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As plans for INTO continue to move forward, Drew was visited this week by over 90 recruiters from the

program on the Familiarization Tour. The recruiters’ stop at Drew lasted from Sunday to Wednesday, and, during this time, they had a chance to see and learn about many aspects of Drew, its students and its faculty. Dean of the CLA Chris Taylor ex-plained “These are the people who will be selling Drew to students. The purpose of the visit was for them to get to know Drew and learn what it is all about and understand what a liberal arts college is.”

This visit came as the plans for the INTO program to come to Drew were almost finalized. All that remained was a final meeting by the board of direc-tors, which took place Thursday and

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Madison Hotel and attended many events and programs at Drew. Vice President of Campus Life and Student Affairs Sara Waldron said, “We had presentations by faculty and some students, and they were blown away by the caliber of the faculty. They were also very impressed

While most college students are unaware of the professional stand-ing of their professors, a recent nationwide concern has emerged regarding the standing of adjunct professors.

Many educators and students alike have voiced distress about the benefits and disadvantages of having adjunct professors at universities.

The primary worry is that ad-juncts are not as available to stu-dents as full-time faculty, since many have other jobs outside of the educational field and are only on campus for a select amount of days during the week.

However, this concern is not purely one-sided. A large num-ber of adjunct professors have expressed unease towards how their work situation allows them to effectively perform their job. A significant amount of concern has also emerged regarding the benefits and pay that adjunct professors receive compared to tenured and tenure-track professors.

According to Indeed.com, the average pay of an adjunct lecturer in New Jersey comes in at around

$38,000 yearly, although it varies by school and may be much lower. Many adjuncts are unable to live on this salary alone. As a result, adjunct professors typically take on a variety of smaller jobs, such as tutoring.

Here at Drew, pay for adjuncts was just reduced from $4,500 to $4,000 for each class per semester. Full-time professors, however, have not seen a similar salary reduction. To clarify, a typical full-time pro-fessor would be on a ‘two-three’ schedule, meaning they would teach two classes one semester and three the next. While many adjuncts may teach only one class, some have taught as many as two-two, only one class less than a full-time

professor, yet they make only a quarter of what a starting first-year professor would earn.

A long-time adjunct for Drew who chose to remain anonymous, due in part to low job security, said that she taught a class one semester which was capped at 20 students. The following semester, the class was capped at 30 students, which means more grading, individual meetings and preparation, yet the pay rate stayed the same. The pay “doesn’t sound that bad,” she said, “but if you break it down hourly -- it is horrifying.” She went on to explain that adjuncts often end up coming in more than just two days, whether for student or faculty meetings, extra help or any number

of reasons. Furthermore, students some-

times request help with an inde-pendent study, or for a professor to attend a performance they’re in, but “it becomes complicated… when we make so little,” stated our source, explaining why it can be hard for adjuncts to be too involved, however much they may wish to support their students.

The recent enactment of the Affordable Care Act has sparked some controversy among the way universities are treating professors in adjunct positions.

A specific policy laid out in the Affordable Care Act catego-rizes full-time employees as those working 30 hours a week or more. The new law requires employers to provide health-care for all full-time employees.

This legislative policy has caused many colleges to make an effort to keep adjunct faculty from reaching the 30-hour mark, so as to avoid paying for their health insurance. One way they are doing this is by getting other employees to work the specific smaller jobs that adjuncts would perform in the past in order to round out their salary. Adjunct

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Due to inclement weather conditions that created icing hazards, Drew was forced to shut its doors for three days within a two week period. No power outages took place, however, students were encouraged to return home in the case of a campus emergency. Although temperatures have risen since the last storm last Thursday, damages created by the storm have been revealed and are now beginning to af-fect students as they continue to brave a long, unforgiving winter in the Forest.

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With such a rich history in covering campus life and news at Drew, The Acorn has, over time, evolved and changed its character in more ways than we can count. But these changes were wholly reflective of the students they served at those times. For each generation that comes and goes at Drew, The Acorn has always adapted to better serve readers.

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Icing causes structural damages to DOYO

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By this point, most of the Drew com-munity is well aware of the “collapse” in

the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts that took place after the snow over the weekend. But according to Professor Andrew Eliot of the Theatre Arts Depart-ment, who is work-ing on the situation, there has been some confusion as to what actually occurred. “To be clear, there has not been a col-lapse. There is some structural damage to one of the exterior walls of the building.”

According to Mike Kopas, ex-ecutive director of Facilities and Special Projects, “At this point, the measures we are taking to restrict access to portions of the building are precautionary.”

“In order to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff, the decision was made to close the theatre wing,” Eliot added. A structural engineer is also evaluat-ing the issue.

The main issue has to do with

the leaks. “When ice builds up on roofs and gutters, it expands and exposes areas that normally would not be. Then, once we have some melt, like we will have this week, water finds it way through those exposed areas and into the buildings,” explained Kopas. “Un-fortunately, there is usually very little we can do when this happens. Many of the roofs are sloped so therefore far too dangerous to have people up on them. We need to do our best to contain the leaks inside the buildings then make the repairs once we can do so safely.”

The issue has affected many students, especially those design-ing sets and costumes for upcom-

ing shows.Lauren Kardos (’16) is a props

designer for “Dead Rock Stars,” one of the shows that was sup-posed to go up in the Kean Theatre.

She found out about the damage during a production meeting and that the show, which is still open-ing on Wednesday as planned, would have to move to TOE.

Angela Rouse (’16) is working on “Dead Rock Stars” as a costume designer. She said, “The collapse has made it nearly impossible for me to work on constructing pieces

for my design because the costume shop and wardrobe are closed off. The Theatre wing of the DoYo being closed not only impedes my education but also my job and portfolio work.”

Michal Kortsarts (’17) said, “I feel so bad for all of the current sets. They have been working so hard to put their shows together and now they ran into this! They have to move their shows to a new location, which means they have to change their blocking and lighting.”

Kardos said that her theatre de-sign class was evacuated, adding, “we are already a week behind in this class, and we can’t really af-

ford to miss many more classes.”

Many students are facing issues with miss-ing classes due to the storms.

Rouse also had class-es canceled from the collapse. “My life has been affected consider-

ably more than just a missing a few instruction hours. I’m a member of tech staff, so I’ve missed out on a lot of work hours that I could really use. Not to mention the fact that my coworkers and I will probably be dealing with a lot of the dam-age control once the building is structurally sound.”

Kardos added, “If we can’t get into the Black Box for awhile, it’s going to put my theatre design class in jeopardy because all the drafting tables are on the second level of the black box. My classes

Sheets of plywood have been placed at the entrance of the theatre wing in the DoYo to prevent entry. The lsoing of the wing has displaced theatre students, many of whose class sessions have since been canceled until a solution is found.

[Tuesday] were all canceled be-cause of the structural damage. Our classes going forward are moved to a different location.”

Eliot insists that this closing is for the safety of faculty and stu-dents. He said, “From the moment that the damage was found, Facili-

The collapse has made it nearly impossible for me to work on

contructing pieces for my design because the costume shop and

wardrobe are closed off. — Angela Rouse (’16)

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ties and university administration have been working hard on the problem. The Theatre & Dance faculty have also been working hard to create contingency plans for our courses and our production season.”

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by our students and the amazing things they are learning in the classroom and then applying in internships and other out of class opportunities. Sunday evening, there was a performance by some of our musical groups, theatre and AOTA.

Recruiters and INTO person-nel were very impressed with the talent of our students.” The recruiters and INTO personnel also got the chance to join stu-dents for lunch in the Commons, have a tour of the campus and at-tend panels that featured faculty, students and alumni.

Many of the recruiters felt very positively about Drew and the programs they had attended on their visit.

Liz Munro, who is executive director of operations at INTO North America, said “This is actually my fifth visit here, and I’ve been able to get to know the faculty. During this visit, we have been able to attend many great programs, including the fantastic performances from the art department.”

The recruiters had many ques-tions about Drew and liberal arts education, as it is not common in most parts of the world. Waldron explained, “many of them do not

understand the value of the lib-eral arts, critical thinking, writ-ing and communication skills. Since the concept of the liberal arts is new to many of them, all of us hope they understand the benefits of this type of education and will be able to promote that to students in the countries where they live.”

Many of the programs the

recruiters attended while here focused on giving an compre-hensive picture of the importance and usefulness of a liberal arts education.

The recruiters from INTO left with many positive opinions of Drew, like Isabel Baptista, a recruitment manager for Brazil, who said “The campus is very beautiful and full of trees, and it

seems that every student counts here and Drew can offer the best advice and path for each indi-vidual student. I think Drew is a good match for INTO.”

Throughout the INTO recruit-ers visit, Drew’s faculty and staff tried to convey what Drew is truly about. Waldron said, “My hope is that they will understand what a special place Drew is,

more than the beauty of our cam-pus and proximity to New York, but really gain an appreciation for the quality of the education available here and dedication of faculty and staff in making this a good place.”

This visit included only some of INTO’s many recruiters along with some freelancers. The idea is that the recruiters who attend this tour will be able to inform others and give them a better sense of what Drew is about. In the future, a different group of recruiters will visit Drew each year so as many of their employ-ees as possible can actually see the campus.

This visit was an important step for both Drew and INTO. Dean Taylor expressed, “I hope the recruiters took away specif-ics and a genuine feeling of what makes Drew a special place. I think they got that and that will allow them to find the right stu-dents for whom attending Drew will be a great experience.”

Read more on the board of trustee’s approval of the INTO inititative.

Daring squirrel rescue made by Drew staff member

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An act of compassion for one of Drew’s most beloved unof-ficial mascots was performed on Tuesday.

Gamin Bartle, director of in-structional service, was walk-ing behind Gilbert House when she noticed a blue recycling bag awaiting pick-up. The bag caught her attention because it seemed to be moving. Realization quickly dawned upon her that there was something trying to get out, and Bartle said, “By the size I knew it

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had to be a squirrel!” Using her car key to slice open

the plastic bag, Bartle noticed the recyclables had actually been double-bagged and was wary about cutting through the second layer. She saw the little critter’s nose pushed right against the plastic and she explained, “I wanted to save the squirrel, of course, but I did not want to get a squirrel bite in the process.”

Upon moving the outer bag to get a better look, Bartle was able to shake things free and allow the squirrel to escape.

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Consensus among Drewids that adjuncts deserve better treatment

employees also lack the research funding of full-time professors.

This controversy has prompted advocates to take action against what they feel is an unfair treatment of the individuals who make up the majority of college professors (ac-cording to The Chronicle, adjuncts make up 70 percent of college professors).

Recently, an article published on The Chronicle’s website revealed the plight of Maria C. Maisto, an adjunct professor and advocate who made strides towards raising awareness and change towards the issues of adjuncts by helping to start a forum on which adjuncts could voice their stories, which garnered the support of 850 adjuncts from 41 states. However, it can be problem-atic for adjuncts to speak out about their difficulties due to a lack of job security - if something disagreeable is said, a university simply never has to hire said adjunct again.

Many nationwide efforts have been made pushing for reform in the treatment and standing of ad-junct college professors. This con-troversy surrounding adjuncts has made everyone take a closer look at how effective adjuncts are and how fairly they are actually being treated. Drew University students showed a general approval of ad-juncts that taught at the University as a whole.

“The woman I’m working with on the Theatre Department’s Senior Capstone, Barbara Pitts McAdams, is delightful,” said Lauren Messeck

(’14). “She is incredibly profes-sional and a wonderful addition to the team.”

Other students made it evident that the working situations of adjuncts made it difficult to reach them outside of class. “My one pro-fessor last year taught a class here, one at Montclair and another at Fairleigh Dickinson. He didn’t have office hours, so, whenever we had meetings, we would have to meet in Java City,” said Olivia Cuzzo (’16). “At a school like Drew, you need to have the close relationship with your professors.”

Regardless of how students felt about their relationships with adjunct faculty, there is a general consensus that a change needs to be made in the way universities are treating faculty in these positions.

“The idea itself is not a bad thing. Adjuncts can fill short-term needs or provide specialized course work,” added our anonymous long-time adjunct, “but the reality is that it’s really a cost-saving measure.”

“Every adjunct professor I’ve had so far has been great, so I don’t think it’s fair that their benefits are being unmatched,” said Rosona Kokiadis (’17). “Someone who gives their time and efforts to a school should not be denied of work hours and benefits that they need.”

Our source summed it up: “I love teaching… I love it. Even when it’s really hard, I love being in the classroom. There’s nothing better than watching as my students con-nect the dots… But at some point, I gotta pay my rent.”

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Stress, if present in the body, can actu-ally help in making new stem cells. As

defined by Merriam-Webster, a stem cell is “a simple cell in the body that is able to develop into any one of various kinds of cells (such as blood cells, skin cells, etc.).”

Researchers in Boston, at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, conducted several stem cell ex-periments with mice in a labora-tory.

In the experiments, the re-searchers collected mature cells from mice and turned them into embryonic-like stem cells and did tests. Mature cells are fully devel-oped stem cells that can develop into any kind of cell that is seen in the human body, like blood cells.

“I have heard about the break-through and I saw this coming because I wrote a paper on this topic my sophomore year,” ex-pressed Kristen Lammond (’14), President of Drew University Biological Society. “In 2006, a

Japanese scientist, Yamanaka, pioneered something called iPS cells (induced pluripotent cells). Those cells are chemically trig-gered to revert back to being essentially stem cells.”

This is a very important step in the field of science, because it shows that the human bodies are able to grow stem cells without any intensive kind of cell therapy

or technologies. Since the stem cells can be

grown, in the near future, scien-tists may be able to develop new therapies where stem cells can be used to regenerate damaged tissue or organs in some conditions or diseases.

“I believe that these studies are potentially a huge step forward for the stem research field. Being

able to produce pluripotent cells for use in regenerative medicine to combat diseases like diabetes and Parkinson’s are long sought after goals of this type of re-search,” expressed Dr. Stephen Dunaway, a biology professor at Drew.

Although research in this area may be a great idea, it has some drawbacks.

For example, if the stem cells are removed from the embryo, they are destroyed. However, the researchers have come up with a new way to create stem cells without any form of destruction.

They could inject small bits of foreign DNA to allow the skin cells to become embryos and pluripotent cells so they can turn into any kind of cell in the body.

Since the patient’s own cells are used to form new stem cells, there is a lower chance of rejec-tion occurring in the body. The name of this procedure, where a body’s cells can be turned into stem cells, is called stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripo-tency, or STAP.

Although this does sound like a very good procedure for certain

people who have diseases or se-vere conditions, researchers have not researched the stem cells in humans yet.

Human beings and mice are different in many ways, so it is not certain that this STAP procedure will definitely work in humans.

As Dr. Dunaway said, “This study was only conducted in mice, and, although promising, is a long way from being applicable to human disease treatment.

Several questions still remain about the ability to translate this research to human cells, how-ever, it is a tremendous step in the field.”

In the future, researchers want to explore possible ties to cancer from the STAP cell process. It could potentially help to model the process by which cells be-come cancerous and explore if there is a way to reverse the process.

Dr. Jeffrey Karp of the Har-vard Stem Cell Institute also commented on the study, “New reprogramming approaches to stem cells are emerging all the time… this one in particular looks incredibly promising.”

Scientists discovered a new way to use stress to make stem cells, which are simple cells in the human body capable of evolving into any other type of cell, involving using stress.

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Chris Andrews, who witnessed the rescue as he made his way from the Hall of Sciences toward his office in Gilbert House, Bartle may never have received recog-nition for her good citizenship. Andrews saw the squirrel leap out of the bag and was happy to see someone go out of their way when nobody else had stopped to do it, noting that Bartle “had no incentive, it was just a charitable deed.”

“It made my day, I was very happy that I could help the little guy (or girl)!” said Bartle, our local squirrel-savior.

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She’s not a girl, not yet a superhero, but then again, most teenangers with super powers are

stuck in this in-between phase. On Feb. 5 Marvel Comics’ title of Ms. Marvel was passed on to a Muslim-American teen girl from Jersey City named Kamala Khan.

This new Ms. Marvel character was announced in November, and the news of her production imme-diately went viral.

Most of the attention was due to Kamala’s minority status as a first generation Muslim-American teen who grew up in N.J. raised by her Pakistani immigrant parents. By allowing a young, non-white female from a non-major city (such as Gotham, Metropolis, San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York) to headline in her own comic, Marvel won intense approval and encouragement from what they considered to be a de-mographic overlooked. “It seemed we had tapped into some global subconscious desire that had gone ignored for far too long” reads the editor’s letter in the back of Ms. Marvel issue one.

Pre-release information on Ka-mala and one or two art previews were just some of the goodies Marvel unleashed on anticipating readers, many of whom had been sending letters as well as online support for the groundbreaking character.

A week after release, the new Ms. Marvel has been selling well. Dan Veltre, owner of Madison comic shop Dewey’s Comic City, said, “the first week of sales for the title have been excellent. When last I checked we had only a handful of copies still available for sale.”

Veltre also noted that the pre-vious Ms. Marvel title had not done as well as this new Kamala incarnation.

Dewey’s hasn’t been the only one to experience this rush. Veltre said, “The issue has sold out from Marvel and our distributor and the issue has gone to a second print-ing.” However, the first week may not always be indicative that a title will become a comic classic in the making, or even survive past a few months. Veltre said, “First issues always sell well so we won’t really

know how much of a sales success the title really is until the second or third issue.”

When asked, Dewey’s em-ployee John Bush agreed, “you never know if it is [bought for] readership or collector purposes...I would like to think we contribute to more people who are interested in reading.”

A few Drewids have also been weighing in on the comic and many picked up an issue before it was sold out.

Comic Book Club President Ra-chel Pitman (’14), who described Kamala as “terrifically cute,” said of the character, “she putzes around on the internet and imag-ines stories about the heroes she looks up to, she enjoys the smell of sandwiches she won’t eat, she loves and respects her family while simultaneously trying to figure out her own identity and she has a re-ally adorable, well-meaning sort of innocence about her.”

More than just teenage relat-ability, Kamala also offers a big step for the Muslim community. Amreen Patel (’16), president of the Muslim Student Association, weighed in on the new Ms. Marvel and portrayal of Muslims in the media and popular culture. “In the news, Muslims aren’t always portrayed in the best light. We, as a Muslim community, want to communicate that we are not different.”

Of Kamala, Patel said, “She’s a Pakistani girl from N.J. overcom-ing Islamophobia and growing up in a western country. She’s just a normal teenage girl fighting supervillains and dealing with her parents.”

Following rival DC Comics’ introduction of Simon Baz to the Green Lantern Corps last year, Marvel’s debut of a Muslim head-lining hero is being received as a win for the Muslim community and especially Muslim women. According to Patel, “There’s a stigma about Muslim women that they are oppressed, but Kamala is representing teenage Muslim girls and giving them a voice.”

Pitman explained that the book’s author, G. Willow Wilson, is a Muslim-American woman herself.

Patel commented that this makes a significant difference for representing teenage Muslim girls. “A white male or Muslim male wouldn’t have the same perspec-tive as a Muslim female,” she said.

Patel added that Ms. Marvel

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is breaking ground for broader communities than Muslim women alone. “This is especially im-portant for females. Kamala is a female superhero and of color,” Patel said.

Not only does the comic have Kamala dealing with the discovery of her super abilities, “Kamala is also shown dealing with preju-dice, not necessarily through acts of violence or straightforward insults, but in the assumptions people make and the ways people do or don’t talk to her,” according

to Pitman.Patel described her wishes for

the new Ms. Marvel. She said, “I hope people receive her well and want to learn more about Muslims and our culture.”

Muslim girls seem to be on board for the new character. She said, “On tumblr, I’ve seen a lot of Muslim girls getting excited because they like to see themselves represented and have a voice.”

Although Kamala may be a fictional character perhaps she reminds us that real life heroes

of all different backgrounds ex-ist. Patel referenced the story of Malala Yousafzai, a 16-year-old Pakistani activist for women’s and education rights. She said, “She showed the world that young people still have a voice. She’s a real-life superhero.”

Either way, Kamala has made a successful debut. Carrie Tae-tam (’15) said enthusiastically after reading issue number one, “I would read the second issue. I would pay to read the second issue.”

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Fans of television show “The Biggest Loser” now have the op-portunity to participate in Campus Recreation’s very own version of the competition.

Last semester, Drewids could partake in Drew Fitness Success Story. This semester they can be a part of the new program, a weight loss challenge.

What makes this different from the mouthful, Drew Fitness Success Story, is the fact that all members of the Drew commu-nity including faculty, staff and students of the graduate, under-graduate and theology schools, will not be alone in their journeys to lose weight.

Drewids will be able to make a team of six members.

The team will then compete against other teams to see which

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teams earned the most points by losing weight.

“The Biggest Loser” inspired Emily Hagdorn (’15) to establish this program at Drew with the aid of Campus Recreation.

As a resident assistant, Hag-dorn is very keen when it comes to understanding what Drew students want. Hagdorn said, “I think that weight loss or exercise in general is something that many students on campus are interested in.

One of the hardest challenges with program is being able to capture the interests of every student, however being healthy is an interest I think we all share in one way or another.”

Teams can earn points by at-tending weekly fitness classes or events put together by Campus Recreation. The points will add up to how much weight is lost. For instance, if a team attends a

martial arts class, they will earn two points. An accumulation of a total of ten points translates as a loss of one additional pound for the final weight check.

Coordinator of Campus Rec-reation Kerry Klug has added a creative twist to make weight loss interesting. Klug said, “Ev-erything you attend can gain the participants what we call ‘Paw Points.’”

He explained “Paw Points” are so-called because Campus Rec will give participants each a notebook and use a paw stamp to keep track of points.

All participants will be win-ners just by losing weight. How-ever, the individual with the most weight lost will win a $200 wardrobe, free personal trainer and free visits to a nutritionist for an entire semester.

The winning team will receive Drew apparel and The Biggest Loser winning t-shirt.

The prize outweighs the cost to join, $3 per person. Any member of the Drew community can sign-up at drew.edu/campusrec. Once signup is completed, the partici-pant will be emailed by Klug for an appointment for a weigh-in.

Klug said, “Losing weight isn’t just running on a treadmill. It doesn’t have to be boring.”

While Hagdorn excitedly said, “Please join! It will be an amaz-ing experience if you allow it to be. Kerry and I have major plans for this program and will be in-corporating many resources such as personal instructors, workout programs, a nutritionist and so much more!”

All members of the Drew com-munity are strongly encouraged to take part in the program. Perhaps, the loss and the gain will balance each other out.Drewids exercise during a weekly Zumba class.

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What do bullfight-ers, Parisians and a political theorist all have

in common? They are just three of the subjects featured in Drew’s 2014 International Film Festival, opening tonight in LC 28.

Featuring seven international and transnational films, the fes-tival was organized by Audrey Evrard and Shakti Jaising, assistant professors of French and Eng-lish, respectively, with advertising and website design ass is tance f rom students.

With the theme o f “ T r a n s g r e s -sions” this year, “all the films as in some way question social and storytelling conven-tions...and this is what makes these films worth watching and thinking about,” according to Jaising.

Evrard added, “Every year, we try to find a theme broad enough to talk about more than thematic elements, but also cinematic.”

The seven films hail from nine countries in-cluding Germa-ny, France, the United Kingdom, Qatar, the United States, Nigeria, Spain, Italy and Canada. Scaled down from last year’s main and fringe festivals, this year’s festi-val will take place f o r o n e w e e k only.

“We hope that this will make it easier to keep track of what’s playing and will increase our attendance at indi-vidual screenings,” Jaising said.

A faculty member connected to the film’s subject will intro-duce each film. The films were selected by Jaising and Evrard, with suggestions from other faculty.

Evrard gave an example of “Laurence Anyways,” a French-Canadian film she saw in Paris this summer. “I saw this movie and I thought I need to bring this movie to Drew.” This film cen-ters around the main character’s gender change and “plays with how gender issues weren’t as

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openly discussed in the 80s and 90s,” according to Evrard.

She explained the films are popular, but either weren’t shown near Madison or didn’t receive much attention in the United States.

When asked to pick the most important film for students to see, Evrard refused to pick one. She said, “We narrowed the films to seven we thought were very interesting for very different

reasons. They are not repetitive.”

She explained selecting a film to watch is real-ly up to the per-son’s mood. For example, Drewids with interests in film history and Spanish culture will enjoy “Blan-canieves,” which Evrard describes as “a f i lm tha t

brings together silent cinema, fairy tales and bullfighting.”

She described the French film “Holy Motors” as a “visually crazy experience of aesthetic and composition. It’s a treat.”

“Mother of George” (“a local-international film,” according to Evrard) tells a story of immigra-tion to the United States and life

in Brooklyn.“Reality,” a tale

of “Italian culture in its excess,” toes the line between distortion and re-ality, according to Evrard.

With the ad-vent of the film and media studies minor, a film com-munity is growing on campus. Jais-ing said, “We see the film festival as

helping to encourage and develop this community and we hope more students will participate.”

Jaising encourages students to send their feedback on the films. She said, “We would love to hear from them about which they thought was the most memorable or important film.”

Find a full schedule and watch trailers for each film at http://drewfilmfest2014.wordpress.com. With an introduction by Associate Professor of German Joshua Kavaloski, “Hannah Ar-endt” opens the festival tonight at 6 p.m. in LC 28. Showings are free with a Drew ID, or $3 without.

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Recycle ManiaDrew has kicked off its participation in the 2014 RecycleMania tournament, the national, eight-week competition in which colleges compete to see which can re-duce, reuse and recycle the most on-cam-pus waste.

Week One Results

Upcoming EventsHang out with your complex Eco-Reps and make poster reminders to save energy and recycle. Eco-Reps will be in TB Lounge and Bald-win Basement.

Which waste goes where?Look for the three-bin system in the Ehinger

Film festival leaps over language barrier and breaks social norms

Each week runs Sunday through Saturday. The waste management hauler tells Campus Sustainability how many tons of each waste type. This data is submit-ted to RecycleMania on Wednesday and rankings are released Friday.

59.35 percent weekly recycling rate

State Rank: #1National Rank: #22

Feel the burn... with Campus Rec’s group weight-loss competition

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STUDENT LIFE & ARTS · FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 2014 7

Over the next three years, Drew is going to put the arts back into the liberal arts.

This renewed emphasis and ap-preciation of the arts on campus will be the result of the $625,000 Arts and the Common Good Grant, awarded to Drew by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

While programming funded by the grant will recognize the power of the arts to illustrate so-cial issues, it also aims to expand interdisciplinary conversation on campus while using art to discuss these topics relating to the theme of the common good.

Dr. Kenneth Alexo, the associ-ate vice president for University Advancement, wrote the grant and noted the potential of the Grant to further Drew’s mission.

He said, “This arts-infused curriculum will produce not only culturally literate graduates but also young men and women who will be sought-after in their chosen professions...who are able to adapt to the changing needs and techno-logical advances that characterize today’s society and workplace and who can serve as visionary leaders who understand what the common good is and the need to pursue it.”

Dr. Kimberly Rhodes, chair of the art history department and director of programming for the Mellon Grant, said, “The grant will get people from different disci-plines talking through the arts…It will help us focus on the things the liberal arts have in common. We’re all attempting to accomplish some of the same things.”

About multidisciplinary learn-ing on campus, Rachel Dooley (’14), an art history major and student representative for the grant, said, “I think Drew is re-

ally good at integrating the arts with other disciplines. The grant will reinforce multidisciplinary arts programs…I think the arts play a role in any discipline, just in seeing things from a different perspective.”

Programs and exhibits funded by the grant will be seen on cam-pus this spring and will continue over the next three years. The first project being funded by the grant will be a public art installation, one of the first of its kind, by Drew alum Anne Percoco (C’05), which will be installed late March-early

April. In addition to more public art on campus, the grant will also fund having an artist-in-residence on campus.

Beginning in the fall, an artist will come on campus and work in a non-arts department such as one of the sciences.

He or she will be team-teaching classes, making a special project on campus that students will have numerous opportunities to become involved with, visiting classes of various areas of study and doing public programming.

Another major part of the grant

TAYLOR TRACYAssistant Student Life & Arts

is the opportunity for students, faculty and soon student and fac-ulty teams to apply for competitive mini-grants.

These can be used for research projects, internships and creating public programming including the arts and another subject while also demonstrating the larger theme of the common good.

Because of the grant’s larger theme of the common good, Civic Scholars and anyone interested in doing a community service project should consider applying for one of these mini-grants.

Various projects will be funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Arts and the Common Good Grant.TAYLOR TRACY / ASSISTANT STUDENT LIFE & ARTS EDITOR

Regarding the connection be-tween arts and community ser-vice, Director of the Center for Civic Engagement Professor Amy Koritz said, “The arts have enor-mous power to further community vitality, bring the tools of creativ-ity and artistic expression to our understanding of complex social issues, and engage communities inside and outside of Drew in dialogue and exploration. We all benefit from a vibrant, creative, community.”

Mini-grant applications for the summer and fall terms are due April 1 and can be found either by contacting Rhodes or on the Andrew W. Mellon Arts and the Common Good Grant U-KNOW page at uknow.drew.edu/conflu-ence/display/AWMACGG/Andrew+W.+Mellon+Arts+and+the+Common+Good+Grant+Home.

Of the mini-grants, Rhodes said, “I encourage you and organiza-tions you’re involved with to apply for these mini-grants.”

Organizations include theme houses, clubs and other student groups who would like to do a project incorporating the common good and the arts with another subject area.

At the student information ses-sion on the Grant, Professor Trevor Weston said, “If you have even the slightest kernel of an idea, you can talk to any of us [on the Advisory Board].” He added, “Don’t be afraid to take a risk.”

Professors on the Advisory Board represent varied disci-plines including art, music, the-atre, English, philosophy, math, chemistry, environmental science and political science. The board also includes representation from the Center for Civic Engagement.

Students who have questions about the Grant or an idea for one of the mini-grants should contact Rhodes at krhodes@drew.edu.

What’s the word? Do you still like snow days? How do you beat cabin fever?

“I really don’t like snow, so the snow days for me were a no-no.”John Singleton (’15)

“Just watch movies I guess. You can’t really go outside.”Stephanie Santa Maria (’17)

“At first, I loved it. I had such a great time. But now, I forgot why I’m here. I don’t know what to do with my life.”Jordon Arnold (’16)

“Go play in the snow.”Anthony Mancini (’14)

“How do I feel about snow days in general? Like any reasonable 10-year old, I love a snow day. It’s still a thrill to wake up and realize that class is canceled and there are several inches of new snow on the ground.” Professor Louis Hamilton

“I just do donuts in parking lots.”Adam Campos (’16)

Student photos by Taylor Tracy, Assistant Student Life & Arts Editor

Interdisciplinary art grant seeks to serve common good

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Snow day handling disappoints

The snow days have confused our schedules enough, and the admin-istration’s attempt to deal with them has heaped more confusion

on us.Last Wednesday, students were advised

to go home so as not to be on campus when a large storm hit the next morning. It would seem that waiting out a storm on campus would be safer than driving home and then driving back in the next one or two days. So, not surprisingly, those students who did go home had trouble coming back for classes on Friday.

Since Friday classes were held after 10:30, many students found themselves unable to attend class and without an of-ficial excuse. And it was because they took Drew’s advice in travelling home.

The second issue is the new way of mak-

ing up classes that was not even announced by email to the students: having classes on multiple Saturdays throughout the semester. Some people have weekend plans already made while many others simply will not show up. Why a week could not be added to the already-short semester, we do not know. That has been the usual way of making up for lost time, and it seems far superior given people may have weekend plans that now must be cancelled in a week or two.

Admittedly, there are much more serious issues to gripe about, and losing a couple of Saturday afternoons is hardly the worst thing that could befall us. But this, combined with telling students to go home ahead of a major storm, is a notably poor way of dealing with something fairly commonplace. After Sandy and the Snowpocalypse, we know Drew can do better.

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Most of the student body can agree that Drew puts on a great show to attract the incoming crowd of INTO program visi-tors and freshmen, but why not keep the campus in great shape all of the time?

A s s p r i n g s e m e s t e r a p -proached Drew has go t ten out its box of tricks to show visitors how great a campus we have. Students on campus have been raving on about how

we only see these improvements in the campus when we receive visitors. But why can’t these im-provements be permanent? Why not have a campus that is great instead of one that just looks great on certain occasions?

The Commons has definitely been a prime ex-ample of the im-provements Drew has been making for this past week. The Commons has been serving great food, even using nicer bowls, and having more employees dressed up, when in reality we never see this happening.

The Commons and the Drew student body have been at con-stant war for years over wanting

better food. This week we did get better food, but it was for the purpose of pleasing Drew’s visitors, not its full-time stu-dent body and staff. Students who pay an extremely costly tuition should be in this im-proved environment, not just

get a glimpse of it when the school puts on this façade.

Another improvement is that the paths have—just in time—been plastered with banners of Drew pride. The students find them to be great for the campus

Drew’s “perfect campus” act for visitors is tiring

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We did get better food, but it was for the purpose of pleasing Drew’s visitors[ ]

Grumbles + Mumbles A collection of anonymous complaints, and frustrations from REAL Drewids

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since they show Drew pride, but was this only put up for the purpose of pleasing visitors?

As a freshman myself I can say that when I came for Full Impact Day last year I was amazed by the campus. Last year Drew had shown hundreds

of potential incoming students and me this magnificent image of the campus, and now we can see the deterio-ration of this so-called perfect campus.

Like any college campus Drew University wants to put its best foot forward and show all of the greatest aspects of the campus. The point is that the façade of a magnificent school needs to become a reality.

We are a campus filled with great students and staff who need to be appreciated. Improv-ing our campus when future investments are at stake is im-portant, but we should not have to do this.

The show Drew is putting on is nice while it lasts, but it will soon fade. The campus should always be at its best. Then the positive buzz about Drew will speak for itself.

There won’t have to be a huge preparation or improve-ments on campus because it will already be held up to a high standard.

Visitors get it better than pay-

ing students

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HIT Paris Lees and her column in Vice. This LGBT rights activist writes hilarious articles on sex and discrimination. Warning: no topic is too taboo for Paris.

MISS Icy pathways turned the campus into an ice skating rink and Drewids were crash-ing into each other on the way to class.

HIT All the wonderful workers who did their best to their best to salt the pathways. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK!

A very random collection of cool and not so cool things that caught the attention the Drew Acorn editors this week.

SQUIRREL DROPPINGS

- I hate it when there’s lipstick on my glass at the commons, especially when I’m not wearing any.

- I’m all about expressing yourself, but please stop wearing belly shirts when it’s 20 degrees out. It’s just unhealthy.

- Why isn’t there a flag of Belgium hanging in the EC, but there’s one for Hong Kong and Texas, two non-countries. #neverforget, #smallandproud, #audreyhepburncountry

- I hate it when the commons pretends to be fancy for one meal but we all know it’s a lie.

- Can we, for a second, talk about that massive, gaping, sinkhole in front of BC that is slowly, but surely, sucking the life force out of me? For some reason my professors will not except that as a valid excuse for not turning in my paper on time. #idontgetit

- I hate it when you call the registrar because you noticed a problem on your Treehouse Ladder and they need a formal request from a professor to change it. They messed up but it’s somehow my professor’s fault.

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Stocks to Watch:Halcon Resources Corp.

NYSE: HK

If there is one stock to keep a close eye on, it has to be the oil explora-tion and production stock Halcon Resources located in the great state

of Texas. HK was stuck in the range of $3.24-3.62 for months, but the stock finally broke out of its comfort zone and went up 5 percent during Tuesday’s market and stands as of Wednesdays market around $3.74.

Not only is HK in one of the most promising sectors right now, its 52 week report shows that it has plenty of room to grow. With a 52 week high of $8.12 and in years before that reaching to the $11’s, HK is not even close to it’s capability yet. Also, Halcon resource’s relatively new well called “Stasny-Honza 1H” has already produced 89,000 barrels of oil in a span of just five months. With the fast success and progress of Stasny-Honza 1H, Halcon resource’s future looks very promising.

HK is one of those stocks that if you wait until next week to invest in it, it will be too late. Be a bull on this stock and watch your investment take off.

Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc.NASDAQ: ARIA

Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA) to be honest, this stock actually made me sick

and was a complete tease to me. A couple weeks ago, this stock started the Friday market day at $7.52 and I picked it up when it was 10 cents down pre-market at 7.42.

If you don’t believe that rumors have an impact on a stock, ARIA will sure prove you wrong. Rumor had it that a big phar-maceutical company called “Eli Lilly” was going to buy Ariad Pharmaceuticals once it hit $20. On that Friday, Jan. 24, ARIA took off when the market opened and when I say took off, it exploded, reaching as high as $9.82 a share. ARIA’s volume took off as well, as investors started throwing in hard core cash at the pharmaceutical company.

However, when the market opened on monday, Eli’s potential buy of ARIA turned out to be all a hoax, as ARIA did as we like to call a “Perilous Reversal”, which simply means the trend reversed negatively in a dangerous way causing it to drop just as much as it gained on Jan. 24. Stockhold-ers quickly pulled out of ARIA when this happened and the volume dropped like a led balloon.

ARIA has much room to grow, as it’s 52 week high is an impressive $23 a share, which if it ever reaches back up to that it can make you a hefty load of money, so in my opinion it is worth the risk jumping into ARIA, also because there are other companies that are looking to buy them once they hit $20.

Go Long:Yahoo! Inc.

NASDAQ: YHOO

My next stock recommen-dation goes out to the all-star of my portfolio: Yahoo! (YHOO). While

Yahoo may seem lackluster compared to technology giants like Google and Apple, they have been strong perform-ers over the past year under the great leadership of CEO Marissa Mayer.

Originally an employee at Google, Mayer has completely revamped the image of Yahoo, from a redesign of the logo, to over 20 acquisitions over the past year. At the recent technology conference, the implementation of these acquisitions has been seen such as from the acquisition of Summly, a news di-gestion app.

In August, Yahoo actually surpassed Google in number of users to visit the site that month. Yahoo has even expanded to the various areas of multi-media particularly through video as seen with the recent hiring of Katie Couric as Yahoo’s global news anchor.

One of Yahoo’s strongest as-sets would be their stake in Alibaba,

an e-commerce giant in China. While Yahoo’s stake will reduce upon Ali-baba’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the future, investors are still planning to hang on in the mean time.

Yahoo has consistently beaten earn-ings expectations over the past few weeks and while the stock was rattled recently, the price has rebounded rather quickly. Relative to other technology gi-ants, Yahoo’s stock price is rather cheap and is a great pick for new investors with limited capital to invest.

Marissa Mayer has brought a lot of positive attention to Yahoo, bringing needed changes to the company. In re-cent months, Yahoo has seen a record number of job applications showing that within the technology realm, Yahoo is very much respected and there is a strong growth potential. Now is the op-portunity to buy in to potentially one of the most valuable stocks on the market in the next few months. This is a stock I plan on holding for quite some time.

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THEHUDDLE‘SPRING’ INTO ACTIONSpring sports kick off their seasons this week

Coming off of a strong, yet inconsistent 2013 campaign, the men’s lacrosse team looks to attain a conference playoff berth as well as to improve upon their 4-10 record from last year. The 2013 season brought about a number of challenges for the team, including a significant strengthening of the team’s schedule, which led to an overall disappointing season.

Throughout the off-season, which encompassed both the fall and winter, the players have felt the responsibility to improve. The team has done a significant amount of training strength and conditioning, as well as spent time on the practice field in preparation for the upcoming season.

This year, the team is en-hanced by the addition of 11 freshmen, all of whom bring a strong work ethic and positive attitude to the team. In addition to the freshmen, the team will re-turn two graduate students, who will return to action following season ending injuries.

The team will open the season at home when they take on Madi-son Avenue rival FDU-Florham in the Battle of Mad Ave on Wednesday. They will open conference play on March 22 when they take on Susquehanna in Selinsgrove, Pa.

In the recently released Land-mark Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the Rangers were chosen to finish fifth in the Conference. Despite the low preseason ranking, the Rangers still tallied one first place vote in the poll.

Head Coach Tom Leanos has high hopes for this year’s team. “The last time the Rangers were predicted to end up out of the conference playoffs, we ended up playing in the title game versus Goucher, so anything can happen,” he said.

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The women’s lacrosse looks to build on last year’s success under the leadership of Head Coach Julia Steier, who enters her sec-ond season with the team. With her first year at the helm of the program in the books, the team will be free of the challenge of the adjustments associated with having a new coach.

Last season, the team finished with an 8-10 overall record and earned a berth in the Landmark Conference Tournament.They enter the season ranked fourth in the Landmark Conference Pre-season Coaches’ Poll. They rank behind Susquehanna, Catholic, and Scranton.

Leading the Ranger attack this season are Nikki Kleiman (‘15) and Krysta Cento (‘15), both of whom sat atop the conference charts for points last season. In addition to the strength and expe-rience of the Ranger attack, they will also look to the likes of a freshman class of nine, including the addition of two goalkeepers.

In addition to off season work-outs both on and off of the lacrosse field, the team has par-ticipated in a number of activities to increase their cohesiveness as well. Recently, the team was selected to attend the Super Bowl halftime show. They also par-ticipated in Cycle for Survival, where, as a team, they raised over $10,000 for rare cancers research as part of Team George Kraynak.

The team will begin their sea-son on Feb. 27, when they take on Montclair State University in a re-match of last year’s contest, when the Rangers lost by one goal. They will open Conference play and commence their quest towards a Landmark Conference Championship on March 14, when they travel to the Univer-sity of Scranton. The Rangers will host their first home contest of the season on March 5 against Rowan University.

Following a disappointing season last year after winning the Landmark Conference Cham-pionship during the 2012 sea-son, the baseball team looks to reclaim their glory this season. Last season, the Rangers finished with an 18-22 overall record after facing a slow start to the season.

Unfortunately, however, the Rangers’ recover from the slow start was not enough to send the team to the playoffs, which they narrowly missed by just one game.

The return of a number of last year’s starters, as well as rising talent from underclassmen, will prove valuable for the Rangers heading into the 2014 campaign. “We have a strong freshman class,” said Head Coach Brian Hirschberg. “I’m very excited about the future of this group.” The depth of the senior class will also provide a significant group of players who have a high-level of understanding of the team’s system of play to share with the incoming players.

Despite the strength of the incoming class, adjusting to the pace and style of the college game can be difficult. “Even the most talented freshman will have a learning curve when transition-ing in the college game,” said Hirschberg. The time spent on video-work in addition to work-ing on skills will prove crucial to the development of the team as a whole throughout the year.

This season will be highlighted by the team’s upcoming spring break trip to California, where they will face off against five teams, before returning to the east coast to commence their conference games on March 15 against Moravian College. The team will open their season on March 6 at William Patterson University, after which they will depart on their five game spring break trip.

Coming off of a 11-25 overall record during the 2013 season and missing out on a slot in the playoffs with a 2-8 record in-conference, the softball team will look to establish itself as a new threat in the Landmark Conference.

Despite last season’s dismal record, the team had some stand-out performances, including a victory over Moravian College, who, at the time, was ranked No. 20 in the nation.

This season, the Rangers will be faced with the challenge of a small roster. The impact of returning players, especially in terms of bringing experience to the team will be significant. However, the roster will be high-lighted by the addition of seven freshman, comprising half of the 14-person team, all of whom will bring talent to the field.

Throughout the off-season and preseason, the team has spent considerable amounts of time focusing on their offense as well as their overall level of fitness. “We worked hard on our fitness as well,” said Head Coach Charlotte LaBate. “This not only makes them stronger physically, but also helps them bond as a team.”

The 2014 season will be high-lighted by the team’s annual participation in the Gene Cusick Classic over spring break, which will be held in Fort Meyers, Fl. They will open their season in their first game of the tournament on March 9 against St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

The team will play the first 10 games of their season in Florida, before returning to New Jersey to begin Landmark Conference play. The Rangers will host their first home game and first Landmark Conference matchup of the 2014 season on March 22, when they take on the University of Scranton in a double header.

This year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia have been significantly influ-

enced by the the continually increasing and omnipresent media. The arrival of both journalists and athletes in Sochi brought about the proliferation of the internet sensation #So-chiProblems. The term has invaded all forms of social media while also becoming an explanation for disappointing performances by athletes.

A quick Twitter search for #sochiproblems brings up a number of results. Among those results are stray dogs, uniform malfunctions and technical difficulties during the opening ceremony. How-ever, perhaps the most in-fluential contribution to the virilization of #sochiproblems was the revelation of poor con-ditions in hotels in and around the Olympic Village.

Johnny Quinn, a member of the U.S. Bobsled team, emerged into the forefront of the media’s coverage when he broke a hole in the door to a bathroom in the athlete’s village after the lock on the door broke. Despite the dis-sapointing performance of the U.S. Bobsled team, Quinn’s reaction to the situation gave him his 15 minutes of fame.

In terms of disappointing performances by athletes, fig-ure skater Ashley Wagner has changed the face of internet memes. Her disgusted facial expression in response to her short program score in the team event has been photo-shopped onto pictures detail-ing other Olympians’ personal #sochiproblems.

Four years ago at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the world of Twitter, memes and other internet outlets were significantly less developed than it is now. A play-by-play of each Olympic event is ac-cessible for the world for view in realtime through the internet and various mobile device applications. However, the strong media presence brings up the question of whether or not the problems presented by #sochiproblems are brought to our attention because the media literally sees everything or because the summer resort town of Sochi was ill-equipped to host the Winter Olympic games.

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RANGER ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Breana Wilson

Wilson (’14) p l a y e d e v e r y minute of both games for the women’s bas -k e t b a l l t e a m

this week. Within 40 minutes against Scranton, Wilson led the Rangers in scoring nine

points and dishing out 10 as-sists. In an exciting come-from-behind victory over confer-ence foe Goucher on Saturday, Wilson scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Rangers. She ranks third in the Landmark Conference for freethrows, making 97 of those she has attempted thus far in the season. Additionally, she ranks eleventh in the conference with

Mike Klinger

Klinger (’16) led the men’s bas-ketbal l team in both of their con-ference games this week. In a losing

effort to Scranton on Wednes-day, the guard played 37 minutes and scored 14 points, grabbing

three rebounds and dishing out two assists. Then on Saturday, Klinger scored 15 consecutive points for the Rangers as a part of 19-5 run late in the second half of the game. He finished the game with a total of 19 points in 33 minutes of action.Overall, Klinger ranks second in the conference in points per game with 19.8 and second for total points with 456.

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well and moved Merchant Marine to a dismal 0-13 in Landmark con-ference play. Stephens, showing no signs of wear after Wednes-day’s monster game, played every minute and locked in a season-high 19 points.

Stephens shot efficiently sink-ing eight shots in only 12 attempts.Drew was able to hold a comfort-able double-digit lead for essen-tially the entire game as they kept their playoff hopes alive.

The Drew Rangers, whose record now stands at 13-11, have earned the right to determine whether or not they make the playoffs. Drew will square off against Juniata tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Baldwin Gym. Prior to the game, the team will honor their three seniors.

The game will be played for fourth place in the Conference and a playoff berth.

playoffs as the scoreboard showed 52-38 Goucher.

With the season on the line, Drew exploded and went on a 15-1 run capped by a final four points by Hannah Miller (’17). We were headed for overtime. The teams traded baskets until nearly a minute remained. With the score knotted up, Courtney Stephens (’16) flipped a layup in and Drew was leading.

Wilson added a few free throws but with seconds remaining, Goucher drilled a three-pointer. Double overtime. Stephens then took over. She registered four points in Double OT and finished with eight points as well as 14 rebounds. Drew hung on, but, to keep themselves alive in the playoff hunt, they would have to take on Merchant Marine on Wednesday night.

Drew won on Wednesday as

The men’s basketball team’s quest for a Landmark Conference playoff spot was decided when they faced off against conference foes Goucher College and Mer-chant Marine this week.

“The postseason has been our goal since the season started, and, with only a few games left, we are right where we want to be. We are only a couple games out of the playoffs, so these last few games are big, and we need to get a few wins down the stretch,” said sophomore Michael Klinger (’16).

Drew’s first challange was against Goucher College and the Rangers started the game on an early 7-2 run with just under 16 minutes to play in the first half. Goucher responded, however, by going on a 9-2 run and taking the lead 11-9 with just 10 minutes left to play in the half.

The rest of the first half was mostly even as Drew and Gouch-er traded blows, but Goucher earned the lead 37-32 going into the second half.

Jason Huelbig (’16) was red hot in the first half, scoring 16 of his 18 points just in the first half. Goucher came out rolling

Erin Howard (’16) runs toward the net with the ball

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In a five-day stretch that in-cluded two must-win games for the women’s basketball team, Drew went 2-0 and

their playoff desire was on display.On Saturday, Drew traveled to

Baltimore to take on the strug-gling Goucher Gophers. The game would prove to be a grueling double overtime marathon that could be considered the best game of the year.

The Rangers were led by Breana Wilson (’15) who logged a stag-gering 50 minutes of game time. A full 40 minutes of regulation left the teams at a dead heat, 53 to 53. With 8:08 to go in the second half, however, overtime wasn’t in anyone’s mind.

The Rangers were teetering on the edge of contention for the

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scoring the first two points of the half taking a 39-32 lead.

With just 11:33 left to play in the game, the Rangers trailed 47-41 but sparked a 17-4 run to take a 58-51 lead with just 6:44 left in the game. Klinger scored 15 of his game high 19 points on the Ranger run.

Goucher responded by tying the game 62-62 with just two minutes left to play. After a missed Ranger jumper, Goucher came down the court drawing a foul and converted both from the line taking a 65-63 lead.

Goucher’s Alex Noble added two more dagger points from the free throw line making it a 67-63 Goucher win. John Ford (’14) scored nine points and Brian Mclaughlin (’16) also contrib-uted with four points coming off the bench.

Zach Nolan (’15) also con-tributed minutes off the bench, scoring four points as well.

The team then hosted another conference rival Merchant Ma-rine and came away with a huge victory at home 77-63, which leaves Drew sitting at fifth place in the landmark conference.

Klinger drove the Drew of-fense scoring 24 points and grab-bing 10 rebounds in the game. Huelbig also contributed for the

win, recording his first double double, scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

Drew started out strong in the first, when they expanded the lead by 10, thanks to back to back three pointers by Ford and Mclaughlin, making it 17-9 Drew.

Drews lead extended to twelve 24-12 with just 10 minutes left in the half. However, Merchant Marine made a big 18-8 run to cut the Drew lead to 32-30 going into the second half. In the begin-ning of the second half, Huelbig came up with two big layups to set the tone for the half as Klinger knocked down a three-pointer right after the Huelbig layups.

Drew took the lead 39-34 with 17:35 left in the game. Merchant Marine took their only lead of the game with 11:30 to go capping a 13-7 run giving them a one point lead 47-46.

Drew’s offense then took off and became way too much for Merchant Marine as Drew shot an impressive 58 percent from the floor in the final 10 minutes of the game.

Ford ended his night play-ing 35 minutes and scoring 11 points. Kevin Michael Miller (’16) scored 8 points and voted five shots off the island.

The Rangers will play their last game of the season in a men’s and women’s double header starting today at 2 p.m. in the Baldwin gym.

Prior to the game, the team will honor the dedication, hard work, and committment their three se-

niors have contributed over the past four seasons.

Even with a win against Ju-niata and a Merchant Marine loss, Drew will still not make the playoffs because Merchant Marine defeated Drew at the Mariners home.

Jason Huelbig (’16) drives hard to the net for a layup

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M. BASKETBALLGoucher 67Drew 63

M. BASKETBALL Drew 77USMMA 63

M. BASKETBALLScranton 67 Drew 63

W. BASKETBALLDrew 68Goucher 66

W. BASKETBALLDrew 53USMMA 40