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February 19, 2014

Vagina Monologues: Valentine’s Day victory

Courtney Wirths / Photo Editor

Students share stories about vaginas in an effort to stop violence against women and girls.

By Kelly Corbett Correspondent

Valentine’s Day is much more than a day to nibble on heart-shaped chocolates

and spend time with loved ones. This past weekend, Feb. 14 through 16, the College once again hosted Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” in the Mayo Concert Hall.

Valentine’s Day, better known as a

“global movement to stop violence against women and girls,” according to the show’s program, presents “The Vagina Monologues” annually in celebration.

Mary Lynn W. Hopps, the director of

WILL at the College, kicked off this year’s show by explaining that the V in V-Day stands for “Victory, Valentine and Vagina.” She further explained that the monologues were based off of over 200 interviews from women.

Although the women were reluctant at first, the secret was unraveled that “women secretly loved to talked about their vaginas,” Hopps said.

The monologues delved straight into the world of vaginas, from hairy vaginas, to angry vaginas, to vaginas that preferred men and vaginas that preferred women.

It explored the variety of names we refer to vaginas as, such as “twat” in New Jersey and the “conj” at the College.

Although vaginas were put under the spotlight throughout the night, even the male audience members who lack this fancy lady part were laughing along and enjoying the show.

The audience was enlightened with what a vagina would wear if it got dressed.

Some of the answers included a “tutu,” “silk kimono,” “only Armani” or “something machine washable.”

They were also delighted with what a vagina would say if it could talk, such as “slow down,” “embrace me” or “enter at your own risk.”

In “The Flood” monologue, senior nursing major Santina Mazzola took on the role of a 72-year-old woman, who in all her years see VAGINA page 10

Tragic truth to being ‘thin’ Overtime win makes

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‘Thin’ expresses the horrifying truths of four women with eating disorders.

Chelsea LoCascio Correspondent While giving her son his nightly bath, Alisa Williams would take the opportunity to throw up down the drain while her son’s head was turned.

Alisa’s obsession to lose weight had become so detrimental to her health that she was sent to The Renfrew Center of Florida.

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In the HBO documentary “Thin,” which was played in the Library Auditorium this past Wednesday, Feb. 12, hosted by CAPS on behalf of National Eating Disorder Awareness Month, four women, Alisa Williams, Brittany Robinson, Polly Williams and Shelby Guillory, were followed on their journeys to recovery from bulimia, anorexia or both.

“There are a lot of misconceptions of eating disorders,” said Amanda Mastronardi, the cochair of the National Eating Awareness Month Committee, about the issues in the film.

Mastronardi further explained that people are still unaware of how serious the illness truly is, as “it’s a huge mental health issue … it’s often compared to addiction.”

Prior to viewing the film, Mastronardi warned the audience of the graphic and personal subject matter of the film and that anyone was welcome to leave at any given point.

“Thin” is certainly not for the faint of heart, as eyes closed and heads turned on multiple occasions. This happened during scenes including those in which Alisa and Polly were shown vomiting, in addition to the viewing of the inside of Shelby’s stomach during a feeding tube extraction that resulted from her disorder.

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ice hockey champions

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Ice hockey captures their second GNCHC title in three years with a 4-3 overtime win. See more on page 24.

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Basketball Women continue to dominate opponents

Die-in Raising awarenes for gay advocates in Russia

Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett charms as the lead in this movie

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Funding for tower and zip-line adventure

By Julie Kayzerman News Editor

After about 45 minutes of debate and discussion, the Student Finance Board allocated $107,348 to CUB, SG and SFB, who hope to bring Funival 2014 to the College.

They tabled funding $37,000 for a band and equipment until they receive a list of possible talent for the concert for them to go through.

SFB had trouble concluding whether they had the right to decide if certain attractions should be funded, as CUB is programming, but SFB is co-sponsoring.

“It’s the little things that add up to make the event great,” assistant financial director Kevin Lakritz said. “I trust CUB’s programming.

They’re the programming experts.”

As members were in disfavor of funding things, like a $3,000 balloon artist, they ultimately decided to leave programming up to CUB, especially ones that they were personally funding with their contribution of $29,000. SFB held the stipulation that they come back for concert funding with a list of talent, as members agreed with financial director Nick Ruppino who felt that he’s “not really comfortable allocating $37,000 for

a concert where we don’t even know what they’re bringing.”

The organizations hope to bring a ferris wheel, drop tower, zero gravity, bumper cars, windjammer, mobile zip-line, laser tag, rock wall and several other activities for the students to partake in.

Funival is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 2.

CUB was also funded with $4,550, alongside its co-hosts To Write Love on Her Arms, in hopes of bringing Kevin Breel to campus to talk about his struggles with depression in a truthful and comedic way on Tuesday, April 8, at 8:30 p.m. in Roscoe West 201.

Protestant Bible Fellowship was also among the many presenters to SFB with their event “Jesus is Greater than Religion,” a presentation by YouTube sensation Jefferson Bethke. It was funded by SFB for $5,015. PBF hopes to bring him on Wednesday, March 19, in the Brower Student Center.

On the multicultural side, SFB had several heated discussions on what to fund as a result of the minimal amount of money left in the multicultural budget.

However, the Muslim Student Association was allocated

$6,275 to host its event, “Celebrating Women in Islam: Muslim Women Doing Arts” as a part of Islamic Awareness Week.

The event will focus on bringing to light the neglected Muslim American Women by holding a week to educate the student body on their accomplishments with a series of lectures throughout the week of Feb. 24.

In addition, the Indian Student Association was allocated $3,598.77 to host “Bollywood Night” on Saturday, March 29, at 8 p.m. The event will showcase the culture of India with tradition Punjabi food and dance performances.

The final multicultural request came from the Black Student Union to host a “Sankofa Ball” as the closing for Black History Month.

SFB agreed to fully fund the club for $1,035 for the event to have catering and decorations. It will be held in the Brower Student Center 202 on Friday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m BSU was also allocated $1,805 to host its annual fashion show, with the theme “Class is in session.”

SFB was impressed with the presentation, as it was more organized than in previous years.

“I think they’ve made a lot of compromises, and they’ve been very manageable,” sophomore

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CUB, SG and SFB get funded to host Funival in May. representative Tom Athan said.

It will take place on Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in room 202 of the Brower Student Center.

Back on the special appropriations requests, Canterbury received $3,850 in funding to host its “What I Be” project during the week of March 24. The project’s purpose is to unify the campus by creating an environment of acceptance. They will be taking pictures of students holding up papers written with their insecurities throughout the week, which will be posted in the library and around the campus.

SFB unanimously voted to fully fund the event as they agreed with representative at large Parth

Patel, who felt that it was “something we haven’t seen before.”

Next up was the TCNJ Swing Dance Club ,who received funding for $3,314.73 to host “Carnvial Swing Dance.” They hope to host the event with the Joshua Fialkoff Quartet on a $1,257.25 dance floor that will be placed in the T/W Main Lounge for the event on Friday, March 28.

Finally, PRISM was funded with $705 to host its annual Queer Wedding. This year, they have added a reception in room 202 of the Brower Student Center. The weddings will take place in the Allen Drawing Room before the reception, on Tuesday, March 4.

Emigrants and expensive pets trending in US

By Courtney Wirths Opinions Editor

• Americans are moving out of the United States in large numbers. In 2013, 3,000 people either terminated their citizenship or terminated their long-term residency. This is more than three times the number that moved in 2012, according to CNBC. • Sony Corporation’s PlayStation 4 video game console took the lead as the most purchased console this year, stealing the top spot in retail sales from Microsoft Corp.’s XBox One, according to Bloomberg News.

• Americans are becoming increasingly attached to their pets. A study by the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals showed that 68 percent of American households have a pet, and they will spend close to $700 a year paying for it, according to CNBC. • As carmakers continue to brainstorm ideas for driverless cars, Americans remain worried. A Harris Poll revealed that nine in 10 Americans said they would not feel comfortable riding in a driverless car,

according to CNBC.

• In a $45.2 billion sale, television giant Comcast Corp. is planning to purchase Time Warner Cable. The buyout will merge the two largest cable providers in the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal.

• Paula Dean, in an effort to restart her career, has formed a new company, called “Paula Deen Ventures.” The new company is said to be having talks with television networks and

potential retail partners, according to the Wall Street Journal.

• The housing numbers for January, a measure of home starts, was down from previous months. The decline is being blamed on the relentless cold that is disrupting and delaying construction projects, according to Bloomberg.

• Hotels across the country are looking to accommodate runners. More Americans are beginning to run marathons and are traveling across the country to do so, according to CNBC.

College gives cold shoulder to ice and snow

By Tom Kozlowski News Editor With a relentless torrent of snowstorms and ice battering the College, the campus has become nothing short of a tundra. Snow piles heap higher and higher as each week’s shower piles up, while ice patches, nasty and nearly invisible, stretch outside residence halls and high-traffic areas. Their presence, moreover, shows no signs of disappearing soon.

In the event of storms on the horizon, the College has a routine set of policies preparing for bad weather, from pitter-patters of snow to blizzards.

“Before any predicted storm, the Department of Facilities and Administrative Services ensures that salt supplies are well stocked (and that) trucks and other snow clearing equipment (loaders, Gators, snow blowers and power brooms) are in working order and fueled,” said David

Muha, associate vice president for Communications, Marketing & Brand Management.

Once a storm hits, depending on the severity, the administration determines what needs to be plowed by the Office of Grounds and Landscape Maintenance Services.

Safely cleared roads are essential for allowing passage for Campus Police or medical services, but areas around buildings can be just as hazardous to go uncleared.

In spite of the College’s efforts, many students have had difficulty traversing campus over the lasting residue of the storm season.

“Behind Cromwell, they don’t put salt on the sidewalk — it’s like TCNJ on ice,” sophomore economics major Nirali Vyas said.

Others have been injured directly on the unforgiving ice.

“I’ve slipped a couple of times,” senior civil engineering major Nancy Argueta said. “I feel like there’s not much they can actually do.”

These conditions seem almost

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The ‘bridge of death,’ a hazard to all who try to cross.

permanent. Any improvements made on the grounds are reversed immediately upon the arrival of another storm. Even the administration has acknowledged the College’s gridlock to fight the snow.

“Although DFAS does its best to (clear the campus), the weather does not always cooperate,” Muha said. “Windy conditions can recover already cleared roadways and sidewalks, and daytime melting can

refreeze at night causing icy conditions throughout the campus.”

Especially dangerous to walkers are the many uncleaned construction areas across campus, many of which remain haphazardly icy. In order to complete plumbing repair to New Residence Hall, a metal ramp stretches across the sidewalk leading to Decker Hall — as ice accumulates on top of the metal, students have unwittingly slipped

on the platform.

“It’s the bridge of death,” sophomore psychology and education double major Laura Stiefbold said.

“I fall every day.”

Onslaught of storms aside, the process of clearing the snow and ice appears slow.

“The storms this year have been a bit out of the ordinary,” Muha said. “Heavily traveled areas, both vehicular and pedestrian, tend to get snow packed, making it much harder to plow down to the pavement. In addition, salt does not work well on packed areas. Extremely cold temperatures have left DFAS with a relentless daily battle with ice.”

As February continues, more snowstorms hover on the radar.

Each one adds a new successive layer to the already cemented sheets of ice across campus, and if the College doesn’t step up its fight against the inclement weather, campus conditions will falter on an ever more slippery slope.

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‘Little Words’ has a big impact Chipotle to Alumna inspires with bracelet design be served in the Stud

By Samantha Roberts Correspondent

Whenever Julia Conte looks down at her wrist, she is quickly provided comfort from the memory of her late grandmother’s spirit. “Grace,” a word that to Julia symbolizes the loving and graceful nature of her grandmother, is printed on a bracelet that she wears daily.

To Julia, the simplicity of her “grace” bracelet serves as a constant source of her grandmother’s encouragement.

“I hold this bracelet so close to my heart because it’s a reminder for me to make graceful choices, like my grandmother would have,” Conte said.

Women everywhere are experiencing a similar sense of comfort to what Conte feels in her “grace” bracelet. Little Words Project, a bracelet company that aims to spread positivity in the form of simple “Little Words” accessories, is taking off, instilling simple meanings of goodwill such as “laughter,” “hope,” “inspire” and, in Conte’s case, “grace,” in girls around the nation.

Adriana Botti, 2012 alumna from the College and Little Words Project’s founder, created the company in hopes of inspiring individuals. Its mission is simple.

“One is to wear her Little Word for as long as the bracelet provides her the comfort she needs, and then, when the opportunity arises, she is to pass her Little Word on to someone who needs it more than she does,” Botti said.

Botti, a graduate from the College, accredits technology and social media largely for her company’s quick development.

“Social media is the foundation of my marketing efforts,” she said. “Without it, I wouldn’t have sold nearly as many bracelets.”

Botti, who was the vice president of recruitment for Delta Zeta sorority while she was a student at the College, also appoints much of Little Words Project’s success to the efforts of her sorority sisters. She said that on various social media networks, “Each member of my sorority, old and new, have been sharing everything, and you wouldn’t believe how many sales that has spurred.”

Additionally, Botti’s sorority was her largest inspiration in the founding of the idea behind her project.

“I was thinking just the other day that if I hadn’t gone to TCNJ, I never would have had the idea to start the business,” she said. “TCNJ brought me Delta Zeta and Delta Zeta brought me the courage to

By Sydney Shaw Staff Writer

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Each word symbolizes a small but meaningful concept for the wearer. pursue my dreams.”

Botti’s idea behind Little Words Project initially stemmed during her tenure as a sister of the sorority. Botti said that as a sister at the College, she created “Warm Fuzzies,” an early version of what was to become “Little Words” Project.

“The concept of the bracelets caught on with my chapter — each girl wore and passed her bracelet on when she felt the time had come, an idea which quickly spread to a few other chapters around the nation,” she said.

Botti’s sorority-wide concept evolved into a legitimate business when she noticed the full potential of her products, since then making over 1,000 bracelets.

“I was able to fuse my creativity and my desire to do something important, and so Little Words Project was born,” Botti said.

Marissa Baum, a sophomore marketing major and fellow sorority sister of Botti, sports matching “forever” bracelets with her mother.

“My “Little Word” is a little piece of home for me,” she said. “I think of my mom every time I put my bracelet on while I’m away at school.”

Like Baum, Botti too sports her own personal Little Words bracelet. The Little Word that Botti holds nearest to her heart is “dream.” “(The bracelet) ‘dream’ ... means the most to me,” Botti said, recalling the first

Little Word she ever made.

“The first of the new Little Words Project design, it truly inspired me to keep following my dreams,” she said.

“Now that I look back on that day, I can’t believe how far I’ve come.”

Botti said her ultimate goal for the project is to continue “to reach as many customers as organically possible and to see girls everywhere passing on their Little Words.”

In the future, Conte hopes to pass on her “grace” bracelet, as does Baum with her “forever” bracelet.

Customers of “Little Words Project” are encouraged to come up with their own word that has significance in lives, as Conte did with her “grace” bracelet.

However, the company also has premade Words, including “create,” “hope” and “live.”

“I think the simplicity and beauty of the bracelets do the selling for me — of course, with the help of social media and word of mouth,” she said.

Botti said she holds her company near and dear to her heart. Moreover, she takes pride in knowing her product has the power to make a difference in the lives of girls everywhere.

“There is so much negativity in this world,” Botti said. “It would be nice to see girls everywhere coming together to lift each other up, which is what Little Words Project is all about.”

Student Government President Tyler Liberty opened the meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 12, by announcing Barbara Gitenstein’s 15th year serving as President of the College.

A theme throughout this week’s meeting was revamping social media platforms into new ways for the administration to help students at the College.

Arts and Communications Senator Tom Verga talked about lionsmatter.com, a website he compared to the Twitter account @TCNJPROBLEMS. Instead of just complaining about their problems, students now have a way to get in touch with someone who can help solve them.

“Information posted on the website will be sent to the administration,” Verga said. “It gives administrators more of a way to help the College.”

Michell Lin, a senator of Humanities and Social Sciences, presented a similar idea, but this time replacing a textbook-exchange Facebook group within the College. The new program is called “Textbook Friend.” You can simply type in your information online, whether you are a buyer or a seller, and you will then be matched up with another student looking to exchange books.

“This is a way to better organize and bring everyone together,” Lin said.

Perhaps the most exciting part of the meeting was the announcement of the Chipotle fundraiser on Monday, Feb. 24, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Students can order from Chipotle when visiting the Brower Student Center. Then on Tuesday, Feb. 25, the food will be delivered to the student center between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Colleges Against Cancer will receive 50 percent of all profits.

Near the end of the meeting, Assistant Dean of Students Angela Chong went into detail about the new Student Organization Code of Conduct and received feedback from students.

“We are holding them accountable as a group now,” Chong said.

Sophomore economics major Grace Moran brought up concerns about an entire organization being punished when only a few of its members violated the code of conduct.

Chong stressed that it will not affect an individual’s discipline record if members of a group violate the code, but the individual was not present at the time of the violation.

“It doesn’t mean that if one individual violates the code, the whole group will be punished,” Chong said. “Consequences will depend entirely on the investigation and the evidence gathered.”

Thin / Desires of the body, disease of the mind continued from page 1

Courtney Wirths / Photo Editor

Eating disorders are no mere habits, but rather diseases.

This film allowed anyone to see into the lives of an eating disorder victim, as they feared not only gaining weight, but also death. In the beginning, viewers were informed that “as many as one in seven women with anorexia will die from the illness.”

The film also gave the audience a chance to ride the emotional rollercoaster that is an eating disorder. One scene showed Alisa drawing the body she perceived she had, which depicted a stocky masculine figure.

As the art therapist had Alisa stand against the drawing, she outlined Alisa’s actual body. Alisa

failed to see the difference between the frail and bulky images and resorted to pointing out her troubled areas instead.

“What hit me was she still saw it as an issue,” sophomore graphic design major Danielle McDermott said. “She still saw herself as too big.”

Alisa’s poor body image resonated with all the other Renfrew patients who were a mere representation of the countless people who struggle daily with disorders.

Another scene depicted Polly’s severe anxiety as she contemplated eating a cupcake for her birthday. Scenes such as these allowed the audience to see the anxiety, fear and sheer terror wash over

their faces as they were destroyed by the thought of gaining even a single pound.

Finally, the film updated the audience on the lives of Alisa, Polly, Brittany and Shelby today.

The audience was faced with the truth — even after their treatment, each woman continued to struggle and reverted back to the comforts of their eating disorders The very last scene showed Alisa’s first day back home, where she ultimately decided to start throwing up again.

“It’s hard watching anyone struggle,” junior health and exercise science major Lucas Guyt said. “There’s no real cure, but there is hope.”

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Nation & W rld

Russia drops $2 billion for extra security at Olympics

By Hajar Lakhouili Staff Writer

You may be in the snow, but “You’re not out of the woods,” states Texas Republican and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul in reference to the athletes of the Winter Olympics, according to CBSNews.

McCaul explained that he blames the chances of an attack on Russian security official’s lack of input from American counterparts.

America sent two warships to the Black Sea for security at the Winter Olympics, where the commanders have orders to perform “routine security operations and patrols” and be prepared

in the event of a problem in Sochi, accounts Politico.

The White House stated that President Obama directed his team at the Pentagon and State Department to “work closely with the Russian government and other partners toward a secure and successful Sochi games and to review carefully and act on any new information that might affect the security of the games.”

“I think any Olympics is going to have a certain risk to it. I think this particular Olympics, I’ve never seen a greater threat, certainly in my lifetime,” McCaul said, according to CBSNews.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reacted to the terrorist threats by

spending $2 billion for security at the games and positioning 40,000 troops at the perimeter of Sochi, according to TIMESwampland.

Several Republican Representatives have voiced their concerns regarding security at the Winter Olympics, stating that no one should put their guard down until the games are officially over, including Representative Mike Rogers from Michigan and Representative Peter King from New York, TIMESwampland reports.

“There certainly are a lot of risks.

But I think they’re manageable risks, if people stay where they’re supposed to,” Democratic Representative Adam Schiff from California stated, according to CBSNews.

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Russian police inspect hockey sticks taken off a plane in Sochi.

Volunteers ship prepared meals to the less fortunate

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Organizations from all over the US join forces and make meals to ship to the hungry.

NOVI, Mich. (AP) — They came from all walks of life — Girl Scouts troops, National Guard units, financial planning offices, Zumba classes — to spend three days packing food for thousands of hungry children they’ll never meet.

The 2 Million Meals effort, the brainchild of a Detroitarea pastor, concluded Sunday.

The results: 8,810 volunteers put together 2,029,536 meals to be shipped to El Salvador, Haiti and the Philippines. The mixtures of rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and 21 vitamins and minerals will provide one meal a day for a year to 5,560 children.

“The truth is, this has been an amazing experience because of the impact it’s going to cause in the lives of every child and every person who’s going to eat these meals,” Brad Powell, who heads up NorthRidge Church, said shortly after the 2 millionth meal was packed Sunday afternoon. “But I think you can see from the energy in this room and all that’s going on it’s going to change more than just the lives of those who will eat this food.”

Powell led an effort three years ago in which 5,000 volunteers packed 1 million meals over the same time period at an area middle school. Convinced more could and should be done, Powell dreamed of doubling that effort.

That vision became a reality on Sunday, when the magic completed number was displayed on an oversized video display. Volunteers, who worked 11 sets of two-hour shifts from Friday to Sunday, cheered and danced as Gary Glitter’s sports-arena anthem “Rock & Roll, Part 2” filled the Suburban Collection Showplace, a convention center in

Around the World:

Geneva

UN issues warning to North Korea

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Australian Justice Michael Kirby warns N. Korean leader Kim Jung Un of potential accountability for his perpetrated crimes.

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday that he may be held accountable for orchestrating widespread crimes against civilians in the secretive Asian nation, ranging from systematic executions to torture, rape and mass starvation.

It is unusual for a U.N. report to directly implicate a nation’s leader. But in a letter accompanying a yearlong investigative report, the chairman of a three-member U.N. commission of inquiry, retired Australian judge Michael Kirby, directly warned Kim that international prosecution is needed “to render

accountable all those, including possibly yourself, who may be responsible for crimes against humanity.”

“Even without being directly involved in crimes against humanity, a military commander may be held responsible for crimes against humanity committed by forces under the commander’s effective command and control,” Kirby wrote.

He urged Kim to take “all necessary and reasonable measures” to stop crimes against humanity and insure that they are properly investigated and prosecuted. Kirby added, however, there was no indication the North

Korea would do so.

The investigative commission’s 372-page report is a wide-ranging indictment of North Korea for policies including political prison camps with 80,000 to 120,000 people, statesponsored abductions of North Korean, Japanese and other nationals, and lifelong indoctrination.

“They are wrongs that shock the conscience of humanity,” Kirby said, comparing them with Nazi atrocities.

Details of the findings were reported Friday by The Associated Press.

Speaking to reporters after the release of the report, Kirby said it was impossible not to include Kim’s name in the list of suspects because of what he described as the government’s totalitarian nature.

Kirby referred to prison camps, which North Korea says do not exist.

“However, the satellite images show the prison camps and we had testimony, which is quoted in the report, which tells the stories of the prison camps” that include starvation and stunted growth in babies, he said.

North Korean officials did not cooperate with the panel’s investigation, saying in correspondence last year that the country “totally and categorically rejects” the probe ordered by the U.N.’s 47-nation Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva.

Novi, which donated 65,000 square feet of space.

Also on board was Feed My Starving Children, a Coon Rapids, Minn., nonprofit that sends volunteer-packed meals across the globe.

NorthRidge members paid for the meals themselves, raising $440,000 mostly through Christmas offerings at the church, which is one of the largest in the U.S. The nondenominational Christian church, which has its main campus in Plymouth Township as well as two satellite locations elsewhere in Michigan, draws an average of 9,600 worshippers each weekend.

Jenna Stewart, 10, helped pack meals Friday alongside her sister, mother and grandmother — smiling widely throughout.

“My mother has been calling out numbers,” said Jenna, who lives in Garden City. “She’s really loud.”

Packing stations such as Jenna’s cheered when they reached a certain number of meals. The hooting and hollering could be heard, barely, over the nonstop barrage of music — an eclectic mix of Christian rock, Motown, modern pop and more.

Occasionally, organizers gave the volunteers a much-needed break.

Obscure & Offbeat

AP Photo

A colossal snowball that students formed at Reed College.

Homeless man under “a rest”

A man decided to sleep in the back of a Portland police officer’s car and then realized he was locked in. He was sent to jail on charges of criminal mischief.

Huge snowball slams into dorm

Students of Reed College let go of a massive snowball that they made, which rolled into a bedroom of a dorm and smashed in its wall.

Repair costs range from $2,000 to $3,000.

All information from NBC.com.

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Editorial

Barbie more than just a cover girl

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Sports Illustrated is putting the iconic American doll, Barbie, on the cover of this year’s swimsuit edition. The legendary Mattel Inc. toy will be donning a black and white bathing suit based on the one she wore when the doll was first introduced. The reasoning behind the plastic cover girl, the two companies agreed, is to take an #unapologetic stance on the images they have painted of women since their starts.

The decision is causing outrage. Mothers and feminists alike having been writing OpEds, commenting on stories and storming social media sites.

I first read about the #unapologetic campaign while reading my morning paper last week. Since then, I have been reading opinion pieces and watching the stream of tweets fall on to my feed. They all pose the common question, “What do we say to our daughters?”

Someday, if I have daughters, I know I, unfortunately, will not be able to shelter them from the negative influences in our world that will allow them think that they need a certain waist size or hairstyle to be beautiful. I can’t hide them from superficial teenage boys, Hollywood stars, airbrushes or even Barbie. What I can do, however, is use Barbie to teach a positive lesson to young women.

Since her creation in 1959, Barbie has been everything from a doctor to a pilot. She has tried her hand at entrepreneurship, owning both pet shops and ice cream parlors. As the lead singer of a rock n’ roll band, Barbie has performed for thousands of living rooms and bedrooms of fans. These are just some of the rolls Mattel Inc. has created for her. In the imaginations of little girls, she can fly to the moon, explore new lands and be a loving Mom all at the same time.

When girls play with Barbie, they create a confident woman who travels the world, has supportive friends, wears whatever she would like out of the toy box and achieves any goals she sets her mind to.

My daughter will know that Barbie is not beautiful because of her long legs, skinny waist and straight blonde hair. I want my daughter to know that Barbie is beautiful for the same reason she and all women are: Barbie can be anyone and do anything we imagine she can.

And that, along with her pink convertible, makes Barbie pretty cool.

— Courtney Wirths, Opinions Editor

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Quotes of the Week “It’s a special group, it really is. I’m kind of at a loss right now to explain how special they are.

For this team, for everything that they accomplished this year, I think we had a little bit more pressure on ourselves with just how good we were.

Expectations were so high that it was a little bit heavier for the seniors to come out here and compete like they did. It’s just the ultimate testament to their character. They’re not just great athletes, they’re great kids.”

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Opinions

Formal Recruitment can be a bittersweet process Students find their place in campus Greek life

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Greek life is a way to get more involved in activities around campus and to find a group of individuals who accept you for who you are.

By Bina Ramesh I waited until my sophomore year to rush, because I knew I could not handle taking on any extracurricular activities as a freshman. Let’s just say I went to parties a little too often and did not do my very best with academics.

When I finally got control of my academics in the fall of sophomore year, I realized I really wanted to get more involved on campus. I was super involved in high school activities, being a member of many clubs, volunteering in schools and even founding a chapter of the Future Educators Association at my high school. I felt incomplete without joining some kind of organization here at the College.

Don’t get me wrong, I had plenty of friends, regardless. I have made tons of close friends that I know will be with me through thick and thin. I am that annoying person who says hello to absolutely everyone when I’m walking to Eick. I just love meeting new people, and I am fairly good at remembering names, which is a lethal and powerful combination at a small school. I knew that all of these people weren’t my best friends, but I couldn’t help that I just genuinely enjoyed talking to many completely different types of people.

I had acquaintances and friends in every sorority and fraternity on this campus. I had heard the stereotypes and stories of Greek life, and I had seen my friends rush. I knew

that rushing was something I would regret not trying.

A lot of my friends rushing as sophomores were like me — they had friends already in these organizations, which makes rushing so much harder because you can’t look at any group without associating your friends with them. However, since I had friends in every sorority and fraternity, I was determined to keep an open mind.

I went to every sorority interest session there was before recruitment, ultimately going to an interest session for every sorority. By the end, I had talked way too much about myself and watched way too many of the same videos of compiled facebook pictures of all the sisters smiling and having fun, set to a generic pop song. It was exhausting and exciting all at the same time. I met awesome people, looked at those videos and the unity of the group, heard about their philanthropy and saw such amazing qualities in each organization.

When it came time for formal recruitment, I was so pumped. Orientation came and hundreds of girls were split into random groups and given our recruitment counselors. I was lucky enough to have one of my close friends in my group and two really sweet girls as my counselors. I was given a white T-shirt that I could dress up and style as I pleased.

If I could describe the first day of rounds it would be

like Welcome Week on steroids. Everyone is trying so desperately to stand out, yet fit in at the same time. The amount of times I complimented girls on their gorgeous accessories would probably make you want to vomit.

When we had to rank our preferences of the sororities at the end of the first day I started to feel so stressed.

I really could not do it. I saw such great things about every organization that I couldn’t make a decision. My recruitment counselors talked me through it, and I finally made my decision. Then, the waiting began to see who had called me back for the next day of rounds.

If I could compare hearing back from the sororities to anything, it would be like my senior year of high school college decisions. The question of the day everyone was asking was if you got your top choice.

I swear it was like déjà vu. l consoled some girls on not getting called back to the sororities they wanted and congratulated others on getting all six of their top choices.

The way I saw it is you can make the best of wherever you are placed. The College was my absolute top choice for a school. However, after talking to so many people here, it’s not surprising that for so many the College was not their top choice, especially because it’s a state school. They somehow landed up at the “CONJ” and love this school to pieces.

Some even could not see themselves anywhere but here.

That’s how I feel sorority recruitment is. Even if you don’t get your top-choice sorority, you can make the best of wherever you are because, let’s face it — it doesn’t matter where you are placed. These organizations that bond you were founded on quality values and philanthropy.

I’m truly happy and proud of who I am, and that’s why this process has been so fun. I have met so many amazing people and had some great conversations over the last couple days of recruitment. I feel bad for the girls who are not as comfortable with themselves going through this, because let me tell you, rejection is hard to handle and it sucks. However, no one should ultimately look at this process as rejection.

I know the cliché, “When one door closes another one opens,” is severely overused during the recruitment process, along with, “Everything happens for a reason.”

As much as people are probably sick of hearing both of those phrases, I promise they really are true. If I could give every person who goes through recruitment advice it would go a little like this: Do not obsess over rejection — be proud of your acceptance. But most importantly, keep an open mind and just be yourself, because honestly, you’re pretty awesome in your own way, just like everyone else.

A new battle in the war on drugs Correction:

By Jason Klosek

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Students look for practical solutions to drug policy.

$51 billion is spent annually to fund a war within this nation’s borders. This war has resulted in the uprooting and deaths of this country’s citizens. The counterproductive effects of this conflict have shown us that the war on drugs is clearly not working.

Current drug policy seeks to eliminate the problems caused by drug abuse by incarcerating individuals who possess or are involved in the sales of illicit drugs. By doing so, billions of dollars are spent to keep these people in jail and illegal drugs off the street. Despite these attempts, drugs are cheaper and of better quality and availability now, more than ever in the past.

It is imperative that we treat drug abuse as a health issue rather than treating it as a criminal justice issue.

We must promote the scientific education and sociological implications of drug use, not blanketed ideals that clump and label drugs altogether as bad and wrong. These actions are some of the goals of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). This international organization neither condemns nor condones drug use, but strives toward finding practical ways to reasonably reform drug policy.

SSDP – TCNJ Chapter and the Drug Policy Alliance of New Jersey will be hosting a screening of the movie, “The House I Live In,” on Wednesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Complex Room P101 to illustrate the economic and social toll caused by the war on drugs. SSDP is looking for members and strongly encourages those who wish to see change happen in current drug policy to attend the screening.

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Features

PRISM and Amnesty International stage a die-in Russia’s homophobic propaganda laws protested

By Colleen Murphy Features Editor

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Students lie in front of the Brower Student Center to protest Russia’s gay propaganda laws.

On Friday, Jan. 31, Russian journalist Elena Klimova was charged with “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” for starting an online project called “Children 404.” According to Amnesty International’s website, “‘Children 404’ began in March 2013, after Kilmova published a series of articles about LGBT teenagers, in order to support them and give them a space to speak about their problems. The project was named as an allusion to the message ‘404 Page not found’ one receives when a web page does not exist.”

If the court does decide that Kilmova broke Russia’s anti-LGBT laws, then she will be heavily fined and “Children 404” will be shut down.

The College’s Amnesty International and PRISM staged a die-in on Monday, Feb. 17, in hopes to raise

awareness of the unfair treatment of Kilmova, according to sophomore psychology and women’s and gender studies double major Disha Dass. Students were also able to sign a petition to appeal Russia’s homophobic propaganda laws.

Members of Amnesty International and PRISM laid down as if dead in front of the Brower Student Center with some holding signs explaining just a couple of the violent acts against LGBT citizens.

One sign read that, “On May 29, 2013, the body of Oleg Serdyuk, the openly gay director of Kamchatka airport was found in his burned out car, having been beaten and stabbed to the death the previous day.”

Another read that “In Aug. 2013, an anti-gay Russian neo-Nazi group kidnapped and tortured a young Uzbek man to cure him of his homosexulaity.”

Dass said they hope to garner as many signatures as possible to see an end to this violence.

Bottoms up: workouts for buns and thighs

By Ruchi Shah Columnist

When it comes to aspects of our physique, it’s just as Big Sean says — it’s all about that “Ass ass ass ass ass.” Butt, thighs and hips are areas of the body that many people prioritize toning. A common myth is that getting these parts into shape is next to impossible unless you engage in hours and hours of body-aching exercise. Notice I referred to this notion as a myth.

With the right workout routine, this doesn’t have to be such a challenge. This is not to say accomplishing your goal will be as easy as that alluring slice of pie sitting on your counter that

you’re tempted to eat. As with all health-related endeavors, the best way to tone your butt, hips and thighs is a combination of diet and exercise. When the option presents itself, be sure to make the right choice — choose fresh fruit and veggies and nonprocessed grains in favor of processed carbs. Listed below is an array of exercises that will help you get these so-called “trouble areas” into shape.

First on our list is an oldie but a goodie, but with a little twist — squats with weights. Hold the weights in either hand while doing your squats (pick dumbbells that you’re comfortable with — bigger dumbbells won’t yield better results, and chances are you’ll

find yourself cooped up in bed with an injury). Extend your arms with the weights in your hand and assume a squat position. Bring a weight (alternate left, right) down to between your legs each time you do a squat.

Since we started with squats, let me give you another variation: jump squats. The name is pretty self-explanatory — simply jump up with your hands over your head before falling into a squat.

Next on our list is the jumping lunge, yet another take on a classic exercise. Instead of just shifting your feet each time you lunge, jump to fall into the lunge and switch feet every time. To keep your balance, be sure to push with your heels and to not lean your

body side to side.

It wouldn’t be fair if I gave you two variations of squats but only one type of lunge, so this exercise is the curtsy lunge. Curtsy lunges are similar to regular lunges, but with a kick.

Instead of putting your leg straight back, cross it behind your opposite foot.

Side left lifts are exclusive. They’re mostly for your thighs. Lie down on your side (preferably on a soft yoga mat or cushion of some sort) and lift one leg up then down. This motion is parallel to the blades of a pair of cutting scissors.

A personal favorite of mine is the Superman exercise (I admit my partiality may have something to do with the name). Lie down on your stomach (once again on a comfortable surface), and alternate lifting one leg with the opposite arm.

You’ll be flying into shape in no time.

While it’s admirable to strive to be the best version of yourself, keep in mind there are different body types.

Your fit physique may not resemble another person’s, but that’s OK! The key to staying healthy is not to overdo it — no extreme is good.

The one and only Lil’ Kim is having a lil’ baby

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Kelly wants another reunion.

By Johnanthony Alaimo Columnist

Lil’ Kim, everyone’s favorite incarceration, is pregnant. That’s right.

Since she’s unable to produce another hit, she’s opted to make something else.

The former rapper/current train wreck announced the news at an after party for MAC Cosmetics in New York. She also revealed she does not know the baby’s gender. Lil’ Kim loves surprises, especially when they have nothing to do with affidavits and court hearings. No definitive word yet on who the baby daddy is. Hopefully it’s Nicki Minaj.

In not shocking news, Kelly Rowland revealed she cries when she listens to Beyoncé’s album. If Kelly is crying, I’m sure Michelle Williams is worse off and hanging off a ledge. The singer also revealed she’s open to a Destiny’s Child reunion,

although none of them have talked about it. Probably because they do not have Beyoncé’s number. It’s OK, Kelly. Your people will talk to Beyoncé’s people who will promptly refer them to the curb.

Martha Stewart is ready for some Bale, and this time it’s not for jail.

The home-goods guru/former felon revealed she’s got an eye for Christian Bale after recently watching “American Psycho.” I knew watching a man covered in blood wielding a chainsaw is what gets Martha going — that and potpourri. She also confessed she was into Ryan Gossling for a while. Do you hear that, boys? You can spend a wonderful evening at the Stewart household. Just don’t let her handcuff you.

Something tells me she still has a pair.

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Batman has more to look out for than just Bane.

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More reasons to work out

Campus Style

By Heather Hawkes Columnist

Courtney Wirths / Photo Editor

Going to the gym offers so much more than weight loss.

By Brielle Urciuoli Columnist

The gym was packed all throughout January, as people laced up their sneakers from Santa and went out to conquer their New Year’s resolutions.

But will the motivation last until the end of February? March? The year?

While many people fall out of the fitness habit just as quickly as they fall into it, there are many reasons why you should push through and continue to workout — and the reasons go beyond losing weight.

1. Better skin. Many people think sweat is pretty gross and slimy (and it is), and that it can make acne-prone or greasy skin even worse. But it’s actually just the opposite. Sweat drags impurities and bacteria out of your skin when it otherwise would have been trapped and caused pimples. Be sure to never wear makeup to the gym because it can actually prevent all this bad stuff from leaving your pores.

Wash your face immediately after the gym and within weeks, watch your

body get toned and your skin get clear.

2. It makes you happy and can lead to better grades. Working out releases endorphins, which can greatly boost both your mood and concentration. So if you think that daunting exam coming up is a reason not to go to the gym, it’s actually just the opposite.

3. It promotes you to make better choices. If you just spent a grueling hour on the treadmill, in a yoga class or hitting the weights, why counteract that hard work by scarfing down 10 Eick cookies as soon as they come out of the oven? Sure, some exercise may give you leverage for one or two, but statistics show that people who workout are more inclined to make other healthier habits, including those regarding their diet.

The benefits of frequent workout sessions stretch far beyond looking great. What’s the point in looking good if you feel terrible? Working out gives you the opportunity to do both — and then some!

We’ve all done it. We try on a piece of jewelry, look at ourselves in the mirror and wonder if it pushes the outfit over the top.

Many times, it’s hard to determine where the fine line is between just enough and way too much. Jewelry is meant to accent your ensemble — to give it a little extra pop of color or texture. Too often, we see a “crowding out effect,” if you will, where the jewelry overshadows the clothing and weighs down the outfit all together. The key here is balance.

one of our favorite go-to pieces. They add a nice classy touch to any ensemble whether it be casual or red-carpet ready.

As far as rings and bracelets go, we say mix them up. We are big fans of the eclectic trend of bulking up on all different kinds of rings and bangles. However, if you have a black tie event, cut down on the bulkiness and stick with simplicity.

If you’re wearing a bold pattern or texture. Stay away from chunky or bright jewelry. Instead, try a simple pair of studded earrings to have a little flashy flare without overpowering the ensemble.

Wearing a very basic black or solid color outfit. Don’t be afraid to adorn yourself with a crazy jewelry centerpiece. A wide bib of colorful beads may be just what the fashion police ordered to bring your outfit to the next level.

The plunging neckline. Some think that with all of that bare skin showing, you need a bold necklace to accentuate and balance it out. Personally, we are on the other end of the spectrum that says go ahead! Show some skin and don’t feel like you need to cover it up. Sometimes a bare neckline is the greatest accent piece of all. Instead, you can jewel it up with a pair of dangling earrings or flashy studs.

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Joss, Gus and Nick: ‘America’s sweephearts’

By Colleen Murphy Features Editor

Slopestyle Skiing made its Olympic debut this year, and, because we’re America, we swept the event. Joss Christensen, Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper earned their spots on the podium with solid runs, making it the first time since 2002’s Men’s Snowboarding that America has swept the podium at a Winter Olympics. Their feat was incredible, but what has people still talking about them are the friends’ background stories. So here’s what you need to know about the three boys who People magazine dubbed “America’s Sweephearts:” AP Photo

America had only swept the podium at the Winter Olympics in 1956 and 2002.

Joss Christensen: With a 95.80, 22-year-old Joss took home gold. The win was dedicated to his father who passed away in August.

Gus Kenworthy: You know the Olympian who found a family of stray dogs in Sochi and is taking them back to the U.S.?

Yup, that’s Gus. The 22-year-old placed second in the competition with a 93.60. He also got a shout-out and a follow from Miley Cyrus because of his rescue efforts, which he said hit him like a wrecking ball.

Nick Goepper: The 19-year-old finished out the sweep with a 92.40. The Indiana boy taught himself to ski in his backyard and has since won gold at the Winter X Games. And if you’ve seen any weird/creepy tweets with Nick’s face and #iwanttodatenick, don’t be alarmed — Nick started a contest to find a Valentine for when he gets back to America. Yes, you bet I made a fool of myself and entered.

It’s safe to say that they skied right into America’s hearts.

Get to know about the ‘Biomimicry Revolution’

Frank Saverino Columnist

What can biology offer to engineering, technology and design fields and their respective careerists? Solutions, by motivating visionaries to emulate natural processes, which are billions of years in the making.

The movement of inventors and creative designers known as the “Biomimicry Revolution” takes advice from the “genius” of our planet’s ecosystems and organisms in order to transform our society’s technological capability and revolutionize our energy use. In an age where finding an equilibrium in the midst of rapid climate change is dominating national conversations and even the President’s address to the Union, the field of biomimicry is a relatively new arena for environmental activists, but the

results of some of its earliest projects are stunning scientists and industrialists for the lengths biomimicrists are promising to take us.

Janine Benyus has been the leading voice for the field since she introduced the movement to wider acclaim in her book “Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired

by Nature.” She is also the co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild, which consults with inventors and promotes projects that “look at nature as billions of years’ worth of research and development.”

In her studies, she has profiled several companies that have utilized the “blueprints” of nature’s tools to solve complex problems, from making nanotechnology safer by imitating sulfur-reducing bacteria in order to secure loose nanoparticles to improving the structure and strength of cars, roads and even bulletproof vests with

something as simple, but incredibly tough, as the silk web of spiders.

One company, Regen, investigates how bees and ants most effectively communicate with each other to find food and maximize their own energy output or “energy grid.” Regen transposes this “swarm technology” to such commonplace products as home appliances, creating an algorithm that is designed to, through conversation, find a peak power point for and regulate energy consumption between everyday technologies. A Cornell study is designing a “synthetic tree,” which can transport water the same way that trees do,

from the ground up and through their roots, but without pumps.

Benyus and her fellow biomimicrists have complied and created a web-based search engine called AskNature.org, a website that reveals the many answers that nature has for society, from how nature prevents turbulence to how it regulates temperature, which can be the basis for innovative strategies in the design technology.

Point Loma Nazarene University has predicted that the industry stemming from biomimicry has the potential to constitute 300 million of the U.S.’s GDP and create 1.6 million jobs by the year 2025. For more information on the biomimicry revolution, visit biomimicry.net.

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Arts & Entertainment

Vagina / V-Day strives to hamper sexual abuse continued from page 1 had never seen her vagina. The elderly woman had compared her vagina to a cellar, stating that “sometimes you hear the pipes down there,” but “the door stays closed.” She reflects on an earlier time of her life when she met Andy, and how the cellar flooded. After that embarrassment, she kept the cellar shut.

The laughter continued with history and secondary education dual major Devin Dimmig, who presented the monologue “Because He Liked to Look at It.” She told the audience the story of Bob, who was very boring and ordinary but “turned into a hungry beast” when he finally saw her. Bob had kept pestering to see “her.” However, the audience soon learned that “her” wasn’t just a pretty face.

On a more serious note, sophomore communication studies major Becky

Celestina, in a very emotional performance, portrayed a Bosnian woman who loved her vagina until she was brutally raped by soldiers in the monologue “My Vagina Was My Village.”

As the night came to an end, the cast and directors of “The Vagina Monologues” honored Dean Rifkin, the dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, as a “Vagina Warrior.”

To end a hilarious and heartwarming night, audience members were asked to stand and “break the silence” if they knew anyone who had been sexually abused or beaten. As members of the audience rose, they illustrated how much work still needed to be done to end the violence against women and girls today.

Proceeds from the show will go to the Cherry Hill Women’s Center in order to bring us one step closer to ending violence against women and girls.

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‘The Vagina Monologues’ brings laughter and tears to a serious problem.

Old music and new bands fare well at the Rat

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Old Brair Road debuts songs off of their new album.

Kimberly Ilkowski Staff Writer

The snowstorm and delayed campus opening did not stop a variety of talents from taking the stage Friday, Feb. 14, in the Rathskeller, for Student Band Night.

The show opened with the folk-jazz band Wayfare, made up of senior marketing major Lindsey Meldrum and senior journalism major Tom Ciccone.

Meldrum, an Australian exchange student, led the acoustic set with her soft and sweet vocals

alongside Ciccone’s guitar playing.

The duo did a cover of the English folk song, “The Water is Wide,” in honor of Valentine’s Day. “This song’s about love being fantastic and then really sucking,” Meldrum said.

Along with other covers by Elvis Presley and Suzanne Vega, the band showcased their original work as well.

Ciccone and Meldrum have big plans for the summer, going on tour in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The next act, Old Briar Road, continued the folksy sounds of the night with original pieces off their upcoming album, “Creek Fables.”

The band was comprised of Kyle McCabe, junior interactive multimedia major, on guitar, Julia Malak, communication studies

major, on vocals and drums, Michael Cort, junior history major, on vocals, banjo and percussion, and Dan Crowley, a student at Rutgers University, on guitar.

Their cover of “Little Talks,”

by Of Monsters and Men, turned into a crowd sing-along, with McCabe and Malak giving a spot-on rendition of the vocals of the popular song.

“We’re all about creating our own sound,” said Cort, who lists The Head and the Heart and The Lumineers as some of the band’s musical inspiration.

The last band of the night, R. Barbara & The Gitensteins, turned up the volume and transitioned the night to rock.

R. Barbara & The Gitensteins’ saxophonist Brian Chesney, a senior music education major, vocalist and

guitarist Jake Lewkowski, bassist Sal Trelles, drummer Sam Moeller and keyboardist Jon Flores, all senior civil engineering majors, performed a covers set.

The throwback songs included the works of David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, Steely Dan and Roxy Music.

The band also did a cover of “The Weekend” by Modern Baseball, which particularly excited audience member Brooks Wegmann, a freshman computer science major.

“It was unique how they were able to incorporate a saxophone into a song that was originally only guitar, bass and drums,” Wegmann said.

You can catch Modern Baseball perform at the Rathskeller on Friday, March 7.

‘Lone Survivor’ captures story of failed mission Brett Sanders Correspondent

Based on a true story, “Lone Survivor” is a film about survival and friendship.

As said in one of the many climatic scenes, “You can die for your country. I’m going to live for mine.”

The film tells the tale of four United States Navy SEALs being sent on a mission to kill a Taliban leader. The team decides to call off the mission, however, when a bunch of unarmed civilians stumble upon them in the mountains.

What follows is perpetual violence within a fight to stay alive.

“Lone Survivor” gives an accurate depiction of what the actual mission, Operation Red Wings, was really like. Pursuing this further, the film has scenes containing an extreme usage of graphic gore. As much as the average viewer would like to look away, one feels as if it is their duty to have their eyes glued to the screen for the entire duration of the film. A reason for this is that the characters truly display pride and honor for their country.

Within the film, one feels a real sense of the relationship between the four Navy SEALs, making the outcome more

disturbing and unpleasant to watch. The film does a great job at bringing about emotion in the viewer. Mark Wahlberg, playing real-life Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, shows dedication and strength in his portrayal. One thing, though, is that no matter how dirty he gets in combat, his teeth are always impeccably white and aligned. The supporting cast is also great, including standout performances by Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster and Eric Bana.

What really makes this film stand out is how all of the components click together, creating the perfect cinematic atmosphere to encompass the viewer. The cinematography, as mountains are climbed and helicopters are flown, works with the ominous music to create a suspenseful setting that adds to the film’s dimension.

Editing, at times both slow and quick, adds meaning to the circumstances that the characters are going through. The screenplay adds depth to the situation, yet little of the story is spoken and most of it is shown through war action.

The most touching aspect of the film is before the ending credits, when the real pictures of all those involved in Operation Red Wings are flashed across the screen.

Although the film is epic and very noteworthy, the pictures shown of the real Navy SEALs are the most memorable part.

While the beginning of the film is slow in giving background information about the characters, the storyline quickly progresses once the mission starts and war pursues.

Even though it is not the best war film to grace the big screen, “Lone Survivor”

accomplishes its goal in showing the reallife depiction of a mission gone wrong by displaying the horrors of war and the sad truth about what happened to those who took part in Operation Red Wings.

By the end of the film, the audience is inspired to continually honor their country and the men and women who fight for it each and every day.

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The cinematography brings the elements of ‘Lone Survivor’ together.

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Cate Blanchett shines in ‘Blue Jasmine’ Chris Minitelli Staff Writer

This year has been a pretty strong year for film. With the Academy Awards coming up in March, there are a number of movies that are getting a lot of buzz as potential winners. One of these films is Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.” This film is nominated for three Oscars: Best Actress for Cate Blanchett, Best Supporting Actress for Sally Hawkins and Best Original Screenplay. With its three very well-deserved nominations, “Blue Jasmine” certainly delivers as a great story of rise and demise.

This film follows Jasmine, a greatly troubled New York socialite who loses everything after her husband is arrested for fraud and moves to San Francisco to live with her sister, Ginger.

During her time in San Francisco, Jasmine continues to try to cling onto any part of her previous life that she can.

While she tries this, she also continuously brings down and passes judgment on everyone else around her. Ultimately, as Jasmine tries to find herself in her new

life, her sister works to find herself a better life as well.

Throughout “Blue Jasmine,” I could not help myself from becoming totally engaged in Blanchett’s performance. Her portrayal and execution of her role was possibly one of the best and most convincing I have seen from an actress in a long time.

Blanchett was able to take the dialogue and scenes to a whole new level with her impeccable timing, mannerisms and overall tone.

While Blanchett gave an amazing performance in “Blue Jasmine,” her co-star, Sally Hawkins, was also spectacular as Ginger. There was great chemistry between the two actresses, which they were able to build upon throughout the film to help develop their characters.

While the performances in “Blue Jasmine” were really impressive, the writing was extremely noteworthy as well.

Setting aside controversies surrounding Woody Allen, his original screenplay for this film was truly a standout. The storyline was very dynamic and able to include a number of important and quite

relevant messages that other screenwriters may not have been capable of doing.

In the end, I have no doubts that “Blue Jasmine” is going to be a popular film at the Academy Awards. Cate Blanchett is almost

undoubtedly going to receive her second Oscar for her performance in this movie.

I would definitely recommend watching “Blue Jasmine” with its smart script and stellar cast.

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Great co-star chemistry and progressive storyline could land an Oscar.

‘Nashville’ proves to be a triple-threat show Jonathan Edmondson Review Editor

In the fall of 2012, critics were buzzing about the newest musicalthemed television show that was about to premiere. With FOX’s “Glee” rapidly losing viewers and NBC’s “Smash” stuck in limbo, music-lovers were pining for a show that would finally get the genre right.

ABC struck country gold with “Nashville,” a drama surrounding two country singers on opposite ends of their careers.

Connie Britton plays Rayna James, a 40-year-old country music star, while Hayden Panettiere portrays Juliette Barnes, an up-andcoming country-pop crossover.

Both ladies command the screen with their impressive acting chops, as well as their sweet vocals crooning expertly penned songs by some of country’s best.

Now in its second successful season, “Nashville” continues to prove why it has continued to be a smash hit among viewers. However, the plot can at times get soapy. In the first season’s finale, there was car crash, a marriage proposal and a suicide attempt all set to a musical montage. These melodramatic elements are offset, however, by songs that connect and performances that consistently deliver.

The show’s songwriters work closely with the screenwriters to make sure each song has its purpose within the episodes. The

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characters don’t randomly burst into song whenever they feel like it. “Nashville” lets its music flow naturally and it creates brilliant, delicate moments that are enhanced by the perfect song.

The cast is a wide range of talents, from seasoned veterans like Britton and Eric Close, to newcomers Sam Palladio and Clare Bowen. Each character has his or her own music style as well. Rayna (Britton) delivers classic country hits and ballads, while Gunnar and Scarlett (Palladio and Bowen, respectively) deliver harmony-rich acoustic ballads and love songs.

The show’s breakout performance, however, comes from Panettiere, who has developed into a masterful actress. Her character,

Men’

Despite an A-List cast, the overall storyline fails to evoke emotion.

Karl Delossantos Staff Writer

The story covered in “The Monuments Men” is an important one. Films that give credit to deserving, unsung heroes are such a noble and gratifying effort from filmmakers. However, in the completely capable hands of George Clooney and Grant Heslov, the film falters.

The pair, who have delivered stellar films

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like “Good Night, and Good Luck” and “The Ides of March,” have been unflinching in their portrayals of news anchors and politicians, but in a film about the brutality of World War II they flinched.

During the later years of World War II, a group of men who have come to be known as “The Monuments Men” worked to find, protect and preserve artwork and monuments that would be in the path of destruction of the Germans.

Juliette Barnes, could have been played without depth and she would have come off as a snobby, rich pop star. Instead, Panettiere creates complicated layers for Juliette. Even when her character is utterly cruel, the audience knows the intentions behind it.

Panettiere is at her best when she is breaking down, searching for answers in Juliette’s complicated life after incidents like her mother passing away and her fans boycotting her after numerous tabloid scandals.

Sparks fly when Britton and Panettiere actually share the screen together. Both divas in their own rights, they share moments of joy together and moments of bitter rivalry. In season two, the show has

misses

Despite the phenomenal story and a cast of A-Listers that included Clooney, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Jean Dujardin and Cate Blanchett, the film fails in almost every other aspect.

Academy-Award nominated screenwriter Grant Heslov offered up a poorly organized and terribly written screenplay. His reliance on forced sentimentality and humor cause the entire film to become weighed down.

Even worse, there is too much reliance on hitting plot points, rather than leaving room for the story to unfold organically.

It almost seems as if there was no effort to even make the film bearable. The characters were incredibly thin on development and emotion, and the entire film is scene after boring scene, all split up by dissolves and patriotic music.

The characters of the film were used to further the plot, rather than offer a view at the brutality of the war. They gave us no reason to care about them, except the nobility of their mission, which is not enough.

Whenever a character is killed, you would expect for it to be an emotional blow. But we never get the time to mourn them, or even have the opportunity to mourn them.

However, in this cast of fine actors, John Goodman may have given the best performance of them all. Without the proper character development to create a full

taken more risks by spreading out the plot, allowing each character and relationship to grow or dismantle organically.

And perhaps that is the biggest reason why “Nashville” works so well. It flows and unfolds when the time is right, rather than being contrived and tied down to a particular storyline for too long.

The writers have taken great control of the plot and really explored possibilities with their characters.

While some storylines remain cliché, others are fresh and make perfect sense in the complicated world of the music industry.

“Nashville” proves that musicthemed television shows can work when there is a brilliant, hardworking team behind it.

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character, he draws on heavy emotions and proves again that he is an actor not to be reckoned with.

Alexandre Desplat, who provided the score for the film and is currently nominated for his work in “Philomena,” essentially ripped off every score for any given war film or patriotic work of historical fiction. Again, there was too much sentimentality when there should have actually been an underscore of the action.

Although his screenplay was poorly written, it was also poorly realized. Clooney’s direction further muddied the plot. Every decision made was overly convenient — there was no struggle and no stakes.

The entire film was unrealistic with mistakes amuck. Despite being shot at with several machine guns, a man is only hit once. Small touches that are the sign of a great director are absent, even the qualities of a competent director are missing.

With such a powerful and talented team, you would expect that “The Monuments Men” would be a phenomenal film. There is such a rich story and so much room for cinematic excellence, but it was painful to watch so much potential go to waste.

In all, nothing worked. Everything from the cinematography to the script to the music felt ingenuous, and combining all of these elements left the viewer unsatisfied and disappointed.

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The World Languages and Cultures Department and Dean Rifkin of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences present…

Career Planning Workshop “Getting Started on Your Job Search with a Language Minor or Major” Light refreshments will be served!

The College of New Jersey Wednesday, February 26th 2:00-3:30 p.m.

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Lions Fantasy World

Nothin’ But Net

Last week, some of the funniest sports-related news in months hit, and I’m super excited about it. If you haven’t heard, Brandon Weeden, quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, reportedly demanded a trade, as he wants out of Cleveland.

Hold on, let me tell you why that’s so funny if you don’t already know.

See, Brandon Weeden is, to put it delicately, not good enough to play starting quarterback in the NFL. Not even for the Browns, who play in Cleveland, AKA the clear favorite in any discussion of the saddest sports city in the world. He’s just not a good quarterback, and only started, disastrously, for the Browns this year, due to injuries to their other quarterbacks.

Yes, plural quarterbacks — there were two of them that the Browns wanted to start instead of Weeden, who now demands to be traded.

There are so many jokes I could make about Cleveland right now, but I’ll hold off because — as a Mets fan — I feel bad for them.

Now, Weeden has since backed off slightly, saying he simply wants to play football somewhere, but the initial reports had me laughing far too much to stop this column from coming. Mostly because it allows me to bring back an old gimmick for this column that I’ve neglected for a while.

Namely, relating random news stories from the sports world in some way to fantasy sports by suggesting often insane improvements to fantasy sports that somehow weave these stories in, despite how far I have to stretch them to fit together.

Since I’ve been neglecting that motif recently (and fantasy sports in general, for that matter), you’ll be getting a double whammy of it today. That’s right, I came up with two different ways to relate this story to fantasy!

The first is pretty simple: I think that players should be able to demand trades from their fantasy teams. If a player, let’s just use Carmelo Anthony as an example, finds out he’s on a team that just isn’t doing too well or isn’t glamorous enough, he could demand to be traded to another team that isn’t doing well. Think about it — this could swing entire leagues, just like Anthony’s going from the Nuggets to the Knicks made the Nuggets so much better for a while.

The second relation to fantasy I made regards having a player on your fantasy team who demands a trade from his actual team. I think that whoever owns a player that bold, especially if they aren’t good enough to be worth trading for, deserves to be rewarded for taking such a chance on a wild card.

I think that if a player on your team demands a trade, you should just get 50 fantasy points right there, and that the number should go up depending on how bad the player was. I would have awarded Brandon Weeden owners 200 points for his demanding a trade, because anyone crazy enough to draft Brandon Weeden would surely also be bold enough to demand a trade when you aren’t worth trading for.

Synchronicity between fantasy owner and player, I think, should always be rewarded. If only to make us crazy fantasy fans feel more a part of our imaginary players’ lives.

After all, isn’t that why we play in the first place?

By Mike Herold Fantasy Sports Editor

The Scoreboard

Team Vazquez (9-6)

742

Rasheed Wallace (6-9)

654

Fantasy Guys (15-0)

538

Team Matos (3-12)

588

Team Amaral (10-5)

588

Off the Backboard (11-4)

913

Team Molicki (6-9)

437

Team Reynolds (4-11)

417

Team Jha (0-15)

329

Love Train (11-4)

866

Owner: Victor Vazquez Owner: Pete Fiorilla

Owner: Mike Herold Owner: Rob Matos

Owner: Marco Amaral

Owner: Bryan Dunphy-Culp

Owner: Chris Molicki

Owner: Amy Reynolds

Owner: Ashray Jha

Owner: Gabe Allen

*Due to the All-Star break, point totals represent first week of a two-week match

Fantasy Player of the Week

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I May Be Wrong, But...

Here’s what I would do in Fantasy Basketball this week: Add: Russell Westbrook is expected to return to the court sometime this week, so if whoever owned him in your league decided to drop him due to the injury, it might be a good time to pick him back up.

He’s also worth re-inserting into your starting lineup the second he’s medically cleared, Westbrook is a sure thing at PG.

Be Cautious Of: With All-Star weekend all wrapped up, it’s officially time for tanking season to begin! Teams like Orlando, Philadelphia, Utah and Sacramento are sure things to start moving their way down by whatever means necessary, and there are plenty of others who might look at how close these lottery races are and jump in head first with them.

Drop: Joe Johnson. OK, maybe not drop him completely, but the worst All-Star selection this year has taken an even further dive into lousiness, and probably shouldn’t start over a lot of other guards at this point. See what you can get in a trade, because you know that if he didn’t have that disaster of a salary, the Nets would definitely be looking to do the same.

Look Out For: The Los Angeles Clippers. Chris Paul is back in a big way, Blake Griffin can now officially be put in the “superstar” category, and the rest of the team has shown significant improvement this year. I’m looking for very big things from this team the rest of the year, even potentially a long run in the playoffs.

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Track progresses at the Winter Games 13 personal records set on Valentine’s Day

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Junior Jamie Leroy competes in the weight event on V-Day. George Tatoris Staff Writer

The College’s track and field team braved the bad weather this Valentine’s Day to be a part of the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games in New York City on Friday, Feb. 14.

The event included schools from all three Divisions, but sophomore Jake Lindacher said the team didn’t let that

faze them.

“We know that we were competing against some Division I and Division II teams, but we do that just about every week,” runner sophomore Jake Lindacher said.

Lindacher participated in three events that night: he finished 27th in the 200meter with a time of 23.33 seconds, fourth overall in the 60-meter dash at an ECAC qualifying 7.14 seconds and

second overall in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.36 seconds, a personal best.

In order to prepare for the three events, Lindacher said he trained for each. He also relaxed himself between events and planned an eating schedule to make sure he remained energized when he stepped onto the track.

Despite ending his series of jumps with a foul, senior Scott Lisa earned third place overall in the long jump with an ECAC-qualifying length of 7.06 meters.

Lisa tied with fellow Lion Zach Hubner for 10th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.23 seconds.

Hubner teamed up with senior Dominic Tasco and sophomores Mike Larkin and Brandon Gilkes to win third place in the 4x400 with an ECAC qualifying time of 3:27.65.

The women’s team also had their fair share of success Friday. Senior Megan Flynn trounced her competition in the 3,000-meter run by more than eight seconds, coming in first place overall.

Flynn said she was not sure what was going to happen in the race because of problems she was having with her knee at the time. Her botched knee made her unable to do normal track workouts, forcing her to turn to the swimming pool and bicycle instead.

“Overall, I am happy with the race because I was not sure what to expect and it went very well,” Flynn said.

Women’s shot put saw two Lions place Friday night, with Joan Hales and Kristen VanBenschoten coming in sixth and seventh place, respectively. Hales also placed seventh in the weight throw with a distance of 13.59 meters.

“Joan has been having a very good season,” Flynn said.

In the 400-meter event, juniors Katelyn Ary and Michell Cascio placed 12th and 13th, respectively, with ECAC qualifying times.

The team found personal successes at the meet as well.

“Thirteen athletes ran, threw or jumped personal best marks,” Lindacher said, himself among the 13.

Freshman Laura Straub and junior Carly Martz were among those 13 as well, both breaking 19 minutes in the 5,000-meter race despite neither having run the 5,000-meter at a meet before.

Flynn stated that they are both close to the ECAC qualifying mark.

“It’ll be exciting to see how much time they are able to cut off as they gain more experience in the race,” Flynn said.

The 13 personal records that night represent something every sports team wants: progress.

“I’m progressing, and at this point in the season, that is all I can ask for — though there is still quite a bit of work to be done to continue the progress,” Lindacher said.

Hockey / Offense spurs College to victory Lions manage momemtum swings in final Ice Hockey

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Millersville ended the first period with a 1-0 lead, despite seeing some of the season’s best plays by players from the College’s defensive lines, including Rothlisberger, junior Nick Wilechansky, sophomore Matt Martin, junior Daniel Guglielmo and sophomore Gary L’Heureux.

However, the College’s offense lines never gave up, putting up 45 shots against their opponents. Their first goal came about three minutes into the second half — from the gold line consisting of seniors Anthony Santisi, John Czarnik and junior Alex D’Alessio — sporting a goal by Santisi off of an assist from D’Alessio.

With the competition level at its season’s highest, the College went down once again with another Millersville goal, until Rothlisberger put in a rocket from the point off of a pass from freshman forward Luke May, tying it up four minutes into the third. The line’s goal came after a continuously strong fore-check during the game from May’s line, including freshman Will Sulpizio and sophomore Evan Herrington.

“It was a spectacular game,” Cucci said. “I thought it was one of the best games we’ve been a part of this year. It was extremely well played on both sides. It was an emotional rollercoaster, but

Julie Kayzerman / News Editor

The Lions maintain their energy throughout regulation and into overtime.

this team has had good mental toughness and they don’t give up.

No matter what it is, we’re down a goal, we’re up by a goal — it doesn’t matter, they bring the same intensity, same effort and we were able to manage the momentum swings very well.”

And that they did, taking the lead for the first time in the game with 9:18 left in the third as sophomore Sal DiBrita blocked a shot in the College’s zone, only to bring the puck down to the opposing zone with line mates seniors Kush Patel and Jed Plester.

It was Plester who scored the third goal of the night, with the

assist going to DiBrita.

Millersville ultimately found their way back late in the third, though, tying it up and forcing the game into overtime. It proved not to be enough with the College coming out on top under the leadership of Rothlisberger.

“When we got into the locker room before overtime I just wanted to make sure the team was going to have energy moving forward,” Rothlisberger said. “I was just telling them that this is the moment that we as hockey players live for. I just (focused on) keeping the team loose and excited to have a chance to be a hero.”

But Rothlisberger wasn’t the only obvious hero of the game, as junior goalie David Laub, also an MVP recipient, played a phenomenal game, saving 49 of 52 shots for the College.

“During the game I was just trying to stay focused and calm and not let the pressure of the game get to me,” Laub said. “I was just thinking that we have to win. Losing wasn’t an option. (Winning) was the best feeling I’ve ever had and also the biggest relief. I just kept telling myself that we had to win and I wasn’t going to let them score on me, because as a goalie, confidence is everything.”

As the College came out on top with a statistical win to get the championship title, it was undeniably apparent to the audience that it wasn’t just a win for the books or themselves, but a win for each other and especially for the seniors.

“I love all these guys like my family and we’re like a family on and off the ice,” Rothlisberger said. “I think that it showed with the chemistry of the team. We won a championship because we were willing to do anything for each other and we work so well together. This means the world to me, (I’ve) been a hockey player ever since I was rollerblading around my house when I was two years old, and to go out on top like this with these guys is an amazing feeling.”

And although it’s the end of an era for the future graduates in their college careers, it’s certainly a feeling they’ll remember and a moment they’ll always be able to share together as a team.

“The fact that this was my last game hasn’t really hit home yet,” Rothlisberger said. “(I’m) way too excited and happy for our team right now, although it’s going to be tough not being able to strap it up with these guys again.

It’s going to be an adjustment to not be a hockey player anymore, but for now I’m going to enjoy this one with the boys.”

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fun stuff The Thought of the Week:

I don’t know get why people drink dirty water...

It just isn’t CLEAR! Fun Facts with Morgan Freeman •It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

•The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

•Butterflies taste with their feet.

You know you read these in my voice.

Ship’s Log, February 2014, Snow Day #5: It has begun to feel that we may never see a full week of classes again. The students, plagued by the weather and spoiled by free time, have begun to bemoan missing classes. These statements, considered blasphemous and punished with snowballs and cries of “Nerd!” mere weeks ago, are now met with stony silence and the snuggling of blankets. The times of snow forts and angels have long since passed, and hot chocolate has become as valuable as gold. I fear that if the coffee runs out no one will survive the riots that follow.

Our only hope is that Spring arrives soon.

—Captain B. Lizzard, from the frozen tundra of New Jersey.

Seriously though, how good was the Lion King?

•Awesome, I love that movie!

•It’s literally the best movie ever, do you even have to ask?

•I’m watching it right now, that’s all you need to know.

•I have no soul and don’t think Pumbaa’s funny.

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Out of Nowhere Quote of the week:

“I feel like I’m eating carrots off of appetizers filled with cheese on Christmas.” -an actual TCNJ student, taken out of context

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LIONS

AROUND THE

DORM 5 3

Peter Fiorilla “The Ref”

Gabe Allen Staff Writer

Tom Kozlowski News Editor

Matthew Bowker Staff Writer

In this week’s Around the Dorm, the “Ref,” Peter Fiorilla, asks our expert panel three questions: Will Michael Sam’s sexuality be a detriment to an NFL team if he is drafted, what has been the most exciting story out of the Winter Olympics this year, and should the New Jersey Devils consider trading the legendary Martin Brodeur for their push to make the playoffs?

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1. Coming out took courage from NFL prospect Michael Sam, but many pundits are saying it will be a distraction for any team that drafts Sam. Could Sam’s sexuality be a distraction like Tim Tebow’s spirituality, and if so, how low in the draft will Sam fall because of it?

Gabe: Michael Sam’s decision to come out shouldn’t be a distraction, but we know it will be because the media will turn it into one.

I don’t know that Tim Tebow’s spirituality can really be called a distraction in a country that is made up of as many Christians as the U.S. is. It’s not like there aren’t plenty of very religious players and coaches in the NFL who can probably relate to Tebow better than most players can relate to Michael Sam. Sam shouldn’t fall in the draft because of his decision to come out, but in a sport as violent and macho as football, it’s likely that some general managers who would’ve selected him prior to his coming out may allow the stereotypes about gays being soft

to prevail in their minds — consciously or unconsciously — and, in turn, think twice about drafting him anymore.

Matt: If you turned on ESPN anytime during the past week, chances are you were bombarded with news of Michael Sam’s coming out. Michael Sam will be a distraction to an NFL locker room only if the media continues their nonstop coverage of him. Many NFL players have already showed their support for Sam on Twitter. The sentiment around the league is that as long as Sam can help the team win games, his sexuality doesn’t matter. Sam was a first-team All-American and voted the SEC Defensive Player of the Year.

Based on his stats and on-field production alone, Sam should be a mid-round draft pick.

However, a handful of GMs have said they would not draft Sam. I do believe that coming out has hurt Sam’s draft stock. A bunch of rich old men are usually not the most progressive people in the world. In the end, some team will be more than happy to pick

Sam in the draft, and they will be getting a terrific football player.

Tom: In the wake of Michael Sam’s bold act of self-definition, officials around the NFL have criticized Sam for ruining what might have been a higher draft pick, let alone a more stable career. Of course they’re right — no one in their right mind would prefer personal integrity or courage when they could be making bank. Why else does the NFL and its meatheaded brigade focus so much on salaries and sponsors? Anything about personal standards is a distraction. Ben Roethlisberger allegedly raped several women, but that No. 1 draft pick was clutch: 90 players have been arrested on DUI charges since 2007. These are our real athletic role models. Supporting the timing of Sam’s announcement or his relationship with a professional team would be mad emasculating, bro. Frankly, his character is just too dignified for a league so rabidly close-minded. Aaron Hernandez was only a fourth round draft pick?

I thought he’d kill it.

Tom wins for saying criminals do just fine in the NFL, Gabe gets 2 points for highlighting the NFL’s “macho” culture, and Matt gets 1 point for saying GM’s aren’t progressive.

2. What has been the most exciting story at the Olympics this year?

Gabe: The most exciting thing at the Sochi Olympics has easily been men’s hockey.

With so many evenly matched and talented teams, the level of hockey has been something else. Also, the United States pulled out an impressive shootout win against the hosting Russians on Saturday, and they’re looking at a potential semifinal matchup with Canada on Friday, which will be must-see TV. Hockey is also even more exciting this year because there’s a distinct possibility that this is the last Olympics for a while in which NHL players actually compete.

Matt: From an American standpoint, I think Lolo Jones has to be the most exciting part of the Sochi Olympics. Jones was one of the most popular athletes in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but after failing to medal in London, Jones decided to try her hand at bobsled.

After months of hard work, Jones worked

her way onto the Olympic team. She beat out women who worked their whole lives to get on that team, and Jones made it in less than four years. You have to respect her dedication and athleticism. To make it to the Olympics in two different sports is almost unheard of. In fact, Jones is only the 17th athlete to ever compete in both the winter and summer games since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. It will be very interesting to see if Jones can finally get that medal.

Tom: Bobsledding. Definitely not the sport, though. U.S. bobsledder Johnny Quinn had to knock down the bathroom door to his Sochi hotel when he found himself trapped inside. The door, which appeared to have been jammed, was actually body-blocked by Vladimir Putin himself, attempting to prevent an American victory and destroy their international open-door policy. The KGB also refused to answer Quinn’s pleas to the surveillance camera installed in his shower head.

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Out of options, the bobsledder used his push training to punch a hole straight through the framework. But when Quinn discovered what lie outside his bathroom — an underdeveloped

Russian wasteland of forged democracy, bigotry and no more Smirnoff — he calmly climbed back through the hole and remained inside until the Olympics were over.

Tom wins for Quinn’s bizarre but funny story, Gabe gets 2 points for mentioning the Americans’ hockey win, and Matt gets 1 point for highlighting Lolo Jones.

3. It’s been another dysfunctional season average among all NHL goalies. Meanwhile, for the New Jersey Devils, whose goal- Brodeur currently has a less-than-stellar .899 tender controversy might end up with save percentage. The Devils coaching staff legend Martin Brodeur being traded. continues to give Brodeur starts, even though Should the Devils dump the iconic Bro- it is clear Schneider is better suited to help this deur, and will they be able to fix their is- team reach the playoffs. The Devils should sues in time to make the playoffs? see the opportunity to trade Brodeur as a gift.

Gabe: Brodeur has already said it wouldn’t They could trade Brodeur to a team in playoff shock him if he does end up being traded. If contention that needs goalie depth and give they do decide to trade the man, myth and leg- Brodeur a chance at winning one last Stanley end of Devils hockey, it will likely be in a deal Cup. In return, the Devils could look to get that helps the Devils’ cap situation. The Devils scoring help, which they desperately need in are only a few points out of the final playoff order to make a playoff push, as they are 27th spot right now, and less than 10 points sepa- in the league for goals scored per game. The rate them from Montreal, who are currently Devils are only three points out of a wild card in fourth in the East, but given the fact that spot, and trading Brodeur would be a step in there are four other teams in the same boat as the right direction to reaching that goal. the Devils on the outside looking in, trying to Tom: Brodeur’s on thin ice. If he chooses to claw their way into the playoff picture, at best continue his career past this season, it’ll be a I give the Devils a 25 percent shot of making slippery slope down to mediocrity on a team it if they keep Brodeur. like the Minnesota Wild, thereafter appearing Matt: The New Jersey Devils should absolute- on their notoriously raunchy home video series ly trade Martin Brodeur. Yes, he will go down “Goalies Gone Wild.” It would be a disgrace as perhaps the best goaltender of all time, but to breakaway from the Devils and destroy the he is a liability to the Devils. At the 2013 NHL legacy. Instead of slipping out the backdoor draft, the Devils traded for Cory Schneider, (or the area Brodeur forgets to protect during an up-and-coming goalie with incredible po- the games), Brodeur should cushion his fall in tential. This season, Schneider ranks in the ability by retiring after the season and allowing top-10 in save percentage and goals against the younger rink and file of the team take over.

Matt wins for his argument in favor of starting Schneider, Gabe gets 2 points for giving the Devils a shot at the playoffs, and Tom gets 1 point for saying Brodeur should retire.

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Tom wins Around the Dorm, 7-6-5

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February 19, 2014 The Signal page 21 Cheap Seats

The uncomplicated legacy of NY’s Jeter Yankees shortstop is an undisputed great

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Jeter has been a class act off the field and an all-time great on it, leading the Yankees to five World Series titles in his two-decade career.

By Matthew Bowker Staff Writer

Ruth, Mantle, Berra, Dimaggio, Gehrig and Rivera — the list goes on and on. Some of the greatest players in MLB history have worn the world-renowned blue pinstripes of the New York Yankees. This past week, 13-time all-star Derek Jeter announced his intentions to retire after the upcoming 2014 season. Over his legendary 19-year career, Jeter has over 3,000 hits, has won five Gold Glove awards, five Silver Slugger awards, five World Series Championships, Rookie of the Year honors and a World Series MVP. These are the accomplishments of a player who comes along only once in a lifetime.

Drafted sixth overall by the Yankees in the 1992 amateur draft, Jeter was poised

to become the Yankees shortstop of the future. Little did New York know at the time that they got a franchise player, as well as the foundation of their team for the next two decades.

Jeter made his debut as a lateseason call-up in 1995, playing in only 15 games. However, the Yankees liked what they saw of the 21-year-old and made him the starting shortstop on Opening Day in 1996. In his rookie season, Jeter batted a ridiculous .314 and led the Yankees in hits on his way to winning the Rookie of the Year award.

The legend of Jeter really grew that postseason, when Jeter led the Yankees to his first of five World Series victories and the Yankees’ first title since 1978. Over the next

four seasons, Jeter and the Yankees won three World Championships and returned the Yankees to greatness. In seven World Series appearances, Jeter earned the nickname “Mr. November,” because of his clutch performances in the World Series. In the World Series, the Captain has an unprecedented .321 batting average.

Jeter is just as well known for his off-the-field acts of kindness as his play on the field. Perhaps Jeter’s greatest career moment came after the attacks on 9/11. New York City was in a state of despair and looking for hope. In the weeks following the attacks, Jeter would visit victims’ families and spend hours just talking to kids and firefighters just to take their minds off things. Just two months after the attacks,

the Yankees again found themselves in the World Series. Jeter played his heart out in that series, trying to win one for the fans.

“I think we gave people something to cheer for for three hours a day, which was good,” Jeter said at the time. Unfortunately, the Yankees lost that series in seven games, but it didn’t take anything away from great acts of kindness from Jeter.

Jeter will go down as one of the greatest players to ever put on the pinstripes.

Soon he will join the likes of Ruth, Mantle and Gehrig and have his iconic No. 2 jersey retired along with being enshrined in the Yankees storied Monument Park. Be sure to watch at least one Yankees game this summer, to catch one last glimpse of the greatest Yankee since Babe Ruth, before it’s too late.

Lions no longer in playoff contention Basketball gives up final NJAC berth Men’s Basketball

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Sloppy play keeps men’s basketball out of the promised land.

By Mike Herold Fantasy Sports Editor

In a week with extreme peaks and valleys, the men’s basketball team won only one of their games to fall just short of their hopes of making the playoffs.

The Lions (8-16, 6-11) began the week on Monday, Feb. 10, with a win over Rutgers-Camden University, breaking a six-game losing streak and keeping playoff dreams alive for the moment with the 70-66 overtime thriller. The

game was back-and-forth for the duration, with neither team ever holding a lead of more than 10 points. In a rare occurrence, each team missed a potentially gamewinning — and heavily contested — layup with less than 10 seconds to play in regulation, a testament to how close the game really was.

“I’m so proud of the guys (for breaking the losing streak),” head coach Kelly Williams said after the win. “I thought we made plays when we had to, and in February, that’s really what it comes down

to. You’ve got to gut out games and we were able to do that.”

Williams had changed up his starting squad before the game, adding freshman guard Alex Cirlincione to the opening five, a role he continued to play in the next two games.

“It’s good to be out there, get the energy going,” Cirlincione said. “I still have to play my role, just trying to fit in.”

The College was led in the victory by junior forward Skyelar Ettin, who scored 23 points,

and sophomore forward Bobby Brackett, who netted 14 points and pulled down a season-high 21 rebounds. Junior forward Alex Fox also chipped in 14 points, including a big three in OT, and junior guard Jayson Johnson scored all of his 11 points the hard way — by getting fouled and hitting 11 of 12 free throws.

The victory set the team up, at the time, for a good chance to make the playoffs, needing to win their remaining three games to be guaranteed a spot.

“I’m happy for the guys,” coach Williams said after the game. “And it feels good to be put into a situation where we’re still talking about playoffs with three games left and we still control our own destiny. That’s what you want in February.”

The win was not enough to start a streak, however, as the Lions lost their next contest against Rowan University 87-71. Unlike the Rutgers-Camden game, the contest quickly turned into a blowout, as Rowan led by as many as 30 points before the College made something of a brief comeback late in the game.

Despite the defeat, the Lions got another strong performance from Brackett, who had 24 points and 19 rebounds in the game and

also made an emphatic dunk and a run-down block (ruled a goaltending violation) with little time left to play.

“I’m just out there trying to play,” Brackett said. “It wasn’t really a statement. Coach said to just work hard the last 10 minutes and not worry about the score, so I was just playing like I usually would.”

Despite the loss, the players’ spirits were not dimmed, and they were already looking forward to their next games.

“The last two are pivotal games,” Cirlincione said. “Want to make the playoffs.”

Good spirits or not, the College’s playoff chances ended on Saturday, Feb. 15, with a loss at New Jersey City University. The game was a tale of two very different halves, as the Lions led 31-18 at the end of the first, but the final scoreboard read 66-53. Turnovers and fouls proved to be the difference makers in the match, as the College gave up the ball 26 times, despite out-shooting the opposition, and watched 12 more free throws taken by the other team.

After the rough week, the Lions will be playing for pride in the team’s season finale at home on Wednesday, Feb. 19, against Montclair State University.

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Men’s team keeps regional win streak alive Lions top the field for eighth-straight title Swimming & Diving

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Gajdzisz helps the men’s team win its eighth consecutive Metropolitan title with 1,455 points, outscoring second place by nearly 300 points.

By Chrissy Onorato Staff Writer This past weekend, the College’s swim teams competed in the Metropolitan Championships and showcased the best of this year’s Lions’ squads.

Both the men’s and women’s teams had strong races and took home countless victories, as the men’s team won its eighth consecutive MET title and the women finished third.

The competition began on Friday, Feb. 14, as the Lions struck fiercely. The men’s team opened it up with great races by seniors William Kasper, Stephen Gibson and Philip Hawley and junior Brett Pedersen in the 200-freestyle event, racking up a total of 56 points between them. The College

started out strong and was to remain so throughout the rest of the weekend’s competition.

Next, the freshmen showed what they were made of in the 500-free event as freshmen Scott Vitabile, Ryan Gajdzisz and Jason Ivins swam spectacularly and earned the College 103 more points. Senior Stephen Tarnowski also contributed significantly to this points boost.

In the 50-free event, the Lions really came alive. Six out of the top 10 times were posted by the College. Sophomore Joseph Dunn led the Lions with their fastest time, followed by Gibson, Pedersen, Kasper and junior Brian Perez.

Dunn, Pederson, junior Aleksander Burzynski and sophomore James Shangle then

participated in the 400-medley relay and obtained their best time of the 2014 season.

On the men’s second day of competition, they continued their dominance. In the 200freestyle, the Lions took the top six spots with Tarnowski placing first with a time of 1:38.16.

Other Lions placing in this event were Perez, Pedersen, Vitabile, Gajdzisz and freshman Andrew Nesbitt.

In the 100-butterfly, Dunn finished third and Gibson finished sixth, giving the Lions even more points.

Another strong outing came from Shangle, as he registered a time of 56 seconds in the 100-breastroke event. In the 800-free relay, Tarnowski, Perez, Vitabile and Gajdzisz grabbed the runner-up spot.

The women’s team also showed some strong performances during their two days at the competition.

The weekend started off with a stout finish in the 200freestyle relay, as senior Nina Sabatini, freshman Brenna Strollo and junior Brennah Ross garnered 54 points for the Lions.

In the 500-free event, junior Summer Thomas swam her way to a fifth-place finish.

Sabatini and sophomore Erin Perna also posted great times in this event. Sixth and seventh place were then snatched

by Ross and Strollo in the 200medley event.

The 400-medley relay was another strong event for the Lions. Senior Hailey Growney, senior Kelsey Sumple, junior

Summer Thomas and Ross combined their efforts to reach a time of 4:04.85.

In the second day of competition, the Lions came out strong yet again. Starting out with the 800-freestyle relay, Sabatini, Perna, Strollo and Thomas combined for a time placing them in the event’s runner-up spot.

Next, senior Amy Schurer, Strollo, Sabatini and sophomore Lauren Rothstein posted a time of 1:52.69 in the 200-medley relay. Schurer then earned the team 25 points in the 400-individual event, placing sixth.

In the 100-butterfly, Ross swam her way to the sixth position, while Schurer and sophomore Sarah Richards placed 18th and 21st, adding more and more points to the Lions’ score.

No. 24 Lions fall to pair of contenders Wrestling ends the regular season at .500 Wrestling

By Peter Fiorilla Sports Editor

Wrapping up the team-oriented portion of the season against national contenders No. 14 Delaware Valley and No. 3 Messiah College, the wrestling team dropped its final two regular season games of the season to end a grueling schedule at .500.

The No. 24 Lions (8-8) were close to getting a positive result in their 27-18 loss to Delaware, with the match being tued at 18-18 through eight rounds, but the Aggies pulled away late with a win by decision and a pin at 197 and 285 pounds, respectively.

Freshman Kevin Corrigan opened the dual meet with a forfeit win at 125 pounds — an easy six points for the College — while sophomore Steve Schneider made it two wins in the first three bouts with a win by decision at 141 pounds.

Messiah rattled off three straight wins afterward but the College’s individuallyranked wrestlers won to make it a close contest, with No. 7 junior Zach Zotollo

earning a pin at 174 pounds and No. 4 Brian Broderick getting a win by decision at 184 pounds.

The Aggies narrowly fended off an upset from the College, though, by closing out the dual meet with two more wins and nine points.

In stark contrast, the College’s result against Messiah never looked like it was in question, as the Falcons earned points early and often en route to a dominant 37-9 win.

Only two Lions won their bouts for the College: sophomore Dylan Thorsen won by major decision at 149 pounds, while Broderick edged the No. 6 wrestler in Division III at 184 pounds.

The loss officially dropped the College to an 8-8 record this year, with 11 of those games on the schedule against teams ranked in the top 30 of DIII. The Lions resume official action on Sunday, March 2, as they participate in the Division III Northeast Regional hosted

by King’s College. The top three finishers in each weight class will then advance to NCAA Division III Championships.

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The Lions are edged by Delaware Valley, 27-18.

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As a whole, 17 of the 20 sport teams posted an average above a 3.0. The women’s cross country team and men’s soccer team currently have the top cumulative GPA average for each gender, with 3.66 and 3.38, respectively.

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Jake Lindacher

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Had two top-five finishes at Rider/Lafayette Winter Games

Men’s Basketball February 19 vs. Montclair State University, 8 p.m.

Sophomore Jake Lindacher had two big performances at the Rider/ Lafayette Winter Games, where he placed second in the 60-meter high hurdles and fourth in the 60-meter dash. In the high hurdles, Lindacher ran an ECAC cut of 8.36 seconds. In the following race, he finished in 7.14 seconds, good enough for the top position among the Division III athletes.

Women’s Basketball February 19 vs. Montclair State University, 6 p.m.

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(NBA) Spurs vs. (NBA) Heat vs. (NCAAM) Duke (NCAAM) Michigan

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Thunder

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Men’s Tennis February 20 vs. Chestnut Hill College, 6 p.m.

February 22 vs. Babson College, 1 p.m.

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How many NFL teams do not have cheerleaders?

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College shows the conference how we do Women’s basketball earns a first-round bye

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Duffy helps extend the Lions’ win streak to seven straight games.

By Gabe Allen Staff Writer

The women’s basketball team continued to dominate the competition this past week, as it annihilated Rutgers-Camden University, Rowan University and New Jersey City University by an average margin of over 30 points per contest, while scoring over 85 points per game on their way to clinching

second place in the NJAC. With that silver medal finish, the Lions earned a first-round bye and a home game in the second round of the conference tournament next Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in Packer Hall.

But before the Lions can begin to shift their focus to the postseason, they’ll host No. 11 Montclair State University in a marquee matchup between the NJAC’s top two teams.

With both squads locked into their respective positions in the conference tournament, one may be inclined to say this game doesn’t really matter. The Lions have more than enough motivation, though, as it’s Senior Night and Montclair is the only in-conference team the Lions have yet to beat this season — the Red Hawks topped the Lions at home last month, 56-46, in the teams’ only meeting this season.

“Ever since we lost to them, we’ve been wanting a second chance to play them, and especially since it’s senior night, we’re even more excited,” senior guard Colleen Duffy said.

With senior guard Kelly Roddy a little under the weather on Saturday night against New Jersey City, Duffy went to work for the Lions — who led by only 10 at halftime — pouring in a career-high 15 points, while adding eight rebounds and tacking on four assists.

And this has been the story for the College all season. When someone isn’t quite feeling it on a given night, different players have risen to the occasion.

“An opponent even said to Tiffany DeTulio Saturday night, ‘You have so many people who can come in and knock down shots’ — it’s definitely a big advantage for us,” Duffy said.

Head coach Dawn Henderson is feeling very optimistic and confident headed into

their regular season finale versus Montclair.

“We are anxious to play them,” Henderson said. “It’s the two best teams in the conference. We lost by 10 the first time we faced them, and I don’t know that we played our best game, so I hope that we go in relaxed and ready to play our game.”

Senior co-captain Liz West is just as amped up and ready to go.

“These last few games have helped us learn and grow as a team, and we have a lot of confidence going into our matchup with Montclair,” West said. “Especially us seniors playing on Senior Night, we know how important it is to give it everything we’ve got, and we’re prepared to fight to the finish.”

Furthermore, a win against Montclair on Wednesday, Feb. 19, would be a huge confidence booster heading into the NJAC tournament, where there’s a strong possibility they’ll end up meeting in the finals.

For seniors West, DeTulio, Roddy and Duffy, Wednesday night will be an emotional one. While they now know it won’t be their last game at Packer Hall, the end of their respective basketball careers is undoubtedly nearing.

“It’s been a special group from the beginning,” Henderson said. “They’ve really bought into the system and the four of them have definitely put their marks on what it means to play TCNJ women’s basketball.”

‘Indescribable’ the feeling for champions Hockey captures title in dramatic fashion

By Julie Kayzerman News Editor

With 4:45 left in the overtime period and 20 seconds on the power play, the ice was crowded with tired legs and sore bodies — but the heart of the Lions proved to be unrivaled as they worked until that last shot hit the back of the net for the golden goal.

The College’s game winner was scored by the player who perhaps epitomizes the ultimate athlete — one full of heart, leadership and unbelievable talent — senior captain and MVP recipient, Scott Rothlisberger, giving his team the GNCHC Championship title with a 4-3 OT win over rivals Millersville University.

“I just saw the puck hit the crossbar and go in, and immediately the only thing going through my head was to get my helmet and gloves off and meet my teammates to celebrate,”

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Hockey celebrates after their golden goal in overtime propels them to a regional title.

Rothlisberger said. “It was an unbelievable feeling that’s almost indescribable.”

And an indescribable feeling seemed to be a mutual one

amongst the boys as their pure joy was obvious to any viewer who was watching a group of college kids throw their gloves into the air, cheering louder

than ever and falling into hugs.

It was certainly bittersweet for the team, as they accomplished their goal of winning the championship — their second in

three years — all the while knowing it was the last college game they’d be playing with the team’s seniors.

“It’s a special group, it really is,” head coach Joseph Cucci said. “I’m kind of at a loss right now to explain how special they are. For this team, for everything that they accomplished this year, I think we had a little bit more pressure on ourselves with just how good we were.

Expectations were so high that it was a little bit heavier for the seniors to come out here and complete it like they did. It’s just the ultimate testament to their character. They’re not just great athletes, they’re great kids.”

But the win didn’t come all that easy, as both teams came out to play, with the College also looking to redeem themselves after a loss to Millersville only about a week before. see HOCKEY page 15

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Turnover-prone Lions lose page 21

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