The Signal: Fall '11, No. 11

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Judge rejects motion to end Fiocco suit

By Matt Huston Editor-in-Chief

A judge has denied the College’s motion to end a lawsuit over the 2006 death of freshman John Fiocco Jr. The case will go to trial on Feb. 6.

The Nov. 10 decision, is-

sued by Judge Pedro Jimenez of the Mercer County Superior Court, asserts that a jury could reasonably conclude that security gaps in Wolfe Hall, where Fiocco was last seen alive, created a dangerous condition and reflected gross negligence on the Col-

lege’s part.

John Fiocco Sr. and Susan Fiocco filed suit against the College in 2008 for liability in the March 25, 2006 disappearance of their son, whose body was found weeks later in a Tullytown, Pa. landfill.

Fiocco’s parents allege that

a College alumnus, referred to only as John Doe, privately admitted to murdering Fiocco.

The Fioccos argue that the College is responsible for allowing him to enter Wolfe Hall, citing evidence that nonresidents were routinely able to enter Wolfe Hall through

propped-open doors and without signing in. “(The College) enhanced the risk of danger to its residents by inviting third-party criminals, including John Doe, into Wolfe Hall,” a brief on be

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‘Go home,’ protesters tell Goldman Sachs Alum works at White House

By Tom Ciccone Nation & World Editor

Photo by Vicki Wang

Occupy TCNJ began its protest by gathering outside the entrance of the Social Sciences Building.

By Laura Herzog News Editor “Go Home Goldman Sachs,” “Stop Corporate Greed” and “Goldman Sucks” were just a few of the signs students held at the Occupy TCNJ protest, targeted at visiting recruiters from the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs, on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 1:30 p.m.

Gathered in front of the Social Sciences Building, the group of 15 Occupy TCNJ students chanting “Nah-nahnah-nah, Go home Goldman Sachs!” was not exactly the crowded Occupy Wall Street scene depicted in national newspapers.

But it was something different on a college campus that some protesting students noted had been characterized in

the past as apathetic.

Goldman Sachs recruiters were accepting resumes at 2 p.m. in the Career Center Library in Roscoe West, according to an email sent to students by the College’s Career Center. The location was later changed to SSB 326, according to the protesters, who took issue see PROTEST page 3

Cyber hacking and White House security might soundlike the makings of a TV drama, but for College alumnus Brian Wanner it’s all in a day’s work. Wanner, a 2005 computer science graduate, is branch chief of security operations for the president’s Information Assurance Directorate.

Wanner gave a presentation on the nature of cyber security, cyber weapons and viruses and his experiences working in the White House on Nov. 9 in Science Complex room P101 at 1:30 p.m.

“Our job is to protect the network … to make sure people don’t break in,” Wanner said.

Wanner talked about cyber hacking and the different kinds of threats networks face on daily basis, like spammers, adware, corporate spies, cyber espionage, “rogue hackers” and “hacktivists” such as Anonymous, a secret group of cyber criminals whose

members prey on political figures and institutions in order to push their political agendas.

Wanner focused much of his talk on these “cyber criminals,” giving sobering warnings about hackers who steal personal information in order to gain stolen finances.

“These are the types of hackers you really need to look out for,” Wanner said.

“They want your credit card numbers. They go after bank logins. … They will ruin your finances. (They) have become a huge aspect of the dangers that normal people face when they are members of the online community.”

Wanner described his work at the White House, including one of the first major cases he dealt with concerning dangerous spam email flooding White House officials’ email accounts.

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Conference for career women seeks secret to work happiness

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All hands in the audience rose when Spragins asked who wanted ‘success and happiness.’

By Laura Herzog News Editor

The leaves were falling, the autumn air was crisp and heels

were clacking around campus on Nov. 9.

Women of all ages suited up to attend lectures in the Library Auditorium and the Brower Student Center at the School of Business’s first-ever female leadership conference.

Co-hosted by the New Jersey Small Business Development Center, the “Women Take Charge: Building Leadership” Conference attracted 50 registrants who paid the $75 registration fee, as well as 45 speakers, sponsors and other presenters.

Including alumni speakers, attending the conference were 17 alumni and 13 current students, most of whom worked as volunteers and had their registration fee sponsored by Prudential Insurance Company of America.

“Over the past two years, we have placed a great deal of emphasis on student engagement, which means more activities outside the classroom,” said Dean of the School of Business William Keep, who said that he wanted the conference to become an annual event. “We definitely want female students to attend as well as professionals. We will definitely find a way to

offer a reduced registration for students.”

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., those present attended four panel discussion sessions and a keynote address by speaker Ellyn Spragins, New York Times bestselling author of “If I’d Known Then: Women in Their 20s and 30s Write Letters to Their Younger Selves.”

Panels included “Career Paths and Transition: How Do You Sustain Ambition?” and “Venture Capital: Stepping Up to Successful Entrepreneurship.” Social media and technology were also topics of panel discussions.

Among the distinguished speakers were 1996 College alumna Jennifer Graf, head of operations of Renaissance Technologies and former vice president of Goldman Sachs, and 2001 alumna Kellie Miller, key accounts manager of L’Oréal Paris.

In addition to four moderating female business professors from the College, those sitting on the two- and three-speaker

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panels included the former chief financial manager for the wireless-communication service giant Virgin Mobile USA; the president of The Women’s Initiative Network & Connection, LLC, a consulting company; the CEO and president of Digital Brand Expressions, a Web-focused marketing firm; and the social media strategist of Tyco International Fire Protection Business Segment, which manufactures, sells, installs, and services fire detection and suppression systems.

The event was conceived as an opportunity to “further connect with the local/regional business community,” according to Keep, who said he proposed the idea of a women’s conference to the director of the TCNJ Small Business Development Center, Lorraine Allen.

“Last year we tried to put together a conference on sustainability in business but were unable to build much interest. (Allen) immediately felt a conference directed at women would have potential,” Keep said.

“We then formed an all-woman committee with (Allen), Professors Michele Naples and Susan Hume, and in my office, Assistant Dean Tammy Dieterich and Manager of Operations (Patty Karlowitsch). They made it happen.”

Keep noted that the School has held smaller female-centric events before, but the low level of female student participation at the conference appeared to be part of a larger trend.

“Twice we have had an on-campus panel discussion entitled ‘Women and Work’ that drew some interested students, though fewer than I expected,” Keep said. “We have discussed among staff a ‘Women in Business’

student organization but have not seen much interest among female students, which would be necessary to make that work over time.”

For those career women and students who attended the conference, the event was a good networking opportunity, according to Associate Professor of Economics Michele Naples.

“The No. 8 woman ever on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, a woman from Goldman Sachs … You meet people who are managing the March of Dimes, a gymnasium for autistic kids,” Naples said when interviewed. “These are some of the people I’ve met here today — women at all different stages of their career lives.”

According to evaluation-form feedback, Spragins’ talk was one of the most popular events at the conference, Keep said.

Hitting on broad issues such as the fear of failure and the guilt that can accompany the attempt to balance work, self and family, Spragins summarized some of the letters famous women had contributed to her book.

The letters included those of novelist Nora Roberts, Food Network star Paula Deen and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who said that she had once considered herself a “failure” and a “fraud.” The audience gasped as Spragins revealed that Deen had once been an agoraphobe, afraid to leave her house for 20 years.

After sharing the painful experience of her mother’s unexpected death, Spragins encouraged her audience to embrace the sides of themselves they hid for fear of jeopardizing what she called their “presentable side.”

She also shared a collection of “tongue-incheek” rules for success and happiness. “Don’t be men in pink … If you want to be successful,

be selfish. Don’t take that literally, of course,” said Spragins, as the audience laughed.

In an interview with The Signal after the conference, Spragins had some advice for College students.

“There are some themes in the messages (of the letters), and one of them is to follow your gut,” she said. “Doing that as a student now is really important. Is it butterflies? Is it a nauseous feeling? Learn to read these messages from your gut as opposed to your brain, and practice with the small things to see if it can be trusted.”

Several individuals interviewed at the event said that they enjoyed the varied and personal nature of the conference’s presentations.

“A lot of women are very inspiring, especially as a student trying to be successful balancing social life,” said junior finance major Laura Turner. “I really liked the first session, hearing women talk about how they could ‘do it all in their own way’ … And the keynote speaker, I was really touched by her feeling about how we are all connected by our personal struggles. We’re not alone in our hardships.”

However, while applauding Spragins’ talk, Danielle Gletow, 33-year-old founder of the nonprofit organization One Simple Wish, said that she would have liked a more diverse representation of women in the “Sustaining Ambition” panel discussion.

“It was all financial up there,” she said. “I would’ve liked to see more diverse views of what success means. Not just talking about big paychecks and achieving a title and being a CEO.” While the event attracted mostly women in the midst of their careers, several attendees said that they felt that an event like this would

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Best-selling author Ellyn Spragins spoke at the business conference.

have broad appeal.

“Even though (the event) has been tailored toward woman, it’s been eye-opening for me,” said David Simons, digital media manager of the recycling company TerraCyle and the sole male panelist at the event. “When (Spragins) was talking about looking at the younger you, it really made me think about my mother and how hard-working she was.”

“I wish they did this at the high-school level as well,” said Nicole Nagle, a graduate student serving as a school counseling intern in the School of Business.

Professor shares his love of molecules with College

By Kaleigh Levoyer Correspondent

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

Molecules were on Raymond Giguere’s mind — and his tie.

Raymond Giguere, a chemistry professor at Skidmore College, presented his exhibit “Molecules that Matter” on Friday, Nov. 11 in the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall as the second-to-last Brown Bag event this semester.

“Molecules that Matter” consists of models of the most influential molecules of the 20th century. The molecules were constructed from

a series of large spheres and rods connected together, rendering them almost 2.5 billion times their normal size.

The purpose of these oversized models is to enhance public understanding and appreciation of natural science. They have been displayed at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore, according to Giguere.

To a nearly full concert hall, he explained the molecules and their importance to humanity in the past

century while showing pictures of the models themselves.

“Your lives, any of our lives, are different from our parents’, our grandparents’, because of the 10 subjects in this exhibit,” Giguere said.

The 10 molecules in the exhibit, some of which included aspirin, penicillin, DNA, progestin and DDT, were selected from well over 100 different options, Giguere said.

Following the lecture, Giguere answered questions from those

in attendence. Responding to one question, he said he wished to see Taxol, a breast cancer drug, in the exhibit’s lineup. Unfortunately, he said, Taxol lost to Prozac by two votes during the final voting process.

After the presentation, many stayed around for lunch while others talked about the event outside the hall.

“It was an interesting look ... (at) a combination of arts and science,” said Matt Pembleton, senior art education major.

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half of the Fioccos states.

Fiocco was last seen sleeping in a friend’s unlocked dorm room at around 3 a.m. after he had been drinking, according to court documents. Two days after his disappearance, authorities discovered traces of Fiocco’s blood surrounding a dumpster in the Wolfe Hall basement.

The cause of the death remains unknown, and no one has been indicted in connection with the case.

The judge ruled that a combination of factors, when viewed “in the light most favorable to the non-moving party,” could lead a jury to find that the College was at fault in Fiocco’s death.

These include: 16 daily hours of open access to Wolfe Hall; failure to ensure the doors to Wolfe Hall and its compactor room were locked; open access to the compactor room; and allowing individuals to enter Wolfe Hall without signing in at the front desk when sign-in was required.

“The existence of gross negligence is a question reserved for a jury,” the judge’s order says.

The order also states that a jury could conclude that the College had “actual and constructive knowledge” that leaving the doors to Wolfe Hall and the trash compactor room open created a dangerous condition.

“Importantly, (the College) was aware of crimes being committed on the campus,” the document says. It notes that 25 violent crimes — including rape, robbery and aggravated assault — along with

a number of burglaries were reported on campus between 2001 and 2006.

“We are pleased with the Court’s decision and that we will have the opportunity to present all the evidence to a jury at a trial,” Christine O’Hearn, the Fioccos’ attorney, said in a statement. “The family looks forward to a fair resolution of this case.”

The College motioned for a summary judgment on Oct. 21, contesting that it was legally protected under The Charitable Immunity Act, which protects nonprofits, and The Tort Claims Act, which immunizes state entities under certain circumstances.

In denying summary judgment, the court stated that potential dangerous conditions ruled out The Tort Claims Act and that the charitable immunity law deals only with “simple negligence,” not gross negligence.

In response to the College’s Oct. 21 motion, the Fioccos brought allegations that an unnamed College graduate killed their son.

At the time of incident, John Doe had been diagnosed with bipolar and manic depressive disorders, and he was involuntarily committed to a mental health facility weeks earlier, according to a brief in opposition to the motion.

The alumnus was reportedly on campus the night of Fiocco’s disappearance and had a history of unauthorized entry to College dormitories. He was involuntarily committed a second time two days after Fiocco’s disappearance and death, according to the brief.

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authentication rolling at the White House,” he said.

Wanner spoke on the controversial topic of cyber espionage, referring largely to the comprehensive hacking that China performed on American government databases in 2006.

“China was having a field day with our systems that were very vulnerable at that time,” he said.

One of the more frightening topics Wanner explored was the new brand of “cyber weapons” beginning to pop up on the Internet.

Cyber weapons are sophisticated, almost undetectable viruses that can lie dormant in computerized security systems for years before becoming enacted, Wanner explained.

He added that once enacted, cyber weapons can take over important systems like traffic control, electricity grids and even nuclear facilities.

Stuxnet was one of these cyber weapons, using holes in security systems, called “zero days,” to hack into Bushehr and Natanz, two of Iran’s

biggest nuclear facilities, in September 2010. In response to the incident, Iran has begun creating its own “cyber army,” which today is believed to be the second largest in the world.

Given the cyber weapon’s sophistication, many international politicians accused the U.S. of being one of the possible manufacturers of Stuxnet, Wanner said.

In addition to cyber dangers and attackers, Wanner also talked about his time as a “cyber defender” at the White House.

“Defending really isn’t an easy job,” Wanner said, “because the attacker just needs one way in, one vulnerability to get into the system. You have to lock everything down, and there are a lot of moving parts to deal with.”

Wanner concluded the presentation by giving easy-to-use steps to improve personal computer security.

“You have to make sure everything has checks,” he said. “You need multiple layers of security. You have to understand that once someone hacks into your computer, they can get virtually anything.”

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Donald Glover, Seth Meyers considered for comedy show

By Kristen Mauro Correspondent

Seth Meyers of “Saturday Night Live,” B.J. Novak and Craig Robinson of “The Office,” Donald Glover of “Community” and Ralphie May of “Last Comic Standing” make up College Union Board’s diverse lineup of possible comedians for this spring’s comedy show.

Student Finance Board approved CUB’s request for $51,275 to fund that show on Wednesday, Nov 9.

“It’s easy to jump on something like this,” said Warren Samlin, SFB administrative director and senior finance and political science double major.

The board agreed that CUB is seeking “better performers” this year.

SFB unanimously voted to approve the request after a short discussion.

SFB also approved Canterbury House’s request for $4,630 to host Planet Rock!

Diversity Fashion Show on Dec. 3 in the Brower Student Center.

With a theme of global fashion to include passport programs and a runway constructed to look like a commercial jet, Canterbury House expects to double its attendance from last year to 300 by having a larger representation of cultures and lifestyles included in their show.

“The event will showcase ethnic clothing with a hope to unite the campus through fashion,” said senior self-designed creative

writing and linguistics major Victoria Thompson, president of Fashion Club, which is co-sponsoring the event.

The event will host multiple designers like Sayah, a Trenton designer who specializes in traditional African attire, along with traditional Indian, Asian and American clothing. Planet Rock! will also present live entertainment, with traditional Asian drumming performed

by TCNJ Taiko and dancing by Egun Omode Shule, an African dance group from the Garvey School in Trenton. The Artist Ed, a body painter from Atlanta, will paint a handful of women from the College’s student body as live statues to be stationed around the student center.

“We want to spread cultural awareness, not just with the clothing but with the models as well,” Thompson said.

SFB also unanimously voted to grant the Senior Class Council’s request for $3,454.50 to hold the annual 100 Days of Graduation, as it was considered a great success last year.

This function will be held along with Senior Series, providing seniors with alumni presenters every night who will share information on post-graduation topics like how to pay off student loans, how to rent an apartment and whether to buy or lease a car.

“This is a good way to keep alumni connected to the school and help prepare graduating seniors for things that are not really taught but they need to know,” said Robert Poss, senior economics and political science

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The Student Finance Board granted College Union Board $51,275 to fund its spring comedy show, saying CUB is seeking ‘better performers’ this year. double major and vice president of the senior class council.

Most of the requested budget was for the band Big Romeo, which the board agreed was a good choice to help promote awareness of the function and add to the festivities. It was proposed to play on Thursday, Feb. 2.

This event will take place from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2 at various locations around the College, including the student center food court.

SFB also agreed to approve a request for $2,409 by the Black Student Union for Thanksgiving Remix.

BSU, along with co-sponsors Haitian Student Association, Italian Club, Caribbean Student Association, Lambda Theta Phi,

Zeta Phi Beta and Lambda Tau Omega, will showcase the diverse ways in which different cultures celebrate Thanksgiving.

This will include a buffet-style presentation of multicultural food and performances.

“We are trying to not make it so much of a banquet but more interactive, so students can get more involved,” said senior psychology and women’s and gender studies double major Lynette Barnes, president of BSU and member of Lambda Tau Omega.

The event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17 from 6-10 p.m. in the student center.

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with the College’s word choice in the email.

“The College says Goldman Sachs coming here is ‘great news,’” the protesters chanted. “We disagree!”

“There are recruiters here for Goldman Sachs looking for potential hires in (the College) community,” said senior selfdesigned cognitive psychology major and protester John Cherney. “We just want students to be aware of the kind of people they’d be getting into bed with, so to speak.”

Fliers handed to a few receptive passersby by a designated Occupy TCNJ student outlined the reasons for the protest, including the names of government officials they reported were getting Goldman money and accusations of opportunistic action during the housing crisis. “(Goldman Sachs) represents a corporation that that has bought off our political system and enriched itself by

ruining others,” the flier read. loud enough to be heard by those seated Debra Kelly, interim director of the within nearby buildings, the rest of campus Career Center, emphasized both the students’ appeared to carry on largely as usual. right to protest and the right of other students “I want to join, but I’m embarrassed. to attend the meeting. “We really value all I feel like what they’re doing is the right opinions and respect all points of view,” thing, but they lack an aesthetic,” said Dan she said.

Coghlan, senior English major. “They need Several small meetings, including a Nov. more people … I think their cause is just.

2 student-run forum on wealth disparity, I think they should paper, put it out more, preceded the Goldman Sachs protest, because I don’t think a lot of people knew it according to Joanne Weidman, a sixth-year was happening.”

English major, who was handing out fliers Some students walked by confused, as to passersby on the sidewalk in front of the activists chanted at the top of their lungs the Social Sciences about “exploitation for “We just want students to be profit,” while other Building.

“We started five aware of the kind of people passersby shouted or six weeks ago, just insults at the group. they’d be getting into bed trying to get students There were also to care about what’s students dressed in with, so to speak.” happening, fighting suits and heels, walking for the 99 percent,” quickly by to get to a — John Cherney meeting with Goldman she said. “Last week, senior self-designed cognitive Sachs recruiters. we had a really great psychology major student-led forum.

“I feel like About 65 students in it’s uncalled for. the (Brower Student Center).”

Corporations provide wealth and create Other attendees of the forum — which jobs,” said Keith McLaughlin, a fifth-year was titled “American Revolution: Forum on accounting major. “Corporations make Occupy Wall Street” and held to “discuss American work, and I feel like people are issues of inequality, corporate control and ignorant who protest these things without justice,” according to its Facebook event knowing how they fully work.” page — confirmed this number. The protest According to Michelle Gershteyn and had also been announced via Facebook Christine Mistrangelo, both freshman event days earlier, as well as with anti- interdisciplinary business students who Goldman Sachs chalk slogans drawn on passed by the protest but were “not really walkways around campus. sure what was going on,” their business Weidman, a self-professed Occupy professor had mentioned the protest in class TCNJ member, said the Occupy movement that morning but had not given any opinion. as a whole has been a catalyst for enhanced The Occupy TCNJers continued their College student interest in activism. protest until approximately 3 p.m. before “I’ve been here six years, and I’ve going into a meeting, according to one been organizing activism on campus, attendee. and I’ve never seen that many people Whether the College’s “culture” is come out to an (activism) event, truly changing, as some students assert, is especially a student-led event,” she uncertain, but some protesters seemed to said. “With big names like Ralph Nader believe that the protest was part of a larger or Jesse Jackson, they had the whole shift since the recession.

Kendall Hall. Student-led forums never “(The College) was once considered one get more than like 20 people. I think it’s of the most apathetic schools in the country,” definitely a sign that the culture at (the Weidman said. “But (it) now fights against College) is changing.” budget cuts … because it’s now affecting However, even with the shouts of protest students’ lives.”

By Kelly Johnson Copy Editor

A petition to implement a rent-a-car service for students will be circulating among students, sophomore finance major Josephine D’Amico announced during the Wednesday, Nov. 9 Student Government meeting.

The “Zipcar,” a rentable car made available by the car-sharing service Zipcar, would be available to students without a car on campus and would be rented at an hourly rate.

Car rentals typically require a minimum age of 25 to rent a car, but Zipcar has “ways around that,” D’Amico said.

According to its website, Zipcars are currently present on more than 250 college campuses in North America.

For more information, visit zipcar.com/ universities.

The senior class council announced it will incorporate more educational events for seniors into its programming, as opposed to the usual senior nights, which include alcohol and partying.

These events will include a senior cooking class, which will be held on Nov. 19. Only 20 spots will be available, so students interested are encouraged to submit a $5 deposit to secure their spots.

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Zipcar President and COO Mark Norman stands with a vehicle.

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Jordan’s king urges Syria’s Assad to step down

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Nov. 14. He accused Arab states of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syriaʼs membership.

BEIRUT (AP) – Jordanʼs King Abdullah said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad should step down, making him the first Arab ruler to issue such a call over the regimeʼs deadly crackdown on an eight-month-old uprising.

The surprising statement comes as Arabs close ranks against Damascus.

On Saturday, the Arab League voted to suspend Syria over attacks on protesters that the U.N. estimates have killed 3,500 people since mid-March.

“If Bashar (Assad) has the interest of his country, he would step down, but he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of Syrian political life,” Abdullah told the BBC in an interview.

Damascus had no immediate public comment.

Earlier Monday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem accused Arab nations of conspiring against Damascus, calling Saturdayʼs near-unanimous vote at the Arab Leagueʼs headquarters in Cairo “shameful and malicious.”

The vote was a stinging rebuke to a regime that prides itself as a bastion of Arab nationalism and left Syria increasingly isolated over its crackdown.

“We wanted the role of the Arab League to be a supporting role, but if the Arabs wanted to be conspirators, this is their business,” al-Moallem said at a news conference in Damascus, betraying his countryʼs deep alarm over the decision.

The vote to suspend Syria — a major boost for the Syrian opposition — put Damascus in direct confrontation with

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The Youth charity at the center of the child sex-abuse charges against former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky received donations in recent years from hundreds of corporations, community groups and individuals — including the judge who arraigned Sandusky earlier this month. On Monday, The Second Mileʼs president resigned, saying he hoped his departure would help restore faith in the charityʼs misson.

Investor Warren Buffet says his company purchased about $10.7 billion of IBM stock this year, giving it a stake of more than 5 percent in the technology company. Buffet revealed the investment during an interview on CNBC on Monday.

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other Arab powers, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, who were pushing for the suspension.

The unified Arab position also puts more pressure on the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions, despite objections by Syrian allies Russia and China. Of the Arab Leagueʼs 22 members, only Syria, Lebanon and Yemen voted against the suspension of Syria, with Iraq abstaining.

A similar Arab League decision to suspend Libyaʼs membership earlier this year paved the way for the U.N.-mandated nofly zone and NATO airstrikes that eventually brought down Moammar Gadhafi, but the group has stressed international intervention was not on the agenda in Syria.

Still, al-Moallem played on fears that the diplomatic campaign could escalate to Libya-style military action, saying Syriaʼs army is far stronger than Libyaʼs.

“They know that our valiant army has capabilities that they might not be able to tolerate if they are used,” he said.

Assad asserts that extremists pushing a foreign agenda to destabilize Syria are behind the countryʼs unrest, rather than true reform-seekers aiming to open the countryʼs autocratic political system.

Syria has asked the Arab League to convene an emergency Arab summit to discuss the countryʼs spiraling political unrest. Critics say that is another possible bid by Assad to buy time as he faces snowballing punitive action.

An Arab League official in Cairo said the call for a summit would be discussed by Arab foreign ministers during their meeting in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday.

There are several obstacles, however, including a requirement that any call for a summit must come from the leader of the nation holding its rotating presidency, the official said, speaking on condition of

anonymity because he wasnʼt authorized to brief the media. Currently that is Libya, but the country has just emerged from civil war and only has interim leaders.

In Brussels, European Union foreign ministers decided Monday to impose additional sanctions on 18 Syrians and organizations in response to the killings of protesters.

The names of those sanctioned will not be known until they are published in the EUʼs official journal in a day or two.

Sanctions generally include visa and travel bans on people, the freezing of assets, and prohibitions on trade.

The EU has already placed sanctions on 56 Syrians and 19 organizations in its effort to get Assad to halt his bloody crackdown, and has banned the import into the EU of Syrian crude oil.

Russia, meanwhile, indicated that Assad still has the support of Moscow.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency saying Moscow opposes the Arab Leagueʼs decision to suspend Syria.

Earlier, Syria invited Arab League officials to visit before the membership suspension is scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, and it said they could bring any civilian or military observers they deem appropriate to oversee implementation of an Arab League plan for ending the bloodshed.

The Syrian government is usually loath to accept anything resembling foreign intervention, and the invitation signaled the governmentʼs concern over the Arab action.

The crisis has raised regional tensions, with Turkey sending a plane to evacuate nonessential personnel after Saturday attacks on several embassies including Ankaraʼs by Syrian government supporters angry over the Arab League decision.

Supreme Court to hear health care case WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obamaʼs health care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape as voters are deciding if Obama deserves another term.

This decision to hear arguments in the spring sets up an election-year showdown over the White Houseʼs main domestic policy achievement. And it allows plenty of time for a decision in late June, just over four months before Election Day. The justices announced they will hear an extraordinary fiveand-a-half hours of arguments from lawyers on the constitutionality of a provision at the heart of the law and three other related questions about the act. The central provision in question is the requirement that individuals buy health insurance starting in 2014 or pay a penalty.

In the modern era, the last time the court allotted anywhere near this much time for arguments was in 2003 for consideration of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. That case consumed four hours of argument. This argument may spread over two days, as the justices rarely hear more than two or three hours a day.

The 2010 health care overhaul law aims to extend insurance coverage to more than 30 million Americans, through an expansion of Medicaid, the requirement that individuals buy health insurance starting in 2014 or pay a penalty and other measures.

A White House spokesman said, “We are pleased that the court has agreed to hear this case.”

“We know the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and are confident the Supreme Court will agree,” communications direct Dan Pfeiffer said in a statement.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called the law an “unprecedented and unconstitutional expansion of the federal government into the daily lives of every American.”

“In both public surveys and at the ballot box, Americans have rejected the lawʼs mandate that they must buy government-approved health insurance, and I hope the Supreme Court will do the same,” McConnell said.

Republicans have called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional since before Obama signed it into law

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President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House on March 23, 2010 in Washington. in March 2010. But only one of the four federal appeals courts that have considered the health care overhaul has struck down even a part of the law.

The federal appeals court in Atlanta said Congress exceeded its power under the Constitution when it adopted the mandate.

The federal appeals court in Cincinnati upheld the entire law, as did appellate judges in Washington, DC, in recent days.

The case could become the high courtʼs most significant and political ruling since its 5-4 decision in the Bush v. Gore case nearly 11 years ago effectively sealed George W. Bushʼs 2000 presidential election victory.

In addition to deciding whether the lawʼs central mandate is constitutional, the justices will also determine whether the rest of the law can take effect even if that central mandate is held unconstitutional. The lawʼs opponents say the whole thing should fall if the individual mandate falls.

The administration counters that most of the law still could function, but says that requirements that insurers cover anyone and not set higher rates for people with pre-existing conditions are inextricably linked with the mandate and shouldnʼt remain in place without it.

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Editorial It’s not me, it’s you Getting rejected is AWESOME! Okay, nope. Not so much. But I thought that would get your attention. Who out there hasn’t been rejected* and hated it?

I recently got rejected from a program that I applied for after over a month of interview rounds and applications.

It was not a fun email to receive – the kind where they say something like: “It’s not us. It is very much you…. But no offense.”

I wish I could say I responded, “None taken!” and gave myself a pat on the back for my hard work … but that didn’t quite happen: At the age of 21, I found myself crying and sucking on a lollipop.

Looking back on the college experience as a senior, Brianna Gunter / Managing Editor I’m having some realizations about self-acceptance and rejection. You see, when you first make it into college, Rejection sucks, but News Editor Laura Herzog says we should not let it define us. there’s this wave of “acceptance” euphoria. But then that Quotes of the Week euphoria slowly fades as you realize that college life is particularly filled with opportunities for rejection: appli“I want to join but cations to internships, jobs and graduate, law and medical I’m embarassed. school programs, not to mention fruitless election campaigns, flirtations, breakups and failed sorority/fraternity I feel like what What do you honestly think about all these bid attempts.

“Occupy” movements? they’re doing is the For most college seniors, that same “top-of-the-foodright thing but they chain” feeling we had in high school isn’t quite there.

- I’m glad they’re taking a stand. lack an aesthetic.”

As we apply for things that will presumably lead to what - I’m a part of it! we’ll “do with the rest of our lives,” rejection can feel all — Dan Coghlin, senior - Doesn’t matter, they won’t accomplish anything. the more jarring.

English major on the - The protestors are just causing more problems.

The day after the rejection, I was feeling caught beOccupy TCNJ group. tween a self-pitying, “I give up on my dreams” mentality cast your vote @ and the desire to be the kind of person who would use tcnjsignal.net “We just want this moment to cue the empowering music montage and students to be fill out 50 more applications. (You know, kind of like the Last week’s results scene in “Legally Blonde” where Elle Woods buys a Macaware of the kind book dressed as a Playboy bunny and shows the world of people they’d Did you vote (last) week? “how valuable (she) can be!”) be getting into bed But thankfully, before I busted out the righteous anger -There was an election? 56% with, so to speak.” or pity, I got some intervention from a stranger. I covered -Yes, it is important. 22% author Ellyn Spragins’ keynote address for the School -No, I don’t think it matters. 22% — Occupy TCNJ of Business’s Women in Leadership Conference for The member John Cherney Signal. on his group’s protest I will not give any opinions on the event because I against Goldman Sachs wrote about it, but I will say that the keynote address recruiters on campus. came at exactly the right moment for me. Of many quotes tcnjsignal.net Spragins mentioned, one quote, by psychologist and HoMailing Address: Telephone: “The existence of locaust survivor (talk about inspiration to not pity yourThe Signal Production Rm - (609) 771-2424 c/o Brower Student Center Business Office - (609) 771-2499 gross negligence is self) Viktor Frankl, stood out to me in particular: “It’s not The College of New Jersey Fax: (609) 771-3433 what we ask of life, but what life asks of us.” a question reserved P.O. Box 7718 Email: signal@tcnj.edu Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 Ad Email: signalad@tcnj.edu You might not be a “quote person,” but to me Frankl’s for the jury.” words are more like a philosophy than a simple quote.

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Opinions The Signal says ...

Stop: talking over people, stomping through puddles, hitting animals with your car, walking and reading at the same time.

Caution: finals just around the bend, ghosts, autumn wind, rogue longboarders, no NBA season.

Go: to sleep, watch a debate, find a new joke, discover a new blog, follow more people on Twitter, read more. check out some offcampus food, get ready for break.

Tackling the Penn State issue

I’m from Penn State Country; my neighbors proudly wave their Nittany Lions flag, and cars up and down my street have those blue paw print magnets on their Alyssa Mease trunks. A bunch of my friends from high school go to the university and have been posting things on Facebook all week about the child sex abuse scandal.

Unfortunately it seems like the true crime has been forgotten.

My friends are posting things about how Joe Paterno, or JoePa, has been unfairly ousted even though he met his lawful obligations. Some of my friends have posted a letter to “Non-Staters” about how only students from Penn State could possibly understand how a football coach could brighten the lives of thousands of students.

So maybe there should be a letter to the “Staters” from us “Non-Staters.”

(Though, maybe we would be the “Stater Haters?”) I’ll write it, and you can post it on Facebook and thank me later.

We know you don’t understand.

Usually we spend all day defending our decision to go to a smaller school, with smaller class sizes and a little thing known as professor-student relationships. And right now, we’d like for you to know this: You go to a university that has a pretty good football team. And although you’d like to believe they are the best in the country, they haven’t won much recently.

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In response to “Republicans battle abortion with ‘Protect Life Act.’” In the Nov. 2, 2011 issue of The Signal, the article “Republicans battle abortion with ‘Protect Life Act’” contained many misconceptions that we want to reveal to the campus.

First, it continually referred to abortion as “reproductive health care.” Unless pregnancy itself is an illness, abortion is not health care. Ireland, a country in which abortion is illegal, has the lowest rate of maternal deaths in the world. Some of its top obstetricians stated that there are no circumstances in which the life of a mother may only be saved by directly terminating the life of her unborn child.

The threat of the back alley abortion, often cited as a reason for legalized abortions is not grounded in reality.

The vast majority of illegal abortions done before Roe v. Wade were performed

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Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is at the center of the recent child abuse scandal. The debate rages on about his actions.

You’re not the only school with a football team. You’re also not the only school with employees who care more about a winning record than an innocent child.

Let me briefly mention those employees, the ones you all “love” and “know” so well: They get paid a lot more money than you will ever make in your lifetime.

It is their job to take pictures with you, to attend other sporting events and to protect all people — students or not —who are entrusted to their care.

Nobody is accusing all of you “Staters” of supporting abuse, but we are accusing you of putting this man on a pedestal.

Taking a picture with him, briefly chatting on the way to class or seeing him

on the sideline of a football field each week does not constitute a relationship.

You do not know JoePa. Nobody wants to see a legendary figure go, but even fewer people want to see an innocent child allegedly get raped and then forgotten.

Joe Paterno is not being made an example of because he is such a celebrity; he is being made an example of because he works at a university and should have had the brains to call the police.

WE ARE… hoping you stop defending scumbags.

WE ARE… proud to go to an institution known more for academics than sports.

WE ARE… upset that you seem to be forgetting about the victims.

by licensed physicians. Legal abortion is not empowering to women, as seen by the side effects, which include hemorrhages, infection and more. Women have even died as a result of the procedure. While pro-choice advocates celebrate the alleged right to choose, 80 percent of post-abortive women suffer life-long consequences from this “safe” procedure. As the organization Feminists for Life says: “Women deserve better than abortion.”

The article also insinuated that women ought to be free to choose “on their own moral grounds.” While choice is a good thing, we must draw the line once our choices begin to harm someone else.

After all, what would happen if we let people of different cultures follow their own morals and have “honor killings?”

In addition, the article completely disregarded the pre-born child. Despite the 4-D ultrasounds that show the child smiling and yawning in the womb, prochoice advocates still cling to the idea that their lives are worthless. In our society, a three-inch trip through the birth canal

(or caesarian section) suddenly turns a “clump of cells” into a person with legal rights. Technically speaking, you and I are both clumps of cells. Does that mean we deserve to be killed without justification?

The article ends with the phrase: “We trust women. Do you?”

To sell their highest-grossing product, the abortion industry lies to women, misleading them about the scientific facts of fetal development and the abortion procedure and its effects. Any person or organization who does not reveal the whole truth and nothing but the truth clearly has trust issues. Pro-lifers do trust women to make the life-affirming decision when presented with the truth of abortion and provided the necessary means to choose life.

-Monika Potocki This article reflects the general philosophy and mission of TCNJ Students for Life. To join TCNJ Students for Life, email prolife@tcnj.edu

Rick Perry says, “Writing for The Signal is easy”

First, you pick a topic to write about.

Second, you send your opinion to pazos2@tcnj.edu.

And the third one …

I can’t … oops.

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Features

Tibetan monks bring culture to the College

By Kevin Lee Sports Assistant and Jamie Primeau Features Editor

Though “meal equiv” is a time typically associated with students rushing to get their lunches as quickly as possible, paces slowed down in sight of the patience and precision of the Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery, who shared their religious traditions with the College last week.

Over the course of four days, the monks constructed a community sand mandala in the Brower Student Center during the “Tibetan Monk Mandala Experience” organized by the College Union Board, Brower Student Center and Art Student Association.

Using metal funnels called chakpur, the monks placed the colorful sand — in vibrant shades of blue, yellow, green and red — on a wooden tablet from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10.

The Tibetan name for this art is

dul-tson-kyil-khor, which translates to “mandala of colored powders,” and in Buddhist tradition, these mandalas are used for spiritual and ritual significance, according to the Tibetan monks’ website.

At the opening ceremony on Nov. 7, the group of monks dressed in maroon and gold robes complete with yellow headpieces and played a cymbal, horns and a drum.

The traveling monks, who are actually based in Atlanta, are associated with monks in India and visit colleges and museums across the country to construct mandalas.

According to Nawang Khenrab, the translator for the Tibetan monks, the mandalas contain intricate patterns and designs, which are mainly made up of three circles.

The three circles that encompass the mandala are fire, vajra (Buddhist symbol) and lotus petal.

Each of these has a significant meaning in Buddhist practice. The circle of fire represents wisdom, the vajra represents universal compassion,

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

It took four days for the Tibetan Monks to create their sand mandala in the student center.

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

The monks played musical instruments as part of the opening ceremony before they began constructing a community mandala entirely out of colored sand. and the lotus petal represents renunciation, Khenrab said.

These three symbols are chosen for the mandala because they represent the ceasing of desire, one of the main fundamental beliefs in Buddhism.

According to Khenrab, when desire is gone, nirvana, or enlightenment, is attainable.

While much of the experience consisted of passersby admiring the monks’ work, CUB also provided a minituarized mandala where students could give sand painting a try for themselves.

To end their weeklong showcase of mandala art, the monks held a closing ceremony that involved destroying the mandala at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 10.

The destruction is a typical Tibetan Buddhist practice as a means of representing the impermanence of life, or that nothing lasts forever, Khenrab said.

As students looked on, the Tibetan monks used a combination of their hands and brushes to sweep

the intricate grains of the mandala toward the center. The colored sand was then scooped up into a glass vessel, from which some sand was distributed to the audience.

The remaining sand was carried to Lake Ceva where it was poured out to carry healing energies throughout the world, the monks said.

After the ceremony concluded, there was nothing left but a dismantled mandala backbone.

This backbone will be used once again with different colors of sand, another representation of the impermanence of life.

Junior biology major, Dylan McDivitt, who organized the event through CUB, said, “I decided to bring them here because I heard of sand mandala construction … I thought it’d be a cool cultural experience for our campus.”

McDivitt added that this may not be something students know much about, saying, “CUB just thought it was a great opportunity

to expose our students to Tibetan culture.”

Supporting McDivitt’s point, freshman biology major Theja Varre said it helped her realize how important the Tibetan culture is.

“I thought it was beautiful. It was really eye-opening,” she said.

Varre even deemed the destruction of the mandala beautiful.

“I was here all week,” she said, mentioning being there for multiple hours every day, watching in awe.

The week-long event appeared to be a rewarding experience for all.

“I think it’s different than anything we’ve ever done before, and I think it’s amazing to see how people cared about it and treated the monks with respect,” said Rob Catona, junior interactive multimedia major and the graphic artist for CUB, who designed the posters that were placed on easels near the monk’s display. “I think it really shows what kind of community we are at (the College).”

Girl power: High-schoolers visit campus for inspiring event

By Katie O’Dell Staff Writer Young women from Trenton West Central High School were invited to spend the day on the College’s campus to learn more about women’s empowerment this weekend.

The Women In Learning and Leadership program provided a day of workshops and activities with a focus on this empowerment theme on Saturday, Nov. 12 in the Brower Student Center.

“The theme for the day is for the girls to empower themselves and realize that they are powerful,” junior political science and women’s and gender studies major and W.I.L.L. community service co-chair Chaya Himelfarb explained. “We want to get them interested in postsecondary education.”

W.I.L.L. members worked toward this goal by pairing up with highschool students and accompanying them throughout the day’s activities, which included workshops on physical health, self-esteem and college preparation.

“Knowledge is the ultimate empowerment,” junior nursing major and W.I.L.L. community service co-chair Andrea Besaw said, noting that the workshops were designed to educate as well as to empower.

Besaw led a workshop on healthy eating and living habits in which students were given the opportunity to ask questions and

what a man has created for us … Why is women’s talent left up to what their bodies look like?”

Montero’s presentation outlined the college admissions process, including recommendations for creating a strong application, interview tips and financial aid suggestions. She urged students to consider enrolling in a postsecondary institution.

“The best way you can continue to empower yourself after looking in the mirror and saying, ‘I love you,’ is eduPhoto by Katlin Catapano cation,” she said. “Once you take the Ashley Reichelmann, a W.I.L.L. and College alumna who now works next step to college, you’re going to be as a professor, discussed body image in music videos (left) as W.I.L.L. 10 times less likely to be unemployed — 10 times. That’s called empowerment.” students listened on with high-schoolers from Trenton (right).

Montero’s presentation was followed by share concerns. event. In a presentation called “Thinking a campus tour led by W.I.L.L. members and “At a doctor’s appointment, they rush Critically About the Media,” Reichelmann College Ambassadors Himelfarb and Micaela you through so much,” she said. “It’s much invited students’ participation as she ana- Ensminger. “It’s kind of a push to go to colmore relatable coming from a young nursing lyzed the portrayal lege. Being in this student talking to a high-school student.” of women’s bodies in environment lets the “Knowledge is the The event drew involvement from popular music videos. girls think, ‘Oh, I could members of the professional commu“The media creates ultimate empowerment.” be that girl, I can see nity at the College, including Lynette what’s beautiful,” she myself in this environHarris, a Career Center employee who explained, noting that ment,’” Besaw said.

— Andrea Besaw, Trenton West Cenpresented a self-esteem workshop media images of the titled, “How YOU are a Phenomenal female body are ofW.I.L.L. community tral senior Mary DerWoman” and Director of Admissions ten unrealistic. She auvil was quick to service co-chair confirm this notion.

Grecia Montero, who discussed post- encouraged students secondary education. to develop a “critical “I had fun and I met Ashley Reichelmann, a 2008 W.I.L.L. gaze” for viewing music videos, saying, a lot of cool people, especially these two,” she graduate and adjunct professor of wom- “A lot of us don’t want to look like (pop said, gesturing towards her W.I.L.L. mentors. en’s and gender studies, also spoke at the stars) because that image of beauty is “Now I want to come here. That’s my goal.”

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Residence hall rumors debunked

Brianna Gunter / Managing Editor

The Lanning School (left) is an elementary school linked with the College’s history, though many mistake Centennial Hall (right) for being a former school.

By Brianna Gunter Managing Editor As far as rumors and legends at this school go, there’s enough material to fill an entire “Weird (TC)NJ” book. Just walk around campus and it’s hard to find an area that doesn’t have some sort of mystery or lore attached to it — including the buildings we live in. Was Centennial Hall an elementary school? Was ABE a nursing home? Norsworthy a small hospital? Let the debunking begin.

When looking from the outside, Centennial Hall certainly looks like an elementary school. Records like the College’s annual reports and catalogs from the mid-1950s nevertheless show that it was built solely for residential purposes. Its design was actually heralded when it was built in 1955 (marking the College’s 100th birthday, hence the name “Centennial”), despite what many students think of it now.

“The new dorm will provide the most modern quarters to those lucky enough assigned to it,” enthused the Signal editors in an issue from that year. The editors of the 1956 Seal even went so far as writing, “Centennial Hall brings to campus the spirit of the next hundred years … its clean lines presage a future of dynamic achievement, both in the forward lines of architecture and of education. The bright colors foretell a future design of active living … thus creating a model pattern for the future.”

There was nevertheless an

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elementary school linked with the College at the time. This school, the Lanning School, still stands today, although it is across the street on Pennington Road and was never actually located on campus. For decades, however, the Lanning School was used as a “demonstration” school for the College’s students of education. According to “The Demonstration School of the Trenton State Teachers College,” a report authored by College administrators in 1937, there were plans for a high school to be constructed on campus so that those studying upper education would receive first-hand experience. Later records show that these plans were abandoned, however, due to a lack of funds brought on by the Depression and World War II. As for Allen, Brewster and Ely Halls, the rumor that they were once a retirement facility or nursing home (which I have only heard from a few people)

is also untrue. Like Centennial, these buildings were constructed for residential purposes and were in fact the first dormitories on the College’s current campus.

Interestingly, there appear to be no records that provide any sort of basis for ABE being confused as having been a nursing home, other than the fact that the buildings are very old. There are nursing homes in Ewing, only one of which dates back to the 1930s, according to the facilities’ respective websites.

The legend that Norsworthy Hall was a small hospital is different from the other two in that it is partially true. As detailed in the College’s official annual reports from 1932 to 1972, one wing of Norsworthy was an infirmary, while the rest of it was residential. In its earlier years, a full-time nurse lived there among

Brianna Gunter / Managing Editor

Despite some myths, ABE is solely a dormitory, and never was a retirement home.

The College guide to thrifting making them a harder score.

4. Check the labels. The vast amount of high-quality merchandise hidden in a thrift store will surprise you. Dooney & Bourke handbags, YSL belts, 100 percent cashmere sweaters, Ralph Lauren dress shirts, Coach shoes, J. Crew pants and Alexander Wang tanks are just a few examples.

Photo courtesy of Albert Matlock

By Carly Koziol and Albert Matlock Columnists

but washing machines were made for a reason and college students are always strapped for cash.

Great fashion can be found at great prices. Students should be taking advantage of several second-hand stores that surround the College, such as The Salvation Army, Goodwill, 2nd Stage and Red, White & Blue. New to the thrift shop scene? Here are some tips:

2. Be willing to search. Everything in a thrift store is one of a kind. Spotting the treasures requires sifting through every rack, so patience is key.

1. Push past the negative connotations. You may be right if you think thrift stores are unclean or for the poor,

the students. In 1973, a section of Bliss Hall (which was then transitioning from a men’s dormitory to a faculty office building) was made the College’s health center, and Norsworthy became completely residential.

I have heard from several people, however, that not only was Norsworthy a hospital, but it was a psychiatric hospital.

An explanation for the origins of this misconstrued belief could simply be a mixing of facts: Naomi Norsworthy, for whom the building is named, was a well-known figure in the psychology world and wrote a book on children’s psychiatry, and of course, as I mentioned earlier, the residence hall had an infirmary in one wing. But at no point was the building ever a full hospital, much less one for psychiatric purposes.

3. Ignore sizes for shirts and dresses. The chances of finding something you like in your exact size are highly against your favor. Dresses and shirts can be worn loose, tight, cropped, off the shoulder, etc. Pants and skirts require a closer fit, however,

5. Try things on. It may be tempting to buy everything you’ve selected without entering a fitting room, but don’t become a victim of unnecessary purchases! Thrifting becomes less economical when you overspend and overstuff your closet with things you’ll never wear.

6. Avoid stains. If the previous owner wasn’t able to get a stain out, then the chances of performing some OxiClean magic are slim to none. If the stain can be covered with a patch or somehow concealed, then the purchase may be worth it, but please don’t use this advice with deodorant stains. Armpit patches are a no-go.

7. Explore the miscellaneous department

looking for new use in old items. Silver serving plates can be picked up for less than $1 and used as jewelry trays. Vintage lamps can be re-fitted with a new lampshade. Old records can be reshaped into bowls by dipping them in boiling water (carefully, of course).

8. Know the sales. Goodwill places certain colored tags at 50 percent off and they vary daily. In addition, they offer student discounts with a valid student ID. St. Vincent de Paul societies host “brown bag” sales once a month that involve filling up a brown paper shopping bag and paying a flat rate of $5 for whatever fits inside.

9. Shop often. Stock is constantly being replenished at thrift stores. Some days you’ll find amazing pieces, and others you’ll walk out with nothing but a sense of discouragement. The fun is in the pursuit.

10. Make it your own. Usually the pieces are one-of-a-kind and will have a story behind them. When purchasing a vintage item, see it as if you are continuing the story, but now contributing by adding your own personal voice.

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Arts & Entertainment

Argh! Supporting cast is true treasure in ‘Pirates’

Ashley Long / Staff Photographer

Frederic (Hernandez, left) has to reject the advances of his scheming nurse, Ruth (music education voice major Katelyn Saxton).

By Shaun Fitzpatrick Arts & Entertainment Editor

Insert necessary pirate pun here: Avast me hearties, yo ho ho, etc., etc.

While they might be a little bit behind on the pirates craze, TCNJ Lyric Theatre’s production of “The Pirates of Penzance” was a delight for seasoned rum-slingers and landlubbers alike. The show ran from Thursday, Nov. 10 until Sunday, Nov. 13 on the Kendall Hall main stage. Audiences were assured from the beginning that it was going to be a high-sailing good time; even the orchestra had donned pirate hats

for the occasion.

The show tells the story of Frederic (junior vocal performance major Sergio Hernandez), a young man about to leave his apprenticeship with the Pirate King (2011 alumnus Raymond McCue) and his merry band of scoundrels. Frederic finds the girl of his dreams in Mabel (played by sophomore Samantha Swartz on the night of this review, Nov. 10), but a technicality over his service obligations to the pirate crew threatens to tear the young lovers apart. Music, hilarity and swashbuckling ensue.

As Frederic, Hernandez lacked the

charm so crucial for a male lead. This isn’t to say that he isn’t talented; he, along with the rest of the cast, showed off voices that have obviously been highly trained. Still, there was a spark missing somewhere, and it was hard to relate to Mabel as she swooned over her somewhat bland love.

This may not be entirely Hernandez’s fault: He could have had the voice of Jesus and the sex appeal of George Clooney and still gotten lost amidst the antics of an absolutely superb supporting cast.

McCue was a scream as the swaggering Pirate King, channeling just enough Johnny Depp to give himself a saunter without coming across as a carbon copy.

Whether he was plotting against Frederic or dueling with the conductor, he drew laughs from the crowd at every turn. Senior music performance major Ian Highcock, sporting convincing muttonchops, was no less hilarious as the fast-talking Major General.

The real comedic tour-de-force, however, came from senior physics major Nick Vitovitch in his small but impossibleto-upstage role as the Sergeant of Police.

Bringing to mind the French guards of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” Vitovitch hammed his way through the show, combining physical slapstick humor with exaggerated facial expressions so that he became almost a living, breathing cartoon character.

Of course, it’s to be expected (or at least one would hope) that the larger roles would be able to hold their own in the spotlight.

What was perhaps most impressive about “Pirates,” however, was the strength

of its ensemble. The pirates, policemen and daughters, whether or not they had a named role, threw themselves into the production with so much energy and enthusiasm that they deserved just as much credit for the show as the leads did. It’s rare to see that sort of across-the-board (or across-theplank) talent in a student production, and, more than anything, “Pirates” deserved a standing ovation for that reason.

Ashley Long / Staff Photographer

The Pirate King (McCue, right) threatens Major General (Highcock, left) at swordpoint.

More than a feeling: Felt show has wearable art

By Emily Brill News Editor In the modest quarters of the Art and Interactive Multimedia Building’s student exhibition spaces, 10 students are staging a liberation of felt.

“Feel; Felt: An Exhibition of Wearable Fiber Art” debuted on Oct. 26 and will occupy Room 111 of the Art and IMM Building until Dec. 7.

The exhibit, curated by senior art education major Diana Montano,

Photo courtesy of Eva Darron

The Great Barrier Reef inspired this Victorian-esque collar.

features the work of Elizabeth Mackie’s Fiber Arts class.

“To be in the class and have to reinvent something you’re so familiar with is really refreshing,” Montano said. “I guess it’s about adjusting stereotypes. It’s not just women’s work, not just crafts.”

The 11 pieces displayed in the gallery are anything but simple crafts.

Although the student artists worked exclusively with wool, a respect for the textile as an art form seems imprinted on every piece. Here, felt (pressed wool) is more fine art than RoseArt. At the north end of the gallery, a mannequin models a high Victorian collar embellished with coral, starfish and other deep-sea miscellany made entirely of felt. The piece, called “Barrier,” is by senior graphic design major Brittany Mastrostefano.

“The reason behind its name is twofold,” Montano said. “She was inspired by the Great Barrier Reef, but when you put it on, a lot of your peripheral vision is cut off.”

Across from “Barrier,” a black Spartan helmet tops another mannequin’s head. To its left is an intricately felted green vine, accentuated with felt flowers, by senior international studies major Bianca Brown, worn over the shoulder and down the arm.

Each piece can be worn. That was an important part of Montano’s concept.

“There’s a very big distinction between fashion and wearable art, and that’s something we explored here,” Montano said.

At first glance, some pieces don’t appear to be something someone would sling on every day. Some don’t have any obvious utility as a “wearable” piece.

But they all can be worn, Montano assured as she explained the more abstract pieces.

One was her own: “The Canyon.”

Spread on the floor of the north end of the gallery, it looks like a blanket or an irregularly shaped doormat. It’s constructed entirely of wool — a sea of orange peaks and valleys mounted on a dismantled sweater.

“The way you actually wear it is you lie under it,” Montano said. She lay under the piece on the gallery’s opening night. For a video project in which she displays the piece, she plans to lie under it in “her birthday suit.”

Montano was inspired by “the topography of a woman’s body,” she said.

“When you lay under it, you lose your body’s topography, and (the piece) loses its topography,” said senior art education major Allison Tumminia of her classmate’s piece.

Tumminia also has a piece in the gallery: she created tiny stuffed rats out of wool, pillow stuffing and fishing wire. The tiny rats are mounted on the wall of the gallery.

But can these also be worn?

Yes, Tumminia said. In fact, she wore them on opening night.

“Basically, the idea behind this was when I was little … my sister would tell me, ‘Your hair looks like a rat’s nest,’” said the curly-haired Tumminia. “I wore two in my hair during the opening.”

Janika Berridge / Photo Assistant

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The Brooklyn-based band The Bloodsugars visited the College for the second time in two years on Friday night. The band should have felt right at home in the Garden State: Its music was featured on an episode of “Jersey Shore.” Mad Feather Group, a band based in Jackson, N.J., opened the show with its folkfunk style at this CUB-sponsored event.

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extinction in sight for One lecture, 30 stories of Afghan-Americans NoPterodactyl’ s new album

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Zohra Saed talks about the ‘sisterhood’ of AfghanAmerican writers.

By Thalia Ortiz Staff Writer

The experiences of Afghan Americans came to life in the lecture, “One Story, Thirty Stories — A Discussion of Afghan American Literature.”

The event was held in the Library Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 7.

Author Zohra Saed talked about her early life as an Afghan immigrant born in Jalalabad, Afghanistan and

raised in the United States.

Saed explained that she grew up in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn but was constantly moving to different places.

During her time in Brooklyn, Saed covered her bedroom walls with maps and photographs of the region in order to learn more about her Middle Eastern roots.

“Photographs are a big part of the culture … few refugees have come with photographs, and I came to realize how precious they were,” she said.

These early experiences became pivotal in forming “One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature.”

In total, 35 writers collaborated with Saed to form the anthology, she said.

“How do you collect this loss of family or nation? You do it through writing. Writing became a way of bringing this all together,” Saed said.

The anthology featured stories from different time periods within the late 20th century, including the

childhoods of several writers from the 1980s to the present, “as well as some things preceding 9/11,” she said.

Throughout the lecture, Saed read several excerpts from the anthology, including one of her own poems, titled “Neptune Avenue.” Saed explained that the poem discussed “pressures faced by Afghan-American children at school versus childhood desires for fun.”

Another piece, “Astagfurillah (God Forbid!)” by Khalida Sethi, focused on the boundaries faced by Afghan women.

“It is perhaps the most feminist piece in the anthology,” Saed said.

Saed also explained that there exists a separation between Afghan Americans based on which regions in Afghanistan the people come from, but noted that the writers were able to join together in spite of this.

“The writers brought together a diverse collection because they did not face the same cultural barriers as their parents,” she said.

The anthology has

receieved a great response from Afghan-Americans, Saed said. The collaborators of the anthology even started an Afghan-American writers association blog.

“We hope to create a community of a new, collective experience. (It’s) a sisterhood of artists and writers with different styles,” she said.

In response to the question of whether Saed will work on a follow-up book, the author explained that she would not be releasing another anthology.

“This has been a really hard project with a lot of personalities,” she said.

“I would probably do something more academic or historical.”

“It was really refreshing to see a representation of Afghan people as modern,” said junior international studies and history double major Mary Jane Dempsey.

“I found it inspiring that these people were able to effectively reflect the stories of Afghan-Americans through their literary work.”

Pterodactyl “Spills Out”

By Shannon Junior WTSR Assistant Music Director For its past two albums, Pterodactyl has proven to be mischievously experimental and unpredictable with its music composition.

Since its entry into the indie scene in 2007, the Brooklyn-based duo has not only been able to capture the serene and darker sides of progressive rock, but has also mastered the more cheery elements of indie pop. This third album is no exception: In just one song, the duo is able to create a certain “bell-curve” of sounds between the upbeat and the dark. It’s as if they record with their ukulele, megaphone and old-school Kawasaki in a dark, drab abandoned warehouse; there is that sharp of a contrast between dark and light.

Although the transitions within songs may not be as smooth as possible, this is a great and relaxing album, perfect for a chilly fall day.

Focus Tracks: “School Glue,” “Hold Still,” “Nerds,” “The Break”

237 Reasons to attend Visiting Writers Series

By Julia Corbett Production Manager

There are 237 more reasons to have sex than previously thought. Renowned poet Denise Duhamel should know — she co-wrote a book on it.

Duhamel came to the College for ink’s Visiting Writer Series to read some of these reasons as well as her other comedic poems about miscommunication, folk tales, current events, pop culture and eavesdropping on Monday, Nov. 7 in the Library Auditorium.

Duhamel read selections such as “Got Milk,” “How It Will End” and a sestina, “Delta Flight 659,” dedicated to actor Sean Penn.

“I think I became funny inadvertently,” she said.

Duhamel finds that humor is essential in her work and is a means to discuss difficult subjects in a “nondidactic” way.

“She approaches topics in a cynical, critical view that produces a serious insight and comedy,” said senior psychology major John Eldis.

Aside from comedy, Duhamel said she is “fascinated with mistranslation and getting things wrong.” The overall theme of miscommunication is apparent in her

work.

She is amused by how words change once they are translated multiple times in varying languages. For instance, after she translated some sentences many times over, Duhamel said, “‘Do they have disco balls,’ came back as ‘Do they have bowling leagues.’”

Miscommunication is also relevant to Duhamel’s poems about relationships, including “How It Will End,” about a couple eavesdropping on a lover’s spat and wondering what the argument is about. After listing potential reasons, they find that they are recognizing problems within their own relationship.

“What I love most about poetry is the brief nature of how you can fill a lot of emotion, desire and the lyric into a very short space,” Duhamel said.

Working with other authors aided in her development as a poet. Duhamel consequently promotes collaboration among poets.

“You create a voice that’s not your own,” she said. “Poet X is writing with Poet Y. Together they become Poet Z. There’s a new voice created.”

A collaboration with Sandy McIntosh produced “237 More Reasons To Have Sex,” an idea that stemmed from a psychological study by the University of Texas at Austin,

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

At her reading, Denise Duhamel talked sex, miscommunication and Sean Penn.

“Why Humans Have Sex.” Reasons like “Because I was on the floor anyway looking for my earring” and “You are blocking the way to the refrigerator” entertained audience members.

Duhamel also pleased the audience with a book signing after the event.

This was fitting, after all: One of those aforementioned reasons was, “I’ve always been a people pleaser.”

Two stars, two egos, one stage: ‘Watch the Throne’ tour delivers

By Alex Wolfe Sports Editor

I’ve been to a few concerts in my life — literally, a few.

So, as a kind-of-experienced concertgoer, this next statement may not hold as much weight as if I spent every weekend frequenting different concerts, but Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne” tour at IZOD Center was the best concert I have ever seen in my life.

From the word “go,” the two megastars were nothing short of amazing in their performance. I spent some time before the show trying to figure out if they were touring with an opener — I realized after the show began that they never needed one.

The duo opened the show with “H.A.M.,” from the collaborative album released on Aug. 8.

Dueling each other on lit square stages on either side of the floor, the two dropped their famous rhymes from the song and then ascended

toward the heavens on digitized angel wings that appeared on all sides of their rising stages.

Following “H.A.M.” were a couple more hits from the album, including “Who Gon’ Stop Me” and “Otis,” the radio hit that featured some sampling of Otis Redding.

As great as the opening was, it worried me. What if they just ran through the “Watch the Throne” album and left it at that?

I couldn’t have been more wrong. The real show began after the first group of “WTT” songs, when Jay and Kanye brought out the classics.

The two flowed seamlessly from song to song, with Yeezy and Jay-Z introducing themselves and stating their places of origin leading into Jay’s “Where I’m From,” among other witty transitions.

In one of the highlights of the show, the two transitioned through some of the works that they had made together, like Kanye’s “Monster” and Jay-Z’s megahit “Run This Town.”

The concert then took a more serious tone, as Jay and Kanye sat down on the lip of the main stage and performed their song “New Day” from “WTT,” a rap about fatherhood and doing right by your children.

The concert took an even more serious turn when the duo sang their song “No Church in the Wild.” Prior to playing the song, they stood and watched a video montage of Hurricane Katrina footage and KKK rallies while listening to Louie Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.” It was chilling, to say the least.

The show moved forward with a few more individual hits (including Kanye’s surprisingly good autotuned performance of “Runaway” and “Heartless”), climaxing with a funny exchange where Jay-Z said he was “Big Pimpin’,” and Kanye said he couldn’t be because of “Gold Digger(s).” Jay said it wasn’t a big deal, because he has “99 Problems” but a bitch ain’t one.

That sequence was great, but the performance of “Niggas in Paris” bested it. The duo played the bass-thumping song

AP Photo

Amazingly, the egos of both Kanye West and Jay-Z fit on one stage.

from “WTT” once, stopped after Kanye’s “goin’ gorillas” line, and played the song once again before the lights cut out.

Most of the audience began leaving (“These people are fucking idiots!” I yelled to my friend with what little voice I had left) but then Jay proclaimed, “Fuck it, we don’t have anywhere better to be, let’s play it again!” And they played it again as the crowd erupted.

Lastly, Hova and Kanye played “Encore,” a fitting end to an amazing concert.

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Lions ousted from NCAA bracket by Panthers

By Mike Pietroforte Staff Writer

Lisa Nitzsche / Staff Photographer

The team lost in the second round.

Saturday kicked off the NCAA Division III Tournament for the College’s women’s soccer players, who made a statement in the opening round with a decisive 3-0 victory over Roger Williams University, but followed with a loss to Middlebury College in the second round.

The Lions’ offense worked best by pushing the ball up the flanks, spreading and opening up the field, then slotting the ball back into the middle, in front of the net. Senior defender Brittany McGinley continued her torrid scoring ways by netting her 13th and 14th goals of the season.

“We took a while to get going, but once we did, the goals were going in,” junior defender Kyra Janeczek said. “We pressured them most of the game.”

The first goal came in the 36th minute of regulation, a tucked in rebound from a shot

by junior midfielder Amy Van Dyk. Once the Lions found the back of the net, the floodgates opened up for their offense.

They pressured Roger Williams’ net early and often with scoring chances. Sophomore midfielder Sloan DiPiero netted the second goal of the match early on in the second half, on a ball from junior forward Allyson Anderson. Then McGinley put the game completely out of reach for the Hawks by tallying the third goal of the game in the 81st minute. Freshman goalkeeper Cristina Gacos earned her 10th shutout of the year with the win.

While the Lions’ offense exploded in the victory on Saturday, it sputtered in the defeat on Sunday, which ended the team’s season.

The Lions controlled the game as they have all year, overwhelming their opponents on the stat sheets with 18 shots to Middlebury’s three. They kept play in Middlebury’s half for the better

portion of the game. But they couldn’t put the ball home.

Middlebury snuck in a goal in the 71st minute, and that would be the lone tally of the game as the College’s scoring frustrations spelled the end to its season.

“This team had so much to offer, so much heart and so much talent. We would outshoot teams 18 to three or 36 to five and lose or tie.

It just wasn’t meant for us,” senior defender Nikki Migliori said. “I love all of these girls and would do anything for them. I’m sad we didn’t get what we deserved.”

“Every player worked hard every day,” Gacos said. “It’s such a shame for it to end so soon.

We had so much soccer left in us to play.”

The Lions nevertheless finished the season with an impressive record of 13-4-2, won the NJAC for the third consecutive year and helped Head Coach Joe Russo reach his 400th career victory.

Lions shine in 165-pound class, finish high at Fall Brawl Wrestling

By Chris Molicki Staff Writer

In what was too little, too late, the College’s final push came up short in its season opener against Stevens Institute of Technology by a score of 26-16.

It was a back-and-forth battle between two of the top teams in the state. In the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III preseason poll, the College and Stevens were ranked 14th and 17th, respectively, entering the match.

The College started the match off with a bang as freshman P. J. Schmidt pulled off an impressive 9-4 win at 125 pounds.

Other Lions who shined during the match included junior Dan Herr, who won at 133 pounds by a score of 16-11, and junior John Darling, who picked up a dominating 12-1 win at 157 pounds.

The Lions were down by 11 with three weight classes to go, and looking for a spark. Sophomore Omar Akel kept them alive with an 8-2 win in the 184-pound weight class.

“Going in while we were down, I was thinking, ‘Now would be a great time to score some bonus

points,’” Akel said. “Afterwards, I was pretty disappointed that I didn’t make it happen.”

Senior Mike Denver continued the rally, capturing the 197pound weight class with a 16-4 victory.

But in the final bout, the heavyweight class, Stevens sealed the victory, with freshman Tyler Maher pinning junior Trevor Salvatore as the clock ran out.

The opening loss started the Lions off at 0-1.

“Tuesday night was an opportunity to see where we need to focus and what we need to work on,” said Akel.

The College then traveled to both the East Stroudsburg Open and the annual Ursinus College Fall Brawl on Saturday.

Several of the Lions wrestlers had strong showings.

In the Fall Brawl, Schmidt and freshman Joey DiCarlo had impressive performances in the 125-pound class, finishing third and fourth respectively. Juniors Austin Roberts and Dan Brill did the same in the 197-pound class.

The 165-pound class had a clutter of Lions in the top. Sophomore Zack Zotollo was third, sophomore KC Murphy was fourth, and freshman Peter Kinsella achieved fifth as the College dominated that weight class.

Cheap Seats

Freshman Matt Berry received fourth at 174 pounds and Salvatore finished strong in sixth in the heavyweight class.

At East Stroudsburg, Darling had five wins at 157 and Denver picked up four at 184.

The Lions are nevertheless staying optimistic.

“I think our lineup is still in the works, and we have a lot of experienced guys who weren’t able to compete,” Akel said.

“I’m excited for them to get healthy.”

The College is back in action this Thursday as it looks to pick up its first win of the season at home against Hunter College.

Courtesy of the Sports Information Desk

The Lions placed well at Ursinus’ Fall Brawl.

Cross Country

Penn State’s grave mistake Cross country’s season ends AP Photo

JoePa got screwed by Penn State.

By Alex Wolfe Sports Editor

Penn State is run by a bunch of idiots.

Seriously, I would like to know what the fuck was running through the heads of the Penn State Board of Trustees when they decided to vote Joe Paterno, the heart and soul of Nittany Lions football (and the face of the entire damn school) out of office, and yet left wide receivers coach Mike McQuery on the staff.

I may have jumped into this too quickly for those of you that were living in a cave for the last couple weeks — basically, a former defensive coordinator for Penn State, Jerry Sandusky, is now being investigated for sexually assaulting a number of young boys over the last 15 years or so. McQueary, in 2002, saw that coach with a young boy in a Penn State shower and did nothing more about it than tell Paterno.

Paterno told his superior, now-former Penn State President Graham Spanier, who did nothing more than give Sandusky a slap

on the wrist and tell him not to come around the facilities with children any more.

Now tell me, how is it that McQueary is still on this coaching staff when he actually witnessed this event and did absolutely nothing to stop it? It’s absolutely ab-fucking-surd that he didn’t at the very least verbally reprimand Sandusky, if not punch that asshole in the face right on the spot.

And because of this guy’s idiocy, JoePa is now a pariah in the eyes of the Big Ten conference and the head honchos at Penn State.

I have nothing to back this up, but I would be very willing to bet that McQueary downplayed the whole thing in an attempt to save Sandusky (an old friend of his), which is why Paterno didn’t go further than Spanier.

There’s a chance that maybe I’m wrong.

Maybe Paterno is a scumbag and covered the whole thing up. But I’ve talked to at least one person who actually played under Paterno, and based on everything I’ve heard about the man, I think he got a raw deal. It is now even worse, as Paterno’s name is no longer associated with the new Big Ten Championship trophy (which will be given for the first time this season). He is the greatest coach ever, and now his name will never be on that trophy.

So to the Penn State Board of Directors, fuck you. You ruined the legacy of the greatest coach of all time. I hope you’re happy with yourselves. Long live JoePa.

By Peter Fiorilla Staff Writer

The College’s cross country teams took two seventh-place finishes on Saturday at the Atlantic Regional Championships but fell short of earning nationals berths, effectively ending a pair of otherwise successful seasons.

Hampered by injuries and a slow start, the men’s team finished two places shy of an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships.

“It wasn’t our best showing as a team this year.

We ourselves got caught in the back at the beginning of the race,” senior Andy Herschman said.

An all-senior squad of Herschman (30th out of 267 runners), Rob Nihen (34th), Nick Bond (43rd), Shaun McGeever (49th) and Alex Yersak (63rd) contributed to the College’s point total of 219. They averaged 26:30, a slight drop-off from the team’s last performance on Oct. 29 at the NJACs. Still, the Lions are not ready to let Saturday’s disappointment characterize what has been a positive year — one that featured their 18th consecutive NJAC title and going undefeated against rival Rowan University in two meetings.

“We definitely have had a great season. We can’t let (Saturday’s result) define us,” said junior Andy Gallagher.

The Lions expect to continue their culture of success next season, even though they will lose almost all of their regular contributors to graduation.

“We’re going to have a rebuilding year next season, but there’s not that much of

a drop-off in talent. We have a really deep team,” Gallagher said.

“There’s a lot of guys right there, the rising juniors, the rising sophomores. We’re going to recruit a good class of freshman next year,” Herschman said. “I’m confident in the guys that we have right now.”

The women’s team earned a similar result to that of the men’s, settling for seventh place at a tough meet with 36 teams.

Junior Cathy Goncalves (29th out of 256 runners), senior Katie Nestor (32nd), sophomore Megan Flynn (38th), junior Rachel Morris (51st) and freshman Jilian Manzo (52nd) contributed to the College’s point total of 202, which was just one point short of sixth-ranked Vassar.

“There’s nothing more we could have done,” Goncalves said. “We’re in the toughest region in the country, and unfortunately the cards didn’t fall the way we had hoped.”

It was a disappointing result for the Lions, who also stumbled in last month’s NJAC Championships against Rowan, but their team-building season featured some highs as well as some lows.

With a strong team dynamic and a returning class of experienced runners, including four of the top-five finishers on Saturday, the Lions could be a force to be reckoned with next season.

Both Lions teams did not cancel their dates with nationals. They just postponed them until next year.

“Even though we’ll be losing (Nestor), we’re more focused and determined than ever before,” Goncalves said. “We’ll make sure to take back the NJAC title and go to nationals next year.”

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Kevin Black “The Ref”

Kevin Lee Sports Assistant

Chris Molicki Staff Writer

Johnny Sisto Correspondent

In the first round of the Around the Dorm playoffs, the “Ref,” Kevin Black, challenges Sports Assistant Kevin Lee, Staff Writer Chris Molicki and Correspondent Johnny Sisto to answer questions about who will come out on top in the tough division races in the AFC, who will win the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award and the ramifications of the recent scandal at Penn State.

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1. We are past the halfway point in the NFL season, and in the AFC, three out of the four divisions have at least three teams in the hunt for the lead. Give me your AFC East, West and North winners and which two teams get the wild card berths.

KL: My teams are the New England Patriots, the San Diego Chargers and the Baltimore Ravens. I love the Patriots’ combination of experience and leadership brought

by Tom Brady. I’m not really sold on Mark Sanchez’s breakout, because he’s beaten up on bad teams. The Ravens can take this division because of how talented their roster is. Defensively, they have allowed the fewest points in the AFC. Offensively, they can attack you in a multitude of ways with all of the weapons they have. The Chargers will take the West, because I don’t think the Raiders or Chiefs are any good. The Chargers have been underachieving, and I expect them to start playing better with all the talent they have. Finally, my two wild card teams are the New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers. I’m picking these teams because not only do I think they have a ton of talent, but both teams are also full of experience.

CM: I think the Chargers will win the AFC West. They are too talented and have a 17-2 record in December and January under Norv Turner. The Raiders have an awful defense, and the Chiefs are not nearly good enough. In AFC North, expect the Ravens to finally win the division this year.

The fact that they have already beaten the Steelers twice shows that they are superior to them. Pittsburgh has an aging defense and has struggled in the running game.

Through week nine, the Bengals have six wins. The combined record of the teams they beat is 16-33. The AFC East is loaded with top teams, but the Jets seem to be hitting their stride, and I think they will win the division. Their defense is one of the toughest in the league, and the offense is starting to get hot. Teams are finally learning how to beat Brady, and the rest of the team isn’t good enough. Buffalo has been a nice story, but their offense has stalled at times and their defense gives up a lot of big plays. The Steelers and the Patriots should get the wild cards as they continue to be constants in the playoffs.

JS: The AFC East winner is going to be the New York Jets. I don’t think the Bills have what it takes to keep up their excellent performance throughout the season, and their performances are already

beginning to diminish week after week.

The Patriots’ defense is going to keep them from staying on pace with the Jets.

In the AFC North, the Baltimore Ravens will take first. Cincinnati will fall off in the second half of the year as their rookie QB slows down, and Pittsburgh has been too unpredictable to compete with Baltimore. For the West, the Oakland Raiders will take it all. The Chiefs are even more unpredictable than the Steelers are, and Philip Rivers has been a bust this season.

For the wild card places, I’m choosing the Patriots and the Steelers. Although I didn’t have enough confidence in these teams to pick them for their divisions, they have proven in past seasons that they are always competitors.

KB: Johnny gets 3 points for pointing out that although everyone expects the Chargers to turn it up, they simply haven’t.

Chris gets 2 for pointing out the Chargers’ December-January record. Kevin gets 1 because the Chargers are great on paper, but that’s been it so far.

2. The debate for the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year is heating up between Cam Newton and Andy Dalton. Who comes out on top at the end of the season (or who beats these two out)?

KL: I’m going to take Cam Newton. Andy Dalton has had a fantastic season and may deserve the award if he’s able to lead the Bengals to the playoffs. However, Newton has gotten so much hype as the next big thing and deservedly so. I think the voters really give a significant edge based off of marketability. These rookies are supposed to pave the way and become the face of the NFL in the future. Winning the award will only make the recipient’s name all the more notable. With that argument, who’s the more marketable athlete — Newton or Dalton? In my eyes, it has to be Newton.

Newton is one of the most exciting and dynamic players in the NFL right now. With the popularity of Michael Vick (pre-dog fighting issues), Newton has been compared to Vick talent-wise. Newton can potentially fill Vick’s shoes as that rock starlike athlete.

CM: It should come as no surprise that the winner of the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award will be Cam Newton. Newton has been astounding this year, passing for 2,393 yards and 11 touchdowns. His rushing stats only add to that, as he has run for 319 yards and seven touchdowns. That is

more touchdowns than the Panthers scored all last year. Newton is a once-in-a-generation quarterback that will be giving defenses headaches for years to come. Dalton has thrown for one more touchdown but significantly fewer yards and not much on the ground. While he should be a good signal caller in his career, he is not as good as Newton and probably never will be. People may argue that since Dalton has a 6-2 record, he should be chosen over Newton, but this is an offensive award, not a MVP award. Besides, I think Dalton is only the second-best rookie on his team, behind A.J. Green.

JS: Without a doubt, the rookie of the year award this season is going to go to Cam Newton. The quarterback position is arguably one of the hardest positions for a rookie to start. Newton has performed amazingly so far this season. As a rookie, Cam is the most valuable player in the Carolina Panthers franchise. He’s embraced a leadership role and has thrown for 900 more yards than Dalton so far this season.

Despite his performance on the field, Cam Newton has much more media attention than Dalton does. Although some people do not like to admit this, the media’s attention to Newton will have an effect on the Rookie of the Year voting at the end of the season.

KB: Chris gets 3 for pointing out Cam’s astounding rookie numbers this season.

Johnny gets 2 for mentioning the intangibles. Kevin gets 1 because this is not about marketability.

3. We all know about the gruesome details of what happened at Penn State. Given what we do know, how will the football program fair for the rest of the season and for the next few years without the iconic Joe Paterno?

KL: This season, I think the football team will really suffer. There’s been so much turmoil over the past few days that it’s hard for not only the players but also the coaches to really focus on the game of football. In addition, the new coaching staff will have a tough time transitioning the players to its particular style. For the next few years, I think the football program will definitely suffer a bit. USC has lost its prestige (and subsequently top recruits) due to the Reggie Bush scandal. I don’t think recruits will want to deal with Penn State’s negative publicity. Furthermore, the new coaching staff will probably turn some recruits away.

Joe Paterno was the heart and soul of Penn State. I don’t think there was a better recruiter than Paterno, and the new coaching staff will not be able to fill his void, not initially at least.

CM: The horrendous acts that occurred at

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Penn State will surely trickle down and affect the program. The fact that the whole incident was covered up makes it look worse than it already was, and the proper action has been taken to fire the personnel who kept it all a secret. I think Penn State will be fine the rest of this year. They still have a good team and will certainly be playing with motivation. Don’t be surprised if they win the Big Ten title this year and get a BCS game. But for the future, the university will suffer. Penn State, once a brand-name football program, will lose so many prospective students, both athletes and non-athletes. Parents will not want to be sending their children to play for a university that let all of this happen. The success of Penn State will be no more, at least until this whole scandal blows over, which may be quite some time.

JS: The firing of head coach Joe Paterno has got to be the most distracting thing that could have possibly happened to the players on Penn State’s football team. Not only was Paterno the face of Penn State football for over 40 years, but his dismissal caused protest and even rioting by the student body at PSU. As if this wasn’t distracting enough, many of the players have told the media that they are extremely emotional about losing their head coach. There is no way that these factors won’t affect the players on the field. Expect to see some subpar performances by Penn State for the rest of the college football season.

KB: Kevin gets 3 for pointing out how the recruits will stay away. Chris gets 2 for pointing out the same, though not everyone has been fired from the coaching staff that should have been. Johnny gets 1 for not mentioning the future of the university.

Chris wins the first round of the AtD playoffs, 7 - 6 - 5.

Winner’s Circle “Playoff time, baby.”

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Football

Lion of the Week

Kathleen Notos

Field Hockey Junior Kathleen Notos helped the Lions advance to the national semifinals by scoring three goals to defeat Lynchburg College on Sunday. The Lions’ win is the 22nd win of the season, the most for the team since 1986, when the Lions went 24-3.

Notos has scored six goals for the season and has recorded 15 points in just 12 games played.

—Kevin Lee, Sports Assistant

This Week In Sports Men’s Basketball Nov. 19 @ New York University, 1 p.m.

Nov. 20 @ Baruch College/Colby College, 1/3 p.m.

Field Hockey Nov. 19 @ Ursinus College, TBA

Field Hockey

Women’s Basketball Nov. 18 @ Neumann University, 1 p.m.

Nov. 19 @ Muhlenberg College/Shenandoah University, 1/6 p.m.

Trivia Question

Answer to Last Issue’s Trivia Question: Chan Ho Park College basketball is back in full swing and UNC is the No. 1 ranked team to begin the season. The NBA lockout will allow many highprofile college players to gain national attention. Plenty will come from UNC, which has a history of producing many NBA players like Michael Jordan and Vince Carter.

This Tar Heels squad is loaded with NBA-worthy talent, including Harrison Barnes, Tyler Zeller and James McAdoo. How many UNC players have been drafted to the NBA?

Swimming and Diving Nov. 19 @ New York University, 1 p.m.

Wrestling Nov. 17 vs. Hunter College, 7 p.m.

Nov. 20 vs. Central Jersey Open, 10 a.m.

Cross Country Nov. 19 @ NCAA Division III Championships, 11 a.m.

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Field hockey reaches Final Four Big matchup with Ursinus on the horizon

By Brandon Gould Staff Writer While they celebrated a berth to the Final Four on their home turf, the College’s field hockey team reflected on a hard-fought lesson that opportunity makes the winner, but a winner must capitalize on opportunity.

“You have to take advantage of the opportunities that you have,” Head Coach Sharon Pfluger said. “It doesn’t matter how the game is going. When you get an opportunity, you have to cash in on it.”

The No. 3-seeded Lions (22-2) made the most of their limited opportunities against No. 4-seeded Lynchburg College in a 3-0 win and struck when they needed to in a 1-0 victory over No. 13ranked William Smith College.

The Lions only had five shots on goal against the Hornets (19-2), but junior forward/midfielder Kathleen Notos was able to put three of those shots into the cage in the second half.

“We took advantage of the opportunities that we had in the second half today, and that’s what you need to do,” Pfluger said. “You can get 50 shots, but if you don’t score off of them, you’re not going to win the game.”

It was a hat trick courtesy of Notos that gave the Lions an edge over the Hornets, but she believes it was the defense that really stood out.

“I think it was just feeding off the energy that the defense was creating because they were such a force,” Notos said. “They wouldn’t let anything in and we knew we had to put something in so they didn’t have to do all the work.”

The defense certainly had their work cut out for them with the Hornets lining up for 16 penalty corners and getting 10 shots in goal.

The Lions saw several defenders step up to the challenge: senior defender Alex Okuniewicz diving all over the place, freshmen defender Lauren Pigott making a defensive save on the goal line and senior goalkeeper Shannon Syciarz securing the shutout.

“It’s nice that we have a team full of girls who will do anything in their power to keep the ball out of our defensive end, keep the ball out of the cage and keep pressuring forward,” Syciarz said.

The opportunities were plentiful for the Lions in their win over the Herons (16-5), but it wasn’t until the 55th minute that they took the lead. Junior forward Caitlyn Jenkins notched the Lions’ lone goal when she banged in a pass from junior defender Christy Wham.

“That was a big sigh of relief,” Notos said.

“As soon as it went in, I knew that was it, I knew that was the game, because that’s all we needed.

It was a perfect goal.”

The Lions defense was crucial in this contest as well with Syciarz stonewalling the Herons and Pigott being there when Syciarz wasn’t. Together, they made two defensive saves.

“I had to come out and pressure a ball, and it slipped through and was trickling towards the cage,” Syciarz said. “I saw (Pigott) in the corner of my eye, though, and she came swinging through to keep it out of the corner of the cage. Sometimes one play makes or breaks a game, and that was a huge one.”

The Lions will now more forward into the Fi-

nal Four, where they will match up with Ursinus College in Dudley, Mass. on Nov. 19.

“It feels great to know that we have another week of practice ahead of us,” Syciarz said. “The only good way to end a season is on a win, and that means winning it all.”

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Cross country’s season over page 19

Wrestling loses two close ones page 19

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The team shut out its first two opponents.

Cheap Seats page 19

Defense fuels Lions vs. Profs Lions take on D-I schools Football takes final game 7-0

By Alex Wolfe Sports Editor

In a game where the seniors had everything to prove against a bitter conference rival, the College’s football team pulled out an unconventional 7-0 win over Rowan University on the road.

The Lions shut out the Profs, their first win against Rowan since the 2007 season.

More interestingly, however, the College won without scoring a single touchdown.

The team’s scoring was a product of two safeties and a field goal, a testament to its solid defense.

“Even though we didn’t score, we moved the ball, got field position, and (got) in a situation where we could have scored,” Head Coach Eric Hamilton said.

Senior running back Joe Falco ran for a team-high 77 yards on the game, while senior quarterback Jay Donoghue threw for 157 yards.

The defense was the real star, however, as it limited the Profs to 187 yards of total offense. Sophomore linebacker Nick Bricker

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Falco and the seniors will be missed.

continued his defensive dominance, registering 12 tackles and a sack en route to his third NJAC Defensive Player of the Week award on the season. Senior defensive lineman John Kinzel also registered one-and-a-half sacks of his own.

The main highlight of the game was the fact that the seniors went out on a high note, dropping the Profs for the first time in their careers as Lions.

“You lose a Shawn Brown, a Jon Power, a (Donoghue), a (Falco), all good players, all good kids,” Hamilton said. “We’re going to miss those guys. They were the heart and soul of what we were and what we accomplished.

But the question now becomes, can the guys we have fill their shoes?”

This season, while not a first-place season, was definitely a success for the team as a whole.

“We were right there and we just fell a little short,” Hamilton said. “And I think that speaks volume of the effort our guys gave us ... It was a pretty special year because of how far they came from Paterson to Rowan.”

The team will now be looking toward next year, when it will likely be led by junior running back Nick Tyson and junior quarterback William Friedrich, who will be taking up Donoghue and Falco’s mantle.

To Hamilton, one of the most important parts of next season will be fan involvement at home games.

“I just think if we can get some students fired up and make a home football game like some other places in the country on a college Saturday, (Lions’ Stadium) could be a pretty neat place,” Hamilton said.

By Kevin Lee Sports Assistant

The College competed against a crop of Division I programs at the Princeton University Invitational, showing why the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are elite national programs. Although the match was not a scored event, the men and women held their own, having several swimmers place.

“I think swimming good competition brings out the best in our team, and going against teams like Princeton, Georgetown and Lehigh exposes us to the type of competition that we will see at the national championships,” said men’s coach Brian Bishop.

The most impressive finish of the day for the men was by senior Ryan Clark, who placed third out of 59 swimmers in the 50-yard freestyle event with a time of 21:01. Sophomore Stephen Tarnowski also saw himself among the top finishers, placing ninth out of 43 swimmers in the 200 individual medley and eighth in the 400-IM. “We have been in a really demanding train-

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The women’s team placed high.

ing phase, and the fact that we swam well shows great promise for the future,” Bishop said. “Our focus is on our conference championships and the national championships in the spring. The success we have during the season will better prepare us for the end of the year.”

The women were equally impressive, also showcasing their talents in the pool. The swimmers took a ton of positives out of the exhibition, using each as a personal barometer.

“I told the girls that this was our realitycheck weekend, and I think some were nervous going in to the meet. I wasn’t concerned about times,” said women’s coach Jennifer Harnett.

“Our main focus was just to have some good races and hold our technique, which we did.”

Senior Laura Pierce once again demonstrated why she is one of the best swimmers in the country. Competing against Division I teams, Pierce placed first in all of her events, winning the 50-yard freestyle, 100-butterfly and the 100-freestyle.

Junior Kayleigh Shangle also had an exceptional weekend, taking second place in the 100-breast and third in the 50-free. Junior Danica Roskos also continued her impressive diving season, winning the 3-meter event with a score of 299.25.

“I thought there were a lot of positives coming out of the Princeton Invitational,” said Harnett. “We just came off a really tough weekend last week with three meets in a row and had a hard week of training, so to be as competitive as we were shows the drive that this team has.”

Without a doubt, this was another successful meet for both the men’s and women’s programs. This meet should only propel the two programs toward even more success in the future, serving as a confidence booster. The Lions are back in the pool this weekend against New York University on Nov. 19.