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Unidentifi ed perpetrators with key access to Allegheny’s facilities committed a string of burglaries this summer, the latest occurring this Sunday at Bentley Hall.

Burglaries have occurred in the Tippie Alumni Center, the Vukovich, the Health Center, the Physical Plant, Schultz Hall and various offi ces in the Cam-pus Center, including the Cam-pus’s offi ce and the offi ce of the Association for the Advance-

ment of Black Culture.In each incident, the perpe-

trators entered academic build-ings and offi ces aft er hours and stole anywhere from $40 to over $1,000.

City of Meadville police are assisting in the investigation.

Director of Safety and Se-curity Jeff Schneider said that fi nding the perpetrators is a matter of fi guring out who has access to keys when.

“If we suspect, for instance, that it might be someone, an affi liate of the college for in-stance... we’re going to prevent

the access opportunity for this person,” said Schneider. “May-be the person might get more brazen and end up breaking windows instead. But then we’d have more real evidence.”

Th e burglaries are not the fi rst of their kind. Two subcon-tractors working for the college were arrested and terminated in January for entering and bur-glarizing dorm rooms.

Grounds for Change, the student-run coff ee shop located in the Campus Center, has been burglarized twice since the be-ginning of 2012.

Upon returning from winter break at the beginning of last spring semester, former GFC president Heather Neylon dis-covered that the lock was cut on the cabinet in which the coff ee shop kept its money.

Th e perpetrators made off with $440.

Th en, in early June, another $40 made during Alumni Re-union weekend was taken from a tip jar in a locked drawer.

Ian Colley, ’13, the current president of GFC, called the burglaries “frustrating.”

“In the second incident, it

was a span of maybe ten hours during which the only people who could have been in GFC were [the perpetrators],” said Colley. “It should have been, I would think, very feasible to fi gure out who was on shift in that area at that time.”

Schneider said that the string of burglaries has renewed discussion of the installation of surveillance cameras on-cam-pus.

“If we would have had secu-rity cameras, we would have had this person on tape somewhere on campus,” said Schneider.

Th e debate over a closed-cir-cuit television system has been going on since Schneider ar-rived in 2010 to replace former Director of Safety and SecurityKen Kensill.

Allegheny Student Govern-ment decided against the sys-tem and the college decided not to move forward.

Schneider believes the bur-glaries give the debate new ur-gency.

“We have to bring this to a conclusion,” said Schneider. “Th ere’s a real need for it. It’s just another tool for us to use.”

By DAN BAUERManaging Editorbauerd@allegheny.edu

String of burglaries hits Bentley

WELCOME, FIRST YEARS

Allegheny College shortens orientation program to accomodate family schedules, Gator Days

Th is year Allegheny’s typical fi ve-day ori-entation was shortened to three days so that parents wouldn’t have to move their kids in on a Th ursday, said Ed Giles, assistant director of the Learning Commons.

Also contributing to the schedule change was the insertion of two Gator Days into the academic calendar.

Last year, faculty decided to implement two Gator Days, one per semester, to encour-

age all-college programming. Th is addition to the calendar pushed back the start of school to Tuesday, forcing those responsible for plan-ning orientation to choose between either cut-ting two days from the week, or pushing the event back entirely.

Although peer leaders, presentations and breakout sessions still awaited the new stu-dents this year, a shorter orientation is new territory for the College.

“In the history of Allegheny, we’ve never

By AVA CARVOURJunior Editorcarvoura@allegheny.edu

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CRIME BLOTTER

August 26 - Bentley HallA burglary is under investigation with assistance from the Meadville police.

August 27 - Parking Lot #30An unknown actor shot the back window out of a student’s vehicle with a pellet gun.

August 28 - 314 Loomis St.An unknown actor entered a student apartment building and removed some of the

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New Faculty Spotlight

It’s mid-aft ernoon by the time Professor Amber Shaw fi n-ishes her last class on Wednes-days and takes up her post for offi ce hours on the third fl oor of Oddfellows.

Last May, Shaw earned her graduate degree from the Uni-versity of Georgia and by the beginning of August, she settled into Meadville to begin her one-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor of English.

Now, halfway through the fi rst week of the semester, she’s taught three classes and met many new faces, some of which are as new to the community as she is.

Shaw was born in California but moved to Arkansas in el-ementary school aft er her father, who was in the aerospace indus-try, was transferred to work at a new plant. She completed her undergraduate degree at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., a liberal arts institution of 1,800 students which is of a similar mold as Allegheny.

“Th e campus actually had a fence around it,” she said about the college’s size.

Th ere, Shaw served as the editor of the Sou’wester, the school’s student newspaper, and faced a decision between continuing on in journalism or studying to be a teacher.

“I wasn’t sure if I wanted to teach or if I wanted to go into journalism or some other form of writing, but the more I thought about it, the more I could think of nothing better than to share what I love doing

Professor Amber Shaw sits in her Oddfellows offi ce. The recent University of Georgia mas-ters’ graduate is one of Allegheny’s newest faculty members.

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with other people,” she said. “I feel lucky to get to stand up in front of a classroom and talk about books all day.”

Shaw is teaching a course titled Working Women, a spe-cial topics course that takes advantage of her specialty in 19th century American litera-ture, although she says she goes transAtlantic, and branches out to British literature.

“It’s both about women who worked in various ways in the textile mills or as artists or as writers, and also those who agitated for reform in abolition, in suff erance, in labor reform, and in marriage law reform,” she said.

She is also teaching two sections of English 200, Reading Literature, so many of her students are either fi rst years or sophomores.

“It’s exciting to teach students who are also new to the community,” she said. “Th ey’re very eager – and talkative. Th ey’re excited to learn.”

Shaw said that she, too, is eager to learn about the Allegheny community, its tradi-tions, and what makes the campus unique. She

said the campus is much more alive now that students are back on campus, and she’s looking forward to the activities that be-gan with the school year, such as yoga sessions.

Along with her dog, Archer, a little brown and white puppy whose picture sits in a fi ve by seven frame on her offi ce shelf, she plans on spending the last warm days of the year exploring the walking trails around Rob-ertson Field.

Visiting Professor Amber Shaw

By SAMAHTHA HUNGERFORDNews Editorhungerfords@allegheny.edu

A few familiar faces have returned to campus along with the incoming fi rst year students. In the face of a diffi cult job mar-ket, some recent graduates have accepted jobs at the college while they contemplate their next move.

Zeben Ashton, an alumnus of the class of 2012 with an extensive undergraduate back-ground in admissions, accepted a position as an admissions counselor at the suggestion of Vice President of Enrollment Brian Dalton.

“I kind of moved up the ranks in the admissions offi ce,” Ashton said. “It was a good opportunity to learn what I learned working in the offi ce previously and apply it in a real-world, professional sense.”

Ashton currently recruits high school juniors and seniors from Washington D.C., Vir-ginia, West Virginia, Maryland and central and eastern Penn-sylvania.

“I would be able to develop a lot of enrollment strategies in

the territory that I’m in charge of,” said Ashton. “It sounded re-ally interesting, and it’s only for a year.”

Ashton also pointed out the diffi culty of moving immedi-ately into the workforce with-out the aid of post-graduate degrees.

“I applied to a lot of diff er-ent schools, probably about 40 or 50 diff erent schools, and was just kind of waiting to hear back from these places,” said Ashton. “But with the current economic market, a lot of places were hir-ing students with either mas-ters degrees and I only have my bachelor of arts.”

Despite the state of the econ-omy, Ashton remains optimis-tic, viewing his position as both an opportunity to further his career while introducing high school students to consider Al-legheny.

“I was able to come into an offi ce that already knew me, knew what I could do,” said Ashton. “It was just a good tran-sition to get experience under my belt before I went off into grad school or another institu-tion.”

Admissions also hired an-other class of 2012 graduate, Marianna Kreidler, as a vid-eographer in the Web Com-munications and Marketing department, aft er her work as a student impressed the offi ce.

It’s actually kind of a funny story,” Kreidler said. “My comp ran over, because I did some-thing crazy, so I was here over the summer just comping, and they had an opening for a stu-dent-level position.”

“Th ey ended up creating a position for me because they liked the work, and I pitched a lot of ideas that they enjoyed, too,” Kreidler added. “And they’re thinking about extend-ing my contract.”

Other former students took permanent positions at the col-lege.

Entrepreneur-in-residence Chris Allison encouraged Miguel Bolanos, another recent graduate, to apply for an ad-vancement offi cer position on the annual fund team, which solicits alumni for donations.

Bolanos turned down an of-fer from an investment fi rm in order work full-time and travel

By KATIE McHUGHNews Editormchughk@allegheny.edu

the country, meeting with fel-low alumni and encouragingthem to contribute to Allegh-eny’s annual fund.

“It’s a sales job for me, sothat’s how I saw it and that’s howI approach it,” Bolanos said.

“I saw the job descriptionand it was very interesting, be-cause we’re selling somethingthat’s not tangible. It’s an educa-tion. It’s the college. It’s the peo-ple. It’s an idea, said Bolanos.“It was just something that wasvery intriguing for me.”

Th e job market did not dauntBolanos.

“Allegheny defi nitely pre-pares you for the real world ifyou take advantage of what Al-legheny off ers,” he said. “I feelthat there’s a lot of students feelthat Allegheny is just going toset you or put you right intowork, place you right into a ca-reer. I think that there’s a lot youhave to do on your own. Th e re-sources are here. You just haveto seek them out.”

“Th e only diff erence be-tween this and being on campustaking classes is that I can takeaft ernoons off ,” added Bolanos.

Alumni launch careers at alma mater

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Name: Amber ShawTitle: Visiting Assistant Professor of Eng-lishPastimes: Yoga, walking her dogFavorite Author(s): Henry James, Michael Chabon

done this before,” said Ed Giles, assistant director of the Learn-ing Commons.

He said parents would have had to move their kids in on a Th ursday this year if orientation had lasted its usual fi ve days.

“It’s important to give fami-lies the time to move in on Sat-urday,” said Giles. “Th at way there is no need for parents to take off work,” said Giles.

Th e two-day reduction pro-vides parents the luxury of a weekend move in, but sacrifi ces some programming and activi-ties that are traditionally avail-able to new students.

However, some of those ac-tivities will be re-scheduled for a later date outside of orienta-tion week. Giles said a need for in-depth programming beyond the initial keynote presentation at orientation has been recog-nized.

Th erefore, supplemental programming directed at fi rst-years has been established to take place every Wednesday at 8 p.m. for the fi rst eight weeks of the fall semester. Th is pro-gramming includes Sue Plun-kett’s Sex Talk, a presentation by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofi t Men Can Stop Rape as well as programs from the CIASS (Center for Intercul-tural Advancement and Student Success) offi ce, Learning Com-mons, Counseling Center, and ACCEL (Allegheny College Center for Experiential Learn-ing).

Th is year’s keynote speaker Carrie Zimmerman was select-ed due to her program’s entry-level coverage, which makes the topics of acceptance and com-munity more relatable for stu-dents who arrived on campus just the day before.

“Th e thing with orientation is that there is so much going on, it can be overwhelming for

students and families. Th e in-formation is diffi cult to retain. With programming spread out, it is easier to retain,” said Giles. “Th e hope is to have stu-dents connect with resources throughout the fi rst semester. Th is way, it doesn’t stop once classes start.”

Giles also said the school continues to implement a sin-gle-session orientation directly school starts due to Allegheny’s relatively small size.

“Smaller colleges typically don’t do 10 or 11 summer ses-sions because we don’t want to split everyone up,” he said. “With about 500 students in a class, it’s easier to have everyone on campus together.”

Th e downsized orientation did lead to what Giles acknowl-edged to be a ‘hectic’ experi-ence, particularly for returning students, who had only one business day to prepare them-selves for the start of the year.

“I felt like I was really rushed, and that I didn’t have enough time to get settled in, let alone prepare for my classes,” said returning student Court-ney Morando, ’14, who lives in California.

Th ough the schedule chang-es caused inconveniences for many students, Tyler Gund, ’13, who worked on orientation over the summer, believes they were for the best.

“Th e Learning Commons did a good job and accommo-dated the truncated schedule well,” he said, adding that the Learning Commons anticipates an adjustment period while the new format becomes standard-ized.

Th e new three-day orienta-tion schedule will remain in place for the foreseeable future, unless more changes are made to the academic calendar.

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If Apple’s past work suff ers from one fl aw, it is overproduc-tion. While Extraordinary Ma-chine and When the Pawn... are fi ne records, they are hampered by unnecessary, over-ambitious frills.

On Th e Idler Wheel..., Apple opts for more spare, primitive production.

Apple’s simple yet raucous backing ensemble sounds raw, wild, open, and unfettered- kind like a 50’s Blue Note jazz record, albeit slightly more ac-cessible.

Th is context gives way for Apple’s nuanced and emotional voice to fully shine, and for her

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arrangements to resonate more deeply.

Yet, her voice would be worthless without her equally extraordinary songwriting. She eff ortlessly glides from hys-teric frustration (“Every Single Night,” ) to pensive melancholy (“Werewolf,” “Valentine”) to in-nocent and wistful (“Anything We Want”).

Make no mistake- this al-bum takes patience.

But, aft er a six-year hiatus, Fiona Apple has  risen seeming-ly out of nowhere to drop what could very well be the most in-tricate, and utterly singular pop records of recent memory.

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On paper, it sounds mun-dane: unabashedly angsty tales of the fear of getting older or of young love, sung with nasally vocals.

Th e background music is composed of loud, thrashing guitars playing cliché chord progressions used by just about every pop punk band in the universe. But, Celebration Rock is a resounding success and so far, my favorite rock record of 2012.

Over the course of 35-min-utes, the guitar/drum duo of Brian King and David Prowse perform with a rare sense of immediacy, as if this is their last chance to say something that matters.

Each piece rings like an an-themic rock epic. Yet, they nev-er feel overwhelming or unap-

proachable.At their core, these are

simple songs, yet it’s King’s penchant for poppy bar-room hooky choruses that helps to make them so memorable. Take away King’s abrasive guitar, and songs like “Fire’s Highway” and “Th e Nights of Wine and Roses” verge on radio friendly.

Th is record breathes with an unrelenting, youthful energy. It’s utterly unpretentious and un-self-conscious.

King isn’t afraid to refl ect on the carefree glory days of youth. And when he sings, “Remem-ber that night you were already in bed, said ‘fuck it,’ got up to drink with me instead” on the central hook of “Younger Us,” it doesn’t feel melodramatic, it feels relatable.

Access and innovation are set to be the central issues of Al-legheny’s fourth annual theme, the Year of Transforming Edu-cation. Psychology professor Dr. Aimee Knupsky and eco-nomics professor Stephanie Martin proposed the theme.

“Professor Martin and I feel strongly that we need to be able to talk about why a liberal arts college like Allegheny has a lot to provide students and what’s the role and value of a liberal arts education,” Knupsky said.

Knupsky pointed out that like past themes, education is always a timely issue.

“Sustainability was last year’s theme but that doesn’t mean that sustainability isn’t still im-portant,” she said. “Th ese are just things that we’re trying to facilitate conversations about in the moment.”

Knupsky and Martin also opened an independent study last spring and this fall for stu-dents interested in helping with the annual theme. Th ese 11 students act as student ambas-sadors, marketing for events, escorting guest speakers and working with the steering com-mittee to develop new ideas in planning.

Mike Fields, ’14, was in Mar-tin’s Values, Ethics and Social Action class in the spring. Mar-tin gave her class the chance to participate in the independent study that semester and since Fields has an interest in educa-tion, he joined.

He said in an email that it was a lengthy planning process and that student ambassadors’

If you follow pop music and haven’t been living in a shell for the past three months, you’ve surely heard of Frank Ocean’s “coming out” via the liner notes of this album. In the wake of Ocean’s courageous decision, Channel: Orange garnered an enormous amount of hype sur-rounding its release.

I believe that the story (in-cluding cultural/historical con-text) behind a work of art can magnify its impact. However, what makes Ocean’s proper de-but so stunning is that, notwith-standing this context, it is an as-tounding, breathtaking record that speaks for itself.

Ocean synthesizes his infl u-ences like any other competent and relevant artist, which is to say, he doesn’t merely imitate, he reinvents. Th e album fl ows along somewhat like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On- de-ceptively graceful songs drift ing coherently along by the lead of

gorgeous melodies and ambi-tious, lush production. But, un-like What’s Going On, Ocean’s soulful Gaye/Stevie Wonder-esque falsetto is drenched in hazy layers of oceanic synthe-sizers and lo-fi , scuzzy drumbeats. It creates a dark atmo-sphere fi tting for his vivid tales of disillusioned hedonism (“Su-per Rich Kids”), drug addiction (“Crack Rock”), and unrequited love (“Bad Religion”, “Th inkin’ About You”).

Spanning 17-tracks, 55 min-utes with cameos from André 3000 and John Mayer, it’s analbum of grand scale. Luckily, Ocean is able to match his am-bition with some of the most beautiful music you will hear this year -- maybe the fi nest R&B album since D’Angelo’s Voodoo. It’s the kind of album that feels so natural that some-times, you wish it could go on forever.

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focus is to create a bridge be-tween students and the greater campus community for the an-nual theme.

“We as students contacted the heads of every academic depart-ment, student re-sources and many student groups to try to bring them into the loop re-garding the theme and trying to get them involved,” he said.

Public Events Committee Chair Ishita Sinha Roy pointed out that student organiza-tions’ yearly plan-ning and general attendance help dictate a theme’s success.

“Students defi -nitely, defi nitely shape the choices in terms of what kind of programming they would like to see on campus be-cause if they don’t attend, what’s the point of bringing things here?” she said.

Knupsky pointed out that the annual theme serves to con-nect some of the many events that occur on campus.

“Th e idea was that having one big theme might connect those in a way that was a little more thoughtful and strategic and create a bigger conversa-tion,” she said.

In order to boost attendance, Knupsky and Martin created “passports” for students, faculty, staff and community members.

Th e passports will be distrib-uted to the campus community by mailbox and placed at vari-ous locations around town for the Meadville community.

Th ese pass-ports will serve as a check-in that will be used to en-ter the attendee in raffl es for anything from keychains to laptops.

Fields said thatthe passport idea reminds him of the “gold rush” initia-tive for athletic events. Still, he worries about at-tendance.

“I think it will be imperative that we share with other students why they should care about education,” he said. “Th e theme cov-ers not only early education, but all the way through college, which ob-viously aff ects cur-

rent students.”Roy said that this year’s

theme provides the ideal learn-ing opportunity for everyone.

“I think we’re very lucky to be at Allegheny where we ac-tually have the opportunity to have great minds from across the country come and speak to us on all these topics,” she said. “So rather than my expectation, my challenge to the campus body would be to open their minds and come and open theircalendars a little and come to these events.”

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Students defi nitely, defi nitely shape the choices in terms of what kind of program-ming they would like to see on campus because if they don’t attend, what’s the point of bringing things here?

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Four kinds of first-year students you don’t want to be next term

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By MOLLY DUERIGFeatures Editorduerigm@allegheny.edu

College is an exciting time, full of new adventures and experiences -- like road trips. Fiona, originally from the Pittsburgh area, was the only one of her close high school friends to come to Allegheny. Th is hasn't turned out to be nearly as nerve-wracking as she'd expected; she's made friends with a number of girls on her fl oor and has even bonded with the members of the rugby team, which she hopes to join next fall.

However, Fiona is so generally intrigued by college atmosphere that she longs to see what other schools have to off er. So she plans a solo road trip for one of the fi rst weekends to visit one of her best friends, who at-tends Slippery Rock. Before she knows it, Fiona has caught the "college-hopping" bug.

She visits two more colleges that month of September, and soon begins to feel weighed down and tired from all the hours of driving and "catch-up" time when she returns to home base. Th e visits are always fun, but Fiona doesn't yet understand that she'd enjoy them far more in modera-tion.

Ideally, Fiona will cut back on her trips off campus so she can start fully absorbing her Allegheny experience and not feel so 'far away.'

Far Away Fiona

Holly looooooves college. She can’t get over how awesome it is that she has twenty new girlfriends all living on her fl oor in Brooks. If she ever gets lonely and wants to have a conversation, she can just walk right next door and see what her neighbors are up to!

So every time she fi nds herself with nothing to do, Hang-Out Holly scouts out acquaintances and suggests an activity: lunch at McKinley’s, shopping at Wal-Mart, watching movies in her room. It’s so easy to so-cialize here at college that Holly soon forgets to make time for herself and now she has 20+ diff erent people texting her a day, asking her to hang out.

It won’t be long before Holly suff ers from a syndrome known as Hu-man-Interaction Overload. Hopefully, she’ll learn that there is more to the freedom of college than being able to spend time with people every waking moment.

Th e other side is being able to choose what you want to do – and that doesn’t always have to involve other people.

“Let’s Hang Out” Holly

Allegheny’s the kind of school where practically everyone gets involved in some kind of extra-curricular activity. But sometimes it gets out ofhand.

Everyone has a breaking point, and Involvement-Addict Allen is an example of someone who has failed to properly identify his own. Aft er heconnected so well with the members of Association for the Advancement of Black Culture (ABC), he couldn’t wait to join another club and make even more friends.

So he joined the Grounds For Change (GFC) board. Th en he fi gured he’d better balance out his social activity with some political involvement and joined the College Democrats. He added violin lessons to try and re-fresh the musical skills he had in high school and he’s already preparing to pledge a fraternity at the start of next spring.

Now he won’t even have time to write for the college newspaper, his original goal when he was applying to schools.

Watch out, Allen – if you don’t cut back, you’re headed straight for a fi rst-degree meltdown of the mental variety.

Involvement-Addict Allen

He seemed like a super cool guy to begin with, but now all of Marvin's new college friends fl inch when he draws near.

"Let's order some Vocelli's," Marvin suggests innocently, and his room-mate manages an awkward cough and lies about his “other plans”. You see, Marvin has slipped into the mooch-like routine many fi rst-year students oft en can't avoid when they’re exposed to the welcoming atmosphere of college.

It's totally understandable. Aft er all, what was Marvin supposed to think when he showed up at his fi rst party and was presented with a warm greeting, a slice of pizza and a nice cold drink? Th e party host handed over that pizza with the same warm friendliness possessed by a mailman delivering a well-deserved package to someone on his regular route. And it was history: now, Marvin consistently behaves as though he is entitled to more than he really deserves.

Hopefully he'll adapt to the give-and-take structure of basic college eti-quette and start pulling his own weight soon.

Marvin the Mooch

By COLLEEN PEGHER Sports Editor pegherc@allegheny.edu

AlleghenyCampus.com||August 31, 2012 || The Campus [ sports]

Th e Campus sat down with the head coach of the football team and asked him a few questions we had about the Gators headed into their season opener.

Q: What are your expecta-tions for this season?

A: My expectations are always to win the conference championship. Th at doesn’t always mean you’re going to win every game, but our ex-pectation as a program is al-ways that.

Q: Joe Dawida, ’15, your starter, injured his knee. What is the current quarter-back situation for Saturday?

A: We named Joe Dawida, who’s a sophomore, the start-er and Mike Person was his backup, but Joe got hurt so Mike Person is the quarter-back right now. Steve Nym-ick is his backup, so that’s our present situation going into Wooster. Mike and Joe had a pretty good competition during camp. Joe has an ACL sprain, so he’s going to be out,

but we anticipate him possibly being back against Carnegie Mellon [Sept. 8].

Q: A lot of your starters graduated aft er last season. Who do you believe will emerge as leader for the team?

A: I think our senior group has really been good. You will see a lot more freshmen faces than we’ve had in the past. Normally we’ve been more of a senior, junior, sophomore op-eration, but this year you will defi nitely see some freshmen in there. Th ere’s been a lot of losses so we will defi nitely be an inex-perienced outfi t in a lot of areas, so we have a lot of work to do.

Q: Do you think the fresh-men who will be forced into starting roles will be able to suc-cessfully take on starting posi-tions on the team?

A: I think practice is one thing, or a scrimmage, but you have to look at the long run. Anytime you’re playing 18 year-olds instead of 21 year-olds there’s going to be a big diff er-ence.

The football team will undergo major per-

sonnel changes on both sides of the ball this season, led by head coach Mark Matlak, who is entering his 11th sea-son at the helm.

Only 12 starters will re-turn from their 5-5 fi nish

Th ere are a few games to look out for this season that could make or break the Ga-tors. If they’re at home, upper-classmen and freshmen should suit up in some Gator gear and head up to Frank B. Fuhrer Field!

Carnegie Mellon: Sept. 8 When I was a freshman and

sophomore, I went to every home football game, but that’s an anomaly around here. I just really like football, but every-one should drag themselves out of bed and head up Park Ave. for the home opener. Th is may be the only football game with nice weather all season. So even if you aren’t a football fan, go and at least experience it once before you’re stuck wearing a winter hat, two pairs of pants, three coats and carry-ing an umbrella to shield you from the freezing rain. Because that was me last year and it’s not fun. Trust me.

Allegheny at Wabash: Sept. 22

Even though you can’t watch this one, you should still read the recap. Last season, the Gators gave the No. 9 Wabash Giants a tough game despite ultimately losing 22-16. Aft er a goal line fumble by Wabash, the Gators compiled a drive that left them inside the Wa-bash 20. Former quarterback Jordan Fowler’s pass fell in-complete on the fi nal play of the game.

Q & A with Head Coach Mark Matlak

Q: What are your feelings about the game this Saturday at Wooster? What are the ad-vantages and disadvantages you feel you guys have going in?

A: I really feel good about it. I’m anxious to see the guys compete. Th ere are a lot of un-knowns. Our kicking game is

unknown, we have a lot of new guys on off ense. We have some replacements on defense. We’ve worked really hard and it’s probably been my most plea-surable teaching experience that I’ve had in a long time with a group and I’ve been doing this for 33 years now. It’s been a great experience and we’re go-ing to have a good journey this year.

Q: How do you as a coach hope to improve your team and improve upon the 5-5 record from last season?

I think the fi rst thing you do aft er the 5-5 season is evaluate

four games to watch for this season Homecoming Game:

Sept. 29 Th e Gators will also seek

to redeem themselves against the Yeomen. Th e Oberlin game marked a devastating loss for the team last season as the Yeomen spoiled senior day for the Gators with a fi -nal score of 14-13, despite the Allegheny defense holding Oberlin to -23 yards rush-ing. Even if the football part doesn’t interest you, Home-coming is always worth going to because it’s homecoming! If you’re an old junior or senior like me, then you’ll want to go because you might fi nally see some alumni that you recog-nize rather than just gazing upon a sea of nameless fresh-men like you have been doing for the last month. If you’re younger, you just go because it is homecoming and you get a free t-shirt. So just go. End of discussion.

Allegheny at U Chicago: Oct. 6

Th is one is also on the road, but has some interest-ing background. Th is is the fi rst time the Gators will ever play Chicago, who have produced 20 professional football players and former Heisman trophy winner Jay Berwanger. If you’re not into football, you probably don’t care, but that’s your problem, not mine.

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Gators headed to Wooster for season opener what you are doing as far as systems go and I think we did that and made some changes to things we felt like we weren’t doing as well or needed to im-prove upon. You look at the what you are doing. Th en you look at the how. How you’re do-ing it, what are the little things

you’re doing and do you need to change the things that you’re doing and I think we’ve done that too, but it always gets down to the who. Th e who is most important in the grand scheme of things. What kind of talent you’re playing with, what ability you have and trying to mesh all of that together. Th ere’s no in-stant oatmeal (as I call it) as far as getting better from 5-5. It’s a real process with a lot of mov-ing parts. As the head coach, I’m just trying to get all of the parts to move together. It’s the what, the how and the who.

last season in their matchup on the road at Wooster this Saturday.

Heading into this season, the Gators have a youthful squad featuring freshmen and sophomores who proved themselves capable of per-forming last season.

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SPORTS INFORMATIONThe Gators will look to junior Ben Perko to lead their running attack this season. Last year Perko fi nished second on the team with 325 yards rushing.

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