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October 31, 2014

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The Student Newspaper of Washington & Jefferson College

WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LIFE “The search for the missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has gruesomely developed,”

ARTS

““Gone Girl” is one of the best movies of the year; it is surly a must-see and will be in the Oscar discussion.”

Letter from the President

OPINIONS

“Without a pope like Francis, the Catholic Church would be seeing even larger of a decline in attendance than they already are.”

THE SUPERBURGER “1) Always give your opinion on everything that your professor says, whether you agree or not. Professors like when you bring up opposing opinions and express them very loudly to the whole class.”

INDEX: Campus-News ..... 1-5 Life ......................... 6-9 Arts .................... 10-13 Op-Ed ............... 14-17 Satire............... 18 Sports ................ 19-20 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER

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Tori Haring-Smith W&J President You may have noticed that the huge brown plastic cocoon on the Burnett lawn has finally metamorphosed into a butterfly of colors—a new piece of outdoor sculpture for Washington & Jefferson College. This piece, by Guy Bellaver, is a gift from the Class of 1974 and their friends to the College. They wanted to

commemorate all the changes that occurred at this College in their freshman year, 1970.

The late sixties and early seventies were a time of great turmoil in the United States and especially on college campuses.

Students were protesting America’s involvement in the Vietnam War—in fact it was on May 4, 1970 that four Kent State students were killed doing just that.

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English Professor Speaks at Writers Conference

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Professor Gottschall was on of over 30 speakers at the Sun Valley Writer’s Conference where he discussed is book, “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human.”

Ingrid Lexova Red&Black Contributor Jonathan Gottschall, English professor at Washington & Jefferson, recently attended and spoke at the prestigious Sun Valley Writer’s Conference.

The theme central to the conference was “The Stories We Tell.”

Professor Gottschall, author of “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human,” is well acquainted with the topic of stories and their complex nature, especially in relation to humans and our ways of interacting.

What makes Gottschall’s book so ground-breaking

is the sense of connectivity between the sciences and the humanities, which can be seen as the direct opposite to their actual relationship, especially so within the liberal arts.

While the sciences gain more importance with each passing day, the humanities are falling behind; they are struggling to keep up and stay relevant.

Gottschall’s book shows that the humanities are ubiquitous, present in our everyday lives and cannot be seen as ‘unnecessary’ or ‘irrelevant’. Whether we like it or not, they are here to stay, for good. The book thus shows how stories can be explained through scientific means: Taking a good look

at our past and how it has been influenced and written

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by stories; Gottschall sees them as a necessity for human

survival. They let us imagine situations and their possible outcomes without having to be confronted by them in real life.

In fact, most, if not all, of what we say is a story in itself.

Gottschall examines how humans are shaped by tales: "Only humans tell stories.

Story sets us apart.

For humans, story is like gravity: a field of force that surrounds us and influences all of our movements. But, like gravity, story is so omnipresent that we are hardly aware of how it shapes our lives."

Stories also enable us to live through a wide variety of situations, some dangerous,

some out of this world, without ever having to step out of the comfort of our own home. We can go places we could not otherwise, imagining all the ‘what ifs’ and not having to face the consequences, living through times and locations that would be completely out of reach without stories.

And so, Gottschall’s work is fundamental in understanding a subject that is not discussed often enough and needs to be addressed more.

After all, stories are what the tapestry of human life is made of and it is more than peculiar that the threads of our existence are hardly ever put under the microscope.

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Battlefield Medicine Ghost Hunter John Zaffis on Campus Catherine McAdoo Red&Black Staff

War is bloody. People have always died in battle, whether it be from a gunshot or a simple stab wound.

Often a solider would be wounded, on the ground and unable to move himself to safety.

He would lie there, his condition worsening, slowly dying, for however long it took for someone to notice him and bring him to a medical facility.

And that often took days or even weeks to happen.

How many men who could have been saved were victims of this inefficiency?

Luckily, those days are in the past.

When Jonathan Letterman, M.D., became the Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War, he was appalled. There were two separate divisions in charge of the field ambulances, neither of which took regular care of either the carts or the animals they depended on. And the men who drove them were regular soldiers who had no training in the careful handling of wounded men. Letterman was determined to fix these problems.

First, he set up an entirely separate division devoted solely to the transportation of wounded soldiers. This di-

vision consisted of men, personally trained by Letterman himself to care for the wounded, who spent the entirety of the battle driving around in well-maintained carts and transporting the wounded to temporary field hospitals for treatment.

The results of this new division were staggering. In 1861, before Letterman’s promotion, it took over a week to move all of the wounded soldiers off of an average Civil War battlefield.

During the Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862, the bloodiest battle of the civil war with over 20,000 casualties and the first time Letterman’s new system was put into effect. It took only 24 hours for the battlefield to be cleared entirely of the wounded.

Letterman saved countless lives, both Union and Confederate alike.

In his own words, “Humanity teaches us that a wounded and prostrate foe is not then our enemy.”

He was not there to fight.

He was there to perform his duties as a doctor and heal.

Letterman’s system has been used ever since, both in the United States and abroad.

It has been known as M.A.S.H, Ambulance Corps and more.

And did I forget to mention? Jonathan Letterman received his initial training at Jefferson College from 1842 until he graduated in 1845.

He is yet another alumni we at Washington & Jefferson College can claim with pride as our own.

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Josh Dewaine Red&Black Staff This past Friday, Oct. 17, John Zaffis, paranormal researcher and ghost hunter, joined Washington & Jefferson students for a presentation of his work.

After the presentation, Zaffis allowed students to sit with him while he attempted to contact any spirits or ghosts that may be on W&J property.

The beginning of the presentation consisted on a slide show with information of Zaffis’ past work.

In order to prove that his work is legitimate, Zaffis spent a large amount of his presentation on images that were believed to be paranormal events such as exorcisms, spiritual sightings and hauntings that were proven to be fake.

He has worked on numerous SyFy moves and shows such as "A Haunting in Connecticut” and “Haunted Collector.”

While the first part of his presentation was slightly silly, it was vastly superior to the second half.

After a few questions were answered, Zaffis invited all who were interested an opportunity to go on a ghost hunting adventure around campus.

His real intention was to have a crowd fill in around a static-filled ham radio while he asked it questions and interpreted answers he knew his audience would want to hear.

The group eventually believed they had contacted a spirit by the name of Michael, along with four or five other entities, depending on who was asked. Zaffis allowed for people to ask any questions

they desired to the spirits that were hanging around the HUB on a Friday night.

There’s a phenomenon in psychology called “apophenia” which is the human ability to find patters in random data. Zaffis relies heavily on such a phenomenon to bring any credibility to his work.

As he sat back, the group’s imagination ran wildly on things they believed they heard, even if it was random static that sounded slightly like a word.

Zaffis went as far as to tell his audience that he had never experienced anything like the immensity of the spiritual power just chilling in the HUB in his 40+ years of ghost hunting experience.

Overall, Zaffis was slightly entertaining, but only a fool would believe everything that was presented.

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Letter to Students From President Tori Haring-Smith

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FROM COVER ___________

But there were less violent changes afoot as well. 1969 and 1970 saw Princeton, Yale, Williams and W&J, along with several other previously allmale colleges, admit women as undergraduates for the first time.

At W&J, there was also a new president, Howard Burnett, who arrived in the fall of 1970, and a new calendar—one that included Intersession.

The Bellaver sculpture represents all these changes.

It is 11-sided (a hendecagon)

because W&J is the 11th each day, it may look a little About 60 percent of the different. Homecoming this $100 million will go toward oldest college in the country. the College’s The bright colors recall year drew more people to increasing the color palate of the 1970’s, W&J than ever before and endowment. Funds from and the piece is made of featured the announcement this endowment are used each year for steel to recall the prominence of “The bright colors recall the color scholarships and financial aid to the steel industry in Pittsburgh palate of the 1970’s, and the piece is students, special and and here in made of steel to recall the prominence programs faculty salaries Washington.

The outer ring of the steel industry in Pittsburgh and benefits.

This part of is stable—the and here in Washington.” the campaign enduring mission is especially of the college-but — Tori Haring Smith attractive to within that fixed alumni who hendecagon, the r e c e i v e d concentric rings scholarships move, making when they were the sculpture as kinetic as the year 1970. The of An Uncommon Bond: The students and now want to wind may move these inner Campaign for Washington & “pay it forward.” About $30 rings, but you are free to do so, Jefferson College, a historic million of the campaign will too. As you pass the sculpture effort to raise $100 million. be reserved for a dramatic

new Athletic Center that will be a new wing of a renovated of Henry Gymnasium, the transformation of the U. Grant Miller Library into a learning commons with more technology and lots of study spaces and the updating of residence halls in Presidents Row. The remaining $10 million will be used to strengthen The W&J Fund, which makes an immediate difference in the lives of current W&J students.

By strengthening The W&J Fund, the College can increase levels of funding for scholarships, faculty positions, athletics, study abroad programs – including the Magellan Project – and an array of other programs for students.

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S E C U R I T Y LO G S Date: 10/26/2014 Incident: Disorderly Conduct At 1:20 a.m., security was called to report the smell of marijuana on the third floor of a residence hall. When security arrived, there was a very strong smell coming from one of the rooms. As security went to enter the room, it was opened by a student. Inside the room was another student who was holding a blue grinder and a small amount of marijuana along with a pipe and lighter. The students handed over the drug paraphernalia and the IDs of all the students in the room. As security attempted to explain to the students what they would be charged with, another student started telling that nothing was going to happen, they went to W&J and would just have to go to a class. When officers told that students that he would be arrested for disorderly conduct if they did not stop being disruptive, the student challenged the officers to arrest him and was transported to the office and was given a citation.

Date: 10/19/2014 Incident: Fire Alarm Security received a fire alarm for one of the residence halls that registered on the simplex system but did not ring the fire department. When officers arrived, a student came forward and stated that he had been throwing a football in the hallway and hit a pull station on the second floor while he was trying to catch a pass and was reaching for the football.

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Date: 10/17/2014 Incident: Vandalism A professor called the security office to report that on the white board mounted on her outer door, someone had drawn a depiction of a penis.

Date: 10/16/2014 Incident: Informational During a fire alarm, smoke needed to be ventilated from the second floor of a residence hall. When officers entered, the door and window were propped open to facilitate in the ventilation. While in the room, the cold air return was found to be covered with cardboard and duct tape. The aroma of marijuana could be detected and a Fall Fruit Cornucopia scented candle was found by the window.

Date: 10/16/2014 Incident: Fire Alarm At around 5 p.m., a fire alarm was activated in one of the residence halls. The building was evacuated and the second floor was found to be full of smoke that was emanating from the second floor laundry room. It was determined that this happened due to the overloading of the washing machine that caused the belts to burn. The building was ventilated and the washing machine was unplugged and taken out of service. Along with the machine, during the evacuations officers found that two of the three third floor hallway light bulbs were replaced with black lights.

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Alpha Lambda Delta will be holding a campus-wide school supplies drive next week to collect school supplies for local schools. Bring your extra folders, notebooks, packs of pencils and other school items for a chance to win a $20 bookstore gift card! For each item, you will receive one raffle ticket. The supplies can be donated on Nov. 4 – 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in G&T’s or from 5 p.m. 7 p.m. in front of the Commons.

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Dear Freshmen:

A Message from an Upperclassman to First-Year Students Emily Sterk Red&Black Editor

Dear Freshmen: As you recover from your first series of mid-terms, you are most likely in one of two stages: First is the “I love college and being completely independent” stage.

Then, there is the “I hate college and I want to go home” stage.

As a freshman last year, I was in the latter stage for well… the majority of the year.

It is now, as a sophomore, that I can say that I wholeheartedly agree with statement number one and that the second thought --the thought that controlled everything I did as a freshman -- has not once crossed my mind this semester.

Upon entering my freshman year, I assumed I would immediately find my niche within moments of being on campus.

I would not be homesick; I would find that everyone around me shared equal ideas and values; I would love college.

We continuously hear from older friends and family members that college will be the “best four years of our lives.”

We hear that we will never find ourselves missing high

school, but by this time last fall, I questioned the validity of these statements.

I discovered that college is not exactly what it is hyped up to be in the movies, but it can be if you put yourself out there and “make the most out of it,” as the other piece of clichéd college advice goes.

Here are some of the things that I wish I would have known as I went through my first year of college: I wish I knew that homesickness is natural for all college students.

No matter how far away you live, you will find yourself wanting a home-cooked meal or a night in your own bed.

Being homesick does not make you dependent on your parents nor does it mean that you were not ready to leave your home when you did.

Homesickness is perfectly normal, and I wish I had known that when I started.

I wish I knew that every student goes through the same experience as a freshman.

Even if a student does not show it, he is probably struggling with the new environment in some way or another.

College is not meant to be an easy transition and everyone has his own way of coping with change. It may seem that you are the only one who is having difficulty, but that is far from true.

I wish I knew that making real friends takes time. You

have to make an effort to find friends - they just don’t appear. Go out, join a club, or say hello to your hallmates. Sitting in your room and watching Netflix every weekend will not help you meet people. Like-minded people exist, so find them!

I wish I knew that people change and there is a possibility that your high school friends will be completely different when you see them for the first time during Thanksgiving break.

Change is inevitable and it is okay if you feel as though you cannot relate to your old friends anymore.

Even if you feel like everyone around you is changing, you probably are changing too.

Change is good! College is about opening yourself up to new ideas and activities, so just go with it!

I wish I knew that after all of my struggles, calls home to Mom, and transfer applications, I would finally end up finding my niche at W&J. I wish I knew I would return as a sophomore - and that I would be telling others that I do in fact love college, that I don’t miss high school a bit.

And I wish I knew then that I would see the rest of my time as a college student being those memorable years of my life that everyone assured me they would be.

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New Leads in Hannah Graham Disappearance Sarah Peterson Red&Black Staff

The search for the missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has gruesomely developed, and now the police are linking the man responsible for her disappearance to other cases of missing college kids in the same area.

Graham was a sophomore at the University of Virginia when she went missing in September 2014. She was last seen at a mall in Charlottesville, Va. She told her friends that she was going to a party early that

morning and was never seen or heard from again.

Through surveillance footage, the police have identified the man potentially responsible for Graham's disappearance as Jesse Matthews, a 32-year-old from Virginia.

On Oct. 18, the Chesterfield Sheriff ’s Department, - the police force in charge of searching for Graham announced that they found a skull and bones at the bottom of a creek bed behind an abandoned home almost eight miles from where she was last seen a month earlier.

DNA test results will determine whether or not this is in fact Graham, which will take

some time. Now that Matthews is in police custody for her disappearance, more evidence is being found that links him to other missing persons cases.

He has been indicted by a grand jury in Virginia for a sexual assault case from 2005 that also includes attempted murder and abduction.

The indictment states that he “feloniously, willfully, deliberately, intentionally and with the premeditation to kill [the victim] in the commission of or subsequent to an abduction with the intent to defile.” The victim in the case gave police enough information on the individual which

has been identified as Matthews.

This also has linked him to another case of Morgan Harrington, the Virginia Tech student who vanished in October 2009.

She was found brutally beaten, raped and strangled to death in a hay field.

Harrington’s parents have spoken out on their daughter’s murder.

"A monster walks among you,” the victim’s mother, Gil Harrington, said. “Violent, sadistic and dangerous.”

The police have now reveled that they have forensic evidence linking both the assault case Harrington to Gra-

ham even though they will not revel exactly how.

The University of Virginia president has spoken out about Graham.

"For Hannah’s young life to end so tragically, and for her destiny of promise to be left unfulfilled, is an affront to the sanctity of life and to the natural order of human events," she said. "Our entire community is grieving with the Graham family."

The public now hopes that this story will end by arresting the man responsible so that no more girls will suffer the same fate as these girls.

The investigation is ongoing.

Canadian Soldiers Killed in Parliament Hill Shooting Jenny Morris Red&Black Contributor

The events of the past week will not be soon forgotten by most Canadians.

Two Canadian soldiers were killed in two separate attacks just days apart.

First was the shocking death of Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, 53, in a targeted hit-and-run in Quebec.

Then, just two days later, there was an attack on the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill that left 24-yearold Corporal Nathan Cirillo dead and shocked the entire country.

On Monday, two members of the Canadian Armed Forces were hit by a car in the

parking lot of a commercial plaza south of Montreal.

A dramatic chase with the suspect ensued, ending when the driver lost control of his car and flipped it into a ditch before being shot and killed by police.

The next day, the victim in Monday's attack was identified as Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, a soldier of 28 years who had been considering retirement.

On Wednesday, a day of chaos erupted in Ottawa when a reservist guarding the National War Memorial was shot and killed by a masked gunman.

Moments later, witnesses reported as many as 50 shots being fired inside the Centre Block of the Parliament Build-

ings. It was later confirmed that gunman Michael ZehafBibeau was shot dead inside the building by the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms and RCMP. Confusion endured for much of the afternoon as a swath of downtown Ottawa was placed under lockdown for hours.

Police released little information, refusing to say whether they were looking for another gunman. Eyewitness accounts slowly started trickling out of Parliament Hill.

Bystander Raivo Nommick said, "All of a sudden, I just heard a shot, turned around and there was a guy with a rifle .... and just ‘pow pow!’”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative

MPs piled furniture against the door of their caucus room to prevent the gunman from entering and pinned themselves against the walls. Some even grabbed flagpoles to use as spears.

Many Canadians woke up Thursday morning still reeling from the events of the day be-

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fore. After all of the past week Canada has pulled through this crisis as one.

Cirillio's body was eventually returned to his hometown of Hamiton, Ontario.

A candlelight vigil was also held at the National War Memorial in honor of the fallen soldiers.

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Peace Prize Winners Advocate for Education

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Is ‘Yak’ the New ‘Tweet’?

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As the newest Nobel Peace Prize winners, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are now among a group of legends that include the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa.

The pair shares this year’s prize for their outstanding advocation for children’s right to education and other young people’s rights.

Yousafzai gained attention from around the globe two years ago after she was shot in the head by the Taliban for her efforts to promote education for girls in Pakistan.

Ensuing her recovery, Yousafzi has broadened her campaign to the world stage and has brought awareness of the lack of rights accessible to women and children.

At just 17 years old, Yousafzai has spoken at the United Nations, met with U.S.

President, Barack Obama, and can now add a Nobel Peace Prize win to her impressive resume.

According to the Nobel committee, Yousafzai is the youngest peace prize winner in history.

Despite her accomplishment, Yousafzai maintained great modesty and told reporters she felt as though she did not deserve the award, but plans on using the opportunity to continue to raise awareness about the importance of education for all young people.

Yousafzai reassured reporters that her Nobel win “will not mark the end of her campaign to advocate for girls’ education.”

Yousafzai’s co-winner, Kailash Satyarthi, is an Indian child rights activist and a prominent advocate against child labor.

Satyarthi founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement in English, and has worked to protect the rights

of children in 144 countries.

He has had additional roles in programs such as “Education for All,” the Global Partnership for Education and the Center for Victims of Torture.

Satyarthi is the fifth Nobel Prize winner for India.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that Yousafzai and Satyarthi’s honor sends a significant message of support to all of those working for children’s rights and rewards “two extraordinarily inspirational human rights defenders” who “have demonstrated tremendous courage in the face of powerful adversaries.”

Through their work following the Nobel win, Yousafzai and Satyarthi hope to build a stronger relationship between their respective countries, Pakistan and India, which are longtime rivals.

The two have agreed to work together to advocate for the idea that every child has a right to go to school and continue to make strides in their mission for human rights.

Almost everyone today owns, or knows someone who owns, a smart phone. Look around one day and it becomes obvious that the world is heavily absorbed in technology, particularly social media.

Apps like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram allow people to communicate instantly about what is going on in people’s lives with a few taps of a finger.

A new app has emerged that adds a variation of this to the scope of cyber communication.

The app is called Yik Yak. Yik Yak is an anonymous social media app, synonymous with Twitter. One “yaks,” just like one, similarly, would “tweet,” a limited-character message.

However, instead of it being received by one’s followers, it is received by anyone in a 1.5-mile radius who has the app installed.

This means that when one opens the app, their feed

consists of yaks from anyone relatively close to them, but their identities are unknown.

Because of this feature, the app has been well received by college students, eager to see what other kids on their campus are saying.

Washington & Jefferson College is no exception to this growing trend. Here on campus, almost everyone has at least heard of Yik Yak and is aware of some of the things being said on it.

Whether it is about the squirrels frolicking about the grounds, or about what kind of disturbing surprise someone came home to last night, the app never ceases to entertain.

And since it is completely anonymous, the filter on what people might post is highly diminished, if not totally absent.

Apps like Yik Yak make the cyber world what it is today.

The anonymous aspect of the app is changing the face of social media.

And although most popular apps eventually fade away as new ones are born, this app shows no sign of resigning from its spot in the lime light anytime soon.

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CMU: Your Friendly Neighborhood Robotics Engineers

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Sarah Peterson Red&Black Staff Carnegie Mellon University, famous for its engineering department which specializes in robot building, has done it again: they are currently building a robot which they want to land on the moon to act as eyes for Earth bound space enthusiasts.

I toured CMU’s robotic labs in high school and saw robots act like geckos, including replicating the gecko’s sticky feet. These robots could climb walls like real geckos. The sticky feet they were trying to replicate could potential be

developed into a new form of sticky tape for hanging things.

They came up with this after watching hours of video on how a gecko moves and looking at the biological sides of their feet.

After seeing this in the labs, I was not shocked to hear about the latest project from them which is to build a robot to go to the moon. This is not the first robot CMU has built that could go to the moon.

This project is from Google, which is offering $30 million to send video back from the moon. CMU professor Red Whittaker states “Planetary exploration is a dream we

pursue and a technology we create." Whittaker is the Fredkin Research Professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.

"We have spent decades building and testing robotic technologies for just this purpose," said Whittaker.

He added, "We are also veterans of competitive technology challenges.

"These are the things we do, so combining lunar rovers with a competitive race to the moon is a great opportunity."

The group has teamed up with space firm Astrobotic to compete for the Google Lunar XPrize which requires a team

to land a robot on the moon, move in 500 meters and send video back to Earth.

Astrobotic has a deal with SpaceX to use its Falcon 9 rocket to launch the robot.

The slated date for the robot's take off is 2016.

Team leader Daniel Shafrir said “The vision was simple- let anyone on Earth experience the moon live through the eyes of a robot.

"We weren’t just going to the moon just bring the moon back.”

In true CMU fashion, the robot’s nickname is “Andy” after founder of CMU Andrew Carnegie. The robot will be

controlled with a headset worn by a person on Earth.

“With an Oculus headset classroom, allowing kids to experience what, to this date, has been experience by 12 human beings” said Shafrir.

The idea is the person wearing the headset will control the robot to view the moon or earth like they are actually there on the moon.

So potentially the next generation of astronauts or scientists will be inspired by Andy in the classroom by looking at space in real time from a robot on the moon instead of looking at picture in a textbook.

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Interesting Song Facts that Everyone Should Know Delta Omnicron

How much do you know about the music you listen to? Do you really know who writes the songs? Have you ever tried writing a song? Sometimes it’s hard and sometimes it’s easy.

Songs have been written about anything and everything you can think of. Musicians adapt words they find in literature or out in the world and turn them into songs too.

Then there are the musicians who perform covers of songs (that means they perform a song that someone else wrote and performed), often changing minor details to match their own style or flare.

Here are some songs, mostly older ones, that you may not know were written by someone else, or that you have never heard the true meaning of. Some of it might be shocking and other parts boring, but anything can happen when music passes through so many hands.

We left off with Celine Dion in the memorable songs article, so why not start with her here. The song “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” performed by Aerosmith was originally written for Celine Dion.

That’s a bit of a stylistic jump from “My Heart Will Go On.” So let’s jump further.

We all know who Britney Spears is (she was mentioned before too). We all know who Rihanna is. The song “Umbrella” was originally intended to be sung by Britney.

To me, that somehow seems like she might have been able to pull it off, but at the same time I can’t picture Britney with that song at all. Maybe it’s a

good thing she didn’t do it.Jumping into the past a bit more, Joan Jett’s song “I Love Rock N Roll” (and who doesn’t?) was actually a cover of the original song, performed by The Arrows.

The original song, believe it or not, was recorded in 1975 and the Joan Jett version is from 1981. As cool as that is (because lots of people still listen to that song), some songs have better backstories.

You may not recognize this song right away, but you’ve probably heard it.

“The Way” is a song recorded and performed by the band Fastball. It was a positive take on a potentially depressing story.

An elderly couple in Texas (where the band is from) left home to drive to a Pioneer Day Festival and sooner or later people realized they were missing.

They were found dead in a ravine some time later.

The length of the song (the lyrics are fairly short) and the lyrics themselves make more sense if you look at them in this light.

Marginally more positive (here we go with relationships again) is the song “Since U Been Gone”

by Kelly Clarkson.

This is another case where by really means performed by. The song was actually turned down

by Pink and Hilary Duff.

Big mistake, considering the song became a worldwide success. Another popular song was “Bleeding Love” which was sung by Leona Lewis but written by Jesse McCartney.

I know I never would have guessed that. Similar to the Britney Spears and Rihanna switcheroo from earlier, Miley Cyrus was not supposed to sing “We Can’t Stop,” Rihanna was.

Here are a few more cool background tidbits to finish this out. The Bob Marley song “I Shot the Sheriff ” actually has to do with birth control. How,

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you ask? Well, it’s quite simple really. Bob Marley didn’t want his girlfriend to take birth control pills and the doctor who prescribed them to her was none other than the sheriff.

Going in a completely different direction, the song “Sweet Child of Mine” performed by the band Guns N’ Roses was written in a grand total of five minutes.

Lastly I’d like to mention the song “Closing Time.”

This popular tune by Semisonic has been played at closing time for many a bar, but that’s not what the song is about.

The true story behind the song is that it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.

In any case the song is still going to be used to close many things, like this article.

I hope you learned something from reading this, but more than that, I hope you enjoyed this installment of interesting song facts. Thanks for reading.

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W&J Alum Presents Exhibit in Olin Art Gallery Carley Adams Red&Black Editor Washington & Jefferson alumni Tony Lewis ‘08 returned to campus on Friday, Oct. 24 to present his latest exhibition to the W&J community in a reception at the Olin Fine Art Gallery.

Entitled “4 Ounces,” this exhibition contains a piece of art created specifically and exclusively for the Olin Fine Art Gallery. The work itself consists of one expansive piece of paper laid out over the entire gallery floor. Lewis and several current W&J art students created all manner of patterns, shapes and designs on this piece of paper using masking tape as their drawing medium.

Then, when they finished their tape-designs, Lewis and the students proceeded to coat the entire floor with charcoal dust. The final product is a slick, dark, industrial-looking surface along which observers can walk – clad in CSI-style shoe-covers, of course – and discern tape-drawings beneath the

silvery layer of dust. After graduating from W&J, Lewis began an MFA program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).

It was during his first year as an MFA student in 2009 that he began a tireless relationship with certain artistic materials, one of which was loose graphite powder. He experimented extensively with this material in his personal studio at SAIC. His extensive experimentation with graphite powder eventually led to a bit of a mess in Lewis’ studio… and in the studios of his colleagues.

“I began using several pounds of the fine and flake powder all over my 200 square-foot studio,” Lewis said. He also shared that the powder began travelling into all of the adjacent and surrounding studios and classrooms. “It was everywhere, on everything.”

“I had another meeting with the school, where they threatened to take away my studio privileges unless I signed a contract stating that I would not use any more than 4 ounces of graphite powder for the remainder of my time as an MFA student at SAIC,”

he said, hence the title of the “4 Ounces” exhibit.

“You’re provided a space and told to dream big,” he said, “but on the other hand, they say, ‘Here is a list of materials you can’t use, and here is a list of things you can’t do.”

The exhibition in Olin, he explained, was an incarnation of his paradoxical experience as an MFA student. “I didn’t want to just have drawings in my studio,” he said. “I wanted my studio to be a drawing.”

The faculty of the W&J Art Department also spoke at the reception, including art history professor Dr. John Lambertson. “My job,” said Dr. Lambertson, “is to make Tony a lesson for all of you [students].

His freshman, sophomore and junior years, he was trying to find his way. But his senior year, he really started to take working toward a career seriously.”

Lewis’ work will be on display and open to the public in the Olin Fine Art Gallery until Nov. 23.

Maroon 5's Music Video Controversy Poetry Corner Sarah Peterson Red&Black Staff

Maroon 5’s newest single Animals from their recently released album “V” has been getting slammed by critics and fans alike for "being creepy," which romanticizes a nightmarish version of stalking an unsuspecting woman,” according to the Wallstreetcheat website.

As a fan of Maroon 5, I felt that the video was scary and refused to watch it the entire way through, instead preferring to listen to the song on the radio or on my phone.

According to Wall Street Cheats, “The video for the single Animals sees lead singer Adam Levine dressed as a hipster butcher who likes to hug carcasses and stalk a girl, played by the Victoria’s Secret model Behati Prinsloo, whom Levine is married to in real life.

Levine follows Prinsloo’s unknowing character around, sneaks into her room while she sleeps, secretly takes pictures of her and fantasizes about having sex with

her while blood pours down on them.” RAINN (Rape, Diana Ciarallo Abuse & Incest National Network) has spoken out against Red&Black Contributor the video, stating that “the video encourages and glamor“Silent Bride, Quiet Sister” izes stalking, a topic that, when removed from the context of gorgeous people in a music video, is horrifying, rather Years of silence- the duty of a sisterthan sexy. Maroon 5’s video for Animals is a dangerous Weaving nettles that sting and bite. depiction of a stalker’s fantasy…and no one should ever Silent suffering- a woman’s artconfuse the criminal act of stalking with romance,” said For this dear little sister who was never Katherine Hull Fliflet, RAINN’s vice-president of comallowed a life. munications.

“The trivialization of these serious crimes, like stalkYears of silence- simple enough after a ing, should have no place in the entertainment industry.” forever of never using her voice, Besides the bizarre music video and lyrics, “the fact that the song’s narrator is threatening a former lover Collecting dust after eons of un-use, about how she will never be able to get over him, along And never having so much as a choice with the fact that he can smell her from miles away and when the prince took her away to be his always knows what she is up to is creepy,” one fan wrote bride, about the music video.

While many fans dislike the new music video, there is And the children disappeared and she some support; PETA has stated that the video is a “good representation of the horrors of the meat industry and couldn’t even cry when she was brought to the pyre as the silent bridehow it can turn people who have a job like a slaughterer into psychopaths.”

Silent, dutiful years with a tongue untried.

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Annabelle Does Not Live Up To Expectations Shannon Adams Red&Black Staff

Horror movies are always an audience favorite around Halloween, and Annabelle is no exception.

This movie came out Oct. 3 and has been attracting horror-film enthusiasts and scared girlfriends alike since then.

Over fall break, I saw this movie with a friend from home and was almost impressed with the movie. Of course, the movie starts with a young couple getting ready to start their life together and bring a baby into the world.

The perfect victims for a haunting, for anything and everything to go wrong. But what makes it even better is the mother to-be has a creepy obsession with dolls. Of course she does, because nothing can possibly go wrong when you hoard an insane

amount of creepy dolls in your new home, I promise.

Long story short, she obtains a new doll and it is the creepiest thing I have ever seen in my life.

The doll is a normal creepy looking doll for the beginning of the movie, until a stabbing happens.

Now, this was probably my favorite part of the movie, not because of the stabbing but because of who did it.

The movie works alongside Charles Manson and his cult. In the movie, it just so happens that the mother to-be lives next to an older couple who lost their child because she ran away, changed her name and became a hippie.

However, she did not become a hippie; she changed her name to Annabelle and joined Manson’s cult.

Annabelle kills her parents and sneaks into the new family’s house. She finds her doll collection and carries around the new addition to the creepy glassy eyed family.

Without saying exactly what happens, Annabelle is killed and her “life blood” is spilled into the doll’s

body, which allows Annabelle to posses the doll along with the demon that Annabelle and her male friend were trying to summon.

For the rest of the movie, the demon doll haunts the woman and her unborn child, making her husband believe she is crazy.

Once the baby is born, the demon does everything in its power to get the baby alone so it can take its soul.

As the movie continues we see some cliché horror movie stunts such as the elevator from the basement stops working along with the demon communicating to the family with crayon writing on the wall.

Overall the movie was “scary;” I will admit I was watching the screen through my fingers at some points. Annabelle has a 31% on the Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes with and Audience Score of 43%.

While the movie did have some scares, they felt very gimmicky and not very well done.

If you are a horror film lover, who enjoys something extra scary, you might not enjoy this film as much as its sequel, the Conjuring.

whether or not the surface was habitable. Resources are scarce and all matters of crimes are punishable by death. For the first time in almost a century, humans have returned to the planet Earth. Among the 100 that were exiled, Clark is one of them.

She is the bright teenage daughter of the Ark’s chief medical officer.

Wells, the son of the Ark’s chancellor and Finn along with the brother and sister of Bellamy and Octavia are with Clark.

The teens arrive on this beautiful planet that they have only seen from space. With dangers of this planet and new world, they struggle to form a community.

However, over time they discover that not all of humanity was wiped out centuries ago. There are still some people who survived the war and reside there.

Last week, season two of “The 100” premiered, leaving fans with many questions. “The 100,” with its realism and brutal savagery, grew exponentially.

Over the thirteen episodes of season one, the 100 people that were exiled to Earth went from being sheltered and frightened teens to soldiers. Faced

with the growing list of enemies and little supplies, they are forced into adapting to this new planet in a certain manner.

Season two does certainly have a lot of explaining to do with the deficient Mountain Men that have captured some of the characters.

Only time will tell what the future holds for the exiled teenagers.

“The 100” Returns for Season Two Siddhanta Bista Red&Black Staff

“The 100” is an American, post-apocalyptic drama television series.

It was first premiered on March 19, 2014 and now is currently on season two.

The series is based on a book of the same name; the first season was directed by Kass Morgan and developed by Jason Rothenberg.

The series is set 97 years after a devastating nuclear war wiped out nearly all life on Earth. The only known survivors are the inhabitants of the twelve international space station residents in Earth’s orbit.

Together, the space stations form a single massive station known as “The Ark.” Severe measures including capital punishment and population control are exercised as the leaders of the Ark cautiously take steps that will ensure their future; they send 100 prisoners to Earth to test

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Gone Girl: Must Watch Little Big Town's New Album Release Nathan Kanuch Red&Black Staff

In the last several years we have witnessed a transformation of Ben Affleck. While some of us, including the author of this article, have known and appreciated Affleck’s talents from the beginning, many others have doubted his acting ability. Starting with both his acting and directing with “The Town,” however, Affleck began to receive critical acclaim.

He further endeared himself to the critics with “Argo,” winning an Academy Award for Best Picture. Thus we arrive at his latest performance: “Gone Girl.”

Affleck plays a somewhat unfamiliar role as we are introduced to a writer living in a suburban neighborhood.

Affleck delivers an authentic, compelling performance as Nick Dunne. Dunne returns to his house to find a glass table flipped over and an empty house. Dunne’s dissatisfied wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) has disappeared.

The police file the event as a missing persons case before opening a murder investigation a few days later. The audience is treated to the diary entries of Amy and various flashbacks that portray a happy marriage in the beginning before it slowly went downhill.

The movie allows the audience to wonder if Dunne did in fact kill his wife; the tension builds until everyone’s jaw is

touching the floor as multiple defining moments proceed to occur. Director David Fincher presents “Gone Girl” as a thriller and drama, allowing aspects of both genres to shine through. There is enough detail and chaos to leave the view on the edge of the seat for the entire film.

Fincher clearly designed an Oscar worthy picture; both Affleck and Pike could be nominated for their performances.

Pike in particular gave her character an incredible sense of personality; at once we both sympathize and despise Amy. Affleck’s performance allows us to feel empathy for Dunne and the ordeal he is experiencing; we also, however, know we should probably not give Dunne a complete pass for some of his actions.

By giving each character in the movie a sense of complexity, the film creates tension and allows the audience to make up their own minds on each character. The film also deals with serious themes that envelop today’s world.

We are treated to a biased and distrustful media, jumping to conclusion and heaping blame without knowing all of the facts.

The media is portrayed as an institution working the public into a frenzy and inflaming opinion.

“Gone Girl” is one of the best movies of the year; it is surly a must-see and will be in the Oscar discussion. Three and a half stars out of four.

Nathan Kanuch Red&Black Staff Little Big Town, perhaps, is the group that best defines what country radio can do to a talented artist. The four-part group has released poignant songs that have significantly struggled to receive airplay.

Thus, they have been forced to release songs such as “Pontoon” and “Day Drinking” that play well commercially but do not showcase their true ability.

The album cuts, on the other hand, from Little Big Town are often exhilarating and skillfully done, if not exactly pure country. So we arrive at their latest release, “Pain Killer.”

The album’s first single, “Day Drinking,” is catchy and infectious; it is certainly a better tune than “Pontoon,” although that is not saying much. With the heavy amount of songs about drinking on country radio these days, “Day Drinking” is fun but it will be a song soon easily forgotten; at least they’re singing about drinking during the day instead of a Friday night.

Setting aside “Day Drinking,” however, the rest of the album is masterful. Little Big Town’s renowned harmonies provide the band with a unique sound and a distinguishing feature. Many of the album cuts are hard to picture without the harmony.

“Live Forever” features a steel guitar and a haunting melody. It is simply produced which lends itself to being the

most country-sounding song on the album, tucked away nicely toward the end of the album. It is the best song on the album.

Little Big Town have an energy about them, something that can really provide the listener with a sense of spirit and adventure. “Turn The Lights On” starts with a two minute instrumental then kicks into high gear with powerful vocals and a driving beat that carries the song forward like a freight train.

The album is bookended by two fantastic tracks. “Quit Breaking Up With Me” begins the album and starts with a drum line. The instrumentation is well-done and contains a beat that is both lazy and pacy at the same time. The track sets the scene for the entire album. “Silver and Gold” sees everything come together perfectly to close the album.

Longtime fans will appreciate the song beginning with their

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harmony and the simplicity of the sound. “Silver and Gold” is the perfect way to close the album.

“Stay All Night” and “Save Your Sin” appear back to back and smack dab in the middle of the album. Both are full of energy and vigor; they are powerful and work extremely well when listened to back to back. “Save Your Sin” is highly reminiscent of their earlier hit, “Little White Church.”

Many people speak of how country music must evolve to stay alive. Some wrongly believe that artists like FloridaGeorgia Line and Luke Bryan are best equipped to do this.

Little Big Town, however, defines how music can evolve in a good way. “Pain Killer” is an album that adds in some new elements without betraying where the group came from.

At once, Little Big Town can sound both modern and traditional. Three stars out of four.

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LETTER TO THE W&J COMMUNITY: FROM THE ALPHA CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA On May 1, 1848, the first or Alpha Chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity was established at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pa. Today the Alpha Chapter continues at Washington & Jefferson College and there are an additional 135 chapters located at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. The Alpha Chapter remains strong with 32 brothers including leaders in student government, campus-wide organizations and various W&J athletic teams.

However, in recent years, the chapter’s academic performance has fallen short of our standards. With the support of the chapter’s alumni and college officials, the chapter recently invited representatives from the Phi Gamma Delta International headquarters located in Lexington, Ky, to come to W&J and evaluate ways to improve all aspects of the chapter’s activities.

Over a 3 day period in Sept, the group from Lexington, met with the entire undergraduate chapter, chapter alumni and representatives of the college. Together we have developed a plan to dramatically improve all aspects of the chapter activities with a particular focus on chapter academics and our pledge program. The fraternity has a Pledge’s Bill of Rights which will allow all pledges to achieve the highest scholarship of which they are capable, while gaining knowledge of the fraternity and developing organizational and leadership skills.

Contrary to various stereotypes and images often portrayed in movies and on TV, hazing has never been endorsed or an acceptable method for a man to be “trained” or for him to “earn” his membership into our fraternity. In fact, hazing is directly contrary to the values and mission of Phi Gamma Delta. Penalties for violations are swift and serious. Phi Gamma Delta participates in a National Anti-Hazing Hotline. The toll-free number is 1-888-NOT-HAZE. The line is available to those who think they or students they know, have been or may be made to be victims of hazing.

There have been various rumors swirling around the campus that the Alpha Chapter was planning to close. We wanted to correct those false rumors and notify the entire W&J community of our plans to strengthen and improve our chapter allowing us to prepare for the next 166 years. Anyone interested in learning more about Phi Gamma Delta and particularly its Rush Program, please contact Patrick Wentz (wentzp@jay.washjeff.edu).

Thank you.

The Brothers of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta

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Pope Francis and Progress Should Joshua Dewaine Red&Black Staff Pope Francis, the current reigning Catholic pope, has been in office for almost two years now.

Within those two years the Catholic Church has taken more progressive strides forward than they have in over a thousand years. Pope Francis has been the most modern, progressive, and forward thinking pope, and he is exactly what the Catholic Church needs. Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope to become elected into office, which explains his forward thinking.

The members of the "Society of Jesus" are known as Jesuits and they are a group of maleonly Catholics that are focused on intellectual research, the spread of education and founding schools and universities. One of the major focuses of Francis's agenda involves working with the poor.

He took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi who was also heavily involved with missionary work with the poor.

Many of the decisions that Francis has made so far after his election have been large changes in the churches paradigm.

He no longer travels in the "popemobile," which was the bulletproof vehicle that has been commissioned since 1970. Instead of being protected by the specifically designed vehicle, Francis rides in an open air vehicle and even

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Pope Francis is becoming increasingly more liberal on issues such as gay rights, divorce and evolution.

walks through crowds to talk to people.

In addition, Francis has been one of the first popes to majorly condemn sex abuse of children within the church, adopting a zero tolerance policy towards anyone found to be involved with such acts.

Pope Francis has also been one of the leaders within the church in regards to accepting all people.

In fact, he recently personally married multiple Catholic couples that have had children out of wedlock or had previously been divorced. Just recently, the Pope declared that he believes in evoluation and the big bang.

In an interview in 2014, Francis said that "the church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in smallminded rules."

Pope Francis is working very hard to abolish those small-minded rules, and move the church into the 21st cen-

tury. As an atheist, I've never been a large fan of the Catholic Church and the principles that it abides by as a religion.

There are far too many archaic rules and guidelines that hold little to no weight in today's society and I believe that some of these principles simply hold us back from truly excelling within our society.

The number of Catholics is dropping rapidly all around the world, and having principles founded for a society that is 2000 years old does not help the church much.

Pope Francis, however, has been the most forward thinking and progressive pope to become elected, and his forward thinking will help the Catholic Church to grow and develop in the technological age.

Without a pope like Francis, the Catholic Church would be seeing even larger of a decline in attendance than they already are.

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Every year, thousands attend haunted houses to get scared out of their minds.

That seems to be the whole point and thrill of it.

Whether you love being scared or absolutely hate it, haunted houses can be really entertaining.

However, some questions have been raised that haunted houses should have a limit on how “scary” they really are.

This is probably due to the uproar in haunted houses that actually test how much you can handle in there.

There is even a haunted house in San Diego that is completely free, but promises that it will push you to your absolute limits with an atmosphere that seems more like your biggest nightmare. There are more attractions popping up everywhere because there are plentiful people in the world that love the thrill of getting scared.

So the real question is, should there be a limit or law constricting how “scary” a haunted house should be? I honestly do not think so. The

whole point of going to be scared.

And by putting this limit on it, I think people won’t want to go anymore because they will know what to expect.

Isn’t the whole fun of a haunted house to go around a corner and have no idea what is in store for you?

Of course it is. I believe that if people have an issue on what a haunted house does to scare you, then do not go.

Anyone can look up a haunted attraction and read the reviews and decide for themselves if they should go or not. Being someone that gets scared easily, but loves it, I think haunted houses should be as scary as they possibly can.

If I’m spending my money on this, I want to come home and be afraid of the dark or what might be creeping under my bed.

It seems to me that the people who are having issues with the scariness of haunted houses, are parents.

If that’s the case, then don’t talk your children to a haunted house, of course they are going to be frightened…that’s the whole point.

I say, let the attractions do what they want, as long as no one is getting physically hurt by it, then there is no real problem.

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Pennsylvania Governor Signs Mumia Abu-Jamal Law Siddhantha Bista Red&Black Staff To the many people that do not know Mumia Abu-Jamal - he is an internationally celebrated black writer and radio journalist.

He is an author of six published books and also has written hundreds of columns of articles.

Furthermore, he is known as the organizer and the inspirer for the Prison Lawyer’s Movement.

As a former member of the Black Panther Party, he is a

supporter of the Philadelphia’s racial MOVE organization.

Mumia Abu Jamal in 1982 was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of the Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner - an incident that took place on December 9, 1981.

However since the trial, Mumia has been held in isolation on Death Row. After loosing numerous appeals of the order, Philadelphia District Attorney on December 7, 2011 announced that he was giving up his attempts

to restore Mumia’s death sentence and now remains in prison under a sentence of life without parole. Last Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett signed a new law, that will allow the prosecutors and victims of a violent crime to sue the offender of, “conduct which perpetuates the continuing effect of the crime on the victim.”

Additionally, Philadelphia’s CBS affiliate, stated that the new law would allow victims and prosecutors to sue felons in prison even after they have served their time. The

law defines conduct that “perpetuates the continuing effect of the crime on the victim” as including behavior that causes the victim “mental anguish.”

On Tuesday, Corbett stated that the implementation of this law would check the “obscene celebrity” of convicts like Abu-Jamal.

Although Tom Corbett stated in his statement that “the law is not about any one single criminal”, Corbett signed the bill near the spot that the police officer Daniel Faulkner was killed. Jamal

who maintains that he is innocent has also built a following consensus among others who believe that he did not receive a fair trial.

Over the years, the case has derailed and people have various opinions on this topic.

Mumia Abu Jamal, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Goddard - from prison in 1996.

He has also given commencement addresses in 1999 to the students of Evergreen College and in 2000 to the graduates of Antioch College.

Notable Grade Differences Between Science and Humanities Students Sarah Peterson Red&Black Staff

As a person who wants to be an engineer one day, I am take a lot of science classes.

I frequently get remarks such as “How do you like having no life?” or “Wow, you must be extremely smart!”

This is a reference to the fact that science classes are much harder than classes in humanities or history.

We use logic and math to solve our problems and write for labs, but come test time, we must be satisfied

with getting a B or C when a humanities person will get an A for the same amount of work and studying done.

There is no comparison

because unlike them I will always have a job. There is always a need for engineers, whereas a political science major might have trouble

work is and the distribution of the points are the blame, but the emphasis is on that “it is not just about quantitative versus non-quantitative work.

We use logic and math to solve our problems and write for labs, but come test time, we must be satisfied with getting a B or C when a humanities person will get an A for the same amount of work and studying done. between humanities and the sciences when grading comes.

And like many other science majors my GPA suffers because of the B or C grade in at finals.

Now, everyone around me tells me that this is okay

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The Princeton Review has scientific data showing that overall the humanities give out more A’s than Physics which is not shocking to me.

They are detailing that the assignments, and advanced the

“Another emphasis is that fact that many people will take a 100 level science course just to fill a requirement and not continue with it, this difference might account for the lower test scores for the classes,” states the Princeton

Review. The data shows the higher level subjects fall into the grades where Princeton Review wants. Other people argue that the difference in the grades is due to the fact that the smaller departments that don’t focus on high demand skills are trying to lure students with easy grades instead of hard grades.

The professors would give more essays and papers rather than a test where it is either right or wrong.

I do think that there is a clear difference between the grading of science and humanities classes.

Yet, the reasons the Princeton Review provides for this difference is not that shocking to me.

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Corporations Invest in Egg Freezing for Female Employees Emily Sterk Red&Black Editor

Two giant corporations, Facebook and Apple, recently announced that they will cover up to $20,000 of the cost of egg freezing for female employees.

Apple will implement the policy next year as part of the company’s fertility benefits, while Facebook has been offering female employees its “lifetime surrogacy reimbursement” program since the start of this year. Coverage for

the procedure will offer women a more flexible schedule when deciding when or if to have children.

Although this is a great opportunity for women who wish to develop their careers before they have children, the freezing of eggs masks a significantly larger issue in today’s business-centered society: the fact that many women feel they must delay motherhood in order to prevent the loss of their career.

In the United States, income inequality does not only exist between men and women. Women with children are less likely to become hired by

employers than single, childless women. In fact, working moms earn much less than others with the same skills and experience level.

Employers discriminate against women who indicate that they are mothers, yet it should be mentioned that this discrimination does not exist between men who indicate that they are fathers.

Therefore, in an environment in which many women must balance motherhood and employment, the ability for a working woman to freeze her eggs may provide her with less stress and eliminate the feeling that she must start a

family when her biological clock suggest her to do so.

However, a woman should not have to decide between her career and her family. Rather than investing in highly expensive procedures for their female employees to freeze their eggs, businesses like Apple and Facebook should provide access to paid leave and childcare for those women who would prefer to start a family in a timely manner.

In countries like the United States where paid leaves do not exist, many women leave their jobs in replace of motherhood. With greater support

given to women throughout the course of their pregnancy, they will not feel like they have to choose a certain pathway, but can instead balance both aspects of their lives.

Women should not have to worry about how their family, current or future, will affect their careers and their ability to provide for them.

If businesses make investments in paid leave, childcare, or even the freezing of eggs, more women – and men – will be able to find a way to combine both work and parenthood and will not feel pressured to only pick one or the other.

The Income Inequality Behind Tipping Waiters Jenny Morris Red&Black Contributor

If you have ever been to a restaurant you’re met with the awkwardness how much to tip the waiter or waitress.

What started out as a reward for exceptional service has now become compulsive.

Still, tipping is a huge thing, accounting for around $44 billion in the U.S. food industry alone which is mind boggling.

That's why I'm proposing that we abolish tipping. Just get rid of it entirely.

In most states, restaurants are allowed to pay waiters far

less than the minimum wage.

The federal rate for servers in the U.S. is just $2.13 an hour, and in 19 states, that's what

ally accepted that when you go out to eat, you're supposed to leave a 20 percent tip for good service. But most people

low: If restaurants have to pay servers a higher hourly wage, they'll be forced to increase menu prices and that will

The federal rate for servers in the U.S. is just $2.13 an hour and in 19 states, that's what servers make. This is driving most waiters into poverty.

servers make.

This is driving most waiters into poverty because most people tip far less than what they should, and waiters only have so many tables they can actually wait on. It's gener-

don't tip that much, and if the service was not so great I’m tipping for less then what is recommended.

Here's one argument you often hear in favor of keeping the tipped minimum wage so

drive business away by giving people "sticker shock."

But in all likelihood, the price hike of your meal, or the mandatory service charge tacked on in lieu of a tip, would be roughly equal to

what you would have paid in tips anyway.

A bill introduced last year, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, would re-couple the hourly wage for tipped workers to the minimum wage.

If it passes, every restaurant in the country would have to pay servers a rate equal to 70 percent of the national minimum wage.

But the bill is opposed by the restaurant lobby and a number of Republican lawmakers, and it has only a minute chance of passing this year.

Almost always, the customers' issue isn't about the service but about not being able to handle their loss of control.

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How to Become Your Professor’s Favorite in Nine Easy Steps Shannon Adams Red&Black Staff This semester may be almost over, but it is never too late to butter up your professors and make them like you. You have nothing to lose at this point: the semester is almost over and it doesn’t hurt to be closer to your professors. Our roommate tips seemed to be a big hit, and to go over very well with roommates all over campus, so we decided to expand on our helpful inside tips.

1) Always give your opinion on everything that your professor says, whether you agree or not. Professors like when you bring up opposing opinions and express them very loudly to the whole class.

2) Bring your professor an apple every day to his/ her office, even if you do not have class with them that day.

We all know they live in their offices anyway and never get the chance to go get food.

3) Arrive to class right on

time. Not before class starts and not after class starts. Your class schedule says 9 am, be there exactly at 9 am.

4) Carry dry-erase markers of every color with you and when you feel like the professor forgot to mention something in the lecture, go up and add it to the board for the rest of the class to learn from. You do not need to ask permission for this: the professor will be grateful that you are sharing your knowledge with him/her and the class.

5) Never raise your hand.

When you do that, you are just wasting the professor’s time by making them call on you.

Actually, just let them know what you are thinking by stating it as soon as you think of it. Even if the professor is speaking go ahead and talk.

They value your opinion.

6) If you have a morning class, bring your breakfast with you and offer to share with only the professor. Breakfast

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the perfect holiday. What’s not to love?

Also, Halloween is pretty much the only day of the year where it is considered socially acceptable to act like a creepy weirdo. As a person who makes an effort to wake up every day and act like the creepiest weirdo imaginable, you can’t imagine what a relief Halloween is.

But without a doubt my favorite part of Halloween is telling scary stories. Normally

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With a little foresight, a positive attitude, and some grade-A brownnosing, your chemistry professor can soon become your new best friend.

is the most important meal of the day and it would be a shame to miss it. Pancakes are a big winner: who doesn’t like warm, sticky syrup getting all over themselves at work? I know I do!

7) E-mail your professor after class and ask if you can

help them in any way. They had a long rough day teaching many classes and you just want to help them so they can feel rested and ready for the next day.

8) Talk to your classmates about the subject that your professor is teaching during

class. It helps add to their experience and yours.

9) After a big test, try to ease the professor’s workload: offer to check the answers so your professor can get everyone’s grades posted to Sakai faster. Don’t forget your red pen!

I have a good one ready by the day itself. A real bone-chiller, the kind of story that’ll make you wake up in the middle of the night, too freaked out to go back to sleep.

But I don’t have one this year, I’m afraid. So instead, I have something that I hope is almost as good: some surprising facts about the human brain.

It has been reported that some victims of torture, during the act, will have their

minds retreat into a fantasy world from which they can not wake up.

In this catatonic state, the victim has no memory or knowledge of what was going on in the real world.

Instead, they live in a fantasy world, exactly like their normal life, except that they aren’t being tortured.

They won’t be able to wake up on their own, as the fantasy world their brain creates will be too realistic. The only way

they will realize that they need to wake up is from their subconscious, which leaves little messages hidden in the fantasy world for them to find.

The messages will tell them about their condition, and try to tell them that they need to wake up.

The problem is, a lot of the time it doesn’t work. The illusion is too powerful.

Even after the victim knows what is going on, usually they still refuse to please wake up.

From the Editor’s Desk: A Friendly Reminder for Halloween For starters, let me be the first to wish you all a very happy Halloween.

This has always been my favorite holiday, just because it combines so many great things at once: you wake up on a beautiful fall day, eat as much candy as you can get away with, and get to dress up in crazy costumes and party with friends. It’s pretty much

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Congratulations to the following W&J Greeks for being inducted into Order of Omega this Fall semester! Lauren DeBona, Abigail DeIuliis, Lindsey Dove, Elizabeth Ekstrand, Alexis Ferrari, Jake Meyers, Rachel Murphy, Jenna Nguyen, Thea Prince, Garett Pyle, Jennifer Suder, Stephanie Sweat, Jessica Sweitzer, Nicole Wagner and Patrick Wentz.

Order of Omega recognizes juniors and seniors who have exemplified high standards in the areas of scholarship, leadership, involvement within their respective organization and within the Greek, campus, and local community. Members are selected from the top 3% of students at each institution.

Congratulations to the Fall 2014 Inductees of Gamma Sigma Alpha: Hannah Baldwin, Lindsey Bennett, Kevin Blakley, Kristen Brosek, Christian Cotugno, Colleen Creehan, Marissa Dapra, Abigail DeIuliis, Amy Doherty, Lindsey Dove, Elizabeth Ekstrand, Taylor Freeman, John Georgino, Morgan Jenkins, Cody Kuhel, Abigail Kunkel, Vincent LeDonne, Courtney McCoy, Amber Meyer, Jake Meyers, Allison Morrissey, Rachel Murphy, Jenna Nguyen, Madison Peticca, Allison Rocha, Siddharth Sharma, Sarah Stovar, Stephanie Sweat, Jessica Sweitzer, Tzvetelina Vassileva, Nicole Wagner, Joshua Winters, Ariella Wostein and Scott Wytovich.

Students are eligible for membership in Gamma Sigma Alpha based on grade point average and membership in a Greek fraternity or sorority. The Society strives to uphold the high ideals of scholastic achievement and therefore, only students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) at the start of their junior year or a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in any semester during their junior or senior year are eligible.

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12 Presidents in PAC 60

Carley Adams Red&Black Editor Twelve former W&J swimmers and divers–eight women and six men–were named to the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) 60th Anniversary team.

The PAC was originally structured in 1955 by Wayne State University, John Carroll University, Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University. It will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout the 2014-15 academic year.

In celebration, the PAC will recognize 60 students who competed with leagueaffiliated institutions for their outstanding athletic performances. These students can be either past or present members, and they will be selected from 19 different championship sports to participate in celebratory teams created in honor of the 60th anniversary.

Sixteen past and present members of the PAC in total will participate in the celebration throughout the academic year. All 10 of the current PAC members are included as well,

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and some past members will be also be included granted that they have been affiliated with the conference for a minimum of 10 years.

Each school affiliated with the PAC has the opportunity to nominate a certain number of student athletes whom they deem deserving for consideration. Advisory committees specifically designated to each sport determine which of these student athletes will be recognized. These committees consist of either five or six past and present PAC coaches and administrators.

The eight W&J women chosen for the PAC celebratory team are: Cynthia (Alexander) Brozeski (’96), Lynn Cameron (’87), Bethany Haver (’12), Dana Holloway (’94), Kaitlyn Orstein (’08), Bethany Ross (’96), Rebecca (Webb) Ross (’93) and Amy Seman (’98).

The six W&J men chosen for the PAC celebratory team are: Tom Coughlin (’91), Peter Munger (’74), Rafael PerezMendez (’91), Pat Pyrch (’83), Dan Radke (’85) and Brandon Smith (’11).

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The Students Speak: How Are the Fitness Facilities?

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The Swanson Wellness Center (left) has an expansive weight room to help students stay physically fit. The Henry Memorial Gymnasium (right) houses most of the athletic facilities on campus, including offices, locker rooms, a basketball court, and a large Olympic-sized swimming pool. Both buildings are free for students to use.

Shannon Adams Red&Black Staff W&J students care passionately about keeping fit and healthy, and have the facilities necessary to stay in shape. We have two wellness centers on campus, both of which receive heavy use throughout the year, by both students, faculty, and the community. We have the Swanson Wellness Center across from the Hub, and the Henry Memorial Gym by Bica and Upperclass.

The Wellness Center seems to be more frequented than the Henry Gym. However, intramural sports are played more in the Henry Memorial Gym or on the Olin lawn. The Henry Gymnasium

is popular with athletes, who have their locker rooms and playing areas inside. However, most other students feel like they have little reason to work out there.

Junior Jake Humes goes to the Swanson center every week. “It’s pretty swag,” he remarked. “It has literally everything you need for a good workout. It’s only problem is that the indoor track is small due to the size constraints.”

Because of the small track, Jake has been seen running around campus instead of inside the Wellness Center.

Another student who enjoys the Wellness Center is Julia Price, Junior. “It’s got more than enough equipment for working out, and it’s all easy

to use.”

Julia also uses the circular track on the upper level of the Swanson Center. “The track upstairs is really nice too. It’s not just useful for running, but it usually isn’t crowded so you can do exercises without using the machines downstairs and getting in people’s way,” she continued.

Julia also thinks that if the Wellness Center had a bathroom or changing area it would be a nice touch-especially when it gets cold outside--so you don’t have to walk to the gym in your workout clothes.

Besides running on the track upstairs, students can also use the treadmills and exercise bikes downstairs on the

main level. Junior Joe Otteni uses the treadmills when he goes to the Wellness Center.

“The treadmills are nice, but they are not accurate for keeping a mile time.”

He also said that maintenace is a concern in Swanson: “if the equipment gets broken, it takes them a long time to fix it.”

He would like to see the equipment fixed in a more timely manner in the future.

Another Junior, Jessica Price, commented favorably on the Wellness Center. “For the most part, I like it. You’re able to just focus on however you like to work out. Nobody disturbs you, and they have a nice selection of machines.”

She also, however, had some

things that she disliked about the Wellness Center. “It gets very hot in there, and I wish we could open the windows. I am not sure why we aren’t allowed to.”

The students have spoken, and it seems that the Wellness Center is a favorite among the student body.

Non-athletes enjoy the central location on campus, the large number of different weight machines, and the indoor track uptairs for jogging during the cold weather.

But at the same time, they all agreed that it could use some serious improvements in the future, like better ventilation, quicker repairs to equipment, and a bigger track on the top floor.