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FIJI GETS THE VOTETh e Board of Trustees voted in favor of the recolonization of Phi Gamma Delta, PAGE 3.

Autumn AppetiteElaina bakes a simple apple dish in the spirit of fall, PAGE 5.

► S P O R T SPLAYOFF BERTHWomen’s soccer clinched either a one or two seed in the NCAC playoffs with a win over DePauw.

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► F E AT U R E SJAMAICAN POET READSBucknell University professor Shara McCallum visits campus for her Single Voice Reading.

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► N E W SALUM BRINGS ARTAllegheny alum David Edwards shares an art and environment hybrid project.

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Security proposes CCTV

Th e Offi ce of Safety and Se-curity held an informational session on Th ursday to explore the possibility of implement-ing a closed-circuit television system.

Th e school has still not reached a decision on the cam-era system.

“Th ere’s nothing fi rm that I’m aware of on the table,” ASG Advisor and Director of Stu-dent Involvement Gretchen Symons said. “I think [the in-formation session was] just an exploration of what the cam-pus community feels.”

Th e proposed CCTV sys-tem would be located at most entrances of the Campus Cen-ter. Th ere would be 19 cameras total, costing about $40,000. Th e CCTV system would be monitored at all times by Safe-ty and Security. Footage would also be archived.

Director of Safety and Se-curity Jeff Schneider said the CCTV system would be used exclusively for safety, security and law enforcement purposes for the community.

“It provides an extra set of eyes for my department [so we can] prevent things before they happen,” Schneider said.

Schneider proposed this

system aft er examining the fre-quency of theft s from the Cam-pus Center, such as couches, rugs, televisions and comput-ers. He has been actively pursu-ing the approval of the cameras since September of last year.

ASG Assistant Director of Student Aff airs Joseph Lasko, ’13, said he wasn’t sure whether the investment was worth the return value.

“Is it worth $30,000 to save a couch or two?” Lasko said.

Schneider said the use of the CCTV system would hope-fully be a deterrent for poten-tial theft s and other problems.

“It’s not a cure all remedy,” Schneider said. “It’s merely a tool.”

Schneider said the next proposition would target park-ing lots to prevent vehicular theft .

Th e current proposal is still in its early stages.

“Th ere’s a lot more conver-sation that needs to happen before… we’re going to change things on campus that way,” Sy-mons said.

Th e proposition will be brought before the faculty council, as well as proposed to a larger section of the student body.

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CHARLIE MAGOVERN/THE CAMPUSTOP: Students hold signs and chant as they march across campus for Allegheny’s fi rst SlutWalk. Hosted by Reproco and Young Feminists, SlutWalk is a popular demonstration against victim-blaming in cases of rape on the grounds of women’s choice of dress. “It doesn’t matter what you wear, people shouldn’t be raped,” said Emily Cherry, ’14. “It doesn’t depend on what they’re wearing. It seems like common sense, but it’s not.” BOTTOM: Reproco president Gena Frank, ’13, (right) speaks to Sam Stanko, ’11 (left) and a group of students at an open discussion in GFC after the SlutWalk.

Whole Darn Thing to reopen in new building

Legal issues have de-layed the Whole Darn Th ing Sub Shop from reopening as planned at the end of October.

“I can’t discuss them right now, but I can say that they are one of the reasons why we aren’t already opened up,” said owner Mark Jordan.

Th e restaurant will likely be

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open by the fi rst week of No-vember.

“We were trying to be open for the Halloween Parade, but we still have quite a bit of stuff to do,” Jordan said.

Th e restaurant burned down last February in an apartment fi re that also left one man dead.

Th e shop has been a lunch and dinner venue in Meadville for decades before the fi re.

Joanna Wieckowska, ’13,

frequented the shop upon her arrival at Allegheny.

“It was always a great place to get a good quality sub for not a very expensive price, but I’m eager to see if they will change up any of the subs or the opera-tion of the shop,” she said.

While the location of the shop is the same, Jordan said there are a few improvements and changes to the goings-on in the store.

For example, they plan on eventually introducing a sub called “Th e Survivor,” which consists of smoked ham, smoked turkey, a few other smoked meats, and bacon.

“We’re hoping for the build-ing, layout, and operation to be similar to how it was before,” Jordan said.

“We managed to salvage some of the machines, pic-tures, and the menu board, so

we’re hoping to keep the setup about the same.”

Amanda Edwards, ’11, en-joyed the food off ered at the shop, but also liked the history of the establishment.

“Th ey had a great variety of sandwiches at a low cost,” Ed-wards stated.

“I enjoyed the fact I knew I was helping to support a local business that has been around for quite some time.”

Jordan believes that the fi re and time will not aff ect their business, and, on the contrary, it may improve the fl ow of cus-tomers.

“I’m sure we’ll maintain the base we had and bring in new customers,” he said.

“Th e people are really anx-ious to reopen.”

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Allegheny alum connects art and technology

On Oct. 4, a 12-foot-tall metal fl ower appeared in front of the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts. Th e art-ist behind the structure was alumnus David Edwards.

Edwards graduated in 1984 with a degree in political sci-ence. He hadn’t been on cam-pus for 20 years when he re-turned to present the structure “Power Flower,” his contribu-tion to the Faculty and Alumni Art Exhibit.

Th e fl ower collects energy with its wind-turbine fl ower petals and solar-paneled leaves.

“Th e tag-line that’s really true is that it’s art you can plug into, not art you have to plug in,” Edwards said. “It’s a com-bination of art, science and environmental technologies all wrapped into one package.”

In a presentation to stu-dents and faculty on Th ursday aft ernoon, Edwards explained the inspiration and mechanics behind “Power Flower.”

Kirsten Russel, ’14, attended the lecture as an environmental science major who enjoys art.

“Th e concept of combining [art and environmental sci-

ence] really interests me,” said Russel. “I like the idea of com-bining solar and wind energy in a sculpture so people can plug in laptops or something while working under it.”

Th ough its original creative purpose was unclear, Edwards said the “Power Flower” has become a teaching tool.

“It’s a catalyst for conversa-tion about how you and I can generate our own electricity close to where it’s used, a con-cept called ‘distributed energy generation,’” Edwards said.

Edwards touched on this aspect in a presentation to Pro-fessor Eatmon’s FS 101 class.

“David has found a way to combine renewable energy technology with environmen-tal communication and educa-tion through pieces of art,” said Eatmon, assistant professor of environmental science. “It’s one thing to see a solar panel but it’s not as engaging as see-ing that incorporated into art.”

Eatmon felt that Edwards’ portion on his background and education was particularly ap-propriate for the class.

“Being that it was a fi rst semester freshman course, they were able to see that they are not trapped in the major

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they choose or the career they choose,” Eatmon said.

Th ough very interested and active in art during high school, Edwards said that apart from a few art history courses, he had no training during his under-grad. He attained a political science degree from Allegheny and continued to pursue his master’s degree in education at Duquesne Univeristy.

A construction worker by day and a student by night, Edwards said he dropped out of graduate school to start his own construction company. Twenty years later he had sold the company and fully im-mersed himself in art.

He said the “Power Flower” idea was a result of interest in wind and solar power, though he realized he couldn’t create the product on his own.

In 2008, he founded the Art Energy Design company, a team of fi ve individual artists and technologists. One year later in 2009, they produced the fi rst working prototype.

Th e uses of “Power Flower” range from wind and solar self powered DC circuits that can power laptops, phones and LED lighting, such as the mobile piece on campus. Oth-

er protoypes feature a water pump for gardening.

Th e fl owers have been fea-tured in more than 50 art and environmental events. Th ey were also recognized in the 2009 G20 Summit in Pitts-burgh.

Th ough Edwards had not been back to Allegheny since for over two decades, potential plans are in the works to bring him back again.

Over the summer, art pro-

fessor Amara Geff en was ap-proached by Physical Plant director Cliff Willis to design a project for the North Village quad. According to Geff en, the initiative is in preliminary stages and that Willis was orig-inally interested in her com-munity Sign Art for the space, but they’re also considering a collaborative eff ort with Ed-wards.

“Bringing him into contact with our students, collaborat-

ing either through part of a class or through some special class, one credit with a visiting person, could be really cool,” Geff en said.

Edwards projected that the cost for such a piece would be roughly $10,000.

“I’d like to fi nally fi nd a home for it [“Power Flower”], but I would be very interested in collaborating with Allegh-eny College, even if it’s in a whole diff erent design,” he said.

Courtesy of allegheny.eduArtist and alumnus David Edwards, ’84 visited campus yesterday to present his environmental art sculpture, “Power Flower,” as part of the Faculty and Alumni Art Exhibit.

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Trustees vote for FIJI return

In a surprise vote over fall break, the Board of Trustees voted to allow the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity to return to campus as early as Feb. 1, 2012.

The decision was met with mixed feelings by the Interfraternity Council, who recommended against al-lowing FIJI to return in a vote this September.

IFC Vice President Rob Mortimer, ’12, characterized the unpleasant atmosphere of the IFC meeting that took place after the trustees’ vote.

“Everyone was visibly upset. I think it was a sense of betrayal,” he said. “Be-cause when you look at the trustees—and I’ve had the privilege of meeting many of them—we can trust them to make these decisions for this institution.”

“We’re the future of this in-stitution and we really feel like we were just pawns in a game that doesn’t even matter,” he added.

Chase Stelzer, ’12, the driv-ing force behind FIJI, was pleased with the vote.

“I appreciate all the work IFC and the members of the Greek community have done to facilitate our attempts at recol-onization in a very respectful manner,” he said in an e-mail. “Once the decision was heard, we received plenty of encour-aging phone calls, e-mails and text messages and we sincerely appreciated that.”

In 2001, FIJI received an of-fi cial message college’s com-munity standards board ex-plaining that they may begin recolonization after their sus-pension in July 1998. IFC ex-plained it would prefer FIJI to wait another 5 to 6 years before regrouping and did not begin

considering their requests until 2008. IFC never recommended allowing FIJI back on campus.

While some fraternity mem-bers supported FIJI, some felt the trustees rode roughshod over IFC’s recommendations against FIJI recolonization.

IFC President Cory Muscara, ’12, gave an overview of FIJI developments to the Academic and Student Affairs Commit-tee the day before the vote took place. He denied Mortimer’s evaluation that IFC members felt betrayed and character-ized them as “disgruntled.” He worried, however, that the Board of Trustees set a prec-edent of overriding the IFC’s wishes when they voted to al-low FIJI back on campus.

“We no longer feel that we have that control,” Muscara said.

To the IFC’s knowledge, President Mullen provided the Board of Trustees with an over-view of the process but never made a specifi c recommenda-

tion to the board.“His decision is supposed

to have an impact,” said Mus-cara. “And he didn’t even get a chance to make a recommenda-tion. He simply told them the information. And they weren’t going to vote during this meet-ing. They decided just to do it right there on the spot.”

Dean of Students Joe Di-Christina denied that the Board of Trustees would have moved forward without President Mullen’s consent.

“The Board would not have voted for this without hearing from President Mullen, so he clearly was at that meeting,” he said. “Clearly, they would not have voted ‘yes’ to move for-ward with it if either President Mullen or I wouldn’t have said we followed process.”

DiChristina also disagreed that the board set a precedent with its vote or that its timing was unusual.

Although he recognized IFC’s displeasure with the

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trustees’ vote, DiChristina in-sisted that FIJIs respected IFC’s wishes that they wait several years to recolonize and fol-lowed proper procedure to start a new chapter.

“I can’t deny people’s feel-ings,” he said. “What I can tell you is that this whole expan-sion policy and recolonization policy was followed.”

DiChristina felt IFC viewed FIJI ‘s colonization posed a new challenge to recruitment.

“It’s adding another frater-nity here,” he said. “I don’t think there were philosophi-cal statements against [FIJI]. It was really the spirit of competi-tion.”

“I know some students might be frustrated, but I com-pletely trust that they’ll move past that and they’ll fi nd a way—Phi Gams will be a part of IFC and we’ll just move for-ward,” he added.

FIJI national members will visit campus to host an open informational forum and be-

gin interviewing prospective brothers. The college’s ad-ministration, FIJI alumni, and national members will coor-dinate a schedule to carry out the establishment of the new chapter.

Stelzer will likely graduate before FIJI comes back to cam-pus, but he plans to play an important role in the process.

“I will remain an informa-tional source for the interest group and a means of com-munication between the grad-uate brothers, nationals and our interest group,” he said in an e-mail.

Mortimer, a brother of Phi Delta Theta, though frustrated with what he sees as a lack of communication between the trustees and IFC, expressed his support for FIJI’s efforts to start their new chapter in the spring.

“In the end, we’re all sup-portive of them,” he said.

“We’ve all been there. We know the struggles and the challenges that they’re going to face. And I can speak on behalf of Phi Delts—we’re going to be there to help them. As long as they play ball and play by the rules.”

“Chase is a true leader,” he added. “He’s going to do well with whatever he puts his mind to. And whatever he needs, we’re here to help him.”

Despite concerns with the Board of Trustees’ timing and vote, Muscara supports FIJI and is optimistic about the fu-ture of Greek life after the re-colonization of FIJI.

“Change is inevitable. It’s a part of life and it’s a part of this institution,” he said. “Without change, we’re not going to be challenged to move beyond our borders and be innova-tive and grow as a college or a Greek community.”

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Ariel (Julianne Hough) stars in Craig Brewer’s remake of Footloose. Hough, who is a professional dancer in real life, proved to be one of the more convincing actresses in the fi lm.

Passionate dancing, but lackluster acting defi nes the remake of the 1980s classic “Footloose.” Th e new fi lm has all the moves and stays true to the plot, but doesn’t quite cap-ture the infectious spirit that made the original so special.

Directed by Craig Brewer, Footloose centers on a city-bred young man who travels to the small town of Bomont. Aft er a car accident killed fi ve teenagers on their way home from a dance, the town enforced a ban on unsu-pervised public dancing. When Ren arrives, he is determined to shake things up and chal-lenge the law.

I noticed that the director chose to show the accident that caused the town’s strict law against dancing, which I thought was an important ad-dition to the movie because it helped me better connect with the characters and their emo-tion when talking about the tragedy. It made the fi lm more real and I better understood why the town was so keen on passing the law against danc-ing.

Although this addition did help me understand the plot better, many other parts of the fi lm were dry because the scenes were uninspired because there was almost no originality on the part of the director or actors. All of the now-famous moments were there, but lacked the excite-ment which made them so spe-cial in the original.

For instance, the “chicken” scene in which Ren and Ariel’s violent boyfriend compete with tractors to see who will turn away fi rst, is modernized into a bus race in the town’s drag rac-ing stadium. I didn’t think the change was very creative, nor

was it nearly as suspenseful as the original.

Instead of an intense, one-on-one competition in which the two men race at each other and see who will turn their wheel fi rst, the game became a race with four people who ran into each other with their buses. Th e whole scene was strange and it just seemed like the director was forcing a way to modernize the original scene.

Th e individual perfor-mances somewhat made me feel better about the fi lm, but still left me with mixed feel-ings. Kenny Wormald is no Kevin Bacon, but he certainly captured the attitude of Ren’s sarcastic, Northern arrogance. Aft er both Zac Efron and Chace Crawford opted out of the lead role, Wormald didn’t act like he was a third choice. As a professional dancer, he had no trouble mastering each genre, from country line dancing to hip hop. But, it was evident that he’s a dancer fi rst, actor far second. Th is was per-

haps most evident in the scene in which Ren has to challenge the dancing ban in front of the city council, a moment which Bacon performed so well. For Wormald, however, it seemed like he was forcing the lines and didn’t add any creative spin on the speech.

Julianne Hough, another actual dancer cast in the fi lm, did a better job at acting as Ar-iel Moore. Hough. As a former professional on Dancing with the Stars who then became a country singer, Hough did well in her fi rst feature fi lm at cap-turing Ariel’s emotion when mourning her brother’s death and arguing with her father about the town’s strict laws.

Th e real scene stealer though, was Miles Teller as Ren’s likeable and uncoordi-nated friend Willard.

Teller’s dorky humor was fun to watch and just like the original fi lm, the scene in which he learns to dance is ex-tremely memorable.

One of the other posi-tive aspects of the fi lm was its

soundtrack, which took the fi lm’s original songs and cre-ated a pleasant modern sound. A couple of highlights were singer Ella Mae Bowen’s mak-ing Bonnie Tyler’s high-ener-gized pop song “Holding out for a Hero” into a ballad and the movie’s title hit redone by country singer Blake Shelton.

Like it always is when I watch remakes, it’s impossible not to compare it to the origi-nal. Although I couldn’t put my fi nger on what was missing in the fi lm, I’ve come to the con-clusion that the actors just did not have the same enthusiasm.

Unlike Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer, Wormald and Hough aren’t seasoned ac-tors…yet. Th e fi lm didn’t seem to have much creativity and because it was so similar to the original, I couldn’t help being disappointed with a number of scenes I had known so well.

If the cast could have in-cluded the same passion they had while dancing into their acting, the fi lm would have been much more enjoyable.

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Poet reads on historical identity

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Allegheny College will have a fl oat for the third year in a row in Meadville’s 45th annual Halloween Parade.

Th e theme of this year’s pa-rade is “Meadville Th rough the Ages.”

Fittingly, Allegheny Student Government has designed a fl oat to show Allegheny through the ages.

ASG has yet to decide on specifi cs and decorations for the fl oat but has confi rmed that it will feature president Keiron Stoddart, ’13, dressed as Chompers.

Th is year, Allegheny cheer-leaders and JaDE will be a part of the parade.

Last year there were 120 groups in the parade and an estimated 20,000 spectators along the parade route, making it the largest nighttime Hallow-een parade in Pennsylvania.

Due to the size and fact that the parade takes place at night, the parade faces a number of issues.

“We do run into more is-sues than you ordinarily would during the day,” said Meghan Cressman, co-chairperson of the parade.

“We get some drunk people. It’s dark—we have about 25 volunteers to primarily keep kids out of the street. It re-

quires a lot of police force and a lot of city resources because it is at night.”

Despite a few problems, parade organizers do fi nd re-wards in their work.

“I think it’s easy for young professionals in this town, es-pecially working at this col-lege, to get in their Allegheny bubble,” said Cressman.

“I’ve learned a lot by getting involved in the community and of course we’re making a life here so I want to give back.”

In part, Allegheny’s involve-ment in the parade is an eff ort to bring the college closer to the Meadville community.

“In years past, Allegheny has ‘come down from their hill’ to take part in the Meadville tradition and give back to the community,” said Stoddart.

Sharon Severo, a Mead-ville resident, has noticed the strained relationship between Allegheny and the Meadville townspeople.

“Th ere’s just not that warm, fuzzy, feeling there and I don’t know why,” said Severo.

“Allegheny is a big part of the community. Th is is a big community event and I think it’s great that Allegheny got in-volved.”

“It’s a wonderful way to show appreciation for the com-munity and bridge the existing separation gap.”

ASG designs float for Meadville Halloween paradeOn Th ursday, Allegheny

College hosted poet Shara Mc-Callum, professor at Bucknell University and author of four books of poetry, in the Tippie Alumni Center for the year’s second installment of the Sin-gle Voice Reading Series.

Th is set of events allows members of the Allegheny community to meet acclaimed writers and to hear them read their work.

English major Erin Dakas, ’13, who introduced Carolyn Forche at the last event, said that the Single Voice Readings benefi t students interested in poetry, since they allow greater contact with professional writ-ers.

Th e Single Voice event gave students the chance to listen to McCallum speak with her about life as a writer.

Th e Single Voice event gave students the chance to witness McCallum perform her poetry in front of a live audience,

“Th e Single Voice Read-ings are a great chance to get to know authors and to hear their work out loud,” said Dakas. “It especially lets students who read poetry take a step beyond the material.”

Before the Single Voice event, McCallum attended Professor Christopher Bak-ken’s Advanced Poetry Writing class to answer student ques-tions about the process of writ-ing.

Dakas said that she was excited to speak to McCallum during her class.

“When authors come to your class you really get a one-

on-one opportunity to get to know them as a person and a writer,” said Dakas.

Originally from Jamaica, McCallum said that her poetry focuses on themes from her personal history.”

“I was profoundly infl u-enced by Jamaica and my ex-perience as an immigrant,” said McCallum.

“I oft en write about the emotion of being a part of two worlds.”

Motivated by her personal connection to McCallum’s po-etry, Sasha Miller, ’13, intro-duced McCallum to the audi-ence at the beginning of the Single Voice event.

“I’m from Jamaica too,” said Miller, “and for that reason I feel like I can really connect to her poetry.”

McCallum read poems from “Th is Strange Land” and a new poem that considersfi g-ures from the Jamaican myth, “Nanny of the Maroons.”

When asked about her live reading, McCallum urged stu-dents to listen closely to poetry.

“Listening can be very im-portant because it honors the history of poetry as a spoken art form,” said McCallum.

Sarah Durrer, ’14, stud-ied McCallum’s “Th is Strange Land” before the event and lis-tened to her recorded readings as a requirement for class.

Durrer said that students looked forward to hearing

McCallum read poetry aloud in her distinctive oral style, sometimes employing a Jamaican accent for added ef-fect.

“I think that Shara McCal-lum is one of the most versatile writers we’ve heard during the Single Voice series,” said Dur-rer.

“Her readings are like going to a concert because she sings some lines of her poetry and uses diff erent dialects.”

Aft er the event, Eric Muel-ler, ’12, said he was especially aff ected by McCallum’s spoken word.

“What struck me most was the way she performed her po-etry,” said Muller.

“She really brought her words to life. It was amazing.”

Courtesy of DAILYITEM.COMMcCallum, a Jamaica native, is the author of four books of poetry, including “This Strange Land.”

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Fall Fest

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The class of 2012 and the class of 2015 collaborated this Thursday for Fall Fest, a free event for students held in the Cam-pus Center lobby. Students participated in traditional fall activities, such as pumpkin carving and enjoyed pumpkin snacks provided by Save Room for Dessert. Brittany McLean, president of the class of 2015, said that ASG wants to make Fall Fest into a yearly tradition. “We have Spring Fest; we have Winter Fest,” said McLean. “So we’re fi lling the void.”

TOP: Corey Shears, a senator for the class of 2012, guts a pumpkins after serving desserts to students in the lobby.LEFT: Prospective student Morgan Russell gets her fi rst taste of Allegheny life while carving a pumpkin with host Kerri Barron, ’15.

Th e aroma in the kitchen gave off the perfect fall feeling.

It was cold and raining, but the smell alone brought back memories of apple trees and piles of leaves.

I had just baked apples. People oft en overlook just

baking apples. We make apple pies, apple

crisps, applesauce, everything apple, apple, apple.

But we always forget to just bake them a little.

Not only do the apples come out of the oven soft ened and fl avorful, the process involves very little eff ort or time.

Th e inarguably most trying task is coring the apples with-out an apple corer.

As a child, I was spoiled by our apple peeler-corer-slicer.

It was, without a doubt, my favorite kitchen utensil.

I stood over my four apples (two Granny Smith and two Red Delicious) with a knife.

Two knives, actually: a par-ing knife and a larger chef ’s knife.

Of course I wanted the ap-ples to look aesthetically pleas-ing and I feared the larger knife would cut too much of the ap-ple, even though it was without a doubt the sharper of the two.

In the end, I went with the paring knife.

I stabbed it into the apple, about a centimeter outside the stem and then wiggled it around until I could manage to get the knife out of the apple.

Th is method isn’t the safest of methods; therefore use ex-treme caution unless you plan on making a trip to the emer-gency room for some stitches.

Don’t hold the apple in the direction of the knife.

And when you stab the ap-ple, don’t extend your arm and make it dramatic.

Just place the tip of the knife where you want the incision

and then carefully press down. Aft er I made four stabs in

the top of an apple to form a square, I did the same with the bottom of the apple.

Th en I just pushed the core out with my thumb.

With the diffi cult, most time-consuming part behind me, I preheated the oven to about 425 degrees Fahrenheit.

My mom’s recipe says to peel the apples one inch down from the top, so I just laid each apple on its side and cut a little skin outside of the square for each of the four sides on the top.

Th en it was time to make the stuffi ng.

First, I melted three table-spoons of butter in the micro-wave for about ten seconds.

Th en I added oatmeal, sugar and cinnamon.

Believe it or not, I chose to make the healthier version of this recipe.

Th e consistency of the stuff -ing is like a heavy paste – very thick and sticky.

Place the apples in a baking dish and spoon (or fork) the butter mixture into the cores of the apple.

Put them in the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes.

Allow the smell to permeate throughout the house, and en-joy it while it lasts.

When I pulled them out of the oven, one of the apples had practically exploded and the circle-shape caved in on one side.

Th at’s the one I ate. It was deliciously tart and

sweet at the same time because of the nature of Granny Smith apples and the sugary stuffi ng.

Th e fruit soft ens and the stuffi ng permeates through the rest of the apple.

Th is recipe takes all of a half hour, so try it.

Th e apples are delicious and the smell is almost better.

ELAINA MERCATORIS/THE CAMPUSTOP: Push the core out of the apple before you bake it. Make sure that you don’t cut your fi nger off in the process.TOP MIDDLE: Whip up some oatmeal to stuff in the oatmeal. It’s good, I promise.BOTTOM MIDDLE: Stuff with oatmeal, butter, sugar and cinnamon.BOTTOM: Don’t be worried if your apple explodes in the oven. It may come out ugly, but it tastes delicious.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Core apples and peel. Combine butter, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon. Stuff apples. Bake 20 minutes in small oven safe dish.

4 small apples3 Tbsp butter, soft ened1/8 cup quick oatmeal1/4 cup brown sugar1/8 tsp cinnamon

[ SPORTS]6 ||October 28, 2011 || The Campus AlleghenyCampus.com

Sports Editor : Colleen Pegher || sports@alleghenycampus.com

BY KELLY GALLAGHERStaff Writergallagk@allegheny.edu

Th e men’s tennis team end-ed their fall season strongly on October 5, topping Grove City to fi nish the season at 3-1.

In their most recent victory, the Gators went 4-2 in singles play and swept doubles play to defeat the 21-time defending Presidents Athletic Confer-ence Champion Wolverines

An undefeated record against Division III opponents was the highlight of the Gator season.

Th e squad also topped Di-vision II rival Mercyhurst and put in a solid eff ort in a close match with Division I Robert Morris.

Several strong individual performances marked the fall season. Standout number one singles player Patrick Cole, ’14, fi nished the fall season at 3-0 in singles matches.

“I knew that we only had a few matches in the fall,” Cole said. “I really wanted to make sure I gave each match every-thing I had and could move into the off season without any regrets.”

Freshman Alex Hurtuk, ’15, also made a strong impression in his fi rst intercollegiate ac-tion, fi nishing 4-0 in doubles play in dual matches.

He cited the chemistry between he and junior Mike Provenzano as the reason for their success.

“Ever since we started play-ing together we have done a good job of recognizing when one needs the other to help up them up,” Hurtuk said. “We have have a good understand-ing of each other’s games and continue to get better as a tan-dem.”

On the weekend of Septem-ber 23, Cole and Provenzano participated in the Intercolle-giate Tennis Association Cen-tral Region Tournament, held in St. Louis.

Cole and Provenzano gained experience from the tournament and its tough competition.

“I was honored to have that experience and competing with top players from the Mid-west was a blast,” Cole said of the tournament.

Now the Gators turn their attention to the off season, which Coach Luteran hopes the Gators will use to focus on getting stronger and improv-ing their footwork.

“Th e off season gives us a chance to work on stuff we normally do not get to while we’re in season,” said Coach Luteran.

Luteran emphasized the importance of off season im-provement to his players.

Th is message seems to have resonated with the team, who has organized hitting three times a week and lift ing twice a week.

Hurtuk seemed to believe the closeness of the team will make each player work harder.

“It is an amazing feeling being a part of the close-knit team and it makes my love for tennis continue to grow,” said Hurtuk. “Everyday, I feel an in-tense motivation to get better and help the team.”

Another key to the off sea-son is getting rid of nagging injuries and allowing other players to recover from major injuries.

Luteran emphasized the im-portance of recovering and re-cooperating in time for spring.

Coach Luteran mentioned he is hopeful of the return of sophomore Charlie Murphy, who is recovering from shoul-der surgery.

Th e Gators hope to con-tunue their success in the spring season which begins on February 12 against John Car-roll.

Allegheny dropped two op-portunities to clinch an NCAC playoff berth aft er losing to De-pauw and Oberlin last week.

Th e Gators were defeated by nationally ranked Depauw at home Saturday with a fi nal score of 3-1.

Aft er a fi rst half that re-mained tied at 1-1 despite a Gator shot advantage of 5-1, Depauw took over in the sec-ond half, posting three goals past John Lichina,’14.

“It was really frustrating,” Lichina said. “We had some bad bounces and the ball just didn’t fall our way. We can’t re-ally fi x anything. We just have to do what we can to prevent it from happening again.”

Th e Allegheny off ense also struggled, scoring only one goal against the Tigers.

“Depauw defended very well, but we could not fi nish on our scoring opportunities,”

Coach Angelo Panzetta said, “It’s just a matter of executing with our guys up front more.”

Th e performance marks a series of re-cent diffi culties for the off ense.

“We seem to get the opportunities,” said Lichina. “We just can’t put them on tar-get. It’s a little lack of confi dence it seems.”

While Depauw struggled to put the pressure on the Al-legheny defense and Lichina in the fi rst half, the Tigers pressed on with their original game plan successfully in the second half.

“Th ey were able to get more num-bers behind the ball,” said Panzetta. “It’s all about who does it the full length of time, which team can put together

a whole game, which Depauw was able to do.”

“As a team we need to fi n-ish out games fully,” senior Matt Weintraub said. Recently we have only been playing part of the game when we need to work the entire 90 minutes. I feel that if we touch up minor de-tails and execute them on game day we can be successful, but we need to do so for the entire game.

Allegheny traveled to Oberlin Wednes-day night with another chance to clinch a third place fi nish in the con-ference.

Aft er 104 minutes of play and two overtimes, the Gators missed an-other opportunity to reach the NCAC play-off s, falling to the Yeo-men 3-2.

Th e Gators had a 2-1 lead

aft er Weintraub, netted one past the Yeomen keeper aft er a cross from Chris Brennan in the 72nd minute.

Th e Gator lead was short-lived. In the fi nal minute, as the Yeoman were on their fi -nal push to send the game into overtime, Oberlin’s Oliver Miller-Farrell broke out of the Allegheny defense and put one past Lichina to tie the match up at the end of regulation.

“It was really upsetting to watch the ball roll in the back of the net,” said Lichina. “An-other 20 minutes of soccer in the cold and rain when it should have been fi nished in the fi rst 90. It was not the way we wanted to end our day.”

Th e Gators survived the fi rst overtime aft er facing a barrage of shots that could have ended the game. Th e second overtime proved otherwise.

Oberlin’s Ari Schwartz was able to fi nish the game with a header into the back of the net.

Th e Yeoman outshot the

Gators 26-19, 10 shots that were on goal. Allegheny had their share of opportunities as well, but failed to capitalize, posting 9 shots on goal.

Allegheny is headed into their fi nal match this weekend needing a win or a tie to cap-ture an NCAC playoff berth.

If the Gators win, they clinch third place in the NCAC and would travel to Depauw on Wednesday in the NCAC semifi nals. A tie or a Kenyon loss would also put the Gators in the playoff race.

Allegheny travels to nation-ally fourth ranked Ohio Wes-leyan on Saturday for a last chance to reach their preseason goal.

“We have everything to play for,” said Lichina. We have to go to OWU and get a win. It’s going to be tough, but we can do it. If not, may-be we’ll catch some luck and still get to play next week.”

Men’s soccer remains in playoff hunt BY MATT MASCOLOStaff Writermascolom@allegheny.edu

ANDREW CROFFORD/THE CAMPUSJunior David DelGreco has provided an offensive boost for the Gators all season with his six goals. The team will look to the transfer student from American University to help alleviate their recent offensive struggles and secure a spot in the playoffs next week.

ANDREW CROFFORD/THE CAMPUSSenior Georgia Frost earned her fi fth assist of the season with a pass to Ashley Lehr, ’13, that helped the Gators defeat the DePauw Tigers with a fi nal score of 1-0.

Th e women’s soccer team managed to hold on to their spot atop the NCAC with vic-tories over Oberlin and De-Pauw and a tie against Kenyon in their last three matchups.

Th is gurantees them a fi rst or second place fi nish heading into the conference playoff s.

In their matchup against Oberlin last Wednesday, the Gators dominated the Yeo-women with a fi nal score of 4-0. Playing on a fl ooded fi eld, the squad dominated despite the rain and the mud to cap-ture their ninth victory of the season.

“We adapted to the weather and played our game,” said se-nior Alex Gordon.

Captain Emily Karr, ’12, was named NCAC player of the week. Karr kept the Yeo-women scoreless even aft er the

defense allowed a season-high nine shots on goal. She cur-rently holds the fourth highest shutout total in NCAA Divi-sion III history at 42.

Michelle Holcomb, ’14, aided the Gators eff orts with two goals on the night, one of which came just over six min-utes into the match.

Th e squad continued their success versus DePauw on Saturday. Junior Ashley Lehr scored the only goal of the night Her goal came early in the second minute and sus-tained the Gators for the re-mainder of the match, giving them their tenth victory of the season.

“Katrina Gazsi has been ex-ceptional all year,” said coach Michael Webber. “She and Sam Hoderlein have played every minute of every match and have put a lot of pressure on our opponents during each game.”

Looking ahead, the Gators are preparing for their match against Ohio Wesleyan.

“Something we have been working on all season is consis-tency,” said Schirmeister. “We need to translate all of the little stuff the girls are doing right into a solid 90 minutes of play.”

Th e team also hopes that the bye week will help them be ready for the remainder of the season.

“We struggled last year with holding onto our fi tness at the end, so we really focused on that this year,” said Gordon.

Th e Gators will face Ohio Wesleyan University on Satur-day.

Players hope to continue their winning ways headed into the playoff s.

“We see this as our last step to make or break us,” said Karr. “We have been doing every-thing right and are in a good position.”

Women’s soccer team clinches playoff spot with two victories

BY DANIEL MARCUS Staff Writermarcusd@allegheny.edu

Men’s tennisfi nishes fallseason strong

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We have everything to play for. We have to go to OWU and get a win. It’s going to be tough, but we can do it.

John Lichina, ’14