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Stetson University | DeLand, Fla.

Q&A With Craig Robinson Editor-in-chief Katie Dezes sits down with actor and comedian Craig Robinson before his performance at Stetson Homecoming Katie Dezes Editor-in-Chief How did you first get into comedy and when did you know it was something you wanted to pursue?

I first got into comedy when I was in college, and I caught the bug. People would repeat things I would say that I had long forgotten I said. I would do these bits and it was always making people laugh. So, I started watching a bunch of comedy. I was watching a lot of comedy on TV like Letterman and the MTV Half Hour Comedy Hour. They would show these comics doing two minute sets and part of me was like, “Oh, I could do that!” What I didn’t realize was two minutes was taken from their

whole act and they would just show those two minutes on TV. But I was looking at it and thought, “I can do that.” So, I started hosting shows in college–like I hosted a homecoming show, I hosted a world aids day, and part of me was just like, “if I’m not funny, I can just bring on the next act.” Then I started taking it to another level...like I really want to do this. I bought two comedy books, I went and heard comedians speak– not just to see comedians perform, but like, I think it was Richard Jeni...

One time I went to a comedy club in Chicago just to hear him talk about comedy and what it took. So yeah, it was in college that I really started to go “Wow, this is something I feel like I could do.”

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President Libby involved in fenderbender with student This and more in Public Safety Highlights on page 3

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Tibetan Buddhist Monks to Visit Stetson Caroline Williams Staff Writer

Photo courtesy: Stetson Today

Tuesday, Nov. 18

2 to 3 p.m. Tibetan Cultural Performance

This performance will include traditional Tibetan throat chanting, instrumentation, monastic debate, and a Q&A.

3 to 4 p.m. Sand Mandala Opening Ceremony

Before the monks begin building the Tibetan sand mandala, they will conduct an opening ceremony consisting of rituals and mantra recitations in order to provide an auspicious start to the days-long mandala project.

Friday, Nov. 21

Noon to 1 p.m. Fri@12 Presents a Talk on Tibetan History and Culture

As part of Chaplain Fronk’s excellent monthly series, some of the monks will give a talk on Tibetan history and the significance of the mandala. Food will be provided at this event.

Monday, Nov. 24

Noon to 1 p.m. Sand Mandala Closing Ceremony

After the monks have completed the sand mandala, they will ritually sweep the intricate, delicate structure away as a symbolic representation of impermanence, a central Buddhist teaching. Small amounts of the sand will be offered to audience members as a blessing. Food will be provided at this event.

As part of Stetson’s International Education Week, (Nov. 17–Nov. 21), the university is hosting a group of Tibetan monks from the Gaden Shartse Dokhang monastery of South India.

These monks will be giving talks on Tibetan Buddhism, history, and culture, giving a cultural performance, building a sand mandala, and will be present and active on campus during their stay.

Construction of the sand mandala began onstage in Allen Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The ritual will end this Saturday. Students and faculty are welcome to watch the construction of the mandala, and the completed product will be available for viewing until the closing ceremony on Monday.

A mandala is a mental map, or a visualization of a Buddhist deity’s mind. It is part of a practice of tantric meditation where one tries to embody the essence of a deity. These mandalas are made out of different colored sands, and the monks assemble it all by hand, almost grain by grain. The finished product is a beautiful, colorful, visual image that resembles a palace from a bird’s eye view.

Dr. Christopher Bell in the Religious Studies Department and Dr. Elizabeth Poeter of Gender Studies, as well as alumna Laura Chandler, had the idea to bring monks to Stetson last year. This year, the project came to fruition.

“I worked with Dr. Poeter and Dr. Lucas [a fellow Religious Studies professor] throughout the semester, but they requested I contact all the major departments throughout arts and sciences to see who would be willing to support this venture,” said Bell. “Thankfully, so many of them were so generous and so excited about this project, and provided some funds for it.”

This event is also part of a grand tour called the Compassion Tour. The monks travel across different campuses around the world and teach people about Tibetan Buddhist culture.

Laura Chandler, a Stetson alum, was the liaison for the monks during this tour and wanted Stetson to be a stop on their itinerary.

“Aside from working on the mandala, they will be visiting classes and such,” said Bell. “You’ll probably see some in the cafeteria at the CUB, they might be walking around campus, and they’re certainly very open to accepting questions and talking with students and faculty and anyone who’s interested.”

At the closing ceremony on Monday, the monks will sweep away the mandala. During the ceremony, the monks will give away some of the sand as a blessing.

“It’s a mark of Buddhist impermanence,” Bell said. “It shows that there’s constant change—no matter how much effort you put into something, it has to dissolve.”

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On the Other Hand

Study predicting lefties lead shorter lives questioned by scientists and Stetsonites

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Stetson Org Stops a Natural Invasion Environmental Club helps eradicate invasive species from DeLeon Springs Sarah Dean News Editor

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Sarah Dean News Editor The difficulties of left-handedness–anything from struggling with scissors to trying to drive a car designed for right-handers–is a daily reality in the lives of many people.

According to a new study, these lives may be cut shorter than their right-handed counterpart’s simply because of their dominant hand.

Stetson students, left and right-handed alike, were left confused upon learning this information, which was presented in a study by the New England Journal of Medicine earlier this month.

Despite growing up in a world where handwriting and similar activities that would be affected by one’s dominate hand are no longer as prominent, students at Stetson who are left-handed still report difficulties adjusting to life “on the other side.”

However, many never would have guessed that their lifespans could be affected by the hand they use more often. The study asserts this claim on the basis that the “difficulties” of operating cars or machinery with a non-dominant hand puts a person at greater risk. However, further explanation for the large age gap between the deaths of righties versus lefties was not presented.

The study, conducted only last year, examined the death certificates of almost 1,000 people in Southern California and involved relatives of the deceased responding to surveys about the dominate hands of their dearly departed.

The researchers’ conclusion at California State University was a bit startling to left-handers, to say the least. The results stated that the average age of death for right-handed people was 75, while for leftEditor-in-Chief Katie Dezes Managing Editor Samuel Votaw News Editor Sarah Dean Sports Editor Sean McKnight Opinion Editor Michael Van Oppen

handers, it was only 66.

Right-handed student student Jason Cruz was extremely surprised when he learned of the study results.

He admitted he never thought much about the subject until reading about the study.

“I knew it was a rightie’s world, but this is insanely unfortunate,” Cruz said. “What kind of world is this? Whatever hand you write with should not have anything to do with how soon you die.”

Left-handed student Christopher Finkle had theories on his own about the study’s results.

“I think there must be some deeper correlation there messing with both factors. The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that in older generations, left-handedness was considered wrong and often condemned and discouraged to the point where natural lefties forsook their handedness and became right-handed. As time has gone on, the percentage of reported lefties in the population has gone up, signifying the demise of that old cultural bias,” Finkle said.

Diane Halpern, a CSU psychology professor, provided a similar explanation when considering what may have produced the study’s results.

“We knew for years that there weren’t as many old left-handers. Researchers thought that was because in the early years of the century, most people born left-handed were forced to change to their right hands. So we thought we were looking at old people who used to be left-handed, but we weren’t. The truth was that there simply weren’t many left-handers left alive compared to right-handers,” said Halpern.

The study explains that the statistics may largely be a result of the greater amount of accidents in auto-

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mobiles and machinery handled by left-handed drivers, simply because these machines are set up defaulted for right-handed operators.

“Almost all engineering is geared to the right hand and right foot,” Halpern said. “There are many more car and other accidents among left-handers because of their environment.”

The good news for the leftie population is that according to Chris McManus, professor of psychology and medical education at University College London, the study is not only a little skewed, but “not at all plausible.”

In an article on the study by BBC News, McManus says the results were inaccurate for almost exactly the reason Finkle predicted: Because being left-handed was especially difficult during the time the deceased examined were growing up, many natural lefties identified as otherwise. So, it is likely that many of the reported right-handers in the study were not actually born that way, skewing the results.

However, McManus admits that the theory that left-handers are more likely to have minor accidents has merit.

Whatever the reason, Finkle is not afraid of an early demise because of his dominant appendage. He is confident that the study results are simply a sign of the times when the deceased subjects were growing up, and that a larger world population of lefties will help society and technology adjust accordingly.

“Some newer technologies, such as the QWERTY keyboard on a computer, actually favors lefties,” Finkle said. “It’ll be interesting to see if the life span averages even out as reported left-handedness loses its cultural and psychological components.”

Business Manager Hallie Smith Circulation Manager Jacob Helwig Faculty Advisor Andy Dehnart Staff Advisor John Sheehy

Staff Writers Amber Cox Caroline Williams Staff Photographers Nicole Frechette Shadee Rios Staff Contributors Kaley Fulton Konner Krieger Mimi Shimkovska

Stetson Student Nicki ChesThe Stetson Environmental Club faced “unique challenges” in their efforts to enhance the natural environment of DeLeon Springs on Nov. 8.

The club, who worked with State Park staff, spent the afternoon removing some of the infestations of wild taro, creeping fig, and coral ardisia, as well as planting native species in the areas.

According to volunteer and Environmental Club President Logan Dodson, volunteers working with each invasive species faced obstacles in their removal.

“The wild taro was in a very swampy area, the coral ardisia was in a drier area but had some poison ivy around it, and the creeping fig had been growing for a very long time and was deeply rooted, so it was hard to pull out,” Dodson said.

These exotic species may look like a normal part of the springs environment, but do not let them fool you: these plants, while they may blend in with the native species, can actually be harmful; many soak up the resources that could be used by the native species, and in some situa-

tions could choke them out.

While some progress was made, these infestations have become extensive enough that it will take several more hours of work on later dates to finish the job.

Besides ridding the environment of invasive species, the club helped reintroduce a nearly-forgotten natural species of plant to the springs: the longleaf pine. The club and park staff planted 110 pines, which cover approximately a 0.75 acre area.

“This planting completes our goals for this year, with planted pines totaling 425 in approximately a 4.5 acre plot, or around 82 percent of target planting achieved,” said park staff assistant manager David Garcia.

Overall, the club deemed the day a success. Both projects were only small parts of long-term efforts, but the club is proud of their environmental community’s achievements in the park, and in general this semester.

“I am enthused to be part of the Environmental Club, which is full of conscious young adults,” said volunteer Sarah Coffey. “I hope that we can continue this zeal for conservation throughout our lives that we demonstrated in our service projects.”

The Environmental Club helps clear invasive species off a nature trail in DeLeon Spring State Park.

Photo courtesy: Logan Dodson

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November 21, 2014

NEWS ROBINSON

Events This Week:

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Friday, November 21

What is the greatest challenge you faced as a stand-up comedian and what advice would you give to someone interested in pursuing a career in comedy, but is just starting out?

The greatest challenge is to be yourself–to find your voice, because what makes you funny is who you are naturally. And so, it’s a process to get to that natural person. You’ve got to break yourself in because once you get out there, you’re going to try to hard. It’s really about being natural.

As for advice...if you’re trying to do it, get on stage as much as you can and find a rhythm. Like, don’t go, “Ok, I’m going on stage on November 21st and I’m going again on January 5th.” Go every day, and carry a tape recorder and a notebook around for your thoughts. If it’s not consuming you then there’s no sense in doing it.

Many people may have first seen you in your role as Darryl Philbin on the Office. What was it like being a part of this acclaimed sitcom?

It was amazing–pretty surprising to watch it grow from where it started.

And just blessed and honored. I got to see professionals kill it daily. I’m not just talking about the actors. It was everybody, like the wardrobe...I mean everybody was on their job and at the top of their game. I got to see firsthand how it really goes down when it goes down good.

You’ve played a wide variety of characters for several different

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Curiosities and Wonders at the Gillespie Museum 10 AM - 4 PM, Gillespie Museum International Education Week–Latin American Festival 12 PM - 3 PM, Hulley Tower The Roland George Investments Program Stock Recommendation Presentations 12 PM - 1:15 PM, Lee Chapel

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films and TV appearances. What was the role you found most fun to play?

I played the antichrist in Rapture-Palooza. I don’t know why, but that I just got a big kick out of doing—that role...being that silly and just saying whatever came to my mind.

The comedians you worked with for This is the End [James Franco, Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel] all are fun, hilarious guys individually, so I can only imagine that things got pretty crazy when all of you were together. What was the craziest experience you had on the set of this film?

I don’t know. That was three years ago. *Laughs* It was three months in New Orleans so a lot of fun stuff went down.

What can people expect from your latest film Hot Tub Time Machine 2 that is set to hit theaters in December?

You know how the first one was, so it’s pretty much on the same level as that. It might even be a little wilder, but I can’t wait for it to come out because I’m ready to share these quotes; I keep quoting the movie in my own head, so I’m ready for other people to know what’s going on. I’m really looking forward to it coming out.

Many people may not know that you have a long history with music and were once a music teacher at an elementary school, or that you have a music career on the side. Are there any music projects that you are currently working on or planning?

International Education Week–Fridays @ 12 Presents: A Talk on Tibetan History and Culture 12 PM - 1 PM, Allen Hall Auditorium Roland George Investments Program Buy Recommendation Presetnations 12 PM - 1:15 PM, Lee Chapel Star Trek Movie Night 4 PM - 7 PM, Rinker Auditorium University Symphony Orchestra with Concerto Competition Winners 7:30 PM - 9 PM, Lee Chapel Hatter Productions’ Paint Party 9 PM, Rinker Fieldhouse Saturday, November 22 Counseling Information Session and Group Interview in Celebration 10 AM - 2 PM, Celebration Center Football vs. Drake 1 PM - 4 PM, Spec Martin Stadium

Maybeeee….maybeeee not. You’ll see. But yeah, we’ll have something out in the future.

Is there anything you would like to add or specifically tell the Stetson community?

Thanks Stetson for having Craig Robinson and The Nasty Delicious.

We hope you enjoy us as much as we will enjoy entertaining you.

Outdoor Screen of Under African Skies 7 PM - 9 PM, Stetson Green Sunday, November 23 Choral Union Concert–Andrew Larson, conductor 3 PM - 4:30 PM, First Baptist Church, 725 N. Woodland, Blvd.

Monday, November 24 4 Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala Closing Ceremony 12 PM - 1 PM, Allen Hall Auditorium

Public Safety Report Highlight Reel Case #20140830: On Oct. 29, a Fire Alarm was reported from House D. The alarm was set off by a student testing a “fog machine” they had purchased.

Case #20140832: On Oct. 30, an Attempted Theft of a golf cart was reported to Public Safety from DeLand Hall. A Public Safety officer found evidence that someone had tampered with the ignition in an apparent attempt to steal it. Another Public Safety cart was recently stolen and the DeLand Police also reported a cart stolen from a local golf course.

Case #20140836: On Oct. 30, a Theft was reported from Carson-Hollis Hall. A student reported her laptop stolen from her bicycle basket. Police were notified and engaged in a foot chase with non-Stetson juveniles, resulting in one of them being apprehended. The laptop was recovered.

Case #20140837: On Oct. 30, a Fire Alarm was reported from Gordis Hall. The alarm was reportedly caused by the discharge of an aerosol air freshener.

Case #20140840: On Nov. 1, a Criminal Mischief report was filed from House C. The contents of a fire extinguisher were discharged on a student’s vehicle parked on Frat Row. Those responsible have not yet been identified.

Case #20140842: On Nov. 2, three students were detained by Deland Police off-campus. The students were found smoking a small amount of marijuana. No arrests were made, but the students are subject to discipline from the Office of Community Standards.

Case #20140843: On Nov. 2, a student reported that their motor scooter was moved from their parking space to make room for a car. No damage was reported to the scooter.

Case #20140844: On Nov. 1, a student reported a Loss of Property/Petty Theft. The student believed they lost their wallet while walking along Amelia Avenue and reported that their accounts were accessed.

Case #20140848: On Nov. 3, a Petty Theft was reported to Public Safety. A catering employee reported her credit cards stolen from her purse in the CUB, at least one of which was used to make a purchase from a university computer in a lab. With the assistance of IT, campus security camera footage revealed a possible suspect: a non-student who lives near campus. The suspect was interviewed by the police and confessed.

Case #20140860: On Nov. 7, a Suspicious Person was reported to Public Safety. An unknown white male who appeared to be in his 20’s followed three students from downtown to campus, attempting to enter a residence hall with them. He fled after the students shut the door behind them.

Case #20140866: On Nov. 9, Narcotics Possession and Trespassing were reported to Public Safety. A student and a recent alum were found smoking marijuana by DeLand Police near Frat Row. The student was charged and the alum was trespassed.

Case #20140871: On Nov, 9, an Animal Complaint was reported from Chaudoin Hall when a service dog bit another service dog inside the residence hall.

Residential Life will follow up on the situation. Allegedly, the offending dog is to be removed from campus.

Case #20140877: On Nov. 11, a minor Traffic Accident between an employee and a student occurred at Florida and Minnesota Avenues near Davis Hall.

DeLand Police found the student at fault for causing the crash, which involved President Wendy Libby in the other vehicle. No injuries were reported. An email sent to President Libby regarding details of the accident was not responded to.

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Stetson Promotes Saving Lives

EMT course coming spring 2015

Richelle Braswell Staff Contributor Spring 2015 will see a new course arrive on Stetson’s campus: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Although this course will not be offered for credit, it will look amazing on your resume for graduate programs, especially if you are looking into any medical profession.

Do note: each person taking the course will need to pay $1,200; that is about $1,000 to $4,000 cheaper than a normal EMT course offered at other institutions, making it a great opportunity.

What are the benefits?

Whereas a normal EMT course

lasts about six months, you will earn your Florida EMT license and your National Registry in two to three months. This class will take place during the beginning of the semester and, therefore, will not interfere with finals. After this course, you will be a certified emergency medical technician.

As an EMT, you can make between twelve and nineteen dollars an hour (you will quickly make up the money you used to pay for this course), depending on where you find a job. You will have very serious medical and hands-on shadowing experience while learning more about the health care system, health disparities, and health trends in the town/city you will be working in.

Now that I have gone over the course, allow me to briefly discuss why I think Stetson is great for bringing this class to campus. Some might consider Stetson biased for having this course next semester because it seems to be projected towards specific majors. I argue that although some majors will benefit

more from an EMT class, but anyone could benefit from the skills learned in this class.

Furthermore, Stetson already offers some classes regularly exclusive to one major or another.

An EMT course at Stetson will help those students who wish to work in the medical field and can help boost their resume for graduate programs. They also get the nice perk of becoming EMT certified at a discount.

I believe Stetson should offer more courses like the EMT one every once in a while to help various majors. For example, perhaps the university could offer a scuba diving class for marine biology or environmental science majors.

You can thank Alpha Epsilon Delta (the pre-health honors society at Stetson) for bringing this incredible course to Stetson. If you are interested, contact Maxwell Droznin or Fidel Vazquez.

But you better hurry; there is a twenty-four person capacity.

Go Stetson for promoting saving lives!

How Not to Puke During an Insanely Intense Spin Class Amber Cox Staff Writer

Clutching the toilet bowl in the YMCA’s bathroom and meekly vomiting up every cookie I ate the night before while being surrounded by naked, wrinkled 60 year old women was undoubtedly one of the more traumatic moments of my young life.

This horrifically traumatic moment was largely due to the spin class I had just decided to try out for the summer.

Ironically enough, at one point during class, I remember the instructor was explaining a particular interval and said, “You should feel slightly nauseous during this, that’s how you know you’re working. But don’t throw up. If you actually throw up then you pushed too hard.”

Of course, the prophetic wisdom this sage spoke was lost on me as the only thing I could think of was “How hard can a spin class be?”

Fast forward a mere ten minutes later and the error of my ways were quickly realized: “I am literally dying. I can’t make it. Maybe I can sneak out? No. You are a warrior. What would Beyoncé think? Oh my God, now we’re up. Why are we down again? My legs are broken. This is Satan’s spin class. Oh, God. Do. Not. Vomit. Oh, no.”

While my experience with

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Nearby Shooting Not a Threat?

Hatter Alert was delayed six hours after a shooting only two blocks away

Tabea “Toast” Wanniger Staff Contributor Last Sunday, around 2:30 p.m., a car chase ended in a fatal shooting at the intersection of New York and Amelia Ave. in downtown DeLand.

According to an eyewitness report to local news, the shooter fired multiple times at his victim, including to his head. While the victim was airlifted to Halifax Medical, no Hatter Alert was sent out by the university.

On the contrary, Marketing Communications didn’t inform the Stetson community until six hours after the shooting, stating that there was no threat to campus.

How quickly can one deter-

mine that a deadly shooting (the victim died a couple of hours after the incident), which occurred 7-10 minutes walking distance and 1-2 minute(s) driving distance from our campus, is not a threat to the community? With the shooter at large and the possibility of a killing spree occurring after the incident, it is outrageous that the community was not informed straight away.

Considering the proximity of the incident to the eastern part of campus, where most of our residential halls are located, this shooting was a probable threat to all students of this university.

The Hatter Alert system is described as “Stetson University’s official emergency preparedness and notification website.” But who should we rely on to assess the urgency of an incident and the risks posed to our campus?

The delay of the Hatter Alert is a failure of Stetson’s emergency preparedness efforts. Clearly, the judgment call made last Sunday was not adequate given the possible risks to the large number of students on our campus.

Ask the Wiseass Dear WiseAss, What is your opinion on the giraffe issue?

- Man on Giraffes Dear Man on Giraffes, I have to thank you, Man on Giraffes, for bringing this issue to my attention. I must admit, I was unaware.

ended with a prayer to the porcelain gods, not every spin class has to be that way. After this summer, I became a mild spin junkie and picked up some necessary tips on how to not puke during (or after) Satan’s spin class.

You may or may not have experienced the sensation after working out. You’re riding real hard, sweating away the every single cookie you ate last night during your Netflix binge and feeling that deep burn. But then you stop moving and that’s when the nausea sets in. Sometimes, the nausea can even take hold right in the middle of your workout session.

But what’s the cause?

The answer is “exercise induced nausea.” Exercise induced nausea is a condition characterized by sickness or even vomiting immediately following a rigorous exercise. It can occur not only after just about any aerobic

activity. And the main causes of nausea is low-blood sugar, dehydration, and motion sickness.

So how does one avoid puking after a super-intense workout?

If the class or workout you’re about to do is an intense cardio workout that focuses on your core, don’t eat anything big for about two hours before the class. Since your stomach is part of your core, eating a large meal before you go can cause nausea.

Instead, have something small and nutrition-packed like a banana or even a protein bar.

Another tip that actually helped me is to not close my eyes. Weird? Definitely. But I found that if I closed my eyes while atop a spin bike or even doing crunches, it actually caused motion sickness.

Also, be sure to hydrate before and during class—but, as with all things in life, don’t overdo it.

In fact, as a purebred American Ass from the Heartland who generally avoids interspecies association, I was unaware of the giraffe’s existence! So, after receiving your question, I did a little research.

And I am appalled!

Why these freaks of nature continue to be allowed to roam freely, endangering both human children and birds of prey alike, is beyond me.

Considering those freakishly misshapen legs, it should not be hard to take down even such a savage predator as the giraffe, and that mutant neck should be an easy target, despite its Satan horns.

In short, on the issue of giraffes, I am unequivocally against.

I can only express my gratitude to the Copenhagen Zoo for doing its part to rid us of this menace. And to those of you contributing your sexual perversions to the Urban Dictionary, shame on you! (Hmm, Man on Giraffes?)

Yours with short-legged righteous indignation, -WiseAss

If you have a burning question you would like answered in a wise, but ass-y manner, feel free to email us at reporter@stetson.edu and read the response in our next issue.

November 21, 2014

OPINION

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Sexism and Racism and Columbusing…Oh my!

Kim Kardashian’s Paper Magazine cover points to larger societal issues Amber Cox Staff Writer The controversial appearance of one well-oiled, glazed booty threw the internet world into a chaotic tizzy.

Paper Magazine asked French photographer Jean-Paul Goude to recreate his “Carolina Beaumont” photo from 1976, which features a black model perched before a blue background, balancing a champagne glass on her behind. The magazine has titled the recreated images as “Champagne Incident.”

There was only one real purpose behind the recreation of these images: to break the internet.

While these images obviously didn’t break the internet, they did unleash a torrent of discussions regarding race, columbusing, gender, body image, censoring, and even what a celebrity means by today’s standards.

More than a few people on various social media sites are attacking the owner of said exposed, glistening booty–Kim Kardashian–as being a whore, a terrible mother, a fake, setting a poor example, lacking class, etc. while the creative force behind the image, Goude, is mainly left be.

Condemning the women that pose nude, rather than those that produce or enable the creation of the work, is nothing new. Now, clearly, not every woman who exposes her body is looked down upon; however, whether the act of exposure is seen as empowerment or degradation is dependent on fickle particularities.

For example, was the nudity for art? Or a worthy cause? Do they look “real”? Like, they can’t have augment-

ed breasts or liposuction waists, but they also can’t be too “real” and have cellulite or body hair or, God forbid, a fat roll.Policing women’s bodies has to end.

Attacking Kardashian’s decision to expose her body and express her sexuality simply because Kardashian’s physical appearance falls short of certain standards is inherently flawed.

Likewise, attacking anyone’s appearance, in general, is a terribly cruel and immature act.

Furthermore, debasing Kardashian’s choices, regarding her body, solely based on the fact that she is a mother is in dire need of a splash of cold water. This archaic delusion that motherhood somehow negates sexuality is legitimately less developed than a fetus.

However, amid these various discussions of sexism and censorship is a serious discussion about whether the image employs or builds upon vulgar stereotypes of black women. Issues of exploitation, fetishizing, and stereotypes were prevalent in Goude’s prior work, one of which was titled “Jungle Fever” –namely, the work Kardashian just helped recreate.

Goude once wrote about a sculpture he made of the model Toukie Smith, stating: “I had always admired black women’s backsides, the ones who look like racehorses.”

Blue Telusm writes in her piece, “Kim Kardashian doesn’t realize that she’s the butt of an old racial joke” and points out how the original “Carolina Beaumont” photo was posed in a manner of a “happy savage pleased to serve”.

The “Caroline Beaumont” image was even more controversial due to its

similarities to Saartjie Baartman, an African woman who became famous for displaying her ample body in a freak show. Baartman’s body and lower-half was considered “wild and savage.” In the freak show, viewers could even pay extra to prod her famous rear with a stick.

Even though Kardashian is Armenian-American, the popularity of Kardashian’s image, according to Telusm, indicates how “black” body features are more acceptable on “white” women. This image seems to be the latest occurrence of racial double standards in regards to nudity.

With the approval of mainstream media, the cultural appropriation of having junk-in-the-trunk is solidified within the tush’s recent explosion in approval; a sharp contrast to the derriere’s previously spurned and rejected status. Big booty’s are one of the more recent things to have been columbused.

This spike in popularity generated cult-like followings surrounding well-endowed individuals, such as Kim Kardashian. The thirst for images of the booty, likewise, became amplified.

Whether or not it is reasonable to assume the remake of the champagne shot is further commentary on the history of racial fetishization of the female form or a grand declaration of empowerment or a statement against sexism is not entirely clear, as the true intent was undoubtedly to garner attention by appeasing the yearnings of the booty-craving masses.

But one thing that is clear is that when looking at an image like this, also looking into the implications of our responses is worthwhile.

Graphic courtesy: complex.com

This parady photo of Kim’s Paper cover was featured on a complex.com article entitled “20 Kim Kardashian Butt Photoshop Memes and Parodies That Really Did #BreakTheInternet”

“Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink”

Outrage over lack of free water at the Hat Rack and around campus I think it’s “weird that

you have to pay for something you can get out of a water fountain.

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I have hiccups and I don’t have any water to make it go away. I’m so upset.

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Katie Dezes Editor-in-chief While slaving away in The Reporter office working on layout for the paper, News Editor Sarah Dean and I realized we were dying of starvation. Sarah had only eaten bread all day and I had not yet had a chance to eat dinner. After seeing how much empty space was in the Opinion section, more energy was immediately drained from my body. I desperately needed food…

Suddenly, a brilliant thought popped into my head: cheese fries.

Hot, delicious cheese fries were only 100 ft away. Sarah and I decided we could manage a five-minute break and we headed over to Johnny Rockets.

Once inside the Hat Rack, Sarah and I waited patiently by the soda fountain after ordering. Then she casually said, “It sucks that you have to pay for water.”

Wait…what? WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?! My mind couldn’t process it. Had she really just been denied a glass of water?

Yes, I had heard her correctly.

Sarah Dean was denied a cup from the Hat Rack…for water. I have been upset by policies and decisions at Stet-

son before, but nothing had boggled my mind as much as this.

I think I’ve heard before that the Hat Rack gets away with this by arguing that the student needs to pay for the cup, not the water.

Ok, lets think about this for a second. Paper cups cost about how much? I’m assuming about 10 cents?

(I looked it up and found surprisingly very little, even on Yahoo Answers).

Judging by the price of a 25-pack of paper cups at Walmart ($2.50), 10 cents seems to be a reasonable number. After paying about $40,000 for tuition this year, I think the Hat Rack could have spared a 10 cent cup for her.

But more importantly, water is a basic human right. I believe I learned in second grade that air, shelter, and WATER were the three basic necessities of human life. Had I missed something? Had something changed? If the university can deny students a glass of water, I’m afraid of what they will do in the future. Will we have to start paying for air or to use the bathroom?

People, including Stetson students, need water to survive. People don’t just need water every once in a while.

People need to drink water throughout the day, every day. For Stetson to deny this to students is just wrong.

As a commuter, I was upset when I discovered I would no longer be able to fill up my water bottle in the Commons whenever I wanted when Chartwell’s took over. However, I always thought students still had the option to get a free glass of water in the Commons. But, apparently not.

I remember the good ole’ days when students could get free drinks (of any kind!) in the Commons. Apparently those days are dead. Apparently, our school is no longer a university; it has become an evil corporation.

After returning to the office with our cheese fries, I drank out of my water bottle as I watched Sarah suffer. Of course, I could have shared. But that’s not the point of this opinion article (feel free to write one about this topic in the future).

The point is that I had to see Sarah work in agony as she ate salty cheese fries: “Now I’m really thirsty.”

“I think it’s weird that you have to pay for something you can get out of the water fountain.”

“I have hiccups and I don’t have any water to make it go away. I’m so upset.”

I don’t think I need to explain why water is important. That’s just... well yeah.

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Interstellar...just WOW

Garen Knight Freed A&E Editor I could have inserted a witty pun pertaining to the cosmos in the title of my review of director Christopher Nolan’s latest film; however, I truly believe this movie deserves more praise than simply being dubbed “out of this world”.

Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway star in a film that transcends any other space exploration film released in the last few decades.

In the wake of a quickly deteriorating Earth, McConaughey and Hathaway’s four person team must evaluate three recently discovered planets so that they may choose a planet suitable for sustaining human life. The problem: the planets are not only solely accessible through a wormhole, they are located within relatively close proximity to a black hole.

The actual science behind the film is simply amazing. By having sound science backing this film, Nolan was able to produce a science-fiction film that aligns with reality. Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has even praised the complex science behind the movie with several tweets as it premiered in theatres.

On the other hand, Tyson is aware that some of the scenes that are more “science” oriented were exaggerated for the dramatic effect of the film. With that said, Tyson stresses that dramatic embellishment should not detract from the integrity of the film.

While the science Interstellar presents is entertaining in itself, it’s the characters’ development and complex relationships with one another that make this

film a true masterpiece. As Tyson offers, “In this movie, the characters are all scientists, they all have fully fleshed-out personalities—as parents and children and spouses. It’s an important part of the story and it bodes well for this kind of movie in the future.”

One problem several critics are taking up with Interstellar is that the film fails to address the subject of climate change, despite it’s severity to the film’s context.

The Atlantic film critic Noah Gittell opines that Interstellar conveys that “a story about looking for a new world is more exciting than a movie about saving an ailing one.”

While Gittell is right, the fact of the matter is that the film isn’t called “Dying Earth;” it’s called Interstellar.

Critics that agree with Gittell are wrong to assume that the same details applied to the science of the film would be applied to the context of the Earth’s global catastrophe. It is obvious that the society within the film is done concerning itself with the throes of global climate change; the scientists portrayed in the film identify that moving the Earth’s population to another suitable planet is the sole remaining option for saving mankind.

Despite what Gittell and other critics say, I thoroughly believe that Interstellar is one of the best science fiction films ever produced. Despite its 168-minute run time, it is easy to lose track of time watching this movie, as you are fully engaged in the storyline throughout the movie.

I give this movie 4.5/5.

Though it is not Nolan’s best work, it has most definitely set the bar for the future of space exploration films.

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A Glimpse into the Juried Student Art Exhibition

A student’s review Mini Shimkovska Staff Writer The Hand Art Center opened its 25th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition on Nov. 7. during Homecoming week.

Attended by students, faculty, and alumni alike, the event displayed student-submitted artwork. The pieces that were showcased all went through a judging process, and final selections were made by outside juror, Gary Monroe—a photographer, writer, and faculty member at Daytona State College.

Kaleigh Jacobson, a senior art major, helped set up the exhibition. According to Jacobson, it took nearly two weeks to set everything up.

The exhibition itself was calming. However, people were highly enthusiastic. The room was filled with students, alumni, and faculty. The artists of the pieces were also present to answer questions about their art.

The artwork itself was rather impressive. For example, there was a piece made to appear like a unicorn’s head attached to the wall. Below the head, a table was placed with a paper stating “Please Do Not Feed.”

There was no particular pattern to the arrangement of the pieces, which allowed people to enjoy a wide vari-

ety of art throughout the gallery; paintings were hung near sculptures, and photographs near paintings.

This exhibition had a very different mood than the last exhibition at Hand Art Center.

“The Waiting Room” dealt with heavy subjects, such as eating disorders and depression. The student exhibition created a much more positive atmosphere and contained a mixture of different pieces which were more uplifting.

The art itself was mainly contemporary, and animals were a noticeable theme in many of the pieces. There were also numerous photographs of monks present.

“Reine Tueur,” an oil painting by Erin McCollum, who submitted three other pieces into the exhibition, was seemingly inspired by the French Revolution; commanding a great amount of attention.

Another work that stood out to many people was a book that was entirely made by hand.

While all of the works captivated viewers, it was the mixed/projection mapping and oil painting “Honey Child” by Eliza Colmes that won the AnnWest Best in Show Award.

The Stetson Purchase Award was won by Gladys Cervallos for her Trojan Horse sculpture.

The exhibition will remain open until Dec. 5.

These photos show only a small portion of the pieces featured at the Student Juried Art Exhibition.

Very top: A look at the side of the gallery.

Above left: Artist KT Donner standing with her piece “Tessercats” Above right: A painting entitled “Reine Tueur,” by Eric McCollum Far left: The hauntingly beautiful “Lead Down the Garden Path,” a piece by Laurel Rotolante Immediate left: This lonesome bear was created by Gisela Alvarez.

Photo credit: Shadee Rios

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Stetson Theater: Measure for Measure

It’s all about sex: Measure for Measure tackles issues of harassment, gender, love Michael Galvez Web Editor The Theatre Arts Department presented William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure last weekend with such aplomb and vivacity that -- after some disgruntlement and disappointment -- you cannot help but love it.

Filled with laughs and thought-provoking sentiments, Shakespeare’s play about a seemingly puritanical man gone wild and the havoc he wreaks in the city of Vienna came to full bloom at the Second Stage theatre with a cast as quirky as their characters.

It all starts with a duke leaving his city in the hands of his deputy, Angelo. From the beginning, you can already see that this particular production is trying quite hard to hit you in the face with a certain message.

Three things tip you off.

First, the Brechtian setup that makes no effort in hiding the fact that there are theatre lighting fixtures hanging on the ceiling and that this show is by no means close to being real. Second, the indecisiveness of the setting.

Where is the play happening?

“The city, state, country, corporation of Vienna,” the program says. When is it happening? “The present, give or take 400 years.”

And third, the Duke is played by a woman. No, she’s not the Duchess, she’s still the Duke.

These three things together clinched the show for me before it truly started: this is going to be a hit. Or at the very least, quite interesting. Five minutes later, I realized it was neither.

The show started as though it was the precipice of a very thin iceberg -- cold, barely there,

Mariana, far right, portrayed by Ashley Johnson, begs for help from Isabella, far left, portrayed

by Ellen Smittle, to change the decision of the Duke, second from right, portayed by Amie Vaughan.

Photo credit: Olivia Moeschet

and somewhere you would really like to get away from as soon as you can. The dialogue preserved Shakespeare’s verse without the clarity of speech necessary to deliver it coming from the actors.

The flurry of movements (mostly coming from scene transitions) only served to confuse the audience even further of what was happening onstage, and whom it was happening to.

Simply put: I was bored and frustrated. The woman beside me started playing with her phone.

I secretly wished that I had the luxury of having mine nearby as well.

Then Isabella and Angelo walked onstage. That was all it took. After waiting for around

an hour, finally, I was hooked.

The cast featured Ellen Smittle and Nicholas Bouwmans in the two main roles and quite rightly so. While all of the cast performed admirably, it was Smittle and Bouwmans’ scenes that ignited my true interest and that of a portion of the Sunday afternoon audience’s to the story unfolding on stage.

Their scenes together brought to the surface the underlying thematic threads of the play, that of hypocrisy, class privilege, carnal desires, and love. Isabella discussed mercy and the affections shared by two people. Angelo spoke of the law and the rigidity of the law. Isabella pleaded for her brother’s

life. Angelo tried to blackmail Isabella to take her virtue in exchange for her brother’s life.

Isabella’s refusal of Angelo’s offer begs the question of whether a life saved is worth a woman’s virtue forcibly taken.

That is only one of the many knots that bind together this problematic play engulfed in ambiguous morals, troubled characters, and a disturbing scene of sexual harassment wrapped up in what is formally known as a Shakespearean comedy.

Smittle’s and Bouwmans’ inspired portrayals of Isabella and Angelo, respectively, lent a helping hand to the audience to untie this messy and frustrating

knot of a play to see what it really is: First, the Brechtian setup reminds the audience that it is not the fictional reality of the play that matters but Measure for Measure’s inquiries into justice, morality, love, and the corruption of society.

Second, the indecisiveness of the setting is the concept of this production. Measure for Measure is timeless. Its questions, its situations, and its characters are still current and reflective of society today.

Third, the Duke, as played by a woman. Well, that in itself can be an entire article.

At the end of that Sunday afternoon show, I thought back to the things I said to myself just two hours earlier. Sure, that first half of the show was a struggle to watch, but oh how the show flourished after the intermission! The dialogue was sincerely delivered and the movements were natural enough for the most part. It might not have been the hit I anticipated, but it definitely was quite entertaining and enlightening.

With scenery and lighting designed by Krista Franco, the talents of Second Stage veterans Drew Neitzey, Roxy Ghamgosnarnia, Erin Foster, Stephanie Wattigny and the rest of the cast: Preston Stranger, Arielle Pennington, Joe Palermo, Aimee Foster, Samantha Williams, Caron Davis, Mina Acebal, Grace Aguda, Caleb Canlon, plus the direction Ken McCoy, Second Stage’s Measure for Measure is a unique production that despite its rough beginnings sweetly and memorably unfolded into a show that deserved more applause than it ultimately received.

Left: Angelo, left, protrayed by Nick Bowmans, gets some advice from Escalus, portrayed by Drew Neitzey. Right: Angelo attempts to gain Isabella’s favors.

Photo credit: Olivia Moeschet

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Staff Pop Culture Picks of 2014 The Reporter staff members’ three favorite albums and movies released this year

Katie Dezes Editor-in-chief Albums: Lazaretto –– Jack White Mandatory Fun –– Weird Al Yankovic Cruel Runnings –– Miniature Tigers Movies: Gone Girl 22 Jump Street The Skeleton Twins

Sam Votaw Managing Editor Albums: Rented World –– The Menzingers Transgender Dysphoria Blues –– Against Me! Home Like No Place, There ––The Hotelier Movies: The LEGO Movie Nightcrawler Guardians of the Galaxy

Sarah Dean News and Layout Editor Albums: Midnight Sun –– Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger St. Vincent –– St. Vincent Mind Over Matter –– Young the Giant Movies: The Grand Budapest Hotel A Hard Day’s Night re-release (It counts; it was in theaters for a few days) Guardians of the Galaxy

Garen Freed A&E Editor Albums: Mind Over Matter –– Young the Giant No Sleep –– Volumes Lower Than Atlantis –– Lower Than Atlantis Movies: Edge of Tomorrow Interstellar Snowpiercer

Sean McKnight Sports Editor

Amber Cox Staff Writer

Shadee Rios Staff Photographer

Albums: Queen Forever –– Queen Classics –– She & Him Offering: Live at Temple University –– John Coltrane

Albums: Upside Down Mountain –– Conor Oberst Songs from the Seafloor –– Mic The Prophet The Moon Rang Like A Bell –– Hundred Waters

Albums: Lazzaretto –– Jack White 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault –– Stevie Nicks With a Little Help from My Fwends –– The Flaming Lips

Movies: The Grand Budapest Hotel The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Maleficent

Movies: The Purge: Anarchy The Grand Budapest Hotel Rosewater

Movies: St. Vincent Fury Strange Rumblings in Shangri La/Attractive Distractions

Michael Galvez Web Editor

Caroline Williams Staff Writer

Albums:

Albums: 1989 –– Taylor Swift The New Classic –– Iggy Azalea

1989 –– Taylor Swift Shatter Me ––Lindsey Stirling X –– Ed Sheeran Movies: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Edge of Tomorrow A Million Ways to Die in the West

Movies: Captain America: The Winter Soldier How to Train Your Dragon 2 Guardians of the Galaxy

Nicole Frechette Staff Photographer Albums: Ghost Stories –– Coldplay People Keep Talking –– Hoodie Allen In the Lonely Hour –– Sam Smith Movies: Maleficent Divergent 22 Jump Street

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Stetson Men and Women’s Basketball Recap Men’s Basketball Wins Home Opener 75-61 over Edward Waters Brian Pegg leads the offense in victory Sean McKnight Sports Editor The Hatters opened the 2014-15 season with a 75-61 win Friday.

Brian Pegg scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Stetson out-scored Edward Waters 27-11 over the game’s final 9:44. The win was Stetson’s first season-opening victory since 2011 and comes one year after the Hatters started the season with an 0-8 record.

In addition to his near double-double, Pegg tied a school record for field-goal percentage in a game by making all eight of his shots from the field. He is the third Hatter to get a perfect 8-for-8 from the field. The last to do it was A.J. Smith against North Florida on Feb. 15, 2007.

Stetson played six freshmen on Friday, and all of them made outstanding contributions to the win. The rookies combined to score 42 of Stetson’s 71 points and dish 12 of the Hatters’ 17 assists.

The win, however, was anything but easy. The Hatters struggled out of the gate to start the game, making just one field goal in the first 3:43.

Stetson eventually righted

the ship and took a 27-21 lead on a Pegg layup with 9:03 left in the first half, but the Hatters managed just one field goal the rest of the half and trailed 36-34 at halftime.

The Tigers pushed the lead out to as many as four points on three different occasions in the second half, the last coming when a pair of free throws by Charles-Eddie Smith made it a 46-42 game with 13:29 to play.

Consecutive layups by Stetson’s Divine Myles tied the game at 46-46, and the teams traded leads twice before the Hatters began their game-winning march.

With Stetson trailing 5048, Angel Rivera made oneof-two free throws and Grant Lozoya followed with a layup for a 51-50 lead. A pair of free throws by Jonathan Joseph and a three-pointer by Corey Mendez pushed Stetson’s lead to 5650 with 8:47 to go.

After a jumper by EWC’s Dontay Sheppard stopped the bleeding for the Tigers, Joseph canned a three-pointer with 8:06 left to give Stetson a 5952 lead, its largest since the first half.

Back-to-back baskets by B.J. Glasford lifted Stetson to a 65-56 edge, and Myles’ jump-

er with 4:41 to go gave Stetson its first double-digit lead of the night at 67-56.

Myles finished with 12 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals while Glasford scored 11. Rivera added 10 points and five assists. Kentwan Smith led the Hatters with 10 rebounds.

Stetson shot 43 percent for the game, including 48.5 percent in the second half. The Hatters made just 16-of-28 free throws, but out-rebounded the Tigers by a 51-27 margin.

This was a much needed win for second year head coach Corey Williams. They faced a challenging opponent and were able to come out on top when nothing seemed to be going their way. Although the team has veterans the likes of Glasford, Smith, and Pegg the team is primarily comprised of younger less seasoned players.

However, if this win is any indication, this team looks strong. They play well together and can, when all else fails, get points on the board. It’ll be a haul of a year, but if the new guys can look up to the veterans and the vets play as well as I know they can, Stetson will be in for a good year.

Kentwan Smith goes up for the layup against UCF during the men’s game versus the Knights on Nov.16.

Photo courtesy: gohatters.com

Women’s Basketball Defeats BethuneCookman, 91-61

Jama Sharp scores a career high of 26 Points and goes 10–for–10

Amber Porter goes for the simple basket against Bethune-Cookman.

Photo courtesy: gohatters.com

Sean McKnight Sports Editor If Jama Sharp’s performance opening night is any indication of how her senior season is going to be, this women’s squad is poised to run ship in the Atlantic Sun. Sharp was a perfect 10– for–10 from the field, including 6-for-6 from three-point range, in Stetson’s season-opening 91-61 win over Bethune-Cookman this past Friday. She broke school-records in both categories and finished with a career-high of 26 points.

Sharp hit her first threepoint attempt less than two minutes into the game, and from that point forward, she absolutely manhandled Bethune’s defense. She had 12 points at halftime, which all came from behind the arc.

In the second half, Sharp scored 14 points on 6-of6 shooting, hitting the record-breaking tenth consecutive field goal and sixth three-pointer with under 20 seconds to play. She also recorded six assists, showcasing her versatility as an excellent shooter and playmaker.

Amber Porter also played well for the Hatters, adding 23 points on 9–of–11 shooting and picking up her 500th career point late in the first half. She also added 13 rebounds and four blocks.

Stetson led by just five (4237) at halftime, but a 13-0 run to open the second half helped put the game away. Sharp, Porter, and Myeisha Hall hit consecutive three-pointers during the run.

In the first half, Bethune was able to get a jump on Stetson and almost made them pay for their slow start.

Thankfully, after some much needed halftime adjustments, Stetson was able to come out in the second half and play the game the way they wanted to play it. They played outstanding defense, made the right shots on offense, and communicated with each other exceptionally well to come away with the decisive victory.

The Hatters hit 12 three-pointers during the night, coming within two of the school-record. Hall finished with 15 points, while Sarah Sagerer tallied nine points and nine rebounds in her Hatter debut.

Last Friday’s performance was reminiscent of last season’s phenomenal run that, unfortunately, ended in the A-Sun championship game to rival FGCU. The Lady Hatters are, as it seems right now, coming back stronger than most of us have ever seen them. If this performance is any indication of the upcoming conference play, Stetson will be at the top nearly all season.

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Football Conquers Marist at Homecoming, 22-14

Team now sits at 5-6 overall after falling to Morehead State, 41-18 Sean McKnight Sports Editor

Top: The Hatters rush the field at the beginning of the Nov. 8 homecoming game againt Marist.

Bottom: A crowd full of students, locals, and alumni clad in Stetson green and white watch the team with anticipation.

Photos courtesy: gohatters.com

Two Saturdays ago, our football team was able to take down Marist in a nail bitter Homecoming game. In that well earned home victory, the Hatters were able to set their record at 5-5 overall and 3-3 in the Pioneer League–a perfect .500 on all accounts.

Coming into their game against Morehead State this past Saturday, the team had high hopes of taking out this elusively challenging team but unfortunately fell short.

Now sitting at 5-6 overall and 3-4 in the Pioneer League, Stetson still has a shot of making it to the playoffs.

These two games were like the classic story of a Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde.

At Homecoming, Stetson made few mistakes fundamentally. Taking the momentum of their winning streak, they managed to overcome a Marist team also on a hot streak.

The Hatters capitalized,

even after being down at halftime, and were able to overcome the challenges that faced them. It was an allaround strong victory for the team–one we needed desperately to stay in contention.

This past Saturday, the team travelled to Kentucky to take on Morehead State in sub-freezing conditions.

Stetson was blanked by a comfortable team who was, much like us the week prior, on a streak.

It was disheartening to watch the team fall from their winning streak, but as the saying goes in college football, on any given Saturday anything can happen.

Although Stetson is for all intents and purposes out of the talk for taking the Pioneer League crown, they still have the chance to finish the season at .500.

If they can take the intensity they had against Campbell and Marist back home and use it against Drake on the Nov. 22, they will show many how much they have matured in just one year.

It’s been a hot-and-cold

season for our football team.

They have showed a lot of promise and have shown other teams that they are not a squad to be trifled with.When it comes down to it, they have the talent, desire, work ethic, and camaraderie to come together to get a victory.

After their loss to Morehead, Head Coach Robert Hughes spoke on the loss and the upcoming game against Drake: “I thought we were further along, but today we didn’t play very well. You’d like to think you could put success behind you and move on with the same intensity, but I don’t know if that happened. That is part of the maturing process. We have to take this set back and find a way to come back.”

Our team has the ability to come back from this tough loss and get another win at home in front of their loyal fans. This year, they’ve doubled production in the scoring, passing, running, and defensive departments of the game, which speaks volumes for next season.

Women’s Volleyball Lose Season Finale at UNF, 3-0 Team will face Northern Kentucky in the A-Sun Quarterfinals

Sean McKnight Sports Editor The Stetson volleyball team dropped its regular season finale 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-22) to host North Florida this past Saturday.

The Hatters completed the regular season with a mark of 16-12 overall and 7-7 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Stetson tied Northern Kentucky and Jacksonville in the A-Sun standings for third place, but JU and NKU finished ahead of Stetson on a head-to-head sets tiebreaker.

Stetson will enter next week’s A-Sun Championship as the No. 5 seed and will play No. 4 seed Northern Kentucky (18-10) in the quarterfinals on Thursday, Nov. 20. The Stetson-NKU winner will advance to play top-seeded Lipscomb in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 21. The Championship will be played Saturday, and the winner will earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

This is the second straight year Stetson’s squad has made it to the A-Sun playoffs and are hoping to beat their runner-up finish from last season. Jack-

sonville is the defending A-Sun champion.

Saturday, UNF (13-17, 6-8 A-Sun) hit .394 for the match while Stetson was held to a .148 attack percentage. The teams split the season series with each team winning on its home court.

McKenna Foster and Madison Akins each collected 11 kills to lead the Hatters. Kayla Weller dished out 28 assists and Alexa Drost picked up 15 digs. Akins served four of the Hatters’ eight aces.

It was a tough loss for Stetson who has been on a losing streak of late. They’ve dropped a few close conference games– this one included–and it has been tough on the squad.

However, even though they couldn’t recreate their cinderella-esque run from last season, they still have the opportunity to take the A-Sun title.

They have the experience all over the court, as well as the talent, athleticism, finesse, and communication to take down other top-seeded teams. If they can go back to the basics and take each match one set and one point at a time, our squad will be successful in the playoffs this season.

Kayla Weller sets up the spike and helps the Hatters who, despite their loss, are moving onto the A-Sun Tournament this year.

Photo courtesy: gohatters.com

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