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Volume 85, Issue 2 The Student Voice of The University of Scranton Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Persistent construction disrupts campus life
University inaugurates Rev. Quinn to presidency
In his Inaugural Address, Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., spoke about religion and culture, love of God and how service is a component of it all.
The University community cel-ebrated the Inauguration of its 25th president in the Byron Recre-ation Complex Friday.
Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., cele-brated his Inauguration ceremony with delegates, honored guests, faculty, staff, students, friends and family.
After the guest speakers passed along welcoming and encourag-ing words to Rev. Quinn, the in-stallation and investiture of the president began.
Rev. Quinn was entrusted with various symbols of the presiden-tial office. He was presented with the charter of The University by member of the Board of Trustees Karen L. Pennington, Ph.D., the presidential medallion by member
of the Board of Trustees Paula K. Barrett and the mace by former president of The University and
current president of Marquette University, Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.
Rev. Quinn then gave his Inau-
guration speech to The University community.
“Today we celebrate The Uni-versity of Scranton with this fes-tal gathering, marking a dramatic intersection of the past with the future, of our traditions and ac-complishments, with our hopes and aspirations,” Rev. Quinn said. “That is why we are here.”
In his speech, Rev. Quinn ad-dressed what it means to say that Scranton is a 21st century Jesuit university in North America.
“We must ask ourselves wheth-er our students deepen their sense of wonder and curiosity, cultivate their ideals, widen their under-standing of human life and their sympathy for others,” Rev. Quinn said.
“Does the education we offer enable them to learn how to best ordain their lives, what is best for themselves and what is good for other men and women?”
Rev. Quinn said that the choices we are making are what lead us to the ideal of service that has been set forth by the Gospel.
Quoting the Book of Matthew, “Whoever will be great among you, must be your servant,” Rev. Quinn said.
In his Inaugural address, Rev. Quinn also reflected upon how, as a community, The University would follow the lead of St. Igna-tius Loyola, S.J.
Rev. Quinn believes that The University should challenge its students to accept St. Igna-tius’ notion of service, to love and serve in all things, as their own.
This is the reason Inauguration week began with the Celebration of Service. With more than 750 students, faculty and staff volun-teering, Rev. Quinn said that we are taking the service component of St. Ignatius’ mission very seri-ously.
Rev. Quinn continued his speech by outlining that the edu-cation at a Jesuit university should be engaged, integrated and bold.
See “QUINN,” Page 14
By CHRISTINA SCULLyNews Editor
the aquinas photo/peter portanovaREV. QUINN speaks at his Inauguration Ceremony Friday. He discussed service and his goals for The University.
Students say they are growing impatient with ongoing inconve-niences and safety issues relating to the new student apartments on Mulberry Street across from the DeNaples Center.
Students are settling into their new homes, but not without some structural glitches. Stu-dents report that recent storms caused water to gush and puddle in the staircase on the Monroe Avenue side of the West building, Pilarz Hall. During the first week of classes, students also reported melted pipes after running their dishwashers. Residence assis-tants said in an email to students that the problem stemmed from closed shut-off valves near the dishwasher units.
“The outlets in my living room still don’t work and it took three weeks for someone to come in-stall blinds in my room,” Chris-tina Kraker, a senior resident in Pilarz Hall, said.
A form letter welcomed stu-dents into the new apartments in late August and gave general time frames for construction completion on both buildings, but no further information has been supplied to residents since week one. However, a flyer dis-played in and around the weight room facilities in the Byron Cen-ter indicates that all physical education classes will be moved into the new fitness center Oct.
19. With this date set, whether the rest of the student body can use the facilities at that time re-mains unclear.
“My weight lifting class is moving into the new fitness cen-ter Oct. 19 and the old weight room is getting closed. I’m as-suming that means the new fit-ness center will be open to the whole University at that point, but no one is totally sure,” Mat-thew Craig, a senior resident in Pilarz Hall, said.
Security is also a major con-cern of residents. There is only swipe access to the front doors in each building, yet students con-
tinue to enter and exit through all other doors on the building.
“The side door is constantly propped open. It scares me that anyone can walk right in. I went to Public Safety about it and think we need to make it a swipe access door or install cameras back there,” Kraker said.
Mulberry St. is one of the busi-est corridors in Scranton, con-gesting daily due to traffic to and from Interstate 81, ambulance transport to the hospitals in the Hill Section and extended peri-ods of University construction vehicles blocking one or more lanes. Community members and
students who utilize some of the project’s newest amenities will be pleased with its completion.
“I purposely chose to live in the new apartment because it is right above the gym. I am re-ally looking forward to using it,” Kraker said.
The buildings, which nearly 396 students call home, accord-ing to The University’s Residence Life web page, will be home to a new food court area in the East and fitness center in the West. Construction began more than one year ago and students are beginning to wonder when it will end.
“I have had some near misses with cars flying down Mulberry, especially at night,” Ken Dubs, a senior, said.
Ken Dubs is an off-campus resident who used to cross from DeNaples Center and walk up Hitchcock court to his house on Vine. He said that it is a pain for students like him who have to walk through that corridor. Many students who used to walk through it now avoid it com-pletely. But, for the students who live in the Mulberry Apartment complex, there is no feasible al-ternate route.
Students say their safety while walking on the paths surround-ing the construction is a major is-sue. Barriers prevent pedestrians from walking on the west side of Quincy Ave, east side of Monroe and the entire sidewalk in front of the east building. A concrete gauntlet topped with orange construction fencing is the main walking entrance, accessible only at the eastern corner of Monroe Avenue and Mulberry.
“I live in Mulberry East and this cross walk is completely dangerous and a huge inconve-nience,” Steve Nicolosi, a junior Nursing major, said. “Cars zoom past the ‘yield, state law’ sign in the middle of the road. It may have to take someone getting hit before anyone does anything about this.”
Though crews crafted the bar-rier to offer added safety to the
See “CROSSING,” Page 14
BIDEN COMES TO PITTSTON
Vice president visits recent flood victims. (3 )
By MICHAEL zAyDON Managing Editor
Inconveniences overshadow the glamour of newest apartments on campus
the aquinas photo/peter portanovaUNIVERSITY STUDENTS walk in safety pathway past construction on Mulberry Street. The corri-dor is only accessible through one entrance (above), causing inconveniences and safety concerns.
Students concerned with pedestrian safety at Mulberry crosswalk
JESUIT EXAMEN RETURNS TO UNIVERSITy
Students follow Jesuit tradition of reflection. (13)
2 THE AQUINASCAMPUS NOTES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
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Notable briefs:DATE: Sept. 18 LOCATION: 400 Block of Taylor AvenueINCIDENT: Around 1:35 a.m., officers approached a male uri-nating behind The Mulberry Street Inn, known to students as Oscar’s bar. When the officers questioned the male’s reason for urinating outside, he responded that “he really had to go and couldn’t hold it any longer.” He received a citation for disorderly conduct and public drunkeness.
ALERT: Two thefts took place on campus in the last week. In both cases, thieves got away with unattended laptops. One device was stolen from from a student who left it in the library. The other was taken from a room in St. Thomas Hall. The Aquinas wants to remind you to always keep track of all your belongings and never leave any valuables unattended.
report statistics:INTOXICATION: 4 countsTHEFT: 2 countsDRUg RELATED: 1 countHARASSMENT: 1 countASSAULT: 1 countDISORDERLy: 1 count
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Thursday - Sept. 22
+Farmers MarketFounder’s green at St. Thomas Circle11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.+Performance by Daraja Children’s Choir of AfricaMcIlhenny Ballroom, DeNaples Center11:30 a.m.+”A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, Ameri-can Songs, 1910-1965” series performance by The Swing Set: Presented by the Schemel Forum and Friends of the Weinberg Memorial LibraryWeinberg Memorial Library, Heritage Room6 p.m.+Italian Society Meeting 6 p.m.+Suicide Prevention Week EventDionne green
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Friday - Sept. 23
+Foreign Film Series: “The Secret of Kells”Weinerg Memorial Library, Room 305Call for reservations6:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.+”Wait Until Dark” by Frederick Knott presented by the University PlayersMcDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts8 p.m.
Saturday - Sept. 24
+”Wait Until Dark” McDade Center for Literary and Performing ArtsStarts at 8 p.m.+Phillies @ Mets TripMeet at Linden Circle9 p.m. +Italian Society trip to San Gennaro Feast in NYC
Wednesday - Sept. 28
+Pet Therapy: Canine on Campus Dionne green and DeNaples Patio11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.+Fall 2011 last day 25 percent tuition refund+Fall 2011 last day to drop a course with no grade
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+Kania School of Management Fall Recruiting ExpoMcIlhenny Ballroom, DeNaples Center10 a.m. – 1 p.m.+Farmers MarketFounder’s green at St. Thomas Circle11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.+IT Forum: Capture the CloudsBrennan Hall, Rose Room (509)11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.+Health Professionals Oranization MeetingBrennan Hall, Pearn Auditorium6:30 P.m. – 8 p.m.+USPB Coffeehouse: Hana PestleDeNaples Center, Moskovitz Theate8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
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NEWS 3THE AQUINAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Vice president biden tours flood damageBy CHRISTOPHER DOLAN
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the aquinas photo/christopher dolanVICE PRESIDENT Biden landed in Wilkes Barre/Scranton Friday. He visited flood areas to help victims deal with the damage.
People Profile: Rosette Adera, Office of Equity and Diversity
AVOCA — Vice President Joe Biden visited Luzerne County Fri-day to survey the damage caused by near-record flooding.
Air Force Two touched down at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Inter-national Airport at 9:14 a.m. After exiting the aircraft, Biden boarded a heavily armored SUV, decorated with fender flags and vice presi-dential seals on the rear doors, and headed to a secure “restricted tour zone” in Duryea, Luzerne County.
Lynne Vergnetti, an employee at Wings, an airport restaurant, waited outside to see the vice president’s arrival before she went in to work.
“It’s not often that you get to see the vice president coming to your town,” Vergnetti said. “It’s ex-citing regardless of your political affiliation.”
Vergnetti said she admires Biden for being just a “regular Scranton guy.”
An airline employee who stopped to see Biden’s arrival had a similar opinion of the vice presi-dent.
“I love Joe Biden,” he said. “He’s done a lot [for our country].”
He applauded Biden for “doing what he has with his resources” to help the victims of the recent flooding.
“He puts the American citizens first instead of the political fiasco in Washington,” he said.
While not directly affected by the flood, the airline employee planned to help with the recovery efforts.
“I think Shickshinny is being overlooked,” he said. “Tomorrow is my birthday, and instead of be-ing lazy and doing nothing, I am going to volunteer my time for the day to help clean up.”
“I think if more of us stepped up to help,” he continued, “we would be better off.”
The vice president arrived 9:30 a.m. in Duryea at to tour the dev-astation.
According to the White House Press Pool report, Vice President
Biden toured the interiors of two damaged homes on Chittenden Street and met with affected resi-dents.
The second-to-last stop on the vice president’s tour was the home of sisters Gertrude and Johanna Yachna.
Gertrude, 79, and Johanna, 75, welcomed the vice president onto the front porch of their home, which they share with their 81-year-old sister and Johanna’s developmentally-disabled son. Biden spoke to the sisters for a few moments and held onto Ger-trude’s shoulders in a sign of com-fort and reassurance.
After stepping off the Yachna’s porch, the vice president’s atten-tion was quickly diverted to a binder of Topps baseball cards tossed on a curbside trash pile. While the Yachna sisters thought the soggy cards were worthless, the vice president envisioned a bright future for them on eBay.
“Don’t throw them out, they’re worth money,” the vice president is reported to have said. “All kid-ding aside — these are worth more money than you can pos-sibly imagine. I’m serious, not a joke.”
At the vice president’s urging, the Yachna sisters retrieved the
cards from the trash.At the conclusion of the tour,
the vice president spoke to the media while surrounded by Chit-tenden Street residents.
Biden spent an hour in Duryea before returning to the airport. Once back at the airport, Biden spent about 30 minutes meeting with his childhood friends and their families.
The vice president boarded Air Force Two at 12:30 p.m. Before en-tering the aircraft, Biden paused at the top of the stairs, waved goodbye and blew a kiss to the crowd.
Shortly after the vice president entered the jet, Air Force Two’s doors closed and the engines roared. Air Force Two was “wheels up” after spending less than three hours on the ground.
While it seemed most people were in awe at the pageantry of the vice presidential visit, one per-son was not impressed.
“What a waste of taxpayer mon-ey,” a woman said after both seeing the size of Air Force Two and learn-ing the short amount of time the vice president spent in the area.
The vice president has ties to Northeastern Pennsylvania. He was born in Scranton and lived in the Green Ridge section of the city for 10 years before his family relo-cated to Wilmington, Del.
Air Force Two is a modified Boeing 757 with the military des-ignation C-32A. The aircraft is operated by the 89th Airlift Wing of the U.S. Air Force and is based at Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Md.
“Everything I do here is laid on the foundation of social justice,” Rosette Adera, the Director of the Office of Equity and Diversity said. “And luckily, this being a Je-suit Institution, The University of Scranton already sets that founda-tion for me.”
As the director, Adera promotes equity through policies that not only allows students and employ-ees to be safe, but also to thrive. Additionally, she and her office provide opportunities for people to discuss topics related to diver-sity, as well as celebrate that di-versity.
“You cannot have true inclusion without acknowledging diversity, and neither can you have diver-sity without ensuring equity,” Adera said. “Sometimes that be-gins by addressing that elephant in the room that is inequity. And sometimes it can be a really big elephant. It’s loud, it’s big and it stinks, and it’s my job to create a safe environment for people to acknowledge its presence and to begin to talk about it.”
Adera is also trying to teach students to appreciate the privi-leges that they have. She hopes to make students more sensitive to those that may not have grown up with the same privileges. She also tries to teach students how to harness those privileges and share them with others.
Education about diversity and equity is a main focus of Adera’s work. She works to provide learn-ing opportunities outside of the classroom that would enable the entire University community, as well as members of the outside community, to come together, share their knowledge and form connections in learning.
“When you talk with other people who may be in a differ-ent field of study, or come from
different backgrounds, and you share information and experi-ences, you both become better able to see things from a differ-ent perspective,” Adera said. “You can say, ‘Oh, I never saw it that way before.’”
This transformative knowledge allows students to see the world in a different light, or as Adera puts it, “with a new pair of glasses.”
There will be an opportunity for learning about what Adera strives to teach her students on Nov. 3. The Office of Equity and Diver-
sity will host its 4th Diversity Fair, titled “Move It! The Exploration of Human Rights Movements.”
Students, faculty and teachers from the community will be in-vited to speak about different hu-man rights movements. There will be movies and workshops, as well as posters and artifacts on dis-play tables that Adera hopes will demonstrate the history of human rights, how far society has come and what progress still needs to be made.
ABC news journalist John Qui-
nones, whose segment “What Would You Do?” encourages ev-eryday people to take a stand on social injustice, will present a pro-gram later in the evening.
Adera said she hopes that Qui-nones will challenge students to think about how they would re-spond if they were called upon to be an ally of someone facing injustice.
With the student body becom-ing increasingly diverse, one of Adera’s many hopes and dreams is to create learning communities, expanding on the ones that are already available. Through these communities, students could connect with each other through cultural perspectives, personal stories and learning styles. This would provide a network of sup-port that Adera feels would be helpful for all students, but es-pecially one that responds to the needs of the students who now find themselves in an a different, unfamiliar environment.
Though purely coincidental, there could not have been a bet-ter time for Adera to be exploring these ideas. She points to a line of Rev. Kevin Quinn’s Inaugura-tion speech, which talked about “enhancing learning outside the classroom… that would allow stu-dents to learn from and with peo-ple in marginalized communities.”
It is such assurances that allow Adera to think up new ways to bring people together, and to en-sure that opportunities for “learn-ing in the common spaces” remain a reality at The University.
“At the end of the day, what we all hope is that our students will go out and act as change agents for the greater good,” Adera said. “A Jesuit education is both a privilege and a responsibility. It hands you a pair of lenses to see inequities that others may tend to ignore. What I desire for our students is to always be uncomfortable with inequities and work to dismantle systems of injustice.”
the aquinas photo/thomas heintzDIRECTOR ROSETTE Adera poses in front of her book collection on cultural diversity in her office on Wednesday. Adera is work-ing toward promoting a more diverse University.
4 THE AQUINAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011NEWS
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Parking problems on campus
The Inauguration of Rev. Kev-in P. Quinn, S.J., The University’s new president, has brought up concerns with the parking situ-ation faced by students and fac-ulty.
The University’s Inauguration Committee sent an email to all University students and faculty, stating that all non-reversed parking spaces in the Parking Pa-vilion, as well as a large portion of the Reddington Hall parking lot, would be closed from 5 p.m. Sept. 15 until 3 p.m. Sept. 16 for use by guests attending the in-auguration. This did not include parking spots reserved for full-time faculty.
“A large parking area will be available near the Nay Aug Park pool with shuttle service running continuously from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pick up and drop off for the shuttle will be at the snack bar near the pool at Nay Aug Park and at the turning circle at the DeNaples Center across from the Parking Pavil-ion,” according to the email sent by the committee. “Students and faculty were “urged to carpool and/or use parking at Nay Aug Park the day of the Inaugura-
tion.”Some students, such as sopho-
more commuter Jenn Lewis, were uncomfortable with parking at Nay Aug.
“I didn’t want to park at Nay Aug because I wasn’t sure if my car would be safe or if anyone was watching cars from The Univer-sity,” Lewis said. “The Ridge Row parking lot was full, so I went to the tennis courts and eventually found a spot there…I know there is not a lot of space for parking, but maybe they should have some free meter spots for students in extraordinary situations like this.”
While the circumstances Friday were extraordinary, parking has often been a problem for students and faculty, such as junior Sam DeSantis.
“I don’t find [the parking] suffi-cient,” DeSantis said. “There’s nev-er any spots, you have to search. I never even go to the Parking Pavilion. I usually park behind the railroad tracks, which can be an inconvenience, and I don’t want to park by a meter because I already paid money for a permit.”
Other commuters, such as sophomore Eric Brazon, said he is dissatisfied with parking at The University as well.
“The parking in Scranton is ab-solutely horrendous,” Brazon said. “They do not provide enough close
parking for commuter students.”According to the campus park-
ing map posted on the Parking Regulations page on The Uni-versity’s website, The University offers 25 areas for parking of various size, some of which are designated for specific members of The University community. Stu-dents and faculty who purchased a parking permit are allowed to park in these designated areas.
However, the Parking Regula-tions page acknowledges that “When additional events, such as conferences, seminars or workshops are conducted on campus, parking capacity may be exceeded. The fact that park-ing capacity appears to be or is exceeded does not authorize a user to violate this parking poli-cy. In addition, the purchase of a parking permit does not guaran-tee a convenient parking space. Consequently, a user may have to find a space in a lot off the center of campus.”
“The responsibility for find-ing a legal space rests with the motor vehicle operator.”
The fact that a convenient spot on or near campus is un-available, is not an excuse for violating the parking rules and regulations set by The Univer-sity, according to the Parking Regulations page.
By CORy BURRELLStaff Writer
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St. Thomas construction causes controversyBy COLLEEN DAy
Staff Writer
Ongoing construction be-tween St. Thomas Hall and the Loyola Science Center forced many classrooms to relocate and caused disruption to the usual teaching setting at The Univer-sity this semester.
The Loyola Science Center was built on the St. Thomas parking lot for a few strategic reasons.
The new building had to be big enough to accommodate all of the science and math depart-ments. Rather than creating one building alone, it was placed in the parking lot so it can be merged with the Harper-McGinn-is wing of St. Thomas in order to cut down on costs, according to The University website.
A well-rounded, liberal arts education calls for an ongoing connection between the sciences and the humanities.
According to The University website, moving the Loyola Sci-ence Center toward the other academic buildings creates more open space on campus. Loyola Hall will eventually be torn down, creating new green space on campus and a more welcom-ing atmosphere.
While it is difficult to argue that the Loyola Science Center is not an important and necessary addition to The University’s cam-pus, students and teachers have not been as enthusiastic about the ongoing construction that conflicts with their learning and teaching atmosphere.
Professor Diane Stango teach-es three 75-minute classes back-to-back in St. Thomas 211, where she says the noise of construction is sometimes so loud that she has to resort to shouting her lectures.
“The construction is directly outside of my classroom. To say it is a noisy distraction is an un-
derstatement. The noise is so bad and to the level where my stu-dents literally cannot hear me,” Stango said. “It is a situation that is certainly not conductive to learning. It’s inappropriate and unfair to both my students as well as myself. Colleagues in the same area of the building have had to just cancel class because the noise was deafening. It is an unacceptable situation.”
Professor Jack Strain has a more positive outlook on the sit-uation. He said he found himself to be the low man on the totem pole when his class was moved to the Byron Recreational Com-plex after a minimum number of media supported rooms were available this semester.
“Students must pass Ping-Pong tables, racquetball courts, a pool and weight lifting right next door... it’s difficult to maintain an academic mindset that a clas-sic logical and rhetorical analysis class requires,” Strain said. “I’m lucky to have two classes in the new science building. It’s a beau-tiful facility.”
“I imagine all professors or many professors, I should say − would to be willing to work around The University’s build-ing projects until they are done. We just have to make the best of it.”
Kim Pereira, a sophomore, said her theology class was nearly impossible to find after it was moved from its usual location in St. Thomas to the basement of Cizek Hall.
“I’ve literally never heard of the building. Our class is in the basement and the lighting is ter-rible, you can barely see what you’re writing,” Pereira said. “There also aren’t any desks, so all class we’re hunched over our notebooks trying to take notes, which always come out messy. The only plus is that we get to sit on couches for the whole class.”
According to The University website, Phase II of the construc-tion project, the attachment of the Loyola Science Center to St. Thomas Hall, is projected for completion Spring 2012.
Leaders gather at Royal Summit
the aquinas photo/thomas heintzST. THOMAS Hall undergoes construction this semester. The projected date of completion is Spring 2012.
Student leaders from clubs and organizations across campus gathered for a leadership retreat Sunday in Bryn Mawr.
This semester is the first time the Center for Student Engage-ment Leadership: Royal Summit has been offered to University students. The conference began with a few group activities de-signed to let participants get to know each other.
After these activities, the group moved inside to hear a presentation from guest speaker Duane, of Collegiate Empower-ment.
The presenter spoke about the personal qualities and attitudes needed for leadership, and en-couraged the students to work together to find common ground and coordinate on issues related to their clubs and organizations.
Before being dismissed for lunch, the students were asked to write down a few of the things that they intended to begin do-ing, stop doing and continue do-ing in order to reach the goals that they had set for themselves.
After a Mexican food lunch, the students set out to the low ropes course in a wooded area on the other side of Bryn Mawr’s campus complex. The course featured several team-building activities which required each group to work together to com-plete physical challenges.
One challenge, dubbed “The Spider Web” forced students to
work as a team to lift each other into the air and pass themselves through a web of wires without touching the structure. Some of the others tested balance and strategy; all tested teamwork and the ability to find leaders within the group.
After completing the ropes course challenges, the group re-turned for the second part of the speaker’s presentation. He fo-cused the remainder of his time speaking about how difficult it is to maintain the spirit of coor-dination and cooperation that the students were showing, and encouraged everyone to work to maintain it once they returned back to their respective organiza-tions on campus.
As students left Bryn Mawr, they only had positive things to say about the Royal Summit ex-perience.
“It’s nice to get a chance to work on things that we all care about and get off campus for a day, because during the school day we don’t have much time to think about these kinds of things, like how to solve problems and work with other clubs,” Meghan Norsigan said.
“It was so much fun,” Manny Apkan, another student said. “It was a great time for students to get off campus and meet other leaders from different clubs and organizations, and see student leaders grow here at the Univer-sity.”
Students with questions about future leadership events should contact the Center for Student Engagement at 570-941-6233.
submitted photo: stacy smulowitz for the aquinas THE UNIVERSITY celebrated Advertising Day Saturday by inviting alumni from the advertising track in the communica-tion department to speak to current students about courses and future careers in advertising. Pictured from left to right are Kate Ritinski, Laurel Coyle, Mary Desmarais and Profes-sor Smulowitz.
Student senate back in session
The University Student Sen-ate held its first meeting of the school year last Friday in the PNC Conference Room in Bren-nan Hall.
They immediately set to work on filling two vacant slots. Ju-nior Lee Molitoris was elected to the position of Resident Senator. The vacant Class of 2014 slot was filled by Kyle Gleaves.
After the new senators took their positions, Senator Meredith Lubas introduced the first bills of the school year. All the bills dealt with club financing issues, including linking a club’s fund-
ing to its completion of its com-munity service requirements.
“A senate with a lot of new faces did a great job of asking important questions and giving some great answers. Everyone took their jobs seriously,” Presi-dent Adam Gault said.
Freshman elections are now in full swing. Campaigning is set to start Tuesday, with the election held Oct. 4. There are currently 19 candidates for the four fresh-men senate positions.
The next Senate meeting will be held Friday in Jefferson Audito-rium in Leahy Hall at 3:15 p.m. All meetings are open to the public. Any students interested in how their student government works are welcome to attend.
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By SEAN MULDOONForum Editor
5THE AQUINAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
University celebrates Rev. Quinn Inauguration Inauguration Mass: Thursday
the aquinas photo/Jenn rudimanREV. KEVIN Quinn, S.J., sits beside Bishop Joseph Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., and Rev. Jim Shea, S.J., dur-ing the homily (left to right).
the aquinas photo/Jenn rudimanREV. THOMAS Roche. S.J., Rev. Rick Malloy, S.J., and Rev. Michael McCarthy, S.J. sing while process-ing into the Long Center (left to right).
the aquinas photo/Jenn rudimanREV. MICHAEL McCarthy, S.J., delivers the homily at the Inauguration Mass Thursday in honor of Rev. Quinn, The University’s 25th president.
the aquinas photo/ thomas hientz THE UNIVERSITY Concert Band plays Saturday. Magdalyn E. Boga, history faculty, Angela Edwards, graduate student, Siobhan Feeney, sophomore, and Danielle Roamer, freshman, are seen above in the French horn section.
the aquinas photo/Jenn rudimanA FULL house watches the inauguration of Rev. Kevin Quinn as the 25th Presi-dent of The University Friday. Students, alumni, University officals and mem-bers of the community attended.
Inauguration and Concert: Friday and Saturday
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If all the tourists who usu-ally venture to the U.S. every year just stopped traveling here for vacations, do you think you would notice? Maybe you would notice it in the big cities, but what about your hometowns? How would you feel about this situation? Would you be glad that they didn’t come here, or upset that you didn’t get to share you culture and history with them? Finally, what do you think the impact would be on the econ-omy, local and national? While Americans don’t have to answer these questions right now, Egyp-tians unfortunately do. The side effects of this lull in tourism are hurting Egypt very badly.
Before the Jan. 25 Revolution, tourists flocked to Egypt for nu-merous reasons. The pyramids are obviously the most well-known tourist destination in Egypt, and maybe even for the world, but this African country also has other gems, both hidden and well known. The Citadel at Alexandria, the site of the Alex-andria Lighthouse, the Red Sea Coast and its numerous beaches, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the Sinai Peninsula, the Valley of the Kings and the Black and White Desert are just a few of the plac-es tourists visit in droves. Well, they used to anyway.
After the Revolution, tour-ism plummeted as safety issues were raised and America evacu-ated all of its citizens who asked to leave. TVs showed riots and demonstrations, making Egypt look like a complete war zone. Needless to say, the Egyptian economy was hurt, and so were its citizens.
The after effects of this can
be seen everywhere you look. From the young girls selling goods on the streets of Alexan-dria screaming, “Oh my God, for-eign people,” to the young man talking to me and my roommate on the beach just to make sure his English was still good enough to communicate since he hasn’t seen any tourists in months, one can really see how this is affect-
ing the average Egyptian. Even while witnessing a typical Friday demonstration on the streets of Alexandria, it was easy to see how much Egyptians rely on tourists. The protestors stopped in front of the restaurant at which we were eating and posed for pictures, screaming that they loved Americans and thanking us for visiting Egypt.
For me personally, the most prominent display can be seen right on the campus of the Amer-ican University in Cairo (AUC). The students and staff are cur-rently on strike asking for cer-tain demands. The students are against the nine percent increase in their tuition, saying they can’t afford it after the economy took a nose dive. The staff is asking for a raise in salaries, since most only make $100 a year. This is all happening while the university is operating on an almost $100 million deficit. While the univer-sity lost a lot of money last year from investing in the Egyptian market, they’ve also, in a way, lost a lot of money from people like me.
AUC usually accepts 300 inter-national students per semester. This semester, there are a little over 100. Thus, there are 200 stu-dents “missing” from the univer-sity that are usually accounted for. these 200 missing students mean 200 missing tuition pay-ments on which the university relies. Without Egypt being seen by American universities or con-cerned parents as stable enough to come and study in, no one knows when AUC will get the number back up to normal and get the money it relies on to adequately run operations. For the sake of the strikers, and for Egypt, hopefully students and tourists travel to Egypt again in the near future.
COMMENTARy By ELENA HABERSky
Staff Writer
Sean Muldoon Forum Editor
I was talking to a friend the other day, and all he kept do-ing was complaining about his workload, saying “My professor wants this,” and “I can’t believe he’s making us do this” and “I have two exams tomorrow.” I could go on and on. And, af-ter being at Scranton for over a year now, this isn’t the first time I’ve heard people com-plain about their workloads, whether it’s been as they pass by me in DeNaples or as I read about them on my Facebook news feed. Here’s the thing: I don’t get how anyone who goes here can complain about their workload.
Now, before you stop read-ing because you think “But John, you’re complaining right now,” I know I’m complaining. I guess that makes my argument a little inconsistent, right? Stop reading then if you’re going to complain about me. You prob-ably have better things to be annoyed with, like your TV re-mote running out of batteries.
You go to The Univer-sity, and my guess is that you
probably live in a dorm on cam-pus or an apartment near the
school. In your residence hall you probably have a bed, run-ning water, electricity — stuff you probably take for granted.
Right now, there’s a little boy in some third-world country to-night that’s probably going to die of dehydration because he can’t find clean water. He’ll be lying awake in his bed waiting for — oh yeah, he doesn’t have a bed. That’s a shame, he won’t be able to go to school tomo — there’s no school where he lives.
So you have a lot of school work, huh? It can be a really tough balancing your school work, time for friends, going to the gym, playing video games on Facebook and your relationship. And, if so and so doesn’t stop talking about me behind my back, things will get real.
Do you want to know what is real?
There’s a homeless woman about a block from Hyland Hall that’s trying to find enough money to buy something to eat. By the way, Hyland Hall is that place where people complain about having class. Apparently it’s a far walk.
I’m not trying to sound like a
jerk. I just want people to step back and think about what they’re actually complaining about sometimes.
You go to one of the best schools in this country. You’re hopefully going to graduate one day and get a job and have a family. I wish you nothing but the best.
I’m not saying to go on a mis-sion trip to a third-world coun-try or donate your life savings to charity. I like living here. I like being able to wake up at noon on a Saturday, then walk down to DeNaples and wait 20 minutes to get an omelet. I like having a few hours of home-work to do for my classes. I like that these are my problems, be-cause these things remind me that it could be much worse, like the little boy or the home-less woman or so many oth-ers. Everyone who goes to this university needs to appreciate how fortunate they are.
I’m not saying to dwell on everything that’s wrong with the world all the time — that will just depress you. Just use it to remind yourself how fortu-nate you are to be doing home-work at Scranton.
First world problems put in perspective
mcclatchy photo/Keith meyersAMERICAN STUDENTS often take for granted the benefits of liv-ing in a first-world country.
COMMENTARy ByJOHN NIEMIEC
Contributor
the aquinas photo/elena habersKyFORMERLY BUSTLING public squares are no longer filled with tourists since the revolution in Egypt last year began scaring would-be travelers.
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Catherine Bernabe Princeton, N.J. Class of 2013
“I’m so exctied for it. It’s right next to my apartment though. It’s is loud and I wish it would be
done already.”
“It is annoying during class, but its not that bad. When its all done it’ll
make the school better.”
Allie Nachtman Richboro Class of 2015
“I feel its a positive change for the school. Personally, its affected me because I live on Mulberry and the noise had been a bit much over the past two years. But ben-efits definitely ourweigh the noise. It’s bringing The U to a new level.”
John Dunn Northville, M.I. Class of 2013
“Construction hasn’t affected me personally, though I do want to live in the new apartments. It has made our school more modern. It shows students and parents where their
money and effort are going.”
Andres Perez Queens, N.Y. Class of 2012
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By OLIVER STRICkLAND Columnist
Oliver’s Twist: missing out is greatest fear
Half-empty: putting on our thinking caps
Sometimes, I have to remind myself what David Bowie once said that it was “time to make the strange ch-ch-changes.” He also talked in great detail about a “flippity-floppity hat.” Al-though I’m no Ziggy Stardust, I’ll attempt to discuss both of these issues. In fact, the changes of which I speak relate directly to hats themselves and to The Uni-versity at large.
Perhaps I haven’t been watch-ing my fair share of Mac Miller rap videos in the past few
weeks, but I nonetheless remain perplexed by the large number of ironic, teal-colored snap-back hats that adorn the heads of Scranton’s bright, young schol-ars. Whether these students ac-tually support athletic power-houses such as the Charlotte Hornets (or is it New Orleans?) and Seattle Mariners remains un-clear. The recent influx of these hats could suggest an academic interest in the color turquoise it-self. Or perhaps these students are paying tribute to the geologi-cal contributions of the Apache Indians by wearing their charac-teristic color.
Since this is a religious in-
stitution, maybe these hats are a sign of reverence a function which caps serve for many faiths. While I highly doubt that these Brennan Hall All-Stars are dressing like Vanilla Ice in an attempt to pay hom-age to God, I still cannot de-vise an accurate explanation for their recent appearance. However, I can assert that it seems to be some sort of un-derground society of which I am not a member. This is rath-er disappointing, because I’ve always wanted to be a Free-Mason, and I also enjoy paying $5 for “all you can drink Miller Lites” at my favorite watering-
hole. One could assert that I’m merely jealous, because I will never become inducted into such an elite and prestigious club.
As I reflect upon this grow-ing trend, I realize that there are “different strokes for dif-ferent folks” yes, I did, indeed, use the Gary Coleman defense. This column is my attempt to change your world; hopefully, you will do the same for oth-ers. Because, in the end, if you quote a popular Mo-Town song to conclude your article, you’ll seem more clever. “Na na na na, na na na na. Hey, hey, hey. Goodbye.”
By MATTHEW AUBERTIN
Satirist/Future Unemployed Person
This past summer, I had the privilege to work in the political-ly-charged atmosphere of Wash-ington, D.C. as a government af-fairs intern for the lobbying firm Ball Janik, LLP. This internship helped me to better understand the workings of Washington, D.C. Through my internship, I worked on various projects that included a 269-slide PowerPoint presenta-tion on light and commuter rail systems throughout the country, Excel spreadsheets that compiled data from U.S. Defense and Navy budgets from fiscal year 1988 to the present, and was able to re-search and put together my own
viewpoints on the selection of U.S. Senators as sponsors for a possible piece of legislation to be brought up in Congress.
My experience in Washington also taught me the importance of having an ambitious attitude in searching for local events. Washington offers many events that cater to various interests. By keeping up-to-date with daily events in the city, I discovered an opportunity to listen to the Dalai Lama speak on the Capitol lawn. This proved to be an inspira-tional event where people of all ages gathered to hear the leader of the Buddhist faith preach a message of peace in our modern world. Other events that I was able to attend allowed me to interact with important figures
in the political realm, including Republican presidential candi-dates Jon Huntsman, Gary John-son and Herman Cain. I also had the privilege of meeting other influential individuals, including political strategist Dick Morris, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus and others.
The experience I had in Washington was something that I will never forget. I learned many skills that will help me in the professional world. The con-nections that I made were also integral to my experience as a whole. My advice to any stu-dent who hopes to gain an un-derstanding of the professional world is to take advantage of an internship.
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A lot has been said about Presi-dent Obama’s proposed legislation on how to get the United States economy moving again. The President and I do not see eye-to-eye on his plan for economic re-covery. While the President plans for further government spending and tax revenue increases, I pro-pose a shift to to the American people their hard-earned money. The solution is simple, and it is called the Fair Tax.
The Fair Tax would remove the entire tax structure as we know it. Nothing has brought more government interference into
our lives than the progressive income tax (twice ruled un-constitutional) and the Internal Revenue Service. I say remove the taxes that take money away from our paychecks before we even see it, remove capital gains taxes and taxes on repatriated profits, along with most other taxes, and replace them with a consumption or sales tax.
Under the Fair Tax there would be no more gross and net pay; just net pay. Instead of looking to see how much the government has taken out of your paycheck, you would just get your paycheck. You would, for the first time in your life, be getting paid for literally ev-ery minute you worked. What
a novel idea. The price of everything you
purchase is about 23 percent more expensive because of the current government tax struc-ture. In order to keep the gov-ernment at its current revenue intake the national consump-tion or sales tax would be 23%. This would replace the entire burdensome IRS and tax struc-ture and replace it with a single sales tax. No more loopholes, no more favoritism in the tax code and no more pain every April 15.
With an end to outright cor-porate taxes, our business en-vironment would grow by leaps and bounds as the United States government would have one of
the most fair business climates in the world, and with fair busi-ness climates come more jobs. With a lower tax burden, a company could afford to give more jobs and charge less for their products. That sounds like a recovery to me.
The Fair Tax provides month-ly rebate checks for all essential purchases like food so that the money you spend that will be taxed will be on other expen-ditures. The whole idea of the Fair Tax is to no longer punish individuals for achieving and getting gainful employment. It will instead tax expenditures of that income. It’s a tax based on what you purchase, not what you’ve made.
Do you have that one person in your life that always needs to know what you’ll be doing ev-ery minute of the day? I think we have all had an encounter at some point in our lives with someone clingier than a gold digging hoochie momma on a pre-med student. All kidding aside, these people have what is called “FOMO,” which stands for “fear of missing out.” I have nev-er seen this phobia so prevalent as it is on this campus. Don’t get me wrong; this is not a bad thing for The University. Actually, it is a great quality for its students to
have. Think about it: FOMO can-
not exist if there is not an over-abundance of opportunities. The very presence of FOMO is what I think makes this univer-sity great.
Personally, I have a love-hate relationship with my own FOMO. I hate the fact that I am at times unable to participate in events because of prior campus com-mitments. But, at the same time, I wouldn’t have any FOMO if The University failed to provide an excess of things to do and be a part of. And for that, I love FOMO.
For instance, over this coming fall break, University Ministries will run two retreats we can take part in. We can either choose the
Rock Retreat to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, O.H. or the JusticePLUS retreat. I, un-fortunately, have a prior engage-ment with two ice-packs and prescribed pain killers, as I will be getting my wisdom teeth out during the break. I’ll be home, filled with FOMO in regards to these two great events; even if I wasn’t having my wisdom teeth removed and could choose a re-treat in which to participate, I would still have to choose only one and thus fear missing out on the other retreat. At this univer-sity, FOMO is practically unavoid-able.
My point to you is this: if you haven’t yet experienced FOMO at Scranton, your eyes aren’t open to the mountain of opportunities
available to University students. Get involved. Go on a retreat. Be a part of a club. Go to a Scranton-sponsored late night event. Even if you think you’re involved, if you aren’t spending five minutes with your plan-ner figuring out how to arrange your day, between homework and activities and the occa-sional meal, you aren’t involved enough. Trust me; once you in-volve yourself in more than just your classes on campus, you will fall completely in love with Scranton.
FOMO may seem to be a curse at the present moment (for example, when it takes the shape of that clinger men-tioned earlier), but in reality, it’s a blessing.
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By NICOLE LOPEz-ISAARTS & LIFE EDITOR
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“Loverboy” By you Me At Six
You Me At Six is an Eng-lish rock band from Surrey who rose to fame in 2008 after the release of its first album, “Take Off Your Colours.” The band lists its main influences as Blink-182 and Incubus and was nominated for “Best Brit-ish Band” for four consecutive years at the Kerrang! Awards, just recently winning the title this past June. Gearing up to release its third album, “Sin-ners Never Sleep,” You Me At Six released its first single, “Loverboy,” a tale of betrayal that shows off how the band grew and matured in its song-writing since its start. “Sin-ners Never Sleep is set to be released Oct. 3rd.
Band and choir serenade Rev. Quinn at Inauguration
the aquinas photo/thomas heintzCHERYL BOGA led the Concert Band as they performed at the Inauguration.
the aquinas photo/thomas heintzMANNY EKPAN and his partner enjoy the music and dancing at The University’s Latin Explosion event Friday.
What is Guatemala’s national instrument? Who is Mexico’s most famous retired boxer? These are the types of questions asked of teams that participated in Latin Explosion.
The event, hosted by The Office of Multicultural Affairs in honor of Hispanic Heritage month, be-gan with a trivia game involving the following teams: Los Gatos Di-cen Meow, JLOs Babies, Las Gana-doras, Government Quinntuplets and the Office of Multicultural Af-fairs team.
Team members gazed anxious-ly at the PowerPoint screen dis-playing the questions, while wait-ing for Rev. Rick Malloy, S.J., the host, to finish asking a question. The team who knew the answer quickly hit their buzzer, and the light corresponding to the buzzers color lit up on a machine and the team who hit the buzzer first re-ceived the opportunity to answer and points for a correct answer. The questions ranged from Latin American sports to Latin Ameri-can food and music.
Slowly, teams were eliminated. Government Quinntuplets, in-cluding Matt Smeltzer, a senior from Ambler, Adam Gault, a se-nior from Philadelphia and Brian Riordan, a senior from Ramsey, N.J. competed against the Of-fice of Multicultural Affairs team, consisting of Mabel de la Cruz, a
sophomore from Lancaster and Kelly Crowley, a sophomore from East Quogue, N.Y., during the fi-nal round. As round three ended, the points were counted and the Government Quinntuplets won first place. First place prize was $150. Second place, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, received $75. The runners up, JLO’s Ba-bies, received a Starbucks gift
card. Afterwards, taquitos with various salsas were served along with chicken fingers. The party began at 11 p.m. with Rumba Con Son, a nine-piece live band, which began playing salsa music. Professional dancers warmed up the dance floor, but soon others took the floor. Hispanic students that were overjoyed at the first sounds of the music did not hesi-
tate to begin dancing. However, Caucasian and students of other ethnicities were not intimidated, and began dancing as well, join-ing the excitement of the hour. Grad students and undergrad stu-dents alike joined the party, as did people from other universities. It was a celebration of culture and diversity in The University’s his-tory that won’t be forgotten.
A strikingly intimate Inau-guration Concert concluded In-auguration Week’s sumptuous activities Saturday. Largely attended by faculty, staff and members of the Scranton city community, the dearth of stu-dents did not put a damper on the night.
Cheryl Boga, the Director of Performance Music, deftly led the audience as well as the band and choir in welcoming Father Quinn. Boga, as she is fondly called by Scranton’s mu-sical community, characteristi-cally inspired laughter among the audience populated by the regular crowd of professors and members of the city community. Boga chose the program to honor The University’s Jesuit heritage and musical connections, and the heritage of Father Quinn. “We figured you weren’t Polish,” she said, referring to the tradi-tional Celtic music performed by the Concert Band and Concert Choir.
The concert began with the Concert Band’s stirring “America the Beautiful,” arranged by Car-men Dragon, one of many favor-ites for those who regularly at-tend The University’s concerts.
“Prayer of St. Gregory,” by Alan Hovhaness, was accom-panied by Mark Gould, a guest trumpeter from the New York Trumpet Ensemble. Gould’s
solo maintained a formal tone even as the languid qualities of his jazz trumpet seeped into the
sounds of the Concert Band. Many audience members vis-
ibly brightened when Joseph Boga, the son of Cheryl Boga, ar-rived on stage for “Embraceable You,” arranged by Warren Barker.
A Scranton native, Joe Boga left for college in New York two years ago, but he is still beloved by the Performance Music com-munity. Boga certainly met the audience’s expectations, enliven-ing the Concert Band’s take on Gershwin.
The Concert Choir arrived on stage with the Celtic folk songs of “Loch Lomond,” arranged by Frank Ticheli, but the concert started to swing with “I Give In To Your Will,” by Wycliffe Gor-don. As the choir repeated the verse, junior Francesca Arvonio broke into a gospel solo over top while the audience clapped to the beat, momentum building throughout the room.
The Beatles’ classic, “Money Can’t Buy Me Love,” while ad-mirably performed, was an unsatisfying arrangement by Keith Abbs, who gave the rock song a pedantic renaissance feel. However, “Water Night,” by Eric Whitacre, left this critic transfixed. The hauntingly tight harmonies soared through Hou-lihan-McLean’s shining rafters, weaving above the heads of the audience to fade to an echo. The applause, which broke over the lingering notes, seemed rude in its interruption.
The Choir and Band united with the Performance Music classic “Great Is Thy Faithful-ness,” by Vaclav Nelhybel. The
concert culminated in “Rejoice In The Lord Always,” the piece commissioned by Lawrence Wolfe for the Inauguration of Fr. Quinn and which had premiered the day before. Though lack-ing the gripping nature of some other pieces presented, the Choir and Band handled the difficult music with more aplomb than they had at the Inauguration. Sopranos still struggled to hit the painfully high notes, but no longer searched for the melodic line. It is incredible to think that in just three weeks the Concert Band and Concert Choir had pulled together such an exten-sive concert.
Students who stay home when Houlihan-McLean resounds with music miss a chance to hear top acts and to witness the talent of their fellow students, faculty and professors without paying a dime.
The next Performance Music event will take place Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The New York Trumpet Ensemble, directed by Mark Gould and featuring Joseph Boga, will surely entertain audi-ence members of all musical per-
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In 2004, a group of four youth-ful British teenagers under the name of McFly exploded onto the music scene in England, seem-ingly from out of nowhere. The group skyrocketed to fame in the UK, becoming the youngest band ever to have its first album, “Room on the Third Floor”, debut at number one, a title that previ-ously belonged to the Beatles. Due to its collective youth (the oldest being 17 and the youngest being 15), lively pop music and their fans being girls around 13-years-old, the band was not immediately taken seriously among music crit-ics and was pegged as a band that “wouldn’t last very long.” Since its start, however, they have released four other albums, four live tour DVD’s, seven number one singles and appeared in the Lindsay Lo-han film, “Just My Luck”, as them-selves.
McFly formed from the desire of lead singer/guitarist and pri-mary songwriter, Tom Fletcher, to play in a band of his own af-ter working for Island records re-cruiting new bands for the label. He met fellow singer and guitarist
Danny Jones while filming audi-tions for a band that Island was putting together. Jones and Fletch-er found themselves collaborat-ing and writing songs together frequently and eventually, they decided to hold auditions for the missing pieces of their band. They found bassist Dougie Poynter and drummer Harry Judd. Taking its name from the main character in
the popular science fiction movie “Back to the Future”, McFly was born.
The band has toured all around the world, including the UK, Japan, South America, Europe and parts of Asia. Unfortunately, McFly has not been successfully broken into the American music scene, hav-ing never toured the states. Most Americans familiar with them
know McFly from the movie “Just My Luck” or if they listen to BBC radio, but there is hope that word of McFly will soon successfully spread through America and take the country by storm.
McFly is mainly characterized as pop/rock genre, although some of the more ignorant and abrasive critics referred to it as a boyband, despite its competence in writing
its own songs, playing its own instruments and its stage pres-ence, bereft of any dance routines whatsoever. McFly’s early sound, in its first three albums, was clas-sified primarily as “fun, cheerful pop.” Its fourth, “Radio:ACTIVE”, showed the band’s ability for writ-ing more mature rock-esque songs while still maintaining its roots in pop music. Its most recent album, “Above the Noise”, showed the band returning to its trademark pop sound, with a futuristic tone to the songs. McFly’s goal with this album was to reach as many ears as possible and spread word of itself throughout the world. The goal seems to have been accom-plished, as the band currently has plans for another European and a South American tour.
Those just introduced to Mc-Fly would likely enjoy its album “Radio:ACTIVE,” as it’s been called the bands best work yet. Notable tracks from that album include “One for the Radio,” “The End” and “Down Goes Another One.” Those who are partial to more of a pop genre would enjoy McFlys early hits, such as “Obviously,” “All About You” and “Transylvania”.
McFly’s singles and albums are all available on iTunes and its fansite is mcfly.com.
myspace photoDANNY JONES poses in a Myspace photo above. Jones is one of the lead vocalist and guitarists of the band McFly.
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BUSINESS CLUB officers in the front row, from left to right, include secretary Logyn Pezak, presi-dent Brian Fischer, vice president Thomas Heintz and treasurer Victoria Maurer, with the advi-sory board standing behind them in support.
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As students began settling into dorm rooms and attending new classes, one of The Univer-sity’s largest clubs kicked off an exciting year with its first general meeting.
The University’s Business Club wasted no time diving right into the fall semester. The student-run club held its first meeting Sept. 7 on the fifth floor of Brennan Hall. Close to 100 students attended. The meeting served as an introduc-tion to the club for new mem-bers and a summary of events for the coming school year.
The first of the club’s two major fall events is an etiquette dinner, which will be held Thursday.
“It is an event in which a speaker comes [to The Uni-versity] and teaches various aspects of social dining eti-quette,” Brian Fischer, the club’s president, said.
The speaker at the dinner will be Brian Crawford, who has 19 years of experience in food service for the Aramark Corporation. Crawford is the Food Service Director for Ara-mark at East Stroudsburg Uni-versity, and this is his fourth consecutive year as the dining etiquette speaker for The Uni-
versity. The main purpose of the
dinner is to familiarize stu-dents with proper behavior to use while dining with poten-tial employers. Registration for the dinner was supposed to be held from the beginning of last week until the date of the din-ner, but it closed early due to a
high demand that quickly filled all of the limited spots.
The etiquette dinner is held to prepare students for the club’s most important event of the year, the annual Kania School Business Recruiting Expo and dinner. This two-part event will be next Thursday, Sept. 29. It features recruiters
from over 20 top companies who are looking for valuable candidates to fill both intern-ship and permanent positions within their firms.
On the morning of the 29, the DeNaples Center will host the annual Recruiting Expo. This is essentially a forum where any student enrolled in the Kania
School of Management can drop in to talk with recruit-ers, develop connections and distribute their resume. That evening, the Expo will move to a more social setting with a cocktail hour and dinner at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in downtown Scranton. Here, students can hone the skills they learned at the eti-quette dinner while interacting with recruiters on a more inti-mate level.
Also in attendance at the club’s meeting was Cheryl Col-larini, the Career Relations Manager for The University’s Career Services Center. Colla-rini discussed the importance of a professional appearance, including how to dress and how to speak with recruiters. She urged students to piece togeth-er a solid resume for the Expo and to organize their thoughts ahead of time, all to ensure a quality first impression.
The University’s Business Club is one of the largest clubs on campus, with a yearly par-ticipation of about 170 students. It is run by President Brian Fischer, Vice President Thomas Heintz, Treasurer Victoria Mau-rer and Secretary Logyn Pezak. Elections for this leadership council are held in November. Dr. Paul Perhach, assistant dean to the Kania Center for Profes-sional Development, is the club’s faculty moderator.
Business Club makes big plans for etiquette dinner and kSOM ExpoBy ALEXA SCHREIBERBusiness Correspondent
By CANDICE CLIFFORDCareer Services Intern
Attending job fairs can open the door to many opportuni-ties. Not only will it allow you to work on your networking skills, but it may be your ticket to a job interview.
Attending a job fair for the first time can be intimidating and overwhelming. However, it is important to realize that recruiters who attend job fairs are interested in you. This is a time to “sell yourself.” With the KSOM Expo approaching, the Office of Career Services wanted to share some tips, which will allow you to make the most out of your job fair experience.
• Prioritize: Before at-tending the job fair, review the companies attending it. Make a list of your “top companies.” When attending the fair, visit your lowest priority compa-nies first. This will allow you to practice your approach and fine tune your skills.
• Do your Research: It is vital you do your research be-fore attending a job fair. This will distinguish you from your counterparts, and is some-thing recruiters appreciate. “I know college students are
incredibly busy, but if you’re truly interested in a company, spend time learning about it,” Dawn Harp, corporate recruit-ing manager at Hallmark said.
• Practice: Job fairs are “mini interviews.” Develop a one minute introductory speech about your interests and skills.
• Polish up your Re-sume: Develop an error-free resume.
• Dress Professionally: Do not wear jeans, shorts or flip-flops. First impressions are important. Future employers are looking for professionals, and this includes dressing the part.
• Arrive Early: Recruit-ers are more likely to remem-ber you if you arrive earlier in the day. “As a career fair veteran, I can confidently at-test my ability to remember, names, faces and details of the candidates waned as the day went on…while my eagerness never diminished, my ability to remember candidate details did. Go early to ensure quality time with the recruiters,” Mau-reen Crawford Hentz said.
• Maintain Your Profes-sionalism: Even when you are not talking to potential em-ployers, they are still watching you. Maintain your profession-
alism throughout the fair. • Ask Questions: Stay
away from questions that could easily be found on the company’s website. Ask mean-ingful and purposeful ques-tions that express your interest in the company.
• Obtain Appropriate Contact Information: If you are interested in the company, remember to hand the recruit-er your resume, and ask for a business card.
You are setting yourself up for success if you follow these tips! Remember, you are trying to make a positive impression on a potential employer. When attending a job fair it is unlike-ly you will get hired. However, this does not mean companies aren’t hiring. Your goal is to receive an invitation for an in-terview.
Lastly, be sure to follow up with a thank you note. This let-ter should be composed within two days of the fair. Refer to the specific job fair you attend. To help recruiters remember you, mention specific points of discussion. You may also want to include a resume. For more information about “making the most out of job fairs,” stop by Careers Services, located at Ciszek Hall, or visit our web-site.
How to optimize your job fair experienceBy JOE BRUzESSI
Business Correspondent
What happened? It feels like just yesterday the United States economy was booming. Houses everywhere were selling, the stock markets were at their best, companies were hiring and even gasoline was afford-able for most middle class fami-lies. But what happened? Why have there been such dramatic changes in the United States economy that seemed so unlike-ly before? The collapse of the United States economy is one of the most complicated and highly debated issues. There are myriad aspects that contributed to the collapse, but a few stand in their own echelon.
So, where did the trouble be-gin? First and foremost, eco-nomic decision makers in the United States wanted to make homes more affordable and more specifically “The Ameri-can Dream.” They did so by lowering interest rates on loans, making them some of the low-est rates in history. Many loans were mixed packages of prime and sub-prime loans. Sub-prime refers to people who had low credit scores and historically did not make payments on time. With loans readily available and
being given out to many fami-lies, there was an increased de-mand for homes. As demand increases on a given supply, so do prices. Prices of homes were at their highest ever. This widespread demand for dwell-ing units had a remarkable im-pact on our economy. As home prices were increasing, families were also able to borrow more money against their home. For example, if home A was worth $400,000 before this borrow-ing outburst, let’s say that the value of that home increased to $600,000. With this increase (due to increased demand for homes), home A could refinance on the new, increased value. So, not only do we have loans for new houses, but loans on homes already under mortgage.
Banks, insurance agencies, investors and many other large corporations saw this borrow-ing as a goldmine to the future. Many invested and bought into these mortgages due to the large interest and return the loans would pay in the future. Additionally, the investment seemed safe because the loans were “asset backed.” Investors believed that, since the loans
Mortgage crisis unveiled
See “WHAT HAPPENED,” Page 11
11THE AQUINAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
The oldest restaurant in down-town Scranton served up an in-terview with The Aquinas. Coney Island Lunch is one of Scranton’s famous and historic establish-ments.
Local businesses in downtown Scranton have benefited from the presence of University of Scran-ton faculty, staff and students. The close proximity and array of shops and eateries provide an ‘electric city’ experience for stu-dents off campus. Coney Island Lunch is just one half-mile from The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library.
Stationed at the grille, propri-etor Pete Ventura shared knowl-edge about his local business.
“My brother and I work here, my father before us and our grandfather before that,” said Pete Ventura.
This family-run business has long been part of the unique Scranton downtown district.
The interview with Ventura took place while he filled an or-
der of Texas Weiners and French fries with chili sauce. He says he welcomes all students and par-ents. He said over the years he has seen many alumni bring their son or daughter that now follow in their footsteps.
Coney Island Lunch supports the university student with a 10 percent discount. It is one of many local businesses in Scran-ton that are promoting specials for university students.
Their participation in Four-square, a new location based social networking website, has recently increased patronage of University students and smart-phone users that are able to check in with the application, said Ven-tura. Recently, The University highlighted Coney Island Lunch as part of the first Downtown Scavenger Hunt for University of Scranton students. The objective of the hunt was for students to explore local businesses with a modern twist using Foursquare.
Pete and Bob Ventura embrace the legacy of Coney Island Lunch. Every day you can count on see-ing one of these men running the show at 515 Lackawanna Ave. Ac-
cording to Scranton city records, it is the second location for the business after moving from 100 Cedar Avenue, but it has retained the same last four digits of its phone number since 1923.
The first Texas Weiner was brought to Scranton when Co-ney Island’s doors opened in 1923. The same recipe has been used to serve generations of alumni and current students alike.
According to their website, the Texas Weiner taste starts with a Berks’ All Beef Weiner. Customers can walk in and watch their meal prepared right in front of them. Baseball memorabilia covers the walls from floor to ceiling. Pa-trons can sit at the lunch counter or classic diner booths. It sets the atmosphere of actually being in Coney Island and sitting down for lunch with a butterflied hot dog covered with diced onions and chili sauce.
Other favorites on the menu include homemade soup and chili-con-carne.
The restaurant provides the ideal service for college students - low price and a welcoming en-vironment.
Coney Island Lunch offers promotions for University studentsBy COLIN gABLE
Business Correspondent
The Swiss bank UBS AG dis-covered last Wednesday that one of its traders lost the firm an estimated $2.3 billion by making unauthorized trades. According to the Wall Street Journal, the losses by this rogue trader rank among the largest in the history.
The trader arrested was 31-year-old Kweku Adoboli, who dealt mostly in trading complex financial instruments known as derivatives. Allegedly, Adoboli made bets with the company’s cash without disclosing his true trading position by entering false trades into their system to hide the fact he was engaging in speculative trading. This type of trading is forbidden because of its risky nature.
The Wall Street Journal report-ed that Adoboli’s trading consist-ed of using index futures to bet whether U.S. stocks would rise or fall. An index is a collection of stocks of different companies that are common in an industry, for example, the Oil Index is a collection of stock in many com-panies that are all related to oil. On Abodoli’s desk, named Delta One, the traders are restricted
from what is known as specula-tive trading.
Speculative trading is essen-tially buying an asset with the hope of selling it in the future at a higher price. This has a high risk because your trade is sub-ject to what the market decides the price is, and the value can fluctuate quite a bit. The stock market is a perfect example of how a market dictates price, and it can change very quickly. This is the opposite of hedging, which is used to lower risk, or the amount of money that can be lost. It used to protect against loss rather than make a profit.
Adoboli was supposed to using a hedging technique for trade to protect wealth. He was supposed to take a position where he would benefit if the index went up and, if the index dropped, there would be rela-tively small amount of money lost.
So, for example, if a share was trading at $20, Adoboli should take a long futures con-tract to give them the right to buy shares of the index for $21 in a long futures contract. He should also take a short contract that gives him the right to sell the shares at $19. If the market price in three months was $23
when the contracts were up, he would have made $2 dollars on the long contract because he can sell the shares for $23 even though he paid $21. He would have lost $4 on the short one because they have to sell the share at $19, even though the market price is worth
$25. So, the difference between the two is the loss or profit real-ized in the hedge. In this case, it would be $2 a share profit – four in profits made on the long part of the trade minus the two in losses per share on the short.
Adoboli was only taking a long
or a short, which is a violation of the risk tolerance his desk al-lowed. This is yet another exam-ple of the culture of greed on Wall Street causing a trader to take on higher risks than they should be-cause they were tempted by the allure of large profits.
By MARk WORMUTHBusiness Correspondent
Rogue trader takes down 2.3 billion from UBS
“WHAT HAPPENED” CONTINUED FROM PAgE TENwere being used to purchase
an asset (homes), the invest-ment was almost guaranteed. Unfortunately, as it became evident, many people could not afford the mortgages they had taken and, as checks slow-ly stopped coming in to credi-tors, the economic downturn of the U.S. had begun.
This whole economic process can be understood as a bubble. As loans were borrowed and houses were re-financed, the housing bubble kept expand-ing and expanding. While all
of this is going on, inflation is occurring in the market. New jobs are being created, more cars are being sold and this in-flating trend continues. It has to stop somewhere, though. When the housing bubble “pops,” the loans slowed, as did the building of residential homes and commercial build-ings. There was a 180-degree turn in the real estate market. People were no longer buy-ing homes, they were selling them. The problem was the supply of homes exceeded the demand for homes; there were a surplus of homes. Surpluses are historically removed from markets by lowering prices. Unfortunately, this left many families underwater. Under-water means that a home is worth less than what is owed on it. So home A, that re-fi-nanced at $600,000, could only sell at $385,000 hypothetically and was now underwater. This trend applied to millions of borrowing families across the U.S. Lenders closed down and the financial institutions that invested heavily in these mort-gages either went bankrupt or were bailed out by a $700 billion investment by the U.S. government.
The housing bubble and mortgage crisis are a small part of a global recession cur-rently affecting everyone. Read again next week for fur-ther analysis.
mcclatchy photo/susan ardisTHIS KEY represents the costs associated with mort-gages.
the aquinas photo/thomas heintzTHE AQUINAS head photographer, Thomas Heintz, photographed the Coney Island Lunch sign in downtown Scranton. As the oldest resturaunt in Scranton, it has been serving weiners for 88 years.
mcclatchy illustration/carr
SHARE PRICES fell drastically for the Zurich, Switzerland-based global finances firm, UBS. Unapproved speculative trading cost the company billions of dollars.
Catherine Erbicella
Science & Technology EditorScience Tech12 THE AQUINAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
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The summer’s hottest invita-tion-only social network site has abandoned that idea of exclusiv-ity that once served as its main selling point.
Google announced Tuesday that its Google+ social network site is now public. The site, intro-duced in June, was marketed as an exclusive, invitation-only alterna-tive to Facebook. Initial invitees who accepted the invitations and became members proceeded to invite others, thus contributing to the growth of the network.
It was this exclusivity that drove people to seek invites from friends who scored themselves an invite, which unleashed a chain reaction of invites. This initial clamor for invites has since sub-sided, leading Google to open the network to the public and issue some other changes.
Google has made it easy to open a Google+ now. A giant blue arrow appeared on its homep-age, leading users to the Google+ page, with access to its other new changes.
The majority of these changes occurred with regards to Hang-outs, the video-chat service avail-able on Google+. This service, which was previously only avail-able on the desktop version of Google+, is now available on mo-bile phones. One of the extra fea-
tures in Hangouts is a screen shar-ing feature, presumably similar to the feature on Microsoft Corpora-tion’s Skype software. This feature allows the users to share photos and screen images with each oth-er.
The next development allows Google+ users to broadcast their Hangout sessions while also speci-fying who they would like to vid-eo chat with as well as what they
would like to discuss. Google also introduced a sketchpad fea-ture, which permits users to draw or doodle in real-time, a feature which Skype does not have.
Google also announced that those already possessing Google accounts, such as Google Docs, will be able to use those services in Google+. Using Google Docs in Hangouts lets members col-laborate on various documents
through both services.Moving farther still from its
initial commitment to privacy, Google added a search function to Google+; therefore, users are now able to find other people, posts and websites on certain topics.
This news comes as Facebook’s global revenue is expected to soar from $2 billion to $4.27 billion this year. Digital market research company eMarketer announced
this forecast Tuesday in a press release, which credited Facebook ads as 89 percent of the forecast-ed revenue.
Google hopes this open-access move will increase the number of people in its network in an at-tempt to rival the ever-growing Facebook, but students here at The University would disagree. The removal of the invitation-only status seems to have not made the site more appealing.
“I know Google+ is trying to be the new Facebook, but I don’t need another site to look after,” Alex McAlvin, a sophomore from Long Island, N.Y., said.
The changes to Google+ seem to do little to compare with the already popular Facebook.
“I hadn’t even heard of [Google+] until now, but I wouldn’t switch from Facebook to it,” Fran-cis Ambrico, a sophomore from Bridgewater, N.J., said.
Some University students re-main unconcerned about the changes and Google’s services.
“Google+ does not really affect me,” Katie Cavazzini, a sopho-more from Congers, N.Y., said. “I am indifferent because I do not use it, nor do I plan to use it.”
Perhaps Facebook felt threat-ened by the changes in Google+, because late Tuesday Facebook debuted a new homepage, which is quickly drawing complaints and criticism. It seems the com-petition between the two social networking sites will have to be decided by the fans in the coming weeks.
By CATHERINE ERBICELLASci/Tech Editor
Google+ changes setup to level playing field with Facebook
the aquinas photo/catherine erbicellaKATIE CAVAZZINI uses her computer, like most University students, to check email and visit so-cial networking sites. She said that the changes made to Google+ will not make her switch from her social networking site of choice, Facebook.
Bernadetta Bernatowicz is a se-nior biology major with the class of 2012, who is involved in the Biology Club, Health Professions Organization (HPO), Biochemistry Club and Orchestra.
In the following interview, Ber-natowicz explains her interest in her research and also raves about her mentor, George Gomez, Ph.D.
Gomez also serves as the proj-ect shepherd for the new Loyola Science Center.
Catie Erbicella asked Bernato-wicz about her summer research endeavor, titled “Cellular Mecha-nisms of Odor Imprinting in Birds.”
Q: Why is this subject or area of study important to you?
A: This subject area is impor-tant to me because the sensory environment is essential for us to perceive and analyze our external environment. Odor imprinting guides animal’s diets, social inter-actions, behavior, etc. all of which essentially shape the animal.
Q: What do you want people to learn from your research?
A: I want people to learn that the odor environment is essential for animal development.
Q: What future developments can come from your research?
A: One of the main develop-
ments that can come from my research is the understanding of how significantly the chemical odor environment permanently shapes the embryo. Even though embryos are within an egg or uterus, the role the external en-vironment plays significantly and permanently influences their development for the rest of their lives.
Q: Why did you choose this particular faculty member with whom to work?
A: I chose Dr. Gomez as my mentor because he challenged me
to choose my own project and de-velop it. He was willing to take one on one time to teach me all the necessary skills I needed for my project
Q: What makes him or her an inspirational faculty member here on campus?
A: He is an inspirational faculty member because he goes above and beyond what is required of him to teach his students and en-sures they all understand what they’re doing and why they’re do-ing it. He brings the Jesuit mission to life.
By CATHERINE ERBICELLASci/Tech Editor
the aquinas photo/thomas heintzBERNADETTA BERNATOWICZ and her mentor, Dr. George Gomez, adjust a slide under the microscope in preparation for calcium imaging in The Loyola Science Center.
Science scholars: Bernadetta Bernatowicz, class of 2012
It is three weeks into the school year and clubs are start-ing to finalize their rosters and start up their activities.
The (Bio) Chemistry Club is no exception. With dues of only $12, the (Bio) Chemistry Club offers tons of opportuni-ties to get together and have fun. Whether your idea of fun is the annual pumpkin carving event coming up, a trip to a local brewery, conducting ex-periments or showing off at a possible “Chemistry Olympics,” the (Bio) Chemistry Club offers plenty of opportunities to ex-press that inner (bio) chemist in everyone.
The (Bio) Chemistry Club is also kicking off its community service projects by collecting non-perishable foods and mak-ing Thanksgiving baskets.
If you are interested in the club, you still have until Friday. Go to the chemistry stock room in the old Loyola science build-ing on the third floor and either ask them about (Bio) Chemistry Club, or look on the billboard right next to the chemistry stock room for information.
Another club on campus that announced its events is the Psy-chology club. It is is a club ideal for psych majors and anyone who isn’t a psych major, but is interested in the science.
The club plans to have guest speakers and meetings that are sure to draw a cognitive
thought or two. The first event planned is Pet Therapy Wednes-day from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Dionne Green.
Other events include helping out with the Safe Trick or Treat, currently scheduled for Oct. 23, and the Christmas Tree Decora-tion and Toy Collection, sched-uled for Dec. 8.
Emily Andrews, president, Steven Scrivo, vice president, and secretary/treasurer Ste-fanie King would be glad to an-swer any questions about psy-chology club and help anyone get onto the roster.
Yet another club, the Stu-dent Nurses Association (SNA), started its year this month. It is a pre-professional organiza-tion for pre-nursing and nursing students enrolled in accredited baccalaureate degree programs. Members can also include stu-dents who are not yet nursing majors, but are considering transferring or thought about a career in nursing.
One service drive the SNA is working on is the Share the Warmth of the Holidays 2011 Blanket Drive for the Hospice of the Sacred Heart. These blan-kets will be distributed as gifts and are often the only gift some people receive during the holi-days. They are accepting new twin size blankets, comforters or quilts, and also monetary do-nations towards purchasing ad-ditional blankets. Blankets do not need to be expensive and can be bought at places such as Walmart for about $10.
By DAVID RENNEkAMPStaff Writer
University clubs announce rosters and events
13THE AQUINAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Faith Andrew MilewskiFaith Editor
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University students resume weekly ExamenBy ANDREW MILEWSkI
Faith Editor
In a Jesuit college in America, a student might ask the ques-tion: how do Jesuit ideals apply to me? This was deep thought for students Cara Brindley and Rob Gadomski during their ISP, Inter-national Service Trip, to Guyana during the summer of 2010 where they reflected using the Ignatian Examen. The Examen is a tech-nique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and discern his direction.
Brindley and Gadomski re-turned from Guyana, deciding to open up this type of Jesuit reflec-tion to their residence hall.
“Rob and I decided to start do-ing it one night a week in Nevils, and we were really enjoying it,” Brindley said. “So, we figured why not open it up to more people. Little did we know at the time Sr. Carol from University Ministries was also wondering if the stu-dents here would be interested in a group that lead the Examen once a week.”
Sr. Carol Tropiano, RSM, M.A. discussed the idea with Brindley and Gadomski and then formed a core group of students: Erin Yu-has, 2011; Rob Gadomski and Cara Brindley, 2012; Katherine Juliano, 2013; and Emmanuel Akpan, 2014. Tropiano and the five students met regularly over the semester
to intiate the Examen program. In the fall of 2010, The crew met at The Chapel of the Sacred Heart to test out the program, and re-ceived a decent turn out of fifteen to twenty people.
“Since then, we have done it Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. for all of the spring semester in the Sacred Heart Chapel,” Gadomski said.
This semester, the Examen will continue with the addition of a new senior member, Deanna Lind-berg, a pre-med psychology major, who replaces the graduate Erin
Yuhas. The crew has expressed its
excitement to get all faculty, stu-dents, and staff involved.
“One of the things I really like about the Examen is that it draws a different crowd. Of course, ev-eryone is always welcome to at-tend, but people who you don’t see on retreats or involved in other University Ministries events are often able to come to the Examen because of the short amount of time it requires,” Brindley said.
The goal of the Examen is to
expose the students of The Uni-versity, a Jesuit university, to spiri-tual reflection. Often times, with school work, intra-murals and ex-tracurriculars, students find that matters of spirituality and faith take a back seat. Especially when, according to a 2007 study by The University of Texas at Austin, Catholic young adults had one of the largest declines in attendance at services compared to other sects and age groups, with over 76 percent going less frequently.
The authors of the study also
noted that “in the mid-1960s more than 80 percent of college fresh-man listed ‘developing a mean-ingful philosophy of life’ as an essential or very important goal, [whereas] by 1996 that number had dwindled to just 42 percent.”
Today, “being well-off finan-cially” is a much greater concern to college students, which means “they may be less prone to grapple with issues central to their reli-gious faith.”
Many students view the experi-ence of study, even the experience at a Jesuit university, as a secular activity. General education classes such as theology are seen as either a waste of time or a joke.
“Most people are just taking theology to fulfill a requirement,” William Dempsey, a sophomore, said. “They don’t really want to take it.”
Still, others may care about their own spiritual and self iden-tities. The Examen is a time for people to reflect about this iden-tity and spark thoughts that might otherwise not be sparked.
The Examen will be held ev-ery Thursday at 9:45 p.m. in The Chapel of the Sacred Heart for all those interested in taking a back-ward glance at their college career with questions or with gratitude.
“We hear it all the time, but we have so much here to be thankful for as a Scranton community, and it really helps every once in a while to step back and take the time to thank God for all your blessings,” Brindley said.
By COLLEEN TyRELLStaff Writer
The Christian faith as well as other religions have been creeping into American politics for centu-ries. However, religious affiliation has become more prevalent in to-day’s politics than ever before, ac-cording to The Washington Post.
“The public has become in-creasingly interested in a politi-cian’s religious background and values rather than his or her ac-tual platform,” said Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite of Chicago Theological Seminary.
Many of these debates have become more Christian-based in-cluding issues with the economy, health, and government practices.
The topic of the economy has become a very heated discussion for numerous practicing Chris-tians. An “increasing concentra-tion of wealth in the hands of few people,” according to The Wash-ington Post, not only brings up an ethical issue but moral issues, as well.
Not all Christians follow this particular perspective, instead be-lieving that God purposely chose to spread an inequality of wealth and that it is all part of his plan, according to The New York Times. The plan promotes making one’s own money and obtaining one’s own property, whether another individual has more or less.
Catholic Capitalism, a new Catholic approach to dealing with the economy based upon Scriputal passages, has taken a distinct presence in American
politics. This movement believes that God does have a plan, and although times seem tough, noth-ing one can really do will change anything about it.
Political candidates who have taken and incorporated this Cath-olic Capitalism into their own economic solutions are becoming more prevelant, Thistlethwaite states. This unique and religious form of capitalism finds root in passages from the Bible that deal with wealth and poverty. Some of these passages involve Jesus and his followers while others deal with the acceptance of not having what your neighbor has.
Kevin Phillips, an established author, reinforces the idea that “conservative religion and market fundamentalism mutually rein-force one another.” This relatively new approach is becoming more common within politics and dis-cussion of the economy.
Recently, political candidates have been asked tough questions regarding their faith. According to The New York Times, these ques-tions should be considered sacred between the candidate and their private relationship with their faith. The private practices be-tween a follower of a particular faith have become public.
One political candidate was asked a personal, religious ques-tion during a debate that caused viewers to erupt in a negative response. Many candidates have been put on spot in order to chose whether they will stick to their re-ligious beliefs or support what is politically accepted for their polit-ical agenda. Asking about political candidates’ religious backgrounds
is becoming as uniform as asking what party they belong to. This has caused concerns for the re-spect of the separation of church and state.
Candidates are now afraid of being judged for their religious affiliation and the debate ques-tions that are presented cause an uncomfortable choice between re-ligious and political beliefs, states The Washington Post.
Many political candidates are nervous that their responses will now be judged as well based upon their faith. If a candidate opposes an aspect of health insurance, the public may reply that its because his personal religious beliefs rath-er than what his platform is based on.
If a candidate has a new ap-proach to a government practice, the public may blame it on the in-dividual’s religious affiliation, ac-cording to The Washington Post. According to The New York Time, more questions have become faith based within political debates and the politicians answers have to please those of his or her religious faith and his or her political fol-lowers.
Although the political candi-dates strive to separate their re-ligious practices and affiliation from their political ideals, even-tually they tend to merge. The public is curious about how the individual will deal with political issues. The candidates have to try to please numerous sides and ap-proach each question carefully. It will be interesting to watch the debates unfold and see if each of the candidates can handle the pressure.
Faith continues to affect American politics
the aquinas photo/thomas heintz STUDENTS WILL gather Thursdays at 9:45 p.m. at The Chapel of the Sacred Heart to reflect on their identity and spirituality using the Jesuit reflection, The Examen.
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access the new buildings on a daily basis, it has created a new hazard to pedestrians and drivers alike. Because the barrier, and fencing, ends right where the Mulberry crosswalk begins, it has caused a major visibility issue.
Crews installed a pedestrian crossing sign at the natural cor-ner of that intersection. However,
the tall fencing attached to the barrier completely blocks the sign from oncoming west-bound drivers until the noses of their vehicles are already past the crosswalk.
“The best thing would be to build a bridge across Mulberry to DeNaples Center. I’m sure there is someone who could make that look nice,” Nicolosi said.
“Students should be encouraged to enter worlds beyond Scranton, to gain an education that no class-room alone can offer, to learn with and from people in marginalize communities and become global citizens for the new century,” Rev. Quinn said. “This educa-tional strategy calls for a personal transformation that will lead to transforming society.”
To achieve this transformation of society, Rev. Quinn is calling members of The University to be-come leaders and to infuse society with faith and justice.
The transformation process also includes academic, moral and spiritual experiences, which Rev. Quinn said can be integrated and enhanced by learning.
“A 21st century Jesuit univer-sity should be committed to a pedagogy of active, collaborative, transformative learning about so-cial justice as an integral part of a liberal education,” Rev. Quinn said.
Rev. Quinn also said he hopes to “build bridges between the class-room and the community, as well
as between Northeastern Pennsyl-vania, and the world beyond.”
Rev. Quinn then addressed The University’s strategic plan, where he touched upon the goal of an education of the whole person.
“[It] helps students realize their vocation in life, their vocation to love and serve,” he said.
Rev. Quinn also placed great emphasis on self-discovery and discernment.
“It is a great challenge to all on our campus,” Rev. Quinn said.
A goal for The University’s new president, in addition to continu-ing to promote a Jesuit educa-tion, includes a new and stronger collaboration between academic and student affairs, something the current strategic plan already endorses. He also added that The University might have to rethink its residential learning programs – Cura Personalis and Wellness – in order to help students integrate life and learning.
Rev. Quinn’s biggest goals how-ever, seem to be focused mostly on transforming students of The
University into what they are called to be.
“We need to encourage our students to think locally, region-ally, nationally, internationally and globally in whatever they study,” Rev. Quinn said.
Expanding his thoughts on the students at The University, Rev. Quinn said that the community, in St. Ignatius’ words, “must go forth and set the world on fire,” and feel the pride, experience the passion and realize the promise that The University so readily promotes.
Rev. Quinn ended his speech with the question he began with, “What does it mean to say that Scranton is a 21st century Jesuit university?”
“The University of Scranton, a Jesuit university, can and should excel in providing its students with an education that is en-gaged, integrated and global,” Rev. Quinn said.
“We can do something special here,” he said. “Of that I am very certain.”
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Arsenic found in juice products by Dr. OzBy NICOLENA BASSO
Staff Writer
After Dr. Mehmet Oz broke some surprising results on “The Dr. Oz Show” last week, many students are wondering if it is time to stop buying apple juice in the C-Store.
Freshman Adrianna Napo-letano looked worried after she heard about the poisonous chemical arsenic in apple juice products.
“I have a whole thing of apple juice in my refrigerator and I don’t know if I should drink it,” Napoletano said.
That thought crossed the minds of many students after hearing what Oz had to say.
After conducting an investi-gation through an independent lab, Oz said that 10 of the 13 apple juice samples tested con-tained higher levels of arsenic than the allowed amount. Apple juice brands like Minute Maid, Apple and Eve, Mott’s, Juicy Juice and Gerber were among the 10.
“Although arsenic has been banned in the US for decades, it’s not always regulated in other countries where it may be in the water supply or used in pesti-cides contaminating the juice you’re giving to your children,” Oz, whose specialty is cardiology, said on his website,
University students Kendrick Monestime and Ademola Giwa said they have been drinking apple juice since they were kids,
and both enjoy brands from the above list. After they heard what Oz had to say, Monestime and Giwa weren’t entirely convinced.
“I feel like hearing that, I would still drink it, just not as much,” Monestime said.
Giwa also said he would still drink apple juice, and added that he usually dilutes his apple juice with water anyway.
The FDA conducted its own study that challenged Oz’s test, and showed lower amounts of arsenic in apple juice. The FDA said Oz failed to distinguish between organic and inorganic types of arsenic.
“Organic arsenic is essential-ly harmless, but the inorganic kind can be harmful at high and long-term levels of expo-sure,” according to the FDA.
University professor of chemistry, Dr. Joe Vinson, confirmed what the FDA said. Vinson said that Oz did not specify which type of arsenic to test for and therefore yielded the wrong information to his viewers. According to Vinson, organic arsenic is the type found in apple juice.
“They should have focused on the bad guy, inorganic arsenic. Organic arsenic is not toxic in the level that is in apple juice,” Vinson said.
Vinson also said the FDA knows about the differences in food regulations between other countries and the United States.
“The FDA is watching the
apple juice, they know about the problems overseas and they are taking care of us. So, have some apple juice,” Vinson said.
Registered dietitian and professor Dr. Joan Grossman said that Oz presented the informa-tion in a way that was not fair to the apple juice industry. She also mentioned that Oz missed a much bigger issue with apple juice.
“What Dr. Oz really missed is high-fructose corn syrup. I think, frankly, that’s a much bigger issue,” she said.
Grossman, who has three small children, said she still plans to give her children apple juice because it is a primary source of Vitamin C.
“The apple juice in the stores is safe,” Grossman said.
Napoletano was relieved that the carton of apple juice in her refrigerator would not go to waste. She said she trusts the FDA over Oz and will continue to drink the same apple juice she has enjoyed since she was a kid.
“Mott’s is the way to go,” Na-poletano said.
Napoletano was not the only student relieved. Sophomore Eric Hurd was nervous when he first heard Oz’s claim. “He supports the drinking of apple juice,” he now said.
Both the FDA and Dr. Oz have spoken, but the debate of arsenic levels in apple juice will continue on.
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“EVANS” CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIXTEENEvans responded well to the
competition, earning first-team Lackawanna League all-star hon-ors his senior season. He also fin-ished 16th in the District II cham-pionship race, which earned him a spot in the state championship race. Despite his success in high school, Evans felt he could achieve more at the collegiate level.
“I still felt like I had unfinished business and there were more things to accomplish,” Evans said. “I felt like I could hit some faster times and personal bests.”
Despite his desire to compete, Evans couldn’t run his sophomore season because of his shin injury.
“I wasn’t able to run at all,” Ev-ans said. “I tried it intermittently but there was a lot of pain when-ever I tried.”
It was also difficult to watch his teammates running in the sport he couldn’t be a part of his sopho-more season.
“It was really painful to see ev-eryone else on the team going out on runs and being in the races and knowing I couldn’t join them,” Ev-ans said.
During the summer between his sophomore and junior year, Evans had to start from scratch after losing a lot of ground on his teammates.
“I basically had to restart at zero and work my way back up,” Evans said. “I was doing really low mileage that summer, and I just concentrated on building that back up and hopefully getting back into racing my junior year.”
Evans did make it back to the team, but not until the last three meets of the season. In the Land-mark Championship Evans placed 24th overall and finished fourth for his team. Two weeks later, he placed 170th overall and third for the Royals in the NCAA Mideast Regional.
With the help of his teammates, Evans worked hard and remained dedicated during the summer be-fore his senior season.
“Cross-country teammates tend to be really helpful and encourag-ing,” Evans said. “They’ll check up on you to see how your injuries are going and what your mileage is at.”
Evans often ran with fellow se-nior, Chris Cummings, during the offseason to help prepare himself for his final year.
“It always helps to have some-one to run with to help you stay dedicated and stay on top of things,” Evans said.
Evans opened his senior sea-son with a third-place finish at the Northeast Pennsylvania Clas-sic and helped lead the Royals to victory.
Evans and the Royals will race Saturday in the Jack Daniels Invi-tational at Cortland State Univer-sity in New York.
The Royals added to their lead in the second half. Sophomore for-ward Derek Klingman provided a spark off the bench and scored two goals for Scranton. Kling-man’s first goal was off a direct kick from 28 yards away that he kicked low and hard into the goal to give the Royals a 3-0 advantage. Mt. St. Mary’s scored its only goal in the 70th minute off a shot from Matt Pagano to cut the lead to 3-1, but Klingman added his sec-ond goal in the last minute of the game off a good pass into the box by sophomore forward John Spad-aro to end the game at 4-1.
“It felt good making an im-pact off the bench and getting the win Sunday,” Klingman said. “Right now my role on the team is to come off the bench and help the team get a win. This game will give me confidence in the upcom-ing games.”
The Royals will play at 1 p.m. Saturday at Goucher College.
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Women’s soccer team fails to break tieBy CORy BURRELL
Staff Writer
Despite both a thrilling come-back and an overwhelming shot advantage, the women’s soccer team’s last two games ended in ties, 2-2 against Kean University Sept. 14 and 1-1 against Delaware Valley College Saturday.
“It’s disheartening that we have not won the past two games, but it’s still early in the season and we can hopefully correct those prob-lems during practice,” Cristina Cognetti said. “We want to get out the kinks now so come con-ference time, we are not running into these same problems.”
After Scranton suffered its first loss of the season against Swarth-more College Sept. 11, the Royals were eager to return to their win-ning ways against Kean.
However, the opening minutes of the game would prove disas-trous to the Royals. Barely two minutes into the game, Kean ju-nior forward Carly Seidel scored from 21 yards out to give the Cougars an early lead. Junior mid-fielder Kristen Hager followed up her teammate’s goal with a goal of her own at the 25 minute mark to push Kean’s lead to 2-0.
However, the Royals would not quit. Junior midfielder Sarah Gibbons scored her second goal of the season off a pass from se-nior midfielder Cognetti, cutting the Kean lead to one. Less than nine minutes later, junior forward Caila Zappala converted a cross from freshman forward Courtney O’Kane into a goal to even the score 2-2. It was Zappala’s third goal of the season.
After the Royals crawled back into the game, the Scranton de-fense didn’t allow Kean to retake the lead. Although they allowed seven shots in the first half, the Royals held the Cougars to only three shots in the second half and both overtime periods. Scranton outshot Kean 11-10 in the game and 6-3 after the first half.
Both teams had chances to end the game in overtime. Scranton junior defender Amanda Kresge came close to giving the Roy-als the victory when she kicked the ball off the crossbar midway through the first overtime. De-spite the opportunities, neither team scored, and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. It was the first tie for either team this season.
“Going into overtime is some-thing that we never like to do, es-
pecially when we are beating the teams during regular game time and just can’t put any of our shots away,” Cognetti said. “[But] I think it says a lot about our team that we were losing 2-0 to Kean and then came back to tie it up.”
The Royals’ next chance to break out of their winless streak came on the road Sunday at Dela-ware Valley. Scranton’s all-time re-cord against Delaware Valley was 15-3 and its last loss against the Aggies came in 2008.
Scranton took control early in the game, outshooting the Aggies 19-3 in the first half and holding a 32-5 shot advantage overall.
“The key for us has always been playing the ball to each oth-ers’ feet to make our way up the field,” Cognetti said. “We have very fast and skilled players on our offense, and our defense is re-ally good at finding the midfield and offenses’ feet. We need to work on capitalizing on our op-portunities so we can get back to scoring more goals.”
Delaware Valley sophomore goalkeeper Julie Burnell played a pivotal role in holding off the on-slaught of Scranton’s offense. Bur-nell shut out the Royals in the first half and finished the game with 11
saves. Burnell gave up the Royals’
only goal of the game less than three minutes into the second half when Cognetti broke through the Aggies’ defense and scored an un-assisted goal, the 10th her career, to break the tie.
Delaware Valley answered the Royals’ goal when senior mid-fielder Ariel Butera scored her first goal of the season at the 58-min-ute mark off an assist from senior forward Dana Gentile.
The Aggies’ goal sent the game into overtime where the Royals stifled Delaware Valley’s offense and compiled five shots of their own, including one on goal, but failed to score. After its second straight tie, Scranton’s record now stands at 3-1-2.
The Royals start Landmark Conference play Saturday and will attempt to defend their confer-ence title.
“Coming out of last year’s con-ference games undefeated has definitely put a target on our backs,” Cognetti said. “We just need to keep that in mind and be prepared for those games.”
The Royals will face off against Goucher College at 3:30 p.m. Sat-urday on the road.
Field hockey team loses after winning six straight gamesBy TOM FOTIStaff Writer
The Royals field hockey team carried a program record six-game winning streak into their Saturday match, but lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to King’s College in overtime that ended the streak. Scranton defeat-ed Immaculata University 1-0 in an overtime thriller Thursday and has an overall record of 4-1.
Against Immaculata, sopho-
more midfielder Laura Megargel scored an unassisted goal in over-time to lift the Royals to a 4-0 re-cord on the year, the best start in program history. It was Megargel’s second goal of the season and fifth of her career.
The Royals’ back line anchored the defensive side of the game, allowing only two shots on goal. Senior goalie Alexandria Maran-dino made the stops and earned her second shutout of the season.
Going back to last year, the
six-game winning streak is the longest the team has gone unde-feated since 2006. The 1998 team also won six in a row en route to 16 wins, which ties the school re-cord for wins in a single season.
At King’s, a defensive battle prevented the Royals from finding the net for the first time in nine games. The match went score-less until overtime, when senior forward Shawna Walp scored the winning goal for the Monarchs in the 81st minute on a penalty
corner. Megargel and Gretchen Kempf provided much of the of-fense for Scranton, combining for 11 shots.
The Royals have had trouble with the Monarchs in recent games. King’s outshot Scranton 19-12, and has won three straight matches and six of its last seven against the Royals.
Scranton will battle Goucher College in its first conference game of the season at noon Sun-day at Fitzpatrick Field.
Golf team in fourth place after second round of championshipsBy PAT TOUCHEy
Staff Writer
Last week, head golf coach Ed Karpovich said his team needed to be in contention to win after the first two rounds of the Em-pire 8 Championship. With the Royals currently in fourth place, a championship is still within reach, though they certainly have not made it easy on themselves.
The Royals wrapped up Round One of the Empire 8 Champion-ship Saturday in third place, seven shots behind the leader, St. John Fisher, and one shot behind the
second place leader, Moravian College. Junior Justin Riley had a career-best 71 on day one and was tied for second in the individual title race, behind only St. John Fisher’s Tyler McArdell.
Four other Scranton golfers had sub-80 rounds: a 74 from ju-nior co-captain Chris Schank, a 77 from junior Jamie Bresnahan and 79s from sophomores Charles Hu-dachek and Grant Gulick.
In Round Two of the Champi-onship, the Royals fell to 4th place behind Elmira College. Scranton shot a 311 as a team and is now 23 shots behind St. John Fisher, last
year’s defending champion. “The Cardinals are a good qual-
ity golf team and will be hard to catch in the latter rounds of the conference championship,” Karpo-vich said.
Riley is now 7th in the indi-vidual title race after Round Two for the Royals. Schank was the top performer overall for Scran-ton and finished the two rounds with a 146, giving him a chance to capture the best score title as he is now 2nd overall.
“I’m happy with the way the team played,” Karpovich said. “Re-gardless of day two’s outing, I’m
still proud of the way the guys performed. As soon as the snow melts we’ll be out practicing and focused to erase the deficit we’re in an attempt to grab the title of Empire 8’s best in April.”
Nevertheless, the golf season isn’t over yet. The Royals have three matches within the next week to close out their season. Scranton will play Baptist Bible Friday and will compete in the Susquehanna Fall Invitational Sat-urday. The Royals wrap up the 2011 portion of the season Sept. 27 against the Wilkes University Colonels.
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Men’s soccer earns first winsWomen’s soccer fights to a tieField hockey loses first gameSports
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- denzel washington, “remember the titans”
UPCOMINg gAMESFIELD HOCKEY
9/25 goucher 12 p.m.
9/28 @ Stevens 5 p.m.
10/1 Neumann 3:30 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
9/24 Dickinson Invitation-al 11 a.m.
10/8 Desales Invitational 10:30 a.m.
10/15 gettysburg Invita-tional 11 a.m.
MEN’S SOCCER
9/24 @ goucher 1 p.m.
9/28 @ york 6:30 p.m.
10/1 USMMA 1 p.m.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
9/24 @ goucher 3:30 p.m.
10/1 Farmingdale St. 7 p.m.
10/4 Muhlenberg 7 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
9/23-24 Carnegie Mellon Tournament
10/1-2 Landmark Week-end 1 p.m.
10/4 Baptist Bible 7 p.m.
“Attitude reflects leadership, captain.”
the aquinas photo/tJ heintzSENIOR RUNNER Jeremy Evans looks to make up for lost time this season after an injury sidelined him his sopho-more season.
Evans keeps running
Since age 11, senior Jeremy Evans ran cross-country for his school team at the grade school, high school and collegiate levels.
After suffering an injury to both his legs before his sopho-more season, Evans returns to the cross-country team determined to reach his potential and run for a team for the last time.
During the summer between his freshman and sophomore year, Evans suffered pain in his shins. He went for a bone scan, x-ray and MRI, but each test came up negative, which made it more dif-ficult to figure out a solution to his injury. The injury hurt Evans physically, but, more importantly, kept him from competing.
“It was really painful and not just in the physical sense,” Evans
said. “Running has been a part of my life for a decade, so not being able to run really struck at my core.”
Evans followed in the footsteps of his family and started run-ning cross-country in fifth grade at Marion Catholic Elementary School in Scranton. After start-ing to run in middle school, Evans immediately fell in love with the sport.
“The thing I like about cross-country is that it has a very di-rect relationship between what you put into it and what you get out of it,” Evans said. “If you put in more miles, if you put in more work, you will see results and you will see times drop.”
From fifth to eighth grade, Ev-ans improved his times, which helped his decision to run for the cross-country team at Bishop Hannan High School in Scranton.
“Eighth grade is where I felt like I took a leap in the sport and started to realize my potential,” Evans said. “I wanted to continue it into high school and see how I could respond to the next level of competition.”
By JOE BARESSSports Editor
Royals record first victoriesBy kEVIN DERMODy
Staff Writer
the aquinas photo/christopher dolan PATRICK DALEY, 6, and Matthew Salvator, 11, chase down the ball for Scranton in the Royals’ 5-0 loss to Misericordia University Tuesday at Fitzpatrick Field. Before the loss, the Royals won two straight games. The victories against Ursinus College and Mount Saint Mary’s College were Scranton’s first two wins of the season.
The University men’s soccer team dropped its most recent match against Misericordia Uni-versity 5-0 Tuesday at Fitzpatrick Field but posted its first two wins of the season against Ursinus Col-lege and Mount Saint Mary’s Col-lege. The Royals defeated Ursinus College 2-1 Sept. 14 and Mount. Saint Mary’s College 4-1 Sunday. Scranton is now 2-3-2 on the sea-son.
On Tuesday, the Cougars pulled away with four goals in the first half. Junior forward Andy Bush had a hand in each of them by scoring two goals and also dishing out two assists. Bush also assisted on the Cougars’ last goal, a score by freshman midfielder Derek Welsh, to give Misericordia the 5-0 advantage.
Against Ursinus College, senior midfielder Joe Burbella put Scran-ton on the board with an unassist-ed break away in the 34th minute.
“I knew it was important for us to score first,” Burbella said. “It’s always tougher to play away and we needed a spark to boost the team’s confidence.”
Ursinus would answer with a goal of its own in the 43rd minute to tie the game at 1-1, but Burbella broke the tie with his second goal of the game off a penalty kick less
than minute a later. The Royals headed into halftime with a 2-1 lead and didn’t allow another goal for the rest of the game thanks to tight defense. Junior goalie Jamie Dillon finished with four saves for Scranton.
“The first win of the year is very important,” head coach Matt Pivirotto said. “Everyone feels bet-ter after a win and it gives the team some confidence.”
After their Saturday game against Mt. St. Vincent was post-
poned, the Royals were back home Sunday against Mt. St. Mary’s Col-lege. Once again, Burbella put the Royals ahead by scoring the first goal of the game, and his third of the season, in the 23rd minute. Scranton added to the lead rough-
ly 10 minutes later when freshman midfielder Sam Davitt scored off a pass from junior midfielder Bill McGuiness. The Royals led 2-0 at halftime.
See “SOCCER,” Page 15
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