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.
4.29.10 / A&E
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 »
4.22.10 / A&E
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.
4.15.10 / Opinion
“What could student senate change on campus to make Clarion better?”
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4.15.10 / News
Carly Masiroff / The Clarion Call
CLARION, Pa., April 15- Last week Gov. Ed Rendell announced the Federal Highway Transportation Commission’s rejection of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s joint application to make Interstate 80 a toll highway.
The decision cuts out the funding the state could have gained for bridge, road and transportation projects.
Clarion area residents, employees and legislators have overwhelmingly supported the federal government’s decision.
4.15.10 / Sports
Clarion freshman shortstop Joey Harrison fields a ground ball in a doubleheader against IUP at Memorial Field as fans watch from behind the fence. (Caitlyn McGill / The Clarion Call)
Clarion was back in action for the third straight day on Monday against Mansfield University.
The Golden Eagles were coming off their first PSAC-West conference win of the season against Indiana University of Pennsylvania and were looking to continue their good fortune.
Mansfield arrived at Clarion’s Memorial Field and was ready to hit from the start. More »
4.15.10 / Features
Clarion’s chapter holds a ceremony Friday night which included new members, active members, alumni and visiting schools. (Submitted / The Clarion Call)
“We are here to serve the bands at Clarion University, as well as the community,” said Epsilon Phi Chapter President Randall Oaks.
The Epsilon Phi chapter of the National Fraternity of Kappa Kappa Psi will mark its 40th anniversary on the Clarion University Campus on May 16.
Along with its sister organization, Tau Beta Sigma, Epsilon Phi serves the interests of the Clarion University Band program.
Over 400 brothers have been involved through the past 40 years. The co-ed Recognized Student Organization celebrated its anniversary April 9 and 10.
Six new members were initiated on April 9. Alumni and others from Chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi from Leigh University, Lock Haven University and Duquesne University attended the ceremony.
4.15.10 / A&E
In the 1960s, the Internet was created by The Advanced Research Projects Agency for the United States Department of Defense. Originally designed as a way for scientists to share research information, today’s culture has shifted the Internet into a black hole of social deviancy and questionable content.
Further pushing these boundaries is the new sensation Chatroulette. More 4channel than Facebook, Chatroulette is a social networking site that connects visitors to a stranger to share a few words over video or text chat. Words however, are not the only thing shared.
4.8.10 / Photo Sets, Sports
4.8.10 / News
Dr. Petra Roter spoke to Clarion faculty and students on Tuesday, April 6 in Hart Chapel in the presidential forum (Justin Gmoser / Clarion Call)
CLARION, Pa., April 8 – Presidential candidate Dr. Petra M. Roter, vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, spoke to faculty and students Tuesday in Hart Chapel.
Roter serves as a universitywide resource and leader in the areas of campus resource and budget management, public relations, enrollment management, policy and program development, accreditation strategic and operational planning and student engagement and crisis management.
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4.8.10 / Opinion
I am writing to The Call because I’m very concerned about the sociopolitical atmosphere at Clarion University. It seems as though the “pro-life” rhetoric has reached a fever-pitch recently. This is unsettling to me because I strongly believe that the pro-life/anti-choice worldview is based on contempt for women, especially young women of reproductive age.
When students walk past Gemmell, I wonder if they critically think about the faux-graveyard they’re seeing. It’s meant to be shocking. But if you actually take time to think about it, it’s in bad taste and it’s ludicrous. Why did Students for Life decide to use crosses to represent aborted embryos/fetuses? Not everybody is a Christian, and certainly not everyone is religious. I don’t see how they expect to draw anyone to their “cause” with such a display of hyper-religiousity. Furthermore, by creating the symbolic graveyard, it sends an illogical message — that many people have tragically died. An embryo/fetus is not a person and it cannot survive outside of the womb before 23 weeks gestation. Abortion is not a universal tragedy. I think time would be better spent addressing real tragedies… More »
4.8.10 / Sports
Clarion University pitcher Eric Panco throws a pitch during this weekends double-header. (Caitlin McGill / The Clarion Call)
Clarion University recorded their first two home victories of the year, as they swept the double-header versus non conference opponent Washington Adventist, 6-3 and 10-5 respectively. More »
4.7.10 / Features
(Lamont Sinclair)
Clarion University hosted a legal symposium April 6 at the Marwick-Boyd Little Theater.
The symposium, titled “In the Aftermath of Luzerne County: An Examination of the Courts as Protectors of Children,” was free for all who wished to attend. More »
4.1.10 / Features
(Carly Masiroff)
What is beauty? Is it the silky straight blonde hair seen in magazine advertisements? Is it the 5’8” body with long legs? Possibly, but for Stacey Nadeau, it isn’t.
Stacey Nadeau of Chicago has devoted the past six years of her life to ‘real beauty.’ On March 31, Clarion University’s Panhellenic Council invited Stacey to share her real beauty success story with their students. More »
4.1.10 / News
Lauren Greb and Nicholas Oft head the table collecting donated food for plant workers. (Raquel Rust / The Clarion Call)
CLARION, Pa., April 1- In July, Owens-Illinois will close its Clarion glass factory.
Despite appeals to the company by federal, state and local advocates and officials, the decision is final.
About 420 people will lose their jobs, incomes and benefits. The impact to the families and community cannot be overestimated.
“It was shocking,” said Nellie McCauley, an eight-year employee and mother of five. More »
4.1.10 / A&E
Jamie Richard, Marcus DeAngelo, Shernee Bellamy, Matt Catledge and Ashley Steuart perform “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” (Carly Masiroff / The Clarion Call)
The second performance in Clarion University’s Theatre Series, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” by August Wilson, was presented March 26 and 27 at Hart Chapel.
This staged reading featured many characters. The story was told by a narrator, who in this case was Shawn Arnold. He told the audience everything that the characters would be doing if it were a play.
4.1.10 / Sports
Rebecca Lynch, No. 9, takes a swing at the ball during this weekend’s game. (Caitlin McGill / The Clarion Call)
The Clarion University women’s softball team traveled to California University of Pennsylvania this past Saturday for a double header, but was swept by the Vulcans 12-0 and 9-0. More »
3.30.10 / News
Via the Kittanning Leader Times: Two Clarion students, Jamar Xavier-Ramon Mitchell, 19, and Gregory Clayton-Vaughn Ford, 24, were arrested Monday and charged in connection with a home invasion and shooting.
Both were arraigned Monday before District Judge Sam Goldstrohm on charges of burglary, robbery, theft, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure and two counts of simple assault. They are being held in the Armstrong County Jail on $25,000 bond each.
You can read the full Leader Times article here. Stay tuned for The Call’s coverage of this story.
3.25.10 / Opinion
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It’s pretty clear that the paparazzi are a nuisance. Sure there are those fame-hungry reality stars that eat up the paparazzi and love the attention, but 98 percent of celebrities are visibly annoyed having their every move caught on camera.
The word “paparazzi” comes from a character in the 1960 film “La Dolce Vita” directed by Federico Fellini. The character is a news photographer named Signore Paparazzo. In his book “Word and Phrase” Origins, Robert Hendrickson writes that Fellini took the name from an Italian dialect that describes the noise of a buzzing mosquito. This is ironic considering the buzzing of a mosquito is quite annoying and so are the paparazzi. More »
3.25.10 / News
After eight years of service to the youth and Clarion community, the Clarion University Health Science Education Center will close its doors due to a cut in funding by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. More »
3.25.10 / A&E
Friday, April 23 will be the first night of a promised two nights for this year’s CampusFest. The University Activities Board has managed to land four widely different artists for the two night special.
Post-grunge band Tantric is set to headline opening night with Advocate, winner of Clarion University’s Battle of the bands starting the show. Tantric has opened for bands like Creed and Kid Rock in the past and their latest album “Mind Control” was released to fair reviews last year.
Night two will also feature Advocate as the opening band, Josh Gracin, Matt Nathanson and Cobra Starship will be rounding out the show and providing a diverse collection of music.
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