Buck County CommunityCollege’s Board of Trusteesunanimously voted to raisetuition for the 2010-11 schoolyear, increasing costs for in-county students by $6 percredit as well an additional $1per credit technology fee.The tuition increase will

also be affecting out-of-coun-ty and out-of-state studentsattending Bucks. Out-of-

Spring break just doesnot match upThis year’s Spring break at Bucksdid not match up with the Springbreak at other colleges

Preview: Writing forOur LivesFor one week in April, alumni andfaculty will gather for “Writingfor our Lives”

Remembering the chil-dren of the HolocaustBucks will host a performanceremembering the children killedby the Nazis

The Yellowjackets willperform at BucksThe jazz group will perform onTuesday, April 27 at the GatewayAuditorium ▷4 ▷4 ▷6 ▷8

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She’s out of myleague is just right

Love Lessons withHope Kumor

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BY: JAMES ONEILLCenturion Staff

county residents will face a$12 per credit increase, whileout-of-state residents will behit with an $18 per creditincrease.All students will also be hit

with a $1 technology fee percredit increase as well as a$25 late fee if their enrollmentoccurs after classes begin.Dr. James Linksz, President

of Bucks, stated in a pressrelease that “our Board ofTrustees is very concernedabout keeping a Bucks educa-

tion affordable, especiallyduring this difficult economy.The board is reluctant to raisetuition but this increase isneeded to help balance ourbudget. We remain committedto high quality education andwe cannot sacrifice that pri-mary goal.”The reaction by students to

the tuition increase has beenvaried. “I went to URI[University of Rhode Island]for three semesters, and thereI was paying about $25 grand

a semester, about seventeen ofthat for tuition alone,” saidAndrew Sing, 19, an engineer-ing major from Yardley. “Itworked out to be about agrand per credit hour. Here,the cost per credit hour isgoing up from $99 to $105. Soeven if I take 18 credits, thatare what, a $130 increases asemester? That’s not bad atall. Compared to most schoolsaround here, that is reallycheap.”Justine Conoline, 21, an ele-

Loan changes to helpstudents andcommunity collegesBY: DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated Press

Bigger grants for college stu-dents who need them. Relaxedpayment terms for studentswith loans. More money forcommunity colleges and his-torically black institutions.The law that President

Barack Obama signed Tuesdaycould mean big changes forhard-pressed students and col-leges as the governmentbecomes the primary issuer ofstudent loans. But just whomwill that affect and how?Q: What does the overhaul of

student lending do?A: Basically, it cuts banks

out of the government-backedstudent loan business. Moneyfor the loans has come eitherdirectly from the governmentor through private financialinstitutions, which have col-lected billions of dollars in fed-eral subsidies to protect againstdefault.Under the changes, banks

will no longer act as middle-men, and all colleges and uni-versities must switch to thedirect lending program by July1. Many already have made theswitch in anticipation of thenew law.Private lenders can still make

student loans that are notbacked by the government, andthey will continue to have con-

It seems like everdaythe cost to see a moviejust keeps going higherand higher

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Tuition increase for 2010-11 yearmentary education major fromFairless Hills, agreed. “I wentto Bucks for two-and-a-halfyears, and then transferred toTemple this semester,” saidthe former student as shewalked to the office to make arequest to get another copy ofher transcript. “And honestly,I wish I could just come backhere. I ended up having toretake a lot of the same class-es at Temple that I did atBucks, and my teachers atBucks were better. Even withthe tuition being raised, Iwould fine with paying theextra $7 for the quality of edu-cation I’m getting.”Some students, though rec-

ognizing the value Bucksoffers for the price, were notthrilled by the tuition increase.Robin Robinson, 19, an unde-cided major fromPhiladelphia, said, “Yeah,Bucks is a good school and

▷ Continued from page 1 not bad [for price]. But I gottapay for school, so every dollarcounts. It’s just annoying hav-in’ to pay more for the samestuff, you know?”Kenath Sonpon, 23, a nurs-

ing major for Bristol, said,"It's a shame they have toraise the tution again, but it isa business. There are tutionraises everywhere in the statesbecause of the economy. It isnot the school’s fault, theyhave to do what they have todo."David Ringstaff, 23, a crim-

inal justice major fromBristol, said, "I feel that thetution is already steep. Itmakes it harder for students tobe able to afford to go toschool. It doesn’t seem like alot of money - but when youadd it up...it is. "Bucks has regularly raised

tuition in recent years, but in asomewhat staggered mannerto keep costs from jumpingquickly. 2009 saw an increase

of $4 per credit and $3 percredit (technology fee) fromthe previous year, followingan increase of $2 per creditand $3 per credit (technologyfee) in 2008 from the yearbefore.Administrators at Bucks cite

an all-time high in enrollment(11,492- 10 percent more thanlast year) due to an economicdownturn, coupled with fac-tors such as salaries andhealth-care costs not beingmatched by the state andcounty as reasons for thetuition increase. J. PeterDominick, a member of theBoard of Trustees, told theBucks County Courier Times,"None of us take this lightlyand we're extremely disap-pointed to have to do this."Steve Cohen, 36, from

Langhorne, is taking a fewnight classes just to learnmore about subjects he enjoys,such as American history.“Yeah, I know, I don’t feel it

as much as other peoplebecause I only take a coupleclasses, but anyone who hasclasses here is going to feel ita little bit. Of course peopleare going to be a littleannoyed, because people-especially those paying fortheir own school- really valuetheir money, every dollar of it.But in the end, the people

going here are getting a greateducation for a great price.And if they don’t want to paya little extra, they can just finda new school- though I doubtthey will find a school of suchgood quality for the price theyare paying here.”The school is continuing to

offer as much aid as it can tostudents.

Locker larceny on Bucks campusBY: DANIEL CARVALHOCenturion Staff

A recent alert on the BucksSecurity and Safety webpage(www.bucks.edu/security) iswarning students not to leavetheir possessions in unlockedlockers.This issue has been a topic of

recent discussion because threeBucks students have had theirvaluables taken from the men’slocker room in the gym sinceFeb. 8.And more recently, on March

4, a student’s laptop and mp3player were stolen from theirlocker. However, this time thestudent used a lock but becauseof the lock’s poor quality, itwas easily opened.The Security and Safety

office wants to make sure thatstudents are using high-qualitylocks from reputable manufac-turers so that this won’t

become a recurring theme.Mark Moore, assistant direc-

tor of Security and Safety,talked about this issue in moredepth, and how students cankeep their valuables safe andsecure.A previous article in the

Centurion reported thatiPhones have been recently tar-geted by thieves, but anythingcan be stolen. In some casesiPods or cell phones have beentaken, and other times back-packs and purses weresnatched.This is not a case where the

thief is taking from the rich andgiving to the poor; cell phonesand iPods can be sold for hun-dreds of dollars to interestedbuyers, resulting in high profitsfor the criminal.Moore said there have been

up to 20 thefts over the lastyear, and just this semesteralone there have been at leastsix thefts already.

Asked why theft wasbecoming such a major issueon the campus, Moore said,“people don’t report it.”The fact is that if a student

has had valuables stolen, thenneglect to report it to the secu-rity office, the criminal getsaway unscathed.Moore said that last semester

cars in parking lots were thetargets of many thefts, butthese days it seems to be thelocker rooms.“It goes in cycles,” says

Moore. In the parking lots, carswere being broken intobecause valuables were inplain sight. Moore warned stu-dents not to leave valuables inopen sight; it just gives thecriminal more initiative to stealbelongings.The players on the soccer

team, including the author ofthis article, had cash or jewelrytaken from their cars after onepractice, so the team informed

the coach.Moore said that security

eventually caught several per-petrators when they observedthem opening car doors, butother cases have goneunsolved.Moore warned students not

to leave their bags unattended,especially in the library andclassrooms. Criminals havebeen known to grab wallets,take the cash out, then throwthe wallet into the trash.Moore said that if need be,

custodians of the college andthe Newtown PoliceDepartment can collaborate tofind the culprits and the miss-ing valuables.Campus Safety and Security

is reaching out to students whohave had possessions stolen,asking them to report suchthefts so they can be preventedfrom happening again.The Safety and Security

office knows that this is a

major problem at the campusand they will take the properprecautions to try and keep thisfrom happening wheneverpossible.The security website has

safety alerts, and there areposters and flyers around cam-pus that inform the studentbody about the safety of them-selves and their possessions.It is up to us as victims and

students at the college to reporta theft as soon as it happens.

If anyone has informationon these crimes, please gotowww.bucks.edu/security.

You can leave an anony-mous tip on the webpage.

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The Yellowjackets to perform at Bucks

Hailed as the most adventurous quartet in contemporary jazz, the multi-Grammy Award winning Yellowjackets bring their innovative, cutting edge style to Bucks. The Yellowjackets forged jazz-fusion at its inception and continue to expand and redefine musical movements.

"They fly less-traveled routes with dexterity."– Philadelphia Daily News 

"The Yellowjackets are a band that continues to grow. There is such great talent in the group and their love of music is their driving force."

– Robben Ford

Tickets: $15 BCCC Students / $25 General Admissionavailable on campus at the Student Life

Information Center or at the BCCC BookstoreGeneral Admission tickets available at www.bucks.edu/tickets

Tuesday, April 278 p.m. • Gateway Auditorium

YellowjacketstheBY: ROSALIE NAPOLICenturion Staff

The Yellowjackets, aGrammy award-winning con-temporary jazz group, will per-form Tuesday, April 27 at theNewtown campus at 8 p.m. inthe Gateway Auditorium.The group is made up of key-

boardist Russell Ferrante, bassplayer Jimmy Haslip and saxplayer Bob Mintzer.On The Yellowjackets web-

site, the group announced thatWilliam Kennedy will be play-ing the drums for the band,replacing Marcus Baylor.Baylor was in the band for 10years. The rest of the memberswish him well in his futuremusical career.The group’s name was cho-

sen from a list that someonebrought to practice.“Yellowjackets seemed to

connotate something lively,energetic, and something witha ‘sting,” wrote Ferrante of theorigin of the band’s name.Ferrante has been a member

of the Yellowjackets since thegroup began in 1981.Mark your calendars to come

out and see the band play righthere at Bucks, for a night ofpure enjoyment!

Remember the childrenBucks to host production about children who were killed by the Nazis during the HolocaustBY: NATALIE WEINTRAUBCenturion Staff

Terezin was a concentrationcamp in Czechoslovakia,where 97,297 people died;15,000 were children. Onlyabout 132 children survivedthe camp.On Saturday, April 10 at 7:30

p.m., Bucks CountyCommunity College will hostthe production “Remember theChildren,” which is dedicatedto the children who lost theirlives in the Holocaust. Thestory of the youth who per-ished will be told throughdance and live music.The performance is based on

“I Never Saw AnotherButterfly,” a book comprisedof several works of art andpoetry. Each piece of work wascreated by a child who lost hisor her life at Terezin,Theresienstadt, or one of theother Nazi concentrationcamps during World War II.The college’s Office of

Cultural Programming is host-ing the production, which is is

funded in part by the BucksCultural Affairs Committee.The performance will be held

in the Gateway Auditorium onthe Newtown campus.

Tickets: $10Tickets online at bucks.edu/tickets

More information www.bucks.edu/rememberor 215-968-8087

Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown • Bristol • Perkasie • Bucks.edu

Where to learn. Where to return.

Remember the ChildrenThe Young Artists of Terezin

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A tribute to young souls lost in the Holocaust, told through moving works of dance and live music. Based on the drawings and poetry created

and hidden by children who perished at Terezin and brought to light again as a beacon, the souls of these young artists will not be forgotten.

Gateway Auditorium • Newtown Campus • 275 Swamp Road • Newtown, PA

SaturdayApril 107:30 pmPlan now to attend this very special performance

Remember the ChildrenThe Young Artists of Terezin

SaturdayApril 107:30 pmPlan now to attend this very special performance

A presentation of the BCCC Office of Cultural and Community Programming, funded in part by the BCCC Cultural Affairs Committee.Tickets are available for $10.00 online, at

the college’s bookstore, or at the StudentLife Information Center on campus.

Student tickets can be pur-chased at the Student LifeInformation Center or at theBucks bookstore for $15.Tickets for the general publicwill be sold at $25 in theBucks bookstore and online atwww.bucks.edu/news/cultural/auditorium/featureshow2.php

“Dedicated tothe Childrenwho lost theirlives in theHolocaust”

The performanceis based on “INever SawAnotherButterfly,” andis comprised ofseveral works ofart created bychildren whowere killed.

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Bucks’ 11th annual Media Day forumBY: JOHN MACDONALDNews Editor

Today's reporter needs muchmore than a notepad and a pen-cil. "They need to be conver-sant with all the new media,"said Bucks JournalismProfessor, author, blogger andAbout.com journalism writerTony Rogers, explaining thechoice of speakers for theCenturion's 11th Annual MediaDay Forum - “In Print, Onlineand On-Camera: LocalJournalists Doing It All.”The forum will be held at 10

a.m. Wednesday, April 14 inthe Gateway Auditorium.The theme of the forum is therole of new media in localjournalism.In the past the forum has fea-

tured experts in their field:NBC News President SteveCapus (a former Bucks stu-dent), New York Timesreporter Charlie Leduff, andFox News senior producerJerry Burke.This year's featured speakers

are Bill Johnson, ConvergenceEditor, Bucks County CourierTimes, Rachel Canelli, Courier

Education Reporter, and ChrisStanley, Online Editor, TheLansdale Reporter. All aremultimedia experts, combiningeverything from print and pho-tography skills to blogging,video-casting and online pro-duction in their daily presenta-tion of the news.Students will also be able to

learn about Bucks’ journalismand communications pro-grams, through tours of theCenturion newsroom, the TVproduction studio, and filmediting lab.

Experts in �ew MediaJournalism to SpeakJohnson, the Courier's con-

vergence editor, has won over100 local, state and nationaljournalism and photographyawards. Johnson has trans-formed the Courier into a 24-hour multimedia newsroomthrough its website,PhillyBurbs.com.By publishing breaking news

stories on the website, such asthe indictment of state Sen.Vincent Fumo, with links andextra features, web readers canget updated news before thedaily paper is published.Canelli, full-time education

reporter for the Courier, isanother example of the versa-tility of the new journalist."She also crafts topics, placesand scripts and assists in edit-ing an online weekly videofeature for the [Courier] andIntelligencer newspapers' web-sites called the Buzz in Bucks,"according to the Bucks forumpress release.Stanley, the Online Editor at

The Reporter, a daily newspa-per in Lansdale, Pennsylvania,is another award-winning newjournalist. Stanley managesthe newspaper's website(www.thereporteronline.com),designs web pages and logos,writes, creates audioslideshows, maintains blogs,and promotes reader interac-tion through social networking.He "has produced, shot, andedited hundreds of videos forthe site since 2006, averagingtwo to three a week.""The forum is held every

spring. It is intended to givejournalism and other studentsan opportunity to learn what'sgoing on in the industry fromprofessionals in the field," saidRogers.The forum is usually

designed around a theme.The theme of last year's forumwas generally about onlinejournalism. "This year, wedecided to get more specific,"Rogers noted."Our journalism graduates

are not likely to begin at theNew York Times or Wall StreetJournal. They're going to gettheir start at local papers.""Even small and local papers

are getting heavily involved inmulti-media," said Rogers."Journalists need to be adeptwith digital, video and socialnetworking skills."

What's the future of jour-nalism?While new media and the

web is transforming journalism- "in the broadest sense thefuture is online" - Rogerspoints out that the vast majori-ty of newspaper revenue stillcomes from their print edi-tions. He believes that printnewspapers will be around forquite a while, in tandem withnews websites."No one's really figured out

how to make money deliveringonline news. People have beenconditioned to expect theirweb content for free. News is

not free. It costs a lot ofmoney to produce news," hesaid.Rogers muses that perhaps

people will get used to payingfor online content, such asnews, in the long run. "In theearly days of cable, everybodywas saying that it wouldn'twork because everyoneexpected their TV for free.Look at it now." He points outthat cable channels are boom-ing while the traditional free-content, advertising-support-ing networks and their stationsare struggling.Whatever the future holds,

the Bucks journalism programand the Centurion's Media DayForum are designed to helpjournalism and other studentsdevelop today's cutting-edgeskills.The forum is a must for jour-

nalism, communication, video,graphics and design studentswho want to learn how the newmedia is being used in theworld of news. This programshould also appeal to facultyand students with a generalinterest in the topic.

Professional journalists and multimedia experts will explore the cutting-edge of the news business

Loan changes will help studentstracts to service some federalloans. But the new law repre-sents a significant change inwhat has been a multibillion-dollar business for the bankingindustry.Q: How much money will

the government save?A: Taxpayers will save $68

billion over the next 11 years,according to the CongressionalBudget Office.Q: What will Obama do with

the money? How will thisaffect students and their par-ents?A: A chunk of the savings

will go toward Pell Grants forcollege students — to awardmore grants and to providelarger amounts. Communitycolleges and institutions withpredominantly minority popu-lations also will receive fund-ing.Q: Will the changes bring

down college costs?A: Sorry, no. Obama

acknowledged as much beforesigning the bill when he urgedcolleges and universities to "dotheir part" to hold down costs.Q: OK, what exactly is hap-

pening to Pell Grants?A: More than $40 billion will

go toward the grants, which aretargeted toward students fromlow- and moderate-incomefamilies. Between 2013 and2017, the maximum award willincrease to $5,975 from$5,550. The administrationalso expects more than820,000 additional awards tobe made by the 2020-2021 aca-demic year because of thechanges.Some of the money will

address shortfalls in the PellGrant program that developedbecause students were qualify-ing for more and larger grants.More than 6 million studentsreceived such grants in the2008-09 academic year, anincrease of about 50 percentfrom a decade earlier, accord-ing to the College Board.

Q: How else will studentsbenefit?A: Students who have low

incomes or meet certain othereligibility requirements andwho take out loans after July 1,2014, will see their paymentslimited to 10 percent of theirdiscretionary income aftergraduation. Current law capspayments at 15 percent ofincome.For students who make their

loan payments on time, thegovernment will forgive thebalance after 20 years, insteadof 25. Public service workers— teachers, nurses, police offi-cers and those in the military— will see any remaining debtforgiven after just 10 years ofrepayment.Q: What's in the new law for

community colleges?Community colleges, which

enroll more than 6 million stu-dents and are growing fast, willreceive $2 billion over the nextfour years for a competitivegrant program to provide train-

ing and education programs.The grant program was createdin the economic stimulus billenacted last year, but neverfunded.Q: What about funding for

institutions that serve mostlyminority student bodies?These colleges and universi-

ties will share $2.55 billion inadditional funding over thenext decade.

Q: Does anybody lose as aresult of the changes?A: Banks and other financial

institutions. Sallie Mae, thebiggest student lender, hasabout 8,500 employees in thestudent loan program and hassaid close to one-third of themmay lose their jobs as a resultof the overhaul. Sallie Mae stillwill have contracts to servicefederal loans

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Forums on writing & writersBY: ALEJANDRALEWANDOWSKICenturion Staff

For the week of April 12-16,Bucks alumni and faculty willgather for “Writing for OurLives,” a part of theWordsmithReading Series, to share therewards and challenges ofwriting with students and thecommunity.Dr. Christopher Bursk,

Bucks literature professor,hopes that students will beinspired. “A number of thepeople who will be speaking,the authors, were sitting intheir seats… they got their starthere at Bucks.”Over the course of the week,

poets, novelists, journalists,biographers, and others whohave made writing their careerwill give talks such as“Making Sense Out of History:Poetry as a Way of Healing,”and “Creating Worlds,Creating a New AmericanLiterature.”“We’ll have a wonderful mix

of people speaking,” says Dr.Bursk. “We’ll have a historian,

we’ll have a tattoo artist…we’ll have a Hollywoodscreenwriter, who has workedon a project with Jim Carrey.”Authors speaking have writtenbooks entitled “Offerings fromthe Bloody Bucket,” “TheScience of Superman,” and“Creole Cats Meet HurricaneKatrina.”The week is in memory of

Beverly Foss Stoughton, a for-mer Bucks student whoreturned to as an adjunct pro-fessor and became Bucks PoetLaureate. Professors StanHeim and Lou Camp will alsobe honored, as well as winnerof the poetry contest in theirname, Laura EleanorHolloway, a math major.Though these authors’ works

have been published, as speak-ers they will focus on the craftitself, honing in on singlepages of their books and get-ting into the specific “nuts andbolts.” Writers of every sortwill find something valuable totake away from these presenta-tions.Many resources exist on

campus for those interested inwriting. The Bucks student-run newspaper, the Centurion,is one avenue.Also available is the Tyler

Literary Society, which will behosting a coffee house at 12:30PM on Tuesday, April 13 in theFireside Lounge.The society is always lookingfor members to discuss andexplore writing together.Finally, Bucks offers

Creative Writing courses. Sixof the “Writing for Our Lives”alumni speakers took either aCreative Writing or Poetrycourse at Bucks.Asked for advice he can offer

to fledgling writers, Dr. Bursksays that they should justthrow themselves into it.“Write. Just enjoy it, don’tsecond guess yourself toomuch.” He says the pleasure inwriting is getting caught up inone’s work and being excitedabout it.“We are a community of

writers, and that includes thealumni, it includes the faculty,but also includes the students.”

Dr. Bursk stresses the impor-tance of support from fellowwriters.Of the speakers, Dr. Bursk

says that some of them mightnot have seen themselvesbecoming published authors,but that is how they ended up.One of the most importantmessages of the event is, “Ifthey can do it, you can, too!”A full schedule of presenta-

tions can be found athttp://www.bucks.edu/journalism/bursk.htm and in the“Writing for Our Lives” flyersaround campus. Note that allevents are held at the NewtownCampus in the FiresideLounge, except for those onFriday, April 16, which takeplace at the Lower BucksCampus.

NEWS8 The week of April 6, 2010

Student Research Conference Friday, April 23, 2010 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. GATEWAY ATRIUM

Come share your research and hear about others

PAPERS AND OTHER MEDIA ACCEPTED. All Comp, Foreign Language, Literature, and Social & Behavioral Science

students who submit an Application will be accepted as presenters.

To submit an application, please go to: http://www.bucks.edu/SRC

Deadline for submissions is Monday, April 19, 2010 @ Noon Questions? Contact Dr. Diamond diamondj@ bucks.edu

Spring break doesn’t match upBY: LUTHER ANDERSONCenturion Staff

As Spring break approached,many Bucks students had plansto go on trips with their friendsfrom other colleges.But strangely enough, March

14- 20, Bucks’ week of Springbreak, did not coincide withthat of many other colleges.Nicole Murray, an education

major at Bucks, said, ”I wasgoing to go to Cancun withfriends but those plans fellthrough.”Instead, she added, “I’m

going to ShippensburgUniversity to visit my bestfriends.”Shippensburg University is

located in Central PA, a far cryfrom Cancun, Mexico.Lori Rank, a nursing major at

Bucks, was going to go toAtlantic City, N.J., withfriends, but as she said “thespring breaks don’t match up.I’m going to go off to othercolleges to visit friends.”As for as other college stu-

dents going on extravaganttrips for spring break, Rank

said, “It's fun, we’re kids,might as well go crazy."Undecided major Debra

Dole had other plans.“The weekend before we

come back I’m visiting my

sister in Millersville, she said.On the other hand, Jess

Chambers, a music major atBucks, had plans that did notinvolve other colleges.“Me and my husband are

going on a road trip for threedays then homework, home-work, homework,” she said.When asked if she had a

problem with other studentsgoing on big vacations forspring break, Chambers said,“sometimes I do but I’m surethey had to plan it and my fam-ily lives in Miami so I canalways go down.”Other students, such as

Krysta Huggs, a secondaryeducation major at Bucks, said,“I’m going on a cruise in thesummer so all these other kidscan do what they want over thebreak.”Asked what her plans were

over the break, Huggs merelyreplied, “Working.”Joe Hearon, a health and

physical education major atBucks, said he planned “onworking out and getting readyfor the upcoming baseball sea-son.” Hearon is a first basemanfor the team at Bucks.When asked how he felt

about other students goingaway for spring break, Hearon

said, “it kind of makes mewant to go with them. I’d loveto go to Florida for a week tosee the Phillies in spring train-ing.”Other students were prepared

to just stay home.All Hillary Gack, a commu-

nications major at Bucks, didon her break was “Work, workand more work.”When asked how she felt

about students at other collegesgoing away for the break, Gackreplied, “jealousy, I wish Icould afford that.”Laura Wurtz, a math major

at Bucks, said, “I’m prettymuch just going to work morethan normal at Delilah’s in themall.”When asked if he took a trip

over the break, Mike McCann,a health and physical educationmajor at Bucks, said “Nope.Just looking for a job.”

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Movie ticket prices keep risingBY: JAMES ONEILLCenturion Staff

Standing in line at theOxford Valley Movie Theateron a recent Friday night,Danny Romero, 20, stood withfriends looking up at the elec-tronic selection board, trying todecide what movie they want-ed to see. Finally settling on“She’s Out of My League,” hestepped towards the counterand grimaced as the takerannounced the cost for one stu-dent ticket: $11.“It’s killer, man,” Romero

said, shaking his head his headand laughing as he handedover the money and grabbedhis ticket. “Seems like everytime I come to the movies, theprices are jacked up a little bitmore. It’s real beat.”It isn’t just in Romero’s mind

- movie tickets have been ris-ing at a rapid rate, with pricesincreasing $0.50 for all normaltickets (and $1.50 for 3-D)tickets at United Artists 14 atOxford Valley effective March26. Another local theater,Neshaminy AMC 24, has kepttheir prices at $10.50.According to a ticket-taker at

United Artists14, the risingticket costs are not benefittingthe movie theater as a whole.“We don’t increase the ticketprices because we want to- we[the theater] are not makingany money off of the increasein the prices,” said the ticket-taker, who asked not to beidentified.“Our profits come from our

concession stands, which iswhy the prices are what they

are.”Movie Theaters nationwide

cite higher operating costs andequipment needs as reasons forthe increase in ticket prices inthe past decade especially withthe introduction of more 3Dmovies. With more than 24movies coming out in 3Dbetween now and the end of2010, many theaters are raisingtheir prices to attempt to col-lect revenue to install new 3Dsystems or update the ones thatare currently in place.According to the National

Association of TheaterOwners, the average moveticket cost $5.39 in 2000 - lessthan half in some cases of whattickets cost now. This cost hasrisen every year since 1994,with prices jumping 30 centsor more every year since 2006.The high cost of movie tick-

ets has impacted both adultsand students. Pat Reda, 20, afriend of Romero’s who waswith him at the movies said,“$11 is way, way too much tospend on a movie ticket everyweek. I don’t mind doing itonce in a while, but I work toohard to blow two hours salaryon a movie every week. I thinknext week we’re going to gobowling instead- it’s fun, getsme more active, and is cheaper.All around win.”Students in particular have

been working to find differentthings to do to maximize theirmoney for entertainment.Many have taken advantagesof popular attractions in thearea, including laser tag, bowl-ing, hanging out at housesinstead of going out an minia-ture golf.

ENTERTAINMENT10 The week of April 6, 2010

She’s Out of My League is just right

What is it that makes a per-son a perfect 10? Is it anotherperson telling them that theyare a 10 or is it how that personsees themselves? That is thepremise for the film “She’s OutOf My League.”We are introduced to Kirk

(Jay Baruchel) an airline secu-rity guard who is still piningover his ex-girlfriend Marnie(Lindsay Sloane). Marnie hassince been adopted by Kirk’sparents and lives with his fam-ily and her new boyfriend.Marnie’s new boyfriend alsolives in the same house as Kirkand his parents and of coursehe’s a jerk.This situation causes things

to be uncomfortable for Kirk,to say the least. Jay is inces-santly teased and ridiculed byhis family as he’s perceived asthe weak link. Much creditshould be given to JayBaruchel, who plays Kirk withthat aw-shucks charm that thestar is beginning to be knownfor.As the viewer you really feel

for Kirk and want him to do somuch better than Marnie. Incomes Molly (Alice Eve), avery successful party plannerwho is also drop-dead gor-geous. We meet Molly as she ispreparing to board a flight atthe airport where Kirk just sohappens to be working.After a hilarious encounter

with some of Kirk’s friends atthe metal detectors, Mollymeets Kirk. The chemistrybetween the film’s leads iswhat makes the movie a suc-cess.Baruchel portrays Kirk with

an every-guy charm that doesnot leave it out of the realm ofpossibility that a guy like himcan end up with a “10” likeMolly.Newcomer Eve portrays

Molly as the girl every guywants to go out with but isafraid to ask out. While Mollyis obviously attractive, there ismore to her than just looks.As mentioned before she is a

very successful party plannerand she has very strong familymorals (her actions after anincident involving Kirk, herparents and a dog best illus-trate her loyalty to her parents.

I won’t spoil it; you have to seethe movie.)Molly has an added depth to

her that is rarely seen fromwomen in raunchy comedieslike this. Molly is actually thehero of the film; as the vieweryou want her to save Kirk fromhis life.“She’s Out Of My League”

also sports a very strong sup-porting cast. Stainer is Kirk’sbest friend played by T.J.Miller. He has the comedictiming of a Vince Vaughn andevery time he appears onscreen something funny iscoming out of his mouth.His rating system, for

instance, is possibly the bestbit in the movie. Molly’s char-acter also has an equally funnyand foul-mouthed best friend.Wendy (Krysten Ritter) is the

foul-mouthed girl every guywants until she opens hermouth. With a strong youngcast who keep the laughsgoing, “She’s Out of MyLeague” is definitely a must-see.

BY: LUTHER ANDERSONCenturion Staff

Book of Eli is an interesting action movie

BY: LUTHER ANDERSONCenturion Staff

“The Book of Eli” is a newconcept for an old genre. Thefilm takes place 30 years afterwhat is only referred to as “theGreat War.” We viewers aretaken into a world where wateris scarce, and the rate ofexchange for a moist towlettecan be equated to that of a $5bill.Denzel Washington portrays

Eli, the film’s title character,and gives an understated per-formance. Eli is a man of fewwords, as he travels the deso-late wastelands of what used tobe North America.He has the world’s last iPod,

which he occasionally stops tocharge with a car battery. Hismost prized position, though,is his Bible. Eli’s goal is to finda city where he feels that theBible belongs - because welearn throughout the film thatEli’s Bible is the very last inexistence. We learn through

Eli’s travels that the most valu-able possession that a personcan have is knowledge thatothers are lacking. In the futurethat directors Allen and AlbertHughes create, there is no setlaw and most people born afterthe Great War are not able toread. Through his travels heencounters thieves who rape,steal and kill, but we learn fair-ly early on that Eli is veryadept at defending himself.His journey takes him to a

town where he meets one ofthe only other men left whocan read and actually knowsthe power knowledge can haveon others. Gary Oldman por-trays Carnegie, the most pow-erful man in the town, who isin search of the last Bibleknown to exist.Carnegie is portrayed as Eli’s

complete opposite.The two men both realize the

power that the Bible can havebut plan to use it in opposingways. Carnegie wishes to usethe Bible as a weapon and Eliwants to use the Bible to teach.

It is fun to watch Oldman andWashington play off of eachother.The two screen legends are

clearly relishing their badguy/good guy roles and theinteraction makes their fewscenes together that muchmore intense. The same cannotbe said about Mila Kunis, whoportrays Solara, a young girlwho works in the town saloon.Solara is the illiterate daughterof Carnegie’s blind concubine,Claudia. She has grown tiredof her life and wishes to leavethe confines of her small town.Solara sees Eli as a way toleave and soon takes off toaccompany him on his quest.Kunis does not embarrass

herself playing alongside silverscreen heavyweights Oldmanand Washington. But when sheis called on to show greatrange, she is not as polished asthe movie veterans. All in all“The Book of Eli” is an enter-taining film. It has its clichésbut also sports impressive per-formances from Oldman and

Washington.We see where the movie is

going from around halfwaythrough, but with a surprisingtwist in the end, viewers can sit

back in the theatre for twohours and enjoy an actionmovie that delivers a message.

Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman give impressive performances in this post-apocalyptic flick

11The week of April 6, 2010

BY HOPE KUMOROp/Ed Editor

LLoovvee LLeessssoonnssWhat do love and rela-

tionships mean to highschool students?

I interviewed a BucksCounty Technical HighSchool and three Harry STruman students to findout.

WAITI�G

Briley hasnever had aboyfriend, butisn’t too interest-ed in the “datingscene.”“I want to waituntil the guys aremore mature, likein college,” saidBriley.

She said she’sall about beingfriends firstbefore a relation-ship.

That is a greatpoint. I’ve men-tioned before thatyou shouldalways be friendsbefore anythinghappens.

Briley thinksrelationships arecute, but she willwait. And younever know whatwill happen either. She’sstill young.

DATI�G

Shane Serfass, 18, onthe other hand is a differentstory. He’s been dating hisgirlfriend for two years andthree months.

“We met in first periodgym class,” said Shane.“We started talking. Shegave me her number, Icalled her. I thought shewas cute.”

He says they have thelongest-running relation-ship in his grade. He’s asenior.

“She’s my first real girl-friend,” said Shane. “Ittook me a little whilebefore I thought she was

the one.” His definition of a rela-

tionship is, “Not just alover, or a best friend, acombination of both. Youenjoy things together, don’tfight all the time. You onlyhave eyes for that person,you don’t make the littlethings the problem and you

make each otherhappy.”

His advice is,“If you want tohave a good rela-tionship, dealwith problemshead on.”

BREAKI�GUP

Kevin, who has theopposite take from Shane,recently broke up with hisgirlfriend.

“Turns out I didn’t knowher as well as I thought Idid. I only knew her for aweek before we started dat-ing,” said Kevin.

Everyone knows whythe relationship didn’t workright? You can read mymind by now, I bet. If youcan’t, it didn’t work

because they didn’t knowone another well enough.

Kevin’s definition of arelationship is, “Beingcommitted to someone andbeing part of their life.”

He dated this girl for ayear and a half during hissophomore year. So whathappened?

“We could only hang outtwice a month. I went toher house twice and shecame to mine once,” saidKevin.

Since she was so young,her parents would only lether and Kevin go to themovies. No park. No whereelse.

What kind of a relation-ship is that?

“It just got boring. I did-

n’t want to waste my highschool life with that,” saidKevin.

That’s understandable.Who would want to datesomeone who you can’t doactivities with? He brokeup with her after about oneyear and seven months.

“I talked to her about it.And I tried to say it asnicely as possible,” saidKevin.

His is advice is, “Make

sure you learn who the per-son is before you datethem.”

FRIE�DS FIRST

Alex Adams is in hissenior year and he’s beenon and off with his girl-friend, Amanda, who is asenior also.

“We were best friendsbefore [our relationship].Even though we get mad ateach other, we can stilltrust [one another],” saidAlex.

They currently have arelationship without thetitle. She doesn’t want arelationship because shedoesn’t want it to fall apart.

“I settle with things. Iknow I shouldn’t be thatway, but I am,” said Alex.

Alex is overprotective ofher.

“She always had guysaround. It was harder forme because I always had tobe on my toes,” said Alex.

He said he’s leavingthings open for chance.

DISTA�CE

In the fall, they will livehours away from eachother.

“She’s going to be eightto nine hours away at col-lege. But we’re still goingto talk [on the phone] andhave a webcam. We’regoing to put in the efforttogether,” said Alex.

You could see the sad-ness in his dark eyes, as hetalked about her. Eventhough he was smiling, youcould get a sense of howmuch he loves this girl.

Alex’s definition of arelationship is, “You spenda lot of time with them,you talk forever, you knowwithout saying somethingwhat they feel.”

“Love’ can be more per-manent than ‘in love,” saidAlex. “Love is when youreally know somebody,trust them no matter whatand always try to be therefor each other.”

QUESTIONS?

Have a love question or comment?

Email Hope athopandlove89@gmail.com

She’s on Facebooktoo! Friend her(Hopeand Love).

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SPORTSThe Week of April 5, 2010

THU April 883° | 49°Some sun then clouds

FRI April 960° | 35°Cooler with clouds

SAT April 1062° | 45°Mostly sunny

SUN April 1169° 45°Mostly sunny

MON April 1263° | 39°Partly sunny

WEATHER

Bucks reacts to McNabb tradeDespite the QB’s five NFC championship appreances in 11 years, Bucks students like the moveBY LIAM MCKENNAManaging Editor/Sports Editor

For the first time in quar-terback DonovanMcNabb’s career, he willnot be wearing an Eaglesuniform. The overall feel-ing on campus is positive.Looking at the Eagles sit-uation in general, tradingMcNabb made sense. Theteam seems to be having ayouth movement, so whynot have quarterback KevinKolb be a part of that?McNabb is built to playfor an Eagles team ready tocompete for a Super Bowl.The 2010 Eagles are mostlikely not going to competefor one even if they keptMcNabb.“Thank God he’s gone,”Ryan Schuler, an athletictraining and music majorsaid. “I was a fan of himearly in his career. (Thenhis talent) declined whenhe started getting hurt; hejust wasn’t accurate.”There were certainlymany electrifying playsover McNabb’s career inPhiladelphia. The playsranged from fourth and 26to a 14 second scrambleagainst Dallas.“My favorite McNabbmemory was that scrambleagainst the Cowboys in2004; that was sick,” KenFetterols, a health andphysical-education majorsaid.For every electrifyingmoment, there were cer-tainly disappointing timestoo. These performancesranged from McNabb’spass being intercepted byRonde Barber in the 2003conference championship

to his poor play againstDallas in last season’splayoffs.“As I had as my status,think of McNabb as cashfor clunkers. I’m glad tosee him go, I think that histime has come and he willbe in a better place and sowill the Eagles,” Men’sBasketball Coach SteveCoyne said.All the good and badmoments have been pushedfarther into the past withMcNabb’s trade to theRedskins. McNabb’s lega-cy will likely be just asmixed as his moments.“I was a McNabb fan,was being the operativeword,” Coyne said. “I wasa little tired of his throwsinto the ground, overreceiver’s heads, andbehind receivers.”McNabb’s statistics werecertainly great with Eagles,landing atop of many fran-chise passing records.

However, he struggled offthe paper, never being ableto quite win the importantgames.“I also got tired of hiswhining and grin, actinglike everything was okay,”Coyne said in reference toMcNabb’s reaction to biglosses.While Washington mayseem like they need waymore than just McNabb tobe successful, it will cer-tainly be interesting towatch McNabb play underMike Shanahan. Shanahanhas a little bit of successwith veteran quarterbackswinless in the Super Bowl.As for the Eagles CoachAndy Reid, he wasadamant in movingMcNabb to a desirablelocation. The trade is cer-tainly loyal and deserved,but one has to wonder ifOakland had a strongeroffer“I don’t mind him going,

but in the same division?”Fetterols said. “I actuallyhope he comes back andbeats them twice just toteach them don’t trade inthe division.”At the end of the day, it isthe Eagles signing Reid’spaychecks, not McNabb. IfOakland had a better offer,then McNabb should bewearing the black and gray.Either way, it was Reid’scall where to move him,and Washington was thepick. If things fail early inthe post-McNabb era, itwill be rather interesting tosee how the public viewsthe Eagles’ organization.“You have to start withKolb sooner or later,McNabb only had fivewins his first year, youhave to let Kolb ride itout,” Fetterols said.Coyne has faith theReid’s and the Eagles orga-nization’s ability to makethe Kolb-era work well.

“I’m looking forward toKolb, I think the eaglesknow good players, itshould be interesting,”Coyne said.There has been an overallinterest in seeing whatKolb has in store for thefuture.“Maybe Kolb could bethe next Tom Brady, whoknows? I don’t know,”Schuler said. “I think Kolbwill do enough; the teamshould play old schoolEagles football: run theball and do short passes.”If we have learned any-thing from the McNabb-Reid era, it was that run-ning the ball the majorityof the time was not theteam’s forte.“Reid will have to leantowards the running game;you can’t just rely onsomeone who has been onthe bench the last fouryears”However, the time willcome when the Eaglesneed a big plays fromKolb.If Kolb makes the plays,then few will regret mov-ing McNabb, and Reid willregain the popularity hehad in McNabb’s earlyyears.Yet, if Kolb doesn’t makethe big plays, then every-one will question movingMcNabb, and Reid will bethe only person left toblame for not winning aSuper Bowl.After all the smoke hascleared, there are only twowords that can be saidprior to this season: We’llsee.

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This Week In SportsFriday

Phillies @ HOU (8:00)Flyers @ NYR (7:00)Sixers vs MIL (7:00)

ThurdayPhillies @ WAS (4:30)

SaturdayBucksBaseball vs Luzerne (12:00)Tennis vs Delaware (1:00)

Phillies @ HOU (7:00)Sixers @ MEM (8:00)Union vs DC (6:00)

SundayBucksEquestrian@ Hunt Seat (TBA)

Phillies @ HOU (2:00)Flyers vs NYR (3:00)

MondayPhillies vs WAS (3:00)Sixers vs MIA (7:00)