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Spring break is still a month away, but some PSU students have been preparing for it for months. They have been saving money, booking fl ights and even working out to get back in shape.

Otto Tuomela and Hanna Huumonen, exchange students from Finland, bought tickets to visit California last month because it’s the state they’ve always dreamed of visiting.

“And if you buy the tickets in ad-vance, it is cheaper,” said Tuomela, a sociology major.

Tuomela says they each spent about $750 to book the fl ights and hotels in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Huumonen says they plan to drive from one city to another. Huumonen says they provided offi cial English versions of their driver’s licenses while they were still in Finland because they were planning to make the trip to California.

“We were preparing for this,” said Huumonen, in psychology. “We prefer to set things early.”

Megan Huls says she started sav-ing money one month before Christmas break, when she decided she would go to London in March with members of the Communication Department to visit broadcasting studios, including the famous BBC.

“I knew I wanted to do something because last spring break I didn’t travel,” said Huls, sophomore in international business.

Some PSU students like Alejandra Aveiro are planning less expensive trips for spring break. Aveiro says she is spending only $60 to travel to St Louis.

“For me it’s good. I just want to have a good time,” said Aveiro, an Intensive English Program (IEP) student. “I have the opportunity, so why not?”

Elida Quintana is another student who jumped at the chance to go on a trip for spring break. Quintana says she was invited by a friend to go on a cruise to the Bahamas for the break. She says she started working out last week to get in

shape for the cruise. “I have to buy bikinis,” said Quin-

tana, an Intensive English Program (IEP) student

According to Adam Gault, a fi tness graduate assistant at the Student Recre-ation Center, students go to the gym more frequently in the month before spring break. Gault says this is because they

typically travel to warmer destinations, and they want to look their best.

“The danger here is that people will work out too much, not eat enough and end up getting sick,” Gault said. “I would highly recommend students make fi tness a lifestyle and work out a reasonable amount each week to stay in shape all year.”

Johanna Suutala says she went to the gym regularly before she decided to go to Miami, Fla., for spring break. Suutala says she now works out six times a week.

“Now I am more motivated to go to the gym because of the beach, since, basically, we are going to be wearing bikinis, tops and shorts,” said Suutala, an exchange student in fi nance.


Pittsburg State University is mourn-ing the loss of one of its professors. Christopher Ibeh was found dead in his home on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Ibeh had been a professor of engineering tech-nology at PSU since 1990 and he was known for his research in nanotechnol-ogy fi elds.

Ibeh was born in Nigeria and came to the United States in the 1970s to study at Texas A&M University. There he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in natural gas engineering.

Michael Muoghalu says that he met Ibeh while Ibeh was working on his doctorate in chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University.

“We are from the same country, so that brought us together,” said Muogh-alu, director of the master’s in business administration program. “We became close friends.”

Muoghalu says he invited Ibeh to come teach at Pittsburg State Uni-versity in the engineering technology department.

“And he stayed here. Everybody wanted to hire him, because he was very smart,” Muoghalu said. “He con-tributed a lot intellectually to PSU.”

Tim Thomas, chairman of engineer-ing technology, says Ibeh dedicated most of his time to research and he was especially passionate about projects in plastic engineering. Ibeh’s hard work resulted in two books and more than 50 professional publications.

“He was a very demanding and challenging professor,” Thomas said. “His goal was to make students learn the information.”

Paul Herring, professor of plastics engineering technology, says that he will never forget Ibeh’s infectious laugh.

“It was loud and he couldn’t control

it. It was fun to watch,” Herring said.

Dustin Hart is a former stu-dent of Ibeh and he also served as an assistant for three years on one of Ibeh’s re-search projects. Hart says Ibeh greatly appreciated the science of materials and that he always did his best to advance the knowledge of his students.

“He performed an extensive amount of work in investigating nanoparticles and nanoscience,” Hart said. “He encouraged his students to learn about these advanced materials of the future.”

Ben Szostak, another former Ibeh student, says that Ibeh had a different personality and a good sense of humor while still remaining in control of the class.

“He was a very good teacher,” said Szostak, master’s student in engineer-ing technology. “I really liked his classes and I learned a lot with him,” he said.

Mark Johnson, professor of technol-ogy and workforce, was a colleague of Ibeh for more than 20 years at the College of Technology but says they became closer at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.

“He will surely be missed as a re-searcher, teacher, colleague and friend,” Johnson said.

Ibeh was 58 years old. He was divorced and had two daughters who live in Indiana.

His funeral service will be Satur-day, Feb. 25, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church (St. Mary’s Church), at 2 p.m.

ZACH WAGNERCollegio Reporter

The university has no step-by-step policy on how to handle possible protests on campus and that has Lara Ismert, SGA’s academic affairs director, con-cerned. Ismert says this poses a potential risk for future campus protesters.

“I think that around most college cam-puses it would seem that students don’t get riled up about most issues, but I think there’s a lot of things going on nationwide that would possibly prompt demonstra-tions by students,” said Ismert, senior in English and math. “There’s no clear-cut line for our campus law enforcement on when you can get physical with students. It could just depend on the day and the person on how they will react to nonvio-lent protesters.”

Ismert says she plans to draft a protest policy through SGA, detailing sugges-

tions for campus law enforcement regard-ing measures that should be taken with protest situations on campus.

“What I really want to do is lay out where to draw the line when handling nonviolent protesters on campus,” Ismert said. “I think having a more solid struc-ture with students’ protesting rights would leave students less subjective to what-ever methods of handling campus police choose.”

Mike McCracken, director of cam-pus police, says the worst-case scenario for a violent protest would call for the Emergency Crisis Response group. This group, chaired by President Steve Scott, collaborates with the school’s attorneys and campus law enforcement offi cials to fi nd the best course of action.

“If an organized group of individu-als are compliant with enforcement, then there is no need for us to use force,” McCracken said. “It’s only if violence is

present or the protest impedes the edu-cational process is when those kinds of issues would arise.”

McCracken says that there is no need to handle nonviolent protesters similarly to a recent incident at the University of California-Davis that involved campus police using pepper spray on sitting stu-dent protesters.

“Our campus offi cers are not even equipped with pepper spray or tasers,” McCracken said. “I can’t see a nonviolent protest on campus being handled with any sort of force. We would actually do the best we could to negotiate with individu-als in such a situation.”

Steve Erwin, associate vice president for campus life and auxiliary services, says even though there is no specifi c plan for handling nonviolent protests, cam-pus offi cials do typically make an effort

In preperation for spring break, Paige Billingsley, junior in marketing, hits the tanning salon throughout the week.Kaitlyn Doherty/Collegio

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Greek economy stuck in recession

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s economy remained stuck in a deep recession in the fourth quarter, ac-cording to offi cial fi gures that confi rm the painful effects of austerity reforms intended to lower debt.

Gross domestic product dropped by 7 percent on the year in the fourth quarter of 2011, in non-season-ally adjusted terms, the Greek Statistical Authority said.

The struggling eurozone country has been shut out of long-term bond markets since 2010, and is surviving on rescue loans from European Union countries and the International Monetary Fund. But harsh austerity measures demanded in return for the emergency loans have hammered the economy.

Blast linked to Iran, Israel says

BANGKOK — A wounded Iranian fl eeing an unintended explosion at a house threw a grenade at Bangkok police that instead blew off one of his legs in a series of blasts Tuesday that Israel’s defense minister called an “attempted terrorist attack” by Iran. The violence came a day after Israel blamed Tehran for targeting its diplomats with bombs in India and Georgia.

Four other people were injured in the Bangkok explosions, which tore the roof off a house where the wounded man lived with two other compatriots. A second Iranian was arrested at Bangkok’s interna-tional airport as he was trying to leave Thailand for Malaysia and a third was being sought, police said.

Israel’s Channel 10 TV quoted unidentifi ed Thai authorities as saying the captured Iranians confessed to targeting Israeli interests. The site of the blast is just a few miles from the Israeli Embassy.

GOP hits Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress that the president’s new $3.8 trillion spending plan would impose new taxes on only 2 percent of the nation’s wealthiest families and the alternative would be to seek more painful cuts in other government programs such as defense, Social Security and Medicare.

Geithner defended the new budget plan in the face of intense attacks from GOP members of the Senate Finance Committee. Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah told Geithner that the administration’s spending plan would give the country a “permanent-ly larger, European-inspired government.”

But Geithner said deeper spending cuts now would damage economic growth and push more Americans into poverty at a time when the economy is still struggling to recover from a deep recession.

Iran proclaims nuclear advances

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran claimed Wednesday that it has achieved two major advances in its program to master production of nuclear fuel, a defi ant move in response to increasingly tough Western sanctions over its controversial nuclear program.

In a further show of resistance to international pressure, state media reported Iran was taking steps to cut oil exports to six European countries in retali-ation for new European Union sanctions, including a ban on Iranian oil.

The semioffi cial Mehr agency said that Iran has halted exports to France and the Netherlands, and has given an ultimatum to Italy, Spain, Portugal and

Greece to either sign long-term contracts with Iran or be cut off. State-run Press TV had earlier reported that exports were being cut off outright for all six. The contradiction in the reports could not immedi-ately been resolved.

Santorum revels in surge BOISE, Idaho — Rick Santorum is the latest

Republican to surge in presidential preference polls. Now he’s trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.

Curious Republicans pack his rallies. Support-ers have funneled nearly $4 million to his formerly empty campaign account over the past seven days. And Santorum’s staff is plotting an aggressive strat-egy to challenge Mitt Romney in Romney’s native Michigan and beyond.

But there is weakness just beneath the surface.Santorum is underfunded and out-manned. It’s

unclear if he can protect the standing he’s gained in polls. And now his opponents — on the right and the left — have begun to implement their own strategies to tear him down.

Key Kan. senator’s map questioned

TOPEKA, Kan. — A state senator proposed a new electoral map that would help him and a fel-low moderate Republican by moving their more conservative primary challengers to other districts, a move portrayed by his would-be opponent as a sign of fear.

Sen. Tim Owens, an Overland Park Republican who heads the committee tasked with redrawing the Senate district boundaries, said Tuesday that his proposal is only a starting point for the Senate redistricting committee’s discussions and that he didn’t draw his proposed districts with particular incumbents or candidates in mind.

Owens’ map, which was swiftly condemned by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee, would also help Sen. Carolyn McGinn, of Sedgwick, a fellow moderate Repub-lican who is chairwoman of the budget-writing Senate Ways and Means Committee, by moving her conservative primary challenger to a district with two conservative GOP incumbents.

Negotiators reach tax-cut pact

WASHINGTON — House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement, with lawmakers planning to send the measure to President Barack Obama as early as this week.

Under the outlines of the emerging agreement, a 2 percentage-point cut in the Social Security payroll tax would be extended through the end of the year, with the nearly $100 billion cost added to the defi cit. Jobless benefi ts for the long-term unem-ployed would be renewed as well.

GOP lawmakers leaving a party meeting said they were told a tentative pact had been reached but said some details could change before the compro-mise was fi nalized. They described the session as largely positive, and several predicted the House would approve the deal.

Protesters plan ‘Occupy Koch Town’

WICHITA, Kan. — Protesters are hoping to draw people from across the nation to Wichita over the President’s Day weekend for an “Occupy Koch Town” event.

Wichita is the home of Koch Industries and the three-day event is billed as a protest against Charles and David Koch. The group contends the Koch brothers exemplify corporate dominance of politics and distortion of science that is perpetuat-ing bad energy policy.

The heart of the protest is opposition to the Keystone-XL pipeline that would carry Canadian oil to refi neries along the Texas Gulf coast. Oppo-nents say the dirty, highly corrosive oil it would carry endangers the Ogal-lala Aquifer and farms along its route.

A homeless man sleeps on a bench outside the municipal culture center of Athens as graffi ti reads, ‘’We destroy the present GAP-George Papandreou (former Greek Prime Minister) we are coming,’’ as temperatures fell below zero degrees Celsius (32 Fahren-heit) around the country.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testi-fi es on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tues-day, Feb. 14, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's fi scal 2013 federal budget.

A protester partici-pates in an "Occu-py" rally in Cleve-land. A similar rally is planned for Wichita this week-end to protest against the Koch brothers' infl uence on U.S. politics. Koch Industries is headquartered in Wichita.

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Fernando Valcazara is surprised by the mis-conceptions Americans have of Brazil, so he was glad to help his fellow Brazilian students to correct that.

“Usually they don’t know exactly where is Brazil,” said Valcazara, an exchange student majoring in commercial graphics. “Second, people are always confused about the language we speak. They think we speak Spanish or Brazilian, but we speak Portuguese.”

But mostly, he’s worried that Americans think he lives in an undeveloped country.

“They think we live in the jungle,” said Valcazara, who is from Sorocaba, a city with a population of about 600,000.

Valcazara was one of 14 Brazilian students who talked about their country during an Inter-national Gathering in Grubbs Hall on Friday, Feb. 3. The gatherings are held three times per semester to expose students of all cultures to countries represented in the university.

Among the 120 people who attended was Kate Zimbeck, junior in elementary education.

“I defi nitely learned a lot about Brazil I never knew. One thing that made me happy was that I sang the music along even though I don’t speak Portuguese,” said Zimbeck, referring to a performance by the Brazilians of one of the country’s most popular songs, “Garota de Ipanema,” or “The Girl From Ipanema.”

Claudia Gambaro, a Brazilian exchange student majoring in English, says she was sur-

prised by the huge turnout at the event.“I couldn’t imagine that it would be that

many,” Gambaro said.The gathering also included food made by

community members and by Brazilian students, including brigadeiro, a traditional dessert made of condensed milk and chocolate powder. Zimbeck says that was one of her favorite parts.

“For any girl who loves a lot of chocolate, brigadeiros are defi nitely to try,” she said.

The International Offi ce is already prepar-ing for the next gathering, about Vietnam, on March 2, also in Grubbs Hall.

“These gatherings are always a cultural exchange, and all of our events are open to everybody,” said Cathy Lee Arcuino, associate director of International Programs and Services.

Postcards from BrazilStudents tell of their country at gathering

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ROSS SCHARTELCollegio Reporter

Posters promoting “Spoken Word: A Night of Poetry” heralded it as a celebration of Valentine’s Day. But the 18 or so students who attended the event Tuesday in the U-Club of Overman Student Center came just to hear poems.

“We wanted to come out to support and cel-ebrate our fellow students and see some poetry in motion,” said Cierra Bailey, sophomore in business management. “We wanted to hear oth-ers’ views on issues in today’s society.”

The evening was coordinated by the Offi ce of Student Diversity and the Tilford Group, composed of volunteers who work to promote multiculturalism at Pitt State.

The night began with an open-mic perfor-mance from Rashid Bey, sophomore in sociol-ogy. As the audience settled to a low hum, Bey recited some of his works, like “Gingerbread Man” and an untitled piece he wrote the day of the reading.

“He was very good, very real,” said fresh-man Gloria Lopez. “His words really resonated with me.” Bey touched on a breadth of subjects, from the role of race in the GOP primaries to a sense of general good will for all.

Later, a performer who goes by Brandon

XPLICIT took to the stage after a long drive from St. Louis. He started his set by leading the audience in a singalong of the theme song to the ‘90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Brandon Thorton, who is XPLICIT’s non-performing name, encourages a kind of call and response to his work. He uses phrases like “real talk” to describe subjects that hit the listener hard and “rewind” for those moments when the last line resonates a little deeper through repetition.

His readings included reworked haikus in a 5-5-7 stanza with lines like “Boy likes a cute girl, boy buys girl candy, early signs of a sugar daddy.” Thorton also recited what he calls “Twitter poems,” which don’t exceed 140 characters, as well as more substantial works.

Listeners responded enthusiastically to the performances.

“I had heard about spoken word but had never been to a poetry reading before,” said Priscilla Adamah, freshman in justice studies. “I didn’t think it was possible to express that much through so few words.”

So, what did others in attendance make of the performances?

“I defi nitely gained some perspective, along with a new sense of lyricism and prose,” said Bailey.

Despite the low turnout, Deatrea Rose, director of student diversity programs, says high turnout wasn’t the goal.

“It wasn’t about the numbers in attendance, but about how the students who attended ben-efi ted,” Rose said.

One who says he benefi ted was Darrell Chrism, sophomore in business management.

“The performance gave me some inspiration to perform my own work the next time there is an open mic.”

Poetry reading celebrates Valentine’s Day, diversity

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Brandon Xplicit, the featured poet from St. Louis, Mo., prepares to take the stage dur-ing Spoken Word: A Night of Poetry, put on by the Offi ce of Student Diversity, Monday, Feb. 13, at the University Club.

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International students Gabriel Veronne, left, econom-ics major, Jorge Rorque, with guitar, political science major, Allesandra Lima, center,major in commercial graphics and Natalia Schneider, biology major, per-form a song in their native language, Portuguese.

JAY BENEDICTEditor-in-Chief

The PSU Offi ce of Student Diversity held a student panel last Friday and the fi rst question posed to the six panel members was, “Why is victimization in African-American communities so prevalent, yet given less attention?”

Rashid Bey says the media was to blame for the continuation of stereo-types.

“We live in an era of technological development,” said Bey, sophomore in sociology and art. “Technology distances the parent/child relationship, and the media teaches the kids certain negative stereotypes.”

The OSD held the student panel as part of the celebration of Black His-tory Month. Deatrea Rose, director of student diversity programs, says the panel was given prompts to encourage discussion and create ideas to better promote Black History Month and black culture.

Jada Resse, sophomore in psy-chology and Spanish, says the media covers more bad than good because people are drawn to the drama.

Mike Davis echoed that thought.“Negativity sells, and when all you

see is negativity, you think nega-tively,” said Davis, senior in commu-nication.

The panel agreed that African-American youths lack positive role models.

“It’s hard to convince kids that working for $7 an hour, serving burg-ers, is better than some more profi t-able, illegal activities,” Davis said. “My father works hard and respects my mother, and I have always wanted to be like him.”

Ramon Taylor says the hip-hop culture is also to blame. He says young people are ridiculed by their peers for doing the right thing.

“Lil Wayne is not a role model,” said Taylor, senior in history and in-ternational studies. “I don’t want my children cursing in public and grab-bing their crotch. We need positive role models at home.”

The second prompt given to the panel concerned graduation rates among African-American college students. Taylor says black men need to focus more on their education.

“When will we recruit black men for academics as well as sports?” Tay-lor said. “Black women graduate at a higher rate than black men because men use college as an avenue to play sports. They also need to use it as an opportunity to fi nd their place in life.”

Cierra Bailey says the prevalence of single-parent homes was a major factor in her decision to attend PSU.

“I have a dream of raising a fam-ily and being a mother,” said Bailey, sophomore in business administration.

“I’m setting myself up to be able to provide because I don’t want to have to struggle.”

Raylan White says her parents were a major part in her decision to attend college. She says they stressed the “American Dream.”

“My mother and father worked all the time, and they don’t want me to have to struggle,” said White, senior in social work. “I want to succeed because and I want to ‘make it.’”

The panel agreed that campus in-volvement and the university’s efforts to reach out to black students have positively contributed to graduation rates. Taylor says that PSU could do more to reach out to African-Ameri-can students, but Bailey disagreed.

“We shouldn’t wait to be reached out to,” Bailey said. “Get out of your comfort zone and be proactive.”

Taylor also questioned the lack of African-American faculty on campus.

“This is my fi fth year of college, and I’ve never had a black professor. There are two black professors left on campus and I’ve asked why there are so few,” Taylor said. “I was told we don’t have the money to recruit black professors. But we can recruit black football players? That doesn’t make sense.”

Panel tackles tough topics

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SRamon Taylor, senior in history and international studies, gives his opin-ion during the Black History Month student panel put on by Student Diver-sity in the Alumni Center at noon Thursday, Feb. 9.

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The National Gun Victims Action Council recently launched a nationwide protest against Starbucks because the chain of coffee shops allows patrons to carry concealed weapons in their stores. But members of Gorillas for Concealed Carry on Campus held their own protest Tuesday, Feb. 14, in support of the local Starbucks. The Go-rillas for Concealed Carry on Campus urged gun owners to join in support of Starbucks.

Mike Berry says that the protests by the National Gun Victims Action Council are an attempt to force their ways onto the company.

“What they are trying to do is bully Starbucks into changing their policies, even though most businesses have the same policies,” said Berry, sophomore in auto technology.

Edwin Stremel says he agrees with Berry. Both say that every person who

has undergone the permit process has the right to carry a concealed weapon to protect themselves.

“It’s not just about the right to carry a concealed weapon,” said Stremel, senior in automotive technology. “It’s about a right to be able to defend one-self. No one can predict when a crime will occur; if we could we wouldn’t need police. Criminals will strike anywhere at any time, and I don’t say that to suggest we should walk around in a constant state of fear. I simply think it’s wise to be prepared to protect ourselves and our loved ones.”

The Gorillas for Concealed Carry on Campus say that individuals should be allowed to carry concealed weapons in public places, even while on campus.

PSU’s current policy, according to the PSU website, is “no weapons will be allowed on university premises or facilities, or at university-sponsored or supervised events. Students are subject to criminal prosecution as well as disciplinary action for violation of

this policy.”Yeji Kim, a student from South

Korea, says many Asian countries don’t allow concealed carry at all and many don’t allow citizens to buy guns. Kim says that carrying weapons in public is frightening and causes problems

“Carrying concealed weapons can result in more problems,” said Kim, senior in business. “If no one carried guns, then there would be less vio-lence.”

Stremel says Gorillas for Con-cealed Carry on Campus don’t believe that being allowed to carry concealed weapons would stop assaults on cam-pus or in the community, but they think it could reduce the chances of violence.

“Statistics show that concealed-carry permit holders are signifi cantly less likely to commit a crime than their non-permit-holding counterparts,” Stremel said. “People have the right to protect themselves in public places and carrying a concealed weapon is part of that right.”

Conceal, carry and coffee

CAITLIN TAYLORCollegio Reporter

Jin Song was recently hired as the research director at the Kansas Polymer Research Center and he wants to make the center the best in the world.

Song, who has a Ph.D. in polymer engineering, had to go through a rigorous and expensive screening process to se-cure the position he now holds. He says the steps included several interviews by the committee at the research center and making a presentation to persuade them.

“In 2007, KPRC was awarded the ‘Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award,’” Song said. “And my goal is to achieve a similar milestone in the near future, making again our PSU com-munity proud of the Polymer Center’s

achievement.”Song says

there are a lot of prestigious poly-mer centers on the East and West coasts, including the College of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Akron in Ohio, which is the second best in the nation.

“I want to make our center national and prestigious with cutting-edge re-search,” Song said. “First I want to make it the best in the nation, then hopefully the world.”

Before Song arrived at PSU, he worked at Yale University develop-ing and modeling polymer foams and processes and taught a graduate course called Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering.

“I was a research scientist who studied polymer forms here and there,” Song said. “At Yale I also worked on a project funded by NASA that studied the experimental aspects of polymer foams, forming processes and nanopo-rous composites from 1998-2002. After I moved to the industry area, I was a

global research director engineer for 10 years.”

Song says he helped develop a poly-mer based on new products that could be used for medical applications, construc-tion and packaging.

Song says that the KPRC is small, but has a chemistry lab to synthesize polymer material from vegetable oil. The center is developing an application area that will focus on polymer research using bio-based materials.

“I have Ph.D. researchers who work for me whose main job is to perform research, while mine is to manage the projects coming from the agency and manage the researchers,” Song said. “Right now, they are working on a main activity that is one, the chemical modi-fi cation of biomolecules; two, a design of polymer/plastic structure; three, the new application development, and four, commercialization of novel materials and technologies.”

Basically, Song and his research-ers are combining many like or unlike

molecules to form a more complex product of higher molecular weight, with the elimination of water or alcohol. This is used for conversion of one compound into another, like using the polymers to create a greener replacement for plastic.

“The polymerization is what we do and we are working with biopolymers, elastomers, plastics, vegetable oils, poly-mer foams, coatings, fi lms and nanotech-nology to help us do so,” Song said.

Song says that his researchers are not just working at the KPRC, but also teach chemistry and plastics engineering.

“We currently have a researcher who teaches chemistry about polymers,” Song said. “And although I just joined a few months ago, if I taught, I would like to use old teaching materials and engage in courses about polymers.”

Polymer Research Center welcomes new face

Jin Song

to work with student protesters, helping them go about organizing reasonable and safe demonstrations.

“Whenever there is an organized group of individuals who are aiming to put together a protest around PSU, they contact any of our campus offi cials and we do what we can to work with that group,” Erwin said. “So long as it does not inter-fere with the educational mission of the university, we allow these demonstrations to take place.”

Erwin says there is also a set policy for outside campus demonstrators, the Exter-nal Speaker Policy. This External Speaker Policy contains certain restrictions and regulations that individuals would have to follow if they wanted to organize on PSU’s campus, such as no allowance of amplifi cation devices and no interference with the educational system or the block-ing of buildings or classrooms.

“If individuals have an important mes-sage they want to convey to the student body, then we encourage them to do so,” Erwin said. “It’s when the demonstrations

cause some sort of violence or disruption, we’d have to call in our Emergency Crisis Response team.”

Erwin says the External Speaker Policy allows certain individuals to display signs such as “The American dream ends in hell.” Though offensive to some, it is pro-tected by the First Amendment.

According to Erwin, the regulations for students looking to display their point of view in public are outlined under the PSU Code of Student Rights and Respon-sibilities. Under this code, students have the right to free inquiry, expression and assembly.

“We encourage free thinking. What it comes down to is their free speech rights,” Erwin said. “We haven’t had a situation where a protest turned violent or disrup-tive. I don’t predict that something like that will take place in the near future.”

Ismert says she plans to continue draft-ing the protest policy bill through SGA in the coming weeks.

“I think there defi nitely has to be a line that’s blatant,” Ismert said. “We need to know at what point and when to take certain measures if a protest occurs on campus.”

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The Susan G. Komen Foundation, the world’s leading breast-cancer research ad-vocacy group, recently adopted a policy that prohibits the funding of organizations that are under formal investigations. This new policy affects only one organization of the 2,000 Komen funds: Planned Parenthood. Last year Komen pro-vided Planned Parent-hood with $680,000 that was specifi cally used for cancer screenings, and this was verifi ed by all parties involved. So why did Komen suddenly and explicitly cut Planned Parenthood from its long list of grantees?

Komen spokeswom-an Leslie Aun said, “While it is regrettable when changes in priorities and policies affect any of our grantees, such as a long-standing partner like Planned Parenthood, we must continue to evolve to best meet the needs of the women we serve and most fully advance our mission.” The Komen Founda-tion’s mission that Aun is referring to is, ironically, “to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing re-search, education, screening and treatment.” Apparently, granting funds to an organiza-tion like Planned Parenthood to provide preventative breast-cancer screenings does not best meet the needs of the women Ko-men serves.

Perhaps Karen Handel, Komen’s last vice president of public policy, can provide less contradictory insight as to why funding was cut to Planned Parenthood. Handel has been quoted as saying she is “pro-life” and that she does not support the mission of

Planned Parenthood. Surprisingly, Planned Parenthood’s mission is “to promote research and the advancement of technol-ogy in reproductive health care … and to provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health-care services…” Yes, Karen, with your position as VP of public policy for a breast-cancer research and pre-vention foundation, I can see why you’d be so opposed to funding an organization with

a mission statement like Planned Parenthood’s.

Not so surprisingly, Handel unsuccessfully ran for the Republican Party nomination for gover-nor of Georgia in 2010. Sources from inside and outside the Komen Foun-dation state that the deci-sion to defund Planned Parenthood was largely due to pressure from anti-

abortion and right-wing groups. The excuses of Aun and Handel not only contradict one another, but do not provide a logical reason for cutting funding to Planned Parenthood, an organization whose mission statement clearly resembles that of Komen’s.

Guess what, people? Cancer doesn’t care if you’re pro-life or pro-choice, which is apparently something that Handel and other executives of Komen do not un-derstand. Defunding Planned Parenthood based on some moral code doesn’t punish those who seek or provide abortions, be-cause none of Komen’s funding was being used for anything other than cancer screen-ings. It does, however, directly harm the lower income, uninsured or under-insured women who seek annual breast examina-tions from Planned Parenthood. So keep preaching morality, Komen, while you eliminate your support of an organization that clearly fulfi lls your mission statement.

KAYLA THOMPSONGuest Columnist

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foun-dation, the global leader of the breast-cancer movement, has invested more than $1.9 billion since its inception in 1982. The foundation’s website states that the network of breast-cancer survi-vors and activists are “working together to saves lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to fi nd the cures.”

Unfortunately, a confl ict with another politically infl uential organization has brought the foundation some contro-versy.

ControversyJeffrey Goldberg, a national cor-

respondent for The Atlantic, addresses the hot topic in his recent article, “Top Susan G. Komen Offi cial Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In.” The con-troversy derives from the decision of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founda-tion to withdraw its fi nancial support for Planned Parenthood.

The cut was a result of a newly ad-opted foundation rule that states, “Cur-rently, a Komen grant may be termi-nated if, among other things, the grantee loses or changes its tax-exempt status, is barred from receiving federal or state funds, or if we learn of any fi nancial and/or administrative improprieties.”

InvestigationLed by Rep. Cliff Stearns, Planned

Parenthood is under investigation to learn if they spend public money to provide abortions.

The uproar derives from the opinion

of an ex-employee of Komen that states, “Komen had caved to pressure from the anti-abortion right.”

Furthering the debate, Goldberg defends Planned Parenthood as he adds, “Komen grants to Planned Parenthood did not pay for abortion or contraception services, only cancer detection, accord-ing to all parties involved.”

Redistribution of funds Komen’s new foundation rule

does not mention anything about anti-abortion. Rather, the negative connota-tion comes from the reputation Planned Parenthood has built. There is no need to place emphasis on this cut of funding to Planned Parenthood. Simply, the cut should prompt the organization to focus on redistributing its funds from efforts toward the effects of personal choices to efforts toward inevitable life circum-stances, such as cancer.

The article concludes by saying, “The whole episode is troubling, and quite sad, because it will inevitably affect Komen’s ability to do its work, which is of paramount importance to the cause of women’s health.” The mendacity of this statement is obvious. Women’s health is amplifi ed by the efforts of Komen. No political pull for a debate should prompt others to think otherwise.

It begs the questionAfter three days of controversy, the

foundation decided to reinstate the fund-ing. Personally, the question that comes to my mind is: Should a foundation that is pro-life in providing screening and treatment for cancer victims be associ-ated with an organization that advocates for pro-choice?

Policy did more harm than good

Can pro-life support pro-choice?

Komen controversyKomen controversy

Planned Parenthood supporter Peg Paulson of Carmel, Ind., left, and opponent Heather Pruett of Indianapolis argue during a rally at the Indiana Statehouse. The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, halted, then reinstated, its partnerships with Planned Parent-hood affi liates in 2012 - creating a bitter rift linked to the abortion debate between two iconic organizations.

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Cate Breneman has always wanted to live in a town like Pittsburg and she fi nally got the chance to do so when she was hired as Pittsburg State Univer-sity’s new landscape architect on Jan. 30.

“I just saw the listing online and applied,” Brene-man said. “I have wanted to move to a rural environ-ment and I fell in love with the town and PSU.”

Breneman graduated from Colorado State Uni-versity in 2003 with a degree in landscape archi-tecture and was working as a landscape designer in Topeka.

Breneman says that her job is a combination be-tween a technical side, like the number of structures being built or added, and a creative side. She says her duties will include designing all new landscape projects and supervising a 15-member landscape maintenance crew.

“This job is artsy and hits both ends of the spec-trum,” Breneman said. “This is usually a male-domi-nated fi eld, but fortunately for me, it was the same in Topeka, so it’s not too foreign.”

Breneman’s job also covers the maintenance and look of the outside walkways. She will oversee the maintenance of the grounds by making sure plants and bushes are trimmed back and plants are put in and planned out as necessary.

“There is a lot of planning and meetings, but I have a great crew to work with,” Breneman said.

Breneman says her days usually consist of mak-ing sure day-to-day maintenance is taken care of fi rst and then tackling design projects.

“My job isn’t only designing. I have to do a lot of math, like cost estimates for projects,” Breneman said. “I also work with things like the stormwater and plants that don’t need much maintenance.”

Breneman says that she mostly takes care of on-campus visits, and walking around campus to check things out and see what things need to be taken care of.

“I usually am not out physically working on things, but when my input is needed I’m there on site,” Breneman said. “My main goal is to maintain the high standards of the campus landscape that was there before me.”

Being thrown headfi rst into the job, Breneman is already working on many projects around campus. She says her fi rst challenge is to put together a conceptual landscaping plan for the new university house.

“I’m considering using low-water plants to help make the area natural and appealing to the eye,” Breneman said. “I’m also working on the plan for the fl ag in front of Russ Hall, but most of the design had already been done before I got here.”

Breneman says there are a couple of new projects ahead that she is starting to look at. One of them is the campuswide sustainability push that she has to take into account. Another one, a little farther in the future, will be the designing of the landscape for the future fi ne and performing arts center.

“I just mainly do designing,” Breneman said. “It’s what I like to do and what I am good at.”

When designing, Breneman says that she looks at the site as a whole and thinks about how it will be used and how it will be viewed. She says she has

to think about things like how people will travel through it to get to their destination.

“I have to make it functional, but beautiful,” Breneman said. “That’s the grand scheme of the world.”

ROSS SCHARTELCollegio Reporter

Recently, the Student Gov-ernment Association revived a course for its members that will allow those who participate to receive one hour of course credit for involvement per semester.

“The credit is to encourage prospective students to par-ticipate in SGA,” said Austin Osborn, junior in biology and vice president of SGA.

SGA isn’t the only organiza-tion that offers such a credit, but most of the others only offer it to certain members. The Student Ambassadors and Gorillas in Your Midst offer credit only to senior members while the Presi-dential Managing Program offers credit only to members who stick to the program’s criteria during their entire time at PSU.

SGA adviser Steve Erwin says the class was not presented as a bill or a ballot measure presented to the student senate. Instead, it was put into effect by the group’s advisers. Erwin says the revival of the course was a joint initiative by faculty adviser David Adams and Peter Kipp, secretary-treasurer of SGA.

“The course is a revival of a now discontinued closed course,

once only offered to SGA cabinet members,” Erwin said.

Erwin says that the revived course will be available to cabinet members and senators alike, meaning around 40 stu-dent members would qualify for the credit.

Adams says that the credit is offered as a form of compensation since most of the members are volunteers and do not get paid for the service they provide the university.

“It’s an incentive to help draw in more students, and hopefully retain them,” Adams said. “This year we have a large portion of both the Senate and cabinet grad-uating. We need more students to come, and more importantly, to stay.”

Adams says the course is a combination of the student’s volunteer work, required hours in the SGA offi ce and through coursework consisting of collect-ing information for upcoming meetings, ballot castings, proj-ects and papers pertaining to the

organization, and the biannual transition reports.

Kipp says that the course is not required for members of SGA.

“It is only a way of letting members choose whether or not to utilize the time they already spend with the orga-nization,” said Kipp, junior in account-ing. “In the weekly meetings with the full senate, in their departmentalized committees, and

through individual constituent interactions.”

Clinton Bell is not a member of SGA but believes that the course is a good way to reward members for the work they do for the university and for the students they represent.

“They really do a lot more work than most other student groups,” said Bell, junior in psy-chology. “They aren’t a club, they actually represent the students and the school as a whole. If this encourages them to take their work a bit more seriously and not simply attend so that they have something said at their gradua-tion, then I’m all for it.”

ALI CLARK Collegio Reporter

The departments of Equal Opportunity and Human Resources at Pittsburg State University are sponsoring a presentation by Larry Rute, partner and co-founder of Associates in Dispute Resolu-tion, to raise awareness about college bullying.

“It’s more of a workshop on disruptive behav-iors and incivility,” said Cindy Johnson, director of equal opportunity and affi rmative action. “We want to bring awareness to all the different types of behaviors, and make t hem aware that there are avenues on campus for people to help address those issues.”

Increasing awarenessJohnson says that bullying has many forms and

students should be aware of this in order to realize what is going on around them. She says that if students are participating in any disruptive behavior she hopes they will realize it and stop when they attend this workshop.

“It may just be that someone is rude to you,” Johnson said. “Or it may be on the extreme end that it would be bullying or harassment.”

Both offi ces are hoping for a good turnout from a variety of students, but they do want the informa-tion to be passed on to others.

Looking to leaders“I am hopeful that a lot of the students who

are in leadership positions will see this as another opportunity to learn about an issue,” said Michele

Sexton, director of budget and human resource services.

Johnson and Sexton say they hope members of the Greek organizations on campus will attend the presentation as well.

“There’s a segment on hazing, which is a form of bullying,” Johnson said. “We’re hoping it piques a lot of interest.”

Lifelong Benefi tsSexton says that this information will not only

benefi t students now, but it will benefi t them in the future as well. Some students may not see this kind of behavior right now, but at some point, they will see disruptive behavior, whether it’s against some-one they know or themselves.

“Eventually students are going to be in the workplace, so we think it’s all relevant,” Sexton said. “They may have issues when they get a job and something that they hear in this may help them work through those issues.”

Johnson and Sexton hope that students will realize bullying does not end in high school and that they will gain knowledge on what to do if they are being bullied or if they witness someone being bullied.

Larry Rute is an experienced mediator and arbitrator. He is an adjunct professor at Washburn University School of Law, teaching alternative dispute resolution and arbitration, and he has sev-eral publications on the subject. He will be visiting Pittsburg State University and presenting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Governors Room.

Cate Breneman: PSU’s new green thumb

SGA offers course credit PSU to sponsor civility workshop

They really do a lot more work than other student groups”

- Clinton Bell, senior in psychology

Chris Medved

Hazing, bullying and harassment among topics

Cate Breneman is Pittburg State’s new landscape architect. Breneman: “This job is artsy and hits both ends of the spectrum.”

February 16, 20127

pittstatebriefsKansas Republican Party announces presidential caucus

Crawford County Republican Party Chairman Leah Mackey an-nounced the March 10 Republican Presidential Caucus for Crawford County.

The caucus gives all registered Republicans the opportunity to cast their ballot for the Republican Presidential nominee of their choice and help determine which candidate receives the votes of Kansas’ 40 delegates at the Republican National Convention.

The caucus will be held at Homer Cole Community Center. The doors will open for check-in at 9:30 a.m. and the voting process will begin at 10 a.m.

In order to participate in the caucus, participants must be registered as a Republican by Feb. 17 and must provide a photo ID at the caucus location. After checking-in, voters will hear short presentations by representatives of each candidate and then receive a ballot to vote.

Additional information can be found at www.ksgop.org.

80 fi rms to be at Career Day

So far, 80 companies and organizations have signed up to partici-pate in Pittsburg State University’s Spring Career Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom of the Overman Student Center. That’s a number that David Hogard, as-sistant director of career services, says is a sign of an improving jobs outlook for graduating seniors.

“We’re seeing some new companies,” Hogard said, “and also some companies that used to attend Career Day are back after dropping out for a while.”

Spring Career Day allows students to meet representatives from companies on one day in one location. The students can learn about the types of jobs the companies offer, share contact information and takes other steps that could lead to jobs.

Wind ensemble concert Thursday

The Pittsburg State University Wind Ensemble is presenting a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Memorial Auditorium. The

concert will be conducted by Craig Fuchs and graduate students Jor-dan White and Devin Burr and is free to attend. For more information, call the Department of Music at 235-4466.

Spirit award nominations

PSU Student Government Association is accepting nominations for the Kaye Lynne Webb Spirit Award. Nominees can be student, fac-ulty/staff members, or community members. The award is designed to recognize an individual who portrays outstanding Pittsburg State spirit and is given in honor of Kaye Lynne Webb, former assistant to the president. Nomination forms are availabe at http://www.pittstate.edu/campus-life/groups/sga/projects/kaye-lynne-webb-spirit-award/. Nominations are due by 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, to the SGA offi ce or to [email protected]. For more information, call the SGA offi ce at 235-4810.

Student employee awards

The deadline for nominations for the Student Employee of the Year has been extended to Friday, Feb. 17. Forms are available at http://www.pittstate.edu/offi ce/careers/events/student-employee-of-the-year+ceremony.dot. For more information, contact the Offi ce of Career Services at 235-4145.

Black History Month activities

To commemorate Black History Month, there will be a “Soul Food” dinner by Sodexo Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Gibson Dining Hall. Motivational speaker Shelly Coulter will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Sunfl ower Room in the Overman Student Center and there will be Pecha Kucha Night at a time to be determined Wednes-day, Feb. 22, in the University Club in the Overman Student Center.

Apple dessert contest

The apple dessert contest for Apple Day is scheduled for Wednes-day, Feb. 29, in the U-Club in the Overman Student Center. There is an apple pie division and an apple dessert division. Registration for the contest is due by 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17. Applications to register are available at pittstate.edu/offi ce/activities/events/apple-day. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 235-4795.

Orchestra concert Sunday

The Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra will perform “Four Solos and a Symphony” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at Memorial Auditorium. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, and free to PSU students with their ID. Tickets are available at the door or at www.seksymphony.org/tickets.html.

Recreation contest WednesdayThere is a 3-point and free-throw contest from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the Assembly Hall in the Student Recreation Center. Registration will be on site. For more information, call the Intramural Offi ce at 235-4955 or [email protected].

TOMS club plans party

The PSU TOMS Campus Club is having a Style Your Sole party from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 10, in the Oval. Those inter-ested in participating will be able to decorate their own pair of TOMS shoes or get them decorated by an art student while listening to Bears and Company. Shoes must be pre-ordered by Tuesday, Feb. 21. To order, send shoe size and contact information to Kelsey Admire at [email protected]. Cost of a pair of shoes is $40.

Rec center adds water stations

The Student Rec Center installed fi ve water-bottle fi lling stations.“Students need to keep hydrated when they are exercising or par-

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The fi lling stations allow students to refi ll their empty plastic bottles or fi ll reusable cups.

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The Student Government As-sociation covered a lot of business during its weekly meeting, including community service events, proposed measures for the elections in April, and updating suggestion boxes.

SGA discussed its 10th annual Big Event, which will take place on Sat-urday, April 14. The Big Event gives PSU students the opportunity to show gratitude to the local community for the support they give the university. Volunteers do small outdoor chores for citizens in need. In 2010, over 500 volunteers lent a hand to the massive community service project.

SGA also discussed the upcom-ing Relay for Life that will be held in Pittsburg on April 20. Relay for Life is an overnight relay event that raises money for the American Cancer Society.

SGA discussed its upcoming fam-ily art morning with the Art Club. They will prepare a scavenger hunt for the families that will take place March 10.

Edwin Stremel, senior in auto tech-nology, proposed purchasing new sug-gestion boxes to replace the outdated

ones on campus. If approved, SGA would replace four current boxes, and would cost roughly $150.

Sen. Thomas Gregory, senior in communication, submitted a proposal that could eventually ban tobacco on campus, including smokeless tobacco. According to the proposal, PSU has a long-standing commitment to student health and promoting healthy habits. If passed, the plan would be put to the entire student body for a simple yes or no vote.

SGA also announced it is still tak-ing nominations for The Kaye Lynne Webb Spirit Award. Nominees should be a student, faculty/staff member or community member who portrays outstanding school spirit. Nominations can be submitted to the SGA offi ce until March 9 at 4:30 p.m. The recipi-ents will be recognized at the annual SGA Old/New Senate Banquet at the end of the semester.

A number of SGA members will travel to Missouri Southern State University on Feb. 29, where they will spend the afternoon with the MSSU student government organization.

Students who wish to express their opinions on any topic relating to SGA are encouraged to attend the weekly meetings and voice their concerns.

SGA looks ahead Frequent frostbite

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From left, Lara Ismert, junior in English, Tay-ler Edwards, senior in international business, and Austin Osborn, junior in premed biology, jump into the pool at Crimson Villas during the Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 11.

TYLER SMITHCollegio Reporter

On the heels of their school record-tying 22nd win last game, the No. 10 Pitt State Gorillas (sporting their pink uniforms for their annual PinkZone Night) took on No. 21 Emporia State on Wednesday in John Lance Arena.

It was another win in the victory column for the red-hot Gorillas, who de-feated the Hornets 49-42 in a key MIAA matchup. The win makes this squad the most successful team in the school’s history.

Freshman Lizzy Jeronimus was blunt on the team’s emotions after its huge win.

“We set the school record,” Jeronimus said. “No big deal.”

Jeronimus once again was the leading scorer for Pitt State, earning 12 points with four rebounds and four assists. Lar-issa Richards, Drew Roberts and Brooke Conley all scored as well, earning 10, nine and eight points respectively.

“We knew it was going to be a battle, very physical,” Jeronimus said. “It feels amazing to come into this program and do that right away.”

Early on it was all Emporia, going up 12 to 4 just seven minutes into the fi rst half. Jeronimus and Richards were pounding the paint for Pitt, scoring the team’s early points while junior Drew Roberts hit a three to help pull the Goril-las back within one with just six minutes to go in the fi rst half.

“Oh, it’s a battle,” Richards said. “We went back and forth a lot, and I decided to be stronger with the ball.”

A couple drives later it was Pitt that was on top 19 to 20 after another layup by Jeronimus. The Gorillas couldn’t hold on to the lead, though, and were down 24 to 20 at the half.

Keeping the trend for much of their

past games, the Gorillas rallied back in the second half. It wasn’t easy, though, with Emporia keeping its lead until a huge jumper from senior Brooke Conley fi nally tied the game with just over 12 minutes to play.

A few free-throws gave Emporia the lead again until another jumper, this time from Jeronimus, tied the game back up. It wasn’t until the next play that things fi -nally began to swing in Pitt State’s favor.

A huge three-pointer from Amanda

Orloske put the Gorillas up by three and sent the crowd into a frenzy.

“Our crowd is amazing and we feed off them,” Jeronimus said. “So it’s defi -nitely great to have a good crowd.”

Moments later, another big three from, who else, Drew Roberts extended the lead and put Pitt up 40 to 34.

It was a nail biter from that point forward, with the Gorillas eventually securing the win in a huge conference game. Pitt will no doubt ascend the

top-10 rankings into an even higher spot after securing a 10 seed after the game vs. Lincoln.

It was also quite an emotional game for the players. Roberts has endured the passing of her father from cancer and says it is always a good feeling to win and that it was especially nice to earn the “W” on their annual PinkZone game. With that said, she also let it be known that it didn’t affect her intensity level.

“Yeah, I bring it every game actu-

ally,” Roberts said. “It’s a good feeling (on the win), it always has been.”

Also, this past Saturday the Goril-las earned their 22nd win in their now historic run and squeaked by the Lincoln Blue Tigers in a game that went down to the wire. However, the Gorillas were able to tame the Tigers and got them-selves the 78-75 win.

The game was back and forth with the

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Pink may not be the fi rst color that comes to mind when thinking of John Lance Arena, but last night, it was the only color on anyone’s mind because representatives of Angels Among Us were passing out pink items to fans who forgot to wear some to the Pink Zone game.

Helping fans get “pinked-out” was not the only thing the group was doing at the game. The vol-unteers were also selling T-shirts, cupcakes, pink hair extensions and held auctions for Pitt State apparel. All the proceeds went to the Angels Among Us Foundation.

Several Via Christi nurses and community members like Dianna Polston, a Pitt State employee, founded Angels Among Us 11

years ago. Polston is the leader of the foundation and she has devoted most of her time helping local women who have breast cancer. Polston says that is the main goal of Angels Among Us, helping the local families who are struggling with the fi nancial woes associated with the disease. Polston says it differs from other groups because it focuses on helping families fi nancially, not just using money for research. Polston says another difference is Angels Among Us also keeps the money in the local area.

Donna Martin, a survivor of 20 years, says she enjoyed seeing the big turnout and credits the goals of Angels Among Us for the large attendance.

“It (the turnout) makes you feel really good,” Martin said. “It helps when you know the money is

staying here and you get to see the results.”

One survivor, Jeff Stephens, was particularly quiet throughout the event but says he was moved by the community’s support.

“It’s great,” Stephens said. “The turnout is really amazing.”

The fi nal table held the most intriguing items. Multiple pieces of paper lay taped to the table, each with a different picture of a Pitt State women’s jersey on it. Next to the picture was a line where donors could place their bids for each jer-sey. The bids started at $50 for each jersey. The interesting part of the auction was that the jerseys being bid on were the very jerseys that the players were wearing in the game.

In addition to the jerseys, one pink ball signed by the entire team

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Women’s basketball players cheer on the team during their game against Empo-ria on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in John Lance Arena.

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Drew Roberts dives to the ground after a loose ball against Emporia in John Lance Arena on Wednesday, Feb 2.

TIM SPEARSCollegio Reporter

A 61-44 victory over the Emporia State Hornets on Wednesday night was good for the Gorillas’ second-straight win coming off their longest losing streak of the season.

Against Emporia State, Pittsburg State head coach Kevin Muff was pleased with the ball movement displayed by his team in the fi rst half.

“Offensively we really clicked,” Muff said. “I think we had 14 fi eld goals off 12 assists. I don’t know if we’ve had that at any point in the two years that I have been here; in a half or in any game.”

The Gorillas came out aggressive in the fi rst, scoring their fi rst 14 points in the paint, but were tied with Emporia at the 10-minute mark. The attack in the paint was started by an alley-oop layup from freshman point guard Sam Pugh, to 6-foot-2 senior Eric Ray, who would lead the team with 12 points.

“We’ve been working on it,” said Muff. “[But] I think Eric wanted the dunk.”

The Hornets would play from behind the entire game after a three-point basket by Ray to break the tie and give Pitt State a 17-14 lead. Pitt was able to push the lead to seven, leaving the fi rst half with a 32-25 lead after a three-pointer by junior guard Courtney Ingram.

Offense was tough to come by to start the second half, with both teams combining for just 8 points in the fi rst fi ve minutes to begin the half.

“The second half I thought we got separa-tion because of our defense, even though I don’t think we were as good offensively in the second half as we were in the fi rst,” Muff said.

It was the defense that resurrected the Gorilla offense, with the Gorillas forcing 11 turnovers to get easy transition layups and dunks. The Hornets simply couldn’t keep the ball long enough to make a serious run. After an Eric Ray dunk put Pitt up 60-35, Muff was able to clear the bench and coast to the 17-point blowout victory.

“It helps my blood pressure, I guess, more than anything,” Muff said. “I thought our guys who came in at the end did a good job. I thought they guarded pretty well.”

The win comes on the heels of a 72-61 vic-tory over Lincoln to put a defi nitive end to Pitt’s four-game losing streak. Eric Ray lit up the Blue Tigers for 16 second-half points and led the team in scoring with 18 total points.

Pittsburg State is now sixth in conference with the MIAA Tournament quickly approach-ing.

“I don’t get into that. I’m so wrapped up and consumed by what we’re doing and by what we need to do,” Muff said. “I will tell you this; Myself and none of our players fear anybody in this league. I think we can play with anybody. I think we can beat anybody.”

The Gorillas will try to do just that on Sat-urday when they travel to Topeka to compete against the Ichabods of Washburn.

Drake Green goes up for a shot against Emporia State's defenders in John Lance Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Gorillas went on to win 61-44

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The Pitt State women’s indoor track and fi eld team walked away from the OCU Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 11, with two personal-bests and a national qualifying mark to go with sev-eral top three fi nishes.

Hilary Dickey and Bridgette McCormick each set personal best times on the track. Dick-ey ran her fi rst sub-minute 400-meter run with a 59.64 second time, good enough for second place. Despite the great time, Dickey was still three seconds behind the leader.

McCormick took second place in the mile run with a time of 5 minutes, 16.06 seconds. McCormick wasn’t the only Gorilla fi nishing in the top fi ve of the mile run. Casey Epps and Amanda Callaway also did well, fi nishing in third and fi fth place respectively.

Shanise Rice posted a national qualifying mark in the high jump. Rice took second with a clearance of 5 feet, 5 3/4 inches, good enough for second place. She was two inches behind the leader from Central Oklahoma, Lacey Rhodes.

Jalexis Peterson had two third-place fi nishes

for the Gorillas, in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.44 seconds and in the long jump with a jump of 16-8.

Erica Testa, whose only competition was three Oklahoma Baptist runners, won the 5,000 meters in 19:05.43. In the 800 meters, Kaley Temaat took second with a time of 2:23.73 while McCormick fi nished less than a second later in fourth place.

In the fi eld events, Heidi Smith and Charissa Wall had top-three fi nishes for the Gorillas. Smith won the weight throw with a throw of 51-1 3/4, clearing the rest of the fi eld by nearly four feet. Wall placed third in the shot put with a distance of 42 3/4.

Wall and the rest of the team received some encouragement from assistant coach Brian Man-tooth after the meet.

“Both women have been very consistent,” Mantooth said. “I’m very pleased with how well Wall has been performing.”

The women will compete again at the Nebraska Tune-Up meet on Friday, Feb. 17, in Lincoln, Neb. before the MIAA Indoor Champi-onships in Joplin, Mo., on Feb. 24.

AMELIA MALLATTCollegio Reporter

John Talbert highlighted a successful day for the PSU men’s track team, earning a provisional qualify-ing mark toward the 2012 NCAA Division II Na-tional Championships. Talbert earned the mark and a personal-best in the weight throw with a distance of 58 feet, 9 1/4 inches. Luke Wilson fi nished in second with a throw of 53 feet.

Assistant coach Brian Mantooth was pleased to see Talbert reach his potential at the meet.

“It was expected of him,” Mantooth said. “He is peaking at the right time of the year. I look for him to have another solid meet this week in Nebraska.”

Cody Holland fi nished in third place in the shot put with a throw of 49-10 1/2, helping the team with a strong performance.

Adam Volkert and Jordan Peters also took home fi rst place fi nishes in their individual races. Volkert won the mile run with a time of 4 minutes, 19.68 seconds. Peters won in the 800 meters with a time of 1:57.23.

Also making noise for the men were Ethan Si-lovsky and Tyler Anliker, who placed second and third respectively in the 5,000 meters. Silovsky’s time was 15:41.74 while Anliker’s was 15:49.01.

In the pole vault Colbie Snyder tied for second place with a vault of 15-5.

Keenan Soles, T.J Mapp and Randy Mustain all fi nished third in their events. Soles, who is known more for his prowess in the jumping events, took home a third-place fi nish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.92 seconds.

Mapp was among four Gorillas who fi nished in the top eight in the mile run, earning a third place fi nish with a time of 4:23.45. Brice Irving fi nished two seconds behind Mapp in fi fth place with a time of 4:25.25 while Chris Musgrove came in eighth with a time of 4:30.10.

Mustain was the only Pitt State competitor in the 200 meters, fi nishing the race in 22.89 seconds, good enough for third place.

The men will compete again at the Nebraska Tune-Up on Friday, Feb. 17, in Lincoln, Neb., before heading to the MIAA Indoor Championships in Joplin, Mo., on Feb. 24.

Shanise Rice leaps intonational qualifi cations

Men occupy top 10

He is peaking at the right time of the year...”

Brian Mantooth, assistant coach

was being auctioned in the same manner as the jerseys. The fi rst name on the list for the ball was Kristi Molz, mother of freshman basketball player Sara Molz. Molz wrote down $50 for her bid, but she told the ladies at the booth that she was ready to pay $200 for it.

All of this was made possible through the collaborative efforts of Angels Among Us and Pittsburg State University.

“It kind of makes you a little bit proud,” Martin said. “That someone would take the time to do this.”

Angels Among Us had over 200 volunteers and last night, the number of people helping in “the fi ght to save second base” was 2,316 strong, cheering their Gorillas to victory.

■ ANGELS from page 8Blue Tigers getting the best of the Gorillas

early on. After a constant battle for the lead, the Gorillas fi nally got what they wanted when Lincoln’s late turnover helped Richards score a two-point shot to take the lead.

With just seven seconds remaining in the game, the Blue Tigers had one last shot and had an opportunity to hit a game-winning three from Lincoln’s Freddie Sims. Her shot was derailed, however, by senior Brooke Conley, who came seemingly out of nowhere

to block the potential game-winner.Shortly after, Pitt took control of the ball

and eventually Conley hit a layup and was fouled to help secure the close win against another conference foe.

Jeronimus had an amazing game, scoring 28 points with nine rebounds to help earn herself MIAA athlete of the week honors. Jeronimus went an impressive 10 for 13 from the fl oor while also adding two blocks and two steals.

Sophomore Alexa Bordewick had 10 points of her own while Roberts and Larissa Richards combined for 16 points, both earn-ing eight.

Lincoln’s Cierra Emerson also had an amazing game with 26 points in a contest that was much more contested than expected.

Currently ranked in the top 10 in the na-tion, the Gorillas’ next matchup is against their perennial rival, the Washburn Ichabods in Topeka on Saturday.

■ RECORD from page 9

TORONTO (AP) — Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin made a tie-breaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his fi nishing fl urry of six straight points and New York rallied to beat the Raptors 90-87, extending its winning streak to six games.

“I’m just glad it went like this so we can calm the Linsanity down,” cracked Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni.

No chance of that. The NBA’s fi rst American-Taiwanese player, Lin scored 27 points and added a career-high 11 assists in his fi rst game since being named Eastern Conference player of the week.

Making just his fi fth career start, Lin had no hesitation in taking the decisive shot.

“I’m thankful that the coach and my teammates trust me with the ball at the end of the game,” he said. “I like having it at the end of the game. I’m just very thankful.”

The season-high crowd of 20,092 roared as Lin shot over Jose

Calderon and drained a pull-up jumper from the top with half a sec-ond to play, giving the Knicks their fi rst lead since the opening quarter.

D’Antoni declined to call tim-eout before Lin’s winning shot, say-ing it would only give the Raptors time to draw up their defense. Even so, D’Antoni was impressed with the calm and confi dence Lin showed in letting the clock run down.

“You just watch and you’re in awe,” D’Antoni said. “He held it until fi ve tenths of a second left. He was pretty confi dent that was going in, no rebounds, no nothing. That ball was being buried.”

But Casey was left steamed at his team’s failure to hold a lead, es-pecially after the Raptors made nine turnovers in the fi nal quarter.

“It should not have come to (Lin’s) play,” Casey said. “We had some many boneheaded plays to get to that play and to make that play relevant. We should have taken care of business before that.”

Lin hits game-winner as Knicks beat Raptors

New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, right, celebrates with teammate Jared Jeffries after his game-winning 3-pointer in the fi nal seconds of NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

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TODD MILLERCollegio Reporter

Rating:

As far as action movies go, “Safe House” fi ts the bar with fast-moving scenes with lots of action. But when it comes to being a good movie, it can barely grasp the bar.

The movie is focused on the criminal Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), an ex-CIA agent who’s gone rogue. While being pursued by a number of unknown men, he turns himself in at a U.S. embassy in South Africa. Frost is taken to a safe house run by protagonist Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) to be interrogated. The safe house quickly becomes any-thing but safe and Weston must protect Frost from the attackers, while keeping the criminal in cus-tody and while trying to fi gure out who is chasing Frost and why.

The plot is probably the movie’s biggest problem. It’s just so thin. Most action movies have a series of action scenes strung together by scenes that build the plot. But this movie’s plot lacked substance. Which means it is strung together in a way that’s not very intriguing. In fact, it is boring.

Most of the action sequences

were fun to look at, I’ll admit. My favorite is a sequence in the middle that takes place in a slum of Cape Town. Washington and Reynolds also do fantastic jobs on their parts, despite the movie’s lack of anything good to grasp onto.

There’s not much I can go on about. The movie tries to offer political intrigue and subterfuge, but is just grasping at straws and loses interest fast.

Honestly, at fi rst I thought the movie’s plot was confusing before I realized it was just thin and poor.

Another issue is that some of the scenes are rather choppy. It will show a scene, but quickly jump back in time to show the characters doing something before that point, then jump back. It’s not so much confusing as it is unnecessary. When I see the characters sitting on the fl oor of a pharmacy bandaging themselves, I don’t need to see tiny scenes of them pulling the bandages off the shelves. It’s something the audi-ence can easily infer.

So if you like action movies and don’t mind if they have no meat on their plot bones, then “Safe House” should be nice to watch. It has some decent action sequences and the actors do a great job. However, despite the action sequences, it got boring to watch after a short while.

CARL J. BACHUSCollegio Reporter

Rating:

Sir Paul McCartney has returned with a selec-tion of neglected American standards on his 16th solo studio effort, “Kisses on the Bottom.” The collection was produced by Tommy LiPuma of Barbra Streisand and Miles Davis fame and features 12 classics from the 1920s to the 1950s, along with two original tracks penned by Mc-Cartney himself.

The album plays like a house band at Sunday brunch, with jazzy renditions of numbers like “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” and “Bye

Bye Blackbird.” The album’s soft-pop over-tones recall those of Tony Bennett and the late Etta James. At fi rst listen, the album is a pretty straightforward jazz collection. You might fi nd songs blending together musically since almost every track is laden with a heavy piano instru-mental, performed by Diana Krall.

The production was quite dull the fi rst time through, but the beauty within it surfaces during the second listen. The real showcase isn’t Mc-Cartney’s vocals — it’s the instrumental backing. McCartney’s band adds a heavy melodrama to each track, resulting in a richer listening experi-ence, especially on tracks like “Get Yourself An-other Fool” and “Only Our Hearts,” an original composition featuring a harmonica solo by Ste-vie Wonder. In fact, his original songs stand out as the most memorable tracks. The fi rst single “My Valentine,” which features Eric Clapton on

guitar, plays like a somber yet breezy love letter to easy-listening tracks that frequent AM radio.

McCartney has always been considered adult contemporary, but “Kisses” marks his fi rst foray into jazz. It is not diffi cult to tell that the album was made purely for easy listening, which it ac-complished nicely. However, the album struggles to differentiate itself from McCartney’s previous catalog.

The album is to be commended for its subtly dramatic instrumentals and McCartney’s fl aws-and-all vocal showcase. But as a standalone album, it stands out as an oddity that tries too hard to be “Paul McCartney’s fi rst jazz album” when it’s just a generic-sounding jazz album from an artist who isn’t comfortable in the genre. It’s a fun listen, but “Valentine” will probably be the only track worth revisiting.

Safe House not a safe bet

McCartney’s ‘Kisses’ bottoms out

Kisses on the Bottom 2012

ZACH WAGNERCollegio Writer

Daniel Youngers gave his girlfriend of three years a promise ring at Christmas as a symbol of his commitment to her. For Youngers, family tradition was a large part of his decision.

“Both my older brothers gave their girlfriends promise rings before they got engaged,” said Youngers, sophomore in plastics engineering. “Col-lege can be a tough time for keeping relationships, so what the ring does is it keeps our commitment and faith for one another stronger.”

Promise rings have been around for centuries, but in the last few decades they have become more popular with younger couples. The purpose of a promise ring is to signify exclusive commitment to one another.

Younger’s girlfriend, Nicole Dooley, says that the promise ring serves as a reminder and symbol-izes both the seriousness of their relationship and the time they have been together.

“For this being my longest relationship, I see it as a refl ection of how long we’ve been together, how much we’ve been through, and that even through college we can stay faithful to each other,”

said Dooley, sophomore in nursing. Ashly Erickson says that her promise ring meant

much more to her before splitting up with her boy-friend.

“When I fi rst got the ring at Christmas, I saw it as the next step, showing how exclusive you are and at the same time it’s a step closer to engagement,” said Erickson, freshman in marketing. “It showed that through thick and thin, you can make a relation-ship last and you’re always going to be there for that person. Now it’s almost just like a piece of jewelry. I don’t really know what to think of it now.”

Other students like Chelsea VanLeeuwen say that you can still remain committed without a promise ring. VanLeeuwen says even though her boyfriend of six months attends Notre Dame University, she has no problem maintaining her commitment with-out a promise ring.

“It’s just a thing. I don’t see anything really symbolic about it,” said VanLeeuwen, freshman in physical therapy. “It’s basically a piece of jewelry that says don’t cheat on me and let’s stay together. You’re just putting the symbolism in your head by giving a gift like that.”

Eugene Briski says he sees how a promise ring can be meaningful for others, but he doesn’t feel it

is nec-essary to remaining com-mitted in a relationship. Briski says even though his girlfriend of nine months lives in Oklahoma, he doesn’t need a promise ring to keep his relationship strong.

“It’s more important for some than others. I really don’t see anything behind it, though,” said Briski, freshman in nursing. “People are going to do

what they

want in col-lege. I don’t think a ring

could stop someone from be-ing unfaithful, but that may be different for other relationships. I feel I don’t need to buy a piece of jewelry to show my commitment to her. We stay in contact over the phone and I visit her when I can. That’s all I really need to keep us together.”

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Safe House 2012


Some social media users throw around the phrase “I’m addicted to Facebook” liber-ally, but according to some PSU students and a professor, it’s just something to do.

Kristen Humphrey, assistant professor of social work, says that if social media could be an addiction then it would be a behavioral addiction, much like gambling.

No diagnosis“People use the term ‘addic-

tion’ loosely,” Humphrey said. “All the time, people say things like, ‘I’m addicted to chocolate’ or ‘I’m addicted to Netfl ix,’ but they don’t really mean addiction in the clinical sense.”

Courtney Snyder says she uses Facebook and Twitter, but she doesn’t think that she is ad-dicted to social media.

Utilizing the tool“I think our generation

defi nitely uses these social net-works frequently, and I do think some people are addicted,” said Snyder, junior in chemistry. “With that being said, I also think that our generation uses

these networks in positive ways as a means of organizing and advertising events and keeping up with friends and family. Just because you might look at your notifi cations in between classes doesn’t make you an addict.”

Snyder says that she doesn’t use social media sites frequently enough to affect her schoolwork or life but gets on from time to time when it is convenient.

“I use both of these sites mainly to keep up with my peers,” Snyder said.

Social media gamingOther students like Denise

Southard believe that social media can become an addiction. Southard says she is addicted to playing spades on Facebook and sometimes on other sites as well.

“I would say I’m usually on Facebook for four or fi ve hours a day, if Facebook mobile counts,” said Southard, fresh-man in elementary education. “I play spades on Facebook all the time. When I’m not doing that I am just checking notifi cations and just looking at people’s profi les and pictures.”

On the brainHumphrey says that the

activity usually starts out as something fun but, after time, the person experiences discom-fort when they try avoiding the activity. She says that they feel the need to do the activity, like get on Facebook, and they feel relief when they fi nally give in. The activity may be interfering with other parts of their life, but they continue to feel compelled to, and continue to, do it.

“So, for someone to be ad-dicted to social media (keep in mind that there is not an offi cial diagnosis for this), they would feel upset when having to wait to log in,” Humphrey said. “They would feel preoccupied by it and compelled to log in and communicate and then feel relief after fi nally getting on their social media site. They may have friends, families or instructors complaining about it, but they keep doing it any-way. They may make a decision to cut back but have trouble changing their behaviors.”

Mindless navigatingSouthard says she thinks she

is addicted to Facebook because every time she gets online, even if she has to write a paper, the fi rst thing she usually does is get on Facebook, without even

recognizing that she is doing it.“I started using Facebook

freshman year in high school,” Southard said. “I started using it because everyone else was and I wanted to try it and I re-ally liked it. I think it’s because it’s an easy way to see what is going on in other people’s lives without actually talking to them. So many people these days are really bad at keeping conversations when you’re face-to-face.”

Procrastination pageHumphrey says other things

can also impact the addiction such as depression, anxiety, social isolations and other ad-dictions. She says people who are spending lots of time using social media are usually spend-ing less time doing other things. Humphrey says that social me-dia can be a way to avoid things they are uncomfortable with or don’t want to do.

“It is easy to jump on Fa-cebook instead of reading the article you’re supposed to be reading,” Humphrey said. “It can be easier to send a text to a friend than talk to the classmate who is sitting next to you in class.”

Social media madnessStudents struggle with networking addiction

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Jennifer Kivett checks her Facebook account during her photojournalism class in Grubbs Hall on Friday, Feb. 10.

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