Philadelphia, PA April-May 2013

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CATHeriNe deMPSey ’15SeNior STAFF wriTer

it was a glorious day on the Hill when it was discovered that the swim test was no lon-ger a graduation requirement. Students put away their bath-ing suits and crossed the re-quirement off of their list of “things to do” before gradua-tion.

But there were a few stu-dents who were frustrated that they had to put in the effort and take the swim test before the changes. “i personally don’t mind that the swim test is gone because i’m in Aqua Boot Camp, but i can see that other people who had to take Begin-ner Swim to get the require-ment fulfilled would be mad,” Gabrielle Valvano ’16 said.

others felt the communi-cation between students and advisors regarding the changes taking place could have been smoother.

“Some of the advisors didn’t seem to know what the change entailed and it was frus-trating,” said Katie McLaugh-lin ’15. “i had intentions of registering for classes that i didn’t even need anymore and i was told i should take them anyway, just in case.”

However, most students seem really happy with the changes, especially first-years and sophomores, many of whom are going to benefit most from the simplified core.

KATie MCLAuGHLiN ’15CoNTriBuTiNG wriTer

Finally, the semester is al-most over and summer is quickly approaching. Many stu-dents are excited to go home and relax, travel, or work over the summer. But there are some students who will not be un-packing their book bags. in-stead, they will be taking sum-mer courses here at Chestnut Hill.

why do students take sum-mer courses? Many athletes take them to lighten their credit load during their season. other students who just need to fill in some last requirements or cre-ate some breathing room for their senior year also choose to take one or more courses dur-ing the summer.

Also, students who need to work full time during the year can make that easier by taking a few courses over the summer.

Michael Bradley, a junior, says he is taking classes this

summer “to lighten the course load for senior year.” He will be taking the Advanced Pub-lic Speaking course. “Truth-fully, i’ve been putting this class off because…well, it’s public speaking and i’m just not look-ing forward to it,” Bradley said. “The summer course here is the same price as a community college, so I figured this was a good opportunity to take it.”

Summer courses are offered at the discounted rate of $300 per credit. Montgomery County Community College, the closest community college to the Col-lege, offers classes at $376 per credit. So, instead of seeking discounts at an unfamiliar com-munity college, students can take affordable classes at Chest-nut Hill.

Students from out of state can also stay here over the sum-mer; Chestnut Hill offers hous-ing for summer students.

“Students must be enrolled in classes or working in a cam-pus office at least 20 hours a

week to be eligible for hous-ing,” said Jennifer Thorpe, di-rector of residence life.

residence Life will provide specific details on the accom-modation rate, depending on the length of the stay. during the summer, there are camps available as well as “opportu-nities for summer residents to get together and enjoy the sum-mer weather and one another,” Thorpe said. Also, do not for-get about the active social cal-endar of the city around you—Philadelphia is booming with activities and outdoor events. An often-updated events calen-dar can be found at VisitPhilly.com.

Summer sessions are offered in six weeks increments from May 13 to June 21 and from June 24 to Aug. 2. A semester session is also offered from May 13 to Aug. 2. A schedule of the available courses can be found on the CHC portal.

Curriculum Updated

Some Choose Summer School

On Friday, April 20, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsar-naev was found hiding in s boat stored in the driveway of a Watertown, Mass. resi-dence. Dzhokhar along with his older brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, now deceased, are the primary suspects in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing. There are several images of both suspects on the fateful day, walking around close to the Mara-thon’s finishing line. After the explosions, law enforce-ment officials combed the locked down Boston area for both suspects, resulting in the death of Tamerlan and MIT officer, Sean Col-lier. Dzhokhar is currently at Beth Israel Deaconess Medi-cal Center being treated for serious injuries.

On April 18, just before the citywide search for suspects of the bombing, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev at-tempted to rob a 7-Eleven in Kendall Square, just around

“i’m really glad i don’t have to take the swim test now,” Li-ana Florez ’15 said. “And now that the core is based on dif-ferent subjects, it makes it a lot easier to understand than ways of Knowing.”

Some students wondered why the changes came on so suddenly at the end of the se-mester. As Vice President of the Faculty Senate, Suzanne del Gizzo Ph.d., associate profes-sor of english, explained, the changes to the core will make fulfilling requirements for grad-uation easier and more flexible, giving students more room to choose elective courses.

“we constantly need to as-sess for our students and we never stop,” del Gizzo said. “Students’ needs are changing every year, and we aimed to keep the requirements relevant and meaningful.”

The faculty only has the op-portunity to make changes to the core and the college catalog once a year, when it is updated each July. “we did not want to wait a whole other year to make the changes, even though it meant rushing the announce-ment of the changes and post-poning registration,” del Gizzo said.

Now that the changes are all in place, come next semes-ter’s registration, students will most likely be thankful that the new core is much easier to un-derstand and more meaningful to our needs.

the corner from Massachu-setts Institute of Technology (MIT). Soon after several on-campus gunshots sounded, MIT campus officer, Sean Collier, was found in his car havin several bullet wounds. He was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital around 11:00 p.m.. Collier was a victim of a serious crime and will be greatly remembered by Bos-

ton and the MIT commu-nity. MIT sophomore, Brian Belding, stated, “Sean was known and loved by a lot of students here at MIT, and I was touched by the banner put up by my dorm mates to honor and thank him and all of MITPD.” Pictured on the right, a banner honoring the deceased officer and all of MIT enforcement is hung in Simmons Hall.

contributed by: Brian Belding, MIT Sophomore

image: Federal Bureau of Investigation/Associated Press

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GRIFFINVol. III, Issue 8

The Free StudentNewspaper of

Chestnut Hill College

Olivia Marcinka ’13Editor-in-Chief

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KAiLA KANe ’16CoNTriBuTiNG wriTer

residence Life at Chestnut Hill College is finding new ways to provide a variety of hous-ing opportunities for resident students returning to Chestnut Hill for the fall 2013 semes-ter. Last month, students were given the opportunity to ap-ply to live in a Themed Living Community (TLC). TLCs allow students with similarities and common interests/goals to live together in the same area. it’s a wonderful way for students to form new friendships and/or strengthen old ones through bonding over something that unites them.

There are five TLCs that

are available; the Honors Com-munity is designated for up-perclassmen honors program students, the dear Neighbor community suits those who love doing community service, the Care for the earth com-munity will be of interest to those who have a passion for sustainability issues, the Music, Art, and Stage community is for the creative students here at the College, and the Koinonia com-munity will be for students who are interested in focusing on their spirituality.

The College gives credit to Jenn Thorpe, the director of residence life, for making these options available in the upcom-ing year. “TLCs are on every college campus, and i wanted

to see what Chestnut Hill could do with it,” Thorpe said.

For students who sent in TLC applications, residence Life plans on reviewing all applications and will decide whether or not to move for-ward with the TLCs depending on how many people have ap-plied. Students accepted into a TLC will have their own hous-ing selection day separate from the rest of the resident commu-nity at the College.

The new TLCs are a re-sponse to the great feedback given from students at the Col-lege living in the Honors and LeNS communities right now. Students in these communities expressed a desire to continue living and learning with each

other in the upcoming years. Thorpe definitely listened to these wishes, and also took into consideration students with other interests who might like living together in small commu-nities as well.

when asked which TLC she would want to live in, Thorpe responded, “The Music, Art, and Stage community. i work with the drama club and con-tribute to the music depart-ment’s annual musical. i love the arts, I would definitely im-merse myself in that.”

if students have any ques-tions at all, they should feel free to stop by Thorpe’s office in Fitzsimmons, send an email to housing@chc.edu, or ask an rA or rC.

Rearranging Residents: Themed Living at CHC

On April 12, 13 and 14, the Chestnut Hill College Com-munity Theater presented the 1960s-themed musical, Hairspray. The show was cast with members of the Col-lege and members of the community. Each showing was well received by audi-ences as leads, Tracy Turn-blad (Alyssa Cherewaty ’13), Link Larkin (Bryan Mot-tershead ’14), Penny Pingle-ton (Maya Ben-Yaacov), Amber von Tussle (Jes-sica Veazey ’13), Seaweed J. Stubbs (Devin Devoue ’11) lit up the stage.

The musical takes place in Baltimore, where Tracy dreams of winning a spot on the local dance program. After achieving her goal, Tracy tries to integrate the show but encounters many struggles along the way.

images: Charles Randall Young

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NEWS Working Hard & Hardly WorkingMiCHAeL BrAdLey ’14

NewS ediTor

There is a growing trend among college students of working full-time jobs while also enrolled with full course loads throughout the year.

A recent study by the Na-tional Center of education Statistics found that 79 percent of undergraduate students are employed while simultaneously enrolled in classes.

This trend creates a sticky situation for many of students. often, they need to work these jobs to make tuition payments but, because of the jobs they acquire, they are massively dis-tracted from their coursework.

This difficulty is recognized firsthand by sophomore Katie McLaughlin.

She works to pay for her one hour commute to and from campus each day, as well as an apartment she’s soon moving into. However, she finds that she has very little time to focus on her homework each night.

“i work somewhere between 40 and 45 hours a week,” said McLaughlin. “And with my long commute, it’s really tough for me to get my work done as well as i would like to.”

McLaughlin finds that she gets most of her written work completed each week, but “rarely has time for reading.”

The only way McLaughlin is able to get most of her work done is with careful time-man-agement.

“i have wednesday evenings off, so i usually allot that time to complete most of my work,” she said. “But if something else comes up that night, i really struggle to finish everything.”

McLaughlin experiences dif-ficulty when scheduling time to complete her coursework, and on top of this, she has no time for extracurricular activities.

“i would love to be more involved on campus,” she said, “but with the hours i’m work-ing at my job i just can’t be.”

image: Jessica Veazey ’13Like Katie McLaughlin ’15, sophomore commuter Christopher Shriver, pictured above works part-time at an Apple reseller. Shriver said, “Working 25+ hours a week with 18-credit semesters is rough, but if it means I can get to and from school, avoid loans, and have some extra cash to keep up with tech then I’m happy.”

while having a job in college may seem distracting and unde-sirable, working a part-time job may actually be beneficial.

in an article published by US News & World Report, Lau-ra Perna of The university of Pennsylvania Graduate School of education argues that stu-dents who work 10 to 15 hours a week are more likely to gradu-ate on time than students who do not work at all.

working students have “an opportunity to develop profes-sional skills that employers will be expecting upon graduation,” Perna said. “when employers recruit new college grads, they are not only looking for a ma-jor, but they are looking for a skillset.”

Furthermore, these students

have the opportunity to expe-rience a professional environ-ment and build professional contacts.

She does advise, however, being able to recognize when enough is enough. Not every-one can handle this outside dis-traction, and if work is interfer-ing with school, the job needs to go, Perna said.

working a job in college is not something that every per-son can handle. it is an outside distraction that may be benefi-cial to some, but to others, may pull away from coursework and extracurricular activities.

while this decision may be difficult, it is clear that balance is the key to having a job in col-lege.

on wednesday, April 17, students cast their ballots for 2013-14 Student Government Officers. Elections for the va-cant positions of Vice President of Academic Affairs, Senior Class Vice President, and First-Year officers will be held in Fall semester 2013.

SGA Election Results

Pictured above, 2013-2014 SGA Vice President Mary Katherine ortale ’16. She said, “everyone is a member of the Student Government Association. every student has a voice and ideas. your leaders are here to help accomplish the tasks and ideas that you, the students, want.”

Pictured above, 2013-14 SGA President Allie Fusco ’14 said: “i’m excited to have the opportunity to make changes on campus. I hope to unify the College community, specifically the athlete and non-athlete communities, and to make SGA a governing force that can address the needs of the students.”

image: Beth Bachmayer ’16

contributed by: Mary Katherine Ortale ’16

SGA PresidentAllie Fusco ’14

executive Vice PresidentMary Katherine ortale ’16

VP for CommunicationsTaylor eben ’14

VP for FinanceMarisa Mango ’15

Senior Class PresidentChelsea Patten ’14

Junior Class PresidentHelen Squitieri ’15

Sophomore Class PresidentMaci Kociszewski ’16

VP for engagementMegan welch ’16

VP for Student LifeJustin McMahon ’15

Senior Class VPVacant

Junior Class VPShane Silverence ’15

Sophomore Class VPJessica Perham ’16

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TAyLor eBeN ’14SeNior STAFF wriTer

Sporting a cute new pair of shoes that click and clack against the tiled floors, you can usually hear her before you see her. As she comes down the hallway, her outfit comes into view. Today she is wearing a black jumper with a simple gray cardigan and heels; her blonde hair is blown straight and, as al-ways, she’s wearing a smile.

“dean of Student Life.” it sounds like a hefty position, and it certainly is. every day she oversees everything in the realm of student life, from residence life, to security, to parking--the bane of her existence. Her days include lots of meetings, but she manages to sneak in a little fun every now and then, squeezing in a visit to the Student Activi-ties Office. Her job is demand-ing, and with a baby on the way (affectionately nicknamed “Bean”) it’s about to get a lot more hectic. But with all that aside, you can tell that she really cares. She really loves her job.

originally from Allamuchy, N.J., Krista intended on becom-ing a pediatric opthamologist. However, after a not-so-great chemistry class, she decided against such.

Because of this, Krista did not know what she wanted to do after graduation. in decem-ber of her senior year, she de-cided to apply to higher educa-tion programs.

“once i made that decision, it finally felt right and I knew that was the right decision be-cause then everything started to fall into place. All of a sudden it was just like, ‘wow, i could have a connection with people in a time in their lives that was super transformative to me’” Bailey said.

Armed with a dual degree in psychology and communication studies, she traveled to ohio, where she earned an M.A. in higher education in 2004. She

returned to Philadelphia and got a job working in residence Life at St. Joseph’s university, where she met her husband ryan Mur-phy, director of service-learn-ing, and Lynn ortale, vice presi-dent of student life. After Lynn and ryan left St. Joe’s for Chest-nut Hill, Krista followed suit, becoming the director of com-munity engagement in 2006.

“it was a brand new job at the time,” she said. “it never existed before on this campus and that was really exciting to me because i knew i could leave my mark and create things. i’m not good at fitting in boxes, so it was exciting for me to apply for a job that was brand new where i could set the tone of what it was going to be.

After two years at the Col-lege, she decided to go back to school for her Ph.d. in educa-tional psychology, which she re-ceived in december of last year.

“it was really helpful to get back in touch with my psychol-ogy degree and just look at the world and how people interact as opposed to the administrative side of my job.”

Since coming to the College in 2006, Krista has quickly risen in the ranks, and she fully enjoys the work she does here.

“i love students. i love being with them, so i spend a lot of time with them, talking to stu-dents” said Krista. Krista credits her relationship with deborah Nolan M.A., vice president of student affairs and dean of stu-dents, for teaching her how to interact with students. “i loved how she dealt with students and it’s the way i think i deal with students, in a way that is upfront and honest.”

i think i deal with students in a way that is upfront and hon-est.”

Since a large portion of her job requires her to keep a pulse on students, part of her day might even include socializing in the Student Activities Office. She recounted going to the of-

fice earlier that day where she flipped through old yearbooks. “That was work,” she said, “and to me that’s just as important as submitting my budget.”

revamping the Student Ac-tivities Office is one of her biggest accomplishments since coming to CHC. “The number of things that we do today ver-sus six, seven, eight years ago is remarkable, and i’m really proud of how much we do for a small school, because i think it’s a lot more than a lot of other schools.”

when she started working here there were no comprehen-sive student conduct or alcohol education programs, so she cre-ated both. She works best when she’s creating things, she said. “i want Chestnut Hill to be doing the same things that are happen-ing [at other colleges and uni-versities] nationally. i don’t want us to live in a bubble.”

of course she would be ly-ing if she said every aspect of her job was easy. Since she deals mainly with students, she does get concerned about student safety, which she said keeps her up at night. The College can be as proactive as possible in keep-ing students safe, she said, but ultimately that’s all the College can do.

As for balancing such a busy life, Krista said she does not mind. “i think my job suits me really well,” she said. “i do best in life when i go from one thing to the next and i’m better un-planned than i am planned.”

with “Bean” due next month, she’s expecting a wel-comed change of pace. She is taking the summer off and is looking forward to all that will come with motherhood, and will make sure Bean is no stranger to the College campus.

“i feel like i’m at a really good place in my life,” she said. “Things are coming together and things are exciting. i feel very blessed about where i am right now.”

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image: Beth Bachmayer ’16Above, Dean of Student Life Krista Bailey Murphy, Ph.D. works in her office but often interacts with stu-dents at campus hangouts like the Student Activities Office to get the pulse on campus life. Since 2006, Dr. Murphy has worked at the College in various positions bringing her energy and enthusiasm to every project.

GriSeLLe rodriGuez ’14CoNTriBuTiNG wriTer

At the close of every se-mester, Chestnut Hill College students are usually up to their eyeballs in work. with the nu-merous deadlines and blocks of study-time demanded, it is rare that any student wants to spend a pocket of free time on anything other than what is mandatory for a grade. yet, it is during this time that the college sends out course eval-uations for students to com-plete voluntarily, but more of-ten than not, students forget to or choose not to complete them.

However, some faculty members say that the time spent on these evaluations is appreciated and the feedback is taken into high consider-ation. while it may be easy to disregard these surveys, it is becoming more evident that professors value the input be-cause it helps showcase their strengths and/or weaknesses.

Jacqueline reich, Ph.d., associate professor and co-ordinator of the global stud-ies and political science pro-grams, said the evaluations helped her keep her finger on the “pulse” of her students and ultimately lead to her re-ceiving tenure.

“until i received tenure last year, i was required to have students fill out course evaluations since these help the committee get a sense of my teaching strengths and weaknesses,” reich said. “i actively continue to seek out student feedback since i am very interested to see the overall class climate, and to get a sense of whether or not my students are learning.”

william Lauinger, assis-tant professor of philosophy, also agrees that feedback is

re-evaluting evaluationsbeneficial for faculty because it gives them a clearer idea of any areas of improvement and provides a better gauge of student reception to the course.

“ever since i began teach-ing, i have taken student feedback very seriously,” Lauinger said. “i believe that i have become a better teacher because of the course evaluations.”

one way in which stu-dents could be more motivat-ed to participate is through offering extra credit incen-tives, a technique reich cur-rently employs.

“i recognize that students are very crunched for time at the end of the semester and so i offer extra credit to students who complete the evaluations,” she said. “i am willing to give extra credit be-cause the evaluations are so valuable to me.”

As this spring semester rapidly comes to an end and students are checking off their to-do lists, it will not hurt to take the time to rec-ommend a favorite professor or maybe make suggestions on behalf of the student body. Students are strongly encouraged to complete evaluations because it not only helps the faculty moni-tor their teaching, but also provides an accurate view of their progress.

Megan dicus ’15 encour-ages students to exercise their voices if even for the sake of future classes. “it is a good idea to complete the teacher evaluations because not only is it important for current students, but for future stu-dents as well,” dicus said. “it can help with future classes; especially for those profes-sors who are considered role models.”

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Briana Charlton ’16StaFF WritEr

as we draw closer to the

summer months ahead, there should be one question buzz-ing through everyone’s minds: What are we going to do be-fore school begins again in the fall? Well, aside from the usual trips to the shore, some things to keep in mind are all the movies coming out in the summer. Those include: Iron Man 3, The Hangover Part III, and The Bling Ring.

Iron Man 3 is probably the most awaited summer film be-cause Marvel fans will be able to follow their beloved Tony Stark as he fights yet another epic battle against evil. This film, directed by Shane Black, is expected to be released on May 5. The cast will consist, once again, of Robert Downy Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, along with many more new and ex-citing characters.

Summer’s Thrilling Sequels and New ReleasesOf course, what are new

characters without a new and action-packed plot? In this third installment of Marvel’s Iron Man, Tony Stark goes on a journey to find the enemy responsible for ruining his life—a mysterious antago-nist known as the Mandarin. Stark not only faces incred-ible danger on this journey, but also a test of character. He must confront the man he is and discover whether or not he is the man he should be. In Iron Man 3, Stark will be forced to find an answer to the question “Does the man make the suit, or does the suit make the man?” This ques-tion also comes up in Marvel’s The Avengers (released in April 2012) when Captain America asks Stark what he was with-out the suit. So, who exactly is Tony Stark? You can find out this summer.

Another film to watch when school is finally over is The Hangover Part III, directed by Todd Phillips. This film is scheduled to be released May 24, and follows the same love-able and crazy “Wolfpack” that fans have come to adore in The Hangover and The Hangover Part II. Bradley Cooper, Zach Gali-

fianakis, Ed Helms, and Justin Bartha will reprise their roles as Phil, Alan, Stu, and Doug, respectively. As of right now, the full plot has not been re-leased, yet, it seems as though fans can expect a road trip of some sort that encompasses several locations and crazy plans. The official synopsis, taken from IMDb, reads: “This time, there’s no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.” This third installment and finale certainly sounds in-teresting and quite different from the previous films. Fans can definitely look forward to an entirely new story and a hi-larious one at that.

A third summer film, ex-pected to be released June 24, is The Bling Ring directed by So-phia Coppola. This film con-trasts sharply with the above mentioned films because not only is it a crime drama, but it is also based on a true story. As IMDb states, this film is about “a group of fame-ob-sessed teenagers [who] use the internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes.” This is certainly a very interesting story, made

image: hangoverpart3.com

image: marvel.com/ironman3

BlEu lanE ’13STYlE EDITOR

the last stretch of the se-mester is here and we all know what’s waiting around the cor-ner: summer. Summer is my favorite of all the seasons for many reasons, here are just a few.

Summer clothesFall and winter outfit plan-

ning requires a lot of thought. There are layers involved and you’ve got to figure out how to stay warm without putting on a full body snowsuit. It’s just so much easier in the sum-mer time when shorts and a t-shirt will suffice. Patterns, colors, and styles of summer clothes are also just more aes-thetically pleasing to me than the heavy, dark styles of less warm months. Forever 21’s latest “Capsule 2.1” collection is a prime example of my ideal summer wardrobe

Outdoor diningMy general attitude towards

nice weather is that it should be taken advantage of. If it’s beautiful and sunny out, any activity that can be done out-side should be. this is the season where restaurants who have outdoor space offer side-walk tables and rooftop din-ing. Here are some places in Philadelphia that allow you to people watch outside while en-joying your food: Copabanana (4th & South St), Vango (116 S 18th St), and Continental Mid-Town (1801 Chestnut St).

Music festivalsAs I previously mentioned,

most things are just better out-side. Unlike indoor shows, outdoor music festivals have more of a community feel. Depending on the venue, you can wander around instead of being confined to a row or seat. While huge festivals like Coachella can be on the

more expensive side, there are a growing number of free fes-tivals. My favorite in Philadel-phia is the Mad Decent Block Party.

Iced CoffeeMy love of coffee is no

secret, but no one wants to be drinking piping hot liquid when it’s 90 degrees outside. That’s why the barista gods cre-ated iced versions of all your favorite coffee drinks! An iced caramel macchiato from Star-bucks on a really nice day is so refreshing you won’t even care how many calories are in it.

SwimmingMaybe it was my childhood

obsession with the little Mer-maid, but I just love anything that has to do with swimming or being near water. Whether it’s a beach, pool, water-park, lake or any other large area of water that allows swimming, I love it.

Top 5: Favorite Summer Things

image: Bleu Lane ’13

Above, Mad Decent Block party, a touring festival featuring artist Diplo, made a splash on the Phila-delphia music scene in 2012. There are many music festivals this summer in the city and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic region, including Xponential Music Fes-tival in Camden, Sixth Annual Roots Picnic at Penn’s Landing and the Made in America Festival at the Art Museum. For a list of festivals compiled by our staff, visit thechcgriffin.com.

even more so by its reality. However, what makes this film even greater (especially for Harry Potter fans) is that it stars Emma Watson, who is most known for her role as Herm-ione Granger in the Harry Pot-ter series.

In The Bling Ring, Watson plays Nicki, and in an inter-view with GQ Magazine she says, “The character is ev-erything that I felt strongly against -- she’s superficial, ma-terialistic, vain, amoral. She’s all of these things and I real-ized that I hated her. How do you play someone you hate? But I found it really interesting and it gave me a whole new in-sight into what my job, or my role as an actress, could be.”

This quotation demon-strates what a turnaround Watson has undergone since her studious, goody-two-shoes role as Hermione Granger. Nevertheless, I’m sure fans cannot wait to see their favor-ite actress play such a “racy” character in this upcom-ing summer film. The movie promises to be fitting of an actress as gifted as Emma Wat-son.

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Runaway HeaRtANDREA WENTZEll ’15SEnior StaFF WritEr

A regency romance, Runaway Heart by Claudy Conn, is one story that will take a reader’s heart for a spin. Considered a short story, Runaway Heart’s one-hundred pages fits more into them than other authors can in three-hundred.

Easily completed in one sit-ting, the story follows Chelsea Halloway, a young woman aban-doned by her aunt at finishing school. Being forced to leave school, Chelsea has two op-tions: return to her horrible life with her Aunt Augusta or escape to her trustee. She chooses the latter, and with the help of her friend, Sam Martin, Chelsea is

successfully arranged to have her public season.

Placed into the care of lady Daisy Dobson, Chelsea soon be-comes enthralled with the most eligible bachelor in town, her es-cort.

Per favor of his Aunt Daisy, lord Wainwright soon finds himself irritated not by the country school girl he escorts, but by the men that surround her. A rogue in nature, Wain-wright made quick assumptions about the country-raised Chel-sea, but instead he finds an en-gaging woman underneath her plain exterior.

However, Chelsea is not the only women pursuing Wain-wright’s heart. And it seems the other woman, her own Aunt Au-gusta, has already captured it.

With relatable characters,

J.K. Rowling’s first post-Potter novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, has essentially gone under-the-radar after its initial release this past Septem-ber. Many critics considered the novel average or too much like the works of Dickens, Joyce, and Woolf. Despite the fact that it is not a particularly unique work, it is much differ-ent than her Harry Potter series. The Casual Vacancy is a very in-teresting, insightful, and emo-tional build-up of a read.

While many readers, in-cluding me, found the novel to start off slow, it picks up about half way through the story as the countless char-acters become more distinct. Each chapter follows the ac-tions and thoughts of a differ-ent character, in what is essen-tially stream-of-consciousness prose. Readers get to peer into the minds of many different types of social statuses as the citizens in the English village of Pagford deal with the death of Barry Fairbrother. Char-acters also try, rather unsuc-cessfully, to fill his position in the council all while trying to handle the very popular and charismatic man’s absence.

Throughout the course of the book, as you learn more about the fascinating char-acters, some that you may be reluctant to like or sympa-thize with, and even some you wholly abhor, they become more understandable. In this

endeR’S GaMeGaBriEl hEnninGEr ’15ContriButinG WritEr

Ender's Game, the prolific novel by Orson Scott Card, has captured the minds of readers for decades. It is a simple story really. A young boy feels scared and alone. A young boy goes to a new school and struggles to make friends. A young boy leads a fleet of spaceships to stop an oncoming alien onslaught. See? Classic.

This book follows Andrew (Ender) Wiggin through grow-ing up as a child prodigy among other child prodigies. Ender is selected to go to Battle School, a school in the stars meant to train Earth's genius children in the art of war. He travels through space,

commands other children in bat-tle, and struggles with students and teachers alike who are bent on ending Ender's bright future by any means necessary.

now to all those out there who are wary of picking up some lame science fiction drivel, you should rejoice. Card's award winning novel makes you forget that you are reading about the future and completely absorbs you in the thoughts and feelings of the main character. Ender is more than just a child; he is a walking existential crisis. I chal-lenge any who read this book not to be completely blown away by how deeply you examine your-self because of Ender. At every twist and turn you are wondering how this child is going to make it through this titanic conflict. And let me say, Ender never disap-

A novel Idea: Books to Read this SummertHe CaSual VaCanCy

AMANDA FINlAW ’15STYlE EDITOR

points the reader.now is the perfect time to

pick up this classic novel because it will be coming out as a mov-ie this summer. This is a great chance to be part of a great se-ries. Happy reading, everybody.

way, the novel portrays an important lesson that while someone may be different from us, they still have strong thoughts, feelings, and individ-uality, and should be treated with the same amount of care and respect we would grant to those we immediately relate to. Rowling herself said of this lesson in her book, “I am wor-ried about the lack of empathy in our culture.”

This novel is certainly one that fosters understanding of the value of each individual. From political corruption and tensions, to the social trials of high school, to the heart-wrenching surprises at the end of the novel, reactions to the characters become even stronger. Rowling employs her masterful ability to bring forth strong emotions and immense life lessons in The Casual Va-cancy.

Runaway Heart stands out from other short regency romances. Conn leads readers to anticipate the next page, and leaves you wanting more.

Currently, Runaway Heart is free for e-readers and can be found through searching the websites of Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Smashwords.

BRANDON ROTONDO ‘16 ContriButinG WritEr

Philadelphia’s native pop-punkers, The Wonder Years, are at it again and are coming out swinging. After the mas-sively successful releases of The Upsides (2010) and Suburbia: I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing (2011), The Wonder Years have recently announced their highly acclaimed album The Greatest Generation, which is due to be released May 14, 2013 by Hopeless Records.

Coming off a headlining tour, last summer’s “Warped Tour,” and being the support-ing acts with pop-punk heavy-weights such as New Found Glory and Yellowcard, The Wonder Years have kept fans waiting anxiously for new ma-terial.

“The Greatest Generation is the third piece of a trilogy about growing up,” stated lead singer Dan “Soupy” Campbell in the trailer for his upcom-ing album. The Wonder Years have recently released the first single off the album titled “Passing through a Screen Door.” This song starts off right where The Wonder Years left off in their last album.

Campbell continues to steer the band’s musical direction with the highest expectations while striking his listeners with both personal and relat-able lyrics such as: “It’s all a lie, what they say about stabil-ity. It scares me sometimes, the emptiness I see in my eyes.” Musically and lyrically, there is no doubt in this beloved fan’s mind that The Wonder Years have greatly progressed as a

band. From the tempo, strong drumming, fast guitars, and melodies in the chorus, this song is by far one of the best releases by the band.

The Wonder Years are steadily becoming their genre’s most beloved force. With mu-sic to jump around to and lyr-ics that make you realize that you’re not the only person in the world struggling with de-pression, anxiety, and home-town blues, The Wonder Years are at the peak of their music-making and show no signs of slowing down. Make sure to check out The Wonder Years on this year’s headlining stage of Warped Tour and pick up a copy of The Greatest Genera-tion.

Passing Through a Screen Door, local Man Ruins Ev-erything, Hoodie Weather, Melrose Diner, logan Circle

The Wonder Years: New Release

“Some say the greatest generation has come and gone but they are wrong. They don’t know what we are capable of.” – Dan Campbell, lead singer of The Wonder Years.

SONGS TO LISTEN TO

The Starting line, New Found Glory, Motion City Soundtrack, The Get Up Kids

WHO THEY SOUND LIKE

images: facebook.com/thewonderyearsband

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1 21. Brandon rotondo ’16

Who/what are your style influences? My style honestly comes from my grandfather. The man dresses as well as he can everyday and he says what you wear can leave a good im-pression on people.

How would you describe your personal style? I would describe my style as laid back but also business casual. Some days I just want to wear a flannel and jeans, but other days I feel like it's a good day to wear a tie. It all depends on my mood.

2. Jenn Lineman ’15

How would you describe your personal style? My style is very eclectic; I will buy anything if I like it even if it is in the guys’ section. If I can get it in my size, I buy it.

What is your favorite article of clothing/accessory? My favorite thing right now is my Ralph lauren flag denim jacket (from the guys’ section) and cowboy boots, of course, they are my weakness.

MICHAEl BRADlEY ’13NEWS EDITOR

The 90s were an absolute goldmine for campy, cheesy cult-classics. They’re the movies that you love, but do not know why; the movies that you can watch over again without losing interest. Here are five of the greatest cult-classics:

THE CRAFT

When Sarah Bailey enlists at a new catholic school, she be-friends a group of bad girls. They dress in all black, don’t care about their grades, and have a very distinct mystique. little does Sarah know, these girls are witches, using their powers to cast spells on their enemies. As they begin to turn on one another, Sarah starts to wonder if she can activate the witchy senses with-in herself.

HEATHERS

Veronica is desperate to be popular. She spends her days sucking up to the three most popular girls in school—all of whom are named Heather. As the school year progresses, Ve-ronica finds herself falling for JD, the ultimate high-school bad boy. JD takes Veronica to the dark side with him, and she begins to seek violent revenge on the Heathers.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

Julie and her friends are having the ultimate summer—until they accidentally hit a fisherman with their car, and then throw his dead body into a ravine. They spend the rest of their summer pretending nothing happened, and think they got away with the crime. But, the following summer they receive anonymous letters in eerie handwriting that say “I know what you did last summer.”

JAWBREAKERIn this ultimate cult classic, Courtney, Julie and Marcie plan

to pseudo-kidnap their friend Charlotte for a birthday stunt, but end up accidently choking her to death with a jawbreaker. When nerdy girl Fern witnesses the crime, queen-bee Courtney turns her popular over night in turn for silence. Unfortunately for Courtney, Marcie begins to feel guilty and threatens to blow everyone’s cover.

one-Man-Band: lyrics Not SoundDANIEllE MOlINO ’14

ContriButinG WritEr

BlEu lanE ’13STYlE EDITOR

Recording an album is a dream that many aspiring musi-cians share. Chestnut Hill Col-lege sophomore, Kyle Mick, is turning that dream into a real-ity for himself. Mick is in the process of finishing the debut album of his one-man-band Crazy Kyle and the Folk Reviv-al. The title of the CD is Tears of Our Fathers, Sins of Our Sons and it is set to be released on Oct, 7 2013.

“That’s a long story,” says Mick on why he chose to start a one-man-band as opposed to being a part of a group. “Music today has so many different in-struments and musicians that it covers up the lyrics of the song. it also detracts from the music because people in the crowd are focused more on the musicians playing instead of actually lis-tening to the words.”

Mick plays both the acous-tic guitar and the harmonica to achieve his unique sound. “I like playing by myself. It’s a challenge to try and write a rhythm, a solo, a harmonica part, and then put it together.”

Mick has been inspired by many famous musicians includ-ing My Chemical Romance and Bruce Springsteen. His most

prominent influence is Bob Dylan, which can be seen in his lyrical content. Mick prides himself on the messages be-hind his songs.

“listening to music today made me angry that musicians and artists were making music about getting drunk and party-ing instead of focusing on how their music can influence and inspire people,” Mick says. “My whole goal is to start a sort of revolution with our generation. I want to get our generation to start thinking for themselves. To get our generation to start thinking for themselves and getting out of their techno-logical bubbles and focusing on what they feel is unjust in the U.S. and come together to fix it. Sort of like the 60s.”

Mick’s favorite song on his album, “Desert Soldier,” is about post-traumatic stress dis-order (PTSD). “Even though I don’t know anyone with PTSD, I can still feel for those soldiers because they feel like outcasts, pushed to the edge of society without a thought.”

What began as a hobby Mick took up in high school to fit in with friends has developed into so much more. “While they dropped the hobby by the end of school, I stuck with it and it has become my passion.”

With his musical talent, powerful lyrics, ambition as an artist, and a debut album on the way, Mick seems to be headed in the right direction as an up-and-coming musician.

contributed by: Jacqueline Garrison Photography

Crazy Kyle and the Folk Revival, the eponymous one man band created by Kyle Mick ’15, is currently working on its debut album.

Cult Classics of the 90s

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Home & Garden Festival17th Annual

Over 150 Home and Garden Vendors, Artists and Craftsmen on display!

Live Music ByCity Rhythm Orchestra

The Rich Posmontier OrchestraThe Dukes of Destiny

12:01 Social

Sunday, May 5, 2013 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Germantown ave. Between

rex and Grove avenues

Visit chestnuthillpa.com for more information

AttractionsEco Alley

Hand-Made Home GoodsAl Fresco Dinning

Kid’s Arts and Crafts

AMANDA FINlAW ‘15STYlE EDITOR

Popular YouTube video-blogger (vlogger) and musi-cian, Alex Day (nerimon on YouTube), started a creative project online called lifes-couts. On the website for the project, you can collect pin badges for completing differ-ent activities or feats, which vary from extremes, like sky-diving, to the more mundane, like going bowling. The proj-ect rewards people for doing new things in their lives, like traveling to foreign landmarks, and provides incentive to do activities you may have never considered.

The project was inspired

by Boy Scout badges. Day wanted a way for people of any age to have proof of their significant life experiences. On its website, lifescouts is described as “a badge collect-ing community of people who share real-world experiences online.” This project encour-ages young people to collect as many badges as they can, complete the tasks with their friends, and share their expe-riences with their online com-munity. There is a new collec-tion of badges each month, with the month of April’s being music. In the past two months, there has been nerd month and animal month. Each badge corresponds with the theme.

Once an activity for a pin is complete, you can “reblog” the pin onto your Tumblr or buy a physical pin from the site’s store. This tangible con-firmation of your feat costs $5. If you search the Tumblr tag “lifescouts” you will find endless posts of people dis-cussing their remarkable expe-riences while working toward pins, and posting photos of the pins they earned.

Many YouTubers and friends of Day are participat-ing and having really exciting experiences. Another famous YouTuber, Charlie McDon-nel (charlieissocoollike), went skydiving with Alex Day and a few other friends to achieve the skydiving pin. Both Char-

lie and Day uploaded videos documenting their entire jour-ney, jitters and all.

Day described his project as “a great big circle of in-spiration,” because if you see a badge for something you had always wanted to do but haven’t yet, you get to see sto-ries of others who have done that particular activity, which could prompt you to act on your desire. Then, once you do the activity and share your story, others may wish to fol-low your lead and share in the experience as well. The most important thing about this project is “that you have a suf-ficiently valuable experience or story or anecdote related to that badge that justifies you

having it, and that you person-ally don’t feel guilty for claim-ing that badge,” Day explains. He thinks the experience should be significantly impact-ful on one’s life.

lifescouts is a really inno-vative way to get yourself to have new experiences and to come in contact with things you may not have normally considered. It can help in-dividuals grow, while giving them an opportunity to share their great experiences with the internet and their friends and family.

Visit lifescouts and collect badges for yourself at lifes-couts.com.

Lifescouts: Alex Day’s Merit Badge Program

Pictured above from left to right are the following badges of Alex Day’s creation: Hot-Air Balloon, Keyboard, Dungeons and Dragons, French Language, and Pet-Owning Badges. Some of the other badges that you can earn are: Skydiving, Acordion, CPR, and Cow-Milking Badges.

images: lifescouts.com

OpiniOnSubjective Scrutiny

Submissions represent the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent The Griffin’s position.

Gabriel henninGer ’15STaFF arTiST

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meGan welch ’16STaFF wriTer

Megan Welch is the newly-elected Student Government Association (SGA) vice president of community engagement for the 2013-2014 aca-demic year.

SGa’s primary job is to rep-resent the student body. This in-cludes helping to change policy and organize and lead events, but above all it means empower-ing each student to express their views, their concerns, and ulti-mately, themselves.

with this thought in mind, we planned anti-Discrimination week. we abandoned tradition, completely re-evaluated and re-vamped each event to suit our overall goal – to raise awareness of real issues students are facing, both on campus and in the world.

The Post-Secrets that were hung up outside of the caf-eteria were a huge part of that. SGa went around to members of the student body and asked them to anonymously share a story of a time they felt discrimi-nated against. The results were ugly. There were students dis-criminated against for everything imaginable – race, gender, sexual orientation, the way they dress, and their religion, to name a few. Students expressed how, and in some cases who, they felt had discriminated against them.

but our goal wasn’t to offend.

SGA on anti-discriminationit wasn’t to start drama. and it certainly wasn’t to create deeper divides between groups of peo-ple on campus. Our goal was to give a voice to students that might not otherwise have one. and we did.

we understand the frus-trations that the Post-Secrets brought up. nobody tries to be discriminatory. nobody goes out of their way to hurt anyone. and nobody wants a student to feel that their organization or group of friends targeted them when that was never their goal.

we all have good intentions. but mistakes happen. Someone says something hurtful by ac-cident. Someone misinterprets something we say or do. Some-times, our good intentions get lost in translation, and someone walks away feeling angry, hurt, or violated.

but it is important that we grow from it. responding with anger will only perpetuate anger. Quieting someone else’s voice because it disagrees with your own will only create more hurt feelings. accepting that there is a problem is the only way we can all start to fix it.

moving forward, SGa has worked with Krista murphy to implement a new ally training, and to create Safe Zone stickers and buttons. we feel that this is a step towards creating a cam-pus where all know they are wel-comed, and we encourage all to participate in the community. but it is only one part of the solution. SGa doesn’t have all the answers. however, if we as a community work together, we can find them.

aliSOn mann ’15cOnTribuTinG wriTer

Allison Mann is a sophomore women’s lacrosse player and biology major.

Discrimination is obviously bad. anti-Discrimination week was a good idea, if it had been executed the right way. i don’t think the Student Government association’s (SGa) approach to anti-discrimination week was appropriate. if done correctly, this week could have been very beneficial to the student popula-tion and the chc community. but the method that SGa uti-lized did more harm than good.

as an athlete and former member of the Student Gov-ernment association, i have felt discriminated against for being an athlete. The anti-Discrimi-nation week here at chc was directly in favor of the narP population. i use the word narP (non-athletic regular Person) here, not as a discrimi-natory term, but as a simple la-bel. if i am allowed to be called an “athlete” with no conse-quences, the inverse narP col-loquialism should be just as ac-ceptable. non-athletes complain about the cafeteria and athletes only hanging out with other ath-letes, when narPs are the big-gest team on campus. no other specific group of people was called out on the Post-Secrets, and i feel athletes were unfairly targeted. not being friends with some of our peers isn’t being

discriminatory; it’s not having a common interest with them and not being able to relate to them as easily (or at all) than it is to with other peers.

Discrimination is defined as “the unjust or prejudicial treat-ment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.” last time i checked, athletes weren’t making narPs sit in the back of the shuttle or mak-ing them use different soda ma-chines in the cafeteria.

The non-athletes and SGa should reevaluate who is be-ing “discriminated” against. in general, last year during the time of registering for the Quidditch world cup, the Student Gov-ernment Association specifically said that the men’s and women’s lacrosse Quidditch team was not allowed to go through to the world cup because they were a “bad representation of chest-nut hill” and that they were too aggressive. if we are allowed to represent the college on the field and in the classroom, why are we not allowed to participate in one of this school’s biggest pastimes?

i also feel that there is an unfair stigma that comes along with being an athlete at this school. People assume that i act a certain way just because i play a sport, and it’s usually not a positive assumption. are there athletes who have discriminated against narPs? absolutely, and it’s not okay. but why is it ok for

narPs to discriminate against me? i play lacrosse, but i am so much more than that. it is un-fair to simply call me an athlete and assume that i am a bad per-son and that i think i’m better than you, or to blame a single person’s discriminatory acts on the entire athletic community. Judge me for who i am, not the jersey i wear.

i did not come to school for lacrosse, but playing women’s lacrosse here at chestnut hill has changed my life for the bet-ter. my teammates are the best friends i have ever had in my life. They have always been there for me, on the field and off the field. They are an incredible group of girls that i won’t ever forget. They truly have become my family. This sense of com-munity is something i would not have if i was not on the team. i’m sure this is true for any of the other athletes at this school.

aside from just my team, there is an incredible sense of community throughout all of the athletes. we can all relate to a bad practice or game, or the great feeling of the perfect prac-tice weather, and knowing the fact that we all are very blessed to be able to wake up every day and play a sport that we love. Knowing that we can all connect and relate brings a majority of campus together by being ath-letes. if anything, the SGa anti-discrimination week was more discriminatory against athletes than it was against narPs.

In Response to Discrimination

Dear readers, Over the past four years, The Griffin has worked fervently to facilitate a community in which

students, faculty, and staff can work cohesively toward an even better chestnut hill environment. we have introduced sections to you including Style, Opinion, and the recently launched Online edition.

although we have been met with many challenges, The Griffin staff and myself have learned a lot along the way. Perhaps the most significant lesson learned was how to acquire the strength to adapt. The absence of change thwarts progress.

There will always be an audience that focuses more on the possible nature of our attack rather than the purpose of our content. in this case, the best that The Griffin can do is to continue to pro-mote our business and produce what we promise to—a newspaper representative of the people. It would be an oversight if we kept in the fluff, if we tiptoed around the real issues at hand.

as i have believed since the arrival of our Opinion section, the convictions of our students are vital to the thriving of our institution. Similarly, the responses of faculty and staff (or anyone), is imperative to the The Griffin’s survival. besides, what would a newspaper be without a little controversy?

i call on the entire college to continue to express your opinions with an open mind and a professional attitude.

Thank you for a lovely four years serving on The Griffin. Olivia marcinka

Letter from the Editor-In-Chief

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Gabi valvanO ’16cOnTribuTinG wriTer

when it comes to purchasing textbooks, college students now have many different options in how they purchase and access them. Depending on the pub-lisher, students may now have the option to rent or purchase a hardcopy; download a version on an electronic reader, such as an iPad or Kindle; or access it di-rectly on the publisher’s website or as a download on your laptop. but we all know that when mak-ing a decision there are many things the student has to take into consideration, especially cost.

when it comes to purchas-ing textbooks, most students still have the option of which format of the textbook they like better unless their teacher states otherwise.

“i love the versatility of e-books,” says Saul Senders, m.S.e.d, professor of computer science. my wife is allergic to newsprint ink and with an iPad, she can read books and do the new York Times crossword puzzle without having an aller-

gic reaction. i love not having to carry around heavy books and the cost is significantly less.”

“Though i understand the allure of the cheaper option, in terms of engagement and com-prehension, i just don’t think reading from a screen mirrors reading from print,” says Susan magee, mFa, assistant professor of communications. “reading from an iPad or Kindle Fire in class also lends itself to distrac-tion. when students have a con-nection, the call of Facebook and e-mail is too tempting.”

andrea wentzell ’15 says that for now she is still decid-ing which format she likes bet-ter. “For me, i don’t really have preference over e-books or real books. i typically keep to buying print textbooks, because I find it easier to take notes. however, i might be moving into the e-textbooks if i get better deals in the arriving semesters. when it comes to just books to read through, i prefer to read on my e-reader because I find it cheaper than buying print books. Plus, i find some excellent $0.99 books and free books to read, and some wonderful independently

published authors.”many students say they do

not prefer the new electronic copy of books and would rather have a hard copy to read from. Taylor eben’s web design class required her to use whichever the student preferred. At first she was planning on using a hard copy but it did not come in time for class so she settled for the e-book.

“i don’t like not having a physical book, but the e-book is easy to search through and find something quickly” eben says.

“i enjoy reading e-books for pleasure because i am just read-ing to read and not to absorb information that i will later be tested on,” mary Katherine Or-tale ‘16 says. “it is much harder to conceptualize the informa-tion when you are not physically holding and reading off of a pa-per.”

Though it probably won’t happen overnight, with tech-nology rapidly increasing and changing and the rising cost of traditional textbooks, physical textbooks may eventually be en-tirely replaced by electronic ver-sions.

naDJah PenninGTOn ’15cOnTribuTinG wriTer

Suicide is a subject that often goes undiscussed on college campuses. however, suicides are a rising trend on campuses across the country. according to a study pub-lished by emory university, there are more than 1,000 suicides on college campuses each year.

Suicide is a difficult sub-ject to discuss. however, ac-cording to the emory survey, one in 10 college students has made a plan for suicide. be-cause of this, chestnut hill college has taken a step to-ward stopping the silence and standing against the issue.

On march 15, the college held a training seminar to better prepare selected staff to handle crisis situations and suicide. The seminar, which was called “campus connect: a Suicide Prevention Train-ing for Gatekeepers,” con-sisted of a review of college suicide statistics and facts, suicidal myths and warnings, and instructions on how to approach a student who may be suicidal.

The trainer, mitch Sartin, Ph.D., assistant director of the counseling center at Syra-cuse university, explained that “Suicide is a relatively new issue being addressed. The training is about a lot more than suicide preven-tion; it’s learning how to help when someone is in crisis and leading them to the help they need and how to manage; making college campuses supportive and welcoming.”

he also explained that there has been a recent na-tional effort among colleges and universities to solve some prominent mental health concerns. he stressed how important it is for schools to be in the know about how to detect mental health issues before the worsen.

lynne Ortale, Ph.D., vice president for student life, started the initiative to help the college community ex-pand its knowledge of crisis

aiZaZ Gill ’14SeniOr STaFF wriTer

recently, the united States has found itself embroiled in an ethical quagmire, namely the use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (uavS), in countries such as Pakistan and Yemen. The u.S. uses drone missile strikes to target high-ranking officials within the al-Qaeda terrorist or-ganization. in fact, John bren-nan, who served as the white house’s top counterterrorism adviser for the past four years and is currently the director of the central intelligence agen-cy (cia), defends the use of drones, stating, “ we only take such actions as a last resort, to save lives when there is no oth-er alternative.”

however, The bureau of investigative Journalism re-cently released some alarming statistics regarding the usage of drones by the u.S., which dispute brennan’s statement. Since 2004, the united States has ordered 364 drone strikes in Pakistan through the cia. The drone strikes have resulted in 2,640 to 3,474 deaths. Those numbers must be music to the ears of american patriots; after all, these numbers would lead one to believe that almost 3,500 terrorists have been killed with-out using a single u.S. soldier.

regrettably, that number also includes the death of 479 to 893 civilians who were killed

only because their country’s government does not seem to fight for them. What makes this harrowing tragedy even worse is the fact that among those re-portedly killed, there were 176 children who lost their lives because they happened to be near areas where terrorists were located. The damning report also confirmed that the U.S. has been specifically and strategi-cally targeting rescuers and fu-nerals in order to maximize the impact of a drone. Pakistan has publicly condemned the use of drone attacks on their soil, stat-ing that it violates their sover-eignty, but the u.S. has disputed those reports.

unfortunately for brennan, the united nations has dis-agreed with the united States. ben emmerson, the special united nations rapporteur on human rights and counter-Terrorism, recently led a team which sought to investigate the causalities by u.S. drone strikes and if the attacks do violate Pakistan’s sovereignty. after his secret research trip to Pakistan, emmerson announced that the strikes do, indeed, violate Paki-stan’s sovereignty. in addition, emmerson said that the Paki-stani government had made it clear to him that they do not consent to the u.S. drone strikes. emmerson’s statement was issued by the Office of the high commissioner for hu-man rights in Geneva and he makes it clear by saying, “as a

matter of international law, the u.S. drone campaign in Pakistan is...being conducted without the consent of the elected repre-sentatives of the people, or the legitimate Government of the State.”

consider, for one moment, what would happen if this trav-esty of justice were to occur in the united States. if a foreign nation ordered a strike on u.S. soil, one could imagine that it would not take long for the u.S. to show its military might against whatever country had the audacity to order such an attack. american policymakers ought to consider what sort of response the international com-munity would have towards the united States in such an event. After all, the U.S. was the first country to invade another na-tion’s sovereignty with drone strikes. Despite all of this, the u.S. continues its drone war in Pakistan and President Obama has actually publically defended our country’s use of drones, claiming that the drones are a “targeted, focused effort’ that ‘has not caused a huge num-ber of civilian casualties.” One wonders what number Presi-dent Obama thinks is huge if close to 900 civilian casualties does not count as a huge num-ber. John brennan and his boss in the white house need to re-alize that empty statements do not make up for the loss of hu-man life.

Just Say “No” to Drones

From News: E-Book Opinions

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so as to help the students at-tending currently and incom-ing students, as well.

“The best way to handle a crisis is not to have one,” Or-tale said. “So we spend a lot of time being proactive.”

Karen Getzen, Ph.D., as-sistant professor of english, attended the training and found that there was a lot of interesting information pre-sented.

“The most important messages to me were that you can’t look at a person and see what’s going on; who is likely to commit suicide and that it doesn’t discriminate,” Getzen said. “i also felt very impressed by the staff that works with the students who are in a crisis. They seemed concerned and coordinated in their plans to address the students.”

The college continues to grow as an informed and up-to-date institution, con-cerned with the well being of current and future students. The most important thing to remember, is that “Treatment works, when you recognize someone needs help,” Sardin said.

The counseling center at the college, located on the third floor of Saint Joseph’s hall is open monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. You can contact them at 215-248-7104. even after hours, the college provides 24-hour emergency coverage when school is in session. if no one is in the counseling center, call campus Security at 215-242-7777 and they will get help for you.

if you or a friend is in a crisis situation, you can also contact the “ulifeline,” a 24/7 suicide-prevention ho-tline, at 1-800-273-TalK (8255).

The resounding message from all involved in the train-ing is: if you are ever in a state of distress, despair, or panic, or fear that a friend is in trouble, don’t handle it alone. reach out and talk to someone. help will be on the way.

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The baseball team faced the Bloomfield College Deacons in a key conference doubleheader on April 6, where the Griffins came out doubly victorious.

The first game of the dou-bleheader saw CHC senior pitcher Domonic Raia on the mound. Through the six in-nings, Raia held strong, deliver-ing three strikeouts and leaving Bloomfield scoreless.

Raia’s solid pitching effort would have been for naught, however, if not for the great play by the offense. First base-man Patrick Campion ’16 dou-bled in the first inning to start the scoring as he brought home sophomore right fielder Mi-chael McLaughlin. Sophomore

Taylor Steen also had success in the game, driving in runs in the 1st and 8th innings. Fi-nally, freshman Brendan Looby notched two RBI as the team’s designated hitter.

Pitching in relief of Raia was graduate student Micah Winterstein. He pitched a scoreless outing and struck out two in his work in the 7th and 8th innings. Senior shortstop/pitcher Joseph Crane closed the game, allowing no runs, and pushed the Griffins to take the first game by a score of 6-2. It was their first win since the end of March.

In regards to the win, the team’s overall performance, and the next game, head coach Robert Spratt said that the team “put a lot of work into practic-ing this week. We just have to

go out there and play complete innings. Today was a full ef-fort.”

When asked about his suc-cess at bat in the first game, Steen said, “It feels good to come back big. Now we just need to go back out there and jump on top.”

With the success of the first win behind them, the Griffins carried momentum into game two which saw sophomore Dane Gahr take the mound for CHC.

Gahr pitched the first six in-nings of the game and allowed just one run while also striking out three. Looby again came up big, including singling down the right field line with his hit in the third inning, bringing McLaughlin home around to score the first run of the game.

This was Looby's third RBI of the day and his team leading 21st of the season.

Junior center fielder Des-mond Lites also scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the fifth bringing the score to 2-0 which would be enough to lead to the win. The Deacons eventually scored a run in the top of the 6th, but with CHC's strong overall effort the score remained 2-1 for the remainder of the game, allowing the Grif-fins to win the second game of the twin-bill, with senior Crane gaining the save.

The hard work and effort of the whole team led them to a well-earned doubleheader sweep of the Bloomfield Dea-cons.

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The men’s tennis team has had a great start to their season and hopes to carry their success through the postseason.

The Griffins were 6-2 in the month of March and 14-6 overall, a record that is very much a testament to how well the team has played this season. “We have beaten teams we’ve never beaten before, which is just another sign that we’re pro-gressing, and getting better,” said Albert Stroble, head coach of the team. Stroble goes on to say that a big key to their success is the Grif-fins’ improved doubles play. “We lost close matches last year because of our doubles matches.”

Yet doubles play is not the only aspect to the Grif-fins’ recent success. one of the biggest reasons for their improvement is how well they have recruited in recent years. one of these stand-out recruits is sophomore Mike Humes. With an 11-4 record, Humes is one of the team’s top singles players.

“Mike has really come out and beaten some top ranked players,” said Stroble. “I think having that one person giving us the boost really helps everyone else compete well.”

Humes is not the only one to deserve commendation, however. Stroble believes this season has truly been a “total team effort.” Dif-ferent people have stepped up and won matches for the team to get that extra point and secure the win.

Looking ahead the Grif-fins hope to make it to the CACC tournament. They will have to work hard and compete against some na-tionally ranked teams, but making it to the champion-ship has become the “gold standard” for the Griffins according to Stroble. They are also striving to make the NCAA tournament begin-ning on April 27. Stroble believes the team needs “to take care of business” and come out on top in their last two matches to earn them-selves a spot in the NCAA tournament, something they are very capable of doing.

NICoLe CARNeY ’16sTaFF WriTer

Despite the struggles the Chestnut Hill College women’s lacrosse team has faced, one of the players in particular emerged as a leader and as a star in the past few years. erica eaby, a senior midfielder, has been a vocal presence and has truly helped to advance the women’s team in her time at the College.

Four years ago when erica decided to attend Chestnut Hill, she never thought she would find herself playing lacrosse. She attended Lancaster Cath-olic High School where she played field hockey and soccer, and also ran track and field. It was at Chestnut Hill that she picked up a lacrosse stick for the first time.

“Lacrosse had just become a DII sport when I was an in-coming freshman and they were looking for players, so I decid-ed why not?” eaby said. And for someone who had never played the game before, eaby was a quick learner. She worked hard and as a junior earned the spot as captain and has become a leader and go-to for goals

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The team in the past has not always played to their poten-tial, with a 3-13 season last year and 2-10 season this year, but according to eaby, things are looking up for the future. “It is looking really promising due to our new head coach, Chelsea Roseik,” eaby said. “She knows what she is doing and was really excited for our season to start.”

eaby is one of the six se-niors on the 2013 roster and has become a role model for the younger players and often inspires them to do their best.

Lyndsay Gobolos, a fresh-man on the lacrosse team, really looks up to eaby because they have a common bond. Gobo-los never played lacrosse before coming to Chestnut Hill and is working hard to learn the game as well as becoming a skilled player. “erica is really helpful and encouraging,” Golobos said. “If I ever have a question or just do not get something she is there to help. erica is a great captain because she keeps us on task, but can make it fun at the same time.”

As a CHC Griffin, eaby has not only put in work on the field, but in the classroom as well.

She will be graduating from Chestnut Hill next December with a bachelors in english and communications and a minor in psychology. Yet her best memo-ries have to be the ones on the field. It is on that lacrosse field where eaby has made some of her closest friends, made some amazing plays, and proved to everyone that if you put your mind to something you can be unstoppable. eaby has made a name for herself, one that will be remembered even after she graduates. According to Gobo-los, “That girl is amazing and I hope that one day I will be able to be just as good as her.”

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Senior midfielder, Erica Eaby ’13 during a game against Wilmington U. on April 9. The team lost the away game 6-19, after win-ning a home game against Wilmington U, on March 26, 18-8.

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Above, Raymond Puskar ’14 up to bat. The team is cur-rently, 16-20 with four more games in the season.

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7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 13 So.That was freshman Court-

ney Dayter’s line as she threw the first ever no-hitter in Chestnut Hill College histo-ry as part of a doubleheader sweep over Nyack College.

Dayter, a right-handed pitcher and outfielder out of New York, took the mound in the first game with no ex-pectations other than getting the win. In fact, with her fo-cus strictly on her pitching, it wasn’t until after the final out that Dayter became aware of her accomplishment. “I had no idea I was even throwing a no-hitter during the game,” Dayter said, adding that it wasn’t until Head Coach, John Kelly, told her afterwards, that she realized she had made his-tory.

In her performance, Day-ter faced 22 batters and retired all but one of them, the only blemish being a one-out walk surrendered to Nyack’s Tori Flemming ‘15 in the first in-ning of the game. It was this free pass that kept her from even greater history, throwing

Dayter Throws First No-Hitter

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As the women’s tennis team wraps up a successful season, they look to the future with high hopes and expectations.

This past fall the Griffins had a good start to the 2012-2013 season and made huge strides in all aspects of their game, especially in their dou-bles play. Those close matches that were lost due to doubles have now become “a huge part of our success,” said Albert Stroble, head coach of the ten-nis team.

As a team, the Griffins have really shined and earned them-selves an impressive 12-5 re-cord. “This year has been a team effort…we have won matches, lost matches, and different people in the lineup have won games to give us that fifth point to secure the win,” Stroble said. Winning matches and demon-strating a “total team effort” earned the Griffins a number four NCAA ranking for the eastern region.

With an already impressive

season in the books, the Grif-fins continued their success and made Chestnut Hill Col-lege proud by making it to the CACC Finals for the first time in the school’s history. The team put forth a very strong ef-fort, but it was not enough to defeat the defending champion Concordia College. Despite the loss, the team hopes to get re-venge in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The girls must first win the last two matches of the season to secure their spot in the tournament.

Looking ahead, the Griffins do not plan on slowing down at all. With hard work and contin-ued success they have their eyes set on a deep run in the NCAA Tournament as well as a CACC Championship. Stroble believes this exceptional play “should become the gold standard in what we are trying to do; win-ning the conference every year, getting to the tournament and advancing.”

The tournament will begin on April 27, and will be held at the top seated school which will be announced on April 23.

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the College’s first-ever perfect game. “Its a saying my dad has always said,” Dayter re-called. “Walks will kill you and that was the difference in this game.”

Having played softball for most of her life, throwing a no-hitter was something that Dayter had always dreamed of being able to do. “It has

always been a goal to throw a no-hitter,” she said, adding that to do it as a freshman, was a “remarkable feeling.”

But Dayter’s hitless line wasn’t the only history she made. She also struck out 13, which now stands as the all-time, single-game high in Chestnut Hill College’s record books.

Above, Courtney Dayter ’16, pitching during the doubl-header games against Nyack College on March 23. Dayter and the team’s effort resulted in a 3-0, and a 4-2 win.

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As senior Mark DiRu-geris Jr. prepares to put on his cap and gown for gradu-ation, he will never forget the accomplishments he achieved while playing for Chestnut Hill College men’s basketball team.

In his last year on the Griffin squad, DiRugeris became a member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) All-Tournament Team, and a Philadelphia-Area Small College Coaches Associa-tion Player of the Week. Al-though his personal accom-plishments were stellar, he also helped lead the team to a 12-15 record and an 8-9 CACC standing.

During his senior season, DiRugeris became the lead-ing scorer of the Chestnut Hill men’s basketball pro-gram with 1,664 points in his four-year career. With this point total, DiRugeris,

DIrUGErIS: SECoND HIGHESt CACC SCorEone of the best to don a Grif-fin uniform, also became the CACC’s second highest scorer of all time.

Because of his great senior season and career, DiRugeris was recently selected by the Albert J. Carino Boys Basket-ball Club of South Jersey as the Small College Player of the Year. When asked how it felt to receive the award, DiRuger-is stayed modest. “I was very shocked and humbled to win the award,” he said. “There are many good players in the area and it was an ultimate honor.”

DiRugeris knows the team did very well this season, but he hoped they could have done a little more. “I did the best I could to help my team get vic-tories," he said. "We were very young with the freshman and sophomores and they did a great job getting used to the collegiate game." DiRugeris also added, "I think we could have done more but there are no regrets from me, I gave it my all everyday on and off the court.”

Although this was DiRu-geris’ last year playing col-legiate basketball, he hopes that his career will not end at Chestnut Hill College. “I am in the process of con-tacting coaches profession-ally and semi-professionally all around the world," he said, adding that he has also been "in contact with some coaches including the Wash-ington Generals who play the Globetrotters all around the world."

DiRugeris has aspirations to leave the u.S. and join the ranks of other talented col-lege athletes in playing bas-ketball overseas full time. “It is my dream to play over-seas," DiRugeris said. "I am going to an exposure camp in Las Vegas in July that will definitely increase my chanc-es of finding a team overseas considerably.”

DiRugeris was honored with his Small College Play-er of the Year award at the club’s annual banquet on Friday, April 5.

The Griffin congratulates Kelly Dennis ’14, pictured above (center) with Assistant Coaches Julius Twyman ’12 (left) and Andrew Silverman (right), on her 100-win plateau. Kelly along with Maria Parapouras ’13 and Anastasiya Shcherbakova ’13 (both pictured below) all reached their 100-win plateau dur-ing the 2012-2013 CACC Women’s Tennis season. As well, Parapouras was the first in CHC Women’s Tennis history to reach this achievement.

Congratulations!

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The Women’s Tennis team says goodbye to three of its players this year. Above (left to right) seniors Anastasiya Shcherbakova ’13, Maria Parapouras ’13, and Danielle Knot ’13 leave the court in a victory, 8-1, verses Philadelphia U. on May 17.