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WILSON

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SPRING 2018 ISSUE 2

WILSON COLLEGE

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018

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IN THIS ISSUE...

News 3

Russian Bots on the Rise Trump Suggests Tariffs on Imports

Issues 4-5

DACA Ends Difference Between Sex vs Gender WHO and Gaming Disorder

Campus 6-8

Common Hour Recap Annual Muhibbah Event Billboard Going to AwesomeCon Wilson and NY Chiro. Partnership

Special Section 9-12

School Shootings Essay: We Should Be Better Sound Off Wilson!

Gun Legislation in America Chris Evans Speaks Out

Escaping from Reality

At times, the world seems unbearable to live in. With the rise of school shootings, stress from school, burglaries, rapes, fires, and natural disasters, reality tends to have more bad than good in it. When the bad gets too overwhelming, imagining something good happening next gets harder and harder. That is when I need to escape reality.

I was, and still am, a bookworm. I devoured books, one after the other. In elementary school, my favorite day was when we went to our library and chose new books. On rare occasions, the book mobile would visit and I would spend as much as time as I could, scanning each book to pick my next adventure. I did not read to gain more information. My main purpose was to get lost in a story, to get engrossed with the story that I forgot where I was. My worries disappeared as long as my nose was stuck in a book.

Upon reaching middle/high school, I was part of the library club. I would spend a class period checking books in and out, placing them in their rightful spot on the shelf, and recommend books for some students.

I was the president my senior year and took great pride in that position. High school was not an easy time. Dealing with different cliques, trying to ignore snide comments, and the drama was a constant strain.

With every chance I got, I would get a hall pass from my teacher to go to the library. The library became my safe haven.

College made it difficult to read for fun with the amount of work that is required, but I still find time to read a few pages. Even if I already read a book, I would reread it, picking up on little details that I may have missed before. I put time aside in the evenings before going to sleep for “me” time. For the most part, “me” time consisted of reading with the occa-

Kirsten Bilger

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief: Kirsten Bilger Graphic Design Editor: Francesca Giustini

Features 14-15 Online Editor: Ghada Tafesh

Sleep Awareness Day Technology Taking Over Lives

sional drawing. Now, writing a novella, I can create a world of my own imagining, give each character his/her own personality, and get lost in writing.

Reading ultimately became my crutch to escape from reality. I became emotionally tied to each character. Over time, I found another escape with some favorite TV shows. Looking back at everything I read and watch, there is a common theme: happily ever after. Not so much a fairy tale happily ever after, but one where the hero is triumphant in defeating their foe, the good person stumbles along the way but learns that those stumbles made him/her stronger, and everything works out in the end.

Maybe that is why I believe in happily ever after. In the end, everything will get better.

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Austrailian Football League

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EDITORIAL

Calendar Editor and Distribution: Dasia Edwards

Advisers: Kimberly Maske-Mertz

Robin Herring

Staff Writers: Entertainment 16-17

Oscars Recap Black Panther Review

Dasia Edwards Timothy Horn

Francesca Giustini

Kieren Marshall

Aurora Ortiz Music 18-19

Music: Spencer Sutherland Aaron Carter Album Review

Ash Henderson

Hannah Middaugh

Zachary Powell

Tram Ho

Thuy-Hang Ngo

Katie Shank

EDITORIAL MISSION STATEMENT

The Wilson Billboard is a once-monthly student-run newsmagazine serving the Wilson College and Chambersburg community. Our mission is to relay important information to the campus and provide a Calendar 20 forum for intelligent and democratic discussion. To fulfill this mission, the Billboard recognizes the many goals of the Wilson community and strives to encourage communication between students, faculty, staff and administration in an ethical and non-biased fashion.

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Russian

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By Katie Shank

In Nov. 2017, the United States Congress held hearings to discuss how Russia used social media to interfere with the presidential election through computer “bots,” according to npr.org.

Since then, Russia has been increasing the use of “bots” in order to create tension amongst the United States and other countries.

Dan Kaminsky, co-founder of the cybersecurity firm White Ops, explained in an article covered by Eric Westervelt that Russian hackers are using these bots in order to create thousands of fake websites in which they have convinced web marketers to purchase video ads. Kaminsky goes on to discuss that many companies have fallen for this scam because the websites look

‘Bots’

legitimate and were thought to be viewed by real people. The fraudulent attacks are still coming.

Other than fraud attacks, the “bots” have been used to spread mass amounts of propaganda through social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

In more recent news, Russian bots have increased and are active in various social media platforms working to increase tension in the United States by focusing on the Florida school shootings according to NPR staff member Mary Louise Kelly.

Hours after the shootings took place in Florida, “bots” were flooding social media platforms creating and sending messages that involved pro-gun-rights and pro-gun control messages.

On Feb. 16, the grand jury of the District of Columbia issued

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an indictment which charged thirteen Russian individuals as well as three Russian companies for committing federal crimes which interfered with the United States political system according to a press release by the United States Department of Justice.

As stated in the press release, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein comments, “This indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be on the Internet.”

Because of this indictment, it is important to know the difference between real news and fake news. There are easy steps to help determine fake news.

The Summer School of Harvard University broke down spotting fake news in four easy steps.

First, make sure the work is credible. Look at the infor-

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mation to see if it meets academic standards. Pay attention to domain names. Sites with “.com.co” are often illegitimate. Look to see if the author has published anything else or has contact information.

Second, pay attention to the quality of the work. Look to see if the article is error free and if the story is recycled from a former work.

Third, check citations and sources. If the article was found on social media or an uncredible website, most of the time the article will be illegitimate.

Check for the article on different databases and also see if it is available on different sites.

Lastly, visit a fact-checking source website. By using these websites, you can find out if something is fact or fiction.

A Mix of Free-Market and Protectionist Economy Under Trump’s Administration

By Tram Ho

Since President Trump’s inauguration in Jan. 2017, he has executed various economic policies with an aim to “make America great again.” Two of his trademark policies, which create tremendous controversy in society, are to promote corporate privacy through business tax reform and to protect the domestic economy by restricting trade with foreign countries.

First, Trump lowered taxes on American corporations from 35 percent to 21 percent. The administration expects to reduce tax burdens and create a free and favorable environment for businesses to grow. The hope is that companies with increases in net incomes may pay more compensation to their workers, which eventually will benefit the American middle-class.

In fact, several big corporations announced their plans to provide bonuses and higher wages for their employees, including Starbucks, Disney, Verizon, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America.

As Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, shares, “We are directing approximately $125 million to our cast members and employees across the country and making higher education more accessible with the launch of this new program.”

Trump also plans to reduce various

A Speech Given by Trump

regulations for businesses in his attempt to promote privacy within corporations. He declared in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: “I think the tax cuts are incredible. But I think the regulations, the cutting of regulations—because the businessescouldn’teven—theycouldn’t do anything. They were totally bound.”

After the tax cut, Apple Inc. stated they plan to bring their operations overseas back to the U.S. and pay $38 billion in taxes. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple also promises to invest $10 billions in the upcoming years

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to create more domestic jobs and manufacturing centers in the U.S. Despite some recently positive effects, some people suspect that the tax cut may prove dangerous to the national budget deficit. The policy is forecasted to reduce government revenues by $135 billion in 2018, which may lead the deficit to exceed $1 trillion and eventually add to the national debt.

Meanwhile, Trump’s policy focuses on restricting businesses from outsourcing and U.S. trade under the protectionist theory to place America first. In 2017, Trump renegotiated

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico and withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

He has targeted other countries to import more American goods while restricting the import of foreign goods into the American market.

On Mar. 1, 2018, Trump announced his plan to impose a tariff of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum. His goal is to promote steel manufacturing industry within the U.S. Since trade and outsourcing is viewed as a means of wasting human resources, the restriction on trade, to Trump, may create more jobs for the American middle-class.

However, Trump’s protectionist policies have received severe criticism. For example, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns on the steel proposal,: “The import restrictions announced by the U.S. President Donald Trump are likely to cause damage not only outside the U.S., but also to the U.S. economy itself, including to its manufacturing and construction sectors, which are major users of aluminum and steel.”

Moreover, it is possible that these new initiatives will incur a damaging trade war, which will hurt global supply chains and transaction as well as the whole economy.

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“Dreamers”

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Photo provided by Wikimedia Commons

By Aurora Ortiz

On Sept. 5, 2017, President Trump ordered an end to a program that protects young immigrants from deportation. This Obama era program, known as DACA, allowed young immigrants to pursue higher education, work legally and serve in the United States Armed Services.

By the end of 2017, there were four possible DACA solutions (CNN). The “Recognizing America’s Children Act” or RAC would provide a path to citizenship after 10 years to immigrants who had arrived at the U.S. at 16 years or younger and had lived in the country since Jan. 1, 2012. This act would also allow recipients to travel out of the U.S., something that DACA does not allow.

The “Bridge Act” would provide a three-year Visa to an immigrant who entered the country before the age of 16 and had been living in the U.S. since June 2017. This Act does not provide a path to citizenship and would have to be renewed

by Congress after three years.

The third possibility is known as the “Succeed Act.” This act would cover an immigrant who entered the U.S. before the age of 16 and had lived in the country since Jan. 2012. This act provides the opportunity to apply for citizenship after 15 years.

The fourth known solution is the Dream Act. The Dream Act was introduced in 2010 but failed to gain support.

The bill was once again introduced last year as the “Clean Dream Act.” It provides the fastest way to citizenship as

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recipients can apply for citizenship after only five years.

All of these acts require applicants to have a high school diploma or GED, be enrolled in higher education, enlist in the U.S. military or have valid work authorization.

Since Trump’s decision to end DACA In September of last year, thousands of Dreamers, immigration lawyers and advocates have taken a stand to prevent the termination of the program. Sixteen states And the Discrict of Columbia have filed lawsuits against Trump’s decision to terminate DACA. Some of these states include: Pennsylvania, California, Oregon, New York and New Jersey, who joined at the end of January 2018.

On Feb. 26, 2018, the Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit over the future of DACA (HuffPost). This decision is a major setback for the Trump administration; however, it all but ensures that DACA will remain in effect for recipients after the deadline originally set by the White House. DACA remains in effect for people already approved for the program, but is no longer available to first time applicants.

Thousands of people are more concerned about the looming program’s official end date: March 5, 2018. Lawsuits continue, and support grows stronger for Dreamers but, the dreaded end date still exists on paper. This date has become a symbolic marker as no one is sure what will happen to the thousands of young immigrants fighting to remain in the country they call home.

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Many of us have gone to, seen a video, or at least heard of a gender reveal party/event.

The most frequently asked question parents-to-be hear is “Is it a girl or boy?” or “Do you know the gender yet?” Everyone wants to know whether to get pink or blue presents.

There is just one small issue with these questions and with the “gender reveal” thing. We should be asking for the sex of the baby and it should be called a sex reveal.

Some may be asking you, “Aren’t they the same thing?”

The answer is no. That’s right, sex and gender are different.

Let us break this down. Sex refers to chromosomes, internal and external organs and other biological differences.

Gender is a lot more complex.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines gender as: “Referring to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men, such as norms, roles, and relationships of and between groups of women and men.

It varies from society to so-

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ciety and can be changed.”

Gender can be further broken down into gender roles and gender identity. A gender role refers to behaviors and attitudes that are considered acceptable, appropriate and desirable of a man or a woman as stated by society.

Gender identity is one’s internal and personal sense of being a man or a woman (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD).

Biologically assigned sex does not always match gender identity. These individuals often refer to themselves

as gender-nonconforming, non-binary or transgender.

Now, here is an interesting fact about the whole, pink is for girls, blue is for boys thing. There is nothing underlying or fundamental that makes pink a girl color or blue a boy color. Colors can be described as cool, warm or neutral. Who goes to a store and asks “Where are the girly paints at?” or “Do you sell a manlier tone?”

Also, until the 19th century, babies were dressed in white, since color garments had not yet been introduced. Once

colors were introduced, pink was originally used for boys and blue was used for girls.

A quote from a trade publication called Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department, published in 1918 stated, “The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls.

The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.”

A hundred years later and it is hard to find a baby boy dressed in pink.

So now everyone should be saying that they are going to a “sex reveal” party right? Actually that sounds weird, it probably won’t catch on. Maybe we should stop trying to decide a baby’s gender before they are even born, let them decide.

Sex and gender have been used interchangeably for many years, but their uses are becoming more distinct. It is important to learn the difference.

family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning” (WHO) for at least 12 months.

Advisor of the Gamers Club at Wilson and Director of Residence Life Jared Hirtz and Director of Counseling Megan Cavanaugh both agree with the decision of including gaming disorder in the list of mental health condition.

Cavanaugh believes that it is “a behavioral addiction that should be recognized in the next DSM. With any addictive behaviors, one thing to focus on is when that behavior starts to impact and negatively affect areas of a person’s life.”

Similarly, Hirtz thinks that “it is an important decision to recognize that addiction to games can have extreme effects on an individual as a student and person” based on his observation of college friends affected by the issue.

Cody Dunlap ’18, who

is acting President of the Gamers Club, however, does not believe that gaming addiction should be considered a mental disorder.

“In my opinion, I don’t think gaming can be classified as an addiction,” said Dunlap.

“Of course, anything in excess can be a bad thing, but the same could be said for watching TV or reading a book. I believe video games are just a hobby like anything else.”

That said, Dunlap also feels that it is possible for a person to become obsessed over a video game, though those cases are few and far between.

“I feel [these people] don’t accurately describe gamers as a whole,” Dunlap stated.

“I have been gaming for the better part of my life, and I am just as social as the next guy. Video games haven’t destroyed my life or ruined my college career because I consume them in moderation. In fact, I go to video

games as a way to unwind or de-stress. That would be my advice to people, moderation. But that could be said for just about anything.”

Hirtz notes that the Gamers Club holds events weekly and has meetings monthly in order to assist students.

According to Hirtz, the club has reached out to Campus Counseling for indicators/ signs that an individual may have an addition or pattern of behaviors consistent with the disorder.

Cavanaugh thinks that it is important to seek professional help. It is also vital that students who are working actively to address their situation have healthy and positive support systems. Cavanaugh suggests that therapy is a great tool to help students identify their addictive behaviors and to learn coping strategies to help control and manage their gaming disorder.

What’s the big deal?

By Aurora Ortiz

World Health Organization: Gaming is an Addiction

By Thuy-Hang Ngo

According to the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), gaming disorder is characterized as “impaired control over gaming,” prioritization of gaming over other physical and social activities or interests, and “continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences” (World Health Organization).

Gaming disorder is included in the ICD-11 as a result of evidence and reflection from health experts who saw an increase in the number of treatment programs for people with characteristics of gaming disorder all over the world.

However, not all people who play games are suspected to be developing this disorder.

For a person to be diagnosed, he or she must show evidence of sufficiently severe behavioral patterns which result in “impairment in personal,

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Muhibbah Holds Annual Dinner and Performance

By Tram Ho

On Mar. 3, Wilson College students organized the Annual Muhibbah Dinner and Performance to represent cultures of various countries and celebrate the diversity of our world. The event is a gathering effort of international students in Muhibbah to display their cultural dress and dances. Students, faculty and the Chambersburg community gathered together to enjoy the multicultural food, dinner and performance.

Muhibbah is a Malaysian word meaning unity among nations. Hence, the club represents an international and intercultural group that is by no means confined to international students. Each year, Wilson students from different backgrounds and nationalities organize the event to share their home culture with American citizens and, more importantly, their international friends.

As Crystal Lantz, Director of International Scholar Services, shares: “Muhibbah Night is my favorite event of the year. I feel so proud of what the club members are able to accomplish, and

I am thankful that we have enough students willing to be a part of this event to make it possible. It takes a lot of hard work during a busy time in the semester, but the students always make it work. What I love most about the Muhibbah Dinner is that it is a night dedicated to celebrating our international students and the rich diversity they bring to our campus.

It provides our students with the perfect opportunity to wear beautiful Muhibbah members traditional clothes from their countries and share with our community something from their culture.

It’s rewarding to be a part of this meaningful time of celebration for our students each year, and I continue to be so impressed by what this club can accomplish!”

This year, the night’s theme was “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”

Common Hour: Masculine Anxiety

By Timothy Horn

On Monday, Feb. 26, Common Hour explored how anxiety can be triggered by a sense of loss in masculinity.

The session was presented

by Dr. Wendell Smith, Associate Professor of Spanish at Wilson, and was based on his research inspired by the play El Medico y su Honra and the book Anxious Masculinity in Modern England by Mark Breitenberg.

Professor Smith’s presentation covered the recurring fear concerning lost masculinity in male society that has lasted throughout history. This typically happened around times of crisis regarding the order in society and

changes to social norms. Smith found that manhood was based on an ideal of vulnerability as feminine and typically required constant proof and validation, making it difficult to earn, but easy to lose. He argued this fear often results in men seeking excess and risktaking behavior to promote themselves and improve their status. In the modern U.S., Professor Smith cited a tendency to promote aggression, involvement in violent sports, and an avoidance of seeming gay. This aggression has tended to make men more supportive of inequality and laws that hurt women and gays.

Professor Smith was inspired to explore the subject

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Muhibbah Club kicked off the event with a special dinner at 5:15 pm in Jensen Dining Hall.

Along with a plethora of diverse cuisines, the dinner served featured dishes from different countries from different continents. For example, appetizers included Vietnamese Spring Rolls, Chinese Pot Stickers, African Scotch Egg; main dishes were Indian Butter Chicken, Greek Moussaka, and Pakistani Samosas; desserts was Australian Lamingtons and Spanish Churros. During the dinner, there were welcoming remarks made by Cystal Lantz, Brooke McLachlan, President of Muhibbah, and Dean Mary Photo by Tram Ho Beth Williams who expressed thanks to Muhibbah club members, staff, and community members for all their support.

At 7:30 pm, the guests moved to Laird Hall to enjoy the Muhibbah performance. Marianna Davidova ‘21 performed an Armenian bridal dance, Uzundara, that every bride has to perform for the groom and the guest in

Armenia. Seungmin Eum presented Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, characterized by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast kicking technique.

There were other performances representing Australia, Ghana, Haiti, Vietnam, and the U.S. Following the performance, the audience got a closer look at student’s international costumes thanks to the fashion show.

Sharron Bixel, a member of the friendly family program at Wilson College, shares her viewpoint: “We loved it because it is so fun to see all the different cultures together. And we liked that this year there was a program that listed all the food and the different countries that they came from so when we were back at the table eating we could look at the program and see what it was and where it was from.

Also we liked that each ones’ name was there of the students and their country. Everything was beautiful too. The performances were fun also to see how each country is unique. And the fashion show was very nice.

Some of the students moved too quickly on the stage, though and it was hard to get a picture.

Thanks again for all you did to make that such a special night.”

from researching hypochondria and its connection to the play El Medico de su Honra.

In the play, the main character Don Gutierre becomes worried his wife is having an affair and views it as an affront to his masculinity. This triggers anxiety and causes him to imagine himself suffering from severe ailments triggered by his loss of masculine honor.

Smith argued that this theme still resonates strongly today within certain populist movements such as the white power movement. He felt that this theme is often linked to nostalgia, where people look towards the past as an idealized time when everything was “perfect.” Smith added, “It is interesting to see it in the past where we think of men as more manly and women as more womanly.” This percep-

tion of a lost paradise helps to fuel anxiety about a man’s ability to live up to the ideals of masculinity, often in times of strong social change such as the rise of feminism.

One possible antidote Professor Smith found was in changing the comparison of manhood to that of boyhood instead of womanhood. He cited Denmark as an example of this sort of culture, where masculinity is based on maturing and taking on responsibility instead of projecting strength and concealing vulnerability. By redefining the terms of comparison, Smith argues that Danish men show less anxiety and aggression compared to their American counterparts because manhood is a natural part of growing up rather than an easily lost status.

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Pop Culture Convention Provides a Unique Opportunity for Student Media

By Kimberly Maske-Mertz

The sixth annual AwesomeCon comic book and pop culture convention will return to Washington, D.C. on Friday, Mar. 30, and members of both The Wilson Billboard and Bottom Shelf Review (BSR) will enjoy a rare opportunity to cover the event not only as attendees but also as official reporters.

According to a press release from LeftField Media, AwesomeCon “will unite 80,000 fans of comics, technology and science, television and film, custom art, over-the-top cosplay, and more” with three days of programming including expert panels, celebrity meet and greets, gaming tournaments, and a vast array of exhibits. Also returning this year are Smithsonian Magazine’s Future Con, and Pride Alley, presented by the LGBTQ organization Geeks OUT. As Editor-in-Chief of both BSR and the Billboard, Kirsten Bilger ’18 feels the convention is a great venue to test her skills as a reporter off-campus.

“With attending Awesome-

Con, I can expand the type of entertainment writing that I do,” says Bilger. “I will have more experience in attending an entertainment event and in interviewing people.”

Bilger is one of two Wilson students who were granted official press passes for the event.

She notes, “It feels amazing to know that we have been recognized as a media group by such a big organization. To be given a press badge is an amazing opportunity and I look forward to covering this event.”

Graphic Design Editor Francesca Giustini ’18, who was also granted press access, feels the same.

“This is an incredible first for me as an entertainment journalist,” said Giustini. “I have never been to a Con nor have I ever used a press pass. I am excited to have this behind the scenes view of the event that the press pass will allow me.”

Celebrity guests on hand will include popular actors such as John Barrowman (“Doctor Who”/“Arrow”), John Boyega (“Star Wars: The Force Awak-

ens”), Stephen Amell (“Arrow”), Michael Rooker (“The Walking Dead”/“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Tom Welling (“Smallville”/“Lucifer”), and Ben Savage (“Boy Meets World”/“Little Monsters”).

Comic book creators such as J. Scott Campbell (cocreator of “Deadpool”/“XMen”), Jim Starlin (“Captain Marvel”/“Iron Man”), and Greg Capullo (“Batman, Reborn”) have also scheduled appearances.

Students may even have an opportunity to interview one of the many celebrity guests as part of their press access.

“I would like to interview Frank Tieri who has worked with a lot of Marvel and the television show, ‘Ultimate Spider-Man,’” states Bilger.

“It would be nice to talk to him about working on a variety of work, and what it’s like to go from writing comics to an actual television show.”

Giustini says she would like to have the opportunity to interview Will Friedle (“Boy Meets World”): “I would love

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to discuss the evolution his icon and beloved character on Boy Meets World and the impact this show has had on generations of viewers.”

While students will work toward covering AwesomeCon for the Billboard, they will also have an opportunity to enjoy the convention as attendees. Many sessions will include discussions on writing for the fantasy and scifi genres in both literature and television, and students will have the opportunity to engage in meet-and-greets with their favorite celebrities.

“I’m so excited to get photos with Tom Welling, Michael Rosebaum, Stephen Amell, and John Barrowman,” says Hannah Middaugh ’22. “These men are some of my favorite actors and it is just going to be so cool to get photos with them.”

AwesomeCon 2018 will take place Friday, Mar. 30 through Sunday, Apr. 1. A full list of celebrity and comic guests as well as information on tickets and accommodations can be found on the AwesomeCon website.

For more information, contact Advisor Kimberly Maske-Mertz at kimberly.maske-mertz@wilson.edu.

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Wilson Receives Grant for SPS Program

By Media Relations

Wilson College has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Eden Hall Foundation to fund research on the effects of taking part in the Student Parent Scholar program on the children of program participants. SPS, formerly called the Women with Children program, allows single parents to live on the Wilson campus with their young children while they pursue their degree.

The grant will allow Wilson and an external research partner to conduct interviews with current and former Single Parent Scholar program parEden Hall Photos Provided by Wilson College ticipants, as well as current and former program directors, to develop an exploratory research study on outcomes for children who lived on the Wilson campus while their parent attended college. students who want to study

By Media Relations A new educational partner- chiropractic can continue their ship between Wilson and New education at a premier school.”

York Chiropractic College will Within their first two years guarantee qualified Wilson of study at Wilson, interested graduates who receive a bach- exercise science majors will be elor’s degree in exercise sci- asked to submit a letter of inence admission to NYCC’s Doc- tent to NYCC, asking to join its tor of Chiropractic program. chiropractic doctoral program.

Under an articulation agree- Each student who signs a letter ment between the two schools, of intent will then be assigned exercise science majors who their own NYCC admissions graduate from Wilson with a counselor for ease of transicumulative 3.0 grade-point tion from Wilson to NYCC. Wilson was invited to apaverage or above are assured Under the agreement, stu- ply for the grant by the Eden admission into the three-year dents interested in the NYCC Hall Foundation, a private NYCC program. In addition, program who graduate from Pittsburgh-based foundation Wilson graduates with a mini- Wilson with a G.P.A. of 2.5 that helped launch the Wommum 3.0 G.P.A. will be auto- or greater will - while not en with Children program matically awarded a $1,500 guaranteed admission - re- in 1996, providing $946,000 merit scholarship by NYCC. ceive special consideration in 1997 and 1998 to reno“The partnership with NYCC for admission to NYCC. vate Prentis Hall as housing came out of a desire to supWilson’s bachelor’s degree for program participants. port Wilson’s goal of enhanc- in exercise science is designed In 2015, the program was ing academic opportunities for to prepare students for ca- opened to single fathers and students and to answer an in- reers in the fitness and well- renamed the Single Parcreased national demand in al- ness industries, personal and ent Scholar program. Curlied health and complementary group fitness training and ex- rently, 13 single parents are medicine,” Tonia Hess-Kling, ercise physiology. It also pre- enrolled in the SPS program. assistant professor of exercise pares students for graduate Over the past 20 years, the science, said. “As our program programs in athletic training, program has touched the continues to grow and prepare exercise physiology, cardiac re- lives of 120 student-parents students for work in these habilitation, physical therapy, and at least that many chilfields and for graduate school, chiropractic, occupational ther- dren, according to the college. this partnership ensures that apy and recreational therapy.

Children of Single Parent

Wilson Partners With NY Chiropractic College

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Scholars attend graduation.

In 2016, Endicott College published a research study that examined eight undergraduate student-parent programs, including Wilson’s, and recommended further research on the effects of such programs on participants’ children. “While the positive impacts on single parents may be more apparent in terms of the increased earnings, independence and stability associated with college degree completion, impacts on children of these single parents are more nebulous,” Wilson’s grant application states. “Positive impacts may be academic, social-emotional, physical and/or behavioral in nature.”

Anecdotally, the effect of living in an academic environment has been positive on the children—with some even returning to Wilson to seek their own degree— but no formal research has been conducted.

Findings of the new research study would be shared with the Eden Hall Foundation, as well as potentially with other stakeholders, including the higher education community. In addition, study results may be used to help identify improvements to the Single Parent Scholar program at Wilson.

The Eden Hall Foundation was established in 1984 in accordance with the will of Pittsburgh philanthropist Sebastian Mueller, who had been vice president and a director of the H.J. Heinz Co. Mueller provided substantial financial support for: improving conditions for the poor and disadvantaged, promoting sound education and benefiting health facilities and projects. Today, foundation trustees continue his stewardship in the areas of social welfare, health, education and the arts.

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School Shootings Across the U.S.

When Will Enough be Enough?

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel visits Parkland shooting survivor Anthony Borges in the hospital on Feb. 18, 2018.

By Ash Henderson

Over the past year, multiple schools across the U.S. have been impacted by shootings, which have resulted in the deaths of both students and faculty members.

Recently, authorities rushed to the scene of a deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. This shooting marked the 25th fatal shooting at a U.S. elementary, middle or high school since the Columbine school shooting in 1999.

Not long before the shooting in Florida, there was a shooting at a middle school in California, in which a 12-year-old girl shot and injured multiple students and some staff members.

Dasia Edwards 18’ stated, “I believe they should practice shooting drills given the increase of incidents these past years. We need to strengthen gun policies, increase and properly train security guards in schools, and teach kids what to do when there is an intruder present.”

According to USA Today, since 1990, there have been 22 shootings at elementary and secondary schools in which two or more people were killed, and that does not include any perpetrators who committed suicide.

Laury Jean-Baptise 20’ said, “The school shootings are maybe due to bullying as not every

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kids or parents will react to the situation calmly, not every sign can be read to prevent the situation. So I don’t really know what society can do to protect the kids at school. I just feel like school shootings are starting to get more frequent now.”

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, there has been debates on whether teachers should be able to carry guns in school to help protect students in case a school shooting occurs.

State laws related to guns in schools vary by state and although many only apply to college campuses, some states give teachers with concealed carry permits the ability to have guns on the grounds of K-12 schools, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Professor Jill Hummer commented, “I think schools need to have tighter security. It is sad that it has come to this. At my home church, we have an armed police officer standing outside of services. The media could also stop giving this mass shootings so much attention.

The most important thing is to keep students safe from harm.”

If school shootings of any variety are going to be seriously addressed, then the government needs to change gun laws, in order to protect the safety of students and staff members.

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Should

Be

Better

Than

By Kimberly Maske-Mertz

I awoke on Feb. 14 much in the same way I do every morning—with a yawn, a stretch, and a sigh after another night of troubled sleep.

And just like every morning, I reached for my phone on my nightstand to check my news app and Facebook.

The news held no surprises.

Just the same articles with the same stories of political turmoil and the usual celebrity gossip.

Nothing out of the ordinary, at least by today’s standards.

Facebook, on the other hand, was a welcome change from the new normal. As I checked my newsfeed, I smiled as I passed by the many Valentine’s Day greetings and sentiments of love—love for friends, significant others, neighbors, and everyone in general. Admittedly, I scrolled past most of them, stopping every so often to like a post by a particular friend or a funny meme.

It seemed like the holiday had brought out the best in everyone, and it filled me with a sense of hope amid the chaos that has seemed to rock our country—our world—to its core in the past year. Even if we couldn’t always agree where it came to politics and social issues, at least we could set aside our differences for a day to celebrate love.

That hope was diminished when I received a text from a good friend in Florida at 3:16 p.m.

“School shooting at Stoneman Douglas High.”

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My heart seemed to stop.

I wasn’t sure if her son attended Douglas—thankfully she responded quickly that he didn’t. However I did know that a number of my friends had children at the school, so I immediately went to Facebook to check in on everyone.

My newsfeed, which had just a few hours before been filled with love and light, was now inundated with news of the shooting, friends frantically posting requests for more information and prayers for their loved ones, and terror at not yet knowing if their children were safe.

Parkland is only twenty minutes from where I grew up. I attended a sister school in the same district, yet Douglas was a high school that I knew well and that held so many happy memories of choir competitions and Friday night football games. It seemed too surreal, and too close to home for me even 1000 miles away.

I had a hard time wrapping my head around it all. I still do. Even after learning that my friends’ children were safe, I still mourn for the 14 students and three teachers who lost their lives in such a senseless tragedy. I still ache with every news article that has been written in its wake.

I’m also angry. Angry that children who have suffered so much—who still manage to find the courage to speak out amid so much tragedy—are now subjected to rumors and

ridicule. Some have even received death threats simply because they want to promote change in the way we as a nation deal with gun violence.

They never asked for this.

They entered their school on Feb. 14 as “just kids,” yet they emerged into a world that has forced them to give up what is left of their adolescence to take on a fight that we adults should have already won for them.

As I continue to watch this unfold, questions of “why did this happen” and “how did this happen” have been replaced with “why haven’t we done anything to stop this from happening” and “how can our legislators continue allowing it to happen.” How can our American society—supposedly the “best” and “most advanced” in the world—continue to allow innocent lives to be lost in such a horrific way when it’s preventable?

Children should not fear going to school—a place I remember as a “safe place” in my youth.

While there are many political and ideological answers to this question—strengthening gun legislation, increasing access to mental health services, and arming more school resource officers and even teachers, just to cite a few—I feel that there is one significant answer that hardly anyone talks about.

It’s apropos that the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas occurred on a day meant to celebrate love in all its forms. It serves as a wakeup

call that, as a nation divided, we have lost a sense of moral consciousness that leads us to “love thy neighbor” as we love ourselves. We’ve lost our ability to set aside our differences and unite under one common goal. Instead, we attack those that oppose our beliefs. We fight over what we want rather than yield to one another for what we need.

What we need now is compassion, empathy, and a “true north” to lead us out of the darkness.

What we need now is love—in all its forms.

Why can’t the citizens of this nation seem to grasp this?

Abraham Lincoln once said, “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

This ideal cannot be found through political warfare, or spite, or the need to be right for the sake of pride. It can only be achieved when we put our differences aside and come to an agreeable consensus as to what truly matters to us.

As a nation, we should be better than this. We can be better than this, if only we work harder to find our better angels and allow them to take the lead. We owe it to our children just as much as, if not more than, we owe it to ourselves.

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Cody Dunlap ‘18

Anna Bavaro ‘21

Rashaan Bean ‘20

Hannah Zychal ‘20

“I think guns need to be kept out of the hands of people who mean harm, but not those who wish to exercise their second amendment rights.”

“Enforce background checks.

Training on the proper use of guns should also be involved.”

“Increase the age of getting a gun to prevent school shootings.”

“I think there should be stricter rules. It is too easy now to have a gun, and it shouldn’t be like that.

I feel like there should be a mental health check before anyone can own a gun.”

What Should the Government Do Regarding Gun Legislation in the United States?

Caleb Davis Men’s Soccer Coach “It’s tough because guns can be used in sport, there’s a lot of avid hunters who are using rifles intelligently… but at the same time its crazy right now the background checks which need to be stronger. People shouldn’t be allowed to buy semiautomatic or automatic rifles.

Mental issues also have a part to play, as medical records should be checked more vigorously. It’s crazy because you can buy from 20 different stores in a day, there should be a database to prevent mass consumption. Guns can be used intelligently but due to recent events guns are getting a really bad rap.”

Daniel O’Keefe ‘21

Aaron Hoke ‘19

Jesse Smith ‘19

“Strictly regulate who gets a gun.

Get rid of gun fairs, require training on purpose, obtain psychological analyzation.”

“I think the public should not have a access to semi-automatic rifles because they’re designed to kill other people and now people have such easy access to them. I feel like there should be a mental health check and the age should be moved up to 21. ”

“It’s hard to reduce because in this day so many people have guns and don’t know how to use them. It would be better for everyone to be educated properly before they can get a gun.”

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The Rights and Restrictions of Gun Control

By Zachary Powell

Whether or not people in the United States should carry guns is a big issue that surfaced recently. The United States has the highest gun-ownership rate in the world, and the highest fire-arm homicide rate, according to a Council on Foreign Relations analysis.

Attackers have used a semi-automatic weapon in 75 percent of mass shootings, where guns were obtained legally in 79 percent of those mass shootings.

People in the U.S. have mixed feelings about gun laws. Some think the laws should get more attention, but some think the laws are fine, and attention should be given to other issues.

When asked about gun

laws, Montaz McCray’21 mentioned, “I believe we need gun reform immediately or a change quickly or else shootings will keep happening.”

McCray continued on to say, “Increasing gun laws would prevent shooting because it would deter criminals from obtaining guns.”

With the recent school shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida, this made people even more aware and concerned about changing the gun laws.

“I feel that gun laws in America should be worked on due to fatalities that have occurred,” Morganne Kerr’21 said. “I feel that everyone who has a gun needs a license to withhold them in there handling,” Some people do not think that gun laws should be

changed but that other actions should be taken instead.

When asked about gun laws, Jacob Brouse ‘21 mentioned, “I believe that the current gun laws are suitable. I think attention should be shifted to mental health and ensuring that teachers, students, and police know the warning signs and when to step in.”

Along with keeping the gun laws the same, some think that more gun laws would not prevent or lessen the chances of gun deaths.

Brouse added, “I think the nation is split on gun control, but I do think most Americans are looking at the issues deeper.”

Kerr also thought the same thing about gun laws changing the chances of gun deaths.

She later added, “I do not

think Americans want more gun laws because those that hunt are in favor of them but most of them who do not hunt use them for protection.”

A strategy that has been talked about in response to school shootings is arming teachers and guards with guns.

This has also caused some controversy in terms of safety.

“I do not think that arming guards and teachers would prevent school shootings because if a criminal wants to get a gun, he will find a way through the black market,” Brouse later added.

Gun control in America is something that will continue to be looked at for a while, whether the government changes the laws, or whether they stay the same.

Chris Evans, the True Captain America

Captain America, is just a As the world continues to role for Marvel films, Evans grieve from the Florida school embodies the thought of what shooting, one person in par- Captain America is meant ticular stands with the survi- to be; fighting for those who vors. In response to a disre- cannot fight for themselves spectful tweet made by Dinesh and standing up for others.

D’Souza, Chris Evans, star of While Evans did call D’Souza Marvel’s “Captain America,” an “insensitive pile of trash,” gave his opinion on Twitter, stating, “Wow. I don’t have the words. Have you never lost someone?

What made you think this was ok? You can keep your apology, you insensitive pile of trash.”

Evans has starred in many roles throughout his acting career. He starred in movies such as “London,” “Fantastic Four,” “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “Scott Pilgrim Chris Evan’s Tweet vs. the World,” and, his more recent role, “Captain there are worse things that America.” Within the “Cap- Evans could have called tain America” films, Evans D’Souza. After such a tragplays Steve Rogers who fights edy and the lives it claimed, the good fight, fights for his it is hard to imagine anyone friends, and protects those ridiculing the survivors and around him. He sticks by his the ordeal they went through. friends “till the end of the line.”

According to Ed Mazza with Although Steve Rogers, or huffpost.com, on Tuesday, Feb.

By Kirsten Bilger

The school shooting massacre claimed the lives of 17 people, leaving everyone to wonder what the next step should be in eliminating this threat.

While this has raised many debates on the topic of gun legislation, those affected are still grieving the loss of their children. During their grieving, students traveled to Tallahassee in hopes of tighter gun restrictions.

According to the New York Times, “Students at the Capitol Wednesday denounced the Legislature for having voted down a proposal on Tuesday to consider banning assault weapons.”

At this time, it is unclear what exactly will be done about tighter gun regulation, but talks are in sesScreenshot provided by Kirsten Bilger sion regarding raising filmmaker. He is an author of the minimum age for the purseveral New York Times best- chase of a gun from 18 to 21.

While the government deals selling books and a filmmaker.

However, many people are with possible gun legislation outraged at his tweet towards and stricter gun laws, the surthe survivors of the massa- vivors continue to deal with cre. He did make an apology their lives and grieve those on Wednesday, Feb. 21, but who were lost while the world that did not calm people down. sends them thoughts and love.

20, D’Souza “shared an image of the survivors weeping while they watched Florida lawmakers vote against discussion of a gun control bill, and wrote: ‘Worst news since their parents told them to get summer jobs.’” D’Souza is a political commentator, author, and

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SPORTS

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to

Stoppage in an AFL game between the Hawks and the Bombers.

By Kieren Marshall

Since my arrival in the United States I have often been asked about what Australia is like and what sports we value.

The most difficult thing I have found is trying to explain Aussie rules to Americans who do not know the Australian game.

I’m often asked if American Football is similar and, whilst American Football is complicated, it seems to go on forever like most American sports, which lasts a good 6 hours per game. On the other hand, Australian Football League (AFL) is frenetic and chaotic especially when you see it for the first time and only lasts 2 hours.

It is sport rich in history beginning on an open field between two old Melbourne schools in 1858. Over the years, it has developed into

one of the most athletically demanding games in the world.

It is played between 18 professional teams over the course of a 22 round season. The top 8 teams progress to the finals with the top 4 given a second chance should they lose, followed by the next week where they play the winners from the bottom half of the 8. This all culminates in the Grand Final played on the last Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) between the 2 best teams, with over 100,000 impassioned spectators watching.

It is played with an oval shaped leather ball, and played on an oval shaped field rather than the traditional square shaped fields of American football. Each team has 22 players with 18 starting on the field with 4 rolling

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substitutes. Each player possesses various abilities with some big strong players, like the power forward, or wily and skillful smaller players typical to a striker in soccer.

The object of the game is to score the most points. This can be achieved by kicking the ball through the 2 large goalposts at either end of the field. 1 point is awarded if you hit the large goalpost, the ball goes between the small goalpost and large goalpost, or if the ball is touched before crossing the line. If the ball misses everything then there is no score.

There are 9 umpires who officiate the game and receive the usual barrage of abuse that goes with it. There are 3 central umpires who adjudicate whether there is a foul, or infringement of any variety. There are 4 boundary

umpires, 2 on each side, who judge whether the ball is out of play or not and throw the ball back in when it does. Finally, there are 2 goal umpires who are in charge of scoring and giving the signal as to whether it is a 6 pointer (goal) or point (behind) or none of the above.

The rules are extremely complex and difficult to explain, however the main things to avoid would be the head, tripping and pushing other players in the back.

The best part about the games are the high flying marks, or catches on the full, extraordinary skill and agility as well as the all in brawls that really gets the fans involved.

Ultimately it is one of the greatest sporting spectacles in the world and I recommend everyone watch at least one game in their life.

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FEATURES

Sleep

By Katie Shank

The Annual World Sleep Day will be held this year on Mar ch 16, which is hosted by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Sleep Society.

The World Sleep Day Committee organizes the annual event to bring importance to many aspects of sleep that go regularly unnoticed such as medicine, education, driving, and social aspects. The event originated in 2007. Since its initial start, more than 70 countries now participate in World Sleep Day. The overall mission of annual sleep day is to decrease the worries of sleep problems in society by providing better information on sleep disorders which will lead to better prevention and management.

Sleep is a necessity for college students, although most students do not realize its importance. The recommended amount of hours for a good night’s sleep is eight hours, according to the University Health Center at the University of Georgia.

“I find sleep very important because it allows you to maintain your physical and mental health while also allowing your body and mind to function in a normal manner,” Kayla Butts ‘18 explained.

In a study done by the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, only 11 percent of American college students sleep well. In addition, only 40 percent of American college students feel well rested

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for only two days out of the week.

“Unfortunately as a college student, I, like many others, find myself struggling to get enough sleep. Balancing school work, a job, extracurricular activities and resumè builders like sports, clubs and volunteering, as well as family and friends, all while trying to get enough sleep as possible. Something usually has to give and all too often it is sleep,” Butts added.

Sleeping is very important. The study at Harvard also goes on to mention that inadequate sleep affects the brain’s ability to receive factual information and procedural memories. Due to the brain’s inability to function properly while running on a lack of sleep, people are not able to function and remember how to do physical tasks.

“For me as a college student, I find myself not getting enough sleep due to homework. There are many nights that I am up past midnight making sure all my work is done. When I don’t get enough sleep, I have a very hard time concentrating in class,” Amanda Wimmer ‘19 commented.

Although, we may not think of sleep as an important aspect, our bodies are able to function better when they have been properly rested. So while the upcoming stress of midterms is upon us, let’s take an initiative to make time to get an adequate amount of sleep.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018

FEATURE

Taking

Over

People’s

By Ash Henderson

Technology was made to make our lives easier, so that we can be in control, but over the past few years it seems as though technology now controls our lives, social skills, and decisions. It has taken over the world and left us as zombies. Society needs to take a step back and realize that, as a whole, technology is starting to dictate how we function..

Society is lacking socialization. Instead of going outside, enjoying nice weather, or hanging out with friends, we are stuck worrying about what is going on with social media. There are things that the internet can not teach you. For example, the internet cannot teach you the importance of spending time with friends and family, or how to live life to the fullest and enjoy every moment of your life.

Professor John Elia, who teaches ethics, stated, “We associate the dings and buzzes and icons on our phones with the pleasures of getting a text from a friend, or receiving approval from our social networks. The association becomes habitual. Now, even when we realize that our phones control us rather than the other way around, even when we don’t get good news or

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our social networks hate us, we can’t easily break the habit.”

Most people often spend hours each day on their cell phone or computer. However, the time spent on these devices could be spent more productively. Instead of wasting time on social media, that time could be spent working on school,

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work, or personal productivity.

When we spend hours on social media and lying in bed watching Netflix, we are not spending time being productive. We are wasting time and energy.

Lisa Woolley, Professor of English, commented, “In some situations, technology saves money, but it also

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speeds up our lives and leaves us with less time. Because we have less time to interact with others, we try to compensate by being linked to them through technology.”

With technology being such a big part of our lives now, no one is spared, not even kids.

Kids are now getting cell phones and IPads instead of toys and coloring books. Instead of going outside to the playground, kids are watching YouTube videos for hours or playing video games. Each generation is becoming more and more dependent on technology.

Shannon McKenzie ’18 said, “I think technology is really good in some ways, but in other ways it can really hurt our society, especially our social skills.

I think every generation is bad with phones at this point.

I remember growing up and wanting a cell phone, but before that I used to play outside with my friends all the time, now you hardly ever see that.”

Communicating seems easier through text or social media.

We are use to speaking with people behind a screen that we forget what it was like to have an in person conversation. People have lost their social skills, manners, and expect everything to be delivered to them as fast as the Internet does.

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90th Academy Awards

By Francesca Giustini

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018

ENTERTAINMENT

Wrinkle in Time” across the The Academy of Motion street. It was fun to see Armie Picture Arts and Sciences Hammer armed with a hotheld their 90th annual award dog cannon and to watch fanceremony on Mar. 4. For the dom worlds collide as Wonder second year in a row, come- Woman (Gal Gadot) met Luke dian Jimmy Kimmel hosted. Skywalker (Mark Hamill) for Although this year Kimmel the first time. Lupita Nyong’o, proved himself to be a better Margot Robbie, Ansel Elgort, master of ceremonies, he still lacked the passion, charm and creativity of great Oscar hosts of the past such as Bob Hope, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Martin, Hugh Jackson and Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg.

One of Kimmel’s strongest and most fun bits of the evening was his promise of a Jet Ski to the night’s Oscar winner with the shortest speech. Academy Award winner Helen Mirren made for the most glamourous Price Is Right model ever as she showed off the 2018 Kawasaki Jet Ski Ultra 310LX. But that was not all. Midtelecast, Kimmel sweetened the deal by adding a three-day, two-night stay at a Days Inn

by Arizona’s Lake Havasu.

The funniest attempt to win the prize was made by Best Supporting Actress winner Al- Allison Janney and her Oscar lison Janney. She started her Guillermo Del Toro, Emspeech by saying “I did it all ily Blunt, and Lin Manuel by myself,” and then jokingly Miranda self-volunteered to acted like that was all she had join in on the fun and hand to say. Of course, after much out snack to the movie golaughter from the audience, she ers during the Oscar telecast. corrected the statement and In celebration of Oscar’s continued with her thank yous. 90th Anniversary, the night While many winners men- was filled with clip packages. tioned the promised jet-ski The most appropriate of which in their speeches, it was the were the performance mon“Phantom Thread” costume tages of former winners in the designer, Mark Bridges, who acting categories, reminding took home the prizes thanks to viewers of the powerful and his 36-second speech. Mirren, impressive work from talented unfortunately, did not go home artists that have been honored with him. After the telecast, by the Academy in the past.

Days Inn, who had not been Former female winners preapproached about or offered sented many of the awards. up free lodging, announced Former Best Actress winner that any of the year’s non- for “The Queen,” Helen Mirren winning nominees would be and two-time Oscar winner offered a free two-night stay. Jane Fonda both looked stunIn another attempt to have ning as they presented togethmovie stars interact with the er. International treasure Rita public, Kimmel brought Oscar Moreno looked gorgeous as attendees to a screening of “A ever in the same dress she wore

when she won Best Supporting Actress for “West Side Story” in 1962. The feisty and fabulous 86-year-old was a delight as a presenter. Two-time Oscar Winner Jodie Foster got to show off her sense of humor as she joked with fellow past Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence that they had been “I, Tonya-ed” and tripped by Meryl Streep. Lawrence famously

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tripped up the stairs when she won her Oscar for “Silver Linings Playbook in 2013.” Eva Marie Saint, who won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1954 for “On the Waterfront,” made an elegant presenter at the age of 93-years-old.

Out of its 13 nominations, “The Shape of Water” went home with 4 Oscars, including the top 2 awards of the night: Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo Del Toro. Both of these wins were somewhat considered upsets, despite how successful the film has been at Oscar precursor shows. The controversial and dark fairy tale about a mute janitor who falls in love with a fish man is visually stunning but was recently slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming Del Toro plagiarized Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Zindel’s the play

“Let Me Hear You Whisper.”

For Best Picture, both “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “Get Out” had won more prizes in pre-Oscar events in Awards Season, making themselves seem more likely to win. With the Academy’s preferential ballot system that is exclusively used for Best Picture, Oscar voters rank the nominees. Statistically, the film with the most second and third place votes wins Best Picture.

Jordan Peele of “Get Out” and Greta Gerwig of “Lady Bird” each had a lot of support for Best Director even though Del Toro had been winning the prize throughout the Awards Season. All three of them—Gerwig, Peele and Del Toro—also competed in the Best Original Screenplay category. Peele came out the victor for his brilliant “Get Out” script that blends horror and satire to address race relations in America. The other award for writing went to James Ivory’s adapted screenplay for “Call Me By Your Name.”

In the acting categories, the awards went to the same quartet of winners as the Critics’ Choice, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA. In a year full of such exquisite and complex performances, it feels odd that some of the other awards are not spreading the wealth. Many pundits were expecting an upset in at least 1 or 2 categories. Allison Janney after the “I, Tonya” could not be dethroned by fellow television icon Laurie Metcalf of “Lady Bird.” Janney now adds an Oscar to her already impressive lists of career wins: 7 Emmys, 7 SAGs, 1 Golden Globe, and 1 BAFTA. Gary Oldman won Best Actor for his work “Darkest Hour” over newcomer Timothée Chalamet of “Call Me By Your Name” and fan favorite, Daniel Kaluuya of “Get Out.” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” stars, Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell, were crowned Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, respectively.

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Marvel’s

By Kirsten Bilger

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018

ENTERTAINMENT

“Black

With each Marvel movie, there is a reputation to uphold. Since the release of “Iron Man” in 2008, Marvel movies exceed well past their reported budgets.

According to Matt Goldberg of Collider.com: “Iron Man” grossed $585,174,222 worldwide; “Thor” grossed $449,326,618 worldwide; and “The Avengers” grossed $1,518,812,988 worldwide. Marvel’s latest

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(Awards Cont.) A respected character actor for more than three decades, Rockwell dedicated his win to his “old buddy” and former Oscar winner, the late Philip.

Seymour Hoffman. The always humble McDormand had previously won Best Actress for her performance in “Fargo.” Her speech this year will go down in Oscar history as one of the most important ever given. Instead of keeping the attention for herself, she asked all the female nominees in all the categories to stand so that everyone could clap for them. She ended by encouraging everyone to reach out to these nominees about new projects and to start using inclusion riders, which requests and/or demands at least 50% diversity in a project’s cast and crew. It was McDormand’s speech that cemented the night’s true message: Everyone should be given the opportunity to tell stories.

Panther”

film, “Black Panther,” also exceeded well past its budget.

According to Scott Mendelson of Forbes.com, “The movie allbut-certainly passed $800 million worldwide on March 2.”

With a score of 97% on rotten tomatoes, “Black Panther” continues to draw in crowds and dominates the movie theaters.

The protagonist of “Black Panther,” King T’Challa, first made his appearance in “Captain America: Civil War.” The audience got a taste of who and what T’Challa can do as they see him suit up as the Black Panther for the first time in his life. He does this to find out who is responsible for the death of his father.

“Black Panther” proceeds to pick up where the “Civil War” left off: as T’Challa returns to Wakanda to take his rightful place as king and as the persona of the Black Panther. Wakanda is isolated from the rest of the world not just to protect its people, but also its critical resource of vibranium. For those who

Film

on

do not know, vibranium is the metal that appears in Marvel Universe, better known as the metal used to make Captain America’s shield. The people of Wakanda use the vibranium for their armor, clothes, and, more importantly, for the outfit and claws for Black Panther.

As T’Challa takes the throne, he battles his emotional state, claiming that he is not ready to live without his father. He wants to be a good king, like his father before him, but questions his ability to do so.

While chasing down Ulysses Klaue, a black market dealer who stole vibranium from Wakanda and tried selling it to Ultron in “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” a deep secret that T’Challa’s father kept hidden rises. Eric Killmonger, an unknown Wakandan, challenges T’Challa, claiming he is the rightful king. Killmonger wants to expose Wakanda and supply vibranium as weapons to those who are oppressed. T’Challa fights against Killmonger to

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keep the people of Wakanda united. In the end, T’Challa decides to usher in a new era under his rule and brings about a new order, potentially exposing himself as Black Panther and the country of Wakanda.

“Black Panther” also finds strength in in its female characters. Nakia is a strong female character who fights to protect Wakanda’s secrets.

T’Challa’s sister, Shuri, showcases her talents by designing different suits for her brother as the Black Panther along with designing new technology using vibranium. Ayo, a loyal warrior to the throne, helps T’Challa with his mission and is a fierce fighter on the battlefield. Without the help of these strong female leads, T’Challa would not have been successful. This film excels in its focus to use its female leads for more than romantic plots.

The Black Panther will reappear in Marvel’s “Infinity Wars,” now set to premiere April 27.

Wakanda forever!

HAIKULTURE SUMMARIZING POP CULTURE PLOTS IN 17 SYLLABLES

by Francesca Giustini

Best Picture Nominees Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri “Raped While Dying and Still No Arrests? How Come, Chief Dunkirk Get Out Willoughby?” they asked An interactive look The “Sunken Place” may At the events of Dunkirk Seem supernatural but Phantom Thread From land, sea and air We are living there A designer is Lady Bird Obsessed with his dead mom and The Post If you give a name Spielberg asks us Poisoned by his wife To yourself make sure the old To remember when the news One is worth losing Was about the truth Call Me By Your Name When lust dressed as love Breaks your heart and says “later” Darkest Hour The Shape of Water There’s always peaches If you find yourself She was damaged in Wondering what a leader Everyone else’s eyes but Looks like: See Churchill The amphibian

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MUSIC

Whether you like pop or R&B music or both, you need to know Spencer Sutherland.

Sutherland, 25, is originally from Ohio, but moved to California about three years ago. He started posting covers on YouTube right out of high school.

“I thought it was the only way people were going to hear my music,” says Sutherland.

After a few years of YouTube, Sutherland traveled to Europe to audition for the XFactor. Although he was voted off the first week of live shows, he learned a lot from the experience. “[I] learned a lot about myself. It was such an amazing experience. Everyone’s the same when it comes to music.

It’s really not that different, but it is different. It was eye opening to me because I didn’t know who I was till I went on that show. I took so much from it. It was such an awesome experience,” Sutherland commented.

In 2015, Sutherland released an acoustic album of original songs called “Unveiled.” He has been on tours and performed live all across the U.S. “Just knew it was in my blood and I just had to do it.

I just always wanted to sing,” tar, piano, the ukulele, and a Sutherland replied after be- little bit of bass guitar. He also ing asked what made him get works in music production.

Sutherland says Bruno into music. He plays the gui-

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to reach everyone regardless of age and gender, “I’m not trying to reach a specific age group…

All genders, all ages… I’m just trying to be true to myself.”

Sutherland classifies his old original songs as pop, but his newer songs are a mix of many different genres.

“I think the new music is a completely new genre,” says Sutherland. He would love to someday collaborate with Rihanna and Bruno Mars.

Connecting with the crowd is Sutherland’s favorite part about performing. “When you connect with the crowd, it’s a feeling unlike anything else.

I love feeding off the energy.”

Along with the ability to connect with the crowd, he also enjoys “Getting out all the thoughts in my mind into the music… I can’t imagine not being able to do that every day.”

Sutherland’s passion grows each day as he mentioned, “I would love to always do music for the rest of my life. Be on tour forever…Traveling is one of the best things ever.”

For the future, Sutherland stated, “Get ready for new music because it’s going to be bangin’. It’s going to be huge.”

To find out more about Spencer Sutherland, visit his YouTube, SoundCloud, and Spotify. He can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at the handle @spencermusic1.

Mars, Chris Brown, Ed Sheeran, Gavin DeGraw, Elvis, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye are some of his favorite musicians and artists. However, Bruno Mars is his biggest inspiration. Some of his favorite albums include “Millennium” by the Backstreet Boys, “8701” Wanna Hear More

by Usher, Bruno Mars’ “24K About Spencer?

Magic”, and some Marvin Gaye.

Social Media Along with uploading covers Information: of songs on YouTube, Sutherland does some original songs YouTube: as well. His favorite cover is Spencer Sutherland his “Havana” cover. His favorite song to perform live is his SoundCloud: original song, “Selfish”. SutherSpencerSutherland land said, “It’s always fun to Spotify: see how the crowd reacts”.

Spencer Sutherland Although he has collaborated Twitter: with many others on YouTube, @spencermusic1 Sutherland’s favorite collaborator is his friend, Rajiv Dhall.

Instagram: “[It’s] always such an amaz@spencermusic1 ing time.” He likes to co-write SnapChat: his original songs. “I just like spencersnappin having someone else there to bounce ideas off of,” Sutherland commented. Sutherland wants Photos By New Entertainment Company

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Popstar

By Hannah Middaugh

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MUSIC

Aaron

Look out Aaron Carter fans, A.C. is back with a new album. His new album, LOVE, was released on Feb. 16, 2018 with much love from his dedicated fans. The album includes 12 new songs and remixes of his “I Want Candy” and a new song, “Fool’s Gold”.

The first song, “Hard to Love,” starts out the album.

In Carter’s words, the song is about self-awareness and being in a relationship you want to get out of. With an electronic-pop sound, the song is a good start to the album. In the chorus of the song, Carter sings, “I need you to relate, I need you to be patient. It ain’t easy to deal with, baby, it’s only because, I’m hard to love, because I love too hard. Maybe, I’m hard to love because I love too hard”.

“Sooner or Later,” comes next and is one of his singles from this album. Again, with an electronic-pop sound, Carter says the song is about going around back and forth and wanting to get out of a situation you cannot get out of. Carter built the whole song around the idea of one

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of those in-and-out breakups. “[I wrote this song] around one of the break up parts of the previous relationship I was in,” Carter commented.

The fifth song on the album, “What Did You Want To Say,” is one of Carter’s favorites on the album. “It’s about trying to be heard in a relationship and you just get ignored,” says Carter. The chorus repeats, saying, “What did you want to say, is that what you want to say. Before you walk away, is that all you want to say.”

“Fool’s Gold” was another one of Carter’s singles for the album. “Fool’s Gold” is about an ex-lover who cannot seem to let go of her attraction to him, despite her being in a new relationship. Carter comments,“It’s a very special song to me about facing infidelities in a relationship.”

The chorus sings, “You woke up chasing feelings, healing, trouble dealing. Coping with the fact that you’re alone.

Makes you miss my body, touching, kissing, squeezing.

He don’t know you’re worth your weight in gold. Look at you falling. Do you even know

Returns what you’re falling for? Cause I see you falling. You traded my heart for some fool’s gold.” “‘Let Me Let You Go’ is about not having the strength to leave something you know is toxic,” says Carter. Carter’s self-harmonies invoke his conflicted emotions about this relationship. Carter sings his heart out in this track. With an electric-pop beat, it gives more of an upbeat feeling toward a sad situation. In the song, Carter sings about how the girl keeps pulling him back into his life when he knows he just needs to get out. He knows the situation is bad, but he just cannot escape.

Carter’s song, “Champion” is about how his father saved his life. The song starts out with the last voicemail his father left him on his phone, asking him to give him a call. The chorus leads the song in a heartfelt direction. “Where are you going, can’t understand. Don’t want you to be alone, send you off but can’t let you go. Where are you floating, where does this end? I just wanna meet you there. Papa, I’mma meet you there. You were my cham-

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pion, you were my champion.

Always run the race, always had to chase. Leave ‘em in the dust when they wave that flag. You were my champion.”

Last, but always a favorite, Carter did a remix of his hit “I Want Candy.” With the same lyrics, Carter adds more of an electronic feeling to it. It is just as catchy as the first time Carter released the track.

If you are interested in listening to A.C.’s new album, you can grab it off iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.

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WEEKLY EVENTS

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Fiber Fellowship Lenfest Commons 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

“ FUN”ctional Fitness Fitness Center 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

Fri, Mar. 9

Sat, Mar. 10

Phoenix Leader Session Sarah’s Coffeehouse 12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m

Halls Close @10:00 a.m.

31st Annual Comedy & Magic Spectacular Capitol Theatre 7:00 p.m.

Cost: Rows C-P: $22.00 Rows Q-CC: $20.00, Rows MA-ME: $17.00

Mon, Mar. 12

Tues, Mar. 13

Fri, Mar. 16

Sun, Mar. 18

Trivia Night The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille 12818-A Shank Farm Way Hagerstown, MD 21742 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

FREE

Irish Happy Hour @ the Wood Center Capitol Theatre 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Cost: $12.00 at the door only

PJ Book Night Toy Box Gifts & Wonder 42 S. Main Street Chambersburg, PA 17201 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Halls Reopen @ noon The Cat in the Hat Luhrs Performing Arts Center 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Cost: $15.00

WEDNESDAY

Wednesday Worship Alumnae Chapel 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.

Thurs, Mar. 15

11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

Common Hour Lenfest Commons Library Ground Floor Mon, Mar. 19 at noon

Mon, Mar. 26 at noon

Join Common Hour in welcoming Amy Ensley.

Join Common Hour in welcoming Julia Sandy.

“Wilson College and the Rescue of Science and Learning”

“Unreasonable, Unruly and Unsafe: Women’s Activism in Postwar Harlem”

Mon, Mar. 19

Fri, Mar. 23

Phoenix Leader Session Sarah’s Coffeehouse 12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Sat, Mar. 24

Sun, Mar. 25

Thurs, Mar. 29

Jay Leno Luhrs Performing Arts Center 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Cost: $79.00 - $105.00

“ FUN”ctional Fitness Fitness Center

Wilson College and the Rescue of Science and Learning by Dr. Amy Ensley Lenfest Learning Commons 12:00 p.m.

The Beach Boys Luhrs Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Cost: $55.00 - $70.00

Jesus Christ Superstar Capitol Theatre 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Cost: Rows C-S: $36.00 Rows T-CC: $33.00 Students (0-18): $20.00

Yoga Fitness Center 5:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Keeping Antique Cars Rolling Along Visitor Center, Renfrew Park 1010 East Main Street, Waynesboro, PA 17268 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

FREE

Thurs, Mar. 22

FRESH Series Book Chat-Jane Goodall’s Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating Allen Auditorium 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

THURSDAY

Sun, Mar. 11

12th Annual Comedy and Magic Show Kepler Theater 11400 Robinwood Drive Hagerstown, MD 21742 2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Cost: Adult: $20.00 Children (under 12): $10.00

Wed, Mar. 21

La casa de Bernarda Alba (Mario Camus, España, 1987) Brooks Auditorium 9:00 p.m.

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Rhythm of the Dance: The National Dance Company of Ireland Capitol Theatre 7:00 p.m.

Cost: Adults: $35.00 *60+: $30.00 Order your tickets online Youth 3-22: $20.00 or call the Totem Pole Playhouse Box Office at (717) 352-2164 option 1.

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