Campus Girl Scouts Halloween Party

The Campus Girl Scouts hosted their 3rd Annual Halloween Party on Saturday, October 23rd in the East Hall Coffeehouse, and 55 local Girl Scouts attended the event. The Girl Scouts ranged in age from 5 to 15 (Daisy to Cadette level). They enjoyed an afternoon of crafts, games, scary stories, snacks and the favorite, mummy wrap contest.

Helping Hands Across America Food Drive Pictures

Photo 1: TKE brothers Michael Troutner, David Shepard, Anthony Pilla, and Harry Kallet deliver the donated food to St. Anthony's Soup Kitchen.

Photo 2: Members of the football team pose with the food they donated. From left are: Coach Chris Monfiletto, Ryan McClure, Ray Bierbach, Jamie Rieitzi, Nate Jones, Matt Bachman, and Tim Chiarolanza.

Photo 3: TKE brother Harry Kallet helps load food into the delivery van to take to St. Anthony's Food Kitchen.

Photo 4: TKE brothers William Blachly, Harry Kallet, Gage Blanck-Singer, and Anthony Pilla show off the food their fraternity donated.

Photo 5: Representatives from United Campus Ministries with the food the organization donated. Standing from left are Teresa Tickle, Allison Hurley, and Stephanie Menagh. Kneeling from left are Bethany Herring, Ally Felt, and Krystalynn Anderson.

November 4th Unity March Pictures

Photo 1: The "Pink Ladies" from 3rd floor Asbury found a unique way to stay dry and support the cause. From left are residents Clarissa Smallings Chelsea Watts, Elizabeth Klusman, Cadence Murray, Alysia Williams, and Lyndsey Pterson. Laura Klym, their RA, came up with the idea.

Photo 2: Freshman class officers pose with the class banner. From left are Matt Ruth, Zach Brower, Jill Stoops, Maralee Fye, and Regina Collins, Dean of Freshmen.

Photo 3: Seniors Katie Walker, David Ballard, Cody Billotte, and Erin Healy carry the Class of 2011 banner.

Photo 4: Marchers gather on the quad to listen to Theater professor N.J. Stanley speak about the importance of unity and diversity.

All photos were submitted by Emily Stinemire.

Outstanding Lycoming Athletic Achievements

Elisa Becker earned the Middle Atlantic Conference Swimmer of the Week award.

Josh Kleinfelter was named to the D3PRODAY.com Honorable Mention
All-American list.

Kevin Anthony posted his first career double-double with 14
points and 11 rebounds.

T.J. Chiarolanza became Lycoming College’s first ESPN All-American
since the 2005-06 academic year. Chiaiolanza was also named an
Academic All-District 2 selection.

Elisa Becker posted three first-place finishes in swimming,
against Mansfield University.

Stacy Flick, Ariel Smith, Melody Johnson, and Kate Williamson posted
a first place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay.


Meg Emery and Jennie Marosits finished first and second
respectfully in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Kaitlyn Ober was named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week
award in basketball.

Lycoming wrestling head coach Roger Crebs won his 300th match at
Mount Union College against Mt. St. Joseph’s.

MVP Mike Bradley won the MVP award for the Tip-Off Tournament
averaging 14.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in wins over Johnson & Wales
and Penn State Wilkes-Barre.

Jerald Williams posted 14 points, five assists and four steals to also
earn a slot on the All-Tournament team for the second straight year
after posting 11 points, seven assists and six steals against Penn
State Wilkes-Barre.

Kaitlyn Ober scored a career-high 27 points, including a
game-clinching free throw with 0.3 seconds left against
Pitt-Greensburg team at the Hampton Inn Tip-Off Tournament.

Russ Korbul was named Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference
Wrestler of the Week.

Ryan Wagaman, Anthony Marascio, Chuck Bellitto, and Zach Czap were
named to the First Team All-Middle Atlantic Conference for football.

Josh Kleinfelter , Tim Okken, Roger Jayne and Ray Bierbach were
named to the Second Team All-Middle Atlantic Conference for football.

Myles Biggs posted a win in the 1,000-yard freestyle against Elizabethtown.

Joe Andrie and Peter Fields took first and second place finishes in
the 200 yard individual medley against Elizabethtown.

Winter Break Movie Guide

Here are a few releases to enjoy over winter break:

Dec. 10:

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Ben Barnes,
Georgie Henley)

The third film adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ classic series

The Fighter (Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale)

A glimpse of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his brother
(Bale) who helped him go professional

The Tourist (Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie)

An American tourist (Depp) travels to Italy and becomes entangled with
a one-of-a-kind woman (Jolie)

Dec. 17

TRON: Legacy (Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund)

A man who works in the virtual world looks to take down the Master program.

How Do You Know? (Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd)

A man and woman find love amidst a spell of bad luck

Dec. 22

Gulliver’s Travels (Jack Black)

A modern spin on Jonathan Swift’s classic. Lemuel Gulliver (Black) is
a travel writer hoping to cover Bermuda but lands in Liliput instead.

Little Fockers (Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro)

The third installment of the Fockers franchise finds Greg (Stiller),
his eccentric parents and in-laws converging under one roof to welcome
a new baby into the family.

True Grit (Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin)

The Coen Brothers’ remake of the 1969 classic film in which a U.S.
marshal helps a young woman track down her father’s murderer

Jan. 7

Season of the Witch (Nicolas Cage)

A knight (Cage) escorts a young woman (Claire Foy) accused of sorcery
to her trial. Monks claim that her powers cause the Black Plague.

Jan. 14

The Green Hornet (Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz)

Debonair newspaper publisher Britt Reid (Rogen) transforms into masked
superhero Green Hornet. Assisting him is marshal arts expert Kato (Jay
Chou).







Visit imdb.com for more details on the films

Site Takes the ‘Blues’ out of Studying

By: Bethany Herring

If you’re like me, you depend upon flashcards and study notes to help you master concepts for a test. Both are quick and easy to carry around and get out when you have a few spare minutes to review.

Unfortunately, in order to study from your flashcards and notes, you have to have them with you. Doesn’t it always seem like the once-in-a-semester opportunity you have to study in between classes because you got out early also is the day you forgot to throw your flashcards and notes in your book bag?

Not only can you forget to bring them the one time you have an extra chance to study, but flashcards and notes can easily get lost or accidentally thrown out. And, with a college student’s budget, the week you need to study for a test also happens to be the week your bank account is zero.

Luckily, StudyBlue can help.

StudyBlue is a website where students can create flashcards and upload or copy notes to help them master information for upcoming tests and even share them with classmates through Facebook or email. To sign up, one simply needs to type in his/her email address and create a password.

One major advantage of StudyBlue is the fact that it is online, so notes and flashcards can be accessed at anytime and anywhere the Internet is available, including on smart phones. Also, with the information getting saved to your account, you never have to worry about the computer you store your notes in crashing the day before the test. Instead, you are using “cloud computing” in which information you save on the website is stored on large computers and backed up often.

Another advantage of using StudyBlue is the enhanced flashcards. Not only can you type words or phrases to help you remember a concept, but you can also upload music or pictures to the flashcard. What a great way to avoid the hassle of cutting or pasting pictures onto a note card or, worse yet, trying to draw it yourself!
StudyBlue not only helps you store your notes, but it also helps you to study smarter. When using the online flashcards, the site asks you if you got the correct answer. If you did not, then the card gets “shuffled” back into the desk until you memorize the concept. This help you focus on the material you do not know as well, which if you’re like me is a hard task to do.

The final advantage of StudyBlue is that you have the option to print out study notes or flashcards. This is perfect for those who have a tendency to not be able to read their own handwriting. Also, if you use StudyBlue to take notes in class, it saves your hand from the dreaded writer’s cramp and nasty graphite or ink marks you get from having your hand on the paper.

The only disadvantage I found with the site is that in order to merge flashcards and notes with classmates you have to upgrade to StudyBlue+ and pay a monthly fee. Overall, though, I like using the site to make flashcards and organize class notes for upcoming tests because I find that I can type faster than I write and I can go back and correct information without having to brush away eraser crumbs.

See how StudyBlue can help you study smarter! Visit http://www.studyblue.com/ for more information.

CAB announces Ke$ha as spring concert act

The Lycoming College Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced Nov. 12
the lineup for this year’s major spring concert on campus.

CAB has worked very hard to be able to bring a truly exciting act for
this year’s major concert. The show will be held in the Recreation
Center on Friday, April 15 at 8:00 p.m. This year, CAB is proud to
announce that Ke$ha will present the “Get $leazy Tour.”

The 23-year-old pop star will kick off the tour on Feb. 15 at the
Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Ore. Other notable tour stops include
Chicago, Boston, New York, Lycoming College, San Francisco and Los
Angeles, where the run is scheduled to stop on May 6.

Ke$ha will be touring in support of her upcoming Cannibal release,
which features the chart-topping lead single, "We R Who We R," which
debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as Itunes.
“Canibal,” the companion album to her breakthrough debut, “Animal,”
was released on Nov. 22.

The singer won best new act honors at the 2010 MTV Europe Awards in
Madrid and is nominated for three American Music Awards including
Favorite Female Artist and Artist of the Year.

This is a wonderful opportunity for Lycoming to continue its long
tradition of bringing top national acts to campus. We are very
excited about this show and we hope that our students and the
community will come out to enjoy a great concert from an incredible
performer.

As always, CAB is proud to once again offer one free ticket to each
Lycoming College student who has paid the Student Activity Fee, a
practice that remains to be quite unique among colleges and
universities that host major campus concerts. This concert, as
always, is funded by the Student Senate of Lycoming College. Tickets
will be available soon so please stay tuned for more details. Public
ticket price will be $20 per ticket.

This will be an extremely large event for our campus and will require
the help of many students both within CAB and outside of CAB to ensure
success. We have already begun the process of forming committees and
getting organized and prepared for the concert. We will also need
lots of help the day of the show.

If you are interested in helping out, please contact the CAB Concert
Chair, Stephanie Robinson, at robstep@lycoming.edu.

Colleges Against Cancer encourages campus smokers to quit during ‘Great American Smokeout’

By: Heather Keller

It’s almost hard to recall the days smoking was acceptable in
restaurants, and difficult to believe that it was allowed in
airplanes. What was then considered the norm has transitioned into
today’s search for a healthier society.

The Great American Smokeout is an annual event that takes place the
third Thursday of November, this year landing on the 18th. This event
isn’t limited to the campus of Lycoming College alone but is stressed
across the United States to encourage Americans of all ages to quit
smoking. On the 18th students were invited to wear black in support
of the Great American Smokeout.

Since elementary school it has been drilled into our minds that
“Smoking is bad,” so who picks up the habit, and why? Some choose to
begin because they simply think it’s cool—according to other friends,
and with the help of over-exaggerated work of advertisements. Others,
because they grew up around it; parents and guardians smoked so it was
appealing and was accepted. It’s therapeutic and relieves stress some
may claim, but consider about these facts:

• An average smoker spends over $1500 on cigarettes/year
• One in every five deaths in the United States is smoking related.
• There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes—many of which are known to
cause cancer or are otherwise harmful.

While these facts and numbers may all jumble together—as they have
since we were six years old—and fail to be enough to make you want to
quit, don’t reject the benefits that entail the idea of quitting.

For starters Health Services and Sodexo on campus offered a $5
voucher for JP’s or Jazzman’s to the first 20 people to turn in a pack
of cigarettes on November 18, 2010.

Digest this, what can you do with the $1,500 that the average smoker
spends in a year? Sure you can pay off student loans but for us
students, let’s be realistic, who wants to worry about loans while
they are still in college. Go all out, plan a spring break with
several of your friends out of a dreary and cold Wiliamsport,
Pennsylvania and head to Mexico for a warm all-inclusive vacation for
the week that we’re given off. For the ladies, go on a shopping
spree, do you realize how many pairs of shoes or handbags that could
buy you—designer or not—let alone dresses and accessories galore from
Forever 21. As for guys, the new Call of Duty: Black Ops would look a
lot better on a brand new 55” flat screen TV compared to the 19” box
you have sitting in your dorm room right? Even then you’ll have enough
money left over for a few weeks of pizza and wings if you please.

In 1977, The American Cancer Society held it’s first Great American
Smokeout to support and challenge smokers to stop smoking for 24
hours. This event was and still is in hope to get smokers to quit
permanently and step towards a healthier lifestyle.

The carbon monoxide level in your blood will drop to normal just 12
hours after quitting, lungs will begin to recover, and smokers will
continue to experience benefits eventually to the point where coronary
heart disease risks are the same as a non-smoker.

To learn more about the benefits of quitting, and other information
including a guide to quit smoking, visit the American Cancer Society
online.

Men's and Women's Basketball Preview

The official start of basketball season here at Lycoming College began with the tip-off of the Men’s match-up versus Pitt-Bradford on Nov. 15. Since then, viewers have witnessed great games of dribbles and drives in Lamade Gymnasium and other arenas of the opponents.

Spectators had high hopes for Lycoming basketball this season and, according to the numbers in the stats, those hopes were predictors of great starts on the court.

Men’s basketball has pulled through to stay undefeated for their first five games on the court while the Women’s team is running strong with a record of 3-2.

Although they suffered a loss to Penn State Altoona and Rowan University, women’s basketball fought through, only losing by a difference of 10 points or less in each game. In the matchups held between the two losses, they pulled out wins in close games over Misericordia (74-72) and University of Pittsburgh (67-66), proving that they can hold their own on the court. As for the first game of the season, the Lady Warriors dominated over Penn College, nearly doubling their score with a final of 89-46.

Prior to the beginning of the season, the women’s team was faced with the task of essentially starting from scratch. They lost seven seniors last year and were left with only two starters and seven letterwinners returning for the season.

The two seniors looking to lead the pack this year are Rebecca Spencer and Kaitlyn Ober and, by the looks of the first five games, they are doing just that. Ober has ranked in 76 points individually and averages 15.2 points per game. Spencer is not far behind with a total of 52 points and a 10.4 average per game. Since the team consists of so many younger players, responsibility relies heavily on these two, but there is no doubt that they will pull the team through.

Sophomore Rachael Scheller has proven to be a key player in the game. In the season so far, she has seen the most time on the court and also is ranking in the scores. Her total of 56 points in the first five games shows that she will definitely be a player to watch in the next few months.

Other players to watch include junior Chealsea Shearer and freshman Julia Antonelli. They round out the top five scorers of the team this early in the season, bringing in 35 and 30 points, respectively.

As for the men’s team, they have been on fire during their first few weeks. Averaging 27 points over their opponents in the first five games, prospects are high that they will have lasting effects in the division this year. Their 5-0 start for the second straight year has been the first time this occurred in school history.

The Warriors lost Eric Anthony and James Oberlies to graduation last year, but they brought in eight new freshman players at the start of this season and you can expect to see these young players filling slots on the court.

A key player returning for the Warriors is sophomore Jerald Williams. After receiving Commonwealth Rookie of the Year honors last season, already he is a top scorer on the team with a total of 65 points so far. After finishing second in the league last year with average assists and first in the league with average steals, there is no doubt that he will be electrifying on the court, once again.

Ishaan Davis, also a sophomore, leads the Warriors with points this season, averaging 17.2 per game and totaling 86 points in the first five games. Davis also was named Lycoming’s Male Warrior of the Week for Nov. 29. Davis is within 2 points of his 400 in his career as Lycoming College going into the game on Saturday against Albright.

Other major scorers to keep an eye on for the next few weeks are junior Mike Bradley and seniors Will Kelly and Sebastian Sabella. They hold the 2nd, 4th and 5th spots of top scorers of the men’s team, respectively. Pulling an average of 8-13 points among them per game, they will indeed be lighting up the scoreboard for the rest of the season.

Although it is early in the season, Lycoming basketball has definitely proved its worth from both the men’s team and women’s team. Going into the remainder of the season, we can expect great games of basketball to be played by our Lycoming Warriors.

MAG to host ‘Multicultural Lyco’

By Megan Frank

On Wednesday, December 1, the Multi-Cultural Awareness Group (MAG)
will be hosting “Multicultural Lyco.”

Allyson Entz, Senior and MAG’s Public Relations Chair, said, “The
idea for Multicultural Lyco came about because of the diversity within
the club itself. Our purpose is to spread cultural diversity and to
educate others of the importance of tolerance.”

Various clubs and organizations on campus will be participating.

Allyson said, “Each organization involved is hosting a table and
representing a different country.”

The organizations and their counties include; Alpha Sigma Tau as
Egypt, Alpha Xi Delta as The Netherlands, Beta Phi Gamma as Mexico,
Black Student Union as Cameroon, Circle K as Dominican Republic,
German Club as Germany, and Japanese Culture Club as Japan.

Throughout the three hour long event, an assortment of events and
activities will be taking places. These events include a fashion show,
speakers, and performances.


The fashion show will show off clothing from different cultures,
including African, Filipino, Vietnamese, etc., and will be modeled by
Lycoming students and staff.

The event also includes four speakers: Professor Madresehee,
Professor Payne, Ms. Mary Broussard, and Ms. Claudia Vargus, who is a
previous Lycoming Spanish T.A. from Peru.

Allyson said, “There will also be many performers. Danielle Heaney
will sing in Gaelic, Lam Nguyen, Duong Pham, and Mai Nguyen will sing
in Vietnamese, Ly Le will do a traditional Vietnamese dance, and Manal
Sayed will be giving henna tattoos.”

Also, Allyson will sing in Swahili.

Multicultural Lyco will be held in the Jane Shultz Room from 5 p.m.
until 8 p.m. Students do not have to stay for the entire time.

Allyson said, “They are more than welcome to come and go as they please.”