Clar ion, Pa . - After 11 years of service , Paul Bylaska, v ice president of f inance and administrat ion, wi l l be ret ir ing from his posit ion at the end of October .

Bylaska said he’s retir ing in order to have more t ime to work on his doctoral

dissertation, which is on retention and financial issues.

He has been working on his doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Admin-istration and Leadership. Once he earns his doc-torate, Bylaska said he intends to keep working.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if I teach or do some consulting,” he said.

He also expressed interest in writing ar-

ticles or a book. Bylaska said he’s al-

ready written articles for “Today’s Campus, the Greentree Gazette and Recruitment and Retention Newsletter.

Being the vice pres-ident of finance and administration has kept Bylaska busy over the past 11 years.

“It’s always been a challenge,” he said, “never boring.”

The administration

is working on hiring an interim CFO to take Bylaska’s place.

Although it’s been challenging, Bylaska said he’s enjoyed his time at Clarion.

“I’ve made a lot of friends here.”

Clarion has also be-come a “family thing,” Bylaska said, as his wife and son graduated from Clarion and his daughter is enrolled at the university.

Clarion, Pa. - On Saturday, Oct. 13, more than 15 children and their parents from the Clarion commu-nity attended Nanoday at Clarion University.

Assistant Professor of Physics Vasudeva Aravind sponsored the event along with the Clarion Physics department.

Children and their parents learned the ba-sic concept of nanoscale science and nanotech-nology though active lec-tures, videos and hands-on application exercises.

Aravind began the event asking the children what they would like to be when they grow up.

Answers ranged from science related fields such as biologists, sci-entists and veterinar-ians, while also includ-ing non-science-related fields such as teachers, artists and lawyers.

“It’s a good time to start thinking,” Aravind said.

Two videos were played as a way to pro-vide an easy under-standing of the basic concept of nanoscience.

“Nano is very, very small—too small to see,” the video played during the beginning of the event explained.

Benjamin Legum from the applied research and intellectual property de-velopment department at the Clarion University Barnes Center briefly lec-

tured about the benefits applied research on nan-otechnology can produce at the center.

Legum explained the importance of knowing how small something can be made, so that will be able to function properly.

He used the bars of a jungle gym as a compari-son to nanotechnology.

If the bars of a jungle gym are too big, they would be useless to play on.

He applied the same con-cept to dental implants.

If the cells from dental implants were too large, then they would not be able to be used, Legum said.

Nanotechnology can also be used to explain sports, makeup and other

day-to-day activities. “Even though you may

not be able to see it, you can still feel the effects of nano-technology,” Legum said.

An activity room was set up where the chil-dren could visit numer-ous stations where a set of instructions were placed for the activities.

Individuals were placed

at the stations to help fa-cilitate the activity.

The stations included exploring fabrication using gummy balls, ex-ploring size using a ball sorter, exploring structure through view-ing butterflies, explor-ing products using sun block and exploring col-or though stained glass.

Clarion University Trustee and Founding Member of the Pennsylva-nia State System of Educa-tion Board of Governors Dr. Syed Ali-Zaidi also at-tended the event, watch-ing the children engage in the activities and listening to the short lectures from the university faculty.

Ali-Zaidi said he was “very excited” for the event in that it pro-vided the children with hands-on activities.

“These [children] are the future of our coun-try,” Ali-Zaidi said.

“If we can help them now in one way … these are our future scientists,” he said.

The day concluded with a tour of the nano-technology lab by Physics Professor Dr. Chunfei Li.

Parent Maureen Lauan said she was happy with the turnout of the event. “[My children] learned how small is small. They got a better understand-ing that there is more than what they can see,” Lauan said.

Xhonane Olivas, a par-ent who brought her three children to the event said it was a success.

“It was awesome, great and very infor-mational,” Olivas said. She said she was happy her children could par-ticipate and do some-thing like this event.

The physics department will sponsor more commu-nity events in the future.

See more photos from the event, page 3.

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Clarion, Pa. - The Clarion Students’ Association Board of Directors met on Oct. 9 for its first meeting of the academic year.

During that meeting Shelly Wilson, interim CSA business manager, reported that the 7.3 per-cent decline in enrollment reflected in the freeze

date figures received from the University’s Business Operations Office has resulted in a $115,795.00 deficit in the current fiscal year’s budget.

At the time that the CSA budget for this fiscal year was built, the CSA Business Office used the

university’s worst case scenario of a 1 percent decrease in enrollment for budgeting purposes.

In an effort to close the gap in this year’s budget, the CSA Board instructed Student Senate to immedi-ately freeze the Sup-plemental Funding

Account, which had the immediate effect of reducing the this year’s deficit by ap-proximately $40,400.

The Board also asked senate and the business office, to identify other ways that the budget gap could be closed.

Given the urgency of

this situation, Student Senate will be hosting a budget panel discussion Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. in Carlson Library, Level A. Presidents, trea-surers and advisers of CSA-funded organiza-tions are strongly en-couraged to attend.

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of those individualscan attend, groups are still encouraged tosend a representative.

Details regardingadditional measuresfor closing the budgetgap will be shared atthe panel discussion,and ideas and inputwill be welcomed.

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Associate Professor of printmaking Mark Franchino (left) shows (left to right) Charlie Franchino, Jake Nowaczyk and Jack Franchino the exploration of ball sorting during Nanoday at Clarion University on Saturday, Oct. 13.

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Harrisburg, Pa. — The union representing faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities is tak-ing the first step toward a possible strike. Union of-ficials say delegates from each campus will meet Saturday in State College for a strike authorization vote. On Monday, state higher education officials declined the union’s offer for binding arbitration. The two sides disagree on

pay for temporary facul-ty, health care and retireebenefits. The union’s lastcontract expired in June2011. The Association ofPennsylvania State Collegeand University Faculties rep-resents more than 6,000 fac-ulty and coaches, includingthose at Clarion University.The union’s general mem-bership also must vote toauthorize a strike beforeone can be called. Thatvote has not been sched-uled. There has neverbeen a faculty strike.

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Harrisburg, Pa. – This elec-tion year there has been a lot of confusing informa-tion about the ID a voter needs to cast a ballot.

Earlier this month, a Pennsylvania court put on hold a law that required all Pennsylvania voters to show a photo ID to vote.

Only those voting for the first time and voters who moved to a new poll-ing place will have to show an ID to vote in the Novem-ber election, but it doesn’t have to be a photo ID.

Poll workers will con-tinue to ask voters to show a photo ID, but a person who is not vot-ing for the first time at that polling location can still vote a regular ballot even if they lack ID.

“The back and forth caused by the photo ID law passed earlier this year may cause confusion for voters – particularly college students in Pennsylvania,” said Dan Vicuna, campus vote project coordinator.

“When the law first passed, they were told their student IDs may not comply with the new law. Now the law will not be in effect for November but poll workers will still ask for a photo ID when they go vote. Students need clear and accurate infor-mation, so they can exer-cise their right to vote this November,” Vicuna said.

The voter registration deadline has passed. Oct. 9 was the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania.

If students moved since the last time they regis-tered to vote, they can still vote if they have moved within the same precinct.

If the students moved from one precinct to an-other, they might be able to vote one last time at your old polling place.

On election day, polls are open from 7 a.m to 8 p.m. Students can find their polling location at www.votespa.com.

A photo ID is not needed to vote by regular ballot.

A poll worker will ask for photo ID, but if a per-son doesn’t not have on he or she can still vote.

First-time voters and voters who moved to a new polling location must show an ID to vote: either a photo ID or non-photo ID will suffice.

Other approved forms of voter ID include the following: a Pennsylva-nia driver’s license or PennDOT ID card; an ID issued by any Common-wealth of Pennsylvania agency; an ID issued by the U.S. Government; a U.S. passport; a U.S. Armed Forces ID; Penn-sylvania college student ID or employee ID.

Acceptable forms of non-photo identifica-tion showing name and address include a voter registration card issued by voter registration com-mission; a non-photo ID issued by the Common-wealth; a non-photo ID issued by the U.S. Govern-

ment; a firearm permit or a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or government check.

An excuse is needed to vote by absentee ballot in Pennsylvania.

An application for ab-sentee ballot must be received by the county board of elections by 5 p.m. on Oct. 30.

Go to www.votespa.com for an application.

Students can also call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) with questions about voting or to report problems they encountered cast-ing their ballots.

The Fair Elections Le-gal Network has student voting guides available for Pennsylvania and several other states that provide information on polling times, how to find a polling location, voting absentee and ID requirements.

The student voting guides can be found at: www.campusvoteproject.org/studentguides.

The Fair Elections Le-gal Network is a nation-al, nonpartisan advoca-cy organization based in Washington, D.C., whose overall mission is to remove barriers to registration and voting for traditionally under-represented constitu-encies and improve overall election admin-istration through ad-ministrative, legal, and legislative reform.

Harrisburg, Pa. — A state-run health insur-ance exchange is un-likely to be ready for a scheduled January 2014 rollout, Pennsylvania’s top insurance regulator said Wednesday.

Insurance Commis-sioner Michael Conse-dine said development of the online exchange — a key element of the federal Affordable Care Act — has stalled be-cause too many ques-tions about its cost and other operational details remain unanswered by the federal government.

“We want to make smart , informed de-cisions for Pennsyl-vanians,” he said

“We’re not going to rush headlong into this and make poor choic-es.” Besides running their own exchanges, states have options that include jointly running exchanges with the fed-eral government.

If Pennsylvania does not choose one of those options, the federal government will oper-ate an exchange in the state starting in 2014.

There is no penalty for launching a state exchange later on, Consedine said.

“We certainly think a

wait-and-see approach has some advantages.”

Advocates for un-insured and under-in-sured people had hoped for a state exchange tailored to Pennsylva-nians’ needs, but said a federal exchange would be satisfactory so long as it provides high-quality insurance.

Antoinette Kraus, director of the Harris-burg-based nonprofit Pennsylvania Health Ac-cess Network, said the federal law is designed to give states flexibility in designing their ex-changes — a point also made by the U.S. De-partment of Health and Human Services.

“We will work with any state to set up an exchange at any time,” HHS spokes-man Fabien Levy said.

A 2011 study by a state Insurance Depart-ment consultant conser-vatively estimated that at least 2 million Pennsylva-nians would use the on-line exchange to shop for and buy individual health insurance policies.

The state Insurance Department held a series of public hearings on a state exchange and hired consultants to analyze the marketplace, but is unlikely to meet a Nov. 16 deadline for submit-ting a blueprint to HHS.

“We went pretty far down the line,” but still lacked definitive guid-ance, Consedine said.

“At this point it’s going to be extremely difficult” to get a state exchange up and run-ning in the next year.”

Although the 2010 health care reform law advocated by President Barack Obama was up-held by the U.S. Su-preme Court in June, it remains a lightning rod in the presidential election campaign with Republican nominee Mitt Romney vowing to repeal it if elected.

In July, the Republi-can Governors Associa-tion sent a letter to the Democratic president asking for more infor-mation about the ex-changes and a prospec-tive expansion of state Medicaid spending. Consedine has written to HHS Secretary Kath-leen Sebelius and testi-fied before the U.S. House Ways and Means Commit-tee, seeking answers to a laundry list of questions about the exchanges.

Consedine was ap-pointed by Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republi-can who as state at-torney general joined his counterparts in other states in an un-successful court chal-lenge to the law.

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Pittsburgh — An Ohio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to sending anonymous YouTube threats in which he claimed to have hacked into the University of Pittsburgh’s computer system on the heels of a series of unrelated bomb threats.

The defense attor-ney for 26-year-old Brett Hudson, of Hillsboro, Ohio, told The Associat-ed Press his client wants to get on with his life.

Hudson and Alexander Waterland, 24, of Love-land, Ohio, are charged with conspiring to com-mit interstate extortion using a computer.

The FBI contends the men claimed to be members of the hacking group Anonymous who had obtained confiden-tial information on stu-dents and faculty.

The threats were con-sidered extortion be-cause they demanded that Chancellor Mark Nordenberg apologize

for not safeguarding students whose person-al information had re-portedly been stolen.

That turned out to be a bluff. The hacking threats were received in April and May, just as the university had fin-ished dealing with bomb threats that plagued the campus since February, causing some students to stay off campus, canceling classes and prompting dozens of building evacuations.

Although not directly related, investigators believe the hacking threats were meant to capitalize on the unease created by the bomb threats. Hudson’s at-torney, Warner Mariani, hasn’t said if Hudson plans to testify against Waterland. Such ar-rangements are routine-ly sealed by the court as part of plea agreements.

A secretary said Water-land’s attorney, Anthony Bittner, was unavailable for comment Wednesday. Hudson’s charge carries a maximum five-year

prison term, but Mariani said he will ask for pro-bation, because his client “made one little error in judgment.” Mariani said

Hudson acknowledges working with Waterland to send the threats, but said Hudson didn’t real-ize how serious the situ-ation was until after he was caught, and that he has been cooperating with the government.

Officials are still in-vestigating some bomb threats scrawled in cam-pus restrooms as early as February, but have indicted a self-styled In-ternet hoaxer, 64-year-old Adam Stuart Busby, of Dublin, Ireland, on charges he sent emailed bomb threats later.

Busby, a founder of the Scottish Nation-al Liberation Army, an outlawed militant group, remains in an Irish prison on charg-es he threatened to poison the water sup-ply of some English cities and then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2010.

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Romney, Obama seek more women’s supp o r t

Mount Vernon, Iowa— One day after their con-tentious, finger-point-ing debate, President Barack Obama and Re-publican Mitt Romney vied aggressively for the support of women vot-ers Wednesday, as they and their running mates charged across nearly a half-dozen battleground states in the close race for the White House with 20 days to run. Not even Republicans disputed that Obama’s debate performance was much stronger than the listless showing two weeks earlier that helped spark a rise in the polls for Romney.

The two rivals meet one more time, next Mon-day in Florida.

The first post-debate polls were divided, some saying Romney won, oth-ers finding Obama did.

At least some of the voters who asked the questions in the town-hall style encounter re-mained uncommitted.

“If Gov. Romney could actually provide the jobs, that would be a good thing because we really need them,” said Nina Gonzalez, a 2008 Obama voter, neatly summa-

rizing the uncertainty confronting voters in a slow-growth, high-unem-ployment economy.

Obama wore a pink wristband to show sup-port for Breast Cancer Awareness Month as he campaigned in Iowa and then Ohio, and reminded his audience that the first legislation he signed after becoming president made it easier for women to take pay grievances to court.

Romney took no posi-tion on that bill when it passed Congress, and his campaign says he would not seek its repeal.

But Obama chid-ed him, saying, “That shouldn’t be a compli-cated question. Equal pay for equal work.”

He also jabbed at Rom-ney’s remark during Tues-day night’s debate that as Massachusetts governor, he received “whole bind-ers full of women” after saying he wanted to ap-point more of them to his administration.

“We don’t have to col-lect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented women,” he said.

“I’ve got two daughters and I don’t want them paid less for the same job as a man,” Obama said at an appearance in Athens, Ohio, later Wednesday.

Obama spoke to a crowd of about 14,000 students and supporters

at Ohio University, implor-ing them to vote early.

“I want your vote. I am not too proud to beg. I want you to vote,” he said.

Romney’s campaign launched a new television commercial that seemed designed to take the edge ever so slightly off his opposition to abortion — another example of his October move toward the middle — while urg-ing women voters to keep pocketbook issues upper-most in their minds when they cast their ballots.

“In fact he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest or to save a mother’s life,” says a woman in the new ad.

Pivoting quickly to economic matters, she adds, “But I’m more con-cerned about the debt our children will be left with. I voted for Presi-dent Obama last time, but we just can’t afford four more years.”

That dovetailed with Romney’s personal pitch to an audience in Chesapeake, Va.

“This president has failed American’s women. They’ve suf-fered in terms of getting jobs,” he de-clared, saying that 3.6 million more of them are in poverty now than when Obama took office.”

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Assistant Professor of Physics Vasudeva Aravind shows the concept of color using two butterfl ies during Nanoday at Clarion University.

John Burke sorts small balls during an exercise to exploresize during Nanoday at Clarion University.

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Clarion University Trustee Dr. Syed Ali-Zaidi watches Eddie Olivas participate in one of the nanoscience activites during Nanoday.

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Clarion community children and their parents listen and watch a video on nanotechnologyduring Nanoday at Clarion University.

Monste Olivas (left) and John Burke (right) explore size using a ball sorter during Nanodayat Clarion University.

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As the semester pro-gresses, there never seems to be enough time in the day to do anything. It may appear that no matter how much you study, how many hours you spend in the library doing work, how many hours, or lack thereof, you sleep, it just never seems to all fit in the 24 hours of the day.

This can cause a lot of stress for students who are trying to catch up with their assignments. An easy way to manage this is to set time aside for each project. For start-ers, you can begin to com-plete smaller or larger as-signments by the order of

their due date. This way, you can be sure to have the assignment competed and will reduce your risk for turning in an assign-ment late. After all, some professors may not ac-cept late assignments or you could receive a letter grade off the assignment.

For long-term projects, you can set aside to com-plete a small portion of the assignment daily or every other day. This way, you will not find yourself trying to complete a large project the night before it is due and risk pulling an all-nighter. Also, by com-pleting a larger or long-term project one section at a time, you will have a chance to go back and make revisions to produce a better overall product.

Managing time is a skill that requires hard work. It may not be easy, but once you make a routine of it, things will fall into place.

Once you get out of the mindset that you don’t

have enough time, you will succeed. Life is all about figuring out your goals and making sure you fulfill them. If you are really dedicated to doing something or accomplish-ing something, whether it’s homework, studying or even exercising, you will do it.

“You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” - Charles Bruxton

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Analyzing the second presidential debate

The writer is a communica-tion major and member of The Clarion Call.

Matt KnoedlerSTAFF WRITER

Tuesday’s presidential debate took on several is-sues, everything from the usual discussion on the economy to some of the less-than-typical topics in this year’s race, such as gun control. Although President Obama came out swinging. as Ohio Sen. Rob Portman suggested he would, it’s tough to pin-point an exact winner of this year’s second presi-dential debate. So, to help make sense of Tuesday’s contest and determine who may have actually won, I’ll break down some of the key points and issues.

The debate opened on the economy and jobs, and both candidates present-ed their cases fairly well. Gov. Romney discussed his “Five-Point Plan,” which has become the staple of his general election cam-

paign. (It was also one of the few places during the debate in which he pro-vided specifics on a plan.) Obama countered by call-ing Romney’s outline a “One-Point Plan,” adding that the only idea Romney has for job creation is to allow wealthy Americans to “play by a different set of rules.” Both candidates discussed the need to fund education, specifically higher education and Pell Grants. On the economy, I’d say it was a draw.

Taxes were another is-sue Tuesday night, and President Obama hit a lot of the same points that he had mentioned in pre-vious debates and cam-paign stops. He wants to tax the rich and make sure they “pay their fair share.” He also wants to lower taxes on middle class families and small businesses. Gov. Romney also shares similar senti-ments on this issue.

He also added that the top 5 percent of income earners would continue paying 60 percent of fed-eral income taxes. That came as a surprise to me,

but I don’t see people believing Romney. Plus, the President said he pre-dicts that Romney’s plan would “blow up the defi-cit.” Obama is more be-lievable and, in my opin-ion, he won this part of the debate.

Those were the big-ger issues of the debate. I think Obama won the issue of equal pay for women and certain for-eign policy matters, such as their heated debate on Libya. Romney was better when discussing ideas to lower gas prices.

Monday’s third and fi-nal presidential debate fo-cuses on foreign policy. It will be interesting to see how Romney responds considering his limited ex-perience on the matter and President Obama’s ample defense record.

The writer is a communica-tion major and member of The Clarion Call.

Clarion University Theatre, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights and Broadway Impact, has announced open auditions for “8, the play” chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, writ-ten by Academy Award-winning screenwrit-er and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black.

“8” is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8,

which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to marry.

Auditions will be held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 beginning at 7 P.M.

All are welcome to audition. There are 20 roles to cast for the “one night only” staged reading to be presented on Dec 8. Those auditioning will be asked to read a short monologue from the play, so nothing will need to be prepared. Audition appoint-ments are available on the call board locat-ed between rooms 164 and 165 Marwick-Boyd Fine Arts Center

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On this day in 1867, the United States takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The change of pos-sesion occured after the U.S. bought the land from Russia for less than two cents per acre.

On Oct. 19, 1985 movie rental giant Blockbuster opened its first store in Dallas, Texas. In a time when most video stores were small with a limited selection, Blockbuster featured more than 8,000 tapes on shelves that lined the entire store. The chain was also the first to revolutionize the check-out process, letting

computers do a lion’s share of the work.

On this day in 1973, Wa-tergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox was fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork at the request of Presi-dent Nixon.

One hundred thousand people march on the Pentagon on this day in 1967 in protest of the war in Vietnam. The peaceful march turned violent when more radical members of the group clashed with sol-diers and U.S. Marshals pro-tecting the Pentagon.

On this day in 1957, the United States suffers its first

casualties in Vietnam as three separate terrorist attacks rock Saigon just as Ameri-can troops start to arrive for peacekeeping measures.

Johnny Carson, the man who would revolutionize late night television was born on this day in 1925. Famous for his easy going demeanor Car-son hosted “The Late Show” until May 22, 1992 when Jay Leno took over. Carson died Jan. 25, 2005.

On Oct. 24, 1901 An-nie Edson Taylor, a school teacher, becomes the first person to successfully go over Niagara Falls in a bar-rel. Since then 15 people have gone over the Falls. Ten have survived.

Angela Franks gave her presentation of “How the Sexual Revolution Failed Women” on Monday Oct. 15. Franks is the director of theological programs at St. John’s Seminary Theologi-cal Institute, and wrote the book “Margaret Sanger’s Eu-genic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility.” The event was sponsored by Students for Life, Newman Club, Mus-lim Student Association, College Conservatives and College Republicans.

Franks explained her ideas through the use of charts, statistics and quotes from both young adults and various experts. She covered topics ranging from the physiology of sex to marriage and happiness, and explained how each of these pertained to her thesis of why women have been failed in the years fol-lowing the sexual revolu-tions of the ‘60s and the ‘90s. A main point in the presentation involved soci-etal influences taking place over the years.

“When we think of the sexual revolution, we think of liberation,” Franks said.

“But does it deliver in mak-ing people happy?” She then went on to elaborate on her ideas about attitudes on sex and how they have changed through the decades. At one time, the main purpose of sex was reproduction. Fol-lowing the introduction of contraceptives though, the

purpose changed to bond-ing. Now, she said, it is sim-ply for pleasure. “Serial mo-nogamy” is another factor, according to Franks. The social norm is to be against cheating. However, relation-ships don’t last, so there is “one after another.” She said this results in multi-

ple sexual partners, as well as relationships that are “marked by insecurity,” in which each partner tries to have the upper hand.

Franks also addressed the differences between men and women. She includ-ed many generalized ten-dencies between men and

women, including that men are more inclined to watch pornography and have a stronger sex drive, while women are more hormon-ally influenced and tend to exchange sex for emotional “goods,” like affection and emotional union. This led into the topic of sex eco-

nomics. Under this con-cept, men want sex more,so the price of sex is higher,and women are the sexualgatekeepers who don’t payfor sex. Franks went on totackle the question of whysex has become cheap, andidentified contraception, so-cial norms and pornographyas the causes.

Franks’ last major pointwas to tackle whether theultimate goal in life shouldbe pleasure or happiness.Lots of sex may lead topleasure, but not happi-ness, she said. She alludedto the desire to eat as a re-latable comparison.

“We like to eat, so we’lldo it,” and pleasure is aby-product, not the pre-dominant reason. Peoplewho eat for pleasure, shesaid, are generally un-healthy, and it can be as-sumed that the same goesfor sex, and that “we aremaking it something thatit’s not meant to be.”

Franks concluded herpresentation with a fewsentences on how to trulybe happy. “Marriage makespeople happier becauseselflessness makes ushappier,” she said. “Truefreedom means being freeenough to give.”

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A poster announcing Dr. Franks’ presentation as hung on campus.

Speaker discusses advancement of women in societyKyra Ammon STAFF WRITER

Professor speaks to students about voting

Amerigo AllegrettoCOPY EDITOR

Penn State professor Charles Dumas spoke to students about the right to vote at Hart Chapel on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Dumas is known for his writing, producing, acting and activism. Dumas is also running for Congress on the Democratic ticket . The event was sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha, NAACP and Men of Color Thinktank.

Dumas began by read-ing some of the columns he wrote for Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa. One column dealt with the story of a baobab tree. Baobab trees provide nourishment for humans and animals alike. Dumas and his wife were driving in Africa once, when they encountered a pregnant woman and her husband trying to get to the hos-pital. The woman was in labor. It was during night-

time, and there was no illumination. However, lightning struck a nearby baobab tree, providing light for them to reach the hospital faster.

Dumas then spoke about his history of get-ting people registered to vote. “At that time (1964), only seven percent of the eligible voters of African Americans in Mississippi and Alabama were regis-tered to vote because of Jim Crow laws, literacy exams, poll taxes and out-right terrorism from the Ku Klux Klan,” said Du-mas. He and about 2,500 other people went to Mis-sissippi to have people registered in a campaign to gain the right to vote.

“If you’re registered, you’re gonna vote. There’s no question about that,” said Dumas. “But you’ve got to do more than that. You’ve got to make sure you take other people with you.”

Dumas continued to

lecture the students in theaudience to do their partin voting and to encour-age others to vote as well.“That right to vote is yourparticipation as Ameri-cans. It is your power.”

One example he usedon the power of vot-ing involved how politi-cians strategize in whereto speak at next. “If youhere at Clarion Universityturned out at an 85 per-cent rating of registeredvotes, every politician atthe next election would behere. Use your vote. Makesure other people usetheir vote,” said Dumas.

He concluded his session with a ques-t ion and answer seg-ment. When asked ifthe way to get peopleto vote today is differ-ent from the ‘60s, Du-mas replied, “ It hasn’tchanged since 1964.It ’s basical ly knockingon the door and askingthem to vote. I t ’s basi -cal ly being persistent.”

Fall leaves, pumpkin pie and haunted man-sions may fill the minds of many when they think of October. Not only is October a month full of tricks, treats, goblins, and gouls, but it is also recog-nized across the country as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Organizations around the nation have been recognizing October as NBCAM for the past 25 years. Along with nation-al recognition, campus groups on Clarion Uni-versity have been bring-ing the issue close to home with events to pro-mote local awareness.

In honor of NBCAM, the CU English Club as well as Sigma Tau Delta will be sponsoring the 16th annual Reading for the Cure. The Read-ing for the Cure is an annual event put on by the English department to help spread aware-ness of breast cancer through the readings of prose and poetry by

community members and CU alumni.

Professor Kevin Stem-mler, the advisor to Sig-ma Tau Delta, believes that there are many rea-sons students should take advantage of this literary opportunity.

“Students need to recognize the amount of change that happens when a large group of people get together,” Stemmler said. “We put on this event to promote breast cancer awareness and education in our lo-cal community. This op-portunity also enables students with a sense of pride of being a part of such a successful event.”

In addition to the pieces being read, each year a handmade quilt is raffled off, and sev-eral door prizes are giv-en away. At the reading, students also have the option to donate money by purchasing a Race for the Cure T-shirt. All money that the event brings in is donated to the Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure. The money that is donated

to the race is used for educational and medical programs that benefit all individuals in Western Pennsylvania, but is pri-marily used to provide free mammograms to underserved individuals throughout the region.

As a result of the fundrais ing that this annual event br ings in , CU’s Reading for the Cure has been named an off ic ia l sponsor for the P i t tsburgh Race for the Cure for the past 13 years .

Among other honors, Clarion’s name appears on 35,000 race T-shirts every year, serving as an aid in promoting the university’s commit-ment to women’s health.

As the month of Octo-ber trails on, breast cancer awareness will continue to be a part of everyday life. CU students have their chance to help bring awareness to the campus and community by spread-ing the word about local events such as Reading for the Cure. This year’s read-ing will be held Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. in Moore Hall.

Student groups “Read for the Cure”Emily Miller

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By now everybody knows Vince Offer, the “Sham-Wow guy.” The latest product he’s been hocking in the wee hours of the morning is the Schticky. Billed as a re-usable lint roller that can be cleaned in a matter of sec-onds, the Schticky claims to save the buyer hundreds of dollars per year over conventional lint rollers. If you’re really too cheap/broke to buy a normal lint roller, you can buy a lot of masking tape to pick up lint with the $19.95 the Schticky will set you back.

Another terrible product brought to us by Vince Offer is known as the Slap Chop. The Slap Chop is designed for those who don’t have the time nor chef-like pre-cision to chop food evenly. The idea of the Slap Chop has been around for ages with many manufacturers producing similar products. Offer bills the Slap Chop as more sanitary because the entire assembly opens for cleaning, because apparently nobody in America possess a kitchen sink and dish soap or a dishwasher.

The answer to every busy

golfer’s dreams was an-swered when The Potty Put-ter hit the market. For those who haven’t seen the com-merical, the Potty Putter is a miniture putting green that sits like a rug around the tol-iet complete with a putter so the user can practice his or her putting game while tak-ing care of business.

As the proud owner of a Snuggie, I am not ashamed to admit I love my blanket with sleeves. Granted the Snuggie is essentially a bath robe turned around, but the idea is genius. The animal Snuggie, however is a terri-ble idea. What animal would

want to wear an ill-fitting blanket with sleeves?

Basically a dumbbell that shifted the weight back and forth when it was used, the Shake Weight was the latest in the fitness craze that’s sweeping the nation.

The Perfect Brownie, what a fun-sounding product name. The Prefect Brownie is fun if you like indivdual brownies that double as hockey pucks or other im-pliments of destruction. The design of this brownie pan is made so every brownie has the crunchy edges but

most of the time, the end re-sult are far more lethal than crunchy.

Another product with the “perfect” means the Perfect Pancake was destined to fail. The Perfect Pancake is two skillets welded together so the cook can just flip the pan instead of using a spatu-la like a normal person. The biggest problem is the mess created when the pancakes get flipped too early because the pan obscures the ability to see the flapjacks cook.

Mighty Putty may sound like a toy for kids, but it

isn’t. The putty was one ofthe last products that Billy Mays hocked before his un-timely death. Billed as theend-all be-all of adhesives, Mighty Putty looked like a Cow’s Tail candy bar andheld things together about as well.

Created because apparentlythe average American isn’tsmart enough to wring a mop,the Smart Mop is essentially thea Sham-Wow on a stick.

The Sham-Wow was supposedto dry everything. Like many oth-er late night infomercial products,the Sham Wow doesn’t work.

On Oct. 15, Clarion Uni-versity students had the opportunity to learn about ethical decision making and conflict resolution from Dr. Will Keim. Keim has re-ceived a number of awards as well as delivered speech-es to numerous elite clients such as Microsoft, AT&T and college students from all across the nation.

Keim is renowned for his speeches, and the various topics of interest he pro-vides are beneficial for any college student.

Michelle Kealey who played a major role in bringing Keim to Clarion’s campus said “I find Dr. Keim to be an engaging speaker who is able to cre-ate opportunities of learn-ing and entertainment. He is a well-known leadership speaker and is able to focus his presentation on a multi-tude of topics.”

“Any student interested in taking on leadership roles either now or in the future would do well to lis-ten to any bit of advice Keim has to offer,” said Kealey.

A certifiable “expert” in the field of leadership, Keim proved to be an engaging and motivational speaker at

Monday night’s event.He used the philosophy

“The Road is an amazing teacher with lessons around

each bend and over each rise on the horizon,” to mo-tivate and encourage stu-dents during his speech.

He delivered his ideas and advised students to strive to reach their full potential and trust in both

faith and in themselves inorder to realize how farthey can go in life.

Using stories and ex-perience to help paint theidea in student’s minds,Keim illustrated his skill inthe art of persuasion andpublic speaking.

After attending the event,many students maintainedthat they were motivated togo out and make the mostof each experience as wellas to strive to make theright choices in their lives.

Many students alsosaid they wanted to takeon more active and big-ger leadership positions inclubs and activities, as wellas in their communities.

Overall, Keim was an engag-ing and persuasive speaker.

His multitude of experi-ences delivering messagesto thousands of collegestudents made him a cred-ible source and helped stu-dents of Clarion to relatebetter to the ideas thatwere presented.

For students unable toattend, Keim is also a pub-lished author who deliversa message through the useof written word in everyone of his books.

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Marissa KatzSTAFF WRITER

University plays host to confl ict and resolution speaker

Dr. Will Kleim spoke to Clarion Univeristy students about ethical decision making and confl ict resolution in the multi-purpose room.

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When people think of pro-fessional gamers, they tend to get the stereotypical nerdy kids in basements claiming to be the best. What many people do not realize is that online gaming has evolved into an explosive franchise and sport. “League of Leg-ends” (LoL) made by Riot Games launched on Oct. 27, 2009. Just a year and a half later the season one world finals was held, with the win-ning team walking away with $100,000. This past week-end, on Oct. 13, season two finals took place where the winning team took home a staggering $1 million.

At the season one cham-pionship, Riot was excited to break 200,000 viewers on the live stream of the event; this year there were more than 900,000 concurrent views, which means there were close to a million screens tuned to the finals. The event held at the UCLA Pauley Pavil-ion also saw its seating sold out. Events were held around North America, where local businesses and bars were streaming the grand finals matches live. Riot supported these events, and embraced its community by sending LoL merchandise to be given out to those in attendance.

This year’s world champi-onship was a weeklong event, in which the round-robin event held on the Oct. 4 and 5, semifinals on Oct. 10 and the grand finals match held on Oct. 13. The torment started out with the top 12 teams from around the world who have achieved points

through winning tourna-ments held over the season. Eight teams were entered into the round-robin stage in which the top team from each region was given auto-matic seating in the quarter finals brackets. These teams were Russian team Moscow 5 BenQ, North America Team SoloMid, China’s team World Elite, and Taiwan’s Taipei Assassins. The round-robin brackets consisted of Coun-ter Logic Gaming NA and Counter Logic Gaming EU, Azubu Frost, SK Gaming, In-victus Gaming, Team Digni-tas, Najin e-mfire Sword, and Saigon Jokers.

During the round-robin event, four teams were elimi-nated quickly taking out two of the three American teams. Both CLG NA and Team Digni-tas went home early with 1-2 records. SK Gaming and Sai-gon Jokers going 0-3 and 1-2 respectively were also knocked out during round robin. The dark horse team this year was Taipei Assassins who had formed only four months prior to the championship. In such a short amount of time, we saw this team go from rags to riches as they overcame many of the worlds finest to become the Season 2 World Champi-ons. Like any other profes-sional sports team, people had their favorites, and it was amazing to see so many recog-nize the power and teamwork Taipei showed.

The finals were a best of five matches with Taiwan’s Taipei Assassins squar-ing off with Korea’s Azubu Frost. Taipei sarted off the first round with a comfort-able lead, but Azubu Frost was able to control engages

and come out on top of ev-ery team fight to take gameone with a come from behindwin. The next three gameswere a snowball of Taipeiquickly taking the lead in theearly phase, getting strate-gic points of interest to con-trol the map. Taipei beganto take quick and decisivemoves against Azubu Frost,with little action in response.With Frost having no answerto Taipei’s mid -lane abil-ity power carry, they werepicked apart in team fightsgame after game. The stand-ings were Taipei Assassinsgoing 71 kills, 41 deathsand 181 assists comparedto Azubu Frost’s 41/71/114.From the numbers alone wecan see a clear gap in teamwork where Taipei had 67more assists over the fourgames. This is a team game,and even though individualplay can be great it takes theteam coming together to win.Azubu Frost had outstandingindividual performances inthe round-robin quarter andsemi finals, but in the endthey came up short.

Having watched from thebeginning in 2009, “Leagueof Legends” has progressedwith leaps and bounds withno limit to what will comenext. In the following seasonthree professional teams willbe receiving salary between$30,000 and $40,000 to helpcompensate for travel forthe increased season tourna-ments. On top of the moneymade from sponsorships,and prize money from tour-naments these gamers aretaking professional gamingto new heights and the worldof gaming is knocking on thedoor of professional sports.

Gaming championship redefi nes sportsChris Brown

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I thought I liked God-speed You! Black Emperor, until this album reminded me just how much static the band creates in its mu-sic. “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!” is the only creative bone in the album’s body, released this Tuesday.

Any parody movie of a musician’s life in which he or she do something differ-ent and take it overboard by throwing a bunch of sounds together could have plugged any song from this album into the scene as an exam-ple. I’m usually pretty ac-cepting of different genres, but this is ridiculous.

The 20-minute opening track, “Mladic” could have probably been massacred into three anti-melodic songs without a single beat

to their name, but I sup-pose it is more impressive to have just one giant disap-pointment of noise. There is not one second of music in the track, let alone a tidbit to hum along to. How some-one can think, “This is 20 minutes of quality sound” is beyond me.

However, I asked the above question even more so when listening to “Their Helicopters’ Sing.” First, I have to say I lost even more respect for the band when considering their lack of grammatical understand-ing. Helicopters cannot have a sing. It is grammati-cally impossible. So to put an apostrophe at the end of the word “helicopters,” simply makes everyone in-volved in making “Allelu-jah!” look stupid.

“Their Helicopters’ Sing” was only six min-utes, and it still man-aged to enrage me more than the first track. It honestly sounds as if Godspeed You! Black Emperor went into the Australian Outback and recorded bits and pieces of tribal goings on and strung them together in

no organized fashion, and called it music.

The album went on to exemplify all my pet peeves in music with “We Drift Like Worried FireAudio Track.” Another 20-minute “song,” it actually shows consisten-cy and has repetition and melody. But to do so for 20 minutes is not only grating, but it’s obnoxious as well, especially without a climax to speak of, just the repeti-tive rambling of a sound that is exactly like nails on a chalkboard.

I feel as though God-speed You! Black Emperor thought that the sound they were creating was just too awesome, too fantastic for listeners to handle, and decided to tone it down to mere whining of a guitar for the last six-minute song, “Strung Like Lights at Thee Printemps Erable.” The track has nothing to offer, and I would feel bad if the band weren’t so pretentious as to make it six minutes.

Whatever I once saw in Godspeed You! Black Emperor from their previ-ous albums has now been demolished by “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!”

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In the mood for radio-friendly, three minute pop songs? Well, you’ve come to the wrong place. Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s fourth album and their first in 10 years, “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!” isn’t for those who like catchy tunes, but then again, the band never has pro-duced catchy songs.

The first track off the album, “Mladic” opens with a combination of sound effects, bagpipes and a droning sound. Af-ter several minutes, the song shows its colors with distorted guitars and a 4/4 time drum beat. The song then di-gresses into pandemo-nium and slows down

in tempo, yet doesn’t decrease in intensity. In its next phase, “Mladic” becomes quiter, only to be taken into its final crescendo around the 15-minute mark, and dies down to an unset-tling drone for the final minute and a half. The total time for this song is about 20 minutes.

“Their Helicopters’ Sing” sounds like it should be in a horror film, and is not for the weak of hearing. While perplexed, I was annoyed with this song. It’s like the beginning part of “Mladic” with the dron-ing sound and the bag-pipes that go through-out the song. Mixed in with that are all kinds of creepy effects that seem to come out of nowhere, and it persists for six and a half minutes.

The third track, “We Live Like Worried Fire,” sounds operatic, with some sense of order in place. A repetitive gui-tar melody and a steady drum beat dominate the first part of the song, up until about the

eight-minute mark, thenthings get crazy. Thesong changes keys 11and a half minutes intothe song, as the songprogresses into a faster,haunting force, the onlysense of order comingfrom the drums. This isanother song that goesfor 20 minutes.

“Strung Like Lights atThee Printemps Erable”is like “Their Helicop-ters’ Sing.” The song hasa constant, progressivedrone, with all the soundeffects implemented init. It’s another song thatbelongs in a horror film.

Godspeed You! BlackEmperor’s music soundsmore like soundscapesrather than music. Themusic from Allelujah!Don’t Bend! Ascend! re-minds me of Pink Floyd’s“Ummagumma,” or aninstrumental, more ex-perimental version ofthe Velvet Underground,although not as badas Lou Reed’s “MetalMachine Music.” Thatdoesn’t make up for the fact, however,thatI wasn’t satisfied withthis album.

Don’t be put off by its staggering running time; Godspeed You! Black Em-peror’s newest release, “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!” is an hour-long romp of experimental rock expertise.

For the second week in a row we’re reviewing a Ca-nadian rock group here on the Music Box, and if last week had been any indica-tor, I would have wagered a fair guess that Godspeed would fail to please.

However, I’m a sucker for creativity and ingenu-ity. Godspeed’s “Allelu-jah!” sublty creeps into the crevices of your mind from the onset. “Mladic,” the

first track of the album, builds, piece by piece, from a haphazard collec-tion of various sounds to an exotically command-ing mid-section around the eight-minute mark. What “Mlaidc” brings to the table is an orchestral masterpiece of interweav-ing melodies and riffs that gradually rise into an awe-inspiring crescendo.

Godspeed remains true to form on the following three tracks. Random, methodical noises, remi-niscent of the scattered sounds displayed in a myr-iad of Pink Floyd tracks, show up here and there on “We Drift Like Worried Fire,” which, from start to finish, ended up as my fa-vorite track off the release.

“We Drift” precisely pulls off what any well-intentioned experimen-tal rock album hopes to achieve; it changes from mood to mood multiple times throughout the course of its 20 minute running time. The me-lodic tone evolves from

dark to darker until the song reaches the 15-min-ute mark, when suddenly a strikingly new, hopeful riff emerges. I felt as if the song had suddenly pulled me from a deep, rhythmic trance, and had thrust me into a brightly lit musical landscape.

If you’re looking for a striking vocal perfor-mance, you’ll be let down here. Godspeed performs entirely instrumentally on “Allelujah!” but to suc-cessfully pull off the type of masterful, all-encom-passing sound that they have, vocal melodies be-come unnecessary.

“Allelujah!” may not gar-ner a significant amount of playing time based solely upon the considerable length of its songs, but it certainly stands as an im-pressive piece of modern experimental rock. I’d sug-gest purchasing the vinyl edition of the album, plug-ging in a pair of your old-est, ear-sized headphones, sit back and allow “Allelu-jah!” to work its magic.

Montreal progressive post-rock band, God-speed You! Black Emper-or releases “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!” their first album in 10 years. The album con-sists of only four tracks totaling 53 minutes of intensely crashing cre-scendos and intermit-tent ambience.

The opening track, “Mladic” is just shy of 20 minutes, conjuring a progressing doom, proving to be one of the band’s heaviest songs in the collection. The song sounds like the self-achieved destruc-tion of a failing hu-

man race that has long lost its center at the mercy of an orchestral conductor, directing a hastened deteriorat-ing society. Beneath the hard-hitting distorted guitar riffs advantag-ing the chaos, there is a loosely, yet elegantly controlled sway. This is one of two songs on this album that the band in-cluded in their live set list in 2003 and never recorded until this al-bum’s release.

“Their Helicopters’ Sing,” the second track is six minutes of ambi-ent drones in repeti-tious loops. A violin tugs steadily back and forth, drawn by a saw rather than a bow for the eerie high-pitched sound it produces. Gentle delayed plucking of the guitar sprinkles throughout the beginning of the piece. The song slowly churns and later begins to heave in desperate aspiration through instruments dif-ficult to decipher from

their obscure tones. The other song that

the band included inits live set list in 2003,“We Drift Like WorriedFire,” is the third trackon the album. My fa-vorite part of this songis eight minutes into the 20 minute epic.Building and releasingquickly, three guitarstake over in a tremu-lous tone, picking cre-ating a wall of etherealsound with an under-lying repeating violinriff. This part resem-bles Explosions in theSky, which might be why I enjoy it so much.

What I think workswell for this album is thatGodspeed You! Black Emperor knows how tokeep the listener enter-tained even through a20 minute piece. Theyquicken the tempo orinsert opaque noisesbefore the listener feelssettled and secure. Thisis an attribute most pro-gressive post-rock bandsaspire to have.

Review: Clarion re-creates “Edges”

Eric StevensSTAFF WRITER

Jen SchwartzSTAFF WRITER

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENTSamuel NolanSTAFF WRITER

Smaller theatrical perfor-mances are fairly common on campus, but each year the Clarion theatre department produces four official shows that receive the full Broad-way treatment. Opening this year’s series was “Edges,” a dramatic song cycle written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and while the musical had its flaws, there were sev-eral high points.

Unlike a typical musi-cal, Clarion’s “Edges” was a two-act song cycle made up entirely of episodes high-lighted through song, with no dialogue to speak of. The play chronicled various mo-ments of life “on the edge,” with characters facing the kinds of choices that will inevitably shape the rest of their lives. Themes explored included romantic relation-ships, family matters, mor-tality and even social media.

The “Edges” cast consist-ed of four players, whose vocal performances on Fri-day were varied. While each

of the four actors mishan-dled notes at times, sopho-more BreAnna Kirkland stood out with her powerful voice and poignant expres-sions. Kirkland nailed solo numbers “I’ve Gotta Run” and “Wylie.” Likewise, se-nior Mary Wagner showed her range early with an af-fecting performance in

“Caitlyn and Haley,” a duet with Kirkland, and really stole the show with “Man of My Dreams,” easily the best-received song of the night.

The men of “Edges,” however, had a tough time competing. While they gave a solid performance, both senior Jordan Rembold and junior Christian Ryan experi-

enced periods of pitchiness and instances of harsh har-monies. On the upside, they both redeemed themselves a bit with moving solo per-formances. Rembold’s rendi-tion of “One Reason” provid-ed a glance into a complex father-son relationship, hint-ing, in the end, at the son’s suicide. For Ryan’s part, his

comically angry presenta-tion of “In Short” brought in the laughter as he sang about every “unfortunate” circumstance he wished upon his ex-girlfriend.

Technically speaking, “Edges” was superb. The show’s action took place on a square stage with sloped, well, edges, surrounded by

four sections of seating. Director Marilouise Mi-

chel rose to the challenge ofblocking the performancewith well-timed, purposefulmovements so that audiencemembers were never staringat the backside of an actor fortoo long. Throughout most ofthe show, the thespians reliedon minimalistic props and setpieces, usually in the formof square boxes. Though arisky choice, these worked toperfection, contrasting justenough simplicity with thecomplicated themes.

The other technicalstrong point belonged tolighting designer HankBullington, whose cuesserved to emphasize thevarious moods of the pro-duction without getting inthe way of the actors.

As a whole, “Edges” didwhat it set out to do, bring-ing to the audience depic-tions of those key life mo-ments “on the edge.” Thatsaid, with the music’s in-herent difficulty and theoff-putting pitch prob-lems, “Edges” achievednear-greatness.

Jazz, blues hits Toby

Amerigo Allegretto COPY EDITOR

BreAnna Kirkland, Mary Wagner and Jordan Rembold perform in “Edges.”Justin Gmoser / The Clarion Call

October 18, 2012 THE CLARION CALL Arts & Entertainment 9

Beer, artificial mustaches and some live blues/jam mu-sic were shared by all who attended the Friday Night ‘Stache Bash and perfor-mances by Shade of Blues and Jazzam at Toby Hill Bar and Grill on Friday, Oct. 12.

In the midst of the artifi-cial, authentic and various styles and sizes of mustaches frenzy, Shade of Blues kicked off the night at 7:30. While having played some of their original bluesy jam music, Shade of Blues also played several covers that perked up the ears of the audience.

“What interested me was that they covered the song ‘Blue on Black’ by Kenny Wayne Shepherd,” Clarion University senior Trevor Buckley said. “That really caught my attention. If I was in my high school years I would have been excited.”

The Pittsburgh-based, high energy “get the party started NOW” jazz/power-funk band, Jazzam, took the stage at 10

p.m. According to their artist page on Myspace, their sound stems from modern and tradi-tional influences ranging from Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock, R&B and World Music, they strive to make each set its “own dis-tinct flavor and its own unique pulsating intensity.”

Formed in 2004 by bass-ist Marc Sterling and guitar-ist Glenn Strother, Jazzam’s real breakthrough didn’t oc-cur until 2007 when their regular appearances at Mr. Small’s Theatre turned the band into a go-to local open-er for national acts, and the venue’s Creative.Life.Support Records released Jazzam’s debut, “It’s About Time.”

Later accompanied by percussionist Jake Miller, drummer John Riley, Jeremy McDonough on keyboards and Clinton Clegg, who even-tually filled in as the voice of the band, they have col-lectively opened for various national acts like Ekoostik Hookah and The Headhunt-ers, and later joined Rusted Root for several February tour dates in the Northeast.

“It’s About Time,” is dis-tributed internationally by the Homegrown Music Net-work.

“Appalacha Commin At Ya” is a gritty, jazzy jam with a bass line that is sure to plant itself within the au-diences’ heads, while songs “Hey Dude” and “Future Funk” have strong synth en-thused melodies that will tempt a crowd to their feet.

While Pittsburgh’s jam scene has been loosely defined as a large community of bands including The Boogie Hustlers, The Poogie Bell Band and Ome-ga Love, and clubs that fit the scene well, such as the Pitts-burgh Café and Lawrenceville’s Thunderbird Café, Sterling says Jazzam strives to stay away from any clichés, and will always offer a blend of unique sounds, like electronica or Ca-ribbean funk, to their music.

“’Jam band’ is not a style,” he said to the Pittsburgh City Paper. “I believe ‘jam band’ is a group of fans, a group of people who want to hear that kind of music. As long as those people exist, bands like us are going to be around.”

Michelle’s hosts Tobeco’s fi rst Open Mic Night

Amerigo Allegretto / The Clarion Call

Poet Rick Campbell plays harmonica before reading at Tobeco’s Open Mic Night.

The sound of poetry and music filled the night, as Tobeco hosted an open mic night at a filled Mi-chelle’s Cafe on Main Street Thursday, Oct. 11. Tobeco also took dona-tions for a minimum of $2, giving magazines for the 2012 edition in re-turn. The event lasted for almost two hours.

The night kicked off without warning, as award-winning poet Rick Campbell burst onto the scene play-ing harmonica. Campbell, a Pennsylvania native, has written three poetry books in his career. In his first set, he read from his second book, “Setting the World in Order,” the one that earned him the Walt McDonald award. He told humorous anecdotes about each poem he read, such as why he in-cluded his physical educa-tion teacher’s name in his poem, “Legend.”

“I got in trouble once and I had to write a 500-word essay to my read-

ing teacher about why I wouldn’t pay attention, so I wrote ‘This is really boring,’” said Campbell. “496 words said ‘This is really boring,’ and the last four words said ‘and it is Spring.’ The next day, every physical education coach and the shop teach-er grabbed my throat and slammed me up against the locker. They asked me ‘Do you know why you’re here?’ And I said ‘yeah.’”

Campbell also incorpo-rated harmonica into his reading, leading him to be dubbed a “harmonicist.” He did so in his reading of “Harmonica Lesson.” While reading the text, which uses a railroad as a metaphor for paying dues in life, he mimicked a pass-ing train on harmonica.

More poets and singers performed as the night progressed. Clarion Uni-versity sophomore, Jer-emy Fox played guitar, covering “You” by Chris Young and “Don’t Blink” by Kenny Chesney, Joe Fallecker read a poem he

wrote about cigarettes, andKatrina Verdone playedguitar and sang, coveringRascal Flatts and SleepingWith Sirens. Campbell thenmade an encore appear-ance, taking requests fromstudents who he spokewith earlier in the day whoread his book. He wouldlater jam with Clarion Uni-versity professor, Herb Luthin, who played bluesstandard tunes on guitar.Capping off the night wasChristian Crankfield, whoread two pieces, one called“The Witching Hour.”

“It’s one of my favor-ite pieces,” said Crank-field. He also read a poemcalled “Substanance.”

Tobeco releases itsmagazine, a collection ofpoems and art submit-ted by students, once ayear during the spring se-mester. “It’s an awesomejournal. We’re incrediblyproud of this journal,”said editor and emceeSam Nolan. “It released alittle later than we wantedit to, so this is kind of ourkickoff party.”

Clarion University’s Art Club, VizArtz will be pre-senting a Halloween Art Show on Thursday, Oct. 25 in the Empty Set Gal-lery at the Marwick-Boyd Fine Arts Building. The show starts at 8 p.m. and will go on till 10 p.m.

The show will include student-submitted art-work. Food will also be available and live music pending. The setting of the show will be informal. “The Halloween Art Show gives people the opportu-

nity to exhibit and view art in a casual setting and to connect with people who share similar interests,” said president of VizArtz, Loren Benton. The show is relaxed and intended to welcome the public to come out and enjoy some spooky artwork celebrat-ing the Halloween season in the like-minded com-pany of others.

If any student would like to submit their own artwork, they should con-tact any of the following VizArtz officers: Loren Benton, Lauren Sutley, Ste-fan Gewiss, Kiyomi Knox,

Megan Odonish and EmilySites. The officers can ar-range a drop off time forany student’s artwork.

Artwork submitted forthe show does not have toconform to a Halloweentheme; any kind of themeor medium is acceptable.

With the Halloween spiritin the air and the Fall sea-son well on its way, VizArtzwould like the public to expe-rience the season to the full-est next Thursday, Oct. 25 atthe Marwick-Boyd Fine ArtsBuilding. “We had a greatturn out last year and we’dlike to see an even better onethis year,” said Benton.

VizArtz promises scare

THE CLARION CALL October 18, 2012Sports 10

On the evening of Oct. 16, the Clarion University women’s soccer team was defeated by the Kutztown University Bears by a score of 1-0 at the final home game hosted at the Memo-rial Stadium.

Clarion’s goalie, sopho-more Lauren Saussol re-corded 12 saves against the first-placed Pennsylva-nia State Athletic Confer-ence team.

“Lauren made four or five huge saves,” said Head Coach Rob Eaton. “She did her job, as did most of the other players.”

One of Saussol’s best saves came from the 45th minute when Kutztown’s Diana Malagna fired a pow-

erful shot toward the goal.Saussol managed to leap

up and deflect the ball, mak-ing it head over the middle of the crossbar.

Saussol held her own in the second period before being passed by the Golden Bears Mariah Dimm in the 69th minute after dominat-ing a corner shot making the score 1-0.

Clarion tried to get the ball out of the penalty box, but were unsuccessful in doing so.

“I thought it was a very good collegiate soccer game,” said Eaton. “We put out a performance even with all the injuries we’ve suffered this year, and I was very pleased.”

Clarion had a chance to score a goal just before the Golden Bear’s goal, but Kutz-

town’s goalie Alina Rakie-wicz was just able to block senior Bethany Naugle’s shot during the 67th minute.

“The team this year is very great; we’ve been through a lot; we have all come a long way,” said Naugle. “(The) game was a battle, and everyone bat-tled to the very end. I am so proud of everyone.”

Naugle helped lead Clar-ion with two shots on goal, and senior Lauren Barbour who had two attempted shots as well.

The Eagles (2-8-5 overall and 2-7-3 PSAC) will go head-to-head against the West Chester University Rams on Wednesday, Oct. 23 in West Chester at 2 p.m. before wrapping up the season at In-diana University of Pennsylva-nia on Saturday, Oct. 27.

This past weekend Clari-on University women’s vol-leyball team put together a hard-nosed effort against some tough opponents.

On Friday, Oct. 12, the Golden Eagles took a tough loss against California Uni-versity of Pennsylvania as they lost 3-2.

The Golden Eagles won the first and third sets, while the Vulcons won the second.

Then after that, the Vul-cons won the last sets to take the win.

Rebecca Webb had a good game for Clarion with 19 kills and four blocks.

Emily Stewart also con-tributed with 16 kills and

12 digs. But what cost the Gold-

en Eagles the win was their struggle with offen-sive hitting.

“Against California, I think had we played a more consistent match, the result would have been much dif-ferent,” Coach Jennifer Mills said. “As the match went on, we became less efficient in terminating.”

In their next match, the Golden Eagles played bet-ter overall.

They beat Indiana Univer-sity of Pennsylvania on Sat-urday, Oct. 13, 3-0.

Webb had another out-standing game with 12 kills and three blocks.

Carlie Bieranowski also had 12 kills with 16 digs.

“I was happy with the way we were able to re-bound and play IUP tough after a five-set loss,” Mills said. “I think that the girls did a nice job of taking the information we gave them in scouting report and put-ting it to use on the court.”

With these two games out of the way, the Golden Eagle women’s volleyball team is now 19-4 for the season.

Coach Mills gave her thoughts on going forward with the season.

“We are just continuing to work hard to get better,” Mills said. “I feel that the biggest focus is the same as it always and always will be, which is to continue to work hard and improve each day so that we can compete.”

Jazzmonde JamesSTAFF WRITER

Who are your AL and NL playoff MVPs?

Every postseason, there seems to be at least one player whose performance stands out from his teammates and ulti-mately the whole league.

Last season, it was St. Louis’ own home-town hero that saved the Cardinals from elimination and hit the walk off home run in game six of the World Series to force game seven which eventually brought the World Series Championship to St. Louis.

This postseason has proven to be no different than those of the past.

This year, the American League has been made up on Cinderella stories with the Bal-timore Orioles making the playoffs for the first time in 15 years, and the Oakland Ath-letics making the playoffs with an improb-able run and the smallest payroll in the ma-jor leagues.

My postseason MVP from the AL is a Cin-derella Story in his own way.

Raul Ibanez was signed by the New York Yankees last offseason to act as an extra outfielder, and to be a designated hitter.

Ibanez showed some power during the regular season hitting 19 home runs in 384 at bats.

With the Yankees offense coming into the playoffs scorching hot, few would even consider that Ibanez would play a huge role in their playoff run.

However, I would argue that since those hot bats of Robinson Cano, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson and Nick Swisher have cooled down tremendously in the postsea-son, Ibanez is the only reason the Yankees are still alive.

Ibanez has not played the field this post-season, and has only been used as a pinch-hitter and DH.

He has made his chances count though, hitting three home runs in the ninth in-ning or later of the game giving Yankees fans flashbacks of the original Mr. Octo-ber, Reggie Jackson.

As the Yankees find themselves in a 3-0 hole in the ALCS to the Tigers (as of print), we will see if there is any more October magic in Ibanez’s bat to keep the Yankees alive in their quest for their organizations 28 World Series Championship.

On the National League side of the bracket, outside of the Washington Na-tionals, there are teams that have all been here before and know how to ad-vance in the playoffs.

My top performer has proven himself as a stalwart offensively and defensively.

My postseason MVP thus far from the NL goes to whom I think will receive the Na-tional League regular season MVP, Giants catcher Buster Posey.

Posey, who is only batting .185 this post-season, helps his team in more ways than stats can keep track of.

Just look at the trouble the Giants had in the 2011 season after Posey went down with his season ending injury.

It doesn’t hurt that Posey is tied for his team’s lead in Runs Batted In (five) and Home Runs (two) this postseason.

Not to mention the mammoth grand slam that Posey hit in game five of the NLDS that seemed to propel the Giants passed the Reds overcoming a 2-0 deficit in doing so.

Posey also acts as the anchor of the Giants defense, and has helped the pitch-ing staff be dominant in their postseason performances.

I feel that the only way the Giants team of misfits can halt the defending champi-ons in the NLCS is if Posey’s bat continu-ously heats up and propels the Giants over the Cardinals.

In baseball, it’s beneficial to have a player or two step up consistently coming up with big hits, big pitches or just sim-ply giving it their all in every game to help their team win in a long regular season.

However, when the playoffs come around, players can make or break their careers by coming up with that one big hit, or that one big pitch to help their team move on in the playoffs, or clinch a championship.

The guys who are most valuable when it matters most are remembered.

From what has unfolded in the 2012 MLB postseason so far, two players come to mind.

In the National League, Cardinals slug-ger Carlos Beltran comes to mind.

After not coming through for the Gi-ants last year in the postseason after being traded from the Mets, he has de-livered for the defending champions, finishing a solid regular season with 32 home runs and 97 RBIs.

So far this postseason, he is tied for first with three home runs, and second for RBIs with six.

His batting average is a solid .407, along with a .500 slugging percentage and an OBP of .889.

His hitting played a big role in virtually every game of the Cards’ divisional series defeat of Washington, including a huge two-homer, three-RBI day in St. Louis’ 12-4 win in game two of the series.

The biggest factor, however, is his con-sistency, as he has had at least one hit in every postseason game except one.

That is a considerable turnaround from a season ago.

Another player who comes to mind is one who usually pops up in everyone’s mind considering his career.

That is Yankees captain, Derek Jeter.Just consider what happened to the

Yankees in the first game without Jeter this postseason after suffering a fractured ankle while making a dive at shortstop in game one of the ALCS Sunday, Oct. 14.

The Yankees offense was shut out, and you clearly saw some changes in the lineup that seemed small, but are actually significant.

Jeter has always been the leadoff hitter, and has consistently started the Yankees off well, especially this postseason where the Yankees have experienced plenty of difficulty scoring runs.

Jeter finished the postseason with no home runs and just two RBIs, but had a .333 average, .377 OPS and a .444 slug-ging percentage.

But then again, the biggest factor was his consistent hitting, which also means getting on base.

Jeter, like Beltran, had at least one hit in all but one game this postseason.

Coming up with hits and getting on base on a consistent basis is always huge, espe-cially when your team is struggling might-ily scoring runs, and hardly generating any offense at all.

Jeter was one of only a handful of play-ers in the Yankees’ staring lineup that gen-erated offense on a consistent basis, which was critical in the Yanks’ comeback wins against the Orioles in the ALDS.

Now look at the Yankees.They were shutout in their first game

without their captain.It only shows how valuable Jeter was

to a struggling Yankees lineup, and to the recent success for the Yankees in this decade.

The same goes for Beltran, looking to con-tribute to another world title for the Cardinals.

FACE FACE OFFOFFJacob Oberdorf

STAFF WRITERMatt Catrillo

STAFF WRITER

Clarion soccer drops home fi nale 1-0 despite standout effort

Lauren ZezenskiSTAFF WRITER

Sophomore Ashley Oliver finished sev-enth, and helped the Clarion University wom-en’s golf team claim third place at the Sally Carroll Open hosted by Seton Hill University on Sunday, Oct. 14 and Monday, Oct. 15.

Clarion finished third out of four teams with a score of 707.

Wheeling Jesuit University won the event with a score of 660.

Coming in second was Seton Hill with a score of 677.

Rounding out the four teams was West Virginia Wesleyan University with a score of 711.

Clarion had three of its five golfers fin-ish in the top 15 of the tournament, led by Oliver.

Oliver had a total score of 170, as she shot an 88 on the first day and an 82 on the sec-ond day.

Junior Alyssa Gerhart finished No. 13 with

a two-day score of 175 (87, 88). Junior Amanda Orr was right behind Ger-

hart, as she tied for a No. 14 finish. Orr had scores of 89 and 88, giving her

177 for the two days.Rounding out the Clarion golfers were

sophomore Lindsay Finke and freshman La-rissa Roberts.

Finke finished the two-day event No. 17 with a score of 186, posting a 95 on the first day and a 91 the second day.

Roberts finished right behind her with a No. 18 place performance.

Roberts shot scores of 94 and 96 to give her 190 for the event.

Kasey Frazier of Wheeling Jesuit took home medalist honors with a score of 159 (81, 78.)

Clarion will return to the links, compet-ing in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Con-ference Championships on Friday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 20.

The PSAC Championships will be held at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pa.

Sophomore Oliver leads way for Clarion at Sally Carroll Open

Eddie McDonaldSTAFF WRITER

Clarion volleyball splits grueling matchups over weekend

In about two weeks, the start of the NBA season will begin.

Many fans are happy with the season starting on time after last season’s 149 day lockout horror.

However, the spotlight of professional basketball is not on the NBA this week, de-spite its preseason starting.

The spotlight instead is on the WNBA.Sunday night, Oct. 14, was the start to the

WNBA Finals.The Finals features the Indiana Fever and

the Minnesota Lynx this year. The Lynx are trying to hold their crown

as WNBA champions as they also won the Finals last season.

The Lynx are praying to become the first

repeat winners since the Los Angeles Sparks held two consecutive titles in 2001 and 2002.

The Fever are considered the underdogs in this matchup.

The Fever have never won a champion-ship, and have not been so lucky against the Lynx this season, losing in both meetings.

In game one, the underdogs came and showed they were not to be misjudged as the Fever outscored the Lynx 38-24 in the paint.

Eriana Larkins had an impressive 16 points and 15 rebounds in game one, which was good for the second most rebounds in Finals history.

The Lynx, who are trying to have consecu-tive title winning seasons, need to play better.

Alone in the fourth quarter of game one, they shot a dismal 2-for-17.

The Lynx need to improve overall in order to bring the title back to Minnesota.

Traesha PritchardSTAFF WRITER

You call it: Basketball spotlight shifts to WNBA

THE CLARION CALL October 18, 2012Sports 11

L E A G U ES T A N D I N G S

PSAC FOOTBALL STANDINGS (AS OF 9:00 OCT. 17)

Our CallSPORTS

MIKE WATERLOO

EDDIE MCDONALD

MIKE DECKER

MATT CATRILLO

JAZZMONDE JAMES

MARK EMCH

JACOB OBERDORF

LAUREN ZEZENSKI

TRAESHA PRITCHARD

WHO IS YOUR MOST

HATED ATHLETE IN

SPORTS?

Osi Umenyiora

Alex Rodriguez

Ray Lewis

Tim Tebow

Chad Johnson

Brandon Phillips

Terrell Suggs

Michael Vick

Kobe Bryant

WHAT RECORD IN SPORTS

IN UNBREAKABLE?

Cy Young’s 511 wins

56-game hit streak

Favre’s game streak

Bolt’s 100-meter dash

109 yard TD

44.2 ppg

56-game hit streak

11-hour tennis match

72-10 NBA record

ONE WORD

TO DESCRIBE

FANTASY

FOOTBALL?

Addicting

Agonizing

Awesome

Frustrating

Competitive

Eh

Entertaining

Confusing

Surprising

The Call’s weekly take on the big questions in the

wide, wide world of sports

“@pick_six22: Sometimes you have to blame yourself. You can’t try and always point the fi gure at someone else.” Former Eagles cornerback and current Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel talking about former coach Andy Reid’s decision to fi re defensive coordinator Juan Castillo.

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PANELISTS

TEAM

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RECORD

5-15-13-33-33-33-33-33-33-32-32-32-41-41-41-51-5

TEAM

AtlantaChicagoMinnesotaArizonaNY GiantsSeattleSan FranciscoSt. LouisWashingtonGreen BayPhiladelphiaDallasDetroitTampa BayCarolinaNew Orleans

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AFC

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AlabamaFloridaOregonKansas StateNotre DameLSUSouth CarolinaOregon StateOklahomaUSCGeorgiaMississippi StateWest Virginia

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6-06-06-06-06-06-16-15-04-15-15-16-05-1

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Florida StateRutgersLouisvilleTexas TechTexas A&MClemsonStanfordCincinnatiBoise StateTCUIowa StateTexas

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RECORD

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Work hard, play harder: McQueen looks to start career

Clarion University has had some huge names that were part of its athletic history.

Names like Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle and Ken-tucky Head Basketball Coach John Calipari are just a cou-ple Golden Eagle standouts.

Every college athlete dreams to be able to take his or her game to the next level; however, only a small percentage of those people actually achieve it.

2012 Clarion graduate, Paul McQueen, son of Paul McQueen Sr. and Denise West and brother to Michael Mc-Queen, is working every day to become one of those athletes who can defeat the odds.

McQueen, who didn’t even begin playing basketball until his eighth grade year, is devel-oping his way into a potential professional career.

He left Clarion reaching an amazing milestone sur-passing 1,100 points and 650 rebounds, a feat that is notable at any level.

“We were really surprised the first time we saw him play. He had great frame and size, but had amazing skills and touch inside and out that is rare for someone of that stat-ure,” said Clarion’s Head Bas-ketball Coach Ron Righter.

“His resiliency was so no-table, most of the games he was playing hurt. It would have been interesting to see the num-bers he would have put up if he

could have stayed healthy.”Since graduation, McQueen

has been working hard every day to achieve his goal.

He just finished a tryout for an Independent Basketball As-sociation team in Michigan.

“It’s funny when I think back

on it. I’m steps away from play-ing professional basketball. When I was younger, basket-ball was my last choice,” said McQueen. “I always thought I would have been a football player or baseball. I was also a really good swimmer, but most

people just laugh at me when I tell them that.”

In high school, McQueen was part of an Ohio Division Four State Championship team his freshman year and after transferring his senior year to a division one school,

he was part of a team that finished fifth in the state.

“I never considered any team, my team. I have always had great teammates and great coaches who helped me along the way,” said McQueen. “Being a part of those mo-

ments will always have a place in my heart. How many peo-ple can say they played a State Championship game in front of 20,000 people in Ohio State University’s gymnasium?”

McQueen comes from an athletic family.

His father played football in high school, and his young-er brother is playing football at Ohio University.

“My family is very impor-tant to me. They always sup-ported me in all my decisions. I hope that one day I can sup-port them,” said McQueen. “Michael really looks up to me; everything I do I want to do my best because of him. If I quit, he would quit, too. He is my driving force to never give up.”

In addition to the points and rebounds, McQueen has been focusing hard to be-come a complete player likehis role model LeBron James.

“What can I say; he’s the best,” McQueen said. “I try todo that when I play.”

In addition to his IBA try-outs, McQueen has some ex-perience in the NBA D-League with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

“The Cavs’ general man-ager said he was really im-pressed with my game, andthat he wants to draft mein the D-League draft in No-vember, so it’ll be excitingto see if that can happen,” McQueen said. “But the onething I’ve always wanted todo is play in Europe. I’m justhonored to be playing this game at this level, and I’m al-ways striving to be my best.”

Mike DeckerSTAFF WRITER

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Paul McQueen, a 2012 Clarion University graduate, looks to jumpstart his professional career in the United States or Australia.

The theme of the game for the Clarion Golden Eagles this past Saturday, Oct. 13 against visit-ing Slippery Rock University was stalled on drives as Clarion lost the third annual Milk Jug Game, 28-20.

Clarion marched downfield into Rock territory numerous times, five times inside the SRU 35 to be exact.

One of those drives stalled out at the nine-yard line, and two oth-er drives ended inside the 25-yard line, with Clarion coming away with no points.

“They made plays; we didn’t. We do good things and manage to give the ball game back to them,” said seventh year Head Coach, Jay Foster.

After Clarion punted the ball away on its first possession of the game, Slippery Rock stormed down the field with an 11-play, 80-yard drive in 2:09 to take an early lead.

On the next Clarion possession, the Golden Eagles moved the ball down the field to the SRU 17.

Junior quarterback, Ben Fiscus found redshirt freshman, Mike Di-

etrick in the end zone, but that was negated due to a holding penalty.

Clarion would turn the ball over on downs.

“It’s frustrating because, once again I didn’t think they stopped us on offense and I don’t feel like defensively they did anything to hurt us,” Foster said.

Clarion found itself punting at the start of the second quarter after they could not get anything going.

Slippery Rock took advantage of the punt, driving 88 yards on 12 plays for the second score of the ballgame.

Late in the first half, Clarion forced Slippery Rock to punt after redshirt freshman Tyler Tucker broke up a long pass attempt on third and 17.

On the second play of the ensu-ing drive, Fiscus found junior Jon Reid for a 44-yard completion. Clar-ion got an additional 15 yards due to a facemask penalty on the Rock.

Two plays later, Fiscus found fresh-man Nick Perry in the end zone from seven yards out to give the Golden Eagles its first score of the afternoon.

The extra point attempt was

no good, and Clarion trailed 14-6 heading into the locker room.

With 14:11 left in the game, Clarion was trailing 28-6.

After an exchange of posses-sions, Clarion found its offensive rhythm by going 83 yards on 21 plays to find the end zone, and cut the deficit to 28-12 after freshman Travis Day rushed in from two yards out.

After freshman Jason Peterson intercepted a Barksdale pass late in the fourth, Clarion drove 62 yards in a nine-play drive to score once again on an 11-yard rush from Fiscus.

He would rush in the two-point conversion as well to make the score 28-20.

Sophomore Julian Howsare con-tinued to be a bright spot for the Clarion defense by recording three sacks, giving him 10 for the sea-son, which ranks him third in all of Division II.

Clarion will be back in action this Saturday, Oct. 20 as they head to Lock Haven University for a 12 p.m. game.

Eddie McDonaldSTAFF WRITER

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INTERVIEW BY Traesha Pritchard

Q How do you feel about being named the PSAC West Player of the

Week two weeks ago?

A I was really excited. It was my first time receiving the honor. It was de-

fiantly something I was proud to accom-plish.

Q What has been your motivation for your volleyball career?

A I’m a very competitive person. I just love going out, and beating the snot

out of the other team. That’s something I try and get everyone motivated to do. I’m very loud and obnoxious on the court. I just love the competition.

Q What has been your biggest ac-complishment during your years

playing volleyball?

A Sophomore year when we made it to the Elite 8.

Q Do you have any personal accomplish-ments?

A Sophomore year being Second Team All-Conference and being named

to the Regional Tournament Team. Also PSAC West player of the week.

Q What’s your overview about the volleyball season so far and your team as a whole?

A I’m so proud of our team so far. I know we have four losses. We’re do-

ing a lot better than everyone expected of us. I think that’s something we’re going to continue to do. Our team is very young and I think that’s a good thing for us. All the girls who are playing are hungry. They want to be on the court. They want to be playing.

Q How do you feel about being ranked No. 8 in school history?

A I don’t even know. It’s very hard to wrap my head around that. Hopefully I can do

better. It’s very mind blowing.

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