the shepherd university picket issue 59

115th Year No 59 WedNesdaY OctOber 10 2012 First Issue Free

INDEX | NEWS 2 | COMMENTARY 5 | ARTS amp LIFE 7 | SPORTS 10facebookcomthepicket

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The Unicycle Guy Noah Moody See Story Page 8 See the Homecoming

Highlights on Page 3 and Sports Section

Shepherd Students Weigh in on DebateEli TracEwElletrace01ramsshepherdeduYoung Republicans and Young Democrats came to a consensus about the out-come of the West Virginia senatorial debate in spite of the political mudsling-ing that took place between the candidates

Shepherd University held a West Virginia senatorial debate between Democrat-ic Senator Joe Manchin Republican candidate John Raese and third-party candidate Bob Baber of the Mountain Party on Oct 2 at 7 pm in Reynolds Hall The debate drew an audi-ence of around 200 people

Panelists were Hans Fogel from WEPM Radio Mark Kraham from WHAG-TV Craig Bartoldson from The Martinsburg Journal and Heather Greenfield from The Picket The event was sponsored by Shepherdrsquos MBA program and the American Cancer Society

Topics included job cre-ation and growth energy healthcare education and the environmentBoth College Republican president Michael Lesko and Young Democrats vice president John Isner be-lieved Manchin was the de-bate winner

Lesko said ldquoI thought Manchin won the debate I didnrsquot think Raese did a good job connecting the Obama-Reid team with Manchin I donrsquot think peo-ple are going to buy that argumentrdquo

Mr Jayant Vodela drives Junior Class royalty Meghana Vodela and Ian Hickman in his Rams spirited 2008 Mercedes Benz 320 with assistants from little brother Ahun Vodela during the 2012 Homecoming Parade down German Street on Saturday October 6 2012 Photography by Don Zumbach

Homecoming Celebrations of 2012

BEnnETT laruEblarue01shepherdeduDarrell Johnson and Han-nah Cole were crowned the Homecoming King and Queen of 2012 just before noon on Saturday the 6thThe Homecoming festivi-ties started at 10 am on German St with the tra-ditional parade After a brief introductory speech by Brian Filon a gradu-ate student at Shepherd University the Shepherd University Marching Band took over The Ram Band skillfully played a medley of older songs including ldquoThe Locomotionrdquo and at one point the entire band started a chorus line kick while still playingAfter the band had marched off of German Street the procession of automobile-

mounted Shepherd VIPs and organizations began President Suzanne Shipley started the motorcade in a silver Mustang followed by this yearrsquos Outstanding Alumnus Bob Wantz from the class of rsquo55 and last yearrsquos Homecoming Queen The previous King was un-able to make an appear-ance due to an overseas expedition with the Peace Corps This yearrsquos Homecoming court rounded out that por-tion of the procession and the appearance of Zan Shepherdrsquos actual ram mascot signaled the begin-ning of the floatsOver a dozen of Shepherd Universityrsquos most presti-gious organizations made appearances in the parade with floats and on foot

They were joined by some community groups such as the Shepherdstown Volun-teer Fire Department and Jong Hap Mu Sool Martial Arts Each group had a differ-ent display for the crowd Although there were too many to list some of the dayrsquos highlights included Habitat for Humanity who dressed in the Three Little Pigs costumes (as well as houses of straw wood and brick) and Theta Xi with their Game of Thrones themed float upon which they performed a brief ren-dition of the popular Gang-nam Style danceWhen the parade ended the participants lining both sides of German St dis-persed to wait for the coro-nation and football game that would take place an

hour later Some relaxed at the tailgating party in the parking lot behind Scar-borough Library Feelings about the parade were favorable alumna Te-resa Chernay commented that the band was good every year and was always worth coming to listen toAt a quarter to noon the pregame performances at the Rams Stadium ended and the marching band once again led a procession albeit a much shorter one After playing Shepherdrsquos alma mater and the Na-tional anthem the band di-vided to line the path down which the Homecoming court would walk This yearrsquos court was made up of Seniors Darrell John-son Hannah Cole Ben Hackett Brian Miller Mi-

chael Haynes and Eliza-beth Greer Juniors Ian Hickam and Meghana Vodela Sophomores Ty-ler Hulton and Courtney Samms and Freshmen Haasahn Peyton and Madi-son BoehmThe cheerful procession lasted only a few short min-utes during which time the tension thickened over which members would be-come the new royal couple After each member of the court was introduced to the stadium and walked across the field in pairs the news was broken that Darrell Johnson and Hannah Cole had been selected as 2012rsquos Homecoming King and Queen to which the entire stadium responded with cheers and applause

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Raese compared football player Kurt Warner who left West Virginia to play for Penn State with Man-chin who left the position of governor to run for the ldquoWashington Senatorsrdquo Raese believed Manchin was ldquoon the wrong teamrdquoIsner who said he saw holes in Raesersquos argument said ldquoHe never expressed how [Manchin] was on that team other than par-ty affiliation Even Baber told Raese that his anal-ogy was wrong because Manchin has proven him-self to be an individualrdquoManchin did not have a solid debate either accord-ing to LeskoLesko said ldquoI didnrsquot like some of his stuff I thought he was weak on coal and tax policy Thatrsquos a big problem in West Virginia And [he didnrsquot talk about] the eastern Panhandlerdquo

Baber said that he sup-ports ldquoObamacarerdquo and that a free colonoscopy ldquomight be a good thing af-ter this debaterdquoRaese was strongly op-posed to universal health-

care He believes Americarsquos system is ldquothe greatest healthcare system in the worldrdquo Baber disagreed with

Raese and said ldquoWe do not have the greatest healthcare system in the world We have the great-est healthcare system for those who can afford itrdquoRaese also asked the audi-ence ldquoif Ted Kennedy get sick he doesnrsquot go to Eu-rope does herdquo Ted Ken-nedy died of cancer 2009One of Baberrsquos comments crossed the line accord-ing to Lesko Baber said in reference to Raesersquos po-litical tactics that many of his accusations of Manchin were ldquobullshitrdquoLesko said ldquoHe was just very unprofessional I mean cussing on live radio and then he interrupted Raese a couple of times It seemed like her was there to make a scenerdquoBaber apologized when moderator Cecilia Mason from West Virginia Public radio reminded the candi-

dates that the debate was a live broadcastIsner said ldquoAt times I thought [Baber] was too radical especially for the state of West Virginia but as far as debate skill went he was contending [well]

with the two other candi-datesrdquoLesko said that the debate went as he had expectedLesko said ldquoJoe Manchin won Raese was decent and the third party guy was just crazyrdquo

ldquoJoe Manchin won Raese was decent

and the third party

guy was just crazyrdquo

Shepherd Accredited for Another 10 YearsSamanTha Youngsyoung01ramsshepherdeduShepherd has been granted reaffirmation of accredita-tion for the maximum time period of 10 years from the Higher Learning Commis-sionShepherd met all five cri-teria for accreditation mission and integrity preparing for the future student learning and effec-tive teaching acquisition discovery and application of knowledge and engage-ment serviceDr Dot Hively director of assessment and account-ability said ldquoAs a result students receive a qual-ity education at Shepherd and have opportunities to be highly involved in the community They also have the opportunity to receive financial aid if qualified

Non-accredited institu-tions cannot provide fed-eral financial aidrdquo Shepherd professors have expanded their syllabi this semester The enhanced syllabi are for student ben-efit and faculty credibilityJunior historic preserva-tion major Sarah Brennan said ldquoA lot of people say itrsquos too long and that we donrsquot really need all of that infor-mation I think these kinds of changes could benefit the university and help us appear more mature and professional as students and professorsrdquoSophomore art major Yas-meen Alkordi believes the added information on syl-labi is pointless Alkordi said ldquoI just donrsquot see why we had to change things around and make the syllabus 10 times lon-

ger than it originally was We know our goals as pro-fessional studentsrdquoThe HLC site team re-viewed the catalog in-formation on RAIL and course syllabus this sum-mer They searched for number of credit hours day and time of meeting and class format The HLC also focused on faculty workload issues The fac-ultyrsquos deep concern for stu-dents created faculty work overload as a resultMore information regard-ing assessment will also be reported in 2013 because of Shepherdrsquos new core curriculum The site team suggested more classroom specifics and also more evi-dence reporting on the new curriculum Course goals departmental goals and student outcomes were re-

quested to be made more visibleThe university administra-tion will next report on the progress of graduate pro-grams in the past year The HLC stated that the university will need a mon-itoring report and a prog-ress report on federal com-pliance and assessment of student learning and graduate education by Dec 15 2012 The university will be required to submit sample syllabi for graduate and undergraduate studies this DecemberDr Robert Scott Beard dean of graduate studies and associate vice presi-dent for academic affairs said ldquoTheyrsquore basically making sure that wersquore closing the loop on assess-ment and that therersquos a linkage from the course

to the department to the overall degree programrdquoThe university is work-ing to provide consistency among syllabi enhance current programs and ex-pand to offsite programs in Martinsburg and the main campusHively said ldquoAccredita-tion is vital Not everyone meets all five criteria like we did Just reading a re-port doesnrsquot give us a sense of who we are as a univer-sity that takes pride in its programs and students Ac-creditation gives Shepherd a chance to re-visit all the things that have happened at the university since 10 years agordquo The next site visit will oc-cur during the 2021-2022 academic year

Dr Robert Tudor Joins Shepherd as New Chair of Music DepartmentSamanTha Youngsyoung01ramsshepherdeduAs students drift through Shepherd Universityrsquos Frank Center with clut-tered sheets of music in hand a well-dressed man sporting a blazer short dark hair and glasses pro-ceeds to his office Dr Rob-ert Tudor the new chair of the music department smiles genuinely as he tunes his laptop to some of his favorite classical guitar melodiesTudor said ldquoMy family has always been musical but Irsquom the only one who has made a profession of it My family is full of amateur musicians and I was the only one to go to college I basically used music to pay my way through collegerdquo Tudor developed a sincere passion for music as an undergraduate at Stetson University He pursued his masterrsquos at the University of Miami and completed his doctorate at University of MarylandHe was named director of the music department at Jacksonville University af-

ter completing his doctor-ate Tudor began to miss the Maryland area and de-cided to apply for the music department chair position at ShepherdTudor said ldquoItrsquos the charac-ter of Shepherdstown that I find so great Itrsquos the fact that there are so many in-dependently owned shops hererdquoTudor enjoys the Shep-herdstown Sweet Shoprsquos harvest cookies and coffee He admits to going there at least twice a weekTudor also enjoys back-packing running and playing classical guitar Tudor enjoys musical the-ater opera classical guitar bluegrass and jazz espe-cially European jazz gui-tarist Django ReinhardtHe currently resides in Sharpsburg Md with his partner Bob Robinson They have two dogs and have considered adopting children Robinson is the director of opera at the University of North Caro-lina at Chapel Hill and travels back and forth from UNC on a weekly basis

Tudor said ldquoWersquove been to-gether for nearly 20 years We went to school together Hersquos only home three days a week so it can be dif-ficult when he leaves on Mondays and doesnrsquot come home until ThursdayrdquoTudorrsquos drive for music started at a young age Tudorrsquos parents divorced when he was four years old He did not have his father for nearly 20 years yet a musical connection still existed between themTudor said ldquoI remember I had these old reel tape recordings of my dad sing-ing and playing guitar and banjo Therersquos always been an emotional side to my general interest in musicrdquoTudor does get to see his father nowadays His fam-ily gets together every two years for Christmas They sit down together and per-form mountain songs on guitar and banjoTudor is viewing the facil-ityrsquos equipment and check-ing to see what needs to be updated and replaced He is working on the de-partmentrsquos programming

and making sure it meets the studentsrsquo needs Tudor notes that Shepherd has never had a full-time voice specialist He aims to show students the acceptable standard of voiceTudor teaches Menrsquos Choir English Song Literature English Diction Applied Voice Lessons and Vocal PedagogyTudor said ldquoTherersquos a true genuineness and warmth returned by the students here at Shepherd Itrsquos pret-ty much what keeps me go-ingrdquoJunior vocal performance major Amanda Blood be-lieves Tudorrsquos input is be-yond helpful Blood takes voice lessons from Tudor

Blood said ldquoI think my favorite thing about his teaching method is how tough he is on me Itrsquos only been the first month in the semester and Irsquove already made a lot of improve-ments For the 13 years Irsquove been studying voice privately Irsquove had a few particular vocal issues but all it took was his way of explaining things to make it clickrdquoDepartment of music oper-ations manager Esperanza Alonza believes Tudor was the best choice Alonza said ldquoHe is obvious-ly not only an outstanding artist but also an incred-ibly gifted teacher None of the other candidates even came closerdquo

Professor Rob Tudor plays the piano while singing one of his favorite numbers Photograph by Elizabeth Horn

Debate From

Raese and Manchin square off on Tuesday October 2 2012 in front of a packed audience of students and community members in Reynolds Hall Photography by Don Zumbach

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Shepherd Cheerleaders Perform a stunt for the crowd of Ram Fans at the Homecoming Game on Saturday Photography by Don Zumbach

Shepherd student Jordan Clark tosses candy to the audience during the

Homecoming Parade on Saturday Photograph by Ryan Franklin

Shepherd lsquos Ram Band Takes the field for their Homecoming Halftime show Photography by Don Zumbach

Shepherd students fill the amphitheater at the Founders Day Parade on Friday Photograph by Ryan Franklin

Shepherd students fill the streets at the Founders Day Parade on Friday Photograph by Ryan Franklin

2012 Homecoming King Darrell Johnson and Queen Hannah Cole Photography by Don Zumbach

The loveable Zan strolls down German street in the 2012 Homecoming pa-rade escorted by Dr Tom Segar Vice President of Student Affairs and Barbara Byers Director of Counseling Services and Zanrsquos owner Photography by Don Zumbach

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Get Involved Get LocalnaThan YESSlErScreamingeagles33livecom

Since this is an election year for the presidency voting has been more talk-ed about than usual but what about for all the other elections on lower levels Most of the time when we talk about voting we talk about who wersquoll vote for in the presidential elections and sometimes in elections for governor or Congress But often the local elec-tions are left out of view deemed unimportant Local government holds a lot of power that we of-ten overlook One of the best examples in our own Shepherdstown is with the parking garage situ-

ation Shepherdstown and Shepherd Univer-sity would greatly benefit from such a garage but because efforts to get one built have been blocked by the local government we donrsquot have one This is just an example of how much local government can really affect us Local government does so many things that we donrsquot really pay attention to yet wersquore affected by it so much Because local govern-ment is so often ignored though the same people are able to get elected each year They can pretty much do what they want If they donrsquot have much opposition whorsquos there to stop them If you donrsquot

participate much you shouldnrsquot be surprised if you donrsquot see things you like going on around you via the local government This is not to say that the local government is bad This is only say-ing what is possible and sometimes what is the case People donrsquot exercise civic responsibility Itrsquos a privilege often ignored and sadly wasted Whatrsquos the point in having some-thing if you donrsquot use it The only thing we can do as Shepherd students is to get involved Stu-dents can register with their own local govern-ments or they can see if itrsquos possible to regis-ter for Shepherdstown

Irsquod highly recommend Shepherdstown since this is where you are go-ing to college very likely for the next several years of your life What the town does affect the col-lege and thus affects you Not only that but it af-fects people who come after you some of whom may be your children See what you can do get involved register to vote and if you really want to change something maybe even see about running for an office yourself You donrsquot need to be a po-litical science or govern-ment major in order to anyone can run Most lo-cal government positions are part time too so it

wouldnrsquot be taking up all or even very much of your time Many if not most only require that you be 18 have a high school di-ploma and live in the area Get involved with a local party for financial back-ing and you might be setDonrsquot only pay attention to the presidential elec-tions Get involved on the state and local levels as well Pay attention to your governor your con-gressman or senator and even your local mayor Small elections can be the most important We want good people on all levels not just the top How can the top be held up if the foundations are weak

Why Ryan Would Be Better than Romney

Zach rouncEvillEZrounc01ramsshepherdedu We are virtually one month away from the general election as the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns are gearing up for their final stops to rally supportMany political pundits and commentators alike see that the race would be close one if the elec-tion were held today Obamarsquos campaign hing-es on how he promises to keep his agenda going It is on his shoulders to produce an election vic-tory because his vice president is for lack of a better word inept com-pared to the other candi-dates running in the raceFor Romney it looks as if the man he picked to be his running mate Rep Paul Ryan may be a stronger and more reliable candi-

date It is Ryan who will keep Romneyrsquos chances alive because the former governor of Massachusetts cannot seem to stick to a viewpoint without chang-ing it Ryan is the best choice that Romney could have made Some felt that Florida senator Marco Ru-bio would have been the ideal choice to help Rom-ney capture the Latino vote that will be crucial in the Florida electorate However he chose the charismatic and vibrant Ryan to help him in his quest for the White House To be honest Romney is definitely not the best choice that the Republican Party could have made It seems as if they had no other choice however given the other candidates that decided to run There are many including my-self that feel Romney is not a true conservative

His constant change in policy rhetoric and his pol-icies enacted while he was governor of Massachusetts are evidence of this view If the Republican Party truly thought he was the best candidate then Re-publican voters across the country would have wanted him to represent the party back in 2008 but that nomination went to John McCain instead McCain decided not to run again so the party is stuck with RomneyPaul Ryan on the other hand is a true conserva-tive In choosing Ryan Romney picked a candi-date who has better ties to the Republican Party than he does Romney picked a candidate who essentially balances out his ticket a candidate who is fiscally astute when it comes to budgeting and government spending

Ryanrsquos tenure as chairman of the House Budget Com-mittee is a testament to his knowledge of how to be fiscally responsible when it comes to spending With the economy as the cen-tral focus in this election Romney made the right choice in picking Ryan to help this country avoid falling off the fiscal cliff Taking all this into ac-count the fact that Ryan is young vibrant and more energetic than Rom-ney makes it easy to see why he would make a bet-ter candidate for presi-dent a candidate that would better represent the Republicans During the entire campaign Ryan has been upbeat about bringing positive change to Washington change that would be better for the nation given the mess that we are currently in Romney as it seems canrsquot

seem to stick to his con-servative platform as he continues to flip-flop on key issues His recent ldquo47 percentrdquo comment doesnrsquot bode well for his campaign either Ryan is the glue that is cur-rently holding Romneyrsquos campaign together If it werenrsquot for Ryan this election wouldnrsquot be as close as it is right now Michael Lesko a politi-cal science major agrees that Ryan would be a better candidate for the Republicans as well ldquoHersquos definitely more con-servative and hersquos gotten more positive things ac-complished for the con-servatives than Romney hasrdquo said Lesko ldquoIf sepa-rate rallies were held for Romney and Ryan more people [would] show up to support Ryan because of his energetic person-ality and charismardquo

Paul Ryan posing with his running mate Mitt Romney at an event in Norfolk Virginia

Photo credit Wikicommons



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We Have a Bad Connectionhellip

wEndY haTchErwhatch01ramsshepherdedu

Have you ever been in the middle of doing research for an important paper and all of a sudden the Internet stops working It has happened to me numerous times I get a great feeling of frus-tration and wonder ldquoWhy does the Internet randomly shut downrdquo Plus it is always at the most inconvenient time that something like this happens I am not the only one hav-ing this problem in the dorms It is everywhereA fellow freshman Katie Gayman lives in Gar-diner Hall She started to claim that her Internet

connection in her dorm is generally pretty good and did not have many problems However she then went on to say that there are times when the connection is spotty The Internet signal spo-radically kicks out nor-mally in the afternoon Senior Ellie Pretsch is one of the resident assis-tants of Kenamond Hall She believes that the Internet signal there is okay but there are times it will not connect The network connection will sometimes not load In her opinion the fresh-man resident halls have some of the best Internet connection on campus I attempted to talk to

an Internet technician on campus about his thoughts on this prob-lem with connecting to the Internet but he de-clined to answer In the beginning of the year students were swarm-ing around the lower level of the Scarborough Library trying to get their Internet to work After the Internet tech-nician fixed the problem and set our computers and cell phones up to be compatible with the cam-pus network we walked to our resident halls thinking that the net-work connection prob-lems were long over with However we were wrong For me the connection

was going strong for maybe a week before it would shut off I am not putting all the blame on the people who work in that section of the library because I am aware that they are doing all they can but it can get frus-trating I really do ap-preciate all that they do to help us students but I wish they could give some answers to my questionsFor all my classes I need to use the Internet I live in Turner Hall and it seems that my Internet connection is going out frequently It will say it is connecting before asking for my credentials which I will then fill out accord-ingly crossing my fingers it will work It does not

I then try again three or four more times and it still will not connect I donrsquot know the cause of this If it were storming constantly and the rain and wind were disrupt-ing the signals I would understand but it hap-pens on nice clear days Sometimes I have to wait hours for the Inter-net to connect logging on and off of my com-puter thinking it will fi-nally be able to connect only to be disappointed I never realized how much I relied on the Internet until the con-nection was lost I hope that the Internet techs will find out the prob-lem and solve it soon

ldquoMichelle Peloquin working on a computer in the libraryrdquoPhoto credit Donald Lambert

Satellite Campus May Prove Beneficial for Shepherd

Zach rouncEvillE

Zrounc01ramsshepherdedu

With all the talk in re-cent weeks over the pro-posal for the construc-tion of satellite campus based out of Martins-burg the project could potentially serve as a positive business ven-ture for the university Serving the student com-munity and generating revenue are important for the development of higher education In this regard Shepherd has done an excellent job at meeting student needs by providing a valuable education to its stu-dents and giving them the tools they need to be successful This proposed project can only help in generating revenue and resources The branch-

ing out of the campus helps to establish it as one of the premier uni-versities in the regionJames Vigil recently appointed associate vice president for busi-ness decision support by President Shipley gave valuable insight into the goals and aspi-rations for the projectldquoThe goal of the project is to expand our diversity portfolio by catering to the adult marketrdquo said Vigil ldquoWith the majority of the college age popula-tion being around 18 to 22 this project will help to benefit the working adult by providing the resources they need to further their education By going through with this project it will help to foster the growth of new businesses and in-dustry throughout the

area as wellrdquo he addedQuestions about the funding of the project have also been raised more importantly about the funding received from the state Vigil says that the goal of such a project is to decrease the reliance on state fund-ing The project will serve to generate rev-enue by tapping into an-other market (of adult learners) that will be beneficial to the univer-sity as a whole and will create a revenue stream Regarding the cost of the project overall the minutes from the Board of Governors meeting on Sept19 indicated the following ldquo[T]he Shep-herd University Board of Governors approves the prospectus for the Mar-tinsburg Center initia-tive including a capital

project renovations bud-get of $25 million and $2 million in funding to cover the projected rev-enue shortfall in the first three years of operation for a total investment from reserves not to ex-ceed $45 millionrdquo Itrsquos a hefty price tag to say the least but one that looks like it will be worth itWhen asked about the initial opinions regard-ing the project Vigil said that the feedback from market surveying has been positive and that many local busi-nesses have advocated for the move He added that the project is a risk-reward venture but all signs point to it yield-ing a positive outcome From a broader prospec-tive it seems that this project will bring about a positive outcome for the university overall

Fallon Jenkins sopho-more secondary educa-tion social studies major thinks that the project would make sense if in the end the school gen-erated revenue from it ldquoIt is important that the project is able to generate revenue for the school since it seems like such a riskrdquo Jenkins said Only time will tell how this proposal plays out According to Vigil the project is only in the mere planning stages but majority of the work on it will begin in Janu-ary If the university is able to maintain the project and generate revenue from it then it is definitely a positive All signs indicate that it may turn out to be a good move by Shepherd


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Shepherd Hosts Senatorial Debate

Zach rouncEvillE

zrounc01ramsshepherdedu

On Oct 2 the Shepherd MBA program was given the privilege of hosting a senatorial de-bate between Sen Joe Manchin of the Demo-cratic Party Bob Henry Baber of the Mountain Party and John Raese of the Republican PartyHeld in historic Reynolds Hall the turnout in at-tendance for this debate was excellent as many people filled the room in anticipation of a spir-ited debate Professors from all areas of study were in attendance and the atmosphere was very ceremonial Each candidate was given two minutes for an opening statement a one-minute rebut-tal and a two-minute closing statement The panelists among them The Picketrsquos own editor-in-chief Heather Green-field were to ask ques-

tions regarding a variety of topics covering jobs energy healthcare and the environment The opening statements themselves were live-ly and initiated what turned out to be a great debate among the three candidates Sen Man-chin a career politician and former West Virgin-ia governor drew from his experience hold-ing the statersquos highest elected office and vowed to make his priorities based around values in which blaming others is not acceptable and Republicans and Demo-crats come together to fix problems He stressed the need to put America and the state of West Virginia first ahead of party loyalty His rheto-ric was very substan-tive and he sounded political in every aspect Mr Raesersquos opening statement on the other hand was based around an analogy which com-

pared Sen Manchin to a football player that was playing for the wrong team and kept switching teams The ldquoteamrdquo he referenced is the Obama administration Obama symbolized the quarter-back and Senate Major-ity Leader Harry Reid represented the center the two most important players in his view Raese reiterated the fact that Manchin kept switching teams saying he went over to Obamarsquos team instead of stay-ing on West Virginiarsquos team Through all of this Raese implied that Manchin is not true to his loyalties and that he and the president are anti-West VirginiaMr Baber represent-ing the Mountain Par-ty which has a far left platform in the political spectrum was the odd man out in terms of his likelihood of winning In fact he stated that he was very fortunate to

have the opportunity to debate considering the lacking popularity of his party He proved to be a non-factor in the debate overall acting more as Manchinrsquos far-left ldquoat-tack dogrdquo against Raese throughout the debate While Raesersquos intentions in his policies were all well and good he didnrsquot really help himself much in debate Every time he was asked a question he would go back to his opening statement anal-ogy about sports which became too redundant He seemed more focused on attacking Obama and tying Manchin to Obama throughout the debate instead of providing the audience with actual solutions to the ques-tions he was asked He provided good conserva-tive answers to the ques-tions asked but he often went a little too far right on some of his stances Manchin seemed calm and collected through-

out the debate and seemed knowledgeable in terms of his respons-es to the panel ques-tions Instead of con-sistently attacking his opponents he addressed the questions directly There were also some comical instances dur-ing the debate that in-voked a response from the audience most no-tably Mr Baberrsquos use of the BS word in response to Mr Raese one that warranted an apology considering the debate was aired on the radio Overall I gave the de-bate to Sen Manchin He seemed moderate enough in his views and logical enough in his re-sponses to earn the vic-tory Raese and Baber came up short Credit goes out to the MBA program along with the other various organiza-tions that helped out with the event It was an excellent experience

Letters to the EditorIn the article ldquoThe Candidates vs Student Loansrdquo in this weekrsquos issue states that ldquoOn campus 68 percent of students have their parents taking out loans to pay for their educationrdquo If this statement is referring to the Parent Loans for Under-graduate Students (PLUS) program this figure is incorrect For this fall semester only 87 percent of undergraduate de-gree seeking students have received a parent loan To date ap-proximately 35 percent of undergraduate degree seeking stu-dents have received the Federal Pell Grant for the fall semester

Sandra K Oerly-BennettDirector of Financial AidShepherd University

Hello Could you please include the following information in the next Picket (if that works out with the dates)The Faculty research forum is holding a panel presentation on the 2012 General Elections Speakers will be Dr Mark Stern (Political Sciences) Dr Slocum-Schaffer (Political Sciences) and Dr Max Giurgis (Dept Political Sciences) This will take place October 10 at noon in the Robert C Byrd Center for Legislative Studies E Suarez Eva-Mariacutea Suaacuterez Buumldenbender PhDAssistant Professor of SpanishDepartment of English and Modern Languages

As the campus changes to accommodate student safety the rest of town hasnrsquot kept up with the times German Street is adapt-ed to student traffic resplendent with sidewalks and crosswalks however if a student leaves campus or downtown to go to Sheetz Dominorsquos or McDonaldrsquos those safety devices are simply not thereA student was hit by a car while crossing from west campus to Sheetz last year and they were penalized for crossing Route 45 The general idea is that if students want to go to that part of town they must first walk all the way to the four way stop and then walk down The problem here is that there isnrsquot a sidewalk for students to use on either side Students have to dodge cars until they can get to a sidewalk or the bike path

There should absolutely be a crosswalk between west campus and Sheetz because that road is just as dangerous as High Street or the old crosswalk on Route 480 Yes Route 45 is a state road which makes it outside of the campus and even the townrsquos jurisdic-tion But that doesnrsquot mean that we canrsquot do something about itLet your SGA representatives know that Shepherd students de-serve to be safe It is their job to let the administration know when students need a change Shoot them an email at sgawebshep-herdedu and let them know that there should be crosswalks and sidewalks on Route 45 for student use If we donrsquot speak up things wonrsquot change Shepherd Universityrsquos game of Frogger needs to end

EDITORIAL

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Survival GuideMid-TermMid-TermSurvival Guide

The library is packed not a free table or computer in sight so it must be that time of the school year again MID-TERMS Mid-term exams are rolling around and you may be feeling a bit over-whelmed so listed below are a few key tips to keep your physical and mental health through this trying timehellipThings to rememberGet PleNtY OF SleeP Your brain needs sleep to encode any in-formation you may intake during a study session So give yourself plenty of time to study and at least 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep afterwards Pulling an ldquoall-nighterrdquo will do nothing in the ldquototal recallrdquo departmentStaY HYdrated Drink plenty of water Your body needs it to sur-vive as does your brain Dehydration can impair short-term mem-ory function and the recall of long-term memory both of which you will need when trying to remember who the 11th president of the United States was (James K Polk in case you were actually wondering) When you are parched you will have a harder time focusing because your brain cells need a delicate balance of water and other elements to function optimallyDonrsquot overdo it on the caffeine to compensate for lack of sleep You can actually dehydrate yourself and ruin your brainrsquos chance at re-calling all that valuable information you took in Often we also feel sleepy when we are a bit dehydrated so if you are feeling fatigued try downing eight ounces of water quickly and see if you notice a difference Put HealtHY Fuel iN YOur BOdY Eating nothing but junk like greasy cheeseburgers and late night pizza may be convenient but is a bad idea Many unhealthy foods are loaded with saturated fats and carbohydrates that will only make you feel lethargic iNStead trY Berries (blackberries raspberries and blueberries for example) are high in healthy antioxidants which are great for brain func-tion WHOle GraiNS (brown rice oatmeal wheat bread raisin bran)

will help to increase blood flow to your brain which will result in higher quality and quantity of brain functioneGGS are a great pre-exam breakfast food because they are full of vitamin B12 choline and fatty acids which fight against brain-shrinkage enable higher memory capacity and help to build brain cells NutS SeedS aNd FiSH category such as peanuts cashews al-monds Brazil nuts macadamias sunflower seeds pumpkin seeds pine nuts salmon trout and tuna are another group of foods that are really great for brain function These foods all contain Ome-ga-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids These good fats coat neurons and allow them easier travel through the brain thus enabling much more efficient brain function leaFY GreeNS (if you can stomach them) like spinach kale cab-bages and others of a similar variety are great for your brain They are full of B6 B12 and folate which are needed in the brain to break down a harmful compound called homocystein which can cause forgetfulness So make like a rabbit and nibble on some leafy greensCHOCOlate I am sure you are all glad to see this word Chocolate in proper doses is good for brain function as well ndash specifically that chocolate which is higher in cocoa like dark or semi-sweet choco-late Chocolate (or more specifically cocoa) contains an antioxidant called flavanol that increases blood flow to the brain creating greater brain function MaNaGe YOur tiMe WiSelY When you begin to go over what you need to know for your upcoming exams decide how much time (realistically not ideally) you will need to spend on each subject Plan out your week in advance Sometimes writing out a schedule can be a great relief because the time you will spend studying is already mapped out in front of you so you will feel organized and in control On this schedule you can include times that you will spend doing more enjoyable activities These activities can act as motivations to get your studying done so you can have some time to have fun as wellOverall being well-prepared physically and mentally will create a better environment for you on the day of your exams If you can walk into your tests with a stomach full of healthy fuel and a good nightrsquos sleep knowing that you have done your best to pre-pare academically you will be a better student for it and your grades will speak for themselves Good luck and stay healthy ndash itrsquos the key to being a successful academic

A Mid-Term Survival Guide How to Stay Happy and Healthy Throughout the Insanity

Sarah ridgEwaY

BriTTanY andErSonbander05ramsshepherdedu

Shepherd University will be the starting point of the fourth annual Free-domrsquos Run a series of races designed to promote community awareness of healthy living choic-es and outdoor activity With West Virginia rank-ing as one of the worst states in the nation for obesity it is no wonder that this ldquoWild and Won-derfulrdquo state is subjected to negative press In an ef-fort to make an impact on the communities of West Virginia and the negative press they receive Tiger on the Trail a non-com-petitive physical activity will allow participants to ldquolearn about health fit-ness nature and local history while hiking to and through local na-tional parks during school hoursrdquo Tiger on the Trail is currently implemented in all Jefferson County middle schools enabling a total of 3500 students to cumulatively hike over 9000 miles of trails In an effort to complete

larger goals the race com-mittee then created Free-domrsquos Run Freedomrsquos Run is held through a series of five eventsmdasha one mile kidsrsquo fun run a 5K a 10K a half-marathon and a marathonmdashopen to every-one of all ages The race is used to raise funds for ldquofit-ness trail building in our local elementary schools and support initiatives of health and heritagerdquoFreedomrsquos Run has evolved into one of the largest-run-ning events in West Virgin-ia It has received the Road Runners Club of America Re-gional Marathon Champion-ship in both 2011 and 2012 The race series presents a grand total of 26 miles through four national parks Half-marathoners will run a short segment that begins and ends in downtown Shepherdstown Racers will travel the C amp O Bridge for a short dis-tance cross over into Antie-tam and onto the marathon course finish with a brief tour of Sharpsburg Md and dash across the Rumsey Bridge to Shepherdstown Marathoners will face a

Annual Freedomrsquos Run Races

to Shepherdpoint-to-point race The marathon will consist of a run of 45 miles through Harpersrsquo Ferry National Park and a flat 10-mile run on the C amp O Bridge From there runners will go onto a country road leading into Antietam for 2 miles fol-lowed by a 5-mile stretch in the rolling hills of the battlefield and finish a downhill run of 45 miles back into Shepherdstown Both the 5K and the 10K present ldquofamily friendlyrdquo routes The spectacular courses stretch out across the Potomac River and circle the C amp O Bridge In order to register for any event presented by Free-domrsquos Run go to the event Web site at wwwfreedom-srunorg A small fee is required for participation $50 for the half-marathon $85 for the full marathon and $30 each for the 5K and the 10K There is a maximum of 1000 partici-pants per race so act quick-ly For more information about Freedomrsquos Run their cause the race and the com-mittee visit the Web site at wwwfreedomsrunorg

michaEl charTukmchart01ramsshepherdeduIt is hard to imagine the current generation func-tioning without some kind of wireless connectivity These invisible waveforms have become so important to the devices that we use though it is the features of these gadgets that re-ally keep us interestedLaptops are the most prev-alent wireless devices on campus since computers are now a necessity for college work There are constant problems connecting them to wireless since each new semester offers new updates and software upgrades There always seems to be that one student who is run-ning around trying to con-nect a laptop to the Internet Other mobile devices seem to have a smoother time connecting to the Internet Phones are constantly com-ing up with new innovations Some seem more useful than others The new Samsung Galaxy II can exchange in-formation just by touching a cool feature with ques-tionable practicality How often does this feature prove useful After all you first need to find someone who has the same type of phone and then find something that you want to share Itrsquos a rarity to find the formerThe Nintendo 3DS has a unique feature The device sends out a signal called a

StreetPass and if anyone else has a StreetPass ac-tive then the devices will exchange information The information is basic and usually includes the avatar username a greet-ing what state the players live in and what games they played last There are even minigames that can be played with the av-atars the player finds The most interesting places to activate StreetPass would be at an airport or con-vention since there would be a lot of avatars from many different locationsShepherd wireless sup-ports Apple products such as iPads and iPods Students can be seen us-ing their iPads to watch TV or to help with home-work The apps on smart phones allow them to be used for a myriad of pur-poses These devices are unique in that their pur-pose changes entirely on the whims of the userWireless technology is re-ally quite amazing Cord-less gadgets were just a pipe dream a few decades ago and unfathomable in previous generations The features of our phones already allow for so much social interaction that itrsquos hard to predict what will come next The features of the next wave of gad-gets will undoubtedly be amazing and impossible to imagine now

Go Go Wireless Gadgets

arts amp style 8 the shepherd Picket Wednesday October 10 2012

Page_____ c M Y K 8 Page_____ c M Y K 8


Johnna lEarYjleary01ramsshepherdeduAfter performing in con-cert halls from Chicago to Columbus to Montreal concert pianist Caroline Hong will make her de-but at Shepherd Univer-sity in a Friends of Mu-sic concert on Oct 12Caroline Hong is an ex-ceptional concert pianist who has performed with the Columbus Sympho-ny Orchestra Richmond Symphony and Utah Symphony Hong was the winner of the Chicago Civic Orchestra Soloist

Competition and as a win-ner of the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Compe-tition she made her musical debut at Carnegie Hall She has performed internation-ally with the Van Cliburn International Audition the Robert Casadesus Interna-tional Competition William Kapell International Piano Competition and the UNISA International Piano Com-petition Hong will soon be able to include the Shepherd University Frank Arts Cen-ter among her numerous im-pressive performance venuesldquoI am absolutely delighted to have Caroline Hong as a

guest artist She is a con-cert artist of the highest caliber celebrated for her technical virtuosity sensi-tivity and brilliant execu-tionrdquo said Dr Rob Tudor Chair of the Shepherd Uni-versity Music Department ldquoCaroline holds distinction as a winner of competi-tions at the national and international level It is certain to be a rewarding experience for our stu-dents and the communityrdquo Hong will perform the Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by JS Bach at the concert in addition to other piano selections

Caroline Hong studied pia-no before the age of three At age 17 she completed her Bachelor of Music De-gree at John Hopkins Uni-versity and completed her Master of Music Degree at the Julliard School of Music at age 21 She holds a Doc-tor of Music Degree in piano performance from Indiana University where she also served as an associate music theory and piano instructor Currently Hong works as an associate professor of piano at Ohio State UniversityThe concert will occur Oct 12 at 8 pm in the Frank Center for the Perform-

ing Arts The concert is a Friends of Music event and will be co-sponsored by the West Virginia Mu-sic Teachers Association Tickets can be purchased by calling 304-876-5785 or visiting the Friends of Music Web site at wwwsufomorg Caroline Hong will also hold a master class for Shepherd music students on Oct 13 at 3 pm and serve as one of the judges for the West Virginia Music Teachers Association Convention and piano competition occurring this weekend

mackEnZiE ScoTTRscott01ramsshepherdeduUnicycling dates back to the 19th century and was re-ferred to as ldquopenny-farthingrdquo

or ldquoordinaryrdquo ldquoOrdinaryrdquo is the last word Shepherd students use to describe Noah Moody Noah is a

freshman at Shepherd Uni-versity studying biology

though he is more widely known as ldquothe unicycle guyrdquo

ldquoIt looks crazy cool to me Itrsquos sweetrdquo said foot-ball player Jona-

than Pearson remark-ing on Moodyrsquos skill

Moody said there was no grandiose event that turned him toward this mode of transportation ldquoWhen I was 13 I saw a guy doing it and

thought it was coolrdquo Six years since and itrsquos still just as cool

Hersquos usually seen cycling around campus on the Equi-nox Nimbus an off-road tri-al unicycle Moody has three other unicyclesmdasha street

uni a 12-inch and a 5-footer that with his height of 6 feet 3 inches makes him an intim-idating sight It was on this unicycle that while at home-coming in the midst of talking with the homecoming queen he fell off to the surprise of many onlookers He said ldquoIt was quite embarrassingrdquo

He likes to unicycle around Shepherdstown doing free-style tricks with friends be-cause he said ldquoYou can grind and go down railsrdquo

Not only rails but stairs Noah is familiar with the flights of stairs Shepherd University has to offer as he has tried al-most every one It is a goal of his to master each one and is in the process of compiling a video of tricks such as these accompanied by the song ldquoAss and Tittiesrdquo he laughs Watch out for it on YouTube

Moodyrsquos working on his ver-tical the record high is four feet and hersquos at one foot so far Taking it a step farther he has learned to juggle while cycling He said ldquoIrsquom a better juggler than unicyclist I could keep someone entertainedrdquo

Student Tony Nelli is always thoroughly entertained by Moodyrsquos tricks ldquoIt looks so hard Itrsquos crazyrdquo he said

Biking during a West Virgin-ia winter is also pretty dif-ficult though Noah reveals no apprehension With the cold weather comes a copi-ous amount of jackets and layers meaning a much softer fall for unicyclists

Moody said ldquoIce unicy-cling is not too fun but ex-citingrdquo He hasnrsquot looked into getting a snow chain for his wheel yet Be wary of flying unicyclist

Friends of Music Concert to Feature

Caroline HongInternational Guest Artist Makes Debut at Shepherd

Noah Moody rides his unicycle down a flight of stairs on Shepherdrsquos campus

Photo by Elizabeth Horn


Noah Moody shows his love for unicycling in his flaming unicycle tattoo

The Unicycle Guy Noah Moody

Games amp comics

Page_____ c M Y K 9


By Brian Ardell


sPOrts 10 the shepherd Picket Wednesday October 10 2012



maTThEw murphYmmurphy9071gmailcom

Since the beginning of the season the Shepherd Uni-versity football team has been led by their outstand-ing defense This past Sat-urday the offense did their part as the Rams defeated the West Virginia Wesley-an Bobcats 37-6 The victory brings the team to 5-1 on the season and 4-0 in West Virginia Intercolle-giate Athletic Conference play It also gave the team a victory during Homecom-ing weekendA major theme for the of-fense was true freshman Billy Brown a freshman receiver from Gaithers-burg Md caught the gamersquos first touchdown pass from senior quarter-back Bobby Cooper The 15-yard touchdown came with 545 remaining in the first quarter Freshman kicker Ryan Earls of Kent Island High School added the ex-tra point Wesleyan received some good fortune when Brian Vukela intercepted Coo-perrsquos pass and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown Kasper Bernild saw his point after touchdown at-tempt sail right of the goal post This was the only Bobcat touchdown of the day courtesy of the de-fense Earls took the score to 10-6 with 29 seconds left in the first half splitting the up-rights from 26 yards outTo go along with Billy Brown Allen Cross of Long Reach High School did a lot of heavy lifting for the Ram offense The true freshman scored from 12 yards out

with 1146 left in the third quarter to take the Ram lead to 16-6 The electric freshman added another score with 653 left in the third this time toting the rock 25 yards to the end zoneCross capped off his sen-sational day with a third touchdown run With 1257 remaining in the fourth quarter the former mem-ber of the Long Reach High School Lightnings plunged two yards into the end zone Earls added the point after taking the score to 30-6 Bobby Cooper added one last touchdown pass with 630 left in the game Coo-per found junior tight end

Anthony Weisenmiller for a 28-yard score Earls added the point after touchdown making the final score 37-6Bobby Cooper completed 14 of 23 passes for 198 yards and two touchdowns on the day Allen Cross paced the running backs rush-ing 19 times for 118 yards an average of 62 yards per carry Senior receiver Robert Byrd led the receiv-ers hauling in five catches for 91 yards Shepherd amassed 373 yards of total offense while Wesleyan to-taled 205 yards Shepherd held the Bobcats to just 26 yards rushing Senior linebacker AJ Par-rish led the defense with seven tackles while corner-back Keon Robinson had five tackles and an inter-ception Senior linebacker

Dominic Tolson and junior safety David Carter both recorded interceptions for the Ram defenseThe hype surrounding the contest Nate Montana the son of Joe Montana did not compete Apparently the native of Concord Ca-lif suffered an injury and was in a sling If he had played the outcome may have been different How-ever a 31-point difference between two teams is fairly substantial and it is tough to believe that his presence alone could have altered the final outcomeNext week the Rams travel to West Liberty for a 1 pm contest Freshman kicker Ryan Earls is excited by the trip ldquoItrsquos a chance for us to make our mark on the conference [and] show that

our loss to Shippensburg was a bit of a fluke If we come back to Shepherd-stown with a win we will have taken care of a lot of the heavy liftingrdquo He isnrsquot the only young Ram enthused by the situa-tion Former Urbana Hawk and true freshman quarter-back Michael Spahr feels that a win next week will set up the rest of the sea-son for the Rams ldquoIf we go on the road and beat West Liberty that takes us to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in the con-ference We will only have one away game left the fol-lowing week so it should be an exciting end of the sea-son for usrdquo Spahr said If the Rams can keep on with the current results the playoffs look like a cer-tainty

Rams Drop Bobcats 37-6

West Virginia Wesleyan and Shepherd University shake hands after Saturdayrsquos homecoming game The Rams had a crushing win and

finished 37-6 Photo by Benjamin McCardle

Running back Allen Cross hammers through West Virginia Wesleyanrsquos defense for one of three touchdowns he scored on Saturdayrsquos Homecoming Game The Ramrsquos were victorious with a 37-6 win over West Virginia Wesleyan Photograph by Ryan Franklin

DJ Scott slices his way through West Virginia Wesleyanrsquos defense to score a touchdown on Satur-dayrsquos homecoming game The Rams won 37-6 in a crushing victory Photo by Benjamin McCardle

Senior tight end John Frick is a sociology major with a concentration in criminal justice He graduated from Greencastle-Antrim High School in Greencastle Pa in 2009 He was also includ-ed in Beyond Sports Net-work preseason All-Ameri-can Team

Q Where is your fa-vorite place to eat on campusA On campus Irsquoll take the Fireside Bistro If you were to ask me off campus Irsquod go with Kings

Q How do you like to relax after practiceA I like to play some Xbox

and listen to Pandora Af-ter that Irsquoll try to get some homework done

Q What is your view on the current con-structionA It seems to be coming along Itrsquos a hassle to drive all the way around to get to West Campus Itrsquos very inconvenient Should have started it sooner

Q How do you feel about Shepherd be-ing outfitted by Un-der ArmourA Itrsquos awesome After all the years of success we have had we finally have a sponsor we are proud of We

also look nice

Q Considering yoursquore a collegiate athlete whorsquos your favorite professional athleteA Thatrsquos tough Irsquoll say either Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots or Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins

Q Irsquoll agree with those choices as well What do you do for fun at home in Gre-encastleA Riding the four-wheeler Irsquom still learning to play the guitar And going to the movies

Q Bonus question Any predictions for the upcoming elec-tionA A tight race but Obama holds on to win

Meet and Greet John FrickmaTT murphY | mmurphy9071gmailcom

Photo by Matt Murphy


Page_____ c M Y K 11

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After enduring a string of losses the Shepherd Uni-versity menrsquos soccer team was in need of time off to regroup and prepare for the handful of remaining games in the season The teamrsquos last match was a 3-1 loss to Wheeling Jesuit on Sept 26 After almost a week of no games the Rams traveled to Cedarville OH to play Cedarville Univer-sity on Oct 4 The match was competitive and sus-penseful throughout How-ever the Cedarville Yellow Jackets jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Zach-ary Harris took advantage

of a practically empty net and scored on a feed from his teammate Connor Scott only four minutes into the match After this early tally by Ce-darville the Rams valiant-ly fought back to try to tie the game Fifty-one min-utes into the match they succeeded when senior for-ward Shane Lowery scored on a brilliant header after the assist from junior mid-fielder Griffin Frazier The game-tying goal not only made the score 1-1 but also was critical to reviving the mindset of the Rams This new found motiva-tion among the team was clear After Loweryrsquos goal

the Rams had the Yellow Jackets on their heels Both teams battled vigor-ously but were unable to score during regulation time However at the 9438 mark of overtime Dillon King lifted his team over the Rams when he scored a header off his own rebound enabling the Yellow Jackets to escape with a win Shep-herd was left to suffer their fourth straight defeat and their season record fell to 3-6-1 Cedarville improved their record to 9-1-1 On Oct 6 the Shepherd menrsquos soccer team trav-eled to Greensburg Pa to face the Seton Hill Griffins After losing their fourth straight game to Cedarville in such heartbreaking fash-ion the Rams found them-selves in another overtime situation However this time it ended in their fa-vor The team ended their

longest winless streak of the season by earning a 1-0 win in double overtime against the Griffins The two teams clashed for pos-session of every ball during the match but at the end of 90 minutes they both had failed to score In the first overtime the Rams had a 3-0 advantage in shots but they still could not manage to record a tally The game was sent into a second over-time Just two minutes after the second overtime began se-nior forward Shane Lowery once again came to the res-cue for the Rams when he scored off a pass from soph-omore defender Max Psil-las to secure the victory for Shepherd and end a four-game losing streak During the game Shepherd had an 11-10 advantage in shots and a 3-2 advantage in cor-ner kicks

The win improved the Ramsrsquo record to 4-6-1 and 2-2 in WVIAC conference play Seton Hillrsquos dismal season continues by fall-ing to 2-10-0 overall and 2-3 in WVIAC conference play Despite the menrsquos soc-cer teamrsquos struggles this season they are currently ranked 5th in the WVIAC menrsquos soccer conference standings with six regular season games remaining The Rams return to action on Oct 9 at 3 pm when they face Alderson-Broaddus in Shepherdstown

Menrsquos Soccer Moves to 4-6-1

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It has been announced that the College Soft-ball Prospects Camp and Showcase will be held at Shepherd on Sunday Dec 9 2012 The event is open to 13-to-19- year-olds and will be divided into three fundamental softball areas hitting in-fieldoutfield and pitch-ingcatching Coaches from Georgetown Univer-sity Towson University West Virginia Wesleyan College Ohio University and Randolph College will help alongside the Shep-herd coaching staffIn football news con-gratulations go out to senior and junior corner-backs Keon Robinson and DJ Scott Robinson was named WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week while Scott was named WVIAC Special Teams Player of the Week Each player was being recognized for his outstanding perfor-mance against Concord last week

In Other News

SEan orsquoBriEnSobrie02ramsshepherdedu

After beginning their road trip 1-2 the Shepherd wom-enrsquos soccer team erupted on Sept 30 against Lincoln University shutting them out 6-0 This is the kind of dominant win they were in search of Sophomore defender Kait-lyn Socks had an all-Ameri-can caliber game recording a trio of goals Sophomore forward Taylor Amsley had a busy day as well scoring a goal and assisting on two Socks started the Rams off with an unassisted goal from 25 yards out at 1101 in the first half Socks came back to score again at 2259 off an assist from Taylor Amsley Just a few min-

utes later at 2536 Amsley scored her own goal from an assist by sophomore de-fender Danielle Roos and sophomore midfielder Kas-ey Canterbury Shepherd went into the half up 3-0Socks started the second half scoring again drilling her third goal at 4607 off Amsleyrsquos second assist of the day Sophomore defend-er Kelsey N Smith got in on the action with a goal of her own at 4804 assisted by junior forward Morgan Ga-briel The Ramsrsquo final goal came off the foot of sopho-more midfielder Kasey Can-terbury off an assist from junior midfielderdefender Erika Martin at 5359 Shepherd had a 19-11 ad-vantage in shots over Lin-coln while Lincoln had

more corner kicks 6-0 Ju-nior goalie Elizabeth Wise had three saves while the Lionrsquos junior goalie Sima Sinaforosa recorded five This was the second time this season the Lions had been shut out This win pushed the Rams to 3-5-1 while Lincoln fell to 4-4-0 The next game saw Shep-herd battle Cedarville to a 0-0 tie on Oct 4 The Yellow Jackets controlled the ball the majority of the time outshooting the Rams 20-6 Shepherd had the edge in corner kicks 5-3 Junior goalie Elizabeth Wise had 10 saves on the day while Cedarville junior Alysia Bennett had three saves This was Shepherdrsquos second tie of the year moving them to 3-5-2 while the Yellow Jackets moved to 3-7-1 The final game of the long road trip came this past Saturday when the Rams pushed the Seton Hill Grif-fins to their limit in a dou-

ble overtime 0-0 tie Rams junior goalkeeper Elizabeth Wise notched three saves while the Griffinsrsquo junior Bethany Winter had one save Shepherd was outshot 9-6 Each team had 16 fouls This tie puts the Rams at 3-5-3 on the season while Seton Hill is now 6-5-1 Shepherd comes back home on Monday Oct 8 when they host Alderson-Broad-dus in a WVIAC showdown The Battlers are 7-3-1 and second in the WVIAC to Charleston The Rams look to put an end to the six-game winning streak of the Battlers who are led by midfielders Gwen Brand and Nicole Lehman The senior duo accounts for 18 points on the season Shep-herd looks to continue their shutout streak with their strong defense They will need their offense to step up like they did against Lin-coln if they want a chance to beat the formidable Al-derson-Broaddus squad

Womenrsquos Soccer Blanks Three

Photos by Ryan Franklin amp Benjamin McCardle

The Rams charge out onto the field at the start of the game They won Saturdays homecoming against West Virginia Wesleyan game 37-6

Ramrsquos quarterback Bobby Cooper searches for an open pass during

Saturdayrsquos homecoming game against West Virginia Wesleyan

Robert Byrd receives a pass from quarter-back Bobby Cooper for a 1st down during Saturdayrsquos home-coming game The Shepherd Rams won the game 37-6

Allen Cross breaks through the Bobcats defense to score a 12 yard scamper in Saturdayrsquos homecoming game giving the Rams a 16-6 advantage in the third quarter

Shepherd football player

Tim Durant carries the

Shepherd University flag

onto the field before the

Homecoming game on

Saturday Shepherd was

victorious over their

opponents with a final

score of 37-6


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Raese compared football player Kurt Warner who left West Virginia to play for Penn State with Man-chin who left the position of governor to run for the ldquoWashington Senatorsrdquo Raese believed Manchin was ldquoon the wrong teamrdquoIsner who said he saw holes in Raesersquos argument said ldquoHe never expressed how [Manchin] was on that team other than par-ty affiliation Even Baber told Raese that his anal-ogy was wrong because Manchin has proven him-self to be an individualrdquoManchin did not have a solid debate either accord-ing to LeskoLesko said ldquoI didnrsquot like some of his stuff I thought he was weak on coal and tax policy Thatrsquos a big problem in West Virginia And [he didnrsquot talk about] the eastern Panhandlerdquo

Baber said that he sup-ports ldquoObamacarerdquo and that a free colonoscopy ldquomight be a good thing af-ter this debaterdquoRaese was strongly op-posed to universal health-

care He believes Americarsquos system is ldquothe greatest healthcare system in the worldrdquo Baber disagreed with

Raese and said ldquoWe do not have the greatest healthcare system in the world We have the great-est healthcare system for those who can afford itrdquoRaese also asked the audi-ence ldquoif Ted Kennedy get sick he doesnrsquot go to Eu-rope does herdquo Ted Ken-nedy died of cancer 2009One of Baberrsquos comments crossed the line accord-ing to Lesko Baber said in reference to Raesersquos po-litical tactics that many of his accusations of Manchin were ldquobullshitrdquoLesko said ldquoHe was just very unprofessional I mean cussing on live radio and then he interrupted Raese a couple of times It seemed like her was there to make a scenerdquoBaber apologized when moderator Cecilia Mason from West Virginia Public radio reminded the candi-

dates that the debate was a live broadcastIsner said ldquoAt times I thought [Baber] was too radical especially for the state of West Virginia but as far as debate skill went he was contending [well]

with the two other candi-datesrdquoLesko said that the debate went as he had expectedLesko said ldquoJoe Manchin won Raese was decent and the third party guy was just crazyrdquo

ldquoJoe Manchin won Raese was decent

and the third party

guy was just crazyrdquo

Shepherd Accredited for Another 10 YearsSamanTha Youngsyoung01ramsshepherdeduShepherd has been granted reaffirmation of accredita-tion for the maximum time period of 10 years from the Higher Learning Commis-sionShepherd met all five cri-teria for accreditation mission and integrity preparing for the future student learning and effec-tive teaching acquisition discovery and application of knowledge and engage-ment serviceDr Dot Hively director of assessment and account-ability said ldquoAs a result students receive a qual-ity education at Shepherd and have opportunities to be highly involved in the community They also have the opportunity to receive financial aid if qualified

Non-accredited institu-tions cannot provide fed-eral financial aidrdquo Shepherd professors have expanded their syllabi this semester The enhanced syllabi are for student ben-efit and faculty credibilityJunior historic preserva-tion major Sarah Brennan said ldquoA lot of people say itrsquos too long and that we donrsquot really need all of that infor-mation I think these kinds of changes could benefit the university and help us appear more mature and professional as students and professorsrdquoSophomore art major Yas-meen Alkordi believes the added information on syl-labi is pointless Alkordi said ldquoI just donrsquot see why we had to change things around and make the syllabus 10 times lon-

ger than it originally was We know our goals as pro-fessional studentsrdquoThe HLC site team re-viewed the catalog in-formation on RAIL and course syllabus this sum-mer They searched for number of credit hours day and time of meeting and class format The HLC also focused on faculty workload issues The fac-ultyrsquos deep concern for stu-dents created faculty work overload as a resultMore information regard-ing assessment will also be reported in 2013 because of Shepherdrsquos new core curriculum The site team suggested more classroom specifics and also more evi-dence reporting on the new curriculum Course goals departmental goals and student outcomes were re-

quested to be made more visibleThe university administra-tion will next report on the progress of graduate pro-grams in the past year The HLC stated that the university will need a mon-itoring report and a prog-ress report on federal com-pliance and assessment of student learning and graduate education by Dec 15 2012 The university will be required to submit sample syllabi for graduate and undergraduate studies this DecemberDr Robert Scott Beard dean of graduate studies and associate vice presi-dent for academic affairs said ldquoTheyrsquore basically making sure that wersquore closing the loop on assess-ment and that therersquos a linkage from the course

to the department to the overall degree programrdquoThe university is work-ing to provide consistency among syllabi enhance current programs and ex-pand to offsite programs in Martinsburg and the main campusHively said ldquoAccredita-tion is vital Not everyone meets all five criteria like we did Just reading a re-port doesnrsquot give us a sense of who we are as a univer-sity that takes pride in its programs and students Ac-creditation gives Shepherd a chance to re-visit all the things that have happened at the university since 10 years agordquo The next site visit will oc-cur during the 2021-2022 academic year

Dr Robert Tudor Joins Shepherd as New Chair of Music DepartmentSamanTha Youngsyoung01ramsshepherdeduAs students drift through Shepherd Universityrsquos Frank Center with clut-tered sheets of music in hand a well-dressed man sporting a blazer short dark hair and glasses pro-ceeds to his office Dr Rob-ert Tudor the new chair of the music department smiles genuinely as he tunes his laptop to some of his favorite classical guitar melodiesTudor said ldquoMy family has always been musical but Irsquom the only one who has made a profession of it My family is full of amateur musicians and I was the only one to go to college I basically used music to pay my way through collegerdquo Tudor developed a sincere passion for music as an undergraduate at Stetson University He pursued his masterrsquos at the University of Miami and completed his doctorate at University of MarylandHe was named director of the music department at Jacksonville University af-

ter completing his doctor-ate Tudor began to miss the Maryland area and de-cided to apply for the music department chair position at ShepherdTudor said ldquoItrsquos the charac-ter of Shepherdstown that I find so great Itrsquos the fact that there are so many in-dependently owned shops hererdquoTudor enjoys the Shep-herdstown Sweet Shoprsquos harvest cookies and coffee He admits to going there at least twice a weekTudor also enjoys back-packing running and playing classical guitar Tudor enjoys musical the-ater opera classical guitar bluegrass and jazz espe-cially European jazz gui-tarist Django ReinhardtHe currently resides in Sharpsburg Md with his partner Bob Robinson They have two dogs and have considered adopting children Robinson is the director of opera at the University of North Caro-lina at Chapel Hill and travels back and forth from UNC on a weekly basis

Tudor said ldquoWersquove been to-gether for nearly 20 years We went to school together Hersquos only home three days a week so it can be dif-ficult when he leaves on Mondays and doesnrsquot come home until ThursdayrdquoTudorrsquos drive for music started at a young age Tudorrsquos parents divorced when he was four years old He did not have his father for nearly 20 years yet a musical connection still existed between themTudor said ldquoI remember I had these old reel tape recordings of my dad sing-ing and playing guitar and banjo Therersquos always been an emotional side to my general interest in musicrdquoTudor does get to see his father nowadays His fam-ily gets together every two years for Christmas They sit down together and per-form mountain songs on guitar and banjoTudor is viewing the facil-ityrsquos equipment and check-ing to see what needs to be updated and replaced He is working on the de-partmentrsquos programming

and making sure it meets the studentsrsquo needs Tudor notes that Shepherd has never had a full-time voice specialist He aims to show students the acceptable standard of voiceTudor teaches Menrsquos Choir English Song Literature English Diction Applied Voice Lessons and Vocal PedagogyTudor said ldquoTherersquos a true genuineness and warmth returned by the students here at Shepherd Itrsquos pret-ty much what keeps me go-ingrdquoJunior vocal performance major Amanda Blood be-lieves Tudorrsquos input is be-yond helpful Blood takes voice lessons from Tudor

Blood said ldquoI think my favorite thing about his teaching method is how tough he is on me Itrsquos only been the first month in the semester and Irsquove already made a lot of improve-ments For the 13 years Irsquove been studying voice privately Irsquove had a few particular vocal issues but all it took was his way of explaining things to make it clickrdquoDepartment of music oper-ations manager Esperanza Alonza believes Tudor was the best choice Alonza said ldquoHe is obvious-ly not only an outstanding artist but also an incred-ibly gifted teacher None of the other candidates even came closerdquo

Professor Rob Tudor plays the piano while singing one of his favorite numbers Photograph by Elizabeth Horn

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Raese and Manchin square off on Tuesday October 2 2012 in front of a packed audience of students and community members in Reynolds Hall Photography by Don Zumbach

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