BY TOM ROWANCenturion Staff

An online course managementsystem used by hundreds ofBucks students recently malfunc-tioned, deleting all student workfor an entire week.

In what one Bucks officialdescribed as a “perfect storm” ofa breakdown, the course man-agement program CE6 experi-enced a severe hardware mal-function between midnight onSaturday, April 12 and 7 a.m.Friday, April 18. All informationsubmitted to the ‘course space’ inthat time period was erasedwithout any chance of recovery.

Officials said the server thatsupports the CE6 program expe-rienced a disc-drive failure. Abackup mechanism that mighthave been used to recover lostwork failed as well.

“We’re all working with tech-nology every day, and at timeshardware will fail and softwarewill break,” said Assistant VicePresident and Chief InformationTechnology Officer DebbieNoble. “The key is to be pre-pared and react in a timely andeffective way.”

In close to 15 years of workingwith the learning managementsystem, this is the structure’s

first failure.In response to the malfunc-

tion, representatives fromInformation Network Services(INS) and Online Learninghave expressed assurancesthat CE6 has been moved tothe front of the nightly systemback-up protocol and will con-sistently be reviewed toensure the backups have runcompletely and successfully.

“We are continuouslyreviewing and revising ourbackup and recovery proce-dures to address current andplanned systems require-ments, and to support thegrowing needs for andreliance on technology at thecollege,” said Noble. The breakdown affected

dozens of classes and potentiallyhundreds of students. In aninternal internet memo Bucksofficials wrote, “To the extentthat is reasonable in each class,faculty will need to reconstructthe CE6 activities of the pastweek. Students may have toresubmit assignments or re-taketests. Faculty should prepareeither to offer alternative meansof assessing this past week’sactivities or to recalculate gradeswithout the missing work. TheProvost has indicated that stu-dents must not be penalized forthis loss.”

That was little comfort toBucks professors, like Dr. SteveSullivan, who uses CE6 exclu-sively, and to students, likeJanine Logue, who had just suc-cessfully completed a difficultexam in CE6.

Mark Bennett, 20 fromLevittown, lost work for hisIntegration to Knowledge class,among other issues. “I couldn’tget in contact with my groupmembers for my class project,which really put us behind,” saidBennett. “It was only a weekbefore the project was due.”

Ironically, the breakdown alsomay have been beneficial forsome. Bucks student Chris Boop,23, may have ruined his perfectgrade in one of his many scienceclasses with an awful perform-ance on a CE6 exam, but that testwas apparently lost. “It was thehardest test I ever took, now Ican just retake it,” he said.

“We cannot undo what hasoccurred,” said Dr. MaureenMcCreadie, dean of learningresources, “but we will use whatwe have learned from this expe-rience to improve the systemmoving forward.”

Any questions concerning thesystem failure should first bedirected to the CE6 professors; ifseeking further guidance contactINS at (215) 968-8400.

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sen.Hillary Rodham Clinton won themost delegates in Pennsylvania'sDemocratic primary.

Clinton won at least 80 of the158 delegates up for grabs inTuesday's contest, according toan analysis of election returns byThe Associated Press. Sen.Barack Obama won at least 66,with 12 still to be awarded.

The final delegate count wasdelayed because many ofPennsylvania's counties are splitinto multiple congressional dis-tricts. Pennsylvania awards dele-gates according to the statewidevote as well as the vote in indi-vidual congressional districts.

Election officials were expect-ed to continue workingWednesday to assign votes fromsplit counties to the appropriatecongressional districts.

In the overall race for the nom-

ination, Obama led with1,714.5 delegates, includingseparately chosen party andelected officials known assuperdelegates. Clinton had1,589.5 delegates, according tothe AP tally.

It will take 2,025 delegates tosecure the Democratic nomi-nation.

On the Republican side, Sen.John McCain clinched theparty's nomination in March.

The AP tracks the delegateraces by calculating the num-ber of national convention del-egates won by candidates in eachpresidential primary or caucus,based on state and national partyrules, and by interviewingunpledged delegates to obtaintheir preferences.

Most primaries and some cau-cuses are binding, meaning dele-gates won by the candidates arepledged to support that candi-date at the national conventions

this summer.Political parties in some states,

however, use multistep proce-dures to award national dele-gates. Typically, such states uselocal caucuses to elect delegatesto state or congressional districtconventions, where national del-egates are selected. In thesestates, the AP uses the resultsfrom local caucuses to calculate

the number of national delegateseach candidate will win, if thecandidate's level of support atthe caucus doesn't change.

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BY MARK BENNETTNews Editor

It is an idea that is begin-ning to pick up momentum atBucks. Several buildings atthe Newtown campusalready have them, howeverthe rest of the campus is stilldragging their feet on thepotentially energy-saving

idea that is already surprisingstudents in the new AlliedHeath building.

Motion-detecting lightswitches have been installedin the bathrooms at the AlliedHealth building across fromthe Hicks Art Center, whichis an attempt to reduce theenergy costs of the college.However, with only a few

rooms hosting the smartswitches, this is a feebleattempt to save energy,money and the environment.

The motion detectors arenot very expensive, rangingfrom $50 to $100, and are aseasy to install as a normallight switch, which requiressomeone to connect threewires and screw the lightswitch into the wall.According to elights.com,most motion detectors useinfrared detectors to detect ifanyone is in the room.

For those that slept in sci-ence class, infrared sensorsdetect body heat from peopleor animals, and in the case ofinfrared light switches assoon as a 98.6 degree personwalks through the door thesensors pick up the heat sig-nature and turn the lights on.

“I walked into the bath-room around 8 p.m. and thelights just turned on, itfreaked me out. I lookedaround to see if someone wasthere and then I realized thatit was a motion detector,”said Jay Jones, a 20-year-oldjournalism major fromYardley.

If Bucks installed motiondetectors in the classroomsand bathrooms around cam-pus students wouldn’t haveto worry about them turningoff while they were in there.Unlike traditional motiondetectors, the newer infraredmotion detectors would notshut off the lights as long assomething warm was in theroom.

Even though there are someenvironmentally friendlybenefits to changing all the

light switches to infraredmotion detecting lightswitches, some students arenot sure that this is a goodidea.

James Damiano, a 20-year-old nursing major fromLevittown, isn’t convincedthat swapping out the lightswitches would be a goodidea. “The cost to benefit ratiois illogical. There is the cost ofthe actual switches and thenthe cost of having electriciansinstall them, it would outway the amount of moneysaved on the energy bill.”

Even though it may not be acost efficient way to reduceenergy consumption, Bucksshould look past their pocketbook and consider the envi-ronment. Even the smallestimprovements can have aneffect in the long run.

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Bucks’ ‘Spring Fling’ goes green

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KRISTIN CALCIANOOp/Ed Editor, Entertainment Editor

Bucks students will find thequad invaded by the StudentGovernment Association’sannual Spring Fling on April24.

Themed ‘Go Green,’ there isno place better then the vaststretch of open grass betweenPemberton and Rollins tohost an event advocating theenvironment.

Green is also the theme ofthe Centurion this issue, inhonor of spring coming to ourcampus.

From articles on carbonfootprints, hybrid cars anddelectable organic foods, theCenturion is showing its spir-it for mother earth.

With all the ‘greenness’ sur-rounding the campus in theupcoming week, hopefullystudents will be moreinformed about how they canhelp the environment.

This is the ultimate goal ofthe Centurion for this issue,as well as a main goal for

SGA, which will be hostingthe Spring Fling.

“In the fall, I wanted to do apackage for the spring thatencompassed the springtimesentiment and I immediatelythought about an environ-mental package,” saidCenturion Editor-in-ChiefLaura Irwin, 25, fromNewtown. “I heard ‘SpringFling’ was about going green,so I thought that we couldwork together to get a goodmessage out to the college. Ifeel this is an important topicthat students care about, thatthis is something they can getmore interested in by learn-ing about it.”

As we enter into the time ofshorts revealing scrapedknees and cars with their topsdown, it’s a season aptlynamed for the spring fever itinduces in students yearningfor the freedom from thebooks and professors atBucks.

This feeling is only ampli-fied by the fact that the cam-pus is surrounded by the vastwoodlands of Tyler Park,

enticing many a student toenjoy a day with their feet inNeshaminy Creek or eatinglunch at the Boardwalk PicnicArea, instead of with theirnoses in a book.

The SGA hopes this eventwill not only inform studentsof environmental issues, butbe a welcome break fromclasses.

“The activities are plannedaround the idea of not using alot of energy,” explainedDirector of Student LifePrograms Matt Cipriano, “allgoing with the theme of‘Going Green.’”

The SGA is already plan-ning many activities that areboth informative and fun,varying from the ‘Pot yourown Plant’ booth to the ‘Non-alcoholic Tiki Bar.’

Several student groups willbe adding their own versionsof the eco-friendly theme,giving a wide variety of ideasand opinions for students tohear.

“Hopefully it will be a goodday,” Cipriano laughed, “butin case of rain the event will

be moved to April 29.”This is among one of the

premier events for the SGA,as in the past the Spring Flinghas seen several hundredattendees, not only thoseamong the student and facul-ty, but local Newtown resi-dents coming to join the fun.

As for the “Go Green” issueof the Centurion, the aim is togive students informativeand interesting articles onways to help the environ-ment, such as buying hybridcars or choosing alternatemodes of transportation likecarpooling or riding yourbike.

There is also an articleabout organic foods, showingthat they are not only healthi-er for your diet, but are betterfor the environment thanprocessed foods.

Also, there are a plethora ofinformative websites on theinternet that students areencouraged to visit to learnall they can about helping theenvironment, includingregeneration.org, a globalmovement committed to sus-

taining the world’s naturalenvironment.

For tips on going green, stu-dents can also visit thegreen-guide.com, to learn how theycan help in simple everydayactivities.

Every student is stronglyencouraged to attend theSpring Fling on April 24, andto pick up the “Go Green”issue to learn as much as theycan about going green, aswell as enjoying a fun dayoutside.

Going Green is becomingnot only a statement, but aworldwide revolution to saveour planet, so come out toSpring Fling, and learn howto respect your mother-(Earth, that is.)

3Political NewsWednesday, April 23, 2008

Bucks elects new SGA officersBY SEAN MCGOVERNCenturion Staff

The polls have closed forthe Bucks StudentGovernment Associationelections.

With the incoming grouplinger campus issues old andnew, including the possibili-ties of a smoking ban and amascot change from theCenturions into somethingmore recognizable.

John Skudris will be replac-ing J. Adams as president.

The new Vice President ofExecutive Orders is RaviPatel, and the Vice Presidentof Activities is Michael Cantz.The new Executive Secretaryis Julie Kritsberg and JustinDerry held on to his positionas Executive Treasurer. TheCouncilor at Large is nowJenna Manders.

Manders is the only studentwho ran for a Councilor posi-tion, so the administrationwill now have to contact thewrite-ins who won the postsof Councilors of StudentInvolvement, PublicRelations, Clubs andOrganizations and Student

Advocacy. Should the write-ins not take up the posts thenthe administration will haveto find students who are will-ing to accept them.

Skudris hopes to bringabout a new pride for Bucks,and cites student apathy asone of the reasons for his run-ning. “We have to get morestudents interested in what’shappening on campus,” hesaid.

For this, the new adminis-tration is planning on puttingsuggestions boxes on all threecampuses, and possiblyonline, to allow for easiercommunication between SGAand the student body.

The involvement of stu-dents on campus was empha-sized by Skudris, who ranunopposed for president inthe election.

The administration hasinherited a few issues fromprevious semesters, includingthe attempt to make Buckssmoke-free and a revitaliza-tion of the college’s image.

The campus-wide smokingban, which Skudris opposes,would be a drastic changefrom the current policy that

does not allow smoking with-in 25 feet of the doorways ofbuildings.

“It’s not as though they’repaying any less so they don’tget to smoke,” said Skudris, anon-smoker. “We’re going toget campus security toenforce the 25-foot rule.Because if we can’t enforcethat, how could we enforce acampus-wide ban?”

The reason for the mascotchange is simple: there seemsto be little knowledge aboutthe mascot among the studentbody. SGA wants to raiseawareness about Bucks, andhopefully bring more stu-dents into campus activities,clubs and organizations.Skudris believes that igno-rance of the existence of amascot is another symptomof “I go to Bucks and I’m notproud of that.”

The administration is plan-ning on allowing students tomake suggestions for the cur-rent mascot — pushing theneed for suggestion boxes—and the top three will bevoted for online, just as theSGA elections were held thisyear.

Skudris went on to say thathe hopes the administrationis able to broaden the stu-dents’ horizons so that theycan get more involved. “Idon’t think that they under-stand that involvement iswhat college is all about. It’sharder at a commuter school,but there are still options.And a lot of students don’t

know that there are a lot ofoptions, a lot of things to doto not just better [you] in thepresent, but also better [you]in the future.”

To learn more about theSGA and the progress madewith the possible smokingban and mascot change, visittheir website atwww.bucks.edu/sga.

JOHN SKUDRIS, SGA’S NEW PRESIDENT

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The Centurion’s PA primary analysisBY JOHN SKUDRISCenturion Staff

In a primary season thatseemed to go on forever, NewYork Senator Hillary Clintonhas come out on top in the allimportant PennsylvaniaDemocratic primary.

Around, 10:15 p.m.Tuesday, Clinton claimed vic-tory and told the media,“Thank you. It’s a long roadto 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.and it runs right through theheart of Pennsylvania. Youknow, for six weeks, SenatorObama and I have criss-crossed this state, meetingpeople up close, being judgedside by side. You listened,and today you chose. Youknow the possibilities, thosepossibilities are endless if weroll up the sleeves and getready to work with a presi-dent that’s ready to lead onday one.” The crowd enthusi-astically roared into a “Yes,she will!” chant, showingtheir support for Clinton.

Seven long weeks all camedown to Tuesday’s elections.As of 11:15 p.m., the majornews networks had declaredClinton the winner overIllinois Sen. Barack Obama.With 87 percent of precinctsreporting, Clinton led Obama55 percent to 45 percent.Obama apparently alreadyknew his chances of winningwere slim, as he left earlier inthe day to campaign inIndiana instead of staying inPA to rally supporters.

According to CNN’s exitpolls, Clinton captured 57

percent of the female voteand 48 percent of the malevote. Obama, however, wasable to continue his domi-nance among younger voters,capturing 61 percent of 18-29-year-olds. Clinton also cap-tured the religious vote andthe votes of gun owners, akey demographic in a statethat is extremely pro-guns.

The exit polls once againshowed strong support forClinton from the elderly as 63percent of those 65 and oldervoted for her. She captured amajority of those makingbetween $15,000 and $150,000a year. Obama carried thosemaking less than $15,000 ayear and those making morethan $150,000. According to55 percent of the voters themost important issue accord-ing to voters was the econo-my. Clinton captured 58 per-cent of those who believedthis. Iraq was the most impor-tant issue to 27 percent of vot-

ers, withObama car-rying 55percent ofthose vot-ers. Of vot-ers, 14 per-c e n tb e l i e v e dHealth Carewas them o s ti m p o r t a n tissue, with54 percentof thosev o t e r sc h o o s i n gClinton.

When asked what the topcandidate quality was, 50 per-cent of voters stated that acandidate that could bringchange was most important.Obama carried an astounding69 percent of these voters,proving that his “change”message is emanating amongthe electorate and 26 percentbelieved experience was themost important quality.Clinton carried an even moreastounding 94 percent ofthose voters and 13 percentstated that the candidate thatcares about them was themost important quality withClinton winning that demo-graphic with 56 percent of thevote. Finally, 9 percentbelieved the candidate’s elec-tability was the most impor-tant issue, with Clinton carry-ing 56 percent of that demo-graphic as well.

Following her victories inOhio and Texas on March 4,Clinton knew she had to

claim victory in PA in orderfor her campaign to continue.Despite being outspent byObama 3-1 during the race,she met the expectations byoutlasting her opponent andcapturing victory. Obamahad been hurt by a poor per-formance in the debate inPhiladelphia last week. Hisrelationships with JeremiahWright and convicted bomberWilliam Ayers apparentlyunnerved some of PA’s vot-ers.

The race in PA was impor-tant because it was thebiggest state remaining inthis primary season; 10 statesremain with none of themcarrying the amount of dele-gates as PA —158. Punditshave said that the state’sdemographics strongly sup-port Clinton thanks to itslarge number of blue-collarvoters.

Over the past seven weeks,we have seen an exorbitantamount of attack ads and tonsof hostility that has raisedmany questions on whetheror not the Democrats arehurting their chances in thegeneral election by continu-ing this campaign. By tearingdown each other, bothClinton and Obama are help-ing presumptive Republicannominee John McCain gainvoters in the fall. However,neither candidate has therequired 2,025 delegates, nordoes it look like they will anytime soon.

Obama will now have tocontinue to answer questionson his electability. He has yet

to win a key “swing state” ora large Electoral College votestate in regards to the generalelection. In 2000 and 2004, theelection came down to thethree key states of Ohio,Pennsylvania and Florida.Clinton won all three, andrecent polls show her per-forming better than Obama inall three states. Also, Obamahas yet to capture a largestate when it comes toElectoral College votes.Clinton has wonPennsylvania, Ohio, Florida,Texas, California and NewYork. The only state withover 20 Electoral Collegevotes that Obama has wonwas his home state of Illinois.

With the equally importantIndiana and North Carolinaprimaries on May 6, Clintonstill has an uphill battle toclimb. According toSurveyUSA, Clinton isdefeating Obama in Indiana55 percent to 39 percent.However, Obama has a hugelead in NC. Only time will tellif Clinton’s victory in PA willpropel her to victories in theupcoming primaries. BothObama and Clinton have atough road ahead of them.Obama has to answer criticsabout why he cannot win thekey swing states that are cru-cial in November. Clinton hasto overcome a large deficit inthe delegate count in order tocapture the nomination. Onething is for sure, theDemocratic race for Presidentis alive and kicking with noend in sight.

PHOTO BY KRISTIN CALCIANO

4 Wednesday, April 23, 2008Go Green

Reducing your carbon footprintBY SEAN MCGOVERNCenturion Staff

The Carbon Footprint, theimpact caused by every indi-vidual, leaves a lasting effecton the global environment.

Every mile you drive, everylight turned on, every timeyou take a warm shower orthrow out a paper cup — allof it adds to the carbon foot-print and the greenhousegasses choking the Earth.

As power plants produceenergy by various means, tur-bines powered by steam,wind, oil and coal, they tooleave a footprint by produc-ing greenhouse gasses in theprocess. With the infrastruc-ture of our society adding tothe climate crisis, and withNASA and several scientificthinktanks saying that the cli-mate tipping point is loomingever closer, how can individ-uals make a difference?

Well, various “Green”organizations are trying tohelp educate the public aboutboth their impact and how to

change for the better.Carbonfootprint.com hasinformation about climatechange and even offers evi-dence that has mostly alreadybeen seen in the news andany article written about AlGore in the past six years.Myfootprint.org has anonline quiz that estimatesyour current carbon footprintand offers helpful hints onhow to reduce damagingeffects in the future.

Some of the ways to mini-mize the footprint are run-of-the-mill, such as using publictransportation or carpooling,unplugging smaller appli-ances around the house whennot in use, and turning offlights when no one is in theroom. Others are newer butwell known, such as compactfluorescent light bulbs orusing bio-fuel in your car.

The culture has acceptedthe new models of cars, likethe Ford Focus, Toyota Prius,and Honda Civic. The newdesign on the Chevy Volt willalso move to make the so-

called “green cars” cool. Allof these are hybrids, usinggas and electric power.

Still others are less feasible– attaching solar panels tohomes might seem a bitextreme, but adding extrainsulation to a home mightprove to be costly as well.Just keeping the thermostat at64 degrees during the winter,using storm windows duringthe spring and summer, andhang-drying your clotheswhen possible could reduceyour home air conditioningand heating bills, and reducethe footprint left by the entirehousehold.

Still more ideas abound,from becoming a vegetarianso that the meat industryspends less power at the abat-toirs and supermarkets, toonly buying natural foodsthat don’t use high-techfarms. True, some ideas mayseem odd in their presenta-tion, but now with much ofthe scientific community say-ing it’s almost too late, andthat the public must learn to

adapt to thenew reality,the futurehints mightseem morel i k edemands.

True, itseems to bean uphillbattle, onethat seemseither fartoo easy ife v e r y o n epitches in,or impossi-ble due toe c o n o m i cconstraintsleveled onf a m i l i e s .For moreinformationabout yourown carbonf o o t p r i n t ,and how toc h a n g ey o u rlifestyle to reduce the nega-tive impact, the websites are

myfootprint.org, carbonfoot-print.com, or a simple Googlesearch away.

Organic foods for a healthier lifestyleBY SARA CROUSECenturion Staff

Whether you are motivatedto go organic due to thehealth benefits, diet issues,illness or quality of the prod-uct, by eating organic you arehelping to give rise to a beau-tiful economic and environ-mental future.

The organic food move-ment has gained much steamin the last few years.According to Forbes.com,sales exceeded $14 billionfrom less than $1 billion 14years ago, and are expected torise to $17 billion in the nexttwo years.

Organic foods are producedaccording to strict productionstandards, grown without theuse of chemical pesticides,artificial fertilizers, humanwaste or sewage sludge andare processed without ioniz-ing radiation or food addi-tives.

Organic produce must alsonot be genetically modified.That means the organism’sgenetic material has not beenaltered using genetic engi-neering techniques, which areoften used to produce quick-er, less nutritious and larger-than-natural crops that onlyfinancially benefit the con-ventional farmer in Americaand countries such as Mexico,Columbia and Peru, wheremuch of the conventionalproduce at supermarkets isimported from.

Not only are these conven-tional import crops mildlyregulated as to their growingproperties, but they are alsoless fresh than local cropsbrought to local markets,

which haven’t endured longflights or truck rides to get toyour table. When you buylocally, you are supportinglocal agriculture, which triedto compete with the over-whelming majority of largecorporate farms, to provide afresh nutritious crop to thecommunity. Many organicand family farms are alsolooking to renewable energysources, such as wind andsolar energy and bio-dieselfuels, due to rising oil pricesand concern for the environ-ment.

For animals, the organicseal means they were rearedwithout the routine use of

antibiotics and without theuse of artificial growth hor-mones. More than 50 percentof the antibiotics produced inthis country are ingested byanimals on factory farms, intheir short life before theslaughterhouse. The residueleft from these animals seepsback into our groundwatertable, contaminating land andbodies of water and releasinggreenhouse gases into theenvironment. The successiveuse of antibiotics in meat pro-duction has also lead toantibiotic immunity, especial-ly in children.

Organic food is easier onthe environment as well

because itdoes notconsume orrelease syn-thetic pesti-cides into theenvironmentand helps tos u s t a i nd i v e r s eecosystem—populationsof plants,insects anda n i m a l s .When calcu-lated eitherper unit areaor per unit ofyield, organ-ic farms useless energyand produceless waste,such as pack-aging mate-rials forchemicals.

O f f i c i a lfood compo-sition tables,

including data compiled bythe US Department ofAgriculture, reveal that sincethe 40s the mineral levels infruits, vegetables, meat anddairy have declined substan-tially in conventional foods.Combine this with earlier,pre-ripened picking, longerstorage and more processingof crops and it's not surpris-ing that we may be gettingfewer nutrients from foodthan 60 years ago.

Israeli researchers havelinked symptoms such asheadaches, tremors, lack ofenergy, depression, anxiety,poor memory, dermatitis,convulsions, nausea, indiges-

tion and diarrhea withdietary intakes of pesticides.Belgian research has foundthat women diagnosed withbreast cancer are 6-to 9-timesmore likely to have the pesti-cides DDT, the most commoninsecticidal pesticide, in theirbloodstreams compared towomen who did not havebreast cancer. Hawaiianresearchers following 8,000people for 34 years havefound that increasing con-sumption of conventionalfruit and juice—and the pesti-cide residues they carry—raises the risk of Parkinson'sdisease.

Phytonutrients, those foundonly in plant foods, many ofwhich are antioxidantsinvolved in the plant's owndefense system, will be high-er in organic produce becausecrops rely more on their owndefenses in the absence ofpesticides.

There is abundant evidencefrom epidemiological studiesthat the phytochemicals infruits and vegetables can sig-nificantly reduce the risk ofcancer, due to polyphenolantioxidant and anti-inflam-matory effects.

“As for our healthy optionsat Bucks, we offer a salad bar,vegetarian station and freshfruits. We would like to movetowards going green by offer-ing organic options, but theprice is more and students arealready unhappy with thecost of food,” said GregTozzi, manager of cafeteriaservices.

Celebrate Earth Day every-day by going organic, for thehealth of you and your planet.

CULINART HAS BEEN OFFERING HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES.

PHOTO BY KRISTIN CALCIANO

KRISTIN CALCIANO PONDERS HER CARBON FOOTPRINT.

PHOTO BY LAURA IRWIN

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15- Sordid; 16- Lump of earth; 17- Aboriginal inhabitant; 19- Routine; 20-Botch; 21- Russian premier 1964-80; 23- Swindle; 25- Foot-operated lever; 26-Appraise, charge per unit; 29- It may be happy; 31- Colorful parrot; 35-Division of geologic time; 36- Complain unreasonably; 37- Time during whicha machine is operating; 38- Wordy; 40- Forbidden by law; 41- Guarantee; 42- Asingle time; 43- Suffer; 44- Landed proprietor of Scotland; 45- Sommer of film;46- Coffee dispensers; 47- Wanderer; 49- Urban scourge; 51- Small crown; 54-Jeweler's tool; 58- Nabisco cookie; 59- Large food fish; 63- Knocks lightly; 64-Wine fruit; 65- Electrically charged particles; 66- Ultimatum word; 67-Convocation of witches; 68- Initial stake in a hand of poker;

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Plastic or liberal, e.g.; 4- Dull plodder; 5- Tree used to make baseball bats; 6-Manhattan museum, familiarly; 7- Exclamation of relief; 8- Deep-sea volcano;9- Church council; 10- Salt of an acrylic acid; 11- Overfill; 12- Words of denial;13- Paradise; 18- Bashful; 22- Specimen; 24- Facet; 25- Young dog; 26- Makemerry; 27- Sports area; 28- Foot bones; 30- Metal-bearing mineral; 32- Cheroot,e.g.; 33- Lower a sail; 34- Water holes; 36- Line of police; 37- Stomach woe; 39-Hooded cloak worn by Arabs; 40- Writing fluid; 42- Advanced in years; 45-Diners; 46- System of social perfection; 48- Unite; 50- Menu words; 51- Pigeoncoop; 52- Word that can precede hygiene, tradition and agreement.; 53-Workout count; 55- On top of; 56- Confined, with "up"; 57- Gaelic language ofIreland or Scotland; 60- Tap gently; 61- Hot tub; 62- Can be used to catch fishor surf!;

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Bucks Baseball

Home Game

vs. Delaware

2 Read the

Centurion

Newspaper!

3 Men’s Baseball

vs. Camden 3:30

p.m. (away)

4 Aquatics Fitness

Instructor Classes

from 5-9 p.m.

5 Bucks Tennis

vs. Central Penn

1pm (home)

6 Bucks

CountyHigh

School Art

Exhibition,thru

April 12

7 Art Exhibition 8 Social Science

club trip: Ben

Franklin Bridge:Up

and Over

9 Men’s Baseball

vs. Northampton

2pm (away)

10 Bucks’ book

group discusses

Finn: A novel by

John Clinch

11 Jimmy Bruno

Jazz concert

8pm/Professor

Freeman reads

from latest book

12 Bucks Tennis

vs. Philadelphia

1pm (away)

13 See the movie

“Street Kings” star-

ring Forrest

Whitaker and

Keanu Reeves

14 Jobs: Getting

Your Foot in the

Door Workshop

11a.m.-12p.m.

15 Social Science

club trip: Isiah

Zagar and the

Magic Garden

16 Lower Bucks

campus evening

transfer fair 5-6:30

p.m.

17 Counseling

Workshops: How

to be successful at

Bucks 11a.m.-

12p.m.

18 The Leane play

Trocodero Main

Stage

19 Men’s Baseball

vs. Delaware 12

noon (away)

20 Random sobri-

ety checkpoints

scheduled all over

Bucks County

21 Team Tennis

Bucks vs. Central

Penn 3 p.m.

(away)

22 Foreign Film

“Cache” 7p.m.

Library Auditorium

23 MLB: Phillies

vs. Milwaukee

Brewers 8:05 p.m.

(away)

24 Spring Fling 25 American Red

Cross Lifeguard

Training from 6-9

p.m.

26 The NFL holds

its annual colle-

giate draft E-A-G-

L-E-S!

27 See the movie

Harold and Kumar

Escape from

Guantanamo Bay

28 Watch 2 hours

of Family Guy on

TBS 8-10 p.m.

29 Men’s Baseball

Bucks vs. Lehigh-

Carbon 2 p.m.

(home)

30 MLB Phillies

vs. San Diego

Padres 7:05 p.m.

(home)

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6 Wednesday, April 23, 2008Go Green

Hybrids, carpooling cut pollutionBY KRISTIN CALCIANOEntertainment Editor

With the outrageous gasprices today, one can onlywonder, is there anotherway?

Well, there are many alter-natives to gas that save cashand the planet.

For example, new ‘hybridcars’ on the market cut downon gas consumption. Otheralternative include carpool-ing, riding your bike andusing public transportation.

A car that burns twice asmuch gas to go a mile willgenerate nearly twice asmuch pollution, according tohowstuffworks.com.

Gasoline-electric hybridcars are a cross between agasoline-powered car and anelectric car, simply put.

A gas-powered car has afuel tank, which suppliesgasoline to the engine, andthen the engine turns a trans-mission, which turns thewheels of the car.

An electric car, according tohowstuffworks.com, has a setof batteries that provideselectricity to an electricmotor.

The motor turns a transmis-sion, which turns the wheels.

A hybrid is simply the best

of both worlds. It significantly increases the

mileage-to-gas ratio andreduces the emissions a gas-powered car would emit.

There are several affordablehybrid cars on the markettoday, like the Honda Insightand the Toyota Prius.

The Insight is priced justunder $20,000 and the new2008 Prius starts at just$21,000.

This is a small price to paybased on how much money ayear is usually spent on gas.And it represents a more eco-friendly transportation sys-tem.

Another way to beat the gasprices and ‘go green’ is to car-pool. Instead of five studentsdriving separate cars toschool, they should attemptto set up a carpool with otherstudents in their area of resi-dence.

Think about it, if each per-son takes a turn driving theothers to school, it will resultin much less driving foreveryone, less fuel emissionsand less money spent on gas.

A thing that most studentsdon’t know is that there is acarpool hookup called the“Ride Board” on the Buckswebsite for students interest-ed in carpooling.

The board can be found atwww.bucks.edu/student_life/rideboard, or students canlook at the board at the bot-tom of the stairs that leadfrom the cafeteria outside inRollins.

There are lots of ways to ‘gogreen’ when it comes to trans-portation.

Dust off that old bicycle inyour garage or shed at home.

The weather is gettingnicer, so it’s the perfect timefor outdoor activities.

Instead of driving your car5 minutes to get something atyour local WAWA, take yourbike!

You will be getting a greatworkout, while enjoying thewarm weather and, of course,conserving gas.

But going green is not only

related to gas emissions;there are many ways that youcan participate in helping ourenvironment.

Most things are not that tax-ing or time consuming, andcan be worked in to most ofour daily activities.

For more information ongoing green, visit the officialThink Green website atwww.thinkgreen.com

Solar power: the debate rages onBY MARK BENNETTNews Editor

With oil prices steadily onthe rise and showing no signsof dropping, many peopleand businesses are lookingfor ways to reduce theirreliance on traditional waysof producing energy.

Solar energy, which wasfirst used in 1958 to powerthe Vanguard satellite, isbecoming more and morepopular as a clean and effi-cient way to reduce energycosts.

Solar energy obviouslycomes from sunlight and peo-ple are using this limitlesspower source that powers the

sun in homes, offices and uni-versities.

What started out as a groupproject for students at PointLoma Nazarene University inCA to try and get the collegeto switch to partial solarpower has gained lots of sup-port from the public, studentsand staff at the college.

PLNU is scheduled to havea solar panel installed thatwill generate 450 kilowatts anhour, which will reduce theyearly greenhouse emissionsof the college by 586 tons.

That is the equivalent oftaking 110 cars off of the road.

Even though some collegesare beginning to look forcleaner ways to light their

classrooms, Bucks has takenonly a few small steps in thisarea so far, even thoughsome students are trying tobring attention to the topic.

Jason Bobb, music major,chose to do his group advoca-cy project for his Art ofScience and Nature class onthe potential benefits of solarand wind energy as well asthe benefits of switching thelight switches in bathroomsand classrooms to motiondetector light switches.

“We decided to do thistopic because of all the prob-lems with the environment.We could be looking at seri-ous climate changes in thenext 10 to 15 years,” he said..

“Even though solar energymight not make sense fiscally,it would eventually pay foritself over time.”

Solar, wind and hydroelec-tric power account for 99.9percent of the renewableenergy on the planet, so withsuch a large amount of natu-rally eco-friendly energyaround, why aren’t more peo-ple capitalizing on this alter-native to coal, oil and nuclearpower?

The answer is cost. Solarenergy is far from cheap,however, with new technolo-gies the price is going downand people are going to haveto find a different excuse forwhy they are sticking to theold, polluting ways of thepast.

According to solarhomes.com, the average pricefor the full installation ofsolar panels, which includesthe panels, installation kitsand the cost of having ithooked into the power grid,has dropped 200 percent inthe last 30 years.

However, even with thecost of solar energy dropping,it is still costly to have a sys-tem, even a small one.

Solar panels, called photo-voltaic, range from $12,000for a panel system that willproduce 2,000 watts to$77,000 that will produce12,500 watts.

That seems like an awful lotof money for Bucks to dishout just for a cleaner energysystem. However, take intoaccount that Bucks hasaround 10,000 students.

If one semester Bucks wereto increase every student’stuition by $5, that additionalrevenue would producearound $50,000.

Over the course of twoyears, the college could raise$200,000, which would inturn allow Bucks to pay forenough solar panels to pro-duce well over 25,000 watts ofpower.

Mark Grisi, executive direc-tor physical plant, said, “Thecollege uses roughly 624,800kilowatts per hour everymonth.”

This would save the collegea significant amount of

money, even when the lightsare off.

The coolest thing abouthaving solar panels is that thepanels themselves are tiedinto the power grid.

So on a sunny Sunday whenno classes are being held,Bucks would actually sell theenergy created by the panelsto the township or the electriccompany, causing the electricmeter at Bucks to run back-wards and therefore reducingthe monthly bill.

So with all the fuss about“going green” Bucks mayhave a potential way to notonly be eco-friendly but alsosave some money as well.SOLAR PANELS WHICH ADORN THE DENVER OFFICE OF THE EPA.

PHOTO COURTESY OF EPA.GOV

PHOTO BY KRISTIN CALCIANO

I have been so absorbed in producing a ‘go green’ inspiredpaper that I never stopped to think about my own role in cli-mate impact.

Mark Bennett, news editor, was kind enough to hit me withthe fact I have a perfect ‘modern hypocrisy’ to contribute thisweek.

Well, there is a reason my column is named as such. Peopleare such hypocrites, self included.

I drive a car and consume my share of gasoline; I leave alight on in my room when I know I’ll be getting in after dark.I use general appliances and keep them plugged in and I thinkthe light cast from those condensed light bulbs is not to parwith a high-wattage bulb.

And to be completely honest, my apartment complex does-n’t even recycle. I can’t tell you how many newspapers I gothrough in a week, because it’s more than seven.

All that paper...I’m giving myself a huge guilt trip right now. So in an effort to save the planet, I need to think of some log-

ical and practical alternatives to my lifestyle. One, I hate the dark. I’m a major coward, okay? I admit it.I have a light on in my apartment from the moment the sun

begins to set. I here and now vow to have a light on only in aroom I am in!

I don’t watch TV so I save a little on my carbon footprintthere, but when my radio is not playing “Muse,” “The Used,”or “Social Distortion,” I will unplug it. Same goes for you tooMr. Coffee.

The one thing I have ignored to do since I was in elementaryschool, even though it’s constantly mentioned, is turning offthe water when I’m brushing my teeth or washing my dishes

. I know that it adds up. Habits are hard to break, but if it means that if I ever have

kids and they can roll around in 3-feet of snow like I did as akid, it’ll be worth it. Or, if I am 80-years-old and still want toplay in the weather and elements that will be cool as well.

Most likely the latter. It’s pretty obvious with all the studies about organic food

that they hold a much better nutritional value for you thangenetically processed meat, dairy or what have you.

Basically, if you don’t know what an ingredient is, youshouldn’t eat it.

Besides, pesticides are poisoning the ground. Don’t get alltense on me, because it’s the plain-word definition of a pesti-cide.

It’s poison. Why eat it? I had cancer, the only lucky duck in my family, and I think

on occasion what it was that I was around that mutated mycells to turn against me.

I have those reusable bags from Wholefoods to tote to thegrocery store with me, but I always forget them and am leftstuffing 10 more plastic bags into the kitchen closet. I plan onputting them in my car so that I don’t forget anymore.

I can be so lazy. And how about the dozens of newspapers I go through each

week-I gotta recycle. Done. Recycle. I have no problem with tap water. Newtown Artesian is fine

enough for me, but I still acquire a bottle or two every nowand then. I suppose getting a thermos to carry with me to thegym or on the road will hold back the mountain of waste at thedump for a little longer.

It’s a matter of making a conscious effort. Don’t feel bad, I am as equally apart of the problem as any-

one else claiming apathy as their excuse. But, realizing you have a problem is the first step, right? I have a problem, and like most articles, I preach what I prac-

tice. I, however, have some work to do in going green. Thepractical edge of this I believe is the key to really making aneffort to be more eco-friendly. I can’t go out and buy a hybridcar and I am not going to take a bus when my Jetta is outside.But, I do have a bike, and legs and I can take care of cuttingback on the exhaust pouring from my tailpipe.

I tend to have problemssleeping at night. I’m not aninsomniac, but for some rea-son, no matter when I try togo to sleep, I only get aboutsix hours of rest at best.Sometimes I can’t sleep at all,and I had one of those nightsonly a few days ago. So whenI gave up trying to sleep earlyin the morning, I got out ofbed, grabbed a cup of coffeeand lit a cigarette at thekitchen stove. My mom wasalready awake and doing thesame and asked me what’swrong. I told her I couldn’tfall asleep and she suggestedthat I should try one of thosesleeping medications that areadvertised every other TVcommercial.

For some reason Americahas become a country whereno matter what problem youhave, there’s a pill for it. It’sabsolutely disgusting. I’veseen firsthand what prescrip-tion pills do to people, pre-scribed to them or not. Rightnow I have a brother and anuncle in methadone clinicsbecause of oxy cotton addic-tions, I know people thatvomit every time, every sin-gle time I see them becausethey’re abusing their pre-scribed “medicine” and itmakes me sick. Not the puk-ing, the dependence.

One friend of mine was pre-scribed Xanax for his depres-sion which I personallythought was a horrible idea.Everyone gets a little bluenow and then, some morethan others, I’m no exception;but I swear to you that when

he took those little blue pillshe was more depressed thenwhen he was clear headed. Ithink that’s a bit odd, that myfriends’ doctors prescribed a“cure” for his depressionactually made him moredepressed.

The next time a pill com-mercial comes on pay atten-tion to the side effects. If thatpill is supposed to cure yourdepression one of the sideeffects is suicidal thoughts.Isn’t the pill supposed to sup-press that particular urge? Isit just me? Am I missingsomething? Was a memo sentout explaining this logicwhile my fax machine wasbusted?

And it gets a lot worse thanthat. I’m sure by now a goodnumber of readers have seena commercial addressing thenew disease of the year, rest-less leg syndrome. Watching“The Daily Show” onComedy Central John Stewartaddressed this new illnesssweeping the nation, and heplayed a clip of the commer-cial when they were goingover the side effects.

Increased gambling; that wasone of the side effects of thepills that will “cure” you ofyour restless legs at night. Atthe time I thought that thatwas just a joke, but a few dayslater, a commercial came onfor one of those pills and myjaw dropped. Increased gam-bling, you’ve got to be kid-ding me! It really is one of theside effects. What on earth arethey putting into those pillsthat could increase yourdesire to gamble?

It’s unbelievable, andanother thing that always irksme about all of those pre-scription drug commercials isthe line at the very end, “tellyour doctor about so and so.”I think the comedian RichardJeni said it better than I evercould, “If you’re telling yourdoctor which pills you wantdoesn’t that make him a drugdealer?”

When someone goes intothe doctor’s office and tellsthem that they can’t sleepthey’ll reach right for theirprescription pad and startwriting. But before they trygiving you pill that you can’teven pronounce, maybe theyshould suggest that you tryworking out a little and toreduce the caffeine you’retaking in. Or perhaps maybetrying to pick up a job that’s alittle more physicallydemanding, that will tire youout.

Personally, the only pills I’llbe taking are my allergy pillsduring the spring and antibi-otics when I’m deathly ill.

Op/Ed7 Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A Piece of my MindA weekly column by Centurion Editor Mark Bennett

A Modern Hypocrisy

A weekly column by Centurion Editor-in-Chief Laura Irwin

Oh Baby! A weekly column by CenturionManaging Editor Janine Logue

In addition to my role as themanaging editor at theCenturion, I am also the edi-tor of the Pennington Postand the Doylestown Patriot.

It was in my role as the edi-tor of the Patriot that Ireceived a press kit for a newbook, “It Gets Easier...andother lies we tell new moth-ers,” by Claudine Wolk.

Since Wolk grew up in mycoverage area, I decided to goahead and read her book.

I am currently at about themid-way point and I have tosay, man is it funny.

She seems to hit the nailright on the head with howyour family and close friendsreact to your pregnancy.

If you are expecting yourfirst child, I would definitelyrecommend this book, butthat is not really my point.

My point is that I have reada lot about pregnancy andchild birth over the last fewmonths, and almost all of thebooks and articles that I haveread talk about preparingyour husband/significantother for the days and weeksafter child birth.

The books go on and onabout explaining to your hus-band that you will not be ableto do all the household choresfor a while.

Some of them even suggesthaving a nurse talk to yourhusband about your restric-tions.

I, for one, am flabbergastedby this. Apparently, it is hardfor many women’s otherhalves to understand thatthey have just experienced amajor medical event requir-ing hospitalization and thatthey will need some downtime for healing.

If this is the case for you, Ithink the question needs to beasked, what type of man haveyou gotten yourself wrappedup with?

If, after 40 weeks of preg-nancy and who knows howmany hours of labor, yourhusband still has not gotten apretty good grasp on the factthat your body is goingthrough a serious event, thenperhaps your husband needsa good swift kick in the rear,or worse.

Pregnancy is not something

that any man, or woman forthat matter, should take light-ly.

A woman’s body is foreverchanged after carrying ababy.

The trauma of even a nor-mal labor and delivery cantake a woman weeks torecover from.

Not to mention how muchlonger recovery can takewhen there are complicationsor if a cesarean is performed.

I guess I should countmyself as one of the luckyones because my husband hasbeen to every doctor’sappointment and read everyarticle right along with me.

Steven has a good under-standing of what to expectwhen I get home from thehospital.

He is prepared to help mein any and every way that hecan.

Sometimes, I think that heeven over estimates howmuch help I will need fromhim, but I don’t correct himon that.

Reduce, reuse and recycle

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

CC enturionenturion SSportsportsBY ANDREW BROWN

AND KEVIN YORKECenturion Staff,Student Life Editor

The good news is that playoffbasketball is back inPhiladelphia.

How long it will last remainsto be seen.

The Sixers,however,surprisedmany by winning the first gameof their best of seven series.

“Detroit’s, by far, in my opin-ion, the best team in the East,”says Sixers swingman AndreIguodala. “In order to beat them,you’ve got to play perfect. It’sgoing to be a challenge for us togo out there and try to play toperfection.”

Mo Cheeks’ men have faredreasonably well against the BadBoys this season.

They split the season series,with each team taking two game,and by taking game one, theyhave gotten the Pistons attention,The Pistons, however, have beena playoff regular over the pastfew seasons.

In their past six trips to theplayoffs, Flip Saunders’ team hasfailed to reach the conferencefinals only once.

They were crowned NBA

Champions in 2004. Forcing Detroit into turnovers

will be a difficult task. The team only averaged 11.64

per game this season, the lowestof any NBA team.

This is due in large part toChauncey Billups, perhaps thetop point guard in the East sinceJason Kidd’s return to Dallas.

However, Sixers playmakerAndre Miller has given Billupssome serious competition for thistitle in the current season.

The 34 year old point guardhas been masterful for the Sixers,spreading the floor and creatingopportunities for other Sixersplayers, giving teammates likeThaddeus Young and SamuelDalembert open looks to thebucket and speeding up youngplayers development..

An important thing for theSixers’ will definitely be whetheror not the point guard can keepBillups at bay and make thePistons’ point guard work forevery shot he takes.

The two point guards for thetwo opposing teams have similarplaying styles, and their num-bers are eerily similar this sea-son.

Both averaged exactly 17

points, and Miller has the edge inrebounds (4 a game to Billups’2.7) and has a slightly betterassists tally (6.9 to 6.8). Thematchup between the two pointguards should prove to be anenthralling battle.

One thing the Sixers will haveto key in on in the series is lowpost scoring, primarily fromDetroit go-to guy, RasheedWallace. The power forward canshoot from the outside as well asnearer to the basket, so theSixers’ will look to changematchups at multiple times.

Look for one of their versatileforwards, such as AndreIguodala or Thaddeus Young, tocover Wallace on the perimeter,while center Dalembert tries totake his shot away from under-neath the basket..

The Pistons will be more thanready for the task at hand. In theSixers last postseason berth dur-ing the 2005 season, they werebeaten soundly in five games byDetroit.

The Sixers have overachievedall year, and remain a team forthe future. But for the present,expect the Pistons to advance insix games.

Sixers surprise in playoffs

1. Miami Dolphins-Jake Long,T, Michigan2.St. Louis Rams-Chris Long,DE,Virginia3.Atlanta Falcons-Glen Dorsey,DT,LSU4.Oakland Raiders-Darren McFadden,RB,Arkansas5.Kansas City Chiefs-Sedrick Ellis,DT,USC6.New York Jets-Vernon Gholston,DE, Ohio State7.New England Patriots-Branden Albert,G,Virginia8.Baltimore Ravens-Matt Ryan,QB,Boston College9.Cincinnati Bengals-Leodis Mckelvin,CB,Troy10.New Orleans Saints-Dominique Rogers-Cromartie,CB,Tenn.State11.Buffalo Bills-Devin Thomas,WR,Michigan State12.Denver Broncos-Dan Connor,LB,Penn State13.Carolina Panthers-Ryan Clady,T,Boise State14.Chicago Bears-Rashard Mendenhall,RB,Illinois15.Detroit Lions-Jeff Otah,T,Pittsburgh16.Arizona Cardinals-Mike Jenkins,CB,South Florida17.Minnesota Vikings-Keith Rivers,LB,USC18.Houston Texans-Chris Williams,T,Vanderbilt19.Philadelphia Eagles-Derrick Harvey,DE,Florida20.Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Limas Sweed,WR,Texas21.Washington Redskins-Philip Merling,DE,Clemson22.Dallas Cowboys-James Hardy,WR, Indiana23.Pittsburgh Steelers-Gosder Cherilus,T,Boston College24.Tennessee Titans-Aquib Talib,CB,Kansas25.Seattle Seahawks-Desean Jackson,WR,California26.Jacksonville Jaguars-Calais Campbell,DE,Miami27.San Diego Chargers-Antoine Cason,CB,Arizona 28.Dallas Cowboys-Felix Jones,RB,Arkansas29.San Francisco 49ers-Kentwan Balmer,DT,North Carolina30.Green Bay Packers-Brandon Flowers,CB,Virginia Tech31.New York Giants-Kenny Phillips,S,Miami

1.Miami Dolphins. Jake Long. OT. Michigan2.St. Louis Rams. Vernon Gholston. DE. Ohio St.3.Atlanta Falcons. Glenn Dorsey. DT. L.S.U4.Oakland Raiders. Darren McFadden. RB. Arkansas5.Kansas City Chiefs. Branden Albert. OG. Virginia6.New York jets. Chris Long. DE. Virginia7.New England Patriots. Derrick Harvey. DE. Florida8.Baltimore Ravens. Matt Ryan. QB. Boston College 9.Cincinnati Bengals. Sedrick Ellis. DT. USC10.New Orleans Saints trade this draft position to Philadelphia Eagles for

CB Lito Sheaperd and Eagles position at number 19.Philadelphia Eagles. Devin Thomas. WR/KR. Michigan St.

11.Buffalo Bills. Leodis McKelvin. CB. Troy12.Denver Broncos. Chris Williams. OT. Vanderbilt13.Carolina panthers. Ryan Clady. OT. Boise St. 14.Chicago Bears. Jeff Otah. OT. Pittsburgh15.Detroit Lions. Jerod Mayo. ILB. Tennessee.16.Arizona cardinals. Rashard Mendenhall. RB. Illinois17.Minnesota Vikings. Phillip Merling. DE. Clemson18.Houston Texans. Keith Rivers. OLB. USC19.New Orleans Saints (Traded from Eagles). Dominique Rodgers-

Cromartie. CB. Tennessee20.Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike Jenkins. CB. South Florida21.Washington Redskins. Calais Campbell. DE. Miami22.Dallas Cowboys. Aqib Talib. CB. Kansas23.Pittsburgh Steelers. Gosder Cherilus. OT. Boston College24.Tennessee Titans. Limas Sweed. WR. Texas25.Seattle Seahawks. Jonathan Stewart. RB. Oregon26.Jacksonville Jaguars. Kentwan Balmer. DT. North Carolina27.San Diego Chargers. Brandon Flowers. CB. Virginia Tech28.Dallas Cowboys. Felix Jones. RB. Arkansas.29.San Francisco 49ers. Desean Jackson. WR. California30.Green Bay Packers. Antoine Cason. CB. Arizona31.New England Patriots – Void.32.New York Giants. Kenny Phillips. S. Miami

Centurion NFL Mock DraftPhil Coles, sports editor Tom Rowan, centurion staff

NFL draft feverBY PHIL COLESSports Editor

The unofficial start of the NFLseason is this Saturday, as theleague holds its annual collegiatedraft. For football fans, the draftis like the spring of a new NFLseason, with everything seemingnew and exciting. Every fanthinks their team has a chance tohoist the Lombardi trophy, nomatter how far-fetched it mayseem.

And nowhere is that sentimentmore shared than inPhiladelphia.

This year’s draft holds enor-mous possibilities for the Eagles.Will they select a wide-receiversuch as Limas Sweed fromTexas? Will they take a safetysuch as Miami’s Kenny Phillips?Or will they tap into this year’sstrongest positional talent pooland take an offensive tackle,maybe Jeff Otah fromPittsburgh? These questions andmany others will be answered ondraft day.

One thing is for certain, theEagles have plenty of areas thatneed addressing.

Special teams were atrociouslast year for the Eagles, and areturn man is a must. Besides

costing the Eagles a game lastseason, there was absolutely nothreat from the Eagles returnduo of Reno Mahe, and CorrellBuckhalter. To have a third of agame go completely ignored isunacceptable. The Eagles mustaddress this need somewhere inthe draft.

The Lito Sheppard situation isalso going to factor in to thisyear’s draft for the Eagles. It ispossible they will tradeSheppard before the draft. Hecould be dealt for a draft pick, ora wide-receiver. Reports out ofCincinnati are that Chad Johnsonwants out, and the Eagles couldbe a possible suitor.

After witnessing the New YorkGiants win the super bowl withkey contributions from multiplerookies, there is no reason tothink the Eagles could not do thesame.

Check out oureditor’s picksbelow in anNFL mock

draft!