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One-Acts commemorate Dennis Lane, ’77, p. 6Photo by Yuyang Wang JCU joins nationwide sexual assault prevention campaign

Madeline SmanikCampus Editor

See CAMPAIGN, p. 3

Photo courtesy of Courtney Fallon

John Carroll University students traveled to the University of Mount Union last Saturday to cheer on the Blue Streaks football team in a battle for the OAC championship. See the complete preview for this Saturday’s NCAA

Division III playoff game versus Centre College on page 10.

“It’s on us.”John Carroll University’s Student Union is working to share this

message to prevent sexual assault.Student Union President Tim Ficke announced the launch of the

“It’s On Us” campaign at JCU to the University via email earlier this month.

In September, the White House launched “It’s On Us” to speak out against sexual violence and to encourage Americans to voice their support for survivors. After the nationwide launch, Ficke signed JCU up for the campaign. “I want everyone to feel safe and comfortable at John Carroll. It’s up to us to make a difference,” Ficke said.

Stephanie Cerula, program coordinator at JCU’s Violence Preven-tion and Action Center, said, “I think in bringing it here, we’re hoping that students start to talk about it.” Cerula described the campaign as “student-organized” and “student-driven.”

She explained that Ficke and Vice President for Communications Catie Pauley are leading the beginning of the campaign at JCU. “They’re doing something to change the culture on campus,” Cerula said about Student Union.

“It’s John Carroll: Everybody assumes that nothing bad happens,” said Pauley. “At some point, you realize that things do happen, and that we can make a change about it.”

“Just because we go to school in suburban University Heights does not mean we are immune to sexual assaults,” said Ficke. “We need to have open conversation with our students and community and send a clear message. Sexual assault is not and will not be tolerated. Period.”

Pauley and Ficke took part in a conference call with representa-tives from the White House and students from across the country.

“Basically, it was [the representatives] letting us know what the campaign was, how we could make a difference, and any questions that we had,” Pauley said.

She continued, saying that, “They really just wanted to actually make changes happen.”

“Students and faculty have reached out to me, thanking Student Union for taking this charge and offering all they can do to help,”

said Ficke.Cerula brought up questions to be asked by the community,

such as, “If it does happen to someone, how can we support them?”“The initial part of the campaign is to raise awareness about

it,” Cerula said. “The students are really leading the initiative.”As part of the campaign, a blitz will be held on Thursday, Nov.

20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the D.J. Lombardo Student Center Atrium.

“We’re going to do an atrium blitz where students can sign an ‘It’s On Us’ pledge,” explained Cerula. “Also, we’ll have informa-tion about resources on and off campus so that they’ll be able to see – if they know someone who’s experienced this – then they can get the support that they need.”

For the campaign, the White House created a video of celebri-ties voicing their support for speaking out against sexual violence. Participants in the video included Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington and Randy Jackson, as well as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

“We’re hoping to do something like that on our campus with campus leaders, faculty [and] staff,” Cerula said.

Pauley explained the goal of the on-campus campaign. “It’s basically just raising awareness that these things do happen and that it’s okay to talk about it, and it’s just imperative that we do something about it.”

“We’re here for the students. Students are powerful – their voices are powerful,” said Cerula. “So I think the fact that it’s a student-led initiative will really help bring attention to it and bring light to it – to a matter that may be challenging to talk about.

“I think it’s important to know that John Carroll takes this stuff very seriously,” Cerula added, “and it has made it a priority to have the Violence Prevention and Action Center on campus. So if students do experience violence, then they have a resource and someone to advocate for them so that they can get the help that they need and know about resources.”

The Violence Prevention and Action Center first began at JCU in 2009, established with a grant from the U.S. Department of

JCU football to host NCAA DIIITournament game on Saturday

POTUS to take action on immigration, p. 12

Student panel discusses religion and faith, p. 2Photo courtesy of Gail Roussey

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These incidents are taken from the files of Campus Safety Services, located in the lower level of the Lombardo Student Center. For more information, contact x1615.

Campus Safety Log

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November 16, 2014A resident reported being assaulted by her roommate in Bernet Hall at9:08 p.m.November 15, 2014Upon smelling a possible marijuana smell, a student was found to be in possession of marijuana in Campion Hall at 2:10 a.m.

November 9, 2014Police were summoned to shut down a party after an unmanageable amount of uninvited guests showed up on the 2400 block of Warrensville Center Rd at 12:26 a.m.November 4, 2014Burglary was reported at an apartment complex in 14300 block of Cedar Rd. of purses, shoes and various electronic devices at 6:30 a.m. Police continue to follow several leads.

UHPD Crime Blotter

Incidents taken from the University Heights police blotter at Cleveland.com.

Premiere of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”

On Friday, Nov. 21, SUPB and Late Night are sponsoring a trip to Cinemark at Valley View to view “The Hunger Games: Mock-ingjay – Part 1.”

There will be a catered dinner on campus before the movie at 7:45 p.m. The movie begins at 9:50 p.m.

Sign up in the office of student activities, located above the bookstore, with a $20 refundable deposit.

With any questions, contact cgerken14@jcu.edu or mdodds17@jcu.edu.

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HUMANS OF JOHN CARROLLA weekly feature about the people who make up the JCU community

Ellen LiebenguthThe Carroll News Ese Osaghae

Barista, gamer, environmental enthusiast – these are just a few of the roles filled by sophomore Ese Osaghae at John Carroll University.

Osaghae came to JCU because he attended to a Jesuit high school and wanted another Jesuit experience.

“I enjoy the fact that I can say hello to everyone, and the small school environment promotes friendship,” said Osaghae.

Osaghae came to John Carroll University from Chicago. He is a physics major with an environmental science minor.

“I want to be an environmental science engineer and an environ-mental awareness specialist. Ever since I was a kid, I appreciate the world’s beauty, and it’s important to preserve it,” said Osaghae. He is passionate about the environment and believes that physics will help him gain a better understanding of the world.

Physics professor Anthony Roy Day has inspired Osaghae.“I felt that in high school I drifted by with skills in science and

math, but I wasn’t transferring that over in college. After office hours one day, he asked me if I was really trying. He made me re-evaluate my effort and realize that you can be a big picture person, but need to try to pay attention to small picture details,” said Osaghae. Hard work, paired with his passion for saving the environment, makes him a top student.

Outside of the classroom, Osaghae prepares and serves coffee and blended drinks at the Cubby. His favorite Cubby drink is the Voodoo. He says his coworkers are like family, all sharing the same quirky personality.

Osaghae shared two aspects of his life that most of his fellow students may not know about him. First, he loves yoga and has been doing it with his mother since high school. He enjoys the overall calmness and zen of the activity. Secondly, he is also an avid gamer. Osaghae’s favorite video game is Super Smash Bros., which he plays in local tournaments. He hopes to compete nationally one day.

Building relationships at JCU is important to Osaghae. He is a member of several organizations on campus, including LASA (Latin American Student Association), Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, the Environmental Issues Group and the Society of Physics Students. Osaghae says last year’s LASA dance was his favorite event of his

college career. He and his friend, sophomore Carlos Cruz, started a dance circle and encouraged everyone on the dance floor to join in.

“It felt fitting to do this with your friends, specifically Carlos. I felt at home with them,” Osaghae said. He added he felt like he was with family and a true part of the community.

Right now, Osaghae plans to run for student union senate and hopes to study abroad in Germany this summer.

As a part of the fall 2014 lecture series, “Women’s Lives Yesterday and Today IV,” there will be a presentation by Helene Sanko, member of JCU’s Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures.

Sanko will present a program entitled, “Five Fabulous Famous French Women.”

This lecture takes place on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. in the Jardine Room of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center.

This presentation is sponsored by the women’s and gender studies program.

“Women’s Lives Yesterday & Today IV” lecture series

The “Arts of Thanksgiving” is a Cleveland-area event taking place during Thanksgiving time.

At this event, people from different religions come together for an inter-religious festival. This festival includes music, dancing and food.

The event is free, and the group of JCU students that go will have dinner after the festival.

The festival takes place on Monday, Nov. 24. Students will leave campus at 6:15 p.m. and return at 10 p.m.

With any questions, contact Russell Lum at rlum@jcu.edu.

The “Arts ofThanksgiving”

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Sophomore Ese Osaghae studies physics and environmental science at JCU.

Despite Monday’s plummeting temperatures and blustering winds, students and faculty alike gathered in the Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology to listen to an interfaith student panel speak about spirituality and individual beliefs.

The interfaith panel, comprised of six John Carroll University students, began with each student describing themselves generally before explaining their religious backgrounds more specifically. The six students on the panel’s bench represented widely disparate spiritual beliefs. Panelists included sophomore Abdellatif ElAshram, juniors Daniel DeMello, Nora Cuthbertson, Tyler Potts and Kevin Kussmaul, and senior Svetlana Knezevic. Each panelist ascribes to a unique faith.

The intention of the panel was to allow students to share their individualized religious journey, and was not structured to be a theologi-cal debate. Each panelist spoke from a personal perspective. According to Gail Roussey, JCU’s Coordinator of Liturgy, the driving force behind hosting this panel was to have “[many] faiths all represented on one panel, so people could see one question [of faith] answered in six different ways.”

Roussey noted that this was not the first time a faith panel has been held on campus. Three similar panels were held during the 2013-2014 academic year. While this represented the fourth time John Carroll has held such a panel, each previous iteration focused on discussions focusing on a singular religious tradition.

This year’s panel provided a cross-section of various backgrounds, including Muslim, Secular Humanist, Jewish, Catholic, Orthodox Christian and Lutheran.

When asked about what she wanted the JCU community to gain from this discussion, Roussey said, “I think just a respect of the dif-ferent faith traditions and the secular humanist tradition that we have…that people are sincere and they are trying to find their own paths.”

To make this event possible, numerous departments, including Campus Ministry, the Center for Service and Social Action and the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion collaborated in their efforts. This event also received support from the Tuohy Chair in Interreligious Studies.

The majority of the event focused on fielding various questions about their faith. While some questions had been previously prepared for the panel, the panel members fielded some poignant questions from the audience as well. Potts noted, “It is important [to have these events on campus] because, for myself, I am one of the few [Secular Humanists] on campus, so I think it’s important to just get the word out.”

Other panelists shared similar sentiments about the importance of hosting such events. DeMello added, “I think it’s very important to have interfaith panels so people know that there are other people besides Catholics at this

school and that there’s diversity here.”Throughout the entire event, both the panelists and members of the audience demonstrated a respectful and amicable approach to the topics. Roussey noted that JCU plans to host another interfaith panel during Ignatian Heritage Week this year.

Interfaith student panel engages in lively conversationTim Johnson

Editorial & Op/Ed Editor

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Campus Calendar : Nov. 20 - Nov. 2623 Sunday

SUPB Loteria(Mexican Bingo) in the LSC Conference Room from 9 to 11 p.m.

21 Friday 22 Saturday Monday24 Wednesday2625 TuesdaySUPB & Late Night Mockingjay Film Event off-campus from 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

SUPB Colors & Bottles in the LSC Atrium from 9 to 11 p.m.

Thanksgiving break begins after last scheduled class. (Re-member to go to your Friday classes!)

20 ThursdayMass in the St. Francis Chapel at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Nov. 20, 2014

Graduate Studies deadline for graduation applications.

Jacob DybiecEnvironmental Columnist

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Going paperless: It’s not as hard as you think

sustainability

I’d like you to stop and think for just a moment about how much paper you use in a given day. How about a week? A semester?

If you’re like myself and many others, you’ve prob-ably realized by now that students use a ton of paper. Whether it be for notes, essays or even your 800 page textbook you’ve opened once, the amount of paper the average student uses in a school year is staggering.

Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “What choice do I have?” Well, as it turns out, there are a few options available to us that can help us reduce our paper use.

The easiest way that one can reduce paper use is to take notes on a computer. Programs like Word offer formats that make it very easy to organize thoughts and ideas; bullet points, letter-number systems, etc. You can also do things in Word that prove difficult to do in writing, such as bolding/highlighting key ideas, italicizing words, etc. In addition, it’s much easier to organize a few Word documents on your desktop than it is to carry around five or six notebooks and binders at a time. And since you can always save files in the cloud or on Google Drive, your notes become accessible anywhere that you can find Wi-Fi.

Another way in which we can reduce our paper use is to buy electronic copies of our textbooks instead of physical copies. Nothing is more arduous than carry-ing around three or four textbooks at a time; wouldn’t you rather just carry around your laptop? On average, while the prices are still unreasonable, the electronic copy also costs a lot less than the paper copy. Who couldn’t use a few extra dollars in their pockets? And, like electronic notes, electronic copies of books can be accessed anywhere that you have WiFi.

The last option for reducing our paper use is to use tablets, or 2-in-1 PC’s. They allow you the same comfort of hand writing notes, with the benefit of not having to carry around countless binders and books. They still function as normal laptops, with the added convenience of being much smaller than the average laptop.

So, if you’re looking to replace your laptop, you might want to consider a 2-in-1.

If you’d like to learn more, visit “Paperless JCU” on Facebook for videos and articles on all of these topics.

From CAMPAIGN, p. 1

S M O K E S I G N A L S Students and faculty weigh-in on the tobacco-free campus debate

In favor of the ban:

Sam Braun

Question: “What is your stance on the tobacco ban?”Answer: I am against a complete ban on tobacco. The main reason I am against the ban is because it infringes on people’s right to choose. Everyone has natural rights and they should be able to [smoke].Q: How do you think the ban would impact campus?A:I think there wouldn’t be much of an impact. There would be potential negative effects on surrounding communities [when] students had to leave campus to smoke. Secondhand smoke would affect another community. Megan Dzurec talked with Student Union and said that the ban wouldn’t be policed and would rely on the Good Samaritan policy within the university.Q: How do you think the ban would benefit the community?A:If students know that they can’t smoke, then it would make them think twice before using tobacco.Q: What do you think the disadvantages of the ban would be?A: It takes away people’s rights. The ban is overreaching [by including] cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and tobacco. I don’t think there are any secondhand dangers to an individual because of these things.Q: What do you think about the current 50 feet policy and do you think it is enforced?A: If it was enforced it would be beneficial. I have seen several instances where people stand right outside of a building and smoke. We need to work with the University to enforce policies that are already in place and implement new policies to have designated areas on campus [for smoking].Q: Do you think new tobacco legislation is necessary?A: I think that there should not be a complete ban on tobacco and it should still be permissible. New legislation is necessary and should make the voice of the student heard.

Question: “What is your stance against the tobacco ban?” Answer: Currently, John Carroll University has a campus-wide policy that prohibits smoking in all buildings on campus and within residence halls. Ideally, a tobacco-free campus would be progressive and preferred. I think it’s unfortunate that the recent ballot issue resulted in slight support to keep the policy as is. To me, the issue is still important, and the election results do not necessarily represent the student voice, since the majority of students didn’t even vote. Q: How do you think the ban would impact campus? A:Becoming tobacco-free is a great public health initiative, and implementing a new policy would create a healthier campus environment. According to our recent National College Health Assessment (2013), approximately 87 percent of our student population leads a tobacco-free lifestyle. Only about 2 percent of our students are daily users of tobacco products, which, to me, indicates that a tobacco-free policy will be supported and appreciated by the majority of our students. We need to focus on the health rights of the non-smokers at JCU. Additionally, about 25 percent of adults became smokers once they arrived to college. A tobacco-free policy would drastically inhibit this from occurring among JCU students.Q: Do you think new tobacco legislation is necessary? A:Absolutely. When Issue 5 passed on the Nov. 7, 2006, ballot, Ohio became the 12 state to protect the public from exposure to secondhand smoke in public places. Thankfully, we no longer have to tolerate smoking occurring in the restaurants we visit or within the buildings we work. Unfortunately, we do not have the same protection from secondhand smoke throughout campus, as many of us are forced to walk through clouds of smoke as part of our daily routine.

Megan DzurecCoordinator of Health Promotion & Wellness

Q: What is your stance on the tobacco ban?A: I support a tobacco-free campus. There are three states which prohibit smoking on all collegiate campuses, and the number of campus smoking bans has increased nationally by more than 2,000 precent in the past six years. As an academically prestigious Jesuit university in Ohio, I believe John Carroll University should be setting the example for Ohio campuses. If Notre Dame College, Miami University, and Ohio State University have officially made their campuses tobacco-free, why should JCU wait any longer? Q: How do you think the ban would impact campus?A: I believe the ban will impact campus in a beneficial way. First and foremost, as a member of the Peer Health Advisory Program at John Carroll, we promote a healthy lifestyle and provide resources to students to seek improvements in their mental and physical health and wellness. Smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. I know I speak for John Carroll University when saying that I do not want our students to become another statistic. Placing a ban on tobacco use would hopefully decrease the overall amount of student and faculty use, and over time, save lives. Q: How do you think it would benefit the community?A: No comment.

Q: What is your stance on the tobacco ban?A: The ban is just mean. It is not right to force people not to smoke by a majority vote. Bungee jumping is dangerous [like smoking is] but somehow smoking tobacco is politically incorrect.Q: How do you think the ban would impact campus?A: The impression I get is that not very many students smoke. I do not think it would have much of an effect.Q: How do you think it would benefit the community?A: I think it would harm the community. The community has too much power over the individual. [The ban] hardens the line of telling people what to do. Q: What do you think the disadvantages of the ban would be?A: A loss of freedom and individual rights. The country has lost its sense of individual freedom.Q: What do you think about the current 50 feet policy? Do you think it is enforced?A: I would like to see more evidence that 50 feet is a useful distance. I would like to see evidence that secondhand smoke has an effect on second parties. I do not see many students smoking, so I am not sure if it is enforced.

Students voted against the proposed campus-wide tobacco ban during the Student Union Executive Board election on Nov. 5 and 6.

From the 782 votes cast on the ballot issue, 413 or 52.81 percent of students voted against the initiative, while 369 students or 47.19 percent voted in favor of it. The implications of the ballot decision are not yet clear. In the ensuing weeks, Student Union senator senior Sam Braun will present a piece of smoking legislation based on the decided public opinion to the assembly. Editors Note: This information was compiled in the Nov. 13 issue by Campus Editor Mary

– Interviews by Brittany Ramsey

JCU senior

Opposed to the ban: – Interviews by Laura Bednar

Larry CimaProfessor in the economics and finance department

Emily Mapes JCU senior Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women. The

Center is located in the University Counseling Center on South Belvoir Boulevard, next to the Center for Career Services.

Cerula emphasized the confidentiality adhered to by the VPAC. “[Students] can come and talk about what happened and get resources and begin to figure out what the best thing is for them,” she said. The center has a 24-hour hotline that can be reached at 216-397-CALL, or 216-397-2255.

On Friday, Nov. 21, the VPAC will co-sponsor a white ribbon campaign with the JCU Police De-partment and the Department of Military Science. The white ribbons are not part of the “It’s On Us” campaign. However, they are meant to represent op-position to violence.

“It’s a male-driven campaign,” Cerula said.White ribbons will be passed out to men in the

atrium of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“If a male student chooses to wear a white rib-bon [it] will show that they won’t commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women and children,” Cerula explained.

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Laura Boustani, lecturer in political science and communications at John Carroll University, speaks on “Cleveland Politics: Neighborhoods, Wealth and Warlords,” at the Donahue Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. A native of Beirut,

Lebanon, Boustani spent two decades in politics and media strategy for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, and worked on the Clinton/Gore presidential campaign in 1992.

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Photo by Yuyang WangStudents walk to class on Thursday, Nov. 13 during the first snowfall.

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Dan Simpson (‘12) and senior Jackie Uhlik rehearse for the musical revue, “Jacques Brel is Alive and

Well.” Performances begin on Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Leone J. Marinello Little Theatre.

The JCU community remembers the 25th anniversary of the University of Central America martyrs’ deaths.

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The Carroll News talks ‘Theory of Everything’ with directorsThe Carroll News’ Paul Mullin sat down for a phone interview with the production team of Focus Feature’s “The Theory of Everything.” Mullin spoke with James Marsh (director), Felicity Jones (Jane) and Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking). For the full interview, visit jcunews.com.

CN: What did this film allow you to explore in the field that you have yet to be able to explore? James Marsh: Theoretical physics, but not successfully. I think that was a challenge for us all, to try to reckon with the nature of Stephen’s scientific achievements. At a certain point, you are pondering these things in a hotel room and you are like, ‘I am gonna have a beer and listen to some pop music.’ But it is so interesting because as a filmmaker or producer, we are able to access some new world essentially – or in this case an intellectual world. This was really interesting to try and understand what Stephen’s theories were about. CN: How did your experience in documentary filmmaking help to show the love between Jane and Stephen? JM: This is a true story, so you have photos and archives to look at – but I thought this screenplay went somewhere that a documentary could not go. This film showed this true story in real time, because there were so many surprises that you could not make up. In this case, the fact that it was true it allowed Eddie to meet Stephen, and for Felicity to meet Jane which allowed them to absorb different things. It allowed me to construct a world to feel truthful. I think an example of that was that the actual Hawking children felt very familiar with the world that we created. We did not want to make a film that was grim to look at, but rather a film that caught the optimistic views of the characters while not making it feel phony. In so many of the photographs, Stephen was smiling. The optimism of the character made the film slightly heightened rather than just an observational documentary feel. CN: In this film, there is one character who cannot speak for portions of the movie and the character of Jane who at times very watchful and some scenes even holding her tongue. So could you speak to the strength of the dialogue or lack thereof? Felicity Jones: I remember doing a scene. Stephen and Jane are talking and Stephen can choose whether or not to respond, and that was really detailed working out who has the power at what point and how they negotiate. That was very complicated and that power through communication keeps changing so, with the communication board, they have this whole new way to interact in a relationship. With any relationship, so much of it is trying to communicate effectively. That is often the problem with boyfriends and girlfriends. They don’t communicate. With Jane and Stephen, literally they cannot communicate. CN:The characters go through a lot physically and emotionally. How has the film and the process has changed you? Eddie Redmayne: Stephen and Jane and that family were given an insane amount of obstacles placed in front of them, and how they chose to confront and supersede those things was the overwhelming thing that I took away from that. And I feel that it is a very specific set of circumstances. I feel like in our lives, we are constantly given limitations and obstacles, and I am someone who is a huge culprit of worrying in the every day of everyday life. And what it reminded me is when he was given a two-year sentence, and Stephen said, “every day since that was an amazing gift of life.” And that is what I have taken away and attempted to enforce in my own life. CN: How do you prepare for a scene of fighting or heartbreak? FJ: James gave us a gift. It does take a remarkable director, but to be able to be trusted to take ownership and feel what Jane felt. Eddie and I were so self-conscious, but we were in an environment where we could make mistakes. That takes a particular director who is not going to control everything you are doing and not judge you. James constantly supported us. I would say it was the situation was that so emotional, anyway. Eddie and I had such empathy for Jane and Stephen. For both of them, the emotional stakes were so high that the emotion came so easily. We realized that they had actually gone through this, they were in these profound situations. And our job was to show that as truthfully as possible.

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The conference class of “The Theory of Everything” comes together for a picture.

One-Acts commemorate Dennis Lane, ‘77Morgan Osheka

Life & Entertainment Editor

The Tim Russert Department of Communications and Theatre teamed up with the Office of University Advancement to create the Dennis Lane ’77 One-Acts at Marinello Little Theatre Fund in commemoration of the John Carroll University alum.

The fund was created after his untimely death in May 2013 to memorialize the spirit of Dennis Lane. Former classmates and fraternity brothers, Bill Gagliano ’77 and Brian Henke ’77, spearheaded the idea to remember Lane’s legacy through the One-Acts at Marinello Little Theatre.

It is said that the stage was like a second home to Lane, a communications major who was a member of the University Club, a fraternity that brought concerts fea-turing Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks and Mott the Hoople to John Carroll. Upon entering his senior year, Lane became the director of special event for Student Union, allowing him to further express his love of the arts.

“Dennis was very well known and popular in our class, and people were im-mediately raising the question, “What could we do?” said Gagliano. “Anything related to the stage was a big influence on Dennis for, essentially, his lifetime.”

Lane’s popularity at John Carroll stemmed from his dedication and involvement to the university in addition to his spirited personality.

“He was something else,” Gagliano continued. “He was the first person I met at orientation when he had shoulder length hair, and he ended up becoming my best man in my wedding. I don’t think he ever missed a reunion, either.”

The One-Acts are named after Leone Marinello, a JCU communications profes-sor from 1947 to 1986. Marinello was one of Lane’s favorite professors. Marinello gave Lane his starring role as King Arthur in the Little Theatre’s 1977 production of “Camelot.” The new funding will rename the One-Acts “The Dennis Lane ’77 Memorial Student Directed One-Acts at Marinello Little Theatre.”

The funding will provide a budget for students productions and will subsidize the show for years to come.

“The Marinello Little Theatre has been a home where many students have made timeless memories,” said senior Marie Bshara. “It is amazing to see shows that our fellow classmates build from the ground up. Students direct, act and manage light and sound among other responsibilities. Since the One-Acts series is smaller than the main stage productions held at Carroll, there really is a sense of family.”

This year, the One-Acts will be presenting three shows, two comedies and one musical review. The first comedy, “If Men Played Cards as Women do” by George S. Kaufman, is directed by senior Robin Weaver. The second, “If Women Worked as Men do” by Ellen Goodfellow, is directed by senior Christopher Kent. The musical review, “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” by Jaques Brel, is directed by Keith Nagy.

The fall 2014 productions of “The Dennis Lane ’77 Memorial Student Directed One-Act Series” will be held Nov. 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Marinello Little Theatre.

Tickets can be reserved for $7 by calling (216) 397-4428 or can be purchased at the door for $10.

Editor’s Note: Information from “A Man for the Stage” by Megan Murray ’14 was used in this article.

Before you leave for break...-Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 20 in the caf

-Empty your fridge-Don’t forget to turn off your heater

-Get ready for the green and red Admin lights-Remember to be thankful for JCU, because we are

thankful for you!Happy Thanksgiving from The Carroll News!

Photo courtesy of Katherine Oltmanns

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For the past 88 years, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has entertained over 50 mil-lion viewers on television and nearly four million spectators lining the streets of Manhattan. A vast array of balloons, floats, marching bands, celebrities and Broadway performances will march, float, ride and perform down two and a half miles through New York City.

Amy Kule, the executive producer of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, will repre-sent the Macy’s family as she cuts the parade ribbon to begin the events with 123 parade features following behind her.

There will be 16 balloons this year, including family favorites such as Spider-Man, Ronald McDonald, the Pillsbury Doughboy and SpongeBob SquarePants. Appearing for the 33rd time in the parade, more than any other balloon character, will be the Peanuts’ favorite duo, Snoopy and Woodstock.

Three Balloonicles (balloons with self-propelled vehicles), the Kool-Aid Man, Cloe the Holiday Clown and the Aflac duck, will be cruising through the streets of Manhattan in addition to 12 novelty balloons such as Macy’s Red Believe Stars, Harold the Police-man and Virginia, the star of Macy’s animated Christmas special, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”

Performances will include 12 marching bands from across the country, including the NYPD Marching Band along with those from various high schools, colleges and inde-pendent groups.

Broadway shows will also perform musical numbers from “A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder,” “Finding Neverland,” “The Last Ship,” “Side Show” and “On the Town.” During the parade, NBC will feature a sneak peek at the upcoming television musical “Peter Pan Live!” starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken, airing on Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. on NBC.

Twenty musical guests are scheduled to sing including Kiss, Lucy Hale, MTKO, Meghan Trainer, Idina Menzel, Sting, Cole Swindell, Nick Jonas, Pentatonix and Hilary Duff.

Spirit of America Dance, Varsity Spirit Cheer, the Harlem Globetrotters and three other performance groups will dazzle audiences with choreographed dance routines.

Throughout the parade, there will be 27 floats including traditional favorites such as the Big Apple, 1-2-3 Sesame Street, Winter Wonderland in Central Park and Tom Turkey. To end the parade and to begin the Christmas season will be the grand finale, Santa’s Sleigh.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air Nov. 27 from 9 a.m. to noon on NBC. Editor’s Note: Information from Macys.com/parade and Hypable.com was used in

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Visitors can ride in horse-drawn carriage as one of the many activities offered at Cleveland’s 2014

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Women’s & Gender Studies’ poetry reading: ‘Passion Seeds’

Abrial NeelyStaff Reporter

Suzanne Ondrus will be hosting, “A Literary High Tea/Poetry Reading” on Friday, Dec. 5, with the help of the John Carroll Women’s and Gender Studies Program. The event, to be held in room 112 of the O’Malley Center, will ring in the holiday season with readings from Ondrus’ award-winning book, “Passion Seeds.”

“Passion Seeds,” a collection of poems that focuses on an American woman and a Burkinabe man, examines intercultural and interracial love.

“It is inspired by a relationship I had with a man from Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa. I started working on the book during my masters,” said Ondrus.

“Passion Seeds” won the 2013 Vernice Quebodeaux Prize and was published by Little Red Tree Publishing.

“My work explores some very uncomfortable terrain; thoughts and reactions that are usually not talked about, not even acknowledged, privately, in public, or even to oneself,” said Ondrus, addressing the idea of interracial love in her poetry.

“I have a range of poems that discuss race and ask the question: ‘Are we in a post racial society?’ When discussing such topics, I am always a little anxious,” she continued. “But, if we don’t talk about matters like racism, we can’t go forward.”

Ondrus has a doctorate in comparative literary and cultural studies with a focus on African women’s epistolary from the University of Connecticut, a master’s of fine arts from Bowling Green State University, a master’s from Binghamton University and a bachelor’s degree from Wells College.

Ondrus has lived in Russia, Benin, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Italy and Germany and has worked with multiple renowned poets including Ruth Stone, Larissa Szporluk and Amy Newman.

Ondrus added, “It will be interesting to see how the John Carroll audience responds to my poetry. It is a little treat before finals week.”

Editor’s Note: Information from suzanneondrus.com was used in this article.

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The Pillsbury Doughboy, among other favorites, will reappear for the 88th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Manhattan is not the only city that puts on a show to kick off the holiday season. On Saturday, Nov. 29, Huntington Bank will be hosting Cleveland’s Winterfest in the Play-houseSquare District.

The day will consist of dozens of family-friendly activities to get people in the holiday spirit. Local artisans will have their creations for sale at the “Holiday Pop Up Shop.” The Old Stone Church Choir will also be perform-ing. Huntington is providing food trucks on E. 12th and Huron Street as well as horse-drawn carriage rides. The day will conclude with fireworks.

Christmas trees will be on display in Allen Theatre, which will be available to the public even after the event, beginning at 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. on weekends.

Event-goers will have the opportunity to promote the event and their city by posting pictures and tweets about their experience with the hashtag, “ThisisCle.” For more information, visit downtowncleveland.com.

Editor’s Note: The information for this article was obtained from downtowncleve-land.com.

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In writing this column a few hours after the John Carroll vs. Mount Union football game, I’m still full of anger, frustration, disbelief—the list goes on.

And keep in mind, I am just one of the radio broadcasters for WJCU, so I can only imagine how the team feels after this loss.

I did, however, learn quite a bit about this team from its resiliency on Saturday.

First and foremost, senior Tommy Michals is the best running back in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

Michals not only scored two of JCU’s three touchdowns, but also, for his first score, dashed 57 yards to keep JCU in the game in one of its most critical moments.

Prior to Saturday, the longest play the Purple Raiders gave up this year was 24 yards. Michals has something to be proud of based solely on this stat.

He has something that doesn’t show up in a box score. He has the heart of a lion, and the miraculous ability to will his team to make a comeback. When a play was needed, Michals made one, willing his body to gain extra yard-age. Intangibles are what truly make a great athlete. Michals has all of those intangibles –– and then some.

Behind his energy, many other Blue Streaks, particularly upperclassmen, played with a great sense of urgency and passion.

David Porter has been phenomenal in his junior season, and with added defensive pressure from other players such as Choe Samba, Frank Pines, Chris Rizzo, Kevin Cope, Jimmy King, Marty Gibbons and Brody Zangaro, the Mount offense struggled for the first time all year, scoring a season-low 31 points.

Even though the upperclassmen played a huge role, one sophomore also had an impressive day. Cornerback Mi-chael Hollins held his own against one of the most consistent receivers in the league in Sherman Wilkinson. Hollins still managed to record a season-high seven tackles.

The offensive line is a group that rarely gets the recognition it deserves. However, these men did their job and helped to give the playmakers the op-portunities to make big plays.

Jack Corrigan, Dante West, Alex Manos, Anthony Latina and Dominic DiTirro deserve to have their names in the paper after every contest –– particu-larly after this OAC title game.

And finally, let me talk about Wes Keller. Blue Streak fans are used to see-ing Keller as a signal-caller. But like a true leader, he stepped into a different role when he needed to kick a series of key extra points and a field goal.

The effort was there. The sacrifice was there. This is still one of the best teams in the country.

And, I couldn’t be prouder to be a Blue Streak.

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Running back Tommy Michals had a career day against Mount Union rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns.

Jacob HirschmannSports Editor

For the 25th straight year, the Ohio Athletic Conference title belongs to the University of Mount Union.

On Saturday, Nov. 15, the John Carroll University football team fell to the Purple Raiders, 31-24, after time ran out when the Blue Streaks spiked the ball with under three seconds left –– an illegal play according to NCAA rules.

After trailing Mount Union all game, JCU knotted it up at 24 with just over three minutes left in the game. The team came storming back after being down as much as 17 in the first half.

But, after allowing a Mount Union touchdown with 1:12 left in the game and no timeouts, the outlook seemed grim for JCU.

Four consecutive complete pass-es from senior quarterback Mark Myers, along with a personal foul facemask penalty on the Purple Raiders, allowed the Blue Streaks to get down to the Mount Union 30 yard line with just 30 seconds left.

Myers found an outstretched re-ceiver in senior Aramis Greenwood for a 23-yard reception with just two seconds remaining. The entire offense rushed to the line and spiked the ball, hoping to regroup for one last chance at the end zone.

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Streaks, the clock still ran out and the Mount Union student section began to rush the field.

In 2013, the NCAA implemented a new rule in which a team cannot spike the ball with under three sec-onds remaining. Myers spiked the ball with two seconds left, the clock ran out and Mount Union emerged victorious by just one score for the second straight year.

It was a hard-fought battle throughout the game, regardless of the outcome. Although the start was rough for the Blue Streaks.

During JCU’s second possession of the game, Myers threw his second interception of the season. This one was to Mount Union’s Tre Jones, who opened up the scoring when he returned the interception 32 yards for a touchdown.

The Purple Raiders eventually stretched their lead to 21-0 with a pair of second quarter touchdowns. However, JCU responded promptly when senior running back Tommy Michals ripped off the longest run of the season for any team against Mount Union when he scampered for a 57-yard touchdown run to make it 21-7.

After a Mount Union field goal to end the half, the Blue Streaks faced a 24-7 halftime deficit, their biggest of the season.

But the second half was all JCU, as Michals put another one in the end zone at the end of the third

quarter and Myers found sopho-more receiver Marshall Howell for a touchdown in the early fourth quarter to cut the lead to just 24-21.

Backup quarterback and now kicker senior Wes Keller knotted it up with just three minutes left when he booted a 20-yard field goal.

The Purple Raiders finally found their stride once again and scored their only points of the half on a B.J Mitchell 8-yard touchdown run with 1:12 left. That score turned out to be

the deciding touchdown in JCU’s 31-24 defeat.

Michals ended the day with 181 rushing yards and two touchdowns. It was a career day for Michals against one of the top defenses in the nation.

Despite the loss, the Blue Streaks earned their second consecutive bid to the NCAA Division III Tourna-ment. JCU hosts undefeated Centre College on Saturday, Nov. 22 at noon at Don Shula Stadium.

Ashley Bastock Asst. Sports Editor

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Blue Streak pride

Sophomore Katlyn Spahar brings up the ball against Kalamazoo College.

Ashley BastockAsst. Sports Editor

At the Nan Nichols Classic at the College of Wooster, the John Car-roll University women’s basketball team came out in fantastic fashion. The Blue Streaks beat Kalamazoo College on Saturday, Nov. 15, 58-57, and defeated Adrian College 74-71 on Sunday, Nov. 16.

Just when JCU’s opponents thought they only had one more year to worry about a Spahar, an-other one arrived.

With the graduation of All-American Missy Spahar ‘14, the

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Blue and Gold needed a new iden-tity. And while the team may still be trying to define it, one thing is clear: sophomore Katlyn Spahar and the returning upperclassmen are still hungry for wins.

Katlyn had a phenomenal fresh-man season, earning Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year honors, and she is poised to continue her dominance based on some late-game heroics in JCU’s first regular season wins of the season.

With 13 seconds remaining against Kalamazoo, Katlyn sunk two free throws to put the Blue Streaks up, 58-57. To top off her day, the sophomore hustled back to get a defensive stop and steal with two seconds remaining in the game.

“I just remember telling myself to keep focused and take deep breaths,” Katlyn said. “Playing without Missy was definitely one of the hardest parts of getting used to this year, but I know she is still my number one fan and wants me and the team to succeed.”

To go along with Spahar’s 19 points, the Blue Streaks saw three other players reach double figures. Senior Beth Switzler recorded a double-double, grabbing a game-high 13 rebounds to go along with her 12 points. Senior Meghan Weber added 10 points, while junior Erin Mog chipped in 10 points to go along with four steals.

Katlyn Switzler and Weber car-ried their scoring into the second

game against Adrian College. Spa-har finished the day with 23, Swit-zler with 16 and Weber recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Spahar and senior Emily Taylor led the team out to a quick 8-2 lead against Adrian. The Bulldogs, fought back, however, and led the Blue Streaks by seven at the half. It would be Adrian’s largest lead of the day.

Second year head coach Kelly Morrone in her second season lit a fire under her team under the second half, and JCU responded.

Switzler and Spahar exploded for 13 and 11 points, respectively.

While the Blue Streaks came out on fire to begin the second, the Bulldogs continued to claw back. Switzler extended the team’s lead

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to seven with 4:50 left to play, but Adrian whittled JCU’s lead down to one. Weber and Switzler eventually split a pair of free throws to seal the game.

“Neither team could physi-cally handle or outwork Beth or I in the post,” Weber said. “We were quicker, stronger and more athletic than either of the teams’ posts.”

Weber continued to praise her teammates for their performances this weekend, saying that finding an identity is still something they are working on, but a win is still something to be proud of.

“A win is a win, and it’s expected this early on in the season that ugly

games are the norm,” Weber said. “Both days we went into the locker room at halftime down, but we man-aged to fight back from the deficit both days and managed to win.”

Weber added, “We are beginning to find our identity as a team, and when we have everyone working in sync and are at our best, the confer-ence better watch out because we are a dangerous team.”

Spahar was named the Nichols Classic MVP and OAC Player of the Week, and Switzler was named to the all-tournament team.

The Blue Streaks take the court again on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. against Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Senior Meghan Weber drives in JCU’s win over

Adrian College.

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Streaks of the Week

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Doug Caputo sophomore

Women’s Basketball

Katlyn Spahar sophmore

Football

Men’s Swimming

Lindsey Fano junior

John Liber freshman

The senior running back from Lake Catholic High School had two touchdowns on Saturday and a 57-yard rush against Mount Union. He rushed for 182 total yards against the Purple Raiders and now has 1,182 yards on

The reigning Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year played a major role in two victories this weekend at the Nan Nichols Classic in Wooster. Spahar recorded two last-second free throws against Kalamazoo to win the game.

One of the highlights of the men’s meet was Liber earning his first qualifying score for the NCAA Divison III Diving regional championships. One more qualifying score of over 425 point will assure Liber a trip to Chicago in February.

Caputo recorded 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Alvernia College. 13 of those 21 points came in the second half. Caputo shot 69 percent from the field and was dominant in the paint snatching six offensive rebounds.

Tommy Michals senior

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Blue Streaks split first two games of season in Raddisson/PNC Invitational

The road back to the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship for John Carroll University’s men’s basketball team began in Scranton, Pennslyvania in the Radisson/PNC Invitational with a contest against Alvernia University on Saturday, Nov. 15. In the team’s second all-time meeting with the Crusaders, the Blue and Gold dropped their first contest of the year, 94-88.

JCU hung around with the Crusaders, who earned a 2014 NCAA Division III Tournament bid, keeping the score within a possession for the majority of the first half. With 13:08 left in the first, the Blue and Gold earned their first lead of the game. The lead would change four more times in the contest, while the scoreboard showed nine ties over the course of the game.

In the final stretch of the first half, Alvernia stretched its lead all the way to 15 points. Sophomore guard David Linane helped propel a late 9-0 run that helped the Blue Streaks cut the lead to six heading into the locker room.

The second half was a game of runs, as the Blue and Gold used an 11-0 run to take a four-point lead early in the second half. Alvernia’s late 7-0 run helped secure a lead the Crusaders

would not give up, dropping the Blue Streaks to 0-1 on the season.

JCU won the rebounding battle, 47-37, in the contest, earning the team 27 second chance points.

Head coach Mike Moran showcased 11 Blue Streaks in the season opener, as the JCU bench outscored the Crusaders’ subs, 30-19. Both squads did an impressive job in the paint, each adding 36 points to the final score line down low.

JCU started the season with career highs,

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Sophomore Doug Caputo blocks a shot in a game against Capital last season. Caputo dropped 21 points in JCU’s loss to Alvernia College.

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The junior began the meet against Defiance College on Saturday, Nov. 15 with a win as part of the group in the 200 medley relay with a 1:55.05. Fano also recorded a victory in the 200 IM with a time of 2:19.59.

starting with sophomore Doug Caputo, who earned 21 points in his first time out. Caputo led all JCU scorers with 21 points while grab-bing seven rebounds.

Senior forward Jake Hollinger scored 16 points while grabbing a team leading 12 rebounds while Linane and freshman John Cirillo each scored 10 points.

The Crusaders forced the Blue and Gold into 23 turnovers, while Alvernia added 26 points off the JCU mistakes.

In game two of the Radisson/PNC Invi-

tational, the Blue Streaks faced off against Centenary College on Sunday, Nov. 16.

A strong team effort in which six different Blue Streaks poured in double-digit scoring efforts, JCU outscored the Cyclones in both halves, earning their first victory of the sea-son, 109-93.

Three guards – senior David Hendrickson, sophomore David Linane and freshman Tony Vuyanich – all poured in 19 points apiece, leading the team in scoring.

A pair of juniors, Danny Wallack and Ryan Farragher, and freshman John Cirillo, also put up double-digit efforts.

The depth of this team and the possibilities of the platoon shined brightly in their matchup against Centenary, as the JCU looks to carry this momentum into the upcoming Hilbert Hawks Tip-off Tournament.

The Blue Streaks next game will be in that tournament, as they travel to Hamburg, New York to face Hilbert College on Thurs-day, Nov. 20 and SUNY Potsdam on Friday, Nov. 21.

Hendrickson spoke about what the team hopes to get out of the upcoming matchups, “We’re looking forward to the tournament as it should be a good opportuity to play against talented competition and see how we compare.”

Wrestling

Wrestling continues early season surge with strong performance at Trine Invitational

The John Carroll University wrestling team, along with 10 other teams, traveled to Angola, Indiana to take part in the Trine Invitaional on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Six Blue Streaks fought their way to titles, while four placed in their individual weight classes.

Junior Dan Mirman, competing in the 149 pound weight class, scored a tech fall over his first opponent, scored a fall over his second opponent in 2 minutes and 40 seconds, and finally won by decision in his last match, and possibly his toughest match, against Tyler Stenberg from Muskegon Community College.

Sophomore Jordan Victor, in the 157 pound weight class, had a spectacular per-formance winning his first collegiate title. He won his first two matches from pin fall.

Then, Victor knocked off Barry McGinley from the University of Indianapolis by deci-sion, 12-6.

Senior Terner Gott, in the 165 pound weight class, is off to a strong start in his new weight class after wrestling at the 157 pound level for the past three years.

Gott won his first match by major deci-sion, 17-3. Gott went on to win the next three matches, moving him to 9-0 on the season.

Junior Tyler Hardtke has found a new home at JCU this year after spending prior college years at Notre Dame College. Hardtke, a member of the 2014 Division II Nation

Championship team, won his first match at JCU at 174 pounds.

Later, Hardkte won his class in three nail-biting matches winning by a combined four points. He pulled off a close victory in his final match, 6-4.

Sophomore Steven Schmitz, at 184 pounds, is getting himself back on track this year after he went 0-3 in the 2013-14 sea-son. The former Maryland high school state champion had a spectacular run at the Trine Invitational, winning his matches with a pin and two major decisions on his way to the title for his weight class.

Senior Todd Gaydosh, in the 197 pound weight class, had an impressive run, recording two shutout wins and eventually winning his title match, 4-1.

JCU freshman Blake Dixon, sophomores Sal Corrao and Thomas McNulty and junior Danny McNamara also put up great efforts at the Trine Invitational.

Corrao went 3-2 at 133 pounds, and Dixon went 3-2 at 149 pounds. McNulty went 4-1 at 157 pounds, with his only loss coming to teammate Victor.

The Blue Streaks’ next meet will be a conference matchup in Alliance, Ohio at the University of Mount Union on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 10 a.m.

The duals against Mount Union will be the first of three more contests for the JCU wrestling program before the Blue Streaks take their annual trip to Ft, Lauderdale, Florida to compete in the Florida Citrus multi-day Invitational.

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JCU cross country teams qualify three runners for Nationals

The majority of the John Carroll University women’s cross country team concluded its season with a solid eighth place finish (235 points) amongst 35 teams that competed at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championship Meet this on Saturday, Nov. 15.

The seven runners representing JCU did not let the freezing temperatures stop them from running well at the meet, hosted by Wilmington College in Mason, Ohio. Sopho-more Becky Ro-hwer was JCU’s first runner to cross the finish line, coming in with a 13th place finish and a time of 22:16.6 in the 6K (3.73 mile) race.

Her place as the seventh non-qualifying team finisher has se-cured her a spot to compete a t the NCAA Divi-sion III National Championships. Her stellar perfor-mance warranted All-Region Honors.

Rohwer was elated with the opportunity. “Qualifying for nationals is so surreal,” she said. “I still can’t believe it actually happened, but I’m really excited for this opportunity.”

Other notable performances included se-nior Nicki Bohrer’s 45th place finish (22:57:8) and junior Hanna Sterle’s 51st place finish (23:05:2). Freshmen Cassie Schillero and Erin Kiley rounded out the Blue Streak scorers with 63rd and 67th place finishes, respectively.

Rohwer will continue her cross country season at the NCAA Division III National Championship race taking place this Saturday, Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. on the same course that JCU raced on for Regionals in Mason, Ohio.

The three runners that the JCU cross coun-try program will be sending to the National Championships is the most the program has sent since they sent three runners during the 2004 season.

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Blue Streaks perform flawlessly in a perfect weekend with two home victories

Continuing its early season success, the John Carroll University women’s swimming and diving team improved to 3-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, and 3-1 overall, this past weekend. A dominating 132-54 win over Defiance College on Saturday, Nov. 15 at the William H. Johnson Natatorium reflected the team’s continued improvement.

A number of Blue Streaks finished first throughout the day. The first of the top finishes was earned by the 200 medley relay team.

The team, consisting of junior Lindsey Fano, sophomore Amanda Casamatta and freshmen Teresa Prinster and Anne Crowley finished with a time of 1:55.05, winning the event.

Fano, Casamatta and Crowley all placed first in individual races as well. Fano won the 200 IM at 2:19.59, Casamatta won the 100 fly at 1:05.89 and Crowley won the 50 free (26.20).

A pair of seniors turned out first place finishes as well. Katii Sheffield and Victoria Watson won the 1000 free and 200 free, respectively.

Junior Samantha Clark also topped the field in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 256.73.

Fano spoke about just how much depth means to this JCU team.

“Success in swimming has a lot to do with the size of the team. Our women’s team now has the numbers to compete with teams like Mount Union and Ohio Northern.”

“A lot of people consider swimming to be an individual sport but in the end it matters how everyone performs,” Fano continued. “As a team we’ve been focusing on this team aspect and how everyone can contribute. It’s awesome to see our hard work pay off.”

JCU’s next meet takes place on Friday, Nov. 21 when the squad travels to Meadville, Ohio to take on Allegheny College for a non-conference bout.

The bout against Allegheny is one of four non-conference duals for the women’s swimming and diving team before the team rounds out its OAC duals at the end of January, 2015.

Jacob Hirschmann Sports Editor

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JCU vs. Centre College: NCAA Division III Tournament first round preview

The John Carroll University football team hosts an opening round NCAA Tournament game for the second consecutive year on Sat-urday, Nov. 22 at noon at Don Shula Stadium.

In last year’s contest, the Blue Streaks fell to St. John Fisher College, 25-16, in a game in which weather played a huge factor.

This time around, JCU hosts undefeated Centre College.

Aside from a couple close calls against Washington and Lee University and Rhodes College, the Colonels took care of nearly every team they played with ease.

The one knock on the Colonels, though, is that their level of competition has been nothing compared to that of many teams in the tournament, including JCU.

Over the course of the season, JCU played two top 25 teams. The Blue Streaks defeated Heidelberg University, 43-16, while they were ranked in the top 25, and just last week faced off against number three Mount Union.

Centre has not played any team all season that has been in the top 25 or is in the NCAA Tournament field.

Still, the Colonels are not to be taken lightly, as they have an array of weapons on both sides of the ball.

Led by quarterback Heath Haden, Centre is a team that can score in bunches when given the chance. Haden has thrown for over 1,800 yards and 21 touchdowns this year, while be-ing intercepted only four times.

Haden is also apt on his feet. The senior has over 500 rushing yards and six touchdowns this year. While Haden has fumbled twice, he’s still a threat on the ground, and the JCU defense is going to have its hands full with this experience at the helm.

On the defensive side of the ball, similarly to JCU, Centre thrives on turnovers. The Colo-nels have a plus 14 turnover margin this year, which is 17th in DIII and are only allowing 15 points per game, ranking 30th in DIII.

It will be a difficult task for Centre, though, as Myers has been one of the hardest passers to intercept in all of DIII football. While he did have two last week, Myers was going up against the best defense in the nation in Mount Union. Other than that game, Myers has only thrown one all season.

Along with Myers, look for another huge game from running back Tommy Michals. The

senior is coming off argu-ably the most impressive game of his career, tearing apart the number one de-fense in the country for 181 yards and two touchdowns.

Expect the Blue Streaks to go to Michals early and often against the Colonels, because if JCU gets Michals going, it opens up the pass-ing game even more for Myers, which is one of the deadliest scenarios for JCU opponents.

On defense, look for the same domination from the Blue Streaks. The teams front line, led by junior Da-vid Porter, has been a force to be reckoned with all season. The push the defensive line gets has allowed the lineback-ers to drop back in coverage more. Against a Centre team that has such a dual-threat weapon in Haden, the “big uglies” is going to be the key for JCU.

It’s going to be a battle for both teams come Saturday. Centre is here to prove they

Men’s Swimming

After a rough start to the season, the John Carroll University men’s swimming and div-ing team got its season back on track when Defiance College came into the William H. Johnson Natatorium on Saturday, Nov. 15 and the Blue Streaks prevailed with a commanding win, 123-38.

Senior Michael Goggins won the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.82, and the under-classmen continued to dominate.

Freshmen Brian Hulseman, Ben Parker and Stephen Attewell all took home individual titles as well.

Hulseman earned first in the 200 free (1:49.22), Parker claimed first in the 500 free (5:04.98) and Attewell finished first in two individual races, besting the field in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle races.

Sophomores Corey Kehm, John Scantling and Gabe Nock kept the underclassmen run going by claiming first places as well.

Kehm won the 1,000 free (10:58.37), Scantling finished in first in the 200 IM (1:08.40) and Nock earned a first place in the 100 Backstroke (1:04.82).

Freshman diver John Liber may have had the best day of all. Liber put together another fantastic afternoon, and is now one qualifying score away from earning an invitation to the regional meet in Chicago in 2015.

Liber spoke about the opportunity. “For me, it would mean a lot to compete

at regionals,” said he. “Even though, I expect that from myself and the National meet is a much more important goal for me. Making it to regionals is a very important step and goal within the process of qualifying for Nationals.”

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Junior defensive lineman David Porter pounces on a loose ball during JCU’s last minute loss to Mount

Union on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Tadhg Karski, Becky Rohwer and Elliot Thorkelson all qualified for Nationals.

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belong with the big dogs despite their weak schedule, and the Blue Streaks are looking to bounce back from a game they feel was stolen away from them.

A rematch with Mount Union is possible in the elite eight, and JCU wants that rematch. That road beings on Saturday at Don Shula Stadium.

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Thirty-eight years ago was the last time the John Carroll University men’s cross country team had two individual runners qualify for the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championship. This weekend, that all changed when senior Tadhg Karski and freshman Elliot Thorkelson rewrote history with stellar efforts at Regionals, held in Ma-son, Ohio.

The men posted their best finish ever at the meet, landing themselves in fifth overall

with an impres-sive array of solid individual performances on the 8K course.

The highlight was Karski’s 10th place over-all finish, with a time of 24:45.6. His finish was e n o u g h t o punch his ticket to the National Championship as the fifth non-advancing team individual.

It wasn’t un-til Sunday that Thorkelson, who

was 17th overall and clocked in at 24:58.7, learned he would join Karski as the seventh non-qualifying individual from the Great Lakes Region. This makes him the only freshman in JCU history to represent the Blue Streaks at the National Championships as an individual.

Karski said, “I’m really excited to race this Saturday at Nationals, especially with a fellow teammate.”

Other strong races included junior Michael Hurley, who was third for the Blue and Gold (57th, 25:33.7), junior Patrick O’Brien (61st, 25:35.7) and Augustine Kazek (69th, 25:41.7), who rounded out the top five.

While the majority of the men have concluded their grueling season, Karski and Thorkelson hope to continue to make an impact at the NCAA DIII National Cross Country Championships, which will be held in Mason, Ohio on Saturday, Nov. 22.

Freshman Carly Adams earned a first place finish in the 100 free during JCU’s 132-54

over Defiance College on Saturday.

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YouTube launches $8 streaming subscription

Twitter Inc. re-cently reported a $175.5 million loss for the last quar-ter. Consequently, Standard & Poor’s gave the company a BB rating. S&P BB ratings indicate the company is, according to CNN

Money, “stable in the near future but faces major ongoing uncertainties to adverse business, financial, and economic conditions.” While the company has experienced an increase in sales, its profits have not followed suit. Twitter Inc. stock is down about 6 per-cent since Thursday, Nov. 13.

No favorites for Twitter Inc. Apple Pay paying offAfter the first three weeks of its debut, Apple Pay

is already changing the way everyday transactions are handled. According to recent data developments, Apple Pay is responsible for nearly 1 percent of Whole Foods payments and 50 percent of McDonald’s tap-to-pay trans-actions. In addition, Walgreens has reported that Apple Pay has doubled the company’s mobile transactions.

Editor’s Note: Information from Bloomberg and CNN Money was used in these articles.

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A holding company is an enterprise that owns enough stock in certain businesses to control them. These enterprises can control the management staff and policies practiced by the companies they own. In addition, these holding companies can own property, patents, trademarks, stocks and other assets of the lesser companies. Because of this control, the holding companies can influence the decisions made by the smaller companies. Major holding companies that dominate the banking sector are JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co.

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Last week, YouTube announced its new music stream-ing option called YouTube Music Key. The website, which has nearly one billion monthly users, is one of the world’s most popular music sites. YouTube, known for providing access to virtually any and all music free of charge, is redesigning the way it connects music listeners and producers.

YouTube Music Key is an effort to simultaneously provide fans with endless hours of music while increas-ing music revenues and repaying artists for their work.

This change comes at a time when the music and re-cording industry are growing more vocal about the decline in music sales. Many analysts contribute this decrease to the ever-rising popularity music streaming.

While YouTube currently pays record companies and artists a portion of advertisement revenue, which totaled about $220 million last year, analysts estimate that the music industry will lose nearly $2.3 billion in revenue because most content on YouTube will remain free.

YouTube Music Key will begin as an invitation only offer. Those who are chosen to test the new feature will be able to use it free of charge for six months. After six

months, the invitees will be charged $8. When the feature is re-leased to the general public, which is expected in the next year, the service will cost $10 per monthly subscription.

Subscribers will be able to listen to music without the interrup-tion of ads. In addition, audio quality will increase and users will be able to listen to music offline when using the YouTube app.

Taylor Swift is notorious for removing her music from Spotify and vocalizing her negative views on music streaming. However, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Sam Valenti IV, the founder of Ghostly, a small record label stated, “YouTube has allowed a lot of people to discover music, and if that is where people feel good about listening, then it’s the music industry’s job to figure out how to make that work.”

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The 25-30 Percent RuleAs college students and graduates begin to look for housing, it is important to keep the 25-30 percent in mind for budgeting purposes. According to the U.S. Department of Housing Development, “Families who pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing are considered cost burdened and may have difficulty affording necessities such as food, clothing, transportation and medical care.”

Bottom Line: Your monthly housing expenses should not exceed 30 percent of your monthly income.

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Mark CubanPharmaceutical company Actavis (ACT) is set to

acquire Allergen(AGN), which produces Botox, for $66 billion. This will rank as the largest pharmaceutical acqui-sition of the year. Through the acquisition, Actavis will take over Allergen’s Botox franchise. Botox is not only used for cosmetic purposes, but for medical and ophthal-mologic therapies, including DARPin, which is currently an experimental drug that treats wet, age-related macular degeneration. The experimental drug is expected to gener-ate about $20 billion in revenue and be approved in 2018.

Mark Cuban, most famously known for being a “Shark” on ABC’s show Shark Tank and owning the Dallas Mavericks, is a self-made billionaire. After graduating from Indiana Uni-versity, Cuban developed a company called MicroSolu-tions, which was a computer consulting service. Cuban sold the company to Com-puServe in 1990. Five years later, Cuban and his friend, Todd Wagner, developed au-dio streaming website called Broadcast.com. At the time, it was called Audionet. In 2000, they sold the website to Yahoo for $5.6 billion. Cuban went on to buy the Dallas Mavericks in 2000, and has since invested in a myriad of start-ups. He is also the CEO of AXS tv.

Net Worth: $2.7 BillionAge: 56

For some students, going away to college is a way to achieve their independence. While it’s true you are no longer permanently living under your parents’ roof, the truth is you are not independent until you can, and know how to, financially support yourself.

While I do not know everything about personal finance, I find it amazing at how little some college students do know.

So here’s my question: Why isn’t a personal finance class required in the core curriculum? It’s no secret that first year seminar is disliked by nearly everyone who has ever taken the course. And while I am 100 percent in agreement that social justice issues are important and need to be discussed, am I wrong to believe that basic knowledge about personal finance is imperative for the real world?

Perhaps I am partial to the idea of a required per-sonal finance class because I am a business student. However, I do believe that it would serve the student body in a positive way. I think it’s important to know how to read a lease, pay and budget for rent or mort-gages, read a utility bill and read a benefits package.

Part of the Jesuit mission is to be well-rounded men and women. Yet, how can we be well-rounded students entering the professional world when our institution requires us to take an excessive amount of philosophy courses? What good is analyzing abstract ideas if you can’t grasp basic life skills? I think the University’s administration needs to re-examine the core and re-evaluate what courses are most important for not only lifelong learning, but lifelong living.

Why isn’t personal finance a core requirement?

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During the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Aus-tralia on Sunday, Nov. 16, President Obama announced plans to sign an executive order on immigration allowing approximately five million undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation.

The implications of this executive action could have numerous political implications leading up to the 2016 presidential election and beyond.

According to The New York Times, the changes to the current immigration reform system would offer legal documents to illegal immigrants living in the U.S.

However, this law would not provide green cards to the immigrants. According to The New York Times, no formal or lasting status will come into play with this executive action.

The Obama administration hopes that this executive action will have a quick and effec-tive impact on immigrant families currently in the country.

Based on this expected executive order, the Obama administration believes that many of the fears of separated families will be alleviated.

Many immigrants will also receive work permits, giving them Social Security numbers that will allow them to work under their own names.

The immigrants will also be able to legally

President Obama announced his plans for immigration reform at the G20 Summit on Sunday, Nov. 16. Obama intends to shield five million immigrants from immediate deportation.

Pennsylvania gunman charged with terrorism

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Officials believe Frein was access-ing open wireless internet connections in order to gain access to the web. Accord-ing to CNN, the searches on his computer show he was monitoring police reports. The trial date for Eric Frein has not yet been released. Editor’s Note: Information from ABC, The New York Times and CNN was used in this report.

Matthew Eric Frein, a self-claimed sur-vivalist who shot and killed one Pennsyl-vania state trooper and injured another, was charged with two counts of terrorism on Thursday, Nov. 13. Frien, who was captured near Tan-nersville, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20, 2014 after a seven week manhunt, told police he planned the attack to “wake people up,” according to ABC. The terrorism charges were brought about in part when police found a letter Frein had sent to his parents. According to ABC, the letter read, “There is so much wrong and on so many levels only passing through the crucible of another revolution can get us back the liberties we once had.” “Tension is high at the moment,” Frein’s letter continued, “and the time seems right for a spark to ignite a fire in the hearts of men. What I have done has not been done before and it felt like it was worth a try.” The letter, which was discovered on Frein’s computer, was written last Decem-ber.

Frein was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after he opened fire on the Blooming Grove state troopers bar-racks, killing Pennsylvania State Trooper Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II and injuring trooper Alex T. Douglass on Sept. 12. Frein then disappeared into the woods, prompting a statewide search that conclud-ed with his Oct. 30 arrest. Prior to the terrorism charges, Frein was charged with first degree murder, at-tempted first degree murder, possession of weapons of mass destruction and reckless endangerment, according to The New York Times. Pike County district attorney Raymond Tonkin says he plans on seeking the death penalty. Frein was known to have a deep hatred for law enforcement. Throughout the man-hunt, police ensured the public that Frein was not out to hurt them, but rather law enforcement agents. However, this did not stop the citizens in nearby towns from canceling all outdoor activities and sporting events until Frein’s capture. ABC reports that the seven-week man-hunt cost Pennsylvania more than $11 mil-lion. Overtime pay made up the majority

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travel across the U.S., according to The New York Times.

Some states would even allow them to obtain drivers licenses, as well as professional certificates.

According to The Washington Post, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Obama signing an executive order on im-migration would be the equivalent of “waving a red flag in front of a bull.”

Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner (R-Ohio), also promised to fight the move by the Obama administration. Boehner believes the president will “burn himself” if he chooses to move forward with his immigration plans.

Obama dismissed any concerns when asked at the G20 Summit if he was worried about the Republicans shutting down the government, according to ABC.

“I think the main concern I have is to make sure we get it right,” Obama said. “And that’s what we’re focused on at this point. Because any executive action I take is going to require some adjustments to how the Department of Homeland Security operates. I want to make sure that we’ve crossed all our T’s and dotted all our I’s. That’s my main focus.”

The White House plans to create staggered groups of illegal immigrants, allowing them to quickly apply for deportation deferrals over the next few months.

These deferrals would be for the children of legal U.S. residents, or for their parents if they have lived in the U.S. for at least five years.

By implementing this executive action, Obama and his staff hope they’ll gain sig-nificant support from the Latino community, making it difficult for Republicans to be in opposition.

“The time for big, bold, unapologetic administrative relief is now,” said José Calde-rón, president of the Hispanic Federation, a nonprofit advocacy group.

According to ABC, if Congress decides to act on immigration, Obama said, “Metaphori-cally, I’ll crumple up whatever executive ac-tions that we take and we’ll toss them in the wastebasket because we will now have a law that addresses these issues.”

Editor’s Note: Information from The New York Times, ABC and The Washington Post was used in this report.

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of the total, with $6.9 million being paid to officers for working overtime during the search. This total does not reflect the amount of money spent by supporting agencies like the FBI and U.S. Marshals. A laptop and two flash drives were found with Frein’s belongings in the aban-doned airplane hangar where Frein had been staying while evading capture.

Matthew Eric Frein (above) was charged with two counts of terrorism in addition to other charges after killing two state troopers and evading capture for over seven weeks.

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Obama supports democracy in Myanmar

President Obama and Myanmar’s democratic movement leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, held a conference on Thursday, Nov. 13. Both leaders seek to improve democracy in Myanmar.

After the wide loss of Democrats in the midterm elections, President Obama has shifted his focus to foreign policy. In his recent trip to Asia, the president spent three days in Myanmar, meeting with national lead-ers and hoping to finally get the struggling democracy-to-be on its feet.

According to The Washington Post, this is Obama’s first time traveling to Myanmar since his groundbreaking visit in 2012, when he became the first American president to visit the Southeast Asian country.

During his stop in Myanmar, Obama met with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myan-mar’s democratic movement and the National League for Democracy (NLD) political party.

According to ABC News, President Obama and Suu Kyi met at her home in Yan-gon on Thursday, Nov. 13, where they spoke in private and held a joint press conference. The two leaders discussed strategies on how to continue the democratization of Myanmar.

According to The Washington Post, the government in Myanmar has renewed a strict crackdown against political opposition and journalists. Human rights issues that have plagued the nation for decades still have yet to be sorted out – most notably, the widespread violence against the Rohingya Muslims.

In the weeks leading up to her meeting with President Obama, Suu Kyi voiced her disappointment in the U.S.’s lack of involve-ment in helping the Southeast Asian nation complete its shift towards democracy.

According to ABC, Suu Kyi asked at

a conference last week, “What significant reforms have been taken within the last 24 months?” She added that “this is something that the United States needs to think about as well.”

Suu Kyi has additionally accused Ameri-cans of being “overly optimistic” that the government of Myanmar is going to willingly comply with the demands of the people and adopt a democratic mindset.

President Obama also met with Myan-mar’s President, Thein Sein, at the Presi-dential Palace in Naypyitaw, hoping to press the leader to continue democratization on his end.

Before his visit with both leaders, many

questioned whether or not President Obama would push the government of Myanmar to amend its constitution, and weaken the restrictions concerning who can run for president.

ABC reported that the democratic Suu Kyi is technically ineligible to run because Myanmar’s laws prohibits any person with foreign spouses or children from holding public office. Suu Kyi’s husband and son are both British citizens, therefore making her ineligible despite her widespread popularity among the people of Myanmar.

Editor’s Note: Information from ABC, the BBC and The Washington Post was used in this report.

Third American murdered by ISISThe Islamic State group released a video

Sunday, Nov. 16 of a masked militant stand-ing over a severed head it claimed was Peter Kassig, a former U.S. Army Ranger-turned-aid worker who was taken hostage while delivering relief supplies to Syrians caught in that country’s brutal civil war.

Hours later, the White House confirmed Kassig’s death after a review of the video, which also showed the mass beheadings of a dozen Syrian soldiers.

The 26-year-old Kassig, who returned to the Middle East to help wounded and displaced Syrians, “was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity,” President Barack Obama said in a statement.

He denounced the extremist group, which he said “revels in the slaughter of innocents, including Muslims, and is bent only on sow-ing death and destruction.”

With Kassig’s death, the Islamic State group has killed five Westerners it was holding. American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were beheaded, as were British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.

Unlike previous videos of slain Western hostages, the footage released Sunday did not show the decapitation of Kassig or the moments leading up to his death.

“This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen ... who fought against the Muslims in Iraq,” said a black-clad militant, who spoke with a British accent that was distorted in the video, apparently to disguise his identity. Previous videos featured a militant with a British accent that the FBI says it has identi-fied, though it hasn’t named him publicly.

“We say to you, Obama: You claim to have withdrawn from Iraq four years ago,” the militant said. “Here you are: You have not withdrawn. Rather, you hid some of your forces behind your proxies.” A U.S.-led co-

alition is targeting the Islamic State group in airstrikes, supporting Western-backed Syrian rebels, Kurdish fighters and the Iraqi military.

Kassig, who served in the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, a special opera-tions unit, deployed to Iraq in 2007. After being medically discharged, he returned to the Middle East in 2012 and formed an aid organization, Special Emergency Response and Assistance, to aid Syrian refugees.

A certified EMT, Kassig had delivered food and medical supplies and provided trauma care to wounded Syrians before being captured in eastern Syria on Oct. 1, 2013. Friends say he converted to Islam in captiv-ity and took the first name Abdul-Rahman.

In a statement issued as he flew back to Washington after a trip to the Asia-Pacific region, Obama said Kassig “was a humani-tarian who worked to save the lives of Syr-ians injured and dispossessed” by war. The president offered prayers and condolences to Kassig’s family. “We cannot begin to imagine their anguish at this painful time,”

he said.Earlier, Kassig’s family said that it pre-

ferred “our son is written about and remem-bered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family, not in the manner the hostage takers would use to ma-nipulate Americans and further their cause.”

The video appeared on websites used in the past by the Islamic State group, which now controls a third of Syria and Iraq.

The Islamic State group still holds other captives, including British photojournalist John Cantlie, who has appeared in several videos delivering statements for the group, likely under duress, and a 26-year-old Ameri-can woman captured last year in Syria while working for aid groups. U.S. officials have asked that the woman not be identified out of fears for her safety.

The video appeared to be part of continu-ous efforts to strike at the U.S., which is lead-ing an aerial campaign against the group that began in August in Iraq and spread to Syria the following month.

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In a photo taken before his murder, Peter Kassig (above) stands in front of a car full of supplies for refugees. ISIS released a video reporting his death on Sunday, Nov. 16.

Ohio Dept. of Corrections officials re-leased details surrounding the Sept. 11, 2014 escape of T.J Lane.

According to NBC, Lane, who was con-victed of murder in 2013 after killing three students at Chardon High School, built a ladder out of broken cabinets.

Lane and two accomplices allegedly spent several months building the 13-foot ladder out of broken cabinet parts found inside a crawlspace next to the recreation yard.

Although the crawlspace was locked, Lane and his accomplices still found a way inside.

The three inmates used the ladder to climb on top of a building close to the entrance of the prison, which allowed them to jump down into a soybean field.

Lane’s accomplices were captured almost immediately. However, it took nearly six hours for police to locate Lane.

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Dr. Martin Salia, an American surgeon diagnosed with Ebola after treating patients in Sierra Leone, died on Monday, Nov. 17.

Salia arrived at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Saturday, Nov. 15 in “extremely critical condition,” according to Newsweek.

After his plane landed in Nebraska, he was too ill to walk to the ambulance. Salia had to be placed on a gurney encased in a plastic bubble.

He was escorted to the hospital by a specially-trained isolation unit.

The Nebraska Medical Center has treated two other Ebola patients and is one of four hospitals that is federally approved to treat patients with the virus.

Salia is the10th Ebola patient to be treated within the United States and the second person to die on American soil.

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A 12-year-old boy accidentally critically injured his 9-year-old sister on Saturday, Nov. 15, while playing with a handgun.

According to The Los Angeles Times, boy shot his sister point-blank in the chest with their mother’s boyfriend’s 9-millimeter handgun that was unsecured inside the house.

Newark City Police arrested 33-year-old Catrease Thomas, the mother of the two chil-dren, and charged her with possession of an illegal firearm and child endangerment.

Sgt. Ronald Glover, a spokeman for the Newark City Police, said that the gun had previously been reported as stolen in Alabama.

Charges against Thomas’ boyfriend are currently pending. Details of the charges have not been released.

The 9-year-old girl is in critical but stable condition.

New Jersey

An 18-year-old freshman at West Virginia University found unconscious in a fraternity house, died on Friday, Nov. 14.

Nolan Burch was found after midnight on Nov. 13 inside the Kappa Sigma house. He was not breathing and did not have a pulse.

When police arrived on the scene, a man was performing CPR on Burch.

He was admitted to Ruby Memorial Hos-pital in critical condition.

The WVU chapter of Kappa Sigma has been suspended since October due to “previ-ous, unrelated violations,” according to NBC.

Following Burch’s death, WVU has sus-pended all Greek life and Panhellenic activities indefinitely.

The national branch of Kappa Sigma is investigating the events leading up to Burch’s death.

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Editor’s note: Information from NBC, CBS, The Los Angeles Times and Newsweek was used in this report.

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““We’re calling for police accountability,

police transparency, changing how the po-lice do their work. If there’s an indictment or if there’s not an indictment, we still have that

work to do. ”

Two weeks ago, John Carroll University students voted on a possible smoking ban on campus. Fifty-two percent of the student body voted against the ban, while 48 percent voted in favor of it. Although the majority voted in op-position of the ban, it is still a controversial issue to both students and staff.

When students voted on the smoking ban, they were presented with absolutes. They were given two options: for the ban or against it. These options lacked a proposi-tion for a middle ground. With such a debatable issue, it is necessary to explore all options. Considering that the student voice was so split, the issue should be settled with a compromise. One example is to limit smoking areas on campus, rather than banning smoking entirely.

Restricting smoking areas on campus would strike a bal-ance between different opinions. It would appease those in favor of the ban, because it would greatly eliminate the possibility of secondhand smoke, as well as reduce the amount of littered cigarettes. This compromise would also appease those against the ban by still giving them the freedom to smoke.

There is an entire spectrum of possibilities for the future of smoking on campus, because this isn’t simply a black and white issue. Possibilities range from a revote to uni-lateral action by the administration. While the proposed compromise appears to be the strongest solution, it is still important for both students and administration to remain open to every possible option and continue the conversa-tion. The same concept should also be applied to future issues significantly impacting the John Carroll community.

All about that gray area

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Higl’s Squiggles: A big fat bank accountand a slim body

Contact Alexandra Higl at ahigl15@jcu.edu

Contact Joe Ginley at jginley16@jcu.edu

One week separates us from one of the best American holidays (Thanksgiving) and one of the worst (Black Friday).

A common complaint is that the Christmas season seems to start earlier every year. Holiday music creeps onto the radio by the end of October and the adsbegin be-fore the first snowfall. The “most wonderful time of the year” arrives long before the Macy’s Thanksgiv-ing Day Parade.

I don’t consider myself a Scrooge, but I agree: the holiday season lengthens every year, bring-ing greed instead of generosity and depression instead of delight.

“Dear Santa, This year, please give me a big fat

bank account and a slim body. Please don’t mix those two up like you did last year. Thanks.”

That’s my Christmas wish. Hold on – just kidding.

Before you rip apart this paper piece by piece in utter horror at the fact that your very own Higl’s Squiggles would wish for such things, please know that those are not my words.

This wish was printed on a festive red and white sign displayed in the little girls’ department at a Dillard’s store in Florida this month.

Of course, Dillard’s claimed the sign wasn’t supposed to be in the little girls’ department. Woops.

But then again, I doubt someone from the public relations team at Dillard’s would publish a statement saying, “Oh yes, the sign was strategically placed among mannequins sporting frilly little girls’ dresses so all the little girls would walk by and say, ‘Mommy, what does that sign say,’ and then cry upon their mother telling them what the sign read. Then, the little girls would grow up, conform to society and buy size zero dresses, crash diet in order to fit into those size zeros, marry rich to some successful businessman who likes size zero women and live happily ever after. Thanks, Santa. The end.”

Yes, that’s the image boost Dillard’s was looking for, don’t you think?

Merry Christmas, members of Ameri-can society.

Okay, I realize the makers of this sign probably wrote this in a humorous light. While I appreciate humor, there’s a fine line between reading a laughable play on words and something that makes you sick to your stomach.

A college female interviewed by a local news outlet in West Palm Beach, Florida who saw the sign, said, “It makes me think I should be very, very focused on how I look, and I should want to be thinner than I am, and want to have more money than I do.”

But can one sign really spark such

strong feelings of self-hate? You may say these are only words.

You may say that America’s overall outlook on body image is improving.

But let’s look at the numbers. Ac-cording to the National Eating Disorder Association last January, 20 million women and 10 million men battle what is considered a “clinically significant eating disorder.” New cases and types of eating disorders have surfaced within the last decade. The average winner of Miss America is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs in at 121 pounds.

Interestingly enough, while Dillard’s took the heat about its poor judgment call, the Calvin Klein controversy took flight all within the same week.

Calvin Klein released their “Per-fectly Fit” ad campaign, featuring size 10 model Myla Dalbesio. However, consumers became outraged at Calvin Klein for launching the advertisement, saying that Delbasio is hardly plus-sized.

However, I believe Calvin Klein shouldn’t have received as much heat as it did. In fact, Calvin Klein never even referred to her as “plus-size.” I can understand this is a sensitive issue. I can understand people were shocked. Yet, this is a step in the right direction.

I’m glad they launched this cam-paign. You know why? Women every-where – models, fashion gurus and the average American are taking part in a dialogue.

Throughout the fashion industry as a whole, sizes that should be considered healthy and normal, are considered “plus-size” for models. However, in some cases, models wearing sizes 6 and 8 have been classified as “plus-sized.” This fact is shocking, considering that plus-sizes in the “normal world” generally begin at size 18.

More and more women have been speaking out – and their voices are be-ing heard.

This should give women hope. The first step to solving a problem is to create awareness. Maybe one day, the fashion industry will do away with labels. Maybe one day, we won’t be as shocked when we see a size 10 model. And maybe one day, society will do away with its “big fat bank account and slim body” complex.

But it’s up to advertisers and the media, who are essentially the puppeteers of society, to make this change. The deci-sion is theirs.

Why is this true? In a word – selfishness.

Next Thursday, we will cel-ebrate Thanksgiving, an American tradition dating back to the 17th Century. English settlers in James-town, not Plymouth’s Pilgrims, held the first “day of thanksgiving” on December 4, 1619, according to nps.gov.

The holiday commemorates the perseverance of our ancestors, who overcame difficulties to establish colonies at Jamestown and Plym-outh. At the time, the settlers cele-brated their bountiful first harvests by eating lots of food over a three to four-day span. Food was difficult to grow and acquire, so the actual feast held major significance.

Our version of Thanksgiving sets aside time for us to count our blessings and remember how fortunate we are. Unfortunately, our feasts many times become less about giving thanks for friends and family and more about discovering

how much food we can eat in one sitting. This gluttony session leads perfectly into “Black Thursday” and “Black Friday.”

As Black Thursday has be-come increasingly popular, more shoppers have shown anger with the practice. The Facebook page “Boycott Black Thursday” has over 90,000 likes. Thankfully, some large retailers such as Barnes & Noble and Home Depot have opted to stay closed on the evening of Thanksgiving. Most major stores will still be open, however.

We often ask ourselves: how can we best express our thankfulness for friends, family and fortune? Retailers tell us that we can do so by rushing to the stores and tram-pling others in the name of savings.

Bloodthirsty for bargains, we sprint to the mall late on Thursday evening, racing to beat others for that $200 TV or $40 DVD player.

The worst part is that we often disguise our selfish consumerism

as generosity. We claim that we’re heading to Target to buy Johnny a discounted video game or we’re off to Best Buy to acquire an iPad for Mom and Dad.

Too many of us seek out these bargains with the wrong motives. Many of us are willing to elbow that little old lady out of the way to make sure we get the last copy of “Frozen.”

Every year, at least a handful of people are trampled or injured on a bleak Thursday evening or Friday morning. Look at the headlines in the days after Thanksgiving.

Let’s break the spell this holi-day season. Let’s put an end to the madness.

Try a different approach. Avoid buying the priciest gift in the store just so you can receive something expensive.

To show our appreciation for our loved ones, let’s spend some time with them. Let’s make memo-rable presents instead of buying a

costly gizmo. Mom would much rather receive a homemade photo collage than a new MP3 player.

As corny as it sounds, Christ-mas is more about giving than re-ceiving. We hear the phrase plenty of times throughout the season, but we never seem to absorb it.

Most importantly, let’s focus on giving in the little ways. Help the fellow next to you who dropped his books in the snow. Hold the door for the person who has her hands full. Say hello to a stranger as you’re walking to class.

The little things add up quickly. The smallest of gestures can bright-en a person’s day.

Change the way you view the holiday season. Your outlook on Christmas will change, and you will feel happier and more fulfilled.

As a wise man once told me, this approach will change your life, “in a small but measurable way.”

Wonderword:What does yeuk mean?

“To throw up”“Some type of cleaning device”

“If you don’t like something, it’s ‘yeukky’”

Yeuk: An itching sensation

Michelle White, sophomore

Ese Osaghae, sophomore

Cup of Joe: Give a little bit

Joe GinleyManaging Editor

Brendan Vujcec, senior

Op/Ed

Written on behalf of theStudent Union Programming Board

Decidedly DistlerBy Rachel Distler

Op/EdThe Carroll News

19 Nov. 20, 2014

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1. Family2. John Carroll University3. Education4. Food5. Shelter from the tundra

Alexandra HiglEditor in Chief

Tim JohnsonEditorial & Op/Ed Editor

The Student Union Program-ming Board wants to thank The Carroll News for the article in last week’s issue regarding the new structure of the executive board, including the stipend. We believe that the change is nec-essary to address the program-ming needs of the John Carroll student body.

The board is one of the larg-est student-run and univer-sity sponsored organizations on campus in terms of budget, executive members and gen-eral members. We design and implement late night, alterna-tive programming from movie nights, bingos and concerts to dances and themed craft and activity nights. Our interaction and publicity with students is well known and we have a positive impact on the univer-sity. Over the past semester, we have planned and implemented over 30 events, with an increase in student attendance at these events. In the coming semester, we will be adding 12 events to the total, as the need for more programming has arisen.

Our mission is to continue to provide the best program-ming we can, and furthering our mission to provide quality programming for students on campus. Our executive board works tirelessly, even making sacrifices financially, to make sure that we put on amazing events. It is not simply about working on an event as we are constantly generating new ideas to cater to the students, promot-ing and selling tickets in the

atrium and a number of other responsibilities that go beyond the job description.

The decision to include a small stipend, as part of the job was anything but arbitrary, but to better enhance our operations and better provide for the stu-dent body. Also, it is not about rewarding executive members, but to give them a small thank you for the countless amount of work they put in, as well an incentive to keep improving the efforts of SUPB. Executive board positions work some-what like internships and work positions, and the stipend will solidify responsibilities within the executive board.

SUPB is going to have an ex-citing and revolutionary year in many ways next semester. There are many changes in store for the operations of the organiza-tion as well as changes in how we plan and craft our events. We are, more than ever, aware of the position we hold as an or-ganization, our responsibility to provide quality weekend social and late night programming on campus and have been dedicat-ed to providing the best events we can for the best campus.

To us, it is not about making money or receiving a stipend, or even the events themselves. It is about being able to see students enjoy themselves and have a good time at our events. It is about engaging with each other and continuing to see the joy people receive at the events we have implemented. The feeling is priceless.

Things to be thankful for

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6. Friends7. Health8. Freedom9. Thanksgiving Break10. Being alive

I’ll incriminate myself right now and say that, to at least some extent, I believe in such a thing as objective truth. To some, this view’s validity might sound laughably self-evident.

However, if there’s anything my philosophy courses have taught me, it’s not to assume.

The question of truth is a tricky thing, and the problems surround-ing it reappear every day.

Think about how you interact with different sets of people. I’d be willing to bet that you adopt a very different tone when you’re talking to professors than when you’re talk-ing with friends.

Humans find themselves con-stantly censoring, inflating, stretch-ing, coloring and redacting infor-mation when they speak. Even when its unintentional, people omit information through forgetfulness. Purported “facts,” “true stories” or “accounts” of things might be less reliable than they appear.

It’s as much of an emotional exercise as it is a mental one. Our fears, reservations, ego and goals drive the ways in which we pres-ent information to those around us.

If we’re trying to impress, we are less likely to include self-deprecating comments or informa-tion. Instead, we’ll highlight and emphasize points that might inflate our image and place us in higher standing.

Conversely, we toss in new in-formation to a conversation when it serves to place us above “competi-

tion” or establish us as “better” in relation to another person or some other competitor. And while I do say many things that arguably don’t rise to any level above conjecture, these views about the ways we in-teract stand as factual (or nearly so). Such is the way our world operates.

Don’t hurry to place me in the box of cynicism and disillusion-ment just yet, because all of our personal editing and censoring might serve an indispensable func-tion in the very near future – if it doesn’t already.

The advent of the Internet repre-sented the proliferation of informa-tion. This deluge of data liberates in many ways by allowing for nearly-instant access to countless topics. On the other hand, though, any new material must be closely sifted through to distinguish fact from fiction.

Consider your use of social me-dia in the last week. If one student were to post about a snow day and attached a phony email as evidence, half of the student body might begin mapping out plans for a personal day. All of this, of course, taking place without people stopping to validate the post’s credibility.

While this is just a small and, regrettably, imperfect example, similar instances take place every-day in the national and international spheres.

The recent protests that took place in Ferguson, Missouri had all the ingredients necessary for a recipe for disaster. People, ranging from irate to introspective, voiced opinions from every angle of the situation. To do so, many took their frustrations or musings to their fa-

vorite social media outlets. Competing reports about the

sequence of events leading up to and following Michael Brown’s death muddied any previously es-tablished conception of truth. In the days and weeks following, many people retweeted or reposted false information.

Essentially, enough emotional, ideologically-entrenched, people spouted off information and misin-formation online to complicate an already-complicated situation.

One might assume that the abil-ity to access information so quickly and easily is unequivocally a good thing.

However, instances occur every day that prove this to be slightly view to be slightly off-center. So this proliferation of information is just as dangerous as it is potentially informative.

In fact, when considering this potentially paralyzing problem, the only barrier that currently exists to the dissemination and perpetuation of misinformation are the people who come across it. People un-thinkingly ingest information at an incredibly fast rate.

To combat the spread of incor-rect or questionable information, all people, especially those of our generation with instant access to information, should commit them-selves to healthy skepticism.

Ultimately, the real trick is separating the valid, credible pieces from what should end up in the trash.

The Johnson Journal:

Contact Tim Johnson at tjohnson15@jcu.edu

Truth or fiction

Letter to the EditorWritten on behalf of the

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