vol. 7, issue 8
DESCRIPTION
Student-run publication for Robert Morris UniversityTRANSCRIPT
READ ABOUT IT ON PAGE 3!
News January 26, 2011Page 2
Robert Morris University Patrick Henry Room 118 6001 University Blvd Moon Township, PA 15108 www.rmusentry.com ISSN #1934-8878 January 26, 2011 Volume 7, Issue 8- Monthly
Student Media Advisor
Carrie Moniot
Editorial Staff
The Sentry is a student-written, student-managed newspaper serving Robert Morris University and Moon Township. It is published monthly except during semester breaks, holidays and prior to final exams. Editorial Policy: Editorials are based on the opinions of the editors of The Sentry and do not necessarily reflect the views of the students, faculty, or administration.
Corrections/clarifications: Readers should report any story or photo errors to The Sentry. All legitimate errors will be corrected in print the following edition. Letters Policy: The Sentry welcomes letters to the editor but does not guarantee publication. We reserve the right to edit or reject any material submitted. Anonymous submissions will not be published.
Andrea ZanaglioNews Editor
Sabine CherenfantOpinion Editor
Sybile CherenfantFeatures Editor
Brooke SmithSports Editor
Alyssa BensonCopy Editor
Marissa HomerAd Manager
Matt PolaskiPhoto Editor
Alexandria AntonacciOnline Editor
Tom KlabnikMultimedia Editor
Anthony LivecchiArt Director
Business Staff
Police Blotter: Jan. 17 through Jan. 231/17 - Personal Injury - A student reported falling in the upper Massey parking lot. The student advised he fell on his right arm and shoulder but refused any medical treatment and advised he will get checked out on his own.
1/17 - Departmental Information - A student walked into the station and was concerned about another student on campus. Officers met with the student who was fine and admit-ted to using a poor choice of words. Randon Willard was contacted and met with the stu-dent.
1/18 - Smell of Marijuana - Residence Life re-ported an odor of marijuana in Adams Hall. Officers were unable to determine where the smell was coming from and checked the build-ing with negative results.
1/18 - Disorderly Conduct - Residence Life re-ported an odor of marijuana in Hancock Hall. Officers responded and met with the students involved and charged them with disorderly conduct for possession of marijuana. Three students were charged in this incident.
1/19 - Accident - A vehicle ran into another vehicle on campus drive. Officers exchanged both parties’ information and a report was written for insurance purposes.
1/19 - Student Conduct - Residence life re-ported a smell of marijuana in Adams Hall. Officers were able to determine which room it was coming from and found a small amount of marijuana in the room. All three occupants were advised they would be sent through Ju-dicial Affairs for judgment. 1/20 - Miscellaneous Criminal Incident - This department was advised of a window pushed out of the frame in Hancock Hall. The resi-dents of the room saw a group of five people run from the area but were unable to identify the suspects. Maintenance was notified to re-pair the window.
1/21 - Accident - This department was advised of a vehicle running into a light pole on Co-lonial Way. Officers responded and obtained the drivers information for report purposes. No injuries were reported and light damage was done to the vehicle and the light pole. Icy road conditions were the cause of the ac-cident.
1/23 - Disorderly Conduct - Officers were called to Marshall Hall for a smell of mari-juana. Officers spoke with the residents who admitted to smoking and were found to have various items of paraphernalia in their pos-session as well as a small amount of mari-juana. Both students were cited for disorderly conduct.
Romo’s RoundupComPiled by ANdReA ZANAGlio
Thu, Jan. 26100 days to Graduation - 9 p.m. - Sewall Center
Class of 2012 special event by invitation onlyTues, Jan. 31
open mic Night - 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Food CourtWed, Feb. 1
internship Seminar - 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. Sewall Center, 3rd Floor, dining Room C
Fri, Feb. 3every Freakin’ Friday: movie Night: Twilight breaking dawn
8 p.m. - Romo’s CafeTues, Feb. 7
open mic Night - 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Food CourtFri, Feb. 3
every Freakin’ Friday: Karaoke Night - 9 p.m. - Food CourtTues, Feb. 14
open mic Night - 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Food Court
NewsJanuary 26, 2011 Page 3
The Colonial Crazies club at Robert Morris University has begun its first major year of operation strong with a packed student section during every game. The club began during the fall 2011 football season after receiving the financial ap-proval of the Student Govern-ment Association. The Crazies’ first appearance this year was at a volleyball game. Founded on the basis of inspir-ing the athletes to perform to their greatest potential by the support and encouragement of the fans, the Colonial Crazies host fun activities to draw more students to the games, such as giving out free T-shirts. To find the Crazies at a game, look no further than the student section The officers of the Crazies meet with RMU senior associ-ate athletic director and the clubs’ RMU staff advisor, Marty Galosi, once a week to discuss ideas for new things to do at up-
coming games. The club’s main focus is on football, men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and wom-en’s hockey. The group officers are president Lee Kunkel, ju-nior, vice president Chas Roth, junior, treasurer Chris Lock-hart, junior, and secretary Jus-tin Buddai, sophomore. One upcoming club activity
will take place at the men’s bas-ketball game against Long Is-land University on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. The game will be in the Sewall Center with coverage by FOX Sports Regional. The Colonial Crazies will be at the game to keep the
BY ANDREA ZANAGLIONeWS ediToR
A new, revamped RMU Sentry MediaIn the midst of our mission to converge all me-diums of media - print, broadcast, radio, online - “The Sentry” is undergoing some fairly signifi-cant changes. From this point on, the print version will on-ly be published on the third Thursday of every month. We have decided to decrease the number of print publications in order to focus more on our multimedia website, www.rmusentrymedia.com, because that is the direction of the media. Just think, where do you get most of your news? Most would likely answer online. Therefore, we want to focus more on our online content for several reasons. Timeliness has always been an issue since we only published every other week with outdated content. With our new magazine look for the print issue, we are aiming to have more feature writing and in-depth stories with more photos and graphics to make it more visually appealing. In an effort to keep our readers right along-side us as we compile stories, each staff member now has their own official RMU Sentry Twitter handle. Get to know the students working on the stories better through their updates and develop-
ments as they compile their information for each new story. We want your feedback as well and highly en-courage you to write letters to the editor and comment on our online stories and Facebook and Twitter updates. While it will take awhile to fully transform and complete our convergence, we hope you continue to pick up “RMU Sentry Media”’s monthly pub-lication and visit our website regularly at www.rmusentrymedia.com. Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter, @rmuSentry, and “like” us on Face-book. Additionally, if you are looking to get involved with “ RMU Sentry Media,” visit our “Join The Sentry Staff” section on our website or email us at [email protected].
Changes in the food court:Do you like them? BY MIKE FUNYAKSTAFF WRiTeR
In returning to campus after winter break, students no-ticed changes in the Nicholson Food Court. For the 2012 spring semester, the popular Crowd Pleasers has been moved and merged with the Parkside Diner. This open spot enabled the Mexican and ethic foods to take the for-mer spot of Crowd Pleasers. “Every year something is supposed to be changed to in-troduce new products and foods,” stated Chef Ed Moore, who typically makes the pizza served in the food court.Moore went on to say Robert Morris University is con-tinuing its efforts to create a healthier food selection, while also taking into account those who are vegetarians and want to eat healthier. “Crowd Pleasers didn’t have a large variety, so they combined it with Parkside Diner to enable a larger va-riety, but also introduce new selections for students,” added Moore. Student reactions to the changes, which have affected food selections for breakfast, lunch and dinner, were mixed. “I feel there should have been some notification of the changes that took place. Maybe even an email to inform us,” said junior Mackenzie Chambers. Both Angus Thomson and Teagan Lindsey also voiced their discontent with the changes. “It does take more time to get food, but there is more variety. They took the most popular foods and gave it a more permanent station,” Lindsey said. “I did like how Crowd Pleasers had a schedule; it seems random now. I came for popcorn chicken on Monday and it was unavail-able.” Thomson had a similar opinion to Lindsey’s. “The line congestion bothers me, and I do miss the sand-wiches from Crowd Pleasers,” stated Thomson. On the other hand, both Lee Anderson and Christian Lescznske said they do not mind the change because they usually never bought from Crowd Pleasers. Still others remain indifferent to the changes. “There is not enough variety. I don’t mind the chang-es, the food is still good,” commented freshman Westley Snipes. In addition to the changes in the Nicholson Food Court, Romo’s Café now offers hot breakfast sandwiches that are available from 7 - 10 a.m. daily. The Nicholson Food Court has changed numerous times with the renovation this past summer being the most re-cent and notable. Each change has always been in the interest of improving the quality and variety, but, with the most recent change, not everyone is a fan.
REACT!What do you think of the new changes in the food court?do you think the changes are for better or for worse?
Sound off in the comment section online at rmusentrymedia.com!
Colonial Crazies make their markBY ERICA SABLOFSKISTAFF WRiTeR
PHoTo by bill PATTeRSoNThe Colonial Crazies goal is to support RMU student-athletes.
PleASe See CRAZIES,PAGe 4
News January 26, 2011Page 4
crowd on its feet and to hopefully hand out a few more shirts, as well. According to Kunkel, the 70 T-shirts the club thought would take an entire school year to hand out have already run out, but more are on the way. Other future club happenings will be the appearance of Weslye Saunders and Emmanuel Sanders appearing during the half-time show at the ACC Championship Game on Jan. 26 and a black history event on Feb. 26. The club currently boasts 120 stu-dents that have signed up for e-mails on activities to participate in during
games, and it is quickly growing. Kun-kel hopes that by the end of the year, the amount of students in the stands that are cheering at games will in-crease from one-fourth of the total at-tendees to three-fourths. Kunkel’s expectation is well founded. He, as well as Roth and Alan Buehler, junior, were one of the many who as-sisted in helping to begin the rebirth of the group in 2010. Kunkel’s personal motivation to par-ticipate in helping to begin the group came from the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament in Providence, Rhode Is-land. Despite the game being away, the student section for RMU was the
liveliest it had ever been all season. “So far we’ve had a lot of success, but we definitely want to grow and get more students to all of the games be-cause college athletes really thrive off energy and [an] enthusiastic crowd. We want to give our team the best home field advantages we can get them,” Kunkel declared. The Colonial Crazies was officially re-created at the beginning of the 2011 school year by Fred Harris, the head of marketing for RMU sports. He especially wants to thank Marty Galosi and Coach Andrew Toole, head coach of the men’s basketball team, for their assistance in the recreation
of the club. Harris’ inspiration for the restoration of the club stems from his own experi-ences at RMU. Harris had attended a game for Robert Morris’ lacrosse team and saw how the cheering of the stu-dents instilled the energy in the team to win the game. As a result of this event, Harris aims to make the club as large as possible in order to continue to strongly en-courage the student athletes to turn the scoreboard in their favor by hard work and determination. “The Colonial Crazies is the corner-stone of Robert Morris’ athletic suc-cess,” stated Harris.
When RMU’s Pan-Hellenic Conference opened for expansion, they were not sure of the response or in-terest they would get from national sororities. After a number of meetings, conferences and cam-pus visits, Robert Morris University’s Greek Life welcomes the Delta Phi Epsilon National Sorority to its campus to join two National Pan-Hellenic Con-ference (NPC) sororities and one National Pan-Hel-lenic Council sorority. During the fall 2011 semester, both Zeta Tau Al-pha and Delta Zeta sororities voted yes to the addi-tion of Delta Phi Epsilon to RMU Greek Life. “When we invited them to our campus, it was an obvious choice,” said Scott Irlbacher, RMU Director of Special Programs and Student Community Stan-dards. Irlbacher serves as the advisor for RMU Pan-Hel-lenic and was the driving force to open for extension. “[Delta Phi Epsilon] previously had a chapter at RMU, so this encourages RMU alumni that were members to be involved once again,” added Irlbach-er. According to their national website, Delta Phi Ep-silon was founded on March 17, 1917 at New York University Law School. There are over 50,000 ini-tiated members throughout the United States and Canada. With the addition of a new sorority, Ashley Bednar, RMU Pan-Hellenic president, believes the relation-ships between sororities and overall unity of Greek Life at RMU will prosper. “As seen in other universities, the addition of one new sorority generally increases interest in sorority life and eventually can allow for other opportunities to add additional chapters down the road,” said Bed-nar. Delta Phi Epsilon’s national website states that their mission is to develop in women a social con-
sciousness and a commitment to think and act for the greater good. We assure continuous develop-ment and achievement for women through individu-al attention and smart strategic growth.” “It’s great. Logistically, it’s different, but it will work and by adding a third NPC sorority, our soror-ity life will become more attractive to women who are interested in having multiple sororities as op-tions,” said Irlbacher. The colors of royal purple and pure gold are al-ready seen across campus as Delta Phi Epsilon re-cruits for new members. “I really think that non-Greek women will notice that Delta Phi Epsilon may offer something differ-ent for our campus,” said Bednar. “I strongly sug-gest non-Greek women consider looking at this new sorority as an organization they would like to be a part of.” Delta Phi Epsilon has recruited women and have begun their interview process. Bids will be given out
and new members will be pinned by the end of this month. “They’re a perfect fit and will bring so many new things to our campus. They have new colors, tradi-tions and ideas,” said Irlbacher. “They also have new philanthropies.” The RMU Greek Life system holds a high reputa-tion for serving the community as well as support-ing each chapter’s national philanthropies and Del-ta Phi Epsilon is no different. They nationally sup-port a variety of non-profit organizations, such as The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. For more information about this sorority, contact Scott Irlbacher at [email protected] or Delta Phi Epsilon at [email protected]. You may also join their Facebook group and sign up for interviews via the Delta Phi Epsilon Face-book application. Access the application by visiting: https://apps.facebook.com/bedphienew/.
BY MARIA SATIRACoNTRibUToR
Delta Phi Epsilon recruits their new potential members
Colonial Crazies energize, empower RMU’s athletesCoNTiNUed FRom PAGe 3
Attention Accounting Majors!Interested in becoming a CPA?
Obtain the required 150 credit hours you need—and get your career off to a great start—with these full-time or part-time graduate business programs.
Master of Accountancy (MAcc)
In-depth technical accounting expertise
Focus on forensic accounting, ethics and regulation and reporting
Excellent preparation for the CPA exam and accounting career success
Master of Science in Information Systems Management (MSISM)
In-depth information systems expertise
Focus on information security and assurance
Excellent preparation for the CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) exam and systems management career success
Pittsburgh, Pa.
www.duq.edu/business/grad
Duquesne University Information SessionSaturday, January 28, 2012Room 505, Rockwell Hall
9:30 a.m. Registration/continental breakfast10 a.m.–noon Program information—meet students and faculty Scan here or visit our
website to register.
Page 6 January 26, 2011 OPINION
Americanization: Embracing the American characterOne of the most powerful and richest countries in the world, the United States, has seemed to have an influence on the people who migrate there, and it seems like a lot of the immigrants are Amer-icanizing. Being a sophomore, international student at Robert Mor-ris University makes me think about how the U.S. may have changed me. I definitely can say that I became much more mature, orga-nized, responsible, and punctual, and the United States has done something special to my personality. I think the United States made me free-spirited, solid about certain views, and independent. I became even more active, energetic and purposeful than I was before. I also become more honest than before. I used to cheat with a lot of little things, and every time I assumed that there would be no consequences. The best change in my life is that I started to care less about a number of things. For instance, back home, I used to dress up, wear make-up for any occasion, even just walking outside to smoke a cigarette. I was scared that somebody would see me wear-ing my pajamas because Russian’s care so much about others appearances as well as their own. I am not the only person who has Americanized. A lot of immigrants feel the same way. I have interviewed for-eigners who stayed in the United States for different time periods and found that the more time people spend in the United States, the more they feel as if they have changed. English school student, Hyun-joo Lee, from South Korea, was staying in Los Angeles for 3 months and did not no-tice any kind of personal change. Neither did Robert Mor-ris University freshman, Michelle Schiewe, from Poland, nor University of Pittsburgh student, Yerzhan Baigaliyev, from Kazakhstan. Although, the interviewees who have stayed in the United States for a short-term period did not notice any changes, but longer term immigrants have a different opinion.
Khulood Al Ali, from Saudi Arabia, has been in the United
States for 2 years said that life in America has already changed her personality. “I was a shy person when I came to the United States, I didn’t want to share my thoughts, and wasn’t social,” said Ali. “Now it changed. I also became overly outspoken, independent, and responsible. I even changed my study and eating habits.” RMU senior, Katerina Rudneva from Russia, also thinks that the United States has influenced her. “America changed my way of thinking; it has made me more open minded,” said Rudneva. “I also started taking a lot of things for grant-ed here in the U.S. that are not present in Russia - like people being nice and friendly to you, random people not staring at you, judging the way you’re dressed and so on.
That experience also made me realize how much I appreciate my own cultural background and that no matter how much I want to stay in the U.S. I would never forget where I came from.“ RMU student, Carla Limon, was staying in the United States for 3 years. She was positive about how the United States has changed her. “I am more open-minded now,” said Carla Limon. She also started to feel more independent and wear different kinds of clothes now. Her cousin Jose Manuel Limon, who is also a current RMU student from Mexico, has been in the United States since 2008, and he has noticed that he has changed a little bit. “America changed my way of thinking,” said Jose Manuel Limon. “It’s made me realize what I have.” Aigera Tungyshbayeva, a junior at Robert Morris from Kazakh-stan, has been here since 2006, thinks America made her “more-open minded.”
BY LAURA DEELYSTAFF WRiTeR
”“America changed my way
of thinking; it has made me more open minded”“ - Katerina Rudneva
Page 7OpinionJanuary 26, 2011
It is hard to understand why so many of us are afraid of falling in love, but it makes sense if we had our heart bro-ken once or twice in our life. We put up walls to block people from seeing our vulnerable side because we feel as if we will only be left alone again with heartache. Even when we eventually find the soul mate that tells us how much he or she loves us, will never leave us and wants to spend the rest of his or her life grow-ing old with us, we can’t shake off the feelings that it could end. However, it’s what we are used to, this cycle of rejection. Therefore, we unconsciously let something great pass us by because of that fear. I’ve
come to learn that even when we fall, we have to dust ourselves off and get back up to open up ourselves to love and to be loved. If not, then what’s the point of life? Isn’t it supposed to be about you find-ing the one person you are meant to be with, get married and have kids? That’s what I’ve been taught my en-tire life. Even though I witnessed an awful marriage between my parents and lived through the heartache of my Mom’s divorce, I still believe in love. Sometimes, I ramble about not be-lieving in marriage because love al-ways ends but I actually believe, along with a lot of other people. I just don’t know how to open up myself to the chance of finding someone who could love me unconditionally and forever.
It’s a scary thing to let someone else into our heart and life because our own history and past have taught us otherwise. Well, I think it is about time we quit this game of shutting down others be-cause these walls are only preventing us from feeling the one thing that ev-eryone should feel, love. If you get the chance to be with some-one who loves you for who you are, your “goods” and your “bads,” take it. If you get the chance to wake up every morning with a smile on your face be-cause you’re in love, embrace it. If you get the chance to feel happiness and joy by just being with another person, indulge yourself in it.So many of us are letting the fear take over and preventing ourselves from
experiencing what it really feels like to be who we are and have someone love us for it. It’s those three little words that all of us so desperately want to hear, yet are too afraid to say.Let the people who love you know that you love them to because you don’t want to wake up wondering if there was something more you could have done to let them know how you feel. Regret is something we shouldn’t feel because we are only on this earth for a limited time; why not spend it loving someone who completes us.
“ ”
“Africa is a country...,” said one of the Republican candidates in a serious debate. That pretty much sums a common lack of understanding of this conti-nent comprised of more than 50 states. Indeed, this continent is one of the most misunder-stood regions in this planet. Sometimes, it seems as if the most interesting fact that many people know about Africa is that it is the birthplace of the human race. We must learn about the history and culture of this region, not only because we could gain from it but also because it is part of the popular culture of the world. If we listen to jazz, hip-hop music, and reggae, we are listening to a form of music that traces its roots back to the African continent. However, the country’s influence does not stop there. Despite being colonized by Spain, France, England, Portugal and so forth, the culture of the people in the Latin American and Caribbean region reflect mostly the culture of the African slaves who were brought there. The slaves from West Africa brought samba, which is a very popular dance in Brazil. Evidently, it has additional influences, but its main influence remains African. The merengue, konpa, zouk, socca, kadans and rara, just to name a few, are Caribbean music genres that celebrate the African heritage of people in this region. That musical culture has spread to the European and Asian continent, and many in those regions
have adopted this popular culture. The African culture did not however only influ-ence us musically. It has a significant footprint on the spiritual life of many people in the American continent. Although voodoo is always categorized as a Hai-tian religion, it is also practiced in other countries in the region. It takes on numerous forms but every variety is linked to African traditional religion, no-tably West Africa. One of the main ethnic groups dispersed in the American continent through the slave trade is the Yoruba nation. They had their own sophisticated society, and so did the Zulus, one of the state-level societies in Africa. In regards to state-level societ-ies, people generally seem to think of African soci-eties as being able to achieve a state-level system because of the European colonization. “A lot of people don’t realize that there were state-level societies in Africa,” said Maria Altemara, a Robert Morris University faculty member. When reading between the lines of some articles written on Africa, and sometimes when listening to the way people will talk about Africa, it seems as if Africans are regarded as brainless human beings incapable of finding means to support themselves and always in need of a handout. Yet similarly to other societies, Africans were able to develop production means for agricultural and sustainability, and some societies were even able to conquer other groups. “They did not have weapons as advanced as Eu-rope,” explained Altemara. It wasn’t necessary at that time. If they had known that threats of invasions from Europe were to come,
they probably would have. Moreover, a great deal of information about the civilization of African groups is still unknown. One of the main reasons for the loss of such information is colonialism. In addition, a group being conquered by another group would lose some of its culture re-sulting in the disappearance of important informa-tion about the civilization of people in this region.
Thoughts on the world:
Don’t let the chance for something great pass you by
BY SABINE CHERENFANToPiNioN ediToR
BY LAURA DEELYSTAFF WRiTeR
Thoughtless comment; Africa is NOT a country!
Tweet the name of an African country
to @rmuSentry
to be entered into a raffle. Contest ends February 2nd and the winner will be announced on February 14th.
“What’s the point of life?”
”
Designated Drivers receive
Free Pop and Appetizers at:
WINGS, SUDS
&
SPUDS
Designated Drivers receive Free Pop at:
SALOON
October:
Anthony Cascino
November:
Rob Papale
December:
Ted Pajak
January:
Ben Rudnick
February:
March:
April:
We’ve gone SOCIAL!
Facebook: RMU Library/Twitter: RMULibrary
Keep up with RMU Library news and events including changes in Library hours, database trials, and new media.
Get your information on.
January 26, 2011Page 10 features
At the Open-Mic Nights, which are held every Tuesday in the café, one may find singers and musicians per-form live. However, music performances are not the only things that Open-Mic Nights are known for. Spoken word artists and poets also take the stage from time to time. This created a movement that has begun upon the campus spe-cifically dedicated to live poetry. A new club, Intensity, made up of a collection of poets and spoken word artists, is taking RMU to the next level. The collective provides a creative platform for up-and-coming writers and poets to get feedback from fellow poets and a chance to perform live. Starting Spring 2012, Intensity will put on its first Expo, “Why I Am.” The doors are wide open for anyone who is remotely curi-ous about spoken word or poetry. “It’s part creativity, part passion -- all truth,” ex-plained Chauncey Alexander, a junior and the leader of Intensity. Alexander described that the goal of the group is self-expression and transparency with the audience. “Most poets do a lot of things based only on what is socially acceptable. The idea of spoken word/slam poetry is to go deep into you and pull out your very essence,” he explained. While the group is ideal for writers and performance artists to get feedback on their craft, it also hopes to partake in contests and competition. “When we perform we have to bring our A game just like any other team,” Alexander stated. “It’s our heart and our emotions being let out for an audience.” Alexander revealed that it was originally Mukui Mu-tunga who approached him with the idea for the col-lective. “I had always considered myself a poet, but I never
fit the Langston Hughes and Shakespearean mold of poetry.” Mutunga explained. “Finding spoken word was like unleashing a new passion for me.” Mutunga was inspired to help others find their voice. “I feel as though there are a lot of writers out there, who don’t know they write poetry that is meant to be performed,” she explained. Mutunga is most impressed by Mayda Del Valle, known many poems, mostly “The Gift.” “I have been writing poetry since I was little,” said Mutunga. “However, I didn’t start writing poetry with the intention of performing it until the second semes-ter of freshmen year.” The Intensity members hope to bridge the gap to allow students the immediate opportunity to practice performing poetry out loud. The hope is that after four years of practice, one will have found his or her niche and voice as a spoken word artist. While Mutunga’s poetry focuses on anything and everything from societal issues, heartbreak and past experiences – the club encourages tapping into what-ever resonates with the poet the most.
More job positions becoming available for students in Pittsburgh
PHoTo by Sybile CHeReNFANT
Chauncey Alexander recruits friends to join Intensity in the food court.
BY ANDREW DICKSONASST. FeATUReS ediToR
Bringing a new vibe on campus with “Intensity”
BY MUKUI MUTUNGACoNTRibUTiNG WRiTeR
Taking overthe King’s Dream
On Monday, the nation celebrated the birthday of one of the most influential leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On this day, students stepped away from their busy school schedules, and remembered one of the darkest periods in American History. Mean-while, many other students remembered this day as more than just a time to contemplate the past. “[It’s] important to know where we [African Americans] came from,” stated Lamont Gilliam, a sophomore. “If we did not celebrate Dr. King’s birthday or Black History month, the future gen-erations would not know where we came from. This is more of a celebration of where we have come from and where we will go.” Chris Kelly, a first year student, sees King’s birthday as a time to remember the sacrifices that he and others made. “[It is a time to] also think about how we’re go-ing to honor those sacrifices,” Kelly stated. The country has seen great changes on this is-sue in the past 60 years. “If it were not for Dr. King and the sacrifices that he made, I believe that we would still live in a segregated world,” said Tray Amador, a sopho-more. While the Civil Rights Movement was a fight for African American rights, it accomplished much more than that. It afforded all groups within the nation to form a homogenous commu-nity in which people are judged by the content of their characters, and not their skin color. In ad-dition, it impacted everyone personally, regard-less of race or ethnicity.
PleASe See 60 YEARS AFTER, PAGe 12
With the economy slowly recovering, more jobs are becoming available for Robert Morris University (RMU) stu-dents. “More of the employers are eager to fill open positions that they have,” Kishma Decastro-Sallis, director of the Career Center, explained. “They’re pouring more money to refill these po-sitions at higher periods.” Decastro-Sallis explained that this is a good
time for students to apply for jobs. “We are seeing a boost in the amount of job postings,” Decastro-Sallis ex-plained regarding the ColonialTRAK page. She encouraged students apply-ing for summer internships or jobs af-ter graduation to sign up on site and apply for the positions. “We don’t want employers to lose in-terest in coming to Robert Morris to do recruiting,” Decastro-Sallis explained. In addition, students are encouraged to attend the events hosted by the Ca-reer Center, such as the Spring Career
Fair which is March 14 of this year. “Right now we have about 48 employ-ers lined up,” said Sallis. “This is an increase in the number that started with around 20 employers, with the majority of them being employers re-cruiting for business, engineering, and IT.” “There are employers coming for all disciplines,” added Decastro-Sallis. “No matter the major, students should take the opportunity to attend.” In addition, DeCastro-Sallis and her staff at the Career Center located
right outside of Nicholson, recom-mends students take charge of their career search. There are also several career and leadership development events on campus this spring. “This is a nice opportunity for indi-viduals with diverse backgrounds and women to come meet, talk to, and do some networking with area recruit-ers,” Decastro-Salllis stated regarding the minority networking reception.
BY SYBILE CHERENFANTFeATUReS ediToR
PleASe See CAREER, PAGe 12
Page 11featuresJanuary 26, 2011
Taking overthe King’s Dream
Robert Morris University (RMU) is made up of an additional student club that focuses on something different. The Claddagh club, which started on Facebook and turned traditional, is composed of mostly students who visited Ireland through the study abroad pro-grams. “More students had gone to Ireland in our interna-tional education program than any other country,” explained Jim Vincent, associate professor of Eng-lish Studies. “Our club is named after the characteristics [of the] Irish ring of love and friendship,” stated Vincent. For this reason, members will be given a claddagh ring. Vincent, along with Jennifer Crawford, the director of Annual Giving, are the advisors of the club. “Part of our focus is not just the travel course,” ex-
plained Crawford. Crawford, who has ancestors from Ireland, ex-plained that some of the students joined the club to mostly know about their Irish heritage. Kayce Craday, a first year student majoring in Pre-Medicine, is among the members who joined the Claddagh club to know about their heritage. “I’m mostly Irish,” stated Craday, who has never visited Ireland. Craday did express her desire to join the study abroad program. “I would like to, but they don’t have my major,” she explained.
“We began to discuss it in 2010,” said Vincent on when the club was founded. Although it has been in existence for two years, it is still in his primary stage. It became official this semester, but it was dur-ing that Fall semester that officers were elected. Among them are Ryan Kenny as treasurer, Kiersten Metzger as secretary and social media coordinator, Kristen Taylor as president, and Kelly Gibson as vice-president.
New Claddagh club on campus to honor Irish heritageBY SYBILE CHERENFANTFeATUReS ediToR
PleASe See CLADDAGH, PAGe 11
Page 12 features January 26, 2011
Last Issue’s Solution
60 years after the change
“I’m here, in college getting my educa-tion,” stated Gillam. “I have the opportu-nity to further myself, and then do what I can for other members of my commu-nity no matter where they have come from.” “[King’s sacrifice] gave us diversity,” added Amador. “College is amazing… You meet so many different people from various walks of life. The ability to inter-act with people, without being limited to those who look like me, is one of the best gifts we’ve been given”. People can admit that their lives have been deeply impacted by the friendships
they have made with those outside of their own races. Kelly’s best friend is Af-rican American. “I could not imagine not having him in my life,” Kelly explained. “I am proud to call him my best friend because he has a great character and an amazing heart”. There is still a long road to King’s dream but Gilliam has offered a solution to prejudism. “Be the change you want to see in the world,” he said. “Fight for what you be-lieve in.” Visit our website to read an article on Professor Robert Fowler’s contribution to the Civil Rights Movemenyt by Leah Moose.
CoNTiNUed FRom PAGe 10
Career CenterHowever, she stated that it is open to every student attending the university. Creativity at Work is also a network-ing event for students. “Students can hear and learn from individuals who have creative careers, especially in Communication and the arts,” Decastro-Sallis explained. “RMU students are talented, well spo-ken, and very well trained academi-cally. To complement these wonderful attributes, RMU students should fre-quently visit the Career Center to bet-ter market themselves to area recruit-ers and employers.”
CoNTiNUed FRom PAGe 10
“[At] the first meeting, we had an elec-tion, and I ran for it,” explained Gibson who joined the club this year after visit-ing Ireland this past summer. “I lead the club, [plan] events [and] meetings, and report to Jim any infor-mation that I find necessary,” explained Taylor regarding her position. During their last Fall meeting, the club members put together their constitution to request approval from the Student Government Association. In addition, the members discussed their plans for the Spring semester. “We’re working with other student groups to plan a St. Patrick’s Day party,” said Vincent. The club will be joined by at least three other clubs. “We’re hoping to have Irish food, drinks,
and entertainment,” Vincent explained. In terms of entertainment, they are plan-ning on possibly bringing singers, and hosting a story telling and poetry event. “We’ll be screening a video about Irish sports,” Vincent added. Another event that the claddgah club is hoping to host is a reunion. “We hope to have a reunion of students past and present who traveled to Ire-land,” Vincent explained. Although the club members often hold meetings to discuss their plans, they are still very involved with their Facebook page. “Because of the difficulty of planning for meetings to which all students can at-tend, we have a strong online presence,” Vincent explained. “Part of our organiza-tion is virtual.”
Claddagh honors heritageCoNTiNUed FRom PAGe 11
Internship Seminar February 1 and February 21
Minority Networking Reception February 23
Focus on Your Future Workshop February 28
Spring Career Fair march 14
PERC Teacher Job Fair (monroeville) march 21
Creativity at Work march 22
Focus on Your Future Workshop April 2
NeW CRoSSWoRd PUZZle iN NeXT iSSUe!
Page 13 January 26, 2011 sPOrts
One of the toughest positions in ice hockey is that of the backup goalie. Never being sure of when starts will come, and having to be ready to come off the bench at any moment is not always the easiest task for a player. If anyone knows the role of the backup goalie, it is junior, Kristen DiCiocco of the Robert Morris Uni-versity women’s hockey team, who made appearances in 27 games the past two seasons. “I was pretty much told my role on this team was to be the backup goalie and to be there to support my team-mates, which I had no problems do-ing,” DiCiocco recalled. After a coaching change this offsea-son, current head coach, Paul Colon-tino stepped in and decided to give every player a shot to prove them-selves. “I really tried to not have any biases for anyone in the sense that I wanted these players to realize that this is the now, it’s not the past, and it’s not the future it’s like you’re only as good as your last shift,” he said. “So I tried not to have any predictions for who would fill where or who would fall into this spot.” Battling for the starting goaltender po-sition at the beginning of the season were DiCiocco, freshman Courtney Vinet, and Meeri Räisänen, who is no longer with the team. Despite competition from Vinet, DiCioc-co won the starting spot, and has been vi-tal to her team’s success thus far.
“I’m glad she’s gotten to where she is and she has been taking the reigns but she’s earned it,” said Colontino. “Vinet’s been doing extremely well as well but at some point you kind of have to go with one.” So far this season DiCiocco hasn’t showed signs of being a backup goalie, as she currently holds an 11-6-2 record with two shutouts. “Kristen has really stepped up to the plate this year and has had a great sea-son, and her confidence is really show-ing,” said junior forward, Cobina Del-
aney. “The team is thrilled with her play because we know we can count on her and she has bailed us out in many differ-ent situations, we’re all so proud of her and her accomplishments this year.” Not only have her teammates and coaches noticed her play this season, so has everyone else. DiCiocco currently has a 1.93 goals against average, which is the 12th best in NCAA Division I women’s hockey, and she currently holds a .930 save percentage, which ranks her 11th.
DiCiocco putting together an impressive season
Every week, Robert Morris University student-athletes take to the field, ice, and court to show both team and individual skills. Now, The Sentry is going to ac-knowledge our student-athletes by picking one fe-male and one male to be the student-athletes of the week with the nominations coming from our beat writ-
ers for each individual sport. Ultimately, we will pick one male athlete of the week and one female athlete that we will feature online and for the print edition each month, we will pick one male student-athlete and one female stu-dent-athlete and write a fea-ture story on them and have a video interview that will be on rmusentrymedia.com. So Colonial athletes keep up the great work and show us your great athletic ability.
Sentry to feature student-athlete of the week/month
BY ALYSSA BENSONCoPy ediToR
DiCiocco went from a backup goalie to a nationally ranked starter for the Colonials.PHoTo by AleXANdRiA ANToNACCi
BY CASSIE STEINSTAFF WRiTeR
PleASe See DiCIOCCO,PAGe 14
Upcoming Colonials home games
Thursday, January 267:00: men’s basketball
Friday, January 277:05: men’s hockey
Saturday, January 28
4:00: women’s basketball7:00: men’s basketball7:05: women’s hockey
Monday, January 30
7:00: women’s basketball
Friday, February 3 7:05: men’s hockey
Sunday, February 51:00: women’s lacrosse
Friday, February 107:05: women’s hockey
Saturday, February 114:00: women’s basketball
7:00: men’s basketball7:05: men’s hockey
Page 14 sports January 26, 2011
Concussions are a part of the game, just like scoring and passing. More recently however, head injuries have become a norm not just in professional sports, but college as well. Jasmine Tate, junior guard on the women’s basketball team, out of Co-lumbus, Ohio, suffered a concussion at the beginning of the season, while on the verge of earning a starting spot. “I got injured on September 3rd this past year. It was the third day of workouts, somebody left a bar on the rack [in the weight room] and I ran right into it,” said Tate. This season has been a hard tran-sition from starting throughout the second half of last season, to watch-ing her Colonial teammates from the bench this season. “The toughest part has been the fact that I can’t really contribute anything
to my team, in a physical way,” said Tate. Tate continued, “Just having to re-ally pick myself up when I get back, it’s kind of been like fuel to the fire. More of working harder than I ever have, just as a motivation when I go to the gym.” Head Coach Sal Buscaglia offered his insight on the situation, “It’s really unfortunate about her situation, she such a good young lady. She has been battling injuries all her career.”“I know she is disappointed, because she wants to help the team. It has been unfair. She tries to keep her head up and she is doing her best. Her faith and belief in herself will pull her through this,” said Coach Buscaglia. Before her concussion in the 2009-2010 season, she averaged 1.6 points per game along with .8 rebounds per contest. As a freshman, she started in four of the 19 games she played
in. Also, last season she averaged 1.5 points per game and 1.5 rebounds per matchup, while earning eight starts in the 28 games she contributed in. As for Tate’s improvement, she can sense things are finally getting bet-ter. “The first three months, every test went down. I’ve turned that corner, where things are getting better with therapy. It is literally day by day,” said Tate. Concussions have been a tricky thing in the past with many athletes. Tate has been out since September and is on the comeback trail. Tate said, “I have been on the bench watching every game, my role right now is to support them and cheer the team on. I’m always there to help them see things from a different per-spective. Being able to help the young-er’s players is great.” “For anyone with a concussion, it’s the weirdest injury ever. It isn’t like a
physical injury where you can see the progress you’ve made on the road to recovery, you don’t know the recovery time; right now I’m just taking it day-by-day,” said the Ohio native. To recognize a return as premature is often times a way to build motivation for the mentally tough. Tate has the quality to surround herself with great teammates that influence her recov-ery to alleviate stress and frustration. As for a return, Tate knows she has a long way to go on the road to recovery. “I know that it’s going to take time for me to get back into shape since I’ve been out so long,” said Tate. “It’s been almost a year since I’ve actually been able to play basketball. It’s going to be most important for me to come back and find my role on the team. My role is obviously going to be different now than it would have been at the end of the season. Until I get back on the court, I’m their biggest fan.”
BY JONATHAN FISHERASST. SPoRTS ediToR
Jasmine Tate aiming for return after a concussion
Velton Jones has a passion for bas-ketball and is one of the most com-petitive players to ever take the court for Robert Morris. Playing on a team consisting of only one senior and eight underclassmen, Jones has stepped up his game this season, averaging nearly 17-points per contest and has become one of RMU’s team leaders both on the hardwood and in the lock-er room. “He brings effort every day and is the reason why we have great prac-tices,” freshman Lucky Jones said of the team’s leader. “He’s vocal and is a big leader and we just know him to go after every ball, get every steal, every rebound, and every stop.” The native of Philadelphia started his career at RMU during the 2008-2009 campaign but was redshirted his first year. The next season, Velton Jones appeared in all 35 games and led the squad in assists and steals. Last season he started every contest for a Colonials team that lost in the Northeast Conference championship game to Long Island University. In the Colonials Dec. 3 match against Monmouth, Velton Jones hus-tled after a loose ball, leaped over the
Hawks bench, and landed awkwardly in the stands trying to keep the play alive. The 6 foot guard did this despite his team being up by 16 points with less than two minutes remaining. Jones ended up twisting his knee on the play and had to be helped off the court by teammates. According to Robert Morris head coach, Andy Toole, Velton Jones has earned the respect of his teammates by not being afraid to leave it all on the line. “He doesn’t really have much con-cern for his own well-being and that’s why our guys love him and that’s why he’s one of our leaders,” said Toole. “He’s willing to take those plays and he’s willing to go a little bit further than some of our other guys are. It’s great to have someone like him on your team.” Although he shot a dismal 0 for 8 from the floor in the first half of the January 12 matchup against the Quinnipiac Bobcats, Velton Jones never gave up and caught fire in the final 20 minutes, tallying all 22 of his points in the second half. Despite Velton Jones’s outstand-ing productivity on the offensive side of the ball for Robert Morris during the past few games, Toole elected to sit Velton Jones out of the starting
lineup against Sacred Heart on January 14. Although it was the first time that he wasn’t in the starting lineup since his red-shirt freshman year, Velton Jones believed that it was the correct decision in order to give his team an op-portunity to win. “It was weird sitting on the bench because that’s the first time I haven’t started since my freshman year,” said the redshirt ju-nior. “Coach tried to switch it [the lineup] up a little bit since we came out flat in our last two games. I just tried to do whatever I could to help my team out.” “Everybody looks up to ‘V.’ He’s one of our vocal leaders on the team,” stated sopho-more guard Anthony Myers. “He’s like a brother to all of us.”
Velton Jones: leader on and off the courtBY NICK BUZZELLISTAFF WRiTeR
Velton Jones has proven himself as a leader both on and off the court.
PHoTo by mATTHeW PolASKi
Page 15sportsJanuary 26, 2011
She has also received the College Hockey America (CHA) goaltender of the week award four times and was nominated for the Dapper Dan Sportswoman of the Year award, which is sponsored by the Pitts-burgh Post Gazette. Most recently, the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame has named DiCiocco the Athlete of the Year. “The key to her success has been her hard work day in and day out through practice,” said Colontino. “When you com-bine hard work, focus, and consistency, which she’s been able to do, I think you get what she is getting. I can’t remember a practice where I’ve been like ‘man she’s been off.’ She comes to practice every day very focused and very ready to work” While DiCiocco has been successful from the start of the season, she says that a large part of it has come not only from her teammates in front of her, but the confi-dence Coach Colontino gives her. “I love that he [Colontino] shows confi-dence in all of his players and he’ll help you if you have to improve on something and he’ll tell you what you have to do,” Di-Ciocco said. “He’ll help you work hard, he gives you the opportunity to go out there, and he shows confidence in you when you’re playing.” Colontino’s confidence in his goalie may keep DiCiocco going, but he believes that she has multiple assets that have gotten her to where she is. “One of her big strengths is her mental fo-
cus, because she’s able to focus on what she needs to do every time she’s at the rink,” he said. “Physically, she understands the game very well so she’s able to square up to pucks extremely well and lastly she’s just a good goalie. She’s got great reflexes, and that you can’t teach.”
A strength that everyone seems to leave out is DiCiocco’s humbleness, but it is no surprise that her goals for this season aren’t related to her individually, but to her team. “I just want to help my team stay in ev-ery game and give us a chance to win,” she said. “As a team we need to keep going and we need to be able to compete with the top teams if we want to get any national rec-ognition, and I just hope we can win the CHA’s this year.”
On January 28, 2012, the Robert Morris University women’s ice hockey team will be hosting their annual Skate for the Cure event as they take on Niagara University at the Island Sports Center. The Skate for the Cure event is a College Hockey America (CHA) event that origi-nated during the 2006-2007 season to raise money for breast cancer. Each year the Colonials wear special pink jerseys to mark the occasion, and this year they will be giving away an autographed jersey to anyone that makes a donation of $200 or more on their ‘gofundme’ page. Along with wearing different jerseys, the team will be selling t-shirts to mark the oc-
casion at various sporting events, as well as the night of the event. The shirts from this year will be $20 and they are offering shirts from last year for $10. They will also be raising money at their game, which is slated for a 7:05 puck drop. “I think it’s a great cause, especially being able to help through women’s sports,” ex-plained senior assistant captain, Brianna Delaney. “We have done this fundraiser every year, and it seems to get bigger and bigger. It is great to see everyone in the community getting involved, and I hope that everyone in the school will participate and raise money for breast cancer.” Those who would like to donate to the Colonials page can head to http://www.go-fundme.com/bdx80.
BY ALYSSA BENSONCoPy ediToR
Women’s hockey ‘Skates for the Cure’
DiCiocco steps up to the challengeCoNTiNUed FRom PAGe 13
PHoTo by bill PATeRSoNBrooks Ostergard is the Colonials 2012 nominee for the Hobey Baker Award.
Ostergard nominated for the Hobey Baker AwardBY BROOKE SMITHSPoRTS ediToR
Robert Morris NCAA men’s hockey senior goaltender Brooks Oster-gard has been named a nominee for the 2012 Hobey Baker Award. This award is given each year to college hockey’s top player. Voting for the award runs from now until March 4. Ostergard first learned about the award from his teammates down at the RMU Island Sports Center. “It’s a great honor, but it wasn’t one of my goals coming into my senior season to be a Hobey Baker finalist. It was my goal and my team’s goal to make it to the NCAA Championship,” said Ostergard. “So it’s a great honor, but we have other goals and I have other goals that I am more focused on right now.” In the 15 games that Ostergard has started, he has gone 6-7-2 with a 0.935 save percentage and a 2.26 goals against average. “Brooks has played very well this year, he’s in the top five in the nation in save percentage,” said head coach Derek Schooley. “He’s constantly battling extremely hard, and he’s a guy that takes a lot of pride in how he plays and with that comes a lot of pressure.” Ostergard said that his family and friends are all proud of him for receiving this nomination, but there is one person that is more ex-cited than the rest. “I think my mom was the most excited, I think she was even more excited than I was so it’s great to see her have a little fun with my senior season and I try not to talk about the nomination when I talk to her,” said Ostergard. If you would like to vote for Ostergard, please visit www.hobeyba-keraward.com. Then click on Vote for Hobey at the top of the page, and follow the steps to vote for Ostergard.
”“i’m glad she’s gotten to where she is and she has been taking the reigns but she’s
earned it.”
“- Head Coach Paul
Colontino on the play of Kristen diCiocco
Page 16 sports January 26, 2011
Learning how to be a NCAA Division I student-athlete is no easy task but the Robert Morris University NCAA men’s hockey freshmen have found a way to make it work and contribute to the team. “I think as a group they’ve really fig-ured out how to be Division I hockey players,” said head coach Derek School-ey. “I think they started off a little slow, but for the most part the group has re-ally jelled and really come together and were a big part of our team’s eight-game unbeaten streak.” Senior captain, Trevor Lewis, is also impressed with the effort from the fresh-men class. “All of our freshmen have do-ne a great job. ,” said Lewis. “They are all major, and important, parts of our lineup which you don’t see very often.” Now in their second semester as NCAA student-athletes, the freshmen finally feel like they have adjusted to playing hockey and being back in school. “At the beginning of the year it was kind of a struggle just to get used to the play with faster speed and bigger kids and everything. Now since we’re in the middle of the year ev-erything is better and the adjustment has gotten a lot better,” explained freshman forward, Cody Wydo. “The biggest adjust-ment has probably been going back to school and trying to fit that back into my schedule. I’ve been out of school for two years.” “Basically the start of the year was more of an adjustment phase for myself and just trying to work myself into the lineup and now that we’ve had success with certain players we’ve been a lot better and putting up some numbers so it’s been good,” said freshman forward, Scott Jacklin. Freshman defenseman, Tyson Wilson also agreed that getting readjusted to being in school and playing hockey again has been a bit of a challenge. “I think I started off a little bit slow but I’ve progressed as the seasons gone on and the coaches have taught me a lot and hopefully I can continue to progress here and help the team out,” said Wil-son.
Coach Schooley had nothing but good things to say when asked about all six freshmen. “Every one of them has contributed in a very positive way to our hockey team,” said Schooley. Luckily for the freshmen, they have a group of 10 seniors to look up to and get advice from. “They have really good work ethics. This is their fourth year here now, so they know what to do and if we just fol-low them and do what they do, we’ll be fine,” said Wydo. While all 10 seniors are role models for the younger players, Wilson said he looks up to one person in particular. “I’d probably say I look up to Trevor Lewis. He’s just an all-around good guy and he has good spirits all of the time,” said Wilson. “He’s always positive and he al-ways gives you help whenever you need it.”
Schooley also believes that the patience of the freshmen and learning how to play at this level has re-warded them thus far. “It’s not easy for anyone to just step in and play Division I hockey, and although you think it’s easy, it’s not. They’ve figured it out and they’ve done a great job so far.”According to Schooley:Cody Wydo has got the ability to be scor-ing goals and he has been doing so. Scott Jacklin is a very
good offensive player and contributes that way. Jeff Jones who we believe is going to score a lot here in college hockey and is really figuring out how to play and has contributed. Cody Cartier is a very good two-way forward and he’s been a guy that we’ve counted on in key defensive situations as wellDavid Rigatti has been a player that’s gone back and forth from forward to de-fense to forward to defense and has done whatever we’ve asked him.Tyson Wilson was very highly recruited and we were lucky to get him and he’s a very good skater who has good puck skills and has contributed offensively to our power play and really figured out how to play the game at the defensive level as well.
BY BROOKE SMITHSPoRTS ediToR
Men’s hockey freshmen make their presence known
PHoTo by bRooKe SmiTH
PHoTo by bill PATeRSoN
PHoTo by AliSSA doRmAN
Freshmen StatsCody Wydo
19 games played, 12 goals, 5 assists, 17 points, +10
Scott Jacklin20GP, 7G, 4A, 11PTS, +3
Tyson Wilson18GP, 2G, 9A, 11PTS, -8
Cody Cartier20GP, 2G, 6A, 8PTS, +3
Jeff Jones17GP, 2G, 3A, +4
David Rigatti10GP, 0G, 0A, 0PTS, +5