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Sorority promotes anti-hazing message

By: Raychel WebsterSta� Writer

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Phi Mu Sorority hosted Anti-Hazing Prevention Week Sept. 23-27.

�roughout the week, the sisters worked to pro-mote awareness of what hazing is and how to pre-vent it from happening within the organization and throughout campus.

Hazing is de�ned as the practice of rituals involving humiliation, abuse or ha-rassment as a way of initiat-ing a person into a group. Hazing can be something as simple as an older member

in an organization asking a newer member to perform a task, such as driving them somewhere or getting them food.

People who are hazed may deal with severe conse-quences. On the individual level, a person can experi-ence emotional distress or even physical harm. �e reputation of an organiza-tion can be damaged, and it can face legal sanctions. �e rami�cations can also hurt the community.

Sarah Waszyn, Phi Mu Social/Risk Chair, planned the awareness week. �roughout the week, stu-

dents had the opportunity to sign a pledge against hazing, and “titans don’t haze” bracelets were given out. Phi Mu also hosted an event the evening of the Sept. 26 where Gina Vance and Scott “Scooter” Ren-ninger spoke on the topic of hazing.

“Sometimes you don’t realize you’re being hazed, so it is important to make sure everyone knows what this means,” Waszyn said. “Students need to know that hazing is not on the agenda here on campus.

Waszyn explained that the emphasis placed on

anti-hazing is essential to maintaining the commu-nity aspect. It is important that freshmen and indepen-dents know that this is a safe place, she stressed.

“We treat new mem-bers the same way that we expect to be treated; with friendship and respect,” Waszyn said. “If they ex-perience something that causes them to feel uncom-fortable, it needs to be re-ported.”

Teresa Whetstone holds the position of Phi Direc-tor and is responsible for assisting provisional mem-bers through the process of

Ceiling falls in Art Dept.

By: Kendall WilliamsSta� Writer

Students "drink" in new winery

By: Karen EvansSta� Writer

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Heavy smoke rose from the Westgate Mall in Nai-robi Kenya Monday Sept. 23 2013. Multiple large blasts have rocked the mall where a hostage siege is in its third day. Associated Press reporters on the scene heard multiple blasts and a barrage of gun�re. Security forces have been attempt-ing to rescue an unknown number of hostages inside the mall held by al-Qaida-linked terrorists.

Kenyan Mall Attack

Sisters of Phi Mu sorority worked all week to educate campus on the dangers and rami�cations of hazing activities within organizations, both Greek and non-Greek

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At the beginning of the year, a classroom ceiling in the art department col-lapsed.

Senior �ne arts major Steve Totin witnessed the incident.

“I went in there [the art classroom] at night and a good portion was falling in,” Totin said.

�e lower-hanging tiled ceiling is supported by met-al wiring, which is attached to the actual ceiling above it. �e upper section of the

�ere is now a winery within walking distance from the college for those of legal drinking age. �e Fractured Grape is New Wilmington’s new winery.

It is located centrally on Neshannock Ave and S. Market St. and has seem-ingly already brought in a steady �ow of townsfolk and even some students since their opening on Sept. 6.

�e winery o�ers a special deal are turning 21 soon; your �rst glass of wine is $1 at the winery as long as you take your Titan card and ID. Also, West-

minster sta� gets free tast-ings of all wines.

Taylor Craig, sales and marketing supervisor of the winery, is a Westminster alumnus.

“Westminster was good to me when I was there so I want to hook people from Westminster up, give back to them,” Craig said.

�e store is set up so that people can go, grab a glass of wine and relax. �ere are tables and chairs set up inside the winery as well as a patio area where people can sit outside.

“You can easily go down there and just chat and hang out with a friend and catch up, which I think is a nice atmosphere,” se-

nior Amber Hill said. �e chairs are comfort-

able enough to study in or maybe stay and write a pa-per in.

“People will start com-ing in at 4pm because they’ll want to have a glass of wine and write a paper or some-thing,” Craig said. “�at’s something you can’t get at the library or you can’t get at Mugsies. Frankly when I was in college, wine was the last thing on my mind, but then again we didn’t have a winery.”

With the slogan “Drink for the Cure”, the winery donates towards a di�er-ent charity for each bottle of wine ranging from heart disease and hospice to the

country’s veterans. About two dollars for every bottle goes toward the designated charity.

“You take something that a lot of people look at as being bad, drinking all the time, and you turn it into ‘well, if they’re going to buy it anyway, why not take a percentage of what they spend on that and donate it to charity,’” senior Brandon Mosley said.

�ey only sell seven dif-ferent wines right now, each with a fun name to accom-pany the medical theme. Students’ favorite wines are Resuscitation, Relaxation, and Mediation. To taste the wines, there is a limit

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becoming initiated sisters. New members, while en-couraged, are not required to attend meetings and events so as to remove any type of pressure that can be associated with joining a new organization.

“As a campus commu-nity we have a responsibility to each other to recognize and stop hazing wherever we may witness it, and to be able to do that, we must be able to recognize it �rst,” Whetstone said. “Joining a group such as a sorority, fraternity or sports team is about inclusions and being a part of something that is larger than you.”

Whetstone also notes that it is important for older members to be aware that newer members should be treated with the utmost respect.

Fraternities on campus also agree that hazing is an issue that must be treated with importance.

“Hazing is something that a lot of people tend to overlook or underestimate, and that is a serious prob-lem,” Adam Stahon, Alpha Sigs President, said. “One of the main bene�ts to join-ing a fraternity is the idea of brotherhood; and brother-hood and hazing do not go together.”

Stahon noted the nega-

tive results of hazing. “Hazing causes feel-

ings of resentment and dis-trust and those feelings are in direct con�ict with our mission to create a chapter built of cooperation and brotherhood,” Stahon said. “One way that we combat this is by respecting each other and honors each per-son’s dignity regardless of whether they are a pledge or a brother.”

President of the IFC and brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Rocky Rade� stressed how Greek life on campus is di�erent than what most people think.

“�ere is a huge stigma that Greek life is all about partying and drinking,” Rade� said. “Since Greek life is a huge part of the so-cial scene on campus, it is an assumption that in order to �t in, you must be a part of the party scene.”

Organizations on cam-pus strive to promote fair treatment of their members and focus on the common goal of bene�ting others.

“Being in a fraternity, we’re the �rst thing that comes to mind when peo-ple think of hazing,” Rade� said. “But being a part of an organization is about giving back to campus, the community and bringing people together.”

ceiling only becomes visible if one were to remove the tile directly below it. Ac-cording to Physical Plant director, Owen Wagner, the wiring came loose, causing the ceiling to collapse.

“�e wire support above a portion of the ceil-ing came loose from the ceiling above it,” Wagner said.

�e situation was quickly looked into and re-paired by individuals at the Physical Plant.

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Perspectives

Editor-in-ChiefMelissa Dubrawka

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A column of one's own Breaking the mold

Melissa DubrawkaEditor-in-Chief

Alexandra PasquarelliPhotography Editor

We are all under an ex-treme amount of pressure.

Whether it be from schoolwork, extracurricu-lars, or social engagements things can start to add up for all of us. Eventually the stress begins to mount as we take on more obligations.

But what if there was one pressure that we didn’t have to undergo on a dai-ly basis? What if we could wake up every morning and not have to worry about what our bodies looked like? What if we didn’t put such a focus on what size our jeans were and how many slices of pizza we can have at lunchtime?

Folks, what I’m talk-ing about is the pressure to have the “perfect body,” the pressure to look a certain way because there is some unspoken rule in our soci-ety that if we even have the slightest pocket of fat then we are not normal.

I’d just like to put a disclaimer here that I am not telling you to stop working out or going to your Zumba classes. I re-spect people that have that drive and ambition to keep themselves healthy. I am not anti-�tness. And I do understand that obesity is now technically considered a medical disease and is not something we should strive for.

What I am against is the idea that we all have to �t

into a certain mold when it comes to our bodies. We all can’t be size twos or be so ripped that we can tear a phonebook in half. So many of us obsess over the way our bodies are shaped, wishing we could lose that extra ten pounds or �t into the next pant size down. And most of the time, the way our bodies are shaped is perfectly �ne.

I’ll be the �rst to admit that I fall victim to this anx-iety too. Some mornings I’ll spend 20 minutes to a half hour trying to �gure out to wear. I’ll stare at myself the mirror with each out-�t on and fret that I don’t look good enough. It’s a frustrating process, and I usually end up being late to anywhere I have to be that morning.

�is is something I’m trying to overcome, and I’m slowing getting there. I know I will probably never be impossibly thin, and I’m becoming comfortable with that. I never was that way, and things have been �ne for me so far. I mean let’s face it, the last time I was a size two was probably when I was age two.

But accepting yourself is a di�cult process when we have so many factors telling us that we shouldn’t be okay with the way we’re shaped.

Magazines and televi-sion ads are riddled with impossibly thin models (whose bodies have been airbrushed, might I add) that taunt us into looking

like them because we are supposed to understand them as the accepted stan-dard of beauty. Celebrities are constantly criticized in the media for their weight gains, when they really just gain enough weight to look like girls like me (Kelly Clarkson, for example—leave her alone! She is beau-tiful!).

Take the show, Say Yes to the Dress (forgive me, it’s a guilty pleasure). It’s a show about shopping for wedding dress on TLC. It has a spin-o� show called Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss. You guessed it, this show is where they feature the plus-sized brides and their hunt for the wedding dress. Is this really necessary? Why do we need the separation?

Don’t these women have the same shopping experiences as smaller-sized women when trying to �nd the perfect dress? Yes. Do they have di�erent kind of weddings? No. Do they fall in love di�erently? I really don’t think so.

�is blatant separation of what is considered “nor-mal,” compared to what is “special interest” or out of the norm demonstrates how our society considers people who are larger to be un-human. So much that they can’t even be on the same show as the “normal” people.

�is doesn’t just go for women either. Men face the pressures to be thin or mus-cular and �t certain stan-dards as well. I don’t notice it as much because as a woman I am biased toward my sex, but truly we are all victim to these pressures.

So next time you look in the mirror and frown, remember that it doesn’t have to be that way. Con-�dence is the most beauti-ful feature anyone can have. You don’t have to �t a mold. Just be you. If you keep this in mind and emulate it, people might just start to believe it too.

Rede�ne beauty ev-erywhere you go, and you might just begin to rede�ne yourself. I know I’ll be try-ing to.

Melissa is a senior English major with a mi-nor in public relations. She does not drink co�ee.

Real TalkLife at the crossroads

�ere are three things I remember most vividly from the movie Castaway. One, Tom Hanks’ dramatic weight loss; two, the fa-mous “WILSON!!!” scene, in which Tom Hanks pro-fesses his love for a friendly volleyball; and three, the ending that still has me thinking.

Sorry for the spoiler, but this ending gives us no closure, as we see Tom Hanks return to his home after being rescued and left at a literal crossroads to de-cide where to move next with his life. He is essen-tially starting fresh—a new man with a new life ahead of him.

But what does he de-cide to do? We will never know, as the movie ends before we see him make his decision. So, what does this say about decisiveness? I want to know where Tom Hanks goes. I want to know if he made the right deci-sion. I want some answers!

Of course, I’m getting �red up about this because the crossroads are not only reserved for men who re-turn home after four years of being shipwrecked and now have to decide what to do with their lives after rejoining society. �e cross-roads are very real to us too. As young adults, we’re at an age where almost every moment in life puts us at a crossroads because there is still so much to �gure out. Now, some crossroads are more important than oth-ers. Like the crossroads of post-grad life—those are pretty important. It’s where we decide what we want to do with “the rest of our lives” and “who we want to become.” Lots of pressure, I

know, but it’s unavoidable. What I’m getting down

to here is the idea we all fear—the unknown. Like Tom Hanks, we will all eventually be left at the crossroads. �ough our crossroads are a result of graduation, and his were a result of being at sea for years, it’s the same deal. �e crossroads represent sev-eral di�erent options for us, each one being something uncertain because we never really know what lies at the end of the path until we venture down it.

So it becomes rather scary when we realize that we can’t sit at the cross-roads forever—we have to choose where to go from there. We’re faced with so many questions: “what path do I choose?” “What if I’m unhappy with the decision I make?” “What do I do now??” But here’s something to think about: what’s to stop us from turn-ing back if we don’t like the path?

�ough I’m super scared of reaching the post-grad crossroads, I know that there’s a very slim chance that I’ll go down the wrong path when I get there because there really is no wrong path to take. �e

beautiful thing about mak-ing choices is that we can try something that we think we like, realize we don’t like it, and then choose to move on. We can go down any path we want, as many times as we want.

I’m not saying this will be an easy feat. Decisions are big stu� reserved for the grown-up world that we don’t like to talk about. But we’ve got to start making them sometime. �e movie ended before we saw it, but we know that Tom Hanks had to make some sort of decision toward his future. It’s the only way.

So when my time comes at the crossroads, I’ll boldly make a decision about where my life will lead. I may like it, and I may not. But I know I can always try another path if I can’t �nd happiness down the �rst. And, if all else fails, at least I’ll have a volleyball in the passenger’s seat to keep me company.

Alex is a junior Eng-lish major and PR minor, and, while she loves Cast-away, her favorite Tom Hanks �lm is Saving Pri-vate Ryan.

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Campus News� eatre Westminster hosts festival

Senior class gift committe begins fundraising

By: Maggie HessNews Editor

By: Pano ConstantineSta� Writer

� eatre Westminster is performing its inaugural 10-Minute Play Festival on Oct. 3-6. � is festival consists of eight 10-minute plays that will be performed one after another.

Typically, at this point of the year, the theater de-partment will put on a mu-sical. However, they opted in favor of something new this semester. � e eight plays they are doing are: “I love you, I love you” by Josh Levine, “Fight or Flight” by Rey Binstock, “Candy likes your status” by Matthew Henderson, “I got you babe” by Nik Nem-ec, “iPride” by Marina Mar-cello, “Nothing to keep ya” by Matthew Bickley Smith, “Oedipus, the prequel” by Matt Fotis, and “Short memory” by David Meyers.

While 10-minute play festivals are new to campus, they are by no means a new phenomenon. Terry Jachi-miak, Assistant Professor of � eatre and Faculty De-signer explained that there have been a lot of changes in the theater department and that they plan to host

a 10-minute festival every other year. During the o� year, the plan would be to perform a musical.

� e theater depart-ment sent out requests for 10 minute plays all over the country. A large number of playwrights responded, and a total of 49 plays were sent in. After this, the depart-ment selected six profes-sors and faculty members to read all of the plays and rank their top 15. After the top 15 were selected, they were sent to Terry Jachim-iak where he whittled down the number to eight.

� e festival has already been a success in theater terms because 35 students showed interest and au-ditioned for parts in the plays. � irty-� ve is the largest number of students who have tried ever for a production before.

Jachimiak has high hopes from this produc-tion.

“Hopefully students will see the festival as a way of having their plays per-formed,” Jachimiak said.

In fact, before sending out requests for plays all over the country, the the-ater department � rst sent

out requests for plays with-in the Westminster com-munity.

� ere are many reasons to attend this festival, but Dr. Andrew Ade, professor of English, can come up with one reason.

“� e actors play juicy roles, fun roles…it makes for a fun experience,” Ade said.

He jokingly explained that attending the festival satis� es a co-curricular for � rst year Inquiry classes.

“A lot of the plays relate to the age group,” Jackimi-ak said.

For example, “Candy likes your status” is the story of two girls who communi-cate to each other through their Facebook statuses. “I got you babe” is about two women who are at an abor-tion clinic.

Dr. Ade, who was one of the professors who read the plays, explained they are geared toward a younger generation.

� is illustrates how relevant the themes are to college students in general. � e playwrights are rela-tively young authors as well.

� ere will be variety in the 10 Minute Play Festival.

Not only that, but if the at-tendees do not like a play, they know it will be over in 10 minutes, and the plays will keep starting afresh.

Whether students would go for the sheer love of theater and the arts or because they need to � nd a way to satisfy their Inquiry

co-curriculars, the 10 Min-ute Play Festival promises to be a good time for all.

Instead of � eatre Westminster's typical fall musical, a 10-Minute Play Festival will be put on, o� ering the audience a variety of short acts with modern themes.

By: Rachel ShussettSta� Writer

� e “Westminster Way” is constantly refer-enced in casual conversa-tion on campus, and a true embodiment of it can be seen through the Senior Class Gift.

Senior Kalaway Voss and Marissa Cozza co-chair the Senior Class Gift Com-mittee, and Amber Scalfari, a Westminster alumna, ad-vises it. � ere are currently twelve students committed to the SCGC and, accord-ing to Scalfari, they are all amazing, hardworking stu-dents. � is sentiment was shown through committee member Greg McClelland.

“I want one hundred percent participation from my group,” McClelland stated.

� e Senior Class Gift is a fund that goes straight to helping the school continue running. Tuition only cov-ers about 70% of what is needed to continue the Ti-tan legacy, so donations are incredibly important. � ey

allow the school to grant scholarships.

“A big part of giving back is enabling people to start pursuing their dreams,” Scalfari said. “Be-ing � nancially burdened holds you back.”

To keep the tradition alive, the Senior Class Gift was created to allow for scholarships to exist, for de-partments to continue run-ning and to prevent debts from piling up too high. When seniors make dona-tions, they count as their � rst alumni gift to the col-lege. In making a donation, seniors are enabling future students to pursue their studies.

When donating, there are a number of tracks that money can be designated to. � is year’s SCGC has chosen the Drinko Center, which helps to fund under-graduate research for stu-dents. Other designations students can choose from are � e Audio Visual De-partment, di� erent depart-ments such as biology and modern languages, athletic teams, Titan Radio, and

McGill Library. Gifts can also be made in memory or in honor of someone that impacted the giving senior.

Each of the 12 se-niors on the committee have committed to getting a minimum of 25 gifts, equaling out to $125 from each of them. However, in the long run, there will be even more money than this being donated to the Senior Class Gift. Each commit-tee member is being paired with an alumnus who will match whatever amount the member of the SCGC raises. � e committee will make double what it could raise.

“It’s all about what you can give,” Voss said.

Another goal that has been set in place by the committee is that 70% of donations are made by the time of the “100 Days until Graduation Party.” Past SC-GCs have not started truly advertising their cause un-til the party, but this year’s committee is being incred-ibly proactive and making the majority of donations occur prior to the party in

order to maximize their time and resources.

A perk to making dona-tions is that for every dollar given, the senior giving will receive a ticket towards a ra� e for the “100 Days un-til Graduation Party.” � e ra� e winner will receive a free cap and gown for grad-uation.

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students give, they will get a shout out from @moth-erfair, the Twitter account that has been created to keep students up-to-date on all the philanthropies supported by various orga-nizations across campus.

� e more money that is donated, the better the school looks. In the Phone-a-� on room, there is a

poster with these words written upon it: “High alumni giving helps West-minster rank higher in U.S. News and World Report. Giving re� ects on YOU.” � is sentiment ought to push seniors to give as much as they can, in order to help our school continue the legacy that makes every student proud.

Students and faculty spent an hour captivated by the reading of several creative pieces written by Dr. David Swerdlow at the Bleasby Colloquium in Mueller � eater on � urs-day, Sept. 19.

� e Department of English and public relations hosts monthly colloquiums throughout the school year, allowing any interested members of the campus or community to attend pre-sentations on a variety of literary subjects. Swerdlow, chair of the department, kicked o� this year’s Bleas-by series by reading several poems and excerpts from an unpublished novel.

Dr. Kristianne Vaccaro, associate professor of Eng-

lish, introduced her former writing professor with an-ecdotes from her time as his student and a litany of just a few his accomplishments.

“I’ll admit that I was initially stumped about what to say in my introduc-tion,” Vaccaro said. “But soon enough, I realized that I needed to convey how im-portant Dr. Swerdlow has been to my ongoing re� ec-tions on language. He is, more often than not, both inspired and inspiring.”

When Swerdlow stepped in front of his siz-able audience, he com-manded all attentions with an explanation of his per-sonal motivation for writ-ing.

“As a poet, I try to sing in the dark,” Swerdlow said.

“Singing in the dark” is Swerdlow’s way of mak-

ing sense of life. He elabo-rated on his statement, saying that the phrase was a criticism he had given to another author; he believes writers actually speak about themselves when they try to speak about other writers.

In order to demonstrate his meaning, Swerdlow read a couple of his own poems. Some were from his pub-lished collection, and some were part of a collection that may be published in the future. One was even an example of what he called bad poetry, and he described it simply but as-suredly.

“It stinks,” Swerdlow said. “It’s not good.”

With the same amount of con� dence, Swerdlow presented excerpts from a novel-in-process that actu-ally stemmed from his bad

poem. Having never shared his prose in a public read-ing, Swerdlow debuted his creative writing to the privi-leged attendees that night.

“It was my � rst poetry reading, so I didn’t really know what to expect,” � rst-year Erin Hassett said.

Hassett stayed for the entire colloquium and tried to get a feel for the reading.

“It’s not my kind of po-etry, but he was really good at presenting it,” Hassett said. “I liked his con� dence at reading what he wrote and his honesty with his stories.”

First-years and faculty alike were able to bene� t from this night of liter-ary exposure and will have more opportunities to re-peat the experience at the Bleasby Colloquiums in coming months.

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Campus News"Muggles" play Quidditch for a cause SGA prepares to give

back to students

Honor society reaches out to campus

A1: Winery

By: Emily WilliamsSta� Writer

By: Marisa ToensingCampus Writer

By: Laura SeipleCopy Editor

Broomsticks will soon �ll the quad once more as Kappa Delta and Phi Kap-pa Tau gear up to co-host their second annual Quid-ditch for the Kids event.

�e event, which gives students the chance to compete in tournament style rounds of the classic Harry Potter game, Quid-ditch, is scheduled for �ursday, Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. Teams of six to eight play-ers may sign up Monday, Sept. 30 and Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the TUB. Cost is $5 per player.

Played via broomstick, the object of Quidditch is to score the most points before the coveted Golden Snitch is caught and ends the game. Players may earn these points by either shooting the soccer ball sized Qua�e into the op-posing team’s goals (located at either side of the pitch) or by capturing the Golden Snitch, a tiny, winged ball worth 150 points. In doing so, however, players must simultaneously keep an eye out for Bludgers, balls used by the opposing team to temporarily incapacitate their rivals and keep them from scoring.

“It’s kind of like a [com-bination] of dodge ball, capture the �ag, and…ul-timate Frisbee,” Stephanie Burkus, Kappa Delta’s Vice President of Community Service, said.

Phi Kappa Tau Presi-dent Nicholas Pizzuto said that the two organizations were encouraged to bring back their version of the game, which di�ers from Harry’s only in that it in-volves less �ying and a less mobile Snitch, after stu-dents began expressing re-

gret for not participating the previous year.

“As we were playing [last year], a lot of people would come over and just watch the game and they would be like, ‘Wow, I real-ly wish that I had signed up now,’” said Pizzuto. “People kind of regretted not mak-ing a team and joining in on the fun.”

Kappa Delta President, Christy Basso, said the or-ganizations would like to see their numbers double this year.

“I think our goal, rea-sonably, was to get 10 teams signed up,” Basso said. “Be-cause last year, I think we maybe had 5 teams signed up altogether, and I think a couple—I think maybe two or three of them—were Kappa Delta and Phi Tau teams. So we want to get, ideally, 10 teams. �at’s about where we’re thinking we want to go.”

At the same time, how-ever, Pizzuto explained that, while they would like to see as many participants turn out and earn as much as possible for their respective causes, the numbers are not altogether that important.

“I mean, the money de�nitely goes to a good cause and, however much we make, it’s…gonna go to a great place,” Pizzuto said. “So, it’s not so much about the money and more so about everyone having a good time, and knowing that they’re having a good time for a great cause.”

All proceeds from the tournament will be split equally between the orga-nizations’ respective phi-lanthropies. Kappa Delta’s earnings will bene�t Pre-vent Child Abuse America, while Phi Kappa Tau’s will go towards the SeriousFun Children’s Network, which hosts camps and programs designed for children with serious illnesses.

Pizzuto also noted that one does not necessarily need to participate in the tournament to have a good time.

“I was unable to partic-ipate [last year] because of work,” Pizzuto said. “But from what I saw when I went to go visit, everyone was just hanging out, hav-ing a good time and just honestly catching up with each other.”

Senior Melissa Wil-liams would seem to agree. While Williams did par-ticipate in the tournament last year, she also observed that spectators, despite not playing, seemed to get just as much enjoyment out of the games as those partici-pating.

“People cheer from the sidelines too,” Williams said. “It’s not like you’re just playing against another team…�e audience gets into it just as much as the players.”

�ose not playing need not worry about missing out on donating to the cause either. Kappa Delta and Phi Kappa Tau also plan on selling Butterbeer, another (non-alcoholic) Harry Pot-ter staple, throughout the tournament for a small fee. �e proceeds of which will also bene�t PCAA and the SeriousFun camps.

�e event promises to be a truly magical evening, one that all students should feel encouraged to attend, whether they choose to mount broomsticks them-selves or simply cheer on their friends from the side-lines.

Each semester, Student Government Association �lls a day with events for the student body to show their appreciation.

�is event is known as SGA Day. SGA is the stu-dent government associa-tion that performs tasks for the student body and is the voice on campus.

“We use this day to show the students that we appreciate them,” SGA President Emily Wiest said.

On this day, SGA gives out free food such as donuts and co�ee for breakfast and pizza for lunch, and even o�ers students free golf cart rides to classes.

“I like the golf cart rides because my classes are on the opposite side of campus,” sophomore Ra-chel Hill said. “It’s a day where I don’t have to walk as much.”

SGA usually tries to �nd new events for SGA Day to keep students inter-ested. Last semester, they had deep fried Oreos and bungee trampolines. �is year, that is not the case.

Golf cart rides and free food will continue, but as for new events, there will not be any due to budget

issues.SGA planned on hav-

ing more events, but cam-pus had a lower enrollment than last year (1,500 down to 1,200), so they could not a�ord it.

SGA Day is a big day for campus with many events, but SGA senators say it isn’t stressful to put together.

“When everyone is do-ing their part it goes very smoothly,” sophomore SGA Paul Carswell said.

�e students gener-ally enjoy SGA Day and its many events.

“Last year was pretty fun because they had a lot of stu� to do, and they kept us busy,” Hill said.

Students have been thinking of events that SGA could use for the next SGA day that would include the entire campus.

“I would like to see maybe a campus-wide wa-ter balloon or paint �ght,” Hill said. “�at way the whole campus would be in-volved.”

SGA expects a big re-ception of this event espe-cially because of the free food, Carswell noted.

SGA day will be on Oct. 4 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society, hosted an all-English social on �ursday, Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Watto Room.

�e event was the �rst of its kind.

“English students had an opportunity to get to know their professors and peers outside of the classroom setting, which will hope-fully establish stronger rela-tionships within the depart-ment,” President Melissa Williams said. “We wanted to focus on strengthening our own community and we �gured that this was the best way to do it.”

At the social, everyone played games such as Blurt and Taboo in a laidback set-ting with faculty and fellow students. �ere were also snacks and casual chitchat throughout the night.

English majors and mi-nors mingled during the night, making new friend-ships and getting to know their professors outside of the classroom.

“Basically, it was just a party for people who obvi-ously like English,” Vice

President Laura Seiple said. Dr. Kristianne Kalata

Vaccaro, Assistant Profes-sor of English, was excited about the social as well.

“It was a great place for people to meet in a setting that’ll be much more com-fortable, less formal, and

it cultivates a community for English majors and mi-nors,” Vaccaro said.

As a young organization on campus, reaching out to other students can be an obstacle.

“We are really trying to think outside of the box,”

Williams said. “We want to better the Westminster English community—and Westminster campus as a whole—one event at a time.”

Especially since it is an all English exclusive hon-ors society, only English majors and minors can be members. Also, to become a member, a certain GPA has to be obtained, and then potential members get letters in their mailboxes to invite them to join.

�is year, STD’s main objective is to reach out to the campus.

“�is year so far we've made great strides in setting a goal of one campus event and one fundraising event each semester,” Williams said. “We just want to keep moving forward and bring-ing awareness of Sigma Tau Delta on campus.”

�ey plan on having more events this year, some

all campus and some just English or Sigma Tau Delta related. �e organization plans on having the Poetry Slam again this year.

“We really liked that so we want to bring it back,” Seiple said.

Another idea they are thinking about doing that was done last year was go once a month to a spoken word café in Pittsburgh, and may even open that up to campus. No o�cial events are set in stone; how-ever, they have other events and fundraising ideas to get the whole campus involved along with the English de-partment.

“As an annual event, we are hoping it (the All-Eng-lish Social) will become a major part of the English major and minor experi-ence, and may even draw prospective English stu-dents to Westminster cam-pus,” Williams said.

Wells/�e HolcadSigma Tau Delta is the international English honor society. To join, one must be an English

major or minor, have sophomore status, and have a certain cumulative GPA.

Last year's Quidditch for the Kids event, hosted by Kappa Delta sorority and Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, was so popular among students that they decided host it again this year.

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of free tastings before you make a decision and then it is �fty cents for each additional taste.

“�e fact that I only had to walk down the street to do it was nice,” Mosley said. “�ere are those times that you really want to have a drink but the closest place you have to go is to drive out to New Castle.”

One of the things about living in a small town is that you have to travel at least ten minutes to grab a six-pack or a bottle of wine. A

winery in such close prox-imity allows you to buy a bottle of wine and sit and enjoy a glass before you go as well.

“It’s also a lot safer than driving to a bar to have a drink,” senior Melissa Du-brawka said. “You can just walk to a winery and the wine’s really good, so it’s re-ally convenient.”

�e winery is central to many fraternity houses and apartments. During the majority of the week they are open until ten at night to by on the way home or

after class. Not only is the new location convenient, but it leads to potentially better life choices such as not driving drunk.

While there was no physical damage to speak of, several art students are less than pleased with this current situation.

According to Totin, in-dividuals from the Physical Plant were working on the ceiling in one of the class-rooms at the beginning of

the year, and they �nished relatively quickly.

Totin frequently uses these classrooms and is dis-pleased with instability of the ceiling.

“It looked like either really cheap ceiling or who-ever put it up didn’t install it right, or maybe a combi-nation of both,” Totin said. “It’s interesting, because they [Physical Plant] just re-did those ceilings.”

Olivia Martin is dis-tressed by the current situ-ation as well.

“I’ve seen construction

going on in the past couple weeks but I don’t know any-thing beyond that,” Martin said. “�e studios are in dis-repair and are a semi-awful work environment.”

According to Wagner no individuals or artwork was endangered, and art classes were not a�ected.

Wagner said that the main reason that no art-work was a�ected was due to the area in which the ceiling tiles fell. �ey had fallen in such a way that the only way for an individual or piece of artwork could

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have been a�ected by them would be for them to be positioned in the back cor-ner of the classroom as the event was occurring.

Art classes are able to still continue in the class-room in question.

“It’s kind of…sketchy now. If the ceiling fell down [once], what if I’m in here working and it falls down on me,” Totin said. “One or two tiles aren’t going to hurt you, but if the whole ceiling fell, that could cause some damage.”

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SportsLady Titans begin year undefeated

By: Frank MairaSports Editor

Men's and Women's Soccer battle non-conference scheduleBy: Anthony �omas

Sports Writer

Volleyball team stays motivated for PAC playBy: Corey Benedict

Sports Writer

�e Titan women's tennis team tied with Grove City with 88 points to �n-ish second in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, ac-cording to the league's an-nual preseason coaches poll.

Coach Scott Ren-ninger , who is a thirty six year veteran of the Depart-ment of Athletics, leads the team. �is is his ninth season as women’s tennis coach. His squad was able to garner three �rst-place votes, as they were crowned co-champions with Saint Vincent at last season’s PAC

Women’s Tennis Cham-pionship with each team totaling 49 points for the season.

�e Titans opened up their season on Aug. 31 when they traveled to Cha-tham blanking the Cougars, 9-0. Westminster senior Caitie Hosler turned in an outstanding performance, winning a complete shut-out at no. 1 singles with a score of 6-0, 6-0. Also earn-ing a complete shutout for the Titans was the no. 2 doubles team consisting of senior Heather Santa and junior Lauren Fling, who won 8-0.

With the loss of top se-niors Alex Bailey and Jane Larson, the Titans were in need of new leaders to step up. Fling explains who the girls have been leaning on to begin the year.

“As a whole we’ve been determined and will-ing to put in the work to bring back another PAC championship,” Fling said. “But Caitie has de�nitely stepped up into more of a

leadership role this season, and her play has done the talking as she was recog-nized by the PAC for being the top player of the week earlier this month.”

Going into Tailgate Day this past Sunday, the Lady Titans were able to start o� their season 6-0 overall and 5-0 in PAC play before facing o� against �omas More. �e Titans were once again paced by Catie Hosler who won no.1 singles 6-1, 6-1. Hosler teamed up with freshman Mariah Turiano for West-minster’s lone shutout in doubles with an 8-0 win.

Coach Renninger ex-plains their impact for the 2013 season.

“We lost our 1 and 3 players in Bailey and Larsen from a year ago, to replace their production we need-ed some of the returns to step it up,” Renninger said. “We’ve also been able to throw freshmen out there and they’ve performed swimmingly.”

With the win over the

�omas More Saints, the Titans remained unbeaten going into this past Tues-day match with the tough-est test to date with a home match against the 3-2 Grove City Wolverines.

“We will de�nitely see what were made of against Grove City,” Renninger said. “�e girls have worked extremely hard to start the season as they’ve put the

time and energy and there record shows. �e key though is to continue rising to the occasion.”

�at’s exactly what the Titans did as they defeated the Wolverines 7-2. With their latest victory, the Lady Titans are now in sole pos-session of �rst place with a 7-0 record in the PAC and 8-0 overall. �eir next con-ference game could be the

most important, as with a win over Saint Vincent on Saturday would have the Titans sitting pretty atop the conference going into the PAC Championship in October.

Frank is a senior broadcast communica-tions major.

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�e men’s and women’s soccer teams continued nonconference play this week.

�e men’s team com-peted in two games earning a 1-1 record. �e team was

defeated by Laroche 4-0 in a physical battle. Head Coach Girish Takar said was disappointed in the de-fensive lapse in the second half.

“ We played well in the �rst half,” Takar said. “We were very aggressive, and in

the second half they came out and shifted the mo-mentum of the game.”

All four of the LaRoche goals were surrendered in the second half. Sophomore forward Ethan McCarthy said he was disappointed in the loss but believes the team can move past it.

“It was a tough loss, but we were able to put that game in the past, and we came out and pulled out a much needed win against Franciscan,” McCarthy said.

�e team defeated Franciscan on the road 4-3 in an o�ensive battle.

“We know we can score goals, but we need to stay more focused on the de-fensive end and not have as many lapses,” Takar said.

As the team continues to prepare for conference play, McCarthy believes the team is headed in the right direction.

“�is week was just another bene�cial week to continue getting better and preparing us for conference play,” McCarthy said.

�e women’s team competed in three match-ups, earning a 1-2 record for the week. �e team had a challenging week playing hard-hitting nonconference opponents. Coach Takar

believes having tougher nonconference opponents will really help out for PAC play.

“Playing tough schools like Bu�alo State, which is a larger state school, is ben-e�cial,” Takar said. “�ey have very strong and quick athletes, and the girls did a very good job compet-

If there were such a thing as a perfect start, the Titan Volleyball team would come pretty close.

�e Titans’ record so far in the volleyball season is 12-3 overall and 3-1 in PAC play. To put their fast start in perspective, out of the 12 games the women have won, nine the Titans swept the sets 3-0, and three against PAC opponents.

In their recent con-tests, the Titans beat the Waynesburg Yellow Jack-ets, the Chatham Cougars, the Ohio-Wesleyan Bishops and the Allegheny Gators three sets to none.

One of the stars dur-ing this streak was Megan Romocean, as she totaled double digit kills against the Yellow Jackets and the Cougars along with 14 kills against the Bishops. She capped it all o� with 13 kills against the Gators.

Rebecca Reimer also totaled double digit kills against Waynesburg and Chatham, while she �n-ished seven kills against Al-legheny.

Titan head volleyball coach, Tammy Swearingen, had positive things to say about the team while also explaining why the Titans have done so well during the �rst month of the sea-son, saying ball control was the key to the success.

“�e players have done a great job with ball con-trol,” Swearingen said. “We’ve been able to run our o�ense and that’s why we’ve been able to do so well.”

Swearingen said it was really hard to pick just one player who impressed her the most.

“In the game of vol-leyball, they are all crucial,” Swearingen said. “Nothing works well without each person doing their job. �ey’re all in this together.”

9/28Women's Tennis vs. �omas More --- 11 a.m.

Football @ Saint Vincent --- 1 p.m.Men's Cross Country @ Chatham --- TBA

Women's Cross Country @ Chatham --- TBA9l30

Women's Golf @ PAC Fall Tournament (Oak Hill Country Club) --- 1 p.m.

Women's Tennis @ Muskingum --- 4 p.m.Men's Golf @ PAC Fall Championship (Oak

Tree G.C.) --- TBA10/1

Women's Soccer vs. Juniata --- 4:30 p.m.Volleyball vs. Bethany --- 7 p.m.

Ethan McCarthy winds up to take a shot at the net.

Before the games against Ohio-Wesleyan and Allegheny, some of the tac-tics mentioned by Swear-ingen were once again ball control and the attitude of the team heading into the

ing, only surrendering one goal.”

�e team was defeated by Bu�alo State 1-0 and lost to Franciscan 2-1. �e team defeated LaRoche 1-0. Senior mid�elder Maggie Nikituk is excited about the progress the team is making and believes the team has a shot at the playo�s.

“We are having stron-ger performances each game and achieving better team chemistry with the new freshmen class,” Niki-tuk said. “We are looking forward to the PAC games and are aiming towards making an appearance in the playo�s this year.”

contests.“�e upbeat mood that

the team has this year has been bene�tting,” Swear-ingen said. “�ey’ve been easy to coach and they have that desire and motivation

to go out there and play hard,”

�e Titans faced the Chatham Cougars and the Geneva Golden Tornadoes again this Tuesday at home to resume PAC play.

Look for the Titans to come out �red up as they look to continue their hot streak in pursuit of a PAC title and number four un-der the coaching of Tammy Swearingen.

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SportsTitans fall short to �omas More

By: Zach NedleySports Writer

Megan Romocean and the Titans went a perfect 4-0 last week, with each of

those four victories coming in straight sets. She �nished with a team-high 42 kills in her nine sets played. Romocean

was tabbed the Presidents' Athletics Conference Volleyball Player of the

Week for her e�orts.

Megan

�e Titan football team squared o� against the �omas More Saints Saturday night at Harold Burry Stadium.

�e Titans fell short 31-0 in their home opener and move to 0-2 on the sea-son.

�e Saints were the �rst to put up points on the scoreboard �nishing o� a four-play, 45-yard drive with a touchdown pass from Jensen Gebhardt to Bobby Leonard with 6:52 left in the �rst quarter. �e

Titans responded on the following drive with a 44-yard pass completion when Senior Dak Britt found teammate Collin Wallace. However, the Titans were unable to put up any points after failing a 37-yard �eld goal attempt.

�e Saints capital-ized three plays later on a 40-yard touchdown pass from Gebhardt to Winkler. �omas More led West-minster with 3:17 left in the �rst quarter.

Westminster was on �omas More’s own 35-yard line after a 12 play, 50

yard drive with 12:08 left in the half. However, the Titans were unable to con-vert after turning over the ball on an incompletion on fourth and 8.

�e Titan defense held the Saints to a �eld goal after they drove down the �eld 64-yards on 10 plays. �e Titans then drove down the �eld 66-yards but were unable to convert on another �eld goal attempt as time ran out in the half.

Josh Beistel, one of the leaders of Titan defense, tried to rally his team to-gether in the locker room

at halftime. “We need to come out

�red up and have it in our heads that we are going to win no matter what,” Beis-tel said. “We knew it was going to be tough, so now we have to work even hard-er to make it happen this half.”

�e Saints scored on their second possession of the second half when Dom-inique Hayden punched it in after a 71-yard rush. �e Saints then led Westminster 24-0 in the third quarter.

Two possessions later, the Saints took a 31-0 lead

when Gebhardt found Winkler again for a 27-yard touchdown pass. �omas More won Saturdays con-test with a �nal score of 31-0.

Beistel led the Titan defense with a team-high eight tackles, followed by Nate Moot with seven tackles.

On o�ense, Wallace led the Titans with a carrier high 139 yards on eight re-ceptions. Britt had a team high 32 rushing yards and went 22-36 for 239 yards in the air.

“We have to continue

to work hard together as a team and keep our heads held high because there are plenty of games left this season,” Wallace said. “We have a lot of time to make some noise in the PAC this year. We just have to keep practicing hard every day and things will turn around for us this year.”

�e Titans will travel to Saint Vincent on Saturday to take on the Bearcats in their third game of the sea-son.

Pirates raise the Jolly Roger in Pittsburgh

By: Jarred TreshokSports Writer

�e Pittsburgh Pirates make history each season, but this season they are �-nally making history for a good reason.

�e Pirates �nally end-ed twenty years of misery by eclipsing the 82 win mark this season. For non-base-ball fans, that is how many wins you need to reach for a winning season in Major League Baseball. �e Pi-rates have done it at last. Can I just say that again? �e Pirates �nally have a winning season after twenty years. �at is the �rst time in most of this generation’s lifetimes!

With October almost upon us, the question that everyone is asking is wheth-er or not the Pirates will �nally make the playo�s? �e answer is yes. With a 2-1 win at Chicago on Sept. 23 and a loss by the Wash-ington Nationals that same day, the Pirates clinched a playo� berth for the �rst time in twenty years. �e last time they made the playo�s was in 1992.

Currently, it is a three-team race for the National League Central Title be-tween the Pirates, the Cin-cinnati Reds, and the St.

Louis Cardinals. �e Pi-rates have a chance at the division title, but at the very least will have a wild-card spot.

And it might be the �rst time in twenty years that we have seen intense, meaning-ful baseball played in Pitts-burgh. �is season was the �rst time in a long time that PNC Park was �lled to ca-pacity consistently. It’s no surprise that fans are tak-ing notice around campus as well.

“I’ve been waiting my whole life for this,” �rst-year Danny Owoc said. “I’ve never seen a winning season in my life. It’s the same for my whole genera-tion. It’s great to see it �-nally happening.”

Playo�s are no di�er-ent. Pirate fans want more than just a winning season.

“You can’t be satis�ed with the just a winning sea-son if you are the Pirates or a fan,” junior Laura Mink said. “�ey have come way too far to not be satis�ed. Playo�s are here and I can’t wait for them to start.”

I admit, I had my doubts for this Pirate team. �e Pirates had a chance at a winning a record for the �rst time last season. �ey were eighteen games

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over .500 on Aug. 18. �ey ended up going on a 12 game losing streak and �nished the season under. 500. With most of the ros-ter coming back for this season, it seemed that the team lost a lot of wind out of its sails.

I am glad to say I was wrong. �e Pirates came out

strong and continued win-ning. By the end of June, they were twenty games over .500 and maintained that pace throughout the regular season. �ere was no second half collapse this time around. Lead by All-Star Center�elder Andrew McCutchen and home-town favorite A.J. Burnett, the Pirates kept on rolling.

Finally there’s a di�er-ence in the city of Pitts-burgh. Fans have been used to numerous winning sea-sons from �e Steelers and �e Penguins, and no it’s time for a change.

“�e Steelers and Pen-guins have had their time,” senior Chelsea Gaab said. “I am so glad to �nally see the third team in Pitts-burgh win. It just adds to the excitement in the city of champions.”

So raise the Jolly Roger and enjoy it everyone; there will be baseball in October.

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LifestyleMy Sweater Weather Playlist: Autumn 2013

By: Hillary LeslieA&E Writer

5 Reasons to Watch Season 5 of Breaking Bad

By: Marissa CozzaA&E Editor

Ahhh, sweater weather, falling leaves, chilly morn-ings and pumpkin-spiced you name it. Everyone loves fall. �ere’s nothing quite like watching the leaves change from your window while listening to the per-fect indie autumn playlist. Here are some musical art-ists that I added to my “Fall 2013” playlist.

�e �rst artist on my fall playlist is Lorde. Spo-tify describes Lorde as “a stylish mix of arty, confes-sional bedroom pop and club-ready electro-rock.” If you enjoy listening to Grimes or Lana Del Rey, you should make a spot for

Lorde on your fall playl-ist. You’ve probably heard Lorde’s debut single, “Roy-als” on the radio, which already has more than 12 million hits on YouTube.

Next on my playlist is the indie electro pop band, Capital Cities. Interest-ingly, the duo that started the group, Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian started working together as jingle writers. �eir popular sin-gle, “Safe and Sound” o�ers upbeat tempos and positive lyrics. Many of their songs lack depth, but their tracks are irresistibly catchy. “Safe and Sound” and “Kangaroo Court” both landed a spot on my fall playlist.

�e Lumineers come from Denver, Co. �ey are a folk-rock trio that has acoustic/Americana sounds. Spotify argues that their sound touches upon “a lot of stylistics bases, from folk to gospel to heartland rock…all with interesting rhythmic twists and turns.” You’ve certainly heard “Ho Hey,” the band’s popular single that has a staggering

101 million hits on Spotify. Once you get past the, “I belong with you; you be-long with me” happiness, �e Lumineers’ lyrics are actually remarkably sad. But isn’t sad music the best music? �at’s why “Slow It Down” has made its way onto my autumn playlist.

Avicii also earned a spot on my playlist. Tim Berg, aka Avicii, started making music when he was only 18. In�uenced mainly by Daft Punk, Avi-cii created his own unique Swedish house sounds. Avicii has recently gained a massive following with his current smash, “Wake Me Up,” which has more than 96 million hits on Spotify. Another favorite track of mine, “Levels” has reached more than 126 million hits. You can de�nitely �nd both of these upbeat tracks on my autumn playlist.

I discovered �e Ves-pers earlier this semester. �ey are an Americana folk/roots band from Nashville, Tn. Two pairs of folkster brothers and sisters make up this indie group. �e group’s sounds include an upright bass, banjo, ukule-le, mandolin, guitar, drums and occasionally accordion. �e band is not as popular as some of the other groups on my playlist, but you can �nd their tracks on Spotify.

Benjamin Francis Leftwich is next on my playlist. Leftwich gives us soothing acoustic folk-pop sounds. If you like the group Iron and Wine, give Leftwich a listen. Leftwich taught himself guitar at the age of ten and enjoyed lis-tening to Bruce Springsteen as a boy.

Joshua Radin. Most of Radin’s music features only delicate vocals, soft melo-dies of a guitar, keys and occasional string accompa-niment. His acoustic song “Winter” distinctly reminds me of fall. I want to take a walk with my beau while I watch the leaves fall when I hear these lyrics: “And I re-member the sound of your November downtown. I re-member the truth−a warm December with you.”

Young the Giant. Al-though Young the Giant hasn’t come out with a new album very recently, they just performed a bene�t concert at Stage AE in Pitts-burgh. �e band doesn’t o�er the folksy sounds as some of the other bands on my list, but they would be considered eclectic indie rock. “Strings” and “12 Fin-gers” have chill sounds that remind me of fall.

Whitley. Whitley has acoustic melodic sounds that will mellow in your soul.

Brighten. �is band sounds very similar to Bon Iver.

Angus & Julia Stone. Okay, �ne. I’m a sucker for folk music. �is brother and sister pair grew up in Sydney, Australia. �e title track of their 2011 EP Big Jet Plane [EP] makes its way onto my autumn playlist for its catchy harmony and its soothing string instru-mentals.

Marissa is a senior English major with a con-centration in religion. She loves crunchy fall leaves, and she can't wait to watch hockey all winter long.

�e season �ve �nale of Breaking Bad is drawing near, along with the demise of Walter White's drug em-pire. As one of the most critically acclaimed TV shows of the past decade, AMC's Breaking Bad gath-ers unexpected fans for not-so unexpected reasons.

As much as I hate to admit it, I'm a TV junkie. When I was �rst told about Breaking Bad, I was skepti-cal about its quality, un-interested in a show that appeared to only involve chemistry and the desert. �en I watched the �rst episode and, well, the rest is history.

So why is Breaking Bad just as addicting as Heisen-berg and Pinkman's blue meth? And why did the wait between part one and part two of season �ve feel like going through a drug withdrawal? Here are �ve reasons why you should watch the show if it isn't already on your Net�ix queue.

5.Character Development

In TV shows, it's easy to forget how drastically the characters change from start to �nish. Character development was essential to the Breaking Bad's plot development. Every char-acter's dialogue and move-ments were precise and in-tentional in order to create the feeling of depth and

personal involvement.�e transformation of

cancer-ridden family man, Walter White (Bryan Cran-ston), turned drug lord, “Heisenberg”, was essen-tially the opposite of his former student and part-ner-in-crime Jesse Pink-man (Aaron Paul). �e noticeable deterioration of Walter was no doubt due to Cranston's impeccable act-ing, showcasing the desper-ateness felt by a dying man. Pinkman, on the other hand, increased the audi-ence's sympathy as they watched him struggle with what was right and what was wrong. While Walter slowly killed his conscience, Pinkman found his.

Cranston and Paul's characters have been heart-breaking to watch, but Anna Gunn acting as Sky-ler White and Dean Norris as Hank Schrader also per-formed incredibly on the set.

4. Cinematogra-phy

�e beauty of Break-ing Bad is how it uses a low budget while still manag-ing to be visually appealing. �e quiet, vast and dry des-ert of New Mexico compli-ments the loud, compact and bloody �ght scenes. Every scene is intentional, not excessive, and aims to reach one creative goal. �e simplicity of the show's setting makes the story more believable, and the multiple point of view shots play into the show's goal of

personal investment. �e material shines on its own because of the lack of �ashy stylistic elements in the cin-ematography.

"[�e shots are] like simple black dresses. . .not complicated. . .just prop-erly placed, and the camera is often times really just in the right place to tell the story, that's all" (Michael Slovis Interview with Dave Bunting).

3. CravingWhen a TV show leaves

the audience sitting on the edge of their couches, white-knuckling the cush-ions, the directors and pro-ducers know they've struck gold.

Suspense is a key ele-ment in Breaking Bad, evi-

denced by the unbelievable cli� hangers at the end of every season. �ey are so intense that it makes per-fect sense why a lot of view-ers choose to wait until the end of a season to stream it online. Panic, worry and fear are common feelings felt by fans during the six day period of Breaking Bad withdrawal.

2. RealityOne of the scariest el-

ements of Breaking Bad is the reality of the show's scenario. �e crystal meth business is no fabrication, and the events in the show are not far from drug cartel activity that happens in hid-den corners of the world. It's easy to tell yourself that Breaking Bad is just a story,

but it's also a nod to real life situations that aren't often discussed. Breaking Bad gives an accurate de-piction of what that world could feel like. �is reality is another reason identify-ing with various characters is easy; it portrays how a seemingly normal life can change drastically.

1. MoralityWhen do we humans

cross the line? Is it when we break the law, or when we break the moral codes embedded in our culture? How do we justify what is right from what is wrong? It always seems like we �nd a way to explain that our dirty deeds aren't all that bad, just like Walter White.

Breaking Bad show-

cases how easily something wrong can feel so right, and how the objects of money and power can take over. Walter doesn't cook meth just once to make a little money; he keeps going, creating within himself a frenzied, out-of-control su-periority complex. Walter shows how easily we can be-come slaves to our desires, and in his case, its his love of control.

Breaking Bad seasons one through four are cur-rently on Net�ix, and the last episode of the series can be seen on Sept. 29 at 10 pm on AMC. I highly encourage all of the skeptics to give this show a try; you won't regret it.

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Arts & Entertainment

Street Artist KAWS Redesigns MTV MoonmanBy: Steve Totin

A&E Writer

By: Laura ChambersA&E Writer

Why it's Worthwhile to Become Addicted to Craftgawker.com

As a mischievous teenager, Brian Donnelly crept through back alleys, hopped fences and climbed billboards to spray-paint his moniker, "KAWS" all over the streets of New York City. At the time, he prob-ably never dreamed that his illegal activity would some-day lead to art world suc-cess.

But now, at the age of 39, KAWS has harnessed and transformed his rebel-lious teenage creativity into popular artwork and major design commissions. Some of his latest work includes hip-hop album covers, a Macy’s �anksgiving Day parade balloon and even the set and award trophy for the MTV Video Music Awards.

KAWS began his ca-reer by adorning walls, bill-boards, bus stop advertise-ments and subway trains

with KAWS and his trade-mark skull and crossbones character. His work, rich in color and simple in design, is in�uenced by pop art and culture. KAWS stud-ied illustration in college and worked for MTV and Jungle Pictures. Disney purchased Jungle Pictures allowing him to work for them for a short period of time as well.

KAWS left Disney to pursue a career as a profes-sional artist. He started out by creating small plastic toys of original characters. To create his �gures, KAWS appropriates popular ico-nography and mixes it with his skull and crossbones character. His �rst, charac-ter created in 1999, "Com-panion," is composed of the body of Disney’s Steamboat Willie with the trademark scull and crossbones head.

His playful charac-ters carry innocence about them and have the ability to

evoke childhood nostalgia. Some other familiar char-acters KAWS has reworked include �e Smurfs, �e Simpsons, Star Wars char-acters, Disney Characters and even the Michelin Man. KAWS enjoys taking what pop culture presents to him, reworking it, and then releasing it back to the public as something recog-nizable, yet also new.

Many people have probably seen KAWS' work without even real-izing it. Anyone who has seen Kanye West’s album, 808s & Heartbreak has seen his work. KAWS designed the two di�erent album covers for Kanye and has also worked on designs for Pharrell Williams. Pharrell also commissioned KAWS to create numerous pieces to �ll the walls, �oors and staircase of his house.

If being commissioned by some of hip-hop’s big-gest stars wasn’t a milestone

in KAWS’ career, being asked by Macy’s to design the logos for the �anksgiv-ing Day parade de�nitely was. �e Executive Pro-ducer of Events for Macy’s was fascinated by KAWS’ work. �e logos KAWS created for the event were worked into advertise-ments that were plastered about the city of New York. Some of KAWS’ logos even covered the sides of subway cars, a very ironic act, being that his career began ille-gally on the sides of subway cars over 20 years prior.

KAWS didn’t stop at just designing the adver-tisement logos; he also cre-ated a parade balloon that featured his �rst character “Companion.” “Compan-ion” came to life in time for the parade and followed the lead parade balloon, Papa Smurf.

Since the parade, KAWS has not slowed down. MTV saw his tal-

ent, creativity and persever-ance and let it all run free on the design of the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. KAWS’ designs can be seen in many aspects of the award show, from the stage design, to the 60 foot tall balloon of the moon man/KAWS mash up and even the award statuette itself. It would be impossible for anyone to watch the award show without seeing a part

that KAWS designed. Allowing for KAWS to

have a hand in creating the award show not only helps to propel the importance of street art, but it also allows for collaboration between two art forms that have similar cultural roots. With so many major successes al-ready, it will be interesting to see what KAWS can con-tribute his creative forces to next.

I go there to check out everything: from craft and food tutorials, to out-�t ideas and beauty tips. It is there that I create the ultimate “wish list” for my life. I love everything about Pinterest, especially the way that I can customize my boards and organize all the information that I gather. You could say that I’m ad-dicted. Although, as much as I love Pinterest, my craft DIY addiction began with Craftgawker.com.

Craf tgawker.com—the URL even sounds like fun. �e layout of this site is very similar to Pinterest, with virtual icons of each

craft and a brief blurb about what it is. A click of the mouse on the picture leads you directly to the tutorial, exactly like Pinterest. If you prefer to look through each craft individually, you can click on a button that gives you the icon, share links, and a “more like this” sec-tion that has related crafts. �is option allows you to click on the forward or backward arrow to scroll through the picture icons.

To bookmark a particu-lar DIY, hit the heart icon to add the link to your fa-vorites. You can access your favorites from your person-al pro�le. �e CraftGawker header toolbar allows you to search via di�erent cat-egories and a search bar. As

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a blog follower, I can search for DIY posted from a spe-ci�c blog. It’s a craft nerd’s dream.

Let’s get to the bottom line here. Why should you cheat on Pinterest with this site?

I love it because it has new ideas. On Pinterest, I tend to get tired of seeing the same pins circulating a million times. Craftgawker has, well, more “gawk-able” DIYs that probably aren’t as practical but are unique, in-spiring and beautiful. I also like that I can easily scroll through as a non-member. Sometimes it’s helpful just to get ideas about a proj-ect without committing to “pinning” it to your board.

In addition, the visual

Sunday’s Emmy Awards had its fair share of predict-able winners, most nota-bly Breaking Bad for Best Drama. Surprisingly, it was the �rst time the show won, despite being nomi-nated every year since its beginning in 2007. �e perennial comedy heavy-weight Modern Family won Best Comedy Series for the fourth straight year, shock-ing no one.

But this year’s awards didn’t see the kind of domi-nation by a single show that has come to be expected in recent years, perhaps due to the strength of television’s current o�erings.

�ere were plenty of surprises, especially in the Best Actor, Drama Series that saw Je� Daniels of the underachieving show �e Newsroom take home the prize despite sti� competi-tion from Mad Men’s Jon Hamm and Breaking Bad’s

By: Jordan LockeA&E Writer

65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

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�e Winners & LosersDRAMA SERIESBreaking Bad (AMC)ACTOR IN A DRAMAJeff Daniels (The Newsroom)ACTRESS IN A DRAMAClaire Danes (Homeland)WRITING FOR A DRAMAHenry Bromell (Homeland)DIRECTING FOR A DRAMADavid Fincher (House of Cards)SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMABobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire)SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMAAnna Gunn (Breaking Bad)COMEDY SERIESModern Family (ABC)ACTOR IN A COMEDYJim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)ACTRESS IN A COMEDYJulia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) WRITING FOR A COMEDYTina Fey and Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock)DIRECTING FOR A COMEDYGail Mancuso (Modern Family)

Bryan Cranston, who many thought was most deserving of the prize.

Only one show, Be-hind the Candelabra, Steven Soderbergh’s brilliant HBO movie about the secret love life of closeted gay perform-ing Liberace, received more than three awards. In fact, one of the biggest losers of the night were the many Hollywood executives that passed on the project be-lieving it was too racy and polarizing for theaters.

Another surprise, al-though completely de-served, was Anna Gunn’s win for Best Suporting Ac-tress in a Drama Series for her role as Skyler White on Breaking Bad. Her role has been the target of so much abuse and criticisms over the years. So much so, that she penned a New York Times op-ed about it.

Take a look at the full list of winners to see if your favorite show took home an award:

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDYTony Hale (Veep)SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDYMerritt Wever (Nurse Jackie)MINISERIES OR MOVIEBehind the Candelabra (HBO)ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIEMichael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra)ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIELaura Linney (The Big C: Hereafter)WRITING FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIEAbi Morgan (The Hour)DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIESteven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra)SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIEJames Cromwell (American Horror Story)SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN MINISERIES OR MOVIEEllen Burstyn (Political Animals)OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAMThe Voice

pictures are stunning. You don’t come across many amateur craft photos on Craftgawker. �e pictures alone are beautiful and are “gawk-able” (I just wanted to use that word again.) I also like that this website is dedicated to crafts. �e category searches are much more speci�c than the “DIY & Crafts” category on Pin-terest. �ere are categories dedicated to printables, ceramics, even needlecraft and woodworking.

I haven’t even shared the best part about this website: it has other “gawk-er” siblings—Dwelling-Gawker.com, FoodGawker.com, StyleGawker.com, and WeddingGawker.com. �ese sites are created spe-

ci�cally for interior design, food and gourmet cuisine, fashion and wedding in-spiration. So, if you aren’t a craft nerd, but your food board on Pinterest is full to the brim, you might want to check out FoodGawker.com. �e same is true for each of the other websites available. I guarantee you that you may �nd tutorials

that you have never pinned before.

I still love Pinterest, and it will always be my pri-mary source of inspiration. However, I will never forget my �rst love, CraftGawker.com. I encourage you to check it out and form your own opinion. Download the app on your smart-phone or plug in the URL and try it out for yourself!

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Weekly Break

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Upcoming Events HoroscopesTAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you �nd yourself full of doubts this week, it's actu-ally a good thing -- it's a sign that you are intelligent, that you care and that you want something from the situation that you don't feel completely entitled to. Entitlement breeds an o�-putting sort of con�dence. Your humility and vulnerability are part of what makes you great.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You could really use a stellar idea. �at's why too much time spent giving your attention to entertainment, games and devices is dangerous this week. In order to get your good idea, you need mental space and maybe some boredom, too. How are you going to get any ideas if you don't let yourself daydream?

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Psychological studies suggest that women are generally better at picking up nonverbal cues than men, but this week gender won't seem to matter as much as astrological sign. You're a nonverbal cue master, and everyone else is relatively clueless. To communicate well, you'll have to spell everything out.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Much growth comes of your journey this week. You'll realize there's something you haven't totally accepted and that it is indeed acceptable. On the other side of this hurdle, you'll �nd a sense of identity. You'll see how your parents' beliefs have imprinted on you, and you'll also understand how to exert your free will.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). In some religions, serious devotees give up their past identities to start anew in the religion. �at is an easier way to change than trying to promote continuity with the past without letting it trap you in your old self. A break-through in your personal life will make you feel like you can �nally move forward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Most people believe they smile more than they actually do. You're di�erent, and that's why someone falls in love with your smile and then with you. You don't wait for the right time to project magnetism and heart. Any old time is good enough for you, especially when you feel as happy as you do this week.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). �is week you experience events di�erently from the way the others involved experience them. An objective witness would say that your way is factually accurate, but that doesn't matter in the least to the others, each being invested in his or her own point of view. Getting along is more important than being right.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Because your mind is so curious and your love of learning so deep, you will always have more questions than answers. But that doesn't mean you're not quali�ed to teach what you already know. You will be exceedingly lucky this week when you share your considerable knowledge and wisdom.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). �e rules of right and wrong do not seem as clear-cut to you this week as they did last week, and this might be confusing. If you think of morality in terms of helping and harming, decisions might be easier for you to make. Know who might be helped and/or harmed before you make your move.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You want everyone to be honest and do the right thing, especially yourself. You don't have the stomach to be "bad," because you'll always get caught (by yourself!), and it's just not worth it to you. Just know that not everyone thinks like this. �is week you'll �gure out whom you can and can't trust.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You know when a person is humoring you. �at qual-ity of attention can be more undermining to your self-esteem than outright rejection. But take heart, because in the end those who don't take you seriously will be sorry. You'll put your ideas into action and see winning results that include more money and friends.

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS: You have greater control over your time this month, which allows you to focus on what you want instead of on what your boss requires and other responsibilities. An adventure in November is intellectual -- your mind goes �rst, and later you'll physically travel to a similar place. You will pay o� a debt in February, which is a relief and the start of a �nancial turnaround. March and June are your best times to heal relationships, especially the one that's captivated so much of your emotion for years now.

Friday, Sept. 2711:30 AM - 3:30 PM CPC Presents: Freebie Friday

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM Open Door Re�ec-tion (Chapel) - Kelcey Bailey (Earlysville, VA) Political Science

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Japanese Anime Club Meeting

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Movie in Mueller -- Iron Man 3


Saturday, Sept. 28Admissions "Saturday Visit Day"

Campus Visitation Day


5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Admissions "

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Roman Catholic Mass



Sunday, Sept. 292:00 PM - 5:00 PM LSAT Study Session


7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Open Door Worship (Vespers)


Monday, Sept. 3011:40 AM - 12:10 PM Open Door Re�ection (Chapel)

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Holcad Sta� Meeting

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Equestrian Team Meeting

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Alpha Gamma Delta Meeting

Tuesday, Oct. 1Homecoming Parade registration due today!

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Let's Do Lunch

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Lambda Sigma Meet-ing

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Chapel Sta� Meeting

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Economics Club

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Kappa Delta Informal

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Second Chance Praise Team Rehearsal

Wednesday, Oct. 211:40 AM - 12:10 PM Open Door at the Half (Quiet Prayer & Re�ection)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Faires Faculty Forum

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Campus Programming

Council (CPC) Meet-ing

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 2013 Henderson Lec-ture

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Newman Club Meet-ing

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Ski Club Meeting

9:15 PM - 10:15 PM Seekers Fellowship

Thursday, Oct. 3�eatre Westminster Presents: 10 Minute New (and Nearly New) Play Festival

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Red Cross Campus Blood Drive

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Environmental Pro-grams Lunch Seminar: Interplay between wa-ter, energy and the en-vironment: Tales from the Mid-Continent

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM SAA O & C & Gen-eral Meeting

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM ALLIES Meeting

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Habitat for Humanity Chapter Meeting

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Gospel Choir

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Rock Wall

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Volleyball @ Grove City*

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Green Party Meeting

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Seeker's Core Team

ACROSS1 Chem. hangout4 Chinese canine, brie�y8 Jim Henson cutup14 Blow it15 ___ See Clearly Now: '72 tune16 Encroachment17 Sgt. Bilko, e.g.18 Hearty hurrah20 Accepts a challenge22 Charwoman23 Like a couch potato24 NYPD alert26 Argentine �atland30 Slowly, in music31 Show Boat composer33 Implement34 Sniveled36 Assenting vote37 Hydroxyl compound38 ___ Beta Kappa40 �is puzzle's theme43 Skittish44 Optician's creation46 �ai language47 Unseat49 Compulsion50 Extreme's More ___ Words52 Coral masses55 Flat-topped hills57 Su�x for senor58 Wed59 President from Cin cinnati61 Best Picture, 198863 Close but not ro mantic67 Fitting68 Brightly �owering bush69 ___ one's time70 Mineral spring71 Napa business72 Stereo knob73 Whammy

DOWN1 High-protein bean2 Esoteric3 No. 1 song for Mister Mister, 19854 Indy respites5 Resound6 Egyptian ruins site7 Compass pt.8 Shiny mineral9 Nerdy10 Come before11 Annabel Lee penner12 Q-tip target13 NY Jets' scores19 Rudimentary stage21 Art Deco designer25 Seafarer's jacket27 Pop tune heard around Halloween

28 Milne's bear29 Compatriot32 Nautilus captain35 Pinball no-no38 Purple hue39 �is spot41 South Seas island42 Hazards a guess45 Space Needle site48 Astin, of Encino Man51 C.S. Lewis fantasyland53 Slushy fruit drink54 Sentence pattern56 60 Minutes newsman60 Melee62 Tacks on63 Mandible64 Israeli shooter65 ___ Clemente66 Flow's partner

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By: Tricia Johnston�e Struggling Columnist

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Tuning into friendshipTHE STRUGGLE

What's your fantasy?

By: Rachael WetzelCultural Columnist

Wetzel Around the World

Whether you like watching football or not, there is no denying that everyone gets their �ll of it every week. How many of you have been extremely annoyed to see a Facebook post about how this year is the Browns’ year? How about a tweet justifying why the Steelers lost this week? I know that I have been that aggravating person, espe-cially when it comes to the part of football that I love to hate.

If you follow me on Twitter (if you don’t, you should: @t_sleazy), you may know what I am talk-ing about. Every Sunday I obnoxiously tweet about it and even sometimes on Monday and �ursday, if you are lucky. Fantasy Foot-ball is what I am referring

to, and it is both exciting and infuriating.

I began playing Fantasy Football three seasons ago, and it has been nothing but a headache since. Originally I thought, “Yeah, this will be fun. I’ll get enjoyment out of every game now in-stead of just watching the Steelers” (Let’s be clear that I do not enjoy watching the Steelers this year. Now I know how Browns fans feel).

Anyway, I was wrong. For three years now, I have found myself watching more games, but my relax-ing Sundays have turned into nothing more than a spike in my blood pressure and broken dreams.

�is frustration begins with the draft. Each year I feel prepared and ready to pick the best team. Unfor-tunately, each year I pull a sub-par draft number and

then somehow forget what I am even doing there.

To add to my dismay, I have been in the same fan-tasy league every year, and the people in it have yet to forget anything that I have ever said. Just because I picked Jay Cutler one year because “he’s cute” does not mean that it wasn’t a good pick (�en he mar-ried Kristin Cavallari and went downhill. Get it, downHILL. I’m not funny? Okay, you’re right.). But no, I am consistently chastised for each and every pick no matter what.

�is year I felt con�-dent with my picks though. I have Aaron Rodgers as my quarterback, and well, that is about it. �e rest of my team is a band of mis�ts who sometimes do okay and other times not so much. Nonetheless, here I sit in going into week three 2-1. Regardless, I know what my fate is. It seems that I have a two-win maxi-mum no matter how many people I am in a league with or who is on my team.

So if it stresses me out so much and I am so awful at it, why do I do it? �e best answer I have for that is Fantasy Football makes me feel like I am a part of it all. I feel that somehow I have an impact on what happens in each game. �is is horribly wrong though. �e fact that I have Bran-don Pettigrew on my team does not make him score any more Fantasy points or play like an NFL worthy tight end.

It is apparent that the only thing I accomplish with Fantasy Football is los-ing Twitter followers and crying myself to sleep. �e struggle is real.

From the very begin-ning, there was constantly music around me.

My mother was a Dave Matthews fanatic who also loved classical, swing and folk. I listened to Glenn Miller, U2 and Joan Baez in the house, Talking Heads in the car and Vivaldi ev-erywhere else. Eventually, in the eighth grade, I de-veloped an unhealthy ob-session with the Beatles. It lasted about a year, during which I accumulated their entire discography and eventually had to limit my-self due to lack of socializa-tion (they’re just that good).

While my obsession with this wonderful group of men did not encourage me to break my habit of be-ing introverted, it did lead me to discover more genres of music. I slowly worked my way backward through recent musical history. I learned to dig the jams of Buddy Holly and am still in the middle of a �ve-year love a�air with doo-wop.

It was during this time that I discovered the mu-sic blog Pitchfork and be-came an indie-snob, de-�ned by Urban Dictionary as “Someone who thinks a band is automatically ‘bad’ or ‘uncool’ as soon as they receive the tiniest bit of suc-cess.” Once I got over being pretentious in the twelfth grade, I realized how cool Oasis, Nirvana and Radio-head were and found new music to lose sleep over.

When I �rst became obsessed with music, I of-ten wondered if there was anyone else out there like me, who had an indescrib-able love of music. I soon

found my friend, Alexandra Pasquarelli.

One night in our fresh-man hall, I was sitting alone in the study room with the door shut. Alex came in and heard the Ramones coming from my laptop. She said to me, “Oh, I remember when I was obsessed with the Ramones. Judy is a Punk.” We talked until �ve in the morning about our past and (then current) music obsessions.

To this day, I look to Alex for new music that I can become infatuated with, and tunes remain a cornerstone of our conver-sations. Her current mu-sical alliances lie with the Arctic Monkeys and “be-coming re-obsessed with the Smiths, Buddy Holly and George Harrison”.

We play album tag, each of us introducing the other to new material; we bond over obscure tracks. Alex and I also collect vi-nyl, and both of us have turntables. We often utter

the phrase, “Come over and listen to records.” Alex’s fa-vorite in my collection is a mixed tape from Detroit’s WMXD radio station in the early 1960’s, as well as Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bookends.”

Our bond goes beyond music as we also obsess over �lm and literature. We do not always agree and oc-casionally engage in heated arguments about both sub-jects. Our love of music be-gan long before we met and helped to bring us together, but without Westminster we would not have met and one “non-philistine” (as Alex puts it) would not have the other.

I leave you with this: when somebody sits down next to you, let him or her. You may make a life-long friend and learn important truths about yourself and the world. Tune in next time for more Tales of In-terest!

Caribbean condensa-tion drips down my neck as I clamber out of the white surplus van. �e old man with paper bag skin leans against the block and metal wall closing in the living space. He o�ers up the blue plastic chair because there is nothing else, just a bed and a kitchen unit. �e plas-tic sinks into the muddy earth that carpets the �oor, asking to sigh deeper into somewhere cool, even if it

is su�ocating. Twig-�ngers clench the window frame for balance and comfort be-cause of the rain.

Constant rain sprays onto his shoulder, muscled from necessity, and pools in the concaved hole that used to be a rib cage. �at is where the metal machine did its work, carving out what little comfort that nameless man had in this town. He seems to blend into the background as he told me that the truck had run him over and driven away. From time to time,

the old man sees the driver at the cervecería (the bar) but he has never said any-thing more than “excuse me.”

As he stares out of his open wall, smelling of sweat, banana leaves and wet �rewood, he notices the rain has begun to eat away the wooden panel hold-ing back the parasitical vat that is waiting to burst. He points to the village’s wa-ter source and says he bet-ter start walking to town. I grab the man’s hand and ask him to ride with us, so he can stop by the clinic for pain medicine. Smil-ing, he kisses my cheek and tells me he will be around tomorrow, but right now he

must go. �e contaminat-ed water had been trickling into the homes for a while, causing a murky slick to accumulate in every cor-ner of Villa Progreso. I kiss him back and get into the van, the sharp blast of air-conditioning hits my arms like fractured glass.

Sucking in a labored breath, he walks with his leather feet down the stolen path to the square. �at was where it had happened, the tar-hot pavement cracked and covered in migrated trash. Children and dogs melt together in the heat as they run to di�erent loca-tions, only to turn around and run back. �e discol-ored van exhaust blushes

the face of the man as he steps on a Bohemia cap and rocks his way into the all-purpose store.

A young man in a grey shirt working at the coun-ter leans his forearms on the display case, glistening with pineapple juice, and wonders to himself if the rain was ever going to wash his little town o� the hill and into the ocean below. “Maybe it will crash and destroy one of the resorts,” he thinks with a smug twitch of his upper lip. �e old man, clutching his col-lapsed lungs, asks for an old piece of wood. �e boy unsticks his arm and points to a heap in the back of the store. Slowly tugging the

wood, the old man loses his balance and catches himself on a sheet of metal. He wipes the blood on his once white pants and continues to pull.

Using the splintered board like a crutch, the nameless man avoids the motorbikes by walking two-feet deep in the street runo�. His eyes have a new glow to them, but his body aches and tugs at his skin, pulling it down. “Maybe this board will hold lon-ger than the last one.” He coughs out something that tastes like mosquitos as he pulls himself up the path-way to the house, and bet-ter yet, to his blue plastic chair.

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In this week’s edition of Dear App-ey, we have Notability, an app that al-lows you not only to take notes, but also to person-alize them with a number of features, such as illus-trations, different fonts, audio recordings and cap-tured pictures. Notability revolutionizes digital note taking by making it in-credibly customizable. It also allows you to share your thoughts with other users over the Cloud, making collaborating very simple.

This app is especially useful for those who need to take handwritten notes, such as those tak-ing science or math class-es that include long equa-tions. The capability to annotate PDFs is some-thing that would not be possible in a traditional word processor.

Notability is a must for Katie Bittner, Assis-tant Director of Audio Visual Services. She at-tends many meetings, so

she must be able to quick-ly tak e detailed notes on her iPad. Notability is the perfect fit for her.

“Notability is a valu-able tool that I use almost every day,” Bittner said. “I love that is takes re-cordings of the meetings while you type, so you can go back and listen to a section through your notes. It’s a great tool that everyone, especially college students can use.”

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Notability: Much More than a Note-taking App

We all have one. My computer crashed, my alarm clock didn’t wake me up in time or even the clas-sic my dog ate my home-work line. � ese are the ex-cuses we tell our professors when we try to explain why we didn’t show up to class or turn in an assignment.

Some excuses, like your computer crashing and be-ing sick are understandable, but saying that you’re on a family vacation or out sav-ing a stray dog is out of the ordinary to say the least. Surprisingly, students have come up with more creative excuses in recent years, and they keep getting better and better.

Dr. Sherri Pataki, an as-sociate professor of psy-chology, has worked on campus for 10 years and recalls one instance in which her student gave her a crazy excuse.

“A student I was sup-posed to meet for research missed one of her meet-ings,” Pataki said. “When I confronted her about it, she swore that she was at that meeting even though I knew she wasn’t there. � en she told me that she must have dreamt that we met that day.”

According to Pataki, she and the student laughed about the ordeal, though the student still believed that she and Pataki met in

her dreams.“Needless to say, she

didn’t miss any more meet-ings after that,” Pataki said.

Mrs. Evann Garrison, a lecturer of English and public relations, often hears the same excuses from her students, but sometimes the excuses happen too of-ten.

“I once had a student whose computer died three times that semester,” Garri-son said. “What ba� ed me is that he never had back-ups for his work, so he al-ways turned his assign-ments in late.”

Garrison also gets ex-cuses from students who choose not to complete their work because they do not understand it.

“Some students get confused about what to do for an assignment, and be-cause they’re not sure how to complete it, they just won’t do it,” Garrison said.

� ough her students were lucky enough not to have their computers crash three times in a row, Dr. Brittany Rowe-Cernevicius, an assistant professor of English and public rela-tions, has had her share of outrageous excuses.

“One student told me that he didn’t show up to class because he left early and was on vacation with his family,” Cernevicius said.

Another unique story comes from Mrs. Natale, a

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So what's your excuse?

lecturer of English and public relations. She re-members an unbelievable excuse that her student gave her for missing class last year.

“� e student called my o� ce phone from his car and told me that he missed class that day because he saw a stray dog and turned around to rescue it,” Natale said. “� e next time we met, he told me the dog was doing � ne at the ani-mal shelter.”

� e professors aren’t the only ones talking about crazy excuses. Students of-ten share excuse stories with their friends. Megan Wet-zel, a senior English and music double major keeps a music journal where she often writes excuses ex-plaining why she failed to

practice her violin.“I write a lot of things

in there like ‘I tried to prac-tice today but I felt my motivation leave my right arm’,” Wetzel said.

Other excuses that Wetzel writes about in her music journal include her violin being sick, someone already practicing in her practice room and being unable to play because her shirt was too small.

“When my professor reads it, she always laughs,” Wetzel said.

It is clear from these stories that students no lon-ger limit themselves to the same old excuses and, con-sidering how inventive their excuses have gotten, it’s safe to say that professors can expect to hear more crazy tales in the future.

Students get creative with rea-sons for forgetfulness & pro-

crastination

Classic Jokeof the week!

Why is Peter Pan always fl ying?

He Neverlands.

*Courtesy of Ellen DeGeneres

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What's Public Safety up to?By: Troy Abbott

Sta� WriterOur campus is among

the safest in the nation. A big reason for our safety is the outstanding work the Public Safety o�cers do on a daily basis. One might think their only duties are to shut down parties and give out parking tickets, but their jobs involve much more.

At least one Public Safety o�cer is patrolling the campus 24 hours for 365 days in the year through a rotation of shifts. �is rotation allows o�cers to keep a close watch on campus and be accessible at all times.

“A Public Safety o�cer should be on patrol at all times,” William Brandt, Head of Security, said. “During the school year, the way our shifts run, we have the daylight shift which runs from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and then we have a supervisor and I working Monday through Friday. On the weekends we have at least one guy on at all times as well as some-one on party patrol; he’ll make the rounds at the fra-ternity houses. �en, we have a guy who works at night for lockdown which is usually around 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.”

Brandt, who oversees most of the Public Safety’s actions, has been on the job since 2001. Prior to work-ing on campus, Brandt was

an o�cer for the State po-lice for over 31 years, sta-tioned in Beaver and Law-rence counties as well as in Williamsport.

“I mainly worked on patrol and supervision, but also dealt with investiga-tions,” Brandt said. “After retiring, I came to West-minster in 2001 and be-came the supervisor of the Public Safety. When my predecessor left as the direc-tor, I stepped into the posi-tion of Head of Security in 2008.”

�e Public Safety on campus strives to be acces-sible at all times. Not only do the o�cers enforce park-ing regulations and patrol parties, but they are also help out with any problem, no matter how minor.

“We receive frequent calls from students locked out of their dorms or other buildings on campus and we are more than willing to

help,” Brandt said. “If a �rst year student who must park in the lower lot behind the football �eld feels uncom-fortable walking late at night back to their dorm, they can give us a call and we will go down and give them a ride their residence halls.”

One problem that has arisen recently is the ap-pearance of bats in Browne Hall. Public Safety o�cers have been trying to clear the creatures from the building.

“Browne still gets bats, although less frequent than it used to be,” Brandt said. “Hillside also has a tenden-cy to get bats which is an-other thing we often take care of.”

Public Safety not only deals with the minor prob-lems on campus but also takes care of the major inci-dents as well. If a major problem were to arise, the

o�cers would work closely with the police department. �e police department will take over the investigation because the o�cers on campus do not have arrest-ing powers.

“If it’s a serious inci-dent, and there’s a possibil-ity of someone being ar-rested, we will ask the police to come in and con-duct the investigation and pursue any criminal charg-es,” Brandt said. “If the in-cident is able to be handled within the college, we will do that judicially through our o�ces.”

�e main goal of Pub-lic Safety is to keep the stu-dent body safe. Many o�-cers work long hours to accomplish this goal and do a great job keeping inci-dents to a minimum. If a problem ever arises, no matter how minor, feel free to contact the Public Safety on campus, and they will

An extension of the wizarding world! Its �nally happening!

As I discovered last week, J.K. Rowling is com-ing out with another won-derful set of books from the wizarding world. Although these books will have noth-ing to do with any of the Harry Potter characters, I still get a little “fan girl-ish” because its simply from the magical world.

Harry Potter was my childhood. Sadly, I’m still waiting on my Hogwarts letter. I refuse to believe that I wasn’t accepted when I was eleven years old. Anyways, even without go-ing to Hogwarts, I will still get to learn all about witch-craft and wizardry because Rowling’s new book will be the story about the author of a Hogwarts textbook!

�e �ctitious author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find �em is Newt Sca-mander. I’ve been waiting a few years for an announce-ment like this, and although it’s not a prequel or a sequel to the Harry Potter series and none of the characters that are so well known will be included, its still some-thing. �is story is taking place seventy years prior to Harry, so we’re talking even before Voldemort!

When I �rst heard that Rowling was coming out with a new book that was before Harry’s time, I thought it might be about

the Riddle family and how Voldemort was raised, the relationship with his moth-er and his muggle grand-parents, but that is appar-ently not the case this time.

Although most people probably don’t remember who Newt Scamander was, he was actually a head-master at Hogwarts. J.K. Rowling had mentioned in an interview that she had such an attachment to this almost invisible character that she brought his grand-son, Rolf, into the picture to marry one of Rowling’s favorite characters, Luna Lovegood.

Hopefully the series will continue on to maybe get us all to the Harry Pot-ter world again? I would be doing some serious fan girling if that were the case.

One of the exciting things of this story, how-ever, is that it is set to take place in New York! War-ner Brothers has already pitched their ideas to Rowl-ing and maybe a movie will come out of this after all! New York is a lot closer to get to than London!

My magical mind is freaking out with excite-ment just thinking about it! So as I sit and wait, not so patiently, for any new news on the matter, I’ll just have my little fan girl moments and fantasize about all the amazing magical things to come.

Until then, “Mischief managed”.

Emily is a Junior Communication ma-jor and is absolutly ob-sessed with anything to do with Harry Potter. She would gladly do nothing for a week ex-cept read the books and watch all of the movies.

WC footballI still love y'all! <3

Where is Champ? Did he die #callpaulCan we have some more

print lab hours??You don't need to be drunk but a buzz helps.

You don't need to be drunk to have fun #layo�thebooze

Women are beautiful in a non-objectifying way!

Great job on the boat prom CPC #imonaboat Everybody hurts

Let's Go Michigan! Sometimes I have these plans, and

then life happens...

So happy I have something to read on the toilet again #Ilovethetoiletpaper

Can't to eat @Big Daddy D's house! #Dormannation

JV Football gets love too!

Wishes people in student employment would stick to their hoursWhy no slushies, PB & J warp &

spicey chicken?

Gospel choir is the o�cial shizz I hate the police

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Head of Security Bill Brandt has worked with the college's Public Safety since 2001.

Joanne Rowling, author of the world-famous Harry Potter book series recently announced a new way in which fans can

indulge in the wizarding world.

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