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► S P O R T SON THE FRINGEWomen’s golf currently holds second place in the NCAC tournament, which will conclude Sunday.

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► F E AT U R E SSPRINGFEST BAFFLESIn a search to uncover the history of Springfest, columnist discov-ers that the origins and traditions of Springfest are diffi cult to fi nd.

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► N E W SSAYING GOODBYESenior Bridget McCartin follows changes in The Campus over the past four eyars in her fi nal senior column.

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Springfest calmer than usual, Security says

Springfest’s reputation as Allegheny’s biggest weekend of partying prompted increased preparation from Safety and Security and local police, but this year’s festivities occurred with fewer reported incidents than past years.

According to Director of Safety and Security Jeff Schnei-der, there were about 10 in-cidents requiring write-ups, a number lower than recent Springfests.

“It was quiet compared to other years,” said director of Safety and Security Jeff Schnei-der. “Th ere were no neighbor

complaints, anything that hap-pened was initiated by offi cers monitoring in the area.”

Some of the notable inci-dents included a plant stolen from the campus center, mari-juana found in a dorm room and two people were taken to the medical center with one of those persons taken in police custody, Schneider said.

Loomis Street parties were broken up multiple times Friday by local authorities, Schneider said. Th e local po-lice and Safety and Security did more monitoring than break-ing up parties.

According to Meadville City Police chief David Stefa-nucci, weekends like Springfest

tend to turn out one of two ways.

“One is when we have to raid large parties because stu-dents don’t know how to listen to warnings. Th e other is when everyone listens and they have common sense,” Stefanucci said. “Th is year everyone lis-tened.”

Th ough students used common sense to be safe this past weekend, 3 arrests were made, and police responded to roughly seven calls on campus, Stefanucci said.

“No one’s smart during Springfest, obviously there’s a lot of underage drinking,” said Taylor Endress, ’14. “At Loomis Fest the party got broken up

By SAM STEPHENSONContributing Writerstephensons@allegheny.edu

Lambda Sigma implements new changes in order to boost membership, gain legitimacy

Th e Allegheny chapter of Lambda Sigma, the third-oldest chapter in the nation-ally recognized and prestigious sophomore honor society, is undergoing a series of revi-sions as it examines its future on Allegheny’s campus. Due to recent declining member-ship and visibility, the organi-zation’s Executive Board met with administration to discuss the possibility of disbanding.

Th e various challenges that the honor society has faced over the years have been many. Lately there has been much confusion over the goals on the part of the members of Lamb-da Sigma, as well as the benefi ts that it off ers to its members and how it serves the Alleghe-ny community. Th is confusion has led to problems such as lack of attendance and lack of a coherent idea of what Lambda Sigma should do on campus and for its students.

President Alexis Nielson ’14 said the group decided not to disband. However, she un-derstands the problems that plague Lambda Sigma and has decided that Lambda Sigma needs to make some serious changes.

“In the past it was some-thing that freshmen joined without knowing what they were getting into,” Nielson said. “Last year it was sustained by two people.”

Fift een members from this year’s group will be on the ju-nior advisory board for the new members of Lambda Sig-ma. Th is advisory board is one new push that the organization is making. Its intent is to guide the new members into mak-ing sure that Lambda Sigma is a productive and orderly or-ganization. In addition, there will be a push to focus more on professional development than on service, a shift from the group’s previous focus.

Once the problems became too much to ignore, Nielson, along with other members of the Lambda Sigma Executive Board, called for a meeting with administration and fac-ulty, including Dean of Stu-dents Joseph DiChristina and Lambda Sigma Advisor Profes-sor Patricia Rutledge to decide on what to do.

Selection Committee Chair

Colin Soleim ‘14 said that the administration was supportive of hearing their concerns. Niel-son said she hopes that putting changes in place for next year will be eff ective, and will then produce eff ective student lead-ers on campus. Th ese revisions include the new junior advi-sory board, an overall group focus on professional and leadership development for its members, a new advisor from ACCEL, David Roncoloato, who will be taking over due to current advisor Professor Rut-ledge going on sabbatical.

Current member Emily Farr, ’14, said that it was diffi -cult for her to do service activi-ties with Lambda Sigma when there were other, more visible groups on campus to partici-pate in.

“So many members were already involved in service op-portunities with other groups on campus, and as a result it was hard to do the same with Lambda Sigma,” she said.

“Our students are very in-volved,” Former advisor and current Assistant to the Dean of Students Gretchen Kerr said. “All students have that chal-lenge on campus, they are try-ing to navigate the the things that they are involved in.”

Soleim said Lamba Sigma is a unique group for emerging student leaders.

“Lambda Sigma should be inviting people to join who are already leaders and who are good leaders, learning how to train others, to carry your-self as a leader,” Soleim said. “Th is is a role that not many other organizations could fi ll and one that an honor society could fi ll.”

Th e honor society is based on academics and the top 35 percent of the freshman class is eligible. Fift y or so students are accepted every year. In addition to academic excel-lence, acceptance is also based on personal future goals and where students see themselves in the future.

As Lambda Sigma imple-ments its new changes, Soleim is optimistic for the future of the organization.

“In recent history it hasn’t been great but that doesn’t mean I don’t have high hopes for it next year. We’ve learned a lot from this year and it will radically change next year,” said Soleim.

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Drama to explore stereotypes

ELLIOT BARTELS/THE CAMPUSLillian Gooden, Dylan Boucher, Adam Zahren, Marianna Kreidler and Emily Cherry perform a scene of Social Disease. The actors spent several months discussing stereotypes and constructed a play out of their own experi-ences with stereotypes, identities and diversity.

By AVA CARVOURContributing Writercarvoura@allegheny.edu

By KERRY BORNSTEINContributing Writerbornstk@allegheny.edu

almost three times and people were being as respectful as they could be in that situation.”

With that said, this year was much more controlled and organized than last year, En-dress said.

“Compared to last year, I didn’t notice anything that was a big deal,” Endress said. “I re-member the seniors last year were much more rowdy, and this year at Loomis Fest the seniors had under twenty one bracelets which was probably the best way for them to avoid underage drinking in a party situation.”

Student comps displayed in art show

Each department sets its own senior comprehensive project due date based on the requirements set by that de-partment, according to Profes-sor David Statman, curriculum committee chair.

Art Department Chair Amelia Carr said in an e-mail that students just installed their work in the art gallery over the weekend.

“We want to give our stu-dents as much time as possible [to do their comp projects],” she said. “If we can, we sched-ule the orals on study days or into fi nals week.”CODY MILLER/THE CAMPUS

Two students view a relief print installation by Lisbeth Pedroza, ’13.

By CHELSEA FLEISCHMANNews Co-EditorfleIsicc@allegheny.edu

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Student-written and directed ‘Social Disease’ to open today

Social Disease: A Devised Project, grew organically out of its cast members’ experiences with stereotypes, societal privi-leges, and identity issues.

For the past few months, the six-member cast met and discussed diff erent life experi-ences and stereotypes they had seen.

“We’ve spoken on [stereo-types], come to conclusions on how we could fi x them or how they should be represented in society,” cast member William Tolliver, ’14, said .

Th e devised nature of the show pushed the cast to be both self-refl exive and critical of the larger societal structures at work.

“You start with a group of actors...and you share an idea with the actors. You do ex-ercises, have conversations, readings, and talk about diff er-ent things to form an original show,” said co-director and co-writer Katie Beck, ’14.

Th e seed of the project be-gan with Beck at the beginning

of the fall semester when she wanted to write a show based around white, male and het-erosexual privilege.

In order to encourage the fl ow of ideas, Beck and co-cre-ator, Blair Hartman, ’14, had the cast participate in theater

exercises, such as improvisa-tions and free writes—asking questions such as “What makes you a racist?” Th e heavy fl ow of ideas did get the ball rolling, but wasn’t always an easy pro-cess.

“Our cast is made up of

people with a lot of diff erent identities and so I found that I was comparing myself to other people. It was healthy for the group. We off ered our souls,” said cast member Emily Cher-ry, ’14.

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I am not a journalist.I know what you’re think-

ing. I’m the Editor-in-Chief of Print for Th e Campus. I’ve been on this staff for almost my entire college career. I’m an ed-itor, certainly. But a journalist? I’m not so sure. Let me explain.

I’ve been thinking about what I would write in my se-nior column since freshman year, convinced that when the time came, I would know ex-actly what to say. I would give all kinds of well-craft ed life ad-vice to the aspiring journalists of Allegheny, using fancy jour-nalism jargon and impressing everyone with my vast knowl-edge of the newspaper world.

Unsurprisingly, I have learned that this position, be-ing an editor, is not about fl ashy sentences and taking on the big stories. I’ve learned that gain-ing knowledge doesn’t happen overnight. Most importantly, I’ve learned that change, truly important change, takes time. More specifi cally, it takes peo-ple. Let me tell you a story.

When I fi rst joined Th e Campus staff , it was October

2008. Th e paper was smaller and meeker, and the editorial board was essentially brand new. We had old computers, even older soft ware, and took pictures of pretty trees when it was a slow news week. We had an advisor who brought us pizza once a semester and oth-erwise completely ignored us. I was a starry-eyed and utterly clueless freshman with hopes of changing the world. And I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.

Th en, sophomore year came. Th rough the eff orts of all the editors who graduated in 2006, I watched the news-paper take on a new vigor. We changed our layout. We raised our standards. We pushed our-selves to be better with very little guidance. We worked hard, but we had a blast. Going into my junior year, our staff was ready to keep building on what the seniors had estab-lished. I was excited, gaining confi dence and ready to carry on the legacy the seniors had left behind.

My junior year, we again

found ourselves with a fairly young staff and a newfound work ethic. Enter one of the most infl uential and important people to grace Allegheny’s journalism program in recent years, and I’m not exaggerat-ing. When our staff heard we were getting a new advisor, we were ecstatic. We were also in for a huge wakeup call.

I’ll never forget our fi rst meeting. We sat in our offi ce in shock as our advisor addressed every single problem with the paper. Our content, our layout,

our reporting… every single fl aw was laid out in front of us. I went home in tears. How could this newspaper that had come so far and braved so much still need so much work? As the semester went on, how-ever, we also watched our writ-ing get stronger. Our layout skills improved. I watched my fellow editors cover delicate stories with the highest profes-sionalism. I learned that having an advisor who cares about you so much, but isn’t afraid to tell you that you’re wrong, made us

a better newspaper than ever before.

Th is year, I have watched my staff take on challenge af-ter challenge with fi nesse. I watched our editors write hard-hitting stories on scholarships and drug use. Our designers put together more vibrant and exciting graphics than ever be-fore. We created theme issues and printed pictures of giant puppies and took no prison-ers. I watched with pride as the staff covered the entire police pursuit of last week’s gunman incident. I have watched a group of talented junior editors and staff writers grow into full-fl edged editors, and I could not be more proud.

I will say it again: I am not a journalist. I do not think of myself as an interrogator or a sleuth. I would never be daring enough to follow the cops in my car for an entire day as they pursued a wanted criminal and tweet about it. However, in my four years here, I have seen the editors who have come before and aft er me dedicate their entire heart and soul to this

newspaper, to journalism, and to the pursuit of truth. I am so proud to have been a part of this publication.

I am not sure what sort of legacy I will leave behind at this paper, but I know exactly what sort of people will be here as Th e Campus enters its 137th year. Th ey are diligent, and honest, and very frequently cynical people that have the heart and the drive to make this paper incredible. Th ey are inquisitive, and smart, and it has been an absolute honor being in their presence for the countless hours I’ve spent in the newsroom this year.

My story is over. Next year will mark another new era for this newspaper. Th ere will be a new advisor, a new Ed-in-Chief and, obviously, new news. But when I think about all of the progress this paper has made, all of the people who have made it what it is, I know things will only keep get-ting better. Th e staff that will be here next year is going to be fantastic. I cannot wait to see what their story will be.

SENIOR COLUMN: BRIDGET McCARTIN

CHARLIE MAGOVERN/THE CAMPUSBridget McCartin, ’12, was the Editor-in-Chief of Print for the 2011-2012 academic year.

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SPRI NGFEST 2012: NO ONE EVEN REMEMBERS HOW IT STARTED

Since freshman year, I’ve watched people repeatedly get ultra-excited for the craziness of Springfest, only to become extremely disappointed by the weekend’s events, which always end up being “nothing com-pared to last year’s.” Th is leads me to question just how spec-tacular the very fi rst Springfest must have been to have set such a remarkably high standard for itself—one that, in my personal opinion, hasn’t been met since I got onto campus in 2009.

Don’t get me wrong: I enjoy the weekend of Springfest just as much as the next college kid. I simply don’t think it’s extraor-dinary enough to warrant the huge hype it always receives. Aft er all, drinking outside in the sun (weather permitting) is a grand enough activity, but what’s to stop us from doing it every weekend? (Besides our heavily-weighted workloads, of course—but that never stops us on Springfest.)

And the mildly entertaining themed activities sponsored by Gator Activities Programming (tye-dyeing for a 1960s theme; faux wedding photos for a Las Vegas theme; a mechanical bull-riding contest for Wild Wild West) are all well and good, but there’s no reason for why any of these can’t take place on diff erent weekends throughout the year.

While looking through an issue of Th e Campus from April 2003, I stumbled across a picture of a GAP-sponsored Casino Night—an event that would’ve corresponded per-fectly with the Las Vegas Springfest theme of two years past. Th is event, geared to at-tract prospective students, functioned on its own during a visit weekend. It was not part of a theme encompassing an entire weekend.

Th is is the question that initially sparked my interest in the history of Springfest. Why choose a seemingly unrelated theme to represent the cel-

ebration of spring time? I don’t know what theme most ap-propriately expresses the ideals of Springfest—whatever they happen to be—but I’d guess that Wild Wild West doesn’t quite cut it.

I became curious about how Allegheny’s version of Spring-fest developed out of seemingly empty themes.

I was surprised to fi nd that the answers to these questions were not readily available. No one person I’ve spoken to who’s been at Allegheny during the past ten to thirty years can even remember when Spring-fest started, much less how it began and why it was formed.

Quite possibly, I thought, the drinking that traditionally accompanies Springfest used to be far heavier than we know it to be today. Maybe this could explain why nobody at Allegh-eny remembered how Spring-fest started.

Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies William By-water, Jr., recently commemo-rated for his 44th anniversary of teaching at Allegheny Col-lege, said he has no recollec-tion of when or how Springfest initially began.

Numerous alumnae from the 1980s who are now parents of current Allegheny students said Springfest did not exist during their time spent at Al-legheny.

College Archivist Ruth Andel recalled a celebratory Greek-life festival held during the spring time during her time as an Allegheny student in the 1980s, but no particular mem-ory of it being dubbed “Spring-fest” or any similar name.

Certainly, there had been no incorporation of Las Vegas or Wild Wild West themes to this festival.

From the best I could fi nd, Springfest began sometime during the mid 1990s. Th ere was no mention of Springfest in any of the 1991 issues of Th e Campus. Th e fi rst mention I could fi nd was in an edition from 1996, which discussed the band-booking process in-

volved with Springfest. Th at year GAP and Allegheny Stu-dent Government sponsored a performance by Deep Blue Something.

It appears that Springfest used to be largely structured around musical performanc-es. An edition of Th e Campus from March 2000 features an article that is headlined, “Mar-di Gras Springfest to Bring More Entertainment than Past Years.” Festivities were to be complemented with more ac-tivities than just musical bands, which had previously defi ned Springfest to a large extent.

Th at headline suggests that Springfest has been met with some level of disappointment ever since it was created, dis-proving my hypothesis of Springfest’s beginning as an enormously successful celebra-tion causing future Springfests to pale in comparison.

Although Springfest may not always live up to the enor-mous hype surrounding it, we can at least all be grateful that it has never developed into a seriously problematic event associated with outrageous, criminal behavior. Springfest is not a unique phenomenon to Allegheny: other colleges and universities have Springfest celebrations as well, and some are far more reckless than oth-ers.

Just last weekend, about a hundred police offi cers re-sorted to tear gas and sting balls fi lled with rubber pel-lets to combat belligerent students celebrating Kent State University’s annual Col-lege Fest, according to the

school’s online media outlet, kent.patch.com.

Th e damage wreaked by the rowdy students added up to $26,000 in cost of emer-gency response. Th irty-three students were arrested by Kent police.

In April of 2010, James Madison University’s Spring-fest celebration was defi ned by fl aming dumpsters, police offi cers with tear gas, a party of 8,000 people (many that weren’t JMU students), riots and mass arrests and hospital-ization.

Th e fact that no situation nearly as dangerous has ever occurred during an Allegh-eny Springfest is due partly to the diff erence in school size. It also suggests that the supposed surge in belligerence and par-tying may not be as large as it’s made out to be. Th is year, only ten citations were recorded during Springfest.

Interestingly, in recent years criminal incidents have taken place at Allegheny--in the fall semester, rather than the spring.

Cody Switzer, ’07 alumnus and former Campus editor, recounted that a large party was busted on the residential Meadow Street shortly aft er the 2006 fall semester began. Th e Meadville Police D e -partment doled out 106 citations to Al-legheny students: 103 counts of un-derage drinking and 3 counts of marijuana use.

Back in 2006, there was no

By MOLLY DUERIGFeatures Editorduerigm@allegheny.edu

four-year on campus living re-quirement, so many students lived on Meadow Street, Swit-zer said.

“Even from a hundred feet away, people couldn’t hear the party going on,” he said. “It was not any kind of wild Animal House party. It was packed but no more so than any normal party in a frat basement.”

But plain-clothed police followed some students to the party, where they encountered plenty of citation-worthy ac-tivities going on. Spitzer said he believes police were trying to nip wild parties in the bud early in the year, before op-portunities for more craziness could arise.

Spitzer also said that in his experience, college students are more prone to lose con-trol during designated special moments throughout the year.

“When they see some-thing as a special oc-casion, like Springfest or the beginning of the se-mester, students lose their limits and their heads. Th ey s t a r t t o

make bad decisions. Mean-while, it’s really just an arbi-trary weekend,” he said.

Th e Campus’ 2000 issue of Th e Compost, a satirical edi-tion traditionally printed for April Fools Day, printed a story with a headline of “Agony on the weekends,” with “agony” being a joke name for “Allegh-eny.”

Perhaps Springfest simply blossomed as an attempt to counteract the feelings of de-pression and bitterness that tend to increase among stu-dents as the spring semester draws to a close and those looming fi nal assignments come ever nearer.

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DRAMA from page 1

Thriller ‘Cabin in the Woods’ combines horror and action By BEN DAUBERMovie Reviewerdauberb@allegheny.edu

I have never been this shocked by a movie ever. I mean, aft er ‘Inception’ my mind was slightly warped and ‘Memento’ raised my eyebrows, but I was thoroughly shocked aft er this one.

I partially attribute my shock to the fact I didn’t read any reviews before I saw it, (in an attempt to remain at least a tiny bit unbiased) but even so ‘Th e Cabin in the Woods’ is a unique hybridization of fi lm canon that deserves your at-tention.

A group of college-aged kids decides to spend a week-end away from the world at a isolated log cabin somewhere in Appalachia. As soon as they arrive you understand that they are not meant to survive.

I would describe it categori-cally as a cross between horror, suspense, satirical comedy and action. It has each of these el-ements in balance throughout the fi lm and the end product is unique to say the least.

Th e title, the previews, and even the fi lm posters all seem to point to one thing: cheesy commercial horror fl ick, the kind of movie that features

blood and boobs in equal pro-portion without any substance to justify it. However this fi rst-glance impression of the fi lm could not be more incomplete.

I wouldn’t say the plot has a twist but rather it is just won-derfully perverse right from the beginning. You spend as much time trying to fi gure out what the hell is going on as you do rooting for the main char-acters.

Without divulging anything too juicy, I’ll try and lay it out for you.

Th e fi lm is experienced through two main perspec-tives: the victims, and the co-ordinated and exceptionally cast team of professionals that are tasked with killing the vic-tims. Why they are doing and the story that lies behind this cabin are what really make the fi lm tick.

Th e character actors cast in this fi lm are spot on. With-out any big names (except for an extremely brief cameo from the burnt out Sigourney Weaver), Director Drew God-dard craft ed a suspenseful and unique masterpiece that can satisfy an incredibly diverse audience.

Although not a household name, Goddard has made quite

a career for himself because of his very unique and expressive style of fi lm making. Goddard was the director of TV sus-pense phenomenon ‘Lost’ as well as the headache-inducing ‘Cloverfi eld.’ I mean, say what you want about ‘Cloverfi eld,’ but it still exhibited some fresh perspective, and it showed Goddard had enough sack to bend the rules.

If you liked ‘Shaun of the Dead,’ ‘Saw’ and its various fi lm cousins, ‘Underworld,’ or a fi lm that mimics the suspense of a fi lm like ‘Inception’ (minus the A-list actors), ‘Th e Cabin in the Woods’ is a fi lm you would enjoy.

I give this one a solid A. It earned an 8.0 on IMDB and a shocking 92% (which is still rising) on RottenTomatoes. If you don’t want to listen to me, listen to them.

Hollywood has gotten stuck in such an incredibly repetitive and commercialized vein of fi lm-making that it makes me sick. ‘Th e Cabin in the Woods’ breaks the mold and deliv-ers a bit of everything, leaving the audience with only this thought “I don’t know what in the name of sweet cheeba just happened to me, but I liked it… a lot.”

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Th e cast’s discussion of heavy and sometimes emotion-ally-charged topics encouraged the development of a close-knit bond between the cast.

“In order to have a strong devised piece of theatrical work you need to have a strong bond between the actors and especially on a sensitive subject like this, dealing with privi-leges and identities,” Beck said .

In addition to privilege and identity, role reversal is one of the production’s major themes.

Typical instances of male, white and straight privilege are depicted in the play and then overturned.

“We depict the opposite of [those privileges] in our scenes to sort of refl ect how silly it is, and how ridiculous it is, that anyone would have any kind of privilege based on those as-pects of their identity,” Cherry said.

But Beck soon realized she couldn’t write a show around

privileges unrelated to her own experiences.

“I thought, ‘I can’t do a re-versal of those privileges when I’m not even a male, I’m not even gay. I can’t write about things I don’t know about,’” Beck said .

Beck approached fellow theater major Hartman in Oc-tober about a possible collab-orative devised piece about is-sues of diversity and privilege.

“Th e devising process is so interesting and engross-ing,” added cast member Lil-lian Gooden, ‘14. “For the fi rst several weeks our rehearsals weren’t rehearsing anything, we were just getting togeth-er and getting to know each other...free writing, and really talking about our experiences concerning diversity, or lack thereof.”

Many of the diverse topics examined in this piece come from the cast members’ real experiences.

“Building up to this, we’re all from diff erent backgrounds and to sit in room and share your viewpoint and not have to worry about any criticisms or judgment,” said Tolliver “.It’s really mind blowing, since no-body sits down and talks about these issues.”

Th e inclusion of cast experi-ence places the actors not only upon the stage but also into the very fabric of the vignettes.

“Th ese are our stories actu-ally, they’ve been dramatized and worked into diff erent works of fi ction, but this is us,” Gooden said. “Th is play’s us.” .

Social Disease: A Devised Project, co-directed and co-written by Beck and Blair Hartman, ’14, features six cast members and uses 12 vignettes to explore issues of societal privilege. Shows will take place in the Arter basement Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

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COURTESY OF SPORTS INFORMATIONMiranda Santucci, ’14, shot a career best 76 in the fi rst round of the conference tournament held in Meadville last weekend. The Gators will travel to Oberlin this weekend for the remainder to championship play.

By COLLEEN PEGHER Sports Editor pegherc@allegheny.edu

Women’s golf looks to top DePauw over weekend

Aft er a solid performance by Lauren Hammell, ’12, and Miranda Santucci, ’14, the women’s golf team is in second place behind DePauw heading into the fi nal weekend of con-ference play.

Th e Tigers currently lead the Gators by 12 strokes with two rounds remaining in the conference championship aft er shooting a tournament-leading 644 in the fi rst two rounds.

“Heading into this week-end, we are pretty pleased with our performance as a team last weekend,” said Hammell. “330 and 326 are good scores given the weather conditions we faced.”

Th e Gators and their com-petitors were plagued by poor weather for a third consecu-tive weekend, with high winds, cold temperatures and rain af-fecting the fi eld this weekend.

Head coach Jeff Groff be-

lieves the weather impacted this past weekend.

“Th ere is a physical aspect to it, as in we need to stay warm and dry and so forth,” Groff said. “It’s also mental as well because you’re out there for over fi ve hours trying to compete and do your best.”

Liz Blyth, ’13, who fi nished third overall at the Ohio Wes-leyan Invitational, struggled this past weekend, fi nishing 12th in conference tournament play.

“[Blyth] had a couple bad holes, some bad swings and some short game issues,” Groff said. “It can happen to anyone. She’s a tough kid. She’ll bounce back this weekend.”

Th e Gators had a pleasant surprise this weekend in the play of Santucci, who shot a ca-reer low 76.

“I tried to hit a lot of low-trajectory shots to keep my ball under the wind,” Santucci said. “I was chipping and putting well too, which always helps. I

made a lot of pars from places I didn’t expect to.”

Hammell was Allegheny’s top fi nisher in the tournament fi nishing in fi ft h place.

“My goals for the last few weeks of the season are to go out and have fun on the course and to shoot the best possible score I can to help our team continue to try to reach our goal of getting back to Nation-als,” said Hammell.

For now, the team remains focused on the second week-end of conference play, looking to conquer third nationally-ranked DePauw.

Th e 11th nationally-ranked Gators will travel to Oberlin to close out the NCAC tourna-ment this Saturday and Sunday.

“Our focus is on trying to play more good, solid rounds this weekend,” Groff said. “If we catch them great, if we don’t, that’s fi ne too. We’re just worried about how we do and handling our business.”

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In 1987, Allegheny student Ted Black wasn’t sure what he was going to do aft er gradu-ation. He followed the lead of his brothers in Phi Delta Th eta and took the LSATs. He ulti-mately ended up in law school, where he would decide what he wanted to do with his life.

Twenty-fi ve years later, Black is the President of the NHL team the Buff alo Sabres.

In a corner offi ce overlook-ing the Buff alo waterfront, Black refl ected upon his expe-riences at Allegheny and how they shaped what he has be-come today.

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the team, Black is oft en in the public eye, but he wasn’t always comfort-able there. Black’s time at Al-legheny helped him to move past his fears of public speak-ing. At Allegheny, he sought the counselors for assistance.

“Th e practice in classrooms gave me the confi dence when I went to law school to improve,” said Black. “I was still very anx-ious for years, but now with the position I’m in, I actually re-ally enjoy public speaking now, which I do every single day. Ninety-nine percent of that goes back to Allegheny.”

Black is responsible for overseeing the entire franchise. Before working with the Sa-bres, Black was the vice presi-dent of the Pittsburgh Pen-guins from 1999 to 2008.

Aft er leaving the Penguins, Black served as the Senior Vice President and General Manag-er of FSN Pittsburgh, a regional

sports television network. In his time at FSN, the station generated record revenues, earnings and ratings.

Despite his current success, Black wasn’t always at the top of the academic world. His freshman year, he produced only a 2.1 GPA and spent much of his time having fun with his roommate in Baldwin Hall.

A native of small town New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Black was unaccustomed to much diversity.

When he stepped into his doorway on freshman move-in day, Black was surprised to see his new roommate Greg Sears, an African-American, unpack-ing.

When they walked into the room, Sears was picking up something and Mrs. Black in-troduced herself and her son, saying, “We’re the Blacks.” To which Sears responded, “Yeah, so are we.”

“I knew right then we would get along great, and we did,” Black said. “We had a great time together.”

Black was busy inside and outside of the classroom.

He studied political science and sociology while balanc-ing intramurals, a girlfriend (whom he later married) and his fraternity.

Aft er freshman year, Black moved out of Baldwin and into the Phi Delt mansion with around 40 of his brothers.

“I can’t imagine the havoc we wreaked on our neighbors with noise,” Black said. “But back then it was just kind of a diff erent time, so we’d have ab-solutely ridiculous parties that lasted until two, three or four

in the morning, and no one cared.”

Black remembered Spring-fest as a particularly wild time in his college career.

“Every spring we had a weekend long party called Duff y’s, which even in terms of the epic parties we had, was off the charts,” Black said.

With a band playing outside and patient neighbors, Black and his brothers created mem-ories that Black would never forget.

“On one of the four days of Duff y’s partying, we’d have what was called the ‘G&T open,’ the gin and tonic open, where we’d fi ll up garbage cans with gin and tonic and just dip [into] it,” Black said.

Aft er four years of partying and studying, Black graduated. Th at was 25 years ago, and this summer, Black will be attend-ing his reunion.

“I’m surprised that so much time has gone by,” said Black. “I don’t look back at Allegheny and say ‘Geez I wish I would’ve done this or that.’ I really, really enjoyed my four years there. And it’s always going to have a special place in my heart.”

Walking down a hall lined with Sabres’ Hall of Famers on his way to take pictures with Sabres’ Coach Lindy Ruff , Black off ered his best advice to students of his alma mater.

“Th ere are a lot of smart people in the world,” said Black. “And you’re never going to be the smartest one, so don’t underestimate the value of re-lationships with other people, and connections with other people, and being a good person.”

Sabres president relivesAllegheny experience

SoftballTh e Gators clinched the top

seed in the NCAC Wednesday at Hiram and will host the con-ference tournament May 4 to 5.

Trailing in the seventh dur-ing game one, sophomore Maureen Pallone singled and knocked in two runs leading them to a 4-2 win. Jumping to a quick lead in game two, junior Stephanie Fort hit her NCAC-leading ninth home-run.

Ohio Wesleyan is coming to town this Saturday for a double header starting at 1 p.m.

Men's GolfKicking off the NCAC tour-

nament at home April 21 to 22, the men’s golf team fi nished in fi ft h place shooting 624 leaving them 23 strokes behind Wit-tenberg (601) aft er two rounds.

Sophomore Oliver White led the men with a two day to-tal 154, followed by senior cap-tain, Rob Hippert at 156.

Th ey travel to Oberlin this weekend to play 54 holes. Th e winner of the fi ve-round tour-nament receives an automatic bid to the national tournament.

LacrosseComing off of a 21-6 loss to

Wittenberg April 21, the wom-en’s lacrosse team defeated Oberlin 19-10, which brought their record to 8-8. Th e Gators were led by freshman Carly Luitgaarden, sophomore Mo-nique Villanueva and senior Kiah Voyer-Colbath who each had six goals.

Regular season play will conclude this Saturday at home

when the team takes on Ken-yon at 12 p.m.

Women's TennisHeading into the NCAC

tournament at Denison this weekend, the women’s tennis team comes off at 5-4 loss to Kenyon April 22.

Th e Gators doubles teams swept the Lords 3-0 and they needed two singles victories in order to defeat them for the fi rst time since 1985. Sopho-more Laura Steele was the only Gator to win her match, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.