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Opening CeremonyBy Amy Shah

Special to The Quad

On October 2, 2012, the Rec Center, located near Ty-

son Hall, was officially opened during a grand opening ceremony. Al-though rainy and gloomy outside, the atmosphere within the Rec Center was very much alive.

Upon entrance, one saw the main stairs decorated with purple and gold bal-loon arches and a large group of people surround-ed in the first floor social lounge. Alumni, friends and family, current stu-dents of West Chester University, members from the Board of Gover-nors, members from the Council of Trustees, the Mayor of West Chester, members of the WCU Foundation, and more were present.

As guests made their way to their seats, the ceremony began. Diane

DeVestern, Assistant Vice President for Stu-dent Affairs, presented a welcoming address to the many who showed up to the event. After thank-ing everyone for attend-ing the grand opening, DeVestern then passed the microphone to Dr. Matthew Bricketto, Vice President for Student Affairs, who informed

everyone about the build-ing, itself. Approximately 72,575 square feet, the new Student Recreation Center was first con-structed in the Fall of 2010, and is now a hot spot for WCU faculty, staff, and students. The Rec Center offers a wide variety of programs and consists of state-of-the-art features, such as a rock wall, aerobic studios, social lounges, and much more. Open 121 hours a week, and with over 2,000 students using the Rec Center’s facilities a day, students are achiev-

ing a positive and healthy lifestyles. He then con-cluded by thanking past and present West Ches-ter students for being a part of the project, Presi-dent Weisenstein, and Steve Gambino, Director of Campus Recreation, and his professional and student staff members for making the idea of the new Rec Center, a real-

ity. With that concluded, Mark Mixner, Vice Presi-dent for Administration and Finance took the stand next. Mixner gave out more thanks to all the teams that worked on the Rec Center during the past two years. He then described some features that may not be visually predominant, but add to the glory of the building, including solar panels, two green roofs, and the use of recycled materials throughout the building. He concluded by com-mending WCU’s effort to be sustainable, before

passing the microphone to Michelle Strausbaugh, President of Student Government Association. Michelle highlighted the fact that the Rec Center is student oriented, and is for the students by the students. She also men-tioned that many past and current students signed 450 small tiles for

the mosaic hanging in the building over the past two years. The Student Government Association also donated a university ram logo, which can be seen on the sidewalk as students walk into the building. The final speak-er, Brad Horstmann is an alumni of West Chester and was a member of the

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Recreation Center Com-mittee. By playing a cen-tral role in the construc-tion of the Rec Center, he described what it was like working on site and seeing a lot of students’ efforts go into the build-ing. He described that students chose the words confidence, strength, character, dedication, success, and respect to be engraved on the wall behind the Hydration Station. He concluded by saying that the Rec Cen-ter is “Of the students, for the students, by the students.”

Towards the end of the ceremony, a purple rib-bon adorned with gold WCU letters was cut to officially announce the opening of the Rec Cen-ter. After thanking every-one once more for being there, tours of the build-ing and refreshments were given.

Amy Shah is a first year student ma-joring in computer science. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Student Rec Center hosts Opening Ceremony

Recreation Center Com-mittee. By playing a cen-tral role in the construc-tion of the Rec Center, he described what it was like working on site and seeing a lot of students’ efforts go into the build-ing. He described that students chose the words confidence, strength, character, dedication, success, and respect to be engraved on the wall behind the Hydration Station. He concluded by saying that the Rec Cen-ter is “Of the students, for the students, by the students.”

Towards the end of the ceremony, a purple rib-bon adorned with gold WCU letters was cut to officially announce the opening of the Rec Cen-ter. After thanking every-one once more for being there, tours of the build-ing and refreshments were given.

Amy Shah is a first year student ma-joring in computer science. She can be reached at [email protected].

WCU hosts renowned poet, Fred ChapellBy Nicholas Devoe

Practicum Writer

Last Wednesday na-tionally acclaimed novelist and poet

Fred Chapell came to speak at WCU. The writer gave a craft lecture and po-etry reading at the WCU Poetry House. Nearly all of the seats in the Poetry House “living room” were sat with eager students thirsty for poetic prose. In addition to his contribu-tions at the Poetry House Chapell also attended Dr. Bridgford’s poetry work-shop class on Thursday for the purpose of critiquing students’ poems.

Fred Chapell was born in Canton, NC and at-tended Duke University. He has published over two dozen books consist-ing of full novels, short story compilations, and a plethora of poems. The author taught English at the University of North Carolina for 40 years un-til retirement. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002, traveling to more than 250 schools, churches, and universities to present his work. Some of his literary

awards include the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Bollin-gen Prize.

Wednesday evening the scholar recited his “Me-morial Poem”, a fable he wrote about a fictional widower determined to create the perfect memori-al poem for his fallen wife. An important message he delivered within the fable was how such a powerful devotion could be made with so little cost.

“Building materials for poems are very inexpen-sive…They’re made up of nothing but air,” Chapell explained.

Also the craft lecture covered a fairly unique type of poetic prose; poems for his hometown veteri-narian to send condolences to owners of deceased pets. He wrote several of these poems per request by his family vet, Dr. Hunt, who was concerned about own-ers of passed felines. These consolatory poems were sonnets, and the details of the mourning pet owners were what helped shape these pieces of art.

The guest speaker also conveyed a handful of fundamental elements to

composing poetic prose. “Poetry is a mode of con-sciousness…links between our bodies and minds are tied into the technique,” Chapell explained. Later that evening he and his wife Susan continued the event with further read-ings of poems for the audi-ence.

This former educator re-mains devoted to students, even after retirement. The week before his craft lec-ture Chapell welcomed Dr. Bridgford’s poetry class to send their assignments to him. As mentioned ear-lier Chapel came to the three hour poetry class Thursday evening. In ad-dition to work shopping poetry students’ work in class, Chapell generously allowed one-on-one ses-sions with each student from the course from 2 to 4p.m. before class. This time allowed Chapell to in-timately connect with the students and their poetry, and truly aid in their po-etry education. This rein-forces the man’s loyalty to academia. “I think poetry is the best form of writing,” Chapell commented in the classroom.

Kendra Lee Hoffman, a part-time graduate stu-dent and full time English teacher, asked Chapell what his favorite part of the teaching experience was. “The best courses I ever taught were freshman high school English. It was in those courses where I made the biggest differ-ence” Chapell replied.

This trip was not Cha-pell’s first visit to our cam-pus. He has attended the WCU Poetry Conference and once used West Ches-ter as a half-way pit-stop on his way to Canada for vacation. I asked him why he came to do all of this for us and give us his time and expertise. He replied excit-edly, “Kim Bridgford!”

“Some years ago I had a class at the poetry con-ference. I remember Kim being a lot of fun, and re-member the experience be-ing very pleasant. My wife Susan and I went to visit Chaddsford and the Bran-dywine that summer,” he added.

On behalf of the stu-dents who interacted with Fred Chapell last week, it was a privilege for us to have the opportunity to hear his readings and receive personal feedback from such an esteemed and accomplished writer. It is clear West Chester has made an impression on him as well. The warm welcome of WCU’s Poetry Center, thanks to direc-tor Kim Bridgford, has given Chapell good incen-tive to come back. It seems that this will not be the last time our campus is graced with his presence. If readers are interested in accessing some of his amazingly cerebral works, simply visit http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/fred-chappell#about.

Nicholas Devoe is a fourth-year stu-dent majoring in English with a mi-nor in journalism. He can be reached at [email protected].

Light the Night Walk raises money for Leukemia and

Lymphoma SocietyBy Theresa Kelly

Staff Writer

On Sept. 29, the Light the Night Walk took place

at Wilson Farm Park in Berwyn. Organized by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Light the Night Walk generated awareness of cancer, as well as mon-ey for cancer research.

Walkers who raised $100 or more were known as “champions for cures.” This earned them a T-shirt, extra refreshments, and a balloon. Inside the balloons, there were lights to be used when the walk began. The balloons were differ-ent colors, symbolizing that walker’s relation-ship with cancer. The T-shirts also had differ-ent colored balloons on them, as well as differ-ent phrases.

Red balloons, for sup-porters, were paired with shirts that said “I walk because someone’s life depends on it.” Yel-low balloons went with shirts that said “I walk in memory of lives lost.” White, for patients and survivors of cancer, said, “I walk because my life depends on it.”

Before the walk be-gan at 6:30 pm, there were a variety of activi-ties. In the information tent, walkers could find out about the Leuke-mia and Lymphoma Society’s mission state-

ment. The refreshment stand had free water and chips for everyone, as well as hotdogs and Tastykakes for “cham-pions for cures.” The Kids Zone had coloring sheets, face painting, and a fire truck moon bounce/slide. At 5:15 p.m., there was a Re-membrance Ceremony.

There were hundreds of volunteers helping with all of the activi-ties. Over 80 volun-teers were employees of the company Vanguard. There were 36 volun-teers from West Chester University’s Circle K club. Marissa Caldwell, one of the service chairs for WCU’s Circle K, said she finds out about events through the Of-fice of Service-Learning and Volunteer Pro-grams, and then or-ganizes Circle K’s in-volvement with those events. Circle K mem-bers volunteered at the event from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., helping with T-shirt distribution, the Kid’s Zone, balloon set-up, the refreshment tent, and more.

At 6:30 pm, volun-teers cheered on walk-ers, as they began. As walkers switched on the lights in their balloons, yellow, white, and red balloons were lighting the night against the darkness of cancer.Theresa Kelly is a first-year student majoring in English literature sec-ondary education. She can be reached at [email protected].

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WCU hosts GALAEI speakerBy Amy Shah

Special to The Quad

On Oct. 3, 2012, GA-LAEI’s Nikki Lo-pez, the MPACT

Youth Coordinator and Karla Diaz, the Youth Education Coordinator, came to inform West Chester students of what GALAEI is, what their mission is, and how they help Philadelphia resi-dents.

GALAEI is a non-profit organization, whose mis-sion is to cause aware-ness and improve the quality of living in Phila-delphia’s Latino LGBTQ communities, with a fo-cus on HIV/AIDS and other issues of health.

Lopez began by shar-ing a soulful story of two male lovers who were “stripped of humanity” when their “tango meant for two” was invaded by a third party, HIV. With the audience’s interest

captured, Lopez then pre-sented three statements that carried throughout her entire presentation. “Where are we? Where we are at. Where we are going.” When describing “Where are we?” she gave a brief history of how awareness of HIV/AIDS has progressed since the 1980s. In 1983, HIV/AIDS was referred to as GRID, Gay Related Im-munodeficiency Disease. By 1989, women and chil-dren were included into that group and preven-tion methods began. She then moved onto “Where we are at,” describing what prevention is occur-ring presently, and how education is the best pos-sible route to prevention. GALAEI offers a three-day program, beginning with HIV 101. HIV 101 consists of basic informa-tion on HIV/AIDS and what impacts people’s

decisions. The second day consists of how to stay protected and the ten steps to using a con-dom correctly. The last day allows the people in the program to gain and practice skills through role play and scenarios.

With education and prevention as its priori-ties, GALAEI has tested approximately 1,340 peo-ple, with 11 newly identi-fied as HIV positive. But within the year, GALAEI wishes to test 1,350 peo-ple and identify 25 new HIV positive individuals, in an effort to provide them care and support.

GALAEI is currently looking for interns. For more information, con-tact Nikki Lopez at [email protected] or visit GALAEI’s national web-site at www.galaei.org.Amy Shah is a first-year student ma-joring in computer science. She can be reached at [email protected].

By Eryn AielloPracticum Writer

WCU holds Mental Health Awareness FairClare Haggerty

News Editor

On Oct. 10, the Men-tal Health Aware-ness Committee

hosted the Mental Health Awareness Fair. The Mental Health Aware-ness Committee, founded by Kate Pawlowski, is an organization comprised of faculty and staff on cam-pus.

“We hosted this fair be-cause we wanted people to be able to learn about mental health,” fair vol-unteer Li Paulausky said.

The Mental Health Awareness Committee set up tables on the lawn in front of Killinger Hall and they had stacks of information to pass out to students, including a

list of celebrities who suf-fer from mental illness, how to “help smash the stigma of mental illness,” what to do if one is wor-ried about a friend, and the top ten things readers should know about mental

illness.On the same day, the

Mental Health Aware-ness Committee hosted

a speaker in Philips Au-tograph Library to speak about mental health being a public health crisis. Also, next week on Tuesday, Oct. 23, they are hosting author and comedian Sara Benincasa as she speaks

about her book, “Agora-fabuous!: Dispatches from My Bedroom.”

The main reason that

the Mental Health Aware-ness Committee is holding these events, according to Andy Hubbard, a mem-ber of the Committee, is because the week of Oct. 7-13 is National Mental Health Awareness Week.

“It’s important because everybody faces chal-lenges,” Hubbard said. “There is absolutely noth-ing wrong with asking for help, and we want stu-dents to know that help is available on campus.”

If you or a friend needs help, please either go or tell your friend to visit WCU’s Counseling Cen-ter, which is located on the second floor of Lawrence Dining Hall. One visit can make all the difference.

Clare Haggerty is a second-year student majoring in English. She can be reached at [email protected].

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WEIRD NEWS

Montana wildlife officials on Thursday had to se-date a black bear and her

two cubs after they had climbed up a tree on the grounds of a hotel in Missoula. The bears fell into a net, and the hotel even provided pillows to help break their fall.

Over eight tons of cocaine was hidden among boxes of bananas in the Neth-

erlands, which drug traffick-ers smuggled out. However, the smugglers were apprehended, the remaining fruit was then donated to the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, where it fed hundreds of animals.

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Documentary shows women tortured for

wanting to voteBy Alyssa StrasserSpecial to The Quad

There is no better time than now to re-member the women

who fought and died to have the 19th Amend-ment, the amendment that allows women to vote, added to the consti-tution. America is coming near to a critical elec-tion, and it is important that everyone, especially women, remember to use their right to vote and remember it is their re-sponsibility to vote. The women of the suffrage movement did not die so you could “forget to vote.” They died so women can have the same freedom to choose their politicians just like everyone else. By choosing not to vote or forgetting, those women died in vain.

To give the women of the suffrage movement a name, we’ll start with Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the founders of the suffrage movement. These two women were incredible, they thought and fought for women’s rights when people would laugh in their face and assume that it was a funny joke. They did this for 20 years. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, following in their footsteps, created the National Woman’s Party which fought directly for the 19th Amendment. Paul and Burns (along with many member s of the National Woman’s Party) protested outside the White House for over six months, and were still ignored by President Wil-son.

On Nov. 15, 1917, “the night of terror,” the war-den at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered the guards to “teach the suffragists a lesson”, for picketing in front of the White House. A recent article called “The Night of Terror” viv-idly explains and has pic-

Mutter Museum becomes even spookier during month of October

By Eryn AielloPracticum Writer

A museum may not seem like the first place that Hallow-

een adventurers would think to visit as a way to commemorate the sea-son...unless they’ve trav-eled to the Mutter Muse-um in Philadelphia. This medical museum, also known as The College of Physicians of Philadel-phia, prides itself on being the “birthplace of Ameri-can medicine.” This entity remains as one of the old-est medicinal institutions in the United States, origi-nally founded in 1787. The medical oddities that lurk behind the glass cabinets and encase the walls ulti-mately transform visitors to a dungeon of uncanny medical mysteries. This museum has an aura of spookiness no matter what the season, but even more so around one of the most chilling holidays of the year.

Upon arrival, visitors of the museum are greeted by colossal wooden doors, capturing the charm and essence of the institution’s historical past. The black iron gates single the build-ing out on South 22nd St., adding a hint of mystery as to what outlandish things may hide behind the gates.

Once entering the build-ing, the foyer captures the essence of what the mu-seum probably looked like in its earliest days. The ex-quisitely polished marble staircase, accompanied by the antique furniture, cre-ates an 18th century ambi-ance, making visitors feel that this establishment is of true medical ingenuity.

Guests of the museum must first pay the admis-sion fee (general admis-sion-$15, students-$10

with an I.D., and children below age 5-free).

All guests of the muse-um start in the upper gal-lery. Glass cases full of dif-ferent wax models initially welcome visitors to the up-per balcony area. These exhibits display horrific skin diseases, illustrating large protruding warts the size of gumballs as well as harsh, crusty patches tak-ing over an entire face. All of these models represent actual skin conditions as ordered in the first Ameri-can Atlas of Dermatology from 1876.

One of the exhibits in the upstairs balcony dis-plays 139 skulls (all from Europe in the 1870s), which describe the name, age, occupation, and cause of various peoples’ deaths. Children can still enjoy the sites of the different sized skulls without feel-ing too overwhelmed by the macabre feeling of the exhibit. At the same time, those advanced scholars interested in the medical aspect of the display can appreciate the preserva-tion process, which is fully described in detail in front of the exhibit.

Some of the displays look so bizarre that they seem fictional...one of them being the museum’s infamous Soap Lady. Dur-ing the early to mid 1800s a deceased woman’s fat turned into a waxy soap-like consistency after be-ing buried in a Philadel-phia cemetery. The lady, now a medical oddity, ap-pears mummy-like in the museum and leaves spec-tators baffled.

The sites of the other displays in the upstairs do not disappoint…one of the most eye-catching be-ing the old-fashioned 19th century birthing chair.

The birthing chair, ob-

viously in antique-like condition, with chocolate brown leather encasing the seating and arm areas, displays an awkwardly oval-shaped cut out of where the child would es-cape through during birth. The electric chair look of the birthing device leaves a lasting impression on visitors.

While walking through the various rooms in the building, visitors become captivated by the displays of oddly misshapen skel-etons of bodies in which

the bones grew within the muscles.

The museum displays a rather unusual skeleton of a woman from centu-ries ago whose ribcage was compressed by years of wearing tight corsets, which oddly enough be-came a huge staple in the fashion world during the 19th century.

Spectators can next move to the lower gallery, divided into different sec-tions. Visitors can exam-ine the display of the first known Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, represented by a plaster cast of their bodies, along with their preserved liv-

ers. This exhibit, along with the displays of grue-some cysts and disorders that once plagued people in the 19th century, fur-ther exemplifies what sort of odd sites lurk within the bowels of the museum.

Anyone ranging from the curious tourist want-ing to see the abnormal sites to a student of medi-cine yearning to learn about the initial onset of certain diseases can enjoy these exhibits. One does not need to carry a medical degree in order to appreci-ate the shattered skulls from bullets to the head or other peculiarities pre-served by the museum.

Appropriately, during the Halloween season the museum finds that it is most fitting to celebrate the Mexican holiday, The Day of the Dead, or el Día de los Muertos, which is celebrated in Mexican culture between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, commemorat-ing those who have passed away. This year the Mut-ter Museum’s Annual Day of the Dead Festival is on Oct. 27. There will be tra-ditional food, drinks, sugar skull decorating, and other festive activities.

Some employees wear costumes to celebrate the season, along with some visitors who want to tour the spine-chilling displays in full costume.

This museum should top the lists of Halloween adventurers’ who are look-ing for something that goes beyond the standard haunted house. The dis-plays of real-life oddities create more of a connec-tion between visitors and the darker, eerie medical world.

Eryn Aiello is a fourth-year student majoring in communication studies. She can be reached at [email protected].

tures of how each member of the National Woman’s Party was tortured. The article describes Paul’s situation, “They forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.” The article also tells that the same night Burns was arrested, chained to the ceiling and brutally beaten. The list goes on of the gruesome behavior enacted upon these women.

A film called “Iron Jawed Angels” by HBO, starring Hillary Swank as Alice Paul, shows the battle that the women of the suffrage movement went through. Although some of the scenes of Paul being tortured are difficult to watch, the image of struggle of the suffrage women will be permanently embedded in one’s mind.

On West Chester Uni-versity campus there will be a showing of “Iron Jawed Angels” on Mon-day, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Main Hall auditori-um. The movie is free of charge (as will be the food provided). The showing is a collaboration of many women’s rights groups such as The Association of Women’s Empower-ment, The Women’s Cen-ter, The League of Wom-en Voters, and the AAUW of West Chester – Ches-ter County. Everyone should attend the show-ing, regardless of gender. The showing of this mov-ie is to remind women the right to vote was not easily handed to them, and therefore the respon-sibility should not be taken lightly. Remember to vote this November, what would Alice Paul say if you said, “I have too much homework.”

Alyssa Strasser is a third-year student majoring in international relations. She can be reached at [email protected].

the Mental Health Aware-ness Committee is holding these events, according to Andy Hubbard, a mem-ber of the Committee, is because the week of Oct. 7-13 is National Mental Health Awareness Week.

“It’s important because everybody faces chal-lenges,” Hubbard said. “There is absolutely noth-ing wrong with asking for help, and we want stu-dents to know that help is available on campus.”

If you or a friend needs help, please either go or tell your friend to visit WCU’s Counseling Cen-ter, which is located on the second floor of Lawrence Dining Hall. One visit can make all the difference.

Clare Haggerty is a second-year student majoring in English. She can be reached at [email protected].

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The QuadPAGE 6 THE QUAD OP-ED OCTOBER 15, 2012

Every year around October I remember again why fall is the best time of the year. The weather is perfect, pumpkin ice cream goes on the shelves, and two of the great-est holidays—Halloween and Thanksgiving occur. Fall is literally the perfect time, it’s ashame it can’t last all year long. But for me at least, despite all these great things there is nothing greater about the fall than playoff baseball.

The drama and excitement surrounding the postseason is unmatched by any sport. Despite the fact that the team I route for is not playing October baseball for the first time in five years, this postseason, to date has been among the most exciting I have seen.

A Triple-Crown winner leading his team to the ALCS to match up against a re-vamped 41 year old slugger who many had written off just a year before. The come-from-behind Cardinals, who again down to their last strike fought off elimination and moved on yet. There is truly something magical about the sport, and magical about the five or seven game series that teams spend nine months or so preparing for.

Baseball is about history. You might see something one day that has not been done since 1890 or maybe something that in over a century and a half of baseball has never been done before at all. Postseason baseball turns men like Miguel Cabrera and Raul Ibanez and so many others into legends. There have been thousands of players to pick up a glove and a bat, and the ones that perform in October seem to live on forever and ever.

But it’s funny, though, how sometimes baseball actually has nothing to do with the sport itself. We see this in movies all the time. Field of Dreams was not about baseball per se, but the sport is so dramatic and different it can symbolize all sorts of different things. It’s incredible how watching a baseball game with your father or grandfather or even playing wiffle ball in the yard with family can produce incredible and lasting memories,almost moreso than anything else I can think of. The sport really does bring people closer together, just as it has for more than a hundred years and counting.

Regradless of whether you even like baseball or sports in general, immerse yourself in it this October. You never know what you will see.Whether your favorite team is still in the hunt, or whether they missed the playoffs by 40 games, flick on the TV this fall and watch some of the postseason with family or friends. You will be able to see the magic of the sport.

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When I began col-lege three years ago, I knew I

wanted to study abroad. Personally, I believe ev-eryone should take advan-tage of this amazing op-portunity. It was an easy decision for me because I truly have a passion for traveling and learn-ing about other cultures. In my opinion, there was not a better way to do this than to immerse myself in a study abroad program.

With help from West Chester University’s In-ternational Programs of-fice (Old Library 101B), I chose to go with the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS). Once I decided on AIFS, selecting my program was easy. I knew I wanted to go to Florence, Italy, and this program seemed like a great fit for me. It in-cluded roundtrip airfare, tuition, housing, meals, and two weekend trips; one to Rome and the other to Venice.

Before leaving in Janu-ary, everyone told me the trip I was about to em-bark on would change my life. It wasn’t until I was in Italy that I fully under-stood the magnitude of what everyone had said. At first it was very hard, but as time passed, the unfamiliar became famil-iar, my new friends be-came my family, and Flor-ence became my home.

Naturally, studying abroad meant I had to do some school work. I spent Monday through Thursday going to school in Florence. I took sociol-ogy of Italian women, So-ciology of Italian soccer, and two Italian language courses, all of which transferred back to WCU. My course on women was especially great because I was able to complete field work in a foreign country, which made my research

The joys of spending a semester abroadBy Molly Byrne

Special to The Quadunique. In addition to tak-ing academic classes, I also had the opportunity to attend many cultural events. I was able to learn how to make books in a pa-per making class, attend Fiorentina soccer games, get first-hand experience in Italian cooking, and attend lectures presented by Italian scholars. In my opinion, all of these events

really helped me develop my love for Italy and its culture through interact-ing with locals, learning their traditions, and im-proving on my Italian lan-guage skills.

On the weekends, I traveled throughout Italy, Spain, France, England, Switzerland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. My favorite weekend trip was to Munich, Germany where friends and I at-tended a beer festival. The festival was an incredible way to meet locals and other tourists. Everyone was so friendly, and I was able to learn a lot about

German culture and tradi-tion. I also really enjoyed London, which has always been one of my favorite cities.

Navigating through foreign places was some-times a struggle, but in my opinion it was an im-portant part of studying abroad because it taught me to be more mature and independent. Also,

it was amazing to get to know other countries’ ge-ography, culture, food, and people throughout my travels.

It was such a great ex-perience and it seemed to end as soon as it had begun. I made lifelong friends, traveled through seven European coun-tries, did research work for my major in a different language, and took more than 9,000 photos. After all of this my four months abroad came to an end.

Coming back to Penn-sylvania was as hard as leaving for Italy had been just four months ago.

Florence had become my home and adjusting back to life in the United States took time. I looked at my pictures daily, and often my eyes would tear up while reminiscing about the great times. My ex-periences over those four months really did change my life, just like everyone said they would. Because of studying abroad, I have grown as a person and ma-tured significantly. These memories I have made will last me a lifetime.

I think everyone should study abroad during their college years. This may be the only time in a person’s life where he or she will be able to pack up and live in a foreign country for an extended period of time. I know many people are hesitant to go abroad be-cause of money, language barriers, and culture shock, but these things are not important in the long run. You will be able to figure out the money be-tween financial aid, schol-arships, and loans. Do not worry about the language barrier, because you will learn to communicate in different ways, and most study abroad destinations have a large population of English-speaking resi-dents. And, of course, you will experience culture shock, but it means you’re doing the right thing. You are going out of your comfort zone and putting yourself in situations that are unique to that culture. You are experiencing what other countries have to of-fer, which is what study-ing abroad is all about.

If any West Chester University students are interested in studying abroad, I recommend con-tacting Angela Howard, the assistant Director of International Studies.

Molly Byrne is a junior at West Chester University majoring in sociology and minoring in psy-chology. She can be reached at [email protected]

Do you remember the jitters you felt right before tak-

ing your SAT? Or the knot you felt in your stomach while having to fill out those endless little bubbles on a scan-tron sheet? Although sometimes standardized testing can relieve a weight off our shoulders by providing us with the answers, it can also be just as stress-inducing and unproductive.

According to an article by Greg Fish of Business Week, one of the reper-cussions that come from standardized testing is the lack of knowledge gained from taking the test. In some instances, teachers may just teach “for the test.” Have you ever taken a multiple choice quiz in high school that was based directly on a study guide, and then after completing the test you immediately forgot the information? This would be an exam-ple of ineffective teach-ing that yields no benefit for the student.

In my high school, we had to make AYP (an-nual yearly progression) in order to continue to receive funding for our school, which is already in desperate need of money. This put just as much pressure on the faculty as the students, and most of my teachers taught strictly for the test, not so the students gained actual knowl-edge. We ended up bare-ly making AYP yet the goal was still met and we received funding. But was it all worth it in the end?

Although some may excel, not every student can perform well on a standardized test. One of my favorite quotes by Al-bert Einstein sums this idea up: “everybody is a

genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Basi-cally he’s saying that we all possess an inherent talent or level of exper-tise, thus you cannot use the same criteria to judge everyone. Standardized testing basically gives the same test to a body of students who all have different abilities and levels of intellect. How can this possibly portray an accurate picture of our progress?

Some people are taking strides towards abolish-ing standardized testing. A handful of universities across the United States do not have a grading system; they have the faculty provide a writ-ten assessment for each of their students. Some think this system would foster a campus full of sloths that have no mo-tivation, but this does the opposite. The stu-dents show a true desire to learn for the pleasure of it, and not just to gain higher grades.

Although this probably won’t happen e in the near-future, I feel that the cons for standard-ized testing outweigh the pros, and hopefully it will be abolished and replaced by more accu-rate ways of evaluating students. Until we figure out a new system and a different way to provide funding to schools with-out using standardized tests, this cycle will con-tinue. It induces huge levels of stress upon the students and teachers, and we are not truly learning or showing our potential by filling out bubbles on a sheet of pa-per.

Kristin Fenchak is a second year student majoring in Eng-lish. She can be reached at [email protected].

Tests halts true educationBy Kristin FenchakSpecial to The Quad

Photo by Molly Byrne

THE QUAD OP-ED OCTOBER 15, 2012

Regarding baseball and politics

Relax, Americans. This is not an at-tack on sports.

No, in fact, I could have titled this article “why we care more about Jersey Shore than poli-tics” or “why we care more about Facebook statuses than politics.” Presumably, I am not a reality TV, Facebook, or sports fan. Neverthe-less, last Wednesday I went eagerly to my first sit-in on the school’s radio, WCUR 91.7 The Curve, for which I am currently training to join the ranks. I could never have been pre-pared for what I found when I got there; I had entered through the door of WCUR’s “Broth-erly Love Sports Talk” and for the next hour I was drowned in RBI and other abbreviations I do not, and likely never will, understand. Upon leaving, I could not help but think, “if only we cared this much about politics...”

As I left, I continued to ponder why we do not care much about politics. In many ways baseball and politics are quite similar. Both require energy and com-mitment, but a dedi-cated fan never misses a game. Fans will root for their team for better or worse and through wins and losses. They will never give up hope re-gardless of challenges. Fans are there when the team faces their worst nemesis, and also when the team decides who to draft for the next season. While fans may not like the most recent player traded or drafted, they still root for each member of the team. Fundamentally, baseball and politics ask the same from their fans.

Why violence in the Muslim world?

Many countries in the Muslim world have been rocked

by violence. These coun-tries include Egypt, Ye-men, and Libya. The vio-lence has been centered on a movie called the “Innocence of Muslims.” This film mocked the Muslim religion including the prophet Muhammad. The film’s deliberately provocative content was aimed to insult Mus-lims across the world. The amount of violence in response to the film was shock-ing. On the faithful day of Sept. 11, 2012 U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in a terrorist attack. The breakout of violence goes beyond one movie. To use a cliche, it was the spark that lit the powder keg.

The movie set out to in-sult every devout Muslim. The actors in the movie were lied to about the nature of the movie.They thought they were going to be in a adventure flick instead of a satire on re-ligion. Their voices were dubbed without their con-sent to put the insulting material in. The movie is stupid and insulting. Yet a stupid and insult-ing movie does not war-rant murder. Religious devotion should never make murder acceptable. The White House has re-cently pressured Google to take down the video. There should not be at-tempts to take the video

down. Free speech is a great thing. You should be able to express your-self even if your opinion is terribly ignorant. As Voltaire stated. “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” Taking the video down will just show that if violence is implemented radical Islam will get its way. Murder over a movie should not be acceptable anywhere on Earth. You

cannot reward the people perpetuating the violence. This would just show that violence is an effective means to an end. Another problem over concentrat-ing on the movie is that it overlooks the core cause of the violence.

We have had a long military and corporate presence in the Middle East, North Africa, and other Muslim countries. The United States has in-vaded two Muslim coun-tries and is still currently in another. The United States is implementing drone strikes in Paki-stan. There has been an incredible civilian body count in these conflicts. Over 100,000 have been killed in Iraq and around 13,000 in Afghanistan. The drone strike casu-alties in Pakistan are unknown. This has, of course, made many Mus-lims angry at the United States’ presence around

the world. Hate for the United States is across the Muslim world. In fact the attacks on Ambassa-dor Stevens and the three other Americans may have been planned before the movie was distrib-uted. The United States should not apologize for a movie; it should apolo-gize for a reckless foreign policy.

Salman Rushdie has most rationally explained this situation. I find my-

self agree-ing with his views. Rush-die was an author who wrote The Sa-tanic Verses. This book was c o n s i d e r e d blasphemous by the govern-ment of Iran. There is still a bounty of $3.3 million dollars for the man who kills Rush-

die. He is no stranger to Islamic fundamental-ism. However, Rushdie does not sympathize with the filmmaker. He pur-posely wanted to insult the Muslim world. He also lambasted the riot-ers because they prove the filmmaker right. The filmmaker wanted to show Muslims as violent fanatics and now they are showing themselves as violent fanatics.

If the United States would truly like to stop anti-American activity it should reel back its mili-tary presence in the re-gion. It is counterproduc-tive. We are not winning hearts and minds. We are turning a new generation of Muslims against this country. Blaming a movie is missing the point of anti-Americanism in the Middle East entirely.Jack Barnett is a fourth-year stu-dent majoring in history and po-litical science. He can be reached at [email protected].

I have heard many Americans justify the reasons for their lack of interest in politics. Some people may feel that they are not repre-sented in either baseball or politics. They may feel that both appeal to a certain demographic. White, males have long dominated both areas historically. This has been changing in recent decades. Many people might argue that poli-tics are boring because they are confusing and there are too many com-plicated rules and parts to follow. After listen-ing to “Brotherly Love Sports Talk” use terms I have never heard for an hour, I completely dismissed that argu-ment. Then, of course, there is the argument that with so much mon-ey involved in politics it is all corrupt anyway. Take a look at baseball. An average pro-baseball player might make any-where from $2 to $6 mil-lion a year in salary. The president of the United States only has a salary of about $400,000 a year.

One of the most com-mon arguments I have heard is that just one person will not make a difference; just one vote will not change the outcome. Yet again, the same is true of baseball. Without one fan’s sup-port, the Phillies will still win, or lose (which-ever the case may be) but that fact does not seem to any fans. All in all, I find more rea-sons to care about poli-tics than for baseball. Whether I like it or not, politics have real impact on my life. How many people can hon-estly say the same about baseball?

What if baseball were treated like politics? What if most people

did not actually pay at-tention to baseball? Or what if they only paid attention to the pitcher and cared less about the rest of the team? What if Americans only tuned in to baseball a couple times a year for the most pivotal moments? How would teams do without fan support? And what might they get away with when the fans are not looking? As Ameri-cans, we seem to think we have all the best solutions, yet we avoid responsibility. We think our democracy is the an-swer to everything, but Americans are missing the key point of a de-mocracy. The Declara-tion of Independence states “governments are instituted among men, deriving their just pow-ers from the consent of the governed.” The very point of a democ-racy is for the ultimate results of government’s decisions to reflect the needs and desires of the people. When the people choose to stop caring, the democracy no longer runs the way it was de-signed. A true democra-cy requires people who take responsibility into their own hands.

Certainly Americans have proven to have the passion and devo-tion required to fight for American democracy. Now another election is approaching. Some may argue that no differ-ence will be made, but one by one I believe that Americans can take de-mocracy back into their own hands. Perhaps we might even come to care as much about the poli-tics that run our coun-try and infiltrate it in every part of our lives as we do with baseball.

Joy Wilson is a third-year stu-dent majoring in communica-tion studies. She can be reached at [email protected]

By Joy WilsonSpecial to The Quad

Photo by Mohammed Moham-med

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Rincon TarascoAuthentic Mexican food

By Gabrielle RosatiPracticum Writer

Walking into the quaint, corner Mexican restau-

rant, with picnic-like tables and chairs and 80s style mirrors lining the walls, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought I had tried all of the best Mexi-can food around – until my plate hit the table. Sud-denly everything about

the cozy place was charm-ing and likable, and it in-stantly became a favorite.

At Rincon Tarasco, nes-tled in the heart of Down-ingtown, you will breathe a true sigh of relief once you set eyes on your en-trée. From their décor to their service and food, it is as authentic as Mexican food can get. Complimen-tary chips and salsa warm up your pallet while your over-loaded plates, which are filled with however mild or spicy flavors you choose, are being home-cooked to order in the back.

If you dare order spicy, the Molcajete and Cama-rones a la Diabla will not leave you dissatisfied – your eyes will tear up for more than just happiness at the taste. The Molca-jete is a thick, stew-like bowl made of a variety of steaming meats with pep-pers and melted cheese. The presentation is just as great as the flavor – it is served in a thick hot stone bowl shaped as a

pig, which keeps the dish steaming for hours.

If you’re looking for sea-food with a kick, try the Camarones a la Diabla. Spicy shrimp covered gen-erously in hot red sauce with sides of rice and beans combine for a taste you won’t soon forget.

The ever popular ‘Taco Tuesday’ (or any other day of the week…) can be moved from lousy take-out chains to Rincon Tar-asco without hurting your

wallet. Arguably the best part about the restaurant for college or low-budget customers is their prices; tacos are just $2 each any day of the week!

While you can order sodas there, it is BYOB, so be sure to make a pit stop if you’re planning on drinking more than water or soda. Pre-made margar-itas compliment the dish-es, and once you see the decorative vases (Patron bottles), you’ll be craving the Mexican drink!

The early closing times (8 p.m. Monday to Thurs-day, 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 p.m. on Sundays) are disappoint-ing – but take out is avail-able for a preemptive late night snack pick-up or a lazy night at home. All around, you cannot beat Rincon Tarasco for qual-ity, quantity, or price of food.

Gabrielle Rosati is a fourth-year English major with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

WCU alums to host Homecoming block party

Sam SchauleFeatures Editor

West Chester Uni-versity is still held near and

dear to the hearts of Lau-ren Merkel and Kyle Rhe-iner. Merkel, the owner of town boutique Artifact, and Rheiner, the owner of Breakaway Ink wanted to do something to give back to WCU students.

Artifact Boutique, lo-cated at 200 W. Gay St., opened in June 2009 by Merkel. Merkel is a WCU alum who graduated in 2006 with a degree in communication studies.

She wanted to open a store in hopes of being able to provide trendy, affordable clothing to all of the local students and young professionals in the area.

Everything in the store is under $60, and with new shipments coming in weekly, Artifact always has affordable, trendy clothing including dress-es, tunics, and tops to skirts, leggings, and jeg-gings.

Since the initial open-ing in 2009, Artifact has flourished and expanded to cater to the needs and interests of women all over the country.

BreakawayINK began in 2004, before Rheiner even graduated from West Chester University. The idea sparked when he was on a road trip to

Canada for a music festi-val.

Returning back to West Chester, he began by making 400 T-shirts just in time for the 2004 Homecoming. All 400 shirts sold in less than 48 hours, marking Rheiner across campus as “The T-Shirt Guy.”

He continued making T-shirts, some for sorori-

ties, and more for future Homecomings. People he didn’t even know were wearing his shirts across campus.

Upon graduating in 2006, he lost contact with the University from working full-time. Af-ter learning the do’s and don’ts of business, he con-tinued to build on that and launched his first line in April 2010.

Many of Rheiner’s de-signs are inspired by his taste in music. Almost three years later, Break-awayINK’s line is sold

in eight different stores across the country and three different stores on-line.

Merkel and Rheiner became good friends through a restaurant festival in the summer of 2011, and have been working together ever since. They collaborated and came up with a line of clothing for Artifact,

created hoodies and T-shirts, and brainstormed many different ideas. These ideas were later designed and created by Rheiner.

“West Chester is near and dear to my heart; what better way to throw a party on WCU’s Home-coming?” Rheiner said. The WCU Homecoming Block Party will take place at Artifact, which is located at 200 W. Gay St. The party will go from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 20, and everyone is wel-come. All products will

be on discount as a thank you to everyone who has supported Artifact and BreakawayINK.

The front half of Arti-fact’s store will feature BreakawayINK, which does not currently hold their own location in West Chester. On top of existing products, Break-awayINK will be featur-ing skateboard decks, and the fall/winter line which has not been on display yet; even on their website. This includes the release of four new T-shirts, two long sleeve T-shirts, one raglan shirt (a baseball type shirt), and two hooded sweatshirts.

The block party will be a place for students and residents to hang out, socialize, and eat some great food. Artifact and Breakaway Ink will have a live DJ, new products, exclusive discounts, and numerous prizes.

The discount on items will average around 40 percent, but varying be-tween certain items. There will be a guest sign in book that students will be encouraged to sign in recognition of their sup-port. The first 20 pur-chases will receive a free drawstring bag with their order.

Students are encour-aged to attend this event in support of West Ches-ter University’s Home-coming as Artifact and BreakawayINK give back to the community.

There is no better way to support local busi-nesses and WCU than at-tending this block party! Those who cannot attend are welcome to visit Ar-tifact’s and Breakaway-INK’s websites at http://shopartifact.com and http://shop.breakaway-ink.com to check out ev-erything they have to offer, however, sales are only on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Artifact’s location on Gay Street.

Samantha Schaule is a fourth-year student majoring in Com-munication Studies. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Deepher Dude pageant returns to WCU this year

By Liz ThompsonPracticum Writer

Deepher Dude is an annual philan-thropic male beauty

pageant that the ladies of Delta Phi Epsilon put on every year. The event is on Tuesday Oct. 30 in Sykes theatre at 7:30 p.m. Young men from fraternities and other campus organiza-tions will compete through a trivia round, question and answer session, and talent portion. The win-ner of the event will be featured on the sorority’s 2013 composite.

The event is for a great cause, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which is one of Delta Phi Epsilons three philanthropies. Cystic fibro-sis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States. The disease clogs the lungs, which makes breathing dif-ficult, and obstructs the pancreas, so the body can-not break down and absorb food efficiently. Last year, Delta Phi Epsilon raised al-most $2,000 at the event, all of which went to the founda-tion.

“My goal is to raise $4,000 for CFF. The foundation is really important to us be-cause one of our own sisters, Ilana Berger, has Cystic Fi-brosis and we see how she

is affected by it every day. Out of all of our philanthro-pies- the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation holds a special place in all of our hearts,” Liz Thompson, the Vice President of Programming for Delta Phi Epsilon, said.

This Cystic Fibrosis Foun-dation, which is a nonprofit donor-supported organiza-tion, is the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. Their focus is to support the development of new drugs to fight the dis-ease, improve the quality of life for those with CF, and ultimately to find a cure.

“Deepher Dude has been a long-standing tradition on West Chester’s campus where men from each fra-ternity participate in an all-male beauty pageant, don-ning suits and performing various talents. The pag-eantry is all for an incredi-ble cause; to raise funds and awareness for the disease, Cystic Fibrosis,” Lauren Sweeny Derrico, an alumna of the chapter, said.

Their monetary goal is not all these ladies are chang-ing. This year, they have created an ad program book. The program book will fea-ture advertisements from local businesses, the Delta Phi Epsilon Alumnae Asso-ciation, and even parents of the sisters. Ad space varies from $15 to $75, and every-thing will be going to CFF.

“We saw that Drexel uses a program book to in-crease their numbers, so we thought we would try the same. This is the first year we are trying this. Some of our alumnae our helping us create it. They are great to work with,” Ellie Luther, Philanthropy Chair, and creator of the ad sales pro-gram, said.

This year, the theme of Deepher Dude is travel. The slogan is “Looking for a Fly Guy” and resembles a 1960’s flight attendant vibe, with vintage maps along the walls, and airplanes hung from the ceilings. Having a theme gets the contestants more into it, and makes for a better show.

Tickets will be sold at $3 for students (with ID) and $5 for non-students. There will be raffles as well. The sisters are planning to get donated items as well as purchase iPods, gps’s, sun-glasses, and designer bags. It is sure to be an entertain-ing show with a lot of great prizes.

“I competed last year, and it was so much fun. It was a night filled with laughter, good times, great friends, and awesome dance moves.” Kody Pasqualichio, first runner up for Deepher Dude 2011, said.

The 2011 winner of the pagent, Mike Dattalo a brother of Sigma Pi, also has great things to say about the event, “I am so happy to have been a part of Deepher Dude in 2011. I had so much fun as a participant and en-courage everyone to go to the event.”

Liz Thompson is a fourth-year com-munication studies major with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

Highland Orchardsproves popular during

fall seasonBy Gabrielle Rosati

Practicum Writer

The season for pump-kin flavored drinks and food, colorful foli-

age, and Halloween decorations has hit full throttle. While filling those urges for pumpkin spiced lattes and baked goods can be done on campus at the Starbucks, the joy of picking your own pumpkin from the vine has to be done off campus.

Highland Or-chards, at 1000 Mar-shallton-Thorndale Rd, with over 200 acres of farm land and growing crops, has activities for every season, but especially fall. The family-friendly area is home to goats that you can feed, play grounds, hay rides, and barbeque on weekends.

During the week, after obtaining a quick li-cense, you can drive your own car to the patch where you are free to pick any amount of pumpkins you want, only 59 cents per pound. The patch is sur-

rounded by apple trees, and the rolling hills with Christ-mas trees, corn stalks, ber-ries, and fruit trees makes for an unforgettably beau-

tiful landscape.If you’re not the out-doors

type, but still want the au-thentic and natural experi-ence that the Orchards has to offer, their farm market is filled with pre-picked

pumpkins, gourds, apples, and more from their own orchards. Inside the mar-ket, many organic items are for sale, including ci-

der, milk, jam, and baked goods, which are all made from their own crops.

Want to have a romantic fall date? Evening hayrides from 6 to 8 p.m. are held every Friday and Saturday in Oc-tober for $6 per per-son. This includes a 20 minute ride through the orchard and back. When you return, there is a warm campfire wait-ing where you can enjoy fresh apple-cider.

With most of the items in the market being local, they offer fresh produce from farms in Chester and Lancaster counties. The pies are always in season, and their award winning ‘Best

of Philly’ Apple Cider Do-nuts give you that fall fix all year long.

Gabrielle Rosati is a fourth-year English major with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

Take a stand and don’t tan - The real truth about a “Fake Bake”By Laura Wayne

Special to The Quad

Two-time melanoma survivor Michel Hoard was lured into a tan-

ning salon based on the false advertisement of a safe and healthy tan. The man at the front desk assured her there was no cause for concern since, as he ex-plained, tanning beds con-tain mostly UVA rays which are better for you because they reduce your risk of skin cancer. This is one of many tricks salon companies play on their often vulnerable

and perhaps uninformed customers. After four years of tanning, Hoard entered stage one melanoma.

It is true that most tanning beds emit 94 percent UVA rays and six percent UVB rays, but that does not make their effects any less harmful. The goal of tanning companies is to lure their customers into the false comfort of this “fake bake” prac-tice. They assure their customers of their safety and that they are out of harm’s way while leading victims into the threshold of the institutionalized cancer-causing solarium. Of those diagnosed with melanoma, “the average

age is 46,” explains Dr. Roger Ceilley, former president of the American Academy of Derma-tology. He continues: “it’s the most common cancer in people aged 25 to 29, in women 30-35, it’s second only to breast can-cer.”

While melanoma, like any form of cancer, can never be prevented 100 percent, simply avoiding certain behaviors can drastically reduce the risk. Yet according to The Melanoma Foundation, “melanoma rates are increasing faster than nearly all other cancers.” If I may, allow me to provide a useful life les-son in one short phrase: it is your

present actions, the things you do now, that will determine your fate in future. Remember that bad burn from two summers ago when your short dip in the pool turned into a two hour long swim and you spent the rest of the trip looking like a lobster? Despite the fact that your memory of this experience might now be come-dic, your skin does not have a sense of humor and you can bet it still remembers the burn. In fact, your skin remembers every burn you have ever had since day one. The damage is there and will re-main there long after the visible indicators have faded away. But the tanning salon doesn’t burn

right? It is a common miscon-ception is that if your skin simply darkens, it somehow has not suf-fered any damage. Exposure to UV rays will lead to some sort of dermatological change, and it’s damaging no matter the color.

Despite the fact that bad sun-bathing habits are still practiced today, the harmful effects are now better understood, and are more commonly acknowledged. Unfortunately however, tanning has become an iconic symbol of beauty, and its effects can be deadly if not practiced with caution. The modern world has commercialized this process, turning machines that increase

one’s risk of cancer into money makers. The best choice that you can make is to recognize that this desired luminous glow is really just damaged skin. Tanning sa-lons are known world-wide to be cancer causers. Don’t wait for the consequences to become evi-dent in your own life before tak-ing action. Stand up for your skin and protect it by staying away from tanning beds. You can have fake nails and dyed hair. But a fake bake? – get real. Laura Wayne is a third-year student majoring in English with minors in Spanish and business and techni-cal writing. She can be reached at [email protected].

West Chester student Jenna Gordon picks apples at Highland Orchards.

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“Once Upon a Time” premiere lacks magic for its devoted viewersLiz Thompson

Staff Writer

The second season of “Once Upon Time” started off in a not-

sofairy-tale way. In fact, I checked the channel to see if I was watching the right show. For the second time in the series, we were not in Story-brook, or the lost fairy tale world. We were fol-lowing an unfamiliar young man in New York City. This man was trying to fix a bro-ken win-dow in his r u n d o w n apartment when a dove de-livered a postcard to him. The postcard merely said “broken,” indicating that the spell was finally bro-ken. However, it is not as broken as we think. The spell can easily come back, and we discover that someone else knew about the curse all along.

Everyone in Storybrook has their memories back...for now. All the fairy tale characters also have their old memories as well, so they are essentially two different people living in one body. It seems that all the residents are battling

with it, and everyone has gone a little crazy. David/Prince Charming (Josh Dallas), who once thought himself to be a boring vet-tech, is now being thrown into royalty and leader-ship. Emma (Jennifer

Morrison) has just real-ized that her birth par-ents are Snow White and Prince Charming—both of whom are the same age as her! Dr. Whale (David Anders), who was once the gentle town doctor, is now out to kill Regina (Lana Parrilla), and is convinc-ing the rest of the town to help him.

The doctor rounds up all the townspeople and then they storm the may-or’s house. She tries to fight them off but finds that she cannot perform magic, which means she

is powerless. She has lost her power because of a mysterious barrier spell that Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle), also known as Rumplestiltskin, put on the town when the curse broke. When the mob

saw that she could not use magic, they at-tacked. Emma and Prince C h a r m i n g broke through the crowd and saved her just in time. Emma hates Regina just as much as the rest of the town, but she knew that Henry, her son who was adopted by Regina when he was born, would be up-set if she was killed. Henry is Emma’s first priority, and saving Regina is just one of the many in-

stances where she dis-played her selfless love for him.

Emma is trying to show her love for her newly dis-covered parents as well. She is not used to having parents, and is even a bit resentful towards them because they left her alone. She admits to them that she wishes they did not try to save her. If they did not send her away, they could have been to-gether. Emma would have gladly been cursed if she could have been with her parents. However, she is

being a bit selfish. Not all parents and children stayed together after Re-gina’s curse. There would have been no guarantee that they would have

stayed together through the curse.

Rumplestiltskin had an unexpected reunion with a loved one as well. He dis-covered that Regina did not kill his long lost love, Belle. Instead, she had locked her up in solitude for the last 28 years. Belle made Rumplestiltskin promise he would not kill Regina, but like always, he found a way around his promise. He found some-one, or something that could kill Regina for him: a soul-sucking monster called a wraith, which is

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very similar to J.K. Rowl-ing’s dementors in “Harry Potter.” If I were Rowling, I would be talking to law-yers about this, because it seems like ABC stole

the idea straight from her books!

Unexpectedly, the wraith got to Emma and her mother, Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) in-stead of Regina. Emma and Snow White were transported to another world when they were try-ing to save Regina from the monster.

Snow and Emma found themselves transported to the lost fairy tale world that was supposed to be destroyed with the evil queen’s curse. Apparently this part of their world

survived, and the people living there were not af-fected by the curse. In this strange land, Snow and Emma met Mulan (Jamie Chung), Sleeping Beauty

(Sarah Bolger), and Prince Phil-lip (Julian Mor-ris), who the wraith marked as his new vic-tim. The wraith sucked out Phil-lips soul, and Mu-lan and Sleeping Beauty returned to their village with Emma and Snow as prison-ers.

Now, it is up to David/Prince Charming and his grandson, Henry, to keep the town togeth-er, keep Regina alive, and, most importantly, find Snow and Emma.

“Once Upon a Time” is said to be one of the best

shows on TV today, but this season has

started off a bit strange. Since the spell broke, fans were hoping the charac-ters would return to their fairy tale land, and back to their original bodies, but they are still stuck in Storybrook, which is con-fusing to viewers. Also, Emma being the same age as her parents is a bit strange, but I guess fairy tales can get away with using magic, time travel, and anti-aging curses.

Liz Thompson is a fourth-year stu-dent majoring in communication studies and minoring in journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Ginnifer Goodwin plays Snow White on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.” Josh Dallas’s character is both Prince Charming and David.

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On Thursday, Oct. 11, I fulfilled my lifelong dream of

pretending to be Frasier Crane for an evening. If you are reading this and you do not know who Fra-sier Crane is, stop right now. Put down the news-paper. Run to your near-est television. This is a minor sitcom emergency. I promise there is a chance that NBC’s “Frasier” will become one of your favor-ite television shows. It is a hilarious view into the life of a lovably pompous radio psychiatrist, Fra-sier Crane. I spend night after night living vicari-ously through Frasier and his brother, Niles, as they fumble their way through Seattle’s elite social circle.

But the sad fact of the matter is, without a Har-vard degree, a psychia-trist’s license, and a liber-al dose of snobbery, there is no way that I would ever be able to experi-ence high-society hijinks like Frasier Crane. Until, that is, The Philadelphia Orchestra introduced Col-lege Night. On this special night, all local college stu-dents were invited to Ve-rizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for a free concert.

I nearly shriveled up and died when I saw the email telling me about this opportunity. A free concert? “Concert” is one of my favorite words, second only to “free.” I quickly called my friend, who also happens to be a huge “Frasier” fan, and told her to get her fancy clothes ready. We were going to spend a night like Frasier and Niles at the symphony.

Unfortunately, I did not end up dressing so fan-cily when Oct. 11 rolled around. My outfit was lacking a monocle, top

hat, and cane. Oh the hor-ror! Mr. Peanut would have been disappointed. Luckily, just like a college campus, the Kimmel Cen-ter welcomed attendees in all levels of dress. Some looked like they had just rolled out of bed, while others did an excellent job of getting into the high-society mood.

My friend and I quickly realized that finding a seat would be a difficult task.The ushers struggled to fit every eager college student into the concert hall. We were buoyed up and down the stairs un-til, finally, an usher on the second level found a spot for us. We took our seats in the box at stage left, and marvelled at our view. It was perfect for getting an up-close look at all of the musicians.

I immediately noticed a cellist who looked just like Tim Gunn (of “Project Runway”) from behind. There was also an impres-sively agile old man who played violin, and a girl who had great hair, but seemed to never be play-ing her oboe when I looked over at her. I’m on to you, oboe girl.

The conductor, Cris-tian Macelaru, talked to the audience in a relaxed and friendly manner. He compared the tempo of the pieces to things col-lege students could relate to like pulling all nighters and dancing at parties. Suddenly, it seemed like being Frasier Crane was not as hard as I thought it was.

The orchestra began by playing Franz Liszt’s “Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3.” Next up was Camille Saint-Saëns “Cel-lo Concerto No. 1.” This set was especially remark-able with the addition of Carol Jantsch’s tuba per-formance. Jantsch earned her spot in The Philadel-phia Orchestra while she was a senior in college.

On top of that, she is the first female tuba player in a major symphony or-chestra. It was not hard to understand why Jantsch deserves her position; she played throughout the entire piece with remark-able ease and unmatched skill. And she only put the tuba down once! The en-tire audience was amazed.

Next up was Karim Al-Zand’s “City Scenes: Three Urban Dances for Orchestra.” Finally, the concert ended with a few of Sergei Prokofiev’s piec-es from “Romeo and Ju-liet, Op. 64.” These pieces were sinister and emo-tional, and the audience was wrapped up in their beauty. As “The Death of Tybalt,” came to an end, everyone in the crowd got to their feet and applaud-ed the fantastic perfor-mance. In all, the concert only lasted for about an hour and 30 minutes, but it made a lasting impres-sion.

In the lobby of the Kim-mel Center, a fantastic live band played, free re-freshments were served, and hundreds of college students mingled like pro-fessionals. As my friend and I walked around and munched about an entire bakery’s worth of dough-nuts, we talked about how glad we were that The Philadelphia Orchestra provided us with such a fun, free night of enter-tainment.

Don’t worry. It is not too late to hobnob like a so-cialite: The Philadelphia Orchestra offers their eZ-seatU program for college students. Membership is only $25 and it buys stu-dents access to an unlim-ited number of concerts. At such an affordable price, we now have an ex-cuse to be Frasier Cranes all year long.

Molly Herbison is a second-year stu-dent majoring in Spanish. She can be reached at [email protected].

College students enjoy free concert “Cloud Atlas” Soars to New HeightsKristen Fenchak

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As soon as I saw the trailer for “Cloud Atlas,” I was ex-

cited. I will definitely be marking my calen-dar to go see this movie at the end of October. But what is with all the buzz behind this novel-turned-movie? Due to the big names gracing the screen for this film, the sheer originality of the extrava-gant plot, and the insane amount of money needed to produce it, the chatter comes with good reason.

The film has already broken records. With a whopping $100 mil-lion budget, it has been named the most expen-sive independent film of all time. The film has been met with wide ac-claim for its dazzling visuals and complicated performances, even be-

fore its worldwide re-lease. At its premiere at the Toronto Interna-tional Film Festival, the movie prompted a 10 minute standing ovation from the crowd.

The plot of the novel interweaves six seeming-

ly unrelated storylines about the human expe-rience that eventually come together to form one unified allegory. I have not yet read the novel, but I plan on read-ing it before the movie is released to get the full experience. It is a long and complicated story that was long thought to be impossible to trans-

late into a film. The three directors (Lana and Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer) took a big risk financially and commercially producing this film.

Movies such as “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy

and the “Har-ry Potter” se-ries also took big risks, but ended up with lasting success and a lasting im-pression on the movie in-dustry. I am a big fan of high fantasy and it is not too often that a high qual-ity, elaborate movie such as “Cloud At-

las” comes out. Due to the budget, actors, and positive reviews, I have high hopes for the film, and a feeling that “Cloud Atlas” has the potential to be held in the same regard as other high budget fantasy films for years to come.Kristin Fenchak is a second-year stu-dent majoring in English. She can be reached at [email protected]

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Famous people born this month: Drake

Joshua ShapiroStaff Writer

Aubrey Drake Gra-ham, known sim-ply as Drake, is

indisputably one of the music in-dustry’s most popular artists. No longer a new kid on the block, Drake has come a long way since playing the role of Jimmy Brooks on “Degrassi.” He now per-forms for sold-out crowds all over the world. He has earned his spot as one of music’s elite, surpassing Jay-Z with 10 No. 1 singles on Bill-board’s Hip-Hop Songs chart ear-lier in 2012.

Born to Sandi and Den-nis Graham on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Drake is an interesting cultural mix of African American and Jewish Canadian. He spent his childhood traveling between his home in Toronto’s west end and his father’s house in Memphis, Tennessee. Drake later cites the stark contrast between the two

environments as an im-portant influence on his music.

His first break came at the age of 15 when a friend’s father landed him

a role on the Canadian TV show “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” Dur-ing his fifth year with the show in 2006, Drake self-released his first mixtape “Room for Improvement,” followed by “Comeback Season” two years later. These two mixtapes, along with his single “Replace-ment Girl” being featured on BET, were enough to gain interest from rap

goliath Lil Wayne. After releasing his third official mixtape, “So Far Gone” in 2009, Drake signed a record deal with Young Money Entertainment.

Since sign-ing with Lil Wayne’s re-cord company, Drake has re-leased two al-bums: “Thank Me Later” and “Take Care,” both of which have sold over a million cop-ies. He is cur-rently working on his third studio album and has al-ready stated that this in-stallment will feature a much different sound from “Take Care.”

Drake is also one the few rappers who incor-porates singing into his music. He is conscious of competitive nature of the industry and is constant-ly trying to provide his listeners with a unique sound.

Joshua Shapiro is a second-year student majoring in both English and education. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Brandy’s upcoming album is sure to please fansFor the first time

in over 10 years, Brandy returns to

the top 10 on the R&B/hip-hop charts. The sing-er’s “Put it Down” featur-ing Chris Brown, marks her 10th appearance on the top ten. “What About Us?” peaked at No. 3 in 2002.

Prior to the release of her hit single, Bran-dy took some time off from the musical charts. She was fea-tured on Timbaland’s “Timbaland Presents Shock Value 2.” On the album, she intro-duced her short-lived, rapping alter-ego Bran’Nu.

Also during this time, she and her brother, Ray J, pre-miered their reality

“The Vampire Diaries” premiere lives up to hypeVictoria Holt

Special to The Quad

After the shocking Season three finale of “The Vampire

Diaries” where (spoiler alert) main character Elena Gilbert died and turned into a vampire, the writers behind the hit show had huge hype to live up to.

The cliff-hanger ending was immedi-ately addressed as Elena woke up to the news that Stefan, her vampire ex-boyfriend, saved Matt first, after Matt drove his car off of Wick-ery Bridge—a direct parallel to how Elena’s parents died and how she originally met Stefan. How-ever, as Damon, Stefan’s bad-boy, vampire older brother who also loves Elena, pointed out, Stefan did not save her. Elena died and needs to feed to complete the transition to become a vampire. Elena begins to experience symptoms of her transition: height-ened emotions, sensitiv-ity to light, dislike of food, and the remembrance of events she had been compelled to forget, par-ticularly a confession of love from Damon. Mean-while, Bonnie, the town’s resident witch, deals with villain Klaus inside of Ty-ler’s body and finding a way to turn Elena back to human.

With the introduction of the Founders Council on a hunt for the recently revealed vampires, they

capture Caroline and Re-bekah, and eventually Stefan and Elena, where the latter three are taken to Council leader Pastor Young’s ranch where they all are separately locked

up in converted stalls. Caroline is saved by Ty-ler, and begins to passion-ately thank him in the woods until she realizes it is Klaus in Tyler’s body. Shout-out to Michael Trevino who plays Tyler for completely capturing Klaus’ villainous person-ality. His performance was amazing to watch. Through magic, Bonnie begins to help Elena and bring her soul back to the ‘other’ side until the ghost of her grandmother, Grams, forces her to stop, telling Bonnie she has meddled with too much dark magic.

In the most romantic scene of the premiere, Stefan begins to tell Elena

that she should have fed and completed the transi-tion earlier, like Damon wanted. Through the stone walls separating the cells, Elena tells Stefan that the reason she and

Matt were on the bridge was because she had to pick b e t w e e n the broth-ers and she chose Ste-fan. While v i e w e r s knew this from Ele-na’s phone call to Da-mon in the finale, her s t a t e m e n t b r o u g h t Stefan, and many view-ers, to tears as the two d e c l a r e d their love for each other and Elena said no matter if she lives or dies, the decision to come home to Stefan

was the “best decision [she] ever made.” Even Rebekah, who caused the accident on Wickery Bridge, was affected by Stefan and Elena’s self-less love.

Serious kudos to both Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley who play Elena and Stefan respectively. They completely cap-tured the emotion of their characters and their undying love for one another. As an avid viewer, it was perfect.

Even more perfect was Elena finally feed-ing. Rebekah works with Stefan to kill a guard so Elena can feed on hu-man blood and complete the transition. With

tears streaming down her face, seeming to symbolize her goodbye to humanity, Elena touches a smear of blood to her lips, officially becoming a vampire.

At the same time, Da-mon is begrudgingly working with Matt to try to save Stefan and Elena from Pastor Young and the rest of the council. Unfortunately for Matt, Damon continues to hurt him since Damon feels that it should have been him. Before Damon can kill Matt, new vampire Elena pounces on Da-mon yelling at Damon to leave Matt alone. Our first glance of vamp Elena is exciting until she and Da-mon talk about the “what if?” What if it was Damon, not Stefan, at the bridge? Damon admits he would have saved Elena first and she would still be human, something Damon wanted desperately for Elena. The scene seemed foretelling of the romantic future of Damon and Elena, a ro-mance that seems bound to happen this season.

While Elena deals with her vampirism, Bon-nie attempts to extract Klaus from Tyler’s body

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after Klaus threatens to kill Tyler. After a warn-ing from Grams earlier about using dark magic, Grams reappears and seems to be taken over by Bonnie’s powerful magic. This scene leaves the au-dience with unanswered questions but we do learn that Klaus is back in his own body and prepares to leave Mystic Falls to make a hybrid army but is stopped by an angry Rebekah. The sibling pair quarrels and a furious Klaus declares Rebekah is not his family, breaks her neck and storms out.

In a scene reminiscent of the Ferris Wheel scene from Season two, Stefan and Elena sit atop the roof of the Boarding House where an honest Stefan tells Elena he wishes she was not going to feel pain and lust for blood. Elena responds that it is still a life and she gets to be with him forever...if she wants. Just before the sunrises, Stefan gives Elena a day-light ring and places it on her ring finger, completely suggestive of a proposal. Then in a shocking end-ing, Pastor Young locks the Founders Council in

his home where he admits the vampires are probably planning their revenge but that they are only the beginning...and goes on to unhook the gas line and blows up the house, seem-ingly killing everyone.

Overall, Season four opened in a fantastic way, answering questions from the previous season finale all while setting up for a new major story arc with the ominous words of the vampire hunting Pas-tor on loop:“It’s only the beginning.” There were some lingering questions from the premiere. What exactly happened with Bonnie and Grams? Is Klaus gone for good? How is Elena going to handle her new vampirism? Where is Katherine and why won’t she come back? With the upcoming intro-duction of a new vampire hunter, Elena as a baby vamp, and Bonnie’s tam-pering with dark magic, it seems that the problems of the characters are just getting started.

Victoria Holt is a second-year student majoring in commu-nication studies. She can be reached at [email protected].

Elena, played by Nina Dobrev, must cope with her new life as a vampire in the Season four premiere.

Brothers Damon and Stefan, played by Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, both love Elena.

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Brandy’s upcoming album is sure to please fansFor the first time

in over 10 years, Brandy returns to

the top 10 on the R&B/hip-hop charts. The sing-er’s “Put it Down” featur-ing Chris Brown, marks her 10th appearance on the top ten. “What About Us?” peaked at No. 3 in 2002.

Prior to the release of her hit single, Bran-dy took some time off from the musical charts. She was fea-tured on Timbaland’s “Timbaland Presents Shock Value 2.” On the album, she intro-duced her short-lived, rapping alter-ego Bran’Nu.

Also during this time, she and her brother, Ray J, pre-miered their reality

series “Brandy and Ray J: A Family Busi-ness” on VH1.

The show debuted in April 2010 and gave viewers an in-side look into the lives of Brandy and her brother and the family’s manage-ment and production company, R&B Pro-ductions. The show spawned the compila-tion album, “A Fam-ily Business,” and its promotional single was Brandy and Ray J’s joint track, “Talk to me.”

Brandy went on to appear as a contes-tant on Season 11 of “Dancing with the Stars,” placing fourth overall. The competi-tion landed her act-ing roles on the CW’s “90210,” Lifetime’s

“Drop Dead Diva,” and BET’s “The Game.” Al-though Brandy was not topping the charts during this time, she certainly was keeping herself busy.

After her rapping experience with Tim-baland, her venture into reality television, and even a string of a capella performances of soul music, Brandy’s sixth studio album “Two Eleven” will be released on Oct. 16.

The new songs pos-sess Brandy’s authen-tic R&B sound, but they also have a new edge to them. Collabo-rating with Brandy are hip-hop producer, Bangladesh, and sing-er/songwriter Sean Garrett. Many other producers and song-writers have been in-

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volved with the album including Timbaland, Kevin McCall, and The Bizness, and singer/songwriters Frank Ocean, Chris Brown, and Drake.

The first single from the album, “Put It Down,” features Chris Brown. The single has received many positive reviews and, therefore, “Two Eleven” is expect-ed to be a record-break-ing album for Brandy with numerous hits. The album will consist of 17 tracks and will be available in stores and iTunes on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Rhonda Bartlett is a fourth-year student majoring in professional studies and minoring in the-atre and journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

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OCTOBER 15, 2012 THE QUAD SPORTS

West Chester rebounds after tough stretch to take down Lock HavenJoey Samuel

Sports Editor

The West Chester men’s soccer team turned around what

had been a dismal two weeks by going on the road and earning a solid 2-0 win at Lock Haven on Saturday.

After dropping their last three games, the Golden Rams were in big need of a good result. Thanks to Neil Gallagher and Ro-berto Silva, they got what they needed and earned three important points in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play-off race.

West Chester started the game in the best way possible when Gallagher, a senior midfielder and team co-captain, scored

off a header after a corner kick by senior defender Dan Venuto in the fifth minute. Gallagher got his head to Venuto’s cross, and the ball deflected off the Lock Haven goalkeep-er and into the net for Gal-lagher’s second goal of the year, which put the Rams up 1-0.

After the goal, each team struggled to find its way, and quality offense was hard to come by for much of the first half. But with less than two min-utes to go before halftime, freshman midfielder Alex Badulak played a beauti-ful pass to Silva, who rock-eted the ball into the net to double West Chester’s lead. It was Silva’s first goal of the season.

The second half was a defensive battle, as both teams shut down the oth-er’s attack and allowed

little in the way of scoring chances. That benefited West Chester, though, as the Rams were already up by two goals. The 2-0 scoreline would remain that way until the final whistle, and West Chester was able to leave Lock Ha-ven with all three points.

Despite WCU’s two goals, the defensive na-ture of the match was re-flected in the final stats. West Chester only allowed Lock Haven to get off eight shots, and only four of them were on target. The Rams were only able to produce seven shots, with four being on target, al-though two of the Rams’ shots ended up going into the net. The difference in the match may have been WCU goalkeeper Garrett Bleiler, who saved all four of the shots he faced, while his LHU counterpart could

only save two of four.Before winning on Sat-

urday, West Chester had slumped through a tough two-week period that saw them lose three straight home games.

On Oct. 4, the Rams lost 2-0 to visiting Philadel-phia University. The game was scoreless entering the second half, but a pair of goals in a six-minute span gave Philadelphia a lead that WCU couldn’t over-come.

Three days later, West Chester dropped a tough game to Nyack College, losing 3-2 in double over-time. After Kevin McCann put the Rams up in the 24th minute, Nyack man-aged to equalize less than two minutes later. The game remained at 1-1 un-til the 70th minute when freshman Badulak netted his first-ever goal at WCU,

but Nyack tied it again five minutes later through Marco Likos. Neither team scored in the first overtime period, but just 18 seconds into double overtime Likos scored a golden goal to give Nyack a dramatic 3-2 win.

And on Tuesday, WCU dropped a conference game against Slippery Rock, falling 2-0 on a pair of first-half goals. The Rams failed to convert a number of early chances, and The Rock made them pay when Chris Davis scored in the 22nd minute. Less than a minute later, Slippery Rock doubled their lead through Stephen Donnel-ly. The Rams had multiple chances to get back into the match, and in the 73rd minute Conor Malarney appeared to have scored a bending goal directly off a corner kick. The linesman ruled that the ball had not

crossed the line complete-ly, though, and the game remained at 2-0 and even-tually ended that way.

Four more games re-main for the Golden Rams, with three of them be-ing in conference. Two of those three PSAC games will take place this coming week and are crucial for the team’s playoff hopes. On Tuesday, WCU travels to face East Stroudsburg, who are winless through six conference games. The Rams return home for a match against Blooms-burg on Saturday. If West Chester is serious about making the playoffs this year, there is no reason the team cannot earn at least four points from the two games.

Joey Samuel is a fourth-year stu-dent majoring in political science and Spanish. He can be reached at [email protected].

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THE QUAD SPORTS OCTOBER 15, 2012

Volleyball team tops Cheyney after losing thriller vs. Kutztown

Lack of execution earns men’s hockey series split with Rutgers

Just a day after scor-ing five goals against Rutgers on the road,

the offense fell silent for the Golden Rams hockey team as they dropped a sloppy 5-1 game at home, earning a split in the weekend series.

The Rams offense in the early part of the sea-son has been streaky to say the least. They have had two five-goal games, but three games in which they could not net more than two goals. In each of those three games there has been a similar theme—lack of quality shots.

West Chester fired 36 shots on goal Saturday but many of them came from just inside the blue line. The ones that were taken from the slot and circles were fired right into the goalies pads.

The sloppiest offense came on a power play with the Rams down by one in the middle of the third. They had an op-portunity to make a push and tie the game, and they could hardly get the puck out from behind their own net.

“Nothing went on [dur-ing the power play],” head coach Mark Gonsalves said. “We tried to rush it. We don’t settle it down, we don’t put the puck on net and we can’t finish. Part of the problem is the guys over-think the game, and we have to keep it simple.”

Neither the offense nor the defense were able to simplify the game. Wh-eras the offense was hold-ing on to the puck and trying to make the extra move, the defenders were trying for the big pass in-stead of the smart pass.

Kenny AyresEditor-in-Chief

“We need to make the simple passes and stop looking for plays when they aren’t there,” junior defenseman Mike Ahle said. “It is one thing to make the long pass if [the play] is there and you have the ability, but we seem to be forcing plays that aren’t there.”

Perhaps the most cost-ly play of the game was on what could have been an easy clear. Early in the third period defense-man Gordon Nicholson went back to retrieve a puck behind the net un-contested, and from the right wing corner he at-tempted to pass through the slot to a forward on

the left-side boards. Rut-gers’ Matt Ruthberg in-tercepted the pass and beat Japchen for what was ultimately the win-ning goal. It was a rare yet costly slip-up for the usually sound Nicholson.

“We are making bad

decisions,” Gonsalves said. “We like to make those long distance pass-es through the slot, and we are not outletting and using the glass or boards if there’s nobody there [to pass to],” Gonsalves said.

Penalties were also a factor, but not for obvious reasons. Although the Rams played a man down several times—including three times in the second period—their penalty kill was perfect. It was the off-setting roughing minors and retaliatory penalties that seemed to disrupt West Chester’s game. It was exactly what Rutgers wanted to happen.

“Part of it was ret-

Flyers Updatewith Sean Bobbie

The NHL season may be on hold right now, but as they say, the show must go on. Of last year’s Flyer regulars, five are playing overseas:

Jakub Voracek signed in the Russia’s KHL, the second-best league in the world. In his first seven games he scored one goal and six assists, but he injured his leg and is out for a month.

Wayne Simmonds elected to play in Germa-ny’s Bundesliga, arguably becoming the league’s best player. The young power forward has al-ready registered four assists, a fight, and over 30 penalty minutes in his first few games.

Last year’s highest scoring rookie, Matt Read, moved to Allvenskan, Sweden with Södertälje SK. Read landed in Stockholm on Wednesday and will see action as soon.

Lastly, Danny Briere and Claude Giroux have made the move to Germany’s DEL to play for Eisbaren Bears, who have won six league titles in the past eight years including 2010-11 and 2011-12.ribution from Friday

night,” Japchen said. “We marched them to the box for the majority of the night and kept our pen-alties down and we won. We didn’t want the win enough today. Unfortu-nately we fed into their

act, myself included, and it hurt us in the end.”

Perhaps the only bright spots in the game for West Chester was the play of Japchen and Steve Meade.

Japchen made 38 saves on 40 shots as he contin-ues to keep the Rams in every game. The final two goals for Rutgers came after he had been pulled in the final minutes of the third. The two he let in were hardly his fault. One was a result of the defensive zone turnover, and the other was not a direct shot.

“It hit my pants and was deflected,” Ahle said. It’s not his fault, only two goals against should win a game. No questions.”

The captain’s perfor-mance also stood out. After scoring two goals in Friday’s win, Meade netted yet another goal on Saturday. He now has six goals in six games this season, which leads the team by far. Tim Higgins, Chris Tamminga and Matt O’Brien are tied for second with two apiece.

“Meade has been abso-lutely great so far,” Jap-chen said. “At the begin-ning of the season we all discussed our roles and what we need to do to win and we said he’s our goal scorer. He has really been performing his role on our team.”

He is going to need some help though as West Chester moves into what is arguably the toughest part of their schedule. Next weekend they play two games against peren-nial powerhouse Rhode Island, then return home for one home game before spending eight in a row on the road. They can ill afford to be swept by Rhode Island before go-ing into that road stretch.

“We have to win in ev-erybody’s barn and we

have to come to battle,” Gonsalves said. “If these guys desire to be back up into the top 15 or 20, they can’t play like this. Rhode Island is a huge two-game series and from there it just gets harder

Photo by Kenny Ayres

Defenseman Mike Ahle fires a slapshot from the left wing circle.

and harder and the jour-ney gets more difficult. We’ll soon see what these guys are made of.”

Kenny Ayres is a third-year stu-dent majoring in communication studies with a journalism minor. He can be reached at [email protected].

Senior Tim Higgins brings the puck into the offensive zone alongside fellow senior Steve Meade.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012 THE QUAD SPORTS

Volleyball team tops Cheyney after losing thriller vs. Kutztown

Now a game past the mid-way mark of the regular

season, the women’s vol-leyball team continues on the road to what they hope will be their sixth straight post-season ap-pearance. With a win in their last match on Friday against Cheyney, their re-cord stands at 12-13 (3-8 PSAC) on the year. This includes a 5-6 record at Hollinger Fieldhouse and 3-2 on the road.

By this time last sea-son, the Rams were 15-10 with a strong 6-3 start to conference play. While this year’s group has not been quite as fortunate, they are still fourth in the PSAC East, only one win behind No. 3 East Stroudsburg. With the top four teams from each division making it past the regular season, West Chester is still very much a serious contender. Coach Bellaver reassures that “the playoffs are to-tally in the picture” and everyone must remain fo-cused on the goal.

This will require the sustained efforts from everyone on both sides of the ball. Offensively, Lexi Kegerise must continue to punish the opposition as she is on pace for over 300 kills, leading the team with 211 kills, an aver-age of 2.60 per set. Julia O’Brien (2.02 K/Set) and Allison Grammer (1.78 K/Set) have also proven to be potent threats at any given moment. Assists have come predominantly from Mary Faust (383), Mandy Flynn (241) and as of more recently, Tori Hutchinson (89, 3.56 per set).

On defense, Dana Mar-kol has anchored the back

By Joshua ShapiroStaff Writer

line with 214 digs aver-aging out to 2.78 per set. Morgan Litak (165 digs) and Tyler Sheafer (aver-age 3.74 digs per set) have been equally as frustrat-ing for opposing offenses. Middle hitter Kelly Mar-tin has certainly used her height (six feet) to her ad-vantage, with a team-high 69 blocks including nine block solos and 60 block assists.

Friday’s match saw the girls break their three game losing streak in impressive fashion. Cheyney, who has not won a single game all sea-son, came into the contest hoping to finally steal a win against the Lady Rams. This would not be the case as West Chester took the first two sets by identical 25-10 scores, and then put the nail in the coffin with a 25-12 win in the third. Wolves coach, Joan Braid, called a series of time-outs late in the third set to try and rally the troops, but they were unable to comeback from a 2-0 deficit.

Outside hitter Marina Sharkey had her finest performance of the year against Cheyney, explod-ing for 17 kills, six of the team’s 14 service aces, and three blocks. Alix Or-lando stepped up with 17 assists, and Flynn tacked on another 16 helpers in the match. Christina Urso had a memorable night on the back line registering nine digs.

This win was exactly what the team needed fol-lowing a heartbreaking loss on the road against Kutztown. The Golden Bears remained flawless at home (5-0) with a win over West Chester last Tuesday. However, it did not come easily, as both teams fought tooth-and-nail, trading points to the

very end. The Rams won the first set (25-22) before conceding the next two (25-21, 25-19). Kutztown may have thought the fourth set would turn out to be an easy clincher but West Chester had other ideas, coming back with a strong 25-21 victory to send the match into a de-ciding fifth set. Final sets are played to 15 points but a team has to win by two, and they went back and forth several times before the Bears would emerge on top 19-17.

Kegerise was all over the court leading the team with 17 kills, 20 digs, one service ace, and four block assists. Martin also had a solid performance on offense with 12 kills and three block assists in the loss. Faust (26) and Hutchinson (20) combined for 46 of the team’s 53 as-sists, and Markol added 18 digs to her total on the year.

The match came as even more of a disappointment following a 1-2 perfor-mance at the PSAC West Crossover the week be-fore. The Rams performed well in the first match against Edinboro (25-13, 25-13, 25-20), but came up short versus Mercyhurst (14-25, 26-24, 19-25, 23-25) and then Gannon (25-20, 25-17, 25-13).

With a non-league match scheduled for this Tuesday against Georgian Court, the girls will have an opportunity to catch their breath before the final eight games of the season. The home stretch will feature crucial con-tests with Millersville, Shippensburg, and Lock Haven, as a playoff pic-ture will begin to emerge.

Joshua Shapiro is a second-year student majoring in English and education. He can be reached at [email protected].

Flyers Update Freshman outside hitter Marina Sharkey sets the ball. Sharkey had her best performance of her young college career on Friday, with 17 kills, six of WCU’s 14 service aces, and three blocks.

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Freshman setter Alix Orlando and junior defensive specialist Tyler Sheafer get up high to block a shot. The duo was key in West Chester’s straight-set win over Cheyney on Friday.


Second-ranked West Chester continues strong play with win at Millersville

By Timothy MulqueenStaff Writer

The West Chester Golden Rams field hockey team trav-

eled to Millersville Satur-day afternoon and defeat-ed the hosts by a score of 2-0. Millersville was look-ing to clinch its first PSAC postseason bid since 1993, but some early scoring and ferocious defense throughout the whole game kept the Marauders from winning.

West Chester converted within the first seven min-utes of the game when Alexis Versak deflected Abbey Hordendorf’s shot right by the goalkeeper.

With just under four minutes remaining in the half, a diving Kayla Gluchowski was able to redirect Michele Schrift’s shot past the Millers-ville goalie, extending the Ram’s lead to 2-0.

Millersville maintained possession for a major-ity of the second half, but were unable to penetrate the West Chester’s over-whelming defense.

Millersville only man-aged three shots through-out the game but none of them found their way to West Chester goalie Kris-tin Arnold. Compared to the Marauders three shots, West Chester piled up 15 of their own, with six of them on net.

This victory improves the No. 2 Golden Rams to an impressive 12-2 overall record and 7-1 in league play, giving them sole pos-session of first place in the PSAC East.

Earlier in the week, the Rams battled in back-to-back overtime games. Bloomsburg traveled to West Chester on Oct. 6 to face the Golden Rams, up-ending the Rams in over-time 3-2.

West Chester started

off the scoring early when Kelsi Lykens was able to convert on a pass from Stef Pirri. The Huskies quick-ly responded and tied the game only three minutes later off a penalty corner.

Schrift scored her team leading 13th goal of the season to give the lead back to the Rams, but once again, Bloomsburg tied it 2-2 off an own goal.

Overtime provided some fireworks, with both team’s goalies denying fast breaks from their op-ponents. However, in the final 15 seconds of the overtime period, the Hus-kies were able to convert on a 2-on-1 situation, giv-ing the Huskies the 3-2 victory.

Losing to Bloomsburg snapped West Chester’s nine game winning streak.

“We did our best out there but we just couldn’t finish today. Although this loss is upsetting, we are ready to work toward our goal with clear eyes,” Lykens said.

Clear eyes are exactly what the Rams had when they traveled to LIU-Post for another PSAC match-up.

It wasn’t easy, but ask any athlete and they will tell you nothing in the PSAC comes easy.

For the first time this season, the game re-mained tied at zero for all 70 minutes. Despite the Rams firing 22 shots and LIU having 15 of their own, only one was able to find the back of the net and that occurred in the 80th minute of the game. Schrift was able to finally convert and give the Rams a much needed and de-served victory.

West Chester keeper Ar-nold recorded nine saves and her sixth shut out of the season, a keystone in the Ram’s stifling defense.

The win was the second time West Chester has

defeated LIU this season, and gave the Ram’s sole possession of first place in the eastern division.

Coach Cohen was proud of the way the girls re-sponded to getting beat only days before their sec-ond overtime game in a row.

“The loss showed us what we needed to do bet-ter and it showed us where we were weak. We ended up moving players around and found something that has been working for us right now,” Cohen said.

“Our team works ex-tremely hard day in and day out and we have com-petitive practices every-day. Our non-starters have been pushing our starting group which makes out-side competition at times seem a bit easier. We are fortunate to have a lot of talent, we are 23 strong.”

West Chester has three games remaining before playoffs and will face off with Ursinus, East Stroudsburg, and Kutz-town this week.

Timothy Mulqueen is a third-year stu-dent majoring in marketing. He can be reached at [email protected].

Lady Rams suffer first loss of season

For the first time this season, the Lady Rams soccer team

(11-1-1) has been strug-gling, but only compared to their amazing success this season. Coming into the match on Saturday against Lock Haven, the ladies had only one blemish on their record: a tie the weekend before against Kutztown.

Heading into the game, West Chester had to re-spect fellow PSAC mem-ber Lock Haven who sported a 5-3-4 record but were hit hard early. Goals by Jamie Hunter and Haylea Meyers to open the game really showed the Golden Rams that they were in for a tough one. Showing their resilience as always, Er-icka Schrock headed in a goal to cut the lead in half, 2-1, heading into halftime. Both Hunter and Brianna Hires scored for their respective teams in the second half but the Eagles wouldn’t allow the Rams to leave with a victory, defeating West

By Taylor MarenStaff Writer

Chester 3-2. This came as a major upset, with No. 2 West Chester drop-ping their first game of the season.

That was not the only tough game that the la-dies faced in the last two weeks as a home game against Slippery Rock and an away one at Kutztown proved no easy tests. West Chester wel-comed this past Tuesday the 8-4-1 Rockies, who put the pressure on the Rams early.

With no scoring in the first half, Slippery Rock’s Emer Flatley tallied the first score for the Rockies, but West Chester would not back down. A goal by one of their senior lead-ers, Melissa McKeary, gave West Chester hope with only 11 minutes left in the match. Strong play by the defense and goalkeeper Shannon Fe-dyk forced Slippery Rock into overtime, where the senior captains yet again came up huge. Jen Hutchinson came up big with a goal in the waning minutes of the first over-time.

With Fedyk stopping

four of the five shots she faced, much of the credit must go to the defense that kept the stress of the goalie and allowed the goal scorers to create op-portunities.

The only other imper-fection on this otherwise fantastic record was pay-ing a visit out to Kutz-town two Saturdays ago. The Golden Bears en-tered the game with an impressive seven victo-ries on the year and dis-played why against West Chester playing them to a scoreless tie. The Golden Rams dominated throughout the contest, outshooting Kutztown by a staggering margin of 26-8. With all of their great play, they couldn’t seem to crack the Golden Bear’s goalkeeper, who finished with 14 saves of her own. Fedyk saved the game as she would turn away a penalty kick along with five other shots on target through-out the long match. With play like that, the Golden Rams should keep their heads high and push for-ward to their final four games of the season.

Next up for the Lady Rams is a test at East Stroudsburg on Tuesday with a start time set for 6:30 p.m. After that, the ladies will be home next Saturday for Homecom-ing where they will be hosting Bloomsburg for a 12:30 p.m. start time down at South Campus.

To finish off their sea-son, the ladies will be up against both Clarion and Millersville before they enter the PSAC Quar-terfinals. To determine where they will be seed-ed, the Lady Rams should finish up strong and head into playoffs with confi-dence in their abilities to beat any team.

Taylor Maren can be reached at [email protected].

Athlete of the Week: Rondell WhiteThe choice for this issue’s Athlete of the Week was an easy one. Junior running back Rondell White amassed an astonishing 343 all-purpose yards and scored four touchdowns in WCU’s 41-6 rout of visiting LIU-Post on Saturday.

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game this time catching a 21-yard pass from Mattei, set the tone for things to come. Kicker Shawn Leo add a 26-yard field goal as time expired making the score 24-6 as the two sides made their way to the locker rooms.

The third quarter picked up right where the second left off. On the Rams first possession, Mattei threw his third touchdown of the game, hooking up once again with White on a 22-yard score. Leo added another three, this time from 27 yards out. For the final touchdown of the game, Mattei and White con-nected for the third time on the day, this time White took it 89 yards to the house.

West Chester scored 34 unanswered points to end

the game as the defense held the Pioneers to only 326 yards of total offense. The Rams were very bal-anced on offense gaining 223 yards on the ground and 263 yards through the air. West Chester con-tinued their efficient play in the redzone, convert-ing on three of their four trips inside the 20.

The Rams had a firm grip on the ball as they succeeded in having no turnovers, while recover-ing two LIU-Post fumbles. While they committed two more penalties than the Pioneers, they had less than half the penal-ty yards, 44 to 97. Given the dominance that WCU showed all game long, it’s hard to believe that only ten seconds separated the two teams in time of pos-session.

The Pioneers had no answer for White in the running game or the

passing game. He led all receivers with six recep-tions for 176 yards and three scores. The rest of the team had only 87 yards receiving. On the ground, White carried the bulk of the workload, carrying the ball 28 times for 167 yards and just the one touchdown. White’s 343 all-purpose yards are fourth all-time for a West Chester player. He is also over 3,000 career all-pur-pose yards, 3,027 after Saturday’s performance.

Mattei looked like his usual self putting up very respectable numbers while taking care of the ball. He went 11 for 24 for 263 yards and four touch-downs. Shrader caught his first touchdown pass of the season in his first game back after suffering a separated shoulder in the first game of the year against Delaware.

Linebacker Ronnell

Williams led a stout de-fense that never allowed the Pioneers to get any-thing going other than the touchdown in the sec-ond quarter. He led all defenders registering 14 tackles including 11 as-sists. With those tackles, Williams is now tied for the PSAC lead in tackles with Kenny Pettis of Ed-inboro with 78. Defensive backs John O’Donnell, Matt Carroll, and Shawn Krautzel each record-ed seven tackles, with O’Donnell and Krautzel combining for two tackles for a loss.

Special teams made its mark as well this week as they blocked a Pioneer punt and forced a fum-ble. Punter Rich Bruno landed three of his five punts inside the five-yard line. With Leo’s two field goals, he now has 28 for his career, only two shy of John Marotta’s record of 30.

Next up for the Golden Rams is a home game against No. 16 Shippens-burg (7-0) who is coming off a 73-35 victory over PSAC East contender Kutztown. It will be West Chester’s Homecoming and they will be looking

to improve to 4-0 at John A. Farrell Stadium this season. Shippensburg’s offense will most surely test the defense as they are averaging almost 54 points per game. This is West Chester’s third ranked opponent as they defeated both Kutztown

and California (Pa.), not to mention losing to Dela-ware who was ranked in the Top 20 in the FCS. Kickoff will be at 2 p.m.

Riley Wallace is a fourth-year student majoring in communi-cation studies with a journal-ism minor. He can be reached at [email protected].

WCU athletics schedule 10/15-10/21 Oct. 20 -women’s rugby @ Quinnipiac 11 a.m. -field hockey @ Kutztown 12 p.m. -men’s & women’s cross country: PSAC Championships @ Slippery Rock -women’s soccer vs. Bloomsburg 12:30 p.m. -men’s & women’s golf: PSAC Championships @ Hershey 1 p.m. -volleyball @ Millersville 1 p.m. -football vs. Shippensburg 2 p.m. - men’s soccer vs. Bloomsburg 3 p.m.

Oct. 21 -men’s & women’s golf: PSAC Championships @ Hershey 9 a.m.

Oct. 15 -no sports scheduled

Oct. 16-women’s tennis vs. Goldey Beacom 3:30 p.m.-men’s soccer @ ESU 4 p.m.-women’s sioccer @ ESU 6:30 p.m.-volleyball vs. Georgian Court 7 p.m.

Oct. 17-field hockey vs. ESU 4 p.m.

Oct. 18 -no sports scheduled

Oct. 19-men’s & women’s swimming and diving @ Lehigh 5 p.m.-volleyball @ Shippensburg 7 p.m.

Redshirt freshman linebacker Camille Max lunges in an attempt to block a punt. WCU dominated the game in all facets, exploding on offense and suffocating LIU on defense. Special teams stepped up too, blocking a punt and forcing a fumbe.



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ence loss of the season, by defeating LIU-Post 41-6 behind the stellar play of running back Rondell White, who accumulated

By Riley WallaceStaff Writer

Raul Ibanez has had quite the hot start to the MLB postseason. In Game 3 of the ALDS against Balti-more, the Yankee hit a game-tying home run in the 9th inning and a game-winning homer in the 12th af-ter pinch-hitting for the struggling Alex Rodriguez. He hit another 9th-inning game-tying homer in Game 1 of the ALCS, but NY fell to Detroit in extra innings.

343 all-purpose yards.West Chester (5-2) im-

proves to 3-1 in the PSAC East and gets back on the winning side of things after last week’s heart-breaking loss to East Stroudsburg. The Rams were trailing by 14 points with less than seven min-utes left in the game, but

never gave up, and after two consecutive touch-downs the game was tied at 28 with 1:10 remain-ing. The comeback hopes were dashed as the War-riors went 68 yards in one minute capped off with a 33-yard touchdown pass with only five seconds remaining to hand West

Chester its first loss to a Division II opponent in 2012.

This week, the outcome was never in doubt af-ter the Rams put up 17 points in both the second and third quarters. The Pioneers’ struggles con-tinue as they have lost their last four contests

after starting the season with a promising 2-0 re-cord.

White got things going in the first for the Golden Rams as he scampered 38 yards for the only score of the quarter. The Pioneers responded with a score of their own in the second but failed on the point-af-

ter. A 7-6 scoreline in the first quarter would be the closest they got on this day as two touchdowns by West Chester, first on a 7-yard pass from Mike Mattei to Tom Shrader, and followed up with White’s second of the

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White, Mattei lead offense as Golden Rams dominate LIU-PostIlana Berger/ Asst. Photography Editor

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