Thursday, March 27, 2014

The Etownianwww.etownian.com Vol. 110. Issue 17

FEATURES ‘Why Have the Amish Survived?’ discusses endurance of group | PAGE 4 OPINION Jays share opinions on Russia conflict | PAGE 8

Mark Samels, the executive producer of PBS’ “American Experience,” was announced last

week as the commencement speaker for the 2014 traditional graduation ceremony. Samels will also receive an honorary doctoral degree at the ceremony.

An official statement on behalf of Elizabethtown College President Carl Strikwerda and the Academic Occasions Committee was released to the College community on Friday, March 21. The statement also explained that “American Experience” is a history series that airs on PBS for which Samels became the producer in 2003 and has led the program to win nearly every award offered in this specific industry.

“As a student, teacher and scholar of American literature and culture, I was thrilled that Samels was chosen as the commencement speaker,” Academic Occasions Committee Member and Associate Professor of English John Rohrkemper said. “His series ‘The American Experience’ is one of the best on television: smart, entertaining and often beautiful documentaries.”

Samels was also the executive producer of “The Amish,” a film that made its debut in February 2012 at Etown before it publicly premiered nationwide. Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow of the Young Center Donald Kraybill also appeared in the film and worked with the local Amish community to help Samels produce the show.

The Academic Occasions Committee the overall responsible party for commencement, convocation and more. Each year, the Committee filters through numerous possible candidates to speak at the commencement ceremony. The Committee is made up mostly of Etown faculty and staff members. “I do have reservations about the process, however, and I hope that in the future we will work to have more involvement of students in the selection process,” Rohrkemper said.

Samels to speak at 2014 traditional commencement

by BRIAN LUKACSY

Mark Samels, the executive producer of “American Life,” will speak at this year’s graduation ceremony.

Courtesy Photo

Air traffic controller, cousin of United 93 flight attendant share Sept. 11 experiences

One day after the 9/11 M e m o r i a l Mu s e u m

opened on the site where the World Trade Center stood, Mal Fuller, Ed Root and Kent Taylor spoke at Elizabethtown C o l l e g e t o s h a r e t h e i r experiences of that famous September day. “Uncertainty was the best way to describe that day,” Taylor, a geographer for the 9/11 Memorial Trail Project, said. “I had a sense of uneasiness and not being able to do anything to help in the days after the attacks.”

The panel of Fuller, Root, Taylor and moderator Dr. David Kenley, director of t h e C e n t e r f o r G l o b a l U n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d Pe a c e m a k i ng , s p oke on March 25, touching on the importance of memorializing 9/11 and shaping the public memory.

At 7 :30 p.m. a c rowd g a t h e r e d i n G i b b l e Auditorium to listen to Root share the story of Lorainne Bay, his cousin, who was a f light attendant on f light United 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pa. Fuller also shared his story as an air

traffic controller in Pittsburgh on 9/11 and his description of the day when the skies grew quiet.

Four planes were hijacked

on Sept. 11, 2001; three hit their intended targets. The fourth, flight United 93, was en route to San Francisco, C a l i f . w h e n p a s s e n g e r s

interrupted the on-board terrorists’ plan to strike the U.S. Capitol.

by BRIAN LUKACSY

SEE SEPTEMBER PAGE 3

Mal Fuller spoke about his experiences as an air traffic controller on Sept. 11, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Flight United 93 flew right over his tower before crashing in Shanksville, Pa.

Photo: Stephen Hajcak

Track and field teams excel, finish first at Etown Opener

Lucas Dayhoff was one of the many Blue Jays that competed in the Etown Opener on March 22. The meet included competitors from Dickinson, Gettysburg and York Colleges and Alvernia University.

Photo: Athletics Department

High Library names new director

Elizabethtown College announced on Tuesday, March 25 that Sarah Penniman

will begin working as the new director of the High Library. Before Penniman’s hire, Sylvia Morra served as the interim director after the previous director, BethAnn Zambella, resigned.

Prior to her new position at Etown, Penniman, a native of Berks County, Pa., was a faculty librarian at Delaware Valley College for six years. While there, she worked directly with students that were in need of reference and classroom assistance, as well as various graduate programs that college offered. At Etown, she will oversee all functions of the Library, which includes working with library personnel, academic leaders, students and faculty members.

by BRIAN LUKACSY

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New course explores ideas of time travel, multiple universes

A course titled “PH 374: Time Travel

a n d t h e Na t u r e o f Space and Time” will be offered in the fall semester of 2014.

The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 2:30 p.m. until 3:20 p.m. There wil l be not one, but two professors teaching the class — Professor of Philosophy Michael Silberstein and Profes-sor of Physics Mark

Stuckey. S i l b e r s t e i n a n d

Stuckey have explored ideas related to time t r a v e l a n d h a v e

published 16 papers together over the years.

T h i s p h i l o s o p h y cours e wi l l explore

quantum mechanics, re lat iv i ty and t he i r implications for things such as t ime travel , quantum computing

and the multiverse (the idea that there are many universes and perhaps many Earths as well).

As for time travel, the course will attempt to answer two major questions: Is time travel logically possible, and is it physically possible? Silberstein explained that relativity shows how it could be logically and physically possible in principle. The class will speculate on how a n a d v a n c e d a l i e n civilization might travel in time, perhaps using closed time-like curves.

B e s i d e s t hat , t he course wil l consider the two models of time

travel: the one where you can’t change events because the past, present and future are equally real and the alternate model where time travel can change events.

Students can expect to encounter pop culture time travel references such as “Doctor Who” a n d “ B a c k t o t h e Future.” The class will utilize science fiction mov ies , nove l s and short stories; the class wil l be a mixture of lecture, discussion and movies.

S i lb ers te in hop es that it will benefit all students who have an interest in these subjects. However, he thinks it is especial ly important for science students to see this field is not just technology and math, but is deeply intertwined w it h and g rounde d i n p h i l o s o p h i c a l assumptions about the nature of reality. He does promise that no expert ise in physics is required and that t h e re a re n o o t h e r prerequisites.“No math.

We’ll show the math, but students won’t be expected to be able to do that math,” Silberstein said.

Any student interested in the possibi l ity or impossibility of time-t r a v e l a n d a l l t h e q u e s t i o n s i t r a i s e s should make themselves one of 15 students in the course. These 15 students will discover that the world is “way weirder and way cooler than you have e ver dreamt,” Si lberste in said.

by GWEN FRIES

“No math. We’ll show the math, but students won’t be expected to

be able to do math.” - Michael Silberstein

“His series ‘The American Experience’ is one of the best on television: smart,

entertaining and often beautiful documentaries.”

-John Rohrkemper

march 27, 2014page 2 NewsProfessors on Sabbatical

during the fall 2014 semester

Kimberly Adams - Associate Professor

of English

Elizabethtown College students enrolled in a Chinese course this

semester were given the opportunity, as well as a few others, to go on an all-expense-paid trip to New York City that occurred March 15 and 16.

Dr. D av id Kenle y, ass o c iate professor of history and director of the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking, said, “This was the first time I have taken a group of students to New York’s Chinatown. The trip was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages Program. If we can find future funding, I would enjoy taking another group in the future.”

Kenley and professor Linye Jing, lecturer in Chinese for the department of modern languages, took the small group of students on their two-day

adventure. The first day was spent mainly in Chinatown with events including a walking tour, viewing the Museum of Chinese in America and a group dinner in Chinatown. The second day consisted of events such as The China Institute and free time for the students to check out other famous landmarks in N.Y. such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Museum of Modern Art and the Asia Society Museum.

“ I w o u l d r e a l l y e n c o u r a g e students to take advantages of such opportunities. Hardly will you have so many inexpensive opportunities for exploring a new city or a new country ever again. This trip is literally free! And there are many other weekend trips, day trips and short-term study abroad programs on campus,” Jing said.

Students agreed that the most popular parts of the trip were visiting the Museum of Chinese in America and when students got to explore the

city on their own. “We visited Chinatown, giving the

Chinese language students a chance to practice their speaking skills. For those interested in history and art, we also went to the Museum of Chinese in America and to the Chinese Institute art gallery. New York is a close, convenient option for those individuals interested in China,” Kenley said.

“The grant is given to the school and [the money] is then used to suppor t s tudent ac t iv it ies and programs. For this trip, there was no charge to the students. Their transportation, hotel rooms, food and museum tickets were covered by the school [using the grant money]. Chinese-language students were given first priority in participating in the trip,” Kenley said.

Be sure to look for future trips and opportunities to New York and other locations through the Modern Language Department.

Government grant funds trip to New York City for Jays in Chinese language courses

by KELLY MOORE

Tamera Humbert - Associate Professor of

Occupational Therapy

James Hughes - Professor of Mathematics

Margaret McFarland

- Professor of Social Work

April Kelly-Woessner - Professor of Political

Science

Haoran Zhao and Jiayi Luo were two of the Elizabethtown College students who spent March 15 and 16 in New York City’s Chinatown. A grant, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education, funded the trip.

Courtesy Photo: Tiana Ferrante

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Student SenateSenior Staff, Strikwerda speak with senators about effectiveness of school’s programs,

explain budget, discuss expansion of programs into Master’s degrees

by LAUREN MERROTH

Last week in Student Senate, the Senior Staff of Elizabeth-

town College joined us for our meeting. For those of you who do not know, the Senior Staff works with the College’s president to as-sist in an advisory capacity.

President Carl Strikwerda opened the meeting by reviewing a few changes that the Senior Staff is hoping to see next year. They are looking to double the number of students who go abroad; there also wil l be many new faces teaching on campus.

He emphas ized t hat t he y are consistently evaluating the school’s programs and academics to maximize the effectiveness of t he C ol l e ge c om mu n it y. An example is the change of criminal justice from a major to a concentration starting next year, as well as combining the politics, philosophy and legal studies departments. They are also looking for ways to better serve the students, such as the new master’s program in special education.

There was also a discussion of the budget and how they are trying to maximize f inancial efficiency. The two parts of the overall budget are the operating

budget and the salary and benefits budget. Last year, they honed in on the operating budget to try to save money. This coming year, they will look more closely at the salary and benefits budget, and they look at every program before allocating.

L ast year, they lo oked at ways of retaining and attracting more students by putting more money into athletics and alumni relations as well as and increasing faculty where needed. They have also been trying to address places where they can be more effective. Next year, they will begin examining problem areas to learn how money can be saved and increase effectiveness. An example given by Robert Wallet is Environmental Services, which Wallet mentioned that they are monitoring more.

The Senior Staff also spoke about the expansion of certain programs to master’s degrees. To decide which programs to expand, the Senior Staff looks at where there is a need, if the College is capable of doing that program at a high level and outside pressures.

Ideally, they want to remain f o c u s e d o n u n d e r g r a d u at e programs but also add master’s programs to complement the undergraduate programs. There have not been any thoughts on

doctorate programs at Etown. Strikwerda emphasized that

an Etown degree gives students a specific education that creates a well-rounded student and leader in a holistic environment. They are continuing to look for ways that students can gain more skills and experience to take with them after graduation. They also aim to create an education that will make lifelong learners.

Some members of Student Senate recently met with the leadership team of the Office of Student Activities to discuss how we can improve the overall process for clubs on campus.

With the current system, clubs must register with OSA but ask for budget requests and submit constitutions to Student Senate. It was decided that it would be much easier for clubs to work with one or the other. They came to the conclusion that Student Senate should take over club registration next year. However, we still have about $22,000 in this year’s allocation fund for clubs.

Student Senate would also like to remind everyone that PRIDE Day will be taking place on Saturday, April 5. This is a great way to get together and clean the campus. You can register online or by emailing PRIDE@ETOWN.EDU.

Speakers express drive to share, remember stories of Sept. 11 heros

There were 40 people aboard flight United 93 who were complete strangers to each other. “They had two things people on the other three flights didn’t have. They had knowledge, and they had time, but only a little bit,” Root said.

In the last 35 minutes of their lives, those 40 people made 37 phone calls to their loved ones. The recordings from that day are chilling. “Are you guys ready? Okay. Let’s roll,” Todd Beamer said. Those were the last words heard by the operator at 9:55 a.m. “40 ordinary people sat down as strangers and stood up as one, staring evil in the eye,” Fuller said. At 10:03 a.m., flight United 93 crashed upside-down at 563 mph in Shanksville, less than 20 minutes from Washington, D.C. by plane.

On Sept. 11, 2001, 2,996 people were killed in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the four planes. If flight United 93 had hit its target, an estimated 5,000 more causalities would have occurred. If flight United 93 had stayed in the air for four seconds longer, many in Shanksville fear the plane would have crashed into the kindergarten through 12th grade school in town, killing 500 students, faculty and administrators. “They died fighting. They are the heroes of United 93,” Fuller said.

Days after Sept. 11, a temporary memorial arose on the crash site known as “sacred ground.” The memorial has grown into a permanent memorial since 2001 and a visitors’ center is expected to be completed by September of next year. Also at Shanksville, the Tower of Voices, a 93 foot tall memorial, is in the design stages. The Tower will have 40 wind chimes, one for each victim of flight United 93. “The wind never stops blowing in Shanksville,” Fuller said.

Visitors of the 9/11 Memorial in Shanksville can see the Wall of Names, listing all who perished on flight United 93. “You can’t help but think while standing at the wall, ‘What

would I do?’” Root said. “The 9/11 memorial is in two realms: it’s history, and it’s still ongoing.”

Fuller remembers driving to work on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11. “It’s odd. I recall saying to myself what a great day it was to be alive. I’ve never seen a more beautiful day,” he said.

As Fu l l e r w atche d a plane strike the South Tower, he knew this was not an accident. “I knew we were at war or going to war. The question was with whom.” Fuller saw that flight United 93 was headed straight for his control tower; he called for an immediate evacuation of the facility. “Anything that was impossible to happen was happening.”

Fuller ran to the radar screen and noticed flight United 93 was no longer visible. “When I got to the radar, United 93 had just crashed or was just about to crash,” Fuller said. “I feel there’s a piece of me in that field out there that I mourn.”

Fuller travels to spread h i s e x p e r i e n c e a n d message regarding Sept. 11. “It’s very important to me that the generation fo l lowing you l e ar ns about and understands what happened on 9/11 and that the American people, when they have to, will pull together and do the right thing. But if we forget that lesson, I think as a country, we’re doomed.”

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Ed Root lost his cousin Lorainne Bay, a flight attendant on flight United 93, during its crash in Shanksville, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001 that spared hundreds.

Photo: Stephen Hajcak

Statistical Analytics System class to give students ‘leg up’

The department of business will begin offering a data

analytics course utilizing the Stat ist ical Analysis System (SAS) platform this coming fall semester. SAS is a wide statistical platform that allows for analysis and pattern finding.

The two-credit course, taught by Assistant Professor of Fi-nance Emma Neuhauser, will be offered to students of every department as well as non-stu-dents who could benefit, such as bankers or financial advisors. The SAS Analytics course will be offered in the fall semester of 2014, and MA 251 is the only required prerequisite.

Associate Professor of Business Law Sylvester Williams, the head of the business department, initiated the attempt at an SAS course after having conversations with some of Elizabethtown College’s corporate sponsors in marketing, advertising and financial services. He found that there is a growing prominence of SAS as a tool in those fields because of its innovation and usefulness . In addit ion to business-oriented fields, SAS is also used heavily in actuarial sciences.

Thinking knowledge and familiarity of this platform could benef it students and make them more marketable, Williams began a nearly year-long quest to create the class.

“We thought based upon what people in the industry said, and upon having some competency in the department, that this would be something we could offer to our students,” Williams said. Not only will the course be offered to any interested students, but also to non-students such as local community members.

“We’re hoping to get people from local banking. I think it’s highly demanded. It’s a pract ica l ski l l that is ver y good to have,” Dr. Dmitriy Krichevskiy, assistant professor of economics, said.

Krichevskiy has also worked with SAS and recently received training for it in New York City.

“If you want to know why students are graduating or not graduating, if you want to

know what classes help with graduation or what kind of classes lead to higher test scores, all of that can be found through SAS. Stats are just everywhere. This is a present phenomenon, especial ly in data mining,” Krichevskiy said. Data mining allows for discovering patterns among various data sets.

The benefit of SAS is that in traditional statistics, the researchers have to understand what type of relationship they are looking for in their data sets. SAS provides information and relationships that do not have to be designated by the researcher; rather, it finds them on its own. Both Wil l iams and Krichevskiy agree that the demand for SAS will continue to flourish. With individual and organizations growing a need for data, the potential for SAS usage is outstanding.

The class will be application-based, allowing students to interact with the software and learn how to solve problems using real world examples.

“For us it’s ver y nice, in all of our classes we want to focus on application processes. This is another addition and complements what were doing,” Williams said.

This offering is not only new and unique to Etown, but also to education everywhere. According to Williams and Krichevskiy, there are nearly no other courses like this being offered at the undergraduate level. Some colleges offer this type of course in their statistics major but rarely does it come in this form, which is designed for business students. Similarly, some graduate programs offer practice in SAS, but even that is rare. Having this novel course will reflect positively on the College.

“This is another way to make our department unique and our students more marketable. It is definitely a way to give the College another signature learning experience that they can highlight when they talk about the College and the department of business,” Williams said.

The SAS Analytics course wil l start being offered for the fall semester of 2014 and MA 251 is the only required prerequisite.

by CAROLYN LUKIEWSKI

Dr. Emma Neuhauser, a finance professor, will be teaching the new Statistical Analysis System course coming in the Fall of 2014.

Courtesy Photo: Tyler Latshaw

March 27, 2014Featurespage 4

‘Why Have the Amish Survived?’ discusses endurance of groupCory Anderson speaks on Amish lifestyle, survival throughout years as part of Kreider Lecture

The Amish are a close-knit community that strongly values Anabaptist origins

and large families. They are also known for simple living, plain dress and aversion to the mainstream society’s fast-paced living and technology. Although some view this community as “stuck in time,” they are never really frozen. “No society can be frozen. They have to change — no matter what,” Cory Anderson, the speaker for Thursday’s Kreider Lecture, said.

Anderson is now completing his Ph.D. in rural sociology and is the manager of BeachAm.org. He is a co-editor and founder of a new publication called the Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies (JAPAS).

Anderson likened this new journal to a few other peer-reviewed scholarly journals, such as Mennonite Quarterly Review and Journal of Mennonite Studies. However, in JAPAS, there is more of a database, rather than a philosophical focus.

On March 20, Anderson explained to the group gathered in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies why such a different community in relation to our mainstream society still exists after hundreds of years.

His main reasons were the following:

ideology, social structure, socialization and population. Although each of these aspects is vital to Amish survival, they are connected in many different ways. Without one, the others will fail.

Anderson discussed that Amish ideology stresses their literal take on the Bible and heritage, shuns what is deemed wicked and values togetherness. Ideology is not enough; socialization and population remain the two most important influences on why the Amish have survived so long.

Every 22 years, the Amish population doubles because of a large birth rate. Amish couples that have no children are at an extremely low three percent and, within the Amish community, married couples average close to 16 years of fertility. In relation to the typical American society, the Amish have children at a younger age and continue childbearing until a later age.

With more and more people being born into this community, they have the numbers to keep their faith and lifestyle alive. Within the community, the Amish keep each other relatively close. The mainstream American society is more fragmented than that of the Amish. The Amish maintain more connections.

Anderson used the example of neighbors; in the Amish community, your neighbor might also be your brother or your child’s teacher, someone who practices the same

religion as you and shares a common interest with you. In American society, your

neighbor could just be your neighbor — no other ties bring you together.

This socialization relates back to the value the Amish place on the importance of togetherness. Socialization of young Amish people is vital because adults train children to live specifically in their society, not allowing them to experience anything different. This allows the young people of the society to grow into their roles and provide for their people.

During the lecture, Anderson also highlighted the importance of equality in the Amish community, something that creates more peace and prevents conflict. The ancestry, religion and clothing all provide more stability and satisfaction

because they are the same. One of the first things people recognize

when coming across an Amish person is their individual choice in attire. The clothing is not only practical in keeping them warm, but also shows their religion and reinforces equality.

This sameness creates boundaries with the outside world, thus furthering them from it and diminishing its impact on their community. The clothing also differentiates them from the outside world so that they can be easily recognized.

When ideolog y, socia l s t ructure, population and socialization are put aside, there are three things that come to mind as to why the Amish continue to flourish: rituals, shunning and rewards, Anderson concluded. These rituals that they share bring people together, and the rewards they give for tasks create a happier society than America’s mainstream.

Anderson noted that statistically, the Amish are happier than our society as a whole because they are not bothered by material things and enjoy more equality. The last explanation of why the Amish have survived is shunning — an effective interception to stop people from straying from the norm. A small part of the shunning is gossip. “It’s true. Gossip helps keep people in line because everyone and everything is so connected,” Anderson said.

by LINDSAY RIES

“It’s true. Gossip helps keep people in

line because everyone and everything is so

connected.” ~Cory Anderson

On Friday, March 21, Elizabethtown College continued its popular Mr. Etown competition with Mr. Etown

2014: Lumberjacked. Over 900 students attended the annual Office of Student

Activities event. Eight male students, each representing a residence hall on campus, began the show with a dance to “Timber,” by Pitbull feat. Ke$ha. Former Mr. Etown and Etownian Opinion Editor Matt Walters, a junior, hosted the show with senior Homecoming King and Etownian Sports Editor Adam Moore.

The hosts introduced contestants and engaged the audience with miniature skits throughout the evening. The first main portion of the show consisted of contestants’ personal f ive to nine-minute dance performances. Sophomore Blake Schmidle, representing Royer, performed his individual dance routine first during the evening. Mr. Brinser, senior Chris Jones, followed with his routine on “how to become a star.”

Third in the lineup was sophomore Andrew Calnon from Founders with his “Mean Girls”-themed routine. Senior Steve Smith, hailing from Myer, followed with his dance performance on what he learned at Etown. Ober’s first-year Ian Kulis danced to a series of songs by Michael Jackson.

Senior Owen Howson from the Quads reflected his time at Etown with his performance. Mr. Apartments, senior Kyle Farkas, prepared a routine about “cutting loose.” Finally, first-year Eric Yoder represented Schlosser with a performance examining the “evolution of dance.” The question-and-answer portion of the show followed the dance routines.

Contestants were escorted onstage by friends, family members or other people of their choice. Each guy then provided an answer to a thought-provoking question, in the style of a pageant. The audience’s votes and judges’ scores were tallied during the intermission.

Yoder was voted second runner-up, Farkas earned first runner-up and Howson was crowned the new Mr. Etown.

Annual Mr. Etown Competition

by KAITLIN GIBBONEY

Photo: Alexander Iacono

Features page 5March 27, 2014

Three poets visit Bowers for evening reading, discussion

Th r e e w e l l - k n o w n members of the literary

community were welcomed to Bowers Writers House on March 20 to share their writing, along with the experience they have accumulated throughout their writing careers, with members of the Elizabethtown community. James Tolan, Nicole Callihan and Lorraine Doran were introduced with much praise for their individual accomplishments within the writing world.

Tolan is the author of “Mass of the Forgotten” and the book “Red Walls,” and he is the co-editor of “New America: Contemporary Literature for a Changing Society.” His poems have appeared in many journals, such as the “American Literary Review,” “Atlanta Review,” “Bellevue Literary Review,” “C on n e c t i c ut R e v i e w,” “Indiana Review,” “Linebreak” and “Ploughshares,” as well as a number of anthologies, including “The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry.” Tolan was the first poet to kick off the night, which began with his poem “The Eggman,

The Pediatrician and Me” from his book “Mass of the Forgotten.” As the night went on, Tolan continued reading from “Mass of the Forgotten,” reading other poems such as “Returning Home,” “The Coup” and “Downstream.” At the end of the night, Tolan was asked how he went about tackling the process of understanding the content of other writers’ poetry. “Think of it like this: the poems you are reading are fixing you a sandwich. Just eat the sandwich,” he said.

Tolan was or ig ina l ly from Chicago but earned a doctorate from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He worked for years as a poet in public schools in New York City, N.Y. with the Teachers and Writers Collaborative. He is currently an associate professor at the City University of New York/BMCC.

Nicole Callihan writes poems, stories and essays. She recently wrote the 2012 nonfiction “Henry River Mill Village,” a documentation of the rise and fall of a tiny mill village turned into a ghost town in North Carolina. Callihan has also written “SuperLoop,” a collection of poems publ ished by

Sock Monkey Press in early 2014, which she read from throughout the night, starting with her poem “Flashes.” Callihan shared her other poems, including “Lesson 3,” “It May End with My Mother” and “Status Update.” Later in the night, Callihan was asked what her biggest goal was when it came to creating poetry. “I’m trying to get as much emotion into as much space as possible,” she said.

Callihan is a full-time senior language lecturer at New York University where she has received an Excellence in Teaching Award every year since she began in 2002. Callihan is also noted as a founding member of t h e B r o o k l y n Wr i t e r ’s Collaborative. She currently resides in Brooklyn with her husband and daughters.

Lorraine Doran followed her col league’s readings

with her debut collection of poems, “Phrasebook for the Pleiades,” which won the 2012 Cider Press Review book award. She read poems titled “200 Mt. Pleasant,” “Postcard: Prague” and “A Series of Disconnected Events.” To conclude the night, Doran was asked how she forms the ideas for her poetry. “I believe there is what you think you’re doing, and then there’s the thing

that the poem becomes,” she said.

Doran’s most recent poems and essays can be found in “Gulf Coast,” “FIELD,” “Barn Owl Review” and “American Poetry Journal.” She has also been a featured poet at the Proletkult Poetry Circus and the Barron Arts Center. She lives and writes in Brooklyn. Doran holds a J.D. and M.F.A in poetry from New York University.

by KAYLEIGHKUYKENDALL

Photo: Stephen Hajcak

Students and faculty attentively listen to James Tolan reading one of his works at Bowers Writers House on Thursday evening. Tolan, along with Nicole Callihan and Lorraine Doran were invited to Bowers to share their works.

Mark Kiselica speaks on the challenges of adolescent fathers in faculty lecture

‘Mississippi Masala’ filmhighlights importance of cross-cultural relations

Dr. Ma r k K i s e l i c a , a n American Counci l on

E du c at i on ( AC E ) Fe l l ow, presented on the troubles t e e n a g e f a t h e r s f a c e i n “ The Complicated Worlds o f A d o l e s c e n t F a t h e r s : Impl i c at i ons for C l i n i c a l Practice, Public Policy and Research” on Tuesday, March 25.

Kiselica began the lecture by discuss ing his father’s childhood as well as his own. “I want you to understand my biases and how I developed those,” Kiselica said. He added that, as a psychologist, it is vital to be aware of biases. Kiselica explained that his father was raised in poverty by a neglectful father after his mother had died.

His father, a student with a learning disability, also dropped out of school at a young age to join the workforce. “That would be a decision he would pay for the rest of his life,” Kiselica said. His father worked extremely hard for the rest of his life. Kiselica and his four siblings were also born into poverty.

Kiselica explained that his father was still the best father he could have asked for, and that his parents dreamed to give their children a better life than they ever had. Kiselica explained that his father rarely said a word but was always a firm and supportive father to his children. His father had the routine of going into their bedrooms every night, kissing them on the forehead and saying “sweet dreams.”

From this, Kiselica developed a favorable attitude toward men. “My transference to me is positive. I feel instant trust and affection when I see men,” Kiselica said. This served as both a positive and a negative.

Kiselica has had many males able to open up to him because they sense his immediate positive attitude toward them; however, Kiselica said this often leads to him having blinders when it comes to seeing flaws. He decided to step back from his feelings and ask what the data says concerning teenage fatherhood. “I was shocked to learn how little help was available for young fathers. In fact, there was hostility toward these young men,” Kiselica said.

The research began with t h e 1 9 8 0 s , du r i ng w h i c h teenage pregnancy rates and out-of-wedlock birth rates skyrocketed. Kiselica said that the United States has the second highest teen reproduction rate of any developed country. He looked at the services available to teenage parents during the 1980s as well. “[The services] were much more likely to be offered to young mothers than to young fathers,” Kiselica said. He confirmed his research findings with work produced by sociologists and confirmed that teenage fathers receive less help than teenage mothers and are often given a negative label.

Kiselica then researched what has been said about teenage fathers. “In a nutshell, guys deliberately set out to knock up a teenage girl and

then move on to their next sexual conquest ,” he said, identifying the stereotype of teenage fathers. However, after conducting more research on the topic, Kiselica said, “I found that it is a mixed bag.”

About 25 to 33 percent of young fathers fit the stereotype of only being interested in having sex with a girl; one in five have a history of juvenile de l inquenc y. “ That’s the minority of teenage fathers,” Kisel ica stated. The other three-quar ters of teenage fathers make an earnest effort. “They make an attempt to be very involved in the child’s life for at least the first year, and then something very tragic happens,” he said.

One third of teenage fathers are still actively involved in raising their children by the time the children are five to six years of age. Kiselica said this is largely due to stresses that may cause the relationship to end or will prevent the father from being involved in the child’s life. “There is a colossal lack of guidance for these guys as teenage fathers,” Kiselica said. Many of the men and boys had complicated lives before they had fatherhood, and that further complicates their lives.

The solution Kiselica gave was to make more services available to them in order to lessen the complications they face. He said that they need legal aid for child visitation rights and confidentiality in cases where the father may be under scrutiny for the age differences or may even be an illegal immigrant. He also thinks that more innovative child support will help. Kiselica added that those who help teenage fathers should “go to the places where guys normally form friendships,” instead of sitting behind a desk taking notes while they talk to the fathers.

by EMILY DRINKS

On March 25 at 7 p.m. in Gibble Auditorium, the film “Mississippi

Masala” was shown for the college community. In the f i lm, African American and Indian cultures combine and collide when it comes to romance. This romantic drama focused on the lives of two young people struggling to move forward in their lives because of financial and family issues. The movie follows Mina, played by Sarita Choudhury, a young woman who tries to figure out where her life is going, and Demetrius, played by Denzel Washington, who is in the same predicament. Over time these two realize that their love for one another is enough for them to break free from their family ties in Mississippi and move forward together.

The story begins with Mina and her family being exiled from their homeland of Uganda in 1972 by the president Idi Amin. Mina’s mother, Kinnu, played by Sharmila Tagore, and her father Jay, played by Rashan Seth, move around the globe and find themselves in a small town in Mississippi where they live with distant relatives. Jay’s main focus is to reclaim their property in Uganda, while Kinnu found a job in the liquor store nearby. This has been holding Mina back because she works in her family’s motel and has no set goals for the future. At this point, she meets Demetrius, a local carpenter who works part-time at the motel. Their relationship soon escalates as the two realize that their lives are headed in the same direction. “I feel very passionate about this film because it depicts the struggles of individuals but shows how they can overcome them,” first-year viewer Caitlin Mitchell said.

In the beginning, Demetrius’ main motive was to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. Although Mina was aware of this, she wanted to try something new. The two dance at night clubs and explore the exciting attractions of Mississippi. Her parents expect her to marry within their own culture. However, Mina feels their tradition of

same-culture marriage is unimportant in America. Demetrius and Mina began to discover one another’s cultures by interacting with each other’s families. Demetrius is held back due to his father’s declining health. This struggle causes him to withhold his true self from Mina. Despite the obstacles they both face, it becomes apparent that they should move forward.

The spark between Mina and Demetrius soon flourishes. They begin to dream of a better life outside of Mississippi. The community in which they live is somewhat united. The Indian and African American communities, who both live in poverty, realize that their circumstances are similar, which enables them to live harmoniously. The communities remain this way until the families realize that Mina and Demetrius are in love. This causes Demetrius to lose most of his business because most of his cliental were related to Mina. At this point, rather than focusing on his family’s happiness, Jay focuses on reclaiming his property in Uganda. During his solo voyage to Uganda, he realizes that home is where the heart is. As a result of this trip, Jay finally understands why Mina wanted to move on from her stagnant life in Mississippi.

This film highlights the significance of cultural acceptance throughout the world. Jay was born in Uganda, which made him more involved in their culture rather than his own. This was the same with Mina because most of her life was spent in America. The Indian and African American communities saw one another as equals due to their ethnicity. This ideology still exists in certain parts of the world. The title “Mississippi Masala” has two different points that relate to the film. Masala is a mix of spices typically associated with the Indian culture. Mina, who has experienced a mixture of cultures throughout her life, completes her Masala spice by moving forward by her own free will. Finally, the mixture of cultures in Mississippi forms the Masala because they all embody the American culture but are separate entities.

by ERIK SPILLER

“I was shocked to learn how little help was available for young fathers. In fact, there was hostility toward

these young men.” ~Mark Kiselica

Features page 6march 27, 2014

Travels Abroad: Discovering Etown in Unexpected Places

While studying abroad, we have found that there are many differences between American and British

culture. One of the most prominent differences is how easy it is for people, especially students, to travel within the

country. Traveling is obviously a big reason why studying abroad is appealing to college students. It gives them the opportunity not only to study in a new country but also to visit and experience the culture of several other countries.

For students studying abroad in the UK, it is so easy to travel to neighboring areas and countries due to how close they are. Although the United States is viewed as interesting and vast by most other countries, most people

we’ve met are only really aware of New York, California and Florida as primary travel spots. It’s often difficult for people to understand just how large America is and how long it takes to travel between states.

Because the UK is so small that it would almost fit within Texas, the public transit options are more affordable and accessible. For instance, we often took a three-hour coach ride from Cheltenham to London and back for 10 pounds. In comparison, taking the Amtrak from Elizabethtown to Philadelphia is about an hour and a half ride, which costs 50 dollars round-trip. The reason behind such cheap public transport may be that more people use it the UK than in the U.S.

In addition to buses, the train system also offers reason-able rates. If transportation via buses was not possible, the train was the next best option. In addition, we often used the London Underground, which is similar to the New York subway system, when traveling around the city. This offers a quick way to move around at a decent cost.

We also often used an airline called Ryanair to travel cheaply. The planes are cramped and small, but the service offers affordable options for students to travel to other countries. It allowed us to travel to places like Spain and France without hurting our wallets too badly.

Overall, if there is one major privilege to studying abroad, it is access to the public transportation system. We were able to see so many places we probably would not have been able to if it were not for the UK transportation. In the U.S., having a car is a ticket to freedom.

In the UK, it is much easier to branch out without one. While studying in places like Elizabethtown College, it is often easy to feel as if you’re living in a bubble within your campus. While studying abroad, however, the public transportation opportunities are so accessible that you can leave your campus, city or country as often as you’d like. British transportation makes traveling one of the best parts about studying abroad, although even I’d agree that staying in one place for a while does sound pretty appealing after eight months of transit.

by JAZMIN DEJESUS

Photo: Austin Whitlock

Willen discusses exploration of fishing industry in Westfjords of Iceland

At Elizabethtown College, professors have many opportunities to travel and gain new experiences outside their collegiate life.

During the Presidential Enrichment Lecture series Wednesday afternoon, Associate Professor of English Dr. Matthew Willen presented his experiences during his travels in the Westfjords of Iceland.

Willen has been visiting Iceland on and off since his first visit in 2008. Due to a grant from the College, he was able to start his travels in Iceland with the intent to explore the fishing industry in the area. “When the call went out to go to Iceland, I said to myself, ‘I don’t think that there’s anyone on campus that’s as suited to go to Iceland as I am,’” Willen said. “I spent most of the 80s and 90s in the outdoors, and I have traveled a lot in glaciated areas. I have traveled to very remote places, and I like that sort of region. I revel in polar exploration stories.” Starting with the idea to explore how the fishing industry has affected the way the Icelandic people live and its economy, Willen set out to explore the area.

About the size of Colorado, Iceland is one of seven arctic countries founded around 87 A.D. Although it is considered an arctic area, only one part of Iceland is in the actual arctic region. Overall, the country has a sub-polar environment. The capital

and largest city in Iceland, Reykjavík, has a population of about 118,000. In most cases, the country is sparsely populated in small towns, typically located on the coasts. The area Willen explored, the Westfjords, is about the size of Rhode Island. Its population is about 7,000.

The literacy rate of Iceland is nearly 100 percent, which Willen attributes to most Icelandic people’s hobbies of reading and writing. A few resources of Iceland include its large variety of energy — geothermal, hydrogen and hydroelectric — as well as its variety of minerals and marine life. Some main industries and exports of Iceland are its energy, aluminum, minerals, fishing and, more recently, tourism. The country itself is full of natural beauty and wildlife, which gave Willen inspiration for his photography. During his presentation, he played a few slideshows with some of his photographs taken in Iceland.

Around 1980, as the fishing industry in Iceland was expedited to other countries and fish population dwindled, the fishing industry collapsed. Willen went to explore how the Icelandic people and economy were affected by this loss. Willen said he was attracted to the Westfjords in particular because of the way it looked on a map. “I saw the water, the fjords all over the place and these little towns with not much in between them,” he said. “I thought this was a great place to go and spend some time.”

As Willen travelled in the area, he discovered that he had the wrong idea about the people and economy of Iceland. “Even though I went up there [to the Westfjords] looking at the fishing industry, I found myself in these communities that were very small towns and, what I thought, were very difficult places to live,” Willen said. “People were very happy and very content to be in these communities. I remember saying to these people, ‘Don’t you find

it difficult living here?’ and they just looked at me like I was crazy.” After those conversations with a wide range of people, Willen’s new mission was to discover what it is about these people that allows them to live what he calls “very fulfilling, content lives.”

While Willen explored the rich landscape of Iceland, he simultaneously explored its people and how its people can be so content living in such a harsh, desolate environment. According to Willen, in most of the larger towns, the population could range from 200 to 3,000 people. In most of the towns, there were homes, a gas station or convenience store, a church and a pool or gym area. In the larger towns, sometimes there would be banks, hospitals, stores and schools. Due to the length between towns and the long drives between towns on limited roads, Willen found it hard to believe that the Icelandic people were content with not having many resources or sources of entertainment.

Despite these factors, Willen said that the people of the Westfjords aren’t too disappointed with the place in which they live. From his point of view, Willen said that it seems like the Westfjords would be a difficult place to live. However, by living together and supporting each other through community events and collaborating in business, the tightly-knit communities can sustain themselves responsibly. “Another thing that occurred to me is that these people keep their expectations in check,” Willen said. “It’s not like they don’t know what’s going on in the rest of the world. It seems to me that when people start to expect more in life, it becomes more difficult to be happy. So they don’t expect anything more out of life other than what they have, and they are very happy. Now when I think of resources in the Westfjords, I think its primary resource is people.”

by KAITLIN GIBBONEY

Photo: Stephen HajcakDuring the Presidential Enrichment Lecture series, Dr. Matthew Willen spoke on his experiences in the Westfjords of Iceland. In one of the most popular lectures of the series, Willen presented photographs of Iceland as well as music and stories. Going into the trip, he wanted to discover how the collapse of the fishing industry affected the Icelandic people and economy. The people of Iceland and their satisfaction with life fascinated him.

As an English professional writ-ing major, I will have a best

friend called “Rejection.” Even outside the major, everyone gets rejected in some shape or form, whether from a job, an internship, a scholarship or romance. The way I usually deal with rejection is to al-low myself to grieve, not to wallow. I need to bounce back up. It’s not the end of the world.

Last June, I was offered an intern-ship and put in touch with the Senior Health Producer of Fox News Chan-nel. But before she even interviewed me, I was rejected. She found some-one else who lived closer and had

higher qualifications. I did not feel too sad about this, because I had no qualifications for the job and I just wanted the job experience. Being rejected before I’d even begun left me feeling cheated. I was rejected. However, I keep in touch with her, look for other job opportunities and have established more connections for the working world.

This past summer, I applied to a number of jobs, one of which was at Rita’s Italian Ice. The issue with this was that I had applied too late for the job. I gave my application to the manager, who looked at it and grunted, “Are you applying for the job? Are you a senior?” With a fake, cheery smile, she thanked me and said she’d consider me. Of course,

I knew I’d been rejected. Another summer before that, I applied to work a second year at a summer camp and was told that they would contact me if they needed me. It’s a frustrating process to get rejected from jobs. Becca Dierken, a first-year, said that she feels frustrated when she is rejected. “I take a deep breath and move on. I also try to think of what I might need to im-prove upon,” Dierken said.

A couple of years back, I had aspired to become a veterinarian. I sought out veterinary jobs, and I was rejected from each for not having enough experience. That is the one thing that is most frustrating about job searching. Employers want you to have experience before the job, but

the only way to gain experience is by taking jobs. “I sulk about it at first, but I usually ask why I got rejected and learn from the mistakes I have made,” first-year Ginny Constanti-nou said. It is always important to know exactly why you were rejected and to improve yourself. For me recently, the cause has been that I do not apply for jobs early enough. “The early bird catches the worm,” as they say.

Scholarship rejections are similar to job and internship rejections, but it hurts more to be rejected from a scholarship because it denies you money that could have aided your education. I have experienced this as well. Last year, I applied for a schol-arship essay and other scholarships through my high school, all of which rejected me. It is such a depressing feeling to get rejected because you sometimes begin to wonder if you are not good enough. However, there will always be other scholarships to apply for, just as there are jobs and internships. Currently, I am waiting to receive a response to my Fulbright scholarship application. Rejection is a high possibility, yet there is also a chance that I will be awarded the scholarship. Rejection and success are like yin and yang, because with-out the risk of rejection, there is no chance of success.

Besides academic and profes-sional rejection, there is also is the terrible feeling of being rejected by someone you are romantically interested in. Personally, I usually reject others in that case, but I also have been rejected. When I was a first-year in high school, a junior who really liked me kept inviting me out for movies and dates. However, he got cold feet so many times that he often stood me up. It hurt, espe-

cially because he never acted like it was a big deal. When I was a junior in high school, I told a guy about my feelings for him. He did not exactly reject me, but he left me hanging. Soon after, we went on a friendly date with a group of friends. At some point along the date, he kissed me on the cheek. Then he told me it was like kissing his mother. How rude.

When you get rejected, no mat-ter who rejects you, cope in healthy ways. Binge eating, drinking or smoking may seem like help at first, but the coping mechanism may turn into an unbreakable habit. Take a deep breath and distract yourself with activities you like. Miranda Sweetman, a first-year, likes to cope by watching Netflix. Andrew Kile, also first-year, suggests that someone who is rejected should move on as quickly as possible. Do not become so easily deterred if you are rejected from a job. Just keep searching for more. There are other opportuni-ties out there. If you are rejected by someone you care about, spend some time with your friends. Busy yourself in your work, just as first-year Katelyn Gebbia does. Always be ready to bounce back.

Last semester, Professor Minton told our class that, as writers, we pour our hearts and souls into our writing for the world to see only to be rejected. As an aspiring writer, I cannot let rejection bring me down. Writers like J. K. Rowling were re-jected plenty of times before making it to where they are now. Rejection is required for success and happi-ness. It is acceptable to fail and to be rejected by a love interest. Rejection closes one door and opens plenty of others. Don’t be down in the dumps about rejection. Keep your head held high and persevere!

After having taken four years of high school honors, dual enrollment and AP classes,

I expected to come to Elizabethtown College with sophomore standing. I was prepared to move directly into my major and skip several requirements for the Core program. Unfor-tunately, I learned that my dual enrollment course would not be counted and only one of my AP exam scores met the College’s require-ment. The $685 I spent to take these courses was basically wasted. While some of my scores could have better reflected the work that I put into those classes, several of my scores were high enough to be counted at other institutions to which I applied.

As it turns out, it is not only the policy re-garding transferring credits from high school to the College that is confusing and seemingly unfair. The transfer credit policy, as a whole, seems that way. Located on the College’s web-site, the credit transfer policy is broken into eight categories, each explaining a different wing of the policy. However, the explanation of transfer credit policy is not complete on the website. It does not address many of the con-cerns that students raise about credit transfer, including the rules regarding transfer after sophomore year or the reason for the policy. As one of the debated topics of this policy, the College should have a clear, concise explana-tion available to all students.

Students who have earned 60 or more cred-its are not considered eligible to take courses at a community college and then transfer the credit to the College. Any students under the 60 credit limit can apply to transfer credits from a community college of their choosing and, upon the review of the College, use those credits towards graduation. It’s unlikely that a first-year student, who has just finished what is sometimes the most grueling academic year of his or her life, will want to take summer courses. However, a junior, who knows that he or she needs another course in a minor but

can’t take it at Etown in the coming year, would be willing to take the class over summer break. According to College policy, this student’s ef-forts would not be considered for transfer to the College. While the policy may be in place to support the residency requirement (credits one must take on campus), it penalizes students who have the initiative to take extra courses.

Some of the other important policies in-clude the Approval Form, Advanced Place-ment/College Level Examination Program and International Baccalaureate credits. Students must fill out a transfer credit approval form for every credit that he or she wants to bring to Etown. According to the website, credits can be transferred from “accredited institu-tions that are judged by the registrar and the appropriate department … to be high qual-ity, involve active delivery methods … and are consistent with the mission and program goals of Elizabethtown College.” All requests are handled on an individual basis, using that

vague set of criteria as a guideline. Any two students using credits from different schools to fill the same requirements at Etown can be treated differently. One may even be approved for credit, while the other is rejected. A few hard and fast rules would be appreciated for the sake of clarity and consistency.

In my case, I should have reviewed the AP transfer policy more carefully before submit-ting my scores. I thought that only scores of five on the exams were accepted, so I submit-ted those exams on which I received a five. The College explains that both fours and fives are accepted towards the minimum gradua-tion requirement if the scores have been sent directly from the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N. J. These credits cannot count towards the residency requirement, so most of these credits will go towards Core and minor obligations.

Finally, the residence policy requires stu-dents to have a minimum of 16 credits in their

major, at least eight of which are upper level. At least 30 of the last 60 credits must be com-pleted on campus. This requirement fluctuates based on major, many expecting that all classes taken for that major be completed on campus. Any courses taken while a student is studying abroad are counted as on-campus credits.

My problem with the policy is its fluid-ity. While flexibility is usually a positive, it creates confusion and may harm a student’s chance of graduating on time. Set rules and transparent reasons to support them need to be made accessible to students so that they can make educated decisions regarding their schooling. Most importantly, first-year students need to be made aware of time-sen-sitive programs, like transferring credit from community colleges. If I had known this policy existed, I would have taken a course last summer to satisfy a minor requirement because I am no longer eligible as a student with 63 current credits.

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First-year discusses overcoming rejection, disappointment in regards to professional, personal realms of undergraduate life

by SKYE MCDONALD

What springtime activity are you most looking forward to?

Compiled by STEPHEN HAJCAK

theSound Off

“Playing KanJam on Brinser Field.”

Nick Viscardi ’16

“Eating Easter chocolates.”

Christine Mrozek ’15

“Reading outside.”

Zoe Robinson ’17

Moving on from rejection in a positive and constructive way is far preferable to wallowing in misery and self-doubt. Feelings of disappointment are only temporary, and we should be excited by the prospect of future successes.

Photo: Tyler Latshaw

Credit transfer process generates confusion among Blue Jaysby SAMANTHA WEISS

Scholarships, internships and many other awards generally

require applicants to write some kind of essay explaining why they deserve the award. But are essays the best means of assessing someone’s capabilities? Some people might argue that other means, such as portfolios or certificates, might be better indicators of how deserving someone is. But should applicants be able to articulate their strengths in writing? Should essays or direct evidence play the primary role?

As someone who lacks any abil-ity to sufficiently articulate my thoughts in the moment without putting pen to paper, I would be lost without essays. I believe that, for most scholarships and awards, jobs and internships included, the people charged with selecting appli-cants are looking for the most-well rounded candidates. I think most employers and people in similar situations would agree that writ-ing and related skills in spelling, grammar, vocabulary, etc., are very much a part of their personal selec-tion criteria. And I think it makes sense that essays play such a large part. Writing is something that is assessed at nearly every step of the traditional education process, at least in the United States. Spelling, grammar and vocabulary are all major parts of elementary educa-tion. I think the assumption that people should be able to write and clearly articulate an idea is not at all unreasonable, as long as we hold high expectations for the education system in America. 

If those reading the essays as-sume that people should generally be on the same level when it comes to just the writing aspect, the only other factor in an essay becomes the ideas and the critical thinking. I would describe the actual writing as a boat and the ideas as supplies in the boat. The boat is always a boat and should always be recognizable as a boat. Writing is made up of words and grammar; writing itself is not much more than that, save for stylistic differences and the like from person to person. The real value in writing comes from the ideas, which are the objects you can put in the boat. The boat is built to transport things across bodies of water. The boat alone has no real purpose.

I think it is very reasonable to accept essays as a primary tool for evaluation of candidates for scholar-ships, internships and other awards. Language is a huge part of any culture. Words are how we commu-nicate ideas, so it makes sense that you should be able to communicate through writing what you believe your accomplishments to be.

I would agree with those who say it is impossible to deem hard evidence, such as portfolios, in-significant. Hard evidence gives concrete proof of how hard the candidate works and what kind of work they do. Anyone can write amazing words about amazing things they may not have even done. According to the tradition of North Korea’s current regime, the late leader Kim Jong Il not only invented the hamburger, but also played the best round of golf ever recorded, complete with 38 under

par and five holes in one. The truth is that words do not mean much without evidence.

However, I believe that essays are still better demonstrations of ability and how much a candidate deserves an award. An essay, even without strict evidence for each idea pre-sented within, still allows a potential employer to determine whether or not the candidate has demonstrated understanding and original ideas. Those would be indicative of having worked with and having thought critically about the subject matter. Hard evidence has its own disad-vantages. Portfolios and certificates only tell an employer so much. They only show the outcome of what may

or may not have been hard work by the candidate. Portfolios show results. Rarely do they give someone any indication of the work that went into producing the result. Results can be faked, especially if not based on application guidelines. If I were asked to submit accomplishments in a portfolio, I believe I could do a pretty good job of piecing together things I haven’t actually done. I think it is a lot more difficult to fake understanding a subject to the point where one can clearly and concisely piece together an essay.

That is why I believe that essays have a major advantage over hard evidence. There are not many ideas and concepts that cannot be illus-

trated through writing. I do believe that hard evidence should be part of the process, but I do not argue against an essay’s being the main part of the process. I think provid-ing an essay in an application has a lot more advantages than providing evidence in the form of a portfolio or a certificate. I do not want the hiring party deciding for me what my work means. I want to tell them what it means, why I did it and what I hope to do next. Maybe in 2050 humans will have invented a way to analyze someone’s brain to de-termine motivation and desire, but until some better means of proving ability comes along, I think essays are the way to go.

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Are essays or evidence stronger indicators of qualification, capability?by MATT SHANK

A portfolio of certificates, letters of recommendation and evidence of experience does not reveal as much about one’s qualifications as an essay. The ability illustrate one’s credentials through writing is more valuable.

Photo: Stephen Hajcak

Jays share opinions on Russia confl ict

Current ly, the R e p u b l i c o f

C r i m e a i s o n c e a g a i n u n d e r Ru s s i a n c o nt r o l and will become a full member of the Russian Federation before the end of the month. This o c c u r r e n c e i s unsurpr is ing for t hes e two major reasons:

1) Since the Greek Empire, Crimea has been conquered by someone.

2 ) A maj or i t y o f t h e C r i m e a n c i t i z e n r y i s ethnically Russian a n d , t h e r e f o r e , holds an allegiance by blood more to Russia than to the Ukraine.

It is understand-able that the Repub-lic joined the Fed-eration; however, that does not make it tolerable, much less right. This an-nexation — as well as the conquering of Georgia in 2004 — is not only an illegal, unprovoked and imperialist ac-tion, but it also fos-ters memories of the annexations of Aus-tria and Czechoslo-vakia 75 years ago. So we, as Americans and peace-loving people, must ask if we shall sit idly and

allow Putin to rec-reate the old Soviet Union.

The one thing d e t e r r i n g P u t i n from war is oil. The Russian economy is so dependent on its oi l exports to Europe, East Asia a n d o t h e r p a r t s of the world that alienating itself in trade is to destroy itself. All foreign investment f rom the industrialized d e m o c r a c i e s — the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, — would diminish, as it is currently doing. China would be left as the sole major e c o n o m i c a l l y . China is, however, a h a r d b o o k t o read. Its interests are global, making it crucial for Mr. Xi Jinping — the current leader of the Communist Party and China — to know who to favor in this crisis. If he supports the wrong side, China’s wealth w o u l d s i n k a n d cause the people to revolt; if he favors the right side, his p o w e r e x p a n d s further in the world of trade.

To c i t i z e ns of the United States a n d s t u d e nt s o f E l i z a b e t h t o w n C o l l e g e , t h i s i s nothing but a toxic s i tuat ion. World

War I I I and t he select ive ser vice, better known as the draft, is still far off, and chances are we shall never see it rear its ugly head again. It is, however, a distinct possibility and a terrifying one to boot. The fine gentlemen (and the ladies, should the selective service be amended for their eligibility) of the country might be called to arms to aid our brethren of the Ukraine, but chances are that this situation will, in the end, be as the Suez Canal crisis in the middle of the 20th century. Everyone gets upset and then we move on.

The possibility of war is just that: a n i m p r o b a b l e p o s s i b i l i t y. We are in the longest-standing peacetime the world has seen in centuries, and while we are due for a war, people are generally hesitant to allow one to happen on their soil. Just stay calm and do what you can to support both your gove r n me nt and Ukraine. Remember that e ven i f you think you are not doing as much as you could, you are p r o b a b l y d o i n g more than Congress will.

The situation in Ukraine has a historical element dating back

to its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991.

The Ukrainian crisis began with popular unrest over the Pro-Rus-sian, Ukrainian president’s decision to cancel a free trade agreement with the European Union. Years of government corruption curtailed Ukraine’s advancement towards a market economy, leaving Ukrainian citizens in a dire economic situation. According to the Cato Institute, Ukraine’s Gross Domestic Product per capita in 1990 was $8,200, nearly the same as Poland’s. Poland’s GDP is now $18,300 while Ukraine’s has decreased to $6,400. The economic deficiency of Ukraine is clear.

In recent events, Russia has in-vaded the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Russian Parliament has voted to annex Crimea. With Russia’s occupying the peninsula, a referendum was held in Crimea with citizens voting 97 percent in support of becoming part of Russia. Neither Ukraine nor the rest of the world recognizes the referendum as legitimate. Even if it wasn’t sus-pected the vote had been rigged, the Ukrainian constitution requires all alterations to Ukrainian territories to “be resolved exclusively by the All-Ukrainian referendum.”

Putin’s interest in annexing Crimea lies in Russia’s naval base on Crimea’s southwestern tip. Currently, Russia is leasing the naval base until 2042. The base is considered to be of high importance to Russia’s global military powers. Putin claims that his move to rejoin Crimea, whose Russian population is 59 percent, with Russia is in the name of reuni-fication. Unsurprisingly, this has sparked comparisons to Hitler’s Germany.

It is unacceptable for a country

to invade another’s sovereign ter-ritory. Putin must face serious re-percussions for doing so. By using the divided Ukrainian government to his advantage, he has spat in the face of the Ukrainian citizens’ right to liberty through peaceful protest and economic freedom. Every hu-man being has the inherent right to life, liberty and property. The United States must stand in solidarity with the free world to denounce Russia’s actions. However, the U.S. must not intervene militarily.

The foreign policy hawks in the Republican Party and the humani-tarian interventionists in the Demo-cratic Party have it wrong. America is not the policeman of the world. We can simultaneously stand for freedom and not encroach on the liberties of sovereign nations. Many times, economic realities are greater than military intervention.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul had it correct when he said that Russia’s actions come at an economic cost. While it is clear the Russian mili-tary overwhelmingly has the power to seize Crimea, its stock market is dropping quickly and its economy is dependent on a stable Ukraine for exports. The cost of Russia’s actions will likely be “universal condemna-tion from Europe and America and isolation from trade and the benefits of behaving and participating in the civilized world,” Paul said. The economic reality is harsh for Russia, but many believe the power-hungry Putin doesn’t really care. Putin must consider Paul’s second point, how-ever, that 80 percent of Russia’s gas and oil cross Ukraine. Any militant Ukrainian could quickly disrupt Russia’s economic livelihood with a disruption to pipelines through a simple explosive device. Regardless of pipeline disruption, the U.S. could supply oil and gas to all of Europe, effectively devastating the Russian economy and ensuring pressures from Russian citizens toward Putin.

We citizens must call on President Obama to announce his support to legalize export and exploration of our gas and oil. Our president must stop blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline and allow capitalism to do its work. Free trade effectively punishes inhu-mane acts of violence and power. If given the choice, the Western world will choose American oil and gas in an effort to sanction Russia.

Furthermore, the U.S. can expand travel restrictions and freeze assets for Russian officials, request that Russia’s G-8 membership be revoked and block Russia from participating in other political and economic al-liances.

We must not involve ourselves in another futile war to protect interests that are not ours. Our generation has only known war. For nearly the entirety of college students’ lives, we have been in endless conflicts to protect the interests of others. It is time the U.S. looks toward a period of responsible non-intervention. It is best for the U.S. economy and our own lives to exercise the blessings of trade and limited diplomacy as solu-tions to conflict. Avoiding military involvement and aid to Ukraine will free the U.S. from further debt obli-gations, improving the economic fu-ture for us as college students — even if that improvement is only slight in the grand scale of our debt crisis.

It is possible to enable equal rights and self-determination without U.S. military involvement and without foreign aid to countries involved in conflict. Detractors will call a non-interventionist vision for the U.S. “isolationist” and “a weakening of our world leader status.” However, this is not true. The U.S. can use its economic position to lead the free world and ensure the respect and dignity of the nation’s sovereignty. This brings me back to this message the U.S. must send to Putin: “Don’t mistake our reluctance for war for a lack of resolve.”

by JUSTIN GREISS by VINCENT MCGONIGLE

After working as a tour guide for two years, I know that one of

the most emphasized talking points used to sway prospective students our way is the Core Program: it’s the most exemplary facet of the Elizabethtown College experience that speaks to the liberal arts roots of the College, and it’s a great way to sell the school as a highly inter-disciplinary institution that gives you room to grow as a student and person. I have to admit that, after saying it on the countless number of tours I gave, I believed it, and I understand why it’s such a sell-ing point and successful draw for prospective students. On the flip side, I don’t think there’s a more polarizing topic — as far as the curriculum is concerned — among current students.

Simply, I think students who don’t like the Core are operating under the “I don’t understand why I should have to take this course” mindset, and it’s not exclusive to one type of student: liberal arts majors dislike it and whine just as much as science or pre-professional majors. I’ll admit that the notion of having to take another math course after high school was hard to stomach; actually being enrolled in a math course that met three days a week at 8 a.m. was devastating. Never mind that I purposefully took the easiest level of math available at the school and still only eked out a B-. That semester was filled with my questioning the relevancy of the

Core program and my explaining to everyone just how pointless it was for me, an English major, to be do-ing Venn diagram word problems.

We all ended up at Etown for dif-ferent reasons: small class size, close-knit community feel, an opportunity to play sports, etc. And I think that at its core — excuse me — the end goal of the college experience, frivo-lous things like “fun” and “making memories” aside, is to develop into a more complete person. Learning, as we know, is not reduced to the classroom, and I think that it’s fair for us to say that the we’ve been handed more opportunities to pursue a broad range of interests because of the na-ture of the school we chose. That, for me, is where the mission of the Core program stands side-by-side with the extracurricular efforts of the College.

Don’t get me wrong, there are still going to be English majors who complain about having to take math because numbers are evil; there are still going to be math majors who still don’t see value in American modernist literature because read-ing is hard! This student will com-plain about that and that student will think those other students are wrong for complaining about such-and-such. And that’s the point. If the goal is to foster an interdisci-plinary school, which has students with a broad range of interests and passion, there should be that kind of conversation. Disagreement isn’t always negative. The issue doesn’t lie with the school or the Core pro-gram. The issue, if there is one in the first place, is created by the students, and it’s all a matter of perspective.

For me, it’s as easy as admitting to myself that, whereas I hope I never need to look at a math text-book again, I know that I’m not a fully-functioning, “complete” person without having a working knowledge of how it works. I don’t have to really care about the French semi-presi-dential system of government, but I should view the class that’s teaching me about it as an opportunity and apply it to my life sometime. Therein lies the beauty of a liberal arts insti-tution. More importantly, having those kinds of opportunities is what makes Etown so special to all of us. Whether it’s because we’re citizens of the world — something they really pushed my first year — or because we want to be more competitive and an institution of higher prestige, we’re not just students of one particular discipline at Etown.

We’re students of ourselves. Our reactions to things that we’re taught outside of our chosen discipline may be the most important academic experiences that we have while we’re here. The bonus is then on us to pay attention to ourselves, to gauge our reactions and explore those feelings — explore our core, if you will. At the end of the day, it’s not going to be perfect. People are going to complain and that’s fine. Much like most of the other articles I write, the obligatory call for personal responsibility is here: take advantage of the Core and keep an open mind because it’s your duty. It’s the school’s embodiment of the liberal arts, and whether you enjoy that concept or not, it’s what you signed up for when you accepted your admission here.

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PUT YOUR RECORDS ONOn the Turntable: OCD: Moosh & Twist

Rating: Proud to welcome two independent artists from Philadelphia to share their passion and talent with Etown during TGIS.

Philadelphia has no shortage of creative musical talent. Growing up in the Philadelphia suburbs, I loved exploring the independent music scene and witnessing firsthand all of the fresh talent that the City of Brotherly Love fosters. Recently, it was announced that some of that Philly musical talent would be making its way out to Elizabethtown College to perform during the Thank Goodness It’s Spring (better known as TGIS) weekend in April. Allow me to introduce hip-hop artists, OCD: Moosh and Twist.

Overly Creative Dreamers, Dequincy “Moosh” Coleman McRae and Oliver “Twist” Feighan, are pushing the envelope on the independent hip-hop music scene. The two Philadelphia natives met in the first grade and connected over a shared passion of music and poetry. Moosh & Twist

formed a group shortly after to continue realizing their music dreams. Performing as independent artists, OCD has successfully reached out to hip-hop music lovers via Youtube and other social media. The duo has reached over 100,000 mixtape downloads and over seven million Youtube views without even producing a debut album.

OCD: Moosh & Twist are currently on tour and have opened for big name acts, including The White Panda, Hoodie Allen and Wale. They are currently headlining their own tour, the Living Out Loud Tour, and are performing around the country for thousands of fans. Be on the lookout for their private Etown performance during TGIS weekend. With honesty and heart at the core of their performances, OCD: Moosh & Twist are sure to be a memorable part of TGIS #Epic.

by ALEXA VISCARDI

Genre: Hip-hop

Core program functions as hallmark of effective liberal arts education

by ANDREW HERM

It’s 1 a.m., and I’m probably going to be awake for at least another hour or two. That 8 a.m. class tomorrow morning — or rather,

later today — is staring me down like an angry lioness on the hunt. The inevitable is going to happen again … I’m going to start dozing off in class. I’ll go bobbing for hypothetical apples as my head droops and I snap to my senses ad infinitum. Having inflicted upon myself such an unreasonable schedule, I won’t return to my apartment until 11 p.m. that night, and the cycle will continue. But do not pity me, for I have found a savior in my hour of greatest need (which is the hour I spend getting ready every morning): my beloved Keurig coffeemaker.

To clear the air, I’m still a tea-drinker. If I have to choose between coffee and tea based on flavor alone, I will almost always choose tea. There’s something about the herbal and minty goodness of the classy drink that keeps me coming back for more. Anyone who knows me personally has some awareness of my obsession with Peace Tea, as well — I enjoy iced tea just as much as its warmer variant. Throughout my time at college, however, I have found that tea does not give me the kick in the butt that I need to get through each inevitably busy day in my rigorous school week. For this

reason, I turned to coffee last semester.I don’t drink coffee because it tastes fabulous. I drink coffee

because I have to. In the spirit of doing things out of necessity, I drink my coffee black. When training myself to stomach the bean-y beverage, I originally tried to make the flavor more palatable with some half-and-half and pinches of sugar. I quickly realized that habitually altering the flavor of my coffee with artificial sweeteners and dollops of dairy would become monotonous. So, I forced myself, from that point on, to drink my coffee without any additives. “If I can drink tea without sugar and cream, then coffee should be no different,” I told myself. Of course, I also figured that coffee would not become a mainstay in my beverage-consumption habits — I just thought I would need an extra jolt here and there to get through my particularly rough junior fall semester.

So here we are in my spring semester, and I have found myself even more desperate for a boost in energy. Snagging coffee from the Blue Bean every morning would take too much time. The midpoint in the semester now behind us, I wonder if I would have made it this far without my trusty Keurig. Without the instant coffee every morning, how could I stay awake in my classes? Would I be able to spend my mornings with middle school students without falling asleep sans my beloved coffeemaker? My Keurig is the best investment I have made in a considerably long time.

From a statistical standpoint, I have nodded off in class only twice in the past three weeks with my Keurig. This is a tremendous improvement from my track record in the fall. Quite frankly, I feel bad for dozing off in class, as I’m typically interested in the material but don’t have the energy to stay awake and absorb it. People would always tell me to “get more sleep,” as if it were that easy, but I am glad to say that I have found a solution to my sleep deprivation. I would recommend anyone who can’t keep their eyes open in class to get a Keurig. It has made my life significantly more survivable.

This is where I was tempted to end my article (it’s 3 a.m. as of my writing this article, and I was distracted listening to Pentatonix for a while), but there’s more to be said on this topic. I know dozens of other people who own Keurigs, many of whom were wondering why I didn’t get one sooner. And there are plenty of people who do not own Keurigs, but at least guzzle some caffeinated drink of their choice in order to get through each day. As much as I tried to avoid it for the first 20 years of my life, I have become a coffee junkie. I would argue that we live in a caffeinated culture.

Quite frankly, we’re too busy for our own good — by “we,” I mean the typical college student or working person. If we need to put some kind of substance into our bodies to manage it each day, that means we’re probably doing too much, right? We should spend less time moving and more time sleeping. We shouldn’t commit to 20 credits per semester, along with two field placements on top of it, which I happen to be doing this semester. Oh, my Keurig — what would I do without you? We should involve ourselves in fewer commitments and spend less time chatting it up with friends at the wee hours of the evening. Let’s respect our bodies and turn off the Keurigs for good!

Except, I’d be lying if I told you I agreed with any of that. Morbid as it sounds, I have always believed I can sleep when I’m dead. Admittedly, I enjoy a good 10 hours of sleep on the rare occasion I can find a weekend to snooze that long. But I believe in maximizing each day, and if throwing back some coffee enables me to do just that, I’m more than happy to do so.

This, friends, is why my Keurig is the best investment I’ve made in a long time: because it helps me get a little more out of each day. And every minute is precious.

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The men and women’s track and field teams hosted a meet at home on Saturday, March 22. The men’s

team tied for first place with York College, and the women’s team took first place as well.

On the men’s team, first-year Mike Twist took first place in the 800m with a time of 2:00.39. Senior Matt Rever, running the 1500m, also took first place as the only runner to finish in less than four minutes with a time of 3:58.36. First-year Jon Anderson also raced the 1500m and came in second place. The men’s 4X400 was comprised of Rever, junior Bryan Baldwin, senior Brian Layng and Twist who won first place in 3:28.60.

On the field, senior Lucas Dayhoff won first place in hammer throw and fifth place in shot put.

“It was really great to compete on our home turf,” Dayhoff said. “I couldn’t think of a better way to begin my final outdoor season with such a great team.”

First-year Max Mahan took first place in high jump and also added himself to the top ten list in high jump. He jumped 1.88 meters, which was the fifth-highest in the history of the outdoor program. Mahan also competed in long jump with junior Joe Bayona. Mahan took third place in long jump with a height of 6.13 meters, and Bayona finished in sixth place with a jump of 5.98 meters.

Senior Kevin Brady finished pole vault in first place with his best jump of the day at 4.30m. Also competing in pole vault was National Champion Kevin Clark, an Elizabethtown College alumnus, who took second place. Senior Brian Layng took third place.

Brady also was in high spirits after the meet concluded. “This meet was an awesome way to start our season,” Brady said. “I’m really happy with our efforts [this weekend] and I’m looking forward to what the rest of the season will hold.”

Four women were added to the all-time bests in the

Etown outdoor program history. The women had nine top 10 performances and a first-place win overall as a team on Saturday.

Senior Traci Tempone raced the 1500m in 4:41.99 to win first place. This was also a personal best for Tempone and put her at fourth on the all-time best list. Junior Amelia Tearnan, first-year Alexis Groce, first-year Brianna Earnshaw and senior Laurie Jones all competed in the 800m and scored points.

First-year Kelsey Detweiler had another successful meet and was added to the top 10 list in the 100m and 200m dash. She took second place in the 200m. Senior Eileen Cody and first-year Samantha Zarzaca took first and second place, respectively, in the 10k with Cody finishing in 42:12.84 and Zarzaca in 42:48.02.

Senior Megan Tursi, senior Elaina Nellis and sophomore Gabriel le Yankelevich a l l ran the steeplechase. Tursi finished in first with a time of 11:40.33, Nellis came in fourth at 13:16.83 and Yankelevich f inished at 13:43.74. The women’s 4X400m relay consisted of Groce, Detweiler, Tearnan and junior Ashley Underkofler, who crossed the finish line at 4:26.65 for a first-place win.

“I can’t believe that this will be my last season as a college athlete,” Nellis said. “These past four years have gone so fast, and I’ve made so many memories with my teammates. Its going to be tough when it’s finally over.”

Senior Monica Loranger competed in pole vault, jumping 3.23 meters to give her first place, and 1.52 meters in high jump to take second place. First-year Amanda Porter had a successful day and scored at least one point in all four throwing events. Senior Eileen Kroszner walked away with a first-place win in the hammer throw and sixth place in the shot put and javelin.

Both men’s and women’s teams will be competing at the Adidas Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State University this weekend.

On Saturday, March 22, in Townsend, Md., the Eliza-

bethtown Blue Jays were defeated by the Goucher Gophers in wom-en’s lacrosse. The final score of the game was 19-3.

It was a perfect day for lacrosse being 50 degrees outside, but there were heavy winds the players had to fight against. As the whistle blew to signal the beginning of the game, the Goucher Gophers and the Blue Jays started running up and down the field to collect a victory for their team.

It was a rough beginning for the Blue Jays because the very first goal was scored by a Goucher player.

Dana Robidoux, a sophomore at Etown, scored all three goals for the Blue Jays.

The team’s captains are sopho-more Briana Rogers, sophomore Mary Nell Donahue and Robi-doux. Rogers said she was looking forward to the team’s game on Saturday. “We have a pretty good chance, and this team is guaranteed to be a good match for us, which means the game will be competi-tive,” Rogers said.

The Gophers were swift in scoring and had goal after goal. They took 14 shots compared to the Blue Jays’ nine. However, the Blue Jays were determined to be victorious.

They had four turnovers in the first half, but cleared their heads in the second half to avoid frustra-tion. The score at the end of the first half was 11-3, with Goucher in the lead.

The goalie for the Blue Jays, first-year Beata Palosz, said, “I had a difficult time guarding the goal.” Her teammates tried to help her defend their goal, but Goucher was quick enough to find the back of the Blue Jay net.

With 16:34 on the clock in the first half, first-year defender Becky

Graessle had a penalty called against her.

During the second half, the Gophers took 19 shots on the Blue Jays’ goal, with Etown blocking half of the shots. There was only

four minutes left in the game when Goucher’s Kat Carnevale was taken out of the game as a result of a penalty against a Blue Jay player.

The final tally of the game ended in a 19-3 loss for the Blue Jays.

It is their sixth consecutive loss for women’s lacrosse, making the team’s overall record 0-6.

The Blue Jays will host Hood College Thursday, March 26 at 4 p.m. at Wolf Field.

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in Etown athletics...

The baseball team split a double-header with Arcadia University this past weekend to move their overall record to 8-8. The Blue Jays will host Albright College on Friday at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium at 3:30 p.m.

The men’s lacrosse team fell to Albright College 6-4 last night in front of a home crowd to move their overall record to 4-3. The women’s lacrosse team fell to Goucher College 19-3. Sophomore Dana Robi-doux recorded her first career hat-trick in the loss.

The men and women’s track and field teams hosted the Etown Opener for their first outdoor meet of the season on Saturday. Senior Lucas Dayhoff took first in the hammer toss with a heave of 47.68 meters. Senior Kevin Brady was also victorious in his competition, winning the pole vault with an attempt of 4.30 meters.

On the women’s side, senior Eileen Kroszner placed in three events, including a first-place performance in the hammer throw. Senior Mon-ica Loranger took first in the pole vault competition with an attempt of 3.23 meters. She was only one inch shy of her own school record.

in the NCAA...

March Madness is in full swing with a number of upsets leading up to the Sweet 16. Out of the Midwest region, No. 1 Wichita State was defeated by powerhouse Kentucky in the second round 78-76. This loss ended the Shockers hopes of an undefeated season.

In the East, No. 7 UConn upset No. 2 Villanova in the second round 77-65. This was the second time in the tournament that the Huskies beat a Philadelphia-based squad after defeating St. Joseph’s in the tournament’s first round.

Three No. 1 seeds — Arizona, Virginia and No. 1 overall Florida — are still alive in the bracket.

On ESPN’s online bracket challenge, there are no perfect brackets left out of over 11 million entries.

in the pros...

The NFL decided on Tuesday to ban the touchdown celebration of slam-dunking the ball over the goal post. This comes to the dismay of many perennial TD-scorers such as New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham. The Pro-bowler tweeted that he was very disappointed in the NFL’s new rule, posting a picture of him getting his slam blocked by an NFL ref. Graham later removed the tweet. This new sanc-tion comes at a time when the NFL has been making many changes to the game.

Blue Jays host first meet of season

Photo: David SinclairSenior Eileen Kroszner placed in three of the events she competed in this past weekend in front of a home crowd. Kroszner took first-place in the hammer throw with her best toss traveling 35.46 meters.

Women’s lacrosse team sets offensive season-highs in goals, shots

After a tough start to the season, the women’s lacrosse team will look for its first victory of the year when they host Hood College today on Wolf Field at 4 p.m. The Blazers travel to Elizabethtown with a 4-2 overall record.

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by VICTORIA LAYER

by AMANDA ROBERTSON

Gill stops seven shots; Robidoux tallies hat-trick in Blue Jays’ loss to Goucher College

“We have a pretty good chance, and this team is guaranteed to be a good

match for us, which means the game will be

competitive.” ~Briana Rogers

The National Football League (NFL)’s offseason, for some fans, is even more exciting than the regular

season. Fans have high hopes that their favorite team will make the

right moves by adding players in free agency or draft in order to make their squads a Super Bowl contender. This offseason has seen many big-name free agents move to new area codes who have the possibility of changing the power rankings in the NFL.

With the teams having salary cap issues, many all-pro players were allowed to hit the free market. One player with a high price tag that was let go was all-pro cornerback Darrelle Revis. This move may seem all too familiar, as Revis was traded last offseason from the New York Jets to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Releasing Revis came with much criticism for the Bucs because he was arguably their most talented player on that side of the ball, but with the organization’s new scheme on defense, he would not be utilized correctly. Add to that his price tag, and Revis just wasn’t a great fit for Tampa Bay.

The New England Patriots were in need of a cornerback after they let Aqib Talib sign with the Denver Broncos. The Broncos, consequently, were in search of a premium cornerback after losing Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The addition of Revis to an already powerful defense has Tom Brady smiling from ear to ear.

The signing of Talib was not the only move that the Super Bowl runner-ups made to improve their squad. The Broncos replaced wide receiver Eric Decker, who left for the Big Apple and the New York Jets, with versatile and agile Emmanuel Sanders, who may add even greater value than Decker brought to the table.

In addition to adding those key threats, Denver added defensive end DeMarcus Ware to the mix after he was

released by the Dallas Cowboys to clear cap space. The Cowboys did not think the former Pro Bowl pass rusher was worth $12.5 million for the upcoming season.

Despite being 32 years old and coming off the least productive season of his career, the Broncos felt that he may be the last piece of the puzzle for a team that was in need of defensive after a blowout loss in the Super Bowl.

A team that many weren’t expecting to add many additional pieces to their offensive arsenal was Chip Kelly and the Philadelphia Eagles. Early in the offseason, the Eagles resigned wide receiver Reilly Cooper after he had a breakout season with Nick Foles at quarterback. The team also resigned receiver Jeremy Maclin, who missed last season due to injury.

In a move that surprised many, the Eagles went out and traded a fifth round pick to the New Orleans Saints’ running back Darren Sproles. With the two-headed monster of Sproles and last year’s NFL leading rusher LeSean McCoy leading the backfield, the Eagles have arguably the best running back tandem in the league.

With the signing of Sproles, some analysts expected the Eagles to part ways with last year’s leading receiver, Desean Jackson. After the season, Jackson asked to restructure his contract that he had just signed the previous offseason, which did not sit well with ownership.

A number of teams contacted the Eagles in an attempt to acquire Jackson, including the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. The Jets, who just signed former Eagle’s quarterback Michael Vick were looking to recreate the tandem’s prior success. It seemed like the two sides would part ways, but in the end Head Coach Chip Kelly spoke with the all-pro reciever and the two kindled their supposedly broken relationship.

The next influx of player moves will come on Friday, May 9 at the NFL Draft. Teams will look to find future stars in the mix of college players hoping to make it big on the next level.

Elizabethtown College’s men and women’s tennis teams traveled to Bel Air, Md. this past Saturday, March 22

to compete against Harford Community College in non-conference matches. The men’s team finished with a loss of 3-6 while the women’s team won 8-1.

In the men’s match, the team won fifth and sixth singles plus third doubles. This led them to fall to 1-3 on the season.

First-year Alex Machalick beat his competitor, Andy Rao, at No. 5 singles 5-7, 6-3, 10-8. First-year Matthew Hornbaker also won No. 6 singles with scores of 6-2, 6-7 (2), 10-8.

Hornbaker contributed to the College’s only double’s point during the match with his teammate first-year Ben Geiger, as they earned an 8-2 victory over Harford’s Bran-don Wolf and Soren Sibbesen.

Junior Michael Cannon is hopeful toward the next match despite the loss for his team at Harford.

“We all played solid tennis. Harford was a tough competi-tor, and the team played well against them. Unfortunately, we didn’t come out of there with a win, but we’ll move on and be ready to play Etown tennis for our next match,” Cannon said.

In the women’s match, the team held control through-out. All three doubles matches were won, allowing for an early 3-0 lead. An 8-1 score won the second doubles match by senior Adriana Scotto and first-year Taylor Helsel, while sophomore Lauren Berry and junior Nicole Snitzer conquered their opponents, Korrynne Arnold and Leslie Weinreich, 8-0.

Juniors Christine Evangelista and Kaitlyn Pellegrino also won against their opponents 8-3. “We have been working really hard at practice, so I’m glad to see all our hard work paid off this weekend,” Evangelista said. “We’ve had some close matches so far, so I’m excited to see how hard we will fight during our season.”

Such hard work can be seen through the victories of their singles matches as well. Berry and Scotto ensured victory through their scores of 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 and No. 2 6-1, 6-1, respectively.

Helsel (No. 6), first-year Madison McCall (No. 5) and Pellegrino (No. 3) also won their matches in consecutive sets. Competitor Andrea Alanis prevented a shutout for Harford through a 6-2,6-1 win over Evangelista (No. 1).

Head Coach Matt Helsel commented overall on the men’s and women’s teams and his expectations for the season. “We are young and inexperienced,” Coach Helsel said. “I expect us to get better each time out. We need to play aggressive doubles and steady singles.”

Coach Helsel also has expectations for this season. “I’m looking for progress,” Coach Helsel said. “Wins and losses will take care of themselves, but I am looking for how well we compete, how resilient we are and how well we will ap-ply what we do in practice to competition. These matches are another measuring stick to see where we are as a team.”

After f in ishing their f o u r - g a m e r o a d

schedule with a 2-2 record, the Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team scored a season-high 11 goa ls in a decisive 11-3 home win against Immaculata University this past Saturday. Sophomore Jimmy Waters lead the offensive attack, scoring four of the 11 goals, while six other Blue Jays found the back of the net.

Etown (4-2) grabb ed a 2-0 lead less than five minutes in on unassisted goals by Waters and junior Russ LeClair, but the winless Mighty Macs fought back late in the quarter with first-year Ben Lelario and senior Rocco Piliero scoring to t ie it 2-2 with 3:07 left . Waters had the only goal of the second quarter, with the Blue Jays a man up due to a penalty at the 11:15 mark, leaving the Jays with a 3-2 lead at halftime in a surprisingly low-scoring game. Etown had a 15-12

edge in shots at the break, but the play of first-year Immaculata goalie Brien Cullen kept the score from being worse than it was. Cullen made five of his 20 saves in the first quarter.

The Blue Jays b egan to pour it on in the third quarter when they outscored the Mighty Macs 5-1 to take a f irm grasp of the game. Waters and first-year Joe Clark scored a pair of third quarter goals, while senior Craig Hunsberger started the quarter with an unassisted tally just 45 seconds in. It wasn’t until the quarter was over halfway through that Immaculata leading scorer senior Bhelly Bagbonon finally found the scoresheet. Bagbonon, with nine goals and nine assists to his credit coming in, scored his 10th on a nice individual effort, but the Jays had a 7-3 lead after the goal.

E t o w n c o m m a n d e d ever y aspect of the bal l against the Mighty Macs. The defense, lead by junior Dillon McDevitt, caused a total of 14 turnovers to

keep the Immaculata offense quiet. Face offs were also dominated by the Blue Jays, who won 15 of 17 in the game.

The Blue Jays did not have much time to enjoy their win as they took on conference rival Albright College yesterday.

The Lions jumped on the Blue Jays early on in the first quarter. Goals by Albright’s Cam Cetrone and TJ Holston gave the Lions an early lead entering the second quarter.

The Lions added another tally in the second quarter to

lead 3-0 entering the half as the Blue Jays were only able to muster up 12 shots in the first half in comparison to Albright’s 18.

The Blue Jays came ready to play in the fourth quarter, scoring three goals in the games waning minutes. But

it was too late for Etown as Albright held on to a 6-4 victory over their conference opponent.

The Blue Jays wil l be back on Wolf Field this Saturday when they take on future Landmark opponent Catholic University at 1 p.m.

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Sophomore Jimmy Waters registered his first career four-goal game in an 11-3 victory over Immaculata University this past weekend in front of a home crowd at Wolf Field. The Blue Jays will next host Catholic University on Saturday at 1 p.m. against future Landmark Conference opponents. Etown’s current record is 4-3 overall.

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Because of the harsh winter that has postponed several games,

the Elizabethtown College men’s baseball team had a busy week. The Blue Jays have played eight games in the past week, going 2-4 in that stretch.

Last Thursday, the Blue Jays faced the Arcadia University Knights in Philadelphia. After four innings, the Blue Jays held the game tied at one, allowing only a solo home run in the second in-ning. In the top of the fifth, how-ever, the Knights’ bats came alive.

The Blue Jays gave up two un-earned runs in the fifth. Etown tied the game up in the bottom of the inning, but the Blue Jays could not keep the Knights contained. In the last four innings, Arcadia put nine more runs on the board and won the game 12-3.

The next day, the team headed to Stevenson, Md. to take on the Stevenson University Mustangs.

In the first three innings, the Blue Jays gave up five runs and were unable to mount the kind of comeback that was needed to knock off the Mustangs.

With the score at 7-0, the Jays scored three runs in the top of the eighth. Etown had one last chance to get four runs in the ninth, but could manage only one, falling to Stevenson by a score of 7-4.

On Saturday, the Blue Jays faced Stevenson again. This time, they played a doubleheader at home. In the first game, the Mustangs got out to 2-0 lead in the fourth, but the Jays tied the game up in the very next inning.

The game remained tied through the seventh inning, which is the last inning of regulation for dou-bleheader games. The game went into extra innings. In the eighth, the Mustangs scored two runs.

Etown was unable to respond in

the bottom half of the inning, as Stevenson took another win from the Blue Jays.

Game two of Saturday’s double-header started off a lot like Etown’s previous two games.

Stevenson started off the scor-ing and had a 3-0 lead at the mid-dle of the fourth inning. The Blue Jays’ bats came alive in the bottom of the fourth, however. First-year catcher Frank Ragozzino hit a two-run single, which pulled the Jays within one run through four innings.

The bottom of the fifth saw an outpouring of production for Etown. Senior Kyle Gable and junior Tyler Weary got the inning started with a single and a double, respectively. Junior Luke Gatti walked to load up the bases, and Sean Jones got an RBI walk.

With one out and the bases loaded, first-year Kyle Fackler walked for an RBI, and sophomore Ryan Shirk was hit by a pitch for another Jays’ run. Ragozzino then hit another single, again scoring two runs for the Jays.

Etown scored seven runs in the fifth inning and held onto the lead for a 9-3 home win. Ragozzino finished the game, batting 2-4 with four RBIs and one run scored.

Sunday meant another home doubleheader for the Blue Jays against Arcadia. In the first game, Arcadia scored a run in the first in-ning. Fackler hit a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth to give the Jays a one-run lead, but the Knights responded in the bottom of the fourth with three runs of their own.

Arcadia added one more run in the bottom of the fifth. Etown fought to get back to even score, but fell just one run short, losing a second game to the Knights by a score of 5-4.

The second game of the double-header went better for the Blue Jays. Sophomore outfielder Aaron

Rahn singled in the first with two outs to bring home Gable for Etown’s first run of the game.

The Jays added more runs in the top of the second, but they gave up two runs to the Knights in the bot-tom of the inning. The score after two innings of play was 3-2 with the Blue Jays in the lead.

Etown put one run on the box score in the fourth and six innings. In the top of the seventh, Rahn hit a solo home run, his first of the sea-son, to extend the Jays’ lead to four.

The Knights managed to snag a run in the bottom of the eighth, but Etown closed them out for its eighth win of the season and sec-

ond of the conference.When the weekend concluded,

the Blue Jays record was 8-8 over-all, with a 2-4 record in Common-wealth Conference play.

Etown will look to move their record to over .500 when they host Albright College on Friday at 3:30 p.m. at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium.

The Elizabethtown men’s golf team participated in the Gettysburg Spring

Invitational this past Saturday at Bridges Golf Club. The Blue Jays had a great showing as the team placed ninth in the entire tournament. Facing teams like York, McDaniel, and Keystone, Penn State Harrisburg and many others, the Blue Jays had their hands full entering the tournament on Saturday.

Junior Ryan Laudman had a solid day shooting an eighty one (+9) which put him in a seven-way tie amongst the rest of the golfers. “I felt that I was hitting the ball well, however there were a few times I felt I could have done better on the hole,” Ryan said. He shot better in recent tournament, however, this was not a bad score in any way. “We’re just starting the spring season so I will be hitting the ball even better as the season goes on. I am excited for what 2014 holds.”

The underclassmen for the Blue Jays really stepped up as first-year Kyle Hakun was able to hit the ball very well shooting a eighty two (+10), which is a great showing from a first-year student. The Blue Jays were hoping the younger class could make some sort of impact early on in the season, and they did just that in this tournament. Hakun

was one of two first-years to take the course this Saturday, and the Blue Jays are very excited to see how this season turns out.

Senior Zach Cook has started his final season with the Blue Jays and had a decent day on the course as well, shooting a ninety-three (+10) for the tournament. Arriving back to school Saturday evening, Cook said, “We definitely shot well today as a team. Some of our team leaders had great days which we really needed to compete as a team in this tournament. I’m excited for the rest of the spring season. Since it is my last season, I really want to make an impact and go out with a bang.”

Cook has been a part of the Blue Jays for three years now, so the team will miss him next year.

First-year Austin Bennett shot a 101 (+29) which is not a bad showing for a first-year golfer. Bennett has had little experience, so this tournament was a learning experience for him.

The first-years for the Blue Jays are still learning the courses, so as they gain more playing time on each, they will be able to find the right paths to take. The Blue Jays have a young squad, so there will be a great amount of chemistry built between the players and courses over the next three years.

As a team, the Blue Jays played well as they shot a total of 947 (+59) which ranked them higher than rivals Widener, Keystone and Rosemont.

The Blue Jays then competed in the York College Invitational on Monday, March 24. The team finished in 10th place out of the 16

teams that competed and shot a 324 (+36) at the tournament.

The team will travel to West Chester, Pa. on Sunday, March 30 and Monday March 31 to play in the Immaculata Invitational at Hershey’s Mill Golf Club.

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KELI KRAUSE

Keli Krause no-hit the Juniata Eagles in game two of a double-header on Saturday for her third win of the season. The sophomore struck out seven batters over the course of the game. Krause not only helped the Blue Jays from the mound but also the plate, recording an RBI single in the fourth inning of game one to help propel Etown to victory 14-5.

Major: Sociology/AnthropologyHometown: Swenksville, Pa.Favorite athlete/sports team: Philadelphia FlyersHardly anyone knows that...I ice skated for seven years.Favorite Jay’s Nest item:PierogiesFavorite musician/band:Brantley Gilbert

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Favorite place to visit: Raystown LakeIn 10 years, I want to be … Married and living on a lake somewhere.Favorite Etown Memory:Meeting my roommate, Kathleen, for the first timeGreatest athletic accomplishment:Pitching a no-hitter against Juniata CollegeI started playing softball at age... 10

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First-year Kyle Hakun finished in a four-way tie for 22nd place at the Gettysburg Invitational. This was the golf team’s opening tournament of the spring season.

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Golf team starts spring season with ninth-place finish in invitational

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Elwell throws complete game as Blue Jays defeat Arcadia at Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium