EC Octagon: Issue 12

Monday, February 8, 2016

Campus LifeGreen DerbyA review of two bands at this CAB event!

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Volume 98 Issue 12

EntertainmentMichael JacksonSee who is playing him in a new movie!

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OpinionWaeya’s WorldA piece on being a senior at Elmira College.

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Campus LifeRoaming ReporterWhat are your thoughts about the new Starbucks?

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Elmira College Celebrates “Dream Week”

This past week, Elmira College cel-ebrated “Dream Week” to kick off

Black History Month. “Dream Week” is meant to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech, where he portrayed a future that we step closer to achieving every day (al-though we are still sadly so far away from the world he envisioned).

Elmira College hosted a week’s worth of events to kick off this month, beginning with a Food Drive on Mon-day that was set up outside of the info desk all week. What better way to hon-or King than to help others who are in need? One of King’s famous quotes was “Life’s most persistant and urging question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” So it seemed incredibly fit-ting that the week began with a chance for students to donate food items to the Food Bank.

On Monday there was also a Slam Poet competition; Friday the winners were shown during convo hour, recit-ing their poems through video.

On Tuesday there was a worship titled “Media Constructions of Mar-

tin Luther King, Jr.,” hosted by the Culture Shock Club with guests from Ithaca, Project Look Sharp.

Wednesday the celebration con-tinued with the Harlem Globetrot-ters game at first arena; students were encouraged to go and watch this amazing event at night if they had the time to spare.

On Thursday a small group of students joined Dean Charlie Mitchell and VUE’D to watch Selma and discuss the movie.

And on Friday, to wrap up the festivities of the week, the Slam Poets were shown during lunch. Direct-ly following this, the Octa-gon and Student Activities hosted a singer, Cecily, who performed acoustic pop soul - the perfect music to enjoy over lunch hour.

Overall the week was a great success; unfortunately not many students attended some events, most likely due to scheduling conflicts, but the importance of honoring King throughout “Dream

Week” still stands.For the rest of February the col-

lege will be celebrating Black History Month; please keep it in mind through-out this month!

By Nicole Gentile ’16Editor-in-Chief

Photo by mlkday.tk

Photo by tiffanyignited.com

Campus LifeFebruary 8, 2016 Page 2

This past Saturday, February 6th, was the Yule Ball in the Basel

Lounge in Meier sponsored by Mug-gles for Magic, though maybe you know them better as the Harry Pot-ter club. Members and Non-members alike were welcome and many came. Yes, that's right! All the Harry Potter dorks came (along with a few friends of the dorks)!

It was a fun party with free food and drink, which we used to lure un-suspecting souls to the party, and Harry Potter movie soundtracks. Al-

though, I think the movie soundtrack of Chronicles of Narnia slipped in there once or twice. There were lots of balloons too. Of course, as mature adults, we started games of hitting the balloons back and forth or just surpris-ing friends with a balloon bouncing off the back of their head. The balloons were all house colors too, which was on point with the Harry Potter crowd.

Along with balloon inspired games, many played pool. I feel that I should note, however, that at least one of the pockets in the pool table in nothing but a giant hole leading to the ground. We found that out with a nice, big crash. It was kind of funny watching people

get scared (not that I'll tell my friends I was laughing at them. Oh, wait, I do that all the time). A few of my friends and I started a wonderful and competi-tive game of Harry Potter Pictionary over Snap Chat.

The atmosphere was light and friendly. To be honest, it felt less like a dance than just hanging out with friends in dresses (which I rarely if ever wear). I don't think I would have wanted it any other way though. It wasn't supposed to be formal; it was supposed to be fun and just a great time to hang out with friends. It cer-tainly delivered.

I feel bad for all of you who missed it, since the rest of us had such a great time. Mark this time of year in your calendar for next year though, and be sure to make it. You won't regret it, and, best of all, you can be a giant dork and no one will judge you for it!

Describe the night in one word?

"Magical" Brittany Francis ’19"Mischievous" Alex Dow ’19

"Balloons" Bridget Torresson ’19"Chaos" Kallah Turner ’18

"Joyful" Victoria McGraw ’19

Dream Week: Media Literacy

I was asked to introduce a guest speaker for lecture during dream week. Reading the title, I didn’t know what to ex-

pect when it came to understanding media literacy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. However, that night I learned about a great educational error in today’s generation.

The guest speaker, Dr. Cyndy Scheibe has been teaching media literacy for many years, working towards integrating educational tools for ages K-12 and more. Her lecture in Elmira opened my mind to how I receive media informa-tion on a regular basis. I imagine that I am not alone in relying on information through my newsfeed, and various other sources on the internet. In order to acquire a signifi-cant amount of media literacy, Dr. Schiebe explained the most important part of understanding what you read is to ask who is the source. Through various images and media interpretations, Dr. Scheibe showed how MLK was shown throughout media and how access to right information can further students into media literacy.

Many know MLK by his “I have a dream speech” but during the lecture, Dr. Scheibe asked the Elmira students in attendance what other speeches did MLK provide dur-ing his lifetime. It might come as surprise, but the major-

ity only knew of the one. This thought prvoking lecture showed us how ac-tive research into the source of infor-mation provides a better understand-ing. Taking these steps encourages media literacy, and the impact of not taking these steps was evident in the images and informa-tion of MLK that have wrongly been misused and pre-sented in media. My only regret is that not many students attended the lecture and received an incredible perspective and experience. Hopefully, through-out the rest of Black history month, Elmira can encourage other Media Literacy for the many cultures of the campus.

Dr. Cyndy ScheibePhoto by Media Literacy Institute

By Jade Stevenson ’17Contributing Writer

Yule Ball: Hanging out with My Fellow DorksBy Victoria McGraw ’19

Staff Writer

Photo by Victoria McGraw ’19

February 8, 2016 Page 3

According to the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry, “Slam poetry is the brainchild

of Marc Smith (So What!) and the blue collar intellectual eccentrics who crammed into the Get Me High Lounge on Monday nights from November 1984 to September 1986 for a wide-open poetry experience. Finger-poppin’ hipster Butchie (James Dukaris) owned the place and allowed anything to happen, and it usually did. The experimenters in this new style of poetry presentation gyrated, rotated, spewed, and stepped their words along the bar top, dancing between the bottles, bellowing out the backdoor, standing on the street or on their stools, turn-ing the west side of Chicago into a rainforest of dripping whispers or a blast furnace of fiery elongated syllables, phrases, snatches of scripts, and verse that electrified the night.”

This week, Elmira College has embraced this style of poetry, asking for submissions from Elmira students to show off their amazing poet skills. All who participated amazed the people who got a chance to watch it. In the end, two women “won” the contest in order to have their work shown off to the public in Campus Center on Friday. Students gathered around to watch the films, which came right before Cecily, a beau-tiful musician. During this lunch hour, hundred of students floated through the upstairs of Campus Center, some watching the poets, and others having conversations over food. For those who watched the poets, they were capti-vated. Hope Levy ’16 and Natalie Bourdierd ’17 were the two women who were showcased on Friday at lunch. Both women should be proud of their work and we hope to see more Slam Poetry in the future. “When Student Activities announced Dream Week, I was really excited to see that there was a Slam Poetry contest. It’s wonderful to see the college embracing all forms of art, including creative writing and per-formance. While I wasn’t able to see my poem being screened before the Cecily concert, I was thrilled to be able to participate,” commented Hope Levy ’16.

Dream Week: Slam Poetry

By Haley Brown ’17Campus Life Editor

Photo by radiomiwaukee.org

Club Spotlight:EC Red Cross Club

Red Cross Club is a community service club on campus. Our

club is part of the official Red Cross organization! We meet on Tuesdays at 5:30pm in the Benjamin Room downstairs in the CC. All of the hard work Red Cross Club members put in can be counted towards the community service requirement. We host blood drives right here on campus several times throughout the school year, as well as put on the annual Mr. EC competition this month. For Mr. EC, our judges will be looking for a contestant who embodies the Elmira College spirit! Red Cross Club also participates in international community ser-vice projects such as International

Humanitarian Law campaigns. Look for our campaign during the second half of Term II. Red Cross Club is a fun group of students that are passionate about helping others and bringing awareness to issues that affect the Red Cross organization.

By Rebecca Whitney ’18Contributing Writer

Photo by flickr.com



Adelee and Gentry & The Como Brothers Perform at the Green Derby

As a part of Cabin Fe-ver Music Fest, CAB

sponsored two amazing bands who took the stage at the Green Derby on Satur-day night. The show started around nine-thirty and lasted a bit past midnight. The night consisted of performances by Adelee and Gentry as well as The Como Brothers. Both bands were super personal, great musicians, and a joy to have.

Adelee and Gentry took the stage first. They are a sis-ter duo from Dayton, Ohio. The sisters covered many well known songs such as “Royals” by Lorde, “Ho Hey” by The Lumineers, and “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran. Besides from just doing cov-ers they played some of their very own music, like “The Color Song.” It is safe to say that their genre is alternative pop. If you were not able to check out Adelee and Gentry on Saturday night, be sure to go to http://www.adeleean-dgentry.com/ where you can learn more about these spec-tacular sisters and their music.

The Como Brothers had to follow a great act like Adelee and Gentry and they performed just as well. They are another duo consisting of

brothers, Matt and Andrew from Long Island, New York. The band classifies them-selves as a pop rock genre. They covered Ed Sheeran as well as “She’s Got a Ticket to Ride” by The Beetles. Addi-tionally, they played their own songs; one of my favorites by them was “Magic.” The Como Brothers ended up playing an original song, “I Don’t Like You” for an encore. Their dad bought a selfie stick about an hour before the show started and he went around the venue recording The Como Broth-ers set which has been up-loaded on Periscope. The link

to the Periscope video can be found by going to http://www.comobrothersband.com/ then click on News, the link will be featured on the right side of the page.

All-in-all the duos were spectacular, from their perfor-mances to their interactions with the audience. Both of the bands stuck around after their performance and socialized with those in attendance. It is safe to say that the CAB of-fice has new décor along with some of our dorm rooms. Both bands had mentioned about coming back and per-forming again. Be on look out for future performances be-

cause their names might come back up. Be sure to check out their websites as well as their social media pages so that you can stay up to date with these astonishing performers.

If you liked the perfor-mance on Saturday night, mark your calendars for Fri-day, March 4th at five. Anoth-er artist, Aj Smith, will be tak-ing the stage. This event will be held in the Campus Center, upstairs in the Dining Hall. If you cannot wait that long, get a glimpse of Aj Smith here at http://www.ajsmithmusic.com/

All Photos by Misha Neil

By Carissa Neary ’19Staff Writer

http://www.adeleeandgentry.com/

http://www.adeleeandgentry.com/

http://www.comobrothersband.com/



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Top EC Yaks

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Review: Andy Hilfiger & Cecily

So did you guys know that the Hil-figer family is from Elmira? Tommy

Hilfiger himself started out the Hilfiger brand with his brothers in Elmira. So guess who was at Elmira College last Friday for a talk? It was Andy Hilfiger; the brother of Tommy, the man who helped place the Hilfiger brand on the map, the man who clothed Snoop Dogg, the man who worked closely with Brit-ney Spears and Jennifer Lopez and

played bass for Kid Rock on a tour. That man lived an incredible and successful life. And he is not done yet; now he has his own brand, Andrew Charles. He took some time out of his busy schedule to give us college students some words of wisdom on how to build our brand. It was a great talk; every student that was at the talk went home with some great advice. These kinds of opportunities do not come often. As college students, we should be taking advantage of all kinds of opportunities that are presented to us. And that’s exactly what Andy did.

He took advantage of all the op-portunities that came his way; he took risks and faced failures and got right back up. It’s never easy to start something, but if you are willing to put in the work and time commitment there would be more chances for you to succeed than fail. Andy loves what he does because he is actually passionate about his career. So when you are choosing a career path make sure you are actually going to enjoy what you are going to be doing. Because if you love what you do you are going to love life and you will always be improving.

Speaking of which, Elmira College also had another great visitor last week, a solo artist by the name of Cecily. She performed in the Campus Center Dining Hall last Friday during convo

hour. Not only does she have an incred-ible soulful voice but also great original lyrics about loving someone, loving yourself and enjoying life. Andy Hil-figer, who is a musician himself men-tioned that music is a tough business but if you are passionate about it and willing to stick through the roughness there may be a bright light at the end of the tunnel. Cecily started singing when she was 12 years old and started to fully commit to a career as a musician after college in 2012. Current artist from England called Lianne Lahavas inspires her music. She writes her own songs and covers some of her favorite artists. She is a solo artist, so she usually has different bands play for her at differ-ent locations. Her lyrics are about past relationships, introspective stuff, about self-loving and family. She is in a happy relationship with her boyfriend of six months, who is very supportive of her music career. She has travel to various places in the east coast and big cities such as Chicago for performances. Her career is just getting started; she loves what she does and she appears to have so much drive…her career can only get bigger! It was a pleasure seeing her per-form, as it was a pleasure being at Andy Hilfiger’s talk. There will be more per-formance artists such as Cecily and the Hunts, and more educational and inspi-rational talks by people like Andy, so keep a look out because you don’t want to miss out!

By Waeya Lin ’16Contributing Writer

Photos contributed by Waeya Lin ’16

Photo by Christine Powers ’17


EC Environmental Club Introduces New Zero Sort Recycling Bins

The EC Environmental Club (ECEC) has begun putting out new recycling

bins in place of small trash cans in an at-tempt to encourage student recycling. In many cases students throw away items that could be recycled; this not only adds to the landfills of our countries, but also takes away from the use that item could have been put to, recycled into some oth-er item.Lindsay Cannon ’16, President of ECEC,

commented that the new bins are “zero sort, so anything can go in them that’s recyclable: bottles, paper, clean pa-per plates, rinsed coffee cups and salad bowls, etc. A lot can go in them!” The hope is that a lot will go in them; ECEC is really pushing for recycling change on campus this year.

Currently there are 7 of these zero-sort bins, located in all academic build-ings. When asked how many more bins the club hopes to get on campus, Lind-say said “We’re hoping to get them in Cowles and residence halls. Many of the

pantries have too many trash cans, or just confusing recycling bins, so we’re hoping to sort it out within the next couple of weeks.” They are also hoping to get per-mission from the library to have these bins in there, as well.

Hopefully you use these bins this week instead of throwing perfectly recy-clable items into the garbage - keep your eyes out for more yellow recycling bins to come in the future!

By Nicole Gentile ’16Editor-in-Chief

Photo (L) by Nicole Gentile ’16Photo (R) by ECEC

Professor John Kelly, from Elmira College, has written a perceptive play that expresses the very issues of po-

litical unrest that are extremely prevalent in the twenty first century. His play War Crimes captivates the viewer in a setting of social turmoil while simultaneously pro-viding an objective perspective on a political journey. The set design was minimal to limit expenses, and all ticket proceeds went to charity. The minimalist quality of the play provided a unique emersion into the theatrical per-formance. In particular, the viewer witnesses acts of ter-ror and the execution of justice. During an open stage reading on campus, a couple of friends and myself took the opportunity to see the play. In truth, we did not know what to expect, but what we have witnessed in this play

is beyond what we imagined. The quality of writing was exceptional; throughout the play as a spectator to the crimes of terrorism, the tremendous casualty and tragedy created various political actions for justice. Through this play, I became a witness. My experience as a witness only changed as the depth of the story increased.

The play opens up with a news reporter describing a recent bombing in the middle east and tremendous casual-ties. Two United States operatives are sent to interrogate a suspected ISIS member. The play revolves around the interrogation and the motives behind the U.S Operatives and suspected ISIS member. One party believes their evi-dence will convict the man they believe is a leader of the organization while the other fights western thinking and speaks out against the accusations. War Crimes efficiently produced cultural questions and ideas that pushed the au-


Recycle to Save Lives

Some of you remember Campus Conservation Nationals, an energy

competition that was run last year by Environmental Club. This year, it’s all about recycling, an issue hopefully more measurable and relevant to every student’s daily life and activities (and there’s no room checks!! Woo!). This competition involves Elmira compet-ing against colleges around the coun-try to see who has more waste versus more recycling. How much are we recycling? We will know during the eight weeks of this competition (Feb-ruary 8th – April 2nd)! We want that number to increase, so this is an article telling you why it needs to.

Whether you think about it or not, you consume many materials everyday that end up in a landfill. It is common practice to discard an item and never think about it again. It remains on our planet though, taking years, even decades to degrade. Some materials never will. The styrofoam that we’ve put on our planet will remain for thou-sands of years. Plastic is also a mas-sive danger to our environment. This trash that we throw away ends up in massive landfills, underground, in the ocean, in lakes, and inside unknowing animals. It is estimated that right now there are 5.2 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the ocean (Oceancrusaders.org). More than one million seabirds die every year due to encounters with plastic in the water and on shore (see-turtles.org). These are just a few stag-gering facts about where your waste

might end up But let’s look at

something even more relatable to your ev-eryday life: plastic bottles. Americans use more than 50 billion plastic water bottles a year. This is only wa-ter. It doesn’t include soda, juice, etc. Ameri-cans recycle only 9% of the plastic that is used in their daily lives (Dirty Truth About Plastic Yale.edu). That means 4 out of every 5 bottles are ending up in a landfill, then the ocean, where they will kill a sea bird. I don’t know about you, but to me, those are some pretty disgusting numbers.

There’s a solution to this though, and that is to recycle. When you re-cycle, that bottle doesn’t end up in a landfill. It ends up being remade into things like clothing, plastic lumber, and other plastic goods made from recycled materials. It’s such an easy thing to do that can have a massive impact. Even one bottle can mean the difference between life and death of an animal. It can mean cleaner oceans and beaches, and a cleaner environment and atmosphere, too.

It’s 2016, and we are all in our late teens and early twenties. Do you know what that means? What lies on our shoulders? Environmental issues have been blown off by past generations, with the thought that it will be a prob-

lem for the children to solve. We are those children. There is no more wait-ing for a quick technological fix. There is no more thinking that one person cannot have an impact. I’ll take myself as an example (a little conceited, but hopefully effective). Elmira College did not recycle until this academic year. With the hard work and dedication of myself, and a few dedicated club mem-bers, we changed that. It’s taken three years, but we have gotten an institu-tion to greatly lessen its own impact. Our college now makes money from recycling, and we have tons and tons of material going to a recycling plant, rather than a landfill. You can make a difference and a change! You don’t re-ally have a choice.

By Lindsay Cannon ’16Contributing Writer

Photo by emaze.com

John Kelly’s Play, War CrimesBy Jade Stevenson ’17

Contributing Writer

See WAR CRIMES Page 12

Understanding the Impacts of Gas Extraction throughMaps, Data, and Community-Based Citizen Science

Elmira College hosts discussionLed by FracTracker’s Karen Edelstein

February 9, 2016, 6:00 pmElmira College Cowles Chapel

Sponsored byElmira College Environmental Science Club

In Conjunction withFracTracker Alliance and the New York Water Sentinels

Refreshments Served

Plenty of opportunity to interact withspeaker and campus leaders

Local communities speak out

against hydraulic fracturing

in New York State

Municipal actions against fracking


Understanding the Impacts of Gas Extraction through Maps, Data, and Community-Based Citizen Science

Elmira College hosts discussion Led by FracTracker’s Karen Edelstein

February 9, 2016, 6:00 pmElmira College Cowles Chapel

Refreshments Served

Plenty of opportunities to interact with speaker and campus leaders!

Sponsored byElmira College Environmental Science Club

In Conjunction withFracTracker Alliance and the New York Water Sentinels

Roaming ReporterQuestion: What are your thoughts about the new Starbucks?

Rachel Schwartzbard ’18: Overall, I like it. I finally have some-thing to do with all the extra mon-ey on my meal card. Today it took them a while to make my drink, but I understand that it’s new and some of the drinks are complicated.

Emily Daigneault ’17: I go too much. I need to stop. I’m an ad-dict. I’ve gone 2-3 times a day since it opened. Goodbye, money.

Helen Monroe ’17: The room is more open and seems a lot bigger so that’s really nice.

Liz Roosa ’16: I love it. The

space is great.

Dana Flanders ’16: I’m glad the renovations are finally done.

Suvda Terbish ’18: It’s too expensive. But that’s not just Star-bucks; it’s everywhere.

Sarah Adriance ’16: I like it; it’s more efficient and regulated than old 1855 Coffee Bar. However, I miss old 1855. It was an interest-ing room that added to the overall quirkiness of Elmira. Now Elmira is a bit less unique. It’s not necessar-ily a bad thing. It has diverted many customers from Harris, but that

will probably change as the newness wears off.

Emma Miklinski ’17: “I think Starbucks is great for the college. It’s going to bring in good revenue. Also, it’s making my coffee addiction worse. Or better, depending on how you look at it.”

Keira Glasheen ’17: “Honestly I expected the first week after open-ing to be really rough, but I think they’ve done a good job with it. It’s also really nice to have more op-tions than we did with 1855.”

Alli Woodard ’18: A+, 10/10.

Kelly Thomas ’17: Would have preferred Dunkin, tbh.

Rachael Patten ’17: Heaven.

Kyle Graham ’16: I only go in there to wait for my girlfriend.

Nate Hanner ’18: A good place to enjoy a coffee with friends and be able to call it our own.

Josh Haines ’18: I think it’s a great addition to campus, and a great expansion on what 1855 used to be.

Chris Kokes ’18: We got a Star-bucks?





Fundraiser for the 2016 Honduras Missions Trip at Turtle Leaf Café!!!!

Friday, February 12th: Stop in between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 13th: Stop in between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Where: 315 E. Water Street, Elmira, NY The adorable l ittle café on Water Street in Elmira, just

down the road from the college!

Come in during the designated times and 15% of purchases wil l be donated to helping us out!!

THANK YOU!

dience to consider both sides of the story. The behaviors implemented by the American based characters and the Middle Eastern based characters represented an accu-rate rendition of the strife in the war against terrorism. Professor Kelly has impressed viewers with this cultur-ally filled play that invokes viewers to consider alternate perspectives.

War Crimes is a vital, empathetic, and beautiful play re-garding current social issues about terrorism. Sarah Kas-chalk, a junior theatre student, and the stage manager for War Crimes, remarked on her favorite aspect of the play: “I loved that the play kept you objective and that in the end

you didn’t know which side was right.” Her praise for the play and her fellow acting peers encouraged Elmira resi-dents to step out and see the play when it was performed. The chance to witness the cultural interpretations of a lo-cal professor and artist is a unique experience. War Crimes sweeps its viewers away with political issues and current events regarding Isis. The writing seen in War Crimes is another step into the reality of the current generation’s foreign relations challenges. It is widely encouraged that the next time an opening to view War Crimes is available that anyone who has read this article become a witness to a play with political brilliance.

War CrimesFrom Page 9


Overheard at EC

“Jesus Christ!”“It’s not his fault.”

“I have a bit of a jacket dilemma. One jacket has a hood and is warm, but is not water-proof. One is warm and waterproof, but with no hood. One has a hood and is wa-terproof, but is not warm. They were each about $20. I should have just spent $60 on a jacket that does all three.”

“I don’t plan my life. I just make it up.”

“When you die

young, it’s gonna

be because you ate

moldy bread for the

flavor.”

“Guess what? Tonight we’re sacrificing some-one. Don’t worry, it’s not me.”

“No, your foot can-not go there. No, you are not taking

my blanket.”

“Oops, there’s naked butts.”

“That’s why I

don’t want to

be ticklish! Be-

cause people

like me would

tickle me.”

“I really like the jug part of boobs.”

“That’s such a derogatory term for a boob.”

“I don’t think so. I’m reclaiming the word jug!”

“You’re warmer

than a computer

screen.”

“When I have my own house I’m

going to buy a big teddy bear. And

be an adult.”

“I almost forgot it. It’s a good

thing I touched my butt.”

“Do you want to wiggle?”“I don’t wiggle.”

“I was confused because there was

thumping going on.”

“That happens sometimes.”

“Every week I read the Octagon and all I see is ‘I

like boobs.’”

“You see, I think white

chocolate is a lie. It’s just

like chocolate leftovers.”

“I put a corset on you when

you were sleeping.”

Following the Iowa caucus the race is thinning for the

GOP and Democratic nomina-tions. While this does not in-clude any especially big names, despite the cries of many for Donald Trump to just drop out already, these candidates are not going entirely silently.

When a candidate does drop out of the race and an-nounces this that is no all. They usually through their support behind a remaining candidate. This was exactly what happened when former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum dropped out of the race. That name may sound vaguely familiar as he was a fairly successful candidate who won the Iowa caucus back in 2012 but this year he hasn’t been able to find the momentum and has been overshad-

owed by the likes of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio, who he has now thrown his support to. Rubio appreciates the support and has stated his respect for Santorum’s plans for blue collar Americans.

Santorum is the third candidate to drop out since the caucus following

the likes of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and Kentucky senator Rand Paul. Santorum also struggled to raise funds for his campaign, last report leaving him with $50,000 on hand.

World NewsFebruary 8, 2016 Page 14

The Zika virus is a fast spreading dis-ease concerning the world right now.

Zika is spread through Mosquito bites, quite like Malaria, and contains symptoms such as fever, rash, joint pain, and con-junctivitis (red eyes). The CDC (Center for Disease Control) points out that the symptoms only last for a few weeks “In fact severe disease requiring hospitaliza-tion is uncommon” (CDC). The virus in-fects pregnant women’s babies and causes birth deformities. In May of 2015 the first recorded incident of the Zika virus took place in Brazil. The CDC says, “The out-break in Brazil led to reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome and pregnant women giving birth to babies with birth defects and poor pregnancy outcomes”. The out-breaks in Brazil later resulted in outbreaks of Guillain-Bar-ré syndrome. In short, Guillain-Barré syndrome is when the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral ner-vous system resulting, in most cases, in the inability to use muscles in either the arms or legs.

The Zika virus is spreading quickly; reports have been made in Spain and even the U.S. Hope Levy’16 speaks her feelings on the fast growing Zika outbreak: “I believe that the Zika virus is incredibly harmful, not only in the birth defects it has caused, but also in how the Brazilian govern-ment (and many governments) have gone about handling it. Despite the fact that many infants have died due to the birth

defects, Brazil is a primarily Catholic country and is stand-ing strong on their ban of birth control/abortions. How-ever, health officials have also advised women in the area not to become pregnant until vaccines are released. This double standard in Brazil is astounding and, frankly, frightening. I’m worried for women of childbearing age and the extra amounts of danger they are put into due to the restrictions in their country. The rapid spread of the Zika virus is con-cerning in itself, especially since I think the olympics are slated to be there. I think that the world should gather to-gether as a community to put all of our efforts into develop-ing a vaccine to keep people safe.”

Zika Virus Continues to Run RampantBy Rachel Leben ’19

Contributing Writer

Photo by globalnews.ca

More Candidate Dropouts in 2016 Presidential RaceBy Liz Roosa ’16

Sports Editor

Photo by rightwingwatch.com

It was announced recently in Sen-

ate that next year the college will remove the points system for determining Cottage residents. While this may seem like a good idea to some people, I personally believe, as someone that lives in Cottages, that living in one is a privilege that should only be given to those that have earned it. Here is why:

1. The freedom/independenceThe first argument many will have with this is that Cot-

tages have RAs now, therefore taking away any previous freedoms. And they would be wrong. Some of the people that live in our Cottage have never even met our RA. She’s there if we need her (basically if something bad happens, which is just a benefit) and within reach when we don’t need her. She made us doortags, gave us her contact information, asked for suggestions for floor activities, and went on her way. She doesn’t live with us, or anywhere near us, so we don’t even run the risk of running into her (except, you know, when I have classes with her). We have just as much freedom and independence as we did before; we are still in charge of our own cleaning and maintaining our living space. It’s all the same responsibilities and freedoms as living on your own. It’s great.

2. More living spaceWhile Perry and Towers suites both have common

rooms, neither of these have quite the size and capacity that a Cottage does. There is a living room, a dining area, a spa-cious hallway, and decent room space. This allows for more seating, which means having more friends over for dinners and movie nights, along with more floor space, which means practicing dance routines and floor exercises (not for me, but my roommates are fitness gurus).

3. Home-cooked foodAn obvious benefit to living in Cottages is having access

to a full kitchen, complete with an oven, stovetop, full fridge and freezer, large sink, cabinets, and counter space with out-lets for anything additional like a Keurig, a toaster, or a mi-crowave. With all of that, it’s easy to prepare a variety of meals for yourself, and home-made food is great. You know you miss it, so don’t even lie. My roommates and I try new recipes out all the time, and have friends over for big dinner parties. Why wait to go home for home-cooked meals when you can have them on campus everyday?

4. Own bathroomThis is pretty self-explanatory. You only have to share a

bathroom with 2 or 3 people, rather than an entire floor. My roommates and I have semi-similar schedules, but still have an easy showering experience every morning. Since you’re only living with people that you know, rather than some floormates you may not, you control how clean it is and how often it gets stocked. There is the downside of purchasing your own toilet paper and hand soap, but the money you save on a meal plan makes up for this. (Although, when they do make it normal housing next year, the school should provide toilet paper and soap.) Poops are secret and showers are sa-cred, man.

5. More privacyNot living on a floor with a lot of people prevents people

from walking by your room and hearing your conversations, people walking in, or people seeing what you’re doing if the door is open. Even though there is a room across the way, the door is always closed and prevents you from hearing others. It’s really a benefit for those that like to have quiet time to study with no distractions, but there still remains the benefit of space for those times when you do want to socialize!

6. Optimal locationCottages is probably one of the most conveniently locat-

ed housing units on campus. It’s a short walk to the library, especially if you walk behind Columbia and Ando. It’s right near McGraw and the Post Office. It’s very close to the class-room buildings on the other side of the street; it’s also close to Emerson. And the walk to the Campus Center isn’t very long either. It’s just a very convenient location.

Overall, my experience with living in Cottages has been overwhelmingly positive. Living here has been absolutely wonderful and I am so fortunate to have gotten to live here this year. However, I truly believe that the chance to live here has been a privilege, one that I earned with hard work. The truth is that living here is NOT like living in normal dorms. (I’ve lived in two other places, I know.) Allowing the hard-working, deserving, involved, and well-rounded students to live in Cottages makes sense; it prevents heavy partying, pro-motes students to try harder in their studies, and creates an enjoyable environment for all those living there. Keep Cot-tages points-based!

OpinionFebruary 8, 2016 Page 15

Cottage Life Should be a PrivilegeBy Emily

Daigneault ’17Opinion Editor

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The Man Behind the Stage

If you are a student here, chances are you have seen one or more productions

done by the Elmira College Theatre De-partment. Whether you went to support friends, for Encore/Odyssey credit, or just went to enjoy a show, you probably saw what was no doubt a great perfor-mance filled with talent and fun. You saw awesome lighting, a really cool set, some people talking onstage, and probably a lot more. But you didn’t see Scott McGuire.

Scott McGuire drinks black coffee, wears baseball caps, and listens to Irish music. He has a great sense of humor, likes build-ing things, and hates when people sing. He is also the Technical Director for the Theatre Department here at EC.

For those of you who don’t know theatre jargon, a tech-nical director is basically the person in charge of organizing and operating all of the technical aspects of a production.This includes lights, sound, set, and more. It’s tough work, and Scott is just the man for the job.

Scott, having worked in technical theatre for many years, possesses a rare but important skillset that is essential for the success of theatre. He is even a member of IATSE, or the In-ternational Alliance of Technical Stage Employees, which is the technical theatre union. Every theatre production that you have seen at EC would not have been as great as it was without the work of Scott. Leading his small crew of student work-ers, Scott takes design plans and turns them into new worlds onstage. He takes lighting plots and makes them realities. He paints like an artist and builds like a carpenter, and does it faster and better than 10 people combined doing the same thing. He doesn’t do it for credit, though he definitely deserves it, but sim-ply because he loves it. And he’s good at it. He does it all with a smile, taking every challenge as an opportunity to try new things. He really does not get enough appreciation for all of the

hard work he puts into his job.This article was written for a few reasons. The first is to

help non-theatre people understand the depth of work that goes on behind the scenes. They really have Scott to thank for many entertaining aspects of theatre performances. The sec-ond is to give Scott some well-earned recognition for his work, while also educating others on theatre. And the third is to ex-press my gratitude and appreciation for everything Scott does for this department. My freshman year, while I struggled with a Stagecraft project I knew nothing about, Scott took the time out of his busy schedule to explain all of the different hard-ware pieces I needed. He told me the proper names, explained their purpose, and even showed me how to assemble them. He helped me find every obscure piece I needed, combing the for-merly crowded Watson workshop for every piece. This time I will never forget, for he showed such passion and guidance to someone he didn’t even know.

And so, I would like to thank you, Scott, for everything you have ever taught me. Years in the future, when I’m working in some aspect of technical theatre, correcting myself whenever I start to sing out loud, thinking about how much you taught me, I will be happy knowing that such a great man was once my techie mentor.

By Emily Daigneault ’17Opinion Editor

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Hey Hilfiger, What About the Brand?

On Friday afternoon, Andy Hilfiger,

brother of renowned fashion designer and pop culture icon Tommy, gave a presentation on his experiences in the fast-paced and high-stakes environment of fashion. Hilfiger described the unbelievable path his ca-reer has taken, highlight-ing his successes and failures along the way. Dressed casually in a zip-up sweater, a blazer, and jeans, it seemed unlikely that the man speaking

of his escapades in the glamorous life of celeb-rities was once an eclec-tic mash-up of rock ’n’ roll and fashion. In fact, much of Hilfiger’s pre-sentation defied expecta-tions.

What was advertised as a chance to learn im-portant skills in business and marketing was actu-ally a less-than thrilling recount of random peri-ods in Hilfiger’s life. It was as if Hilfiger was

By Thomas Bragg ’17Contributing Writer

Photo by Nicole Gentile ’16

See HILFIGER Page 18


Waeya’s WorldSeniorsBy Waeya Lin ’16Contributing Writer

Hello Readers,

I am back; I know it has been awhile. I have been so busy; it has finally hit me that I am a senior and in a few months, I will have to grow up and start living the “adult life”. I am scared because I still don’t know what the heck I am doing; I don’t even know where to begin. When I came into college freshmen year, I had my life planned out; I was going to graduate college with a 3.9 GPA, get accepted to medical school and start medical school right after graduation. Lol, then things happened and none of those things are going to happen…but I am okay with it. Actually I am glad that is not the case. A giant part of me is freaking out that I don’t have set plans for what I am going to do after graduation but a small part of me still believes that I will find a way somehow. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I still want to go to medical school but just not right away. As of right now, I am planning on taking a year off then start my applications for medi-cal school. So I just need to figure out what I am going to do during that year off.

There are a lot of things I want to do with my life other than become a great E.R doctor one day. As cliché as this would sounds, I want to travel the world and find myself and fulfill the rest of things I want to do. Also another cliché thing, I want to make a difference in the world, I really do. I just need to get started. Early this school year my mom offered to pay for a trip back to my native country Burma during my year off for a few months. I think I might take her up on that offer. My native country is at its turning point right now. I want to go back there and be a part of the team helping the country develop. Another option that I have is to apply for a few short-term research projects and work temporally as a Research Assistant or intern for a year before medical school. Even with all these plans and options for my future, I am still scared. I am scared that I would mess it up somewhere along the way and become a no body. That fear gives me anxiety sometimes but most of the times I just want to face it. I want to prove myself wrong. I mean I know for a fact that I am going to mess up somewhere along the way but when I do I want to be strong enough to get right back up.

With that being said, I just want to give a shout out to all of my fellow senior classmates. WE WILL ALL GET THROUGH THIS. We are all go out there and kick some serious butt and make differences in the world in some way, hopefully in a good way. And it’s okay if you don’t have a set plan on what you are going to do right after college. Just believe in yourself and keep in mind what you want to do with your life. You don’t have to get started right away but also you don’t want to wait too long either. Keep your eyes open for opportunities and take some risks. Okay I am stop-ping here because this is starting to sound like a crappy graduation speech. Let’s just enjoy what we have left of this year. This does not mean we should just stop thinking about the future altogether, but just keep that in the back of your mind and don’t let it stress you out. And for those who have already figured out what you are going to do, good for you, proud of you…just don’t rub it in our faces.

Much Love, W

Some of my favorite college memories...

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WaeyaFrom Page 17


giving the audience an abridged version of his autobi-ography, pulling out unrelated chapters and presenting them in an uninspiring monotone. Granted, Hilfiger has quite the résumé and his accomplishments are laudable, but simply rehashing all the awesome things he has done left the audience wondering, “What does that have to do with anything?” It would have made sense to describe his experiences if he was then going to describe what he learned from them. The event, titled “Build Your Brand,” failed to address any realistic ways of creat-ing and maintaining a brand. By the end of the “work-shop,” the only possible advice that could be squeezed from Hilfiger’s nostalgic presentation was that the way to succeed in business is to network and create contacts. While this is certainly the backbone of the industry, it

is unlikely that any college student has Britney Spears on speed dial.

Overall, Hilfiger tried to sound too impressive rath-er than trying to remain pragmatic. He name-dropped celebrities such as Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, and the Rolling Stones, probably in an attempt to prove that “Anything is possible” (a cutesy phrase that he projected toward the end). He ended up just sound-ing ridiculous. Even when the audience was invited to ask questions, Hilfiger’s answers, which probably sound-ed profound in his own head, were fluffy and superficial and they rarely addressed the questions that were asked.

Hilfiger did say that the industry is full of bullcrap-pers.

Apparently, he is not the exception.

HilfigerFrom Page 16

EntertainmentFebruary 8, 2016 Page 19

EC Buzz: 7 Struggles of Having Long Hair

1. Doing anything nice with your hair becomes a workout.

Holding all of that hair up long enough to put a ponytail holder around it is way harder than lifting weights in the gym. Next time someone

makes fun of you for having small arms, remind them that you’ve worked out way longer than them. Also, you have the patience of a mother

with 10 kids from that hair styling!

2. Brushing out the tangles is an ordeal.

There are times when you can really relate to Rapunzel. How the heck did that girl manage to brush every knot out of her hair and still have

time to read a book or two or three? It takes true dedication to get long hair that’s silky smooth. Or you could take the smart route and adopt

the messy bun (thank you, college, for not being judgmental!).

3. You leave a trail of hair wherever you go.

Shower, carpet, bed, laundry. No matter where you go or what you do, there’s evidence. Never

try to be a criminal because that’s just not going to work out. When you empty your vacuum car-

tridge, you find twice as much hair in there than dirt. And don’t even get me started on the little

hair balls you find in your clean laundry.

4. Your hair is out to kill you.

Your hair is your own worst enemy. Anything you do, it tries to strangle you. You could be lay-ing in bed, trying to get comfortable, and every time you roll over your hair gets caught under you. Trying to get out of the car is a nightmare

By Alyssa Wilson ’17Entertainment Editor

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when the seat belt tries to eat your hair and hold you hostage. You really start disliking your long hair when it gets stuck under your armpits for

no reason other than to be obnoxious.

5. It takes forever for your hair to dry.

If you have long hair, you better plan to take a shower at least an hour before you have to be

somewhere. It takes forever for your hair to dry. No joke, forever! And trying to wrap all of your

hair in a towel is impossible. You always end up with a little tail that also won’t dry quickly.

6. One hair style requires at least 10 bobby pins and 2

ponytail holders.

Which never seem to be readily available since all of your hair things travel off somewhere in the night. If you remove just one pin from that perfectly manicured hairstyle, forget about it staying in for longer than it takes you to walk out the door. And those ponytail holders that

are absolutely necessary? Those break if you try to put all of your hair into one. Hence, two. The

struggle is so real.

7. Your hair falls into any-thing you’re eating

It takes some serious preparation to eat food. Your hair must be pulled back or secured behind your shoulders in order for you to receive all of

the food on your plate in your mouth. Otherwise, you end up saving some of that food for later,

and it definitely doesn’t taste as good the second time around.


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It’s true that this is the second year in a row that there have not been any

nominations for non-white actors in the Oscars platform. However, is this truly a racist jab on the part of the Os-cars committee? While inclusivity has long been fought for in this time of new-aged American ideals, it is not ex-actly true that there was an intentional racist part to the Oscars. Just because there have not been non-white actors nominated for these awards in two years, does not bring an immediate conclusion of racism. There are many actors and actresses – both white and

non-white – that deserved Os-cars but did not receive them. There have been many white actors and actresses that de-served other awards, but were not nominated. Can anyone say Leonardo DiCaprio?

And we cannot ignore the fact that there have been ex-tremely influential non-white actors and actresses that have gotten Oscars and created huge speeches that moved us all. Halle Berry, for example, blew everyone away with her acceptance speech.

Racism at the Oscars: Accidental or Intentional?By Haley Brown ’17

Campus Life Editor

Photo by blogsocial.netSee OSCARS Page 21

Yet another controversy has arisen in the film

industry. A new British TV movie called Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon will be released soon starring Joseph Fiennes. They re-ceived negative feedback re-garding their choice in cast; many fans and critics are displeased with their deci-sion to cast a white actor to portray the King of Pop.

With the recent con-troversy surrounding the Academy Award nomina-tions, this came as yet an-other shock to the public. Many were displeased with the fact that the nomina-tions for the 2015 Academy Awards were void of Afri-can-American nominees. Then, to learn that an icon-ic African-American artist is to be portrayed by a white actor has only escalated the tension. Jackson was diag-nosed with Vitiligo, a skin

disorder characterized by the presence of patches of skin lacking pigment. This is a chronic disorder that usually becomes more ap-parent over time as the cells that produce pigment in the skin continue to die. At the point where the film takes place in Jackson’s life, his skin tone had lightened sig-nificantly, whether by the effects of the disorder or other means, and was very similar to that of Fiennes.

The movie is a short film telling the story of a

road trip Michael Jackson took, alongside Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Tay-lor. As the story goes, the trio was stranded in New York City after the Septem-ber 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They needed to get home to California, but were unable to fly, and thus took a road trip together. The movie is a comedy and is not in-tended to offend viewers or be malicious in any way. The movie was created with the intention of expressing

the unique relationship be-tween the trio.

Whether the viewer is offended by the casting choice or not, the movie should be appreciated as a tribute to Michael Jackson and his iconic role as the King of Pop. This short film sheds light on his re-lationships with Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando and is meant to spur feelings of happiness.


By Nicole Derosia ’17Staff Writer

In the acceptance of today’s society, it is not likely that such a large and public company would take a hit against people of color on purpose. "I don't want to be lumped into a category of being a racist because I'm certainly not, and because I support and benefit from the talent of black people in this business. It was just an in-credibly competitive year," actress Penelope Ann Miller stated.

The fact is that there were no people of color in this year’s Os-car nominations. The fact is that it was a tough year for actors and actresses to be nominated in the first place – white or not – simply because it was an amazing year of filmography.

George Clooney seemed to have started this controversy with his accusations on Twitter. Since then, people have been coining the hashtag “OscarsSoWhite”. It is understandable that it could be perceived in a way that

speaks racism, but it truly was unin-tentional. The goal of America is to include everyone into a full “Melting Pot” as we once prided ourselves in.

There were many non-white ac-tors and actresses that deserved to

be nominees this year, but weren’t ac-cepted through the long process of nominating a person. In the end, the people who won out, just happened to be white.

Who’s Playing Michael Jackson?

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Voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Dies at Age 63

Unfortunate news came to light earlier this week, as it was dis-

covered that Joe Alaskey, voice of beloved cartoon characters Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, died after a battle against cancer.

Alaskey was 63 at the time of his death.

Alaskey moved outside the realm of cartoon work with the roles of Jackie Gleason in the TV movie “King of the World” and Richard Nixon’s voice in Forrest Gump.

Alaskey is just the latest in the long line of prominent people we

have lost in the year 2016. Alan Rickman, most known for his re-curring role as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series, Abe Vigoda, Godfather and Barney Miller actor, and Maurice White, lead singer of Earth, Wind, and Fire, are just a few of the people who we have lost already this year.

Many have taken to Twitter and other social media outlets to express their condolences and offer up memories of Alaskey, with many beautiful blog tributes surfacing around the web.

Have You Ever Done This To Your Cat? Don’t Lie.

Many weird trends have surfaced over the past few years. Here are the trends that include our feline

friends:

Cat Breading

The trend was simply putting your cat’s head into a piece of bread. Some people took the trend to the next level and put their cat’s heads into foods like pizza and waffles. By doing this to your poor feline friend, you are given the opportunity of saying that you own an “in-bred” cat. This trend was so popular that an app was cre-ated, “Bread Kitten,” which unfortunately is no longer available on Android. Besides this trend becoming an app for phones, many people made Halloween costumes. If anyone wants to go as an “Inbred” Cat for Halloween next year, I have a costume on hand. An example of this trend features my very own cat. I made a phone call to my parents and requested a photo of this.

Senior PhotoA high school senior wanted to feature his feline in his photo in the yearbook. Howev-er, the administration at his school would not allow the photo to be published. The con-flict between the stu-dent and the adminis-tration made national news. In the end, the senior was allowed to have the photo of him and his cat in the year-book. This started the trend, and others jumped on board.

Cats in TightsYes, cat in tights is a trend. It sounds very odd, but it is quite adorable. This trend consists of people putting their cats into tights while they were laying down. Some owners went above and beyond, and put socks and shoes on their feline as well.

What’s next for trends that we can include our feline friends in?

By Carissa Neary ’19Staff Writer

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By Chris Kokes ’17World News Editor

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SportsFebruary 8, 2016 Page 23

It was a challenging weekend for the Elmira College men’s hockey team as they travelled

to Neumann University in Aston, Pennsylvania in the final weekend of January. A late goal from the Soaring Eagles led to an overtime tie in the first game and despite a hard battle in the sec-ond game they fell to the Knights 5-3.

Friday night’s game saw the Soaring Eagles trailing by two at the end of the first period but the next two periods saw things looking up for the purple and gold. Elmira got onto the board to cut the deficit in half 16:28 into the second with a goal from Kenny Tencza ‘19. He was as-sisted by Mike Martin ‘18 and Tommy Sumi ‘16. The two teams went into the second intermis-sion with the Knights leading 2-1. The Soar-ing Eagles fought hard in the third and were rewarded with a late goal from Jarryd ten Vaan-holt ‘16. The puck travelled from Jeremy Mar-ginsky ‘19 to Jordan Robertson ‘17 whose initial shot bounced off ten Vaanholt’s skate and into the net to tie the game at two. The teams played five minutes of overtime but neither could find the back of the net and the final score was 2-2. Sandro Aeschlimann ‘19 made 30 saves in net for the Soaring Eagles.

Saturday’s game proved to be tougher for the Soar-ing Eagles. They started off well with a goal from Jonny Grassie ‘19 assisted by Brent Lafayette ‘19 at 4:55 of the first period. It was Grassie’s first career goal. Elmira ex-tended their lead just over two minutes later with a goal from Marginsky. He was assisted by Mitch Atkins ‘19 and Blake O’Neill ‘19. The Knights answered late in the period to cut the Elmira lead to 2-1 to end the period. Neumann came out quickly in the second tying the game less than a minute into the period. However, Elmira was quick to re-spond, reclaiming their lead just thirty seconds later with an unassisted goal from Assistant Captain Tommy Sumi ‘16. However as the period progressed the tide turned to the favour of the Knights as they scored twice in the second half of the period. Elmira attempted to come back in the third but Neumann held strong and an empty net goal late in the third gave the Knights the victory, 5-3. Aeschlimann and Sal Magliocco ‘17 split time in the net with 19 saves from Aeschlimann and 6 from Magliocco.

Freshman defenseman Jonny Grassie ‘19 has certainly had a good start to his career at Elmira. The Somersworth, New Hampshire native came to the Soaring Eagles from the the New Hampshire Monarchs. He has appeared in 17 out of 19 contests, registered 1 goal and 4 assists for a to-tal of 5 points and a 0.294 points per game average, made 9 shots and 14 blocks. Jonny talked about the weekend’s games. “Obviously not the two results we were hoping for this weekend at this point in the season but there’s some games you definitely play that finish, you get to the end of them, you think you deserve a better result. I think that was the case for both of the games this weekend. We had some pretty good stretches where we were playing pretty well, we just couldn’t put the puck in the back of the net and get anything to show for it. That’s basically the story of the

weekend.” He also spoke about his first career goal. “It’s an exciting moment obviously. I mean it was nice to open the scoring nice and early, get the guys going. It really felt like we got off to a good start after that. I thought we ended up playing pretty well in that game except for a stretch of ten minutes or so and that’s kind of what cost us. It’s an excit-ing moment, I’m going to remember it for a long time.” Jonny also talked about returning to home ice for Athletics Alumni Weekend and the Wounded Warrior Game. “Hon-estly I’m just happy to be back home. I mean, freshmen on the road, you’re loading/unloading the bus. You have to sit with someone for five hour bus rides. It’s not really the most comfortable thing in the world, actually pretty annoying to go on the road so it’s going to be nice to finally be back home and be where you’re comfortable, know your routine before the games and then obviously on top of that Alumni Weekend. It’s going to be great to have all the alumni in the building and then Wounded Warrior, obviously it’s a great cause.”

Senior forward Jarryd ten Vaanholt ‘16 has had a great final season with the Soaring Eagles so far. Hailing from West Vancouver, British Columbia, Jarryd played with the Prince George Spruce Kings before donning the purple and gold. This season he has appeared in 18 out of 19 contests, scored 7 goals and registered 6 assists for a total of 13 points and a 0.722 points per game average. He has scored on game winning and two game tying goals and three of his goals have come on the power play. He has registered 33 shots, won 17 face offs and made 4 blocks. Jarryd spoke about the games. “Kind of a couple rough ones. Obviously it was good to get back in the first one and get the tie in the last minute but losing the second one really hurt us.

By Liz Roosa ’16Sports Editor

Rough Weekend for Men’s Ice Hockey on the Road

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See MEN’S HOCKEY Page 25


Men’s Basketball Holds Out for Win Over Empire 8 Opponents

The Elmira College men’s

basketball team pulled off a big win on January 30th on the road against Stevens In-stitute of Technol-ogy. The Soaring Eagles upset the Ducks 75-70.

Elmira opened the scoring with nine unanswered points. The Ducks responded to take the lead 25-24 with 6:25 left to go in the first half. This would prove to be the only time that the Soaring Eagles would trail throughout the contest. Elmira re-took the lead, breaking a 27-27 tie with a 9-2 run. They led 41-34 at the halftime break.

The Soaring Eagles came out strong in the second half with three triples, two from Justin Porrett ‘19 and one from Justin Henderson ‘16. The team took a commanding 18 point lead at 58-40 with less than fourteen minutes left to play.

Stevens began attempts to launch a comeback and managed to get with one, 62-61, with less than four min-utes left. Hayden Harkins ‘18 landed a triple that extended the lead to four and gave some momentum back to the purple and gold. The game finished out with the Soaring Eagles on top 75-70.

After the game Head Coach Randie Torgalski talked about what allowed Stevens to comeback. “The second half run was a combination of us not taking care of the ball and us fouling. They made eight free throws during their run to cut

the lead to one. We just stayed the course. We kept our heads when we could have lost them.” He also spoke about the team’s spirits after hav-ing won two out of their last three games. “We know we’ve competed all season and we know we’ve let games get away from us. But we also know the season is far from over. We’re fo-cused on running our own race and playing one game at a time. We will continue to battle and compete un-til we run out of games to play this season.”

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Women’s Basketball Falls on the Road to Stevens

The Elmira Col-lege women’s

basketball team had a tough outing on Saturday Janu-ary 30th when they travelled to Stevens Institute of Tech-nology. The visiting Soaring Eagles were edged out 67-55.

Stevens started out strong, scor-ing 13 unanswered points in the first quarter but Elmira closed out the quarter with a 12-2 run. Lindsey Heaton ‘19 scored seven points in the final four minutes of the quarter to bring the Soaring Eagles within three points, 15-12.

Elmira took their first lead 17-15 in the second cour-tesy of a three pointer from Emily Green ‘18. However the Soaring Eagles were not able to keep the lead in the

second half, falling behind after being tied at 29 at the end of the second quarter. The third quarter saw Ste-vens outscoring Elmira 23-14 which gave the momen-tum back to them. The purple and gold were unable to comeback and fell 67-55.




Men’s HockeyFrom Page 23

Heartbreaking Weekend for Women’s Ice Hockey

The rivalry between the Elmira College

Soaring Eagles and the Plattsburgh State Cardi-nals in women’s ice hockey is undoubtedly one of the largest in the country. The number one and two teams in the country faced off twice in the final weekend of January at the Mur-ray Athletic Center. The Cardinals came away with a 4-2 victory in game one and a 7-1 victory in game two for a weekend sweep despite a good effort from the Soaring Eagles.

The first game of the series saw Plattsburgh taking an early lead. They scored three times in the opening frame to take a 3-0 lead going into the first intermission. Elmira managed to slow them down in terms of scoring in the second period, hold-ing them to a single goal, but was unable to produce and goals of their own. The third period saw a comeback for the Soaring Eagles. At 10:13 into the final frame Sarah Hughson ‘18 scored the first goal of the game for Elmira assist-ed by Kristin Chivers ‘19 and Katie Granato ‘19. Just one minute and six seconds

later the purple and gold struck again with a goal from Shannon Strawin-ski ‘19 with an assist from Kyra McDonald ‘18. The comeback was not enough however, and the Soar-ing Eagles fell 4-2. Kelcey Crawford ‘18 and Kyle Nel-son ‘17 split time in the net with Crawford registering nine saves and Nelson put-ting up 22 saves.

The second game of the weekend proved to be even more difficult for Elmira. The first pe-riod looked alright for the Eagles in terms of score with one goal from the Cardinals that the purple and gold answered just

over seven minutes later. Granato scored for Elmira assisted by Assistant Cap-tains Phoebe Piku ‘16 and Olivia Nystrom ‘16. The two teams entered the first intermission tied 1-1. The second period saw Platts-burgh retaking their lead with two goals making the score at the end of the sec-ond 3-1. The third period saw the Cardinals pull-ing further away from the Soaring Eagles with four unanswered goals leaving the final score 7-1. Once again Crawford and Nelson split time in the net with 2 saves from Crawford and 28 from Nelson.


We thought we played well enough to win. We out-shot them, we outplayed them, but in the end we just didn’t get the result we wanted.” He also talked about his game tying goal on Friday night. “It was just a good play by Jordan Robertson. He used his speed, got down, just kind of threw it in front and I was able to get lucky enough to have it go off my skate actu-ally and go into the net. So big for the tie.” Jarryd also talked about returning to the Domes and the weekend events. “Coming back to the Domes is going to be big for us. We love playing there. It’s so much better than any other rink we get to play in. And then obviously with it being Alumni Weekend, Wounded Warrior Game this next coming weekend it’s going to be a big excitement not only for us but for the freshmen who haven’t really played in an atmosphere like that before.”

Former Elmira College Men's Hockey Player Signed by the Jackals

A former Elmira Col-lege men's hockey

player has been signed by the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL. Taylor

Love who spent several years as a part of the college team has been signed to a standard player contract with

the Jackals. He returns to the Elmira area

after playing with the Danbury Titans of the FHL in Danbury, Con-

necticut.

Photo by elmira.edu


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