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Students gained insight about the relationship between the U.S. and Asia from a former govern-ment intelligence operative during the James Church Presentations Oct. 22-23. The presenter uses the name James Church as a pseudonym to protect his identity. “A former Western intelligence officer with decades of experi-ence in Asia,” Church first turned his experiences into fiction in A Corpse in the Koryo (2006). Ac-cording to Slate Online, Church’s “inside-out exploration of a shrouded world now spans the last two decades of turmoil in North Korea and may be among the most nuanced portrayals available.” The week-long series of pre-sentations included two master classes, a presentation, and an in-timate reading of Church’s works for English and History and Gov-ernment depart-ments. The events not only cel-ebrated his accomplish-ments but promoted under-standing of North Korea, a country that he said is often culturally stereotyped by the West. “I started [analyzing North Korea], I knew nothing – which was good be-cause, I mean, I had no precon-ceived notions. None. Blank slate. And I learned. I learned, and I enjoyed working on North Korea because it was such a great intel-lectual puzzle. There were so many pieces you had to put together and so many self-imposed obstacles. We have so many preconceived notions. We are so judgmental and so convinced we are right, they are wrong, and we are moral, they are immoral – which I mean, there may be grains of truth in much of that – but the point is that it warps and undermines our ability to understand them. The name of the game is under-standing them. It’s not approving of what they do; it’s understand-ing them.” “Because if you’re going to deal with them effectively – no mat-ter what path you choose – you need to understand them.” said Church. As a former government intelli-gence operative, Church under-stood the necessity of gaining information on nationalities out-side of the range of preconceived

ideas, which was the underlying theme of his work as an agent and author. The point of human-to-human relations – not America to North Korea, West to East – came up often. Fellow author and Assistant Pro-fessor Matthew Nickel recognized the theme of the presentations, which raised the significance of the subject from purely political to fundamentally human. “The novel allows the repre-sentation of the human aspect. What he continued to say in every presentation – as one of those ‘overlapping circles’ – was the necessity to see North Koreans as individuals and not under an ab-stract banner of some distant idea that we’ve been given, cartoonish, from media. Fiction is more true, sometimes, than what we experi-ence, you know, and I think it probably accomplished an aware-ness through the fiction [more]

than plain journalism [could],” Nickel said. Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Russ Pottle stressed the value of Church’s views on interna-tional relations and said the visit

was a highly influential

experience for all who attended.“I think that’s one of the things that a university does. It brings in people who broaden everybody’s experience and present new knowledge, and new ideas, and consider things in a way that they hadn’t previously,” says Pottle, whose analysis of Koryo first put him in contact with the author. Nickel also saw the Church’s week-long role on campus helped students to develop a context, and a relevance, for Church’s ideas. “In his book, he talks in one place about how ‘things don’t follow a straight line; they’re overlapping circles,’ right, and I think that’s what he gave us. All the four different things were sort of different circles, but they all overlapped in some ways. He began with talking about writing yesterday but in some ways, the things he talked about were still applicable in this presentation [a master class]. I think they’re all equally important.” The James Church Presentations were funded by the Soyka Fund for the Humanities. smitha10@misericordia.edu

The student body spoke and Stu-dent Activities listened. Together they want to bring a live concert to campus during the Student Government Association’s Spring Weekend. Students have voiced their desire for a concert in surveys over the last few years. Director of Student Activities Darcy Brodmerkel said now is the time to face the music. Brodmerkel teamed up with Pat McKamy, Coordinator of Student Activities, and the two came up with a plan to make it possible. Brodmerkel said she knew that if the concert were to take place during SGA Spring Weekend, she would need an SGA member to follow through. McKamy took the plans to SGA whose members have developed a step-by-step process that they hope will let the music play. Junior Speech Language Pathol-ogy major Caitlin Vitale, who serves as SGA Commuter Coordi-nator was the first volunteer. Organizers then held an open meeting fin October, and students expressed support for the plan, although Vitale hoped for more. “I was expecting a bigger crowd of people to show up,” said Vitale. “We could always use more stu-dents’ opinions and interactions to make this request become a reality.” Vitale said about 15 students attended the meeting.

Vitale forged ahead and created three sub-committees - hospital-ity, security and publicity. Hospitality is responsible for making sure campus is ready for the influx of people expected to attend the show. Members are responsible for booking hotel accommodations and making

the musicians as comfortable as possible. Security committee members will reach out to local police departments to make traffic flow and ensure the event runs smoothly, and publicity will promote the concert on campus and locally. Junior communications major Gabriella Lengyel serves as as-sistant station manager of Cougar

Radio, and she has helped pro-mote music for the station’s an-nual Beats for a Benefit Concert. She was one of the 15 students to show interest at the introductory meeting. “I thought the meeting was in-formative,” said Lengyel. “It was a lot more organized than I had ex-

pected. You can tell they did their research and had worked hard to make a schedule for everything.” She hopes to work with Brod-merkel and Vitale to have the Beats for a Benefit concert artists serve as opening act for the Spring Weekend concert. She has signed up to be part of the publicity sub-committee. “I feel what I have learned in communications can help with the

process,” says Lengyel. “I want to do this kind of stuff for a living and look forward to being part of a group of students who want the same goals for the school.” Everyone involved said more student help is necessary. Lengyel, Vitale and Brodmerkel agree that without student sup-port and interest, there might not be a concert. “We are looking for more than just the people in the sub-com-mittees to help out,” said Vitale. “We need people to help out with every aspect of putting together this concert. Without the interest, we would find it incredibly hard to make it possible.” Brodmerkel is working with Eric Nelson, Vice President of Finance and Administration, during the planning process. Committee members will then go about find-ing musicians that fit the budget range as well a student prefer-ences. Students will receive surveys to help organizers know which music genres students want. “The concert is still tentative and could still get shut down, but we are optimistic enough to be putting the board together,” said Vitale. Interested students should contact Brodmerkel at dbrodmer@misericordia.edu or Vitale at vitalec@misericordia.edu. dowella@misericordia.edu

Student Activities to Make MusicBy Arthur Dowell, Web Editor

Sophomore Caitlin Vitale holds a meeting on campus in the Cou-gar Lounge on Oct. 17 for students interested in helping plan a possible spring concert.

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COM Seniors Score Radio Nomination Two senior communications stu-dents were honored with a sports radio award nomination from the National Student Electronic Media Convention. Arthur Dowell and Matthew Hiscox were nominated for Best Sports Reporting on Radio. They made it to the final round of appli-cations amongst big name schools like the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Marshall University and the University of Tennessee at Martin. Tennessee took home the first place award.

This is the first time in many years that the campus radio station, Cougar Radio, has been nominated for a radio journal-ism award according to Assistant Professor of Communications Dan Kimbrough. The duo’s audio segment, “Rail Riders Audio Postcard,” made it to the final round of competition. The seniors were able to choose their own topic and chose the reconstruction of PNC Field, home of the baseball team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton RailRiders.

“It involved us going up to differ-ent fans and people working at the stadium to see what they thought of the renovations and what they thought of the overall atmosphere of the game,” Dowell said. He said the class project was enjoyable when they were at the stadium talking to different groups of people. The hardest part, he said, was putting the audio clip together. “The hardest part would actually be when we got the piece and we recorded everything, the comput-

er was giving us such a hard time. The program wasn’t even working for us,” Dowell said. They were able to work in media center manager Dave Thackara’s office to finish their project. “Thankfully, we could do one piece of the project on this com-puter, transfer it over to Dave’s, and we put it on a timeline. What should have been an hour editing took about three-and-a-half hours because we had to work on two different computers.” When Dowell first learned they

were nominated, he was shocked. “I didn’t even know until I saw on Facebook that it said ‘Congrat-ulations to the Station Manager of Cougar Radio for being a finalist.’ I looked at the post like 10,000 times thinking ‘What are they talking about?’” Kimbrough said they had never had anything to submit to this contest from the radio station. Over the summer when the contest was accepting projects he decided to submit the Rail Riders piece “on a whim”.

Audio production, the class in which Dowell and Hiscox were assigned the project, had not been offered in over six years. Kimbrough said because of this nomination, and multimedia journalism in general, he hopes it becomes a more regular communi-cations course. “Hopefully we’ll do it again soon, but because of this I think audio will get incorporated more and more into some of the production courses,” Kimbrough said. hoffmae3@misericordia.edu

By Alexandria Smith, Web Master

Students Make Pumpkins Go Boom in the Night

Students from the Dead Alchemist Society perform part of the finale in the annual Boom In The Night event in the Wells Fargo Amphi-theater. The show featured chemistry experiments involving Halloween themed items. Parts of the show were featured on WBRE.

By Ellen Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief

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By Brittany Hayes, Reporter Registration time has arrived and many students are looking into online classes. Fred Croop, Dean of Profes-sional Studies and Social Sciences, said students say they can easily fit them into hectic schedules. “The number one reason stu-dents look to online courses that always comes up in the surveys is convenience, being able to fit the course in when you can and do the work quite often when it’s most advantageous.” Junior Alissa Burke has taken online and traditional classes and said online work offers flexibility. “For those with full-time jobs or even mothers, it allows the person to do the work when their schedule allows.” Many students who return home during the summer say online courses are a way they can still receive a MU education and in the comfort of their own homes. Still, Croop said there are ad-vantages and disadvantages to an online delivery system. “Most often in the summer, you are doing a few courses. The shorter period of time is a disad-vantage, but the fact that you’re only doing a few courses is an advantage.” By the same token, students can, in some cases, take online courses during a regular semester period. “During the regular semester you have the whole 15 weeks so it makes it more manageable, but for most students, they are taking more courses and that makes it more difficult,” stated Croop.

Online classes share the same curriculum and objectives as traditional classes, and someone taking an online course for the first time should not expect it to be easier than traditional ones, he said. “A lot of people who sign up for their first online class think that because of the convenience and because they don’t have to sit in class that it will be less work or the same amount of work, but what we find over and over again with that first online class is that they get shocked by the amount of work they have to do to keep up with the class.” Burke said she was surprised by the amount of online work. “It was a lot harder. I had a non-traditional professor who actually was never on campus when I was taking my course. He only responded to emails during a certain time, so if it wasn’t that time you’d have to wait sometimes two days for a response.” Many students and teachers prefer traditional course offerings because personal interaction often helps students to better under-stand the content. Croop said teachers receive face-to-face cues. “Live, interactivity, voice inflec-tions, and body language – a lot of that is missed online. Sometimes things can’t be as effectively com-municated. During a 50 minute class, if you want to raise your hand and ask a question when it’s most appropriate for you to ask a question, you have that opportu-nity in most cases. You do have that opportunity in online classes,

STUDENTSGO CYBER

Philosophy Dept. Is Growing By Daniella Devivo, Reporter Dr. Mark Painter wastes no time although he and his students are up to discussing the significance of doing so. He serves as a full-time philoso-phy professor teaching multiple courses like Introduction to Philosophy, Logic, Ethical Theory, Ancient Philosophy, Environmen-tal Philosophy and Philosophy of Person. Painter teaches so many and so many different - classes because he is thrilled that his department has a good number of philosophy majors this semester. “Doing philosophy is teaching philosophy. I like the unity of that and the freedom that nobody can tell me that I’m doing it wrong,” said Painter. Painter is the founder of the Living Philosophy Project, which is intended to get more people interested in the philosophical world. Painter said the Project is not static or dead; it’s a living thing. “We want to see philosophy in everything in all aspects of living life,” said Painter. “It has an effect on people in a way that other things don’t, philosophy does. People don’t have a chance to do it very often, and most people don’t really know what it is until they come to college,” said Painter. Painter stressed that study of philosophy is useful in everyday life and can help people to authen-tically change their lives. “People ask, ‘Why am I doing this? What is life about? What do I really want?’ And these are things that are life-changing moments,” said Painter. The Living Philosophy Project enables students to practice philosophy in an active way. Most participants are philosophy majors, but anyone is welcome to join, according to Painter. Included in the Project’s many activities is Colloquia, a program in which students present papers they have written in philosophy class and modified for presenta-tion to an audience. Food will be available at these events, accord-ing to Painter. The Philosophy Club also has its

own radio show on Cougar Radio, which consists of an open-ended discussion about ethical issues. The show, called Diotima’s Round Table, airs every Monday at 1:30 p.m. Sophomore philosophy major Matt Boffa is an active participant on the weekly show. “The radio show is mainly about moral consideration, ethics and love,” said Boffa. The show takes its name from Diotima, a character in one of Plato’s Dialogs called “The Sym-posium.” Diotima initiated him in the mysteries of the relationship between knowledge and beauty. “Dr. Painter would say, ‘You can have a back wall to bounce things off of, then you are just not pull-ing strangulations out of nothing. You would have a frame that you could answer questions that previ-ously couldn’t be answered,’” said Boffa. According to Painter, the discus-sion makes a connection between knowledge, beauty and justice in the ethical life. Diotima’s Round Table also explores other topics, including the connection between morality and knowledge. “The issue is that we don’t come

in with any moral, just a simple question and then we let it go. The exercise is to try and hold it in a rational pattern, so that it be-comes spontaneous,” said Painter. Painter said the show is not a lecture - it’s just a group of three or four people holding an intel-lectual conversation. Marina Painter, a philosophy major, also participates in the radio show. “This is a chance to see what education is supposed to do, and it can actually change people’s lives,” she said. Another extension of the Living Philosophy Project is The Blades of Athena, a group named after Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, a warrior goddess. According to Marina Painter, The Blades of Athena is entirely student-run, and students decide what they want to do. One of the group’s first projects is “Food for Thought,” which includes food and active discussion. “What’s cool about the project is that we can talk about philosophy in many different ways,” she said. “Everyone there can be involved in the conversation. It’s not a lecture or a talk, but it is a conversation

open to anyone.” The program also offers SAGE, the Society of Anime of Gaming Entertainment, which is new. “I think SAGE is cool because it’s very artistic, and I think that un-derscores what really Philosophy is. You can look at the philosophi-cal implications of a video game, of musical notes, of a painting, or of a flower and that’s artistic,” said Boffa. Members are also moving towards a philosophy film night to attract new people to explore what the philosophy department is all about. Members hope to bring high school students onto campus and introduce them to philosophy with special workshops. In addition to all of this, the department is designing Zoe, an Undergraduate Online Open Access Journal, which will include peer-reviewed undergraduate publications. It will be online and open access, so the it will be avail-able to the public. “We are in the beginning stages of that, and I imagine that it will be up by the end of next semes-ter,” Painter said. devivod@misericordia.edu

Sophomore Courtney Garloff works the sound board during Diotima’s Round Table with, from right, Matt Boffa, Melvin Jay Busi, Marina Painter and Dr. Mark Painter. Diotima’s Round Table can be heard on Cougarradio.net Mondays at 1:30 p.m.

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With flu season here, it’s time for everyone to build up the cour-age to get to a doctor or pharmacy for a flu shot. According to staff nurse Anita Yurek, the yearly flu shot can prevent the influenza virus also known as the flu. “The vaccine is available here for the students for $12, and it is not a live virus. So if you were to get the shot here, you wouldn’t get any symptoms,” said Yurek. Yurek said the flu can result in severe symptoms far beyond those associated with the common cold. One could experience fever, severe body aches, chills or moderate to severe fatigue. Symptoms develop rapidly. “Monday I didn’t feel well; Tues-day I feel worse, and Wednesday, etc. No, it’s not like that. It hits you very hard and very suddenly,” said Yurek. Most people who get the flu might recover in a few days to less than two weeks, but in some cases it could lead to life-threatening consequences. According to Geisinger Heath Plans, millions of people, about 5% to 20% of U.S. residents, will get the flu every year, and more than 200,000 people have to be admitted to the hospital due to influenza. Tamara Bradley, a senior nursing major, believes getting the vacci-

nation is the best way to prevent getting the virus. Students who work in a hos-pital and attend clinical classes, are strongly encour-aged to get the shot. Those who don’t will be asked to wear a mask when they are doing any kind of patient care. “I would defi-nitely recommend the flu shot to everyone,” said Bradley. Bradley learned about flu symp-toms in one of many nursing classes, and she knows how eas-ily the virus can spread, especially in close living spaces like dorms. If one of her room-mates shows signs of the virus she takes precautions, which include using Lysol wipes on commonly touched or shared items like door handles or the remote control. “I take these precautions because I can’t risk getting sick. Getting

sick for me would not allow me to go to clinical, and I would have to attend the make-up days at the end of the semester, which would be a pain.” The influenza virus could lead to hospitalization, and people die

every year from the virus. “When you get it, it’s so severe. You won’t be able to go to class. You won’t be able to do your as-signments. You can’t do a thing,” said Yurek. Flu season lasts from November to as late as May, and the peak months are hose in between. Students have been reporting to the Health Center on campus with very bad colds, strep throat and symptoms of the flu. “With the flu shot, you most likely won’t get it,” said Yurek. According to Yurek, the nurs-ing station looks at the person’s symptoms and then offers treat-ment of Tama flu, and anti-viral medication. She said, it’s impor-tant to begin treatment right away because the flu is contagious and it can spread very rapidly through the air and on surfaces. It is very important to not touch your eyes, nose or mouth, accord-ing to Yurek. “Your eyes, nose and mouth are the main portals of injury,” said Yurek. According to Yurek, a nasal swab can be used to determine if one has the virus. The nursing station has given 70 to 80 shots so far, and there are about 40 shots left - and they come at a good price. “It is only $12, and it will help you in the long run,” said Yurek. devivod@misericordia.edu

Flu Shot Imperative to Winter HealthBy Daniella Devivo, Reporter

First year OT major Brenden Walker receives a flu shot from Yurek in the Anderson Health and Wellness Center.

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MU Exposure: Profs Voice for Disabled

Top, Dr. Melissa Sgroi addresses the crowd during the Q&A ses-sion after the viewing of the second in a series of two documenta-ries, VOTE The Disabled Democracy. She and Assistant Professor and Communications Dan Kimbrough premiered their second video Oct. 29 in Insalaco Hall. Bottom, Jeremy Packard provides information during the screening in Insalaco Hall.

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If you missed the TEST YOUR MOOD screening please consider taking advantage of The CAPS Cen-ter on-line screening tool. To access the free, confi-dential and anonymous online screening for depres-sion, eating disorders, generalized anxiety, and post

traumatic stress disorder follow the steps below.

Step 1: Log onto e-MUStep 2: Go to student services tabStep 3: Click on the CAPS link

Step 4: Click ‘Online Screening’ link (CAPS page on the left)

Step 5: Click ‘Take Anonymous Screening’

After the assessment, you are welcome to contact The CAPS Center at 570-674-6408 to schedule an

appointment or to get a referral. Thank you!

Interpersonal Therapy Group:This is for students who want to have better relation-

ships of any kind. To figure out how to stop doing the things that are unhelpful and do more of what is helpful in building strong and meaningful relation-

ships. And to feel better about themselves.

Peaceful Mind Group:If you are someone who seems to worry about many things (or everything) or if you tend to feel a great

deal of stress and anxiety, this group may be for you. Through a blend of discussion and experience of

various relaxation and stress management strategies, students will learn how to quiet their minds and shut

off the worry.

The Women’s Body Acceptance Group:This group will engage in structured exercises to enhance participants own body acceptance and to

dispel leading myths about body image.NOTE: This is not a group for those struggling with eating disorders. Those students who struggle with

this issue are welcome to contact Dr. Cindy for individual sessions.

All groups will start in October and take six to eight members. If you are interested or for more

information about the CAPS Center of the student groups please contact Dr. Cindy March or Courtney Burgess-Michak. The CAPS Center is located in the

basement of Alumnae Hall.

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STUDENT ON THE STREETSGA is planning a concert during Spring Weekend so we asked students in Banks Student Life Center who they would like to see perform at the spring 2014 concert. If you have a question you would like us to ask, email the newspaper editorial staff at Highland@misericordia.edu.

“I would like to see Adele,” said sophomore nursing major Rachael Alles.

“I want to see Ke$ha at the concert,” said first year medical imaging major Corey Dulsky.

“I would like to see Brand New,” said first year psychology major Erin Ryan.

“I would love to see either Gorianna, or Lady Antibellum,” said senior GLNS major Shan-non Joyce.

“I would like to see Fitz and the Tantrums,” said senior biology major Anna Konstas.

“I would want to see 30 Seconds to Mars,” said junior GNLS major Nik Atkins.

Many students take having a social security number, driver’s license or health insurance for granted, but for non-U.S. citizens, these are things they might never have. An immigration reform/open town hall meeting was held Oct. 21 to raise awareness for immigra-tion reform. “The town hall was really an effort for students to have a conversation about immigration reform,” said history professor Dr. Allan Austin. Austin talked about immigration from a historical point of view, and he explained the past and cur-rent immigration policy. The event provided students with an exploration of the im-migration issue from multiple viewpoints. Students also heard from Sister Barbara Craig who spoke about the Sisters of Mercy’s views on immigration reform. “Immigration reform is a big issue for some Catholics,” said campus organizer for immigration

reform, Lacey McCourt. McCourt organized the town hall meeting with the help of Campus Ministry and Faith and Public Life, an organization that tackles social issues each year. “This year Faith and Public Life is currently taking on trying to spread awareness on immigra-tion reform, especially in Catholic schools,” McCourt said. Faith and Public Life asks college campuses to plan events of their choosing to help spread awareness of immigration reform issues. This led representatives from Faith and Public Life to contact Campus Ministry who led them to McCourt. The group then helped her plan events. The meeting also included “Elizabeth” and “Luis” who are documented in the U.S. but not yet citizens. “When they told their stories it was definitely the highlight of the town hall,” said McCourt. Luis is an immigrant from Hon-duras who was recently granted asylum in America while Elizabeth was brought to the country when she was only seven months old. A few people in the crowd started to cry as they told the often harrowing stories of their lives and struggles. “It really hit home when they told their stories, and we realize

that they live in our community,” said McCourt. Immigrants like Elizabeth are known as dreamers - undocu-mented youth who were brought into the country when they were young and unaware of what was happening. “It’s not their decision to be here, but they are here anyway outside the law,” said Austin. Faith and Public Life helped to bring Elizabeth to the town hall while Luis had previously spoken at the university and agreed to return at the request of Campus Ministry. Many people commonly believe there are laws that prevent dream-ers from attending college in the U.S., but each university has different policies about undocu-mented students - depending on state regulations. Twelve states that offer in-state tuition for dreamers include Maryland, Texas and California. Pennsylvania does not. Federal lawmakers were scheduled to vote on immigra-

tion reform before the govern-ment shutdown. The bill has been delayed and Congress may vote on reform before the end of the year. McCourt encourages students to write letters to congressmen and representatives asking them to vote for immigration reform. “Students need to be educated on immigration reform and know what it is so we can tell (Republi-can Congressman) Lou Barletta to change how he feels about immi-gration reform,” said McCourt. Dallas is a part of District 11 represented by Barletta who does not support immigration reform. Both Austin and McCourt believe events like the town hall are important for college students to experience during their time at that school. “A college education is more than just sitting in class and doing homework,” said Austin. “Events outside of the classroom helps to bring education alive,” said Austin. McCourt is planning to have more events to raise awareness about immigration reform. She previously organized more than 150 students to send post-cards to Barletta, saying that they support immigration reform and he should reconsider his lack of support for the issue. garloffc@misericordia.edu

LOANS 101By Courtney Garloff, Print Editor

During an event to raise immigration awareness senior Hilary Hoover and campus organizer for immigration reform, Lacey Mc-Court pretend to be immigrants entering the country. The wall was guarded by Assistant Director of Campus Ministry Jeff Passetti.

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Students Raise Immigration Awareness By Cal Clark, Reporter

Parent Plus Loans can be a sav-ing grace and a bit of a hassle to students and their families. They can be there to help the student when there isn’t quite enough financial aid to cover tuition costs, but the loans could come with repercussions. Parent plus loans are considered direct loans, which means the only lender is the federal government. Parents apply for the loans, as opposed to the student, and that means the parent’s credit history is the only one that affects - or is affected by - the loan. “A Parent Plus Loan can be used when a student needs additional funds to pay the semester bill,” said Susan Fronzoni, Director of Student Financial Services. Fronzoni says a main reason for parents to take out a parent plus loan is for extra funding needs. The prospect of taking out the loan could prove to be a little daunting. The most recent litera-ture from the U.S. Department of Education, available at the finan-cial aid office on the first floor of Mercy Hall, suggest that students consider what their expected fam-ily contribution is going to look like when they attend school. The literature indicates that ex-pected family contribution (EFC) is calculated by various financial factors. Anything that could be considered of value, whether it is taxed or untaxed, can be factored in to calculate a student’s loan. This includes unemployment or social security income, too. The university uses that calcula-tion to determine the overall financial need of a student. It sub-tracts the EFC from tuition costs to determine the student’s overall financial need. Fronzoni encourages parents to understand their obligations before taking parent plus loans. “Eligibility is based upon the parent’s credit, not the student’s credit,” she said. “The repayment obligation is in the parent’s name and the debt can never be trans-ferred to the student.” Parent must complete a master promissory note so that they can become eligible to take out the loan. One note can make a bor-rower eligible for loans for up to ten years.

As with all loans, direct plus loans have to be paid back. Loan terms vary from ten to 25 years, and parents are notified whenever they are expected to make a pay-ment. Parents may choose to defer pay-ment on the loan, and during this grace period no loan payments are required until the student has graduated. Should parents elect not to have a grace period, they may make payments as the student attends school. Students and their parents also need to consider interest rates. Recent federal legislation fixed interest rates on certain loans, and capped interest rates on some loans. The legislation also significantly impacted Parent Plus Loans. Loans dispersed between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 hold an interest rate of 5.41% for the life of the loan. That rate is subject to change annually and does so every year on July 1. Students and parents should also consider the loan amount for which they qualify. Borrowers are strongly advised to only borrow as much as they need to cover the cost of tuition, according to the Department of Education. According to the Federal Student Aid website, an applying parent’s credit history will be checked, and the parent cannot be in default of existing loans or grants. Failure to repay the borrowed funds result in serious conse-quences: The parent may be required to repay the loan in full, lose eligibility for further federal student financial aid, and even lose eligibility for future loan deferments. “If a parent is denied the Parent Plus Loan the student is eligible for additional unsubsidized fed-eral Direct Stafford loan funds,” Fronzoni said. Students who are considering federal direct Parent Plus loans should contact their financial adviser on the first floor of Mercy Hall. Sylvia Maas counsels students whose last names begin with the letters A through L, and Kathy Pesta advises students with last names beginning with the let-ters M through Z. clarkc4@misericordia.edu

Director of Student Activities Darcy Brodmerkel smiles for a picture with her two dogs, Nico and Gracie, in Banks Student Life Center. The dogs visited campus on Halloween dressed up as pris-oners while Brodmerkel was dressed as a Campus Safety officer.

MU Exposure: Halloween on Campus

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Cheerleading Squad Builds Strong Base By Rob Evans, Reporter

In recent years, the cheerleading team has quietly gathered a strong reputation as not only one of the premier squads in NEPA, but the country. In February, the squad cap-tured 4th place at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championship – the most pres-tigious collegiate cheerleading competition in the country. This marked back-to-back top five finishes in the last two years, making the squad a force to be reckoned with in the cheerleading community. The success stemming from these national events does not come without hard work, dedica-tion and hours of practice on the mat. Head cheerleading coach Tara Sinclair said the commitment from the coaching staff and team throughout the fall and spring semesters has played a role in the program’s success. “We start in early August and attend camp for five days hosted by the Universal Cheerleading Association to get new techniques and spirit ideas and material for the season. Then we come back to school early just like all the other fall athletes to get ready for the season, and we wrap up around mid March after the basketball season. We all finish up with our competition season, so we’re pretty busy throughout most of the academic year,” Sinclair said. Junior cheerleader Kelsey Taylor attests to the team’s hard work from the first day of camp to the last basketball game of the season. Taylor said the National Champi-onship is the event all of the girls circle on their schedules. “It’s everything,” Taylor said. “We start preparing in August when we go to camp, and we continue until the day we leave. And we come a week early before school starts in winter and prac-tice three times a day.” Taylor said cheering for football and basketball is set on the back-burner as the cheerleaders prepare for nationals – at least for a while. “We have set days for choreogra-phy where we just get everything together. We put the game stuff aside and do everything for the national competition, and once football is over and basketball is light, that’s our main focus,”

Taylor said. Taylor said the coaching staff provides the role models the women need most. “I think it’s everything. Our coaches are some of the strongest people we know, and they won’t give us anything that they know we can’t do, but there’s nothing that they won’t try,” Taylor said. “What I noticed about our team is that if we’re having a rough prac-tice and things are going wrong, all we need is a pep talk. We need to be reassured we can do it and that all of us have everything that we’ve been working on and it’s like a whole different team. I feel like we feed off each other, too. There’s so much support on the team.” Sinclair said she has seen great chemistry on her squads through-out her coaching career. “I’ve been coaching for 13 years and the last eight years have been amazing, and I’d have to say it’s come from a long line of great leadership and high expectations and a program that improves year after year,” Sinclair said. “My team is very driven and very determined. I would say they are very supportive of each other both academically and on the mat, and I just think overall it’s more like a sisterhood and, like I said, they’re such great young ladies and we’ve really been a strong group from the very beginning. Sometimes it takes a while to get momentum, but this team really seemed to click from its initial meetings from our camp sessions all the way to now.” Junior cheerleader Brianna Oswald views the squad through a similar lens. “Even once you leave the team, you’re always welcome back and everybody treats you just the same as when you were on the mat and working with the girls, and everybody is very helpful not just on the mat but with academ-ics and things like that,” Oswald said. Aside from the prestige the program has earned, the squad is active off the mat. The team has been involved with numerous charity organizations while they raise thousands of dollars along the way. The team prepares a “Go Pink” campaign in October for Breast

Cancer Awareness month. In the past the squad raised $1,300 for the American Cancer Society, and members aimed to beat that amount this year, according to Sinclair. “Right now we’re floating around $1,000 and we have a couple of days left. But, we do a ‘Go Pink’ game where we sell shirts, give away ribbons and dedicate a 50/50 raffle to the cause. We also participated in the local American Cancer Society’s ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer,’ which was held at Kirby Park this year.” The team has plans for Novem-ber , too, when members will adopt families for Thanksgiving in conjunction with ministry work

on campus , and they will deliver Thanksgiving meals to several families. Sinclair and the team also host a food drive. “We welcome about 50 teams onto campus this year and it will be held Nov. 10,” Sinclair said. “We challenge those teams to bring in canned goods and we award a charity cup to whichever two teams bring in the most canned good items. We usually bring in 2,300 to 2,500 items, which we then distribute that we and our team captains will take them to local food pantries.” evansr4@misericordia.edu

Clockwise, senior Mallory Loughman leads the crowd in a cheer during the homecoming football game against King’s College.

Sophomore cheerleader Erica Moore gets ready to welcome the football team onto the field before their game at Mangesdorf Field.

A flyer flips while flying in the air during a stunt during a time out. Last year the cheerleaders finished 4th in the UCA Col-lege Nationals.

COUGARS SEEDED SECOND IN FREEDOMBy Jimmy Fisher, Reporter

The men’s basketball team is picked to finish second in the Freedom Conference, according to the 2013-2014 pre-season Coach’s Poll as originally reported by the university’s athletics site. The Cougars earned 40 voting points and even had one first place vote but still find themselves tied with fellow Freedom Conference opponent Delaware Valley College. DeSales University earned four first-place votes and 45 points and is picked to win the Conference overall at season’s end. MU was 13-13 overall and 9-5 in the Freedom a year ago. The Free-dom Conference Preseason Poll currently has DeSales at number one and Misericordia tied with Delaware Valley for second place. Wilkes University comes in at third, Farleigh Dickinson-Florham University in fifth, Manhattan-ville College in sixth place, King’s College in seventh and Eastern University finishing off the poll. Junior forward Cael Evans said the predictions do not surprise him but they also do not discour-age him. “It was kind of expected,” said Evans. “Our school usually does not get the credit we desire and we would rather be the underdog than the team to beat.” If there are a few things that the men’s team loves doing, it’s prov-ing doubters wrong and continu-ing to play hard. The recent poll by the Freedom Conference has helped their cause, he said. “This definitely motivates us to work hard and prove that we can compete and beat any team in the league on any given night,” said Evans. Although some teams may allow a preseason ranking or prediction tarnish their positive thinking and mental preparation, Evans said this poll will do no such thing, and the team will continue to go about

their business as if the poll were never released. “Pre-season polls do not mean anything,” Evans said. “We all un-derstand that our goal is to settle for nothing other than winning the Freedom Championship. Col-lectively as a team, we are working extremely hard in our practices to improve everyday and build team chemistry.” The title is just one small goal for Evans and the rest of the men’s squad. Evans said there are terrific athletes on the team, and there is no reason they cannot do better things than before. “We have the talent to take us all the way to the national tourna-ment if we work hard to get there,” said Evans. “This will be no easy task, but we have the core of our team back along with many talent-ed freshman that will help us build the bench so we have no drop-off when making substitutions. As a whole, we are all extremely excited for the first tip-off on November 15.” fisherj3@misericordia.edu

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Gridiron Gang Grinds to EndlineBy Nick Vitale Reporter

The Cougars amped up their second season, improving in more ways than one. Although they still haven’t received their first W, as the team hits the midway mark they have many achievements to be proud of. The football team had the most exciting game a few weeks ago going into overtime against the King’s College Monarchs. The game ended 41-40, marking the only game the Cougar’s didn’t lose in regulation time. After the homecoming game loss to King’s the team faced off against Widener University hop-ing to gain their first victory. “We were only down by ten points at one point. When you’re in that situation, your mindset is that your team is going to score again,” said Teegan French, left guard for the offense. “You are not necessarily thinking about win-ning the game right away. You are only thinking about keeping the momentum going.” French said he and the entire team were heated during that 20-point rally. Misericordia man-aged to hold Widener to under 60 points and they had a 20-point rally toward the end of the game. The the scoreboard read 38-20 this October, a major improvement from last year’s game that ended 67-0. Head coach Mark Ross sees the improvement week after-week but especially after the game against Widener. “One of the big things about Saturday’s effort was that we forced Widener to execute a large number of plays to score. There were a lot of drives they had that consisted of more than a dozen plays,” said Ross. “Anytime you make somebody execute that many plays they are going to make a mistake somewhere along the line. I think our defense tackled better on Saturday than they did in previous weeks.”

Sophomore quarterback Jeff Puckett is beginning to throw the ball more often then he did at the beginning of the season, a feat Ross is glad he reached. “I think the passing gain is com-ing along. We’ve made some big plays in that area and I think that is huge when you get chunk plays,” said Ross. “I also think that com-peting against top teams in this league for sixty minutes is what it is all about and I think that being able to do that on a week-in and week-out basis is a real strength of this group of kids.” Puckett is known for his rushing

abilities and is second in the Mid Atlantic Conference with 918 rushing yards. MU’s offense has come a long way since last season, scoring more points now than ever. Last season, the team was lucky if they scored more than seven points a game, but this year the Cougars have been racking up the points, scoring at least 14 points a game. “You keep score for a reason. We were not very competitive in games last year. We would only play competitively for the first half of every game,” said Ross. “Now we are in a situation where we are in the late stages of games and we

are competing. I think the players are growing more confident in what they are doing and instead of just playing they are thinking about what to do in certain situ-ations.” Ross said he knows what his team needs to improve on in the upcoming games. “As we go forward I would like to see us make plays and in the pass-ing gain if we can get our hands up we have to catch the ball and make a play,” said Ross. “In the running gain I think we need to try to be a little more physical at times. The decision making at the quarter-back position has been pretty spot on. It’s never perfect. Every time you look at a game nobody is ever perfect with their decision mak-ing, but I think we are on the right track there.” For the rest of the season Ross hopes to see his players continue to improve on the football field and continue to do well in the classroom. “I just want to see them continue to compete on a daily basis. It is just the same things we have asked of them since day one,” said Ross. “We want the players to get better every day, do what they have to do in the classroom, and represent this university and this program in a positive way.” The Cougars end their season facing off against Stevenson University, Albright College and FDU-Florham University hoping to pick up a win before the season comes to a close. The best hope for a win will come in their last game at FDU-Flor-ham. The Red Devils are 0-6 in the MAC and 1-5 overall only scoring a win against The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) barely coming out with an 18-12 victory. A good sign for the Cougars is seeing FDU’s outcome against the King’s Monarchs, losing 52-21 while the Cougars rallied against King’s and only lost by a point. vitalen@misericordia.edu

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Top, sophomore Jeff Puckett runs the ball to get a first down against Kings College. Above, first year Chris Kirkland returns a kick.

Men’s Basketball2013-2014 Home Games

11/15 Marywood11/26 Lebanon Valley11/30 Albright 3 PM12/7 Manhattanville 1/22 DeSales 8 PM

1/25 Delaware Valley 2/1 FDU-Florham

2/5 Wilkes 2/12 Eastern2/18 King’s

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By Jimmy Fisher, Reporter

Viewfinder: Field Hockey vs. Albright College

Clockwise from top, sophomore Allie Elems looks to pass the ball up the field to a teammate. Elems scored a goal during the game to put the team up 5-0.

Junior Danika Watto and a Al-bright player go in for a tackle. The Cougars won the game Oct. 31 on Mangelsdorf Field by a score of 5-2.

Senior Alison Sacco dribbles the ball down the field during the team’s last home game of the regular season. The Cou-gars ended the season with a 7-12 record.

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Sophomore goal keeper Angela Pasquini earned Freedom Confer-ence Player of the Week honors four straight weeks during Octo-ber for her play in the net. Pasquini said she is honored by the recognition, but she credits her teammates rather than her own play. “It was a big deal,” said Pasquini. “I had no idea what it was when I got it. I didn’t know how to react, so it’s a big deal. It’s an individual award. I was named for it, yes, but I definitely wouldn’t have gotten it without my team.” Pasquini has recorded 171 saves. She said it is important to make sure everyone works together and focuses on each game. “Everybody on the team will make a mistake,” Pasquini said. “If they make a mistake, I’m there for them, and if I make a mistake, they’re definitely there for me too. It just happens to be at the goal line instead of the mid field.” Head Coach Robyn Fedor Stahovic credited Pasquini for her terrific play and she was happy with the reward, despite her mis-givings about individual awards for team sport. “I struggle with awards like this,” said Stahovic. “Ange has been doing a great job for us. Ange has been working real hard for us in the cage. She’s been working really hard in the weight room

and working hard all around to get herself prepared and ready for her job and her task. Every-body on the field has a job and a task, and she’s been doing all the little things right to get herself prepared. I think with this award, and Ange and I have talked about

it and she’s talked to the team about it, this is a team award. Ange has been getting the recogni-tion and appreciates it more than anything, but she’s keeping it in perspective.” With multiple awards like this, a young player like Pasquini could

very easily have a target on her back when other players study the field hockey team, according to Stahovic. She said she’s ready for the chal-lenges, and she is looking forward to it. “It’s a lot of pressure now,” said Pasquini. “Every other team knows who I am now, and I don’t want to say a standout, but they’re looking for me and they’re going to scout hard. It’s a challenge, it’s a great opportunity, but it also comes with its cons. I think I’m definitely ready for it. I know it’s a big responsibility, but it’s something I know I can handle and I know I have to keep it all in perspective and not let it all get to my head.” One might easily believe Pas-quini is building on the skill set she demonstrated last year, but Stahovic said Pasquini did not see the field at all during her fresh-man campaign. “She didn’t see any playing time as a freshman. None,” said Stahovic. “She saw zero playing time as a freshman because we had two solid senior and junior goal keepers ahead of her.” Knowing that spots for a goal-tender were opening made her work harder to earn one. “For her, she really had to stay focused and determined knowing that her time was going to come,

not knowing when that was going to be,” Stahovic said. “Coming into this year, she had to control her own destiny, she had to work hard, she needed to do all those things. You can practice all you want, but if you don’t get that in-game experience, you never know how things are going to pan out.” The field hockey team registered one single digit win this season, but four of the losses hinged on one point, including a 2- 1 loss to Franklin & Marshall College, which ranked 5th in the nation. Multiple close losses can take atoll on a team, Pasquini said the team’s ability to move forward mattered most. “I focus on ‘that’s not going to happen the next game. We need to learn how to manage the clock,’” Pasquini said. “I think the big thing is managing the clock. Yes, we do it sometimes, and sometimes we don’t. Against F&M we only lost by one, 1:20 left. I know for the next game, we won’t do the things we did wrong, and we’re ready to go next time.” “Last year we had a very tough year for us, but we all came back ready to play, and you can defi-nitely tell we all want to win. Yes, we might not win every game, but we are definitely trying and mak-ing progress every single day.” fisherj3@misericordia.edu

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Anticipating the ball, Angela Pasquini moves into position during the game agaisnt Albright College on Oct. 31.

but it may not be immediate.” Still, many students benefit from the type of interaction provided in online course platforms. “A lot of times, the people who like the online courses are the ones who in live courses, can’t get their hands up quickly enough to respond and can’t process or reflect on things quickly enough to respond. They are more introvert-ed, but in online courses they get to reflect because they get to think about what they are saying and make sure it’s exactly what they want to communicate.” Croop thinks course preferences might be driven by the student’s personality. “I find that students I often I don’t see participating in live classes, for one or more of those reasons, are leaders in online classes. So depending upon what your personal learning style is and what your personality is, some-times online courses, for some people, can be an even better learning experience,” said Croop. Another plus to online courses is that the university get can expert faculty who are located far from campus to teach. “Our students can benefit from her expertise and her ability where they wouldn’t be able to if we only had face-to-face classes.” Both Burke and Croop offered some study tips to students who are taking online courses for the first time. Burke said students must stay on top of their work. “Keep up with it every day and more than once a day,” Croop said. Croop also wants students to go into their first online course as prepared as possible. “You need to look at the material ahead of time, not the day the class starts or two days later. Most of the teachers will be sending out materials ahead of time. You have to watch, be ready, prepare in advance. That first class you take will be a learning experience and is probably the best way to learn how to take an online class.” hayesb@misericordia.edu

Courses Offered Online

Anatomy and Physiology of Aging

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Database Management Systems

Healthcare Information Systems

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Grants and Contract

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Stanovick Honors Mom With FundBy Alison Counterman, Reporter Sophomore Nick Stanovick is bringing The Lucy Fund to campus March 16. The Lucy Fund, which aims to make cancer a chronic, not deadly, disease, is the cause behind Party4Life MU, an annual event to support research to control metastatic cancer. Stanovick’s mother Lucy started the fund in 2008 after she was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. “She started the foundation because she did extensive research on her specific type of cancer and decided to start her own foundation to raise money that specifically went toward research that specified in metastasis,” said Stanovick. Metastatic cancer involves a spread of cancer to vital organs. This specific type of cancer does not get a lot of attention, Sta-novick said. Metastasis kills 90% of all people who die from cancer, yet less than 5% of all funding goes to metasta-sis research. Lucy is partnered with The National Foundation for Cancer Research. “They are kind of like the middle man. They help us by giving us resources. We give them money, and they send the money to the researcher that we fund whose name is Danny Welch,” said Sta-

novick. “He is at the University of Kansas.” Lucy has held Party4Life for the past four years. “We would have people come and play lawn games. There was a basket raffle and we would have dancing, din-ner, a balloon release and guest speakers,” said Stanovick. Lucy passed away in 2012 after the fifth Party4Life. She had raised more than $200,000 for research. “In the subsequent six months, The Lucy Fund was in limbo and my best friend Jalen Blott and I decided to try to resurrect it,” said Stanovick. Taking on this challenge sparked a new purpose for Stanovick. “In doing so, we found a passion for cancer, obviously because we had been directly affected by it but also because there is such a discrepancy between the amount of money that goes toward metas-tasis and what metastasis does,” said Stanovick. Stanovick and his committee, which consists of Blott, Samantha

Phillips, and Jeremy Curatola. “What we have decided to do was take the Lucy Fund to a na-tional level,” said Stanovick. “How we’re going to do that is through an initiative in colleges.” “What I have found is college

students are so eager to give back something,” said Stanovick. “They just need a little push in the direction or a vehicle to be pas-sionate about. That is why we’re going to bring it to Misericordia.” By targeting young college students now, organizers hope they can nurture commitment to

volunteerism for the future. “What we want is to build a foundation of donors that will donate $5 to $10 now but in 10 years they might be able to donate $100,” said Stanovick, who added that after students graduate, they will be in the position to have a greater impact. “They will be in the workforce, so we can hopefully infiltrate corpo-rate and get sponsors. That way we can bring in more money and that can add to our relevancy,” he said.

Stanovick believes bringing the Lucy Fund to campus has many great benefits. “Personally, I think it could blow up at this school,” said Stanovick. Stanovick said cancer impacts everyone. “If you haven’t been directly affected by cancer, you have a friend who has. I’m sure everyone who’s going to be attending the event, everyone on campus, pretty much everyone in the world has been touched by the disease,” said Stanovick. “But very few people know about metastasis.” Stanovick hopes to the event is an opportunity to help everyone cope with cancer. “We’re going to try to educate people and also try to raise money, but also just create an environ-ment on campus where it’s okay to be vulnerable and talk about issues that aren’t really comfort-able,” said Stanovick. “Cancer sucks, but it needs to be relevant. Hopefully through this event our campus can rally, learn and fund-raise,” Stanovick said. The Party4Life MU will be held Sunday, March 16 from 4 to 8 p.m. in Insalaco Hall. The event will include guest speakers, a balloon release and other fun activities. Food will also be available. To learn more or donate visit nfcr.org/lucyfund. countera@misericordia.edu

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