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Chittister and Shriver share PAC stage ‘In Conversation’

By Nathan Turner News editor

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Junior Stephen Scaccia (7) takes a swing against California University of Pennsylvania on April 11. Mercyhurst won both games against CUP that weekend. For more about Mercyhurst baseball’s jump in ranking from No. 14 to No. 4, turn to the story on page 7.

Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, and Maria Shriver, former first lady of California, shared the stage of the D’Angelo Performing Arts Center as part of the Sister Joan Chittister Lecture Series.

The event, entitled “In Conversation,” discussed Chittister’s and Shriver’s respective careers, and their impact on issues facing women, such as Alzheimer’s disease and wage inequality. Chittister praised Shriver for her work in aiming to improve the situation of women facing these issues.

“She is an agent of social change,” said Chittister. “She’s done more than anyone to make a difference in the lives of struggling women.”

Shriver’s uncle, President John F. Kennedy, put together a commission to report on the status and well-being of women in America in 1960s, said Chit-

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Next year, Mercyhurst University Geology majors Cole Nypaver and Elliott Baker, along with Nicholas Lang, Ph.D., are embarking on a three-year project, funded by NASA, to produce a geological map of part of the surface of Venus.

The map will be created largely by studying radar data collected from NASA’s Magellan mission that took place in the early 1990s. The portion of Venus they are mapping is roughly the size of Australia. The quadrant they will be studying is called Mahuea Tholus, Maori for “goddess of fire.”

Most geographical features have special names and Venus’ are no different. All features on the second planet from the sun are named after women.

“Mahuea Tholus is also the name of a very unusual

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volcano that sits in the middle of the map area that has puzzled geologists since it was first observed,” Lang said.

The funding took several months to acquire and came from a new NASA program. The Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration and Tools program aims to fund projects that make available new data for the planetary science community.

“This is a long process that can take up to six months to complete, if not longer. So it requires a lot of patience,” Lang said.

The project has two beneficiaries: the scientific community and Mercyhurst students. The scientific community will gain a large amount of useful data for further research from this project.

“The creation of a geologic map is the first step undertaken by geologists when trying to constrain the history of a region—all geo-

logical studies begin with a geologic map,” Lang said.

The map will show the history of the region, along with geographic features such as volcanoes, water features and wind patterns left on the surface. “[A geological map] shows the distribution of different rock types and structures at the surface of a planet,” said Lang. “If we understand the processes that have shaped an area, then anything else we want to know about that area falls into place.”

When completed, the United States Geological Survey will publish the map and it will be accessible to the public.

Students are the second beneficiaries of the project.

Two undergraduate students will be picked each year for the next three years to work on the mapping.

“I see our job as faculty as to create opportunities for our students and to place them into positions where

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tister. The commission produced annual reports regarding the issue, but had not issued policies to change the statistics. “[Shriver] resolved to change the report numbers. She set out to affect change in the roles and lives of women, and she did,” Chittister said.

Shriver said that her family was always focused externally, which helped drive her to get involved in issues affecting the world.

“My mother would always ask, ‘What are you doing for the world today?’” said Shriver.

“They constantly pushed me, and I learned that you have to do what moves you. Ask those questions. Follow your gut, your intuition.”

The heart must precede everything one does, Chittister said. It helps to identify the defining moments of one’s life in order to find an area upon which to make an impact.

they can be successful with those opportunities and I believe that is something that will definitely happen here,” Lang said.

This provides incredible hands-on, real life experience. “It’s an incredible opportunity and I’m very very excited to have this chance,” Baker said.

In addition to the Mercyhurst team, Bradley Thomson, Ph.D., from Boston University will be working on the project.

“All of the planets in our solar system are unique, but why are they unique?” Lang asked.

Mercyhurst University faculty and students are hoping to find the answer to this and many other questions with this incredible opportunity.

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The offices of Preston Hall were darkened on Tuesday, April 14, due to an electrical fire in the basement of Old Main. The fire was caused by a short in a high voltage wire. Maintenance is estimating that it will take three days to restore power.

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Networks and preparation Shriver and Chittister help students post-grad (Continued from page 1)

By Nathan Turner News Editor

Expansive networking from teachers and former graduates, as well as early preparation for post-graduate opportunities is helping Mercyhurst students secure placements after graduation.

The post-graduate survey of the class of 2014 reveals that Early Childhood and Special Education has a placement of 79 percent for graduates respond as having a job or at graduate school.

Leanne Roberts, Ph.D., Chair of the Education Department, said that Mercyhurst’s reputation as a program which educates teachers well opens job opportunities for students. “The reputation gets them in the door, and the students get the job,” Roberts said.

The Early Childhood and Special Education program has students gaining experience through clinical hours in classrooms throughout their entire time at Mercyhurst, Roberts said.

“They start with observation as freshmen, and then get more involved as they go along. They can start teaching lessons to small groups, or teaching classes at the Carpe Diem Academy as sophomores. And junior year, if they’re focused on Special Education, they can begin clinical hours at the Barber Institute,” said Roberts.

J-Term of the students’ senior year, by which time they have completed over 200 clinical hours, students take a class called “Clinical I,” which puts them in a classroom all day and every day, said Roberts. After that, students take their Capstone Clinical in spring semester, where they are teaching every day. The capstone is split with students working for seven weeks in

Early Childhood Education and seven weeks in Special Education.

This experience prepares students for the process of applying for jobs, which can spread across the country.

“We tell them to go where the jobs are. And we have relationships with districts all over the country to help facilitate that. Sometimes we have representatives from school districts call and ask us to send them our best students,” Roberts said.

The department which had the second highest positive response rate was psychology. 59 percent of its graduates responded that they were either employed or in graduate school.

Rob Hoff, M.A., chair of the Psychology Department said that approximately 50 percent of Mercyhurst graduates from the Psychology department go on to graduate school, which is twice the national average.

Hoff said that one of the department’s methods of helping students prepare for life after graduation is that it offers a one credit course for sophomores, “Majoring in Psychology,” which informs students about potential career paths and options for continuing education, and helps them prepare to take the next step.

“A lot of students major in psychology without a clear sense of direction. And so what we need to do is make the goals more clear. And so we have this whole course which describes the options that are available to psych students, which go far beyond the traditional counseling, clinical, school options,” Hoff said.

The alumni of the department also come back to help inform students of their options for post-graduate life, and help them find out about internships and jobs, Hoff

said.

“They can tell current students what they’ve done with their psych degree, so they’re serving as role models.

They’re also serving as a social network because these are students who are usually very open to saying, if you want more information about this program or that program, what is school psychology all about, what is the program at Edinboro, or wherever it might be, we can give you all kinds of information about that,” Hoff said.

Intelligence Studies had the lowest percentage of positive responses with only 22 percent, but also had the largest number of graduates with 58 students graduating in 2014.

Even though the School of Intelligence Studies is expanding with new programs, James Breckenridge, Ph.D., Dean of the Tom Ridge School for Intelligence Studies and Information Science, said that he does not want the number of undergraduates per year to grow.

“We’re right-sized. We want to keep the same undergraduate size of about 60 to 70 each year,” said James Breckenridge, Ph.D. Keeping a consistent size of undergraduates allows for the professors to form close relationships with students over their time at Mercyhurst, said Breckenridge. Those relationships are essential in helping to bring in jobs and internships for current students, as well as a robust Career Services Department to help utilize the alumni network.

“We cut Career Services last year as a school, and that was a bad move. We need to boost Career Services in order to better reach out to our network of graduates,” Breckenridge said. @TheMerciad

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The above graph illustrates the number of positive responses from the postgraduate survey to the number of graduates from the individual majors.

MSG Report 4-13-15

By Melanie Todd Staff writer

“The Department of Health inspection is scheduled and if the Laker passes it will open Thursday,” said MSG President Nick Latta. “There will be a Grand Opening celebration next Thursday, including a dunk tank.”

“All the money raised will go to Relay for Life,” Advisor Sarah Allen said.

In regards to the issue brought up about lighting in the gym, Senator TJ Lockhart said, “Maintenance is not in charge of the rec center until June 1. They will be reviewing the athletic facilities over the summer.”

Sen. Dylan Radtke said that small changes have already made noticeable differences.

“They took off one of the light covers and it made a huge difference. There’s one spot that’s really bright,” Radtke said.

This weekend is Kids and Sibs weekend starting with Bingo on Friday at 6 p.m. and Inflatables, Dance Dance Revolution, and stuffed bunnies.

“You don’t have to have a sibling to participate in the festivities,” SAC Chair Michelle Farley said.

Spring Fest tickets will be available for distribution starting at Relay for Life.

“We distribute tickets, we don’t sell them because the event is free,” said Events

Coordinator Megan Lawrence. Thursday, April 30, is the first day to pick up guest tickets for non-students Official Spring Fest t-shirts will be available for sale as well. This year the shirts will be black with white glow in the dark ink.

MSG officially approved Mercyhurst’s Rugby Club start-up funds. The club will be receiving these funds and can begin operating.

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Chittister related one such moment which occurred when she was studying for her graduate degree at Penn State University, when she became involved with the peace movement in the Vietnam War. “I heard the beating of a drum outside my dorm room, and I saw rows of kids carrying candles. They were marching past, and saying something. It took me a bit to realize that they were reading the names of the war dead. They read them out loud for a week straight,” Chittister said.

The most poignant moment was when she learned that her 21-year-old cousin was killed in Vietnam one week before he was to be mustered out.

One of the issues frequently discussed throughout the event was caregiving, both the need for adults to care for aging and ill parents, but also the effects on the caregivers.

“We are becoming a caregiving nation,” said Shriver. “And yet those who take time to care for their sick parents can lose their jobs.”

Shriver said that she seeks to honor people who are doing work on the frontlines of humanity, such as parents and caregivers.

“We need to learn to honor the role of parenting,” said Shriver. “If you get your parenting right, that’s a game changer.”

The power of the individual came up in conversation

between Shriver and Chittister.

Chittister asked what the meaning of power was to Shriver.

“What is power? Because people get in this mindset of ‘I’m just a…’ and they are convinced they have no power,” Chittister said.

Shriver said that she believes power is invisible and unseen.

“Power is presence. Power is knowing who you are,” said Shriver. “Everyone has the power to be an architect of change. Women sometimes come up to me and say I should get involved with this issue or that issue, and I tell them, ‘why don’t you do something?’ They

‘We need to learn to honor the role of parenting. If you get your parenting right, that’s game changer.’

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seem shocked that I asked.”

Getting involved, however, Shriver and Chittister agreed, was not just saying something, but acting in a manner in accord with what you have said.

“People are talking about peace, and they’re pissed off. If you’re interested in peace, act that way,” Shriver said.

Near the end of the event, which had primarily been Chittister interviewing Shriver, Shriver turned the tables on Chittister and asked her about

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the meaning of power.

Chittister said that she had learned there are four types of power in relation to people.

“There’s power over, power with, power for, power given to someone,” said Chittister.

“I’ve tried to give power to those who wouldn’t have it otherwise.”

Chittister said that her efforts to help others have led her to question every instance of authoritarianism in her life, even instances of authoritarianism within the Catholic Church.

“You love what it’s capable of, and that makes it hard to criticize, but we have to criticize it to help it change,” Chittister said.

Shriver asked Chittister about her opinions on the current pontiff, Pope Francis, and said that she was hopeful for the women to experience more equality within the Church under his reign.

Chittister said that she was skeptical of Shriver’s assessment.

“You have to remember that he’s an Argentinian male.

But to give him credit, he has the capacity to convert when he digs into issues. If he digs into poverty, he’s going to find who’s scraping the bottom of the barrel. If he digs into militarism, he’ll see who’s dying defenseless. And if I get the chance to speak with him, I really want to help him see on this issue,” Chittister said. @TheMerciad

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Features

Culinary student cooks competition

By Jose Nufio Staff writer

Junior Hospitality major Timothy Gilbert won the second edition of Mercyhurst’s “Chopped,” a student cooking competition that simulates Food Network’s popular cooking show with the same name.

On Tuesday, April 7, Gilbert faced off against senior Hospitality major from Ontario, Ethan Sykes, in the cooking competition in front of an audience and three selected judges at the Center of Academic Engagement.

Gilbert was victorious on what was a close margin, by one point in a 90-point scale.

Tickets were $5 per person and included a pasta buffet.

All proceeds of the event went to the Autism Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania.

The competition worked just as seen in the TV show, with minor changes. There were two rounds, in which contestants prepared an appetizer and then an entrée. The appetizer round allowed 15 minutes for Sykes and Gilbert to prepare a dish, the entrée allowed them 20 minutes.

“For each round we got a basket of mystery ingredients we had to use,” said Gilbert.

“So the first round was using ‘Captain Crunch’ cereal, coconut milk, coffee and garbanzo beans that we had to use in our dish. It worked pretty much like the show where we had time constraints.”

Gilbert, who is a 25-yearold transfer student originally from Pittsburgh, Pa., said he was surprised to learn that he had won the competition.

He confessed to having never done anything like this before.

He is used to cooking while

having all his ingredients in place, but this time he had no idea what to expect.

“This was different, because I had to adapt and improvised to what was in the bucket [of mandatory ingredients],” said Gilbert. “I didn’t know what was it that I was going to be using. When I was at home trying to figure out what I was going to make, I was like, ‘you know I can’t really plan on anything, because it’s going to change no matter what I plan.’

So I went into it blind, with the techniques that I have learned over the years.”

After the event, Gilbert took home a trophy that stated “World’s Best Cook,” as well as the recognition that the event was held to benefit the Autism Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania.

“It went to a good cause,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert, who has been cooking for seven years, attended Penn State University right after he got out of high school.

He switched around different majors, not really knowing what to do. It was during his time there that he worked at a kitchen downtown and soon found out that he preferred going to work as a cook over going to his normal classes at the University.

“I took a little break from college and once I figured what was exactly what I wanted to do, I heard about Mercyhurst and about their program and how they have a really high placement percentage for the Hospitality program,” said Gilbert. “I enrolled here this year and it seems to be going really well for me.”

After he graduates, Gilbert hopes to find a job in the hotel industry. After having worked in the food and beverage industry for many years,

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Junior Timothy Gilbert puts together a dish at this year’s Mercyhurst edition of “Chopped.” The proceeds from the event went to the Autism Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania.

he knows that the hours for professional chefs in that field can be difficult to handle, especially if he wants a family in the future.

“I’d like to be a general manager of a hotel by the time I am 40. That’s my long term goal,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert said that he has seen “Chopped,” but prefers watching the show “CutThroat Kitchen.”

When asked about whether he plans on ever participating in one of these shows in the future, he wasn’t too sure about it.

“I don’t know if I want to. Too much for me, I am a pretty humble guy.”

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Ethan Sykes serves his culinary creation to judges at “Chopped.”

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Student Physics Society chapter opens at Mercyhurst

By Darcie Kuchcinski Contributing writer

This year, Mercyhurst has been getting Physical.

After re-introducing a Physics major at the beginning of this year, ending a 20-year absence of the major, the University now also officially houses a chapter of the Society of Physics Students, an organization of the American Institute of Physics.

The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association explicitly designed for students with over 700 chapters on college campuses.

It exists in order to “help students transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community,” as well as to assist students of physics in learning how to present “scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and outreach services to the campus and local communities,” according to the SPS website.

SPS also has Sigma Pi Sigma, the National Physics Honor Society, which elects members on the basis of outstanding academic achievement. Mercyhurst Society of Physics Students club will host its first installation cere-

mony Friday, April 24, where they will induct six members into the Sigma Pi Sigma.

Paul Ashcraft, a professor in the Physics department, is the adviser for the SPS chapter at Mercyhurst, and expressed his excitement to get students more involved in the wide range of subjects that the field of physics covers.

“Physics deals with not only the study of matter and energy, the cosmos and universe, but it also deals with the abstract: big things and small things,” Ashraft said.

The club, which consists of roughly 15 members, currently meets once a month.

Clubs team up for ‘Badminton For Brains’

Students use the meetings as a chance to perform experiments and socialize.

Minh Tran, a junior Physics and Mathematics major, is enthusiastic about the reemergence of interest in Physics at Mercyhurst. “[Physicists] have the ability to question the world’s mysteries by looking at very ordinary phenomena and to ingeniously create a system of thinking to answer those questions,” Tran said in an email to The Merciad. “To many people physics and mathematics are difficult subjects, preventing people from going further into the fields.

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The Mercyhurst Badminton Club teamed up with the Psychology Club on Sunday, April 12, for a badminton tournament to raise autism awareness. Over 30 students participated, with proceeds going to the Autism Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania.

This was the third annual “Badminton for Brains” tournament for the Psychology Club, organized by the club’s president, Hannah Rae. For the recently revitalized Badminton Club, this was the first partnership.

with even harder problems, for the same goal of gaining knowledge and understanding.”

The club hopes to elect officers soon and recruit more members. The club would also like to begin an outreach program where they will go into the community and demonstrate all of the fun things about physics to youngsters and other school age children, according to Ashcraft.

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Video Game Club set on pause after Union flood

By James Karasek

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However, I see that the greatest beauty worth striving for is the one that requires a lot of difficult tasks.”

Tran was inducted into SPS earlier this month and said he is glad to have the opportunity to work with other students who share a similar passion.

“Like many other fields, it is daunting to work alone, so one usually seeks for the community with the same purpose so one can have access to richer sources of help and opportunities,” said Tran.

“It is good to know that you are not alone and that there are many other people who are also struggling, perhaps

After the closing of the Carolyn Hermann Student Union, some Mercyhurst student club meetings came to a stand-still.

The Mercyhurst Video Game Club (VGC), which utilized the Student Union Great Room as their primary meeting space, has been one of the clubs adversely affected by the February pipe burst and has not been able to hold a club meeting this term.

The club, which has been active on campus since 2010, is run by its current president Barbara Kish, as well as club officers Shakiera Middleton and Taylor Penpek. The VGC‘s mission has been to include and bring together gamers of all backgrounds.

“Our mission is to unite people of various backgrounds through the common interest in video games,” Penpek said.

With at least 20 regular members attending the meetings, the lack of a meeting location has put a stop to the club sessions where members play a massive variety of games, including popular titles and the latest games. Some of the games include: Just Dance, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and Mortal Kombat.

Members are also free to bring their own games and systems.

“What I want future members to know is that the club is a great way to de-stress, make new friends, test their skills and have fun,” Penpek said.

Member Amanda Gunkle said the in her opinion, the main goal of the club has been to bring people together.

“I want new members to come and have fun, relax, get to know people,” said Gunkle.

“We might have nothing else in common other than we want to sit down and play video games, but sometimes that’s all it takes, finding that one thing in common… that one common thing can create friendships that could very well last a lifetime.”

With the reopening of the Student Union scheduled for this Thursday, the club will once again be able to meet, according to Gunkle.

New members are encouraged to check out the Mercyhurst Video Game Club’s Facebook page to find out the club’s upcoming schedule.

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Mercyhurst Magazine captures university life, heritage

By Emani Burton Staff writer

As the spring 2015 semester winds to a close, Mercyhurst’s Marketing and Public Relations Department is readying its biannual publication, the Mercyhurst Magazine.

The University has sent out the 30-page magazine since 1986. Scheduled to print soon after the new president of the University is announced, the magazine’s creators face a fast approaching deadline.

Sue Corbran, editor of the magazine, said that the publication is the result of extensive interdepartmental cooperation.

“It’s an ongoing process

that gets really intense in the last few months,” Corbran said.

Mercyhurst sends the magazine to approximately 23,000 readers each semester, most of whom are alumni. Other recipients of the magazine include parents of current students and “friends of the University” such as the head administrators of other Erie schools, including Gannon University and Penn State Erie, the Behrend Colle, are also Mercyhurst magazine recipients.

The publication focuses on updating alumni about progress made by peers and exciting changes for the University, according to Corbran.

“We’re trying to come up

with the right mix of stories,” Corbran said.

The magazine challenges Mercyhurst’s marketing and public relations team to maintain the right balance of nostalgia and new developments for readers. The publication’s most popular segment highlights updates and significant changes in the lives of alumni.

The magazine’s Class Notes section documents significant changes in the lives of alumni, including marriages, births and deaths. Alumni submit their stories through the alumni relations office.

Close connections with past graduates help make the Mercyhurst magazine a personal reflection of life as a Laker after graduation, Cor-

bran said.

This semester’s magazine features a statement from President Thomas Gamble, highlights the accomplishments of several highly successful alumni and will celebrate a lecture series presented by keynote speaker Sister Joan Chittister.

“We often include stories that highlight Mercyhurst’s Sisters of Mercy heritage,” Corbran said.

The spring 2015 issue will feature the mathematic contributions of a Sister of Mercy who doubles as a Mercyhurst alumni.

“Our stories are fun for older alumni who have fond memories of Mercyhurst, but are still interesting to younger

readers who may wonder about Mercyhurst’s past,” Corbran said.

The glossy pages of Mercyhurst’s magazine are not the result of in an in-house document center. A third party printing service prepares the magazine. However, the magazine’s distinctive imagery, design and photography are the work of Jeremy Hewitt, Mercyhurst’s resident graphic designer and class of 2007 alumni.

A member of the Mercyhurst marketing and public relations team, hired in August 2014, Hewitt said he is cautious about making changes to Mercyhurst’s iconic publication, but hopes future magazines will con-

tinue to grow under his influence as designer.

“I did a lot of research into past editions,” said Hewitt.

“I want to retain the spirit of Mercyhurst while giving the magazine a modern touch.”

“We want them to know about the great things that are happening here,” Corbran said.

Readers can receive bonus content from the Fall 2014 online at Mercyhurst.edu/ magazine

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LAKER MOMENT

By Maggie Urso Lakers were given a brief taste of warm weather this week.

As summer approaches, maintances wokers Bryan Prindle and John Dorman (far right), begin to lay the foundation for what will Mercyhurst’s flowers to brighten up the campus.

Students are also taking advantage of the nice weather, using the opportunity to run and get in shape.

Another sign of the spring will be SAC’s annual Kids N Sibs Carnival, which will be held at the REC this Saturday, April 18, at noon.

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Poet to perform for Lit Fest

By Naomi Greenstein Staff writer

The 13th annual Mercyhurst University Literary Festival continues with performance poet Sean Thomas Dougherty on Thursday, April 16, at 8 p.m.

Sean Thomas Dougherty was born in 1965 in New York City and was raised by an African-American father and a mother of Moldovan-Jewish descent. He dropped out of Central High School in Manchester, N.H., but was influenced by the working class sounds and sights of those formative years.

During the next several years, he worked at factories and warehouses, and even held a teaching role for a short period of time. He eventually returned to school and graduated from Syracuse University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Poetry.

During this time, he also discovered a love for performance poetry. Accord-

ing to “The Syracuse Herald American,” his team of Syracuse-area performance poets finished sixth out of 27 entrants at the 1995 National Poetry Slam Semifinals, and he individually finished eighth out of a pool of 127.

Dougherty taught at Cazenovia College, a small liberal arts school, while he worked to earn his Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric at Syracuse.

Before he could finish his dissertation, he moved to Erie, to take a lecturing position at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College.

Dougherty is the author or editor of 13 books of poetry or experimental mixed-genre literature, including “All I Ask for Is Longing: New and Selected Poems,” “Scything Grace,” “Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line” and “Except by Falling,” winner of the 2000 Pinyon Press Poetry Prize, awarded by Mesa State College in recognition of exemplary small press poetry.

Dougherty often writes of

‘Madama Butterfly’ to be shown in PAC

By Megan Pacileo

Arts and Entertainment editor

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Performance poet Sean Thomas Dougherty will perform on Thursday in the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center.

schoolyards, playgrounds, factory work and the harassment of urban minorities by police.

Not content to keep his writing based solely in his surroundings, he also includes historical context into the scenes of his poetry.

His presentation in Taylor Little Theatre is free and open to the public. For more information about the event or the literary festival, contact Kenneth Schiff, Ph.D., at kschiff@mercyhurst.edu.

The opera “Madama Butterfly” will be presented by the D’Angelo Department of Music.

Written by Puccini, the beloved work “Madama Butterfly” is one of the world’s most performed operas.

It tells the story of a geisha, Butterfly, whose unrequited love for an American naval officer ends in tragedy.

In 1904, a U.S. Naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house in Japan for himself and his wife, Butterfly, a Japanese girl he is marrying for convenience.

Three years later, Butterfly is still waiting for Pinkerton to return, as he left shortly after their wedding. The American Consul, Sharpless, comes to the house with a letter that he has received from Pinkerton saying he is coming back to Japan. Butterfly then reveals

she gave birth to Pinkerton’s son after he left.

Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton’s new American wife, Kate, who has agreed to raise the child.

Agreeing to give up her child, Butterfly says goodbye to her son and places a small American flag in his hands before going behind a screen and cutting her throat with her father’s hara-kiri knife.

The opera is popular, not only because of the beautiful music, but also because of its beautiful Japanese-inspired sets and exotic costumes.

The performance will take place in The Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 17, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 19, at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $15.50 for adults, $12.50 for students and seniors, $5 for children under the age of 12 and $5 for Mercyhurst students with their student ID.

‘Clothes for a Summer Hotel’ meets rave reviews

By Kevin Thomas Staff writer

The Mercyhurst Theater Department put on a rendition of Tennessee William’s “Clothes for a Summer Hotel” on Thursday, April 9, through Sunday, April 12, in the Taylor Little Theatre.

It told the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda during their stay at Hyland Hospital. The only catch: they, as well as the rest of

the hospital’s inhabitants, are dead, doomed in a type of purgatory for what seems all eternity. The show also examines the Fitzgeralds’ volatile marriage, problems stemming from Scott’s workaholic nature and Zelda feeling like his trophy wife.

The show had a fantastic cast and well-written dialogue, some of which was quite hilarious in a darkly comedic way. Zelda is a very interesting character and her dialogue is filled to the brim with dou-

ble-entendres and witty comebacks to Fitzgerald.

I had never seen a Tennessee Williams play before, so I had no idea what to expect walking into the show.

Thankfully, the darkly comedic dialogue and likable characters immediately engaged me and never let my attention slip from the stage.

The use of sound effects was also very well-done. Blustering wind, sounds of the beach and even a lively party were utilized, engaging the

viewer into the story. The use of bright red lights to indicate a serious or intense moment was clever, immediately focusing the attention to the character onstage. The red light usually happened when one character was about to make a monologue.

The costumes were also amazing, with everything looking like it was picked from the 1800s, not from a costume closet. The total dedication to detail was definitely noticed.

The Theater Department put

‘Tie It’ in Taylor Little

By Naomi Greenstein Staff writer

A film by Paul Festa, “Tie It Into My Hand,” will be shown in Taylor Little Theatre.

Entertaining and deeply insightful, “Tie It Into My Hand” is an unprecedented look at the life of an artist, told entirely through interviews with directors, filmmakers, artists and performers.

In “Tie It Into My Hand,” filmmaker Paul Festa takes a lesson on the Tchaikovsky

violin concerto with a series of established artists, none of whom are violinists, prompting fascinating discussions of the joys and challenges of life as an artist.

The film is about the relationship between mentor and student, the artist’s path, the music itself and about the essential conversation between the muses: between music and theater, music and dance, music and history and music and film.

Festa began violin studies at the age of two.

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Audiences filled the Taylor Little Theatre over the weekend to see the much anticipated “Clothes for a Summer Hotel.”

much effort into the production and it showed.

This show marks the final

production for the department this year.

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After three years at Juilliard, Paul returned to Yale and subsequently to his native city of San Francisco, where he became a technology-news reporter and freelance essayist and critic.

The filmmaker will be present for a discussion following the screening of the film.

It will be shown Friday night, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Taylor Little Theatre.

Tickets are $6 for adults, $5 for students and $1 for Mercyhurst students with their ID.

Movie ‘Black Sea’ playing in TLT

By Megan Pacileo

Arts and Entertainment editor

It is time to head back inside for another Sunday movie at the Taylor Little Theatre.

This week’s movie, “Black Sea,” follows the story of a modern-day mission to look for maritime treasure.

Robinson, played by Jude Law, is a veteran captain of under-sea salvage hears about a German U-boat that sank with a cargo of gold worth millions.

The crew of the expedition is 50 percent Russian and 50 percent British and almost immediately there are issues between the two groups. Due to the mounting pressures the crew has a falling out and in a fight a crew member is killed.

Then, the Russians take over half of the ship with the British in the other half.

The ship is badly damaged but, they discover they are

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Robinson learns that they have been set up and the man who funded the expedition is waiting to seize the gold as soon as the submarine surfaces. They decide to remain submerged to try to keep the gold and avoid arrest.

When the sub begins leaking, Robinson evacuates the crew and explains that he will follow using an emer-

gency lever. The men surface and they learn that there is no emergency lever and that Robinson sacrificed himself.

Minutes later, an evacuation suit appears containing some of the gold and a picture of Robinson’s family.

The film will be shown in Taylor Little Theatre on Sunday, April 19 at 2:00 p.m.

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Opinion

The views expressed in the opinion section of The Merciad do not necessarily reflect the views of Mercyhurst University, the staff of The Merciad Relay for Life successful or the Catholic Church. Responses on any subject are always welcomed and can be emailed to opinionmerciad@mercyhurst.edu.

Online housing contracts: step forward or backward?

By Cheyanne Crum Contributing writer

Mercyhurst, like most universities, is moving toward the technological age. With modernization comes reliance on technology.

One of these technological advances on our campus is electronic housing contracts instead of a hard copy that you physically sign. The question is whether this change necessary?

The newest debate considers whether or not online contracts benefit the student body.

According to Mercyhurst’s webpage, there are more than 3,000 students enrolled at the

university.

Printing enough contracts to support the student body would get very costly. It is also more environmentally friendly to use the online contracts.

From the perspective of the school, it would be more cost effective to have online contracts instead of hard copies.

Are the savings worth the glitches and crashes that could happen to the students along the way?

My first experience with filling out the online housing contract has been difficult.

On Friday, March 27, when the housing contracts came out, my group “leader” filled out the contract and something went wrong, leaving me attached to a contract that

does not exist.

Although the housing offices are very helpful, it is still scary to students that they might not get to pick where they want to live next year.

My situation was corrected, but had been a hassle to have fixed.

On this side of the spectrum, having a hard copy of the housing contract sounds like a better option for the school, since there are many things that could happen between hitting the submit button and the contract making it to the housing offices.

On the other end, students who have never had an issue with the online contracts will have a very different opinion.

It is extremely easy for college students to access electronics. When asked, one student said “it was very simple to do online with everyone doing their own parts individually instead of finding time to meet and fill it out together.”

In the end, it comes down to whether or not you are a “technology person.”

If you like having paper copies of important documents to save somewhere, the online forms will not be your friend, but if you are computer savvy, filling out the contracts will be a breeze.

Contributing writer

“Does it ever drive you crazy, just how fast the night changes?” Well, for One Direction fans across the world, it does.

One Direction was in the midst of their “On the Road Again” tour when after their show in Hong Kong on March 18, member Zayn Malik released a statement he was taking a break from the tour, but was planning on returning in two weeks.

Speculation of Malik’s reason came after rumors began to circulate that he was cheating on his current fiancé, Perrie Edwards. There were also rumors of the star having a drug habit.

On March 25, just a few days after his first announcement, Zayn Malik announced

his departure from the band.

The announcement was originally made on the One Direction Facebook page.

“My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined. But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band,” Malik said.

Although ‘Four’ was just supposed to be their latest album’s name, it is now the remaining number of the group.

As we move into these hard times, I am slowly beginning to see that sometimes you don’t get closure; you just have to simply move on.

Many people out there think that One Direction is just a group of skinny boys who make terrible music, and I respectfully have to disagree. They are a group of five amazing skinny boys who make music that I like. Now

one of them is gone, so what is next for One Direction?

What upsets fans most is how one of the band’s members could leave just by posing something to Facebook.

Since he has left, he has done one interview, and has not tweeted or spoke out to his fans. At this point, Zayn should drop his singing career for good and try act-ing because he’s doing a great job acting like nothing happened.

It feels weird referring to them as One Direction without Zayn, but fans hope they continue to do their best without him.

As of April 13, the band officially began writing songs for their first album without Zayn. I’m sure they will bless us with another set of songs, however without Zayn hitting his infamous high notes, I don’t see it being as successful as others.

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Online

Social media has become a powerful tool of marketing in recent years. More companies are joining social media platforms every day and are expanding their strategies to best reach their target audiences.

One of the things that surprise not only me, but many others, is the increasing amount of older adults that are joining social media sites.

Now, marketers can focus their media content not only for the millennial generation through social media, but also the baby-boomer generation, now that they have now joined social media.

This is good for companies because they can reach their audiences faster, easier and

have more channels to do so in an effort to increase their sales.

According to the Pew Research Center, “Social networking use among Internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled from 22 percent to 42 percent over the past year.”

These numbers will keep increasing as older adults join social networking sites. From the marketers point of view, this is beneficial because they are not only able to reach their audiences through social media, but are also receiving feedback from them about their products and services.

Older adults are not the only ones who are increasing the numbers of users on social networks, but also young professionals who are searching for jobs.

Young professionals are

joining social media sites like LinkedIn to search for jobs and contact potential employers, faster and easier As more young professionals are joining social networks, so are employers seeking employees. They create profiles and review profiles of potential professionals that would be good fits for the positions they have open.

Social media has opened numerous doors for people who join them. If you make appropriate use of it, you can get the best out of it.

With the new emergence of different social media sites, communication has evolved to a whole new level.

One of the social media sites that has attracted several young people is Snapchat.

People can send and receive photos and videos for up to 10 seconds and then they dis-

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The Laker will also be reopening on Thursday. MSG will be having a “reopening party.” Thursday, April 23, with tons of freebies.

The Bad...

Classes are filling up quickly as students are registering for classes. Several students have had sections close, seniors with registration priority.

The Ugly...

Even though fans are crushed, I think there is a message to be said behind his decision.

Everyone is put under stress in their life, and we complain about the workload we have rightfully so.

Zayn is 22 years old, and I don’t think any of us could imagine leaving home for three consecutive years to go out for stadium tours, let alone having tabloids try to paint you as someone you’re not.

Fame is not for everyone, and after almost five years, he realized it was too much.

I hope it sends out the message that your mental health and your own choices are more important than what others expect you to do.

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Social media has changed the concept of communication

By Marcela Delgado

The Student Union is opening this upcoming Thursday, April 16. The Campus Involvement Center, Multicultural Center, Campus Ministry and Service Learning will be operating from their offices in The Union.

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One Direction fans become upset after Malik’s leave

By Liz Montemorano

The Good...

appear.

The success of this social media application has resulted in companies joining it and posting “Stories” for their followers.

This has become a new way for marketers to engage their customers by allowing them to send them “snaps” and posting them on the company’s “story.” Even Mercyhurst has its own Snapchat and so far it has been a great success.

The evolution of social media sites and applications is promising with the evolution of technology. More people will join them and companies will benefit from the increasing numbers of users that are joining each day. Thanks to social media, communication between individuals and groups is now more effective. @TheMerciad

Facilities are not only flooding on campus, but they are also catching fire. This week a high voltage line shorted out, causing a small electrical fire in the boiler room at Preston Hall. Police and Safety shut the power off and extinguished the fire. Thankfully no major fire damage occurred.

The Weird...

Recently, people have been disposing of their trash in garbage cans located in between apartments instead of the dumpsters. This causes cans to overflow and prevents smaller trash from being thrown out. The weather is not bad; the trip to the dumpsters is no longer an excrutiating voyage. Throw your large trash bags in the dumpsters.

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Sports

Baseball ranks no. 4 in Division II poll

By Haleigh Giebel Staff writer

The Mercyhurst men’s baseball team is ranked no. 4 in the country according to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II poll.

The team moved from 14th to 4th between April 1 and April 14. The Lakers moved up in the poll after defeating four out of five teams this past week. They are now 28-2 overall and 18-2 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Western Division.

The Lakers look to continue this success into the postseason with the PSAC championship and the National Collegiate Athletics Association playoffs.

“The team is motivated by the opportunity to play in the postseason and play together as long as they can,” said Head Coach Joseph Spano. “This is a very tight group of people.

Not only are they great teammates, but great friends and that makes this team very special.”

With 31 upperclassmen,

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Junior Brenden Cox heads home during the game against California University of Pennsylvania. The no. 4-ranked Lakers moved 10 spots in two weeks in the National Collegiate Baseball Writer Association Division II poll.

the team has experience in the postseason. Last season, the team went to the NCAA Atlantic Regional Finals as well as the PSAC tournament.

“This team is a veteran team, the majority of our guys are juniors and seniors and they have experience now.

They have tasted the post-

season and they want to keep playing together,” said Spano.

“They know how to stay grounded, they know how to talk to each other, the matu-

rity, work ethic and leadership of our upperclassman is what the strength of the team is.”

Since starting this season, the Lakers outscored their

opponents 180-73. Having a balanced team is important in making this record.

“We build our teams around pitching and defense. For years, we have been among the best in the country in most pitching and defensive categories. This team has a blend of speed, power, plate discipline and timely clutch hitting,” Spano said.

The Lakers are coming off of a three-game winning streak. They split a doubleheader with California University of Pennsylvania away on April 10, and then swept them at home the next day.

“Starting this season I knew we were going to have a great team this year from our pitchers to our position players, so I feel that the sky is the limit for our team,” junior Hank Morrison said The Laker’s look to improve their record with a double header on Friday, April 17, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Mercyhurst against Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Rugby joins Mercyhurst clubs Baseball wins again at home

By Tory Kreysar

Contributing writer

Mercyhurst University accepted Rugby as a new club on March 23. Sophomores Kelly Peters and Mike Seifert created the Mercyhurst Rugby Football Club.

Peters initiated the idea and began the club approval process. Seifert recently joined the effort and is now vice-president.

Mercyhurst had a rugby club several years ago; however, it fell apart due to the lack of participation and involvement.

“I’m excited to start this. It’s something that has a lot of potential,” Peters said.

At the end of March, Peters visited all of the freshman dorms, and over 50 freshmen showed their interest. There will be open field days when anyone can show up and play.

Peters explained some of the major differences in rugby.

The end zone is called a try zone, the ball is passed backwards not forwards, there are 30 players on the field, and the play doesn’t end until a try is scored or the ball goes out of bounds.

The first games will be tag or flag, not tackle. After the club grows and students gain more experience, Peters said she hopes to get officially recognized under U.S. Rugby.

Peters said the next step is making the club a travel team so students can play games against other schools. Games for the first year or so will be 7-on-7 and co-ed. This will allow a more manageable grasp of the basics before advancing.

An open information meeting is taking place April 15 in Zurn 114 at 8 p.m. Peters and Seifert encourage anyone and everyone to stop by.

“We’ll just be going over the basics—ball handling, passing, the whole concept of rugby, stuff like that, said Peters. We aren’t tackling so hopefully that won’t scare people away.

The hardest part was convincing a faculty advisor; no one wanted to sign on to a violent sport.”

The faculty member who decided to tackle the challenge, pun intended, was Dr.

By Chris Merritt

Contributing writer

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Kelly Peters pushes through a tackle. Peters said the first few games will not involve tackling but will be tag or flag.

Benjamin Scharff, a new addition to the History department. He has no history with the sport.

“The biggest challenge was learning the ropes. This is a new club, with a new adviser, who is new to Mercyhurst,” said Scharff.

“It is nice to work with and get to know ambitious, engaged students such as those involved in club activities.”

Peters has been playing rugby for five years in Buffalo, N.Y., her hometown.

“I absolutely love it. You meet new people and make friends that you’ll have for life,” said Peters.

“It makes you stronger— not only physically but emotionally as well. You’re able to take a hit and keep going, on and off the field.”

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The no.

4-ranked Mercyhurst Baseball team swept California University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, 4-3 and 6-1.

The win against the Vulcans is the team’s 18th win in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.

“Anytime we can win a series in the PSAC boosts the team’s morale,” junior Hank Morrison said.

Saturday’s matchup against the Vulcans paired up junior Matt Jaskolka and junior Cam Knott as the starting pitchers for the sweep.

Jaskolka started in the first of the two games for the Lakers, giving up only three runs on five hits and struck out six batters. Jaskolka improved to 4-0 on the season.

Knott took the hill in the second game of the series, giving up only four hits and one unearned run. He struck out eight Vulcans, earning him his fifth win of the season and improving his record to 5-0.

Knott pitched five and one thirds inning before being relieved in the top of the sixth by freshman left handed pitcher, Matthew Minnick.

Minnick pitched the rest of the sixth, allowing no hits and one strike out.

“I had all my pitches working for me,” Knott said, “I was able to throw all of my pitches for strikes no matter the count.”

Junior Jake Hall came in to close in the top of the seventh, allowing two hits and no runs giving the Lakers the 6-1 victory.

The Lakers offense was also

a key component in the weekend sweep. Offensive leaders for game one include Morrison, Angel Martinez and Brendan Cox. Martinez and Morrison both contributed two hits and one run scored a piece while Cox contributed one hit and one run scored.

In game two, the offensive leaders were Martinez, Austin Alonge and Jake Marinelli.

The three players combined for six of the teams’ 11 hits and five of six runs scored.

“Our pitching and offense as a team has been working will with each other,” said Cox, “the combination of the two is what has led to our successful season.”

The baseball team has had one of the most successful seasons thus far since the start of the program. Many of the players contribute experience to the success of the team.

“We have great team chemistry,” said Knott. “We have a lot of depth at every position, and everyone on our team is self-motivated and will do whatever it takes to go where we want.”

The Lakers look to continue the success with a playoff mentality and high morale despite losing captain Ryan Siegel.

“The team morale has been great,” said Cox, “We took a big hit when we lost our senior captain to an injury, but we bounced back as a team, rallied together and continued winning.”

The baseball team will be back in action at home this Friday against Indiana University of Pennsylvania in a doubleheader with the first game starting at 1 p.m. @TheMerciad

Upcoming Games

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Mike Seifert is the vice-president for the rugby club.

Baseball faces Indiana University of Pennsylvania for a doubleheader Friday at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Softball will also go against Clarion University at home on Friday at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Softball goes against Edinboro University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday at 2:30 and 4:30.

Men’s lacrosse faces Aldersn Broaddus University on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

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April 15, 2015

Living

Taking on Dungarvan: Easter at the Vatican

By Emily Francis Staff writer

Easter is a holiday celebrated around the world and the Mercyhurst University students based in Dungarvan witnessed and experienced various types of religious celebrations across Europe.

While many students chose to stay in Dungarvan, attend the local Easter Sunday Mass and participate in small town celebrations, others traveled to Rome, Scotland, Switzerland and Northern Ireland. A group of three students who attended Easter Sunday Mass in the Vatican reported witnessing quite an event.

The Mass did not begin until 10:15 a.m. and the doors did not open until 7:30. The travelers woke up at 4 a.m. to begin the hour trek to St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican to secure their places in line by 6. As the rain poured outside the square, people walked through security and the crowd of over 20,000 people rushed to get the best seats to view Pope Francis.

“I was thrilled to get to experience the most important day of the Catholic calendar with Pope Francis in one of the most important

Beauty Talks:

By Marcela Delgado Opinion editor

Spring is here and with it comes sandals and flipflops. You want to make sure your feet and nails look clean and neat so you can wear summer shoes around campus.

The problem with some of the foot scrubs that are sold in convenience stores, pharmacies and supermarkets is that they contain harmful chemicals.

Most of the commercial products that are marketed for feet care are scrubs or creams that moisturize your skin. Very few care for the cuticle and most contain chemicals that not only harm your body but also are harmful to the environment.

This natural recipe will help in the care of your cuticles and will help to strengthen the nails for a clean and

locations for the religion, the Vatican City. Receiving communion changed the experience from the tourist rush in the rain to a life-changing Mass,” junior Rebecca Merwin said.

Throughout the threehour Mass, the girls reported that the only portion in English was the second reading. Sophomore Christina Eusanio said the foreign languages only added to the religious experience.

“For me, the best part followed the Sign of Peace offering. All members of the congregation of many nationalities turned to each other and wished each other a sign of peace,” Eusanio said.

Following the Mass, Christina, Becca and Shannon Gilmore stayed in the square for the blessing offered by Pope Francis every Sunday. As they stood, they reported that everyone chanted “Viva la Papa” and “Papa Francisco” as objects were blessed. For all three girls, as well as the other students taking the opportunity to experience different cultures, Easter was a time to experience a holiday that occurs every year in a whole new way and connect with people of the same religion from all over the world.

“The rain had just stopped and as the sun parted through the clouds I could see Pope Francis

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A view from the students’ seats in St. Peter’s Square.

above all of the umbrellas, which is a once-in-alife time event,” Shannon Gilmore said.

healthy foot.

This week’s recipe comes from EcoBeauty by Lauren Cox and it only takes a couple of ingredients to make: 2 tbsp coconut oil ½ grated cocoa butter To begin, combine ingredients in a microwave-safe container and heat on low until melted. After heating, let it cool completely and rub a small amount into cuticles. If used frequently, it will help strengthen nails, condition cuticles and increase circulation.

Don’t forget to visit Freshfaceforward.org to learn more about safer products and what to avoid. Also, find Fresh Face Forward on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest so you can get tips and recipes all year long. @freshfacefwd

Game Zone

By Maggy Urso

Staff Photographer

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