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Vol. 92, No. 5

“We the People” receives esteemed award JCU police report goes public Anthony Pero Campus Editor

Laura Bednar Campus Editor

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Pictured above are the “We the People” affiliates who accepted the award in Washington D.C. Front row, left to right: Kyia Clardy ‘99, Molly Gradowski ‘11, Fr. Niehoff, Shirley Seaton.

Back row, left to right: Christi Ham, General Carter Ham, Margaret Finucane, Laura Kisthardt ‘13, Allison Calabro ‘07, Liz Deegan.

The “We the People” service learning program at John Carroll University was one of five national recipients of the New York Life Higher Education Civic Engagement Award.

This award is given annually to five schools out of 100 applicants. Schools are chosen by a selection committee in conjunction with The Washington Center. The committee looks for schools that are building community partnerships that demonstrate leadership and innovation in addressing issues that affect the public; a vision for change; and depth of communication between the institution and the community.

Margaret Finucane, assistant professor in the department of communication and theatre arts, nominated “We the People” for this award. When asked why she nominated the program, Finucane said, “It matters what we do.

It is an exemplary program in terms of civic engagement.” Along with the nomination, a two-page application must be sent in. One page is about the University’s commitment to civic engagement and the other is about the program itself. John Carroll is the first Jesuit institution to receive this award.

“We the People” is a tutoring program that reaches all of the fourth and fifth grade classrooms in East Cleveland. There are currently 477 tutors who teach 3100 students. Each week, teams of four tutors go to the schools and teach units from the textbook entitled, “We the People.” In May, the students come to John Carroll’s campus to test their knowledge of the textbook through a mock congressional hearing. “Students can picture themselves on campus and it motivates them,” said Liz Deegan, assistant director for program development for the center for service and social action.

Under the “We the People” umbrella is also a program called “Youth for Justice,” a program for eighth graders. Tutors help students identify an injustice in the community, and after researching the topic, they develop a proposed solution and present it to judges at the Youth for Justice Symposium on campus. In the past, students have attempted to prevent teens from joining gangs by having a former gang member talk to middle schools to raise awareness. “[The program] helps the kids and that’s what we’re all about. It impacts us and our lives,” said sophomore tutor Tainne Dallas.

On Friday, Oct. 2, Mark D. McCarthy, Vice President for Student Affairs released an annual report from JCU’s Police Department. The report was released as a part of the school’s efforts to maintain a safe environment.

The report describes prevention training and education programs, policies, procedures and crime statistics.

The report was produced to comply with requirements of the Jeanne Cleary Disclosure Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990, as well as the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act. Other information in the report for the 2014 calendar year includes amendments from the 2013 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Reauthorization Act and Ohio Public Records Law Requirements.

The information in the report is compiled by the JCUPD. Crimes and student conduct referrals reported to the following offices for the crime report: JCUPD, University Heights Police, Shaker Heights Police, Geauga County Sheriff, Office of The Dean of Students, Office of Residence Life, athletic coaching staff, advisors of student organizations and other university officials that crimes have been reported to.

The total number of crimes reported to the school for all locations regarding JCU students was 41. In the years 2013 and 2014, there were three forcible rapes. Between 2012 and 2014, there were five cases of forcible fondling both on and off campus. There were eight instances of dating violence during the years of 2013 and 2014. There were five cases of stalking between 2013 and 2014. There were 25 cases of burglary between 2012 and 2014, and one case of motor vehicle theft in 2012. In 2012 there were two cases of sodomy, which occurred in the residence halls. These were the only reported cases of sexual assault on campus and may not represent all instances.

The total amount of reported crimes on campus, including residence halls, during the years of 2012 through 2014 was 46. Between 2013 and 2014 there was five cases of stalking and between 2012 and 2014 there was 25 cases of burglary.

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A total of 46 crimes happened on JCU’s campus between 2012 and 2014. These included sodomy, rape and dating violence.

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Campus Briefs Physician-Patient Relationship Lecture

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The Catholic Guild of Catholic Medical Association will be hosting a lecture dealing with the clinical and ethical challenges that occur between physicians and patients.

The lecture will include three speakers. Brian Burkey, MD, MEd, FACS, vice-chairman and section head of the Head and Neck surgery and oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation will speak.

Also speaking is, Deborah Brindza, MD, FAAP and pediatricain with University Premier Pediatricians, Rainbow Care Network and is Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Also in attendance will be John Carroll philosophy professor Andrew Trew, who has a JD and PhD, and teaches at Saint Mary’s Seminary and specializes in bioethics. He is an international scholar at the Cleveland Clinic and chaired its regional hospital’s Institutional Review Board.

He was also asked to participate in the pontifical academy for life meetings in the Vatican.

The speakers will review ethical problems and their importance in our culture. They will also discuss the effects these issues on health-related presentations and provide solutions to these problems.

This event takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the McAuley Hall at the Church of the Gesu. This event is sponsored by the Respect for Life Committee.

Silent protest staged in Schott Dining Hall Student aims to bring awareness to lingering racial issues on campus Elissa Filozof The Carroll News A silent protest was held in Schott Dining Hall two weeks ago to raise awareness about lingering racial issues on campus. It was organized by John Carroll African-American Alliance (AAA) secretary and sophomore, Brittany Kincaid. She organized this passive demonstration for one of her classes with the support of her fellow AAA members. She hopes the demonstration will have powerful implications.

Freshman Antone’a Taylor was sitting in the dining hall when she was approached by a member of the AAA and asked if she wanted to participate in a protest. “This was pretty random for me because I had never been previously involved,” she said. But I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll do it,’ and went over to a table that they had set up to see what the protest was about. They had these large cards with certain words, like racial slurs that have been said on campus to African-Americans, because, apparently, there’s still racism going on around John Carroll and they wanted to protest that.”

Taylor explained that a few people from the African-American Alliance, as well as others like her, held up cards silently in the cafeteria. The cafeteria got pretty quiet as people started reading the cards and after a few minutes of holding up the cards and everyone saw them, then, the protest was over.

The reasoning behind the protest was to raise awareness about racism, because some people act like it is not still a problem.

I hope it was impactful on the students who saw it,” Taylor added. “One of my friends on campus did text me later that day; she said, ‘Hey, I saw you doing that silent protest thing in the cafeteria. I’m proud of you for getting involved at school and taking a stand for something.’ So that told me that people had actually noticed what we did.”

Taylor continued, “I don’t know how big of an impact the demonstration made. I feel like it will take more than just one little random silent protest in the cafeteria to really change people’s minds about racism, but at least it was a step in the right direction.”

Mercedes Lewis, current President of the AAA, writes that the purpose of the group is to “promote the recognition and involvement of African-American students, students of African descent and students of other ethnicities at the University.

“We intend to create a strong voice on campus and to make an impact on students’ decisions with regards to the JCU Community.”

Lewis, although absent from the cafeteria protest, says she was aware that it was going to take place.

The AAA meets Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Murphy residence hall basement, and discusses the complexities of racial issues affecting John Carroll’s black community and how to best address them.

From REPORT, p.1 Graduate student, assistant to the JCU Wrestling team and JCU undergraduate alumni Todd Gaydosh said, “I think it’s good to be transparent with these things especially since the numbers didn’t look terrible. Though, I’m sure there are plenty that do not go reported.”

There were very few arrests made for breaking liquor law, drug and weapons laws with a total of 13 between the years of 2012 and 2014. However, the referrals were high, adding up to 689. Almost all of the liquor, drug referrals and weapon law referrals occurred in the residence halls. Only three drug referrals and one weapon referral happened off campus.

Between 2012 and 2014, there were no hate crimes reported. Hate crimes are determined by race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, and disability.

The full report can be accessed at http://tinyurl.com/jcusecurityreport, e-mailing the JCU PD at jcupd@jcu.edu, picking up a copy in room 14 of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center or calling the JCUPD at 216-397-1974.

Fr. Niehoff celebrates ten years as University President - Compiled by Laura Bednar, Campus Editor

Post-Graduate Volunteer Fair

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The post-graduate volunteer fair will take place on Monday, Oct. 19 from 5:30-8 p.m. in the LSC Conference Room of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center.

This fair is for students interested in partaking in a year of service after graduation.

There will be representatives from over 30 organizations and agencies including America Scores, Redeemer Ministry Corps, St. Vincent Pallotti Center and Teach for America.

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Niehoff will be the longest serving University president in 2016. His contract as president was renewed through June of 2020.

Campus Safety Log

Oct. 3, 2015 Tenable Security reported two male students were intoxicated in The Underground at 11:33 p.m. They were escorted back to their rooms by the area coordinator and JCUPD. Oct. 7, 2015 A female student reported that the MacBook Pro was stolen from Grasselli Library after leaving it unattended. The incident was reported at 5:02 p.m.

These incidents are taken from the files of Campus Safety Services, located in the lower level of the Lombardo Student Center.

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University President, The Rev. Fr. Robert L. Niehoff, S.J., was inaugurated on Oct. 11, 2005. He is the 24th president of John Carroll and the fourth longest serving president in University history. In 2016, he will be the longest serving president.

He was born on August 14, 1953 in Puyallup, Wash. and has seven siblings. With aspirations of becoming a priest since elementary school, Niehoff joined the Society of Jesus in 1972. He celebrated his 25th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood at The Church of the Gesu in October of 2007.

Niehoff has earned multiple degrees, beginning with a B.A. in philosophy form Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., where he also later received a PhD in educational leadership in 1995. He has two master’s degrees in theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in Santa Clara University, CA. In 1986, he obtained his M.B.A. at the University of Washington.

He has accomplished much during his time as president, including approving the Arrupe Scholars program and helping dedicate the donor recognition wall at Shula Stadium, completing the campaign for Athletics. He also travelled to El Salvador in November 2014 to recognize the 25th anniversary of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador. More recently he was invited by Senator Sherrod Brown to come to Washington, D.C. for the papal visit in September.

As of May 2014, the JCU Board of Directors unanimously voted to renew Niehoff’s contract as president of the University until June of 2020.

UHPD Crime Blotter

Sep. 28 , 2015 Around 11 a.m., there was a report about two unattended children in the 2200 block of Jackson Boulevard. A 23-year old Cleveland man was arrested for child endagerment while a 23-year old Mentor man was cited for drug posession. The children were given to Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services.

Oct. 2, 2015 At 12:20 p.m., a woman had her wallet stolen from her purse while she was shopping at TJ Maxx. Someone then charged $6,000 to her credit cards.

Incidents taken from the University Heights police blotter at Cleveland.com.

Campus 3 New York Times Best-selling author, Isabel Wilkerson, visits JCU Oct. 15, 2015

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Julie Hullett Dominique Dupree Staff Reporters A diverse audience gathered in the Donahue Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 8 to hear Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Students, community members, families and JCU faculty and staff attended Wilkerson’s lecture.

Isabel Wilkerson is from Washington, D.C. and is a graduate of Howard University, where she earned a degree in journalism. Wilkerson became the editor-in-chief of her college newspaper, The Hilltop, and later an intern for The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

In 1994, while Wilkerson was working for The New York Times, she won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for national reporting, becoming the first black woman in history to win this award. Wilkerson also won several awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, including the George S. Polk Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Journalist of the Year Award.

While Wilkerson was working in Chicago as a reporter, she noticed that many African Americans in northern cities had family ties to the southern part of the United States. This led Wilkerson to notice the trend of the Great Migration.

The Great Migration, as Wilkerson defines it, is “the mass outpouring of 6 million citizens of the United States who left the southern part of the United States and spread out all over the rest of the country.”

From 1910 to 1970, many African Americans left the south to flee the persecution and racism they faced there.

Wilkerson explained, “The Great Migration was not even about migrating. It was actually about freedom and how far

people are willing to go to achieve it,” said Wilkerson.

As Wilkerson learned more about The Great Migration, she decided to write a book about it. Wilkerson wanted people all over the United States to understand this historical event.

She also discussed her inspiration for writing this book, “There are many forms of inspiration but one of them was that my parents were part of the Great Migration, but they never talked about it…No one ever talked about their journey and I just wanted to know why…This was an effort to hear the story.”

During the lecture, Wilkerson talked about the important topics that are covered in “The Warmth of Other Suns.” The main objective of her book was to discuss how immigration was not only seen when people from other countries migrated to the United States; it was also seen when African Americans from the South migrated to the North. Wilkerson’s book explained that migration could also occur within America.

It took Wilkerson 15 years to write “The Warmth of Other Suns,” which was finally published in 2010. She interviewed over 1200 people to help her write the book.

“The Warmth of Other Suns” has received much recognition. It was listed on The New York Times Bestseller List in 2010. Wilkerson’s book has been named to over 30 best of the year lists, including The New York Times Book Review. Furthermore, “The Warmth of Other Suns” won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. In 2011, President Obama chose this book for the Summer Reading List.

Senior Mercedes Lewis attended Wilkerson’s presentation.

Lewis says, “This event was a part of the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion and I like all of their events so I am excited to attend this event and see what the speaker is talking about.”

Wilkerson stated, “The Great Migration is the only time American citizens had to travel far to be recognized as citizens in a place they were already living, they had to act like migrants to get treated as citizens,” said Wilkerson. She wanted her book to be an insight into how American citizens were being treated as second-class citizens, even after slavery and the American Civil War. After Wilkerson discussed the main objectives in her book, she went into detail about how the judicial system played a huge role in segregating America, especially in the south. During her research for her novel, she learned that southern courts required two separate Bibles for black and white people to swear on. If the black Bible was lost, trials had to be postponed because Bibles were not allowed to be cross-contaminated.

To close the lecture, Wilkerson wanted to make sure that the audience understood how important migration has been in the United States, even though many people do not know much about the Great Migration.

After the lecture, several students from the audience gave their opinion on Wilkerson’s presentation.

Junior Wanda Rosario commented on the lecture, “I thought the presentation was great, she knew a lot about the topic she was speaking about, and I feel I can relate to the migration because I'm Hispanic and my parents went through similar situations.”

Junior Dwight Venson also gave his opinion on the lecture, saying, “I thought it was good, I love when people trace their lineage because you need to know where you come from to know where you are going.”

The overall response to the lecture was positive and many people who attended the event seemed to learn more about migration and its role in the United States.

JCU Students Place Second at Entrepreneurship Competition - Compiled by Laura Bednar, Campus Editor A team from John Carroll University consisting of Seniors Mary Kate O’Connor, Raechel Boyko, Ashley Ambrose, Marissa Dickerson and Junior Olivia Criss won $1500 at the 2015 Immersion Week held on Lake Erie College’s campus. They received this award for their idea of applying aerospace technology to the women’s undergarment clothing industry.

Immersion Week is sponsored by 11 colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio including: Ashland, Hiram, Kent State, Case Western University, Lake Erie College, Lorrain Community College, University of Mount Union, University of Akron and Baldwin Wallace.

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Pictured Left: John Carroll students Mary Kate O’Connor, Raechel Boyko, Ashley Ambrose, Marissa Dickerson, and Olivia Criss.

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The last program, called “Project Citizen,” is for high school students. Tutors help students identify a change they want to see happen to a policy in their community. Past topics have been bettering the relationships between the police and teens as well as promoting healthier food options within the school systems. “[The programs] break down stereotypes and change assumptions about the education system,” said Deegan.

The $20,000 award will go towards helping students involved in tutoring to participate in The Washington Center’s academic internship program. This program allows four students, either for a semester or for a summer, to live in Washington, D.C. to intern with major organizations. The Washington Center includes thousands of John Carroll alumni and is an opportunity for networking.

Students can intern with Capitol Hill, The U.S. Department of Agriculture and many other government or non-profit organizations on the city. “It’s an amazing opportunity for John Carroll students,” said Deegan. Students interested in the internship must commit to “We the People” for one year and must have a sophomore standing. They can apply through the center for global education.

Interns work four days each week and spend one day each week taking classes in political science or communication. These classes are taught on site by faculty whom students can learn from and network with. “It’s an opportunity for real world experience,” said Margaret Finucane.

A celebration was held on Monday, Oct. 12 in the Reading Room of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology in recognition of this honor. Junior Adam Chaney said, “It is a huge honor.

I am happy that ‘We the People’ is being recognized on a national level.”

The celebration consisted of speeches given by Finucane, Deegan, Director of the Center for Service and Social Action, Sr. Katherine Feely and President of the University, Fr. Robert L. Niehoff, S.J. “It is really nice for us to be recognized for the transformative work we’re doing here. We are being recognized by our peers who are very aware of what’s going on in the country in terms of service,” said Niehoff.

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HAPPY FALL BREAK

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Post-Graduate Volunteer Fair from 5:30 - 8 p.m. in the LSC Conference Room of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center.

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JCU Men’s Soccer vs. Baldwin Wallace University at 7 p.m. at Baldwin Wallace University.

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GYN Clinic at the Student Health and Wellness Center from 9 a.m-12 noon.

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“Pan” Movie Review: Flopped in comparison to “Peter Pan” films Morgan Osheka Arts & Life Editor

MOVIE REVIEW

“Pan”

J.M. Barrie’s classic children’s novel, “Peter Pan” has been reimagined in “Pan,” the fantasy adventure film that explains the backstory of Peter and how he arrives in Neverland.

What is important to note is that, although “Pan” is a decent film on its own, it may not live up to expectations held by devoted Peter Pan fans.

The film takes place during World War II-era London, where Peter is a 12-year-old boy who was dropped off at an orphanage’s doorstep as a baby, wearing a necklace with a pan flute charm. He was abandoned by his mysterious blonde-haired mother, Mary, played by Amanda Seyfried.

One night, Peter and many of the boys from the orphanage are kidnapped and brought aboard a pirate ship headed straight for the second star on the right, the magical land of Neverland.

Levi Miller portrays the rebellious and troublemaking Peter Pan audiences are familiar with who is defiant, courageous and free-spirited.

Although it is easy to assume that the film’s villain would be the red-coat wearing Captain Hook, the real enemy of this story is Blackbeard, played by Hugh Jackman. Blackbeard forces thousands of orphaned boys to mine in the

depths of the island for crystalized fairy dust.

Without much explanation, Blackbeard vaporizes the fairy dust and inhales it regularly to remain youthful, yet there is no moment within the film that explains why he is so intent on remaining immortal.

Jackman portrays Blackbeard as an over-thetop villain who is full of himself. Jackman is less intimidating than expected and more of a creepy, power-thirsty pirate who wears a lot of feathers.

While working in the mines, Peter meets James Hook, played by Garrett Hedlund, who is nothing like the Captain Hook most would be familiar with.

Hook comes off as a brooding, mysterious character, opposite from the charismatic and slightly kooky Captain Hook from the Disney movie, and takes an ironic interest in Peter.

Also, Hedlund incorporates an odd twangy country accent that is unusually strange and out of character and he continuously tries to over exaggerate his lines throughout the film with a growling sneer.

The next familiar character run-in is with the princess warrior, Tiger Lily, played by Rooney Mara. Unlike the meek and silent Tiger Lily from the Disney cartoon, Mara portrays a powerfully strong Tiger Lily who easily attacks and defeats pirates in the blink of an eye.

However, Mara sticks out like a sore thumb among her ethnic tribe and occasionally gives a contradicting performance, transitioning from an intimidating warrior to a giggly, flirtatious woman.

The strong-willed Tiger Lily and the adventurous Hook protect and mentor Peter as he attempts to fulfill the prophesy, in which Peter will defeat Blackbeard’s reign once and for all. However, Peter is more concerned with finding his mother, who he is convinced is in Neverland waiting for him.

Adeel Akhtar, who plays Smee, serves as the comic relief throughout the film with his witty, clueless humor as the stumbling, innocent sidekick.

The film overall was designed with much thought, contrasting Peter’s dark and hopeless orphaned life to the brightly colored, mystical adventure Neverland brings. In addition, the

film’s score written by John Powell, with classical melodies and instrumentals, provided captivating background music to complete each scene with a whimsical tone.

However, the film as a whole was a bit of a disappointment. For those expecting “Pan” to deeply connect to former “Peter Pan” related films, the film creates a new story that is not necessarily compatible with the commonly known story of “Peter Pan.” Although the film delves into Peter Pan’s past, the film never takes the time to inform audiences about the background stories for Blackbeard, Hook or even Tiger Lily.

In addition, there is little consideration toward tying the never-ending plot ideas throughout the film together, which raises a few question marks.

There are multiple moments throughout the film where storylines are briefly touched upon, but are never executed properly or described in detail, leaving many confusing holes in the plotline.

The film’s finale, in particular, fails to form a concrete connection with the familiar stories of “Peter Pan.” “Pan” ends with an “open to interpretation” ending, which is rather frustrating considering the film had potential to leave off where the original story of Peter Pan begins.

Particularly, “Pan” implies a budding romance between Hook and Tiger Lily, two unlikely characters to form such an emotional connection.

Perhaps this plot twist was added to make the film more appealing.

Leaving many questions unanswered, the film attempts to incorporate hidden nods toward past “Peter Pan” films, yet inconsistently does so and without intending to connect any vital moments from the original Peter Pan story.

This, in addition to other characteristics that are unrelated to the original “Peter Pan,” is why “Pan” stands on its own as a film and should not be incorporated as an informative addition to the storytelling of Peter Pan.

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Above, Rooney Mara (left) portrays the warrior princess, Tiger Lily, joining Levi Miller (right), who plays Peter, in this fantasy adventure film. “Pan” follows Peter as he discovers Neverland and fights to end the reign of the villanous Blackbeard.

What will you be doing during fall break?

-Compiled by Dwight Venson The Carroll News

“I’m going to take my little “For fall break, I’m going “I am going to West cousins to find Halloween Virginia to visit an old home to reconnect with costumes. I’m also going my family. I think it’s time friend that graduated from to a haunted house with John Carroll two years to brief them about my some of my friends from college experience so far.” ago.” high school.”

-Hannah Domonkas, -Emmanuel Brown, -Brittney Seals, junior senior freshman

“I’ll be sticking around for Labre, where students help feed the homeless. I will then be traveling back and forth between my home in Strongsville and Carroll.”

-David DeFlorentis, senior

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Hawaii native to voice newest Disney princess, Moana Ellen Liebenguth Assistant Arts & Life Editor Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that its newest princess film “Moana,” a story about a Polynesian heroine, will be released in Nov. 2016.

“Moana” is set to take place two thousand years ago in the fictional world of Oceania.

Moana, a spirited teenager, dreams of leaving her home to prove herself a formidable adventurer on the high seas while in search of a fabled island her parents had tried to discover.

Throughout her adventure, Moana is accompanied by her pet pig, Pua, the demigod, Maui and the rooster, Hei Hei. Starring as the first Polynesian princess of the Disney franchise is 14-year-old Hawaiian native, Auli’l Cravalho.

According to The Huffington Post, Disney had auditioned hundreds of actresses throughout the Pacific Islands to find the perfect fit for the role of Moana.

Cravalho admits that she merely auditioned for the role of Moana on a whim after being discovered by a local Oahu casting agent who flew her to Los Angeles to audition for the Disney film.

“I didn’t think I would have a chance,” said Cravalho, according to Variety. “I never imagined being in a Disney movie, being Moana – representing my culture in that way.”

After her first audition, producers contacted Cravalho for a fake second audition, in which they tricked her into thinking the audition process was not finished.

After requesting Cravalho to perform multiple scenes and emotions, producers concluded their trick, sharing the news with Cravalho that she would be the voice of Moana.

According to Variety, Disney and Pixar Chief Creative Officer, John Lasseter stated during a conference, “It’s very important to us to have female and ethnic characters. It’s grown in importance over time. As you’ll see in future films, we’re really paying attention to that.”

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In the new Disney animation, Moana (left), along with demigod Maui (right), voiced

by Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, sets sail to fulfill her ancestor’s quest.

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14-year-old Hawaii native, Auli’l Cravalho (left) will voice the first Polynesian Disney princess, Moana.

Joining Cravalho in the voice cast for “Moana” is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who will voice Moana’s hulky companion Maui, born a human and raised by gods.

“This is my heritage,” said Johnson to a Disney fan expo audience, according to Entertainment Weekly. “I am proudly halfSamoan and half-black. To tell a story inspired by the South Pacific is truly a great honor.”

According to Variety, the film is being directed by Ron Clements and Jon Musker, the same directors in charge of other Disney film classics including “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and “The Princess and the Frog.”

A couple students from John Carroll University shared their thoughts about the latest upcoming Disney princess film.

Sophomore Jake Dwierza said, “I think Disney is trying to be more inclusive of different cultures and ‘Moana’ is a step in the right direction. I think that having a Hawaiian native actually playing the Polynesian princess is great.”

“I don’t think that this is the first time that Disney has done this,” added junior Shannon Kinnear. “Lilo, from ‘Lilo and Stitch,’ was

also a female Pacific Islander character.

‘Moana’ is the first actual Disney princess to be Polynesian, but she isn’t new to the terms of the diversity for Disney characters.”

Sophomore Kelsey Sprenger said, “I love the idea of a Polynesian Disney princess. I hope to see the Polynesian culture incorporated into the film. I’m not sure how different she’ll be from the other Disney princesses, but I am glad to see cultural diversity in newer Disney princess.”

“Moana is such an amazing character,” said Cravalho. “She’s brave, she is so empowered, she knows what she wants and she’s not afraid to get it, and I think that’s something that I can relate to as well. I just love watching how she goes along in this wonderful movie and grows as a person and helps her culture along the way.”

Producers hope that “Moana” will have a similar success rate as the latest and widely successful Disney princess film, “Frozen.”

E d i t o r ’s N o t e : I n f o r m a t i o n f r o m Entertainment Weekly, Variety, Hawaii News Now, The Huffington Post and USA Today was used in this report.

ABC Family channel changes its name to Freeform Faye Sloma Staff Reporter ABC Family President Tom Ascheim announced on Tuesday, Oct. 6 that the ABC Family will be changing its name to Freeform in January 2016.

The channel, originally known as CBN Satellite Service, has gone through many family-oriented names over the years, from the CBN Family Channel, to The Family Channel, and then the Fox Family Channel, the channel finally settled on ABC Family in 2001 when Disney bought it.

The channel’s past programs have been approved for and focused on young audiences and geared toward wholesome, family friendly programming. However, since 2001, ABC Family has adopted many programs that are geared toward teenagers and young adults. For this reason, Ascheim decided on the need for a name change.

The new name not only suggests that the channel is open to a wider audience, but also encourages the freedom to view programming on differing formats.

Freeform will be geared toward a technologically affluent audience. For this reason, viewers will not only be able to view content on a television screen, but on their smartphones as well.

Freeform also encourages audience and program interaction through social media sites. Viewers will aid in the creation of new content and are encouraged to be vocal on social media.

Freeform is already beginning to show off its interactive side by launching a campaign in which they are inviting fans of ABC Family to upload content onto Freeform’s new website, Freeformfan.com, asking viewers to depict how they are inspired by the word Freeform.

The launch of Freeform will likely gain attention, as it coincides with the winter premieres of many popular ABC Family programs, such as “Pretty Little Liars” and “The Fosters,” to name a few.

Freeform will also be premiering two new original series.

The first, “Shadowhunters,” tells the story of a young girl who discovers that she is half angel, and becomes a demon hunter, which is said to encompass the thrill of shows such as “Game of Thrones” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

The second, “Recovery Road,” tells about a teenager struggling with an addiction who checks into a rehab facility.

The new network hopes to gain more momentum from a male audience in the future, by creating content that is geared toward males.

Editor’s Note: Information from ABCFamily.com, Entertainment Weekly and The Wallstreet Journal was used in this report.

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Above, Tom Ascheim, president of ABC Family, decided to change the channel’s 2001 name to Freeform, wanting to connect with a wider, technology driven and more advertiser friendly audience.

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JCU bounces back with dominant win over Wilmington Brennan Betro Staff Reporter

Jacob Hirschmann Sports Editor

Week 5 revelations We are five weeks into the NFL Season and it’s at that point in the season when the good teams really start separating themselves from the bad.

Not surprisingly, the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos are all sitting pretty at 5-0.

On the other end of the spectrum, the historically bad Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans are sitting in the NFL’s bunker.

There are plenty of other teams who have impressed this year so far, such as the Buffalo Bills and the Carolina Panthers, but let’s be honest with ourselves: neither of those teams are going to win the Super Bowl.

With it being only mid-October, you may think that it is ludicrous to limit the Super Bow contenders to so few teams, but if you’re watching the same NFL I am, you can tell there are really only six teams who can win this year’s Super Bowl.

The Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks and the Cincinnati Bengals, along with the undefeated trio listed above, are those six contenders.

It sounds crazy to already be saying that, but I guarantee that one of those six teams will win the Super Bowl.

The Patriots and Packers have the two best QBs in the league, so I’m not going to bet against them.

The Broncos and Bengals have, arguably, the two best defenses in the league.

Arizona is, in my opinion, the most balanced team in the NFL. And I refuse to bet against Seattle, even after their 2-3 start.

I’m sure any Atlanta Falcons or Panthers fans reading this will be upset with their lack of praise, but I’m sorry, I don’t believe in your teams.

The Panthers are 4-0 but were graced with the easiest schedule in the NFL through the first four weeks by long shot. Once they face real competition, their true colors will show.

I believe Atlanta will win the NFC South, but that’s more due to of a weak division than anything else.

To be fair, the Falcons, along with the Pittsburgh Steelers, probably would have been numbers seven and eight on my list, but I just don’t see a scenario in which either of those teams have enough to take down the likes of the Patriots or the Packers.

I love the NFL, and despite my best judgement, I’ll continue to watch my downtrodden Lions, regardless of the fact they almost certainly will go on to win between four and six games.

But for those of you who are fans of the six contenders I mentioned, enjoy it. I’d kill to be in your position.

Contact Jacob Hirschmann at jhirschmann16@jcu.edu

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On a beautiful Saturday, Oct. 10 afternoon at Don Shula Stadium, the No. 21 ranked John Carroll University football team rebounded after suffering its first loss at home in the regular season since 2012. With doubts and worries surrounding the squad after they were upset by Ohio Northern University on Oct. 3, JCU utilized their second home game as a statement to let everyone know they are not to be counted out. The Blue Streaks opened and closed the game with touchdowns, defeating Wilmington College, 62-14, in dominating fashion.

Within seconds of the opening kickoff, junior Marshall Howell could be seen racing down the sideline and taking the return 91 yards to the promised land.

Following Howell’s first return score of the season and a quick

three and out by the Quakers, senior QB Jake Schaefer led his troops down the field with precision. With passes of 28 and 29 yards on the drive and with the latter resulting in a touchdown, the Blue Streaks found themselves owning a 14-0 lead within the first five minutes of the game.

All signs pointed to the Blue Streaks beginning to stack up drives and surmounting a big lead.

However, to the surprise of many, another special teams touchdown was scored, except this time it was in favor of Wilmington. The Quakers returned the ensuing kickoff to shrink the JCU lead to 14-7.

The defenses for both teams tightened up after the early flurry of scores, with the next touchdown not coming until 11:38 in the second quarter, when sophomore Ro Golphin ripped off a 50-yard touchdown run.

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Junior Marshall Howell returned the opening kickoff for the first of his three touchdowns during JCU’s 62-14 domination of Wilmington on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Don Shula Stadium. the flood gates for the JCU offense.

Howell continued to get involved in the contest and hauled in two consecutive touchdowns before the end of the half, giving the Blue Streaks a comfortable 34-7 lead after two quarters.

After the half, with JCU leading and controlling the game, head coach Tom Arth decided to get players who haven’t had very much ingame experience more involved in the contest. The Blue Streaks went on to score four more touchdowns before the clock hit all zeroes, as senior Jonathan Brick, junior Brian Kornowski and freshman Danny Disbrow placed their mark on the game, all scoring their first touchdowns of the season in the second half.

JCU sealed the win at 62-14, their largest point total of the new campaign, and improved their record to 4-1.

It was a signature game for Schaefer as he threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns with one interception on the day. For Schaefer,

and the team, this was a huge win going forward.

“Responding the way we did was very encouraging for our team as a whole,” said Schaefer. “We know what our team identity is, and what are goals are. The loss to ONU has really brought a new competitive edge out of a lot of people, and we are excited to build on that moving forward into the second half of our regular season.”

Golphin had a breakout game as well, after obtaining the majority of the work in the backfield with sophomore Arin Pruitt inactive.

Golphin posted 107 yards and two touchdowns on just 10 carries on the afternoon.

Senior Jordan D’Orazio and Howell led the receiving arsenal with seven catches for 114 yards and a touchdown and six grabs for 82 yards and two touchdowns, respectively.

JCU ends its two game stint at home as they head to Marietta, Ohio on the Saturday, Oct. 17 to take on the 1-4 Pioneers.

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Blue Streaks sweep Wilmington, fall to Heidelberg Jacob Hirschmann Sports Editor

Fresh off their first Ohio Athletic Conference win against Otterbein University on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the John Carroll University volleyball team made it two in a row on Satur-

day, Oct. 10, defeating Wilmington College in straight sets, 3-0.

It was a dominant performance overall for the Blue Streaks, as they came out of the gates firing, claiming the first set 25-11.

The final two sets weren’t much closer, as JCU won both sets by

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Sophomore Julianne McGervey managed eight kills in JCU’s 3-0 sweep of Wilmington College on Saturday, Oct. 10, helping JCU to their 10th win of the season.

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double digits, cruising to the squad’s second OAC win of the year.

Senior Sarah Orlandi (11 kills), junior Kit O’Shaugnessey (19 assists) and senior Sara Kaminski (23 digs) all led the team in statistical categories over the three-set sweep.

Unfortunately for the Blue Streaks, when Heidelberg University came to University Heights on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the result was not in their favor.

Heidelberg took down JCU in the night contest, defeating the Blue Streaks in four sets, 3-1.

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trolled the set and won 25-17, the consistency that JCU displayed against Wilmington was nowhere to be found, and Heidelberg took the final three sets, and in turn, the match.

With the loss to the visitors from Tiffin, Ohio, the Blue Streaks fall to 10-11 on the season, and 2-2 in OAC play.

The matchup with Heidelberg was the first of three straight home matches at the Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center for JCU. The Blue Streaks host Buffalo State on Friday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. and then host Marietta College on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.

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Blue Streaks build win streak with victories over OAC foes JCU bounces back from loss, defeats Heidelberg mid-week Joe Ginley Staff Reporter

If anybody wants to defeat the John Carroll University men’s soccer team, starting fast is a must.

The Wilmington College Quakers failed to do so on Saturday, Oct. 10, and felt the consequences.

For the fourth time in five games, the Blue Streaks scored two goals in the first half, rolling to a 3-1 victory.

Senior Kevin Pachuta started the scoring early for JCU. The Farmington Hills, Michigan native received a pass from sophomore Dalton Browsky and slotted the ball past Wilmington keeper Nick Latessa for the 1-0 lead at the 1:35 mark of the first half.

Later in the period, senior Jimmy Mattina scored for the second straight game. The defender notched the insurance goal on a free kick in the 29th minute. Senior Shaq Bridges added the assist, his first of the season.

The Quakers could not muster a response before the end of the half, as JCU took a 2-0 lead into the break. The JCU offense dominated the action in the first period, outshooting Wilmington, 11-3.

Less than seven minutes into the second frame, the Blue Streaks struck again. Senior Michael Melfi netted his second goal of the season, extending the lead to 3-0.

Wilmington answered the bell less than a minute later. Following a save by JCU goalkeeper Liam McIntosh, Wilmington sophomore Tahj Sho-Johnson scored on a rebound to narrow the Quakers’ deficit to 3-1.

Each team did have opportunities to score, but neither found the back of the net before the final whistle.

Following the win, JCU continued its trek through the OAC schedule, playing host to Heidelberg University at Don Shula Stadium on Tuesday evening.

Goals from sophomore Jesse Marinaro, freshman Andrew Frank, and another from Mattina sealed the deal for the Blue Streaks, as they defeated Heidelberg on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 3-0. The victory was JCU’s third win in a row.

The Blue Streaks remain at home this weekend, as JCU will host Marietta College in a 7 p.m. Saturday showdown at Don Shula Stadium. Historically, the Blue and Gold have enjoyed success against the Pioneers. JCU holds a 24-5-1 series lead over Marietta heading into Saturday’s home match.

The own goal cut the Fightin’ Quakers lead in half in the 59th minute, and gave the Blue and Gold hope down the stretch.

Unfortunately for JCU, that hope was short lived, as Wilmington would seal the deal in the 62nd minute. Scott dribbled through the Blue Streaks’ defense and put an insurance goal into the bottom left corner of sophomore Rhianna Guarnera’s net.

Guarnera saw her first action on the back line for the Blue Streaks since the squad’s matchup with Hiram on Sept. 14. The sophomore made one save in the second half for the Blue Streaks. Senior Taylor Tercek was the keeper in the first half, making two saves.

The Fightin’ Quakers would weather the late storm of attacks from the Blue Streaks to ultimately win the match, 3-1.

The Blue Streaks would rebound from the loss though, as they traveled to Tiffin, Ohio on Tuesday, Oct. 13 to take on Heidelberg University.

Freshman Abbey Piccillo stepped up in a big way for JCU, netting her first goal as a member of the Blue Streaks in the 68’. The one goal difference was enough for the Blue and Gold, as Guarnera shut down the Heidelberg offense, sealing the 1-0 win for JCU.

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Physicality and hustle are two mainstays with Ohio Athletic Conference soccer, and the Saturday, Oct. 10 night fixture inside Don Shula Stadium had those two points on display.

Unfortunately, the hustle and heart from the John Carroll University women’s soccer team did not translate into goals for the Blue Streaks against Wilmington College, as JCU fell to the Fightin’ Quakers, 3-1.

Scoring started early for Wilmington. In the 11th minute, Erika Good took a Taylor Scott corner kick and put it into the back of the JCU net. The volleyed shot was the first on the scoreboard and the first goal for Good in the game.

By the way of a free kick, Good added her second tally of the night. The 35th minute strike gave Wilmington a 2-0 lead to take into the locker rooms at half time.

An answer from JCU came early in the second half. Junior defender Dre Regrut put a Blue Streaks’ corner kick into the box, causing a deflection from a Wilmington defender that turned into an own goal against the visitors.

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THIS WEEK IN BLUE STREAKS ATHLETICS Football

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JCU v. Marietta College Saturday, Oct. 17 1:30 p.m., Marietta, OH

JCU v. Marietta College Saturday, Oct. 17 7 p.m., University Heights, OH

Head to jcusports.com for the full composite schedule, including schedules for cross country, golf and tennis.

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JCU v. Marietta College Friday, Oct. 16 4 p.m., Marietta, OH

JCU v. Buffalo State Friday, Oct. 16 7 p.m., University Heights, OH

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Jimmy Mattina Senior

The senior defender has now scored a goal in three straight contests after netting a goal on against Wilmington on Saturday, Oct. 10 and against Heidelberg on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Mattina now has nine goals in his JCU career.

Volleyball Sarah Orlandi Senior Orlandi had a team-high 11 kills, along with two aces, during JCU’s sweep of Wilmington on Saturday, Oct. 10. The senior followed that performance up with 12 kills in the squad’s four-set loss to Heidelberg on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Football Marshall Howell Junior The junior returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and caught two more from QB Jake Schaefer, as JCU defeated Wilmington College 62-14 on Saturday, Oct. 10.

Howell has now totalled seven touchdowns on the year.

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Abbey Piccillo Freshman

Jake Schaefer Senior

Piccillo scored the first goal of her collegiate career on Tuesday, Oct. 13 when she slotted a shot past the Heidelberg keeper in the 68’ to give JCU the 1-0 victory. The goal was also the first point of the year for the freshman.

The senior was named OAC Player of the Week after his best game of the season on Saturday, Oct. 10. In just three quarters of play, Schaefer passed for a career-high 283 yards and four touchdowns during JCU’s 62-14 win.

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The political world thought the Republican Party would have a viable nominee for a new Speaker of the House as of Oct. 8, 2015, but the lead candidate dropped out of the race at the last second. The presumed candidate was House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). House Republicans met last Thursday in a closed-door meeting to vote and decide on their nominee for Speaker. McCarthy took that time to announce that he was withdrawing from the race.

The current Speaker, John Boehner (R-Ohio), announced on Sept. 25, 2015 he would be resigning from not just the speakership, but also from his job as a member of the House of Representatives. However, Boehner said he will continue to serve until the House of Representatives votes in a new speaker, The Hill reported.

To fill the void he will be leaving, the Republican caucus needs to nominate a candidate to run for Speaker of the House. Kevin McCarthy was the clear favorite to take over for Boehner, but McCarthy decided and announced that he was not the right man for the job.

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Kevin McCarthy speaks to the press about his decision to drop out of the race. members, according to NPR. The meeting was be equally inefficient. They publicly supported a immediately adjourned and the vote was delayed. different candidate for Speaker, Daniel Webster There are 435 representatives in the House, (R-Fla.). Not having the support of the Freedom 247 of which are Republican. To become SpeakCaucus put McCarthy in a position where he er, the candidate would need 218 votes. About 40 would not have enough votes to win, and it of the House are hard-right conservatives who are would divide the Party even more than it is now, part of the Freedom Caucus, also known as “Tea according to The Boston Globe.

Party” candidates.

Another detriment to McCarthy’s run for the Those 40 members have not been satisfied speakership was a comment he made about the with Boehner and believed that McCarthy would Benghazi Committee, which has been investigat-

ing terrorist attacks that killed four Americans on Sept. 11, 2012. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State during those attacks, has been blamed by some for those deaths.

McCarthy said, “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened, had we not fought,” on The Fox News show, Hannity.

With McCarthy out, other names have come up to take over the speakership. The most popular of those is Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Ryan is currently the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the most powerful committee in the House of Representatives, and he was the Vice Presidential nominee in 2012.

Many members of the House have expressed their support for Ryan to run, but he has said many times that he does not want to be Speaker.

However, in the wake of McCarthy dropping out, Ryan has not yet rejected the idea outright and may be considering it, according to The Boston Globe.

Editor’s Note: Information from The New York Times, NPR, The Boston Globe and The Hill was used in this report.

French train hero stabbed outside a bar in California Anthony Pero Campus Editor

U.S airman Spencer Stone, 23, was stabbed in a bar fight in Sacramento, Calif., near 21st and K Streets at Badlands nightclub around 12:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015.

Stone is famous for thwarting the terrorist attack on a French train in August with his two friends and is considered an international hero by President Obama and French President Francois Hollande.

Witnesses of the event state Stone was protecting a woman at the time of the stabbing. There were multiple people in the fight, as one witness explained to the local news station, KTXL-TV. The Sacramento Police Department said Stone was stabbed multiple times in the torso. Deputy Ken Bernard said that the stabbing was not related to terrorism in any way.

However, some reports state that he was also stabbed from behind. Multiple accounts from witnesses also stated that there would be no way to tell if it was Spencer Stone.

According to The Daily Mail, Stone saw a woman hit by the suspect who eventually stabbed him. He stepped in to protect her, and that is when the fight broke out. After the altercation, the woman, who is the suspect’s girlfriend, fled the scene with the two suspects.

The stabbing did not take place outside

of the bar, but rather a block away, the Los Angeles Times reported. It occurred after heated conversations between Stone, his four friends and the assailants took place.

In a direct statement to KTXL-TV, the witness, Eric Cain, a night clerk at a liquor store, said he assumed it was a typical bar fight. However, he also said, “Next thing I know, I start walking back in the store and I hear like someone got hit so I turn back around and that’s when it started running in the street.”

At this time, Cain realized one of the men was stabbed, but did not recognize it was Spencer Stone. According to Cain, Stone intervened with the with the assailant, and “kinda got in his face.”

Another witness of the incident, Bryan Romandia, said, “They were in the middle of the street, like, in the middle of the intersection.”

The police have not named any of the suspects. However, their leads include two men who fled the scene in a dark 20092012 Toyota Camry. The Sacramento Police Department released a traffic camera screen shot on Thursday, Oct. 8 of the two men and the car.

According to the official press release, Sacramento Police confirmed that Stone is at University of California Davis Medical Center. His current condition was updated from “serious” to “fair” on Friday, Oct. 9 and is in good spirits, according to a Fox affiliate in Sacramento.

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Spencer Stone was stabbed on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 defending a woman, who was being assulted by her boyfriend outside of a bar in California. while his injuries were serious, they were not life threatening. Stone is expected to make a full recovery, according to Capital Public Radio.

On Friday, Stone’s friend Marilyn Norberry said, “his family has been at the hospital with him the whole time.” She also stated, “He’s stable, and wants to come home. It’s a miracle, he’s invincible.

He’s very brave.”

A friend and co-worker of Stone, Rich Wisdom, joked that we are all only two news cycles away from finding out he is Batman. Stone, who is known for standing

up for justice, as Wisdom notes, has chased down shoplifters before, according to The Daily Mail.

Alek Skarlatos, a friend of Stone, current contestant on Dancing With The Stars and also part of stopping the terrorist attack in France stated on his Twitter account, “Spencer is one tough guy. And only he could have done something like that, and lived, yet again.” Alek also tweeted on Oct. 8 a request to pray for the Stone Family.

Editor’s Note: Information from Fox40, UC Davis Hospital, The Los Angeles Times and The Daily Mail was used in this report.

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President Barack Obama apologized to the head of Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 for the airstrike that killed at least 22 people on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest announced, “This morning from the Oval Office, President Obama spoke by telephone with Doctors Without Borders International President Dr. Joanne Liu, to apologize and express his condolences for the MSF staff and patients who were killed and injured when a US military airstrike mistakenly struck an MSF field hospital,” according to ABC News.

The airstrike killed 12 doctors, seven adult patients and three children, according to Doctors Without Borders, a non-governmental organization that is recognized internationally by its French name Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). At a news conference in New York, MSF Executive Director Jason Cone said, “Today, we say enough. Even war has rules,” according to ABC News.

The President’s personal expression of regret, which came five days after an American AC-130 gunship devastated the medical facility, appeared to do little to satisfy Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Joanne Liu repeated her demand for an independent investigation led by the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to find out the specific details of what happened in Kunduz, according to The New York Times. White House officials said the President was confident that the investigative effort now underway, including an inquiry being conducted by the Department of Defense, would be transparent, thorough and objective.

The President’s personal outreach is one sign of the administration’s concern about one of the worst instances of American air power gone astray in Afghanistan in years, according to The Washington Post. On Tuesday Oct. 6, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter promised to hold those responsible accountable, if necessary, according to The Washington Post.

The U.S. military rarely disciplines individual service members for “collateral damage” or other actions that occur as part of combat, according to The Washington Post. Officials are now scrambling to assemble an accurate account of what happened in Kunduz after their narrative shifted in the initial days after the attack.

Kunduz became overrun by Taliban fighters about a week ago, and Afghan forces are battling them there, according to The New York Times. Generally, U.S. forces are not supposed to be taking part in combat operations against the Taliban, as they did in the years that followed the September 11, 2001 attacks, The New York Times reported. White House officials are considering additional revisions to President Obama’s plan to bring the U.S. military footprint to 1,000 or less by the end of next year. There are now about 9,800 U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan, most of whom are tasked with supporting Afghan forces who lack key capabilities in air power, while a smaller number are dedicated to tracking down militants who threaten the U.S, according to The Washington Post.

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A member of Alpha Tau Omega looks out of the fraternity house at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Anthony Pero Campus Editor

A hazing video surfaced on Twitter, featuring Indiana University’s chapter of Alpha Tao Omega, Delta Alpha, on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The controversial 29 second video, featuring an alleged sexual hazing ritual, was leaked by an anonymous user named ATO Video.

The video features an initiated member in his underwear performing oral sex on an exotic dancer on a dirty mattress. During the video, he attempts to stop, but is beat by the second exotic dancer and forced back down.

There appears to be six others who were standing in line. A crowd in the background of the video cheers and laughs along while watching.

In a statement to The Washington Post, Wynn Smiley, the CEO of Alpha Tau Omega said, “The event was unauthorized involving about half of the chapter’s membership. The National Fraternity investigation revealed the 21-year-old man in the video was an initiated member, not a pledge, and the two women in the video were exotic dancers hired by one of the members. Our investigation revealed that no pledge was compelled to participate.

Regardless, the actions are contrary to the ideals and principles of Alpha Tau Omega and are highly offensive.”

The name of the man who was performing the act appears to be Scotty, as the group surrounding him chants and cheers him on, while screaming his name.

Indiana University responded on their official Twitter account, stating, “Our campus is committed to a culture of care. Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) is suspended immediately, pending investigation into hazing allegations.”

The school is continuing to investigate this with their on-campus police department and Dean of Students and are working closely with the national ATO organization.

The university stated, “the Office of Student Ethics will also continue to investigate the issue as it relates to potential violations of the university code of conduct.”

Although Indiana University only suspended Alpha Tau Omega’s chapter from their campus, the ATO national leadership confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 9, they were closing the Delta Alpha chapter. Alpha Tao Omega was also swift on social media with a tweet about national hazing prevention week. The tweet was accompanied by a human hand, with, “These Hands Don’t Haze” written on it. Currently, the fraternity is not a sponsor of the Fraternal Law’s Anti-Hazing hotline.

Indiana University’s initial tweet took harsh criticism as many students and alumni. One even said, “That wasn’t hazing, that was RAPE you clowns.” However, some students did not seem phased and thought it was an overreaction.

In 2010, the Associated Press reported that two-thirds of Indiana University’s fraternity members were kicked out after hazing and alcohol violations. At that time, the same CEO, Wynn Smiley stated that the members of the fraternity had the attitude that the fraternity’s purpose was to be “party central.”

Editor’s Note: Information from The Associated Press, Indiana University’s Twitter, The Washington Post and CNN was used in this report.

The legislator [Sangeet Som] was full of outrage when he arrived in the north Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer who was rumored to have slaughtered cows. A Hindu mob had smashed through the heavy wooden door to the man’s home, then beat him to death with his wife’s sewing machine.

The legislator’s anger, though, was not about the killing. Instead, Sangeet Som was furious that men had been arrested in the attack in the village, just 30 miles from New Delhi. Som, a member of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, called the arrests “atrocities on innocent villagers.” As for the family of the dead man, he dismissed them as “those cow killers.”

A few days later, a half-dozen BJP politicians slapped around a legislator on the floor of a state legislature, angry that he had served beef at a party. In south India, six members of a leftist student political party were suspended after their attempt to serve beef curry on campus to protest the farmer’s killing set off a melee. On Friday, violence swept another northern village amid rumors that a cow had been slaughtered, with a crowd, who had chased down two Muslim men they suspected of cow-killing, clashing with police and burning several cars. Some villagers and police were injured, but no major injuries were reported.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence on the late September mob killing of Mohammad Akhlaq, saying religious and ethnic bigotry threatened the country’s economic growth.

“We should decide if Hindus want to fight Muslims or poverty.

Muslims must decide if they want to fight Hindus or poverty,” Modi said at a campaign rally in Bihar state, where elections start next week.

“It is unity, communal harmony, brotherhood and peace that will take the nation forward.”

Since becoming prime minister, he has danced delicately between an intense desire to be seen as a tolerant international statesman and the need to satisfy a political base that is deeply distrustful of Muslims and other minorities.

That dance has, his critics say, emboldened extremist Hindus and given rise to everything from a series of church vandalisms to the recent mob killing. Criticism of cow slaughter, some say, is often simply code for anti-Muslim sentiments.

India, a country of 1.3 billion, is about 81 percent Hindu and 13 percent Muslim.

“I am afraid the hotheads will get busier. They are greatly encouraged and their strength is rather strong,” said Inder Malhotra, a political analyst and former editor of the Times of India newspaper. “One of the reasons this prime minister keeps quiet about it, is that he doesn’t want to lose these Hindus, because they are a very strong proportion of his supporters.”

Authorities are still investigating after the arrrests of eight villagers for Akhlaq’s death, but announced Friday that the meat found in his home turned out to be mutton - not beef. Meanwhile Som, the Hindu firebrand and avowed strict vegetarian, has denied media reports that he once owned part of a major Indian meat export company. The company exports goat and buffalo meat, but apparently not beef.

Modi supporters see some opponents as deliberately provoking Hindus. Some “beef parties” - when beef is eaten in defiance of local laws - are clearly intended to invite a backlash and score political points against the BJP. Such actions “have pushed a society that worships the cow as mother to question the real motives of the seculars,” Tarun Vijay, a member of parliament and top BJP official, wrote recently in The Indian Express.

He also criticized the killing of Akhlaq, writing: “Lynching a person merely on suspicion is absolutely wrong.”

The public bitterness on both sides hides the reality of much of Indian life, where Hindus and Muslims can live alongside one another for decades without incident.

In Akhlaq’s village, for example, more than 100 Hindu villagers trekked to his family’s home a few days after the attack, to urge his family not to move away. Hindu leaders also pledged to ensure that upcoming Muslim marriages went ahead without incident.

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Various Indian Muslim activists protest Prime Minister Modi about the killing of a Muslim farmer in New Dehli.

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Sittenfeld v. Portman

Editor’s Note: The polling data featured in these graphs are courtesy of RealClearPolitics, which aggregates the data from multiple polling sources.

As such, there is not a designated margin of error.

Incumbent Rob Portman defends his Senate seat Alexa King The Carroll News

Republican Rob Portman is defending his seat in the 2016 Ohio Senatorial race. He won the 2010 election with 57 percent of the vote, according to The New York Times. Portman served in many different political positions before becoming a U.S. Senator.

He began his congressional career by being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993, representing the 2nd District in Southern Ohio for a total of six terms. In the House, Portman dedicated his time to welfare reform, increasing retirement savings and the expansion of drug prevention programs, according to Portman’s Senate website.

In 2005, Portman left the House to serve as the U.S. Trade Representative under former President George W. Bush for one year. This position required him to advise the president on all trade relations, according to the United States Trade Representative website. During his term, American exports increased and he challenged actors who committed international trade law violations, according to Portman’s Senate website.

As a Senator of Ohio, he focuses on jobs and the economy, healthcare, deficit reduction, energy, veterans and defense and

environmental development. The website of the U.S. Congress revealed some of the legislation that Portman sponsored that goes along with his mission. He has developed the “Senate Republican Jobs for America Plan” to increase growth in the private sector. He introduced the SMART Act to speed up the rate that Medicare beneficiaries are reimbursed. Other pieces of legislation include the Adoptive Family Relief Act, the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 and a bill to provide for the preparation of career and technical education teachers.

He recently launched the Students for Portman Coalition in over 20 colleges in Ohio, according to Portman’s website. This coalition communicates Portman’s mission to ensure that every student can find a good job after graduation.

Portman believes that expanding background checks would help make sure that guns are only in the hands of law-abiding citizens, according to cleveland.com.

“I think that everyone agrees that there is a far better way to deal with mental health records,” Portman said. ”Strengthening background checks by adding mental health records, is something I’ve supported. And I continue to think we can do a much better job of getting that data into the background

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Senator Rob Portman speaks at the Defending the American Dream Summit. checks.”

He is well-known for being the first national-level Republican to support legal recognition of same-sex marriage. In 2013, he attracted national media attention after he changed his position on same-sex marriage because his son is gay, according to Politico.

His greatest accomplishments range from easily winning his 2010 election, being considered for vice pres­id­ent under Mitt Romney

and being one of only four Sen­ate Re­pub­lic­ ans to sup­port gay mar­riage, according to The National Journal.

His record reveals that he has sponsored 45 bills and one bill has made it into law. He has co-sponsored 147 bills and one has made it into law.

Editor’s Note: Information from Rob Portman’s Senate website, Politico and cleveland. com was used in this report.

Ted Strickland runs again; this time, for the Senate Joe Kukral Staff Reporter

Pledging to fight for working families once again, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has submitted his bid for the United States Senate. Riding the populism of the far left and incorporating rhetoric to appeal to the working class, Strickland is forcefully engaging in the national liberal fervor for rewriting the rules for prosperity.

Frustrated Ohioans calling for economic leverage is one example nationwide of Senate races in which Democratic candidates are left to answer such a difficult task. Promising to deliver on that plea, Strickland has entered the race with new confidence that he can provide leadership to a forgotten class.

Having a blue-collar background already solidifies Strickland as a genuine Ohioan. His father was a steelworker.

Strickland also experienced a house fire as a child, which displaced his family to their chicken shack, encapsulating Strickland’s authentic roots.

The only child of nine to attend college, Strickland earned degrees from Asbury College and Asbury Theological Seminary. He then served his faith and began a Methodist children’s home, according to his campaign website.

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Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is running for the United States Senate 2016.

Later serving as U.S. Representative, Strickland fought to expand accessible healthcare for children, and worked to harness essential investments for Ohio infrastructure. According to his campaign website, Strickland adamantly opposed the Iraqi War amid the heated debate of unilateral action following the crisis of 9/11.

Elected to the governorship in 2006, Strickland brought an uplifting appeal

for renewed opportunity to a state slowly deteriorated by an impending financial meltdown.

Noted on his website, Strickland is acclaimed for keeping tuition interests to the lowest rate in the country as governor.

In addition, while holding office, Ohio’s primary and secondary schools won the nation’s top prize for education innovation from the Education Commission of the States.

In accordance to his current platform, Strickland emphasizes his devotion to growing the economy.

However, a hinderance to his campaign will be the 2007 recession, which caused job losses statewide, thereby leaving a negative mark on Strickland’s job record as an officeholder, reported cleveland. com.

Strickland assures his election to the Senate will herald a new impetus to rebuild the economic ladder as well as protecting manufacturing jobs and providing expanded higher learning opportunities for all Ohioans. He demands accountability from the wealthy to help rebuild America’s middle class in the form of sharing a larger tax burden. And most importantly, Strickland desires to further restructure and correct an exploitive healthcare system which fails to provide adequate coverage for most Americans.

Rob Portman – the current Republican Senator – is not Strickland’s only competition for the state seat. He also must beat out Cincinnati Democratic Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld in the primary. Sittenfeld has already amassed nearly $500,000 in campaign donations according to the Columbus Dispatch.

Editor’s Note: Information from cleveland.com, The Columbus Dispatch and Ted Strickland’s senate website was used

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Boler Business Nicole Spindler Business and Finance Editor

Q: What are the benefits of joining a business fraternity?

A: From a built-in network with similar career goals to chances to enhance confidence and skills, business fraternities have got you covered.

Opportunities to network and learn about job-related skills are improved in business fraternities because members have the opportunity to surround themselves with other like-minded students and alumni who work in related fields of study. They can help students practice for the real world by offering networking possibilities, offering career advice, and providing prospects for jobs or internships.

These fraternities are not your typical Greek organizations; they have a heavy focus on building professional relationships and skills needed to advance in future careers.

Here at John Carroll, Alpha Kappa Psi has been nationally recognized as the premier developer of principled business leaders. Business fraternities are a reliable resource that can provide students aid if they are not truly confident in their abilities to network on their own or just need to be part of another diverse group of students.

It is definitely worth looking into, but it all depends on what you truly see as being an efficient resource to benefit your future careers.

Q: It is half-way through the first semester and I need to get better at Microeconomics. Why is it important to understand this subject?

A: For most college students, economics is a fairly new subject matter. Some students have even declared their major without taking a class in the subject. Economics is a unique science and has led some students to become bewildered by the subject and wonder how it truly applies to our world economy.

Although it seems challenging to understand the concepts behind equilibrium graphs and elasticities, economics can allow you to be aware about current situations in the news, in the typical stock market, and about your everyday purchases or decisions.

Q: What are some studying tips that would be beneficial?

A: Put yourself in the scenario: microeconomics is about the individual buyer(s) and seller(s), and you are one of them. If you think too broadly (save that for EC 202), several factors such as interest rates, foreign exchanges, and sticky wages can be messy to deal with.

Try to understand how you would be impacted by this will help immerse you into the material.

Next time you go shopping, put yourself in the shoes of a rational person who face trade-offs, calculate opportunity costs, and respond to incentives.

(This is a bit too extremebut it is interesting to think about how something as small as buying a burrito or a new sweater can involve various economic terms that you are currently studying.

Explore various newspapers and read the business sections, or take a glance at the stock market, rather than reading your textbook. I write down examples next to main topics.

If you can relate economics, or any subject for instance, to real-life scenarios and apply various terms into a context beyond their definitions, then you succeed in understanding those ideals.

Q: Is it worth it to ask questions and seek help?

A: Asking questions in class or clarifying what a teacher said makes it less stressful later when you are studying and cannot email your professor because it is three o’clock in the morning. Your professors are willing to sit down with you or respond to an email if you are having difficulty.

A day or two before the exam, I set up an appointment with my professor to go over questions I struggled with. Besides professors, tutors are offered and even a student in your class can give you helpful advice and clarification on the homework.

Editor’s Note: Carroll News sits down with Business Editor, Nicole Spindler, to discuss frequently asked questions regarding the Boler school.

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The truth behind McDonald’s all-day breakfast Nicole Spindler Business and Finance Editor

After receiving tens of thousands of demands for all-day breakfast, McDonald’s started doing just that last week.

This means that around the nation, McDonald’s customers can order breakfast items past the usual cut-off time of 10:30 a.m.

With the excitement of enjoying breakfast during any time of the day, there are several things that the customer must know concerning the arrival of McDonald’s all day breakfast.

There are complications to adding breakfast to the already existing afternoon options.

McDonald’s is limiting the breakfast items available for the entire day.

The all-day menu options vary by location, though the core items include hot cakes, fruit and yogurt parfaits, oatmeal, sausage burritos and hash browns.

According to The New York Times, the biggest controversy over McDonald’s all -day breakfast is that there is a sharp division of North and South.

McDonald’s decided that Southern tastes prefer biscuits over McMuffins.

Since it is too difficult for McDonald’s restaurants to serve both all day, locations have to decide which to serve.

For years, McDonald’s has been known as the magnet for critics, stated Time, with anyone who has obesity, poverty, nutrition and environmental issues.

McDonald’s new ad campaigns highlight the idea that all-day breakfast was driven by customer demands, with people reading random tweets sent out about the change according to NBC News.

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McDonald’s all-day breakfast sweeps the nation with a limited menu.

Various McDonald’s across the country are hosting specials to celebrate the all-day breakfast.

Time stated last Wednesday that a Colorado McDonald’s hosted a special “PJ Day,” in which any customer who wore pajamas into restaurants were rewarded a free Egg McMuffin.

Although it has been receiving popular feedback now, McDonald’s may experience some financial trouble in the long-run.

Since breakfast items are typically cheaper than burgers and sandwiches, profits could remain flat, and possibly decrease.

There is good reason why McDonald’s would want to pivot and launch all-day breakfast.

The restaurant chain needs to reverse

domestic sales that have declined, and McDonald’s sees breakfast as the only segment that could deliver growth to the chain.

McDonald’s competitors have been following the same routine by focusing on their breakfast options.

Taco Bell and Starbucks are two primary examples, as in the last year, they have launched their own breakfast options.

NBC News reported that, since last year, Taco Bell has seen a seven percent increase in profit, while Starbucks says that the demand for its breakfast sandwiches grew roughly to thirty percent.

Editor’s Note: Information from NBC News, The New York Times and Time was used for this report.

Magic Johnson raises money at Tri-C Marielle Buffamonte Business & Finance Editor

On Thursday Oct. 8, Earvin “Magic” Johnson took the stage at Cuyahoga Community College as the speaker for this year’s Presidential Scholarship luncheon.

The Presidential Scholarship is offered to exemplary students that wish to attend Cuyahoga Community College who may not otherwise be able to afford an education there.

His speech was mainly about basketball, Larry Bird, his business ventures after his athletic career, and what has shaped his charcter over time.

From Flickr Creative Commons He spoke of his father who he Magic Johnson, above, speaks at the Tri-C Presidential Scholarship Luncheon attributes with giving him his work ethic. Johnson told the audience what tion of his success, but the fact that hosted the event. his father told him from a young age: he raised $95,000 for the scholarship In a final act of generosity, John“If you’re going to do anything at all in program in under seven minutes. son pulled out one of his own jersies, life, do it to the best of your ability every At the end of his presentation, Johnsigned it, and gave it to Jerry L. time.” son pulled six of his personal floor seat Kelsheimer as a token of appreciation The retired basketball legend told the tickets to the L.A Lakers game in Los for being the main presenting sponsor audience that he attributed much of his Angeles. A single one of these tickets of the event. Kelsheimer is the Repost-professional basketball success to costs $4,000. He auctioned all six of gional President of Fifth Third Bank in knowing his customer segments. them off for $50,000. This game could Northeastern Ohio.

He opened his famous Magic Johnson be the last time that Kobe Bryant plays “It’s just amazing that he would Theatre’s that showed films and sold with the Lakers. that. You hear so many bad things popular local food.

He then proceeded to auction himself about pro-athletes,” Tom Bonda, Johnson also opened over 100 off. He offered to make a personal professor of Business at John Carroll Starbucks franchises with special menu appearance to any function for he right University said. “Here’s one that is items that catered to the customers in the price. In the end, he auctioned off three going out and doing so much for our area. personal appearances for $15,000 each. community and Cuyahoga Community He then sold his extremely successful Johnson continued to give away College.” The luncheon raised $1.3 franchises back to Starbucks in order to more expensive basketball paraphenalia. million for scholarship funding. purchase the L.A. Dodgers.

He offered an autographed Larry Bird Editor’s Note: Information from Tom It was because of these successes that jersey, and an autographed Michael Bonda, a program from the 2015 Johnson was asked to speak at this year’s Jordan jersey to Gloria Moosmann, Vice Presidential Scholarship luncheon Presidential Scholarship luncheon.

President of Development and Cuyahoga and Tri-C Newsroom was used in this However, an inspiring part of JohnCommunity College Foundation, who report. son’s speech was not only the descrip-

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Volkswagen admits to 10-year-long scandal

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Nicole Spindler

Business & Finance Editor

The CEO of Volkswagen America, Michael Horn, was in the hot seat on Capitol Hill last Thursday, answering questions about the company’s 11 million diesel cars that may have cheated emissions standards around the world.

Horn testified that this “scandal” was the work of a handful of rogue employees, not a high-level corporate conspiracy. Some auto industry insiders, on the other hand, say it’s not inconceivable that the management could have been ignorant to the details of the cheating, even as they instilled a corporate culture that led to the deception.

Horn, testifying before the House subcommittee investigating Volkswagen’s rigged software that enabled its four-cylinder diesel engines to cheat on emissions testing, said the so-called “defeat device” was the work of “a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason,” according to NBC News.

“This was not a corporate decision,” he later added. “There was no board meeting that approved this.”

Volkswagen has withdrawn its application for certification by U.S. regulators to sell 2016 modelyear diesel-powered vehicles though the company is working with the EPA and other agencies to continue the certification process.

Since the EPA statedthe cars are legal and safe to drive, Horn said the company would most likely not provide loaner cars to customers who choose not to drive the affected cars, The New York Times reported. Horn said the company has not determined potential financial compensation to customers who bought the affected cars.

Among the committee members expressing skepticism over Horn’s account was Representative Chris Collins, (R-NY), who told the witness

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Michael Horn, CEO of Volkswagen of America, speaks on the company’s behalf. he believes the scandal is the result of “a massive cover-up at the highest levels that continues to this day,” according to ABC News.

The significance of the action becomes more apparent when one realizes diesel-fueled vehicles accounts for about half of the Volkswagen sales in Europe, and a quarter in the U.S. In both cases, the vehicles would have been banned from the roads for failing to meet emissions standards.

Some automotive industry insiders say it’s possible, given the corporate culture at Volkswagen, that senior management could have set the tone that made such a scheme possible even without knowing the details of how it worked. David Cole, a veteran of the auto industry and chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan, strongly doubts the cheating was directly ordered by top Volkswagen officials.

“They just don’t do this,” Cole told NBC News, adding that senior managers would know that if the details of such a scheme were to be leaked. “The cover-up would be worse than the crime.”

Under the scenario posited by Cole and other industry insiders, while there may have been no direct order from the top to orchestrate the cheating, it is possible the team charged with developing the EA 189 engine knew that failure was not an option; that would have left them only one option when it became clear they could not deliver the seemingly impossible blend of good performance, high mileage and low emissions that had been promised.

Horn told to NBC News the oldest generation of the affected vehicles, with 325,000 of these cars in the U.S., would most likely need both a hardware and software fix. He said it could take more than one year to complete the repairs in all of these cars in question, repairs lasting five to ten hours per car. Officials on both sides of the Atlantic have cautioned it will take time to pull together the facts of the case as Volkswagen itself gets its own internal investigation underway.

Editor’s Note: Information from NBC News, The New York Times and ABC News was used in this report.

Dell purchases EMC for $67 Billion Associated Press

Dell is buying data storage company EMC for $67 billion in a huge bet on a segment of technology that has proven to be more profitable than the slumping personal computer market.

The acquisition announced Monday marks Dell’s latest attempt to lessen its dependence on the PC industry that it helped pioneer as demand for desktop and laptop machines weakens amid the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets.

The price makes this the largest deal ever between two technology companies, eclipsing Avago Technologies’ proposed $37 billion acquisition of rival chipmaker Broadcom announced five months ago.

The Dell-EMC union is an illustration of how older technology companies are scrambling to adapt to the upheaval unleashed by Apple’s introduction of the trendsetting iPhone eight years ago and the advent of digital services that are hosted in remote data centers so they can be reached by any Internet-connected device.

Since going private in a $25 billion deal completed in 2013, Dell Inc. has been investing in research and development and expanding its software and services business as those in the technology industry continue to struggle with soft PC sales.

EMC meanwhile has been shifting from a provider of data storage hardware such as on-premise data centers to offering a more comprehensive suite of products to businesses, from cloud storage to security offerings.

“Our new company will be exceptionally well-positioned for growth in the most strategic areas of next generation IT including digital transformation, software-defined data center, converged infrastructure, hybrid cloud, mobile and security,” Michael Dell said in a written statement.

Dell will serve as chairman and CEO of the combined company. Joe Tucci,

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Dell intends to buy EMC for its data compiling abilities in Silicon Valley’s largest merger. chairman and CEO of EMC, will remain and the growing threat from Huawei,” he said. in those roles until the deal is complete.

Shareholders of EMC Corp. will receive The deal had been rumored for weeks.

EMC, based in Hopkinton, Massachu- about $33.15 per share, which includes setts, makes data storage equipment and cash plus tracking stock linked to part of provides other IT services to companies. EMC’s economic interest in the VMware It also has an 80 percent stake in cloud- business. That’s a 19 percent premium to computing company VMware Inc., which EMC’s Friday closing price of $27.86.

Dell Inc.’s headquarters will stay in will stay an independent, publicly traded Round Rock, Texas. The combined entercompany.

EMC has been facing tough competi- prise systems business headquarters will tion in the storage sector as companies be in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, where including Amazon, Microsoft and IBM EMC is based. have stepped up cloud storage offerings.

The deal, which was approved by EMC’s Forrester analyst Glenn O’Donnell said board, is targeted to close in the second or the deal is good news for EMC and its third quarter of Dell’s fiscal year ending customers.

Feb. 3, 2017. It still needs approval from “Speculation has been somewhat scary EMC shareholders. for them, but Dell is a trusted player and Dell, started by Michael Dell in 1984 a low-risk ‘soft landing’ for these custom- when he was just a teenager, went on to ers,” he said. It’s a good move for Dell change the PC business with low costs, too, he added. customized orders and direct sales first “Dell is fairly weak on storage, and over the phone and later the Internet.

EMC will help give it a full portfolio that EMC shares rose 50 cents, or 1.8 percent, it needs to compete with HP, Cisco, IBM, to $28.36 in afternoon trading Monday.

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Back to Basics: Supply and Demand

Everything in our economy is determined by one relationship. Every price point, every amount produced, and every single decision has factored in the affiliation between two ideas.

You may be wondering what these two very influential factors are. They are none other than supply and demand, of course!

The relationship between supply and demand has been around long before anyone ever realized it. A farmer would not spend the money to raise six cattle if there was only a need for two.

Thus, the farmer has successfully factored supply and demand into his business model.

Together, supply and demand determine the price of every commodity. This relationship tells a business how much of its product to produce and how much to sell it for.

Supply and demand is the basic foundation of a free market economy.

Now, let us examine each principle more closely.

According to “Brief Principles of Macroeconomics,” the law of demand states “the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of a good rises.”

Basically, consumers tend to want less of a product if it is priced higher than they feel it should be.

According to the aforementioned work, the law of supply states “the quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of a good rises.”

In other words, a business can produce more of a commodity the higher that commodity is priced.

The relationship between supply and demand is considered to be negative because as one goes up, the other will go down.

So, how does supply and demand determine the price of a good?

When quantity supplied equals quantity demanded, the market price of a commodity has reached its equilibrium price. A business can sell the most of its product at the equilibrium price.

Most companies spend a lot of time on research and development to find out what this price is for each of its products. The equilibrium price is the price point in which a company maximizes its profits.

When supply and demand are not at this point one of two things happen. There is either excess supply, or excess demand.

If there is excess supply, the price of that commodity may decrease in order to rid the company of the extra good.

If there is excess demand, it means that there is not enough of a good to satisfy the demands of every customer.

If either of these phenomena occur, one could say that market for that good is at disequilibrium.

In each situation, either the consumer or the producer is not benefitting from the transaction. This is why businesses strive to find the equilibrium price of a particular good.

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Students and faculty attend the We the People celebration on Monday, Oct. 12 in the O’Connell Reading Room of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology.

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Ashley Johenning, Becky Love, Mikayla Hutchings and Laura Matteo pose for a snapshot on their way to their classes.

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Pierce Srail and Regina Iafelice take time to enjoy the last few days of sunshine.

Freshmen Nathaniel Chapman and Bridges Sayers stop for a moment to take a photo on their way back from their classes.

If you snap a great photo of something on campus on Monday or Tuesday, email it to Katelyn DeBaun, Editor-in-Chief, at kdebaun16@jcu.edu by Tuesdays at 5 p.m.

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Sudoku NAME THAT TUNE! WHAT IS SUDOKU?

LYRIC:

“You got exactly what you asked for.

Running out of pages in your passport.”

HINT:

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Wisdom from a JCU Student:

“Once a savage, always a savage.”

-Josh DeJesus ‘17

This song came out over the summer but is finally getting that Drizzy love.

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Jacob Haas Jacob Haas may be a freshmen, but he’s certainly not a newbie! Haas is a Computer Science major prides himself on dependability and consistency. Haas has great workout and cleaning skills.

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Be the first to email at Diversions Editor Matt Hribar and you’ll be featured as the next winner of the toon!

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HOW TO GET INTO A SORORITY DATE DANCE & “GLARE THEORY” WHY ULTIMATUMS DON’T WORK AND HOW SELF-SERVING BIAS MIGHT CHANGE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT THE DANCE

Dear Hribar, I wasn’t sure at the time, but I believe that this sophomore was staring me down at the Homecoming Dance! I was rocking the dance floor, like I always do, when I felt a stare from behind me. I did a good job of acting oblivious, but my friends confirmed that I was being watched like prey. He seems like a nice guy and I barely know him (just a few random hearsay facts from my friends who gossip like high-schoolers). Do you think my friends and I are being crazy, or no? -Eyes On Me

Dear Eyes On Me, This is a very common phenomenon, one I like to dub the “Glare Theory.” The Glare Theory states that humans have a tendency to be quite obvious in staring down other humans even if they believe they are doing so covertly. Basically, this guy probably thought he was as slick as the beat in “Pony”

by Ginuwine when in reality he was probably as awkward as a horse impression by Monty Python. That’s a good sign, though!

You must have looked as beautiful as an undercover cop at the club, or you probably have dance moves that could awake the dead. Keep in mind that we like to self-serve ourselves in bias (see: Self-Serving Bias). So, while you may believe he was staring at you, he may have thought you were staring at him!

Perhaps this can be settled over a study date or a caramel latte?

Dear Hribar, For three years, I’ve always wanted to go to a date dance (or formal) at John Carroll University. I’m a member of one of the four fraternities on campus, and time and time again I’ve lost my chances to attend the rodeo with Kappa Alpha Theta, become a keymaster of a Kappa Kappa Gamma dance, get glitzy emerald with Kappa Delta, dress up for halloween with Chi Omega and become the darker side of the moon with Gamma Phi Beta. Hribar, how do I get into these dances, or at least attend one! -Good Looking Frat Guy Dear Good Looking Frat Guy, This is a loaded question. Each sorority has a different style and approach for selecting their dates. In fact, these styles are so different that I’m in the works of crafting a master pamphlet on the approaches that sororities use in finding dates. The first approach is utilizing your friends. Who do you know and will they help you find a date?

Perhaps they would take you! Ask your friends in sororities to find you a date; there are always plenty of girls who would be honored to take a nice guy to the dance. Freshmen sorority girls who have no idea who to take and will be asking the chapter for help as well. It’s time

to make a new friend and enjoy the see this two-pronged approach as night at Jake’s. an ultimatum, but it truly is. You’re forcing this guy to make a decision Dear Hribar, that should come naturally. I unI’m afraid that I might need to begin derstand consistency is important a relationship on negative terms. to you, but deciding to be serious The guy that I’ve been slightly see- in a relationship can’t be rushed ing has been wishy-washy. We go with pressure. I haven’t known one on dates and he tells me he likes relationship that worked out well me, but then there’s no follow-up with the pursuit of an ultimatum or seriousness. I’m a student ath- or a rushed hand. Perhaps instead lete with heavy academic respon- of confronting the situation, you sibilities, and consistency is very should back off and find consistenimportant to my relationships. I cy to where you see it. Maybe you’ll cannot continue to let the scales wake up tomorrow and your date of this relationship fluctuate. I’m will believe it’s time to engage in a thinking of sitting down with this relationship. Summary: pressure guy and basically giving two op- never helps a delicate situation. tions: either we officially date or Email mhribar16@jcu.edu with questions. we don’t pursue a relationship and call it a day.

We’re both seniors; we should be able to be mature, right?

-Make A Choice!

Dear Make A Choice, Ultimatums only work when you’re James Bond or when you’re trying to decide what kind of sushi roll to get at Pacific East on Coventry. You may not

Email things you overheard on campus, awesome pictures, funny stuff & more to The Carroll News Diversions Editor: mhribar16@jcu.edu

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The blurred lines of “consent”

On Tuesday, Oct. 13, John Carroll University’s Student Union hosted an open forum for students to discuss the ongoing issue of sexual assault on college campuses. The conversation took place in the O’Dea Room, where students voiced concerns, questions and comments regarding issues on campus. “Sexual assault is an ever-present issue on college campuses across the country,” said the forum facilitator, Madison Chickos. “I hope that opening a dialogue between students and faculty can bring about positive change in order to keep John Carroll safe.”

The meeting was intended to create a discussion among students and the administration. According to Cole Hassay, Student Union president, the major discussion points included: defining “consent,” efforts to prevent sexual assault, proper responses to cases of sexual assault and how the Student Union can work with administrators to update the University Consent Standard.

Minimum repercussions for offenders found responsible and the potential for disclosing evidence on transcripts of offenders were also addressed.

Although the University has set a standard in defining sexual assault,

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solely incorporate actions such as body language, as this can be seriously

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misconstrued in the heat of the moment. Verbal understanding from both individuals involved is critical. For example, a couple in the early stages of a sexual encounter should be required to ask each other’s permission before

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The Carroll News feels that it is not definitive enough. Consent should not

“Millenials are having emotional crises for everyday life...I saw examples of students going to counseling after arguing with a roommate...or seeing a mouse.”

proceeding.

Currently, John Carroll’s University Consent Standard says, “Consent is freely given using mutually understandable words or actions that indicate a willingness to participate in mutually agreed upon sexual activity.” Possible action by the Student Union from the forum discussion includes reevaluating this definition.

– Peter Gray, psychologist, on declining student resilience on college campuses in the United States

Hassay said, “We intend to follow up on the forum’s discussion with legislation to create a safe environment on campus.” By conversing with the student body, Student Union has taken the first step in initiating possible change for the concerns presented.

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tors, relying instead on mobile nurses, cheap drugs and community support systems Miss: The Oil Sands Boom dried up in Alberta, Canada, taking thousands of jobs with it Hit/miss: “The Walking Dead,” a television series, has begun its sixth season Hit: Scientists have discovered the first ge-

nome of an ancient human from Africa Hit: Syria Bright Future, based in Jordan, is working to address psychological problems among the estimated two million children who have fled Syria Hit/miss: Christmas is 10 Fridays away! Hit: Fall break is this weekend Miss: It’s only for a day.

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The Francis Effect

Ryan Brown Staff Reporter

It was about three weeks ago that I went with a group of John Carroll and Canisius students to go see Pope Francis in Philadelphia while he was visiting for the Meeting of Families, and I’m still on a “Pope high.”

We went down to Philly on Saturday and left Sunday. On Saturday we were lucky enough to have a Pope sighting! He drove by in his little black Fiat on a road near, St. Joseph’s University. All we could see was his arm draped in his starch white robe and his hand waving outside of the window. We barely got a glimpse of his face.

There is a video of this, and if you’d like to see it, check my Facebook page.

We were waiting to see the Pope for about an hour on the street after a late dinner. So

it was almost 10 p.m. when he drove by. He was driving to where he would be staying the night, yet he still had his window rolled down (which is extremely dangerous for him to be doing) and was waving to all the people on the streets late at night.

Pope Francis is 78 years old; if he was taking a nap in the car on his way to where he would be sleeping that night I would not have been surprised. The man had been running around Philly all day long with no rest. He was probably exhausted! But he was still taking the time to wave at the people who gathered on the streets to see him because he knew that it was important to us.

It’s this type of energy and vitality that Pope Francis is bringing to the Catholic Church that people are getting excited about. This so-called “Francis E ff e c t ” e v e r y o n e i s t a l k i n g about is very real and is having a real effect on not just the Church, but the world. Pope Francis’ message of love and mercy to all people, especially the people on the outskirts that don’t have much of a voice un-

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less someone else is speaking for them, is making waves in the political world. More importantly, however, Pope Francis is changing the hearts and minds of individual people in the real world.

By “real world,” I mean he’s affecting people on an extremely personal level. People that once had no faith in the Church are now starting to come back.

Even those who are already fullfledged members of the Church are making changes for the better. I know personally, after learning about Francis, and then having a small encounter with him when he whizzed by, I wasand still am being affected. I am more understanding of people’s situations before I jump to judgments, I’m more concerned for those without a voice in this world, among other things.

Pope Francis is preaching mercy and love – what the Church has been trying to do since it’s existence! Pope Francis is doing an exceptional job spreading the Church’s message, just as Jesus would have wanted it.

Contact Ryan Brown at rbrown18@jcu.edu

What does graustark mean?

“A type of bird that bites the neck of its prey.”

Anna Lawler, senior

“I think its a type of flower.”

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“Some weird type of star or meteor.”

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Graustark: an imaginary place of high romance

Katelyn’s Candor :

Katelyn DeBaun Editor-in-Chief

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

For those of you who are unaware, that is the clause in the First Amendment that clearly gives American citizens the right to choose their religion and practice it freely. It is one of the five elements of the First Amendment, alongside freedom of speech, press, association and petition of the government.

As the vast majority of us are taught in elementary school, the United States was founded upon this idea of a “melting pot”— people of various backgrounds and ethnicities coming together to form a diverse nation.

The founding fathers gave us the right to practice our own faiths—or to choose not to do so at all—as explicitly stated in the Constitution.

So, if it is put that clearly in the document upon which we have built our country, why, in 2015, are people still saying the U.S. is a Christian nation?

Since the Supreme Court ruled on June 26, 2015 that all states have to allow same-sex marriages, I have heard more noise about how the ruling goes against the Christian foundation of this country and that the Supreme Court justices disregarded Christianity when ruling.

Well, yeah, they did; sorry to burst your bubble, but there was zero reason for SCOTUS to consider it, because we aren’t a Christian nation.

As previously stated, the Constitution clearly states citizens of the United States are granted the freedom of religion. In addition, nowhere does it state that its citizens have to follow Christianity.

McGowan’s Manifesto: Woes of the Female Intern

Mary Frances McGowan Managing Editor

It was the first press conference of the summer. A month prior to this date, I started my journey as a congressional press intern, and every day following, I repeatedly pinched myself to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming. I had fantasized about being part of the wheel of public service for as long as I could remember, so on that day as I prepared to greet leaders of the EPA, congress people from across the state and city council members on a blustery lake shore, my sentiments were equal parts thrill and terror.

I nervously applied my crimson lipstick, slipped on a black jersey dress, and did everything in my power to look like a member of

the Kennedy family. I was working for a democrat, after all.

Being the lowest woman on the congressional totem pole, I had the privilege of memorizing the list of attendants and greeting them as they walked onto the pier. If people think that the expectations of Andie in The Devil Wears Prada are unrealistic, they’re wrong.

Andie and I were just fighting for different things: she, the preservation of early 2000s cashmere blends, and I, the well-being of my boss’ district reputation. As the neighboring district’s Republican congressman approached the pier with his fleet of obscenely wellgroomed staffers, I greeted him warmly. Party aside, he’s a genuinely personable guy who cares about the people he’s serving. I couldn’t fault him in the least.

Directly behind him stood a staffer who resembled a young Don Draper from Mad Men. He embodied a really charming mix of cleanly shaved suave and nerdy intellect, so when he moved around his boss to shake my hand,

my stomach dropped. I fought an internal battle not to flirt; being a woman in a male dominated field was hard enough without batting your eyelashes. So I kept my eyes fixed and demeanor cool.

He asked me about my college career and I asked him about where he got his lapel pin, although I knew full well that they were the cheapest in the Capitol Rotunda gift shop. After a conversation about what I thought was about my plans for the internship, he handed me his card and said, “if your office ever has any questions… or you need some lunch,” as he chuckled coyly. I hadn’t even batted my eyelashes.

At first, I was flattered. I like the idea of his tortoise shell glasses, steel grey suit and blindingly white smile. I liked that he was forward and smelled annoyingly good; just enough stereotypical republican masculine musk and a touch of progressive mystery.

I liked that after the Congresswoman arrived, he whispered in my ear, “the boss is here, you can

relax now,” and flashed me his winning pearly whites.

That was until I realized that he not only looked like Don Draper, but was acting like him too. I was not there to get hit on; I was there to represent my boss in the way I knew how. I didn’t say anything to command his comments, I talked about my resume. My dress was tea length, for God’s sake.

It hit me–if I attempted to behave in the same way, I would be thought of as unprofessional, naïve and easy. All of a sudden, I found myself scowling at the realization of just how difficult it is for a woman to be taken seriously in politics. I blamed myself for the crimson lipstick and coiffed hair. It’s not that being hit on is inherently bad; it was the location in which it took place.

I was working overtime to prove my professional and intellectual worth, and the event made me feel less like someone who had been chosen to work in congress and more like a defeated little girl.

And then, I thought about all the

Religious Misconceptions After all, that would be contradictory. It’s almost as if those drafting the Constitution had that in mind.

Huh, go figure.

If that’s not enough to convince you, Article VI of the Constitution reads, “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”

This clause has been historically interpreted to mean that federal officials do not have to follow a particular religion or faith in order to qualify for office.

So, when republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told Meet the Press’ Chuck Todd that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” and later told The Hill that the president should be “sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not the Koran,” he was extremely and blatantly wrong.

Side note, Ben: not only were you factually incorrect, but your comments seem a bit Islamaphobic. Educate yourself before making erroneous blanket statements.

Moving on.

I’ve heard more and more recently about how we are “moving away from the Christian values that this nation was founded upon.” Frankly, that’s just a bit silly considering that they never took priority.

After all, Thomas Jefferson is largely considered a Deist by most historians, Benjamin Franklin generally rejected religion altogether and James Madison frequently wrote of his skepticism toward Christianity. Do you really think that those individuals—alongside others—would draft the Constitution keeping Christianity in mind?

I don’t write this column as a Deist, an Atheist or an Agnostic.

I write it as a Christian, thankful that I have the freedom to practice my religion in this country. At the same time, I’m grateful that those around me are able to practice their religions, or to choose not to at all.

Contact Katelyn DeBaun at kdebaun16@jcu.edu

women before me who dealt with the same nonsense.

When Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and eventually sworn into the Supreme Court, one of the first things she was asked was what she would do about raising her kids. The status of Nancy Pelosi’s allegedly botox-ed face was more interesting to the press during her time as speaker of the house than her proposed policy.

Hillary Clinton has been a first lady, a senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate, yet the secrets of her skin-care regimen sneak their way back into public conversation. Despite the pettiness, these women rose their way to the top, taking each demeaning business card with stride all the while planning to one day, be the boss of the men that thought their skills were limited to entertaining lunch. I am planning to do the same.

Contact Mary Frances at mmcgowan17@jcu.edu

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Madeline’s Montage: Frozen for the moment

Madeline Sweeney Editorial & Op/Ed Editor In the first creative writing class I took at John Carroll, my final project was given the same title as this column. The assignment was to write a memoir, and although I wrote about a very pivotal time in my life, I’m not sure I’d write about it again.

What once was will forever be a part of our lives, and it is so valuable to learn from the events that twist and morph our minds. There may be times when we wish to open the caps of our skulls and spool around, finding old memories that once caused us pain and taking them out so they cannot touch us any longer.

Hold onto those memories.

The beauty of the individual comes from personal experience. It isn’t about where home is or what school is attended, but the overwhelmingly consuming moments that dwarf each of us into becoming all that we are.

Although I argue each of us is the key production manager of our own lives, there are other contributions to personal development.

In many classes and conversations, the topics of peer groups, family life and social settings are abundant. For example, the adolescent psychology class I am currently enrolled in discusses the physical and emotional growth of young individuals; much of what my classmates and I have learned about adolescence includes the importance of one’s placement in society. This involves the neighborhood one is raised in, school one attended, friend groups, team affiliations, etc.

The facts say an individual’s development is not all about personal gumption and drive, but they do support that the

moments each of us partake in, no matter where or when, contribute to who we are and what we will become.

In 2013, I was a sophomore trying to get my fix on any and all things rapid. I was constantly on the go, looking for experiences that would help create a name for myself. After a ten-day excursion to Honduras the summer before, it was my intention to grasp all of life’s lessons as a 19-year-old undergraduate.

Joke’s on me; you don’t figure out life at 19.

I got involved with a lot of things, including service, babysitting, on campus eventplanning committees and I started living somewhere most people have forgotten all about: I moved to the present.

With each of the things I involved myself with, I found it easy to get lost in whatever had to happen next. It’s natural for the mind to wander down the paths screaming, “You’ve got to get this done!” But it was my intention not to let life’s crazed schedule consume my own sanity.

I began making lists and actually following them. With each task I had a plan, and when it was time to get whatever needed to be done finished, I made sure to be fully present.

With each moment, there is utmost potential to do something great – even if it’s greatly minute. I took this philosophy to heart, because by living second by second it became easier to be grateful for the little things.

Gratitude stemmed from seeing clearly, and clarity came from keeping my eyes directed on exactly what I was doing at the time. Although it is often difficult, I try to remember the importance of giving someone or something the attention deserved. It’s easy to be grateful for the extra hour of sleep, an “A” on a test or a workout done right, but it’s equally easy to forget the beauty of each of these things.

Stay focused; take control of your life, live for the moment and express gratitude. These are the most important lessons I’ve learned at John Carroll thus far. But, who knows, maybe what comes next will withhold something more.

Contact Madeline Sweeney at msweeney16@jcu.edu

Ben Gebhardt Editorial & Op/Ed Editor

If you follow international news, you have no doubt seen a great deal of coverage surrounding the suicide bombings in Ankara, Turkey that happened last Saturday.

For those that haven’t read or heard anything about the terrorist attack, 95 Turks were killed (and nearly another 250 were injured, according to USA Today) during a peace rally near the city’s main train station. It is reported to have been the most deadly terrorist act ever conducted on Turkish soil, and it is a national tragedy that the Turks have been dealing with this entire week.

But the bombing has done more than merely take the life of almost 100 citizens—it has caused pre-existing political tensions within the country to flare up to an extreme. The peace rally was largely made up of supporters of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), a group that shocked the country in the last parliamentary election by winning enough seats to stifle President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plans of converting Turkey from a secular nation to an Islamic one.

The bombings have outraged

opponents of Erdogan and his government, as many believe that his regime either had a direct hand in the incident or did very little (if anything) to stop it from taking place. According to USA Today, the past week has been filled with protests and memorial celebrations, commemorating the victims.

So, this is obviously a big deal for Turkey, but what does any of this have to do with the United States? Why should you watch how this situation unfolds?

Turkey is a very interesting country, and it is potentially one of America’s most valuable allies in the modern day international political arena. It is a country that is at the crossroads of two distinctly—and often conflicting—cultures and civilizations. It is where Europe becomes Asia, a country with a Muslim majority but one that is nonetheless a member of NATO. This unique juxtaposition between East and West is what gives it immense strategic value to the United States’ interests overseas.

It is a friendly, pro-Western regime that shares borders with countries like Syria and Iraq, and it is central in the U.S.’s plans to combat the Islamic State and secure an advantageous American presence in the region.

Keeping an eye on Turkey is therefore a must to the informed American voter. The Middle East and terrorism are always among of the most contentious topics of debate when election season rolls

around, and the upcoming election in 2016 is no exception.

We, as American voters, may currently have more to think about regarding Middle Eastern foreign policy than ever before.

Just think about it—the Iranian nuclear deal, the Islamic State taking over much of Iraq and Syria, the ongoing Syrian civil war and the subsequent refugee crisis in Europe, the stationing of Russian troops backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and, of course, the defense of Israel, to name a few. That is a lot of issues that the United States and its new President must face in the coming years, and it is a set of issues in which the American people ought to be well versed.

Now, consider how difficult those issues would be for the United States if Turkey were no longer stable. Turkey hosts American military bases (from which we attack the Islamic State with airstrikes) and also has a strong military that helps to give the chaotic region some semblance of peace and order.

The next time that you are watching CNN, Fox, NBC or whichever news stations you prefer, take note of how this current internal conflict is playing out in Turkey. The developments will have an impact not only in Ankara, but in Washington, D.C. as well.

Contact Ben Gebhardt at bgebhardt18@jcu.edu

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