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A Sigma For Each Side:

Gamma Sigma Sigma

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At any family gathering, if you want to ruin the evening, mention politics and let the chaos ensue. Pace’s Greek Life has a similar phenomenon if you mention the organization Gamma Sigma Sigma.

Gamma Sigma Sigma (ΓΣΣ) is a national service sorority open to men and women that was brought to Pace’s Pleasantville campus in Nov. of last year and has been the center of controversy ever since.

“Gamma Sigma Sigma has personally attacked UPC organizations, stolen exact recruitment events from UPC organizations, called themselves the ‘other so-

rority outside of UPC’ to potentials during the Club Fair, denied entrance into the community service organization simply because the potentials are already members of UPC organizations, and have yet to recruit one male member,” said senior psychology major Melissa Badia, a member of Delta Phi Epsilon.

To understand the controversy

of the organization, a basic understanding Pace’s Greek life is necessary.

Pace’s Greek Life is segmented into four self-governing councils. These councils are made up of various Greek Life organiza-

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New Study Reveals Gender Bias in the Sciences

Veterans in Nursing Sports: page 12 Photo from www.Pace.edu “In my department, the opportunity is equal,” says Ms. Cimini.

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Beat Goes On

A new study reveals a subtle gender bias that can have serious consequence for women pursuing a career in the sciences.

Yale University conducted a double blind study of 127 pro-

fessors of biology, chemistry, or physics from six renowned universities. They were asked to evaluate a resume that was exactly the same except for one difference: half of the participants were given a resume with name John, and the other with the name Jenifer.

The experiment found that

“despite efforts to recruit and retain more women, a stark gender disparity persists within academic science.”

Participants were asked to rate the applicant’s competency on a scale from 1-7. John was given an average score of 4, yet Jennifer, who had the exact same resume, a 3.3. Most startlingly, John was

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offered an average starting salary of thirty thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars, but Jenifer was only offered twenty-six thousand five hundred and eight dollars. The bias was exhibited

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tions. For example, one of these councils is National Panhellenic Council (known as University Panhellenic Council or UPC at Pace), which consists of social sororities on campus (Delta Phi Epsilon, Phi Sigma Sigma, etc.).

If UPC decides to expand the number of organizations they have on campus, it is voted on at a local level by the council and approved on a national level

by UPC’s headquarters. Similar methods of expansion are present in the other three councils as well. ΓΣΣ differs from other sororities on campus because it is a service sorority as opposed to a social sorority. It does not belong to a council and was brought to campus outside of the Greek councils.

In Nov. 2011, members of Gamma Sigma Sigma’s interest group presented to Student Association to get approved as an organization on campus. A vote was taken and the organization was denied due to voting members being concerned with the usage of Greek letters for a non-social sorority and unwillingness to share funding with the organization.

“They kind of took it as another sorority that wanted to come to campus, but that’s not what it is,” said senior childhood education major Jessica Lolis, the current Membership Vice President of ΓΣΣ.

At the time, many organizations were being denied through Student Association, a trend that troubled Rachel Carpenter, Director of Student Development and Campus Activities (SDCA).

“These women were denied an opportunity to make an organization that I believed was solely about community service,” said Carpenter.

In response to the various organizations being denied, Carpenter reached out to ΓΣΣ and suggested they get approved

through SDCA instead. The organization wouldn’t be able to received funding but they would be recognized as a group that was on campus. The approval of SDCA allowed ΓΣΣ to exist but doomed them to constant confusion from the Greek community.

“We were told that they weren’t a Greek organization but a club,” said junior psychology major and member of Alpha Lambda Sigma Angeline Ochere.

The differences between being Greek and being in a club might not matter to the average onlooker but it’s an essential difference for members of Greek organizations. Greek organizations have various rituals and traditions that are considered sacred.

For example: being initiated into a Greek organization requires going through an education period followed by an initiation ceremony at the end of a multi-month-long process. Joining a club does not require education or an initiation ceremony.

However, ΓΣΣ was initiating their members and requiring an education process in order to join.

“We have to follow our national,” said senior biology major Cherelle Palmer, the president of ΓΣΣ. “Nothing that we’ve done was created on our own.” ΓΣΣ is a national organization with national rituals and ceremonies even if locally they are considered a club. However, these rituals are allowed for any organization on campus. ΓΣΣ is allowed to have education, initiation and bigs/littles because all organizations are, including clubs such as Black Student Union, Philosophy Club or The Pace Chronicle.

However, the similarities between ΓΣΣ’s method of operating is much closer to a UPC organization than anything else. In one particular instance, ΓΣΣ hosted a recruitment event called “ΓΣΣ Under the Sea.” Delta Phi Epsi-

lon, a social sorority under UPC, has run an identical event called “ΔΦΕ Under the Sea” for several years. The similarities were obvious.

Administration at Pace believes the minor disputes point to a bigger issue.

“There is a disparity in Gamma Sigma Sigma in what they claim they say they do and what they’re doing on campus,” said Robert-Thomas Jones, Assistant Director for Greek Life. “I think if they did live out their purpose here, I don’t think there would be as much resentment to their group.”

The claim is that ΓΣΣ’s goal is community service. Members are required to complete a minimum amount of community service hours per semester. Last semester, members were required to fulfill twenty hours of community service. Most Greeks have not seen ΓΣΣ’s community service, but the organization claims that they went far past their minimum.

Last semester ΓΣΣ completed 969 hours of community service and all but one of the thirty-one members completed their community service hours. The average amount of hours per member was 28. The majority of their community service events were off-campus. Some events included: a senior prom at a nursing home in Briarcliff, volunteering at a children’s hospital in Valhalla and working with Successful Learning Center to integrate adult students at Pace with the community. ΓΣΣ is aware that their community service has flown under the radar and has made an effort for more of their service events to be opened to Pace students.

For example, ΓΣΣ will be working with Students Veterans Association throughout Nov. on a few open events. In total, they intend to have eight events opened to the

Pace community.

Palmer is also aware of the negative allegations against ΓΣΣ of selective membership and attacking UPC. She insists they are not true.

“We have never denied membership to anyone or attacked any organization on campus, Greek or not. We are always striving to better our reputation on campus by reaching out to organizations for co-sponsorship on events. We do not ever respond to the negative comments that are brought our way. Instead, we let our actions and commitment to community service do the talking,” said Palmer.

Some members of UPC organizations are still at odds with ΓΣΣ.

“What bothers me the most about Gamma Sigma Sigma is that they want to turn everything on UPC when in reality they have started the issues,” said Badia.

Many members of UPC organizations are in agreement with Badia’s claim, while others think the situation is a misunderstanding.

“I believe if all this would have been explained at the beginning the Greek community wouldn’t have reacted the way we did. We are a very open minded group of people. I do not have a problem with Gamma Sigma Sigma or anyone in it,” said Ochere.

As of now, UPC and ΓΣΣ plan to meet in the near-future to discuss the concerns each organization has. There isn’t a set date, but each side hopes to resolve the tension and continue with their objectives.

“I really think they can both come to an understanding for why each other exist and what the differences are,” said Carpenter.

“I don’t know if there is a compromise, I think it will be an understanding.”

An Uphill Battle: Day in the Life of an RA

choose to take on such a task?

Kelly Fisher, a senior biology major, is a returning townhouse RA from last year. She was inspired to become an RA after her RA in Dow Hall brought her into the community.

“It’s really overlooked at the townhouses. Our goal is to make it more of a community,” said Fisher.

When Fisher was living in Dow Hall, she was in a particular section that was easy to forget about. She was relatively shy and had difficulty breaking into the social atmosphere of the Hall, until her RA Patrick Corr made an effort to introduce her to the com-

Arthur Augustyn

Feature Editor Arthur.J.Augustyn@pace.edu

Many will be called, but few will be chosen. Damnation from social circles, constant stress, a busy schedule and the guarantee that residents will talk behind your back: this is the life of a Resident Assistant (RA).

RAs are universally complained about, whether those complaints are justified are up for debate, but no group of RAs are targeted more for critique than the townhouse RAs. These are the students who have knowingly signed up to thanklessly tame the beast known as townhouse parties. What kind of person would

Photo from www.Pace.edu Being an RA means more than shutting down townhouse parties.

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What’s Making News Beyond Campus?

Heather Askildsen News Editor

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USA – The unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent, making it the lowest it has been since President Obama took office in 2008. Despite Governor Romney’s claims that this number is inaccurate because Americans are frustrated and have simply stopped looking for work, according to National Public Radio, this number reflects an actual increase; more Americans looking for work are actually finding it. This September, employers added 114,000 jobs.

SYRIA – Turkish troops fired on Syrian territory last Fri. The attack is part of a greater conflict between the two countries ignited over the past week. On Wed. Oct. 3, five Turkish civilians were killed during a Syrian attack on a Turkish-Syrian border.

USA – Four accused terrorists were extradited from London to the United States on Fri. Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan pleaded not guilty in court in New Haven, Conn. the next morning to charges of supplying terrorist groups in Afghanistan with weapons, training, and money.

One man, Abu Hamza al-Masri, has been accused of not only attempting to create a terrorist training camp in Oregon with the help of a partner in Seattle but also will answer for older charges of taking hostage two American tourists and 14 other people in Yemen back in 1998.

ITALY – Pope Benedict’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, was found guilty in papal court last Sat. of stealing and subsequently leaking confidential documents that he claimed revealed infighting and corruption within the church. Gabriele will serve 18 months in prison.

CALIFORNIA – Gas prices in California have risen to as much as five dollars a gallon. The rise is the result of a power outage at a refinery that occurred on Mon. Oct 1. However, the prices are expected to decline within the coming week.

USA – If you have a Honda CRV from 2002-2006 make sure to park it outside. The company announced that a switch on the driver side door can melt and possibly trigger a fire. Rain or other liquids that find its way in due to an open window or door can cause the master power switch to overheat. A quarter of a million vehicles are at risk.

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New Study Reveals Gender Bias in the Sciences ...continued from page 1 by both male and female professors with varying age and tenure status.

“Yes, the situation, however, was much more dire a number of years ago when I was first getting into the profession,” said the biology department’s Dr. Charlene Hoegler. “Back in the late sixties and early seventies, it was more an attitude of women don’t belong in science—go home and have babies. Well, I think we have grown a great deal from that time, and there are quite a number of young women who are very apt science students, very enthusiastic science students, very intelligent and knowledgeable and hardworking science students.”

Although women’s position in the sciences has improved greatly, there is still clearly more work to be done.

“Prejudice of any kind is wrong and so it is unfortunate and extremely disturbing to learn that biases against female science students exist among science professors,” said the biology and health department’s Dr. Joshua Schwartz. “Such attitudes can negatively impact education, intellectual growth, career paths and salaries. Accordingly, we

need to inform the academic and professional community of the persistence, insidious nature and unacceptability of gender biases so that women in science will receive the same treatment as men.”

Director of Biology and Health Services Ms. Laura Cimini had her doubts about the study’s legitimacy, pointing “out that of the five [authors], three of them are women.”

However, she did agree that there is a disparity between men and women in traditional science professions.

“Science, technology, engineering, and medicine—in those arenas, I think that might be the last place you will see growth of a female population. But if you do look at the other disciplines…. women dominate,” said Cimini.

“It is not just nursing. You have nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, social workers, physical therapists…[the sciences] might be the last place you don’t see women as highly populated.”

So the question is why? Women make up half of today’s work force, so what is it about the sciences that causes women to either turn away, or, as the study sug-

gests, be turned away from it?

“I think what they are saying in the article is that there is this subconscious cultural influences, that men traditionally do better in the sciences. But if we look at how we cultivate all students, male and female, around sixth grade you begin to really push in the sciences and math,” said Cimini. “Traditionally, again, females and males are going to perform about the same, it’s just with females, developmentally, there is a physical difference. I think they get a little more concerned with friends, what they look like, and what’s cool and what’s not. It is not that they can’t do science, I think there might be, again this is cultural, there might be something that steers them away sticking with science and math.”

The authors of the Yale study also offered a solution to the problem along with their findings, stating, “These research results suggest that interventions addressing faculty gender bias might advance the goal of increasing the participation of women in science.”

According to the faculty in Dyson, Pace has long fostered an environment that encourages

young women interested in the sciences to pursue it as a career.

“At Pace, we are extremely fortunate to have many outstanding women serve in the faculty and administration,” said Dr. Schwartz. “It would have been a profound loss for our university and their fields of study if bias suffered in the past had deterred any of them from joining our academic community. Women must not be discouraged from pursuing scientific careers. Until discrimination ends, women must persevere and their achievements will be evidence of their value and an inspiration to others.”

“Let’s support more and more of their efforts,” said Dr. Hoegler.

“You don’t to write off 50-percent of the human population and their many talents.”

“The faculty here as mentors take really the full person, and it doesn’t matter. It’s the person who is ambitious enough to say, I want to do research with you,” said Cimini. “I would have to say here it would be who is the best student, but the students here are by name and not number. In my department, the opportunity is equal.”

Pace Reacts to the First Presidential Debates Heather Askildsen News Editor

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President Obama and Governor Romney faced off in the first of three presidential debates last Wed. in Denver.

The national discourse focused on domestic issues concerning the economy, healthcare, education, and the role of government. While the candidates conducted themselves with gentlemanlike candor at the opening and conclusion of the proceedings, the debate became vicious at times.

The President continually attacked Romney for not making the details of his economic reform plan public.

“At some point, I think the American people have to ask themselves, is the reason that Governor Romney is keeping all these plans to replace secret because they’re too good? Is it—is it because that somehow middleclass families are going to benefit too much from them? No,” said Obama.

On the subject of the economy, the debate became very involved.

Candidates argued over details of economic policy, especially on the subject of tax reform.

“My number-one principal is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. I want to underline that: no tax cut that adds to the deficit,” said Romney.

Photo from www.Pace.edu “I followed up with the fact checking reports, making sure that everything was correct,” says Melanie Londono-Payco.

However, Obama insisted that this would mean an increase in taxes on the middle class.

“If you believe that we can cut taxes by five trillion dollars and add two trillion dollars in additional spending that the military is not asking for, seven trillion dollars -- just to give you a sense, over 10 years, that’s more than our entire defense budget -- and you think that by closing loopholes and deductions for the wellto-do, somehow you will not end up picking up the tab, then Governor Romney’s plan may work for you,” said Obama.

“Being a political science major has really helped me understand [the debates]. Before I took on this major, I wouldn’t have known what was happening.

Now I understand all the lingo, and I am just more well-versed in what the issues actually are. I read both platforms, so I know where I stand,” said senior politi-

cal science major Melanie Londono-Payco. “Today, I followed up with the fact checking reports, making sure that everything was correct—because I know I have a bias and will always support one candidate no matter what they say.”

The media quickly dubbed the match up “the Executive versus the Professor” and the proceedings had a strong presence in social media. Viewers discussed, argued, and mocked during the debate in real time; Sesame Street memes went viral after Romney’s comments that he would cut funding from public radio and television. Over 58 million Americans tuned in to watch the debate—an approximate 10 percent increase from the first presidential debate in 2008 and even the most inconsequential details were examined by viewers.

“It was funny to see people’s reactions on social media,” said

senior communications major Cara Thompson, “specifically people noticing the red and blue ties. That’s nothing new, but that’s what I saw in my Facebook feed.”

Ties aside, which candidate did Pace students think carried the debate?

“Honestly, I think Romney won this debate,” said senior English/publishing major Erica Weiman. “To me, it looked as if Obama was taken aback by some of Romney’s statements, which could have affected his performance.”

Weiman is not alone. Romney has largely been considered the winner of the debate, journalists and pundits citing Obama’s lackluster temperament and overconfidence as serious failings.

However, other students at Pace maintain that there was no clear winner.

“I think it has to do with who you are supporting,” said Londono-Payco.

The question remains whether the results will influence how Americans will vote in Nov. For students at Pace, that does not seem to be the case.

“I’ll still be voting for Obama,” said Weiman. “I think Romney focused more on what he knows people want to hear instead of what people need to hear.

I’m excited for the town hall-style debate coming up; I think it will be a more fair assessment than the debate tonight.”

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Meet the Greeks: Arthur Augustyn

Feature Editor Arthur.J.Augustyn@pace.edu

“This might be a weird way to say it, but I think what distinguishes Zeta women from other sororities is they’re comfortable in their own skin. They’re sexy,” said junior childhood education major Megan Haye, one of the new members of Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ).

The organization was brought to Pace’s Pleasantville campus last semester, thanks to the efforts of previous Student Association President Kayla Turner, who graduated at the end of last year.

Turner had an interest in the organization throughout her time at Pace but wasn’t able to bring the organization to the Pace campus until her last semester as a student. Turner, along with five other girls, founded ΖΦΒ’s chapter here at Pace during spring 2012. ΖΦΒ was originally on campus during the late 1990s but was

disbanded after all the members at that time graduated without recruiting newer members. The current members don’t plan on making the same mistake and encourage everyone to meet the organization.

“Nationally it is predominantly an African American woman’s sorority but anyone can join,” said Haye. “I’ve seen sisters in chapters who were white, Latina, Asian; you name it, I’ve seen it.”

The founders of ΖΦΒ wanted to create an organization that strayed away from social elitism.

They created an organization that was all encompassing and avoided discriminating; this foundation is still relevant in the organization today, even if it is under a different context.

“The diversity is actually one of the main reasons I was attracted to the organization,” said senior marketing major Zarinah Scott, the current chapter President of ΖΦΒ. Scott is both African American and Puerto Rican and wanted to join an organiza-

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Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ)

tion that was fair to all ethnicities.

The organization was founded on the ideals of scholarship, service, sisterly love and finer womanhood. These values contribute to what Haye describes as “a different kind of woman.” “ΖΦΒ was founded in the 1920s when women were just starting to wear shorter skirts and were becoming known as ‘the cat’s meow,’” said Haye. “Being a Zeta is celebrating the ability to be a homemaker, an educated worker and an activist all at once.”

Sisters of ΖΦΒ take their status as members very seriously, arguably more-so than other organizations. Haye joined to be a part of something greater than herself and described deciding to join as a serious commitment.

“You have to take a literal oath, hand on bible, that you are going to serve this organization to help the community that you’re a part of,” said Haye. ΖΦΒ contributes to the philanthropy March of Dimes on a na-

Photo from Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Phi Beta. tional level. Locally, the chapter decided to make Juvenile Diabetes their focus for philanthropic work due to one of the member’s family members having diabetes.

The organization doesn’t have any philanthropic events planned as of now, but hopes to get involved with philanthropy and the Pace community once they’ve settled in.

For now, they are still in their infancy trying to break into Pace’s Greek life culture. Most recently

they won a stroll off competition held by the University and hope to make more connections with students in the coming months. ΖΦΒ will be accepting new members next semester, spring 2013.

For questions, Scott recommends students ask one of the Zetas themselves “I would first encourage them to approach one of us. I feel no question should be seen as taboo or unanswerable,” said Scott.

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munity and get integrated with the social life at the Hall.

“There’s a misconception that RAs are purely a disciplinary role,” said senior criminal justice major Joseph Cuccaro, another townhouse RA for this year. “The focus is on program planning and building community.”

Most townhouse residents are not aware of programming done in the area because the nature of the townhouses make it difficult to engage the community.

“Most people live in a house with their friends, they don’t need an excuse to mingle with the community,” said Cuccaro. The townhouses also lack a common area found in dorms such as Martin, North, Valley or Dow. The only indoor locations are individual houses. Townhouse RAs typically find it more difficult to get residents to show up to an open event than getting people to leave a late-night party.

Townhouse parties are a separate beast, but have gotten more tamable in recent years after RAs have become more upfront with policy.

“We try to give people warnings,” said Fisher.

Townhouse parties generally end at 1 a.m. once quiet hours take effect. These days, houses are given a heads up when closing time nears, but that wasn’t always the case.

“Nobody used to get warnings, you’d just get written up,” said fifth-year criminal justice and biology major Brian Keegan, who’s living in the townhouses for the third consecutive year this semester. “Residents are more open about what they’re doing, which makes it easier to keep everything safe, but occasionally it gets more chaotic.”

Being an RA means agreeing

to serve the community and making it a friendlier place to live, but it also requires surrendering some pleasantries, such as your name.

“You’re no longer whoever you are. I’m not Moley anymore, people introduce me as ‘this is my RA, Moley,’” said junior biological psychology major Moley Fahnbulleh, an RA in Martin Hall this year. Fahnbulleh has noticed that students act differently once they’re aware of his position.

“There’s an expectation that you’re supposed to be the moral compass in every situation,” said Fahnbulleh, “trying to live to that expectation can be very stressful, you burn out.”

Sometimes that expectation exceeds Pace’s boundaries and leads to many misconceptions.

Some residents falsely believe RAs have the jurisdiction to write-up underage residents if they’re sighted at bars.

RAs also have to frequently subject themselves to stressful situations, especially confronting rowdy individuals who refuse to leave when asked.

“Residents almost never put up resistance when we ask them to do something,” said Fisher “it’s almost always freshmen students and especially people who live off campus.”

Most of these disputes typically end in an argument or notification of a write-up, but sometimes the story can be a bit more frightening.

Fahnbulleh described a highstress situation he encountered while being an RA in Hillside where he believed he was going to get attacked by a group of rowdy residents.

“I had asked them to leave the building because it was finals week and they were being very loud and they started saying I

was being very disrespectful, one of them said ‘fight,’” said Fahnbulleh. The situation was eventually defused with the help of a fellow RA, but could’ve very easily gotten out of hand.

Cuccaro and Fisher have never had a life-threatening encounter, but have dealt with lesser versions of high-stress situations.

Cuccaro has had a door closed behind him after entering a house and Fisher described several instances of houses blatantly ignoring her instructions.

However, neither regrets becoming an RA in the first place.

They both believe it has contributed to their growth as an individual.

Fisher has gained new life experiences that she was unaware of before. She was given the opportunity to help a resident last year who had been going through a rough spot during their academic career.

“I became an RA because I want to help people, as corny as that sounds,” said Fisher.

Cuccaro has used his experience as an RA to confirm his career goal of becoming a social worker. It has also helped his development as a student leader.

“I tripled the number of people I know, I’ve developed my leadership ability and I’ve gotten a lot of experience with programming and interacting with people,” said Cuccaro.

Being Resident Assistants, especially at the townhouses, can be a thankless job, but it has to be done by someone. The Pace community should take comfort knowing that the group of people looking out for them is just like you: students trying to create a campus and atmosphere where everyone feels at home.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Christiana Lloyd

Health Editor Christian.A.Lloyd@pace.edu

Breast cancer is the second leading cancer in women after skin cancer and despite what many may believe, breast cancer affects men as well.

October is breast cancer awareness month, a time to remember those that have lost the fight with the disease, help those who are still fighting for their lives as well as help bring more knowledge and awareness to the general public and stand with the survivors who will always remember the struggle they and their families went through to help others avoid the same.

Breast cancer has touched millions of lives and until a cure Photo from lucilleroberts.com is found, will continue to affect Help find a cure. millions more. Nowadays almost every person that you meet has ei- ments as well as have a mastecther known someone or is related tomy and reconstructive surgery, to someone that has had breast but even after all of that, the doctors found more cancerous cells,” cancer.

Freshman psychology major said Tirado. “It was hard to see Alexys Tirado shared the story of her having to go through this and her aunt who recently came out was scary for my family but we of remission and that her grand- help support her and we do a lot mother who died of breast cancer to support the cause.”

In a study done in 2011, statiswhen she was young.

“My aunt was in an early stage tics gathered showed that every 1 of breast cancer when she was di- in 8 women in the United States agnosed. She had to go through will develop breast cancer someboth chemo and radiation treat- time in their lifetime (just un-

der 12 percent). The same study found that an estimated two thousand one hundred and forty men were diagnosed with breast cancer averaging about one in every one thousand men.

A breast cancer myth that many believe is that when lumps are found within the breast tissue, they are cancerous and that they are the only sign of having breast cancer. This is false. Lumps in the breast tissue are common and are often found benign.

Doctor Natalia Vasquez from Dallas Methodist Medical Center, one of the top leading cancer research hospitals, shares that there are many things to look out for that can be tell-tell signs of having breast cancer.

“Skin irritation or dimpling, nipple pain or retraction (turning inward), redness or scaliness of the nipple or breast skin, or a discharge other than breast milk can also be important warning signs for breast cancer. I have seen one

uncommon but aggressive form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer or IBC—women usually do not notice a lump, and the only symptoms may be redness and thickening of the skin covering the breast, sometimes together with swelling of the breast,” said Vasquez.

Freshman business major Ryan Denver shares how his mother was diagnosed at an extremely early stage and what the doctors found was only about the size of the tip of a pencil.

“My mom was 52 when they found the cancer but she is now in remission. It was scary but it was so tiny and at such an early stage that we knew she would be okay,” said Denver.

While it is scary to know that this disease is beginning to become more and more abundant in our society, many question the causes of it and what can be done to avoid the fear and stress of finding that you or a loved one may have it.

Leading medical research has found that breast cancer can have genetic links within a family and doctors now offer and recommend having genetic testing done, especially if you have immediate family that has the disease.

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Annual Red Ribbon Week Promotes Drug Free Lifestyle Mayra Maradiaga

Featured Reporter Mayra.A.Maragiaga@pace.edu

In this day and age, the youth of America seems to want to grow up faster than they should.

It’s very rare to find a teenager that will tell you they have not experimented with some form of alcohol or drug in the past.

Maybe they might not use it regularly, but they have definitely had a sip of this or a hit of that. And nowadays, it’s easier and quicker for people to get hooked on these drugs because of all the chemicals put into them, usually causing the body to react in what feels like a positive state, at least for a while.

With more and more young adults getting into car accidents for drunk driving or having to go to the hospital for overdosing on some drug, there are groups of people that have taken it upon themselves to serve as sort of leaders for drug and alcohol prevention. From this idea, that goes back several years, the largest drug prevention campaign in the nation arose.

Back in 1985, a young man named Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, an agent for the U.S Drug En-

forcement Administration, was working undercover in Mexico to investigate several drug cartels.

His efforts proved productive when 37-year-old Camarena received a tip that uncovered a large narcotics manufacturing operation in Chihuahua, Mexico. Due to the discovery of this and other drug operations, several drug cartel leaders were angered, which would result in the kidnapping and torture of Agent Camarena and other key informants on Feb. 7, 1985. One month later, DEA agents found Camarena’s body.

Family, close friends and members of Camarena’s hometown of Calexico, California decided to wear red ribbons in honor of his memory and his efforts against illegal drugs soon after his death.

As Agent Camarena’s story was brought to the public eye, citizens brought it upon themselves to continue his idea that anyone can make a change. The red ribbons the public donned became an anti-drug symbol. Clubs were formed in high schools to raise awareness of drug abuse, which eventually presented the First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan with a signed anti-drug

and alcohol pledge. A year later, residents in California, Illinois, and Virginia wore red ribbons in late Oct. through early Nov. Finally, in 1988, the first National Red Ribbon Week was celebrated.

Since then, the National Family Partnership (NFP), a nonprofit organization to bring light to drug prevention, sponsors the annual Red Ribbon Celebration. The NFP website states that this week “serves as a catalyst to mobilize communities to educate youth and encourage participation in drug prevention activities.”

According to the DEA and the NFP, approximately 80 million people participate in Red Ribbon events every year. Schools across the country have adopted educational and prevention programs for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in correlation to Red Ribbon Week. Every year a new theme arises for drug free youth to embrace. The 2012 Red Ribbon Week theme is “The Best Me is Drug Free”.

Freshman psychology major Stephanie Balkissoon loves having Red Ribbon Week as a national campaign.

“I think it’s very beneficial in that it opens people’s eyes to the

Photo from kidsncrime.com There is help out there. dangers of drugs and alcohol,” said Balkissoon. “It may even influence some to change their lifestyle or to try to change that of others they know.”

It’s no surprise that participants of Red Ribbon Week have reaped all the possible benefits of being involved with this campaign. Youth involved get an inside and candid look of the true consequences of substance abuse.

Balkissoon is also on point with people helping change others’ lifestyles. The NFP reports many cases of people that have given up drug and alcohol abuse due to the national celebration.

Sophomore Charlmane Colter strongly believes that all college campuses should take part in the Red Ribbon Celebration because she feels that high school and college students are mainly at risk.

“Only positive things can result from spreading awareness to

ensure safety of individuals and those around them,” Colter said.

“Students should want to get involved because this is an issue we must continue to address. It affects everyone either directly or indirectly”.

So even if drinking and smoking seems like what all the cool kids are doing nowadays, know that there are always dangers attached. Experimentation isn’t always a bad thing when one knows their limits. If you do decide to drink, make sure you always have a designated driver with you. For drug and alcohol prevention tips, more information on Red Ribbon Week, or how to get involved, you can visit www. nfp.org or www.justice.gov. Remember, Red Ribbon Week is nationally celebrated on Oct. 23 – Oct.31.

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abrielle

Davina

Post-Oral Kissing: Why Not?

What’s The-G-Spot About?

"College is run by sexual tension. Many of us like sex, have sex, and have walked in on our roommate having sex. Why ignore it?

Let’s be honest instead. In college, learning doesn’t only happen in the classroom, it happens in the bedroom. Don't be shy, now, welcome to the G-Spot." - Gabrielle Davina Picture this: You’re lying in bed gloriously naked with your significant other (or perfect stranger) and they start to kiss down your torso. It’s your lucky day – they’re in a giving mood.

Time for some good ol’ fashioned mouth-to-south and you just get to lay back and enjoy.

After they work their voodoo tongue magic for a while and you finally believe in the possibility of a higher power, they come up for air. As he or she makes the way back up your body, you end up face-to-face.

You’re now at a crossroads— to kiss or not to kiss?

Kiss, damn it! Kiss deeply, passionately and thankfully.

It came to my attention sometime sophomore year that there are guys and girls out there who get skeeved out by the idea of kissing someone who just went down on them. I had no idea; up until that point, I’d never been turned down for a kiss after pleasing someone and hadn’t turned down one, either.

It was a rude awakening. I was pissed. And I convinced him to kiss me, anyway.

The way I see it, if someone does you a service, you thank them afterward. It’s proper social decorum. Kissing someone post-oral is a way of thanking them for their hard work and dedication to your sexual enjoyment. If someone shows me a good time, you bet your bottom dollar I show my gratitude.

A handful of guys and girls have told me that they won’t kiss someone after being on the

receiving end because it’s “gross.”

What’s so gross about it? It was good enough for their consumption; it should be good enough for yours.

When the giver is kissing you post-oral, chances are they’ve swallowed whatever came out of you and most of what you’ll be coming into contact with by kissing them is saliva. There might be some extra tang, but hey, you’ve kissed someone post-cig or postcoffee, right? Or with morning breath? It’s no worse.

I’ve heard guys say they won’t kiss their partners after oral because “if they wanted to know what semen tasted like, they would be gay.” That’s silly… boys, most of you have engaged in sexual relationships with your hand since age 12. You’ve probably touched a penis (albeit yours) more than you’ve touched any vagina. If that doesn’t make you gay (side note: there’s nothing wrong with homosexuality) then neither does tasting your own semen.

I’m not telling you to do anything you’re truly uncomfortable with, but I’m encouraging you to step outside your comfort zone.

It’s easy enough to keep a bottle of Listerine on the bedside table if that makes the idea any more appealing to you. In time, though, I bet you’ll get sick of the Listerine step and just jump right into the full-on make-out sesh you’ll want to have with the person between your legs. If not, best of luck dealing with the wrath of your offended lover. I don’t think you’ll be on the receiving end anytime soon.

Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012

Rihanna is Not Your Mother

Ebony Turner

Opinion Editor Ebony.Turner@pace.edu

Rihanna is not your mother.

She is a woman whose body does not indicate any sign of recent child birth. She is a woman who is single, rich and beautiful and will make decisions as she sees fit. She is not perfect, has not attempted to be, and her decisions indicate she has no plans of being perfect. Why do the media and writers alike take her not so surprising rekindling with Chris Brown as a moment to claim her teachable moment was wasted?

I was not a fan of the melodramatic manner in which Brown broke up with his Vietnamese and Black street wear “model” ex-girlfriend, Karreuche Tran, nor was I a fan of the celebratory manner in which many of the “Chrihanna” enthusiasts reacted to their inevitable end. However, for the years that came after the domestic violence incident between the two, Rihanna and Brown’s relationship has been held on a pedestal that it did not deserve.

These kids were just as inexperienced, young and naïve as the typical one month relationship on Pace campus near you.

To Rihanna’s own admission, they lived wild with no boundaries, and with bank accounts like theirs, they have a different set of freedoms the average American cannot relate to.

While I agree that celebrities have to assume some time of accountability over their actions being that they are in the spotlight and are admired by a youthful audience, I think the role of parenting needs to be refocused onto the parents.

If you have no intentions of raising a daughter like Rihanna, then limit the amount of Rihanna consumption your daughter receives. We are raising a genera-

Photo from Essence.com While Rihanna may not be your mother, Oprah wouldn’t be so bad.. tion of children who eat World Star Hip-Hop for breakfast and Mediatakeout.com for lunch.

Most of the content on these sites are not intended for the spongelike minds of youth who are still not able to fully understand right from wrong, and not be subconsciously influenced by the choices of the flawed celebrities they admire.

If adults know and accept this as fact, it is time to stop blaming celebrities for being human. They make mistakes and return to lovers that have no intention of carrying on a serious relationship with them just like your average red-blooded human being. They get tattoos that will soon be featured in editorials titled ‘What Was I Thinking?’ on a magazine stand in the near future. But in no way does that absolve our responsibilities as clear headed, mature adults to be clear in how we place blame. Our youth are a product of the generation before them that raised them, and what we glorify

and allow them to consume will ultimately consume them as well.

I feel Rihanna is a beautiful, carefully industry-crafted rebel with emotions that bellow deeper than we can fathom. They are conveniently hidden in the persona she wishes to exude, but this observation is not one the youth can understand. However, it is our responsibility as a generation raising another to reconstruct their perception of reality, because the Rihanna we see in blogs and music videos is not real. Neither is Chris Brown, and we will never know either of them and should not want to.

Rather than encouraging the celebration of celebrity we should celebrate things of substance. Celebrity is not substance, it is a distraction from our own dismal lives but if we showed as a collective that we are not invested in their lives, our youth would reflect that much needed reality too.

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Diversity and its Slow Mainstream Media Acceptance

Ebony Turner

Opinion Editor Ebony.Turner@pace.edu

I felt like a hypocrite having interned for a magazine where the only diversity in its cubicles rested in their interns, messenger service and front desk. I would walk into the elevator elated if I saw so much as one person of color heading to any floor without an Urban Express logo on their shirts. It was rare, but when I did I knew that meant I could one day work here – that it was a realistic goal to be able to work in mainstream media that has subconsciously whitewashed their content.

Lo and behold, the first black editor-in-chief at Conde Nast,

Washington D.C. native, Keija Minor is holding the reigns for Brides magazine: a magazine with a readership of 40 percent African Americans and Latin Americans but has only had a handful of covers with black brides. The same day ESPN announces Cami Champion will be the host of ESPN’s First Take. For the first time in decades, two women of color have achieved the pinnacle of most journalistic careers. This sets the tone the kind of content Americans nationwide will be consuming for years to come.

Now, Americans have to have the uncomfortable conversation on what diversity in media means, and what the lack of it has done to generations of minority youth.

Studies have shown over the

years that beauty ideals encouraged by media and emphasized daily through magazine covers are responsible for shaping the young woman’s beauty ideals for herself. Part of this beauty ideal is the fair-skinned woman, a skin tone that not even a third of the country identifies with. What Minor, Champion and even Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes have done is use their platform to fill a void that has been overdue for filling.

How are minorities supposed to know that in there is a place for them to be fairly represented in the media, free of the stereotypes that hold us back, if the people in charge of controlling images in media are not minorities?

Part of the issue is that minori-

ties would rather run to the more comfortable option of specialized magazines and networks such as BET, Telemundo or Essence magazine. While both avenues have done their part in creating opportunities for Blacks and Latin Americans in the media, we are not needed in places like these. None of these media outlets reach a large enough audience to have any kind of influence over the beauty and norm ideals of our country. They influence minorities but need to penetrate the majority to make any kind of difference.

Unfortunately, the minority experience is not a transcendent one; it is not an experience that can be understood across all creeds and cultures, which is the

beauty of it. Race in our society is only a sensitive subject because as a collective we do not talk about it, and in the offices of my internship it was clear that these people who held positions I dream of have yet to work in a diverse environment, and will never know how.

Thankfully, my current internship is filled with young women and men of many different backgrounds, and diversity is encouraged in their mainstream pages.

While this does not signal our society moving into a post-racial environment, more and more minorities moving into top positions in the mainstream means a progressive movement is on the horizon.

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Playing House:

Fpinion eature OOpinion

Is it a Good Idea to Live Together Before Marriage?

Ebony Turner

Opinion Editor Ebony.Turner@pace.edu

Like many kids who grew up as the only child, I have never been too good with roommates. It is not that I have been a bad one, but that living with others who are not necessarily used to living at the same standard as yourself is difficult.

Throughout my college career I have managed to find sane individuals that do not wear my underwear or put me through other college roommate horror stories.

However, thinking about my transition into the real world full of the possibility of longer and more serious relationships, bills and a career, the comfortable environment that a roommate encourages does not seem so bad.

In the past, I would often divulge to my girlfriends that the only way I’d have a roommate post-undergrad would be if it was with a boyfriend. Not just any boyfriend, of course, but someone I was with long enough to know that I would be comfortable sharing a home with them. Plus, it gets rid of the cloud of awkwardness that comes with living with a person you do not know.

We would, hopefully, love each other, trust each other and be

able to confide in one another the habits we do not stand for. However, with age comes wisdom, and with the journalism major comes the over utilization of research. In these 20 years of living I can say that I am a changed woman with a renewed sense of reality: I have no intentions of living with a boyfriend – ever.

With this renewed state of mind on living with a boyfriend, I decided to pick my friends’ brains on the matter. With the exception of two out of my six dear friends, they all said they would live with their boyfriends post-undergrad.

When I asked them why, they claimed that it would be the precursor to finding out prior to marriage if they were able to live with their significant other. Rather than judging, I realized at one point I thought in the same frame of mind: convenience.

Like most college students who are not psychology majors, I did not know that there was an entire school of thought behind “playing house,” a thought described as the cohabitation effect. In a study discussed in The New York Times article, “The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage,” psychologists went into detail describing how this momentary convenience can land most couples in dissolved

Photo from toonhole.com Are we too old to still be playing house? relationships and having the awkward conversation of who keeps the pug and the IKEA furniture.

In a nationwide survey conducted at Rutgers University in 2001 and recently at University of Virginia, out of half of the 20-somethings who agreed that living together would help determine if one would marry their significant other, two-thirds believed that moving in helped avoid divorce. However, these naïve claims have been debunked

by real world results, “Couples who cohabit before marriage (and especially before an engagement or an otherwise clear commitment) tend to be less satisfied with their marriages — and more likely to divorce — than couples who do not.”

Something I purposely neglected to mention when discussing cohabitation and the effects of it was marriage, or the conversation between a couple of a clear understanding of a future togeth-

er. My “aha” moment, that Oprah lives and dies over, came when I realized: why would I live with a boyfriend that I had no intentions of marrying and that had no intentions of marrying me? Having a romantic roommate only benefits the short term convenience that sharing rent brings. While it may be promising living with a person that comes with way more perks than paying for utilities and setting up the cable, if you have no intention of a future together then you might as well settle for classified section of Craigslist.

Not only will your boyfriend not even think of marriage if it wasn’t discussed prior to moving in, but he would be in no rush to see the relationship grow any further because he is already getting milk without having to buy the cow.

If there is no clear understanding of your future together, living together under the guise of the inevitable break-up is just as bad as living in a fabulous, rent controlled walk-up with a three month lease; its intent is beautiful buts its convenience is temporary.

Unless my future long term boyfriend and I have had a clear understanding of our future together, and he seals the deal with an engagement ring, I have no room in my five-year plans for living under a romantic expiration date.

Setter Sound Off: His Hard Truth Ebony Turner

Opinion Editor Ebony.Turner@pace.edu

Is it a Good Idea to Live Together Before Marriage?

Adam Covino Sophomore, Accounting & Finance

Janeen Hawkins Junior, Nursing

Terrell Price Freshman, Undecided

“Yes – why wouldn’t you? It’s more convenient and makes everything easier like rent, cooking, being around the person…”

“Where’s my ring? I’m not moving in with someone without knowing we have a future together.”

“It depends, actually. It depends on what the financials of the person are; do they have any kind of income to support themselves? Also depends if the relationship works.”

Monique Hurd Senior, Nursing

DeShawn McFarlane Senior, Applied Psychology

“No – definitely not. I feel like you would be less open to work things out. If you live together after marriage little things won’t bother you, and you’ll work things out because you have to. If you’re just in a relationship, and nothing is guaranteed, you’ll be less likely to work things out. There’s commitment but you don’t have to stay with that person. Also, you’re doing everything that a wife already does so he doesn’t have to marry you.”

“It definitely brings another aspect into the relationship; you realize this person is an actual human being and not the person you assumed they would be. Just from what they show you during everyday life, you see the best and worst of them. I think it’s a big move but if both people in the relationship are mature enough to handle that then definitely.”

Eros

Yes, I am a man writing this column, and yes, I’m brand new to this paper. But no, I’m not going to give you my name and that’s for a few reasons.

Number one, I’m more than likely going to offend someone after a while and I will not be held responsible for whatever hell that may bring forth. This isn’t to say that I want to be controversial or one-sided, but sometimes I will be. I would apologize in advance but I highly doubt that I’ll be sorry.

Secondly, I may end up releasing information or insight that the public (men or women) wouldn’t want the other sex, or the same sex for that matter, to know. Yes, I’ve seen the movie Think Like A Man and no, I don’t plan on guiding people to use tricks against their partners. Frankly, if that’s what you’re looking for in a newspaper, book, magazine or any other publication, you should probably find some type of help with your own life before you worry about dealing with other people. But that, of course, is just my opinion.

The final reason that I won’t be revealing my identity is that in all honesty, I don’t feel like taking any heat, credit, or direct questions in person by people that I

already know. It would probably be embarrassing, and if I come up with intense examples of subjects, I’ll probably get yelled at.

A few things that I’d like to dive into as the weeks go on include: the first impression that men get from women, why good women get played, the friend zone (that’ll be fun), the bedroom and a bunch more.

Without a doubt while reading some of these, you’ve gotten images in your mind or ideas about them. I’m here to shed a little light on those projections in your mind. Whether that makes me look like a jerk or a sap, I guess that’s for you to judge.

Like I said, you won’t know who I am anyway (I hope). I can’t say that I’ve seen it all, but I’ve heard enough to know that 90 percent of what media tells you is bullsh*t.

Shaky love stories do work out, but not for everyone. Not every guy just wants you in bed, but many do. A lot of stuck up girls and complete jerks do have soft sides, but it doesn’t mean that you’ll ever see it. Ironically, this is media. But if you’ve read all of this already, I’m guessing that you’re willing to at least read some more.

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Breast Cancer Awareness develop it. One large study done at the University of Denver found that walking for a minimum of 75-150 minutes during an entire week can lower your chances by 18 percent.

The biggest risk that concerns us at the college age besides having a family connection would have to be drinking alcohol. Compared to women that do not drink any alcohol there is a 12 percent higher risk of breast cancer associated with each drink per day.

The American Cancer Society has recommended, “That women limit their consumption of alcohol to no more than one drink a day, if they drink at all.”

Another myth that is assumed by most is that by causing any type of bruising or injury to your boobs or man pecks can cause you to develop breast cancer. Ladies and gents, this is false. There has never been any evidence that by someone bruising, smacking or injuring your breast that you will have a higher risk of getting cancer.

So now that we have spoken on what the risk and chances of developing breast cancer, what is being done to help us learn more about it and is there a cure for this scary disease?

Unfortunately, there is not a cure yet, but there are thousands of walks that take place all around the U.S and through many different organizations to help raise money for breast cancer awareness and to help find a cure. During this past month of Sept. the Annual Komen Race for the Cure in NYC took place which many Pace students and faculty attend, including Dr. Ellen Mendel, who attends the walk every year.

Other walks that help raise money for breast cancer are the Avon walk, Long Island 2-day Walk, and Making Strides Against Cancer.

“My family goes to Making Strides Against Cancer walk in Orchard Beach in the Bronx every year and we’ve all become more conscious of the disease as well,” said Tirado.

“My aunt had breast cancer and was battling it for twelve years. She lived in Italy and the treatments weren’t as great there as they are here in America and, when I would see her, I could really see the affects the cancer was taking on her,” said freshman biology major Sara Genova. “Since she became diagnosed with the disease I have gone on walks with friends from school to a breast cancer walk near my home to show her and others battling it my support.”

Pace also hosts its annual spring event Relay For life lead

by Colleges against Cancer (CAC) to raise money for cancer research. For those of you who have family members, loved ones or are battling through breast cancer yourself, know that you are not alone and that there is always a shoulder to lean on.

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The College of Health Professionals Receives $60,000 Grant for Female Veterans

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Know though, while breast cancer can be genetic, only about five- to ten-percent of all breast cancer cases are thought or found to be linked to this cause.

The lifetime risk for breast cancer can be as high as 80 percent for members of some families who inherit certain mutations of BRCA genes. The risk is not nearly as high for most women with a family history of breast cancer. On average, having 1 firstdegree relative (mother, sister, or daughter) with breast cancer approximately doubles a woman’s risk, and having 2 first-degree relatives triples her risk.

About 20- to 30-percent of women with breast cancer have a family member with this disease, although most of these families do not have abnormal BRCA genes. This means that most women—70- to 80-percent— who get breast cancer do not have a family history of this disease.

Tirado shared that the women in her family were all tested for the genetic link when her grandmother was first diagnosed with breast cancer and that they still go regularly for checkups.

“I haven’t gone to be checked by a doctor myself like the rest of my family but I do preform selfexams to be safe.”

For those that do have family members that have the disease and it has been found that there is a genetic connection to it, don’t believe that there isn’t anything that you can do to protect yourself against getting it.

One of the best things you can do is to be honest with your doctor and give them a thorough family medical background. That way they can start screening to find it early on when treatments are less aggressive and more successful.

They can even offer medicine to help you reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.

Some women believe that even if she doesn’t have a family connection, that there is nothing more that she can do to reduce her chances of having to battle breast cancer. Many breast cancer risk factors are things you cannot change, like your age, your family history, and how old you were when you started and stopped having menstrual periods. But there are other important breast cancer risk factors that you do have some control over, and which can help reduce your risk of developing breast cancer: your weight, your physical activity level, and how much alcohol you drink. As surprising as it is, all of these can tie into your chances of developing cancer.

Being overweight as you age is one of the largest risks that there is. After you hit menopause a woman’s body has to take estrogen from fat tissue, so by having a large amount of estrogen levels in your body can lead to getting breast cancer. Studies have also found that by being active women are 25 percent less likely to

Photo from www.Pace.edu Lienhard students at the Joining Forces event with First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden.

Heather Askildsen News Editor

Heather.Askildsen@pace.edu

The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women awarded the College of Health Professions a sixty-thousand dollar grant for female veterans.

“Thanks to the generous support of the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, this is the first grant that is available to both nursing and physician assistant students, and the first grant specifically for female veterans and their dependents at Pace,” said Executive Director of the Center of Excellence Sophie Kaufman.

Female veterans in select programs of Health Professions qualify for up to $10, 000 each school year for the next two years. The financial assistance is awarded to those in the Combined Degree, Physician Assistant, RN-4 junior or senior students, or the Family Nurse Practitioner program.

“I grew up in Jamaica and came to the U.S. in 2000. I did not always want to be a nurse, but on deployment to Iraq, I had an

epiphany. I can still vividly remember telling my sergeant that when it was over, I would return home and do something meaningful with my life,” said Casmin Bennett, a student in a 12-month accelerated combined nursing and baccalaureate program and the first beneficiary of the scholarship. “I came home and I have been working toward this goal ever since. The foundation’s scholarship will greatly alleviate the financial burden of paying for my nursing degree.”

“The Veteran Affairs team at Pace is committed to ensuring that veteran students’ transitions are seamless,” said Veteran Specialist Prof. Robert Rahni. “Casmin Bennett has honorably served our nation. The funds from the foundation’s Veterans Grant with the Pace 50 percent Veterans Scholarship and her well-deserved GI Bill benefits will enable her to complete the nursing program expeditiously.”

Pace has been recognized for its support of veterans in their pursuit of higher education after serving. This year, Pace was in-

cluded in G. I. Jobs magazine list of the top 20 percent of best colleges for returning veterans.

“The Lienhard School of Nursing has a history of commitment to helping veterans,” said Dean of the College of Health Professions Dr. Gerrie Colombraro. “In 2009, Lienhard was one of the few nursing schools to participate in the Veterans Affairs Nursing Academy, a partnership to increase nursing faculty and students and enhance the professional development of VA nurses.”

Lienhard was also one of 20 schools from across the nation invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to attend a Joining Forces occasion in honor of Pace commitment to helping veterans achieve the education they need to be successful in the working world. Students who qualify can start the application process for the scholarship by emailing Robert Rahni at rrahni@pace.edu or Sophie Kaufman at skaufman@ pace.edu.

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The Mainstream Hipster

Jonathan Alvarez

Featured Reporter Jonathan.Alvarez@pace.edu

In the late 90’s a subculture began to evolve and gain attention.

This contemporary subgroup held an independent point of view that veered away from mainstream ideals to compliment a more creative counter-culture. These innovative individuals combined and formed a selection of people that valued vintage style apparel, thick-rimmed glasses, music of which the general public had never heard, and liberal progressive politics. In this day and age this person is known as a “hipster”.

However, due to the rise in technology and communications, this secret subculture is no longer a secret but the latest trend.

“Hipster has become a mainstream style,” said freshman nursing major Daniel Dukue. “The culture is dead.”

The trend and style have become more apparent in modern fashion.

“I see it all the time, especially in the city,” senior childhood education major Lisa Fitzpatrick said. “You can even see it here on campus, with people wearing the combat boots and crop tops.”

Many believe that the modern technology has had an effect on the subculture.

“The internet definitely played a major role,” Fitzpatrick said.

“Plus the celebrity influence.”

In this era, people can easily go online and view videos, photos, blogs, and other sites that have popularized the hipster. Additionally, online shopping has become a gateway to the latest trends, allowing people to purchase almost anything with a credit card and just a click of a mouse.

“Technology has helped the culture spread,” freshman chem-

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Photo from lovelyish.com What’s your style? istry and education major Briana Siaca said. “Sites like Tumblr and Instagram made the hipster style more well-known to the public.”

Many use these websites to keep up with the trend.

“I like to follow the trend through Tumblr or find out about new bands by using well-known ‘hipster’ bands as a gateway, like Florence and the Machine or Foster the People,” Siaca said.

Many would consider these bands as sellouts because they decided to cater to a wider audience, rather than stay underground.

“Bands are just doing their own thing, there is nothing wrong with them gaining more success,” freshman biology major Sara Genova said. “I don’t mind hipsters, but I don’t like it when they throw it in a person’s face.”

Be that as it may, many people who follow the trend don’t associate themselves with the hipster culture.

“I have ‘hipster’ stuff, like clothes and other different things, but I like it because it’s cute, not

because it’s ‘hipster’,” Genova said. “If you like it, you like it.”

Although the hipster trend has had a major push into mainstream culture, like all styles, the trend will most likely pass by soon.

“It’s just a fad,” senior business major Shawna Dykens said.

“I give it another five years.”

On the other hand, some feel that it will not go out that easy.

Styles cycle through the years, what is trending now will not be trending tomorrow; the term “hipster” is undergoing a constant evolution.

“There will always still be hipsters, it’s a pretty big movement,” Fitzpatrick said. “It may not be the exact same culture as it is now, it may evolve.”

Nonetheless, others don’t think it is that big of a deal.

“People don’t really know it’s a culture, they are just following the trends,” freshman communications major Jasmine Johnson said. “Everything that was once underground has just come to the light.”

Entertainment

Taken 2 is the newest thriller movie to hit the box office, premiering this past weekend in theaters across the United States.

The Film, which is a sequel to the 2008 movie Taken, continues to follow the lives of Bryan Mills, a retired CIA agent, and his family.

After saving his kidnapped daughter from human trafficking in the first film, Mills and his family are still trying to get back into the rhythm of their daily lives.

When Mills goes to Istanbul, Turkey for a high security mission he is surprised when his daughter and his ex-wife agree to come along for the trip. Little did he know that the voyage would take the turn for the worst as enemies from his past threatens the safety of his family and himself.

Liam Nesson reprises his role as Bryan Mills, the intelligent, methodic, and overprotective agent and father. Nesson, who is an actor from Northern Ireland, is known for a plethora of other roles including The Grey, Clash of the Titans and its sequel Wrath of the Titans, and Batman Begins.

Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen returned as the supporting roles of Mill’s daughter, Kim, and ex-wife, Lenore. Grace has had small roles in other films and television programs including Lost, Law and Order SVU and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. Janssen is perhaps most well known for her role as Jean Grey, the Phoenix in the X-Men trilogy.

Taken 2 maintained a majority of the qualities present in the first film. The story was decent and though not as well written as its predecessor, it continued the fast pace dialogue between the actors and viewers and left the audience curious to see what happened next.

Additionally, the cinematography of the film was brilliant. By using an array of shots and angles such as long shots, extreme close ups, and angles like bird’s-eye view, the film was visually appealing and truly fit the story it was portraying. The use of light was also used very well and truly helped set the tone of many scenes.

The film also utilized the component of time and used techniques such as montage, slow motion, and fast motion to help engage the audience even more.

Despite receiving only 19 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, Taken 2 was liked by 76 percent of viewers according to the website.

The film surprised the audience by being relatively good compared to many squeal films that simply flop in the box office.

The story, though not as fleshed out and lagging at points, still maintained the characters personalities that made the first film such a success.

Overall, Taken 2 was executed well and produces a generally good continuation of the lives of Bryan Mills and his family.

For more information on Taken 2 or the actors who perform in the movie, please visit IMDb. com.

Frankenweenie, A Classic Tim Burton Film Samantha Finch

Entertainment Editor Samantha.A.Finch@pace.edu

Tim Burton is back in full force with his newest animated Disney film Frankenweenie which was released last Fri., Oct. 5.

Frankenweenie was directed and co-written by the infamous Tim Burton, who also directed films such as Alice in Wonderland (2010), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride (2005) and Beetlejuice (1988).

Burton also directed a short film of the same title in 1984 that was live action as opposed to animation.

The animated feature follows the story of young Victor Frankenstein, a quiet, simple, and intelligent boy who loves two things: science and his dog Sparky.

After Sparky the dog dies,

the young boy is devastated and lonely without his pet. When Victor’s science teacher inadvertently gives him the idea to bring his little dog back to life Victor rushes to figure out the perfect scientific equation.

After much planning, Victor performs a scientific experiment that results in the little dog returning to life. When research falls into the wrong hands it is up to Victor and Sparky to save the town of New Holland from the reanimated pets of other children.

In the end the little dog proves two things, himself and the value in the relationship between man and his best friend.

Victor Frankenstein was voiced by Charlie Tahan who has played in films such as I am Legend and Charlie St. Cloud.

Catherine O’Hara, who appeared in several films including The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiced Mrs. Frankenstein, the

Photo from imbd.com Frankenweenie maintained the feel of Tim Burton films while adapting to the new technologies in the industry. weird girl, and the gym teacher.

Martin Short, who has been involved in several television programs such as Weeds, How I Met Your Mother, and Saturday Night Live, voiced Mr, Frankenstein, Mr. Burgemeister, and Nassor.

Martin Landau, known for many roles include his part in the television show Without A Trace, and Winona Ryder, who is also know from many films including The Dilemma, appeared in the film as well and voiced Mr. Rzykruski and Elsa Van Helsing.

The film was designed using a combination of classically drawn animation and computer graphics (CG) designed to look similar to claymation. The film used advance technology yet maintained the standard of excellence expected of Tim Burton and his animated works.

Additionally, the film was animated using a black and white color pallet that helps set the tone of the film while bringing a certain level of sophistication to the piece as a whole.

The overall use of extreme blacks, striking whites, and dim greys also played an important role in the film and truly added to

the general experience.

The voiceover work, general story arch, and the use of the animation truly made the film a great work of art and continue to display the value of the animated film.

Frankenweenie received an 85 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was liked by 83 percent of its audience according to the website. Additionally, the film made approximately $11.5 million its opening weekend.

Burton brings a new twist to an old classic in this film and uses all the latest technology to improve upon the aspects of his films that his audiences has grown to love.

Frankenweenie is a great family film that is worth the watch anytime of the year.

For more information on Frankenweenie or the actors who were voiced in the film, please visit IMDb.com.

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House at the End of the Street: The Hottest Mother Daughter Pairing Ever Harrison C. Davies

Featured Reporter Harrison.C.Davies@pace.edu

The new horror/ thriller film titled House at the End of the Street is not an amazingly good motion picture, but definitely takes the everyday routine PG-13 horror flick to much higher levels.

House at the End of the Street exhibits the story of a mother and daughter who move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents.

When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over. Rookie Director Mark Tonderai does a great job of bringing a dark shadowy

picture to the words of notable screenwriter Jonathan Mostow in House at the End of the Street, which drives a plot that for all intents and purposes does not follow any predictable route, but rather keeps the viewer guessing whether or not they know they are.

One such plot point might make audiences feel that too many twists were unveiled too early in the storyline, but they are to only to be further twisted as the film progresses, and that is the emblem of a well-constructed horror/thriller.

The acting is very acceptable to say the least, as viewers are enticed by perhaps the fieriest rising star in recent years and Academy

Photo from imbd.com The House at the End of the Street will leave you with chills.

Award nominee Jennifer Lawrence of X-Men: First Class and Hunger Games. Fame played against Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue, which makes for perhaps the hottest motherdaughter pairing a film has been able to produce in recent years, as both women further establish their acting skills in their respective roles.

It should also be noted that fairly newcomer Max Thieriot delivers an exceptional performance as Lawrence’s mysterious neighbor Ryan.

In addition to fairly solid acting and directing, a nod should be given to music composer Theo Green as his score definitely sums up this solid motion picture which

has definitely risen high above its expectations.

With that said, rising above some of the other trash which Hollywood has been dishing out this year might not be too rigorous of an accomplishment, which is why it should also be said that House at the End of the Street is a great introduction to horror for the squeamish. However, it is not going to please the gore hounds who might be looking for some sexual content or bloody violence, most due in part to the nurturing PG-13 rating, but if it’s a good “thrill and chill” you are looking for, this one is most definitely worth a look.

Artist Spotlight: Veronica Goin Samantha Finch

Entertainment Editor Samantha.A.Finch@pace.edu

The love for art and the talent to make one’s visions come to life are two qualities that many people are either born with, built with practice, time, and effort over time, or the combination of both.

Here at Pace, there are several courses designed to nurture and expand the creative talents of students. Some students choose to take their art work to the next level and pursue a degree.

Veronica Goin has been an artist for a long time and has worked hard to constantly challenge herself to perfect her craft. A senior here at Pace, Goin is a major in both art and English with a concentration in literature.

“I have loved art since I was a child,” Goin said. “Both my mother and grandmother are very artistic. My grandmother painted on everything she could get her hands on, and was amazingly talented with no formal training.”

Growing up in an environment where art was valued, Goin was able to explore a plethora of mediums in the art industry.

From drawing with mechanical pencils in her notebook to

painting and blending colors with the beautiful colors of paints, the young artist has discovered her favorite type of art is drawing and painting. She especially enjoys the use of acrylic paints.

“My favorite medium is acrylic paint, but I couldn’t begin to say why. It’s sort of like when someone asks you what your favorite color is. It’s red, or purple, or green, because it just is,” Goin said.

Goin has been enrolled in many art courses including painting, watercolor, life drawing, and art history, which are some of her favorite classes in her major. She loves the artistic works of Vincent Van Gogh, James Jean, H.R. Giger, and Jacek Yerka. Additionally, she admires many animation artists such as Don Bluth and Walt Stanchfield.

Along with her many art courses, Goin has taken several English courses for her major.

“I first came to know Veronica Goin as a student in two of my classes in the spring of 2012,” said assistant professor of English Dr. Deborah Poe. “Veronica emerged as a leader in both classes. She took an active role in discussion, possessed thoughtful and mature responses to texts, and produced

innovative, sophisticated writing and art work in response to those texts.”

Dr. Poe continued by stating that “Veronica is able to express her own ideas and is resourceful in generating those ideas, combining creativity and analysis in interesting ways. I judge this to be one of the most intellectually powerful dances currently available.”

Goin decided to pursue a degree in art because of her love of the field and because she knew she would always be drawing and painting anyway.

Goin grew up in Sleepy Hollow, New York with three younger siblings. She attended The Masters Prep School in Dobbs Ferry where she graduated in 2006. Goin enjoys many other things in life such as cooking to meet her vegetarian diet, hiking, and watching movies. She has been published several times in the VOX Literary Magazine on campus. Her art work will also be appearing in a gallery art show on campus in December.

To view some of Veronica Goin’s work, please visit vox. pace.edu.

Photo by Samantha Finch/The Pace Chronicle Veronica Goin works hard painting a piece that will be on display in an on campus art show in Decemeber.

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Sports on the Side: Triple Threat CJ Dudek

Sports Columnist Christopher.J.Dudek@pace.edu

The season closes with a crown replacing the Detroit Tigers hat worn by Miguel Cabrera.

Cabrera conquered three kingdoms throughout the regular season. He seized territories in the realms of batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. The almighty Triple Crown sits upon the head of a Tiger.

By no means was Cabrera’s conquest flashy, and he almost got caught. The Tiger went 0-2 in the game and was taken out in the fourth inning of the final regular season game of 2012.

Factor in Curtis Granderson of the Yankees hitting two home runs on the season’s last day and a Shakespearean tragedy was almost upon us. Still, Granderson, Josh Hamilton, and the rest of baseball fell flat in their storming of Cabrera’s statistical fortress.

This new king of baseball’s iron throne is not the first Tiger to reach statistical nirvana. Ty Cobb accomplished the feat back in 1909. You know, a year removed from the Chicago Cubs winning their only World Series for the century.

There were only 10 other men in American League history who ravaged the landscape of baseball like Alexander the Great. The most recent man was Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. Even though Cabrera did not channel his inner Mickey Mantle and go 5-5 in his last game of the year, he didn’t have to. Cabrera has achieved statistical dominance that Musial, Aaron, Bonds, Clemente, and Kaline never did in a single season.

Any claim that Cabrera backed into baseball immortality is laughable. Cabrera had eleven more runs batted in than Hamilton, a batting average four points higher than superrookie Mike Trout, and more homers than anyone else in baseball.

Also, let us not forget to thank the foot soldiers that helped their king achieve glory.

No one man can conquer a castle and since Cabrera did not hit 139 solo home runs, some credit has to be given to his teammates for getting on base for him to knock home.

This crowning achievement has effectively ended the best hitter in the game debate that took up the better part of the season. The tiger has power to all fields the trout can’t match.

Sure, Trout’s speed and ability to steal more bases than the hamburglar steals burgers keep the best overall player debate going. However, the most dangerous weapon in baseball is the 33 ounce timber on Cabrera’s shoulder.

Not to mention Cabrera’s conquest and great pitching down the stretch by Detroit has the Tigers in the playoffs.

No wildcard game birth, but rather AL Central Champions.

Trout will be gone fishing this October.

Greatness is given not earned. In the 2012 season, Cabrera seized statistical awards, immortality, and a playoff birth in one campaign. And whatever happens in October and November, Cabrera will be remembered for the realms he conquered even if he doesn’t win the biggest prize of all.

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Setters Fall to Adelphi

CJ Dudek

Sports Editor Christopher.J.Dudek@pace.edu

A mud coated pitch was the backdrop for the Setters defeat at the claws of the Panthers.

Adelphi University bested Pace 3-0 in a game where rain was as much of a factor as the opposition.

After Panther forward Emily Masiello found the back of the net for the second time this season, the elements slowed down the pace of the game for the rest of the first half. Each team only managed to put up seven shots each in the first 45 minutes and the weather further deterred both offenses in the second half.

Both teams trudged through the elements until the 52 minute mark in the second half. Panthers forward Olivia Czavar notched her third goal of the season on the assist by midfielder Alison Gronethal. As the match wound down, Panther forward Katlin Monteith found the back of the net for the seventh time this season to seal the win for the visitors.

In a game where statistics were few and far between for both teams, one Setter passed a milestone. Senior marketing ma-

Photo from csi-photos The Setters took a dampened field against the Panthers of Adelphi. jor Courtany Hagen was the first player in the Northeast-10 Conference to surpass the 60 save mark on the season. Hagen picked up five saves against the Panthers to put her season total at 64.

Although Hagen was the first Setter to reach the 60 goal mark, it was Adelphi goalie Sam Whitney who had more saves than the Setter keeper. Whitney recorded eight saves in the game compared to Hagen’s five stops.

The Setters were held without a goal for only the second time this season and did not score at home for the first time in 2012.

Although Pace had 12 total shots compared to Adelphi’s 14, sophomore communications major Jill

Ferro put a shot on goal three times during the match. Still, both teams put just eight shots on goal throughout the game.

The season is now in Oct. and the ominous postseason implications weigh in at the end of every game. With the loss Pace now has a record of 4-4-3 overall and is 4-3-1 in NE-10 Conference play.

There are currently six teams in the NE-10 with better records than Pace, yet Pace would be in the playoffs if the season ended with this game in the rain.

The Setters will leave the friendly confines of Briarcliff Manor for their next game when they take on the River Hawks of UMass-Lowell in Massachusetts.

Putting the Leading in Cheerleading CJ Dudek

Sports Editor Christopher.J.Dudek@pace.edu

She balances academia, becoming a leader, and cheering with the grace of a plate spinner and the concentration of a hawk.

Sophomore communications major Samantha Clarke leads two very different groups of people.

As a member of the Setters Leadership Program she partakes in many workshops that teach her how to be a leader in the community. When she is a cheerleader on Saturdays, she leads the crowd of fans into a frenzied support of their team. Yet she loves being at the head of both groups.

“I’m a voice for the students,” Clarke said. “I have a personality that works well with students and I don’t do anything if I can’t give it my all.”

As a nursing student assistant, Clarke sees the incoming freshmen during their University 101 classes. In her most recent endeavor, she taught her students some of the keys to relaxation in college. Yet between cheering, being on the e-board for SICA, being in ASPIRE, and working at Pace Perk, relaxing is an ideal for Clarke rather than a reality.

“I take a nap every second I

Photo from csi-photos Sophomore Samantha Clarke is a leader of students and a leader of cheer. can,” Clarke joked.

Still, Clarke is ready to go when it comes to cheerleading.

Clarke has been cheering since high school and she says it helps keep her sane during her crazy schedule.

“The reason I do cheerleading is because it lets out stress,” Clarke said. “I came to Pace because I made the cheerleading team.”

Although the Setters do not cheer competitively or in the NY State Cheer Championships,

Clarke still finds comfort in three practices a week with her teammates. Her ultimate goal as a collegiate cheerleader is to become captain her senior year.

While in the Setters Leadership Program, the Chester native has acquired a particular set of skills that will make her a nightmare for people who don’t follow her example.

“I have to be a leader,” Clarke said. “With the Setters Leadership program, I learn about relating to people and other skills that I need to get people to follow me.”

Between cheerleading and guiding young students through their freshman year, Clarke has little time to venture up to the townhouses. However, Clarke does make sure to spend time with her friends.

“I still have a social life,” Clarke said. “I don’t work on Fridays, if I did not spend some time with my friends every week then that would wear me down.”

The cyclone of activity surrounding Clarke swept her away shortly after the interview. A student came up to Clarke in the library and asked if she knew how to use photoshop. Clarke replied that she did, and the two vanished into the bowels of the Electronic Classroom.

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And the Beat Goes On CJ Dudek

Sports Editor Christopher.J.Dudek@pace.edu

Two pairs of drumsticks click together three times in rapid succession. The percussion music that follows splits the silence like a halfback cutting though a defense. The music is up-tempo, dramatic, and succinct all at once.

It appears briefly and vanishes just as fast, for timeouts only last about 30 seconds.

These are the sounds of music produced by the Clark Academy drum line at Pace home games.

The award winning sounds of the high school band have echoed throughout Dobbs Ferry and Pleasantville for the past two years.

Pace did not always have the musical stylings of Clark Academy to fill the void during timeouts. The drum line is only in its second year playing in front of the Pleasantville faithful, yet these drummers are rock stars back in Dobbs Ferry.

These high school students have played at the homecoming game at SUNY Albany. The home page of Clark Academy’s

Photo from greenburghnorthcastleschools.com The award winning drum line of Clark Academy plays at Pace. web site is littered with pictures of the student drummers in action. Even the mayor of Dobbs Ferry thanked the drummers in his June Newsletter for their performance in the town’s Memorial Day parade.

Yet the accolades, pictures, and home football games at Pace did not come until two years ago.

That was when the drum line found their band director.

The conductor of Clark’s kids is a man by the name of Terrell Stowers. The band director is in

his second year with the academy and has been a mentor to his students. It has been Stowers’ dedication to the drum line that made it the biggest feature on campus.

“It [the band] has given the kids options for higher education,” Stowers said. “It has been great for us and our students get to see the positives of higher education.”

The drum line has not only been the local highlight of Dobbs Ferry, it has also been an oasis for the 45 students who play percus-

sion at their school.

According the school’s web site, Clark Academy is a school that helps to educate students with certain learning disabilities.

However, that does not seem to matter to the drum line of Clark Academy. These percussionists have become a certain kind of family.

Isaiah Williams, the cymbal section leader of the drum line, refers to his fellow band mates as his brothers, sisters, and uncles.

Sometimes they fight like relatives at Thanksgiving dinner, yet Williams makes sure everyone in his section remembers their bonds.

“At the end of the day we hug each other,” Williams said. “I need them to know that no matter what happens we are all together.”

These students are fostered by their new family and driven to the drums by the thrill of competition. The band’s goal is to be the best in the world, and they seem to be marching toward that title.

The Clark Academy drum line recently won five awards at the Connecticut State Band Competition. Accepting the five trophies

on behalf of his drum line was an instance of pride for Williams and his band mates.

“It was a beautiful moment,” Williams said. “It made everyone’s confidence go up, and it brought us even closer.”

It is the unique blend of confidence and skill that has elevated the drum line to the summit of success. The skills of the drum line are constantly honed

by Stowers four days a week for three hours each day. It has been those practices that have brought the drummers of Clark Academy to their current level.

“No band can ever just come in and play our stuff,” Williams said. “They can’t just do what we do because there is choreography involved.”

The union of choreography and music echoes throughout Pleasantville whenever the Setters are at home. During every called time out, the clicking of drum sticks signals the beginning of their set. The music stops right on cue, just in time for the Setters to resume play.

Setters Volleyball Falls to Adelphi CJ Dudek

Sports Editor Christopher.J.Dudek@pace.edu

The entrance of a new month was not accompanied with a win for the Setters.

The Panthers of Adelphi University ventured into Goldstein Fitness Center and bested the Setters 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, and 25-22) for their third Northeast-10 Conference win of the season.

Adelphi had advantages in certain statistical categories throughout the evening. The Panthers tallied 39 assists throughout the match compared to 29 from Pace. Adelphi also totaled 46 kills in the match compared to just 34 from Pace. The Panthers also got 40 digs on the evening compared to the Setters’ 31.

The visitors rode on the strength of middle blocker Kaitlyn DeStefano and her 16.5 points on the night. In addition, the Panthers got 30 assists from Katie Bryson throughout the game. Also, Samantha Rico, Col-

leen Raga, and Chelsea Overholt totaled 8.5 points each to foster a balanced attack from the Panthers.

Pace was able to get quality production from their players, as well. Senior communications major Tamilee Webb put up a total of 11 points throughout three sets of play. In addition, senior education major Nora Rugova tallied eight points of her own. Also, sophomore biology major Brooke Speyerer totaled 16 assists on the night.

Both the Setters and Panthers performed well throughout the first set. There was never more than a five point gap between the two teams, and the Setters held the lead for the early part of the set. However, the Panthers racked up kill after kill to alter the score and take the first set 25-21.

Mistakes were plentiful from both teams in the second set, yet the miscues haunted Pace more so than Adelphi. The Setters committed 10 out of the set’s 11 errors. Adelphi lead for the dura-

Photo from csi-photos Tamilee Webb returns a shot against the Panthers of Adelphi. tion of the second set and, at one point, had a 10 point lead (18-8) over Pace. The Panthers tallied 14 kills to take the match’s second set 25-14.

The match’s final set was a tug-o-war for momentum throughout. Pace jumped out to

an early 10-8 point lead on strong team play. However, DeStefano, Raga, and Overholt kept up their barrage of points to swing the pendulum of momentum in favor of the visitors. The Panthers hunt ended in victory as they took the final set by a score of 25-22.

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With this loss, Pace drops to 6-13 overall with a record of 0-2 in the NE-10 this season.

The Setters will be at home on Sat. for another NE-10 match up against the Greyhounds of Assumption College.