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CAMPUSSERVING ALLEGHENY COLLEGE SINCE 1876
► S P O R T SWOMEN’S SOCCERLady Gators begin campaign for fi rst NCAC title since 2003.
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► O P I N I O N9/11 GUIDELINESThe White House’s release on how to commemorate 9/11 restricts free thought.
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► F E AT U R E SCOLLEGE DATINGYouTube sensations give comedic advice on rela-tionships.
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► N E W SFRENCH CONNECTIONAllegheny intern in Fismes continues a decades-old col-laboration between the towns.
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- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 -VOLUME 136, ISSUE 2 WWW.ALLEGHENYCAMPUS.COM
Find out how Meadville dining options changed over the summer on page 2.
Football Kicks offGators to start new quarterback for season opener Saturday on page 6.
ASG to discuss proactive strategic planBy DAN BAUEREditor-in-chief of [email protected]
As the Allegheny Student Government makes the tran-sition to the 2011-2012 school year, the organization is lay-ing the groundwork to pursue more long-term goals by creat-ing a three-year strategic plan.
“Every year, the transition from the old administration to the new administration is pretty rocky because people have di� erent goals,” said vice president Morgan Schrankel, ’13. “� is is a way that from year-to-year ASG can be more continuous.”
� e strategic plan is still in the planning stages and likely won’t be completed until the end of the fall semester.
ASG discussed major themes for the plan at a recent summit.
Members of ASG, as well as attendees of the Collegiate Leadership Conference and members of Greek life shared ideas at the two day event.
While the plan is far from � nished, the summit helped ASG � esh out exactly what they want to accomplish over the next three years.
“We came up with a lot of ‘what’ goals,” said president Keiron Stoddart, ’13. “How to accomplish these goals is still something that’s le� to be dis-cussed.”
� e themes include in-creased accountability, better collaboration with the campus community, improvement of ASG’s image and incorpora-tion of ASG’s plan into the col-lege’s o� cial strategic plan.
In general, the plan calls for ASG to be more proactive in addressing student concerns and be more accessible to indi-vidual students.
“Active governance is com-ing!” tweeted Alina Meltaus, ’12, director of concerts and special events, during the sum-mit.
For Meltaus, the plan is a way to take stock of where ASG is now while looking forward.
“It’s a document that takes into consideration where ASG is now and where we want it to be in three years,” she said.
According to Stoddart, the nuts and bolts of the plan won’t be presented until the Senate’s second meeting Sept. 13.
Overall, Stoddart and Schrankel were optimistic about the year ahead, though Stoddart had a plea for the stu-dent body.
“We want opinions,” Stod-dart said. “Please, please, please feel free to come talk to us.”
Parkhurst creates new original theme
CODY MILLER/THE CAMPUSHead Chef Lori Chiodos prepares one of the smoothie blends she created for the new McKinley’s station.
IDEA evolves with new appointments
� e O� ce of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Access added three new members to its sta� over the summer.
IDEA also reformed the Of-� ce of Diversity A� airs, now known as the Center for Inter-cultural Advancement and Stu-dent Success. CIASS operates under the direction of IDEA.
� e name change comes with a change in focus, said Associate Dean and Chief Di-versity O� cer Dr. Lawrence Potter, who oversees IDEA.
“Under the umbrella of Diversity A� airs, I was not sure the o� ce was achieving what we should be achieving, primarily around academic retention,” said Potter. “� e emphasis of the Center for In-tercultural Advancement and
FEATURES
Twelve feet by twelve feet. Eight hours. Twelve artists. � e artists in this Satur-
day’s “8-hour Projects” will not waste an inch when they showcase their artwork for an audience they hope to engage.
Sponsored by Allegheny’s art department, this Saturday’s Work-in-progress Day will feature 12 artists as they con-struct their pieces in the Bow-man, Penelec and Megahan galleries in Doane Hall.
Visitors will not only be in-vited to watch, but, at times, interact with the artwork.
� e event will mark the beginning of this year’s event, 8-Hour Projects: Sustaining Practice, Community and Self.
Darren Miller, assistant
professor of art and curator of the show for the past three years, explained the meaning behind this year’s title in the introduction to the event cata-logue.
“Contained within the title of this show is the suggestion that artists not only create artworks, but that our studio practice and subsequent exhi-bitions are the ways in which we form community with one another and keep ourselves go-ing,” said Miller.
� is year, Miller will not only oversee the event, but will work on a piece with one of the artists.
He and Allegheny alumna Colleen Toledano will con-struct a piece that will be drawn with pins as they plan to complete contour line draw-ings on the wall.
Student Success is really cre-ating an environment where diverse student populations understand the importance of academic rigor.”
Tahirah Jordan, formerly assistant director of Financial Aid and coordinator for mul-ticultural recruitment, was appointed this summer as the center’s director.
Artists to exhibit creative process
allotted for the proposed Freshens stand. Without undergoing extensive con-struction, the space could not hold the equipment
necessary to run the station properly, said ASG Director of Stu-dent Life, Nicole Pic-cirillo, ’12.
“� ere really wasn’t a way for any-more space to be made available,” she said in an email.
N e g o t i a t i o n s broke down and Parkhurst began to look into other smoothie station op-tions.
“Freshens takes their brand identity very seriously. � ey would have required substantial bricks and mortar changes for us to have been allowed to have a franchise,” Michael Zanie, gen-eral manager of Al-legheny College Din-ing Services said in an email. “We [...] were not interested
in making changes to the structure itself.”
Instead, Parkhurst worked quickly to develop Smoothie Street’s concept
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and facilities to make it ready for business in the fall semester.
“We’re trying to make it tie into what’s already in the Campus Center,” said Za-nie. � e station sports the same bovine logo as McKin-ley’s itself, a reference to the
myth that President William McKinley led a cow up the stairs of Bentley Hall as a prank.
When building the new smoothie station, the college worked closely with local businesses to keep it sup-plied. � e bright Plexiglas
signs on the wall outside came from a local vendor, as well as the lighted sign showcasing the day’s menu behind the counter.
Smoothie Street also uses sustainable ingredients and
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ALLEGHENY.EDUAllegheny hired Steven Canals, Tahirah Jordan and Samira Mehta this summer to strengthen diversity initiatives.
By KATIE McHUGHStaff [email protected]
Students expecting a new Freshens smoothie station may be surprised to see Smoothie Street � lling the vacant window that housed the Allegheny Bak-ing Company two years ago.
Originally, na-tional smoothie company Fresh-ens was sched-uled to operate where the new station stands. � e Allegheny Student Govern-ment Senate voted for Freshens over Starbucks almost unanimously in April.
“Everyone was working under the impression Fresh-ens was coming to campus,” said Kei-ron Stoddart, ’13, President of ASG.
However, when Freshens representatives ar-rived to survey their new site, problems arose.
� e existing deli in McKinley’s limited the space
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[Freshens] would have required substantial bricks and mortar chang-es...We were not interested in making changes to the strcture itself.
Michael ZanieGeneral Man-ager of Dining Services
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Top left: The Artist’s Cup went out of business in June and the building is now an insurance agency. Top right: Grace Asian Restaurant replaced the former Hong Kong Buffet last month and offers a full Thai menu, includ-ing spicy mango chicken. Bottom: The Whole Darn Thing sub shop is under construction in its former location. Owner Christine Jordan plans to reopen the restaurant in October.
Downtown restaurants undergo changes over summer
While the Artist’s Cup Café closed at the beginning of the summer, the Whole Darn � ing Sub Shop began rebuild-ing and Grace Asian Restau-rant arrived on Park Avenue.
� e Artist’s Cup, once locat-ed on Market Street, o� cially closed in June, though accord-ing to owner Chris Burchard, business had been dwindling since February. � e café was known for its featured local art gallery and co� ee bar.
“� ere was a steady de-cline in customer base, and with loans and everything we just weren’t generating enough cash,” said Bur-chard.
Burchard took own-ership of the café last November along with Carol Knowblow. He felt that the declining business had something to do with the loss of their head chef.
“We just couldn’t � nd anyone to really replace the quality of services and dishes that were made,” he said.
Reed Dunkle, ’12, began working at the Artist’s Cup in August of 2010 under original owner Robin Mitchell.
“� e Artist’s Cup was a rare gem to be found in Meadville, I thought,” Dunkle said.
� ough Dunkle agreed that the original employees leaving the café played a part in its decline, he thought there was simply too much change in the small café to sustain it.
“� eir [Burchard and
Knowblow’s] learning was coupled with us learning how to deal with new management, and it le� the café without a lot of inner stability,” Dunkle said. “In the end I think all the shi� ing was enough to topple it over.”
Burchard said he has no plans to reopen, but students looking to enjoy the old Art-ist’s Cup co� ee can now � nd the same supply just around the corner at Creative Crust. As for the featured gallery once located inside the café, it also found a new home at the cor-ner of Chestnut and Market Streets.
Not located far from the Artist’s Cup and undergoing its own roller coaster ride of changes, the Whole Darn � ing Sub Shop plans to have its grand reopening by October.
Owner Christine Jordan said that ul-timately the � nan-cial burden between lost goods, replace-ment equipment and rebuilding will have cost her about $350,000 of their own savings.
“It’s just been very hectic for us,” said Jordan. “It’s tough to replace anything be-cause we still haven’t got any money from the insurance com-pany for equipment.”
� e shop, located on Market Street,
was destroyed in a � re that le� one man dead in February.
A� er Wells Fargo Bank de-nied her a neighboring location in the American Red Cross
DINING IN BRIEF:
Artist Cup closes, replaced with office space
New Grace Asian Restaurant offers more diverse ethnic food
Whole Darn Thing Sub Shop rebuilds after spring fire
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building and her search for a location with an existing kitch-en yielded no results, Jordan said the business had no choice but to rebuild the original.
“Getting the replacement money for a new building was more bene� cial for us than re-locating, and we couldn’t lose that location with access to the drive-thru,” she said.
About 25 percent of their total pro� t comes from drive-thru sales, Jordan added. She said that maintaining the shop’s convenience and accessibility for the customers also made rebuilding the best option.
Jake Dowling, ’13, used to dine at the sub shop a few times each month. He enjoyed the food found the service friendly.
“I’m incredibly excited about it reopening,” he said. “� ere are so few places to eat in Meadville without � e Whole Darn � ing and Grin-gos.”
However, another new din-ing option recently replaced Hong Kong Bu� et along Park Avenue. Grace, a restau-rant featuring Asian cuisine, opened about a month ago.
Sta� member Kevin Susan-
to said that the menu includes dishes inspired by Vietnamese, � ai, Indonesian and Malay-sian cultures. “It’s the best of south Asia,” said Susanto.
Although the restaurant is still new, business seems to be building quickly, he said.
“We didn’t do a promotion,” Susanto said. “We just wanted to be quiet at � rst as long as
we set up portions, food and drink. But then everybody just spread the word so fast.”
Collette Walsh, ’13, visited the new restaurant on open-ing night and went back three more times that week.
“I have had better � ai food in the past, but of all the Asian food I’ve had in Meadville and the surrounding areas, it’s one
of my favorite places,” said Walsh. “� eir desire to really please their customers is very apparent.”
Susanto said their goal was to use food to bring life back into Meadville.
“Around the city, it’s so dead and we just only want this town to have life—like New York!”
machinery. Like Grounds for Change, it uses only certi� ed Fair Trade co� ee.
� e streamlined so� serve ice cream machine uses less electricity by adjusting amount of amps that allow it to run at full capacity.
Head chef Lori Chiodo cre-ated the recipes for each item available at Smoothie Street (strawberry banana, tropical, blueberry supreme, orange creme, banana berry, seasonal � avor), and uses six di� erent mixes for the smoothies: Trim & Fit, Energy, Protein, Relax-ing, Smart and Hangover.
As the seasons change, she said, she will look into adding other mixes, including Immu-nity and Flu Block.
Expanding student dining option is top priority, accord-ing to Zanie and Chiodo.
Although some customers asked for � avored co� ee, Chi-odo will not serve it.
“We’re not trying to take business away from GFC,” she said.
GFC board member Co-lin Soleim, ’14, feels no com-petitive threat from Smoothie Street.
“It balances nicely with GFC,” he said. “It’s good to have a milkshake-smoothie option on the meal plan.”
Smoothie Street comple-ments GFC � nancially as well, Soleim added.
“I always feel bad for turn-ing people away who only have Munch money,” he said.
Currently, GFC accepts only cash, shop, and “co� ee bucks,” while Smoothie Street accepts cash, shop, and Munch money.
Fellow GFC board mem-
ber Betsy Keene, ’12, also feels optimistic about the new smoothie station. “We thought of serving smoothies in the past but we just don’t have the set up or the space.”
“Smoothies are hard to make, and it would have been hard to train everyone in our large army of volunteers,” she added.
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CODY MILLER/THE CAMPUSStudents gather in the Campus Center lobby on the fi rst day of classes to try out the new smoothie station.
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Wenonah Echelard, ’12, recalled two press releases written about her in her life. One came out when she was voted “Mayor for a Day” of her hometown by her high school’s model legislature. The other was released by the city of Fismes, announcing the arrival of an American to the small town in northeastern France.
“Professor Wolfe told me that he had a friend in France, and that there was a special connection between Meadville and Fismes,” said Echelard.
But she didn’t realize the extent of that connection until, three days before she was set to leave, she stumbled upon the press release.
During World War I, 230 soldiers of the 112th Infan-try of Meadville, Pa. liberated Fismes from a thousand Ger-man soldiers. Pennsylvania funds helped rebuild the town once the war was over. Af-ter World War II, Meadville helped Fismes rebuild again, sending three boxcars of food and supplies to the devastated town.
“No one in Meadville re-members this,” said French professor Phillip Wolfe. “But it is well-known in Fismes.”
It was Wolfe who helped secure Echelard’s internship. He had worked with a friend of his in Fismes’ town hall,
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Denis Quéva, to create an in-ternship program for Allegh-eny students. When Echelard approached Wolfe looking to study abroad, she was chosen.
“I was almost an ambassa-dor,” Echelard said. “It was my job to come and talk to people and tell them about my life in America, but also to reinforce the relationship that Meadville and Fismes have.”
Former mayors of both Meadville and Fismes have visited each others’ towns, but Echelard was the first Allegh-eny student to go. She made a bit of a splash.
“I would go to the market on Saturday and people would point,” she said.
According to Echelard, it’s not uncommon for French people to be interested in American culture. But in Fismes, that interest is a bit more pronounced.
One example? The Ameri-can Show Champenois.
“It’s an American culture festival,” said Echelard. “They have rock bands. Like French Kiss tribute bands.”
Also at the American Show Champenois: an American car show. A mechanical bull. Pom-
Above left: Philip Wolfe, professor of French, stands with Wenonah Echelard, ’12, beside a George Washington statue in Paris. Top middle: Fismes honors Meadville with this plaque. Bot-tom middle: Meadville commemorates Fismes with this plaque in front of the gazebo in Diamond Park. Above right: Echelard stands in front of a fountain in Fismes.
pom girls. Harley-Davidsons. Line dancing. Teepees.
Echelard knows all of this secondhand. She skipped the American Show Champenois, not wanting to get swarmed.
“I would have been embar-rassed,” she said. “I would have been the American girl at the American festival.”
The American fascination in Fismes also manifests itself in less obvious ways. The Rue de Meadville runs to a me-morial bridge to honor fallen Meadville soldiers. In Mead-ville, the walkway in Diamond Park has been commemorated
as the Promenade de Fismes.However, according to
Echelard, while most people in Fismes know of the town’s connection to Meadville, most people in Meadville have no idea Fismes even exists.
That may change in the next few years. Part of Echelard’s job was to help make Fismes more accessible to tourists by translating their Web site into English. The city, hoping to ex-pand its champagne vineyards, is trying to become an interna-tional attraction.
Back at Allegheny, Echelard hopes to raise awareness about
the Meadville-Fismes connec-tion during her final semester. She has considered everything from contacting the mayor’s of-fice to starting up an exchange program, but the task is daunt-ing.
“I don’t even know who to talk to,” she said. “I don’t even know where to start.”
Still, Echelard is determined to help the people of Fismes make a more concrete connec-tion to modern-day Meadville.
“They love America,” she said. “They think we’re awe-some.”
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“We’ll hopefully create an Allegheny community re-source that will help our students have bet-ter experiences here,” said Jordan. “How we will do that is to help create inclusive environments that ultimately lead to stu-dents being more suc-cessful.”
The new office fo-cuses more on cam-pus-wide services that focus on educa-tion, rather than the program-specific, stu-dent support services of Diversity Affairs, Jordan said.
“Our programs are a result of our efforts to educate, as opposed to trying to support student groups in their efforts.”
Dr. Potter elabo-rated on the redi-rected intent of the office’s pro-grams.
“We’re in effect making sure
that as we admit diverse stu-dent populations, we are find-
ing levels of commit-ment to engage them so that they know how to navigate un-comfortable environ-ments and eventually graduate,” he said.
In order to support the LGBT community specifically, IDEA ap-pointed Steven Canals as associate director for gender and sexual orientation initiatives.
He formerly co-ordinated LGBT re-sources at the State University of New York at Cortland.
“At this point, there are certainly programs and ser-vices I have in the back of my mind, but what’s most impor-tant is for me to assess the landscape first to
decide if that’s something ben-eficial for the Allegheny com-munity,” said Canals.
The results of the Campus Climate Final Report released last fall, which suggested sever-al incidences of LGBT harass-ment, motivated the appoint-ment of Canals, Potter said.
“The new position that Ste-ven has comes from my assess-ment and my responding to the need to have a professional who is grounded in the language and the experiences of LGBT individuals,” he said. “And as Steven and I work together this year, I will refer constantly to the experience of marginal-ized voices that appear in the climate study because I think it provides part of the direction that will inform the types of programs or initiatives that he will want to do.”
Canals said that Allegh-eny sets itself apart from other colleges and universities in its commitment to create resourc-es for the LGBT community.
“This particular campus has prioritized being an inclusive community and engaging in difficult dialogues about gen-der identity, gender expression,
sex-u a l or ienta-tion,” Ca-nals said. That is a piece that is often missed.”
The third appointee, Samira Mehta, is Allegheny’s sixth Northeast Consortium for Fac-ulty Dissertation scholar and joins the IDEA staff as an
e x -pert on reli-
gion. As part of her position, she will teach a course in the spring, as well as work with Spiritual and Religious Life, which is also under the direc-tion of IDEA.
“We think that it is impor-tant that students and employ-ees at a liberal arts institution feel comfortable with express-ing their faith as part of their lived experience,” Potter said.
“So there is a renewed em-phasis on religious diver-
sity and the intersections of that as a component of the holistic individ-ual.”
IDEA’s programs and services will strive to meet goals this year that broadly enhance
and improve the cam-pus’ climate, Potter said.
“The first goal is that we have marked difference
in terms of growth and that people feel more welcomed and included and safe,” he said. “Right now many colleges and institutions still operate heav-ily in silos, particularly around diversity. And part of my work this year is to be sure that di-versity, inclusion and equity are integrated into the fabric or the core of the institution.”
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www.AlleghenyCampus.comOpinion4 || September 2, 2011 || The Campus
It has been 10 years since Sept. 11. Americans and countless others across the globe have spent those years dealing with the memories and repercussions of the attack.
Rather than encouraging Americans to look on the past with a fresh perspective, gov-ernment o� cials are proposing ways of framing reactions and memories.
On Aug. 30 the White House released two documents (one for domestic use and one for those abroad) outlin-ing how government o� cials should commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
I am glad the government put such thought into honor-ing the victims of 9/11 and is encouraging Americans to vol-unteer and reach out to other nations who have been hurt by terrorist attacks.
I’m proud of America for not only re� ecting on the past but also looking towards the future and encouraging com-munity and global fellowship.
� e anniversary of 9/11
White House intervenes in 9/11 commemorationBy JESSI SCHATZOpinion [email protected]
should be a time to remem-ber those who were lost on that day. It should provide a chance for us to consider our individual actions towards our neighbors as well as the actions taken by our country before and a� er the attacks.
It should be a time for silent re� ection but also for conver-sation, community, discussion and enlightenment.
However, these re� ections should not be impeded by the way our government wants to frame our thoughts on the at-tacks.
� ough the government cannot force its citizens to present a certain story of 9/11, the fact that the government would suggest a perspective places limits on our freedom to think independently.
By planning out how Amer-icans should perceive Sept. 11, the government is taking away the people’s right to think about and deal with the attacks on their own terms.
� e 9/11 attacks and their subsequent anniversaries are not events the government should be able or attempt to manipulate. Creating and dis-tributing the 9/11 Anniversary Planning – as the domestic guidelines are termed – makes the whole event seem scripted, detached and regulated.
� e document given to em-bassies and consulates abroad declares its intent to “present a positive, forward-looking nar-rative.”
By using the words “pres-ent” and “narrative,” the White House appears to be shaping how we felt 10 years ago and in the years since in order to pres-ent a speci� c front to the rest of the world.
President Obama and other offi cials commemorate the anniversay of 9/11 in 2010. The president is expected to speak at the Washington National Cathedral during this year’s memorial service.
The Campus Asks... What do you think of the new sMOOthie Street station in the Campus Center?
“I used to love the smoothie place that was there before. I haven’t tried this one yet, but I’m sure I will.”
“I thought it was pretty good. I got a tropical smoothie and liked it.”
“I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m a real smoothieholic, so I’m sure I’ll love it.”
“I’ve never been. I don’t have a meal plan.”
“I like it, but I wish it were open in the morning for break-fast.”
AN HONORABLE GERMAN/CREATIVE COMMONS
--Lauren Marosi, ’12 --Chris Nardi, ’15 --Michelle Holt, ’13 --Greg Coppolo, ’12 --Anna Shriver, ’13
� e government is saying there is a correct way to re-member and piece together the emotions surrounding 9/11. Americans came together and relied upon one another in the a� ermath of the attacks, but
each individual lived through unique experiences and emo-tions. � e American people should be able to re� ect on the events of 9/11 and their impact and then come to their own conclusions rather than be
The American people should be able to refl ect on the events of 9/11 and come to their own conclusions rath-er than be told how to think about those events.
told how to think about those events.
A stronger narrative could emerge if the government did not promote a certain way of thinking about and remember-ing the Sept. 11 attacks.
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“Their secrets to a successful relationship are fantastic,” Wilcox said. “Don’t be crazy and don’t have herpes. I was pretty much hooked after that.”
In addition to performing on college campuses, Ahdoot and Fixell have performed in New York comedy clubs,
sharing the stage with famous comedians such as Jim
Gaffigan. Ahdoot and Fixell have also
been featured on TV shows such as The Colbert Report and Millionaire Matchmaker.
Dave and Ethan’s YouTube channel
is called “DaveAndEthan” and features popular videos such as “Double Date Us”, “Using Accents to Pick Up Girls” and “Picking Up Girls on the Subway.” These videos, among others, have already recieved thousands of views. The comedians and their relationship advice can also be found at daveandethan.com, as well as their accounts on Twitter and Facebook.
Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell have become YouTube sensations after what began as a ploy to find a double date has become a series of goofy advice and dating shenanigans.
This Saturday, Sept. 3, Allegheny will welcome “College Dating Coaches” Ahdoot and Fixell at 9:30 p.m. in the C a m p u s Center lobby.
G A P o f f i c i a l K a t h e r i n e B o w s e r , ’12, and a few other m e m b e r s d i s c o v e r e d the pair at a c onve nt i on last spring.
“I think what appeals so much is that they’re comedy with a twist,” said Bowser. “They aren’t your typical stand-up comedians. They’re more interactive and their humor is directly targeted at college students, so it’s something everyone can relate to.”
Bowser expects a big crowd for the show, in which Ahdoot and Fixell will provide comedic advice on kissing, dancing and other various aspects of dating for college students.
“We thought they would be a great way to start off the year,” said Kelsey Gooding, ’12, a member of GAP.
Rachel Wilcox, ’14, has tuned in to the videos and says it is the goofy nature of the
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Toledano, ’01 and Alex Mead, ’01, are the only alumni featured in the show.
The artists are not the only ones who will be put to work. Visitors will be encouraged not to have a passive role in the stu-dio, but to interact with the art-ists and their projects.
One of the featured artists, Michelle Illuminato, whose work has been recognized both nationally and in-ternationally, ex-plained how a gal-lery, in her mind, is more than just pictures on the wall.
“I’m interested in the gallery as a place for interac-tion, something that makes the audience feel they can jump in and participate,” she said.
Her project, en-titled “Book Re-port,” is intended to encourage such interactiv-ity. The piece, she said, will show how much read-ing is a part of people’s lives. Af-ter asking people to show her what they’ve been reading, Illuminato collected items such as cereal boxes and signs people have noticed on their way to work. At this Sat-urday’s show, she will dedicate one wall to displaying her col-lected books on shelves. On the other wall, she post readings which visitors will have the op-portunity to remove and read. The artist also plans to show-case looking for a number of special readers who will read texts aloud that are important to them.
Joe Meiser, assistant pro-fessor at Bucknell University,
is another featured artist will encourage participation in his art. His piece in this Saturday’s show, “Become the Gorilla,” will allow guests to watch clips of a gorilla as it performs its normal routine, then step into a gorilla suit and try to recreate the animals’ actions.
Meiser, whose artwork of-ten emphasizes the limits of the human body and mind,
created this piece to show how dif-ficult it is to com-prehend the lives of animals.
“It’s impos-sible to put our-selves in the posi-tion of an animal; their minds are so different,” he said. “The piece is about trying to understand a go-rilla’s experience in the world.”
P r o f e s s o r Miller is hoping for such interac-tivity. He hopes the projects will promote active learning and ex-
ploration of the visual arts and culture.
“We must remain open to the ways in which our works will com-municate back to us as our ideas evolve,” he said. “In other words, this show is meant to get under art’s skirt and show us its parts: process, concept, display, to name a few.”
Work-in-progress Day will take place in the art galleries this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Following the event, an opening lecture and reception for “8-Hour Projects” will oc-cur September 6 from 7 to 9 p.m., also in Doane Hall. The exhibition will remain open for visitors from Sept. 6 to Sept. 25.
PROJECTS
Comedians bring mix of love, laughter
Top: Artist Michelle Illuminato’s project Guide was featured in Serbia’s Kontekst Galerija in 2006. The piece encouraged locals to create pages for the guide book. Middle: Artist Faith Johnson created this performance piece, in which she filled the bubble with her accumulated breaths for eight hours.Bottom: Artist Michael Garrett created a portrait of model Doug Lodge.
I’m interested in the gallery as a place for interac-tion, something that makes the audience feel they can jump in and participate.
Bereafest brings it back to the music
By COLLEEN PEGHERAssistant Features [email protected]
from page 1
Although the calendar might show that summer isn’t over for another three weeks, classes begin this week, mark-ing the beginning of fall for us college students.
With the demise of summer, we are also confronted with an-other end: the end of music fes-tival season.
This summer, it seemed that if you wanted to see any decent live music, you had no other choice than to dish out $250, buy a ticket to a festival and bake in the hot sun for hours just to listen to a band worth hearing.
Beyond the price tag and the music, the atmosphere of the average music festival is equally displeasing.
In my experience with mu-sic festivals and those who at-tend them, these events are little more than a corporate-sponsored excuse for people to use drugs and act like they’ve had some sort of musical ca-tharsis, while in reality the mu-sic often plays a secondary role to their own intoxication.
In short, if you want to hear about Bonnaroo or Sasquatch, go read Pitchfork or Rolling Stone.
Their writers have the mon-ey and the stomach to attend them.
I, on the other hand, am go-ing to write about something that receives absolutely no at-tention national press and that has managed to fight off corpo-rate sponsorship for six years now.
I’m going to write about Bereafest.
Bereafest is everything that is right with music.
The bands at the event re-ceive no incentives except for gas money, food and whatever they can make selling merch. Every cent that is made beyond the costs of putting on the two days of music is then donated to a local charity organization. The price of admission for the 20 hours of music that Bereaf-est offers: $10.
Much of the music you’ll hear at Bereafest is nothing you have ever heard on the radio, as it features 100 percent inde-pendent bands.
Though it started as a cel-ebration of the local punk and ska scene, the festival has since become largely associated with folk rock as well. There is a lot of variation in many of the acts involved, but each act is still treated with interest and re-spect.
For folk acts like Paul Bari-beau and Eric Ayotte there is attention paid to lyrics and a quiet sing-along, but for more upbeat bands like the Sidekicks and Lemuria, dancing and screaming at the top of ones lungs is still customary. Bereaf-est’s punk roots are still appar-ent.
When you walk through the doors of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in the small college town of Berea, Ohio and into the thick, musky air that sur-round Bereafest, you feel a change.
You feel an overwhelming sense of community with the bands and fans alike; you feel a connection to the others in the room who came only to listen to music and feel something genuine.
Before you go and blow all of your money on Coachella next year, I recommend giving Bereafest a try.
comedians is what makes the act so entertaining.
“I watched a couple of their videos and these guys are tools,” said Wilcox. “But that
is what makes it so funny.”
B ows er, a l o n g with other members of GAP, is
hoping the show will score as big with students as it did with those who attended the conference last spring.
“I definitely have a favorite part, but I’m not going to spoil it.” Bowser said. “You’ll just have to come see for yourself.”
Gooding feels that the act will be a popular event for the first weekend of campus.
“Comedians usually go over really well here at Allegheny,” said Gooding. “Their act is really great and very comical.”
Wilcox cited one specific piece of advice as the main reason she will be attending.
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Contributed by Michelle Illuminato
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YouTube sensations to offer relationship, dating advice with comedic twist
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Pick-Up Lines from Ahdoot and
Fixell
• “Do you mind if I read that book to you?”
• “If I can guess your name will you go out to coffee with me?”
• “If you guess my name wrong then you can take me out.”
• “I would like to buy you many cof-fees... like hundreds of coffees.”
• “Let’s have an im-promptu date at the Empire State Build-ing.”
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Ahdoot and Fixell tour college campuses across the coun-try providing comedic advice to students on dating. They became a YouTube sensation and recently performed at the People’s Improv Theatre in New York.
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Orchesis 2010. Orchesis is an annual dance event created and performed entirely by students.
SundayOrchesis
Show off your sachet skills while trying out for this annual dance per-formance. Auditions are held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium.
SaturdayStudent Involvement Fair
Visit the Gator Quad from 1 to 3 p.m. to discover vari-ous clubs on campus while meeting students interest ed in similar activities.
What’s Happening
and have shared the stage with com-ics such as Jim Gaffigan, Todd Bar-ry, Jim Norton, Anthony Jeselnik, and Amy Schumer, at New York comedy clubs and venues such as Gotham Comedy, Comix, Eastville Comedy, and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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Gators starting with fresh facesFollowing a disappointing
performance in their scrim-mage against Thiel last week, head coach Mark Matlak is not sure what to expect from his team for Saturday’s home opener against Bethany.
In the scrimmage, the of-fense was shut out and the de-fense showed multiple weak-nesses, which was largely due to the many new faces at key positions, particularly quarter-back. Jordan Fowler, ’12, is the new signal caller for the Gators following the graduation of TJ Salopek, the school’s all-time leader in nearly every passing statistic. The season opener will be Fowler’s first start in a regular season game of his ca-reer.
Matlak is taking an open-minded approach to the game, particularly with his expecta-tions of Fowler.
“We’ll find out on Saturday,” said Matlak about Fowler’s progress at the position. “You’ll find out when I find out.”
Despite being a senior, Fowler has seen little of the field in his time at Allegheny. With that in mind, Matlak isn’t going to scrutinize Fowler’s
Soccer shooting for NCAC championship
Commentary: A wish list for Gator sports this fall
It’s the beginning of the se-mester, so naturally it’s a time to outline some goals. Here are a few things I’d love to see this semester from some of our sports teams.
I’ll start with the cross country teams, which are his-torically the most successful of the fall sports here. The women have won the NCAC champi-onship 11 times, while the men have won the past seven titles to bring their total to 10. I hope they can find a way for their dominance to continue.
For the men, this means finding a way to recover from losing some of their top run-ners. Last year’s team that climbed to No. 2 in the nation-al rankings and finished. They were so good last year that it almost wasn’t news when they took the NCAC crown.
Without Chris Marker, Jera-mie Parker, Ryan Sullivan, An-drew Mahone and Zac Ross, they are suddenly at risk of fall-ing out of the top spot.
They will need strong per-formances from returners Mike Vlah, ’13 and Pat Mc-Glaughlin, ’12. Junior transfers Kevin Edwards and Bobby Over will also need to make an immediate impact.
If the top five on the wom-en’s team can come together, they have a shot at once again becoming a contender. Right now, Kelly Gallagher, ’13, and Kristina Martin, ’14, are clearly the top two on the team and major contenders for individu-al accolades.
The football team has the potential to take a step back this year after losing so many important players.
Losing players to gradua-tion is a never-ending prob-lem for teams, but the Gators lost some serious talent after last season. With no Salopek, Facaros or Mitchell, it’s more appropriate to think in the
The Allegheny women’s soc-cer team wasn’t picked to win the NCAC this year, but that is not stopping them from shoot-ing for a conference title.
After posting one of the best seasons in Allegheny history, the women’s soccer team has been picked to finish second behind last year’s champion Denison, who also reached the NCAA quarterfinals.
The Gators return eight starters and hope to reproduce last year’s 12-0-3 start, which was the best in the program’s history.
With the return of several key players from last year, in addition to some new faces, the players believe a conference ti-tle is a real possibility.
“The incoming class has some phenomenal prospects and the upperclassmen are def-initely stepping up their game, making us a very deep team,” said Alex Gordon, ’12. “That will definitely play to our fa-vor when conference play rolls around.”
The Gators are making the
performance too heavily .“That was his first competi-
tion of any kind of significance at Allegheny, so we’re not go-ing to judge him on that and we’re not going to judge him quickly,” Matlak said. “He’s clearly the best guy we have and we’ve got to let him work through the growing pains.”
Prior to this year, Fowler made just two game appearances and completed three of five passing at-tempts. But because he has spent so much time lower in the depth chart, Fowler is comfortable with the responsibility that his coach placed on Salopek. The key to his success will not be learning the play-book, but rather executing it, and Fowler is confident he can make a smooth transition.
“TJ and I were good friends and he always helped me [during practice],” said Fowler. “It’s not really anything too different. He’s gone and
now I’m there. That’s all it is re-ally.”
While Fowler has an experi-enced offensive line to protect him and to provide a running game, he will throw to new starters at the receiver posi-tion. Seniors Matt Griffith and Sean Griffin will be his top two
targets. Although they weren’t start-ers last year, they were productive members of the passing game, each of them averag-ing more than 13 yards per catch. Griffin’s 14.7 yards per catch average was the best on the team last year.
Following train-ing camp, Fowler
thought he and his receivers were play-ing well together, but their inability to con-
sistently connect served as a wake-up call that there is much more work to be done in the passing game.
“As a whole for offense, we had a really good camp but we did struggle against Thiel,” said Fowler. “It’s just a stepping
stone, it’s a learning experi-ence. We’ll be good to go.”
The Allegheny defense also wasn’t immune to problems against Thiel. The group has two huge holes to fill after los-ing defensive tackle Jermaine Mitchell and safety Sid Faca-ros, who were each longtime staples of the “Black Flag” de-fense. The team’s inability to stop Thiel’s first team offense in the scrimmage has Matlak concerned about keeping op-ponents off the board.
In fact, he said he was wor-ried more about fixing the defensive problems that were exposed in the scrimmage heading into Saturday night. Last year’s unit was one of the biggest strengths of the team, as they were able to make many teams one-dimensional with their run defense. The Gators gave up 62.3 yards per game on the ground, which was the fourth-best average in Division III.
“Thiel ran the ball well, threw the ball well and did everything well,” Matlak said. “We struggled so we want to try to redeem ourselves on Sat-urday.”
Kickoff against Bethany is set for 7 p.m at Robertson Field.
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short term. They need to make sure they come out of their non-conference schedule with offensive and defensive identi-ties.
My final wish for the fall is a bold one: for the women’s soccer team to win the NCAC championship. Last year they put together a historic season and went unbeaten in their first 15 games, but lost to Deni-son 1-0 in the conference finals following a thrilling shootout victory against Wooster the round before. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tour-nament, which was their first appearance since 2003. But the pieces are all in place for them to earn an automatic entrance to the national tournament this year.
For starters, they return goalkeeper Emily Karr, ’12, whose 10 straight shutouts to open the season allowed them to cruise through their non conference schedule. They also return experience in all three areas of the field, particularly at midfield, where seniors Bec-ca Crissman and Kira Kliment played in more than 20 games last year. The team did lose its top two scorers in Nicole Mas-cia and Abby Silvester, but I expect Georgia Frost, ’12, to pick up the slack. She played in more than 20 games at forward last year and was third on the team in scoring.
I’m also pulling for the women’s soccer team because they seem to be the school’s best shot at a fall sports title (not including cross country) since 2003, when they last won the NCAC.
Hopefully they can end the fall drought of conference championships in spectator sports.
It’s been too long. This cam-pus needs a fall champion, and I really think the women’s soc-cer team is the one that can pull it off this semester.
They have all the tools and the time is right to use them.
Jordan Fowler, ’12, will make his first career start Saturday night against Bethany College.
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He’s clearly the best guy we have and we’ve got to let him work through the growing pains.
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Emily Karr, ’12, recorded 10 shutouts last year for a Gator squad that went unbeaten in its first 15 games.
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extra effort to play and practice as a single unit as they work to-wards their long term goals.
“Staying to-gether when we get down or when we are having trouble offensively is going to be im-portant,” said goal-keeper Emily Karr, ’12. “I think we all have the same goal in mind and we’ve been working to-wards that together. Our attitude on and off the field has be-come more focused and we know what we need to do.”
Last season Karr was a strong per-former for the Ga-tors, finishing the season with 10 shutouts. She also held the opposition score-less for the seventh longest amount of time (1,092 minutes) in NCAA his-tory. Her performance, along with that of All-Region sopho-more Alison Buzzard, high-
lighted a season that they hope to build upon.
“I think one of our ultimate goals as a team is to advance past the first round of the NCAA tournament,” Gordon
said. “We lost in the first round last year and you al-ways want to build off your past suc-cesses.”
Players recog-nize that reach-ing their goals this season will require more than just pure talent and dedica-tion. They will also need to maintain the team chemis-try that fueled last year’s memorable run.
“Our team is pretty tight off the field, which contrib-utes to on-the-field dynamics,” Gordon said. “Coach Web-ber and [assistant coach Linda Schir-
meister] always reinforce how important it is that we support each other as teammates and
it’s definitely something we’ve taken to heart as a group.”
While unity within the team is important, players feel that it is equally important that they remain grounded and focused on this season rather than rest-ing on last year’s accomplish-ments.
“Our biggest challenge this year will probably be be-ing able to put last year in the past and concentrate on this year as a whole new year,” said Kira Kliment, ’12. “We want to set our goals high this season just as in previous seasons and make it to the conference final and NCAA tournament again.”
Karr also stressed the im-portance of taking a fresh ap-proach to the season.
“Each year is different and I think we’ll take a different path than last year,” Karr said. “We have a lot to figure out.”
The Gators open their sea-son with the Dickinson Invita-tional Friday Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. against Lycoming.
They will play five games before their home opener Sept. 14 against Grove City.
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BY COLLEEN PEGHERFeatures [email protected]
Our biggest challenge this year will prob-ably be being able to put last year in the past and concentrate on this year as a whole new year.
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