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New tradition rolls out Griz Mobile debuts for second season

By Shelby Mullis shelby.mullis@franklincollege.edu

A renovated emergency vehicle is now a Franklin College game day tradition.

Franklin College alumni of 1991 Jeff Holt and Dawn Holt (Calhoun) renovated the decommissioned ambulance into the Griz Mobile, a tailgating spectacle for the college’s football game touchdown club.

“My husband, Jeff, saw another ambulance that had been converted to a Purdue University tailgating vehicle,” Dawn Holt said. “It was love at first sight.”

The hunt for a Franklin College spirit vehicle ended in spring 2014, and the Griz Mobile was ready to roll out by the fall football season.

The couple purchased the vehicle and sought help from businesses and friends to assist in the renovation process.

The blue and gold exterior, designed by 1982 college alumnus Gordon Cox, features a large Franklin football helmet graphic, blue and gold emergency lights, a retractable awning, a television and speakers.

“People love that it has a ‘big’ feel to it,” Dawn Holt said. “Just as the financial support of the Touchdown Club allows Franklin College to be a Division III program with a Division I ‘look,’ the Griz Mobile sends the message that our team is top-notch and has loyal fan support.”

Sophomore Nick Uhl has played football since second grade and said he has never seen anything like it.

“The Griz Mobile speaks for itself,” Uhl said. “It’s one of those must-see

things at a Franklin College football game. It’s definitely unique.”

Uhl said he thinks the tailgating and crowd at football games is especially important for the team.

He said an active crowd creates a positive energy on the field.

Head Coach Mike Leonard agrees, crediting the crowd for the extra percentage of energy passed on to the players to give it their best. “[The team] loves our fans when they come out and support,” Leonard said. “More specifically, I love seeing alumni on game day. It shows the importance that Franklin had on these peoples’ lives. Many of our recruits have told us that when they choose Franklin, one of the big reasons was because of the atmosphere on game day. They don’t have those kinds of atmospheres at other places.”

Leonard said he has had his fair share of rides in the mobile, calling it “one of those little things that no other program has.”

Leonard said Jeff and Dawn Holt maintain a strong connection with the college, working with the touchdown club to organize events and raise money for the team. “[My husband and I] feel that Franklin College is where we became who we are,” Holt said. “We like to revisit the place and support the cause. Even though we’ve met thousands of awesome people in those years, FC people are the best. Those friendships stand the test of time.”

Photos submitted by Jeff and Dawn Holt

The Griz Mobile is a regular feature at Franklin College football games. The spirit mobile was fashioned from a decomissioned emergency vehicle with the inspiration of alumni Jeff and Dawn Holt.

“I love seeing alumni on game day. It shows the importance that Franklin had on these peoples’ lives.”

Mike Leonard,

head football coach

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Around Town: Franklin fall festival encourages student attendance

By Ashley Shuler

ashley.shuler@franklincollege.edu

Nothing says fall like caramel apples, hay rides and 70 degree highs.

All of this can be found at the free Franklin fall festival, which has been running for over two decades.

The festival is within a 15-minute walk from campus and takes place tomorrow, Oct. 3.

The festival will have various activities throughout the day, including a parade at 1 p.m., live music and a beer garden.

A full event schedule can be found on the Franklin Parks and Recreation website.

For food, the festival’s vendors will serve barbecue, kabobs, garlic knots, hot dogs, hamburgers, kettle corn, ice cream, hot chocolate and much more.

Holly Johnston, a 1993 Franklin College graduate and Franklin Parks and Recreation’s Community Events and Programs Director, said the festival is Franklin’s “kick-off to fall.”

Johnston said she wants more students to participate in downtown Franklin events.

“I would like for students to see what the city of Franklin is like,” Johnston said.

Franklin residents browse vendors at the 2013 Franklin fall festival.

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“It’s a couple blocks from campus, and you can see what we do in the community.”

Senior Sarah Phillips, a Franklin native who has worked at Franklin Parks and Recreation since her senior year of high school, said she helps plan community events.

Phillips has gone to the festival for years now and has worked the center’s informational booth. “[I like going] because I get to see different people in the community,” Phillips said. “I get to reconnect with family friends and see people I don’t normally see and give back to the community.”

Junior Addyson Hardman is on her third year of working at Franklin Parks and Recreation.

Although Hardman won’t be working a booth at the festival this year, she is going to be dressed up in a cookie costume for another community job at Suzy’s Teahouse and Bakery.

“I think it’s seriously important to get involved in the community, no matter how long you’re in that community,” Hardman said. “You just get a better understanding of what’s going on around you.”

Freshman Mohanid Akermawi, a Franklin resident who works at Franklin Parks and Recreation, said his favorite part of the festival can be summed up in one word: food.

“But there are multiple booths, not just food,” Akermawi said. “I normally help run a booth during the festival or walk around handing out flyers.”

John Shafer, director of the counseling center and Franklin Parks and Recreation board member, has lived in Franklin for 33 years.

“I wish more students, faculty and staff would get involved in the fall festival,” Shafer said. “It’s a very fun part of the Franklin city experience.”

Shafer said the fall festival is the “ultimate in small college town life.”

“You don’t have to go to Indy for a festival,” Shafer said. “It’s right there.”

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9 a.m. | Farmer’s market trip Make your way to the corner of Jefferson and Jackson street in downtown Franklin for the last farmer’s market of the season.

10 a.m. | Most important meal of the day For a grab-and-go breakfast, try a farmer’s market pastry and a pumpkin spice latte from Benjamin’s Coffeehouse.

11 a.m. | Start browsing Visit the booths at the downtown street fair during the first hour of the Franklin fall festival. Venders will have various goods ranging from jewelry to plants.

12 p.m. | Munch on lunch The festival will host various street vendors, serving everything from barbeque ribs to kettle corn. If you’re feeling fried fish, stop by the Lion’s Club booth.

1:30 p.m. | Cheer on the football team Jaunt back to campus to watch Franklin football take on Manchester.

3 p.m. | Snakes on the main stage Head back to the festival for an exotic animal show by Jungle John and Alligator Aaron.

4 p.m. | Get your shop on Stroll through downtown Franklin’s various antique shops and boutiques. They’re bound to have some fall festival sales.

7:30 p.m. | Movie magic Attend a showing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at the historic Artcraft Theatre on 57 N. Main St. Tickets are only $4 with student I.D. 9 p.m. | Dance the night away The band Tastes Like Chicken—which is a great band name if we’ve ever heard one— will be performing from 7–10 p.m.

news Working hard or hardly working: Work-study jobs offer varying work loads

By Laura Olivo maria.olivo@franklincollege.edu

The college puts up about $300,000 a year for student work-study jobs.

Students make minimum wage at $7.25 an hour and can work as many jobs and hours as their financial aid allows.

But depending on the job, some students have more free time than others.

Junior Miriam Ramos, who has worked at the Boys and Girls Club in the past and currently works at irls Inc., said she finds little time to do anything but work.

The college offers on and off campus work-study jobs, including the Boys and Girls Club, Girls Inc., Johnson County Learning Center, Johnson County Public Library and the Franklin Parks Department.

“I have no time for homework because I watch the children and sometimes play with them,” Ramos said. n the flip side, freshmen Bethany Moll, who works in the library,

and Nick Coultas, who works in Spurlock, said they spend a lot of their time working on homework.

“I’m a desk attendant and chauffer in the library,” Moll said. “I mostly sit at the desk doing homework.”

For the first minutes of his shift, Coultas makes sure everyone is wearing an ID and equipment is not missing.

For the rest of the shift, Coultas said he only does homework.

Around 300 to 400 students apply for work-study jobs each year.

Students qualify for work-study jobs based on their FAFSA and can apply for jobs on the college’s student employment page.

The on-campus jobs are supposed to help the departments, Old Main Administrative Assistant Barbara Chambers said.

What work-study job a student chooses dictates how much free

time they get.

“I have three work-study jobs,” junior Max Bomber, who works as a sports team manager, Shirk secretary and event staffer for Franklin home games, said.

Between his three jobs, Bomber said he has the most free time as a Shirk secretary because there’s a computer and a desk.

Jenny Mangrum: The Franklin Junior HaSenior David Allspaw works the front desk at the library. Many students have workley Blaich, who study jobs, but not all provide students with time to work on homework on the job. works in the leadership of“I am constantly busy doing somefice, said she doesn’t find much thing,” Blaich said. “I normally don’t time to do anything but her job. have any time to do homework.”

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news Gender-neutral restrooms can accommodate all students

By Dannielle Blunt dannielle.blunt@franklincollege.edu

College campuses are turning to an unusual place to make students feel included: the restroom.

Recently, Butler University took the initiative to convert a portion of its campus restrooms to be gender-neutral.

The restrooms – which are similar to family restrooms with a single stall for either gender to use – are working help the approximate-

ly .3 percent of the United States population who identify as transgender feel more comfortable.

“The purpose [of the gender-neutral restrooms] is for all students to feel included, welcome, celebrated,” Butler’s Director of Counseling and Consultations Services Keith Magnus said in a Butler Collegian article. “[It’s] so everyone can feel just as comfortable and safe as any other student.”

By the end of the process, Butler University will have six gender-neutral restrooms and two family ones to serve the same purpose.

John Shafer, director of counseling and student health center at Franklin, called gender-neutral restrooms “the way of the future.”

Shafer said gender Jenny Mangrum: The Franklin neutral restrooms could Gender-neutral bathrooms are becoming regular fixtures on campuses around the potentially alleviate stress country. Many students said they think these accommodations should be made for transgender students at Franklin. on Franklin’s campus.

Religious life to fly to Los Angeles

By Megan Powell megan.powell@franklincollege.edu

Campus ministry is taking a trip to Los Angeles this November to attend the Space for Grace conference.

The conference will focus on how attendees can make a positive influence on the world through social justice.

Space for Grace will hit on divisions in the United States based on race, gender, socioeconomic status and religion.

“One thing they think a lot about would be all of the inequality that exists in America and how Christians can be a force in the change,” said Leah Rumsey, campus minister and trip organizer.

Break out sessions will explore grace in political activism, faith in organizing, preaching for social change and more.

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The opportunity will provide an atmosphere to meet new people, explore inner faith and strengthen your spiritual being.

“I think I would enjoy being with other Christians,” freshman Gaeron Gruber said. “It’s also an affordable way to strengthen my Christian walk.”

Although the conference focuses on Christian ideas, Rumsey said she encourages anyone to go.

“There are opportunities to worship in the American Baptist tradition, but you do not have to be American Baptist to participate in those services,” Rumsey said.

The trip will take place Wednesday, Nov. 4 through Saturday, Nov. 7.

“I think having non-gender specific restrooms is a great idea,” Shafer said.

“We have a few students who identify as trans, and they have every right to be here and to be comfortable.”

Shafer said straight or cisgender people – people who identify with the gender they were born with could also benefit from gender-neutral restrooms.

“There are some people who identify as straight or even cisgender who are uncomfortable being in a restroom with anyone, so they would like to go to a private restroom and close the door,” Shafer said.

The Unitarian Universalist Association said that gender neutral restrooms could be useful to parents who need to take their children into the restroom with them, or even for people who have a caregiver of the opposite gender.

Director of Physical Facilities and Energy Management Tom Patz said Franklin’s campus has several “single user” restrooms. These are the types

of facilities that could be easily converted to gender-neutral restrooms.

These restrooms are located in several different buildings around campus, such as Hamilton Library, Johnson Center for the Fine Arts, Old Main, the welcome center and the student center.

“I think that if we have the resources, it would be a good idea,” freshman Shelbi Mikala Hunter said. “It would be good to open up more [gender neutral restrooms]. e have so many different people coming in, and if somebody didn’t feel comfortable going into their restroom, there’s a neutral one.”

Freshman Ariel Halstead said she thinks no one should feel uncomfortable when using the restroom.

Halstead said the idea could easily be spread by word-of-mouth.

“People in our generation especially have a way of stating a cause and getting something done,” Halstead said. “Our generation is very good with that.”

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English department plans culture events for its students

By Makenna Mays makenna.mays@franklincollege.edu

The college’s English department has exciting plans to involve students in their major outside of the classroom.

The department planned a series of English-oriented trips, ranging from plays to open mic nights.

In October, the department will travel to the Indianapolis Repertory Theater to see a play rendition of the classic novel The Great Gatsby.

Later in the year, students will have an opportunity to view Shakespeare’s First Folio to honor the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Jennifer Smith, a new English professor The Franklin featured in its Sept. 25 issue feature, said she believes the major is growing and thinks that these experiences will only help.

Smith said she believes that these opportunities to learn out-

side of the classroom are crucial for English students and that’s it’s a misconception that English is used solely in the classroom.

“It’s important for students to participate in that culture and be citizens of their discipline,” Smith said.

Smith said she is especially excited for a visit from fiction author Jacinda Townsend, who she described as a “beautiful writer.”

Susan Crisafulli, associate professor of English, is also encouraging students to go to events off campus, such as the upcoming speakers at Butler.

Crisafulli said she believes going to these events will help students apply the concepts that they are learning in the class.

“It will help to enhance what they are learning in the classroom,” Crisafulli said.

Crisafulli also said that when students attend events that have something to do with their majors, they are practicing analysis skills whether they know it or not.

Due to increasing interest in attending events, this year, the English department’s events have limited openings for students outside of the English major.

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Sophomore Jenna Corrie checks out the English honorary society Sigma Tau Delta’s banned books table in the atrium.

Hispanic heritage celebrated through various campus events

By Allison Groves allison.groves@franklincollege.edu

Hispanic Heritage Month has been going on since Sept. 15, and you probably didn’t know it.

According to the website College Factual, the Franklin College population is only .7 percent Hispanic or Latino.

The United States has been dedicating an entire month to celebrating Hispanic heritage since 1988, yet millions of people have never heard of the celebration.

Lourdes Hurtdao, assistant history professor, said she believes it is important for the students of Franklin College to know demographics are changing.

“There are other ethnic groups to commemorate,” Hurtdao said.

Senior Conner McNeely said he thinks celebrating other cultures can make students more open minded.

“Being more informed about Hispanic culture not only im-

proves your education, but it also opens your mind and helps develop you into a more well-rounded, global citizen,” McNeely.

The purpose of Hispanic Heritage Month is to celebrate the independence of Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Cultures, histories and contributions of Hispanic and Latino people are also celebrated throughout the entire month.

Conner Originally, Hispanic senior Heritage Month was only a week long.

However, President Ronald Reagan decided to expand

the celebration to a 30-days due to all the countries that were involved.

September 15th is the Independence Day for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

“The month-long celebration of Hispanic heritage gives the rest of the United States a taste of a culture that many of our friends and neighbors live on a daily basis,” McNeely said.

McNeely, While the majority of the population on campus is white, there were a handful of students that had a reason to celebrate during the month.

“The month-long celebration of Hispanic heritage gives the rest of the United States a taste of a culture that many of our friends and neighbors live on a daily basis.”

The Modern Language House has activities to do with Latino heritage every month. They will usually cook traditional Latino food and focus on certain aspects of the Latino heritage, such as a specific Latino artist.

The multicultural organization Franklin College Latino Advocacy and Awareness Association (FCLA3), advised by Hurtado, also took some time out of a recent meeting to discuss Latino heritage.

The group chose to focus on the differences between Latinos and Mexicans, a topic that has probably confused many people.

For students interested in getting involved with Hispanic Heritage Month in the future or discussing Hispanic heritage in general, Hurtado said she highly recommends sitting in on a FLCA3 meeting or attending events at the Modern Language House.

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The dogs that this program produces change lives.

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– BRITTANY HARCOURT, SENIOR AND PUPPY FOSTER PARENT

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Story by Leigh Durphey, design by Shelby Mullis and Ashley Shuler and photos by Samantha Amos

GIRL MEETS DOG

a golden bond

Seeing a cute puppy

on campus is enough to make any college student squeal.

But one dog on campus has a higher purpose than making students smile.

She’s a service dog in training.

Senior Brittany Harcourt is the foster parent for 7-month-old Chef, a golden and Labrador retriever mix.

Through 4 Paws for Ability’s University Fostering Program, Harcourt fosters the socialization of puppies who are training to be service dogs.

The dogs in the program are training to be tools for children with autism or epilepsy.

“This program has given me a different perspective on disabilities,” Harcourt said.

“Though I myself don’t have a disability that would require me to have a service dog, I find myself being more sympathetic and reaching out for more knowledge about disabilities.”

Throughout the semester-long process, Harcourt will expose Chef to places like classrooms, stairwells, department stores, zoos, football games and libraries to give her experience in both noisy and quiet environments.

Harcourt said there are many rules and responsibilities involved with Chef’s training.

She must get up early, play fetch with Chef two or three times a day, feed her at specific times and always stay fully stocked on gear and supplies.

Also, Chef is not supposed to interact with dogs outside of the fostering

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program so that she doesn’t learn incorrect behavior.

Harcourt said she always has to allow herself extra time to get to places because of Chef and the attention she attracts from students.

“I can’t tell you the amount of times we get stopped on campus,” Harcourt said.

“I’m happy for people to greet her, pet her and talk to me about the program because I’m so passionate about it. I could talk for hours about it.”

Many students approach Harcourt wanting to foster service dogs, too.

“It’s easy to look at this experience as having a puppy in your dorm room,” Harcourt said. “But it’s so much more than that. … It’s not cut out for everyone.”

Harcourt began having meetings about the program with Dean of Students Ellis Hall as a freshman in 2012.

“Dean Hall was pretty skeptical about the program,” Harcourt said. “I’m sure it was easy to look at me coming in as a freshman wanting a puppy and making it look very innocent, but through many meetings with him, I convinced him.”

The process of allowing Harcourt to participate in the program took two years.

Harcourt fostered another golden and Labrador retriever mix named Sherman last fall.

Sherman was placed in the home of 7-year-old Emma, who lives in Virginia.

Emma has Dravet syndrome, which is a rare condition that produces severe epilepsy. Emma also has high-functioning autism and attention deficit hyperactivity

Watch a video feature on Harcourt and her service dog in training, Chef, by visiting TheFranklinNews.com.

disorder (ADHD).

After Sherman finished the program with Harcourt, he – as all training service dogs do – went through more tests and training to become a service dog for the specific disability.

He’s trained to detect and alert Emma’s seizures, tether to Emma to keep her safe and behavioral correction.

He can even track Emma’s scent in case she runs away from her family.

“It makes the process so much more rewarding to know that Sherman is literally saving Emma’s life on a daily basis,” Harcourt said.

Harcourt’s passion for working with animals began in high school when she volunteered regularly at the animal shelter in her hometown of Rushville, Indiana.

Eventually, her family home became a foster home for “unadoptable” pets at the shelter.

Harcourt, a health sciences major with business, fitness and coaching minors, said she has considered advanced training for service dogs as a potential part-time career in the future.

Harcourt said the hardest part of the program is giving the dogs back to the facility after three months of fostering.

“It’s a hard balance because you want to love the dog as your own so that you make sure the training is the most successful,” Harcourt said. “But I always keep in mind that the dog is meant for more than me. The dogs that this program produces change lives.”

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opinion Myspace:

The Forgotten Site

editorial:

United States congress debates defunding Planned Parenthood caitlin I was fairly late to the early 2000’s Internet game. I will never know a pre-social media world.

My first real exposure to the Internet was my eopets account.

I don’t remember exactly when I made it, but I remember having to learn HTML to make my page glitter with GIFs of Paramore lyrics.

After the era of virtual pets faded from our collective consciousness and we left all of our eopets, Nintendogs and Tamagotchis to starve,) came Myspace. Now, I was late to Myspace as well. About six months after my arrival to the most iconic—although not original, we can’t forget Friendster—social media site of the 2000’s, everyone migrated to Facebook, which had finally become open to everyone and not just students.

When I think back on the brief moments I spent on Myspace, I’m filled with a nostalgia that is possibly — probably — unearned.

Making avatars and choosing my top friends is what mainly comes to mind, even though in all actuality I probably was still on Neopets playing with my ougra.

I didn’t truly embrace social media until Facebook, whose chat feature allowed me to foster my budding high school friendships and whose features felt more grown up to a group of adolescents who wanted to grow up far faster than we should’ve.

Today, the homepage has changed. o longer do the abandoned profiles from our youth exist. In its place is a streamlined, Facebookian site aimed to target the new Internet generation that isn’t as charmed by My Chemical Romance lyrics scrolling across a screen.

Stay gold, Myspace. ou were gone far too soon.

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Politics before morals or morals Recently, videos of an alleged over politics, that is the uestion for abortion funded by Planned modern day thinking.

Parenthood have serviced and many Take the defunding of Planned are appalled. The video has caused Parenthood as the latest dilemma. many allegations that Planned Planned Parenthood receives about Parenthood is engaging in harvesting $500 million dollars per year in and selling fetus body parts.

Federal Funds, according to C .

“I dare Hillary Clinton and Barack From that fund, none of the money is Obama to watch these tapes,” said supposed to be used for abortions due Fiorina during the latest epublican Hyde amendment which put a debate. “ atch a fully formed fetus ban on federal funding for abortions. on the table: its heart beating, its legs However, three percent of their kicking while someone says we have services are related to abortions, which to keep it alive to harvest its brain. This would amount to around , , is about the character of our nation.” abortions during the year of , Former secretary of state and according to the nited States Census emocratic Candidate hopeful, Bureau.

Hillary Clinton shot There are state back a response in Planned Parenthood an interview with investigations going on, separate Wolf Blitzer, CNN’s prevents more than from the federal lead political anchor 500,000 unintended and the anchor of government, to see if this law has been pregnancies per year The Situation oom. broken in Indiana, “I think we should cnn.com be clear that Planned Missouri, and Massachusetts. So Parenthood has far no wrongdoing has been served to provide health care necessary uncovered, but it is up to the Federal for millions of women,” Clinton said. overnment to make sure that the “I think it deserves not only our American taxpayers are being spent support, but continued funding from wisely. the federal government.”

Our Position Planned Parenthood should have to follow the guidelines and laws in place to continue government funding.

In response to the above claim, Planned Parenthood said those videos showed a miscarriage and not an aborted fetus.

The defunding of this organi ation will also lower health services for women who may not be able to afford the care. xams for breast cancer, cancer screenings, pelvic exams and contraception will all be affected in this budget cut.

Planned Parenthood may give women cancer screenings, but when it comes down to having about , , lives lost just in , is it worth it? With the money that is being taken away from the current program, should come a new program that encompasses the health exams and cancer screenings.

DID YOU KNOW? Planned Parenthood also provides several services to promote male specific healthcare.

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The Editorial Board The editorial board represents the opinion of The Franklin and its staff members.

MALE SERVICES The board meets once a week to discuss •Colon, prostate and pressing issues relevant to Franklin testicular cancer screenings College students. Meetings are moderated •Condoms, male birth control by Paige Clark, the opinion editor. Board •Erectile dysfunction and members are junior Brittney Corum, and premature ejaculation services freshmen Dannielle Blunt, Jessica Kaiser •Male infertility screening and Megan Powell. Caitlin Soard, the and treatment executive editor, sits on the editorial •STD testing and treatment board. If you have an issue you would like the editorial board to consider, plannedparenthood.org please feel free to email Paige Clark at paige.clark@franklincollege.edu.

Potty Talks

opinion HORRORS of cotton swabs

dannielle

If we aren’t supposed to use cotton swabs to clean our ears, why do they exist?

Why, when my ears need to be cleaned, does my mom direct me to the box of cotton swabs in her restroom cabinet? Why was I never taught the true intent of cotton swabs?

Granted, the box provides a warning that using cotton swabs for ear cleaning purposes can cause damage. But let’s be honest; who’s going to take the time to read a box of cotton swabs?

Certainly not me.

However, whatever warning the makers of cotton swabs choose to give us should be emphasized more. People have died by using cotton swabs to clean their ears.

Imagine that – you shove a plastic stick with cotton ends in your ear with only the best of intentions, and what do you get? Death. You tried so hard to do something productive and you end up with a fatal ear infection.

The worst part about having a sore throat is visiting the doctor and having the back of my throat swabbed by an extra-long cotton swab. It doesn’t just feel weird, but it triggers some hardcore gag reflexes. ven now that I am an actual adult, the nurse has to hold my head still so she can get a sample of my throat germs.

Shouldn’t it also be common sense that cotton swabs do not belong in noses?

Imagine a little girl, crying and on the verge of her first panic attack, because she has a bean stuck up her right nostril. That little girl is, of course, me.

Five-year-old Dannielle managed to get a bean trapped in her nose. What was my mom’s great idea? A cotton swab.

Now I think we all know that cleaning our ears with cotton swabs only pushes earwax further into our ears. What made my mom think that wouldn’t apply to a bean in my nose? Needless to say, my first traumatic experience was caused by a cotton swab.

Thanks, mom.

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Gender neautral restrooms a positive step for America

Same-sex restrooms invade privacy; uncomfortable situations

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brittney

Many colleges, hospitals and other public places are switching to gender-neutral restrooms. But, don’t freak out just yet.

There are tons of misconceptions associated with gender-neutral restrooms. Some students believe that if our college adapted to the restrooms, then the gender specific students would feel uncomfortable.

The truth is that students that do identity with a specific gender or “non-binary” feel uncomfortable with gender specific restrooms.

The misconceptions with gender-neutral restrooms are that there would just be one big restroom that both males and females would use. However, that would not be the case. If there were gender-neutral restrooms, it would simply be a one-stall restroom that simply said restroom, similar to a family style restroom seen in hospitals, shopping malls and other big facilities.

Adding gender-neutral restrooms would allow gender-neutral students to feel safe and comfortable in a public restroom. ven though the world is evolving, there are still people out there that are not so accepting. Unfortunately, there are many reports of people physically abusing non-binary students in public restrooms. ender-neutral restrooms could also be, “helpful for parents with young children and the disabled who may re uire an attendant,” according to an article on usatoday.com.

“I think that gender neutral restrooms are a sign showing respect and honesty about the world we live in today,” said akota eBaets, freshman.

Gender neutral restrooms would be putting the United States in the right direction when it comes to accepting everyone no matter what they identify as.

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At unfortunate times in our lives, we all have used a nasty thing called a porta potty. And if you haven’t, well God must have blessed you so far in life.

For the others who have heard of this awful “thing,” you know how disgusting, dirty and gross the interior can be.

I mean, there is a urinal inches away from the impromptu toilet, but… I digress.

So, why do I bring up porta potties?

Well, on some college campuses they have decided to create unisex restrooms. Yes, restrooms for men and women to share in public. Which, to me, makes the gross porta potty the better option.

Now hear me out. In regular restrooms you would be able to do your busines without feeling so self-conscious.

If someone walks in, they’re the same sex and will go through the same process as you. In a porta potty, it’s just you – you do you. If it’s a unisex restroom there is no way to be sure that it will just be you and another member of someone with the same-sex.

I mean I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to walk into the restroom and see a guy using the urinal as I try to freshen up my make-up or fix my hair. It’s kind of embarrassing.

Not to mention, if you are in a stall and you go for the toilet paper and find none again, if this hasn’t happened to you God really has blessed you so far in life) you can’t always expect the toilet paper to be handed to you under the stall door anymore, you might have to watch above the stall door for it to drop. I honestly don’t know how you approach that with guys, and frankly don’t want to know.

This is a very bad and horrible idea. It should be put to an end and never be heard of again.

CORUM

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sports Tim Tebow: A Starter James Polston With the 25th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos selected Tim Tebow out of the University of Florida. The former Heisman winner and National Champion took over starting quarterback from Kyle Orton his second year in the league after Orton started off the year with a - record.

That year, Tebow led the Broncos to their first playoff win since 2005. After the 2011 season, the Broncos traded Tebow to the New York Jets after they signed Peyton Manning. Who wouldn’t want Peyton Manning as their quarterback? After a season playing behind Mark Sanchez for the Jets, Tebow was released.

There is no reason why Tebow should not have started over Sanchez. After his release, he was picked up by the New England Patriots for the preseason and the Philadelphia Eagles for the 2015 preseason and was released by both. But he has not been given a legitimate starting opportunity since he took the Broncos to the playoffs.

Tebow should be playing in the NFL. He is a proven winner.

Tebow could be very successful in an uptempo style offense that has a good running back because you would not need him to throw the ball times a game.

If you have a good rusher in the backfield with Tebow, that would make it hard for teams to read. He would be a good fit for the agles this past preseason because the agles picked up the league rushing leader in goal yards, DeMarco Murray, during the offseason from the Dallas Cowboys.

Tebow also brings more to the table than just being a quarterback.

He brings a winning attitude, determination and, most importantly, fans. Tebow is known to many people for being an outspoken and devout Christian throughout his college and professional career.

Some people say that all the media attention Tebow brings is bad, but honestly, most people want him to succeed.

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Senior Austin Fundenberger (left) and sophomore Mason Krupa (right) advance the ball down field.

Men’s soccer to kick off HCAC conference play

By Megan Powell

megan.powell@franklincollege.edu

The men’s soccer team posted a - - during the month of September and looks toward conference play this month.

Tonight the team travels to Mt. St. Joseph with a game at 8 p.m. to mark the start of October.

“At the collegiate level everything is geared toward the conference because how you do in conference depends whether or not you get into the national tournament,” Head Coach Shaun Mahoney said.

This year the competition is tight among five of the teams in the division, especially Transylvania and ose-Hulman. “ ou have to finish in the top four of the conference to get into the conference tournament,” Mahoney said.

“The winner of the conference tournament goes to the national tournament.

Step one is to get into the top four.”

One challenging aspect of any sport are roads games and how teams adapt to adversity.

“When we play them at their place, everything on the road is a little harder,” Mahoney said.

“And we play five out of the nine conference games on the road.”

Spectators learn that the buildup of anticipation of a goal hinges on a lot of small plays that leads to a point on the scoreboard and appreciate the values of soccer.

“Goals have a rarity that points do not have,” Mahoney said. “Every goal can seem like a buzzer beater in basketball or like that two minute touchdown drive. Every goal feels that way because they are so important.”

When supporting the team, one of the traits of the game is that it’s built on plays in the moment.

“Soccer is a player’s’ game and you have to go out and play,” sophomore middle Cameron Mattern said. “By that I mean once you step on the field, there are no designed plays from coaches.”

The team gears up for an eventful month of October and tonight’s game.

“Mount St. Joe is a very important game,” Austin Fundenberger said. “It’s our first conference game, and it will set the tone for the rest of the conference season.”

Before tonight, the team ended its last pre-conference season against Concordia Chicago that went into double overtime and ended in the first tie of the season.

“I was very happy with the effort put in by our team against Concordia,” Mattern said. “That was one of our better overall performances of the season, and I think it gave us some momentum going into conference.”

Up next for the Grizzlies are the fighting Pioneer’s of Transylvania University at 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday at home.

“The winner of the conference tournament goes to the national tournament. Step one is getting into the top four.”

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sports Women’s soccer set to begin conference play

Weekly Recap September 26

By Max Bomber

maxwell.bomber@franklincollege.edu

The women’s soccer team contends for a top spot in conference with a match at Mount Saint Joseph’s “tough” setting of play, Head Coach Justin Sullivan said.

The women’s soccer team looks to add a win on the schedule today at 6 p.m.

“We can score with anybody,” Sullivan said. “Being able to keep them out and defend will add to our success.”

The attacking aspect of MSJ’s team could pose a threat to Franklin’s defense.

“We are anticipating a battle like every match…The importance of the match escalates,” Sullivan said.

As well as a fierce attacking effort, MSJ has a different type of facility that could affect the team’s play.

“They play on turf, but it’s laid on top of cement,” Sullivan said. “The ball bounces significantly higher on their turf than it does on ours.”

This could prove problematic for the ladies to adjust to. It’s a hurdle that Sullivan says the team can hopefully can jump over in warm ups.

Sullivan said he never doubts his players.

“I think we have the potential to match up well against any team,” he said. “We have threating players that have caused every team problems.”

“We want to start the conference season off strong, and make the impression we want to win the conference this year,” junior and team captain Audra Lane said.

Currently the team has the best record in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with a record of 7-1. Following close behind is Mount Saint Joseph with a record of 5-3-1.

“We have a lot of potential to make it there,” junior and goalkeeper Kelsie Williams said. “In the past they have always been good competition… We want to keep the momentum from our preconference play rolling into the game.”

Women’s Tennis

Franklin vs. Earlham W, 9-0 Franklin vs. Berea W, 9-0

Women’s Volleyball

Franklin vs. Manchester W, 3-1 Franklin vs. Otterbein W, 3-1

Men’s Football

Franklin vs. Bluffton W, 49-31

Men’s Soccer

Franklin vs. Millikin L, 1-0

Women’s Soccer

Franklin vs. Millikin W, 5-1

September 27 Men’s Golf

DePauw Invitational Franklin finished 5th

Women’s Tennis

Franklin vs. St. Joseph’s (Ind.) W, 9-0

Men’s Soccer

Franklin vs. Concordia Chicago T, 2-2

September 29 Women’s Volleyball

Franklin vs. St. Mary-Woods W, 3-1

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friends of franklin Banned Books Week

The English honorary society Sigma Tau Delta held banned book awareness activities Wednesday. The organization hopes to help bring a stop to book censorship in the promotion of Banned Books Week.

What is your opinion on banned books? “ No books should be banned. If you don’t want to read it, don’t buy it.”

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Like us on Facebook Follow us @TheFranklinNews Read online at TheFranklinNews.com

Why do you think reading is so imporant?

“Reading is important because a) literacy is important, and b) reading expands on your experiences. It connects people across cultures and times.”

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