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Political Science professors answer questions on the presidential race

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Men’s soccer records shutout against Sage

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Improve their record to 5 -9 with a 3-0 road win on Tuesday

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Howard Kurtz, the host of CNN’s Reliable Sources, addressed the MCLA and North Adams com-munities on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Kurtz delivered an informative speech, touching upon issues such as the rise of social media in the news world.

Acknowledging the 109,696 fol-lowers he has on Twitter, Kurtz talked about how most journalists are now pressured to constantly provide updates and commentary on social media websites, particu-larly Twitter.

“I didn’t have to be available 24/7,” he said. “I didn’t have to blog and I didn’t have to tweet. Now ev-eryone does.”

Kurtz is also the Washington Bureau Chief of Newsweek and � e Daily Beast. While he’s an ac-claimed journalist, he discussed how civilians are now able to have just as much of a voice and attract plenty of followers due to this out-break of social media.

“In a way, it kind of breaks the media monopoly,” he said.

Primarily using the presidential elections as a platform, Kurtz cited a Pew research study, which found that 1/3 of all people who followed the Oct. 16 presidential debate live, did so through dual screening or simply online.

Kurtz added that the wave of so-cial media is exciting and a great way for everyone to get the chance to say something, but there are aspects of the wave of technol-ogy that worry him. A big concern Kurtz addressed is how many peo-ple have an increasing tendency to watch and read biased journalism based on their political beliefs.

“I do worry that too many Americans are gravitating towards people that reinforce what they already believe,” he said.

While Kurtz did express a sincere concern, he did o� er a solution to these issues in journalism.

“I think the antidote to this is more and better journalism,” he said.

 Kurtz concluded with a positive

but cautious outlook.“I am optimistic about the future,

but I am worried about the decline of serious journalism.”

Freshman Catrice Woodbury said she was impressed by how in touch Kurtz was with convergent media.

“I thought it was interesting how the media is changing,” she said. “It’s cool how he thinks the Inter-net is good in helping the media grow.”

Professor of Broadcast Media Michael Birch said this particular lecture was a good learning expe-rience for journalism students, but also provided a little bit of advice for himself.

“I think student journalists should take from this lecture how the business of journalism has changed, is changing, and will continue to change,” Birch said. “� e important thing to remem-ber for their careers is to special-ize in a particular area. � at will be what gets you to jobs you want.”

By Ryan FlynnSta� Writer

Photos by Jack Guerino/Beacon sta� Students performed “Cabaret” at PUBLIC Eat + Drink on Oct. 19, 20, and 21. For the full story, see page 7.

Media analyst talks social media, presidential race

Students to present at research conference

MCLA will head the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges’ (COPLAC) Undergraduate Research Conference come the end of the month.

� e research conference for the Northeast region will be held Oct. 26 and 27 at Eastern Connecticut State University. MCLA is one of six colleges that will be attending.

“We are Massachusetts’ only public liberal arts COPLAC school,” said Professor of Biology Ann Billetz.

Billetz said the research conference spans all disciplines and the students who are presenting this year presented at the College’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) in the spring. � ey will be presenting updated versions of their previous research, or follow-up research.

“Each school that participates in the regional meeting can bring 10 research posters or presentations,” she said. “We can bring a piece for the art show and then we can also bring a performance group.”

According to Professor of Modern Language Graziana Ramsden, this year MCLA will host 10 student projects, two art presentations, and

a performance by the Allegrettos.Ramsden said the process for

choosing presenters this year was a di� cult one.

“What we tried to do was to, � rst of all, have a broad scope so we have presentations from a variety of di� erent programs on campus,” she said. “� ere is a physics presentation, environmental studies, psychology, anthropology, history, architecture, we have a lot of very interesting presentations.”

Presenters are given 10 to 15 minutes to do so, and then must answer questions from the audience, Ramsden said.

Two of this year’s presenters are seniors Tyson Luneau and Michael Testa.

Luneau began work on his presentation in the spring of last year as part of his history senior seminar and presented at the URC.

“Basically, it’s from a historical perspective looking at the Russian empire and comparing it to other European empires throughout the 19th, early 20th century,” Luneau said.

He was inspired to undertake this research to counter the argument made in his history textbook that stated that the Russian empire was of no great consequence.

By Nick ArenaSta� Writer

COPLAC, continued on page 4

KURTZ, continued on page 4

Photo by Dennise Carranza/Beacon sta� Howard Kurtz talks with students during a question-and-answer session on Wednesday, Oct. 17.

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Monday night, college officials updated the Student Government Association (SGA) on the Col-lege’s self-study process.Celia Norcross, director of Stu-

dent Development, and Cynthia Brown, vice president of Academ-ic Affairs, co-chair the self-study process, which they described as a comprehensive reflection of 11 standards at the College, outlined below.

“It is a self-study reflection of our institution,” Norcross said. “It’s really a growth process for our whole community.”According to Vice President

Brown, research teams comprised of faculty, administration, and students oversee the review of each of the 11 standards. A draft of the self-study report will be completed in the spring semester, after which time the College will hold community forums to dis-cuss the report and its findings.The report comes in preparation

of a visit from representatives of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) from Nov. 3 through 6, 2013. Vice President Brown described it as an intensive, three-day visit. Dur-

ing that time, the NEASC repre-sentatives will review and analyze the report.“They govern the process and

take a deep look at our report,” Norcross said.“The report is very candid,” she

added. “We’re very honest with ourselves.”The self-study process takes

place every 10 years, Norcross said, and is part of the College’s reaccreditation by NEASC.

Course overload change

Senator Evan Pirnie reported that the Academic Policies Com-mittee approved two new changes to the course credit overload pro-cess.The first is that course overload

will now be defined as anything more than 19 credits in a semes-ter rather than 18, a move several SGA members approved of.“This change from 18 to 19 cred-

its will be greatly appreciated,” Senator Isaiah Butler said. The second change is that any

student seeking course overload must now have the approval of not only their academic advisor, but also the department chair-person and the dean of Academic Affairs. Senator Alyson Stolz said this

change was to ensure that stu-dents take the time to consider how many classes they register for and not overburden themselves initially and then end up with-drawing from classes later.President Jason Brown noted

that these changes must to be ap-proved by the All College Com-mittee and President Mary Grant before becoming policy.

Sam Gomez race

According to Executive Vice President Kate Moore, the annual Sam Gomez 5k charity race, held on Sunday, raised roughly $1,800 for the Friendship Center Food Pantry.“It was such a huge success,”

Moore said. “I am so appreciative of the time you all took.”President Brown lauded the

work done by Moore in coordi-nating the event and expressed his satisfaction at the amount of money raised.“That’s more than we’ve raised

as an SGA since I’ve been here,” President Brown said.

Senator resignation

President Brown announced that Senator-At-Large Nashua Rosa resigned from her position

and read her letter of resignation to the SGA.“I feel that I cannot make the

commitment a senator position deserves,” the letter read in part. “I hope SGA continues to grow and do great work.”According to President Brown,

the seat will remain vacant until the spring semester unless the SGA chooses to hold a special election, which he believes is un-likely.The SGA will hold spring elec-

tions only if there are multiple va-cancies, Brown said.

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Self-Study Process 11 Standards of Review

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College’s self-study process underway

By Chris GoodellEditor-in-Chief

Photo by Kayla Degnan/Beacon staffParliamentarian Brycen Waters, left, and Senate Chair Brendan Peltier, discuss current events pertaining to student life.

Institutional self-review to take place through November 2013

DELRAY BEACH, Florida (AP) _ President Barack Obama on Tuesday followed up on the last presidential debate by ac-cusing his Republican challeng-er Mitt Romney of shifting his positions, as the two candidates entered the two-week home stretch before Election Day.The two are neck-and-neck in

the race for the White House, and Romney presented a more centrist approach to foreign policy during the Monday night debate _ the last of three, and this one on foreign policy. The Republican’s performance, how-ever, gave the Obama campaign more ammunition to allege that Romney is willing to shift from or lose his more conservative positions to satisfy his more mainstream constituents.“We are accustomed to seeing

politicians change their position from four years ago,’’ Obama told a Florida rally. “We are not accustomed to seeing politicians change their positions from four days ago.’’Obama’s campaign released

a 20-page booklet called the “Blueprint for America’s Fu-ture’’ on Tuesday to promote a second-term agenda, respond-ing to Republican criticism that the president has not clearly ar-ticulated a plan for the next four years.Neither side can claim the lead

at this late stage of the race, with polls showing the race virtually tied nationally and in some of the key swing states. Obama’s challenge is to convince voters who may be hurting financially that he is better qualified to lead the country back to economic prosperity than Romney, who made a fortune as a successful businessman.Obama was campaigning in

Florida, one of nine battle-ground states that do not reli-ably vote for one party or the other, and that therefore will decide the election. He was join-ing Vice President Joe Biden in another such state, Ohio, later Tuesday. The U.S. president is not chosen according to the popular nationwide vote but in state-by-state contests. The sys-tem makes it possible for a can-didate to win the popular vote but lose the election, as hap-pened to former Vice President Al Gore 2000.Romney and running mate

Paul Ryan’s schedule reflected the strategy of driving up Re-publican vote totals in areas such as the Denver suburbs and Cincinnati, Ohio. They start their two-week dash in Nevada, before moving to the Denver area for a rally with rocker-rap-per Kid Rock and country mu-sic’s Rodney Atkins.

Candidates look toward campaign’s final 2 weeks

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marily empty Sullivan Lounge on Monday night for a faculty panel prior to the last presidential debate sponsored by the Blaze the Vote Coalition.

e discussion led by Professors of History and Political Science Bob Bence, Ely Janis, and Petra He-jnova may have started a few min-utes late, but given the extra time, the seats at ve other round tables lled up.

“A 21-page agreement was signed by both candidates,” Bence said. “A lot of that agreement was violated.” He highlighted the candidates go-ing over time-limits and not asking each other questions.

According to e Washington Post, the presidential race is exactly even, Hejnova said.

Bence said he had seen otherwise on Nate Silver’s blog for the New York Times, “Five irtyEight,” named for the number of Electoral College votes.

“His snapshots are relatively ac-curate at the time,” Bence said.

Silver’s Saturday prediction gave Obama a 69 percent chance of win-ning, according to Bence. A blog update on Tuesday had Obama’s chance of winning to 72.4 percent

a� er the third debate ended.“ e popular vote is extremely

close, though it doesn’t decide who wins the election,” Bence said.

None of the panel members were comfortable making a personal prediction on the outcome of the presidential election. Although, Janis o� ered a more lighthearted remark,

“Somebody will win, and some-body will lose,” he said.

Massachusetts has more to vote on for this election period than just the next president.

Questions included in the ballot are the senate race between Eliza-beth Warren and Senator Scott Brown, the availability of motor ve-hicle repair information, prescrb-ing of medication to end life; and the medical use of marijuana.

Janis said the ballot initiatives should aid voter turnout in Mas-sachusetts. He reminded the room that the control of the Senate is also up for grabs this election, making the Brown-Warren race important to vote on.

Bence wagered that the demo-cratic candidate, Warren, will win over the republican candidate, Brown.

Bence mentioned the possibility of supporters using the third ballot question, the use of medical mari-juana, as a step toward legalizing

and taxing marijuana as a recre-ational drug, like alcohol.

“I think some medical marijuana supporters are voting to legalize it, as a gateway to a gateway,” Bence said.

According CBS News, there are currently 17 states that allow mari-juana for medical use. ere have been federal raids on medicinal marijuana dispensaries in states that have legalized it.

Question two, prescribing medi-cation to end life, is also contro-versial.

“Polls say it will pass at 60 per-cent,” Bence said. Oregon has had a similar law in e� ect since 1997.

Question one, “Right to Repair,” has caused some confusion, and may now be irrelevant.

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Bence weighed in on question one saying, “You can vote however you want, but that one has already been decided.”

Foreign Policy was among one of the last topics discussed just min-utes before the beginning of the third presidential debate on Mon-day night.

“What is [the president] going to do about Afghanistan, or Pakistan,” Bence said. “I think that should be the most important foreign policy issue.” He named the Middle East as a close second.

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Testa’s work is more recent. He began work on his project at the University of South Florida in May of this year. His presentation revolves around nanoscale friction.

“Friction, on a nanoscale, works differently than friction on the macroscopic world that we live in,” he said. “If we push a ball on a surface it’s going to roll. Nanoscale objects don’t necessarily roll when they’re pushed on a surface. There’s three types of translational modes, they call them, which would be: slipping, sliding, and rolling.”

Testa’s project was funded by petroleum companies, that are trying to design nanoscale lubricants to improve mechanical efficiency, and by the National Science Foundation.

Both the students and faculty see much importance in the research conference.

“Research actually makes you think, and it makes you work critically and it helps you work independently,” Billetz said. “Those are skills that I think you get out of research that you don’t necessarily get out of taking regular courses.”

On a similar note, Ramsden said, “When you do this kind of presentation in a broader environment with people that you don’t know it actually gives you that [great] amount of adrenaline, it gives you that ability to think quickly on your feet, it helps you grow up as an academic.”

The College is also in the process of creating a distance mentoring program, where students from MCLA can work, via Skype and other e-communication sources, with the faculty from other schools within COPLAC to refine their research.

COPLAC, continued from page 1

Students show off their research

The lecture was the second of a series of journalism-related lectures, provided by the Hardman Family Endowment. Birch said the Hardman family has been ada-mant about providing MCLA journalism students with opportunities to improve in their aspiring field.

“The Hardman family has donated $1.3 million to the department of English and Communications to allow practicing jour-nalists to share their experiences with stu-dents so that they can improve their skills,” Birch said.

The next Hardman Lecture will be the second annual Michael and Kitty Duka-kis Public Policy Lecture, featuring Senator George J. Mitchell.

Student Trustee Dan Peluso encouraged anyone who has the chance to attend these lectures.

“These are just wonderful opportunities for students, faculty, and the community,” he said.

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Analyst talks media, politics

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Claffey lectures on learning strategies

Professor of Social Psychology Sharon Claffey presented her lecture “Team Based Learning vs. Traditional Lecture” as part of the Brown Bad Lecture series last Friday.

Faculty and students gathered in Sullivan Lounge to hear Claffey compare the differenc-es, challenges and results of her research con-cerning the two different learning techniques.

Team based learning (TBL) is based on a class of students forming small groups for learning, and is centered on student experi-ence and interaction, she said. Claffey added that TBL involves active learning through ac-tivities rather than lectures.

Traditional learning is the opposite. This form of teaching focuses on using lectures as the primary teaching tool in the classroom, she said.

Claffey said she researched the two methods by creating two different learning environ-ments by using the same variables: the same teacher, two consecutive time slots and the same class.

She explained how she taught two sections of her social psychology class, one at 10 a.m. and the other at 11 a.m. Each class had about the same number of students. The only variable changed was Claffey’s teaching style. Her TBL class included one scheduled lecture during the semester.

“It can be intimidating throughout the se-mester, taking out the lecture portion of it,” Claffey said.

In the team based learning class, the semes-ter was divided up into seven modules. This includes one individual test, one group test, and a discussion about the textbook and each teams’ findings based on the activities done in class.

Students worked in groups every class period with hands-on activities based on their read-ing assignments. Claffey graded each student based on their teams’ test scores, individual test scores, presentations, and end-of-the-se-mester team evaluations. Each person evalu-ated their peers to determine if their group work was satisfactory.

At the end of the semester, each class was given an assessment that asked questions to determine if the students liked that specific way of teaching and if they were satisfied with their final grade.

The results of her research proved that TBL was more effective for student learning than traditional lectures.

The faculty members in attendance were en-couraged to ask questions based on Claffey’s research.

Christopher Himes, STEM program man-ager, asked Claffey if she ever compared the results of assessments between the two classes and if there was a significant difference be-tween which class had better grades.

Claffey said there was no significance and added that she could make a common assess-ment in the future with the same questions that both classes must answer to compare re-sults.

One faculty member asked if there was a sig-nificant difference in drop-out rates between the two classes.

Claffey went on to explain that there were not enough students who dropped out of each class to make a difference, or could adequately tell if one style of teaching produced a higher drop-out rate.

When Claffey asked if faculty members would try team based learning in their cours-es, most said they would try to incorporate a hybrid way of teaching. This would include both lectures and group activities, but not

completely cutting out one or the other from the curriculum.

Kacie Clark, a senior journalism student, at-tended the event

“I would prefer the lecture class,” she said.Himes found the lecture series to be very

valuable as a faculty member. “For me it was a very valuable presentation

and TBL will be an approach I will incorporate into my course at some level,” he said.

The Brown Bag Lecture series is mostly for faculty, but students are also encouraged to at-tend.

“[If more students] volunteered to attend the talks, [it] could be a valuable addition, particu-larly if they have a background or general inter-est in the topics being discussed,” Himes said.

The next Brown Bag Lecture entitled “News Literacy and the First Amendment” will be on Nov. 16 and features Professor of English/Communications Joseph Ebiware.

By Amy CubelloStaff Writer

Photo by Siyun Wu/Beacon staffProfessor Sharon Claffey addresses Sullivan Lounge during her lecture.

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Scores, Schedules and Standings(at press time)

Men’s Soccer

Women’s Soccer

Women’s Volleyball

Conf

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Men’s Soccer

10/26 @ Worchester St 7:00p.m.

Women’s Soccer

10/27 Worchester St 1:00p.m.

Men’s Cross Country

10/27 MASCAC Champi-onships

@Westfield St University

Women’s Volleyball

10/27 SUNY IT 1:00p.m.

Standings

Scores

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Salem St. 6-0 10-5-1Framingham 5-1 8-6-2Westfield St. 4-2 5-9-1Bridgewater 3-2-1 8-7-1Worcester 1-3-2 3-10-2Maritime 1-4-1 6-8-2MCLA 1-5 5-9Fitchburg St. 1-5 4-10-2

Westfield St. 6-0 15-0-1Worcester 4-1-1 7-6-2Bridgewater 4-1-1 8-7-2Salem St. 2-2-2 8-5-2Framingham 3-3 6-8-1MCLA 2-4 6-9Fitchburg St. 1-5 3-13Maritime 0-6 2-11

Framingham 5-0 20-8Bridgewater 4-1 10-13Westfield St. 4-1 9-17Worcester St. 2-3 11-12Salem St. 2-3 4-15MCLA 1-5 9-17Maritime 0-5 2-23

Colby-Sawyer9-0 16-2Castleton 7-3 8-9Thomas 5-5 5-8Lyndon St. 4-5 4-9Johnson St. 1-8 1-12MCLA 0-5 3-9

Schedule

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10/23 Sage W, 3-0

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10/22 Sage W, 3-0

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10/20 @ Curry W, 3-0

10/20 @ Baypath L, 3-0

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On Monday the Chicago Bears defense proved

yet again that not only are they the best defense in the NFL (though statistically they are 6th in yards allowed), but they also are a historic group of shrewd, violent Vikings. They have a league-high 14 interceptions and seven fumble recoveries. If you play Fantasy Football, here is a mind-numbing stat for you: the Chicago Bears’ defense has racked up five touchdowns this year. That’s more than any wide receiver and ties Ray Rice, the only running back who also has five.

In the popular understanding of sport, offense is the protago-nist, initiating the action of the game. Defense is traditionally the antagonist, reacting to the offense and hoping to move quick enough to stop the offense. Watching the Bears’ defense as they play week in, week out, one can see a visible and pronounced difference from the norm. When you play the Chicago Bears on offense, their defense dictates to you what the action will be. The offense often times has to react to the defense.

Just look at the stats of Lions’ Quarterback Matt Stafford from Monday Night. Granted, this year Stafford has been about as useful on the field as Vinny Tes-taverde, but the Bears made him look like a true amateur, usually with the Lions’ offensive drives ending with Stafford running for his life and throwing the ball away. The Bears pitched a shut-out until the last two minutes of the game when they relented and allowed the Lions one meaning-less touchdown.

In the post-game press con-ference, Stafford looked shell-shocked. He ran the gauntlet all night, evading (sometimes) the Bears’ vicious pass-rush, while trying to get his offense in a rhythm. It didn’t happen.

The Bears’ defense might not have the least yards surrendered, but with 21 take-aways so far this season, we are all witness to a Bears team that is reminiscent of the infamous ‘80s-era Bears’ defense. But in an NFL era with rules favoring offense to pro-mote sexy receivers and quarter-backs, this is the most impressive defense in the history of the NFL because not only do they demol-ish offensive strategies, they even score their own points.

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Since returning to the Wom-en’s soccer team from a con-cussion and broken nose a few weeks ago, Jen Ferrari hasn’t fallen out of her winning form. The Trailblazers shutout the Sage College Gators 3-0 on Monday.

The rout began with Ferrari finding the back of the net at the 15 minute mark.

“After losing to Bridgewater on Saturday, it was good to shut someone out again,” said Fer-rari. “And our goalie [Danielle Heinsohn] had another great game.”

Ferrari grew up in Westfield, Massachusetts, with two older brothers. She played sports with her family and friends her entire life, and by the time she was in high school she was a three sport athlete; soccer, basketball, and softball. Sports continues to be a central part of her life on and off the soc-cer field.

On Monday a full 90 minute soccer match wasn’t enough of a work-out for Ferrari. After leaving the field she returned to campus and played in two games with her intramural basketball team, scoring seven points in game two. Keep in mind the score only goes to 11 in intramurals.

“Having two older brothers kept me pretty active my whole life,” said Ferrari.

Her favorite athlete and inspi-ration is professional basketball player Steve Nash, hall-of-fame point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. Like Ferrari, Nash is a multi-sport athlete. Though his gift is for basketball is famous, Nash also played soccer and rugby at his prep school, St. Michael’s University School.

“Steve Nash is unselfish on the court aside from being a

great baller, and also an amaz-ing soccer player, which are my two favorite sports,” said Fer-rari.

She played basketball at her last college, Johnson State, be-fore transferring to MCLA last spring. Although with her ath-leticism allows her to be suc-cessful at almost any sport, she doesn’t plan on playing basket-ball for the Trailblazers.

“I love being outside,” said Ferrari. “Basketball is during the winter, which is snowboard season. Snowboarding is a big family past time for me. We’ve been skiing and snowboarding since I was three-years-old and I can’t leave it now.”

Now, Ferrari can focus 100 percent on soccer. So far this year she’s racked up eight goals, four of which were game-win-ning, for the Trailblazers after starting in 11 games, missing a few for her injury.

On Monday, after Ferrari scored, junior Lindsay Borbol-la was able to score as well at 29 minutes for her fifth goal of the season. They came close to getting another in the first half at 33 minutes, but goal keeper Teagan Waddingham of Sage was able to knock it out.

In the second half, sopho-more Kelsey Marini limped off the field with an ankle injury.

The sophomores shined in the second half with Lindsay Roy hitting the twine for the Trailblazers again with a bril-liant assist by classmate Katlyn Brown, ending the game 3-0. The goal marked the first of the season for Roy and speaks to the ability of the team to find contributions from youngers players.

The Trailblazers will host Worcester State on Saturday in the team’s final home game as well as it’s final MASCAC con-test, Ferrari and her team hope to end their season on a win-ning note.

Ferrari returns to provide offense forWomen’s Soccer

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Men’s soccer looks to finish strongAfter losing the last home game

of the season, the Men’s Soccer team bounced back Tuesday night, besting Sage 3-0. The win brings the team to 5-9 overall and, more importantly gives them momen-tum going into the last regular sea-son game on Friday.

Senior Jake McCall tallied the first Trailblazer goal after capital-izing on a feed from senior Joseph Mecca. At halftime the lead stood at 1-0.

The Trailblazers added to their lead when sophomore Luke Fisher scored an unassisted goal. Team-mate Ben Souza punctuated the game with another goal to clinch the 3-0 win.

Junior goalie Shawn Willis made four saves in the first half and shared the shutout with sopho-more Matthew Robinson who added three saves of his own in the second half.

Before Tuesday’s win, the team played Bridgewater State in a tough fight on Saturday. The final score was 1-0, resulting in yet another loss for the Trailblazers.

The game against Bridgewater may be another loss for the team, but according to a few of the team’s seniors, their season won’t end on a losing note.

Senior Dillon Wager, who had an outstanding performance in goal with seven saves including a huge stop on a breakaway shot with only three minutes left, said the team will prove themselves if they make it to the playoffs.

“I truly believe if we can make it into the playoffs by beating Worcester next week and some other things falling into place,” Wa-ger said, “then we can make some noise in the post-season.”

For Wager, soccer isn’t just a sport to feed his competitive nature; it’s a sport that helped him grow.

“The past three years for me, per-sonally, at MCLA have helped me grow as a person,” Wager said. “It helped me organize my lifestyle

and satisfy my competitive nature.” He said his confidence in himself

and his team will push them to vic-tory.

“I think the last game, again, just shows that we are so close and if we can just break through one time we could be onto something great,” he added.

Senior and co-captain Ryan Shewchuk agreed with his team-mate.

“The season is going well and I know the record doesn’t show it but there’s a lot of behind-the-scene improvements with the team,” he said. “Losing our last game will only make us play with more ur-gency. We’ll work harder during practice and focus more on the small details.”

Instead of letting a loss crush their spirits, the team is determined to win with a positive mindset.

Senior and co-captain Jake Mc-Call is with his fellow teammates and isn’t giving up anytime soon.

“It’s easy to say we had a bad year based upon [our] record,” McCall said. “But if you look into each of us as individuals and players, I think we are all good.”

McCall also saw his four years at the College as an opportunity to grow, not only as an individual, but as part of a team.

“I have met some great people, made a few connections, and most importantly learned skills that will help me in the real world some day,” he said.

McCall added that losing is a chance to continue fighting and re-main determined.

“It shows what kind of a person you are after you have lost; will you fight and be the last one to fall?” McCall said. “That's what every team needs: a bunch of fighters willing to die for each other.”

The Trailblazers’ final MASCAC game is at Worcester State on Fri-day. Its outcome will determine the team’s post-season position.

Sophomore William Luke controls the ball against Bridgewater State.

By Ariana TourangeauSports Writer

Emotional rollercoaster tri-match weekend for the volleyball team

Saturday the volleyball team was on the road at Holyoke Commu-nity college for a tri-match tour-nament against both Curry and Bay Path Colleges. The Trailblaz-ers didn’t surrender one match to Curry, but couldn’t win a single one against Bay Path.

The rollercoaster up-and-down nature of the weekend captured this season for the Trailblaz-ers, who can be unstoppable one match and the next, seem dis-jointed and agitated playing from behind.

In the opening match, MCLA won convincingly by scores of 25-13, 25-14, and finally 26-24 to sweep Curry.

Sophomore Angelica Perfido led the Trailblazers with 10 kills and 14 crucial digs in the victory. Sophomore Brittany Kish directed traffic for the offense and earned 28 assists. Junior Kelley Bryant continued to lead the team defen-sively with a team high, 15 digs.

In the second match against Bay Path, MCLA dropped three straight sets by scores of 25-23, 25-22, and 25-14.

Perfido once again led the Trail-blazers with a team high, nine kills and 12 digs. Bryant was stout de-fensively again collecting 15 digs. Junior Julia Christian chipped in with seven kills and 10 digs.

The crucial element of commu-nication gave the Trailblazers a few problems, “We as a team need to keep improving on our com-

munication on the court,” Chris-tian said.

The match was controlled from the start by Bay Path whose style contrasts that of the Trailblazers greatly. Instead of a slow, serve-driven attack, Bay Path thrived off rallies. The Trailblazers have been more comfortable throughout the season playing a methodical, serve- oriented attack.

The Trailblazers hosted Salem State in its final MASCAC of the 2012 season on Thursday night. The team also took the oppor-tunity to promote breast can-cer awareness with a “Dig Pink” theme to the game.

The match started with the two teams feeling one another out, the first game ended with the Trail-blazers falling behind on several miss-struck balls that Salem was able to capitalize on. A well-timed timeout by Coach Amanda Beck-with couldn’t stop the slide, and Salem took the game 25-21.

MCLA came out aggressively in the second game. On one crucial point Allie Chang dove for a ball as it careened out of bounds and struck it back over the net, hitting the floor hard. The crowd erupted as the ball skimmed the court and dropped.

“It's an even better feeling earning a point for your team and the crowd becomes loud and cheers you on,” Chang said. Energized by these high-energy plays the teamwon 25-22 and tied the Vikings 1-1 overall.

Salem State senior captain MacKenzie Carpenter led an eight-point run with her precise serves to take game three by a

score of, 25-13. The fourth game was hotly contested with both teams digging balls from mere inches off the hardwood, service by Salem sophomore Bryanna Burns and the Trailblazers buck-led in a heartbreaking 25-23 loss. Sophomore Allie Chang echoed the Trailblazer’s disappointment in the loss.

“When things like [long rallies] happen, it gets in our head and sometimes ruins our rhythm,” she said.

The Trailblazers will close out the regular season this week with a pair of nonconference match-ups. The Trailblazers will travel to Cobleskill on Wednesday before hosting SUNY-IT in the team’s last home game of the season Saturday.

By Andrew HodgsonSports Editor

Photo by Siyun Wu/Beacon staff

Junior Angelica Perfido smashes a shot over the net.

Photo by Siyun Wu/Beacon staff

Junior Kendra Hobbs, left, and sophomore Allie Chang, right, stretch to block the ball.

Sports Editor Andrew Hodgson also contributed to this article

Thursday, October 25, 2012 Arts & Entertainment theonlinebeacon.com 7‘Cabaret’ brings energy to PUBLIC Eat + Drink

The clang and clatter of dishware at PUBLIC Eat + Drink did nothing to distract the audience of alumni, family, friends, and locals who laughed, smiled, and gasped as the College’s musical theater workshop class performed “Cabaret” on Saturday night.“Cabaret” presents a perspective

not often heard: the underside of life in Germany during the Nazi’s rise to power, said Tyler Prendergast, a senior who played Herr Schultz, a quiet, Jewish fruit shop owner whose life and love is deeply affected by the change in

sentiment of the German people.PUBLIC became the Kit Kat

Club, and the diners became part of the stage as performers weaved their way through the tables towards the small set area where only two chairs, a stool, and a red curtain gave the audience the perfect minimalist set.“It draws people in,” said

Christine Pavao, a recent alum of the College. “The show was extremely powerful and I think it had a lot to do with how quickly it was put together. It’s obvious the cast threw their entire selves into this.”Laura Standley, Professor of the

Fine and Performing Arts (FPA) Department and director of the

show, said the cast only held 14 rehearsals and memorized lines in just three days, not because of her direction but because of their own desire.“I couldn’t be stuck in a book,”

said Erik Dabrowski, a junior. Dabrowski portrayed Cliff Bradshaw, the young American writer who falls in love with cabaret dancer and singer Sally Bowles, played by Courtney McLaren. “The words needed to feel organic. This really happened and the audience has to feel that.”“The lines were given off well, the

singing was passionate, and the choreography tight and perfect to the space,” said alum Annie Hochheiser.

Joshua Lapierre, the choreo-grapher who also played the character of Fritzie, reported having to readjust the dancing, keeping it gritty, raunchy, and powerful in the small space lent to the performers.Many of the cast members

agreed with Lapierre on the need to rearrange certain aspects of the show to deal with the small time frame, the performance space, and the minimal props to assist them in making the scene more realistic for the audience.“It kept us on our toes,” said

Jimmy Dunn, a senior who played Bobby. “Art isn’t stagnant. It is constantly changing.”

And change they did. The cross-gender casting of Fritzie, Fraulein Schneider, and the Emcee mixed up the script and provided an interesting texture, Pavao said. “Cabaret” is a show within the

Encore series, started by Standley last fall. This series takes classic American musicals and shortens the normal rehearsal time, Prendergast said. Next in store for the FPA

Department is “Scenes from an Execution” by Howard Barker, The show premieres on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m., and runs through Saturday, Nov. 17, with a 10 a.m. matinee on Nov. 16 and a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 17, in Venable Theatre.

Courtney McLaren, left, and other ‘Cabaret’ cast members perform for a sold out audience at downtown’s PUBLIC Eat + Drink.

Yorick members apply their makeup before they take to the stage.Student actors thrust their stomachs out in ‘Wild and Whirling Words.’

Yorick presents local writer’s play: ‘Wild and Whirling Words’ Full story on page 8

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Thursday, October 25, 2012 Arts & Entertainment theonlinebeacon.com8Yorick draws laughter with ‘Wild and Whirling Words’

Yorick brought fun and education together for Family Weekend with their performance of “Wild and Whirling Words,” written by Shake-speare and Company’s Kevin Coleman and di-rected by senior Mary Marcil.

The small cast of eight performed skits not only to entertain, but also to provide knowledge about the influence and work of William Shake-speare.

“Wild and Whirling Words” was not the typi-cal production of Yorick.

The cast was significantly smaller than the 30 or so actors in last spring’s production of “King Lear,” said Aimee Hudon, a cast member and Yorick’s treasurer. The actors also did not play specific characters, or act out any one play by Shakespeare.

Instead, the actors played themselves as they addressed the audience and switched roles as some of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters from shows such as “Romeo and Juliet,” “Ham-let,” and “Much Ado About Nothing.”

“We’re here to make Shakespeare not scary,” said Jake Bonenfant, a cast member and pub-lic relations co-chair for the club. “It’s us trying really hard to present Shakespeare in a fun and easy way. That’s why Yorick exists.”

The production, which featured proclama-tions of love, swordplay, and other methods of stage combat, received a lot of laughs. A few hushed gasps escaped the audience during seri-ous scenes, such as when Kyle Serino, playing Juliet’s father, furiously confronted Amanda Ol-sen’s Juliet about her relationship with Romeo.

“Wild and Whirling Words” was not just a show for Shakespeare buffs. A great deal of physical comedy catered to a modern audience, such as when Kyle DeCarolis pulled out a gun during a swordfight as King Henry’s opponent. Hudon provided her own stunts by jumping from a chair into Bonenfant’s arms and cling-ing to his legs as the desperate Helena from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Characters from “Much Ado About Nothing” had a battle of wits styled like a boxing match, and the ghost from “Hamlet” left the scene an-nouncing, “deuces!”

“It’s not about putting effort into a show that’s perfect, but a show that people will enjoy,” said Yorick President Marcil.

Marcil’s job as director seemed never-ending as she filled out thank you cards on a bench outside the theater. She had barely slept the past two nights and had been up since 7 a.m. pre-paring for the show’s matinee. She remained cheerful, even joking that she hoped she seemed coherent.

“Being in Yorick changed my life. This show has been one of the most fun things I’ve done. It’s the least stressed out I’ve ever been while do-ing a play,” Marcil said. “Everyone is really pas-sionate and that’s what matters.”

An audience of about 50 parents and stu-dents watched avidly as the cast spoke about everything from the portrayal of women by Shakespeare, the opinions of many prominent historical figures on the playwright, and the to-tal vocabulary used in his poetry and plays (a whopping 37,000 words, according to the cast).

Marcil said about 70 people attended opening night, a large number for a production so early in the semester. While the receptive audience was certainly appreciated, the cast seemed con-tent enough with simply working together.

“I’m a new transfer here and I wanted to get involved in acting, and I just loved everyone,” cast member Kelli Furney said with enthusiasm.

Marcil was adamant about Yorick’s influence on the campus and on its members.

“If it weren’t for this club, there are students who wouldn’t be doing what they are doing now. People who thought they’d never do Shake-speare took a chance,” Marcil said. “Yorick is a judgement-free zone. It’s a safe environment to learn and grow together.”

The club is putting on a cabaret of Shakespeare scenes on Nov. 9 and 10 and will have another production in the spring semester.

Photo by Jack Guerino/Beacon staff

For the seasoned performer, becoming completely absorbed into the world of the play is relatively commonplace.

With good training and a plethora of experience, this task requires some extra contemplation and the ability to separate two realities: the one in the play, and real life.

For others, it’s a lot harder to separate the two, or the character from the player.

Throughout middle school and high school, I considered acting a hobby and nothing more. It was something I did to pass time, to keep myself busy, and a way to make a few friends through silly after school drama club or spring

musical antics. It wasn’t until my sophomore year of

college where my perception of acting would completely change.

I was cast as the fairy, Mustardseed, in Yorick’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” during the fall of 2011. By line count and stage time, it was a relatively small role. However, in terms of personal significance it was just as exciting and influential as having a lead.

Through various rehearsals, workshops, and exercises, I transformed from a slightly awkward, eager beaver to a full-fledged fairy. People who already know me would most likely assume this wouldn’t be too difficult.

While it definitely wasn’t a struggle, it was still a challenge to let go of my actual reality and completely transport into Shakespeare’s mystical interpretation of a woods outside Athens.

Some aspects were easy to control: the tone of my voice, the energy level, and the whimsical, excitable gestures. Others, like maintaining a pure and believable child-like personality and dancing around like a ballerina, took a bit more effort.

One exercise in particular brought out everything I needed to complete my character. It was about two weeks

before our show went up, so everyone was eager for perfection.

The cast was asked, prior to running scenes, to walk neutrally and naturally around the space. Then, after a brief moment, we were told to think back to our childhood and physically recall how we acted when we were six years old.

After imitating exploring the woods behind my grandfather’s house, jumping off rocks, and curiously adventuring through the brush and tall grass, one of our co-directors told us to stop.

It was then where Lily Cardaropoli, an MCLA alumna, said: “Shannen, this is the most fairy-like I’ve ever seen you.”

After the show, it took a while to shake the fairy from my real life personality. While performing, I didn’t feel like I was on a stage, saying lines, or working with a cast. The action essentially became real life, which made the entire process and production that much more surreal.

Bette Davis once said, “Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.”

That’s exactly what acting is: creation. It’s establishing a new world and a new self. It took a while for me to fully realize this, but I honestly wouldn’t trade that experience for anything.

The art of separation: performance preparation

By Shannen AdamitesA&E Writer

By Haley CostenA&E Writer

FREAK WEEK 2012

From The DeadOctober 25th-31st

Aimee Hudon and Kyle Serino, left, argue with Kelli Furney and Sean Mahoney in a scene from ‘Wild and Whirling Words.’

Thursday, October 25, 2012 Arts & Entertainment theonlinebeacon.com 9

Tano HolmesA&E Editor

Halloween costumes on a College Budget!

Halloween is right around the corner and many of us are scrambling for our costumes. As Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, it is probably that Halloween festivities will take place both on this weekend and the weekend after, meaning you may need more than one costume. Here are a few cheap and crafty ideas so you will feel incognito for all those spooky celebrations.

A bunch of grapes

This is a simple and fun design. Simply blow up about 20 purple balloons and tie them closely to yourself. Add a dark green hat for a stem. As an alternate idea, blow up multi-colored balloons to be a bag of jellybeans.

Harry Potter

Wear a suit, a red scarf, and frames from a pair of cheap sunglasses. The Student Activities Council (SAC) seems to have an abundance of free ones laying around. Use eyeliner of face paint to draw a lightning bolt scar on your forehead, and find a stick in the woods behind Berkshire Towers to be your magic wand. If you’re feeling ambitious, you can also borrow your townhouse broom and zoom around to your social gatherings.

The classic toga

Find a white sheet, tie it around yourself, maybe wear a belt to avoid any embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions, and voila! You are a Roman emperor from years past.

The Robot

Find some boxes, paint them silver and then cut holes for your hands and head. Paint your face silver and be sure to make lots of mechanical dub-step like sounds while carousing!

Finally, check out the Goodwill. There is one on the right side of Rt. 8 going towards Adams. You can find a variety of extremely cheap clothing there, much of which is funky and old school. This is perfect for a ‘do-it-yourself ” Halloween look.

By Shauna GilardiSpecial to The Beacon

MCLA’s Gallery 51 hosted a panel of artists from its current exhibit, “Die Formmeister: The Masters of the Form” on Thursday, Oct. 18.

The artists were invited to share their experiences in making art and what inspires their work.

“We like to schedule these talks to allow for students to participate more in the artistic process,” said show curator Valeria Federici.

Jonathan Secor, director of special programs at the College and Gallery 51 manager, spoke on the importance of the event.

“Having a first-hand intimate chance to meet and talk with working artists, to hear not only about the art, but about the process of making art, as well as the process of being an artist, is a special opportunity,” Secor said. “To be able to share these artists with our students and our community is a true treat.”

The event became an intimate conversation, guided by Federici, who opened the talk by asking the audience and artists to introduce themselves. Surrounded by the colorful objects of their labor, the artists quickly delved into the different mediums they used and why.

“Collage incorporates everything that I love,” said Karen Arp-Sandel, a visual artist, whose exhibit includes her assembled mail-art

postcards. “I love the history and the context. My personal philosophy is that art is not separate.”

Linda Kaye-Moses, a jewelry artist since 1978, said she tried drawing and painting while working in other professions, such as a speech therapist and corrections officer, and had done so very badly. After taking a jewelry making class from a gold-smith friend she said she was hooked.

“I loved using the jeweler’s saw,” Kaye-Moses said. “I loved sawing through the metal. It was just magic to me.”

Michael Vincent Bushy, a print maker whose exhibit is a series of etchings, said he also struggled in his early artistic career, and like Kaye-Moses, knew he was hooked the first time he turned an etching press wheel in high school.

“There is something about the technologically obsolete,” Bushy said. “It has always just been a natural fit for me to be a printmaker.”

The music from Helen Febbo’s multimedia instillation, “Blue Eyes,” a combination of video and collage on metal, created a soothing backdrop to the passionate conversation on the struggles of creating art in non-traditional mediums.

“I get very excited to work with different things and make them do what I want,” Febbo said. She is inspired by the unseen energy that

exists in the natural world, although things don’t always work out the way she wants them to.

“We rented a dumpster once and got rid of a lot of artwork. I sliced the canvases and bent the metal –it made me feel like it was a new beginning,” she said.

The unknown challenges were a shared topic among the panel.

“You don’t always know how it’s going to end,” Bushy said. “It’s left to fate, and that’s just etching.”

“You just have to get kinda tough,” said Yura Adams, a painter and intermedia artist. “The answers aren’t always there.”

Kaye-Moses said it’s all about problem solving and struggle, but artists understand this and go into the field knowing the work might not always turn out exactly as planned.

Arp-Sandel said she appreciated these moments, calling them “serendipitous,” or happy accidents.

Carrie Converse, a senior art major, appreciated the advice from the panel.

“I really liked hearing about how to move past the struggles, the way that each artist had a different process,” Converse said. “Ultimately, you have to just bite the bullet and do the work.”

All artists involved in the exhibition are instructors at the IS183 Art School in Stockbridge, Mass.

Artists of ‘Die Formmeister: The Masters of the Form’ share their inspirations

Enter Shikari, an English post-hardcore band from St. Albans,

Hertfordshire, released their third-studio album A Flash Flood of Colour internationally in January 2012.

Mixing post-hardcore sounds with dub step and British hip-hop beats, the album is something you don’t want to turn off with its heavy bass lines, loud volumes, and fast tempos.

The title of the album comes from a line in the song, “Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here.” The song deals with how society views music, the music industry, and other forms of art: “Lightning strikes / A flash flood of colour / I can’t stand the

heat.”Featuring a array of con-

troversial topics, their songs also contain socio-political lyrics dealing with issues such as global warming (“Arguing with Thermometers”), war (“Stalemate”), and authoritative positions (“Gandhi, Mate, Gan-dhi”), amongst several other subjects.

The band’s first single off the album was “Sssnakepit,” released in September 2011.

“Quelle Surprise,” one of Enter Shikari’s stand-alone singles, confronts a lot of the same social and political problems, especially

the government: “We’re aware they’re trying to take away our dreams / We’re aware they’re trying to take away our means / You are not gonna take away our dreams / You are not gonna take away our means.”

The album was rated a 75 out of 100 on a Metacritic Review, which bases its numbers on critic reviews of the album. It also became No. 4 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart.

This album is very unique. It battles and confronts many social situations while at the same time uses dub step immersed in post-hardcore rhythms to create an ear-catching sound.

1. Eat more fruits and vegetables

- Try something called the “50 percent rule”: make half your meal veggies or fruits.

2. Cut back on calories – especially in liquids

- Soda packs on the calories because it is essentially carbonated sugar water. Zero-calorie diet sodas have no nutritional value. Fruit drinks and smoothies are healthier than sodas, but still have about the same amount of calories.

3. Load up on fiber

4. Choose pro-natural foods

5. Shop smart

6. Eat superfoods

- Many superfoods contain lycopene, which is known to help fight against cancer and immune-boosting beta-carotene. You can also combine superfoods to pack an even more nutritional punch.

7. Make wise choices when snacking

8. Set up dessert rules for yourself

9. Balance fats

- “Choose healthy fats such as olive or canola oil instead of butter,” Blatner suggests. However, “make sure to measure oil when cooking since

just 1 tablespoon has 120 calories.”

10. Limit sugar intake

11. Keep an eye on the clock

12. Take vitamins

13. Portion your meals

14. Plan ahead for the day (or week)

15. Pace yourself when eating

- Eating slowly can actually help you cut back on calories. Being mindful of what you’re eating, drinking between bites, and chewing thoroughly are some ways to eat slower.

(Source: www.FitnessMagazine.com)

15 Ways to Healthy Eating

By Aya LanzoniA&E Writer

Enter Shikari’s A Flash Flood of Colour

Compiled by Aya Lanzoni

Some Health Facts• Research shows that

eating a variety of fruits and vegetables provides protection against heart disease, signs of aging, and even cancer.

• On top of helping your digestive system, fiber can also help you lose weight and even help lower your risk of developing cancer.

• Some sodas also contain Aspartame, which is known to cause headaches.

• Monounsaturated fat is the “healthy” fat, found in olive oil, avocados, and walnuts, as well as other foods, and helps break down fat and lower bad cholesterol.

Thursday, October 25, 2012 Campus Comment theonlinebeacon.com10What are you going to be for Halloween?

“I’m going to be either a big baby or a princess because I will be a volunteer at Boo Bash. I will be going to Halloween parties and Halloween is my favorite holiday.”

–Chris Cozzaglio, 2016

“I’m going to be Lilo from Lilo and Stitch because Ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.”

- Khuneary Kim, 2016

“I’m going to be Thor because he’s one of my favorite super heroes and I don’t have the money for a Batman costume.”

–Sean Mahoney, 2015

“I’m going to be the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland because it’s my favorite movie.”

–Kelly Charest, 2016

“I’m going to be Tintin from The Adventures of Tintin because I look like him.”

–Bradley Thurston, 2016

“I’m going to be Frank-N-Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show because it would make me look hot.”

–Sean Brady, 2016

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Weekly HoroscopesAries: March 21-April 19Your goals are within reach -- in fact, you can basically blow past that next milestone today, if you feel like it! Make sure that you’re not leaving your friends or coworkers behind, though!

Taurus: April 20-May 20You should check into the latest at work or at school -- someone is picking a fight with pretty much anyone who’s nearby. It could be you, but if so, you should call in all the favors you’ve got!

Gemini: May 21-June 21Your intellect is heightened today -- and yes, that is possible! You should find that your brainy energy is perfect for solving problems, and also for creating new structures and ideas.

Cancer: June 22-July22Your ability to handle money is vital today -- though you may have to hoard it or handle it with extreme delicacy. Be smart and make sure that you’re not just dropping it on foolish luxuries.

Leo: July 23-Aug. 22You are right to be proud of your accomplishments, but you may find that you need to keep it on the down-low today. It’s not that people don’t respect you -- just that they’d rather toot their own horns.

Virgo: Aug. 23-Sept. 22Try something new today. You are sure to run into unexpected activity, and if you’re ready to adjust your own behavior, then you should do quite well for yourself. Watch and learn!

Libra: Sept. 23-Oct. 22You feel a thrill when you see someone who’s been absent for a while -- and the fun times just get started then! Your great energy helps you to make almost any situation into a party.

Scorpio: Oct. 23-Nov. 21It may be as minor as a leaky faucet or as major as a shaky founda-tion, but you should expect some kind of problem to manifest at home today. Deal with it quickly, if at all possible!

Sagittarius: Nov. 22-Dec. 21The travel bug is back for another bite, so get ready to get restless! Your great energy might help you take off on a spontaneous road trip – or maybe you are planning something more legendary.

Capricorn: Dec. 22-Jan. 19You are not having the easiest time of it today – but you persevere anyway, because you always do. That’s a positive trait, and someone in power sees it and likes it. Keep up the good work!

Aquarius: Jan. 20-Feb. 18You need to extend an olive branch today – peace is vital, but it comes at a cost. You are surely going to have to give up something in order to bring everyone else back to the table.

Pisces: Feb. 19-March 20Keep an eye on your health today – are you feeling your best? If not, this is a great time to take positive steps to make a difference, from drinking juice in the morning to turning in a little earlier at night.

Horoscopes courtesy of Yahoo.com

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Thursday, October 25, 2012 Photo Essay theonlinebeacon.com12

Family Carnival

and Chowder Fest

Photos by Dennise Carranza

James Wetzel, a senior, serves clam and corn chowder for lunch at the Chowder Fest.

Students’ families enjoy a bouncy house at a carnival on Saturday during Family Weekend.

Chinese exchange student Siyun Wu signs up to get a decorative door sign for her dorm room.

Students and families get their names air brushed in custom colors on pennants provided by the Student Activities Council (SAC).

Students make colorful sand art in bottles of all shapes and sizes on Saturday.

People enjoy fresh popcorn as well as other refreshments at the carnival.