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the Centurion won fivefirst place awards, four-second place awards andthree honorable mentionsat the 2014 student Key-stone Press awards in the2-year college divisionbeating out all othercompetitors. the Keystone Press

awards are a statewidecompetition with the goalto stimulate journalists toimprove their writing.bucks went up against

haCC/ lancaster Cam-pus, haCC/harrisburgCampus, MontgomeryCounty Community Col-

lege and CommunityCollege of Philadelphia. bucks’ first place

awards went out to thegeneral news, publicservice or enterprisepackage, feature photo,layout and design andbest website. Kelly armstrong, co-

editor in chief said “hardwork is all there really isto it. i was given the op-portunity to get involvedwith the newspaper and ifeel like all my hardwork was really re-warded in the end.” brian Kelley won first

place in the general news

it was nearly 2 a.m., butthat didn’t stop 19-year-old Jacob simmers fromheading over to his friendJoseph romano’s housein bensalem after he re-ceived a distressingphone call from ben-jamin Carter, anotherfriend, saying that ro-mano was having a badnight and needed help. When simmers arrived,

he met Carter outsidewho explained that ro-mano had suddenlyturned aggressive anddistraught.

simmers went up andknocked on the door.When romano an-swered, simmers said,“hey Joe, i hear you’renot having a good night.i’d like to help you. Cani come in to talk to you?”

Joe let Jake into thehouse.

anyone who knewsimmers would tellyou—he was alwayshelping people. to hisfriends, he was the voiceof reason, a calmingforce in their times oftrouble. they would tellyou hewas full of in-tegrity, striving to do theright thing, no matter theconsequence. When simmers helped

someone, be it a friend ora stranger, it would oftenend in a smile or a hug,

ormaybe even a fewlaughs.

so in the early morninghours of March 30, sim-mers did what he alwaysdid, he went to help afriend in need.this time it cost him hislife.A Life Full of Love

simmers’ girlfriend,brittany snyder, 19 ofbensalem, recalled atime when they were outand simmers stopped tohelp a total stranger. shesaid he bought $20 worthof bread and other itemsto make sandwiches andgave it to a homelessman they had passed out-

side. “Jake saw there were

others, all spread out, andwhen he handed the manthe food, he just askedthat he share it witheveryone else. the manwas so happy and justkept hugging Jake overand over again,” snydersaid.

Kellie McCarthy, 18, ofbensalem, a friend ofsimmers since the sev-enth grade, describedhow perceptive simmershad been when she cameto him with a problem.“he thought about yourproblems as if they werehis own and would comeup with meaningful an-

swers,”said McCarthy.

“he was really funny,smart and sincere,” saidKeri barber, assistantprofessor of languageand literature at bucks.“he was good at seeingwhat was wrong with so-ciety and changing it.”

rachel Citrino, sim-mers’ grandmotherwhom he affectionatelycalled “nana,” describedher grandson as an affec-tionate person with prin-ciples, someone whotouched a lot of lives.

“he took things seri-ously and reacted in athoughtful way. if therewas a family crisis, hewanted to know how hecould help,” said Citrino.according to Citrino, he

and his older sister, ericasimmers, were veryclose and the best offriends.

“they went through adifficult time when theirparents got divorced.but they got through itvery well because theygot through it together,”said Citrino.

Citrino added that hislittle sisters really lookedup to their big brotherand he loved them bothso much. “he shared hisbirthday with his sister,ella... [When ella wasborn] i asked him how hefelt. he said, “this is thebest birthday present icould ever have.’”

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Jacob Simmers, who was recently killed in a tragic stabbing is remem-bered by his loved ones as an individual who touched the lives of many.

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category covering abomb scare on campus. sydney tasey won sec-

ond place chroniclingabout a former bucksstudent who was the firstto legally wed in nJunder the same-sex mar-riage law.‘the lies of our Par-

ents’ package authoredby anthony dimattia,luther anderson, Kellyarmstrong, and robertKnuckles took first placein the public service andenterprise package.

Co-editor in chief erichMartin took second forhis story covering the at-titudes surrounding theportable classrooms atnewtown.

bucks, being a two-yearcollege, the newspaper isconstantly getting newwriters that need to fillthe shoes of the old ones. the newspaper never

stops printing, and hav-ing a constantly changingstaff proves difficultwhen it comes time totrain new members. these challenges never

seem too big for the con-stantly morphing Centu-rion staff. in 2013 theCenturion won 12awards, 12 again in 2012,11 in 2011, and 13 in2010. the Keystone Press

awards were held at her-shey Park this year. Co-editor in chiefarmstrong, managingeditor tim Zenno and

sports reporter brianKelly were in attendance. “there were newspa-

pers from four year col-leges, two year collegesand even high schools,”Zenno says about thehershey Park award cer-emony, “i even got to trysome chocolate ketchup.it was a good time.” the Centurion staff is

very proud and intend tokeep up the hard work.

“We are hoping that thenew students coming innext semester will pickup the reigns after wewean ourselves out of theprogram,” Zenno adds,“we are looking for hardworking students in thefall that want to, hope-fully, become an editorand take over the news-paper.” “i hope my schedule

will be less hectic nextsemester with editing,”armstrong adds, “i reallymiss writing and want toimprove... i hope that ihave more time to do thatnext semester, and maybeeven attend the Keystoneawards again.” the Centurion is hard at

work every week gettingout issues for the stu-dents here at bucks, ofcourse with some laugh-ter and great friends andto the biggest reward ofall as, armstrong puts it,“is being apart of some-thing that so many stu-dents and professors getto read and enjoy.”

editor-in-ChiefKelly armstrongerich MartinManaging editortimothy ZennoMichael PlassaWeb editorManuel rodriguezadvisortony rogers

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to his friends and fam-ily, he was a source ofconstant joy. he had asmile on his face everyday.

“he was so much likehis Pop-Pop,” said sny-der. “he would handlethings calmly. he wasnever bitter. he wasnever afraid to love.”“he was also goofy,”

said snyder. “We woulddance together in the su-permarket. he wouldwear his heart on hissleeve.”“Whenever you were

near him, you wanted tobe a better person,” saidCarter.Carter first met sim-

mers when they were infourth grade. simmershad just moved intoCarter’s neighborhood,only three houses downfrom him. “We used tofight bees and playmake-believe,” saidCarter.as simmers got older,

he discovered his lovefor cooking. “he loved to cook be-

cause he loved to enter-tain his friends. heloved the way peoplewould gather around ameal.” said Citrino. “hehad this idea about com-bining cooking and ther-apy. he thought it wouldbe great to have peopletalk about their problemswhile they cooked a mealtogether.” Justin ohman, 18, of

bensalem, explainedhow easy it was to talk tosimmers about anything.“he knew things aboutme that i wouldn’t havebeen able to tell a thera-pist.”besides coming up with

ideas about combiningtherapy and cooking,simmers had otherdreams for his future andthe life he planned toshare with his girlfriend.“We wanted to live initaly one day and self-sustain, grow our ownfood,” said snyder.A Final Act of Loveromano had been

struggling to pull himselftogether in the earlymorning hours of March30, thanks to whatfriends say might havebeen a bad batch ofmushrooms he had in-gested. he had been at afriend’s party in ben-salem that night untilCarter offered to drivehim home.Carter explained that

romano was not in hisright mind, “When i wasdriving him home, Joehad jumped out of the carat 30 mph. When ipulled over he got backin like nothing had hap-pened; it was as if hecouldn’t feel anything.”he also added, “Joe

didn’t know where hewas. he was hallucinat-ing.”When they got to ro-

mano’s house, his parentsweren’t home, so Carterplanned to stay the nightto make sure he wasokay- but that’s whenromano’s behavior gotworse.

“he became aggressive,screaming at me andeventually kicking meout of his house,” saidCarter. “i wasn’t surewhat to do at that point,so i called Jake.”once simmers arrived

at the house and went in-side to talk to romano,Carter remained outside,but tried to stay nearby.“i knew Joe had been ag-gressive towards me, so iwanted to keep an earout.”“i’m sure Jake was just

trying to help him figureout what was going onand calm him down.”said Carter.but then, Carter said, he

heard romano yelling atsimmers to get out of hishouse. Carter ran intothe house to find ro-mano over simmers.“Jake was gasping forbreath, but said, ‘Joe iskilling me. get him offof me.’”Carter describes trying

to save simmers bygoing after romano witha knife. “so i run up and

right as i get up to him,Joe gets off of him. andthat’s when i realizedthat Joe also had a knifein his hand. Joe wasn’tchoking Jake, he hadstabbed him.”“i had the knife up to

Joe’s chest. and Joe, atthis point realizing whathe did, is begging me tokill him. and that’swhen Jake said, ‘don’tkill him ben, let himlive.’”this was simmers final

act of love. down to hislast moment, he re-mained true to form. according to the ben-

salem Police depart-ment, at approximately2:30 a.m. police weredispatched to romano’shouse for report of astabbing. by the time po-lice officers arrived, sim-mers had died.His Love Continues

through His Memoryfriends and family are

left with the many sweetmemories of a youngman who they believeleft this world too soon.thanks to all the lives hemanaged to touchthroughout his 19 years,he will continue to liveand love through thoselucky enough to haveknown him.“he’s going to be hard

to let go,” said Citrino.“We’re trying not to holdonto him so tight that hecan’t rest, but i don’tthink he’ll ever go toofar.” snyder said, “he taught

me that once you realizesomeone is a good per-son, you should lovethem unconditionally,fearlessly.”

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student journalistsrecognized at Key-stone Press awards

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Jacob Simmers with his friend Benjamin Carter (left).

Photo Credit: brittany snyder

Brian Kelley accepting his award. Photo Credit: tony rogers

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Democracy at workStudents are gearing up for another round of Student Government elections as candidatesstabilize their platforms and try to win over a very diverse student body.

The race is heating upfor students hoping toshape the future ofBucks.The campaigns for stu-dent government posi-tions have officiallybegun, as Brad Abrams, a19-year-old Businessmajor gathers signaturesfor his presidency cam-paign.Abrams cares about thestudent body’s wants andneeds, and has manyideas planned for the fu-ture of Bucks. He says,“I believe that there are afew outstanding prob-lems in the school, suchas the Wi-Fi, the problemis that the student Wi-Fihere is not that great; itcrashes or it’s too slow.” Indeed there is alwaysroom for improvement.Abrams suggests, “Get-ting information aboutnews and events shouldbe easily addressed tostudents.” Abrams isn’t the onlycandidate who wants tosolve student problems.Jonathan Pionati, 20year old, Liberal Artsmajor would like to seechanges to the student

ID’s. “I’d like to get stu-dent ID’s with picturesand a student accountlinked with the cards, itwould definitely makethings a whole lot eas-ier.” Due to budget cuts, Pio-nati wants to fix the mat-ter, “If I am president Iwould like to get the stu-dent body to petition thestate.”The Student Govern-ment Association, orSGA, is a great way tolearn leadership skills,help students, networkwith staff and faculty,build a great resume be-fore leaving Bucks, andalso show some schoolspirit. Meetings are held everyTuesday from 12:30p.m.-1:30 p.m, and stu-dents who are interestedin participating in theclub are always welcomewith open arms. The Student Govern-ment elections are opento anyone who is a cur-rent student at Bucks.Voters are able to nomi-nate either themselves ora friend during the elec-tions. Votes will be acceptedthrough the MyBucks

web portal. In order toplace a vote, studentsmust have their studentID number handy.Student voters that wantto learn more about eachcan view candidate pic-tures and bios on theBucks website.There are only a limitedamount of 10 potentialpositions for the elec-tions. There are four main po-sitions which are Presi-dent, Vice President,Treasurer, and Secretary,followed by Director ofEvents, and the counselorpositions. The Counselor of Stu-dent Involvement: re-cruits students to serveon College Committees.Our Public RelationsCounselor will informthe student body of allSGA activities. Coun-selor of Clubs and Or-ganizations will organizeand facilitate all clubsand organization meet-ings. Counselor of Stu-dent advocacy will serveas liaison between theStudent Association andthe SGA, and Counselorat Large will serve, if ap-pointed by the SGA, as atemporary replacement

for an Officer, or Coun-cilor. Voting officially beginson Monday, April 14 at9:00 a.m. and closes Fri-day, April 18 at 9:00 a.m.Students who are inter-ested in joining the SGA,

can contact the studentlife programs by phone at215.968.8257 or the vicepresident of SGARachael Becker at [email protected].

BY: JAHMEELAH WILSON Centurion Staff

One of the posters around campus urging students to vote.

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After continued com-puter theft, Bucks islocking down open com-puter labs and installing anew surveillance systemthroughout Penn Hall.It is not clear whetheror not the college is plan-ning on putting camerasin other campus build-ings to prevent furthertheft.According to DennisMcCauley, the directorfor campus security andsafety, most of the theftsoccurred during the fallsemester of 2013, butthere were a few in thesummer semester of2013, and one monitorduring the current semes-ter.The thefts occurred inthe 3rd floor computerlabs. McCauley said,“We lost six computersfrom July through De-cember”Other security measuresare being taken apartfrom the cameras. Ac-cording to McCauley, thecomputer labs used to beleft unlocked for studentsto use when there wasn’ta class in session. Now,all of the labs are beingkept locked betweenclasses.This security measurehas become a nuisance

for some students whoused those labs in be-tween classes. Brittany McKinney, 18,a liberal arts major said“One of my classes usedthose labs once a week.” McKinney had an hourbetween her classes.McKinney also said “Iunderstand why theyneeded to lock them now,but I still wish I coulduse them betweenclasses.”McCauley said that atthis point in the investi-gation, there is no motivefor the theft. The itemsstolen include severaldesktop monitors andkeyboards. Michael Keetes, 21, abusiness major said, “Idon’t understand peoplethat would steal from thecollege. A lot of studentsuse those computers sothey are not just stealingfrom the college, they arestealing from all of thestudents as well.” There is not much hopein recovering the stolencomputers. According toMcCauley, all the com-puters have a removableinventory tag that identi-fies them as collegeproperty.According to McCauley,the Board of trustees ap-proved of a budget in

January 2014 of $27,500for a security camera sys-tem to be set up in PennHall. The camera systemis still in process of beinginstalled. McCauley saidhe expects the system

will be operationalwithin the month.None of the cameras aregoing to be installed inthe classrooms, accord-ing to McCauley. Theywould be set up in the

halls and stairwells. Mc-Cauley said, “It is gener-ally felt that puttingcameras in the classroomwould be intrusive to theeducation process.”

BY: MOLLY HARMSCenturion Staff

Penn Hall is undergoing changes to protect lab equipment frombeing stolen (like in this dramatization seen here)

PHOTO CREDIT: WIKIMEDIACOMMONS/KELLYARMSTRONG

Security upgrade imminent Repeated computer thefts have prompted Bucks to increase security measures on campus.



emmy-nominated poetsusanna rich performedat Bucks April 15, 2014.Known by many as a

songwriter and englishprofessor, rich was atBucks on tuesday after-noon to perform her lat-est piece, “shakespeare’s*itches.”Presented by the tyler

literary society, richwas here to entertain stu-dents and faculty ontuesday the 15th with animmersive performancefrom one of her most re-cent projects. “it is comprised of orig-

inal songs i have writtenfrom the points of viewof some of shakespeare'swomen and also of ourcontemporary counter-parts,” described richabout her upcoming per-formance. “From the page to the

stage,” rich is known forher powerful, staged po-etry readings. As men-tioned in the star-ledger,rich “engages the audi-ence to participatethrough verbal cues dur-ing her performances;very unlike typical po-etry readings where poetsstand at a podium recit-ing their verse.”rich was inspired by

Philip dacey’s ability toread his work by heart,so rich did the samewhen she was invited tofeature in “the Warren

County Poetry Festival”. rich said, “i recite my

sets by heart and embod-ied the words by how imoved.” each show isbetween an hour and anhour and a half long, andis comprised of her origi-nal poems and songs. rich has been an active

poet for a while and hascreated over 2,000pieces. she is wellknown for her two suc-cessful poetry collectionstitled “television daddy”and “the drive home,”which rich transformedinto a staged poetry read-ing, along with “Ashes,Ashes: A Poet respondsto the holocaust.”Among her many ac-

complishments, the mostnotable was rich’s nomi-nation for a 2009 emmyaward for her poetry thatwas featured in “CobbField: A day at the Ball-park,” a PBs documen-tary of a montanabaseball field.in 2012, rich started

“Wild nights Produc-tions”, which is the es-tablishment for herone-woman, audience-in-teractive, poetry happen-ings. rich says, “i take it as

my contribution to po-etry, to invent and rein-vent new vehicles forbringing our art to audi-ences.”

rich noticed as she re-hearsed her poems thatmemorizing them and

anticipating personifyinghelped her in the revisionprocess. “i can't tell youhow many times i camehome from a walk teem-ing with ideas for thepoems.” rich is always on tour

performing at theaters,churches, schools, com-munity centers and col-leges. the tyler literary soci-

ety is always eager andhappy to have talentedperformers such as su-sanna rich perform at

the school. her de-livery is recognizedthrough the use of song,poetry, and acting. You can learn more

about rich and her workat www.wildnightspro-ductions.com, and herteaching blog at because-icanteach.blogspot.com. help her reach 450

likes on Facebook at,“shakespeare’s *itches:the musical” by April 23at https://www.face-book.com/pages/shake-speares-itches-the-musi

cal/1433030523609031 rich’s performance of

shakespeare’s *itcheswas delivered in the gal-lagher room on tuesdayApril 15th from 1-3pm. the tyler literary soci-

ety isthrilled to have tal-ented authors andperformers like richwork with them, and theyhope that in the future,there will be other artistswho will come spreadtheir knowledge withBucks students.

Famous poet Susanna Rich comes to BucksBY: ALISON KUKLINSKICenturion Staff

Emmy nominated poet and song-writer Susanna Rich Photo Credit: WildnightsProduCtions.Com


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Bucks hosting suicide workshopAccording to studiesconducted by EmoryUniversity, one in 10 col-lege students has made aplan for suicide, over1,000 suicides every yearhappen on college cam-puses and “lifetimethoughts” of attemptingsuicide are reported tooccur among 18 percentof undergraduates.As studies show, highsuicide rates among col-lege students, Bucks isplanning to combat thisrecent epidemic by edu-cating students with aworkshop on April 16 toteach students how to no-tice the signs of depres-sion and suicide.The Bucks CountyCounseling Center alongwith the American Foun-dation for Suicide Pre-vention will bepresenting a film called“The Truth about Sui-cide: Real Stories of De-pression in College” at 1p.m. in the Gallagherroom. Studies conducted byEmory University showthat suicide is the thirdleading cause of deathamong people ages 15-24, and the second lead-ing cause of death in

individuals ages 25-34. This is especially preva-lent to college students,who have shown amplesigns of depression, ac-cording to several othersurveys.In 2011, the AmericanCollege Health Associa-tion and the NationalCollege Health Assess-ment found that about 30percent of college stu-

dents reported feeling "sodepressed that it was dif-ficult to function" atsome time in the pastyear.Some Bucks studentssay that depression couldbe linked to slim job op-portunities and disillu-sionment with one’splace in society.Other’s like Alaa Ajaj,19, believes the depres-

sion/suicide rate escala-tion is a result of “theones with depressionbeing reluctant to seekhelp."Ajaj is quite accurate inher assumption. Overtwo-thirds of young peo-ple do not talk about orseek help for mentalhealth problems.The workshop will goover several topics such

as the relationship be-tween depression andsuicide, statistics on sui-cide in the college popu-lation, warning signs andhow an individual orfriend can get help forsuicide.The event will be heldon April 16 from 1 p.m.to 2 p.m. in the Gallagherroom.

By: Sean GillCenturion Staff

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Going without recogni-tion for nearly 40 years,the women of the WomenAir Force Service Pilotsreceived the Congres-sional Gold Medal in2010, nearly 70 yearsafter serving the country.In honor of Women’sHistory Month, LynnYonally came to Bucks toshare with a crowd madeup of Bucks students,teachers and other visi-tors the experiences ofher mother Lillian Lor-raine Yonally, a memberof the Women Air ForceService Pilots, orWASPs.Yonally explained thatfor a long time, she wascompletely unaware ofher mother’s experienceduring the war. “I didn’tknow she flew, by theway, until I was almost ajunior in high school.When we were growingup, she never talkedabout it,” said Yonally. According to Yonally,her mother loved to flyand earned her pilot’s li-cense when she was just17 years old. In 1943,her mother reported toAvenger Field in Sweet-water, Texas, to begin hermilitary training.Avenger Field was an all-female training base. While men could enterthe Air Force having nopilot’s license and noprevious flying experi-

ence, women were re-quired to have their li-cense and at least 200hours of flight time. AtAvenger Field, thewomen trained on old,leftover planes that werehaphazardly restored.Once her mother gradu-ated from her initialtraining, Yonally ex-plained, she went on totrain on B-25 bombers.This had been her fa-vorite plane.Yonally described whatone of the B-25 traininginstructors once said ofthe WASPs, “These weresome of the best pilotsI’ve ever dealt with.They worked hard; theyreally wanted to bethere.”Yonally explained thatthe WASPs never flewoverseas; their duties in-cluded test-flying air-crafts and ferrying themfrom factories and frombase to base. One oftheir more dangerousjobs however was havingto drag targets behindtheir aircraft so that menon the ground couldpractice shooting atthem.After only a short time,in November 1944, theWASPs were disbanded.By then, about 1,100women earned theirwings. These women had notbeen granted the militarystatus they were prom-ised though. It wasn’t

until 1976, after the AirForce made a big an-nouncement they wouldbe training the first-everfemale military pilotsthat the WASPs gotangry enough to fight forthe long-overdue recog-nition they deserved. In1977, a bill was passedfinally granting themtheir military status.Yonally went on to ex-plain that in 2010 theWASPs were awardedthe Congressional GoldMedal. “Around 250women—with their

walkers, wheelchairs,and canes—arrived to re-ceive their medals,” saidYonally. “When the Na-tional Anthem wasplayed, each of thosewomen stood up andsang with their hand overtheir hearts.”Growing up, wheneverYonally complained ofthe unfair treatment hermother and the otherWASPs endured, hermother told her, “It doesno good to get mad. Youjust have to make yourway through life doing

the right thing.”While retelling hermother’s stories, Yonallyalso shared the colorphotographs her mothertook during her time ofservice. These photo-graphs were a rarity intheir time and showedthe women, often timesin over-sized uniforms,with the planes they soproudly flew.“They served theircountry because they be-lieved that their countryneeded them,” said Yon-ally.

Women pilots gain long needed recognitionBY: MICHELE HADDONCenturion Staff

President Barack Obama awards Congressional Gold Medal to WASP veterans. PHOTO CREDIT: WIKIMEDIACOMMONS



Bucks raves over dance party

The Hillel club rockedthe house on campus at aclub hosted event lastweek.The club opened their

doors to all guess includ-ing students for a funtime of dancing, glowsticks and free pizza.Admission was free for

all who attended.The president of the

Hillel club Brad Abrams,a 19 year old businessadministration majorsaid, “We just wanted adance so we used freepizza to get people tocome and party. We wantto thank Hillel of Greaterin Philadelphia for fund-ing this, we hope to getmore dances so we cando charity for our com-munity.”The Hillel club is asso-

ciated with Hillel ofPhiladelphia, inspiringcollege students who arein the Jewish faith to par-ticipate in programs andactivities with their com-munity and support agood cause. The club hosted a dance

at Bucks last semesterwhere encouraged stu-dents to bring cannedgoods to support the Jew-ish Relief Agency.

Students around thecampus loved the idea ofhaving dances for goodcauses like 20 year oldcriminal justice majorLarry Hilton who com-mented, “It was the mostfun I had in a very longtime. The dance was agreat opportunity for stu-dents to relax after somuch work. It also gives

others a chance to havefun and show other stu-dents what they have interms of dancing. I be-lieve that if more danceswere held, it would raiseboth school spirit andparticipation, as well asmaximize the college ex-perience in Bucks, evenin such an appropriatemanner in which this

dance was held. ”When asked about if he

thought more dancesshould be held, Hilton re-sponded, “I believe that'sa bold idea that should becommended. The charitydance would be a greatway to raise money forany school programs andfunctions, as long as theyhave so much to offer

like this dance did.”“They should do more

dances for charity,” saidKelly Bilger, 22, a pho-tography major. Apryl Logan, 21, an

early education majoralso agreed when shesaid “I had a lot of fun atthe dance and I feel likethey should have moredances like it.” If any student should be

credited with keeping theparty going with awe-some music it is 29-year-old biology major JoshuaPrice aka DJ-Price.Price explained, “I’ve

been a DJ for sevenyears; I started out inPhilly then moved to thewest like L.A, San Diegoand Vegas. But I movedback here to a degree.”He also said “When theydo these dances, theychoose me to DJ and it’sbeen a blast.”DJ-Price can be seen

DJ-ing upcoming excit-ing events like the SpringFling taking place Thurs-day April 24 and theLGBT Prom on Friday,May 9 in the GallagherRoom where there willbe more fun for everyonearound the campus.

BY: CHRIS PIERRECenturion Staff

PHOTO CREDIT: CHRIS PIERREClub Hilel Dance party’s disc jockey, DJ Price


THE WEEK IN TV/MOVIES/MUSIC/BOOKS

Tuesday 3/15Glee - FOX - 8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles - CBS - 9:00Chicago Fire - NBC - 10:00

Wednesday 3/16Survivor: Cagayan - CBS - 8:00Modern Family - ABC - 9:00Chicago PD - NBC - 10:00

Thursday 3/17Grey’s Anatomy - ABC - 8:00The Crazy Ones - CBS - 9:00Parenthood - NBC - 10:00

Friday 3/18Kitchen Nightmares - FOX - 8:00Hawaii Five-0 - CBS - 9:00Hannibal - NBC - 10:00

Sunday 3/20Once Upon a Time - NBC - 8:00Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - FOX - 9:00The Mentalist - CBS -10:00

Monday 3/212 Broke Girls - CBS -8:00The Following - FOX - 9:00Castle - ABC - 10:00

BOOKS

TV MOVIES MUSIC

Oculus(R)A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who wasconvicted of murder, by proving that the crime wascommitted by a supernatural phenomenon.

Directed by: Mike FlanaganStarring: Karen Gillan, BrentonThwaites, Katee Sackhoff

Release Date: April 11

A Pony Named OlgaNew Album “The Land Of Milk AndPony”15 April

Birds of SatanNew Album “Birds of Satan”15 April

Asher RothNew Album “RetroHash”22 April

“The Collector”Written By: Nora Roberts

When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses amurder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job,life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, thewoman with no permanent ties finds herself almostwishing for one.

Release Date: 15 April

“The Target”Written by: David Baldacci

The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity totake down a global menace, once and for all. If the mis-sion fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply.


“Everything to Lose: A Novel”Written by: Andrew Gross

A determined mother becomes entangled in a murder-ous conspiracy to keep a twenty-year-old secret buriedin this blistering thriller, set during the tragic aftermathof Hurricane Sandy, from Andrew Gross, the New YorkTimes bestselling author of 15 Seconds and No WayBack


10 ENTERTAINMENT Bucks-news.com The week of April 15, 2014

HBO’S hit series“Game of Thrones” re-turned for its fourth sea-son on Sunday April 6ending an excruciatingten month hiatus sincethe end of the last season.The season four premieregarnered a series-best of6.6 million viewers, themost viewers HBO haspocketed since the 2007finale of the popular se-ries, “The Sopranos.”The “Game of Thrones”season four premieredominated Twitter. In the24 hours during and afterthe season one premiere,500,000 tweets related to“Game of Thrones” werecounted by the analyticsfirm Crimson Hexagon.During the 9:00 p.m.Sunday airing of seasonfour Crimson Hexagoncounted a staggering100,000 tweets in onlyone hour.“Game of Thrones” suc-cess lies in the tried andtrue formula; cater to thepublic’s appetite for sex,money and murder.Game of Thrones com-bines elements ofbrother-sister incest, ho-mosexuality, coercion,not to mention sprin-klings of diplomacy,strong family bonds, andplenty of backstabbing. Italso includes elements

from classic fantasy withmythical creatures suchas dragons, giants, sor-cerers and zombiesknown as the white walk-

ers. Nick Alary, 21, a sopho-more student from New-town says “The wait wasonly too painful, I can’t

wait to see what’s goingto happen in this season,I’m actually really ex-cited.” Michael Ramirez a 21

year old sophomore fromNewtown, another die-hard fan stated “I can’twait to see what enemiesDaenerys Targaryen van-quishes this season, Ialso can’t wait to see herin general once more, sheis the most gorgeouswoman in all the SevenKingdoms and I wouldn’tmind being the husbandof the mother of drag-ons.”Sajid Chaudharry a 20year old sophomore fromBuckingham Pa said “Iwatched all of the thirty[prior] episodes in lessthan a week.”Anyone wishing tocatch up to the showneeds only to know that alot has happened in thepast three seasons, andwatching from the cur-rent point is not recom-mended. Christopher Dunkerly

25 of Newtown Pa says“The show’s breadth istoo complicated andamazing to put in words,I would suggest thisshow to anyone.” The season four pre-miere suggests that theshow is only going tocontinue getting betterand bigger: biggerarmies, bigger dragons,better weddings, moredeaths and to put it sim-ply more highly enter-taining television.

“Game of Thrones”: deadlier than ever

New episodes of “Game of Thrones” air every Sunday at 9 on HBO

BY: JEFF TESCHNERCenturion Staff



Bucks’ alumni to speak at forumBucks graduates are returning to speak to Bucks students on the art of Journalism.

Students get the oppor-tunity of a lifetime whenprofessional journalistscome to Bucks to tellabout their careers.The lecture will takeplace at Bucks in theCenturion Office, Rollins127. From 8:00-9:15 a.m.and again at 11:00-12:15p.m., everybody is wel-comed and admission isfree.Students will get the op-portunity to hear aboutthe college’s journalismprogram, as well as be-come acquainted with thelab where the studentnewspaper is produced. Bucks’ Journalism pro-fessor, Tony Rogers, sug-gests that students attendthe forum, saying, “It’svery informal. I like hav-ing young reportersspeak to the students be-cause than they can relatewith one another.”All five speakers wereonce Bucks students too,“which is one of the mostexciting things about thisparticular forum, andmost of them were stu-dents of mine,” saysRogers. Guest speaker LaurieMason Schroeder, Bucksgraduate of 1996, worksprimarily for CalkinsMedia covering courtand crime stories for theBucks County CourierTimes and The Intelli-

gencer Newspaper. Eric Redner, a formereditor for The Centurionhere at Bucks and a grad-uate of the Bucks andTemple University Jour-nalism programs will bemaking an appearance aswell. Since 2005, Rednerhas been a writer/editorfor an Internet-basedsports wire service titledSportsnetwork.com.The most recent Bucksalum, Anthony Dimattia,is an award-winningwriter and editor for theCenturion. He graduatedfrom Bucks in 2012. Hecovers government andschool stories in BristolTownship as well ascrime in Lower BucksCounty for the BucksCounty Courier Times. Professor Rogers men-tions, “People are alwaysassuming that you can’tget a job in journalismbecause it competes withthe Internet, but theseconferences prove thatyoung people are gettinggood jobs in journalism.” Local news junkie TomSofield, co-founder ofthe local news websiteLevittownNow.com willalso be attending. Sofieldhas been covering newsin Bucks County forthree years and has con-tributed to the JournalRegister Company andworked for the Aol/Huff-ington Post Media

Group’s Patch.com net-work. Tom Rowan, who stud-ied journalism and wrotefor the Student newspa-per at Bucks continuedhis education at TempleUniversity and graduatedin 2011with a major inJournalism. Rowan iscurrently a general as-signment reporter forMetro Newspaper. Priorto that, Rowan internedand free-lanced for thePhiladelphia Daily News,Philly.com, BucksCounty Courier Times,

and Doylestown Intelli-gencer. The successful Bucksalumni will discuss theirprofessions with the stu-dents to enlighten themabout careers in Journal-ism. The conference willconclude with a questionand answer session withthe students.The journalism commit-tee is fortunate to haveformer Bucks studentsspeak to the current as-piring journalism stu-dents about the many jobopportunities that come

with a journalism back-ground. Students will be giventhe opportunity to learnmore about the journal-ism field and have anyquestions answered bythe educated speakers intheir field of expertise. Bucks encourages stu-dents to attend the semi-nar for anyone who isconsidering a job in theindustry of news report-ing and writing. It’s anopportunity student’swon’t want to miss.

BY: ALISON KUKLINSKICenturion Staff

Bucks Alumni (seen above) will be coming back to the college to discussthe future of Journalism and it’s transition into the digital age.

PHOTO CREDIT: BUCKS.EDU


sPorTsBucks-news.com The week of April 15, 2014

PRO SCORESPRO SCORESBUCKS SPORTSBUCKS SPORTSMen’s Baseball

April 1Bucks 2 - 13 Lehigh

Carbon

April 2Bucks 0 - 10Northampton

April 3Bucks 5 - 8 Mont-

gomery

Men’s TennisApril 1

Bucks 0 - 9 Bergen

April 5Bucks 0 - 9 Ocean

Philadelphia FlyersApril 12

Flyers 4 - 3 Capitals

April 13Flyers 5 - 6 Hurricanes

Philadelphia 76ersApril 9

76ers 114 - 125 Rap-tors

April 1176ers 95 - 117 Griz-

zlies

April 1276ers 105 - 111 Bob-

cats

Bucks baseball steps up to the plateAfter a snowy, icy and cold winter, Men’s Baseball is making a return. The team is openfor anyone interested. Even though they are having a rough start, manager Brad Tracy hashigh hopes for the team, which provides extra-curricular activity for many Bucks students.

After a winter thatseemed like it would benever ending, spring hascome, and so has theMen’s baseball season.This season the teamwill be led by managerBrad Tracy, who is in hisfirst season as managerof the team. This isn’tTracy’s first coachingjob. He has been coach-ing for 25 seasons.Tracy truly loves base-ball, and was a player be-fore he was a coach. Buteven now being a coach,he is still a student of thegame, learning newthings about the gameand his players every sin-gle day.Tracy said that he al-ways wanted to be acoach. He said, “I havebeen coaching for 25years and I always felt itwas my responsibility topass on experiences that Ihad as a player, in orderfor today’s players tolearn and become betterplayers themselves.” While last seasonwasn’t a great one for theteam, finishing just 4-14,Tracy was brought in thisseason to bring a winningattitude and gain somerespect from their oppo-

nents. “My expectations andgoals this season includecompeting and giving100% effort in everygame, never stop work-ing to improve, respect-ing the game, gaining therespect of the league, andmaking the playoffs.”Tracy seemed veryadamant about this, as henot only wants his play-ers to always give theirbest effort, but believes ifthey do that they canmake the playoffs.This season the teamhas very solid pitching,led by Nick Heller andRich Ciarlante, both are

freshmen. They are notonly starting pitchers, butthey are versatile andplay multiple positions inthe field. The offense, while notas strong as the pitching,is improving day by day.The team is led by itstwo captains Drew Sicaand Joe Monaghan. Sicais a utility player thatplays many different po-sitions and can utilize histalent wherever he’splaced, while Monaghanplays first base and an-chors the infield. But like most teams, theCenturions aren’t strongin every aspect of the

game. Their main weak-ness is a shaky defensethat will definitely takesome repetitions in prac-tice to improve. Coach Tracy believesthat for the team to besuccessful, they needmore than just one playerto carry the team. Hesaid, “A successful teamhas contributions fromall of its players, but itis important for the moreexperienced players toproduce at criticaltimes.” Tracy also believes thatas a manager, it is up tohim to get the most outof his players to produce.

He said, “A coach has toput players in positionswhere they can succeed.If every player is individ-ually successful, then theteam will be successful.It is early in the seasonand we are still findingout about each other, butI am confident that thisseason will be a suc-cess.”As of print date, theteam is currently 0-5, butshowing great signs ofimprovement. The teamstill has time to turn theirseason around and com-plete their main goal ofmaking the playoffs.

The baseball team is ready to go for it in 2014. New baseball coach Brad Tracy is still getting warmed up, with high expectations.

By: ryan JacoBsCenturion Staff

PHOTOCREDIT: B

UCKS.EDU

Feeling stressed? Try some free yoga.Bucks is offering a freedrop-in yoga class in thewellness center for allstudents, staff and alumnion Mondays andWednesdays, 3:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. Tina Permar, the Healthand Fitness Coordinatorsays that she started theclass "because I felt aneed for it. I startedteaching it in the fall be-cause there was a class inthe wellness center and Istill wanted somethingavailable for people andstarted to pick up."After the first class,

people began to attend inhigher numbers. "I started the class againafter spring break be-cause I noticed that from3 to 4 p.m. I would onlyhave a few people comein, either one or two, oreven none. So I asked myboss if I can start theclass up again and shesaid yes,” explained Per-mar. “On the first day, I had

7 people each class andby this Monday, I had12,” said Permar. “Tohave access to 12 peopleto help with their health,wellness and their spiri-tuality is really amazingto me.” Permar, who has herM.A. in women's studiesand B.A. in exercise sci-ence, says that yoga hasmany added benefits be-sides just exercise, "it

helps clear your mindand relax. The standardBucks student has somany stressors on them,there is school, home-work, work and family.To take time to just focusand calm their mind andde-stress is important.People are so inundatedwith twitter, facebook,Tumblr, and the internet.It’s really good for peo-ple to disengage and just

relax."One thing Permar can-not stress enough iswho’s able to join herclass, “Anyone can do it,and this isn't power yoga.You can be amazed byyour body if you justallow it to see what it cando. Don't worry if youforget your mat, we havemats, just drop in."In order to take advan-tage of this free, yogadrop-in course, you haveto have at least 30 creditsand get a key form fromthe front desk of theWellness Center.

By: Julia EricksonCenturion Staff

This is Tina Permar, the Fitness Coordinator for Bucks showing off her skills. She is knowledgeableand is always working to help students with their fitness. She can be found in the Wellness Center.

PHOTOCREDIT: TIMOTHYZENNO


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