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by Kelly Bozeman Creative? Like helping others? The Public Relations Cam-paign Management Class at WVU Parkersburg is hosting a “Can Hunger” event. This is a can-sculpturing event that will raise donations and funds for the campus food pantry project, The Riverhawk Nest. Each year, the Public Relations Campaign Management Class as-sesses a need in the community and create a campaign to assist in meeting that need. “We de-cided that having a food pantry for those here at the college is a need we want to help facilitate,” Public Relations major Justina Morris said. The food pantry wil l be accessible to all of WVU Park-ersburg’s campus community. Along with non-perishable food items, hygiene products will also be available. The event will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the Col-lege Activities Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is a unique fundraising opportunity for participants to use the cans they collected to create a sculp-ture. The sculptures made entirely out of cans will be judged in several different categories including: most unique, most variety, best teamwork, best

meal, largest sculpture, smallest sculpture, and people’s choice. All winners will receive a trophy made of empty cans designed by the art department at WVU Park-ersburg, with the largest going to the people’s choice winner. DJ Austin Weiford will provide entertainment and refreshments will be provided for participants and attendees. Several local business and

campus organizations were in-vited to take part in this event. Students are also urged to partici-pate. Email chronicle@wvup.edu for an information packet. Participants can work between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. the day of the event to assemble their sculpture. They will then go on display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., when at-tendees will have the opportunity

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to vote for their favorite sculp-tures to nominate the winner of the people’s choice trophy. The Public Relations Man-agement class will also display a sculpture they are creating a week prior to the event. Picker-ing Associates donated their help with the information packets and design of this class piece. The PR Management class is also accepting monetary dona-tions for backpacks that allow students to visit the food pantry anonymously. A website was set up to ac-quire these monetary donations and for those willing to be able to share and pass along. That website is https://www.youcaring.com/other/can-hun-ger/251074. The cans collected and used in the displays will later be donated to the campus food pantry. Any nonperishable food or hygiene items as well as monetary donations will be gra-ciously accepted in room 2201 and throughout campus. “We are very excited about this, we have had great feedback from people in the community and here at the college and we expect and hope that this will be something that a lot of students will be able to benefit from,” Morris said.Turbo built out of cans for the CANstruction 2014 event in Charleston

by Pickering Associates.

Take Action toCareer Fair, Page: 3

Study Abroad, Page: 4

Chinese Lion Dancers, Page: 6

Lockdown Policy, Page: 8

Cantus, Page: 10

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The Chronicle staff retracts our previous statement regarding Library hours. In the October 23 issue, it was printed

that the Library hours for Monday through Thursday are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. That is not correct.

The Library is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays.

• Hands-on experience in your first year

• Small, interactive class sizes

• Opportunities to host radio shows

• Broadcast range through most of North and South Parkersburg

• Real world career skills

• Student produced material

Bachelor of Applied Science in Radio Broadcast

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by John Scritchfield Phi Theta Kappa is staying very active at the WVU Parkers-burg campus. PTK is an Honors Society that focuses on leadership, scholar-ship, fellowship, and service. According to Diane Davis, director of the WVU Parkersburg PTK chapter, “We’ve changed over the years. We used to have to do projects on each one of those [areas] and now we do one Honors in Action project through research and then we find a project that incorporates that re-search.” Davis continued, “Because of the service every time we go to a regional convention, we try to do something for that particular community. This time our Honors in Action Institute is at Lynchburg, VA, and they’ve checked around and they want to help a women’s shelter there. They’ve asked us to bring gently used hats, gloves, coats, mittens,

scarves, those kinds of things. In the past we have taken quilts, food, baby diapers, just whatever the organization needs.” However, PTK will not be bringing those items to the con-vention this year because of a late start on the project. Davis said, “…we’re getting ready to put up a barrel or a box to collect hats and coats, but since we’re leaving next weekend, we’re go-ing to leave them up to help a shelter here in Parkersburg.” Phi Theta Kappa currently has 27 members, about 12 of which are active. While PTK may be an Honors Society, they are separate from the Honors Col-lege, although Davis heads both groups. Davis added, “Our new Presi-dent of Phi Theta Kappa is now in Honors College that would be the ideal that we could get PTK members to become Honors Col-lege students or vice versa, but so far that’s not happening.”

Davis continued, “…they don’t have to be active. We think it’s better if they are, if they’re active they can earn their regalia, which are the stoles and tassels.” While PTK members con-tribute a great deal to the community, they have the oppor-tunity to earn some substantial scholarships. “...with the schol-arship the USA Today has, I think the top prize is $2000; you have to have a 3.5 GPA, but you do not have to be a Phi Theta Kappa member,” said Davis. If a student applies to that scholarship they can automati-cally apply for the Guistwhite Scholarship, which is only for PTK and it’s worth $5000; but one needs to have been involved in a big community PTK activ-ity. Each community college can nominate two students for this scholarship. “The student has to fill out the scholarship application and then I, as the nominator, look at them

by James Liebau II The Oct. 29 Career Fair at WVU Parkersburg was a huge success. With recruiters and graduate programs filling the Multi-Purpose Room, there was something for everyone who at-tended. A record number of 60 tables were used by the 52 com-panies and organizations who attended this Fall’s Career Fair. A total of 312 people attended the fair. This number included WVU Parkersburg students, col-lege alumni and high school students. “It was a good day,” Jennifer Randolph, Coordinator of Career Services at WVU Parkersburg, said about the event. “The College Central Network helped a lot to make this Career Fair a success,” she said. The CCN is the college’s first and new career services portal, help-ing students and employers find each other easily and efficiently. The employers at the fair were

very positive about the day, with 100 percent saying it was excel-lent and that the school had great hospitality. Beth James from Wesbanco, who is also a WVU Parkersburg alum, knew the school would be a great place to fill their open po-sitions. “Today was great,” James said, “there was a good variety of stu-dents and a lot of them.” 79 percent of employers left the fair with possible recruit-ments, while the same percentage said they would attend the fair again next year. The only concern the employ-ers voiced was that they thought that most of the attendees were under dressed and not well pre-pared for the occasion. They would like to see attendees bring resumes with them to give out while proper attire would be dresses for women and suits and ties for men. Overall, their view was a resounding positive one.

and meet with the President and we determine who gets nominat-ed. I had at least four that were interested in it this time,” said Davis. Both Jackson County and Parkersburg can have two stu-dents nominated each. Davis continued, "...So that means we as WVU Parkersburg can nominate four people for this scholarship. Problem is, they have to be e i ther Jackson County students or Parkersburg students.” The clothing drive is not the only large project PTK is under-taking this year, though. Past projects included teaching kids about the harmful effects of bul-lying as well as doing research and making meal plans for low-income families. “Headquarters comes up with ten different themes, and then they give you all these differ-ent questions to look at to do research. The idea is that you do

the research about whatever fits into one of these categories, and then the research leads to you what you really want to do. The action is doing that project that makes a difference in your com-munity,” said Davis. When talking about this year’s project, Davis said, “This time you’ve got a bigger focus in ‘Exploring the Natural Environ-ment.’ To win prizes you need to collaborate with as many [groups] and as broad [coverage] as you can. We were already working with the Environmental Action Group and we knew that they were doing this pollinator project. And our new President is also a part of the EAG. That gives us a boost in the fact that we’re working with the college community, but that pollinator project is also going to take us into the community as a whole.” This project will “plant habitat that will bring in honey bees and pollinators,” according to Davis.

From the attendees of the Ca-reer Fair, the overall opinion was a great one. Out of the people who filled out surveys pertaining to the fair, 92 percent said the fair was either excellent or good. 71 percent said that they felt they had job leads, while 94 percent said the fair was beneficial and 98 percent said they would refer the Career Fair to a friend. Freshman Dylan McGee said he came to the Career Fair be-cause he was interested in the state police. “My favorite part of the fair was getting to talk to the state police representative and learn-ing about their duties and job.” McGee said. Even though the Fall Career Fair was one of the most suc-cessful at the college, Randolph sees that there is always room for improvement. “We’d like to try and bring in more internships and co-op pos-sibilities to the next fair,” she

said. Randolph also said that a Career Fair during the Spring is a possibility. “Our goal is to make employ-ers see how WVU Parkersburg students can successfully fill

their job opening needs,” Ran-dolph said. With the Career Fairs growing and becoming more successful every year, it’s easy to see this goal become more of a reality.

Organizers deem the recent Career Fair as a success.

Career Fair Brings In Record Numbers

Phi Theta Kappa Changes Things Up

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by Jessica Fields Going to Europe may seem like a far-off dream, but it can easily become reality. WVU Parkersburg offers an opportunity for students, and anyone else who wants to go, to study abroad. The upcoming trip is to Italy and Greece for 10 – 13 days. Leaving Pittsburgh on May 13, the plane will fly to Rome where the group will stay for four days before continuing on to Sorrento, Pompeii, Delphi, and Athens. At the end of the trip, the plane will fly out of Rome and land back in the United States in Pittsburgh. For a greater price, a three-day extension cruise is offered that goes to Greek Islands and Tur-key. The extension choice needs to be made by the end of January or the beginning of February. With the extension, the total cost of the trip will be $3,672 for students, not including the cost of lunch, some dinners, and shopping.

Anyone interested in going can either pay up front or make monthly payments. Everyone has to give about a $100 tip to the group tour direc-tor, the bus driver and the local tour guides. The tip is collected at the beginning of the trip. Students under the age of 30 have a student price. Anyone over the age of 30, student or not, has a different price. The tours do not mix people older than 30 with people younger than 30 so the experience is more enjoyable for everyone. This trip puts students right in the middle of beautiful sceneries and rich culture while teaching them the importance of diversity and history. “Surrounded by some of hu-mankind’s greatest treasures, every breath is a history lesson,” according to efcollegestudytours.com. This trip offers three upper-level credit hours in either Psychology 397 or Sociology

350. A scholarship is offered through WVU Parkersburg foun-dation, which can be obtained in the Foundation’s office. The scholarship has no specific re-quirements. During the trip students will complete assignments. The stu-dents are asked to keep a photo journal and a diary about the trip and what has been experienced. “This kind of experience can change your life. If you have your head, heart, and ears open, it can change your life,” Denise McClung, professor of Psychol-ogy, said. To enroll for study abroad, go online to efcollegestudytours.com/enroll and enter the tour number – 1559654HM or call and enroll by phone at 877-485-4184. For more information, feel free to contact Phil or Denise McClung at pmcclung@wvup.edu or at Denise.McClung@wvup.edu, or call EF Tours at 877-485-4184.

This is a map of all the stops that are going to be made on the study abroad trip.

S t u d y A b r o a dEurope Trip Set For May 2015

by Rachael Gant Volcanoes, planets, and rocks all have one thing in common, science. WVU Parkersburg holds a science event every year called Afternoon Science. Afternoon Science is filled with hands-on experience pro-vided for elementary school students that come to the college for an afternoon. The college has 17 partnerships with schools across the Tri-State area and tries to reach out to each school so students from the different coun-ties can experience the program. Although not every school gets to participate each year, WVU Parkersburg tries to make sure each school gets to participate one year. Professor Nancy Cordonier, adjunct professor of Chemistry, helps the student teachers put on this event every year. They occur in the science wing of the college where the kids from the different schools break off into different labs. At each table in the labs, a student teacher with a science lesson is prepared for a limited amount of time, with some hands on experiments for the students to engage in. The program has been going on for over 10 years, and Cordo-neir plans to keep the program going for as long as the elemen-tary schools are willing. The only real obstacle that Cordonier faces is transportation fees. WVU Parkersburg has to hire the Wood County Schools’ buses and pay for the fuel and bus drivers. The cost is usually

several hundred dollars. “Every time we call the prin-cipals for the schools, they are always so excited that they were picked to come out for a couple of hours,” Cordonier said. Magnet ism, sound, l ight forces, geology, weather, and senses are normally the main topics of the science lessons. Cordonier said she likes to keep the syllabus around the same sub categories of the elementary science course, and keep the cur-riculum to a third to fifth grade level. Due to the grade school schedules, third to fifth grade are the grades that are normally ap-propriate for the afternoons. Every year this program is a success. It happens at least three times a semester, but Cordonier is trying to make it expand into more days per year. “This Afternoon Science program is great for the grade school students, because nor-mally when they go on field trips, they sit in an auditorium and watch a theater production or music production, and this allows them the opportunity to go to a laboratory with labora-tory benches and they can look around the room and see labora-tory equipment,” Cordonier said. “We try to refer to everything as his or her materials and equip-ment and it’s something that elementary schools can’t really offer.” The next two programs are set to be put on in November of this year. The dates for next semester have yet to be announced.

Children enjoying doing science experiments.

Science Made Fun

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by James Liebau II Student Government As-sociation of WVU Parkersburg President Ryan Garrett resigned from his position on Oct. 27 before the SGA meeting. Vice President of Communications, Brandon Cooper, will fill the va-cant position until the end of the semester. Garrett submitted a letter of resignation to the students explaining why he could not con-tinue as President. As the new SGA President, Cooper has goals he would like to reach before his short tenure is up. He graduates after the Fall 2014 semester, so he has to act quickly and efficiently to achieve his goals. Cooper has one focus in mind

and that focus is the students of WVU Parkersburg. “My goal for the rest of the semester is to get the students and SGA back together,” Cooper said. He feels that in the past few years, the SGA has focused on working with the administration more than the students. “Working with the administra-tion is a need,” Cooper said, “but the relationship SGA has with the students has to equally be as important.” Cooper wants the students’ concerns and suggestions to be voiced towards the ad-ministration, so the closer the relationship with the students, the easier it is to inform the admin-istration and to have the students

be heard. This goal is not the only objec-tive for President Cooper during his term. He also has to find his replacement. With Cooper stepping up to the presidency position, it leaves the VP of Communications position vacant. The person elected will not only fulfill the duties of VP of Communications for the rest of the semester, but this person will also succeed Cooper as SGA President after he graduates. This may seem like a big task to take on, but Cooper is certain that he will find the right person to take it on. “I want someone that will not only fill the Vice President position,” Cooper said, “but is

by Katelyn Brunch Registering for classes is an absolute necessity for students and it is important to know all the information regarding it. The registrar’s office wants students to know that it is about that time to schedule spring classes. Students need to meet with their assigned advisors before the hold on their account will be released. In order to schedule classes, students must meet with advisors. Without doing so and the PIN not being released, stu-dents will not be able to schedule classes. After a student meets with his/her advisor, they can then log onto OLSIS and check their reg-istration status. OLSIS will show the student the day he/she is able to begin scheduling classes. It is important to look this up and begin scheduling as soon as pos-sible to guarantee class seats. Students’ OLSIS accounts will also show students their current curriculum information (program of study.) Students are encour-aged to review this information and make sure it is correct. If not correct, students are encouraged to obtain a change of major for from the Records Office of Jackson County Center. The student’s advisor is to sign the form and have it returned back to the Records Office or Jackson County Center. Priority pre-registration is the week of Nov. 3rd-7th. This is week for students to take ad-vantage of to get the classes he/she wants to take in the spring semester. If a student checked this regis-tration status, it should let them know what day that week they can begin scheduling. If students wait to register, beginning Nov. 10, all students will be available to start schedul-ing. This could make it difficult for some students to get in the classes he/she wants. Students meet with advisors and begin scheduling!

willing to learn and work with me to ensure a smooth transition into the presidency in the Spring semester.” A few people have voiced an interest into the position, so Pres-ident Cooper has a lot to think about. The appointment of the new VP of Communications will take place during the next SGA meeting on Nov. 10. Any SGA member is eligible for the position, so if interested, talk to President Brandon Coo-per. The SGA is always open to new members and the meet-ings are welcome to everyone. The meetings take place in the community room every other Monday at 11:00 a.m. for anyone interested.

This year SGA has taken on a mission to further involve the students and create a unified student body. We have accomplished, in just a short amount of time, many of these aspirations. It has been an honor to represent the student voice and stand for the concerns of the students of WVU-Parkers-burg. I appreciate your support in my mission and vision for this school year and will continue to help as much as I can. Unfortunately, concerning my position as President, I will have to resign. I started The Air Doctor a Heating and Cooling business in September 2013, which has been showing progressive growth since its inception. Also, in late September of this year, I was presented with an opportunity to estab-lish a Real Estate investing company in Charleston. Due to the success that we are experiencing in Charleston, a couple students from WVU-Parkersburg and myself have decided to expand our operations into Parkersburg. With the time demands of being a father of 3, organizing multiple businesses, at-tempting to maintain an appropriate academic standard, and representing the students as the President of SGA, my grades started to drop. At that point, I realized I was taking on to many demands and that the students needed someone that could represent them by being on campus more frequently than my schedule would allow. I needed to let something go. Furthermore, I hold in high regards, my academic performance and so should all students of WVU-Parkersburg; therefore, although a painstaking decision to make, I had to resign as the President of SGA. My apologies if I have let you down but my hope is that you understand the reasoning behind my decision.

Sincerely,Ryan Garrett New SGA President Brandon Cooper.

Letter of Resignation to the Students:

A Change in CommandGarrett Resigns as SGA President; Cooper fills position

Class Registration Important for

Students

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by Rachael Gant Is music on the radio not fit-ting the rock desires they should be? Are online playlists on the in-ternet not meeting unique lyrical styles? Wanting more of an alter-native rock feel in your playlist? Try listening to the local band Dino Drive. Dino Drive consists of four members. Lead singer/ guest guitarist Sean “Zeb” Dye, lead guitar/harmony vocals Adam Sereno, bass guitar Kyle Moel-lendick, drums/harmony vocals Alex Escandon. The band has just released its first EP called “Burn Them”. This song explains inner anxi-eties and ambitions and burning them away. The lyrics are incred-ibly creative and the harmonies in the vocals are light but are appropriate for the lyrics in the song. There is minor cursing in the song, so children under the age of 17 should not be listen-ing to the music. Other than one word of cursing, the song is lyri-cally brilliant. It opens up as a normal rock song would. Electric guitar

by Chelsea Archer The Wong People Kung Fu School of Washington, D.C., de-livered an amazing performance, demonstrating ancient Chinese culture. The Lion Dance is a century-old custom that is integral to Chinese and Southeast Asian Culture, and the Washington DC Lion Dance Team reenacted the ritual at WVU Parkersburg on Oct 23. The Social Justice Com-mittee and the Office for Global Initiatives organized the event, and it was free and open to the public. The show began with a drum, cymbal, and gong performance by three men dressed in tradi-tional Chinese clothing. The performers then demon-strated two types of Kung Fu: Traditional Kung Fu, which is

with a rich reverb and the same chords for the intro being played three times until the drums and vocals come in. The vocals come in clean but with a nasal sound slowly following the raspy screaming lyrics with a head-banging chorus. The lyrics are not for just one of the band members or just one certain music lover’s type. The lyrics are deep and therapeutic. The screaming takes away from the melancholy aspect of the song into bringing the emotions to the surface, and shattering the evil spirits from the memories that are brought to the top. The music is scary yet energet-ic to get anyone in the mood for some hardcore energy or to be pumped up for any type of event. If Dino Drive is something that could be of interest, their EP is expected to be released sometime next year along with a music video. You will also be able to listen to a clean acoustic version through WVU Parkersburg’s radio station, WPKM 96.3 in the next year.

used for self defense, and Tai Chi, used for meditation. While teaching self defense, the performers also used ancient Chinese weapons along with common household items to show how to use them effectively against an attacker. Raymond Wong, founder of Wong People Organization, then handed out pieces of lettuce to members of the audience while speaking of a lion that will eat the lettuce out of your hand. The drum was played again to call this lion to the stage. After a few minutes of drumming, a traditional Chinese lion costume danced onto the stage. The lion filled the stage with bright colors, shiny sequins and a massive body. The lion danced all around the room, occasionally stopping to bat its eyes at an au-

dience member. Once the lion was back on stage, Wong called down every-one who was given a piece of lettuce. Men, women and chil-dren made their way to the stage. One by one, they put their let-tuce into the lion's mouth. After a few beats of the drum, Wong counted to three and the lion spit out pieces of lettuce. It is believed that the lettuce represents the negative and posi-tive energy in the one who fed the lion. The lion takes all of that energy and “chews” it up, keeping all of the negative and “spitting” the positive back at you. This ritual, Kung Fu, and Tai Chi have been a part of Chinese culture for thousands of years, and it was an experience every-one will not forget.

Ch i n e s e Lion Dan c i n g Comes t o Pa r ke rs bu rg

Dino Drive

Traditional Chinese Lion takes over the stage at WVU Parkersburg.

New local Band to perform

Logo for Dino Drive found on www.facebook.com/DinoDriveMusic.

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by Rachael Gant The criminal justice depart-ment at WVU Parkersburg has some new improvements on the DIO, also known as, Delta Iota Mega, and their chapter title that was granted by the American Criminal Justice Association. They are a chap-ter of a national organization so all of the member’s dues and information when they are enrolled are sent to the na-tional chapter. Jacqueline Barron, the over-seer of the organization, says that the group has recently put on many fundraisers and

community service projects over the course of the semester of this year. They try to serve the com-munity and get them in touch with the criminal justice system. They also make the community realize that they are not just stu-dents at WVU Parkersburg. The students are actually trying to make improvements and serve in the community. “We just finished the Clothes-line Project and we will be doing a Criminal Justice Pro-fessionals Appreciation dinner shortly,” Barron said. Barron says that when they are out doing community service

projects, they wear their WVU Parkersburg attire so the com-munity knows that they are from the college and they are setting a good example for the students on campus. They want the commu-nity to understand that they are serious about helping out the city in any ways that they can. The DIO group has a national conference that they go to every year that they are raising money for. They have already had a “Taco-in-a-Bag” sale and are get-ting ready to have a bake sale for this conference. There is a CSI, written paper test, and physical agility tests that they can com-

by Sheena Thorn Big things have been hap-pening at WVU Parkersburg. Almost a year ago, Legal Studies became its own de-gree of study, making this year the second full year it has been offered at the college. Legal Studies is offered as a certificate, associate and baccalaureate program. Of-fering it this way is called the career ladder method. With the career ladder, students can build upon the certificate and get the associate’s degree and from there move on to the bachelor’s degree. The certificate is 30 hours, the as-sociate’s degree is 60 hours,

and the bachelor’s degree is 120 hours. Chad Crumbaker is an as-s i s t an t p rofessor and the coordinator of legal studies. Crumbaker is also a practicing lawyer and has been in practice for eight years. He teaches most of the legal studies classes, how-ever, as the program expands, he is bringing in fellow lawyers to teach some of the classes. “If you’re interested in working in the law, that is the biggest benefit. Legal studies can be for someone who is interested in being a lawyer. It is for people who are interested in working in a law office as a paralegal or something else. That’s where the

interest lies within the program,” Crumbaker said. Legal studies is not just for students who want to continue on into law degrees. Anyone with an interest in the law can take these courses to expand his or her legal knowledge. “The good thing about the certificate is that you can get your bachelor’s in something else and then come here and get the certificate and be qualified to do something in legal studies,” Crumbaker said. Getting a degree in legal stud-ies is not the same as having a paralegal degree. “There are different ways to qualify for the paralegal program. We are a little different from that. We do

more than just the two years you would take of legal classes. We include other electives to make it a broad legal studies degree,” Crumbaker said. WVU Parkersburg incorpo-rated the legal studies degree into the programs it offers. “There are only one or two other colleges in the state that offer all three levels of the legal studies degree. Even in Ohio, there aren’t any places that are close that offer this. That’s why I think it is important. It is providing a broader based education,” Crumbaker said. One of the main reasons it was included was to add an expansion to the criminal justice program. Having legal studies knowl-

edge is going to come in handy in the near future, according to Crumbaker. “It is going to be a growth area. With the cracker plant coming in, new homes coming around and new jobs becoming available, there is an increasing need for lawyers and legal knowledge,” Crumbaker said. The first graduate of the le-gal studies program will be graduating in December with a bachelor’s degree. Following in the Spring, there will be two more graduates with bachelor’s degrees. For more information about the legal studies program, contact Chad Crumbaker at ccrumba1@wvup.edu.

pete in. The conference is about $500 a piece for the students to go so every dollar makes a differ-ence. The organization recently held an election in September for new officers being inducted into the program. The new president of DIO is Garrett Foggen, the new vice president is Daniel Naehar, the new treasurer is Cheyenna Powell, and the new secretary is Jennifer Blosser. There are ap-proximately 12 to 15 students that are a part of DIO. Meetings are normally held every first Wednesday of the month at 11 o’clock during Student Engage-

ment Hour, but that could change depending on the president’s schedule. If a student would want to join DIO, they have to have at least one course in Criminal Justice and keep a 3.0 grade point aver-age. Barron mentioned to keep an eye out for the DIO on cam-pus this semester and they plan to be more active this year than they have been in the past. The DIO organization is com-munity focused and loves little projects that could help in the long run. Contact Jacqueline Bar-ron with any questions regarding community service.

Legal Studies The Newest Degree Program at WVU Parkersburg Prepares Students For a Legal Profession

DIO under new leadershipCriminal Justice Club Active, Planning

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by Sheena Thorn It seems like an ordinary day at the local college. Classes are moving along as usual, nothing seems out of the ordinary. And then it happens. Gunshots sound down the hall. The school is sent into mass panic and lockdown. Students and teachers are locked inside the classrooms while terror continues just out-side the door. Three, four and five more shots sound. The students and staff will be safe but only as long as the gun-man does not shoot the door to the room open. What then? I n m o s t e l e m e n t a r y , m i d d l e a n d h i g h s c h o o l s throughout the United States, the policy for this exact situa-tion is to lock the school down. All doors within the school become locked, while the stu-dents and teachers close the blinds and hide in the most neu-tral area of the room to keep the gunman from seeing anything. WVU Parkersburg has the same lockdown policy as most schools. However, the safety administration for the college is looking to change this policy. A safety committee comprised of 20 people, including adminis-

tration, maintenance, outside law enforcement, Eastwood fire de-partment and staff, is coming up with a way to revise WVU Park-ersburg’s safety procedure policy. Though an accident has never occurred at WVU Parkersburg, recent events like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot-ing have led to the conclusion a new policy is necessary. West Virginia Universi ty (WVU) adopted the policy of evacuate, hide out, take action. This policy means that when a gunman is on the premises, evacuate if possible (the gun-man is not nearby), hide out when/if the gunman is close and then lastly take action. Taking action does not mean taking the gunman out if op-portunity presents itself. It only means looking out for oneself. For example, when hiding out in a room grab something heavy that can be thrown at the gunman if the gunman comes into the room. While waiting, blocking the doors with desks, chairs, tables, bookcases and anything that can make it take longer for the gunman to come into the room can be helpful. If the gunman does make it

lertprogram and training institute that educates law enforcement about different evacuation procedures. During his training, Collins was able to experience simula-tions of what having a gunman in a school would be like and what to do in various scenarios like lockdown and the run, hide, fight. “I have been in law en-forcement over 20 years. I have been to FBI trainings, Homeland Security trainings, law enforce-ment trainings with the sheriff’s department and this is by far one of the most interesting trainings I have ever been to,” Collins said. “You guys [the students and staff] are responsible adults. You are responsible enough to know what kind of a call to make when it comes to your own safety,” Coll ins said. The current policy regarding safety is in the process of chang-ing. There will be a new policy in place by January 2015. The campus emergency response page does not currently specify what to do in certain situations. This will be revised as well. Though the changing of policies cannot make up for what has been lost, Collins said it is taking a step in the right direction to prevent more lives from being lost in the future.

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Local law enforcement and educators participate in A.L.I.C.E. training in early Sept.

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New Lockdown Policy in, throw the heavy object at the gunman before he or she has the chance to shoot. The goal is to disorient the gun-man and escape or to disarm and take the gunman down. The Department of Home-land Security has a similar policy they recommend; run, hide, fight. Homeland Secu-rity suggests not getting rid of the lockdown procedure. It is one tool of many that can be used when a threat arises. “Everyone’s initial reactions are either fight, flight, or freeze. If you hear a gunshot go off, you either want to get away from it, or you’re going to fight it. Only about one or two percent of people freeze,” Head of Security Al Collins said. “Simply lock-ing the door with a room full of scared people is not always going to work," Collins said. “ W h e n C o l u m b i n e h a p -pened, 500 kids broke the lockdown procedure that day and got out. You know what hap-pened to all 500 of those kids? They survived,” Collins said. The Columbine High School shooting happened in Littleton, Colorado in 1999 when two students brought guns to school and shot and killed 13 people.Twenty others were injured before turning the guns on them-selves and committing suicide. “In the ALICE training course I took, they played a recording from the librarian on the phone with 911. You could hear her say-ing “I can hear them shooting... Shhh! Get down!” Those kids had a means of getting out but could not because of the lock-down procedure,” Collins said. A L I C E i s a n a c r o -nym for Alert , Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacu-a t e . ALICE i s a na t i ona l

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by Kelly Bozeman The Caperton Center pro-vides educational opportuni-ties for college students as well as High School students in the Wood County area. The building was built 15 years ago with the cooperation of both WVU Parkersburg and Wood County schools. The intention was a joint venture and is 50/50 owned. Wood County School systems use the building as a Tech Center for their students to take classes that teach them specific skills. Wood County high school students are able to receive col-lege credit for classes taken at the Caperton Center. Some of the classes offered can transfer to programs offered at WVU Parkersburg in certain areas of study. English 101 is also offered to the high school students at no cost and allows them the op-portunity to receive dual credit. Pier Bocchini, program coor-dinator for the Caperton Center for applied technology, who is employed by Wood County Schools talked about a few of the options offered to high school students. “We offer Drafting, Emergency Response, Computer Systems Repair, Electrical Tech, and Energy

and Power programs,” she says. WVU Parkersburg also uses the building for students to take classes in specialized areas. A few of the various classes offered through WVU Parkersburg at the Caperton Center are 3D Modeling, draft-ing and basic computer classes. Discussions have been held with Boccini, her boss, Doug Kiger, Wood County Schools Director of Technical and Adult Education and WVU Parkers-burg’s interim president, Dr. Tracy hopes for future collabora-tions in the field of Health and Formatics. The proposal would include shared use of both in-structors and classrooms. Boccini added, “This decision will be solely up to our instructors, if their time and classroom space will be available for shared use.” Boccini adds “As of now, there a ren ' t any ava i lab le rooms at either the Caperton campus or the Tech Center located on Parkersburg South High School campus for any new programs to be offered.” There are hopes for additional space for Wood County Schools to use for Tech Center classes as there is still a current wait-ing list of over 200 students tha t are unable to a t tend.

Caperton Center Offers

College Course OptionsWood County Seniors WVU Parkersburg Foundation,

Starting at 11 a.m., November 12th, 2014

College Activities Center "What's Next West Virginia."

Host 'Let's Talk Wood County'Student Government Association

by John Scritchfield On November 12, the first ever ‘Let’s Talk Wood County’ meeting will be held at WVU Parkersburg during engagement hour and will be open to the public. “There’s a movement called ‘What’s Next West Virginia?’ A couple of people from the Center for Civic Involvement in the state of West Virginia live here in Wood County. They wanted to bring the ‘What’s Next West Virginia?’ to Wood County,” said Senta Goudy, Executive Director of the WVU Parkersburg Foundation. The goal of ‘What’s Next West Virginia’ is to see what the cur-rent status of the state of West Virginia with the big question of ‘Where are we now?’ “They have a lot of data about West Virginia, how many jobs we had 5 years ago compared to how many we have now, and other data points that are really interesting. So when we all got together as a group – about 10 or 15 of us got together here in Wood County and said ‘what’s the data in Wood County? How do these

numbers compare to 5 or 10 years ago? How are we going to get ahead?’” Goudy said. The first of three meetings slated for Nov. 12 will focus on how Wood County is perceived by it’s citizens, from “quality of life, jobs, recreation, whatever. We’re working really hard not to preconceive what people are going to talk about, and we want just to hear. We’re going to then take that information and move it to the next meeting, which will be November 17, and the next question is ‘What would you like it to be?’” Goudy said. Goudy had to leave the Mid-Ohio Valley shortly after graduat-ing from WVU Parkersburg and was gone from the region for a long period of time. Goudy continued, “what would have kept me here? What would I like to see? So that’s what we’re going to ask our group, our students, you know what would YOU like it to be like?” The final ‘Let’s Talk’ meeting is scheduled for November 19, which will look at how the issues raised from the previous meet-ing can be resolved or improved upon. “Now the cool part of this

is the Wood County Commission and the City of Parkersburg want to know as a group, ‘what are the students saying?’” Goudy said. The plan is to hold these meet-ings at various spots all through-out Wood County, however the ones held at the campus of WVU Parkersburg will be the first. ‘What’s Next West Virginia’ has been around for roughly a year, however ‘Let’s Talk Wood County’ is still in its infancy, as it was formed about a month ago. The Student Government As-sociation as well as President Tracy will both be involved with this undertaking. Goudy ended by saying, “I just hope a lot of people will take advantage of it, we scheduled it during engagement hour, we know it’s just before the holi-days, so everybody’s really busy, but we hope people will take the time to come in and talk to each other. You know we get busy, we’ve got classes and homework and Facebook and video games, and talking to each other might be a lost art, and we don’t want to lose it. Oral tradition is big in West Virginia, we need to make sure we keep it.”

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by Chelsea Archer Cantus, a vocal ensemble of nine men from Minnesota, gave an incredible, engaging per-formance. Using their voices as the only instruments in a majority of the songs, the room was filled with the astounding harmonies of the mind-blowing basses, baritones, and tenors. A drum, guitar, maracas, as well as clapping were used in the other songs. Cantus used ten different lan-guages during the performance, all of which were used as though they could be the men’s native language. According to the Can-tus pamphlet, “the music ranged from the Renaissance to the 21st century.” One of the more humorous performances was a song called “Tjak!” a series of chanted syl-lables used hundreds of years ago when tribes would prepare to hunt monkeys. The men stood with their knees bent and hands waving in front of them, dancing to the dif-ferent syllables used to excite the hunters. A more emotional song was “Songs of War and Protest,” a

medley of songs from the Civil War told from a mother’s per-spective asking please “don’t take my darling boy away from me,” and “I didn’t raise my boy to be a solider.” Most of the men also spoke between every three songs, telling the name of the songs and their purpose in his-tory. The audience participated in several parts of the show, sing-ing and clapping along with the worldwide known ensemble. Another unforgettable perfor-mance was a song called “When We Sing” in which they sang of singing for joy, peace, and life. The men repeatedly expressed their passion and love for sing-ing and this song definitely voiced the same thoughts. Cantus was given a well-deserved standing ovation as they took a bow after their final song. They exited the stage but soon returned for an encore performance of “America the Beautiful” in which they audi-ence joined in for the last verse. Cantus most definitely ex-ecuted a vocal performance that no one in the audience is bound to forget.

CantusOffers Emotional and Memorable Performance

Musical Group Mentors High School Students by John Scritchfield Local high school students were treated to a music work-shop from men’s vocal ensemble Cantus last week at WVU Park-ersburg’s Activities Center. Over 200 people attended the workshop last Tuesday, most of whom were high school students. Students from Parkersburg and Parkersburg South High Schools as well as the Smoot Theatre Boy’s Choir and the College Chorale from WVU Parkersburg were all in attendance. According to Dr. H.G. Young, Professor of Music, “The perfor-mance of Cantus was a part of the Distinguished Performance Series which we put on here, and we do multiple events each year…I started planning this pro-gram over a year ago, I knew this group, I knew how outstanding they were and what a wonderful opportunity it would be for the high school students. When we scheduled the performance, a workshop was included, so then I invited my colleagues in the high schools.” Young went on to say that the plan for the workshop was to have Cantus sing a few songs and they “were going to talk about proper singing and demon-

strate that, and then I talked with the group [Cantus] perhaps about working with an ensemble.” Young selected the men’s en-semble from Parkersburg High to receive instruction from Cantus because they are both men’s en-sembles. The group from PHS “had been working on the piece that they did that afternoon. So, it was an opportunity for someone else to hear the piece and to give them some suggestions; and it got a little better just because of real fine-tuning,” Young said. According to Young, Cantus gave the PHS men’s ensemble instruction on doing certain small things just a little bit differently that made the overall product better. Young continued, “I think that’s what these men were doing the other day, not saying ‘this is wrong,’ but ‘have you thought about it this way’, or ‘try it this way and see what you think’… And then the other people who were not participating were lis-tening, watching, and observing.” Young decided to bring Cantus (who are based out of St. Paul, MN) to WVU Parkersburg after watching them perform in the past and also because they hadn’t

been featured on the Perfor-mance Series before. “I spend a lot of my time writing grants to support the program. Now the grants don’t pay 100%, but they provide the difference that we could do Cantus or not do Cantus. So, for this program, I got two grants, one was from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, and the other one was locally from Arts-Bridge. And both of them, in the proposal that I wrote, I was very clear that what we were trying to do not only was trying to present a world-class performing ensem-ble, but also to provide a learning experience for the students in the region,” said Young. Young continued, “And so part of the grant said that in this re-gion, we have really fine public school programs – Parkersburg High, Parkersburg South, Raven-swood, Ripley, and that we were targeting those schools to offer the opportunity to come.” The workshop was held in the Activities Center because not only would Cantus go on to perform for the public later that evening, but so that as many lo-cal students could experience instruction from a “world class” group.

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Troops Week Schedule of Events

Mountain River Cross Fit

At 11 a.m. an obstacle course will be setup behind the campus for students to try out. Jan Dils will also pres-ent the organization with a $24,000 check at 11:30 a.m. for their contributions to the Walk for Vets event.

Veteran's Day

The Veterans Day Parade begins at Parkersburg High School at 10 a.m. Later that evening, the My Freedom Wish banquet wil take place at WVU Parkersburg.

Open House

The Veterans Resource Center will open their doors at 11 a.m. to the public for an ice cream social. Their goal is to let people see what they do, where they are and to hopefully bring more students into their group.

Fiesta!

The Veterans Corp. will host a Fiesta Fundraising Event for the campus. They will serve tacos and quesadillas. Fun activities are planned including a chance to win a free gift card. Funds raised will benefit the Veterans Corp.

The Veterans Corp. will sell t-shirts for $15 throughout the week as a fundraiser. Any questions should be directed to Shawn Healy at (304) 424-8337.

A Wish Come TrueVeterans Corps Grants the Wish of a Local Child

by Austin James Helping those in need and rec-ognizing those who have served are two of the main core values of the WVU Parkersburg Vet-eran’s Corps. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Corps will display these two traits in a special event known as My Freedom Wish. The event is being spear-headed by WVU Parkersburg Veteran’s advocate Shawn Healy and hosted by The Parkersburg Community Foundation. The My Freedom Wish event is the high-light of their upcoming troop’s week activities. “It is an amazing event that a lot of people have come together to put on,” Healy said. “The My Freedom Wish program was created by the Veteran’s Corps as a means to fulfill the wishes of a veteran’s child who suffers from a severe medical illness, special needs, or disability,” Healy described.

The goal of this year’s event is to assist the son of a WVU Park-ersburg student who has a child with autism. “The event includes great food, musical performances and a silent auction,” Healy said. Tickets for the event can be purchased in the Veterans Re-source Center and are $10 dollars for veteran’s and $15 dollars for the general public. The food for the event is be-ing donated by the Parkersburg Polo Club, Food Land and Panera Bread. The items for the silent auction are all donated. Student veterans have also created some handmade crafts to donate as well. Band of Brothers will be the musical act for the event, “They are local veterans who put a band together and have a good follow-ing in the area,” Healy explained. Healy is expecting a large turnout for the event this year. According to Healy, 110 people have already signed up.

“This is an honorable event to help someone in need, but it’s also Veteran’s Day, so we would like to have a part of the event where we recognize all the veter-ans in attendance,” Healy said. The event will take place in the multi-purpose room. For more information about the event contact Shawn Healy at shawn.healy@wvup.edu.

Officers in the Veterans Corps pose during the Walk for Vets event with Jan Dils. The Vet-erans Corp will receive $24,000 for their efforts with the event from Jan Dils.

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