Fall 2019

MACE & CROWN 

FALL 2019 EST. 1930 

old dominion university student magazine

EDITORIAL BOARD 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 

Brooke Nicholson 

COPY EDITOR 

James Finney 

NEWS EDITOR 

Natalie Hockaday 

A & E EDITOR 

Fatima Rivera 

TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

Kyle Winfield 

SPORTS EDITOR 

Siera Goard 

PHOTO EDITOR 

Tayla Mallory 

DIGITAL EDITOR 

Kieran Rundle 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER 

Edward Thomas 

SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR 

Christiana Potts 

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER 

Sean Fitzpatrick 

FRONT COVER + 

CONTENTS PHOTO 

Thomas Island 

Mohamed Rebeiz 

Alexander Evans 

Jorge Zamudio 

Nicholas Clark 

CONTRIBUTING MODELS 

The Nu Theta Chapter of 

Alpha Phi Alpha 

Unparalleled Models 

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 

Gabriella Bishop 

Paula Phounsavath 

Ashley Mazza 

Annastasia Bimler 

James Onuska 

Rivers Raye Middleton 

Leah Onosato 

Tyler Eddins 

CONTRIBUTING 

PHOTOGRAPHERS 

Nicholas Clark 

Keith Lucas 

Jorge Zamudio 

SPECIAL THANKS TO 

Trey Lyon & Jada Carson 

Alpha Phi Alpha 

Dr. Joyce Hoffmann 

Anthony Whitaker 

Mace & Crown is a student-run magazine written and published for the students of ODU. Originally 

founded in 1930 as The High Hat, the paper became The Mace and Crown in 1961. Mace & Crown 

is primarily a self-supporting magazine, maintaining journalistic independence from the university. All 

views expressed in this collegiate magazine are those of the author, not of the university, Mace & 

Crown or the editors.

CONTENTS 

FALL 2019, ISSUE 8 

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 

NEWS 

SPORTS 

4 Student Entrepeneurs 

11 Hunter House Victorian Museum 

15 Auntie’s Restaurant Review 

18 Joker Movie Review 

19 Alpha Phi Alpha 

31 Taking Initiative 

33 Player Profile: Lala Davis 

35 Interview with Bobby Wilder & Keion White 

TECHNOLOGY 

37 Interview with Dr. Moberly 

41 Hey, I See You 

43 Four Freaky Metrovania’s 

45 Psychology of Terror 

CREATIVE ENCLAVE 

46 I Am Saving You 

47 Sleepwalking Cliche 

49 Jack O Lantern Tale 

51 Real Life 

53 How Do You Spell Epiphany

EDITOR’S NOTE 

Boo.” 

- Chucky 

Campus buzzes back to life once the summer is over and fall rolls 

around. The trees shed their leaves, turn brighter, and leave 

remnants of the hotter season behind. Break out that dusty 

cardigan, comfy sweater, and tailgate attire. It is my absolute favorite 

time of the year, spooky season - autumn. 

Even though the season brings joy to those who are tired of the 

beach and long for the somber scenery, it is a sadder time of the 

year for me. This fall semester marks the last few months I will be the 

Mace & Crown’s Editor-in-Chief, and this magazine is the last to be 

produced with me in the office. 

I didn’t know who I was, or even if I deserved a place somewhere - 

anywhere - on campus when I came in as a freshmen in 2014. The 

world was too big, overwhelming, and seemingly impossible to break 

into. When I randomly walked into a Mace & Crown general interest 

meeting one day in 2015, I never imagined myself ending up here. 

The Mace has brought myself and so many others opportunities we 

never thought were possible. 

It wasn’t just about the joy being in this position brought me, but it 

was seeing the writers’ faces when they saw their published articles 

for the first time, when someone found out they were going to grace 

the cover, or how others felt comfortable enough to share their uncomfortable 

story with creativity and courage. 

It was about the ODU student entrepreneurs, those moving mountains 

in Greek life, the woman who develops tools to help others, and 

the rest of the student body that kicked ass to bring this altogether. 

The past year has been about challenges, facing the impossible, not 

being afraid to go outside and beyond the box, and creating something 

special just for you. I cannot wait to see how the Mace continues 

to grow, encourage, and support those willing to share who they 

are within our pages. For now, please enjoy our special fall edition of 

the Mace & Crown. 

Brooke Nicholson | Editor-in-Chief 

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STUDENT 

ENTREPRENEURS 

PROVE TO BE 

MATCHED 

Fall 2019 | 4

BROOKE NICHOLSON 

Photos by Nicholas Clark 

ODU has certainly seen its share of student entrepreneurs 

grow within its community. From the new student 

store on Monarch Way that has expanded to a small 

store in Webb Center, to students growing their own businesses 

individually, ODU is not shy when it comes to having the students 

display their products and services. One student, Anthony 

Whitaker, is proving to his peers that with a little hard work and 

dedication, up and coming students who want to pursue entrepreneurship 

are able to do just that once they put their mind to it. 

Anthony Whitaker is the founder and CEO of Unparalleled, LLC, 

an up-and-coming clothing brand designed for anyone and everyone. 

Anthony, along with his two friends, CFO and COO, they have 

been able to expand Unparalleled, with Anthony being the clothing 

brands’ main designer. The Mace was able to ask Whitaker some 

questions about his business, what his plans for his clothing brand 

Unparalleled is, and what students should expect from other students 

when they start their own businesses. 


What was the inspiration for 

Unparalleled? 

To start off I would have to say my mom. One night 

my father (DeMon), my mother (Nadine) and my 

sister (Asia) were all sitting around table in the 

kitchen and my mom simply said, “we have 6 kids 

one of yall need to make us some money” and I 

said why not start my own brand. From there the 

inspiration for Unparalleled stemmed from my own 

motivation to want to be better in every aspect of 

my life. I started thinking about ways to motivate 

myself and others to be the best in their own walk 

of life. After some self-reflection I realized the only 

way to be the best was to not worry about what the 

next person was doing, or being “Unparalleled” to 

everyone else. The only competition is myself. 

Did you look at other clothing 

brands before starting your own 

for ideas? 

Originally, I did not look at any other brands before 

developing my designs and ideas. I taught myself 

how to use photoshop and began freestyling 

from there and I discovered that I had some hidden 

talents. Later on, I began researching and looking 

into other brands and I began following Kith which 

is now my favorite brand and where I get a lot of 

my inspiration. Also, Its founder Ronnie Fieg. On 

a smaller scale I follow brands like WrldInvsn, For 

The Leaux, Macc, and Catharsis Apparel. By looking 

at these smaller companies it helped me understand 

the focus and grind that you have to have to 

get a brand/clothing business off the ground. 

How has the reception to 

Unparalleled been with the ODU 

community? 

Within the ODU community we are shown nothing 

but love and encouragement. The students understand 

our message and we couldn’t be happier with 

the support we have been given through the school. 

This has been shown through the amount of purchases 

we have had at the monarch way store and 

an ample amount of inquiries about being a brand 

ambassador. 




Is the clothing brand doing well, 

and what kind of feedback have 

you seen come from it? 

The clothing brand is doing extremely well for 

starters, but we know we can always be doing better, 

we want more for ourselves and this brand. 

There have been some road blocks, but we continue 

to work through them as a team. The feedback 

given has been constructive. This is definitely 

a learning curve, with that comes trial and 

error. The setbacks we did have happened for a 

reason and allowed us to come back even harder. 

How we overcame these issues was simply living 

through our brand. When you “Retrieve Your 

Reflection” anything is possible. 

What should students know about 

student entrepreneurs’ clothing 

brands? 

People should know that this is not an easy task, 

juggling a business and academics takes a lot of 

self-discipline and organization. We do this to 

help other people more than ourselves. We want 

everyone around us to make an impact, that’s the 

true heartbeat of unparalleled. 

What might some misconceptions 

be? 

We do not make as much money as people think, 

this is a marathon not a race. All profits at this 

current time go back into the business. You have 

to learn how to delay gratification in this game 

we call life and especially when starting a clothing 

brand without any major Investors. 


What are some plans for the 

brands’ future? 

We would like to build this company into a multipurpose 

organization. This will be more than 

just a brand, we will be the expectation for what a 

business truly is, having our hands in more buckets 

than one. We plan to transform Unparalleled 

LLC into a Marketing/Management Company 

similar to how Roc Nation operates, but instead 

tapping into every industry we can get a hold on. 

We will also continue selling and developing apparel 

and we plan to dive deeper into the athletic 

industry by making athletic wear that’s Unparalleled 

to any other. 

What might you do differently? 

Continue to be different from the rest. Making 

sure we stay unrivaled, unmatched, and Unparalleled 

in everything we do. We are always going 

to change it up and do what people won’t expect. 

Being Unparalleled is untraceable, you will never 

know what is coming next. 

You can find Unparalleled apparel at 

the student stores on Monarch Way and 

in the Webb Center, as well as : 

unparalleledlegac.com 

@unparalleledlegac 



TAKE A TOUR THROUGH 

The 

Hunter House 

Victorian Museum 


Nestled between the modern world and a cobble stone street in the 

Historic District of Norfolk, sits The Hunter House Victorian Museum. 

The home was built for the Hunter family in 1894 and turned 

into a museum in 1988. James Wilson Hunter was a successful Norfolk 

merchant, banker, and civic leader. Lizzie Ayer Barnes Hunter 

placed a condition upon their marriage that defied tradition. James 

Hunter was responsible for providing for the family, but it was Lizzie 

who was in charge of the family finances. At the time the home 

was built, it was estimated to cost twenty-thousand dollars. Today, 

the figure would rise to just over half a million. 


The couple had three children, 

James W. Hunter, Jr. (1878-1940), 

Harriett Cornelia (1880-1958), 

and Eloise Dexter (1885-1965). None of 

the children married or had children. 

James W. Hunter, Jr. went on to serve as 

a medic in World War I and later became 

a successful physician in cardiology and 

radiology. The sisters remained active in 

several local, state, and national patriotic 

and genealogical societies. All except 

James Jr. passed away in the home. Upon 

request, the home was turned into a museum 

after the passing of the last family 

member with the home containing ninety-five 

percent of its original contents. Today, 

it is cared for by a wonderful group 

of staff member’s and docent’s that have 

fallen in love with its Victorian charm. 

Upon entering the house through the 

large glass door, it’s as though you have 

stepped into another place in time. The 

floors creek and moan in acknowledgement 

of your arrival. Passing through the 

front parlor, lies a wicker casket used for 

viewing purposes prior to burial. The parlor 

is slightly curved, with draperies hung 

from top to bottom that puddle on the 

floor. Our lovely tour guide, Patty, said 

“this was a way for Victorian’s to say they 

could afford to waste this material.” The 

fireplace is large, equipped with its beautiful 

original ceramic tile. Each fireplace 

on the first floor contains an image on 

the tile. One image is that of three women, 

known as “The three muses.” On the 

mantel lie another original piece; a clock. 

Although the clock stopped working 

decades ago, one staff member, Renee, 

claims that when alone with the clock, 

it will start ticking until they take their 

leave. 

Up next we move to the green back parlor 

and dining room where original books 

and china remain on the shelves. Patty explains 

how during the Victorian era, the 

green dye came from arsenic. This dye 

could be poisonous to those who wore 

green clothing. Thus, women in green 

were considered beautiful but deadly. 

There is a donated 148-year-old taxidermy 

owl, lovingly named Mr. Owl, that is 

thought of as the guardian to the home. 

It is claimed Mr. Owl roams the home 

at night as the staff will find one of his 

feathers where it should not be. On the 

dining table lie the original Ouija board 

that was found in the attic. According to 


the staff, the Hunter’s did hold seances 

and were interested in making contact 

with the deceased. Clairvoyant readings 

in the home state that the reason contact 

with the family has not been made is because 

the planchet is not original to the 

board. Readings have also indicated the 

spirits of the family are still attached to 

the home which accounts for the unexplained 

noises heard by the staff. 

Up the curved staircase is a small 

landing area, Patty explains a 

common phrase used during that 

time called “come hat in hand.” This is 

where potential suitors or visitors would 

sit the bench, just under a stained-glass 

window and small fireplace, their hat must 

remain in their hands at all times. Further 

up the stairs you will find the bedrooms 

of the family. In Victorian times, it was 

common for the husband and wife to have 

separate bedrooms. At the top of the landing 

was Mrs. Hunter’s rooms. On the wall 

next to Mrs. Hunter’s bedroom is a call 

button that she would use to call up her 

live-in servants. Her bedroom contains 

the original oak bed frame with a ninetythree-inch 

headboard. It also contains a 

sitting area in front of a large window, and 

a large vanity. On the vanity sits mourning 

pins and a hair jar. When women would 

brush their hair, they would take fallen 

out strands, place them in the jar and 

when they had enough, they would send 

the hair away to be weaved into broaches 

or chains for a watch or other tokens. The 

final item in the room is a marriage cabinet. 

The custom was to gift this cabinet to 

a newly married couple, and they would 

have to put it together themselves. This 

was probably the first real test of how well 

their marriage would go. 

Moving into another room connected to 

Mrs. Hunter’s was her morning room. 

This is where she would spend a great 

deal of her morning at her desk going 

over correspondence and other responsibilities 

for the day. The desk contains 

all of its original contents. Opened envelopes, 

reading glasses, books, and 

more. Although the papers are too fragile 

to handle, you get a sense of how she 

spent her day. Off to the side is a large 

wardrobe, a donated Victorian sewing 

machine, and an early Victorian metal 

mannequin. Just a few feet further are 

the washroom that connects the morning 

room and James Hunter Jr’s office. The 


washroom is tiny, only containing the 

tub and sink. On the sink are the washroom 

belongings of James Hunter Jr. The 

Victorians still had not moved the toilet 

into the home, so it is located in the outhouse 

in the backyard. 

Transitioning into the office of Dr. 

James Hunter Jr. you will find 

many wonderful objects. On his 

desk remains all of his papers, letters, 

writing materials, and more. Above the 

fireplace are pictures of James Hunter Jr., 

his diploma’s, and an atomizer. The atomizer 

was used with water and carbolic acid 

in “sick rooms” so help kill the germs. One 

of the best pieces in the house is one of 

the first EKG Machines that belonged to 

him, along with its original instruction 

book and a couple of x-rays. Across the 

hall from the office is Dr. James Hunter 

Jr’s. bedroom, formerly Mr. Hunter’s bedroom. 

Here you find his oak bed, dresser, 

and a Victorian recliner. On the dresser 

remains a few of his items such as collars, 

a handheld mirror, and hairbrush. 

Lastly, down the hall from James Jr’s. 

bedroom, you will find the servants entrance 

and the children’s bedroom. Only 

a few items remain that belonged to 

the children. In the room is small shop 

where you can purchase teas, stationary, 

mugs, and more. 

The Hunter House Victorian Museum is 

a wonderful place to visit. They are open 

April to December and offer a large variety 

of fundraising events that correspond 

with the season. For the month of October, 

the house is in mourning so every 

Wednesday is a fundraising event where 

you can get a fifteen-minute psychic 

reading for $35. Additionally, throughout 

October, they host events called Enchanted 

Fall where you can experience a 

murder mystery, have an evening of Poe, 

experience a carnival cult and more. For 

event details, pleawese visit their Facebook, 

Hunter House Victorian Museum. 

The desk of James Jr. 

Photos by 




Auntie’s 

Brings the Island Life near Campus 


Paula Phounsavath 

Photos by Anthony Evasco 

A 

few blocks away from campus and alongside Colley Ave, 

stands a small Filipino-Hawaiian fusion restaurant called, 

Auntie’s Tiki Bar and Restaurant. The restaurant is based 

in Virginia Beach, where it all began when Doddie Braza and his brother, 

Raymond, opened the restaurant out of deep admiration for the Filipino 

and 1960’s Tiki culture in 2018. 

Looking forward to today, Auntie’s has been very successful in the Virginia 

Beach area. Braza decided to open Auntie’s Norfolk in mid-2019, 

and it has been just as successful as the original restaurant. 

The restaurant itself was relatively small but cozy. The inside was dimly 

lit, with the exception of the afternoon light. The walls were painted 

pink and black to mimic palm tree leaves. Laughter and loud chatter 

filled the place, as patrons with their drinks chatted at the bar as well 

as the outside patio area. 

Like any other restaurant, when seated, the waitress will be able to 

greet customers with water, along with the option of another drink. 

Though there was only one waitress on a steady Saturday night at 

Auntie’s, she was very patient with customers ordering and took a 

generous amount of time to come back to take orders. 

Because Auntie’s is a fusion restaurant, the menu had a smaller amount 

of choices to choose from. However, the menu is still growing with 

more Filipino/Hawaiian dishes. The restaurant’s head chef, Abrizl Levantino--former 

chef at Bad Saint, is always being innovated at perfecting 

their craft; oftentimes, Auntie’s menu has a section of limited time 

dishes. If the dish is favored by customer reviews, then usually it will be 

added to the menu as a permanent item. 

The word, “Sisig” originated back in the 18th century, it 

comes from the full word, “sisigan” which is an old Tagalog 

dialect for, “to make it sour.” With such strong influence by 

the Spanish, a friar named Diego Bergaño initially defined 

sisig as a, “Salad, including green papaya, or green guava eaten 

with a dressing of salt, pepper, garlic, and vinegar.” 

Lumpia are a Filipino take on fried spring rolls, since the Chinese had influenced the 

Philippines. Lumpia are a staple to any Filipino party, street vendors and of course, 

a perfect appetizer. 


Starters 

For starters, I had the vegetable lumpia and spam musubi. 

Lumpia 

The vegetable lumpia came in within 15-20 minutes perfectly crispy. 

While hot, the taste was airy and salty from the minced vegetables, 

but also tangy from the sweet and sour dipping sauce. 

Spam Musubi 

The spam musubi came shortly after the lumpia. The appetizer came 

in four spam musubis, enough to fill anybody’s stomach. The spam 

musubi was just as airy and light from the perfectly steamed rice. 

The sesame seeds and the light drizzle of teriyaki gave the spam 

musubi an umami flavor. The spam and white rice that stacked 

on top of each other had an amazing combination of grilled and 

steamed along with the smooth, salty taste of the seaweed. 

Entrees 

Moving on to the entrees, there were the spicy sisig and loco moco. 

Spicy Sisig 

The spicy sisig may sound quite intimidating because of the word, 

“spicy.” On the contrary, the dish was far from what it may taste 

like as stated on the menu. The spicy sisig was served on a sizzling 

platter filled with grilled, pulled-pork, a bed of perfectly-steamed 

rice and topped off with a sunny-side-up egg covered in coleslaw. 

Though the pork was not spicy, it had a delicious tangy kick to the 

dish. The pork was very juicy, as the egg’s runniness made the dish 

feel like an island breakfast. 

Loco Moco 

The loco moco came in a hot bowl with a sunny side up egg and 

minced beef covered in gravy, with a bed of white rice. Though the 

gravy was pretty salty, it was fairly sweet from the perfectly steamed 

rice. The dish was absolutely tasty and would go flawlessly as a perfect 

Hawaiian meal. 

Final Thoughts 

Dinner: 8/10 

The Filipino-Hawaiian atmosphere was very much alive. Auntie’s 

food was on point, the service was as steady and accommodating 

as they possibly could. Ideally, the restaurant can be a good recommendation 

for a big party of people on a Saturday evening. Overall, 

eating a night on the town at Auntie’s was pretty good as it is a 

great place for patrons to socialize, for groups of people to come 

together and enjoy the Tiki culture. 

Originating from Hawaii, spam musubi was created by a nutritionist Barbara 

Funamura. During World War Two, spam was often eaten by troops. Because 

of such a large military presence, it became a local adoption leading to the 

creation of spam musubi. 



JOKER 

CRAZY, INSANE AND UNEXPECTED 

Fatima Rivera 

One of the most anticipated films of 

the year, “Joker” officially hit theaters 

on Oct. 4, making audiences praise and 

stir up discourse about the newest 

adaptation to the famous comic book 

character. 

Joaquin Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, 

an entertainment clown who aspires 

to be a stand up comedian. At the very 

beginning of the film, Fleck is rotating 

a sign on the streets of Gotham city 

where a group of boys take his sign and 

lead him on a foot chase, where it ends 

in Fleck being jumped. Once hearing of 

the situation, his coworker hands him a 

gun to use for protection. 

Fleck’s life consists of going to work, 

meeting with his social worker and 

taking care of his sick mother Penny 

(Frances Conroy) whom he lives with. 

After he brings his gun to the children’s 

hospital, Arthur is immediately fired and 

his fast descent into complete madness 

begins. 

The music in the beginning establishes 

the time period the movie will take 

place. It has old time elements and 

sounds somewhat like a show tune. This 

gives an insight to what direction the 

film could be going, and at times the comedic 

timing did fit with the scene, but 

it also throws off where things are going 

as the movie gets darker and crazier as 

it goes. Warner Bros. has been pushing 

for a “dark” universe since the release 

of “ Batman vs. Superman.” That film was 

a failure among fans, but “Joker” is a film 

that can be a model for the dark tone 

they want to achieve. As the character 

itself is one of the most villainous people 

in the D.C universe, focusing on villian’s 

origins or exploring the storylines 

outside of the regular heroes to expand 

the cinematic universe. 

Many media outlets and fans voiced their 

concerns with how the movie glamorizes 

mental illness and the portrayal 

could only bring more negative attention 

to the discussion of mental health. 

The portrayal in the movie held truth as 

it coincided with real life situations that 

are out of someone’s control. Fleck’s 

diagnosed with a neurological problem 

which is addressed a few times in the 

film and is seen taking medication and 

attending sessions with a social worker. 

It attributes to how Fleck becomes the 

Joker and refers back to early parts in 

the movie which points out things one 

missed throughout its entirety. 

Phoenix stated that he did not take inspiration 

from previous jokers to model 

his, but there were parallels in the movie 

that many related to other actors, from 

the late Cesar Romero to Heath Ledger. 

Details can be pointed out and reminded 

of those, which is a perfect choice to 

the new adaptation. 

Conclusion 

“Joker” is a must see for everyone as 

no person would look at it the same. 

The psychological-horror element is 

strong and Phoenix’s performance 

was realistic to the character and has 

reimagined the origins of the villain 

to be open-ended and incite discussion 

for many people, almost like it 

was intended to do. 

Rotten Tomatoes critics have rated it 

at 69% but audience score is at 90% 

and a 9/10 in IMDb. 

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures 


NEWS 

LPHA ALPHA P 

ALPHA ALPHA 

I ALPHA ALPHA 

CHANGING THE PERCEPTION OF GREEK LIFE 


HI ALPHA ALP 

PHI ALPHA AL 

PHI ALPHA A 


Bella Bishop 

Photos by Jorge Zamudio and Nicholas Clark 

There is more than what meets the eye 

when it comes to greek life on Old Dominion 

University’s campus, especially when it 

comes to the NPHC fraternity, Alpha Phi 

Alpha (Alphas). Beyond the strolls, probates, 

and colors they are men who seek to make 

a difference in themselves and the community 

around them. The brotherhood of these 

men is a deep rooted life-long relationship 

that they will carry beyond the yard of 

ODU’s campus. 

Joining a fraternity is making a lifetime commitment 

to brotherhood, the community, 

and empowerment within yourself. Contrary 

to the partying stereotypes of fraternities, 

the Alphas hold themselves to a 

higher standard beyond just having a good 

time. They believe in representing themselves 

with strong character, honor and authenticity. 

For a large group of young men 

to have the equivalent strength of willingness 

to learn, to never forget their deep 

rooted brotherhood, and to hold each 

other accountable to a higher standard as 

human beings, is an incredible and honorable 

accomplishment as a fraternity and as a 

member within it. But having such a sturdy, 

long lasting connection from generation to 

generation all starts with a strong history. 

The Alphas first originated in 1906 as a social 

club for African American students at 

Cornell University who were alienated from 

attending their college classes. The professors 

would do everything in their power 

to restrict African American students from 

attending classes or lectures. Seven students 

then formed a social club to help each other 

with school work, uplift one another to 

pursue their dreams of getting an education, 

and formed a strong bond to uplift their 

community. The fraternity officially founded 

a chapter on Old Dominion University’s 

campus in 1977 and still upholds to this day 

the same work ethic, humbleness, and loyalty 

that it placed in the very beginning. 

“I joined this fraternity because I wanted 

to be a mentor for other people, and this 

fraternity gave me an opportunity to channel 

that. Last semester we did a weekly 

mentorship and partnered with “Brother 

to Brother” where young black men were 

taught how to cook. We as the Alphas would 

come in and speak to these kids that did 

not really care about school or college. By 

having them see us in our suits, being in 

college and making a difference maybe it 

would change their outlook on what they 

are capable of,” said D’Andre Jones, Chapter 

President. The Alphas feel it is important to 

set an example to other black men and children 

and encourage them to be their best 

self. They do this by implementing outreach 

programs where they work with the community 

to set a positive example on being 

successful. One of the programs the Alphas 

host is “Go to high school, go to college”. 

The purpose of this program is to educate 

the youth about the opportunities they can 

have after high school whether it is pursuing 

a college degree, going to trade school, or 

joining the military. The Alphas take pride in 

having an influence and giving back to their 

community. 

“Being black I would say we definitely have 

an obligation to put on a good image for 

other black men to follow so they can be 

leaders like us and that is a fundamental part 

of our foundation [as an organization],” said 

Mohamed Rebeiz, Intake Coordinator. 

Each individual in the organization seeks to 

have a leadership position in order to positively 

influence the people around them. 

They seek to lead by example and not get 

distracted by the hysteria and stereotypical 

greek life reputation. 

“To impact other people is important. One 

year we had a football camp for kids and 

after they would play football outside, they 

would go inside and learn about science and 

technology, another year we went to feed 

the homeless. We held a lot of programs 

last year, one of them was informing others 

on knowing their rights in circumstances 

that may have you be encountered with 

law enforcement. I did whatever I could to 

get people to come out to that program 

because I feel people do not know exactly 

what their rights are. The main purpose of 

these programs are to see how any piece of 

my knowledge that I have can change your 

life,” said Marcus Lee, Recording Secretary. 

“I joined this organization because it gives 

a platform to advocate for things you care 

about… We have a responsibility to make 

others strive for greatness.” 

The Alphas are always on the move, constantly 

striving to have a positive impact and 

inform the campus community about political 

and ethical issues,” said Negus Assefa, 

Vice President. The brothers of Alpha Phi 

Alpha seek to uphold their duty as a male 

fraternity to strongly support women on 

campus with their annual “ Mrs. Black and 

Gold Pageant”. The pageant is a scholarship 

opportunity for women at Old Dominion 

University and strongly uplifts every woman 

taking part in it. Scholarship pageant as an 

extension of the fraternity. The contestants 

are strong women who are active in the 

community, successful students and uphold 

the characteristics and traits of the fraternity. 

Their main goals for young women is 

not necessarily to win, but to develop confidence 

in themselves, building character, and 

to develop a strong sense of women-hood 

for themselves and others around them. 

Former pageant winners come back to help 

the new contestants with their walks, give 

them advice from their previous experience, 

and to incorporate a strong sense of uplifting 

each other as women. 

“The pageant is actually really beautiful. One 

thing a lot of girls don’t realize about the 

pageant in the beginning is what they gain 

from it. Some girls come in super shy and 

soft spoken, but going through the pageant 

they gain confidence and build character. By 

the end of the pageant you won’t even know 

what woman that is,” said Mohamed Rebeiz. 

The pageant is also an opportunity for Alphas 

to get a better understanding and perspective 

to learn some of the struggles and 

experiences that women face, and to help 

the women participating in the pageant conquer 

those insecurities or struggles in a respectful 

and safe environment. 

It would be a disservice to boil this group 

of men down to just a fraternity label. From 

the outside looking in, it can be seen as an 

exclusive group of men who parade around 

in colors and greek letters not knowing 











NEWS 

TAKING 

INITIATIVE 

Drink tester initiative on ODU’s campus 

Natalie Hockaday 


Sonya Williams, a student at Old Dominion University 

is planning on bringing drink testing tablets to the 

campus. As a member of the Student Government 

Association (SGA) she is working along with other 

members to provide these tablets in order to increase 

safety for students and faculty around the university 

community. When these tablets are dipped in a drink it will 

be able to detect traces of drugs that may be in the drink. 

Sonya was inspired to bring this product to the campus 

when the former SGA senate speaker, Jasmin Carmon 

shared information about the product as an idea for the 

organization to look into. Sonya’s own story inspired her 

to really make this idea a reality of the campus. 

Like any other young adult in their twenties, Williams 

went out for a night with her friends to a bar to have a 

good time. Her friends had insisted in going to a poetry 

event that was inside a bar, but Sonya was not so much 

interested in the poetry and more the party. Her friends 

went to grab some drinks and have a fun night while 

Sonya got a mocktail made up of sweet tea and other 

juices. Sonya chose not to drink that night because she 

was the designated sober friend of the evening but she 

still wanted to fit in with her friends having fun and pretty 

drinks. 

“While I’m still at the bar, I drop my bag on the floor 

and I lean down pick up my clutch and put it back on the 

counter of the bar area and I keep drinking my drink… 

time passes, I’m not sure exactly how long but next thing 

you know my legs gave out and I’m bucking trying to 

stand up and I urinated on myself… I was telling my arms 

to catch myself, but my hands were not responding… it 

was like my brain was disconnected with my body… A guy 

from base had seen me handpicked me up and threw me 

over his shoulders and took me to the emergency room 

[where they] pumped my stomach. [The doctor’s] asked 

if I knew why I was [in this condition]… the police [later] 

came in and told me I was roofied and that I had a large 

amount in my system. I filed a police report and months 

later I was contacted by the police that this was an actual 

case and they found the guy who did it and I guess he 

had done it to multiple other women and some of them 

weren’t as lucky as I was to see have seen me and take me 

to the hospital,” said Williams. 

“Some people would say that I’m blessed and I am and I 

do view it as that, but in a sense it’s like you have no idea 

how bad it could have been,” said Williams. 

Sonya is motivated to seek justice and provide preventative 

resources for students and faculty. She wants to provide a 

space for people to feel comfortable and speak up about 

their experiences. She plans to implement this initiative 

across the campus and has the support from various 

organizations and students around the university. 

“It seems like a secret that no one want to confront and 

I’m tired of feeling like it’s a secret. It’s a part of my story 

and if other people have a way tolerate then let’s talk 

about it,” said Williams. 

When Sonya first started the initiative to bring 

drink testers to the campus she spoke to 

students to get an idea of how students would 

approve and react to it. Williams received an influx of 

approval and heard stories and testimonials from men 

and women about their experiences. 

“I think [not as many people come out and talk about 

their experience] has a lot to do with people not knowing 

if it happened like the confusion. People second guess 

themselves thinking about what they did but you didn’t 

do anything but it took me a while to face that,” said 

Williams. 


SPORTS 

PLAYER PROFILE: 

LALA DAVIS 

Siera Goard 

Photo by Keith Lucas 

In the past year, Old Dominion Universities 

football program has received 

an abundance of attention. After the 

2018-19 season the football program lost 

a few key players on their roster. Players 

like Elijah (Lala) Davis have helped Old 

Dominions program continue to remain 

promising during the current 2019-20 

season. 

The Redshirt Freshman from Lynchburg, 

Va has contributed to ODU’s team stats 

since first stepping on the field in 2018. 

Lala played in only four games last season 

at the running back position contributing 

131-yards along and four touchdowns 

with 35 carries overall. 

Davis was a three-star recruit while being 

ranked the No. 30 recruit in Virginia and 

No. 97 running back overall in the country. 

Lala attended Heritage High school 

where he rushed 6,690 yards. While helping 

create the opportunity for his team 

to see a State Championship he rushed 

for 229 yards along with one touchdown 

during the game while earning first-team 

All-Area honors and All-Area Offensive 

Player of the Year. 

Until Davis’s senior year of high school he 

did not receive any offers for football. On 

February, 7 2018, Lala signed his letter of 

intent and committed to Old Dominion 

University. “I haven’t fully established myself 

but I think the goals I’m shooting for 

along with the teams goals are able to be 

achieved.” said Davis 

Elijah Davis plans to commit himself to 

Old Dominions Football Program while 

continuing his success as not only an athlete 

but also a student. The ODU fan base 

is valuable to Davis and he expresses that 

the community can expect a player that is 

hungry, fun and a “people person.” 

One of Davis’s goals is to prove himself 

and his game to the ODU community. “In 

the future, exciting things are coming.” 


Photo by Keith Lucas 

Davis carries the 

ball against VT 

Sept. 7th 2019 


SPORTS 

BUILDING A 

WINNING FOUNDATION 

AN INTERVIEW WITH COACH BOBBY WILDER & KEION WHITE 

35 | maceandcrown.com 

Photo by Keith Lucas

JAMES ONUSKA 

The ODU football program is in its 10th season and it continues 

to build a winning program with excellent recruiting 

by Head Coach Bobby Wilder and staff. The Monarchs are 

looking for a chance at a Conference USA Championship and a return 

to a bowl game which they achieved back in 2016; they played 

in the Popeye’s Bahamas Bowl and defeated Eastern Michigan with 

a winning score of 24-20. 

This year the offense is led by Redshirt Senior running back Kesean 

Strong, who has showed his versatility with running the ball efficiently 

and catching the ball out of the backfield. The dual threat 

quarterback Stone Smartt will add to the offensive explosiveness 

with his progression in the passing game and his ability to break the 

pocket for positive yards. The defense ranks in top two in rushing 

defense and total defense in Conference USA, giving up an less than 

90 yards on the ground. When Mace & Crown had the opportunity 

to sit down with Coach Wilder and defensive end Keion White several 

questions were answered about the direction of the program, 

The first goal every year is getting Bowl eligible which includes winning 

a Conference Championship. Playing power five schools like 

University of Virginia and Virginia Tech has allowed for the program 

to receive positive recognition and will help in the football 

team’s growth during the process. With Virginia Tech, University of 

Virginia, and University of North Carolina on their schedule over 

the next few seasons this will influence the local talent to stay put 

and dawn the slate blue, silver, and light blue uniform. 

The talent stretches throughout the Hampton Roads and as the football 

program continues to grow so does the caliber of player who 

elects to enroll at Old Dominion University. Coach Wilder expresses 

how imperative it is that the team takes on a 1-0 mentality, this requires 

the team to approach each week with winning that one game 

by finding a way to win. 

The Mace & Crown was also able to find a food favorite of Coach 

Wilder. The Monarch’s Head Coach was born in Madison, Maine, 

and attended the University of Maine where he was a highly recruited 

quarterback. After that Coach Wilder held multiple coaching positions 

at Boston College and University of Maine before taking the 

Head Coaching position in 2007 for ODU. 

“We take pride in the 11 letters across our 

chest that say Old Dominion.” 

- Coach Bobby Wilder 

expectations for the team, and some personal food favorites. 

Last year Keion White played tight end and lead the team with receptions 

at that position. This year Keion made the move to defensive 

end and had to acclimate to a different role. When Keion was 

asked about the challenges of switching to the defensive side of the 

ball Keion replied with “playing defense allows for me to play more 

freely and able to make plays”. 

Keion also hinted at the possibilities of a few plays Offensive Coordinator 

Brian Scott may have that would require his experience 

down in the red zone back at the tight end position. When Keion 

isn’t playing football, he enjoys playing basketball down at the student 

recreation center and checking out local places to eat in Norfolk. 

A local food favorite is the Greg Brady Burger over at Jack 

Brown’s on Granby Street. This burger is topped with house-made 

Mac N’ Cheese, 

American-Cheddar blend cheese and Martin’s BBQ potato chips, a 

sandwich built for man in hot pursuit of a quarterback on a routine 

basis. Keion is a Real Estate Major and aspires to buy and restore 

desolated homes in Norfolk and then make them available for low 

income families in the area. The ferocious defensive end wants to 

continue building on his remarkable year where he has already been 

named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after his performance 

against University of Virginia. 

With the heart of the schedule left to be played, it is vital for ODU 

students to get out and support the football program. When asked 

what it means for students to come out and support the program 

Coach Wilder responded “I tell the players that those are your classmates 

and to thank them for supporting us. We take pride in the 11 

letters across our chest that say Old Dominion”. 

When asked if he was a New England clam chowder or a 

she-crab soup kind of guy Coach Wilder replied “I would 

take a bowl of clam chowder with every meal. Breakfast, 

lunch, and dinner I can eat New England clam chowder all day”. 

The clam chowder sounds good, but the ODU football team is in 

pursuit of something else that would fill all fans and players appetite. 

The coaching staff and team put emphasis on winning all conference 

home games and a few on the road. If the Monarchs accomplish this, 

they could see themselves playing for their second Bowl game in 

the program’s short history. The new stadium has been consistently 

selling out with a large student body population. 

Quarterback Stone Smartt continues to improve every week at 

the position. The defense shows tremendous speed and effort that 

demonstrates unity. Shut down corner back Kaleb Ford-Dement 

endlessly demonstrates why the opposing quarterback shouldn’t 

throw in his direction. This defense is stacked with pass rushers like 

Jordan Young and Keion White leaving quarterbacks running for 

cover. 

With the additional seating and the added leg room for fans, the 

home games are the ideal place to spend your Saturdays. The stadium 

has also upgraded their impressive new state- of-the-art video 

board and ribbon scoreboards that line the west, south, and east 

sides of the stadium. Don’t forget the increase numbers of concession 

items sold at S.B. Ballard Stadium. 

Crab cake sliders, tacos, Philly style cheesesteaks, and nacho builders 

add to the reason to come route for your Old Dominion football 

squad. This team continues to improve every week and with conference 

play heating up, it could make for a recipe for success for the 

ODU Monarchs football program. 


TECHNOLOGY 

LEVEL 

UP 

Interview on 

ODU’s Game Studies & Design 

Major with Dr. Moberly 

Tyler Eddins 


Dr. Kevin Moberly is the Associate 

Professor spearheading the new Game 

Studies & Design (B.S.) degree here at 

ODU. 

Mace & Crown staff writer Tyler Eddins 

sat down with Dr. Moberly to discuss the 

ins and outs of the new program. Below 

is a portion of their conversation. 

What’s your background in 

gaming? 

Dr. Moberly: I’ve always been interested 

in gaming. My brother and I grew up in 

Portsmouth… I remember we went to 

a mall in Newport News, we were very 

young and saw our first video arcade. We 

immediately on the way home were like 

‘How can we make one of these things?’ 

So, we were thinking like strings and like 

screws and all the things to make Pac- 

Man move around. So, I’ve always been 

sort of interested in games… I’ve always 

been interested in how games draw people 

in, how they construct experiences, 

how they reward people, how they punish 

people all of that kind of stuff. 

What are some of your favorite 

games? 

Dr. Moberly: Some of my favorite games 

are ‘Borderlands 2’, ‘Portal’. Some early 

games, ‘Star Flight’, ‘Star Flight 2’. The 

genre of games I really like are games 

like ‘Oblivion’, ‘Skyrim’, ‘The Witcher’, 

these medieval themed roleplaying 

games… The types of games I like are 

these just kind of enormous epic things 

where you as a character go into these 

worlds and you feel like your completely 

overwhelmed and then you little by little 

unlock the world and unlock the puzzles 

and things like that. I also do really like 

casual games just for how they can put 

a lot of gameplay in five-minute sessions. 

I’m always looking at games. 

This Game Studies and Design 

degree that you’re bringing to 

the school, was there something 

similar in place or is this new to 

the university? 

Dr. Moberly: This is new to the university, 

but this is the second attempt. I’ve 

been working for five years to get this 

started. It grew out of the Video Game 

Design and Development Club. I’ve 

been teaching for the past five or six 

years a class called Gaming and Rhetoric. 

I’ve always advertised the class 

to a wide swath of students and I had 

some students in the first or second 

year I taught it say ‘We came here and 

we would like a major’ and ‘How do 

we start with a major?’, and things like 

that. So, Avi Santo and I started an initiative 

with a gaming company idea that 

students at ODU would work for private 

and public clients creating games 

as a kind of internship and then they 

would have something for their portfolios. 

That one we did good work, but it 

didn’t work out because of some issues 

at the time. This is not me just doing 

this program. It’s Andrew Kissel in Philosophy, 

Marc Ouellette in English and 

Virginia Tucker in IDS. 

You mentioned the Game and 

Rhetoric Course, are there any 

new courses in the program? 

Dr. Moberly: All of the game courses 

are new... GAME 201 introduces the 

students to the 4 core areas. The 

two explicit areas of the degree and 

the two hidden, or Easter egg areas. 

The two main ones are Design and 

Development. Design being art, 

levels, sound, story, that kind of thing. 

Development being programming. 

But there’s also a strong emphasis on 

entrepreneurship because the gaming 

industry is a creative industry, and 

if you’re going to go into a creative 

industry you need to have a portfolio. 

“We want to produce 

thoughtful, mindful game 

designers.” 

You need to know how to market 

your ideas. You need to know how to 

sell your ideas. You need to be able 

to come up with innovative ideas and 

recognize opportunities. The other 

piece is the criticism piece. 

We want to produce thoughtful, 

mindful game designers. We want 

to produce game designers who can 

analyze games to say, not just what 

looks good and what doesn’t, what’s 

fun and what’s not fun, but also to 

sort of come up with games that 

reach broader audiences. Games that 

are more politically conscious. Games 

as art… We want are students to 

distinguish themselves and to work 

in the industry. But also, to say I have 

this ability to think in new ways and 

different ways. To see opportunities 

where other people didn’t see 

opportunities… Then we have GAME 

240 which is a class that is all about 

reading games and about the critical 

angle of games. It’s about how to 

evaluate games. 


“I love games. I’d love to have this program 

help make Norfolk a kind of a 

center for games.” 

Because I think game designers and 

game developers need to know 

how games communicate messages. 

How games are at once the same 

as cinema, fiction, sports and other 

things, but also different… It’s about 

critically playing games. We have a 

GAME class on the books that’s all 

about world building… We have a 

class on mechanics of course and 

balance and all that kind of stuff. Then 

a lot of the skills-based classes, since 

it’s an IDS degree the programming 

classes are in computer science. I 

put an English class on the books for 

creative writing for games. The art 

classes are in the art department 

and we have some communications. 

So, what we are trying to do is take 

what’s already there, the expertise 

that the university has and then tie 

these together with a core. 

Is there a way that you’re 

planning on integrating games 

in your course like how the film 

courses integrate movies? 

Dr. Moberly: Every day I have the students 

play games. You know, it would 

be silly to have a Shakespeare class and 

not read Shakespeare. In the GAME 240 

class I’m going to assign games that students 

will play, and we’ll talk about these 

games. Also, a strong emphasis on creating 

games. The final project for GAME 

201 is the students will create games. 

Right now, they’re coming up with game 

ideas and then they’re going to design 

and then program things because we 

think it’s important for people working 

in the gaming industry to not be an expert 

in every aspect but know how the 

aspects fit together and work together. 

Again, we’re trying to teach people an 

entrepreneurial way of figuring out, ok, 

this is a game I want to make. Being able 

to evaluate whether or not this game 

will be marketable. If you want to make 

serious games for education whether it 

will be effective and then figuring out, 

ok these are what the assets I need to 

create for the games. These are where 

the resources are, and this is what I need 

to teach myself and this is what I already 

know. Then putting all that together in 

a way that creates a final package… The 

gaming industry is constantly changing 

and constantly evolving… We want to 

prepare our students to be able to come 

to terms with those changes and not 

get stuck in a rut… One of the primary 

ideologies is new, better, faster, brighter. 

Every game tends to be better faster 

brighter than the other game, and that 

requires a certain mindset. 

How many students have 

expressed interest or committed 

to following this new degree 

program? 

Dr. Moberly: I think we have about… 20 

majors right now. 20 majors, but I’ve just 

met with a student earlier today about 

it. I have an email from another student 

who wants to meet with me. So, I think 

there’s a ton of interest. 

As of right now is it strictly a 

major or is there a minor as 

well? 

Dr. Moberly: It’s a major right now. We 

want to eventually get a minor, but in 

order to get a minor we need to be 

able to offer all the courses that are required 

for the minor in one semester. 

This semester we are only offering one 

game class. Next semester we’re offering 

GAME 201, GAME 240 and English 

355… Then hopefully next fall we’ll be 

offering more but we’re just trying to 

ramp our ourselves up… Just building 

up speed. Just gauging interest because 

we don’t want to build all this infrastructure 

and then have it go to waste. 

But at the same time, we don’t want to 

underestimate the demand either 

What kind of jobs and internships 

can students who follow this degree 

program expect to get? Are 

you focusing more on just the development 

side or are there going 

to be later iterations dealing with 

game marketing and other areas? 

Dr. Moberly: Yeah. Right now, we’re just 

primarily focused on design and development 

because we took a look at the 

job ads out there... Eventually we would 

like to branch into business for games, 

game marketing and the other way we’d 

like to branch into is education games 

and things like that. We’re still working 

for internship opportunities and still trying 

to identify those with local people 

around and nonprofits and things like 

that. So, yeah that’s what we’re aiming 

for. But right now, we’re just going for 

what the job ads kind of tell us. 


Is there some sort of student involvement 

where they’re telling 

you what they would like to see 

course wise? 

Dr. Moberly: Right now, it’s informal 

through informal feedback but eventually 

I’d like to put together a student advisory 

group and also a faculty advisor group. 

So it’s having students say this is what 

our feedback is and the classes and you 

get the students involved because, like I 

said, this from its genesis was the Game 

Design Club coming to me and saying we 

really want to study this thing and there’s 

no program. I mean George Mason has 

a program, but that’s four hours away... 

So, it’s been kind of student driven from 

the beginning. 

Are you looking to eventually 

move into a portfolio system of 

progression for the degree like 

the art programs? 

Dr. Moberly: Yeah. We are doing that. 

The first assignment for this class is an 

invention challenge. Basically, how to 

come up with ideas for games and each 

step, but the last thing is to culminate a 

mini game proposal which they will publish 

on their WordPress portfolio site. 

I don’t see this as being a test or quiz 

based major. I see this being a major like 

art, like creative writing in which the primary 

way that students are going to get 

jobs is that they have a portfolio. One 

thing we know in design is that nobody 

gets design right the first time around. 

It’s a lot of stops and starts, going forwards 

and backwards and so portfolios 

allow for that to happen versus thou 

shalt submit, you know? 

Where do you want the 

program to go? 

Dr. Moberly: I want it to be one of 

the leading programs in the nation. I 

want people to come out of state and 

from out of country to ODU to study 

games. A lot of programs I see are either 

in development or design they’re 

not in both. I don’t see any having the 

entrepreneurship. Focus. I don’t see 

many having the criticism focus. Another 

area we want to expand is to 

prepare students to go to graduate 

school in games and games studies 

and stuff like that… In the near term 

what my vision is we’re going to, I 

think it might be too soon to say this 

but I think we’ve talked with the administration, 

have a stand-alone lab 

which we can teach classes in but 

then students can also come in and 

work on their own projects and programs. 

Also, to have a gallery space 

so we can show of the games that 

students make. Work with the local 

community with Pixel Fest and some 

of the other things to encourage gaming 

in the area and Norfolk, Virginia… 

I love games. I’d love to have this program 

help make Norfolk a kind of a 

center for games. We’re halfway between 

Washington D.C. with Bethesda 

and then Raleigh so we’re in this 

area which is kind of sandwiched between 

these two major areas of production. 

You know, I just want it to 

have a reputation for employers to 

say if you hire an ODU student from 

this program the student will not just 

know the fundamental skills but be 

self-motivated or be able to take on 

projects without having to look over 

their shoulder. Will be innovative and 

a good communicator and that kind 

of thing. That’s what my vision is. 


TECHNOLOGY 

HEY, I 

RECOGNIZE 

YOU 


Kyle Winfield 

Cameras are everywhere. Traffic cameras 

catch someone speeding or running a red 

light. Surveillance cameras can act as a deterrent 

from stealing in a store, or any number 

of things. Police wear them on their 

bodies. You have one in your pocket. At this 

point, they are just another part of everyday 

life. They have become so commonplace that 

we do not even notice them anymore. But 

what if these cameras could recognize you? 

Facial recognition software is the technology 

that is able to recognize and identify 

an individual from still images or a video 

frame. They work by selecting certain facial 

features and then matching those against 

a database of other faces. The technology 

has been around for longer than one would 

think, getting its start in the 1960’s. 

The original software, developed by Woody 

Bledsoe, Helen Chan, and Charles Bisson, 

worked by manually picking out various aspects 

of human faces and then compared 

against other faces in a database in order 

to determine the identity of said face. This 

technology would evolve from having humans 

manually enter faces and the distances 

between features, to involving AI learning. 

Since then, facial recognition has been used 

in a variety of circumstances. The most 

common instance is on smartphones. Replacing 

the old PINs, passwords and fingerprint 

scanners is facial recognition which 

has emerged as a new way to unlock your 

phone. All that’s required is the phone owner’s 

face and a front facing camera. The software 

stores an image of the owners face 

and then scans their face against the stored 

image whenever they open up their phone. 

Another usage of this technology is in the 

world of medicine. Similar to how smartphones 

will unlock by scanning the user’s 

face, some hospitals dispense medicine by 

scanning the face and matching it with a prescription. 

While those former uses seem relatively benign, 

there are some other uses, and flaws, 

of this technology that should raise some 

serious eyebrows. 

Using facial recognition software to catch 

criminals sounds like something out of a science 

fiction film. It conjures images of grainy 

camera footage zooming in on a crowd, 

where it singles out the perp’s face, scans it, 

and then enhances the image to a sharper 

clarity. The police then do their job, and the 

case is solved. 

Or it could go in a different direction, where 

the software misidentifies a suspect, and the 

police arrest the wrong man. These fears 

were shared by many in the field of facial 

recognition software who feel that this 

would give the police and other government 

organizations too much power in monitoring 

the populace. 

While the software has the potential to 

be used to make breakthroughs in missing 

persons cases, or track criminals, it is still 

not perfect. This would lead to mistakes and 

false positives being used as the basis for 

making arrests. Or even worse abuses. 

This has led to companies who produce the 

software refusing to sell it to law enforcement 

agencies, and even calls to congress 

to limit the uses of this technology. Brian 

Brackeen, CEO of Kairos, a company that 

produces facial recognition software, expressed 

his concern for the potential uses 

of this software, saying “It’s not too late for 

someone to take a stand and keep this from 

happening.” 

Brackeen’s concerns comes from the software’s 

lack of ability to differentiate faces 

of people who have darker complexions. 

This concern was also noted in a New York 

Times article, which detailed the success 

rate that these technologies had in terms of 

differentiating between lighter skinned faces 

and darker skinned faces. 

Steve Lohr, the writer of the New York 

Times article, noted that in the cases of 

the software trying to identify white males, 

“the software was right 99 percent of the 

time.” Contrast this with the software’s success 

in identifying darker skinned women 

which was “35 percent for images of darker 

skinned women.” 

These disparities were documented by M.I.T. 

Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini, who 

demonstrated that biases can creep into artificial 

intelligence, due to what kind of data 

is fed to it in order to train it. 

When the AI is given more images of white 

male faces, it will be better able to differentiate 

which face belongs to who with a much 

higher rate of success. The inverse is true, in 

that when given less faces of African American 

women, the lower the rate of success 

will be in terms of differentiating between 

them. 

Think back to how this could be used in 

the field of law enforcement. If a law enforcement 

agency purchases a software 

that was trained disproportionately to 

identify white men with a higher rate of 

success when compared to black women, 

the chances of the latter group being 

wrongfully misidentified and targeted will 

drastically increase. 

Or, consider how the technology has been 

used by law enforcement abroad in places 

like Hong Kong. While political protestors 

fill the streets of Hong Kong, the police 

have taken to using facial recognition tied 

to surveillance cameras and phones to target 

individuals who lead the protests in order 

to arrest them. This has led to protestors 

covering their faces in order to avoid 

being targeted by the increasingly aggressive 

police tactics. 

The same goes for protestors, who have 

taken to using facial recognition apps to 

target undercover police who have tried 

to infiltrate said protests. One protestor, 

Colin Cheung who was wrongfully arrested, 

defended the use of the apps, saying in a 

New York Times article “If law enforcement 

officers don’t wear anything to show their 

identity, they’ll become corrupt.” 

These are just some of the ways that facial 

recognition software can be used. While 

there are some positive uses, there can be 

just as many negative uses that could ultimately 

harm a society and it’s people. 


TECHNOLOGY 

Indie Games to play this Halloween 

Konami 

Team Cherry 

Castlevania : Symphony of the Night 

This article couldn’t exist without mentioning 

this one. It’s, like, THE one. I mean, 

Metroid gets you with its tone, the atmosphere 

all lonely and oppressive, and you 

can get killed by big aliens - but you play as 

a vampire in Castlevania. And think about 

what else defines traditional horror. Frankenstein’s 

monster? I’m pretty sure this has 

that. Werewolves. They’re hanging out in 

there too. Whips? Oh, of course. But, I know, 

I’ll admit – the game isn’t all that creepy. Yet 

I give it a pass because of the legacy. It’s in 

the freaking name of the genre. Halloween 

is around the corner, too, the fetid musk of 

zombies and other ghouls wafting in. So, 

Symphony of the Night is worth mentioning 

for the thousandth time. The game did 

some great things for Metroidvania combat, 

no doubt inspiring Blasphemous and Hollow 

Knight’s swordplay, with those deft horizontal 

swings. Then there’s the map, which 

is brilliant for many reasons, but especially 

so for the big flip, I mean, big twist. It’s a 

map that’s pulling double duty. Still, while 

there is so much more that could be talked 

about, it is my imperative to use this final 

sentence as a reflection on this game’s burning 

question: the question which reverberated 

throughout the decades following its 

raucous disquisition: “What is a man? A 

miserable little pile of secrets. But enough 

talk… Have at you!” 

Hollow Knight isn’t permeated by horror, but 

it is certainly touched by it. Everything in the 

game is dark and it makes sense. I mean, 

the game is underground. At least 90% of it, 

anyway, is underground (and no, not in the 

sense of the word that most indie games are 

underground). What’s underground, then? 

A lot of things, and a lot of those things are 

animated by a want to kill you. There’s levity 

here and cuteness there, but it seems a proclivity 

to perturbance runs deep, where long, 

serrated bugs unfurl out of caverns and into 

deeper, and darker, pits. The game is something 

to be marveled, as a game, where the 

sense of progression is strong, and the length 

of the core experience is gloriously exhaustive 

and touched by all the right kinds of lore in 

that it doesn’t tell you anything, ever, without 

Hollow Knight 

a question lingering as to the past. Why 

are all these buggy monsters trying to kill 

you? What happened to this great, decrepit 

empire? Where did everybuggy go? Most 

players won’t ever know and that’s half the 

beauty of it and half of what makes me 

squirm. 


Sean Fitzpatrick 

Metrovanias are some of the best indie games, especially during the Halloween 

season. Let’s take a look at some of the scary stuff. 

Thomas Happ Games LLC 

Axiom Verge is very strong, with satisfying 

map traversal and combat, its inspirations 

loud and emblazoned, from Metroid 

(of course) and, interestingly enough, from 

Contra, and it’s creative in drawing attention 

to its medium, too, as the player character 

glitches through walls and defrags swirling 

fractals. Yet at the outset, Axiom Verge appears 

to be a far cry from the macabre, with 

its typical assortment of hostile alien fauna 

and laser guns. However, upon further inspection, 

science fiction gives way to something 

nasty, writhing just beneath the skin. It’s 

the heart of what makes it special, as well as 

what makes it relevant this time of year: it’s 

pulsating and disturbing. Walls breath, complete 

with many deep mouths and blushing 

veins, rippling with life. A young man purses 

Axiom Verge 

a cycle of life and death, as he is birthed and 

rebirthed endlessly by a pimpled egg. And 

most fun of all are the Rusalki - giant, dubious 

mechanoids grafted to chamber walls 

and sometimes lumbering through their 

open spaces, tubes jutting out the backs of 

their heads while neck tendons hang in the 

open air. The game’s like Metroid if it leaned 

more into the whole H.R. Giger thing, 

The Game Kitchen 

This one is open about its, erm, tastes. It may 

even be over-the-top - but it’s done in such a 

way that I can’t help but take to it. Blasphemous 

is manic about pain and it is obsessed 

with penitence taken to gruesome extremes. 

In metroidvania fashion, the player needs to 

traverse, but what characterizes this world, 

exactly? It’s the literal mountain of dead 

bodies. It’s the pathways marked by blood- 

soaked iconographic monoliths. Blasphemous’ 

world is tainted by some oxymoronic 

force that is, at once, loved but feared, 

gentle but brutish. By the zealous force of 

some anachronistic and unnamed religion, 

there is endless self-flagellation and endless 

blood, that seemingly must go into conical 

helmets. It’s gripped with this kind of thing 

and thank god, right? It’s wonderful looking. 

Blasphemous 

Gameplay-wise, it’s great. Dodge, and hit, 

good movement, etcetera. This may help the 

reader understand, but it will come at a great 

price. I will now commit the cardinal sin of 

game editorials and say that Blasphemous is 

the Dark Souls of metroidvanias. I am aware 

this is a silly thing to say, but, oh well. Now I 

must be punished! 


TECHNOLOGY 

The 

sychology 

of 

error 

HOW HORROR GAMES MESS WITH YOU 

BROOKE NICHOLSON 

Horror games and movies are a Halloween 

staple when it comes to wanting to get into 

the spooky mood, and people love to scare 

the crap out of themselves. While we know 

horror movies employ the use of certain 

techniques such as blue tones, use specific 

instruments like the apprehension engine, 

and do not use a normal amount of lighting 

when filming, horror games use a variety of 

other individual, unique techniques in order 

to make sure the person playing the game 

is able to get into a petrified state, all in the 

name of fun. 

One of the first ways horror games project 

the feeling of dread onto its players is the 

same as horror movies - the use of lighting. 

Horror games, like the movies, create 

a sense of unknowingness when they force 

their players into a dark forest alone, or 

through a seemingly never-ending hallway 

loop. Being afraid of the dark has been a 

common phobia for as long as humans have 

roamed the Earth, and is an easy way for 

developers to hide a creature in, or to play 

an inhumane noise to echo in the distance. 

This darkness gives players the false hope of 

thinking that if they just keep moving forward, 

that eventually they will see light at 

the end of the tunnel. 

Have you noticed that when you play a horror 

game, there usually aren’t that many 

other people around besides your main 

character? Developers do that on purpose. 

Most people tend to gather up some courage 

when they know they have someone 

else by their side who might be able to help 

them. Having another person beside you in 

tough situations brings out certain characteristics 

such as pride and false bravery, but 

once you’re by yourself, there is no one else 

there to judge you by your actions. This tactic 

works especially well with horror games; 

unlike horror movies, where the camera 

decides where you look and the director 

chooses what will happen to the main character 

and you’re guaranteed an ending, horror 

games force you to make those decisions 

for yourself, and if you don’t make the 

correct ones, then you may not make it out. 

The fear of the unknown and being cast 

into unfamiliar territories and situations 

is wired into the human brain, and horror 

games do us justice by messing us up when 

it comes to its crazy environments. When 

anything is taken to the extreme and wildly 

out of context like religion, emotions, 

and even children, we as humans do not 

know how to handle situations that deviate 

far from the norm. Developers of horror 

games use that weakness against use in order 

to explore what it would be like if we 

had to suddenly fight off a extremist cult, or 

wander through environments that do not 

exist in real life, or handle a child who constantly 

disappears/reappears again with the 

concept of murder on their mind. Because 

the concept of horror and terror are not 

what we normally experience in day-to-day 

life, we are forced to revert back to basic 

survival instincts in the game and would do 

anything just to make the nightmare end. 

Courtesy of Hideo Kojima 



I Am 

Saving 

You 

Leah Onosato 

You take my hand and your hand is cold. 

Cold, but not like ice. It is not wet, or uncomfortable. 

No, it is like marble. Smooth and 

soothing. 

I think, this is not bad. This is nice. 

I think, to myself, what is everybody so afraid 

of? This is nice. 

I wonder again why I came out here tonight. I 

wonder aloud, and you answer me. 

You say, ‘To find me, of course.’ 

And I, of course, agree. I don’t know if you 

are right, but I agree. 

The woods are a strange place. There are 

bugs chirping and leaves rustling. The wind 

cools the earth and the branches dance to 

unheard music. The stars glisten from between 

tree-heads. The moon peers down at 

me like a cyclops. You sit beside me on the 

tree trunk, in silence. 

I’ve yet to ask you your name, but I know who 

you are. Because you are right. I did come 

out here seeking you. 

And now I’ve found you. 

I’ve toyed with the idea of meeting you for 

quite a while now. I just never had the stomach 

to follow through with it till tonight. 

I couldn’t tell you why tonight seemed like 

a good idea to meet you, because I am still 

trying to figure that out myself. I vaguely remember 

a reason. Maybe. Maybe not. I’m not 

sure anymore. My brain feels like it is filled 

with fog and clouds. Every moment spent out 

here in the still of night with you is making 

my memories and processing so rusty, it 

feels like I haven’t tried to think in a century. 

My heart is beating so hard. It is alive. I am 

all emotion, no logic. 

I have no proof, of course, but I think it is 

because of you. I think you are changing me. 

I’m becoming simple again. You are bringing 

me back to childhood, to infanthood. I am 

falling apart, but coming together. 

What are you doing to me? 

I do not dare say it aloud, but you seem to 

hear me, and answer. 

You say, ‘I am saving you.’ 

And I agree. 

Is that not exactly what I sought you out to do 

for me? To save me? 

But you speak again, with a voice so soft, like 

a whisper. But you are not whispering, you 

are speaking aloud. You say, ‘I will save you.’ 

I nod my head. 

‘I will save you, but you will not like how I 

do it.’ 

You are confusing me. I came here perfectly 

aware of who you are. I know what you will 

do. I know how you will save me. Why should 

I not like it? 

Granted, I did not think it would be pleasant, 

but I knew what I was getting into. It annoys 

me to think that you thought I came here 

when I was not yet ready. 

I am ready. 

Very ready. 

I would not be here if I were not ready. 

To meet you. 

I say none of this, but again you hear me. 

Your voice slips into my ear, like a comforting 

endearment. Your voice is very beautiful, 

like your flawless pale complexion. It is poetic 

and rhythmic. The rhythm is slow and the 

poem a tragedy. But it is beautiful. 

You say to me, ‘You must go home tonight. 

Tonight is not your night to go home with 

me.’ 

Your words sting my heart. 

Why not? Why? I came here to meet you. To 

go home with you. Tonight. 

‘Not tonight,’ you say. ‘Tonight is not your 

night. Come back to me, later, and I will take 

you home to be mine. But not tonight.’ 

Then you let go of my hand, and I panic. 

I reach for you, but you are already out of 

reach. Don’t go. Don’t go. I cry aloud, but 

you do not come back. You slowly drift away 

from me, shaking your pretty face. You are 

so cold, you are marble. I cry out, what are 

you doing? Where are you going? Why are 

you leaving me? 

You say, your voice becoming the wind. Becoming 

the murmur of night. You say, ‘I am 

saving you.’ 

I want to run after you, but you are already 

gone. I am left alone, saved you say. I do not 

feel saved. No, I feel forsaken. 

I wish you would come back. I think of falling 

and night and falling stars. I remember falling 

in an effort to run after you. I am a mess, 

a puddle of grief that tragically shimmers 

with moonlight of hope. 

You are still in my head. Telling me ‘go home,’ 

whispering in my head, ‘to tomorrow.’ This is 

not how I wanted to be saved. I wanted to 

forget every shade of tomorrow. 

I cannot. 

The moment is lost. 

You have taken it from me. 

I cannot tell, Death, whether you have saved 

me or left me broken beyond repair. 



Sleepwalking Cliché 

Ashley Mazza 


My inflections quiver like, like, like 

It hurts. I- I want you to understand that it hurts. 

I’m having trouble sleeping 

Having trouble eating 

Having trouble thinking 

I push against the broken door 

Hoping the frame will cave in on me 

It doesn’t. 

I want to move forward 

Shear will won’t fix anything 

They are heavy 

Like, like, like 

Fuck, I wish I could think. 

Like, the rain during a hurricane 

I cling to… I can’t decide which word would be better 

More conveniences are consumed. 

I’m not afraid. 

Like, like, like androphobia 

Tell my non schizophrenic brain “I’m fine.” 

Like, like, like the exhaustion is temporary. Normal. 

Whispers cascade, tumble down my brain 

I’m having trouble thinking 

Having trouble eating 

Having trouble sleeping 

Sit alone, sit with the uneasy, uncomfortable 

Heart death 

Air suffocates my waterlogged lungs 

Like, like, I can’t find the words to explain 

Petrification of body numb silence 

Screech into my mind 

I will never hear you 

We all die here. 

Feeling light in the head 

My bed is more comfortable than your friendless concern 

Like, like, like 

Relaxing more than just my suicidal self loathing 

I don’t know how to- shhhhh. 



Jack O Lantern Tale 

By Rivers Raye Middleton 


Time to carve the jack-o-lantern! 

Sister and brother sat down to watch. 

Father had been very stern; 

Do not eat any butterscotch. 

She looked back to her parent 

To tell them he was stealing 

But she couldn’t see where they went 

And she got a funny feeling 

“We will hollow you as your mother 

Hollowed us! Just stay right where 

You are don’t be a bother.” 

They dance in a circle around the pair. 

Brother had taken some 

Only for sister to get blamed. 

Anger made sister numb 

For she had been framed! 

Use a knife to carve 

Eyes a mouth and nose 

Make sure it has a good curve 

And the teeth cut in spiky rows 

The Pumpkins seem to squeeze tighter 

Around the children their wicked eyes 

Seem to glow a little brighter 

Jack-o-lantern is the demon’s guise 

Sister crossed arms and put down her 

head. 

Sister could not carve a jack-o-lantern; 

She would much rather go to bed, 

Instead she watched the candles burn. 

She wished brother were gone, 

Or never born then she could 

Carve the pumpkin; it was wrong 

She pulled her head into her hood. 

Scraping scraps scratching 

Seeds and pumpkin splat 

Scratching scraps scraping 

Thinking about the little brat. 

Pumpkins pumpkins pumpkins 

Hollowed out inside 


Crushed to make pumpkin pie 

Sister looked up across the streets 

A ring of the hollowed out things 

And in the middle a bowl of treats 

Butterscotch and hard candy on strings 

Jack-o-lanterns soon to be 


That is what once they were; free 


Brother followed to get more sweets 

And sister got a little bit mad 

And tore off his ghostly sheets 

Tears sprung from the lad 

Scoop out the seeds 

Scoop scoop scoop 

Pull out the pumpkin; juice bleeds 

Scoop scoop scoop 

Sister finally noticed something 

Something something endless 

What she finally noticed was something 

That made her feel helpless 

A face blank; oranged 

Horrendous expressions cut across 

Evil expression madman deranged 

Just a head lying in the moss 

A hundred of them in a circle 

Gathering around brother and sister 

Fear was monumental 

For this could not occur 

Put in a candle light the candle 

A light flickering monstrously behind 

A spark of madness few can handle 

More human than a simple rind 

Sister was unsure what to do 

Brother was shaking uncontrollably 

All around the children they grew 

There was no room to flee; 

Pumpkins pumpkins pumpkins! 

Glowing evilly in the night 

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins! 

Cackling in fiery delight 

Everywhere the children turn 

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins 

Pairs of eyes into their hearts burn 

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins 

They seem to come in closer closer 

Hovering around the children in the 

ring 

A little candy performed the lure 

And now all those raucous pumpkins 

sing 



What a death to die by pumpkins 


The Jack-o-lanterns cut off brothers 

head 

And hollowed it and made teeth 

He was a Jack-o-lantern now; dead 

Now she looked at her body nothing 

beneath 

This was impossible to swallow 

No one could hear her plea 

She had become a hollow 

She was nothing; empty 

Scream scream scream 

Jack-o-lanterns nightmare 

Dream dream dream 

Her mother brushing her hair 

So sister finally awoke 

She had fallen asleep. “Brother?” 

The tears stung and choke 

Sister ran and hugged brother. 

She knocked the jack-o-lantern off 

The table on her way. “Sister! Why, 

You knocked our jack-o-lantern off!” 

And the sister just laughed then sighed. 



Real Life 

Leah Onosato 

I always liked horror films. I liked to go to the movies 

with my buddies and get myself scared out of my pants. 

The scarier the better, ya know? Bloodier, darker, more 

shocking. Or whatever. I’m just saying that I liked that 

stuff, okay? 

But only because I guess I thought it wasn’t real. Or at 

least not real for me. Never me. No one does, you know. 

No one thinks that that mess would happen to them. The 

ones who do are the ones who ‘don’t like horror movies.’ 

For others, for me, it was never real. It didn’t happen in 

real life. 

I didn’t realize how easily it could happen. 

To me. 

I guess maybe I should’ve seen it coming? I had always 

been the outsider within our friend group. I use that 

term as an understatement, to be polite. I was part of the 

group, I guess, but I was the one who’d be told to take the 

trays to the trash and be left behind at the cafeteria when 

I did. I was the one who’d they have run errands, like buy 

the drinks. And then get the drinks poured on me and 

have to go back to get more. All in jest, of course. As a 

hilarious joke, of course. Of course. 

I guess I should’ve seen it coming. I was living it after 

all. I guess I just thought it was better than being alone. 

I thought that if it meant I belonged, if it gave me a place 

to be from or of, what did it matter? If putting up with all 

the jests would keep me from being alone…. Of course, 

look at what it’s come to. I’m alone after all. 

Alone in a dark tunnel covered in graffiti. Is it sad that 

it has to be such a cliché setting? Do you wish it was a 

bit more original? Like... but that’s the problem. Horror 

movies are cliché anywhere. They’ve used up all the 

good places: abandoned sheds, sewers, fortune-teller 

lairs, carnivals, woods. Nowhere is not cliché, so it really 

doesn’t matter, okay? I mean, don’t you think? 

It smells bad in here. Really odd combination of smells. 

I wonder how many things are coming together to produce 

this specific opposite-of-cliché odor. I wonder why 

I sound so detached, even in my head. Coping method, I 

guess? My psychology professor could maybe tell me. Not 

that I’ll be seeing him anytime soon. 

The day started out so normal. I mean, something 

like this takes a lot of preparation so I guess it 

should seem normal for a perfect crime. I went to 

class, a little tardy, I guess, but that’s an inconsequential 

deviance from the norm. Wouldn’t you 

say? Happens to anybody, anytime, without meaning 

bloody anything. 

As usual on Fridays, a call to go out tonight was 

sent to the group chat. As usual, it was sent by Aria, 

a criminal justice major, and the only girl among 

us, so the only one with access to parties in the 

first place. This was normal. Usual. A pretty much 

weekly thing that I was expecting. Completely normal. 

Nothing suspicious or out of order or implicating. 

Completely normal. What did I have to worry 

about? 

Don’t you see? It was the perfect precedent, the 

perfect setting, for a crime, for a perfect crime, far 

better than any of the cheesy horror movies I used 

to love so much. 

I used to love them. I really did. Horror was my favorite 

movie genre. It really was. Until it became 

real. Until it happened to me. 

I was there though, you know. It was my own damn 

life. In hindsight, the signs were everywhere. The 

subliminal hate and mockery and rage. How did I 

not see it coming? Why did I pretend it wouldn’t 

happen, wouldn’t come? 

As usual, I was the DD. Everyone crammed into my 

car and I drove for some frat house, which just so 

happened to have a shortcut through a dark tunnel, 

where my car just so happened to break down. 

It’s old and battered, so this is normal too. It usually 

broke down once a night whenever we went out 

as a group. 

So many things had to line up, you see. For the perfect 

setting to a perfect crime to a perfect horror 

story. But they lined up so easily. All the necessary 

checkpoints were made. 

The car stopped. I got out. I dug out my toolbox. I 

perform a thorough engine check. One by one they 

came out to help, each getting their turn. It was one 

against 5, 2 of ‘em D2 athletes. Done so beautifully, 

really. Most efficiently. The goriest way possible 

to get all the shock factor points in for the horror 

movie that was being enacted. In real life. So fitting. 

Such a perfectly executed crime. 

I should have seen it coming. I should have, don’t 

you think? I should have known the horror stories 

are real and that they can happen to anyone, anytime, 

anywhere, by anyone. All six of us should’ve 

known. 

How weak life is. How fragile. How bloody death is. 

My hands are covered in blood. So much, so much 

blood. It’s everywhere, and it smells bad. 

So this is what death, what murder looks like in 

real life. It’s pretty messy. And actually kinda 

slow. Took forever. Much longer than I thought. Of 

course, it was 5 people, going one at a time. 


So, so much blood. 

Everywhere. 

On my hands. 

On my car. 

On my toolbox 

On the ground. 

All over my friends. 

Am I still allowed to call them my friends? 

So much blood. 

So sad. 

So much life lost. 

I should’ve known it would happen. 

All the signs were there. 

I guess I just didn’t think I would be brave enough. 

Or that I would succeed. 

But it was just so easy, too easy. 

I knew I had it in me to be a murderer, but I guess 

I still thought it didn’t actually happen in real life. 

Goes to show you huh. 



How Do You Spell Epiphany 

Brooke Nicholson 

The walk did more 

than nothing. 

The reds and blues - 

and greens - 

were inked on 

by a creature wanting more 

than this. 

The faded colors over 

the crooked bridge, 

the one whose boards were not 

held together well and manifested 

the personality of its surroundings, 

beheld another whose primary purpose 

was unknown. 

But, despite the ominous beauty of it, 

the look on his face says it all. 

The black cloak 

and ghostly head could not contain 

the feeling, the thought, 

that the environment, nor the outfit can be seen 

as the burden that gouged the hole on his face - 

into a scream. 

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