Friday, February 24, 2012
$1 million financial aid grant awarded
By Samantha Ferraro
Lycourier Staff
Lycoming College is infamously known for its impressive dealings in financial aid to more than 95 percent of its student body.
Many of the students depend on the aid as a primary means of paying for their tuition and with such a large endowment, many students will benefit.
Lycoming recently received $1 million in grant money from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation based in Harrisburg.
The Stabler family believed greatly in the idea of philanthropy and the idea of generosity to ensure better lives for those around them.
With the donation from the Stabler fund, many college students will be offered the opportunity to attend Lycoming College at a much lower cost than what would be expected if students had to pay full tuition.
Even with state grants that are awarded to individuals based on the extent of their need, the scholarships and grants awarded by the school help immensely.
Much of the money the college receives in grants come from the alumni, private foundations, and the tuitions paid in part by each student of the college.
According to Chip Edmonds, vice president for college advancement, the college will use the grant from the Stabler Foundation solely for the purpose of financial aid.
“Lycoming’s administration and board are committed to offering scholarships more than anything else to ensure an equal chance for all students to get a good education,” he said.
The grant from the Stabler Foundation was one of the largest grants ever received for the purpose of scholarships, which helps the institution to focus on its core value of allowing students from every financial background an equal opportunity to attend the college, Edmonds said.
Lycoming adds approximately five to 10 new scholarships per year and with the $1 million grant, there are many opportunities for students to continue to receive scholarships and grants through the college, he said.
Throughout the years, based on certain economic situations, the college has seen ebbs and flows in the amount of grant money received from foundations and the alumni, Edmonds said.
Some years are better than others, but the college ensures that it protects and grows its financial resources to guarantee that students always have the financial aid they need to attend the school.
According to Edmonds, the idea of grant making is rather old and is based on the idea of generosity and philanthropy.
The goal was to better the community through means of offering ways for hopeful students to afford their tuition and attend the colleges and universities of their choice.
The Stabler Foundation was no different in its ideals to help the Lycoming community to better the lives of its students through means of higher education.
For 300 years, colleges have been fond of the idea of receiving grants, but only in the last 50 years has the idea become prominent due to the fact that more and more high school students have turned toward the idea of getting a higher education and an increasing amount of careers demand higher degrees.
So to make sure that each student has a fair chance at earning a degree, colleges and universities have begun raising money and collecting through alumni programs and large foundations.
Edmonds, also a Lycoming alumnus, said, “It’s a privilege to work on behalf of the current students to ensure that everyone has a great experience here at Lycoming college.”
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Service group holds panel on Death, Dying Service group holds panel on Death, Dying Service group holds panel on Death, Dying
By Aliza Davner
Editor in Chief/ Lycourier
Issues revolving around the concepts of death and the afterlife are considered controversial and can lead to heated discussion among individuals.
Better Together stimulated such discussion last week by hosting a panel discussion presenting different religious and philosophical views on questions surrounding death and the life after.
Better Together is a community service organization dedicated to the recognition of and cooperation between individuals of differing faiths and belief systems, President Cori Mancuso, a junior, said.
The panel was made up of members of the Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Buddhists faiths, as well as two Lycoming professors — Dr. Richard Hughes of the religion department and Dr. Douglas Young of the philosophy department.
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Rabbi Shaul Rappeport, a local conservative Jewish Rabbi
of the Ohev Sholom Synagogue, at right, answers a question
during last week’s panel discussion as Majed Sayed,
representing the views of Islam, listens intently.
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Other panelists included: Rev. Ken Weiss, Rabbi Shaul Rappeport, Majed Sayed and Daishin McCabe.
The discussion was mediated by religion professor Dr. Steven Johnson and included questions on topic ranging from the existence of the soul and the possession of souls by non-human creatures, to the existence of and nature of the afterlife.
Questions also touched on controversial social issues, such as suicide and the ethics of euthanasia.
Attendees were asked to contribute questions for the panelists, as were encouraged to address questions to several different panel members, to ensure that all faiths and beliefs were represented equally.
For example, all panelists were asked about their faith systems views on reincarnation and rebirth. In response, Rappeport, a conservative Jewish Rabbi of the Ohev Sholom Synagogue, discussed aspects of Jewish mysticism which claim that if an individual does not accomplish everything he/she was meant to in one lifetime, the soul will be reborn repeatedly until all tasks have been completed.
Additionally, McCabe, a Soto Zen Buddhist, said that in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, there is no belief in reincarnation.
Similarly, Sayed, a Muslim originally from Saudi Arabia, described the phases of life given in the Quran, which include: life, a grave period in which the body and soul are buried, resurrection, and finally eternity.
Hughes, who teaches a class on Death and Dying at Lycoming discussed aspects of the topic which are part of his class. For example, he reviewed the difference between an ordinary dream and a big dream and how each type of dream reflects on an individual’s grieving process.
He delved into the universal nature of the fear of death, as well as the concept of an afterimage and the difference between an afterlife and the possibility of life after death.
Young, on the other hand, was present on the panel to discuss how topics of death and the afterlife relate to the study of philosophy.
He stuck mainly with examples from his specialty, Ancient Greek philosophy. For example, when asked about the existence of the soul and whether or not a soul must be prepared to achieve eternal life, Young cited the beliefs of Plato, which included the concept of the soul as trapped in the physical body and that the soul and body must be disentangled in order for one to achieve the afterlife.
Additionally, he cited Aristotle’s (Plato’s pupil) views, which include the belief that everything alive, including non-human creatures and plants, possess a soul. Humans, however, possess an intellect which other creatures do not, and that this intellect is capable of surviving beyond bodily death.
Young also explained the materialist view of the soul, which claims that there is no soul independent from the physical human form.
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Dr. Douglas Young, an assistant professor of philosophy at
Lycoming, one of two professors on the panel and represented the
philosophical viewpoint, with Daishin McCabe, a Soto Zen Buddhist.
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Weiss, the pastor at First Church of Christ, Disciples, answered questions involving animals as sentient creatures after citing his close relationship with his dog. Weiss claimed that heaven is a place of total peace and joy, which includes reuniting owners and pets in the afterlife.
Better Together has held several similar events throughout the year, including an inter-faith Thanksgiving dinner, and a discussion on religion and sexuality.
According to Mancuso, the group has several events planned for the remainder of the semester.
Events include “a program for students to visit the assisted living patients at The Meadows Assisted Living Home, a food drive in late March, participation in Creek Clean Up from a.m. to 1 p.m. March 24, and a trip to Mt. Equity Zendo in Pennsdale to visit Soto Zen Meditation Center in April.
The group meets every Monday at 6 p.m. in the Honors Hall Student Lounge.
The Rev. Jeffrey Lecrone, the faculty adviser for Better Together, also hosts “Counterpoint,” a discussion group focusing on controversial social issues at 7 p.m. on Monday evenings in Honors Hall.
CAB hosts indoor ice skating experience
By Cassandra Mainiero
Lycourier Staff
The winter season of 2012 is passing by rather fast. In fact, with temperatures reaching as high as 50 degrees, sometimes it can feel like there hasn’t been much of a winter at all. For those who like to hide from winter by staying inside, this has probably been a sweet relief because you can finally ditch the winter coats and start thinking of spring. But, for the few of you who were looking forward to the cold weather and winter sports, this can all feel a little unfair. Nevertheless, while the winter of 2012 may not allow us to have many winter activities, like sled riding or snowball fights, it seems that not every winter activity is completely out of reach this season, at least for Lycoming Students.
On Friday, February 10, 2012, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) at Lycoming decided to bring some winter fun to its fellow students and installed an artificial ice rink into East Hall’s Coffeehouse.
Provided by Entertainment Avenue, the ice rink was made up of several large pieces of polyethylene, the kind of plasticof which cutting boards are made, that fit together like pieces of a puzzle. These pieces were then sprayed with a lubricating solution that helped to reduce the friction of the ice and create an ice rink that, surprisingly enough, actually required no change in room temperature or any ice at all.
Skates were also brought by Entertainment Avenue and included a variety of sizes for the college, while CAB supplied music and free hot chocolate to the event’s attendees.
The event lasted from 6:00PM to 9:00PM and was open to faculty, staff, and any family members of the Lycoming College Community, making the first ice rink ever to be put at Lycoming a huge success.
“It looked like a lot of fun and was something we hadn’t done before, I thought students would enjoy it,” commented Lacey Gustafson, a senior student on the Special Events Chair of CAB, who was in charge of this program. And it appeared that Gustafson’s thoughts were right on target.
After sending email reminders to students , and putting flyers up throughout the Lycoming Campus Community, CAB's first artificial ice rink drew in approximately 100 students to the event and even one faculty member, who brought alongside her husband and son. Some individuals were eager put on some skates and meet up with friends to go see what the artificial ice rink was all about.
"I had heard about the event through the posters and emails," said Chelsea Wittlich, a junior student at Lycoming "and was so excited about going because I had never heard of an artificial ice rink!"
But some people, whether it was because of an availability issue, or the fact they had never ice skated before, decided not to attend at all.
"I actually thought it sounded like an interesting idea," admitted Brianne Charnigo, a sophomore student at Lycoming, "but my friends and I never bothered to go. I think our main reason, though, was that we decided we would probably end up injured."
When asked whether CAB would consider doing the ice rink next semester, Gustafson said maybe, but could make no promises at this time. Still, it seems to be the general consensus that this artificial ice rink was not only easy to set up and take down, but also was an easy thumbs up among the Lycoming College Campus. Even those who went, when asked what they would have done differently, didn't have many suggestions for CAB.
Instead, these students, such as Chelsea Wittlich, only had positive feedback. "I wouldn’t change anything about the event, " Wittlich admitted, "except that we should have it more often!”
Any questions or comments about The Artificial Ice Rink can be answered by Lacey Gustafson or The Office of Students Programs, on the 3rd floor of Wertz.
Science Column: Solar storms
By Suzanne Smith
Lycourier Staff
The sun is coming out of one of its longest solar minimums -- a period of least solar activity in its cycle -- in recorded history.
In January, the largest solar storm since 2005 was documented and resulted in some of the most dazzling aurora in recent memory.
For those of you who haven’t taken Dr. Richard Erickson’s astronomy class, auroras are the result of storms in the sun’s magnetic field. These storms are described as invisible field lines that protrude from and loop back to the sun’s “surface.”
On occasion, these field lines break, like a rubber band that has been pulled too tight, and join with other nearby lines. This break releases energy that can launch bursts of plasma known as solar flares. Huge chunks of plasma can be launched toward Earth.
The plasma bursts are known as coronal mass ejections. The CMEs can snap the Earth’s magnetic field lines. The break and recoil of the magnetic field lines result in charged particles racing toward the Earth’s magnetic poles, and it is the charged particles interacting with the atmosphere that cause the shimmering light shows we know as the auroras, borealis and australis, north and south respectively.
Even though the process of field lines breaking and merging with other lines, known as magnetic reconnection, has such significant effects, a detailed picture of what precisely is going on has long eluded scientists, said Paul Bellan, professor of applied physics at California Institute of Technology.
With the use of high speed cameras to look at jets of plasma in the lab, Bellan and graduate student Auna Moser have discovered a surprising phenomenon that provides clues to just how magnetic reconnection occurs.
An argon plasma jet forms a corkscrew like shape, which is known as kink instability. The kink instability causes an even faster-developing behavior, Rayleigh-Taylor instability. This instability causes ripples and tears the jet apart. According to CalTech researchers, this phenomenon never has been seen before and could prove to be vital information in the understanding of solar flares.
In experiments, Moser fired jets of hydrogen, nitrogen and argon plasmas at speeds of about 10 to 50 kilometers per second across a distance of more than 20 centimeters in a vacuum. Plasma is a gas so hot that atoms are stripped of their electrons. To study these jets, Moser used cameras that could take snapshots in less than a microsecond, or one millionth of a second.
Kink instability is caused by electromagnetic interactions between the magnetic field and the plasma, which results in the corkscrew structure. This behavior has been studied for nearly 60 years, and was expected. What was not expected was the strange phenomena discovered by Moser in her high speed snapshots.
She found that the corkscrew shape that developed in her jets grew exponentially and extremely fast. She also noticed tiny ripples that began appearing on the inner edge of the coil just before the jet broke.
“I thought it was a measurement error,” Bellan admitted. The results were “way too reproducible. We were seeing it day in and day out. At first, I thought we would never figure it out.”
After months of additional experiments, they determined that kink instability did spawn the Rayleigh-Taylor instability.
The Rayleigh-Taylor instability happens when a heavy fluid that sits on top of a lighter fluid tries to trade places with the light fluid. Ripples form and grow at the interface between the two, which allows the fluids to swap places.
“People have not observed anything like this before,” Bellan said.
Although the Rayleigh-Taylor instability has been studied for more than 100 years, no one had considered the possibility of it being linked to the kink instability.
Magnetic reconnection on the sun often involves phenomena that span scales from a million meters to just a few meters. At larger scales, physics is relatively simple and straightforward. But at smaller scales, the physics becomes more subtle and complex. Magnetic reconnection happens on the smaller size scale.
The researchers note that, although kink and Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities may not drive magnetic reconnection in all cases, this mechanism is a plausible explanation for at least some scenarios in nature and in the lab.
For more information: Bellan and Moser’s paper “Magnetic reconnection from a multiscale instability cascade.” Nature, 2012.
Students mind manners at etiquette dinner
By Julia Cuddahy
Lycourier Staff
Knowing the difference between a dessert and salad fork can be crucial in an interview held during dinner. Lycoming College’s Career Services recognizes the importance of dining etiquette and every year they host an annual Etiquette Dinner PDR.
The Feb, 8 dinner, co-hosted by the Class of 2012, began at 5:30 p.m. and lasted until 8, to allow for five courses and lectures associated with each portion of the meal.
The menu included French onion soup, garden salad, chicken and rice, and the crowd favorite of vanilla ice cream with peanut butter sauce. An unexpected course came in-between the salad and entrée called an intermezzo. Intermezzo is meant to cleanse the palate, but the taste of raspberry sorbet was delicious nonetheless.
“You’re not there to eat,” said guest speaker, Dr. Kimberly Bolig, director of the Academic Success Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology and 1979 Lycoming graduate.
Bolig encouraged participants to leave some food on their plate, to demonstrate that the interviewees have self-control. With such an appetizing menu, this proved to be difficult.
Unfortunately, the French onion soup did not have cheese, but according to Bolig, interviewees are not supposed to eat the cheese anyway. The strings left behind are too messy for a professional environment.
Instead, Bolig would have advised participants to scrape off the cheese and put it to the side.
Although alcohol was not served, Bolig advised against drinking as well.
“You don’t know what the interviewer’s experience with alcohol is,” Bolig said. “He or she might be a recovering alcoholic or known someone who died in a car crash from drinking and driving. You just don’t know.”
Even if the interviewers are drinking, the interviewee should never order alcohol. Bolig reminded participants that interviewers are testing interviewees, and they may have ordered alcohol just to see if the interviewee would give in easily.
The way in which one picks up food also has significance. For example, the European method of using a fork is opposite to the American way. Europeans use the back of the tongs rather than the front. Bolig challenged participants to eat in this manner and to not switch fork and knife when cutting the meat, to give a worldlier impression.
Even the bread plate serves multiple functions. First, if the butter does not come in neat little packages, one is expected to take a scoop of butter and place it on her bread plate to use for the rest of the night. In order to eat the bread, individuals must break off bite-size sections and butter each piece individually. When the bread is gone, the plate can be used to hold scraps or soiled utensils.
“If you remember nothing else,” Bolig said, “remember that the host or hostess always goes first.” Unless the salad dressing is closer for a guest to reach and subsequently pass, this rule is hardly ever broken.
One of the most important aspects of the dinner, especially during bonafide interviews, is networking. In order to network successfully network, interviewees must know the hierarchy of the guests.
This is why the host/hostess rule has such significance, because whoever organized the event is the leader of the group, and therefore deserves the most respect, she explained.
Originally formal dinners were organized according to court manners, like the Knights of the Round Table, but in order to show more respect toward women, the general rules have switched toward military hierarchy.
Bolig gave a few suggestions about ordering. First the host should be asked what he recommends. This will give an idea of the price range.
Or, she suggested taking the “middle of the road.” This way the person ordering will not come across as too cheap or too extravagant.
At the end of the program, all participants received certificates for completing the etiquette course. Students also received a booklet on the “ABCs” of formal etiquette.
“It’s just one more tool to add to your toolbox,” Bolig said, “so when you need to impress at that formal dinner, you’ll know what to do.”
Lyco theater alumni present show
By John Villarose
Lycourier Staff
Lycoming College’s Mary L. Welch Theatre held performances of the “Bash: Three Plays” from Feb. 8 to 11.
The play, originally written and directed by Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Lakeview Terrace), is actually three miniature plays presented back to back. Each small play featured only one or two actors talking to the audience.
Though the play was originally directed by LaBute, this production was led by director Bridget Leak, who graduated from Lycoming College in 2005. Another Lycoming graduate from 2004, Dustin Crouse, co-stars in the plays alongside actress Dana Leigh Snyder, who has a background in dance and experimental theater.
Behind the scenes, the plays are produced by a staff of Lycoming students.
“Bash” is separated into three plays. The first, titled “iphigenia in orem” stars Crouse alone as a respectable father and husband speaking to an acquaintance out of the audience’s sight.
The play is simple in its setup, as the only sort of set on stage is the chair in which Crouse sits. However, as Crouse’s character reveals his tale, it turns out to be anything but simple. It’s a performance that’s meant to leave the audience guessing, and it does this successfully.
The second play is titled “a gaggle of saints.” This one features both Crouse and Snyder in a setup just as simple, if not more so, as the play before.
In this play, the two portray an ordinary college couple going to a party in New York. Though both actors are on stage, Crouse is clearly the star once again, as Snyder’s character has the tendency to fade into the background. Most of the dialogue is made up of lines quickly jumping back and forth between Crouse and Snyder. Yet, while Crouse’s lines were fast and snappy, Snyder’s usually trailed off toward the end in a somewhat unrealistic way.
To the audience’s expense, this method of speech becomes more distracting than it is effective. As the play goes on, Crouse’s excitement-filled monologue draws the attention of the crowd in a way that is more impressive than possibly any other scene in the three plays.
The third and final play is titled “medea redux.” This play stars Snyder alone in a performance that more for makes up for the one in the second play.
Snyder portrays a woman who appears to be approaching 30 years old. However, most of the play is devoted to her recalling events from her past as she sits at a desk, speaking to someone once again out of sight. Her performance is most likely the most emotional of the play, frequently switching between emotional extremes with little to no notice. While at some points it becomes difficult to figure out what she’s really feeling, the audience can’t help but to sympathize with her.
Each of the three plays is set in front of the same background: a wall made up of a pattern of identical open metal vents. The initial appearance of this wall of vents is perplexing, but as the plays progress, it becomes much more significant as it pulls the audience into the performances in a way unlike what a more complicated set would be able to do.
The lighting effects are also significant; for the majority of the plays, the room is dark, aside from the spotlights shining directly on the actors. The combination of the wall of vents and specific lighting serves to focus the audience on what really drives the plays, the impressive acting and the incredibly deep writing.
These plays cover extremely controversial subjects and they do so successfully. They are not meant for those wanting to hide themselves from the less positive aspects of life.
The only downside to this is that, by the time the third play begins, the audience automatically expects a controversial twist to take place. Still, all three plays are easily able to impress.
The acting of Crouse and Snyder, when combined with LaBute’s excellent script, creates a work of art which everyone should see.
Green Corner: ‘Well, What’s Going On?...’
By Laura Walters
Special to the Lycourier
The sustainability office has been working on many initiatives so far this semester. The office has finished organization of the trash rooms, hanging recycling signs to better identify the bins.
If any of the signs are missing, or the labeling of the bins is incorrect contact students should contact their resident assistant, or the sustainability office.
The office has worked with LEAF and the sustainability committee to assess recycling in all buildings on campus.
After this is reviewed the organizations will better be able to know where recycling is needed. If students see a place on campus where they think recycling would be beneficial, they should contact the sustainability office.
The sustainability office also recently finished filming a public service announcement about recycling.
The PSA will be on the college’s website soon for viewing. Members of the committee hope that this can help answer any questions about recycling; if there are additional questions, please contact the office at Sustainability@lycoming.edu.
Currently, members are working on the college’s environmental audit, which is a living document.
The document includes the college’s utility usage, as well as many other environmentally friendly initiatives currently going on here.
The environmental audit is on the sustainability website, www.lycoming.edu/sustainability.
The site links to both the sustainability office and the sustainability committee websites. There are many useful links to sustainable projects going on here on the sustainability website.
The office is working hard in order to progress sustainability on campus, however everyone needs to help. The office is working toward getting more campus involvement in order for our projects to work.
Recently, members have met with Student Senate, Residential life, and the Athletics department in order to work together on our initiatives.
Sustainability on campus can be beneficial for all students. Not only can money be saved by saving electricity and recycling, but also instilling these values in Lycoming students, teachers, faculty, and staff members is helpful for the future.
Women and Gender Studies prize announced
The Women and Gender Studies department announced a call for submissions of papers to be considered for the Holly Elizabeth Hurlbert Prize in Women’s Studies.
This prize, created in honor of Holly Elizabeth Hurlbert, a 1997 graduate of Lycoming College, was established last year by her parents, Janet and Bruce Hurlbert.
The prize is awarded annually to the student author (or authors) of a completed research paper concerning some aspect of women’s studies.
All Lycoming students are eligible to submit one paper per year.
The deadline for receipt of papers for 2011-2012 is March 19.
Papers will be evaluated by members of the Women’s and Gender Studies Committee, and the prize recipient will receive a stipend of $100.
The endowment stipulates that the stipend should be used for a research project. As such, artistic endeavors are not eligible for consideration.
There are also no specific requirements for the length of the research project.
One copy of the research paper should be submitted to J. Stanley, chair of the Women and Gender Studies department, via Campus Mail to Box 73.
Additionally, any questions concerning the award can be sent to Stanley through e-mail at stanley@lycoming.edu.
IFC elects 2012 board members
By Samantha Ferraro
Lycourier Staff
Anyone interested in Greek life or the four fraternities that Lycoming College has to offer might be wondering what exactly the IFC (Interfraternity Council) does and how it governs fraternity life on campus under faculty adviser, Candida Rivera, who oversees both the IFC and the Panhellenic Council.
With its nine active members, the IFC oversees the activities of Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Delta Rho, while working to achieve goals in fundraising and community service. It also takes part in developing ideas for recruiting and plans for Greek Week.
The IFC serves as a place where each of the fraternities can bring ideas about what could be changed to make Greek life better by addressing any issue raised by the frats at any given time and searching for ways to improve the quality of life.
Members of IFC are elected through a very democratic system. Each hopeful chairman prepares a speech and the houses vote on which presentation was most impressive of those running. The process is lengthy, though important as the winners of these elections will continue on to represent each of the houses and voice the opinions of their respective fraternity, Justin McGill, sophomore and chairman of the council’s public relations committee, said.
The officers within the council include president and vice president, internal and external vice presidents, treasurer, special events chairman, secretary, philanthropy chairman, public relations chairman and scholarship chairman.
Each of the nine members holds a position within the council and meets with their counterpart Panhellenic Council member to discuss similar concepts pertaining their committee, Jack Port, sophomore and IFC treasurer, said.
The council holds two types of meetings, which are divided into two categories: delegate meetings and executive meetings. Each has its own agenda. The delegate meetings are more general where, at least, one member (in most cases, two members) from each fraternity come together to give biweekly reports on what’s happening within each house.
“It’s kind of like a Greek Senate,” Port said.
The second meeting held by council is an executive meeting where the nine position-holders meet and discuss what they’ve been working on within their committees. They discuss past successes and things they would like to change to improve fraternity life for everyone involved in each of the houses.
Among topics that are discussed are future plans for fundraising and community service projects.
IFC works with the Panhellenic Council on a number of programs such as Greek Week. It participates in Relay for Life and helps promote sustainability and the “green” aspect of campus life by advocating recycling to everyone and not just those involved in Greek life, McGill continued.
Every college campus has a version of the IFC, mainly because any campus with Greek life has to comply in some way with the National Greek Life Association and though the IFC varies from campus to campus, the intent to govern fraternity life and improve upon community service ideas and fundraisers remains the same across the board.
IFC has its own Website and Facebook page, which the members highly encourage students on campus to check out for information about fraternity life, especially if they are interested in knowing what going Greek is all about.
Overall, IFC ensures that the fraternities remain in line and continue to raise money and better the Lycoming campus. Each of the four houses promote equality and fairness among the fraternities and to preserve the basic intent of being a member of the Greek society.
Lycourier Staff
Anyone interested in Greek life or the four fraternities that Lycoming College has to offer might be wondering what exactly the IFC (Interfraternity Council) does and how it governs fraternity life on campus under faculty adviser, Candida Rivera, who oversees both the IFC and the Panhellenic Council.
With its nine active members, the IFC oversees the activities of Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Delta Rho, while working to achieve goals in fundraising and community service. It also takes part in developing ideas for recruiting and plans for Greek Week.
The IFC serves as a place where each of the fraternities can bring ideas about what could be changed to make Greek life better by addressing any issue raised by the frats at any given time and searching for ways to improve the quality of life.
Members of IFC are elected through a very democratic system. Each hopeful chairman prepares a speech and the houses vote on which presentation was most impressive of those running. The process is lengthy, though important as the winners of these elections will continue on to represent each of the houses and voice the opinions of their respective fraternity, Justin McGill, sophomore and chairman of the council’s public relations committee, said.
The officers within the council include president and vice president, internal and external vice presidents, treasurer, special events chairman, secretary, philanthropy chairman, public relations chairman and scholarship chairman.
Each of the nine members holds a position within the council and meets with their counterpart Panhellenic Council member to discuss similar concepts pertaining their committee, Jack Port, sophomore and IFC treasurer, said.
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The 2012 members of the Interfraternity Council board,
standing, from left: Bobby Van Sciver, Justin McGill, Ian Eisenhower,
Zack Brower, Pat Kalish. Seated from left are, John Hardy,
Andy Schmidt, Jake Briggs, and Jack Port.
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“It’s kind of like a Greek Senate,” Port said.
The second meeting held by council is an executive meeting where the nine position-holders meet and discuss what they’ve been working on within their committees. They discuss past successes and things they would like to change to improve fraternity life for everyone involved in each of the houses.
Among topics that are discussed are future plans for fundraising and community service projects.
IFC works with the Panhellenic Council on a number of programs such as Greek Week. It participates in Relay for Life and helps promote sustainability and the “green” aspect of campus life by advocating recycling to everyone and not just those involved in Greek life, McGill continued.
Every college campus has a version of the IFC, mainly because any campus with Greek life has to comply in some way with the National Greek Life Association and though the IFC varies from campus to campus, the intent to govern fraternity life and improve upon community service ideas and fundraisers remains the same across the board.
IFC has its own Website and Facebook page, which the members highly encourage students on campus to check out for information about fraternity life, especially if they are interested in knowing what going Greek is all about.
Overall, IFC ensures that the fraternities remain in line and continue to raise money and better the Lycoming campus. Each of the four houses promote equality and fairness among the fraternities and to preserve the basic intent of being a member of the Greek society.
Students respond to e-mail chain
By Victoria Irwin
Lycourier Staff
January 26, 2012 — a date that may live in infamy at Lycoming College. Let’s all take a minute to collect our thoughts on the great e-mail debacle, lest we forget the dignity lost that day. For those of you who need a refresher, this was the day that a few students who were irritated with the large number of lost items messages being sent to the entire student body decided to retaliate.
Unfortunately, this annoyance was taken a bit too far and turned into a case of harassment as well as a problem for the student body. The next day an e-mail was sent by Dean Daniel Miller reminding the students of the school’s computer policies, citing policy No. 8 which states, “You must not deliberately perform acts which are wasteful of computing resources or which unfairly monopolize resources to the exclusion of others.”
Some have wondered how this mass e-mailing was allowed to occur, and if switching from GroupWise to Microsoft Outlook granted students access to message the entire student body, a privilege that had not previously been a problem.
Nicole Franquet, Director of Network Services, said, “This feature was available in GroupWise, it was just easier to access in Outlook. It was not disabled … until someone abused it.”
Yes, you read right. Students are no longer permitted to send e-mails to the entire student body from an individual’s account.
David Heffner, associate dean and chief information officer, said that before the issue, there had not been any official policy against individual students sending messages to the entire student body.
“When the harassment started, it grew into something else, and Dean Miller gave the authorization that students can no longer (e-mail the entire student body).”
Now if you find yourself missing a textbook or even wanting to send a message on your club’s behalf, you must go through Student Programs. But if you’re worried about your freedom of speech, there’s no need to panic. Franquet said, “We don’t monitor e-mails.”
So why have your button-clicking privileges been taken away? Heffner said, “The problem was no one was being legalistic about it.”
Personally, I think it’s probably for the best that individuals no longer have the ability to spam the inboxes of the student body, for lost possessions or other matters.
I’m sure many people felt the same pain that I did when I logged into my e-mail and on a daily basis saw an e-mail from yet another person who was missing something. By the same token, I understood where the annoyed students who sent out the retaliation e-mails were coming from at first; it just got taken too far and once again, we have the same problem of individuals having the power to message the entire student body.
I think a much better way to handle the case of the lost items is to set up a forum where students can post and periodically check to see if anything has been found, in addition to using the lost and found sources that are already available.
If this forum is established, students also could share opinions with each other, make suggestions to improve lackluster school programs or policies, and keep harsh e-mails from being sent. That way, students like me who don’t want to read it don’t have to, yet there is an accessible way for people to communicate with other students. If there is a future problem, students have a healthy way to discuss with others rather than go on a mass e-mail rampage.
Hopefully the requirement to go through Student Programs will slow the rate of school-wide messaging, but I believe Lycoming should seriously consider creating a place for students to go online to communicate.
Lycourier Staff
January 26, 2012 — a date that may live in infamy at Lycoming College. Let’s all take a minute to collect our thoughts on the great e-mail debacle, lest we forget the dignity lost that day. For those of you who need a refresher, this was the day that a few students who were irritated with the large number of lost items messages being sent to the entire student body decided to retaliate.
Unfortunately, this annoyance was taken a bit too far and turned into a case of harassment as well as a problem for the student body. The next day an e-mail was sent by Dean Daniel Miller reminding the students of the school’s computer policies, citing policy No. 8 which states, “You must not deliberately perform acts which are wasteful of computing resources or which unfairly monopolize resources to the exclusion of others.”
Some have wondered how this mass e-mailing was allowed to occur, and if switching from GroupWise to Microsoft Outlook granted students access to message the entire student body, a privilege that had not previously been a problem.
Nicole Franquet, Director of Network Services, said, “This feature was available in GroupWise, it was just easier to access in Outlook. It was not disabled … until someone abused it.”
Yes, you read right. Students are no longer permitted to send e-mails to the entire student body from an individual’s account.
David Heffner, associate dean and chief information officer, said that before the issue, there had not been any official policy against individual students sending messages to the entire student body.
“When the harassment started, it grew into something else, and Dean Miller gave the authorization that students can no longer (e-mail the entire student body).”
Now if you find yourself missing a textbook or even wanting to send a message on your club’s behalf, you must go through Student Programs. But if you’re worried about your freedom of speech, there’s no need to panic. Franquet said, “We don’t monitor e-mails.”
So why have your button-clicking privileges been taken away? Heffner said, “The problem was no one was being legalistic about it.”
Personally, I think it’s probably for the best that individuals no longer have the ability to spam the inboxes of the student body, for lost possessions or other matters.
I’m sure many people felt the same pain that I did when I logged into my e-mail and on a daily basis saw an e-mail from yet another person who was missing something. By the same token, I understood where the annoyed students who sent out the retaliation e-mails were coming from at first; it just got taken too far and once again, we have the same problem of individuals having the power to message the entire student body.
I think a much better way to handle the case of the lost items is to set up a forum where students can post and periodically check to see if anything has been found, in addition to using the lost and found sources that are already available.
If this forum is established, students also could share opinions with each other, make suggestions to improve lackluster school programs or policies, and keep harsh e-mails from being sent. That way, students like me who don’t want to read it don’t have to, yet there is an accessible way for people to communicate with other students. If there is a future problem, students have a healthy way to discuss with others rather than go on a mass e-mail rampage.
Hopefully the requirement to go through Student Programs will slow the rate of school-wide messaging, but I believe Lycoming should seriously consider creating a place for students to go online to communicate.
College announces M.B. Rich Prize for original oration
Lycoming College is sponsoring a contest for the M. B. Rich Prize in the presentation of an original oration. The prize goes “to the two students who excel in writing and delivering an original oration,” Dr. Stephen Johnson, chairman of the department of religion, said.
The contest is April 14.
Students interested in participating need to write and submit an oration between now and the deadline March 30, Johnson said.
At that time, judges will cull the speeches for what they determine to be the six best speeches.
Those six contestants will then deliver their orations publicly from 3 to 4 p.m.April 14 in Clarke Chapel.
Judges will deliberate immediately afterward and announce the winners by 4:30 p.m.
“Your oration must be between seven and eight minutes long. It can be on just about anything, though it must be original (written for this event only). You can praise the benefits of burnt toast for easing diarrhea. You can make a plea for getting out of Afghanistan. You can bash ex-spouses of Kim Kardashian (old news!). You can praise the glories of Lycoming College over its first 200 years. Just do it in seven to eight minutes,” Johnson said.
Faculty members are asked to recommend the contest to students who you think might excel in such a venture, he said.
Johnson emphasized that the contest is a competitive prize.
Only six will be chosen to be presented orally before judges, fellow students, interested faculty and staff members, and any parents visiting Lyco for Honors Convocation the next day. Judges will be looking at a variety of criteria, including aspects of arrangement, style, and delivery.
The written submissions should be sent to Johnson by 5 p.m. March 30.
More more information on judging criteria will be sent to those who express an interest in the contest.
The contest is April 14.
Students interested in participating need to write and submit an oration between now and the deadline March 30, Johnson said.
At that time, judges will cull the speeches for what they determine to be the six best speeches.
Those six contestants will then deliver their orations publicly from 3 to 4 p.m.April 14 in Clarke Chapel.
Judges will deliberate immediately afterward and announce the winners by 4:30 p.m.
“Your oration must be between seven and eight minutes long. It can be on just about anything, though it must be original (written for this event only). You can praise the benefits of burnt toast for easing diarrhea. You can make a plea for getting out of Afghanistan. You can bash ex-spouses of Kim Kardashian (old news!). You can praise the glories of Lycoming College over its first 200 years. Just do it in seven to eight minutes,” Johnson said.
Faculty members are asked to recommend the contest to students who you think might excel in such a venture, he said.
Johnson emphasized that the contest is a competitive prize.
Only six will be chosen to be presented orally before judges, fellow students, interested faculty and staff members, and any parents visiting Lyco for Honors Convocation the next day. Judges will be looking at a variety of criteria, including aspects of arrangement, style, and delivery.
The written submissions should be sent to Johnson by 5 p.m. March 30.
More more information on judging criteria will be sent to those who express an interest in the contest.
Powhida’s art set for gallery
The Lycoming College Art Department will host visiting artist William Powhida’s “Multiples” from March 1-April 1 in the College’s Art Gallery in Snowden Library. An artist reception and gallery talk will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. March 23.
“Multiples” is an exhibition of prints and multiples in a variety of media, including etchings, silkscreens, digital print editions and drawings.
Powhida’s exhibit sheds light on the hidden, unspoken and private practices and rituals of the art world, while also commenting on his own struggles within the fiercely competitive field.
Powhida earned his master’s degree in fine arts in painting from Hunter College in 2002.
In addition to his work as a visual artist, he is a former art critic. Powhida has exhibited internationally and his work has been discussed in The New York Times, Art Forum and Art in America.
Topics have included creating an “enemies” list as well as letters addressed to contemporary curators (such as Zach Feuer Gallery), collectors and critics, requesting recognition.
His 2009 piece “Relational Wall” includes portraits sourced from Art Forum’s “Scene & Herd.”
Powhida produces portraits drawn entirely from memory.
“Multiples” is an exhibition of prints and multiples in a variety of media, including etchings, silkscreens, digital print editions and drawings.
Powhida’s exhibit sheds light on the hidden, unspoken and private practices and rituals of the art world, while also commenting on his own struggles within the fiercely competitive field.
Powhida earned his master’s degree in fine arts in painting from Hunter College in 2002.
In addition to his work as a visual artist, he is a former art critic. Powhida has exhibited internationally and his work has been discussed in The New York Times, Art Forum and Art in America.
Topics have included creating an “enemies” list as well as letters addressed to contemporary curators (such as Zach Feuer Gallery), collectors and critics, requesting recognition.
His 2009 piece “Relational Wall” includes portraits sourced from Art Forum’s “Scene & Herd.”
Powhida produces portraits drawn entirely from memory.
‘Mostly Mozart’ set for Sunday
The Lycoming College Music Department will host the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra's "Mostly Mozart" concert on at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 in Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall.
The program will feature the orchestra's woodwinds and horns performing music by Mozart, as well as Brahms' "Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano."
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door or by calling 321-4016 weekday mornings.
The program will feature the orchestra's woodwinds and horns performing music by Mozart, as well as Brahms' "Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano."
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door or by calling 321-4016 weekday mornings.
Nothing like a day at the gym
By Cody Marshall
Lycourier Staff
Opinion Editor
You put on headphones and running shoes and head to the gym. It is time to work out and pump some iron.
If you are looking for a stress reliever, the gym is the answer. College produces unprecedented levels of stress for its students who are always on the go and trying to keep up with school work.
Take a break from all of that work and relieve your mind. Along with acting as a stress reliever, working out provides numerous other benefits.
Mayo Clinic provides a list of seven benefits that come with regular physical activity.
Exercise controls weight. With obesity rates on the rise in the United States, physical activity is a must. With exercise also comes a reduced risk for certain health conditions and diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and certain types of cancer.
Feeling down? Physical activity helps improve mood. Taking the littlest of steps, even just walking, produces better emotional feeling by releasing certain chemicals within the brain that affect mood. More exercise can lead to a happier lifestyle.
Exercise can boost endurance and improve physical strength. Just doing regular daily chores throughout the house can help.
With all of the stress and busy lives of many Americans these days, some people cannot get the amount of sleep they need to efficiently function. By burning more energy throughout the day, falling asleep becomes easier.
Keeping fit is fun and also increases sex drive. There are so many options as far as exercising goes that the options are limitless.
Sports are always a good option, building muscle strength and providing players with a team atmosphere. Individual activities are extremely helpful because they don’t hold individuals to a limited set of options. Outdoor activities, such as yard work, running, biking and hiking provide ways of getting bodies back into a fit shape.
It is recommended to aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day. The more time devoted to physical training, the better the results will be in the long run.
Taking part in exercising is beneficial in so many ways to the human body and soul. Thirty minutes a day is not that much time to give up in order to produce healthy results. Of course, more time devoted to physical activity is never bad, so long as people do not abuse their bodies by over working them.
So the next time you have free time on your hands, what will you do?
Don’t waste the time, head to the gym. Use your free time to better yourself.
Ask friends to go too. What could be better than getting fit with your closest friends? All it takes is one person to start improving his or her physical self for others to follow.
Lycourier Staff
Opinion Editor
You put on headphones and running shoes and head to the gym. It is time to work out and pump some iron.
If you are looking for a stress reliever, the gym is the answer. College produces unprecedented levels of stress for its students who are always on the go and trying to keep up with school work.
Take a break from all of that work and relieve your mind. Along with acting as a stress reliever, working out provides numerous other benefits.
Mayo Clinic provides a list of seven benefits that come with regular physical activity.
Exercise controls weight. With obesity rates on the rise in the United States, physical activity is a must. With exercise also comes a reduced risk for certain health conditions and diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and certain types of cancer.
Feeling down? Physical activity helps improve mood. Taking the littlest of steps, even just walking, produces better emotional feeling by releasing certain chemicals within the brain that affect mood. More exercise can lead to a happier lifestyle.
Exercise can boost endurance and improve physical strength. Just doing regular daily chores throughout the house can help.
With all of the stress and busy lives of many Americans these days, some people cannot get the amount of sleep they need to efficiently function. By burning more energy throughout the day, falling asleep becomes easier.
Keeping fit is fun and also increases sex drive. There are so many options as far as exercising goes that the options are limitless.
Sports are always a good option, building muscle strength and providing players with a team atmosphere. Individual activities are extremely helpful because they don’t hold individuals to a limited set of options. Outdoor activities, such as yard work, running, biking and hiking provide ways of getting bodies back into a fit shape.
It is recommended to aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day. The more time devoted to physical training, the better the results will be in the long run.
Taking part in exercising is beneficial in so many ways to the human body and soul. Thirty minutes a day is not that much time to give up in order to produce healthy results. Of course, more time devoted to physical activity is never bad, so long as people do not abuse their bodies by over working them.
So the next time you have free time on your hands, what will you do?
Don’t waste the time, head to the gym. Use your free time to better yourself.
Ask friends to go too. What could be better than getting fit with your closest friends? All it takes is one person to start improving his or her physical self for others to follow.
‘Chronicle’ is a breath of fresh air
By Robert Rinaldo
Entertainment Editor
“Chronicle” is a science-fiction film directed by Josh Trank (“The Kill Point”) and written by Max Landis (“Fear Itself”). Produced by Davis Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Dane Dehaan, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Alex Russell.
“Chronicle” follows in the footsteps of films such as “Cloverfield,” “Quarantine” and “Paranormal Activity” with the use of a found-footage style of cinematography, as the film is viewed from the perspective of various personal cameras, news cameras and security feeds.
I had mixed feelings when I first saw the trailer for this film. I groaned when I saw yet another found-footage style film, but I was intrigued that for once it was a sci-fi film as opposed to a horror film. The special effects used in the trailer made me even more curious to see if the style of film could break the stereotypical horror film trend.
After watching it, I can safely say that “Chronicle” exceeded my hopes and expectations and is the best found-footage film I have ever seen.
The film follows Andrew Detmer (DeHaan), a shy high school student who decides to film everything around him. He lives a very troubled life with an abusive drunk of a father (Kelly), a mother suffering from cancer and no friends. One night, along with his cousin Matt Garetty (Russell) and star quarterback Steve Montgomery (Jordan), he finds an alien-like object underground that grants them telekinetic abilities.
At first, the three use their newfound powers recklessly through actions such as levitating objects, playing pranks and flying. Unfortunately, Detmer begins to develop his powers even further and begins to use them for darker purposes. Garetty and Montgomery attempt to keep him under control, but Detmer becomes power hungry and becomes a psychotic monster hell bent on further indulging in his obsession with his powers and destroying anyone and anything that gets in his way.
The main problem with the film is the first 20 to 30 minutes. While it does a great job of setting up just how poor of a life Detmer lives as well as the developing bond between the three main characters, I couldn’t help but feel that parts dragged. Aside from the three discovering the object underground as well as their beginning to understand their powers better, not much really happens.
The plot itself is not unique and gets a bit predictable. It follows the basic formula of “kid with bad life gets something that makes it better,” but then something happens that causes it to get even worse than before and drives him insane. It’s a concept that has been used in countless other films.
“Chronicle” takes full advantage of the found-footage style of shooting and for the most part it works very well. However, the film attempts to add another angle of seeing the events through the camera of a female blogger. While the idea is intriguing, it feels like a wasted opportunity as she really doesn’t do that much.
Also, the film jumps around between multiple camera angles during the last 15 minutes to the point where it almost loses the found-footage element.
You are probably wondering why I liked the film so much if I have been criticizing it thus far. While “Chronicle” does have its flaws, the positive aspects of the film more than make up for them.
The film’s strongest point is the acting. The performances are very well done, especially since all of the actors are mainly television actors with Kelly as the only “big name” actor present.
DeHaan steals the show as he perfectly portrays a tormented kid that after being pushed around for so long finally has the power to make things better for him but takes it too far.
Even though the beginning of the film is a little slow, the pacing eventually smoothes out and is well executed. The suspense plays out brilliantly; I sat at the edge of my seat in anticipation eagerly waiting to see what was going to happen next.
While some of the effects are a little too noticeable, the majority are very well done. I originally was worried about the quality of the special effects in a found-footage film, but the flying sequences as well as the telekinetic abilities looked surprisingly realistic.
What really drives the film is something that everybody asks themselves: what would you do if you were given superpowers?
This is touched upon greatly through the progression of the character’s motives for using the powers, especially Detmer’s, as well as Garetty and Montgomery’s desire to keep their abilities in check, making it an effective and excellent take on a popular topic.
In a trend of found-footage films, “Chronicle” is a much needed breath of fresh air. It is not perfect, but its flaws do not detract from an otherwise great film. This is a film you don’t want to miss and I pray that future films in this style take notice of how to make a good found-footage film.
“Chronicle” is currently in theaters and is rated PG-13 for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking.
Entertainment Editor
“Chronicle” is a science-fiction film directed by Josh Trank (“The Kill Point”) and written by Max Landis (“Fear Itself”). Produced by Davis Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Dane Dehaan, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Alex Russell.
“Chronicle” follows in the footsteps of films such as “Cloverfield,” “Quarantine” and “Paranormal Activity” with the use of a found-footage style of cinematography, as the film is viewed from the perspective of various personal cameras, news cameras and security feeds.
I had mixed feelings when I first saw the trailer for this film. I groaned when I saw yet another found-footage style film, but I was intrigued that for once it was a sci-fi film as opposed to a horror film. The special effects used in the trailer made me even more curious to see if the style of film could break the stereotypical horror film trend.
After watching it, I can safely say that “Chronicle” exceeded my hopes and expectations and is the best found-footage film I have ever seen.
The film follows Andrew Detmer (DeHaan), a shy high school student who decides to film everything around him. He lives a very troubled life with an abusive drunk of a father (Kelly), a mother suffering from cancer and no friends. One night, along with his cousin Matt Garetty (Russell) and star quarterback Steve Montgomery (Jordan), he finds an alien-like object underground that grants them telekinetic abilities.
The main problem with the film is the first 20 to 30 minutes. While it does a great job of setting up just how poor of a life Detmer lives as well as the developing bond between the three main characters, I couldn’t help but feel that parts dragged. Aside from the three discovering the object underground as well as their beginning to understand their powers better, not much really happens.
The plot itself is not unique and gets a bit predictable. It follows the basic formula of “kid with bad life gets something that makes it better,” but then something happens that causes it to get even worse than before and drives him insane. It’s a concept that has been used in countless other films.
“Chronicle” takes full advantage of the found-footage style of shooting and for the most part it works very well. However, the film attempts to add another angle of seeing the events through the camera of a female blogger. While the idea is intriguing, it feels like a wasted opportunity as she really doesn’t do that much.
Also, the film jumps around between multiple camera angles during the last 15 minutes to the point where it almost loses the found-footage element.
You are probably wondering why I liked the film so much if I have been criticizing it thus far. While “Chronicle” does have its flaws, the positive aspects of the film more than make up for them.
The film’s strongest point is the acting. The performances are very well done, especially since all of the actors are mainly television actors with Kelly as the only “big name” actor present.
DeHaan steals the show as he perfectly portrays a tormented kid that after being pushed around for so long finally has the power to make things better for him but takes it too far.
Even though the beginning of the film is a little slow, the pacing eventually smoothes out and is well executed. The suspense plays out brilliantly; I sat at the edge of my seat in anticipation eagerly waiting to see what was going to happen next.
While some of the effects are a little too noticeable, the majority are very well done. I originally was worried about the quality of the special effects in a found-footage film, but the flying sequences as well as the telekinetic abilities looked surprisingly realistic.
What really drives the film is something that everybody asks themselves: what would you do if you were given superpowers?
This is touched upon greatly through the progression of the character’s motives for using the powers, especially Detmer’s, as well as Garetty and Montgomery’s desire to keep their abilities in check, making it an effective and excellent take on a popular topic.
In a trend of found-footage films, “Chronicle” is a much needed breath of fresh air. It is not perfect, but its flaws do not detract from an otherwise great film. This is a film you don’t want to miss and I pray that future films in this style take notice of how to make a good found-footage film.
“Chronicle” is currently in theaters and is rated PG-13 for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking.
Vampire romance is mediocre at best
By Victoria Irwin
Lycourier Staff
Melodrama reigns supreme in the most recent installment of the teen vampire “Twilight” series. “Breaking Dawn: Part 1” doesn’t fail to meet expectations as Bella and Edward tie the knot, but the film is mediocre at best.
In case you are ]allergic to pop culture but decided to read this article for giggles, “Twilight” follows the hopeless Mary Sue heroine Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who falls in love with a 107-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) who moonlights as a high school student in Forks, Wash.
Also vying for Bella’s affections is a teen werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Unfortunately for our furry friend, Bella prefers her men to be a little more undead, and she has chosen Edward to be her forever beau, with the promise that he will turn her into a vampire if she agrees to marry him.
The fourth movie in the “Twilight” series picks up with Bella preparing for her upcoming nuptials. She has a few pre-wedding jitters but walks down the aisle with an (almost) smile on her face (it is Kristen Stewart after all, we can’t ask for much more).
Jacob comes to the wedding for one last dance with a human Bella and of course when she tells him her honeymoon plans, he goes wolf and runs away in an angsty fit, but Bella doesn’t let that ruin her good time.
She and Edward consummate their marriage on a romantic excursion to an island owned by the Cullen clan and only days later Bella realizes Mother Nature hasn’t decided to make her monthly visit. Cue dramatic stomach touch while staring in the mirror and – gasp! – Bella is pregnant, and far enough along to feel the baby kick.
Edward wants to get rid of the fetus as soon as possible, as it is sucking the life out of Bella, but she protests after forming an instant connection with the little monster. And so begins the tediously drawn out pro-life/pro-choice debate that is “Breaking Dawn.”
If you were hoping for impressive performances to make this ridiculous story slightly entertaining, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Stewart, although seemingly slightly more comfortable in front of a camera and giving arguably her best performance of the saga, is still a bottom barrel actress.
The only thing impressive about Lautner is his abs, and even they are beginning to lose appeal in the wake of this silly material. Pattinson’s Edward continues to look like he smells something foul throughout the entire film.
Still, this film somehow manages to be the best movie of the series. The technical aspects have improved greatly since “Twilight” as well as the script and line delivery.
The biggest problem with the series is the source material. Stripping away the vampires and werewolves, Bella is just an annoying character with no personality who somehow manages to get everything she wants and still finds reason to whine. With a character that holds absolutely no appeal, the only reason to watch is for the dreamy romantic fantasy of two gorgeous men willing to go to the ends of the earth for you - er, Bella. It really is the classic love triangle, and as romance captivates a large population of the United States, it’s clear that while this may not be the most compelling film, it’s doing what the producers want it to.
Honestly, this move is exactly how it presents itself. Fans of the series will adore it and enjoy watching the love story play out. While the cast’s performances are underwhelming, audiences can take solace in the fact that the lead actors are indeed nice to look at. If overdramatic chick flicks are you thing then you will enjoy “Breaking Dawn Part 1.”
If you’re interested in checking this film out on campus, the Campus Activities Board will be presenting it free of charge at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday in Heim G-11.
“Breaking Dawn Part 1” is available now on DVD and Blu-Ray. “Breaking Dawn Part 2” is expect to release in theaters Nov 16.
“Breaking Dawn Part 1” is rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements.
Lycourier Staff
Melodrama reigns supreme in the most recent installment of the teen vampire “Twilight” series. “Breaking Dawn: Part 1” doesn’t fail to meet expectations as Bella and Edward tie the knot, but the film is mediocre at best.
Also vying for Bella’s affections is a teen werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Unfortunately for our furry friend, Bella prefers her men to be a little more undead, and she has chosen Edward to be her forever beau, with the promise that he will turn her into a vampire if she agrees to marry him.
The fourth movie in the “Twilight” series picks up with Bella preparing for her upcoming nuptials. She has a few pre-wedding jitters but walks down the aisle with an (almost) smile on her face (it is Kristen Stewart after all, we can’t ask for much more).
Jacob comes to the wedding for one last dance with a human Bella and of course when she tells him her honeymoon plans, he goes wolf and runs away in an angsty fit, but Bella doesn’t let that ruin her good time.
She and Edward consummate their marriage on a romantic excursion to an island owned by the Cullen clan and only days later Bella realizes Mother Nature hasn’t decided to make her monthly visit. Cue dramatic stomach touch while staring in the mirror and – gasp! – Bella is pregnant, and far enough along to feel the baby kick.
Edward wants to get rid of the fetus as soon as possible, as it is sucking the life out of Bella, but she protests after forming an instant connection with the little monster. And so begins the tediously drawn out pro-life/pro-choice debate that is “Breaking Dawn.”
If you were hoping for impressive performances to make this ridiculous story slightly entertaining, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Stewart, although seemingly slightly more comfortable in front of a camera and giving arguably her best performance of the saga, is still a bottom barrel actress.
The only thing impressive about Lautner is his abs, and even they are beginning to lose appeal in the wake of this silly material. Pattinson’s Edward continues to look like he smells something foul throughout the entire film.
Still, this film somehow manages to be the best movie of the series. The technical aspects have improved greatly since “Twilight” as well as the script and line delivery.
The biggest problem with the series is the source material. Stripping away the vampires and werewolves, Bella is just an annoying character with no personality who somehow manages to get everything she wants and still finds reason to whine. With a character that holds absolutely no appeal, the only reason to watch is for the dreamy romantic fantasy of two gorgeous men willing to go to the ends of the earth for you - er, Bella. It really is the classic love triangle, and as romance captivates a large population of the United States, it’s clear that while this may not be the most compelling film, it’s doing what the producers want it to.
Honestly, this move is exactly how it presents itself. Fans of the series will adore it and enjoy watching the love story play out. While the cast’s performances are underwhelming, audiences can take solace in the fact that the lead actors are indeed nice to look at. If overdramatic chick flicks are you thing then you will enjoy “Breaking Dawn Part 1.”
If you’re interested in checking this film out on campus, the Campus Activities Board will be presenting it free of charge at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday in Heim G-11.
“Breaking Dawn Part 1” is available now on DVD and Blu-Ray. “Breaking Dawn Part 2” is expect to release in theaters Nov 16.
“Breaking Dawn Part 1” is rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements.
Men’s Basketball Team Clinches No.3 Seed
By Justin Ossont
Lycourier Staff
Saturday after a tough loss on Senior Day, 68-60, to Alvernia University the Warriors had a little bit of pay back.
Only 30 minutes after the loss the Warriors were informed that they had clinched the No.3 seed and traveled to Chester to take on Widener University on Wednesday in the MAC tournament semi-finals.
For those wondering how the Warriors got in despite losing on Saturday. Lycoming caused a three-way tie between Lycoming, Albright and Alvernia for the No.3 seed. The tie breaker was enforced to see who had the better series record. During the regular season all three schools split their series even meaning they each won and lost one of the two games they played against each other. That forced another tie breaker which was in the Warrior’s favor.
The second tie breaker identified who had the better series battles with in the conference and since Lycoming had swept Lebanon Valley, which finished sixth in the regular season, the Warriors were locked in at the No.3 seed.
Albright and Alvernia then were tied and since Albright had a better point differential than Alvernia, Alvernia was knocked out of the tournament.
Now that the regular season is over, the Warriors can now focus on what they have been searching for all season: the MAC title. After a fantastic start the Warriors had a record of 18-7, while in Commonwealth play the Warriors were 8-6. The hopes were high for the Warriors as they took on Widener in the semi-finals of the tournament. The outcome was not available by press time.
Last weekend the Warriors played their final home game and saluted their three seniors who played for their last time in Lamade Gymnasium. Even with the loss, the crowd had given the seniors an ovation for their time and commitment to the team and the college for being great student athletes.
The three seniors recognized on Saturday were Brandon McFarland, Austin Smith and Mike Bradley. All three had great careers here at Lycoming College. Each had his own part in Saturday’s game against Alvernia. Bradley finished the game with 16 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double; he also had three assists in the game. Smith finished the game with four points and nine rebounds, McFarland had two points, a block and a steal.
The last time Lycoming played Widener University in the semi-finals of the MAC Tournament, the Warriors lost by just one point 69-68 in the final seconds of the game. The Warriors are looking for a little payback and fight their way to a MAC Title.
Lycourier Staff
Saturday after a tough loss on Senior Day, 68-60, to Alvernia University the Warriors had a little bit of pay back.
Only 30 minutes after the loss the Warriors were informed that they had clinched the No.3 seed and traveled to Chester to take on Widener University on Wednesday in the MAC tournament semi-finals.
For those wondering how the Warriors got in despite losing on Saturday. Lycoming caused a three-way tie between Lycoming, Albright and Alvernia for the No.3 seed. The tie breaker was enforced to see who had the better series record. During the regular season all three schools split their series even meaning they each won and lost one of the two games they played against each other. That forced another tie breaker which was in the Warrior’s favor.
The second tie breaker identified who had the better series battles with in the conference and since Lycoming had swept Lebanon Valley, which finished sixth in the regular season, the Warriors were locked in at the No.3 seed.
Albright and Alvernia then were tied and since Albright had a better point differential than Alvernia, Alvernia was knocked out of the tournament.
Now that the regular season is over, the Warriors can now focus on what they have been searching for all season: the MAC title. After a fantastic start the Warriors had a record of 18-7, while in Commonwealth play the Warriors were 8-6. The hopes were high for the Warriors as they took on Widener in the semi-finals of the tournament. The outcome was not available by press time.
Last weekend the Warriors played their final home game and saluted their three seniors who played for their last time in Lamade Gymnasium. Even with the loss, the crowd had given the seniors an ovation for their time and commitment to the team and the college for being great student athletes.
The three seniors recognized on Saturday were Brandon McFarland, Austin Smith and Mike Bradley. All three had great careers here at Lycoming College. Each had his own part in Saturday’s game against Alvernia. Bradley finished the game with 16 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double; he also had three assists in the game. Smith finished the game with four points and nine rebounds, McFarland had two points, a block and a steal.
The last time Lycoming played Widener University in the semi-finals of the MAC Tournament, the Warriors lost by just one point 69-68 in the final seconds of the game. The Warriors are looking for a little payback and fight their way to a MAC Title.
Senior Spotlight:Grace Gargiulo
By Kelly Prendergast
Lycourier Sports Editor
The 2012 Lycoming College women’s lacrosse season approaches and although senior, midfielder Grace Gargiulo recently suffered a season ending knee surgery she still has a positive outlook and plans to contribute to the program just as much as she did over the past three seasons.
Gargiulo comes from an athletic family that pushed her to participate in sports from a young age. However, she didn’t start to play lacrosse until sixth grade.
“From a young age my siblings and I were expected to play three sports. Originally, I played soccer, basketball and softball. I absolutely hated softball, so I decided to play lacrosse instead since a league had just started in my town. As soon as I picked up the stick I was hooked and fell in love with the sport,” Gargiulo said.
“The influential figure who helped me in my lacrosse career was definitely my dad. He was always pushing me to be better, every day. When I would get home from games we would sit for hours and together dissect how I had played. Then we would figure out ways on how I could improve.
“I remember him making me go outside every day and shooting left-handed 100 times and then making me do the same with my right hand. He taught me that you should never settle no matter how good you think you are. This idea has not only helped me with my lacrosse career but has also been useful in all aspects of my life.”
Gargiulo attended Immaculata high school in Branchburg, N.J., where she had an exceptional lacrosse career. She contributed to her team throughout all four years in high school. During her senior year she was captain, received MVP honors and made first-team All-County.
Gargiulo’s impressive career continued when she came to Lycoming College. She began contributing to the Warriors immediately as a freshman, where she started all 18 games as a rookie, tallied 21 goals and gave out 10 assists. In addition she picked up 31 ground balls and caused 17 turnovers.
During her sophomore season she added to her stats by playing in all 18 games and starting 17. She posted 24 goals, six assists, 23 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers.
Her breakout season occurred during her junior year where she played in and started all 16 games. Because of her incredible performance she was named a first-team All-MAC midfielder and earned second team USACollegeLacrosse.com All-America honors. She finished the season with a school record 80 goals and four assists giving her 84 points which is second in school history. These stats also allowed her to finish second in the nation with five goals per game and 24 in the nation for points per game at 5.25. She also had 13 hat tricks during the season and earned three MAC Offensive Player of the Week awards.
This season, however, Gargiulo suffered a severe knee injury during practice and will not be able to play. However, she will continue to lead her team and contribute to the program just as she has the last three years.
“My fondest memory as a Lycoming College lacrosse player was when I beat the record for most goals in a season. I had never imagined in my entire life that I would accomplish something that big and that all of my family would be there to see it. It truly was one of the best moments of my life,” Gargiulo said.
In addition to being a part of the Lady Warrior lacrosse team, Gargiulo is very involved on campus. She is a member of Gamma Delta Sigma and a corporate communication major. After graduation Gargiulo plans to either work in a New York City or Baltimore marketing firm.
Gargiulo believes that lacrosse greatly impacted her experience here at.
“Lacrosse pushed me to work harder at everything I do now because I have learned that what I do doesn’t just affect me but affects everyone else that’s around me. I strive to be better not just on the field but off the field as well. As a team you are all associated by one common thing and for us that’s the sport we play for. It has taught me that no matter what, I have a group of people that will always support me. My team is what made my experience here so great.
“Being a college athlete is very different than high school. It's more than just two hours of practice that day and two games per week. It’s a physical, mental and emotional commitment that becomes your lifestyle,” Gargiulo said.
Lycourier Sports Editor
The 2012 Lycoming College women’s lacrosse season approaches and although senior, midfielder Grace Gargiulo recently suffered a season ending knee surgery she still has a positive outlook and plans to contribute to the program just as much as she did over the past three seasons.
Gargiulo comes from an athletic family that pushed her to participate in sports from a young age. However, she didn’t start to play lacrosse until sixth grade.
“From a young age my siblings and I were expected to play three sports. Originally, I played soccer, basketball and softball. I absolutely hated softball, so I decided to play lacrosse instead since a league had just started in my town. As soon as I picked up the stick I was hooked and fell in love with the sport,” Gargiulo said.
“The influential figure who helped me in my lacrosse career was definitely my dad. He was always pushing me to be better, every day. When I would get home from games we would sit for hours and together dissect how I had played. Then we would figure out ways on how I could improve.
“I remember him making me go outside every day and shooting left-handed 100 times and then making me do the same with my right hand. He taught me that you should never settle no matter how good you think you are. This idea has not only helped me with my lacrosse career but has also been useful in all aspects of my life.”
Gargiulo attended Immaculata high school in Branchburg, N.J., where she had an exceptional lacrosse career. She contributed to her team throughout all four years in high school. During her senior year she was captain, received MVP honors and made first-team All-County.
Gargiulo’s impressive career continued when she came to Lycoming College. She began contributing to the Warriors immediately as a freshman, where she started all 18 games as a rookie, tallied 21 goals and gave out 10 assists. In addition she picked up 31 ground balls and caused 17 turnovers.
During her sophomore season she added to her stats by playing in all 18 games and starting 17. She posted 24 goals, six assists, 23 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers.
Her breakout season occurred during her junior year where she played in and started all 16 games. Because of her incredible performance she was named a first-team All-MAC midfielder and earned second team USACollegeLacrosse.com All-America honors. She finished the season with a school record 80 goals and four assists giving her 84 points which is second in school history. These stats also allowed her to finish second in the nation with five goals per game and 24 in the nation for points per game at 5.25. She also had 13 hat tricks during the season and earned three MAC Offensive Player of the Week awards.
This season, however, Gargiulo suffered a severe knee injury during practice and will not be able to play. However, she will continue to lead her team and contribute to the program just as she has the last three years.
“My fondest memory as a Lycoming College lacrosse player was when I beat the record for most goals in a season. I had never imagined in my entire life that I would accomplish something that big and that all of my family would be there to see it. It truly was one of the best moments of my life,” Gargiulo said.
In addition to being a part of the Lady Warrior lacrosse team, Gargiulo is very involved on campus. She is a member of Gamma Delta Sigma and a corporate communication major. After graduation Gargiulo plans to either work in a New York City or Baltimore marketing firm.
Gargiulo believes that lacrosse greatly impacted her experience here at.
“Lacrosse pushed me to work harder at everything I do now because I have learned that what I do doesn’t just affect me but affects everyone else that’s around me. I strive to be better not just on the field but off the field as well. As a team you are all associated by one common thing and for us that’s the sport we play for. It has taught me that no matter what, I have a group of people that will always support me. My team is what made my experience here so great.
“Being a college athlete is very different than high school. It's more than just two hours of practice that day and two games per week. It’s a physical, mental and emotional commitment that becomes your lifestyle,” Gargiulo said.
Women’s basketball ends another season
By Justin OssontLycourier Staff
Saturday was senior day and was the last day two Lady Warriors would wear their home jerseys. In fact it would be the last day they would ever step foot into Lamade Gymnasium as Lady Warriors.
Erin Connaghan and Chelsea Shearer were recognized for their contribution to the Lady Warriors basketball team and for their determination as student athletes.
Yet even with all the emotion and pride the seniors took in their last home game, Alvernia stole a win from Lycoming with a final score of 62-54.
Sophomore Julia Antonelli recorded her seventh double-double of the season. She had 14 points and 10 rebounds during the game to help lead the team.
Junior Rachel Scheller added 11 points, five assists and six rebounds. Scheller also hit three from beyond on the arc. With Scheller’s fantastic play on Saturday it made her the Female Warrior of the Week.
Other top performers from Saturday’s game were freshman Kylee Sutton who had 12 points, five rebounds and two blocks. She was 100 percent from the free throw line going 8 for 8. Connahan added four points, eight rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals. Shearer added four points, an assist, and a block.
The Lady Warriors finished its season with a record of 10-14 overall, and 5-9 in the Commonwealth. The team ended the season with high hopes of coming back next year ready to compete and give it all they have just like they did this year.
During Saturdays’ game the Lady Warriors did what they have doing all season, never going down without a fight. Being down early in the first half, the Warriors battled back to take a 14-12 lead thanks to a pair of free throws from Antonelli. But Alvernia battled back to regain the lead to four point.
Scheller, then exploded and helped the Warriors going a 23-18 lead with 4:20 left in the first half. Both teams’ traded four points each back and forth and a fastbreak bucket was made by freshman Janelle Ziminski to end the first half stanza.
The second half began with a massive seven- point burst out of Alvernia and had a 14-4 run to begin the second half. Yet the Warriors battled back with Scheller and cut the lead to 4 with a huge three pointer. After four free throws the Crusaders were able to shut the door and seal the victory 62-54.
Before the game Connaghan and Shearer were honored with a short ceremony before the home fans. The fans and teammates will miss both huge contributors to the Lady Warrior program.
Saturday was senior day and was the last day two Lady Warriors would wear their home jerseys. In fact it would be the last day they would ever step foot into Lamade Gymnasium as Lady Warriors.
Erin Connaghan and Chelsea Shearer were recognized for their contribution to the Lady Warriors basketball team and for their determination as student athletes.
Yet even with all the emotion and pride the seniors took in their last home game, Alvernia stole a win from Lycoming with a final score of 62-54.
Sophomore Julia Antonelli recorded her seventh double-double of the season. She had 14 points and 10 rebounds during the game to help lead the team.
Junior Rachel Scheller added 11 points, five assists and six rebounds. Scheller also hit three from beyond on the arc. With Scheller’s fantastic play on Saturday it made her the Female Warrior of the Week.
Other top performers from Saturday’s game were freshman Kylee Sutton who had 12 points, five rebounds and two blocks. She was 100 percent from the free throw line going 8 for 8. Connahan added four points, eight rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals. Shearer added four points, an assist, and a block.
The Lady Warriors finished its season with a record of 10-14 overall, and 5-9 in the Commonwealth. The team ended the season with high hopes of coming back next year ready to compete and give it all they have just like they did this year.
During Saturdays’ game the Lady Warriors did what they have doing all season, never going down without a fight. Being down early in the first half, the Warriors battled back to take a 14-12 lead thanks to a pair of free throws from Antonelli. But Alvernia battled back to regain the lead to four point.
Scheller, then exploded and helped the Warriors going a 23-18 lead with 4:20 left in the first half. Both teams’ traded four points each back and forth and a fastbreak bucket was made by freshman Janelle Ziminski to end the first half stanza.
The second half began with a massive seven- point burst out of Alvernia and had a 14-4 run to begin the second half. Yet the Warriors battled back with Scheller and cut the lead to 4 with a huge three pointer. After four free throws the Crusaders were able to shut the door and seal the victory 62-54.
Before the game Connaghan and Shearer were honored with a short ceremony before the home fans. The fans and teammates will miss both huge contributors to the Lady Warrior program.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Students eat to win big at first-ever Super Bowl hot dog eating contest
By Aliza Davner
Editor in Chief/ Lycourier
As if the dining hall was not crowded enough or loud enough during lunchtime, Lycoming found a way to up the excitement with last week’s Super Bowl Hot Dog Eating Contest.
The event, co-sponsored by Parkhurst Dining Services and the Lycoming College Food Committee, was held on Thursday, February 2 at noon in the dining hall.
This was the hot dog eating contest’s inaugural year, with plans in the works to make it an annual event.
Senior Kari Lenz, chair of the food committee, takes credit for the original idea, saying “I had always wanted to have an eating contest in the dining hall and after talking with the food committee and Nick Zolak, we finally put it into action.”
“[Zolak] suggested using hot dogs,” Lenz added.
In addition to hosting the event in the Wertz Dining Hall, “Parkhurst provided the hot dogs as well,” said Lenz.
The rules for the Lyco Super Bowl Hot Dog Eating Contest were based off of the rules used in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, a famous eating competition held every July 4 in New York.
The rules for the competition were simply to eat as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes. Students were provided trays of hot dogs, as well as cups of water.
Junior Ryan McClure walked away the winner, after having consumed 13 hot dogs.
He received a Super Bowl-ready prize pack, which consisted of six dozen wings with celery and blue cheese, two cases of soda, three large bags of Frito Lay chips and three jars of salsa, as well as a $50.00 gift card to Wegmans for additional snacks for the game.
Prizes were also given to the second and third place finishers.
Cody Butler, who placed second, received a smaller version of McClure’s prize, consisting of four dozen wings with celery and blue cheese, one case of soda, two large bags of Frito Lay chips and two jars of salsa, and a $25.00 gift card to Wegmans.
Butler consumed 10.5 hot dogs during the competition.
Sophomore Christos Arhontakis took third place, eating 10 hot dogs.
He also received a prize package, which included 2 dozen wings with celery and blue cheese, 1 case of soda, 1 large bag of Frito Lay chips and 1 jar of salsa.
He also received a $15.00 gift card to Wegmans.
The event proved to be quite popular with the lunchtime crowd, as students left their tables and gathered in the dining hall’s center aisle to get a good look at the competition.
“I was thrilled to see how many students showed up to either participate or watch the event,” Lenz said.
“[Zolak] and I chatted about it afterward and he estimated that over 500 people, students and faculty, had shown up to watch the event,” she added.
Overall, the competition’s organizers have deemed the event a success. “I am very pleased with the event,” Lenz stated.
“I must say that Parkhurst came up with outstanding prizes! The event was a big success,” she added.
While the majority of the participants were male, “my heart goes out to the only girl who participated in the contest, Andrea Eagle; she's a real champ,” Lenz said.
Editor in Chief/ Lycourier
As if the dining hall was not crowded enough or loud enough during lunchtime, Lycoming found a way to up the excitement with last week’s Super Bowl Hot Dog Eating Contest.
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| Freshman Nicholas Bruno competes in the first-ever Super Bowl Hot Dog Eating Contest during lunch on Thursday, Feb. 2. |
The event, co-sponsored by Parkhurst Dining Services and the Lycoming College Food Committee, was held on Thursday, February 2 at noon in the dining hall.
This was the hot dog eating contest’s inaugural year, with plans in the works to make it an annual event.
Senior Kari Lenz, chair of the food committee, takes credit for the original idea, saying “I had always wanted to have an eating contest in the dining hall and after talking with the food committee and Nick Zolak, we finally put it into action.”
“[Zolak] suggested using hot dogs,” Lenz added.
In addition to hosting the event in the Wertz Dining Hall, “Parkhurst provided the hot dogs as well,” said Lenz.
The rules for the Lyco Super Bowl Hot Dog Eating Contest were based off of the rules used in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, a famous eating competition held every July 4 in New York.
The rules for the competition were simply to eat as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes. Students were provided trays of hot dogs, as well as cups of water.
Junior Ryan McClure walked away the winner, after having consumed 13 hot dogs.
He received a Super Bowl-ready prize pack, which consisted of six dozen wings with celery and blue cheese, two cases of soda, three large bags of Frito Lay chips and three jars of salsa, as well as a $50.00 gift card to Wegmans for additional snacks for the game.
Prizes were also given to the second and third place finishers.
Cody Butler, who placed second, received a smaller version of McClure’s prize, consisting of four dozen wings with celery and blue cheese, one case of soda, two large bags of Frito Lay chips and two jars of salsa, and a $25.00 gift card to Wegmans.
Butler consumed 10.5 hot dogs during the competition.
Sophomore Christos Arhontakis took third place, eating 10 hot dogs.
He also received a prize package, which included 2 dozen wings with celery and blue cheese, 1 case of soda, 1 large bag of Frito Lay chips and 1 jar of salsa.
He also received a $15.00 gift card to Wegmans.
The event proved to be quite popular with the lunchtime crowd, as students left their tables and gathered in the dining hall’s center aisle to get a good look at the competition.
“I was thrilled to see how many students showed up to either participate or watch the event,” Lenz said.
“[Zolak] and I chatted about it afterward and he estimated that over 500 people, students and faculty, had shown up to watch the event,” she added.
Overall, the competition’s organizers have deemed the event a success. “I am very pleased with the event,” Lenz stated.
“I must say that Parkhurst came up with outstanding prizes! The event was a big success,” she added.
While the majority of the participants were male, “my heart goes out to the only girl who participated in the contest, Andrea Eagle; she's a real champ,” Lenz said.
CAB sponsors spring Broadway trip
By Cassandra Mainiero
Lycourier Staff
What’s your favorite Disney movie? Most of us can name our favorites right away. Some people say ‘Beauty and the Beast;’ other individuals such as ‘Pocahantas’ and sometimes people will just give their own rendition of the songs in ‘Tarzan.’
Regardless, one Disney movie that seems to be a popular favorite among many kids, teens, and even young adults is ‘The Lion King.’
This semester, at Lycoming, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) is offering you a chance to answer to your inner- child and join your fellow students to see ‘The Lion King’ (the Musical) on Broadway. That’s right, your favorite characters, like Rafiki, Simba, and Zazu, have come to the Broadway stage for their 15th year and CAB wants to make sure you don’t miss out.
“I haven’t seen it myself,” said Alexander Towle, Committee Chairperson for Travel/Leisure on CAB, “but I’ve heard it’s an artistic show, with great characters, and it has a wonderful reputation.”
Enough of a wonderful reputation that when Towle sent out survey to Lycoming students, about which show they wanted to see this semester, ‘The Lion King’ triumphed over not only ‘Chicago,’ but also ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ and’ Wicked.’
“I always try to choose one classic show and one less-classic show each year” said Towle, “so I identified the four classic shows being offered right now: ‘Chicago,’ ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘The Lion King,’ and ‘Wicked.’ ‘The Lion King’ was the show the students responded to the most and ‘Wicked’ was a close second, but CAB just offered tickets to see that [Wicked] last year.”
There is no denying it, though, CAB’s selection of Broadway shows has gotten better each year and students have seemed to respond greatly to each event.
Last semester, when CAB sold tickets for ‘How to Success in Business without Really Trying’ (feat. Daniel Radcliffe) there was even a student overnight stake-out in Wertz just to get a ticket.
“From what I heard people really enjoyed it” Towlesaid, “it was a great musical and Daniel Radcliffe was actually really good.”
Additionally, the likelihood that ‘The Lion King,’ which holds the 14th worldwide box office ranking for Disney movies, would have any less of popularity when it moved to stage is highly doubtful.
The reviews on ppc.broadway.com just add to the show’s already enormous reputation, calling it a “pulsing spectacle, [with] unforgettable tunes (including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar-winning “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”) and a jaw-dropping display of exotic African wildlife brought to life onstage.”
So, when asked if whether he thought another overnight stakeout was going to happen for ‘The Lion King’ tickets, as if did last semester, Towle agreed immediately: “Yes I do. I definitely see that happening.”
Tickets to see ‘The Lion King’ will be on sale for $25.00 starting on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM, in the Office of Student Programs, located on the 3rd floor of Wertz.
The show will take place on Saturday February 25, 2012 at 2 PM in New York and will be considered a day-trip, so attendees should plan their schedules accordingly.
Students that are attending will not receive their ticket until day of the trip, but will be required to pay and provide Student Programs with an email once the tickets go on sale.
Remember, CAB is only provided with 52 tickets to sell to students and, according to Towle, “we always sell out.”
Tickets will not be able to be reserved for any student that is not there at the time of the sale and, though there may be a list of who was in line first or not, CAB will not adhere to this system.
So, what’s some advice for making sure you get your ticket and will be singing ‘Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba’ [Here Comes the lion, Father] with everyone?”
Well,Towle warns, “just get as close as you can to the [Student Programs] door at 7 AM. That will be your best bet.”
Any questions about this trip can be answered by contacting Alexander Towle or The Office of Student Programs, on the 3rd floor of Wertz.
Lycourier Staff
What’s your favorite Disney movie? Most of us can name our favorites right away. Some people say ‘Beauty and the Beast;’ other individuals such as ‘Pocahantas’ and sometimes people will just give their own rendition of the songs in ‘Tarzan.’
Regardless, one Disney movie that seems to be a popular favorite among many kids, teens, and even young adults is ‘The Lion King.’
This semester, at Lycoming, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) is offering you a chance to answer to your inner- child and join your fellow students to see ‘The Lion King’ (the Musical) on Broadway. That’s right, your favorite characters, like Rafiki, Simba, and Zazu, have come to the Broadway stage for their 15th year and CAB wants to make sure you don’t miss out.
“I haven’t seen it myself,” said Alexander Towle, Committee Chairperson for Travel/Leisure on CAB, “but I’ve heard it’s an artistic show, with great characters, and it has a wonderful reputation.”
Enough of a wonderful reputation that when Towle sent out survey to Lycoming students, about which show they wanted to see this semester, ‘The Lion King’ triumphed over not only ‘Chicago,’ but also ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ and’ Wicked.’
“I always try to choose one classic show and one less-classic show each year” said Towle, “so I identified the four classic shows being offered right now: ‘Chicago,’ ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘The Lion King,’ and ‘Wicked.’ ‘The Lion King’ was the show the students responded to the most and ‘Wicked’ was a close second, but CAB just offered tickets to see that [Wicked] last year.”
There is no denying it, though, CAB’s selection of Broadway shows has gotten better each year and students have seemed to respond greatly to each event.
Last semester, when CAB sold tickets for ‘How to Success in Business without Really Trying’ (feat. Daniel Radcliffe) there was even a student overnight stake-out in Wertz just to get a ticket.
“From what I heard people really enjoyed it” Towlesaid, “it was a great musical and Daniel Radcliffe was actually really good.”
Additionally, the likelihood that ‘The Lion King,’ which holds the 14th worldwide box office ranking for Disney movies, would have any less of popularity when it moved to stage is highly doubtful.
The reviews on ppc.broadway.com just add to the show’s already enormous reputation, calling it a “pulsing spectacle, [with] unforgettable tunes (including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar-winning “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”) and a jaw-dropping display of exotic African wildlife brought to life onstage.”
So, when asked if whether he thought another overnight stakeout was going to happen for ‘The Lion King’ tickets, as if did last semester, Towle agreed immediately: “Yes I do. I definitely see that happening.”
Tickets to see ‘The Lion King’ will be on sale for $25.00 starting on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM, in the Office of Student Programs, located on the 3rd floor of Wertz.
The show will take place on Saturday February 25, 2012 at 2 PM in New York and will be considered a day-trip, so attendees should plan their schedules accordingly.
Students that are attending will not receive their ticket until day of the trip, but will be required to pay and provide Student Programs with an email once the tickets go on sale.
Remember, CAB is only provided with 52 tickets to sell to students and, according to Towle, “we always sell out.”
Tickets will not be able to be reserved for any student that is not there at the time of the sale and, though there may be a list of who was in line first or not, CAB will not adhere to this system.
So, what’s some advice for making sure you get your ticket and will be singing ‘Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba’ [Here Comes the lion, Father] with everyone?”
Well,Towle warns, “just get as close as you can to the [Student Programs] door at 7 AM. That will be your best bet.”
Any questions about this trip can be answered by contacting Alexander Towle or The Office of Student Programs, on the 3rd floor of Wertz.
Science Column: Exploring the Moon
By Suzanne Smith
Lycourier Staff
Just over a month ago two new lunar satellites achieved lunar orbit. NASA’s twin lunar orbiters, Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) A and B, are now known as Ebb and Flow, thanks to the fourth graders at the Emily Dickinson Elementary School in Bozeman, Montana. Ebb and Flow are each about the size of a washing machine. The satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on September 10, 2011.
In a test run of one of the twin spacecraft, GRAIL returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students, will be used by students nationwide to select lunar images for study.
Both Ebb and Flow are fitted with the MoonKAM. It was with Ebb’s MoonKAM that the first images were captured. Testing of Flow’s MoonKAM will be conducted at a later date.
In the video, the north pole of the moon is visible as the spacecraft flies towards the lunar south pole. Maria Zuber, principle investigator on the GRAIL project, hopes the images from MoonKAM inspire students as they explore the moon.
The MoonKAM is an integral part of the a program in which thousands of fourth- to eighth-grade students will select target areas on the lunar surface and send requests to the GRAIL MoonKAM Mission Operations Center in San Diego, California. Photos of target areas will be sent back by the satellites for the students to study.
The MoonKAM program is led by Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space. Her team at Sally Ride Science and undergraduates at the University of California in San Diego will engage middle school students across the country in the GRAIL mission and lunar exploration.
GRAIL is NASA’s first planetary mission carrying instruments fully dedicated to education and public outreach.
“We have had great response from schools around the country; more than 2500 signed up to participate so far,” Ride said. “I expect this will excite many students about possible careers in science and engineering.”
Ebb and Flow periodically perform trajectory correction maneuvers that, over time, will lower their orbits to near-circular ones with an altitude of about 34 miles. During their science mission, the duo will answer longstanding questions about the moon and give scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the GRAIL mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, DC.
To view the 30-second video clip, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/zZXAPs.
Lycourier Staff
Just over a month ago two new lunar satellites achieved lunar orbit. NASA’s twin lunar orbiters, Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) A and B, are now known as Ebb and Flow, thanks to the fourth graders at the Emily Dickinson Elementary School in Bozeman, Montana. Ebb and Flow are each about the size of a washing machine. The satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on September 10, 2011.
In a test run of one of the twin spacecraft, GRAIL returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon. MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students, will be used by students nationwide to select lunar images for study.
Both Ebb and Flow are fitted with the MoonKAM. It was with Ebb’s MoonKAM that the first images were captured. Testing of Flow’s MoonKAM will be conducted at a later date.
In the video, the north pole of the moon is visible as the spacecraft flies towards the lunar south pole. Maria Zuber, principle investigator on the GRAIL project, hopes the images from MoonKAM inspire students as they explore the moon.
The MoonKAM is an integral part of the a program in which thousands of fourth- to eighth-grade students will select target areas on the lunar surface and send requests to the GRAIL MoonKAM Mission Operations Center in San Diego, California. Photos of target areas will be sent back by the satellites for the students to study.
The MoonKAM program is led by Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space. Her team at Sally Ride Science and undergraduates at the University of California in San Diego will engage middle school students across the country in the GRAIL mission and lunar exploration.
GRAIL is NASA’s first planetary mission carrying instruments fully dedicated to education and public outreach.
“We have had great response from schools around the country; more than 2500 signed up to participate so far,” Ride said. “I expect this will excite many students about possible careers in science and engineering.”
Ebb and Flow periodically perform trajectory correction maneuvers that, over time, will lower their orbits to near-circular ones with an altitude of about 34 miles. During their science mission, the duo will answer longstanding questions about the moon and give scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the GRAIL mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, DC.
To view the 30-second video clip, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/zZXAPs.
‘Schemata’ offers publishing opportunity
By Julia Cuddahy
Lycourier Staff
Lycoming students help map out blueprints for great departmental writing when they submit to Schemata: Student Essays Across the Curriculum, an online journal featuring student work and photography, a new issue of which appears each spring.
Faculty can recommend student work for publication, but the program depends on students to e-mail essays and photographs to Shanna Wheeler, Assistant Director of the Academic Resource Center and founder of Schemata (wheelers@lycoming.edu).
“My goal for the program,” said Wheeler, “is to produce a journal with real-life examples of student work that faculty and students can use as templates for specific writing assignments and citation styles.”
All Lycoming students are encouraged to submit, even freshman and recent graduates. “More work submitted,” said Wheeler, “means more competition, which results in a better product.” Submissions sent by the end of February are preferred, so the journal will be ready before the end of the semester.
Since the inaugural issue in Spring 2010, Wheeler and her student editorial board have attempted to showcase at least one essay from each department depending on the number of submissions and the quality of work. Occasionally, especially for History and English, there can be as many as four essays published in a single department. Students can be published in more than one subject or for more than one teacher, so a wide variety of submissions is encouraged. Submissions are not limited to a student’s major, or even to traditional essays. Schemata encourages submissions of all types of non-fiction, including lab reports, personal narratives, and research papers.
“Publication in Schemata is something to put on your résumé, especially if you are not an English major,” said Wheeler. “Writing is difficult, and a record of publication with Schemata proves you know how to write well.”
Also, unlike essay submissions, photographs are not limited to work produced for a specific class; Schemata would be happy to look at anything students feel proud of.
Students who have already submitted to Schemata or those who would simply like to help out should consider joining the editorial board. Positions include proofreading, graphic design, Web design, marketing and public relations. One of the reasons Wheeler created the journal was to give students another opportunity to gain experience in publishing. Most of the editing and designing for the Spring 2012 issue will take place in March and April, so there is still plenty of time to get involved.
Contact Wheeler at wheelers@lycoming.edu and visit the Schemata site at www.lycoming.edu/schemata for more information.
Lycourier Staff
Lycoming students help map out blueprints for great departmental writing when they submit to Schemata: Student Essays Across the Curriculum, an online journal featuring student work and photography, a new issue of which appears each spring.
Faculty can recommend student work for publication, but the program depends on students to e-mail essays and photographs to Shanna Wheeler, Assistant Director of the Academic Resource Center and founder of Schemata (wheelers@lycoming.edu).
“My goal for the program,” said Wheeler, “is to produce a journal with real-life examples of student work that faculty and students can use as templates for specific writing assignments and citation styles.”
All Lycoming students are encouraged to submit, even freshman and recent graduates. “More work submitted,” said Wheeler, “means more competition, which results in a better product.” Submissions sent by the end of February are preferred, so the journal will be ready before the end of the semester.
Since the inaugural issue in Spring 2010, Wheeler and her student editorial board have attempted to showcase at least one essay from each department depending on the number of submissions and the quality of work. Occasionally, especially for History and English, there can be as many as four essays published in a single department. Students can be published in more than one subject or for more than one teacher, so a wide variety of submissions is encouraged. Submissions are not limited to a student’s major, or even to traditional essays. Schemata encourages submissions of all types of non-fiction, including lab reports, personal narratives, and research papers.
“Publication in Schemata is something to put on your résumé, especially if you are not an English major,” said Wheeler. “Writing is difficult, and a record of publication with Schemata proves you know how to write well.”
Also, unlike essay submissions, photographs are not limited to work produced for a specific class; Schemata would be happy to look at anything students feel proud of.
Students who have already submitted to Schemata or those who would simply like to help out should consider joining the editorial board. Positions include proofreading, graphic design, Web design, marketing and public relations. One of the reasons Wheeler created the journal was to give students another opportunity to gain experience in publishing. Most of the editing and designing for the Spring 2012 issue will take place in March and April, so there is still plenty of time to get involved.
Contact Wheeler at wheelers@lycoming.edu and visit the Schemata site at www.lycoming.edu/schemata for more information.
CAB welcomes comedians to Jack’s Corner
By Samantha Ferraro
Lycourier Staff
Clapping and long bouts of laughter could be heard all throughout the Wertz Student Center on the evening of January 26. Jack's was rather full with tons of students who were there for the delicious smoothies and comedic entertainment. Both comedians even made cracks at the ever-going blender sounds that echoed through the room and the crowd was engaged and receptive of comedic acts that were relatable to everyday college life.
The night opened with Adam Newman's jokes, which featured topics such burritos, Disneyland rides, and the reflexes of a cat. “What's the worse thing you can launch into a crowd of people at a sporting event?” Newman asked. His response: “A burrito.”
Newman proceeded to inform the audience of a time in which this strange occurrence really did happen to him and how he was both excited and horrified to have a blend of meat and cheese wrapped in tortilla-y goodness being launched at his face.
He had mixed emotions on the subject. “It took a unique sense of humor to not be offended by some of the jokes,” noted Lyco freshman Sheryl Nelson.
Later in his skit, Newman also asked the audience what they felt was the meaning behind the expression, “reflexes like a cat.” He argued that, “sure, cats can land on their feet when falling from trees, but can they flinch away from a ball being launched at them?” Or maybe a burrito? Cats are quick with their landings, but they're not the wisest of creatures.
Once being hit with the ball, cats tend to venture over and investigate what had just hit them. No human with any sense of reflex would allow something to willingly hit them, so Newman decided he'd “rather have the reflexes of...well, a human.”
Though some of the jokes were subdued and simple, others were meant to stir up some controversy and get people really thinking.
Both Newman and Steve Hoffstetter knew what they were talking about when it came to issues with the world. It was clear in their performances that both of them were well educated on their material and could bring light to popular social issues through humor in an interesting way.
“Some of the jokes were a bit edgy, but nothing that half of us probably weren't thinking,” added freshman Cara DiSandro.
After Newman finished with a brief stint of well thought out jokes, Steve Hofstetter took the stage bringing forth jokes about the Williamsport area as well as his own take on the controversies and humorous issues and happenings in everyday college life.
For instance, Hofstetter poked fun at his red hair, noting that nothing annoyed him more than “being called a 'ginger.'” He notes that only other redheads can refer to each other as 'gingers,' just as members of the rap community have certain things that they refer to each other as, as well.
Another of the jokes that stood out was the safety of the security at airports. Hofstetter had a lot to say about those working as a TSA. He shared a personal story explaining how he found out that snow globes are apparently not allowed on planes, and can't understand why shampoo can't be brought onto a plane in a bottle over the size of three ounces. If weaponry can be made of snow globes and shampoo, we have larger issues to worry about.
There were about forty members of the audience who had come out to see the comedians at work, which made for a more involved show.
Hofstetter took the time to get to know the audience by asking them a series of questions and poking fun (in a gentle way) at some of their answers. He was quick to come up with jokes off the top of his head, showing his improv comedic skills, which both comedians proved to be very good at.
Overall, the comedians were both very witty with material that both entertained and educated those who were present for the show. It was a good time to be had by all and everyone in the audience was both responsive and involved in what was being critiqued and played upon and it was safe to say that the evening was a lovely break to a dull, study-filled night.
Lycourier Staff
Clapping and long bouts of laughter could be heard all throughout the Wertz Student Center on the evening of January 26. Jack's was rather full with tons of students who were there for the delicious smoothies and comedic entertainment. Both comedians even made cracks at the ever-going blender sounds that echoed through the room and the crowd was engaged and receptive of comedic acts that were relatable to everyday college life.
The night opened with Adam Newman's jokes, which featured topics such burritos, Disneyland rides, and the reflexes of a cat. “What's the worse thing you can launch into a crowd of people at a sporting event?” Newman asked. His response: “A burrito.”
Newman proceeded to inform the audience of a time in which this strange occurrence really did happen to him and how he was both excited and horrified to have a blend of meat and cheese wrapped in tortilla-y goodness being launched at his face.
He had mixed emotions on the subject. “It took a unique sense of humor to not be offended by some of the jokes,” noted Lyco freshman Sheryl Nelson.
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| Comedian Steve Hoffstetter |
Later in his skit, Newman also asked the audience what they felt was the meaning behind the expression, “reflexes like a cat.” He argued that, “sure, cats can land on their feet when falling from trees, but can they flinch away from a ball being launched at them?” Or maybe a burrito? Cats are quick with their landings, but they're not the wisest of creatures.
Once being hit with the ball, cats tend to venture over and investigate what had just hit them. No human with any sense of reflex would allow something to willingly hit them, so Newman decided he'd “rather have the reflexes of...well, a human.”
Though some of the jokes were subdued and simple, others were meant to stir up some controversy and get people really thinking.
Both Newman and Steve Hoffstetter knew what they were talking about when it came to issues with the world. It was clear in their performances that both of them were well educated on their material and could bring light to popular social issues through humor in an interesting way.
“Some of the jokes were a bit edgy, but nothing that half of us probably weren't thinking,” added freshman Cara DiSandro.
After Newman finished with a brief stint of well thought out jokes, Steve Hofstetter took the stage bringing forth jokes about the Williamsport area as well as his own take on the controversies and humorous issues and happenings in everyday college life.
For instance, Hofstetter poked fun at his red hair, noting that nothing annoyed him more than “being called a 'ginger.'” He notes that only other redheads can refer to each other as 'gingers,' just as members of the rap community have certain things that they refer to each other as, as well.
Another of the jokes that stood out was the safety of the security at airports. Hofstetter had a lot to say about those working as a TSA. He shared a personal story explaining how he found out that snow globes are apparently not allowed on planes, and can't understand why shampoo can't be brought onto a plane in a bottle over the size of three ounces. If weaponry can be made of snow globes and shampoo, we have larger issues to worry about.
There were about forty members of the audience who had come out to see the comedians at work, which made for a more involved show.
Hofstetter took the time to get to know the audience by asking them a series of questions and poking fun (in a gentle way) at some of their answers. He was quick to come up with jokes off the top of his head, showing his improv comedic skills, which both comedians proved to be very good at.
Overall, the comedians were both very witty with material that both entertained and educated those who were present for the show. It was a good time to be had by all and everyone in the audience was both responsive and involved in what was being critiqued and played upon and it was safe to say that the evening was a lovely break to a dull, study-filled night.
Chieftain Award nominations due
Members of the class of 2012 are asked to submit nominations for the recipient of The Chieftain Award.
This award, presented at Honors Convocation, goes to the senior who, in the opinion of the students, faculty, and staff, has contributed the most to Lycoming College through support of school activities; has exhibited outstanding constructive leadership qualities; has evidenced good moral character; and whose grade point average is equal to or above the median GPA of the preceding graduating class.
Students may access the nomination ballot on WebAdvisor under Student Elections. Please vote for up to 10 students.
Nominating candidates for The Chieftain Award is an important responsibility for the Senior Class since the winner will be the recipient of the highest award that a student at Lycoming can receive. Students are encouraged to nominate ten seniors who most qualify for the award rather than on the basis of personal friendship or personal relationships.
The Chieftain is selected by vote of the student body, faculty, and administrative staff from the candidates selected by the senior class which will be held after Spring Break.
The winner of the Chieftain Award will be announced at the Honors Convocation on April 15.
The deadline for nominations to be received by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs is noon today.
This award, presented at Honors Convocation, goes to the senior who, in the opinion of the students, faculty, and staff, has contributed the most to Lycoming College through support of school activities; has exhibited outstanding constructive leadership qualities; has evidenced good moral character; and whose grade point average is equal to or above the median GPA of the preceding graduating class.
Students may access the nomination ballot on WebAdvisor under Student Elections. Please vote for up to 10 students.
Nominating candidates for The Chieftain Award is an important responsibility for the Senior Class since the winner will be the recipient of the highest award that a student at Lycoming can receive. Students are encouraged to nominate ten seniors who most qualify for the award rather than on the basis of personal friendship or personal relationships.
The Chieftain is selected by vote of the student body, faculty, and administrative staff from the candidates selected by the senior class which will be held after Spring Break.
The winner of the Chieftain Award will be announced at the Honors Convocation on April 15.
The deadline for nominations to be received by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs is noon today.
Green Corner:It’s Recycle Mania time again!
By Alyssa Tomaskovic
Lycourier Staff
While millions of Americans were tuning into the showdown between the Patriots and the Giants on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5th was also significant in another competitive respect. Sunday marked the kick-off of a ten week long nationwide recycling challenge known as RecycleMania.
Started in 2001, as a contest created by the recycling coordinators at Ohio University and Miami University, it eventually became a countrywide event to draw support for eco-issues from students who would otherwise not engage in recycling activities. (For those of you keeping tabs on the rivalry between the two schools, Miami University came away with the win during the inaugural year.)
The most recent competition (2011) included 630 colleges representing 49 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Over 7.5 million students and staff participated, collectively recycling 91 million pounds of recyclables and organic materials were recovered. This activity helped to prevent the release of 127,553 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E), equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 25,000 passenger cars, or the electricity use of more than 15,500 homes.
Lycoming College has traditionally put up good numbers in the competition. Several years ago, students, faculty, and staff placed first in the state and 11th in the nation (in Targeted Materials-Bottles and Cans) in the Seventh Annual RecycleMania contest. During last year’s competition, Lyco recycled almost 11,000 pounds of trash during the 8 week period!
Throughout RecycleMania, Lycoming's buildings and grounds staff collects plastic, glass, cans, cardboard and paper from receptacles across the campus. The recyclables are then weighed and data is recorded weekly by Alyssa Tomaskovic and Laura Walter, the college’s sustainability coordinator and co-coordinator, Chelsea Brewer, the vice-president of LEAF, and Michelle Herman, a member of LEAF.
While it can be a dirty job, the reward is visible and beneficial to the environment. “Anything recycled and kept out of the landfill extends the ability of the county to maintain a place for trash generated in Lycoming County,” said Dr. Mel Zimmerman, Chair of the Lycoming College Biology Department. “Recycling pays.”
The competition runs from February 5th to March 31st. The Sustainability Office and LEAF ask that members of the college community continue to be diligent in separating their recyclables and not to throw everything into one garbage can. The trash rooms in the residence halls have been labeled for convenience and clarity. Weekly updates of the results can be found by going to recyclemania.com or to Lycoming’s Sustainability webpage.
All statistics are courtesy of recyclemania.com and the Environmental Audit.
Lycourier Staff
While millions of Americans were tuning into the showdown between the Patriots and the Giants on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5th was also significant in another competitive respect. Sunday marked the kick-off of a ten week long nationwide recycling challenge known as RecycleMania.
Started in 2001, as a contest created by the recycling coordinators at Ohio University and Miami University, it eventually became a countrywide event to draw support for eco-issues from students who would otherwise not engage in recycling activities. (For those of you keeping tabs on the rivalry between the two schools, Miami University came away with the win during the inaugural year.)
The most recent competition (2011) included 630 colleges representing 49 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Over 7.5 million students and staff participated, collectively recycling 91 million pounds of recyclables and organic materials were recovered. This activity helped to prevent the release of 127,553 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E), equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 25,000 passenger cars, or the electricity use of more than 15,500 homes.
Lycoming College has traditionally put up good numbers in the competition. Several years ago, students, faculty, and staff placed first in the state and 11th in the nation (in Targeted Materials-Bottles and Cans) in the Seventh Annual RecycleMania contest. During last year’s competition, Lyco recycled almost 11,000 pounds of trash during the 8 week period!
Throughout RecycleMania, Lycoming's buildings and grounds staff collects plastic, glass, cans, cardboard and paper from receptacles across the campus. The recyclables are then weighed and data is recorded weekly by Alyssa Tomaskovic and Laura Walter, the college’s sustainability coordinator and co-coordinator, Chelsea Brewer, the vice-president of LEAF, and Michelle Herman, a member of LEAF.
While it can be a dirty job, the reward is visible and beneficial to the environment. “Anything recycled and kept out of the landfill extends the ability of the county to maintain a place for trash generated in Lycoming County,” said Dr. Mel Zimmerman, Chair of the Lycoming College Biology Department. “Recycling pays.”
The competition runs from February 5th to March 31st. The Sustainability Office and LEAF ask that members of the college community continue to be diligent in separating their recyclables and not to throw everything into one garbage can. The trash rooms in the residence halls have been labeled for convenience and clarity. Weekly updates of the results can be found by going to recyclemania.com or to Lycoming’s Sustainability webpage.
All statistics are courtesy of recyclemania.com and the Environmental Audit.
Crossing the Frames prepares film
By Victoria Irwin
Lycourier Staff
The cameras are rolling in Williamsport. Lycoming College’s Crossing the Frames is working on this year’s film, Pumpkin, with filming slated to begin soon.
Crossing the Frames is Lyco’s student run film club. Each year, they put together an independent film project. Club president Christina Moliterno described the basic process. “We find the script, we make it into a storyboard, we cast it, we shoot it, we edit it, and then we air it at the CAC [Community Arts Center]. It’s student made and it’s marketed by the student body.”
This process began last September when the club started meeting. They go through a process in which script submissions are accepted and voted on by club members. Moliterno said, “In the first semester we have different groups to get the word out and say, ‘Hey, if anyone has a script that’s 10 to 15 minutes usually, 20 minutes tops, submit it to us,’ and then it goes by a voting process and we choose the top 3, and then Leah Peterson, she’s the advisor, she picks the best script that she thinks will work best for us.”
After the script is selected, students are signed to committees based on their preferences and proclivities. As president, Moliterno will be co-directing this year’s film along with screenwriter and Lycoming student Chelsea Moore. Other students are parts of various committees that accomplish everything needed on a film set, from sound technicians to food crews.
In this year’s film, Moore shares the true story of her mother’s necrotizing fasciitis, a skin eating disease that had manifested itself in her leg and had begun eating away at her muscle tissues, leading to the necessity of an amputation. The film begins after the operation with Moore’s character in the hospital about to see her mother for the first time.
Moore shared, “The script is about the first time I got to see her by myself. I was afraid to go in there by myself because usually my mom is there for such things, so I had to pretty much make up in my mind what she would say. There’s some dialogue in the script about what she would say to me, and there’s flashbacks in the script.”
To tell Moore’s story, Crossing the Frames tried to work with Susquehanna Health to film relatively close to campus before securing permission to film at an even better site. Moliterno said, “We actually called Jersey Shore Hospital and right away they said we could film in the hospital…and that’s great [because] that’s where the story takes place.”
To attract attention to the project, an open casting call was sent via email as well as advertised by posters around town, specifically to fill the need of older adult roles. Auditions for the film took place January 14 and January 22, and the production committee for the film saw several actors, both from the Williamsport community and the college.
After the film’s premier, Moliterno and crew hope to take the project one step further. “We would like to submit it to student festivals, like Student Academy Awards, and see how far we could get with something we’re so proud of.”
For those interested in checking out the finished product, ‘Pumpkin’ will be screened April 11 at the Community Arts Center on 4th Street in downtown Williamsport.
Lycourier Staff
The cameras are rolling in Williamsport. Lycoming College’s Crossing the Frames is working on this year’s film, Pumpkin, with filming slated to begin soon.
Crossing the Frames is Lyco’s student run film club. Each year, they put together an independent film project. Club president Christina Moliterno described the basic process. “We find the script, we make it into a storyboard, we cast it, we shoot it, we edit it, and then we air it at the CAC [Community Arts Center]. It’s student made and it’s marketed by the student body.”
This process began last September when the club started meeting. They go through a process in which script submissions are accepted and voted on by club members. Moliterno said, “In the first semester we have different groups to get the word out and say, ‘Hey, if anyone has a script that’s 10 to 15 minutes usually, 20 minutes tops, submit it to us,’ and then it goes by a voting process and we choose the top 3, and then Leah Peterson, she’s the advisor, she picks the best script that she thinks will work best for us.”
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| Members of Crossing the Frames Productions gather to work on this year’s film project |
After the script is selected, students are signed to committees based on their preferences and proclivities. As president, Moliterno will be co-directing this year’s film along with screenwriter and Lycoming student Chelsea Moore. Other students are parts of various committees that accomplish everything needed on a film set, from sound technicians to food crews.
In this year’s film, Moore shares the true story of her mother’s necrotizing fasciitis, a skin eating disease that had manifested itself in her leg and had begun eating away at her muscle tissues, leading to the necessity of an amputation. The film begins after the operation with Moore’s character in the hospital about to see her mother for the first time.
Moore shared, “The script is about the first time I got to see her by myself. I was afraid to go in there by myself because usually my mom is there for such things, so I had to pretty much make up in my mind what she would say. There’s some dialogue in the script about what she would say to me, and there’s flashbacks in the script.”
To tell Moore’s story, Crossing the Frames tried to work with Susquehanna Health to film relatively close to campus before securing permission to film at an even better site. Moliterno said, “We actually called Jersey Shore Hospital and right away they said we could film in the hospital…and that’s great [because] that’s where the story takes place.”
To attract attention to the project, an open casting call was sent via email as well as advertised by posters around town, specifically to fill the need of older adult roles. Auditions for the film took place January 14 and January 22, and the production committee for the film saw several actors, both from the Williamsport community and the college.
After the film’s premier, Moliterno and crew hope to take the project one step further. “We would like to submit it to student festivals, like Student Academy Awards, and see how far we could get with something we’re so proud of.”
For those interested in checking out the finished product, ‘Pumpkin’ will be screened April 11 at the Community Arts Center on 4th Street in downtown Williamsport.
BSU holds Black History Month dinner
V. Chapman Smith and President James Douthat pose with members of the Black Student Union during the Black Alumni dinner on February 4.
Greeks celebrate spring recruitment
By Aliza Davner
Editor in Chief/Lycourier
‘Tis the season-- the season for bid returns, that is. For the past two weekends, Lycoming’s Greek organizations have actively sought, and selected, new members.
Spring recruitment for sororities took place the week of January 22 through January 27. Participating girls are sent in groups to each house, where they get a chance to meet the sisters and play games or other planned activities.
Sorority bids were handed out on the evening of Friday, January 27.
The members of Alpha Xi Delta welcomed 15 new girls to their organization this spring. Joining the Spring 2012 class are: Kristy Angstadt, Jenna Baker, Marisa Bayer, Megan Cunningham, Lynette Dooley, Tanya Farr, Jacqueline Heaney, Elizabeth Klejka, Cadence Murray, Bridget Norris, Elizabeth Perez, Shannon Pipes, Alyssa Riggle, Rita Sausmikat, Chelsea Taylor, and Kerry Then.
Alpha Rho Omega received six returned bids on Friday night. The Beta Lambda class consists of members Ashlynn Beacker, Courtney Baumer, Sydney Fondi, Sky Lucas, Michelle Neifert, Kari Pyles, and Jessica Szycht.
Gamma Delta Sigma also received a high number of bids this spring, welcoming 10 new members. Members of the Beta Tau class include: Emily Aderhold, Emily Barger, Sydney Chew, Kelsey Crowe, Bryanna Garnet, Kimberly Lesnewich, Carly Maestas, Kaitlyn Shank, Kasey Uppling and Jessika Van Sciver.
Spring recruitment for fraternities took place during the following week, from January 30 through February 3, with bids handed out Friday evening.
Lambda Chi Alpha welcomed three new members this spring: Terry Laubach, Aaron Hufnagle and Domenico Giordano.
Tau Kappa Epsilon received 12 bids. The members of the Spring 2012 class are: Nguyen Bach, Nathan Bahn, Jake Greger, Josh Harsch, Jacob Kuppermann, Eric Malley, Charlie Marshall, Kyle Petchock, Jalil Samuel, Aaron Slagle, Greg Vartan, and Kyle Wilson.
Editor in Chief/Lycourier
‘Tis the season-- the season for bid returns, that is. For the past two weekends, Lycoming’s Greek organizations have actively sought, and selected, new members.
Spring recruitment for sororities took place the week of January 22 through January 27. Participating girls are sent in groups to each house, where they get a chance to meet the sisters and play games or other planned activities.
Sorority bids were handed out on the evening of Friday, January 27.
The members of Alpha Xi Delta welcomed 15 new girls to their organization this spring. Joining the Spring 2012 class are: Kristy Angstadt, Jenna Baker, Marisa Bayer, Megan Cunningham, Lynette Dooley, Tanya Farr, Jacqueline Heaney, Elizabeth Klejka, Cadence Murray, Bridget Norris, Elizabeth Perez, Shannon Pipes, Alyssa Riggle, Rita Sausmikat, Chelsea Taylor, and Kerry Then.
Alpha Rho Omega received six returned bids on Friday night. The Beta Lambda class consists of members Ashlynn Beacker, Courtney Baumer, Sydney Fondi, Sky Lucas, Michelle Neifert, Kari Pyles, and Jessica Szycht.
Gamma Delta Sigma also received a high number of bids this spring, welcoming 10 new members. Members of the Beta Tau class include: Emily Aderhold, Emily Barger, Sydney Chew, Kelsey Crowe, Bryanna Garnet, Kimberly Lesnewich, Carly Maestas, Kaitlyn Shank, Kasey Uppling and Jessika Van Sciver.
Spring recruitment for fraternities took place during the following week, from January 30 through February 3, with bids handed out Friday evening.
Lambda Chi Alpha welcomed three new members this spring: Terry Laubach, Aaron Hufnagle and Domenico Giordano.
Tau Kappa Epsilon received 12 bids. The members of the Spring 2012 class are: Nguyen Bach, Nathan Bahn, Jake Greger, Josh Harsch, Jacob Kuppermann, Eric Malley, Charlie Marshall, Kyle Petchock, Jalil Samuel, Aaron Slagle, Greg Vartan, and Kyle Wilson.
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