OCTOBER 17, 2014 VOL 36, NO.7 Homecoming Success! Vulcans trample #19 Slippery Rock to boost the start of Homecoming Weekend 2014 Getting on Schedule It is almost time to register for the spring semester. With issues and errors almost being a guarantee in the past, UTech has worked hard to resolve these issues. Home Sweet Home Lauren Griffith gives an inside look to the people that call California home year round. Find out what the locals think of this “college town.” Saturday Funnies Saturday morning cartoons seem to be a tradition, but there actually might be a chance they will no longer exist. Athlete of the Week Check out the CalTimes Athlete of the Week. Get an inside look at Kiefer Shaw and how her athletic abilities are not just limited to tennis. Pg. 3 Pg. 8 Pg. 11 Pg. 16 Members of the California University of Pennsylvania football team celebrate after a 48-26 victory over PSAC rival Slippery Rock University. Coming off the victory over the then 19th ranked team in the country, Cal U earned the 25th spot in the D2football.com Top 25 Poll. Cal U is currently one of four PSAC teams ranked in the top 25. The Vulcans will play host to another PSAC rival this Saturday when they take on IUP in the Coal Bowl. LOOK INSIDE Homecoming Day Recap Recap the great weekend that was with a look back at Homecoming 2014. Pg. 9 PHOTO CREDIT: JOSH RICHARDSON
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OCTOBER 17, 2014 VOL 36, NO.7
Homecoming Success!Vulcans trample #19 Slippery Rock to boost the start of Homecoming Weekend 2014
Getting on ScheduleIt is almost time to register for the spring semester. With issues and errors almost being a guarantee in the past, UTech has worked hard to resolve these issues.
Home Sweet HomeLauren Griffith gives an inside look to the people that call California home year round. Find out what the locals think of this “college town.”
Saturday FunniesSaturday morning cartoons seem to be a tradition, but there actually might be a chance they will no longer exist.
Athlete of the WeekCheck out the CalTimes Athlete of the Week. Get an inside look at Kiefer Shaw and how her athletic abilities are not just limited to tennis.
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Pg. 8
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Members of the California University of Pennsylvania football team celebrate after a 48-26 victory over PSAC rival Slippery Rock University. Coming off the victory over the then 19th ranked team in the country, Cal U earned the 25th spot in the D2football.com Top 25 Poll. Cal U is currently one of four PSAC teams ranked in the top 25. The Vulcans will play host to another PSAC rival this Saturday when they take on IUP in the Coal Bowl.
LOOK INSIDEHomecoming Day RecapRecap the great weekend that was with a look back at Homecoming 2014.
JOSHUA RICHARDSON, BRIANA MONFREDI, PHIL TAFONE, CLAUDIA PEHOWIC, MATT
HAGY, SPORTS INFORMATION
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Facing Death We have heard the following story all too often. Someone goes to the doctor for a checkup or to have a minor procedure aimed at relieving joint or muscle pain. Just like he/she always does, the doctor runs some standard tests to ensure their patient is healthy. The patient expects this visit to be like every other. They expect the results will come back fine. But, what happens when they don’t? What kind of toll does that take on a person’s physical health? Sometimes more importantly, what kind of toll does a grave diagnosis take on someone’s mental health? Richard Cavasina, a former professor in the psychology department who retired in 2012, had to face these issues head on during his last few years at California University of Pennsylvania. In 2009, Cavasina went to his doctor to get blood work done in anticipation of wrist surgery. Cavasina’s original blood tests showed what his doctor called “abnormalities.” A second round of tests revealed Cavaisna’s liver wasn’t functioning properly. Before
leaving the doctor’s office that day, Cavasina was diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. He was given less than six months to live. Cavasina didn’t take the news well. “I remember sitting in the car with my wife and telling her I was going to die,” Cavasina said. As time passed, Cavasina’s mental condition continued to deteriorate. “In the period leading up to my transplant, I became a pre-Alzheimer’s patient,” he said. “I couldn’t read, I couldn’t concentrate, and there were times I didn’t even recognize my wife. On top of that, I also suffered from anxiety and depression.” Years passed, and Cavasina’s prediction appeared close to fruition. By late summer of 2012, Cavasina was a week away from death. Doctors were prepared to take any means necessary to try and save him. The planned course of action was to place Cavasina in a coma and hope his body took a new liver. A few days before this plan was enacted, a breakthrough occurred. Doctors found a liver they described as the perfect match for Cavasina’s body. Cavasina had survived.
The importance of mental healthPsychology professor discusses life after a transplant
Richard Cavasina speaks to the Cal U community as part of the Noss Lecture Series in Steele Hall.
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BY STETSON PROVANCE NEWS EDITOR
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Scheduling nightmare finally fixedHow Cal U and UTech resolved the big issues
At Cal U, sometimes getting good grades in classes is not the only thing students have to worry about. With scheduling issues, they sometimes have to worry about getting in the classes they need. Students at California University of Penn-sylvania in the past have experienced a num-ber of problems and concerns when using the Vulcan Information Portal, or VIP, around registration dates. Late last year, the uni-versity worked with Bill Staffen, the man in charge of the VIP server, to stagger schedul-ing times in order to reduce the workload on the server. Although these measures helped, the university acknowledges the process has not yet been perfected, but after talking to people at University Technology Services (Utech), Christine Kindl, director of commu-nications and public relations at Cal U, has reason to believe the best days lie ahead for
BY BRIANNA MONFREDI
the scheduling system. According to Kindl, Utech has constantly tested the system since last fall. Recently, they have been seeing results. “The system has been part of an ongoing process where they stimulated an app to test and see if the VIP registration will work without any issues for the upcoming spring scheduling.” Kindl said. “After the app was stimulated on the system last semester [Spring 2014], Utech tested and measured it repeatedly until they began to see improvement.” The emphasis on fixing VIP was in response to scheduling for the Spring 2014 semester. Students like Lindsey Gasper, a junior major-ing in biology, could not even log onto the VIP server. “There were errors every time I tried sign-ing in,” Gasper said. “I called Utech and they said to keep trying. It wasn’t until an hour
later I was able to schedule.” According to Kindl, the university will continue to work to improve VIP, irrespective of the current monetary issues plaguing the university. “It [improving VIP] is an ongoing process not effected by investment in the budget or by student enrollment,” Kindl said. Student expectations concerning VIP are tempered. Bridget Rogan, a graduate student majoring in school counseling, hopes the system will be relatively bug free come No-vember. “I would hope that it ’s situated for this up-coming registration,” Rogan said. If some of the most recent tests run last spring on the system hold true, students scheduling for this spring could be in for a pleasant surprise. “The spring semester did not have very many errors and in fact when it was tested in March there were no errors” Kindl said. With the time that UTech and California University of Pennsylvania has devoted to fixing scheduling issues, it appears that the process will go much smoother than it has in the past. Now when students log on to the VIP and get ready to register for classes, they can be at peace knowing that the bugs have been worked out. With the spring semes-ter approaching quickly, it is nice to know that there is one less thing we have to worry about.
UTECH INFOUTECH offers services to student, fac-ulty, and staff to assist with computing questions. For more information, visit the UTECH page on the Cal U website. The standard operating hours for UTECH are Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
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“Work hard at work worth doing”
As someone who studied psychology, Cavasina took the time after his transplant to reflect on his experience. “The effect the transplant process had on my mental health was really eye-opening,” Cavasina said. When considering the broad scheme of things, Cavasina said the anxiety and depression he suffered from before his transplant wasn’t much different than the issues we all face every day. “Everyone has mental health issues, whether they want to admit it or not,” Cavasina said. “When you think about it, college students suffer from anxiety and maybe even depression too as a result of the professors or students they encounter.” According to Cavasina, there are personal and societal pressures people combating mental hardships must endure. “Society sets the standards for mental health,” Cavasina said. “It is the job of the individual to follow these standards or the group ethic if that person is to be considered normal in terms of their mental health.” But how does one accomplish that? The trick to enduring mental hardship, Cavasina said, is not allowing bad thoughts, much like he had before his transplant to translate into bad actions. “Everyone has some sort of bad thoughts run through their minds at some point,” Cavasina said. “However, if someone is normal, they won’t allow themselves to go over the edge. They won’t turn bad thoughts into bad actions.” For many people, the support of family or friends can help them stay mentally balanced. Cavasina is no different. Cavasina credits his wife and his doctors as the major reasons he lived through the trauma of the transplant process. “My wife was my rock,” Cavasina said. “And the doctors were also supportive and reassuring. When everyone discussed my situation, it was never if I was going to get a liver, but when I was going to get one.” However you go about navigating mental health issues, Cavasina said it is a journey worth taking. “It is said people should work hard at work worth doing,” he said. “Achieving good mental health is worth doing.”
Help yourself by helping others
A little over two years after receiving his new liver, Cavasina said he feels better than ever. “I feel like a 20 year old,” Cavasina said. “I feel great.” In fact, Cavasina said his physical health and fresh mental perspectives have allowed him to start a “second life.” A major part of Cavasina’s new life has been devoted to educating people about mental health issues. On Oct. 9, Cavasina was the first speaker at the Noss Lecture Series held in Steele Hall Theater, delivering a message on the importance of mental health. Cavasina also took part in a commercial for UPMC that informed people about the benefits of their patient care centers. A UPMC spokesperson said Cavasina’s commercial was “the number one most viewed UPMC commercial on YouTube” as of early this year. Professionally, Cavasina was awarded with his own endowment, the Cavasina Endowment for Transplant and Research. He serves as the chairperson for the endowment, and is currently conducting research on the psychological issues involved with transplantation. Cavasina also serves as the director of the patient advocacy program at Allegheny General Hospital’s Abdominal Transplant Institute. This program serves as a support group for transplant patients and their families through the surgery and recovery process. Much like recovering from mental health issues, counseling transplant patients is hard work. When dealing with his patients, Cavasina faces an unfortunate paradox. “On the one hand, transplant patients need to be given hope like I was,” Cavasina said. “But, on the other hand, they need to be kept sedated. People must face the fact that when it comes to something like a liver transplant, there are 8,500 people who need one, but not everyone is going to get one.” Another difficulty Cavasina faces when dealing with patients is many times patients open up to him about their health issues instead of talking to their doctors. “Because I was once a transplant patient, my patients oftentimes ask me if I felt the same side effects or physical distresses they do now,” Cavasina said. “However,
I’m only licensed to help people deal with the psychological effects of a transplant, not the physical ones. But, even after telling people that, it is still sometimes a struggle to get people to tell their doctors how they are feeling.” However, no matter the circumstances, Cavasina is happy to have the opportunity to assist those who are facing the hardships involved with transplantation. According to Cavasina, the message all people effected by mental health issues should receive is to never be afraid to ask help. “No matter what you are facing, there is help for you. There are support groups for patients. There are support groups for people who serve as caregivers. There are support groups for everyone. Nothing should stop someone from getting the help they need.”
Moving on by helping othersCavasina continues to help others by relating to them from his own experiencesCONTINUED FROM PAGE 2
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The Center for Volunteer Programs and Service Learning, formerly known as the Center for Civic Engagement, is hosting H2O Helping Hands October, which encourages students to sign up for service projects held daily throughout the month. There are a variety of service opportunities available during H2O Helping Hands October as detailed on OrgSync. The service opportunities range from assisting with the YMCA After School Program, to donating blood at the Red Cross Blood Drive, to cleaning at the Methodist Church Clean Up. “We tried to provide a wide variety of opportunities with our local community partners,” said Diane Hasbrouck, the Director of Volunteer Programs and Service Learning. Some service opportunities are held on campus; however, most are off campus. Transportation is provided for students interested in certain off campus service opportunities. The idea for H2O Helping Hands October came from Stephanie Moore, a Volunteer Coordinator
at the Center for Volunteer Programs and Service Learning. She attended a conference where a private college from Memphis presented their own month of service which they called “September of Service.” She used the same basic idea to create H2O for California University of Pennsylvania. So far, H2O Helping Hands October is receiving a positive reaction from students. Many students are taking advantage of H2O to earn required service hours for their club, and other students are participating because they are interested in helping out. The university is happy with the early participation numbers they have received. “We are pleased with the turnout,” Hasbrouck said. Students must register on OrgSync for service opportunities in advance so the service partners know how many volunteers to expect. The Center for Volunteer Programs and Service Learning tries to provide students with opportunities as often as they can. They are currently planning for Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week in November. Students can
e-mail [email protected] with any questions about service opportunities, or visit the Center for Volunteer Programs and Service Learning located in Carter Hall, room G19. Students who volunteer get to learn about the needs of our community and experience things they otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity to do. It also allows the community to see California University of Pennsylvania in a positive light, Hasbrouck said. Students like freshman Sierra Wareham have found the experience to be a fulfilling one. “I love volunteering because it just makes me smile making other people smile,” Wareham said. “Plus, it shows respect, gives you an opportunity to make new friends, and teaches you how to be responsible.” Moore concurs, and she plans on volunteering as much as possible during H2O Helping Hands October. “I enjoy volunteering because I feel like I am making a difference in someone’s life,” Moore said. “You are making someone happier.”
California University of Pennsylvania lends a helping handBY MELANIE BOOP
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Career & Professional Development Center 230 Eberly Hall 724-938-4413 [email protected] www.calu.edu/careers
Office Hours: Walk-in Hours Mon. – 8 am to 6 pm Tues. – 11 am to 1 pm Tues. – 8 am to 5 pm Wed. – 9 am to 3 pm Wed. – Fri. – 8 am to 4 pm Thurs. – 11 am to 1 pm
Unique Careers for Education Majors
October 23, 2014 5:30 – 8:00 pm
Eberly Hall Lobby This event is open to any major but focuses on alternative careers for education majors.
Register for this event at – www.calu.edu/careers go to the events page.
Fitness CornerWith Phil Tafone
As many of you have endured a grinding week of homecoming and mid-terms, I would like to explain the importance of sleep. Several of my clients have recently shared with me that they do not get the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep, and a few are even getting as little as 2 or 3 hours per night. There are some basic physiological needs for sleep, but it is also important to rest in order to make your exercise pay off. Think about it--your body only needs to be in recharge for 8 hours per day - one third of your life. Imagine charging your phone for 8 hours and getting 16 hours of talk and web browsing from it. Not likely. Most of us charge our phone over night, use it minimally, only to find the horrors of being down to one bar of power by 4 p.m. Now let’s look at what happens in the 8 hours of rest that we get. In some regards, sleep is still a mystery. Institutes and doctors still seek to understand a great deal about sleep, insomnia, and even dreaming. What has been agreed upon, is that sleep is the time that your body uses to repair tissue, fight illness, and organize things in your mind. You have probably heard of Non-REM sleep and REM sleep. Recent findings show that Non-REM sleep goes through several stages and usually lasts for an hour or so. During this time many of the physiological issues of the body are managed. The body then enters REM sleep. This sleep typically lasts 90 minutes and is presumed to be like defragging your computer’s hard drive. After the 90 minutes, you return to NREM sleep and the cycle continues. Most people in the real world however, don’t care, understand, or care to understand what I
just explained. For them I compare the body to a shopping mall. Picture your local shopping mall. On the outside there is parking, street lamps, and sometimes a security or police kiosk. The inside is a bustling network of store-lined corridors, often with a secondary hallway system for deliveries and emergency exists. There are shoppers, shoplifters, retailers, mall management, and even plain old browsers. This system actually resembles your body - several systems working at once, through many different limbs, with many different kinds of guests running through your veins and arteries. Like the mall, you keep your body running about 14 hours a day. Also like the mall, you have an overnight cleanup crew. Now put yourself in the shoes of a cleanup crew. To do a good job they need to be free of distraction and time to work. Same goes for your body. While it will try to fight germs and infections, or rebuild the muscles you’ve worked out, while you are awake, there’s just too much going on. Too much energy must be devoted to thinking and staying awake. Finally, it is worth noting that exercising before bed can keep you awake. I generally put exercise alongside caffeine and a solid meal, in that they should not occur under 4 hours before bed time. If you cannot hit the gym until just before bed, it is better to spend your time walking and be able to sleep, than to exercise and have too much energy to go to sleep. So go to sleep. Close shop for a while and make sure it’s long enough for your body’s cleanup crew to do its job. You’ll thank yourself in the long run.
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Kristina Dedousis (left), is a Business Administration major and completed her internship with WDVE.
Internship CornerIntern Spotlight of the Week
The internship process can be a confusing time for stu-dents as they sort through all of the possibilities that are at their fingertips and decide which fits them best. However, there are some steps students need to take before they begin their internships. The first step to the internship process is enrolling in the internship intent sec-tion. Internship intent is a placeholder within the potential internee’s course schedule to ensure that the student and his or her advisors and department chairs are aware of the possibility of an internship for the scheduled semester. This is also helpful for students who may wish to schedule classes around the internship. Internship intent should be added as a placeholder in a student’s schedule for the semester the student intends to internship during early registration. There are strict dead-lines for the window of application and the student should be sure to apply as soon as they begin thinking they are going to intern. This, however, does NOT mean that you are registered for your internship! You must follow the step-by-step process to ensure that you receive credit for your internship.
It is clear that in American society, any-one who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and asexual (LG-BTQA) often deals with a stigma or stereo-type attached to the sexual identity. This ap-plies in many social environments, including college campuses. In order for students who identify as LGBTQA to fully enjoy their expe-riences in college, they have to feel welcome, safe and secure. Here at California University of Pennsylvania, the recently established Lambda Bridges Program Office fulfills that mission. Lambda Bridges provides students with various educational programs, resources, and activities that contribute to advocating for the rights of LGBTQA students both on cam-pus and in the community, as well as support
from allies. Its members are here to help students by discussing topics including com-ing out, relationship issues, discrimination and harassment. They have events every year such as “Keeping Current”, which are monthly discussions about current events surround-ing the LGBTQA community, and Out-N’-Proud student panels. Lambda Bridges works together with Cal’s Rainbow Alliance. Currently, the organization is holding a six-week discussion program where they
will be covering topics along the lines of bisexual awareness, transgender awareness, self-acceptance, coming out and identifying as LGBTQA in a religious community. Sheleta Webb, Lambda Bridges’ program coordinator, is facilitating these discussions. If you would like to attend these discus-sions, visit the Lambda Bridges Program office located in Carter Hall’s Multicultural Affairs Suite where more information is avail-able about the discussions. The location of the meetings is not posted in order to help protect the students involved, and to ensure that a safe, comfortable space is created for them. The Lambda Bridges Program’s Office can also be reached by e-mail at [email protected], or by phone at (724)-938-5758.
Cal U is participating in Pennsylvania American Water’s UTAP Challenge, and the college that receives the most votes on Facebook wins a water bottle filling station! We need your help! Facebook followers can vote once every 24 hours. So, VOTE TODAY (and every day through Oct. 31) at https://www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniaamwater.
WANTED: College or graduate school students are needed to work with elementary school children in an after school program in the South Hills. Students must be able to work flexible hours and have their own transportation to and from the program. Pay ranges between $10 and $11 per hour.If interested, e-mail resumé or letter of interest to [email protected].
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California locals: Why people choose to stay in California Borough California, Pa. is largely a college town. With only one traffic light, a handful of food options, and two convenience stores, not much exists in the town except California University of Pennsyl-vania. For those who are not students or employ-ees of the university, it is uncertain what motives would be for remaining in the town. According to the 2010 census, 52.9% of the residents in the town were under the age of 24. 29.6% of the population was below the poverty line as well. “I lived in the area all of my life. I lived near Perryopolis, Grindstone, then Fayette City, “ said Jeffery Coyne, a resident of California for the past 19 years. Coyne originally moved to the area from the state of Florida in hopes of continuing a relationship with his then girlfriend. The relation-ship has since ended, but Coyne has remained in the area. A resident of the California Apartments on Sec-ond Street, Coyne lives in an apartment by him-self, with his dog five-year-old dog Mocha. Coyne is an active member of the California Community, and rides with the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity in
the Homecoming parade each year. Coyne admits that he has briefly thought about moving back to Florida. “I wouldn’t know what to do without being around the people here. I’d miss it too much,” said Coyne. “I’d just rather be here.” The disabled 49-year-old said he has no prob-lem with the university or the students that at-tend it. He feels that California is still as safe as it was when he first moved here in 1995. “The college kids—they are great. We get trouble at times but that comes with the terri-tory. The kids show me respect, and so I respect them,” said Coyne. Coyne can frequently be seen sitting outside of the apartment complex, walking his dog, chatting with neighbors, or working on his four-wheeler or his motorcycle. Former students have grown close to Coyne, and Coyne misses them when they leave for the summer and the holidays. “A lot of people complain about [the town], but not me. I tell ‘em it ’s a good town,” said Coyne.While Coyne represents a positive view of the town, it is apparent not everyone feels this way.
“If you ask my opinion about this town, it sucks. I hate it,” said Jessica Chamberlain. She has lived in California for close to a year. “There is no shopping market, no movie theatre, or anything. It ’s a bunch of nothing. You have to worry about Rite-Aid not having your prescription.” Chamberlain, a Pittsburgh native, moved to California because it was the first place that be-came available to her and she needed to get out of her former living situation. “The cops never bother any of the college stu-dents but they always bother us. We are target-ed,” said Chamberlain. Another resident of the California Apartments commented, “You see kids walking down the streets with open cans of beer and they [the cops] don’t do nothing.” Coyne responded with, “I think the cops do what they gotta do. I’ve had run-ins with them in the past, but I give them credit. They are taking action in the community they live in.”As with every place, there are both negative and positive opinions of the town.
BY LAUREN GRIFFITH, ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
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The week that was: Homecoming 20142014 Homecoming King and Queen crowned
Sarah Barger (left) and JaQuan Cornish (right) pose with interim Presi-dent Geraldine Jones after being named the 2014 Homecoming King and Queen during halftime at Saturday’s football game.
Sigma Kappa and Fiji pose for a photo at the parade line-up on campus.
Vulcans mascot Blaze pumps up the crowd along Third Street for a Homecoming picture.
The sisters of Alpha Sigma Alpha make their way to Saturday’s homecoming festivities.
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HEART and Rite-Aid team up to fight influenzaBY DEVEN BOURQUIN
FORECAST BY: THE SAMARAS AND YOUNG WEATHER CENTER
It’s influenza (flu) season again and California University of Pennsylvania’s H.E.A.R.T (Health Education Awareness Resource Team) partnered with Rite-Aid to administer flu shots to students, faculty, staff, and personnel on campus in Carter Hall, in the Multipurpose Room between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 9. According to Frances Fayish, Nurse Practitioner, Wellness Education Specialist, advisor of H.E.A.R.T., and organizer of the event, this service has been provided for several years. “We always do them towards the fall semester since this is when the flu starts rising,” said the current graduate assistant who has worked under Fayish for four years, 23, Shandel Garner. According to www.cdc.gov/flu, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends everyone six-months-old and older should receive an annual vaccination because flu activity begins to increase in October and is most common between January and March. According to Garner, most insurances will cover the flu shot so those who wish to receive a shot should bring an insurance card to the event. For those who do not have health insurance, the cash price is $29.00The program operated on walk in appointments. According to Garner, faculty and staff take advantage of the accessibility of the service as well. The convenience of the event is paramount for all those on campus, says Garner.
They have to go to their primary care doctor, which is not true. You can come here. We take a lot of insurance, and if you do have to pay, it’s not that expensive,” said Garner. “Each time we’ve done it this year, which we’ve done it, this is our third time, and we get between twenty and thirty people, each time, a little over.” Renee Kurdilla, a pharmacist at Rite-Aid from Grindstone, Pa. who was present and administering the shots, provided basic knowledge on what exactly the flu is. “The flu is a virus that is spread by the influenza and can be given or transferred by coughing sneezing, so you can experience fever, chills, coughing, or respiratory issues. It’s very important to get immunize every year to fight off the virus,” said Kurdilla. Kurdilla also elaborated on how the shot that is administered affects the body. “We actually administered killed viruses in our flu shots. When you get the flu shot administered into your body, it causes your body to build up antibodies. So, that’s why some people have reactions after they get a flu like chills fevers,” said Kurdilla. For any who fear that shots will only make them sick, Kurdilla addressed that issue as well. “You’re not really getting sick; your body is just reacting to the immunization that we’re giving you,” said Kurdilla. “I just think everyone needs to shield themselves from the flu, and the best way to do that is getting a flu shot.” While Kurdilla said that the shot is one of the best methods to avoid contracting the flu, it is not 100 percent full proof.
“The CDC develops the flu shot based on statistics based on the different strains that are out there. You’ve got the A strain, the B strain, and the H1N1 strain. So, there’s various strains every year. That’s why the flu shot isn’t a hundred percent guaranteed because the CDC makes these vaccines based on theory, what they believe are going to be the most common strains. So, when that happens, there might be a mutation. Strains mutate all the time. That’s why you may still get sick, you just may not be as sick.” There are further measures that can be taken besides an immunization shot to help avoid contracting and spreading the virus. “Wash your hands,” said Garner on preventing the spread of the virus as contact is one of the fastest way the virus spreads. Kurdilla echoed Garner’s sentiment about preventing, contracting and spreading the virus.“Number one is getting vaccinated, washing your hands, not touching other things of people during flu season. I cannot stress enough— hand washing. When you’re sneezing, you always want to sneeze into the elbow. When you see people sneezing and coughing just keep your distance,” said Kurdilla. There will be another session to receive a flu shot on Oct. 20. For more information, or if you have any question, contact Fayish at [email protected], or 724-938-5922. Both Kurdilla and Garner said that only one immunization is needed every year. “It is a virus, so it’s very contagious. So, it’s very important to get immunized,” said Kurdilla.
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BY Taylor Brown, OPINION/LIFESTYLES EDITOR
No longer are the days where kids will wake up on a Saturday morning and stay in their pajamas until noon and watch the cartoons that made us laugh and maybe even taught us something. ABC pulled children’s shows off the air in 2011. Three weeks ago the CW started the process of discontinuing a 50-year-old tradition that became a staple of childhood in our country. I remember waking up on Saturday mornings, snuggling up in front of the living room TV with my favorite blanket, a bowl of my favorite cereal, my late grandma Brown’s famous butter toast, all while watching Bugs Bunny. Cartoons are not what define our childhood, but they do probably serve as one of the earliest memories that we have. We live in a world where fads come into our lives, but just as quickly leave and then so many decades later replace themselves. Cartoons, however, should not be one of these things. So many things that I grew up with have been replaced with new an improved version of themselves. Rotary phones were replaced with cordless landlines that were then replaced with cellphones. Desktops were replaced with flat screen monitors that were then replaced with laptops that are now in the process of being
replaced with tablets. Cable TV is being replaced with Satellite TV, or a more high definition version of Cable, which brings us to the content itself. Soap operas are being replaced with trashy reality TV shows, or made for TV or in some case Netflix dramas like OITNB. There is no longer one sports channel or one cooking channel. MTV is no loner music television, and Disney channel no loner features Disney programs like we knew them when we were little. I am talking about shows like Lizzie McGuire and Halloweentown that were replaced with shows like Hannah Montana and then Good Luck Charlie (I couldn’t tell you what this was about). What is going to replace classic cartoons? Is there really anything that can compare to Bugs Bunny or The Flintstones? What about Dragon Ball Z or The Spectacular Spider-man? News stations are claiming that the reason so many networks are discontinuing airing children’s programs is because they cannot compete with Cable TV. So many channels are offering so many different options, but I do not think classic Saturday mornings are comparable to things that are being aired on modern television. They may be replaceable to kids who do not know any better, who would rather play their Xbox for seven
straight hours, or sleep their afternoons away but they aren’t replaceable to me; or to anyone else who grew up watching them. By today’s society viewing most of today’s youth as lazy and unmotivated it might seem logical for not only the stations competing with these other stations to discontinue their children’s programming, but may also seem as a way to get kids outside and moving. The reality is, cartoons or not, kids will still find away to be lazy if they really want to be. So why take a way a seemingly good thing? History has a way of repeating itself and I hope, for the sake of future generations, the classics find a way to find their way back onto mainstream television.
Cartoons are not a replaceable part of history
TWITTER QUESTION OF THE WEEKWere Saturday morning cartoons an important part of your childhood? Should they be discontinued?
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@LexiFeiller @caltimes Cartoons were part of almost everyone’s childhood. The content of cartoons may be the better thing to question. #caluopinion
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@kate_sheldon@caltimes I grew up watching these every weekend and I still enjoy watching them to this day so I don’t think they should be discontinued!#caluopinion
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I got my first dog on my fifth birthday. She was a fuzzy white Shih Tzu that jumped out of a polka dot wrapped box and immediately into my lap, smoth-ering me with puppy kisses. Her eyes were dark, and a little pink bow rested between her ears, so naturally five-year-old me, named her Pinky. Pinky was my first dog, but she was not the first dog that I grew up with. She was just the first dog that was actually mine. Before Pinky was a Stan-dardized Poodle name Pierre, then there was Mojo, a black Lab, (Yes, I did name him after the Power puff girls). We temporarily had a Great Dane, which we had to give up after an incident of him mistak-ing my dad’s face for one of his toys. Needless to say that in my family we are dog people, we always have been. When Pinky died, af-ter being bitten by a snake in our backyard we went to a shelter (I do not remember which one exactly) and adopted a mutt that I named Tipsy, after the J-Kwon song that I am sure most of you know. What we did not know when we adopted her, is that she was pregnant and in the upcoming months bless us with a litter of puppies that we would have to find homes for. When we adopted Tipsy, the process was not dif-ficult. We went to a shelter, filled out some paper work, answered a few general questions, paid a small adoption fee and I left with a new four-legged
Shelters making pet adoption too dog-gone hard BY TAYLOR BROWN,OPINION/LIFESTYLES EDITOR friend. That was many years ago though and I am
sad to say that the adoption process is no longer simple, in fact it is almost impossible to give an animal a fur-ever home unless you meet an unnec-essarily long list of requirements. Last Saturday, I took the day off and with the help of my mother drove through almost all of Westmo-reland and Fayette County with my heart set on bringing home a puppy. Needless to say, adopting a new animal is easier said than done. Although the numbers are not as high as they were in the 90s when over 20 million dogs and cats were being euthanized each year, they still are not good. Today, more than 6 million dogs and cats are taken into shelters each year and of that 6 million, 4 million are still being killed. Sometimes it is due to health reasons, other times it is because of age, and sadly sometimes it is simply because there is not enough space or recourses to take care of the animals. This leaves me wondering why, with these disheartening statistics, has it become so difficult to adopt a pet. I went to six different shelters, all of which had a different reason as to why I was unequipped to take home a new puppy. One told me that I was too young. Another told me I was unable to adopt be-cause I didn’t own my own home. Another told me I was not financially stable enough, another told me because I was a student and that I would not have the time to appropriately take care of a dog. After filling out numerous applications, I was rejected because I did not provide appropriate answers to what I consider to be loaded questions. Was I planning on having children in the next ten years? Where did I plan on having the dog sleep? Appar-ently not knowing when exactly I intend to have children determines whether or not, according to these shelters, I am able to have a dog. Apparently, letting my dog sleep in bed with me occasionally is absolutely absurd. Why would I ever want to cuddle my puppy? After so many rejections, I stopped calling shel-ters and refused to visit another one. My heart was left broken and heavy, driving home thinking of all the animals in those cages desperately needing a home, but because of the hoops people are forced to jump through, the animals spend another night on the concrete floor of their designated shelter. In a situation like this, it is hard to not place blame on those in charge of these shelters, making it so
difficult to adopt. In their defense, they are volun-teers who spend countless hours a week taking care of these animals and in many cases nursing them back to health after suffering from abuse. Working first hand with these animals who have been ne-glected show volunteers the darker side of people and I think this is what blinds them to holding their standards so high in attempts to find perfect homes. The thing is, people aren’t perfect and it is impos-sible to judge someone’s capability or character by an online application. By holding their standards so high, they are actually hurting the animals they strive so hard to protect. I could not count on two hands the number of dogs I wish I could have taken home with me that day. Though I did not walk out of any shelters with a puppy, that night I went to a woman’s house right across town, where she had four little fur babies looking for a new home, which is when I met Albert. Albert is a Pug Chihuahua mix and came home with me that night in a fancy new sweater that he absolutely loves. His favorite hobbies include nap-ping on my shoulder and chewing on my combat boots. He has become official office puppy of The Cal Times newspaper and I am so happy to have found a pup to give a “furever” home.
PHOTO CREDIT: LAUREN GRIFFITHRecently adopted and making an appearance at the Cal Times newsroom, “Albert” is a mixed breed Pug Chihuahua puppy. He loves wearing his fancy brown sweater, napping, and chewing combat boots.
MATT HAGYBills over Vikings
Ravens over FalconsBrowns over Jaguars
Packers over PanthersColts over BengalsSaints over Lions
Seahawks over Rams
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PHOTO CREDIT: LAUREN GRIFFITH
Women’s soccer earns win at Gannon, 2-1 Behind an early second-half goal from senior Chelsea Crockett (Gilmanton, N.H./Gilford), the California University of Pennsylvania women’s soccer team earned a 2-1 win over Gannon in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play on Saturday evening. With the win, the Vulcans improve to 7-2-2 overall and 7-2-1 in conference action. Meanwhile, Gannon falls to 5-7-0 this season behind a 5-6 mark in league play. Cal U took a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute when ju-nior Janelle McCann (Burlington, Vt./Tilton School) scored when her shot attempt deflected off the crossbar with an assist from Crockett. It marked the fifth goal in the past four games for McCann, who has now scored in three of her last four games. Gannon tied the score at 1-1 in the 36th minute when junior Mani Brueckner, the two-time PSAC Athlete of the Year, scored off a rebound. The Vulcans reclaimed the lead at the 52:01-mark when Crockett scored her fourth game-winning goal of the season off a cross from senior Erin Hogan (Beaver, Pa./Beaver). Crockett has posted at least a goal and an assist in three of the last four games and leads the team with 20 points.Sophomore goalkeeper Meghan Jayes (New Al-bany, Ohio/New Albany) made six saves while play-ing all 90 minutes. Freshman Danitza Indacochea suffered the loss while making two saves. Gannon finished with a 16-13 advantage and held a 2-1 edge in corner kicks. The Vulcans return to action on Wednesday, Oct. 15, when they travel to Alderson Broaddus in non-conference action at 7 p.m.
BY SPORTS INFORMATION
Chelsea Crockett handles a pass as she dribbles down the field. Crockett helped propel the team to two PSAC victories this past week. The Vulcans defeated Mercyhurst by a score of 3-2 on October 8. Crockett scored the game-winning goal in the tilt against Mercyhurst.
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CalTimes NFL Picks of the Week MATT HAGY
Bills over VikingsRavens over FalconsBrowns over Jaguars
Packers over PanthersColts over BengalsSaints over Lions
Seahawks over Rams
Redskins over TitansChargers over ChiefsCowboys over Giants
Broncos over 49ersRaiders over CardinalsTexans over Steelers
STETSON PROVANCEBills over Vikings
Ravens over FalconsBrowns over Jaguars
Packers over PanthersColts over BengalsLions over Saints
Seahawks over Rams
Redskins over TitansChiefs over ChargersCowboys over Giants
Broncos over 49ersCardinals over RaidersTexans over Steelers
JOSE NEGRONRedskins over TitansChargers over ChiefsGiants over Cowboys
Broncos over 49ersCardinals over RaidersTexans over Steelers
Vikings over BillsFalcons over RavensBrowns over Jaguars
Packers over PanthersColts over BengalsSaints over Lions
Seahawks over Rams
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Last Tuesday, the Cal U hockey program took center stage as they hosted the annual Cal U hockey home-coming series at the Rostraver Ice Garden in Rostraver Township. Since 2012, the Vulcans have held this series during homecoming week, which showcases the talents of the Cal U hockey teams and also brings out differ-ent Penguins players to the event to sign autographs. This year the Penguins players that came out to the ice garden were defensemen Simon Despres and Robert Bortuzzo. “Its great, I mean you cannot say enough about how fantastic the fans are in Pittsburgh,” Bortuzzo said. “For this event, the community is well involved in coming out and I always love putting smiles on the kids faces that want to talk to you and learn about the game of hockey.” The event started with the Cal 2 team facing off against the Washington & Jefferson Presidents. Behind a hat trick from Alex Smith, the Vulcans were able to fend off the Presidents 9-6. Talen Stroman picked up the win in net for the Vulcans as he was able to overcome a 4-goal performance from W&J forward Andrew Zona. After the first game, fans were treated to an opportunity
to skate on the ice and have a chance to get autographs and take photos with Bortuzzzo and Despres. “When they asked me to come out it was a no brainer that I would say yes,” Despres said. “The fans have always supported my teammates and I, so what a better way to say thank you than to show up at a community event near the Pittsburgh area.” The nightcap featured a CHE final rematch as the Cal 1 Vulcans took on the Pitt-Johnstown Ice Cats. Looking to avenge last season’s defeat to the Ice Cats, the Vulcans fell behind early in the 1st period, 1-0 and were being dominated by the Ice Cats goaltender Tyler Mains. The second period brought different fortunes for the Vulcans as they scored four unanswered goals to storm out to a 4-1 lead. Tyler Gettel started the scoring with a wrister out in front of the net to tie the game just four minutes into the second period. Just three minutes later, the Vulcans took the lead for good when Justin Fitzgerald scored off a rebound from Gettel to make it 2-1. Tim Brown ripped a strange goal past Mains over his left shoulder to make it 3-1, then just a minute later, was fol-lowed with a shorthanded goal from Anthony Tonkovich to make it 4-1 Vulcans with just seven minutes left in the
second period. The Ice Cats did not go away without a fight as they scored a pair power play goals in the later part of the second and early part of the third period to make it 4-3 Vulcans. Cal held that advantage until Gettel scored off a sick pass with just over two minutes left to make it 5-3 and an empty net goal courtesy of Tim Brown made it a 6-3 victory for the Vulcans and sweet revenge over their rival from Johnstown. The homecoming series was once again a success as many people came out to support the clubs and were entertained by the Penguins players, plus appearances from the Cal U Dance Team and Drum line as well. With the event concluding, now the focus for Bortuzzo and Despres shifts to the beginning of the 2014-15 Penguins season. “I’m looking forward to get going here with the new regime and the changes of player personnel as well,” Bortuzzo said. “We always have the same goal in mind every season in Pittsburgh and that is being the last team standing and win the Stanley Cup.”
BY MATT HAGY
Cal U Hockey program hosts Annual Homecoming Hockey Games
After eclipsing the course record at the Mack Cooper Invitational over the weekend, California University of Pennsylvania senior Aaron Dinzeo (Sidney, Ohio/Sidney) was tabbed the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Athlete of the Week for the second-straight week on Monday afternoon. Dinzeo claimed his third individual title of the fall on Saturday while posting a time of 24 minutes, 45.2 seconds. In a field of nearly 150 runners, he won the event by over 40 seconds and broke the previous course record set in 2008 by six seconds. Dinzeo helped the Vul-cans place fourth overall while previewing the course at Cooper’s Lake Campground, which will host the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships on Nov. 22. Originally from Monroeville, Pennsylvania, Dinzeo re-ceived All-America status in cross country for the second time in his career last fall by finishing fifth overall at the NCAA National Championships. He also was selected to the PSAC Top 10 three times last academic year (fall, winter, spring) while repeating as a Capital One First-
Team Academic All-American. Dinzeo has now received PSAC Athlete of the Week honors four times during his cross country career. Cal U is idle this weekend before returning to action at the Go Fast River Run on Oct. 25 in Lock Haven, Pennsyl-vania.
Dinzeo claims PSAC Athlete of the Week honors for fourth time
BY MATT KIFER Sports Information
Remaining Men’s Cross Country Meets
10/25 - Lockhaven Go Fast River Run
11/8 - PSAC Championships
11/22 - NCAA Atlantic Regional
Championships
12/6 - NCAA National Championships
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Three years of gut wrenching defeats at the hands of Slippery Rock came to a close last Saturday as the Cal U football team hammered the Rock by a score of 48-26, in front of a packed homecoming crowd at Adamson Stadium. This marked the first win over Slippery Rock for the Vulcans since 2010, which also came on a Cal U homecoming day. The most important aspect of the win was the fact that over 20 recruits were on the sidelines watching the Vulcans run all over Slippery Rock. “That win on Saturday was a fruition of everything we believed in recruiting wise,” said head coach Mike Kel-lar. “We try our best to get our top recruits out here on game days and get a head start on recruiting.” For Coach Kellar it was his first win over Slippery Rock since he was named head coach in 2012 and what will also go down as one of his best wins to date. The magnitude of this win for the players was enormous by finally removing the demons from the past three Slippery Rock games. Both included the Vulcans seeing PSAC west championship hopes go up in flames to the Rock, who ended up winning the PSAC west on both occasions, plus a devastating loss in 2012, which wiped out chances to make the playoffs. “A lot of our kids played against most of the opposing players when they were in high school so there was this rivalry and bragging rights aspect also,” Kellar said. “We fight to get these players with Slippery Rock and also
IUP as well so the decision these kids make most of the time come down to these three schools. With that moti-vation included with losing three straight years, it meant everything for these kids and to see them take a group photo at the end on the field was an awesome moment.” One of the biggest storylines coming into the game was the powerful Rock running game, which topped out at more then 280 yards rushing a game and included redshirt freshman Shamar Greene, who led the PSAC in rushing. The Vulcans defense limited Greene to a season low 66 yards on 13 carries and no touchdowns. “Coach Lopez and our defensive staff do a great job of game plans and a stout defensive line that are both very important to our success up front in stopping the run,” Kellar said. “We have so much depth up front with play-ers like Jawan Turner, Tyler Haddock, Kenny Wilkins and we put Jeff Knox up front a lot this week so we could have more speed on the field. We did not do anything special and just played our base defense and our players took advantage of that knowledge and showed it on the field.” The Vulcans never let off the gas Saturday as they built a 28-3 first half lead off of two touchdown catches from sophomore Gary Brown and pristine passing from junior James Harris, who saw his non-interception streak rise to four games. While the Rock drew closer in the third quarter, they could not prevent themselves from making multiple mistakes that killed potential scoring drives.
From mishandling snaps to five turnovers, the oppor-tunistic Vulcans defense had an answer every time the Rock tried to snatch momentum away. Cal U now finds themselves in a three-way tie for first place in the PSAC west with the Rock and also their opponent this week, the IUP Crimson Hawks. Anytime IUP and Cal U get together, two words come to mind for any person: Coal Bowl. The sixth annual Coal Bowl returns to Adamson Stadium Saturday at 1 p.m. where the Vulcans once again to look to avenge a defeat from the previous season. IUP won 20-7 on their own home turf last season to gain their first win since the rivalry game was dubbed the Coal Bowl. “These games have been back and forth affairs and both teams share similar athleticism,” Kellar said. “They are a good football team and have rebounded from a shaky start which is a credit to the talent they have on the field. IUP is also a run-first offense like the Rock but are schematically different which always presents us with a tough challenge every season.” A win Saturday over their biggest rival could set the Vulcans to new heights in the PSAC and the region as well. This season is already embarking itself as being one of the best seasons in recent memory for Cal U. “It is an exciting time to be a part of this program,” Kel-lar said. “I told my kids after the win last Saturday to stay humble and keep moving forward because the journey is far from complete.”
BY MATT HAGY Staff Writer
Vulcans snap losing skid to Slippery Rock in Annual Homecoming game
Photo Credit: Josh RichardsonSophomore running back Nick Grissom runs for a first down during last Saturday’s Homecoming game against Slippery Rock University at Adamson Stadium. Grissom ran the ball a career high 21 times for 121 yards with one touchdown in the Vulcans 48-26 victory.
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TWO LOCATIONS,
TONS OF GREAT DEALS
Cal Times Athlete SpotlightKiefer Shaw
Class: Junior Major: Business AdministrationHometown: Westmount, QuebecHigh School: Centennial High School
Before playing for the California University of Pennsylvania women’s tennis team, sophomore Kiefer Shaw wasn’t just a successful athlete in one sport. While playing at Centennial High School, Shaw also played basketball and soccer, while also winning the Female Athlete of the Year award on two occasions and making it to the 18 and under Canadian Nationals in Tennis in 2010. As a freshman last season, Shaw saw most of her success in singles matches, compiling an 8-2 overall record. Along with senior teammate Jesse Burrell, Shaw recently captured the doubles title at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships on September 14th. Shaw’s most recent success came last Saturday as she placed eighth in sin-gles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Championships.
