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THE GRIFFINThe Fee Student Newspape f Chestnut Hill Cllege

NEWS 2 STYLE 4 Opnon 6 Spots 8

MAry MArzANo12

on Thusda, Apil 19,the class f 2012 gatheed inthe Cmmnwealth Chateau(knwn t man as Sugalaf)f a masqueade ball-themedSeni Dinne. The dess cde

was semi-fmal and the senisand other attendees denitelyfllwed that with the men inties and ladies dessed t thenines. Junior class ofcers MaryFances Cavalla, pesident,and Chis ran, vice-pesident,hsted the entetaining evening.

As attendees aivedundeclassmen vlunteesincluding Michael yance 14on piano greeted them. Ofcialphtgaphe f the evening

Jessica Veae 13 tk suveniphts in the liba befe andafte dinne. Hs deuveshu allwed student, staff andfacult attendees t mingle andenj the nn-alchlic ba.

Befe dinne, a slide shwfeatuing bab pictues fman seni attendees waslped. Chai f the PhsicalEducatin Depatment, JaniceKuklick, M.Ed. emindedsenis the must pass the swimtest t gaduate and jkinglffeed the pptunit t usethe empt pl afte dinne fthse wh still needed t takeit.

once evene was seatedCavalla pesented a slide shw

dcumenting seni memiesthughut the eas includingphts and six-wd memis.

The slide shw can nw befund n yutube unde SeniDinne CHC 2012 SlideShw.

Jessica Khan, Ph.D.,pfess f educatin, andspeake f the evening wascheeed t the pdium b hestudents. Fllwing D. Kahnsspeech, sphme MeganGe and seni Dave Fstepesented the Class f 2012Seni Supelatives. Attendingsenis wee awaded fsupelatives such as best

wlfpack, class pankste, andmst fashinable.

At the cnclusin fsupelatives a gup f facultcalling themselves, The FlishFacult seenaded students

with a enditin f Bb DlansFeve yung accmpaniedb Jseph Kulksk, Ph.D.,assciate pfess f bilg,n pian. Senis wee thendeliveed lettes witten bpaents and fiends.

Student GvenmentAssciatin Pesident AlssaMille 12 and Vice Pesident

Anna St. Hilaie 12 spke atthe end thanking evene fmaking the night a successincluding all undeclassmen

vluntees, Chatwells cateingsevice, Cllege Pesident Cal

Jean Vale, SSJ and cabinetmembes. Mille and St. Hilaiethen pesented Cavalla, ran

Senior Class Is Given A Beautiful Send O

images: Jess Veazey 13

The class of 2012 and faculty sat down to a wonderfully prepared dinner planned by Jr.

Class President Mary Frances Cavallaro 13 and Jr. Class Vice President Christopher

Ryan 13. The Common Wealth Chateau provided a beautiful scene for the dinner.

and Dean f Student LifeKrista Murphy with owers. Atthe cnclusin f the eveningsenis went hme with

mngammed pictue famest late hld thei seni dinnepht.

Seni dinne 2012 wasa night to remember, lled

with elegantl dessed students,staff and facult, afte all whdesnt want t see pfesssdnning masks? A big thanku must be said t all thse

wh wked t make the nighta success. Especiall all thsestudents wh plaed sevet ensue themselves a geatseni dinne in the futue.

KAyCEE FLorE13

Ging t Ital has alwas beena deam f mine and f the pasttw mnths I have been blessed

with the pptunit t live inFlence, Ital. It eall was likebeing in a whle diffeent wld,a wld that smelled f leatheand cappuccin, sunded likechuch bells, and fast mving

Vespas. T speak abut Ital ist speak abut its peple; I havet sa that I fund them t befiendl, wam, and passinateabut life.

Evewhee u g in Ital issteeped in hist; each cnehlds a st f a battle anat wk that is hundeds feas ld. Weaving thugh thetin steets u neve knw

what you may nd. My favoritewas when the pened up inta bus piaa whee peple

wuld be sitting eating gelat, dinking a glass f wine. Theatmsphee is elaxed, whileFlence is a bus cit, pepleae taking thei time enjingthe mment. Thee wee placesI visited such as Siena wheethee is an incedible blend fthe ld and the new.

one mment u will belking at a medieval twe,then u tun the cne and

ue at Dlce and Gabanna.Speaking f the ld and thenew, hw culd I talk abut Ital

withut talking abut the fd?Nw f cuse I had spaghettiand pia, but I leaned thateach egin has its wn specialt.In Vena the specialie inhse, while in Flence theae famus f thei bistecca(Flentine steak). Paticulalin Tuscan the believe in usingsimple ingedients t ceatefesh delicius dishes. Evemning thee is a fesh fdmaket whee u can g andget anthing fm cheese tmeat; lcal Italians g t get

what the need t make theimeals f the da.

While having fesh fdeve da is incedible theeae sme incnveniences that Ihad t face. I quickl fund ut

wh eve windw had a peundeneath it, des ae ntcmmn in Italian apatments.on a chill da the d nt knwthe j f getting fesh pants utf the de and putting themn still wam. Luckil, whileI was thee, the weathe wasquite nice. I culd wite pagesupn pages abut Ital and mtime thee, but alas this is but asnippet, I hpe t etun as snas pssible. I abslutel lved itthee.

A Tuscan Atospee

contributed by: Kaycee Flore 13

Kaycee Flore 13 stands overlooking the skyline of Florence, Italy from the top of the

Duomo. Flore spent two months among the Italian people drinking in the Tuscan

atmosphere, the generosity of its people and its celebrated cuisine, among her studies.


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THE

GRIFFINVol. II, Issue 8

The Free Student

Newspaper of

Chestnut Hill College

Mary Marzano 12Editor-in-Chief

Westly Mandoske 13

Business Manager

Zac Grubb 12

News Editor

Bleu Lane 12

Style Editor

Jessica Pennell 14

Opinion Editor

Marilee Gallagher 14

Sports Editor

Mary Frances Cavallaro 13

Online Editor

Jess Veazey 13

Photo Editor

Michael Bradley 14

Design Director

Skyler Stillwaggon 14

Associate Layout Editor

Andrea Wentzell 15

Layout Sta

Copy Editors

Jessica Pennell 14

Sally Simons 15

Gabriel Henninger 15

Susan Magee, M.F.A.

Facilitator

Sta WritersTaylor Eben 14Kerry OBrien 14

Make your opinion heardand submit editorials toThe Grifn. Submissionsbecome property ofThe Grifn and aresubject o editing forstyle, clarity and length.

The views representedin submissions do notrepresent Chestnut HillCollege. Submissions

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The Grifn strivesfor accuracy and fairrepresentation in allof its publications andfactual correctness. Ifan error is found, emailthe issue number, theerror, and the correctionthat needs to be madeto [email protected]. Corrections may beprinted in the next issue.

AMANDA FINLAW15

Man Chestnut Hill Cllegestudents, as well as peple acssthe wld, have head fiends

mentin ToMS Shes andthei famus one Da withutShes event. Man peple haveeven been invited t paticipaten Facebk. The questin is;

wh ae we being asked t g ada withut u shes?

It sunds like a stangeequest: walk thugh hallwasand g t class, eat lunch, stllthugh the gass, dive a ca, all

withut shes. ou cultue is saccustmed t having ptectinfor our feet, and at rst thought,it seems like a nuisance a

dange t g thugh a tpicalda withut this secuit.ToMS She Cmpan has

asked that we g baeft tspead awaeness f the impact apai f shes can have f a child

wh is fced t g baeft

dail. Millins f childenlive withut ppe ftwea,expsing them t inju anddisease eve da, accdingt nedawithutshes.cm.Childen withut shes ae

susceptible t a numbe fdanges and ae nt allwed intschls withut them. ToMShpes t spead wd abutthe issue, leading t awaeness,espnse and actin.

In Ameica, man ma ntbe cnscius f the fighteningphsical danges that accmpancnstantl ging withut ftptectin. The one Da

withut Shes website pvidesinsight int these diseases and theknwledge f these haads is ageat mtivat f paticipants.

These ailments includePdcnisis, a debilitating anddisguring disease caused bycntact with sil, which affects4 millin peple wldwide,and Hkwm, which causesintestinal pain and impaiment,

Day Without Teaches an Important Lesson

image: Nicole Mezzanotte 13

Chestnut Hill Students make their own feet into

advertising for Campus Ministries Day Without Shoes.

and cgnitive impaiment,affecting 740 millin wldwide.

At Chestnut Hill Cllegethee was an active efft tpaticipate in the event andspead awaeness f the man

haads f being sheless. Anumbe f students and facultset up events t celebate oneDa withut Shes, includingsock tie-dying for $1 to benetUnied for Unifat, foot painting,and sheless walks twice duingthe da in the Funie cicle.

Caitlin Kain, class f 2013,helped with Chestnut HillClleges paticipatin in theevent, and is happ with hwthe da tuned ut. KalaGiannne [class f 2015] andNina rsenbeg [class f 2012]

did an amaing jb paintingfeet, Kain said. I am eallglad that s man peple came

ut and suppted a geat da fawaeness.

The students whpaticipated in the das eventsals had a geat time. Jud Sima,class f 2015, thught it was

stange t be withut shes fan entie da, but was happ taise awaeness f the cause.Afte this da I ealied hwimptant it is t have shes,Sima said. M favite pat fthe da was tie-ding and paintingm feet. I had fun spending time

with the students invlved inone Da withut Shes.

The students and facultf Chestnut Hill Cllegesucceeded in aising awaenessand cnvesatin f the haadsf being withut shes b

paticipatin f ToMS Shesone Da Withut Shes.

CATHErINE DEMPSEy15

When Jdan Bunham wasin his seni ea f high schl,he thew himself fm hisbedm windw, falling ninesties in hpes that he wuldend his life. Ftunatel, hesuvived. Bunham, nw in hismid-twenties and a mtivatinalspeake, tld his st t studentsat Chestnut Hill Cllege in the

ILA semina UndestandingMental Illness. His message wassimple: lets make it cl t talkabut hw we feel. Its nt thesituatin that mattes, Bunhamtld the gup f students. It ishw u peceive and handle itthat des.

Bunhams methd f cpingwith his depessin in highschl was thugh dinking

with his fiends. Accding tBunham, he is abslutel ntalne. 159,000 cllege studentsdp ut eve ea due t

substance abuse, while seven ut

f 10 have mental health issues.With such alaming statistics,its n supise that his messageis t get help the ight wa: btalking t u pees and seekingguidance fm a theapist.

He was invited b KaenGeten Ph.D., a pfess in theEnglish depatment, wh wasmved b his cuageus st.When Jdan said, I didnt wantt die, I wanted the depessedpat f me t die, I knew he was

ging ight t the heat f thematter, Getzen said, No uff.N p me. N--well I guess Ishuld have been gateful f allthat I had. He was ging f thejugula.

A student cmmented, Itmakes me think abut pepleaund me-- what the might beging thugh. He is cuentltaveling with a dcumentacew in hpes t spead amessage f stength t teensand cllege students aund the

wld.

KErry oBrIEN 14STAFF WrITEr

Planga, the newest membef the Chestnut Hill Cllege

Web page famil, was ecentllaunched and has pven t besuccessful thus fa. Thse whhave ceated an accunt havegained the benet of guringut what is happening aundcampus in an easie wa. Studentsae capable f linking theiPlanga accunt with Facebkand expanding thei scial cicleb cdinating events the willattend.

Since it was pened fstudents, man, but nt all, havesigned up. Abut 200 students

have egisteed with Planga,and Anna St. Hilaie 12 hpesthat numbe will incease. Thenumbe f students wh haveegisteed n the Web sitecntinues t gw each dabecause f inceased awaenessf the site. It was advetisedthrough email notications,PwePint slides in theGrifns Den, and tabletopadvertisements in the GrifnsDen as well. With all f thesediffeent and ceative advetisingmethds St. Hilaie hpes the

website will cntinue t be asuccess.

Cuentl thee ae nt asman students signed up asdesied f the site. Hweve,as f Apil 16, the website waslaunched f facult. This wasdne in hpes f making Plangame widespead thughut thecampus. Anthe wa t integatePlanga futhe is eliminatingyers from CHCs campus. On

Apil 22, SGA inceased theawaeness f Planga and helpedthe envinment b having a

yer-less day in honor of Earth

Da. This made Planga menecessa because students culdnt el n eading a pste yer outside the cafeteria or inthe halls to nd out what events

wee happening.Thugh the ceative

thinking f thse wh assistwith the peatin f Planga, allf the academic and eceatinalgups n campus have ceatedpages n the site. This meansthat when students jin Plangathe can becmes fans membes f gups such as

Alpha Lambda Delta, residenceLife, Campus Minist. Thecan d the same with an sptsteam as well. B ding s thebecme me invlved with

campus activities.Like man Web sites,

when Planga was intducedn Chestnut Hills campus,pblems wee encunteed.

The launch f Planga wasathe ugh and thee weeissues that the tech depatmentfaced with the site. Hweve,

Alex Kates, the CEo f Plangawas excellent when it came tfllwing up abut hw uPlanga was unning.

Thse wh have beengeatl invlved in launching

Planga have seen thei hadwk pa ff. Students aegaduall jining, and it willbecme equied that incmingrst-year students create anaccount either on Grifns Days duing oientatin. Whilethee is n wa f mnitinghw ften peple sign in t thesite, St. Hilaie sas, It is mdeam that Planga ne da getsaccessed as much as Blackbad the Ptal, s fa it has beensuccessful and I hpe it leapsint even me success in the

futue.

Planga connects County

Story of Suicide, Redemption


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NEWS

Every year we continue to

be surprised by nature

and by each other.

- Jess Veazey 13

images: Jess Veazey 13


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STYLE

Gong Out Gude: sue 2012

TWEETS Of

ThE mONTh

@DRAKE_THOUGHTS:

ding sme sping cleaning andletting a cuple teas fall.

@hipsterrunoff:D u ev have thse das

whee u wuld like nthingme in the wld than 2 set

re 2 the rain?

@Queen_UK:

Lking int banningMndas.

@billmaher:

Wh d peple like#rickSantum alwas

suspend thei campaign?Its nt hanging anwhee, u

lst, take it like a mat

WESTLy MANDoSKE13

S in lieu f a snapppening with a snak lead,I have chsen instead t justlaunch ight int talking abut

music that I nd intriguing,egadless f elease date. Sbe pepaed f gd musicnew and ld. Als, ule #1:Listen t an album fmthe beginning, in de. Theatist intended f it t belistened in that de. Fist up:Ceremonialsb Flence + TheMachine.

Ceremonials, althugh aecent album (US elease date:1 Nvembe 2011), is nt ftentalked abut amng fiends self-pclaimed Flence

fans. Nt man seem t knwabut this album, despite itsdebut at numbe ne in theUK, Ieland, Austalia andNew zealand.

Ive taken a liking t theCeremonials because f itsintensit built aund a single

vice speaking abut pivateemtins: eget, guilt andlnging manifested as ghsts demns in the lics.Musicall, its a landscape fcondent yet pleading vocals;an ai span abve the

meld lues in the ea andthe lics please the mind.Each sng feels as Welch isexcising he demns, and iseling n the stength f he

The album pens withonl If F a Night, ahpntic inteweaving fhaps, pian, and Flence

Welchs ai span thatmeets the dnamic pecussinof the rst verse. The harp

Album Review: Ceremonials

BLEU LANE12

Q&A with Chestnut Hillsphme, Bendan Lukens,

wh is a pat f a band calledMden Baseball.

Q: Hw wuld u descibethe tpe f music u pla?

A: It is ve hnest, as fa aslical cntent, and eas t listent in egads t the music. Jake(the the membe) and I liket call it optimistic AwkwadSadce.

Q: When did u stat u

band and wh?A: We stated back in 2010;

I was a seni in high schland Jake was a juni. I wasdating Jakes twin siste at thetime and witing all this musicalne. Jake was telling his sisteabut hw he wanted t begin

witing music that eall meantsmething t him. His sistetld him that I wanted the samething and then we just stated

witing tgethe.

Q: What inspies u sngs?A: It eall culd be anthing,

we wite ve hpe-pesnallics and if u listen u canusually gure out what inspires

us/nd out a lot about our lives.Q: What ae u cuentl

wking n?A: right nw we have ut an

EP (The Nameless range),a single (Innite), and we arecuentl wking n a SplitEP with anthe Phill bandnamed Maietta that shuld beeleased in abut a mnth. Wealso are about to start our rstfull length.

Als, I pesnall justcmpleted a sl pject titled

Dude: The Lve of yuLife Has Sme Seius Issues.

Anne can message me nFacebk if the wuld like acp (its fee).

Q: An upcming shws

ud like t mentin?A: We will have all f u

Ma shws n u Facebk.We als stat u tu Jul 11-15and the 15th is in Phill!

Who is Modern Baseball?

Chestnut Hills Home &

Garden FestivalSunda, Ma 611 a.m. 5 p.m.

Gemantwn Avenuewill tun int an utdmarketplace lled withfd, music, activities, andshpping.

The Roots Picnic

June 2-3Festival Pie, Penns Landing1-da /2-da passes available

Atists include The rts,Kid Cudi, Dipl, Wale,Maj Lae, DJ DiamndKuts, and me.

Color Run

Sunda, Jul 8, 8 a.m.Individual egistatin: $40Team egistatin: $35

This 5k ace is lessabut cmpetitin andme abut fun. At eachkilmete, paticipants willbe bmbed b a diffeentcl dust. (Dnt w,the dust is natual andsafe.) Paticipants wea awhite shit. race will befllwed b bands, fd,

and activities.

Firey Music Festival

Jul 20-22Dve, Delawae3-da pass: $198

Atists include The Killes,Jack White, The BlackKes, Jhn Legend, DeathCab f Cutie, and PassinPit.

51st Annual Philadelphia

Folk FestivalAugust 17-19Ticket pices va

Flk Fest is the lagestunning festival f its kindin the US. Das will bepacked with live music andactivites f all ages.

and the pian mve int thebackgund, pviding a slidfundatin f the cmpelling

vcals.M favite sng Shake

it out, the secnd sngn the album. Beginning

with a funeeal gan dnesuppting Welchs vice, thesng takes n a sul sundbut is bken as the divingpecussin and suppting

vcals enegie the lics.

The chus is pimal shut,eleasing the tensin and is agalvaniing gestue. The licsspeak fankl and intelligentlf demns f eget.

The album mves alng,expling these themes.Neve Let Me G is a tendesng bathed in a heavenlchi while Beaking Dwnis like a canival f stnginstumentals but a beath

and smewhat dws vcal.Lve t Lve has a classicsul sund that cntastsagainst Heatlines, a aggedjungle beat.

Ceremonials is an excellentalbum that stands as anexcellent sphme albumfm Flence + The Machine.Me detemined than Lungs,this album is still seeking tnd asylum for a restless soul.

Md: Listen t Ceremonials

when lking f a beak fmevething. The album is 56minutes with 12 sngs, andis a welcme elief fm thenise f dail life, liteal andmetaphical. The DeluxeEditin is a full 90 minutesand cntains an additinalthee sngs, tw dems, 3acustic vesins and themusic vide f What the

Wate Gave Me.


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ANDrEA WENTzELL15

Living in a wld f islatin,the ea 2060 bings with it adependence n technlg.

Katie Kacvinsk, auth fAwaken, wites the st f thiswld, whee n ne tpicallventues ut f thei hmes,

except f special ccasins wk. F students, thei livesevlve aund thei cmputes,chat ms, and the DigitalSchl Pgam. Thee ae nme bick mta buildingsf educatin, all wee shutdwn because f the inceasing

vilence that ccued thee.In this wld exists fea f theutside, and daughte f theDigital Schl Pgam invent,Maddie, wants a change.

Being a chaacte that annecan cnnect with, Maddie just

wants he independence, ntthe cnstant watchful ee fhe paents. on huse aestf hacking int he fathescmpan, Maddie will ntexpeience eal independenceuntil she is eighteen. Fighting tdiscnnect fm the steetpethat is given t he b he fathesle in the digital dependencef 2060, Maddie meets Justin.

Also ghting against the DigitalSchl, Justin cmes fma small cmmunit that hasfught against the changes that

the Digital Schl Pgam has

Book Review:Awaken to 2060BLEU LANE

12

As u all knw (and ae pbabl excited abut), summeis fast appaching. Hee ae sme sngs t check ut andadd t u summe plalist. Sme ae new, sme ae nt,but thell all get u in the md t enj the sunshine.

1. Bag raides ft. Dan Black Sunlight

2. Maj Lae Get Fee

3. The Naked & Famus yung Bld

4. Supegass Alight

5. Matt & Kim Dalight

6. VV Bwn Shak in the Wate

7. Fxes yuth

8. Painted Palms All f Us

9. Man 5 ft. Wi Khalifa Paphne

10. Matin Slveig The Night out

Sue entetanent

Style Spotters: April-May Edition

Michael Bradley 14

bught with its cnceptin.Meeting at an actual face-

to-face study group for the rsttime, Justin cnvinces Maddie tstep out of the connes that thedigital wld puts he in. Seeingthe eal 2060, Maddie beaks thesteetpe that fllws studentsf the Digital Schl. This wldevlving aund technlg

has neighbs nt knwing neanthe, fiends existing halfwaacss the wld, and the needt be cnstantl cnnected t

cmputes.Awakenis a bk that shws

what is quite pssibl the futuef u wld, and with anending that leaves u wantingme. Katie Kacvinsk is anauth that takes he inspiatinfm the wld aund he, andit shws in he witing. Thesequel t Awaken is planned t

be elease this fall, and is titledMiddle Ground. It will cncludethe st that began with Justinand Maddie in Awaken.

Bobbie Chukuntarod 13 Jen Jones 12

Melanie McCoy 14

While u might be vewhelmed with all the late nightsin the library and studying for nals that lies ahead, there is

a silve lining: summe is upn us. Hee ae sme mvies tget u ead f summe.

1. Daed and Cnfused

2. Adventueland

3. Gease

4. The Sandlt

5. Dit Dancing

6. Clueless

7. 10 Things I Hate Abut yu

8. Vacatin

9. Stand B Me

10. Cant Hadl Wait

images L, R: Nina Rosenberg 12; center: Bleu Lane 12


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M name is Ma Maan and I have been Edit-in-Chieff The Grifnfor the past semester. In this nal issue for the2011-2012 schl ea I wuld like t sa thank u t Susan

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As I pepae t gaduate and leave The Grifnbehind I ampesnall thankful f all the witing expeience I have gttenfm m eas f invlvement. I have witnessed The Grifncmefa since I stated at CHC and I knw it will g even futhe.

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TAyLor EBEN 14STAFF WrITEr

Eve time smene asks mewh I like Chestnut Hill, I dnthesitate t sa the smallnessand clse-knit cmmunit.

Thse ae tw easns whI lve it hee, but in the past

few mnths Ive nticedthat u small cmmunit isgwing inceasingl implite.I undestand that implitenessexists evewhee, but n acampus as small as CHCs, itshuldnt.

Mannes we lean inpeschl, basic things likesaing please and thanku, ae cmpletel igned.If smene hlds a d penf me, I thank them withuteven thinking abut it. yudthink u culd expect the same

behavi fm the peple, butappaentl nt. If I had a dllaf eve time smene didnthld the d pen f me whenI was ight behind them, Id havea pett big stack f cash.

When I pass peple as I walkdwn the halls, the eithe staestaight ahead and dnt makeee cntact lk dwn at

thei phnes. Im nt expectingevene t skip dwn the hallssaing hell t all the peple thepass, but a little basic humaninteraction would sufce. Itsanning and fustating whenthe impliteness ccus n aface-t-face basis, but it desntstp thee.

Campus facilities aemisteated and pstes andyers cant go a day withoutbeing ipped, tn, dawn n defaced in sme wa. AsI stepped nt the elevatthe the da, I saw a signstating that the esidents fFitsimmns Hall wee beingned $100 because someonedecided that it wuld be a gdidea t uinate in the elevat.

Wh am I, alng with the thepeple in m building, beingchaged f smene else wh

lacks cnsideatin?Like I said, impliteness

shuldnt exist n u tincampus, whee evene knwsevene. S hld the dpen f that pesn thats tenfeet awa, smile at the pepleu pass in the halls and nexttime you see a crumpled yer onthe gund, hang it back up.

CHrISToPHEr SHrIVEr15

oh, ue a cmmute?The phase that can nlesult in me gipping m IDin fustatin, and paing itdesnt snap in half. When Irst arrived at Grifn Days atChestnut Hill Cllege, I wastld that it is becming easief cmmutes t be a pat fstudent life and inteact with

the esidents. Since Im a failutging pesn, I was veexcited t spend time withand get t meet m esidentclassmates. As I gt t knwmore people, I was nallyasked the questin I equatedto being the rst kid pickedin gm class d u wantt cme up t m dm?Excitedl, I made m wa intFitsimmns, a gleam in mee and a smile n m face. Ihad neve truly seen cllegedm life befe. I watched as

m fellw classmates swipedthei ID cads t ente thebuilding, and fllwed suit. Anang ed light, a beep, and apuled lk fm the manbehind the desk geeted me m entance was denied. oh,ue a cmmute the mansaid. I was deepl saddened.It was at this mment I begant undestand the pcess fsigning a guest int the dm,and I accepted it thugh ntf lng.

As the weeks went b and I

gew clse t m new esidentfiends, thee wee nights I

wuld be n campus until thewee hus f the mning.Between classes, hmewk, ajb, club meetings, eheasals,and m new scial life, I wasan insanel bus man andael spent time at m wnhme. It was suggested nenight afte having pulled anall-nighte, that I shuld sta atthe cllege in a fiends dmbecause I was cetain I wuldfall asleep at the wheel. I was

lled with joy and relief that Iwuld nt jepadie m ca,an me hus f sleep, andmst imptantl, m life. Ieventuall fund that this wasnt pssible, that the hst mustll out an over-night form twodas in advance f an guest. Idve hme half asleep, nealcashed m ca, and lsingabut tw hus f sleepbetween shweing and taveltime. And thee was that wdagain guest.

F a cllege that is ve

Evicting a Tired Commuter

Dont oget to old te doo

Letter from the Editor

adamant abut the imptancef invlvement, elatinships,and having a sense fcmmunit f thse inesident life and cmmute life,thee seem t be a fai numbef hudles that cmmutesmust jump thugh in det feel as thugh the ae nef the gang. Pesnall, theesidents I have becme clse

with seem t nt mind whenIm aund but athe enj

m cmpan as I stngl enjtheis. Thee ae pints in thepast tw semestes that I wass invlved with the clubs andactivities available t studentsat CHC, I was dubbed residentBum b the gus fm 504.

I dnt undestand whit has t be a pcess f met spend the night ve at afiends dm t elax afte alng da, de fd, pla

vide games, and fall asleep.othe schls such as Templeand LaSalle allw thei esidents

t sign in visits venight themment the student aives,and nt equie a backgundcheck f the hst.

M intent upn witing thisaticle is nt t talk dwn n the

secuit staff at CHC. Hnestl,I eall enj the Allied Batnstaff we have n campus,and can sa the nl gdthing Ive gtten ut f beingequied t sign in is getting tknw a lt f u secuit staffmembes. What Im saing is, Ibelieve thee shuld be a bettesstem f cmmutes t beteated me like students andless like visits. Im awaecmmutes d nt pa the

esidence fee, but even if theewee a resident Bum ptinwhee I paid a small fee tsta venight wheneve witha designated suite, Id be ne

with that!Im simpl tied f being

equied t be signed in and utf the dms each time I wantt un ut t gab fd, simplbecause m ID is impinted

with the wd Cmmute.F a schl that encuagesstudent life, it desnt makesense t me t cntinue t

have these tpes f hudles andbstacles just t spend time inm fiends cmmn m andpla sme Mai Kat Im acmmute, what else wuld Ipla?

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SPOrTSMArILEE GALLAGHEr

14

Hpeful t make theplaffs f the secndcnsecutive ea in a w, theChestnut Hill Cllege MensLacsse is geaing up f nelast push to nish their seasonn a stng, psitive nte.

This ea mens lacssehas eall been the tale f tw

seasns. Stating the seasnoff strong, the Grifns battledfrom start to nish, pullingut a win in 3oT againstcnfeence ival, #9 Mec.Each period, the Grifns andthei ppnents taded galss that neithe team eve had

me than a ne gal lead. Atthe end f egulatin, the sce

was kntted at six gals apiece.Afte tw me peids fsudden death vetime actin,the sce was still tied until,

with a little ve ne minuteint the thid vetime, MikeDudd 13 netted his secnd

gal f the game, helping CHCt a 7-6 vict. Winning in3oT is kind f a cl wa tstat ff the seasn, HeadCach Bian Dughet said.It gets evebd enegiedand everybody rushes the eld.Its ne f thse feel gdmments t stat the seasn.

With the ush still high

afte the pening da win, theGrifns had the unenviable

task f plaing the #1 ankedteam in the ECC, Mechust.CHC pened the match bnetting the games rst tally, agal b Tm Cafagna 13 twminutes int the peid. Aftethat hweve, the game was all

Mechust. The sced fuunansweed gals, taking a 4-1lead int the 2nd peid. Afte

that, Mechust neve lkedback, building a lead that wastoo hard for the Grifns tovecme.

With the rst loss of the

seasn in the bks, CHC thenwent on to win their next vegames, beating tw cnfeenceppnents and dminatingthee nn-cnfeenceppnents. We did what weneeded t d, Dughet

said abut the team ging na winning steak. Cntibuting

sme f the stng stat t theeasie schedule, Dughet alsacknwledged that the teamplaed had and tk nthingf ganted. Its eas t fallint the tap and pla clsegames and even get upset bsme f the nn- cnfeenceteams, he said, its anthe t

g ut thee and d what uae suppsed t d.

As the mid -pint f theseasn came t pass, theGrifns were riding high. They

wee anked as high as 8th inthe USILA Caches Pll, anaccmplishment that shwedhw much the CHC Lacssepgam has gwn since its

ceatin in 2010. It is geat fus, geat f ecuiting and putsCHC n the map, Dughetsaid, adding that it shws thegus n the team that anthingis pssible. The hea it fmme but its gd f them tsee it.

Unftunatel f theGrifns, their winning streakcame t end as the saw atw-lss week bump themfm the pll and fm thetop ve in the conferenceankings. Anthe tw lssesagainst cnfeence ppnents#9 Setn Hill and #7 New

yk Institute f Technlg,

left the Grifns reeling a bit.

We did a gd jb f shaing

the ball eal in the seasn,

Dughet said. The last

few games we havent, which

has led t pblems scing.

Dughet als said that ne

f the biggest facts behind

the Grifns four game skid has

been getting int hles eal

in the rst quarter. All of our

last fu lsses we wee dwncnsideabl at the end f the

rst quarter, he said.

Althugh CHC plaed man

f these games making uns at

the end, the decits were just

t much. yu use all f u

eneg just b getting clse and

then the the teams make a

un at u when u ae tied

at the end, Dughet said.

Coming out at in the rst

quate has been a pblem f

us.

As a elativel ung lacsse

pgam, Dughet knws

that making the plaffs in this

cnfeence is nt eas. Wee

cmpeting and the the teams

ae stating t see that we ae

cming up, he said, whethe

weve gne ut and pved it

et, I dnt knw, but I like the

diectin the team is ging.

With nl thee games left in

their season, the Grifns know

thee is a sense f ugenc. Still

the gal emains the same, win

an ECC Champinship. I t

t tell the gus we dnt wantto be ranked 10th the rst

week f the seasn, we want

to be ranked rst at the end of

the seasn, Dughet said,

adding that until the team des

accmplish the gal he wants

them t keep ging, keep

playing and not be satised.

On the Road to Playos

image: Linda Carfagna

The Mens Lacrosse team has seen unfortunate losses in the past games, but are

hopeful as a team that they can make the playoffs.

SAMMy ATrI15

As a membe f theChestnut Hill mens tennisteam I can sa that we havehad sme amaing mmentstogether. When I rst camet this team I neve expectedthese expeiences; befecming hee I plaed tennis asan individual but nw in cllegeit is smething cmpleteldiffeent.

Hee we pla as a team, weencuage each the t win, tpla bette and t suppt eachthe. If I culd make a list f

what I have leaned duing thisseasn I wuld include temslike teamwk, fiendship,cmmitment, cuage and

mst imptantl, pla withheat. These tems didnt cmet m head b themselves anthing simila, these tems

wee gwing in each f usevery single week since the rstpactice f the seasn. ougal: make the plaffs.

ou seasn stated duingSping Beak in Hiltn HeadIsland, Suth Calina. Wedve almst 16 hus; we

wee ead f u seasnpene the next da against

Walsh Univesit and evene

was ve excited. We lstthat game 6-3 but we had thefeeling that we plaed gdand that we stated the seasn

with the ight ft. F thenext few das we plaed thematches and we lst again andagain; we wee stating t getcncened abut the situatinthat we wee in.

When we came back wewee talking abut u lssesand we ageed that if we

wanted t make u gal wemust win almst eve match.

That was smething thatsounded difcult for us. In thatmment we felt the pessue:eve the team in the egin

wanted t beat us and g tplaffs.

We stated t pla evematch with a diffeent attitudeand mentalit, we knew that if

we didnt give evething thatwe had n the cut, the theteam wuld win and we wuldbe ut f the plaffs. We wee

winning imptant matches,but we wee nt just winning

Players Perpective:

Mens Tennis

images: Grifn Athletics

with u stkes, we weewinning because we plaedeve single ball with heat anddeteminatin.

In u match againstAdelphi Univesit f LngIsland, Ny we wee dwn 3-0.In every match we rst playthee dubles-pints and thensix singles-pints, the best fnine pints takes the match.

We knew that if we lst thatmatch we wuld be ut f the

plaffs. We stated t pla thesingles pints and suddenl wetied the seies 4-4. We weeexcited about this, and nally

with the suppt f the entieteam we wn the match 5-4and we wee me than ca.

Like that match, we havepulled tgethe t win theimptant matches. ou ket winning has been teamwkand plaing with heat. Withthis ecipe we beat Phill U thisseason for the rst time in theClleges hist with a sce

f 5-4.right nw we ae in the

nale of the season; headingt Ny t pla the CACCChampinships againstPhiladelphia Univesit f thesecnd time in the seasn.

This preview was provided by

players of the team. If you

would like to give a preview or

review of your teams season,

please contact Marilee Gallagher

at [email protected].

Sammy Atri 15 reached

number ve in the singles

competition at the CACC

Championships verses

Philadelphia University

last Saturday, April 11.


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SPOrTS

Current Record(Current as of 4/22)

Baseball 19-19-0Softball 2-30-0Golf0-10Mens Lacrosse 6-5

Womens Lacrosse 2-12Mens Tennis 11-11

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JESS VEAzEy13

Even thugh he is nl afeshman, Mike Humes has

wasted n time making his

mak at Chestnut Hill Cllegewith his tennis skill. This seasn

he is cuentl 7-4 in individualmatches including a 6-4 mak at

Atlete Spotligt: mike hues, Tennis

image: Grifn Athletics

Mike Hulmes practicing

his set up for future games.

Gearing Up for the Playo PitchBoB HoPKINS

13

The Chestnut Hill Cllege

baseball team is getting eadt make a un at thei thid

cnsecutive CACC plaff

appearance. The Grifns (18-18 oveall, 4-10 Cnfeence)

cuentl stand at 18 wins, whichties the 5 ea pgams singleseasn wins ecd. With tw

weeks left and six cnfeence

games still t pla, the teamwill lk t the leadeship f a

gup f expeienced senis

t lead the wa.Seni secnd baseman and

c-captain, Jesse Dawalt, has

cntinued t be the catalst fthe Grifn lineup and recently

became the pgams all-time

hit leade with a single againstBloomeld College on April 6.

The hit pushed him past fmeGrifn, Dan Etherton, on theall-time hit list.

Dawalt cuentl leads the

team in batting aveage (.322),slugging pecentage (.388), n

base pecentage (.447), and

stlen bases (21). His 21 stlenbases place him tied f 44th in

the natin in stlen bases pe

game in NCAA Divisin II.Senior outelder Alex Latchum

has als cntinued his stead

climb in batting aveage enute t a cuent .303 aveage

and als a team leading 27 uns

sced.On the mound, the Grifns

will lean n juni pitcheand c-captain Bb Hpkins

t pvide qualit innings.

Hpkins cuentl leads theteam in innings (59) and ffes

an ErA f 1.84 which is gd

f 3d in the CACC and 34th inthe natin f NCAA Divisin

II. oppnents ae hitting nl

.212 ff f the juni ighthande this seasn, which is

gd f 61st in the natin.

The depth f the pitching staffwill be cunted n t get the

Grifns through the playoff

push.Feshman Dm raia is

secnd n the staff in innings

pitched (48) and will be cuntedn heavil ve the last tw

weeks f the seasn. The est

f the staff have all gtteninvaluable expeience and ke

innings this ea, which will

suel have them pepaed fthe pessue packed end f the

seasn un.

The Grifns fell into a bitf a slump afte the pgams

mst successful Flida tip.

The gt ff t a pmisingstart, sweeping their rst

cnfeence duble heade

against Philadelphia Univesitand splitting a pai f games

against cnfeence ival Pst.

However, the Grifns begant expeience sme cnfeence

wes as the wee swept b

Wilmingtn, Dminican,Nack and Cncdia.

A split with cnfeence

leading Bloomeld College

accounts for the Grifns other

cnfeence vict. With a

playoff spot still in the Grifns

grasps, all focus is on the nal

tw weeks f the seasn.

Unde the tutelage f Head

Cach Bb Spatt, the pgam

has made tw cnsecutive

plaff appeaances and has nintentin f this ea being an

diffeent.

Our goal from our rst

pactice in the fall was t win

a CACC champinship and

that cntinues t be u fcus

eveda, said Spatt. We have

a tugh gup f kids wh ae

pepaed t ise t the ccasin

duing the mst pivtal pat f

u seasn.

In the wa f the plaff

spot for the Grifns stand

cnfeence duble headesagainst Caldwell Cllege (4/21),

Univesit f the Sciences

(4/25), and Felecian Cllege

(4/28). The nal conference

duble heade will be seni

day for the Grifns at Latshaw-

McCathe Field. Senis Jesse

Dawalt, Dan Mgan, Jack

McGinle, Jhn Flack, Eic

Bld, Andew Kil and Alex

Latchum will be ecgnied

f thei cntibutins t

the pgam. Cme ut and

support your Grifns as they

make thei push t bing therst CACC championship back

t the Hill!

numbe ne singles, and is als5-7 in dubles with a 4-5 ecdat numbe tw dubles. Duing

the week f Mach 29th andMach 21st, Humes eceivedthe hn f being athlete fthe week hee at the cllege and

he als gained ecgnitin fm

the CACC cnfeence with anhnable mentin f rkie

f the Week.Humes, iginall fm

Medfd, New Jese, has beenplaing tennis f ten eas and

lves being able t cntinueplaing at Chestnut Hill. I lveplaing hee because the team

and caches ae geat and thecuts ae n campus s mef the students can cme ut

and suppt us. Humes said.I can be inspied b m twbiggest fans, Je Sipc and

Kell McKenna.Humes has alwas lved

tennis and his main gal hasalwas been t pla at thecllegiate level. Pat f what

Humes lves best abut tennisis that it has the abilit f beingbth an individual and team

iented spt. The game asin a win is just me and nbdelse. Humes said, adding thatI als like t be able t win f

m team.Being a tennis plae is nt

all Humes has t w abut

because just as all studentathletes, he als has t jugglehis schl wk with hispactice and game schedule. A

usual da f Humes is class allda fllwed b pactice in theevening. I ccasinall t t

squeee all m meals in because

I am so busy, he said, reectingn hw hectic a tpicall dacan be.

As a student athlete,keeping up with bth spt andschlwk is nt an eas task.Humes knows rsthand the

difculties of being in season

and getting all the wk dnethat is equested f him. He,

nevetheless, knws that it is allwth it, just getting the chancet be a pat f the team andpla the spt he lves.

When asked abut thefutue, Humes hpes tsmeda cach at the cllegiate

level, but until that time, heis just happ t be a pat fthe Chestnut Hill team. M

pedictins f the est f theseasn wuld be us making theNCAA tournament for the rst

time eve, Humes said, as helked ahead t the emaindef the seasn, expessing thesentiment all f his teammatesagee in, that it wuld beincedible.

image: Grifn Athletics

TAyLor EBEN 14STAFF WrITEr

Mailee Gallaghe wasnt alwas int spts. Sheplaed spts in middleschl, but neve wentbend that. She pefeed

witing, but he inteest inspts eall began aundhe sphme ea f highschl. It kind f came ut

f nwhee, Gallaghe said.M bthe was watching aPhillies game and m mm

was watching smethingelse. She had t pickbetween TVs and she chset watch the Phillies and hebthe explained evethingt he. The est is hist.

Gallaghe is cuentla juni at ChestnutHill Cllege and is acmmunicatins maj

with a cncentatin injunalism and pfessinal

witing. Shes putting hespts witing skills tgd use b being thespts edit f this pape.Last summe, she had thepptunit t stat witingf the Bleache rept, anindependentl un spts

website headquateed in SanDieg. Its the futh lagestspts blg in the cunt.

She stumbled acssthe Bleache rept afteGgling a paticula sptsaticle she wanted t ead

and a link t thei websitewas the rst one that showedup. I was visiting the

Sports Blogger at CHCwebsite ne da, just eading

smething, she said. Thee

was a link n the hmepage

that said, Want t wite

f the Bleache rept?

Gallaghe submitted a blg

pst abut the Phillies and

was hied within a week.

Afte witing thee aticles,

she was pmted t a

featue clumnist f the

Phillies. Gallaghe eceives

an assignment nce a weekand wks with an edit t

ceate a tpic t wite abut,

usuall piecing infmatin

fund nline with he wn

knwledge.

The jb is unpaid, but

thats f little imptance

t Gallaghe. I thught,

this is a natinal website.

If Im ging t get mself

ut thee, what bette wa

t d it? I want t be a

spts wite. Id like t stat

wking smewhee hee

[in Philadelphia] as a witef the Phillies. M ultimate

deam jb wuld be wking

at ESPN as a spts anch.

Had she neve watched

that Phillies game with he

bthe (wh neve lets he

fget that he taught he

evething abut baseball),

she pbabl wuld nt be

whee she is tda. Thees

smething abut spts that

eall inteests me, she said.

Spts witing allws u

t tell a st. Its a diffeentstle f witing. It gives u

me ceativit.

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