4.29.10 / Sports
Senior outfielder and pitcher Erik Kempton eyes up the incoming pitch in a doubleheader against Mercyhurst on Saturday. (Neal Henry / The Clarion Call)
Clarion ended its 2010 campaign with an upsetting weekend series against the Mercyhurst Lakers. On Friday the Golden Eagles traveled to Merycyhurst for the first of four games to come.
The year long struggles for the Golden Eagles continued as they dropped game one of the doubleheader by a score of 17-3.
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Lead singer of Tantric, Hugo Ferreira performing the bands hit “Down and Out” Friday night. (Samuel Dixon / The Clarion Call)
This year’s CampusFest featured two headliners, whose respective styles of music are vastly different.
Friday night headliner Tantric is a hard rock band, originally based out of Louisville, Kentucky, whose singles “Breakdown” and “Down and Out” have earned them moderate radio success during the past decade.
4.22.10 / News
Clarion area citizens assemble peacefully across the street from the Clarion County Courthouse for the Tax Day Tea Party. (Raquel Rust / The Clarion Call)
CLARION, Pa., April 22 – After the national anthem and an opening prayer, taxpayers voiced their concerns April 15 at the Tax Day Tea Party in the park across the street from the Clarion County Courthouse.
The controversial, grassroots movement centers on the core principles of fiscal responsibility, free market practices and limited government.
Clarion College Conservatives Treasurer Meagan Grau was pleased with the amount of people drawn to the demonstration.
“We wanted to get the community involved, and spread conservative ideals. What better way than a conservative tax day tea party?”
“People do care about the course of the government,” said Grau.
“They don’t want Washington running their lives.”
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4.22.10 / Opinion
As a political cartoonist, there’s nothing I like to see more than my work stoke controversy and initiate debate. Indeed, this is the primary reason for the existence of political cartoons. On April 1, Holy Thursday, I drew a cartoon about the Catholic church that did exactly that.
Some called it bigoted. Others said it was offensive to run a cartoon criticizing the church during Holy Week. It even prompted a letter from Clarion University President Joseph P. Grunenwald to each member of The Call’s editorial board and its faculty adviser questioning the decision to publish the cartoon.
While the cartoon may have been offensive to some, any implication that The Call wasn’t well within its rights under the First Amendment to publish it is ludicrous. It’s much more offensive that the officials of a major world religion are protecting child rapists while cowing their victims into silence with threats of hellfire than a political cartoon ever could be. More »
4.22.10 / Features
Scott Bearer encourages students to get involved protecting ecologically important lands and waters to preserve biodiversity. (Raquel Rust / The Clarion Call)
Forest ecologist and scientist Scott Bearer, Ph.D. encouraged Clarion students to “get involved and stay informed.” Representing The Nature Conservancy, Bearer presented dozens of students with good reasons to get involved on Monday night in the Science and Technology Center.
TNC leads the worldwide conservation effort, protecting ecologically important lands and waters. Its mission is the preservation of plant and animal biodiversity.
Operating in all 50 states and more than 30 countries, TNC’s more than one million members help protect 120 million acres and 5,000 miles of rivers.
Bearer emphasized the need for private land management in rural Pennsylvania.
“54 percent of Pennsylvania forests are privately owned. Of those, only 2 percent have management plans,” said Bearer.
Forestland covers 60 percent of the state.
“We have been degrading the forests by cutting down all the healthiest trees,” said Bearer, “and 50 years of deer over-browsing has been a problem.”
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4.22.10 / Sports
Clarion infielders meets at the pitcher’s mound before the inning in the cold weather.
Last Friday the Clarion Golden Eagle’s softball team took on the defending national champions, Mansfield University.
In the first game, Clarion erupted for four runs in the third inning to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
Rebecca Lynch, Kacie Nemeth, Nicole Lollo, and Carlie Cook put Clarion up by four going into the fourth inning.
Clarion added two more runs in the fourth inning to increase their lead to 6-0. More »
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Artist Profile: Emily Byrtus (Chantel Wilson / The Clarion Call)
Emily Byrtus is a senior graduating this spring. She is earning a CFA in art with a dual concentration in graphic design and drawing, as well as three minors in history, art history and honors courses.
Byrtus’ series, titled “A Series of Tubes” after the quote from Senator Ted Stevens regarding the nature of the internet.
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