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West Chester University of Pennsylvania student

attends The Harrisburg Internship Semester

Kevin Mann of West Chester works for the Senate Democratic

Research Office.By Kenn MarshallSpecial to The Quad

HARRISBURG – Kevin Mann of West Chester is working for the state Senate Demo-cratic Research Office as part of a 15-week in-ternship sponsored by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Edu-cation (PASSHE). Mann is a junior in-ternational relations major and peace and conflict studies minor at West Chester Uni-versity of Pennsylva-nia. He is one of 14 students participat-ing in The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS) program, which provides students the opportunity to work in all areas of state gov-ernment while earning a full semester’s worth of credits. THIS invites students from each of the 14 PASSHE univer-sities to participate. Mann, the son of William and Kathleen

Mann, is a 2009 gradu-ate of Henderson High School. He and the other students partici-pating in the pro-gram will attend several academic seminars dur-ing their spring semester intern-ship. Each of the students also will complete an in-dividualized re-search project as part of the pro-gram’s require-ments. More than 500 students from PASSHE univer-sities have par-ticipated in THIS since the program began in 1989, each gaining valuable insight into the workings of state govern-ment at the poli-cy-making level. Interns have worked with dozens of state agencies, as well as in the offices of the

governor, the speaker of the House of Repre-sentatives and the at-torney general. PASSHE students in-terested in participat-ing in THIS in a future semester may obtain information on the program by contacting their individual cam-pus coordinator or their university’s cooperative or internship office, or

by calling the Dixon University Center at (717) 720-4089. More

information on the pro-gram also is available at www.passhe.edu/this. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher edu-cation in the Common-wealth, with nearly 120,000 students. The 14 PASSHE universi-ties offer degree and certificate programs

in more than 120 areas of study. About 500,000 PASSHE alumni live and work in Pennsylvania. The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, Cali-fornia, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Ed-inboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Ship-pensburg, Slip-pery Rock and West Chester Uni-versities of Penn-sylvania. PASSHE also operates branch campuses in Clearfield, Free-port, Oil City and P u n x s u t a w n e y and several re-gional centers,

including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg.

New Weather button on WCU

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West Chester University’s web page has a brand new Weather button.

Click on it to find the most up-to-date information you will need regarding

weather information at WCU.

·How to get weather alert notification

· All communication resources

· Review the university’s weather related policies

· Snow removal procedures

· Snow walks plan – see the link

· Text message alert – how to subscribe

(it’s free to sign up.)

· Where to find cancellation/post-ponement information for events and

WCU related functions

· And much more… You will find the Weather button on the bottom right side of the web page,

next to the WCU Alert button.

-WCU Website under campus announcement

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Harrisburg State Capital Building

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WCU installs environmentally friendly hand dryers in academic buildings

WCU’s Tom Clark talks about new warm-air hand dryers that were installed in restrooms around campus.

By Angela ThomasNews Editor

Students may notice something different in the campus restrooms. Once students finish washing their hands, they turn to dry their hands on paper tow-els—only this semes-ter, those towel holders are being replaced with warm air hand dryers. According to Tom Clark, Director of Facilities Planning, there are 50 restrooms around campus. Most restrooms include signs on the door, notifying students about the new hand dryers. “The build-ings converted so far to in-clude warm-air hand dryers in high-use rest-rooms include Ruby Jones Hall, Merion Science Center, Schmucker Sci-ence Center, Anderson Hall, Recitation Hall, Main Hall, Old Library, Farrell Sta-dium and 25 Univer-sity Ave,” Clark said. “High-use restrooms in Sturzebecker Health Science Center and Hollinger Fieldhouse will follow in a second phase of funding, with additional buildings planned as well.” So why were the dry-ers installed in campus restrooms? Clark notes that because WCU has faced commonwealth level funding cuts and a campus-wide want

for proceeding with En-vironmental Sustain-ability efforts on WCU’s campus, the warm air dyers were installed as a part of the plan to make WCU a more en-vironmentally friendly campus. “In 2010, WCU’s President signed the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment, which includes the de-velopment of a blue-print for a campus plan to become carbon neu-tral at some point in the future,” Clark said. “As part of the move-

ment towards both fis-cal responsibility and environmental sustain-ability, the installation of these warm-air hand dryers in university restrooms seemed the perfect match of these two university goals.” Clark also mentions that the warm-air hand dryers have increased air velocity, which al-lows hands to be dry within 10 seconds. With the main pur-pose of these hand-dryers of being envi-

ronmentally friendly, many may wonder what exactly makes them good for the envi-ronment. “Use of the warm-air hand dryers in place of paper towels (even with the increased electrici-ty usage) consumes half of the energy required to produce, transport and manage the waste of paper towels,” Clark said. “The use of hand dryers also produces 18 times less greenhouse gases then the cor-responding use of pa-per towels. Of course, landfills receive far

less volume by the ab-sence of paper towel waste.” Clark also noted that the methane that is produced during de-composition of waste prod-ucts in land-fills is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gases.

When students, fac-ulty, and staff use these hand dryers, they should keep in mind that not only are these hand-dryers making drying hands more speedy and thorough, but they are also sav-ing the environment and making WCU a more friendly campus to the environment. Angela Thomas is a fourth-year student major-ing in English. She can be reached at AT683005@wcupa.edu.

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Phila. man, newly paroled, shot dead in West Chester

By Kathleen Brady SheaThe Philadelphia Inquirer

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A 23-year-old Phila-delphia man had been released from state prison for less than a month when he became the second victim of a homicide this week in Chester County. Police said a volley of gunfire jolted West Chester at 2 a.m. Fri-day, leaving Towayne Uqdah dead at Matlack and Chestnut Streets and endangering nu-merous nearby resi-dents. “This was a violent attack in the middle of a residential neighbor-hood. One young man is dead and many inno-cent local homeowners were placed in grave danger,” said Chester County District Attor-ney Tom Hogan. “We are hitting this case from every possible angle.”

Court records show that Uqdah had a lengthy criminal histo-ry in Philadelphia and Chester Counties dat-ing to 2005 that includ-ed convictions for theft and drug offenses. He was sent to state prison Aug. 10, 2010, to serve a Chester County sen-tence for a drug convic-tion of 11/2 to nearly six years; he was paroled on Dec. 22. Hogan said mul-tiple shots were fired at different locations, including one round that went through the window of an occupied residence in the 200 block of North Matlack Street. West Chester Police Chief Scott L. Bohn said the two people who live in the home were not in the room at the time. Bohn called the vio-lence “uncharacteris-tic.” He said the bor-

ough had one homicide in 2011 and none in 2010. He said that in-vestigators had been working through the night and that “every resource” available would be used to solve the case. Chester County detec-tives were already busy. On Tuesday night, Tre L. “Datbull” Davis, 19, of Coatesville, was fa-tally shot in his home-town. Anyone with infor-mation about Friday’s homicide is asked to contact West Chester Detective Stan Billie at 610-696-2700 or Ches-ter County Detective Butch Dutter at 610-692-5100. Contact staff writer Kathleen Brady Shea at 610-696-3815, kbrady@phillynews.com, or @brandywinebits on Twitter. Read her blog, “Chester County Inbox,” at www.philly.com/chescoinbox.

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Grant issues Safe-T-Sensors to stop microwave fires, false alarms

By Elana BeckettSpecial to The Quad

Ever get annoyed by being woken up by the fire alarm in the middle of the night because the neighbor down the hall burned popcorn?

Well,there’s no need to worry about that any-more. Thanks to the Safe-T-Sensors, there will be virtually no mi-crowave fires and fewer false alarms. “This program is real-ly useful because a rel-atively small amount of money will help a large

amount of people,” As-sistant Director of En-vironmental Health and Safety for Fire Safety on campus, Jon Brill said. The Safe-T-Sensors are valuable additions to student housing because the most common type of

household fires is re-lated to cooking. By the end of the semester, every room on campus contain-ing a microwave will have a Safe-T-Sensor installed. Traditional housing has already received the Safe-T-Sensors to install and so has The College

Arms apartments. To install a sensor, a stu-dent places the magne-tized sensor on the side of the microwave that has the vent, plugs the control box into a surge protector, and plugs the microwave cord into the control box. The Safe-

T-Sensors s h o u l d r e m a i n in rooms even dur-ing breaks. S t u d e n t s are respon-sible for any Safe-T-Sensors missing. Dur-ing room checks in February, R e s i d e n t Assistants will check each room to ensure that all s t u d e n t s have in-stalled the s e n s o r s properly. “I think it’s a good idea [to install the device] to stop little inc idents that Public

Safety [officers] would have to come out for,” an RA for traditional housing, Ali Imboden said. The sensor works by sending a message and shutting the micro-wave off if there is fire, smoke, or burned food. Because of this, deaths, injuries, and damage to

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microwaves and other belongings are prevent-ed. After the Safe-T-Sen-sor turns the micro-wave off, its auto re-set button turns the power back on after a period of time. The flashing LED allows the user to know that the Safe-T-Sensor is keeping track of the microwave. “The sensors allow students to have a de-vice to prepare food safely,” Director of Housing Services, Pe-ter Galloway said. West Chester Uni-versity received the Safe-T-Sensors by ap-plying for the FEMA grant. This is the sec-ond grant that FEMA awarded WCU in the last few years. The first grant, awarded in April 2007, issued fire shield surge strips for all tra-ditional residence halls and on-campus apart-

ments. It also distrib-uted Safe-T-Elements for stovetops in South Campus apartments, the Village, and some common area kitchens in residence halls. The Safe-T-Elements also stop potential fires. “There are not a whole lot of grants and receiv-ing two grants is really quite fortunate,” direc-tor of Environmental Health and Safety, Gail Fellows, said. Within the last calen-dar year, approximately 150 alarms were set off. With the help of Safe-T-Sensors, this number is expected to drop. “We hope to see a re-duction of fire alarms because the sensor will help prevent false alarms,” Brill said. In addition to a de-crease in microwave fires, another huge benefit of the Safe-T-Sensors is that the fire

department won’t be called in unnecessarily for false alarms, allow-ing them to be able to respond to other calls. Although students living off-campus will not be issued Safe-T-Sensors, they can still prevent fires by not leaving food unattend-ed in microwaves and keeping microwaves and stoves clean. In order to give feed-back on the Safe-T-Sensors, students can fill out surveys near the end of the semester. If students have any questions about the Safe-T-Sensors, they can contact the Office of Residence Life and Housing Services in 202 Lawrence Center. Elana Beckett is a sec-ond-year student majoring in English with a minor in creative writing. She can be reached at EB733776@wcupa.edu.

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WCU celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. On Thursday, Jan. 26, students at WCU participated in events around campus that celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy. Events included a free screening of The Help, a WCU Gospel Choir performance, and a brunch in the morning to name a few activities

that went on. Students made fleece blankets (pictured below) to donate to children at Dupont Hospital in Wilmington, Del.

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Move in Day proves to be no match for WCU residents. With the hurricane start-ing out the fall semester, it only makes sense that we came back to a snow covered campus. The weekend weather of the two Mother Nature events would not be enough to keep students and professors from attending their first week of classes.

Quad editors found themselves back in the Quad office last week. Like many stu-dents on campus, who attended meetings along with their first classes, we had a staff meeting to get back into gear. Being a weekly newspaper, we preserve a weekly sched-ule; however each week is different from the previous. One of the few aspects that remains consistent each week is the labor of putting together the whole newspaper.

Each week the editors finalize putting together their sections on Sunday mornings, by doing the lay-outs. They manually put articles into the place of the columns you read. When one of us says we’re lying out in the Quad, we don’t bring beach towels or wearing bathing suits to the academic Quad. Instead we head to the Quad office. The windowless room is decorated with pictures of staff members, previous awards, and a computer designated to each editorial staff member’s section of the newspaper.

We’ve spent countless hours in the windowless room to deem the mass media work as an internship. Several students receive credit for their work through a journal-ism or communication practicum. Overall it’s a great learning experience, one that we include on our resumes.

We have a running stack of each issue from the semester. Our archives fill a stor-age room. Some papers date back to the 80s. Our newspaper itself dates back to the early 1930s, when it was originally called Quad Angles.

Searching through our newspapers from the last few years, and even from the ones that are turning yellow, I think the current staff members and writers can learn from them. Learning outside of the classroom is one of the greatest ways to learn in a college environment. If you’re interested in what this program can do for you profes-sionally or for fun, I encourage you to join our staff.

The Quad will be looking for several new section editors. Come to our staff meet-ings, Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. in Sykes 253, to learn more about how our media works.

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Attention WCU Students

This year, your tuition has increased dramatically, and class sizes have gone up as well.

The reason?

Last year’s major cut in state funding for higher education.

Right now, Governor Corbett is proposing ADDITIONAL CUTS

to your educational funding for THIS YEAR.

In LESS THAN ONE MINUTE, you can make your voice heard in

Harrisburg. Urge your legislator to support higher education and fight additional funding cuts.

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2. Type in your address and zip code 3. Click the name of your house or senate representative

4. Click any of the communication link icons 5. Let them know how you feel!

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President Obama’s State of the Union Ad-dress ran over an hour long so it is impossible to cover the entire speech. There is a lot to criticize about his speech includ-ing the inclusion of his typical leftist rhetoric about the wealthy pay-ing their “fair share” of taxes, a mention of “cli-mate change,” and his belief that government should spend more mon-ey that it doesn’t have.

In the beginning he said that “The Taliban’s momentum has been broken,” which is high-ly misleading since the Taliban aren’t necessar-ily any more downtrod-den then they were a few years ago, as evidenced by Obama’s support for negotiating with them.

Obama fantasized a bit more about his foreign policy achieve-ments, promoting the false narrative that “Iran is more isolated than ever before.” Which is why Russia and Chi-na, two permanent mem-bers of the UN Security Council like Iran better than the United States, apparently.

He said that “if Iran changes course and meets its obligations, it can rejoin the commu-nity of nations.” What community of nations is he talking about? There isn’t just one and Iran has its own thug club with other countries like Venezuela and the afore-mentioned China and Russia. Besides, when Iranian President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad or others like him speak at the UN and say ri-diculously hateful and absurd things about the

U.S. he always has an audience as only some countries’ delegates walk out in protest; many oth-ers agree with him.

He then went on to say that “our ties to the Americas are deeper,” which is funny, since just a few weeks ago Mahmoud Ahmadine-jad was enjoying his “hate the U.S.A.” tour in Latin Amer-ica with leftist thug dictator, Hugo Chavez, president of V e n e z u e l a . Besides Ven-ezuela, other stops along his tour included Nicaragua, Ec-uador, and, of course, Cuba. This is an in-convenient fact that basically does away with the notion that Iran is iso-lated and that we have deep ties to Latin America. Iran is far from iso-lated and Latin America is a mixed bag as far as its relation-ship as a region with the United States. Perhaps the most absurd claim was that “Our iron-clad commitment – and I mean iron-clad — to Is-rael’s security has meant the closest military coop-eration between our two countries in history.” Part of this commitment to Israel’s security ap-parently includes telling them to go back to the indefensible 1967 bor-ders and being seeming-ly more hostile towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than Mahmoud Ahma-dinejad. Yes, Obama, you

have been a true cham-pion of Israeli security; it’s hard to conceive of a more secure Israel than one that went back to its 1967 borders.

There are plenty of other parts of his speech that deserve criticism but he made some good points as well. He seemed to realize that there are exactly 50 states when

he said “Each time I look at that flag, I’m re-minded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes,” which is an improvement consider-ing he thought there were 59 states just a few years ago. At least he’s learning on the job. And he actually paid lip ser-vice to the state of the union, which is what the whole speech is sup-posed to be about: “as long as we are joined in common purpose, as long as we maintain our com-mon resolve, our journey moves forward, and our future is hopeful, and the state of our Union

will always be strong.” Well, there it is: the state of the union will al-ways be strong. So, does that mean it is strong right now?

Since he wasn’t very clear about this, the ac-tually state of the union can be summed up in one word: terrible. Why? Well, it’s all Bush’s fault of course. But, accord-

ing to Obama “Anyone who tells you otherwise, anyone who tells you that America is in de-cline or that our influ-ence has waned, doesn’t know what they’re talk-ing about. That’s not the message we get from leaders around the world.” He seems to be saying that America is still better off than sev-eral countries, according to the leaders of those countries, so therefore we aren’t in decline. But simply being bet-ter off than some other countries is not some-thing America should be content with; America should be the best.

Anyway, in all se-riousness, President Obama did have some good things to say about the highly relevant issue of college costs. Obama said: “At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the inter-est rates on student loans from doubling

in July.” Amen. Then he said “Of course, it’s not enough for us to in-crease student aid. We can’t just keep subsidiz-ing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of money.” Obama acknowledging that it is possible for the government to run out of money is deserv-ing of applause and his point about tuition is a good one. Some univer-sities cost $50,000 per year or more in tuition, which is ridiculous. Gov-ernor Corbett and Penn-sylvania Republicans should follow this bit of advice: “States also need to do their part, by mak-ing higher education a

On Obama’s State of the Union AddressBy Bill Hanrahan

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higher priority in their budgets.” That means that states should not cut over $600 million in aid to state universi-ties while adding $600 million to the prison budgets, which is what Pennsylvania did last year. The President add-ed that “colleges and uni-versities have to do their part by working to keep costs down.” Take note West Chester Univer-sity; this means not to waste $30 million build-ing a grandiose recre-ation center that outdoes the YMCA while increas-ing tuition and cutting more useful programs to make ends meet. When Obama says that “High-er education can’t be a luxury – it is an econom-ic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford” he is correct if he means that no intelligent, talented young person should be deprived of a college education due to lack of affordability. However, if he means that “every kid should go to college” then he is wrong because this way of thinking has packed college campuses full with young people who simply don’t belong in college. Overall, how-ever, his message about education in general and higher education in par-ticular is a good one and ought to be welcomed by college students, even if he is ultimately unwor-thy of re-election due to the abysmal job market for young adults that his policies are responsible for creating.

Bill Hanrahan is a fourth-year student major-ing in political science and philosophy. He can be reached at WH750431@wcupa.edu.

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To the editor:

Re: Texting / classroom etiquette

Letter to the editor:

After receiving your syllabus from your professor it’s more common now to hear the professor express their dislike for students’ texting during class. They explain how they have no tolerance for it and how disrespectful it is. I have to agree with the professors. It’s distracting to the professor and to other students equally. The buzzing of a text message alert and the clicking of the keypad are enough to cause a distraction. One of my professors called texting to be an addiction and asked us to reframe from checking our messages during class time.

Last semester many professors added that laptops could be used to take notes. However, warnings of using social media websites would not be tolerated. I asked a

friend how one of her classes went for her during the previous semester. She said she managed the class by utilizing her professor’s office hours. She told me that as more graded exams were returned, the more she noticed students logging onto their Facebook profiles during the lecture.

In the past, many professors let the individuals continue on with their texting during their class time. If the student wasn’t going to pay full attention then it would

be on them. At first I agreed with the professors’ logic. Overtime my view changed as the distraction developed. The distraction now affects students sitting near texting-mctexter. I respect professors for interrupting someone from texting during class. It’s absurd to think we could start a platform for students who don’t let other students text during class.

Syllabi week allows for professors to have a firm voice in communicating rules against the use of a cell phone from the first day. One thing that amazes me the most with the popularity of texting is how the problem will be in only a few years from now. A classmate of mine, as she completed student teaching, remarked how she could understand the frustration of cell phones waiting on the classroom desk. Maybe it will take a turn of the table for more to understand the annoyance of the distraction after they’ve experienced it.

--Ginger Rae Dunbar is a fifth-year student majoring in English with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at RD655287@wcupa.edu.

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Teacher Feature Presents:

Dr. Lisa RuchtiBy Rebekah Balmer

Features Editor

Dr. Lisa Ruchti, Assistant Professor in the women’s and gender studies pro-gram and the Depart-ment of Anthropology and Sociology here at WCU, earned her un-dergraduate degree in psychology and a mi-nor in women’s studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. In addition, she studied ethnic studies. She contin-ued her education at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Her masters degree is in women’s studies. At the University of Pitts-burg, Ruchti earned her Ph.D. in sociology with a doctoral certificate in women’s studies.

Ruchti has been teaching for eight years, five of which have been here at WCU. She currently teaches Introduction to Women’s Studies, or Women Today, Femi-nist Theory, Sociology of Gender, Sex in Soci-ety and Gender, Labor and Globalization. She has also offered inde-pendent studies in fem-inist qualitative meth-ods research and other topics of interest to her students. She advises Sisters United, Gender Studies Club and Sig-

ma Lambda Gamma. She is also the Fac-ulty Associate for LG-BTQA for 2011-2012.

When asked what she loves most about teaching, Ruchti says, “Learning from my students and students learning from each other.” She loves when students get excited about the material as much as she does; she

loves when her stu-dents challenge her and make her think about the material she is teaching in a different way. “I love making for-eign ideas accessible to students,” Ruchti said.

In addition to lov-ing teaching in gen-eral, Ruchti has favor-ite aspects she loves about WCU too. She said she “loves having time to spend with my students.” She enjoys watching her students grow and develop. She loves her colleagues as well. She values the fact that WCU allows her the opportunity to do research that matters and helps communities.

Her biggest life ac-complishment is “rais-ing my kid.” Her son Patrick is the most im-

portant person in her life. Ruchti is excited about the publication of her new book that should be available in early February. “Cath-eters, Slurs, and Pick-up Lines, Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing” is a detailed ethnography exploring the professional skill of intimate care in nurs-ing. Along with being

excited about her book, Ruchti looks forward to doing more research and publishing more books. She says her biggest aca-demic accomplish-

ment is being given the opportunity to do research with people on behalf of other peo-ple. She enjoys doing “collaborative schol-arship.” Ruchti said, “I hope to continue to do that work, to give voices to people.”

Ruchti’s academic goal is to “always do meaningful work to-wards social justice.” She hopes to do re-search on health care and vulnerable popula-tions. She wants to give voices to those vulnera-ble populations because she described that in spite of their vulner-ability they are strong, active and resilient.

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“It is so important to be present and believe that your ideas are possible.”

WCU welcomes back studentsBy Margaret Weaver

Staff Writer

2011 PASSHE Summer Scholars Program in Bermuda:

The Atlantic World in the Age of RevolutionCommentary

By Ben ChadwellSpecial to The Quad

A sliver of pages in my high school World History textbook—that is all that separates me from the Holocaust. A scrap of history on pa-per—that is all, chrono-logically, that stands between me and the Re-construction, the slave trade, the Enlighten-ment, and Leonardo Da Vinci. I remember

the chills I felt after I finished AP World His-tory. What is beyond this flimsy back cover? It is up to us. What is beyond the pomp and circumstance of my high school diploma? It is up to me. Here I am, staring with wonder-ment into what seems to be an abyss of uncer-tainty. If I’ve ever had an existential moment, closing that textbook for the last time and open-

ing my high school di-ploma for the first time, was that moment. Here I am, facing the uncer-tainty of my future, of society’s future.

But uncertainty is not such a bad place to be. I promised my-self that I would take advantage of the rip-est opportunities that

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It’s back to school season at West Ches-ter University. Af-ter a messy weekend of snow and sleet, students started classes on Jan. 23.

There are posi-tive feelings about being back to school after an extra week of winter break. Fourth-year Jon Schafer is looking forward to his last semester here at school. Third-year Schiavon VanBuskirk looks at this semes-ter as “a fresh start.”

Some students, however, are not too

happy about com-ing back to school. Some students are sad to leave behind home cooked meals and having to eat the on-campus food. Oth-ers feel like the break went by too fast and they aren’t ready to start classes yet.

A lot of exciting events are happening on campus during the month of February for students and guests to look forward to attend-ing. The most notable event coming up is the crowning of a new Miss WCU on Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Asplundh concert hall. Tickets are on sale at the SSI

Ticket Office in Sykes. Eating Disorder

Awareness Week will be at the end of Febru-ary, put on by Sister to Sister Peer Mentors. The Peer Mentors raise awareness about dif-ferent eating disorders and promote positive body image to their so-rority sisters and other women on campus. All women, Greek or non-Greek, are encouraged to attend. More infor-mation about the events will be coming soon.

The WCU De-partment of Theater and Performing Arts are holding an AIDS

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WCU welcomes back students for Spring 2012

Rebekah Balmer / The Quad

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“Just like my stu-dents.” Ruchti said, “Students are also strong, active and re-silient.” They have

the power to hold their own future.

Her non-academic goal in life is to raise a peaceful and happy family. She wants to raise her son to be kind, caring and com-passionate; she strives to make her home a safe environment for him to become who he is growing up to be.

She shared that she is so lucky to be a part of the WCU com-munity because she can focus on her work and

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family and has the op-portunity to shape that for herself. Ruchti has impacted the lives of many students. Second-year, Karli Vieglins, took Gender, Labor and Globalization with Lisa last semester. Vieg-

lins said, “I think she is a wonderful profes-sor because she makes all of her students feel comfortable discussing their opinions in the classroom and she is very proud and enthu-siastic about the top-ics that she teaches.”

Lisa has impacted my education when she met with me at the end of the semester and gave me some advice about the major of so-ciology and women’s and gender studies.

Because of her, I made the decision to choose sociology as a major and am also really in-terested in a major or minor in women’s and gender studies as well.” Vieglins said.

Ruchti’s advice to

students is, “In spite of pressures, live in each moment, appreciate each moment. It is so important to be present and believe that your ideas are possible.”

Her office is locat-ed on the first floor of Main Hall, room 148 and her office is al-ways open to students.

Rebekah Balmer is a fifth-year student majoring in women’s and gender stud-ies and sociology. She can be reached at RB649636@wcupa.edu.

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Dr. Lisa Ruchti and her three year old son, Patrick.

benefit on Fri. Feb. 3 and Sat. Feb. 4. The benefit is free but do-nations are encour-aged instead of pay-ing an admission fee.

The show Make Me A Song: The Music of Wil-liam Finn, will be per-formed Feb. 23 through Feb. 26. The show is a collection of songs writ-ten by William Finn and put together by Rob Ruggerio. Tickets are $5 and the show will be performed in the Adler Studio Theater.

Students are en-couraged to attend the different athletic events as well. The WCU men’s basketball team plays at home for five games in February. The WCU women’s bas-ketball team also plays five games at home.

The WCU Pink Zone is Feb. 18 and will be held all day in the Hollinger Gym. Pink Zone is the NCAA wom-

en’s basketball game that raises awareness for Breast Cancer. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Kay Yow Center. Stu-dents who have any fundraising ideas can contact Coach Kane.

The Brownie Bake Off will be held on Mon-day, Feb. 20. The bake-off benefits the West Chester Area Food Cupboard. The brown-ies will be on sale for 50 cents to a dollar. This is an all day event in Sykes. Students inter-ested in baking brown-ies for the sale can sign up by Feb. 13 with the Office of Service Learn-ing and Volunteer Pro-grams in Killinger Hall.

The residence halls will be holding their blood drives through-out the month of Feb-ruary and into the be-ginning of March. The dates can be found on the Office of Service Learning and Volun-teer Programs page on

Studentsfrom page 10 the West Chester web-

site. To donate, please see a desk assistant or an Resident Assistant in your respective hall.

Look out for the Spring Involve-ment Fair on Feb. 1.

In keeping with the season of Valentine’s Day, students will be able to decorate a cake for their special some-one on Feb. 14 in the ballrooms in Sykes from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Twilight fans will be pleased to know that a Twilight Mara-thon will be happen-ing Feb. 16 through Feb. 19 for the weekly Sykes movie. All mov-ies are $2 and held in the Sykes Theater.

More information and events can be found on the West Chester University website on the calendar page.

Margaret Weaver is a fourth-year student major-ing in English. She can be reached at MW608077@wcupa.edu.

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• The  Student  Research  and  Creative  Awards  (SRCA)  Committee  announces  the  2012  competition  for  West  Chester  University  students    

• A  maximum  of  12  awards,  of  $500  per  proposal,  will  be  presented  to  student  scholars  at  the  March  29,  2012  University-­‐wide  Research  Day    

• You  can  submit  your  class  project  or  independent  research  &  creative  activity  that  you  have  previously  done  and  have  the  opportunity  to  win  $500    

 For  more  details  please  visit  http://www.wcupa.edu/srca    

 If  you  have  any  questions,  please  contact  Dr.  Xiaowei  Zhu  (xzhu@wcupa.edu)  or          

Dr.  Mike  Ayewoh  (mayewoh@wcupa.edu)    

Application  Deadline:  Friday,  February  24,  2012  at  5:00  PM  to  srca2012@wcupa.edu  

 Office  of  Sponsored  Research,  Filano  Hall,  2nd  Floor,  Room  205  

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came my way. During summer 2011, in the form of a Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Summer Honors Pro-gram, was my newest, ripest opportunity, just begging me to peel it in order to see what was under its skin. Two West Chester Honors students were chosen to partake in the academ-ic, cultural, historical, and archaeological ad-ventures of the Atlantic world along with two honors colleagues from each of the 14 state universities. Alicia Van-dermark and I were se-lected to represent West Chester in the Atlan-tic World in the Age of Revolution program at Millersville University, which involved study-ing abroad in Bermuda.

As we considered the triangular (if gross-ly unequal in terms of advantages and disad-vantages) relationship between Europe, Afri-ca, and the Americas, I wanted to immerse my-self in a living knowl-edge of topics I have only read about: trade, colonization, slavery, sugar, rum, spices, pi-rates, white beaches, native Caribbean reli-gions, explorers, Chris-tianity in the region, revolts, and more.

The PASSHE Sum-mer Honors Program has proven to me even further, the value of state education in Pennsylvania. Pro-gramming and instruc-tion were top notch. Every day, Dr. Clarence Maxwell of Millersville University offered us privileged students the gifts of his deep his-torical knowledge. Ev-ery day he would gaze wistfully into a time when sloops roamed the seas and remind us with nothing but true native Bermudian pride that the Bermuda Sloop was a master-piece of engineering—the fastest, most agile ship of its time—and the reason why 19th century Bermudians were the greatest and most daring smugglers ever to have lived. If we learned nothing else, it was that smuggling was the lifeblood of Bermu-da’s economy.

Dr. Timothy Trus-sell’s agenda was geared toward mak-ing a discovery. We were tasked with un-covering evidence of the existence of a “set-tler’s cabin” by digging shovel test pits, sifting through the earth, and analyzing our findings. If the artifacts we dug up led to a period be-fore 1711 we might be onto verifying the oldest property in Lancaster

county. Dr. Trussell put us all at ease during the process, which most of us went into knowing little about. He was so enthusiastic that even in the rain, it was a joy to find artifacts. We extracted bone china with Rococo design, both hand-wrought and machine-cut nails, brick fragments, slag, red-ware, and much more.

Besides the aca-demic, Alicia and I took part in Bermuda culture, including the Bermuda Day festivi-ties (the English-owned island’s analogous 4 of July-style national pa-triotic holiday), dancing in the streets, fishing, sipping high tea, and enjoying the gorgeous beaches, some of which have pink sand as a re-sult of very small pieces of ground pink and red coral. In particular, I was inspired by the Bermuda day parade during which Bermu-dians celebrated the pillars of their commu-nity—teachers, artists, volunteers, and others. I was also impressed by the island’s freshwa-ter management tech-niques. It seems most of the buildings include a white roof used to col-lect and deposit water into a limestone cis-tern—a natural water-purifier. We explored smuggling storage sites hidden in rock faces

and dense overgrowth as well as the British Royal Navy Dockyard, where the British mili-tary, the enemies of all smugglers and pirates in the Caribbean, lived and trained. The archi-tecture came to life. The sea sparkled like a jew-el, its beauty veiling its treachery. Shakespeare based The Tempest on the crash of the Sea Ven-ture on Bermuda’s reefs in the mid-1600s, when the English settlers meaning to land on the shores of Virginia found themselves in paradise after a harrowing night in the stormy Atlan-tic. There are over 400 shipwrecks surround-ing Bermuda. Luckily, we took a plane.

The trip was a bless-

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ing. The entire program was smoothly run, coor-dinated and laid back. We had no snags, no safety emergencies. The success of the program is due, in no small part, to Dr. Downey, director of the Honors College at Millersville University, and a professor of his-tory himself. He is to be commended for shar-ing his passions with us and for his meticulous planning.

The new friends Ali-cia and I connected with were integral to our pos-itive Bermudian experi-ence. I wish I could have these new fellow schol-ars around me most days because together we are a community of leadership, a communi-ty of skills, talents, and

gifts--and we certainly have diverse personali-ties and offerings. I en-joyed listening to tales of honors programs in other state schools and their differing academic focuses, student groups, and events.

The friendliness of the people of Bermuda, their islands’ rich his-tory, the crystal blue water everywhere, the whistling tree frogs at night, and the feelings of independence on our adventures abroad has my heart pleading with me to return.

Ben Chadwell is a third-year student majoring in lib-eral studies with minors in Spanish, biology and inter-national buisness. He can be reached at BC721103@wcupa.edu.

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“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” captivates in print and on screenBy Carol Fritz

Entertainment Editor

“I loved having a dad who was smarter than the New York Times, and I loved how my cheek could feel the hairs on his chest through his t-shirt, and how he always smelled like shaving, even at the end of the day. Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn’t have to invent a thing.”

N i n e - y e a r - o l d Oskar Schell has a mind that is always spewing out great inventions-- mini microphones for people’s hearts, mood-detecting shower heads, gigantic pants pockets in which people can carry their most-cherished items. But the one thing Oskar’s mind has not been able to conjure up is a way to bring his father back.

Tugging at the heartstrings of post-9/11 audiences, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” documents the grief and confusion that engulfs Oskar Schell, whose father died in the World Trade Center attacks. As Oskar embarks on his journey to find the lock that matches his father’s key, one of the final remaining con-nections to his father, readers and viewers are granted with a unique inside look at the events and conse-quences of September 11th from a victim’s family’s point of view.

Written by the

immensely impressive contemporary author, Jonathan Safran Foer, the novel “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is a moving, thought-provoking

book that catches a rare glimpse into the thoughts of an entire family dealing with the sudden and tragic loss of an irreplacable husband, son, and most importantly, father. With his complete rebellion against accepted grammar rules, his run-on sentences and o n e - p a r a g r a p h chapters, and his pho-tographs and doodles, Safran Foer throws caution to the wind and constructs a peculiar, unexpect-

edly remarkable tale that pastes smiles on readers’ faces even in the midst of such a sorrowful story.

Just as sorrowful yet enchanting, the

film version of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” sur-prisingly does the novel justice. Superstars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock draw in audiences with their small but impactful roles as Oskar’s parents. It is Thomas Horn, however, who com-pletely astounds in his very first on-screen role as Oskar. Discovered on Jeopardy’s Kids’ Week in 2010, Horn

gives a surreal, emotional perfor-mance as a grieving, tambourine-clutching nine-year-old with a mild form of autism. The world can only

hope to see Horn in many more movies to come.

Besides the few loose ends that remain untied, the only dis-appointing aspect of the movie was, like

“I read that it was the paper that kept the towers burning. All of those notepads, and Xeroxes, and printed e-mails, and photographs of kids, and books, and dollar bills in wallets,

and documents in files…all of them were fuel. Maybe if we lived in a paperless society, which lots of scientists say we’ll

probably live in one day soon, Dad would still be alive.”-- Oskar Schell, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”

most book-adapted films, a great deal of the novel was left out. The story of Oskar’s grandparents’ lives was told for practi-cally half of the novel,

and it was sorely missed in the Hollywood movie. But this is good news for audiences who typically enjoy reading a book before seeing the movie but

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did not get a chance to read this book before-hand. The movie does not completely ruin everything in the book, so even after watching the movie, the book would still be an extremely enjoyable read.

The story of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is a precious reminder to be thankful for this short life and the special people in it because they might be gone tomorrow. Both the novel and the film are captivating and inspiring, but audiences will surely finish the story with “heavy boots.”

“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” has been nominated for Best Picture for the 84th Academy Awards. Max von Sydow has also been nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (without uttering a single word in the movie) for his portrayal of “the renter.” The show airs on Feb. 26 on ABC at 7 p.m.

Carol Fritz is a third-year student majoring in communication studies. She can be reached at CF716022@wcupa.edu.

Tom Hanks and newcomer Thomas Horn play father and son in “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”

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Tweets of the WeekBy Liz Thompson

“My families’ heartfelt thanks to all who came to pay their respects

to Dad. God bless you all.”--@ScottPaterno

“#Santorum says no abortion for rape victims; just accept your fate (!!?). I’m so over women-hating

politicians.”--@OliviaWilde

Imagine a world in the year 2500…it may be full of poverty, starvation, violence, d i c t a t o r s h i p , minimal technology, and it just might be called “Panem”…or at least that is how author of the fictional book series “The Hunger Games,” Suzanne Collins, pictures it.

The first book centers around the main character, Katniss Everdeen, a teenage girl from District 12 who vol-unteers to take her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games, which could be equivalent to the Gladiator Games of

Ancient Rome, but with children.

The Hunger Games is a fight-to-the-death style competition that is hosted by the Capitol and several govern-ment officials of Panem. Each district selects two candi-dates to represent them in the games: one boy and one girl who could be anywhere from 12 to 18 years old. The last person standing wins. Did I mention that reality televi-sion is still around? Every minute of the Hunger Games is broadcasted to every home in Panem.

Katniss Everdeen quickly emerges as the star of the games. She is discovered to

be the most skilled competitor and the most talked about.

She becomes the con-testant to beat when

both the judges and audience witness her take down one of the

24 competitors by shooting him right in

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“The Hunger Games” leaves readers hungry for morethe eye with a bow and arrow. Katniss has been using a bow and arrow her entire life to illegally hunt animals in the restricted forest outside of District 12. If she did not do this, many people in District 12, including her family and the mayor, would starve.

She is most talked about when the other representative from Dirstrict 12, Peeta Mellark, confesses his love for her. Everyone is heart-broken when they learn this because one of them must die for the other to survive. Peeta and Katniss are named the star crossed lovers of the Hunger Games, and all

citizens of Panem are glued to their televi-sions.

“The Hunger Games” is a great read for anyone. It is full of all things juicy, action, politics, romance, death, and heartbreak. The book is even being turned into a movie, which comes out in March 2012. The only bad part about this book is not even the book itself, but the sequels that follow it! If you have read Mockingjay, you know what I mean- what was that?

Liz Thompson is a third-year student majoring in communica-tion studies with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at ET715984@wcupa.edu.

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ELECTRIC FACTORY:February 11 - Umphrey’s McGee

February 25 - The Pink Floyd ExperienceMarch 9 - moe.

March 23 - Odd FutureMarch 28 - Bruce Springsteen & the E

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February 7 - The DarknessFebruary 11 - Whitest Kids U Know

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The 12th Annual AIDS Benefit will grace the Madeleine Wing Adler stage at West Chester University on Feb. 4, 2012.

This annual favorite night of entertain-ment showcases students performing exciting songs, moving monologues, and thrilling dances dedicated to the HIV/AIDS cause.

This year’s show features popular group numbers such as “Don’t Stop Believing” as seen on Glee, “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Hairspray, “The B*tch

of Living” from Spring Awakening, and “21 Guns” from the musical American Idiot, with music and lyrics by Green Day.

The AIDS Benefit is entirely student run with help from West Chester ’s student o r g a n i z a t i o n , University Theatre, and support from LGBTQA and Aid to South Africa, making the cause more prominent on campus. All proceeds go to Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, an organization dedicated to promoting public awareness and understanding of the AIDS epidemic.

The idea behind the bold new theme, “Worth Fighting For”

is “about empowering our generation to start contributing to putting an end to this disease as well as other major issues around the world. It is time for the youth to stand up and start making a difference,” Shannon Kearns, producer of the benefit, said. Director Justin Caiazzo agrees, adding, “we are giving a voice to the young as well as those affected by HIV/AIDS. We are showing that we care. We know that this is something ‘Worth Fighting For’ and we will be there to fight it.”

The AIDS Benefit will take place on Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. with a silent auction

beginning at 7 p.m. Auction items will include signed Broadway posters and programs as well as other Broadway merchan-dise with more exciting items to come. The perfor-mance will take place in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre in the Swope Performing Arts Center with a free parking lot on campus. There is a minimum $5 donation to be paid at the door for the performance. Come see this amazing performance for a fantastic cause. For more information contact wcuaidsben-efit2012@gmail.com.

WCU Theatre presents 12th annual AIDS benefit, “Worth Fighting For”

Julie was 12 years old when her younger sister, Chelsea, was kidnapped from her backyard. She then spent the next 15 years searching for her sister every single day and just working enough to get by. At least that is what she did until she met Monica Guidry and her five-year-old son Beau.

When Monica suddenly dies from heart problems and leaves Julie guardian of Beau and co-owner of a house in Biloxi Louisiana, Julie is

forced to re-examine her life and begin to live the life she has avoided having since Chelsea disappeared.

When Julie gets to Biloxi, she realizes that Monica left her much more than she bargained for when she meets Monica’s brother and grand-mother and realizes the house she was left remains nothing more than rubble after hurricane Katrina.

As Julie is forced to rebuild her house and move forward to help Beau, she discovers that truly living a life does not mean forget-ting the past. She

helps Monica’s grand-mother uncover the truth about her past and move forward past Monica’s death. Julie discovers that “survival is like a stone wall, and kindness is a door.”

Karen White does a truly amazing job with this novel. She compels readers forward with not one, but two mysteries to uncover in this novel.

Monica’s grand-mother tells her own story, keeping readers on the edge of their seats not only for the story the novel tells but also for the story inside it. She makes the plot so intense

but allows the reader the ability to keep up easily with the sequence of events and makes it clear when the person whose story the reader is following shifts.

White’s one downfall would probably be that she leaves some questions unan-swered in the novel, which is problem-atic since it is not part of a series.

Jacqueline Valentino is a fourth-year student majoring in English with a minor in jour-nalism. She can be reached at JV671648@wcupa.edu.

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Gymansts break record in win over SUNY-Cortland

By Emily SeigelSpecial to The Quad

The West Chester University gymnastics team recorded a win against visiting team SUNY-Cortland on Jan. 21. In addition to the victory, the Lady Rams were also able to add another new record to the history books.

The meet began with WCU on the vault scoring a team score of 47.275. The vault scores have been very strong this season, especially with three new freshmen that are all great contributors to the line-up.

“As a freshman it’s very exciting to be on the vault line-up this year,” Melissa Prisco said. “I love being able to contribute to the team as well as continuing to work hard to improve my skills.”

In the second event of the day, the Rams competed on the uneven bars with freshmen Stephanie Schuler leading the way with a 9.475 and Senior Alli Aquila not far behind with a 9.45. The event was finished off strong resulting in a team score of 46.425.

West Chester moved on to the balance beam, an event that typically makes or breaks the final team score. However, the gymnasts in the beam line-up showed no fear in their gymnastics. A nearly flawless performance led to a team score of 47.4, which is the

highest team score on the balance beam in West Chester gymnastics’ history. In addition, junior Kaley Lafleur anchored the event with an outstanding score of 9.7.

West Chester wrapped up the competition with the floor exercise. Coming from behind, the Rams scored a team score of 46.975, while Cortland struggled on the balance beam. In the end, West Chester University won the com-petition with a total team score of 188.075, while SUNY-Cortland finished with a score of 185.575.

“We are succeeding early on in the season because we are more

determined as a whole than ever before and we are also more unified,” Melissa Voskian said. “In my last two previous years I’ve never felt so close with my teammates as I do now, which is key when competing together to reach our mission together as one. Having each other’s back both in practice and competition will help us as the season goes on to keep pushing through injuries and frustrations, and cele-brating when we succeed.”

With a win under their belt, and a new record broken on the balance beam, it is hard to believe that during the previous weekend’s com-petitions, the Rams received several victories and broke additional records. On Jan. 13, the Lady Rams won the meet against visiting school Southern Connecticut State University. Not only was this the first time the Rams had beat Southern Connecticut in 19 years, but West Chester also broke the University’s team total record with an incredible 188.2. On the vault, freshman Stephanie Schuler won the event with a high score of 9.7.

The gymnasts on West Chester’s team are con-stantly looking for ways to improve and hope to accomplish their goal this season of receiving a team score 190.

The golden rams are currently 5-1 and plan on improving this record when they travel to Brockport on January 28th.

Emily Seigel is a second-year student majoring in early childhood education. She can be reached at ES734640@wcupa.edu.

the physicality and the second and third period featured some hard hits, including a monstrous hit on Adam Ball that knocked his helmet loose, and a hip-check from Meade that sent a Delaware defense-man flying.

Despite the physicality of the game, penalties were not a problem throughout the first two periods. Each team drew a couple of minor penalties, but no power play goals were scored.

It seemed for a while that the animosity between the two teams would allow the game to get out of hand like it did last year when Christian Tasker and Joe Mango dropped the gloves, but neither team was retal-iatory despite the hard checks, pushing, and slashing that both teams administered.

Margadonna, one of the most physical players on

the team, explained why the game did not become about retaliation and fighting.

“As a team, we can handle ourselves very well with the rough stuff. But with a team like Delaware that can bury us on pretty much every opportunity, we have to swallow our pride a little and do what’s best for the team, which is staying out of the box and not putting their dangerous power play units on the ice,” Margadonna said.

Despite missing Bob McInerney for the day, West Chester was able to stave off the Delaware attack until the third period. Then, with WCU on a power play, Delaware broke loose and scored a short-handed goal.

From then on Delaware controlled a lot of the game. Shortly after, they scored on a power play and played such tight defense that WCU was having trouble leaving their zone. Delaware scored another

goal soon after, giving them the 3-1 lead which they would hold until the end of the game. Despite a valiant effort by Japchen in which he saved 52 of 55 shots, West Chester fell to Delaware, who clinched the ESCHL title with the win. The Rams will play Delaware again on Feb. 10 and 11, and it will be a very important series for the Rams, who currently rank No. 18, but need to reach No. 16 to qualify for ACHA Nationals.

Aside from the remaining two Delaware games, West Chester has completed their ESCHL schedule, winning three of four games from every team except the Blue Hens.

The Rams will pick up action again on Feb. 3 as they play host to Drexel, then to Villanova Feb. 4.

Kenny Ayres is a second-year student majoring in communication studies. He can be reached at KA739433@wcupa.edu.

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WCU put up a solid performance on the bars against SUNY.

Courtesy of WCU gymnastics

JANUARY 30, 2012 THE QUAD SPORTS PAGE 21

Men’s basketball starts strong in second half of seasonBy Riley Wallace

Staff Writer

West Chester (9-8, 6-7) rebounded from a rough start to the new year with a three game winning-streak, including two this past week against PSAC East leading Bloomsburg and PSAC rival Cheyney.

The Golden Rams started 2012 off with four road games in nine days. First up was Indiana (Pa.) (9-2, 6-1), who had just one conference loss and was in the middle of a six game winning-streak.

West Chester held the lead for most of the first half and would not go away, but came up short in the end, losing 71-66. Forward Corey Blake led the Rams with 16 points and 10 rebounds, six coming on the offensive glass. Guard Jon Breeden scored 15, and to go along with a team high, four assists. Guard Jaleel Mack added 11 off the bench as West Chester shot

only 31% from the field.There was no time to

dwell on the loss for the Rams, as the very next day they had to make the trip from Indiana (Pa.) to California (Pa.) (8-6, 5-3) to take on the Vulcans. West Chester took a 12 point lead into halftime, but Cal. fought its way back and Blake missed a three pointer at the end losing by two, 61-59. The Golden Rams spread out the scoring, with four players reaching double figures. Breeden and Blake scored 13 apiece, with Blake notching his second double-double in as many days by pulling down 13 rebounds. Forward Lance McDowell added 11 and Mack scored 10 off the bench.

Next up for West Chester on its road trip was Kutztown (8-5, 5-4) four days after the loss to Cal. The Golden Bears came out firing, outscoring the Golden Rams in the first 10 minutes of the game 24-10, and never let West Chester

get close, cruising to an 87-68 victory. For the second straight game West Chester had four players score double digits led by Blake’s 16. McDowell scored 15 and grabbed nine rebounds. Guard Carl Johnson recorded 13 points of his own and Mack provided some support off the bench, scoring 12. As a team the Golden Rams shot a meager 2 of 15 from three for the game.

The last stop for the struggling Golden Rams was Millersville (4-9, 2-7) to take on the Marauders. Both teams matched one another step-for-step and the game was tied up at 30 at the half. In the second half both teams came out firing, with each scoring over 50 points. The differ-ence was the Marauders efficiency behind the arc where they shot 7-9 in the second half while West Chester struggled, going 3-7. Five players reached double figures for the Golden Rams including

starters, Johnson, McDowell, guard Khalif Foster, and Blake. Mack led all scorers though coming off the bench for 23.

West Chester returned to Hollinger Fieldhouse for the first time in almost a month and a half to take on Shippensburg (6-11, 3-8). The Golden Rams came out and shot a pedestrian 38% in the first half, but made 11 of 12 from the charity stripe to take a seven point lead into the locker room. The second half was much the same with West Chester pounding it in and getting to the line, shooting 14 of 18 in the second half and holding on for the win, 78-74. McDowell led all scorers with 19, Johnson had 16, Blake 15, and Mack again provided a spark off the bench with 14.

The biggest test for West Chester paid a visit to Hollinger Fieldhouse, in the form of Bloomsburg University (13-4, 9-3). The Golden Rams started hot from the field shooting 50%

in the first half and hung with the first-place Huskies, taking a five point advantage into the locker rooms. In the second half it was back and forth with neither team being able to put the other away. West Chester made some crucial stops down the stretch and held on for the six point victory, 70-64. Bloomsburg could not find an answer for the triple threat of the West Chester guards as Johnson and Breeden went for 20 and 15 respectively and Mack scored 17 in his first start. Foster pulled down a team high 10 rebounds.

Last Wednesday, West Chester made the short trip to rival Cheyney (3-13, 2-11) for a PSAC East showdown. The last place Wolves managed just one field goal in the first six minutes as the Golden Rams jumped out to a 16-3 lead. Shooting 54% from the field and 81% from the free throw line for the game, West Chester dominated for forty minutes en route to a 79-49 victory.

McDowell recorded a dou-ble-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds coming off the bench in his first game back from a leg injury. Starting guards Johnson, and Breeden had 15 and 10, respectively.

With the toughest stretch behind them, West Chester looks to finish the season strong and earn a spot in the PSAC playoffs at the end of February. This week, West Chester starts a four-game home stand, starting with Mansfield (7-11, 4-10) on Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Millersville (6-12, 4-10) on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Riley Wallace is a third-year student at West Chester University. He can be reached at RW718681@wcupa.edu.

*Note- West Chester played a game Saturday against East Stroudsberg that was too late to include in this article. East Stroudsberg won by a final score of 94-82.

ESU snaps Golden Rams’ six game win-streakBy Joey Samuel

Staff Writer

After an impressive streak over winter break during which they won six games in a row, the West Chester women’s basket-ball team was upset on Saturday afternoon in an away contest at East Stroudsburg, 60-58.

In what can only be defined as a game of two halves, West Chester’s brilliant run of form simply vanished during the first half Saturday, as they were outscored 32-13 by halftime.

The Lady Golden Rams mounted a valiant comeback effort during the second half despite being

down 21 at that point, and managed to outscore their opponents by a 45-28 margin throughout the half, but it wasn’t enough. They came up short, by two points, to suffer their first defeat since Jan. 6 and only their second loss since early December.

As it were, West Chester’s leading ladies were unable to put up the numbers that fans have become accustomed to. Star senior guard Allison Hostetter could only get off nine shots, and of those, only two were made. She finished with only seven points, despite averaging a team-leading 14.3 points per game.

Fellow starters Jillian Keefer and Meghan Kerrigan only could muster a combined 1-4 from the field, netting the team three points between the two of them.

The loss was all the more disappointing because of what the team had accomplished over the previous six games. While their classmates enjoyed winter break, the team was on fire, taking down six conference opponents in a row. The most impressive win was the previous Saturday, when they took down Bloomsburg to capture first place in the PSAC East.

In that game, Paige

Elliot scored 20 points off the bench in only 16 minutes, her best perfor-mance of the year by far and a career-high. Hostetter added 16 of her own as West Chester beat their closest rival in the division.

That win gave the Lady Golden Rams sole posses-sion of first place in the division, but with Saturday’s loss to East Stroudsburg, Bloomsburg was able to draw even for first once again.

Heading into Saturday’s loss, the team had been on an absolute tear going back to Dec. 10, winning nine of their last 10. After a three-week break at the end of the fall semester, the Lady

Golden Rams swept both games of the Carol Eckman Memorial Tournament, which they hosted in late December.

They then returned to their regular schedule of two games per week, and after a disappointing loss to Indiana (Pa.), they disposed of California (Pa.), Kutztown, Millersville, Shippensburg, Bloomsburg, and Cheyney in one fell swoop.

West Chester now sits at a comfortable 14-4 on the year, including a 10-4 mark in the PSAC. Even more impressive is the team’s 7-1 record at home, the only blemish coming back on Dec. 4 in a two-point loss to

Gannon. West Chester returns

home this week to play a pair of games. First they host Mansfield on Wednesday night, before taking on Millersville on Saturday afternoon. That game could serve as a chance for Millersville to catch up with the Lady Golden Rams. Millersville is only one game behind West Chester and Bloomsburg in the PSAC East standings. Mansfield, meanwhile, sits in fifth at 4-10 in conference.

Joey Samuel is a third-year student majoring in political science and Spanish. He can be reached at JS719745@wcupa.edu.

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Women’s hockey sinks Navy 5-4 in overtime

By Deanna VassoStaff Writer

In their last game, the Golden Rams women’s hockey team took on the U.S. Naval Academy in a 4-5-overtime victory on Dec. 4.

After being defeated the previous day by California University of Pennsylvania, West Chester was back on the ice to host the US Naval Academy. The home team was heated up for a win, as forward Daria Carzo scored the first goal of the game, assisted by Becky Dobson and Lauren Stevens less than a minute after the puck had dropped.

Dobson was on top of the puck not only with her assist but also when she took the initiative and scored unassisted a few minutes later. Following her goal was a Naval Academy penalty on defen-seman Jacqueline Drew, which granted West Chester another ample chance to score on their early 2-0 lead.

Despite West Chester’s solid scoring chance with this power play, The Naval Academy’s defense was on the penalty kill, as they were eager to not let West Chester get even more of an upper hand.

Dobson continued to dominate the action in the first few minutes of the game. However, after a little more than five minutes of play, she was whistled for a minor unsportsman-like conduct. After arguing with the officials she was given an additional ten-minute penalty for abuse of the officials, which also resulted in a game ejection.

This put a damper on West Chester’s offense. The Naval Academy took advantage of this when

they scored their first goal of the game a minute later. Forward Christine Dullnig was responsible for this power play goal assisted by Katie Chambless and Abigail New.

Thirteen minutes into the period defenseman Nicole Ciccotelli scored the third West Chester goal assisted by Amanda Vito and Brittany Dalziel.

“The team was feeling pretty confident that we could win,” Vito said. “Our goalie Aly Golia was having a really solid game in net like usual. A couple players really stepped it up. Nicole Ciccotelli had her first goal of the season.”

Despite West Chester’s push to rule the scoreboard, the Naval Academy pushed back with another goal scored at the end of the first period by Nathalie Pauwels who was assisted by Ella Starr and Chambless.

With the second period score at 3-2 the Naval Academy tried to tighten the gap by out-shooting the host team by 17-6. West Chester’s defense and goal-tender Golia stood their ground by blocking these shots from becoming goals.

The home team’s defensive work paid off, as they were able to score a fourth goal in the second period to widen the scoring gap. Vito scored the lone goal of the second period assisted by Carzo and Dalziel.

West Chester was also given a power play oppor-tunity late in the period after a Naval Academy interference penalty, but the Naval Academy was not going to give up on their fight. The Naval Academy’s equally solid defensemen killed off this late penalty.

Defenseman Drew scored the Naval Academy’s

third goal, assisted by teammates Samantha Leyva-Yelverton and Starr.

The Naval Academy dominated the period despite a few bad penalties that gave West Chester ample opportunities to score. West Chester was having a hard time scoring in the third and was unable to outdo them when Naval Academy forward New scored on a late power play to tie the game 4-4. This forced the heated game into an overtime period.

The two teams were neck and neck in the overtime period, but despite that the Naval Academy had out shot West Chester the entire game 42-34, West Chester prevailed at the very end of the overtime period with a final fifth goal scored by Vito unassisted.

“The whole game was back and forth though,” Vito said. “I think my goal in overtime was just when I had room to rush the puck up. I was able to get around the two defenders and just shot glove-side high. It was an important win that we needed to stay competitive in the standings.”

West Chester is currently the third seed in their division so it is important for the team to continue with their com-petitive edge and determination on the ice as the regular season wraps up. The team needs to work harder in their last three games so that they can clinch a spot in the DVCHC women’s championships rounds. West Chester returns to playing on Feb. 4 in an away game against Villanova University.

Deanna Vasso is a fourth-year student majoring in English with a minor in creative writing. She can be reached at DV670502@wcupa.edu.Becky Dobson fires a shot during West Chester’s 5-4 overtime win against Navy.

Courtesy of WCU women’s hockey

JANUARY 30, 2012 THE QUAD SPORTS PAGE 23

West Chester swept by ESCHL rival DelawareBy Kenny Ayres

Sports Editor

The West Chester University men’s club hockey team took to the ice last weekend for a home-home series against No. 2 University of Delaware.

Delaware proved why they are ranked No. 2.

Sitting at 24-2-1 on the season, the Blue Hens sit atop the ESCHL and gave West Chester quite a bit of trouble over the weekend, defeating them 8-2 at Delaware on Friday and 3-1 at West Chester on Saturday.

Though Friday’s match was a blowout, Saturday was a close game that was

Golden Rams swimming drowned by UPennBy Brynn Dougherty

Asst. Sports Editor

The Golden Rams’ men and women swimming and diving teams each lost their respective meets against the University of Pennsylvania in the last non-league home meet of the regular season in Graham Natatorium on Friday evening.

After coming off wins from an away meet at Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday, the Golden Rams evened out their scores taking a defeat from Penn.

The men’s team holds a 3-4 record and the women’s team is 5-2 to conclude their regular season.

The men won five events in a 175-120 loss to Penn. The meet against the Division I team served as the team’s final event before heading to the PSAC Championships in February.

Jared Haley took first place in the 500-yard

freestyle and the 1000 free, while teammate Bogdan Grebenyuk set a school dual-meet record in the 100 breaststroke.

Haley, the only double-winner of the meet, finished the 1000 free with a time of 9:41.32, and the 500 free in 4:41.64.

Grebenyuk took second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.52, and also earned the runner-up position in the 200 breast-stroke. Both times set dual-meet records for West Chester.

David McCormick took first in the 200 individual medley, finishing in 1:57.86, while teammates Mike DiMarco and Evan DeaKyne trailed behind to finish second and third. DiMarko touched the wall at 2:09.08 while DeaKyne finished 2:10.27.

Tommy Rhodes took first in the 200 free, finishing in 1:43.61, and aided the 200 free relay team to first place with teammates Alex Muraro, Ryan Stahley and Phil

Letcavage. The relay team finished at 1:26.21.

Ryan Kuser took to the diving boards in Hollinger Field House earning the runner-up slot in the 1-meter and the 3-meter springboard competition. He earned a 310.65 on the 1m board and scored 323.33 in the 3m competition.

Kuser saw higher scores against SCSU on Saturday, as he took the first place slot in the 1m, scoring 320.85.

On Saturday, Rhodes and Haley each earned double-wins against SCSU, leading West Chester to a 130-82 victory. Rhodes took first in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100 free, finishing at 1:43.96 and 48.77, respectively.

Haley took the 1000 free with a time of 9:59.28 and the 500 free in 4:45.99.

Calvin Starosta won the 200 backstroke and also led the 400 medley relay team to first.

Ryan Stahley earned top honors in the 50 free, assisted the 400 medley

relay to victory, and placed second in the 100 free.

The swimmers will be back in action for the con-ference championships, which take place on Feb. 16. The divers face an invi-tational on Feb. 4 in Delaware.

The women’s team performed similarly, also earning first place slots in five events, but ultimately succumbed to Penn with a final score of 163-134.

West Chester’s women’s team honored the two seniors, Leah Varvo and Christie Stern, prior to their final regular season meet.

Varvo finished first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.33, while Stern assisted the 200 free relay team to top honors. Megan Winslow, Codyanne Murtaugh and Mia Barone also composed the relay team. Winslow led the relay in the 50-free and earned one of her best times of her career.

Amelia Buckley won two races, claiming first in

the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200 individual medley.

The team claimed the top three places in the 200 IM. Buckley finished first while teammates Mackey McGeary and Dani Dougherty trailed behind for second and third. McGeary finished with a time of 2:17.16 and Dougherty at 2:18.58.

Buckley also finished first in the 200 breast-stroke with a time of 2:26.40.

Michelle Murphy repre-sented West Chester for the diving team and claimed first in the 3-meter spring-board competition earning 284.85 points.

Maggie Meade won the 1m event, scoring a 277.35, while Murphy took the runner-up slot in the 1m event, posting a 256.20.

On Saturday, the Golden Rams captured seven events to defeat SCSU with a score of 131-96. Varvo and Winslow each took an individual and a relay win to assist in the Rams to

victory.Varvo won the 200-yard

freestyle in 2:00.28, while Winslow took the 200 back-stroke in 2:10.71. Both swimmers made up the 400 medley relay, which finished in 4:05.29.

Megan Corcoran finished the 50 free in 25.75, followed by teammates Stern at second and Lauren Carastro in third.

Kelsey Tennett won the 1-meter diving competition with a score of 273.89, and took second in the 3m springboard competition scoring 269.99. Murphy finished third while Michelle Heinman was fourth.

Both teams will return to action for the conference championships on Feb. 16 and the divers will take the stage at the Delaware Invitational on Feb. 4.

Brynn Dougherty is a fourth-year student majoring in economics and finance with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at BD670913@wcupa.edu.

decided late in the third period.

West Chester (17-9-0) shut down the potent offense of the Blue Hens for two periods, despite being outshot heavily. Randy Japchen was incredible in net and made close to 25 saves in the first two periods alone.

Japchen, who has posted a 3.23 goals against average this year made it look easy against a team that has outscored their opponents 148-60 this year.

Junior forward Tim Margadonna praised Japchen, knowing the team would not have had a chance in the game without his yeoman-like efforts.

“Randy [Japchen] is a

huge part of our team and is probably our best player,” Margadonna said. “For us to have a chance to win against top teams like Delaware he has to be big and come up with big saves like he has all year. He gave us a chance that second game and it just didn’t work out our way.”

Another player who helped give West Chester a chance was Steve Meade. Meade, who has taken over captaincy from the injured Scocozza, showed yet again why he is one of the top players in the league.

Around the five minute mark of the opening period, Meade found open ice and turned it into a 2-1 odd man rush with his linemate Tim

Higgins trailing on the left side. Meade fired a perfect pass to Higgins who tipped past star goalie S.J. Broadt for the opening goal.

It was Meade’s team leading 37th point on the season, eight more than his closest competitor Harrison Welch who scored his 29th point with the secondary assist on the goal.

The next 40 minutes of the game were scoreless, but featured plenty of action. By the middle of the second period, play was getting extremely chippy and the referees were letting the teams play on.

Both teams amped up

Jeff Dugan looks for a pass out of the defensive zone.See HOCKEY page 20

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PAGE 24 THE QUAD SPORTS JANUARY 30, 2012In a season that many thought would not even happen,

the 76ers have surprised the basketball world in the young 2012 season. The 14-6 Sixers are four games up in the Atlantic Division and hold the No. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference. Strong defense and great performances from bench players like Thaddeus Young and Lou Williams have given the Sixers eight victories by margins of 20 points or more, which is twice that of any other team in the NBA.

Jeff Dugan looks for a pass out of the defensive zone.

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WCU gymnasts break school balance beam record Page-20 WCU women’s basketball loses to East Stroudsburg Page-21

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