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19 NOVEMBER 2014

City news:Chipotle considering Portsmouth location

Jacob Tolliver on verge of musical fame

Shawnee 12.0 Gaming Conference inspires gamers

Girls soccer wins post-seasonPAGE 8

Internships as paid opportunitiesPAGE 3

International Week festivitiesPAGE 6

Scioto County’s Jacob Tolliver getting national recongition for his musical skills. (Provided photo)

Everyone thinks it is impossible for a Chipotle to be located in Portsmouth but we can change that! Chipotle lets us, the community, make the decision. The best way to bring a Chipotle to our city is to go to their website and fill out the form saying we want a restaurant and if Chipotle receives enough messages from students and the general public there is a chance we may get one. In order for this to happen, students and the general public need to go on Chipotle.com and go to the tab that says, “Talk to us,” and then select the tab that says real estate development which is a full page describing what we have to do to get a Chipotle in Portsmouth. The general needs for a Chipotle is a city with a strong residential and daytime population. Chipotle also likes to build in cities with areas of offices, retail, universities, recreation parks and hospitals. With the amount of students that come in during the school year, this would be a huge advantage for students and for the town. Let’s spread the word and get everyone to fill out the form. If we do Chipotle will be right about the corner.CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Students present their projects in the lobby of the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts every year during this conference as hundreds of high school students from around the area and interested Shawnee students alike get an idea of the things that one can achieve at Shawnee through their art, programming, and gaming-related degrees offered. Mike Reynolds, who was presenting at Shawnee’s gaming conference for his second time now, was displaying personal work and concept art toward a project called Jetkour, a futuristic parkour-themed foot-racing game that had a heavy focus on going fast and flowing smoothly across the terrain, which he was helping to bring to life. “I think this year is even better than last, even,” Reynolds was telling me, “the senior project is get-ting a good response and [the conference] is great publicity for Shawnee.” He felt that the conference could definitely spark interest in students.Jeremiah Garay, who was presenting at the conference for his first time, was showing off some personal work and concept art as well. He had a working level demonstration for attendees to explore, also. He said that he, like Reynolds, he also believed that the conference was a great oppor-tunity for Shawnee to advertise their programs and that it was important to be able to show students that, “you can really do this if you try.” He mentioned that he had been receiving good reactions from the attendees. Calvin Lye, also a first-time conference presenter, was showing off some personal illustrations and character designs. Lye mostly echoed the sentiment that he felt the conference was a good experience for those in attendance,

JORDAN HYLAND, SPORTS EDITOR

Jacob Tolliver has been a musician from the start. “I was drawn to music at an early age just by being surrounded by the sounds of my grandma’s radio. That’s definitely where I picked up my style,” he said.Tolliver, a 2012 graduate of Portsmouth West High School, is currently a part of the Million Dollar Quartet in Las Vegas as an understudy for the part of Jerry Lee Lewis. Recently, he visited his hometown of Portsmouth to shoot a music video for his own version of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘80s hit “Pink Cadillac.” Last year, he filmed a music video of an Ohio State medley at Richard Noggins Pub. Both videos were shot as part of SOMC’s “Paint It Pink” campaign, and both can be viewed on YouTube, where they have already re-ceived thousands of views. They each helped raise over $10,000 for breast cancer awareness.

MITCHELL LENDENSKI, STAFF REPORTER

RICHIE HOLSINGER, GAMING/ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Shawnee State University’s video game conference, this year called Shawnee 12.0, is the perfect opportunity for students of many different majors to present their video game or digi-tal media related work, receive feedback from other students and professors, and get high school students and incoming freshmen inspired toward pursuing a possible gaming degree.

SSU student Drew Robbins displays several three-dimensional scenes he created in his Inorganic 3D class with Unreal Engine, a software tool that serves as a possible framework for videogame development. (Photo by Heather Stephenson)

Tolliver making a name in VegasAlthough surrounded by a musical industry filled with contemporary artists, Tolliver’s roots guided him to an older style of music; one that he has become noted for. “When I got older, I would go to the Emporium on Chillicothe Street [in Portsmouth] every weekend and buy old records,” Tolliver explained. “Around the same time, I started taking piano lessons from Mary Smalley, but unfortunately I didn’t learn anything from her be-cause I was too stubborn to learn the basics and wanted to jump straight into the ‘fun stuff.’” Soon after, he quit piano lessons, and stayed away from a piano for four years. It wasn’t until his 7th grade year that he discovered the talents of Jerry Lee Lewis. That discovery changed his life forever. “I soon started studying every Jerry Lee DVD and CD I could find. By the 8th grade, with the help of Sonja Thompson, I finally started playing in a similar style as Jerry Lee.” By high school, Tolliver’s life revolved around mu-sic. He was involved in both chorus and marching band, as well as the Singing Men of West, Portsmouth West’s elite male singing group. In 2010, Tolliver was first introduced to the Million Dollar Quartet. He saw an audition in Nashville for the musical advertised on Facebook “I convinced my dad and family friend, Steve Conley, to drive me down for the audition. I nailed the audition. Only one problem – I was 16 years old at the time. You had to be 18.” Conley is no stranger to music, as his brother is fa-mous country singer Earl Thomas Conley, also a native of West Portsmouth. Fortunately, Tolliver took advantage of social net-working and posted videos of his talents on YouTube. Two years later, after turning 18, he was contacted by the

Million Dollar Quartet. They had seen his videos online and convinced him to audition again. After flying to Las Vegas and auditioning for the second time, his hard work finally paid off – Jacob Tolliver was a member of the Million Dollar Quartet. Tolliver currently performs about once a week in his role. From November 24th to January 4th, he will be on every day. “I plan to put an album out with all original music soon and pursue my own solo career.” On top of this, Tolliver recently auditioned for Ameri-can Idol. As to his progress on the reality show, he simply responded “Tune-in this January to see what happens.” Scioto County has introduced the world to two great musical minds – Earl Thomas Conley and Rick Ferrell. Both have made their mark in the country music indus-try, and both hail from West Portsmouth. Although he is following a different musical path, Ja-cob Tolliver has a very bright future, and is on the verge of becoming Scioto County’s next big star.◊

Jacob Tolliver (Photo provided)

Mark your calendars for Saturday, Nov. 22. There will be an event held to celebrate the grand opening of Haskins House, Portsmouth’s newest hub for music, vinyl, live shows, gal-lery events, guitars, drums, hand crafted instruments and original artworks. From audiophiles to vinyl record junkies to art enthusiasts to musicians to children, almost anyone can find something to like inside the heavily decorated walls of Haskins House. It is a place to hang out, get involved in the area’s art scenes, enjoy live music on their back room stage, or view the artwork both in stock and on display throughout the store with a gallery wall for featured artists. The intent of the store is not for business or profit. It is a working studio with a revolving door for anyone inter-ested in creating anything. Haskins house is like a Greek agora for the arts. It’s a marketplace to exchange ideas as well as goods and services. Come in and buy a vinyl

record for a buck and leave with a priceless experience. Haskins House will be a host to many events other than just live music shows. There are plans to have lis-tening parties where attendees will bring their own vinyl to share, “45 Night,” where nothing but singles and dusty B-sides will play, gallery shows where local art-ists will show off their work, and other such happenings which will be posted on their Facebook page, Haskins House, as the events draw closer. Running the shop is the Haskins family. The Haskins were raised on arts and music by their father, the late Charlie Haskins, Sr. Artwork by his sons, Charlie II and John Haskins, will be on display, as well as art from the matriarch, Karen Haskins. Hand-crafted guitars and gui-tar lessons by appointment will be provided in store by the third son, Travis Haskins. ◊

Haskins House hosting Grand Opening Saturday, Nov. 22TRAVIS HASKINS, STAFF REPORTER

Operation Christmas Child is a program started by the organization Sa-maritan’s Purse in 1993. Since the beginning, over 113 million shoeboxes have been filled and given to children in over 150 countries. The shoeboxes are filled for those children who do not usually receive Christmas gifts. The contents include school supplies, hygiene items, toys and encouraging notes. All over the world, volunteers collect and distribute these boxes in order to “share God’s love in a tangible way.” Their goal for 2014 is to reach 10 mil-lion more children. The National Collection Week is Nov. 17-24, which is when SSU’s packing party will taking place. In order to get an ample amount of supplies for the packing party, Opera-tion Christmas Child at SSU has hosted a number of different fundraisers. Held in October, “Miles for Smiles with Operation Christmas Child at SSU,” was a 5K walk designed to raise money to get supplies and pay for the ship-ping of the boxes. For Operation Christmas Child, it costs $7 to ship each box which, compared with normal shipping rates, is a bargain. In addition to the 5K walk, the students in the club have hosted concessions, sold bracelets, held bake sales and conducted Gatti’s fundraisers, all in the hopes of being well-prepared with enough supplies and funding for shipping costs. To encourage participation on campus, the group designed the “Golden Shoebox Competition.” This competition was started to get official SSU student clubs involved in the packing process, while encouraging friendly competition. The club that collected the most shoeboxes will be awarded the Golden Shoebox. The boxes needed to be fully packed and include the $7 shipping cost when turned in on Nov. 14. The goal for the packing party is to fill at least 1,600 boxes over the two day period. Tiffany Pistole, the group’s faculty advisor, is proud of the work the club has done so far and is looking forward to how well the event will go this year. At 11 a.m. on Nov. 19 in the University Center, the packing party will start. Volunteers who would like to help set up beforehand should arrive around 9 a.m. Pistole hopes to have a number of presentations during the event that will help educate volunteers on what Operation Christmas Child is and how the shoeboxes really affect those who receive them. From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. pack-ing will take place, with breaks and presentations throughout the day. Students and faculty are encouraged to drop by and help in any way that they can. For more information, contact Tiffany Pistole at 606-932-6900 or email her at tpistole@shawnee.edu. You can also visit www.samaritanspurse.org to see how you can help Operation Christmas Child in the future. ◊

Race Crew – Operation Christmas Child at SSU club members work the “Miles for Smiles” race. (Photo by: Chronicle staff)

Operation Christmas Child Hosting Second Annual Packing PartyAMBER MONTAVON, STAFF REPORTER

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With last year’s successful packing party behind them, SSU’s Operation Christmas Child club is preparing to raise their standards with this year’s event. At the first packing party to take place on the campus in a number of years, the club, along with many student and faculty vol-unteers, was able to pack 1,010 boxes. This year, the club set their goal at 2,000 boxes. On Nov. 19 and 20, starting at 9 a.m. in the UC, the club asks for the SSU community to come out once again and help them with their second an-nual packing party.

Haskins House Art and MusicArt Gallery, Record Store, and Concert Venue536 Second Street, Portsmouth

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Internships: paid vs. unpaid Column

BY JOSHUA TANNER, STAFF REPORTER

Some celebrate Christmas for its religious significance, others simply as a family tradition practiced throughout generations. Regardless of the different reasons or be-liefs people have regarding Christmas, everyone must ask themselves if the traditional “Christmas Spirit” qual-ities of love, care, appreciation, and charity are slowly diminishing. The way in which people define and celebrate Christ-mas in the modern world seems to be a far stretch from its basic origins and original definition. If most people were asked what words enter their mind upon hearing the word “Christmas” they would likely reply with such answers as: Santa Claus, Christmas tree, presents and Jesus’ birthday. Such answers are also what one might see when shopping in the Christmas section of your lo-cal Wal-Mart, but which of the most common practices experienced by a typical family’s Christmas are actually true to the origins of Christmas itself, and is this impor-tant in its relation to the way in which the typical family chooses to celebrate? According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the definition of Christmas is “a Christian feast on De-cember 25 or among some Eastern Orthodox Christians on January 7 that commemorates the birth of Christ and is usually observed as a legal holiday.” With this defi-nition in mind, those that celebrate Christmas must ask themselves what their reasons are for celebrating such a holiday. If you are celebrating Christmas because you believe in and practice Christianity, then should you just

be having a feast in remembrance of the birth of Christ, or should you participate in non-religious traditions of Christmas as well? The answer might be that it is per-fectly okay to celebrate in both ways, but it is important to remember the true reason for the existence of this holiday, and not to allow other practices to eliminate the true definition of Christmas. Some of the typical non-religious practices which might be associated with the celebration of Christmas are the displaying of a Christmas tree, the teaching of Santa Claus to younger children, and the act of gift giv-ing/receiving on the morning of Christmas day. Despite being attributed with the Christmas holiday, none of these practices have anything to do with the commem-oration of the birth of Christ, but they have each been adopted into what is now the typical family tradition of Christmas, practiced by many for generations. Despite the religious and traditional origins of some of the common practices experienced around the Christ-mas holiday, it seems that many people have lost that “Christmas spirit.” This may be due to the shift of the importance of the Christmas holiday from a religious, tradition-based, family oriented, loving, caring holiday, to a “What am I getting this year under the tree” or the “It’s so stressful to have to shop for all these people and spend all my money” holiday. In other words, it seems Christmas might be drifting away from its roots, and to-wards a money-centered realm. All anyone needs to do to see how money-oriented Christmas has become is to go to their local major retail-er for the annual post-Thanksgiving sale. As Halloween

passes, very little attention is paid toward the holiday of Thanksgiving, other than towards the “Black Thurs-day/Friday” sales events. These sales used to occur the day after Thanksgiving, with many now beginning on Thanksgiving evening, and are aimed to provide shop-pers with unbeatable deals on everyone’s most desired presents for the upcoming Christmas. With these sales essentially being the start of the Christmas shopping season, much of people’s Christmas spirit too will start around this time. Christmas spirit seems not entirely what it used to be. Anger and violence are found dur-ing this time of year, especially with the long lines, and arguments over limited amounts of the gifts people wish to buy. Then there are other factors, such as the stress of receiving or not receiving that Christmas bonus and whether enough gifts have been bought for whomever to please them. Christmas has not become entirely negative. People still spend time with loved ones, family members and friends, and enjoy the looks of appreciation found on the faces of those unwrapping their gifts and who are over-joyed with the mere idea that they were given a gift from someone who loves them. However, despite the small amount of Christmas spirit which remains, the religious and traditional reasons for celebrating Christmas must not be lost in a society which revolves around money. Whether celebrating Christmas for religious reasons, or out of traditions which focus around the goodness of love and appreciation, money must not be allowed to ruin this holiday. ◊

COURTNEY JORDAN, STAFF REPORTER

Recall the film, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’: Where a young journalist (Anne Hatha-way) spends her time vigorously running around New York City, getting her over particular employer her more than over-ly particular coffee order. She quickly changed her plain-Jane style into some-thing pictured on the cover of a Runway magazine, and most importantly made sure that everything was perfect so that her boss, the holder of the keys to her fu-ture, was far more than perfectly pleased. Of course, this film is one of the more extreme cases of being an assistant or in-tern, but it directly reflects to the idea of commitment; committing your life to an internship if it means you can reach the career you’ve dreamed up and hope for. The number one question hiring man-agers ask fresh college graduates is the petrifying E word; EXPERIENCE. “Do you have any experience in this field?” “How many years of experience do you have?” This word is constantly being thrown at recent college graduates dur-ing interviews for their first job in their new career path. Many graduates have no experience under their belt, which makes it hard to get the job when competing

against experienced candidates. But students don’t fret. There are ways to gain experience while paving your path to the perfect job. It starts with internships. Internships are college students golden ticket, not the golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate fac-tory, although I’m sure that is what you were hoping for, but the golden ticket to landing that dream job upon gradu-ation. Internships help to set you apart from your peers and show that you are the better candidate. However, intern-ships involve commitment, which is a character flaw in many of us students. Internships are equivalent to a serious relationship. Typical interns devote 20-40 hours of their time a week filing papers, answer-ing phone calls, getting coffee, and doing the low totem busy work. After the basic beginner tasks are finished, interns then are given real responsibilities and are expected to work, almost as if they are employees. Most interns face a whole lot of work with little pay. Many internships that are offered to college students are unpaid. You commit your entire summer to working for a firm day in and out for months for free, in order to obtain that piece of experience.

With all of the free labor and ideas that interns commit and offer to a company you would figure that paying them some form of salary isn’t exactly too much to ask for. Most college students need a source of income in order to survive, the phrase ‘broke college kid’ is most ac-curate, and if they commit to an unpaid internship it makes it nearly impossible for them to stay financially stable. Since most internships are 20-40 hours a week, having a part-time job to pay for the stu-dents living expenses is just unbearable. If students are willing to devote all of their time to work for a company in order to build-up their resume during college, then I believe that the internships offered to students should offer some form of a payout. Even if it is just minimum wage, that is still better than nothing. I believe a lot of students don’t put forth the effort to get an internship simply for this reason. For example, you land the best intern-ship you can dream up, but it happens to be somewhere that requires you living in a different city for the summer. Now let’s account for the expenses: finding a place to rent for the few months you going to be live there, food, transportation, and the other hundred things you will need while you are there. All of these expenses

add up quickly, but if you are devoting all of your time to this internship there is no extra time to be working a part-time job to provide living expenses. Offering college students paid intern-ships would be more beneficial because it offers them an idea of how the career world functions. I believe internships are the key to success because it allows students to be placed in a hands-on en-vironment to apply the tasks they have learned throughout their semesters. It gives them a chance to see the tasks they will be doing daily upon obtaining a career. Also, students would treat the in-ternship more like a job if they were paid. Having an internship on your resume shows experience, which would increase chances of being hired upon graduation. I believe the number of students that would apply for internships would rap-idly increase if they were paid, I myself understand the underlying problem with unpaid internships. If I don’t have an in-come I won’t be able to pay my rent or live, which is important. Offering some form of an income to students who are devoting all of their time to your com-pany doesn’t seem unmanageable. ◊

COLBY KELLER, STAFF REPORTER

As the cold weather starts to roll in, so does the train of declious foods that come from the holiday season. Sadly, guilt over the scrumptious dishes so lovingly prepared comes with it. There are many people who preach about being conscious over the fattening food associated with the cold weather and to try and not give in to the deca-dence. Thankfully I am not one of those people. This is not a guide to curbing those appetites but to celebrate them. For once someone validates overeating during the holidays. Now let us look at the facts about the holidays and all the wonderful food that comes with them. For one they take place during the colder months of the year.

What is a good way to keep the chill at bay? How about a few pounds of extra fat to keep you nice and toasty through the horrible Ohio winters. And remember that this is sweater season. Get one of those horrible baggy Christmas sweaters and it will hide any extra pounds you might be packing around. Nothing says Happy Holidays like an ugly sweater and a pound of sugar cookies. We have to take note of the family aspect of the holi-days. This is the time to gather with all your family and enjoy the warmth of seeing your loved ones and enjoying the warmth of a five course meal. It is a classic scenario for family reunions to be coupled with a buffet of won-derful foods. Grandma’s famous gravy and mashed potatoes, Aunt Susan’s award winning cornbread smoth-ered in butter, and Uncle Tom’s rum cake that is more rum than cake, are some examples of the temptations you will have to combat over the season. Don’t worry about the calories and enjoy your family while you stuff your face with more food than your body can handle. Let us also look at the frequency of these moments of overeating during the holiday season. The days we are allowed to indulge and enjoy good food are few and far

between. Why not take the chance while we have it to just enjoy ourselves for once and forget about body im-age and those freighting love handles. It isn’t a problem if you do it every now and then. If it is for the moments when we are celebrating a holiday with family and friends then who cares if we eat that second extra slice of pumpkin pie. Those people who warn others of the dangers of food during the holidays that sound oddly familiar of witch hunters in Salem warning the towns folk of the evil that surrounds them, need to back off and have a couple glasses of eggnog. Enjoy that second helping of your favorite food and leave the guilt by the fruit cake on the table of forgotten foods. Don’t let anything cor-rupt your holiday celebrations and let loose. We can all worry about the extra weight when spring rolls around and then we have to worry about summer bodies. For now, let us put on that crazy cat lady sweater, unbutton those pants, prepare a plate that dwarfs even the highest peak of Everest and drown any doubts or guilt in a glori-ous pool of gravy. ◊

Live, eat, and not feel guilty: A guide to overeating during the holiday season

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Christmas: importance of religion, traditions at riskColumn

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At the 12th Gaming Conference hosted at Shawnee, we had a very special keynote speaker that came to talk with the students from our program and from other high schools across the state. Jose Araiza is a producer at Ubisoft and is directly affiliated with the new Assassin’s Creed game coming out Nov. 11th. He gave a speech about advice get-ting into the gaming industry. He began his speech about how hard it was for him to get into the industry. There weren’t any schools that had any programs and you legitimately had to work your way from the bottom to the top, which meant starting as a tester. Testers are people that literally play video games for a living. Which some people think is an alright job, Araiza pointed out that it wasn’t. “You literally are playing one video game for hours at a time for 6 months straight trying to find glitches and seeing if you can break it in any way possible.” Because there are degrees now that focus in gam-ing development, Araiza was keen to point out several areas in his speech; including schooling, the field is competitive, know how to work with a team, under-stand the production, and meet the standards. “Get schooling, and keep your grades up. Why would hire someone that is flunking college?” This is

what Araiza said about schooling and how it is impor-tant to know and do well in school so you know how to make yourself well known in the industry. With that information he tied in about how competitive the industry is. “Even though it is a multi-billion dollar industry, it is an incredibly small industry. So save your work!” Araiza stressed how important it was to save everything and keep a Portfolio of everything that you’ve worked on so a company can check you out and see your work that might match their needs. He then spoke of how you would need to learn how the system works and learn to meet the standard. “Would you play your game? Would you hire your-self? Would you buy your own game? All important questions when making a game and learning how to make video games.” Towards the end of his speech, he recommended the audience to volunteer with companies or take intern-ships, “Anything that gets your name out there and in the credits of a game.” With his final advice he left this for people to con-sider, “It’s a small industry, so don’t be [rude]. Because it could end up getting you blacklisted.” ◊

Gaming conference speaker, Jose Araiza. (Photo provided by speaker)

a good opportunity for the presenters, and that he had been receiving quite a bit of positive comments and in-terest in his work. He said the conference, “promotes my art and the school; it’s definitely worthwhile.” Dr. Michael Barnhart has helped with Shawnee’s gam-ing conference ever since it started around 2003. Since then, each year he has contributed in some way to help-ing the conference grow into what it is today. This year, Barnhart was showing students around his new “Center for Creative Audio” which features two sound booths and a great collection of tools needed to create music, voices, and sounds that can be used in video games or other forms of media. “I’m really proud of [the conference],” he said, “it provides a glimpse into the industry and the behind the scenes stuff.” Concerning the students in attendance, he said, “if even one or two of them find their careers through this, it will have been a success.” Dr. Barnhart said that if the conference continues to grow and gain popularity like it has, it will probably require additional space to fit all the exhibits. If you missed Shawnee’s gaming conference this year and would like to participate, keep an eye out for it next fall when it comes back as Shawnee 13.0! ◊

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Gaming conference

Digital artist and illustrator Calvin Lye displays his digital paintings at the university’s gaming arts & technology conference. An experienced digital artist, Lye has been painting for four years and maintains a presence on several art-sale websites, including his Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ArtofCalvinLye. (Photo by: Heather Stephenson)

Senior videogame art and design students, Dan Slutz and Mike Reynolds showcase their two- and three-dimensional artwork, models and sculptures at the Friday conference. One of such projects, pictured on the left monitor, included the plan for a mechanical jetpack. (Photo by: Heather Stephenson)

Game artist Brandon Eck and programmer Pierce Brooks of Coldsnap Games prepare a presentation for conference attendees in which they introduced their new game, Rising Reign, a side-scrolling multiplayer fantasy RPG set during a war between two factions of Gods. Utilizing a method referred to as “procedural generation,” the game includes a complex simulation of socio-political interaction, weather and geology that is distinctive each playing session; thus, this creates the potential for a virtually infinite number of unique replays. (Photo by: Heather Stephenson)

Jesse Abraham of Art of Ruin Racing showcases his three-dimensional digital models, custom game-skins and high-resolution IRacing textures. A repeat winner throughout the conference’s art competitions, Abraham was awarded 1st place in art showcase and 3rd place in the design competition. He left the event with $75 in Gamestop gift-cards. (Photo by: Heather Stephenson)

High-school senior students from the Scioto County Career and Technical Center, (left-right) Connor Jacobs, Wes Gilbert, Keith Blanton and Marcus McGlone, introduce their own web-based game, Muffin Quest, which utilizes HTML5, CSS and Javascript. Later this month, it will available for mobile devices at IP address 192.168.1.2. (Photo by: Heather Stephenson)

In addition to students from the university and local schools, Shawnee 12.0 attracted presenters from the professional gaming industry. Above, Chief Operating Officer Andre Hewitt of Game-U allows conference-attendees to play a game created by a student-developer enrolled in his company’s program. Game-U is an organization that connects young adults to game industry veterans from LucasArts, Microsoft, Sony, EA and Activision through a hands-on curriculum of game development classes. (Photo by: Heather Stephenson)

JONATHAN ELROD, STAFF REPORTER

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SCOTT LEETH, STAFF REPORTER

International education week was a major success for the Center for International Programs and Activities. The five-day event marked the most student partici-pation and interest in study abroad opportunities the program has ever experienced. “The primary goal of international week was to pro-mote study abroad to Shawnee state students and the other was to celebrate the cultural diversity on campus,” said Anthony Cappel, a CIPA student employee.“I think it went really well. At the majority of our events student attendance was out of this world,” said Cappel. Encouraging students to study abroad is part of CIPA’s commitment to the professional and personal growth of Shawnee students. “I think that study abroad offers many benefits to a Shawnee State graduate, but most of all I think it en-hances our student’s abilities to compete with students from around the world,” Cappel commented on the im-portance of international education. “The world is coming closer together through global-ization,” said Kate Kerr, interim director of CIPA. “I feel very strongly international engagement is vital and key for any institution or student to be competitive pro-fessionally,” said Kerr. Through events such as international education week, CIPA offers local students a glimpse of international culture through various presentations and activities. These offer local students interested in study abroad, or increasing their awareness of the global community, opportunities to interact with Shawnee State’s interna-tional faculty and students. “International week was double great for me,”said So-dikov Firuzjon, an international student from Tajikistan. “For the international students, we were the center of atten-tion because we talked to students about studying abroad, as well as sharing our culture with them,” added Firuzjon. For more information about the Center of Internation-al Program and Activities contact the student services desk at 740-351-3137 or stop by the Rose L. and Au-gusta Jacobs Center. ◊

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Displays feature study abroad opportunities for students.(Photo by: Chronicle staff)

Information about the International Service and Peace Corps was available to students in the University Center. (Photo by: Chronicle staff)

Free henna tattoos drew in students and presented an opportunity to share culture. (Photo by: Chronicle staff)

Students were able to participate in a cricket tournament. (Photo by: Chronicle staff)

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Siegel performed some of the popular piano classics, such as Wolfgang Amadeus, Mozart, Franz Schubert The Trout (arranged by Franz Liszt), Ludwig van Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Opus 27 No. 2, and other famous classical songs. In the green room, he explains how he has had an attraction to music since he was five years old. He said that “it’s very gratifying to me to come to a place like this and to be ultimate, try to turn people on for the greatness of music and enrich their lives.” Keyboard conversation helps people understand music better, Siegel said. The fact that he talks about it “makes the listening experience fun and more meaningful, that’s the whole point of it,” he said. For others who want to learn how to play the piano, Siegel said, “first of all, get a very good teacher because they are very hard to find and second, it requires some concentration and some effort but the sense of satisfaction, personal satisfaction one gets, being able to take one piece of music that seems impossible when you started and after working at it, be able to play it, that sense of growth and that sense of satisfaction is incomparable, and once you learned it, you can go back to it and keep playing it, it becomes part of you.”

Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel, solo pianistBIANCA GREENE, PHOTO EDITOR

Jeffrey Siegel, an American solo pianist, has played at many arenas around the nation. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Siegel performed “Keyboard Conversations Commentary with Jeffrey Siegel” at Shawnee State. Before he started play-ing on the piano, he talked to the audience about the meaning and origins behind the music.

Siegel decided to perform the classics instead of his own music as an “interpretive artist” to acknowledge and appreciate their work. Siegel is extremely talented. He attended the Juilliard School in New York, known for offering programs in dance, drama, and music. Before a performance, Siegel warms up on the piano for a little bit but “not enough to tire myself out or the piano but enough to keep the figures moving. I need to have those few minutes before the audience comes and of course every piano is different, they may look the same but they all feel and sound differently so you have to get used to the particular instrument your playing.” Some of his favorite performance venues include playing at Northwestern University in Chicago because he has performed there for 45 years, “four concerts a year for forty-five years”, indicating how much he loves performing. At the age of 15, Siegel knew he wanted to be a piano soloist when he played with The Chicago Symphony. “That was one of the great joys in my life,” Siegel said. “I felt in that moment I’d be like a duck out of water if I didn’t continue, which is not the same thing as being able to make a career doing it but as I look back that was the monumental part, that’s what I have to do.” Siegel has performed over the nation and has performed out of the states as well. He is ambiva-lent about performing at different arena, calling them “one night stands.” He said, “You get the town, you play the concert, and then you go to the next town. There was no carryover.” The audience enjoyed his performance and laughed at his jokes. It was a wonderful night to enjoy classical music. ◊

AMBER MONTAVON, STAFF REPORTERWhen many students are heading home for Christmas break, there are many kids in the Scioto County area who will be faced with the problem of not having enough food to make it through the holidays. While the children are sure to be excited about having a few weeks away from school, they know that no school means they won’t be guaranteed a hot meal for lunch every day. Hunger is a problem that many kids in this area face every year and, for the past few years, Brandon Hoyme, a citizen of Scioto County, has been doing his best to fix this problem. Hoyme thought of the idea of a canned food drive three years ago while he was driving home from church one night, thinking that there had to be “so much more to being a Christian than coming to church and sitting on a pew.” He wanted to see how he could play a part in help-ing others and thought that maybe he could help feed the kids in this community. He talked with a few friends and gained some support which encouraged him to put the thought into action. Hoyme posted his idea on Facebook and, the very next day, he had people bringing him food. Leading up to Dec. 3 of that year, over 7,500 items of food were collected. The next year, those helping with the food drive decided to set a goal of 10,000 cans. In the end, the total was 12,500 cans. For the third year, no goal has been set “because God already knows the need,” Hoyme said. For most of the year, Hoyme reaches out to the com-munity to collect and donate as many canned goods as

Jeffrey Siegel signs copies of his album after the show in the Vern Riffe Lobby. (Photo by: Bianca Greene)Jeffrey Sigel poses for a photo after the interview. (Photo by: Bianca Greene)

Some of the cans collected in the 2013 “Cans for Christ” canned food drive. (Photo by: Chronicle staff)

they can, as well as monetary donations so more food can be bought. At the beginning of December, Hoyme and other volunteers will bag the food to distribute. “Cans for Christ” works with schools to have an idea of what kids need the extra food during the holidays. Once the food has been bagged, a group distributes the food to each kid at school close to Christmas break. This year, the food will be bagged during the weekend of Dec. 3 at the 7th St. Christian Baptist Church. Hoyme would love for more Shawnee students to help with bagging or even collecting the canned food. With the third year here for “Cans for Christ,” it does not seem to be slowing down in any way. Hoyme is amazed and thankful for all the help the community has given throughout the past years and is excited to see what the final count will be this year. He gives “all the praise to God” and hopes that through this experience each year more people are exploring in their Faith. “Live the best you can, give the best you can. Love the best you can and pray the best you can. Never allow any-one to say you can’t because with God you can,” Hoyme said before adding that, without God he would not have had the idea in the first place. “Cans for Christ” can be found on their Facebook page, and will be collecting cans until the beginning of December. Cans collected can be dropped off at 22326 St. Rt. 73, West Portsmouth, Ohio in what was previ-ously the Dry Run School. ◊

“Cans for Christ” gathers food for area’s needy children

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Justin McMillan is the coordinator of Multicultural Affairs and Student Life here at Shawnee State and he looks to usher in a new era of focus and success for students here on campus. Originally from Saginaw, Michigan and graduate of Central Michi-gan University, McMillan has big plans for students here at Shawnee. “In the short term, I’d like to understand the culture here on campus,” McMil-lan said. “But in the long term, I plan on bringing my own ideas and flavor to the culture of Shawnee State and to hopefully improve overall retention rates, student connections, and ultimately grades for the students here.”

The founder of “B.E.A.R” and “Moti-vational Mondays” McMillan is already etching out strong programs that will un-doubtedly be of total benefit to student. He has created some of the most successful programs at CMU and plans on duplicating that success here at Shawnee. McMillan says he’s learning everyday about how to not only improve things, such as retention rates and grade improvements for students on campus, but also how to mix these improvements with student-to-student connections and skills that can last for a student’s entire college career. McMillan first became interested in Multicultural Affairs and student life

at CMU. He was a professor there and, during a year-long internship at CMU, McMillan’s mentor shared some important duties with him and that’s when his love for this career bloomed. “I don’t want to have to struggle out of bed to come to work, I want to get up and come to work and love what I do,” McMil-lan said. McMillan is an energetic and vibrant member of the campus faculty and always welcomes visitors who are interested in Multicultural Affairs at his office in the University Center, room 221. ◊

Meet your faculty: Justin McMillanDARRYL WILLIAMS, STAFF REPORTER

Justin McMillan, coordinator of Multicultural Affairs and Student Life. (Photo by Darryl Williams)

Men’s and women’s cross country athletes represent SSU at weekend meetPHOTOS BY: MARK ROMESSER

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The Shawnee baseball program, which has recently made changes to the head coaching position, is gearing up the players for the upcoming spring season.

Interim head coach Chris Moore took the reigns this year as former head coach Ted Tom resigned after 6 years at SSU. Prior to SSU, Coach Moore has experience not only coaching, but playing as well. He spent 2 years playing at Tacoma CC in Washington, his home state, followed by 2 years at Central Washington University where he played 1st base and pitcher. Moore made a 3 year pit stop on the coaching staff at Indiana University followed by 2 seasons spent at IMG Baseball Academy in Bradenton, FL before landing at Shawnee. Moore was the pitching coach/recruiting coordinator here for 8 years prior to being named head coach. He says his greatest baseball accomplish-ments here are the regular championship the team earned in 2010 and the conference tournament championship in 2011. Both of which are prestigious honors. Moore has been at SSU longer than any other school he’s coached at. He is a big fan of the small community here and the fact that students and athletes get put into a position to succeed, on and off the field. This upcoming spring will be a big one for Moore as it will serve as his first season as head coach of a college baseball program. No butterflies here

though, Moore knows exactly what needs to be done. Off the field, he expects his players to excel in the classroom and represent SSU in a positive light on campus and in the community. All the while, enjoying their college experi-ence to the fullest. As far as on the field, Moore’s expectations are just as high as off the field. Moore believes this year’s team has a chance to be very good if they stay healthy. Stating that this group of guys is “as talented and athletic as any group I’ve ever had here.” Big words make for big shoes to fill, but Moore believes this group can live up to the hype. The goal is to play for and win a National Championship in Lewiston, Idaho at the end of this year, but there are many stops along the road. Each game will be a challenge for the Bears, and every game counts. Coach Moore vouched for this when he expressed his opinion about baseball in the MSC. “It IS the best NAIA conference in the country. We have to be prepared. Every team has the ability to run someone off the field,” he said. In Moore’s eyes, a successful season for the Bears includes winning cham-pionships, but also stressed that the progression towards graduation is what really matters in the end for these young men. “If they can progress in school and have fun playing for us as well, I’d call that a success,” Moore said. Moore says there are 4 basic principles he talked with his team about that can help them through the season. Preparation, Respect, Excellence, and Prog-ress. Moore said that, “with these completed, our goals for the year will be met on and off the field and I’ll be a happy coach.” ◊

New baseball coach looking forward to springJAKE WATERS, STAFF REPORTER

Shawnee State’s women’s soccer team made history on Friday, Nov. 7th. For the first time, the women’s team has made it past the first round of the Mid-South Conference Playoffs. The team defeated Georgetown College 1-0, earning the victory at home on the Shawnee turf. It was also the first home playoff game in the programs history. The lone goal in the game came in the 35th minute of play. Freshman Maddie Woodard man-aged to get open in the right side of the box and sent a shot into the opposite side netting. The Bears faced many shots and fought off several corner kicks throughout the game, but nothing got past Mollie King, the junior goalkeeper. King managed to save all four shots on target. “We put together a complete game today,” said head coach Rob Appell, immediately following the game. “I told them that as long as we fought, worked, and stuck to our plan we would find a

Women’s Soccer records first post-season win in program’s history

way. The team was collectively impressive. We supported each other and had each other’s backs. I think we played very well.” Entering the season, the Bears hadn’t been able to beat Georgetown College. This changed when Shawnee triumphed over Georgetown 2-1 at home in the regular season, adding to the list of “firsts” that the Bears have experienced this season. The women managed to defeat a team that they hadn’t beaten before, and they did it twice in the same season. The women haven’t had an easy road to get to where they are now. However, the Bears dramati-cally improved as the season progressed. The team won their previous four games after the match against Georgetown, three of which were against conference opponents. “Today was our first playoff game, but we’ve been playing playoff type games for a couple weeks now to get us here,” said Coach Appell. “Right now we’re going to enjoy this feeling. It’s not something that happens every day. I’ve been here a long time, and I’ve never experienced it.” In the second round of the playoffs, the Bears faced a great challenge that they couldn’t overcome against the nation’s number four ranked team, Lindsey Wilson. The game was held November 13 and the loss ended the Bears’ season. The women finished 10-9, while managing a 4-3 record against conference opponents. The season may have resulted in a tough loss, but there is plenty for the team to take away from this season. The women found new success this year in hosting their first playoff game and record-ing their first playoff win. Coach Appell is excited for what the future holds for this program. “Now we know that we can do this,” said Coach Appell, “We had a hump to get over, and we needed to know that we could get past it. Now this team believes. It’s up to us. We have to put in the work and take care of the things that we can control. It will be a similar message going forward.” ◊

Senior Captain Aubrey Sherman delivers a long pass from a free kick at midfield.

BLAKE MCCLELLAND, STAFF REPORTERPHOTOS BY: RYAN APPELL

Shawnee State’s women’s soccer team made history on Friday, Nov. 7th. For the first time, the women’s team has made it past the first round of the Mid-South Conference Playoffs. The team defeated Georgetown College 1-0, earning the victory at home on the Shawnee turf. It was also the first home playoff game in the programs history.

Freshman Mara Mcgee slides to intercept a pass from the opposing team, Georgetown College.

The team is introduced before the contest to the Shawnee State supporters.

Chris Moore, Interim Head Baseball Coach at SSU

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