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March 25, 2010• Volume 106, No. 16 On the Web: www.etownian.comOne Alpha Drive • Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298

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Mr. Etown Q&A

Campus Life, page 6

Professorial background checks

Opinion, page 11

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Writers House to foster creativity, accomodate eventsKara M. LuzikStaff Writer

A short walk off campus from Ober, Brinser or Founders, on the far

side of the Simon Farm property, you can find a small, white ranch house. Most recently home to the Hess fam-ily, this building will soon undergo renovations to become an intellectual venue for students, faculty and the public. Elizabethtown College will begin programming for the Writers House, located be-tween Cedar and Cherry Streets, in the fall of 2010.

T h e Wr i t e r s Hou s e will host an array of events. Students and faculty will be invited to at-tend luncheons and workshops wit h profes-sional writers, scholars from f i e l d s o u t -side the hu-manities and nonacademic experts. Fac-ulty and student groups will have the opportunity to host receptions,

awards banquets, and many events tra-ditionally held on campus in the house.

“It is a dynamic venue in which we bring in outside writers, performers and artists to create a greater sense of multiplicitous diversity in the univer-sity,” the house’s future director, Jesse Waters, visiting assistant professor of English, said.

The idea for the Writers House was originally suggested by faculty of the English department. Dean of Faculty

Christine Bucher and Provost Susan Traverso are also advocates of the house’s establishment.

Bucher believes the House will open up many new opportuni-

ties for students. “Not all learning occurs in

the classroom,” she said. “[The] Writ-ers House will of-fer a venue for talk-ing about writing outside the formal classroom setting.”

Programming at the House includes hosting academic and professional writers who wil l give presentations

and meet with students and faculty on a personal level.

“We’re bringing in folks who have a strong sense of social and intellectual diversity to offer the campus commu-nity,” Waters said.

Bucher and Waters both said that students will have a large say in the fu-ture programming of the house. Waters believes it will become a strong resource for the entire College community.

“While this house may be grounded in the humanities, through its sense of programming, we plan to show that every department on campus can and should feel like they have a vested in-terest in what goes on there in terms of selection of personnel and events,” he said.

The House will also give faculty a space to use off campus that is still within walking distance of the Col-lege. “Faculty can have a place that’s a little quieter and a little more relaxed to do research and to conduct scholarly work,” Waters said.

Waters, who has been at Etown since the summer of 2008, said he was glad to find a way he could be at the College on a more permanent basis.

“I find that this is a really vibrant stu-dent community that has a very dynamic

relationship with the faculty and with themselves,” Waters said. “I’ve been to other colleges and other universities, and this is a really special place.”

He was chosen as director in part because of his past experiences with similar venues. Waters worked with a writers house at UNC Wilmington as a senior lecturer in the English Depart-ment there.

“To be a part of [the House] as a director and to take the torch of that project was something that I felt would be very good for me personally and professionally,” he said. “I felt it would be something that I could contribute to and my own sense of experience would lend itself to.”

The house will have a large residence suite (similar to the Alumni House), a public area able to accommodate 50 to 70 people and two offices. It also has a large, flat backyard that will feature a prominent patio, providing space for outdoor events.

Several ideas for the property’s use were discussed both before and after the College acquired the property, Bucher said.

Construction to create parking areas and paths to the House will begin this year. Efforts to establish lighting around the House have already begun.

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Erdman takes second at NCAA wrestling championshipMarc C. WeberAssistant Business Manager

It is not very often that an Elizabethtown College ath-lete is recognized on a national level, but sophomore

Tyler Erdman earned that honor Saturday, Feb. 28. Erd-man finished as the runner-up in the 125-pound weight class at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Champion-ships at the U.S. Cellular Center in Clear Rapids, Iowa.

Erdman fell to the top-seeded Clayton Rush of Coe College in the championship match but finished the season with a 25-2 record, bringing his career record to 58-8. The Etown squad finished 17th out of 59 schools at the championships with 21 points, the school’s best finish since 1995.

“I was definitely nervous because of the atmosphere, but I was also intimidated because my opponent was in the finals before, so he was not nervous,” Erdman said. “Plus, his fans were there because his college was two blocks from the arena.” Losing in the finals has only added to the fire, and Erdman has become even more motivated. Despite his impressive accomplishments here at Etown, he couldn’t help but feel some nervousness and intimidation in the championships.

“It is awesome to be an NCAA runner-up,” Erdman said. “It was not the finish I wanted, but I have no reason to be ashamed. I just plan on training hard all summer for next season. It was an awesome experience. It has always

been my dream to wrestle in the national finals on the raised platform.

Erdman’s runner-up-finish allowed him to become the third Etown wrestler to be a two-time All-Amer-ican, joining Eric Mast (1974 and 1977) and Justin Barbush (1995 and 1996). The second place finish makes Erdman one of the most respected wrestlers in the country, but also it brings more credibility to Etown’s wrestling program.

“Tyler is on his way to becoming the most dominant wrestler in Etown’s history,” junior teammate Bill Meaney said. “As a team we all benefit from watching and learn-ing what he does because he knows what it takes to be the best. Any time you have a national finalist, it helps get your program out to recruits. It allows them to know that the program is going in the right direction by seeing wrestlers get to nationals and dominate, as well as letting them know that our coaching staff is just as good if not better than any other school in the nation.”

Every athletic program, whether professional, collegiate or high school, has its ups and downs. After some disappointing seasons, Erdman believes that the wrestling program is making strides. “The wrestling team hasn’t had a lot of success in general for a few years, but … we had a winning season [8-5], were ranked for the first time in a while [29th, 20th, and then 17th], and earned a top three conference placement, three national qualifiers, one national finalist [first since

1977] and four academic All-Americans. This just shows the wrestling team is heading in the right direction after some down seasons,” he said.

With all these positive indications, such as athletic and academic All-Americans, winning seasons and national finalists, the Etown wrestling program is poised to be-

come a dominant force through-out the Metropolitan

Conference and even the coun-

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SUMMER 2010: ONGROUND AND ONLINE LEARNING WITH ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE Two formats to fit your learning style and lifestyle Elizabethtown College invites you to join us on an exciting new learning odyssey... Summer 2010 is coming and it is not business as usual. We will offer an intensive onground term (“May Term”) as well as an exciting Online Term. In both, you can expect high quality instruction and support, with familiar instructors and staff, and an interactive experience in which students are intellectually engaged with other members of the learning community including the instructor and students.

May Term: Onground The term begins May 17th, immediately after finals for spring semester, and ends June 4th.

Online Term The term begins June 7th, immediately after the May term ends; it will conclude before the start of the fall semester, with individual course variations within this time frame.

MAY TERM COURSES Course Cr Title Likely Target/Core Area AN 362 2-6 Archeology Field School Any/All ART 105 4 Drawing I Creative Expression Core BA 315 4 Internet Marketing Business majors BA 330 4 Legal Environment of Business Business majors COM 145 4 Black & White Photography Creative Expression Core CS 121 4 Computer Science I Math Core and Majors EN 281 4 Writing & Analyzing Short Story Creative Expression Core + WRI ES 114 4 Geosystems Natural & Physical Science Core w/lab MU 245 4 Introduction to Songwriting NEW CREATIVE EXPRESSION CORE PSY 111 4 Introduction to Neuroscience Natural & Physical Science Core PSY 209 4 Psyche and Film Humanities Core + WRI SP 111 4 Elementary Spanish I Power of Language-Other CORE

ONLINE COURSES Course Cr Title Likely Target/Core Area CS 120 4 Intro to Computer Applications Business majors EC 101 4 Principles of Macroeconomics Business/EC majors ED 162 2 Integrated Technology II Education majors ED 241 3 ESL: Lingstic & Cult Diversity in Classrm Education majors ED 258 4 Educational Assessment & Evaluation Education majors HI 111 4 History of Pre-Modern Asia Non-Western Cultural Heritage Core HI 114 4 Western Civilization I Western Cultural Heritage Core MA 251 4 Probability and Statistics Mathematics Core and certain majors PHY 105 4 How Things Work Natural & Physical Science Core w/lab SO 101 4 Discovering Society Social Science Core TH 105 4 Introduction to Theatre Humanities Core

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Register through ECWeb after clearing your fall registration holds or register by visiting the Registration & Records office by phone, email, or in person. There is also an online registration form available through the Reg & Rec website. Register early…Seats are limited

More information: http://www.etown.edu/Registration/Summer

Summer Courses

Cost: $320/credit Students will pay $1280 per 4-credit course rather than the $3,080 p/t tuition rate charged during the regular academic year or the $1,880 that was charged during previous summers. This is a huge savings and makes a summer course from Elizabethtown College an excellent value.

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Online courses available for summer 2010Huntley C. McGowanAssistant Layout Editor

Elizabethtown College is shaking things up.

“We wanted to offer students an alter-native format for taking courses during the summer that would flexibly work around their job and life schedules,” Dr. Betty Rider, associate academic dean and registrar, said. “At the same time, we wanted to offer the highest quality learn-ing experience that would set us apart from typical online courses offered by other institutions.”

For the first time in College history, Etown will be offering online classes, starting this summer. Students will have the opportunity to use much of the same technology and resources they would while taking classes on campus during the academic year.

Blackboard will be the main component of the online class setting. On the Black-board Web site there will be video clips, dis-cussion boards, Skype and other interactive means of communication. These resources will help connect the students in the class to their professors.

What sets these online courses apart from those of other colleges is the level of involvement and structure the classes will have.

“These are not correspondence courses where students work independently and teach themselves the material and take the exams whenever they want,” Rider said. “These courses will be interactive learning

communities where there is a clear agenda for the work to be accomplished each week and the learning outcomes to be achieved.”

Given that this will be the first year of the program, 11 of the courses offered online represent six different areas of core, as well as courses for two of the largest majors: education and business.

“Based on student and faculty feedback, we will likely expand these offerings for the following year,” Rider said.

“I like the idea of having online courses for students to take,” junior Samantha David said. “I think it will be very beneficial for those people, like me, who live three hours away and can’t stay on campus to take the classes here.”

In the Probability and Statistics course, students can watch as the pro-fessor solves a problem on an electronic white board, and then attempt to solve a similar problem. They will later receive feedback on their answers.

“This is an excellent model for learning this type of material,” Rider said.

In Introduction to Theatre, a creative expression option for core, students will attend two productions and participate in a weekly discussion board.

“There is a general common framework for all the classes — Blackboard — and there is a general time frame for all the classes,” Rider said. “But within these common guidelines, there are many specialized tech-niques that will be applied to best achieve the learning goals represented by the differ-ent disciplines.”

In the popular science core class How

Things Work, offered by Dr. W. Mark Stuckey, professor of physics, students will read text assignments, view lectures online each week, and complete video worksheets and problems from the text by the end of the week.

“They will also have one or two labs to do each week from a kit I will mail to them,” Stuckey explained. “They will take an exam online every other week, do all the same problems, see the same lectures, complete the same video worksheets, and take the same exams as the on-campus version. However, they will have to do the labs using less sophisticated equipment.”

“I am glad that Etown is taking the next step in the learning process,” sophomore Lorin Mellinger said. “Since I am a part of a large major on campus [education], it will be especially useful for all of us to utilize these summer course options.”

Furthermore, the cost for summer courses has decreased significantly in order to make them more affordable for students.

“We know that students and their fami-lies need to carefully manage their time and resources,” Rider said. “Although we hope that most students can get much of their coursework accomplished during the regular fall and spring terms, there are numerous reasons why this doesn’t always work out, and a summer course or two can really help an academic career stay on track.”

See below for both the online and May term course schedules. For more information, visit www.etown.edu/Registration/Summer.

Rachel A. MarstellerNews Editor

Chilly cuddlerA man broke into a Pittsburgh

home and climbed into bed with its owner, allegedly because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert, according to police. Homeowner Frank Fontana said he was in bed when the man climbed in at about 5:30 Wednes-day morning. Fontana asked whether it was a woman who has keys to his home — and grabbed a baseball bat when a deep male voice answered, “No, it’s not.”

Police reported that Fontana kept the man at bay until they arrived but didn’t hit him with the bat.

The intruder told police he was looking for shelter after a Tuesday night concert by rapper Jay-Z at the Mellon Arena.

The 33-year-old man faces a preliminary hearing on charges of criminal mischief and crimi-nal trespass.

Compiled from myway.com.

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‘Munch and Crunch’ promotes stimulating conversationElizabeth A. SheaStaff Writer

This spring, the Office of Diversity started a program called Munch and Crunch, a set of informal meetings that offers a safe place for students and faculty to discuss

diversity issues on the forefront today. Diane Elliott, the director of diversity, decided to implement this program after receiving comments from students over the past year indicating that increased efforts to discuss tough topics were necessary.

These informal gatherings, while a fresh addition to the Etown community, are not a new idea in the U.S. The idea began on a college campus in Missouri and became a model that college campuses and community groups are now using nationwide. Training programs are held in Michigan to help educate leaders of these discussions on how to promote this type of event.

According to Elliott, safety is the key to the success of these dialogues. These meet-ings provide an informal way to facilitate discussions regarding difficult issues. An essential component is the realization that diversity is something larger than race. Though race is certainly a dimension that factors into the unique mixture of beliefs and values that make up our nation, it is only a surface distinction, she said.

The first meeting, which took place March 18 at noon, focused on the idea that values impact diversity. The meeting drew about 12 participants, the majority being faculty and staff members. Elliott was prepared for any situation that might arise, particularly a hesitation to begin discussion with the group. Elliott brought worksheets in order to spark conversation if necessary. However, after beginning the discussion with a story of her own, Elliott was able to keep it going. Members began to participate with little additional encouragement. The element that appeared most striking was the respect each participant showed for others present as they shared personal opinions and stories of what affected their personal values. Although the ratio of students to

staff seemed daunting at first, the presence of people who developed their values in different settings and time periods proved valuable.

The first topic of these meetings was diversity, but upcoming topics will highlight varying “front-burner” issues in society today. Three more sessions will be offered this semester (all held on Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m.) in either BSC 200 or Nicarry 133, led by on-campus groups and professors.

On March 25, Allies will facilitate a discussion on same-gender marriages, a topic that is frequently on the forefront of many debates in both political and social settings.

The unique rehabilitation needs of Haiti will be discussed April 1, led by Dr. Tamera Humbert, who has provided direct occupational therapy services and consultation to children and adults in Les Cayes, Haiti. She will recount her experiences there and discuss issues such as health care, disability and family roles as they pertain to Haiti’s needs after the devastating earthquake.

The final session will be headed by Dr. Juan Toro and will focus on education and whether or not opportunity gaps influence student achievement.

It is safe to assume that just about everyone has an opinion on each of the upcom-ing topics, although some might hesitate to present it. If you have ever wanted to discuss your stance on these topics or learn more about them through an informed discussion, this is an excellent opportunity.

Although there are no definitive plans for the next year, Elliott said that if these sessions go well, a fall series may be possible. The focus may not always be difficult dialogues and may concentrate on other areas of diversity, including cultural heri-tage days. It is also possible that professors may begin to incorporate the discussions into their curricula, encouraging students to attend and expand their knowledge on diversity issues that are prevalent today.

A safe environment for discussion is key, and Elliot seems to have discovered a model that promotes tolerance and education at the center of difficult topics.

OSA offers positions for fall semesterLauren J. HoffmanStaff Writer

The Office of Student Activities (OSA) is looking to recruit students to join their organization for

this coming fall.“Almost half of our current staff are seniors, and we

are looking for eager first-year, sophomore or junior students to take their places,” senior Samantha Sch-neider, OSA events coordinator, said.

OSA is a student-run organization whose mission is to not only support, but also to challenge the devel-opment of student leaders. One way they do this is by allowing students to create and register their own stu-dent groups through the organization.

Students Working to Entertain Etown (SWEET) is an im-portant division of OSA. Their primary function is to bring fun programs and activities to campus to keep students ac-tive and involved.

“Some of my fa-vorite events SWEET holds are the outdoor trips, like whitewater rafting and hiking. I also love events like Midterm Meltdown and the Gingerbread House Contests,” sophomore Elissa McNicholas, pub-licity assistant for OSA, said. “As fun as the big trips are, the little random ones that are spread out throughout a busy semester really help keep you relaxed.”

Some other services OSA offers include a student shuttle, banner-making help for student groups, and fun-filled weekends such as Thank Goodness It’s Spring (TGIS) and Lil’ Sibs weekend.

On top of these events, SWEET helps to keep stu-dents entertained by offering numerous activities, including comedians, musicians, movies and dances.

“My favorite event that SWEET holds is Mr. Etown, because it is just a really fun program for the entire school. It is great to see such high attendance year af-

ter year,” sophomore Katie Gantz, who is in charge of SWEET flicks, said.

“OSA/SWEET is only comprised of 24 members, and we all work really hard to try and plan events that the student body will enjoy,” Gantz said.

These students operate the largest social program-ming club on campus. It’s hard work, but it does have its perks for each person in.

“It serves as an on-campus job, which is crucial for me. At the same time, it’s a job I enjoy because I get to use my artistic skills and have a big say in what I do at work,” McNicholas said.

“It has given me the opportunity to meet amazing people and bring the events I want to campus,” Gantz

said. “I’ve strengthened my planning, leadership and time management skills.”

OSA helps the College campus provide a variety of activities for students in the campus commu-nity to participate in, especially during the weekends. Becoming a part of this organization is a way to challenge the average college student to give leadership skills a try. Working for OSA is beneficial not just to the individual, but also the rest of the student body.

New student leader-ship in OSA will provide

fresh insight and ideas and will serve to better the College in events and activities. Current OSA members are excited about the prospect of new student additions to the staff.

“New minds and fresh ideas will always be to the ben-efit of the organization and, in turn, the campus com-munity,” Schneider said. “Students are always looking for different things to do, and the only way that is possible is if we have input and support from our customers; in our office’s case, our workers are our customers.”

Want to join the student-run organization that brings fun to Elizabethtown College? E-mail OSA@etown.edu or pick up an application at the Hub. The deadline is April 9.

On Saturday, April 24, Junior/Senior will be held at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, Pa. Grab a date, book your room, and pick out the formal wear! Don’t forget to book ap-pointments for haircuts, hair styling or tanning by using your Etown discounts with the Passport Program; it will keep you looking fabulous and your wallet feeling full. Check out the discounts obtainable at local businesses by going online to www.EtownSenate.com.

Elections for next year’s Executive Cabinet will take place in the next few weeks. On Monday, April 12, Senate’s Spring Campaign will take place in the KAV at 7:30 p.m. Look for more details coming soon.

On March 25 at 4:15 p.m., President Long and senior staff will be at the Senate meeting to hear from you, the students. If you have a question or comment, swing by Hoover 212 to voice it, or send it to SENATE@etown.edu. Sophomores and OSA staffers Jamie Miller and Krystal

Talley (L-R) share a laugh in the Hub, where students can go learn about upcoming events on or around campus.

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features March 25, 2010the Etownian4local heroes Homeless diabetic artist wanders country for lovePeter S. NorthropFeatures Editor

It’s a Tuesday afternoon in March. In downtown Etown it is 65 degrees, and the sky is pale and cloudless. The

air smells like the M&M Mars chocolate factory in town. Today is the first truly warm day of the year.

As Assistant Opinion Editor Sam Phillips and I walk down the street, people are staring at us. Well, people are staring at Sam, anyway. She recently dyed her hair candy-red, and underneath a red jacket she’s wearing an almost indecently low-cut shirt. She is glowing sex.

Ahead of us, on top of a hill outside a laundromat, is the fabled cart we’ve been hunting for. It is what appears to be a rusted bike, duct-taped to a stroller, duct-taped to what may have been a shopping cart in happier times. Over this skeleton lies a skin of plastic grocery bags and paintings. All of the dis-play pictures are done on white cardboard with Magic Marker. They either depict busty, half-naked yellow women with blue hair and champagne bottles or religious scenes. One is a picture of Jesus get-ting crucified under a box that says, “KING OF THE JEWS!!!” written in childlike handwriting with just that many exclamation points. The whole thing sways in the breeze — like it’s just on the verge of fall-ing apart. The back is dominated by a sign encrusted with red blinking lights that says:

HOMELess “‘Artist”’With Diabeties

PLease GiVe A DonationGOD BLess!!!

“Why does he have that many quotes around ‘artist?,” I ask.

“What’s diabeties?” Sam wonders. And there he is, sitting next to his caravan. His dark face

is shielded by an old Philadelphia Eagles hat. He’s wearing an equally old Eagles jacket, blue jeans that have nearly faded to white and new-ish tan boots. As we approach, he is greasing the chain of a bike that has been poorly spray-painted gold. There is a torn sock around his neck that holds a portable CD player. He has enormous, broken headphones around his ears. You can hear the music from 10 feet away. He is completely unaware of the outside world.

I take the lead, but he sees Sam first. He takes his headphones off while quietly muttering, “God dayum” through the enormous V-shaped gap in his front teeth.

I pull out a five dollar bill. I’m trying to play off of the “please give a donation” bit on his sign. I hand it to him, saying, “Hey man, it ain’t much, but it’s all I got to spare.”

His honest-to-God reply is, “Aw man, f--- dat s---. God bless ya.” He’s hard to understand; he speaks in garbled jive tongues.

I have absolutely no idea how to respond. Luckily, I don’t need to. He turns back to Sam. “Now, I got some-thing for y’all folks, too,” he says. He rifles through the plastic bags in his cart and pulls out a bouquet of red roses. He hands them to Sam. “Dese are for you, girlie.” Before she can re-act, he turns to me and pulls out a huge wad of index cards. He hands me one. He smells like sugary tobacco smoke.

“Dis is my business card,” he says. On it, written in red, blue and green Magic Marker is the following, underlined by little red hearts:

Robert, The, ArtistAnD oil painter

Cell: XXX-XXX-XXXXI NeeD a Girl Freind

“You need a girlfriend?” I ask.“Hell yeah, man, dat’s why I’m wanderin’ around, sellin’

my s---. I need a gurlfriend!”“Is that why you gave me these flowers?” Sam asks. “So I

can pass them out to girls and tell them to come meet you?” “Aw, hell naw, honey.” He gives a breathy bellow of a

laugh. “Dey fo’ you, honey. Dey match yo’ hair.” He gives another laugh and high-fives me for no discernible reason.

“So, where are you from, man?” I ask. “Southern California. But f--- dat s---;

I left.” “So I see. Why’d you leave?”

“F---in’ … I dunno. I couldn’t get no

gurlfriend in SoCal. So I paid this guy wit’ a flatbed truck two-hundred bucks to take me east. I been all over da’ place ever since.”

“What about your family?” Sam asks.“Aw man, all family ever does is try to keep ya’ together

and hold ya’ down’n s---. But I got outta there, man.” “Are you religious?” Sam interjects. “Yea, but f--- dat s---. It don’t help me get a gurlfriend.” After an hour of asking such questions and snapping

some pictures, we get a pretty good idea of his story. Since he left ‘SoCal’ he’s been wandering around the countryside for 12 years. According to the Lancaster New Era, he went to New York and then Philadelphia, but now avoids cities because somebody stole his ice sculpting tools during one night spent in a homeless shelter.

“What keeps you going through all this?” Sam asks.“Sorrow, man. All dat pain from wandering around for all

this time and still not gettin’ no gurlfriend. I use all dat to drive

dis thing around the country. I’m leaving this town today, man.”“You’re leaving Elizabethtown?!” Sam and I almost say

this in unison.“Yea man, f--- Etown. I hate this place. You can’t get no

gurlfriend here. I’mma try my luck in Middletown. I’mma be outta this place by tonight.”

Our conversation is interrupted by a plump woman with poorly dyed strawberry-blonde hair and yellow sunglasses. She rushes up to Robert and gives him a hug. Her smile reveals that a few of her front teeth are rotting and yellow.

“Charrllless!” she shrieks. “Ay, baby gurl,” says Robert, hugging her back. “Dayum

gurl, you lookin’ fine today.”“Thank you,” says the intruder.“Wait honey, I got you something,” Robert says, while

pulling back a few plastic bags on his cart. Sam and I see at least 15 bouquets of roses underneath the covering.

Robert pulls one of these out. “I got ya’ something,’ sweetie.” He hands them to her.

The woman goes berserk, raining praises down on Robert. They embrace, kiss on the

cheeks, kiss on the mouth, and start talk-ing so fast that I can’t get any of it down. It is adorable and somewhat nauseating.

Sam and I give them space and inspect the paintings on the cart.

“Look here,” Sam whispers, point-ing to the paintings. “They’re all signed ‘Robert E. Whitacre.’”

“So that’s his full name,” I say.“But why’d she call him Charles?”

“Maybe he’s got one name for his art and another for his ladies?”

Sam suppresses a laugh. I look at Robert swapping saliva with this random woman with awful teeth. I smile. Maybe these 12 years of searching will finally lead to some-

thing for him. Suddenly, she gives a hurried goodbye and

walks down the road. Robert turns back to us. “Wow, man,” I say. “The whole roses

thing works!” Robert laughs. “Yeah man, well you know what

they say. Ya’ give a mouse a cookie, aight?” “And she’ll ask for a glass of milk,” I say. Robert roars out

a laugh while clapping. Sam laughs, too. It’s the first time she’s heard children’s literature applied to sex.

“Well, why’re you leaving Etown, man?” I motion in the direction that his woman left. “Looks like you got some prospects here!”

“Nah man, dat b---- got a husband,” says Robert, while he returns to packing up his caravan.

And, in this moment, my heart breaks for Robert. “That f---ing whore!” I say. “Nah man, she aight. B----es are like that all ova’. What

really gets me all pissed is when guys come round and giv’ me donations and s--- and bring their dayum fine girlfriends wit’em — making me feel all worthless and jealous and s---. What’s the good of a b---- who’s already taken?”

Sam and I share a nervous glance. Despite the fact that we’re not dating, we know he’s talking about us. I search for a way to wrap things up while he packs.

“Is Robert E. Whitacre your real name?” I ask.“Naw man, dat’s just the bulls--- name I put on my

art. My real name is Charles Armstrong, but I don’t wanna put dat on my artwork. I gotta wait till my art makes me a load a cash — gotta wait till I’m richer dan Gawd before I’ll put my name on somethin.”

“Sweet!” I say, looking at the ground. Charles throws a pack on top of his cart. “Well, best of luck to you.”

“You too, kid. Hand mah numba out. Find me a gurlfriend.” “We will,” Sam says. With nothing else to say, we leave. An hour later, Charles Armstrong attaches two

duct tape straps to his bike and begins pulling the whole monstrous rig toward Middletown.

Photo: Peter S. Northrop

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in the world‘Under the Sea’: Pacific reveals diverse marine lifeLindsey A. EvansCorrespondent Abroad

It doesn’t matter where the panga (smal l f iberg lass

boat) is headed; it always changes direction when we hear a blow and see the fading double-stemmed mist and the small arch of a grey back. We may be headed to Las Dunas to spend our free day on golden sands with a cr ystal-clear bottle of tequila or going to the turtle camp at Banderitas, but wherever our destination, we can always make a detour for a whale sighting.

Grey whales are not pretty. At birth they are black, but old skin, barnacles and scars quickly turn them distinctive shades of grey, charcoal and white. Already I’ve seen distant forms spyhopping against the horizon, churning water and awkward flip-pers during courting (and the pink “sea cucumber” which suggests that this courting was successful). Juveniles could pass for the Loch Ness monster. I’ve watched the turquoise shadow (larger than our suddenly frail craft) glide underneath us. And still it gives me a thrill as multi-

colored as the rainbows visible in their spray.

Sometimes I get to join the sea creatures. The water is cool as I wade in, awkward in my flippers, not having both-ered with my ancient wetsuit and sure that my mask is on wrong. I scoot around (The first speckled ray) cautiously — it’s no bigger than a dinner plate, but there is no comfort-ing flash of plastic fins nearby. When I tell Elias about the puffer he chases it, determined to make it puff, but to no avail. The tan head of an octopus has the same elegance as Nefertiti’s portrait. Pale orange starfish contort themselves in places that would leave them with

crooked necks if they had any bones. When Gustavo calls us to turn around, we are shocked. It’s been an hour already? My first clumsy steps trying to get in the boat give me sympathy pains for Ariel. My drenched body shakes violently as it remembers that it does not belong in the water. So much for being a mermaid, as the fluid, flipper-aided motions deluded me into thinking.

It occurs to me halfway through a lecture set up on a sandy estuary edge in Ban-deritas that I should have worn sunscreen to class. After-wards the camp splits into two groups — those who have the late-night turtle shifts tonight choose to nap off the desert

heat, and those who decide to demolish the first box of Oreos while trying to find the bad guy in the latest round of “Mafia.”

At midnight, our cabins shift . The boat sparks lu-minescent plankton which shine like caught stars under the black marble sea top. We relieve Dylan and Will at the nets, and the high-powered torch picks out the head of our first turtle. Hand over wet hand, we pull the boat along the net so that spectral clumps of seaweed pass over the bow. The turtle is tightly ensnared in the thin, fishing line net, but Poncho gently pulls the lines off its flipper. The white barnacle on its head winks but

Mail Services contains bright, varied tapestry of staffersMarc C. WeberAssistant Business Manager

Signed, sealed, and delivered: These three words can be found not only in Stevie Wonder’s lyrics, but also

on the aprons worn by our reliable Mail Services staff. Although Elizabethtown College’s Mail Services is not an official post office, it provides many of the same basic functions and is within walking distance of our dormitories.

“We can sell stamps, meter postage for packages and offer some services that the real post office offers,” Mail Services clerk Kathi Moyer said. “We can also send items [through] UPS and FedEx. We will receive and sign for everything and make sure it reaches the correct person.”

Every afternoon during the lunch break between classes, a long line of students waits to re-ceive packages, but this is only a fraction of the clerks’ jobs. In fact, their duties are so encompassing that a person-to-person interview for this article was impossible.

“We start our day receiving mail from the USPS [United States Postal Service],” Moyer said. “On a typical day we pick up eight to 10 tubs and two to three trays of mail and about two ham-pers full of packages.” Then the sorting begins. One person starts

labeling the packages for each recipient, staff and faculty, or student, and the rest of the staff sorts the tray and tub mail into slots that are separated for faculty and staff in the buildings around campus and for student mailboxes. Mail Services also receives two to four tubs of on-campus mail that are sorted for each individual recipient.

The other package delivery services that come in daily are FedEx and UPS. “We scan all bar-coded numbers one at a time into our computer system with the name and box number or department of the recipient,” Moyer explained.

“We get everything sorted into its correct place by the time our on-campus shipping coordinator, Bob Rubis, starts the morning mail run at 10 a.m. All throughout the day we continue to receive, sort and deliver [mail], and we have one more afternoon run that delivers and picks up mail around the entire campus.” In addition to calculating and charging postage for packages, flats and letters that come in over the mail window, Mail Services runs postage for all the mail sent departmentally and by student clubs.” The number of letters is usually 1,000 to

3,000 pieces daily, Moyer said.Mail Services provides an invaluable

service to student groups here on campus. The College community benefits and helping people keep in touch with each other is precisely why Moyer loves her job. “It is a privilege to meet and get to know so many terrific young people .... I enjoy the fast pace of the mail room and the ever-changing job challenges,” Moyer said. “It is so cool to see international en-velopes made with handmade paper or a big priority box from home wrapped in duct-tape and stickers. We deliver roses and food and, one time, a beach ball and a coconut. I know how happy people are when they get mail, and it is a delight for me to deliver it to them.”

So, whether we are sending letters or coconuts, we can be assured our mail is in the hands of a reliable and dedicated Mail Services staff that thrives on the satisfaction we feel when we receive a letter or that package for which we have waited so long.

its ebony eyes do not. Unlike the black sea turtle we weighed that morning, this one has camo colors in fine splatters across its shell. I help to buckle it in a life jacket, which looks a bit absurd on an animal that spends all but a few moments of its life in the water. These are only juveniles; although their shells are bigger than the top of an oil drum, it will be at least another year before they make the trip to the mating beaches.

A two-hour wait before the next net check: we look at the stars, either in the sky or those constellations reflected in the still bay. Music plays in the background but does not dent the silence, which darker than

the night. We pass around packaged cookies and ca-sual conversation, belying the four layers of clothing we all wear. Shakira is play-ing when we catch our last turtle for the night, and we know there is only one name it can have.

The moon is a drunk fire-fly stuttering in our wake as we head back. Three turtles lie bundled in their life jackets and I scan the sky for one more shooting star, even though I’ve long since run out of wishes.

A view from Lindsey’s Panga in the Pacific Ocean. The fin in the background belongs toa grey whale.

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campus life March 25, 2010the Etownian6

Nicole M. St. PierreStaff Writer

Each year, the Elizabethtown College campus breaks into a

flurry of excitement and anticipa-tion. T-shirts are sold, Facebook groups are formed, and posters festoon the BSC, all for one event: Mr. Etown. This annual pageant, occurring in Leffler Chapel on Friday, March 26 at 9 p.m. brings together the men of Etown to dance, lip-sync and represent their dorms in a battle for the crown. Wondering who to root for? This brief interview with the candidates will provide you with plenty of insight.

Q: What’s your favorite treat from the Jay’s Nest or Blue Bean?

A: Choices here ranged every-where from sweet, chilly milk-shakes from the Blue Bean — va-nilla for Sam Ceron (Mr. Royer), a business administration major and the show’s only first-year candidate, and chocolate with a shot of caramel for Travis Lucas (Mr. Quads), a junior majoring in music education — to freshly made chicken ranch cheese steaks (hold the onions) from the Jay’s for senior English literature major Mike Mauger, who is representing the off-campus men. Chris Tjaden, a sophomore corporate communi-cations major and Mr. Ober, pre-fers a buffalo chicken sandwich, no ranch, with American cheese, while sophomore English educa-tion major and Etownian Assistant Campus Life Editor Ross Ben-incasa, Myer’s representative for 2010, favors chicken pretzel melts.

Q: Who do you consider your biggest competition?

A: To this question, the al-most unanimous answer was one name, and one name alone: Nate Shughart, a junior music education major and this year’s Mr. Brinser.

“He can actually dance,” said Steve DiGrazia (Mr. Founders), a junior majoring in international business and Spanish.

Several other contenders who were similarly impressed by Shughart’s abilities agreed.

“He’s the frenemy,” Lucas said, observing Shughart as he prac-ticed cartwheels and back flips with his fellow Mr. Etown candi-dates onstage.

As for Shughart’s biggest worry: “I’d say Mauger, for his comedy skills, and Travis, for his fro,” he explained, sizing up his competitors.

Junior Zach Landis, bio-

Ordinary men, extraordinary powers: Mr. Etown 2010

chemistr y major and Mr. Apartments, also identified Lucas as his biggest threat.

Mauger, who initially de-clared Shughart his main foe, explained that over the course of watching the other candi-dates, he’d become much more concerned. “At first I thought my biggest competition was between Nate and Zach … now, I think it’s everyone, ex-cept Steve D.”

Q: Are you a Gleek?A: “No. That’s why I’m scared

of Nate,” Benincasa commented. Many of the other candidates shared similar reactions: “Abso-lutely not,” Landis said.

“I don’t even know what that is,” added Tjaden, who was soon enlightened by a brief explana-tion from some of the other guys, with a chorus of, “it’s like ‘High School Musical.’”

Shughart and Lucas, however, both showed love for “Glee” and had suggestions for future songs that should be covered.

“They should do ‘Diva’ by Beyoncé. It’s definitely going to happen,” Lucas said, and Shughart suggested an episode based en-tirely on songs by Michael Jackson.

Q: Boxers or briefs?A: “I was going to explore

briefs, but they’re too confining,” Tjaden explained of his prefer-ence, boxers. Most of the other contenders chose boxers as well, though Mauger and Benincasa both sport option C, boxer briefs. Landis, on the other hand, prefers something a little more revealing: man thongs.

Q: Who is your favorite Dis-ney character, and why?

A: “Goofy. He always puts a smile on people’s faces,” Lucas answered, “and I seem to do the same thing.”

“Woody,” Landis replied mischievously.

Most of the guys found this to be the hardest question, taking time to ponder the many pos-sibilities before finally settling on an answer. After a moment’s hesi-tation, Ceron chose Genie from “Aladdin” , while DiGrazia decided on Hercules as his favorite.

Q: Why do you think you should win?

A: “I’ve put in a lot of time and effort. I just want to have a great performance and impress everyone,” Ceron replied.

“I’m obviously the best look-ing, arguably the best dancer, scarcely the smartest … and I’ve been here the longest,” Mauger said. DiGrazia said that

he should get the crown because he’d choreographed his own dance, while Tjaden answered simply, “I’ve set myself apart.” Benincasa explained that he would be wearing “MC Hammer pants” in his dance number. As for Landis, he only needed three words to sum up his winning potential: “T. M. DUBZ.”

Individuality is something each participant is keen on bringing to this year’s show. “I’ve put in a lot of time, planning and preparation.” explained Shughart, noting that he’d also participated in dance numbers for the past two Mr. Etown winners.

“Everyone is pretty awesome. Anyone could win. But I think I’d win because of personality,” Lucas said.

Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A: Landis’ ultimate career goal may just be realized tomorrow night; when he was little, he want-ed to be Mr. Etown.

However, cartoon superhe-roes appeared to be the gen-eral consensus, with DiGrazia choosing Darkwing Duck as his dream. “He was the man. With a beak,” he said.

Tjaden chose being Bat-man as his ideal job, while Benincasa answered that being Quailman was his childhood aspiration for grown-up life. Ceron, Lucas and Shughart had more realistic ambitions, answering with goals of be-coming a soccer player, marine biologist, and a meteorologist, respectively. Mauger’s goal was much less career-oriented; he simply replied, “taller.”

Q: Anything else you’d like to add?

A: “A special thanks to Ashley Huttenstine, who did all my chore-ography,” Mauger said at the end of his interview. DiGrazia and Lucas both thanked their dancers and everyone involved with the show. Tjaden said he was honored to be voted Mr. Ober and thanked his family. “And good luck to ev-eryone,” Ceron added just before rehearsal began.

Hopefully this brief interview has helped you to get a much closer look at who each Mr. Etown candidate really is. Now that you’ve gotten to know the guys a little better, you can enjoy the competi-tion with these extra tidbits of Mr. Etown trivia. Keep their answers in mind as you watch them perform, and, most of all, enjoy the show.

Nathan ShugartMr. Brinser

Travis LucasMr. Quads

Ross BenincasaMr. Myer

Chris TjadenMr. Ober

Mike MaugerMr. Off-Campus

Sam CeronMr. Royer

Steve DiGraziaMr. Founders

Zach LandisMr. Apartments

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campus lifeMarch 25, 2010 the Etownian 7Toyota causes uproar over potentially unsafe vehicles car troubles

Jamie A. MillerStaff Writer

The car company that has been considered one of the most trustworthy automobile empires since Elvis was the King of rock ‘n’ roll has found itself battling public

uproar after more than 100 Toyota drivers reported major issues with their vehicles. In addition, more than 8 million cars and trucks were recalled worldwide due to

a floor mat interference with the break pedal. At the end of February, owners filed complaints about Toyota vehicles uncontrollably accelerating, even after the company’s cars were recalled for the floor mat issues. Victims have suggested that it could have been an electronic problem because the cars just suddenly took off, accelerating up to 50 mph from a standstill.

As if the last batch of recalls were not threatening enough for both Toyota drivers and the Toyota Motor Corp., its automakers are now being presented with what may seem like a slow-but-endless number of defunct motor vehicles that leaves them stumped for a solution. This may be because in Toyota’s eyes, whatever the problem may have been, it was fixed to the best of the company’s knowledge and ability.

“We rigorously test our electronics. We test both at a part and a vehicle level; we test at a lab and a chamber, and we test on a road,” said Kristin Tabar, an experienced Toyota electronic engineer.

Tabar further explained that, following the numerous tests the vehicle is put through, engineers then “bombard” the vehicle with all kinds of interferences to make sure the system operates perfectly under all conditions.

The latest news story regarding Toyota turned out to be a false accusation and attention gimmick. A Toyota Prius owner claimed he lost control of his car on a California freeway after he was unable to stop, even after pumping the brake and gas pedal hundreds of times. Testing on the vehicle provided a clean result; the brakes were working just fine.

“We have no opinion on his account, what he’s been saying, other than that the scenario is not consistent with the technical findings,” Toyota spokesman Mike Michels said at a press conference.

The Prius is not subject to be recalled due to this brake sticking incident. This car’s component is made by a different supplier than the one that was recalled.

While only select horror stories make the nightly news, these automobile mis-haps have affected more people than just the victims. Senior Elizabeth Bellush was

not pleased to hear of the malfunctions thus far, but she has no apprehensions about her own cruiser.

“It is very unnerving to hear of the recent events involving Toyota vehicles [but] comforting to know that the problems have been among the newer models of Toyota cars,” she said.” I feel safe driving my ’98 Camry.”

Tabar shared the same assuring approach when she said, “I’m very confident in the quality of the products we’re putting out there, but, in addition to that, I’m also a mom.” Every day, Tabar drives her two children to and from school in a Toyota vehicle that was affected by the recall. She remains confident in the safety of the vehicles.

Although some Toyota fans might sympathize with the car company for the headaches recalled car victims have given them lately, some wonder why Toyota chose to ignore complaints for so long. Maybe Toyota’s concern for profits is what really sped out of control.

Toyota’s remedial process, although it began at the end of 2009, will con-tinue to truck on throughout 2010 until every issue is addressed and future vehicular problems that could occur are prevented.

“People should educate themselves on what to do if they are placed in that situation [of a car recall]. This is a way to be proactive before anything happens,” Bellush said. “I really love my Toyota and really hope this problem gets straightened out before it is time for me to buy a new car. If they are still finding problems among Toyotas, it would make me think differently about my choice of vehicle.”

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Campus SecurityCompiled by Ross M. BenincasaAssistant Campus Life Editor

• TwomalestudentswerefoundyellingandpoundingonacarhoodonMountJoyStreetlateatnight.CampusSecurityfoundthestudentstobeveryintoxicated.They were apparently banging on the car because their friend told them to go “bang a cougar.” Unfortunately, the only cougar they could find was a Mercury.

• Thenextday,CampusSecurityfoundanotherstudent,whowasalsobe-lievedtobeintoxicated,repeatedlyknockingonthedoortoaroomthatwasn’this.It is thought that the same student is responsible for instigating the action, this time telling the drunk kid to “pound her entry.” Sarcasm is not this student’s strong point.

• OnMarch1,graffitiwasfoundonaCollegedoor;themediumwasmostlikelypermanentmarkers.EnvironmentalServiceswasthensenttopaintoverthesmallmarksonthedoor.However, due to the College’s new vandalism policy, all students will be charged a minimum of $500 to their student accounts for the paint used to cover the marker stains.

• CampusSecuritycontinuestobuststudentsformarijuanathissemester.Fourstudentswerefoundtohavethedrugintheirpossessioninjustthelastfewweeks.In related news, Dining Services has reported a 63 percent increase in students’ consumption of Pringles, ice cream and Combos from the Jay’s Nest.

• CampusSecurityreportedthattwokidsattemptedtostartasmallfirenearLakePlacidaonMarch7.However,Securitystoppedthechildrenintimetopreventalargerissue.

• AnEtownstudentatamen’slacrossegameonMarch17wasfoundtobeintoxicatedandverballyabusivetofansandtheopposingplayers.ThemotherofastudentontheotherteamcalledtheElizabethtownBoroughPolice,whocameandchargedthestudentforbeingintoxicatedinpublicandunderthelegaldrinkingage.

• OnMarch20,aCampusSecurityofficerobservedastudentstagger-ingonthecornerofMountJoyandCedarStreet.Hewasfoundtobeveryintoxicated.TheElizabethtownBoroughPolicewerecalledbecausethestudentwasnotonCollegeproperty;the police simply dropped the individual off at Etown Diner to sober up with the rest of the college students.

• QuiteafewpartieswerebrokenupattheQuadsthispastweekend,forcingCampusSecuritytorespondtoanoisecomplaint.In the words of one partygoer, “It was freakin’ awesome!”

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campus life March 25, 2010the Etownian10Ross M. BenincasaAssistant Campus Life Editor

What if I offered you the chance to bring a hot date to a dark, comfy movie theater? Sounds good, huh? Now, how about

I sweeten the pot by making you both cover your faces with thick Urkel glasses, and then give your date the opportunity to repeatedly touch the dreamy Johnny Depp throughout the film? No? Well, then explain to me why movies in 3-D have become the latest craze, and how 3-D technology is now permeating into our own homes.

3-D (3 dimensional technology) has been around for decades. It’s been a spectacle for many perusers of visual entertainment, often attracting hordes of guests at amusement parks and break-ing into special episodes of ’90s sitcoms.

However, 3-D was always considered a treat, something that could not be consumed in great amounts or over a long period of time.

3-D movies or television shows always lacked a strong plot, focusing so much on the visual quirks that it distracted the viewer from the actual presentation, causing 3-D to become nothing more than novelty. However, filmmakers have recently realized the visual and financial benefits that 3-D can bring and are beginning to shoot their already strong scripts with cameras capable of providing the 3-D element.

Although IMAX has featured 3-D presentations for many years now, the recent craze can be attributed to a company called realD.

Introduced nationwide in 2005 in Walt Disney’s “Chicken Little,” realD’s technology is by and large the cheapest for stan-dard movie theaters to install and maintain and, therefore, is the most widely used globally.

Almost all movies that are shown in 3-D now are set for realD’s standards, giving the company a monopoly on the 3-D movie experience.

3-D may give viewers a different perspective on the story be-ing told; however, the recent push by theatre owners for more 3-D offerings to boost ticket sales has left studios scrambling to convert 2-D movies to 3-D.

For example, if anyone has gone to see Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland” in 3-D, it may not have looked as spectacular as you may have expected. In fact, most say that the 3-D previews looked better than the movie itself.

This is because the movie was never supposed to be in 3-D, and no portion of the film itself was shot using cameras intended for 3-D viewing. The movie was transferred to a computerized 3-D image, making the intended “pop” action simply fizzle.

The surge in demand for 3-D has also made many home en-tertainment companies look for a way to capitalize. Almost all the major television manufacturers currently have or will have a 3-D TV on the market within the next year, and Samsung has gone as far as to say that it plans on having 50 percent of its television inventory be 3-D sets by 2012. Though the demand appears to be real, many potential viewers feel it’s all happen-ing too soon.

“Although I think it’s great that these companies are research-ing different ideas and trying to progress forward with the technology, I feel that it’s too soon to release the 3-D TVs to the public,” junior Benjii Toland said. “There will most likely be problems with them and the programming that will dampen their future development.”

Many cable and satellite providers also have plans in the works to offer 3-D exclusive programming, beginning this April when DirecTV and Comcast will both air the PGA’s Masters Tournament in 3-D.

Sports giant ESPN will also be premiering a brand new chan-nel this June, which will be dedicated to 3-D sports program-ming and will feature at least 85 live events in the first year (including the FIFA World Cup).

Of course, there’s no new multimedia craze that can be hid-den away from the porn industry, either. Numerous adult en-tertainment companies are already beginning shoots with 3-D cameras, and some plan on launching whole new subsidiary companies solely to release films in 3-D.

Though 3-D viewing can be a big jump for many viewers, it appears that it’s here to stay. Companies are investing more in the technology than ever before and are reaping the rewards.

So sit back and try to relax as your girlfriend reaches out to grab Johnny Depp; you’ll have the same opportunity soon enough with the “other” pirates.

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Dancers get to work in ‘Factory’arts around town

Samantha M. AllemanAssistant Copy Editor

Andy Warhol may have underestimated the amount of time he would get in the limelight.

For four nights, 20 local professional dancers will come together to present “Factory,” an energetic and flamboyant exploration into the pop artist’s life, influences and contributions to the art world.

Under the direction of Elizabethtown College dance professor Kristin Pontz and co-director Heather Bare, Rev9 Dance & Performance Company draws on the sounds of the sixties to represent the lives of Warhol and his superstars. Much of the music came from Warhol’s 1980 book “POPism: The Warhol Sixties,” Pontz ex-plained. “Andy talks about the music that was popular during the time and also what the kids were dancing to.”

Also featured are songs from the “Velvet Gold-mine” and “A Clockwork Orange” soundtracks, as well as music from Warhol’s in-house band The Velvet Underground. “[It’s] very rock with a little bit of ’60s kitsch,” Pontz said.

Two first-year students, David Kirchner and Ryan Stadel, are involved in the production. Together with the company, Kirchner and Stadel have practiced the choreography for roughly 10 to 16 hours a weekend since the end of October.

“With the complex material that we are doing,

we need the practice to make sure ev-erybody is on the same page and that all of our lifts are safe and well-rehearsed,” Stadel said.

“The choreography is very unique,” Kirchner added. “We do lifts that I never would have thought to be possible before actually doing them. Some of the lifts we do are similar to some you might see at a circus.”

This includes Stadel lifting three people simultaneously at one point in the production. Through acrobatics, aerial work and partnering, the dancers are able to represent or “play” characters that influenced the artist.

Dance numbers revolve around painting, sex, drugs and art — all things that had a major impact on Warhol’s life, according to Kirchner.

One number, called “Silk Screens,” corresponds to the art style Warhol popularized in which celebrities and everyday objects are de-picted in sometimes garish colors. Other dances draw from Warhol’s movies, including his 1963 static film “Kiss.”

“We bring his art to life,” Pontz said, “from how he constructed the pieces to what he observed in his life that inspired him.”

From silk tricks to featured videos, Stadel believes this show has much to offer.

“It is full of energy and is a thrilling ride through Andy Warhol’s life,” he said. “It will show you who Andy Warhol was. This is a show you do not want to miss.”

Rev9 Dance & Performance Company will present its first run of “Factory” Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 at the Theater of the Seventh Sister in Lancaster.

Tickets for the preview, at $15, can be bought in advance by calling (717) 396-7764, e-mailing BOXOFFICE@seventhsister.com or visiting www.seventhsister.com.

The company’s second and final showing runs Friday April 9 and Saturday, April 10 at the Eph-rata Performing Arts Center in Ephrata.

Tickets, at $18, can be bought in advance by calling (717) 733-7966 or visiting http://ephra-taperformingartscenter.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the door, but it is advised that one call ahead to ensure good seats.

Courtesy PhotoPerformers of Rev9 Dance Company prepare for their next show, “Factory,” a tribute to Andy Warhol.

Relay for Life“It’s all about fighting back,” Alyssa Broda, first-year student and co-chair of Elizabethtown

Colleges Against Cancer’s logistics committee, said. “Relay For Life gives people the chance to come out to remember and honor those who lost the

battle, or pay tribute to those with loved ones who are currently fighting it.”

This year’s Relay For Life will be held in the Thompson Gymnasium April 10-11 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

There is still time to sign up for the event. Simply go to main.acsevents.org,, find Elizabethtown College, and click sign up!

The night will feature performances by on-campus groups, DJ entertainment and much more.

Come help join the fight against cancer!

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March 25, 2010 the Etownian 11

2010 Job and Internship Fair Tuesday, March 30 10:00am-2:30pm

in Thompson Gymnasium

Meet with 70 companies having job and internship positions in a wide variety of fields and majors. To see a list of companies and positions offered, go to:

www.etown.edu/careerservices.aspx Making the Most of the Job and Internship Fair

Review the List of Employers on the Career Services web site. Research any employer you are interested in ahead of time. Keep an Open Mind. Do not make assumptions about an organi-zation. Talk to employers about their company and potential positions. Arrive Early. Some employers leave an event early and you do not want to miss talking with a representative. Dress Professionally. At minimum, wear nice pants and a but-ton down shirt/blouse or nice sweater. Create a Professional Resume. Your resume is a highlight of your experiences, not an autobiography. Keep it to two pages or less. Develop a Sales Pitch that gives employers an idea of your edu-cation, key skills, and career interests. Ask Questions. Do not say, “Tell me about your company.” Ask specific questions about departments or work that interests you. Get Business Cards and Follow Up. Get the recruiter’s informa-tion. After the fair, contact the employers you were most interested in.

Brandon H. StolarClass of 2010

I’m a senior student here, and I’ve never been in trouble with Security. I had to deal with

Security about drinking one time in my three years here (I was abroad one year), and it was an extremely negative experience. But that is another story about another time and about other injustices, such as being accused of “slam-ming” my apartment room door on them — try it for yourself, they’re impossible to slam. I’m writing about an event that occurred at 11:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, in Thompson Gymnasium.

Many other students may have been drink-ing. I and six of my friends, however, were not. We were playing a game of basketball in the gym by ourselves. The lights turn off at 11 p.m. in the gym. Innocuously we flipped a light switch, scarcely lighting one half of the gym — enough to play under, though. After half an hour of further playing on the court by the wrestling mats, a Security officer walked into the far side by the doors leading to Leffler.

We expected that we would simply be asked to leave. This was, regretfully, not t h e c a s e . We we re yelled at to get out. We were asked sarcastically whether the lights being turned off was enough of a signal to leave. We were not spoken to, but spoken down to. I had no idea that playing basketball was against the rules, nor did I know playing basketball was something to be rebuked for. If we had been drinking in my apartment, would that have been better? What if we were having a party; is that more acceptable than basketball? Is locating one of the few activi-ties to engage in on weekend nights really so wrong? Is turning on a light switch something to be insulted and degraded for? Ask me, and I say no; ask Campus Security, and they’ll ap-parently say yes.

I call Campus Security often, and I called af-ter this event. Sometimes I call to alert them that several car alarms are going off in a parking lot, sometimes to let them know of their mistreat-ment of students. My complaints, requests and suggestions, however, seem to fall on deaf ears. This most recent call received no response. The officer picked up the phone, and I let him know of the issue; I heard no answer and thanked the officer for his time. I was surprised I didn’t hear, “Lalala, I’m not listening,” in the receiver.

Why must students be treated this way? Why must we be treated unfairly and unequally? Is there a clause in “the Pledge” that says we agree to be treated like children? Maybe we, as students, should all drink every weekend since we are being chastised for engaging in constructive activities.

I’m a senior. Hopefully, I won’t be treated as a low-life for the third time in my college career, and this year alone; but you may. Something must be done. I can only hope that other stu-dents read this article, recognize how unfairly they’ve been treated by Campus Security, and, in turn, address the problem either in the same way I have or in a more proactive manner, such as bringing the issue to the weekly Student Sen-ate meeting.

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the Etownianthe board

Editor-in-Chief Aimée M. DiMicheleManaging Editor Aidan E. BauernschmidtAssistant Editor Emily M. ReigartNews Editor Rachel A. MarstellerFeatures Editor Peter S. NorthropCampus Life Editor Joelle E. AtkinsonOpinion Editor Craig H. MeaneySports Editor Sara E. CrimmelCopy Editor Patricia A. CangelosiPhotography Editor Melanie R. GiardinaLayout Editor Matthew A. WagenerOnline Editor Zachary T. JohnsonAssistant News Editor Khouri E. McGrannAssistant Features Editor Rachel L. JestenAsst. Campus Life Editor Ross M. BenincasaAssistant Opinion Editor Samantha T. PhillipsAssistant Sports Editor Janna M. RichardsAssistant Copy Editors Samantha M. Alleman Katherine E. Blackman Nancy C. Briscoe T. Gavin Nevill Leigh N. OntiverosAsst. Photography Editor S. Alexandra WardAssistant Layout Editor Huntley C. McGowanAssistant Online Editor Andrew R. SidesBusiness Manager Brittny E. McLaughlinAsst. Business Manager Marc C. WeberAdvertising Manager Katie L. BornholdtAsst. Advertising Manager Jennifer R. MalikFaculty Adviser Kirsten A. Johnson

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Sanjay PaulChair of Department of Business

At a chairs meeting last spring, we were told the bad news. The de-

partmental budgets would be cut by 10 percent. There would be no exception. Every department’s budget would be reduced — and each chair had to figure out how to reach that goal.

The pretzels turned to ashes in our mouths. What, oh what, could we cut? Had we not already cut expenses to the bone? What would we tell our colleagues — that they must tighten their belts even further? That they must forever be resigned to eating chicken at the annual awards dinner? Would we even have an awards dinner?

We could remonstrate all we wanted, but the facts laid out by Vice President of Finance Rick Bailey were clear. The recession was taking its toll. Nobody knew how many students would enroll in the fall. Uncertainty reigned supreme. Would students be able to get loans to attend college? Would their parents still have jobs in a few months?

Better to be prudent under the cir-cumstances, we were told. Cut expenses now, and perhaps we could cushion the imminent blow better.

And so we cut. The chairs went to work, chopping off expenses on photo-copying, mailing and phones. Depart-ment meetings became snack-free (and perhaps a tad healthier), and printing charges came under close scrutiny.

Soon fall came. The enrollments were better than expected — hallelu-jah! The College’s revenues, driven by tuition, rose. Further budget cuts were deemed unnecessary.

But it is too early to celebrate. The economy is lackluster, with unemploy-ment remaining stubbornly high and credit markets sluggish. Uncertainty about enrolments in the fall still abounds (although to a lesser degree than last year). So when Bailey made his annual pilgrimage to the chairs meeting recently, we were not surprised to discover that prudence was still the name of the game. The 10 percent budget cuts would re-main in place. Possibly for a long time.

So this is the new fiscal reality. Col-leges everywhere have to pare their budgets. Increasing tuition fees by more than five percent per year, as was com-mon until recently, is a thing of the past. Even institutions with large endowments have not been spared: with investment income falling, programs have been axed and people laid off.

Dealing with this brave, new world will mean changes in the budgetary af-fairs of academic departments. It already has. We are doing less photocopying, printing and mailing. We are making do with fewer adjunct faculty. We are spend-ing less on phone calls. (Skype, anyone?)

Yet, in the midst of all this, we cannot forget what we do. What we do is teach. Make students think. Provide a solid liberal-arts education. We cannot afford to compromise that.

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opinion March 25, 2010the Etownian12Samantha T. PhillipsAssistant Opinion Editor

Over the past year, I’ve made a name for my-self on this campus by offering my genius

romantic advice in the form of these terribly clever columns every week. Apparently, you are silly enough of a person to open the paper and actually read them. I will warn you, I am com-pletely serious about this one. No joke, I just put on my serious hat. It is green and glittery, and it means business.

I have found the perfect man. After years of scouring the caves of the French Alps and tearing through African villages to find the literal “knight in shining armor,” my research has come to a successful and jubilant end. And he is currently searching for the greatest treasure of all: love.

I’m sure you have seen this lonesome wan-derer while cruising down Market Street. You can usually spot him by the glare bouncing off of his shopping cart/bicycle/trash bag contraption under the warm Pennsylvania sun.

Our love story began the afternoon of March 16, 2010. The wind blew in thick, hot sheets across the small town of Elizabeth. The air was pregnant with the promise of romance. My as-sistant romance guru Peter Starr Northrop and I decided to pursue the diabetic homeless man in hopes of crafting an earth-shattering, mind-boggling, toe-tickling features article about his life (see earth-shattering, mind-boggling, toe-tickling article in features, page 4). As we approached him, I immediately knew that my search for the perfect man had finally come to an end. I’m not sure whether it was his beat-up Eagles windbreaker or the cut-up sock that held his CD player, which was blasting rap music, but something inside of me awoke like a newborn baby. He also called me “fine” and handed me a dozen roses, so it might have been that, too. For the next half-hour, Peter and I learned an assortment of things about this man’s life and his personal quest for love. Yet the vein that ran through all of his stories was his yearning for that seemingly unattainable gift, as rare as Haley’s Comet: a girlfriend that is attrac-tive, nurturing, appreciative of his art and, if he’s lucky, a complete nymphomaniac. In the name of romantics across the globe, my assistant romance guru and I plan to help him find this woman. With this school’s shocking gender ratio and my infamous reputation, she’s bound to be reading this article right now.

Dearest attractive, nurturing, appreciative nymphomaniac, below are the reasons why you should date the Lone Diabetic Wanderer (or LDW — as I have so lovingly dubbed him):

1. You would travel. He has tirelessly pushed that cart from state to state and has seen some of the most exotic parts of the East Coast. Imagine the sights you would see!

2. You would become the subject of art. Several of his Magic Marker paintings feature imaginary yellow-colored women, usually naked and sipping champagne. If you were his girlfriend, he would have a physical subject to recreate in his art, and the beauty of your natural womanly curves would be displayed for motorists all over Pennsylvania to see.

3. You would get a really good tan. 4. You would receive roses on a daily basis. The

LDW keeps numerous bouquets of roses amongst his collection of crap for the beautiful women that he encounters every day. If you were his girlfriend, you would be guaranteed all of them.

5. You would be eternally known as the girl-friend of the diabetic homeless man. And that is more than a privilege; that is an honor.

romance columnPrince charm—

Vanessa L. AndrewStaff Writer

Remember those days in elementary school where you could run around and play silly games with your

friends at recess time? Well, for some schools around the nation, those days of freedom are over. In order to combat such issues as childhood obesity and bullying, primary schools like Broadway Elementary School in Newark, NJ have employed a recess “coach” to keep kids active and safe.

Recess has always been a break from the classroom for the kids in more ways than one. It gets them out of the educational environment of rules and regulations and allows them to run freely and relax in the fresh air. The problem is that kids, when left to find their own form of entertainment, are choosing to fight with each other over balls and swings or leaving their classmates out of the loop during games, or taking up more space than they need on a field or basketball court.

Bullying and behavioral problems sometimes result from the lack of rules during free time. The kids who are ignored develop social problems, have trouble making friends, or become inactive and run a greater risk of obesity. This new program ensures that everyone is physically and emotionally active when it comes to recess. Kids no longer have an acceptable excuse for sitting around and doing nothing.

The recess coach from Broadway Elementary was hired to run the structured program by a non-profit organization from California called Playworks. Playworks has employed recess coaches in over 170 schools in low-income areas of nine cities including Los Angeles and Boston. Though this type of organized recess is taking form to resemble a gym class more than a break from the school day, I believe that some rules and regulations never hurt anybody in the long run.

Adeola Whitney, the executive director for Playworks in the Newark area said, “It’s not rigid in any way, and it

certainly allows for their creativity. In some cases, we’re teaching children how to play if they can’t go to the park because it’s drug-

infested or their parents can’t afford to send them to activities.”

The schools are only looking out for the stu-dents’ well-being and trying to help them grow up in a good, healthy environment. This doesn’t mean they have to run laps at recess, they just have to move their feet and play like any other

kid would in a game of red light, green light or tag and bring that energy into whatever game the

group is playing that day. The recess coaches use an approved playbook with hundreds of games and give students a choice when it comes to what they play

during their recess time.The idea of a structured recess reminds me of the

older Disney TV show called “Recess” and how much the kids hated Miss Finster, their “coach.” Mean as she was, Finster always tried to keep them active and out of trouble. As fun as it was to watch T.J. and his friends get into trouble, in reality, if they had more of a structured break time, none of their more dangerous adventures would’ve taken place.

The downside to an organized recess is the lack of the freedom of expression when it comes to break time and the lack of an actual break. Younger students thrive

in the opportunities they have to express their personal styles and say what is on their minds, and overexposure

to structure might permanently affect their personali-ties. Being younger, they also physically need a break from the classroom to refresh their brains. The idea of an organized recess is a good one, especially when it comes to preventing social and behavioral issues and obesity, but schools should be wary not to push it too far. Every kid needs a break from school during the day, and freedom in recess should be respected. Recess coaches should observe and stop ill behavior but let kids relax and do what they do best: have fun.

emerging trendsRecess ‘coaches’ organize playtime

Patricia A. CangelosiCopy Editor

Many of us heard about Amy Bishop, 45, the University of Ala-

bama biology professor who shot six of her colleagues Feb. 12 after learning that she had not received tenure. But why is it that no one heard about her criminal history until after the fact?

When she was 21, Bishop shot and killed her 18-year-old brother after a fight but was never charged for the crime. According to a recent New York Times article, “She and her family said it was an accident, and the authorities accepted their version” without further investigation. But that’s just the beginning.

In 1993, under the impression that a certain Harvard Medical School professor was going to give her a bad evaluation, Bishop allegedly mailed homemade pipe bombs to the profes-sor’s house. A bomb squad detonated the bombs before they reached their intended target. Bishop was not charged because there was not enough evidence, according to ABC News.

In 2002, after another woman at-tempted to take the last booster seat at IHOP, Bishop punched her in the head. Bishop wanted the seat for her own young child (yes, she has children), and was later charged with assault. None of this showed up on routine background

checks when Bishop worked as a profes-sor at the University of Alabama.

Of course, there’s an obvious con-clusion to all of this — colleges and universities need better background checks. But what about the professors with no criminal histories to speak of who suddenly act out violently or inap-propriately? Should institutions be able to foresee such unexpected behavior?

Just four months ago, after a pas-sionate argument about race, Columbia University professor Lionel McIntyre punched coworker Camille Davis in the face (anyone sensing a pattern?). They were in a bar, and another patron approached McIntyre after the punch and told him not to hit a woman. In response, McIntyre punched the man, as well.

The male victim told the New York Post, “The punch came out of nowhere. [McIntyre] was talking to us about white privilege and what I was doing about it — apparently I wasn’t do-ing enough.” McIntyre, a 59-year-old African-American architecture profes-sor, had no criminal history before the November 2009 attack.

Could Bishop or McIntyre have gotten a job at Etown? Sure. The Elizabethtown College employment application asks, “Have you ever been convicted of any crimes in the past 10 years, excluding misdemeanors and summary offenses, which have not

been annulled, expunged, or sealed by a court?”

If yes, the applicant must explain, but it is stated below that this “does not necessarily disqualify you from employment.” McIntyre might truth-fully answer no, if he had applied before November, and Bishop might falsely answer no, as she has been accused of lying on résumés, according to the New York Times.

Still don’t believe me? Those of us who were here in 2006 probably re-member David Eller, the former head of the religious studies department at Etown, who was arrested for soliciting sex from a 12-year-old girl who was actually an undercover cop.

What I’m trying to say is, yes, better background checks for professors would be a grand idea, but even then, there are those who would fall through the cracks.

What we really need to do is observe these professors’ behavior closely for any signs of abnormality or potential threats to others. For instance, Amy Bishop tended to have violent outbursts whenever things didn’t go her way, and some of her students were even afraid of her. If her background and tempera-ment had been scrutinized more thor-oughly, three of her colleagues might still be alive today. I don’t blame the University of Alabama. The incident is just a wake-up call to all educational institutions to be a little more careful.

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sportsMarch 25, 2010 the Etownian 13men’s tennisJays win three matches, lose two in nonconference playMelanie R. GiardinaPhotography Editor

The Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team has started their season off strong. The Blue Jays have

proved that they are a team to watch with an overall record of 3-1.

Junior Brian Osborn has high hopes for the season, wanting to go back to conference playoffs to win, while senior Brok Walker hopes the team can continue to im-prove throughout the season.

For coach Matt Helsel, watching his team bring the same work ethic, resilience and passion this season will meet all of his hopes. “If we do, whether it be practice or a match, I’ll be at peace with the results of those efforts,” Helsel said.

The Jays’ work ethic and passion were on full display this past Saturday when the team took home another win by beating Juniata College 7-2, winning all doubles matches and four out of six singles.

In this nonconference match, the Blue Jays took an early lead in doubles, beating the Eagles 3-0. Junior Bryan Metz and sophomore Manrique Arrea took on Jarred Silver and Arnab Chakrabarti in flight one. They came out with a 9-7 win, followed by first-years Josh Riehl and Eric Fritzges beating Ross Imbrie and Scott Andrews 8-2. Finally, first-year Michael Anderson and Walker won 8-3 against Tucker Good and Brice Morey.

In singles, Riehl was victorious over Chakrabarti 6-4, 6-2. Walker defeated Good in flight three, winning 6-4, 6-2. Metz won in a tiebreaker against Morey 5-7, 6-0 (10-7) in

match four, while in flight five, Fritzges beat Imbrie 6-3, 6-2. The Blue Jays also defeated Northwestern (Minn.)

College 6-3 Friday, March 12 in a nonconference match. Every match was played in pro sets (first to eight games) because of weather and time considerations.

Fritzges took home an 8-3 win over Josh Fread in singles. In match five, Anderson swept Dan Johnson 8-0. Sophomore Matt Freedman also shut out opponent Jay Werness 8-0. During the doubles, Riehl and Fritzges took a 9-8 (7-5) win against Caleb Kauss and Jeremiah Schneck. In flight two, Walker and Metz narrowly defeated Freedman and Keegan Blancke 9-8 (7-3). Anderson and Freedman took down Adam Nehl and Chris Lindstrom in flight three 8-5.

On Wednesday, March 10, the team took home its first season win against Gordon College. The Blue Jays won four singles matches and two out of three doubles.

Riehl won 6-0, 6-1 against Gary Gaudio in singles. Dur-ing flight two, Walker became the first Blue Jay to win 50 career singles by beating Carl Quinion 6-7(6-8), 6-1, 6-1. Walker stated that though he is proud of his 50-24 career singles, he doesn’t look at stats. It is an honor for him to have reached this achievement, but it is more about what he can do for his team.

Metz continued Walker’s lead by beating Eric Musser 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6). In flight four, Fritzges won over Nate Musser 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. In doubles, Riehl and Fritzges took an 8-4 win against Gaudio and Nate Musser. Walker and Metz also took home a victory in doubles, defeating Quinion and Evan Williamson 8-5.

The Blue Jays opened their season by losing to Baldwin-Wallace College Monday, March 8, 8-1. Their only point came from Riehl, who won against Alex Trzeciak 2-6, 7-5, (10-8) in singles. “It was our first match, and the sort of match we needed to improve and to see where we are at in the grand scheme of things,” Helsel said.

Osborn said it was great for a first-year to win the most difficult match. This year, the Blue Jays’ roster holds five first-years in the ten-player team.

So far, the relatively young team isn’t letting inexpe-rience hold them back. This year’s first-years have been the most talented group to play since he started playing.

“Each year brings some new personalities and new chemistry,” Helsel said. His challenge is to get the players going in the same direction.

This afternoon, the men’s tennis team will host Steven-son University in a nonconference matchup at 3:30 p.m.

softballLady Jays split with Greyhounds, earn 10 wins so farSara E. CrimmelSports EditorDavid M. GerhartStaff Writer

Elizabethtown College’s softball team embodies what it takes to

play the sport. “Half of it is definitely talent, the other

half is our chemistry,” senior Meghan Tooley said.

The ladies of Etown softball have combined both their skills and their friendship to start off strong in this year’s Commonwealth Conference.

On Tuesday, March 23, the Lady Jays hosted the Greyhounds of Moravian College in a nonconference doublehead-er. The Lady Jays lost the first game 1-7 but managed to score in extra innings to win the second game 6-5.

In game one, Greyhound players scored five runs in the top of the first, including a base-clearing double by Moravian sophomore Jenna Carmon. Carmon led the Greyhounds, going 3-for-3 against Etown sophomore pitcher Julie Sebastian.

First-year Elly McCarthy scored the only run for the Lady Jays in the bot-tom of the seventh inning, eliminating Moravian’s hopes for a shutout.

In game two, Moravian led 5-0 with two outs. McCarthy started things off for the Lady Jays once again, belting a solo home run.

After first-year Lindsay Cooper and senior Ryan Allard singled and junior Shannon Marsico walked, first-year Courtney Comstock hit a single to left field to drive Cooper and Allard home, making the score 5-3.

First-year Whitney Breneman added a double, sending home Marsico and Comstock to tie the game 5-5.

The game went into extra innings when neither team could score in the seventh inning. With Cooper on sec-ond, Marsico hit a single between the third baseman and the shortstop to send Cooper home and win the game.

On Saturday, March 20, the softball team played a doubleheader against Al-vernia College and came out victorious for their seventh and eighth consecu-tive wins.

First-year Emily Vogel pitched both games of the doubleheader, only allow-ing three hits per game. The Lady Jays scored all eight of the runs in the first game within the first three innings. Dur-ing the first inning, senior Paige Tanner hit a single bringing the first run home, then Breneman stole home. To end the inning, McCarthy hit a two-run homer, bringing the score to 4-0 in the first.

The ladies continued with a two-run RBI from Tanner in the second inning, and Comstock batted home two more in the third. Etown held Alvernia back for four more innings to win with a score of 8-0.

Game two started out slow, but Al-vernia took the lead, scoring two in the fourth. The Lady Jays took their time to fight back, but in the sixth, they surged ahead, scoring all five of their runs. Because of Alvernia’s error, the Lady Jays scored two runs, tying the game up. Allard pulled out an RBI walk, then Comstock rocked a double and brought home two more runs. Vogel struck out the final six batters to clinch the win with a final score of 5-2.

On Thursday, March 18, the Lady Jays played Swarthmore in a doubleheader, resulting in two wins.

In game one, Swarthmore took the lead in the second inning, and Etown took its time to tie it up in the third. Swarthmore answered with two runs in the fourth but Etown scored four more runs in the sixth, bringing the Lady Jays to the lead. Swarthmore only earned one more run; the final score was 5-4.

In game two, Vogel pitched a one-hitter, allowing only one walk in the first and a double in the second. Etown then proceeded to string together runs in innings three through five, ending the game early, due to the eight-run rule, with a score of 9-1.

The Lady Jays played a nonconference doubleheader Wednesday, March 17, winning one and tying the other.

The first game seemed uneventful until Etown took the lead by scoring two in the fifth. Gettysburg responded with two runs in the sixth, tying it at 2-2. Etown hit a double, batting the winning run home. The final score was 3-2.

In game two, the Lady Jays scored a run per inning for the first two innings, then proceeded unanswered until the sixth inning, when Gettysburg rode a nice streak ending in six runs. Etown rallied together, pulling four runs in to tie it up, 6-6. Darkness ended the game early.

During this year’s spring break, the softball team took a trip to Clermont, Fla., to participate in the National Train-ing Center’s Spring Games, where they played six games.

“Our whole team hits; we don’t rely on our top three batters to get our runs,”

Marsico said. “We have a strong lineup all the way through.”

On March 9, the team played two games, one against Northland College that ended in a 14-5 win, and the other against Northwestern (Minn.) College resulted in an 18-3 win. Both ended in the fifth inning because of the eight-run rule.

In their game against Muhlenberg March 8, the Lady Jays took the lead in the third inning, scoring all seven of their runs. They spent the rest of the game holding Muhlenberg at bay, win-ning 7-0.

In their second game March 8, Rens-selaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was too much for Etown to handle. The Lady Jays had the lead, but RPI overtook them and ended the game in the fifth with a score of 10-2.

During day one of the National Training Center’s Spring Games, Etown came out fighting in game one against Pitt-Bradford. The Lady Jays were too much for Pitt-Bradford and won the game 13-1.

In game two, Etown had the lead but was quickly overcome by Lesley Univer-sity, who held the lead for the rest of the game. The final score was 6-3.

The key to Etown’s softball team’s suc-cess is the mindset for the season. “We don’t have any real long term goals,” Marsico said. “Our goal is winning each game as it comes, only focusing on the game at hand.”

The Lady Jays will host a doublehead-er with the Falcons of Messiah Saturday. The first game of the Commonwealth Conference matchup will begin at 1 p.m.

Photo: Thom Swarr, EtownBlueJays.comSenior Brok Walker hits the ball during a match. Walker became the first Blue Jay to win 50 career singles matches on March 10.

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Sara E. CrimmelSports EditorThomas D. HagertyStaff Writer

The men’s lacrosse team got off to a decent start this season against some worthy opponents.

On Wednesday, March 24, the Blue Jays hosted the Falcons of Messiah in their first Middle Atlantic Conference contest.

Senior Aaron Weber led the Blue Jays with three goals, including the game-winner. Keep your eyes on him this season, as he is only eight goals shy of the all time career goals mark, set by 2007 alumnus Frankie Puzzangara.

Messiah was up by three when junior Greg Kenneally and Weber scored goals, making the score 3-2 in the second period. Messiah added a goal, but senior Jon Day scored twice to tie the score at 4-4 going into the second half.

Junior Shawn Corcoran and Weber each scored in the third period to give the Blue Jays a two-goal lead, but the Falcons added a goal to bring the score within one point by the end of the period.

Weber’s final goal, a phenomenal effort in which he controlled the ball for more than 45 seconds, sealed the Blue Jays’ victory. Despite a late goal by the Falcons, the Blue Jays triumphed in a 7-6 win.

The team earned a Saint Patrick’s Day victory over visiting Roger Williams University with a score of 13-5.

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women’s lacrosseLady Jays 4-3 in first games of season, 3-0 in conference

men’s lacrosseJays defeat Messiah 7-6, Weber eight points from record

Shawn Corcoran attributes the win to some second half-adjustments by Coach Terrance Corcoran, his father.

“We switched our attackmen with our midfield to get a fresh look. Once the changes were in place, the ball was moving well,” Shawn Corcoran said.

The results were obvious: Kenneally netted four goals in the second half. “Greg was really on fire,” according to Shawn.

Weber was also on top of his game with three goals and one assist, giving him 202 points in his career as a Blue Jay. Junior Brent Campbell also made a great contribution to the win by going 12-21 on draws and scooping up a team high of five ground balls.

The physical play of the defense, both legal and il-legal, was very evident as well. Senior Chris Day led the team with three caused turnovers, while junior Mike Kenneally, who added four ground balls, and junior Dustin Mulcahey each had two 30 second penalties. While Mulcahey’s penalties led to goals for Roger Williams, his physical presence throughout the game helped keep the Hawks’ shooters playing timidly.

“Our defense plays a different style than most,” sophomore starting goalie Brendan Corcoran said. “We pressure the ball all the time. It causes a lot of turnovers.”

The Jays’ high pressure defense was successful against the Hawks, causing 12 turnovers in the victory. Brendan Corcoran was also worthy of praise himself, as he made a career high of 16 saves.

This win came following a rough trip to Virginia

where the team lost to Hampden-Sydney College by a score of 6-13. The team started slowly again in this game; they were down 1-4 at the end of the first quarter. They were not able get much team play accomplished in Virginia, as only two of their six goals came from a Blue Jay assist.

“We just didn’t show up,” junior Kurt Deschner said. “We lost focus on the fundamental aspects of the game necessary to be successful. We can utilize this as a good eye-opener and be ready to play next time.”

Before spring break, the team went 1-1 with a win over Immaculata University and a loss on opening day to Washington College. In the game against the Mighty Macs of Immaculata, the Jays won 14-5, with multiple goals from Weber, first-year Cory Boushell and Jon Day. The goaltending duties were split be-tween Brendan Corcoran and junior Hunter Malick, who prevented the Mighty Macs from making the game a close one.

When Washington College visited for the first game of the season, the Jays looked sluggish early, finding themselves down 0-5 at the end of the first quarter. Dur-ing the rest of the game, the teams looked fairly even, as the final score was 7-11 in favor of the Shoremen. Washington College did not have all of their starters for the game due to a hazing incident on their campus.

The next Blue Jay home game will be Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m., when the King’s College Monarchs travel to Wolf Field for a Middle Atlantic Conference showdown.

Emily M. ReigartAssistant Editor

In the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) preseason poll, the Elizabeth-

town College women’s lacrosse team was picked to finish first by seven of the confer-ence’s head coaches.

The Blue Jay starting lineup saw major changes with the beginning of the new season. However, returning players and seniors Megan Byrnes, Katie Caprinolo and Stephanie Kreis and junior Sarah Cullinan continue to support a strong offense.

“There are 13 freshmen on the team this year, so the level of experience is a lot differ-ent than previous years,” Cullinan said. “We also have a harder schedule this year than in previous years. What's most different, I'd say, is that we don't rely on one specific person; we share the ball, and everyone contributes to our successes.”

In conference play, the Lady Jays have lived up to the high expectations presented by the poll. However, outside of MAC ac-tion, the Jays have faced tough competition, and their current nonconference record reflects this.

On March 24, Etown took on the Mes-siah Falcons in an intense matchup that ended with a 16-15 victory for the Lady Jays. During the first nine minutes, the Falcons dominated the field, scoring three goals; however, Cullinan broke this streak with four goals of her own. At the half, the teams were tied 7-7.

Messiah started the second half strong, inflating their score with two more goals from Megan Bovensi and Rachel Dirksen. But once again Cullinan and Kreis brought the Lady Jays up to speed with a goal apiece. Etown continued their momentum on a goal from first-year Melanie Hartman, mak-ing the score 11-10.

The give and take would continue throughout the game until Caprinolo per-manently smashed the 14-14 tie. She went on to score again, widening the gap to 16-15, which Messiah could not overcome.

Cullinan contributed five goals for the Lady Jays. Caprinolo ended with a total of four goals, bringing her to 99 career points. Hartman added three goals overall, while Kreis scored once and provided six assists. Byrnes added two points, and sophomore Samantha Redles netted the remaining goal. Junior Meg Cassels had three ground balls.

On Saturday, March 20, Etown faced the McDaniel College Green Terror in a close match held on Wolf Field. The final score was 16-15, favoring McDaniel. This loss came after competitive play from Jays and Terror alike, despite the fact that Etown was down three starters due to injury and lost a fourth in the second half because of two yel-low cards. The Jays came out strong, leading 10-4 with 14:25 remaining in the first half.

Byrnes contributed five goals for the team, bringing the Jays within reach of victory by scoring the 15th goal with 1:49 left in the game. However, the Jays were unable to keep up the momentum nec-essary to score again, and a last minute turnover allowed McDaniel to cement their win.

Kreis added two goals and two assists for the Blue Jays, while Redles contributed two goals, as well as an assist. First-year Kara Solesky scored once and had two assists. The remaining goal was scored by Caprinolo. First-year Alexis Morris led the Blue Jay defense with four caused turnovers and two ground balls. First-year goalkeeper Rachael Waldman had 10 saves, equaling that of McDaniel’s keeper Leanne Hollinger.

On March 16, the Jays took on Gettys-burg College at home in another noncon-ference match. The third-ranked Bullets

defeated the Lady Jays 18-9, making the Bullets’ record an impressive 6-0 overall.

The Jays responded to Gettysburg’s early 5-0 lead with three goals scored in rapid succession in a span of 68 seconds. Cullinan contributed the first goal, and Caprinolo followed up with two more. At the end of the half, the Lady Jays were down 11-3 after senior Bullet Hollis Stahl added three more goals in 15 minutes. With 10:56 remaining in the game, the Bullets were up 16-5, but the Jays persisted to score four more times. The final two goals for Etown were added by Byrnes and first-year Emily Butler, who scored the first goal of her career as a Blue Jay. Cassels, Hartman and first-year Becky Porter provided assists, as did Cullinan and Byrnes.

Defensively, sophomore Katie Scheurich had three ground balls. Junior keeper Nicole Day had to be replaced within 18 seconds due to an injury. Waldman took over in goal and tallied 12 saves.

“It's tough to go up against the number three team in the country,” Cullinan said. “Even though we lost 19-8, we really grew as a team after that loss and learned a lot about ourselves as a team.”

“Our team has a tremendous amount of hustle and heart,” Morris said. “We were losing by a considerable amount in our Get-tysburg game, yet we never stopped fighting and eventually decreased the lead.”

In conference action, the Jays traveled to Reading to for a matchup against Alver-nia University March 13. The game ended in a resounding 15-6 victory for the Jays over the Crusaders despite wet and windy weather conditions.

Kreis scored her 100th career goal dur-ing the game, contributing three total goals and two assists. Redles also added three points for the Jays. At the half, the Lady Jays were solidly ahead with a score of 9-1.

The Lady Jays stayed strong into the second half, and Cullinan scored three times with 18:47 left in the game. Redles, Hartman and fellow first-year Maddy Jackson added a goal apiece.

Cullinan also contributed defensively with four ground balls. Morris had four draw controls, while Scheurich caused three turnovers. Day had four saves in goal.

Over spring break, the women’s lacrosse team traveled to Texas to play the College of Wooster at Saint Mary’s University. Etown won the match 15-10. Cullinan’s three goals, along with the two goals and two assists apiece from Redles and Kreis, gave the Jays a strong advantage. Senior Alisha Sangrey added two goals and one assist, and Byrnes and Porter each chipped in two goals. The score was 8-6 at the half, and Morris’ defen-sive work with three ground balls and three draw controls helped to keep the Blue Jays ahead of the Fighting Scots, as did Day’s six saves in the goal.

The Blue Jay’s season opener Feb. 27 against Salisbury University had to be relo-cated from Wolf Field to Sea Gull Stadium due to the snow covering most of campus. The move proved to be to the disadvantage of the Jays, as the match ended in a 20-8 nonconference defeat. Caprinolo scored two goals for Etown, but the Sea Gulls had double the shots on goal.

“Losing our season opener was tough, but Salisbury is a very good team. We hung with them for the whole first half, and we’re proud of the way we played,” Cullinan said. “Our attitudes were still positive after that loss; we saw how good we can be and proved that we can play with any team in the country.”

Saturday, the Lady Jays will take on the Monarchs of King’s College in a Middle Atlantic Conference at 1 p.m.

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T. Gavin NevillAssistant Copy Editor

They say familiarity breeds contempt. Spend too much time with anybody, and, eventually, you

won’t like them. However, that was not the case for the Elizabethtown

College baseball team during their 19-hour bus trip to Fort Pierce, Fla., over spring break.

“It’s a good bonding experience,” senior centerfielder Rodney Francis said. “We all get really close. I mean, 30 guys in a tight space, you’re gonna get to know people.”

Francis said the players passed the time by telling stories, doing crossword puzzles and improving chem-istry off the field.

“I think it actually helps us out a lot,” Francis said. “You get to know everyone. You get to find out things you may not know about them.”

In Florida, the Blue Jays opened their season with seven games in five days, going 4-3 over that stretch. The Jays beat Westminster and Susquehanna and swept Ursinus in a doubleheader. Etown pitchers gave up an average of just four runs per game on the trip.

“The pitching came around,” Francis said. “We have a lot of pitchers, a lot of younger pitchers, and we’re just trying to find out who can step up and be big for us.”

Etown scored an average of five and half runs per game in Florida, down from last year’s average of 7.6 runs per game.

“Coming into this season, I thought we were going to be an offensive club and struggle on the mound,” head coach Cliff Smith said. “Up to this point, I’ve been extremely pleased with how we’ve thrown and a

little bit surprised that we’ve struggled as much as we have offensively.”

Last year, the Jays won the Commonwealth Confer-ence and two games in the Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament before being eliminated by The College of New Jersey. This year, the expectations may be higher.

“My expectation for the year is to win the conference and go even farther than we did last year,” said senior Matt Vinagro, shortstop and pitcher.

To reach their goal, the Jays will have to keep pace with the Alvernia Crusaders, a team that was picked to finish first in the preseason coaches’ poll in their first year in the conference. Etown faced Alvernia Friday, March 19, and again in a doubleheader the next day. The Jays dropped the first game of the series 4-1. In Saturday’s two-game set, pitching was again the story for Etown. Sophomore Todd Leister threw a complete-game one-hit shutout in game one as the Jays took the win 1-0. For his efforts, Leister earned Commonwealth Confernce Pitcher of the Week honors for the week ending on March 21.

In game two, the Jays managed just six hits but were able to manufacture five runs with smart baserunning and timely hits. Sophomore Steve Motika scored two runs, and junior Andrew Gordon drove in four runs in the 5-0 Etown victory. On the mound, Vinagro scattered four hits in the shutout for his second win of the year.

On March 24, the Jays survived a scare against the tenacious, albiet winless Lions of Penn State Harris-burg. Despite going through five pitchers on the mound and committing five errors in the field, the Jays earned

a 9-7 win. Motika went three for four at the dish and scored two runs. Senior Ryan Barrett pitched two and one-third innings in relief to earn his first victory of the season. Sophomore Rob Cressman tossed a scoreless ninth for his first save.

The Jays will play at least 27 more games this season, depending on how far they make it in playoffs. At 7-5 (2-1 in the Commonwealth Conference) the season is still young, and Smith sees room for growth.

“At this point in time, I think [we are] trying to find out who we are as a team, and I don’t think we’ve found that yet,” Smith said. “We’re going to have to kind of hope we find that in the next two weeks so that we’re in a good position to make the playoffs and then compete for the conference title.”

At the beginning of the season, the Jays had to fill the shoes of three of the top four hitters in the lineup: Sam Heaps, Tom Semanek and Adam Sheibley, all of whom graduated last year. In 2009, the three combined for 168 hits and had the top three RBI totals on the team.

This year’s team has seven seniors: Vinagro, Fran-cis, Barrett, pitcher Adam Hartzell, outfielder Brian Kiernan, and infielders Ben Yeager and Steve Shuleski. Smith said he thinks his team has the talent to compete for the conference title; however, instead of focusing on trying to be last year’s team, he said he wants this year’s squad to form its own identity.

“They have to do the things that they’re good at, and if they do the things that they’re good at to the best of their abilities, then we’ll be fine,” Smith said.

“I think everybody just needs to take a deep breath and just have fun playing baseball again.”

Jays open season with strong play, high hopes for season

Lady Jays earn two wins, defeated twice in spring playwomen’s tennis

Janna RichardsAssistant Sports Editor

On Sunday, March 21, the women's tennis team took on Wilkes Uni-

versity in a tough match. The Lady Jays, who are 8-2 in the season, lost with a 5-4 final score.

Both singles match wins for the Jays came from tiebreakers, and those who scored were first-year Madison Pip-kin, who defeated Alexis Donner (6-4, 5-7,10-5), and first-year Kristi Noecker, who defeated Rebekah Shanaman (6-2, 1-6, 10-3).

In the doubles matches seniors Emily Swarr and Jess Russell defeated Katrina Lynn and Melanie Nolt (8-5), while Pipkin and first-year Allison Burkhardt defeated Donner and Victoria Bybell (8-4). Noecker has improved her season record to 15-2, while doubles teammates Pipkin and Burkhardt improved to 15-1.

March 20, the women defeated Juniata College 8-1. The Lady Jays won all six singles matches and two out of the three doubles matches.

In singles play, Swarr won (6-3, 6-3) against Katie Healy, while Russell defeated Maggie Wolenter (6-1, 6-1). Burkhardt and Pipkin both took wins in their matches. Burkhardt won (6-4, 6-3) against Stacie Beegle, and Pipkin won (6-0, 6-2) against Lauren Perow. First-year Alena Marani won her 10th straight match (6-1, 6-0) against Hilary Walsh, and Noecker defeated Rachel Adams (6-0, 6-0).

In doubles matches, Burkhardt and Pipkin won over Beegle and Perow (8-3),

while Marani and Noecker defeated Walsh and Adams (8-4).

March 12, the women faced Northwest-ern (Minn.) College while competing at their annual trip to Hilton Head, S.C. The Lady Jays took the 7-2 win over the Eagles after sweeping all three doubles matches, as well as winning the last four singles matches. In the singles matches, Burkhardt beat Dana Smith (8-3), Pipkin defeated Amy Knight (8-1), Marani won against Amy Norgren (8-3), and Noecker took the final singles win against Chelsey Fiecke (8-0).

The Lady Jays won all three doubles matches. Swarr and Russell won against Rebecca Leland and Johanna Alex (8-2), Burkhardt and Pipkin defeated Smith and Knight (8-1), and Marani and sophomore Sarah Poulle had the final win against Vic-toria Viggers and Lael Sanny (8-3).

March 9, the women took on the Yel-low Jackets from Baldwin-Wallace College and suffered a 5-4 loss. The Lady Jays led the match with two wins in doubles play but fell after losing four of the six single matches. In singles play, Russell defeated Jenny Greene (6-1, 6-4), and Marani defeated Andrea Essig (6-1, 6-2), but it just wasn't enough to bring home a win. Marani again had a win in her doubles match with Noecker (9-7) against Essig and Katy Marshall, while Burkhardt and Pipkin won their match against Greene and Emily Pelosi (9-7).

The women will take on La Salle Uni-versity this Saturday in a home match starting at 1 p.m. On Sunday, they will travel to Dallas, Pa. to face Misericordia University at 1 p.m.

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Baseball (7-5, 2-1)Penn State Erie - The

Behrend College 10, Etown 6

Etown 7, Susquehanna 6Penn State Erie - The

Behrend College 5, Etown 3

Etown 7, Westminster 2Westminster 3, Etown 0Etown 12, Ursinus 4,Etown 6, Ursinus 3York 6, Etown 1Alvernia 4, Etown 1Etown 1, Alvernia 0Etown 5, Alvernia 0Etown 9, Penn State

Harrisburg 7

Men’s Lacrosse (3-2, 1-0)

Washington 11, Etown 7Etown 14, Immaculata 5Hampden-Sydney 13,

Etown 6Roger Will iam 13, Etown 5Etown 7, Messiah 6

Women’s Lacrosse (4-3, 3-0)

Salisbury 20, Etown 8Etown 21, Arcadia 1Etown 15, The College of

Wooster 10Etown 15, Alvernia 6Gettysburg 18, Etown 9McDaniel 16, Etown 15Etown 16, Messiah 15

Softball (10-3-1, 2-0-0)Etown 13, University of

Pittsburgh at Bradford 1Lesley 6, Etown 3Etown 7, Muhlenburg 0Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute 10, Etown 2Etown 14, Northland 5Etown 18, Northwestern 3Etown 3, Gettysburg 2Etown 6, Gettysburg 6Etown 5, Swarthmore 4Etown 9, Swarthmore 1Etown 8, Alvernia 0Etown 5, Alvernia 2Moravian 7, Etown 1Etown 6, Moravian 5

Men’s Tennis (3-2, 0-0)Baldwin-Wallace 8, Etown 1Etown 6, Gordon 3Etown 6, Northwestern 3Etown 7, Juniata 2Wilkes 9, Etown 0

Women’s Tennis (8-2, 6-0)

Baldwin-Wallace 5, Etown 4Etown 7, Northwestern 2Etown 8, Juniata 1Wilkes 5, Etown 4

Men’s Track and FieldMiddle Atlantic Conference IndoorChampionships 3rd of 11 (83 points)

Virginia Tech Final Qualifier No team score

Women’s Track and FieldMiddle Atlantic Conference IndoorChampionships 3rd of 11 (81 points)

Virginia Tech Final Qualifier No team score

Wrestling (8-5, 3-2)NCAA Division IIIChampionships 17th of 59 (21 points)

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Athlete of the Weekthe etownian’s

Sara E. CrimmelSports Editor

The Etownian is exhila-rated to announce that

first-year track and field athlete Jenna Niedermayer has been named Athlete of the Week!

Niedermayer was named Rookie of the Year at the Middle Atlantic Confer-ence Indoor Track & Field Championships. She finished second in the long jump with a leap of 17 feet, 7 inches to shatter her own previous record of 17 feet, 2 inches.

Also at MACs, Nieder-mayer placed third in the triple jump, recording a

Jenna NiedermayerMajor: Occupational TherapyFavorite sports team: Philadelphia PhilliesFavorite Jay’s Nest item: Grilled CheeseFavorite TV show: “NCIS”Favorite movie: “The Departed”Hardly anyone knows

that ... I have a re-ally strong desire to learn how to play an instrument, but, as of right now, I have no musical talent.

I can’t live without ... peanut butter.

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mark of 35 feet, 9 1/4 inches, earning second on the pro-gram’s all-time best indoor performances list. She finished fifth in the 55-meter dash in

7.73 seconds, tying for fourth on the program’s all-time list. She was also part of the 4x200 meter relay team with fellow first-years Pam Jaraczewski and Ashley Lockwood and sophomore Kathryn Howser that placed third in 1:51.18.

At the Virginia Tech Final Qualifier on March 6, Nieder-mayer placed 12th in the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 8/12 inches. She also ran the 200-me-ter dash in 27.78 seconds, earn-ing her the 10th-best time on the program’s all-time list.

The Etownian congratulates Niedermayer for her record-breaking success and for being named Rookie of the Year and Athlete of the Week!

Photo: Tom ‘Drac’ WilliamsJunior Allie Gold leaps over a hurdle. Gold placed fourth in the 55-meter hurdles at the MAC Indoor Championships.

Brittany V. DaiutoloStaff Writer

The Elizabethtown Col-lege track and field team

recently participated in two major meets: the Middle Atlan-tic Conference (MAC) Men’s/Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships and the Vir-ginia Tech Last Chance Meet. Both the men’s and women’s teams participated, and those who attended these meets saw major accomplishments made by Etown’s finest.

The Virginia Tech Final Qualifier was the last opportu-nity for teams and individuals to qualify for Nationals. Sopho-more Evan DeArmitt named Duke, Tennessee and Miami as some of the bigger schools that were there to compete.

“We took six athletes, and five of the six of us bettered our previous performances,” he stated. DeArmitt ran a 4:18.61 in the mile at this meet, setting a personal record.

The VA Tech meet took place March 6. Senior Wyatt Eaton finished fifth in the 200-meter with a time of 22.78 seconds, his best of the season. DeAr-mitt finished ninth in the mile, and first-year Aaron Focht took 16th with 4:32.90. Sophomore Eric Reichert made his way into the program’s all-time list in the 800-meter with a time of 1:56.58.

Sophomore Kathryn Howser set a personal record during the indoor 800-meter, and first-

year Jenna Niedermayer set a personal record during the indoor 200-meter run.

Howser’s time for the 800-me-ter was 2:18.17, allowing her to finish third. Niedermayer’s time for the 200-meter was 27.78 sec-onds. Niedermayer also finished 12th in the long jump with a distance of 16 feet, 8 1/2 inches.

“Although none of us quali-fied for Nationals like we set out to do, five of the six competing athletes got personal records,” Howser said. “It was a great experience to compete against athletes from all three divisions.”

At the MAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship at Lehigh University on Feb. 27, Etown placed third overall out of 11 teams. Widener University took first, and DeSales Univer-sity came in second. Etown won

four gold medals, three of those earned by relay teams. A new record was set by the 4x800-meter team of sophomore Mark Weber, Focht, DeArmitt and Reichert with a time of 8:01.12.

The distance medley relay team of Focht, senior Kyle Grimm, Weber and sopho-more Russell Speiden came

close to setting another record with a time of 10:28.41. The 4x400-meter team of first-year Brandon Walters, Grimm, sophomore Chris Niles and first-year Luke Rotenberger also took first with a time of 3:32.23. Eaton won, as well, with a time of 23.17 seconds in the 200-meter run.

“[First-year] Cameron Are-good, Wyatt Eaton and [senior] Tim Katzaman are a few names that come to mind of individu-

als who had solid performances. All of our relays did very well,” DeArmitt said.

Additionally, the women’s team earned several achieve-ments at MACs this year. They finished third out of 11 teams. Messiah College took first and Misericordia University took second. Niedermayer won Rookie of the Year and set the school record for long jump. Howser was the winner of the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.55. First-year Taryn Shank also won a gold medal in the 5,000-meter with 18:25.27. Niedermayer achieved second in the long jump with 17 feet, 7 inches, which broke her per-sonal record. She was third in the triple jump with 35 feet, 9 1/4 inches. Niedermayer, Howser, first-year Pam Jarac-zewski and first-year Ashley Lockwood took third in the 4x200-meter relay team with a time of 1:51.18. Howser and seniors Megan VanDenHengel, Sarah Merusi and Bernadette Frawley took second with a time of 10:06.13 in the 4x800-meter relay.

VanDenHengel took second in the mile with a time of 5:14.40.

“We went into MACs want-ing to win, so getting third wasn’t exactly what we were hoping for, but we aren’t go-ing to settle or get comfortable with it,” Howser said. “We are looking forward to outdoor to improve on our accomplish-ments from the indoor season.”