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The sushi schedule switch is caus-ing a stink. The Cougar’s Den is offering the popular delicacy on Tuesdays and Fridays instead of the Monday/Wednesday schedule during the latter half of last semester. Students have mixed feelings. First-year physical therapy major Bob Ide is in favor of the new sushi schedule. “I’m pretty happy because this way I can get sushi on a Friday and just unwind for the weekend,” Ide said. “It’s nice to put sushi inside me after a long week.” Other students, such as junior communication major Alex Smith, are not as willing to adapt. “I was so bummed,” Smith said. “I don’t buy sushi that much, but when I do it’s always a nice treat. So when the days got switched I was really disappointed. Every once in a while I buy sushi just to

start my week, and now that it’s at the end of the week, I already got through the hardest part of my work week. Sushi Friday is not as exciting as Sushi Wednesday.” Sophomore communications major Courtney Garloff said the new schedule leaves her a lonely sushi snacker. “Wednesday is the biggest day for me to get sushi because I have layout for the newspaper, and it was a great, quick way to get some-thing good to eat that I don’t get at home because no one will eat it with me,” Garloff said. To Garloff, the decision to switch up the schedule was perplexing - and a bit fishy. “I was surprised and didn’t really understand why it was moved. In my mind it wasn’t broken, so why fix it? I would have liked to have been given a reason. I know I personally read the note that was

posted so I had enough time to realize the change, but I think they could have done it better to make it more public,” Garloff said. The answers Garloff seeks lie in the mind of Resident Dining Manager Heidi Franssen who said she isn’t a sneaky sushi switcher; the new schedule was necessary because of the need for the sushi to arrive earlier on campus. After reviewing different pos-sibilities with the sushi provider, Asaki, to get the sushi delivered on time, the Tuesday and Friday schedule seemed best. “We tried for a couple of weeks to get the sushi place to come earlier, and they were just not able to do that so we finally discussed the dif-ferent schedule with them,” Frans-sen said. “They rescheduled their workers, and we just expressed the need that we need it first thing in the morning so the students

can have it. So we posted it on the portal, we posted it at all three locations and we started doing that about the week before we started with the new schedule.” Despite some stinky sushi senti-ments, Franssen said she is mostly hearing positive remarks from students and faculty. “We’ve sold more because it’s get-ting out earlier so we see that as a positive, but we’ve even asked the people at Lake Street and Inter-metzo and they have said they got a couple of people happy that the sushi was there earlier, and they were able to grab it before they went off to their clinical or student teaching or whichever.” With sushi off the table for Smith, she will have to find an alternative to her “Sushi Wednes-days.” “I’m not really sure what I’ll get

By Rob Evans, Reporter

Students Snub Big Sushi Switch

By Ellen Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief

Changeless Laundry Service Changes Dorm Life Students will no longer have to beg roommates and friends for spare quarters to wash and dry their clothes. Facilities will eliminate the change machines from the existing washing machines in all of the dorms during summer break. University president Dr. Thomas Botzman made unlimited laundry service one of his initiatives before the school year even began, accord-ing to Eric Nelson, Vice President of Finance and Administration. The previous college Botzman worked for offered unlimited laundry service, so he wanted to make wash day more convenient for students. Nelson said the machines are all fairly modern, some more than others, similar to machines in the newest building on campus, Mac-Dowell Hall. “MacDowell Hall got all brand new equipment so they are the newest,” he said. “But, we renewed the contract about three years ago so most of the other machines are only three years old, but there still might be a machine out there that’s a little older than that.” The company that provides the laundry service on campus tracks the machines regularly, and Nelson said once machines reach a certain age, the company switches them out and replaces them. The Maytag Neptune machines are energy-efficient and low on water usage, great for unlimited laundry, he said. Nelson had to break the existing

contract and re-write it to include new service so the change would be in place for the next school year. The company that provides laundry ser-vice required a guarantee that it would make the same amount of profit without the change machines. Nelson and other university officials decided the best option was to ab-sorb the fees into the budget. “Now, overall, the cost will have to be covered in the budget some-how,” Nelson said. “The reason for that, the company makes money on it because they’re the provider of the service so it’s how they make their money. Now the university is paying for it so we had to guarantee them the same amount of profit that they normally made.” Sophomore physical therapy major Kelsey Langan is looking forward to not having to lug a bag full of quarters back to campus next school year. “Running out of quarters and having to bum some off of your friends and roommates isn’t fun. It

will be much less of a hassle.” Not only will students no longer have to feed the machines, they will know when their loads are fin-ished thanks to a smart monitor-ing system. “They’ll be doing network drops in all of the laundry rooms,” Nelson said. “Then the machines will com-municate with the person using the laundry and it will tell you what the status of the laundry is, and it can either send you the status via a computer or a smart phone app, and then it will also text you when

the machine is done.” “I will definitely use the app because it’s a great reminder and will prevent lines from forming for each machine,” Langan said. Nelson is unsure how the track-ing will work, but he believes it will somehow incorporate student IDs. “I don’t know exactly the technol-ogy on the machines themselves. I haven’t seen one yet. I don’t know if you’ll have to swipe your ID. I don’t know how it work,s but it will be somehow tied into an app so that you know when your machine

is done,” he said. AJ Nudo, As-sistant Director of Residence Life, said it would be nice if the machines could somehow show a record of who uses them – whether the information is tracked with a student ID or a different way. He said that in the past, a machine would break and no one would know what happened because no one knew how to find the person who last used it. So,

facilities members or residence life staff would find

a washer filled with water and not know how long it was there. He said a system like an ID swipe would “more accurately report problems.” Nudo also said a nice feature would be to have students know which machines are in use, similar to what he experienced with his laundry services in college. “It would send you a text when your laundry is done and again, it’s a nice service to have,” he said. “So you’re not lugging your stuff down to the laundry room and then

you’re like, ‘Oh my god, everything is in use. I have to take everything back upstairs.’ You’ll be able to know and see what is available.” Some students who live on campus this semester, and will not return semester, are jealous of the new system. Sophomore speech language pathology student Abriel McCann said she thinks the new laundry system will benefit everyone on wash day. “I can’t even count the amount of times that I forgot about my laun-dry and then when I remembered to get it, somebody had already taken it out and put it on the coun-ter,” she said. “I definitely would’ve benefited from that.” McCann has lived on campus the past two years but is moving off for her junior year. She said she can’t count the number of times she had problems with change in the laundry machines. “I know so many people who have gotten coins jammed in the machines, which makes them not usable for anybody else trying to use that machine,” she said. “In a building where there are only a few machines on the floor, it got very frustrating.” While Langan doesn’t know if the unlimited service and technology will make her do laundry more fre-quently, she is excited that it will be less of an inconvenience. “I don’t think this will tempt me to do laundry more often. It will just make it less of a pain.” hoffmae3@misericordia.edu

AN HOUR WITH DR. BOTZMAN

By John Young, Reporter

Sophomore Courtney Garloff snacks on a California roll from Asaki in Banks Student Life Center on March 14.MARY BOVE/THE HIGHLANDER

University President Dr. Thomas Botzman appeared on WVIA-TV’s program “Meet the College Presi-dents” on Feb. 27. “This has been six months in the making,” said Botzman of the interview. “WVIA always does an interview of all the new presidents. There are so many [new presidents] in the last three years. Almost all of us are new.” The program is broadcast live from WVIA’s Sordoni Theater on Thursdays and features an hour long, in-depth interview with the heads of colleges and universities in Northeast and Central Pennsyl-vania. WVIA came up with the concept for the show as a way to serve the community’s workforce and even prospective employers. “In the summer of 2012 we floated the idea around and we thought it would be a great idea to focus a show on all of our wonder-ful colleges and universities in the area in hopes that employers and people here would see how well these kids are being trained in dif-ferent fields and keep them in the area,” said WVIA’s Senior Producer Kathryn Davies. “The phrase ‘Brain Drain’ came up a few times. In other words, we’re educating all these fine young people and then losing them because they have to go out of the area to find work.” The program took off from there, first airing Nov. 8, 2012. It has featured college and university presidents from around the local area including Misericordia’s last president, Dr. Michael MacDowell, in April 2013, said Davies. Botzman said this was not his first time in the media. “I used to do things in Latin America, Mexico specifically, and sometimes they would shove a microphone in my face just to have me say something profound because I was new and different and interesting,” said Botzman.

“That’s a little different, being in the streets, other than being in a studio.” During the show, Botzman an-swered questions ranging from his background and knowledge of the area to the history of Misericordia and the direction it is heading. Seven audience members, some of them students, asked questions throughout the hour, and Botzman also addressed one viewer’s tele-phoned question. A question he particularly enjoyed came from a student. “I really like the question of diversity the one student asked,” said Botzman. “If you think about that in so many different dimen-sions, there are all kinds of things we could be different about, and a campus is a safe place to talk about those things. That makes it fun.” He added that diversity is the spirit of the university. “‘All are welcome,’ is really a part of what the sisters have been saying for a long time. This is a university that is founded on ‘We need to invite others in.’” What students can take away from the episode, Botzman said, is that “the students recognize that a large part of their education is the life that they’ll lead after they grad-uate, the things that they do with and for others. The way we teach, in virtually all of higher education, is looking through different lenses at the same types of problems. It doesn’t all have to be a neatly laid out plan to be something that is very, very wonderful.” Botzman said he believes the most important question was about the university’s direction with him at the helm. “For me to say, ‘Here’s my vision,’ is in some ways not as joyous as a very confused ‘our’ vision. By the time we get to seeing what our vi-sion is, it could be a whole lot more spectacular,” Botzman said. youngj5@misericordia.edu Continued on page 2

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With warm weather approach-ing, many students just take their jeans and throw them in storage for the spring and summer, but H.O.P.E. is giving them a reason to do otherwise. Members of H.O.P.E., or Healthy Options Peer Educators, are col-lecting denim as a way to help both men and women feel com-fortable about their genes - those of the physiological variety. Mem-bers want to promote positive body image no matter a person’s shape and size by bringing the “Blue Jeans for True Genes” denim campaign to campus. “Our main goal is to promote a positive mind, body and spirit in everyone. We work to show that true beauty comes from within,” said H.O.P.E. coordinator Carly Zaklukiewicz. The H.O.P.E. group collected un-wanted pairs of jeans in the Banks Student Center lobby March 10. “The goal of the drive is to take jeans or other pants that don’t fit anymore and get rid of them because they’re not better-ing you. Just because a pair of jeans doesn’t fit anymore, does not mean that you are any less beautiful. One’s beauty and worth is not determined by the size on the tag. The goal of the drive is to take good jeans and donate them to women in need,” said Zaklukie-wicz. Students can still drop off donations at the Counseling and Psychological Services Center center office on the lower level of

McGowan Hall. “The drive has a catchy play on the words ‘jeans’ and ‘genes.’ Basically we are asking students, faculty and staff to bring in jeans that might not fit the way that they like best or make them feel uncomfortable,” said H.O.P.E. coordinator Amanda Sutton. Members will deliver all dona-tions to the Ruth’s Place homeless shelter for women in Wilkes Barre. “The campus Healthy Options Peer Educators want to promote a positive body image and help others feel good about their shape and size while trying to be as healthy as possible. It is for this reason they are bringing this campaign to MU,” said Director of Counseling & Psychological Ser-vices Center Dr. Cindy March. The drive started nationally in 2006, and March brought the idea to campus. “The idea is that when we hang on to jeans that we used to fit into but no longer do, we then feel bad about ourselves, put ourselves down for not being a particular size, and we might even start taking drastic measures to fit into the old jeans. In reality, our body naturally changes over time, and so keeping a pair of jeans that we might have worn in our senior year of high school when we are now a junior or senior in college makes no sense,” said March. Members hope that this drive will help others in need while helping to remind students to love their bodies. They also hope

to prevent students from feeling the need to use fad diets, extreme starvation, extreme exercise and purging. “The idea is that the label on our pants should never ever define how we feel about ourselves. We need to love our genes,” said Sut-ton. H.O.P.E. also focuses on more than maintaining a positive image. “We are a group that stands for healthy mind, body and spirit, so we focus on important issues such as handling stress, spreading posi-tivity, eating disorder awareness, and other topics as well through-out the school year,” said Sutton. H.O.P.E. had also previously held events such as “Operation Beauti-ful” in which students placed post-it notes around campus and posted quotes on the floor in Banks before finals week. “We do this to spread positivity to everyone on campus. We also help the CAPs Center with its mood and eating disorder screen-ings,” said Sutton. The coordinators feel that the closeness of the group helps them to get a lot accomplished and to better inform the campus com-munity. “Our group is small and we meet often, so we all have a close relationship with one another,” said Sutton. For more information on the Blue Jeans for True Genes drive contact the CAPS center in the bottom of McGowan Hall. garloffc@misericordia.edu

By Brittany Hayes, Reporter LinkedIn is quickly becoming a resource for incoming freshmen and departing seniors. Incoming students can use LinkedIn as a way to connect with alumni and to gain background knowledge on different fields they are considering. Carolyn Yencharis Corcoran, Assistant Director of the Insalaco Center for Career Development, believes LinkedIns will give students an idea of what to expect not only from their course load but also what the workforce in a given field is like. “One way for them to figure that out is on LinkedIn they can do a search on Misericordia University for anybody who would have, say, finance under their education. They would find an alum who worked in the finance industry either now or in the past. That student can send that person an invite to be part of their profes-sional network and then that person would be available to them. They can send that professional an email asking them how they got into the field and do they like (the field),” said Corcoran. Corcoran said the searches may help students narrow down their interests and major choices. Stu-dents will then also have connec-tions to those professionals once they obtain their degrees. For outgoing seniors ready to enter the workforce, LinkedIn can be useful a tool because many employers are moving away from common job posting sites. “It costs employers a lot of money to post their jobs on places like Monster, but it’s a lot less ex-pensive or even free on LinkedIn. The employers that we have talked to said you are crazy if you are not on LinkedIn because that’s where they are putting their jobs,” said Corcoran. Senior Alissa Burke thinks LinkedIn can be a wonderful tool

for job searching. “Depending on the job, I think LinkedIn could be a good resource. It allows people to explore per-sonalities while also seeing their qualifications,” said Burke. LinkedIn is also a useful research tool. For seniors looking for jobs or other undergraduates look-ing for internships, LinkedIn can provide information about what companies are working on and use that to their advantage. “Say you’re a senior and you have a job interview, a job interview with Kraft, and you can follow them on LinkedIn and see what the dialogue is that week. Once you’re aware of that dialogue be-fore your interview then you can bring that up to them at the end of that interview,” said Corcoran. Corcoran said other social networking sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are also good tools for learning out about the culture of a company. “I would absolutely recommend if you are interested in a company to follow them on Twitter. What are they tweeting? You get a good idea about what their culture is about and what they are con-cerned about by following them on Twitter,” said Corcoran. Corcoran also urges students to look at mini-advertisements prospective employers might be posting on LinkedIn, YouTube or any other social media sites as this may also be a way to find out what is important to the company. Other undergraduates can opti-mize LinkedIn as a way to network with alumni and find possible internships because alums like to help students at their alma mater. Students can also network with professionals with whom they have no other connection. “LinkedIn is beneficial because of the groups. There are profes-sional groups out there that you can join. Let’s say you’re a sport

management major, there’s a group out there called ‘careers in sports’ and you can join that group and see what info you can gather from that,” said Corcoran. Corcoran said students using LinkedIn as a professional social media site must be aware that they are building their personal brand. This brand defines who a student is as a professional. “If somebody were to ask you the question, ‘Tell me about yourself,’ the three, four sentences that you would answer that with is your personal brand. I want to empha-size that this is your professional personal brand, not your personal-personal brand. It is how you pres-ent yourself to the professional world,” said Corcoran. Corcoran said students who haven’t yet thought through their brand should consider it before trying to obtain an internship or a job after graduation. “Somebody will ask you that in an interview. For students, this might not be necessarily defined for you right now, but you need to think about this,” said Corcoran. Corcoran said the importance of networking cannot be overstated, and social media is a readily avail-able tool to use to get started. “Eighty percent of jobs are obtained through networking. Networking is the lifeline of a professional. You need your pro-fessional network, not just to seek jobs but you never know what you’re going to need them for. You always want to be connected with them,” said Corcoran. Corcoran said she optimizes her professional network frequently and that it has helped her to con-nect with the speaker whom MU will have on campus to talk about LinkedIn. “If I am seeking advice or information on something, I can go out there and ask them. In fact, to get this speaker I asked

my professional network. I said, ‘Hey, I’m looking for someone who can really talk about LinkedIn. Do you know anyone who would be willing to come to my campus and speak?’” said Corcoran. Likewise, Corcoran has helped professionals in her network. “I’ve had my professional net-work contact me and ask me to do things. I’ve served as a judge for a debate conference. They might ask me, ‘Are you available to talk to students about a career path?’ When I’m looking for advice on things, anything, if I’m having an issue on a professional level I try to connect with my network and see if there’s anybody out there who can help me,” said Corcoran. Corcoran stresses that students must be aware that future employ-ers will be looking at their posts. “This is part of the personal branding thing. You are young adults. Like it or not, we are in an age where nothing is sacred if it is online. So if you have all of these things on your Facebook page, then they are going to be visible to someone doing a Google search on you, and employers do Google searches on you. They absolutely do,” said Corcoran. Burke believes employers are putting too much weight into what prospective employees are doing on social media. “There have to be boundaries with everything. When you are at work you shut off any personal drama until you leave and you also don’t bring your work home. The way people are outside their jobs is their business, no one else’s,” said Burke. Burke also said that she hasn’t really given much thought to what future employers might think by looking at her social media profile,s but she doesn’t believe that she posts anything too out-landish. “To be honest I never thought

about that. I try not to post anything too extreme, but I don’t really think about future employ-ers,” said Burke. Corcoran thinks that students should be conscious of what they post because while posts may not seem offensive to them, they might be to employers. “You have to make the decision to have an adult, professional

image out there. You need to look at yourself from the perspective of future employers. If you are online or social media, there is no such thing as a private self so make sure the way you’re presenting yourself is something your poten-tial 65 year old boss would be okay with,” said Corcoran. hayesb@misericordia.edu

Go Green with Blue JeansBy Courtney Garloff, Print Editor

Top, Jill Pante, assistant director of career services at University of Delaware, spoke to students in Insalaco Hall about the benefits of LinkedIn. Bottom, a student takes notes during the workshop on LinkedIn.

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to replace it now,” Smith said. “It was always like a nice little treat, like getting a nice cup of coffee or something. I could replace it with I coffee I guess, but there’s nothing else I really want. The Den doesn’t offer anything else (that appeals) to me.” One possibility for students to get their sushi on their desired days is to simply go to Asaki, which is conveniently located down the street from campus. But Smith doesn’t have a vehicle on campus. “I would drive and get it, but I don’t have a car,” Smith said. “And I don’t have that much money and I know that the sushi in the Den is a little bit expensive for what people consider it to be. But I could easily use my points on su-shi, and I could walk five minutes across campus to get it, which cuts a whole lot of hullabaloo and travel time out of my day. It’s not only time effective, it’s cost-effective too.” Still, it appears that the Tuesday/Friday schedule is set in stone for the rest of semester, Franssen said. However, she said the dining staff puts the interest of the students first. “As far as I know, we’re going to keep this until the end of the semester. If it is the students’ desire that they’d rather have it on other days, we can try to work on something different, either a different vendor or work on it with Asaki, but either way we’ll make it happen if it’s better for the students,” Franssen. She said students’ voices were a big part of the reason the switch

happened in the first place. “We’re glad to see more sushi go because people are able to access it earlier and that part we like,” Franssen said, “because we were getting negative feedback on how late it was coming. The delivery people were coming for a week or two there at 11:30 a.m.” evansr4@misericordia.edu

Continued from page 1BIG SUSHI SWITCH, CONTINUED

Nicole BattistaCal Clark

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Asaki provides Misericordia students with different sushi options, like this package of California rolls, with soy sauce, wasabi and candied gin-ger. The sushi varies in price and is sold in the Cougar’s Den on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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Blue Jeans for True Genes

Since 2006, a National H.O.P.E. organiza-tion has collected denim as a way to help people (men and women both) feel com-fortable about their jeans/genes - that is,

both their denim and their body type.

The campus H.O.P.E group wants to pro-mote a positive body image and help you feel good about your shape and size. It is for this reason they are bringing this cam-

paign to Misericordia University.

How can you help?

Donate any jeans that no longer fit or feel comfortable anymore. Don’t let the size on the band dictate how you feel about your-self! SO.....Bring your jeans to the Banks

Carol Llewellyn, the office manager of the CAPS Center anytime during the day.

Collected jeans will be donated to a local homeless shelter.

Thank you from the H.O.P.E. group!

Women’s Relationship Violence GroupThis group is for any student who has

ever been, or is currently in a relationship, in which they experience abuse - verbal, physical, etc. and who want to figure out

their emotions in a supportive environment with others who have experienced similar

relationships.

Please contact Dr. Cindy at (570) 674-6366 or cmarch@misericordia.edu. if you are interested or if you have any questions.

CAPSCORNER

STUDENT ON THE STREETWe asked students in Banks Student Life Center to describe their cell phone wallpaper. If you have a question you would like us to ask, email the news-paper editorial staff at Highland@misericordia.edu.

“Purple Orchids because they’re FABULOUS!,” said first year communications major Felicia Glover.

“An inspirational quote that says ‘Dreams don’t work unless you do,” said sophomore biology P.T. major Julie Bogaert.

“American flag because I love America,” said sophomore biol-ogy major Hunter Pates.

“Gareth Bale because he’s my favorite soccer player,” said sophomore accounting major Corey Honaback.

“It says, ‘Keep calm and carry on? No thanks, I’d rather raise Hell and change the world!,” said junior psychology/physical therapy major Jess Anderson.

“The cross on top of Mercy Hall’s roof,” said sophomore physicians assistant major Palmer Steiner.

Editor’s Note: Nicole Battista spent her spring break on a Campus Minis-try service trip to Philadelphia, and she provided The Highlander with her reflection. I spent my spring break in Phila-delphia. I did not go to the zoo or to Chinatown and I did not eat a cheesesteak. I spent a rewarding four days at the Cranaleith Spiri-tual Center learning how to cook and garden and reflect on life. I do not like knives because I am clumsy and I do not want to accidentally slice my finger off. In fact, one of the Sisters joked about losing fingers as she handed me a thick glove for using the mandolin

slicer to cut up carrots. I avoided the knives in the kitchen until the last day, when I peeled and cut up apples, removing the cores. Sometimes fear has to get put aside to get the job done. Along with fear, sometimes comfort has to get put aside, like when my shoes got soaked as I walked through the snow, clearing the walkway with a broom because there were only three shovels. Or, when my sweatshirt had dirt caked on it as well as cookie dough. I like getting my hands dirty, and one of our projects was to soak dirt and place seeds into it. These

will be planted when the weather is warmer. We also rescued some aloe plants by separating and re-planting them in smaller pots. We were then allowed to take a plant home. I was assured that they do not require a lot of care, only sunlight and to water them about once a month. Another project that some of the group members did was cutting disks from thick branches. These disks were then decorated as signs for the garden. I watched my group members use hand saws to create about fifteen disks. It took a lot of arm power and some time,

SPRING BREAK AT GRANDMA’SBy Nicole Battista, Reporter

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Soon-to-be-graduates are decid-ing whether to seek jobs upon graduation or apply to graduate school, and they’re finding that for certain majors, graduate study is a must. Dr. Glen Tellis, Speech Pathology chair, said that the job market for Speech Pathology majors who do not continue onto graduate school is grim. “You can do nothing with an undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology. There is nothing you can do. You can become an aid, but if you don’t get into a Master’s program then you cannot practice as a speech pathologist,” said Tellis. Tellis said job availability of aid positions is limited to certain parts of the country and the pay is little more than minimum wage. “Texas has aids and they do have paid aid positions but maybe it is 10 bucks an hour, 12 bucks an hour, whatever the minimum wage is for that area,” said Tellis. Getting into a graduate program is not very easy for an aspiring speech pathologist, however. Tellis said a school such as Penn State will have around 400 ap-plicants per year for their graduate program but only 20 positions to offer to students. This makes the field highly competitive. “On average, to get into a Master’s program, you need a minimum of 3.8 or 3.9 GPA. There are times I’ve had a student with a 3.8 GPA and they cannot get into a Master’s program,” said Tellis. MU is one of a handful of universities in the country that has a five-year program for speech pathology that enables students to obtain their Master’s degree. Students must keep a 3.5 GPA to stay in the major. Because of the five-year pro-gram, MU can only take in one or two students from different universities for the graduate pro-gram each year. Tellis said some applicants with GPAs as high as 3.9 have been wait listed due the high demand. Even after obtaining a graduate degree, student must complete a fellowship, which is similar to a residency. They must also apply for a state license. “It’s a paid fellowship. At that time you are really on your own, at the hospitals, schools, wherever you choose to work. At the end of the 9 months you apply to speech language hearing association for your certificate of clinical compe-tence to practice and you apply to the state you work in for your license to work,” said Tellis. Job opportunities are abundant and Tellis said that the job market is going to continue to grow in the future. As a result, professionals demand to be treated fairly. “I had this girl call me and she was in an organization, and she was working there for four years and they underpaid me, over-worked me, didn’t appreciate me, and weren’t flexible with my work schedule so I gave them two-weeks-notice and said goodbye. She got a $15,000 raise some-where else. It’s rare to have a field where you can do that,” said Tellis. Philosophy majors also need to think about completing grad school applications. Dr. Mark Painter of the philoso-phy department warns students that without a Master’s degree, jobs are limited. “When somebody wants to ma-jor in philosophy they are usually interested in going to graduate school because there’s no real job for a philosopher with a BA. It’s not like we’re looking for a philosopher. There’s a publication that the American Philosophical association has called jobs for philosophers but it’s almost ex-clusively academic for people with higher degrees,” said Painter. Students who obtain philosophy undergraduate degrees often go into fields such as science, busi-ness, or law. When this happens, those students are likely to make more money than their peers, ac-cording to Painter. “The thing about the under-graduate degree by itself is that there has been some studies, but they show that people who have philosophy degrees and no other degrees going into business or whatever – mid career - end up having higher salaries than other people who have just an under-graduate degree, say in history or something of that sort,” said Painter.

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By Brittany Hayes, Reporter

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A beautiful custom tabernacle adorns the chapel, but its creator isn’t an Italian master: The artist is maintenance painter David Randazza. According to Chris Somers, Director of Campus Ministry, tab-ernacles are generally very expen-sive, regardless of the materials used – gold, silver or wood – so it seemed natu-ral for her to request a cus-tom wooden tabernacle from Ran-dazza, who is a longtime woodworker. “Someone had men-tioned to me that he does woodwork-ing, so I asked him at the beginning of the year if he could make us one. So, he said he would do it and we got him the dimensions and showed him pictures of what we wanted. So he’s very talented,” she said. According to the Catholic faith, a tabernacle is a locked box where the Eucharist is stored. The new wooden piece is made of hand stained oak boards with a lock, base and Mercy Crosses burned onto each door. The project. which took Randazza over 30 hours to complete, may be special, but works like this are not new to him. In addition to decades worth of painting experience, Randazza has worked with wood for most of his life. However, that does not mean that the tabernacle did not pose any challenges.

“Working in the hard oak was difficult. Oak is one of the hardest woods, so to cut it, and to sand it, and to drill it, and to burn it, was extremely hard. So that was one of the hardest issues was making it all out of oak,” said Randazza. He said burning of the Mercy Crosses onto the front of the tabernacle, entirely by hand, was a

painstaking process. “That was very challenging and meticulous because, if I messed it up, I’d have to make a whole new door because you can’t erase it, so it was very hard. It took me over an hour, hour and a half just to draw them on there perfectly and then wood burn them,” he said. The positive response he’s re-ceived from staff and students has made his effort worth it. “I have received nothing but compliments since I put in there,” said Randazza “Fifty people have complimented me already on how nice it looks in there [in the cha-pel]. I mean, that’s all of that hard work and it’ll last 150 years,”

Randazza feels that the most rewarding part of the project was seeing the looks of surprise on everyone’s faces when he finally revealed his work. “I think it’s a great thing [to have a custom tabernacle] because looking at other tabernacles in line, there are hundreds and hundreds of them, and trying

to think, do you want silver, do you want gold, do you want wood? Then, the more decora-tions you have, the more decorations there are, the more expensive they are, or the more ornate they are,” Somers said. Some might say it was miraculous that Campus Min-istry had Randazza and his talents right on campus - often literally next door. “ So for him to basically say ‘I could make whatever you

want,’ that’s great, and to have something handmade like that, by one of our employees, well that means a lot than just buying or purchasing one off of a website, you know?” said Somers. Randazza said his work will be on campus long after staff, stu-dents and faculty are gone. “I put all of my heart and soul into that baby and it will last 150 years. They will never need an-other, you know? That’s the thing about making something custom - that, and it’s the only one like it. It’s the only one in the world,” he said. smitha10@misericordia.edu

Painter Makes Tabernacle Fit for a KingBy Alexandria Smith, Web Master

David Randazza’s finished tabernacle in the campus chapel.DAVID RANDAZZA FOR THE HIGHLANDER

MU EXPOSURE: Library Update

The Mary Kintz Bevivino Library underwent changes during spring break. Top, the library staff added personalized study rooms on the second floor for a more secluded study area. Bottom, the library also staff had the computer lab enclosed on the second floor, similar to how the first floor lab looks.

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Cougars Fall Short of NCAA Bid FITNESS FOREVERY BODY

By Matt Green, Reporter

By Josh Horton, Reporter

Editors Note: Matt Green is a se-nior sport management major and a personal trainer at Leverage Fitness in Forty-Fort, Pa. This is part one of a four-part health and fitness series special for The Highlander. Everybody wants to be healthy. Okay, maybe not everybody, but most of us genuinely care about having the highest quality of life possible. The question to ask here is “What is healthy?” To one person, healthy is being able to go throughout the day without medication or pills to help allevi-ate pain. To another, healthy can mean running a 5k. The point here is that healthy can truly have un-limited and infinite definitions. To work towards being “healthy,” we must first define what the word means to us as individuals. Once we realize our personal definition, we can begin to live and pursue the healthier lifestyle. This means exercise and proper nutrition – notice, proper nutri-tion and not diet. I am a personal trainer who has been living the health and fitness lifestyle for al-most four years now. I tell people I do not diet – I have a nutritional plan. The difference between diet and nutritional plan is that for me, dieting involves restricting and limiting yourself to a strict and unforgiving eating regimen. A nutritional plan is exactly that, a plan. It’s structured in a way that is worked around personal goals. Whether a goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, etc. An eating plan and exercises should be structured in a way that targets specific goals. Now, keep in mind, weight loss comes from a nutritional plan and muscle gain comes from exercise. The idea of overall health is a combination of both exercise and nutrition. People are intimidated and even scared to ask questions when it comes to what to eat. They think that it’s a crazy science that they cannot wrap their head around. Students will have to learn the ba-sics, but that is the foundation of healthy eating. Once we learn the foundation of what healthy eating is, then we can begin to apply that foundation to expand knowledge based upon on first-hand experi-ence. Certain foods affect our bodies differently than they would affect others. Every body is different/ Every body – two words – is different. We are so easily inspired by, and gullible about, media and fitness “experts” when it comes to health, diet, exercises and fitness in general. “If it worked for me, it can work for you” is the generic cookie-cut-ter phrase that’s overused. What we don’t realize is that our bodies react differently to exercises and foods compared to someone else’s. This is where we set ourselves up for failure. In our heads, we

already feel confident about this new health-kick, which is good, but we don’t understand that al-though the exercise or nutritional plan may have good intentions, it might need some tweaking to make it work for us. So what happens? We give it a shot and get little or no results, then we give up entirely and lose motivation. For right now, let’s just focus on goals and how we should build an all-around healthy lifestyle with both exercise and proper diet. Learn to use time more wisely and more efficiently when in the gym. I hate to generalize, but most men believe that they need to spend at least an hour in the gym to get results. Sorry fellas, but that’s just not true. I can have a workout that lasts 10 minutes - and it is both effec-tive and efficient. The intensity of the workout is much more important than the time spent in the gym. By intensity, I mean how hard your body is pushing itself. When we talk about proper nu-trition, many people get discour-aged and confused. Vegetables, fruits, protein and complex carbohydrates are the foundation of a proper eating plan. The average person should be consuming .5 to 1 gram of pro-tein for every pound in their body. For example, a 150-pound male should be eating at least 75 grams of protein and at most 150 grams. Some people, myself included, can process and retain protein more easily than others. I am 160 pounds, but I consume close to 200 grams of protein daily. In all honesty, ditch the idea of protein powders and supplements. Unless you have the money, which you don’t because you’re a college student, learn to get your quality protein from actual food. Granted, protein powders are convenient and easy, but quality food should always be the favored option. We need to try to gauge how our bodies react to certain foods or exercises. If we feel that we’re not benefiting from a certain exercise, chances are we’re not. Our form may be slightly off, or that exercise may not be very valu-able – not every exercise is created equal. Same thing goes with nutrition. If we feel we get more energy from a specific type of carb rather than another - for example, I prefer rolled oats over whole wheat toast - only eat the carb that benefits us more. Once we learn to listen to our bodies, we will be virtually unstop-pable. It takes time, practice and patience, but when we master it, we are one step closer to becoming the person we always wanted to be – both inside and out. greenm3@misericordia.edu

The men’s basketball team nearly made its second trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament, but a late run from top-seeded DeSales University left the Cougars with a second place finish in the Freedom Conference for the 2014 season. The Cougars finished the season with an overall record of 16-11, including an impressive 10-2 record in the Anderson Sports and Health Center. The season started with yet an-other Laurel Line Championship following impressive wins over Marywood University and Baptist Bible College. However, the Cou-gars went 3-8 over their next 11 games and headed into the heart of the Freedom Conference sched-ule with an overall record of 5-8. The team heated up just in time for students to return from Christmas break, going on a six-game winning streak, which included wins over Eastern Uni-versity, FDU-Florham, DeSales, Delaware Valley College, Lebanon Valley College and King’s College. The Cougars then controlled their own destiny into the Freedom Conference Championship Tour-nament by securing the second seed. The Cougars defeated Man-hattanville in the tournament opener, but eventually lost a 73-64 overtime heartbreaker to top-seeded DeSales. The Bulldogs have reached the title game in each of their last playoff appearances and have won two Freedom Confer-ence Championships. The good news for the Cougars is they return all but one of their players next season. The bad news is the one player not returning is Matt Greene. The guard amassed the 1,000-point mark and finished his final season averaging 12.1 points per-game, while making 84 three-pointers. He was named second-team All-Freedom and had a team-high 88 assists and shot a team-best 87.5% from the free throw line. “It’s always tough to lose a veteran,” head basketball coach Trevor Woodruff said. “Matty was great for us on the floor, but what he brought to this team in terms of culture will live on long after he leaves. He brought a tremendous focus and work ethic every single day.” The Cougars return every other player who received significant time this season. Perhaps the most improved player is Joe Busacca. Woodruff noted the junior guard was key to the suc-cess the Cougars enjoyed this year. Busacca finished the year averag-

ing 13.1 points per-game and played a team high 954 minutes, starting all 27 games. “Joe is very, very good at the process and he loves it,” Woodruff said. “He knows what do in the off-season to get better and he still has some room to improve over the off-season.” Woodruff is hoping to see Busacca improve as a defender and said if he does that, the sky is the limit for him. “If Joe played an entire 40 min-utes like he played the last 10 min-utes of the Freedom Conference Championship game, he would be the best defender in our league,” Woodruff said. “He has definitely matured over the years, and we are looking for him to be more consistent. If he does that, we’re talking first-team All Conference or Player of the Year.” The Cougars also return Steve Ware, and Woodruff feels he has to be the favorite for Freedom Conference Player of the Year next season. Ware finished the season averaging a team-high 14.3 points per-game, 31 blocks and 197 rebounds. “Steve’s decision making really improved this season, and he also improved from the foul line, which is huge for him,” Woodruff said. “I definitely think he is going in the right direction and he may be only 6’4, but he plays like he’s 6’7, and he has to be the favorite for Player of the Year out of the guys return-ing next season.” The Cougars also return Grif-fin Sponaugle next season, and Woodruff feels once he decided to put him in the starting lineup, he changed the whole season. Sponaugle averaged 30 minutes per game and did a little bit of everything for the Cougars. “We felt like we needed some more offense on the floor and Griffin gave us that opportunity as a guy who can knock down shots. He was a big part of our turnaround” Woodruff said. “Once we switched to zone, that really helped him as a defender and he was very solid for us this season.” Cael Evans also gave the Cougars a spark off the bench, averaging 8.8 points per-game and 4.7 re-bounds per-game. Erik Kerns gave the Cougars a boost, and despite starting the season playing limited minutes, he turned out to be a very good player in the post. “Honestly, we were looking at Eric to give us eight to ten minutes a game before the season, and he had a huge year for us,” Woodruff said. “We expect him to get better and better over the offseason.”

James Hawk will play his first minutes for the Cougars next season after missing out this year with a leg injury. Hawk originally played for the Naval Academy, but he transferred following his fresh-man season. Woodruff will look to some of this year’s freshman to compete for minutes next season. “We had an incredibly talented group of freshman this season and I expect improvement even more over the off-season,” Woodruff said. “I think this off-season will be the biggest leap of improve-ment we will see from them.” One uncertainty heading into 2014-2015 is the point guard position. With Greene graduating,

Woodruff will likely either turn to Busacca or an incoming freshman. “We run the majority of our of-fense through Joe, and it doesn’t matter whether he plays the point or not, we will still run it through him,” Woodruff said. “Whether Joe runs the point or not will depend on how the rest of our recruiting goes.” As for Ware, he’s expecting a championship. “I think with the guys we have coming back and what we were able to do this year, our goal is go-ing to be simple,” Ware said. “We want to win the conference.” hortonj@misericordia.edu

Viewfinder: Women’s Lacrosse Drops to Hartwick

Clockwise from top, junior midfielder Melina Juliano begins the game by facing off against the Hartwick Hawks. Hartwick defeated the Cougars 12-11 at Mangelsdorf Field. Junior attacker Emily Hegner waits for a teammate to shoot the ball during the first half of the game. Senior midfielder Jenny Perucca looks back for a pass from a teammate while running towards the goal. First year goalkeeper Katie McLoughlin prepares to block a shot against the Hawks. The Cougars’ next home game is March 18.

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Top, junior Cael Evans looks for an open teammate during the game against King’s College Feb 18. Bottom, head coach Trevor Woodruff talks to his players during a time out against King’s.

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Friday, April 25 in Anderson Sports & Health Center

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Sunshine State Highlights Probst’s 100th VictoryBy Arthur Dowell, Web Editor

Coach Jen Probst left the sun-shine state with a bright addition to her resume - her 100th career win. Probst knew she neared the career milestone when she started the season. “The girls last year were pushing for more wins last season because they knew they were close to 100 wins.” Last year’s seniors were the first freshman class Probst had. Probst’s victory came in dra-matic fashion. Trailing Rose-Hul-man Institute of Technology 3-0, shortstop Whitney Ellenburg hit a game tying three run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Cougars would go on to win 5-3. “The girls always do that to me,” said Probst. “They find ways to keep me on the edge of my seat and shock me with the ways they come through in the end.” Senior pitcher Jess Armillay is the only senior on this year’s squad and a member of Probst’s first recruited class. She felt how close they were to the milestone and the team wanted it before they left Florida. “We know how much coach Probst and the rest of our coach-ing staff work and the time and effort she puts into team, along with how badly she wants us to succeed not only on the field but

of off the field. We wanted to be the team to get that 100th win for her and wanted it for her.” Armillay speaks fondly of the coach and everything she does for the team so in return, the team gives Probst the things she wants

most - “hard work, intensity and a positive attitude at all times.” Probst did not imagine being a head softball coach for a college team back in her playing days. A graduate from Bloomsburg University in biology and chemis-

try, Probst thought she would be working in the medical research field at Hershey Medical Center where she had been for quite some time. Probst, of course, played softball in her days at Bloomsburg, help-

ing lead her team to three NCAA tournament appearances. She never lost her love of the game. She had signed up to be a pitch-ing coach for a little extra money, and then she saw an advertise-ment for a pitching coach position

at York College. Instead of pursuing graduate school for something in the sci-ence field, she pursued a degree in sports management with a concentration in coaching. “It was something I knew I wanted to do with the rest of my life,” said Probst. “I enjoyed help-ing younger people understand the game. While she worked on getting her Master’s, she stayed as an assistant coach at York, and then landed her first head coaching job at MU. Probst takes no credit for her team’s success. “The win is for them. I don’t play the game.” Instead, she likes to enjoy watch-ing her players develop their po-tential not only as athletes, but as students. She knows how to help them balance time on the field and in the classroom. Probst looks forward to seeing the playing field again after the winter snow clears so she can work this year’s group of women toward even more wins - not for her, for the girls. “The team chemistry is great. They have no fear in them, and ev-erybody works well. They make it easy for me to enjoy coaching and watching them win the games.” dowella@misericordia.edu

Probst, along with the softball team, pose for a photo after her 100th win against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Clermont, Fl.PROVIDED BY MELANIE QUINTANILLA FOR THE HIGHLANDER

Painter believes this is because philosophy majors are self-moti-vated problem-solvers as a result of their undergraduate course work. He said one way students can stand out among graduate school applicants is to be published before even leaving college. “There are a lot of undergraduate journals where someone can get published before going to graduate school. That way you can go in there and you can show them ‘this is what I did.’ This is an indication of commitment to the field.” Another tip is to attend as many philosophy conferences as possible and network with other people in the field. “We’re trying to get our majors connections with other schools so they can get letters of recom-mendation from people other than just our professors because we’re pretty small here. It becomes incestuous in a way. You’re com-ing out of a small department, of course they are going to write you good evaluations. So if you can get evaluations from someone from another institution because you met this person at a conference then that looks better on your resume,” said Painter. Those who wish to make philoso-phy a life’s work need to go all the way - to the Ph.D. In sports management, a gradu-ate degree is not required to ob-tain work, but Dr. David Gargone, Director of Sport Management, said students should move directly to a graduate program if they wish to obtain their Master’s. “Students are already in school mode. It’s always a challenge to come back to school when you’ve already started your life.” Gargone also encourages stu-dents to go immediately for their MBA because later in life, they

might not have the time to go back to school. “One thing also that I see when I talk to professionals who are very successful in their careers, who don’t have Master’s degrees, is that they cannot come back and teach. They want to come back into the classroom, but they can’t because they didn’t get their MBA or graduate degree. A lot of them can’t go back to school because their career is too demanding or they have families,” said Gargone. He said students should, how-ever be forewarned about the more rigorous graduate school curriculum. “Make sure you are ready for the change in academic intensity and also to understand an MBA or graduate degree doesn’t guarantee you anything professionally. A lot of students have the misconcep-tion that if they stay in school an extra year then they are better than everyone. That really is not the case,” said Gargone. The Master’s degree will not lead to an increase in pay, either, until many years down the road. “The Master’s degree in most business situations are going to pay off for people further in their career, so I highly encourage stu-dents to participate in our 5 year MBA program with the under-standing that the MBA isn’t going to make a difference when they are 22-23 but when they have 5, 10, 15 years worth of experience,” said Gargone. Most entry-level jobs in the field are low-level positions, he said. “Most students, if they want to work on the professional side of sports, are going to start at an entry-level position usually ticket sales or some sort of sales,” said Gargone. hayesb@misericordia.edu

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but the project was completed. A lot of the work that we did was not earth shattering. We did not build a house or work with underprivileged children. We chopped up cucumbers, wrapped silverware, washed dishes, and made a mess in the kitchen. There were a few times when some of us did not have a task to do. I was reminded that sometimes service is just about being there, not necessarily running around doing a million tasks. Sister said that although some of the tasks seemed mundane and simple, they were very helpful. The desserts that were baked would be used to feed the group coming in after us. The silverware that was wrapped would be used to quickly put out meals for others. The sticks that we picked up in the yard will make the yard look cleaner when the snow melts. The seeds that we planted will be used in the garden in the spring. It is the little things that make the most impact. Ash Wednesday occurred while we were on the trip. We had a reflection and passed around the bowl of ashes, taking turns put-ting them on one another. I felt a true sense of togetherness and community once we were finished. The other group of volunteers working in Philadelphia joined us for dinner. Our group prepared the food and we all ate together. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip. I learned from them that every experience is indi-vidualized and different, but still meaningful. The group provided a service to Cranaleith which indirectly pro-vided a service to those who come to Cranaleith. Cranaleith offers spiritual retreats and confer-ences and opens the garden to the community, which includes poor people and those with disabilities. “Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, Cranaleith offers a contem-plative space for all those seeking wholeness and transformation for themselves and society. We are committed to making Cranaleith accessible to all, especially to per-sons who are poor and those who work in solidarity with them,” the mission statement reads. Cranaleith offers “truly quiet time in a warm atmosphere with simple hospitality” according to the brochure. I was instantly reminded of Grandma’s house when I arrived at Cranaleith. Grandma’s house is always warm. When I go to Grandma’s, I relax. I sink into the leather couch and listen to the grandfather clock chime at every hour. The stairs creak and there are afghan blankets everywhere. My grand-

parents lived in the same houses my parents grew up in, so there’s the comfort of history in the beds and floorboards. Cranaleith felt just like that. The room that I stayed in was something out of a fairytale. It was a single room with three lamps and an overhead light. There was a recliner with an afghan on top of it at the end of the bed, facing a nook. The nook had three windows: two angled at the bottom. Underneath the right window was a wooden desk and chair. It was a view for dreamers and writers and thinkers. The room was great for relax-ing, and I was able to read by the window and fall asleep by 10 p.m. Service trips, I think, should be relaxing and comforting. The house has seven private rooms and three double rooms. There are two bathrooms on both the second and third floors. The house had a bomb shelter in the basement, and more doors than I could count. The doors are long and tall as well as shorter and wider. There are keyholes in the door handles. The house was built in 1891 by Rachel Foster Avery, according to the brochure. She purchased the property, which was previously land for the Lenni Lenape tribes. Avery built the house to be used as a family home and a gathering place for suffragettes, members of the women’s organization move-ments. Susan B. Anthony had stayed in that house. The Trainer family then bought the property in 1906 and named it Cranaleith, meaning “a sanctuary of trees.” In 1996 it became the Cranaleith Spiritual Center, a “not-for-profit ministry in partnership with the Sisters of Mercy.” It is very fitting that one of the spring break trips was to Cra-naleith. Our charisms of Mercy are service, justice, mercy, and hospitality. The house contained those who fought for justice for women, and the workers there now show mercy to the commu-nity and welcome everyone with open arms. They provide a service by using hospitality. Spring break service trips went to the New Dawn Earth Center with the Sisters of Mercy, Cra-naleith Spiritual Renewal Center with the Sisters of Mercy, City Mission of Schenectady, New York, Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity in Charlotte County, Florida, and Community at Visita-tion in Philadelphia. Service trips are offered during fall and spring breaks. There are also trips during winter and sum-mer breaks internationally. battistn@misericordia.edu

Viewfinder: Habitat for Humanity in Florida

Clockwise from top, the Habi-tat for Humanity spring break group poses for a picture at the end of the trip to Florida.

Seniors Shauna Quirk and TJ Ferber put roofing on the house they worked on over spring break at the beginning of March.

Junior Kaleigh Reynolds uses a roller to paint the inside of the Habitat for Humanity house.

One of the spring break service groups listen to a worker from a local organization – she em-phasized how much the Habitat group’s project means to the community.

Junior Megan Lemoncelli and senior Liz Graeber move a ladder in front of the house to work on the front porch.

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