On Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 11:30 to 1:00 the Elmira College Of-

fice of Career Services hosted their an-nual Graduate School Fair in the Campus Center. Over 50 graduate schools from the New England area were in atten-dance. Many upperclassmen were able to network with prospective schools and explore new op-portunities.

A variety of schools, including both SUNY and private universities were represented, and many students found this help-ful while weighing their options. By talking to differ-ent representatives and asking questions about programs, tuition, and require-ments, students were able to narrow down their preferences and get a better

look at what life after EC may entail.The Director of Career Services,

Michael Blasic, had some overall com-ments about the event. Blasic stated, “The Graduate School Fair at Elmira College provides the students with the opportunity to learn what type of aca-demic programs these Graduate Schools have to offer. It also helps our students develop communication skills, network with these schools, and help them grow professionally. From a Graduate School

and Professional School standpoint, these schools have the opportunity to see the type of talent that is coming out of

Elmira College.”The Office of Career Services of-

fers assistance with the entire application process. For students looking to continue their grad school search, they have nu-merous resources available. Kaplan prac-tice test books and guides on getting into medical school, law school, and other graduate programs are available to bor-row. If you are concerned about funding graduate school, picking the right school, and getting into the graduate school of

your choice please stop by to utilize their Career Li-brary!

The Career Services staff is available to assist students through-out the entire Graduate School application process. From research of

Graduate schools to writing personal statements, the staff is well-equipped to accommodate your requests and con-cerns.

This year Environmental Club is really trying to push students to recycle. We see far too many bottles, paper,

cardboard, etc. thrown away in trash cans, often when there are recycling bins close by. We’re hoping that this is only because students are misinformed about how Elmira College recycles, and not because of a general ignorance and disregard for others. This is one of the reasons why we are pulling out all the stops for National Recycling week this November! The dates for this wonderful week are the 9th through the 14th. During the week, we will be catching people in the act of recycling, and giving out gift cards from a variety of establishments, including, Dunkin Donuts, Chipotle, and Orange Leaf ! The goal of this is to get students to associate recycling with positive outcomes. By put-ting recycling facts and information on the gift cards we hope that students will realize their impact on both the local com-munity, as well as the bigger picture. Americans use 2,500,000

plastic bottles e v e r y d a y ! And not near-ly enough of them are re-cycled. Imag-ine how much physical space that takes up on our planet. This could be greatly re-duced if con-sumers sim-ply recycled their bottles.This is why Environmental Club is inviting all the individuals on campus to partake in the sustainable practice of recycling and reduce our waste.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Campus LifeRoaming ReporterDisney Prince or Princess - who would you be?

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Volume 98 Issue 5

EntertainmentAdele - HelloA review of Adele’s brand new song.

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OpinionWaeya’s WorldAn insight into Fall Fashion!

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Campus LifeReview: HarveyA review of EC Theatre’s performance of Harvey.

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National Recycling Week Hits Elmira!

By Lyssa Fradella ’17 and Callan Little ’16Contributing Writers

Elmira College Hosts Annual Grad School Fair

By Lindsay Cannon ’16Contributing Writer

Photo by bcmgreenthreads.com

Photo attribute: Lyssa Fradella ’17

Campus LifeNovember 9, 2015 Page 2

Handicap Access: Where is it?

Ifeel like this is such an important prob-lem on our campus. I’ve been keeping

my ears open and have gathered some opinions for all of you about the lack of handicap accessibility on campus. Now, to be clear, I mean for the people with ac-tual handicaps. I am not suggesting we put in elevators for the people having a lazy day and don’t want to walk up and down stairs. Come on, you made the trip every day. I know you can do it again!

I realize and acknowledge that it is not rational to simply say “put in eleva-tors in every building!” and have it be so. However, I think there should be some consideration placed into this. I know some of the problems is the time be-tween classes. Although, I think that is more up to having teachers understand-ing that you may be a minute or two late. I think the main problem is the stairs and the constant struggle to get up or down them in a timely fashion, especially when the halls are flooded with students in passing time. Another major issue with this are the pathways. I can speak from experience that people with boots are likely to slip on a pile of wet leaves and completely wipe out without someone there to catch them. It’s even more likely when it’s raining and students feel the pressure to bustle to class with their al-lotted ten minutes between.

How can we change this?Honestly, I’m not sure. Besides in-

stalling elevators or a separate set of stairs for people with handicaps (both of which are kind of ridiculously expen-sive and be a ton of construction), I’m not sure how much there is that can be changed. I also don’t wish to impose any extra work on the landscape crew. They do a marvelous job. Maybe if it is pre-dicted to rain they could brush the side-walks clearer? I wouldn’t want anyone working out in the pouring rain. I know I don’t like walking in it. Also, I would ask all the students and staff to please be un-derstanding. If someone has a handicap, don’t shove or push them out of your

way. Either walk around them or be pa-tient as they make their way up or down the stairs. Hold doors open for them so they don’t have to mess around with their balance on those crutches. Actually, hold the door open for anyone close by going through the door. It’s a nice thing to do. You never know, you might make their day a little bit brighter.

My question to you: What is your opinion of the handicap accessibility? How can we change this?

Let us and Elmira College know! It will never get changed if we don’t start thinking about it!

By Victoria McGraw ’19Staff Writer

Photo by reflector.uindy.edu

Overheard at EC“The best way to deal with stuff you

have to do is to not do it. I don’t give out advice that good on a daily

basis.”

“If I ever smell, let me know.”

“Because these cucumbers are fresh and that beef is

not.”

“Pink is a way of life,

not just a color!”

“I accidentally took NyQuil this morning. Now that’s a

rough Monday.”

“I’m tired of eating birds.”

“Well you whipped the heck out of that horse!”

“A baby puppy is like a uterus puppy.”“You mean a fetus?”

“We can bake and get drunk at

the same time.”“Not get baked. Like bake

cookies.”

“I have very strong feel-

ings about the hyphen

and its misuse.”

“What is it when you used words?

Oh, written!”

“Who poisons sausage!? You always poison the apple!”

“Oh my God. My tongue would cry.”

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Congratulations to our Photo Contest Winner!

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Operation Christmas Child Packs 1035 Shoe Boxes of Gifts for this Holiday Season

By Nicole Gentile ’16Editor-in-Chief

On Saturday, November 7, 2015, over 70 Elmira College students came

out in support of Operation Christmas Child’s annual Packing Party. We had one goal in mind - 1000 boxes. Over the past couple of years, Operation Christ-mas Child (OCC) has expanded on this campus - in 2013, we packed 701 boxes; in 2014, we packed 878; and this year, in 2015, we have exceeded our goal and packed 1035 boxes.

For those who don’t know what OCC is, it is a ministry that sends shoe boxes of gifts across the globe to children who

have never had a Christmas. Not only have they never had Christ-mas - most have never even heard of it. Our goal is to show them love in every way pos-sible - through the boxes of gifts, through the handmade Christ-mas cards we in-clude in each box, and through the discipleship pro-gram given to each child with their box.

We want these children to always remember how in-credibly loved they are.

Christian Fellowship began participating in this ministry over 10 years ago, and the impact has been incredible. This year we have broken our record yet again on number of boxes packed, and we are so grate-ful to the Elmira College community for supporting us along the way. If you missed out this year, keep it in mind next year, because truly, it is so rewarding to walk through the assembly

line with your box and think about how your little boy or girl will love the stuffed animal you’ve picked out, or the toys you dug for specifically. There’s nothing quite like it.

So thank you again to everyone who came out on Saturday to help us out, as well as those who donated items to help us reach this incredible goal. This year, 1035 children are going to open shoe boxes full of presents and know that they are loved - and we are so grateful to everyone who helped make that possible.

Planning for OCC 2016 will begin soon, and if you have any interest in helping us out (even if it’s just making some Christmas cards, or knitting some hats!) please contact Michaela Johnson ’17 at mjohnson17@elmira.edu.

Photo by Nicole Gentile ’16

Photo by Nicole Gentile ’16

My favorite place on campus in right near the puddle, certainly during the Fall when all the leaves are

around. Its a great place to relax or have fun, such as throwing leaves in the air

with a friend.

-Carlene Fields ’16

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Roaming ReporterQuestion: What disney princess/prince would you be and why?

Giovanna DeLoca ’17: I would be Cinder-ella because I feel like I would lose something, like my cell phone, and then my Prince Charming would have to come and find me to give it back. At least that’s what I hope.

Brittany Ard-O’Connor ’16: Tiana from the Princess and the Frog. She’s so power-ful and not afraid to be herself. She’s a ‘you do you’ kind of girl.

Samantha Chrysler ’18: Ariel; she is similiar to me because we both worry about pleasing others.

Carly Zink ’16: Princess Jasmine because I feel like she’s a strong and sassy woman. She’s a fighter, like how she fought back with Jafar.

Michelle Insalaco ’17: Rapunzel; I’m a

dreamer and I will never stop until I achieve my dream...she’s also a boss!

Austin Mansell ’16: Aladdin; he is a people please and he’s friends with Robin Williams.

Cole Wilhelm ’16: Prince Hans from Frozen because he has awesome mutton chops!

Moorea Spoljaric ’16: Pocahontas be-cause she fights for what matters to her most and what she cares for most!

Ashley Youngs ’16: Belle because I can identify with her and she tamed the beast!

Johnea Lomax-Payne ’16: Belle...she’s a boss and I identify with her!

Morgan Andrews ’17: Does Toy Story

count? Because Buzz Lightyear is a princess in my eyes. He is my favor-ite person ever. I don’t know. I just think he’s cool; he knows what’s up.

Anonymous ’17 male: Probably Rapun-zel, because she’s a ba-dass. She’s much more of an independent woman than Elsa and Anna but they get all the hype.

Sophie Poost ’18: Merida because she’s a beast. Her hair is on point; she’s got insane archery skills and she literally is actually such a cool princess. Most of them wait for a man to save them but she’s like, “Forget that, imma save my mama! I can burp if I want to!” She’s just not afraid to be herself and I like that.

Kelsey Quail ’17: I would be Rapunzel because she has long lus-

cious hair!

Aaron Turner ’18: Aladdin because he runs around with an awesome monkey and a genie.

Ashley Carney ’16: Merida because she is strong and is not afraid to fight for what she believes in.

Maria Coleangelo ’17: If I could be a dis-ney princess I would be Belle because she finds the good and beauty in everything and everyone and I have idolized her since I was a little girl.

Dylan Crawford ’16: Tarzan; since he is one with nature and enjoys the outdoors.

Emily McCabe ’17: Belle, because Beast gives her a library and reading is life. And also, because her dress is totally the best of them all.

Photo by thenerdstash.com

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If you are interested in advertising in the Octagon, please submit a pdf or jpg version of

your flyer to octagon@elmira.edu for consideration.

On October 10th in the late afternoon, I arrived at Tanglewood Nature Cen-

ter to attend All One Song, an hour-long, all-ages program that provides an interac-tive experience with poetry, photography, and music. Awaiting the performance I was, unsure of what to expect. I sat in the au-dience section, observing the introductory presentation of beautiful nature photogra-phy and the musical instruments set aside for the performance. Two artists collabo-rated to develop and produce All One Song. The percussion performance is given by Sue Spencer while the photography, poetry, and oral memoir presentation is given by Mi-chael Czarnecki. After the performance I had the immense pleasure to sit down with Michael and Sue for an interview while en-joying the beautiful scenery of Tanglewood Nature Center.

Jade: My first question for you is how has All One Song impacted the community?

Michael: You don’t ask easy questions do you? (Chuckles) Well we’ve had a really wonderful response whenever we presented it – people saying things like, “Boy this should be going out to schools – this is really important stuff, what you’re saying.” So in that sense all I know is that we’ve had a good response. We hope it’s affecting. (Turns to Sue) Beyond that what would you say?

Sue: I think in Elmira, anyway, it’s helped to promote some collaboration or maybe [to] kind of support and reinforce some collaboration – helping to draw some organizations into supporting and promote this event … and helping those orga-nizations to support one another as well.

Michael: I think it’s really wonderful that The ARTS Coun-cil of the Southern Finger Lakes and the Community Founda-tion are supportive of projects like this, too. It’s why this [per-formance] and the one two weeks prior occurred.

There is one phrase that captures the essence of this program, “I’ve become a part of it”. These words are sung by the au-dience at the end of the program with Michael and Sue, as a conclusion to the program. You can experience these words in many ways. In my case, as I sang these words, I felt this overwhelming feeling of happiness and remorse – happy to feel a stronger bond to the world around me, yet sad that the world around me is mistreated so heavily. When you shake your gourds to join in the rhythm of the song, and all of your voices come together, you become a part of this program. I’ve become a part of it.

Michael: I had one person [tell] me afterwards, “You know what I was saying all day? I’ve become a part of it.” They were thinking about [it] throughout their day, the message lingered with them. It made them look at how they related with the world beyond self in a different way: I’ve become a part of it…

Michael: I think I mentioned to you that in Winchester Vir-ginia in spring they [will be] bringing us back down again. They thought [the performance] was really wonderful and it was the same thing, some people were saying how the program has affected them and how they view some things.

Jade: When did All One Song begin for you two?

Michael: The when was last winter. Sue and I have known each other for 37 or 38 years and we have done some collabora-tive work in the past. Sue’s been a drummer her whole life and we’ve done some work together that way.

Sue: I do drumming and movement programs with kids.

Michael: We wanted to do a project together, and it wasn’t even specific. Sue has been very involved in climate change is-sues and you know we sort of incorporated that into this pro-gram… We worked on [All One Song] for months.

Jade: If I remember correctly, I believe you said this is your 12th showing of All One Song?

Michael: Yeah, our 12th, and we have a couple more sched-uled. I’m mainly a poet myself... Sue has always been real en-couraging, and from that, seeing the wonderful combination of words, images, and stories is great…and when you’ve worked on [a collaboration like All One Song] for a long time it be-comes ingrained in you.

All One Song opens up with a quote by Joseph Campbell, “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature,” and uses several quotes throughout the program to set up the mood and tone of this creative collaboration.

Sue: The Joseph Campbell quote and the Gary Snyder quote talks about loving the

The Cultural Elmira Experience:All One Song: The exclusive interview with Sue Spencer and Michael Czarnecki

By Jade Stevenson ’17Contributing Writer

Photo attribute: Jan Kather

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world… instead of fearing for the end of the world. It is so important that we take care of this beautiful planet that we live on…and when you love something, you automatically take care of it.

Jade: What advice would you give young poets and musi-cians who are learning their craft? What would you tell them based on your own experience?

Michael: First, keep writing. Keep the words flowing. Listen to the voice inside of you, and experience life…and have an interest and a love and curiosity about life. I quit doing other work 21 years ago, just to be a poet… I think that if writing, or any creative work is important to you, make it a part of your life regularly.

Sue: [I would say] to trust yourself and your spirit. There may be naysayers around you saying, “Why don’t you do some-thing a little more plugged in?” [But keep] trusting your heart and spirit. That is what’s going to lead you in the right direc-tion.

From what I’ve seen of All One Song, those who have ex-perienced this presentation love it. One woman had actually returned for a second hearing of the presentation. You walk in without expectations, then you come out of All One Song with a breath-taking and inspirational experience that you take home with you and share. I can see the devotion to this presen-

tation in Michael and Sue, but also their audience. I happily count myself among them.

The open inter-action with All One Song stirs up creative inspiration in regard to your connection to the world and oth-ers. The woman who had returned to the presentation felt so inspired she wrote poetry or prose dur-ing the presentation, and in truth I would have as well if I had not been so captivat-ed by the presentation.

In their flyer Michael and Sue offer this program to ideal venues like libraries, coffeehouses, schools, colleges, museums, nature centers, environmental organizations, senior centers and living rooms. Sue and Michael can also facilitate workshops for writing and drumming for all and any age. You can find out more information on their website: www.foothillspublish-ing.com/aos and contact them at aos@foothillspublishing.com.

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Photo by Jade Stevenson ’17

Club SpotlightTheatre Department

As a major with two tracks, a mi-nor, and a club, the theatre de-

partment is of pretty big significance on this campus, despite its small size. With only about 8 established theatre majors on campus, and a handful of minors, it is unsurprising that many do not know much about the depart-ment.

The department is headed by Pro-fessor John J. Kelly, not only a great teacher, but a brilliant director, play-wright, and mentor. Professor Kelly teaches primarily in the “Perfor-mance” track of the major, with such classes as directing, acting, theatre history, and more. Professor George de Falussy is the other professor in the department, with classes mostly in the “Production” track, such as costume design, lighting design, and play production. Not only this, but Professor de Falussy also directs, and designs many of the EC productions. The technical director for all shows, who also leads the student workers in constructing the sets, is Scott Mc-Guire, an often unnoticed but crucial part to the operation of the depart-ment. The department may be small,

but what it lacks in size it makes up for with fascinating productions.

Each 12-week term features two productions, one major performance in Gibson theatre and one smaller show in Watson Arena. Term III fea-tures a large musical. This year, the season started with Closer Than Ever, a musical revue directed by Professor Kelly. The second performance, which just finished its run on November 8th, was the Pulitzer-prize winning play Harvey. Upcoming for the season is Rites of Passion and Jealousy, a pro-duction conceived and directed by Professor de Falussy to be performed March 10-13 in Gibson. Following that will be the Student Directed One Act Plays, directed by the students of the Directing II class taught by Professor Kelly and per-formed in Watson Arena, April 7-10. An exciting mu-sical will be performed for term III, with the decision on the show yet to be an-nounced!

Occasionally, EC Theatre has special showings that are not of the normal sea-son. Last year, a collection of 10-minute plays written by Professor Kelly was premiered in

collaboration with the local Rotary Club. This year, a new play by Profes-sor Kelly, WC (War Crimes), as a joint project of the EC Theatre, The Ar-not Art Museum, and the Chemung County Sunrise Rotary Club, will be performed as a staged reading Janu-ary 14 & 15 at the Arnot Art Museum. Proceeds will benefit local charities, evidence of the great deeds that can be accomplished with theatre.

Auditions for upcoming shows have yet to be announced, but are open to any and all majors. Credit can also be received for participation in shows, both on- and off- stage. For questions about the department, classes, shows, or theatre in general, ask a theatre major near you!

By Emily Daigneault ’17Opinion Editor

Photo by Star Gazette

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Meet Dean Dawson!

This week, I had the opportunity to interview Dean Dawson. Here are some of his insights

on our campus and student life, as well as some facts about himself. Q: Why did you choose Elmira College?A: For me, I spent my first eleven years at Manhat-tanville College, and I started in housing. I spent four years as a hall director; I oversaw their first year program, and then transitioned into the Dean of Students Role there. The Dean role there was very much a conduct position when I took over. When I took over as a Dean of Students in 2007, it was very much like a director of student conduct. And over the next six years, I started to develop into a professional as more fell into my position. When I hit my eleventh year there, I saw a great opportunity at Endicott College, and there was more work. It was originally a Dean of Students position, which transitioned into a Vice President position very quickly. It was new and professional for me, but I soon realized there wasn’t any student interaction, and what I missed at Manhattanville was I really had time to be with students and interact with them. So, when I saw the posi-tion, it really grabbed my attention, as it was a small-knit environment. This was a position where I could make con-nections and form relationships, and be that voice where students could develop a relationship, which is really im-portant to me. When I came here, I felt that students were really looking for someone to be their advocate who toes the line between administration and students, and that they feel like there is someone there for them. Q: What were some notable changes you made at other colleges?A: When I was at Manhattanville, one of the big changes was taking our conduct process from a very punitive pro-cess and bringing it more to an educational conduct module. We focused on restorative justice and community service, and how you learn from you mistakes, not just that you’re in trouble. We saw a drop in recidivism rates; we saw a drop in conduct. We saw more community outreach. It became a more respectful campus. Students felt more accepted and welcomed with the resources we provided. My biggest ac-complishment, however, is how I’ve developed relationships with students to where I have seen them become successful. I used student life to help students get to be where they want to be in life. Q: What are some things you want Elmira College students to know about you?A: I lived in Australia; I had studied abroad and didn’t come home, so I ended up staying for a year. I was an RA, I played college rugby, and I’ve travelled. I am a huge avid Yankee’s fan, making living in Boston kind of tough. I am really a student advocate. My job is to be there to support students, but while my job is to support students, I want them to know that while I hear them, it’s not always easy to just do

what they want. I really encourage students to be adults. With privilege comes responsibility, so I really want stu-dents to have privileges, but be responsible adults. Students can always come talk to me; my door is always open. I try to make time for them, and I am very social media savvy. My wife’s Twitter name is @deandawsonswife, so feel free to follow her. I don’t like the whole rumor mill, and if you aren’t satisfied with my job, come tell me. Students should be the voice of choice.

Q: How do you feel about the new dining services, and especially the student reac-tion to it?A: I know one of the hardest things for students is change. And one of the harder issues is rapid change. We’ve had some major changes over the last year, with transitions. But there also needs to be a level of grace, and know that change takes time. We have accommodated most of their needs as we can. However, if you have a problem, come with a solu-tion. Be part of our open forums to help us get feedback and make changes. We can’t always do it the way you want us to do it, but we can definitely try to work something out. Q: Are there any foreseeable changes in the future?A: The biggest change is that we are making communica-tion a larger part of student life. Just as students are used to certain ways, so is my team. We’ve had three deans in the past year, and it makes a difference in how things are run. I believe in student leadership. We’ve already started with Student Activities Board and Residence Life. There will be change over time, so an experience one day does not corre-late to the next day. Be a part of the change. Provide feed-back and let us know what we need to do to make things better, but sometimes we can’t say why there are changes. Just be patient and understand that we are advocates for you and try to do what’s right for you. Go see Dean Dawson and let him know who you are and bring up any concerns you might have!

Photo by The Star Gazette

By Haley Brown ’17Campus Life Editor

November 9, 2015 Page 10

Odyssey Review: Harvey

I didn’t know any-thing about this play

when I went to see it on opening night, but I left it as a huge fan of both the play and the Elmira College The-atre. I hope everyone got a chance to go see it because you serious-ly missed a fantastic play if you didn’t.

For those who don’t know, “Harvey” is a play, written in 1944 by Mary Chase, about a man named Elwood P. Dowd who claims to have an unseen (and presumably imagi-nary) friend named Harvey who is a pooka. This causes his sister, Veta Louise Simmons, to become embarrassed of her brother and want to do something about it. The play unfolds into a hilarious plot filled with humorous character, mix ups, and an all-around good feeling when the play ends.

The set was stunning. I am really impressed with how realistic and put together it was. I loved the paint-ings hung on the wall, which were painted by students at Elmira College. Great job! The changes in set between scenes were very smooth and swift. It didn’t take long for us to get right into the next scene. The music selec-

tion was light and fun, fitting right in with the mood of the play.

The Elmira College Theatre chose a great cast to present this play to us. They were in tune with each oth-er and on point with whatever they were doing, easily recovering from stumbles and keeping the scene going. They are all great actors and did a fantastic job! Every-one working on this play did, and I’m so glad my first play experience here was so amazing.

Great job, Elmira College Theatre! I can’t wait to see more plays while I’m here. You all worked so hard and have done so well, and it has definitely paid off !

By Victoria McGraw’19 Staff Writer

Photo by Sarah Kaschalk ’17

Top EC Yaks

Most people know that having tapeworms is a serious problem; the symptoms they cause can be serious.

Tapeworms, if untreated, can infest a body for an entire life-time. This may seem bad enough, but doctors have recently found that tapeworms can also cause people to be infected with tumors. Dr. Atis Muehlenbachs, a pathologist at the CDC stated, “We were amazed when we found this new type of disease- a tapeworms growing inside a person essentially getting cancer that spreads to the person, causing tumors.” Tapeworms can grow as long as an inch and half but don’t usually cause symptoms. They can reproduce inside people for years. It is assumed that about 75 million people carry them worldwide. The CDC says, “People get the tapeworm by eating food contaminated with mouse droppings or insects or by ingesting feces from someone else who is infected.” The patient that assisted in the discovery of the ability of tape-worms to transfer cancer was quite sick. His lungs and lymph nodes were full of small tumors that were unlike anything seen before. “The tumors looked similar to a human cancer,

but initial CDC lab s t u d i e s r evea l ed the can-c e r - l i k e cells were not hu-man,” said the CDC. This is the first time a parasite has been found to spread cancer. Viruses and bacteria possess the abil-ity, but previously no one thought a tapeworm could do it. The event is thought to be rare. Many more cases may go unrecognized. It may be that tapeworm infections in people are mistaken for cancer. It isn’t clear whether the drugs that remove tapeworms clear up tumors or if is the chemothera-py that does the trick against this nasty new strain.

World NewsNovember 9, 2015 Page 11

Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed to the ground in Egypt on Satur-

day, October 31, killing all 224 passen-gers and crew on board the airline.

Now, as of Wednesday evening, officials are saying that this may not have been an accident.

Many new facts are coming to light to suggest that an ISIS- affili-ated group operating out of the Sinai Peninsula may have brought down the flight with an on-board explosive de-vice. While officials have not released any definitive statements, there is con-cern out of both the US and UK that this may have, in fact, been an act of

terrorism.US affiliated intelligence agents,

speaking on condition of anonymity, report that intercepted intelligence suggests that this action may have been taken by the group operating in the Sinai region, although the attack, if this was in fact one, was likely not ordered by the Syria based Islamic State leadership, but rather done au-tonomously.

Many nations, including the Unit-ed Kingdom, are grounding flights to and from the region as a precaution-ary measure. It is unclear if and when these flights will resume.

UK Prime Minister David Cam-eron’s office refused to blatantly label this as an attack, but Foreign Secre-

tary Phillip Hammond said there was a “significant possibility” that the cause was an explosive device.

This news also does not bode well for Egypt. The nation has already been losing a significant amount of its tourism with the internal war-fare, both public and private, that has been continuous since the beginning of the Arab Spring, and the cessation of flights by major international bod-ies just proves to be another blow in Egypt’s fight for economic and social betterment.

While more updates are sure to un-fold in this matter, one thing remains clear: there are still very real and pres-ent threats in the world that must be considered in order to remain safe.

Metrojet Flight Crash Possibly Caused by ISIS

By Chris Kokes ’18World News Editor

Photo by ooyuz.com

Tapeworms Cause Type of CancerBy Alyssa Wilson ’17

Entertainment Editor

Photo by cnn.com

OpinionNovember 9, 2015 Page 12

10 Reasons Why We Love Crime Dramas

By Victoria McGraw ’19Staff Writer

Do you ever notice the rather absurd amount of Crime Drama TV shows? NCIS, CSI, Law & Order, Sherlock,

Numbers, Bones—I could go on and on. Now don’t get me wrong; I, too, enjoy a good crime drama TV show. Why is there such a huge amount of them, though? Why are we so addicted to them? Here are the 10 reasons why everyone loves crime dramas:

1) Finding Justice: In these shows the bad guy pretty much always gets his just desserts by the end of the episode or the next. Crime shows give us the hope that, eventually, karma is going to hit the bad guys hard and the good guys will prevail.

2) Characters: Let’s face it: it doesn’t matter how good the mystery or action is; if you don’t like the main characters, then you probably don’t like the show either. We connect to these characters; we identify or relate to them in some way. Every episode is an emotional roller coaster for them and us because we feel for them. We make insane plots for revenge if anyone ever hurts or kills them, even if we are willing to acknowledge they are fictional characters. The hearts of these characters are the hearts of these shows.

3) Understanding the Criminal Mind Frame: Many shows actually delve into why criminals think some ways through deductive reasoning or the team’s psychol-ogist. Crime dramas provide a small window into the possible workings of a criminal’s mind.

4) Fear of Reality: This type of show is commonly set in the places we live, like New York City or London. They are also usually in the same time period, as though the very show could be taking place right around us and we’re the clue-less extra in the background.

5) Lessons: Beyond the evaluation of the criminal mind-frame, there are shows like Bones or Numbers that actu-ally have a basis in accurate scientific or mathematical informa-tion. And it’s not just a variety of nice and complex sounding technical terms strung together either. Many shows, because we will not stand for false and obviously fake information, have

researchers who ask, “If this situation really happened, what would the government/scientists/agents do?” There is also a look at how the government functions and legal processing of criminals and the stages of crime scene investigation.

6) Channeling Anger: Ever get frustrated? Of course, we’re people. We channel our fury through the TV show and these characters also feeling anger to almost cleanse our-selves of emotions. Kind of like tragedies in Ancient Greece, made for pulling the audience in and manipulating emotions to result in an emotional cleansing.

7) Mystery and Suspense: We feed off of mind-bending shows because they challenge our brains to solve com-plex problems with limited information. This isn’t something we can just Google, and it usually doesn’t have a pretty obvious solution. There is also an element of suspense, propelling us onwards in a race to solve the mystery before whatever might happen (most likely a death).

8) See New Parts of the World: Often these TV shows give us a wider and more open view of the world we live in. They show us everything from the wealthiest penthouses to the homeless on the streets. We experience different cultures and types of family units. We may discover a new type of job we’ve never heard of or a scenic city we’ve never been to. The opportunities for discovery are practically endless. This also goes for other shows too, not just Crime Dramas.

9) Good to Binge Watch While Avoid-ing Homework: I don’t think this needs an explanation. Though perhaps a question for thought: Wouldn’t watching the show after finishing that essay you’re avoiding make it even better?

10) No Magic Tricks: Although there are a few shows that mix crime drama with magical elements, many shows are based in cold, hard facts. As mentioned before, they are based in the real cities and current time period. The char-acters are not superhuman and therefore cannot do extraordi-nary things with their enhanced powers. They are just regular humans, doing extraordinary things because of their training, heart, and desire to do the right thing.

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Ariana Grande: The New Face of Feminism

If you’re like me, a musical theatre freak with an obsession with chil-

dren’s television, you were thrilled when the television show Victorious came out in 2010. Not only was it a show about the most amazing perform-ing arts school ever, but it starred two members of the original cast of 13: The Musical, a Jason Robert Brown masterpiece and a musical I am quite fond of. Liz Gillies was cool as Jade, but I personally loved Ariana Grande. Seri-ously, I fell crazy in love with her. She was beautiful, talented, and funny. (And she definitely helped me figure out my sexuality.) When the show ended, I was devastated, but thrilled to learn that Ariana would continue with a mu-sic career. I wanted to hear her sing! Flash forward to today, and Ariana is blowing up the charts with songs like “The Way,” “Break Free,” and “Love Me Harder.” While I admire her music, lately she has stood out to me as some-thing even more important than a tal-ented musician - a woman who stands for equal rights.

When Ariana and her long-time boyfriend and hip-hop star Big Sean broke up in June earlier this year, rumors arose that she had cheated on him with One Direction’s Niall Horan. Ariana, angry with this accusation, stat-ed that she could be friends with a guy without being involved with him. Her anger went even further upon thinking of the fact that many are more con-cerned with her love life than with her actual career. She decided to use this to set an example about the importance of independence, writing to the pub-lic, “I’m tired of needing to be linked to a guy, I’m not Big Sean’s ex, I’m not Niall’s new possible girl. I’m Ariana Grande.” Not only this, but she also au-thored an essay when people called her a b**** for this statement. She decided to continue with her protest of inde-pendence, saying, “I am tired of living in a world where women are mostly re-ferred to as a man’s past, present, or fu-ture PROPERTY / POSSESSION. I… do not. belong. to anyone. but myself. and neither do you.” She made the most of her situation, spreading a positive message of freedom for women every-where that have their worth too often associated with a dependence on men.

On October 18th, Ariana the Awesome used her words again to raise

awareness about impor-tant gender-related issues. When her mom noticed the very sexist sections of “Men’s Interests” and “Women’s Interests” mag-azines at a store, she tweet-ed a picture to her daugh-ter for her to identify the problem with the image. Ariana noticed instantly, responding with, “oh! so women are only interested in tabloids & if I want to read about cars, business, science I have to go to the MEN’S section? . . . and I know many men who are going to the magazine sec-tion for a Cosmo or Vogue or an Elle!” Clearly, Ariana saw the issue in gendering magazines, which depict that women have super-ficial interests and men have ultra-masculine and/or intellectual ones. Ariana definitely makes a good point here; why should business and science be deemed only suitable for men, while fashion and fitness are limited to only females?

Recently, Ariana faced some more stereotypes and gender roles, for both male and females, when she was a guest on the Los Angeles radio sta-tion KPWR. When talking with the two male DJs on the station, they asked her if she had to choose between two things, makeup or her phone, what she would choose. Ariana was quick to point out the lack of fairness in this question, asking if that’s what guys assume girls have difficulty choosing, which implies superficiality. When they confirmed this, Ariana made three things clear: 1) She’s a girl that can live without her phone and enjoys quality time with others, 2) Not all girls are dependent on makeup and cell phones, and 3) Boys can also be dependent on cell phones. Later, the three discussed the new emo-jis that have recently been released, ask-ing Ariana what her favorite is. When she replied that she loved the unicorn emoji, one of the DJs commented that it was a typical girl thing to be inter-ested in. Ariana did not appreciate this, and informed the DJ of his mistake, replying with, “You need a little brush-ing up about equality. Who says the unicorn emoji isn’t for men?” Getting past these awkward moments and dis-agreements between the three, a ques-

tion for Ariana asked what she would like to change in the world. Her answer, while well thought out and of an obvi-ous passion, also made a point to bring up the previous sexist comments of the DJs. She answered that she would want to change “judgment in general. Intol-erance, meanness, double standards, misogyny, racism, sexism. All that shit. That’s what we need to focus on. We’ve got work to do.” She then indicated to one of the men, “We’ll start with you.” Ariana has no fear when it comes to shutting down sexism.

Ariana never stops with her gen-der justice protests, even more recently talking out against body shaming. On November 2nd, an Instagram user posted that they preferred the body of Modern Family actress Ariel Win-ters over that of Ariana, stating that “curves are sexy sticks aren’t.” Ariana did not stand for this body shaming, using the unfortunate situation to cel-ebrate all body shapes and sizes. She re-sponded with, “We live in a day and age where people make it IMPOSSIBLE for women, men, anyone to embrace themselves exactly how they are. Di-versity is sexy! Loving yourself is sexy! . . . You know what is NOT sexy? Mi-sogyny, objectifying, labeling, compar-ing and body shaming!!! Talking about

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By Waeya Lin ’16Contributing Writer

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Waeya’s World

Hello Readers! I hope you guys enjoyed reading my last article. For this week I am going to be

talking about fall fashion, Yaassss!!! My fav!!! Fall is literally the best season of the year; especially last week the weather, it was on fleek. I think Mother Nature took some pity upon us. One of the main reasons I love fall so much is because of the cloth-ing. My closet is full of fall clothing; I love sweat-ers, light jackets, patterned scarfs and ankle boots. During fall I can layer, so it gives me more vari-ety for outfits to work with. This year’s fall trend I have been obsessed with is my leather jackets and jean jackets. My go-to this fall is just a simple outfit with dark skinny jeans, loose bright color flannel with a black leather jacket. Another item of cloth-ing that I am super obsessed with for this fall is plaid scarfs. I have one of my own and I borrowed my friend Sara’s from Scotland. For a lazy day, I would just wear light blue skinny jeans, plain white sweater with a red plaid scarf and ankle boots...and still look on fleek! One suggestion for the guys on this campus: scarfs are not a girly thing. Some of you guys would look super handsome with a plaid scarf, so don’t be afraid to try something different than EC sweatpants and some sort of sports hood-ie. This past week I saw some guys wearing light color pants and I was so happy; those guys looked fly af. I suck because I totally forgot to put pictures of them in this column. I saw a lot of girls with cute fall outfits, too. I personally think that fall is the easiest season to dress for and still look fly. It takes a while to put a nice winter outfit together, and for summer I can never dress nice because it is too hot to wear anything other than shorts and a short sleeves T-shirt.

I have to admit, this campus has a lot of good-looking people. I especially noticed that this past week because I was scouting for cute outfits to put in this column! I was literally looking up and down at each person that walked past me. People probably thought I was super weird. It is super awkward to walk up to a random stranger and ask “Hey, Can I talk a picture of your outfit because I am writ-ing a column on fall fashion and I think your outfit looks really cute.” All of the people that I asked to take pictures of were really nice and really will-ing, though, which was super awesome. Okay, go-ing back to this campus having a lot of attractive people, it’s true that this campus has a lot attractive people but it is also true that overall, this campus dresses pretty bad. There are so many people that

are super cute and good looking but they dress so terribly! I feel like if they dressed better they would be so much more attractive than they already are. Ugh! It’s so frustrating; sometimes I wish I could just go around and tell people what to wear.

Some of you guys might say to yourselves “Oh, I don’t dress up because I don’t care about what people think.” Okay, that’s a valid excuse, but it’s college - this is the place where you stop dressing like girls and boys and learn to dress like ladies and gentlemen. We have to get used to waking up in the morning and making ourselves look decent and put on decent looking clothes. Because after we get out of here and go into the real world, I don’t think it would be appropriate to show up to our jobs with gym shorts or yoga pants, unless you are going to be gym teacher. And don’t think you are dress-ing up for others; dress up for yourselves. I don’t know about you guys, but I feel great when I am all dressed up and looking on fleek. That’s why I try to dress super fly on Mondays because I hate Monday. But I don’t want my day to be ruined just because it is a Monday. People used to ask me “why are you all dressed up?” Ummmm…Why not? You don’t need a reason to look good. You dress up because you want to look and feel good.

I could literally go on and on about this but I am going to stop here. But really though, I am not suggesting that you a wear a dress or suit and tie to class everyday. I am just suggesting that you re-duce the amount of days you wear leggings, yoga pants, sweatpants and gym shorts, and increase the amount days you dress professionally or just fly af. You can do it because you already have the dash-ing good looks and beautiful hair, you just need the finishing touch with a nice outfit. The next thing you know, Elmira College will be the best-dressed college campus in upstate New York. Okay, maybe not that great, but close to it.

That is all from me this week, I hope you guys like pictures. I think they all look pretty good. If you want some fashion advice or have questions on what to wear and not to wear (and actually care about my opinion) you can contact me at my EC email.

PS: Orchesis shows are this week Friday and Saturday starting at 8 pm. Christina and I will be doing our last duet together, you guys better come show some love!!! Till next timeMuch Love, Waeya

Fall Fashions

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How to Deal with StressFrom a person who knows and is just trying to share some helpful hints.

With college comes stress. These two are intertwined; one cannot

exist without the other. Stress can lead to anxiety, depression, eating problems, lack of sleep, and an over consumption of caffeine or alcohol. It has only taken me two and a half years to somewhat figure out what are the best methods for me to deal with stress. With finals coming up and all the work that you put off coming back to bite you in the butt, these are some helpful ways I deal with stress. It doesn’t matter if you are a se-nior or junior thinking that you know what’s working best for stress, don’t rule these helpful hints out.

1. Exercise Amit Sood, M.D. From Mayo Clinic states that exercising regularly acts as a stress reliever. It pumps up your endor-phins, which are those neurotransmitters that make you feel super good. Secondly, it is a form of forgetting your problems. So, next time you’re feel-ing stressed go for a run and DO NOT take your problems with you. Check your problems at the door and you’ll see that once your run is done, you’ve forgotten all about it those overwhelming day-to-day feelings and irritations. Exercising can enhance your mood. It can increase self-confi-dence, make you feel more empowered and stable, which can decrease stress, anxiety and depression.

2. Personalized Studying MethodIn order for me not to get stressed about future assignments, tests, and projects I had to ask myself the follow-ing questions:

Do I do my best work at night or during the day?Do I work better with complete si-lence, background noise, or a noisy environment?Do I work better with people around or in isolation?Do I work in my room or in the li-brary best?Do I need a big table, a small cof-fee table/tablet chair, or just a com-puter?

These questions helped me determine

what’s best for me when studying or working on assignments.

3. Time ManagementHere are a few helpful tips: • Get a planner• Download organizational apps

(these are free!)• Schedule Planner• Wunderlust• Google Calendar• Make a To-Do list

4. Do Something Creative• Take up Drawing, photography or

painting• Write Poetry• Start a blog• Dance• Music

5. Talk about itWhen was the last time you called your parents? Those are the people in life that honestly truly care! Talk to them and let them know what’s going on. Or maybe talk to you best friend or a friend

that you trust. If you’re lucky enough to have a significant other, you can talk to them, too. The point is, stop stress-ing about stress! It will do you no good and it doesn’t help situations. Acknowl-edge the problem, face the problem and deal with the problem. Stress is control-lable and you are the one who is in charge!

Hey guys, be sure to check out my column every week or so: something I’m dealing with, something I’ve heard is a major issue on campus, or whatever is relevant in today’s pop culture. This will be written through my experience, my thoughts and hey, sometimes I’ll throw in some actual facts! I hope you guys like this section and I am always up for suggestions; email me at nbourdierd17@elmira.edu.

By Natalie Bourdierd Contributing Writer

people’s bodies as if they’re on display ASKING for your approval / opinion. THEY ARE NOT!!!! CELEBRATE YOURSELF. CELEBRATE OTH-ERS.” Ariana’s words were matched with agreement by Ms. Winters, who said that, “Women should empower one another. Celebrate each other- you’re all beautiful.” Although Ariel’s support was important, Ariana’s words were clearly significant in the acknowledge-

ment of people of all genders needing body positivity. This was another great example of Ariana using a situation to promote an empowering message.

Ariana Grande’s music continues to amaze and interest audiences all over the world. Her newest single, “Focus,” released October 30th, already has al-most 40 million views on YouTube. Not only does it have a great beat and cool video, but the song’s meaning aligns with Ariana’s feminist beliefs. Ariana says of the song, “When I say ‘focus on me’ I’m not asking to be the center of

attention. I’m not asking you to focus on my face or my clothes or my body or my singing voice. By ‘focus on me,’ I literally mean focus on me. Focus on what I’m all about and what I believe in.” With her talent and good example, it would be impossible not to focus on her. She is a role model for all people out there that struggle with societal gender roles, stereotyping, body sham-ing, and the like and she is using her in-fluence in the best way. With any hope, her empowering messages will make us “love her harder” for years to come.

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EntertainmentNovember 9, 2015 Page 17

EC Buzz: 6 Hobbies You Should Pick Up

1.ReadingYou should already know that I myself am an avid

reader. There’s nothing quite like escaping the worries

and drama of college life for someone else’s world. Read-ing is also a fairly inexpen-sive hobby to pursue thanks

to Amazon Kindle, Nook, and other reading apps. Where else can you find books for $5, $1, or even FREE (our favorite description here at EC)? If you decide to pick

this one up, don’t blame me for the excessive amount of time you spend in novels

or the excessive number of books you start to acquire…

2.Crocheting I can’t necessarily recommend this hobby from per-sonal experience, but I can tell you that quite a few of my friends love it! Starting off isn’t too expensive so if you decided to try it out, you wouldn’t be wast-ing too much money. Besides, crocheting is an excel-lent money saver. When Christmas rolls around and

everyone is scrambling for presents and money to buy said presents, you’ll be way ahead of the game with your wonderful, homemade goods that every-

one will love! Go you!

3. PhotographyThere’s nothing quite like a beautiful picture,

especially from your ever-so-talented self. Elmira College may not have everything, but we do have

a gorgeous campus. That being said, go capture its beauty! Photography only requires a skilled (or not so skilled) eye and a fairly good camera. Although, plenty of people take nice photos right from their

phones! The only problem with using your phone is that it isn’t quite the same as holding a real camera and snapping a few shots of beautiful nature. But,

to each his (or her) own!

4. Indoor gardeningThe worst part about being on campus 75% of the

year is that it always seems to be cold! How can we have pretty things growing if at least 50% of our time on campus is too cold to go jacket-less? My

recommendation? Try that green thumb on some indoor plants. A lot of houseplants are really easy to take care of and don’t require much attention! I would just keep your plant growing to a healthy level (1-3 plants). You may have a problem if you

see more plants in your room than binders and textbooks.

5. ExercisingI suppose not everyone would call exercising a

hobby, but I would say that it relieves some stress in a healthy way, and thus should be called a hobby.

EC has a pretty great gym. Two in fact. Hit the weight room or go for a run, stair climb, bike ride, or some weird combination in the cardio room. One of the most underappreciated rooms on campus is the pool. Go there too. A great way to get rid of some of

that midterm stress is to work it out.

6. Art-ing Drawing, painting, DIY-ing. It all falls under art-ing. And, it’s all quite cheap. Well, it may seem cheap to begin, but all of the art supplies do add

up. Regardless, most people doodle on their papers while in a lecture. A lot of people still like to finger paint (yes, you). Why not pick it up as a hobby and look kind of professional? When all of your friends

start saying, “draw me!” or “you MADE me this Christmas present?” you get to just stand there with

that smug smile and a nod to say, yes, my hobby does make me look like a boss.

Extra: Some hobbies I would not recommend pick-ing up include, but are not limited to: shopping

(money!), collections (the majority begin to smell or cost money), Netflix (goodbye good grades, sleep, and reality), and circus acts (many are dangerous, and

that’s so not cool now).

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Hello? Adele Is Here!

So, by now I am sure that you have all heard Adele’s new song “Hello,” and I am sure that there is a

myriad of feelings about it too (but if you haven’t, it’s okay because I didn’t listen to the song for the first time un-til two days ago). When I first heard the song, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, mainly because I watched the video while listening to the song, and honest-ly, I am just not a fan of the video. The song, on the other hand, is really good, and considering that over 200 million people have viewed the video online in just two weeks, and over 3.6 million of those people liked it, it kind of sup-ports the fact that it has some popular-ity. The song is catchy, and it has the typical Adele sound to it, so if you like Adele’s sound you should like the song. If not, you might want to find some-thing else to listen to. Even though this song is about calling someone to say that you are sorry and

the fact that the other person probably doesn’t want to talk, I could see how it can be taken as a love song. If you look un-derneath the surface, it can be seen as a makeup song. If you have ever experienced a bad break-up, then you might not want

to look underneath the surface and just see the pain and silence, but if you are like me and have not had to go through something like this, then you might be able to see the hope for renewed love and new possibilities. This might also have something to do with my being an optimist and also a hopeless romantic, but to each their own. Now, don’t get me wrong, all I am saying is that this song might ring differently for people who have had different experiences in their lives. But, for people like me, they might see a relationship with the pos-sibility to be rekindled, or saved even. Overall, I think that Adele’s new song went over well with the general public and that it can appeal to most audiences, such as the people that are looking for hope and also the ones looking for sol-ace.

By Emily McCabe ’17Contributing Writer

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Can You Handle the Lockdown?

It all started one Halloween night many moons ago. I was sleeping over

a friend’s house; we were back from trick-or-treating and already experiencing the candy coma. We sat down, turned on the television, and there were these guys with strange electronic devices and home-video camera skills. I decided, why not watch this for a little while? Every hour I told myself, a few minutes more, then I’ll go to bed. I was scared out of my wits, but I could not look away, and I watched that show from eight that night to six the next morning. It was an all-night live special, and I was seeing every-thing in the moment. This was my first experience with the Ghost Adventures Crew.

Ghost Adventures is a popular tele-vision show on the Travel Channel that features three paranormal investiga-tors Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin, as well as their audio and vi-sual techs Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley. These men brave the strange and unex-plainable on a weekly basis for our en-tertainment. Each week, the non-fiction show features the crew in a new place to investigate the hauntings and paranor-mal activity at that location. They have traveled all over the United States and

the world, including places such as Salem, Massachusetts, Alcatraz Island in San Fran-cisco Bay, and Poveglia Island off of the coast of Italy. The guys will take one full night and lock themselves in a lo-cation (or make it impossible to leave until the morning) to gain the strongest evidence possible of the paranormal. Every Halloween they release two-hour specials to keep you hooked through the spooks of Halloween night. They are currently in their eleventh season and will continue with their work for years to come.

So you might think, this show is definitely not for me. I enjoy watching their endless pursuit to capture evidence of the paranormal, but it’s more than that. They have passion for their work and have worked for years to ac-cumulate the evidence that they have. The show is historical; they investigate the histories of the locations before they investigate their ghosts. It is also come-dic, in a sense, to watch their reactions to some of the happenings at the locations. Hearing a “Dude!” or a “Whoa!” several times an episode never gets old. So, even

if watching ghost shows makes you jump at things that go bump in the night, I en-courage you to watch at least one, give it a chance (the first episode happens to be one of the best). Who knows, maybe these guys will turn your skeptical minds to believing ones.

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By Nicole Derosia ’17Staff Writer

Sports

Elmira Women’s Hockey Powers Past Norwich, 7-2

The Elmira College women’s ice hockey team dominated in the con-

solation match of the East-West Clas-sic as they beat number four nationally ranked Norwich University 7-2. This is largest margin of win against the Nor-wich Cadets on the road in program his-tory.

The Soaring Eagles were quick to get going as just under six minutes into the first period they scored their first goal. Assistant Captain Olivia Nystrom ’16 put it in assisted by Kyra McDonald ’18 and Captain Johanna Eidensten ’17. The team’s next goal came on the power play less than two minutes later with Meghan Fonfara ’18 scoring with assists from Kristin Chivers ’19 and Anna Tude ’17. Elmira scored again just over half-way into the period on the penalty kill when Eidensten got her first goal of the season, assisted by Nystrom. The first intermission came with Elmira leading

Norwich 3-0.The second period of the

contest saw Elmira adding to their lead. Again just under six minutes into the period Elmira scored with Chivers knock-ing it in with the assist from Tude. Just under twelve min-utes into the period the Cadets finally got on the board cutting the Eagles’ lead back to three. However, Elmira responded less than a minute later as Jes-sica Prance ’17 scored. Fonfara and Chivers were credited with the assists. The score remained 5-1 going into intermission.

The third period began with eleven scoreless minutes until the 11:07 mark when the Cadets once again cut the Ea-gles’ lead. Shortly after Elmira received a penalty, which led to another short-handed goal. This time it was Nystrom who blasted it in. Eidensten and McDon-ald were credited with the assists. Elmira still wasn’t finished as they scored yet

again just over three minutes later on the power play. Fonfara put it in assisted by Chivers and Louisa Lippiat Durnell ’18. That proved to be the final goal of the game as Elmira skated away with the vic-tory, 7-2.

The team returns to action on Fri-day, November 13th for their home open-er against SUNY Cortland.

By Liz Roosa ’16Sports Editor

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Men’s Soccer Shutout Clinches Playoff Spot on Senior Day

By Liz Roosa ’16Sports Editor

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It was a big day for the Elmira College men’s soccer game as they played their final game of the regular

season at home against St. John Fisher College. It was senior day for the Soaring Eagles as the team honoured their seven graduating seniors and the day was made all the more special when the team shut out their opponent 1-0, clinching a spot in the 2015 Empire 8 Conference Tournament.

The first twenty minutes of the game passed with various changes of possession but no real scoring chanc-es for either team. In the twenty-sixth minute of play Elmira got their first real scoring chance. Tony Barraco ’18 sent a cross pass into the box to Donte Donegal ’18

who headed it just wide of the left post.It was in the thirty-seventh minute when St. John

Fisher was called for a foul that allowed the Purple and Gold to advance. On the free kick Colin Morrison ’19 sent a ball into the box that forced the Fisher defenders to play the ball and resulted in several failures to clear it out of the zone. This proved to be just the opportunity that Elmira needed as Misi Glover ’19 got the ball and passed it over to Kyle Beekman ’18 who fired it into the left corner of the goal giving Elmira the lead 1-0.

The team held onto their lead throughout the rest of the game and as time expired they officially moved on to the playoffs in the 2015 Empire 8 Conference Tourna-ment.

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Confessions of a Pittsburgh Penguins Fan

By Liz Roosa ’16Sports Editor

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Rooting for a sports team, real true com-

mitment isn’t easy. Espe-cially not when that team is the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins. I’m here to set the record straight and explain what it’s like to be a Penguins fan, specif-ically in New York State.

Going out wearing my Penguins sweater and hat is always a gam-ble. I may be able to go about my business with nothing happening but more often than not I get strange looks, some accompanied by snarky comments. Rarely, very rarely, I get a com-pliment. That’s only happened once. I guess you could say that showing my team pride results in a bit of a mixed bag.

I’d like to ad-dress those who like to make fun of my team. First of all, stop with the Sid-ney Crosby jokes. They don’t even re-semble clever and they

are completely unorigi-nal. I have heard them all before. Second of all, if you are going to try and insult my team at least get your facts straight. For example, if you are going to point out how injury-prone we’ve been lately and take a jab at forward Pascal Dupuis don’t mix up his injuries with defenseman Kris Letang. My personal fa-vorite is when it’s time for team announcements for the Winter Olym-pics and some foolish person tries to “rub it in my face” that our captain Sidney Crosby, arguably the face of the NHL, did

not make Team USA. To which I reply with the simple statement of fact that Sidney is in fact Ca-nadian. You would not believe the number of people I’ve had to explain that to.

Let’s talk about the current NHL season. So the Penguins haven’t ex-actly come charging out of the gates. However, let me highlight a few things before everybody says we’re in for a hor-rible season. First, we’ve had some major ros-ter changes. We’ve got a promising group of younger players as well as new veterans, specifi-

cally Phil Kessel, who we acquired from the To-ronto Maple Leafs. We’ve only just started with this group and it takes a bit of experimentation to find the right combina-tions. Second, we’ve had injury issues again. My heart truly goes out to Pascal Dupuis and Beau Bennett both of whom just can’t seem to catch a break. However, I believe, and perhaps not every-one agrees with me, that they can become major players for the rest of the season. Third, everyone stop freaking out about Crosby. He may not be racking up the points yet

but give him time. It cannot be easy being the face of a franchise and being labeled “The Next One.” Give the guy a break.

All in all it’s not easy to be a Pitts-burgh Penguins fan. But I will say this: what worth having comes easily? I’m a Penguins fan and

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