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T C The Award-Winning,he Financially-Independent, enturionStudent-Run Newspaper of Bucks County Community College Volume 55 Issue 2 October 3, 2019 Bucks-News.com @Centurion_Bucks INSIDE Women’s Tibetan Refugee Monks Suffrage Panel Return to Bucks Solarium Page 2 # Floral Design Prgram Tibetan Monks create a sand sculpture, courtesy of Shannon Goldhahn Shannon Goldhahn Centurion Staff Chinese would slaughter him occurring at their home. lasts, but to spread compassion Tibetan monks arrived on just as they did with his people. Each monk wore the through the river, and therefore Sept. 16 to create a mandala There he created a society where traditional yellow and red robes the surrounding area. sand sculpture over a five days Tibetan refugees could have the while creating this three- Fran Orlando, the Director of period that represented compas- arts, culture, and languages from dimensional art masterpiece. the Artmobile and the Hicks Art sion, a trait that all the monks their previous home. They kneeled on pillows without Center Gallery said that the believe we should all carry This is where the Tibetan shoes and worked on different Tibetan monks have been throughout our daily lives to monks, who graciously came sections at a time. They did this coming to Bucks since 2002. achieve a pure mind. to Bucks County, had their by using small, narrow instru- “For me personally, In the late 1950’s China began monastery in southern India. ments to place a few sand pieces someone who is used to artwork Page 4 to take complete control of The Tibetan monks from the at a time. This lasted throughout that you preserve, the idea of Tibet, a Chinese province at the Drepung Gomang Monastery the entirety of the week. impermanence to the art time. Tibetans rebelled against started to build a beautiful sand At the end of the week, when was really moving to me,” Dangers of the Chinese rule, leaving sculpture in the shape of a the mandala was completed, the said Orlando thousands killed. mandala. The monks who monks swept the art into a pile Story continued on page 2. Vaping His Holiness the Dalai Lama, created this art appeared very to release into the Neshaminy Tenzin Gyatso, left Tibet and gentle and peaceful, even when Creek. This was not only to moved to India in fear that the knowing the disturbances show that not everything in life Kukuli Velarde : “The Complicit Eye” Audrey Jakubik Velarde also spoke about Centurion Staff inspiration for her other works. Peruvian artist Kukuli Velarde Such as one painting titled, visited the Newtown campus Las Mercedes de la Virge (2012), to speak about her exhibit “The which pictures a man and small Complicit Eye” that is on display child at her breasts. in the Hicks Art Gallery. “This is actually a family Page 5 From 5 p.m. to 7p.m. on portrait” said Velarde, explaining Sept.8, individuals were able that it resembles her husband and to browse Velarde’s exhibit and daughter. PewdiePie Hits hear the artist speak about her Another one of Velarde’s paint- creative process. ing titled, Las Tentaciones de San- 100 Million Velarde spoke in detail about ta Rosita (2007) depicts herself her complex works of art. Her surrounded by faces of evil. husband and young daughter “Temptations are always watched her speak from the surround us or we resist,” said Ve- crowd. larde in reference to the meaning Velarde began with speaking of the painting about her background with art Velarde said many of her paint- and how her father motivated ings are also related to the idea of her to start painting. colonization. “My father would tell me why Velarde’s, Nak’aq Archangel don’t you paint. You’re wasting (2006) depicts an archangel with a your time with ceramics, paint,” decapitated head in hand. said Velarde. Velarde explained, “For me, At a young age Velarde found Archangels are a symbol of colo- Page 6 inspiration and began to paint nization.” portraits of herself in different Velarde made it clear she scenarios. actually likes to do anything but Bucks Men’s She recalled when her plan out her artistic visions, and father finally saw some of she just enjoys going with what- Soccer her self-portraits. ever comes to her at the moment. Page 8 “She’s painting, but she’s “I am not much into making painting herself naked,” said drafts,” she said. “To me, it is not Velarde, quoting her father’s fun to have a small version of reaction to her paintings. what I want to do. Part of making Velarde gushed about one of art is to have fun. You should her favorite self-portraits, one always have fun that she did of herself when she throughout the whole process.” was pregnant, and in the nude. Velarde proudly finished “I saw myself for the first speaking about the collection of time as beautiful. This is beauty paintings and took questions from through my own eyes.” said the crowd. Velarde. “I struck that pose “The Complicit Eye” exhibit because I wanted people to know will remain available to view in that I felt the most beautiful at the Hicks Art Gallery until Oct. 19. that age.” Velarde’s, Nal’aq Archangel 2 Centurion October 3, 2019 Bucks-News.com @Centurion_Bucks Bucks News STAFF Editor-in-Chief Women Suffrage Panel Sarah Siock Assisting Managing Editor Alyssa Moore Graphics Manager Katerina Pak Advisor Tony Rogers Held At Bristol Campus Letters to the editor: Email your letters to : [email protected] Letters should be limited to 500 words. They will be edited for spelling, space and malicious or libelous statements. Letters must be the original work of the writer and must be signed. For identification purposes, letters must include the writer’s full name and telephone number. Women Suffrage Panel, courtesy of Kailtyn Schaller Kailyn schaller Platts added that she learned the panel to encourage people Certurion Staff the importance of the women to register to vote and inspired from suffrage from her women to become involved in Women and men from around grandmothers, who were not the political process. the county gathered at the Low- able to vote until they were over Jacqueline Marish a retired er Bucks campus on Constitu- 30 years old. Bucks faculty member, spoke tion Day to celebrate 100 years Panelist and Bucks student about the world of women’s of women’s suffrage. Shannon Walsh showed her rights towards equality during After rallying and marching support of women’s suffrage the panel. silently for almost a century, when she said, “Women are 50 “Women aren’t seeking women were finally granted percent of the population. We power over someone, we’re the right to vote in 1920. should have 50 percent of the seeking power with. That’s the Attendees celebrated the peacful voice.” difference,” said Marish. movement that resulted in no Walsh, hopes to educate Marish added that the loss of life. women to act for what they women’s suffrage movement At the event last Tuesday, past believe in, and not just believe challenged the status quo. and current Bucks professors something will change. The fifth and final panelist was and one Bucks student hosted a The panel also included, Jonice Arthur, of Bucks’ Lang lively panel discussion that was Kathy Horwatt, a member of and Lit department. Arthur has moderated by Bucks Political the League of Women Voters. very strong beliefs in women’s Science Professor William Horwatt also serves as a rights, and intends to educate Pezza. Panel members Langhorne councilwoman. other women. discussed the 19th amendment Horwatt said that, “Change The panel enlightened many and women’s right to vote. needs to be done.” Horwatt people to raise awareness as to Karen Platts, Bucks sociology added that she actively tries to what is happening around them. professor and panel member help women understand how As well as engaging people to said, “Women are becoming important it is for them to vote. get involved with voting and empowered, whether you like it Horwatt set up a table after treat others equally. Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Common or not.” Tibetan Refugee Monks Return to Bucks Solarium Continued from page 1. Photos courtesy of Shannon Goldhahn said, “Every human wants to This seemed to be the His beliefs focus on, “for one common idea that was going be enlightened,” he continued, to have a pure mind there must “In our current world we do working on the mandala; through people’s minds. “we need a great practice in be compassion.” allow ourselves to have some this monk had air pods in his Most people agreed that forgiveness.” Rinpoche was very items that grow with time, it’s ears. Everyone completed the watching the monks was a Rinpoche was chosen at enthusiastic to talk about his life important to not look at calming essence of the room mind-altering experience, and the age of five from the Dalai as a monk to the crowd of peo- everything as materialistic,” with gleeful laughter. one to grow from. Lama to become a monk ple who had gathered around to said Rinpoche. Minyak Rinpoche from the and he has continued the discover more. He then pointed to a monk Drepung Gomang Monastery practice for almost 40 years. 3 Bucks-News.com @Centurion_Bucks October 3, 2019 Centurion Bucks News Bucks Looking for Fiction Writers Morgan Taylor Centurion Staff fiction! And I enjoy seeing how Bucks students are invited young people interpret this classic to compete in the Short Story form. I’m particularly Contest by Oct.

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