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Friday, March 8, 2013

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Volume 96, Number 18

SGA announces presidential candidates

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Benjamin Motyl "I believe I can be a very good leader for campus by representing all of the clubs and organizations and collaborating with faculty, staff, and administration to create a more welcoming, student-friendly campus."

Party: T.O.G.A "Together Our Goals Achieve" Executive Board: Abby Schone, Vice President of Financial Affairs; Kelly Moore, Vice President of Campus Outreach; Zach Hall, Vice President of Internal Affairs; Dan Estes, Vice President of Student Affairs.

Rogers (Buddy) Clements "I think I can be a good leader for this campus because I reach out to everyone.

Everyone I meet, I want to be their friend. I want to apply that to the President position to bring the student body together and unify the school."

Party: The Distance Party "Going the Distance for the Student Body" Executive Board: Megan Burr, Vice President of Student Affairs; Dustin Norcross, Vice President of Internal Affairs; Anthony Plumberg, Vice President of Campus Outreach; No Candidate for Vice President of Financial Affairs

Platform: Graduate Students ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)

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With the debate last year between SGA and The Association of Graduate Students (AGS), AGS wanted to break from SGA because they couldn't do what they wanted with funding offered from SGA. Motyl wants to compromise with AGS and create separate funding policies for them, and wants to better represent them with more than two graduate senators on senate.

Motyl wishes to make campus more disability-friendly, especially the Smith Student Center. The CSIL has a "Knock for Assistant" sign, and the button to open the front doors, opens both doors at the same time, without allowing enough time for people to come through. Motyl would also like to make the Student Center a more welcoming, school-spirited environment.

Motyl believes the scheduling system at SRU could use some reform.

"We need better awareness of when classes are offered, and a better scheduling order," Motyl said. Motyl created a new model for the scheduling system, and believes that Provost Way is adaptable to change. The model consists of athletes and students with disabilities scheduling first, but reordering honor students based on class rank.

Sustainability

The Face of SGA Organization Involvement

Clements is already involved in many sustainability projects through the Geography, Geology, and the Environment program. Clements wishes to bring more sustainability programs to campus, including starting an off-campus recycling program for commuters.

"I want people to know who SGA is and what we do," Clements said. Clements wants students to come to SGA whenever they have an issue. This year they have already started to fix this problem, but Clements said he wants to step forward again in the future.

Clements feels that many organizations on campus are currently under appreciated. He wants to bring more recognition to organizations like Greek Life and the Arts.

"I want everyone to feel equal and involved," Clements said.

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SGA President Dave Wolfe prepares to wrap up first year, reflects on SRU career

By Heather McClure Rocket Contributor

Current President of the Student Government Association, David Wolfe, is wrapping up his senior year and preparing to hand off his position as president.

Wolfe, of Collier Township, Pa., is a dual major in sport management and communication, and currently carries a 3.4 GPA. Wolfe became a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s board of governors in October. This new position with PASSHE adds another accomplishment to a long list of them on Wolfe’s resume.

“What I think got me the position was that I didn’t have the typical resume of the other applicants,” Wolfe said. “One of the interviewers actually mentioned that to me while I was being interviewed. I didn’t have the typical resume of every other student government president. I wasn’t a senator, then vice president, then president. I’ve done program board. I’ve done residence hall stuff. I’ve never been

on student government. I think that new dynamic was something that really interested them and made me qualified for this position.

Because I’m bringing different experiences to the board as a student, opposed to the same old student experiences they usually get.”

Wolfe’s resume includes the following positions, starting from his freshman year at the university: Treasurer of Building E, half a semester as President of Building E, half a semester as the Vice President of Finance of the Association of Residence Hall Students, Vice President of Speakers for the University Program Board, Vice President of Concerts for the University Program Board, and SGA President. But what is it that drives Wolfe to do all of this? Wolfe said it began before he was a student at SRU. “My parents weren’t sure that I was ready for college,” Wolfe said.

“I was a waste in high school.”

Wolfe discussed a story his mom told him about his father when Wolfe was young. He said his father was diagnosed with cancer, and was given only a 30 percent chance of survival. His dad battled

the fight of his life, and was successful in doing so. His mother told him that his dad fought to stay alive for Wolfe and his two siblings.

“I knew I could never work as hard as my dad did,” Wolfe said.

“But I knew I needed to try, and say that I did. I began building my resume during my freshman year. I had wondered what else I could do to enrich my college experience and help get a good job in the future. One day an email came in to apply for a position with UPB. Fortunately for me, they were looking for male students because the year before they had a staff of only females.”

Wolfe said he did well in that interview, and was given the position as the VP of Speakers. He also got a position with ARHS that year.

Wolfe said he worked hard at those positions, which is what allowed him to get the VP of Concerts his junior year of college.

“During my time as the VP of Concerts, my advisor told me that SEE WOLFE, PAGE A-2

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Come and dance the night away on March 8, 2013 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Smith Student Center Ballroom! $5 admission - Salsa lesson first half hour - Featuring Pittsburgh DJ and Professional Latin Dance Instructor, Loyal Martinez. Sponsored by SGA and SOL - Late Night Rules Apply.

Visiting Artist Emily Walley The Martha Gault Art Society Lectures Series presents Emily Walley. The artist's lecture will be held Tuesday, March 12th during common hour. The event is located in Room 107 of Art Building I.

Marjorie Stephenson Scholarship March 15 is the deadline to apply for the Marjorie Stephenson Scholarship. See the Library home page for more information, or contact Judy Silva, chair, Marjorie Stephenson Scholarship, at judith.silva@sru.edu.

Next Edition will be March 29 The next print edition of The Rocket will be March 29, 2013. There will be a two week hiatus for the University's spring break.

To submit a Rock Note please send your announcement by 6 p.m. Wednesday to Jonathan Janasik at jtj9529@sru.edu or to rocket.news@sru.edu. The Rocket does not guarantee that all requests will be published in the paper.

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Diversity and Inclusion commission hosts annual series

By Erica Kurvach Staff Reporter

SRU hosted its fourth annual Diversity and Inclusion Series in the Smith Student Center Ballroom this week to help educate the campus about individual and collective thoughts and voices, one of the Tenets of Higher Education.

The three-day event featured SRU’s faculty, students, alumni and external speakers to share about topics such as disability, women and sexuality.

Keynote Speakers Ms. Ann Cody, Dr. Donna Lopiano and Dr. Wendy Murphy focused on Title IX: Today and Tomorrow.

The title has pages of statutes of regulations.

“Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity,” according to the United States Department of Justice. “The principal objective of Title IX is to avoid the use of federal money to support sex discrimination in education programs and to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices. Title IX applies, with a few specific exceptions,

to all aspects of federally Wendy stated, Title IX is about funded education programs or civil rights, within the whole scope of education. That was why activities.”

Almost 200 students attended it was our theme this year. We Murphy’s Rape, Sex and the Law: needed to educate our university What All Students Should Know of the bigger scope of Title IX, workshop on Monday at 9:30 in addition to the advances with sports.” a.m. Murphy, a Dr. Cindy national expert L a C o m , on the legal an English and cultural professor and responses to director of sexual violence, the Women’s spoke about S t u d i e s what rape is and program, said at her 12:30 p.m.

M u r p h y ’s presentation she presentation informed about addressed a Title IX and critical issue. gender rights Scan QR code for Dr. Cindy LaCom's reaction to Diversity and Inclusion Series or “For me and civil rights. visit youtube.com/theSRUrocket. it’s important "One of the because it main things Wendy highlighted was that for affects students in the room some reason Title IX, in its 40 whether you are a woman or year history, has been primarily a man,” LaCom said. “We are associated with sports" Dr. all affected by a culture where Jessamine Montero Michaels, sexual assault and rape are Senior Officer for Diversity and normalized.”

This is the first year SRU Inclusion and Special Assistant to the President, said. "In the had alumni speakers for the general population and even workshops. Alumni Sheryl E. here with our own campus, it Smith ‘74 and Jody Brylinsky is often all that we know it to ‘77, Wilma Cavill ’52, Dr. Joanne be. Although we’ve made great Leight ‘87 and Carol Matteson advances in Title IX with sports, ‘68 presented a panel discussion it’s so much more than that. As on Title IX on Monday.

SRU defines diversity as “Our individual differences and group/ social identities,” and inclusion as “Our active, intentional, and daily engagement with diversity, where we increase awareness, content knowledge, intra- and interpersonal skills, and an understanding of how individuals interact within groups and systems.”

“That’s what the Diversity and Inclusion Series is about,” Montero Michaels said.

“It’s teaching us about us. It’s teaching us about the diversity and differences that make each of us unique, and equally as important. It’s teaching us about how to interact and socialize with each other given our unique differences.”

The four Presidents Commissions are Disability, LGBTQ!, Race and Ethnicity and Women’s.

“We still have a good bit of work to do, but [women] would not be here without the Title IX,” Montero Michaels said.

“Many of our faculty, staff, administrators and our alumni have said that ‘without Title IX they were not allowed’ during their earlier years to have been in particular schools or graduate programs.”

Wolfe receives praise from SRU Faculty Continued from Page A-1

it was time to take on a new challenge,” Wolfe said. “It was suggested to me that I run for SGA President.”

Wolfe eventually became SGA President, and said one day he received an email from the Office of the President at the university and was told he should consider applying for the board of governors position. He said that once again, he had to give it a shot, because he wanted to try and work as hard as his father did. “A lot of it goes back to my dad and taking chances,” Wolfe said. “I never did that in high school.”

Faculty members also applaud Wolfe’s accomplishments.

“Dave is an exceptional young man,” said the Sport Management Department chair and professor, Dr. Catriona Higgs. “He is mature for his age and he is a good student.

He assumes responsibility very easily. He contributes a lot for the events in the major.

Honestly, I wish I had 160 students just like him in the major.”

Faculty members also agree that Wolfe was a great person to get the position with PASSHE. Brad Kovaleski, 33, has known Wolfe for three years and has been one of his advisors while serving as the SGA President.

“Dave understands how to balance staff and campus needs with the needs of the organization,” said Kovaleski. “He has a strong skill set that will benefit the organization well.”

Wolfe feels that since he became SGA President he has changed. He said he felt

he used to be a one dimensional person, and he felt that this could be changed if he got involved with organizations and diversity groups on campus. He did not take on positions with the boards of these organizations and groups, but he did help them as much as he could by offering advice in various areas that they needed it. “It was sort of like business consulting,” Wolfe said.

He said he has also partaken in various other activities, like diversity summits to make himself a better leader, and sexual assault assistance training, which allows him to help fellow students who have been sexually assaulted and guide them to the proper people and places to go on campus.

Wolfe, who Kovaleski and Higgs characterize as a hardworking, personable man with great leadership skills and determined to succeed, has goals for both the SGA and PASSHE organizations.

“As far as SGA goes, I would like to create a better understanding for the students of what SGA does and how we help student organizations stay in line with SRU goals,” Wolfe said.

He said they are currently working on making an incentive plan for student organizations to create a few large events, rather than a variety of small events. He also said that SGA is no longer working alone to make SRU a better place for the students who attend and the staff and faculty that work there.

As far as the board goes, Wolfe said he knows the decisions he makes will impact

students for years to come.

“I’m making decisions for thousands of people,” Wolfe said. “With student government I’m affecting this campus. To be perfectly honest, not every decision I make affects every student. It maybe affects 500 or 1,000 students. For this position, I’m learning how to make decisions that affect well over 20,000 students, and an endless number of potential incoming students for many years to come."

"Hypothetically speaking, if I create a policy on something, whatever I could create a policy on, and it stays around for 10 years, there is 100,000 people affected by a decision that I helped make. Learning how to interact with people I will never meet, through phone calls, through emails, through talking to people who may know these people. Learning how to do that, and think about more than just myself and how it effects the people directly around me when I make a decision is going to help me greatly in the future as a manager or whatever it is I do someday.”

Wolfe said that he will be an active member of the board of governors through the summer of 2013 when he graduates from SRU. He believes that this opportunity is his current claim to fame because everyone on campus saw it, and people who he didn’t even know were congratulating him on this accomplishment. Wolfe, along with faculty and staff who have worked with him, also feels that this will be a great resume builder and networker for him and his future career.

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Police Blotter Campus Feb. 28 – There was a report of theft of a wallet in Building D. The case is under investigation.

Feb. 28 – There was a report of harassment.

The incident was referred to Student Conduct.

March 1 – Austin Davis, 19; David Folkmire, 18; Stephen Maskrey, 19; and Kenneth McCracken, 20; were cited with underage consumption of alcohol after an alcohol violation at Building E. March 2 – Kayla Washington, 19, was cited with underage consumption of alcohol after a report of an intoxicated individual at the bus stop on Rock Pride Drive.

March 2 – Sarah Brown, 18; Shannon Golden, 19; Alexander Hudson, 20; Abigail Marks, 20; Kelsey McRoberts, 18; Kayla Westphal, 18; and Jacob Murphy, 18, were cited with underage consumption of alcohol after a report of an alcohol violation at Building D. March 2 – The SRU campus police assisted the borough police with a medical emergency. The person was life flighted to UPMC hospital.

March 3 – Campus Police assisted the borough police with a DUI traffic stop on Campus Drive at Kiester Road.

March 3 – A vehicle was booted in the Founder’s Lower Lot for unpaid tickets.

March 6 – An unknown person(s) cut the fence along the Water Tower. Maintenance was notified to repair.

March 4 – Gage Decampli, 18, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on North Road.

March 6 – A student reported her lug nuts were loosened on her car and she was receiving harassing phone calls at Building F. The case is under investigation.

March 5 – There was a report of theft of a power cord from a computer’s CPU at Bailey Library. The case is under investigation.

March 6 – There was a fire alarm activation at Rock Apartments Building 1. The police responded and the reason for activation is unknown. Safety was notified to check detectors in rooms.

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Professors believe humanities degrees teach useful career skills

By Jonathan Janasik Rocket News Editor

English, history and philosophy majors are commonly asked what kind of job they wish to have after graduation because of their degrees in the humanities.

“There’s no doubt that there is that there is pressure on higher education to look at a direct linkage between what you study in your bachelor’s degree and what you do for your career,” SRU president Cheryl J. Norton said. “I suspect that a lot of that has developed as a result of the cost of education. I think we’ve hit that critical point where people are saying, ‘Well, I’ve paid a lot for this and it should pay me back’. We’re definitely a society that has a cost-benefit ratio built in.”

Norton believes that there are some programs that have a direct link to a job, and it can be important for students to decide on these majors quickly in order for them to get a jump start into their career. Examples of these would be education and nursing.

“There is generally a belief within the university that humanities degrees don’t prepare you for particular jobs and thus if your goal is to graduate and find a good job, the humanities might not be the best option,” philosophy department chairperson and professor Dr. Bradley Wilson explained. “There is some truth to that.”

Wilson explained that majoring in one of the humanities is a good choice if you are not sure what kind of job

you are looking for. This is because the humanities provide opportunities to learn general skills relating to reading, writing, and problem solving. While these aren’t job specific skills, they can be used in a variety of different settings.

According to Wilson, many jobs will train the individual specialized skills to students after they are hired.

One common misconception is that students are locked into only being a student in the sciences or the humanities.

“These are not mutually exclusive programs,” Wilson said. “You can do both. You can get a business degree and a history degree, or a communications degree with a philosophy degree. I would argue very strongly that the business major with the history degree will be much more employable than the businessperson without a history degree.

In a way that is the most powerful combination. You have job specific skills and you have evidence that you can use critical thinking and can solve problems.“ Wilson stated that the jobs students may have in five or ten years may not even exist yet, much like how the development of social media has recently affected many occupations. So with that in mind, having a broad skillset may give students and advantage in these new upcoming jobs.

Geology, Geography and Environment associate professor Dr. Jack Livingston stated that he believes that students in the

humanities have plenty of opportunities to find jobs after graduation.

“You don’t get a job because you know how to do something,” Livingston said.

“You get a job because you can learn how to do something. That, to me, is a much better way to think about it.

Demonstrate that you can learn and communicate, and you will get a job.”

With that being said, Livingston explained that although we may assume that students graduating with degrees in the humanities such as English should be good writers, but that is not always true. Students have to prove that they’ve learned these skills.

Often times, employers ask for a specific blanket degree such as biology, for example, when asking for applicants.

Livingston believes that if students in the humanities are at least able to prove that they know some of the basic concepts of biology, then they would most likely be qualified for that position. Because SRU requires at least two science courses and one math course, this gives students an opportunity to broaden their skills and interests. He stated that these liberal arts courses are important to all students because these classes allow students to become more well-rounded individuals.

“The United States has been built on creativity and problem solving,” Livingston said. “We have always been a culture of innovation. The more you pigeonhole people, the less innovative they will be.”

Business professor Dr. John Buttermore explained that students need to learn three main skills in order to be successful.

The three skills that students need to develop are communication, problem solving, and collaboration. Buttermore believes that most programs at SRU, including the humanities, teach these important skills.

There are exceptions to this rule for jobs that require high-level skills right out of school, such as accounting and financial management.

Buttermore explained that there is more to being successful in business than just being able to demonstrate those three skills. He compared students to college football players that are preparing for the upcoming NFL draft.

These students have well defined goals, and have enough motivation to put in the time to work toward them. He stated that if students were to approach their schoolwork with the same amount of motivation and drive that football players do in order to prepare for the draft, they would be able to accomplish much more.

“A wel l - m ot iv ate d hu m an it i e s individual can be the next CEO of IBM or General Electric or GM just as easily as some kid coming through the best management school,” Buttermore said.

“It comes back to that personal skillset that you have to develop, and combine that with some serous goals and the motivational to achieve those goals.”

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English, philosophy still valuable degrees to earn There is a joke floating around college campuses about how English majors have a bright future working as Starbucks baristas upon graduation.

While not exactly a funny joke, it does stem from a fairly common perception of a select group of majors offered by most universities, including Slippery Rock University. And we’re not talking about English majors being pompous cafe visitors.

Majors such as English, philosophy, or any of the arts are targets for the jabs about their usefulness in the modern world and the job outlook for their graduates.

While there does seem to be some proof to the job outlook for this select group of majors, we at the Rocket would like to stand behind our peers and

their educational pursuits.

Is it more difficult to get a job with a philosophy degree?

Maybe. Not a lot of companies are hiring philosophers at the moment, so law school might be on of the few options for graduates in that department.

English is a difficult degree to list on your resume while searching for a job as well.

But just because these majors do not lend themselves to a career like biology does to being a biologist or journalism does to being a journalist, it does not mean they are not important and valuable skills.

English and philosophy, for example, produce great thinkers that can better ser ve the community in different fields.

These skills were once praised for their importance. Well

In the Quad In the Quad is a segment in which random students, faculty and staff are asked for their opinions on a specific topic.

respected and educated people were well versed in English and philosophy.

Now majoring in these fields has become almost a joke at times.

Part of the reason is a national trend in devaluing education.

Being well versed in classic literature is not as important to college students today as it once was. But if anything, that should make the English and philosophy majors all that more valuable. These students actually have these skills and knowledge.

As for the lack of options the majors provide after graduation, graduates just need to know where to look. It’s a tough job market for everyone at the moment. Those two majors in particular lend themselves

nicely to students wishing to continue their education after their undergraduate degree.

Regardless of whether or not graduates from those programs want to continue into the workforce or their education, their degree will provide them with various opportunities.

Not only that, their quality of life upon receiving an enlightening degree will surely provide happiness as well.

It is easy to poke fun at certain majors but there really is no point in doing so. If a student is really passionate about a topic, especially time-honored majors like English and philosophy, they should feel confident pursuing their educational goals. They have the same level of knowledge to offer the world as other graduates.

This week’s question: Do you think history, English and philosophy are useful majors?

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Morgan Martinez Junior Psychology major Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ben Zeiger Junior Psychology and philosophy major Hometown: New Castle, Pa.

Cayla Ellenberger Junior History and philosophy major Hometown: Rockland, Pa.

“Yes I do because philosophy is for critical thinking, structure arguments and general rational structure of thoughts. History is good because you need to learn from your past. Without history you wouldn’t have the past to build from. For English, it is good to learn the language so that you can speak and comprehend properly.”

“Practically, English obviously is important. Whereas philosophy and history are better to apply to other fields. Academically, all three should be necessary to all three fields.”

“Most definitely because I think research skills that you get from history and philosophy are very useful when you get out of the university.

Philosophy, history and English are very writing intensive and writing is a useful skill.”

Opinion IX helping women, but Feminist progress needs Title holding many sports back to go beyond Title IX March 8, 2013

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Susan Gardner FMLA This week there was a Diversity and Inclusion series focused on Title IX. I’m sure many of you have gone to some of these events, or maybe just one, or some of you may have no idea what I’m talking about. Some of you may even ask what Title IX is.

A quick description of the education amendment states that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

Title IX also protects from discrimination on the basis of sex in employment and employment practices in educational programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.

The prohibition encompasses, but is not limited to, recruitment, advertising, hiring, upgrading, tenure, firing, rates of pay, fringe benefits, leave for pregnancy and childbirth, and participation in employer sponsored activities.

The amendment expanded in 1987 adding that the definition of the program or activity should include all the operations of an educational institution, governmental entity or private employer that receives federal funds.

The amendment was originally set into motion in 1972. This document forced universities to forbid sex discrimination in all academic services including, but not limited to, admissions, financial aid, academic advising, housing, athletics, recreational services, college residential life programs, health services, counseling and psychological services, Registrar’s office, classroom assignments, grading and discipline.

Whoever decides to act against this

amendment has to go through the Office of Civil Rights. They are in charge of giving the universities funding, and if they find the university is not in compliance with this document, they lose funds, and their “good reputation.” In order for the university to be found guilty of noncompliance, someone has to file a complaint, after the complaint is filed it has to be approved by the OCR then the OCR begins an investigation of the university.

Although this document was approved by congress in 1972, there is still much more progress to be made. For example, I’m sure some of you, when asked what Title IX is would have responded with it being a document about allowing women to play sports, and in some aspects yes, it is, but ultimately, it is much more.

This document has been made because women were not granted the same opportunity to an education as men. It has been made because women were and are still being discriminated against in the workplace.

Some of you may think everything is okay now that we have this amendment. Some of you may question why the Diversity and Inclusion series was focused on Title IX. I’ll tell you why.

Simply because there is still discrimination in the work place; women continue to fight for equal pay, women are continuing to get harassed when going to work, women are getting raped at colleges and universities and nothing is being done about it (i.e. Harvard sexual assault case in 2010), there is much more to add to this list.

The main focus of this article is to let you all know there is still work to be done. The women and men before us have gotten us this far, now it is our time to finish what they have started.

Susan Gardner is a sophomore Social Work major from Sharon, Pa., and is the current president of FMLA at SRU.

Glory days of rock music seem to be in the past

Michael Santoro Observation Station What’s your favorite kind of music? That question can lead to all kinds of answers.

With an abundance of genres already existing and more being created, there’s a lot to choose from. My answer is rock music, followed closely by rap. These two genres have seen changes and major blows to their stability, yet are still in existence and listened to by hundreds of thousands of people today. The first, rock music, has been my favorite ever since I was a child. Yet I didn’t get to fully experience its heyday, and now I’m not sure if a resurgence is even likely.

Being born in 1990, I had a pretty limited scope in terms of what I could discover in my own lifetime. Gone were the days of The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.

Although some would put each of these three bands into different categories of rock, they all had their fair share of influence on the genre. I grew up during the 1990s alternative rock scene. This exposed me to Nirvana, Weezer, No Doubt and Sublime, among others. I thought the 90s were a great decade for not only rock music, but almost every style. Some of the best music made in each genre found its way to our ears.

That’s enough of me plugging

my favorite decade, though.

So I missed, only by a year, the decade before: the 80s.

While my parents love it, I’m not too convinced that rock was as good as it was both the previous and following decade.

We had Guns N’ Roses, but the majority of their work came out in the early 1990s. Same holds true for bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction. Van Halen had their peak in the 80s, but that doesn’t take into account their first couple albums, which many find to be the best and most influential. I will give the 1980s credit where credit is due, though. Genesis experienced their second peak, Mötley Crüe, Warrant, and Ratt were doing their thing, and U2 was finally hitting it big. Looking at the previous decade, it’s not hard to wonder why the 80s are hard to compare to the 70s.

The 1970s was an amazing decade for rock music. Taking the newly standard pop sensibilities found in certain kinds of music, bands began intermingling rock style with other styles. Led Zeppelin, Foreigner, The Allman Brothers Band, David Bowie, Aerosmith: all sound different from each other yet all fall under the category of rock music.

Even Pink Floyd, one of the most well-known psychedelic rock bands, released some of their best albums in the 70s.

There are so many bands that weighed in and changed the norm that I have to leave it for now. As my second favorite decade of music, it’s hard not to go into how many bands early on changed the face of rock music.

The decade prior, the 1960s, gave us the band of the decade: the British sensation,

The Beatles. You only need to give that as evidence of music’s importance in the 1960s. It also wouldn’t hurt to bring into light Bob Dylan’s and The Rolling Stones’ emergences as well as The Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix making some of their best tunes. These artists, some of which are still touring and recording now, gave the 1960s hits that would become mainstays on the radio. As I said before, The Beatles is the main band of this decade.

The 1970s I would give to Led Zeppelin, the 1980s would go to Journey (although I’d make an argument for The Smiths,) and the 1990s would have to belong to Nirvana (also an argument for Sublime or Pavement, too.)

But what about the noughties: from 2000-2010.

Although it breaks my heart to say so, Nickelback may have to lay claim to that decade. I know, I’m saddened by typing that as well, but who else would we be able to give it to? Jimmy Eat World? Kings of Leon? The Killers? None of these bands have garnered the abundance of sales and fan base that Nickelback has, unfortunately.

Which brings me to my sad realization that rock’s brightest moments may have already passed us. Although the 1990s saw a resurrection of rough, feedback-driven, guitar-laden rock from the synth ways of the 1980s, will we see one now?

Rock music is in a bleak spot, and I hope sometime soon a band or artist will come along and shake things back to where they belong.

Michael Santoro is a senior public relations major from Pittsburgh.

Kristin Karam Commentary Title IX had a huge impact on women’s sports when it was enacted in the 70s. Since then, women’s sports have continued to grow and develop and society seems to have accepted that women want, can and will succeed in the world of sports.

I feel that a major revision is necessary. The focus should shift from strictly gender equality to equal opportunity for all. Certain stereotypes will still follow many female athletes, but every group of people gets stereotyped. It doesn’t make it right, but that’s the reality of it.

I’ll address what most people would expect me to first, the issue of cheerleading. By Title IX’s definition of a sport, cheerleading doesn’t fall into that category because our primary focus and time commitment (excluding all-star cheerleading) isn’t competition. I love competing but being a huge sports fan I also like having that close-up experience of games. That being said, unless something changes, cheerleading is fighting a losing battle with Title IX. USA Cheer is trying to change cheerleading so that it fits into Title IX’s requirements.

They developed Stunt, which essentially breaks parts of cheerleading down into quarters. There is a playbook for the first three quarters with pre-determined stunt, tumbling, pyramid and basket toss sequences. The fourth quarter is essentially a competitive routine minus the cheer. Even though it was fun to be a part of Stunt (SRU put together a team to help with Stunt’s NCAA application process), I can’t see it ever replacing the already existing competitions.

Now that that’s out of the way, I’ll address some of my more relatable concerns with Title IX. I’m all for women getting the opportunity to participate in sports, but I don’t like that some sports have been negatively affected. Many schools have had to push sports down into the club category in order to comply with Title IX. If something is a sport, it deserves to be recognized as such regardless of gender. For example, our men’s lacrosse team is considered a club, but I feel they have the right to be recognized as a school sport just like the women do.

Also, I don’t feel that it is fair that teams should be weighted so that they follow Title IX. Rosters should be based on talent levels, not on gender rations.

For example, take a look at our cross-country team. There are so many female runners, which is awesome, but to keep numbers fair, there are very few males. I don’t understand how it is fair to turn away men that have the talent and want to participate just to keep things statistically

even.

Don’t get me wrong, Title IX has done amazing things for women’s sports, but I feel that by continuing to focus on gender statistics, we’re holding many athletes back. We’re taking scholarship opportunities away from athletes that attend universities that don’t list their sport as a sport. Similarly, I feel that we’re holding ourselves back as well. We’re trying to get to a place of equal opportunities for all, but we’re constantly dividing the numbers and looking for issues or something to blame.

For example, football is one of Title IX’s biggest concerns because of the amount of money universities invest in it.

Because so much money goes into supporting football, cuts for men’s sports usually come from the less publicized sports. These smaller programs tend to face many struggles and sometimes fall apart.

I think that by recognizing more sports, opportunities would be opened up for athletes. It should be less about the numbers and more about the participants themselves. If a university has enough athletes that want to compete as a sport and represent the school, the opportunity to do so should be there. Yes, I understand that could get hectic and stressful, especially for the Athletic Director, but I do feel it would be worth it.

Kristin Karam is a junior communication major and the Assistant Sports Editor for the Rocket.

Online dating can teach you a lot about yourself

Jon Janasik Commentary After my girlfriend broke up with me, a friend tried to comfort me by saying that there are plenty of fish in the sea. I honestly have no idea what the hell he was trying to tell me. I’ve got blue balls and a broken heart, how the funk is a healthy population of fish supposed to compensate for that?

One thing that never ceases to cheer me up is to do some investigative reporting for the Rocket. Using this breakup as a new lease on life, I decided to partake in a personal study of how internet dating works. To be more specific, I decided to look at some popular websites like eHarmony, the Craigslist personals, and, of course, sugardaddyforme.com in order to see what women are looking for in men.

The first surprising trend that I noticed was the abundant amount of girls asking for a “Redneck Romeo”. Truck nuts. Plastic ballsacks dangling from the back of a pick-up truck is first thing that comes to mind when anybody says the word ‘redneck’, so associating one of literature’s most famous characters with that stereotype creates a ridiculous image in my head. I imagine Romeo throwing empty cans of Budweiser at Juliet’s window, and asking her if she wants to come over to watch NASCAR. Also, spoilers for anybody who hasn’t finished reading Romeo and Juliet yet: Romeo is super clingy and he kills himself. So unless that’s what you’re looking for in a relationship, I don’t think that a

“Redneck Romeo” is actually what aspects. They have big muscles, you’re looking for. nice cars, and loud guns. This is Another phrase that is a bit of a problem because I am a commonly used on these sites bit shrimpy, I don’t have enough is “tired of boys, looking for money for a good car, and I’m men”. This one also struck me afraid of loud noises. Looking at as odd, because all three of these these attributes, it seems as if I’m websites require you to be 18 or utterly screwed when it comes to older to sign up. Is there really proving myself as a man. a rampant problem with kids 16 That’s when it hit me. John and under signing up for these Lennon, singer and guitarist of the websites? If that is the case, I would Beatles was also quite shrimpy and recommend that they should stick I’m pretty sure he was afraid of with these boys, because they seem loud noises! Recently I heard a like real go-getters. These are the story about him that put all of my types of boys who aren’t afraid to fears back into perspective. His get shit done. wife, Yoko Ono, recently released Maybe these women aren’t a clothing line in honor of her late talking about boys as an age husband. According to Yoko, the range, but rather as a sort of clothes would pay tribute to her negative mentality within grown favorite aspects of Lennon. The men. If that is the case, what is it clothes feature large handprints on that separates the boys from the the crotch of the trousers and even men? The amount of money in more handprints on the man-boob his wallet? Amount of hair on his area of the shirt. Simply put, it’s chest? The size of his truck nuts? beautiful.

This led me to another This story really spoke to me. important question: Am I a man? Maybe I shouldn’t be asking myself I was the pinnacle of masculinity what women want from me. I’m not in the fifth grade. I was the best at going to find happiness pretending playing Super Nintendo games, I to be a “Redneck Romeo” or by owned an impressive collection unraveling the mysteries of what it of stuffed animals (girls love means to be a man. In order to be sensitivity), and I was the first happy, I think that that I need to boy to grow a mustache, and I’ve be like Lennon and find somebody always considered that to be the who cares about me for me. What’s day that I officially became a man. really important in life is to find But now that I’m going through somebody that will carry on your this existential crisis, I’m starting legacy long after you’re gone. to second guess myself.

So to my ex-girlfriend if you’re When I think of the reading this, I hope you remember quintessential men, I think of all of the good times we had. I hope Arnold Schwarzenegger and you never look back with regret Sylvester Stallone. Both of these on those nights we wasted playing men are so manly that they can’t Super Mario World together. Most even speak like normal people. You importantly, I hope a small part of can hear the excess testosterone me lives on in your art. Who knows, travel through their voices. Simply maybe the sentimental memories put, they’re dream boats. If I’m of me will inspire you to create going to impress any of the classy something truly magnificent, ladies on sugardaddyforme.com, perhaps something that could I’m going to need to be more like be even greater than Yoko Ono’s them. hand-on-crotch trousers.

So what makes these guys so Jon Janasik is a junior geology and manly? After extensive research, professional studies major, and the I’ve narrowed it down to three News Editor for The Rocket.

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Rock advances to semifinals

By Kristin Karam Assistant Sports Editor

With Queen’s “We Will Rock You” playing during the final seconds of overtime, the Slippery Rock men’s basketball team held onto their 62-58 lead, ending Gannon University’s playoff run on Tuesday night.

The win advances Slippery Rock to the semifinal round of playoffs, hosted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania, against East Stroudsburg University Friday at 5:30 p.m.

After losing to Gannon at The Hammermill Center on week earlier, the Rock went into Tuesday’s game looking for redemption.

Senior center Luiz Santos felt that the team did a much better job at keeping their heads in the game and working together this week.

“We were down by 10, down by 11, down by 12, but we kept our heads and stayed together,” Santos said. “We kept each other in the game.”

Santos contributed nine points and seven rebounds in the win.

The Rock’s leading scorer was junior forward Tabari Perry with 19 points. Senior forwards Devin Taylor and Gerald Brooks also posted double-digits for SRU. Taylor scored 16 points and Brooks had 10.

Head coach Kevin Reynolds couldn’t have been more proud and impressed with the focus and performance of his team.

“The guys buckled down,” Reynolds said. “A lot of guys made a lot of big plays.

They really hung in there, 45 minutes is a long game.”

The Rock and the Golden Knights fought hard against each other the entire game.

The game was tied nine times and there were seven lead changes. With the continuing change of momentum, both teams' fan sections were brought to their feet.

Reynolds was grateful for the fans that took the trip and hopes to see it continue.

“It was a great crowd,” Reynolds said. “They really helped and we need them (tonight).”

As the second half was starting to wind down, Gannon was up 48-39 with nine minutes remaining, and the Green and White were staring right at the fate of their season.

Santos said that they never counted themselves out and really pulled together at the right moment.

“Everybody was looking at each other in the face saying ‘stay in the game’,” Santos said.

“Basketball is a long game.

You need to focus and work together.”

The Rock defense held strong, only allowing the Knights to put up two more points in the final minutes of the second half. Offensively, they took their time and avoided mistakes. This brought the score to 48-50 with less than two minutes to play in the game.

With eight seconds

remaining, Taylor came in from the left side, made a quick shot and tied the game.

Gannon regained possession of the ball but missed a threepointer and the game was sent into overtime.

"I was thinking we need to score here, get a good look and have enough time so that if I missed we had a chance to tap it in," Taylor said. "We are a a great rebounding team, the guys really get on the glass."

Gannon came firing right at the start of overtime, taking the lead just seconds into the period. The Knights scored eight out of the first 12 points, and SRU was down 58-54 with 2:45 left.

Brooks closed the gap to two points by making two crucial foul shots.

The clock continued to tick away as senior guard Darious Clark set up for a three-point shot with 30 seconds left in overtime. Clark took the shot and as the ball soared through the net, his team and the fans went wild. Clark’s shot put the Rock up 59-58 and gave him his only points of the game.

Perry sank two foul shots to give the Rock a 61-58 lead with 12 seconds remaining, and Brooks made another foul shot to seal the deal for SRU. Although everyone was excited, Santos said that they still have to focus on what lies ahead.

“I’m so excited about the win, but we cannot get too excited because this is just one step,” Santos said. “We still have another team to get through.”

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Senior guard Darious Clark looks to pass the ball in the first round of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoffs on Saturday against California University of Pa.

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Baseball off to 7-0 start

By Cody Gray Rocket Contributor

The Slippery Rock University baseball team is off to a 7-0 start this season, its best start since 2005, and earned an 18th overall ranking in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll.

The Rock posted three wins last weekend in Virginia, including 10-0 and 3-2 wins over Bloomsburg University on Saturday and a 5-3 win over Mansfield University on Sunday morning.

On Feb. 23 and 24, SRU started the season with sweeps in two separate double headers against Tiffin University in Ohio.

Head coach Jeff Messer is very pleased with his team’s 7-0 start.

“It is a lot better than being 0-7,” Messer said, “We have had some outstanding pitching so far this season to go along with our solid defense. We’ve been throwing strikes early on and when that happens, good things will happen all over.”

In the first game against Bloomsburg, SRU received an outstanding performance from junior Lou Trivino, who threw a no-hitter. Trivino had only two walks to go along with seven strikeouts to earn his second win of the young season.

The junior pitcher received plenty of offensive support after the third inning, including five RBIs from junior catcher Ryan LaRose. Slippery Rock combined for twelve hits in the contest. The defense, behind Trivino, played stellar and committed zero errors.

“It felt good just to start throwing and competing again,”

Trivino said, “I was just fortunate to have a great defensive effort from everyone in that game and I am sure that it will continue throughout the rest of the season.”

The second game of the doubleheader against Bloomsburg was a much tighter competition that required a seventh inning rally from the Rock to take the win. Sophomore Garret Peterson got the nod to start the game.

He lasted three innings, giving up two runs, neither earned, on three hits to go along with a walk and two strikeouts.

Juniors Mike Dunn and John Kovalik finished out the game for Slippery Rock. They combined to allow two hits and no runs in four innings of work.

The Rock capitalized off of two Bloomsburg errors in the seventh inning to earn a 3-2 win. Juniors Will Kengor and Kevin Jovanovich along with sophomore third baseman Jake Nogalo each had an RBI in the win. Junior right fielder Brandon Myers went 3-3.

“I feel really confident with our team right now,” Nogalo said, “We are all clicking really well as a team. Our thing is we need to be sharp on all cylinders.

Our hitting came alive this past weekend and it will only get better.”

My e r s a g re e s w it h h i s teammate, saying that the team is really meshing together.

“Our team chemistry is high right now,” Myers said, “The team is just having fun because we are playing good baseball.”

On Sunday morning, the Green and White took on Mansfield, where sophomore Kyle Schneider got the start. Schneider posted a

solid outing, pitching six innings with eight strikeouts, while giving up only one unearned run on two hits.

Junior center fielder Jake Weibley hit a three run home run in the third inning to give SRU a 3-1 lead. After that, the Rock hardballers didn’t rescind the lead and won 5-3.

“It feels good to get off to a solid start and to have the start we’ve had as a team,” Weibley said, “To start off 7-0 is quite an accomplishment. We have a great coaching staff, along with a good group of guys that play really well together.”

Slippery Rock will be travelling to Shippensburg next weekend for a three game series with the Ship. Shippensburg is currently ranked 13th in Division II with a 7-1 record. According to Messer, they are possibly the number one team in the Eastern region.

“Right now we are trying to win as many games as possible,” Messer said, “Shippensburg will be our toughest test so far this season.”

Myers' team also acknowledges that the games against Shippensburg are going to be a battle.

“Shippensburg has a great program and they’ll be a tough test,” Myers said, “I have the confidence in our coaching staff to have us ready. I know I speak for the whole team when I say we’re excited. I feel really good going into the weekend” Slippery Rock will have a double-header at Shippensburg on Saturday, the first game at noon and the second at 3 p.m. On Sunday, SRU will play the Ship once more at noon.

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Junior short stop Will Kengor high-fives a teammate at last season’s game against Seton Hill University. Kengor started in 49 games last season and led the team in hits (30) and runs scored (51).

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Faulty eyewitness accounts proven to be number one culprit for false convictions in Pa.

By Rebecca Marcucci Assistant Campus Life Editor

Showing a picture of Casey Anthony and OJ Simpson, law professor from Duquesne University Dr. John Rago asked the crowd what their thoughts were toward the individuals.

“I think I know what your thoughts are,” Rago said.

“You’re probably upset because these two were called not guilty for crimes they probably actually did commit. But we shouldn’t be upset about them.

We should be upset about these people.”

Rago pulled up the next slide, which portrayed the faces of 302 people exonerated for crimes they did not commit.

Of the 302 individuals exonerated, 188 were African American, 86 Caucasian, 21 Latinos, two Asian, and 15 were unknown.

As a professor of law at Duquesne University, Rago also serves as a chairperson of the 51-member statewide committee formed by the Pennsylvania State Senate to study wrongful convictions under the auspices of the Joi nt St at e G ov e r n m e nt Commission.

His presentation, entitled “R e c on c i l i ng Tr ut h an d Freedom of the Criminal Justice System and the Phenomenon of Wrongful Convictions,” highlighted many of the flaws with the Pennsylvania criminal

justice system and what should be done to improve the system.

Rago referenced the story about a man named Troy Davis who had been sentenced to execution for a crime he did not commit. His last words before his death sentence were, “I am innocent…may God have mercy on your souls.”

The number one culprit for false convictions, Rago said, continues to be eyewitness accounts.

Facial composites, one of the tools the criminal justice system uses in an attempt to identify assailants have also proven to be inadequate as Rago showed an example of 26 SEE PROFESSOR, PAGE C-3

MAGGIE MCQUISTON/THE ROCKET Professor of Law at Duquesne University John Rago enthusiatically discusses the problems and frustrations with Pennsylvania's criminal justice system in accusing the innocent of crimes they did not commit.

Sale of controversial shirts halted on Amazon American Sign Language club members

By Juliana Segura Rocket Contributor

A recent controversial issue that has struck world-wide news is the discovery of shirts listed on Amazon adorned with several offensive slogans that have brought major attention nationally and internationally.

The product in question, which was sold by T-shirt company Solid Gold Bomb online through Amazon United Kingdom, was a replica of the British slogan, “Keep Calm and Carry On” but altered the slogan to bear such phrases as, “Keep Calm and Rape a Lot,” “Keep Calm and Hit Her” and “Keep Calm and Knife Her.” Amazon’s United Kingdom has marketed a number of T-shirts designed by the company, but with the amount of criticism recently

jumpstarted on social media websites, the shirts were forced to be taken down from Amazon. Although these shirts were printed only if requested by a customer, the company was apologetic toward the incident but expressed that they are not at fault for the actions, according to an article posted on CNN.com.

According to the article, Solid Gold Bomb founder Michael Fowler stated that these slogans were computer generated. In an apology letter published on their website, he discusses how this action occurred, stating that, “As the volumes of combinations of words, slogans, styles, colours and sizes are well into the millions, a volume of computers were used to do this entirely in a cloud type environment.”

In the letter, Fowler also had

mentioned that this database with all words had chosen a few and combined them turning it into an offensive shirt. He also wrote on Solid Gold Bomb’s website that “These items sat online and on non-indexed servers for the last year and myself and our company had no idea of the issue. We simply do not produce poor humour or offensive products.”

Director of the Women’s Center Jodi Solito is knowledgeable of this situation, and said she isn’t too pleased of the whole issue.

“I was very surprised to see these shirts when I first saw the articles,” Solito said. “I think of Britain as much more a progression in some ways.”

Solito said we live in a society where rape has now become a huge

raise cultural awareness for the deaf

By Chloe Finigan Rocket Contributor

Picture yourself not being allowed to speak for a whole day. It may seem trivial for some, but when put into practice, it yielded more complex results for SRU’s American Sign Language club.

The American Sign Language (ASL) club members participated in “A Day of Silence” this past week to raise awareness for deaf culture and had many different experiences.

Junior exercise science major Melissa Johnson, 20, who has been partaking in Day of silence for the last three years, said she found that most people are very accommodating.

SEE COMPUTER, C-3 “I was in this class where some guy

was trying to get me to talk, but the other students told him not to be ‘that guy’,” Johnson said.

Johnson said participants always find someone teasing you or attempting to “break you,” but many students and professors respect the vow of silence.

Junior secondary English education major Joey Steiff is another student who is a member of the ASL club who participated in “A Day of Silence.”

Steiff, 20, reflected on the positive experiences he has had with the event in the last three years, ever since he began participating.

“I have roommates who are really cool with it and work with me,” Steiff said. “And they are really good at it!”

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Latest film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks novel a crowd pleaser

Jimmy Graner "Jimmy G's Rock Reviews" Film: "Safe Haven"

3.5 Stars Upon going to the theater, the romantic genre aims to please just a few people, whether that be the single woman looking for that special someone or the already in love couple who look to enhance their love life through signs and images on screen.

Whatever the case may be, “Safe Haven,” from beginning to end, will make the effort in finding someone or loving someone even more all the more fulfilling.

If many of you didn’t already know, Safe Haven is based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, the famous novelist who has written popular stories like “The Notebook,” “A Walk to Remember,” and “Dear John,” all of which have been turned into films. As for what happens in each, they all share some sort of twist and rarity.

The main character Katie (Julianne Hough) is seen in the beginning running from what seems to be a dead body on the living room floor of her house. Minutes later, she boards a bus which takes her to the small town of Southport, North Carolina. From there, she’s able to buy a small cabin in the woods, get a part time job at a local fish restaurant, and make close acquaintances with surrounding town folk, including local store owner Alex Wheatley (Josh Duhamel).

After a few conversations with

PHOTO COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS (From left) Director Lasse Hallstrom converses with Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough on the set of Relativity Media's "Safe Haven."

his children and him as well as some popular alone time, the two bond one evening together and things sky rocket from there.

After glancing at the poster for this film online, and reading basic plot information, some things weren’t being completely clear to me throughout the movie. Right from the beginning, we learn that she is obviously running from something, that something possibly being murder.

We also learn that a related character that plays the cop trying to find her is more worried about the case than anything else in his life. And when everything seems to be okay, another twist

is thrown at you making you question what really the film is trying to say.

As an audience, we want to know as much as we can about what is happening in the film.

Most of the time, films will have us trying to ask questions as to why things are happening the way they’re happening. It’s our job to put the two together and solve the idea before the idea solves us.

Like I said in the beginning, the film is based on a Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name.

When things are revealed, you will be upset, just be prepared.

Technically, the film depicts

what a perfect life may be for two people who want to spend the rest of their lives together.

A small town with a small population where everyone in it knows everyone is harmony with in itself.

Me d i u m s h o t s o f b o t h Duhamel and Hough show the two have great chemistry in bringing love to one another.

Constant shots of landscape and the environment really set the mood.

But there’s more to the story than just these two characters sharing what they seem to believe is true love.

What keeps the movie going

is the constant change in pace.

Although it’s romantic in the sense that two people are sharing good times with one another, it also leads you to think about two other characters that may not look to be important, but turn out to drive the overall final outcome of the film.

Overall, the countless acts of love and caring shown in the film, will keep any single woman or loved couple holding on to one another until the end.

Jimmy Graner is a sophomore journalism major, a film and media studies minor and a regular contributor to The Rocket.

"Project Runway," "Fashion Star" among most popular of fashion reality TV shows

Katie Ellis "ROCK'n Fashion" Fashion is everywhere, from the magazines featured on newsstands to books to popular television shows.

For years, fashion has been a big part of popular culture, and with so many shows now highlighting the industry, there’s bound to be something out there to appeal to everyone. “Project Runway”, “Fashion Star”, and “The Rachel Zoe Project” are just three reality-based shows currently on television that shed light on the best parts of the industry.

“Project Runway” is one of television’s longest running shows that has made household names out of its mentor, judges, and contestants. Ever since 2004, supermodel Heidi Klum has been hosting the competition program on Lifetime, which follows a group of designers on their quest to becoming successful fashion designers and the proud owners of their own line.

Tim Gunn serves as mentor to the contestants who are tasked to create different ensembles every week that test their ability to create wearable designs, from unusual materials purchased from supermarkets, to more traditional materials bought at fabric stores like “MOOD Designer Fabrics.” Gunn visits the designers in the studio while they’re creating their looks and offers

them advice before their looks hit the runway, where Klum, Michael Kors, and Nina Garcia critique their designs.

After weeks of intense competition, three designers are given the honor of showcasing a collection during New York Fashion Week. Upon being crowned the winner of “Project Runway,” the winning designer is given a host of prizes, including $100,000 to start their own line and a fashion spread in a magazine.

By far, the biggest success story to come from the show is Christian Siriano, who is known for creating custom gowns for celebrities like Christina Hendricks and Sarah Hyland.

This season of “Project Runway” features a twist on the traditional format of the show with designers now competing in teams for the ultimate prize. You can watch the show’s 11th season when it airs Thursdays on Lifetime at 9 p.m.

While it may take the contestants of “Project Runway” weeks to achieve success, the contestants of “Fashion Star” become successful virtually instantaneously. Twelve designers compete weekly for the opportunity to have their designs sold in Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s, and Express stores in select locations across the United States and online the day after each episode broadcasts.

The representatives from these retailers can offer the designers anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to reproduce their clothing. At the end of the competition, one designer will walk away with $3 million and the opportunity to create complete collections for each of the retailers sponsoring the show, and the title of

the next “Fashion Star.”

Industry megastars Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, and John Varvatos serve as both mentors and judges on the show, while Glamour Magazine’s Louise Roe will take on the job of being the show’s host when season two airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on NBC. “The Rachel Zoe Project” offers an inside look into the life of Hollywood’s premiere stylist Rachel Zoe and the fashion empire that she has built for herself across the country.

Cameras have been following her journey to fashion domination for nearly five years as she has worked to create her own fashion line and style A-list celebrities for major events.

Her most notable clients include Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence, whom she styled most recently for the Academy Awards.

On her show, she can be seen jet setting across the world to attend Fashion Week presentations and juggling a number of high profile magazine shoots. While watching the show, you’ll likely notice that Zoe has quite a few “beyond major” catchphrases that you’ll want to incorporate into your vocabulary. Catch Zoe’s show on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

Instead of heading to the nearest bookstore to pick up a copy of your favorite magazine to get your fashion fix, simply turn on your television to watch any one of these popular shows.

Other fashion forward programs that are likely to interest fashion fans include Bravo’s “It’s a Brad, Brad World” and E!’s “Fashion Police.”

Katie Ellis is a sophomore journalism major and a regular contributor to The Rocket.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS A design from Kenley Collins is shown on the runway during the competition in New York's Fashion Week for the television show, "Project Runway," in 2008.

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often the most complicated piece for people to understand,” assistant issue that still many are facing at any director of the Women’s Center Karla age.

Fonner said.

According to the One Billion Consent is provided only when Rising website, it estimates that 1 both parties agree to a sexual act in 4 women will experience rape without the influences of pressure or attempted rape in their lifetime. or substances. Rape is classified as With that said, not only are women sexual assault, which is also, in other victimized by this terror, but men terms, a form of domestic violence. are as well. According to the website, Just like domestic violence, rape is 1 in 6 men will experience rape or an act of power and control towards attempted rape as well. the victim.

“Rape is penetration of the mouth, In most cases, social media puts an vagina or anus without consent. impression on how to act in terms Consent is the important piece, and of sex. With young people who

view these music videos, they see how these celebrities are acting and believe this is the way culture should be stated by Solito.

Discussing the recent topic with spokesperson from New England Law Wendy Murphy, she said she was appalled by these recent events.

Murphy said she does a lot of speaking out for women’s rights and against domestic violence.

“We need to start thinking about pornography as a women’s minstrel show,” Murphy said.

The whole idea of the issue about the T-shirt has caused many people

world-wide to be in complete disappointment and shock. Even if these shirts really weren’t designed by someone in the company as Fowler says, these shirts come across as antiwomen propaganda, according to Fonner.

“There is everything out there from T-shirts to bumper stickers to cartoons promoting violence against women in the forms of physical assault and rape,” Fonner said. “What makes this an issue for me is that we as a society have become so desensitized to actions that destroy other people both physically and emotionally that

we are willing to put those statements on a T-shirt.”

Fonner said that if this was an act to be humorous, many victims who have been affected by rape may feel as if their voices never matter, and that because society supports this behavior and people who see the shirts may think that rape and violence are acceptable.

Fonner said anyone who finds himself or herself in this situation should call the Women’s Center or Student Health Center, both of which may be able to provide more assistance.

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different composites made of the same man.

Only 2.8 p ercent of individuals, he said, could c r e at e c o mp o s i t e s o f celebrities or people that are most used to seeing frequently in the media, proving another current method of the criminal justice systems is flawed.

To further prove how inacc urate t he system continues to be, R ago showed the audience a variety of examples where the mind could be deceiving.

He showed a picture of a woman that could first be viewed as a young woman, yet could also be seen as an old woman by focusing on a different part of the image.

He then showed a black and white sketch that could be perceived as a duck and also a rabbit.

“It is what you think it is,”

down picture of what the crowd thought was Julia Roberts, until he went to the next slide where the image was turned upright showing what looked like Julia Roberts but with her features turned upside down.

His final demonstration of this was a picture of many options of what was actually printed on the U.S. penny.

After asking the crowd which option they thought was correct, he proceeded to tell the crowd that none of the options depicted on his PowerPoint were actually correct.

“An identification was actually once made based on an recognition of a masked individual,” Rago said. “That does not seem like a fair or possible option to me.”

R ago commente d on Pennsylvania’s criminal

overall commitment to finding justice. “ The criminal justice system in Pennsylvania moves very slowly,” Rago said.

He cited a literary work by Edwin M. Borchard entitled “Convicting the Innocent,” written in 1931, to prove this point.

“Sadly, this book is still relevant today,” he said.

“Not much has changed since then. The law can’t fix this by itself.”

Rago said he believed the criminal justice system was not utilizing the help of science to its fullest potential in proving convicted individuals as not guilty.

“We should be using science aggressively,” Rago said. “We can do a much better job of this. I believe we have a long way to go before we get there.”

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Although many students found positive experiences, the importance of discussing the negatives is not overlooked during the ASL meetings.

Steiff said he has a friend who refuses to communicate with him when he uses sign language.

“It hurts because she’s my friend, but more importantly, I want to tell her that you can’t ignore someone just because communicating is a little bit of a challenge for you,” Steiff said.

Johnson also talked about being ignored in classroom discussions that she usually was very active in because she would have to sign her answer instead of speak it.

“I wanted to tell a story in class, but held back because it would take longer to explain than it was worth,” she said.

Some of these experiences that students go through during the Day of Silence are not only because of their personal initiative, but it also gives the club an idea of how the Slippery Rock community – being a hearing community – reacts to a deaf person.

In fact, junior psychology major and vice president of ASL Ashley Snyder, 20, found that many people actually believed she was

deaf.

“What shocked me the most when we do Day of Silence,” Snyder said, “is that people think we’re deaf!”

Snyder said that understanding and documenting these reactions, while being treated as a deaf person, helps participants get in the mindset of what a deaf person goes through in a hearing world, and also aids the group in growing to accommodate those circumstances. “[The experience] also personally reinforces the reason why I started to learn sign and deaf culture,” Snyder said. “It is truly an amazing group of people.”

Events like “A Day of Silence” are great for raising awareness because it highlights the conflict between the deaf and hearing community and puts it in the face of the public, according to Snyder. She added that they hope to continue events like this, as well as offer students new opportunities to learn about the deaf culture.

According to the students who participated in the event, no matter how positive people can be, there is still a long way to go.

“Being deaf shouldn’t be this taboo thing,” Steiff said. “They can’t hear, but it doesn’t mean they’re not human anymore.”

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