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Dorman inaugurated as college’s 14th presidentBy Danielle McCulloughLayout Editor

On Saturday Oct. 25, students,faculty, alumni, and friends gath-ered in Orr Auditorium to partici-pate and witness the inaugurationof Westminster’s fourteenth presi-dent, Richard H. Dorman.

Dorman wanted the inaugura-tion to be about the college andthe students, rather than abouthimself.

Dr. Gittis, a professor of psy-chology; Ashley Carnahan, SGA’spresident; Melissa Spencer, presi-dent of the Westminster AlumniCouncil; Donald Shelenberger andConnie Davis all offered their per-spectives on Westminster duringthe ceremony.

“[Westminster is] where profes-sors’ concern for their students’success shines through their teach-ing, advising and caring manners”Carnahan said.

She discussed what makes theWestminster community morelike a family and then welcomedDorman into this family.

“Westminster is a special place[and he] further suggests that it isthe people here who make it spe-cial..” Shelenberger said.

Dr. James T. Harris III, the pres-ident from Widener University in-troduced Dorman, he was also theman who nominated Dorman forthe job.

Dorman mentioned three cen-tral principles: “number 3: thebreath of the students experiencesprovide each one the depth of will-ing outcome sought 2. a liberalarts education uncovers intellectu-al talent not revealed through tra-

ditional measure of intelligence.And number 1 the impact of an in-dividual teacher who brings thegreatest patterns in changing a stu-dent’s life.”

He continued by explainingthese three principles. Smaller lib-eral arts colleges like Westminsterhave more students involved incampus activities therefore, thestudents have a chance to get moreout of their college experience.

Further in his speech he dis-cussed that he learned early onthat he was not good at football. Aliberal arts school lets you findwhat you are good at by givingyou the chance to experience otherthings.

His plan for Westminster iscalled “Advantage: Westminster”which will help Westminster con-tinue on an ascending path.

The medallion placed aroundthe new president’s neck wasmade by Dr. A. Dwight Castro,Peggy Cox and former Dean JohnDeegan Jr. in 1995. It included thephrase “Quaerite Et Invenietis”which translates to “seek and youwill find;” the phrase was takenfrom Matthew 7:7.

Additionally the choir andwind ensemble were both invitedto perform. Dorman taught musicin his early years of being ateacher and greatly enjoyed hav-ing the choir and instrumentalist’spresence there.

Afterwards there was a recep-tion held. The first 50 studentswho entered got free T-shirts thatstated “I heart President Dorman.”All mailboxes received a bluebracelet with “Advantage: West-minster” engraved on it, which is

his plan for Westminster and wasalso the title of his speech.

Attending students felt it was

special to have taken part in the in-auguration of Dorman. The inau-guration of a college president is

not something that happens often(only every 10-20 years) and it is avery special event when it does.

Photo By Derek Deremer

Advantage: WestminsterStudents gather around newly inaugurated President Richard H. Dorman while proudly dis-

playing their wristbands provided by SGA for the event. The motto on the wristbands, “Ad-vantage: Westminster” represents Dorman’s plan for the college.

Gender and raceprominent factors in2008 electionBy Jessica DavisStaff Writer

Election day is approachingand while voter polls anticipateSenator Barack Obama’s victory,polls may not be the best indicatorof the way people will actuallyvote.

Obama (D-Illinois), is the firstAfrican-American presidentialnominee from either party. Hisopponent, John McCain (R-Ari-zona), chose his running mate,Governor Sarah Palin (R-Alaska),on Aug. 29. Palin is the first femaleRepublican vice presidential nomi-nee in U.S. history.

While voter polls indicate thatObama holds the lead over Mc-Cain, historical patterns in politicsconcerning race and gender makepredictions difficult. However,there is still debate over the validi-ty of the explanation for variancesbetween voter polls and electionresults.

According to cnn.com, the mostrecent national voter polls suggestthat Obama is in the lead with50% of the vote, while McCain has42% of the vote.

“I think all Americans arecaught up in the historic nature ofthis campaign,” Dr. James Rhoads,associate professor of political sci-ence, said. “We will have either ourfirst African-American Presidentor our first female Vice-President.”

In 1982, an African-Americanman named Tom Bradley ran forgovernor of California and al-though voter polls predicted histriumph, he was defeated by thewhite candidate. He lost the race,some have argued, because of hisrace. Fear of racial motivationwhen responding to voter pollsthat vary from the final ballot hasbeen termed the “Bradley effect.”

“I hope people vote on the basison who they think can do the bestjob,” president of the Black Stu-dent Union, Reesha Jackson, said.“Unfortunately for some people

skin color is a determinate on whocan do the best job.”

While the Bradley effect wasconceived based on the results of arace between a nonwhite andwhite candidate, it may also affectPalin’s nomination as Republicanvice president. Voters may feel ob-ligated to vote for the RepublicanParty and its female vice presiden-tial candidate to avoid perceptionsof sexual discrimination.

Analysts have suggested a “re-verse” Bradley effect may comeinto play during Obama’s cam-paign. Rather than claim their votefor the African-American candi-date, Republican voters will denytheir support for Obama for fear ofostracizing themselves from theirpolitical party.

According to wikipedia.org,some analysts have found theBradley effect misleading andbaseless, especially in recent elec-tions. However, while recent elec-tions between nonwhite and whitecandidates suggest that theBradley effect has diminished,there is not enough evidence todisprove that it is not a validcause-and-effect model.

Adding to the uncertainty of thepolling data is the exclusion ofyoung voters with cell phones. Re-cent surveys and polls show an in-crease in voters between the agesof 18 and 29 years old. This votingblock may make or break Oba-ma’s chances to secure the presi-dency.

“I feel that race and gender arewhat are the driving force behindthe number of young voters thatare interested in the elections andare participating in the campaign-ing,” president of the College De-mocrats, Heather MacKenzie, said.“Voting turnout has been down inrecent elections, and I only hopethat the new developments of awoman and African American inthe race would help to increase thenumber of people who participateand get out and vote!”

A royal start to 24thannual lecture series

By Amanda MillerStaff Writer

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, inMueller Theatre, Dr. Deborah C.Mitchell presented the 24th annualHenderson Lecture from a portionof her and Dr. Elizabeth A. Ford’supcoming book, Royal Portraits inHollywood: Filming the Lives ofQueens.

Co-author and former West-minster professor of English Dr.Elizabeth “Betsy” A. Ford intro-duced Mitchell, commenting onher completion of her doctoralwork in film studies at Case West-ern University under the guidanceof Dr. Louis Giannetti, a pre-emi-nent film scholar and author ofpopular film texts including Un-derstanding Movies and Flash-back.

“I feel so lucky to have collabo-rated with Deb on this project,”Ford said in her introduction.

This book is Ford and Mitchell’ssecond collaboration. The first,The Makeover in Movies, was pub-lished by McFarland Publishing.Mitchell is also the author of Di-ane Keaton: Artist and Icon.

During the Henderson Lecture,Mitchell presented a chapter fromher and Ford’s upcoming book,slated for publication in 2009.This chapter deals with QueenElizabeth I and looks at the manyfilms about this queen dating fromthe 1930’s to modern adaptations.

Specifically, Mitchell chose tofocus on three of the most recentbio pics of this queen: Elizabeth Istarring Helen Mirren and the twofilms starring Cate Blanchett, Eliz-abeth I and Elizabeth: The GoldenAge.

As Mitchell pointed out in herlecture, films about queens such asthese recent ones about Elizabeth Iare especially popular with mod-ern audiences due to the growinginterest in women gaining politicalpower as well as the idea ofwomen balancing a public and pri-vate life.

After giving a brief autobio-graphical background of ElizabethI, which includes a wide range ofhistorical figures such as HenryVIII, Anne Boleyn, and Sir WalterRaleigh, Mitchell proceeded to talkabout the three recent biographi-cal films.

Mitchell praised Helen Mirren’sdepiction of the queen.

“She disappears into her char-acters, a sign of brilliant and talent-ed acting,” Mitchell said of the ac-tress.

Mirren captured “the beatingheart beneath the icon” and is ableto show Elizabeth both as a pow-erful ruler and private woman, ac-cording to Mitchell.

Although the version starringCate Blanchett took a much moreliberal creative license, Mitchellpraised the physical and intellectu-al similarities between actress andqueen.

This film focuses more on artthan on history, but it still captures“not the truth but a truth of Eliza-beth,” Mitchell said.

Students wanting to read moreabout the many films that dealwith Elizabeth and other queens,including Cleopatra, Marie An-toinette, Mary of Scotland, and Vic-toria the Great, are encouraged toread Mitchell and Ford’s upcomingbook Royal Portraits in Holly-wood: Filming the Lives of Queens,due out in 2009 and published byUniversity of Kentucky Press.

Dr. Deborah Mitchell discusses Royal Portraitsin Hollywood: Filming the Lives of Queens

Alpha Sigma Phi hosts haunted houseBy Dan RossCampus Writer

This Halloween weekend is thelast chance to experience AlphaSigma Phi’s annual haunted housefundraiser, fittingly dubbed “FrightNights.”

The brothers of Alpha SigmaPhi have taken the skeletons out ofthe closets, freed the ghosts fromthe attic, and transformed theirhouse into a ghoulish haunt for allto see. Directed by the fundraiser’s

co-chairs, Matt Monahan and MattBickert, Fright Nights opened itsdoors Wednesday and Thursdaynight from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. andkicks off its finale tonight, Oct. 31,at 9 p.m.

“We are working hard to makethis our best haunted house so far,”Bickert said. “The brothers arehere every night building thisthing, and we really like how it’sturning out.”

The house, which is located at129 Waugh Avenue across from

the Shenango Retirement Home,has three floors of thrills from ahall of illusion to a haunted dun-geon, and the newly added out-door maze takes the experienceone step further. Dozens of new se-crets and surprises will make theirdebut, promising that this year’sFright Nights will be bigger thanever.

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On October 24, Professor KangNa suggested that lower capitalgains taxes could be a viable alter-native to the $700 billion TroubledAssets Relief Program. In my opin-ion, this tax cut would be a tri-umph of hope over experience.

Capital gains tax cuts theoreti-cally encourage investment by in-creasing the after-tax return of acapital gain. However, personalsavings rates did not improve fol-lowing a reduction of capital gainstaxes in 2003 and some have ar-gued that lower rates encouragedspeculation in the equity markets.Why would we want to pursue thisindirect and historically specula-tive solution again?

A direct approach is likely thebest way to use taxpayer funds toaddress the frozen credit market,which is the source of the problem.Sweden recapitalized its bankingsystem following a real estate bustin the early 1990s using preferredshares with equity warrants, andhas since recovered a substantialportion of the funds. After somestart-up delays, TARP is taking the

same path by facilitating mergersand by directly recapitalizing sev-eral notable banks. However,TARP does not address the clearincentive for banks to hold thenew capital as future loss reservesand a continued deterioration inthe value of the underlying assetswhich comprise bank capital.

Next steps could include recon-sidering capital requirements forthe duration of the economicdownturn, obligatory mortgage as-set write downs and rights offer-ings for private investors concur-rent with the injection of anyadditional capital, mandates to ac-celerate lending of injected capital,and mortgage restructuring to puta floor under real estate values.Falling home prices uncovered agreat degree of risk within the fi-nancial system that likely cannotbe mitigated until the cycle of dis-tressed sales is restrained quicklyand substantially. Secondarily, aregulatory regime could be devel-oped to prevent the unregulatedshadow banking system from onceagain becoming a weapon of fi-

nancial mass destruction. And perhaps some additional

government funding to enable aca-demic institutions to completelyand immediately transfer frombusiness textbooks to history text-books all mention of the efficientmarket hypothesis…

Ben NelsonClass of 2006

Chemistry major, SpencerGabriel Rhorbacher, wanted noth-ing more last week than to engagein a delightful and rigorous read-ing of renowned literature other-wise known as In Search of Schro-dinger’s Cat.

Required reading for those inphysical chemistry, this book leftRhorbacher questioning his ownexistence and contemplating anyfoundation of knowledge he hadpreviously acquired. “I felt like call-ing my doctor,” Rhorbacher ex-plained after his reading, as hefeared internal hemorrhaging. Leftbeaten and appalled, it seemed theend of the road for Rhorbacher’sintellect, but luckily there was asaving hope.

Exhausted after running threeflights of stairs in Hoyt, geek weekteams had to run into a room andanswer a question regardingwhether or not a pumpkin wasclassified as a fruit or a vegetable.As fate would have it, Rhorbacherhappened to be in the exact roomof this pumpkin test.

Quite amused by some teams’incompetency in both knowledgeand fitness, Rhorbacher day-dreamed back to a time when hewas a young lad, and was facedwith a similar dilemma. At the ea-ger age of 11, Rhorbacher was in-volved in a cyber space competi-tion were one of the bonusquestions pertained to the origin ofpumpkin carving. Unlike the an-swer to the geek week question,the history of the origin of pump-kin carving begins with a veg-etable.

Halloween has its roots in anancient Celtic festival known asSamhain. Custom in Gaelic cul-ture, this festival was a celebrationof the harvest. It was also a time tostore crops and other staples be-fore Oct. 31. For on this day, thebarrier between the dead and alivewas broken, according to the peo-ple of Gael, and free spirits couldroam freely.

The spirits would destroy cropsand cause sickness. To scare offthese spirits, the Celtics wouldcarve a turnip, and place a light in-side to function as a lantern. Ac-cording to the culture, the head isthe part of the body most connect-ed with spirit and knowledge. Theturnip symbolized this, since it isthe head of the turnip plant.

The story is not over yet. Theterm jack-o’-lantern was originatedon an Irish legend whose protago-nist is named Stingy Jack. Thisgreedy, reckless, and drunken fool(not to be confused with yourroommate) was crafty. He trickedthe devil into climbing a tree. Fol-lowing his swindling ways, StingyJack carved a cross on the tree andthereby trapped the devil. Still hav-ing power, the Devil cursed StingyJack to an eternity of roaming theearth. In order for Stingy Jack tosee at night, he had but only acarved turnip with a light inside.

Fast-forwarding from Irish leg-end to American reality, the tradi-tion of Halloween still thrives, butwith less focus on Stingy Jack. Hislegacy of the turnip has even trans-formed, as Americans find it fareasier to carve a pumpkin. Eventhis action has lost its functionality.

I never see people carryingaround pumpkins at night for alight. No, rather I see happy facescut into the pumpkins that arepainted very nicely. What a shame!

The present and future are allwe will live in, but this does notmean we can be impolite to thepast. My original intuition includeda negative opinion towards thepumpkin smashers of the world.However, I just might have to jointhem and stand for what is right.These children aren’t trying to ruinHalloween.

They are rather trying to raiseawareness that Halloween is allabout a vegetable. All I can say isthat any candy seeking Batman,Ironman, or other character ofchoice that makes his or her wayto my place for some candy willundoubtedly walk away, with notchocolate, but rather the true com-modity of Halloween: the turnip.

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OUR VIEW: ELECTION 2008RANT& RAVE

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Thom Roth is Ridiculous!

Don’t worry: You’re on my to-dolist.

...and then I heard some “lipsmacking”

My candidate can see Russia fromher house. . .what can Biden do

for you?

Give me a chicken sandwhichand some waffle fries...FOR FREE

Good Night and Good-Bye? Thatis the question.

Creepin’ on Casey is FUN

I smell crickets

Love the soldier & hate the war.

You’re so mad right now

Mer+Jer = Hot N’ Cold

This rant and rave box is a prettyconfusing thing...

1 ticket to HELL! - Plagiarizingthe Bible

I think a sand castle representsour culture!

1,2 Freddy’s coming for you. . . 3,4better lock your door. . . 9,10 never

sleep again

I heart Halloween!

Snow is no.

Can you put GO PHILLIES in therandom phrases part of your pa-

per?

My coat is on that cyclist

Sometimes I wonder what I’dlook like with a jaunty eye

patch whilst I bleed in an emer-gency room.

The Titan mascot is kind ofcreepy

I’m buying an Olive Garden sothat I may have all the saladand bread sticks I can put in

my mouth!

I chant every Sunday… don’tjudge me.

You’re the reason no one is here

Shoo Shoo

Andrew BrownColumnist

Andrew is a senior chemistrymajor, marketing minor wholoves riding his bicycle. He isalso in Chemistry Club andenjoys eating corn on the cobin his free time.

I want turnip pie“Though I’ll be the first to admit

that I’m not the smartest cookiewhen it comes to politics, I filled inthe bubble beside Barack Obama’sname on my absentee ballot thisyear for a number of reasons that Ifeel I can justify.

Fundamentally, I like his taxplan. I would rather see a tax in-crease on those making more than$250,000, than a spending freeze.I’m sure the upper class will liveperfectly prosperously with lessdisposable income, while a halt onspending could negatively affectand limit anyone in need of thosefunds.

I like Obama’s ideas for innova-tion in energy conservation and in-dustry. I grew up in a town that isoverly dependant on welfare andunemployment checks, yet isabundant with natural resourcesbegging to be utilized safely. If webecome a more energy-efficientcountry while simultaneously cre-ating jobs, then that is just a bonusfor everyone.

Most of all, I like his overallmorale. For example, I’ve heardhim say a number of times thatparents should turn off the TV andbecome more involved in theirchildren’s lives. My parents areteachers in a public school district,so I’ve seen, first-hand, problemswith students who obviously hadno support system at home. Some-times more funding and betterteachers cannot make the domi-nant impact. Though, a simplemessage of ethics, if taken to heart,can be widely effective.”

Lindsey NuzzoEditor-in-Chief

“For months I’ve watched thesetwo candidates battle it out, andwhen I go to the polls on Tuesday,I’ll be voting for Barack Obama.

My motive is not so much thathe persuaded me with his plat-form, but more I really don’t wantmore of the same. I studied abroadand our current president hasmoved from a domestic to a globaljoke. I feel that Obama’s intelligentand eloquent speaking abilitieswill be a favorable change.

I may have been swayed byJohn McCain if his selection ofSarah Palin did not seem like suchobvious pandering. It seems likehe figured all women would bevoting for Hillary because of hergender, so with her out of the race,he just needed to dangle a femaleVP in our faces, and all of uswomen would jump.

Also, the thought that Palincould be our future president ifanything should happen to Mc-Cain is terrifying. The very thoughtof that happening makes this anappropriate addition to our Hal-loween Holcad.

This is not to say I’m not awareof the issues. I prefer Obama’s taxplan which favors the middle class;does that make me a socialist?Also, our country consumes an ob-scenely disproportionate amountof energy in comparison with ourpopulation. I prefer Obama’s plansfor energy conservation.

While I’m registered as an inde-pendent, I generally tend to bemore liberal, so that’s the directionI’ll be taking this election.”

Shannon RichterManaging Editor

“ I’m a Republican, who is nottoo terribly happy with McCain,but he still has my vote.

Not only am I unhappy withMcCain, but his choice in Palin out-raged me so much that I consid-ered voting for Obama. However, Iam a party voter. I have faith in myparty. No matter how much I don’tagree with these candidates, Imuch rather have them than haveObama.

I feel Obama has too manyhurdles to bound over to catch up.Having Biden will help him, thatwas a great choice for him, pickingsomeone almost as liberal as he is.

Though I really did enjoy his30-minute (million dollar for eachof the 4 channels he broadcastedon) infomercial on Wed. night.Man, do I love infomercials! Hestill could not persaude me.Though I like how he only men-tioned swing states and ended upspeaking live in FL.

McCain has appeared frustratedduring his debates because hefeels Obama is just a bad candi-date. McCain really needs to justcalm that down.

Speaking of calming down,Palin may just want to lay low un-til the election. She’s kind of out ofcontrol now. I think McCain (andthe rest of his campaign) mightagree with me on that one.

If you think McCain is too oldthan look at his mom, yeah she’sstill alive. Plus he seems prettyhealthy to me.

I’m still wondering where Oba-ma is going to get the $500 he’s go-ing to give everyone . . . ”Danielle McCulloughLayout Editor

Who we support and why

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Alternatives to $700 billion bailout plan

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United Way reports need forlocal poor up 20%

NEW CASTLE, LawrenceCounty-- Lawrence County UnitedWay organizers say the need at lo-cal non-profit agencies helping thepoor is up 20% this fall over lastyear when it comes to local fami-lies in need. The agencies blamerising food, gas and utility pricesfor having a much great impact onlow income families. Meanwhilethe United Way continues workingtoward it's annual goal of $580,000for the county as a way to helpagencies cope with the increasing

Trying to keep poll workersin Lawrence County

WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP,Lawrence County -- LawrenceCounty's predicted 70% voterturnout for November 4 means thecounty needs a full staff of pollworkers. However, recruiting newvolunteers for Election Day has

been a challenge for the county.Wilmington Township ElectionJudge Gladys Kapcewich says itsharder and harder to recruit andretain poll workers.

"Young people say that $60 isn'tenough money for the hours youput in on Election Day,"Kapcewich tells TR ReporterMichelle Bistrica, "Older peoplethink it's a long day and they justdon't want to do it."

Poll workers are required to beat the polls from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00p.m on November 4th. Any regis-tered voter in a district with a va-cancy is elligble to become a re-placement poll worker in case ofresignation or illness. Those inter-ested in being put on the replace-ment list should contact Directorof Voter Registration and Elections,Marlene Gabriel, at the LawrenceCounty Board of Elections. need.

OIL CITY, Pa. (AP) _ For 16years, real horror overshadowedthe make-believe terror of Hal-loween in this Pennsylvania town,where trick-or-treating after darkwas banned after an 11-year-oldgirl was abducted off the street andmurdered.

But on Friday, pint-sized witch-es, princesses and vampires willonce again be shuffling fromhouse to house at night, thanks toa petition drive by a fifth-grader.

Elizabeth Roess gathered signa-tures, wrote an essay outlining herargument, and persuaded CityCouncil two months ago to bringback nighttime trick-or-treating.

"I was a little scared that hap-pened," Elizabeth said of the 1992slaying of Shauna Howe, who waskidnapped while walking homefrom a pre-Halloween party. Butshe added: "I did this and now I'mso happy."

For weeks now, children andtheir parents in this struggling,working-class town of 10,000about 80 miles north of Pittsburghhave been eagerly anticipating

Halloween's return, though notwithout some trepidation.

Shannon Goodman got a tetherto make sure her 2-year-old daugh-ter, who will dress as a witch, does-n't wander off while they go doorto door. "It's going to be a lot offun, but every parent who caresabout their kid should have thatfear," she said.

Fifteen-year-old Braden Craigsaid: "I have a gut-wrenching feel-ing something bad's going to hap-pen."

The police department plans tohave seven officers on duty Fridaynight, or about twice the usualnumber, in addition to four schoolsecurity guards and all 10 of thetown's crossing guards.

"If this all goes well, that's great,that's fantastic. I long for thosedays, too. But the world haschanged," said Police Chief RobertWenner, a father of five who was apatrolman when the murder oc-curred.

The local radio station has beenrunning a public service an-nouncement by Wenner urging

parents to accompany their chil-dren, examine any candy before itis eaten and make sure kids wearreflective material.

The police chief said Shauna'smurder shattered the "Mayberryattitude" many people in Oil Cityhad toward their hometown.

Shauna, whose family nolonger lives in the area, was ab-ducted on Oct. 27. Three days later,her battered body was found un-der a railroad trestle eight milesaway.

With the town gripped by fearthat a child killer was on the loose,trick-or-treating the next day washeld in daylight for the first time.Police watched from helicopters asparents led their children fromhouse to house along quiet streets.

Residents also began lockingtheir doors and driving their chil-dren to school. And every year af-terward, the City Council voted toallow trick-or-treating in the after-noon only, a move duplicatedaround the same time by manyother U.S. cities and towns worriedabout children's safety.

The Oil City murder remainedunsolved until a witness came for-ward four years ago and policeturned to DNA evidence. Twobrothers were arrested and con-victed of murder and sexual as-sault. A third man pleaded guiltyto murder.

Hoping to move Halloweenback to night hours, Elizabeth, hermother, grandmother and familyfriends gathered 175 signatures.The 10-year-old also wrote a paperin which she made her case.Among her reasons: Halloweendecorations are best appreciated atnight, and many people aren'thome during the day to give outcandy.

The council vote was unani-mous. Elizabeth plans on dressingup as a Goth princess bride.

"Unfortunately, Shauna'stragedy seemed to define Oil Cityfor many years," Oil City bloggerJohn Noel Bartlett wrote on hisWeb site. "It's time to move on."

Real Halloween back for long traumatized Pa. town

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) _ Astate court judge promised aspeedy ruling Tuesday in a casethat questions whether Pennsylva-nians should be allowed to vote ifthey are wearing partisan politicalattire.

Two local elections officials saythe Pennsylvania Department ofState lacked authority in issuingan advisory opinion last monththat said counties should let voterscast ballots if they are wearing po-litical shirts, buttons, stickers orsimilar items.

Richard Kraft, a judge of elec-tions in Bethel Park, and JohnDickinson, a minority inspector ofelections in Pittsburgh, also con-tend that the legal position thestate is promoting lacks support inPennsylvania law.

"What the commonwealth — orthe Department of State — is tryingto do is legislate," said Ron Hicks,

the plaintiffs' lawyer.Louis Lawrence Boyle, repre-

senting the state, called the lawsuit"a tempest in a T-shirt" and saidHicks' clients waited until too closeto the Nov. 4 election to seek a rul-ing that could affect countiesthroughout Pennsylvania.

"There is no constitutional rightto procrastinate," Boyle told Com-monwealth Court Judge RobertSimpson. "It is much too late to doanything."

County elections officials, politi-cal parties and candidates regular-ly seek the Department of State'sguidance on matters of electionlaw, Boyle said.

"It would be irresponsible for usnot to tell the counties somethingwe know," Boyle said.

Simpson did not indicate howhe will rule, but he told both sidesthey will "be hearing from me

soon."He said he had concerns that, as

a solitary judge, the decision hemakes will not serve as precedent.It may not be practical to assemblea full court panel to hear the casebefore the election, and there alsomay not be enough time for thestate Supreme Court to review thecase, he said.

The Department of State wrotein its memo last month that voters'apparel should not matter as longas they do not take additional stepsto influence other voters inside thepolls.

The lawsuit said wearing politi-cal attire inside a polling placecould snowball into "overreachingintimidation in a place that has tra-ditionally been free of politicizing."It also warned that "chaos, confu-sion and non-uniformity" could re-sult in polling places.

But in a brief filed Monday, the

state said it was not aware of prob-lems arising in counties that havepreviously allowed political T-shirts or buttons at the votingbooth.

"While the petitioners cry outthat 'the sky is falling,' the recorddemonstrates that the sky has notfallen," the state's agency's briefsaid.

State law prohibits "electioneer-ing" within 10 feet of pollingplaces, but the law does not pro-vide a definition of the term. Theopposing lawyers on Tuesday hadconflicting interpretations of an1880 state Supreme Court casethat delved into the topic of elec-tioneering.

If Simpson rules against theplaintiffs it will not necessarily endthe case, and Hicks his clientswould have to decide whether tocontinue to pursue it after the elec-tion.

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark.(AP) _ Shades of the region's racistpast came creeping back this weekjust as the South could be poisedto play a pivotal role in electing thenation's first black president.

An alleged plot by two youngwhite supremacists to go on akilling spree and assassinateBarack Obama, though far-fetchedby most accounts, may conjure im-ages of the Jim Crow era for some.But it doesn't necessarily reflectthe modern South, which in recentyears has seen a huge influx of im-migrants and transplants from oth-er regions, as well as the empower-ment of a black electorate thatcould decide the Nov. 4 election.

"These incidents, isolatedthough they are, serve as a realitycheck," said journalist John Seigen-thaler, 81, who was U.S. AttorneyGeneral Robert Kennedy's admin-istrative assistant and was attackedwith the Freedom Riders duringthe Civil Rights era.

"Yes we've changed in signifi-cant ways, but there are those thathaven't," said Seigenthaler, whoalso was editor and publisher ofThe Tennessean in Nashville andfounded the First AmendmentCenter.

The alleged plot "should serveas a low voltage electric shock.We're a new South, but there areelements of the old South still un-der the surface."

Paul Schlesselman, 18, of Hele-na-West Helena, Ark., and DanielCowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., who areaccused of dreaming up the planto behead blacks across the coun-try and assassinate Barack Obamawhile wearing white top hats andtuxedoes, were likely too disorga-nized to carry out the plot. Theyhave a federal court hearing sched-uled for Thursday morning inMemphis.

While authorities say the menhad guns capable of creating car-nage, documents show they nevergot close to getting off the ground.

Among the blunders: Theydrew attention to themselves by

etching swastikas on a car withsidewalk chalk, only knew eachother for a month, couldn't evenpull off a house robbery, and afriend ratted them out to authori-ties.

"Certainly these men havesome frightening weapons andsome very frightening plans," saidMark Potok, director of the South-ern Poverty Law Center, who stud-ies the white supremacy move-ment. "But with the part aboutwearing top hats ... it gets a bit hardto take them seriously."

The Rev. James Lawson, an 80-year-old Freedom Rider whoworked closely with Martin LutherKing Jr. during the Civil Rightsmovement and is now a visitingdistinguished professor at Vander-bilt University, says he's not sur-prised by this latest threat to Oba-ma.

He says he's had conversationswith fellow blacks at variousplaces, not just the South, sinceObama's candidacy began nearlytwo years and they have beenafraid for Obama's life.

"In the black community,there's been all over the countryanticipation of his being in harm'sway," Lawson said. "That is a re-flection of the fact that, by andlarge, the black community still ex-periences racism when it comes toaccess to jobs, in unemploymentlevels, in housing discriminationand predatory lending in housing."

The alleged plot highlights ten-sions that both blacks and whitessay exist in Helena-West Helena, apredominantly black eastArkansas city that has struggledeconomically.

Mayor James Valley said hedoesn't believe Schlesselman's al-leged involvement in the plot indi-cated any organized effort bywhite supremacists in the city, butsaid there has been at least a polit-ical tension among blacks andwhites.

"The white community controlsthe finances and the black commu-nity here controls the ballot box, so

that's where you're going to see it,"said Valley, who is black.

One Helena-West Helena resi-dent, Larry Johnston, said he wasnot surprised that white suprema-cists had been plotting to kill Oba-ma. Johnston, who is white, said hevoted for Republican John McCainduring early voting and that hedidn't believe the country is readyfor a black president.

"You look at all your big citiesthat have black mayors and youhave trouble," said Johnston, 58."That's what I'm afraid of withObama."

Despite making sure the plotwas stopped, authorities did notbelieve Cowart and Schlesselmanhad the means to carry out theirthreat to assassinate Obama, said afederal law enforcement officialwho spoke on condition ofanonymity because he was not au-thorized to discuss the case pub-licly.

Asked whether the two suspectshad Obama's schedule or plans tokill him at a specific time or place,a second law enforcement officialwho also was not authorized tospeak publicly said, "I don't thinkthey had that level of detail."

The two met online about amonth ago, introduced by a friendand bound by a mutual belief inwhite supremacy, according to anaffidavit written by a Bureau of Al-cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-plosives agent who interviewedthem.

Schlesselman's family saidTuesday that it was unlikely hewas seriously planning an attack,even though he expressed hatredfor blacks. A high school dropoutwho was unsuccessful findingwork, he often spent time on thecomputer, his 16-year-old sister,Kayla said. She said she often ar-gued with him about his racial be-liefs, and he would say things like"Obama would make the worldsuffer."

He hated his tiny Delta home-town of Helena-West Helena be-cause it was predominantly black,

she said."He just believes that he's the

master race," she said. "He wouldjust say things like 'white power'and 'Sieg Heil' and 'Heil Hitler.'"

Comments like those and theplot uncovered are inevitable asthe region still struggles with itspast, said Dan Fountain, assistantprofessor of history at MeredithCollege in Raleigh, N.C. Fountainsaid those views are no longermainstream in the South, but havenot completely disappeared either.

"Those people who stood in thedoorways had children, and theirideas still passed on and still liveon to some extent today," Fountainsaid.

Cowart showed no signs of be-ing a racist skinhead when hebagged groceries at a Bells storeowned by Scotty Runions, 54.

"The guy I saw on TV last nightwas not the same person that Iknew, and I saw him about amonth ago," Runions said. "This issomething he's created in the pastmonth — that's not the young manthat we know."

Runions said Cowart was preoc-cupied with computers andbagged groceries at the store untilabout May 2007, before moving toTexas

Doug Shipman, executive direc-tor of the Center for Civil and Hu-man Rights in Atlanta, says threatsto Obama and blacks in the Southare remnants of the Old South, theJim Crow era, but not the face ofmost of today's South.

"I don't think it's more a reflec-tion of the new South," he said. "Ithink the South is going through atransition, you're seeing hugenumbers of individuals moving infrom elsewhere."

"But these kinds of feelings areharbored by individuals and willprobably continue to be in the fu-ture," he said. "The political seasonhas shown race is still a relevant is-sue, but it's much more complicat-ed than in the past."

Experts: Plot detracts from race progress in South

Pa. judge to rule soon in voter attire lawsuit

LONDON (AP) _ Every enter-tainer knows there's a fine line be-tween offbeat and offensive. Rus-sell Brand has built a careerwalking it — but now he may havestumbled.

The wild-haired, motor-mouthed British comedian isrenowned for risque routines,wrote a memoir recounting hisdrug and sex addiction and calledPresident Bush "that retarded cow-boy fellow" while hosting MTV'sVideo Music Awards.

On Wednesday, Brand quit hisBBC radio show after he and fel-low performer Jonathan Ross weresuspended indefinitely for leavinglewd messages on the voicemail ofa 78-year-old actor. Also underthreat is the reputation of Britain'sstate-funded national broadcaster,which allowed Brand's routine tomake it to air.

The calls by Brand and Ross toactor Andrew Sachs — best knownfor playing Spanish waiter Manuelin the 1970s Britcom "Fawlty Tow-ers" — have drawn more than18,000 complaints. Prime MinisterGordon Brown called the com-ments "inappropriate and unac-ceptable."

In the ad-libbed messages, thepair claimed Brand had slept withSachs' granddaughter GeorginaBaillie, and joked that Sachs mighthang himself as a result of thenews. Baillie, a 23-year-old bur-lesque performer, acknowledgedshe had a sexual relationship withBrand but said the calls to hergrandfather were "cruel."

The duo made further calls toSachs in which they tried to apolo-gize but continued to blurt outlewd messages. The calls wererecorded Oct. 16 and aired onBrand's radio show two days later.

Both Brand and Ross apolo-gized.

"I am sorry that I upset Mr.Sachs," Brand, 33, told reportersoutside his London home Wednes-day. Ross, 47, said he was sorry forhis "stupid error of judgment."

BBC director general MarkThompson made a "personal andunreserved apology" for the "grosslapse of taste by the performersand the production team."

He said the pair would be sus-pended pending a full report intothe affair.

Brand later said he had decidedto resign from his BBC radio pro-gram, which attracted 2 million lis-teners a week.

"As I only do the radio show tomake people laugh, I've decidedthat given the subsequent cover-age I will stop doing the show," hesaid in a statement. "I got a bitcaught up in the moment and for-

got that at the core of the rudecomments and silly songs were thereal feelings of a beloved and bril-liant comic actor and a very sweetand big-hearted young woman."

Several politicians have calledon the BBC to fire the pair.Telecommunications regulator Of-com said it would investigatewhether the calls breached thebroadcasting code, which sets stan-dards for fairness and privacy.

The case is reminiscent of theantics of American "shock jocks"such as Howard Stern — who paidrepeated obscenity fines beforejumping to the unregulated havenof satellite radio — or Don Imus,who was fired from MSNBC andCBS Radio for making racist andsexist comments about a women'sbasketball team. There have beennumerous incidents of DJ-inspiredoutrage in the U.S. In 2002, DJteam Opie and Anthony were firedby CBS Radio after broadcasting alive account of two listeners hav-ing sex in New York City's St.Patrick's Cathedral.

Sachs said he did not plan tocomplain to the police or other au-thorities.

"I respect his decision," he saidabout Brand. "I hope he movesforward, I really hope he does."

Ross, a voluble Cockney with adegree in modern history, is one ofthe BBC's most popular presen-ters. His three-year contract is re-portedly worth $29 million.

Brand, an edgy performer withan image as a quick-witted hedo-nist, also has a growing U.S. profilethanks to film appearances and ajob hosting last month's MTVVideo Music Awards. He offendedsome viewers by joking aboutBush and mocking clean-cut popact the Jonas Brothers.

The British case is especially ex-plosive because the salaries ofBrand and Ross are paid by tax-payers. The BBC receives most ofits funding through a license fee ofalmost $220 a year levied on everyBritish household with a TV.

The BBC is under pressurefrom some politicians and otherbroadcasters, who feel the licensefee gives it an unfair advantageover its rivals.

Trust in the BBC also has beenundermined by recent scandals.Last year, a senior BBC executiveresigned over the editing offootage that wrongly impliedQueen Elizabeth II had walked outof a portrait sitting with photogra-pher Annie Leibovitz. That episodefollowed other cases of audiencedeception, in which contest resultswere faked or prerecorded pro-grams were presented as thoughthey were live.

Russell Brand quits BBC after prank calls flap

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By Derek DeremerStaff Writer

Eerie occurrences have notori-ously disturbed the residents ofHillside Girls Dormitory. Doorsslam, objects move, and computersact suspiciously. The source of theparanormal phenomenon rests ina ghost named Betsy who alleged-ly haunts the student resident hall.

Betsy’s story has circulated thecampus from student to student,becoming a legend at the college.The girl, if she ever existed, diedmore than 100 years ago and hersoul seems to remain in the dormi-tory to this day. What really hap-pened to poor Betsy and why doesshe exist to torment the poor stu-dents of Hillside?

Rachel Delzangle and ChristinaAlducka reported many spooky in-stances from their sophomore yearin the dormitory. Strange phe-nomena occurred such as: analarm clock going off despite beingunplugged and without batteries;footsteps traveling down theirdead-end hallway and vanishing;and computer chairs rocking de-spite the windows being shut.Something sinister could be lurk-ing in Hillside.

Different stories describe themanner poor Betsy left this world.Everyone I interviewed knew the“real” story of what happened toher, but all the stories were con-flicting. Betsy was allegedly thedaughter of the Hillside’s finalowner before the school boughtthe property, although other times

she is one of the earliest residentsafter Hillside was added to West-minster. In the different storiesshe: dies of natural causes; killsherself by jumping out the win-dow when her homecoming datedumped her; hangs herself fromdepression; shoots/stabs herselffrom depression; and lastly getsshot/stab by someone else. Longstory short, Betsy met an untimelyend and decides to dwell forever ina girls’ dormitory for whatever rea-son.

Westminster Historian PaulGamble provided a history of Hill-side helping me to better analyzethese Betsy rumors. The propertywas purchased from ThomasDonohoo, and the construction ofthe “Ladies’ Hall and Conservatoryof Music” was completed in 1884.Hillside was never a mansion asmost of the stories allege. Betsycould not have been killed inDonohoo’s Mansion, because therewas no such building.

With such inconstancies in thestories I ventured into Hillside foran exploration into this “dark”place. With the guidance fromHillside’s RD, Jessi Nix, I venturedto Betsy’s haunted room. Somestories suggest Betsy’s strange dis-turbances go away after home-coming, because on homecomingshe committed suicide (It is inter-esting to note Betsy follows eachschool years’ homecoming anddoes not disappear with the date ofher own homecoming). Could Ihave missed Betsy by one week?The strange occurrences Delzangle

and Alducka reported occurred af-ter Homecoming, so the ghosthunt continued.

We searched Betsy’s vacantroom located all by itself in the farcorner of the building, out ofscreaming distance from the near-est occupied room. The room wasbeing used as part attic and myflashlight found extra mattresses,bed kits, some old mirrors, and anantique dresser. A window in theroom faces the parking lot side ofHillside, with several very deadplants in the window. The roomwas eerie, but mostly because theroom had not been kept up overthe years.

I tried to further narrow downhow she could have died. Theheight from the window did notseem high enough to be a lethaljump, unless Betsy face-planted tothe ground. I also did not see howshe could have hung herself, un-less the state required sprinklersystem was installed one hundredyears ago. Those are two more sce-narios less likely, but the rest werestill slightly plausible. I snaggedsome pictures and left the darkand quiet room.

Nothing out of the ordinaryhappened on my excursion. Theresearch and investigation shedmuch doubt about the entire Betsylegend, with too many inconstan-cies and just plain bad facts.

Although I would doubt thisconclusion after uploading the pic-tures from my excursion; I discov-ered the worst. Betsy.

Happy Halloween.

By Laura Henry Staff Writer

On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31and Nov. 1, Alpha Phi Omega andTri Beta are co-hosting the Haunt-ed Bio Trail, open from 9 p.m. to 12a.m.

The frightening experience willbe approximately 15 to 20 minuteslong, beginning at the BrittainLake dock and ending at the fieldstation where transportation willbe provided to escort attendeesback to campus. If, after survivingthe haunted trail, people wish tostick around for additional terror, a

bonfire and refreshments will alsobe provided, starting at 9 p.m.

Tickets for the event will be onpre-sale in the TUB from Oct. 27 toOct. 31, selling for $3. Tickets canalso be purchased at the event for$5. All students must show theirstudent I.D. prior to entering thetrail. Due to the trail’s intensity andcontent, individuals under the ageof 14 will not be permitted to at-tend. For similar reasons, studentsages 14 to 18 must have a parentor guardian accompany them orpresent a written and signed per-mission slip.

Junior and co-chair of Alpha Phi

Omega Corri Hines expresses thatthe need for age limitations andpermission slips is due to the in-tensifying horror of the trail.

“We definitely aim to scare,”Hines said. “People can expect tohave some laughs and someshocks. They can expect to be en-tertained and grossed out. Ourmain goal is to scare people, butwe also want to provide them witha little bit of Halloween.”

Not only is the Haunted BioTrail an opportunity for the cam-pus and community to take part ina bit of good Halloween fun, it isalso a chance for individuals to

support a good cause. All profitsfrom the event will be donated to“Friends with Microphones,” whichis a subgroup of World Vision anda national organization that helpsthe fight against AIDS in Africa.

Last year the Haunted Trailraised $200 in support of AIDS.Junior and co-chair of Alpha PhiOmega Amber O’Connor hopes tohave a better turn out than lastyear and raise at least $250 to $300to go toward the cause.

All members involved are anx-iously awaiting the big night andhope it will be a success. A greatdeal of hard work and dedication

has been involved in the process ofplanning and setting up for theevent. Brothers from Tri Beta wererecruited to participate in the trailand act as tour guides leading theterrifying experience. The volun-teers also spent a lot of time prac-ticing their performance. O’Connorstated that people are very excitedabout their individual characters,and even though time was spentpracticing there is always room fora little spontaneity.

“It will definitely be a thrillingexperience,” O’Connor said. “Pre-pare to be entertained and prepareto jump.”

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“Last year there was a line outto the street,” student ElizabethBeardsley said. “They took us in tothe chapter room for a brief histo-ry of the house. After that it waschaos. I can’t wait to see what willbe there this year.”

The brothers at Alpha SigmaPhi have pooled their resourcesand received numerous donationsfrom businesses in the communityto deck the house out from top tobottom in a fiendish fashion.

“Sure, we put it all together, butwe couldn’t have done it withoutsupport from the town,” Alpha Sig-ma Phi President Andy Smith said.“This project is theirs too; theyhelped make it what it is. We’rejust happy to host it for everyoneto enjoy.”

Fright Nights is open to thecommunity as well as Westminsterstudents, and a large turnout is ex-pected to support the New Wilm-ington Volunteer Fire Department,who will receive the proceeds ofthe event.

Tickets are $3 for students andseniors and $5 for adults; they willbe sold during lunch and dinner inthe TUB as well as at the door forthe final scare session, which runsfrom 9 p.m. to midnight on Hal-loween night.

“Our friends over at the VFDare really great people,” Monahansaid. “We’ve worked with them be-fore for the Firemen’s Auction andsome other stuff, and it’s awesometo be able to do this for them. I en-courage everyone to stop by, sup-port them and have some fun.”

By Erika ClaytonStaff Writer

On Wednesday, Oct. 29th, Hill-side Hall had a carnival for theNew Wilmington trick-or-treatersfrom 6-8 p.m.

All of the residents were en-couraged to come participate andto have a good time, as well. Theevent was free to attend, and therewere plenty of drinks and food forboth residents and attendees.

All of the resident assistants col-laborated on the idea of having aHalloween party in their hall. Themain intention of the carnival wasto be more fun for everybody,rather than scary.

The students, RAs, and childrenof New Wilmington played manyinteresting and fun games. Theydid arts and crafts, as well.

Each hall had a different kindof an activity and one of them wasto bob for doughnuts, instead offor apples. The doughnuts werehung from a string and everybodyhad to eat them without usingtheir hands.

One of the crafts that everyoneparticipated in was making door-knob hangers, and for another ac-tivity, they played a Halloweencard game with the children. Theyalso chose to play pin the tail onthe cat, instead of on the donkey.

The children enjoyed them-selves, and their favorite activitywas making picture frames. To en-courage the Halloween spirit, thechildren were awarded candy asprizes.

Hillside Resident Director JessieNix said that the best part of thecarnival was the great interactionbetween the residents and the chil-dren.

“The residents really seemed toenjoy seeing the kids all dressedup and really enjoyed helpingthem out with the crafts,” Nix said.

Creepy Campus CapersAlpha Phi Omega and Tri Beta Haunted Bio Trail aims to scare

Exploring the spirits of Hillside: Is it haunted?

HillsideHall holdshauntedcarnival

Photo by Derek Deremer

Close EncounterSome believe that Halloween awakens the restless spirit

of Betsy, the Hillside ghost, who supposedly haunts the hallsand frightens residents.

By Joel MontgomeryCampus Writer

This Halloween, the brothers ofTheta Chi will extend a helpinghand – to scare the pants off visi-tors at Kennywood amusementpark's Phantom Fright Nights.

On Oct. 31, brothers of theTheta Chi fraternity are volunteer-ing to travel to Pittsburgh for theirthird consecutive year working atKennywood's seasonal fright festas ghouls, monsters, and workersin the concession stands locatedthroughout the park. This year, thegroup is being lead by Kyle Pierce,Theta Chi's fundraising chair.Pierce said that the event will raiseabout $1350 for the fraternity.

“We normally do two or threefundraisers just for the house,”Pierce said. “We try to keep ourdues as low as possible, and one ofthe ways we do that is throughfundraising.”

The Theta Chi fraternity origi-nally began their haunting fouryears ago at Geauga Lake, butthey decided to work at Kenny-wood the following year. ThetaChi president Ryan Kirk said thatthe idea started as a way to raisemuch needed money for the frater-nity to help them with insuranceand re-chartering costs.

“Kennywood worked out to bea lot more advantageous for us,”Kirk said. “They treat their volun-teers well down there. For organi-zations that are looking to dofundraising, Kennywood is a goodopportunity.”

Kirk added that Theta Chi isone of the younger groups that vol-unteers at the park and that theyalmost did not get in this year be-

cause of the number of groups thathave applied to work for the event.The fraternity tries to go everyyear.

Jon Maielli, a senior and aTheta Chi brother, has enjoyedworking at Kennywood duringFright Nights so much that he saidhe plans to apply to work at Ken-nywood next fall so that he canwork for the entire Halloween sea-son. Jon said he particularly wantsto work in the Death Valley scarezone, which is themed as a wildwest ghost town.

“Any time you can scare the bigmacho guys walking with theirgirlfriends is the best,” Maielli said.“The girls are real easy to scare,but it's getting the big macho guysto pee themselves, that's the bestright there.”

Both Maielli and Pierce saidthat Kennywood brings in profes-sional makeup artists to help cre-ate the monsters that roam thepark grounds and major scarezones. These artists cover the ac-tors' faces in gore, blood, and peel-ing skin to make them look as re-alistic and gruesome as possible.

“It's creepy,” Pierce said.“They'll have blood coming out ofyour eyes. It's just awesome. Theywant you to be as creative as possi-ble, so you create your own charac-ter for the night.”

Volunteers at Phantom FrightNights have the opportunity towork as monsters for six hours anight in seven different scarezones, three of which are hauntedmazes. They get a half-hour breakduring the night to use a foodvoucher or ride any rides in thepark.

Theta Chi’s hair-raising fundraiser

Photo by Amanda Miller

On Oct. 29, Hillside residents invited children to come and enjoy fun actitvities at a Hal-loween carnival.

Photos by Alex Davis

Members of Alpha Sigma Phi re- enact frightening scenes from scary movies at their FrightNights event held Oct. 29-31.

By Amanda RatliffCampus Writer

Students from the five depart-ments in Hoyt participated in com-petitive events during the sixth an-nual Geek Week.

Each night a different depart-ment prepared a competition forthe teams. The games rangedfrom sudoku puzzles from themath department to a scavengerhunt from the chemistry depart-ment.

Geek Week began on Oct. 20.A tie-breaking round on Oct. 27was played to determine the win-ner. Three teams were given fiveminutes to answer five questions,and the team with the most correctanswers won the competition.

“I thought it was very interest-ing to see students from the differ-ent departments come together toparticipate in the area of sciencethey may not excel in,” senior psy-chology major Nicole Roberts said.

“Everyone was really intense andthey were all excited to try andwin.”

Geek Week was started in 2003by Tracia Despo who was a seniorbiology major. According to Dr.Ann Throckmorton, the adviser forTri-Beta, the week is a fun activityto see which department has thebest all around geeks.

Students with the same majorformed teams of three to six peo-ple to participate in the competi-tion. Each student paid a registra-tion fee and received a Geek Weekt-shirt.

At the end of the week, the win-ning department is given a micro-scope trophy. The trophy stays ondisplay within the department un-til the next year. The math depart-ment’s Big Oh Snap team wonGeek Week. One point separatedthe top three places. Departmentcommittees created awards eachnight for teams that did not finishfirst.

“Geek Week is unique to ourcampus because it is not some-thing other colleges participate in,”Throckmorton said. “A big thing isrecruiting students to participate inthis event.”

Geek Week preparations beganover a month before the event byTri-Beta president LeighAnn Jor-dan. Each department also formeda committee to assist her in plan-ning the event. The committeesmet to determine the fairness ofthe night’s activities and to sort outany other issues.

“We had forms for the commit-tees to fill out about their night,”Jordan said. “We want years fromnow to have an easy time andhave everything organized.”

Geek Week is a fun rivalry be-tween the five departments inHoyt and many students hope thetradition will be continued in thefuture.

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By Olivia SweeneyCampus Writer

On Saturday, Nov. 1, from 1:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Zeta Tau Alphasorority will host their annualShoot for the Cause event in theField House to support their phil-anthropy, the Suzan G. KomenFoundation.

As of Sunday, Oct. 26, 30 play-ing teams and 30 non-playingteams were to participate, but sign-ups for the three-on-three basket-ball tournament were extendeduntil Monday, Oct 27. According toZTA’s fundraising chair SarahSporrer, they hope to have 70teams. Some students paid the $24entry fee in order to receive the t-shirt but have opted not to play.

In addition to the prize for win-ning the tournament and a 50/50raffle, the event will also host aChinese auction with 60 basketsdonated by local businesses such

as Rebecca’s Salon, Ruby Tuesdays,and Pizza Joe’s.

“Shoot for the Cause is wherewe get the bulk of our fundraisingfor the year,” Sporrer said.

Admission for spectators is $1,and tickets will be sold at the door.The tournament is open to thepublic, but mainly students partici-pate. Philanthropy chair LeighaKrivacek’s grandmother, who is abreast cancer survivor, will throwthe first shot to begin the festivi-ties.

“Bringing my family into this isreally important to me,” Krivaceksaid. “And knowing that as a phil-anthropy chair everything I am do-ing is helping people like my‘grandma’ is extremely rewarding.”

All the fraternities and sorori-ties on campus will have booths insupport of their various philan-thropies. Specifically, Sigma Nuwill hold an iPod raffle to raisemoney for the Mario Lemieux

Foundation, which supportsHodgkin’s disease research. ZTAwill also sell food and refresh-ments in the concession stand in-cluding water, Gatorade, pizza, hotdogs, chips and cookies.

“ I am looking forward to goodfood, great competition, and rais-ing money to support research tocure this disease, which has affect-ed so many people including myfamily,” ZTA public relations chairJamie Swarm said.

ZTA has a biyearly fundraisinggoal of $10,000. So far they haveraised $3,000 toward their goal. Ac-cording to Sporrer, in addition toShoot for the Cause, the organiza-tion sells ribbons for footballgames.

ZTA also plans to sell “ThinkPink” accessories during MardiGras, and in the spring they willhost Big Man on Campus in orderto reach their fundraising target.

By Elizabeth BeardsleyCampus Writer

In America, writing the obitu-ary of a close friend is not an activ-ity people usually partake in, butin Mexico it is part of their annualDay of the Dead celebration.

Students had the opportunity todo this along with other ritualsunique to this holiday at the Inter-national Culture Club’s (ICC) first-ever Day of the Dead festival. Thecelebration took place Oct. 30 inthe Berlin Lounge from 8 to 10p.m.

Aside from writing obituaries,there were a variety of crafts,games, and traditional food andmusic for the students to enjoywhile learning about this Mexicanholiday.

“The point of this celebration isto not teach the campus about theDay of the Dead or Mexican cul-ture, but rather to provide a simu-lation of it,” ICC member ColleenLataille said.

One such activity that simulatedthe culture was a contest wheregroups of three or four people

worked together as a “family” tomake an altar to honor an imagi-nary family member which ICChas created. After the groups fin-ished their altar, it was judged andthe team with the best altar willwin a gift certificate to El CaneloMexican restaurant.

When discussing which holidayto celebrate, ICC chose to celebratethis holiday because it is one thatmany people are unfamiliar withor may have misconceptions aboutthe true meaning behind it.

“We chose to celebrate this holi-day because it is a prevalent andsometimes misunderstood holidayfrom an outsiders perspective,”ICC member Steve Sankey said.“We hope that students can getpast the seemingly morbid prac-tices and understand that the Dayof the Dead, as much as it is aboutfun, is also about respect for thedead. It is our hope that this, alongwith other events similar in naturewill become regular at Westmin-ster.”

Despite the fact that this is aholiday celebrated in a Spanish-speaking country, students of all

majors were encouraged to join inthe festivities.

“Non-Spanish students aremore than welcome too, becausewe will have a list of vocabularyfor them to use and there will beplenty of things to do that youdon't need to understand or useSpanish to accomplish,” Lataillesaid. “We are really urging peopleto attend because it will be a nightof fun, festivities and food!”

The students involved in ICCare trying to generate as muchpublicity for this event as possibleand are really anticipating thisnew event.

“The thing I am looking for-ward to most is seeing how effec-tive this event will be,” seniorDanette Nelson said. “Althoughthis event may only be an hour orso more, it is an additional amountof time toward learning how tocommunicate in another lan-guage.”

Members of ICC hope that thisalong with other events similar innature will become regular oncampus.

ICC sponsors first Day ofthe Dead Festival

ZTA to hold Shoot for the Cause

Geeks up intesity as competition ends with tie - breaker

Photo by Alex Davis

Three teams competed in the Geek Week tie-breaker held on Oct. 27.

Photo by Alex Davis

Students from Hoyt’s five departments participated in the Geek Week competition.

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The women’s soccer team splitgames against league opponentsWaynesburg and Grove City.

The Titans won against Way-nesburg (4-1), but then suffered aloss to Grove City (3-1). The team’soverall record is 13-3-2 and theirPresidents’ Athletic Conference(PAC) record is 4-1-1.

The Titans hosted Waynesburgon Saturday, Oct. 26 at Harold Bur-

ry Stadium. Senior ChristinaAdams led the way with a PAC-leading 17th goal and an assist.

Adams scored in the secondminute followed by senior JessiLosteter with a goal in the 20thminute. Junior Michelle Latta-Mal-oney and freshman SamanthaKillmeyer supplied the assists, re-spectively.

“The Waynesburg win was anawesome win for our team,”Losteter said. “The team reallycame together to put the game

away early and then we were ableto have some fun on senior night,which was great!”

Sophomore Sarah Nee scoredon an assist by Adams in the 21stminute and Michelle Sabol scoredthe Titans’ fourth goal on a penaltykick in the 80th minute. MelodyCox registered the Yellow Jackets’lone goal in the 86th minute.

Junior Lindsey Mellott andclassmate Christina Clawgesrecorded one and three saves ingoal, respectively. The Titans helda significant shot advantage, 31-7.

“We have improved dramatical-ly since the beginning of the sea-son,” Mellott said. “We play as ateam and not as individuals any-more, which I think is the most im-portant improvement.”

The visiting Grove City Wolver-ines halted the Titans 11-game un-beaten streak on Wednesday, Oct.29.

Sophomore Danielle Strublescored the Titans single goal in theninth minute on an assist fromKillmeyer. Despite holding a one-goal lead for 76 minutes, the Titansfell short as the Wolverines scoredthree goals in the final 14 minutesof the game.

Mellott stopped two Wolverinegoal attempts during the game.Grove City out-shot the Titans 13-11.

The Titans return to action onSaturday, Nov. 1 when they travelto compete with Chatham (1-4-1)in their last regular season game.With three teams having only oneloss in the PAC, the Titans willneed to win to have a chance at ob-taining the top seed in the PACtournament.

“Our team play has improvedenormously since the beginning ofthe year,” Losteter said. “We knowour positions and roles, but most

importantly we know our fellowplayers better, which helps usmesh both on and off the field.”

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It has been a while since aPennsylvania team won a majorsports championship and the cityof Pittsburgh was not the one cele-brating.

In fact, before the PhiladelphiaPhillies World Series triumph, ithad been 25 years since Philadel-phia won a major sports champi-onship. The trendy team to rootfor in this series was the TampaBay Rays, primarily for two rea-sons. One, it was the Rays firstWorld Series and two, because ofthe compelling turn around wherethe Rays went from worst to firstin one season.

While this makes a valid casefor cheering on the Rays, what ex-cited me about the Rays morethan anything is that they have asimilar payroll to that of the Pi-rates. Yes, Buccos fans, there ishope.

Sure, the Rays had endured alot through the years (like puttingup with Jose Canseco) and wouldhave been deserved winners, butPhillies fans have endured plentyof hardship en route to their victo-ry.

For Philadelphia sports fans,this wait had culminated 25 yearsand 98 combined sports seasons.Before this baseball season, thePhillies, Eagles, 76ers, and Flyersdid not win one championship in98 tries.

With two baseball franchises soshunned from the national spot-light for such a run of years, howcould this series not be exciting?Peter Gammons, hall of famebaseball reporter and one of mypersonal favorites, called this pos-sibly the worst World Series everplayed. As much as I respect theopinion of the distinguished Gam-mons, on this particular point Istrongly disagree.

For starters, the performance,dominance, and sheer brilliance ofCole Hamels in the October Clas-sic made this series well worthwatching. Hamels garnered MVPhonors by winning both of hisWorld Series starts to help thePhillies win two of the four totalgames needed to be crownedchamps. Also, by winning both ofthese starts, Hamels kept clean hisunblemished playoff record. It ishard to believe, but Hamels wentthrough the 2008 postseason with-out one mark in the loss column.

Certainly, laughing at AkinoriIwamura trying to field balls thatlittle leaguers would have beenable to field made this series fun. Isure was on the edge of my seatwaiting to see the next error Iwa-mura would make. Okay, this rea-son, maybe not so much.

Back to the serious, as a sportsfan I like seeing unusual events orevents that have never happenedbefore. The 46 hour rain delay inGame 5 was the first of its kind.

While Gammons argues thatthis delay ruined the Series, I ar-gue that it was exciting. Unques-tionably, it was exciting when Ge-off Jenkins came out after thedelay in the bottom of the sixthand led off the inning with afrozen rope double.

If you agree with Gammonsabout the rain delay, then maybethis will make you realize that theWorld Series was indeed exciting.At approximately 1:45 a.m. pitcherJoe Blanton hit a home run to winthe game for Philly. That’s right, apitcher went yard to win a game inwhich the Phillies were 0-for-13with runners in scoring position.To any true baseball fan, that wasexciting.

As a genuine fan of sport, I amalways excited when somethinghappens for the first time. Thisyear’s World Series gave me thatfirst time feeling. Along the samelines of first time and exciting, Ialso compared the Pirates to aWorld Series team for the firsttime.

Now that is something to getexcited about.

Brandon PhillianSports Editor

A long timecoming

Friday:Men’s and Women’s Swim-

ming: Westminster RelayCarnival at 6:00 p.m. at thePool.

Saturday:Cross Country PAC cham-

pionship at Thomas MoreinMason, Ohio

Zeta Tau Alpha’s Shoot forthe Cause starting at 1:00p.m.

Tuesday:Men’s soccer conferenceplayoffs, opponent TBA.

Next Saturday: Last home football gamein regular season and Se-nior Recognition.

UpcomingAthletic Events

By Andrew KubincanekSports Writer

The women’s tennis team camein second place in the PAC cham-pionships on Oct. 24-25.

At the end of the first day of thecompetition, Westminster andGrove City were tied with 36points. However, on day two,Grove City took a clear lead andfinished first with 52 points toWestminster’s 38. All nine finalsmatches were played betweenGrove City and Westminster.Grove City won eight.

“I felt somewhat disappointedthat we didn't beat Grove City thisyear, but at the same time, I havenever seen my girls play so well,”junior April Scudere said. “Anyonewatching could tell that we wentout there and put not only all ourtalents out there but our wholeheart as well.”

Scudere and freshman AndreaRedhair earned Westminster’s firstdoubles win in a PAC champi-onship. Junior Hilary Newman andfreshman Dana Griesmer lost toGrove City in the second doublesmatch. Griesmer and Newmanrecorded an upset win against aWaynesburg team earlier in thetournament. Senior Beth Erwinand sophomore Rachel Jack alsofell to Grove City opponents in thefinal doubles match.

Grove City’s Tamara Nationsdefeated first seed Scudere in theirsingles final. Redhair, Newman,Griesmer, Jack, and sophomoreNatalie Hruska all lost to GroveCity opponents in the finals of theirrespective singles brackets. New-man and Redhair both took theirmatches to three sets.

The championship was essen-tially a rematch of the Grove City/Westminster regular season gameon Oct. 17 when Grove City defeat-ed Westminster 8-1 overall. Scud-ere recorded the only win againstNations in the singles competition.Nations had previously held thenumber one singles competitor ti-tle before the loss. Grove City hasnow won the PAC women’s tennischampionships 22 years in a row.

“Grove City doesn't overpoweranyone, they are just extremelyconsistent and patient duringpoints,” Redhair said. “Becausethey have such a great record, I'msure they work really hard tomaintain it.”

Despite the second place finish,Redhair stressed that the team haddeveloped greatly.

“…everyone improved sincethe first time we played GroveCity,” she said. “We now know thatnext year will be an even closermatch.”

The team finished the regularseason with a record-breaking 12wins for an overall record of 12-5(5-1 in the PAC). Previously, thewomen’s tennis team had onlyearned 10 wins in a season. In ad-dition, head coach Scott Renningerwas named Coach of the Year forthe third time.

“I couldn't think of a coach thatdeserves the coach of the yearaward more than ours. Within thepast three years, I've not only seenmyself and my teammates be-come better players, but I havealso seen Coach Renninger be-come a better coach…,” Scuderesaid. “I really do feel that this yearalone my tennis has improved bythe different drills and plans ourcoach has come up with through-out the season.”

Westminster finished with dou-ble the points of third place Way-nesburg who had 19. ThomasMore came in fourth in the cham-pionship with 14 points. W&J fin-ished with seven points, ahead ofChatham with only five. Bethanycame in last place with zero points.

“Anyone watchingcould tell that wewent out there andput not only all ourtalents out there butour whole heart aswell.”

Junior April Scudere

By April ScudereSports Writer

The men’s soccer team endedtheir regular season this week un-defeated in the President’s AthleticConference (PAC), 6-0. They onlygave up one game out of three thisweek to improve their record to14-5.

The Titans faced a tough gameon Friday evening, Oct. 24 whenthey traveled to Case Western Re-serve to play through a never-end-ing rain and wind. They fell totheir non-conference opponents tospoil their six-game winningstreak with a 1-0 loss.

The Spartans’ senior captain,Kevin Bigart, scored the game-win-ning goal in the 64th minute.They held the shot advantage overthe Titans 16-8.

Sophomore goalkeeper MikeCodita ended the night with eightsaves.

Although the Titans were notvictorious, many feel that the gameon Friday helped them measurethemselves for the upcoming PACtournament.

“We benefited from playing atremendous team,” Codita said.“Case is ranked nationally justabout every year so it was nice tosee where we were at so late in theyear as a competitive team.”

The men’s soccer team bouncedback on Saturday, Oct. 25 with a 4-1 win over PAC team Waynesburg.This win clinched first place in thePAC conference.

The Titans came onto the fieldstrong in the first half. With onlysix minutes on the clock, seniorChris Ellwanger passed the ball tofreshman teammate JarredSmeltzer to score his eighth goal ofthe season. Ellwanger continuedthe momentum with his secondgoal of the season in the 20thminute assisted by freshman JakeHuey.

Following the half, Waynesburggot onto the board with a goalfrom J.C. Danhires. The Titans an-swered back in the last 20 minutesof the game with two more goals.Junior Ian Hill netted a ball in the71st minute off of a shot fromSmeltzer while sophomore WadeGrubbs scored his first goal of the

season in the 82nd minute.Codita was successful without

making a single save in the firsthalf, while in the second half,sophomore goalkeeper LanceLeathers made four saves.

The Titans finished out theirseason on Tuesday, Oct. 28 comingout victorious over PAC teamGrove City.

Although the elements werenot ideal for a soccer game, the Ti-tans came out determined to gettheir sixth win in the PAC. Theydid just that in the 76th minutewhen freshman midfielder JamesGross came fresh off the bench toput in a cross that deflected off aGrove City defender into the backof his own net.

Goalkeeper Codita earned his

fourth shutout of the season withthree saves.

With their regular season over,the team starts to focus on the up-coming PAC matches. Althoughthis is their second consecutive un-defeated year, many are trying toavoid being overconfident. “Goingin as the top seed is definitely anadvantage, but we have to makesure we don't underestimate ouropponents,” freshman Coty Hain-sey said. “We have had a coupleclose games against PAC oppo-nents and any team we play is go-ing to be a tough game.”

The number-one seeded Titanswill have to wait until this week-end to find out who they play athome on Tuesday, Nov. 4 in thePAC semi-finals.

Tennis finishes asPAC runner-up

Men’s soccer ends perfect in PACTitans now prepare for semi-finals to begin on Nov. 4

Photo By Emily Winn

Junior Brice Lott dribbles past two defenders to take ashot on net against Grove City on Tuesday. The Titans won1-0, making them undefeated in the PAC and clinching theirfirst place spot going into play-offs. The first place Titans(14-5, 6-0) will face fourth place Grove City (5-10-3, 3-2-1)at 2 p.m. on Tuesday Nov. 4.

Women’s soccer splits with PAC opponents

Photo by Alex Davis

Battling a PAC rivalSophomore midfielder Sarah Nee passes to a teammate

during their game against Grove City. The Lady Titans werehanded their first PAC loss this season falling to Grove City3-1.

Lady Titans beat Waynesburg , suffer first PAC loss to Grove City

By Andrew KubincanekSports Writer

Despite a record-breaking per-formance by junior quarterback

Kevin Franz, the Titans fell to 4-4(2-3 in the PAC) with a 34-7 loss toW&J on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Franz threw 23 of 44 comple-tions for 237 yards and broke theschool record for all-time career

passing yardage. With 5,846, hepassed James Graham who set theprevious record of 5,826 between1997 and 2000. Regardless, the Ti-tans were outscored 21-0 in thefirst half. Franz threw Westmin-ster’s only touchdown to junior re-ceiver Chad Rosatelli in the thirdquarter to cut the lead to 27-7. W&Janswered in the fourth quarterwith another touchdown to finishthe game.

“…it's a great honor to be theall-time career passingleader…however, the record didnot have as much meaning sincewe lost. It was a tough game tolose because our defense playedwell and our offense moved theball but we just could not score inthe red zone. You would ratherwin then set a record any day,”Franz said.

W&J was favored to win theconference in preseason polls andis currently undefeated. AlthoughW&J quarterback Bobby Swallowthrew two interceptions to seniorlinebacker Jordan Blinn and fresh-man safety Tony Andreassi (for atotal of four this season), the Titanswere unable to capitalize. Swallowhas an average of 307 yards pergame this season. The Presidents’

running back, Curt Jones, is rankedthe best in the PAC with an aver-age of 96.2 yards per game. ThePresidents’ defense held junior tail-back Nick McKolosky to only 48yards.

Prior to the game, McKoloskyheld the second best running aver-age with 89.1 yards per game.Franz, meanwhile, has passed forover 200 yards in every game thisseason. He broke the record for ca-reer completions (also held by Gra-ham) on Oct. 4 against Thiel.

“I would like to say that…theO-line to the wide outs to the run-ning backs and even the defensehave all played major roles inhelping break these records,”Franz said.

Despite the .500 record, the Ti-tans are third place in the confer-ence behind Thomas More (6-1, 5-0 in the PAC) and W&J (7-0, 3-0 inthe PAC). Waynesburg, Thiel,Bethany and Grove City completethe rankings with one conferencewin each.

Westminster heads into a byeweek next, followed by the lastPAC game of the season againstGrove City on Saturday, Nov. 8. Itis also the Titans’ last home game

of the season. The team has wonevery home game this season aswell as two last year for a six-winstreak.

“We have a great home atmos-phere and the fans help us a lot toplay at our best. Also it gives us agreat goal for next season to con-tinue our streak,” junior receiverJon Gubish said.

Last season the team defeatedGrove City 14-7. Grove City will becoming off of a bye week and cur-rently stand at 4-3 overall and 1-2in the PAC. They are in fourthplace in the conference with gamesagainst Waynesburg and Thiel leftbefore and after Westminster re-spectively.

“Coach Hand has been stressingfor the whole team to relax thisweek because of all the injuriesthis season,” Gubish said. “ButGrove City is always a challengebecause they play us so hard. Itseems like they constantly playtheir best game of the year againstus.”

The team will finish up the reg-ular season on Nov. 15 at Geneva.Last season t he Titans lost to Gene-va 37-14.

“…it's a great honorto be the all-time ca-reer passingleader…however, therecord did not haveas much meaningsince we lost. . . Youwould rather winthen set a record anyday.”

Junior Kevin Franz

By Corey KendallSports Writer

Halloween may be a fun andscary time, but for the competitionfor the volleyball team it is any-thing but scary.

The Lady Titans will have cer-tainly filled their PAC foes withfear, as th ey are now 12-1 in PACplay and 21-9 in overall play. Overthe past week the ladies haveplayed four games, coming out vic-torious in three.

On Friday, Oct. 24, the Lady Ti-tans held a match against Geneva.The game did not count in confer-ence play, as Geneva is a provi-sional member of the PAC. Afterlosing a match to Geneva earlier inthe season, the Lady Titans camecame to the court with the inten-tions of claiming victory. With theearly loss fueling the ladies, theywere able to defeat Geneva 3-0with set scores of 25-18, 25-22, and26-24.

Junior Devin Kelley led theLady Titans with nine kills and fiveblocks. Junior Beth Copp andfreshman Lindsay Speidel wereeach able to put up seven killsapiece. Senior Traci Hassell con-tributed 22 assists and scooped 16digs while Copp and freshmanJessie Szakacs each added two ser-vice aces. Szakacs also tallied fivekills.

“They were a tough opponentwho beat us the first time,” Speidelsaid,” So it was nice getting thewin the second time around.”

After a win the Lady Titans hadlittle time to rest as they wouldtake on both Chatham and SaintVincent on Saturday, Oct. 25, athome. The Lady Titans had noproblem defeating Chatham withan overall score of 3-0 and setscores of 25-4, 25-7 and 25-6 givingthem another win in PAC play.

The ladies were unable to getthe win in their match againstSaint Vincent which did not countin conference play since they areprovisional member of the PACjust as Geneva. It was a closematch with a score of 3-2 and setscores of 25-19, 19-25, 25-14, 22-25,15-9 with the win going to theBearcats.

In the Chatham match, Szakacshad seven kills and 11 assistswhile Batzel tallied 6 kills. SeniorReesha Jackson posted five killswhile Hassell led the Titans with14 assists and seven digs.

In the Saint Vincent game Sza-kacs and Speidel each had ninekills to lead the Lady Titans. Has-sell tallied 13 digs, 23 assists, 4blocks (1 solo) and 5 service aceswhile senior Hannah Parker alsocontributed 13 digs.

The Lady Titans took the courtagain on Tuesday, Oct. 28, in an

away match agains Thiel. Aftercoming off a loss the Lady Titansplayed with heart to defeat Thiel 3-0. They easily handled Thiel as theset scores were 26-24, 25-15, and25-16.

The ladies certainly had a goodgame as Speidel led the Titanswith 12 kills while Copp con-tributed seven. Hassell tallied 18assists and Parker added 18 digs aswell as two service aces.

“We took control of all thegames,” Speidel said, “And duringthe critical points in the game, wewere able to produce importantpoints.”

The Lady Titans will be travel-ing to play Carnegie Mellon onSaturday, Nov. 1. They are lookingto play hard and to improve theirlevel to prepare for the PAC Tour-nament.

“They were a toughopponent who beatus the first time. Soit was nice gettingthe win the secondtime around.”

Freshman Lindsey Speidel, onthe win over Geneva College

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Titan athletic honors

Montgomery

Ellwanger

Photo by Alex Davis

Bump, set, victorySenior Reesha Jackson and Freshman Tara Ott reach above the net to make a block dur-

ing the game against Saint Vincent on Saturday, Oct. 25. The Lady Titans have won 3 out oftheir last 4 games and hold a record of 12-1 in the PAC.

Volleyball maintains winning record late in season

Losteter

Titans fall to PAC rival despite leading performanceJunior QB Kevin Franz sets all-time passing record during 34-7 loss to W&J

Swimming team dives into 2008season at Clarion Fall ClassicBy Melissa KramerSports Writer

The men’s and women’s swim-ming teams look forward to re-claiming a President’s AthleticConference (PAC) title for the2008-2009 season. The Titans wonfour out of five conferences from2003-2007, but fell short last yearas neither team walked away witha PAC title.

With ten letter-winners return-ing on the women’s side andtwelve letter-winners returning onthe men’s side, both teams havethe focus, experience, and determi-nation to take their place on top ofthe podium.

The Titans opened the season atthe Clarion University Fall ClassicSaturday, Oct. 25. The womencompeted with six teams and

scored 174 points, while the mencompeted with four teams scoring261.5 points.

Junior Emily Dressler andfreshman Caitlin Lehberger ledthe Titan women. In addition tofinishing first in the 1650-yardfreestyle with a time of 18:35.81,Dressler placed third in the 100-yard freestyle at 56.74.

“I think the team came outfairly strong considering theamount of tough training we haveundergone already,” Dressler said.“Not only were there many decentraces, but we all supported, encour-aged, and cheered for each other.”

Lehberger won the 400-yard in-dividual medley at 4:55.13 andthen placed third in the 100-yardbreaststroke at 1:10.26.

“Our team was really torndown for this meet, so for how

tired we all were I thought we didreally well,” Lehberger said.“Everyone did what they were sup-posed to which was just swim andhave fun.”

Caitlin Lehberger’s older broth-er, senior Chris Lehberger, and ZacGebhardt led the Titan men eachplacing within the top three for atleast one of their respective events.Lehberger finished third in the400-yard individual medley andthe 100-yard breaststroke withtimes of 4:33.50 and 1:03.52, re-spectively.

Gebhardt placed second in the1650-yard freestyle with a time of17:46.42.

“I feel that the team did well,”Lehberger said. “The meet wasn'tso much about swimming fast, butmore about technique and raceplanning. Everyone has been pret-ty beat down from practice, so

coach wasn't expecting any reallyfast times.”

Grove City’s men’s andwomen’s teams both placed firstoverall at the classic with 1078.5points and 833.5 points, respective-ly.

The Titans return to action Fri-day, Oct. 31 as they host the West-minster Relay Carnival.

“Not only were theremany decent races,but we all supported,encouraged, andcheered for each oth-er.”

Junior Emily Dressler

Lady Titans win 3 of last 4 games to earn 12-1 PAC record

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -Three Westminster College soccerplayers earned recognition on theESPN The Magazine AcademicAll-District Men's and Women'sSoccer Teams selected by the Col-lege Sports Information Directorsof America (CoSIDA).

Senior defender Chris Ell-wanger (South Park, Pa./SouthPark) of the men's team and seniormidfielder Abby Montgomery(McMurray, Pa./Peters Township)of the women's team earned spotson the first team for the AcademicAll-District II College Division.Their names will appear on theballot for Academic All-Americawhich will be announced Nov. 18-19.

Senior defender Jessi Losteter(Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jeffer-son) was named third team of theAcademic All-District II CollegeDivision.

This is Ellwanger's thirdstraight year on the Academic All-District team and his secondstraight year as a first-team selec-tion. Ellwanger has two goals andtwo assists this year in 19 gamesand 18 starts for the 14-5 Titans.He is a physics major at Westmin-ster carrying a 3.77 grade-point av-erage (GPA).

Montgomery and Losteter arefirst-time honorees of the Academ-ic All-District team. Both Mont-gomery and Losteter scored sixpoints (2 goals, 2 assists) apiecethis year for the 13-3-2 Titans.Montgomery has a 3.95 GPA as aSpanish major while Lostetermaintains a 3.77 GPA as a historymajor.

The District II College Divisionconsists of all non-NCAA DivisionI college and universities in NewJersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,Delaware, West Virginia, and theDistrict of Columbia. To be nomi-nated for the program, a student-athlete must be at least a sopho-more with a 3.3 or highercumulative grade-point averageand be a starter or significant re-serve.

Friday, October 31, 200810:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Study Abroad Photo Contest (MCCSecond Level Lobby)

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM Biol-ogy Seminar (Phillips Lecture Hall)

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM Chapel (Wallace Memorial Chapel)

11:45 AM Alpha PhiOmega Exec. Meeting (MCC 255Weisel Conference Room)

6:00 PM MEN'S SWIM-MING v. Westminster Relay Carni-val

6:00 PM W O M E N ' SSWIMMING v. Westminster RelayCarnival

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Green Party Presents "Food NotBombs" (MCC Berlin StudentLounge)

8:00 PM Movie inMueller -- Hellboy: The GoldenArmy (MCC Mueller Theater)

9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Al-pha Phi Omega and Tri Beta HostHaunted Bio Trail (Meet at BrittainLake Dock)

10:30 PM Movie inMueller : Pineapple Express (MCCMueller Theater) Saturday, November 1, 2008

TBA Men's Cross Country @PAC Championships (at Mason,Ohio hosted by Thomas More)

TBA Women's Cross Country@ PAC Championships (at Mason,Ohio hosted by Thomas More)

1:00 PM Volleyball @Carnegie Mellon

1:00 PM Women's Soc-cer @ Chatham*

1:00 PM W o m e n ' sSwimming @ Chatham*

7:00 PM Mass -- Holy

Day of Obligation (Wallace Memo-rial Chapel)

8:00 PM Movie inMueller: Pineapple Express (MCCMueller Theater)

9:00 PM - 12:00 PM A l -pha Phi Omega and Tri Beta HostHaunted Bio Trail (Meet at BrittainLake Dock)

10:30 PM Movie inMueller -- Hellboy: The GoldenArmy (MCC Mueller Theater) Sunday, November 2, 2008

2:00 PM Lambda Pi EtaInitiation (MCC WitherspoonMaple)

3:00 PM Movie inMueller -- Hellboy: The GoldenArmy (MCC Mueller Theater)

3:00 PM S a x o p h o n eStudio Recital (Orr Auditorium)

7:00 PM Vespers --Communion/All Saints (WallaceMemorial Chapel)

9:00 PM Movie inMueller: Pineapple Express (MCCMueller Theater) Monday, November 3, 2008

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM Chapel (Wallace Memorial Chapel)

12:00 PM Holcad Meet-ing (MCC 255 Weisel ConferenceRoom)

7:00 PM Green PartyMeeting (MCC 352 Wile Confer-ence Room)

7:30 PM Praise TeamRehearsal (Wallace MemorialChapel)

9:00 PM - 1:00 AM LateNight at Westminster

(MCC Club/Lounge) 9:30 PM Bowling Club

Meeting (Patterson 311) Tuesday, November 4, 2008

12:40 PM Faculty Meet-ing (Phillips Lecture Hall)

4:00 PM Religious LifeCouncil Meeting (Old Main 213)

5:00 PM Chapel StaffMeeting (Old Main 213)

6:30 PM Political Sci-ence Department Hosts ElectionNight Coverage (MCC Wither-spoon Rooms)

7:30 PM Horn StudioRecital (Orr Auditorium)

8:00 PM BSU Meeting(MCC 255 Weisel ConferenceRoom)

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Climbing Wall Open (MemorialField House)

8:00 PM Habitat for Hu-manity Benefit Concert (NOTE:Doors Open at 7:00 pm) (MCCBerlin Lounge)

8:30 PM Mortar BoardMeeting (MCC Mueller Theater)

9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Late Nightat Westminster

(MCC Club/Lounge) 9:30 PM Newman Club

(MCC 255 Weisel ConferenceRoom) Wednesday, November 5,2008

11:45 AM Faires FacultyForum: Beverly Cushman, Nation-al Endowment for the HumanitiesSummer Institute: Holy Land andHoly City in Classical Judaism,Christianity, and Islam (MCCMueller Theater)

4:30 PM Coalition forthe Protection of the Unborn Meet-ing (Patterson 311)

7:00 PM InternationalCultures Club Meeting (MCCBerlin Lounge)

7:00 PM SGA Meeting(MCC Mueller Theater)

8:30 PM Circle K Meet-ing (Patterson 112)

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Study Abroad Awareness (MCCMueller Theater)

9:30 PM Seekers Fel-lowship (MCC Berlin Lounge) Thursday, November 6, 2008

11:00 AM - 2:30 PM F l uVaccine Administered by JamesonHospital Nurse (no appointmentnecessary; $27 fee) (Student HealthCenter)

12:45 PM IFC Meeting(Memorial Field House)

5:30 PM Career Center'sDine 'n Shine (MCC WitherspoonRooms)

5:45 PM College De-mocrats Meeting (MCC 255 WeiselConference Room)

6:00 PM Habitat for Hu-manity Chapter Meeting (MCCMueller Theater)

6:15 PM Japanese Ani-me Club

(Thompson-Clark 210) 7:00 PM Gospel Choir

Rehearsal (Wallace MemorialChapel)

7:30 PM Percussion Stu-dio Recital (Orr Auditorium)

8:00 PM Allies Meeting(Thompson-Clark 314)

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Climbing Wall Open (MemorialField House)

8:30 PM Fellowship ofChristian Athletes (MCC Wither-spoon Maple)

9:00 PM Lambda Sig-ma Meeting (Patterson 311)

9:00 PM - 1:00 AM La t eNight at Westminster

(MCC Club/Lounge) Friday, November 7, 2008

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM Chapel (Wallace Memorial Chapel)

5:45 PM College De-mocrats Meeting (MCC 255 WeiselConference Room)

7:30 PM Wind Ensem-ble Concert (Orr Auditorium)

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM A i rBand Battle (MCC Berlin Lounge)

ARIES (March 21-April 19)You're through believing that

you are an island or that anyoneelse should be. We are an interde-pendent species. Humans cannotexist without mutual help, andyou're driven to be generous. How-ever, what is asked of you mightnot be the thing you can give. Findthe kind of help you can give, andthen give it all.TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

The you-to-you competition isdefinitely on. While your quest tobetter your best frequently resultsin quality work, impressive accom-plishments and praise from thosearound you, it can be downrightexhausting. You don't have to out-do yourself every day. Some daysyou can just be good and that'senough.GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You've made a lot of solid lifechoices in the past on the advice ofa friend. There are also a few in-stances where you really wish youhadn't followed advice. Wednesdayand Thursday are particularlygood times to shun most of whatyou hear -- then amp up your trustin yourself by at least 20 percent.CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Early in the week you mayhave a fondness for an old familiarlife you once loved -- one that in-volved not quite so many bills andperhaps someone to prepare yourmeals for you. Alas, there was areason you left the nest, and ulti-mately it was a good one. Fridayshows you the plus side to being agrownup.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Maybe it's a vacation overseasor a car you always wanted toown. Or perhaps it's cooking class-es or taekwondo. Whatever it is,the moment is upon you. You stopwaiting for the day when you havemore money or more time andjust jump in and make it happen.Tuesday and Wednesday are luckydays to commit. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Most people will eventually saywhat they are thinking. Your giftthis week is that you speak yourmind in real time, and the resultshakes things up in a positive way.This weekend, your boldness is aninvitation to someone who isequally honest and forceful. Therewill be a powerful meeting ofminds.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

The best feeling of the weekcomes when you reach an under-standing with that person who'sbeen difficult to read lately. Thisdoesn't happen because of a con-versation you have or any newknowledge you acquire. It's achange in you, a new level of open-ness and acceptance, that bringsharmony to the relationship.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Your feelings don't lie -- al-though they do have a tendency toexaggerate Tuesday and Wednes-day. There is a wide range ofchoice involved in your interpreta-tion of events. If you're going to ex-

aggerate, do so in the direction oflevity and humor. You could bringyour whole group up with you.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21).

Busy and bustling is your natur-al state of being. You certainlydon't have to search for ways to fillyour time. All you have to do is sitat home and life will come to you.However, it's definitely more satis-fying to proactively further and fol-low your interests. Get thee to thecalendar section and make someplans!CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19).

Other people's opinions are nolonger as powerful as they were afew months ago. You're starting torealize that what works for them isnot necessarily going to work foryou. Besides, some of the peopleyou were listening to aren't asqualified as you once believed.And your own ideas are pretty stel-lar now.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18).

There are risks you've been toonervous to take, like making a coldcall, going to a networking eventor asking someone special to

spend time with you. This weekemboldens you to go forward anddo what you've been thinkingabout. The nerves don't go com-pletely away, but they are manage-able.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

You're looking for fast results.It's not that overnight transforma-tions don't happen; they do,though usually the effect is an illu-sion. Amazing changes are mostoften the culmination of hundredsof steps that occurred over time. In-stead of hoping for instant gratifi-cation, take one step. Then take an-other.THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

It's a year of unlikely choicesyou never imagined yourself mak-ing, and yet you do so with greatelan. The next three weeks helpyou notice that your talent is big-ger than you thought, and uponthe realization, your soul expandsto include new passions. You'rewilling to accept a person faultsand all in December, and this per-son will improve with your lovingattention. Family trips and fun arefeatured in December and March.Financial boosts come in June andSeptember.

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It’s autumn, and as the leaveschange to vibrant hues of red andorange, yellow and apricot, and theair chills to a sweater-beckoningincalescence, much of North Amer-ica rolls over in preparation forwinter.

It seems things slow down andmellow out, and although walksbecome brisk and hoods becomebundled, there’s still a bit of peace-ful listlessness permeated through-out the atmosphere. This is primeseason for a fall record, one whichcaptures the ease of the season, asMother Nature sheds its summerskin and buries its acorns for win-tertime.

The four-piece indie band calledCopeland, ironically bred out of theautumn-less state of Florida, cap-ture much of the accords of fall intheir fourth full-length album enti-tled You Are My Sunshine, amoody and ambient mix of beauti-

fully orchestrated tracks worthy ofbeing played on repeat.“ShouldYou Return”, the album opener,presents the band similarly towhere they left off on Eat, Sleep,Repeat with a mixture of slow pen-itence and quiet soul, as the coop-erative voice of vocalist AaronMarsh floats above blended gui-tars and synthesizers.

Although it’s fair to say theband draws heavily from the elec-tronic and experimental facets ofbands like Radiohead (“Not Al-lowed”, “Strange and Unprepared”),and the often brittle tonality ofColdplay via the Viva La Vida orDeath and All His Friends era

(“The Grey Man”) You Are My Sun-shine gathers into a sound that istoo breathy to be rock and not dy-namic enough to be Sigur Ros. In-stead, the soothing melodies andswelling guitars make a sound thatis Copeland, and only Copeland.

“The Day I Lost My Voice (TheSuitcase Song)” is small and beau-tiful, never building enough tobreak the graceful delicateness, butnever quiet enough to bore. Lyri-cal and almost poetic, Marsh’s vo-cals take a backseat to the guestvocals of Rae Cassidy, as intoxicat-ing as transfixing.

On “Chin Up”, Marsh swoons“you break your neck to keep yourchin up” in light falsetto with a sortof indeterminate cause, part of themystery that makes Copeland whothey are.

“On the Safest Ledge” is vocallyoriented as well, as Marsh’s vocalstake the forefront in dramaticcraftsmanship of melody and con-trol before building to a heavierchorus and more spectacular guestvocals from Cassidy.

All of the aforementioned how-ever, offer much ado to musician-ship, through wafting pianomelodies to far-off sounding drum-beats, all complimenting each oth-er to the full extent.

“Not So Tough Found Out”,however, is the band’s masterpiece,and at over 10 minutes in lengthnever reaches a bore. Written

around a solitary drifting melodyand a heavy atmosphere as createdby reverbed guitars, the song re-mains heavy and light at the sametime.

Taking cues from post-rockersThis Will Destroy You, spacey elec-tronic samples add to the alreadyethereal atmosphere until the songcomes to a close attached to thesame melody that rung it in.

You Are My Sunshine is not adeparture from the vision frontedon Eat, Sleep, Repeat but is simplybetter. The melodies are better, thevocals are better, the production isbetter, the musicianship is better;everything is better. The band has

capitalized on the proliferation ofshoegaze and ambient music asevidenced by the grand swellingguitars and keyboards often leav-ing the listeners hypnotized be-hind a soft cumulus of sound.

Indeed, although the leaves willchange, and snow will soon coverthe ground outside of my apart-ment, this album, although rele-vant now, will surely become a sta-ple in my music collection despitethe season, to be enjoyed both inthe dead of winter and under theheat of the hot July sun.

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Chris LehbergerA&E Editor

Chris is a senior public relationsmajor. He likes reading, writ-ing, and playing “Name ThatTune” with his roommates.

Copeland: You Are My Sunshine

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By Ben PortzA&E Writer

Within the past five years,Keane has been looked at as aband trying to be Coldplay. I sup-pose it’s due to both bands beinglead by high voiced singers and pi-anos rather than guitars. Lamereason.

I’ll be thefirst one to tellyou thatthanks toKeane’s newalbum PerfectS y m m e t r y ,there shouldbe no com-parison. It isheavily ‘80si n f l u encedwith constantk e y b o a r dh o o k sthroughout.

K e a n e ’ sstrength isTom Chaplin’s

soaring vocalswhich in fact, I

find are better than Chris Martin’sof Coldplay. Martin could probablylearn some diction lessons fromChaplin, it would be to his benefit.

Along with Chaplin, the brainof the band is writer/pianist/back-up vocalist Tim Rice-Oxley, whofeels that this new album is hisbest work yet. Finally, RichardHughes is the lucky one to play

drums, and after listening, I’m as-suming this is Hughes’ chance toreally show off his ability.

One word to describe PerfectSymmetry is “big”. From begin-ning to end, this album soundslarge, with ringing choruses andinfused poppy dance beats. Mostsongs on this album are fairly up-beat unlike their past couplerecords including Hopes and Fears,containing the songs “SomewhereOnly We Know” and “We Might AsWell Be Strangers,” which are quitemellow sounding and verystripped down carried by constantpiano chords.

According to Keane’s home-page, they say “There’s nothingthat our record company wouldhave loved more than for us tohave delivered Hopes and Fearsthree times…But we’ve alreadydone one, and that’s enough.”

And thank goodness for that.We’d all be depressed by the end ofthose records.

So, what could go wrong with’80s infused pop? Nothing, as longas it doesn’t happen all the time.The first track off the album is en-

titled “Spiraling”, also their single.This David Bowie-esque songshow’s their ability to incorporatesynthesizers throughout and theirlove of huge choruses.

The next track, “The Lovers AreLosing” almost sounds like theywere trying to sound like TheKillers. It’s about how we all strug-gle with figuring out where our lifeis going and how we’ll end up.Chaplin’s vocals are great in this,almost rivaling Bono’s from“Joshua Tree”.

The next track, “Better ThanThis” is not my favorite. To me, it’svery bizarre and almost has noflow whatsoever. Although accord-ing to Rice-Oxley, he states “I thinkit might be the best song I’ve everwritten”.

The best thing this song has go-ing for it is it’s unambiguous lyricsabout celebrity culture and howartists are doing the whole “gig” forthe wrong reasons such as moneyand being popular. Rice-Oxley ar-gues that you should do it for themusic and only the music.

One of my favorite tracks fromPerfect Symmetry is “Pretend That

You’re Alone”. The title says it all.It’s about just going through lifewithout a worry in the world likean animal. Something we shouldall do every once in a while…

Overall, Keane packs this al-bum with an energy that not many

other bands could accomplish.They also managed to alter thesongs making each one it’s ownentity and separate work of artfrom the others. Great job byKeane.

By Max MuskaA&E Writer

When you think of rock androll, you might picture AngusYoung in his school uniform outfitstrumming his red Gibson SGacross a stage. But you probably

would not picture Young as a 53year old man.

Yes, AC/DC’s members are get-ting up there in age, ranging fromtheir mid-fifties to early sixties. Butthe band’s new album Black Ice,their first in eight years, rocksevery bit as hard as the now fa-

mous Back In Black from 1980.And yes, Young still wears theschool uniform.

I hear absolutely nothing differ-ent from the band’s previously suc-cessful formula. Bluesy rock riffsfrom brothers Angus and MalcolmYoung dominate from beginningto end.

Bass player Cliff Williams keepsthe low end handled by mimickingMalcolm’s rhythm parts. DrummerSimon Wright plays typical drivingrock beats.

The raspy voice of Brian John-son sounds every bit as good as itdid when he joined the band in1980. I cannot believe such soulfulsounds can come from 61 year-oldvocal chords.

The final aspect of the band’sformula is the fun-loving, simplis-tic lyrics. Just like any previousAC/DC album, do not expect tofind any heartfelt story-telling,deep poetic lyrics, or lyrics protest-ing war (although one song is ti-tled “War Machine); all the songsare about living a carefree rockand roll lifestyle. Four of the tracks

actually have “Rock and Roll” orsome variation of the term in theirnames.

As a general rule when evaluat-ing music, I look for something Ihave not heard before from a cer-tain band or genre. However, I can-not fault AC/DC for lack of origi-nality in this case. How can Iexpect the Young brothers andJohnson to do anything other thanrock like they always have?AC/DC’s been at it since the late’70s. The fact that they can stillpump out 15 tracks of original mu-sic is nothing short of amazing.

AC/DC is timeless. I usually gofor music with deep meaning andoriginality, but there’s nothingwrong with just having fun withsome good old rock and roll everyonce in a while.

I can’t help but feel good listen-ing to this music. If men in their’50s and ’60s can create somethingso timeless, just think of howmuch today’s college students willbe able to accomplish by the timethey reach that age.

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By Levi SanchezA&E Writer

The latest CD from Pompeii,Nothing Happens for a Reason, isa beautiful sophomore effort.

The band harkens from Austin,Texas, a city swiftly becoming theIndie scene’s Mecca. The city’s an-nual music festival and weeklytelevision program regularly booksthe likes of Sufjan Stevens, BrightEyes, The Raconteurs and justabout every other well known In-die band.

It seems that the music-richAustin atmosphere has seeped intoPompeii veins. Besides the stapleguitar/bass/drum format, the four-piece adds a string section to createhaunting instrumentation that apt-ly fits their lyrics filled with apathy

and regret. That’s not to say that the album

doesn’t have its upbeat moments,but somehow there’s always atinge of sadness in each of thetwelve tracks.

The opening number, “WhereWe’re Going We Don’t NeedRoads,” is a beautiful ambienttrack. It swells with cellos and dis-torted guitars and captures theband’s sound and feel without theuttering of one word. The soundgets close to other ambient bandslike The Six Parts Seven, SigurRos, and Explosions in the Sky. Myonly complaint is that the albumdoesn’t have more of these beauti-ful instrumentals.

In “What Kind of Future,” lead-singer Dean Stafford sings the sto-ry of the morning after. Waking to

broken bottles, stains on the car-pet, and empty packs of cigarettes,Dean asks, “What kind of future isthat one to be working toward? Idunno you tell me.”

He seems to be justifying him-self to an unnamed person, but heremains unable to give a definiteanswer to his own question,singing “There is no answer for thebetter or worse.”

In “Ready/Not Ready,” Staffordwrestles with a former relationshipthat he just can’t seem to kick. I’mgoing to go ahead and make yetanother Postal Service reference toexplain the song’s instrumentation.The song starts off with an elec-tronic backbeat, a droning organ,and sweeping cello lines beforelaunching into a fuller band sound.

The album’s last song, also the

title track, “Nothing Happens fora Reason” has a beautiful bridgethat once more shows off theband’s ambient credentials. Near-ly half of the seven minute songis dedicated to rising distortedguitars and melancholy cellolines. The instrumental crescendomakes an apt farewell.

Despite a few mediocre tracksand a couple cliché lyrics, thisbeautiful album is definitelyworth picking up. Its mellow in-strumentation and sorrow filledlyrics will make a great compan-ion to the grey November daysthat Pennsylvania has in store forus all. Just make sure you bal-ance it out with something un-questionably upbeat, or you maynever leave your room.

Pompeii’s beauty among the ruins

By Brett GerthofferA&E Writer

There isn’t much more to saythan the Saw series has severelyrun out of gas. Unfortunately dueto the price of gas these days,Saw’s large and completely emptytank will never get refilled.

The franchise had a much bet-ter chance of making each sequelnot a sequel, each one having itsown separate story and characters(except for Jigsaw of course).

Instead they are trying to ropeall the Saw movies together to cre-ate one heap of nonsense. You willeasily get lost in flashbacks andscenes of the previous sequelswhile you try to patch together theconfusing story.

Saw relies on its abilities to dri-ve its audience near regurgitation,tightly closed eyes, and horrific re-actions to the mass amounts ofgore and sadism.

The franchise also relies on theshocking and surprising twist end-ings. The first Saw ending wasclearly the best and most shocking,the second’s was pretty good, the

third’s was decent…do you seewhere the pattern is going? Saw Vbarely had an ending worth talk-ing about, but unfortunately I can’texplain to you the futile attempt toleave the audience in amazementand total shock for it will ruin themovie (as if the entire movie didn’talready ruin itself).

The failure of the new Saw maybe due to the fact that it was writ-ten by “newbies” to the franchise, itmay be due to the fact that thepoint of the film was to better con-nect the relationship between thesequels, or it may be due to the factthat the acting was terrible (asidefrom an always stellar perfor-mance by Jigsaw played by TobinBell).

The only good thing about thenewer Saw films is the smartlycrafted and twisted “traps”. Regret-tably, I have to mention that thisfourth sequel failed in that aspectas well! This will surely upset eventhe die-hard Saw fans. The mainset of traps set up in some creepyfactory on some abandoned streetcorner were stupid and unsatisfy-ing. Considering the fact that atthis point the only steam left in thefranchise are its sweet torture de-

vices and how the victims have to“rehabilitate” themselves youwould think they would be extragood. Wrong. There was one goodone at the very start of the movie.That’s it.

Five people wake up in a room(we all find this scenario familiarto the series) tied to cords and de-capitation machines. Unlike theprevious sequels and the originalwhere the victims endure the mostpainful experiences of their livesand struggle to rehabilitate them-selves, the brave five spring intoaction and hatch a plan to survive.

I became quickly enraged at thecourage of the poor victims in theirhastily actions to live because itwasn’t at all believable. Not oncedid I care that they survived. Iknow that sounds bad, but the oth-er films were successful here be-cause the characters in them werebelievable in their hesitation topartake in the games and oncethey finally decided they wanted tobe rehabilitated they engagedthemselves in Jigsaw’s devioustraps and endured great pain. Thefive victims here weren’t even themain focus of the movie.

The stupid and painful story tomake the franchise whole was theultimate goal. Big mistake. Halfthe movie is spent showing whathappened in the other sequels.

When I saw the trailer for SawV, I couldn’t help but laugh at thefact that they had to get the view-er’s attention by saying “you won’tbelieve how it ends”. Well, I be-lieved how it ended, and I was farfrom pleased.

Due to the lack of Saw-like at-tributes, grotesque traps and nearimpossible rates of survival, thismovie should not have had theword Saw in its title. It’s less Saw,more flaw. Maybe Danny Gloverwill return from the dead and starin the sixth one (it’s definitely com-ing next Halloween…), that mightmake that one worth seeing.

Less Saw, more flaw

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Halloween classics that are sure to spook youBy Erik ChesneyA%&E Writer

Halloween is the time of yearwhere we all like to turn out thelights, throw a good scary movie inthe DVD player, and prepare our-selves for a good scare.

There have been a stream ofgreat horror movies that havecome out during the past severalyears, and those are certainly great,but many people in our generationhave never seen some of the classichorror films that have come outduring the last several decades.

This is a list of some great clas-sic horror movies that are at leastas old as the undergrad studentsreading this article.

The first on my list, John Car-penter’s Halloween, shares thename with the ghoulish holiday inwhich it chronicles, and also holdsthe top spot on many horror filmcompilations. Often cited as thestart of the ‘slasher’ genre, Hal-loween is the film that solidifiedCarpenter and his character,

Michael Myers, in horror cinemahistory.

The creepy theme music andcinematography are what makethis a great horror film. Carpentercreates suspense by using the cam-era and music to make us shiver atwhat might be hiding in the shad-ows.

Number two on my list isGeorge A. Romero’s masterpiece ofthe zombie genre, Dawn of theDead. The recent appeal of the re-make of this film and parodies likeShaun of the Dead show our fasci-nation with this genre and the factthat it represents humans in such aprimal state.

Dawn is the pinnacle of zombiemovies as not only horror films,but as social commentaries of theirtime. It comments on the rampantconsumerism of the 70’s with theplot surrounding a group trying tosurvive in Monroeville mall, alsomaking the film all the more ap-pealing to Pittsburgh natives,which is where the zombie genrewas born.

Before director Sam Raimigained fame with the recent Spi-derman trilogy, he directed the B-level Evil Dead trilogy, Evil DeadII being the third on my list, star-ring Bruce Campbell of B-cinemafame.

A mixture of the grotesque andcomical, Raimi pulls off a goodmix of frights and comedy. I mean,what isn’t funny about Campbellchasing around his possessed am-putated hand and replacing thestump with a chainsaw? Viewersbeware though, there is reallysome disturbing imagery in thisfilm.

At number four we have AlfredHitchcock’s Psycho, one of his mostfamous films. Starring AnthonyPerkins as Norman Bates, who isunder the control of his deadmother. This film expresses theFreudian notions that were popu-lar in psychology at the time, andthis film represents one of Hitch-cock’s most psychological thrillers.Bates’ obsession with his mother isan excellent example of the Oedi-

pus complex, and one that lasts asone of the most intriguing films ofHitchcock’s career.

Number five is Salem’s Lot, thedirector’s version of the StephenKing novel. This movie is justabout one of the creepiest vampire

movies ever. My childhood night-mares were haunted by the imageof the main character’s adolescentbrother - turned vampire tappingon his bedroom window. It is alsoa great adaptation of a King novel,so it is not lacking in storyline.

Update your Netflix queue ortake a drive to Family Video, grabyour popcorn –or candy corn, andsit down and have yourself a goodfright, and gain some appreciationfor these classic horror movies!

Have a Happy Halloween!

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For this week, I compiled sever-al Halloween treats that you couldhave at a party or simply for a qui-et Halloween at home.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds(recipe from www.allrecipies.com)

After all your hard work carv-ing out that pumpkin, roastedpumpkin seeds are the perfecttreat and easy to make. Here arethe four simple steps to follow tomake this salty treat.

First, rinse the pumpkin seedsunder cold water. You will want todo this shortly after you havecarved the pumpkin, because youneed to pick all of the pulp andstrings off of the seeds.

Second, spread the pumpkinseeds out in a single layer on anoiled baking sheet. An alternativeto oiling the baking sheet is to usenon-stick cooking spray.

Third, sprinkle the seeds withsalt and bake them at 325 degreesfor 25 minutes. Check the seedsand stir them every ten minutes toensure that they are completelytoasted.

Fourth, let the seeds cool before

eating and store them in an air-tight container.

S'mores Apples (recipe fromwww.allrecipies.com)

Nothing makes a better falltreat than to combine your favoritecaramel apples with the delicious-ness of s'mores. Here are the stepsto make this scrumptious treat.

First, you will need six grannysmith apples. Insert a wooden stickthree-fourths of the way into thestem end of each apple. Then placethe apples on a baking sheet cov-ered with aluminum foil. Lightlygrease the baking sheet beforeplacing the apples on it.

Second, take a 14 ounce pack-

age of individually wrappedcaramels, unwrap the caramels,and place them in a saucepan overlow heat. Add 2 tablespoons of wa-ter to the saucepan and stir thecaramels often. Once melted add ahalf of a teaspoon of vanilla extractto the mixture. Then dip each ofthe apples into the caramel. Scrapeoff the excess caramel from thebottom of the apples by using theinside of saucepan.

Third, combine one and a halfcups of miniature marshmallowswith one and a half cups ofcrushed graham crackers on a din-ner plate. Then roll the apples inthe mixture. Once they are coatedplace the apples on aluminum foiland place them in the refrigeratorto chill.

Fourth, melt one cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips in the mi-crowave. Cook the chocolate chipsin thirty second intervals until theyare melted and smooth. Stir thechips after every time. Lastly, driz-zle the melted chocolate over theapples and then place them backin the refrigerator until you areready to serve them.

Nonalcoholic Butterbeer(http://www.britta.com/Hw/hwr.html#bblight)

For all of you who are familiarwith the Harry Potter Series, but-terbeer is often a fun treat for thecharacters in the books and can bea hit at your party as well. In orderto make this bewitching mixtureyou will need one cup of butter-scotch or English Toffee flavoringsyrup and seven cups of creamsoda or diet cream soda, whicheveryou prefer.

For your party you will want tomix this drink shortly before theparty begins. First, add the butter-scotch flavoring to the soda. Stirthe mixture gently to ensure it stillhas fizz and that it is mixed well.This makes two quarts of nonalco-holic butterbeer, ready for servingat your Halloween Bash.

Reasons to vote inthis electionBy Danielle McCulloughLayout Editor

1. Because your vote does count. You have seen it happenin the past couple of years, so you’ve lived through two closeelections. I’m sure your high school history teachers threwthose one vote made a difference like “one vote made it sothe United States official language was English over Ger-man” stats at you. Mind you that was not a popular vote.But your vote added to other peoples’ votes make a differ-ence; without all those votes together there is nothing.

2. You get to have an awesome “I Voted Today” sticker.Sweet!

3. In my opinion, if you don’t vote you cannnot complain.Let your voice be heard. Why wouldn’t you want it to be? Ifyou’re pro-life or pro-choice, vote for it. If you’re for using nu-clear power because you think it works well in Europe andit could work well here as well, vote for it. If you don’t voteand things don’t go the way you think they should thendon’t talk about it.

4. It is a civic duty. People wrote letters, fought and sacri-ficed their lives all so you could be free to vote (as long asyou areover 21). It is a privelege to vote.

5. Because you like to push buttons.6. Because it will please your grandparents or your par-

ents.7. If you are unhappy with the candidates vote for your

party. They still hold the ideals of the party and the partymost likely will not let them do the things they want thatare not in accordance with the party.

8. So you can help change the statistics. Generally only20% of those who are 18-29 vote. Many issues will affectour age group, not just Joe the Plumber and Walmartmoms.

9. This election is the 100 year anniversary of WilliamJennings Bryan, a Democratic Presidential nominee, losingin his third Presidential election.

10. Because if you don’t I may punch you in the face. Justkidding. I really can’t do that even though I may want to.

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WC CRIBSMegan Hoffman dares to enter the Halloween decked out

room of Jackie More and Megan Harding in Ferg. Along their window they have hung pumpkin lanterns. Also they

have decorated their door with cobwebs and a spider that comes downand attacks you as you enter the door. The girls have bunked their bedsso that they have additional floor space.

Question of the weekWhat are you dressing up as for Halloween?

Freshman Kristen Prezioso

Sophomore Wade Grubbs

Freshman Jared PalonisFreshman Meighan Pallone

The roommates pose for a picture in their matching Halloweenshirts. The skull in the middle of the star actually lights up. Both ofthem love Halloween so much that they decorated their entire roomfor the holiday. Below: They have decorated every table space withlight-up pumpkins and other halloween nick-nacks. Right: the pinkpolka dots with photos show how their room is when not decoratedfor Halloween.

By Megan OstrowskiCampus Writer

Four new stores recentlyopened up on South Market Street,where hair, health, clothing andfood meet. Get the Pointe?

The Borough of New Wilming-ton is welcoming four new storesthat include Daley’s CountryPantry, Karing Massage, GypsyCouture Boutique and the WrightPlace. These stores are located onthe corner of South Market, rightpast Rite Aid.

The combination of these storesis named the Pointe. This namecame about by being the onlypoint in New Wilmington that canfeed, clothe, pamper and primpany shopper who enters.

“I love the Pointe,” sophomoreSarah Nee said. “They have every-thing I could need in that one littlespot, and all Westminster studentsget 10 percent off. That’s alwayshelpful.”

Welcoming customers into thisall-in-one indoor mini plaza is thebold aroma of Daley’s 120 spices

and their fresh ice cream. Daley’sCountry Pantry is there to help stu-dents and the community with allof their cooking needs. With theirarray of dried fruits, nuts, herbsand spices, Daley’s has anything anadventurous cook may need.When owner Mary Daley wasasked if her store had any uniquequalities, she had much to say.

“We are the only store aroundthat sells bulk items,” Daley said. “Ialso have to package and label allof my own products when they ar-rive, and some things come inbags over 80 pounds.”

Daley’s is open from 9 a.m. until6 p.m. Mon through Thurs and 9a.m. until 9 p.m. on Fri and Sat.There is a sale coming up on 10percent off hot cereal and will beperfect for those cold days walkingto class.

Directly to the right of Daley’s isthe second store of the four. GypsyCouture Boutique is a quaint storethat has anything for that hardworking shopping girl. Gypsy’ssells everything from new to de-signer to vintage products. Some

products include jewelry, perfume,purses, shoes and clothes.

This store is one of the only de-signer/vintage clothes storesaround. Owner Heather Wiley wasfast to mention the open housethat the Pointe will be hosting.Gypsy’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Mon through Sat, and the storestays open later on Fri.

Angela Karing, the owner ofKaring Massage, has been open inthe Pointe since Aug. 1. This dayspa can help the shoppers relaxwith massages, body scrubs andwraps, hot stone therapy andmany other soothing practices.

Karing Massage sells packages:balance, invigorating, rejuvenatingand bliss, as well as gift certificates.With so many students arriving formassages or facials, Angela willgive 10 percent off for anyone whohas a valid student ID.

The final store located in thePointe is the Wright Place. Thishair salon has a fun, upbeat atmos-phere with music pumping in thebackground. Owner Sue Ligo hasassembled a referral system for

each of her customers. With eachreferral, the customer will receive10 percent off.

“This store is really unique,”Wright Place employee La-renRosier said. “We are very diverseand different here. With all the dif-ferent colors on the walls and theattitude here, it’s just all aboutpleasing our customers.”

The hours of the Wright Placeare a little different every day. Theworkers just smiled when askedwhat it was like to at the hair sa-lon. This store is a fun hang outplace for the customer and in-cludes a younger staff.

Overall many Westminster stu-dents have had only good things tosay about the Pointe. Several stu-dents agree that the Pointe was agreat addition to the other storeson South Market Street. The Pointeis having a ribbon cutting ceremo-ny on Oct. 31, and a Holiday ShopHop on Nov. 7-8. This is where thecommunity can come and see allthe great new things New Wilm-ington has to offer.

Pumpkin Seeds, Apples, and Drinks - Oh my!

Megan is a senior public re-lations major who is a mem-ber of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorori-ty and Dance Theater. Whenshe’s not breaking her foot,she can most likely be foundin the TUB or creeping onFacebook.

A one stop shop, get the Pointe?