September 27, 2007 - Cedar Crest College

THE CRESTIAD 

Vol. 89 No. 3 Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania September 27, 2007 

Banishing the 

Coffee house 

kick off benefits 

Relay for Life 

Liz Skoczylas 

OPINIONS EDITOR 

The first coffee house of the 

Fall 2007 semester was held on 

Monday night in the Bistro and 

hosted by the Lutz Center for 

Community Service, in order to 

raise awareness for a year full of 

education and fund-raising for 

cancer research. 

Tammy Bean, who is the 

Director of the Lutz Center, 

explained that they were hoping to 

get out information about the 

Relay for Life, as well as educate. 

A local musician named 

Arianne, who also performed at 

last year’s Relay For Life, performed 

at the Coffee House. 

Bean said that Arianne was 

invited back due to the fact that 

students seemed to really enjoy 

her music last year. “It was a great 

way to pay her back, by inviting 

her to the kick-off,” Bean stated. 

Other than the coffee house, 

the Lutz Center has several other 

plans in place for the year on ways 

to help educate students, faculty, 

staff and the surrounding community 

on cancer research. 

Grace Olson and Janice- 

Elizabeth Kreh, both student 

workers for the Lutz Center, 

explained that they were planning 

on hosting about one event a 

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month, in order to help educate 

people and raise money for the 

cause. 

Such events that are planned 

are a Breast Cancer 5K walk during 

Homecoming weekend, carbon 

monoxide testing on National 

Smoke-out Day in November, an 

interactive discussion in January 

for Cervical Cancer Awareness 

Month, and other activities, such 

as a “Recipes for Life” cookbook, 

and a “Hope Quilt”, where people 

donate a square of fabric in dedication 

or memory of someone they 

know with cancer. 

Another activity that the Lutz 

Center is hoping to accomplish is 

an event tentatively called “Hope 

for the Holidays”, where students 

would potentially visit cancer 

patients in December, and “bring a 

smile to their faces,” according to 

Olson. 

All of these events lead 

directly up to Cedar Crest’s third 

annual Relay for Life, which will 

be held on April 18 and 19. 2008. 

Last year’s Relay for Life 

raised almost $15,000 to be donated 

to the American Cancer 

Society. Kreh explained that over 

$10,000 was raised before the 

walk, by teams that were participating 

and spreading the word, 

“Book-banning 

in school 

libraries is only 

the latest battleground 

in a centuries-old 

war over 

the censorship of 

ideas. 

“Secular and religious 

authorities have 

censored books for as long as people 

have been writing them. In 360 

B.C., Plato described the ideal 

Republic: ‘Our first business will 

be to supervise the making of 

fables and legends; rejecting all 

which are unsatisfactory… .’” 

states the First Amendment 

Center’s website. 

The site continues continues, 

“In ancient times, when handscribed 

books existed in only one 

or a few copies, destroying them 

(usually by burning) guaranteed 

that no one would ever read them. 

Once the invention of the printing 

press around 1450 made it possible 

to circulate many copies of a 

book, book-burning, though still 

highly symbolic, could no longer 

effectively control the dissemination 

of texts.” 

Banned Books Week, 

observed since 1982, occurs during 

the last week of September— 

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Op/ed Lifestyles A&E 

SPORTS 

The caste system in 

Nepal 

Erin Furstnau 

STAFF WRITER 

Since 2002, Cedar Crest 

College has been powered in part 

by Campus Web. 

Campus Web was the online 

feature that brought the students 

their schedules, grades and 

allowed people to register for 

courses. 

The company that brought 

that to Cedar Crest, is Jenzabar. 

Last year, Jenzabar announced that 

they were going to be getting rid 

of campus web and upgrading it 

with the feature known as My 

Cedar Crest. 

Paul Edinger, web programmer 

and analyst of the Information 

Technology Department, said that 

the campus started to explore My 

Cedar Crest before Campus web 

was taken away, “so that [the col- 

ban on books 

Applying the golden 

rule in class 

this year, from September 29 to 

October 6. 

Xi Kappa, the English Honor 

Society, and Preterite, the campus 

literary club, will host Banned 

Books Week by setting up a table 

in Tompkins College Center. 

They will be raffling off 

books that have been frequently 

challenged, as well as selling the 

“I read Banned Books” pin. The 

table will provide information on 

the most challenged books in 

recent years. 

The mission of Banned 

Books Week, as undertaken by 

librarians, students, teachers, and 

writers alike, is to make communities 

aware of the right to express 

unorthodox or unpopular ideas 

through written word, and even 

more so, the right to have access to 

these unorthodox ideas. 

What drives someone to want 

to ban a book? Dr. LuAnn 

Fletcher, director of the English 

program and advisor to Xi Kappa, 

states, “Fear drives book bannings, 

just as it drives prejudice and discrimination.” 

She continues, “Book bannings 

are motivated by the belief 

that children and adults need to be 

‘protected’ from ideas or perspectives 

that some consider ‘immoral’ 

or dangerous.” 

Ironically, such subjects of a 

society that feels the need to ‘pro- 

Artist Spotlight: 

Nadine Brosnan 

BANNED BOOKS 

WEEK 

September 29–October 6 

The “10 Most Challenged 

Books of 2006” are: 

1. And Tango Makes Three 

by Justin Richardson and 

Peter Parnell 

2. Gossip Girls series 

by Cecily Von Ziegesar 

3. Alice series 

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 

4. The Earth, My Butt, and 

Other Big Round Things 

by Carolyn Mackler 

5. The Bluest Eye 

by Toni Morrison 

6. Scary Stories series 

by Alvin Schwartz 

7. Athletic Shorts 

by Chris Crutcher 

8. The Perks of Being a 

Wallflower 

by Stephen Chbosky 

9. Beloved 

by Toni Morrison 

10. The Chocolate War 

by Robert Cormier 

Read why these and other 

books are banned at 

www.ala.org. 

My Cedar Crest replaces Campus Web 

Christa Hagan 

MANAGING EDITOR 

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My Cedar Crest web site image 

Equestrians prepare 

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Local festival 


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features 

sustainability 

September 22 marked the first 

day of the 3rd annual Pennsylvania 

Energy Festival. The event took 

place at the Kempton Community 

Center in Berks County. 

Cars everywhere displayed 

bumper sticker slogans promoting 

peace and environmental consciousness. 

And in the parking lot 

closest to the entrance, rows of 

Toyota Prius’s sat proudly in the 

sun. 

The festival was small, with 

only one music stage and a few 

tents for workshops and vendors. 

This allowed festival-goers the 

opportunity to walk leisurely 

around the grounds, as well as to 

talk to vendors about what, exactly, 

they were selling. 

Rita Lacey, a vendor at the 

Close the Loop booth, was selling 

very interesting recycled products. 

“What we do is grind up plastic 

jugs, melt the plastic, add a 

brown pigment, then mold it into 

fence posts,” said Lacey. “We primarily 

sell fencing.” 

There were other products as 

well, including earrings made from 

soda can tabs, picture frames created 

from old glass bottles, and pencils 

made from recycled newspapers. 

“We do gifts and promotional 

items too,” said Lacey. 

Patrick Kelley, also at the 

Close the Loop booth, started the 

company ten years ago. 

When asked how he came up 

with his products, he humbly 

replied it was a process of “trial 

and error.” Now his products are 

used nationally, ever since Close 

the Loop bought his product. To 

find out more about these recycled 

goods, visit 

www.ClosetheLoop.com. 

In addition to vendors selling 

recycled goods, there were booths 

with alternative fuel sources for 

homes and vehicles, as well organic 

clothing vendors. 

Organic clothing is made 

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companies 


and the rest was raised at the 

actual walk itself, which was 

held inside due to inclement 

weather. 

“We’re hoping to raise more 

this year,” Kreh said, stating that 

the event will hopefully be held 

outside, which causes more people 

to see what’s going on, and 

hopefully wander over. 

without sweatshop labor or chemical 

substances. Clothesline 

Organics, a clothing store in 

Bethlehem, had a booth at the festival 

to talk about the benefits of 

organic clothing. 

The clothes were stylish and 

comfortable, made with products 

like organic cotton, cashmere, and 

hemp. Josh, the vendor, said he 

has a few customers from Cedar 

Crest College. 

“Our clothes come from different 

companies based out of 

cities like New York or Los 

Angeles,” said Josh. Clothesline 

Organics orders the clothes from 

designers and sells them out of 

their own store. 

Besides a pull towards a 

healthier, cleaner lifestyle, there 

was also a sense of community 

awareness at the fair. 

Food from local farms were 

displayed everywhere, alongside 

handmade soaps, candles, homespun 

wool and yarn, and skin care 

products. 

No vendors jumped in people’s 

faces and spoke obnoxiously 

about the great deals they were 

offering. The whole atmosphere 

was very relaxed and enjoyable. 

Not far from the organic local 

produce, a duo consisting of a fiddle-player 

and a washboard-player 

jammed for all to enjoy. The 

sound of the music itself was 

organic and homegrown, adding a 

nice touch to the festival activities. 

Early in the day, on the main stage 

set up for musical performances, 

was a play aimed at children to 

teach them about the environment. 

People in vibrant animal costumes 

told stories about how fossil 

fuels are formed, as well as 

recounting (with giant, mechanical 

puppets) the Lenape folktale of 

how our continent was formed. 

Kids and adults perched on 

haystacks while watching the 

September 27, 2007 

The above is the poster that was used to advertise for the festival. 

spectacular display. 

The Energy Festival has been 

gaining steam for the past three 

years, and hopefully will continue 

to build in the future. 

To find out more about this 

year’s Energy Festival, as well as 

past events, please visit 

www.paenergyfest.com. 

Annual Dorney Park 

spillage floods campus 

Brea Barski 

LIFESTYLES EDITOR 

Students visiting the lower 

end of campus near the new 

Hamilton Boulevard Building may 

have noticed some post-Labor Day 

flooding despite the dry weather 

we’ve been having. 

This water was due to the end 

of Dorney Park’s Wildwater 

Kingdom season, according to 

James Marsteller, Executive 

Director of Safety and Facilities at 

Cedar Crest College. 

“[The flooding of this part of 

campus] happens annually when 

[Dorney Park] releases the water 

from their pools,” explained 

Marsteller. 

According to the Dorney Park 

website, Wildwater Kingdom has 

over a dozen water slides and 

water rides, in addition to two 

large wave pools. 

The water from all of these 

rides was neutralized to remove all 

harmful chemicals and released 

into the storm drainage system, 

Marsteller said. 

As in years past, though, the 

water backed up onto the shallow 

land between E and F lots and 

HBB, Marsteller detailed. 

After a few inches of water 

had flooded this area, campus 

security noticed the problem and 

phoned officials at Dorney Park. 

“What [Dorney Park officials] 

didn’t know was that it 

floods our new walkway to HBB,” 

said Marsteller, explaining that it 

wasn’t a problem in the past 

because the current HBB wasn’t a 

part of Cedar Crest. 

“We responded [to the flooding] 

and asked Dorney Park to 

stop letting their water out,” 

Marsteller continued. 

The rest of the water from 

Wildwater Kingdom that was not 

released before Cedar Crest officials 

asked them to stop will be 

drained in the evenings and when 

classes are not in session. So, 

hopefully, this will minimize the 

problems for students, Marsteller 

said. 

Of Dorney Park Marsteller 

commented, “They’re good neighbors 

and just didn’t know what 

was going on.” 

The 

Crestiad 

Fall 2007 

Editor in Chief 

Lori Gallagher 

Managing Editor 

Christa Hagan 

Front Page Editor 


News Editors 

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Leann Pettit 

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Liz Skoczylas 

Jess Dominiczak 

Lifestyles Editors 

Brea Barski 

Rachel Edgar 

A&E Editor 

Gillian Maffeo 

Sports Editor 

Lizz Nagle 

Copy Editor 

Lauren Sanders 

Adviser 

Elizabeth Ortiz 

Staff 

Thersia Ault 


Erin Furstnau 

Christiana Gibson 

Shannon Haberzetti 

Erica Hawkey 

Cara Nicholl 

Charley Ortiz 

Amanda Osborn 

Amanda Patterson 

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September 27, 2007 www.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad NEWS 

Student Government hosts 

Butz Basement open house 

Erin Furstnau 

STAFF WRITER 

The second of two open houses 

for the allocation of the space in 

Butz Hall’s Basement occurred on 

Tuesday, September 25 from 12 

noon until 1pm. All in all, the student 

turnout was sparse at its best. 

in the news 

Brea Barski 

One happy anniversary 

September 19 marked an exciting 

anniversary in pop culture. Three 

famous keystrokes—a colon, 

hyphen, and a parenthesis—were 

first typed 25 years ago. The 

happy face emoticon was keyed 

by a Carnegie Mellon professor 

in 1982. :-) 

String of death plagues 

local zoo 

The Lehigh Valley Zoo in 

Schnecksville has lost four animals 

in the past month. A 6month-old 

zebra suddenly died 

last week of a bone fracture. 

Earlier in the month two horses 

died, one of tumors and one of 

anesthesia complications, and an 

ostrich died of an infection. 

at the crest 

Calling all artists 

Cedar Crest is seeking a member 

of the college community to create 

a logo for the April 2008 

inauguration of President Jill 

Sherman. The theme and symbols 

have been selected, but the 

logo itself is to be designed for 

use on invitations, programs, and 

all publicity. For more information, 

students can contact Jill 

Odegaard at jkodegaa@cedarcrest.edu. 

Fall into Big Love 

This weekend, Cedar Crest Stage 

Company is featuring “Big 

Love,” a play about fifty brides 

leaving their respective grooms. 

49 murders and a love story are 

promised in a play featuring 

repelling characters and a small 

pool on the stage. 

One would expect students to be 

clamoring within the cleared out 

basement at the excitement of a 

space to call their own, a space that 

gets utilized in whatever fashion, 

all depending upon a student-central 

vote; however, only about thirteen 

people showed up for the 

open house that occurred on the 

previous Monday night. Between 

Leann Pettit 

NEWS EDITOR 

Erin Furstnau | Staff Writer 

By this time, most students 

have noticed the changes in the 

computer labs on campus. The 

Information Technology 

Department did a lot of updating 

of the computers and computer 

labs over the summer months. 

The most prominent change is 

the new computers that are on 

campus. All old computers were 

removed, and 180 new ones were 

leased. 

Fifty new machines were 

added for the newly hired faculty 

and staff, the new classrooms in 

the Hamilton Boulevard Building 

(HBB), and the computer lab that 

was put into HBB. 

Computers were replaced in 

Curtis 208, Blaney 4, Miller 20, 

and the library. Each residence hall 

received at least one new computer 

with the new lease. 

The computers leased this 

summer are Dells, as opposed to 

lege] could try it before they were 

forced to.” 

Similar to Campus web, students 

still have to log in (using student 

identification number an 

assigned password) to make any 

course changes. 

Without logging in, students 

can still find key information 

about Cedar Crest, including 

course offerings and the school’s 

mission statement. Also, available 

without logging in are messages 

posted by the college. 

Current messages include the 

course withdrawal deadline 

the two open houses only 18 people 

attended and voted for their 

ideas on how the space should be 

utilized reports Nicole Parker, a 

senior psychology major and the 

Student Government Association 

(SGA)’s Recording Secretary. The 

SGA itself has yet to survey the 

area and give their votes. 

One drawback that Parker 

noticed was that, “We don’t have a 

lot of spots filled in [the SGA] senate 

to make an informed vote, 

because all of the classes aren’t 

represented equally.” she continued, 

“There is an upcoming election 

for SGA senators and I urge 

students to run.” 

Pertaining to the disappointing 

student attendance of the 

open house, Maynard Cressman, 

Director and Associate Professor 

of the Social Work program and 

advisor to SGA, commented “I 

would hope there be as much student 

participation as possible 

because this opportunity is afforded 

[the students]. It would be such 

the Gateway computers throughout 

the rest of the campus. Kathy 

Cunningham, director of 

Information Technology, said that 

an order was placed with Gateway 

in late May, with the promise that 

the computers would be delivered 

within three to four weeks. 

In early August, Information 

Technology was told by Gateway 

that the new computers would be 

delivered to them by early 

September. 

Dell placed a bid to get the 

order, offered a good price, and 

was able to deliver the computers 

in two weeks. 

Cunningham also explained 

that they probably will not be 

ordering from Gateway again, due 

to Gateway's potential financial 

issues that occurred this summer. 

Microsoft Office 2007 was 

installed campus wide over the 

summer. Office 2007 looks very 

different from previous versions of 

Office. Information Technology 

held information sessions from 

early June through mid- 

(November 12, 2007 at 4 p.m.) and 

a statement welcoming the campus 

to My Cedar Crest. 

Edinger said that My Cedar 

Crest is “more customizable and 

gives us an easier way to get the 

information out to people.” 

This is because in addition to 

serving the needs of course registration 

and grades, My Cedar 

Crest also allows for students to 

get most of their paperwork from 

“one centralized place,” said 

Edinger. 

Soon, students will be able to 

request transcripts and audits from 

their home computers. Not only is 

this easier for students, but the 

decrease in paperwork, is one step 

to better the environment as well. 

an opportunity lost.” He went on to 

explain that “The administration 

stands solidly behind the student 

empowerment model when it 

comes to making decisions at the 

college.” He also questioned the 

reason for the poor turn-out, and 

the lack of interest and participation 

on the part of freshman and 

sophomore students who ultimately 

would be the ones benefitting or 

suffering from the allocation of the 

space. 

“Right now we’re faced 

with a bunch of different ideas. 

[The decision] is between club 

needs and student wants. I feel like 

we’re hearing from the same people. 

We need more students to 

respond with their different opinions.” 

observed Kristin Allard, a 

junior Chemistry major and SGA 

treasurer. She continued with “If 

people have specific ideas—tell 

us. If you want leather couches or 

pink walls, let us know. We want 

any kind of input we can possibly 

get.” 

IT updates campus computers 

CEDAR CREST 


September, showing the basics of 

the new Office. 

They are also holding "Ask 

I.T. Sessions" Tuesdays and 

Thursdays in Blaney Hall 4 from 6 

- 8 p.m., where students can come 

in and ask any questions they may 

have. 

A program called CleanSlate 

was installed in all computers labs 

and on instructor stations. "This 

program restores a computer to its 

original configuration, discarding 

unwanted computer changes, 

when the computer is [restarted]. 

This guarantees that PCs are 

not rendered inoperable by unauthorized 

software downloads and 

helps ensure their consistent working 

order," said Cunningham. 

Lastly, wireless access is now 

available in all residence hall 

lounges and more locations are 

coming soon. 

Information Technology is 

now working to get wireless 

access in the more academic areas 

of campus, and suggestions are 

welcome. 

My Cedar Crest was first 

started over the summer so that the 

staff could work out kinks before 

students returned in August. 

Though, there are still changes and 

features being added to the program. 

These changes will be happening 

throughout the year and 

Edinger explained that they “really 

don’t want to run anything without 

fully testing it first.” 

He went on to say that My 

Cedar Crest “is still an evolving 

site” with “many future plans and 

ideas.” 

One of the future plans is to 

explore how My Cedar Crest can 

work from a Student Affairs Office 

perspective. 

Cara’s 

Corner 

worldwide commentary 

Cara Nicholl 

Drilling causes 

international 

controversy 

Controversy is springing up 

over UNESCO site Yasuni 

National Park, located in 

Ecuador. 

Predominantly a rainforest, 

this park is known for its unique 

and diverse animal and plant life, 

as well as its indigenous people, 

so much so that it has been 

declared a biosphere reserve by 

UNESCO. 

Unfortunately, its unique 

plant and animal life is not why 

Yasuni has been grabbing recent 

headlines. 

The estimated billion gallons 

the National Park is sitting 

on is looking very attractive to 

oil companies, who have been 

scouting the area and offering 

money to drill around the rainforest. 

There has already been 

drilling going on in Ecuador, and 

the negative effects are obvious. 

As stated in the article “$350m to 

Leave Oil in the Ground” in The 

Guardian, “Oil has been pumped 

from here for almost four 

decades and the result, say environmentalists, 

is 1,700 square 

miles of industrial contamination, 

with rivers poisoned, 

wildlife wiped out and humans 

falling sick.” 

To counteract any oil proposals, 

there has been a proposal 

made by Ecuador itself. 

As described by the British 

Broadcasting Company in the 

article “Ecuador Seeks Oil 

‘Compensation,’” Ecuador is 

offering to leave the oil in the 

ground in exchange for international 

contributions worth $350 

million. 

Countries like Germany 

have responded positively, while 

European countries such as 

Norway, Spain and Italy are considering 

the offer and the World 

Bank is discussing the proposal 

with other international groups. 

Countries that do commit 

will be able to pay in different 

ways, including wiping out the 

debt owed to them by Ecuador. 

As stated in The Guardian article, 

“Supporters say it is an idea 

whose time has come, a logical 

step forward from carbon offsetting 

in which rich polluters in 

developed countries compensate 

for environmental damage 

caused by their consumer 

habits.” 

While the adverse effects of 

drilling are obvious, it is also 

obvious that money speaks. 

As stated by Alberto Acosta, 

former mining minister and close 

friend to Ecuadorian President 

Rafael Correa, "We don't want to 

develop it because we know 

there will be damage. 

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www.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad September 27, 2007 

ALUMNAE SPOTLIGHT: 

Charley Ortiz 

STAFF WRITER 

Amelia Wagner, or as most 

think of her, the Amazing and 

Brilliant Amelia, graduated from 

Cedar Crest in 1978 with a degree 

in Chemistry and is currently the 

President of the Alumnae 

Association. 

This automatically deems her 

both courageous and brilliant in 

the books. She is courageous 

because even in the 70s, the chemistry 

major was an intimidating 

task for even the brightest of students. 

She is brilliant because she 

took that knowledge and put it to 

an amazing use. Amelia currently 

works as a lawyer for the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency (U.S.E.P.A.) 

She leads her team to into 

Uncovering 

Lauren Sanders 

COPY EDITOR 

“…But That’s Another Story.” 

“The bad jokes are going to start,” 

John Michael Furphy warns me, once 

he has consumed a sufficient amount 

of caffeine from his latte. “Those of us 

from the sixties, we did so many drugs, 

they just pervade our every waking 

moment. Every day is like another acid 

trip.” 

Welcome to Another Story Used 

Bookstore, owned and solely operated 

by Furphy, and located at 524 N. 18th 

Street in Allentown. It sits as the corner 

townhouse in a small, red-brick row, 

distinguished from the outside by the 

garish yellow and carnival lime paint 

announcing its name against an oversized 

window. Inside, the store makes 

no apologies for its overwhelming 

areas of the United States that have 

been devastated by toxic waste to 

clean up the mess, and then tries to 

return the area to a clean and 

workable environment for the 

animals and people who live 

there. While at Cedar Crest, 

she was part of the basketball 

team, as well as the 

Chemistry Club. 

During the Alumnae 

Council Meeting on the 

September 15, 2007, 

Amelia spoke of the many 

things she has done. 

“There are 140 sites in 

New Jersey [where she lives 

and works] that are deemed 

toxic waste sites.” This is an 

astounding number, and a scary 

number as New Jersey is less than 

an hour away. 

Amelia also spoke of stories 

of the past, “The Passaic River was 

the first industrialized river in the Amelia United Wagner as a senior at 

Cedar Crest College. 

Lauren Sanders | Copy Editor 

Underground 

Allentown 

inventory and lack of maneuverable 

space; standing on its threshold, one 

almost needs to take a deep breath 

before plunging into the threeroom 

maze of dusty, discolored 

paperbacks and leather-bound 

hardcovers, stored in stacks of 

old wooden pear crates 

(Bartlett, Elite, and Medford). 

Two giant porcelain rabbits 

sit upon the top shelf, while 

twin owl bookends keep 

American Literature in its place. A 

miniature bust of Edgar Allen Poe 

glares out from behind the counter, and 

a tortoiseshell cat jumps up next to 

him. 

“That’s Books,” says Furphy. 

“She’s the star of this place.” 

He then begins to tell me about 

being arrested on May Day in 1971, 

followed by his adventures performing 

Shakespearean theater in 

blue pantyhose at Kutztown 

University (“They didn’t have 

enough costumes.”). Clearly, despite 

his sarcastic self-deprecation (hanging 

above the counter is a sign from 1915 

Boston, which reads “Help Wanted: 

No Irish Need Apply”), Furphy is the 

star of his domain. 

In his affecting, gravelly voice, 

hammered by the one-two punch of 

Camel cigarettes and late-night radio 

shows on Muhlenberg’s WMUH, 

Furphy, occasionally tugging on his 

full, wiry beard, explains that the 

bookstore features books ranging from 

Courtesy | Espejo 

States and the center of 

the first toxic waste 

issue.” 

If you who 

don’t know about 

Agent Orange, it 

was a chemical 

used in the 

Vietnam War 

that lead to related 

illnesses in 

soldiers. might It 

is important for 

you to learn. For 

surrounding areas 

Amelia stated that 

,“there is Agent 

Orange that has settled 

into the sediment, and the 

question is what to do. 

Should we try to blast the sedi- 

$1 in price to several hundred dollars, 

and shows me a first edition of Pat 

Conroy’s The Great Santini, listed at 

$275. 

History, classic literature, theater, 

cooking, sports, women’s studies, 

mysteries, true crime – “and we have 

an excellent children’s department. 

The books are made out of 

100% real children.” 

– every inch 

o f 

Furphy’s 

space is saturated 

with crinkling yellowed 

pages and the musty, 

worn scent of transitory knowledge. 

“They’re all blank, actually,” says 

Furphy of his collection, “because this 

is America, and if books had real 

words in them, people wouldn’t know 

what to do with them.” 

He makes no effort to dilute his 

opinions – in the small bathroom of 

Amazing Amelia 

Another Story hangs an oversized 

poster of President Bush’s greatest 

quotes, and Furphy himself laments 

that, “it’s hard being a radical 24 hours 

a day, seven days a week.” 

But this is a man who, as he just 

found out from an author friend, is 

going to be the basis for the main character 

in a novel, and who can switch on 

Edward G. Robinson impressions as 

quickly as he can launch into a oneplayer 

reenactment of a scene from 

Blazing Saddles, followed by a discussion 

of Michelle Pfeiffer’s heart- 

breaking performance in 

Lauren Sanders | Copy Editor 

ment and get rid of it? But what 

happens when it gets into the air?” 

In short, Amelia has a complicated, 

necessary job that helps the rest of 

us live in a healthier world. 

Wagner is an example to us 

all. Not only did she take her 

degree and put it to use, but she put 

it to use in such a way that will 

make our world a better place for 

all. There is only one world; one 

we all have to share. 

If there is anything that 

Amelia can teach the college community, 

it is that if you do something 

in life, make sure that it will 

benefit all. 

Education majors will teach 

our young, nursing majors will 

heal our sick and chemistry majors 

can save the environment. 

the on-screen adaptation 

of 

E d i t h 

Wharton’s 

“The Age of 

Innocence”. 

Furphy is as 

rich and full as the 

coiling labyrinth of 

weathered-to-comfortable 

books he 

sells. 

Visit Another Story 

Used Bookstore. Read. 

And listen. 

(Another Story Used 

Bookstore is open Mondays 

from noon – 6 p.m., Tuesdays and 

Wednesdays from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., 

Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. – 

8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 6 

p.m., and Sundays from noon – 5 

p.m.) 

Another Story Used Bookstore

September 27, 2007 www.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad 5 FEATURES 

I’m Here Because... 

I am the first in my immediate 

family to attend a four-year college. 

However, Mom just graduated from 

Pace Institute and Dad graduated from 

Berks Technical Institute. 

I had no idea about colleges. For a 

while, I wanted to go to a school really 

far away from home – preferably 

somewhere warm. By the time the 

summer before my senior year came 

around, I wanted to go somewhere near 

home but not to the colleges in 

Reading (Alvernia College, Albright 

College, Penn State Berks, Reading 

Area Community College, and 

Kutztown University). 

I knew going to any of these col- 

BOOKS 


tect’ its community occur in novels 

considered to be “subversive,” 

such as Margaret Atwood’s The 

Handmaid’s Tale (which made 

number 37 on the American 

Library Association’s ‘Top 100 

Challenged Books from 1990- 

1999’), and specifically pertaining 

to the restriction of ideas as diffused 

through books, like Ray 

Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. 

Dr. Fletcher explains, “It puzzles, 

saddens, and disturbs me to 

think that some individuals or 

groups feel the need to control 

ideas, and feel that [the] banning—or, 

in some cases, burning—of 

books is a good way to do 

so.” 

Henry Marchand, Assistant 

Professor of English and the advisor 

to Preterite, looks at things a 

little differently: “As a writer, I 

leges would be like going into 13th 

grade – a good portion of students 

from my high school attended these 

colleges. I really wanted college to be 

a chance for me to change myself and 

find out who I am. 

I looked at Bloomsburg 

University, only because it was where 

my cousin was going. But when I got 

there to tour the campus, I realized 

how city-like it was. 

I grew up in a very suburban area 

of Reading and was used to a lot of 

green space, which Bloomsburg didn’t 

offer. There was a lot of smoking 

everywhere on campus, too. 

The very next day, I came to tour 

find an odd validation in the banning 

of books. 

The fact that people try to 

prevent books from being read is 

evidence of the enormous power 

of the written word.” 

He goes on to explain, 

“Books change people, and 

through people books change the 

world. 

If you’re resistant to new and 

diverse ideas, new insights, new 

avenues to human feeling, then 

books might worry or frighten 

you. 

I think we need to be wary in 

our culture of a tendency to attack 

anything that challenges our existing 

thought and perspective. But 

in the end, books win. People read 

them. And that, too, shows their 

power.” 

For more information on 

Banned Books Week, please visit 

the American Library 

Association’s website at 

http://www.ala.org. 

Courtesy | Leann Pettit 

Cedar Crest. It wasn’t one of my first 

choice college, and I wasn’t even 

going to tour the campus, except my 

parents suggested I do, just to see the 

school, and it was only an hour from 

home. 

So, we toured campus. After the 

tour, they sent us to the faculty fair, 

where we were able to meet faculty 

from each department. 

The application fee had been 

waived for the tour and my mom 

insisted that I fill out the application 

for the college, even though I didn’t 

want to. 

None of my friends were going to 

Cedar Crest, or even considering it, 

and while I didn’t want to go to a college 

where a lot of people from my 

graduating class were going, I was set 

on going somewhere with a friend. 

In October of my senior year, I 

received my acceptance letter from 

Cedar Crest. I toured the college two 

more times, once before I sent in my 

down payment, just to make sure that I 

really wanted to go to Cedar Crest, and 

once afterwards. 

Sometime between when I sent in 

my admissions application and the 

time I sent in my down payment, I 

knew that Cedar Crest was for me. I 

did not apply to any other schools and 

I did not tour any after Cedar Crest, 

either. 

Freshman orientation scared me a 

little – I didn’t know anyone, I barely 

knew my way around campus and I 

was really shy. I was really lucky, 

though. In my orientation group, I met 

some wonderful people who became 

really close friends, and my roommate 

and I got along really well. I made 

some wonderful friends at Cedar Crest, 

and there are people I have met here 

that I will never forget. 

I have grown up a lot at Cedar 

Crest. When I go home and visit my 

high school friends, I can see obvious 

differences. The people who went to 

schools close by and are commuting 

from home act the same way they did 

in high school; they haven’t grown up 

at all. I still see my high school 

boyfriend, who is commuting to 

Alvernia College. 

He still does not know how to do 

to simple things, like laundry, and his 

parents still pay for everything. He 

does not know what it is like to be on 

his own. Leaving home, even if it is 

just an hour away, has taught me to 

manage my time properly and take 

care of myself. 

I will be ready to live on my own 

when I leave Cedar Crest. Here I have 

been able to find myself, I know who I 

am, I know where I am going, I know 

that this is where I am supposed to be, 

and I have my parents to thank for it. 

- Leann Pettit

6OP/EDwww.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad September 27, 2007 

Adopting 

strays 

into your 

family 

Jess Dominiczak 


I’m sure most of the campus 

has had a pet (or thirteen), or has at 

least known people that have been 

impacted by an animal companion. 

Since I was born, we have had 

the following: five cats, two dogs, 

one hedgehog, three turtles, one 

Chilean rose-hair tarantula, one 

bearded dragon, and a ton of fish. 

I have grown up in a house where 

we rescue animals in need, 

whether it is from the Holland 

Tunnel, an unwanted home, or a 

cruel pet store. Our house resembled 

a zoo at times, but it was full 

of love and companionship in 

every room. 

I did not have all of the animals 

at the same time, and as I 

aged, they aged faster. We lost a 

few prior to me leaving for college, 

then one-by-one, the pets I 

grew up with passed away. Not 

only was this emotional for me as 

it was, it was worse because I 

couldn’t even be there for them. 

These animals had been as much a 

part of my family as my brother or 

myself. 

After this past summer, we 

were down to one. My mom, devastated 

as we all were, took up bird 

watching, because we no longer 

had to worry about their lives at 

the hands of our merciless felines. 

Our youngest cat is our first male 

and first entirely indoor feline. The 

extent of his hunting is insects. We 

assume he is lonely; he was 

always close with the other animals, 

even the ones that didn’t like 

him. 

Due to my upbringing, it 

should be no surprise that after my 

best friend (also an animal lover) 

told me about three stray kittens at 

her barn, I wanted to help them. 

Jess Dominiczak | 


O n e 

male kitten 

was kept 

by the owners 

of the barn, and I 

was left with a male and 

female. At the time, I had no idea 

how far and how much I was willing 

to spend to save the kittens’ 

lives. I knew they had eye infections 

and upper respiratory infections 

from my prior experience 

working in a veterinarian’s office. 

Monday night I spoke to my 

parents, and they were interested 

in keeping the female. I spoke to 

my roommate about bringing 

home the kittens, and she said she 

was allergic. On top of that health 

risk, if we were caught with them, 

our rent would go up tremendously. 

So I snuck them in around 1 

a.m. on Tuesday morning (my 

roommate found the kittens on 

Wednesday). 

On Tuesday I brought them to 

the veterinarian. I had to test the 

kittens for Feline Leukemia/ AIDS 

infections, which are major causes 

of illness and death in cats. When 

the vets were testing the kittens for 

FELV/FIV my heart was in my 

throat, because cats that are positive 

for FELV/FIV can spread the 

disease to cats that test negative, 

which means if the kittens had it, 

they could not come home with 

me to New Jersey. Luckily for me, 

the kittens were both negative for 

the diseases. 

Other than the eye and upper 

respiratory infections, the kittens 

were healthy, aside from the need 

for a flea bath (which was great 

news after they had slept on my 

bed the night before). When I 

returned home from the vet, I did 

what any reasonably insane person 

would do and I bathed my kittens 

with Lemon Joy (safe for kittens, 

cheap for me, and kills fleas). 

Needless to say, they were 

unhappy, I was soaked, and 

instead of my two cute kittens, 

I was left with two little wet rats. 

Afterwards, because the torture 

was not 

Gillian Maffeo | 

A&E EDITOR 

enough, 

I had to 

shoot medication into 

their mouths and put drops in their 

eyes. I pretty much hated myself 

afterwards, but kittens truly do 

give unconditional love. 

After bringing the kittens to 

their new home this past weekend, 

it made me wonder how many 

other wonderful animals are not as 

lucky as my kittens. According to 

Peaceable Kingdom (a non-profit, 

no-kill animal shelter in the 

Lehigh Valley) “Every year, in the 

United States, an estimated 5 million 

companion animals lose their 

lives in shelters because they are 

homeless. In the Lehigh Valley 

alone, approximately 5,000 

healthy companion animals are 

euthanized annually. These figures 

do not include the untold number 

of animals that are born and die in 

the wild, or those euthanized at 

veterinary clinics.” 

The website continues to say 

that, “Cats are a particular problem 

because they are exceptionally 

prolific. An unspayed female can 

produce two or three litters per 

year, with as many as seven or 

eight kittens per litter. In less than 

10 years, one unspayed female, 

her mate and their offspring can 

produce a colony of more than a 

million cats.” 

The Humane Society of the 

United States estimates that, “animal 

shelters care for between 6–8 

million dogs and cats every year in 

the United States, of whom 3–4 

million are euthanized.” Think 

back to the animal you first 

thought of at the beginning of this 

article -- now imagine that innocent 

animal never having a chance 

and becoming a tragic statistic. 

You can help with even small, 

non-monetary donations of towels, 

blankets, animal food, cat litter, 

animal collars, leashes, toys, carriers 

and crates, laundry and cleaning 

supplies, and much, much 

more. 

Our family is rebuilding with 

talk of a dog – I’m sure our once 

lively and noisy haven for rescue 

animals (our home) will once 

again be as I remembered it 

growing up. I am sure that when I 

have my own place, my family’s 

values of rescuing and providing 

for animals will follow me there. 

If this article has touched a 

nerve – please donate supplies, 

your time, or money to a local nokill 

shelter. Remember that the 

unconditional love and loyalty 

from a pet companion is one of 

the most rewarding experiences. 

Adopt an animal and build your 

own family. 

The Campus 

Corner 

What are you doing 

to “go green?” 

Tareva Byrd 

Junior 

Psychology 

“I recycle constantly and I randomly 

pick up trash in the parks.” 

Caitlynne Brophy 

Sophomore 

Chemistry & Forensics 

“I just make sure to recycle as 

much as I can…If I see litter I 

pick it up.” 

Forgotten Felines and Fidos 

Dogs 11:00 -12:00 

Dog Rabies Shot - $10.00 

Dog Distemper Shot - $10.00 

Heart worm/Lyme test for Dogs - 

$25.00 

Dogs MUST be on leashes 

Cats 12:00 - 3:00 

Cat Rabies Shot - $10.00 

FeLV Testing for Cats - $25.00 

FeLV/FIV Testing for Cats - 

$20.00 

Cats MUST be in carriers 

Call 610-760-9009 for 

more information. 

Charley Ortiz 

Junior 

Elementary Education 

“I am getting a new car that is 

much more fuel efficient than my 

current car.” 

Sarah Wessells 

Sophomore 

Political Science & Social 

Work 

“Recycling, filtering water rather 

than buying bottled water.” 

Compiled by: Leann Pettit| News Editor 

Peaceable Kingdom 

Cat Adoptions: (610) 266-0589 

Dog Adoptions: (610) 360-7709 

Spay/Neuter: (484) 336-6763 

Spay & Neuter Clinics 

Whitehall, Lehigh County 

Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007 

Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 

Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 

Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 

To foster cats or kittens, call 

Kathy at (610) 439-0382 

To foster dogs or puppies, call 

Liz at (610) 360-7709

7 

September 27, 2007 www.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad OP/ED 

Living with the caste 

system in Nepal 

Letter To The 

It was with great interest and 

semi-amusement that I read Erica 

Hawkey’s article about her interview 

with Dr. Reese concerning 

bottled water. By no means do I 

disagree with anything that Dr. 

Reese stated. 

Rather my amusement was 

with how the article just hit the tip 

of the iceberg on how un-“Green” 

bottled water is. First, the plastic 

containers for the bottle water are 

all made from petroleum by-products 

(OIL), usually ethylene or 

propylene. 

Second, unlike tap water, bottled 

water must be transported 

from the bottling plant to whatever 

store you are purchasing them. 

Here are the bottling locations 

for just four of the brands 

that I remember seeing in the 

supermarket: Aquafina – 

Purchase, NY (approximately 130 

mile); Deerpark – Deerpark, MD 

(approximately 150 miles); 

Poland Springs – Maine; and 

Evian – Pasadena, CA. 

First, they are likely loaded 

by pallets by forklifts (probably 

running on propane) onto diesel 

engine trucks, trucks that will consume 

more petroleum by-products 

while generating considerable carbon 

dioxide as they drive to all 

their deliver locations. 

If bottled water has such a 

detrimental environmental footprint, 

why has America become 

so addicted to it? Some will argue 

that it is safer. 

In reality, there are no regulations 

requiring that bottled water 

be tested for any specific pollutants 

at all, which is not the case 

for most tap water systems in the 

U.S. Bottled water comes under 

the jurisdiction of the Federal 

Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA) and is considered a 

Editor 

Courtesy | Cara Nicholl 

Cara Nicholl with her homestay sister (center) and homestay mother (far right), of 

the Newari caste, in Bandipur, Nepal. 

food/beverage that requires no 

testing for environmental pollutants. 

Rather, the FDA approach for 

foods and beverages is to establish 

regulated procedures and inspections 

of the bottling process itself 

– procedures that are primarily 

designed to avoid contamination 

by disease causing organisms. 

However, any water system 

that supplies drinking water for 

more than serve at least 25 people 

or 15 service connections for at 

least 60 days per year is regulated 

by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and 

is required by law to periodically 

test their water for specific organic 

and inorganic pollutants that 

have been known to cause health 

problems. 

There is no such legal 

requirement for bottled water suppliers. 

Yes, most do test their 

water sources and all will advertise 

on their websites about those 

tests. 

However, upon closer examination, 

you will typically find that 

these tests only cover basic mineral 

salts and do not include any 

data on the inorganic and organic 

pollutants that are required by the 

U.S. EPA. 

In summary, drinking bottled 

water is neither safer not more 

environmentally friendly than 

drinking tap water. If one drinks 

bottle water for taste reasons, then 

that is one thing, but do not delude 

yourself on the other issues. 

Bottled water is definitely non- 

“Green. 

Thomas H. Pritchett 

Department of Chemistry 

X-3519 

Cara Nicholl 

STAFF WRITER 

After traveling to Nepal this 

summer, I had plenty of stories I 

wanted to share with my friends 

and family. 

I detailed exciting hikes, life 

with my homestay, and also discussed 

the cultural differences 

between Nepal and America. When 

talking about these differences, I 

noticed that one of the hardest 

things for people to accept was the 

notion of the caste system that is 

implemented in places such as 

Nepal. 

The caste system has been a 

function of Hindu society for years. 

The forming of the caste system 

begins at birth, and the caste one is 

born into is known as one’s jati. 

Once one is born into a jati, the jati 

remains with the person for the rest 

of his or her life. 

The principle of jati is seen as 

an endogamous group with common 

patterns of purity and pollution, 

ritual, and occupation. The 

system consists of four levels of 

jati: Brahmin, ksatriyas, vaishya, 

and shrutras. 

People are segregated in their 

groups and cannot inter-marry, 

touch, or dine with a person of a 

different jati, due to issues of purity 

and pollution. 

However arbitrary people of a 

different culture may see this, the 

caste system is a staple of Hindu 

life and holds a great part of the 

identity of their culture and religion. 

People’s lives are determined 

by their caste, and it is hard to 

escape in a society such as Nepal. 

For example, one of the first questions 

I was asked by my 10-yearold 

Hindu homestay sister was 

what caste I belonged to. 

It is easy to misconceive the 

purpose of the caste system and see 

it as unfair, especially in a Western 

society such as America, where 

people have the opportunity to 

move ahead in their social and 

class standing. 

People believe it is their inherent 

right to live where they want, 

marry who they want, and choose 

their own ambitions, regardless of 

class or the families they were born 

into. Seeing a society with different 

values is very hard for people to 

accept, and they view the separation 

of castes negatively, as something 

negative that must be 

changed. 

Seeing how the caste system 

actually worked in Nepal was very 

important for me. I quickly learned 

that it exists everywhere; one can 

distinguish the castes by looking at 

the way people talk, dress, and eat. 

When I visited a Hindu temple 

in Kathmandu, I noticed that even 

the temple’s crematorium had different 

blocks to cremate people 

from different castes. 

How do people there feel 

about the caste system? They don’t 

feel repressed or upset to be born in 

a lower caste. 

They believe it is a result of 

karma that they were born into a 

certain caste and they must 

improve their karma, so in the next 

life they can come back into a higher 

caste. For Westerners, it is very 

difficult to see people begging on 

the street. 

When volunteering, I met 

Nepalis who had contracted leprosy. 

It is believed that one contracts 

leprosy because of bad 

karma, and when the signs of leprosy 

become too obvious to hide, 

they are turned away from their 

families. 

Hearing these individual stories 

was very difficult for me, but I 

kept reminding myself that these 

patients and other people in Nepal 

had a very different mindset about 

their lives, and as long as they were 

at peace with this, I would be okay 

with it as well. 

Captain Pancake’s House 

Submitted by:Rebecca Pancoast 

of ROFL’s 

“Captain Pancake’s House of ROFL’s” will be appearing weekly in The Crestiad. 

Be sure to look for “Ode To Eleven” in next week’s issue! 

If you have a comic that you would like to submit to The Crestiad, email us your 

idea at Crestiad@cedarcrest.edu 

For 

the 

better 

Christa Hagan | Managing Editor 

$aving 

the world 

with bling 

So, you’ve made the decision 

to go green. You bought 

canvas shopping bags and take 

them with you every time you go 

to the supermarket. You have 

started recycling all of your cans 

and bottles. You’ve watched An 

Inconvenient Truth so many 

times that you you can recite 

every line alongside Al Gore. 

The backseat of your car is 

stacked with every book your 

library has on eco-friendly gardening, 

cooking and of course, 

living. You’ve gone vegetarian 

and you’ve started buying more 

…ecologically friendly jewelry? 

Yes, now in addition to 

monitoring your electrical usage 

and riding your bike more than 

your car, you can help the planet 

when you purchase jewelry. 

The company, greenKarat, 

describes themselves as ones 

who “provide an ecologically 

and socially responsible jewelry 

alternative to those who seek 

change”(http://www.greenkarat.c 

om/about/about.asp). Earrings, 

rings, and necklaces crafted from 

recycled gold can be purchased 

from greenKarat. 

Currently, (according to 

greenKarat.com) “[gold]mining 

continues at a pace of 2,500 tons 

a year. In fact, there is enough 

gold above ground (already 

mined) to satisfy all demands of 

the jewelry industry for the next 

50 years.” 

GreenKarat helps this effort 

by recycling gold that has 

already been mined and turned 

into valuables, and turning it into 

new treasures. 

Also, if you have unwanted 

gold pieces, you can donate them 

for store credit, or have them 

melted down into new pieces for 

yourself 

Often people feel compelled 

to keep jewelry in vaults (and 

never wear it) due to its value; 

however, greenKarat has their 

own take on that. 

“Jewelry is merely art; 

something designed to stimulate 

the senses and express emotion. 

While there may be a Matisse or 

two out there, your investment in 

jewelry is really just valuable to 

you. To the next buyer of your 

piece, who’s not emotionally 

invested, it’s just canvas and 

paint.” 

So, they suggest, instead of 

being part of the cause for more 

gold to be mined, melt your old 

down to new pieces, or purchase 

one of their pieces made from 

recycled gold. To find out more 

information on donating your 

gold, visit greenkarat.com.

8LIFESTYLES 


You 

asked 

for 

it... 


ADVICE COLUMNIST 

I can’t stop thinking about 

my ex-boyfriend who dumped 

me. I do not know what to do. I 

always catch myself stalking 

his Facebook and texting him. 

What should I do to stop this 

silly, yet awful behavior? 

-Anonymous , ‘08 

Forget about him…Now! 

What is it about men that makes 

women kneel down and praise 

the ground that they walk on? Is 

it the fact that they have beautiful 

facial features, Rico Suave attitudes, 

or the way they lean in for 

that kiss? 

I recently went through a 

break up too. However, I came to 

a conclusion that bending down 

and kissing men’s feet is not 

something women should do. If 

anything, men should be running 

in front of us, planting down a 

red carpet for us to walk on. I do 

not think men really appreciate 

women these days; I got better 

attention at nap time in kindergarten 

than I do now. 

You need to start doing 

things for yourself. Stop texting 

him. Stop catching yourself looking 

at his pictures. Delete him 

from your Facebook now! It is 

not healthy for you. You are 

young and in college; therefore, 

you need to concentrate on things 

that you need to accomplish. 

Keep yourself busy and hang out 

with your friends. 

Think about it this way, you 

can do anything you want now. 

After my boyfriend and I broke 

up, I thought about all the freedom 

I now have. I didn’t have to 

call him on those nights I went 

out, while hiding in a fraternity 

bathroom to make sure he didn’t 

hear the belligerent male species 

funneling beers. Then I realized 

he was holding me back. Being 

single is probably the best thing 

that has ever happened to me, 

and to you, too. 

There are so many men out 

there, do not even fret. Once you 

submerge yourself into the “realworld” 

you will most likely meet 

someone. Of course, break-ups 

hurt, and people dwell on their 

exes, but you just have to go 

along with the saying that, 

“Things happen for a reason.” I 

truly believe they do. Sure, you 

can have your moments where 

you listen to Janis Joplin’s, “Take 

a Piece of My Heart”, but then 

get over it! 

Who knows, maybe in the 

long run you will get back 

together, but for now, spend time 

with your family and friends and 

focus on things you like to do. 

Stop texting your ex-boyfriend 

and give him the silent treatment, 

it will be easier for you to get 

over him, and he will get off his 

pedestal. Good luck, and 

remember to forget about that 

jerk and concentrate on YOU! 

Stacey Stangl 

STAFF WRITER 

WHERE WERE YOU 

Would you consider your 

summer vacation a success if you 

witnessed the birth of three tiger 

cubs? Bribed a blue and gold 

macaw back to safety with food 

because it was potential prey for a 

THIS SUMMER? 

Working at the Renaissance Faire 

Imagine going to your job 

every day and feeling as though 

you belong to a circus. What if 

some of your coworkers were 

sword-fighting, juggling, playing 

with puppets, jousting, or belly 

dancing? For freshman Sondra 

Getz, this job is her reality. She is 

a Theatre Major, which suited her 

well for her summer job at the 

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. 

The “Ren Faire,” as it is nicknamed, 

is located in Manheim, 

Pennsylvania, at Mount Hope. 

She worked there as a 

“Blackfryar” and “Grayfryar” – 

which basically meant that she was 

a paid volunteer, working mostly 

in the technical theatre department. 

Some of the job responsibilities 

included the general sound 

operations that most “techies” 

know by heart, but Sondra was 

also allowed to “go play”. 

“It’s like being a kid all over 

again,” Getz stated. At one point 

she was running from another 

actor portraying a doctor trying to 

give her the plague. She solicited 

help from a patron that was shopping 

at one of the vendors, and hid 

from the doctor. She borrowed a 

parasol from the vendor and protected 

herself from the doctor, 

which put on quite a show. And 

this is just one of the smaller things 

she does! 

Lizz Nagle 

SPORTS EDITOR 

Sondra has some serious 

responsibilities as well. She needs 

to make sure the shows go up on 

time, and make sure all sound and 

special effects go off right. The 

shows she was involved in generally 

lasted 30 minutes each, though 

some productions were longer. 

They were produced on the 

Renaissance Faire’s 12 large 

stages. 

One of her other duties is setting 

off flames on a stack of hay 

during a jousting tournament, with 

one of the Ren Faire’s known 

jousters, John Lucas. 

Sondra says she’s learned a 

lot from working at the Ren Faire. 

In order to work as an actor there, 

you need to attend some classes. In 

those classes, she learned how 

women and men were supposed to 

act in the Renaissance time period 

and how to sharpen her improvisational 

skills. She also learned more 

about sound production, and 

learned how to speak in the dialect 

from that time period. She said it 

was like studying another language. 

This was her first year there, 

and she saw it as a “very, very cool 

experience.” She said her favorite 

thing to do was shoot a black powder 

gun, from the actual 

Renaissance time period! 

Sondra plans on going back 

next year as a full-time production 

staff member. “I can’t wait to go 

back,” she said. “The friends you 

Working at the Philadelphia Zoo 

hawk? Or took part in a terrapin 

rescue project, releasing turtles 

back into their natural habitat? 

Jules Winters, a senior 

Biodiversity and Conservation 

Biology major at Cedar Crest, 

does. 

Winters applied for an internship 

in the Conservation and 

Education Departments at the 

Courtesy | Julianne Winters 

Julianne Winters poses with Prickles, an Aldalbra Tortoise, while working at the 

Philadelphia Zoo. 

meet there are friends for life. I 

wouldn’t change it for the world.” 

The family-like atmosphere is 

what has her most inspired to go 

back. The connections she’s made 

there have even gotten her other 

job offers! 

Philadelphia Zoo. She was selected 

as an Education Intern, along 

with forty-five other college students 

from across the country. 

For the Education 

Department, Winters stood outside 

the animal exhibits, telling people 

all about the animals. She was 

responsible for knowing the animal’s 

name, age, origin, and any 

fact pertaining to that animal, like 

personal habits or diet. “We rotated 

every hour, so, by the end of the 

summer I collected a binder six 

inches thick and filled with information 

on seventy-five different 

animals. It was a lot of work to 

learn everything, but, after the first 

three weeks it was like second 

nature to me,” she said. For three 

hours out of her day, Winters cared 

for various reptiles in the Reptile 

Room at the Philadelphia Zoo. 

These creatures were taken to outreach 

programs at schools. 

The funniest part about working 

at the zoo for Winters was the 

people, rather than the animals. 

“Everyone, adults, children, would 

ask the same questions. ‘Do the 

snakes bite?’ ‘Do the lions bite?’ It 

got to the point where I would turn 

As for right now, Sondra 

works at the Renaissance Faire on 

weekends. She is also working at 

Cedar Crest’s box office, and plans 

on getting involved with the theatre 

company on campus in stage 

crew. 

Courtesy | Sondra Getz 

Sondra Getz (pictured lower right), poses with her fellow actors during a Celtic celebration 

at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. 

to them and say, ‘Well, you bite!’ 

But, I would always let them know 

the animals only bite if they are 

hungry or scared,” shared Winters. 

For the Conservation 

Department, Winters played a very 

important role. She compiled all of 

the Species Wildlife Action Plan 

(S.W.A.P) for the states of 

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, 

and Pennsylvania. She put them all 

into a computer database where 

they can now be used by conservation 

departments in those states 

working towards eco-system based 

management plans. “I was proud 

to make an impact on such an 

important, regional conservation 

program. It was a summer-long 

challenge resulting in one Excel 

spreadsheet, but it represents a 

huge accomplishment to me,” said 

Winters. 

Winters spent her summer 

gaining experience in a field she 

loves. She reflected, “My favorite 

part was being able to see the animals 

every day. On my shift, I 

would hear a lion roar while 

watching a jaguar eat and an 

orangutan swinging across the 

way. It was really cool.”

September 27, 2007 www.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad 9 LIFESTYLES 

Applying the golden rule in class 

Leann Pettit 

NEWS EDITOR 

The Golden Rule: treat others 

the way you want to be treated. 

This rule should be applied both in 

and out of the classroom. Recently, 

though, students have been following 

this less and less, and professors 

and fellow students alike are 

beginning to notice. What students 

do in the classroom not only bothers 

the professor, but also affects 

other students. 

In the Student Handbook, section 

A states that the classroom 

environment should be free of distractions, 

such as arriving late, 

inappropriate conversations, and 

other actions that could potentially 

disrupt the professor or the students’ 

access to their Cedar Crest 

College educations. 

Some of the disruptive behavior 

listed in Classroom Protocol 

includes: the use of electronic 

devices, sleeping in class, inappropriate 

personal disclosures, and 

entering or leaving early. 

How do professors and students 

feel about the behavior of 

students in the classroom? 

Maynard Cressman, Associate 

Professor of Social Work, said, 

“TMI – too much information – 

Brea Barski 

LIFESTYLES EDITOR 

One of the newest trends in 

interior design may harm the science 

community’s future as it 

draws people’s attention to the 

past. 

Scientific discoveries like fossils 

and meteors are being incorporated 

into today’s interior design; 

everything from having rocks with 

impressions placed into tables, 

skeletons and bones sitting out as 

conversation pieces, to fossils 

placed in tiles are hitting the market 

with great interest. 

With hundreds of historical 

pieces being auctioned off, the science 

community could be left 

without the valuable knowledge 

that these pieces could have pro- 

when students reveal information 

about their personal lives and dominant 

conversationalists, people 

who talk way too much and way 

too often and don’t give other students 

a chance to voice their opinion 

as well.” Rachel Brown, senior 

Social Work major, agreed, “Don’t 

raise your hand too much, don’t 

monopolize the conversation [in 

class].” 

Catherine Cameron, professor 

of Anthropology, spoke about 

classroom courtesy during the 

freshman panel at the beginning of 

the year. 

“You should always arrive on 

time…it’s kind of like the opening 

10 minutes of a movie. You miss 

that, and you are lost,” she said. 

Kassie Woodard, junior Chemistry 

and Forensics major, agreed that 

“people that walk in half way 

through class” cause distractions. 

“One behavior I have been 

noticing in recent years is that students 

are getting up to leave midclass. 

I don’t know if this is for a 

message break or a bathroombreak, 

but it is pretty disruptive,” 

Cameron adds. When people come 

in late, leave in the middle of class, 

or depart early, it distracts students. 

The general consensus 

between professors and students is: 

vided. 

“[Fossils] should either be 

studied or in a museum for people 

to see,” said Brian Exton, Assistant 

Professor of Geology and a paleontologist 

for the past 15 years. 

Gallery Coordinator Brian 

Wiggins agrees. “The good thing 

about public collection is it provides 

safety. [If it’s in a private collection] 

no one is going to see it 

but their buddies.” 

At fossil shows, events held in 

hotels and conference centers 

where people lay out their discoveries 

and sell them to collectors, 

important discoveries can be sold 

to private collectors, Exton said. 

The most popular fossils to collect 

are vertebrates, but at the same 

time, this type of fossil is also very 

rare. 

just don’t do it. 

Carolyn Segal, Associate 

Professor of English, teaches a 

number of workshop classes, and 

those require a different type of etiquette. 

“[It’s about] helping students 

understand their work,” she 

said. When in a workshop class, 

Segal stresses always starting with 

a positive comment and always 

signing your name on your critique. 

Cressman had also mentioned 

that he doesn’t allow “crinkly chip 

bags” in his class. Most professors 

have a policy on eating during 

class. Carolyn Segal, Associate 

Professor of English, said, “Eating 

doesn’t bother me, unless it’s a 

whole meal.” Cameron also mentioned 

that bringing food to class is 

distracting. 

Bringing a friend or boyfriend 

to class can also distract the professor, 

students, and yourself. 

Cameron tells her students, 

“Usually, that person has little 

interest in the subject matter and is 

prone to taking a nap. 

Please ask your professor first 

about allowing the friend to attend 

and please ask your friend to act 

interested.” 

Liona Williams, sophomore, 

weighed in on the issue, saying 

According to a recent article 

by the Associated Press, the rich 

and famous are beginning to enter 

into this craze, as well. Nicolas 

Cage, Harrison Ford, Ron Howard, 

and Steven Spielberg were all listed 

as fossil collectors. “It’s a joke 

for them,” said Wiggins. “I’d 

doubt if it wasn’t.” Wiggins also 

explained how famous art was purchased 

by private collectors over 

the years and items were lost or 

harmed. 

Museums try to make purchases 

of both art and other items 

without using the open market, 

Wiggins explained. Museums 

don’t have the funds to outbid rich 

collectors. “Auctioneers unethically 

put two competitors against 

each other to make more money,” 

he continued. 

that, “When people don’t pay 

attention and ask the professor to 

repeat themselves,” bothers her in 

the classroom. 

Allen Richardson, Associate 

Professor of Religion, has been 

increasing experiential education 

in his classroom. “When you actually 

experience a temple or 

mosque you learn more,” he said. 

For Richardson, participating in 

rather than observing a different 

Sellers “often inflate prices 

just to inflate egos,” agreed Exton, 

adding that most museums can’t 

outbid film stars and movie directors 

that are making several million 

dollars each year. Different 

markets have different prices, 

though, and most items that are put 

to public auction are from overseas, 

Exton said. 

There’s also a “huge fake fossil 

industry.” According to Exton, 

people sculpt and stain rocks to 

make “fossils” and sell them. 

Without expensive testing done by 

computers and scientists, the fakes 

cannot be separated from real fossils. 

Exton speculates that 50% or 

more of the fossils brought in from 

Morocco and China are forgeries. 

The recent auction that 

brought this topic to news outlets 

was the I.M. Chait auction of a 

four and a half foot walrus penis 

bone. The bone, auctioned with the 

description “Huge Fossil Penis 

with Preserved Skin” was expected 

to sell for $20,000. 

culture or religion makes you learn 

more, but it also tests students’ 

boundaries. A Zen do that he takes 

his Buddhism class to incorporates 

differences and assimilation, 

increasing the student’s understanding 

of the culture. 

Inside the classroom is a time 

for learning, and students should 

do everything to make the classroom 

environment comfortable for 

their peers. 

New design trend features old bones 

geodecor.com 

Fossils, like the fish imprints pictured above, are beginning to dominate the interior decorating industry. Stars like Nicholas Cage 

and Steven Spielberg are noteworthy fossil collectors. 

Courtesy | Amanda Patterson 

Behavior, such as sleeping in class,doodling, and crinkly potato chip bags are disruptive 

to students and professors. 

The I.M. Chait Gallery is 

located in Beverly Hills, Calif. 

While the specialty of this gallery 

is Chinese antiques, the gallery has 

also auctioned off meteorites, 

gems, fossils, bones, carvings, and 

much more. 

You can bid online for anything 

at the I.M. Chait Gallery, but 

there are other places where one 

can purchase a piece of history. 

The “Rocks, Fossils, and 

Minerals” category on eBay has 

over 25,000 items; everything 

from a million dollar fossilized 

fish tail to a Tyrannosaurus Rex 

tooth with a starting bid of $0.01 

can be found at ebay.com. 

While Exton worries that 

“commercial collectors will be 

given carte blanche” with regard to 

fossil harvesting laws, he is also 

convinced that “no publicity is bad 

publicity.” In fact, Exton plans to 

have fossils as part of the decoration 

of his home someday. 

Recipes to go... 

Tomato and mozzarella salad with vinaigrette 

This delicious salad features fresh mozzarella cheese, a softer variety 

of cheese that can be found in the grocer’s cheese case. Make 

sure to use it quickly, as it spoils easily. 

1 large plum tomato, sliced 

2 oz. part-skim mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced 

2 large fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced 

Low-fat vinaigrette or oil and vinegar salad dressing 

Arrange tomato slices, mozzarella cheese slices and fresh basil 

leaves on a salad plate and drizzle with vinaigrette. 

Submitted by: 

Rachel Edgar, Lifestyles Editor

10A&E www.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad 

In The Spotlight... 

Name: Nadine Brosnan 

Age: 22 

The Perfect Combo: Alternative 

Rock/Folk Acoustic 

Why she’s so cool: Brosnan is a 

vegetarian, but calls her self a 

“fruitatarian.” 

Most Embarrassing Moment: 

“When I was a sophomore in 

high school I fell asleep in science 

class and was drooling. 

During the time I was sleeping I 

backhanded the girl next to me 

and told her to shut up. I felt horrible!” 

Rainy Days: “I love rainy days! 

I love to read books that were 

banned in my parent’s day. 

Catcher in the Rye is my 

favorite.” 

Nadine at 13: Just started out 

with a guitar, also playing drums 

and involved in choir and theater 

classes for signing. 

Major/Minors: 5th year senior 

with a Communication Major 

and Minors in Film Studies and 

Writing. 

Favorite Guitars: Acoustic 

electric and Aria (Italian guitar). 

Favorite Food: Strawberries and 

Bananas. 

In 1857, Bethlehem Steel 

Corporation came to rising in 

Bethlehem, PA. Some would argue 

that in October of 2005, a similar 

event happened when Vegan Treats 

opened a store front on Linden 

Street in Bethlehem. 

No, they did not sky rocket the 

economy of the town or offer jobs 

to hundreds in the county, but they 

did bring tasty, vegan desserts 

where they were needed-the fingertips 

of vegans and non vegans 

alike. 

Vegan Treats offers doughnut 

after cupcake after cookie of animal 

product free sweetness. Cakes, 

cinnamon buns and brownies line 

the glass case in the front of the 

store. At first, it is hard to decide 

what is more impressing, the wall 

full of reviews from various publications 

or the case full of magnificent 

treats. And then, common 

sense grabs a hold of taste buds and 

while the reviews are fantastic, the 


A&E EDITOR 

Beneath the textbooks, 

exams, 30 page papers and grueling 

lectures, lay certain talents 

within the students at Cedar Crest. 

Among these students is 5th year 

senior, Nadine Brosnan. You may 

have seen her hustling around the 

Bistro, prepping for Forensic 

Speech tournaments or jamming 

away at her guitar. 

Brosnan has been musically 

talented since she was fifth years 

old. While tapping her little fingers 

on piano keys, little did she 

know that it would soon launch a 

vegan treats 

Christa Hagan 

MANAGING EDITOR 

ARTIST 

SPOTLIGHT 

NADINE BROSNAN 

delicious works of art yelling from 

the case become far more intriguing. 

And works of art they are. 

Simply slapping frosting on a 

cake and throwing it on a plate is 

not how owner Danielle Konya and 

her works do things. These baked 

goods are truly works of art. Peanut 

butter bombs with perfect round 

tops housing volcanoes of peanut 

butter mousse inside sit delicately 

waiting. Death by Chocolate 

Cakes are not just covered with 

double chocolate icing and set 

aside. Instead, they are decked out 

with mini chocolate pieces that sit 

jut out. 

It isn’t just the food that 

impresses either. The staff is kind, 

talented and of course eager to satisfy 

the needs of anyone’s sweet 

tooth. The bakery is accented in 

pink and zebra stripes. Behind the 

counter is a giant sign hosting the 

name of the establishment as 

brightly colored sweets adorn it as 

well. 

Vegan or not, Vegan Treats 

should be a part of every tour of 

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 

music career for her. With the help 

of her cousin, who was a solo 

Christian piano player, he guided 

Brosnan up until she picked up her 

first guitar at age 13. 

Although Brosnan enjoyed 

guitar, she took a break when she 

was 15 years old and started playing 

the drums. Attending CAPA 

(Philadelphia High School for 

Creative and Performing Arts), 

Brosnan was in the process of 

forming a band when she suddenly 

got carpel tunnel syndrome. 

After her injury, she decided to go 

back to playing the guitar. Since 

she was encouraged by friends and 

family to keep playing and 

singing, she finally decided it was 

Nadine Brosnan| Staff Writer 

September 27, 2007 

time to record her own music. 

At the mere age of 17, 

Brosnan released her first demo. 

Finally, people started to notice 

what a talented individual she was. 

She set up a recording studio at her 

house and began producing her 

first album. 

“I don’t need that much 

equipment. All I need is a good 

computer, microphone and a good 

soul,” said Brosnan. 

The release date for her second 

album is tentatively April 10, 

2008. She has seven new songs 

and is currently writing four more, 

plus one acapella. 

“A lot of my music is based 

around love. I put a lot of spiritual 

meaning into my songs, as well as 

my friends, hardships, and of 

course love songs.” 

Having a loving and supporting 

family helps Brosnan too. She 

inspired her little sister, who is 16, 

to play guitar, and now she has 

been playing at coffee houses. Her 

family is proud of her accomplishments. 

Brosnan has played in over 20 

coffee houses in the Philadelphia 

area. However, on Tuesday, Oct. 

12 at 5p.m., at the Elks Lodge in 

Bethlehem, Brosnan gets to play 

her “first real gig.” The gig is a 

charity event and tickets are $8. 

Throughout Brosnan’s life, 

she has accomplished many things 

and plans on writing and playing 

her own music after her college 

career. As a determined and independent 

woman, Brosnan has 

promising future. 

Adding sweetness to the Lehigh Valley - Vegan Style 

Lauren Sanders| Copy Editor 

House to Half 

TIM BROWN 

Tonight’s the night! The 

biggest social event of the season! 

Everyone who’s anyone 

will be in attendance! And 

chances are good that if you’re 

reading this, you can attend for 

free! 

What? You haven’t heard? 

Tonight marks Opening Night of 

the 2007-2008 Cedar Crest Stage 

Company Season, and we open 

with a production that’s sure to 

have you talking afterward – 

Charles Mee’s BIG LOVE. I referenced 

the plot in my last column, 

so I won’t go into it again, 

but suffice to say that if you miss 

it, you’ll miss what is perhaps the 

first show in the history of Cedar 

Crest College to call on the 

expertise of a rappelling expert – 

you’ll have to come and see the 

production to see what I mean. 

Sometimes, it’s not always 

clear how many people are 

involved in a production like 

this. When you come to see a 

show, you typically see people 

working in the Box Office, the 

usher that assists you in finding 

your seats, and the actors on 

stage. 

Without the dozens and 

dozens of people working behind 

the scenes, however, we simply 

wouldn’t be able to do what it is 

that we do. There are the usual 

suspects who tirelessly work on 

set and costume construction, 

furiously painting, hammering, 

cutting and sewing to create the 

perfect environment for the 

show. 

But with each production, 

there’s also a host of others that 

you’d never guess were 

involved. With BIG LOVE, as an 

example, there are the people in 

the Nutrition Department, who 

took time out of their schedule to 

bake cakes for use during the 

show. There are the people in the 

Business Department, who have 

shown overwhelming stamina in 

making sure that the community 

is aware of our show. 

Of course, there are those 

mysterious rappelling experts. 

And no.... I’m not going to give it 

away. You’ll have to come see 

the show! 

So, enjoy the show this 

weekend! And afterwards, do 

me a favor and seek out one of 

those people who work behind 

the scenes and thank them if you 

get a chance! 

Big Love: 

September 27 -29 

at 8:00 p.m. 

September 30 

at 2:00 p.m. 

Samuels Theatre 

Tompkins College Center

September 27, 2007 www.cedarcrest.edu/crestiad 11 A&E 

Calling all Rock Stars... DRILLING 

Claim your fame with this new microphone gadget 


STAFF WRITER 

So you want to be a rock star, 

eh? Well, things just got a whole 

lot easier for you. 

M-Audio will soon be releasing 

a new musical product that will 

jump from beginning musicians 

sounding amateur, to sounding 

more professional. 

The Session Music Producer 

USB microphone plugs directly 

into your computer through a USB 

cord. The convenient part: 

There’s a headphone jack on the 

microphone that allows you to 

hear yourself as you record, without 

any delays or feedback. 

The package deal includes the 

microphone, a tripod stand to bring 

the mic level with your mouth and 

a software bundle to get you started 

on your recording career. The 

software allows you to edit tracks, 

as well as provides over two gigabytes 

of pre-recorded loops, 

according to engadget.com. 

Now, why should you get 

excited about this product? As 

mentioned, this is a great gadget 

for anyone who enjoys singing and 

would like to record and edit some 

of their own songs. But for those 

of you who don’t sing, how about 

podcasting? Or mix CDs with personally 

recorded messages? Or 

even the ability to be a deejay on 

your own internet radio station! 

There are countless ways this 

gadget could be put to good use 

other than music recording. And 

the estimated price makes it all the 

more worthwhile. M-Audio did 

not report on a release date, but 

they did let slip the cost of the 

Session Music Producer USB 

www.m-audio.com 

microphone. At only $100, this 

product will be fun and affordable. 

A great gift for the upcoming holidays. 

And speaking of which, did 

you all know I’m working on my 

second album? I could really use a 

new microphone. 


But if we have no other 

choice then, lamentably, we will 

do it.” 

For an impoverished nation 

such as Ecuador, the money 

given to them from outside 

sources would be a great advantage. 

Oil companies interested in 

pumping around the area could 

have a very easy time negotiating 

prices. 

If Ecuador truly did not 

want to have drilling around 

Yasuni National Park, it would 

have no problem turning oil 

companies away. 

Since there are already oil 

companies around Ecuador, 

there is little chance for any 

other option to suffice. They 

would not even be considering 

offers from the oil companies. 

If the government truly had 

the interests of its people and 

environment in mind, it would 

leave its National Park alone. 

Publicly beginning a new 

and expensive oil project while 

the international community is 

beginning to battle global warming 

does not send out a positive 

message regarding the world’s 

ability to cut down its oil use. 

Hopefully the Ecuadorian 

government will realize what a 

bad idea a new oil drilling project 

is and utilize their power for 

the benefit of the earth.

12SPORTS 


RESULTS 

SOCCER 

Saturday, 9/22 

@ Immaculata University 

4-1 L 

Tuesday, 9/25 

vs. Centenary College 

5-1 L 

TENNIS 

Sunday, 9/23 

@Notre Dame 

6-3 W 

FIELD HOCKEY 

Thursday, 9/20 

vs. Immaculata 

8-0 L 


vs. Rosemont College 

2-1 L (2OT) 

Monday, 9/24 

@ Neumann College 

6-0 L 

VOLLEYBALL 

Thursday, 9/20 

@ Philadelphia Biblical 

3-0 L 


vs. Marywood/Villa Julie 

3-0 W/ 3-0 L 

Monday, 9/24 

@ Eastern University 

3-0 L 

CROSS COUNTRY 


Cougar Classic 

@ Misericordia 

9th out of 10 schools 

TENNIS 


@ Immaculata 

Wednesday, 10/3 

vs. Marywood University 

Cedar Crest Athletics hosts 

cross country meet 

Christiana Gibson 

STAFF WRITER 

This year’s cross country 

team is one of the biggest teams 

we’ve seen here at Cedar Crest. 

The runners are accomplishing 

goals and placing recognizable finishes. 

The team placed fifth out of 

twelve schools on Saturday, Sept. 

15. The meet was significant for 

several reasons: it was the Mule / 

Falcon invitational (CCC’s home 

meet), and the runners showed 

amazing potential and desire. 

Captain Lauren Sanders talks 

highly of her team: “We finished 

fifth place out of twelve schools, 

which was definitely an accomplishment, 

especially considering 

the size of some of the schools we 

were up against.” 

This season is exciting, especially 

for seniors and captains who 

would like to see the team 

strengthen and grow. “We had 

amazing closing kicks from some 

of the girls on the team, in particular 

Thersia Ault and Michelle 

Snead. I think being able to finish 

a race as strongly as they did 

shows a ton of guts and desire, and 

that’s so important when you’re 

out there competing basically on 

your own,” Sanders says. 

Erica Hawkey 

STAFF WRITER 

Once again, the equestrian 

team begins a season full of hope 

and excitement. Although it is 

inevitable that there will be a few 

challenges, the girls are ready to 

meet their goals with enthusiasm. 

The team has so much to 

look forward to, especially their 

annual horse show. Sophomore 

Julia Amos, the team’s co-captain, 

explains, “It is mandatory 

for every school to throw a horse 

show. 

“Even though we do this 

every year, it seems that each one 

becomes a challenge in its own 

way. This is also something I am 

very excited [about].” Also, the 

freshmen bring joy to the team. 

SOCCER 


vs. Misericordia 

Coach Dan Donohue also sees 

the season coming along well. “We 

have a great team with lots of 

returners and some outstanding 

newcomers. In three meets so far 

this season we've had a third, a 

fourth and a fifth place finish.” 

He talks about overcoming 

challenges that face the team, such 

as the change in some meets from 

the 5K run (5000 meters) to a 6K 

run (6000 meters), which makes it 

difficult to find improvement from 

last year to the present because 

“from race to race the distances 

change. We’re comparing apples 

to oranges,” Donohue says. 

The highlight of Saturday’s 

invitational was taking fifth place 

out of the twelve schools. This 

was the thirteenth Mule/Falcon 

invitational. 

“Unlike other sports, we only 

get to compete at home once a season, 

so we really like to do well for 

that event. We finished fifth out of 

twelve schools, which was really 

good for us. 

We were second out of the 

seven PAC schools that participated, 

so that was good, although I 

wish that all the PAC schools had 

attended to give us a really good 

picture of how we match up this 

year,” Donohue says. Muhlenberg 

College took the win with 46 total 

team points. The Division II 

Amos feels that “they really help 

to make each year new and exciting.” 

Now that the freshmen are a 

part of the club sport, all of the 

members set goals for the coming 

season. Senior Gillian Maffeo 

describes a few. “Our goals are to 

be one as a team and be serious 

and enjoy the sport as much as 

possible. [We] want to be successful 

in fundraising as well.” 

Maffeo also wants “to 

accomplish a competitive season, 

as well as a bonding experience 

together.” Moreover, Amos ambitiously 

desires to get to regionals 

and possibly to zones. 

With these goals in mind, the 

team is on the road to great success. 

Their excitement and enthusiasm 

are present. Let the race 

begin! 

UPCOMING GAMES 

FIELD HOCKEY 

Thursday, 9/27 

@ Alvernia 


vs. Eastern University 


@ Marywood University 

Georgian Court was just one point 

behind Muhlenberg in second 

place, while Misericordia 

University came in third with 75 

team points. Bryn Mawr placed 

fourth with 90 points, and Cedar 

Crest was fifth with 124 points. 

Following Cedar Crest was Penn 

State Berks (154 points) Eastern 

University (197 points), Centenary 

College (239 points), and 

Immaculata (250 points). 

The challenges they face this 

year? Aside from PAC schools, 

this is the largest cross country 

team Cedar Crest has ever had. 

“On Saturday we had a full 15 in 

uniform. While that's great, it does 

pose some challenges. Each runner 

doesn't get as much individual 

attention from the coaches as they 

would if we had a team of only 

nine or ten, and a larger group naturally 

starts to get a little less cohesive. 

It's also more challenging to 

manage a larger group with varying 

ability levels, but that's the 

nature of the sport. We set goals 

individually at the start of the season, 

and whether someone's goal is 

to drop a minute and run a 21:00 or 

to drop a minute and run a 29:00, 

both accomplishments are worthy 

of praise and congratulations when 

they are achieved.” 

Donohue goes on to say “I 

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Cabrini College Belmont Classic 

think we have the potential to post 

our best finish ever in the PAC 

Championship in October. I have 

to admit that Marywood seems to 

be unbeatable again this year, but 

we have an outside chance, if 

everything goes just right, to finish 

second. Even a third place would 

be our best finish ever. 

Third place was our goal last 

year, but the event was run in a 

downpour that caused unbelievably 

wet and muddy conditions, so 

our hopes fell by the wayside. And 

so did a few of our runners, during 

the race!” 

Sanders expresses what she 

would like to accomplish as a captain. 

“Of course I’d like us to perform 

well – I know we have the 

talent and the heart to take on the 

PAC schools, and I’d like to show 

people who may have previously 

written us off that we’re a presence 

in our conference.” 

The team did perform well, 

and has continued to show persistence, 

taking ninth place in the 

Cougar Classic invitational in 

Dallas, PA, on Saturday, 

September 22. “More importantly, 

I feel like running is about the love 

of the sport, and what I’d really 

like is for the team to genuinely 

want to run, and get better, and feel 

great about working as hard as we 

do.” 

Equestrian team prepares to place 

at Saturday’s competition 

Gillian Maffeo prepares to enter the ring prior to a show. 

Courtesy | Gillian Maffeo 

VOLLEYBALL 

Thursday, 9/27 

vs. Lancaster Bible College 

Saturday 9/29 @ DeSales/ 

Rutgers Camden 

Tuesday 10/2 

@ Alvernia

September 27, 2007 - Cedar Crest College

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