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VOLUME CXXXVI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Westminster College Mock Convention 2019 Preview NEWS What to Expect from Westminster’s 21st Quadrennial Mock Convention Sydney Roach A2 Editor-in-Chief Martin O'Malley

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From left to right: Brian Whetzel, Jackson Gastmeyer, Seth Zacherl. Credit: Constantine Kallaur The Political Science Department at Westminster Northeast. In the past, participants have dressed up as political A4 College will host its 21st Mock Convention Tuesday, Nov. 12 figures or as imitations of their respective regions. There will be Mike and Wednesday, Nov. 13. It is a simulation of a presidential a costume contest and an award for the most enthusiastic or best Annarella nomination convention and a chance for the Westminster dressed participant, according to Whetzel. community to learn more about how the political process works The Mock Convention begins on the evening of Tuesday, in a fun way. Nov. 12. President Richardson is expected to give opening About 800 students participated in the 2015 Mock remarks around 7 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. Former Maryland SPORTS Convention at Westminster, according to Dr. James Rhoads, Governor and 2016 presidential candidate Martin O'Malley Professor of Political Science and Faculty Advisor for the Mock will give a keynote address after President Richardson’s opening Convention. remarks. “I feel like [students] should go because it’s a fun experience Copy edited by: Charlotte E. Shunk A4 and it allows them to engage with the political process in a way Locker Room that isn’t a massive commitment. You’re just going for two nights, Dedication but it’s a fun time to see Martin O’Malley, who was a former presidential candidate, speak,” said 2019 campaign manager Seth Zacherl. Campaign manager Jackson Gastmeyer emphasized the inclusivity of the Mock Convention. “I think [students] should go because it’s something that’s open to the entire campus. Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, politically informed and educated or not, you can The Holcad still have fun at this convention. You can still have a good time with your friends and classmates,” said Gastmeyer. The Mock Convention has been a tradition at Westminster since 1936. It is held every four years, though it was not held in 1944 due to World War II. The convention is always held for the party out of power, so this year will be a Democratic Convention. Students act as @theholcad campaign managers for the candidates who are the current front-runners according to recent polls. Junior Emily Gellatly will represent Sen. Kamala Harris. Junior Jackson Gastmeyer Westminster’s Mock Convention in 2015 will represent former Vice-President Joe Biden. Junior Brian Credit: Westminster College Flickr Whetzel will represent Sen. Elizabeth Warren, while Junior Seth Zacherl will represent Sen. Bernie Sanders. Student representatives will work toward the goal of the @theholcad Mock Convention during the event: electing a presidential candidate. Student representatives will debate issues in the intramural gym in Memorial Fieldhouse beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The debates are meant to rally the delegates -- students and faculty in the crowd -- into nominating a specific presidential candidate by the end of the evening. The nomination for a presidential candidate and Vice President will WEEKEND WEATHER start at 7 p.m. on the same day. There is expected to be a dinner break after the debates on FRIDAY Wednesday from about 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., but these times could change if debates go over time. There will be a DJ to entertain High: 36° the crowd at 6 p.m. before the nomination process begins at 7 Low: 23° p.m. Cloudy Westminster students, faculty, and staff will represent regions of the country and vote on a candidate after watching SATURDAY the debates. The regions are Pacific West, Mountain West, Great Plains, Great Lakes, Mid-South, Deep South, Mid Atlantic and High: 41° Low: 31° Partly Cloudy Quote of the Week: SUNDAY "If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." -Lucy Larcom High: 44° Low: 32° Showers rebuilt from Herald 120912jz

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A2 NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 THE HOLCAD - WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, NEW WILMINGTON, PA

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[email protected] Mock Convention Presents Martin O’Malley as Speaker Danielle Grady Advisors Dr. David Barner, Brad Weaver News Section Editor announced the suspension of Layout and Design Consultant Kandice Hartner his campaign and exited the presidential race in February of 2016 after a poor showing in the EDITORIAL STAFF 2019-2020 Iowa caucuses. He went on to endorse Clinton as the democratic Editor-in-Chief Sydney Roach presidential candidate. Layout Editor Erica McNatt Although O’Malley does not SECTION EDITORS currently hold any major political Danielle Grady, Charlotte E. Shunk, roles, he continues to advocate for Mason Flanigan, Alexis Briggs his visions and beliefs surrounding CORESPONDENTS relevant policies. Such areas Victoria Lisbon, Anthony Esposito, include health care, trade policy, Dillon Story criminal justice reform, social COPY EDITORS security and debt-free college. Gianna Collins, Nyna Hess, O’Malley also works to achieve his Jasmine Woodings “15 Goals to Rebuild the American PHOTOGRAPHERS Dream,” according to his personal Victoria Lisbon website. His top three goals are to increase American families’ General Policy - The ideas, beliefs and median net worth by $25,000 in ten opinions expressed in the columns, years, generate 100% of American articles belong solely to the writers. electricity with renewable energy The views expressed in these sections are not necessarily the views of Westminster by 2050 and cut the unemployment College or The Holcad itself. rate among young people in half within three years. Editing Policy - The Holcad reserves the right to edit any submission it receives for Prior to O’Malley’s presidential proper grammar, appropriate structure campaign in 2015-2016, he first and accurate content. served as Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. Though he originally Advertising Policy - The printing of advertisements for products or services began the race as an underdog in this publication does not imply candidate, his campaign promises endorsement by Westminster College to reduce crime, improve schools or The Holcad staff. For advertising information, email and rebuild broken communities [email protected]. propelled him to the lead, according to his personal website. In 2007, O’Malley became Want to write a the 61st Governor of Maryland. Letter to the Editor? Mock Convention 2019 Keynote Speaker Martin O’Malley During his time as governor, he Credit: Westminster College press release made same-sex marriage legal in WRITING GUIDELINES Though Westminster’shis background provides him Maryland and made immigrant quadrennial Mock Convention with ample authority on various dreamers eligible for in-state college • Letters to the editor are culminates in presidential political topics that can be tuition, WCN247 reported. Before published weekly, as space candidate debates and nominations discussed. Most recently, he made leaving office in 2015, O’Malley permits. led Maryland to make investments • The Holcad reserves the right to on the event’s second and final day, headlines during the democratic reject any letter. it officially kicks off the day prior race for the 2016 presidential in public safety, college education, • All letters must be less than 400 with an opening ceremony. The election. 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A3 FEATURES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 THE HOLCAD - WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, NEW WILMINGTON, PA

Westminster in London: Arts and Crafts Adventure (Which Includes a Tattoo) Tori Lisbon Correspondent touched making a complete oval. Flux was then added around the gap, and a piece of solder was placed at the gap. The silver oval was then heated until the solder melted making it seamless. Before shaping the silver oval into a ring, it was placed once again into the mild acid bath. To shape the silver oval, it was pushed up a ring mandrel forcing it into a round shape. The silver was then hammered to create the final result: a hammer tone silver ring. We were given the option of oxidizing (creating a balck patina) the rings. Since I did two, I left one silver and oxidized the other. The engraving class was honestly not what we expected. We arrived at St. Bride Printing Foundation with hardly a clue about engraving. We knew we would carve a wooden plate which we would then set to print. There were four of us this time: us, a woman and a man. It was everyone's first time, but the man and woman were far more invested. The woman had come all the way from Canada for the course. The man was gifted the course by his wife for his birthday. We went out of pure curiosity. The wooden blocks we were to carve on were very small, which at the start was disappointing, but soon turned into a blessing. It turns out wood carving is a very arduous task on the hands. We started with a lemonwood practice block and then moved onto the expensive boxwood block. By the end of the seven hour course, all four of us had two printing blocks and a number of black and white paper prints. I made my final print a spruce tree with a backdrop of mountains and a sky full of stars. Stephen did his interpretation of Untitled Goose Game, which our instructor said was the strangest engraving he has seen yet.

Reference Drawing vs. Final Tattoo Before we left, we each received a certificate noting our completion Credit: Tori Lisbon of the course. We also learned our instructor was in fact a royal engraver Over break, many people took time to travel. People traveled all and had done a multitude of important engraving work. One of the more over Europe, with the majority ending up in Italy, while a few went back recent was burnishing the new Globe Theatre logo from a wood block to the States. After all my previous adventures and a last minute family used to build the theatre. tragedy, the decision was made to stay on campus for break. That did not The final journey into the arts I did by myself. I have been sitting on mean an exciting adventure was foregone. Stephen Barr and I discovered this for a few months now. When we arrived in August I started looking a website known as Obby that listed dozens of arts and crafts classes in around at tattoo places. I nearly got one a few months prior in Alaska the London area. These ranged from sewing, food, photography, pottery, to commemorate my trip, but decided it would have been too rushed jewelry, stained glass, carving and so much more. The two of us managed of a decision. I found a place that had many artists I liked called “The to narrow it down to a silver ring making class and a wood engraving class. Circle London.” I proceeded to stalk their Instagram for a few weeks as I Kas and Ros was one of the most interesting jewelry stores I have researched anything and everything about tattoos. Over these few weeks I ever had the pleasure to enter. The jewelry was housed in abstract glass ended up with an idea I liked (a dragon that looked like a vase with flowers cases lined at the bottom with black velvet. The jewelry itself was made coming out of its mouth like flame) but not an artist that matched it. up of equally abstract shapes or anatomically correct skulls or things Eventually, I stumbled across Natalie Petal Gardiner. I saw her art reminiscent of fangs. It was like nothing I had ever seen. and felt that her style was exactly right. I sent her an email with a sketch After looking at the jewelry, we were ushered into a back room which of my idea immediately and ended up with an appointment over a month was far more cozy. It looked like a patio with baby blue terrace beams away. I did tell my parents and they were quite hesitant about it, but once holding aloft a full ceiling skylight. The brick walls were dotted with they saw the final product, they were extremely happy along with the rest Banksy paintings that were slightly obscured by a number of hanging and of my family. floor plants. At the table there were eight chairs, one for each of us. There Just before the tattoo, I was very nervous. No amount of research were also eight stations: each held a blow torch, some fire brick, solder can prepare you for how a five-hour long tattoo session actually feels. All (alloy used to join metal), flux (a liquid to prevent oxidation) and water. of it hurt, but for the most part, it felt like a painful scratch which rarely We started off by finding our ring size and cutting a silver wire to escalated to a painful pinch. Overall it was not bad, nor has the healing length then filing the edges smooth. The wire was then bent into a U shape process been bad either. I am over the moon about my tattoo, and am and heated with the torch on the fire brick. The silver U was then placed especially happy that she was able to include a symbol from one of my into water to cool then a mild acid bath to remove any oxidation. Next favorite games: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. we had to hammer the silver U around a ring mandrel until the wire ends Copy edited by: Sydney Roach Rock the Chapel Charlotte E. Shunk A&E/Features Section Editor danced throughout the group’s performance, even while playing two flutelike instruments simultaneously. Though the group expressed primarily in the form of music rather than verbal storytelling, Bakithi connected with his audience throughout the performance. Preluding one of the pieces, he told those in attendance, “I’ve had a whole village sing with me [on the next piece],” then prompted everyone to become involved in the Credit: Charlotte E. Shunk piece. Wallace Memorial Chapel overflowed the South Africa. He was first trained classically on The South African All Stars added a night of 27 October 2019, the crowd spilling piano and has since written and collaborated performer to their group for part of their into the rear and side balconies of the room, as on a number of pieces. He dabbles in multiple performance. Musical storyteller Nonhlanhla Westminster College students and community genres, spanning from commercial jingles to Kheswa grew up between Alexandra and , members gathered to spectate the musical film scores. Bravo is the keyboardist for The South Africa. She derived a passion for music stylings of Bakithi Kumalo and the South South African All Stars. from her schoolteachers and later found roles African All Star Band. Goldberg, raised in South Africa, strives to of expression through performances in director The performance underscored The South combine South African music with American Darrell Roodt’s Soul City and Disney’s The Lion African All Stars’ second visit to Mother Fair. . He has recorded numerous albums and King on Broadway. Kheswa is a vocalist for The The band, comprised of Bakithi Kumalo, David performed alongside Kumalo in their work with South African All Stars. Bravo, Morris Goldberg, and Rodney Harris, . He is trained on the clarinet, flute, WC students got to perform alongside first visited and performed during the Spring of pennywhistle, and recorder. Goldberg is the The South African All Stars as well. Wallace the 2017-2018 school year. saxophonist for The South African All Stars. Memorial Chapel rang louder than it had all Kumalo, namesake of the group and Harris grew up in New York and taught night as WC’s Concert Choir, directed by Dr. father to WC senior Didi Kumalo, was born in himself to play various instruments by Andrew Withington, joined the band members the Soweto township of , South experimenting during his brother’s band onstage to sing two songs and an encore with Africa. He grew up alongside music makers. He rehearsals. Harris has worked alongside a the band. performed with touring artists throughout the number of famous performers and is the Monday, 28 Oct. 2019, the second day of 1970s and ‘80s, and he was introduced to Paul percussionist for The South African All Stars. their visit to WC, The South African All Stars Simon in 1985, which brought him to America. The troupe bled from one piece into another, visited six classes. The performed and spoke Kumalo is the and vocalist for The South incorporating a multitude of instruments with students about their experiences in South African All Stars. as well as vocal stylings such as rhythmic Africa, especially during years of apartheid, Bravo, who is a singer, pianist, and clicking, breathing, and whistling in addition from their different perspectives. songwriter, was born and raised in Cape Town, to traditional lyrical expressions. Goldberg Copy edited by: Nyna Hess rebuilt from Herald 120912jz

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A4 SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2019 THE HOLCAD - WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, NEW WILMINGTON, PA Westminster Alum Speaks About His Role With Cleveland Browns Mason Flanigan Sports Section Editor

the hardships of his job. “The biggest thing I did [to prepare myself] was work for Nate LaRiccia in the Sports Information Department. He really introduced me to what sports public relations was and what goes into it, along with the hours and the little things that you really wouldn’t know before going into the field. That is kind of where I fell in love with it here at Westminster.” Annarella was also a football player for a few years at Westminster. “I think it definitely helps you understand where the guys are coming from. If they are coming from practice, they may be tired and not as willing to do media at that time. Also, it gives you a little bit of a taste on what they go through daily. The other thing is the understanding of the game, the different statistics and what is happening on the field. There are all those little intangible things you might not know if you didn’t play the game.” Lastly, Annarella stated that although he is a New Castle native, he is 100% a Browns fan now! Copy edited by: Gianna Collins

Credit: Brad Weaver Mike Annarella is 2015 Westminster alumni who is now a Communications Coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. “The biggest duty that comes along with this position is handling the media availability of all of our players and assistant coaches. Anytime someone wants to interview a guy, they reach out to me and I facilitate that for them. I do a lot of our press releases, produce statistical packets for the broadcast teams, as well as different game notes or anything that can make our team shine a little better, “said Annarella about his position. He has also held several other internships and jobs such as with the NHL Stadium Series, Pittsburgh Penguins and the NCAA D1 March Madness tournament. “Not every player or coach is going to want to do media. Sometimes your team loses, and games just happen. Some guys don’t want to talk to the media right after something like that goes down, so it's my job to get them to that place where they want to speak to the press and deliver a message that helps our organization look the best that it can,” said Annarella about

Inside The Dedication For Upgraded Locker Room Mason Flanigan Sports Section Editor

Credit: Westminster athletics Westminster College held a ceremony in the Grover C. Washabaugh a very substantial amount to begin the project, and Board of Distinguished Lobby of Memorial Field House to dedicate the expanded and renovated Visitors member Lee Hite '66 and his wife Janie, who both played a major Titan Football Locker Room. role in finishing the project as they decided to offer a match for all gifts The expanded and renovated locker room, designed to enhance dollar for dollar until the project was fully funded. the experiences of Westminster student-athletes, is currently home to "As the number of players in the program have continued to increase the Westminster football team, who had outgrown the previous space, over the past five years, the primary goal for the football locker room also the men's lacrosse team will use the space during the spring season. project was to expand the space to add more lockers to accommodate The number of lockers grew from 108 to 149 at the completion of the those increasing squad sizes," said Director of Athletics Jim Dafler. "As renovation. In addition to more space and lockers, there is a top-notch the plans for the additional space developed, it was clear there was also modern recruiting lounge showcasing the Titan tradition. a need for renovation and upgrades to things like lockers, flooring, "We feel we have the best facilities in small college football, at least lighting, and ventilation. It was very gratifying that those upgrades were in this area," said six sixth-year head coach Scott Benzel. "I am confident recognized and addressed by the College administration. Then, with the to tell you that. When you bring a recruit in - there is a saying that the tremendous generosity of donors to the project, the old locker room has proof's in the pudding, well it is – they walk in and see a brand-new locker been transformed into a new and modern facility that will serve us well room, a brand-new field, and a recently upgraded weight room. It speaks and help our coaches continue to recruit and retain both the number and again to the great alumni and support we have. All that money [for the the quality of student-athletes that are currently in our program." locker room] came from donors. Without those donors, we do not grow Along with the dedication, it was publicly announced for the first as a program. It ties hand in hand. They believe in us. They see us winning time the addition of the Dar Huey Heritage Center in Grover Washabaugh games on the field and graduating student-athletes. They are supporting Lobby scheduled for next summer. The Dar Huey Heritage Center will us and they want to see us continue to get better." capture the rich history of Titan athletics over the decades and showcase There were 130 different donors who gave generously, totaling over our best athletes, coaches, and teams. $750K for the project, led by Gary Brown '71, who was the first to commit Copy edited by: Jasmine Woodings