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THE QUAD NEWS NOVEMBER 17, 2014

[email protected] WCU hosts anthropologist to

discuss revolutionary musicClare Haggerty

News Editor

WEIRD NEWSArkansas police have arrested a teen who led them on

a chase after he drove to take his driver’s test. When he was discovered, the suspect fled, striking a patrol

car on his way out and causing about $6,500 in damages. The chase ended when he crashed into a home, causing about $20,000 in damages. No injuries were reported.

An Idaho biology teacher is facing possible disciplin-ary action after killing and skinning a rabbit in class to show students where their food comes from. The

teacher reportedly killed the rabbit in front of 16 students by snapping its neck. The demonstration reportedly is not part of the biology curriculum.

A Florida man is in jail after allegedly robbing a Pizza Hut delivery man, only to come forward later as a wit-ness in an effort to blame his cousin. The man placed

an $107 order for pizza, bread sticks, and soda for what he said was a party. He then allegedly used a BB gun to steal all of the food and cash from the delivery man. The suspect later told police he witnessed the robbery and that his cousin was the gun-toting culprit. But police took him in for questioning, and the pizza delivery man identified him as the culprit. The suspect later said he blamed his cousin because they look alike, and he wasn’t “the only one going down for this.”

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Ho-locaust and geno-

cide studies department hosted Dr. Ingrid Bianca Byerly, an anthropolo-gist whose concentration is music, to discuss the effect of music on the an-ti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

“The government just brushed these people off,” Byerly said. “They thought musicians couldn’t do anything. That’s where the govern-

ment was wrong; music could do everything.”

Byerly, a professor at Duke University, has what she called a “dream job” as a profes-sor through the Uni-versity of Virginia’s Se-mester at Sea program, meaning that she has the opportunity to teach students about music all over the world. She was on a ship that was trav-eling around the Medi-terranean Sea in 2011, so she got to see the ef-fects of music on the Arab Spring firsthand.

Byerly, a woman with a self-proclaimed “checkered background,”

grew up on the outskirts of Cape Town in the smallest municipality in South Africa. Her par-ents raised her and her two sisters to join them in being classical musi-cians.

“Morning was Bach, afternoon was Mozart, evening was Chopin,” Byerly joked to the audi-ence.

However, Byerly said her whole life changed when her family’s maid played African dance music in the backyard.

“I don’t expect you to understand,” Byerly said. “Thanks to social media and the Internet, you can have a revolu-

tion in five minutes now-adays. But I had never heard anything like it. It just wasn’t part of my world.”

Byerly explained the dangers of insipiently introducing revolution-ary music, like an an-them. If the song’s lyr-ics are inexplicit, the government has no ap-parent reason to censor the song, but the people listening understand its significance.

“People become part of something bigger than themselves, and it’s tru-ly astonishing how mu-sicians can be agents for social change,” Byerly said.

Byerly played clips of many different kinds of music, including the original Zulu version of “The Lion Sleeps To-night,” which many people recognize from “The Lion King,” as well as some traditional Af-rikaans music, which sounded very much like a polka.

Byerly explained that young people in the 1980s, musicians in par-ticular, began rethink-ing South Africa’s role in society. According to Byerly, South Africa was portrayed as “the bully on the playground” and the social pariah of the world. Byerly then played the first Afri-kaans rock and roll song, which was about driving an ox wagon with a V6 engine and using a six-pack of beer as a seat. To many Americans, this probably seems like nothing, but to South Af-rica, a culture which val-

ued opera and classical music above all else, this was groundbreaking.

Byerly also played a clip of a song entitled “Children of the Wind,” a song about the chil-dren of South Africa. The artist who released the song released a sec-ond version of the song several years later that included African beats and syncopation. The African elements of the song get stronger as the song plays, which was mimetic of what was happening in South Af-rica.

Byerly relayed a story of when she first heard the song “Weeping” by the South African pop group Bright Blue in a bar with her college friends in Cape Town. The song used the mel-ody of the anthem for the African National Congress (ANC) political party, which was banned in apartheid South Afri-ca, but a listener really had to listen to the song in order to hear it, be-cause they used only the melody and none of the words.

Byerly’s father, a clas-sical composer, wrote an orchestral song to show a grandiose, new nation-alistic pride. The song’s debut, which was dedi-cated to a new South Africa, included 25 chil-dren’s school choirs from schools all over South Af-rica singing together on-stage. The song became very beloved among all South Africans.

“No matter what back-ground they came from, people sang this song to-

gether,” Byerly said.According to Byerly,

the road to anti-apart-heid South Africa was comprised of several waves. The first wave, in the 1950s and 1960s, was comprised mostly of disenfranchised Af-ricans who demanded a change. The second wave of the 1960s and 1970s added some of the compassionate elite and liberals to the origi-nal revolutionaries. The third wave then added insiders of the ruling party and nationalists. The final wave, which was the tipping point, came in 1989, when F.W. de Klerk, the lead-er of South Africa, lifted the ban on the ANC and released many politi-cal prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, who went on to become the first elected president of South Africa.

“You don’t know if your wave will cause Tianan-men Square or the fall of the Berlin Wall and that is the brave thing about being a part of a revolu-tion,” Byerly said.

Byerly said that one of the impressive things about the new South Af-rica is that, when he de-termined a new national anthem, rather than trying to hide South Af-rica’s history, Mandela combined the national anthem from the apart-heid era with the ANC anthem as well as some new English lyrics to make a new, all-inclu-sive, trilingual anthem.Clare Haggerty is a fourth-year stu-dent majoring in English. She can be reached at [email protected].

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WCU hosts anthropologist to discuss revolutionary music

Obama pushes for net neutrality in the United StatesBy Collin Heatley

Practicum Writer

President Barack Obama unveiled a new set of regula-

tions on Monday meant to protect “net neutral-ity,” or the idea that the Internet should remain open in terms of trans-parency and access.

Obama’s “strongest possible rules to protect” an open Internet comes as the Federal Communica-tions Commission (FCC) is preparing to establish new rules to regulate the Internet. The president strongly affirmed his po-sition against a proposal that would allow cable companies to create In-ternet “fast lanes” for

higher-paying custom-ers. Internet service pro-viders (ISPs) argue that companies like Netflix should have to pay more for larger use of band-width.

The opposition to the cable companies’ propos-al claims that it will cre-ate an Internet that fa-vors those who can afford faster service, thus end-ing the principal that all traffic on the web should be equal. Furthermore, net neutrality was imple-mented into the frame-work of the Internet at its creation.

Obama’s proposal to the FCC to protect what he called “one of the most significant democratizing

influences the world has ever known” in the Inter-net consists of four clear rules.

First, a consumer at-tempting to access a web-site with legal content has that right and ISPs cannot block his request. This way, the president said in his statement, ev-ery consumer, “not just those commercially af-filiated with an ISP, gets a fair shot at your busi-ness.”

In addition, ISPs should not “be able to intentionally slow down some content or speed up others…based on the type of service or your ISPs’ preferences,” which is called “throttling.” The

idea is that one consumer may have a different ISP than another consumer, and one may access a par-ticular website or service quicker than the other.

In his third rule, the President reaffirmed his position in support of the recently court-upheld Open Internet Transpar-ency Rule. The FCC’s rule requires “that what providers tell you about their broadband service is sufficient for you to make informed choices – including choices about speed and price.” The President’s third rule is not a new one, but a plea for the FCC to “make full use” of the transparency ruling.

The last, and most con-troversial, is that ISPs cannot prioritize a web-site or service and force them to pay more for the amount of bandwidth they use. Recently, Com-cast won a settlement with the Netflix stream-ing service, forcing Netf-lix to pay more for band-width because they use more of it. The president came out strictly against this move, and is asking the FCC to place a ban on paid prioritization.

Proponents of cable companies prioritizing Internet content said that Obama’s new regulations will impose on innovation and stifle growth with-in the ISP companies.

Telecommunications In-dustry Association CEO Scott Belcher said he was “deeply concerned” over the proposals and claimed they will “set the industry back decades.”

Many on the political right reaffirm Belcher’s position. Republican Senator Ted Cruz said on Twitter that net neu-trality is “Obamacare for the Internet.” Mitch Mc-Connell, who in January will become the Senate majority leader, claimed that Obama’s proposals are “heavy-handed regu-lation that will stifle in-novation.”Collin Heatley is a fourth-year stu-dent majoring in history. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Ongoing New GalleryLost and Found: Philadelphia Dumpster Divers On exhibit at the New Gallery in the E.O. Bull Center for the Arts through Friday, December 12. For more info see www.wcupa.edu/cvpa.

Ongoing Veteran’s CenterStockings for Soldiers Help support the troops that are overseas during the holidays by donating items that will be stuffed into stockings and sent to the troops to let them know they are in our thoughts and to remind them of home. For more info visit www.wcupa.edu/_Services/stu.slv

Ongoing Around CampusThe 18th Annual Bear Fair By donating a new teddy bear in any of the designated collection bins on campus, you can help children who are in local hospitals, living in homeless shelters, or from low-income families that can’t afford presents this holi-day by providing them with a comforting and supportive teddy bear. For more info and for bear drop-off locations, visit wcupa.edu/volunteer or contact Sierra Calaman at [email protected].

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12:30-1:30 PM Sykes 252BShould I Say Something?: Coming For-ward About Sexual Misconduct Have you wondered if you should come forward about something you experienced that seemed like sexual misconduct but you were not sure? Come to this session to learn more about what sexual misconduct covers and the avenues for reporting incidents. The presen-tation will cover all reporting options and provide resources for support both on and off campus. For more information contact the Office of Social Equity at 610-436-2433

2-3:15 PM Sykes Ballroom AWorkshop: Is Entrepreneurship For You? Workshop led by Gerald Francis, of SCORE Chester County. This seminar is designed to introduce you to various aspects of starting one. From purchasing an existing business, franchise, or just starting from scratch.

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11 AM- 3 PM Sykes Ballroom BMedical Professional’s Fair Come out and learn more about going to a professional school in the medical field. There will be representatives from medical schools, dental schools and more! For more info: [email protected]

2-3:15 PM Sykes Ballroom AWorkshop: How to Start a Business Workshop will be led by Frank Farmer, from SCORE Chester County. If you are thinking about “becoming your own boss,” this is a chance to get an overview of the things you need to know and the skills you need to have. Subjects include: organization, man-agement, location, marketing, cash flow, and sources of funding

7:15 PM Sykes 115SGA General Assembly meeting All WCU students are invited to this weekly meeting of your Student Government Association.

2:30 & 3:30 PM Sykes Theater Will my major lead to success? Presented by The Career Development Center

3:30 PM Sykes 225SAC General Meeting All WCU students are invited to the Student Activities Councilice’s weekly meetings

5:30-7:30 PM Sykes Counseling Center’s Dog Therapy Pro-gram: Meet Tucker Missing you pet from home? Need to de-stress a little? Or just enjoy the company of dogs? Come join your fellow classmates, faculty, and staff and visit with Tucker for a quick pat or for a longer visit. This program is sponsored by the Counseling Center. There are additional Dog Therapy dates with Darla, please contact the Counseling Center at 610-436-2301, for more information.

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8 PM Sykes 115Annual Trans* Memorial Service In recognition of the Transgender Day of Re-memberance, join the LGBTQA as they host a memorial service to commemorate those who have lost their lives in the Trans* com-munity due to discrimination and violence. Light refreshments will be served.

10 AM - 1 PM Philly LocationThe Professional & Diversity Job Fair of Philadelphia Free to Attend! All job seekers are welcome to attend regardless of back-ground, race, ethnicity, or gender. Positions in the following areas are typically available: Sales, Customer Service, Call Center, Man-agement, General Business, Marketing, Ad-ministrative, Retail, Government, Insurance, Banking, Engineering, Finance, Law Enforce-ment, Military, Accounting, Healthcare, IT, New Students and more

10 AM Academic QuadGIS Day Worldwide celebration of GIS Day, the annual salute to geospatial technol-ogy and its power to transform and better our lives. GIS demonstrations by GIS faculty and students. For more info: [email protected]

8 PM Ware Family Recital HallSAI Musicale Enjoy the talent of WCU’s School of Music’s professors and students

12:30 PM Sykes Ballroom AHow to Write an Effective Business Plan Workshop led by Bob Wingerter, of SCORE Chester County.This presentation focuses on what a business plan is and what it is not. The attendee will learn why the business plan is so important and how it is used to make a variety of business decisions.


8:15 PM Ware Family Recital HallGuitar Ensemble Directed by Mr. Glenn Lyons

7:30 PM Sykes TheaterTravis: A Soldier’s Story Featuring the in-spiring true story of United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne. Travis lost portions of both arms and legs as the result of an IED (improvised explosive device). Travis is one of just five quadruple-amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghani-stan to survive their injuries. The film is an intimate look into the life of a wounded soldier as he faces the unimaginable physi-cal and emotional challenges of this life-altering injury. This film co-sponsored by the WCU Veterans Center. These events are free to students, faculty, and staff. $2 for general public. Staff and faulty are welcomed and encouraged to attend. A Student Services, Inc. sponsored program in conjunction with the Student Activities Councilice.

7 PM Sykes TheaterSports, Power, and Privilege: Creating a Culture of Respect LGBTQA, the Athletic Department, and the Counseling Center are sponsoring and hosting Akil Patterson and his presentation. He will address the inter-section of Race, Faith, Sports and sexuality and creating a new culture in sports. Akil is the Youth Programs Director of Athlete Ally and former Football and Wrestling All Ameri-can.For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected].


12:30 PM Sykes Ballroom ACottrell Speaker Series: Waste Oil Recy-clers Presentation by Jim Bricker, President of Waste Oil Recyclers and WCU Alumnus Brendan Steer, Sales Director.

7- 8 PM Sykes Ballroom Autism Speaks Fundraiser Presented by Alpha Xi Delta to raise funds for Autism Speaks. Receive a game board and dinner for $5. Have some fun while contributing to a good cause. There will be raffles and prizes!

7:30 PM Merion 113Improv team Come see our unscripted comedy show! If you like Whose Line is it Anyways, you will love this! It’s an hour of laughter, and not to mention it’s free!

3 PM Hollinger Field HouseMen’s basketball vs Kutztown University

7:30 PM Women’s Center LobbyBook by Book: Building Gender EquityYes Means Yes! :Visions Of Female Sexual Power And A World Without Rape By Jaclyn Friedman And Jessica Valenti.This Collection of essays addresses the realities of living in a culture of rape,while exploring the possibili-ties of a truly empowered women’s sexual-ity based on pleasure,trust and respect.Co‐Sponsored By Gender Studies Club

8 PM Emilie K. AsplundhPresident’s Speaker Series presents Jackie Joyner-Kersee As one of the most decorated female athletes of all time, Jackie Joyner-Kersee dominated the track and field circuit for 13 years and won three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals spanning four Olympic Games during her illustrious career.

8:15 PM Madeleine Adler TheaterChamber Orchestra Enjoy all the musical numbers

9 PM Sykes Sykes After Dark: Java Jam: Open Mic In Perfect opportunity for students to showcase their talents! If you would like to guarantee your spot to perform be sure to email [email protected]! There will be prices for the top 3 performers!!!!

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7:30 PM Madeleine Adler TheaterLatin Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos Come enjoy the Latin Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos directed by Marc Jacoby.

1 PM Hollinger Field HouseWomen’s basketball vs Kutztown Univer-sity

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3:30-5:30 PM The HickmanNibbles & Sips at The Hickman Volunteers needed to help serve wine and cheese to residents. Contact Jen Harris at [email protected]

7:30 PM Madeleine Adler TheaterLiberty Winds Directed by Dr. Andrew Yoz-viak. Tickets Required. For ticket purchases please call the WCU SSI Ticket Office at 610-436-2266. For event information please call the School of Music at 610-436-2739.

7:30 & 10:30 PM Sykes TheaterSAC Movie of the Week Lucy. A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. Directed by Luc Besson.

10:30 AM- 2 PM West ChesterDeliver Thanksgiving Dinner for Friends Association Clients What a nice opportu-nity to help others in our community this time of year delivering dinner to clients at Friends Association for Care and Protection of Children, 113 W Chestnut St, West Ches-ter, PA 19380, United States Contact Robin Meixner at [email protected]

6 PM Ware Family Recital HallLeitmotif and Imaginary Geography in The Lord of the Rings Films School of Mu-sic Wilkinson Lecture Series presentation by Stephen Meyer, Professor of Music History at Syracuse University. Dr. Meyer discusses the adaptation of Wagnerian leitmotif technique in the film music of the Lord of the Rings tril-ogy. For more info:[email protected]

Ongoing Knauer Art GalleryArt Exhibit: Wireless Artist, Milton Fried-ly’s art exhibit on display in the Knauer Art Gallery in Swope Music Building through Friday, December 19.

2 PM Sykes Ballroom ACottrell Center Speaker Series: Corpo-rate Interiors Presentation by Janice Leone, Founder and CEO of Corporate Interiors West Chester University Entrepreneur in Residence 2014-2015

11 AM- 3 PM Malvern, PAPropulsion Media Labe Intern Expo & Open House Tour the Facilities, get face time with the Company Owner, and GM Meet the Production Staff Learn about the Intern-ship Experience Call or email today to Reserve your Place! 610.640.4040 Presented by The Career Development Center

5:30 PM Hollinger Field HouseWomen’s basketball vs Millersville Uni-versity

5:30 PM Sykes Ballroom AWCU Global Entrepreneurship Week Re-ception Distinguished Speakers: Dave and Nancy Gansky.

7:30 PM Hollinger Field HouseMen’s basketball vs Millersville University

2 PM Sykes Ballroom AThe Social+Mobile Equation This work-shop focuses on understanding the Link Between Social Marketing and Mobile Marketing. Workshop led by Judith Lee, of SCORE Chester County. In this presentation attendees will learn how social media and mobile technology are linked, how mobile has changed social marketing, and trends in mobile search and browsing.

4-7 PM Knauer Art GalleryArt Exhibit: Wireless Reception Celebrate artist, Milton Friedly’s art exhibit on display in the Knauer Art Gallery in Swope Music Building through Friday, December 19.



3 PM Madeleine Adler TheaterIrving H. Cohen Memorial Concert Di-rected by Dr. Ovidiu Marinescu. Tickets Re-quired. For ticket purchases please call the WCU SSI Ticket Office at 610-436-2266. For event information please call the School of Music at 610-436-2739.

7 PM Ware Family Recital HallGraduate Chamber Recital Conducted by Will Hillegeist.

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The QuadNOVEMBER 17, 2014 THE QUAD OP-ED PAGE 5

As the weather gets cooler, people start staying inside and the de-mand for hot chocolate dramatically increases. Christmas jingles are already in the air and we’re all eagerly looking forward to deli-

cious Thanksgiving Day dinners.

After Thanksgiving, we just have one short week of class then one week of finals before winter break. It’s scary to think that the fall semester is almost over; it seems like it just started!

Let’s enjoy the final few weeks of school, many campus clubs and orga-nizations are planning end of semester events. The English club, for ex-ample, is hosting an open mic night in Sykes on December 9th, from 9 to 11. Why not take a much-needed break, check out the calendar and find a few events? College only comes once, and there is no other place like the University to find a plethora of events.

Adam FarenceEditor-In-Chief

THE QUAD OP-ED NOVEMBER 17, 2014

“Choose a job you like, and you’ll never work a

day in your life.” Often-times, however, there is one thing standing between you and that dream job: the dreaded interview. I have been on multiple in the past month, applying for in-ternships. Some have been face to face, others over the phone. From per-sonal experience, I have compiled a list of the top five ways to nail any in-terview.

1. Dress for success: While the saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is a guideline I try and live by, when interview-ing, it might help to try and look like a diction-ary (metaphorically, of course). Look like the young professional you are! Men, it’s time to drag your dusty prom suit out of the attic, tie and all. Trim your facial hair, and repeat after me: BLACK SOCKS. Not white socks, not Christmas socks, not your lucky Eagles game day socks: black socks. Ladies - avoid tight out-fits, heavy makeup, chunky jewelry, and large handbags. Steer towards fitted (yes, there is a dif-ference between “tight” and “fitted”) pants, and skirts that go below the knee. A collared shirt is always a safe bet, and a blazer is a must. Stay away from bold colors as well, and stick to the neu-tral spectrum.

Pick your outfit ahead

of time, so you are not scrambling to find some-thing appropriate the morning of. Keep in mind, even if you are interview-ing at Dick’s Sporting Goods, a backwards ball cap should never be part of your ensemble.

2. Research, research, research: Research the company you are inter-viewing for. This is the top complaint of employers in-terviewing potential (col-lege graduate) employees- that they do not know the first thing about the com-pany. Know their mission statement, their services, who they cater to (what kind of customers), etc. Look at their outside ac-tivities; do they engage in nonprofit work? Are they environmentally friendly? What kind of employees do they tend to hire? What is work environment like? Use this information to answer the “Why do you want to work here?” ques-tion that will surely fol-low. It is also important to know the name of and requirements needed of the position you are going for within the company.

3. Practice Makes Per-fect: Interviews are in-timidating- there’s no way around it. Settle your nerves by answer-ing practice questions. A popular interview tech-nique among employees is known as SBO (Situation, Behavior, Analysis). In-terviewers ask a question such as “Tell me about a time when you used your persuasion skills to influ-ence someone’s decision.” It is intended you answer in the SBO format: ex-plain the Situation; ex-

plain how you Behaved (your actions); what was the Outcome? You can find a list of practice SBO interview question on the WCU Career Develop-ment Center website - I strongly suggest checking it out!

4. First impressions: We don’t get a second chance to make a first impres-sion, so make sure yours counts. Smile and shake hands with everyone in the office. If there are other people being inter-viewed, smile and engage in conversation. Unbe-knownst to some, your in-terview starts the second you walk in the company door. If you say during the actual interview you are an extremely, friend-ly, talkative person, they know you are lying if you did not say one word to anyone in the waiting room. Make direct eye contact with your inter-viewer when speaking. On your way out, remem-ber to shake hands, smile, and say thank you.

5. Follow up: After your interview, send an email to your interviewer thank-ing them for their time. Reflect on something that happened during the in-terview that proves why you will be great for the job. Do this within 48 hours after your inter-view.

Follow the tips above to score your dream job, and you will be on your way to never working a day in your life! Ashley Cantasano is a third-year student who is majoring in mar-keting and adverisement. She can be reached at [email protected].

By Ashley CantasanoStaff Writer

West Chester suggests new career opportunities for growing student body

I like living in the past. It’s not necessarily an embarrassing or dra-

matic confession, but it does feel relieving to put it out in the open. I guess you could say I’m nostal-gic at heart, and my rea-soning for being that way is simple. In a way, it feels safer to relive occurrences and memories that took place in the past rather than to place thought on the present and future.

As comforting as this habit of mine may be, it can be detrimental. Often, I will find myself second-guessing past decisions I’ve made and steps I have taken in my life. I know, not so beneficial, right? But we all partake in this somewhat self-destructive activity from time to time, so there has to be a little leeway given to oneself.

This past week, I have been doing a lot of think-ing, both in the present moments and in the past

as well, and I’ve come to a conclusion. Living in the past can be a slightly dan-gerous thing to do, and should only occur spar-ingly so as not to become a habit.

And a habit is the last thing you want it to turn into. During the nights that I can’t seem to sleep (which are gradually in-creasing as the stress level is mounting), I lay in bed as the wheels in my mind spin and spin. I tend to replay scenarios in my head and substitute them with idealized versions that I’ve had time to come with. The whole process is a complete waste of time and it only succeeds in making me feel bad about my decisions. I’ve realized over the course of this past week that it’s just not worth doing anymore. Honestly, what’s the point in working yourself up over something that you can’t change anyway?

By Rachel Alfiero Staff Writer

So It Goes.So I’ve made a resolu-

tion of sorts to try and live more in the present from now on. It all starts with self-awareness. From now on, every time I feel my-self slipping into old ten-dencies, I’ll make myself think about something good that is happening in my life right now. Like the great friends that I have supporting me, and fam-ily back home, and even the fact that I’m at college (even though it’s not al-ways great).

So now that I’ve got that confession off of my chest, I can just throw it into the past and out of sight. I’m not saying I won’t remi-nisce anymore, that’s for certain. But I will say that the days of me dwelling on my past are…well, in the past. Till next time, so it goes.Rachel Alfiero is a second-year student majoring in communica-tion studies. She can be reached at [email protected].

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In “West Chester stu-dents reluctant to vote” [Quad, Nov 10, p 6.], Tom Mandracchia expresses the fashionable cynicism that makes students a non-factor in most elec-tions. He demands that we refrain from telling him that he is doing something wrong by not vot-ing. Tom, you are doing something wrong by not voting. You are screwing yourself and your fellow students by placing you and them in an ineffec-tual demographic that has no voice in the alloca-tion of public money. The result has been a steady decrease in funding for public higher education, in which I, as a faculty

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In “West Chester stu-dents reluctant to vote” [Quad, Nov 10, p 6.], Tom Mandracchia expresses the fashionable cynicism that makes students a non-factor in most elec-tions. He demands that we refrain from telling him that he is doing something wrong by not vot-ing. Tom, you are doing something wrong by not voting. You are screwing yourself and your fellow students by placing you and them in an ineffec-tual demographic that has no voice in the alloca-tion of public money. The result has been a steady decrease in funding for public higher education, in which I, as a faculty

member, and you, as a student have very signifi-cant stakes.

Whatever you or I may think of them, it is the people who get elected who get to decide whether to direct funding to higher education, or to give it se-

nior citizens, or the prison system. If a state rep, or senator, or governor wants to stay in office, he or she has to avoid pissing off the people who vote. So when it comes to a compe-tition for the bucks, you lose because you do noth-

Letter to the Editoring to make them afraid of you.

It does not matter much who you vote for, or whether you even fill out the ballot. If they can expect you to show up at the polls, they will have to weigh your interests into

their decisions. If you don’t vote, they have to give priority to some-one else. The pro-cess is not pretty. It does not always work. But fash-ionable cynicism

will do nothing to main-tain reasonable levels of tuition, quality instruc-tion, and the reputation of your degree.

Roger Barth, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry

“You are screwing yourself and your fellow students by placing you and them in an ineffectual

demographic that has no voice in the allocation of public money.”

The Quad welcomes letters to the editor from all students, faculty, alumni. Since 1932, we have been acting as a medium for West Chester Universtity to provide the news, as well as granting an open forum for which all students, faculty, and alumni may write letters to the editor

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Adopt-a-Family this holiday season

In the Greater Phila-delphia area, there are thousands of families

suffering from the devas-tating effects of cancer. For many, the conse-quences of cancer reach far beyond health prob-lems. With tens of thou-sands of dollars spent on chemotherapy, radiation, and other treatments, it can be near impossible for families to afford the rest of their household bills. This holiday season, it is possible to make those families’ holidays a little better with the Adopt-a-Family Program.

Bringing Hope Home is a charity which donates money to families suf-fering from cancer in the Great Philadelphia area. Many of those donations come through its Adopt-a-Family Program.

The Adopt-a-Family Program began in 2011 when Bringing Hope Home realized how much additional support fami-lies needed during the hol-idays. It pairs organiza-tions and supporters with actual families. When an organization signs up to adopt a family, they sign up to either pay their fam-ily’s household bills dur-ing the holiday season or to buy gifts for the fam-ily. Bringing Hope Home then sends them a card introducing them to their family.

Last year, the Adopt-a-Family Program raised $130,000 monetarily and over $75,000 in gift dona-tions.

Pledges for the Adopt-a-Family Program can be $500, which will pay an adopted family’s gas and electric bills. This essen-tial donation will keep their home warm this winter.

A donation of $1,500 will cover one month of household bills, including lights, heat, and phone. This will also keep food on their table.

A $3,000 pledge adopts two families and is enough

for a month of both of their bills.

Instead of paying bills, organizations can pledge to participate in the gift drive instead. This is a great option for people who enjoy picking out gifts. They will be given a specific family including gift requests, which are typically $100 per person. Some families request gift cards. If requested, Bringing Hope Home sometimes allows organi-zations to personally de-

liver gifts to their adopted family.

The gift drive is a par-ticularly popular option for West Chester Uni-versity clubs, as it allows them to make a difference without needing to raise as much money as paying bills requires.

In the past, people have donated nice winter coats, play kitchens, Xboxes, and more.

Caitlin Mahon, the De-velopment Coordinator at Bringing Hope Home said, “Supporters really connect with the families they adopt and more often than not go the extra mile

to spoil their adopted family.”

Many organiza-tions on campus raise money for this cause, referring to their ad-opted families as “hol-iday families.” West Chester University’s Abbé Society often fundraises hundreds of dollars for a holi-day family.

WCU Circle K is also donating all of the proceeds from any fall fun-draisers to a holiday fam-ily. Circle K’s fundraisers have included bake sales, Pita Pit fundraisers, car washes, and more.

Families are chosen through the Light of Hope Family Grant Pro-gram. Those applying for the grant must live in the Greater Philadelphia area. Those who are nom-inated must, of course, be diagnosed cancer patients actively receiving treat-

ment. Families must be nominated by a mem-ber of the oncology team, which can include a social worker, clinician, doctor, or nurse. The grant is a one-time payment of bills, directly to the vendor.

The Adopt-a-Family Program runs from No-vember 1 to the end of the year. If you want to get involved, you can adopt a family now or plan for next holiday season. You can also get involved with the Bringing Hope Home club on West Chester’s campus. Talk to the exec-utive officers in your own clubs about fundraising for Bringing Hope Home.

There is also a Young Professionals HOPE Net-work, a Miles of HOPE Club, and many other Bringing Hope Home events that you can join or attend. You can also par-ticipate in Giving Tuesday on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Check out bhh.donorpages.com/givingtuesday for more info!

Organizations or indi-viduals interested in get-ting involved can email Caitlin Mahon at [email protected]

The Bringing Hope Home slogan is: “unex-pected amazingness for families with cancer.” This holiday season, the Adopt-a-Family does just that. It brings amazing-ness – in the form of paid bills and gifts – to families who desperately need it.

“It’s truly inspiring to see the community come together to help families going through a tough time,” Mahon said. “Stu-dents should definitely join in on the unexpected amazingness through in-volvement in our Students Bringing HOPE Program! It’s a great opportunity for any club or group of friends to come together make a huge impact on a local family with cancer.”

Theresa Kelly is a third-year stu-dent majoring in English literature secondary education. She can be reached at [email protected].

Chi Upsilon Sigma to host “Week

of Wisdom”By Kirsty Palo

Practicum Writer

Chi Upsilon Sigma, a Latin based sorority on campus that is

committed to empowering women, will be hosting the “Week of Wisdom.” Each event each day that will encourage women to bet-ter themselves. Chi Up-silon Sigma is concerned with four main values: so-cial, cultural, political and educational awareness.

The “Week of Wisdom” events will run Monday through Friday and will take place in Sykes.

It will start with Mon-day’s multicultural night titled “Take the Lead.” The members of Chi Up-silon will be personally teaching the three top Latin dances: bachata, salsa, and merengue.

This night of dancing is being sponsored by the Latino American Student Organization and also the Caribbean American Leading Young Profes-sional Organization, and will take place in Sykes ballroom at 6:30 p.m.

The sorority will also host a self-defense class Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. taught by Jon Brill, who is one of WCU’s Pub-lic Safety officers.

As Chi Upsilon mem-ber Genesis Mateo added, “there have been so many incidents occurring on and around campus, and we want women to feel safe whether they’re walking to class or walking home at night.”

On Wednesday night, the sorority will be having a “Hashtag and Retweet” event at 8:00 p.m. in room 252 B in Sykes that will detail how social media

can affect one’s future job prospects. Employers now use the Internet to see if they can find any inap-propriate information on their future employees, and Chi Upsilon thinks it is important to remind women that they should be conveying themselves on social media in the same fashion that they would convey themselves in an interview.

“Expresso” will take place on Thursday, which will be a Chi Upsilon in-formational meeting. This night will be a night of meet and greets and learning about what the organization does and stands for. Mateo made sure to note that the meet-ing has “homey feeling-not a lecture.” Be sure to check out the informa-tional meeting if you have any interest in joining the organization. It will be a fun way to learn more.

Concluding the “Week of Wisdom,” on Friday, the members of Chi Upsilon will be having one of their famous bake sales for their CUSSIE cupcakes (CUSSIE is Chi Upsilon Sigma’s nickname). They will be playing music and selling cupcakes for $1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sykes, and all proceeds will go to supporting the I Have A Dream Founda-tion (IHAD).

If you are on the fence about joining this soror-ity, or just looking to find out more, there is reason enough to “come and em-brace yourself in a culture that’s outside your own,” said Mateo.

Kirsty Palo is a fourth-year student majoring in English with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

Theresa KellyFeatures Editor

Photo courtesy of Bringing Hope Home

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Chi Upsilon Sigma to host “Week

of Wisdom”

Golden Rams Society seeks members

The Golden Ram So-ciety is currently accepting applica-

tions from now until the early part of December for representatives. Po-tential candidates should be highly motivated, dedicated to the growth and development of West Chester University, as well as engaged on cam-pus through a variety of organizations and clubs.

Every year, around this time, the Society recruits new members and prom-ises each individual an opportunity to not only make some extra money, but an opportunity to meet and work alongside some of the University’s most influential individu-als.

Being a part of the Golden Ram Society is a great way to add value to a resume and network with prominent people. The pure nature of the job

carries a great stature of responsibility once one as-sumes the role. Members are expected to represent West Chester University’s student body in front of alumni, current and po-tential students, faculty and staff, and the friends and family of everyone af-filiated with the Universi-ty. Students of the Golden Ram Society are essen-tially liaisons between the WCU student body and other inside or outside ac-tors.

The prestigious job title and job description does not emphasize how fun and exciting this opportu-nity can be. As a member, you attend some of the campus’s biggest gather-ings and enjoy meeting some interesting people that once were students of this very same campus and community.

Representatives also act as a guest or facilita-tor at premiere events with premiere guests with

By Shawn K. TrawickSpecial to the Quad

premiere food and enter-tainment. The experience that comes with being in the Golden Ram Society is a priceless one and opens up your door of opportuni-ty in more ways than one.

In addition to good times and a highly re-garded position title, the Golden Ram Society pays. For every twenty hours completed, students are awarded a $250 scholar-ship that is credited to their account through the Bursar Office. The schol-arship automatically pays any outstanding debts, and the difference goes into your pocket. Students are allowed to complete up to twenty hours each semester, for a total of forty in the year.

I strongly recommend students to inquire more about the position. The application is a short one that asks the standard set of application questions and requires an essay statement in response to

a hypothetical ques-tion and a letter of r e c o m m e n d a t i o n from a professional source. Likely can-didates also demon-strate strong aca-demic standing and involvement with some other student organization or club. It has been a year since I joined the Golden Ram Society and the experience has been nothing short of beneficial. Take the time and visit wcufoundation.org to learn more or submit an applica-tion.

Shawn K. Trawick is a third-year student majoring in communication studies and political science. He can be reached at [email protected].

Have a successful Black Friday

By Abby GossStaff Writer

From late Thanksgiv-ing night to early Friday morning,

shoppers will be losing sleep in hopes of finding all the best deals. Black Friday has become a huge deal in our society.

For some people, it’s a fun thrilling experi-ence to compete for all the best deals and for others, it’s the only way they can afford gifts for their family and friends this holiday season. What-ever your reason for shop-ping may be, I did some research myself to save you time and help you find some great deals.

Need to purchase elec-tronics? Look no further than Target. The doors open at 8 p.m. Thanks-giving night. So after you enjoy your turkey dinner, you can head to Target for some major deals.

One great special they are offering is $97 dol-lar Dr. Dre Beats head-phones. They were a very popular gift last year and are great for any music lover. They are also of-fering the new Beats Stu-dio headphones for only $249.99.

For any gamer you know, the Xbox One Plus is the perfect gift. It is on

sale for $329, plus you re-ceive a free $50 target gift card with purchase. Tar-get also has other amaz-ing deals such as a $100 Nikon camera, $89 Apple TV, and a $69 tablet.

Want to get your shop-ping done Thursday eve-ning? Kohl’s is opening at 6 p.m. They are of-fering some great deals storewide. For every $50 you spend, you get $15 in Kohl’s cash. They have some electronic deals such as a $99.99 32” Direct LED HDTV, a $179.99 Beats Pill, $39.99 iHome, $99.99 HP tablet, and $129.99 Xbox 360. They also have great deals, as usual, on clothing for the whole family.

Also, they are offering

great deals on jewelry such as $39.99 Sterling Silver necklaces and 50 percent off all fashion jew-elry. So gentlemen, if you need to get that special someone a gift, Kohl’s is not a bad place to check out.

Your one-stop shop

for dress apparel is defi-nitely Macy’s. They open at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving night. They are offering buy one get one free ju-nior’s apparel and $19.99 Rampage boots. For him, they have $79.99 Tommy Hilfiger coats and $19.99 dress shirts or ties. And if you decide to get yourself a little something, they have $9.99 kitchen utili-ties, such as toasters or griddles, that you could use in your apartment or dorm.

If you are not much of a shopper and still wish to get some great deals, I am sure there will be lots of online discounts on Cyber Monday. Or if you wish to brave the Black

Friday crowd, I know from per-sonal experience that the malls are always sig-nificantly less crowded than the large depart-ment stores. I wish you all a safe and happy shopping experi-ence!

Abby Goss is a first-year student majoring in English with a minor in journalism. She can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @Abby-Goss.

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Good Cause Café raises money for Project ONE

From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 11 through Nov. 13, the Abbé

Society held the annual Good Cause Café in the Sykes ballrooms. The Good Cause Café, a char-ity book and bake sale,

raised $2,300 for Chester County’s Project ONE.

Upon walking into Sykes ballrooms during Monday’s setup, it was quickly apparent that the Good Cause Café was a complex affair. With around a dozen tables set

up and hundreds of books to sort by genre, the vol-unteers had their work cut out for them.

No matter what man-power such a fundraiser takes to organize, the Good Cause Café was a welcoming event. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, students were able to stream into the ballrooms and look at

books. B o o k s

r a n g e d from twen-ty-five cents to two dol-lars. There were nonfic-tion books, m y s t e r -ies, novels, ch i ldren ’s books, best-s e l l e r s , r e l i g i o u s books, and more. The

bake sale included fudge, brownies, cookies, and more.

Nearly sixty volun-teers set up the event and worked it from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday through Thursday. On Friday, from 9 a.m. to 11

a.m., volunteers helped to pack up the remain-ing books. The Abbé Society volunteers also put in additional work organizing book pickups.

The Abbé So-ciety, an organi-zation on cam-pus dedicated to community service, has been the mastermind behind the event for the past two years. Before then, the Of-fice of Service Learning ran the event for around 12 years to support Proj-ect ONE.

Sarah Walker, a junior, was the official chair of the event this year. She reached out to faculty and staff, stu-dents, and local bookstores for donations for the event.

When asked what her expe-rience as chair was like, Sarah said, “It has honestly been one of the most gratifying things I have ever done, getting to meet so many people from our communi-ty who are willing to help out with such a great proj-ect. It was very inspiring to have so many volun-teers come out to help and to experience all of the support that faculty, staff, and student organizations have given to this event.”

Circle K, Alpha Phi Omega, NSSHLA, the Honors Student Associa-tion, the Friar’s Society, and many other organiza-tions also volunteered.

While several volun-teers worked the check-out tables and the bake

Theresa KellyFeatures Editor

Find your housing quicklyBy Lindsey VernickSpecial to the Quad

Every fall means a few things to college students: Hallow-

een, colder weather, and homecoming. But to West Chester students, it also means finding your hous-ing for next year.

For some crazy reason, all of the off-campus hous-ing landlords decide that a few months into school, students should be decid-ing where they are going to live for the following year. It’s the beginning of the new school year, how can you know exactly who you want to live with for the next year and where? For some people, it is easy because they already have a house, but others have no idea where to start. Here are a few tips from someone who has gone through the process a few times now.

When you’re looking to move off-campus for the first time, it can be really scary. There are so many different places and you’re not sure where to start. First, you need to know how many roommates your go-ing to living with, how many bedrooms you want, and how much mon-ey you’re willing to spend a month.

One of the best places in West Chester that I personally had a great experience with is Off-Campus Housing. I cur-rently rent from them now and they have been more than helpful. Before signing our lease, one of the people from the of-fice sat down with us and carefully went over the entire lease, which I later learned that a lot of land-lords don’t even let you

see the lease. Whenever there is a

problem they are always more than eager to help. All of their houses are also very close to campus.

The one bad side about them is that their houses go faster than any other places in town, so if you want to rent from them, you need to get there the day it opens!

This year, I signed a lease for next year for a different house than I am in right now. My room-mates and I went to look at countless houses, got up at 6 a.m. to wait outside Jake’s Bar to try to sign a lease that we were too late for and called count-less numbers of landlords in the area.

I can’t express to you how hard it is to find a house that you like, fits your budget, and hasn’t already been taken. But we finally found a house

that is perfect for our bud-get and us.

The biggest thing I have learned from all of this is that you can’t delay on finding a house because the good ones will be gone in a second. Girls will wake up at 2 a.m. and camp out outside an office just to sign a lease and be ready to give a security deposit as soon as you find your house.

Lindsey Vernick is a second-year student majoring in communica-tion studies. She can be reached at [email protected].

sale table, others circled the event. Those volun-teers helped customers and continued to sort through books to keep them organized.

“Thank you to the cam-

pus community for their support of Good Cause Café and Project ONE,” Walker said.

On Thursday, because it was the last day of the event, people were able to buy a bag of books for only

five dollars or a whole box for a mere ten dollars.

Project ONE, the ben-eficiary of the event, pro-vides counseling, health services, housing informa-tion, food, and wellness services to individuals liv-ing with HIV/AIDS in and around Chester County. Project ONE is only about eight blocks from campus. The mission of Family Service of Chester County is “to promote the wellbe-ing of families and indi-viduals and to advocate for change.”

Theresa Kelly is a third-year stu-dent majoring in English literature secondary education. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Grant Kirkehope, pop punk band Fall Out Boy, and metal band System of a Down. These influences can be seen in a preference for thicker guitar tones and fast-paced drums, but also the occasional dab-bling of synthesizers gov-erned by the overall de-meanor of a musician that loves to have fun, a trait that years of training and practice do not at all in-terfere with.

September 2013 saw the release of Sydney Fail-ure, the first ful l - length Allison had released un-der his name alone. In its roughly half-hour run time, Sydney managed to cap off Alli-son’s fresh-man year of college by showcasing a hodge-podge of genres and instrumen-tal talents, from the bossa nova bass of “Max Beaver” to the extended jam sessions of the molten metal closer

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Jeffrey’s JamsThis week: Artist biography of Ed Allison

Jeffrey HolmesCopy Editor

Fans of 1994’s end-lessly quotable, toilet humor romp

“Dumb and Dumber” should think twice be-fore being swayed by the recent negative critical reception of its follow up sequel “Dumb and Dumb-er To,” a comedy that’s taken 20 years to move into production. After all, it’s not like the original 1994 film wasn’t criti-cally panned during its initial release, only gain-ing cult and commercial status many years later. Recently, people seem to be mentally re-writing history when it comes to the critics’ reception of the writer/directors Bob-by and Peter Farrelly’s farcical road-trip debut. Sure, the film is deemed a comedic masterpiece now-adays, but back then it was largely shunned and dismissed as garbage. So are they wrong about this one too?

I’ll hereby confess that the original “Dumb and Dumber,” despite its stu-pidity, is something of a lowbrow comedy clas-sic in my eyes. I suspect it’s a film many of us have grown up on, which made the anticipation of this sequel all the more nerve-wracking. Would it be a worthy follow up, would it be bad, or, worst case scenario, would it be nearly as unendurable as that direct-to-DVD 2003 film that won’t be talked about here? I dreaded seeing the hilarious slap-stick duo of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels embar-rass themselves all these years later, especially reprising two of the most beloved goofball charac-ters of all time.

The opening scene re-veals that Lloyd’s (Jim Carrey) been comatose for nearly 20 years, all

Stepping into West Chester University’s music program as a

major for voice, student Ed Allison’s steady diet of Patent Pending and Fall Out Boy could not have possibly prepared him for the exponential growth he would soon undergo, transforming him into the multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist he is to-day, consistently covering ground from pop to R&B to a capella to video game music. The weekly sched-ule for this West Chester junior includes singing for West Chester University’s Mastersingers ensemble, as well as in two separate a capella groups: the co-ed Under a Rest as well as the all-male tour de force the Suspensions. Aside from contributing vocals, he also plays drums and percussion in local experi-mental rock band House of Shunyata. The ques-tion clearly worth exam-ining is as follows: what kind of trajectory must one musician follow to have so many bases cov-ered simultaneously?

Ed Allison’s formative years as a musician be-gan when he was a young middle school student, forming Bored Out of Our Minds, a metal band, with his two friends, percus-

sionist Nate Beuschlein and bassist Ian Young as well as his brother and guitarist / vocalist Louis Allison in their hometown of East York, Pa. While the boys quickly changed their genre to a guitar-laden and bass-driven pop punk, they would proceed to write a slew of songs together that they would play at local venues during their entire high school career. Perhaps the most impressive feat Bored accomplished was one of dedication, as its members were commit-ted enough to each other as band to finish their last shows this past summer.

Aside from his main project in a band, Allison would record solo songs and covers on his own in his spare time, a practice that, while done sparsely, is still a part of his work-load today. This is where his expansive palette as a musician shines the most, working on everything from an a capella arrange-ment of Bruno Mars’ “Go-rilla” to a rock mash-up of the themes from popular Nickelodeon television shows “Drake and Josh” and “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.”

Considering influences and favorite artists is vi-tal when considering Ed as a composer, arranger, and multi-instrumental-ist. Some of his favorite musicians include come-dian “Weird” Al Yankov-ich, video game composer

“For the Love of Lawyers.” This collection of tracks skyrocketed him to his sophomore year at West Chester, where joining the Suspensions and later Under a Rest, two of the school’s a capella groups, took his control and tech-nique as a vocalist to even higher levels.

Currently, Ed plans on finishing his last three se-mesters as a music educa-tion major and will then go to teach either chorus or drumline at the high school level. His current level of musicianship is a blend of classical training with pop vocal styles that is pulled off with finesse.

Needless to say, settling down with a full-time job as an instructor will not stop this musician from continuing to venture off onto his own, learning and playing new styles of mu-sic as often as he can.

Jeffrey Holmes is a third-year stu-dent double majoring in English and philosophy. He can be reached [email protected].

Top Ten Artists

of the Week6. Flying Lotus “You’re Dead”

RIYL: Nosaj Thing, Gold

Panda, Shlohmo

7. Cold War Kids “Hold My Home” RIYL: The Strokes, Lo-

cal Natives, The National

8. S “Cool Choices” RIYL: Karen O, Band of Hors-

es, Sharon Van Etten

9. TEAM “Good Morning Bad Day” RIYL: Hellogoodbye, Manchester

Orchestra, The Sun and the Sea

10. King Tuff “Black Moon Spell” RIYL: Ty Segall, The Kinks, Witch

1. Sleater-Kinney “Start Together” RIYL: Screaming Females, Son-

ic Youth, The Breeders

2. From Indian Lakes “Absent Sounds” RIYL: As Tall As Lions, Lyd-

ia, Circa Survive

3. Panda Bear “Mr Noah EP” RIYL: Animal Collective, Dan Dea-

con, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks

4. Dads “I’ll Be the Tornado” RIYL: American Foot-

ball, Pity Sex, Tigers Jaw

5. Stars “No One is Lost” RIYL: The Blow, Tanlines, Givers

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 THE QUAD ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 15

Forget critics: “Dumb and Dumber To” delivers on laughsRob GabeStaff Writer

Fans of 1994’s end-lessly quotable, toilet humor romp

“Dumb and Dumber” should think twice be-fore being swayed by the recent negative critical reception of its follow up sequel “Dumb and Dumb-er To,” a comedy that’s taken 20 years to move into production. After all, it’s not like the original 1994 film wasn’t criti-cally panned during its initial release, only gain-ing cult and commercial status many years later. Recently, people seem to be mentally re-writing history when it comes to the critics’ reception of the writer/directors Bob-by and Peter Farrelly’s farcical road-trip debut. Sure, the film is deemed a comedic masterpiece now-adays, but back then it was largely shunned and dismissed as garbage. So are they wrong about this one too?

I’ll hereby confess that the original “Dumb and Dumber,” despite its stu-pidity, is something of a lowbrow comedy clas-sic in my eyes. I suspect it’s a film many of us have grown up on, which made the anticipation of this sequel all the more nerve-wracking. Would it be a worthy follow up, would it be bad, or, worst case scenario, would it be nearly as unendurable as that direct-to-DVD 2003 film that won’t be talked about here? I dreaded seeing the hilarious slap-stick duo of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels embar-rass themselves all these years later, especially reprising two of the most beloved goofball charac-ters of all time.

The opening scene re-veals that Lloyd’s (Jim Carrey) been comatose for nearly 20 years, all

for no reason at all other then to pull-off the great-est practical joke of all time on his old buddy and pal, Harry (Jeff Daniels). After hearing news that Harry’s in need of an ur-gent kidney transplant, the pair set out on the road in attempt to reunite with his long-lost, 18 year old daughter in hopes that she’ll provide a spare. But very much like the origi-nal, plot is irrelevant, its only serving purpose be-ing a vessel to highlight the primitive, gross-out antics of two naive, vulgar clowns.

With the omission of much falsely ridiculed, but still not all that spectacu-lar, “Hall Pass” (2011), The Farrelly Brothers have been on a downward slope of unfunny swing-and-misses for the past decade. Former fans have denounced them as past their heyday, and I’ve been inclined to agree. I thought, whatever good was to come out of this re-uniting was most likely to derive from the very tal-ented and farcical match of Carrey and Daniels. While “Dumb and Dumb-er To” doesn’t even come close to matching the pinnacle of silliness and bathroom humor that was the original ‘94 film, it’s outright unbelievable how much it manages to pro-vide gut-busting howls of laughter, at least it did at the screening I attended.

As expected, gifted funny men Carrey and Daniels elevate the rather one-noted material to sat-isfactory standards, turn-ing what could have been an unbearable experience into a more pleasant and harmless one, a nostal-gic trip down memory lane with two old friends. They’ve resurrected Lloyd and Harry through every seemingly insignificant detail and mannerism, almost as if they’ve never

stopped studying these roles for the past decades.

Luckily, this follow up doesn’t give-in to the one, unforgivable sequel trend: Being a rehash that pos-sesses no original gags of its own, referencing the original film rapid fire and without shame ev-ery chance it gets. There are references to the ‘94 film, but these nods feel welcomed, rather then unoriginal and lacking inspiration (Jeff Daniels lets his plumber’s crack show several times). Addi-tionally, it helps that the film has quite a number of its own punch lines to jux-tapose all the fan-serving hat-tips.

There are, however, a collection of indefen-sible detractors that take away from the film, a real shame because given some tweaking, “Dumb and Dumber To” had po-tential to be another clas-sic. Visually, this is one of the ugliest films in re-cent memory. There’s a lifeless appearance to it that seems to mimic an SNL-skit, especially in the presence of the indoor sets. During the credits, clips of the ‘94 film are ac-tually held up as compari-

son to clips of the sequel, making it all the more ap-parent. The original, shot on 35mm film, while not some type of visual tour de force, was a real road-trip movie that had a gen-uine aura of cross-country traveling in America. “Dumb and Dumber To” is displayed as cartoon-ish, occupying an almost self-parodying Mad-TV cheapness. It’s quite un-fortunate that my biggest quibble against the film is the cinematography, something that could’ve been easily fixed if they’d hired a better photogra-pher or just shot on ac-tual film. There’s also a soundtrack contributed by Australian electronic mu-sic duo Empire of the Sun that’s tonally ill-suited, a mixture of Foster the People and MGMT that’ll have you craving tunes of the ‘94 soundtrack featur-ing artists such as The Primitives, Pete Droge, or Gigolo Aunts. The Sons track, “Too Much Of A Good Thing,” makes a pleasing appearance how-ever.

Another, slightly more forgivable, concern is the mischaracterization of Carrey’s character, Lloyd.

Lloyd is somewhat mean-spirited this go-around, a character trait that does not fall in line with the ‘94 film (Some folks will argue he behaved like that in the inferior Un-rated edition released on Blu-ray). These guys have always been unapologeti-cally crass, but under-neath they’ve always re-mained sweet spirits. In fact, the whole film has a bit of a cruel edge to it, when something with more heart would’ve been preferred. There’s also a lack of a real threat of danger, something the ‘94 film played with relatively seriously.

Furthermore, the film arrives at borderline ab-surdity every so often. One instance has Lloyd and Harry bathing in a toxic sewer waste only lat-er to be emitting a radiant green glow. The original, save one toenail trimming scene taken to extremes, was firmly planted in re-ality. It’s not that these situations aren’t funny, but a far more grounded approach would’ve been favored. Also, with the ex-ception of Carry and Dan-iels, the rest of the cast members turn in pretty

bland performances, only one being outright cringe worthy by actress Rachel Melvin who plays Daniel’s daughter. She’s no Mary Samsonite. It’s really in-consequential since the film truly belongs to Car-rey and Daniels, and ev-eryone else is practically a stand-in.

“Dumb and Dumber To” offers slap-stick ga-lore throughout its entire runtime. It falls under the category of guilty pleasures such as “Dude Where’s My Car,” “Harold and Kumar,” and “Deuce Bigalow,” and I feel I’m being awfully generous to-wards this film, but I had a fun time with it. It by no means fits the defini-tion of a “good” film, but it managed to keep a smile on my face throughout, on multiple occasions having the audiences and myself bursting into uncontrol-lable laughter. With that said, while it is a film I like, I wish I could say I like it a lot, but it’s Lloyd’s trademark zinger so I’m sure he’ll just say it any-way.

Rob Gabe is a fourth-year student majoring in communication studies. He can be reached at [email protected].

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THE QUAD ENTERTAINMENT NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Taylor Swift veers from country roots, but fans stayKeeley Gould

Staff Writer

Scott Borchetta, the head of Taylor Swift’s label, said of

1989, “This is extraordi-nary. It’s the best album you’ve ever done. Can you just give me three country songs?”

“Love you. Mean it,” Taylor Swift answered, “But this is how it’s going to be.”

This conversation with Borchetta and Swift con-veys her attitude towards 1989 and her transition from a country superstar to a pop princess.

Swift’s last album, Red, was straddling the line between country and pop, but, as Swift said, “At a certain point, if you chase two rabbits, you lose them both.” Swift decided to go all the way and lose the country reputation that

has been following her around to chase a new pop reputation.

For her and her fans, this is a big deal because she is giving her fans a completely different sound than what they have been hearing since 2006. She is severing her ties to country with 1989 as she will not be going to country award shows and her songs will not be heard on country radio.

Country fans may be alarmed, but Swift is ex-cited about the new sound that she is putting out since she was an execu-tive producer. Swift went full-on into the pop realm as the songs on this al-bum were influenced by 80s pop artists including Phil Collins, Annie Lenox, and Madonna circa “Mate-rial Girl.” Although Swift wasn’t born until 1989

(which is why she titled her album as such), she watched all of these pop artists on VH1 and they influenced her musical choices.

Her new music choices aren’t the only things that are changing in her life; Swift has made some personal changes as well. Swift recently bought an apartment in New York City and now lives there full time. Contrary to what her reputation with boys might suggest, Tay-lor Swift hasn’t been on a date since breaking up with Harry Styles from One Direction a year and a half ago.

Also contrary to what her reputation with her previous albums might suggest, this album does not have any songs on it obviously dissing her ex-boyfriends. As Swift

states, “So it’s not as boy-centric of an album, be-cause my life hasn’t been boy-centric.” Swift has in-stead been focusing on her friends, work, and even painting.

Taylor Swift giving up her reputation as a coun-try superstar in order to peruse a role as a pop princess paid off, because 1989 went platinum in the first week it went on the market. 1989 sold 1.287 million copies in the first week when it was only predicted to sell 650 thousand albums. This makes it the largest sell-ing album in a week’s time since 2002 when Eminem sold 1.322 million copies of his album.

In this day in age where digital is everything, Tay-lor Swift also broke the mold because more than half of the albums sold

were physical copies, com-pared to digital.

The only other artist that came close to Swift’s record shattering success was Sam Smith, with his album selling 746,000 copies.

Taylor Swift is an artist that believes 100 percent in albums, and she spoke out about this issue in an op-ed entry in The Wall Street Journal, “There are many, many people who predict the downfall of music sales and the irrel-evancy of the album as an economic entity. I am not one of them.” She showed those people by selling 647,000 physical copies of 1989 in a week, which was 7,000 more copies than the digital version.

Taylor Swift believes in the album as a physical thing so much, that she had her own strategy for

releasing this new album. Swift, to the shock of her

fans and Spotify, removed all of her music from this music sharing website. I admit that when I went on my Spotify and saw that I couldn’t listen to all the Taylor Swift songs I added to my playlist, I was upset.

But, Swift did this so her fans would have to buy her physical album. Swift struck an all ex-clusive partnership with Target that included extra songs and collectible pho-tos in the box jacket.

Taylor Swift continues to shock the music indus-try and her fans, so who knows what’s next for this red-lipped country super-star gone pop princess.

Keeley Gould is a third-year student majoring in English and minoring in journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

WCU Art Department presents “Lost and Found” exhibitShawn Trawick

Special to The Quad

For the next few weeks, West Ches-ter University’s E.O.

Bull Center will host the highly notarized “Lost and Found” exhibition, a collective showcase of found and recycled items used to create an exten-sive gallery of artistic works. The display has been open for public view, free of charge, since Octo-ber 27 and will continue to be until December 12. The collection is a captivat-ing display of seemingly useless items that have been brought together to create contemporary art. I had the opportunity to visit the showcase and was thoroughly impressed with the quality of work along with the thought provoking concepts be-hind each piece.

Upon entering the gal-lery, the natural complex-

ity that art brings forth may be overwhelming, but the simplicity that is the overall basis behind all the pieces in the collec-tion is quickly and pleas-antly calming. It felt like I had walked into a very elaborate craft show. A lot of the items, in addi-tion to being art, were actually functioning and practical household items. Such items included a lamp that was made from a collection of cigar boxes or old tattered purses and luggage that have been painted and restored. The vast selection of pieces are all equally impressive and each have unique reason-ing behind them. Of the 40 artists that compose The Philadelphia Dump-ster Divers, there are close to one hundred of their pieces in the gallery. Some are big and some are small and some evoke more emotion than others,

but overall they are all mind-blowing and com-pletely constructed from what we may commonly call trash.

After viewing the gal-lery, I made an effort to sit down and talk with the curator of the exhibi-tion, John Baker, who is also the Art Department’s Chairman and professor and advisor to Art Stud-ies students. He has been planning and preparing for this exhibition to come to West Chester Univer-sity for two years now. In 2012, as Baker began centering in on the focus of this year’s curriculum, he also met some of the artist’s involved with the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers. It was just perfect timing that their sculp-tures and works coincided well with what he wanted out of the exhibitions this year and their desire to be featured on West Ches-

ter’s campus made the possibility all the more promising.

All of the works are original pieces and have never been featured any-where other than West Chester University’s E.O. Bull Center and after the exhibition closes its doors on December 12, the pieces will have all been sold or returned back to their original studios. The Dumpster Divers are always working on pieces made from scraps and found ma-terials so they have more art to showcase in the future. It was imperative to them that they display all original pieces in this showcase mainly due to the nature of the gallery. The rela-tively new E.O. Bull Center is a highly sought after gallery among local profes-

sional artists. The natural lighting, high ceiling, and quaint but large space make it an ideal setting to showcase art.

Each time I visit the exhibition, I find students enjoying this free opportu-nity to view contemporary art which is rare in itself. Do not miss this chance to catch some of the area’s most talented artists, The Philadelphia Dumpster Divers and their all origi-

nal “Lost and Found” ex-hibition at the E.O. Bull Center located on the corner of High St where Rosedale intersects. Like all exhibits at the Center, this showcase is free to West Chester University students as well as the general public between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Shawn Trawick is a student at West Chester. He can be reached at [email protected].

Photo by Shawn Trawick

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 THE QUAD SPORTS PAGE 17

[email protected] Monk does it all in Golden Rams win

In a PSAC West-ver-sus-East showdown this past Saturday,

West Chester proved to be too strong for IUP as the Golden Rams defeat-ed them on their home field, 28-17. The Rams now await Sunday af-ternoon’s election show to see where they will be seeded in the national tournament, and against whom.

The Brandon Monk show was back at it this week, causing havoc all over the field. Whether catching passes, running past lnebackers, or re-turning punts and kicks, Monk owned this game. Monk combined for 200 all-purpose yards, with 79 on the ground, 22 through the air, 80 in punt-return yards and 19 in kick return yards. Even more impressive, Monk scored three differ-ent ways. A seven-yard touchdown run early in the first quarter gave Monk his first six points, which was followed by a 13-yard catch-and-run to Monk from quarterback Sean McCartney. Monk’s last score may have been his most impressive, scoring on an 80-yard punt return in the fourth quarter.

After an impressive game two weeks ago against East Strouds-burg, a Golden Rams fan

could only hope to see the same productivity out of Monk for a second week in a row. After somewhat of an up and down sea-son productivity wise, Monk could be a key to a postseason run. Well, Monk delivered, and in high fashion. As the playoffs approach, it will be Monks’ job to stay this hot through November, and carry the Rams run-ning game on his back.

Assisting Monk in the backfield, Eddie Elliot saw carries for the first time in two weeks. El-liot, who was not handed the ball off once in the backfield against ESU, ran the ball nine times this week for a strong 44 yards. Elliot will have to continue to be the second wind for the backfield if WCU wants to keep de-fenses on their heels all game.

McCartney’s work sometimes goes unno-ticed. Under the flashy play of Monk or the domi-nant defense, fans some-times forget how lucky the Golden Rams are with the consistency they have behind center. Mc-Cartney has week in and week out been the rock of this offense, and this whole team. McCartney, who threw for 299 yards on 17-26 passing, has ac-cepted his role as leader of this team and has cer-tainly performed up to par. He doesn’t always throw the 65-yard touch-down bomb, or make the

crazy “Johnny Football” like scramble plays, but he is effecient and smart, exactly what any coach wants.

Six Golden Rams re-ceivers caught passes Saturday afternoon, none catching more than four but none less than

two. Mike Doty led all re-ceivers with four catches, resulting in 68 yards and one touchdown from Mc-Cartney. Doty has con-tinued to find the end zone and make plays for this Golden Rams team in the past few weeks, being one of McCartney’s best options.

Tim Brown and Er-ick Brundidge combined

for six catches and 154 yards. For the first time all season, Brown and Brundidge were kept out of the end zone in the same game, but that did not slow down West Chester. Elliot and Monk each caught two passes, while Shannon Mayer also caught three for 35 yards.

On defense, Mike La-bor played the game of the season, compiling a season-high 15 tackles, including two tackles for loss and a forced fumble. Labor led the charge for the stingy Golden Rams defense to hold off a strong IUP offense. La-bor dominated the mid-dle of the field from line-backer, as he often does, not allowing the Crimson Hawks to get anything

going.Aiding Labor, All-

American Ronell Wil-liams secured eight tackles along with Drew Formica, who added 10 tackles of his own. For-mica also recovered the forced fumble caused by Labor. The big three of Labor, Williams, and Formica played one of their best games of the season on Saturday.

A.J. Arcaini Asst. Sports Editor

The defense line got down and gritty for the Rams Saturday after-noon. Andrew Cohen racked six tackles for the Rams, including a sack, while Barry Lyons added five of his own. Shaquil Ryder was not far be-hind with four tackles of his own in the victory. Ryder and Cohen have made their presence known since day one of training camp. Both are have their best seasons of their careers, and con-tributing to the Golden Rams defense in such an enormous way.

Al-Hajj Shabazz led his defensive back core to an-other successful showing at IUP. Shabazz grabbed his team-high fourth in-terception on the season, broke up two passes, all while racking up six ad-ditional tackles for the Golden Rams. Assisting Shabazz, Cory Scott se-cured eight tackles, while Brandon Pepper con-tributed five of his own. The defensive backs shut down the passing game for IUP, as they have done to opposing teams and quarterbacks all sea-son. Shabazz came alive last year in the playoffs, perhaps we will see more of that this year.

The past few games, the Rams have won the battle in the trenches by a large margin. Whether looking at the defensive or offensive lines, the West Chester big men have been working ex-tremely hard at their job, and it shows. Their suc-cess has sprung the team and added the spark the Rams needed to make a push back into the post-season.

Another great regu-lar season is now in the books for the West Ches-ter University football program. Last year, go-ing 10-1 seemed like an untouchable season. Now, the Rams have done it, yet again, leaving no doubt that this football program is the real deal

Running Back Brandon Monk finds the end zone on one of his three touchdowns Saturday afternoon.

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and here to stay.Two straight extreme-

ly sucessful seasons have flown the Rams right into the conversations of one of the best division II football programs in the country. With an-other impressive run in the postseason a possi-bility, the Golden Rams will keep turning heads and making their names known among the NCAA football community.

The Golden Rams fate is now in the hands of the NCAA. As the selec-tion show is slated for Sunday, the Rams will await to see whom their first opponent will be. It is possible that West Chester could receive a first-round home game, or even possibly a first-round bye. Due to a Bloomsburg loss in the PSAC championship to Slippery Rock, the board has been shaken a bit. When Monday practice hits, no matter who their opponent is, believe the Rams will be ready to take any challenge head-on and continue to domi-nate opponents.

Could a rematch with the rival Huskies be ap-proaching in the near fu-ture? It is certainly very possible, as we have seen it before. Last season, after beating the Golden Rams in the PSAC semi-finals, the Huskies and Rams met again in the second round of the na-tional tournament. West Chester got their re-venge, knocking Blooms-burg out of the NCAA DII playoffs, while roll-ing to one of their most successful seasons of all time.

This year, it is a whole new ball game. Golden Ram fans can be sure that they are in for an ex-citing next couple weeks, no matter who the oppo-nent may be.

AJ Arcaini is a third-year stu-dent majoring in communica-tion studies with a minor in journalism. He can be reached at [email protected]

THE QUAD SPORTS NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Field Hockey crowned PSAC champs

The West Chester Golden Rams field hockey team cap-

tured their second PSAC title in school history on Saturday against No. 2 ranked Millersville Uni-versity. West Chester de-feated Millersville back in 2012 at Vonnie Gros Field for its first PSAC title. The Golden Rams reached the final after a dominating 6-0 victory in the semifinals against East Stroudsburg University.

West Chester hosted East Stroudsburg Uni-versity for a matchup in the PSAC semifinals on Friday. East Stroudsburg reached the semifinals af-ter defeating Mercyhurst 2-1 in the first round of the PSAC Tournament. The Golden Rams de-feated the Warriors 6-1 in their lone meeting in the regular season. Se-nior captain Hannah Davies got her team off to a fantastic start in the ninth minute with a tap in goal, with an assist to fellow defender Kristina Scherrer. Scherrer found the back of the net on her own two minutes later to put WCU up 2-0 just 11 minutes into the semifi-nal game. Rachal Toppi added her 20th goal of her freshman season in the 33rd minute, with an assist to Alexa Moran, to give West Chester a com-manding 3-0 lead going into halftime. The West Chester defense held East Stroudsburg shot-less in the first half. MVP candi-date Alexis Versak padded on to the lead less than a minute in the second half, with Scherrer picking up her second assist of the game. Versak added her second of the game in the 60th minute, with Scherrer picking up her third assist

of the game. Dayle Paus-tian put an exclamation point on the game in the 64th minute with a goal of her own to give the Golden Rams the 6-0 victory and to advance to the PSAC Championship Game. The win also brought the streak for West Chester to 10 straight wins.

West Chester hosted No. 2 ranked Millersville Uni-versity in the PSAC Cham-pionship Game on Satur-day in front of a packed crowd of both Golden Ram and Marauder support-ers. Millersville advanced to the PSAC Champion-

ship after defeating No. 3 Shippensburg University on Friday. The title game marked the third meeting between the top two power-houses in the country this season, with Millersville taking the first matchup 3-2 in double overtime, and West Chester winning the second 2-1 in overtime. Sophomore Marnie Kusa-kavitch opened up the scor-ing in the seventh minute of the game after receiving

a pass from Toppi, who is mostly known for her scor-ing, dribbled along the end line and made a cross net pass to Kusakavitch, who tapped it in to give the Golden Rams a 1-0 lead early. After an intense 27 minutes of back-and-forth play, Alayna Brown found the back of the net for West Chester off a Paustian pass to put WCU up 2-0 with just 55 seconds left in the first half. Millersville controlled the time of pos-session in the second half, throwing everything they had at the West Chester de-fense. Led by the defensive

duo of Davies and Scher-rer, along with sophomore goalie Sarah Krause, the Golden Ram defense held down the fort for the re-mainder of the game. Toppi ended the game in spectac-ular fashion for the Rams, scoring her 21st goal of the season with three minutes remaining in the half, off a beautiful cross-circle pass from Brown. Time ticked down as Millersville had a penalty corner attempt and

as the final horn sounded, the West Chester staff and substitute players stormed the field and celebrated their second PSAC Cham-pionship in school history. PSAC Championships bode well for West Chester, the last time they won the conference championship, they were crowned Nation-al Champions later that postseason in 2012.

Junior back Kristina Scherrer was named the PSAC tournament’s most valuable player after the championship game. Scherrer registered a goal and three assists in the 6-0 victory in the semifinals over East Stroudsburg, and helped lead the West Chester defense to their second straight shutout victory in the tournament in the 3-0 win over Mill-ersville. West Chester, ranked No. 1 in the South Region, is expected to hold onto that No. 1 ranking and earn a bye straight into the NCAA Division II national semifinals. The victory improved the winning streak for the Golden Rams to 11 straight victories. The winning streak couldn’t have come at a better time for West Chester, and the Golden Rams will need to keep it up if they want bring home another national championship. A rematch with either Ship-pensburg or Millersville is almost guaranteed in the national tournament

semifinals. West Chester saw their dreams fall short last season, falling 1-0 to Millersville in the national tournament that saw Ship-pensburg be crowned na-tional champions with a 2-1 victory over LIU Post in the National Champion-ship game.

Dylan Harrison is a third-year stu-dent majoring in communications with a minor in journalism. He can be reached at [email protected]

By Dylan HarrisonStaff Writer

Saturday, Novem-ber 8, West Ches-ter University’s

men and women’s cross-country teams raced at Lambs Creek recreation area, near M a n s f i e l d U n i v e r -sity for the 2014 Cross-C o u n t y P S A C Champion-ships.

U n l i k e most cross-c o u n t r y s e a s o n s , this one was two weeks longer than usual to ac-commodate the NCAA’s “ F e s t i v a l of Champi-ons.” As a result, both teams found themselves facing cold-er than usual weather. Temperatures were in the 30-degree zone and frost was still on the ground at 10:00 a.m.

The men’s team raced first at 11:30 a.m., and the combination of melt-ing frost and cold, windy weather made for a wet, cold, and muddy race. The first Golden Ram to cross the finish line first was fourth-year runner Zack Musselman, finish-ing in 43rd place with a time of 26:19 for the eight-kilometer course. His time was the fast-est recorded in West Chester’s history at that course.

Third-year Jake Siegel followed closely behind Zack, posting a time of 26:27 and a place of 45.

Junior Alexa Moran carries the ball across midfield for the PSAC Champion-Golden Rams field hockey team.

Colleen Goldhorn/ Asst. Photography Editor

Women’s soccer took on California (Pa.) in the Di-vision II Tournament on Sunday at 12 p.m.

West Chester faced Cali-fornia (Pa.) once earlier in the season, towards the end actually. And they played them to a double overtime tie. This was West Chester’s only tie of the season.

West Chester is coming off a tough PSAC semi-final loss to Kutztown Universi-ty, which is who California (Pa.) beat in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

This game was a lot of the same. California (Pa.) jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a break away goal by Janelle McCann, which West Chester goalkeeper, Alex Srolis,could not save. This goal came in the 28th minute. But it did not get West Chester discouraged.

West Chester came right back, just six minutes lat-er, and answered back with a game-tying goal in the 34th minute. The goal was scored by senior Cara Deo-la. Deola was able to put it in because of the hard work by Marissa Valenti, who fired a shot that was saved by California’s goalkeeper Meghan Jayes. However, she could not keep the ball corralled, and Deola was there for the putback re-bound. West Chester and California would go into the half knotted at one goal apiece.

Three minutes into the second half, West Chester fired right back as Deola sent a pass to Golden Rams’ leading scorer Kara Parvel. Parvel was able to knock it in past the goal-keeper in the upper part of the net. This gave West

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Staff WriterChester a 2-1 lead with 40 minutes to play. This was a lead that the West Chester defense has held numer-ous times throughout the season. This is why West Chester is as good as they are, because they can hold a lead.

But California is a very good team and they would not go away. They had seven shots on goal in the second half, and Srolis was able to save six of them. The one she couldn’t save was a foul comitted inside the box on West Chester. The foul gave California a penalty shot in the 87th minute to try and tie the game. Chelsea Crockett was the player taking it for the Vulcans. And she was able to put it past Srolis to tie the game at two.

The goal sent the game into overtime, where both defenses showed up, not wanting to give up the sea-son-ending goal. And after 20 minutes of overtime play, and two overtime periods later, this Division II National Tournament game was headed for pen-alty kicks.

Both teams converted on the first two penalty kicks, and Carly Yost sank her penatly, to give West Chester a 3-2 lead. Crock-ett, who already converted on a penalty earlier in the game, failed to convert this time around. Next up for the Golden Rams was Ka-tie Huber who scored the deciding PK, after another miss by California. West Chester survives, and will move on to face West Vir-ginia Wesleyan, who upset No.1 seed East Strouds-burg in penalty kicks.



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XC prepares for final race of the season

Saturday, Novem-ber 8, West Ches-ter University’s

men and women’s cross-country teams raced at Lambs Creek recreation area, near M a n s f i e l d U n i v e r -sity for the 2014 Cross-C o u n t y P S A C Champion-ships.

U n l i k e most cross-c o u n t r y s e a s o n s , this one was two weeks longer than usual to ac-commodate the NCAA’s “ F e s t i v a l of Champi-ons.” As a result, both teams found themselves facing cold-er than usual weather. Temperatures were in the 30-degree zone and frost was still on the ground at 10:00 a.m.

The men’s team raced first at 11:30 a.m., and the combination of melt-ing frost and cold, windy weather made for a wet, cold, and muddy race. The first Golden Ram to cross the finish line first was fourth-year runner Zack Musselman, finish-ing in 43rd place with a time of 26:19 for the eight-kilometer course. His time was the fast-est recorded in West Chester’s history at that course.

Third-year Jake Siegel followed closely behind Zack, posting a time of 26:27 and a place of 45.

Second-year Andrew Dombrowiecki finished third for the team, cross-ing the finish line at 26:53 and a place of 54.

Third-year James Vadas and fifth-year Chris Bucci both crossed only two seconds apart from each other, with Vadas posting a place of 70th and a time of

27:12 and Bucci 71st and 27:14. The next finisher for the men’s cross-country team was Bryson Long, finishing up in 101st place with a time of 28:70.

The women’s cross-country team bolted off the starting line at 12:30, under similar conditions as the men’s race. Third-year Aman-da Eisman crossed the finish line first for the team placing fifth, and finishing the six-kilome-ter course with a time of 21:45. Her time for this course was the best ever in West Chester Uni-versity’s history. The NCAA also selected Eis-man as an all-conference runner, for the third sea-son in a row.

The second racer for the women’s team to

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cross the finish line was fourth-year Leigh Manning-Smith, finish-ing 27th with a time of 22:51. Manning-Smith also received recogni-tion from the NCAA for her performance. Third for the golden rams was graduate student Laurel Jones, finishing 39th at 23:13.

Behind Jones, second-year Mallory Drake fin-ished the muddy, freez-ing course in 24:11, placing 80th. Alindon Smith finished next at 111th with a time of 25:14, and Sam Russell crossed the line next in 29:20 placing 148.

The men’s team placed ninth overall, two places higher than last year, and the women’s team eleventh. The women’s team saw a 16 point score improvement than last year’s season.

The final race for both teams will be the region-als cross-county race held at Slippery Rock University, on Nov. 22.

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Chester a 2-1 lead with 40 minutes to play. This was a lead that the West Chester defense has held numer-ous times throughout the season. This is why West Chester is as good as they are, because they can hold a lead.

But California is a very good team and they would not go away. They had seven shots on goal in the second half, and Srolis was able to save six of them. The one she couldn’t save was a foul comitted inside the box on West Chester. The foul gave California a penalty shot in the 87th minute to try and tie the game. Chelsea Crockett was the player taking it for the Vulcans. And she was able to put it past Srolis to tie the game at two.

The goal sent the game into overtime, where both defenses showed up, not wanting to give up the sea-son-ending goal. And after 20 minutes of overtime play, and two overtime periods later, this Division II National Tournament game was headed for pen-alty kicks.

Both teams converted on the first two penalty kicks, and Carly Yost sank her penatly, to give West Chester a 3-2 lead. Crock-ett, who already converted on a penalty earlier in the game, failed to convert this time around. Next up for the Golden Rams was Ka-tie Huber who scored the deciding PK, after another miss by California. West Chester survives, and will move on to face West Vir-ginia Wesleyan, who upset No.1 seed East Strouds-burg in penalty kicks.


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Kobe Bryant doomed Lakers for next two years?

Kobe “Bean” Bryant. The Black Mamba. The greatest bas-

ketball player of our gen-eration. One of the great-est competitors in our time. One of the greatest basketball players of all time.

N o w , there are going to be people comment -ing about how Kobe B r y a n t will never be like Mi-chael Jor-dan, but stop for a minute and just marvel and admire his skill set. He has been en-tertaining each and every one of us since 1996. Just this past T u e s d a y , November 11 2014, Kobe Bry-ant made history as the Na-tional Bas-k e t b a l l A s s o c i a -tion’s all-time leader in missed fi eld goals with 13,418, passing Boston Celtics legend John Hav-licek. Almost everyone was commenting on social media about how terrible of a player Kobe Bryant is and how he was never as effi cient as Michael Jordan. To clarify this situation, yes, Kobe Bry-ant does hold the record

for the most missed fi eld goals. However, Michael Jordan once said, “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trust-ed to take the game win-ning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s why I suc-

ceed.” This quote sym-bolizes and summarizes Kobe Bryant’s missed fi eld goal record into the right perspective because this list contains hall of famers like Kareem Ab-dul-Jabbar, Michael Jor-dan, John Havlicek, and many others.

These greats have missed many shots, but

in the end they won championships. Any-one in their right mind would agree that Bryant, Abdul-Jabbar, Jordan, and Havlicek would miss more than 12,000 shots in exchange for at least fi ve championships. In the end, it is worth it because due to their longevity and aggressiveness, these

players wanted to try to score in or-der to better their chances of winning games.

For Bryant, he took this statistic with a grain of salt and did not really care about it be-cause his motive is to win champion-ships. Also, Kobe Bryant is one of the hardest work-ers anyone will ever meet. The best NBA head coach in the his-tory of the game, Phil Jackson, who coached both Mi-chael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, re-cently stated that Bryant, “went be-yond Michael in his attitude towards training.” Bryant legitimately wakes up with only a few hours rest and trains his body to make himself a better basketball player. The most compelling attri-

bute about Kobe Bryant is that he was blessed with a skill set that oth-ers dream about and he was never complacent about it. He works day in and day out to shoot baskets, improve his foot-work, and train his body for the rigors of an NBA season all while recover-ing from a torn Achilles

tendon and a knee frac-ture at the age of 36.

That is what makes him one of the best to ever play the game because he wants to better himself, even with the God-given talent he was blessed with at a very young age. Kobe Bryant holds records such as the most All-Star Game MVP awards, Most All-Star Game points scored, and the young-est player to score 31,000 points and is fourth most all time in points scored in NBA history, and is the only player in NBA history to score at least 600 points in the postsea-son for three consecutive years. These records are not easily attainable and only prove just how spe-cial of a player Kobe Bry-ant is. Although he holds these records, the one re-cord he wants to surpass or at least tie is Michael Jordan’s sixth champion-ship. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers should have beaten the Detroit Pistons in 2004

By Jared FortunatoSpecial to The Quad

Athlete of the Week: Brandon MonkThis week’s athlete of the week is Golden Rams starting running back Brandon Monk. Monk gained 200 all-purpose yards, complimented by three touchdowns. His three touchdowns came in the air, on the ground, and on special teams.

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Kobe Brant looks on as his team starts of the season strug-gling to win a game, with a record of 1-7.

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and could have made it a seven game series against the Boston Celtics in 2008 before blowing a 24-point lead in game 4.

However, since he is just one championship away from tying Michael Jordan, how close is he to reaching the NBA Finals this year? Not even close.

As a die-hard Lak-ers fan, it’s hard to say that Kobe Bryant is a selfi sh and greedy bas-ketball player, but he is. For what he has done to the game and sport, he deserves the $48.5 mil-lion he is making in two years. However, there is a salary cap. Signing Kobe Bryant to that contract further hindered the Lak-ers into acquiring better talent through free agen-cy, a Carmelo Anthony or another player.

No one in the New York media is question-ing this, or the Los An-geles media, but to ask the hard question; why doesn’t Kobe Bryant take less money to fi eld a more

competitive team to bet-ter his chances of winning a sixth NBA champion-ship? Bryant can take in more money when he re-tires or the Lakers could create a position where he would be paid back for his wonderful and endless contributions to the fran-chise.

Bryant was at a cross-roads with his career and decided to take the money instead of building a more competitive team. His de-cision hurt the franchise to the point where no le-gitimate player wants to play for the team until he retires. It’s a shame, because although his ac-complishments puts him up there among the best, people will probably re-member him as a player who decided to take the money instead of a play-er who would sacrifi ce to win a championship like Tim Duncan.

Jared Fortunato is a fi rst-year stu-dent majoring in physical therapy. He can be reached at [email protected]

The 2014-2015 men’s basketball season got underway this past

weekend when the team traveled to West Virginia to take part in the Joe Ret-ton Classic. In this tourna-ment, they would match up against West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Fairmont State University.

The Golden Rams will try to fi x some things this season, and fi ll some holes, as they have a lot of new faces this season. The Gold-en Rams are only return-ing four guys, which means they have eight new faces on the bench. Coach Blair will have to see which guys work best with whom, and what lineup gives them the best chance to win. As for trying to do better than last season, that might be tough. West Chester went 20-10 last season, losing to East Stroudsburg in the PSAC Championship game. However, they got a bid into the NCAA Division II Tournament, and lost a heartbreaker to Indiana (Pa.) 75-68. West Chester will look to take the PSAC crown this year, and go as deep into the Division II tournament as possible. But fi rst thing’s fi rst, one game at a time.

The fi rst game was on Friday against West Vir-ginia Wesleyan College. For the fi rst fi ve minutes of the game, the teams went back and forth, exchanging buckets, and playing the seesaw game. However, after those fi ve minutes it was all West Chester. It started when Parrish Grant converted on a tra-ditional three-point play, making his layup and the foul. He then converted on the free throw, and West Virginia Wesleyan could not convert on a three of


Golden Rams split season-opening tournamentcompetitive team to bet-ter his chances of winning a sixth NBA champion-ship? Bryant can take in more money when he re-tires or the Lakers could create a position where he would be paid back for his wonderful and endless contributions to the fran-chise.

Bryant was at a cross-roads with his career and decided to take the money instead of building a more competitive team. His de-cision hurt the franchise to the point where no le-gitimate player wants to play for the team until he retires. It’s a shame, because although his ac-complishments puts him up there among the best, people will probably re-member him as a player who decided to take the money instead of a play-er who would sacrifi ce to win a championship like Tim Duncan.

Jared Fortunato is a fi rst-year stu-dent majoring in physical therapy. He can be reached at [email protected]

The 2014-2015 men’s basketball season got underway this past

weekend when the team traveled to West Virginia to take part in the Joe Ret-ton Classic. In this tourna-ment, they would match up against West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Fairmont State University.

The Golden Rams will try to fi x some things this season, and fi ll some holes, as they have a lot of new faces this season. The Gold-en Rams are only return-ing four guys, which means they have eight new faces on the bench. Coach Blair will have to see which guys work best with whom, and what lineup gives them the best chance to win. As for trying to do better than last season, that might be tough. West Chester went 20-10 last season, losing to East Stroudsburg in the PSAC Championship game. However, they got a bid into the NCAA Division II Tournament, and lost a heartbreaker to Indiana (Pa.) 75-68. West Chester will look to take the PSAC crown this year, and go as deep into the Division II tournament as possible. But fi rst thing’s fi rst, one game at a time.

The fi rst game was on Friday against West Vir-ginia Wesleyan College. For the fi rst fi ve minutes of the game, the teams went back and forth, exchanging buckets, and playing the seesaw game. However, after those fi ve minutes it was all West Chester. It started when Parrish Grant converted on a tra-ditional three-point play, making his layup and the foul. He then converted on the free throw, and West Virginia Wesleyan could not convert on a three of

their own, Avery Brown of West Chester hit a three pointer, making the score 14-5.

West Chester dominated the rest of the fi rst half. More specifi cally, senior Cory Blake was on fi re. He had 15 fi rst half points and three rebounds, all while missing only one shot. The s e c o n d half was more of the same, as West C h e s -ter did not al-low West Virginia Wesleyan to come c l o s e r then 16 p o i n t s of them. They won the fi rst game of the Joe R e t t o n C l a s s i c quite eas-ily, 73-54.

B l a k e led the t e a m with 23 p o i n t s w h i l e adding fi ve rebounds, two assists and a steal. Brown added 15 for the Golden Rams, while junior Matt Wiseley, who played the most minutes on the team led the team in rebounds and assists with six each. Wiseley is returning as the leading rebounder for the Golden Rams, and he has now moved into the start-ing lineup, as he will play a crucial role for the Golden Rams all season.

Next up for the Golden Rams was a very tough match up against Fair-mont State University. The Fighting Falcons went 20-11 last year, playing some very tough oppo-nents throughout the sea-

son. West Chester knew that this was going to be a lot tougher of a game than their fi rst one was.

The game was very physical from the opening tip-off. It was so physical that each team received a technical foul in attempt for the referees to not lose the game. For the fi rst

ten minutes of the game, each team went back and forth, but Fairmont State was able to create some wiggle room in the score being up by at least fi ve throughout the entire fi rst half. That was until the last four minutes of the half, when West Chester got some timely shoot-ing from junior transfer Logan Stumpf, and Mike Wilson as they hit back-to-back-to-back threes. One from Stumpf and two from Wilson. Those nine points allowed West Chester to make it a one-possession game heading into half-time, 40-37.

Wilson was the lone scor-er in double-digits the fi rst

half, as he had 14 points. Blake was next with six points. West Chester knew their offense would have to wake up in order for them to win this game.

The last thing that West Chester wanted to do was come out fl at to start the second half, and unfortu-nately for West Chester,

that is what happened. Fairmont State started the second half on an 11-0 run, to give them a 14-point lead. It was two missed three-pointers and three turnovers that put them in the hole. And for the rest of the game they would now have to try to dig them-selves out of this hole. Throughout the half, West Chester would get as close as three, but could never get over the hump, and a small run by Fairmont State with 90 seconds left in the game seemed like it would be impossible for them to overcome. But the Golden Rams did not go away. With the score 81-72 with 1:16 left in the

game, West Chester start-ed to turn it around. After a missed layup by West Chester’s Grant Parrish, Matt Wiseley grabbed an offense rebound and tipped it back in to cut the lead to seven. Fairmont State then turned the ball over and Parrish came down and hit a three to cut it

to a four-point defi cit. Wil Martinez of Fair-mont State went 1-2 at the free throw line, keeping it at a one pos-session game for the Golden Rams with 38 seconds remaining.

Parrish was then fouled by Shammgod Wells and made both free throws to cut it to a one-possession game, 82-79. Fairmont State then missed their next two free throws after a foul by Avery Brown, and West Chester came down with a chance to tie the game. Mike Wilson, one of West Chester’s best shoot-ers got an open look from three, and it just rimmed out, and the rebound going to Fair-mont State, and Wise-ley, who in turn fouled out, fouled Fairmont

State’s Thomas Wimbush, immediately. Wimbush made both free throws to push the score to 84-79, but West Chester would still not go away. With 11 seconds left in the game, Parrish Grant hit an-other three, putting them within two. West Chester obviously had to foul, and Fairmont State hit both free throws putting them up four. Then Fairmont State’s Trevor Andrews-Evans committed the ul-timate no-no. He fouled Grant’s attempt at a three-pointer, giving Grant three free throws with 3.3 sec-onds remaining.

Grant hit all three free throws to make it a one-

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point game. West Chester then quickly fouled Wil Martinez with 2.4 seconds on the clock. He made both free throws, and then Fair-mont State called a time-out. West Chester was able to set up a play with 2.4 seconds to try and go the length of the court to tie it up and send it to over-time with a three. Logan Stumpf was passing the ball in. As Stumpf passed the ball in, two West Ches-ter players collided with each other, whether it was miscommunication or just a mistake it unknown, but Stumpf was clearly passing to a spot on the court and when they ran into each other, no one was there besides Chase Morgan of Fairmont State which sealed the deal for the win. West Chester’s valiant effort would come up short, and they would fall 89-85, making them 1-1 on the season.

Mike Wilson would lead West Chester with 21 points, but it was the great shooting, and decisions by Parrish Grant that kept them in the game at the end. He fi nished with 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

It was a very good effort for West Chester to fi ght back, ultimately falling short. It is still very early in the season, and that was a worth opponent. Coach Blair and company will work on what needs to be worked on and they will be ready for the home PSAC opener against Millersville on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. West Chester split the sea-son series last year, wining at home, but falling on the road. They will do every-thing in their power to not fall below .500 early in the season.

Ryan Calpin is a third-year stu-dent majoring in communications with a minor in journalism. He can be reached at RC784188@wcupa

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Lady Rams fall short against California (Pa.); ending their season

West Chester Uni-versity women’s volleyball team

started its PSAC play-off journey on Tuesday against Pitt-Johnstown. This was a team that they split the season se-ries with, but lost three sets to one when they were on the road. And in order to keep their sea-son going West Chester was going to have to beat Pitt-Johnstown on the road.

West Chester knew they were going to have to come out of the game firing to try and snag momentum from Pitt-Johnstown. They fol-

lowed the game plan to a tee. They came out and took the first set from Pitt-Johnstown, 25-22. It was a very physical and hard fought first set of the match. Back and forth the teams went, and a little surge at the end of the set was the dif-ference for West Chester.

The second set, West Chester came out on fire again, taking a 12-7 lead in the second set. How-ever, they fell flat after that and Pitt-Johnstown came firing back, taking a 19-14 lead, and win-ning 12 of those 14 points on that run. Pitt-John-stown was able to finish out the second set with a 25-18 win. The third set was going to be the key in the match. And both teams knew this, as it

was the most exciting, exhilarating, and best set of the match.

This time Pitt-John-stown came out of the gates firing, and it was up to West Chester to fight back. And fight back is exactly what they did. After falling behind 15-9, West Chester ripped off four straight points. But then Pitt-Johnstown ripped off three in a row, to take the 18-13 lead. West Chester needed to dig deep if they wanted to advance to the PSAC final four. After those points, West Chester took a timeout, and af-ter the timeout Callie Krajcir ripped off back-to-back kills and put West Chester within two, 22-20. After Pitt-Johnstown won a point,

West Chester ripped off four straight points, to take a 24-23 lead. But remember you have to win by two points to win the set. They couldn’t do that, as Pitt-Johnstown grabbed another point, to tie it at 24. But again West Chester dug deep, and found a way to win the next two points off of a kill by senior Julia O’Brien and then an er-ror by Pitt-Johnstown allowed West Chester to win the crucial third set, 26-24. All the momentum was on West Chester’s side heading into the fourth set.

The momentum didn’t show right away as again they fell into a hole. But they were again able to climb out of it, down at one point 15-8. They

battled all the way back, winning 17 of the final 22 points, and taking the set, 25-20, and the match, three sets to one.

This was a huge win for the Golden Rams, led by Marina Sharkey and Julia O’Brien who led the team with 14 and 13 kills respectively. This win set up a final four match up with California (Pa.). A team West Chester faced only once during the season, and they were swept, three sets to zero.

West Chester was out-matched again, this time they were able to capture a set, but lost the match, 3-1. They kept it close the first two sets, losing the first one 20-25, and then bouncing back with a 25-23 second set vic-tory. However, the next

two sets, they were just outplayed by a very good team. They lost the sets 25-15 and 25-18. Sharkey and O’Brien again led the team in kills for the match. Losing O’Brien will be a hard void for the Golden Rams to fill, but Sharkey will be return-ing for her senior season next year.

They will continue to grow with a lot of young players up and coming, and will look for senior leadership from Shar-key, and the many other juniors on the team, to try and take them to the coveted goal of winning a PSAC championship.

Ryan Calpin is a third-year student majoring in communi-cations with a minor in jour-nalism. He can be reached at RC784188@wcupa

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Women’s Basketball open season 2-0

Basketball season is here and the West Chester University

Women’s basketball team is ready for action. After a lop-sided loss against UConn in what some call the season opener, the true season openers for the Lady Rams came this weekend right in-side Hollinger Field House, when West Chester took on Concordia College and then, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

Friday night was the Rams first home game and first real game of the sea-son. Concordia, a new op-ponent for the Rams, could not control the scoring outbursts from West Ches-ter, as the Rams won their home opener, 102-55.

Leading the Rams in the victory, Brittany Sicinski dominated with 21 points. Sicinski, a returning star for the Golden Rams, will be looked to as the leader of this young squad all sea-son. This is nothing new, as Sicinski was selected a captain last year as a soph-omore. With more experi-ence under her belt, look for Sicinski to handle her lead-ership role extremely well and help lead this team to another successful season, on and off the court.

Not far behind Sicinski, junior Dallas Ely dropped 19 points. Ely, an All-American honorable men-tion last year, will be one of the main scoring threats for the Rams this season. Ely showed her skill all last year, becoming one of the top scoring threats in the PSAC, and ultimately the country. Last season, Ely lead the Rams in scor-ing, averaging 19.4 points

a game. This season, first year head coach Kiera Wooden will look to Ely for the same productivity she gave last season.

Sicinski and Ely did not do all the scoring on Friday night; Junior Anna Kuntz grabbed seven boards along with her six points, while junior Jasmen Clark added six points of her own. Jun-aid, a serious scoring threat for the past few seasons, contributed 13 points along with five rebounds. Junaid and Kuntz will be respon-sible for the post-game sec-tion of the Rams offense, due to senior Kendall Ben-voy being sidelined by in-jury.

Saturday afternoon, the competition rose as the Golden Rams took on U of Sciences of Philadelphia, a strong program. A hard fought game by both teams was the result, but West Chester pulled ahead very early, never actually trail-ing in the game, and held of a few late pushes from the opposing team.

A career day for Sicinski propelled the win for West Chester. Sicinski dropped a career-high 27 points, while nearly posting a quiet tri-ple-double. Sicinskis’ nine rebounds and seven assists showed her all around play that will be on display all

year for the Rams.Chikisha Steele-Hooke

dominated the paint for the Rams. Dropping 13 points along with 10 rebounds, the Rams first double-double of the season, Steele-Hook made her presence known. The Rams can only hope for this production all season from the 5-10 forward. Add-ing another presence down low would be a huge step in the right direction for Wooden’s team.

Kuntz added 10 points of her own while grabbing six rebounds. Kuntz did not see much action during her freshman year, but she ripped onto the season as a dominant big for WCU. Kuntz recorded a team-high six double doubles last year.

Next up for the Golden Rams, a home game ver-sus Millersville University on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Rams will look to grab their first win in a PSAC game on the season. In the past, Millersville has proved themselves as tough competition for the Rams, so it should be an exciting one. Come out too Hollinger Field House on Wednesday to catch the action.

AJ Arcaini is a third-year student majoring in communication studies with a minor in journalism. He can be reached at [email protected]

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West Chester Ice Hockey struggles through

early part of season

The West Chester Ice Hockey team has had a rough

start to their 2014-2015 season, winning only three of their 16 games. This year, some of the teams in the D-1 ACHA seem a step above the rest.

On Nov. 7 and 8, the Rams faced off against Lebanon Valley College for a two game bout that Lebanon Valley would control. The first game was a tough loss, with a score of 2-3. The Rams were unsuccessful on all four of their power plays, which seems to be a common occurrence for the team. Tyler Whita-cre opened up the scor-ing for the game with an assist from James Mun-cie.

The Flying Dutchmen answered back with two quick goals in the first period, one on a power play. John Mango scored a beautiful unassisted goal, which would be the only goal of the second period. The Rams held the Flying Dutchmen to an even score until 1:11 left in the third, when Paul Hefferin scored to seal the win for Lebanon Valley.

The second game of the weekend would be far less promising for West Chester. They would end up losing 5-1. A big contributing fac-tor was the lack of dis-cipline on the ice by the Rams. They received four minors and one ma-jor, resulting in the ejec-tion of Adrian Case. The Flying Dutchmen stifled

the Golden Rams’ power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. John Mango led the team, scoring the only goal for the Rams. The Golden Rams put 23 shots on net, but the Dutchmen’s goaltender would shut down 22 of them.

West Chester has not beaten a team more than two times all sea-son. The teams that they have beaten usu-ally take very high scor-ing victories over them in the other games they play. That is, in part, due to the poor specialty squads. The power play and short-handed efforts have not been there for the Rams this year.

Discipline has killed the team’s chances and they wont get any better if the discipline doesn’t improve. It’s really hard to win a game with only four men on the ice. On the other side of the coin, the man up chances are not being taken advan-tage of. The power play lines have been incred-ibly unsuccessful this entire season. Take the Lebanon Valley games as a very good example. The Golden Rams were unsuccessful on all 10 of their power play chanc-es. Those need to be the bread and butter of the offense. Scoring on a power play needs to be-come second nature for the men of West Ches-ter’s team.

In addition, the scor-ing needs to be more spread out amongst the team. There are cur-rently two players lead-ing the scoring, Justin Finnerty with seven goals and James Davis with six. Both players

are also up in the stat book for assists, having five. Finnerty and Davis are the only players with more than three goals. 11 players on the roster have registered three or less goals and nine have yet to register any. A team with so much tal-ent needs to have more depth in the scoring col-umn. More players need to be finding the back of the net. They are getting the chances and just not finding the holes in the goalie.

Also, the Rams are usually being out shot by very large amounts. If the other team is get-ting 30 shots on net, compared to 15 like the Rams, clearly the team with 30 shots has a bet-ter chance of scoring.

The Golden Rams have a very promising roster, that with some hard work and fine tun-ing, could turn the sea-son around, salvaging what they can by putting up a fight in every game for the duration of the season.

By spreading the wealth, staying out of the penalty box, and scoring on man up situations, the Rams can really do some great things in the league. The rest of their season should be rela-tively manageable. No games will be handed to them, but if they play to their full potential, they will be right there for the taking. Hopefully, in the upcoming weeks, a big turn-will be coming for the West Chester Ice Hockey team.

Bryce Livers is a second-year student majoring in communi-cations. He can be reached at [email protected]

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