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High school students begin early college program Madeline Smanik Campus Editor

College in the morning and high school in the afternoon is not how most of us remember 11th grade. But for eight students at Cleveland Heights High School, it’s just their regular routine.

These students began taking classes at John Carroll University this semester as part of the R.E.A.L. Early College small school.

High school junior Landry Snead is one of the participants in the program. “College has always been something I’ve planned for,” said Snead. She is currently enrolled in six courses – three in high school and three at JCU. At Cleveland Heights High School, the students are divided into four small schools. One of the schools offers the opportunity for students to take college courses while still in high school. This small school is called R.E.A.L. Early College, standing for Relevant, Experiential, Active Learning. At the end of sophomore year, these students have the opportunity to finish their core requirements for high school. They can begin taking college courses when they are juniors in high school, which means they have the potential to earn one year of college credit before they graduate high school.

Associate dean for graduate studies and associate professor of education Mark Storz is their academic advisor.

He taught the students’ prerequisite class – Purpose and Place: Exploring Campus, Community, and Self – over the summer.

“This is a nice experience for them because they get to experience college life in a way that a lot of other folks don’t,” said Storz.

“They’re taking the type of courses that would be easily transferrable to other institutions,” Storz added. “We hope that some of them will stay here at John Carroll.”

Snead attributed her interest in the possibility of enrolling full-time at JCU after high school to being here already.

“It’s kind of making me want to stay here,” Snead said.

See EARLY COLLEGE, p. 4

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Landry Snead and Johnathan Hicks are students at both Cleveland Heights High School and John Carroll University.

University receives Career Ready Internship grant Laura Bednar

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This year, John Carroll University is one of 40 colleges to receive a Career Ready Internship grant in the amount of $147,933 from the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates for the 2014-2015 academic year. The funds will be used to establish 38 new paid internships for juniors and seniors in the College of Arts and Sciences who receive financial aid. The Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates helps students who would not normally attend college to start and complete two or four-year degrees through community investments and also as gives internship grants to colleges and universities across Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

The five areas of focus for JCU internships are “child psychology/Autism/education,” “healthcare innovations,” “health information technology,” “pro health care preparation” and “health communications”. Tracy Masterson, JCU’s director of the child psychology and autism focus said that “the internships help the students find what they want to do and helps them get into graduate school.”

The University received this grant for the first time after proving its commitment to internships by having a formalized internship program. Healthcare is the focus for the internships because there is a growing healthcare field in Cleveland and many healthcare and communication focused programs are available at JCU. Students are placed at nonprofit and profit institutions or intern on a project happening on campus, depending on their area of focus.

The grant money is used to pay students for their work, which allows any student to have an internship opportunity to intern, regardless of his or her finances.

Faculty members act as directors for each focus. Directors recruit students through websites, marketing and emails. Directors then find sites where students can intern and develop assessments to discover what the students learned from their experiences.

The internship in the focus of child psychology and Autism allows students to intern at places such as the Cleveland Clinic in the ADHD Center for Evaluation and Treatment, a neurobehavioral center called KidsLink and S.T.E.P.S, a center for excellence in autism.

“It gives students a chance to see the person behind the disorder,” Masterson said.

Junior Gina Paolini is working with the Cleveland Clinic Social Skills group, which helps children with ADHD adapt to social situations. “Each week, we teach the children a different Photo from augsburg.edu social skill such as making friends or knowing and understandGreat Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates ing your feelings. We teach these skills with fun activities such recently awarded a grant to the College of Arts and

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HUMANS OF JOHN CARROLL A weekly feature about the people who make up the JCU community Brittany Ramsey The Carroll News

JCU English professor receives book award

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English professor Philip Metres received a 2014 Arab American Book Award for his book-length poem, “A Concordance of Leaves.” The book describes his 2003 trip to village of Toura in the Palestinian West Bank when attending his sister’s wedding.

Cultural awareness series creates connections

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On Tuesday, Oct. 21, American poet Yusef Komunyakaa will come to JCU to speak as part of the Dr. Shirley S. Seaton Cultural Awareness Series.

Komunyakaa is one of seven speakers who will be at JCU to give lectures on cultural engagement this year. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in the Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology.

President of Catholic Theological Society of America to lecture at JCU

Brothers Chis and Mike Nicholson are both staff members of the facilities department.

Family always comes first for Chris and Mike Nicholson, two staff members of the facilities department at John Carroll University.

Chris and Mike are brothers who have strengthened their family bond by working together to make the JCU campus a safe and clean environment for the students.

“I feel like I know him better than I ever have,” Mike said. “Even though we are brothers, we are half-brothers actually; we didn’t grow up every day with each other.”

Chris agreed and noted that it gives them a sense of professional comfort in their work environment.

“Professionally, it’s nice,” said Chris. “I like it because there’s always somebody that you can confide in.”

Before coming to JCU, the brothers worked in electrical construction for 10 years and are professionally trained electricians. They made the transition from construction work to their current positions because it allowed them to have consistency in their work.

“Coming from a construction background, it’s super competitive,” said Mike. “Your future isn’t certain. Here, I know what my paycheck is going to be every week.”

Additionally, their previous experience in construction did not offer sufficient benefits for workers or a positive work environment.

“In construction, no matter what you do or how fast, it’s never enough,” said Chris. “It always needed to be done yesterday. You can literally work yourself to death, and it’s never enough.”

Both brothers’ current workplace in the JCU facilities department on campus offers them a supportive community and stability.

“At John Carroll, I’m part of a community. Just to have my own room with a coffee maker, a computer and some basic comfort is nice,” said Mike. “It’s great to be a part of a community where I can bring my kids in to see everybody.”

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On Thursday, Oct. 23, Susan K. Wood, the president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and a professor of systematic theology at Marquette University, will speak for the 2014 Delores L. Christie Lecture.

Her lecture called,“The Eucharist: Center of Christian Unity,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology.

as role playing and group work.”

Paolini added that “throughout these lessons, we also teach the children how to be respectful to others, materials of the classroom appropriately, make appropriate eye contact when speaking or being spoken to, speaking at an appropriate voice level and how to raise one’s hand to speak.”

The internship in health communications allows students to work in places such as the Cleveland Clinic and Health Foundation Network.

Students use marketing skills through social media and newsletters and learn community relations by working with companies like the Red Cross in Cleveland. Director of internships and experiential learning for the College of Arts and Sciences, Sara Stashower, said, “You don’t know what a position is like until you live it. Students can try a position on for size and see how it feels. This grant has allowed every student a chance at this opportunity.”

Paolini said, “Not only have I learned a great deal about ADHD, but I have also learned a lot about myself. I have always loved working with children, but I have a new-found love of working with children who have ADHD.” The focus of health information technology is under the direction of Daniel Palmer. This focus deals with math and computer science, allowing students to work in places such as the Cleveland Clinic’s IT department.

Professional healthcare preparation, under the direction of Kathy Lee,

Campus Safety Log

October 12, 2014 Two students referred for smoking marijuana at Green Road Annex at 1:16 a.m.

October 12, 2014 Found wallet was returned to JCU Police Department containing false identification card at 12:30 a.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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Chris has the same opinion about the sense of community on the JCU campus.

“I like interacting with the other staff, faculty and students. Almost every day, someone new has some awesome story about what they’re doing, where they are going and what they are involved in,” said Chris. “It inspires me to do more. I never thought I would be interested in going back to school, but now, there’s a whole world of opportunity out there.”

Although Chris never got the chance to go to college, he wants to provide that experience for his son, Jonathan.

“I didn’t have the opportunity to go to college coming out of high school. I didn’t have the support or encouragement, or just the structure to organize my life in a way to go to college,” said Chris. “Just to see what’s going on, to see what people are doing, it really makes me want to make this a reality for my son, for him to be able to go to college.”

Beyond their work in facilities, both brothers are passionate about the living wage initiative at JCU and are helping to advocate for the rights of all workers.

“I’d like for all of our workers to feel like a part of this community,” said Mike.

Chris added that they would also like to see more workers receive tuition benefits for their families.

“The opportunity to put my son through college is a life-changer,” said Chris. “He got to experience a little of what it’s like to be here, and he’s excited about it.”

At the end of the day, Chris and Mike both love working at John Carroll, providing opportunities for their families and meeting the students on campus.

Though, they noted that students are sometimes tentative when it comes to connecting with the facilities staff.

“It’s always nice to get to know the students. I think people are hesitant to get to know the maintenance guys. But we’re just trying to figure out what we want to do with our lives just like anybody else,” said Mike. “I just appreciate being able to know people.”

allows students to work in a medical environment, such as a physician’s practice.

Healthcare Innovations, led by Graciela Lacueva, includes programs like Image IQ, Medical Device Solutions and Gooch & Housego. Image IQ provides services for pharmaceutical and academic researchers by using image analysis. Medical Device Solutions creates innovative medical devices from ideas originating at the Cleveland Clinic and from outside sources. Students work in areas such as biorobotics, electronics, mechanical and biomechanical engineering. Gooch & Housego is a program that researches innovative ideas in optical coherence tomography, which is used in retinal imaging for the diagnosis of glaucoma and macular degeneracy.

There will also be on-campus research over the summer with professor P. Tian, whose research focuses on advanced optical imaging methods for biomedical applications.

“We’re very excited about this grant that allows students to gain invaluable experience in their fields of study, which will help them in their careers,” Lacueva said. “The partnerships we are establishing with businesses and nonprofit organizations in Northeast Ohio will continue to raise the profile of JCU and will benefit our students and the community in coming years.”

To qualify for an internship position, you must be a junior or senior who will not graduate by summer of 2015. You must also be making satisfactory academic progress and have filed the 2014-2015 FAFSA. Students will be paid and may earn academic credit, too, depending on the area of focus.

Deadline for applications for the spring 2015 internships is Wednesday, Oct. 22.

The online application can be found on the University’s website under internships.

Award recipients will be notified by Wednesday, Oct. 29.

UHPD Crime Blotter

October 4, 2014 Burglary on Cedarbrook Road at 6:35 p.m. Thieves stole an Xbox console worth $60.

October 5, 2014 A woman was assaulted on Silsby Rd. After realizing she was being followed, she pulled her car into a fire station parking lot. The suspect smashed the driver’s side window of the victim’s car and assaulted the woman. Attacker fled before police arrived.

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

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‘Boo Streaks’ reflects on first year as a student organization of the team asks questions and waits for a possible response from a spirit. In order to minimize skeptical views, the Boo Streaks use a vast amount of high-tech equipment to provide proof of supernatural phenomena.

Information is best received at night, due to a decrease in traffic and overall outdoor activity. Oblique lighting control has been said to produce the best results, due to the ability to manipulate the contrast of light within a selected area.

The team also tries to debunk any activity that can be explained by something other than the paranormal, such as doors being slammed shut by drafts or noise from other members of the team.

Membership for the Boo Streaks has grown tremendously over the last year. The group began with about 15 people, but now has an emailing list of almost 90 members–about half of which regularly attend weekly meetings.

Claridge says the purpose of the Boo Streaks is to establish academic creditability, which proves to be difficult when dealing with a topic so many people are skeptical about. “If you look at other Ohio paranormal investigation teams, there’s like a thousand of them,” Claridge explained. “What separates us from all the other teams is we want to look at this through the most academic frame as possible.”

In addition to visiting sites and collecting evidence, the Boo Streaks host many guest speakers, including other investigators and paranormal experts. The group also meets to discuss paranormal activity that is portrayed in pop culture, such as ghost hunting videos and movies.

The Boo Streaks work closely with the Ohio Paranormal Investigative Research and Theoretical Exploration Society, or PIRATES. PIRATES is a local paranormal team that meets with the Boo Streaks and shares its experiences and techniques.

Occasionally, the two groups will do joint investigations at local sites.

“I was absolutely thrilled when I heard that we had a paranormal research group on campus last semester,” said senior Katie Wilczewski, paranormal investigator.

“My friends made fun of me when I was in high school because I loved watching ghost hunter-type shows and had some paranormal experiences, and talked about them a lot.

It’s been great to be a part of the group and learn more about paranormal investigation.

“The fact that it’s such a diverse group with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and levels of skepticism toward the paranormal is amazing,” she continued. “Our investigation at the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield has been my favorite to date; we had so many cool experiences there.”

Hannah Domonkas Bre Frano The Carroll News

There is a group of students at John Carroll University that thrives on fright. JCU’s paranormal research group, the Boo Streaks, was founded last November by current president and senior, Eugene Claridge.

The Boo Streaks have had much success since their founding, even winning the “Outstanding Organization of the Year” award last year. Claridge also received “Outstanding Organization President of the Year” for his commitment and leadership in the group.

The Boo Streaks were founded as a result of Claridge’s love of history and all things unexplainable. After a visit to a battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – with fellow JCU student and current financial officer, senior Raymond Camma – the pair decided to bring ghost hunting to John Carroll.

This group has investigated various locations, including Cleveland’s Agora Theatre & Ballroom and the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. Claridge said the most important piece of each location is the history behind its existence. According to the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, “150 young offenders were imprisoned in September of 1896, when it was first opened to instill justice within the community in hopes of reforming and rehabilitating the prisoners during their stay.”

Further research conducted by paranormal research website Dead Ohio claims that the original intent of this prison became skewed over time, due to abuse and heinous torture among inmates. This information became grounds for civil rights activists to petition for its permanent shutdown on Dec. 31, 1990.

Upon closing, 155,000 men were housed within this historical landmark, and are believed to remain in confinement today due to paranormal observations.

The Agora Theatre has been said to have a history of its own.

According to Claridge, the significance behind the investigation of the theater stems from a murder that occurred in its basement many years ago. Live footage and audio clips have exposed mysterious footsteps and shadows within areas of the theater during times that a camera has been left for collection of proof. Many correlations have been established between both locations, and have caused great interest amongst many groups of paranormal investigators.

Members of the Boo Streaks visit and investigate local sites around Ohio that are claimed to be haunted. Part of the group’s investigation includes videotaping and recording areas of the site that typically get a lot of activity. The group also conducts an electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) test, which Claridge explained as a “Q and A session with the ghosts.” One member See jcunews.com for the complete article.

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This week in sustainability I want to ride my bicycle Jacob Dybiec

Environmental Columnist

Bicycles: we’ve all had one. They helped to define our childhoods, providing us with limitless adventure.

For many, myself included, learning to ride a bicycle represents one of the first major obstacles we had to overcome.

Learning to ride a bike was no small task. When we finally managed to figure it out, we were hit with a wave of satisfaction and accomplishment like nothing we had felt before.

To many, bicycles continue to represent that joy. Heck, a little band called “Queen” wrote a whole song about bikes.

Maybe you’ve even heard it before.

To many others, however, a bicycle is viewed in the simplest terms possible – as a form of transportation.

In a day and age in which nearly most of us are able to drive, and several of us even own cars, bicycles are often overlooked as a means of transportation.

However, bikes have some important advantages over cars. For one, it’s cheap. The upkeep on a bike isn’t expensive, and a bike never requires gasoline. Secondly, riding a bike reduces your carbon footprint. When you aren’t putting dangerous greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, you’re doing the environment a great favor. Lastly, riding a bike is good for you. It’s a quicker, less painful alternative to running, and it provides an opportunity that going to the gym or running on the treadmill cannot: getting to experience the great outdoors.

Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “That’s great and all, but I don’t own a bike.” However, there is a solution.

The John Carroll University Bike Co-op is a partnership between the department of recreation and the Environmental Issues Group. If you decide that you’d like to rent a bike, all you have to do is give the rec desk your student ID, and the attendant will give you a bike. The program has been well-received by students. Junior Grace Donnelly said that the Bike Co-op is a great program. “I don’t have a car, so it allows me to work off-campus.”

Want to go to Target? Rent a bike. Want to exercise? Rent a bike. Want to make a positive impact on the environment?

Rent a bike. I promise you, it’s a decision you won’t regret.

A eulogy for Lee Road

JCU mourns the loss of community staples Mary Frances McGowan Campus Editor

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Boo Streaks cofounder, senior Raymond Camma, sits inside the Ohio State Reformatory warden’s office.

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This week, two Cedar Lee restaurants decided to close their doors. On Monday Oct. 13, both The Cedar Lee Pub and Grill and Sweetie Fry (an ice cream and french fry eatery) announced they are closing their doors forever.

The Pub tweeted its announcement, saying, “We regret to inform you that we are closing permanently. Thank you all for your support. We’ve had some great memories.”

The Pub first opened its doors in 2008 and gained a fast following. Sweetie Fry, which opened in 2011, was beloved by the Cleveland Heights community and won the Sun News’ reader poll for best ice cream. Sweetie Fry announced its closing via Facebook. Owner Keith Logan wrote, “It turns out that we just couldn’t sell enough indulgent snacks to support a restaurant.”

Logan thanked the Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, University Heights, Case Western Reserve University and John Carroll University communities for their support throughout the years.

Many students at JCU are saddened by the loss of The Pub and Sweetie Fry. Sophomore Shannon Poppe is disappointed in never being able to participate in a “Pub Tuesday,” an unofficial JCU social tradition. “I am very sad that The Pub closed. I’m not 21 yet, so I’ll never be able to go.”

Senior Kenny Farona stressed the importance of supporting our local businesses in light of the recent closings. “The Cleveland Heights and University Heights communities, of which John Carroll students are a part of, need to rally around the local businesses in the area. The strength of this community depends on it.”

Editor’s Note: Information from Cleveland.com was used in this report.

Campus Calendar : Oct. 16 - Oct. 22

Thursday

Immersion experience applications due online by 5 p.m.

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Friday

Fall break begins.

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Saturday

Varsity football game against Marietta College at 1:30 p.m. at Don Shula Stadium.

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Sunday

Celebrate Diversity Week begins.

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Classes resume after fall Free chair massages break. on the first floor of the

Grasselli Library from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

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Wednesday

Portraits of Homelessness presentation in the Jardine Room at 7 p.m.

Campus Army general and JCU alumnus visits campus

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Gen. Carter Ham, former 4-star general of the army in charge of Africa Command and John Carroll University alumnus, class of 1976, hosted a dinner and discussion with a select group of students and faculty at JCU on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Ham requested to meet with some of the top political science students and faculty, along with international students in the African Leadership Program.

Ham served as an infantryman before attending John Carroll, and is “the only Army 4-star general to begin his career as an enlisted man,” according to the JCU website. Ham is also the only JCU graduate to hold the rank of U.S. Army 4-star general.

At the event in Rodman Hall, Ham discussed the numerous national and international issues throughout his career, but also talked about the importance of JCU in both his personal and professional life.

“Personally, I found the three things most important to me in my life. I found my faith here, I found my career here and I found my wife here,” said Ham. “Academically, I learned inquisitiveness and a structured way of thinking that helped me throughout my entire career.”

Ham served throughout Europe and the Middle East during his military career. Prior to his retirement in June 2013, he served as the commander of Africa Command, or AFRICOM, from 2011-2013. Ham also sits on the JCU Board of Directors.

Ham spoke about numerous issues currently affecting both Africa and the Middle East, particularly concentrating on the Ebola crisis in West Africa and the Islamic State group.

Ham stressed that Ebola is not only a scientific issue, but also an emotional one. And while the issue warrants both scientific and emotional reactions, Ham also expressed the importance of the militaristic component and U.S. troops throughout Liberia and Western Africa.

“My successor [in charge of AFRICOM], Dave Rodriguez, is anticipating that this will be a year-long effort,” Ham said.

While Ham said he believes it would be difficult for Ebola to spread widely and rapidly throughout the U.S., Ebola should still be considered an issue throughout the developed world.

“Healthcare, the availability of clean food supplies and water, the handling of cadavers – all of that causes the disease to spread rapidly. This isn’t just a West Africa problem, it’s an international problem,” Ham said. “America is a compassionate population. We have the ability to help, and we should help.”

For assistant professor of political science, Colin Swearingen, this militaristic view was one of the noteworthy points he took away from Ham’s discussion dealing with Ebola.

“One of the most interesting things about it was the amount of effort on the military side going in to taking care of something like Ebola,” Swearingen said. “The American military is uniquely capable in that way.”

Ham transitioned in his discussion on Ebola to the radical Islamic State group. He once again offered a unique perspective on the issue, talking about how the use of social media, specifically Twitter, could inspire change and action in dealing with the Islamic State group.

“These are complex issues and they can’t be digested to 140 characters,” Ham said. “But the reality is, 140 characters are going to drive action.”

Ham also discussed the complexities in dealing with both Turkey and NATO, particularly in a scenario if the Islamic State group were to invade Turkey, possibly driving international military action.

In explaining the mindset of young people who feel the need to join groups like ISIS, Ham said their decisions can be partly attributed to “a loss of hope.” He added that “young people see no better alternative to care for themselves or their families.”

While Ham talked about both of these hot-button issues, he also talked about the political process within Washington, D.C., detailing how presidents agonize over certain decisions, and how different groups within the government come to present their ideas to a sitting president.

From EARLY COLLEGE, p. 1 High school junior Johnathan Hicks is taking three classes at JCU – English composition, calculus and Japanese. Outside of classes, Hicks is also involved in cross country and track at his high school.

“It’s surreal, actually,” he said about his college experience. “It’s a little nervewracking at first. It’s kind of intimidating.”

Despite the daunting task of beginning college as a high school student, Hicks did not find his classes to be beyond his capabilities.

“We were actually very prepared by our teachers – our early college teachers – for our freshman and sophomore years,” Hicks said.

Each of the high school students is paired with a current JCU student mentor. The mentors provide a support system for the mentees throughout their early college experience.

Senior Ashley Campbell, Snead’s mentor, said, “We all know what it feels like to be freshmen and just coming from high school taking courses.”

Another mentor, senior Kari Wengatz, voiced her support for the students in the program.

“It’s a great way to get ahead,” Wengatz said.

“I applied because I was a post-secondary student,” she added. “That’s why I was interested, because I didn’t have any mentors.”

Wengatz explained that she exchanged phone numbers with her mentee so they could stay in touch easily.

“I just want to make sure that I’m there for her and she knows that,” she said.

Junior Ali Al-Ali reflected on last spring, when the mentors and mentees first met.

“The general attitude was they’re just excited to come to college, to deviate from the high school experience,” Al-Ali said.

The mentors were selected last year after completing an

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Gen. Carter Ham visited John Carroll University earlier this month to meet with international and political science students, as well as faculty.

“I love how he talked about a whole government approach where the groups work together and come up with solutions together,” junior Abbey Vogel said. “When they don’t work together it really suffocates innovation, I think.”

One of the difficult things about ISIS for Ham is the fact that they are somewhat unpredictable. He discussed the beheading videos released by the group, saying that they might be the group’s downfall because of the outrage the videos caused throughout the international community. When it comes to countering the Islamic State group, however, it is about more than countering a single person.

“It’s never about one individual,” Ham said. “It’s less about the individuals, and more about countering an ideology.” online application and an interview.

After being chosen for the program, the mentors underwent training before receiving their mentees.

“We really wanted these mentors to be able to be genuinely themselves when they’re talking to these students, and not feel like they had to specifically put on a front,” said Hillary Fearer, the graduate assistant for the early college program.

As graduate assistant for the program, Fearer worked on developing the mentoring component.

“My job was to do the background research, create an overall program structure, start building those relationships between us and [Cleveland] Heights High [School] on the mentoring side and try to create some general structure and programming,” said Fearer.

Fearer emphasized that the mentors act as role models for the high school students.

“The way we termed the mentoring relationship was almost like a ‘professional friendship,’” said Fearer.

Fearer also spoke positively about the way the high school students are handling their experience with college so far.

“It’s such a big change, and these students are 16,” she said. “And even though these are some of the most mature and responsible students you’ve ever seen in your entire life, it’s still a scary transition.”

Cleveland Heights High School principal Alisa Lawson-McKinnie explained her part as the students’ principal.

“My role is to create a positive culture that empowers and instills confidence in teachers as they prepare to nurture and stretch the academic potential in all students,” said Lawson-McKinnie.

Even though the program is still new, Lawson-McKinnie is already planning for its future.

Photo from blogs.heightsobserver.org “I plan to grow the program and will send more students each semester,” she added.

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Life & Entertainment Katie’s Take An INSIDE lOOK at JCU FALL TheatER

Oct. 16, 2014

A league of our own

Katherine Oltmanns Life & Entertainment Editor I had a difficult time picking the right college.

When I finally decided on John Carroll University, it was a huge weight off of my shoulders, as I’m sure it was for everyone else. I couldn’t wait to move into my very first home away from home.

One thing I was nervous about, though, was finding out what the school was really like. The tours and brochures obviously made it sound awesome, but I knew some of that had to have been a little bit embellished.

One selling point I remember in particular was that my tour guide told me John Carroll was like a family.

I obviously didn’t believe that.

So many other small schools I visited said the same thing. That the smaller campus community provided a tight-knit atmosphere, as if it were a family. My high school said that, too. My high school sucked.

I figured that the shuttle wouldn’t actually take me anywhere I wanted, and that the food probably wasn’t as fabulous as they said it could be.

Correct.

I was right about most of the doubts I had, except for the one about Carroll being a family.

I wasn’t one of Pat Waldron’s closest friends, but we had been friends since freshman year when he tried to impress me with his jokes while wearing a women’s Nike sweatband on his forehead.

We got much closer our sophomore year when we happened to be in two classes together. I never wanted to miss class, because if I did, I wouldn’t get to listen to him pronouncing all of the words much louder and with a much heavier Spanish accent than necessary.

And who could forget his Snapchats asking for smiles when he needed them, or of his “f*** cancer” hat? No one could.

Of course I miss Pat. It’s hard not to miss someone who was a positive influence in your life, even for just a little while.

But this isn’t just about Pat. This is about everybody else, too.

As I was sitting in the St. Francis chapel two weeks ago during Pat’s memorial mass, I was emotionally overwhelmed by the people who I was sharing that space with.

I would have never, ever guessed, or could have hoped, to be at a university that fosters a community like this one. I have never heard of a school coming together to commemorate and celebrate the lives of its students the way John Carroll does so often. I am so happy and eternally grateful to everyone that has contributed to this feeling in that sense.

I don’t think this school is perfect. Everytime I send in my tuition payment plan bills, a very large part of my soul dies. Thank God I have a big soul because those things just keep coming.

And I know I hype up Carroll a lot in my columns, but this school is an easy thing to talk about because it’s so wonderful in so many ways.

I know I may complain about the not-so-great stuff a lot, so I figure that this is a good place to say why I love it so much.

This is for Danielle Rose, Adam Shergalis, in honor of Rachel Kirsch and for Pat, and for all of my JCU friends, teachers, acquaintances. You’re all my second family, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Contact Katherine Oltmanns at koltmanns16@jcu.edu

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in Paris,” written by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman, and features the music of composer Jacques Brel.

All of these one acts will be performed in the Marinello Keith Nagy, assistant professor and managing director Little Theatre, located in the D.J. Lombardo Student Center on of theater at John Carroll University, has many opportuNov. 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 p.m. and on Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. nities planned for students to get involved in the theatre During the spring semester, there will also be additional program on campus. one acts performances Feb. 19-22, held in the Marinello Little Prior to coming to the John Carroll, Nagy has “always Theatre. been in the Cleveland area theater community.”

The department will provide more information about these Nagy has been the director of production and resident one acts closer to the performance dates. designer at Opera Cleveland, and has helped with the Additionally, there will be a mainstage production that will design process, including painting and lighting, for the be performed on March 20-25. This is a dream play about an Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland Ballet, Verb Ballets and Irish family in the 1930s titled, “Dancing at Lughnasa,” writCleveland Public Theatre, as well as many other Cleveland ten by Brian Friel, directed by Nathan Motta, artistic director area theatres. at Dobama Theatre.

He has been “involved in the original ‘resident compaFor students interested in auditioning for the one acts or nies’ that helped build PlayhouseSquare.” mainstage performance, Nagy advises to “consult the internet Nagy is currently in his 18th year of involvement for audition times and information. at JCU. Knowing for many years that he wanted to be Read the scripts that are available about a week in advance involved in educational theater, Nagy first came to the before the auditions.”

University in 1996 as a visiting professor to fill a vacancy Also, come in to the audition with a very good knowledge in the Tim Russert Department of Communication and of your schedule and commitments for that semester.”

Theatre Arts.

For more information, please contact Keith Nagy at After taking a year leave of absence from Cleveland knagy@jcu.edu.

Opera, JCU offered him a full-time position.

The JCU theater department is currently in rehearsal for the female version of “The Odd Couple,” directed by associate professor of theater Karen Gygli and written by Neil Simon. Keith Nagy is the technical director of this show. This is the department’s mainstage production and will be performed on Oct. 24, 25, 31 and Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m., and Oct. 26 and Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Kulas Auditorium.

However, there are other opportunities for students to get involved in the theatre department this semester.

In November, performances include the debut of the newly-renamed one act series, “The Dennis Miller studentdirected one acts at the Marinello Little Theater,” thanks to the generosity of the Dennis Miller Fund.

The first of the two student-directed one acts is “If Men Played Cards As Women Do,” written by George S. Kaufman and directed by senior Robin Weaver.

The second one act is a sister play of the first, titled “If Women Worked as Men Do,” written by Ellen Goodfellow Photo by Grace Curatolo and directed by senior Chris Kent.

From left to right, Keith Nagy builds the set for a fall As a special treat in celebration of the new name of the show with theater students sophomores Daniel May and one act series, there will be an additional musical directed

by Nagy, titled “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living Veronica Zielinski and senior Amanda Farinelli.

Rachel Vadaj Staff Reporter

Bar Louie’s 7th annual Rock the Tot competition On Thursday, Oct. 9, Bar Louie in Legacy Village hosted its 7th Annual ‘Rock The Tot’ tater toteating competition.

The majority of competitors were JCU students.

Senior Ryan Fernandez, who competed in the solo competition, described it as “an experience any tot-loving food junkie would enjoy!”

The winner of the solo competition was junior Zak Zippert, who ate two pounds and two ounces of tater tots in three minutes.

Along with the trophy, Zippert won a $250 gift card to Bar Louie, as well as free tater tots for a year.

JCU students dominated the team competition. “#D3 Athletes,” made up of JCU seniors Zach Strippy, Tony Pompeo, Andrew Evans and Hayes Chrispin.

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Rock the Tot champion junior Zak Zippert poses with his Mr. Potato Head Rock the Tot.

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CVS bans tobacco and begins Ryan Murphy creates ‘American Crime Story’ no smoking campaign Dominque Dupree The Carroll News

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “smoking causes one in every five deaths in the U.S.,” but remains a multi-billion dollar industry. Money has always triumphed over the health of the American people. However, some retailers are starting to put the health of their customers first.

CVS, a “Fortune 500” company, is leading by example by discontinuing tobacco products.

In February, the drugstore announced that as of Oct. 1, the company would no longer sell tobacco product sales. CVS kept its promise. On Sept. 3, customers could no longer purchase cigarettes at the popular drugstore.

In an effort to become a better health provider facility, CVS felt tobacco had no place in its establishment. CVS profited $2 billion annually from tobacco sales. Even though the move will strike a blow to CVS’ revenue, the company thought their customers’ health was more important.

According to the CDC, “Collectively, states have billions of dollars available to them—from tobacco excise taxes and tobacco industry legal settlements—for preventing and controlling tobacco use. States currently use a very small percentage of these funds for tobacco control programs.”

CVS took a stance and sacrificed its annual revenue for the general public’s health.

For CVS, the goal is to not only help the health of their customers, but to also make a public statement by showing the percentage of Americans dying from tobacco use.

Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark, said, “Put simply, the sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose.”

Kathleen Sebelius, the CVS secretary of health and human services, said that the CVS decision was “an unprecedented step in the retail industry” and predicted it would have “considerable impact.”

Editor’s Note: Information from CNN, CDC.gov, New York Times and USA Today was used in the article.

Ryan Murphy, the creator of “Nip/Tuck,” “Glee” and “American Horror Story,” strikes again with his new true-crime installment, “American Crime Story.”

There are no limits for what’s to become of Ryan Murphy’s next great thriller.

This new television series will showcase the infamous O.J. Simpson case, capturing the viewpoint of the Simpson’s legal team and prosecutors.

The screenplay was adapted from Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson.”

Season one, entitled “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson,” will feature 10 episodes.

According to USA Today, each new season will portray true crime cases committed over the last decade, which should serve to refresh the show on a yearly basis.

As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, “American Crime Story” originally began at Fox, and developed as a limited series written by Golden Globe winners Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.

The duo then recruited the help of producers Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson.

Once the show enlisted these producers and writers, it was brought to the FX Network, where Murphy, followed by his co-creator of AHS Brad Falchuk, joined the team.

Murphy soon remodeled the project to be what is now, “American Crime Story.”

“This is an exciting project for me, as I’ve been looking for the right property which could serve as an extension of the “American Horror Story” brand I love so much,” said Murphy. “The O.J. case was as tragic as it was fascinating: it seemed like everyone had a stake in the outcome. It was really the beginning of the modern tabloid age.”

Last Tuesday, John Landgraf, CEO of FX, stated that the adaptation is “masterful.”

“It will be a spectacular first entry in what is destined to become a series of great truecrime-based miniseries,” he said.

“From ‘Glee’ to O.J. Simpson? I would never imagine someone bringing the O.J. Simpson case into the world of TV,” said freshman Marlene Villa. “‘American Crime Story’ sounds very interesting. I’m a big fan of “Glee” and “American Horror Story,” so I am excited to see how this show will pan out,” said junior Priscilla Flores. “I feel that this show will be a lot like other crime shows, so hopefully the show has its own twist to set it apart from others.”

Editor’s Note: Information from Time, USA Today, the Hollywood Reporter, the Huffington Post and CBS was used in this article.

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MUSICAL REVIEW 2014 National Tour “Motown the Musical”

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“The Temptations” perform the Motown classic, “My Girl” in the 2014 National Tour of “Motown the Musical.”

Morgan Osheka Life & Entertainment Editor

The “Motown sound” made its way to the State Theatre at PlayhouseSquare on Oct. 11 in “Motown the Musical.” This Tony-nominated Broadway musical, developed by record producer and songwriter Berry Gordy himself, tells the story about his dream to create Motown Records, stationed in Detroit.

Discovering Motown legends such as “Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,” “Diana Ross and The Supremes,” “Marvin Gaye,” “The Temptations,” “Stevie Wonder” and “The Jackson 5” to name a few, Gordy welcomed music that would bring together Americans of all different colors and ethnicities.

During the time of the civil rights movement, Gordy persisted through the segregated norms of music to create a sound that all of America could enjoy. That sound was Motown.

As an excited audience packed State Theatre and began to settle in at 8 p.m., a blast of music with trumpets blaring startled audiences, while magnificent colors flashed inside of a giant “M” to kick off the show.

As the curtain rose, “Battle of the Stars: I Can’t Help Myself/Ain’t Too Proud to Beg/ Baby I Need Your Loving/ I Can’t Get Next to You/ Reach Out I’ll Be There/(I Know) I’m Losing You” kicked off the show, with a sing-off between “The Temptations” and “The Four Tops.”

The show opens by highlighting the beginning of Gordy’s career in 1959 when he set up Motown Records’ headquarters in the “Hitsville U.S.A.” house.

Clifton Oliver as Gordy delivered a captivating performance topped off with a voice that left the audience stunned, especially early on in the show, with his solo of “To Be Loved.”

The audience could not keep still as classic favorites such as “Get Ready,” “Do You Love Me,” “My Girl” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” rang throughout the theater. Audience members tapped along to the beat, snapped their fingers and, literally, danced in their seats, as the night went on.

The show’s lighting displayed colors of every hue and paired excellently with the fast-paced, lively choreography that ensemble members eloquently performed.

Allison Semmes, who portrayed Diana Ross, sounded identical to the famous, beloved singer. Semme’s wore Ross’ glamorous, sparkly

outfits, working them from head to toe throughout every musical number.

During “Reach Out and Touch,” Semmes channeled the lovable nature of Ross and welcomed two audience members up on stage to sing along with her. In the ending refrain of the song, Semmes encouraged the audience members to join hands with their neighbor and sway as they sang along, giving the show a concert-like feel.

However, it was Leon Outlaw, Jr. who stole the show as a young Michael Jackson. Donning Jackson’s iconic purple hat and bellbottoms, Outlaw grooved, sang his heart out and made the crowd fall in love with his amazing vocals and charisma. Singing “I Want You Back/ ABC/The Love You Save,” “The Jackson 5” electrified the theater and made the crowd go wild with an explosion of colors, dance moves and favorite tunes.

Outlaw also gave a moving performance of “I’ll Be There,” with simplistic vocals that mimicked Michael Jackson’s to perfection.

Closing the show with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” the entire cast returned to the stage to reiterate the beauty and sense of family that Motown created. After curtain call, “Stevie Wonder” finished with “I Wish,” as the audience stood up and danced along, ending the night on an enjoyable note.

Commenting on the overall performance, freshman Laura Matteo said, “I thought the actors, music and dancing were fantastic, but the storyline could have been more climatic. It wasn’t what a typical musical would be. Overall, I thought it was great.”

Other JCU students also commented on the show. “Motown felt like a giant dance party, where the songs were familiar and the atmosphere was electric,” said sophomore Molly Hill. “There was palpable joy in the air throughout the theater. The way that the actors emulated their real-life characters was incredible. It felt like Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye were actually there.”

The praise didn’t stop there. Senior Jacqueline Uhlik added, “The show definitely captured the Motown feel and had us dancing in the seats.”

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Jacob Hirschmann Sports Editor

Can the Thunder survive?

This past weekend, I was sitting at my kitchen counter on Sunday morning when I received an ESPN alert.

Usually, I’ll look at it and go on with my day as it’s something I rarely care about such as an athlete being interviewed on SportsCenter.

But when I received this ESPN alert, I shouted “Wow!” out loud, causing my dad to run into the room thinking something was wrong.

I was alright, there was definitely something wrong. Kevin Durant had broken his foot and would be out, presumably, between six-to-eight weeks.

Worst-case scenario, it sounds like Durant will miss the first two months of the season. That shouldn’t drastically affect the Oklahoma City Thunder’s standing in the West, even with teams such as Golden State and Houston chomping at the bit to get into that top three.

While Durant is the reigning MVP, the Thunder can and will survive without him. While young guys like Jeremy Lamb, Perry Jones III and Reggie Jackson will be expected to step up in his absence, all eyes are going to be on one man –– Russell Westbrook.

Since he entered the NBA in 2008, Westbrook has been one of the most polarizing players in the league. Be it his fashion sense or general craziness on the court, Westbrook is a must watch.

Through the years, due to Westbrook’s shot happy approach as a point guard, people have questioned if the Thunder would be better without Westbrook.

That’s borderline insanity.

Arguably a top-seven player in the NBA, Westbrook would be the best player on nearly every other team in the league, save for the Cavs and the Clippers.

With Durant gone, Westbrook will have free rein to do whatever he wants on the court. While he will almost assuredly fire up plenty of bad shots, he will make up for every one of those with an electrifying dunk that no other player in the league can make, especially at the point guard position.

It’s only two months, and with Westbrook, the Thunder shouldn’t miss much of a beat.

It’s a strange dynamic with OKC. To say that the team doesn’t miss a beat without Durant or Westbrook sounds crazy. And, it is. Of course they the Thunder are better when both players are healthy, but having another superstar allows them to hold their position while the other gets healthy.

Think of it this way: If the Cavs lost Lebron to injury, they’d be in trouble, but Love would be able to keep them afloat long enough where they would still finish in the top two in the East.

Durant getting hurt is tragic, but the Thunder are going to be fine, and Westbrook will be a beast. That much you can count on.

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Football

JCU dominates Wilmington, 69-0, in OAC bout Andrew Orie Staff Reporter

Domination was the name of the game on Saturday, Oct. 11, as the then No. 6 Blue Streaks improved to 5-0 with a 69-0 win over Wilmington College.

The win was made possible by a John Carroll University offense that scored on its first eight possessions of the game and by a defense that blanked the Fightin’ Quakers.

From the first possession of the game, it was obvious that JCU was ready to play. A lengthy scoring spree started with a 31-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Mark Myers to fellow senior Hayes Chrispin.

The next drive of the first quarter started in favorable field position after junior Jordan D’Orazio returned a punt to the Wilmington 12-yard line. Only three plays later, Myers found sophomore Marshall Howell for the eight-yard score.

JCU continued to roll on the next drive, as the team took only four plays to go 59 yards, with senior running back Tommy Michals finishing off the drive with a 16yard touchdown rush.

The Blue Streaks managed to put up one more score before the first quarter ended, by way of another Michals touchdown run, this one from 10 yards out.

The 27-point lead built by JCU expanded even further before halftime, as the Blue Streaks scored a remarkable four more touchdowns in the second quarter, upping the lead up to 55-0.

Three touchdown passes from Myers to senior Zach Strippy, junior Brendan Carozzoni and senior Aramis Greenwood helped stretch the lead. The final touchdown of the half was credited to junior Josh Dasch, after junior Kevin Tyransky’s locked punt.

JCU did finally take its foot off the pedal after the first half, as the squad scored just twice in the second half. The two touchdowns were scored on a run by sophomore Johnny Watson and a pass from backup sophomore quarterback Jake Schaefer to Chrispin.

The JCU defense held steady all day, as the unit only allowed 180 yards of total offense and forced an astounding 11 three-and-outs.

Two of the stars who shined brightest for JCU offensively were Myers and Greenwood. Myers finished his day 14-of-18 for 284 yards and five touchdowns. Greenwood, the OAC offensive player of the week, was the primary receiver of the day, as he caught six passes for 168 yards and one touchdown.

“I think we came out really well,” said head coach Tom Arth.

“That’s something we really focused on. I don’t think we did a really good

Photo courtesy of Kevin Cope

Senior wide receiver Aramis Greenwood finished with six catches for 168 yards in JCU’s 69-0 win on Saturday, Oct. 11. job in starting well last week in our first road game. I thought we came out a little bit flat and slow [last week]. It was great to see our guys come out and play as hard as they did right from the start.”

All in all, it was a great win for JCU, as the team showed its dominance, which was missing in its close win at Ohio Northern University last week. Now at 5-0 on the season for the second straight year, and 4-0 in the OAC, JCU returns home again to take

on Marietta College at 1:30 p.m on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Every game from here on out holds a larger and larger significance for the Blue Streaks. Sitting in the top-10 and in the midst of an undefeated season, JCU needs to continue to build its resume as the season starts coming around the home stretch.

“Coach Arth has a great vision for this football program,” said Greenwood. “We are just trying to keep it going in the right direction.”

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Blue Streaks fall to two top teams at Wittenberg Tri-Match Ashley Bastock Asst. Sports Editor

Three top teams faced off in Springfield, Ohio this weekend.

Unfortunately, the John Carroll University volleyball team would fall to two of the top teams in the country.

The Blue Streaks battled, but ultimately fell in five matches to Washington and Lee University.

JCU would ultimately be swept by No. 5 Wittenberg University in its second match of the day. JCU head coach Laura Rodeffer helped guide Wittenberg to a national title as an assistant coach back in 2011.

The Blue Streaks fell in their first match against the Generals 22-25, 25-22, 25-14, 14-25, 10-15.

During the first set, the teams traded points with each other until the very end. Junior Sarah Orlandi, sophomores Leah Switalski and Alexa Webber and freshman Julianne McGervey all contributed kills during the first set.

The Blue Streaks returned with a vengeance during the second set to take the game away from the Generals at 25-22. A series of service runs by sophomore Katie Cosker allowed the Blue Streaks to go on a few rallies, despite the two teams

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Sophomore Maddie McDowell earns a point in JCU’s first match against the Generals on Saturday, Oct. 11.

trading points. Numerous errors by the Generals ultimately gave JCU the set win after an attack error by Alex Kinzer.

The third set saw JCU come out swinging, propelled by a Cosker service run that gave JCU an 8-2 lead. Switalski contributed three kills during this span as well. The JCU offense dominated, causing 11 Washington and Lee errors.

The Generals started out strong with a 4-0 lead in the fourth set, however, and ultimately sealed the deal with a dominating 25-14 win.

Washington and Lee recorded 13 kills against the JCU defense.

The fifth and final set was combative to the end. JCU jumped out to another 4-0 lead behind the serving of junior Sara Kaminski, but the Generals fought back with a series of kills to take a 5-4 lead.

JCU would be unable to regain the lead, ultimately falling in five sets.

The match saw 10 lead changes.

Switalski and Webber led the team with 15 and 12 kills, respectively.

The Blue Streaks recorded a .165 attack percentage overall. Kaminski and Cosker led the defensive charge with 23 and 17 digs.

“Not being able to go on runs would result in a struggle with anyone,” Switalski said. “When playing a nationally-ranked team, runs are crucial.”

The second match proved no easier for the Blue Streaks, as Wittenberg would dominate during the sweep, 11-25, 20-25, 25-16.

Wittenberg held the JCU attack percentage to .078. Switalski and Webber once again led the charge with 13 combined kills.

The Tigers went on a 6-0 run to begin the first set and an 8-0 run to close out the set. The Blue Streaks were not able to hold onto the service for more than two possessions at a time.

The second set saw a more closely fought match between the two teams. JCU started with a 6-3 lead, with senior Jessica Kodrich at the service line and Webber contributing a series of kills. The Tigers fought back and found themselves with a 22-16 lead. However, a series of subs and errors would pull JCU back within two before Wittenberg was forced to call a timeout. The Blue Streaks would not score again, however, as the Tigers pulled away with the 25-20 win.

In the final set, Wittenberg went on a 7-0 run to give the Tigers a 13-7 lead that the squad would never relinquish, pulling away with the 25-16 win.

“As a team, we now know what it’s like to play with the best of the best,” Switalski said. “We know what it’s going to take to play with the best teams around.”

After the pair of losses, JCU dropped to 16-5 on the season.

Editors Note: The JCU volleyball team faced off against Heidelberg University on Tuesday, Oct.11.

Jump over to jcusports.com for a full game recap and box score.

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JCU thwarts Wilmington College behind Potocnik’s hat trick Joe McCarthy Staff Reporter

With Ohio Athletic Conference play in full swing for the John Carroll University men’s soccer team, each game becomes more important.

In JCU’s 24th all-time match up with the Wilmington College Fightin’ Quakers, the Blue Streaks improved to an impressive 10-3 record on the season, maintaining a perfect 3-0 mark in the OAC with a 4-1 win.

Wilmington threatened to end JCU’s sixgame win streak when the Fightin’ Quakers made a visit to University Heights on Saturday, Oct. 11.

After a rough tackle by JCU junior goalkeeper Derek Jenkins in the eighth minute, the Fightin’ Quakers were set up with its first opportunity to score of the half. Senior Martin Holmquist sent a penalty shot past Jenkins, giving Wilmington an early lead.

The goal from the penalty spot would be the only one allowed by Jenkins in the match.

Now 8-1 on the season, Jenkins made five saves on the nine shots.

“Consistency in the defensive third has been a big reason why we have been winning games,” said Jenkins. “Our backs have been winning the ball and keeping the ball well.”

JCU earned a penalty shot of its own when a handball in the box gave senior Brian Potocnik the ball on the spot in the 11th minute.

Potocnik scored his first of three goals on the day, tying the game at one.

Just three minutes later in the half, JCU added the go-ahead goal. Senior Karol Boryka scored his fifth goal of the season, off an assist from freshman Jacob Lombardo, to

give the Blue Streaks a 2-1 lead early on in the first half.

Nobody else was able to find the net before the end of the half. JCU led Wilmington on the scoreboard, 2-1, and in the shot count, 10-5, as the whistle blew at halftime.

The second goal of Potocnik’s hat trick came in the 75th minute for the Blue and Gold.

A pass from Lombardo to a streaking Potocnik in space set up JCU with a 3-1 advantage in the second half.

Potocnik went on to complete the hat trick, coming off a perfect passing play in the box for the JCU attack. An entry ball to junior Kevin Pachuta was touched along to freshman Jesse Marinaro, who found Potocnik alone in space. Potocnik buried his third goal of the day, securing a win for the Blue Streaks and a hat trick for the captain.

Potocnik alone had six shots on goals. Now at 11 goals on the season, Potocnik registered his second career hat trick while also marking his first in conference play.

The Blue Streaks returned to action once again on Tuesday, Oct. 14, traveling to Tiffin, Ohio to take on Heidelberg University.

Behind two goals from sophomore forward Justin Miller, JCU triumphed over the Student Princes with a 2-1 victory.

With JCU’s back-to-back wins over Wilmington and Heidelberg, the Blue and Gold are now in first place in the OAC, sitting at 4-0 in the conference with one game in hand over 3-0 Capital University. The win over Heidelberg marks the eighth consecutive win for the Blue Streaks, who are now 11-3-0 on the season.

The Blue Streaks take the field next against Marietta College on Saturday, Oct. 18 in Marietta, Ohio.

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Senior Brian Potocnik dribbles in before netting one of his three goals of the day during JCU’s 4-1 win over Wilmington on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Women’s Soccer

Blue Streaks bounce back from loss with win over Wilmington

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Junior midfielder Kelly Kertis recieves the pass from sophomore defender Maria Plopis on her way to scoring her first goal of the season.

Jacob Hirschmann Sports Editor

After a 3-1 loss to Otterbein University on Tuesday, Oct. 7, the John Carroll University women’s soccer team responded on Saturday, Oct. 11 with a 2-1 win over Wilmington College.

The Blue Streaks, who had recently been defeated after a seven-game undefeated stretch, were placed in an uncomfortable position right off the bat against Wilmington when the Fightin’ Quakers’ Alyssa Reule slotted one past goalkeeper Haley McDonald’s outstretched hands in the 10th minute.

JCU continued to push forward and attack the Wilmington net. Then, in the 35th minute, junior midfielder Kelly Kertis had possibly the goal of the season for the Blue Streaks. A strike from inside the 18-yard box rocketed by the Fightin’ Quakers keeper, hitting the crossbar and finding the back of the net.

The crossbar nearly aided the Blue Streaks in a second goal when senior Kay Akerly blasted a shot off the crossbar, only to see the Wilmington defense clear it out before damage could be done. As halftime came around, JCU and Wilmington were all knotted up at one.

Junior Danielle Sharbaugh broke the tie in the 52nd minute when she maneuvered the ball around the keeper from a shot with seemingly no angle for her fourth goal of the season, tying for the team lead with Akerly.

Wilmington upped the pace of the game after falling behind, but the JCU defense and McDonald turned away every shot that came their way.

The Fightin’ Quakers outshot and earned

Streaks of the Week

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Brian Potocnik senior

Leah Switalski sophomore

The captain scored his first hat trick of the season in JCU’s 4-1 win over Wilmington College on Saturday, Oct. 11. It was Potocnik’s second career hat trick, and was the key ingredient in improving JCU’s win streak to seven games.

The North Royalton, Ohio native recorded 21 kills in JCU’s Wittenberg Tri-Match this past weekend against Washington and Lee University and Wittenberg University.

This brings her to 193 kills on the season.

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Football Aramis Greenwood senior Greenwood brought in six catches for 168 yards and one touchdown in JCU’s 69-0 win over Wilmington College on Saturday, Oct. 11. The senior also earned OAC offensive player of the week honors for the first time in his career.

more corner kicks than the Blue Streaks in the second half, but JCU held off the attack and prevailed, 2-1.

“We put the Otterbein game behind us and looked forward to improve,” said Sharbaugh.

“In the Wilmington game, we played with more willingness and passion to win. We outworked them for most of the game and were able to generate offensive and find the way to win.”

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, the Blue Streaks returned to action against another Ohio Athletic Conference opponent, this time against Heidelberg University.

The JCU offense came out firing, with more energy coming out the gate than any other game thus far this season. In the first half alone, the Blue Streaks offense mustered 15 shots on net, including eight on net.

Unfortunately for JCU, the Heidelberg keeper, sophomore Kenzie Lundqvist, stood on her head, snagging every ball that came her way. As halftime came around, the game was still scoreless, though the Blue Streaks held all the momentum.

JCU carried the momentum into the second half and continued to pepper the Heidelberg net with shots.

Lundqvist continued to parry away everything that came her way until, finally, in the 74th minute, freshman Maggie Reilly broke the scoreless draw and gave the Blue Streaks the 1-0 lead.

The defense remained solid as it had been all game after that, and McDonald turned away the four shots she faced, as JCU came out victorious over the Student Princes, 1-0.

With the victory, the Blue Streaks improved to 8-3-1 on the season, and 2-1 in OAC play.

Women’s Soccer Danielle Sharbaugh junior The junior scored her fourth goal of the season in JCU’s win against Wilmington College. The game was tied 1-1 going into the 52nd minute before Sharbaugh scored the game-winning goal in JCU’s 2-1 win.

Men’s Tennis Jad Abdul-Aal sophomore Abdul-Aal, the sophomore out of Warren, Ohio, held out in three sets, winning 7-6, 5-7, 10-8, against Matias Aignesse of Edinboro University in JCU’s final match of the fall season. The Blue Streaks open up spring play on Feb. 14.

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United States Ebola victim dies, health care worker infected Ashley Bastock Asst. Sports Editor

The Ebola outbreak hit a new milestone on Sunday, Oct. 12 after Nina Pham, a Texas health care worker who cared for a Liberian Ebola patient, was diagnosed with the virus in what is being called a “breach of protocol,” according to NBC and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Pham developed a fever last Friday and was diagnosed late Saturday with Ebola. She was not one of the original 48 workers who came in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, according to NBC. Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., died on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, said the agency is “deeply concerned” about the new Ebola case involving Pham.

She was infected after Duncan was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on Sept. 28, when all workers were taking full precautions against Ebola transmission.

According to NBC, Pham is in stable condition. However, she did have “extensive contact” with Duncan, according to Dr. David Lakey of the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Duncan traveled from Liberia to Dallas late last month. According to the New York Times, he showed no signs of a fever or any other symptoms at the time of his arrival

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Family and friends of Thomas Eric Duncan attend a memorial service in Dallas. Duncan, who died Wednesday, Oct. 8, was the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. in the U.S. Duncan had been screened for – Washington Dulles, Newark Liberty, Ebola symptoms prior to boarding his flight Chicago O’Hare, Hartsfield-Jackson and New in Liberia.

York Kennedy, according to the New York According to the Washington Post, quesTimes. tions are beginning to surface about Texas “It will give us the ability to isolate, evaluHealth Presbyterian Hospital’s initial decision ate and monitor travelers as needed,” Presito send Duncan home before choosing to dent Obama said Wednesday in a conference admit him a few days later. call with state and local officials, according to While Duncan’s fate unfolded in Dallas, the Washington Post. “We’ll be able to collect government officials outlined a new screening any contact information that’s necessary.” process at five of the nation’s busiest airports According to the Washington Post, federal

officials have estimated that about 150 people arrive in the U.S. each day from the affected areas in Western Africa.

The five airports chosen for the screenings by the government account for about 95 percent of total travelers arriving from these affected areas.

If a passenger shows any symptoms of Ebola, the person will be checked more closely at a separate CDC quarantine area.

The traveler’s temperature will be taken for a second time and CDC officials will evaluate them. Travelers who are considered at risk will then be referred to public health officials, according to the Washington Post. Others will be given tips about self-monitoring.

Despite these new screening measures, CDC and government officials recognize that there is no concrete way to stop a person who is carrying the disease from entering the country.

“We recognize that whatever we do, until the disease is controlled in Africa, we can’t get the risk to zero here,” Frieden said during his briefing, according to the Washington Post.

False positives could also become an issue due to fevers that may be related to malaria, rather than Ebola. According to Frieden, one in every five passengers will exhibit some sort of fever.

Editor’s Note: Information from NBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post was used in this report.

SCOTUS allows same-sex marriage in five states Carly Cundiff Staff Reporter

The Supreme Court decided against hearing any cases arguing the constitutionality of five states’ bans on gay marriage on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

According to CNN, the states seeking same-sex marriage bans were Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Couples in some of those states began applying for marriage licenses just hours after the Supreme Court’s decision.

Experts say the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the cases from those five states also means that six more states – Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, West Virginia and Wyoming – could soon have to lift their bans on same-sex marriage. These states are covered by the same circuit appeals courts that initially struck down the prohibitions.

By remaining on the sidelines for now, the court also declined to break the momentum of gay-marriage advocates, who have won in a number of states. Currently, Ohio still prohibits same-sex marriage.

It is currently up in the air if gay and lesbian couples in all 50 states have the same equal protection or due process rights to marry that opposite-sex couples have.

By refusing to hear the cases, the Supreme Court allowed district level decisions to hold, according to the Wall Street Journal.

These issues come on the heels of a court decision 15 months ago to uphold California’s disapproval of its own gay marriage ban. The court also struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which gave gay couples in states without bans against same-sex marriage the legal rights of heterosexual couples.

The Supreme Court’s inaction surprised both sides of the same-sex marriage debate, especially since states against gay marriage and gay-rights advocates alike had urged the court to step in.

Observers had expected a same-sex marriage case to be the marquee decision of the court’s 2014-2015 term, which began on Monday, Oct. 6.

According to CNN, the court’s action does not mean there will never be a final ruling on the constitutional questions.

Many court observers fully expect a landmark decision in the next year or two.

However, it does indicate that the justices are not ready to jump into the politically-charged debate right now.

Advocates on both sides of the issue wanted the court to make a final, binding

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A North Carolina couple (above) was the first gay couple in the state to wed after SCOTUS refused to hear cases regarding bans on same-sex marriage.

stand on the issue.

However, many are taking the decision not to decide as a go-ahead for gay marriage. Kermit Roosevelt, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said the court’s move may suggest the marriage issue is all but decided.

“There is no way the Supreme Court would allow those decisions to stand and go into effect if it was eventually going to rule the other way,” Roosevelt said, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Closer to home, more states could be on the way to approving same-sex marriage. The 6th District Court of Appeals, which heard gay rights cases from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee in August, has yet to announce its decision.

The Supreme Court’s decision may either help in the fight for same-sex rights, or stand as a roadblock.

Editor’s Note: Information from CNN, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal was used in this report.

World News 11 Katelyn’ s Candor St. Louis teenager killed by police

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Ciara Crossey Staff Reporter

A police officer shot and killed Vonderrit Deondre Myers, an 18-year-old male who reportedly opened fire on the police on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The incident occurred in St. Louis, about 16 miles from where Michael Brown was killed by a police officer on Aug. 9, according to USA Today.

According to CNN, Myers was killed by a St. Louis police officer, who was working a second job with a security company. He was wearing his police uniform and patrolling the area when he spotted Myers and two other black males, began to run as he approached.

The officer pursued the suspects because Myers was holding up his pants in a way that resembled someone who was holding a gun, according to CNN. While the other two suspects continued running, Myers reportedly turned around and fired three shots at the officer. The officer returned fire, shooting and killing Myers. A 9mm pistol was recovered from the scene of the shooting. The officer was not harmed.

According to the Associated Press, the medical examiner’s report on Myers said he died from a gunshot wound to the head. The officer fired 17 times. Myers was hit six or seven times, with all other shots hitting his lower extremities.

Without any video surveillance and limited witnesses at the scene, the St. Louis police department is forced to rely on tangible evidence from the shooting. This shooting, which has some striking similarities to the shooting of Michael Brown in August, sparked a new wave of protests Wednesday night in both Ferguson

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Katelyn DeBaun World News Editor

Life of a worrywart: a memoir

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Protests that initially began following the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014 have started again after the shooting of another teenager on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

and St. Louis.

Myers’ mother, Syreeta Myers, told a CNN reporter that she blamed the police.

“My life is empty now. My heart is empty.

They took him away from me,” she said. “He was just getting something to eat.”

On Thursday, Oct. 9, people gathered for a candlelight vigil near a sandwich shop where Myers purchased food shortly before his death.

Prayers were read, hymns sung and balloons released in memory of Myers. The messages shared that evening called for peace, according to CNN. The call for peace was an important one, as protestors gathered over the weekend for the “Weekend of Resistance.” Protestors planned

to use the weekend to draw attention to two significant issues they would like resolved: the arrest of Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown, and a larger focus on what protestors are deeming racial profiling in regards to police violence everywhere.

The officer who fatally shot Myers, whose name has not yet been released, has been placed on administrative leave, per standard department procedure. He is a six-year veteran, having served two tours of duty with the military in Iraq. He is a recipient of the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

Editor’s Note: Information from CNN, USA Today and the Associated Press was used in this report.

Malala Yousafzai wins Nobel Prize Karly Kovac

Asst. Campus Editor

Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls’ education, was named the youngest and first Pakistani winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 10.

Starting her campaign for equal educational opportunities for women at the age of 11, Yousafzai has spoken internationally to promote female equality.

“The Taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. They shot my friends, too. They thought the bullets would silence you, but they failed,” said Yousafzai when speaking at the United Nations on her 16th birthday on July 11, 2014.

Yousafzai shared the highest award of advocacy in the world with Kailash Satyarthi of India, an activist working against child labor and human trafficking. While the two are very different in age, their dedication to peace was seen on equal footing.

“Despite her youth, Malala has shown by example that children and young people can contribute to improving their own situation,” said Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjørn Jagland.

According to the BBC, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee also stressed the importance of the two recipients being from Islamic and Hindu religious backgrounds.

This emphasized the commonality of struggles against extremism in two countries with a longtime rivalry.

Yousafzai said that this joint award gave, “a message to people of love between Pakistan and India, and between different religions,” according to CNN. Yousafzai was informed that she received the honor during her high school chemistry class while in refuge in Birmingham, England. Ahmad Shah, the principal of Yousafzai’s former school in Pakistan, reflected on the work Yousafzai has done.

“I was across the street when she was shot.

And I now I see this day. What a day,” said Shah, according to NBC. Yousafzai expressed the great honor she felt from the award and said, “I think this is really the beginning. [Children should] should stand up for their rights [and] not wait for someone else,” according to CNN. Yousafzai wrote a blog for the BBC, advocating women’s right to education before being shot by the Taliban. She has worked for the cause in many ways since, including fighting for the release of 276 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist group.

She also worked to create the Malala Fund, a nonprofit organization focused on violence, culture and poverty and their effect on young women’s rights.

Yousafzai recently presented U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with a petition backed by the signatures of four million people and 57 million children. According to NBC, Ban Ki-moon has noted her as “a symbol of hope, [and] a daughter of the

United Nations.”

In response to the award, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said, “She is [the] pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparalleled and unequaled. Girls and boys of the world should take lead from her struggle and commitment.”

Pakistani news anchor Mehar Bokhari also asserted Pakistan’s juxtaposition of feelings for Yousafzai should move to match the world’s feelings of reverence.

“It’s ironic, really. She is such an inspiration for the rest of the world, yet we fail to gain any inspiration from her as a people and a nation,” she said, according to NBC. In her acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Yousafzai thanked her father “for not clipping my wings. I thank him for letting me fly.”

Yousafzai plans on remaining a student in England, continuing to learn, promote and fight against female oppression.

Editor’s Note: Information from BBC, NBC and CNN was used in this report.

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Malala Yousafzai (above) was awarded the Nobel Prize on Friday, Oct. 10. The 17-year-old was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 and has since advocated for education for young girls.

Hello, my name is Katelyn DeBaun, and I am addicted to worrying.

(Hi, Katelyn.)

This comes from your faithful World News Editor who believes we still do not need to worry so much about Ebola hitting the United States in the same way the bubonic plague hit Europe.

Even with the death of the first Ebola victim in the U.S. and new airport screenings across the country, it’s not at the top of my list of concerns.

I guess you could say I’ve become very selfcentered in my anxieties about life. As a junior, I’m now in that awkward phase where I keep thinking, “Oh, I still have two years left,” and “Oh. I only have two years left.”

I started having a sort of quarter-life crisis during my sophomore year when I really started grappling with thoughts of career plans, graduate schools and of course, the omnipresent student loans.

One of my professors told the class last week that she was still paying off her student loan debt. Really, who needs coffee in the morning when you can just have anxiety-induced heart palpitations instead?

Student loans are the epitome of many students’ nightmares. It’s no wonder, considering that the average student who graduated in 2012 took out nearly $30,000 in loans, according to U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that borrowers 60 years of age or older still owe over $43 billion in student loan debts.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 65.9 percent of high school students who graduated in 2013 enrolled in universities or colleges.

From this percentage of the population, the U.S. government profited approximately $41 billion from student loans, according to USA Today.

Only two corporations earned higher profits last year – Exxon Mobil and Apple.

For many individuals, the rising costs of tuition and other academic expenses are evolving student loans into family loans. Unable to find sufficient careers after college, countless students have had to start turning to their parents for help paying student loans, frequently passing along crippling debt.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to say that I think student loans are the axis of evil. I would not have been able to attend John Carroll without them. In fact, JCU offered me a better financial aid package than the eight other schools to which I applied.

Yes, I applied to nine schools. I was worried about applying to too few schools. Like I said, I’m a worrywart. And, being a worrywart, the idea of passing my student debt onto my family makes me feel physically ill.

A college education should be attainable to every single person. While many argue that student loans are what make it attainable, does carrying $30,000 in debt into your first job—if you’re lucky enough to get one immediately after graduation—really make college attainable?

If you’re a frequent reader of “Katelyn’s Candor,” you know I tend to include my opinionated method of fixing a less than perfect situation.

However, I have no clue how to fix the student loan crisis. It’s unfortunate that countless college students, who ought to be spending their early 20s unburdened by heavy debts, must instead worry about the consequences of the costs to attend college.

Contact Katelyn DeBaun at kdebaun16@jcu.edu.

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The Afterthought Billionaires are not the culprit

Megan Fenner

Asst. Business & Finance Editor

Last week, I found the Forbes 400 special edition issue nestled inside my mailbox. The 400 wealthiest Americans on the list have a $2.3 trillion collective net worth. I think that’s incredible, not despicable. Billionaires are often accused of being greedy and selfish.

I disagree.

Yes, there are many people who are lucky and inherit wealth. Yet, nearly three-fourths of the people on the Forbes 400 list are self-made billionaires. Billionaires earn their wealth through creativity, intelligence, perseverance and hard work. Who are we to judge what they do with their earnings?

Personally, I think it is extremely ignorant to blame the rich for the disparity in wealth in our nation. Yes, the wealthy receive many tax breaks and there are many loopholes that corporations work around. But, at the end of the day, businessmen and entrepreneurs often create opportunities for others to succeed.

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller never believed in using their money to give directly to the poor. Rather, they believed in providing opportunity.

Two of the finest educational institutions in the U.S., Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Chicago, might not exist today without Carnegie and Rockefeller. They believed and proved that creating institutions and opportunistic programs have a greater affect in permanently solving social injustices regarding poverty than one-time, lump sum donations to individuals.

I find self-made billionaires to be some of the most interesting and inspiring people to read about. Real estate mogul Jeff Greene, who has a net worth of $3 billion, worked his way through college by teaching Hebrew school, working on-campus jobs and selling circus tickets. As a graduate student at Harvard Business School, he bought his first house and rented out rooms. Now, Greene owns 3,500 Los Angeles apartments, three New York City buildings and 30 properties in Palm Beach.

At age 52, Dan Gilbert has a net worth of $4.2 billion. Even more astounding, he’s spent nearly $1.3 billion purchasing 60 properties in downtown Detroit.

By investing and encouraging other wealthy business owners to move their headquarters to Detroit, Gilbert is revitalizing the city.

Not all low-income families abuse government welfare programs, just like not all billionaires are greedy, conniving businessmen. I agree that some workers do not receive a fair living wage. Could some corporations raise salaries? Absolutely.

Yet, while I’m not a politician, nor am I an expert on social justice, I believe that the wealthy are neither the source of America’s problems nor are they the solution.

Contact Megan Fenner at mfenner18@jcu.edu

Business Basics Bitcoin

Bitcoin, created in 2009, is the newest universal currency. Bitcoins are bought and sold online through bitcoin exchanges with any type of currency, and can be used at a number of stores and companies. They are transferred directly to the receiver instead of being filtered through another source, such as a bank. However, unlike banks, the FDIC does not insure bitcoin. The system uses a virtual wallet, which is completely anonymous and online. Benefits of this new currency are lower processing fees, no taxation and no third-party seizure, which means the government cannot freeze a bitcoin account. Amazon, Target, CVS, Subway, Home Depot and Sears have all begun to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment for their products.

–Information compiled by Madeline Bain

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Business in brief Walmart cuts medical for 30,000 employees

Drought dries up pool industry

About 30,000 part-time Walmart employees will no longer receive medical benefits, effective 2015. Part-time workers are employees who work less than 30 hours. In addition, biweekly rates for the lowest health care plan offered to full-time employees will increase from $3.50 to $21.90. Walmart attributes these increased rates to the rising cost of healthcare premiums.

According to Bloomberg, these cutbacks are projected to save the company an annual average of $50 million.

Pools are once again proving to be a luxury, not a necessity, in California. During the recession, the industry faced a 70 percent job loss rate and many company closings. The pool industry is facing yet another setback as a result of the extreme weather California is experiencing. Cities and water companies are imposing new policies requiring pool owners to place a cover over pools to prevent evaporation. Pool builders are going abroad to find a new consumer base in countries, such as Australia.

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This week, 1,000 Starbucks baristas and supervisors will be attending online classes at Arizona State University. Starbucks will be paying full tuition for college juniors and seniors. Freshman and sophomores will receive about 20 percent of tuition costs from the company. According to CEO Howard Schultz, the company has allotted about $30,000 for each employee in the program, which is equivalent to two years worth of tuition.

Editor’s Note: Information from Bloomberg was used in these articles.

Starbucks pays college tuition

Risk is volatility: Nothing more, nothing less Commentary by Robert Cameron Ian Gould The Carroll News

People are naturally risk averse. Unfortunately, life is full of risk.

We take risk when we ride in a car, get on a rollercoaster or even take a drink of water. Despite life being full of potentially lethal (financial or otherwise) risks, people, especially investors, forget to think about the other side of the coin – volatility. When investing, risk refers to how far from an average an investment will move. A common example is a stock percentage change compared to its industry’s percentage change.

Risk, in regards to investing, is uncertainty. Stock markets are basically a giant and diversified betting game: there can be no payoff without the risk of a loss. Despite how dangerous risk can be, there are many effective ways to manage the risk of an investment. By looking at stock price standard deviation, which is how far from the average price the current stock price is likely to move, investors can assess the risk of the company they are investing in for the current market.

Although there are many different ways to calculate this risk, they all involve looking at volatility– that is, movement from an average.

Investors tend to focus on the potential negatives of risk, but it should not be thought of as positive or negative. When investing, the idea of risk should be neutral.

Investors need to focus on the idea of risk management, looking at both the potential reward and loss of risk and choosing what risk level is appropriate for their personal tastes in order to make good investing decisions. Unfortunately, the emotional and psychological connotations of the word “risk” prevent investors from associating risk with volatility.

One example of risk and volatility is the recent increase in Coca-Cola’s stock price because of the relative safety and low volatility due to the company’s profitable reputation.

Coca-Cola has had difficulties appealing to the increasingly health conscious consumer market. In addition, the company has come under fire because its CEO is not reporting expenses that matched investor expectations.

So, why would one invest in Coca-Cola? Recently, the VIX, a measure that tracks stock market volatility, has spiked. This makes investments in blue chip stocks, such as Coca-Cola, seem attractive to investors despite company troubles. This trend is an example of investors valuing safety more than company financial aspects, but investing anyway due to the relative safety and historically large net income that the company reports. This demonstrates that, similar to a financial report, the analysis of a company’s risk can change its stock price.

A report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it’s not always good to minimize risk. The IMF, which keeps track of international economic health and provides valuable resources to investors, recently released a report outlining how governments are making risky investments easier to make. The organization reports that an increased amount of risk taking will have a positive impact on the international economy. The report recommends activities such as corporate investing, spending and increased hiring to improve economic health despite the inherent risk taking from spending money.

Risk is neither good nor bad. Rather, it’s simply another word for movement. Investors should evaluate risk on a case-by-case basis. Decisions need to be based on a prediction of a stock moving in a positive or negative direction and if the investor is secure in knowing that his or her bet might be wrong.

Market winner, market loser

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. vs. Microchip Technology Inc. L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LLL) Despite the stock market sell-off, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. managed to have an overall positive week.

The company, which provides a wide array of services, including command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems, closed Friday, Oct. 10 at $115.15, a 6.51 percent increase from its previous close. The company did experience significant losses throughout the week during the sell-off, which led to a small 0.05 percent increase for the week. L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. is up 7.76 percent year to date.

Analyst Buy, Hold, Sell Ratio: 7:5:1

Graphic from CNN Money

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. stock soared 6.51 percent on Friday, Oct. 10.

Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP) Last week, Microchip Technology Inc. announced its expected revenue is down nearly $20 million at $546.2 million. On Friday, Oct. 10, Microchip Technology Inc. closed at $39.69, a 12.26 percent decrease from its previous close.

The company, which manufactures and sells semiconductor and microcontroller products for a wide array of technologies, suffered a 13.39 percent loss for the week and is currently down 10.72 percent year to date.

Graphic from CNN Money

Microchip Technology Inc. plummeted 12.26 percent on Friday, Oct. 10, closing at $39.69.

Analyst Buy, Hold, Sell Ratio: 1:17:9

Editor’s Note: Information from CNN Money was used in this analysis.

–Analysis compiled by Megan Fenner

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Drop in energy stocks stymies market rebound Associated Press

A slump in energy stocks stymied a rebound in U.S. indexes Tuesday as the price of oil plunged the most in two years.

The decline in oil prices followed forecasts for weaker global demand this year and next, a sign of slowing economic growth. Chevron fell 2 percent, helping to drag down the Dow Jones industrial average in the waning moments of trading.

Even so, corporate earnings provided some encouragement to investors, and most indexes posted modest gains following a three-day slump.

Domino’s Pizza, Citigroup and Johnson & Johnson reported results that were better than analysts expected. The market also got a boost from airline stocks, which rebounded after sliding the day before.

The modest rally provided a breather for investors, who have had a bumpy ride lately. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has four losses and one gain of more than 1 percent in the last week, a surge in volatility following a mostly quiet summer.

Even before the recent turbulence, stocks have been declining for nearly a month. The S&P 500 index has fallen 6.7 percent since hitting a record high on Sept. 18 as investors worry that economies in Europe and Asia are slowing.

“The bank earnings this morning certainly made people feel a little bit better,” said Joe Peta, managing director at Novus Partners. “For the time being, at least, the panic selling is over.”

The major stock indexes remained in positive territory until the last hour of trading, when they began to fade, threatening to deliver the second last-minute slide in two days.

By the end of the day, the Dow had lost 5.88 points, or 0.04 percent, to 16,315.19.

The S&P 500 index rose 2.96 points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,877.70.

The Nasdaq gained 13.52 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,227.17.

The Dow went negative for the year on Friday. It’s now down 1.6 percent for 2014 and 5.6 percent below its September peak. The S&P 500 index is up 1.6 percent for the year.

Six of the 10 sectors in the S&P 500 rose, with industrial stocks posting the biggest gain at 1.3 percent. Energy stocks fell the most, sliding 1.2 percent.

Several major banks kicked off the third-quarter corporate earnings season.

JPMorgan Chase returned to a profit, but missed Wall Street’s expectations. The stock fell 17 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $57.99. Wells Fargo’s earnings matched analysts’ expectations, while Citigroup’s results came in better than expected. Wells Fargo fell $1.37, or 2.7 percent, to $48.83.

Citigroup rose $1.57, or 3.1 percent, to $51.47.

Domino’s Pizza jumped 11.3 percent on better-than-expected earnings

S&P 500 five day gain/loss

Graphic from CNNMoney

and revenue. The pizza delivery chain operator’s stock rose $8.58 to $84.30.

Several airline stocks surged a day after the sector got pummeled amid mounting worries that the Ebola virus outbreak could curb travel spending.

Delta jumped $1.89, or 6.1 percent, to $32.79, while Southwest climbed $1.12, or 3.9 percent, to $30. American Airlines Group gained $2.93, or 10.3 percent, to $31.51.

Johnson & Johnson raised its 2014 earnings outlook, partly due to revenue gains from its new blockbuster hepatitis C drug. But shares in the world’s biggest health care products maker slipped 2.1 percent as investors worried about looming competition for the drug. The stock shed $2.11 to $97.01.

“The earnings are sufficiently good to justify a higher close on today’s market, however the market is a forward looking mechanism and what I think the market is concerned about is a gravitational pull downward due to slower global growth, particularly from Europe,” said Jim Russell, senior US equities strategist at USBank.

The price of oil suffered its biggest drop in nearly two years after the International Energy Agency reduced its forecast for demand for this year and 2015.

Benchmark U.S. crude fell $3.90 to close at $81.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the biggest drop since November of 2012, and it’s the lowest closing price since June of 2012.

Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils used by many U.S. refineries, fell $3.85 to close at $85.04 on the ICE Futures exchange in London. Brent is at its lowest level since November of 2010.

In metals trading, gold rose $4.30 to $1,234.30 an ounce, silver rose six cents to $17.40 an ounce and copper rose five cents to $3.09 a pound.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.20 percent.

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Dear Hribar, I was at a gathering over the weekend and spotted perhaps Aphrodite herself hanging out with a few friends. My jaw dropped and my eyes seemed to pop out of my head.

However, I was too much of a pushover to go speak to her! And now, I don’t even know where to find her. What do I do?

-Gaping George Dear Gaping George, What a predicament so many have been unfortunate to be in. You spot a lovely encounter, but you’re not able to find out anything about them, and they become your Cinderella on Warrensville. First, scout out the girl admist a wide pool of people.

Describe her features, maybe even her friends, to try and track her down. You’d be surprised at the connections people have at this school! If you’re unable to find her, what I would recommend is asking the hosts of the gathering you attended. Usually the hosts have a very strong inclination of who was at their abodes. If all else fails, you’re next step would be to continue to search the alleys and streets of John Carroll. But even if you don’t find your Cinderella, there are plently of girls on the scene that are striking and you should explore those options.

Dear Hribar, I accidently spilled coffee all over this cute guy in the cafeteria today! He cleaned it up and smiled at me and asked for my number.

Is this a good sign?

-Clusmy Caf Girl Dear Clusmy Caf Girl, This is obviously a great sign! There is only two reasons he would have asked for your number: to get to know the clusmy girl who spilled coffee on him or to make sure he has your contact information to forward you his dry cleaning bill. And since it’s just cafeteria coffee, I’m sure it didn’t leave too much of a spill for dry cleaning.

Dear Hribar, Donny T’s or Claddagh?

-Third Date Location Searcher Dear Third Date Location Searcher, While this a tough moral decision, Donny T’s might be the better location for a third date. The first date should be simple, the second date should be slightly classy and the third date is where you act like yourself.

Treat yourself and get a Rita.

To ask Hribar a question about your love and relationship problems, email him at mhribar16@jcu.edu, or approach him with a bountiful hug.

THE WINNING STREAK by Paige Diverta

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

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Editorial

R.E.A.L. life

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John Carroll University recently partnered with Cleveland Heights High School to host the R.E.A.L. Early College program. This program allows students to take college-level courses in addition to their high school courses. Students attend regular high school classes at their own school, but commute to John Carroll for their college-level courses. As a result, students have the opportunity to earn one year’s worth of college credits before they even graduate from high school. Each participant is also assigned a current JCU student as a mentor.

The introduction of this program offers many benefits not only for students, but also for the University. John Carroll should treat this program as an avenue for recruiting bright, dynamic high school students. One high school student already noted that she will likely attend John Carroll as a result of the program’s influence. This partnership makes transitioning to the University simple.

Credits taken at the University will transfer directly if the student chooses to attend JCU. Additionally, these students have expressed their level of comfort on campus and its academic atmosphere. As a result, this program encourages more students to bring their talents to JCU. The University should allocate more resources to this program in the form of mentors. In addition to providing direction, mentors possess another unique opportunity. They can both encourage students to attend John Carroll after graduation and remain a professional contact if the students decide to enroll. Mentors also benefit from this program by honing in on their leadership and interpersonal skills. Therefore, this partnership benefits the high school students, the mentors and the University.

The R.E.A.L. Early College program presents countless opportunities for all participants. John Carroll should not only embrace this program, but should also build it up for future mentors and high school students.

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NOTABLE QUOTABLE

“The fundamental idea is the centrality of the person independently of sexuality.”

— Archbishop Bruno Forte, commenting on the recent report on homosexuality issued by the Vatican

HIT & miss

Hit: “American Horror Story” is back with its fourth season miss: There have been a number of “creepy clown” sightings in Bakersfield, Calif.; one witness reported encountering a clown carrying a weapon Hit: Greek archaeologists discovered a massive floor mosaic in the tomb of Macedonian King Philip II, who was the father of Alexander the Great miss: A family from St. Louis was forced to abandon its half-million-dollar home after discovering thousands of brown recluse spiders Hit: A blind man was able to see for the first time in 33 years after receiving a “bionic eye” implant miss: A nurse from Dallas has been diagnosed with Ebola, marking the first American to have contracted it in the U.S. Hit: An NYPD police officer was recorded giving his cap to a young boy with Down syndrome out of goodwill Hit/miss: Speculation over Kim Jong Un’s absence from the public in the last month ended recently, as he appeared for a tour of newly constructed living quarters in North Korea miss: In an apparent response to the Islamic State group attacks on Sunni Muslims, Sunni militia have been killing Shiite civilians Hit: A London consortium has been discussing the idea of an 8-mile floating bike path in the River Thames Hit/miss: After being chased and shot in the face, a 36-year-old Cleveland man was able to drive himself to the Cleveland Clinic for treatment

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OURVIEW

Higl’s Squiggles:

Fall pause

Calum Blackshaw Web Editor

Unlike most of you, I will not be going back home this weekend. For me, home is my parents’ separate houses 30 miles from each other, the two cats that reside in each one and my angst-filled brother in his senior year making the same tough decisions I had to make two years ago.

No, I’m afraid home is 300 miles too far for me this weekend.

But that’s okay. I have friends here who can take me in for the three days school is shut down. I suppose that it’s not shut down, it’s fall break.

I would add quotations, but the fact is that we have three days to go home,

see the family, eat home-cooked meals and relax after the first half of the fall semester. At least, that’s what it’s meant to be.

The people I know who get to go home are either ready to make the two long trips from here to home and back, or live close enough that they could theoretically go home every weekend anyway.

Well, I’m sorry, Chicago, but I can’t take the 14 cumulative hours of sitting on a Megabus again to only be there for two days.

My point isn’t that I don’t want to go home. It is that I cannot go home because this break isn’t long enough for me.

I hear other students make derisive comments about the duration of our break, and all I can do is agree with them. I don’t think three days is enough.

Am I not the least bit grateful for

the break? Of course not. Even in my sophomore year here, I still get a little bit cheerful when I see when the breaks are and make a mental note of them. But I want more of that time to go home and see the family, and these three days just aren’t enough for me to get in that mode of relaxation.

I am probably just being selfish, or maybe it’s on the mind of everyone else at this school. Either way, there’s no changing the fact. I’m lucky enough to crash with some friends here, and I’m sure I can Skype home any time I need to talk.

If you’re looking for me after Thursday, I’ll be at my roommate’s house watching “Parks and Rec” whilst going through post-midterm stress.

And for everyone, have a great fall break!

Contact Calum Blackshaw at cblackshaw17@jcu.edu

The John Carroll University MVP of the Week:

professor Philip Metres Philip Metres, a literature and creative writing professor in the department of English, has received a 2014 Arab American Book Award for his book-length poem entitled, “A Concordance of Leaves.”

Wonderword:

What does taradiddle mean?

“A really old folk song”

“A type of bird house”

“A very happy dinosaur”

Katie Semo, senior

Isaac Turner, junior

Allie Harris, freshman

Taradiddle: A small lie; fib

Cup of Joe:

Joe Ginley

Managing Editor

We are the “Entitled Generation.”

Some call us “lazy, needy and narcissistic.” Members of Generation Y, those born between the early 1980s and the mid 1990s, share this stereotype.

The critics of our generation are partially correct.

Some Gen-Y (or “Millenials”) fit this description, but not all. It’s time we changed that.

If you are searching for a Millenial guilty of entitlement, look no farther than Jameis Winston. The Florida State quarterback is facing sexual assault allegations, stole items from a super-

market and shouted a lewd phrase from a table in an FSU student center. Yet he carries an air of entitlement because he is a gifted quarterback at a school with a big football program.

That’s not to say that all athletes are entitled, or that athletes are the only ones whoact this way.

Even at John Carroll, we have an entitlement issue. We’re like many other colleges with students who think they are owed something.

Many of us feel we’re owed something. We pat ourselves on the back, thinking we’re special simply because we’re in college.

The world owes us nothing.

It’s a harsh reality, but then again, the world can be a cruel place.

Human beings have rights, but that doesn’t mean we always receive them.

At a most basic level, we have the right to life, food, water and shelter. At the same time, millions around the world

Alexandra Higl Editor in Chief

Do me a favor. For this one moment, stop thinking about yourself.

You heard me. Cast aside that 21st century self-centered mentality for the next few minutes (this might be more difficult for some).

In today’s world, we wallow in self-pity. We’re all guilty of it. Even you. Yes, I’m talking to you. Don’t look away. And don’t you dare chuck this column across the quad because I hurt your pride.

I’m sure, that even if it was just once, you had an “oh, poor me” moment. For some people, it’s a daily reoccurrence of diva-fits because one tiny thing goes awry. For once, they aren’t handed everything their little heart desires on a silver platter. Cue the sass.

But rest assured: I’m here to help take your mind off of yourself. Maybe it’ll even spark some inspiration. So, here’s your week’s serving of humble pie – Malala Yousafzai. Need I say more? (But I will, because there are about 400 more words of column space I need to fill).

Even if you haven’t followed Yousafzai’s story from the get-go, I’m willing to bet you’ve heard bits and pieces.

Last Friday, Oct. 3, the 17-yearold activist was named the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

At age 11, Yousafzai’s became an advocate for girls’ rights for education, blogging for the BBC under an alias.

I’ll bet you a pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream most 11-year-olds don’t even know what the word “advocate” means, let alone be one for an issue with such gravity.

Flash-forward to three years later: at the age of 14, she was shot by the Taliban.

Flash-forward to another three years later: she’s stronger than ever.

The next time you get a “C” on a test and pull Chicken Little’s “the sky is falling” stunt, think about that.

Yousafzai didn’t even let the Taliban distort her visions to ignite change

Following Malala Yousafzai’s lead in the world. And she doesn’t now.

Even though the Taliban still views her as a threat, Yousafzai isn’t shaken.

Even in her darkest hour, she selfessly committed her life to campaigning for the future of young women in Pakistan, Jordan, Afghanistan and beyond.

Ladies: before you open up your mouths and say how you’re going to drop out of school because it’s just too much, remember that these girls don’t even have the opportunity to get an education. Wrestle with that idea for a minute.

Perhaps one of the most awe-inspiring characteristics about Yousafzai is her naturally pacifistic nature. The odds were against her. She grew up in a culture plagued with violence. Yet, she breaks away.

One of her most famous quotes was a little piece of advice she relayed to President Obama: “Instead of soldiers, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send pens.”

People, there’s a reason why she won the prize.

You’d think that writing two bestselling books, breaking bread with international leaders and becoming a household name would give you all the confidence in the world. But listen to this: in her speech in Birmingham, Yousafzai said, that the peace prize gave her “encouragement to go forward” and “believe in herself.” So, wait? She altered the game of women’s rights by spearheading one of the most successful advocacy groups out there, and didn’t have full faith in herself?

Oh, that’s right. It’s hard to when you’re targeted by the Taliban. Most people would be crippled by the fear.

However, Yousafzai transforms that fear into strength. The strength that enacts change. The strength that inspires. The strength that educates, advocates and gives a voice to the voiceless.

And I hope that one day we can strip away our inclinations towards selfishness, and follow in her footsteps.

Contact Alexandra Higl at ahigl15@jcu.edu

Turn entitlement into change

are starving. Millions are homeless.

We call the United States the best country in the world. Thanks to our Founding Fathers, a just government is in place to uphold our rights, including to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Yet 46.5 million Americans live in poverty and seven million U.S. households are “food insecure,” according to WorldHunger.org. Being an American citizen does not entitle you to a happy or easy life.

Injustice occurs daily across the globe. Ebola is rampant in west Africa and ISIS is spreading through the Middle East. Every two minutes, an American is sexually assaulted (rainn. org) and every hour an American dies as a result of homicide (CDC.gov).

Do we ever stop to think about these things? Rarely. We prefer to complain about how long we have to wait in line or how slow the person in front of us

is driving.

Don’t mistake this column as a rant.

I’m not decrying the state of society, just pointing out a problem we have with entitlement. This isn’t just a John Carroll problem or even a Millenial problem. This is a societal problem.

So how can we fix it?

It’s simple: change begins with you and me.

One quote fits this mantra perfectly.

The statement comes from Victor E. Frankl, an author I read in high school.

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

Let’s follow his advice. We can’t change the larger situation, so let’s change ourselves.

We have been given an opportunity to attend one of the best small universities in the Midwest, if not the country.

We may all be saddled in debt when we graduate, but we will have the world

at our feet.

It’s time to get to work and stop expecting everything to be handed to us.

Let’s seize our opportunity to change the world for the better. Our time is coming. We have to be ready.

Let’s work hard and not take anything for granted.

I’m not a huge fan of LeBron James, but I loved one quote from his article announcing his decision: “In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given, everything is earned. You work for what you have.” While this is true in Cleveland, it is also true for every city and every country.

If we want something better, we should reach out and grab it.

Let’s lose our sense of entitlement.

It’s time to stop complaining and start changing the world.

Contact Joe Ginley at jginley16@jcu.edu

Op/Ed The Carroll News

‘Hear my train a comin’’

Songs from the ‘90s you still listen to

6. “Hit Me Baby One More Time”

by Britney Spears” 7. “All Star” by Smash Mouth 8. “Waterfalls” by TLC 9. “All I Wanna Do”

by Sheryl Crowe 10. “When I Come Around”

by Green Day —Compiled by the Editorial staff

Goodness Gracious:

Grace Kaucic Editorial & Op/Ed Editor Close your eyes. Take a deep breath, let your daily worries and stress leave your mind, and come with me to a magical place.

This magical place exists separately from the real world, but it is one of my deepest desires for the future.

It is a world without selfishness. A world without narcissism.

A world without...selfies.

Yes, I said it. I wish the world was without selfies. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t even be upset if Instagram disappeared off the face of the Earth.

Actually, I’m not a hardcore Instagram hater. I think it’s a cool app and was created with good intentions: to share artistic creations and photographs with friends and family. At least, that’s how I imagine it.

I can’t imagine Mark Systrom and Mike Krieger, the creators of Instagram, had selfies on the mind while they spent countless hours and dollars on bringing their ideas to life. Call me naïve, but I like to believe that they intended for Instagram to be a medium of inspiration.

Unfortunately, “inspired” is the last word that comes to mind when I scroll through my newsfeed on this app, and the same often applies to Facebook as well.

The number of selfies I often come across within 10 minutes is incredibly disheartening, and leaves me with one pressing question – why?

What is it exactly that influences people to take roughly 50 selfies per day? Is that really all anyone cares about nowadays?

I hate to single out my generation, but the truth is, it’s definitely a Millennial trend. I’m not a Millennial hater, but I do believe that narcissism is one of our generation’s biggest problems.

Physical beauty comes in many different forms, which therefore means that there are millions of

Down with the selfies beautiful people in the world. We all know this. We see attractive people everyday, don’t we?

Don’t get me wrong – I think it’s a good thing to take some pride in your physical appearance. Whether you like it or not, your appearance makes up a significant part of your identity. So, of course, you should be proud of who you are and how you look.

But, why is there a need to constantly put your image in others’ faces? Now, I understand and empathize with the desire for approval from peers. I am no exception to the narcissistic tendencies of today’s society.

However, throughout the years, I’ve grown to crave more inspiration than approval. I seek original content that is unique, reflective and emotionally moving.

From classic literature to contemporary artwork to nature photography, I strive to feed off of others’ creativity in order to develop my own.

That being said, I don’t derive much inspiration from selfies on Instagram and Facebook, nor do I feel enlightened after looking at pictures of food all day. I can’t imagine many people do.

I truly believe our generation has a plethora of wonderful gifts and talents to contribute to society. But, if we remain so caught up in our narcissistic tendencies, will we ever get the chance to share these gifts with the world?

The answer should be obvious, friends. As always, I don’t mean to target specific people with this column.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – I’m not perfect, and I have had my own fair share of narcissistic moments, too. My only desire is to encourage others to think about how they use their time, energy and resources.

More importantly, I want my generation to seriously reflect on the impact we could have on our society, and how the future could be different if we refocus ourselves onto worthwhile projects.

Shall we continue to seek shallow praise, or shall we strive to inspire?

Contact Grace Kaucic at gkaucic15@jcu.edu

Oct. 16, 2014

The Johnson Journal:

The Op/Ed Top Ten: 1. “All the Small Things”

by Blink 182 2. “Bye Bye Bye” by N Sync 3. “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

by Nirvana 4. “Big Poppa”

by Notorious B.I.G. 5. “Wonderwall” by Oasis

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Tim Johnson Editorial & Op/Ed Editor Most songs convey a message of some sort. Whether the song is a “top 40” jam or a deep cut of one of your favorite artists, each conveys a message to be heard and internalized by listeners.

I’m here to make the claim that some songs hide messages that transcend generational gaps, trends, fads and individual genres of music.

Some messages just mean more.

If you were alive and hip to the music scene in the ’60s, you’re probably familiar with one of my favorite artists, Jimi Hendrix. In his bright career, there were certainly many individual successes. Of those successes, none shines more brightly than “Hear My Train A Comin’.”

On this track, my man Jimi is the only one singing, but you’d be mistaken if you think that makes it a solo.

It’s really a duet.

When the legend isn’t singing his soulful blues, his guitar fills in fluidly to allow Jimi a breather.

Each of Jimi’s lyrics force listeners to confront personal and collective questions of existence. They’re deep, they’re raw and they don’t pull any punches.

Affirming each of Jimi’s thoughts, his guitar sings “lyrics” that can’t be achieved through simple, spoken language we so often rely on. His guitar stirs up deep emotions that words have trouble reaching.

It submits listeners to slowly strolling riffs, only to jarringly reawaken audiences with complex

sequences. As the guitar alternates between wailing messages from the deep and playfully strumming out lighter feelings, it can only be said that the guitar speaks as much truth as the man.

But isn’t this always the case with powerful music? Too often, we’re subjected to flat music. To our ears, the music is dead on arrival. It offers a weak message, little substance and certainly no originality of flavor or style. But throughout history, music is made that shatters that mold. That music gives us listeners glimpses at truth, a truth of things that’s more powerful than the next catchy song to top the charts.

Here, Jimi and his guitar graciously offer us some of the most important life lessons you’ll find.

The track features wide, disorienting lightning strikes of sound.

Twanging and roaring, Jimi and his guitar let us in on their feelings.

And the message? Well, it’s the only one worth hearing.

It tells the story of an individuality resting inside of every one of us. For most, that individuality lays dormant, waiting for you to whisper an “all-clear” for it to emerge and manifest itself.

America certainly touts its ostensible diversity. You name it, we’ve got it – diversity of ethnicity, creed, ideology, political view and any number of other qualities. But apart from these outward differences, is there really much difference between strangers you pass on the street? Haven’t the majority of the people you met been shoved into a mold of what the world needs (or thinks it needs)? In most cases, I’d say the answer to that question is un-

equivocally and resoundingly “yes.”

Jimi and his guitar let us in on the secret that you’re not supposed to fit in. In his day, Jimi rocked kaleidoscopic outfits and hats topped with feathers. Whether in spite of his eccentricities or because of them, Jimi Hendrix was very loved.

So, stop critiquing the quirks and special qualities of those around you. If you see someone pursuing a strange path in life, I’d be willing to bet that they’re following their passion. They’ve boarded the train Jimi described, and they didn’t bother to buy a return ticket.

Jimi tells us how we can empower ourselves and truly live. We only need to follow his example and purchase our one-way tickets with no notion of ever heading anywhere else. Our train’s destination isn’t a “place” in the traditional sense. It’s simultaneously different and identical for every person, because that destination is your destiny.

Each person was born into this world with passions, talents and a unique perspective. These characteristics create the individuality that fuels your future. With individual futures, the only ticket worth buying for any person is the ticket that puts you on a personalized train to your destiny.

Our destinies are hopelessly intertwined with each other’s. The world can only operate if every person devotes their whole self to their deepest passions and talents.

When we’re passionate, we commit our whole efforts to the object of interest.

Contact Tim Johnson at tjohnson15@jcu.edu

Alumni Corner

Written by Kate McCall, former Managing Editor of The Carroll News, Class of ‘09

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Truer words have never been spoken – or in this case, sung, by Semisonic in the song “Closing Time.”

When I graduated in May 2009, my time at John Carroll University was over, but students in the class of 2013 were just about to kick off their college careers. They would get to hang out in the O’Malley Center, travel to Warrensville and Coventry on the weekends and visit with friends in the Schott Dining Hall for hours at a time.

Even now, five years removed, it sounds like a pretty awesome life.

After I graduated from JCU, I continued to be jealous of the life I had left behind. I wished I could go back to working on The Carroll News. Instead of going to my ‘real world’ job, I wanted to return to the Sports Information Office. And more than anything, I longed for “plus points” that gave me easy access to pints of

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream from the Inn Between.

But after a few years of whining and wishing my life away, I realized how much time I not only had wasted in my current life, but also how much I had wasted during college, just thinking about the end and dreading it. I didn’t focus on the good surrounding me.

I didn’t grow my relationships or meet new people. I didn’t step out of the comfortable bubble I had created for myself. In general, I didn’t put myself out there because I was too focused on losing the little I already had.

My advice to all of you is to avoid my mistake. Whether you are just a couple of months into your freshman year or are approaching your final semester, do not be afraid to take chances and be open to moving out of your own bubble. Go on the Immersion Trip to Nicaragua or Ecuador. Take extra foreign languages courses because you enjoy them. Become

a member of the St. Francis Chapel Ensemble. Join an intramural basketball team.

Although I didn’t take many chances, the ones I did take at JCU were among the best decisions of my life. The CN, Sports Info, intramurals and even the Student Union Hearing Board gave me skills I still use to this day – and people I’m still lucky to call my friends.

As a Blue Streak, you are provided with so many opportunities that can help you become a man or woman for others. Take advantage of those opportunities. Before your “beginning’s end” arrives, enjoy everything life has to offer in University Heights. Be open to new experiences that allow you to learn and grow into a better version of yourself.

And once you leave JCU for the next chapter of your life, take what you have learned, cherish what you have … and “go forth and set the world on fire.”

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