Photo Credit / Katlynn Whitaker Construction workers lift the final steel beam, signed by the Marywood community, on to the ne learning commons building.

Vincent Schultz Managing Editor

As the fall 2014 semester commenced, several admin-istrators were appointed to newly formed positions. With the retirement of Dr. Heath, the previous Vice President for Student Life, a new inte-grated model was initiated, which brings together both academic and student life.

“I believe in continuous quality improvement and to do that you have to keep as-sessing,” said Sr. Anne Mun-ley, I.H.M., Ph.D., president of Marywood University. “It’s always around the question of ‘How do you use your resourc-es in the best way for the com-mon good?’”

Since 2008, Ann Boland-Chase served as the Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement. With her newly ap-pointed position of Vice Presi-dent for Enrollment Services and Student Success and with a strong sense of student suc-cess, Boland-Chase will pro-vide both undergraduate and graduate students with aca-demic assistance.

Similarly, Meghen Cruciani was promoted to Assistant Vice President for Student Success, where she will super-vise offices in support of stu-dent academic success. Prior to her new position, Cruciani held the position of Director of Academic Success.

Resources provided to stu-dents vary depending on one’s needs. Career and veteran services, retention and ad-vising, peer tutoring, writing centers, assistive technology, and disability services are only some of the resources

New positions to improve student success

that are readily available for students to use.

Dr. Amy Paciej-Woodruff was appointed Assistant Vice President for Student Life. In this position, Paciej-Woodruff will be responsible for assist-ing in student development while promoting positive stu-dent encouragement.

In her position, Paciej-Woodruff is responsible for as-sisting students outside of the classroom while developing and coordinating policies to promote a positive experience.

“My whole job and the phi-losophy behind my profes-sion is to work with college students and help them un-derstand student develop-ment theory and provide stu-dents with the experience and atmosphere where they can learn and grow,” said Paciej-Woodruff.

Prior to this position, Paciej-Woodruff served as the Dean of Students since 2007. As the Dean of Students, Paciej-Woodruff was responsible for identifying student resources, resolving issues, and thor-oughly understanding both policies and procedures

Lastly, Dr. Kathleen Ruth-kosky also took on a new po-sition with the beginning of 2014-2015 academic year. Since 2011, Ruthkosky served as the Director of Learning Outcomes Assessment and Accreditation.

However, this semester, Ruthkosky was appointed Associate Vice President for Planning and Institutional Effectiveness.

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Learning Commons “Topped Off”

The final steel beam has been placed on the Learning Commons.

The Marywood community gathered to watch and cel-ebrate the "Topping Off" Cer-emony on Oct. 8.

At the Opening Liturgy, held at the beginning of the academic year, members of the community had the oppor-tunity to sign the beam that would “top off” the new Learn-ing Commons.

The Learning Commons will feature more open physi-cal spaces and new technolo-gies for student use. It will feature a new center for Com-munication Arts, an Entrepre-neurial Launch Pad, and the Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning.

Erin Yeager Staff Writer

At the "Topping Off" Cer-emony, Sr. Anne Munley, I.H.M., Ph.D, president of Marywood, spoke of the cul-tural importance of the beam placement, as well as the new Learning Commons itself.

“This 'Topping Off Ceremo-ny' can be traced back to mul-tiple cultural traditions,” said Sr. Anne. “Germans in the Black Forest seemed to have created this Christmas tree custom to celebrate the na-tivity of Jesus, so hardly any structure goes up in Germany without an evergreen to signi-fy the birth of a new building.”

“For us at Marywood,” Sr. Anne continued, “it is also fit-ting that we capture our own deep and beautiful roots and tradition.”

“I think that the beam lift-ing really brought everyone

at Marywood University to-gether,” said freshman Tony Stryweski. “Marywood's cen-tennial is definitely something that should be celebrated, and I feel like the beam lifting was the perfect celebration of a great school that has been around for a long time.”

In an interview, Sr. Anne shared her thoughts on how the Learning Commons will affect Marywood University as a whole.

“Our students, our faculty, our entire Marywood com-munity and a community far beyond Marywood, will be greatly enriched by all of the resources that this Learning Commons will provide,” Sr. Anne said. "It’s a keeper for the next 100 years.”

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Dean Gregory Hunt set to retire in the Spring of 2015 Satara Dickey

News Editor

Dean Gregory Hunt, the founding dean of the School of Architecture, is set to retire at the end of the 2015 spring semester.

Marywood’s School of Archi-tecture is the first one to be es-tablished in NEPA.

“Originally, I came on as a consultant to the then Aca-demic VP,” said Dean Hunt . “I then got an invitation to become the founding Dean of Architecture here at Mary-wood. I accepted, and we be-gan working on the design of this building, which being an architect was very important to me, and I was very enthusi-astic about it.”

That was six years ago.In the past six years, the

School of Architecture and Dean Hunt have been able to make major strides.

Just last May the School of Architecture graduated its first 5th Year class.

“I always say those students took a leap of faith. They re-ally believed in the new cur-riculum, the new school and a whole new enterprise that was going to be made, and we made it with their help,” said Hunt.

In 2009, Dean Hunt was the recipient of the Virginia Society American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) most presti-gious award, the William C. Noland Medal.

The Noland Medal is the highest award for service in the profession bestowed upon a member of the Society.

“I think I’ve been able to give a good strong and broad foundation to the education of the students in our school, so that’s the thing I probably feel best about,” said Hunt. “Which is why, at my age, I’m

ready to retire.” Dean Hunt received his

bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Middlebury College in Vermont.

He then attended Colombia in New York City for his mas-ter’s in Architecture.

When Dean Hunt officially retires in the spring, Dean Collier Parker of the Insa-laco College of Creative and Performing Arts, will be the Senior Dean on Campus.

Dean Parker joined Mary-wood five years ago, coming from Delta State University in Mississippi.

“The thing I love most about Marywood is that it is a very welcoming and em-bracing community, and I think the enthusiasm for the arts here is really amazing,” said Parker.

Dean Hunt plans to spend more time with his grand-children and family when he

Photo credit/ Katlynn Whitaker

Dean Hunt discusses one of the projects on display in the Architecture building.

National Student Speech Language Hearing Chapter wins awardsSatara Dickey

News Editor

Photo courtsey/ Andrea Novak

Marywood’s National Stu-dent Speech Language Hear-ing Association (NSSLHA) chapter has been awarded gold level chapter honors.

According to the NSSLHA, chapter honors are awarded to local chapters that demon-strate a commitment to their core values including philan-thropy, community service, ca-reer awareness, advocacy and networking.

“It was nice to receive this award to really give the stu-dents the recognition they de-serve for how much work they put in,” said Andrea Novak, chairperson and graduate pro-gram director in the communi-cation sciences and disorders department.

This is not the first time the Speech and Language De-partment has received chapter honors.

“We’ve won in the past. They have different levels of the award and with each in-

since I was a sophomore. I am thrilled to have been nominat-ed by our department chair, Ms. Andrea Novak, and to represent Marywood in this national organization for stu-dents of Speech-Language pa-thology,” said Drake.

Marywood’s NSSLHA chap-ter was also awarded a com-munity service grant of $500 through the NSSLHA during the 2014 spring semester.

The community service grant was for the Saint Jo-seph’s Center.

NSSLHA chapters in good standing are eligible to receive matching funds, up to $1,000, to purchase equipment and/or other materials to donate to a non-profit organization that assists others living with a communicative disorder, ac-cording to the NSSLHA.

“I am so happy because the student chapter of NSSLHA has really worked hard this year,” said Novak.

Marywood’s NSSLHA chapter will be hosting a

creasing level there are more stipulations that need to be met in order to qualify for a particular level,” said Novak.

Last spring was the first time the chapter was ever awarded gold status, which is the highest chapter honor.

Novak and the students were notified they won the award at the end of the 2014 spring semester.

The award ceremony is set to take place on Nov. 21 at the National American Speech and Hearing Association con-ference, of which NSSLHA is the student subset of.

At the conference, 4th year Communication Sciences and Disorders student, Laura Drake, will also be receiving a members honor award.

Member honors awards are given to students based on their academic achievements, service to the NSSLHA and their professional conduct.

“I was very excited,” said Drake. “I put a lot of time and a lot of effort into the program

Marywood’s Speech and Hearing club at the Spring 2014 CSD Awarness Day.

Communication Sciences Disorder (CSD) Awareness Day on Nov. 12 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Fire-place Lounge.

All Marywood students, faulty, and staff are encour-aged to come out and join them.

retires in the spring.“I’m really proud of this

building and all the people

that make it work,” conclud-ed Hunt.

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Asylum returns to South Campus for another night of scares

Autumn GranzaEditor- in- Cheif

Communication Sciences and Disorders dept.helped establish Aphasia Awarness Month

Kendra WuestlingStaff Writer

Governor Tom Corbett recently recognized Aphasia

Awareness Month in Penn-sylvania because of the Mary-wood Communication Scienc-es and Disorders department’s persistence to spread aware-ness of the condition.

Aphasia is a communica-tion disorder that impairs a person’s ability to speak, com-municate with others, read, write, and process language. The most common cause of aphasia is stroke, but the dis-order can also be caused by a head injury or brain tumor.

Marla Kovatch, the super-visor of Marywood’s Aphasia Group, reached out to Gover-nor Corbett remained persis-tent. Kovach knew that many people were unaware of apha-sia, and she wanted to spread awareness.

The letters from Marywood finally caught the governor’s attention and he decided that Pennsylvania had to spread awareness about aphasia. Fi-nally, on May 23, Governor

Corbett sent Kovatch a let-ter and said that he would support the fight against the disorder.

“It was nice for the group to see the letter of support in per-son,” said Kovatch.

June is Aphasia Awareness Month.

“Aphasia is not a reflection of intelligence. I have treat-ed some people who are as young as nine years old,” said Kovach.

The group of all ages meets every Monday from 1-1:45 p.m. at the McGowan Cen-ter and the program is free of charge.

There are about ten mem-bers who have aphasia, and they work with people who have graduated from Mary-wood in the Communication Sciences and Disorders de-partment in order to improve discussion skills.

“The members get treated by an evaluation of their com-prehension skills. Some may be able to communicate using one word at a time instead of saying full sentences,” said Andrea Novak, the chair-

person in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

The Aphasia group facili-tates group readings and en-gages in discussions in order to practice communication skills.

The group usually picks a theme, the lottery, and an-swers higher-thinking ques-tions. They may be asked if they ever won the lottery and then after they respond-ed, they would have to say what they would do with the money. There are also apps that the members can use on their phones that become the “voice” of the users because it pronounces certain words.

Both Kovach and Novak hope that the activities can eventually be set up on cam-pus in order to make people aware of aphasia.

“We hope to advocate the Aphasia Group so ten mem-bers can turn into fifteen members and that more peo-ple will support the disorder,” said Novak.

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With Halloween approach-ing, the Resident Assistants (RAs) at Marywood are plan-ning another year of spooky fun for Marywood students.

The Asylum is set for Nov. 1 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Marywood’s South Campus.

Part of being an RA, ac-cording to Ryan Kozich, ju-nior music education major, is to plan a weekend event that students across campus can attend. That’s just what he, Joe Duda, sophomore philoso-phy major; Emily Osborne, se-nior speech-language pathol-ogy major; and Neena Hurley, junior early childhood educa-tion/special education dual major, are doing.

Both Kozich and Hurley worked with alumna Brielle Mayle, who ran The Asylum last year. Mayle also helped the students with plans this year.

According to Kozich, this year’s tour is slightly different than last year’s. This year’s tour will be a storyline of a haunted house.

There will be two tours. Each tour is sure to scare with one being an “in-your-face” ac-tion tour and the other, more interactive. The tour routes will also be different.

“I’m excited to see how peo-ple react to our new and im-proved asylum tours on South Campus,” said Hurley.

New this year is that the tour will be free for all Mary-wood students, faculty, and staff. Last year, attendees had to pay a $3 admission fee. The money raised went into the Marywood Fund. This year, tours will be free to ensure everyone has a chance to be involved.

“The more people that come, the more fun it is for everyone, and that’s our main goal,” said Kozich.

The request for approval to host the event at South Cam-pus was not easy, according to Kozich. He had to get approval from Housing and Residence Life, Campus Safety, and Jo-seph X. Garvey, vice presi-dent for business affairs and treasurer.

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Marywood ranks 38th in 2015 Best College list

On Sept. 9, U.S. News & World Report issued its 2015 ranking of the Best Colleges and Universities.

The new rankings placed Marywood 38th among 135 institutions in the north re-gion, a ten position advance-ment from the previous year.

“I was very happy,” said Sr. Anne Munley I.H.M, Ph.D., president of Marywood. “This was our tenth consecutive year ranking.”

Marywood has moved up 24 positions in the Best Colleges rankings since 2010.

“One of the things that re-ally pleases me is seeing that all of the investment in our students and our university is yielding results that are be-ing recognized beyond Mary-wood,” said Sr. Anne.

The formula used to rank the colleges involves quantita-tive measures that education experts believe are reliable in-dicators of academic quality, according to usnews.com.

Antoniacci named Marywood’s first endowed faculty chair

Satara DickeyNews Editor

Antonia M. Gerod Schier-ling, class of 1960, and her husband Hans Schierling es-tablished the first endowed faculty chair at Marywood University through a deferred pledge agreement, according to Marywood’s magazine.

Dr. Lisa Antoniacci, associ-ate professor, was the recipi-ent of this award.

“I feel very grateful for this opportunity,” said Antoniac-ci. “This new position allows me to increase my research program here so it has really given me a lot of good opportu-nities to continue my research agenda.”

Antoniacci’s research in-volves the study of yeast, which has a lot of similarities to human cells.

“We are trying to under-stand the role of a nuclear envelope protein and its role in chromosome dynamics so we study it in yeast to under-stand the basic process,” said Antoniacci.

Dr. Michael Kiel, chair of the science department, said that the new endowed chair position will create more op-portunities for students to get involved in projects.

”A major goal of the Sci-ence Department is to edu-cate more students by getting

Photo credit/ Katlynn WhitakerDr. Antoniacci is the first Marywood’s first endowed chair.

them involved in laboratory research projects,” said Kiel.

This position has allowed Dr. Antoniacci more opportu-nity to work with students in the lab and to help them devel-op their skills and techniques.

“I think it’s a wonderful gift to the university and to be given to the science depart-ment is just fantastic,” said Antoniacci.

The Gerod Schierling En-dowed Faculty Chair will in-spire continued growth in the Biotechnology program and provide new opportunities for student involvement in break-through research, according to Marywood’s magazine.

“The Science Department is delighted in its support of Dr. Lisa Antoniacci as the first re-cipient of this endowed chair. She had already established an excellent research pro-gram, and this gift will allow her take her research program to a new level,” said Kiel.

Colleges are divided and ranked into four geographical groups: North, South, West, and Midwest.

Data is then gathered from each college on up to 16 indi-cators of academic excellence. Each indicator is then as-signed a weight, according to usnews.com.

“We increased our reputa-tional assessment, and we also increased the percentage of students in the top 25 percent of our class,” said Sr. Anne.

Photo credit/ Katlynn WhitakerSign of Marywood’s logo in front of McGowan Student Center.

Students even took notice to the Best Colleges rankings.

“Marywood is making strides, and I’m very proud to be a student here. Now, people are noticing Marywood for all of the wonderful things that go on here, which I think is great,” said Maryrose Evanel-la, sophomore criminal justice major.

“It’s not just one thing we do here at Marywood that led to this, it’s everything we do.” Sr. Anne concluded:

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Our Opinion: Security report shows Marywood is a mostly safe school

On Sept. 16, Marywood Uni-versity’s Annual Security Re-port was published online, de-tailing the safety features of every building and reporting the total number of infractions in 2013.

Looking through the report, it is easy to see that Marywood University is, for the most part, an incredibly safe cam-pus. However, there are some parts of the report that could raise questions.

There were absolutely no re-ports of violent crimes such as murder, assault, or sexual of-fenses, whether in educational buildings or residential build-ings in the year of 2013.

However, the number of thefts both on campus and in

The Wood WordEditorial Staff

Potential safety issue: The campus safety callbox in the Nazareth Hall Parking lot, one of the largest on campus, is out of commission as of Oct. 17, 2014.

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Our Opinion: South Campus raises questionsThe Wood Word

Editorial Staff

It’s almost Halloween, which means students will ac-tually have a reason to visit Marywood’s South Campus.

For the second year in a row, The Asylum, a haunted house event, will provide Marywood students with a frightening experience.

What’s scarier, though, is that it’s one of the only things happening at the $500,000 property.

Marywood purchased the cluster of buildings that for-merly housed the Scranton State School for the Deaf in March 2011. Since then, however, not very much has happened with the buildings despite several plans and ren-derings originally proposed to the campus community.

Since the construction of the Learning Commons began, all work, and all talk of work, happening at South Campus has come to a screeching halt.

With the Learning Com-mons taking center stage, it is difficult to find someone willing to comment on South

Net neutrality, and why it mattersPatrick KernanOpinion Editor

If you have somehow man-aged to avoid hearing about it, there’s a fight going on in Washington, D.C. that is go-ing to affect you, and it’s called “net neutrality.”

To explain a bit of the back-ground, a neutral Internet is one where all information is given the same level of prior-ity; your movie on Netflix will load just as quickly as the web version of this very article.

Certain Internet Service Providers (ISPs) don’t like this. The ISPs want to install what’s called “Internet Fast Lanes” for privileged infor-mation; if a website has been given the permission to join the Internet Fast Lane, it will load on your computer more quickly. And, of course, ISPs want to force websites to join the Fast Lanes.

Is your blood boiling yet? It should be.

Currently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is deliberating whether or not to allow ISPs to create Internet Fast Lanes. From the FCC’s website, which accepts public comment on issues be-

ing deliberated, it is easy to tell that many people are an-gry about this prospect.

According to the FCC’s web-site at the time of writing, more than 900 thousand peo-ple have commented on this is-sue in the past 30 days alone, far more than any of the other issues accepting comments.

President Obama has made his position clear on the topic of net neutrality. According to Time magazine, the President said, “I was opposed to [Inter-net Fast Lanes] when I ran and I continue to be opposed to it now.” The President prom-ises to not support any recom-mendation from the FCC that calls for Internet Fast Lanes.

It is important that the President gets his way on this issue. It should not be up to a few private corporations to de-termine what information is important enough to reach the public.

The Internet is the voice of this generation. If companies like Comcast and Time War-ner can block information, they are essentially stifling our voices. We have to speak up and say “No” to Internet Fast Lanes.

residence halls and the num-ber of thefts from motor vehi-cles have risen slightly in the past year.

In addition to the crime re-ports, the Annual Security Report features information on safety features of the build-ings on campus, including the systems in place for fire prevention.

One of the more troubling details in the report is that several buildings on campus totally lack any sort of sprin-kler system in the event of a fire. These buildings are Woodlands Buildings 1, 3, and 5, Immaculata Hall, McCarty Hall, and Emmanuel Hall.

Although these buildings possess other fire prevention equipment, such as fire ex-tinguishers and smoke detec-tors, the lack of a sprinkler

system in several of Mary-wood’s buildings seems like an oversight.

It can only be hoped that, with the completion of such costly projects as the Learning Commons, more money can be diverted to Campus Safety projects, including full sprin-kler systems in the remaining buildings on campus.

However, the overall lack of crime on campus is truly remarkable, considering the size of the student population. To both Campus Safety staff and university students: keep up the good work of keeping Marywood safe.

The full report can be found on Marywood University’s website.

Campus. Vice President for Business Affairs and Trea-surer, Joseph X. Garvey, won’t even entertain The Wood Word’s questions about the status of South Campus. After repeated attempts to contact him for comment have failed, The Wood Word is unable to publish updates about the fu-ture of South Campus.

In a 2011 article published in The Wood Word, Garvey said that plans would be final-ized between December 2012 and 2013.

It’s Oct. 2014. Where are

these plans?So, why did Marywood buy

the property? No plans for it have come to fruition, and the buildings sit empty as another winter season approaches.

In retrospect, South Cam-pus seems like a waste of mon-ey. That $500,000 could have been put toward the Learning Commons, or perhaps into the budgets of academic programs for additional resources such as faculty or equipment.

Photo Credit / Bob HannonThis stock photo from 2013 depicts one of the many buildings on the South Campus property.

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Homeschooling: Focused prep or socially isolating?She said: Get ready to be schooled

Homeschooling is an alter-native for K-12 education that does have its benefits, such as a personalized curriculum, but there are disadvantages as well to keeping a child at home for the sake of protection.

Extreme cases of bullying (especially when a student’s race or ethnicity is involved) or concern about a disabil-ity are good reasons to enroll students in homeschooling programs. There is no sense in endangering a child’s well-being. This can keep them iso-lated from the situation, while still allowing them to receive an education.

Homeschooling a child though, will also isolate them from their peers. A study in 2012 concerning the harms of homeschooling on test scores and socialization conducted by Lisa Bergstrom stated that “children said that one big dis-advantage to homeschooling was that ‘you don’t get to see your friends every day.’”

Social interaction is limited between the student and oth-ers his or her age. Yes, the student may be more mature being around adults all day, Bergstrom added, but they are not socializing with future members of society. In that case, they will not communi-

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He said: Homeschooling has its merits

Photo Credit / Alex WeidnerLindsey Matylewicz and Patrick Kernan debate the value of homeschooling.

In my fourth grade year of school, my parents knew that we would be moving from the Poconos to Scranton about halfway through the year. In-stead of putting me through the trouble of starting the year at one school and finish-ing at another, they decided to homeschool me for that year, and re-enroll me in school for fifth grade.

This is all to say, Lindsey, that I have practical experi-ence with homeschooling, and that experience was far more positive than you make it sound.

For one thing, I felt as

though I learned at a far fast-er rate than I did in some of my other years of school. I was enrolled in an online charter school, so my entire curricu-lum was predetermined for me, and in that year I cov-ered a huge swath of history, culture, and music, and I was even sent kits to perform sci-ence experiments at home.

In short, I learned more in that one year of school than in the previous four combined, and I feel as though it great-ly prepared me for the com-ing years of school. As weird as it might sound, I truly am grateful for that one year of homeschool.

But can homeschooling be emotionally stunting? I can picture it. I’ll admit that I went periods of time without interacting with someone my age—this is especially true since I’m an only child. There is an easy way to remedy this, though.

Get your kid involved. On top of my schooling, I joined karate and took art classes. Even though I didn’t see peo-ple my age at school, I was still able to form relationships with people outside of it.

I know you think that home-schooling your kids is the equivalent of locking them in a closet, Lindsey, but you have to admit that I turned out okay.

Mike Magistro is enjoying Chinese cuisineMike MagistroCorrespondent

NOM NOM NOM.Since arriving in Beijing,

I’ve had the pleasure of trying a wide variety of traditional Chinese food. Some have been tame, others rather extreme.

On the more regular types of food, I’ve taken a chance to eat, jiaozi and baozi. These are very basic foods that are essentially finely chopped veg-etables and pork stuffed into dough and steamed. I’ve also

Patrick KernanOpinion Editor

cate the same as their peer group.

This limits how a child will react to the world around them. The safe and familiar comforts they find through homeschooling will not be easy to find in the “real world.” They will not be able to handle situations such as working in a group, raising their hands and speaking in front of oth-ers, or dealing with problem-atic people.

Therefore, if your prima-ry goal is to protect them, you might as well keep them locked in a closet the rest of their lives.

tried chaofan and chaomian. These are truly the staples of the typical Chinese diet.

I have tasted the famous Beijing duck and fish-based dishes. A favorite of mine is sucaifan. The dish is com-prised of white rice, pick-led vegetables, smoked tofu, shredded potatoes, seasoned cabbage, and a soy sauce egg. The meal costs 9 RMB, which is equal to about $1.50.

On the more exotic side, I’ve come across very interesting

delicacies, like syrup-glazed scorpions, grasshoppers, spi-ders, and snakes. These items are very strange to eat, and do not have a pleasant taste. While here in Beijing, I find myself eating a very non-tra-ditional meat by our western standards: horse. Surprising-ly, horse meat turned out to be rather delicious.

The Chinese typically cook their food in very uncompli-cated ways. Most techniques include frying in sunflower

or peanut oil, steaming, or blanching. There are many “hot pot” restaurants here that use the blanching technique so the customer decides how well the food is cooked. This method usually allows vege-tables and meats to be thrown into the blancher, which sits on the table, for about twenty seconds.

I can’t wait to explore more Beijing cuisine before my time here is up.

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Marywood sets service hours goal

To some, completing 100,000 hours of service might seem like an insurmountable task, but Marywood’s President, Sr. Anne Munley, I.H.M., Ph.D., trusts in her campus commu-nity to succeed.

Sr. Anne issued this ser-vice challenge at Marywood’s 100th Opening Liturgy Ser-vice on Sept. 3; it will extend through the end of the centen-nial celebration in Dec. 2015.

“We’re celebrating the Cen-tennial by reaching out to others,” said Ann O’Brien, assistant director for ser-vice learning and community service.

Service, being one of Mary-wood’s core values, has shaped the university since its found-ing. O’Brien said that this challenge is a way we have chosen to “amplify and rec-ognize this tradition that we have had for years.”

Additionally, Sr. Kathy Luxner, I.H.M., director of Campus Min-istry said, “The service challenge is an expression of the I.H.M. charism that is integral to the mis-sion of Marywood.”

The challenge is open to students, faculty, staff, trust-ees, alumni, and anyone who wants to celebrate with Mary-wood on this milestone.

O’Brien admits that people often ask her what is meant by “service.” She says that events sponsored by Marywood count as service, from food drives like Thanksgiving Adopt-a-Family, to service programs with residence halls or ath-letics. Additionally, any vol-unteering through a church, community group, non-profit organization, or just helping a neighbor, “all that we want to know about,” said O’Brien.

Hours of service for the chal-lenge are to be logged through the site GiveGab.com. There are three steps to completing this: (1) visit GiveGab.com and create a profile, (2) search for Marywood University and “join” the page, (3) log hours.

If you have questions about the service challenge or how to use GiveGab visit www.mary-wooduniversity.edu/faith-ser-vice/ or contact Ann O’Brien at aobrien@maryu.marywood.edu.

Sophie PaulineStaff Writer

Marywood prepares for first NEPA collegiate StorySlam

Get ready to rumble! At the Marywood StorySlam, that is.

Marywood University is holding the first college Sto-rySlam in Northeastern Penn-sylvania in Nov.

A StorySlam is a storytell-ing competition where the sto-rytellers, or slammers, have five minutes to tell a story based on the theme for the au-dience and judges. The story has to be told with no notes and must be a true story. The theme for Marywood’s Sto-rySlam is “Road Trips.”

Dr. Laurie McMillan, as-sociate professor and chair of the English department is one of the judges for the upcoming StorySlam.

“The StorySlam is a great opportunity for the people who

participate and actually tell their stories,” said McMillan. “But also it’s wonderful for the people who get to hear the sto-ries so it’s a great community building opportunity.”

The StorySlam is hosted by the Student Activities Crew

Paul CapocciaCommunity Editor

Nothing to Hide: seeking help OKThe event was a combined

effort by over 30 participat-ing groups, with performances from speakers and groups in-cluding the Step and Dance teams, along with free give-aways from several local busi-nesses and restaurants.

Jovanne Morales, senior pre-veterinary major, hopes students can continue to re-move the stigma of something “being wrong” with anyone who attends counseling.

“I think ‘Nothing to Hide’ is

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(SAC) and the Marywood li-brary, with assistance provid-ed by the Scranton Storyslam group. Five students and two faculty members will be slam-ming before a panel of Mary-wood judges.

Photo Credit/ Paul CapocciaStudents participating in the StorySlam meet with Dennis Boyne from Scranton StorySlam to learn about performing.

Photo Credit/ Katlynn Whitaker

really important for people. It encourages them to open up more,” said Morales. “This is an important event because it gets rid of that stigma that whatever [a student] has is wrong, but it’s really okay.”

The C/SDC is located in the McGowan Center for Gradu-ate and Professional Studies, Room 1017. Appointments with a counselor may be made by phone at 570-348-6245 or by email at csdc@marywood.edu.

Students gather at “Nothing to Hide” to learn about the C/SDC and to reduce the stigma on counseling.

Marywood’s Counseling and Student Development Center (C/SDC) is working to remove the stigma on seeking help.

On Oct. 1, the C/SDC host-ed their 13th annual “Noth-ing to Hide” event on cam-pus. The event is designed to raise awareness for students on campus about their mental health and to reduce the stig-ma on seeking help.

Laura Chickson, a staff counselor in the C/SDC, hopes students got the message.

“This whole event is about reducing stigma and raising awareness,” said Chickson. “And so if we can do that, if we can touch students on this campus and let people know that they’re not alone, then we’re doing our job.”

The C/SDC offers confiden-tial counseling to all students on campus who are looking to discuss any issues they are dealing with. The C/SDC also offers several different mental health group programs includ-ing self-esteem enhancement and stress management.

Photo Credit/ Katlynn Whitaker

A student uses GiveGab to record their volunteer hours. Marywood is hoping to have 100,000 service hours recorded for the centennial year.

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Each year, in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclo-

sure of Campus Security Pol-icy and Crime Statistics Act, the Department of Campus Safety publishes an annual se-curity report.

The security report, which is required by federal law, con-tains policy statements and criminal statistics from 2013.

The report is broken down into several parts, which in-clude on and off campus of-fenses and incidents that took place in Marywood’s residence halls.

This year’s report, published on Sept. 16, contains three years’ worth of statistics and shows that burglary and theft were on the rise last year while vandalism declined.

“It’s important to keep the community aware of this infor-mation,” said Mike Finegan, chief of Campus Safety.

Burglary jumped from two to five instances in this year’s report, while theft increased from 28 to 29 instances.

Instances of vandalism on campus have decreased from 36 in 2012 to 29 in 2013.

Simple assault and robbery were also down from the previ-ous year. In 2012 each had one instance versus zero reported

during the 2013 school year.Off-campus offenses are in-

cidents that occur off Mary-wood University property and are covered by the Dunmore and Scranton Police Depart-ments. This year’s report cit-ed no instances of any kind in comparison to last year’s, which included one robbery, two thefts, six motor vehicle thefts, and two vandalism offenses.

“If a student witnesses a crime, they should report it to Campus Safety or call 911 im-mediately,” said Finegan.

Students also have the op-tion of submitting crimes they may have seen as a “silent wit-ness” where they can anony-mously submit an incident report. The “silent witness” option can be found at www.marywood.edu/campus-safety/silent-witness.html

“I feel like having the re-port public does make campus safer,” said Amy Hubbard, sophomore nursing major. “Having the students and fac-ulty aware of what surrounds them and how campus secu-rity deals with the situations makes us feel assured we are safe here at Marywood.”

To read the full security re-port, visit http://www.mary-wood.edu/campus-safety/policies/asr/

Satara DickeyNews Editor

Sister John Michele Southwick,I.H.M.

Special Contributor toThe Wood Word

Keeping Campus Safe

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Security report shows crime rates decreased in 2013

When The Wood Word asked me to again write for this piece, I asked them if there was a particular topic they thought needed atten-tion. I was very surprised by the answer.

The student told me that what he had been hearing talked about a lot on campus

was domestic violence. Inter-esting, I thought! Do I know it happens? Yes. But do I think it is a topic of discussion? No! But I am very glad that it is.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “one in four college women has been raped; that is, has been forced, physically or verbally, actively or implicitly, to engage in sex-ual activity. A 2000 study re-vealed that 90 percent of col-lege rape survivors knew their

Sister John Says: “Let’s talk about domestic violence”

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attacker before the incident.Date and acquaintance rape

is not only a woman’s issue. Men can also be attacked and raped. Our culture has often been referred to as a rape cul-ture. We take what we want, regardless of what it does to others. Today, media portrays the NFL with one domestic violence offense after another, one ‘supposed’ star athlete af-ter another, hitting and beat-ing a woman.

Sister John Says: “Let’s talk about domestic violence”

A new program is helping to educate first-year students about healthy relationships, sexual assault, and domestic violence.

The Promoting Awareness of the College Transition program (PACT) serves as an opportuni-ty for current graduate and un-dergraduate students at Mary-wood to speak with first-year students about sexual assault awareness.

The program, which started just last year, is mandatory for all incoming freshman stu-dents. The PACT program is run by the Counseling and Stu-dent Development Center with the support of the Student Life division.

The training for resident stu-dents took place in Sept. at the University of Scranton over two days.

Commuter students received PACT training on Oct. 7.

“The main message we want-ed to get across is that this is a healthy relationship conver-sation,” said Maria Temples, junior pre-chiropractic major and PACT trainer. “We really wanted to just sit down with the freshmen and say, ‘Hey, we want you to do well, but we just need you to be aware of these things.”

“The core of this program is to educate first-year students about matters surrounding con-sent,” said Edward McNichols, a licensed social worker who runs the PACT program and is a clinical assistant in Mary-wood’s Counseling Center.

This year, more than 22 grad-uate and undergraduate stu-dents volunteered to help train incoming students through the PACT program.

“The first six weeks of a stu-dent’s college career are statis-

tically the time for an event to occur that meets the definition of a sexual assault,” said Mc-Nichols. “We want to get the information out about consent, healthy relationships, and the role drugs and alcohol play so we can help some students avoid the suffering of violence at the hands of others.”

According to the National In-

Why?I am very glad students here

are talking, and hopefully doing more than just talking but edu-cating one another about the issues, the dangers, and watch-ing out for one another. Mary-wood stands for Respect, a core value that honors the dignity of each person and the mature in-teractions that encourage each to grow. We seek the common good of all people and look to promote social responsibility.

So, students, let’s talk about it, let’s educate, let’s reach out to those who need our support and let them know there are places on campus to help.

Here are two places to start: The Counseling and Student Development Center at 570-348-6245 and Campus Safe-ty at 570-348-6242.

stitute of Justice, about 85-90 percent of sexual assaults re-ported by college students involves alcohol use by one or both parties and are per-petrated by someone the victim knows.

“It’s important to make these students aware that even though we are on a small campus and the crime rate is low, it’s still a possibility, and they need to be safe and take care of themselves,” said Temples.

“I think that it is im-portant for the students to know that Mary-wood is very proactive with this. I think it says a lot of good things about the university that this is a re-ally important topic to them, and we are really trying to get ahead of the game compared to other institutions in the coun-try,” said McNichols.

PACT program raises sexual assault awarenessSatara Dickey

News Editor

“We want to get the information out about consent, healthy rela-tionships, and the role drugs and alcohol play so we can help some students avoid the suf-fering of violence at the hands of others.”

-Edward McNichols,Counseling Center

Clinical Assistant

ConsentRespectHealthy RelationshipsSafety

Sr. John Michele Southwick, I.H.M.Photo Credit/ Katlynn Whitaker

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Amanda HirschlerName: Amanda HirschlerMajor: TheaterYear: 2017Hometown: Factoryville, PA

Adopt-A-Family bringing Thanksgiving to needy

Paul CapocciaCommunity Editor

Marywood University’s Cam-pus Ministry is again partner-ing with the United Neighbor-hood Centers and Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. to help families in need.

The Thanksgiving Adopt-A-Family project supplies eco-nomically disadvantaged fam-ilies with a food basket filled with everything they need for a Thanksgiving meal.

Sister John Michele South-wick, I.H.M., assistant direc-tor of Campus Ministry, has had the opportunity to assist with the project during its years on campus.

“My favorite part about helping with Adopt-A-Family is getting so many people in-volved in helping others,” Sr. John said. “We so often get wrapped up in our own lives and what is important to us that we forget about those in need, and this presents an op-portunity to give something to others.”

Josh Carey, senior math major, has donated and partic-ipated in the program through the Mathematics Club.

“I think that those of us who are in good circumstanc-es were either blessed with [them] or with the abilities that helped us attain them,” said Carey. “So I feel it’s our duty to give back what we can to those less fortunate.”

Carey also said he feels it’s crucial for students in general to give back.

“I think that it’s very impor-tant, especially as students, who are the future of our world, to realize how interde-pendent our world is and that regardless of faith or morals, it’s crucial for everyone to do their part to keep the world going,” said Carey.

Any students, departments, clubs, or organizations inter-ested in joining the Adopt-A-Family project can find the participation form on Mary-wood’s Campus Ministry web-page, and can receive more in-formation by calling Sr. John Michele at Marywood ext. 2413.

The deadline to sign up is Friday, Nov. 14, with food bas-kets being delivered on Satur-day, Nov. 22.

Amanda Hirschler was the stage manager for Marywood’s production of “Dead Man’s Cellphone.”

Q: When did you become in-volved with theater?

A: First grade. It was the “Wizard of Oz,” and I was a munchkin. It was just the ele-mentary school play, and I had already been taking dance, and I thought it would be fun since it had to do with dance. So I did theater all throughout elemen-tary school and high school as well as community theater. It’s always been a big part of my life.

Q: Is this your first time being a stage manager?

A: My first time with Mary-wood, yes. I did a little help-ing with stage management

as part of my senior project in high school with stage directing a show. This is my first official time as stage manager, though. It’s a big job.

Q: What’s your favorite part of being stage manager for “Dead Man’s Cellphone”?

A: Probably being able to be there from the beginning. I started attending meetings during the summer and I got to meet with the directors and producers, and that was just the birth of the show. Then we got to bring the actors in to see who would fit in what role … it’s a gratifying experience to see a whole production come together.

Q: What are you looking to do

with theater in the future?A: My ultimate goal is New

York. Anything I can do. The

ideal is probably to be perform-ing in NYC but I think it would be cool to do regional theaters like in Boston. Even to get expe-rience with Disney Cruise lines since a lot of them transfer to Broadway. That’d be really cool to do.

Q: What’s your favorite play/performance of all time?

A: “West Side Story.” I guess it was one of the first big mu-sicals I was obsessed with. It’s the classic Romeo & Juliet sto-ry, but it is more cutting edge and exciting and the time pe-riod and gangs and trouble in New York was a real thing that happened.

Photo Credit/ Ann WilliamsIn this stock photo from 2011, frozen turkeys await delivery for the Adopt-A-Family program. These turkeys are collected along with food and money as donations for families in need.

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Julia RecineStaff Writer

licious. The frosting on each cupcake was light and creamy, so it didn’t leave you feeling overly full like some thicker frostings do. The cupcake itself was moist and melted in your mouth. The cupcakes remind-ed me of the famous Magnolia Bakery in New York City.

My favorite cupcake by far was the coconut fudge. If you love coconut and chocolate, I recommend trying that one next time you stop in.

Cuppa Cake Café has some of the best cupcakes I have ever had, and the fact that they are mini makes it so much more appetizing. If cupcakes aren’t your thing, (which after visit-ing this cafe I’m sure they will be), try some of their delicious lunches, other dessert options, or a nice “cuppa” coffee.

Cuppa Cake Café’s hours

scratch, and recently other items on the menu have be-come more popular, such as their lunch food options which include soups and sandwiches.

The cupcakes are mini, making it so much easier to eat more and feel guilt free. One mini cupcake is $0.85, a half dozen is $5.10, one doz-en is $9.99, and two dozen is $19.55. Ultimately, the pric-es are extremely reasonable, making the cafe that much more unique.

I decided to try one of each of the cupcakes that were on display that day. That morn-ing, they baked blueberry swirl, cookies and cream, coco-nut fudge, pumpkin, apple pie, pink velvet, salted caramel, chocolate fudge, and vanilla.

Each cupcake had its own signature taste and was de-

Cuppa Cake Café, a quaint café that opened up in Green Ridge Corners a little less than a year ago, has gotten rave re-views about its adorable atmo-sphere and delicious cupcakes. After hearing all these positive things, I decided to check it out for myself.

The café itself has a very light and unique atmosphere, making it utterly enjoyable to sit and enjoy some of the deli-cious cupcakes. The café was decorated for the autumn sea-son and had adorable cupcake decorations hanging on the walls.

The owner of the café was very welcoming, friendly, and eager to answer my questions about the café. Every day the cupcakes are made from

Cuppa Cake Café serves up guilt-free cupcakes

“Fury” depicts a gripping and realistic war experienceVincent SchultzManaging Editor

At first glance, it’s hard not to compare “Fury” to oth-er films in the WWII-genre, which have frequented cin-emas for decades. There have been plenty of stories follow-ing a group of men on a har-rowing, against-all-odds mis-sion. However, none have told a WWII drama quite like this.

Released Oct. 17, “Fury” is directed and written by Da-vid Ayer and stars Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Pena, and Jon Bern-thal. The film follows a five-man Sherman tank team sent on a critical mission behind enemy lines.

Under the command of the hard-edged, tank commander Wardaddy (Pitt), rookie sol-dier Norman Ellison (Lerman)

is thrust into battle alongside comrades Boyd (LaBeouf), Gordo (Pena), and Grady (Bernthal).

With limited resources and inferior tanks compared to German artillery, the men are forced to battle throughout Nazi Germany mere months before the conclusion of the war.

Right from the opening scene, “Fury” does a great job of setting itself apart from war films in the past.

The opening shots are long and rich with an eerie sense of beauty. Each shot is slow and calculated, intentionally so, because it is only moments before it is cut down and au-diences are introduced to the brutality of war.

From there, we are intro-duced to our five protago-

nists, along with the setting where most of the film takes place, inside the tank deemed “Fury.” Both of which are the strongest pieces of the film.

Prior to “Fury,” life inside of a tank was generally un-known, at least to me. Though it has certainly been depicted in films before, there has nev-er been such an intimate look at life inside of these lethal machines.

The Sherman tank is a claustrophobic weapon that its occupants have learned to call home. However, despite the limited space to work with, the brilliant cinema-tography somehow manages

to engage audiences and im-merse them in the tank along with the rest of the crew.

“Fury” has strong perfor-mances all around. Each char-acter is given their moments to shine and each time they de-liver. Moreover, writer-direc-tor David Ayer creates great contrast between characters.

LaBeouf as Boyd “Bible” Swan is sincere and kind and plays perfectly against Jon Bernthal’s animalistic Grady.

In the same breath, there is a strong relationship be-tween Brad Pitt as Wardaddy and Lerman’s rookie soldier Norman Ellison. Throughout the film there is this father-

son bond between the two characters.

Within the 134-minute run-time, you see Ellison develop from a child to a man under the stern direction of his com-mander. These bonds resonate throughout the entire film and add more depth to this brutal war-drama.

“Fury” is no doubt relent-lessly violent. The battle scenes are frequent and in-tense, but necessary. As War-daddy states, “It will end,soon. But before it does, a lot more people have to die.”

I’m giving “Fury” 5/5 kernels.

are Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Thurs-day and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday 8:00

a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The cafe is located on 701 E. Market Street in Green Ridge.

Photo Credit/ Juliette Meyers

If you love the many scents of fall, check out Pinning with Autumn on www.thewoodword.org to learn how

to make your own pumpkin spice sugar scrub.

These Coconut Fudge cupcakes were Julia’s favorite variety at the Cuppa Cake Café.

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Juliette MeyersA&E Editor

The Scranton Cultural Cen-ter (SCC) is scheduled to pre-miere the first production of Harry Connick Jr.’s “The Hap-py Elf” on Dec. 19.

“The Happy Elf” was origi-nally a song written by Con-nick that he adapted into a children’s book and eventually a holiday television special. The story’s theater debut has been in the works for rough-ly three years. The Cultural Center’s executive director, Michael Melcher, has been a part of the creative process throughout the majority of this time.

The production brings much excitement to the SCC and sur-

rounding area, as it is the first show to be fully produced by The Cultural Center. The ma-jority of performances brought into the Scranton Cultural Center are through the Broad-way Theater League, which has little association with the building besides renting it as a venue.

“There seems to be confu-sion out there on what is a SCC production,” said Sheri Melcher, “The Happy Elf’s” musical director. “We have our own events, but we haven’t done our own productions. So [this is] huge.”

The entire ensemble for the show was cast locally, and lo-cal staff members are work-ing to make the production a

success.Cristina Sohns Williams is

the choreography director for “The Happy Elf.” Williams has been teaching dance for 28 years as the artistic di-rector for the Cristina Sohns Williams Studio of Dance in Hamlin. She also helps teach at Linn McDonald’s School of Dance and the Scranton Civic Ballet Company.

Both Williams and Melcher meet with the cast on two sep-arate nights throughout the week.

“Right now, we are just [do-ing] music and choreography. By the end of the month, Bill Mutimer, creative director, will start blocking and [the] principals will come in,” said

Flea market deals support service tripsSophie Pauline

Staff Writer

Melcher.The rehearsals began on

Oct. 1. Williams said she has been working with 16 danc-ers throughout the past two weeks.

“So far, we have almost three and a half numbers done,” said Williams.

Williams is particularly excited for when the princi-pal cast members join the re-hearsals. Williams met the principals during auditions and is looking forward to working with them.

As the weeks progress, prac-tices are expected to get more and more involved.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.scrantontheater.com/.

On Friday Oct. 24, Mary-wood Campus Ministry will host its annual flea market. This event has been running for more than 15 years, and it grows each time.

Proceeds go to students par-ticipating in alternative break service trip programs. This year, seven groups of under-graduate and graduate stu-dents, faculty, and staff will travel to various national and international locations including El Paso, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Greenbrier County, W.Va.; Exmore,Va.; Knox County, Mass.; and Guatemala.

The service trips involve work ranging from provid-ing medical assistance to the impoverished of Guatemala, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, to coming face-to-face with immigrants and refugees on the U.S./Mexico border.

Regardless of the location, participants connect with the community they are in and work toward change, justice and peace.

Each trip has a fundraising goal they must meet in order to participate. These goals vary depending on the loca-

tion and duration of the trip, as well as the organization with which they are working with.

Participants organize vari-ous events throughout the year in order to reach their fundraising goal, the flea market being one of the most rewarding, according to the Campus Ministry section of the Marywood website.

“The flea market allows our students to reach their goals and take the caring spirit of Marywood to different parts of our country and our world,” said Ann O’Brien, assistant director for Service-Learning and Community Service.

“You can’t beat the prices [at the flea market],” added O’Brien.

Sr. John Michele South-wick, I.H.M., assistant direc-tor of Campus Ministry, would love to see more students at the flea market this year and encourages them to come out early.

“The flea market opens at 8:00 a.m., but people from the community are lined up at 7:00 a.m.,” said Southwick.

So come out and find some interesting buys while sup-porting a great cause.

For more information www.marywood.edu/campmin

Juliette MeyersA&E Editor

In a world that thrives on “keeping up with the Jone-ses,” staying with the trends is a daunting task.

Whether it is what version of the iPhone to carry or how unique your ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was, everyone is trying to stay current.

As society weighs in on what’s hot—and what’s not-the fashion world may shock some trendsetters with its lat-est must-have…good old-fash-ioned jeans. The good news is that staying on trend may only require closet search-ing rather than credit card swiping.

According to Harper’s Ba-zaar magazine, there are a handful of jean styles that ev-ery young woman should have this fall. On the list are some of the more traditional stand-

bys such as cropped, high-waisted, and flared. Overalls, distressed boyfriend jeans, and white skinny jeans also made the cut.

More flamboyant styles in-clude paint-splattered, patch-work design, and ripped a.k.a “rocker” jeans. While these styles might not be easily found in your closet, the tech-niques could be used on old jeans, if you happen to be the least bit crafty.

The good old-fashioned blue jeans have come a long way, and this fall, it is more ap-parent than ever. So get your hands on a pair of each style and your fall wardrobe will be flooded with possible outfits for every day of the week.

For more on fashion finds and my personal style, check out my blog: Strawberriesand-creme.weebly.com.

Oct. 24 Flea Mar-ket to Benefit Campus Ministry Service Trips, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Latour Room, Naza-reth Student Center

Oct. 25 Jack-O-Lan-tern 5K Jog Run/Walk. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m.; race starts at 9:30 a.m., Center for Athletics and Wellness, Marywood University. Registration fee is $15

Oct. 26 Big Band Jazz Dancing, 6:00 p.m., Latour Room, Nazareth Student Center

Oct. 28 Book Swap and Sale, 10:00 a.m., Fireplace Lounge, Naz-areth Student Center

Oct. 29 American Golden Age Illustra-tion Exhibition Gallery Talk, 3:00 p.m., Suraci Gallery, Shields Center for Visual Arts (Ex-hibit runs from Oct. 27 through Dec. 7)

Nov. 1 Double Play, a pair of theatre work-shops, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts

Nov. 10 Career Car-nival, 12:00 p.m., Fire-place Lounge, Naza-reth Student Center

w Sally Rosen Kindred Poetry Read-ing and BookSigning, 7:00 p.m., Comerford Theatre, Center for Natural and Health Sciences

Cultural Center’s “The Happy Elf” rehearsals underway

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Career Services at Marywood University is celebrating the month of November as a Career Development Month. We are giving away free hot coffee in front of the McGowan Student Center starting at November 3, at 9 a.m. The Career Development Month includes various career-oriented events like job fairs, an etiquette dinner, and other fun-filled events like the Career Carnival.

CAREER CARNIVALMonday, November 10, Noon–3 p.m.Nazareth Student Center, Fireplace Lounge

The event will feature free food, free prizes, career-themed carnival games, and information about the Career Office’s services. Also, beauty professionals from Macy’s will be offering free make-overs.

COVER & THANK YOU LETTER WORKSHOPWednesday, November 5, Noon–1 p.m.Nazareth Student Center, Upper Dining Hall

NON-PROFIT & GOVERNMENT JOB FAIRThursday, November 13, 1–4 p.m.Nazareth Student Center, Fireplace Lounge

PEACE CORPS INFO SESSIONThursday, November 13, 1–4 p.m.Nazareth Student Center, Fireplace LoungeRegistration required.

ETIQUETTE DINNERThursday, November 20, 5 p.m.Registration required. See Office of Career Services, LAC 224, for further details.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT MONTH

CAREER SERVICES | LIBERAL ARTS CENTER, ROOM 224 | (570) 348-6247 | AMCHALE@MARYWOOD.EDU

Enjoy our free events in the month November!

CMYKlub showcases drop caps at First FridayAutumn GranzaEditor-in-Chief

The Workshop, a letterpress art space on Adams Avenue owned and operated by Chris-tine Medley, MFA, assistant professor of art, hosted Mary-wood’s CMYKlub's gallery in the First Friday show.

First Friday is an art event held in Scranton every first Friday of the month.

Their topic for the First Fri-day show was drop caps, the large capital letter at the be-ginning of text. This topic al-lowed the club to be creative while making the alphabet. The drop cap theme was a group decision.

“Typography is a huge part of the graphic design world,” said Ashley Kujat, senior graphic design major and CMYKlub president. “Using drop caps as

the basis for the show allowed us to create 26 different letters to exhibit at The Workshop on First Friday.”

Each student was tasked with using different art me-diums to create a letter of the alphabet. Some students had two letters since the whole alphabet was needed. Some of the different art mediums that were used include: collag-es, spray paint, paper collage, pen and ink (illustration), photography, the use of ma-terials such as leaves, paint, and pencil. Ironically, none of the letters were created using letterpress.

"We had a great turnout," said Kujat. "Many guests came to look at the drop caps A-Z, ate letter themed snacks, and made buttons to keep for themselves. The CMYKlub

plans on creating and printing a drop cap book with all the entries."

Medley, who also serves as the CMYKlub adviser, was happy to offer up The Work-shop for the event.

“The goal is to exhibit each year,” said Medley. “I offered The Workshop space. I want them to be involved in First Friday and I am glad to let them use the space for the show.”

Shelby Farrell, senior illus-tration major, thought show-casing at First Friday was a great idea.

“[First Friday] is a really great opportunity for expo-sure,” said Farrell. “In the CMYKlub, we share ideas with people and it helps us grow as artists.”

According to Kujat, another

First Friday show with the theme of food is in the works.

The CMYKlub is reserved for art minors and majors. The club meets every Wed. at 2:30

p.m. For more information contact cmedley@marywood.edu.

Photo Credit/ Katlynn WhitakerMeredith Harding and Ashley Kujat, senior graphic design majors, and Emily Mouillesseaux wlook at art from the CMYK showcase at The Workshop.

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This upcoming spring, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field will be var-sity level for the first time. The most asked question is: where will the athletes practice?

Coach Scott Hutchinson said that practices will still be held in Marywood’s indoor track, as they were last year, since there is not an outdoor track. Some practices will be held at Mid Valley Secondary Center’s track.

So far the track and field team has 40 women and 20 men committed to the teams, in addition to 34 un-decided recruits, according to Hutchinson.

Hutchinson is excited to start the season. He would

like the team to place well in the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) meets, and to have at least one or two talented athletes head to nationals.

“This year at the CSAC, [we want to] make noise at the conference meets, and put our program on the map,” said Hutchinson.

A Disney trip is being planned for next March, where the team will com-pete against Division I and II squads in addition to other Division III athletes.

Hutchinson said travel-ing to Disney will be a great opportunity for the new program, and an escape to warmer weather.

Peter Inirio, a junior pre-physician assistant major, will be joining the track and field team this upcoming

spring. He said he is pre-pared and in shape for the season. He is considering running the 100-meter and 200-meter events.

“Although we don’t have an outdoor track, it would be great to show up at meets and conferences and show everyone how great we are, plus win. It’d be great for our school’s reputation,” said Inirio.

Despite the lack of prac-tice facilities for the team the outdoor track and field program will be off to a jump start once the spring semes-ter gets started.

If interested in joining the men’s and women’s outdoor track and field team contact Scott Hutchinson at hutchin-son@marywood.edu.

Corrections In the article, “Zeta Phi Delta sisters particapte in Race for the Cure,” September 2014, the year of Zeta Phi Delta’s founding was reported as 2011. It was actually founded in 2001.

In the article, “ Two new sports on deck for 2015-2016” September 2014, Andrew Smith’s title was reported as Head Women’s Soc-cer Coach. While he is the Head Women’s Soccer Coach, he was speaking to our reporter as Assistant Director of Athletics and Rec-reation for Communications. The Wood Word regrets these errors.

Autumn GranzaEditor-in-Chief

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Graphic Credit/Kelsey Van Horn

SPORTS October 2014 Page 15

Amanda DunckleeStaff Writer

Though the drop in tem-perature may be a burden for some, Marywood’s swim team remains unhindered by the cool weather.

Sophomore Kevin Dren-nan, undeclared major, a swimmer for fourteen years, spends most of his time in the indoor pool at the Lynett Hag-gerty Family Fitness Center.

Having grown up swim-ming, Drennan is relentless in the water and does not let the colder weather inhibit his abilities.

Originally from Hartford, Conn., Drennan was on the swim team his freshman year, and continues to make waves in the pool. Since he was five years old, Drennan loved the

water, and has made swim-ming an enormous part of his life.

“Swimming takes a lot of time and effort,” said Drennan.

“Practices can be tedious, but my teammates and I per-severe. We can only do as well as we train, so we train hard to prepare ourselves for meets.”

Drennan’s day typically be-gins between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. “My classes don’t begin until 10 a.m. but I’m an insomniac so I don’t get much sleep, once I’m up, I’m up,” said Drennan.

In the hours before classes begin, Drennan eats breakfast and completes any coursework he has. After classes, Dren-nan heads over to the pool for practice.

“We go from 3 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. every day. Our coach, Greg (Brown), implemented

a dryland workout this year in addition to our in-pool re-gime,” said Drennan.

A dryland workout is an out-of-pool conditioning workout and includes spending about 45 minutes in the weight room. The goal is to build strength so the swimmers can improve their stamina in the water.

Following practice, mem-bers of the team go to Naza-reth Dining Hall for dinner. Junior Brian Shanahan, a pre-physician assistant major on the swim team, usually joins Drennan for dinner.

“I see Kevin every day he really looks out for the entire team and truly cares about the well being of everyone,” said Shanahan.

Practice and dinners are not the only time the team-

Kevin Drennan (left), Jason Beabout (middle), junior architecture major, and Bryon Scholl, sophomore psychology major (right), enjoy a meal at Nazareth Student Center after an afternoon swim practice.

Photo Credit/Amanda Duncklee

Marywood’s women’s lacrosse team is organizing a spooky event. The team will host a Jack-O-Lantern Jog 5K on Sat-urday, Oct. 25. This will be the second year that the Jack-O-Lantern Jog 5K will be hosted.

Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. and the race starts at 9:30 a.m.

Last year, about 50 people participated in the event. This year, the team anticipates 65 to 75 joggers.

The jog is hosted on Mary-wood’s campus. The partici-pants will start at the Center of Athletics and Wellness, run down University Drive, then run Adams Avenue until they reach Morgan Road where they will make a left, come back around to the start and begin a second full lap to com-plete the 5K distance.

Participants are encouraged to dress in costumes, although it is not mandatory. Partici-pants who run the race in cos-tumes will be competing for a best costume award of plastic pumpkins full of candy. Last year costumes varied from Gumby and Santa to Minions and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

“We thought the [Hal-loween] theme would be re-ally fun,” said Katie Tutak, head lacrosse coach. “Who doesn’t want to dress up in a costume?”

The jog is open to the Mary-wood community as well as the public and is open to all ages. The women’s lacrosse team will be handing out wa-ter during the 5K.

The winner of the 5K will re-ceive a plastic pumpkin full of candy. The team hopes to con-tinue the event in the future.

“The 5k is a really fun event for everyone because there are some serious runners but it is mainly people running for fun,” said Emily Osborne, se-nior speech language pathol-ogy major.

The registration fee is $15 and includes a t-shirt. The t-shirt was designed by team member Tiffany Brzenk, freshman art therapy major. The money raised will fund the team’s spring break trip to Lynchburg, Va., where they will play Randolph College and Hollins College. A portion of the proceeds will also ben-efit the St. Francis of Assisi Soup Kitchen in Scranton.

Registration forms are avail-able from Coach Tutak in the Center of Athletics and Well-ness, office 218. Contact her with any questions at tutak@marywood.edu.

Autumn GranzaEditor-in-Chief

Women’s lacrosse team to host 2nd annual Jack-O-Lantern Jog 5K

Graphic Credit/Tiffany Brzenk

mates spend time together. The swim team typically has meets every weekend.

The strokes that are judged at the meets are the butterfly, free, breast and back strokes. Each swimmer participates in either a sprint or a distance race and is judged based on best times. Relays are also a

part of the meets.“The meets are what we

work for every day. Though we are a team, it really is a very individualistic sport. You’re the only one in the water, so it’s not like you can pass the ball to a teammate to make a play. It’s all you; you either sink or swim,” said Drennan.

Swimmer Kevin Drennan

This is the logo for the Jack-O-Lantern 5k hosted by the women’s lacrosse team. The graphic that was desgined by a player of the women’s lacrosse team. The team is lookin forward to the second annually fundraiser event.

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1. When did you start playing volleyball?

My parents put me in vol-leyball camps starting in third grade, but I didn’t play for an actual team until seventh grade.

2. What is your favor-ite part about playing volleyball?

I love the team aspect of playing volleyball. Plenty of communication leads to play-ing great volleyball. When we get a huge point in a game and the whole team comes togeth-er in the middle of the court to celebrate, that moment is my favorite.

3. Who are your favorite athletes?

The chemistry between Ker-ri Walsh and Misty May Tre-anor is incredible. They both work hard and strive to be the best they can be. They better one another and play amazing volleyball.

4. What music do you lis-ten to before the game?

I generally listen to coun-try music. It helps to keep me calm and relaxed before a big game.

5. What is your favor-ite thing about being on a team sport?

There are six girls on a court, that’s 30 by 30 feet. That means there has to be a lot of trust and communica-tion. When a team clicks and the chemistry is there, it’s awesome.

6. What has been the highlight of your career?

I think breaking the single season-assists record last year during the quarter final game against Baptist Bible was one of my greatest accomplish-ments. Our playing was spot-on and we were able to pull to-gether and play one of our best games.

7. What are some of your strengths in volleyball?

Setting is my biggest strength. I touch the second ball and pick who to set and when. I can read the opposing blockers and where my team-mates are. Setting them up for a kill is what I do best. Other than that, serving is my next best skill. It’s the only part of the game that you can totally control.

8. What has volleyball taught you about life?

Playing volleyball has taught me about time man-agement. As a student-ath-lete, it gets busy between classes, school work, practices, and having a social life. I think

in my final year at Marywood I have finally figured out how to balance everything. Being part of a team sport has also taught me how to better com-municate with people.

9. Where do you see this volleyball team going this fall?

I definitely believe that we have the ability to be CSAC champions. The last several years we have gotten fourth place, but this team is really promising. We get better in each game we play, and with each practice too. We can only go up from here.

10. What do you plan on doing after Marywood?

I will graduate this Decem-ber with a degree in English. I hope to continue my education and go to graduate school back home.

Year: SeniorMajor: English

Hometown: Middletown, N.Y.

Kelly Chadwick

Evan FelserSports Editor

Marywood Athletics home games until November 22

Photo Credit/Alex Weidner

Graphic Credit/Kelsey Van Horn

Women’s Soccervs Immaculata University

4 p.m.

October21st October

22ndMen’s Soccer

vs Keystone College4 p.m.

Women’s Volleyballvs SUNY Canton

5 p.m.

October24th

Women’s Soccervs Centenary College

2 p.m.

October25th

Women’s Field Hockeyvs Keystone College

4 p.m.

October29th

Men and Women’s Swimming and Diving

vs Cabrini College1 p.m.

November9th

Women’s Basketballvs Elizabethtown

College7:30 p.m.

November15th

Men’s Basketballvs SUNY College of

Environmental Scienceand Forestry

7 p.m.

November18th

Men and Women’s Swimming and Diving

vs University of Scranton1 p.m.

November22nd