The economy emerged as the top concern among voters who went to the polls on Election Day.

Polls leading up to the presidential election were proven to have been ac-curate, when 62 percent of voters polled nationally said their vote was based on the economic outlook of the country.

“Economy was number one. That was the determinative factor,” said political

science professor emeritus William Bin-ning.

Binning said the high turnout was also important in deciding the election.

“There was obviously a lot of enthu-siasm about both candidates,” he said.

He said even though it appeared Ba-rack Obama would be elected, there had still been some level of uncertainty.

The youth vote also played a major role, Binning said, because they are not usually a reliable voting bloc. The rea-sons for their high turnout, as well as

For junior Ian Colundji, Barack Obama’s presidential win was proof that the United States has moved past stereo-types.

“It’s good that we’ve elected some-body who keys into the fact that we’re trying something different,” Colundji said.

Like Colundji, others at Youngstown

State University view the groundbreak-ing election as a source of hope and as a sign that times are changing.

Cvetkovich agreed.“I don’t think race matters at this

point in our country’s history. It marks a big cultural turning point,” sophomore Andrew Cvetkovich said.

Obama’s presidency may have those abroad excited as well.

Santosh Bang, originally of Nepal, came to the United States in January to study engineering at Youngstown State

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paigning, delegating, debat-ing and predicting, Tuesday’s election resulted in a decisive victory for Barack Obama.

Youngstown State University students reacted to the historic election.

“I think it turned out exactly the way Amer-ica wanted it to. I think most people wanted a change, whether you were a Republican, Dem-ocrat, [or] Independent. Something needed to change, and it wasn’t another republican in of-fice, in my opinion,” junior Sarah Lyden said.

Lyden, who is a first-time voter, said the result of the election is a win for Americans because Americans have come so far and are moving in the right direction.

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“your future is a work in progress.”

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As Youngstown State University begins a new academic year, first-year students will be coming to a university deep in transi-tion. Campus beautification is ongoing, construction is at every corner and the university president is completing his last year of a decade of service.

After the move-ins were completed and orientations were over, the YSU class of 2013 assembled in Beeghly Center for their freshman convocation. President David C. Sweet, Dr. Cynthia Anderson and Scott Schulick were among the presenters at the convocation.

“I can’t tell you what your future holds, that would take all the fun out of it,” Dr. Anderson told the freshman class. “Your future is a work in progress.” Just as the future is a work in progress for the convocation class, the future of YSU is also a work in progress for its appearance, administration and infrastructure.

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Beer pong players beware: a night of drunkenness might not be all that results from playing this ubiquitous college drinking game.

From fraternity houses to rec rooms, beer pong is common on col-lege campuses nationwide. Played on a table with several beer-filled cups set into a triangular shape on both ends, the object of the game is to toss a ping pong ball into the opponents’ cups. If the ball lands in a cup, a player from that side must drink the cup’s contents. When one side obliterates all the other’s cups, they win.

“You start off cleaning the balls every time. When you get drunk, it doesn’t matter anymore.”

Gabe Maine, sophomore

Study finds beer pong increases herpes transmission

On Feb. 12, a U.S. Claims Court ruled against a group of parents of autistic children who filed law-suits against Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The parents were asking for damages because they believed that vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella caused autistic symptoms in their children. The court declared that there was no evidence to link the vaccines to the neurological disorder.

HHS issued a statement in support of the court’s decision: “The medical and scientific communities have found no association between vaccines and au-tism.”

HHS also said that it “continues to support research to better understand the cause of [autism] and develop more effective … treatment.”

The ruling by the court and the statement by HHS may come as a blow to anti-vaccine activists. They compound the damage already done by a London Times article four days earlier. The Times reported that Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a formerly renowned authority on the Autism-vaccine link, manipulated his research and falsified records in his initial 1998 study.

Following Wakeman’s report, MMR vaccination levels in Britain fell from 92 percent to less than 80 percent within the year. This caused MMR cases to rise steadily in the U.K.

Wakeman made American news on Feb. 10, when Keith Olbermann of MSNBC listed the doctor as the “Worst Person in the World.”

Renee McConnell, associate director at Youngstown State University’s Rich Center for Autism, is not sold on the court’s ruling.

Parents say MMR vaccine linked to autismDan PompiliREPORTER

At the forefront of President Obama’s Tuesday ad-dress to Congress was the economy, especially the is-sues responsible for the economic downturn and how they will be addressed during his term.

Throughout the speech, President Obama outlined his plans for the future, including the economic recov-ery plan, job creation, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the perception of the U.S. abroad and also recognition of people who, due to their accomplishments and ex-ample, could rightly be called heroes.

Youngstown State University political science pro-fessor David Porter said President Obama’s speech was “very well done,” and said he favored his goals and articulation.

“However, whether he will be able to achieve his goals is a challenge,” Porter said.

Porter also said many of the president’s plans are ambitious, including a sweeping reform of the health care system. Even so, the president acknowledges that any results will undoubtedly be hard won.

Overall, many of those who saw the speech agree that President Obama achieved a very important goal, which is to present his administration as fundamentally bipartisan and willing to face difficult issues. Addition-ally, putting focus on resolving those issues, rather than politics, is significant.

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President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. MCT Campus photo.

While cell phones are usually part of a “shut off” policy in a typi-cal course syllabus, a new form of technology is starting to become banned in some college classrooms: laptops.

Many universities, including Youngstown State University, offer a wireless network, which provides students and staff with Internet availability around the entire cam-pus. However, several instructors, such as professors from Yale Uni-versity and the University of Mich-igan, have voiced complaints about students using laptops in class for

uses unrelated to school. Surfing the Internet, instant messaging and visiting Web sites like Facebook have essentially prohibited laptops in class.

At YSU, some faculty members have specific policies regarding laptop use in the classroom. As-

sistant coordinator of math 1501 Corrine Ruby does not allow cell phones or laptops in her classroom, as they can be used as calculators during class. Ruby, however, does not mind laptop use during lab ses-sions.

Classroom laptop misuse is in hands of studentsLamar SalterREPORTER

“It is a problem when students are on Facebook or playing solitaire and they make it seem as though they are taking notes.”

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Millions watch as first african-american president takes office

When Barack Obama made history Tuesday as the first Afri-can-American to be elected pres-ident, the campus community at Youngstown State University conducted its own celebration in the Chestnut Room in Kilcawley Center.

From the boards with the con-gratulatory messages written to Obama to the vast amount of peo-ple in attendance, one thing was clear: Obama was officially the new president and people were excited to be witnessing history.

Graduate student Jennifer Hanuschak said she was excited to be at the ceremony to witness an important step in American history.

“I am disappointed that more people didn’t come to the cere-mony, but I was proud to be here. As a history graduate student I feel like America makes history every day, but today I feel like we made it right,” said Hanuschak.

While the ceremony was in-tended to celebrate the inaugura-tion of Barack Obama, teaching assistant Bryan Jenkins said he wasn’t entirely sure of how the process worked.

“It was kind of shocking to realize that the [president-elect] becomes the president before he even gives his speech. I had never paid close enough attention to a ceremony before, so it was pretty interesting to learn some-thing that I didn’t know before,” he said.

“I’m excited to know that I was a part of the voting proce-dure and it’s nice to know that I had something to do with history being made in America,” Jenkins said.

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Despite the ethnic and politi-cal diversity of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet picks, not ev-eryone is completely satisfied with his choices, for various rea-sons.

The president’s Cabinet — the team Obama has assembled to help him fulfill his presidential goals and objectives — consists of five women, four African-Americans, three Latinos, two Republicans and two Asians. Some say Obama picked the most qualified people for the job, regardless of race or gender.

A national poll released in early December indicates 75 percent of Americans approve of the majority of Obama’s Cabinet choices. Twenty-two percent dis-agree with his picks, yet his ap-proval rating is 16 points higher than those who favored Bush’s Cabinet choices in 2001.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey also shows 71 per-cent support his choice to appoint former presidential contender Hillary Clinton as secretary of

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Despite the cold, frigid weather, millions of people from all over the country trav-eled to the nation’s capital to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama, the first black president in American history.

Harold and Marvaline Marrow, who grew up on Youngstown’s south side and now live in Cleveland, were excited to have the chance to see this historic moment first-

hand. They said they were proud and knew that Obama would make important chang-es while in office. Marrow said he believes the economy will be one of the first issues Obama will resolve.

“Once he stabilizes the economy, everything else will fall into place,” Marrow said.

Like the Marrows, every-one had certain reasons for attending the historical event; many of them were personal, others economical.

The recent downfall of the American economy has hurt

many Americans in different ways, but some are optimistic Obama will bring a real, posi-tive change to the nation.

“The economy is back al-ready,” said Michael Hairston of Norfolk, Virginia. Hairston said he feels blessed because Obama is the country’s new president.

By Hairston’s side were his three children: Da’Quell, Gerard and Javon. All three are members of Blacks Un-der the Youth of America, or B.U.Y.A. Their message is to get kids off the street and get

math into their minds. Hair-ston and his children stitched B.U.Y.A. patches of different sizes, colors and styles onto stocking hats, and sold them to people on the street.

The crowded streets were filled with numerous vendors selling anything they could to promote the first black presi-dent of the United States of America. T-shirts, pins, hats, cardboard cut-outs, and even Barack Obama cologne were available to buy.

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FBI agents turn Stambaugh Stadiuminto vertical training groundStambaugh Stadium is drawing a

small crowd this week that won’t sit inseats or even stay on the ground.The FBI is bringing 12 agents from

across the country here to rappel down theside of the buidling Monday throughFriday so that they can train membersfrom their own divisions.FBI SpecialAgent Pete Proch, a 1982

alumni of YSU, chose the stadium as a

vertical training ground.“It gives the students good exposure

for the variety of different places to rappelfrom,” Proch said.Proch teaches the rappelling class,

which is hosted by SWAT OperationsTraining Unit in Quantico, Virginia. Hesaid training agents at a building such asthe stadium rather than at a training facil-ity prepares them for real-world situa-tions.This is the fourth or fifth year the class

has used YSU’s campus, Proch said,adding that the campus is a great trainingarea.“YSU’s a good host,” he said.

Adam BickelReporter

Technology has always been apart of the modern college stu-dents‘ lives. Research, registra-tion and even parking can all behandled with computers and theInternet. Today’s student can evenget a degree online.Students at Youngstown State

University and other schools arefinding out what happens when theclassic lecture class setting com-bines with an online course. These

classes merge the class set-ting with modern technolo-gy to create what theUniversity of HoustonDepartment of Health andHuman Performance hasdubbed the hybrid class.Youngstown State

University has adoptedsuch techniques in WebCT,a program that allows stu-dents to check grades, take quizzesor tests, read notes, have discussionboards, and email classmates.While some classes useWebCT

in a minimal way for e-mail, pre-

sentations and grades, other classeshave opted tomake the hybrid classthe new way of learning.Volko just completed her first

year of teaching at YSU and has

incorporated the hybridclass into her everydayclass experience.“I record my sessions

while they are beingbroadcast to students inLorain,” she said. “Thenice part is if there is astudent who can’t make itto class they could goonline and watch what

they missed.”Volsko also explained that in her

classes students can go on toWebCT and find suggestions forsupplemental readings that could

help out with the tests and quizzesthat at times were also online.Junior Travis Banks doesn’t

seem to have the same stance on thenew technology that has been intro-duced to classes.“I hate hybrid classes ...WebCT,

whatever you call them. They are apain,” Banks said, explaining thatwhen he had to take tests andquizzes online often times studentsforget the due dates.Banks said he doesn’t think it is

fair to make students use their time

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Sarah SoleEditor-in-Chief

To Danielle Hosey, BarackObama is another example ofAmerica’s melting pot.“He’s a little bit of all of us,” she

said.Hosey, a junior and black stu-

dent, is one of many YoungstownState University students whoacknowledged the significance ofthe nomination across party lines,and racial ones.Still, Hosey is disappointed by

the racial tension surrounding this

year’s race for thedemocratic nomina-tion for president.“I’m 32 years old,

and it feels like we’rerevisiting issues of thepast,” said Hosey. “Ithought we weresmarter than that.”Hosey’s opinions

represent the views ofsome other membersof the campus com-munity, who despitebeing thrilled with the Illinois sen-ator’s historic victory as the firstblack major party nominee for

president, worryabout all the atten-tion being paid torace and gender.Other black and

biracial studentsagreed on the unduesignificance of racein the campaign.Though sopho-

more JaasonWeatherly, a blackstudent, said hethinks it’s great that

Obama made history. He too dis-likes the racial tension surroundingthe democratic candidate.

“I don’t see color,” Weatherlysaid.This, however, didn’t stop him

from running into those who didn’tsee much else in the race betweenHillary Clinton and Obama.Browsing an online forum,

Weatherly came across the words,“black people who vote for HillaryClinton are stupid.”“[We] would live in a messed

up world if that’s the way peoplevoted,”Weatherly said of decisionsmade solely by race or ethnicity.Senior Kristy Sahli has also

noticed the racial tension, and has

Barack Obama

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J. Breen MitchellNews Editor

The Youngstown city councilhas yet to discuss a proposedhousing development by PlaceProperties of Atlanta, but councilmembers have expressed theirsupport for the project.Youngstown State University

has publicly opposed the project,citing safety concerns, becausestudents would have to walkacross the Fifth Avenue bridge ontheir way to campus. That couldbe dangerous, especially duringwinter, said Hunter Morrison,director of campus planning andcommunity development.Youngstown Mayor Jay

Williams said that he was sensitiveto the concerns of all sides, and thathe is trying to act as a mediatorbetween YSU, StambaughAuditorium, and Place Properties.“We’re trying to mediate an

argument,“ said Williams of bothsides of the dispute.First Ward council member

Annie Gillam said that hergrandaughter lives in a PlaceProperties development at Miamiof Ohio University and likes it.Gillam said that Park Place wouldnot block StambaughAuditorium,because it would sit 50 feet backfrom FifthAvenue.In response to the university’s

safety concerns, she said that thesidewalks in front of the develop-ment would be five feet four inch-es wide, and the sidewalks overthe bridgewouldmeasure five feet11 inches wide.“It sounds like a great idea to

build up the city. The other citycouncil members all feel the sameway, too,” said Gillam.Gillam said that Place has

applied for a safety enhancementgrant from the Ohio Departmentof Transportation to addressYSU’s safety concerns.Third Ward council member

Jamal Tito Brown said that hethinks the Park Place developmentis a great idea, but that YSU hasanother project that they support.“This project would be just

what Youngstown needs,” saidBrown, adding that the currentstate of the lot is unacceptable.Second Ward council member

DeMaince Kitchen said that YSUhas it’s own vision and agenda.Sophomore Stephen Lemley

said that he stayed in Kilcawley hisfirst year atYSU, and is interested inthe Park Place development.“It’s only a five to ten minute

walk to campus and the mainlibrary is real close. They keepeverything clear — the stairs, thewalkways — all safe for theweather,” Lemley said.Lemley said that cost would

determine whether he would con-sider living in Park Place.“I’d have to go off rent,”

Lemley said. “If it’s lower than theCourtyards then we have some-thing,” he said, referring to theUniversity CourtyardApartments.Additional reporting by TracyGallatin, Mike Hecker and JumalBrown

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Loudly chanting “Yes, we can!”a large crowd of community mem-bers, leaders and students wel-comed long-time MassachusettsSen. Ted Kennedy to YoungstownState University Saturday.

The Kilcawley Center ChestnutRoom was filled by 1:30 p.m.

Audience members like YSUEnglish instructor Elizabeth Crowllsaid they were pleased with

Kennedy’s visit.“This is a wonderful endorse-

ment for Obama,” she said. “TheKennedys always helped the aver-ageAmerican.”

State Sen. Capri Cafarodescribed Kennedy as “a leaderthat understands what it’s like tostruggle.”

Youngstown Mayor JayWilliams also welcomed Kennedy,calling him a “living testament ofpersonal responsibility.”

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Ashley TateNews Reporter

The Higher LearningCommission paid a visit toYoungstown State University thisweek, sitting down to chat with stu-dents about their likes and dislikesof the university.

The commission, visiting campusMonday through Wednesday, will beevaluating the university on strengths,challenges and recommendations thatwere noted in an accreditation self-study released byYSU.

Karen Whitney of the HigherLearning Commission is the vicechancellor for student life at IndianaUniversity-Perdue UniversityIndianapolis.

She said the purpose of theaccreditation and evaluation is “away that we can put the goodhousekeeping seal on YSU. Thereis a certain level of quality the uni-versity goes through.”

The student forum took placeMonday in Kilcawley Center’sOhio Room. Whitney said she waspleased with the turnout of studentsto discuss issues that are meaning-

ful to them.Whitney and Jerald Henderson,

also of the commission, faced acrowdof approximately 30 studentswho were ready to discuss issueslike advisement, professors, studentactivities, class scheduling, overallcampus surroundings and others.

Henderson, director of assess-ment and program quality of aca-demic development at ChicagoState University, said the commis-sion wants students’ input becausethey are important.

“The more information we getfrom you, the more we learn.

Students are extremely importantbecause this institution or anyother higher learning institutionwouldn’t be here if it weren’t foryou. They would cease to exist,”Henderson said.

Whitney said the forum wasmeant to be a conversation beyondthe self-study. The commissionwanted to meet with students andstaff to answer questions.

While the Ohio weather may bea curse to some students, one stu-dent said she thinks the campuslooks better with all the snow cov-ering the many hills whenWhitney

asked about the appearance of cam-pus.

Students also mentioned theywere pleased with the distancebetween buildings in regards to thetime it takes to get to them betweenclasses.

But there were other pressingissues students were eager to talkabout.

One concern voiced by a studentwas themaintenance and upkeep ofolder buildings and facilities.

The student described walkinginto the Science, Technology,

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Sen. Barack Obama’s politicalrally on campus brought changes tothe typical Monday routine forYoungstown State University stu-dents.

Sophomore Matt Luzik thoughtthe parking situation was “ridicu-lous.”

“They should’ve just chosenone lot or parking deck to close, notall three,” he said.

Several parking lotswere closedto students, including the M7 lot,whichwas only open to guests, andF5 and F6, which were restricted tosatellite personnel and VIPs. TheM1 and R1 lots were open to stu-dents, faculty and guests.

Senior Brad Homer agreed thatparking was worse.

“There’s not enough parking asit is. Students who do have classesaren’t going to be able to find park-ing,” he said.

In addition to the changes inparking, classes in Beeghly Centerwere cancelled from 8 a.m. to 5:30p.m.

“It doesn’t bother me that he’shere. I just wish I had classes in

Beeghly,” Homer said.While freshman Nick Manfredi

said hewas unhappywithObama’svisit to campus and doesn’t agreewith his views, he planned to attendthe rally.

“I do feel that all of the classes atYSU should be canceled,” he said.

Freshman Gary Provitt dis-agreed with Manfredi.

“I am extremely happy thatBarack is here.”

Provitt said he planned on skip-ping class to go to the rally.

Sophomore Denise Beatty isfollowing Provitt’s route eventhough she thought canceling class-es in Beeghly was ridiculous.

“I am going to miss my 2o’clock class to go the rally,though,” she said.

Monday’s rally drew about6,800 YSU students, faculty, staff,local politicians and area residents.

“Theyshould’vejust chosenone lot orparking deckto close, notall three.”

It doesn’tbother methat he’shere. I justwish I hadclasses inBeeghly.”

Matt Luzik, sophomore Brad Homer, senior

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Obama speaks in front of 6,800withpromise of hope, change in Youngstown

YES WE CAN — Sen. Ted Kennedy spoke in Kilcawley Center at YSU.

Sarah SoleNews Editor

Presidential candidate BarackObama told Youngstown he hastalked to thousands of people,shaken thousands of hands, andeaten hundreds and hundreds ofchicken dinners.

“Aftermore than ayear of cam-paigning I am here to report thatmybet has paid off, andmy faith in

theAmerican people has been vin-dicated,” he said.

Addressing a crowd of 6,800 inYoungstown State University’sBeeghly Center Monday after-noon, Obama called for changeand hope while promising to keepjobs inYoungstown instead of out-sourcing them.

Spectators waited in a line thatstretched past Beeghly, fromSpring Street on campus all the

way to the corner of ArlingtonStreet and Fifth Avenue. Thecrowd began cheering insideBeeghly’s gymnasium even beforethe first glimpse of the Illinois sen-ator, who took the stage shortlyafter 2 p.m.

Obama said he was thrilled tobe at YSU.

“There’s a good looking townhere,” he said to the audience.

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Feature6 Tuesday, november 10, 2009 Thejambar.com

DRUNKDIALING

When people turn to the bottle during an extreme time of stress, the affects of alcohol can leave more than just a hangover in the morning.

Drunk Dialing is a social phenom-enon that turns every phone against its user and has been plaguing adults who dare answer for years.

Whether it be a booty call gone wrong or a twisted plea for a reunion, alcohol causes people to lose con-trol and act more on their emotions,

breaking down comfort

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come a subject of interest in study-ing drunken behavior and its af-fects on the human mind.

In 2008, two instructors at Kent State University pre-sented a scholar-to-scholar presentation for the National Communication Association about this very topic.

Amber Ferris and Erin Hellenbaugh wrote a 38-page paper about who drunk dialers are, why they do it and the people who take the calls

The duo sampled over 400 college students around the age of 20.

According to their study, women were more likely to en-gage in the behavior for “con-fidence, relational maintenance, confession of emotion and recon-nection” and men for “sexual pur-poses.”

As if public drunkenness wasn’t bad enough, as technology grows so does our ability to com-

municate.Cell phones, more specifically

smart phones like the Blackber-ry, iPod and the Palm lineup allow a lot more opportunities to connect. People can now text, instant message, and e-mail, allowing more ways to

contact that certain somebody and let them now exactly how

you feel, even if you don’t remember it in the morning.

Students at Youngstown State University shared their experiences

about drunk dialing.Jessica McDermott, a sopho-

more, talked about a heart-breaking conversation she thought she had with her then boyfriend while she was drunk, only to real-ize exactly who she was talking to the next day.

“I woke up and looked at my phone and saw that

I spent the entire night talk-ing, crying, fighting and argu-ing with myself,” Mcdermott said.

Drunk dialing has be-

come a popular subject on the inter-net too.

Web sites like www.drunkdial.org, where users can call a hotline number that records their call for the public and www.textsfromlastnight.com where people post texts made during intoxication, are popular examples.

Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have user-created groups dedicated to sharing stories about drunk dialing.

There are also applications for the iPhone that both prevent and promote drunk dialing.

“Ringrr Roulette” is an app that plays on the risks of drunken dialing.

Users who have the app shake

their iPhone in and a random con-tact number pops up. The app then “dares” the user to call the number or “chicken out.”

Another popular app works to prevent drunk dialing. “Don’t dial” allows users to block certain numbers from being called before a they start drinking.

Popular e-mail sites like Gmail have also created preventive mea-sures for drunken behavior.

When set, the filter subjects the drunken person to a math sobriety “test.”

If the person cannot answer the questions correctly, their account is automatically locked out.

There’s an App for that

Lamar SalterARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

PHOTO ILLUSTRAITIONS BY ADAM ROGERS / THE JAMBAR

Xbox LIVE is updating with a convergence mental-ity, combining their already popular service with massive-ly popular social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

In 2008, Microsoft reported Xbox Live had 17 million us-ers and over half of that had gold memberships. On the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, over $1 billion has been spent since 2005.

“We are always asking our-selves how to make the TV more social,” said John Schap-pert, corporate vice president of Interactive Entertainment LIVE, Software and Studios at Microsoft through a release on Xbox.com.

At the E3 Expo 2009, Mi-crosoft announced partnerships with social networking giants

Facebook and Twitter. After months of speculation, Xbox LIVE has finally unveiled how they incorporated Facebook and Twitter to select members of a preview program.

Twitter functions as it regu-larly would with only a few minor things removed. Users can’t check out TwitPics and can’t check follow/following lists. Users can still search, check trending topics, send direct messages, choose to follow users and tweet about whatever they want.

Facebook’s functionality isn’t as true to form. Applica-tions can’t be played or even looked at on Xbox LIVE, which means YSU-favorite Farm-ville is unavailable through the service. You can still check friends’ status updates and up-date your own. You can look at friends’ pictures regularly or in a full screen slideshow, which can help the viewing of smaller photos. You can

also find friends on your Xbox LIVE buddy list and add them on Facebook.

On Xbox LIVE both are much more colorful and user friendly than they are on the Web, complete with big but-tons that make navigation easy. Obviously updating your status on either Facebook or Twitter or typing anything in can be difficult. However, Xbox allows the use of USB keyboards if you plug them right into the ports on the Xbox. Xbox also released a messenger kit, a small cell phone sized keyboard that plugs right into your controller that retails for $29.99.

“By bringing Twitter, Fa-cebook and Last.fm to Xbox 360, we’re not only extending the walls of your living room beyond your home to your friends all over the world, we’re creating the definitive social network, uniting more than 300 million people to

share thoughts on music, play games and tweet,” Schappert said.

Currently, only those 18 and older can use Facebook or Twitter. However, Xbox LIVE Director of Programming Larry Hryb has reported on his Website that those 13 to 17 will be able to use the feature with parental permission.

In addition to Facebook and Twitter, Xbox has added Last.fm. With Last.fm users can listen to their favorite bands complete with video slide-shows to enhance the listening experience. But to receive no ads, the ability to play your be-loved tracks on their own sta-tion, exclusive access to new features and more users will have to play $3 a month. $36 more a year is a hard sell for gamers already paying $50 for the Xbox LIVE service.

The update’s rumored re-lease date for all users is Nov. 17.

Xbox partners with social networking Web sitesDan BrownREPORTER

“By bringing Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm to Xbox 360, we’re not only extending the walls of your living room beyond your home to your friends all over the world, we’re creating the definitive social network, uniting more than 300 mil-lion people to share thoughts on music, play games and tweet.”

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Though sophomore Lauren Tucker has changed her ma-jor three times, she says she’ll change her major as many times as necessary.

“This is what I’m going be doing for the rest of my life. I want to make sure it’s what I want to do.”

Tucker is not alone. In a non-scientific survey

filled out by 100 Youngstown State University students, though 60 percent entered their freshman year of college with a course of study already chosen, 58 percent of students have changed their major once or more. Addition-ally, 57 percent of students also said they were being pressured to choose their major from an outside source.

Some students, however, re-main uncommitted.

“Undecided” was the second most popular major in the 2007-2008 school year, according to statistics obtained from Steve Taraszewski, senior research analyst for YSU.

Freshman Amber Gaetano, like many other YSU students, is undecided on her major, and said she is taking most of her ba-sic classes right now.

“I want to go into the medi-cal field, but I’m not sure what I want to do yet, ” Gaetano said.

Ken Holt, also a freshman, does not have a definite major in mind either. “I’m undecided, and am taking a lot of my gen-eral education classes like soci-ology and English,” he said.

While advisers can help stu-dents explore areas of study and find a way to choose a major, 57 percent of the students said they feel that advisers can pressure a student to choose a major even if they are not completely sure what it is they want to study.

Sally Kenney, an adviser for the College of Health and Human Services, said she has seen many students who are very unsure of their majors. She believes that pressure students can feel comes from many directions, not just the academic advisers.

“We encourage them to take general education courses while they are in the exploratory stage of choosing a major. We try to make them come to terms with their abilities in dealing with many of the subject areas in-cluded in their potential majors,” she said.

Advisers, however, are not the only source of stress for some students.

Out of the 57 students that said they were pressured into picking a major before they were ready, 39 said the pressure came from the family.

For some students, changing majors isn’t an issue.

Freshman Ken Dutko is one of those who began college with a definite major in mind: Eng-lish. This is mainly because he has wanted to be an author since the fourth grade.

Likewise, Shamariaa Cole-man, junior, came to YSU as a psychology major and has not yet changed her mind.

“I knew that’s what I wanted to do after taking a psychology class in high school,” she said.

Other students need a second choice.

Jessie Knez, freshman, has changed her major once, arriving at YSU with an early childhood education major and changing it to finance last semester.

Although she chose her origi-nal major because she likes kids, she switched to accounting to make more money and said her adviser helped a lot with the work involved in changing her major.

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The 2008 election has pro-vided unprecedented cover-age for both major presiden-tial candidates. Many people on both sides believe that a biased media is creating an unbalanced election, though.

Conflicts have included Barack Obama’s religious ties, John McCain’s home-ownership and more recently, the personal life of Sarah Pa-lin. Youngstown State Uni-versity students and faculty

members’ opinions on the media’s involvement with this year’s election vary.

“They’re being too hard and being too easy on her at the same time because she is a woman,” said Brandon Mclendon, freshman, about the media coverage on Sarah Palin. Mcclendon said the media has been hard on Palin because of her personal life and family while not as hard on the issues because of her position as a female candi-date in the election.

Junior Ben Mabbot said there has been a lot of cover-

age on the candidates’ back-grounds and personal lives as well. “I think they’re one and the same,” Mabbott said about the importance of the candi-dates’ personal lives and their political views. When asked about the increasing cover-age on Palin’s personal life in contrast to rival running mate Joe Biden, Mabbott said Pa-lin, being relatively unknown to him before the election, was more relevant. “Biden’s personal life isn’t as interest-ing,” he said.

Jim Shaw, president of the

unequal fact to opinion ratio creates unbalanced election

coverage

Anthony Edmonds, sopho-more, purchased a book that was required for a class at a price of $200. “I still haven’t taken it out of the plastic,” said Edmonds.

Books may no longer be a necessity for some students on campus.

In a non-scientific poll taken by 100 students, 69 percent said last semester they did not use all the books that they purchased, and 90 percent of the polled students said they find that text-

books are overpriced. In addition to finding books

overpriced, some students claim that not all of the textbook pur-chases they made were necessary.

Forty-two percent of students said they have spent $200 on books they haven’t ever read. All of these books were purchased under the terms of a professor’s requirement.

Junior Marquis Grissett, who claims that he’s never failed a class, has spent $400 on books he’s never used.

“I am a junior and I think this is the first semester a professor has required a text and we actu-ally need it and use it,” he said.

The poll has stated that other students also have gotten by without their books.

Ninety percent of students

said they have passed numerous classes without reading the sup-posedly “required” text.

Thirty-eight percent of the students admitted that they be-lieve they have passed just as many classes not using a text-book as they have passed while using the text.

Danielle Dickerson, a gradu-ate from Youngstown State Uni-versity said, “I passed most of my classes without using the text. If the professor said we absolutely had to have the text, I would find ways to get around buying it. I wasn’t willing to spend tons of

Courtney DenenREPORTER

Lamar Salter REPORTER

Courtney DenenREPORTER

Students refrain from buying unnecessary ‘required’ books for class

Students feel pressured to choose major

Despite the fact that many students say they are not influ-enced by this election’s nega-tive campaign ads, some have said they believe certain nega-tive claims.

While some ads focus on the accomplishments of one candidate, others are designed to discredit the opposition.

The McCain campaign re-leased an ad in late July show-ing images of Paris Hilton and

Britney Spears, calling Obama is “the biggest celebrity in the world.” The ad went on to say that Obama was a worldwide celebrity, not a leader.

In early September, the Obama campaign released an ad portraying McCain as “the same” as George Bush, show-ing images of the two together and stating that McCain voted with Bush over 90 percent of the time. The ad’s claims were that McCain and Bush shared the same attitude, failure to un-

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Downtown NIGHT LIFEAND Dining

Downtown 36 36 Federal Plaza W.

Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m.

A big city atmosphere boasting affordable specials, Downtown 36 is a top-notch bar targeting YSU students. With a special every night, it’s hard to deny the affordability to have a fun night here. On Wednesdays, DT36 hosts “Party like a Rock Star: Pay at the Door and Pay No More,” where girls pay $10 and guys $15 and drink inside at no cost. Power Hours are the theme of Thursdays, where drinks from 9 p.m. to midnight are only a dollar while DJ Patrone spins the tunes. On Fridays, the bar hosts DJ Jerry Mac and offers $1.50 Miller Lites and $2 bombs. DJ Chris Daniels takes on the scene on Saturday nights with the same specials as Fridays.

Rosetta Stone Cafe and Wine

Bar 110 W. Federal st.

KitcHen Hours: Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday-

Saturday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday, 1-8 p.m.

Bar Hours: Monday-Wednesday until 10 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday

until 2 a.m.

Greg Sop, a Rosetta Stone owner, said there’s something for everyone at The Rosetta Stone. The restaurant features traditional dishes, like steaks, fresh seafood and Italian dishes, and more unusual choices, like frog legs and duck. The Rosetta Stone also has more than 30 wines for diners to choose from. Live bands perform on Fridays and Saturdays. Sop said a nightclub below the Rosetta Stone is in the works.

Barleys21 Federal Plaza W.

Bartender Jim Ceci described each night of the week at Barleys as full of nightly specials. Monday night boasts $2 imports, Tuesday night is open mic night and $2 cocktails, Wednesday night is flip night (the bartender flips a coin and the customer chooses heads or tails, and if the customer guesses correctly they get their drink for 50 cents, and if not the customer pays full price) Thursday night is hip-hop night, and Friday night is always band night. Barleys opens at 8 p.m. with dollar domestics.

Skeeter’s Jazz Bar & Grill

15 W Federal st.

Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., with kitchen open

for lunch

Intended for adults 35 years or older, Skeeter’s Jazz Bar and Grill presents a jazz scene and features fine jazz musicians from the tri-state area. They pride themselves on their extremely relaxed atmosphere.

Tomasino’s Pizza103 Federal Plaza W.

Tomasino’s Pizza serves homemade New York style cheese, pepperoni, vegetable, spinach and special pizzas. Tomasino’s also has pepperoni and spinach rolls.

Cafe Cimmento120 e. Boardman st.

This humble cafe serves homemade Italian dishes and fine wine.

Lemon Grove Cafe 122 W. Federal st.

Hours: Monday-Friday, 11-4 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5 p.m.-4 a.m.

Lemon Grove Cafe owner and YSU graduate Jacob Harver said his objective was to create a coffee shop that wasn’t corporate and has its “own vibe and character.” Harver also said the Lemon Grove is the middle ground between coffee shops and bars.

“I like coffee shops, but I like to drink, but I don’t like going to bars,” Harver said.

Lemon Grove patron Bill Majzik said the cafe is not “gender specific, age specific or political specific.” Harver also describes the Lemon Grove as “walking the line of social activism, and a place to provide a positive environment for the community, and that’s also environmentally sustainable.”

Imbibe Martini Bar

124 Federal Plaza W.

Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m.

Not exclusively martinis, Imbibe also has cocktails, beers and wines. Try cocktails with a wide selection of vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, scotch, tequila and cordials. See if you can try them as a mixer or a shot. Imbibe offers imports, microbrews, small batch brews and a large selection of domestics. Imbibe has alcohol from 16 countries and beer from eight different states, including Ohio. The wine menu consists of wines by the bottle and by the glass; choose from red, white, and sparkling wines. Information provided by Imbibe Martini Bar.

Cedars Lounge23 n. Hazel st.

Hours: Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m.-2 a.m.; Thursday-Saturday, 7 p.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday, 10 p.m.-10 a.m.

Cedars bartender Billy Danielson said Cedars is “the coolest f----ing bar in town.” Cedars hosts Swing Night on Thursdays and features live music on Fridays and Saturday nights. On Swing Night, guests are encouraged to dress in clothing spanning from the World War II era to 1960. Music from the period will be played. Cedars charges no cover charge on Tuesdays.

Compiled by: Jeff Mamounis, Chelsea Pflugh & Emmalee C. Torisk

Photos & Design by: Adam Rogers

Plan Yo WEEKENDPumPKin carvingThursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Fellows Riverside Gardens

Haunted laKe trailFriday and Saturday, 7 or 10:30 p.m.Lake Milton State Park$6

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Kelly clarKsonSaturday, 8 p.m.Covelli Centre$35.50 to $75.50

rally in tHe valley BlocK Party/BiKe nigHtSunday, 3 to 9 p.m.Rosetta Stone

“come Fly WitH me”Sunday, 4 to 5 p.m. Bliss Recital Hall

Haunted HayridesSunday, 7 to 10 p.m.Boardman Park

Broaden Yo HorizonsBad astronomySaturday, 1 p.m.Ward Beecher Planetarium

edgar allen Poe’s “tHe BlacK cat”Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m.Victorian Players Theatre

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Chelsea MillerSPORTS REPORTER

Ab Express is a 15-minute class at the Rec Center that features a variety of crunches that work mainly on the ab-dominal muscles. The class uses bicycles, body bars and stability and Bosu balls. It is taught by an intern working in the fitness center at the time. The main appeal of the class is that it is short and students can squeeze the class into their

schedules. “The class is popular be-

cause it’s only 15 minutes long,” said Cassie Garland, an Ab Express teacher. “It’s for students who don’t really have the time.”

John Smogonlvich and Chris Staley are two students who have taken the class.

“It’s a good workout. The class is intense,” Staley said.

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It’s hard to believe Leighann Forward has no former dance ex-perience when she steps in front of her Zumba class and leads her students into a hip-shaking Latin dance number. Forward, who fea-tures songs such as “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira and the Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow,” has been teaching for two years. Her class is one of the most popular fitness classes at the Andrews Recreation and Wellness Center at Youngstown State University.

It’s easy to see why. Forward leads her class in a series of cheers during the routine, and encourages them to “yell and be goofy” at one point. Forward said she believes her class is so popular because it’s fun.

“It’s more like a girls’ night out than a fitness class. We get to act crazy,” Forward said.

Forward said that although

the class is fun and students leave feeling upbeat and positive, there are also several positive fitness as-pects.

“It’s a high cardio workout,” she said. “We can burn anywhere from 500 to 800 calories [in one class].”

After one such high-intensity dance number, student Dessirae Thompson sat on the side to catch her breath. It was her first time coming to the class, but she said it won’t be her last.

“It gets you in shape, and there’s a lot of movement,” she said. “I like the music.”

Megan Byce, a sophomore nurs-ing student, said she has been an avid “Zumba-ite” since last year. She said the class has definitely im-proved her dancing skills.

“I love shaking my butt and that I get to do it for exercise,” Byce said, laughing.

The goal of Samantha Gr-binick’s class is to have stu-dents walk out in a calmer state of mind. Feeling the laid-back vibe of her class, students may do just that.

First, students participate in a 10-minute meditation and breathing exercise that Grbin-ick said helps students relax and decompress. Next, she leads students in a series of poses such as the downward dog, reverse swan dive and five-pointed star that look like they sound.

“Pause here and notice how your body feels,” she said after each move.

Grbinick stated the reason behind the poses is that stu-dents become aware of their bodies.

“One wants to keep focus inward as opposed to letting the mind wander,” she said. “[The purpose of these exer-cises] is connecting the brain with the body.”

Grbinick started practic-ing yoga about 10 years ago. She said her love for the class and a suggestion from one of her instructors pushed her into teaching. Her goal was to help people.

The many benefits of yoga are clear to those who fre-quently take the class.

“As well as relaxation, yoga has numerous other health benefits,” Grbinick said. “Cer-tain poses help stimulate the immune system and it also gives the person confidence and well-being.”

Ebanae Gilmore, a senior and pre-med major who has been practicing yoga for five years, is aware of these ben-efits.

“Yoga is very calming and stress relieving,” Gilmore said. “It helps you become one with body and self.”

Mindy Goist, an exercise science major, attended Gr-binick’s class for the first time Thursday. Goist enjoyed the class and looks forward to at-tending the next.

“I like the self-awareness and being aware of your body,” she said.

Grbinick said the recent popularity of yoga comes as no surprise.

“There is a lot of stress in college with all the testing and studying,” Grbinick said. “You get more than one benefit out of taking [yoga].”

Christa Flora turns up the vol-ume in an attempt to pump up her spinning class. The students are reaching the end of their cycle and are visibly tired. They have just completed several hill climbs, speed intervals and sprints, but Flora keeps pushing them until the end. Although the students are ex-hausted, they keep coming back; spinning is always a full class at the Rec.

Flora said she believes the popu-larity of her class could be attrib-uted to a few aspects.

“Where it’s at is visible. People can get a sneak peek before com-mitting to it … it helps with its own marketing,” she said. “That and the loud music is an attention getter.”

Flora, who has been teaching spinning for three years, tried to stimulate an outdoor bike ride in her class through the use of differ-ent “hill climbs” and by mixing up speeds. She said this is the goal of any spinning class.

Flora said all instructors have their own tastes in music, and said it is beneficial for students to have a variety of music. For instance, Flora uses hip-hop music and chart-topping songs in her classes.

Student Rachel Carr, a sopho-

m o r e and early childhood educa-tion major, attends spinning at the Rec Center twice a week.

“It’s a good workout. It goes fast and then you’re done and you don’t have to worry about it the rest of the day,” Carr said.

Jessica Cupp, on the other hand, had never taken a spinning class, but she will definitely come back.

“I like that it keeps you busy,” she said.

Flora said beginners, as well as those who come regularly, will ben-efit from the class.

“[Spinning] is good because you control how hard you work. The re-sistance is controlled by the partici-pant. The instructor pushes you, but you can go at your own pace. It’s good for all levels,” Flora said.

Students coming into Butts N Guts can expect a good workout from teach-er Erin Bell, a physical training graduate student who has been teaching the class for two years. As soon as class starts, she leads the students into a variety of lunges using weights, as well as crunches and other moves designed to tone the ab-dominals and glutes.

The focus on these ar-eas is why Bell said the class is so popular.

“Who doesn’t want to take a class that works on abdominals and buttocks? For women especially, these are the areas they want to work on,” Bell said.

Bell also said it is pop-ular because it is a quick, easy workout for most.

“People want an easy workout and somebody to tell them what to do. I’m motivating them [to workout],” Bell said.

Jen Lacivita, who has been coming to the class

since school started, said although it is still chal-lenging, it becomes easier as time goes on.

“I like that it changes each time. We don’t do the same workout every class,” Lacivita said.

Gabrielle Mariano, a psychology major, came to class for the first time Tuesday, but said she will be back again.

“It was at a nice pace. The teacher stayed on track with everyone in the class,” Mariano said.

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