The Franklin: Issue 7

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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

By Ryanne Wise

ryanne.wise@franklincollege.edu

What do breast cancer awareness, singing, dancing, and skits from popular movies all have in common? They are all part of Zeta Tau Alpha’s annual Big Man on Campus philanthropy event, often referred to as BMOC. The Branigin room was filled to the brim with FC students as the 11 male contestants, representing Greek organizations and clubs, competed for the title of Mr. BMOC. And ultimately, freshman Jackson Schafer, representing Lambda Chi Alpha, was crowned as the winner.

In preparation for the event, two ZTA sisters coached each contestant, which included a talent portion, a theme and formal wear section and a final interview question. The judges for the event were Dean of Students Ellis Hall, Professor Casey Hayes and two FC Kelly Marcelo: The Franklin ZTA alumnae, Keri LeBeau and Emily Jones.

Sophomore Melissa Kerfoot headed Senior Dominique Boyd answers a question as senior Aaron Blair and junior Joey Green emcee the event, and junior Joey Green (top left) and freshman Jackson Schafer sings (bottom) during Zeta Tau Alpha’s Big Man on Campus philanthropy event Tuesday night in the Branigin Room. Schafer won the title, and junior and senior Aaron Blair emceed.

Eli Curry, last year’s winner, presented him with a sash (top right) at the end of the event.

This year, Big Man on Campus included a social media aspect, straying from last year’s event. Kerfoot urged students to use the #bmoc2013 hash tag and individualized hash tags for each contestant to get them more involved in the competition.

Before the show, Kerfoot said she was excited to see how this year’s competition would go.

“I can’t wait to see what it all looks like put together,” Kerfoot said. “And I can’t wait to see all the contestants and their hard work pay off.”

Kerfoot said this year’s competition saw a better variety of contestants and was more focused on the sorority’s philanthropy.

“This year we have a more well-rounded representation of groups involved,” she said. “There’s more focus on breast cancer awareness and how it hits home.”

Junior Eli Curry won the title of Mr. BMOC last year as a sophomore representing Drama Club. This See “Philanthropy” on Page 10

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Darian Eswine

‘80s movie snubbed I am a huge fan of 80s movies.

And while I know I am not alone in my 80s film fandom, I feel like one movie is not getting the credit it deserves.

Don’t get me wrong; I love “Ferris Beuller’s Day Off,” and “When Harry Met Sally,” “Say Anything,” and “The Goonies” are in my top five. But the one movie that I would venture to say is my favorite 80s film is the movie no one on campus seems to have seen: “Some Kind of Wonderful.”

Starring the beautiful Eric Stoltz and Mary Stuart Masterson, “Some Kind of Wonderful” is about a love triangle between Keith (Stolz), his best friend Watts (Masterson) and the misunderstood popular girl Amanda (Lea Thompson).

Now, before you judge this movie based on that description, there’s more. Keith’s dad is pressuring him about business school, but Keith loves to draw; Amanda is stuck in a relationship because her identity is defined by her friends and status; and Watts is in love with Keith but feels completely inferior to everything surrounding him, including Amanda.

I’m not a gambler, but I would bet that all of us have at some point related to one of the aforementioned situations.

It’s a great movie because there’s bound to be someone you connect with. Plus, combined with the musical selection and swoon-worthy last line, “You look good wearing my future—” Can I just go watch it right now?

Just kidding, I’ve already watched it this week.

I really should limit myself.

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Photo submitted by Professor Kevin Burke

Sophomore Jacob Broyer (top) and junior Jeremy Reed (bottom left) practice Tuesday afternoon in Custer Theatre for Friday night’s concert. Senior Jacie Shoaf plays the cello during a concert last year (bottom right)

Chamber concert highlights individual talents

By Ellie Price

ellen.price@franklincollege.edu

Twenty-five students will perform at the music department’s semi-annual chamber concert Friday night.

The concert will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday in Custer Theatre. Student musicians will perform a variety of vocal and instrumental music, ranging from classical music to Broadway musicals.

The music department hosts a chamber concert once each semester.

Kevin Burke, assistant professor of music, said chamber music originally was intended to be performed in the home for a small gathering. So soloists and small groups – duets, trios and quartets – will perform in Friday’s concert.

Burke said the chamber concert is an opportunity to see the individual talents of students.

“Unlike a choir concert or band concert when you have 25 to 40 people on stage performing as a group, you get to see the talents of a specific individuals or group of individuals (at chamber concerts),” Burke said.

“For them, they’re much more exposed than they’d be in a larger group.”

Jacie Shoaf, a senior who plays the cello, said Franklin College’s small size lends itself well to chamber music.

“There’s not enough of us to have a full concert orchestra,” Shoaf said. “So being able to really work on

small groups and chamber music is really the most important thing we can do.”

Shoaf will perform a trio with Mary Jane Bernath, a freshman who plays the violin, and McKensie Vanosdol, a sophomore who plays the viola.

The trio received its music for the chamber concert at the first rehearsal, which was during the first week of the fall semester.

Musicians who play string instruments practice as an ensemble on Monday afternoons and work with the strings instructor in small groups on Wednesday mornings to prepare the chamber music.

Shoaf said more students are participating in the college’s string ensemble and music program in general, so the chamber concert is an opportunity to support these students.

“Students should come to see their friends, classmates, sorority sisters and fraternity brothers perform all kinds of really interesting musical pieces,” Shoaf said. “If they don’t, they may miss out on something that is becoming more popular on our campus.”

Senior Maria Wagner will play her bassoon in a quartet and a solo. She said she enjoys gaining experience See “Concert” on Page 10

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Popularity of majors reflects job opportunities

By Ellie Price

ellen.price@franklincollege.edu

Reflecting a changing economy and the pressure to find jobs, the number of students who have declared majors in education and journalism is decreasing.

But the number of students in the humanities and science majors has stayed the same or increased in the last 10 years.

This data does not include freshmen since they have not declared their majors yet.

EDUCATION

The number of declared elementary education majors has decreased in the recent 10-year period – 147 students in 2003, 89 students in 2008 and 53 in 2013.

But Karen Burgard, professor and chair of the education department, said the numbers of graduates represents the trends in the education department better, since students who have declared majors in education may have not applied for the program.

The number of graduates for elementary and secondary education majors has fluctuated – 44 graduates in 2003, 50 graduates in 2008 and 37 graduates in 2013.

Burgard said she thinks the decrease in the number of education majors overall is a reflection of the profession statewide.

But for the students who graduated in May 2013, 100 percent of elementary education majors and 91 percent of secondary education majors found teaching jobs.

Burgard said she expects the number of education majors at FC and the market for teaching jobs to increase.

“I think more people are choosing education as a career both at the undergraduate level and as secondary careers,” she said.

Education majors spend more than 1,000 hours in classrooms during their field experiences while students at Franklin College.

And junior Kristin Davis said the professors and field placements prepare students to find jobs after graduation. “(The professors) really prepare you for the field so that when you’re out there you know how to handle all types of situations, how to handle different kids and the techniques that work best for students,” Davis said.

Davis said she originally didn’t want to attend FC since it’s close to home. But after she met the education professors, she changed her mind.

“The professors are really there to help you,” Davis said.

“And they want you to succeed.

And they’ll do whatever they can to make that happen.”

JOURNALISM

In the journalism department, the broadcast and news-editorial tracks have gradually lost students.

And even though the public relations track has lost some too, 46 students have declared tracks in public relations this fall, compared to 35 students on the news side of journalism – the broadcast and news-editorial tracks.

And this year, the journalism school created a public relations major to “attract more students,” said John Krull, director of the Pulliam School of Journalism.

Krull said it was hard to serve students in different tracks equally well, so the faculty decided that “creating a separate public relations major would serve the PR students and the students on the news side better.”

“I think a lot of journalism programs have struggled with what they continue to offer in terms of providing helpful alternatives to students who are trying to enter an industry and profession that are in the middle of a revolution,” Krull said.

ENGLISH

The English department averaged 20 students with declared majors

Increasing and decreasing trends in the number of students who declared a major Source: Academic Records

in 2003, 2008 and 2013. And other traditional liberal arts majors have also had fairly consistent numbers.

Susan Crisafulli, professor and chair of the English department, said the numbers fluctuate with each incoming class. For example, this year’s freshman and junior classes are large, but the sophomore and senior classes are smaller, she said.

She said three seniors will graduate with an English degree, but last year, 11 English majors graduated.

Crisafulli estimated that the number of English majors enrolled this semester is close to 35, if she includes the freshmen who have not declared a major yet.

She said the large freshman class is due to a strong recruiting year and a proactive approach, which included sending handwritten letters to prospective students and inviting them to the department’s events.

Crisafulli also created a Facebook page for the department in January to tell prospective students about the personality of the department and its events.

Meghan Bender: The Franklin

When now junior Allyn Pearson had to decide where to attend college, FC’s English department stood out to her.

On a college visit, Pearson met with Dedaimia Whitney, the former English department chair who has since retired. Unlike her visits at other colleges, Pearson said she felt like Whitney genuinely cared and wanted to help her learn the steps to becoming a published author.

Crisafulli said students who decide to major in English often do so because of a love of literature. But she said she tells students about possibilities for jobs in many different fields after graduation.

“They get to do what they love while they’re here, and then they have numerous job opportunities when they leave,” Crisafulli said.

SCIENCE

The number of declared biology majors consistently has stayed close to 70 students while See “Majors” on Page 11

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tips

Organization All students and professors have different techniques for organization, and when students walk into professors’ offices, they can get a sense of their systems.

Some offices are neat and clean, while some look like tornadoes went through them. But no matter how they are organized, all professors have a method.

Here are some tips they give to students to be organized: Diana Hadley (journalism) • “Make lists of what you need to do for the day.”

Tim Lisko (photography) • “Do work up front, so you aren’t cramming later.”

Ray Begovich (public relations) – office pictured • “Don’t fall for the myth that someone with a messy desk is organized. I am the master of messy desk. And that is bull.”

• “Buy lots of stuff, lots of times at office supply stores.”

To see the rest of the list, check out TheFranklinNews.com Story by Erika Brock, photos by Megan Banta

how to Email professionally Seth Morin

Some students struggle to understand email etiquette when messaging professors.

But students can start with a proper greeting – “Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr. Jane Doe” or “Hello” followed by the professor’s full name.

Future employers will likely delete an email that begins with “hey” or begins without an introduction.

Even though the greeting is important, students should also introduce themselves in the beginning parts of the body paragraphs.

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Elizabeth Stillabower, professor of biology, said students should give their full names – not just their first name.

Then, students should explain their reason for emailing.

“Once you have communicated through email a handful of times, then you can use something along the lines of ‘hey!’,” Stillabower said. “But if it is the first few times that we are communicating via email, then you need to use a proper salutation and introduce yourself in a proper manner.”

To conclude, make sure to acknowledge the amount of time that they spent reading and responding to your email by saying “thank you for your time,” or “thanks and have a great day.”

Franklin College professors do their best to instill professionalism in their students, and sending properly written e-mails is a major factor with today’s technology.

“College is a great opportunity to present yourself professionally,” Stillabower said.

Story by Seth Morin, photo by Kylie Winkler

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Sophomores revive Artcraft tradition for charity

By Olivia Ober

olivia.ober@franklincollege.edu

For their semester service project, the students of Alpha Lambda Delta will volunteer at a 20th century Artcraft theatre tradition called Cartoons for Cans.

Alpha Lambda Delta, the academic honorary for sophomores, will be a part of reviving this tradition at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Artcraft. A can donation to the Interchurch Food Pantry in Franklin will serve as admission to 45 minutes of “Looney Toons” for one of the two showings. The theatre will also collect monetary donations.

“The college wants to get students involved in the community of Franklin, and this is a good way,” said Erin Moll, a sophomore and social chair of Alpha Lambda Delta. “We get to complete our service project and even work with elderly people (who volunteer at the Artcraft).”

Sophomore Mary Foreman, an Artcraft volunteer of five years and the vice president of Alpha Lambda Delta, came up with the idea for the partnership. She has acted as a “go-be-

tween” for the two organizations.

The Artcraft is a historic theatre in downtown Franklin operated by the Franklin Heritage Foundation, a local non-for-profit. It is operated solely by volunteers like Foreman.

“Mary loves the Artcraft,” Moll said. “I’ve watched movies there, and it’s a great place and a lot of fun.”

Cartoons for Cans originally began when Franklin was an agricultural community. Children and families would bring a can or vegetable donation as their admission to the Artcraft on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons.

Last year was the first year that the teen council, a group of middle and high school Artcraft volunteers, revived the event, which gathered about 500 cans. That fed nearly 3,000 people or three full days worth of meals for families in Johnson County.

“Last year, being the first year we did this, there were over 200 people split up between the two shows for the day,” Foreman said. “And the Interchurch Food Pantry actually

sent us a note thanking us for the considerable amount of donations.”

Alpha Lambda Delta volunteers will work shifts throughout the day at the food collection table and will assist in sorting, counting and transporting cans to the food pantry.

“I hope they get a good feeling from helping others and knowing that being a part of this group isn’t just about getting a certificate,” Moll said. “You have to go out and be a good steward in society.”

Members of the honor society will also volunteer at Franklin Heritage Foundation’s architectural salvage yard throughout the day, which is a couple blocks from campus. The salvage yard is open to the public to shop through recovered architectural salvage from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday.

It is located at the former street department for the city.

“We will be helping customers find the exact right (piece) for their house, helping them load it into their vehicle, stuff like that,” Foreman said.

Hank Nuwer, a journalism professor and the adviser of Alpha Lambda Delta for nine years, will also volunteer alongside the students.

“It isn’t just students who volunteer,” Nuwer said. “I think it’s important for faculty, too… I don’t have a lot of time, but I think doing this is a worthy thing to do.”

Nuwer said at difficult times in his life, it helps him feel positive to see the work students are doing.

“Things don’t get boring,” Nuwer said. “I like to have students who are really independent at this.”

Foreman said she could “write a book” about what the Artcraft means to her. Her favorite part of volunteering is the diverse group of friends she has been able to make throughout her volunteer experience.

“I have some really good friends now who are 80 years old, and I have some really good friends who are 13 years old,” Foreman said.

“That’s really special to me.”

Students experience alternative ways of living

By Erika Brock

erika.brock@franklincollege.edu

Instead of walking from building to building on Dame Mall to escape the cold this weekend, some students will be building houses and preparing to sleep in them outside.

They will do so as part of Habitat for Humanity’s annual Shanty Village, which takes place Friday night into Saturday.

Shanty Village raises awareness of the problems of substandard housing, such as obstacles the homeless face during the cold or rainy season.

“It’s a good way to show people different ways of life and how fortunate we are just to have a house to live in and furniture in the house,” said Valerie Jacobson, a sophomore and event co-chair of Shanty Village.

Six teams with four members on each team have signed up to compete and live in a shanty for one night.

Most of the teams that have signed up this year are affiliated with a sorority or fraternity.

Each team paid $20 to participate, and the profits go to nonprofit organizations to help fund families’ homes.

“I want people to understand what it is like to go without,” said junior Emily Metheny, who is co-public relations chair for the group.

“I personally did it last year, and I had never experienced something like it before.”

Although this is a traditional event for Habitat for Humanity, Jacobson said this year the event has been “totally revamped.”

Instead of holding it in the spring as the organization has done the last few years, the members pushed it to the fall due to weather issues.

Jacobson said they have also spaced

out the time of activities better so there is more for the students to do.

Students will build a house out of cardboard from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Habitat for Humanity will also be handing out paper plate awards to help the winners show off what they won in a different way.

Once they are finished building, the woman who received the house from Habitat’s Women’s Build last month will talk to the students while the judges critique the shanty homes.

Winners of the competition will receive a gift card from Starbucks.

“I am looking forward to doing something with my fraternity and also for charity,” said AJ Barner, a freshman and a participant for Kappa Delta Rho. After the speaker, the night will consist of a LEGO building con-

test, a scavenger hunt and a game of capture of the flag across campus to keep students busy.

“It is an eye opening experience because even when I did it in the spring, it was still so cold,” Metheny said. “I used what they had suggested for me to bring, but it was still so cold I couldn’t stay the night.”

Editor’s note: Emily Metheny is a reporter for The Franklin.

“I want people to understand what it is like to go without.”

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Franklin Tri Delt joins national body image campaign

By Hannah Troyer

hannah.troyer@franklincollege.edu

From 1888 to 2013, society has focused on women’s outer appearance.

In 1888, the founder of Delta Delta Delta saw this emphasis on outer beauty and sought a society “more of a girl’s inner self and character than her personal appearance.”

Since its beginnings, the Tri Delta sorority has emphasized body image awareness. In 2012, the national federation decided to launch the Body Image 3D campaign as an approach to body image awareness and education. “[It] focuses on three key components: healthy mind, healthy body, and healthy spirit,” said Holly Thompson, Tri Delta’s director of marketing and project management.

“It stemmed from Tri Delta’s Fat Talk Free Week, which is an international, 5-day body activism campaign to draw attention to body issues.

Body image is not a sorority issue, but a woman’s issue. As a women’s organization, Tri Delta is eager to raise awareness.”

Though the national campaign launched in 2012, this is the first year student ambassadors have brought the message to college campuses. The student ambassadors assist chapters with the implementation of Body Image 3D, share their stories and advocate for a more positive body image in mind, body and spirit.

Sophomore Darian Eswine is one of the 12 national body image ambassadors and attended a three-day training session at the Tri Delta headquarters in Arlington, Texas. There, Eswine learned how to implement Body Image 3D initiatives and activities into Franklin’s Tri Delta chapter.

Eswine said she decided to get involved with Body Image 3D because body image awareness and self esteem issues are important to her.

“I have struggled with self confidence my whole life, and I don’t want other girls to feel the same way I have,” Eswine said. “Being involved in the initiative, I’ve definitely gained a lot more confidence

about myself. I want girls to ignore the standard (for beauty) society has said we should look up to.”

Through programs like Fat Talk Free Week, Eswine, along with a Tri Delta committee of 11 members, hopes to stop the negative way people talk about themselves and help others realize that a “healthy ideal” is different for everyone.

During the week of Oct. 21, Tri Delta sponsored various events around campus, including compliment day and bash fat talk day. In addition, members of Tri Delta placed postit notes throughout campus. The notes gave words of encouragement or compliments. On Tuesday, people were also able to participate in a sketching exercise that addressed how they saw the positive and negative things about themselves.

Senior Julie Brashaber joined the Body Image 3D campaign, contributed to the planning of Fat Talk Free Week and said she has enjoyed how the initiaive has made her

more accountable when it comes to self-confidence and what she says.

“We are trying to promote a ‘healthy ideal’—not a ‘skinny ideal,’” Brashaber said. “The campaign doesn’t end with conversations. It’s about daily reminders that we can pass onto future generations. Social pressures (about beauty) don’t have to have a big influence. We shouldn’t have to fit a certain ideal.”

Eswine and her committee plan to have other Body Image 3D events throughout the remainder of the year. Planning for the next event is underway.

Along with the campus events, these women hope to change the way people view body image and want to educate those around them.

“We can’t constitute what beauty is,” Brashaber said. “You have to do that. You have to be happy in your own skin.”

Editors’ note: Darian Eswine is a writer and designer for The Franklin.

Franklin college graduate turned librarian

By James Reid

james.reid@franklincollege.edu

Working in a library always seemed like a natural choice for alumna Erin Cataldi, who has about 1,000 books in her current personal library.

“I read a lot of books,” Cataldi said.

“In fact, when my roommate and I moved into our apartment, we made sure we got a three bedroom apartment so I could have my library.”

When Cataldi, who serves as the college’s technical services and interlibrary loan assistant, isn’t working at the Hamilton Library, she can be found reading. She is a member of several book clubs and writes reviews for books.

At Franklin College, Cataldi heads up interlibrary loans, forming displays and organizing newspapers.

But she originally had a different plan for her life.

“I wanted to be an archaeologist,” she said. “But when I came to the realization that I couldn’t be Indiana Jones, I decided to

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do what I already loved.”

Cataldi already loved libraries. She has worked in libraries since she was 13 years old.

“I’ve always loved books,” she said. “It’s exciting to collect books and to spread my love to others.”

Now, Cataldi is in charge of helping students find the materials they are looking for.

“I like helping students find what they need, even if I have to borrow it from somewhere else,” Cataldi said.

She also heads up the library’s displays.

“Right now, we have up horror novels for Halloween,” she said.

“Before that, we had up a display for Banned Book Week.”

Cataldi said she was “intrigued” by banned books.

“You just have to see what all this hatred is about,” Cataldi said.

“That’s all banned books are, hated by a few who want to ruin it

Photo Submitted: James Reid

Erin Cataldi uses the computer to search through the library database. for the rest of us. If a kid wants to read the book, let them read it.”

Libraries are ever changing, and Cataldi said much has changed since she first started working in libraries.

“When I first started working in my hometown’s library we had like, an 80-year-old librarian who used card catalogues,” Cataldi said.

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Professor pursues love of music

By Ally Marlow

allyssa.marlow@franklincollege.edu

Professor Jim Williams not only teaches business classes, but also professionally plays his instrument, the euphonium, in his free time.

Williams has played at various renowned venues such as Butler University, Ball State University, Otterbein College, Capital University and more.

“I wanted something to do to continue music, but still be able to feed my family,” Williams said of his motive to play at venues.

Williams owns five different euphoniums, which is a low brass instrument similar to a baritone.

“Euphonium is a Greek word for beautiful sound,” Williams said. “Mine is one of a kind, handmade in Germany.”

Williams did not major in music in school. He said he is a self-taught player with a lot of passion and love for his instrument. Williams played in the band during his undergraduate years at Indiana University and was mentored by one of the world’s most famous tuba players and a distinguished professor at IU, Harvey Phillips.

“He just heard me playing one day and decided to take me under his wing,” Williams said. “He believed in finding ways to take his instrument where it has never been before, and I believed in this, too, so we were good together.”

Williams was the only non-music major that Phillips ever mentored.

Later, Phillips ended up becoming one of his best friends and co-musician.

Most recently, Williams was invited to perform at Butler’s School of Music as part of a series. The members of the group included musicians from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

As part of the series, composer Eric Ewazen flew out from The Juilliard School of Music in New York to Indianapolis in order to oversee the group perform the music he had composed.

Williams said it was a nervous experience but also an amazing one.

“To play in front of the person who composed the music is an amazing experience,” Williams said.

The group only had two rehearsals to meet and practice the material until the final show, so Williams knew he would have to practice a lot on his own.

“I not only memorized my part, but everyone else’s part, too,” Williams said. “This way, I knew I could be confident in my performance.”

Williams said he felt honored to be chosen to perform with the group, especially with Ewazen present.

“He chose me, the one who doesn’t have a music degree,” Williams said.

Williams performed the piece on Sunday, Oct. 13.

“Having knowledge (of the piece) secure in my head helped give me a secure performance,” he said.

When he is sitting at his desk after a long day of teaching, Williams cannot help but daydream of music. He said he hopes that others at Franklin can get to know another side of his interests.

“I want people to know that business professors can have cultural interests, too,” Williams said.

Williams is not involved with the music program here at Franklin College, but said he does try to get involved with musical events as much

as possible, such as playing at Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis’ commencements.

Williams said he uses his business degree to improve alongside being a musician to find new opportunities.

“I go all over the Midwest working the business end of things (in music),” he said. “I work to promote myself, because nothing is going to just come to me. I deliver the goods.”

Olivia Ober: The Franklin

Professor Jim Williams taught himself how to play the euphonium. He has improved this skill so much that he was invited to perform music composed by Eric Ewazen at Butler’s School of Music.

Do you have a program idea you’d like to share with the community? You may be able to start a new class or give a lecture for Franklin Parks & Recreation.

If interested, please call (317) 346-1192 or email us at play@franklin.in.gov

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features While junior Eli Curry has been involved in theater since his sophomore year of high school, he has been theatrical since “a very young age.”

Curry said he has “always been aware of it,” playing make-believe before acting on stage.

He said he enjoys theater because even though it seems contradictory, acting “is one of the few times when I actually get to be myself.”

“It’s a very real experience for me to try to empathize with a character and to become somebody else,” he said. “For me, it’s a very personal experience. There’s a lot of things that are going on with me in terms of medical conditions that I have, the passings that have happened to me in my life, so that when I step onto a stage or when I get a new script, it’s very vivid for me. It’s very real.”

He said he feels that acting is what he “was meant to do.”

“It’s always very satisfying for me because at the end of the day I know, after a three-hour rehearsal, that I was doing what I should be doing,” he said.

“And I don’t think a lot of people get the chance

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features to feel that.“ Curry said it also helps him in his life outside the theater.

He said it has taught him time management and the value of free time because “we compress so much time in our productions, and there’s a very quick turnaround show to show.” He said it has also allowed him to respect the power of the deadline.

Curry’s experience in theater also helps him understand and respect others.

“I think without acting, I would never be able to understand other humans beings,” he said. “It would have been impossible for me to figure it out.”

Curry said acting taught him how to see things from different perspectives.

“There’s a lot of drama in life,” he said. “There’s a lot of drama on campus, and you see it from a different perspective. You understand how somebody might come to a conclusion that might be different than the conclusion you would come to, and if you apply yourself to the craft hard enough, you learn to respect that, and that helps you respect other people.”

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year, he said he was looking forward to see who won.

Before the competition, contestants spent weeks raising money through various events and contests.

Some of the fundraising efforts included a Kiss Away Cancer booth, where ZTA members passed out Hershey kisses to those who donated money or wore pink ribbons, a yogurt eating contest, and a fitness contest.

During the competition, the men showed off their talents, including singing and dancing.

After deliberation, the number of competitors dropped to nine, and the remaining men then moved into theme wear, displaying their support for ZTA, the NFL and breast cancer awareness.

Next was formal wear, which was followed by an elimination of three contestants.

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“We had no computer to look up where a book was or if we had it. It was really different.”

Cataldi originally resisted technology herself when she began working at Franklin.

“I had to make a website, and it was very stressful at times, but it was worth it,” she said. “I think it is a good thing though.”

Outside the college, Cataldi advocates for literacy. She organized the Literary Pub Crawl on Sept. 14 on Massachusetts Ave. in downtown Indianapolis. The event raised money for Indy Reads, a local initiative to promote literacy in central Indiana, and included a costume contest where people could dress up as their favorite author or literary character.

“The event was sold-out,” Cataldi said. “It was a lot of fun!”

When she was a Franklin College student, she worked in the library and was a member of the Model United Nations on campus. She also

The last portion of the program was a final interview question for each remaining contestants from one of the judges.

While waiting for deliberation results, a breast cancer survivor named Susan told her story to the crowd and sorority members showed two videos, one that displayed statistics and another that showcased a woman named Liz who is currently battling breast cancer.

At the end of the night, Schafer was crowned as Mr. BMOC. Sophomore Chase Steinbrunner received the titles of Mr. Congeniality, Best Eyes and Best Arms. Best Smile was awarded to senior Dominique Boyd, Best Hair to senior Chris Wilham and Mr. Think Pink to junior Dylan Jenney. Boyd was the night’s runner up.

Junior Jesse Hamilton did not walk away with a title, but was

studied abroad in Dublin, Ireland.

“It was a really great experience,” Cataldi said. “I was so poor but I had such a great time. I loved visiting the libraries and all the archaeological sites. It was just a really great time, making new friends and getting to see a new place. It was awesome.”

After graduating from Franklin, she went on to graduate school at Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis. After she graduated from there, she found out that Franklin College’s library was hiring and applied.

“I got the job,” she said. “It just seemed like a logical choice to me.”

While Cataldi is only specifically in charge of interlibrary loans, she helps students with many other things in the library and advocates for new books students would like to see.

“I love spreading the love of books to others,” she said.

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Sophomore Chase Steinbrunner performs during the talent portion of Zeta Tau Alpha’s Big Man on Campus philanthropy event Tuesday night in the Branigin Room. Steinbrunner won the titles of Mr. Congeniality, Best Eyes and Best Arms. still happy to be a participant.

“It was a great experience,” Hamilton said. “I worked with some cool people, and it was a great way to meet more ZTAs.”

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“I have definitely become more comfortable playing in front of an audience,” Wagner said.

Junior Clarissa Pitzer also said she wanted to perform in the chamber concert to gain experience. She said she enjoys the adrenaline rush of singing in front of an audience.

“I’ll be really nervous at first,” Pitzer said. “But when I’m done, I’ll feel really good about it.”

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This year’s Big Man on Campus event and the events in the weeks preceding it raised more than $1,800 for breast cancer education and awareness.

Junior Jasmin Peterson will sing “The Sound of Music” in Friday’s chamber concert.

This is her second time performing in Franklin College’s semi-annual chamber concert, and she encouraged other students to attend.

“It really shows everything that we have to offer,” she said.

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the number of chemistry majors has increased slightly over the past 10 years. This semester, there are 26 chemistry majors enrolled at the college.

Steve Browder, who is a professor, chair of the biology department and head of the natural sciences division, said the number of students studying the life sciences has remained consistent since the college renovated Barnes Hall in 1987.

Browder said the college typically graduates 20 to 25 science majors each year.

Even though Franklin College is a liberal arts institution, biology and chemistry have been popular majors.

Browder said this popularity is, in part, due to the understanding of job options in the science field.

“The state of Indiana has really put a lot of emphasis on retooling its economic base to move away from the typical manufacturing jobs and more toward natural science jobs,” Browder said.

He said within six months of graduation, 80 percent of science majors are either in graduate school or have full-time jobs. And the department has an 84 percent acceptance rate into medical school.

Browder said the department pushes internships and hands-on experience. And he said many students now “gravitate toward departments that help them do that.”

Primarily in the last five years, the science department has focused on undergraduate research.

Students in their first year of college can participate.

“In a lot of schools, undergraduate research is the cherry on top that only seniors who are really good get to do,” Browder said.

He said research prepares students for jobs and admission to graduate schools.

When speaking to prospective students, Browder said the department emphasizes how the liberal arts and sciences complement each other.

He said he believes that the best combination for a medical doctor is a “liberal arts setting and a science background.”

Browder said employers looking to hire science majors want to hire graduates who “know how to write, speak, think critically, work in groups and problem solve. That’s liberal arts.”

Junior Tiffany Egan-Rojas decided to come to Franklin College because of its reputation, small size and her sister’s experience at the college.

And now that Egan-Rojas is a biology and chemistry major, she said she likes the closeness with her professors.

“With the small community, I always feel like I have to be in class,” Egan-Rojas said. “They expect a lot out of us because we’re a community.”

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Halie Solea

Don and Dona’s has family feel

Don and Dona’s Restaurant – located in downtown Franklin – is your typical, cozy, “mom and pop” diner.

It’s a comfortable hometown restaurant. The regulars have their favorite tables, and the staff knows them by name. The walls are covered in fading photos, local history and Indiana pride (including some Grizzly gear).

There’s also a giant moose head, which is currently donning faux spider webs for Halloween.

The family atmosphere is an important characteristic. Every time I’ve been there so far (usually with friends), the place has been nearly full of families.

The mental image wouldn’t be complete without a few kids making towers out of the little jelly cartons or blowing straw wrappers at their siblings.

The staff members, many of them young, take it all in stride and are incredibly friendly. Smiling waitresses and busy bus boys don’t mind complicated requests or light conversation.

They run a very simple, efficient system that can get a little backed up on orders, but I’ve noticed that customers don’t seem to mind the delay. Instead, they use the extra time as an excuse to just sit, have some more coffee and enjoy their time together a little longer.

I hear that they also deliver, but you’d definitely lose the charm that way.

Unfortunately, I’ve yet to experience the old-fashioned soda shop inside.

Whenever I’m craving good food at reasonable prices and a little bit of community comfort, Don and Dona’s hits the spot everytime.

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Freshmen have time to choose majors, don’t need to decide immediately This week was registration week for Franklin College, which means students have spent the last few weeks choosing classes, meeting with advisers and exploring majors. This can be an overwhelming process for students at all levels, but for freshmen in particular, the pressure can be strong.

First-year students often begin their college experiences with high expectations for themselves; they think they’re expected to know exactly what they want to do with their lives and should have a rock-solid plan of how they’re going to get there.

In reality, though, freshman students have some time to figure out their goals.

The pressure new students feel to “figure everything out” usually comes from various sources, like parents or professors, but most often, it’s internal. In high school, we’re taught that if you don’t know exactly what you want to study when you begin college, you’ll fall drastically behind and won’t graduate on time.

This is good advice to an extent; knowing what you want to study will keep you on track and can even allow you to graduate early, if you work hard enough. But beginning college without an exact idea of your major isn’t a guaranteed ticket to a fifth year at Franklin.

The Franklin editorial board isn’t advocating that students college as a joke, because the sooner you find out what you’re going to do with your four years at Franklin the better. Rather, we want freshmen students to understand that it’s actually very normal to be unclear about what you want to do once you enter the “real world.”

In today’s society, it makes sense that students of all ages feel pressured to figure out their plans for the future right away. We’re taught

that faster is better and that anyone who’s slow will be left behind.

The reality is this, though: it’s actually more normal to finalize your course of study in college after your freshman year than during it.

Franklin is a liberal arts college, which means our students are required to take classes in math, English, history and science, among other fields. It’s highly recommended that you take most of these classes as a first-year student, and for good reason; students who don’t have a good idea of what they want to study can be exposed to several different fields of study very early in their college careers, which can help them gain a better understanding of what they’re interested in and, thus, what they might want to major in and pursue as a career.

Additionally, while every major has certain prerequisite classes that students have to take before they can really get exposed to the program, there aren’t too many programs that students are unable to finish if they get started a semester or year late.

But there is a catch to beginning in a major late – you have to work.

It’s OK if it takes you a little while to decide what you want to study, but once you make the decision, you have to be willing to take a few extra credit hours and really dedicate yourself to your chosen field of study. You should never try to “just get by” in college, but it is especially important to put in a little extra time and effort if you’re starting a program late.

It’s also important to know that it’s OK to change your major. Students who come into college intending to study on subject who also graduate with a degree in that exact same program are a very small minority on all college campuses around the country.

Our Position: The Franklin editorial board believes first year students should not feel pressured to know exactly what they want to study when they first begin college.

Almost all students will adjust their courses of study a little, whetherby adding a major, dropping a major making a certain field a minor or individualizing. It’s normal to change your mind about the future, so there’s no reason to be afraid of the change because you’re afraid of falling behind.

Also, don’t feel like you’re the only student who’s unsure of what to do after college. There’s a reason that question scares us so much.

The best advice we can offer to freshmen students concerned about picking a field of study is to relax; you have some time to decide. Take your required liberal arts courses, talk to your advisers and work hard; if you do all of this, you won’t walk away without a degree.

The editorial board represents the opinion of The Franklin and its staff members. The board meets once a week to discuss pressing issues relevant to Franklin College students. Meetings are moderated by Olivia Covington, the opinion editor. Board members are junior Adam Lee, sophomores Darian Eswine, Caitlin Soard and freshmen Brittney Corum and Halie Solea. Megan Banta, the executive editor, sits on the editorial board. If you have an issue you would like the editorial board to consider, please feel free to email Olivia Covington at olivia.covington@franklincollege.edu.

provs. con Trimesters: January term versus May term

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January term gives transition time May term has better opportunities Caitlin Soard

Adam Lee

Getting back into the swing of things after Christmas break is hard. After having a glorious, stress-free month away from campus, facing the reality of classes and homework is just a little too much.

That’s why having a January term is so great: it allows us to have some time to readjust to being consistently stressed out by school because the classes offered in January are generally less intense.

If you take a January term class, it’s usually on a topic that is different than a “traditional course” – for example, I took a class on Alfred Hitchcock movies last year.

While having a month to take a non-traditional class or do an internship would be equally as beneficial in May as it is in January, I think having a January term is better.

It not only helps ease us back into classes, but also helps us focus better on the non-traditioanl classes offered.

In the spring, we’re all so distracted with finals and going home for the summer – or graduating, if you’re a senior – that focusing on a non-traditional class or internship would practically be torture.

A May term would make having time to pack up to go home a little easier, but the extra time J-term allows us after Christmas break is helpful when you need to find time to do that mid-year cleaning you’ve been putting off all semester.

Plus, it’s cold and gross outside in January and, personally, I don’t mind sitting in a class for three hours when it’s not nice out. Having to sit through a longer class in May would be much more difficult, and the temptation to skip classes would be that much stronger.

January is approaching, which means freshmen will be taking their first January term classes, while other students will be doing internships. January has always been the third trimester at Franklin, but there is another option.

Some schools offer classes and internship opportunities in May and begin the spring semester in January, which makes sense for multiple reasons. Franklin upperclassmen essentially get two months off for winter break since Christmas break takes up most of December and then January term follows right after. Getting back into the swing of school is difficult after such a long break, and that difficulty is unnecessary.

Also, if Franklin had a May term, the timing of spring break would work more in our favor. Many students complain about how late our spring break is, but with a May term, the school year would end in April, forcing the break to coincide with other colleges’ breaks.

Instead of having a spring break with high schools, we would be socializing with people our own age when we’re on vacation.

Lastly, instead of doing an internship in January and then applying for a position the following summer, students could easily transition from a May internship right into a job during the summer months. It would also be beneficial to students in terms of balancing breaks between classes and would allow students to have better internships.

Plus, having free time in the predominantly warm month of May beats free time in the cold of January.

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Brittney Corum

On This Day In History: Nov. 1 Have you ever dreamed of something and wondered what would happen if you decided to try to make that dream a reality? What if you dreamed about scenes from the Bible, then tried to paint those scenes on a ceiling?

Someone did decide to paint heaven on the ceiling of a chapel.

On Nov. 1, 1512, the Sistine Chapel in Rome opened up to let the public see the new painting that was painted upon its ceiling by an artist named Michelangelo Buonarroti, better known today as just Michelangelo.

Michelangelo is known as one of the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists. He was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475, but moved to Florence, Italy once the Renaissance was in full swing.

He rose to fame after winning the favor of Lorenzo de Medici, the ruler of the Florentine republic and lover of the arts. It was under Medici’s teaching that Michelangelo developed into a master artist and eventually sculpted some of the most famous works in history, like the Pieta and the Statue of David.

It was after creating these works that Michelangelo was called to Rome to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which was the chief sacred space in the Vatican.

The ceiling is covered with epic frescoes depicting Bible stories; the most famous of the frescoes is the image of God creating Adam.

Michelangelo would continue painting and sculpting until his death in 1564.

Michelangelo teaches us to always do the best we can; we never know when we might be good enough to do something memorable.

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Carney Gillin

More than a game

Growing up the son of a football coach, I spent my childhood on the sideline of a practice field.

I witnessed young men turn the sport of football into a religion, studying film for hours, analyzing every play until they knew their opponent’s offense as well as their own.

A lot of these guys wouldn’t crack a book in school, but they would work tirelessly to ensure that they were ready for Friday night. When the guys would win, they would be on top of the world, and when they lost, they would be at rock bottom.

I looked up to the guys who played for my dad, and I shared the emotion of their wins and losses.

I will never forget seeing the guys cry at the season’s end. It was my least favorite thing to witness.

The guys I looked up to, my heroes, would break down after that last loss.

Sports bring out a passion in us that doesn’t exist in other aspects of our lives. We, as athletes, crave the feeling of a victory and loathe the feeling of a loss. We work tirelessly to better ourselves on the field.

I believe that passion stems from the indescribable feeling of happiness and success that comes with a big win.

The best moment of my life to date, the happiest I have ever been, was during a swim meet.

I want that feeling again, more than anything. It is what drives me to work out for four hours a day. It is the same reason that those guys on my dad’s team would study film and spend their summers in three-a-day practices.

It is difficult to put into words the passion that we feel as athletes.

Those who don’t play sports may never understand why a linebacker spends his nights in a film room or a center stays after practice to correct his free throw shot, but sports are more than just a game to us.

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Junior Seth Morin (top left), senior Chase Carlson-Walker (top right) and freshman Kevin Miller (bottom) check the board after the 400-freestyle relay in last Saturday’s meet.

Swimming strives for success with strength

By Jacob Rund

jacob.rund@franklincollege.edu

The swim team looks to build on its success from last year as competition starts up again.

With the addition of a strong freshman class, head coach Andrew Hendricks said he has high hopes for this season, both for the individual swimmers and for the teams as a whole.

“Our expectations are very high,” Hendricks said. “We’re practicing very hard right now.

We started off the season with high expectations across the entire pool for both genders.”

He said there isn’t one main goal for the team this season, but rather “goals for each and every point throughout the year.”

“We expect not only a better win-loss record throughout the year, but we track things, like personal times by swimmer, so each swimmer knows where they are supposed to be throughout the season,” Hendricks said.

With a roster free of seniors, the women’s team will rely on the leadership of the junior class this season, as well as the depth provided by a wealth of freshmen swimmers.

Junior Brenna Ghigliotto, who set the school’s 100-yard breaststroke record last weekend with a time of 1:09.87, said she is optimistic about this season.

“I expect a lot of positive things,” she said. “I think that we are working really hard, and we practice twice a day almost every day. Even with the first meet, we’ve seen so many improvements on the upperclassmen’s side, and all the freshmen are setting really high goals for themselves now, and it’s only October.”

Ghigliotto said she is excited about the number of swimmers on the team this season, which will add strength to the growing program.

“It’s a different kind of team now,” she said. “Before we only had 20

people on the guy’s and girl’s side.

We’ve doubled that, so it’s kind of cool still being able to call the team a family, but there’s 40 of us now.”

The men’s team looks for leadership from the three juniors: David McAfee, Carney Gillin and Seth Morin.

“The men’s team has huge goals for this year,” McAfee said. “We have had a strong recruiting class, and our returning swimmers are swimming faster at this point in the season than where we were last year.

Our team chemistry is what makes us a strong team to compete with.”

McAfee said he is confident in the current team, regardless of its size.

“This team is smaller than the teams I have been a part of in the past,” he said. “The overall talent of this team is stronger, and we take swimming to the next level of competitiveness.”

Both teams stand 3-0 on the season with two large-gap victories over Coe and one over Illinois College.

sports Four years of blood, sweat, tears for senior class

By Alex Engelbert

aengelbert@franklincollege.edu

The Grizzlies continue to rewrite history on a weekly basis, moving up to 11th in the latest D3football.com poll.

With many of the top ten teams playing each other this Saturday, it is quite possible that Franklin could move up a few more spots before the end of the conference season.

The Grizzlies continue their playoff quest this Saturday as they take on Defiance and celebrate the accomplishments of a special class of seniors.

Senior day is a great time to reflect on an extraordinary group of young men. And the crowning achievement of this year’s senior class is to, in all likelihood, go undefeated in conference play.

“This senior class has not known the feeling of a conference loss,” head coach Mike Leonard said. “They will be the first class in FC history to win four conference championships.”

It will prove to be an emotional week for the entire program. Saying goodbye to such a talented squad of young men will be especially difficult.

Saturday’s presentation will consist of a pregame ceremony with parents and loved ones recognizing the seniors’ acomplishments.

Leonard said it will be emotional for him.

“As I shake the hands of the guys, I get a little teary-eyed thinking about how quickly the time went by,” he said.

Senior day is most special for the players. It is an opportunity for them to pause together and remember all the battles fought, some won and some lost.

Senior quarterback Jonny West said he considers his senior day one to remember for him and his teammates.

“We’ve had a really good year,” he said. “As an offense, we’ve had great camaraderie and teammates.”

It’s not just the players that can claim a special occasion on Saturday.

Head athletic trainer Chris Shaff, who has been with the seniors since their freshmen year, said he is just as nostalgic as the players and coaches.

“It’s an emotional week, to remember the blood, sweat and tears these guys have shed for the love of the game,” he said. “It’s awesome to be a part of that.”

The seniors and their team take the field to battle it out for another conference game at 1:30 Saturday afternoon.

The Yellow Jackets hold a 3-3 conference record after coming off a close 4-point loss to Hanover last week.

Even though it will be senior day, the football team realizes, at least for the moment, that there is a lot of season left.

“We definitely expect to be playing in December,” West said. “So, we don’t feel the clock running out just yet.”

Scores Oct. 25 Women’s Swimming v. Coe: 171-64 Men’s Swimming v. Coe: 187-44 Oct. 26 Football v. Rose-Hulman: 64-14 Women’s Soccer v. Bluffton: 1-2 Men’s Soccer v. Bluffton: 0-1 (OT) Women’s Swimming v. Illinois College: 168-42 Men’s Swimming v. Illinois College: 173-48 Women’s Swimming v. Coe: 162-61 Men’s Swimming v. Coe: 179-33 Volleyball v. Mount St. Joseph: 0-3 Volleyball v. IU-Northwest: 3-0 Oct. 29 Women’s Soccer v. Hanover: 1-6 Oct. 30 Men’s Soccer v. Hanover: 2-3 Volleyball v. Rose-Hulman: 0-3

HCAC chance slips through volleyball team’s fingers

By Ben Brown

benjamin.brown@franklincollege.edu

Olivia Ober: The Franklin

Sophomore Paige Clark gets up for a hit during Wednesday night’s Dig Pink conference game against Rose-Hulman.

The women’s volleyball team dropped a conference game Wednesday night that may have sealed its conference fate. The loss puts the team at 14-14 overall and 2-6 in conference play.

“Tonight was do or die for the conference tournament,” junior Emily Young said. “Unfortunately, we will not be going, but we have two more matches left to play hard and win.”

The Grizzlies staying competitive with Rose-Hulman on Wednesday, but didn’t have enough and fell in three sets 25-23.

Head coach Mary Helak’s expectation going into the night was to get a win, as the match would have a high importance. Franklin and Rose-Hulman were tied for the final spot in the conference, with the winner of the night advancing to the tournament.

Although the Grizzlies fell short, Helak said she is still proud of them.

“The team worked hard and fought,” she said.

The team still has little tweaks to make, but nothing major, according to Helak.

Regardless of the outcome, Franklin didn’t stop its fight for a victory.

“Everyone played really hard tonight, and I could see the fight in everyone’s eyes during the entire match,” Young said. “It was a great example of the passion we have for winning. Although we didn’t come out with a win, I think everyone gave it everything they had.”

Sophomore Mackenzie Wieneke finished the night with 23 digs, followed by 19 digs from sophomore Paige Clark and nine from sophomore Kasey King.

Young led the team offensively with nine kills, while junior Jordan Finke and sophomore Theresa Brown added eight kills each.

The Grizzlies finish out the season on Saturday as they travel to Anderson to take on the Ravens and the Battling Bishops of Ohio Wesleyan.

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with his Nerf gun in the Humans vs. Zombies game.

2 Former student Lindsay Wenning and senior Katie Adams create buttons at an art club event on Oct. 10 at 66 Water St. Arts Café.

3 Junior Chandlar Anderson participates in an activity during Curly’s Quest, a philanthropy event

by Kappa Delta Rho, Wednesday afternoon in the Branigin Room. Anderson tried to get the cookie to her mouth without using her hands.

4 Senior Jose Gallardo and sophomore Adam Shaul carve a pumpkin Tuesday afternoon in the student center atrium for the Passion for Paws Pumpkin Carving Contest. The winner was revealed on Halloween.

For more on Humans vs. Zombies, Art Club, Curly’s Quest and Passion for Paws’ Pumpkin Carving Contest, go to TheFranklinNews.com.

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