neWS B neWS FeaTUre SPOrTS cafeteria gets a is technology moving Macs manic musings rough times for Bucks makeover at too fast a rate? returns mens soccer team Over the summer, the cafeteria An interesting view on the effect Max explores some oddities of Team struggling to get going after received a complete remodel of technology in the classroom parallel universes losing 6 of their first 8 ▷2 ▷3 ▷7 ▷12 Bucks county community college The week of October 12, 2010 Volume: 47 Issue: #2 Bucks’ man of steel By: Michael BercheM Centurion Staff When Bryan McNeill, a 19- year-old Bucks student, was on vacation in August of last year, he never thought that three months later he would have had two near-death accidents. McNeill,nicknamed “Biggie” by friends, is a Yardley resident, who within a three-month span, hit a traffic light pole and was run over a car while on break at work. McNeill miraculously walked away from both with relatively minor injuries. On Aug. 14th, 2009, McNeill Allen Hoey with poets Bernadette McBride and Paula Raimondo was installing a new sound system in a friends’ car for his birthday. He didn’t think that within 24 hours he would be remembering hoey laying in a hospital bed. Around 1 a.m. the next By: annMarie ely immersed himself in whatever has left a bigger hole in the respected and admired him. morning, Bryan found himself Centurion Staff topic he was writing about. department than Allen has,” He did all of this while driving down Trenton Road in Even if that topic took him out said Assistant Academic Dean maintaining a successful writ- Fairless Hills, to his cousins’ Allen Hoey, a Bucks profes- of his comfort zone. of Language and Literature ing career and publishing nine house, when he fell asleep at sor and Pulitzer Prize-nomi- “If you start working in Susan Darrah. books. the wheel. The Toyota Camry nated author, passed away genre fiction you'll find stuff “I really miss him,” said While Hoey’s passion for he was driving was going June 16 at the age of 57. you don't want cops knowing Darrah. “I think everyone in writing inspired students and about 60 mph, when the car In his fiction Hoey left you're looking at," Hoey the department really misses faculty at Bucks his reach was rammed into the light pole behind countless characters warned students at a writing him.” far beyond that. Other writers across from the 7/11 at the and vivid experiences for his seminar last spring. Somehow Hoey was never from the surrounding commu- Trenton Road and Oxford readers to enjoy. In his life he He was a major part of the too busy to help aspiring writ- nity deeply respected Hoey. Valley Road Intersection. left behind friends, family and Language and Literature ers, new faculty members or Hoey was the director of the “I couldn’t really remember hundreds of students for Department. He was curricu- students. He found time to Bucks County Poet Laureate even hitting the pole,” he said. whom his death was devastat- lum coordinator and helped volunteer to mentor new fac- program and oversaw the high “When I got out, all I could ing. evaluate the effectiveness of ulty members. He also gave school poetry competition feel were waves of pain flow- When Hoey wrote he courses. personal feedback and atten- Hoey was scheduled to do a ing through my body.” researched the details. He “I can’t think of anyone who tion to his students, who reading at the Newtown When Bryan finally came ▷ continued on page 4 ▷ continued on page 2 alSO inSiDe a tribute to Bob “Book em’ Dano” Sufjans big comeback Dylan and leonard cohen Andres Flores Bucks Professor Michael Sufjans latest David Brahinsky Berchem reviews album after a to perform with the remake of five-year music his group on the hit TV-series layoff campus Hawaii Five-O PaGe 3 PaGe 8 PaGe 9 bucks-news.com [email protected] | Our pictures: flickr.com/buckscenturion 2 neWS The week of Oc tober 12, 2010 The real man of steel goes to school at Bucks ▷ continued from page 1 dashboard jammed in my leg.” months to that day, Bryan was fered an MCL tear and still has dent at Bucks once again after around, he said he saw the Had those airbags not have working, for his third day, at lingering pain in his knee. having to withdrawal last year dashboard broken in half and gone off, Bryan may not have the Yardley Giant when he stuck in his right leg. had the opportunity to crawl went for lunch at the Chinese restaurant, A Little Dragon, in the same shopping center. Located on Stony Hill road, A Little Dragon is one of Bryans’ favorite places to eat lunch. On Nov. 14th, around 7:45 p.m., McNeill was in the restaurant when a pickup truck slammed through the front of the building, and ran Bryan over. Trapped underneath the car, he had no idea what hap- pened. “The second accident I couldn’t even believe,” he said. Bryan was the one who took the blunt of the accident at the restaurant. “When I was picking up the food a man on the other side of Here is the man of steel himself Here is the aftermath of the car the parking lot had a medical “It was difficult for me to out of the car. McNeill totaled episode and went all the way “My knee still hurts from for obvious reasons. But noth- even know what was going his Camry upon impact to the across the lot and rear ended a time to time but it’s nothing ing can seem to stop Bucks’ on.” Bryan says, “Luckily, the light pole. Honda Accord in a pick-up that’s going to stop me.” Man of Steel. airbags went off so all I If that accident wasn’t trau- truck and ran me over.” Bryan “Biggie” McNeill is received was a concussion and matic enough, almost three From this accident he suf- now a full-time Education stu- mild whiplash, besides the cafeteria gets makeover By: Olivia KaTUlKa The pathway used in previ- ria, while others were just way and walk alongside of the Chris Bulik, 19, a liberal arts Centurion Staff ous semesters to enter the cafe- annoyed with the new floor entire outside border of the major, said, “I think the cafete- After a summer of vacations teria from the bookstore was plan. cafeteria in order to purchase ria renovations are useless and relaxation, students removed and a new one was Emily Koerner, 20, a liberal food from the cafeteria. because they spent all this returned to Bucks to find that constructed alongside the win- arts major said, “I don’t under- Although less convenient, the money on the cafeteria when the cafeteria had been com- dows. stand why they could not just cafeteria is more aesthetically the parking lots are still in need pletely remodeled and renovat- Many students were initially keep that old walkway where it appealing. of an expansion.” ed. surprised to find their old, run- was. It was so convenient to Koerner continued, “Don’t This semester at Bucks, the The walls were painted with down cafeteria renovated with get from the main lobby right get me wrong, it does look parking lots have been crowd- refreshing colors while the a fresh, new look. into the cafeteria to buy food. nice. I just wish that pathway ed and it has become increas- rooms were separated with However, a few weeks into Now that new wall is just in the was still there.” ingly harder to find a spot in glass dividers. A new floor tile classes, some students were way.” Bucks put a lot of money into order to get to class on time. lay underneath new tables and less than enthusiastic about the Due to the construction of the cafeteria’s renovations and This is an aspect of Bucks that chairs, and a small stage where remodeling. Some students the new wall and personal some students felt the funds many students endure before students could perform had wondered why Bucks spent stage, students are forced to should have been spent else- and after class each day. been installed. money to improve the cafete- enter through the far side door- where. To receive the centurion’s email edition: Send letters to: Register at www.Bucks-News.com The Centurion editor-in-chief and a .PDF version of the newspaper will be delivered 275 Swamp Rd Ian McLean directly to your email box. Newtown, PA 18940 [email protected] letter Policy 215.968.8379 Managing editor Letters should be limited to 300 words. They will be edited for Rosalie Napoli spelling and malicious or libelous statements, and may be edited for space. Letters must be the original work of the writer and must be signed. For identification purposes, letters must include the advising writer’s full name, address, and telephone number, although the Tony Rogers address and telephone numbers will not be published. The week of October 12, 2010 NEWs 3 a tribute to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen By: Natasha harris thought was a great idea so he for about three years and is an immediately became music Brahinsky found out that Centurion Staff did just that. expert harmonica player. buddies.” MacAuliffe played bass and Brahinsky said he has played Brahinsky met DeRosa MacAuliffe is a professional asked him to play music with On Friday, Oct.