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HolcadHolcadThe Friday,March 7,2008

Volume CXXIXNumber 17

W e s t m i n s t e r C o l l e g e ’ s s t u d e n t n e w s p a p e r s i n c e 1 8 8 4

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Eight students selected to participate inthe Pennsylvania Intercollegiate BandBy Rachael GresleyCampus Writer

Eight music students were se-lected to travel to West ChesterUniversity Friday, March 7 - 9 toparticipate in the 61st annual Inter-collegiate Band.

There are 120 students from 26different colleges and universitiesthat participate in the longest run-ning music competition. Dr. R. TadGreig, assistant professor of musicand director of bands, will be at-tending with the students.

Attending Intercollegiate Bandis a great opportunity for thesemusicians as they are challeged bythe pieces they play and by theother participants as they auditionfor chairs.

“After the musicians auditionit’s good to see where our kidsplace,” Greig said. “We have hadquite a few students place high inthe ensemble and in the principalchairs. This is a great chance toshow off our musicians.”

To become a participant in theprogram, students had to fill outan application and submit a re-sume of past experiences. Greigevaluated their submissions andsent them in.

Junior Jon Nickel, a second yearparticipant, is excited to have theopportunity to go. He takes this asa valuable learning experience toget to work with many other musi-cians and a fine conductor.

“I feel prepared in my musicalabilities and this institution gaveme the space to improve my tal-ents” Nickel said.

Sophomore Jennie Smith is afirst year participant in the inter-

collegiate band. “I cannot wait to meet other col-

lege musicians from PA,” Smithsaid. “I am a little nervous aboutchair placements, but I am sure itwill be a great experience no mat-ter what happens.”

The labor intensive weekendstarts when the students arrive toWest Chester at 11 am. They willbe seated onstage and have anhour rehearsal with all of the otherstudents.

After the rehearsal, the wood-wind section will be pulled offstage to audition for chair place-ment. During this time, the guestconductor, Dr. Peter Boonshaft, willwork with the brass section. Thenthe woodwinds will come backand the brass section will leave fortheir auditions.

Senior Bethany Morse, anothersecond year participant, feels hon-ored to participate in a group oftop musicians and represent thecollege.

“It’s an enjoyable experience tomeet people with similar inter-ests,” Morse said.

The auditions are done by threeo’clock, and from 3:00 to 5:00 thewhole ensemble rehearses togeth-er. They have down time for aboutan hour, and then from six to ninethey have more practice.

On Saturday, rehearsals willrun for about twelve hours. OnSunday, they rehearse for aboutfour hours and the concert starts at2:30 pm.

“Dr. Greig has helped mold usinto the musicians we are,” Nickelsaid. “He is a not only a teacher,but also a mentor.”

Pre-law travels toWashington D.C.

By Courtney WilliamsCampus Writer

Pre-law students recently expe-rienced a three-day supreme pre-view of their potential futures.

Members of the Pre-Law Asso-ciation and other interested stu-dents traveled by charter bus toWashington, D.C., March 1-3 to wit-ness the government in action. Thegroup toured the west wing of theWhite House, the Capitol building,and even sat in on a SupremeCourt lecture.

This year’s annual trip left alasting impression on senior Ash-ley Ray, president of the Pre-LawAssociation.

“The most memorable experi-ence was the White House tourthat 18 of us went on,” Ray said.“Not everyone could go becausethe secret service only allowed somany in a group. This was the firsttime we’ve gotten to do this in thethree years we’ve gone to D.C. forPre-Law, and the history and sightsthat we got to see were somethingmost people aren’t ever privilegedto experience; they’re [memories]I’ll never forget.”

Ray planned the trip with helpfrom Dr. Cohen, the group’s advi-sor. The $80 cost per student cov-ered transportation and hotel fees.All White House tours are free andoffered Tuesday through Saturdayto groups of 10 or more. TheSupreme Court presents educa-tional lectures every hour on thehalf hour when not in session, and

the Capitol staff provides guidedtours to the public six days a week.These expeditions are kept free ofcharge to allow U.S. citizens to bet-ter understand government proce-dure.

According to the school Website, the aim of the WestminsterStudent Pre-Law Association is toprovide support and a forum forstudents interested in attendinglaw school and pursuing a careerin law. The mission of the group isto provide information concerningoptions available in a legal career,the process of applying to andchoosing a law school and thetypes of undergraduate course-work and experience that providethe best preparation for law school.Membership is open to any stu-dent interested in the legal profes-sion wishing to become better in-formed and qualified for lawschool.

The group regularly invites pastgraduates and successful lawyersto impart insight into the daily lifeof a lawyer and also arrange toursof nearby law schools. Consistingof approximately 15 members, theorganization meets every otherWednesday.

Chapel Drama presents “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”By Laura HenryStaff Writer

The Chapel Drama will present“You’re a Good Man CharlieBrown” on Sunday, March 9, at 2p.m. and 7 p.m. in Wallace Memor-ial Chapel. This event is free andopen to the public.

The original Peanuts dramawill star Joel Montgomery as Char-lie Brown, Rose Hassell as Snoopy,Aaron Eisenreich as Linus, AaronZavora as Schroeder, DeannaOwens as Lucy, and Jessica Mrisoas Peppermint Patty. Behind thescenes people include Derek Dere-mer, responsible for the set andprops and Sonia Firster overseeingcostumes. This drama presents aseries of Peanuts comic strips be-ginning with Charlie Brown’s viewon life as he attempts to discoverwhat happiness really is. Co-direc-tors Jason Perry and Shauna Oleshave high expectations for the per-formance.

“We are all very excited aboutthe event and I am expecting alarge turn out,” Perry said. “It hasbeen a lot of fun and the showshould be pretty good. This is astudent-run drama and everyonehas cooperated and worked reallywell together. We needed a goodteam this year and I think we havethat. It has been a lot of fun.”

During the performance therewill be several key songs. The firstsong, “The Kite”, will be sung byMontgomery. Closing the first act,“Book Report” will be sung by theentire cast except Mriso. Othersongs include “Little Known Facts”, sung by Owens and Eisenreichand “You’re a Good Man CharlieBrown”, sung by the entire cast.Concluding the performance, thecast and ensemble will sing “Hap-piness.”

Junior and drama choreograph-er Catherine Bishop is very enthu-siastic about the performance.

“I am so excited. I love theshow [Charlie Brown]. It has beenone of my favorites since I was lit-tle,” Bishop said. “Everyone hasbeen working really hard and I amexcited to finally get to see it allcome together. It [the show] is fun-ny, the music is really good, andthe cast has done a great job.”

This performance is not merelyfor audience entertainment, butalso informs viewers that noteveryone is perfect and happinesscan be discovered.

Oles has been involved inChapel Drama since her freshmanyear, noticing the same drama ro-

tation. “This year we wanted a drama

that was not in the usual cycle,”Oles said. “Through meeting withseveral people involved in the dra-ma, we decided upon ‘You’re aGood Man Charlie Brown’ becauseit has a good Christian overtone,good moral lessons, and it is comi-cal.”

This is the first year “You’re aGood Man Charlie Brown” hasbeen performed at the college andmany are excited for the premiere.

“It is a really great show andeveryone should come see it,” Bish-op said.

Students visit politicallandmarks to seegovernment in action

Photo by Nicky Pisczcor

Front Row (L to R): Amber Kunder, Ali Gerginski, Jennie Smith, Cortney Fry.Back Row (L to R): Jon Nickel, JP Scanga, Steve Wheeler, Bethany Morse.

The eight students above were selected to participate in the 61st annual Pennsylvania In-tercollegiate Band at West Chester University. They will rehearse with the other particpantsand conclude the weekend with a concert on Sunday, March 9.

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I assume since I did not receivea letter in the mail or a response ofany kind to my column in myemail that Mr. Neal Edman wouldnot like to comment on my re-quest for a compromise in thesmoking ban area.

He may not have had time todo so, however, considering takingon all the responsibilities thatDean Lechner left behind, and try-ing to run fraternities and sorori-ties off campus through the boardof trustees. I guess that is why hemakes the big bucks.

It seems to me that the admin-istrators do not care what studentsthink most of the time. Honestly, Ido not blame them, consideringthe only response I have gottenfrom saying any of this has beenfrom an alumni. Maybe if some ofyou actually tried to spur changethey would take us seriously.

By the way, if you are ever in-terested in how much our presti-gious administrators are making,just go online and do a search forForm 990, click on the first linkand search for Westminster Col-lege. It will tell you where all ofthe money goes. I sure do lovepublic domain.

What I really want to commenton this week should be a blastfrom last semester but it has reallybeen getting to me again the moreI hear about it. Plus ever since Imade the comment about organi-zation of the month last week, I

seem to have more readers so Ihope that means I can get throughto more people.

This week I am again bringingup the fact that there are profes-sors retiring that are not being re-placed within their departments.The departments here are veryshorthanded and with professorsleaving there is no telling whatclasses are going to be canceled.

The fact is that most of the pro-fessors leaving have been here fora long period of time and haveserved the college for many yearsto the best of their ability. Thisalso means that their salaries havegone up due to the fact that theyhave been here for quite sometime.

What does this have to do withhiring new professors, you mayask? Well, if a professor that ismaking substantially more than anew professor makes leaves, does-n’t that mean that the schoolshould have no problem hiring anew professor that will be makingsubstantially less?

It seems logical to me that new

professors could be hired to fill thepositions of retirees without theschool losing any money. It wouldmore than likely have money leftover to spend on whatever theywanted, whether it is the footballfield or the president’s benefitspackage.

So why isn’t the school hiringnew professors? I have no ideabut for the rest of my column Iwould like to advertise for some-thing some of the current profes-sors are sponsoring for us thisweekend. That is The NorthAmerican Undergraduate Confer-ence in Religion and Philosophy.

This conference is being spon-sored by the RHPC departmentamong others and will be takingplace Friday 5:30 – 8:30 pm, Satur-day 9:00 am – 8:30 pm, and Sun-day 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. Comehear some of your fellow studentsspeak as well as students from col-leges from all around the area.There will also be talks from pro-fessors from other schools as well,including the University of Oxford..


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By Jenna Retort

Interim Editor-in-Chief

After an eventful weekend herein Amish country, we arrive at theday of the week that I would liketo refer to as “Mocha Monday.”

Mocha sounds far less depress-ing than manic, and that choco-latey, caffeine-infused beverage isthe only thing that keeps my eyesopen long enough for me to daydream.

Like the rest of civilized society,I meander from class to class, halfaware of my surroundings, untilthe bells strike 5 o’clock.

What happens at 5 o’clock youmay ask? Well, let me tell you. Ienter Patterson and descend intothe catacombs beneath Orr. The

staircase keeps winding down un-til you can’t see light anymore, andit’s so hot that you think you havedescended into the depths of, well,you know.

You think I’m crazy, right? Whowould go down there? Is there asecret city or society? The answeris: yes. There is this group of peo-ple who willingly torture them-selves. They go days without sleepand work themselves into exhaus-tion and fatigue. You’re thinkingmasochists, right? Wrong. Theycall themselves music majors.

While that was a bit of a drama-tization, I would like to discuss thisgroup of students. Music majorstake about a million labor inten-sive, one-credit courses, take re-quired courses that aren’t for cred-it, and complete five years worth ofmusicality in four. In addition,

they sing and play in multiple en-sembles which accounts for a 14hour day, that doesn’t include theheap of homework they mustcomplete back in their respectivedomiciles.

This past weekend was a greatshowcase of what our music de-partment has to offer and the hardwork that these students put fortheveryday.

I attended the Wind Ensemble’sconcert last Friday and I was bothpleased and surprised to see anoverwhelming turnout of the stu-dent body in the audience. Fur-thermore, I was even more pleasedto see an absence of the usualrenegades: The students who ar-rive late, wade through the sea ofaudience members, text on theirphones, then leave in the middle ofa piece because they were only

there to fulfill a course require-ment.

As a tried and true music de-partment groupie, I was enthralledwith the student support of theirpeers who had an impressive yearin music.

In the fall semester, this windband premiered a piece from anarea band director entitled Pirates!,the three winners of the YoungConductors Competition each con-ducted a piece for this audition-only ensemble, and they pre-miered a movement of The Fall ofthe House of Usher, a piece com-posed by one of their own for anhonors project.

Impressive, eh? I thought itwas, and that was just one concert.The concert this past weekend wasno less remarkable as they pre-miered two more pieces.

Of all the wind ensemble con-certs that I have attended here, thelast two were truly a testament ofthe quality of the music program,the quality of the faculty, and thequality of the students.

Well children, the bells justchimed, so that means that I mustmake my descent into the cata-combs that you now know as themusic department. I know whatyou’re thinking; that I am one ofthem. Alas, I am not. They just al-low me to hang around, and makean occasional sound on my tuba.

Anthony is a senior mathe-matics and philosophy major.He is currently attempting tostabilize his orbit utilizing thecorrect images, and is votingfor Reagan in 2008.

Wind Ensemble has impressive year

Jenna enjoys reading the

works of David Sedaris and is

excited to have her IPod

back so she can rock out to

the Moody Blues again.

Current faculty retiring withoutpotential professors to fill positions


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By Christine LineManaging Editor

I’m writing in response to theMANY letters criticizing the YoungPresbyterian Scholars Programand how it has hindered diversity.Even more disturbing is the accu-sation that the program’s studentsadd nothing outstanding to theschool. I’d like to highlight severalimportant points regarding theYPS program.

Westminster’s mission

First, let’s look at Westminster’smission statement. A mission state-ment, by definition, is a summarydescribing the aims, values, andoverall plan of an organization orindividual. With that in mind, Iwent to our website. Westminster’sgoal reads: To enhance and widenappreciation of the value of a West-minster liberal arts education andthe values imbued in a church-re-lated environment. For as long as itis listed as affiliated, it is under-standable that the college can havesome connection to the churchwith which it is affiliated. And, al-though this is not the point of mydiscussion today, Westminster of-fers many different ways in whichto nurture and enrich spiritualitywithout forcing it upon students.

Diversity is important. No oneis denying that fact. However, be-fore students or alumni begin tothrow the term around, I suggestthat people consider all sides and

delve into the root of the issue athand.

Dictionary matters

This brings me diversity and itsdefinition. Several dictionaries listvariations of: the state or fact of be-ing different or diverse. In essence,this could be an eternal theoreticaldiscussion with millions of validpoints. At first glance, many YPSstudents may seem to be Cau-casian, middle-class, etc. The same,right? One of my good friendscomes from Cleveland, and I comefrom Carlisle. We are both Cau-casian and from a middle-classfamily. Yet we are very different.She went to live in Pittsburgh forthe year while I traveled across theAtlantic to live in Spain for the se-mester. Does that make us thesame? Not according to the defini-tion of diversity. Even two peopleof the same gender, religion, eth-nicity, and geographic region canbe starkly diverse. Every day Icome into contact with people whoare incredibly different than me,no matter what “label” they fit.THAT is diversity.

Both sides of the story

Secondly, it is important to un-derstand that many scholarshipsare available to students who fitcertain criteria. The YPS scholar-ship is awarded to young Presbyte-rians. This both helps and hindersdiversity in one way. There are

scholarships that are especially forminorities. Same deal. What aboutthe Vance, Trustees’ or President’sscholarships? These three typesare only given to those with highGPAs, SAT scores and/or 4.0 GPAsin college preparatory subjects. Orthe Jerb Miller scholarship, whoserecipients are more numerous oncampus than the YPS program.These students have to be nomi-nated by educators that are West-minster alumni. I’m not criticizingany type of scholarship; merely Iam mentioning that there is a mul-titude available for different cir-cumstances, backgrounds and in-terests.

On the theoretical side, theschool could only offer scholar-ships without any criteria, so thatall could apply for it. How wouldyou choose who gets them andwho doesn’t? In a sense, scholar-ships celebrate individuality anddiversity. Without funds geared fora particular type of person, theschool would lose its identity, be-cause its students would have noreason to be different. This couldcause the other extreme of the lackof diversity.

Why is it wrong to have a Pres-byterian scholarship, especiallywhen the school is Presbyterian-af-filiated? The YPS scholarship en-ables students to come to West-minster that would not have beenable to without it, which incidental-ly brings up yet another type- fi-nancial diversity. The collegeworks to increase diversity and uti-lizes many types of scholarships to

achieve that goal. The YPS scholar-ship is just one of them, so why isit that its students and the programitself are exhibited so frequentlyfor ridicule? It would be worthpeoples’ while to accept and bearin mind that no program is perfect.Yes, I can understand that the pro-gram has its pros and cons. It isstill a young program, and thereare concerns that are continuallydealt with and those involvedwork very hard to improve theprogram.

YPS students as leaders

As far as the accusation thatYPS students don’t add anythingoutstanding for the school or con-tribute to diversity...Wow. First let’sunderstand that the YPS is one or-ganization. It cannot account forachievements or diversity of theentire student body. However, cur-rent YPS students hail from 16 dif-ferent states. According to the Ad-missions Office, Westminsterstudents represent 28 states enter-ing between the years of 2004 and2007. If YPS students did not cometo Westminster otherwise, that to-tal would drop to 24. Additionally,the number from other states rep-resented would drop. Current YPSstudents, although they are Chris-tians, also come from a variety ofdifferent backgrounds. Some areAsian-American, while others areGerman-American. Others have aJewish heritage, and other ethnici-ties are represented as well. A po-

tential student for next year is ofNigerian descent. There have alsobeen interested international stu-dents that have had to forego con-sidering Westminster, becausethere wasn’t enough financial help(grants or loans) available forthem.

Finally, the nominees for 2008alone represent 15 different states,and 46% of them from outside ofWestminster’s general recruitingarea. Now as far as not adding any-thing outstanding for the school.Many of the YPS students are lead-ers on campus through countlessorganizations. While being in-volved in a variety of activities,39% of YPS students this past se-mester made the Dean’s List. Forbeing just one entity on campus, Ithink that is pretty significant.

I beg the college administratorsto address alumni and/or studentconcerns regarding the YPS pro-gram, if they have not done so. Forthose who have labeled the schol-arship program as some version ofa murderer of diversity, I wouldsuggest accepting the positive as-pects it has brought to our school,or even better, applauding them.

Stop attacking students

For those who are concernedwith diversity, I would suggestlooking in a dictionary to see whatits stated meaning is. In addition,consult several people actually in-volved with the program instead offacilitating gossip and fictitious

statements. Consider all the facts ifyou want to make a sound argu-ment.

While all types of diversity areimportant, those who have criti-cized the YPS program fail to seethe benefits of the program andthe diversity it does bring. I guesssome people believe that theiropinions should be accepted as is.Sorry folks, I’m not that kind ofgirl.

Lastly, if the real problem is theaffiliation with the church or thefact that the college is issuing ascholarship with ties to a certainfaith, then these letters should bedirected to those who run the col-lege. There is no need to attack stu-dents personally in a mission tocriticize the college’s actions.

Move on!

If alumni or students have areal problem with the YPS scholar-ship or any college decision, itwould be most effective to seek thesource of power. Some are not in aposition to judge, especially consid-ering they are no longer around tounderstand the circumstances.They stick to one repeated andone-sided argument, thinking thattheir so-called “persuasive argu-ment” will cause others to believethe same way.

After this long editorial, I haveonly six more words left for thosewho have continually and repeat-edly ridiculed the YPS program:Get over yourselves and move on.

YPS students deserve recognition, not ridicule

How about focusing onwhat is newsworthy?

(U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON,Ind. -- Over break, while most of uswere catching up on much neededsleep or doing other nonproductivethings that we just don't have thetime to do during the regular se-mester, one 19-year-old college stu-dent discovered that he was select-ed for a very important politicalposition in his home country justdays after his mother was killedunder some very fishy circum-stances.

This young man is a historymajor at Oxford University. Hishobbies include cricket, shooting,horse-riding, Tae-kwon-do, pina co-ladas and getting caught in therain (just a little humor for a seri-ous subject). He is Pakistani, butraised outside of Pakistan.

His mother was knownthrough out the world for her ef-forts for peace in the Middle East.She served as Pakistan's PrimeMinister for several years beforebeing fired on corruption charges,which she denied. Her father creat-ed the Pakistan People's Party andled it from 1967 to 1979 when hewas executed. She then took overand has led the party since thenuntil she was killed in Decemberin an apparent suicide bombingthat some have tried to pass off asher bumping her head on a doorhandle, although this isn't widelyaccepted because generally doorhandles don't cause bullet holes.

Anyone have any guesses who Iam talking about? No? How aboutthis one?

In the late 1990s, a teenagerfrom Louisiana became an inter-national pop star overnight. Overthe next few years, she became no-torious for her crazy and usuallyrisque antics that include kissingMadonna on national televisionand using a live snake in one ofher performances. However, since2005-ish, her reputation has quick-ly crossed from pop superstar toridiculous, bitchy drama queen.Her 'drama queen' antics includescreaming obscenities at an over-weight member of the paparazzi,being cited for hitting a parked carin a parking lot and leaving thescene and shaving her head in amoment of (hilarious) insanity. Shewas in the news over break for hermental breakdown after losingcustody of her kids in a bitter di-

vorce battle.I'm going to guess that just

about everyone knows what I'mtalking about and if you don't, youshould crawl out from the rockyou have been living under for thelast 10 years (and it's BritneySpears, btw). The first two peoplementioned are 19-year-old BilawalBhutto and his recently deceasedmother, Benazir Bhutto.

In terms of worldwide impor-tance, Benazir and Bilawal arehighly significant figures. Bilawal,a teen who is younger than proba-bly 80 percent of ISU's campus,now holds the power to revolution-ize the political climate of Pakistanand ultimately, bring peace to thenation.

What did media cover overbreak though? Britney's standoffwith police over losing her kids,her family's decision to seek men-tal help for her and (of all people)Dr. Phil's asinine decision to get in-volved with the situation.

This makes me sad.It is sad that Benazir Bhutto

was killed and the media barelytook notice. Famous weeklytabloid Parade did a cover story onher, granted, but even that wasbotched by them completely actinglike she had never died. The BBCdid cover it, but not nearly enoughto make people understand how

important her death is and howcrazy it is that a 19-year-old kid isnow in charge of a major politicalparty in the Middle East. It makesme sad that many media networksgave days, literally days, of cover-age to Britney Spears. Theybrought in psychoanalysts to spec-ulate on the status of Britney'smind and the effect that fame hason teenagers. This is ridiculous!

Journalists today have a respon-sibility more than ever to give thepeople what is important to under-stand and recognize. BritneySpears' va-jay-jay is not one ofthese things.

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Court showdown marksanniversary of NCHS stu-dent's deathMonday, March 3, 2008

NEW CASTLE /LAWRENCE COUNTY-- ALawrence County judge mustdecide whether the family of aNew Castle High School stu-dent who died from a drugoverdose can move forwardwith a civil lawsuit involvingwrongful death in spite of thefact the criminal case hasstalled. A year ago this week,16-year old Erica Million col-lapsed at the school. She laterdied in what a medical exam-iner ruled was an accidentaldeath from oxycodone. 17-yearold Joshua Stewart was ex-pelled from school for alleged-

ly giving Million the drug. Hedenies he gave her the drugt.The criminal case againstStewart has failed to move for-ward in the juvenile justicesystem. Meanwhile Million'sfamily wants to begin the civillawsuit. Stewart's lawyer isclaiming his client has a rightto due process under the Con-stitution and can't be forced todefend himself in civil courtbefore the criminal case is re-solved. The Lawrence CountyDistrict Attorney has post-poned Stewart's case severaltimes. The next court date forthe criminal case is scheduledfor late March. The D.A.'s of-fice says Stewart will not betried as an adult.

Bomb squad removes four grenades from Westmoreland Cty. Goodwill

BELLE VERNON, Pa. (AP) - Po-lice are searching for a person wholeft four hand grenades in a West-moreland County Goodwill shop.

The grenades were found Tues-day afternoon in a plastic box. TheAllegheny County Bomb Squadrushed to the scene in Rostraver

Township.

Police say the grenades were ofa military surplus variety. Theywere removed from the store.

The store's assistant manager,Dawn Graham, says the grenadesmay have been in the store fordays before they were discovered.

5 plead guilty in immigrationraid at Poconos plastics plan

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -Five In-donesian nationals have pleadedguilty to federal charges stemmingfrom a raid at a Poconos manufac-turing plant that netted 81 suspect-ed illegal immigrants.

The defendants pleaded guilty

to conspiracy to transport illegalimmigrants. They also agreed tocooperate with federal prosecutorsinvestigating the situation at Iridi-um Industries.

Charges are still pendingagainst Jimmy Nguyen, the owner

of a Wilkes-Barre employmentagency that supplied temporaryworkers to Iridium. Nguyen haspleaded innocent.

Iridium officials have said thatlast summer's raid at its EastStroudsburg plant was focused on

the temp agency, not on Iridium it-

self. No charges have been filed

against the plant, which makes

plastic squeeze tubes for lotions

and other products.

Rice wins Palestinianpledge to restart talks,yet no solution on how to confront Hamas

JERUSALEM (AP) - The moder-ate Palestinian leadership agreedunder heavy U.S. pressureWednesday to resume peace talkswith Israel, dropping a demandthat Israel first reach a truce withIslamic Hamas militants acting asspoilers.

The announcement gave Secre-tary of State Condoleezza Rice amodest accomplishment for a brieftroubleshooting mission. It leftopen the question of how bothsides will eventually confrontHamas militants in charge of the1.4 million Palestinians — nearlyhalf the population — living in thesealed-off Gaza Strip.

"The peace process is a strategicchoice and we have the intentionof resuming the peace process,"Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas said. He did not say whentalks would restart, but U.S. andother officials predicted it wouldbe in about a week.

Rice said Abbas had assuredher he will return to talks. Doingso is a political risk for Abbas, whohad broken off negotiations lastweekend to protest an especiallydeadly Israeli military incursioninto Gaza. More than 120 Pales-tinians were killed, along withthree Israelis, over a week ofheightened violence.

If Israeli-Palestinian talks re-sume as pledged it will essentiallyrestore the precarious balance inplace since President Bush an-nounced last fall that the two sideswould resume full negotiations forthe first time in seven years. Thetalks are supposed to frame a dealfor a Palestinian state this year.

Israeli and West Bank Palestin-ian negotiators had been meetingregularly, and keeping their discus-sions secret, before Abbas pulledout. The talks had produced noth-ing in public, and were under-mined on the one hand by contin-ued Israeli housing activity on landthe Palestinians claim and on theother by the inability of Palestiniansecurity forces to control militants.

Earlier Wednesday, Abbas hadsaid he would not restart negotia-tions until Israel declared a truce inHamas-controlled Gaza.

Although he holds no authorityin Gaza since Hamas' violenttakeover there last June, a Gazatruce could benefit Abbas. Israelimilitary action is so unpopular inboth territories, and across theArab world, that it underminesAbbas' authority and makes it po-litically difficult for him to negoti-ate with Israel.

Israel and the United States fearthat negotiations for a cease-firewould give Hamas a political legit-imacy it does not deserve.

Israeli Prime Minister EhudOlmert convened his Security Cab-inet to discuss the Gaza situation.His office said the officials hadpledged to continue battlingHamas while moving forward

with peace talks with Abbas.Olmert did leave the door open toan unofficial truce with Hamas.

"If there is no rocket fire at Is-rael, there won't be Israeli attackson Gaza," he told reporters.

Abbas backed down after Ricecalled him in alarm just before anafternoon press conference with Is-raeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni,where Rice planned to announcean agreement reached that morn-ing to revive talks.

Gaza, and the deep Palestinianleadership split it represents, hangsover the discussions. Israel and theUnited States have pinned peacehopes on Abbas' moderate-ledgovernment in the West Bankwhile refusing contact withHamas, which they call a terroristorganization. Israel has also triedto punish the militants for indis-criminate rocket attacks fromGaza into southern Israel by clos-ing borders with Gaza and cuttingutilities.

With Hamas dug in, it is unclearwhether Abbas could carrythrough on any deal he makeswith Israel. Meanwhile, the crisisover Abbas' boycott demonstratedHamas' power to sabotage negoti-ations.

Militants had provoked the Is-raeli onslaught by escalating theirrocket attacks last week, killingone Israeli civilian. Israel's re-sponse was viewed by Palestiniansand some outsiders as dispropor-tionate, and Abbas was underhuge domestic pressure to canceltalks.

The U.S.-backed peace programis meant to offer Palestinians bothin the West Bank and Gaza an al-ternative to Hamas — a vision of afuture independent state madepossible only by renouncing terror-ism and coming to terms with Is-rael. But Hamas has establishedfirm control in Gaza since a violenttakeover from forces loyal to Ab-bas last June, and has withstoodmonths of an Israeli embargo andinternational ostracism.

Israeli leaders are under in-creasing pressure to find someway to deal with Hamas — eitherthrough negotiation or a full-onmilitary assault and re-invasion ofGaza, the once-occupied territoryIsrael abandoned three years ago.The U.S., as shepherds of the peaceprocess, is also under pressure toacknowledge that Hamas is a polit-ical force and an integral part ofany eventual solution to the Pales-tinian problem.

"There are enemies of peacethat will always try to hold hostagethe Palestinian cause and the fu-ture of the Palestinian people fortheir own state," Rice said. "AndHamas, which in effect holds thepeople of Gaza hostage in theirhands, is now trying to make thepath to a Palestinian state hostageto them. We cannot permit that tohappen."

Police: Mom charged after son stole$22,000 from neighbor's safe

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Aboy stole $22,000 from a neigh-bor's safe and used the money todole out $100 bills to his middleschool classmates and finance aWal-Mart spending spree for hismother, police said.

After finding out where themoney came from, the 38-year-oldmother, Wendy Mae Lizardi, al-legedly told the boy to break intothe neighbor's home again to re-turn the stolen loot.

Lizardi was charged last weekwith receiving stolen goods and

with corruption of minors."Oh my gosh, I am so devastat-

ed, you do not understand," Lizarditold The Associated Press onWednesday. "I am sick. I can't eat. Ican't sleep. It's a nightmare."

Police said the 14-year-old boy,whose name was not disclosed incourt papers, confessed to takingthe money out of his neighbor'shome in Bloomsburg. Lizardi re-portedly told investigators she be-came suspicious and found cashunder his mattress. Police saidLizardi told her son to break into

the neighbor's home and returnthe money.

Lizardi's lawyer, however, saidshe only told her son to "take themoney back."

“We deny that she committed acrime," said the lawyer, GregMoro. "We don't think that it risesto the level of a crime as it relatesto her."

Lizardi, who is unemployed, be-lieved her son had earned the $400that was spent at Wal-Mart by per-forming odd jobs, Moro said.

Moro said the boy may been

trying to become more popular atschool.

"You can certainly do that bygiving $100 bills out to people,"Moro said.

Bloomsburg Middle SchoolPrincipal Lee Gump called policeJan. 30 to report a possible theftand told investigators he got con-flicting stories from Lizardi and theboy.

Moro said some money was re-turned to the neighbor, and it isunclear how much money waslost.

Newly discovered 1888 photo offers rare glimpse of young Helen Keller, teacher Anne Sullivan

BOSTON (AP) - Researchershave uncovered a rare photographof a young Helen Keller with herteacher Anne Sullivan, nearly 120years after it was taken on CapeCod and tucked inside a family al-bum.

The photograph, shot in July1888 in Brewster, shows an 8-year-old Helen sitting outside in a light-colored dress, holding Sullivan'shand and cradling one of herbeloved dolls.

Experts on Keller's life believe itcould be the earliest photo of thetwo women together and the onlyone showing the blind and deafchild with a doll — the first wordSullivan spelled for Keller afterthey met in 1887 — according tothe New England Historic Ge-nealogical Society, which now hasthe photo.

"It's really one of the best im-ages I've seen in a long, long time,"said Helen Selsdon, an archivist atthe American Foundation for theBlind, where Keller worked formore than 40 years. "This is just ahuge visual addition to the history

of Helen and Annie."For more than a century,

though, the photograph was hid-den in an album that belonged tothe family of Thaxter Spencer, an87-year-old man in Waltham.

Spencer's mother, Hope ThaxterParks, often stayed at the ElijahCobb House on Cape Cod duringthe summer as a child. In July1888, she played with Keller,whose family had traveled fromTuscumbia, Ala., to vacation inMassachusetts.

Spencer, who doesn't knowwhich of his relatives took the pic-ture, told the society that his moth-er, four years younger than Helen,remembered Helen exploring herface with her hands.

In June, Spencer donated alarge collection of photo albums,letters, diaries and other heirloomsto the genealogical society, whichpreserves artifacts from New Eng-land families for future research.

"I never thought much aboutit," Spencer said in a statement re-leased by the society. "It justseemed like something no one

would find very interesting."Spencer has recently been hospi-talized and could not be reachedfor comment.

It wasn't until recently that staffat the society realized the photo-graph's significance.

D. Brenton Simons, the society'spresident and CEO, said the photo-graph offers a glimpse of what wasa very important time in Keller'slife.

Sullivan was hired in 1887 toteach Keller, who had been leftblind and deaf after an illness atthe age of 1½. With her newteacher, Keller learned languagefrom words spelled manually intoher hand. Not quite 7, the girl wentfrom an angry, frustrated childwithout a way to communicate toan eager scholar.

While "doll" was the first wordspelled into her hand, Helen finallycomprehended the meaning oflanguage a few weeks later withthe word "water," as famously de-picted in the film "The MiracleWorker." Sullivan stayed at herside until her death in 1936, and

Keller became a world-famous au-thor and humanitarian. She diedin 1968.

Jan Seymour-Ford, a research li-brarian at the Perkins School forthe Blind in Watertown, whichboth Sullivan and Keller attended,said she was moved to see howdeeply connected the womenwere, even in 1888.

"The way Anne is gazing so in-tently at Helen, I think it's a beauti-ful portrait of the devotion thatlasted between these two womenall of Anne's life," Seymour-Fordsaid.

Selsdon said the photograph isvaluable because it shows manyelements of Keller's childhood: thatdevotion, Sullivan's push to teachHelen outdoors and Helen's attach-ment to her baby dolls, one ofwhich was given to her upon Sulli-van's arrival as her teacher.

"It's a beautiful composition,"she said. "It's not even the individ-ual elements. It's the fact that it hasall of the components."

W. Pa. racial spree killer appealing death penalty PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man on

death row for a racially motivatedshooting spree that eventually leftsix people dead contends that ju-rors should have heard more evi-dence about his mental illness indeciding whether he should besentenced to death or to life inprison.

Richard Baumhammers, 42,was an unemployed immigrationattorney living in his parents'home in the Pittsburgh suburb ofMount Lebanon on April 28, 2000,when he shot his Jewish neighbor,two Indian men, two men of Asiandescent and a black man.

He was sentenced to death forfive of the murders. The sixth vic-tim, who had been left paralyzed,died a year ago of complicationsfrom complications from pneumo-

nia. Prosecutors maintained thatBaumhammers, who is white, se-lected his victims because of theirreligious or ethnic background.

Baumhammers' attorney,Thomas Farrell, told the stateSupreme Court on Wednesdaythat the trial court erred when it al-lowed only part of a taped phoneconversation between his clientand his parents to be played forthe jury.

At the time of the call,Baumhammers was in jail and hismother chastised him after learn-ing that he had given other prison-ers newspaper articles about theConfederate flag and a cross burn-ing after signing them.

She also called him a racist, butlater, acknowledging that the callwas being taped, his parents de-

scribed him as "crazy." WhetherBaumhammers was a racist ormentally ill was key for the jury,Farrell said.

Justice Max Baer askedwhether Baumhammers could beboth. Farrell said he could, and thathis client's racist views could stemfrom his mental illness.

"I think it's unfortunate thatthis case was tried as it's an either-or," Farrell said.

Farrell also said jurors in thesentencing phase should havebeen able to hear a doctor's testi-mony about Baumhammers' men-tal illness. Francesco Nepa, an as-sistant Allegheny County districtattorney, said the doctor testifiedduring the guilt phase thatBaumhammers was paranoid-schizophrenic.

Baumhammers is serving atleast 112 additional years in prisonfor 20 other convictions, includingethnic intimidation.

He killed his Jewish next-doorneighbor, Anita Gordon, 63, andthen drove through the Pittsburgharea, targeting minorities. Alsokilled were Anil Thakur, 31, an In-dian man; two Asian men, Ji-YeSun, 34, of Churchill, and ThaoPham, 27, of Castle Shannon, at aChinese restaurant; and Garry Lee,22, a black man from Aliquippa, ata Beaver County karate school.

Sandip Patel, 32, who had beenparalyzed from the neck down as aresult of the attack, died in Febru-ary 2007 of complications frompneumonia.

The Supreme Court did not in-dicate when it may rule.

I. Prayer- Cory Mathias

II. Roll was called -All senators were present and

accounted for except for the follow-ing: Tom Campana, Leigha Kri-vacek and Nate Dodd

III. Approval of minutes-The minutes from the last

meeting were approved withoutobjection.

IV. All Senators weresworn

-Council chairs were approvedand sworn in.

V. Executive OfficersReport

President-Ashley Carnahan-Voting on student speaker for

the seniors in new business.-Voting on parliamentarian,

chaplain, smoke free task force,food advisory committee mem-bers, and green chairs in new busi-ness.

-There will be an open floor por-tion of the meeting for students tovoice their concerns.

-All senators should bring abuddy list for the SGA screenname, in order to better help thestudent body.

Vice-President-JennaCunningham

-Senators will be filling out in-formation cards in new business.

-We will need two students tojoin the Board of Trustees Commit-tee, contact Jenna Cunningham ifyou are interested.

-We will be having a buddy sys-tem for the meetings in which atthe end of the month a senatorwho brings the most buddies willbe given a prize.

-We are accepting T-shirt ideasfor VolleyRock, please send themto Jenna Cunningham and thewinning design will be given a $50prize.Secretary-Jordan Flaim

-There are 39 Senators in atten-dance.

Treasurer-Ryan Kirk- Received the budget and will

be reporting monthly on it’s status.-Working with the president to

create a document for organizationpresidents and treasurers for theallocations process.

-Committee Meetings-Each chair discussed their com-

mittees and their purpose.

Finance- Ashley Stebor-Will be holding an informa-

tional meeting for all of the presi-dents and treasurers or on-campusorganizations interested in receiv-ing funding from SGA next Tues-day, March 11th at 6:30 PM in theMaple Witherspoon Room.

Student Concerns- JakeShaffer

-The borough limited parking

between Shaw and the commuterparking lot entrance for safety rea-sons, a total of 7-8 spots will beeliminated between 3am-4pm,Monday-Friday.

-Accepting positions for life-guarding and park manager posi-tions

-Electing a food advisory com-mittee chair in new business. Aca-demics- Cory Mathias

-COC met and discussed princi-ples and regulations.

Public Relations- Sarah Geist-In the process of choosing a

date for the Spring SGA day, weare tentatively looking at April18th for a possible date.

-Please pass out Toilet Papersand return the envelopes to Sarah.

Special Events-Aimee Gerber-The Chicago trip is filled and

we will only be taking one bus.

Diversity Chair- Kylee Ben-nett

-Talking with Jeanette HooksHubbard about new diversityideas.

-Talking with the admissionshouse to see how she can helpthem and also contact student or-

ganizations in order to get meetingtimes in order to stay better in-formed.

VI. Old Business -No Old Business.

VII. New Business -Travis Gulling was approved as

the Parliamentarian.-John Marlowe was approved as

the Chaplain.-Tony Gomez, Mandie Zoller

and Jeremiah Patterson were ap-proved as McGinness representa-tive, TUB representative and FoodAdvisory Committee.

-Natasha Kassim and JeffDowney were approved as GreenChairs.

-Steve Ruperto was approvedfor the committee to choose the se-nior speaker.

-Tricia Homonai was approvedas the representative for theSmoke Free Task Force.

-An allocation in the amount of$1250 was granted for a Take Backthe Night speaker.

VIII. Open Floor-A concern was mentioned

about sidewalk drainage and bro-

ken sidewalks.- Looking into a new used com-

puter for the TUB.-Discussed food issues.- The time of the month was

discussed.- ATM issues were discussed.-Discussed moving the 3rd floor

recycling bin.

IX. Announcements-There will be a First Book in-

formational meeting in order toget new members, Mueller The-

ater next Wednesday at 5:30, therewill be free pizza.

-Starting Monday, Jimmy’s Cor-ner Restaurant is now implement-ing a 10% discount with a Titancard.

-Titan Tavern with JD Eicherand Ben Portz will be performingFriday in the Club Room.

-Kappa Delta will be selling GirlScout cookies in the TUB.

-The Business and ProfessionalCommunication class will be hav-ing a Food Drive for local familiesto sponsor the East Side BreadBasket Food Pantry the week of

March 11th-14th, senators will begiven 1 point per 1 can donation.

-Big Brothers and Big Brothersis trying to get bowling teams to-gether, contact Mandie Zoller ifyou are interested.

X. Adjournment* A motion to adjourn was

made by Lindsey Thomas waspassed.

Minutes respectfully submit-ted by Jordan Flaim, Secre-tary


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Campus NewsCampus News

SGA MINUTES

By Cody BernardiniCampus Writer

The Sierra Student Coalition re-cently expanded its ‘Sponsor-a-Bin’program

to include all five academicbuildings on campus.

The bins can be used to recyclenewspapers, but the SSC asks thatstudents not recycle any other kindof paper at this point. They alsoask that students please not bringnewspapers from home, becausethey currently do not have the ca-pacity to handle that many papers.

The program started in 2005when SSC member Holly Leachrealized that the campus did nothave a formal newspaper recyclingprogram. Two bins were placed inMcKelvey for a trial run, but whenthe trial concluded the programwas disbanded. .

“The amount of newspaper wereceived was too large for just theSSC to deal with on our own,” saidLeach.

It was not until just recentlythat the SSC decided to bring backthe program by having othergroups on campus sponsor thenewspaper bins.

The newspapers are collectedevery Friday and put into a largeDumpster along with all the card-board collected on campus. Fromthere the newspaper and card-board is trucked off to a recyclingfacility in Mars, Pa. and compacted,then sent to various paper mills inthe area. The paper is ground intoa pulp, and made into a lowergrade paper, which is then madeinto cardboard, newsprint (formore newspapers), and phone-books.

“We must remember to reduceour consumption, in the meantime, recycling is the next bestthing to make a greener campus,”said President of the SSC LeannaStitt. “I hope that more peoplewill be aware that they can recycletheir newspapers, and less will getthrown into the trash.”

Recycling your daily newspaperfor one year would provide thepulp equivalent of 2/3 acre of com-mercial forest. Manufacturing re-cycled paper produces 55% less airand water pollution than manufac-turing paper from virgin wood.

Although the program has beenrunning well so far, not all studentsare aware that they have the op-tion to recycle their old newspa-pers.

“I have never even heard of thisprogram, I didn’t know that therewere newspaper recycling bins oncampus anywhere,” said sopho-more Jon Morrow.

The SSC currently meets in TC314 on Tuesday nights at 9:40 p.m.and is involved with various pro-grams on campus including the“Do It In The Dark” energy conser-vation competition.

Sierra Student Coalition ‘Sponsor-a-Bin’ program expanded

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Campus NewsCampus NewsStudents play detective while they dineBy Evangelina FigueroaCampus Writer

“I took my loved one over crossthe tracks”… and he never cameback.

The Campus ProgrammingCouncil, which plans the entertain-ment on campus, has done itagain: solved a mystery, that is.

Rock N. Roley, the Murder Mys-tery Dinner’s theme this year,brought in more than 60 guests tothe Witherspoon Rooms on Fri.,Feb. 29, 2008. The dinner started at7:00 p.m. as guests sat in theirsemi-formal attire, eager for theRoley City High School Class of1954 reunion celebration to begin.

This is CPC’s second time bring-ing the Murder Mystery Dinner tothe campus. Last year’s theme wasPasta, Passion and Pistols.

“It went over really well last

year, and we wanted to bring itback,” senior Kelly Corbin said.

CPC has been planning thisevent since the fall semester. Thecouncil voted on this year’s themeto be set in the 1950s, and theWitherspoon Rooms were decorat-ed accordingly. Balloons in theblack and blue colors that repre-sent CPC were afloat, along withice cream sundae center piecesthat complimented the Malt Shopsetting.

The menu consisted of Roley’sRockin’ Meatloaf, Penny Pasta withMeatballs, “Dee”lightful MashedPotatoes, “Del”lectable Corn,Maltie’s Root beer Floats and“Rick”diculous Banana Splits, allcleverly named after the suspectsin Rock N. Roley’s murder.

Actors hired from Thomas BallEntertainment, which is located inHarrisburg, Pa., walked around the

room as the scene from Maltie’sFalcon, Malt Shop and Café, cameto life. Richard C. Alcitrent, CalvinQ. Layder, Joseph K. Awledge, Dier-dre C. Deucer, Penelope Lofer, Del-bert Toydes, Priscilla E. Teene andEvelyn C. Leigh, all RCHS Class of1954 graduates were in attendanceas the reunion celebration began.

Detective Lacy Kagney enteredMaltie’s Falcon with breakingnews of the international rock starRock N. Roley’s murder. All ofthose in attendance were deemedsuspects. The “live clue game,” ac-cording to Jim Jowers, CPC secre-tary, had begun.

The suspects in Roley’s murdermingled with guests over dinner.In order to receive clues on whocommitted the murder, guestswere asked to do tasks. Some tasksincluded front flips, chants andmambo dancing around the room.

At the end of the dinner, verdictsheets were passed out as thekillers were closer to being ex-posed.

As the verdict sheets were read,juniors Stef Niziol and MeganHoffman stood as they receivedpraise for solving the mystery andexposing Roley’s murderers, PennyLofer, Cal Q. Layder and Joe K.Awledge. CPC awarded the win-ners with $20 gift cards to Sheetz,Walmart and the campus bookstore.

Many of the guests attended theMurder Mystery Dinner last yearand are planning on attendingnext year.

“I will come again next year,”freshman Katie Gray said. “I wouldlike to see a beach party type oftheme or even a wedding recep-tion.”

By Gina GuyerCampus Writer

Rather than just leaving thecampus after graduation, studentscan leave a legacy behind as a last-ing impression.

Each year, students in the grad-uating class have the opportunityof participating in the Senior Gift.This serves as a great way to makea lasting impression here whilebenefiting younger students andfaculty members.

One of the main designationsfor senior gift contributions is theBurry Stadium Project. The BurryStadium Project is estimated at$1.7 million and includes renova-tions to Memorial Field andHarold Burry Stadium. By makinga senior gift contribution to thisdesignation, students can help fi-nance expenses from the lighting,artificial turf, the Joseph B. FuscoPlaza and the Joseph B. Fusco En-tranceway planned to be construct-ed in the future.

Students also have the opportu-nity to designate a senior gift in ar-eas that reflect their legacy here.Athletes can designate their seniorgifts to varsity sports teams thatthey participated in while musi-cians and band members can des-ignate their contributions to theband and music department. Oth-er students who find academicsmost important can designatetheir gifts to their individual fieldsof study such as the biology, chem-istry and mathematics depart-ments.

“What I really like most aboutthe senior class gift is that we havethe opportunity to say where ourmoney will go. I am a public rela-tions major and spend a lot of timein the English department, so Iwant my contribution to go there,”

senior Allison Houser said. Stu-dents making contributions to aca-demic departments, clubs, andsports teams only need to donate$1. This will help improve campuslife and offer more opportunitiesfor future students.

In addition to contributing toextra curricular activities, studentsalso have the opportunity to do-nate to a scholarship and honorsomeone special who impactedtheir college experience. Whenhonoring a special someone, stu-dents are asked to contribute a giftof $20.08 or more. “The moneycan help fund a future student'seducation, and it can help under-classmen and future studentsknow that we truly value the edu-cation we've received here,” a fel-low senior said.

The individual who made thecontribution and those honoredwill be listed on the Westminsterwebsite and in the WestminsterMagazine.

Last year, the Class of 2007 do-nated a total of 162 gifts totaling$3,307. Nearly 60 percent of the se-nior class participated with the ma-jority of the money going towardthe McGill Library Project. Thisyear, the Senior Gifts Committeehopes to increase class participa-tion, the total of the senior giftsand the funds used toward theBurry Stadium Project.

All seniors are encouraged toparticipate and to designate theircontributions to areas they findmost important. Senior Gift Com-mittee members feel stronglyabout this project and believe thatwith more participation, Westmin-ster will flourish. By donating just$1, seniors can improve the lives offuture students and faculty whilemaking a positive last impressionon campus.

Students leave legacythrough senior gift

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Refusing to recite the pledge ofallegiance, not standing during thenational anthem, and not likingBrett Favre are acts that wouldhave a person accused of beinganti-American.

Favre has become the symboland embodiment of all that isAmerican sport. 17 short yearsago, “Country Time” entered theNFL and joined the Atlanta Fal-cons with fellow superstar “Prime-time,” or Deion Sanders. Gee, justimagine where the Falcons wouldbe today had they held on to thesetwo.

When Favre took the field, hislove and passion for the game wasunrivaled. Favre made the legendand lore of Lambeau Field comealive every time he played and hislegacy may be greater than allthose that came before.

160 wins as a starter, 5377 com-pletions, 61655 passing yards, and442 passing touchdowns are all ac-companied in the record books byBrett Favre’s name. As if this re-sume is not impressive enough,Favre’s most incredible record ishis 253 consecutive starts at thequarterback position. This recordspeaks to the heart, determination,and other intangible qualities pos-sessed by Favre.

With all of this being said, cer-tainly a compelling argument canbe made for Brett Favre being thegreatest quarterback ever to playthe game of football. However, Iwould disagree.

Immediately after Brett Favreretired, the popular debate becamewhere to rank Brett Favre amongthe most elite quarterbacks to everplay the game. Is he above Elwayand Marino, how does he compareto the yesteryears when Namethand Unitas were waging war?

Consider that in addition to hisplatoon of records were the factsthat Favre managed only one Su-per Bowl win, attempted morepasses than any other quarterback,and threw more interceptions thanany other quarterback.

I rank Brett Favre as the thirdbest quarterback of all-time, withJohnny Unitas being named run-ner-up, and with Joe Montanawearing the crown of best quarter-back to ever play the game of foot-ball.

Joe Montana won four SuperBowls, three of which he wasnamed the MVP. He was alsonamed NFL MVP twice in his un-precedented career and boasts acareer quarterback rating of 92.3.

Johnny U won one Super BowlTitle and three NFL champi-onships prior to the Super Bowlera. Unitas also has three leagueMVP’s to his credit and put up acareer quarterback rating of 78.2.

While Favre has three NFLMVP awards, and a career quarter-back rating of 85.7, his lone SuperBowl victory is not enough to pushhim past the likes of Johnny Uni-tas and Joe Montana.

While Favre currently is thirdon this illustrious list, he and hiscompany had better not get toocomfortable because Tom Bradyand Peyton Manning could possi-bly head the list depending onhow the remainder of their careersplays out.

After 17 seasons of highs andlows, bumps and bruises, and winsand losses Brett Favre will foreverbe enshrined in American sportand be remembered as the manwho played football like he lovedit more than anyone else.

Summarizing Favre’s career, asonly John Madden can, “BrettFavre is the Brett Favre of footballand that’s that.”

Brandon PhillianSports Editor

Brandon is a junior mathe-matics major and an educa-tion minor. He is also thevoice of Titan Basketball andGreyhound Football on TitanRadio.

FarewellFavre

Melissa KramerSports Writer

History repeated itself Saturday,March 1 as the women’s basketballteam advanced to the President’sAthletic Conference (PAC) Champi-onship game to play Thomas Morefor the second consecutive year.

The Titans lost to the Saints, 59-50, last year and were upset thisyear with a score of 65-58. Preced-ing the championship was thematch-up against Washington &Jefferson, which resulted in a Titanvictory after overtime (82-77).

“As soon as we came back andbrought the game (against W&J)into overtime I knew we had agood shot,” freshman Kaitlin Mc-Carthy said. “Both teams weretired, but we wanted it more and Ithink that helped us through over-time.”

Second-seeded W&J met thefourth-seeded Titans Friday, Feb.29 at Thomas More in Crestview,Ky. where the two teams competedin the PAC semifinals.

The first half was an all-out bat-tle beginning with the Titans grab-bing the lead. With 10 minutesand 45 seconds left, the Presidentstied up the score and then took thelead until there were 48 secondson the clock. The half ended witha tie of 29-29 with neither teamtaking more than a six-point lead.

The Presidents dominated mostof the second half, until two freethrow shots by McCarthy tied thegame and took the teams intoovertime. With 3:22 left in over-time, the Titans clutched the leadand did not let up until the finalbuzzer rang.

Senior Emilee Ackerman ledthe Titans scoring a game-high 36points, giving her 1,462 careerpoints and the title of all-time lead-ing scorer in Titan women’s bas-ketball history.

Junior Gina Brunetti bucketed13 points, followed by seniorTerese Marszalek and sophomore

Amy Dolsak with 12 and 10points, respectively.

Ackerman pulled down nine re-bounds, followed by Marszalekwith eight and Brunetti with six.

Kennan Killeen led the Presi-dents with 20 points, whileStephanie Smith and Emily Haysadded 14 and 13 points, respective-ly. Jen Rogers pulled down agame-high 11 rebounds.

The Titans went on to the tour-nament finals to play against de-fending champion and top-seededThomas More. The Saints werealso ranked No. 3 in the nationwith a 27-0 record.

“I feel we have come to playeach time we have seen ThomasMore,” Ackerman said. “We didnot back down to them and I amproud of the way we played.”

The Saints held on to the leaduntil 13:55 remained on the clockin the first half. The Titans thentook the upper hand, but only tem-porarily. Thomas More pulledahead and finished the half with ascore of 35-28.

After returning from halftime,the Saints held on to their lead forthe remainder of the game.

Ackerman led the Titans againwith 21 points and tied a career-

high with 13 rebounds in her finalcollege game. She finishes her col-lege basketball career with 1,483points.

Marszalek, also playing in herfinal game, scored 11 points. Mc-Carthy added eight points andeight rebounds.

After looking back on the sea-son, most Titans said that the winagainst W&J is their favorite mem-ory. The women’s basketballteam’s season ends with a record of17-11 and the satisfaction of goingfrom the four seed to the PAC Fi-nals.

Andrew KubincanekSports Writer

The Titans may have fallenshort in the PAC Basketball Cham-pionships but Emilee Ackermanand Craig Hannon finished theircollege careers with record-break-ing seasons.

Senior guard/forward EmileeAckerman broke the Westminsterall-time scoring record, passing the1,451 points set by Desiree Sterlingbetween 2004 and 2007 with1,483. Senior guard Craig Hannonalso set a new record for the men,finishing with 1,717 points. Theold record of 1,629 was set byMike Douds between 1987 and1991. During the season Hannon

finished 13 games with 20 pointsor more, including three with 30points or more. Ackerman fin-ished as the third leading scorer inthe nation, averaging 23.6 pointsper game. In addition, both madeAll-PAC team rosters and werenamed PAC players of the weekduring the season. Ackerman was

also named on the ESPN Academ-ic All-America Women’s Basketballteam. Hannon had a simple assess-ment of both his and Ackerman’sperformances.

“It must be the number 20!”Despite scoring consistently

high, neither player realized arecord was in their grasp until theywere very close. Hannon did notthink about the scoring record un-til he was “within striking dis-tance” or only a few points away.Ackerman agreed.

“I guess I realized it was possi-ble after the Geneva game, goinginto the first round of playoffs,” shesaid. Ackerman broke the recordin the third round upset againstW&J.

Both players put the success oftheir teams ahead of record setting.In some ways, however, their per-sonal success was linked to that ofthe team.

“…I felt like if I didn’t score ithurt the team. I think that reallysat in my mind throughout theyear,” Hannon said.

Hannon went on to say that theloss to Thomas More in the firstround of the PAC championshipovershadowed his achievements,at least for the time being.

“I would trade every point inthis year for a chance at the PACchampionship and a birth in theNCAA tournament,” Hannon said.

Ackerman and the Lady Titansdid make it to the finals of the PACchampionship and she remembersit as one of her most importantmoments in the season.

“I have two things that meantthe most to me,” she said. “My firstwas upsetting Washington and Jef-ferson in the semifinal game andplaying in the championshipgame. Being named to the Acade-mic All American team was anhonor that personally meant a lotto me.”

Both players recognized thateven though their achievementswere personal, the support they re-ceived from family and teammateswas crucial. Ackerman also credit-ed her coach for encouraging herto make the most of her athleticcareer.

“I would say that Coach Scotthas made me the player I am to-day,” she said. “She truly sawsomething in me that other coach-es did not.”

While the previous high scorefor the men’s team stood since1991, Ackerman broke a record setby a former teammate in 2007.Although Hannon says he will en-joy having the record for now, nei-ther he nor Ackerman are con-cerned about someone elsebreaking it.

“Records are made to be bro-ken. When someone breaks therecord I will be happy for the LadyTitans program,” Ackerman said.

Basketball season draws to a closewith broken records to boast

Student- athletes endrecord-breaking careers

By Corey KendallSports Writer

As the winter season quicklybegins to wind down, the West-minster women’s softball team isjust beginning to wind up. Aftercoming back from a great 2007season, the Lady Titans are lookingto improve even more from thelast season.

Last year, the Titans finished the

season with an overall record of24-15 and a league-best record of11-1 in the President’s AthleticConference. Aside from this greatteam record a few of the playerswere able to set their own records.

Pitcher/first baseman JenniferPancake set the school single-sea-son home run and RBI records byputting 9 balls over the fence andsending 42 to runners to the homeplate. Pancake was named PACPlayer of the Year and also re-

ceived PAC first team along withKristin Zyskowski and JenniferEmery. Stephanie Cornicelli andAddie Parker were awarded withPAC second team honors whilehead coach Jan Reddinger wasnamed PAC coach of the year.

Coming from a season like that,the Titans have a lot to match upto. After losing five of last years se-niors to graduation and havingonly one returning senior this year,the Titans will certainly have a

young team and a lot of work todo.

None of that really seems toworry head coach Jan Reddinger,“We will have a young team. Butthe returning upperclassmen haveworked hard during the off sea-son...plus we have a group of tal-ented freshmen. We are definitelycapable of having a very good sea-son; it's just a matter of everyoneadjusting to their roles.”

And hopefully the Titans will be

able to adjust to their roles veryquickly as they are being throwninto the fire right off the bat. TheTitans will be traveling to Floridaover spring break to play in theRebel Spring Games. Their firstopponent on March 15 will be Rut-ger-Camden out of New Jersey,which may not seem intimidatinguntil you know that they are thedefending NCAA Div. III NationalChampions.

Spring preview: the softball team

Double YoiThe legacy

of Myron Cope, part IChristina RosetoContributing Writer

As I sit here this snowy, Fridaymorning in my over worn Pitts-burgh Steelers shirt, I can’t helpbut think, “Yoi, we’ve lost a legend.”Myron Cope, the man with thescreechy voice who served as colorannouncer for the Steelers for 35years, passed away this past week.Call me biased, which I’m not, butCope was an institution, not onlyin his native Pittsburgh, but alsoacross the entire nation. After all,the Steeler following doesn’t stopas soon as you leave the greaterPittsburgh area; therefore, Cope’sfans don’t either.

Cope was best known for hisover-the-top persona during Steel-er games and his sports show onWTAE radio. He coined the phras-es that Pittsburghers emphaticallyyell at their TV screens duringgames to this very day.

Every Pittsburgher knowsthem. “Yoi”, a commonly usedword for a good play. “Double yoi”,Cope’s saying for an outstandingplay and the name of his autobiog-raphy. “Okle-dokle”, simply, “okay”in the book of Cope-isms. “TheBus”, the nickname for Super Bowlwinning running back, JeromeBettis, was also Cope’s doing. Icould go on for hours. As a life-long Steelers fan, I’ve heard themall, time and again.

Cope exuded life on the radio.It was almost entirely by accidentthat he became as popular of anannouncer as he was. Cope ap-peared on television and radio for

WTAE, but the station was lookingto hire him full time as color an-nouncer for the Steelers. Cope wasreluctant about his voice beingbroadcast over the airwaves; how-ever, his boss assured him that ob-noxious voices were in and that heshould consider the proposal.

Cope seized the opportunityand changed the face of sportsbroadcasting. Never had anyoneever heard a voice like his. Copemade the likes of Harry Careysound like polished newsmen. Youcould not and will not ever hearsomeone quite like Myron Cope inthis day and age. By broadcaststandards, his voice defied the re-fined way broadcasters are trainedto speak. It didn’t seem to matter:Pittsburghers loved him, squawksand all. His voice became synony-mous with everything Pittsburgh.

The thing about Myron Copethat most people don’t realize isthat he was a true writer. He was, ajournalist. His journalistic careerbegan at the Erie Times, where hestayed seven months before retun-ing to Pittsburgh to work for thePittsburgh Post-Gazette. Cope real-ized, though, that his future was asa free-lance writer in the sportsmagazine industry.

Catch the secondpart of Double Yoi:The Legacy of MyronCope in The Holcad’sMarch 28 edition!

Craig Hannon Emilee Ackerman

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Will Ferrell hasn't run out ofsports to exploit in the name ofcomedy, but if Semi-Pro is anyindication, he has run out oforiginal ideas.

The funnyman's stable ofpetulant and grossly overconfi-dent buffoons grows with theaddition of Jackie Moon, owner,coach, and starting power for-ward for the Flint Tropics, a fic-tional ABA basketball squadhoping to survive the 1976merger with the NBA.

Too bad Moon's team is terri-ble. Star player Clarence "Cof-fee" Black (Andre Benjamin)doesn’t understand the conceptof teamwork. And Moon wouldrather plan a memorable half-time show than hit a game-win-ning shot. So the coach puts allhis eggs in one basket, tradingthe team's washing machine foran over-the-hill shooting guard(Woody Harrelson) with his ownset of troubles.

The Ferrell formula remainsalive and semi-well here. Moon

is another deluded man-child inneed of personal salvation. AndFerrell knows how to surroundhis lead characters with amus-ing (and distractible) supportingplayers. The funniest is AndrewDaly, half of a two-man analystteam (the other is Will Arnett),who plays straight man to theensemble's locker-room antics.And Harrelson understandshow to aggressively counterbal-ance Ferrell's ego-heavy come-dy. He probably researched therole by studying the approachesof Christina Applegate, SachaBaron Cohen and, most recently,Jon Heder in Blades of Glory.

Semi-Pro has its moments.Screenwriter Scot Armstrongwrote similarly juvenile come-dies like Starsky & Hutch andRoad Trip and manages two orthree laugh-out-loud sequences.Where else but a Ferrell comedycould a skit about calling some-one a "jive turkey" escalate intoa crude game of Russianroulette?

But the material bridging theamusing scenes is noticeably

thin. Semi-Pro runs a scant 90minutes, and still has troublewith dead spots. Armstrong re-cycles jokes Ferrell fans will rec-ognize. To lure larger crowds toTropics games, Moon agrees towrestle a bear. It's almost likethe time Ferrell wrestled acougar in Talladega Nights. Andit's exactly like the time hewrestled a bear in Anchorman.

Other jokes sputter and fadebefore reaching an actual punchline. There's a great gag whereMoon tries to prevent his teamfrom making unnecessary bas-kets because he has promisedthe crowd tacos if the Tropicsscore over 100 points and hecan't afford to make good onthe promotion. Moon fails, thepoint total is reached, and thescene ends with no payoff.

Ferrell's shtick still makesme laugh, and I look forward tohis next project. But it's time hegives these sports comedies alittle time on the bench beforehis big-screen career fouls out.

By Brett GerthofferA&E Writer

I didn’t have many expectationsfor Vantage Point for I only sawthe trailer once and hadn’t heardanything about it.

Right from the start this moviehad me guessing what would hap-pen next, not to mention I was onthe edge of my uncomfortablemovie theater seat, glued to the bigscreen. If you’ve seen The King-dom, you will find the beginningof Vantage Point is comparable insuspense and surprise right fromthe get go. There is a lot I couldsay about the events of this moviebut I would reveal too many spoil-ers so a basic overview should dojust fine.

The movie begins inside a largenews production truck where theyare doing a story at the summitmeeting in Spain on terrorism.Several world leaders from acrossthe globe meet in this country toshow their support for the anti-ter-rorist movement, one of theseworld leaders includes the presi-dent of the United States (per-formed by William Hurt).

The president arrives to thesummit meeting, held in an out-side courtyard in a major city inSpain. Accompanying the presi-dent is a famous secret agentThomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid)who took a bullet for the presidentsome months prior to this summit.The mayor of Spain introduces theUS president as he approaches thestand, when, minutes into the Pres-ident’s speech…BAM, panic hitsthe courtyard and people startscreaming and running around asthe President hits the ground.

Then an explosion is heardfrom outside the building. Morepanic. All of these events areviewed through the different cam-eras and news reporters of thenews truck. A fearful reporter atthe scene tries to explain what ishappening when another bombgoes off, but this time its right in-

side the courtyard. The main stageblows up in a fiery violent explo-sion. The news reporter is seen ly-ing dead on the debris riddenground. Innocent people are lyingbloody on the floor while the restof the area reaches a state of tur-moil. Then the events we just sawgo into rewind and we are sentback to 23 minutes earlier. Thefirst of five vantage points is over.

The second vantage point isthat of Agent Barnes. For this van-tage point we see basically thesame things as the first one, but acouple more clues are unveiled towhom the shooter was. This van-tage point leads to another that re-veals even more information. Atthis point, you can tell that all ofthese vantage points will tie in atthe end. And they do quite nicelyand smoothly.

So we see two more vantagepoints that show basically thesame events through the eyes ofForest Whitaker, the innocent by-stander who catches everything onfilm, and a local cop to the mayorof Spain. Don’t worry (like I did)that all the points will be the samething again and again, because af-ter these two the next ones arevery different and unfold loads ofthe plotline. All the points are in-terlaced and each one shows youmore than the last. The cine-matography was finely tuned with

beautiful shots of the city. Fastpaced off the shoulder shots keepthe suspenseful thrill of the movierolling perfectly and the acting wasoverall very good and surprisinglyuniform. Forest Whitaker played agreat part and symbolized the av-erage human that becomes a heroin a time of great turmoil. DennisQuaid met his standards to hisusual great performances but pre-sented a few cheesy lines. I guessyou’ll have that though.

The direction of the film wasexceptional, especially from thevery new director Pete Travis. Thesetup and flow of each point to thenext was nearly flawless, and Icouldn’t find too many continua-tion errors, which is excellent dueto the fact that you see the sameseries of events in different shotsduring each different point. You’llbe glad to see that the ending isawesome despite any skepticismthat might arise because of howmuch stuff is going on in each per-son’s perspective. Not to mentionwriter Barry Levy ends with a stabat our “honest” mass media in to-day’s world. I won’t say how so,but its pretty cool.

If you’re looking for a finelytuned movie with flawless fluidity,off the edge suspense, and an end-ing comparable to Crash go seeVantage Point. You won't be dis-appointed.


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Ben’s Rating:

Chris’ Rating:

“The Steel City,” they call it—thehome of Heinz Ketchup, PrimantiBrothers, and the beloved Steelers.If there was every such a townmade for a man to live, it would bePittsburgh. Buried deep in south-western Pennsylvania, Pittsburghand the surrounding areas are ahotbed for the blue collar worker.In fact, one time I’ve heard good‘ole Pennsylvania referenced asthree states in one—Philadelphiaon the east, Pittsburgh on the west,and Alabama in the middle. ThePittsburgh music scene, unlike thePhiladelphia area, however, leaveslittle to be desired, except for onesmall metal band that calls itselfOnce Nothing.

“Blue Collar Metal” is whatreads on the back sleeve of theband’s debut release via Solid StateRecords. Entitled First Came TheLaw, the twelve track record is acollection of reverently heavysongs. The keyword here, howev-er, is heavy, not great.

The album kicks off with vocal-ist Todd Lowry yelling “You wannago for a ride?” on the album open-er, “The Intimidator.” Molded bychugging guitar rhythms, the songimmediately reminds me of May-lene and The Sons of Disaster withits feeling of southern hospitality,one trait that forms the embodi-ment of the record. All in the all,the song doesn’t offer much tomake my jaw drop, instead it re-verts back to the tried and true Sol-id State formula of combining syn-copated drums, bass, and guitar onthe breakdowns while offering riff-

oriented verses. “Avoid Me LikeThe Plague” opens with some dif-

ferent sounding stress chords, cre-ating a more chaotic musical land-scape, but switches to a southernoriented second verse, which againis in the same vein as Maylene andThe Sons of Disaster. “Juliet orWhat’s Left of Her” shows little di-versity, although there is an inter-lude where “tribal” drums arepushed to the forefront. “GunfireIs the Sound of Freedom” offers anincredibly familiar introduction,one pattern I’m sure I’ve heard atleast twice before on other releas-es. The only thing that breaks myboredom with the song is whenLowry, with a certain gruffness,yells “Aww, SWING IT!” Moving

along, “The Dust of a Town,” thefirst song to appear on the band’smyspace, is a bit of an outlier, of-fering the most attitude and diver-sity, establishing a strong metalhook behind the pounding bassdrum of Giuseppe Capolupo andthe hoarse voice of Lowry as heyells “Aye! Aye! Aye!” “My SweetMedusa,” however, changes thepace, opening with the sounds of awestern Pennsylvania summernight, including a chorus of treefrogs, behind a soft acoustic guitar.Lowry, in a singing voice unlikethe rest of album, seems to parallelthe biblical story of Jezebel, singingof a man and his weakness to beseduced by a wayward women.All in all the song doesn’t amountto much other than an opportunityto get up from your computer andgrab a Gatorade.

It seems that I’m running out ofspace. However, reflecting on therest of the album would be muchlike listening to it—repetitive andboring. In fact, the only song evenworth noting is the “...And ThenCame Grace,” an eight minutelong instrumental track featuringsonically different elements, suchas a piano. However, long andheavy instrumental tracks are like“that’s what she said” jokes; every-one is using them.

Trust me; tearing apart a recordfrom one of the decent few bandsin recent history to arise out of mybeloved city is more than disheart-ening. However, not everyone issaying bad things about it. Thepresident of Tooth and Nail recordsonce described the album cover asnot being “bad” (you know, bad asin rad) enough to complement therecord. Although I disagree com-pletely with that claim, I can sayone thing—the booklet actuallysmells like sawdust, and that, myfriend, is rad.

Will Ferrell scores big with another sports flick

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Vantage Point perspectivescreate exceptional suspenseBy Ben Portz

A&E Writer

After three years in the studio,The Afters are back with theirsecond album. This albumentitled “Never Going Back toOK” is filled with catchychoruses and depicts Americanlife through lyrics that reflectsreligious life and fads that comeand go. These reasons makethis album quite different fromtheir first debut album.

This mid-west based band wasoriginally formed in the latenineties by now members JoshHavens and Matt Fuqua. Bothof them worked in a Starbucksin Texas, and performed forcustomers in their time off.Eventually the other twomembers, Brad Wigg and MarcDodd, became employed at thesame exact Starbucks, creatingthe then name of “Blisse”. By2002, they changed their nameto “The Afters” once theyrealized that the name “Blisse”was already taken. Their firstalbum “I Wish We All CouldWin” gained national attentiondue to the hit MTV show “8thand Ocean” having The Aftershit single “Beautiful Love” to beit’s theme song.

The title track, “Never GoingBack to OK” is the band’s way ofsaying “go out and make adifference in this world”. Asdrummer Marc Dodd says, “Thetitle track encourages peoplenot to just go through themotions, but to try and make animpact on the world and helpsomeone change theirperspective on how life canreally be.” This entire albumhas a little bit of everything.Whether you are looking for asoft meaningful ballad such asthe track “Ocean Wide”, orupbeat rocking tunes such as“We Are the Sound”, it mostlikely has what you want tohear. On top of all of that, thereis a Reliant K, “Sadie HawkinsDance” like hit on the recordcalled “Myspace Girl”. I canexpect this song to become an

anthem summing up the teenlife. It’s catchy melody and ideawas inspired by a friend of theband who met a girl at arestaurant and “myspaced” herlater that night. As it turnedout, this couple ended upgetting married. In my opinion,the lyrics are slightly creepy,talking about a guy who knowswhat clothes the girl wears justbased on pictures he’s seen ofher. Although unfortunately“myspacing” is how people aremeeting these days, so props toThe Afters on picking a themethat is widely known.

One of my favorite tracks onthis album is the acousticversion of their hit single

“Beautiful Love”. Josh Havensvocals are superb on this track,and the mix between the pianoand acoustic guitar are morebeautiful than ever. The thing Ilike about The Afters is thatthey are bringing some talentand innovative musicianship toChristian rock music.Unfortunately, many Christian

rock artists just tend to banktheir popularity on pop-likecatchy melodies rather than theexpertise in creating an artwithin the music. Furthermore,the messages within the songsare not direct which meansmany listeners can have theirown interpretation of the song.So those who normally hateChristian rock music may findThe Afters to be a breath offresh air, due to not being sooverwhelming with Jesuslectures in their songs. Overall,The Afters tend to mix Bono-like vocals with the eerie guitarriffs of Radiohead into theirmusic. It makes sense that ittook 3 years in the studio to

finally come out with anotheralbum. It is obvious that theytook time into thinking abouttrack listing and what theywanted their listeners to get outof after hearing the record. Thisalbum is one that I very muchrecommend for any alternative-rock fans.

Chris LehbergerA&E Editor

Chris is a junior public rela-tions major who’s addictedto LOST and the Office, anddespite being a writing mi-nor, can't finish books. Orsing. At all.


The Afters better than OK

First came the law, then came the axeOnce Nothing disappoint on debut release


Album: Never Going Back to OK

The Lineup: Josh Havens-vocals/guitars,Matt Fuqua-vocals/guitars, Brad Wigg-bass guitar/vocals, Marc Dodd-drums

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ARIES (March 21 - April 19): With the sun in your sign, you

are encouraged to take a more ac-tive role in your environment.Adapt your plans to accommodateor better serve others.TAURUS (April 20 - May 20):

Find time for meditation or per-haps some much-needed contem-plation this week. Stay mentally fo-cused; avoid imagining the worst.GEMINI (May 21 - June 21):

Consider yourself lucky to havefriends who are willing to help youout of a financial bind. Swallowyour pride and ask for what youneed.CANCER (June 22 - July 22):

Guard your reputation againstfalse accusations. Honor yourword, no matter what it takes, andlisten to the advice offered by aparent or mentor.LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22):

The knowledge that you seek iswithin your scope. Continue inyour quest for truth and under-standing; keep an open mind.VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22):

You should play it safe whenlooking to secure your financial fu-ture. Shy away from speculativeventures and take the slow road toprofitability.LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23):

New information will add an-other dimension to a close person-al relationship. Compare notes andlook for answers to some unset-tling questions.SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov.21):

Pace yourself for success. Startearly in the week in order to haveenough time and energy to accom-plish or complete an importantmission.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 -Dec. 21):

It is OK to appear intelligentand informed among your peers.Take a stance and express yourideas and opinions without thefear of rejection.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan.19):

Family matters or dilemmaswill come to light this week. Allowyour partner or loved ones equalinput in the decision-makingprocess.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb.18):

Accurate communication

should be your No. 1 concern. De-vise a system to improve the ex-change of information among yourpeers and co-workers.PISCES (Feb. 19 - March20):

Monetary issues are brought tothe forefront. Gather the necessarydata, facts or figures to explainyour current budgetary needs andfuture fiscal plans.If your birthday is this week:

You are gifted with the ability toreceive and process a large

amount of information with rela-tive ease during the coming year.Use this talent to study and masterdifficult concepts, take challengingcourses or to understand compli-cated ideas. If you are uncertainabout your fiscal status or direc-tion, all you have to do is ask for le-gal guidance or financial counsel.Also born this week:

Loretta Lynn, Leonardo da Vin-ci, Charlie Chaplin, Harry Reason-er, Maria Sharapova and CarmenElectra.


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Friday, March 7, 2008All Day Events Alpha Phi Omega Section Con-

ference Deadline for SCRAWL Submis-

sions Religious, History, Philosophy,

and Classics Department's Under-graduate Conference

11:40 AM Chapel (Wal-lace Memorial Chapel)

7:00 PM North Ameri-can Undergraduate Conference inReligion and Philosophy Speaker:Dr. Robert Abernathy, "TalkingAbout Religion" (MCC Wither-spoon Lakeview)

8:00 PM Movie inMueller: I Am Legend (MCCMueller Theater)

10:00 PM - 12:00 AM T i -tan's Tavern (MCC Club/Lounge)

10:30 PM Movie inMueller -- National Treasure: Bookof Secrets (MCC Mueller Theater) Saturday, March 8, 2008

All Day Events Alpha Phi Omega Section Con-

ference Religious, History, Philosophy,

and Classics Department's Under-graduate Conference

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM A l -pha Phi Omega Section 64 Confer-ence (MCC Berlin Lounge)

10:45 AM North Ameri-can Undergraduate Conference inReligion and Philosophy Speaker -- Dr. Justin Barrett, "Cognitive Sci-ence of Religion: What Is It andWhy Does It Matter?" (MCC With-erspoon Lakeview)

1:00 PM Baseball @Southern Virginia

3:00 PM Senior Percus-sion Recital: Michael Mullin (OrrAuditorium)

7:00 PM Mass (WallaceMemorial Chapel)

8:00 PM Movie inMueller -- National Treasure: Bookof Secrets (MCC Mueller Theater)

10:30 PM Movie in Mueller: IAm Legend (MCC Mueller The-ater) Sunday, March 9, 2008

All Day Events

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BE-GINS (turn clocks ahead one hour)

Religious, History, Philosophy,and Classics Department's Under-graduate Conference

1:00 PM Baseball @Washington & Lee

2:00 PM Chapel Dra-ma: You're a Good Man, CharlieBrown (Wallace Memorial Chapel)

3:00 PM Movie inMueller -- National Treasure: Bookof Secrets (MCC Mueller Theater)

7:00 PM Chapel Drama:You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown(Wallace Memorial Chapel)

9:00 PM Movie inMueller: I Am Legend (MCCMueller Theater) Monday, March 10, 2008

All Day Events Last Day for First 7-Week

Courses 11:40 AM Chapel (Wal-

lace Memorial Chapel) 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM SAA Inter-

views (MCC Wile ConferenceRoom 352)

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Chapel Continuing EducationEvent: Rev. Dr. Donald Optiz(MCC Witherspoon Rooms)

9:00 PM Fellowship ofChristian Athletes (MCC Wither-spoon Maple) Tuesday, March 11, 2008

All Day Events PE-2 and Second 7-Week Cours-

es Begin 5:30 PM College De-

mocrats Meeting (MCC WeiselRoom 255)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM SAAInterviews (MCC Wile ConferenceRoom 352)

6:30 PM Japanese Ani-me Club (TC 210)

9:30 PM Newman Club(MCC Witherspoon Maple)

9:40 PM Sierra StudentCoalition Meeting (TC 314) Wednesday, March 12,2008

All Day Events Double Room Drawing for Cur-

rent Sophomores PE-2 and Second 7-Week Cours-

es Begin 6:00 AM Titan Traverse

Meeting (MCC Berlin Lounge) 11:45 AM Faires Faculty

Forum: Marosh Furimsky, WhatUse is a Fish? (MCC Mueller The-ater)

12:00 PM Holcad StaffMeeting (MCC Weisel Room 255)

4:00 PM AcademicStandards Committee Meeting(MCC Wile Conference Room 352)

4:15 PM Green PartyMeeting (MCC Weisel ConferenceRoom 255)

4:30 PM Children's Lit-erature Group Discussion: Can-dyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson(Mugsies)

5:15 PM CPC Meeting(MCC Club Room)

6:45 PM Newman ClubExec Meeting (MCC Wile Confer-ence Room 352)

7:00 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current Senior Men(MCC Witherspoon Lakeview)

7:00 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current SeniorWomen (MCC WitherspoonMaple)

7:00 PM SGA Meeting(MCC Mueller Theater)

7:15 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current Junior Men(MCC Witherspoon Lakeview)

7:15 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current JuniorWomen (MCC WitherspoonMaple)

7:30 PM Habitat for HumanityChapter Meeting (MCC 255)

7:45 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current Sophomores(MCC Witherspoon Lakeview)

8:00 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current SophomoreWomen (MCC WitherspoonMaple)

8:15 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current First-YearMen (MCC Witherspoon Lake-view)

8:30 PM Circle K Meet-ing (PH 112)

8:45 PM Double RoomDrawing for Current First-Year

Women (MCC WitherspoonMaple)

9:30 PM Seekers Meet-ing (MCC Club/Lounge) Thursday, March 13, 2008

TBA Women's Swimming @NCAA Championships (at Oxford,Ohio)

11:00 AM Support StaffMeeting (MCC Club Room)

12:40 PM COC Meeting(MCC Wile Conference Room 352)

12:40 PM Med PACMeeting (MCC Mueller Theater)

2:00 PM - 7:00 PMPoverty Simulation (MCC Wither-spoon Rooms)

5:00 PM College Repub-licans Meeting (PH 231)

5:30 PM BSU Meeting(MCC Weisel Conference Room255)

6:00 PM PsychologyClub (Hoyt 152)

7:00 PM Gospel Choir(Wallace Memorial Chapel)

7:00 PM InterfraternityCouncil Meeting (MCC WeiselRoom 255)

9:00 PM Amnesty InternationalMeeting (MCC Mueller Theater)

11:45 PM Triple andQuad Rooms Drawing (MCCWitherspoon Maple) Friday, March 14, 2008

All Day Events Incomplete Grades Due TBA Women's Swimming @

NCAA Championships (at Oxford,Ohio)

11:30 AM College Femi-nists Meeting (MCC Wile Confer-ence Room 352)

12:00 PM Alpha PhiOmega Exec Meeting

(MCC Weisel Conference Room255)

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By Jared McConkeyFeatures Writer

The screams. Those screams. Ican still hear them echoing in myhead today. The shrill, piercingsound of torment escaping throughsomeone’s, or something’s, mouth.

I clapped my hands over myears to dull the sound but it did lit-tle to lessen the noise. Within mo-ments, the screams ceased and thesilence that filled the air held a dif-ferent kind of terror. The kind youfeel when you think there is some-thing under your bed or in yourcloset, but you are too afraid to look.I know that I could’ve run butsomething in me felt compelled tostay.

I crept through the narrow cave,orange light flickering dimly off therocks, and drew closer to the sourceof light. A reeking odor began to fillmy nose; burnt meat mingling withthe same smell that had come frombehind the Mortuary sign. I peakedaround a corner and saw a largebonfire burning brightly in the cen-ter of a large open space. It wasabout the size of the gym in Old 77.I hadn’t realized that my trek hadtaken my down deeper into theearth. The fire was so bright that Icould barely see the people stand-ing around it.

I waited for my eyes to adjustand saw that there were five peoplein thick, dark robes. They had theirheads bowed and arms folded inprayer. I think that I could hearthem mumbling. On the large pyrelay a human body, already com-pletely charred.

I nearly vomited right there but Iclenched my teeth, shut my eyesand refused to let the vomit rise.The bile burned on the back of mythroat but I knew that if I let mystomach spill the figures wouldhear me.

After a moment, my stomachbegan to settle. I opened my eyesand relaxed my jaw. The hoodedfigures began to move to the otherside of the cavern, arms still twistedin prayer, and exit through anotherpassageway. I waited a moment af-ter the last person disappearedthrough the passage before creep-ing out to follow them.

As I passed the fire, I avoided

looking at the blackened body. Thesmell of charred meat drifted by mynose and forced me to quicken mypace as I made my way to the otherside of the room. I quietly snuck af-ter those horrible individuals whohad murdered a human being. Itwas another narrow pass that grewwet with slime as I progressed fur-ther and further from the fire.

I lost track of how long I waswalking through that twisted corri-dor but once I reached the end, Inearly exposed myself. I rounded acorner without thinking and nearlystepped into the middle of a congre-gation of dark robed figures.

It was another cavern, similar tothe one before it, and was obviouslya place of dark worship. Therewere a few torches set along thewall that allowed me to observe thearea.

The room looked like a mockeryof a church. There were twocolumns of stone pews that werestained with mud, a stone altar witha ragged red cloth, and, behind thealtar, an image of some creature. Ithad a human body, but where thehead should be was a squid. It alsohad these great wings, like somekind of demon or dragon. It stoodthere, glaring down at the occu-pants of the room. There was apresence about it, as though it was-n’t just a painting staring down butthe actual creature.

In the room were about 30 fig-ures, all sitting in the pews, waitingfor something. I stared at the scenebefore me, knowing that I hadstumbled upon some great, dark se-cret. I wasn’t sure that I wanted tostick around for the events thatwere about to unfold but my feet re-fused to move.



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FeaturesFeaturesWhy you came to college

If someone asked you why youwere in college, what would yourresponse be?

Most students would say to getan education or a degree. Othersmay say it was because it was thenext step in life. Either way, thecommon consensus is that wecame to college to get some sort ofpreparation for life.

So what exactly is an educa-tion? Is it sitting in a classroom for15 hours or so a week?

Do we earn our degree for lis-tening to lectures? We obviouslylearn something from this, but wedefinitely participate in other activ-ities to be given our degree.

We cannot simply be booksmart. Westminster prides itself inensuring that the students receivea well-rounded education withplenty of experience.

Most majors require an intern-ship or research. Every departmenthas the infamous capstone project.All of this is to help us gain a bet-ter education.

However, is this what college isall about? Are there other forms oflearning to experience during ourcollege years?

I am sure the resounding an-swer is yes.

College is about learning to doa juggling act of classes, jobs, orga-nizations, relationships, friendshipsand life.

Most students have some sort ofjob. Some are on campus and oth-ers are off. Some people have mul-tiple jobs. The bills, including tu-ition, have to be paid. Employersand professors demand the sameattention. Sometimes time doesnot seem in enough supply. Col-lege is just the beginning of this

feeling.A large portion of the students

are active in organizations on cam-pus. There are so many of them,sometimes it is hard not to be in-volved.

For numerous students, that iswhere the problem is. We get over-involved in activities. We love whatwe are doing and try to do every-thing.

Not to mention it will buildyour resume. We are told we needactivities and leadership experi-ence to get a job. Your degree is notenough.

This is where a fine line comesin. Do you sacrifice your dedicationto your school work in order topursue your activities and jobs? Ordo you focus solely on homeworkand reading and leave the activi-ties part of your resume lacking?

This is a difficult balance for alot of students to figure out. Somepeople cannot handle both. Whatis the most important?

Why did you come to college?

To earn a degree. Please earn yourdegree.

Do not let everything else comefirst. Do not bite off more than youcan chew.

If you cannot achieve balance,choose school work first. The fact isif you do everything on campusbut do not walk out of here with adegree, you have wasted your time.

Students must put earning thatdegree first. Then, prioritize fromthere. Do not join everything youcan. Trust me, I tried that. It proba-bly will not work out for you.

College is about learning. Themost important lesson you canlearn is how to deal with it and be-come the best juggler that you can.

Lurene McDonaldFeatures Editor

Lurene is a sophomore publicrelations major who enjoys amug of hot chocolate andcozy afternoon naps. Sheloves being a member ofKappa Delta Sorority and theAdmissions Office Staff.

Nowhere, Pa.Often times, the feelings of

Westminster students surprise me.We attend a liberal arts college inthe middle of Nowhere, PA, so whydo some people feel like they arenot getting what they signed upfor?

First, I love students’ complaintsabout the curriculum. “Why do Ihave to take swimming?” “Ugh,here goes another stupid IP class.”Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minutehere. This is a liberal arts college,right? Nobody should complainabout the Intellectual Perspectivesconsidering that is what a liberalarts curriculum is all about. Here’sa quick history lesson on liberalarts.

In medieval Western institu-tions, the liberal arts consisted ofgrammar, rhetoric, logic, geometry,arithmetic, music, and astronomy.This curriculum was termed “lib-eral arts” because “liberal” meant“free,” indicating non-slaves. Slavespracticed illiberal arts, or vocation-al education. After the Renais-sance, architecture, painting, andsculpture were also considered tobe liberal arts.

Today, a liberal arts curriculumincludes theology, literature, lan-guages, philosophy, history, mathe-matics, and science (according towikipedia). Those subjects directlyrelate to the intellectual perspec-tive program.

Perhaps you are thinking, “Hey,swimming isn’t listed as a liberalart!” You would be right, at leastaccording to wikipedia; however,the definition doesn’t consider thepracticality of other subjects. Howbad would it look if a person spentyears upon years of “proper school-ing” but couldn’t save himself orherself when falling into a body ofwater?

Another interesting complaint

that I hear is the lack of businessesin the surrounding area of theschool. Hmm, when I was consid-ering attending Westminster, I wasnever under the assumption that itwas located in a bustling metropo-lis.

Why do some people think thatthe world owes them something?“I worked hard to come here, so Idemand a beer distributor beplaced in town!” I think that in thisday and age, it is easy for people,Americans especially, to takethings for granted. People haveconveniences and options. Did youever consider how much cafeteriafood is wasted each day?

I guess what I’m trying to say isthat it is easy to want more, to beunsatisfied with the current situa-tion. Westminster College vehe-mently advertises its 94% place-ment rate, so obviously it must bedoing something right. Give it abreak. Be thankful. I know I am.

I’d much rather take the fifteen-minute drive to McDonald’s for adelicious shamrock shake thanmilk a cow and make it myselflike our Amish friends.

Hey, McDonald’s, I demandmonetary reimbursement for thatadvertisement!

Barry UnisDiversity Columnist

Barry Unis is a senior psy-chology major and theatre mi-nor. He is all over the campusand is unfortunately known as afictional rapist.

By Shannon BobbertFeatures Writer

There is only one club on cam-pus that unwinds after a longweek by tossing around a tenpound ball to knock over objects.The sound of this method of de-stressing probably appeals to moststudents, all of which are invited tojoin the Bowling Club to work ontheir aim.

Club president, Lauren Ritter,sat down for a Q&A session to dis-cuss the Bowling Club, a brandnew student organization this year.

You just organized the clubthis year—how do you feel aboutit so far?:

“It’s extremely exciting. I alsostarted a bowling club at my highschool. I just wanted to bringbowling with me wherever I went.”

Since the club is so new, haveyou had the opportunity to par-ticipate in any events this year?:

“We had five people who justbowled in an intercollegiate tour-nament over Lil’ Sibs weekend.That was a blast! We advancedtwice in the stepladder finals—webeat two teams before we wereout. I thought we were going to bein the lowest bracket because wewere the only team who had beenthere for the first time. All the oth-er teams have been established foryears and have coaches on cam-pus. A lot of them are bowling-based schools, so a lot of these kidsare recruited on scholarship tobowl at these universities.”

“We were bowling against big

competition when we had justcome out of nowhere. I was veryproud of our team.”

“We might go to another com-petition in April.”

So what do you think aboutbowling as a sport?:

“The thing that I really loveabout bowling is that any type ofperson of any age can bowl. I’veseen handicapped people bowl—Isaw a man who was quadriplegicbowl, and he was really good. It’sincredible, old people can bowl,people who are mentally chal-lenged can bowl, little kids canbowl. Everyone bowls, and I thinkthat’s a huge appeal to it. Peopleshouldn’t think: ‘just because I’m a

certain way, I shouldn’t bowl.’ Youshould because it’s a blast! In foot-ball, the pros quit when they’re intheir 30’s usually, and in bowlingyou can bowl forever.

Is the bowling club lookingfor members who know how tobowl, or students who want tolearn how to bowl?:

“Actually both! We’re looking forpeople who have experience andare interested in bowling in inter-collegiate matches—those whoprobably have an average around170. We’re also looking forbowlers who just love to have funwith bowling. I would like to im-prove my coaching skills withbowling, so I can help coach them.”

Who is your team coach?: “My dad is our coach for the

bowling team. Although we livein Pittsburgh about an hour andtwenty minutes away, he comes tointercollegiate matches with us.He’s a former professional, so he’spretty helpful!”

Where do you get in all yourpractice?:

“We meet at Colonial Lanes,that’s where we practice. We set upa deal with the owner—he gave uscertain hours we can come in andpractice.”

Is there still time to join theclub and do some bowling?:

“Yes, definitely! I should beplanning an end of the year finaleto the first year of bowling club.Then next year it will pick up inSeptember.”

Why would you tell studentsto join the Bowling Club?:

“Bowling is relaxing. I thinkmost people look at it as an outletto relieve stress—you just throw theball and you see the pins fly. It’salso a great bonding experiencewith people. It’s such a fun relaxedatmosphere. No one is a profes-sional out there, so no one shouldfeel intimidated. I think everyoneis there because they enjoy bowl-ing and coming together as a unitfor a sport that they all like.”

Anyone interested in joiningthe Bowling Club can send Laurenan e-mail.

The bowling club: astriking experience

A WestminsterTale: Part V

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“Do it in the dark” update

Check out the next

segment of A WestminsterTale in the April 4 edition of

The Holcad!

An interview with Lauren Ritter gives an inside look atthose aiming to improve their skills at the alley

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