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Council seeks to prohibit student housing expansion in town center

By Brynn DoughertyAsst. Sports Editor

The West Chester Borough Council in-troduced the discus-sion of eliminating the future expansion of student housing in the town center at its weekly meeting last Tuesday night. The ordinance would not affect student housing that has been “grandfathered,” or already existing as designated rented space for students. The Borough Coun-cil’s incentive to im-pede the growth of student density in the town center lies in the level of growth in the student popu-lation. Stan Zukin, who spoke at the meeting and rents to students in the West Chester borough, was given permission to renovate a building on Gay Street, on which he has not yet acted. Council President Holly V. Brown noted that the student pop-ulation has expanded considerably in the past few years, which increases their con-centration in residen-tial areas. The high quality education for a fraction of the price of other colleges in the area has led to a higher number of in-coming students at the university. While the university’s stu-dent count rested at

11,000 several years ago, it has since in-creased to 14,000 and will likely continue to grow. Zukin discussed the results of the 1990 Census, which in-dicated that 57% of the borough was des-ignated to rentals. In 2000, the Census had reported thicker

density with 63% of rentals located with-in the borough—the only other place in Pa. with higher con-centration of rentals was Penn State Uni-versity. He contended that the higher abun-dance leads to the requirement of more off-campus housing for students.

“How can you look at human beings and tell them where to live because they are not a protected class?” Zukin said. “We were all students, and we still are students, we are still learning.” Tony Stancato, a building owner who rents to several grad-uate students in the

borough, re-empha-sized Zukin’s senti-ments at the meeting. “If it’s not a problem then why limit it?” Zukin asked Council members. Members of the Council did not ex-press the same view-points, as they voiced their desires to assist the town economy by

increasing the fre-quency of business for their higher-end restaurants and boutiques. Several Council members expressed their de-sire to incur “empty nesters” who will pro-vide the funds neces-sary to facilitate that need. “You want to incen-

tivize a balance [to determine] who will frequent your restau-rants and boutiques,” Mayor Carolyn T. Comitta said. “The goal is to create more sustainable balance. This is a complex is-sue; you need to look at the unintended consequences. Our comprehensive plan

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is 12 years out-of-date.” This was not the first time the council discussed the pos-sibility of deterring the growth of student housing in the town center. “We all put money in because the bor-ough council voted

nine years ago and we did what you told us to do,” Zukin said. “And now you want to take that away. We have done everything we could do to restore d o w n t o w n West Ches-ter. It’s stu-dent money that paid for that restor-ing.” West Ches-ter students also reacted to the propo-sition. “I can’t say this is sur-prising to me, in fact,

I can’t believe this hasn’t been brought up sooner,” West Chester University fourth-year econom-ics major, Alex Shin-ners said. “I’m not sure there would be enough ‘empty nest-ers’ to replace the lost business that res-taurants, bars, and landlords would ex-

perience without the support of students.” “If their main prob-lem is the loudness of college students, it’s not going to change the fact that these students are still go-ing to go to the bars whether they live in town or a mile away,” WCU fourth-year Alize McCorriston said. While the Council has not come to a con-clusion and will like-ly debate the issue for at least several weeks, Zukin offered the council a guaran-tee that he would not build a West Chester Commons in the town center if the Council agreed to delay their decision. Former Borough Council member and history professor at the university, Jim Jones, commented on Zukin’s promise, “Without any way to guarantee that Mr. Zukin has given up a legal right to which he is currently en-titled, Council can-not give his promise much weight.” The Council will dis-cuss the issue further at the next meeting and expects to vote on the matter within the next month. Brynn Dougherty is a fourth-year student ma-joring in economics and finance with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at BD670913@wcupa.edu.

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HSA gears up for Aid to South AfricaBy Clare Haggerty

Staff Writer

On April 15, 2012, the West Chester University Honors College and the Hon-ors Student Associa-tion (HSA) will host their seventh an-nual benefit, Aid to South Africa. Aid to South Africa, or ASA, as it is commonly known, will benefit three South African organizations: the H.E.L.P. Ministries soup kitchen, which feeds up to 6,000 peo-ple every day; Spar-row Village, which adopts and cares for children with HIV; and Nkosi’s Haven, which provides care and support for AIDS orphans and impov-erished mothers and children infected with HIV/AIDS. “We are proud to be supporters for them and their com-mitment to effecting positive change in their communities,” Honors Student As-sociation President Michael Jendzurski said. Jendzurski has been to South Africa. “When describing South Africa, you must note there are two South Africas,” he explained. “The first South Africa is paint-ed with beautiful landscapes, warming skylines, and a har-bor in Capetown full of opportunity. Jux-taposed to this image are informal settle-

ment communities, malnutrition, and im-poverished lifestyles. With houses built from plywood and aluminum scraps, roofed by a single tarp and a couple of bricks, one outhouse for a neighborhood of over 100 residents, and no running water or source of electric-ity, it becomes truly humbling how both

worlds can exist liter-ally across the street from the other.” Not only is this a benefit to help the im-poverished in South Africa, but it is also a community fair at which students, chil-dren and adults are all welcome. The event, which runs from noon until 6 p.m. at the Hollinger Fieldhouse, attracts local families for the free commu-nity fair while also raising awareness. Aid to South Africa

Executive Director, Lori Brooks, expects this year to be just as big of a success as the previous six years. “Last year, we were able to donate almost $8,500 to the South Africa charities, and we’re projecting an attendance of around 1,000,” Brooks said. “So we’re hoping for an even greater dona-tion this time.”

Some of the activi-ties to be included this year are car-nival games and crafts, food and raffle prizes, and a magic show. Live performances will also be provided, including the WCU Gracenotes, Robots and Racecars, the O-Matics, and the Waffle Stompers, among others. Attendees are also encouraged to con-sider participating in walking the track or the soccer tour-nament. Students and adults can form teams to walk the

track or come indi-vidually in order to fundraise as they do laps. The soccer tour-nament is five vs. five indoors in the spirit of the recent World Cup hosted by South Africa. “It is our hope that organizations from the campus and the community of all ages will field a team to play, learn about our specific philan-thropies, and have a good time amongst a strong sense of com-

munity,” Jendzurski said. Aid to South Africa also needs volunteers for the day before and the day of the event, students interested in volunteering should contact the ASA team at aidtosouthafrica@wcupa.edu. Aid to South Africa is especially impor-tant this year, be-cause students from all around WCU are travelling along with the Honors College to volunteer in South Africa this May. Their main goal while in South Africa is par-ticularly to help the poverty-stricken and those with HIV/AIDS. The statistics for both of these things are alarmingly high; ac-

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cording to the ASA website, 66% of the nation’s 18 million children live in pov-erty, and of the 8,000 people who die every day from AIDS, 1,000 of them are from South Africa. Jendzurski highly recommends this trip to the “Rainbow Na-tion.” “The lessons you learn in an inter-national setting far outweigh the in-sights you gain from a lecture or classroom setting,”Jendzurski said. “You learn so much about yourself and others through this trip; you gain a sense of global citizen-ship, an inspiration to serve and make a dif-ference, and you learn

about yourself as a leader. But, most im-portantly,” he contin-ued, “You understand the responsibility to share the South Afri-can story with others. You become a part of their history and the commitment to an-other culture becomes personal through a relation called friend-ship.” For more statistics and to find out how you can be a part of the solution, visit their website at http://www.wcupa.edu/hon-ors/aidtosouthafrica. Clare Haggerty is a first-year student major-ing in English. She can be reached at CH757342@wcupa.edu.

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Graduate Student Association brings bus on-campus, shuttles to Graduate Business CenterBy Angela Thomas

News Editor

The Graduate Student Associa-tion (GSA) has been hard at work these past two semesters.

Graduate students may breathe a sigh of relief because now, there is a bus that runs from Wayne Residence Hall to the Graduate Center on Boot Road from 3:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. According to GSA President Chibu Any-anwu, at the begin-ning of the Fall 2011 semester, students involved in the GSA contacted their advi-sors, Dr. Jeffrey Os-good and Dr. Darla Coffey, Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies. They had an idea for a bus line that runs from somewhere on North Campus to the Graduate Cen-ter, which is located about five minutes off-campus. The Graduate Business Center is not in walk-

able distance to cam-pus, therefore only allowing students with access to a car to get to the center. “From personal ex-perience, there is a concentration within

the master of public health program that I initially wanted to enroll in, but I did not because of concerns of how I would get to the Graduate Center, where some of the classes take place,” Anyanwu said. “Af-ter getting some feedback from fellow graduate students, I found that some grad-uate students had a lot of trouble getting to their classes at the Graduate Center and were particularly concerned about their safety when getting to class.” Anyanwu mentioned that although there is SEPTA route 92, “which can only drop off students at Phoe-nixville Pike or Boot/Airport Road; this means that students have to walk in the

dark on busy streets without sidewalks.” “The Graduate Stu-dent Association then developed a survey to assess the needs of this bus for gradu-ate students, within

which we found that a majority of students who took the sur-vey complained about the dis-tance from main campus to the Graduate Center,” Any-anwu said. “We moved forward with advocat-ing for a shuttle bus for gradu-ate students to run in spring 2012 and were successful in providing this first-time ever shuttle bus ser-vice.”

Anyanwu was hap-py to say that the bus launched on Feb. 6 in which the GSA handed out gift cards to WAWA to the first 20 students that used the shuttle bus that day. The bus will run every week from Monday through Thursday with the exception of the week of spring break. So what are the ben-efits of this bus? “The Graduate Cen-ter Shuttle Bus ser-vice is beneficial because it provides convenient transpor-tation for graduate students who may not have a vehicle, have difficulty get-ting to the Graduate Center, or would even like to save money on gas,” Anyanwu said. “In the event that one has car problems,

there is an alterna-tive solution to get to classes as well. This shuttle bus ser-vice allows prospec-tive graduate stu-dents who are from the city and take pub-lic transportation, but would not have a way to get to their classes at the Gradu-ate Center before the bus service was pro-vided, to reconsider attending WCU for graduate school.” The other good thing about the bus is that there is no fee to use it. Anyanwu is thank-ful for the GSA Ex-ecutive Board and members for helping bring this bus to cam-pus. Bringing the shuttle bus on campus is not the only thing that GSA is doing on-cam-

pus. “The Graduate Stu-dent Association pro-vides conference and research grant sup-port to graduate stu-

Members of the GSA stand in front of the shuttle bus that stops at Wayne Hall and runs to the Graduate Center on Boot Road.

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dents for up to $500,” Anyanwu said. “We have provided more opportunities for graduate students to get involved on-cam-pus more than ever before by allowing graduate students to represent the gradu-ate student body on various university committees, as well as joining our recent-ly created ‘Marketing Team’ this year.” Anyanwu explained that the ‘Market Team’ promotes GSA events within their graduate program. This strategy helps reach graduate stu-dents from different programs at WCU. “GSA planned and implemented the New Graduate Stu-dent Orientation for incoming gradu-ate students, which

took place in August 2011,” Anyanwu said. “We have also pro-vided Ph.D informa-tional forums, which have allowed WCU

The Executive Board members of GSA from left to right Richard Miller (treasurer), Stephanie Smith (secretary), Kendell Jones (vice president) and Chibu Anyanwu (president).

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students to ask ques-tions pertaining to obtaining a Ph.D de-gree.” The GSA will be hosting a Ph.D forum on March 28. The GSA also helped out with the Pink Zone Game and also hosted a “Pink Zone Weekend” network-ing event on Feb. 17 at Barnaby’s. The GSA has in-creased their pres-ence on campus. Their mission this se-mester was to make the most out of their organization to ad-vocate and reach out to as many graduate students as possible. “I believe that GSA have done so and have accomplished a lot this year, allowing the graduate student body to have a voice on this campus. This year, our social me-

dia presence has been e n h a n c e d through the creation of our Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as updates on our page via wcupa.edu,” Anyan-wu said. “The G r a d u a t e Student As-sociation has the potential to do greater things for the gradu-ate student body and I am proud to serve as President of

this organization.” Angela Thomas is a fourth-year student majoring in English. She can be reached at AT683005@wcupa.edu.

Opinion&

Whenever college students hear the words budget cuts, they automatically think: tuition increase. This is a likely possibility since Gov. Tom Corbett said it last year. It happened this academic year. The tuition increase at West Chester University nearly equaled how much an undergraduate student pays for two credits or how much a gradu-ate student pays for one credit (both in-state tuition).

Criminal justice majors are learning about criminology, corrections and policing. They are being educated in a classroom that has limited spots, despite the enrollment increase last semester. They hear how budget cuts would affect their university while they learn that Gov. Corbett wants to spend that money on prisons instead. It’s hard to hear this de-funding information in a classroom, only to wonder how the money could go to the prisons instead of to an environment that prepares students for their careers.

All departments are facing these repercussions. This academic year, WCU has al-lowed a small amount of classes to exceed their enrollment limit. However, some stu-dents had to fight for a spot in their classroom. President Greg Weisenstein (WCU) has said the proposed budget cuts could total approximately $9.5 million. Professors have been working without a contract since July 2011.

As one of our staff writers reported last week, our university is undergoing construc-tion to build the new Recreation Center, which is not funded through the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania. Such projects are not affected by the proposed defunding.

Gov. Corbett suggests cutting the unnecessary funds at universities. Can he clarify this? There is nothing at our university, or any State System university, that is “unneces-sary.”

WCU faculty has proven to make some noise and they say no to cutting our funds again. Faculty members are encouraging students to have their voice heard by contact-ing Pa. legislator. They are spreading the news of the rallies that will take place on-campus.

South Campus: Wednesday Feb. 29 at 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. in Sturze-becker 116A (*Note: this time has changed).

North Campus: Thursday March 1 at 12:15 p.m. at the Academic Quad (rain location Sykes Ballroom C).

Stop by. Make some noise. Prove how important our education is to us.

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Traditional Republi-can values would sug-gest that the GOP would embrace the candidate most closely resembling rigid conservative val-ues, indisputably epito-mized by Newt Gingrich. Common sense would lead us to believe that the Republican Party would elect Gingrich as the Republican candi-date, but when taking political and social fac-tors into account, Mitt Romney is a more suit-able selection in compar-ison with his fellow GOP candidates, and has the best shot at winning the presidency against the captivating incumbent. Super Tuesday next week, which will bear results from 10 states’ primaries with 437 del-egates up for grabs, will either solidify his front-running position or dis-solve his chances of a GOP nomination.

Enduring the lon-gest economic recov-ery in history, Repub-licans have been vocal in their disapproval of Obama’s government management, health-care policies, and overall “socialist ideals.” This would lead us to believe that most Republicans would favor Gingrich as their first choice, in hopes that he would re-peal Obama’s “radical policies,” transform the economy, and shrink the government as much as possible during his term in office. And while many want to count Gin-grich out of the race af-ter Rick Santorum over-took the runner-up slot,

with 39 states remain-ing and Super Tuesday approaching, the prima-ries are far from over. But if the Republicans want a realistic competi-tor to contend against Obama, Romney is the only candidate worth considering for several reasons.

The main political de-terminant of Romney’s front-running qualifica-tion lies in his cohesion with the Independent Party. The rise of the in-dependents has gained authority and will rep-resent the portion of vot-ers who have the power to determine the presi-dential candidate.

“The swing voters who will play a pivotal role in determining his political fate are up for grabs,” Jeff Zeleny dis-cussed the results of a national poll in a New York Times article. “[The poll] found just 31 per-cent expressing a favor-able opinion of Obama. Two-thirds of indepen-dent voters say he has not made real progress fixing the economy.”

The ambiguity in-dependents express to-ward Obama gives the winning Republican candidate an opportuni-ty to collect the addition-al votes and sway their thought process away from liberal economic principles. Although independent platforms take various forms, mod-erates generally tend to associate themselves with liberal social ideals and conservative views toward the management of the economy—a view-point Gingrich disap-

proves, while Romney’s campaign intentionally exemplifies.

Romney generally avoids discussion of his

social ideals, while advo-cating his conservative economic management models. Julian Zelizer,

author and professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, credited Romney’s stra-tegic avoidance of con-

troversy in a political analysis for CNN. “He has stayed away from most of the social is-sues and r e m a i n e d g e n e r a l l y calm dur-ing the most heated mo-ments of the d e b a t e s , ” Zelizer said. His tactical evasion of social issues

allies him with moder-ates, who will have a substantial impact on the final tally.

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However, some con-sider this strategy a flaw in Romney’s cam-paign. While Republi-cans are stereotyped for catering to the elite, Romney has faced criti-cism for trying to please everyone, which critics suggest as lack of con-viction demeaning his ability to lead. Although these allegations are somewhat inconsistent, Romney’s accusations of “flip-flopping” pres-ent a valid concern for his political platform, a flaw that Obama will surely tackle. Glen Kes-sler of the Washington Post determined three of 10 allegations hold substance, deeming the other claims a prod-uct of media distortion. For example, the me-dia claimed that Rom-ney supported Obama’s

stimulus in 2009 and re-tracted doing so in 2011.

“This is a stretch,” Kessler said. “The tran-script of the 2009 inter-view (on CNN) clearly shows that Romney is talking about economic stimulus in general. In fact, he says that he wished a stimulus bill was passed before George W. Bush (then still the president) left office. That’s different from saying he would support what emerged as Obama’s stimulus plan.” Should the mod-erates agree with Kes-sler’s take on the issue, Romney’s campaign will gain considerable power.

Brynn Dougherty is a fourth-year student major-ing in economics and fi-nance with a minor in jour-nalism. She can be reached at BD670913@wcupa.edu.

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Letters to the Editor

Budget. When you see that word, you probably want to put down the newspaper and quit reading. It’s confusing, and it doesn’t even affect you anyway right? WRONG.

Pa. Governor Tom Corbett’s proposed budget for 2012-13 affects every single one of you in a very big way. Tuesday, Corbett announced his proposed budget, which includes a 20 percent cut, or $82.5 million, of state funding to Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) schools, one of which is SRU.

So what does that mean for you, the typical student? Let’s look at the facts. Last year, Corbett proposed a 51.4 percent cut. Thankfully, the actual cut for 2011-12 was only 18 percent. But that 18 percent cut did enough damage to directly affect ev-ery single student. Because of the cut, the PASSHE Board of Gover-nors was forced to increase the cost of tuition by 7.5 percent, which we’re sure you noticed when your tuition bill came in the mail in August.

Let’s think about this for a sec-ond. For the 2011-12 fiscal year, PASSHE schools lost 18 percent of their state funding, which led di-rectly to a 7.5 percent tuition hike along with several cutbacks.

Corbett just proposed a 2012-13 budget, which would include a 20 percent cut of state funding. Assum-ing that stands and no concession is made by the state legislature, we could be looking at another tuition hike of about 8 percent. That’s a big deal. For some people, that could mean no longer being able to afford college. This is a public institution of higher education. There shouldn’t be a question of af-fordability.

A tuition increase isn’t the only repercussion we may have to worry about. California University of Pa., another one of the 14 PASSHE schools, an-nounced Wednesday, the day after Corbett revealed his proposed budget, that they will cut 11 of their 116 administrators. Slippery Rock doesn’t have any plans as of late, but if this budget cut goes through, changes are going to have to be made.

So what can you do to help? Send an e-mail to Corbett and your other state representatives telling them why they shouldn’t be cutting funds to higher education. Post on Facebook and Twitter about it. It seems small, but social media has unbelievable power.

We’re not sure what the motivation is for Governor Corbett’s apparent tirade against education, but we don’t like it and it needs to change.

Below are several editorials written by other PASSHE Schools with regards to the proposed budget cuts for the upcoming fiscal year. The articles continue onto page 8.

The Rocket, Slippery Rock UniversityPresident Barack Obama, in his January State of the Union Address, laid

out an ultimatum for the country’s colleges. “Higher education can’t be a luxury,” he said. “It is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.”

Gov. Tom Corbett agreed with this sentiment in his Feb. 7 budget address: “I think he is right that we need to confront the problem. I think we need to talk about this honestly and without rancor and dramatics.”

Corbett clearly does agree with Obama’s sentiment – what better way to convey that affordable higher educa-tion is a must than by hacking another 20 percent from state funding?

I suppose we should be thankful, right? Last year Corbett’s proposed education cuts were a whopping 50 percent.

Wrong.The state legislature approved an

18-percent cut, a blessing compared to the proposed 50 percent. But what was the result?

Your tuition went up more than $400 – arguably a direct result of that 18-percent cut. What would another 20-percent cut bring? Another $400? $500? That’s a nearly $1,000 increase in just two years.

IUP Interim President Werner has conveyed both dismay and uncertainty in response to the proposed cuts, say-ing that, should they come to pass, IUP

will be left trying to reduce spending by about $10 million.“It would certainly have some very serious implications for our ability to

deliver services that we currently deliver,” he said.How, we should be asking Gov. Corbett, is that “agreeing” with the call for

affordable higher education?It’s not.A 20-percent cut would be detrimental to not only IUP, but also the other

13 schools in the State System. What’s more is that our own president has expressed that he doesn’t know how the school would deal with such cuts.

Does that make you angry? Are you concerned about the quality of your education in the coming years.

Good. You should be. And you should do something about it.Don’t let your voice go unheard. Call state senators and representatives.

Get involved in rallies. Heck, organize a rally. Find out what other schools are doing and get involved or bring their ideas here.

Get angry. Get loud. Let Gov. Corbett know that this is absolutely unac-ceptable. It’s your education, and it’s up to you to defend it.

The Penn, Indiana University

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Governor Tom Corbett has recently announced that there will be more budget cuts, which will leave the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Ed-ucation (PASSHE) with $330 million as opposed to the $412 million from last year for working and middle class students to receive a quality higher education. Since Corbett has taken office, there has been a loss of almost $175 million, according to the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF).

Corbett plans to cut $82.5 million from PASSHE, which will cause tu-ition to increase at many of the state-owned schools, APSCUF said. This past year, Bloomsburg students had to add $436 to their bill to cover the 18 percent cuts.

While the students need to pay more, the salary for Corbett and his work-ers has been increasing. Last year, the Associated Press reported that state lawmakers received a three percent raise, which put Governor Corbett’s salary to $183,000. He decided to stay at $175,000 and donate to charity, AP said. With the recent cuts, Corbett still employs 55 workers that in total make $4.3 million a year, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

We at The Voice believe in the mission of PASSHE for state schools to supply accessible, affordable, “high quality education at the lowest pos-sible cost to students.” We do not think Corbett is providing this.

According to APSCUF, “the average PASSHE student graduates with over $23,000 in student loan debt.”We at The Voice believe this system will cause the opportunity for students to receive higher education to deterio-rate. Students can barely afford upper level education as it is so by increas-ing the cost, fewer students will continue to go to school.

We at The Voice believe as students are paying more for education, we should receive the quality we are putting in. This university is accepting more students than it can provide for, which is discouraging the quality we strive to have. Students are overpopulating classrooms, eateries, and shuttle buses.

As Dr. Eric Hawrelak, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochem-istry, pointed out in a ‘Letter to the Editor’ last week, classroom capacities have gone from a comfortable learning environment to a fight for the last available seat. With Sutliff still closed, open classrooms in general are dif-ficult to find. We at The Voice believe there should be better accommoda-tions made for students paying an extra $436 because of the budget cuts.

Even common eateries on campus have taken a turn for the worse. Plac-es like Roongos and the Husky have excruciating long lines since they have about the same number of employees as they did with students from before over acceptance. The shuttle buses have been overflowing with students as well. The environment we live in throughout the university should provide the quality we are putting our money into.

Overall, we at The Voice believe students need to become more aware of the budget cuts. Students need to take action by writing to the gover-nor, uniting with other students, and going to rallies if they don’t want the prices to increase even more than they already have. It is important for students to unite because one voice alone cannot send a message.

The Voice, Bloomsburg UniversityThe Snapper, Millersville UniversityEducation is a luxury. It doesn’t come with expensive trinkets, catered dining

services, or golden platters encrusted with rare jewels. Education is quite the op-posite, but its luxurious quality lays in the faculty who devote their lives to pass-ing their immersive knowledge onto eager students. Their passion for teaching allows their students to pursue their dreams, and someday attain their definition of luxury. Yet this promise is fading with another strike to education’s funding by Gov. Corbett’s latest proposed budget plan.

This plan will cut higher education by $1.4 billion – specifically for Millers-ville University and the other 13 PASSHE universities, a 20% cut. Similar to last year’s budget cuts, students are expected to face increase in class sizes, lack of available classes, and a tuition hike. In this rough economy, finances are scarce, and jobs are even scarcer. A college degree will only get you so far; it doesn’t al-ways guarantee that you will gain a foothold in your career. What are students to do if they cannot return to Millersville or their respective university? One option is to find a job and save the money to pay for college. But for others, transferring to a community college is the best option to continue their education at a lower cost. Regardless, Governor Corbett is also hitting community colleges, albeit at a lower percentage.

There are numerous other areas that could alleviate these cuts from education: taxing prisons, especially eliminating last meal requests for Death Row inmates, taxing Marcellus Shale, big companies, and the upper class or the 1%. There are even more areas that can be hit and not suffer as great consequences as education does. The biggest consequence is the decreasing classes available to students, important for seniors seeking to graduate on time, and increasing class sizes that will imminently destroy a teacher and student’s personal experience. But this change won’t matter if students are transferring to out-of-state colleges, which are cheaper compared to the cuts.

Instead of losing valuable assets like alumni staying in the state, government officials, such as those in Gov. Corbett’s cabinet could cut their salary. It’s the pur-pose of the recent discussion to tax the rich, or the 1%, instead of heavily taxing the working class. At that rate, the public would know where the money is going that is being cut. More than likely, the majority of the public is not aware of what their hard-earned money is spent on. So, who better to regulate the budget plan than the people who are being impacted by these cuts? Business people, faculty, administrators of colleges, and even students could possibly perform a better job. They know better than anyone else the current situation of who needs to be cut and without much thought, Marcellus Shale, the 1%, and other areas of society would immediately be hit.

Or perhaps they would see that education is too costly. Maybe the best option would be to follow other countries that allow free education. Even more pleasing is eliminating general education classes, allowing immediate hands-on experi-ence for students who are certain of their career. That would definitely reduce the amount of years in higher education and more time earning your luxury in your field. Students need a proper, affordable education to succeed in today’s world. It is ever-changing, ever-evolving yet is consistently producing the next leaders of the world. Some of the people who make decisions on these cuts are the same people who attended higher education, attained their degrees, and made a differ-ence. Will we see this trend suddenly evaporate with these cuts or will we, the fu-ture leaders thrive through these tough times, and prosper? Stand up and be heard.

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Many collaborate to sponsor eating disorders awareness week

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By Margaret WeaverStaff Writer

The Sister-to-Sister peer mentors of West Chester University will be holding Eating Dis-orders Awareness Week from Feb. 27 to March 2.

According to their mission statement, the goal of the peer mentors is to “promote healthy body image and spread awareness regard-ing eating disorders to women on campus.” The program’s aim is to “help women by en-couraging positive body image, self-esteem, and empowerment.”

Founded in 2000 by Dr. Deanne Zot-ter, the peer mentors are a group of sorority women that meet once a week to learn how to

recognize the signs of eating disorders and learn how to teach their sorority sisters and other women on cam-pus how to love their bodies. The women are trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of eating disorders in their friends and fam-ily and they put on pro-grams in their chapters to educate their sisters.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Sis-ter to Sister’s annual event. The goal for the week is to reach out to all women on cam-pus and educate them on how to be healthy. The events are not limited to just soror-ity women because eating disorders affect everyone, regardless of

what organization they are in. The theme for the week is “Change the Way You See, Not the Way You Look.”

Throughout the week, the Women’s Center will be ac-cepting clothing do-nations. “Goodbye Skinny Clothes,” is intended for students to donate clothes that may not fit anymore. The idea is to get rid of the skinny clothes and be happy with cur-rent appearances and sizes. Students may drop off clothes to Law-rence 220 all week.

On Monday Feb. 27, the peer mentors will be sitting at a ta-ble in Sykes from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. They will be handing out the

schedule for the week, information on good body image, and selling T-shirts. The T-shirts are black shirts with pink writing and say, “This is what Barbie should look like.” The shirts will be available for purchase all week.

Monday night’s event is a film called “Miss Representa-tion.” The film will be shown in Main Hall 168 at 7:30 p.m. This film shows how the media misrepresents young girls and women by focusing on appear-ance rather than what lies within. Free pop-corn will be available.

On Tuesday Feb. 28, there will be two events. The first is a free yoga session from

12 p.m.-1 p.m. in the Sykes Aerobics Studio. Jennifer Kelly, a reg-istered yoga trainer, will lead the session.

From 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. in Sykes 209 on Tues-day night, Sisters Unit-ed will hold “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall.” The goal is to “shat-ter the unrealistic im-ages in the media and write our own positive body image reality.”

On Wednesday Feb. 29, three local women, Kate Capriano, Melissa Hays, and Elizabeth Kalogris, will be hold-ing “Lunch + Learn= Free Pizza.” These women will teach par-ticipants on how to use the arts to raise aware-ness on body image is-sues and body diver-

sity. The event will be held in Sykes Ballroom C from 12 p.m.-1 p.m.

The sisters of Delta Phi Epsilon are holding their annual National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associate Disorders (ANAD) Vigil on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Sykes Com-mon Grounds. There will be an open mic time for the audience to share their testimo-nies after hearing from different speakers. Purple ribbons will be available for purchase at the Sister-to-Sister table and proceeds will go to Delta Phi Epsi-lon’s philanthropy, Na-tional Association for

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Food insecurity: an issue at home, abroad

By Kellyn McNamaraSpecial to The Quad

Imagine the anxi-ety of not knowing when you will get your next meal. For many people, this is not imagined – it happens every day.

Food insecurity is a pervasive problem, both global and local.

Recently, students and faculty from the

WCU Nutrition, Politi-cal Science, and Geog-raphy Departments attended the World Information Transfer (WIT) conference on Food Insecurity and Prevention. Represen-tatives from around the world, including Yuriy Sergeyev, Ukranian ambassador to the UN, sought to raise aware-ness about the global

issue of food insecurity.Sergeyev discussed

Ukraine’s historic struggle with food inse-curity. The Holodomor, literally “killing by starvation,” tolled an estimated seven to 10 million deaths between 1932-33 as a result of Soviet food restriction.

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College Cellar: new website eases college student life

By Katie DerbySpecial to The Quad

College Cellar is a new website to make college life easier.

What does it mean to be a college student? When asked this very question, students de-scribed college life as free and exciting, but also stressful and cha-otic at times. The free-

dom and independence one has in college comes along with constant re-sponsibilities to tackle and decisions to make. This includes figuring out where to live, who to live with, and where to buy cheap textbooks all while trying to balance school and sometimes even a job. All these fac-tors can indeed be over-whelming, but what if

there was something that could make college life just a little bit eas-ier? This was exactly the goal that brothers Justin and Scott Geller had in mind when they created the website Col-legeCellar.com.

C o l l e g e C e l -lar.com is a relatively

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Sergeyev describes,“In my country…

millions of deaths were caused by the confisca-tion of everything con-sidered as a food, the prohibition of the trade in foodstuffs, and the deployment of inter-nal and border troops to keep the starving people from travel-ing to other regions… in search of food.”

Rutgers Univer-sity political scientist Dr. Alexander Motyl added to this chilling account, recalling a visit to Soviet Russia. There he saw a disturb-ing poster, warning against the consump-tion of corpses for sur-vival. Motyl asked a Soviet official, “What is the purpose of such a poster; is it really that bad here?” The official paused, and replied sol-emnly, “Not all of our people are educated.”

Such horrors are unimaginable to most of us, but tragedies like this are still occur-ring in many parts of the world, and hungry people can be found on every continent.

In the U.S., food insecurity is more com-mon than people may

think. In fact, one in every eight Chester County residents are food insecure. Low wages and long hours make it hard to afford food, or find the time to cook. Additionally, urban areas across the country are “food des-erts” where fewer gro-cery stores and limited transportation means limited access to food.

Food insecurity may seem hopeless. However, speakers at the conference of-fered plausible, re-alistic solutions. Or-ganizations, policies, technologies, and free press can all help pre-vent food insecurity.

Locally, the Ches-ter County Food Bank (CCFB) is an example of an organization that provides for food inse-cure households. One service offered is the Backpack Program. Each week, volunteers prepare back-packs full of non perishable food. The backpacks are de-livered to over 500 low-income school children every Friday to ensure that they will have food over the weekend. This is just one example of the many local organi-zations that help pro-vide food for the hungry.

Programs like these are important, but

more important are the people who take part in them. Anyone who would like to partici-pate in the local effort to prevent food insecu-rity can start by get-ting involved in WCU’s March food drive. The Student Dietetic Asso-ciation and CCFB are collecting high protein canned and non-perish-able foods to be distrib-uted to food insecure households this spring. Foods accepted include canned/packaged tuna or chicken, 12-oz. jars of peanut butter, and shelf-stable milk such as Parmalat. Donate non-perishable goods to the WCU Health and Science Center on South Campus March 5 -20. Collection boxes will be clearly marked and placed under the large bulletin board at the top of the stairs on the third floor.

Make a difference in local food insecurity by volunteering, donat-ing, speaking with oth-ers to raise awareness, and working to enact policies that put food on the table for food insecure individuals.

Kellyn McNamarais a third-year student major-ing in nutrition & dietetics with a minor in journal-ism. She can be reached at KM654122@wcupa.edu.

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new website, launched to the public only this past week, but is al-ready quickly gaining popularity. CollegeCel-lar is an online bulletin board where students or people can view in-formation about differ-ent colleges throughout the country. The site includes information about tuition, on and off-campus events, job listings, roommates

needed, apartments for rent, or textbooks for sale. There is also a ‘review’ section, where one can read or sub-mit reviews on bars, restaurants, or other happenings around the college or surrounding town. After exploring the site, one West Ches-ter University student remarked that Colleg-eCellar would be useful

for a variety of people. He thought that current students along with both high school seniors and incoming college freshman would benefit from this site. The stu-dent found that, “Col-legeCellar is a quick and easy way to find different aspects of a university. The site con-tains important need-to-know facts as well as fun facts.” Another stu-dent felt that the review section provides what most sites don’t: the social aspect, and the

stuff you wonder about but can’t find an an-swer to anywhere else.

The masterminds behind the site, Jus-tin and Scott Geller, have both attended West Chester Univer-sity. Justin is a WCU alumnus, while Scott currently attends as a computer science ma-jor. The brothers are pleased with the way

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their site has turned out, and hope that ev-eryone will log on to explore the site and submit reviews to help expand CollegeCel-lar. The Gellers would also like to eventually collaborate with lo-cal businesses around campuses to promote discounted services for the student com-munity. By logging on, submitting reviews, and spreading the word, students can help make this site become a recognizable brand.

CollegeCellar was designed to help stu-dents and will continu-ously strive to make college life easier.

If you have any questions about Col-legeCellar, contact Scott Geller at Scott@c o l l e g e c e l l a r. c o m .

Katie Durby is a third-year student. She can be reached at KD716057@wcupa.edu.

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Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

On Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the Sykes Theater, join the Sister-to-Sister Peer Mentors for Scale Bashing. The audience will hear sto-ries of recovery from eating disorders and are encouraged to bring their own scales to bash. The Peer Mentors will be sharing ways on how to “break away from the scale obsession.”

The last event of the week is another free yoga session on Friday March 2. Rebec-ca Preiser, MSEd, will be leading the session. She is a currently a doctoral student in the counseling center and she is also a registered yoga instructor. The session will be held in the Sykes Aerobic Cen-ter from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

The Women’s Cen-ter, The Office of Well-ness Education, Sister-to-Sister Peer Mentors, Sisters United, Delta Phi Epsilon, and the Counseling Center all sponsor Eating Disor-ders Awareness Week.

For more informa-tion on the events of the week, visit http://wcu-pa.edu/_services/stu.inf/wellness/. For more information on the Sis-ter-to-Sister Peer Men-tor program, please visit http://roadrunner.cs.wcupa.edu/peer/ .

Margaret Weaver is a fourth-year student majoring in English. She can be reached at MW678077@wcupa.edu.

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Column by:Devon Dadoly

Special to The Quad

Constantly sick?

Why is it that we always seem to get sick in the winter? With the drop in temperatures, immunity runs low.

Frigid weather weakens the body, as well as the immune system, making us more susceptible to cold and flu viruses. The lack of vitamin D from the sun also makes us vulnerable to microbial infections. The important thing is to boost immunity with proper vitamins and a healthy diet.

It’s no secret that a healthy diet can lead to a healthy life, but what about when you’re sick? The germs and bacteria that cause sickness live off sugar that is ingested in the form of food or drinks, which means that cer-tain foods can actually make a sickness worse.

Even medicine has sugar. Popular cough and cold syrups are loaded with sucrose and sucralose, a more processed form of sug-ar. Opt for something with honey, Echina-cea, or zinc, as these are more natural al-ternatives and can eliminate bad bacteria growing in the body.

It’s important to stay away from milk and dairy as well, as these house enzymes that can feed bacte-

ria. Water is especially essential, because it flushes out toxins that your body can’t handle.

With most of us on the go, it’s difficult to take care of our bod-ies properly, especial-ly during the school year. Here are some simple ways to boost immunity naturally.

Vitamin C: Every-one knows to drink or-ange juice when sick, but what you may not know is that store-bought orange juice may not be doing the trick. Pasteurized fruit juices lack the enzymes found in fresh-squeezed juices that are essential to absorbing important vitamins and minerals.

The best ways to get the daily dose of vitamin C is taking the vitamin in its pure form. Vita-min C tablets, or crys-tallized powders like Emergen-C are cost-ef-fective and taste great.

Echinacea (Echina-cea Purpurea): This rel-ative of the daisy fam-ily is a plant native to the United States. It is known for its immuno-logical properties and is one of the oldest rem-edies for the common cold. Echinacea can be found in liquid or cap-sule form and has no side effects when taken orally. It is most often found with Goldenseal, another essential plant for boosting immunity, as well as reducing anti-microbial effects.

Probiotics and

Acidophilus: It is im-portant to stock up on probiotics and acidophi-lus when sick because they break down the bad bacteria that sits in the stomach, and push toxins out of the body. Though some yogurts contain trace amounts of acidophilus, it is not nearly as much as the body needs. The best way to take probiotics is in a capsule or powder form that can be mixed with water. Probiotics are also important in maintaining a healthy digestive system.

Elderberry (Sam-bucus): This sweet berry, used for centu-ries to boost immunity, has also been shown to ward of the H1N1 Virus and other cold and flu-like symptoms. Elder-berry can be found in many forms including a sweet medicinal syrup, lozenges, and capsules.

Zinc: An essential element for all human health, zinc is an im-portant dietary need. It is necessary for blood flow, and flushes out the toxins of the body. It has been proven effective to relieve cold and flu symptoms in the form of a lozenge or tablet.

All of these prod-ucts and more like them can be found at your lo-cal health food store, or the natural section of your grocery store.

Devon Dadoly is a sec-ond-year student majoring in art. She can be reached at DD742228@wcupa.edu.

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Daily March Holidays1 Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day2 Old Stuff Day3 I Want You to be Happy Day4 Holy Experiment Day5 Multiple Personality Day6 National Frozen Food Day7 National Crown Roast of Pork Day8 International (Working) Women’s Day9 Panic Day10 Middle Name Pride Day11 Johnny Appleseed Day12 Girl Scouts Day12 Plant a Flower Day14 National Pi Day- Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi.15 Ides of March16 Freedom of Information Day17 Saint Patrick’s Day18 Goddess of Fertility Day18 Supreme Sacrifice Day19 Poultry Day20 International Earth Day21 Fragrance Day22 National Goof Off Day23 National Chip and Dip Day24 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day25 Waffle Day26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day27 National “Joe” Day28 Something on a Stick Day29 National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day30 National Doctor’s Day

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Column by:Lauren DiCrecchio

Practicum Writer

Bathing suit season: is it your friend or foe?

Aside from finals week, bathing suit season is that time of year that tends to creep up quickly and spark more anxiety in us college students.

Some of us girls start to obsess over calorie intake and which self-tanners to buy while trying to get in as much time as possible at the gym. I’m guilty of it too, well maybe ex-cept the self-tanning.

Although we love swimsuit weather, we put way too much stress on ourselves to find the perfect bath-ing suit that doesn’t draw attention to our problem areas. There is no such thing as the “perfect body,” but with a little help from this guide, you can find the perfect suit for your body.

In one of my ear-lier columns, I dis-cussed the different body types and how to dress for each. Just like apparel shopping, it is important to know your body shape when searching for the perfect swim suit. You never want to be discouraged though, and always remember that there is a flat-

tering suit for you! Before I get into

the specific fits for your body, there are a couple of useful tips before you step foot in the fitting room. For me, trying on bath-ing suits is complete

torture. I think way to much into it, but I have found with a couple easy steps, the experience can be a lot more enjoyable.

First, I would rec-ommend trying bath-ing suits on earlier in the morning because our bodies are less bloated. Make it your first trip of the day, instead of going af-ter lunch or dinner when you had one too many pieces of bread.

Second, I person-ally feel more confi-dent when I have a little color and a hair free body. Whether you self, spray or even tan with UV lights, you are more likely to have a confidence

boost when trying on your first suit. You also want to make sure you shave or get waxed.

Third, have a plan. You want to have an idea of the type of suit to look for, so you don’t try something on that is not right for you. We all know that when we try something on that does not flatter us, we start to lose confi-dence and it can kill our shopping spirit.

With that said,

here are a few sim-ple guidelines on must haves and what to avoid for your body type.

If you are look-ing to slim down your hips, I suggest a bot-tom that has a higher

waist. This will help create leaner look-ing legs. You also do not want to draw too much attention to that area, so stick with solid bottoms. Darker colors always recede, so black, navy or dark brown are great choic-es. By wearing lighter colored tops with fun prints and patterns, you will attract eyes to your upper half!

For women with smaller busts, I rec-

ommend tops with lots of beading and ruffles. The extra material and texture look cre-ates a fuller illusion. Steer clear of the in-famous bandeau top. I also wouldn’t rule out tops with underwire.

If you are looking to control your belly, do not wear tankini’s; they are extremely clingy. Even though it seems they are made for this type of figure, they actually tend to accent that part of your body that some of us like to keep hidden. Choose a top that is a lower cut and bottoms that are cut higher.

For a bigger bust, lower necklines and under wire tops are

the way to go, espe-cially for support. I would stay away from triangle tops as they can be too revealing, and not in a good way. Solid prints up top are always a safe bet, but make it fun with beading or ruffles at the bottom to create a balanced proportion.

And finally, if you are looking to flatten some of your curves, angled and vertical stripes are key. Tie-string bottoms can be a little tricky and tight for this body type, but a wrap cover (around your hips) is the perfect accessory!

One last, impor-tant thing to remem-ber when trying on bathing suits is to not focus on numbers and letters. It’s not about sizes, it’s about com-fort. Summer is all about relaxing and feeling great, so make this years bathing suit shopping trip a fun one, and try not to stress yourself out too much. There is a style for every body type that will accent all of your best physi-cal qualities, so don’t focus on the negative.

Lauren DiCrecchio is a fifth-year student major-ing in liberal studies with minors in journalism and Spanish. She can be reached at LD658004@wcupa.edu.

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EntertainmentThe Free Library of Philadelphia

welcomes author Jodi Picoult

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By Carol FritzEntertainment Editor

The greatest Oscar acceptancespeech never given

By Barry KoltnowMcClatchy Newspapers

Quick, name the 10 most memorable Oscar acceptances speeches ever given, not including Sally Field’s iconic “You like me” speech.

I suspect that your Top 10 list has fallen about 10 speeches short.

Oh, you remember a few incidents sur-rounding Oscar speeches, like that cute Italian guy leaping over the backs of the seats to get to the stage, or Adrien Brody planting a wet one on Halle Berry, but not the speeches themselves.

It’s not your fault. These speeches simply are not memorable, even though the winners have been practicing in front of a mirror since they were 8 years old.

But there is a big difference between giving a speech in front of an apprecia-tive audience of one, and giving a speech in front of an indifferent audience of millions.

When the big moment comes, nerves and excite-ment overtake all the practice, and the winners dissolve into a gooey mess. Those who manage to maintain their cool are smart enough to avoid the pitfalls that

come with excessive ego or vindictiveness.

Just once, we’d like to hear an Oscar acceptance speech that goes something like this:

“I would like to thank the academy, but not all the academy.

“There are members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences I really want to thank. They are the people who voted for me. The rest of you can drop dead.

“Where were you when I really needed the support? Where were you when I was a young actor being rejected at auditions every day and working as a waiter at nights until I couldn’t stand anymore? I was sleeping on my buddy’s sofa, and sneaking into buffets with friends and eating off their plates. I had to go to auditions in the same clothes I wore the day before because I didn’t have extra outfits, and couldn’t afford dry cleaning.

“Which brings me to the world-famous fashion designers who have dressed me tonight. I would like to thank you for sending free clothes to my home, but I could really have used the free clothes when I was broke. I am

making plenty of money now, and I don’t need your stupid clothes, but I’m told that I have to wear the clothes or Joan Rivers will rip me to shreds before I’m off the red carpet.

“I want to thank my manager for sticking with me through the lean times, but my big-shot agent only signed me after a small film I did made a big splash at Sundance. Before that, he wouldn’t even return my phone calls. Now, he would take a bullet for me. I wish he would.

“At this point in my acceptance speech, I’m supposed to thank the studio that made this movie. It’s the smart way to go because you never want to insult a big studio. But this is the same studio that passed on me for 20 other roles. They told my agent I wasn’t right for the part, which means I wasn’t attractive enough, or tall enough or short enough or thin enough or fat enough.

“Just because con-ventional wisdom says that rejection is part of this business doesn’t mean we have to like it. Nobody likes to be rejected, and just because there is a

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Highly-praised con-temporary author Jodi Picoult will soon stop in the City of Brotherly Love during her current book tour.

The author of 18 novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers “House Rules,” “Handle with Care,” “Change of Heart,” “Nineteen Minutes,” and “My Sister’s Keeper,” will visit the Free Library of Philadelphia to mark the release of her newest novel, “Lone Wolf,” which will be available on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Picoult’s books are known for their often controversial plotlines involving topics such as stem cell research, date rape, teenage suicide, Asperger’s syndrome, and more. Many of her novels involve courtroom drama, uncovering

hidden secrets, and plenty of food-for-thought metaphors.

For “Lone Wolf,” Picoult conducted extensive research on wolf packs and their behaviors. In the book, Edward Warren is a young man who left his home in New Hampshire after a falling out with his father. His father, Luke, is an animal conservationist who survived living with a wild wolf pack in Canada. But when he is gravely injured after an accident, Edward and his sister Cara must decide whether to terminate his life support or

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wait for a miracle. Picoult will host a

signing for her new book, Lone Wolf, at the Free Library on Monday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $15 for general admission or $7 with a valid student ID. For those bringing a book of hers to the signing, Picoult will personalize all copies of her new book, “Lone Wolf,” and she will sign one of her previous books without personaliza-tion.

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

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thin promise of fame and riches at the end the rainbow doesn’t mean we have to put up with this abuse. Most actors aren’t rich or famous, and never will be, and so I see no reason why we can’t be treated with some dignity.

“I’m also supposed to thank the director of this movie because fi lm is a director’s medium, and it isn’t smart to insult directors. Well, this is the same director who regularly seduces his leading ladies, and everybody knows it. In another profession, he would be called a

predator.“I want to thank

my fellow nominees. Winners never had to thank their fellow nominees. It was understood that the winner got every-thing, and the losers got shown losing on national television. That’s how the game was played, but now it is politically correct to not only acknowl-edge your fellow nominees, but say how honored you are just to be in their company.

“And, of course, I have to thank the other actors in my movie, even though some of them came to the set late every day

because they were out drinking all night.

“I would thank the writers but it’s customary to pretend that the words magically appear on the page, or that the director wrote the movie, so who am I to buck tradition?

“Finally, I want to thank the fans. I would be nothing without the fans. That’s what I was told to say, and I suppose there is some truth to that. But these are the same fans who ignored my movie when it came out, and went instead to see a movie starring Nicolas Cage as a fl aming head.”

The World/ Inferno Friendship Society mixes things up at The Note

“Speak easy,” a term coined back in the 1930s, refers to an illegal establishment that served alcohol during the prohibi-tion. It sounds pretty awesome, but the music played at these dangerous gatherings was even better.

A bit more modern, but still showing the “speak easy” vibe, was the mix of jazz, with some soul, and a hint of punk at The Note last Thursday night when The W o r l d / I n f e r n o Friendship Society took the stage.

The show was led by Jack Terricloth, “a man that seems to have stepped out of a burlesque carnival circus,” said Mario, a fan of the band. As Terricloth sashayed out onto the stage, a champagne bottle

could be spotted in hand. Known for his stage banter and views on politics, he promptly kicked off the show with a bang.

The band quickly moved everyone in the audience; literally, there was an instant mosh pit. Dance moves straight from the 50s broke out in the middle of the crowded fl oor as dare devils surfed the tops of the crowd. Meanwhile, mohawks were spotted, ladies climbing the railings, teenagers leapt from the stage only to be caught by the burley lumberjacks of the crowd, and the constant stench of sweat stung in one’s nostrils. No surprise to its attendees, the show went off without a hitch.

Unlike a normal band, these fi ne folks have band alumni. Containing over 30

By Nicole BairSpecial to The Quad

members, the musical group offers a new experience every time they put on not a show, but a perfor-mance. With only enough room on the stage for a limited amount of members, there is usually room for 10 performers at a time. The perfor-mance on Thursday consisted of: a bass, a drummer, a keyboard-ist, a saxophonist, an electric violinist, and several other talented contributors.

With the way these folks brought their music alive with their heart and passion, it is hard to believe any other combination of group members could sound anywhere near as fabulous as they did.

Nicole Bair is a fourth-year student majoring in liberal studies with a minor in Spanish. She can be reached at NB777106@wcupa.edu.

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The World/Inferno Friendship Society album, “The Anarchy and the Ecstasy” was released in 2011.

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The Silent Session: unspoken interview with singer Elle VarnerEmerald Thomas

Alumnus WriterRising star Elle

Varner is a recording artist who released her debut single, “Perfectly Imperfect” this past August. The Quad recently conducted a “Silent Session” unspoken interview in which questions for the singer were answered through her music.

Thomas: “In the music industry today it’s hard to set yourself apart from the pack, how would you describe your origi-nality and sound?”

Varner: “I am 32 flavors and then some; I’m beyond your peripheral vision, so you might wanna turn your head…”

Varner describes herself as being a poster girl with no

poster in her song “32 Flavors.” She is a mélange of the girl next door with the girl around the block. With her journey being as common as a cold, her honest lyrics accentuate her unique expression of “urban, quirky, R&B, soul” as she calls it. With influences ranging from the depths of jazz like Ella Fitzgerald, to the con-tinuous work ethic of Beyonce, Elle hones her individuality while striving to inspire and be an example through her music.

Thomas: “People see you today as this beautiful, energetic, confident young singer from LA, not realizing how far you’ve come, so how can you relate to indi-

viduals struggling to accept themselves?”

Varner: “I can’t help being depressed, when I look down at my chest, Oh, yes, my chest, it might as well be nonexistent…If I had no cellulite, big breasts and pockets real wide then maybe I could be fl y…and worst of all, I’m reminded in the cruelest ways, of how I don’t look and I should look…”

Varner sheds the outer layer of her swag and lets listeners in to see the many personal battles which she had to overcome with her lyrics to “So Fly.”

Whether it is being envious of the attention that other girls would get or striving to be accepted on an uncompromis-

ing societal standard, we have all been there. It took a lot of learning, a lot of growing and more importantly, self-love. Varner tells her fans

Varner: “Growing up, nobody under-stood me. They didn’t understand what I was doing, what I was about, why I had glasses on, why I wore what I wore. But I’m here now, and I’m doing my thing. You out there and you’re different, you got your own swag…don’t let nobody in this world take that away from you, cause it’s all you got.”

Elle Varner’s new 13-track mixtape is titled “Conversational Lush.” Audiences can learn more at www.ellevarner.com. Be on the lookout for her Elle Varner’s single, “Perfectly Imperfect” features rapper J. Cole.

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Taylor Swift invites New Jersey teen to American County Music AwardsBy Carol Fritz

Entertainment EditorMusic superstar

Taylor Swift has inivited a teenage boy from New Jersey to be her date at the 2012 American County Music Awards.

18-year-old Kevin McGuire, a senior at Sterling Regional High School in Stratford, N.J., is currently battling cancer for the second time.

Knowing that her brother loves Taylor Swift, McGuire’s sister started a Facebook page titled, “Taylor Swift Take Kevin McGuire to Prom!”

According to USAToday, McGuire’s cousin said that

McGuire was worried about fi nding a date to prom because he was “going to be bald and have chipmunk cheeks due to cancer treatments.”

McGuire’s sister decided to take a chance and try to get McGuire his dream prom date.

“My sister’s great,” McGuire said. “She’s like my best friend. She said, ‘I’ll get it done.’ And I was like, ‘yeah, okay,’ and three days later, she made it happen.”

Taylor Swift caught wind of McGuire’s request, and although she denied it, she proposed a different idea.

“Kevin, I’m so sorry but I won’t be able to Taylor Swift won “Entertainer of the Year” at the ACM Awards in 2010.

make it to your prom. But I was wondering, the ACM Awards are coming up...Would you be my date? Love, Taylor,” said Swift on her Facebook page.

McGuire said yes and thinks it “is a lot better than the senior prom.”

McGuire is currently being treated for leukemia at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He hopes to feel well enough to attend the American Country Music Awards, which will be held on Sunday, April 1 in Las Vegas.

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

debut album “Perfectly Imperfect,” projected to hit the market this spring.

Emerald Thomas is a 2011 WCU graduate. She can be reached at ET682650@wcupa.edu.

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Budget protests!

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Women’s hockey wins DVCHC title with defeat of UVABy Deanna Vasso

Staff Writer

Last Sunday afternoon, West Chester’s women’s hockey team played in the DVCHC league championship game against the University of Virginia. The highly anticipated game ended in a close 4-3 victory for West Chester.

“After coming off of two big wins against teams that are going to nationals, we knew we needed to carry that momentum and solid team play over into the championship game,” goaltender Aly Golia said.

West Chester was on the attack early by shooting at Virginia’s net continuously for the first

four minutes of the game. The stakes were extremely high in this post-season game and the team did not want to make any mistakes.

They were given the opportunity to score early after Virginia’s Kerry Wilson went into the box for a tripping penalty. West Chester forward Karine Thibault took advantage of this momentum and scored the first goal on the power play assisted by Becky Dobson and Daria Carzo. This granted West Chester the early lead, which they were striving hard to keep.

The lead did not stick despite another power play for West Chester at the 12th minute of the period. Virginia was quick to kill their penalty

off and be on the offensive. Shortly after the two minute period where they were short a player, Virginia forward Shannon O’Donnell evened the score 1-1 with a goal assisted by Wilson.

A second before the first period ended, West Chester’s Thibault was whistled for a slashing minor penalty. Since there was only a second left in the first period, Virginia was given a power play at the start of the second period. Virginia was hoping to use their advantage to score another goal, but West Chester went on the defense strong as soon as the puck was dropped.

West Chester’s strong defense easily managed to keep their rivals’

pucks out of their zone. The defense was on top of the puck so much during the short-handed play that Dobson was able to score an unas-sisted goal to win back the lead.

Not to be outdone, Virginia was right behind them. Within seconds of Dobson’s goal, Virginia forward Mei Tuong scored unassisted to again tie the game.

The two teams continued the action back and forth in the second period by scoring goals one after the other. A minute after Tuong’s goal, Vito scored, assisted by Carzo, to break the tie game and give West Chester the upper hand once more.

Despite the lead, following Vito’s goal, West Chester took back-to-back roughing and hooking penalties. This gave Virginia ample

opportunities to score as a 5-on-3 ensued. For the next seven minutes, Virginia assaulted West Chester’s net but goal-tender Golia stood her ground and kept the pucks from going in.

At the 11th minute of the second period, defen-semen Liz Petry scored, assisted by Vito, to widen West Chester’s lead by two goals.

Being down by two goals, Virginia tried to come back in the final period. Wilson scored unassisted four minutes into the game in an attempt to try to tie the game and hope for an overtime opportunity, but Virginia was still one goal behind.

Both teams were taking penalties during the rest of the period, but despite having two power plays each no pucks were getting past either goalie. Having come this

far, West Chester’s Golia did not want to give up another goal, and she continued to be a force to be reckoned with between the pipes.

“When it was 4-3 in the game, my focus was on stopping every shot. I was confident in my team but I didn’t stop focusing on the game until the buzzer sounded,” Golia said.

West Chester continued to shoot puck after puck at Virginia’s net for the duration of the period, but all of these shots were blocked. By keeping play in Virginia’s zone, West Chester kept out any more goals against them and won the champion-ship title game 4-3.

Deanna Vasso is a fourth-year student majoring in English with a minor in creative writing. She can be reached at DV670502@wcupa.edu.

West Chester net-minder Aly Golia pounces on a loose puck off to the side of the net. Golia made 22 saves on 25 shots, helping West Chester to a 4-3 victory in the DVCHC Championship Game.

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Two big wins prepare women’s basketball for playoffsBy Joey Samuel

Staff Writer

WCU to add women’s wrestling team for next season

During the final week of the 2011-12 regular season, the West Chester University women’s bas-ketball team won a pair of games and as such, locked up the second seed from the PSAC East heading into the playoffs.

The first and more important of those two games took place on Wednesday, when West Chester put on a third straight dominant per-formance as they crushed rivals Cheyney, 80-58. The win put West Chester on a 15-6 record in the PSAC East, and clinched the second seed in the division for the Lady Golden Rams.

Junior forward Alex Lennon was a dominant force for West Chester, as fans have become

accustomed to. She posted a second consecu-tive double-double, pouring in 21 points in addition to her 10 rebounds.

Paige Elliott was also impressive, adding 11 points of her own despite coming off the bench. Kendall Benovy chipped in with seven points and seven rebounds.

The game was never close in truth, and West Chester was already up 46-24 by halftime. Cheyney managed to keep West Chester from extending their lead any further than that throughout the second half, but that was all Cheyney was able to do. Lowly Cheyney dropped to an abysmal winless record of 0-25 on the season, and 0-21 in the PSAC.

Meanwhile, West Chester improved to 19-6 on the year and

15-6 in conference, which meant they were locked into the second seed from the East division heading into the playoffs.

Then, on Saturday, in a game that served as little more than a tune-up before the playoffs, West Chester extended its winning streak to four with another solid victory over Mansfield, 79-71.

Lennon was impres-sive as always, shooting 10-for-17 from the field and scoring a game-high 24 points. Starting center Ambreelinne Ortman was equally impressive, scoring 21 points and adding 11 rebounds.

Senior guard Allison Hostetter, in her final regular season game, chipped in with her own double-double, scoring 11 points and collecting 10 rebounds.

West Chester ran out to a 40-29 lead by halftime. Mansfield was able to cut into that lead during the second half, but they couldn’t do enough to overcome the Lady Golden Rams. While both teams shot a similar percentage from the field, it was West Chester that got off 90 shots, making 32 of them. Mansfield could only put up 58 shots, and 21 of them were suc-cessful.

Depth was also a major issue for Mansfield. Three of Mansfield’s players played more than 35 minutes of the 40, with one actually playing all 40 minutes. Another player was on the court for 33 minutes. Meanwhile, no West Chester player played more than 29 minutes.

The win didn’t end up meaning much for the

Lady Golden Rams, though, as they were already locked in as the PSAC East’s second seed. They finished the regular season at 20-6, 16-6 PSAC.

Next up for West Chester are the playoffs. The Lady Golden Rams will open them at home, first taking on Millersville this Tuesday at Hollinger Field House in the PSAC quarterfi-nals. They will then face the winner of the game between top seed Bloomsburg and fourth-seeded Shippensburg. If West Chester can reach the final, they would face whichever team emerges from the PSAC West side of the bracket.

West Chester may have to win the PSAC, or at the very least reach the final, if they hope to be selected to take part in the Division II NCAA Tournament. The Lady

By Brian JohnsonStaff Writer

Over the past four years, West Chester University’s wrestling team has had a copious amount of success. Two conference champion-ships, nine All-Americans, and five national champions appear to give the program very little room to get stronger.

Well, they’re about to get some girl power.

Beginning next season, WCU will be adding a brand new women’s wrestling program to go along with its men’s team.

At the helm of this new program will be Ron Tirpack, one of the most experienced coaches in the country. He spent 12 years as the head coach

at Swarthmore College, five years as an assistant at Ursinus College, all while being a coach with the Pennsylvania High School National Team, Women Only Wrestling, and the U.S. Olympic team, a career which has earned him the opportu-nity to be one of only 40 men with Gold Level Coaching Certification, the highest honor bestowed by USA Wrestling.

Coach Tirpack’s program, like all young programs, has to be built from the ground up, and that starts with his wrestlers. One of those wrestlers is new WCU student Kim Spiegel, a native of Selinsgrove, PA.

“Kim is our first step,” coach Tirpak said of Spiegel, who has spent

the past two years at the Olympic Education Center in Marquette, Michigan. “She’s not usually referred to as a baby step. But she’s our first step.”

“He (coach Tirpak) told me this summer that they were going to start a program,” Spiegel said. “And I decided to call him up this fall and ask if the program was still happening, he said ‘yes,’ and I came here.”

Spiegel may be the first step, but for a coach with such a glowing reputa-tion, more steps are bound to arrive both in the near, and distant, future.

“Because all of this has just developed in the past couple months, I really haven’t done any hard recruiting,” coach Tirpak

said. “But I know I’ve been contacted by a couple individuals who are very interested... I already have a few girls in ninth grade, tenth grade, who are saying, ‘We’re coming with you coach,’ but that’s a long way down the road.”

The addition of the women’s program, which will have the same club designation as the men’s, could end up being a fantastic addition to the university, drawing in good students, and good athletes from the region.

“New Jersey is starting to pick their program up,” coach Tirpak explained. “We have a good program going in Pennsylvania... and we in Pennsylvania, as the preeminent wrestling state, need get more girls involved.”

As of right now, there are 14 members in the Women’s College Wrestling Association, many of which are west of the Mississippi River, and if the new women’s program can have success over the next few years, it might open the doors for many more schools in the northeast to create women’s wrestling programs, providing the opportunity for many female athletes to have both an educational, and athletic, experience in college.

But for right now, coach Tirpak’s focus is on getting West Chester going in the right direction.

“We’ll have basically two types of women that will come here: some that just want a great colle-

giate wrestl ing experience, and we’ll be prepared to give them that,” he said. “But then we’ll have others that will want to carry it beyond this and go to the inter-national level, and we can do that. I’ve coached every girl on the national team, all 21 of them at some point, and we can prepare [the girls] for that. But here we need to start with baby steps.”

Brian Johnson is a fourth-year student majoring in English. He can be reached at BJ669485@wcupa.edu.

Golden Rams are currently unranked. In fact, no teams from the East side of the bracket are ranked, not even Bloomsburg.

The West side includes three nationally ranked teams. Edinboro is the top seed, and is ranked No. 2 in the entire country. Also in the West playoffs are No. 18 Gannon, and No. 24-ranked Indiana (Pa.). California (Pa.) rounds out that side of the PSAC tournament bracket.

As such, it will be difficult for West Chester going forward. Last year, only three PSAC teams made it to the NCAA Tournament, and none of them even made it into the third round.

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

*Editor’s Note: The WCU baseball and

softball games were played after this issue went to press. The scores can be found at www.wcupagoldenrams.com.

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Phillies offseason worries slowly fading as spring training begins

By Kenny AyresSports Editor

After an early exit from the playoffs last year at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Phillies entered the offseason with many question marks. How long will Ryan Howard be unable to play? Who will fill his spot? Does Cole Hamels want a long term contract?

These questions, and quite a few more, were in the mind of every Phillies fan after the October collapse, and it seemed like a giant mess that would take forever to sort out. Well spring training started last week, and for now, the wave of uneasiness that started with Howard’s ruptured Achilles seems to have calmed down a bit.

Beginning with Howard,

the Big Piece seems to have been progressing nicely after offseason surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon. Close to a month ago, Howard was allowed to resume light workouts and has since resumed baseball related activities.

As expected, Howard showed up to camp looking a bit out of shape, but after months of inactivity, that is expected. It was an encour-aging sight to see Howard jogging, taking ground balls, and depositing several moonshots in batting practice (one of which is rumored to have left the park and hit Jose Contreras’ truck).

What may be more encouraging is that Charlie Manuel and Ruben Amaro Jr. do not see Howard, the major league leader in

homeruns and RBI since 2006, missing much time. Both think it will be a stretch for him to be out there on Opening Day, but a late April to mid May return is not out of the realm of possibility.

Regardless of how long he is out, the Phillies are prepared. Offseason acqui-sitions of former Phillie Jim Thome, outfielder Laynce Nix, and utility man Ty Wigginton make it fairly easy to “replace” Howard until his return.

This is how it would work.

Wigginton can play first, third, outfield, and according to Amaro, second base. Thome, who has not played first since 2007, came to camp early, and in incredible shape to work on his fielding. Manuel thinks he can play first base a few times a week if need be. John Mayberry, Jr., pre-sumably the starting left-fielder also has experi-ence playing first.

So, if Mayberry is in left, either Thome or Wigginton will fill in at first. If Mayberry plays first, Nix, Domonic Brown or Wigginton can fill in for him. Even if Mayberry and an infielder need a day off the same day, Nix or Brown can play left, Wigginton can fill in at third or second, and they still have a first baseman in Jim Thome.

The bench additions in the offseason have made it so every position can be accounted for if there is an injury or a player needs rest. This cuts down on the workload put on an aging Polanco and injury prone Chase Utley.

The only bench question that remains, however, is who will fill in for Jimmy Rollins should he be unable to play? Wilson Valdez, a key fixture of the Phillies

bench was traded to the Reds, and Wigginton does not play shortstop (at least not that we know of). There is talk of bringing up Freddy Galvis, the highly touted prospect, should that scenario arise, but it is unlikely he would be deprived of minor league experience to ride the Phillies bench.

The other injury questions have been answered in the first few weeks of spring training as well. Polanco, Hunter Pence, and Hamels have all recovered from their end of the season bang-ups and surgeries, and are all ready to go. Utley, who missed the first two months of last season with tendonitis in the knee, is taking it easy this spring to make sure he is ready to go come April as well.

Aside from injuries, another major question going into training was whether this would be Hamels’ last year as Phillie. Hamels had a career year last year, finishing with a 14-9 record and 2.79 ERA. Should Hamels have a similar year this year, it seemed very likely that he would test the free agent market and probably score a huge long term contract for 2013 and beyond, possibly even in his hometown of San Diego.

That changed when Hamels talked to the media for the first time about his upcoming free agency.

Hamels addressed media questions about his contract the other day, stating that he has no deadline to reach an agreement (meaning he will be open to re-sign regardless of how long it takes), and that he enjoys the city of Philadelphia and does not want to leave. He also went as far as to say he would not want to play for a

team whose fans only show support for three innings (Dodgers and Padres fans are notorious for not showing up until the third inning and leaving after the sixth).

In addition to thinking about the starting pitching, the Phillies have continued to make their bullpen a priority this offseason. Additions of Chad Qualls, Jonathan Papelbon and Dontrelle Willis, paired with the re-signing of Kyle Kendrick leave the pen in a formidable position, even though they lost Madson and Lidge to free agency. Spring training will be a fight for some pitchers to make the team, but having quality relievers all competing for a spot is certainly a good problem to have.

The rest of the starting roster looks pretty much the same as it did at the end of last year, with Carlos Ruiz, Shane Victorino, Mayberry, Rollins, Cliff Lee, Vance Worley, and Roy Halladay all showing up to camp healthy and eager to resume workouts.

Halladay, who has somehow become even more popular after his offseason fishing adventure in which he rescued a naked man who had been attacked by

an anaconda, will be the Opening Day starter for the third straight year. He will most likely be followed by Lee, Hamels and Worley, with the fifth spot still up in the air.

Lastly, Raul Ibanez will not be rejoining the Phillies for a fourth year, as the 40-year-old outfielder signed a 1-year contract with the Yankees. It remains to be seen who Roy Oswalt will sign with, although there is talk he could rejoin Philadalphia before April. Outfielder Ben Francisco will also not be wearing the red pinstripes in 2012, as he was traded to Toronto for WCU alumnus Frank Gailey in January.

While there are still some doubts about this aging team, things are certainly looking up from where they did in October. A lot of the pieces have fallen into place, including the encouraging news on the Big Piece, Hamels, Polanco, and Utley.

In what will be a tight NL East race, the Phillies are ready to once again fight to reach October and to end this season with a parade down Broad Street.

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Ryan Howard’s Achilles tear seems to be healing well, and Charlie Manuel believes he will be ready for action by mid-May.

Roy Halladay, who had already tossed six bullpens before camp started, will be the Opening Day starter for the third year straight.

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Men, women both place No. 1 at PSAC ChampionshipsBy Brynn Dougherty

Asst. Sports Editor

The West Chester University men’s and women’s swimming teams dominated the Pennsylvania State Athletic Competition beginning last Thursday and ending on Sunday, at Cumberland Valley High School.

The win was the 14th consecutive and 25th overall for the men, and the sixth straight time for the women. The men broke the tie with Clarion for most titles in PSAC history, leaving their rival far behind in fourth place.

The Golden Rams’ men’s team earned 35 All-PSAC honors with 13 honorable mentions, while the women brought home 31 All-PSAC honors and 21 honorable mentions.

“This has been a tre-mendous season of growth and gradual maturity,” head coach Jamie Rudisill said of the young team. With two seniors on the women’s team, and none on the men’s, their massive victories over the competitors demon-strate their depth and determination.

The men ended with a score of 749.5, easily surpassing runner-up Gannon with 472 points. Edinboro finished with 445, while Clarion also scored 445. Bloomsburg, I n d i a n a , a n d Shippensburg took fifth, sixth and seventh places, respectively.

“The Clarion men falling to fourth was not expected,” Rudisill said.

The women, who have also historically gone head-to-head with Clarion swimmers, out-scored the foes by over 200 points, as well as the 12 other competing uni-

versities.They wrapped up with

a total of 684, while Clarion took second with 441 points. California U n i v e r s i t y o f Pennsylvania finished third with 412 while Gannon ended in fourth with 336.5.

Junior Tommy Rhoads was named the PSAC male swimmer of the meet. He successfully defended his titles in the 200 and 500 free, took second in the 1000, and contributed to three of West Chester’s five relay victories.

“I was really surprised actually,” Rhoads said after receiving the honor. “There were so many great competitors at the meet who I felt could have deserved the same honor. But after it was announced I was extremely happy, and it kind of showed that all the hard work was worth it.”

S o p h o m o r e B o g d a n Grebenyuk took two individual titles, including the 100 breast-stroke in 56.36 seconds and the 200 breaststroke in 2:02.68.

S o p h o m o r e Ryan Stahley contributed to four of the five relay victories. He also took an individual win in the 50 free, with a third place honor in the 100 free, and fourth in the 100-yard butterfly.

Junior Calvin Starosta won the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.71, and placed second in the 100 back-stroke. Jared Haley was a

double PSAC champion with a 1000 free victory on Friday and a win in the 1650 free finishing in 15:51.62.

The women exempli-fied similar dominance over their contenders as well.

Sophomore Kacie McNichol automatically qualified for the NCAA D i v i s i o n I I Championships for the 1650-yard freestyle with a PSAC meet record of 16:55.24. She also earned second in 1000 free, third in the 500 free, and contributed to a second place slot in the 800 free relay.

Freshman Alexis Walley took second in the 1650 free behind McNichol, while earning her own title in the 1000 free on Friday evening. She also contributed to the winning 400 free relay team and 800 free relay which took second.

Sophomore Megan

Winslow took the runner-up slot in three events, including the 200 backstroke, the 100 back and the 200 indi-vidual medley. She also assisted the 400 free relay and the 400 medley relay teams to victory.

“Placing second in all of my individual events was defiantly an indica-tion of how hard I worked this season,” Winslow said. “They may not have been first places, but I was okay with that because I still helped my team rack up points to win our Championship.”

Freshman Codyanne Murtaugh also added points to the team’s total with a win in the 500 freestyle on Saturday. She also took third in the 1650 free and 1000 free, and contributed to three relay wins and a second place relay achievement.

Senior Leah Varvo

contributed to the 400 medley relay and the 200 medley relay, while placing second in 100 butterfly and eighth in the 200 butterfly.

Sophomore Mia Barone contributed to two relay wins, as well as the runner up win in the 800 free relay, while Lauren Keenan added to the overall score with a third place achievement in the 200 butterfly and fourth in the 400 indi-vidual medley.

Sophomore Amelia Buckley, the two-title defending champion, took third in the 200 breaststroke as well as the 100 breaststroke on Saturday night. She also contributed to the 400 medley relay win, and earned sixth in 200 indi-vidual medley.

“After our win I felt pure happiness,” Winslow said. “I was happy of course that we won, and that all of our

hard work, as a team and individually, had finally paid off.”

The list of swimmers and divers who qualify for nationals will be released on Tuesday.

“We are looking at something like eight women and another four divers, and maybe only a couple male swimmers and another few divers,” Coach Rudisill said. “Women could be top ten, and men [could be] top 20 this year.”

Rhoads attributed the team’s success to their level of dedication.

“We practice every day of the week except Sundays, and during the weekdays we do doubles every day,” Rhoads said. “We sacrifice a lot of social time with our friends outside of swimming, but only because we want to be the best at what we do. Being in the water as much as possible, and training to the peak of your ability, is essential and makes us such strong athletes.”

“I believe the team’s success has much to do with our relationships with fellow teammates along with our coaching staff,” Buckley said. “Also, many see men’s and women’s swimming as separate but in fact we are not. We come together to not only help each other train but to motivate each other as competitors in and out of the pool.”

The NCAA qualifying swimmers, who will be revealed on Tuesday, will take nationals beginning March 14-17 in Mansfield,Texas.

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

The men and women’s swim teams both finished first in the PSAC Championships last week. It was the 14th consecutive win for the men and 6th consecutive win for the women.

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Winning streak reaches eight for men’s basketballBy LJ Harrell

Special to The Quad

Coming into the 2011-2012 season, the West Chester University men’s basketball team wanted to make history. Step one of that process is complete as the Golden Rams will make their first appearance in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference post-season tournament for the first time since 2008-2009. Finishing the regular season as the No. 3 seed in the PSAC East, West Chester will face Bloomsburg University in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

The Golden Rams (17-9, 14-8 PSAC) finished off the regular

season with victories over cross-town rival Cheyney University on Wednesday and Mansfield University on Saturday. West Chester completed the season winning eight consecu-tive games, and 11 of their last 12 games.

“We don’t want to lose focus on what got us here,” head coach Damien Blair said. “And when you have wins on a consecutive basis like we have, you have a tendency to forget about doing the little things like defense, taking care of the ball, and running the offense. We will need to do those things if we want to make any noise in the playoffs.”

“It’s always fun to

win,” senior forward Lance McDowell said. “We are having more fun and the togetherness is there now. This is how we wanted to play the entire season, but we’ve hit our stride exactly when we wanted.”

On Wednesday night against the Cheyney University Wolves, the Golden Rams completed the season sweep against the Wolves with a 76-55 victory. It marked the first sweep of Cheyney since 2006. West Chester ’s two wins against the Wolves this year were by a combined margin of 51 points – the largest such margin by the Golden Rams in the history of the series.

“It’s never this easy,” Blair said. “Whenever you can beat up on your rival it’s always a good thing.”

West Chester struggled in the first half, as they only shot 33.3 percent (8-24) from the field. Cheyney tied the score at eight with 13:51 to go in the first half before the Golden Rams went on a 22-9 run in the next 10 minutes to open up a 13-point lead. West Chester went into the half leading 31-22.

“We came out a little lackluster and sluggish, and obviously Lance didn’t play to his full ability in the first half,” Blair said.

The Golden Rams upped the ante in the second half as they shot the ball a lot better. Led by McDowell’s 23 second half points, West Chester shot 51.7 percent from the field during the half. McDowell scored the Golden Rams first 12 points of the half.

“I can’t explain it, I just came to play,” McDowell said. “I knew I didn’t play my average

game in the first half and I had a sense of urgency the rest of the way.”

West Chester pushed the lead to as many as 23 points in the second half and was never chal-lenged by Cheyney. McDowell finished with a team-high 25 points to go along with seven rebounds, two assists and a block. Carl Johnson finished with 13 points, six rebounds, two assists and a block. Jaleel Mack added 10 points, three rebounds and four ass ists . Harley Williamson grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds in addition to scoring six points.

“When Lance is playing well, we are tough to beat,” Blair said. “He makes a lot of plays down on the box and he can shoot it from the outside. If you concentrate on him that means Jon [Breeden], Carl [Johnson] and [Jaleel] Mack will have opportunities as well.”

On Saturday, the Golden Rams continued their winning ways, defeating the Mansfield University Mountaineers (9-17, 6-16 PSAC) 75-62 in the regular season finale. West Chester completed the season sweep of Mansfield, and has won four straight against their conference rivals.

“I thought we were up and down for 60 percent of the game,” Blair said. “I think the last four or five minutes we played the way we are capable of playing.”

The Golden Rams started strong as they led the entire first half. West Chester led by as many as 10 points in the first half, but only held a three-point lead (39-36) at the half.

In the second half, the

Golden Rams held the Mountaineers scoreless for the first three minutes. West Chester then went scoreless for four minutes, allowing Mansfield back into the game. Late in the second half, the Mountaineers rallied to take a 51-49 lead. But the Golden Rams answered back immediately and ended the game on a 26-11 run to win the regular season finale.

“The kids don’t want to lose,” Blair said. “Although they are feeling good for them-selves and we’re not as efficient in some areas that I would like us to be, when it comes down to it, it seems they are digging in and doing what they have to do to win.”

West Chester had four players in double figures, led by senior Khalif

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Corey Blake drives through the lane and rises up for a lay-up over the Cheyney defender.

F o s t e r ’ s game-high 17 points and nine rebounds. Mack added 14 points and was 3-3 from behind the arc. Johnson (12 points) and freshman Corey Blake (11 points) also scored in double figures.

On Tuesday, West Chester will t rave l t o Bloomsburg to face the Huskies for the third time this season; tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. The Golden Rams swept the season series from Bloomsburg this season, winning both games when the Huskies were in first place in the PSAC East (70-64 in West Chester on 1/21 and 74-71 at Bloomsburg on 2/11). This is the

16th time that West Chester will be partici-pating in the PSAC postseason tournament.

“[Bloomsburg] is going to want to beat us because we beat them twice,” Blair said. “The good thing is that our kids are familiar with the things that they run. We have to be expecting them to come out and play as hard as they possibly can for 40 minutes and we have to be able to match that and exceed that through-out the course of the game. Hopefully we are prepared and ready.”

LJ Harrell is the play-by-play voice of WCU men’s and women’s basketball. All of the playoff action can be heard live and exclusively on BrandywineRadio.com. He can be reached at LH639694@wcupa.edu.

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The Flyers came back from a 3-0 deficit on Saturday to send their game with the Calgary Flames to overtime and eventually win in shootout. Ilya Bryzgalov has struggled in shootouts this year, but he stood tall in this one stopping four of five shots from Flames players. In the fifth round, Matt Read, in his first ever shootout attempt, beat goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff and gave the Flyers the 5-4 victory. The other Flyers goals came from Scott Hartnell (2), Braydon Coburn, and Jakub Voracheck. (Photo courtesy of The Associated Press)

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