Issue 5 of The Current

@BarackObama We’re all in this together.

The Official Student Newspaper of Eckerd College

Vol. 4, Issue 5—Nov. 9, 2012

President Obama has a long-term economic plan to invest in education, small businesses, clean energy, infrastructure, and tax cuts for companies that bring jobs back to the U.S. - Under President Obama, we’ve seen 32 straight months of job growth, adding 5.4 million private sector jobs, including nearly 479,000 manufacturing jobs since 2010. - Cut taxes by $3,600 for the typical middle class family making $50,000 a year over his first term - find out how his plan impacts your taxes. - “All of the above” strategy to develop every available source of American made energy— including oil, gas, clean coal, wind, solar, biofuels, nuclear - and taking steps to protect our climate.

- Set a goal to cut tuition growth in half over the next decade with a plan to double campus based student aid and incentives for schools that are successful at keeping tuition growth down. - Responsibly ended the war in Iraq , is bringing our troops home from Afghanistan, and will use half the savings to reduce the deficit and the rest to engage in nation-building here at home. - 100 million Americans saw lifetime caps on coverage lifted, so that families have the security of knowing that their insurance will cover them when they need it most. - Believes a woman’s health care choices are personal decisions, best made with her doctor—without interference from politicians.

- Improved Medicare by adding free preventive care, closing the “doughnut hole” saving seniors an average of $600 last year, and extended the life of Medicare by 8 years by eliminating $716 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse. - Is lifting the shadow of deportation from young, hardworking immigrants who were brought here as children, and is committed to comprehensive immigration reform. - President Obama has a long-term economic plan to invest in education, small businesses, clean energy, infrastructure, and tax cuts for companies that bring jobs back to the U.S. - Under President Obama, we’ve seen 32 straight months of job growth, adding 5.4 million private sector jobs, including nearly 479,000 manufacturing jobs since 2010. - Cut taxes by $3,600 for the typical middle class family making $50,000 a year over his first term - find out how his plan impacts your taxes. - “All of the above” strategy to develop every available source of American made energy— including oil, gas, clean coal, wind, solar, biofuels, nuclear - and taking steps to protect our climate.

- Set a goal to cut tuition growth in half over the next decade with a plan to double campus based student aid and incentives for schools that are successful at keeping tuition growth down. - Responsibly ended the war in Iraq , is bringing our troops home from Afghanistan, and will use half the savings to reduce the deficit and the rest to engage in nation-building here at home. - 100 million Americans saw lifetime caps on coverage lifted, so that families have the security of knowing that their insurance will cover them when they need it most. - Believes a woman’s health care choices are personal decisions, best made with her doctor—without interference from politicians.

- Improved Medicare by adding free preventive care, closing the “doughnut hole” saving seniors an average of $600 last year, and extended the life of Medicare by 8 years by eliminating $716 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse. - Is lifting the shadow of deportation from young, hardworking immigrants who were brought here as children, and is committed to comprehensive immigration reform. - President Obama has a long-term economic plan to invest in education, small businesses, clean energy, infrastructure, and tax cuts for companies that bring jobs back to the U.S. - Under President Obama, we’ve seen 32 straight months of job growth, adding 5.4 million private sector jobs, including nearly 479,000 manufacturing jobs since 2010. - Cut taxes by $3,600 for the typical middle class family making $50,000 a year over his first term - find out how his plan impacts your taxes. - “All of the above” strategy to develop every available source of American made energy—

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News 2 - 8

Viewpoints 9-12

Entertainment 13 - 18

The Quickie 9-12

Sports 21- 24

The Current is a free, bi-weekly student newspaper produced at Eckerd College. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers.

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Nov. 9, 2012

LET’S BE BRIEF Local firefighter organizes supply drive for hometown victims of Hurricane Sandy

Florida Senator Bill Nelson threatens suit over early voting policy

Muvico plans new investment, policy changes for Baywalk 20 movie theater

As the northeastern coast of the U.S. recovers from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, St. Petersburg residents are taking steps to help out with the clean-up and reconstruction efforts. Bay News 9 reported that a group of St. Petersburg firefighters, led by firefighter Chris Spafford, are gathering supplies to send north to Spafford’s childhood church in New Jersey.

The charity work is especially important to Spafford, according to Bay News 9. “I actually grew up up there, [Hurricane Sandy] really hit close to home [for] me.” Bay News 9 reported that Spafford grew up in a part of New Jersey that was hit especially hard by Hurricane Sandy.

Bay News 9 also stressed where the supplies are going. Those affected by Sandy don’t need T-shirts and flip flops. They need cold-weather clothing. To that extent, Bay News 9 is reporting that major organizations such as FEMA and The Red Cross are recommending monetary donations, so that they can purchase the proper items.

Spafford wants to be personally involved because of the duty he feels to his town. “It just makes me feel like I’m doing something now that’s going to help my friends and family of the community I grew up in,” Spafford said to Bay News 9.

Florida Senator Bill Nelson is threatening to sue Gov. Rick Scott over a new law that Nelson claims restricts the chances that low-income and minority voters have to cast their votes. “The credibility of Florida’s election is at stake,” Nelson said.

Nelson told the Miami Herald that because of longer working hours they have difficulty finding the time to wait in the polling place lines before reading through and voting on the extensive ballot.

Senator Nelson is correct about the time. There were people who had to wait well over an hour to vote at the early voting locations as it is. Since the debacle of Florida’s 2000 presidential elections results, there had been two weeks of early voting before each statewide election.

Governor Scott passed a law to alter the time to one week: Oct. 27 to Nov. 3 in the case of 2012 elections. While Nelson disagrees with the current policy, the timing of his comments means that there wasn’t anything that could be done in this election cycle. He can, however, still speak up in hopes that his comments will prompt renewed discussion of the new early voting law.

I Love the Burg reported that Muvico, the owner of the Baywalk 20 movie theater, is investing a further $725,000 into upgrades at the movie theater. This brings the 2-year total investment by Muvico in Baywalk 20 to $2 million.

Muvico CEO Neil Bretan says that the new investment represents the company’s biggest investment in all of 2012.

When talking to I Love the Burg, Bretan cited his renewed confidence in the Baywalk location as the reason for Muvico’s investment. “Once the [Baywalk] center is chugging along, we expect to surpass the million mark.”

The investment includes new digital screens in the box office, more automated box offices, Wi-Fi access in the lobby and new Sony 4K digital movie projectors. The movie projectors are notable for the fact that their picture quality is four times better than the best HD TV available for private purchase.

Muvico is also implementing some policy changes at the Baywalk 20. First is the Muvistar Rewards Program, which Bretan describes as “the most generous, easy-tounderstand rewards program in the industry.” The second policy change is reserved seating.

Tampa Bay sets absentee voting records

St. Petersburg awarded for green efforts

“Legally Blonde: The Musical” at Eckerd

The Tampa Bay area saw record high voter turnout among absentee and early voters during the federal elections of Nov 6. According to the Tampa Bay Times, both Hillsborough and Pasco counties broke early voting records over early voting week that ran from Oct 27 until Nov 3. The broken records were set in the 2008 presidential election.

Pinellas County didn’t break its early voting record, but it did break its records for the number of absentee ballot requests and submissions. More than 300,000 people requested absentee ballots; that’s almost a third of the county’s total population.

Of those who requested absentee ballots, more than 210,000 have sent them back in as of Nov. 4. That number is also a new record and it beats out Tampa’s new record for absentee ballots by more than 60,000 votes.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded St. Petersburg the “Municipality of the Year” award and the “Outstanding Green Government” award for the city’s efforts to be environmentally friendly.

I Love the Burg learned that USGBC was influenced by the city’s commitment to constructing buildings that follow the guidelines of the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) standards. In addition to the awards won by the city, the Dunkin’ Donuts in downtown St. Pete won the Outstanding LEED for New Construction - Retail award.

Among the changes that earned St. Petersburg its awards were the increased walker and cyclist paths through downtown and the natural restorations done in areas such as Lake Maggiore and Clam Bayou.

This year, the celebration includes a student production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” The production also has CPS designation for those who need more CPS credits.

“Legally Blonde: The Musical” will be shown in Bininger Theatre from Nov. 8-18, Thursdays through Sundays. The curtain raises at 8p.m. for Thurs-Sat evenings and at 2p.m. on Sundays.

The cost of admission is $10 for the public, $5 for the Eckerd community and $1 for Eckerd students who bring a valid student ID. There will be free tickets given out at various Celebration of the Arts events Nov. 10 for the showing that evening. There is a maximum of three free tickets per person.

photo by Cait Duffy Paintings by Kirk Ke Wang on display in Cobb Gallery.

• Celebration of the Arts •

Eckerd College Creative Arts Collegium • Nov. 10 • Free Admission 10 a.m. - Noon

Gallery Talk: The Invisible Elephant Paintings and sculptures by Theo Wukcik and Kirk Ke Wang Cobb and Elliott Galleries

1:15 - 2:30 p.m.

2:45 - 4 p.m.

4:30 - 6 p.m.

8 p.m.

Alumnus Poetry and Fiction Eckerd Faculty “Legally Blonde: Organ Recital Reading Chamber Music The Musical”

By Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Thomas Hall ‘80, Organ Wireman Chapel

Jon Chopan Jay Baron Nicorvo ‘99 Roberts Music Center 104

Barbara Prescott David Irwin Brent Douglas Roberts Music Center 104

Directed by Gavin Hawk An Eckerd Student Production Bininger Theatre

photo by Cait Duffy Paintings by Kirk Ke Wang on display in Cobb Gallery.

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Nov. 9, 2012

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news From Alaska to Eckerd, new professor offers rare insight into American literary canon, works of Faulkner With witty humor and stick figure depictions, Daniel Spoth quickly becomes a staple of Eckerd

By Jeralyn Darling Managing Editor Assistant Professor of Literature Daniel Spoth joins a group of professors new to Eckerd this year. His quirky drawings, wild hand movements and frequent academic outbursts won his students over immediately.

Junior Josh Keeler, a student in Spoth’s Poetic Feuds Since Romanticism class, said, “Professor Spoth’s eccentric teaching style gives students of all learning types the ability to easily grasp the content of the courses he teaches.”

“I think Professor Spoth is definitely quirkier than most of the professors I’ve had,” said Sophomore Carly Youssouf. “You never know what he’s going to say or draw next, but I like that, it keeps things interesting. I also really like the material he picks. I have him for two classes this semester and… [he] exposes me to different styles of novels or poetry.”

His office, previously inhabited by Professor Jewel Spears Brooker, is still quite empty. A number of shelves are waiting to hold books and an old chalkboard is in need of a facelift, though that hasn’t stopped Spoth from drawing all over it already. A little owl pencil sharpener and a bowl of M&Ms greet anyone who walks in the door and he is planning on adding a couch.

Spoth is a self-proclaimed coffee fiend and has recently been listening to ambient music, instead of his usual upbeat banjo music, to calm his nerves before class.

He grew up in Palmer, Alaska in a log cabinesque house that his father, a carpenter, built himself. He describes his hometown as “the backend of nowhere.”

“There was nothing there except hillbillies,

hunters, survivalists and knuckle draggers,” Spoth said. Though living in such a place did have one positive–it spurred a lifelong passion for literature. “There’s so little to do in the [8 month long] winter,” Spoth said, “so you read books… There was no cable TV, no video games, no Internet.”

His off-topic stories are what make him a very approachable professor. Ask him about Alaska and he may tell you one about the musher who lived across the street and rode around in a gutted Volkswagen Bug just using the power of 12 sled dogs. Or maybe he’ll tell the story about Jay, his deaf, gun-toting Alaskan neighbor. Or perhaps you’ll get to hear the terribly romantic tale of the first time he met his wife–spoiler alert: he tried to sabotage her.

Since high school, Spoth has been challenging his mind with every book he could get his hands on, until he stumbled upon William Faulkner.

Through the way he speaks about Faulkner’s works, it is clear Faulkner is one of Spoth’s favorite writers. Spoth will even be teaching a class solely on Faulkner in the spring.

Spoth attended Reed College in Portland, Ore., for his undergraduate degree, marking the first time he had spent any length of time outside of Alaska. “I think I was probably overcompensating for my upbringing,” Spoth said of the liberal arts college. During his undergrad years he had a fascination with Russian culture and Southern literature, which followed him throughout his academic career. Another class he will be teaching in the spring is entitled Southern Literature and the Environment.

“The stereotype of American literature is that it has no history,” Spoth said. “But Southern literature is different. It engages with a distinctly American history. It’s like the conceit of excavating the past and getting to the present.”

By Ethan Packey Asst. News Editor

By Anna Klingenberg Contributing Writer

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photo by Alex Zielinski Professor Spoth in his office.

Recent bouts of vandalism show tripwires, dismantled goalposts

Triton’s Pub promotes warm campus atmosphere At Triton’s Pub, in the heart of Eckerd’s campus, Joann Flowe is more than a familiar face for students and faculty.

“Anyone want chicken fingers and fries?” she calls out at lunchtime to a growing line of students. “Come right up, baby.”

After eight years of work, five days a week, Flowe knows what it takes to run the Pub. Her day begins with a routine of setting up coffee machine, unlocking refrigerators, setting out fresh pastries and funding registers. Either Flowe or one of the morning staff will make the daily soup.

At 9 a.m., students trickle in, some hungry, some just to say hello to Flowe and the staff.

Flowe works the register and swipes each student’s ID until lunchtime when students bombard the Pub. This is when she works the line to help out her coworkers.

Jocelyn Vargas is a coworker of Flowes and a newly hired employee, who also has a parttime job at Publix. Vargas says

After seven years at Vanderbilt and a dissertation on the works of William Faulkner and Derek Walcott, Spoth found himself teaching at Hendrix College in Arkansas. His wife, Amanda, whom he met at Vanderbilt, still lives in Arkansas. She has been doing postgrad work on Cold War ideas of domesticity and environmentalism but will be joining her husband in St. Petersburg at the end of the school year.

Spoth is adjusting to the Florida weather and the Eckerd campus as a whole. “The students here are motivated, intelligent and passionate about talking about literature,” Spoth said. “I’m happy to be teaching what I love to teach and doing it amongst such fine folks.”

Sometimes his job is a challenge, but Spoth lives by Flannery O’Connor’s words: “to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures.”

photo by Alex Zielinski Joanne Flowe outside Triton’s Pub.

she likes to ask students about their day. “I like it over here because we’re more close and like a family,” she said.

Her favorite part about coming to work is the interaction with students every day. To Vargas and Flowe, the job is more than just serving food or swiping an ID. Students appear grateful. The Pub’s friendly atmosphere, some say, helps their day go by faster.

“The Pub employees are always friendly and like to chat, which makes them feel like a part of the campus and not just employees,” Junior Sarah Cannady said.

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Eckerd has seen a recent increase in vandalism and other harmful actions around campus. In a Nov. 4 email alert from Campus Safety, tripwires made of fishing line had been found strung up around campus. There were also several vandalism incidents involving Eckerd’s club rugby team equipment.

The fishing line tripwires were strung ankle and chest high, according to officials, and could have posed an extremely dangerous threat to pedestrians, bikers and longboarders. According to the email, Campus Safety inspected all of campus to find tripwires placed around Kappa, Iota, Roberts Music Center, and the Ransom Arts Center.

Despite the removal of these tripwires, Campus Safety stresses everyone should use caution.

Tripwires can cause serious injury and death.

As for the rugby facilities, the team’s goalposts were discovered to have fallen over during fall break, October 29-30. According to rugby club president Langdon Evans, “Over fall break, our uprights [goal posts] fell down and the cross bar of one set had broken off, its bolt sheared.”

Furthermore, Evans said “these events, in general, were associated with use and wind. The bolts had not, to our knowledge, been replaced

since the purchase of the uprights.”

Evans also indicated that the broken bolts had been replaced Oct. 31 and the fallen uprights were placed in approdown on the north and south sides of the fields.”

The vandalism then continued Nov. 2 when Evans was informed “at mid day that the uprights on the north side of the field, the side nearest to Kappa, were now in the water near Nu.” Langdon Evans also had some general comments about the vandalism. “Overall, the incident is just frustrating,” said Evans. “What struck me the most was that one person could not have done this, and most likely two would have also struggled to move the posts.”

Evans’ final comment was “Campus Safety will continue to look into it, but from a players perspective, this type of behavior is affecting not just me, but also the fans who enjoy watching the great sport of rugby.”

Director of Campus Safety Adam Colby had this to offer about the recent acts of vandalism. “Campus Safety and Student Affairs are working on creating a new initiative concerning the vandalism and the RespECt campaign. Once the details have been finalized, it will be released to the community.”

Vandalism witnesses may submit statements to Campus Safety or online at www.eckerd.edu/silentwitness.

INSIDE NEWS Writers in Paradise

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Spring Break announcements

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Importance of college rankings

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New pres. and your finances

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ECOS reflects on Sandy Resources available for students

By Rhemy Brezin ECOS President As students of Eckerd College, many of us have experienced either being evacuated for a hurricane or being under imminent threat of evacuation.

Luckily, Eckerd has not been severely damaged by a hurricane in our recent history. Unfortunately, the Northeast was not as lucky with Hurricane Sandy.

According to CNN, the current death toll is 111 people in the United States, 1 person in Canada and 67 people in the Caribbean.

Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. Oct. 29, hitting Atlantic City, N.J. The effects of the storm were multiplied by a full moon that produced higher tides and increased storm surge.

In the Breezey Point neighborhood of Queens, N.Y., more than 100 homes burned to the ground during the storm. By the time Sandy finished her attack, more than 8.5 million people were without power in 15 states; streets, homes and subways were underwater and flights around the world were cancelled.

Hurricane Sandy inflicted $20 billion in property damage and $10 billion to $30 billion in lost business earnings, according to Tech Media Network.

IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm, has calculated that Hurricane Sandy is one of the costliest natural disasters on record for the U.S. These numbers, of course, cannot begin to measure the toll in anguish, stress and heartache.

We at ECOS extend our sincerest condolences to those who have lost loved ones, homes, neighborhoods, businesses, pets and cherished childhood haunts to the devastating power of Hurricane Sandy.

If students would like to donate money to the relief effort they can visit www.redcross.org/donate.

Students who need assistance in coping with the impact of this disaster are encouraged to visit the Counseling Center in the Health Center or come to the ECOS office to plan a fundraising event. We hope that everyone recovers from Hurricane Sandy, and we will keep those affected in our thoughts.

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Nov. 9, 2012

Writers in Paradise makes its way to Eckerd

By Malena Carollo Asst. News Editor

workshopping and engagement with peers and professionals in your field,” according to the Eckerd website, “you will leave this unique opportunity with a new and better understanding of your craft and solid ideas about how to find an agent and get published.

The conference is open to both students and non-students, though both must pass a selective application process.

According to the conference’s website, traditional and PEL students selected will take the course for credit over Winter Term 2013, and are exempt from extra conference fees.

Enrolled students have an extensive reading list based on the novels being presented by participating authors .

There will be 19 featured authors, including Lehane and Watson.

Among those involved are several Eckerd alumni and professors.

Former Professor Peter Meike will be discussing his work “The Contracted World,” and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Tracy Crow will discuss her memoir “Eyes Right.”

Non-Eckerd professors include Andre Dubus III, Beth Ann

In just two months, writingminded snowbirds and Floridians alike will gather for eight days to participate in Eckerd’s annual conference.

Sponsored by the Creative Arts Collegium, the Eckerd College Writer’s Conference: Writers in Paradise 2013 will be held from Jan. 19-27.

Co-directing the conference will be Dennis Lehane, Eckerd alumnus and author of “Mystic River,” and Sterling Watson, novelist and former Eckerd professor.

Some of Lehane’s novels have beome international best sellers, including “Gone, Baby, Gone,” “Prayers for Rain,” “Shutter Island” and “Moonlight Mile.” Watson has also enjoyed success with his novels, including “The Calling” and “Deadly Sweet.”

Participants will be involved in workshops, roundtables, readings and panels, and will also have the opportunity to attend book signings and cocktail receptions.

“After eight days of

courtesy of Michael Specht Dennis Lehane (right) conducts Q & A with 2011 Keynote Speaker Richard Russo.

Fennelly, Tom Franklin, Ann Hood, Laura Lippman, Stewart O’Nan, Les Standiford, David Yoo, Ann Patchett, Daniel Woodrell, Karina Berg Johansson, Lori Roy and Johnny Temple.

During the day, various authors will instruct participants through various forums in an informal setting, followed by readings of their works in the evenings.

The series of events culminates in the final Evening Reading Series Event. At the evening reading, Lehane and Watson will announce “The Best of the 2013 Eckerd College Writers’ Conference.”

Winners are announced in the categories of narrative writing, nonfiction, Novel I, Novel II,

Novel III, Novel IV, short story and young adult writing.

Winners for the 2012 session include Kristen Davis for narrative writing, Kath Gillett for nonfiction, Gale Massey for Novel I, Russ Aborn for Novel II, Kent Bailey for Novel III, Tim Keenan for Novel IV, Kate LeSar for short story and Patricia Sweet for young adult writing.

For more information on the conference, authors, courses, events, registration and fees, visit writersinparadise.eckerd.edu.

The event also has a Facebook page at facebook. co m / p a g e s / E c ke r d - C o l l e g e Writers-Conference-Writers-inParadise/184870446239.

Personal, professional diplomacy both matter

Eckerd College recently welcomed diplomat and foreign service officer Dr. James Huskey and wife Joanne Huskey to campus for a lecture entitled “Surviving Double Jeopardy: From Tiananmen Square to Nairobi” as part of the College Program Series.

During his 30 years of diplomatic experience, Dr. Huskey has served in Africa, Asia and Europe.

“It was a small college like Eckerd that got me started,” said James. “There was one professor there who taught a course on the Far East that opened my eyes to the outside world.”

Four years later, Dr. Huskey was living in China speaking Chinese and immersing himself in the culture.

As a graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Huskey knows the advantages of a liberal arts education. He was also quick to praise Eckerd for its advanced study abroad programs.

“Eckerd College has been a leader in this for a long time, this idea of sending students abroad.”

Huskey stated the importance of

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Sunday, Jan. 20

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 21 9 a.m. - Noon

Tuesday, Jan. 22 9 a.m. - Noon

Wednesday, Jan. 23 No workshops

Thursday, Jan. 24 9 a.m. - Noon

Friday, Jan. 25 9 a.m. - Noon

Saturday, Jan. 26 9 a.m. - Noon

Eckerd conserves water

James Huskey explains global diplomacy

By Aaron Levy Asst. Entertainment Editor

Workshop Schedule

“globalizing oneself ” through different methods, but was quick to mention the importance of languages.

“When you go into a country and speak even moderate level of the local language, it creates a sense of trust,” he exclaimed. “Any student who goes abroad, whether you’re a tourist or a student studying cultures is also a US diplomat. You’re also representing the US and US values,” Dr. Huskey stated.

James was excited to explain to the audience the unique nature of his wife’s work. “Joanne is a dynamic person. She goes into the local cultures and has developed something called unofficial diplomacy.”

Joanne Huskey, an author and self proclaimed “unofficial diplomat” who recently released a book under courtesy of ECOS the same title, has accompanied her husband around the globe setting up Dr. James Huskey.

American schools and leading the way for other American citizens and an American school,” he stated, praising his wife. companies to globalize themselves.

The school helped companies like According to Mrs. Huskey, at least half, and probably Ford expand to India, where, for the somewhere closer to three families of the American employees, quarters, of all diplomacy is there was suddenly a school to send their children. unofficial.

Mrs. Huskey talked about the This includes tourists, students, business importance of unofficial diplomacy, representatives and other especially considering the global nature of today’s business world and how, more traveling Americans.

Joanne is known for than ever, multi-national companies having established are looking for those who have an an American school understanding of the culture in countries in Madras (now where they are expanding.

“If you want to compete in today’s Chennai), India after moving there global marketplace, you better get in 1993, something overseas,” she stated.

The lecture was an excellent that her husband says is opportunity for students interested “extremely important.”

As diplomat, part of in international relations, political Dr. Huskey’s job was to science and business to get an insider’s encourage U.S. perspective on the foreign issues that are commerce in seen in everyday news.

The couple’s firsthand account of trade abroad.

“You can’t do the 1998 terrorist bombing at the US anything if you Embassy in Nairobi captivated the courtesy of ECOS audience assembled in Fox Hall. don’t have

Minor changes in bathrooms promote hydrolic conservation

By Evan Bollier Sustainability Fellow Have you ever wondered how Eckerd College addresses potable water conservation? There are a variety of initiatives and projects that have been implemented on campus from the dorms, to the grounds, to the academic buildings to conserve our precious natural resource, fresh drinking water.

Did you know that 100 percent of Eckerd’s grounds are irrigated with reclaimed water? It all comes from the wastewater treatment plant next to campus. If the water isn’t used to irrigate lawns in St. Petersburg, it is drained into a well deep underground since it is not up to potable water standards.

Recently installed last year were the 1.5 gallon-perminute low flow showerheads. With finer needles of water at greater pressure, these have been a more amenable option to residents than the prior 2.5 gallon-per-minute models with less water pressure.

With this shift, the campus saves in the range of 3,500,000 gallons of water and 25,000 therms of natural gas per year. Recently renovated bathrooms in Seibert Humanities, Cobb, and Sheen A feature all low flow water fixtures.

Each flush with a high efficiency toilet consumes 1.28 gallons, compared to the standard 1.6 gallons. Each flush with a high efficiency urinal uses only .125 gallons, compared to the standard 1 gallon per flush. That means you can flush 8 times before a gallon of potable water is used!

The new bathrooms in the Center for Molecular and Life Sciences (CMLS) will feature both low flow toilets and waterless urinals. Waterless urinals use the natural force of gravity and a high efficiency filter to help reduce the smell and maintain a high standard of hygiene. The filter will have to be changed out three or four times a year, but smells will be kept to a minimum and Eckerd will save thousands of gallons of water.

The cooling tower in CMLS will use reclaimed water as a heat exchanger to cool off the circulated air. The heat transfer occurs in a heat exchange between air and water through the evaporation of a small part of the water that needs to be cooled.

Unlike conventional cooling towers, the one at CMLS will evaporate reclaimed water instead of potable water, saving millions of gallons of drinking water per year.

Although it is difficult to enact water conservation with an growing population of students on campus, Eckerd is trying to use our natural resources as efficiently and sustainably as possible.

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Nov. 9, 2012

News 5

Residence Life addresses miscommunications in West Lodge

New Residence Life ELS liaison will help integrate ELS students into Eckerd community

By Malena Carollo Asst. News Editor With the integration of ELS and Eckerd students under the roof of one dorm at West Lodge, kinks are still being ironed out of the new arrangement. A concern recently raised by Eckerd West Lodge residents is the perception of a difference in damage charges between the two groups.

“It truly is a misunderstanding,” Director of Continuing Education Cheryl Gold said, “because ELS students are held just as accountable as Eckerd students are, it’s just that administratively the way we go about it is different.”

In September, a complex meeting was held between Residence Life and West Lodge residents to discuss a SERV-PRO charge incurred by the complex for the removal of vomit. Several West Lodge residents voiced concerns after the meeting to West Lodge Senator Haven Allard.

“A lot of people after the meeting were uncomfortable,” Allard said, “because they felt like a lot of the situations where there were messes couldn’t be proven that they were West Lodge students from Eckerd or ELS students because no one had come up and confessed it was them.”

Their concern was that Eckerd students would be paying for damages caused by ELS. Part of this concern arises from confusion on how student accounts function.

Student accounts for Eckerd students and ELS students differ slightly in the way they are set up.

According to Assistant Director of IT and Manager of Admin Software Systems Frank Abney, the accounts for ELS are under a separate contract with Special Programs.

Each Eckerd student has an account that can be charged for damages to their dorm or complex.

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According to Director of Housing Justin Long, charges are made three times per year, once at the end of the semester and once after Winter Term.

The administrative route for charging ELS student accounts is different than Eckerd accounts.

If an ELS student is found at fault for a documented incident, they will have three to five days to come up with the payment under penalty of being removed from campus. This is because the average stay of an ELS student is three to four months, and student accounts are not set up for them as they are for four-year students.

“In the three years [I have worked with ELS],” Assistant Director of Conferences and Summer School Cookie Davis said, “we have had quite a few ELS students dismissed. Only one [was dismissed] this academic year.”

Most times, she said, the students will have insurance covering the charges; if not covered, the remaining sum will be charged to individual accounts by credit card.

Besides the different timeline, an additional administrative hoop is involved in relaying incident reports.

If an ELS student is involved in a documented incident resulting in a fine, Davis is notified by email once the report is processed by Campus Safety.

Like incidents involving Eckerd students, emails to gather information about the incident are sent out

by Assistant Director of Campus Safety Tonya Womack. Davis said she, Director of ELS Karen Gruggs or ELS International Student Advisor Nina Rotter will then make a personal visit to the student involved and work out payment.

The fines ELS students are subject to currently mirror those in the EC Book, and ELS students operate under the same EC Book rules as

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Eckerd students do.

Gold notes, however, that ELS students are exempt from community service sanctions because of language skills and duration of stay.

The new setup has caused minor communication problems between Special Programs and Residence Life.

While Gold and Davis rely on the official incident reports to alert them to charge ELS students for damages, they initially expected RAs to directly report to them.

“The RAs are more than welcome to come to my office and sit down and West Lodge complex. talk with me,” Davis said. “I had hoped it training” and live in Sigma or West would be that way, but it just hasn’t Lodge. worked out that way. They haven’t “The hope is that this position [come to me].” will enable the ELS students to feel Conversely, the RAs are encour- more a part of the broader student aged by Residence Life to report community,” Handorf said in an to their superiors before going to email. “They will focus exclusively Special Programs if an issue with an on ELS programming, community ELS student occurs. building, and policy enforcement.”

“We don’t go directly to [DaJunior Jonathan Jackson will be vis and Gold],” West Lodge RA the first to hold this title. He’s alAshleen Brydum said. “We go ready thinking through programthrough our bosses who then com- ming for this month. municate with those in charge of “I have to find an event to do,” ELS.” Jackson said. “I’m thinking like a To better integrate ELS students game night or something.” into campus life and improve relaAs of press time, Davis said she tions with ELS supervisors, a new has not heard of a SERV-PRO position called the Residence Life charge involving ELS students.

ELS Liaison was created by ResiFor a list of complex damages dence Life. and incurred charges, students can According to Associate Director visit http://my.eckerd.edu/damagof Residence Life Jamey Handorf, ereports for monthly updates on the liaison will “receive full RA damage reports.

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Complex Damage Totals for September Alpha

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Beta

$389.97

Delta

$666.16

Epsilon

$564.27

Gamma

$184.22

Iota

$789.46

Kappa

$2,431.55

Nu

$0

Omega

$372.24

Sigma

$0

W. Lodge

$378.30

Zeta

$1,302.30

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“Hands across the Sand” protests off-shore drilling Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Tomaselli thecurrent@eckerd.edu Managing Editor Jeralyn Darling

News Editor Cait Duffy currentnews@eckerd.edu Asst. News Editors Malena Carollo Ethan Packey Viewpoints Editor Carver Elliot Lee currentviews@eckerd.edu Asst. Viewpoints Editor Ely Grinfield Shannon Vize

Entertainment Editor Ian Lindsay currententertainment@eckerd.edu Asst. Entertainment Editor Hayden Johnson Aaron Levy Lizzy Brophy The Quickie Editors Aaron Levy Ryan Wheeler Dominick Cuppetilli Lizzy Brophy Health & Fitness Editor Alex Roberts Asst. Health & Fitness Editor Caroline Campbell Sports Editor Mike Geibel currentsports@eckerd.edu Asst. Sports Editors Colin Casey Will Creager Ryan Wheeler Dominick Cuppetilli

Graphic Design Editor Carver Elliot Lee InDesign Instructor Josh Keeler Photo Editor Alex Zielinski Web Editor Greg Reilly Asst. Web Editors Hailey Escobar Sabrina Lolo Web Master Vincent Lynch

Faculty Adviser Tracy Crow Director of Finances Kevin Boyd Director of PR/Advertising Devon Williams currentads@eckerd.edu Asst. Director of PR/Advertising Arielle Burger

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Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those of EC students, staff, faculty and administration.

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Charges that would be investigated under this policy include robberies, assaults, weapons charges or illicit drug manufacturing, such as methamphetamine. The Current will continue publishing a small police blotter for felony arrests, and misdemeanor charges against student goverment leaders, Residential Advisors and staff members of The Current. We learn of arrests through searching the police arrest database by entering Eckerd’s address, as well as from tips. Questions and comments can be emailed to thecurrent@eckerd.edu.

Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce sponsors annual event

By Doug Izzo Contributing Writer Eckerd College has made a name for itself as a liberal arts college that places great emphasis on environmental issues.

Aside from having a waterfront campus, students have founded numerous clubs dedicated to highlighting environmental issues.

But sometimes you need to move beyond the Eckerd Bubble.

We’re not the only ones who care about the environment.

The Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce promotes economic and environmental efficiency throughout the bay area and their main office located on St. Pete Beach.

Eckerd students are more than welcome to attend press conferences, voice their opinion at public forums and get involved in other ways.

Hands Across the Sand is just one way the Chamber promotes the importance of protecting beaches. According to Chamber President Robin Sollie, “Hands Across the Sand is a perfect way for students to get involved.”

Hands Across the Sand gathers people from all over the globe to come together and indicate their support for banning offshore

drilling.

People stand side by side holding hands, forming a human chain, to protect the beaches from oil drilling.

Every August students can participate in Hands Across the Sand along Pinellas beaches.

Sollie suggested that students could even show their support by linking hands along the coast of Eckerd’s campus during Hands Across the Sand, due to the rarity of attending a waterfront college.

The Chamber has photo by Jason Koertge been a strong advocate for local environment, Florida residents gather in Seaside, Fla. to participate in an earlier Hands Across the Sand event. too.

When asked whether or not our beaches against offshore oil “Our Chamber has been they believed the Chamber of drilling. involved with the oil drilling Not only can offshore drilling Commerce was environmentally controversy even before the BP friendly, students’ opinions be detrimental to our environment oil spill occurred,” Sollie said. but it can negatively affect local differed.

“We continue to hold anti-drilling “Yes,” Sophomore Ross Busch tourism and our economy. conferences and public forums said. “Chambers of Commerce can The Tampa Bay Beaches for people to voice their opinion. be environmentally friendly.”

Chamber of Commerce has nearly We also encourage people to call Standing alongside prominent 700 members. or write to their local and state legislative In September, the Tampa Bay officials, from legislatures.”

Congresswoman Kathy Castor Beaches Chamber of Commerce Students also have the to Congressman C.W. Bill won the 2012 Florida Chamber of opportunity to show support Young, the Tampa Bay Beaches the Year Award. for the environment at press Chamber of Commerce discusses President Sollie also won the conferences and meetings. the importance of protecting 2012 Professional of the Year Award.

Princeton Review survey to be distributed to students Princeton, other surveys impact college decisions, public image, value of student’s degree

By Elizabeth Tomaselli Editor-In-Chief The Princeton Review, the survey responsible for rankings such as “Best Campus Food,” “Most Beautiful Campus” and “Reefer Madness,” will be conducting its campus-wide survey this year.

Eckerd plans to send the survey to all students in an email sometime Nov. 10 - 12.

The opportunity to send the survey to the entire student body comes just once every three years, though students may request to take the survey at any time—just as long as each student responds only once per academic year.

The Princeton Review survey, in particular, asks more than 80 questions, most using a Likert scale—a five point range—from “excellent” to “awful.” Others ask open-ended questions and a select few of those student responses are directly quoted in the Princeton Review ranking reports.

According to the Princeton Review website, their ranking results are based on an average of 325 student responses per campus. However, this number is the average number of responses from all 377 schools in their survey, including large universities.

James Annarelli, dean of students, does not believe the Princeton Review’s average response number is applicable for Eckerd. “Our guess is that the response rate is very low.” According to Dean of admission and financial aid, John Sullivan, “It’s always been unclear to us as to how many students even do [the survey] here.”

The Princeton Review is just one of many surveys Annarelli and Sullivan say help form the public reputation of our school as well as a basis for the college to evaluate its own programs and policies. These

surveys help to paint a picture of our school, who we are and what we stand for.

Valerie Gliem, executive director of marketing and communications, notes that sometimes, particularly with the open-ended questions, survey response selection might not necessarily be arbitrary.

“What [survey companies] choose to pull out of something is usually the most scintillating or dramatic comment that’s made.”

For this reason, Gliem encourages students to be honest, yet thoughtful, in their responses, to strive to paint what they believe to be an accurate picture of the college.

However, Annarelli does note that in the past, student’s openended responses to questions of academic and campus life have been very positive. “The greater impact is more reputational,” he says.

Dean Sullivan agrees. “Princeton Review certainly is used by students and families as a way to narrow down their choices of schools,” he says.

Students are looking for ways to narrow down a potentially overwhelming list of possible colleges, and survey responses and rankings have a great role in that process.

As Sullivan said, “It’s great to be in the company of those 377 schools [in Princeton Review], that helps to put us in a smaller, more manageable group than the 3,500 post-secondary institutions students have to choose from.”

But Sullivan also acknowledges the fact that these lists have hurt the school in the past.

“We have families of really strong students that become concerned by the Princeton Review rankings,” says Sullivan.

“They don’t fully understand the nuances of these surveys, what

goes into the surveys, and that they really are not a truly scientific survey but they take that as the word, the truth, that that’s exactly what happens.”

College admission is not the only factor potentially affected by these surveys. Both Sullivan and Annarelli agree that such surveys have a role in the public’s view of the college, and in turn, Eckerd graduates.

“To some degree [some surveys] are presented in a format that is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, inviting a bit of a tongue-incheek response in some cases,” Annarelli says. “Despite this fact, these surveys are taken seriously by members of the public and have a bearing on the image and reputation of the college and the value of our degree.”

Sullivan notes that student surveys help to brand the college and can affect students later on.

“One of the things I worry about for our student’s sake is that perspective employers that know nothing about Eckerd pick up on [questionable rankings] and that’s all they know about the institution.”

“Eckerd is a very serious place for study,” says Annarelli, “we want to ensure that student’s degrees are recognized for the quality that they embody.”

The Princeton Review survey will be released shortly, but the college releases many other surveys with the potential for just as much impact.

Some are in-house surveys; others are from outside institutions including the National College Health Assessment and the National Survey of Student Engagement. Aside from the reputational impact, Annarelli says these surveys are also used for program improvement.

Other surveys used by Eckerd College The Freshman Survey Autumn Term

Your First College Year End of freshman year

National Survey of Student Engagement Every other spring

Senior Survey

Spring of senior year

Alumni Surveys Post-graduation

Some surveys are not even distributed by the college at all, but they still have an impact on the way the college is represented.

Jacqueline MacNeil, institutional research analyst at Eckerd, says that even websites like College Prowler and Ratemyprofessor. com can send a message about the school.

“What you write is actually being read,” says MacNeil.

When taking these surveys, Annarelli reminds students to take them seriously, but also to read the questions carefully.

A seemingly juvenile request, but he recalls one survey where the results indicated that a percentage of seniors had never participated in service learning—an impossible feat considering all seniors must complete QFM to graduate.

“We want students to think about their whole experience,” Sullivan says. “Think about all of the events and all of the opportunities for social interaction here.”

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Eneedo consolidates online shopping for ease of access

By Carly Youssouf Contributing Writer

Dear Lindsey, As a junior beginning my career search, I’m learning how important it is to network. Do you have any tips on networking, or any upcoming networking events where I could get started? I’m also concerned about presenting myself in the most professional way possible while networking, as I want to be taken seriously even though this is my first real job.

- Nu to Networking Dear Nu, Ever hear the old phrase “It’s not what you know, but who you know?” Believe it or not, it’s both what you know and who you know.

Creating a network of professional acquaintances can help you find unadvertised positions as well as help you build up your professional communication skills. The good news is, you already have a network.

Your friends, family, friends of family, professors, past co-workers and professional acquaintances are all members of your network.

In terms of networking, conferences and career fairs can also prove to be great networking opportunities. Getting to know people in the field(s) you are studying is a step in the right direction, and they may be able to refer you to other professionals working in the industry. These contacts may be able to offer a fresh perspective of what their career is like, which can be vital to your decision-making.

The positive benefits of networking are numerous, and can help pave the way to a new opportunity.

Once you have contacts, contact them. Communicate. Never drop communication or let messages go unanswered. If you exhibit enthusiasm appropriately, you just might be invited to that invitationonly seminar, hear about that new job opening in sales or be introduced to an internship in public relations.

Just make sure your professional networking is, well…professional.

Don’t network just for the sake of finding a job. Most, if not all, working professionals will see through your strategy and no one wants to feel used. Remember, you are networking to expand your understanding and knowledge of something that you’re hopefully interested in doing for a living.

Oh, and while I’m on the subject, should you meet your contact or befriend them on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, make sure what is posted on any of those pages portrays you in the best way possible. Remember, other professional contacts or coworkers may see who they are linked to, so keep all content and posts professional and private.

In terms of programs and events, we have a Holiday Networking Social and Workshop coming up Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. Be sure to RSVP with Career Services. Hope to see you there.

Have a question for Lindsey?

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“SNAG” it, gift giving just got easier Already stressing about what to get everyone for the holidays? Have no fear, Eneedo is (almost) here.

Eneedo is a new online service that enables users to collect what they want from any online retailer and share it with friends and family.

Instead of 20 individual wish lists from 20 different sites, Eneedo gives you one centralized virtual shopping cart. And, you’ll be able to sign up through Facebook, making it even easier to share your holiday wish list with friends and family, and theirs with you.

Eneedo is the brainchild of Adam Xavier, now president and CEO of the company. He created the idea back in 2008 when looking at a wedding registry.

“I found the idea of a retailer

holding a registry or wish list exclusively within their site did not seem to be convenient for searching purposes.”

That’s when the idea of a single wish list for everything intrigued him. “Why not have a ‘registry’ for birthdays, promotions [or] graduations,” he said, “and take that registry and share it. If I can see what my girlfriend or boyfriend likes, then buying gifts at Christmas time just got easier.”

Thus, Eneedo was born. Eneedo, by the way, is not an acronym for some horribly complicated name.

It is completely made up, based on the word need.

Choosing a nonsensical or imaginary product name made it easier to get approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). “It took me 8 hours to come up with {Eneedo},” Xavier said. “I have always had this ability to create something from nothing.”

Eneedo’s homepage.

This is not Xavier’s first crack at invention. In 2005, he and his twin brother Eric, 23 at the time, invented RoadLoK, an anti-theft device for motorcycles that secures immobilization.

This is now an internationally used system and is supported by major biker experts such as Paul Jr. on Discovery’s “American Chopper.”

Though the process of transforming an idea into an invention wasn’t new to Xavier, the procedures were no less laborious.

During the first two years, Xavier developed the concept alone.

He put together the initial platform flow outline (UIP), wrote the business plan and created a brand image.

“In 2011, I brought in a college friend and his long-time hometown friend as my COO and CFO, respectively,” Xavier said. His new “kick-ass” team took the idea to the market and helped him move into the next stage of finding programmers for both their web platforms and mobile applications.

“To take this type of an idea to market,” Xavier said, “it took learning and understanding what the target market is, if there is a true need or solved problem making it a feasible within courtesy of eneedo.com concept the industry and

ultimately building a useable beta site.”

The site is currently in its initial beta phase, known as “soft-launch beta.”

This is basically a prototype for the actual website. Programmers and industry experts are the main users.

They make sure the website is easily navigational and work out any other bugs or kinks. If all goes accordingly, Eneedo will soon go into the next stage, meaning the site will be ready for a full beta launch and open to new users on a first-come, first-serve basis until everything is running seamlessly. “{Eneedo} is designed to be easyto-use and intuitive,” he said. “The goal is to minimize clicks.”

This is a free site designed to reduce returns and re-gifting. Once the website is out of its beta phase, retailers will be implementing a “snag” button on each product page next to the “add to cart” button.

This will allow users to save the item for later. Once you “snag” an item and add it to Eneedo a “live” link is created between retailer and Eneedo.

This link will keep you updated on the latest prices, discounts and other updates made on that product.

Eckerd Sophomore Kaitlin Breda sees an advantage from using Eneedo.

“This website sounds much more convenient compared to other sites where you have to click on multiple links to get to the product you desire.”

Breda says she doesn’t need presents for Christmas, but she’d use Eneedo to keep track of her own wish list. “It’d be helpful to have the ‘snag’ button.”

ECOS Senate talks RespECt, Pizza with President and projects Recent acts of vandalism encourage senators to be more proactive in RespECt

By Cait Duffy News Editor The Eckerd College Organization of Students convened for its fifth meeting of the semester Nov. 4, to discuss plans for Pizza with the President, a possible project for the “Make it Happen” campaign and updates from complexes, including recent reports of vandalism.

Most complex and commuter senators were present; absent were Beta senator Alek Matthiessen, Delta senator Timothy Farrell and parliamentarian Greg Johnson.

The meeting began with Palmetto Productions Director Diana Rosado offering thanks for the financial aid given by ECOS for the annual Triton Tipoff. She was excited about the event’s high level of student attendance. “We had about 600-700 students come, which was awesome.”

Rosado announced upcoming Palmetto events, including the sale of tickets for the Cirque du Soleil at Tropicana Field Nov. 8 through Dec. 9.

Tickets will be available to students for $40.

Next, discussion turned to the current status of the RespECt campaign and the recurring issue of vandalism around campus. Vice President Eliza van Dissel and Zeta senator Mary Jane Harford explained the idea of creating flyers to place on broken items informing students of how much it costs each complex resident to replace or repair them.

Commuter senator Josh Annarelli and Omega senator Brenna Durkin both voiced concern about the unintentional nature of many instances of vandalism on campus. As Annarelli said, “When people are drunk, s- - - happens.”

West Lodge senator Haven Allard mentioned a recent act of vandalism at the complex. “Our sign now says ‘Wet Lodge,’” he said. “Somebody stole the ‘s’.” Kappa recently experienced a similar renaming. As Thomann described, “Kappa Oberg is now ‘Kappa Sober’.” On a lighter note, he mentioned that the Kappa Kitchen of Nov. 2 had been one of the most successful to date.

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Senate collectively agreed that the focus of RespECt needs to move toward prevention of vandalism through encouraging students to take pride in the campus. One possibility would be to send a campus-wide email of cumulative weekend damages to inform students of how much vandalism is costing each individual.

Sigma senator Ashley Sargo returned to the discussion of respect on campus with a mention of new plans for the EC Smoke Free campaign.

Coordinator of Health Promotion Megan Coy ordered 100 “pocket ashtrays.” The ashtrays are meant to encourage smokers to properly dispose of cigarettes when an ashtray is not available.

As Kappa senator Kyler Thomann said, “If [students] are going to smoke anyway, these will help keep butts off the ground.” Members of senate intend to hand out ashtrays to students they see smoking, as well as arrange a location on campus where students can pick one up for themselves.

Conversation turned to various goals senators had for improvements to campus. Durkin enthusiastically touted the issue of how few coin machines are located on campus. She mentioned having multiple students come to her with complaints. Harford agreed there is a problem.

Alpha senator Henry Ashworth mentioned his desire for improvements to the campus pool next semester to attract more students to use the facility. “I feel like it’s under utilized by students.”

Harford then motioned for approval of $325 from the total senate budget to order 250 stickers with the ECOS logo on them. The stickers, discussed in the previous meeting, are heat and waterproof and intended to label items purchased for complex common rooms

by ECOS. The motion was seconded by Gamma senator James Anderson, and was unanimously approved.

Other upcoming campus events were brought to the table, including a campus-wide dance,

hosted by the swing dance club, in Fox Hall Nov. 9; an open forum for students to discuss new longboard and bike regulations in the academic quad Nov. 16 from 2:30-4:30 p.m.; Pitchers with Professors Nov. 16, immediately following the open forum; and Pizza with the President Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Delta lounge.

Senators proceeded to propose topics for discussion at Pizza with the President, an event at which students have the chance to sit down with President Donald Eastman and converse about campus related topics.

Van Dissel proposed that senate and students discuss the new proposed general education models for the school, while Harford requested a discussion about the increased numbers of new students. Senators also voiced their desire to hear about long-term goals for the campus, such as campus plans for sustained environmental consciousness and reducing the school’s environmental impact, as well as the purported rumor that the Omega parking lot will, one day, become a new dorm.

Thomann and Nu senator Hank Broege both showed interest in long-term plans for protection of the Palm Hammocks as a nature reserve, as well as the continuance of the campus garden. As Thomann wondered, “What’s going to happen with the environmental areas on campus?”

Senate also discussed a possible concept for their major project of the year. Annarelli described an elevated deck that had once been attached to the corner of the Nu courtyard closest to the stairs that lead to the parking lot.

“It was almost like an octagon made of deck wood. It was pretty sick, I was a little kid but there were trees around it and one tree that went kind of through it, that they built around instead of cutting it down.”

The members of senate seemed excited to take on the concept as their “Make it Happen” project of the year, and hope to learn more about its feasibility in the near future.

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Nov. 9, 2012

Financial forecast for college grads under Obama

By Richard Meyers Columnist

President Obama’s reelection has potentially significant consequences for the average Eckerd student’s personal finances in the next few years.

Getting a job is the number one concern of most seniors, and while the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent for the nation, it is stuck at 8.6 percent here in St. Petersburg.

Things are even worse in Tampa where unemployment is still a vertigo inducing 9. 4 percent.

However, as a result of the college’s curriculum, Eckerd students can be prepared for the clean energy and international business sectors that are among the fastest growing in the U.S. For those who are still students and have jobs that pay the minimum wage, Obama’s goal of raising the minimum wage would not have much effect as Florida’s minimum wage is set to rise to $7.79 this January, a full 54 cents more per hour than the current federally mandated pay.

Something all college students are beginning to become familiar with is paying the myriad of taxes associated with employment. Obama is intent on implementing a change in the federal tax system designed to benefit the “middle class,” an example of which is the “Buffet Rule” which would attempt to make millionaires pay their fair share in taxes so that those in the middle class and the working poor can get greater tax relief.

Obama also wishes to balance the national budget, whether it be through ending our expensive wars or legislation like the self explanatory Bring Jobs Home Act. The massive national debt might seem like it does not affect students on a personal level, however, thinking that our nation can spend indefinitely without ever paying off its loans and their exponentially growing interest (which will be paid by our and potentially our children’s taxes) is the financial equivalent of sticking ones head in the sand to never see the sun set and therefore saying the day never ends.

For students across America, the Obama victory will be beneficial because the president has already doubled Pell Grants and has pledged to increase the maximum grant awarded to help keep up with rising tuition costs. The average student in the U.S. graduates with $26,000 in debt and 66 percent of American college graduates last year left school with some form of debt.

In 2011, Obama issued executive orders mandating that student loan payments not exceed 10 percent of income, which will allow students to fulfill their debt obligations without breaking the bank. Furthermore, the order arranges for the government to forgive loans after 20 years. It is well known that education is the key to success of a nation. Obama’s emphasis on making a college education a reality for more Americans is admirable and will pay dividends long into the future.

ABOVE: from the top, Sophomore Annaleise Davidson, Senior Katie Doyle, Junior Jeff Evanier in a homemade Mitt Romney mask, Senior Tyler Lane and Sophomore Loren Gluckman, exchange student Loïc Obertufer.

RIGHT: from the left, Sophomore Haley Ramirez, Senior Brianna Smith, Senior Veronika Slep, Sophomore Loren Gluckman, Sophomore Julia Wcislof, Senior Tyler Lane and Sophomore Michelle Sandrick.

ABOVE: from the top, Senior Gracie Van Huffel, Sophomore Steven Parker, Freshman Mary Kelley, Freshman Allison Devine and Sophomore Jordan King, Freshman Joseph McDaniel and Senior Camilo Agudelo photos by students currently enrolled in the Introduction to Journalism course

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#Amusing Musings For this special edition, these are reactions from Eckerd students posted on social media sites, Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on twitter: @TheECCurrent “Sheesh this is nerve-racking! USA USA USA”

Erik Robinson Freshman New York

Zoe McDermottAdler Freshman Maryland

Matt Rodahaver Senior Florida

“The experience was pretty awesome.

I voted for everything and voted based on how it matched up to my values. The amendments were confusing and worded vaguely.”

“Maryland is such a blue state already, they don’t need my help. Pinellas looks like it’s going for Obama and I felt my vote would mean more in Florida because it’s a swing state. When in doubt, go Democrat.”

“I felt I had a lot of responsibility and choices as a voter. I didn’t get scared until I got into the booth.”

- Arielle Burger

“Pure. Unfiltered. Anxiety. Swing state problems.”

- Samantha Hagar “I feel like no matter the outcome of this... nothing is going to be particularly good, #thebetteroftwoevils#politi cs#movingtocanada” - Dianne Strobel “Proud to hail from #battleground ohio.”

- Sydney Nagel “Free sticker!”

- Lexi Duscher

One sentence reactions: “I felt really excited when I saw Obama was leading in Florida, the state I voted in.”

- Sam Crea, junior

“I voted for Romney for president, but then again I voted a lot of senators who are Democratic. I just don’t like Obama.”

- Zack Illare, junior

“The division between our parties is ridiculous. We’re all a democracy.”

- Lindsey Collett, junior

“I believe in Obama for a lot of reasons.

One of the most important reasons I believe is because he has a big stance on supporting women and their rights, whereas Romney wants to cancel a lot of things for women. I don’t know how any woman is supporting him. I mean after the ‘binder full of women,’ that just excelled my support for Obama. That was just ridiculous. Under Mitt Romney I believe my uterus will become a ‘uterus’ instead of a ‘uter-me.’”

- Molly Michel, junior

“Since I am not American, I cannot vote, but if I could vote I would vote for Obama, because people have Romnesia, and you fix that with Obamacare.”

- Katie Benn, sophomore “I voted for Obama. I think he’s the one who’s gonna push our country forward. I think it’ll show the rest of the world that we’re ready to change.”

- Mary Kate McKenna, junior “The majority of Eckerd is definitely Democrat, but I think Romney is going to win the election by a hair.”

- Alex Salsky, sophomore “It’s so nerve wracking, the music on the news shows is very dramatic it’s bugging me out.”

- Maddy Wineland, senior “I feel my vote made a difference because Obama and Romney are neck to neck.

Every vote matters in this election.”

- Saige Liparulo, senior “Voting was actually easy, it wasn’t too hard. I thought there would be long lines but there weren’t.”

- Dory Bennett, freshman

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“I voted for Romney for Arizona on an absentee ballot. I made my choice because my parents own a small business.

I really didn’t care. I don’t like either of them but I knew my parents would be happy that I voted for him.”

- Melissa Pappas, sophomore “Romney needs more than four years to implement his plans.”

- Morgan Forni, sophomore “I could go on forever about why I voted for Obama, but I did so mainly because I care about my rights as a woman and a college student.”

- Flannery Fitzgerald, sophomore

quotes and photos courtesy of Introduction to Journalism class

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How Eckerd voted: 60% Obama

Freshmen: 0% - Obama 66.7% - Romney 33.3% - Other

Juniors:

76.9% - Obama 23.1% - Romney 0% - Other

31.7% Romney

1.7% Johnson 6.7% Other

Sophomores: Seniors: 60% - Obama 26.7% - Romney 13.3% - Other

56.5% - Obama 39.1% - Romney 4.3% - Other

* 60 students responded to poll

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First Times For the love of journalism

By Jeralyn Darling Managing Editor I have always had a love for writing, but I never knew I would love journalism this much. I chose Eckerd for the creative writing program and didn’t think twice about journalism for a number of reasons. My high school didn’t have a newspaper and my local newspaper was (and still is) pretty terrible as far as editing is concerned. Even if I had been interested, Eckerd didn’t have a journalism program when I got here. There weren’t even journalism classes until my freshman year.

My freshman year began a new era on this campus—an era of truth, ethics and the news. But I didn’t know it then. When I look back at The Triton and then look at the most recent issue of The Current, I wonder how we managed to make that much impact in so little time. I know it was entirely because of the staff ’s dedication and initiative Working as a writer and an editor also gave me the ability to meet people I may never have met while at Eckerd. I’ve met with President Eastman and Dean Annarelli on multiple occasions and when I walk across that stage in May and they shake my hand, I’m proud to say they’ll know me by name.

I’ve been in contact with many different offices on campus, including Campus Safety, the Office of Health Promotion, Service Learning, Counseling and Health Services and Career Resources. Getting to know all of these different parts of our campus, as well as meeting with the people who work there, has taught me more than any class could. And through the newspaper’s relationship with these offices, we’ve affected change that impacted the entire school.

I have learned the history of our school through features on men and women who have their name on buildings around campus.

I’ve learned the vast diversity of our students through stories on studying abroad and features on our athletes and my fellow classmates—including a feature I did on a friend of mine, Bilal Abdullah. Near the end of my interview I discovered his grandfather was a Nigerian king. It never would have come up in an everyday conversation because he was far too modest, but because of The Current, I learned Eckerd was housing royalty.

I’ve also learned how to work under pressure, how to incorporate ethics into a story, when to stick up for something I believe in and when to accept defeat.

The leadership I have learned from many of my stories will follow me into any career, be it my dream job of teaching, managing a company, even if my true calling is to be a mother—my experience these past four years will guide me through anything.

As I look at the staff this year, I’ve been given the incredible task of keeping an eye out for next year’s executive editors—the ones who will hopefully maintain and add to what we started just four short years ago.

They seem so young. Many of them are inexperienced, and some have never been tested in any ethical dilemma. The pressure of deciding whom to pass (for lack of anything better than a cliché) our baby down to is truly something surreal. I believe they can do it. If only because I would have never thought I could do it, but I did.

The newspaper has given me an opportunity few will ever know, at least at this stage in the game. I can take what I’ve learned about ethics, dealing with difficult situations, real life computer skills, writing techniques, design knowledge, leadership, teamwork and the people skills I’ve gained and integrate everything into just about any aspect of my future. I wouldn’t trade my experiences, the good or the bad, for anything in the world.

courtesy of Flickr/Bob from Caledon The tall-ship Bounty sails in Toronto’s Inner Harbour in 2010. The ship recently sank off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. where she was overcome by Hurricane

St. Petersburg ship sinks

Student reflects on tall-ship adventures

By Carver Lee Viewpoints & Graphic Editor

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ith the media comparing Hurricane Sandy to the “Perfect Storm,” the infamous 1991 disaster featured in the 2000 movie, it’s no surprise that the headlines have been dominated by breaking news updates about the sinking of tall-ship Bounty.

Bounty is a replica of the HMS Bounty, built in 1962 for the production of the movie Mutiny on the Bounty. Since then, Bounty has appeared in movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean, and has often called St. Petersburg home during the winter season.

Bounty was off the coast of North Carolina, headed toward the pier in downtown St. Petersburg when the ship’s owner lost contact and decided to call the Coast Guard. When the Coast Guard finally reached the floating Bounty on Sunday night, the seas were up to 18 feet and the wind was whipping at 40 mph.

The Coast Guard waited until morning’s light to begin the dangerous rescue; one swimmer jumped into the churning seas and assisted the Bounty crew out of the life rafts and into a wire basket, where they were hauled up to the helicopter one by one. 14 people were brought out of the water, but there were still two crew members missing: Claudene Christian and the ship’s captain, Robin Walbridge.

Christian was later found floating in a survival suit, unconscious. She was declared dead at the hospital. Captain Robin Walbridge is still missing.

Having worked on similar tall-ships before, I’m no stranger to the concept of sinking vessels and men lost at sea. I’ve never lost someone personally to the great ocean that I, and all other sailors, make a career on, but I’ve seen the hardened expressions as captains have recounted losses and close calls. I’ve heard distress calls come over the radio, but we’ve been too far away to do anything. I’ve even had my own close calls.

Within my first two months of ever being on a tall ship, I found myself a day off the coast of Trinidad aboard the SSV Harvey Gamage. It was some time between the hours of eight at night and four in the morning, (I can’t remember which watch rotation I was on at the time) when one of my classmates reported that the bilge in the forward compartment of the ship had more water in it

“All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.”

- John F. Kennedy

than usual, and that though she’d been pumping for a while, the water level was not going down. The captain was woken up, things were rearranged, and we eventually found a pulsating jet of water. A wooden plank on the side of the ship, below the waterline, had sprung loose and was allowing water to rhythmically surge into our floating world.

Things were discussed and the decision was finally made to make a 180-degree turn and head back toward Trinidad, where we could make the necessary repairs before getting underway again. The situation never got bad enough that abandoning ship was even considered, as we had plenty of options, but as a very new and young sailor, there was only one thing my brain was processing at the time: we are sinking.

There was no giant storm that triggered our leak; part of working on a wooden ship is knowing that things like this can happen.

There’s an obvious element of danger that you must be hyperaware of. What some people may see as a leisurely sunset sail, we see as 101 ways in which things and people could get hurt. What some people see as a small rainstorm, we see as reason to batten down the hatches and secure below decks for the worst weather imaginable. I’ve had lines, knots and certain actions drilled into me, I’ve gone through drills every night in my sleep for months on end, I’ve been berated for not repeating commands loud and fast enough; all to prepare me for when things do go as expected, to prepare me for the worst.

People may say these sorts of problems and predicaments are preventable, that someone should have done that and known this, that Bounty should have known better than to be underway anywhere near Sandy.

But it was all that preparing for the worst, all that training that seemed so redundant at the time, that lead not only to the fate

of Bounty, but also the survival of her crew The Bounty was a sea-worthy vessel, she’d remained strong throughout storms in the past, and knowing the schooner community, I dare say that the captain would not have continued sailing south if he thought his crew wasn’t capable of handling the worst To think that the complete sinking of the ship is evidence that the crew couldn’t handle the storm is a grave mistake. When the ship’s generator died and the pumps could no longer keep up, all of that training, all of that preparation for the worst, was for this moment; so they would know the exact right time to abandon ship and they would be able to survive.

It was only by circumstance, and by no means lack of preparation, that we lost the souls of Claudene Christian and still-missing Captain Walbridge.

I was scared to watch the rescue footage at first; I know that had things gone differently off the coast of Trinidad, had our captain made the decision to try and make it to the Dominican Republic before making repairs and then we had lost the ability to pump out our bilges, I would have been in a very similar situation.

Many people say that games of “what if ” are pointless, and you can’t spend your life worrying about maybes, but on tall ships, you have to be prepared for every possible “what if?”

When I finally worked up the courage to watch the rescue footage of the Bounty crew, I held my breath as I watched the survivors climb out of the orange life raft and into the 18 foot seas toward the rescue swimmer, knowing that one of them was my former co-worker.

It was in that breath-holding moment, when every atom in your body seems to contract in on itself, that I realized, tall ship sailors are a special breed; we are drawn to the ocean because we belong to it, we just spend our entire lives fighting its desire to devour us. To lose someone to the ocean is to see them return to where they truly belong.

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Viewpoints 11

Student shares Sandy experience Make votes, not war

By Carver Elliott Lee Viewpoints & Graphic Editor

At 5:30 p.m., everyone in the nation was on the edge of their seats, waiting for the results from the first exit polls.

Campaign volunteers were making desperate phone calls, encouraging people to cast their last minute votes, and Facebook was bursting with notifications as people posted political statuses and others commented back.

In these minutes, the beginning of the end to the 2012 election, I feel like I’m no longer witnessing a presidential election in a democratic country, but rather a technological civil war.

It’s not hard to make that thought. Romney is even pushing it forward, calling his headquarters in Boston the “war room.” A war is a battle between two or more nations, an election is one nation coming together to decide on its leader; these two are not the same.

How can you expect to build a better country when you are preparing to fight a war against those who don’t support you?

It’s not just the Romney side that’s guilty.

It’s anyone who’s been using social media as a forum for expressing his or her own opinion and attacking those of others. People who are friends, who typically get along, are getting caught up in series of comments and updates on Facebook; they are making fun of and being rude to people who they usually wouldn’t, just because they aren’t voting for the same candidate.

We may not be charging each other with bayonets, but we’re attacking each other nonetheless. The process of choosing a new leader for our country should be a celebratory, exciting thing that brings us together as a nation. Instead, this election is creating a great divide; between political partie, races, classes, religions and generations.

Groups are trying suppress the votes of minorities. After Obama shed a tear while speaking in Iowa, news groups and individuals attacked, calling him a fraud and challenging, “who only sheds tears from one eye?” CNN is calling it a “fight for the presidency,” and the “battle for congress.” Swing states are referred to as battleground states.

If these are just individual battles, then when will the war end? With the election of a president? Certainly not. Ballots are already being contested and taken to court. Hundreds of thousands of provisional ballots are sitting in boxes, waiting for conflict to call them into action.

At this point, the fate of our country rests not in the hands of whoever gets elected president, but in how the American people react.

Will we accept what our country chooses and move on in whatever way we need to, or will we blame anything and everything for the election not turning out the way we expected? Will we draw out the election, contesting every ballot in every swing state?

Either way, if we ride the high of election season and carry these fights and battles beyond the end of this week, carrying on the “war,” then I don’t think our country can be in for anything good in the future.

By Ely Grinfeld Asst. Viewpoints Editor “Unprecedented” and “Frankenstorm” are not good words for describing any natural disaster, but Hurricane Sandy was remarkable enough to capture the whole nation’s attention.

Living through a hurricane was something that never crossed my mind, especially being a New York City native. The privilege of living in a region where natural disasters typically don’t occur is something that ought not be ignored.

It seems that up until now, I took for granted the fact that my home, neighborhood and city was near indestructible. Even in the post-9/11 climate, New York City managed to bounce back on its feet within a few days. The damage done by Hurricane Sandy was nothing short of historic in that it put to sleep the city that never sleeps.

This past fall break made me acutely aware of the dangerous path our world is heading in, as winds exceeding 45 mph brought rain down on the entirety of the city.

Many New York City residents were in awe. Those who lived in zones designated for evacuation scrambled for their lives but a sizable portion stayed in their homes, refusing to leave behind everything they had to destruction. The damage was so intense that the majority of Queens and Brooklyn were quickly submerged. Those who remained inside became prisoners in their own homes, often without the appropriate amount of food or water to safely wait out the storm.

I could not fully describe the darkness that consumed the whole city. The subway systems quickly flooded and were rendered inoperable. Areas such as the Bronx and parts of Manhattan are able to survive flooding, but are incredibly susceptible to power loss. Some neighborhoods grew so dark that families stayed inside right after sunset (which is about 5:30 p.m.). With no lights, and a lack of police officers to handle the areas that weren’t flooded, the streets went into chaos. I can’t remember ever being truly afraid to go out in my neighborhood.

On Halloween, my boyfriend even told me that someone had broken into his car right in front of his apartment building simply because the neighborhood was so dark with no power. Con Edison, the supplier of electricity to the majority of the city, claimed that over 8 million NYC-ers lost power in some way.

Losing power was certainly not the worst of the damage. While the numbers are rather

vague and there are still outstanding reports from Staten Island and Long Island, police reports confirm at least 55 deaths resulting from Sandy’s damages. Many others were left homeless. The day after Sandy, I was greeted by this status update from an old friend who was affected by the storm, “My house is destroyed. There was more than 3 feet of water in my apartment when my landlord showed up this morning. Almost all of my things were ruined. F--- this hurricane. Thanks for leaving me homeless sandy.”

It is safe to say that as an NYC native in love with his city, NYC was far from prepared for dealing with natural disasters. More importantly, knowing that this hurricane hit once, it is certainly possible that it can happen again.

Hurricane Sandy was a historic moment for the whole world. Never have we seen a storm of that magnitude reach the Northeast and never has a storm

had such a wide scope of destruction.

The urban sector was not the only place that suffered, as the National Wildlife Refuge Association noted heavy damages to 40 refuges and the outer environments.

With the majority of New York City being at or slightly above sea level, the city and its citizens need to recognize and plan for the dangers of natural disasters.

Despite the conjecture, all I can do at this point is thank our government, firefighters, police officers, FEMA and the MTA employees of New York for the almost-saintly job they have done in cleaning up the cities.

Within 48 hours of Sandy, the completely flooded subway tunnels were cleared out, and

by Nov. 1, they were open to the public again.

Most importantly, the people of New York City have to be thanked for their sheer determination to live and to help one another.

Stereotypical bare feet struggle at Eckerd

By Shannon Vize Asst. Viewpoints Editor One of the first things that caught my attention on my tour of Eckerd College was the phrase, “No shoes, no shirt, no problem,” spoken by my tour guide. Finally, a school that embraced my desires of roaming campus and classes barefoot.

photo by Shannon Vize Shannon Vize loves to walk around campus with bare feet.

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photo by Ely Grinfeld The view from Grinfeld’s apartment in the Bronx, where the streets were empty after Hurricane Sandy.

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Now that I’m in my third year here, I’m not convinced that Eckerd is as barefoot friendly as it claims to be.

The main problem for those of us who prefer to go shoeless is the Zeta/Omega parking lot.

In my previous years, I would simply avoid this parking lot at all costs, but now that I live in Zeta I have to cross the painful concrete daily. No matter which lane of the parking lot you take, you are sure to step on loose pebbles, a crack in the concrete or random fragments of glass. All of which can be incredibly painful.

One idea to avoid the harsh pavement is to cut through the grass leading to Nu, but considering the dozens of red anthills your foot is bound to step in, I wouldn’t recommend it.

Even the crosswalk through the lot is preferable, but it is infested with ants as well, so it’s difficult to pass through without getting bitten.

There are several other pavement problems for the barefoot student population.

The random dirt roads or makeshift parking lots like the road next to Zeta, the gravel road leading to Galbraith or the additional parking lots by Kappa and Upham are embedded with sharp, painful rocks.

Finally, the mulch path leading to and from the library leaves me with a few splinters at a time or the discomfort of having a wood chip stuck to my foot for a few steps afterward.

Although there are a lot of deterrents from remaining barefoot on campus, Eckerd does

make an effort to make the ground a little more pleasant, albeit accidentally at times.

For instance, glass bottles of any kind are not allowed, which lowers the threat level.

The school also sprays for red ants, which helps for a day or so before they come back and re-infest the sprayed areas, but one to two gallons of insecticide must be sprayed on each mound to kill the entire colony.

The newer pavement outside Fox Hall is considered a wonderful treat for my feet after toughing it through the parking lot and wood chip path, but on a rainy day this path is incredibly dangerous. In shoes, the path is slippery, but barefoot this path is almost impossible to pass through without slipping or falling.

These problems may seem unique to those of us who choose to go shoeless, but if Eckerd follows through with possible plans of becoming a pedestrian only campus, then the Zeta/Omega/Nu parking lot, the mulch sidewalks, and the red ant infestation will be an even bigger problem.

Most people would propose a common solution to my problem: start wearing shoes.

But I have my entire life to be forced into uncomfortable shoes.

I would like Eckerd to live up to its student-adapted barefoot motto. As the number of us shoeless dwindle, I wonder how long it will take before Eckerd no longer has barefoot students wandering around campus.

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Does sexy conflict with feminism?

By Hailey Escobar Staff Writer

photo by Kelly Coston The view from the top of Castilla de Santa Barbra, a castle in Alicante.

Studying abroad provides valuable experience

By Kelly Coston Contributing Writer Having been born and raised in Clearwater, “going away” to college only meant a 30-minute drive from my house to Eckerd. This semester, I am a seven-hour plane ride away in a foreign country. Even after getting accepted and completing the process to study abroad, there was still some doubt that I would be able to live so far away for four months.

I have never been more wrong.

Now, here I am in Alicante, Spain, a beach city on the Mediterranean, already trying to come up with ways to stay another semester. You will literally have to drag me by my hands and feet to get me to leave this place. Amazing food, bright blue water, an old Spanish castle on top of a mountain overlooking the beach and wine being cheaper than water are just a few things I love about this city.

Senior Amanda Ferrer is also studying abroad in Alicante this semester. “I’m from New York so when I went to Eckerd

I thought it was a nice change of scenery, but this is paradise,” she said. “I will most definitely live here again at one point in my life.”

Though it has several physical similarities to Florida, like the climate, palm trees and beaches, there are many cultural differences that took some getting used to. The biggest thing was the language. Unlike Spain’s bigger cities like Barcelona or Madrid, most of the locals know little to no English. Needless to say, at first being submerged in the language felt more like drowning. It definitely made me wish I paid more attention in Spanish class in high school.

Luckily, the first two weeks here everyone in the program had to take an intensive Spanish class that lasted four hours a day. Having Spanish class daily, on top of having to interact with people everywhere I go, has helped my Spanish come along even better than I expected.

Another thing that took some adjusting to were the meal times.

Breakfast is at the normal time, but

photo by Kelly Coston The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona that Coston visited while studying abroad in Spain.

lunch is usually eaten around 2 p.m., and dinner closer to 10 p.m. I live in the dorms on campus so my eating schedule is a little more flexible than those who are living in a home stay. The food is much healthier in Spain than it is back at home.

There is much less fried food, and no soda machines. Everything is canned or bottled, even water. People eat a lot of paella (a traditional Spanish rice meal), salads and meat.

After lunch, almost all of the stores and shops close down for Siesta, a time where Spaniards go home to rest before going back to work. I thought I would be taking full advantage of siesta, but I only have a couple of times.

Because the meals are later, so is everything else. Stores are open later than at home, and people go out much later than they do in the states. It is completely normal and to go out for drinks and tapas around midnight, and then move to a bar or club and stay until 7 a.m. The early morning buses are entertaining to say the least. It is not unusual to see a group of girls in dresses and heals on their way home from a club, sitting next to a guy with a suit and a briefcase on his way to work.

As far as the actual “studying” part of my study abroad trip, my classes are less rigorous than I am used to, which is good for students who plan on doing a lot of traveling. Though I am taking college courses, the program realizes you are not only there to take classes. It is about getting the most out of being abroad and living the culture of the country you are in, without having to spend weekends with your head buried in books.

“I think that college is the best time to explore the world,” said Senior Maddy Anderson, who is also in Alicante this semester. “Going abroad is a learning experience that will change my whole perspective on life forever.”

Though I am only about half way through this semester, I have already experienced so much more than I even thought possible. I have traveled around Spain, to Ireland and will be in Italy and Germany in a few weeks. If you have the chance to go abroad, don’t even think twice. Just do it.

It is an amazing opportunity that can’t be understood until you do it.

Sometimes, being a feminist in the hyper-sexualized culture that we have today can feel like a game of tug o’ war. On one side, you have the objectification of women that has become so popular in commercial marketing and entertainment.

On the other side, sexual freedom is a part of who you are and deserves to be recognized. The line between is a thin one, and it can be confusing for many, including myself.

My personal confusion began a few weeks ago while at Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream. As I was watching their show “Fiends,” I found myself suddenly wondering what it would be like to be one of the “naughty” nurses who perform in the show, despite the fact that I also viewed it as such a sexualized role. It had me wondering how I could find a balance between being true to myself and still sticking to my beliefs.

The Women’s Empowerment Center recently showed a documentary called “A Wink and a Smile: The Art of Burlesque.” The film followed a group of women taking a burlesque 101 class and learning about the history of the art. I was amazed to see the wide range of women in the class, from weight to age. There was even a mother in her 50s. The women in the film expressed how they were nervous and unsure, but how they also felt freedom in their sexuality and wanted to express their desires openly. My interest was piqued.

Senior Rebecca Cassidy and Juniors Lily Ellis and Taylor Greene are all student leaders of the Women’s Empowerment Society. Ellis made it clear that looks and sexuality aren’t important and don’t make you who you are. “What’s important is that I’m confident, I’m intelligent, you know,” she said. “I have

all of these other things going for me. If I want to be sexual, I’m going to be sexual. Yes, it’s fun, but that’s not the point. According to Ellis, “It’s not defining yourself by being sexual, but defining yourself to be whatever you want because it’s not that important how you look.”

Greene agreed, but cautioned about the decision to be promiscuous. “I would do what you think is right for yourself, but you need to keep your safety as number one and realize that if you are going to be promiscuous with multiple people then you need to be tested more often. You need to understand the objectification that could arise from other people and what they might think of you.”

It was Cassidy’s statement, however, that really put things into perspective for me. “I think that nowadays there is a cultural war surrounding women’s bodies. You have hyper-sexualization on one end, and then this intense pressure in terms of being pure and this intense focus on virginity.” Cassidy said she doesn’t believe we have to be on either end of the specturm.

“There’s a healthy middle where you can say this is my body and I enjoy it and it has sexual aspects to it, but not every aspect is sexual and just enjoy it for what it is.”

I realized that being sexy or attractive wasn’t everything. It most certainly didn’t define me. It was simply a piece of who I am that I had been trying to repress. This is something we all need to realize and embrace. This constant battle with sexuality in our culture has done nothing but damage the self-esteems of women and made many of us feel that we can’t be successful without being sexy.

As Cassidy expressed, we need to start appreciating what we are and not worry so much about the game of tug o’ war.

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ENTERTAINMENT Kendrick Lamar’s instant classic creates new sound in hip-hop

By Aaron Levy Asst. Entertainment Editor With an underground buzz loud enough, almost, to be recognized in the mainstream, West Coast rap artist Kendrick Lamar is being hailed as hip-hop’s next big thing.

After several critically acclaimed mixtape releases, Lamar recently released his first majorlabel offering, and it’s already making waves. Chris Athing, a third-year Eckerd student from Long Island, praises the work. “I think it is by far the best album of the year and maybe even the best rap album of the decade.”

Maybe that’s because in an increasingly electronic, dancefloordriven music industry, Lamar is bringing substance back to hip-hop, and giving his listeners goose bumps in the process.

Lamar’s debut album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City” (“GKMC”) is a musical homage to days when rappers painted pictures with their rhymes and an album wasn’t just a patchwork of 12 singles. Under the album title, the header reads, “A Short Film By: Kendrick Lamar” because it’s really a narrative told through music—a conceptual album where the same characters and themes keep popping up.

“Sherane,” is an introduction to the girl who is the subject of the entire work. The story begins with Kendrick arriving at Sherane’s house with his mind on one thing, only to find himself under intense scrutiny by two older boys in black hoodies. They question

ments with friends to give his album direction. “I got a pack of blacks and a beat CD, get your freestyle ready,” speaks an anonymous voice before launching into “Backstreet Freestyle” and then “The Art of Peer Pressure,” two songs that, ingeniously sequenced together, feel like an album on their own.

A day spent smoking his first blunt and freestyle rapping while driving turns darker as Lamar narrates a night riding around with friends drinking, almost catching his first offense robbing a house and other activities that he believes he wouldn’t do if it not for his friends. Lamar is at his best when rapping on minimalistic beats that give him a chance to story tell and unravel details lyrically. So far, the production could not be any more custom tailored to promtotional photo Lamar’s style.

Superstar producer and his intentions and neighborhood, among taste-maker Pharrell Williams, in a recent other things.

Momentarily stepping away from the sto- interview with Complex Magazine, stated, ry, “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe,” is an Andre “Kendrick is the black Bob Dylan. He’s the 3000-influenced daydream about needing to most phenomenal MC around and his album be alone, even when love is shared between will completely change the direction of hip two people. A far cry from Chris Brown’s hop.”

Pharrell, who produced a portion of the style of sing-songy rap, Lamar’s sound is mealbum, says that Kendrick “approached his lodic, yet intentionally unrefined and rough.

“GKMC” is flowing but deliberately seg- album the same way Adele and Frank Ocean mented. Using interludes and skits as glue, did. Those kinds of artists only care about Lamar relies on recorded phone conversasee KENDRICK, page 16 tions with his parents and reenacted mo-

New “Mythbusters” stage show delights fans of Discovery series

By Kara Brown Contributing Writer The explosive pair Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, better known as the hosts of the TV show “Mythbusters,” kept up their onscreen antics onstage at the UCF Arena.

Hyneman and Savage’s new stage show Mythbusters: Behind the Myths Tour recently made a stop at The University of Central Florida. The two hour show featured experiments, behind the scenes footage from the TV series and audience participation.

The audience was an eclectic group ranging from children to seniors. The anticipation built even before Hyneman and Savage walked out to thunderous applause and a giant cloud of machine-generated smoke.

“Mythbusters” is a show based on testing urban legends and myths.

Freshman Chelsea Duca is a fan of the show and said her dad got her hooked on the show with the first duct tape themed episode. “My favorite part of ‘Mythbusters’ is when they are able to prove a myth is plausible.”

Hyneman and Savage got their start working together when they built Blendo, a combat robot for the show “Robot Wars.” It was

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built and designed by Hyneman; Savage did the electric wiring.

Blendo had blades attached to it that sometimes caused pieces of the other robot or the entire thing to be thrown over the safety shields and into the audience. The robot was present as they discussed the beginnings of “Mythbusters” with the audience.

Savage and Hyneman each did a separate Q&A session. During Savage’s Q&A, he announced that Food Network and “Good Eats” star Alton Brown will be making an appearance on the show, presumably this season.

Brown’s TV show “Good Eats” explores the science and technique behind cooking which would make him a natural fit for “Mythbusters.”

True to form, there was a montage of Savage hurting himself, which included the famous “Am I missing an eyebrow” scene. This scene comes from the episode, “Cell Phone Destruction,” and contains the myth ‘Can a cell phone ignite a fire while fueling your car?’ While doing small scale tests, Savage had to create static electricity by rubbing some cloth in a tube. This spark ignited the gas vapor that was contained in a Plexiglas box, and the resulting flames singed Savage’s eyebrow

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and hair; as fate would have it Savage had a date the next day.

It wouldn’t be Mythbusters without explosions and they didn’t disappoint despite the fact that there was no C4 involved.

They not only had a montage of all the explosions from the show so far but remastered the sound of one for an audience reaction.

University of Central FLorida Sophomore Sam Rios said that the most enjoyable part of the show for him was, “watching them suit up a 16 year old in a suit of armor, and proceed to pepper him with paintballs fired from a large machine gun.”

Savage, who loves dressing up in costumes, bought the suit of armor for shark myths they were testing. Rios also added that the show was “Absolutely fantastic, and even technical glitches were handled artfully!”

While no myths were actually busted during the show, it felt like you were being let in on the

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secret of how they conceptualize an episode from beginning to end. The show also made stops at The University of South Florida in Tampa and The Times Union Moran Theater in Jacksonville. As Savage said, “The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.”As you write your next lab report, science majors, keep in mind that you are only one step from screwing around.

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Beta residents rally jam sessions

By Dom Cuppetilli Quickie Editor If you are well traveled around the Eckerd scene, you may have come across the Beta sessions—musical jam sessions outside Beta Complex.

Led by the musical duo of Ian Anderson and Andrew Rose, the idea, they said, was to gather a good group of people who enjoy each other’s company. Some play guitar.

Some beat on a drum. Others make music with anything they can find. Add a few students who sing and freestyle, and you have yourself a jam session, Beta style.

At the core of the Beta sessions is Sophomore Ian Anderson, a Chicago native and environmental studies major with self-proclaimed minors in surfing and stupidity. Anderson is the main guitar player of the sessions and contributes many vocal melodies as well. “The sessions are a way of constant expression, body and soul,” Anderson said.

Anderson’s guitar playing started about eight years ago, after 11 years of asking, his parents finally gave in. Anderson turned out to be a complete natural. “I immediately got it,” he said.

Anderson appears blessed with a musically gifted mind, and can hear anything just about once and play it perfectly. “I hear individual notes when I hear chords play,” he said.

The Beta guitarist’s biggest influences are Derek Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band and Lettuce. When he isn’t playing with his band back home, the 9-piece jam-funk band called The Fancy Boys, Anderson blesses everyone here at Eckerd with his talents. “Not to sound like a stereotypical hippie, but it’s about energy,” he said.

It’s about the group sharing the energy that comes from the music. When it comes to his playing guitar and vocals, Anderson says it is mostly improvisation.

If Ian Anderson is the cake of the Beta jam sessions, Andrew Rose is the icing - and no cake is complete without iicing. Rose is a sophomore from Smithfield, R.I., who has a serious knack for words.

Although he has been writing lyrics since he was 10, Rose just started freestyle rapping at the start of his freshman year here at Eckerd. “It was pretty interesting,” Rose claimed. He looks to people who have a good flow and good things to say for his inspiration.

When it comes to his freestyling, Rose said, “I take it word by word based on the way Ian is playing.” Not only can he string words together seamlessly he also speaks some real truth that’s getting attention. He explains that his favorite part of the sessions is “just jamming.”

With Rose able to use words in the way he does, people have no problem experiencing what he shares as he expresses himself with his vocabulary. “It’s a good feeling to have people feel what you are feeling.”

Frequent participants in these jam sessions are Paul Amsel and Scott Wiskman.

These sophomores have been here since it all started, and spoke highly of the times spent outside Beta. “It’s a good place for everyone to come together,” Wiskman said.

Amsel agreed. “It’s a good social environment... It’s pretty impressive… [Anderson and Rose] are really good artists on their own, but when they are together they have a connection. Separate they are cool, but together there is more energy.”

Newcomer to the sessions is Freshman Erik Robinson. Robinson explains that the first time he took a seat to listen to the music, it was euphoric. “[Anderson] is like August Rush, some kind of prodigy,” Robinson said. “[Anderson and Rose] play off of each other so well.”

When the jam sessions get going at night, students come out of their rooms and spend quality time with each other. “Whenever Ian or anyone is jamming, it just brings a laid back vibe to Beta,” Amsel said.

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ABOVE: St. Petersburg native Mindy Abair played on Friday night of the festival.

RIGHT: The headlining act of the festival, “The Avett Brothers,” play the last day of the festival.

Clearwater gets jazzy during annual festival

By Caroline Campbell Asst. Health and Fitness Editor

ABOVE: Mindy Abair played again on the fourth day of the festival with young teenagers that are a part of Clearwater Jazz Holiday Youth Band. In their on-stage warm up, Abair mentored and encouraged the students. She was just as excited to be playing with them as they were with her.

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At 5 p.m. Carol Stein opened the show on piano and vocals with an accompanying band. Her effervescent spirit warmed up the entire Coachman Park as cool inner coastal breezes swept across the growing crowd.

Maia Sharp took the stage next, on acoustic guitar with Linda Taylor on both electric guitar and backup vocals. Sharp has written songs recorded by the likes of Cher and The Dixie Chicks.

The headliner of the night was Bonnie Raitt, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member. She is famous for songs like “Something to Talk About,” which she played opening night.

Just before Bonnie Raitt played, Clearwater Jazz Holiday stuck with their focus on education and had volunteers placed throughout the audience to collect donations as the president of the foundation spoke about the purpose and goals of the program. Partnering with Clearwater Jazz Holiday, several staffers from The Current were there to assist with donation collection. The donations will go towards Jazz education in local schools, scholarships for students and some of it will be donated to The Current in exchange for help.

St. Petersburg native Mindy Abair headlined on Friday night, and then returned Sunday afternoon to play with the Clearwater Jazz Holiday Youth Band. The importance of playing with someone so successful that came from the same background was evident as the youth band smiled and rocked on stage, with several students standing up and playing solos next to Abair.

The festival ended with a show from The Avett Brothers, which featured songs from their new album “The Carpenter.”

By the end of the show, volunteers, festival attendees and CJH employees had all become one and everyone was able to revel in the success of the festival.

ABOVE: The lead singer and bassist from Down to the Bone got funky during their set on Friday, the second night of the festival.

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Nov. 9, 2012 strument, now is a great time to start. For the most obnoxious effect, pick up the banjo, bagpipes, or drums. Even better, just buy the instrument, but don’t actually learn any songs. The sporadic, disjointed music will be sure to dampen anyone’s sex drive.

Ding-Dong Ditch (No pun intended)

By Veronica Smith Contributing Writer

Blast Annoying Music

Top 5 ways to annoy the couple next door You are sitting in your dorm room, settling into a nice quiet evening with your favorite TV show, when a racket starts up next door. You hear furniture banging and noises that would make your grandmother blush, all provided by that couple that seems to always be getting it on just when you want a little peace and quiet.

To preserve your sanity, below is a list of 5 defensive strategies to amuse yourself and annoy your noisy neighbors. Though it may not make them stop altogether, it will at least put a little less bounce in their bedsprings.

When you hear the couple getting busy, put your stereo on full volume and play the most obnoxious song you have in your collection. Songs such as “Barbie Girl,” “Who let the Dogs Out,” and the YMCA song are great ideas for starters. But if you really want to pull out all the stops, there’s really only one way to go: The Chicken Dance. This is the number one romantic mood buster.

Use this time to learn a new instrument If you already play an instrument, great. Get out your violin or tuba and practice as loudly as possible. If you don’t know an in-

This is just what it sounds like–run-up to their door, knock on it, and then run away as fast as you can. This will be sure to disrupt any couple’s hanky-panky.

Feel free to say “Campus Safety” while you’re knocking (but remember to disguise your voice if the couple could recognize you).

Alternative form: knock on the window.

Morse Code This works best if the couple is below or above your room. Get a broomstick or a hard object and hit the floor/ceiling with it. For best effect, make sure your knocks are just off of their rhythm, so it messes them up. Bonus points if you know Morse code for “I can hear you.”

Drunken Surprise Gather a few of your more vocal friends who are currently inebriated, and let them loose in the hallway outside of the target room.

Stand back and enjoy the show.

Student band takes to Bininger stage

By Jamie Viveiros Contributing Writer Senior Alexander Miskin, an actor in five previous plays, can now add playwright to his credentials.

Miskin has created a musical with his band, “The Moyles.” “We developed this band called “The Moyles” in the beginning of our junior year,” Miskin said. “After many recordings, live performances and our documentary, we decided that a musical could be another milestone for us.”

With enough determination, Miskin and his three band members,

Bryan O’Malley, Nick Kemperman and Dylan Kahn, created a storyline sure to entertain. The play focuses on Al, a drugaddicted, psychopathic clown who escapes the circus after being dumped by his girlfriend. Al finds adjustment in the real world no simple task. To live out the life he wants, Al must battle his inner demons of drugs, murder and debaucher.

“The Moyles” hope this musical will enlarge their fan base. “I love ‘The Moyles,’” Senior Katherine Raker said, “they have their own unique sound.” She saw the band perform live at last year’s Kappa Karnival. “They’re just a freaky fun group of kids that treat their fans

like royalty. I can’t wait to see how they’ve grown as a band.

Although Miskin aspires to continue acting in the future, he appreciates all of the opportunities he has been given through the theater department, including this production of his own.

“I have been acting on the main stage since my freshman year,” said Miskin. “The [Eckerd theater] program has really provided me a lot of opportunities and I am so grateful. This semester, I decided to take a break from the main stage and try my own thing. So far I am not regretting the decision.”

The cast includes Eck-

erd students Jackson Hooten, Zoey McDermott, Kara Miller, Victoria Cochrane, Carissa Arduini, Karen Staub, Nicole Flug, Nick Kemper, Alex Miskin, Dylan Kahn and Bryan O’Malley.

Miskin has nothing but compliments for his cast.

“These cast members are really the best singers that I have heard in a long time,” he said. “Not only are they great singers but great actors.

Their enthusiasm and work ethic is truly inspiring. This is their show.”

Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, at 4 p.m., Dec. 2 in Bininger Theatre.

Kendrick Lamar establishing himself as one of the greats From KENDRICK, page 13

making music that’s true to who they are.

Lamar’s original style is almost unanimously admired. “Without a doubt, [Lamar] is a generation defining artist,” Eckerd Junior Christina Smith, a Resident Advisor and Chicago native, said. “He speaks to people across all cultures and that’s why he is the breakthrough artist that he is.”

Smith also uses words like “perfection” and “fearlessness” to describe what Lamar does with beats, a microphone, a pad and pen. “He exudes his culture and isn’t afraid to show his humanity.”

Is it still too early to compare Lamar to the greats?

The standout beat of the album comes on the DJ Dahi-produced “Money Trees” that also boasts a standout guest verse from Jay Rock. “Money Trees is the perfect place for shade, and that’s just how I feel,” sings Lamar.

Like Nas and Jay Z’s early albums, Lamar’s music is an intimate conversation with his listeners. There isn’t anything high profile about the way he’s speaking and rapping. The two title tracks are contrastingly orchestral and hard-slapping songs, respectively. “Good Kid” is an honest look at how an innocent Kendrick fits into the violent Compton. “But what am I s’posed to do when the topic is red or blue/ and you understand that I aint/ but know I’m accustomed to...”

Ever conscious of the way one song builds off the last, Lamar’s “M.A.A.D. City” is the frustrated, masterfully produced highlight of the album. Gang violence claimed the life of his uncle, cousin and presumably several friends. It’s what continues to keep him from being with Sherane, getting out of Compton and keeps getting him and his friends in trouble.

The militant summation of all his hardships, “M.A.A.D. City,” bumps hard with heavy processed bass

and snare before the song changes up with stabbing strings and a ride cymbal-heavy drum set. Though it won’t be heard on the radio, it has potential to be the most titanic, heavy hitting rap song this year.

“Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst” is a 12-minute, jazzy muse on death, split into two contrasting sections. At first sad and hopeless, the song turns frustrated and exasperated over the inescapable violence. “The other side may come soon, and if I’m doomed make the wound help my mother be blessed for many moons,” he rhymes.

The album concludes with “Compton,” a rap symphony in the tradition of West-Coast hip-hop with the legend producer/rapper Dr. Dre. It’s the perfect summation of the album and plays like a victory lap. The track concludes with a skit of Lamar yelling, “Mom I’m gonna use the van real quick, be back 15 minutes...” The story has come full circle: Lamar is going to see Sherane, and we know this without being told directly.

Lamar is doing something rarely done in music anymore: he’s telling stories. Only two of the album’s 12 songs clock in at less than four minutes.

If it feels like his music isn’t extremely listener friendly upon the first listen-through, you’re right. This is music that is supposed to be listened to critically from beginning to end.

Everything you hear is deliberate, premeditated in the 25 years of his life that leads up to this point. The production is such a cohesive product it feels like the whole album is produced by one or two different beat makers.

The fact that almost each song boasts a different producer is a testament to the hands on way that Lamar works with his collaborators. Nothing feels forced.

Lamar’s major-label studio album debut “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City” is available now through Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment. courtesy of Wikicommons

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Bastion gives games unique experience

By Conor Sean Mckenna Contributing Writer For anyone looking for a fun gaming experience, indie games do not disappoint. Indie games are games made by individuals or small groups of people instead of big companies like Infinity Ward or Rockstar Games. These games are usually inexpensive and easy to find, making them really great pickup-and-play games that are unique, fun and universally enjoyable.

A great example of an indie game, “Bastion,” is definitely worth playing.In “Bastion,” you play as the silent protagonist known as “the Kid” in an adventure aimed at finding hope and direction after the destruction of his home. Your goal is to search for shards[LH1] to power a structure, the Bastion, in order to restore hope after an apocalyptic event known as the Calamity.

The characters in this game are both interesting and mysterious.

With the help of a narrator, these characters, and the story in which they lie, develop as the game unfolds. This narration is unique and extensive but not to a point where it could be considered annoying. Interestingly, there is significant character development within the main character who remains speechless throughout the entire game.

The game plays similarly to the famous “Diablo” series. Both games are in the third person and use the cursor to direct the character’s actions. This kind of gameplay may be more difficult for beginners but it doesn’t take away from the enjoyment of the game. Everything

about the art in this game is original. The creatures and plants are distinct from any other story or game. The design and colors of the game are clever and beautiful in the fantasy-like atmosphere.

The soundtrack to this game is phenomenal and really adds to the experience. No matter what gaming console you run it on, this game looks and sounds great.“Bastion” can be purchased on any computer, Xbox Live, Playstation Network, and even the iPad. It also can run on Google Chrome and can be found on the PC gaming platform, Steam.

It is rated E for everyone and costs about $15. I highly recommend this game to anyone who is looking for something original with a fantastic storyline and exquisite artwork.

Though I found some of the gameplay to be unbalanced, this is a game with very few flaws. Overall, it was a highly enjoyable experience and I recommend that you play this game.

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Line your right foot (or left foot if left-handed) up to the center of the rim. Most people think to line the center of your body to the rim, but this actually causes you to cross your body.

Routine is everything. Make yourself a routine that you do every time to get you in the right zone. It could be a couple of dribbles or a good look at the basket, but it is important that it is consistent.

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Club Spotlight:

Eckerd College men’s lacrosse

By Ryan Wheeler Quickie Editor Eckerd doesn’t have a varsity lacrosse team but it does have a fairly large men’s lacrosse club, a response to popular interest and demand.

For the 2012-13 season there have been anywhere from 20 to even 25 players attending practices on a regular basis. The team’s season is set to begin soon with a season opener against Florida Gulf Coast University to be scheduled in the near future.

After a somewhat disappointing season last year the team is looking forward to being more competitive this time around. “This year

Keep your elbow in. Your elbow shouldn’t be out to your side. It should always remain verticle underneath your hand, straight up and down. It’s not a push with the elbow. The force should come from your knees.

Follow through. This will ensure that you don’t release the ball too soon or break the form of the shot. Imagine you are putting your hand in a cookie jar at the top of your release.

Practice. Free throws are about muscle memory, and the only way to get that is through repetition.

Taking free throws can be one of the hardest shots of the game because the only thing in the way of a made shot is in your head. Practice to get comfortable in your own shot.

Lacrosse team takes the field.

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game and I’m really enjoying it.”

Sophomore Stephen Bosse, is another first year player. “I decided to play lacrosse because I have a lot of friends on the team and it is just fun to go out and play a few times a week with them. Plus it is exciting to learn a new sport as well.”

But the lacrosse club isn’t just for beginners with a newfound interest; in fact, the majority of players on the team have played for many years before coming to Eckerd. They just want to continue being active with the sport at school.

“I like to go out and play with the team because I’ve been playing lacrosse all my life and really like it, plus it’s a good way to keep in shape too,” said Sophomore Alex Freeman, who has played lacrosse for six years.

Once the spring semester begins, the team will have a more consistent schedule.

Usually there will be two practices a week and games on the weekends.

It’s still not too late for interested students to join the club.

There are going to be a few games against nearby schools before winter break, just before the season really begins to pick up in the spring semester.

Students that have any questions about the lacrosse club can email Henry Palmer at hpalmer@eckerd.edu or just grab your gear and head courtesy of Alex Freeman out to a practice.

we are having a lot more serious practices, running drills and trying to be more consistent overall,” says Junior Brady Guy. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the team practices on the soccer field from 8 to 10 p.m. and sometimes Saturday afternoons on Kappa field.

Even though the team is trying to be more serious and competitive this year, they’re still open to new players, regardless of exerience.

Sophomore Steven Parker joined the club with no experience at all.

“In high school I only played baseball, I had never tried playing lacrosse,” said Parker. “But after going out to practices for a month or so I am starting to figure out the

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Increase your workout results, now

By Tiffany Flor Contributing Writer Tired of the same old workout routine? Have you noticed your workouts are no longer as effective as they used to be? Are you unhappy with the physique your routine is producing?

Common mistakes when working out are sticking with a singular routine or performing workouts that produce results other than what’s desired. To continue improving your overall fitness and shaping your physique, you have to mix it up a bit and perform routines that are specified to produce your desired results.

There are three categories of exercises: flexibility, aerobic and anaerobic.

Flexibility exercises, such as stretching and yoga, improve your muscle and joint range of motion. Keeping your body flexible can improve form and reduce aches and pains. Remember to stretch while your muscles are warmed up to avoid straining.

Aerobic exercises are meant to

defined as intense exercises that push you to your limit and to your maximum potential for a short period of time. This promotes muscle strength.The physical appearance, whether it be mass or tone, is up to the subcategory of anaerobic exercises that you choose. Types of anaerobic exercise include: weight training, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and sprinting.

Design your own workout knowing you can replace sections of your routine or your whole routine with a new exercise.

When I head to the gym, I bring along my set of notecards with routines from all three categories written on them.

This allows me to shuffle through them—randomly pick two to three that are anaerobic, depending on the type of routine on the card—then combine photo by Tiffany Flor these with a form of carLeif Flor exercises in the fitness center. dio and stretching.

improve your cardiovascular endurance. These workouts include running, swimming, cycling, etc.

It’s important to incorporate cardio workouts in your routines to strengthen your heart and to pump blood through your body more efficiently.

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By Kate Astor Contributing Writer

We are becoming an unhealthy society because of a lack of physical activity and poor food choices, as evidenced by increasing obesity rates. We must educate ourselves about nutrition in order to self-motivate and to practice what we learn.

I am currently pursuing a human development major with a focus in health counseling.

The human development major requires five classes that emphasize on one of the following focuses: clinical, global, developmental, creative arts or health and wellness. I narrowed my focus to health counseling because there are no nutrition courses offered here, but I will study nutrition in graduate school.

My hope is to become a registered dietician so that I can help people create nutritional interventions for themselves, their loved ones or their communities. After a discussion in my “Your Health and the Environment” course, I realized that there is a greater concern regarding nutrition and physical activity in the Eckerd College community than I had thought.

I hear a lot of students complaining about the same thing, and from a nutritional standpoint, I think that it is important to concentrate on food preference to see any sort of behavioral change.

“Personally, I feel like most people on campus are physically active and healthy in that sense,” Zeta Kirby RA Ross Busch said.

“However, nutritionally, I feel like the caf and the pub need to make more appealing and healthful choices.”

In my opinion, the caf has made tremendous efforts in the right direction to improve the food. However, the caf could further benefit from some suggestions.

Maybe instead of the cucumber salad, it would be good if the caf were to integrate more colorful vegetables into the salad such as peppers, peas, carrots, green onions or others. They should also try to serve bruschetta with toasted baguette, mozzarella and tomato salad, avocado salads, etc.

At breakfast, I would love to have the option of fat-free Greek yogurt, which is full of protein, as an alternative to the unlabeled yogurt that they serve daily.

I have also heard many people crave fruit salad at lunch and dinner--including fruits like peaches, pears and plums. Fruit salad

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has the sweetness that many students crave for dessert, but without the added sugar and calories that cake and cookies have.

It might be good to add more specialized pies in the pizza section. One suggestion would be to have more vegetables and less meat, or leaner meats at that. Another suggestion would be to incorporate whole wheat crust or thin crust for a healthier alternative to the signature hand-tossed style.

Though the line for the Hemispheres section is rarely short, showing its popularity, the amount of oil used for its stir fry should be cut down tremendously. Many students complain about the watery appearance and oily taste of the food, and this is greatly due to the amount of oil used to grease the pan.

In the Better For You section, it would be nice to have other protein options other than tofu, such as vegetarian meatballs and marinara or soy turkey.

The grill is generally responsible for a lot of poor food choice options such as hot dogs, hamburgers and french-fries, etc. Instead of these greasy high cholesterol foods, one suggestion would be to replace the fries with baked sweet potato wedges, and replace the hot dogs and hamburgers with grilled chicken cutlets or turkey burgers. These are healthy alternatives that can be prepared as easily.

There are often grilled chicken tenders served at lunch, and the Better For You section has improved by varying options—making the options more flavorful and appealing.

I feel the main section at the cafeteria has always, and continues to do, a very nice job of offering healthy options such as baked chicken, baked fish and steamed vegetables.

Some healthy options are definitely there; students just need motivation to choose them, and more options to choose from.

The cafeteria provides suggestion cards, and I think the EC community needs to take full advantage of that service to see the results that we want.

There is also a student-run food service committee that works to make sure our voices are heard. “We’re made up of two senators, five or six Eckerd students, a director and I’m the assistant director,” says Epsilon Blakely RA Julia Calder. “We meet once a week with the director of the caf, Jaime [Llovera], to discuss comment cards and any concerns that we have.”

I am also a peer health educator at Eckerd.

At a previous meeting, I suggested that we have more dorm and campus events focused on making good nutritional choices, food safety techniques, and marketing ploys and deceptions. Hopefully these events, combined with the resources that we already have, will educate our students and spoonfeed a healthy revolution.

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The notecard technique gives you an assortment of routines to include in your workout, and it prevents you from forgetting what comes next.

Senior Ian McKenzie has a different approach to his workouts. “My Wolverine workout is a prime example. It involves lower and upper body strength training that also gets your heart pumping, and, if done correctly, will have you gasping for air after each set—or ready to vomit.”

McKenzie is working on creating his own workout that incorporates a few yoga positions to give him a good and relaxing stretch between circuits to mix it up a bit more.

Freshman Leif Flor also approaches workout variation a bit differently. “For one week I’ll do around 20 reps for every set, and then the following week I’ll do higher weight only doing between three and five reps per set,” Flor said. “I also make sure to throw in different exercises in to stimulate the muscle in a different way. This greatly prevents you from reaching a plateau.”

Alice’s Workout

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Tips for avoiding the flu

By Megan Coy Coordinator of Health Promotion

Fall has arrived, and so has flu season.

The last thing you have time for is the flu.

In the last issue, Sophomore assistant editor Dominick Cuppetilli shared five tips to keep the flu away. Here are some other things to consider: Get a flu shot. You need to be vaccinated against influenza (flu) every year; the earlier in the season the better because the vaccine takes two weeks to provide protection.

More than 40 percent of Eckerd students reported receiving vaccination against influenza in the last 12 months on the Spring 2011 National College Health Assessment.

Be sure to get a flu shot this year so we can increase that percentage in Spring 2013.

If you haven’t been vaccinated, take your student ID and health insurance card with you and stop by St. Anthony’s Primary Care in the Eckerd College Health Center. You do not need an appointment to get a flu shot,

but you will need to fill out paperwork if you haven’t already been seen there this year.

Wash your hands. Make sure you are regularly washing your hands with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds. This is a good habit to have even when it is not flu season.

Use hand sanitizer between hand washing. There are EC-CLEAN hand sanitizer stations in many areas on campus, and you might consider carrying your own.

Cough and sneeze into your sleeve to avoid transferring germs into your hands.

Don’t forget to continue, or start, practicing behaviors that will help your overall health year round. Get eight hours of sleep each night, drink water to stay hydrated, be physically active and make healthy food choices.

If you are interested in getting the flu shot on campus, contact St. Anthony’s Primary Care in the Eckerd College Health Center at 727-864-8326. You can also visit Flu.gov for more information.

Clinically tested and suggested herbal remedies

By Mary Kate McKenna Staff Writer People demand instant gratification. The medical field has consumers reaching for Advil, cough syrup and allergy medication at the slightest indication of a symptom.

The scientific community often overlooks herbal medicine, which many have used for thousands of years, because herbal or alternative treatments are commonly associated with health fraud.

Research on these herbal supplements suggests they are equally effective.

If you are looking for an alternative cure with a synthetic product you can barely pronounce, here are some researched herbal substances that scientists suggest treat everyday ailments: Echinacea purpurea: this herb has been clinically proven to treat respiratory tract infections related to common colds and to prevent common cold episodes.

Aloe vera: this plant has the ability to mend burns and skin irritations.

Sea kelp: seaweed that contains high amounts of iodine; research suggests it can treat constipation.

Eucalyptus oil and peppermint oil: this combination can cure headaches.

Local honey: reports say that local honey has the ability to ease allergies as well assoothe burns—by forming a protective barrier around the skin.

Thyme: this herb may be effective against a variety of bacteria and fungal infections. It is also commonly used in mouthwash.

Licorice: the herb has demonstrated positive effects for the treatments of ulcers.

Quinoa: this grain is effective in protein deficiency and malnourishment.

Rosemary: this herb can increase alertness while decreasing anxiety.

Passiflora incarnata (Passion flower) herbal tea: promotes sleep quality.

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Cait’s Cookin’: Almond flour hot cakes

By Cait Duffy News Editor

photo by Jamey Handorf RA training retreat Aug. 8 at USF’s ropes course.

Leave all comforts behind, I dare you

By Hailey Escobar Asst. Web Editor Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner fell faster than anyone before during his freefall Oct. 14 from more than 24 miles above Earth.

Needless to say, that kind of stunt would be way outside the comfort zone of most people.

However, it does bring to question what your comfort zone might be, and what it would take to break out of it.

It could be as simple as eating a strange, new fruit that you found in a grocery store.

Maybe it’s talking to someone you like, but are nervous around. It could even be conquering your fears on a high ropes course.

What actually is a comfort zone and why would a person want to venture out of it?

Professor Jeff Howard leads the Leadership and Self Discovery Practicum, a training program during Winter Term for first-year students, that hones in on one’s strengths and confidence.

Howard defines one’s comfort zone as activities and settings that are familiar. Adding, “Where one perceives that one can be suc-

Zach Toll:

By Bobby Taggart Contributing Writer Move over, Elle Woods. Zach Toll, a sophomore transfer from

cessful because one has the knowledge and skill set that are a good fit for what is required.”

Howard also discussed why it was important to break out of this comfort zone. “You might learn something new,” he said. “Research has shown that changing routine and exploring unfamiliar topics is good for your cognition.”

For Freshman Jessica Piper, leaving her comfort zone meant auditioning for “Legally Blonde,” the school musical. “That was outside of my comfort zone completely because I don’t really sing in front of a lot of people, but I had to for the audition,” Piper said. “I just went for it.”

Junior Chris Petito said experiences outside your comfort zone can change how you think about things. “It changes how you perceive what’s going on, and it alters everything else forever.”

College is a wonderful time to experiment and to step out of your comfort zone. “I think that college is the beginning of your adult life,” said Freshman Claire Pfeifer. “You need to learn how to deal with situations you don’t

necessarily want to deal with or are comfortable dealing with.”

This time can be specifically used to spread your wings and to experience being on your own and away from your family for the first time.

One of the best ways to get a new outlook is to try a different class—especially at a liberal arts college like Eckerd.

It’s always important to push your boundaries even if it makes you feel uncomfortable or frightened. Sometimes being scared is a good thing.

How can you extend the limits of your comfort zone?

If you normally stay locked away in your room, go out for a night. Try a class at the gym if you don’t normally exercise. Get involved with a new club or sport. Turn left instead of turning right.

Take a trip on your own. Volunteer. Speak in front of a group. Show off a talent you’ve kept hidden. Go to an event where you don’t know anyone.

The possibilities are endless. You just have to go out there and try something new.

Abandons stage fright in role as “Legally Blonde” UPS guy

Philadelphia, has landed the role of hunky UPS man in the production “Legally Blonde: The Musical.”

The musical isn’t Toll’s first

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foray into acting. “My first legitimate acting experience was at GW performing as the cha -racter Hamlet, in ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,’” Toll said.

“I had a little bit of background knowledge on this play from the novel that my English class had to read I jokingly agreed to try out for the play, until I noticed I actually had interest in scoring a role.”

Turns out that Toll’s joking attitude quickly turned serious.

Three to four nerve racking days later, Director David Neiman gave Toll the news he was hoping to hear.

For those unfamiliar with the movie version of “Legally Blonde,” the UPS guy, Kyle, is a love interest for Elle’s new friend and manicurist.

When asked to describe his character, Toll gave a slight chuckle. “As the UPS guy, I pretty much just have people tell me how sexy I am throughout the play.”

Toll seems to have mastered the challenge of stage fright that plagues most new actors. “The director of my first show actually gave me a really good piece of advice on opening night.

He said your feelings of nervousness—those butterflies in your stomach—they’re actually not nervous feelings.

They’re just a physical expression of your desire to put on a great performance. I’ve kept that in mind in everything since then.”

Toll’s director Gavin Hawk, seems to agree. “Zach surprised a lot of returning actors by jumping in there from day one with very little experience and having no struggle blocking out the pressure.”

According to Toll, there are a few slight differences from the play and the movie.

In the movie, Elle Woods is the main character. Her boyfriend (Warner Huntington III) dumps her for a girl with serious ambitions to become a lawyer.

Elle sets out to get Warner back, using all her resources to get into Harvard Law School.

How is that different from the play you ask? Fill your pocket with change, grab a few friends and come see for yourself.

“I believe the show’s going to be awesome,” Toll said. “We have an excellent cast that’s going to put on a great show.”

Remember, performances are scheduled this week Nov. 8-11 and next week Nov. 15-18 at Bininger Theatre. All showings will be at 8 p.m., though Sundays start at 2 p.m. Refer to the promotional photo provided on the left for more detail and keep your eyes out for campus ads.

It was a lazy Saturday morning. I woke up with almost no fresh fruit in the house and not enough money for the grocery store.

It would have been the perfect morning for a quick, easy and cheap breakfast from Denny’s or Waffle House—except for the guaranteed wheat and sugars.

It had been months since my last waffle, even longer since I had tasted a pancake.

The longing I felt for buttered up griddle cakes was enough to prompt tears. It was time for a solution.

Gluten-free pancake and waffle mix still contains rice flour, something not allowed for those on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.

Pancakes made with almond flour, from scratch, seemed my only option. It was back to the kitchen for another new recipe.

Ingredients 2 cups almond flour 4 eggs 1/4 cup seltzer water 4 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbsp honey* 2 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup blueberries (or any other fruit you would like to substitute) *Using local honey will help fight seasonal allergies

Directions 1. Mix flour, eggs and salt 2. Beat eggs in a separate bowl 3. Add eggs, seltzer water, oil, honey and vanilla 4. Mix and stir all ingredients 5. Add fruit 6. Grease frying pan with either butter or a non-stick spray 7. Using medium heat, pour batter onto pan.

8. Flip pancakes when bubbles begin appearing 9. Top with honey, 100 percent pure maple syrup or another fruit topping 10. Enjoy For a real treat, try adding dark chocolate chips.

photo by Cait Duffy Almond flour blueberry hot cakes.

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Sports Volleyball wins eight straight

Makes late season push for the NCAA tournament

By Mike Geibel Sports Editor

photo by Morgan Engle Junior Madison Burr sets the ball for an Eckerd attack.

Eckerd volleyball is riding an eight game win streak toward the end of their season making the push toward the NCAA tournament. The Tritons latest win, a 3-1 victory over Saint Leo was the women’s fifth conference victory in a row.

During the streak, the Tritons have had several members of the team win SSC player of the week honors including a sweep of the offensive and defensive categories by Sophomore Ali McAlvany and Junior Kaleigh Humphrey Oct. 29.

The most recent winner was Senior Liv Fraser, who received the honor Nov. 5.

Junior Lindsay Biggs, who surpassed the 1,000 kill mark on Oct. 26, has continued to add to her already impressive resume, averaging more than 15 kills per game over the eight games of the win streak.

Eckerd is currently two games behind Tampa for the conference lead, and has a solid grasp on second place with a three game lead separating

the Tritons from Florida Southern.

With four games remaining in the regular season, all against conference opponents, Eckerd hopes to continue the winning ways and make a strong push for a high seed in the NCAA tournament. Last year, the Tritons went to the Sweet 16 for the first time in the program’s history before falling in the South Regional final against Tampa.

Eckerd has two home games remaining in the regular season, playing Lynn University Nov. 9, and finishing their home schedule on Senior Night against Nova Southeastern the following day.

After finishing their home schedule, the Tritons go on the road for the final two games of the year against bay area rival Tampa on Nov. 14 followed by Barry University to close out the season on Nov. 16. Eckerd came within one point of beating Tampa at home earlier in the season and will look to make a big statement on the Spartans home court.

The selection show for the NCAA tournament is 10 p.m. Nov. 8.

Men’s soccer finishes second in SSC tournament

By Sabrina Lolo Web Reporter

No. 4 seed Men’s soccer ended their run in the finals against No. 3 seed Rollins College Nov. 4 in Boca Raton, Fla, falling 3-0.

After just one shot between both sides in the first 20 minutes, Rollins’ all-SSC honorable mention Grant Blackhurst broke the scoreless game with a goal in the twenty-fourth minute with a pass from all-conference teammate Brett Durance.

During the second half, Rollins Freshman Walker Hume, runnerup for the SSC Defensive Player of the Year to Matt Duffy, scored with a header following a free kick from 40 yards out. Hume was also named SSC’s Freshman of the Year.

The Tritons (7-9-4) fired several shots to try and get on the board but Blackhurst scored his second goal on an assist from Mark Biddinger in the eighty-eighth minute, sealing the game before time expired. Rollins had a slight advantage in attempted shots, 8-6.

Hoffer made a pair of saves to close out his final season as a Triton.

Loaded with seven allconference selections, Rollins won its second straight conference tournament title.

Freshman Nick Jackson, Sophomore Nick Murawski, Senior Matt Duffy and Senior Andrew Hoffer were all named to the Florida Blue All-SSC Team.

Looking back, the men’s soccer program had a great run. Despite the chilly temperatures and 20 mph winds, the Tritons

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were able to defeat Saint Leo Oct. 30 in penalty kicks and advanced to the conference semifinals for the first time since 2008.

Eckerd College students swarmed the field in celebration as Freshman Joe Swindell scored the last goal in double overtime against the Lions’ goalie Manuel Schnoenhuber.

“It was a defensive struggle,” said Head Coach Steve Magee. “I was really proud of how my guys played and the energy that they put into it.”

The Tritons entered the Florida Blue SSC Men’s Soccer Championships as the No. 4 seed and Saint Leo the No. 5. Both teams are extremely well coached and battled a close game the first 110 minutes of the game. When the score still remained 0-0, both head coaches strategically assembled their best snipers for penalty kicks.

A crowd of 300-plus fans huddled by the sidelines and braved the cold temperatures to cheer on our Tritons. Senior goalie Andrew Hoffer made the defensive stop of the night as he blocked a shot from Saint Leo’s Aaron’s Gendreau in the heart-pounding shootout session.

Freshman Nick Jackson ripped a shot past Lions’ goalie Manuel Schoenhuber while Sophomore Nick Murawski and Freshman Joe Swindell then finished the job with two more goals, prevailing against the Lions with a score of 5-3.

“Penalty kicks were something we prepared for in practice the last week and we were certainly prepared for it in this game,” said Magee.

It was also announced on the P.A. system that the Women’s soccer team also made history down in Fort Lauderdale as they

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defeated Nova Southeastern University in their first ever appearance in the conference tournament to provide inspiration for the Tritons down the stretch.

Men’s soccer then travelled down to Boca Raton, Fla. Nov. 2 to play the No. 1-seeded Lynn University at 11 a.m.

The Tritons stunned the Fighting Knights, the fourth-ranked soccer program in the nation, in a shootout Nov. 2. Freshman forward Joe Swindell broke the 4-4 tie in the shootout session after 110 minutes and overtime expired.

Swindell’s winning shot was set up by a clutch save from Senior goalkeeper Andrew Hoffer, who blocked a blast from

First Team All-SSC selection Jack Winter on Lynn’s second penalty kick try. Eckerd converted all 5 penalty kicks against first-team all-conference honoree, goalkeeper Matt DiCerbo.

Under the guidance of SSC Defensive Player of the Year and ringleader Matt Duffy, the Triton defense withstood 25 shots while they only shot 4. Hoffer also made several game-saving stops to put the Tritons in a position for victory.

Men’s soccer achieved a lot of and worked very hard to get to where they are. The future of the program looks very bright and we can expect great things from them next season.

Duffy earns SSC Defensive Player of the Year honors Men’s soccer captain Matt Duffy was voted Sunshine State Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

Duffy also earned his third All-SSC selection. He earned 115 total votes, edging out freshman Walker Hume of Rollins College by 24 votes.

Duffy joined sophomore Matt Dolan and junior Mark Lee in leading the team with five goals apiece. Duffy also added two assists on the year. Four of Duffy’s goals were picked up on penalty shots this season including converting both of his kicks during the SSC conference tournament.

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By Dominick Cuppetilli Quickie Editor Nick Garcia has officially been added to the Element brand pro family, according to elementbrand. com. Garcia has been in the eyes of Element for a while, appearing in a few video spots and winning a couple competitions put on by the brand. Now he’s taken the big step of becoming a pro rider for the team.

As part of the celebration of Nick Garcia becoming an Element pro, his other sponsor, Etnies Shoes recently held an event at Long Beach, Calif. Etnies donated a nice new marble ledge to a local skate spot, and posted up all day to celebrate the news. According to skateboard.transworld. net, skaters from around the area showed up to skate, and if the people from Etnies liked what they saw, they gave out their gear--Element gear and, of course, burritos.

Also the 16th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam was recently held in its usual location, the South Shore Skatepark in Houston, Texas. This is one of the biggest and longest lasting skateboarding charity events to date. The event features pros from around the nation to come and skate for no prize money. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The event hosts a best trick competition, signings, and giveaways.

According to skateboarder.com, $720,000 has been raised since the event’s beginning in 1997, and the goal was to reach $800,000 this year, which they expect to reach.

Nyjah Huston won the best trick competition while Evan Smith placed first in the bowl competition.

Red Bull sponsored another flying event, but this one was not quite as intense as the Stratos mission. The Red Bull Flugtag was recently held in Miami. The event was last held in Miami in 2010.

“Flugtag” is German for “flight day.” The event is a competition in which teams build a man-powered flying machine that is pushed off of a ledge about 30 feet in the air into a body of water. Whichever contraption “flies” the farthest with the most style is the winner.

Team “Magic Carpet Ride,” the reigning champs from 2010, returned this year to win the title again. For winning the event, the genie-dressed team now gets to skydive with the Red Bull Air Force.

Although the Magic Carpet won the distance portion, the people’s choice award for best design went to the “Hurricane Engineers Angry Birds.” The last stop of the Flugtag four city tour will be San Francisco on Nov. 10.

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10/27 @ Barry University L 3-0

10/24 v. Florida Southern College L 1-0

10/30 v. Saint Leo University W 0-0 (5-3 in PK’s)

10/27 @ Barry University T 1-1 (2 OT)

10/26 @Florida Tech W 3-2 (17-25, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 15-12) (EC) Biggs 22 kills, 19 digs (EC) McAlvany 18 kills, 12 digs

11/2 @ Lynn University W 0-0 (5-4 in PK’s)

10/30 v. Nova Southeastern University W 1-0

11/4 @ Rollins College L 3-0

11/2 @ Rollins College L 2-0

10/27 v. Rollins College W 3-1 (25-17, 25-22, 16-25, 25-17) (EC) McAlvany 14 kills, 10 digs (EC) Schadow 20 assists, 5 digs

11/2 v. Florida Southern College W 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 18-25, 25-16) (EC) Biggs 13 kills, 11 digs (EC) Burr 17 assists, 11 digs

Sunshine State Conference opponents in bold

11/3 @ Saint Leo University W 3-1 (26-24, 25-16, 23-25, 25-21) (EC) Fraser 15 kills (EC) McAlvany 14 kills, 6 digs

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Women’s basketball @ Armstrong Atlantic State University 6 p.m.

Women’s basketball @ Northwood University 5:30 p.m.

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Sports Briefly Eckerd Men’s golf finishes last at McDonough Cup

The men’s golf team finished 18th out of 18 at the McDonough Cup, hosted by Rollins College, on Oct. 29-30. The Tritons (325-310309) were unable to build on their strong 4th place finish Oct. 8-9 at the Shark Invitational.

Jeff Evanier was the top finisher for the Tritons, finishing t-55 in the field of 93 (79-76-78). Senior Paul Henderson finished t-73 (86-76-75), along with Johan Wahlburg (80-79-78). Junior Bobby Taggart finished t-79 (80-79-80) and Senior Lewis Bickerton finished t-89 (88-7978). The Tritons resume competition in the spring with the Matlock Invitational Feb. 11-12.

Co-ed sailing finishes 6th at SAISA/MAISA Intersectional

The co-ed sailing team took 6th place at the SAISA/MAISA Intersectional, hosted by College of Charleston Nov. 2-3 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The Tritons “A” boat, sailed by Walker Banks and Amanda Smith, took 85 points in 20 faces, and the “B” boat, sailed by Erik Brydges, Ben Chafee, and Lindsey Kromer, collected 130 points for a total of 193. College of Charleston finished first with 116 points.

Women’s golf wraps up fall season at Flagler event

The women’s golf team finished 18th out of 18 at the Flagler Fall Slam Invitational at Marsh Creek Country Club in Saint Augustine on Oct. 22-23. The Tritons (385-359) were led by Junior Jenee Vanderstyne (89-81) who finished 64th individually. Mara Shingleton (84-88) finished 69th, Christina Brewster (104-90) finished t-88th, and Whitney Edwards (108-100) finished 91st. The Tritons continue competition in the spring when they open up at the Start 2 Finish Sports & More Classic Feb. 17-18.

National Colts coach could return in December

The Indianapolis Colts had a bit of restructuring this past offseason, although one change was too much for the team. Newly hired coach Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia early in the season. With their head coach in the hospital, the Colts have quietly become a sleeper team for the playoffs. Monday, Pagano stated that his cancer is in remission after two months of chemotherapy treatment. He informed the team that if all goes well, he could return to the sidelines in December.

NHL cancels Winter Classic

In the latest fatality of the NHL lockout, Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the 2013 Winter Classic will be canceled. The game, scheduled for January first, would have pitted Original Six rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Detroit Red Wings at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Before the lockout the NHL stated that the goal was to break the world record of fans at a hockey game with the more than 110,000 seat stadium. Also canceled are two alumni games between Red Wing and Leafs legends. The NHL has stated that Michigan Stadium will host the next Winter Classic.

photo by Morgan Crescent The women’s soccer team celebrates the first postseason victory in the program’s history.

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F1 Returns to United States

The grandest stage in world motorsport has returned to American shores this weekend.

After a five-year absence, the United States Grand Prix looks to make a prominent return at the Speedway of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The track was constructed specifically for this race using private and public financing. Formula One stars Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, and Fernando Alonso look to place their name in American open-wheel racing history with vital championship points on the line as the season winds down.

photo by Ethan Cooper Woody Taylor converts a fast break layup for two of his 16 points in the home opener.

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photo by Ethan Cooper Members of the women’s soccer team line up for a free kick against Rollins College in the tournament semifinal match.

Women’s soccer ends season Team earns first-ever postseason win before falling short in the semifinals

By Dominick Cuppetlli Quickie Editor

Penalty kicks with the women’s soccer team

By Mike Geibel Sports Editor To start things off, I want to clarify that I haven’t played competitive soccer since I was 7 years old. But trust me, I was the star of the YMCA yellow team.

I took some time on a Thursday night to catch up with members of the Eckerd women’s soccer team just a few days after the team once again made history by earning their first post-season victory in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.

I thought the best way to pit myself against the team would be to face off in a mock penalty kick shootout. I also got the chance to chat with a few of the women about their season.

I first warmed up with Senior Meredith Mahoney. During the warmup, we kicked around a bit as I got a feel for playing soccer again after so many years. We talked a little about the season and how it feels to be having such success as a senior. “It’s really bittersweet,” Mahoney explained. “On one hand, it is great to go out on such a positive note, but at the same time I feel like we’re building a strong team for the future and I want to be a part of it.”

Mahoney had three goals on seven shots while playing in all but one game this season, earning her one of the highest shot percentages on the team.

After a few minutes of warming up, Sophomores Arie Anahory and Morgan Crescent arrived to get started. Anahory finished the season leading the Tritons in assists, shots and game-winning goals while ending up second on the team in goals and overall points.

Crescent broke the Eckerd season record for shutouts ending with seven on the year and received second-team all-SSC honors.

Even with Crescent giving me tips, my goalkeeping was not up to par. “Don’t guess, react to the shot,” she offered. Unfortunately, my reaction time was not fast enough to stop many of the shots from Mahoney and Anahory. Out of 20 shots, I managed to stop two and got a hand on a few more, but couldn’t keep many out of the net.

Both of my saves happened to be against Mahoney, and I suspect a fair amount of luck went into them. I cheated to my right and

guessed at where the ball would go, against the advice of Crescent and happened to be in the right place at the right time to make the stops.

Mahoney might have been taking it a little easy on me after seeing how bad I was getting embarrassed with the shots prior to my saves.

After watching many of the shots scream by me into the back of the net, it was my turn to take some kicks. Anahory was first to oppose me in net. Her athlete profile has her listed at 5’4”, which looked to leave a lot of net space to shoot at. Unfortunately, I could not connect on any shots against her, sending my first shot off the crossbar and the rest pathetically wide or over the goal.

When Mahoney stepped into the goal, the result was much of the same. Anahory tried to help me by standing behind the net and telling me to aim for where she was standing. Even with a target, I could not score as my shot went directly into the waiting arms of Mahoney for an easy save. After sending a few more shots over the goal without putting a single one past any of the women, I decided to concede defeat.

I asked all three of the women what made such a difference with the team since the last place finish in 2011. Anahory described the team chemistry, work ethic and desire to prove everyone wrong as three big factors in the turnaround.

Crescent and Mahoney echoed much of the same and also added that they use the fact that they were predicted to finish last as motivation to play better. The Tritons were picked by an SSC coaches’ poll at the beginning of the season to finish last in the conference.

All of the women told me that they wanted to show everyone in the conference that they were a good team and that desire translated into hard work. They also give a lot of credit to the coaching staff for getting them prepared in the best way possible for every game.

The women’s miraculous run ended in the semifinals of the SSC tournament, but the team has made huge strides for the future of the program. The Tritons have made a name for themselves this year ending a nearly six-year drought without a conference win, earning the program’s first postseason berth and following that up with their first postseason victory.

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The Eckerd College women’s soccer team had a historic season, winning three conference games, and went on to make history in postseason play as well. Ranked fifth in the conference, the Tritons advanced to play in the Florida Blue Sunshine State Conference Tournament for the first time in the program’s history.

Arie Anahory (Soph.) said that getting to the conference tournament was a serious goal in her four years at Eckerd, and actually getting to the tournament and winning a game was “indescribable.”

Eckerd has had a long road since winning a conference game in season, the team’s last win in the SSC was in 2006, but Anahory knew that this season’s team had it in them, “I knew we had a chance.

It was just if we were willing to put in the effort, and we did.”

Freshman Devon Morse said, “Knowing that Eckerd wasn’t as strong before, and knowing that the freshmen came in to make a difference was exciting.”

The quarterfinals of the tournament took the team down to Fort Lauderdale to play fourth seed Nova Southeastern on Oct. 30. This would be the third time Eckerd matched up against Nova, with one tie and one loss this season.

The Tritons evened out the season series againt the team with a win in the first round of the conference tournament, 1-0.

Coming into the tournament, Anahory said the team was motivated to do well. “We wanted to prove to Nova and the other teams that we weren’t the same team that they had seen before, and we wanted respect for that.”

Morse admitted she was excited for the game, but was nervous at the start of the game. By the end of the game, the shaky nerves were gone and it was “pure excitement” for Morse.

The Triton’s goal came from Anahory, off of a free kick from Freshman Fallon Vaughan. Anahory described that a defender attempted to clear the kick, but instead headed it back to her direction so she could head in the ball in for her fifth goal of the season. Anahory has been playing soccer for 13 years, but this

may be the most important goal of her career. “A goal is a goal, but this one was special because it was the quarterfinals,” says Anahory.

The offensive display was matched by Eckerd’s defense in goal. Sophomore Morgan Crescent tallied another 19 saves in the game, adding to her season total, and set the program’s record for most shutouts in a single season with seven.

The semifinal match put Eckerd against number one seed Rollins, who hosted the remainder of the tournament. Anahory explained that this gave the Tars an advantage in the game, because their field is much different than the one at Eckerd. Eckerd would fall to Rollins, 0-2. Rollins would go on to lose to the University of Tampa in the championship match of the tournament.

Anahory said, “It was a fair game, but in the end they finished their chances and we didn’t.” With the loss of this game, the Triton’s road to the championships was cut short, but paths for the seasons to come were paved. Anahory concluded “everyone gave it their all” and Morse also said that she was very proud of everyone.

BCS system still causing controversy

By Colin Casey

Asst. Sports Editor College football has been controversial since the sport’s inception but a recent development has earned more scorn than ever before. In 1998, the NCAA conceived the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) as a way of determining football’s national champion. At its heart was the simple notion of rotating a championship game between the number one and number two teams in the nation between bowl games in a four year cycle.

The system sounds great doesn’t it? The rotating championship game brought in multi-million dollar television contracts from ABC, CBS, Fox and ESPN. Some national title games such as the double overtime thriller between Ohio State and Miami in 2003 or Texas defeating USC in 2005 have been added to the pantheon of greatest games of all time.

Extra revenue going to conferences and universities has helped grow academic programs in smaller schools. But what if the best teams really are not represented?

The BCS is not just a coalition of collegiate conferences, it is a formulaic algorithm for picking the best teams. The algorithm uses polls generated by the Associated Press as well as the USA Today’s coaches’ poll to decided which teams should be included. It then sets each team at a position using computer simulations and schedule analysis.

The algorithm is completed by taking the overall percentage of a set number of simulations based on team performance. It should be known that these calculations are not as simple as run-

ning a video game simulation; the teams are continuously updated based upon player eligibility, team statistics and quality of wins.

That third stipulation, win quality, has been the cause of much of the controversy in the tenure of the BCS. Win quality has two components, the overall strength of the team’s schedule and how the teams are beaten. A perfect exam-

BCS Top Ten as of 11/5 1. Alabama (9-0) 2. Kansas State (9-0) 3. Oregon (9-0) 4. Notre Dame (9-0) 5. Georgia (8-1) 6. Florida (8-1) 7. LSU (7-2) 8. South Carolina (7-2) 9. Louisville (9-0) 10. Florida State (8-1)

ple happened this season with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. A few weeks ago, facing number 11 Stanford, the Irish won in overtime.

The win propelled the Irish into the top five teams in the nation, however when number 3 Notre Dame played the 4-4 Pittsburgh Panthers to a triple overtime win, they saw their ranking fall. Based on a computer ranking, a top three team should demolish a lesser team.

The computers also favor certain teams over others. When the system was first developed, the places in the major bowl games

were divided between the major conferences of the Big 12, Pac 10, Big Ten, Big East, SEC and ACC as well as Notre Dame which is independent. This eliminates other colleges from lesser conferences.

This was made apparent in 2009 when number 5 Boise State, then from the WAC played number 4 Texas Christian University of the Mountain West in the Fiesta Bowl.

Both teams were undefeated and in the top five, but were snubbed from the National Title Game.

At the time, both schools were led by a top ten quarterback as well as an elite coaching staff, but their body of work for the season was deemed unworthy of a chance at the National Title.

Recent events like this have helped the NCAA decided to scrap the BCS in favor of a playoff system for the 2014 season. The new system sees the top four teams in the nation play against one another for the National Championship.

However this has its own problems.

How can the top four teams be determined effectively? Several conferences have multiple national championship hopefuls but may not win the conference championship.

If a team does not win their conference championship but is still deemed a top four team, how are they better qualified than another conference champion? This demonstrates college football’s main problem; there is no correct way to determine the national champion with so many teams unless only two are undefeated.

Even still, college football will still be as ever popular as it has been as it moves into modernity with a playoff system.

The Official Student Newspaper of Eckerd College

Sports

Nov. 9, 2012

Giants win World Series for second time in three years

By Will Creager Asst. Sports Editor

photo by Ethan Cooper Freshman Jerrick Stevenson (23) and Senior Darrien Mack play defense against the Chilean national team on Halloween night at the McArthur Center.

Men's basketball dominates Chilean national team in exhibition opener

By Mike Geibel Sports Editor

photo by Ethan Cooper Junior Josh Snodgrass elevates over a Chilean defender to put up a shot.

The Eckerd men’s basketball team played a great game all around to kick off the season in their home opener on Halloween night.

The Tritons defeated the Chilean national team handily, 115-58.

Eckerd looked to be in good form to start off the season as they held a steady lead for the entire game.

Senior Woody Taylor connected on all six of his shots from the field for 16 points on the night.

Taylor also added several rebounds and assists, tallying seven of each.

Junior Josh Snodgrass and Senior Darrien Mack added 21 and 15 points respectively.

The Tritons shot better than 60 percent from the field and led by as many as 56 points in the exhibition rout of the Chilean team. The team also ended the game at around 58 percent for free throw percentage and three point percentage.

Eckerd received assistance from many of the new players including Freshman Jerrick Stevenson, who scored 26 points.

Stevenson scored 19 of his points in the second half as the Tritons pulled away from their opponents.

Freshman Kendall Roberts contributed as well with a big three point play and a

layup that gave Eckerd their biggest lead of the first half.

Eckerd’s defense also shined as the Tritons forced 26 turnovers.

Taylor and Stevenson contributed five and four steals respectively.

Freshman Ray Darnell recorded the team’s only block on the night.

This tight defense held the Chilean national team to less then 31 percent shooting from the field and less than 23 percent from three point range.

Fans showed up in costume for the Halloween event which featured a halftime costume contest and recognition for the women’s soccer team’s first postseason victory in the history of the program.

Triton men hold Division I USF to single digit victory

The Tritons faced a tough test Nov. 5, taking on the USF Bulls in Tampa. USF is a member of Division I and plays in the very strong Big East Conference. Eckerd fought incredibly hard for the entirety of the matchup to keep the game close. At the final whistle, USF prevailed, beating the Tritons, 74-65.

To hold a Division I team and a Big East contender to only a nine-point victory shows great promise for the Tritons. The men will travel to New York to face Canisius College at 7 p.m. Nov. 8.

Women's basketball battles Division I team Louisville in exhibition opener

By Mike Geibel Sports Editor

The Eckerd women's basketball team traveled to the KFC Yum! Center on Halloween night to take on the Louisville Cardinals in an exhibition matchup.

Louisville won the game 83-29 but the Tritons showed a lot of promise in the game for many reasons.

The Louisville Cardinals are not just an average Division I

team. The Cardinals came into the exhibition game as the ninth-ranked Division I team in the nation.

In what would be a tough test for any team at any level in the country, the Tritons were only down by 16 points at half and made more than half of their shot attempts in that time.

Louisville pulled away in the second half and showed why they are in the top ten in the nation, holding Eckerd to

only nine points after halftime.

Eckerd was held in check partially because of the size and muscle of the Division I powerhouse, but also because of a smothering Cardinal defense.

The Tritons coughed up 41 turnovers which were converted into nearly 50 points for Louisville.

This was the second straight road test against a Division I team after Eckerd travled to Florida Gulf Coast University a few

days before going to Louisville.

The Triton women will officially start their season against Armstrong Atlantic (Ga.) University Nov. 9 in Savannah, Ga.

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The San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers, capturing their second World Series title in the past three years.

The Giants won Game 1 8-3, powered by third baseman and World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval’s 4-4 night with three home runs and four R.B.I. He joined Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols on the prestigious list of players who have hit three home runs in a World Series game. Second baseman Marco Scutaro chipped in with a pair of hits and R.B.I., and Barry Zito and Tim Lincecum combined to hold Detroit to just one run in eight innings.

In Game 2, Giants pitchers dominated the tough Tigers lineup, as Madison Bumgarner, Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo teamed up for a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts and just two walks. Giants right fielder Hunter Pence scored the first run of the game in the seventh inning and then drove in center fielder Angel Pagan with a sac fly in the eighth inning, as the Giants won 2-0.

The Giants won Game 3 2-0 as well, as Ryan Vogelsong, Lincecum and Romo pitched a five-hit shutout. The Giants scored both their runs in the second inning, when left fielder Gregor Blanco drove in Pence with an R.B.I. triple and then scored on shortstop Brandon Crawford’s single.

The last game of the series was the closest one. The Giants took an early lead on first baseman Brandon Belt’s R.B.I. triple in the top of the second inning. The Tigers then took their first lead of the series in the third inning, on a two-run homer by first baseman Miguel Cabrera. The Giants reclaimed the lead in the sixth inning on a tworun homer from catcher Buster Posey, but Delmon Young, the Tigers’ designated hitter, homered in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game 3-3. Neither team scored over the next three innings, sending the game into extra innings.

The Giants struck quickly, though, as Scutaro drove in infielder Ryan Theriot with an R.B.I. single in the tenth inning. Romo then came in in the bottom of the tenth inning to face the top of the Tigers lineup. He struck out both leadoff hitter Austin Jackson and pinch-hitter Don Kelly.

Then up came the mighty Cabrera, fresh off of winning the AL Triple Crown. Romo threw him five consecutive sliders, getting the count to 2-2. On the sixth pitch of the at-bat, Romo finally threw Cabrera a fastball, but he was clearly expecting another slider, as he froze and wound up taking a pitch pretty close to the middle of the plate for strike three. Then the celebration in the Giants clubhouse ensued.

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