sources are dealing with at the moment, but it is a large one.

Newsweek isn’t the first current events magazine to go all-digital — U.S. News and World Report both jumped over in 2010 — and it won’t be the last. However, Newsweek’s main competition, Time, doesn’t expect to follow suit. Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show that “print was the ‘centerpiece’ of the Time brand.”

But who knows how long even Time can hold out against the increasing declines in readership and the slew of advertisers choosing to invest their money elsewhere.

Industry wide, U.S. magazine advertising pages fell 8.8 percent in the first half of 2012, according to Publisher’s Information Bureau data. Overall, newsstand sales fell 10 percent for the first half of the year, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Despite falling figures, the print industry is still holding on tight to hardcopy publishing.

And though those at Newsweek regret leaving the world of print, they have stated that they remain as dedicated as ever and will continue to work on Newsweek Global with as much conviction as they had before.

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Sofia’s fair skin and blue eyes sparked controversy when she was perceived as being a white-washed Latina.

Shari Kaminski Red&Black Columnist Disney has a new princess, but this time she doesn’t have her own movie. She has her own TV show.

Her name is Sofia, and she is the star of the show “Sofia the First.”

Sofia is a little girl who becomes a princess when her mother marries the king of the land they live in, Enchancia.

In early press releases, it was speculated that Sofia was Disney’s first Latina princess because of her mother’s darker skin.

Sofia has light brown hair, fair skin, and blue eyes. Disney received some backlash from the Latino community because of this.

The truth is, Sofia is not Disney’s first Latina princess.

Craig Gerber, a co-executive producer for the show says that Sofia is “a mixed-heritage princess in a fairy-tale world.

Her mother is originally from an enchanted kingdom

inspired by Spain (Galdiz) and her birth father hailed from an enchanted kingdom inspired by Scandinavia.”

“...Having Sofia as the first mixed-race princess could be considered a milestone for Disney.”

Although she is not Latina, having Sofia as the first mixed-race princess could also be considered a milestone for Disney.

The land of Enchancia looks to be very diverse, judging by the preview I’ve seen. The show stars Ariel Winter (“Modern Family”) as Sofia, Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as Miranda and Tim Gunn (Yes, “Project Runway’s” Tim Gunn) as Baileywick, the royal steward.

Other classic Disney characters will also be making appearances

in the show. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather (the fairies from “Sleeping Beauty”) are the teachers at the royal school Sofia must attend after becoming a princess. The other Disney princesses will be visiting Sofia, including Cinderella, who is also seen in the preview.

“Sofia the First” will premier with a TV movie Nov. 18 at 7P.M. on the Disney Channel.

The TV show will begin airing in early 2013 on Disney Junior in an earlier timeslot.

There is a preview for the show on YouTube, for those who might be interested, and “Sofia the First” does look like a very cute and educational show for children.

After clearing up the confusion with Sofia’s character, Disney announced that they have another project in the works for Disney Junior with a Latina character as the star.

The details on this project have yet to be announced, but it’s bound to be another great show for children to enjoy.

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When Pigs Fly, We Get More Games Abrianne Rhoad Red&Black Editor As cliché as the phrase "when pigs fly" seems, there isn't any other expression that can quite get the point across when referring to Rovio's newest "Angry Birds" spin-off, "Bad Piggies."

Marketed as "an all new game from the pigs’ point of view," "Piggies" quite literally casts the pigs of "Angry Birds" in a different light.

No longer are players given the objective of pummeling the villainous pigs into a pulp and thwarting their plans to steal the birds' eggs; now, in this re-imagining, players must help the pigs get pieces of the map that will ultimately lead them to their much-sought-after bird eggs.

"Piggies" features 60 levels crammed with flying, driving, crashing, crawling, rolling and spinning fun; and 30 additional puzzles unlocked by scoring three stars on a certain number of levels.

Complete each round in a certain time frame and collect what I can best describe as the "starred paper" powerup, and you'll get high marks (read: three stars).

If you take a little longer to complete each level and don't pick up any of the powerups, you'll still walk away with one star and a budding sense of accomplishment.

As with the previous Rovio games, free updates are abundant, in addition to four sandbox levels "to stretch your creativity," secret levels, 33 objects to create the ultimate machine (complete with motors, wings, fans, bottle rockets, umbrellas, balloons and more) and a "Mechanic" pig who can be hired (requires a cash payment) to help design a vehicle to transport your pigs through a particular level.

The game's intuitiveness is by far its best feature, requiring a little more effort and thought than the mindless gameplay we all knew and loved about "Birds."

Admittedly, some of the sound effects in "Piggies" are still more annoying than a handful of birds chirping and squawking as they kamikazed into building structures.

Thursday Sept. 27's launch of "Piggies" makes the game relatively new, but to be honest there isn't anything new here.

In fact I grew quite bored of the application just an hour after giving it a test spin.

In terms of longevity, it doesn't retain the addictive nature "Angry Birds" has notoriously toted (and maybe that's a good thing.

I don't really care to be swept up in the marketing frenzy of having "Bad Piggies" Halloween costumes or "Bad Piggies" apparel and fruit snacks).

The Finland-based Rovio is, after all, a rapidly expanding entertainment media company, and their primary objective is to keep people coming back and buying into their label.

After their wild success with "Angry Birds," I think it's about time they closed the chapter on "Angry Birds" reboots and sequels.

Look no further if you're looking for a slower-paced, interactive, physics puzzle of sorts.

If anything, don't expect the iconic, slingshot-smash your way to victory mode of gameplay in "Piggies" as we've seen in the many versions of "Angry Birds."

Get ready to see pigs fly!

“Sigh No More,” The New Album Is Out! Carley Adams Red&Black Staff Very few contemporary bands traveled humbler pathways to platinum success than Mumford & Sons.

The British folk-rock group’s debut album “Sigh No More” hit the U.S. in 2010, shattering the mainstream wall of computerized melodies and digitally manipulated voices with gritty instrumentals, raw harmonies and bold, fearless lyrics.

Upsetting any who were doubtful of Mumford’s ability to hold onto listeners without getting repetitive, the group’s sophomore album “Babel,” released in Sept. 2012, hit the U.S. with just as much punch and power as “Sigh No More,” snatching the award for most successful debut of the year by selling a whopping 600,000 copies in its first week.

“Babel” displays the same old-fashioned yet crisp and dynamic melodies as “Sigh No More,” but it is not simply a repeat of the debut. While the first album planted the seeds of the band’s style and voice, the second album is courageous and presents itself with a new, provocative vitality.

Songs like “Whispers In The Dark” and “I Will Wait” demonstrate the band’s impeccable ability to start low and build the music up, allowing the crescendo to give momentum to the lyrics, making sure the listener understands them.

Even then, the songs’ narratives remain true to Mumford’s ubiquitous themes of

sympathy, regret, resignation and redemption in buildups such as “Fingers tap into what you were once / And I’m worried that I blew my only chance” and in their climactic resolutions: “But my heart was colder when you’d gone / And I lost my head / Let’s live while we are young.”

“Babel” also visits the theme of spirituality, most notably in songs such as “Below My Feet” and, to reference the standout song once again, “Whispers In The Dark.”

The Biblical allusions sewn throughout the album create a flavor of honesty that, when interwoven with Mumford’s more provocative lyrics (such as those in darker songs such as “Broken Crown”), serve more as a testament of the lyrics’ truth than as a proclamation of faith.

With a stroke of genius, Mumford uses these spiritual metaphors as a way of creating deeper, more intimate relationships between listeners and music.

In a time dominated by computer-generated instrumentals, AutoTuned vocals, and exhaustingly repetitive rhythms and chord changes, Mumford & Sons’ “Babel” is a refreshingly raw and unadorned work of art that fans of all genres can cherish.

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New TV Show Brought Into The Country World: “Nashville” Shari Kaminski Red&Black Columnist There is a new show on ABC that is receiving a lot of attention. It’s called “Nashville” and it’s different from anything else on TV right now. “Nashville” takes place in the world of country music.

It stars Connie Britton (last seen in “American Horror Story”) as Rayna James, a country music star whose career is starting to fade, and Hayden Panettiere (from “Heroes”) as Juliet Barnes, a younger singer whose star is quickly rising.

After her newest album fails, Rayna is offered the chance to open for Juliet, whose target audience is preteen and teenage girls.

There is already a rivalry between the two women, and Rayna refuses the offer.

Juliet also happens to be after Deacon Clayborne, Rayna’s songwriter, lead guitar player and former lover.

Meanwhile, Scarlett O’Conner, an unknown songwriter, writes a definite hit with Gunnar Scott who has a crush on her, although she is already dating Avery Barkley, another musician with a bad boy streak who is definitely not good for her.

Scarlett and Gunnar are dis-

covered by a producer who offers to record a demo of their songs, but does he want them to become famous or will the music just be given to someone else like, say, Rayna James who could use the success?

But “Nashville” is not all about the music. We get to see the char-

acters’ personal lives as well.

Juliet is struggling to keep her drug-addicted mother out of her life, and wants to write music for more than the teenage crowd.

Rayna has two daughters who love Juliet’s music, and she might still be in love with Deacon, although she is married.

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Rayna is the daughter of a local politician, Lamar Wyatt, who convinces Rayna’s husband Teddy to run for mayor, which is going to cause major conflicts with Rayna’s attempts to rescue her career.

There was some concern at first that Rayna and Juliet were based off of Faith Hill and Taylor Swift, and that could have been cause for concern, but the rumors were quickly denied.

“Nashville” is full of great original music, both covers and original songs.

The song written by Scarlett and Gunnar is a cover of The Civil War’s song “If I Didn’t Know Better.”

All songs from the show so far are available on iTunes and a soundtrack is planned for eventual release.

There may even be a concert tour with the show’s stars over the summer with an A-list opening act.

“Nashville” is on ABC Wednesdays at 10 P.M. Check it out!

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Pi Phi Brings Greek Community Together with Arrowbands Event Brittany Lander Red&Black Staff On Wednesday, Oct. 24, the Pi Beta Phi sorority hosted their annual philanthropy event Arrowbands.

It is a lip synch and dance competition in which each Greek organization on campus participated.

The theme this year was “Through the Decades” and each performing group provided a variety of songs for the audience to enjoy.

They raised money for literacy and hosts would inform the crowd of literacy facts in between each performance.

Not only was there lip synching and dancing but each group was also required to make a banner that helped their overall score at the end.

Right off the bat, the audience knew the competition would be fierce.

Each group performed to the best of their ability and gave it all they had to put on a great show the audience.

We heard rock, rap, pop, country, hip hop, and even a little bit of dubstep, a wonderful remembrance of the last thirty years in music.

It was definitely a night of singing along as each sorority and fraternity danced on stage.

Halfway through the night, there was an individual dance battle that members of the audience were encouraged to participate in.

Dancers got down on the stage and showed their

There were so many great acts, such fierce competition, but who really stole the show?

The top three places would be announced. After much anticipation and deliberation by the judges, they were ready to reveal their decisions.

Kappa Alpha Theta took third, Kappa Kappa Gamma took second and Beta Theta Pi took first for the third year in a row.

The fraternity was presented with a check for ten percent of all the money Pi Phi raised. This money included donations as well as the two dollar fee at the door to see the show.

After the show, there was much controversy surrounding the results with many saying Alpha Tau Omega put on one of the best performances.

Their routine included black lights, dubstep, a man dressed as an angel and even a piñata filled with confetti.

No matter what the results ended up being, I am sure everyone will come back next year ready to win and blow the competition, and the audiJacqueline Radin/Red&Black ence, away. skills to the Washington & Jefferson community.

Pi Phi did a great job of hosting the event, bringIf you were tapped on the shoulder by Cupid, you ing the Greek community together, and raising monwere booted off the stage. ey for a great cause that really hits home to them, as At the end of the night, the crowd was buzzing. it is their philanthropy.

A Night Of Renaissance Drama: “The Duchess of Malfi” Jordan Ehring Red&Black Staff The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) performed “The Duchess of Malfi” in the Olin Fine Arts Center last Monday, Oct. 22.

“The Duchess of Malfi,” a play written by John Webster in 1612, remains a timeless masterpiece from the English Renaissance.

Webster’s play tells the tragic story of a widowed duchess who, against the will of her manipulative and power-crazed brothers, marries a household steward.

Upon uncovering their sister’s promiscuous

and deceptive love affair, the two brothers plot a series of appalling events, leading to the seemingly inevitable destruction of the dysfunctional family.

By following the basic principles for Renaissance theatrical production, “’The Duchess of Malfi’ gave its audience some of the pleasures that an Elizabethan playgoer would have enjoyed.”

Monday night’s audience enjoyed countless engaging aspects of Renaissance theatre, including universal lighting, role-doubling and genderflopping.

Universal lighting is not the easiest aspect of Renaissance theatre to appreciate right

away, but undoubtedly it engages the audience with the actors. The ASC says, “Shakespeare’s actors could see their audience; ASC actors can see theirs.”

In this way, the audience played a very active role in the play.

Very often the actors would speak to audience members directly (some of which were actually seated on stage), sometimes consulting them for advice or making them the butt of innumerable jokes.

Also unique to the ASC’s production of “The Duchess of Malfi” was their utilization of role-doubling.

Shakespeare’s plays would sometimes have more than 40

characters, and the traveling troupe would have only 15 actors.

Like the Renaissance acting companies, the ASC’s actors sometimes played up to three separate roles.

The audience delighted in seeing some of its favorite performers assuming multiple roles.

Not only did the actors play several different roles, but at times acted the part of the opposite gender.

“Because women did not play a part on the stage until after 1660,” the ASC explains, “all the women in Shakespeare’s plays were originally played by young boys or men.”

Although the ASC is not an

all-male company, it still tried to re-create “the fun of gender confusion by casting women as men and men as women.”

In many ways, “The Duchess of Malfi” is a more archetypal equivalent of The Godfather, in which a man motivated by loyalty to his family ends up tearing his own family apart due to an overindulgence in pride, greed and revenge.

Nevertheless, “The Duchess of Malfi” was an engaging, heartbreaking, enthralling, thrilling and, to a slight degree, mortifying production.

But it’s the intricacies of character and morality that compel, charm and elevate it to a higher intellectual and social plane.

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street, Even After All This Time Kyle Sossi Red&Black Editor On Oct. 17, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street performed in CONSOL Energy Center.

The Boss kicked off the CONSOL show with a performance of “Don’t Look Back,” a bootleg track of his which was never released on an album.

It contains the lyric “we made it through the heart of a hurricane,” because Bruce intended blow the roof off the place before Sandy ever got the chance.

This song led straight into “Candy’s Room” which made way for a night heavy on material from Springsteen’s 1978 album, Darkness on the Edge of Town.

This album has always been a personal favorite of mine, because as much as Born to Run is about the romanticism and youthful abandon of just jumping in a car and going,

Darkness is about downfalls of that very same life; it’s the essential part of Kerouac’s On the Road that the beatniks forgot.

They later played “Streets of Fire” which featured some intensely powerful vocals and a just plain-old awesome guitar solo.

The thing about Bruce Springsteen is that he plays like he’s still 25.

It’s actually a lot like driving an old ’69 Chevy with a 396; it hasn’t lost any of its power, but it’s an old car that could break down at any second, and there’s just something about driving out on the edge of that.

They then moved into some songs from the new album entitled Wrecking Ball.

This is where a lot of older bands lose their audience, but Bruce’s new stuff shows that he’s just as relevant a songwriter as he’s ever been, and even more relevant

that a lot of contemporary musicians.

Topical songwriting is a form that has taken a dive in recent years, but Bruce makes the listener rediscover how important it is to write about the struggles and frustrations of people today; he did it after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with The Rising and he did it again with Wrecking Ball.

The art of that kind of writing, which few popular musicians have been able to achieve, is in making those topical songs also speak to some larger human condition.

When Bruce played “My City of Ruins” at the concert, he prefaced it, as he so often does, with a story about the evolution of the song.

He said that it started out as a song about the struggles that people in New Jersey were going through, but now it’s become a song about learning how to live with ghosts. “The older you get, the more ghosts

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In the picture about is Bruce Springsteen with Nils Lofgren, one of Springsteen’s guitarist.

walk beside you,” the Boss said.

He then moved into a rendition of “Spirit in the Night,” which he began by yelling “Can you feel the spirit?” like a Southern Baptist preacher turned rock god, or maybe it was the other way around.

The performance and message of these two songs have become especially relevant to this tour, which is the first one without longtime band member and tenor saxophonist, Clarence Clemons.

The Big Man’s passing left a huge hole in the E Street Band, and, although his spot has been filled by his nephew Jake Clemons, who is gaining confidence in a spot that he was initially hesitant to take, the absence of Clarence is still felt.

While the condition of the band is somber, the tones of the shows never are.

While the songs previously mentioned are reflective, the band still manages to have fun with songs like “The Ties That Bind,” “Talk to Me” and “Hungry Heart.”

On the latter, which is a song that since the ‘80s the audience has taken up the job of singing, the 63-yearold-Boss stage-dived, and the crowd supported him as they always have.

The band plowed through decades of material leading into a six-song encore, where Springsteen was accompanied by long-time friend and Pittsburgh-based-rocker Joe Gruschecky for a few songs.

The concert ended with “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,”

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a song from Born to Run that tells the story of the E Street Band, and when Bruce sang “A change was made uptown/and the Big Man joined the band,” the music stopped and a short video of Clarence Clemons played on the screens above the stage.

In all, the show lasted for about three and a half hours.

During an exceptionally powerful rendition of one song, I met my new personal hero.

An elderly women who had been dancing her heart out alongside all the young folks who flocked to the pit, triumphantly thrust her walking cane up into the air during the chorus of “Adam Raised a Cain.”

At the concert, there were young and old people. First timers and one-hundred and twenty-three timers came out that night.

If nothing else does, I think that best exemplifies what has always been so special about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: their ability to not only belong in their time, but also transcend it.

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Staff Editorial: What’s Happening Dear readers, the most awaited weekend has arrived. It’s Family’s Weekend at Washington & Jefferson College.

Who else is waiting for Dining Services to bust out the filet mignon? To many students, Parent’s Weekend is synonymous with delicious food; well, more delicious than it already is, of course.

We’ve also recently, as in a week or so, gotten fancy campus maps installed all around the campus.

This was probably a great help to our alumni who visited over

Homecoming and most certainly will be to parents this weekend.

Another rather devastating news topic is Hurricane Sandy, also renamed Superstorm Sandy.

Some of you might even be familiar with the term Frankenstorm.

While we at W&J certainly did not get the worst of this weather phenomenon, we did see a significant amount of rainfall and wind gusts.

Our sympathies go out to everyone on the East coast who was affected, and especially those displaced from their homes and

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without electricity. We here at the Red&Black are thankful that “Sandy” spared us of a power failure so that we were able to put together this issue for our faithful, dedicated readers.

However, we are sure no student would have complained to get a day off from classes.

Well, if you re-examine how “Sandy” affected W&J, the slips and slides down the stairs to George and Tom’s could count as our own, rather small, casualties.

The slip ‘n slide down through the quads was not new, to be honest.

Convenience of Barista Swipes Allyse Corbin Red&Black Staff There has been a lot of controversy this academic year about the new choice students have to use a meal swipe at the Barista in exchange for a drink and a small scone, fruit, or cookie.

Many students are very angry because they are under the impression that each meal has an exact dollar value. This is actually not true. The meal plan as a whole has a cost, which includes food, service, plates, ingredients, etc.

The fact that a swipe is assigned a dollar amount at George and Tom’s leads many students to

believe that each meal has an assigned value.

There are two main reasons that the Barista meal exchange is so simple. The first is that the Barista was not made for the same traffic as the Commons or G&T’s. We all know that the lines at G&T’s get ridiculously long at certain times…if the Barista started doing normal meals, the small area would be extremely crowded.

The second reason is that if the Barista meal exchange were used for entire meals, the meal plan itself would increase in cost.

The whole purpose of the Barista swipe exchange is for the

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student’s convenience. Numerous students waste or don’t use swipes everyday. With this extra choice, students can grab a coffee and a scone on the way to class instead of having a swipe go to waste.

Since the beginning of this year, the use of swipes has gone up because of this new choice that students have.

Many complaints are being made about this swipe exchange, but at the same time, hundreds of students are taking advantage of it daily.

If you are really concerned with getting the most out of your meal plan, you should probably just eat at the Commons for every meal—

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Although students are complaining that this swipe exchanged is ripping them off, the truth is that it is actually adding value to the meal plan as a whole.

The Barista swipe exchange is not the best way to spend your swipe, but no one said it was. It is all about convenience and it is better to grab a late night coffee and cookie to help you study than to waste a swipe altogether.

Today, something people forget is that usually when the

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To get the instant gratification that we asked for on the student survey, we have to accept that the Commons sit-down style is really the best value option.

If you have any further concerns dealing with the Barista swipe exchange or other dining services, please contact Aaron Weaver, the General Manager of Parkhurst at aweaver@washjeff. edu. He is open to talk and provided me with a lot of great insight on this subject.

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Do Multiple Majors Give you the Added Boost in the Job Search?

Chelsea Cummings Red&Black Staff It seems that everyone you talk to at Washington & Jefferson College is either a double major, a triple major, a double major with a minor or has a major and a minor. But what exactly is so appealing about having multiple credentials? Is it even worth it?

Many people choose to be a double major because they believe it will look more appealing to employers and will give them a more competitive edge to get their desired career. But at this time, it seems that it really doesn’t make a difference in who gets the job.

Having a double major gives a false sense of security in the marketplace. In fact it may even decrease an individual’s marketability. Currently, most employers seek graduates from all different academic backgrounds. This creates a more expanded field to choose from and therefore they can find the best applicant for the position.

Another reason it may limit an individual’s marketability is because people with one major are able to demonstrate the same abilities as an individual with more than one major. It is not giving a competitive edge if both groups of people have the same abilities.

Take W&J for example. Is a person with more than one major gaining basic skills that are different than a student with one major? Personally, I think that the students at W&J are learning the same job related skills regardless of if the student has one, two or three majors.

Employers are looking for experience.

Therefore, internships, summer jobs and activities that make an individual more experienced in the workforce are more appealing to a potential employer than whether the applicant has more than one major. Employers also look at the leadership positions that student has held. Students who double major may not have the time to pursue an internship or be involved in extracurriculars which would allow the student to have an opportunity to gain leadership experience.

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Personally, I came into college thinking that I should double major. If you have the time and are paying all this money to attend W&J, why not have multiple degrees? However, it may not be the best option anymore. People need to consider why they chose to double major.

The pros of a double major may be that you will have multiple degrees in different subjects, but unless it is coupled with internships and leadership positions it will not give an individual a competitive edge in the workplace. There are many qualified students who graduate every year. The qualifications that will give a competitive edge in today’s work force are not how many majors you possess, but rather the experience you have.

In my case, the reason I wanted to double major was because I thought everyone did it.

However, this didn’t make me happy. There are so many classes and opportunities at W&J that, if I had continued to double major, I would have never been exposed to. People come into college and see that everyone seems to be a double major, but the individual has to weigh the pros and cons about double majoring.

If it is worth the time and energy and the individual has room in their schedule for the two majors and extracurricular activities, then why not double major. However, if it will force the individual to sacrifice a class or an internship that may be interesting to them, is it really worth it to have multiple degrees?

If you are considering double majoring, then talk to your advisor, talk to people who are double majors, consider the personal and financial implications.

A double major is not for everyone. It really is for an individual that can take on multiple things including two or more majors, extracurricular activities and look for an internship.

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Friday President’s Open House for First Year Students 5 p.m.

Parent’s Reception at the Alumni House 6 p.m.

Karaoke at Monticello Caffé 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Saturday Breakfast and Conversation with the President 9:30 a.m. in the Commons, Ski Lodge Improv Show in the Rossin Campus Center, G&T’s 7 p.m.

Monte Carlo Night at the Commons, Ski Lodge 8 p.m.

Late Night Bingo in Rossin Ballroom 10 p.m.

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One Small Step for Equality, Giant Leap for Mankind Carley Adams Red&Black Staff In Oct. 2012, New York became the second U.S. state to rule that the Defense of Marriage Act – an act passed in 1996 that denies marital benefits from and prohibits outside-state as well as federal recognition of same-sex marriages – as unconstitutional.

The court decided that the act directed violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause.

This clause – also known as the Fourteenth Amendment – states that "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

While it may seem like a small

step towards nationwide marriage equality, it is a step nonetheless, and it should be held high in significance.

While the morals and ethics of this subject are still widely debated, the sad truth is that nationwide marriage equality is not something that will occur overnight, regardless of who is or is not elected president in 2012. In part, this is due to a congressional imbalance (a Republican majority in the House and a Democratic majority in the Senate), but for the most part, it has to do with the variance of human nature from generation to generation.

Just like the journey of this country towards racial equality (a

journey that – many argue – is still underway), the journey towards equality for same-sex couples will be a long one, but it will start with the changing of human hearts and minds.

As today’s young people become adults and slowly begin to weave their beliefs about right and wrong into our society and, inevitably, into our government, changes like the one that just occurred in New York will become commonplace.

If the issue is taken up by the Supreme Court in the near future, that in itself will be a step forward, even if the current federal ruling stays the same. It cannot be denied, though, that the seeds of

change are being sewn.

Despite the fact that – yes – it can be frustrating for many liberally-minded people who see so clearly the wrongs of same-sex discrimination to be held back in their progressive actions by those of more conservative minds, geographical as well as generational gaps must be accounted for.

Acceptance of same-sex couples varies state-by-state. That is not to say that it should but, the fact is, it does. For this reason, however, state-by-state progress is something to rejoice in – not despair over. It is proof that despite the obvious inequalities in this nation, progress is imminent, inevitable and happening right be-

fore our very eyes.

And of course, the inevitability of just change is reflected day after day in the youth of our country.

From simple awareness of samesex discrimination to progressive action against such discrimination (such as anti-bullying rules in high schools and gay-straight alliances in both high schools and colleges), it is easy to see that the young people of today will be the more fair and noble leaders of tomorrow.

Have patience and rejoice in the steps our nation is taking, no matter how small they may seem.

It is only a matter of time before our bright future becomes a bright present.

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Ohio Miami U Flier Sparks Outrage Thomas Marcotte Red&Black Staff So over at Miami University of Ohio, a flier was found in the bathroom of a men’s restroom in a co-ed freshman dorm. The flier was a ten-point list, charmingly entitled “Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape.” This piece would be disturbing enough on its own, but the fact that it was found in a co-ed dorm just makes the whole scenario infinitely worse.

This vile rag has ten vital tips for the enterprising young woman-brutalizer, including such gems as “put drugs in the woman’s drink,” “if the woman’s window is unlocked sneak in and rape her to teach her not to do it again,” “practice makes perfect,” “if you’re afraid the girl will identify you slit her throat” and ends with a resounding chorus of “Rape, rape, rape, it’s college boys live it up!” What do you even say about something like that?

This may sound horrible but I found the list almost comical, in the same way that I laughed when I heard about the North Koreans executing a high-ranking party official by firing a mortar round at him: the whole story is so over-the-top, so absurdly brutal, that it just doesn’t seem real. But of course it is real, and there’s no real use trying to laugh at it.

Now, I don’t think I have to explain to you all why the author of this list and the people who follow it are disgusting, brutish throwbacks with no right to call themselves human beings. If I ever meet the author of that list, I fully intend to light him on fire.

But it’s not all bad. In a way, it’s probably a good thing that this list came to light now. The word is out now.

Now that the college’s authorities are aware of this disgusting travesty, they can put a stop to it to ensure that none of these testosterone-soaked sociopaths ever harms a woman using this wretched list.

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Tweets of the Week: Hurricane Sandy

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Twitter Implements Account Censorship Thomas Marcotte Red&Black Staff Very few people know this, but free speech is very much a new thing. For thousands of years, the ruler had control over what you were allowed to say. If you said anything critical of him or anything his government did, you were toast. The punishment was death or worse.

In general, today, the world is a much safer place for people to speak their minds. Thanks to the Internet and the Enlightenment values that have shaped our society, we have freedom of speech in America, where the only way you can be censored is if you are actively calling for someone to be killed or hurt.

Internet services like Facebook and Twitter have been a huge boon to free speech and dissent by allowing people from across the world to have a forum to express themselves.

Sites like Twitter especially played a huge part in the uprisings in the Middle East last year.

However, there is a downside to this freedom: states don’t like dissent, especially when helped along by outsiders. Twitter especially has been feeling the squeeze, being pressured by dozens of different nations to censor the accounts of activists they deem a threat.

Back in Jan., Twitter announced that it would be censoring accounts by preventing tweets from

appearing in countries where they would be against the law. This week, the website used its new power for the first time to block German Twitter users from viewing the tweets of Besseres Hannover, a group of neo-Nazis.

Twitter, being a private company, is free to allow or refuse access to whosoever they want. After all, they are allowing other people to post on a site that they own. So it is unsurprising that Twitter would protect its own interests by censoring sites to please the nations whose people it hosts.

However, many have become concerned about the potential implications of this policy: what if Twitter agrees to censor the accounts of activists fighting against oppressive governments?

After all, they say the “Arab Spring” of 2011 was caused in no small part by the actions of activists connecting and organizing over social media sites.

Twitter is increasingly finding itself in the middle of a delicate balancing act.

On the one hand, they have a responsibility to provide their users a forum that they might not have otherwise, as well as a moral obligation to uphold the principles of free speech.

On the other hand, if it antagonizes other nations through its actions, they might ban Twitter from operating in their info-space entirely, thereby compounding the problem. Freedom of speech is always a delicate issue.

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Tragedy Hits Well Named Sports Around The Globe

First Victim’s Suicidal Thoughts Due To Sandusky Jennifer Marabella Red&Black Staff

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It was declared on October 18th, 2012 that Garret Reid, son of Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid, died of an accidental heroin overdose.

He was only 29 years old and helping with strength & conditioning coach out at camp.

This tragedy happened at training camp for the Eagles at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. From the beginning they suspected drugs were involved.

They found heroin in Reid’s system but just recently ruled it accidental.

When searching the dorm room he was staying in at the university, investigators found a used syringe and spoon in addition to a gym bag filled with such items.

The official ruling by the District Attorney, John Morganelli, is that Garrett Reid injected himself with a lethal dose of heroin resulting in his death in August.

It was known at this point that Garrett was a recovering drug addict and his father, Andy Reid, had suspected a relapse when he heard the news.

The family made a statement saying that overdose is what they had expected from the beginning and that they respect him greatly

for trying to overcome his addition to drugs. The team physician, Dr. Omar Elkhamra, first found him and could not revive him.

He called the Lehigh University police who arrived at 7:20 a.m. Upon investigation, 47 syringes and 65 needles were found in the gym bag. Also 19 vials of an unknown liquid were found in the gym bag. According to the autopsy, Reid’s body showed signs of chronic drug abuse.

Reid was arrested on a prior event of drug abuse when he was high on heroin and crashed his car that injured another person.

He stated in court after this incident that he wanted to overcome his drug addiction and turn his life around.

That’s just what he was doing while at training camp with the Eagles in August.

He was focusing his time and energy into being a strength and conditioning coach therefore he was at camp helping the team in that area under coach Barry Rubin.

Apparently drug abuse runs in the family as the younger brother of Garrett Reid also suffered and has been arrested for drugs.

The family had an idea what the cause of death was from the time they found out of Garrett’s death. However, they encourage others to stay strong and beat the addiction.

The first victim of Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State assistant football coach, finally released his name to the public.

Aaron Fisher, now 18, first filed a charge for sexual abuse in 2008.

At first he was publicly known as “Victim 1” after testifying first against Sandusky in court.

However, it has been a while since he first came forward about the abuse for the reason that more victims were needed for Sandusky to be charged. This long waiting period is what led Fisher to be suicidal.

Fisher’s testimony included how Sandusky singled him out through a charity program for at-risk youth called The Second Mile. Sandusky first approached Fisher at a summer camp they held. The program was founded

by Sandusky. As stated by Fisher, the abuse was a gradual progression starting when he was only 11 years old.

Eventually this led to Fisher and his mother reporting it to the school principal when Fisher was 15.

Everyone is the community saw Sandusky as a great guy and wouldn’t believe the accusations brought against him.

The administration even went to the lengths of telling the family to “go home and think about it” like they made up such a story.

Eventually the school officials reported Sandusky to Clinton County Children and Youth Services.

This act is what brought on the whole investigation into the crime of the sexual abuse of ten young boys.

Through testimonies and interviews with the victims it came to be known that a lot of the abuse

happened in Sandusky’s home.

He hosted sleepovers for young boys that were part of his charity, The Second Mile. With this being said, it’s hard to believe his wife had no idea the crimes being committed right below her in the basement.

Finally in June, Jerry Sandusky was convicted of sexual abuse.

The victims included Aaron Fisher and nine of boys.

His sentence is 30 to 60 years in prison.

Sandusky’s lawyer is still holding true to his argument that the victims are pursuing these charges for financial reasons.

The other stance Sandusky and his lawyer are taking is that the statute of limitations has run out for many of the total 45 counts his was convicted of in court.

As of now though, neither of those arguments have helped and he is being held in a county jail until his transfer to state prison.

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Women’s Tennis In PAC Tournament Ufolla and Supp fight their way to Final Rounds at the Ship

Balloons Released For Tim Harley Straub Red&Black Staff

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Senior, Danielle Ufolla entered the PAC Tournament seeded fifth. She defeated the fourth-seed from Geneva and was stopped in the semifinals.

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The W&J tennis team was on the right track this season.

With new coach, Chris Faulk, the Presidents were making their mark in the PAC. They had a winning record of 7-4 overall and a PAC record of 6-3. Going into the PAC championships, W&J’s Jenna Supp and Danielle Ufolla were the standouts.

Both won the first round but lost in the semifinals.

This is the first time since 2008 that W&J claimed singles victories at the PAC championship.

Supp finished the day with a third place title in the No. 4 singles flight.

Ufolla was also in the match for third place but lost in 2 sets to the third seed in the No. 3 flight.

W&J as a team finished in 6th place overall with 11 points.

This is the best they have placed since 2009 when they tied for 6th.

The St. Vincent Lady Bearcats won the PAC championship after winning the tiebreaker with Westminster when they were tied for first place at 49 points each.

They received the automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament for Division III. Danielle Ufolla, who entered

With new coach, Chris Faulk, the Presidents were making their mark in the PAC.” the tournament seeded fifth, defeated fourth-seeded Samantha Jenson of Geneva in the No. 3 singles match.

Jenna Supp was seeded third and defeated the sixth seed, Markie Gustafson on Waynesburg in two sets for the No. 4 singles match.

However, both advanced onto the semifinals they were both stopped there.

Ufolla fell to Karolina Lagerquist of Grove City who was seeded first and went on to claim the title for the No. 3 flight.

Supp was defeated in three sets

by Jaqueline Hauser of Saint Vincent.

Hauser entered as the No. 2 seed and finished in second place.

Supp ended up winning the third place match by beating Geneva’s Brittany Kress in two sets.

The President’s definitely made their mark on the PAC as getting back into the competition.

While Ufolla is a senior and proved to be a player to help the W&J Tennis team to a winning season, Supp is junior who will hopefully take the program even further next season.

This season proved to be a step in the right direction under a new coach with much more success to come.

October 13th was senior day for Washington & Jefferson College’s football team. A day to honor the seniors for all the hard work they put into playing a sport they love, football. It was a day for celebration but also a day of sadness.

One senior was missing. Running back Tim McNerney may not have been there in person, but many would say he was there in spirit.The Presidents were playing their first home game since the death of McNerney.

McNerney was remembered during the Senior Day ceremony prior to the start of the game.

There was a moment of silence before his family walked on the field in honor of Tim. While walking onto the field, his family released five red and black balloons when Tim’s name was announced.

At this moment, the crowd game his family a standing ovation.The Presidents went on to win with a score of 24-21 over Westminster.

Westminster scored first and took the lead 7-0, but the Presidents were reluctant to let the Titans win this game. The Presi-

dents fought back and took the lead with 11 minutes left until halftime, but Westminster scored again and led 14-10 at halftime.

The Presidents were reluctant and took the lead late in the third quarter. After that, the Presidents never looked back and kept the lead.

Junior running back Dion Wiegand took over the position with the absence of McNerney.

He totaled 79 rushing yards and caught six passes, also totaling 79 yards.

The Presidents led in first downs with 23 and passing yards with 312. Senior Hunter Creel led in receiving with 128 yards followed by junior Dan Lucas who finished with 79 yards.

Senior Ian Hennessy led the defense with a total of 13 tackles, five unassisted and eight assisted.

Senior Nathan Melhorn contributed 10 tackles, two unassisted and eight assisted. At the end of game, the Presidents gathered with McNerney’s family in a celebratory huddle in the end zone, where they all gave “high-fives” in honor of their teammate. The team played this game for Tim and was happy to bring home a win on senior day. The football team travels to Geneva on Saturday to take on the seventh ranked Golden Tornadoes at 7:00.

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SPORTS 20

Red & Black

Men’s Polo Breaks Streak Just In Time

01 N ovember 2012

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The Outstanding Seniors

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Bailey Mudrick Red&Black Staff

The Presidents men’s water polo team has finally broke their losing streak with a win against Salem International in West Virginia.

Sophomore Carl Krause netted a pair of goals, while freshman Collin Higgins scored his first collegiate goal, and freshman Ben McGrath fired in four goals to lead Washington & Jefferson to a 17-11 men’s water polo victory.

The win broke a five-match losing streak for the Presidents, who upped their season record to 7-11.

Sophomore Chris DeNunzio accumulated seven saves in the goal during the game.

The men’s water polo team also was attended the 2012 Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Eastern Championships hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where they placed fourth out of five teams.

W&J dropped a 13-11 final to Connecticut College in the third-place match. The Presidents opened the tournament with a 19-

10 loss to sixth-ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Senior Cameron Chaves, and sophomore Connor Crowe both scored two goals against MIT. Joey Weiland, Mike Johnson, Kevin Dunigan, Mike Magdic, sophomore Sam Taylor and freshman Turner Rintala all supplied one goal.

Sophomore Chris DeNunzio stopped seven shots, while Francisco grabbed five saves.

Later in the evening, W&J advanced to the third-place match with a 14-9 victory over Penn State-Behrend. Daniel Francisco gathered ten saves that night during the win over the Penn StateBehrend Lions.

Mike Magdic, Kevin Dunigan and senior Joey Weiland both recorded three-goal efforts, while Carl Krause scored a pair of goals.

Alex Shuey, Ben McGrath and senior Mike Johnson all collected one goal for the Presidents.

In the loss to the Connecticut College Camels in the third place finals, sophomore Mike Magdic fired home six goals to lead the offense.

Freshman Kevin Dunigan scored a pair of goals, while se-

nior Alex Shuey, sophomore Carl Krause and freshman Ben McGrath all added one.

Junior Dan Francisco made nine saves in goal.

Magdic led the Presidents’ offense with 10 goals in three matches, while helping the team to a fourth-place showing.

He netted one goal against host MIT and added three goals during W&J’s 14-9 victory over Penn State-Behrend to help the Presidents advance to the thirdplace match.

Despite a match-high six goals from Magdic, the Presidents dropped that third-place match to Connecticut College 13-11.

With all his efforts Magdic was selected to the First Team AllTournament Team following his performance at the Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Eastern Championship. Magdic leads W&J with 59 goals this fall while adding a team-leading 25 steals and 12 assists.

W&J will conclude their season at the CWPA Southern Division Championship hosted by Bucknell University.

The tournament will begin November 2 where they hope to strive for winning results.

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-Alex Shuey from Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley -Joey Weiland from Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny -Mike Johnson from Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central -Cameron Chaves from La Canada, Calif./La Canada *These Seniors as well as the rest of the Men’s Water Polo team will head to Bucknell Nov. 2-4 for the CWPA Southern Division Championships.

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