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Summer at Bucks Crunch time! By: Julia NapolitaNo Centurion Staff It’s about time for summer and students can’t wait any longer. Bucks students have all sorts of plans for summertime and are antsy to get them start - ed. With only a few weeks left of school and the weather warming up, the countdown has begun. This is the end of the road for some students in their Bucks career and transferring is in their near future. Dan Johnson,

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e ning on working the summer - m a time away. “I’ll definitely be N working a lot, but there’ll defi - nitely be time to hang out with friends.” Most of Johnson’s friends will be coming home from state schools in the mid - dle of May and he can’t wait to see them. He will be working at the Richboro Care Center for the majority of the summer mak - Alex Brill working on school work in the library. Bahar Hadi, 20, a computer going to Bucks full-time. “I ing a decent rate. Johnson is saving to transfer for Temple By: ChriStopher Wirth Doylestown has experienced science major from Langhorne, have to pay for everything the stress of an abundant work cancelled his plans to visit rel - myself, Bucks needs to under - University in the fall and said Centurion Staff load first hand. “I have to atives in Canada because of the stand that people have jobs he was a little “stressed and With less than a month left of write ten pages for a composi - increased assignments. “It’s too” Hadi said. under a lot of pressure.” the Spring semester, students tion paper, then a five page annoying” Hadi said, “In my Brill and Hadi are not alone. With gas prices skyrocketing at Bucks are greeted with vol - paper, a video mash-up project, one class, we just went on the Corinne Graber, 23, an educa - and a raise in tuition, working umes of papers, group projects, and a group project about alco - website a week ago that has all tion major from Levittown, is a is popular in student’s summer and final exams – most are hol abuse” Brill said. The 15 assignments that are due by single mother with a part-time plans. Ryan Calabro, 19, a struggling with the heavy beginning of the semester was the end of the semester.” Hadi, job working at a cleaning com - physical education major, will workload. nothing she says, but now “The has to work at his part-time pany. Graber is carrying a 15 also be spending a lot of his Alex Brill, 19, a health and professors are just piling restaurant job pay for all his credit course load for the summertime at work. Working physical education major from everything on.” living expenses in addition to ▷ Continued on page 2 ▷ Continued on page 2 alSo iNSiDe

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bucks-news.com [email protected] | our pictures : flickr.com/buckscenturion 2 NeWS The week of April 25, 2011 the end is near... ▷ Continued from page 1 The students are not the only erature at Bucks for the last doCarmo said, “Most profes - suggests planning ahead. “Use ones feeling the pressure nine years. “I’m a person too” sors would like to see their stu - a planner or the calendar on spring semester, fitting all her though; the end of the semester doCarmo said, “I get distracted dents more, so stop on in!” your phone to write in when classes in on Tuesdays and is just as stressful for the pro - by the warm weather just as The gradual semester progres - assignments are due” Tracey Thursdays. “I have about fessors. “What a lot of stu - much as anyone else.” sion from light to fairly hectic said, “Talk to your professors three to four hours every Mon, and make sure you plan and set Wed, and Fri, when my son is aside time to study in a place at school. So all my school that won’t be distracting to work is jam-packed into that you.” Students, she says, time” Graber said. Graber should stay positive and be said she has to complete three confident about their work and papers and five tests by the abilities. close of the spring semester. Patrick McGhee works as a Like Graber, Kelly writing tutor at the Tutoring Cummings, 23, marketing Center. McGhee said that “If it major from Bristol, must jug - looks like something is too big gle a busy school schedule or unmanageable, break it up with the raising of her 2-year- into daily tasks.” Students can old son. Every Thursday, go to the Tutoring Center for Cummings comes to Bucks at assistance too. There, in addi - 9 a.m. But her first class isn’t tion to dozens of tutors, are until 6 p.m. “I crunch every - several hand outs for time thing in on Thursdays” management skills and tips. Cummings said, “I spend the dents probably don’t realize is Students who may be getting is typical. “A kitchen isn’t built in one whole day getting all my that as the semester wears on, I a case of “the screw-its” Time management plays a day” McGhee said. school work done.” Cummings feel the heat too,” said should visit their professors, huge part in the stress felt by The final day of spring class - finally calls it quits at around 9 Professor Stephen doCarmo. suggests doCarmo. Talking students during this part of the es is May 12. p.m. after a 12 hour day of He’s been teaching English with the professors is a great semester. The Director of the cramming and note taking. composition and American lit - way to motivate both parties, Tutoring Center, Nicole Tracey Summertime ▷ Continued from page 1 Stephanie Catalano, 19, a coming home from colleges all favorite part of Belmar beach mer should be great.” Liberal Arts major is planning across the country she just and she really just “can't wait On the more adventurous at the Richboro Shopping Bag any longer to have it.” side of summertime, Eddie and the gas station across the Such hot and beautiful Celiesius, 20, liberal arts street, Calabro is planning on weather in the Summer calls major, has quite the plans for saving a good amount of for days by the pool. Nick his summertime. Celiesius and money. Schantz, 19, a business major, five of his good friends are On top of working two jobs, plans of spending his summer - packing up their tents and bik - Calabro will also be taking a time by his pool with family ing to Cape May, New Jersey. few summer classes. He said and friends. Schantz said, “I In an attempt to stray away he wanted to “get a few more can’t wait to just be done from the norm, Celiesius and gen-eds out of the way for next school so I can run home and his friends are camping their semester” in hopes of taking jump into my pool.” way up to the beach. He’s less classes in the fall. Unsure He definitely isn’t hogging packing up “food, water and of exactly what he wants to his pool to himself though. He the essentials for camping.” No take for summer courses he is on spending her summer at the can’t wait to celebrate the lack plans on having plenty of beach houses here, Celiesius aware of the tuition increase Jersey shore. Catalano said, “I of school work. Belmar is her BBQ’s with family and friends. and his buddies are roughing it and is prepared for it. plan on driving to Belmar at usual stomping grounds and Schantz said, “I have a volley right on the beach in hopes to On the more relaxing side of least three to four times a she definitely has her favorites. ball net, pool basketball, and not be chased away by beach the summertime spectrum, we week.” Catalano shared with me that plenty of friends who want to patrol. can’t forget about the beach. With most of her friends Three Brothers Pizza is her come and swim, so this sum -

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4 NeWS The week of April 25, 2010 a soldier, a student By: KimBerly Kratz order to stay motivated. He The first month or two prior to the first group sent to Camp mechanics split into 12 hour Centurion Staff promised himself that, as soon the date, they spent time on the Leatherneck in Helmand shifts, but Camacho said as he turned 17, he’d try to ground in Afghanistan prepar - Province, formerly part of they’d usually last for 14 Marine reservist Phil convince his parents to let him ing for deployment. The British base Camp Bastian. because they’d have to be Camacho, a liberal arts major sign up. mechanics of helicopter repair, “When we were there, they brought up to speed by the from Warminster, spent seven But, he said, “My parents he said, are more hands on, were just building up Camp prior shift, and, in turn, do the months deployed in couldn’t do that. They didn’t “For a full year, I had no idea Leatherneck, so we had noth - same for the following shift. Afghanistan. sign me up. My mom said she what my job was. I knew the ing, he said. “They sent a So it went daily for seven Originally from New Jersey, would disown me if I would basics,” the book version of whole bunch of the nuggets months. He only recalls that in Camacho played baseball and have joined. I still wanted to what he was taught in training down there to set up tents, set that time, during which he lost soccer as a kid, but lately, his do it. My dad thought it wasn't school. up all this stuff, post security, 40 pounds, he only had one favorite is hockey. With a a 17 year old’s decision.” He “I was what they call a do things like this in the middle day off. His squadron didn’t wide smile, he said, “I love a had to wait, but said, “I tried to nugget. Pretty much a crash of the desert, this huge- lose a single helicopter during sport where you just let two pull up every card that I had to course, I learned most of my ***desert,” he added. He vol - his deployment, though he people beat the crap out of try to convince them,” trying to job while I was actually out unteered for security forces for said, “the squadron next to each other. I love it.” A fan select ours, which were the Hueys of music, he’s partial to classic “easy” and Cobras, did lose two birds rock and roll like AC/DC, Led jobs that while we were out there.” Zeppelin and The Rolling would Transitioning back to a civil - Stones. He also has an affinity keep him ian life after deployment is for 2Pac, Biggie and Snoop out of challenging, even for a Dog. “I love that old gangster harm’s reservist. It’s obvious that he’s rap,” he said. way. proud of his service, but he’s Camacho grew up idolizing Right humble about it. He views his his older brother, a Navy chief after high job as an air winger as some - who has served since 1993. He school, what less impressive than that always loved war movies, and he want - of the grunts, saying, “I played joked that he is “the statistic,” ed to join a fairly small role, just main - the stereotypical kid who loved as taining the helicopters, and playing violent video games. infantry. remember I was a complete He has noticed that there is a Camacho rookie when I got out there, clique among veterans who has no and with not too much pre- seem to have similar childhood regrets deployment training.” backgrounds. Always enam - now that Perhaps most telling is the ored of the military, he said, “I it didn’t undertone of respect and used to learn…like, go online happen appreciation that he has for and just find a bunch of [mili - that way. those vets he has befriended at tary] videos.” The sum - Bucks who are the grunts or In his high school sophomore mer after who have had multiple deploy - year, Camacho knew he didn’t gradua - ments. “I always had that pic - want to go to college. He tion, he ture in my head about Vietnam made a decision to join the mil - stayed vets coming home... I wasn't itary. By junior year, he’d with his expecting at all that they’d be begun talking to recruiters brother, so supportive,” he said, while from various branches. As who was acknowledging that there are soon as he started talking to a stationed some people who hate the mil - Marine recruiter, he said, “I in itary. He would rather they fell in love, the whole Marine Norfolk, keep their opinions to them - thing, being the first to fight Virginia. selves. and all that.” Though they butted heads, he there in Afghanistan,” about a month in June 2009. When asked about what Reflecting back, he thinks said, “He kind of convinced Camacho explained. Spending Shortly after, his work in heli - Bucks is doing for veterans, that most of it was recruiter me to go as a reservist,” to about two months in Kandahar, copter repair began. Camacho said, “They’re doing propaganda, but “the thing learn a good trade to fall back his unit, Heavy Helicopter “The whole reason we were an amazing job. I would have about the Marine recruiter that on. Squadron 772 “Hustlers” of there, we were supposed to be never figured I’d be going to kinda caught my attention was In 2006, at 18, Camacho Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, part of this Operation Kanjari, school, that they’d actually that… he didn’t really give me enlisted with the Marine met up with a more experi - which is ‘Dari for ‘tip of have a veterans lounge.” He too much bull****.” All of the Reserves for six years, and left enced active duty unit from spear,’” Camacho explained. thinks it’s great that vets can other recruiters told him that, if for boot camp two months California, HMH361. There, Mandated by President hang out, eat lunch there or he joined for four years, he’d later. He trained to be a heli - his unit split into groups to Obama, and set to begin on whatever. “The veterans get loads of college money. copter mechanic to work on air learn everything. July 1, 2009, the operation was lounge is a really easy way to While that might have been frames and hydraulics compo - Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek, a designed to finish the U.S. make that transition” from mil - the case, the Marine recruiter nents on CH53E’s, first in writer for the Marines, said, work in Afghanistan. It was itary to civilian life. was straight with him, saying, Pensacola, Florida and then “Like many squadrons, this the largest air assault since Camacho hopes to get some “If you sign up, there is a New River, North Carolina. was the Hustlers' first deploy - Vietnam. prerequisite classes out of the chance you might die.” As a Nicknamed “Super Stallion”, ment to Afghanistan. While Of the grueling schedule, he way at Bucks, and possibly junior in high school, Camacho the massive CH53E choppers training for deployment, the recalled, “From there, it was transfer to Drexel as a business was impressed by that eye- supports about 54 people when Hustlers were outfitted with 14-hour shifts for every single major. He’s taking four tradi - opening honesty, adding, fully loaded. new aircraft. This added extra day. We’d send out the grunts, tional classes this semester. “That’s like the first thing that After training, he continued duties to the squadron as they the infantry guys, they’d do As for the vets who hang at I liked.” on reserve status, working one completed training and had to their job, we’d resupply them, the Stars and Stripes Lounge, Camacho stepped up talks weekend each month until prepare the new aircraft for all the time, day and night.” Camacho said, “The whole with the recruiter and attended 2009, when his unit was acti - deployment.” So that the assault could thing is like a real brother - physical training sessions in vated for a year and deployed. Camacho’s unit was part of operate on a 24 hour cycle, the hood.”

6 entertAinment The week of April 25, 2011 An arts fest by: SArAh borochAner The art celebration includes Pentimall Bookler, a Bucks The play also includes live Continuing with student per - Centurion Staff performances by students as professor of the arts. jazz music performed by stu - formances, The Improv Comedy Performance will be From April 19 to May 12, the held Friday April 29 and Department of the Arts will be Saturday April 30 under the celebrating the arts of Bucks direction of Bill McLaughlin. County through Arts at Bucks. The Improv Club will be per - Arts at Bucks, is a 24-day forming on Friday evening, annual celebration, which fea - and alumni students will be tures demonstrations, perform - performing on Saturday. The ances, music, and a film festi - show begins at 7:00 p.m. and val. admission is $5. As an accredited member of The art celebration also fea - the National Association of tures the 46th Annual Student Schools of Art and Design Exhibition, which is a show - (NASAD) (312 total mem - case of the top work of the stu - bers), and the National dents in the Department of the Association of Schools of Arts. The student work Music (NASM) (639 total includes painting, drawing, members), Bucks County printmaking, photography, dig - Community College is quite ital media, two-dimensional respected in the art community. design, three-dimensional Arts at Bucks starts with the design, sculpture, fine wood - United States Premiere of the working, ceramics, jewelry, Italian film, “The Island of glass, web design, graphic Deaf Children.” The documen - design, and music. tary, which follows the lives of The student exhibition starts deaf children in a school near Saturday, April 23, and contin - Modena, Italy for a year, was ues until Saturday, May 7. The nominated in 2010 for the exhibition is held in Hicks Art David di Donatello (the Italian Center Gallery. Oscar). The free showing For more information and a begins at 7:00 p.m. in the well as professionals. April “Addicted” is the story of six dent musicians. “Addicted” full schedule of Arts at Bucks, Gateway Auditorium and is 21—23 students will perform young adults who struggle starts at 8:00 p.m. each night, you can visit followed by a discussion with the play “Addicted,” which is with drug and alcohol addic - and admission is $7, or $5 with www.bucks.edu/artsatbucks. the director. written and directed by Shelli tions. a student ID. Go back in time with Scream 4 by: Andrew G. GrAhAm film it would almost feel like a relay the “rules” of the new or spoof like “Scary Movie.” It from the mood of the movie. It Centurion Staff remake. The movie follows generation. The movie is filled does, however, have parts simply adds a little bit of Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts) with action and fun twists but where it seems to poke fun at humor, making it that much If you are expecting Scream and her more fun to watch. 4 to make you scream out loud, friends as her All things considered, the plot then you should go back and cousin of the movie is very good and watch the first three movies Sidney the blending of old and new again. While most horror (Campbell) characters adds to it. For flicks of the new generation returns to those who only watched the get too carried away with using Woodsboro original movies in hopes of blood and guts to evoke the to promote seeing Neve Campbell or fear inside of you, Scream 4 is her new Courtney Cox nude, don’t hold a throwback to a better time for book. When your breath. While it is rated horror movies when less was Sidney R, there is no nudity to speak more. The original Scream returns, of. However, the cameos of movies were not traditional Ghostface Kristin Bell and Anna Paquin, “slasher” movies in the frame does as well. while brief, and the presence of of “Nightmare on Elm Street” Hayden Hayden Panetierre, do provide or “Friday the 13th,” but leg - Panetierre some eye candy. Scream 4 endary director Wes Craven plays Jill’s relies upon the skill of the once again shows us his best friend, actors to drive home the feel of expertise in the genre. Kirby, and, this movie. For the most part, At many parts, Scream 4 seems despite her the acting is very good, but the eerily similar in plot to the extremely villain is not portrayed as well original Scream movie. In short and dis - in Scream 4 as in its predeces - fact, if Neve Campbell, David tracting haircut, she does very the most surprising element of the previous Scream movies. sors. This is why I give this Arquette, and Courtney Cox well. Erik Knudsen and Rory Scream 4 is humor. Don’t be The comedy is not overwhelm - movie the rating I do: 7.5 out did not appear so early in the Culkin play the film buffs who mistaken- this is not a comedy ing, and does not take away of 10. The week of April 25, 2011 nEWs 7 carlin romano comes to bucks Noir,” a collection of short generation. In the last few cern over the dying publish - writers, agents, editors, and by: JEssica carr stories that he edited, at the years, digital books for e- ing houses. He said that, industry professionals. Centurion Staff event. readers have outsold paper - with the glut of eBooks, the Tafoya went on to read an Noir, mostly associated backs and hardcover books. publishing houses are los - excerpt from his story, Carlin Romano, a former with detective stories, is The Amazon Kindle e- ing revenue, and some no "Above the Imperial,” Philadelphia Inquirer book now a distinguished genre reader, for example, sold longer maintain loyalty to which appears in critic, came to Bucks and of storytelling, said out in less than a month their midlist writers; they “Philadelphia Noir. “ talked to aspiring writers Romano. His collection after its first version’s only keep the ones that sell He also added that he was about publishing and the contains all the creepy hap - release in 2007, despite cost - at least a million copies. glad for the weekly dead - state of publishing houses. penings in Philadelphia, ing over $300. Now, a third To lighten up the mood, line because, normally, Romano, current critic for some of which can even be version costs only $139. The when asked if it is harder or “you give me unlimited the Chronicle of Higher found in city guide books. surge in e-readers may be easier now for aspiring time, I’ll stare at a blank Education and book critic Romano’s real purpose, attributed to the fact that writers to get their work out paper for months and for the Inquirer for 25 years, however, was to talk about eBooks are simply cheaper. there, Tafoya replied that months.” Tafoya also men - now teaches philosophy publishing in general. Dennis Tafoya, former it’s easier. He suggested tioned how he realized he and media theory at the He expressed his fear of Bucks student and author of getting a blog and subscrib - was a prose writer: “I was - University of Pennsylvania. the publishing industry “Wolves of Fairmount ing to Publishers n’t very good at poetry - so I He presented “Philadelphia being killed by the eBook Park,” also expressed con - Marketplace, a database of went to prose.” Political mojo by: Edmund c. cEliEsius Some Bucks students believe that keeping informed about Centurion Staff political issues is necessary, Politics have been in the because these issues affect news significantly more everyone at some point. recently due to the financial “I’m in school because I was burdens that lie ahead, includ - laid-off due to the govern - ing several ongoing wars and ment’s bail outs which crippled an economy slowly struggling the U.S. automotive industry,” to recover. said Mike English, 30, a liber - It’s obvious of the impor - al Arts major from Holland. tance of keeping up to date in English uses his personal politics because it affects every experience as a good reason to citizen of the United States. So stay informed about politics. one would hope that young English keeps up with the people of America would be news as much as he can by highly motivated to get watching FOX news’ Glenn involved and be informed, but Beck but thinks “the man is is that happening? crazy like all political philoso - Casey McDomaugh 19, a lib - phers.” eral arts major, is completely “I also ran a business but that against politics and has no went out because of how bad desire to be informed. “I hate the economy is and it sucks politics,” he said. that I can’t do too much with - Sean Preston, 20, a liberal ically active but still believes it because I’m so busy but should son to be in Libya. However, out becoming a politician,” he arts major from Washington is important. But he said, “It’s try more because how it affects he believes his opinion won’t added. Crossing, said he was not polit - difficult to stay informed me.” make a difference. However he believes it is Preston “Personally voting doesn’t better to disagree with the gov - thinks do anything, every vote counts ernment’s actions than to be National is a bunch of bull s**t,”Preston uninformed and voice no opin - interven - said. ions. tions in Although it may seem that Individual political activism Iraq and your vote goes to a candidate has dropped in recent years Libya and your voice is never heard, and has left the government to should that is far from true. run on new loose conditions change If more people would speak without mass public outrage because we up and make their voices heard due to lack of awareness. have been at their elected officials they But with the growing prob - in Iraq for will listen, because they are lems of today will produce a quite a representing us and obviously new generation of political while want to be re-elected. minds to face the problems of accom - Now imagine if young col - tomorrow. plishing lege students all were involved nothing and informed about politics, and have rather than, say, the latest no real rea - Hollywood gossip.

The week of April 25, 2011 NeWS 11 Stars & Stripes By: KimBerly Kratz figure out that we’re not like Hicks faces in reintegrating problem I keep running into.” necessarily in declared wars. Centurion Staff other [people with] disabili - and trying to work within the When Hicks tells people that Furthermore, Hicks said, mili - tary personnel are at on a Brian Hicks, Florence, NJ, regular basis in some places. was a cook in the military for Sometimes, even the things 28 years. Now a student of they see in training exercises food science at Bucks, he con - have a negative effect on their siders being a chef a hobby. psychological fortitude. While his residence is actually This is the point of the new closer to Lower Bucks campus, White House initiative. Vice his classes are at Newtown. President Joe Biden and First “The commute is intense,” he Lady Michelle Obama will be said. But the reason he now touring the U.S. to promote it. attends Bucks has a lot to do In an MSNBC interview with with the vet representative of Andrea Mitchell, Gen. the college. Chiarelli explained that there Injuries he sustained in the will be a push for doctors to military prevented him from join the Tri-Care Network, a returning to his job, so Hicks is military health plan, so nation - currently working on a four- al guardsman can get help. year degree via “Chapter 31,” The program places new the Vocational Rehabilitation emphasis on treatment of post- and Employment (VR&E) traumatic stress disorder and VetSuccess Program. traumatic brain injury, as well The “VetSuccess” program, as a reduction in suicide rates according to its website, among veterans. It is Gen. “assists veterans with service- Chiarelli’s contention that con - connected disabilities to pre - tinuing to talk about these pare for, find, and keep suit - issues and keeping them in the able jobs.” For those whose forefront will help ensure that disabilities are so severe that veterans get the help they need. they cannot immediately con - He said that the is to sider work, “VetSuccess offers ties.” Sometimes, veterans’ government guidelines are he is a veteran, they automati - “make behavioral health- the services to improve their abili - disabilities are not physical made difficult by the liaisons’ cally think that he was a soldier invisible wounds- as serious as ty to live as independently as and immediately visible. Small lack of knowledge of the vari - in Iraq. The assumption, there - those wounds that we see on possible.” rooms and large crowds bother ety of government programs. fore, is that, as such, he’d be a the soldiers, ‘cause they are; Hicks succinctly explained, Hicks. He has found that some He offered one solution, say - part of the Yellow Ribbon or they are as serious and they are “If the vet representative is not school liaisons working to ing, “What I think they need to Montgomery GI program, nei - true wounds.” If successful, very good or is overwhelmed, assist veterans are not them - do is to sit down with the vets, ther of which is the case for the new initiative will address then you don’t want to go to selves veterans, and sometimes and talk to them and find out him. at least some aspects of Hicks’ that school,” a difficulty he they don’t understand. what they need. Because they Conflicts are happening all concerns. For their service, previously faced attending U.S. Army Vice Chief of don’t know. It’s a constant around the world; it’s not all veterans deserve it. Drexel. He believes that the Staff, General Peter Chiarelli, Drexel vet rep did not under - and his wife Beth announced a stand the specifics of the new White House initiative Chapter 31 program, and Hicks this week, which aims to help had to effectively do the rep’s veterans and their families. job. However, Hicks blames When asked if he’d heard of it, some of the problems he Hicks replied, “No. All I keep encountered on financial cut - hearing and what I keep get - backs that left, for example, a ting are letters about the bene - single representative handling fits they keep cutting from us. two colleges at once. And I don’t think that’s right. The process of entering My medical has been cut since vocational rehab, Hicks says, I got into vocational rehab, and takes around six months, dur - it was supposed to be 100 per - ing which the veteran is evalu - cent. Well, that was reneged ated for 30 days. A series of by the President, and now tests in the selected field are they’re changing the GI Bill given to determine placement; status.” in his case, in food sciences. Hicks added, “They just keep While he says he tested high taking away from us and I and found he could go to near - don’t think it’s fair.” He ly any school in the country, in explained that veterans’ con - his experience, schools don’t tract says that they will be necessarily know how to deal taken care of, but when it with some of the unique prob - comes time to collect, every - lems that veterans face. thing is done to deter veterans “They are not used to what from taking advantage of the would affect a veteran,” Hicks benefits to which they are enti - expanded. “And that’s what tled. the problem is. They need to The daily challenges that 12 nEWS The week of April 25, 2011 thomas Shields By: ElizaBEth hEckEnBErgEr “More of a pick-pocket sce - learned only by books. “You don’t really believe in all Master’s and PhD in history, Centurion Staff nario.” They were so skilled at When you walk into one of this do you?” she asked. concentrating on Greek and Professor Thomas Shields is their “craft” that Shields didn’t his classrooms, he stands with The room fell quiet. Roman social history. Shields a modern-day Indiana Jones- even realize he’d been robbed a group of students around “Of course not,” Shields has taught at Bucks, Penn professor by day and adventur - until much later, when he put him, talking about all sorts of replied. “I am simply trying to State, Montgomery County ous archeologist by night. the events together in his head. things- how everyone’s week teach you about Greek and Community College, and Shields travels the world, dig - He has decided that, now that went, feedback about assign - Roman mythology and what Delaware Valley College. ging up ancient ruins and he is much more aware of his ments, and good movies he's they had believed.” His favorite college to teach camping out in deserts. surroundings, this will never seen lately. Shields loves a The smirks on the students’ for is, by far, Penn State. Shields has participated in happen again. good film. faces were hard to miss. “The quality of students is three archeological digs. In the The students who have a highest, the concentrations of summer of 1997, he dug in problem with Shields are the courses offered are more spe - Megiddo, Israel, at a site dat - religious ones, and they have cific, and I went to Penn State ing from the 19th century BC. no trouble voicing their opin - as an undergrad, so it had that In 1998, he dug in Panakton, ions. Yet, every time they air of nostalgia about it.” Greece, at a centuries-old vil - argue, Shields counters their Shields did not always want lage. And in the summer of arguments with knowledge and to teach. 1999, he explored 2nd century facts, always in the most polite When he was a young boy, AD ruins at the Sinai/Israel of ways. he wanted to become a doctor. border of Egypt. Standing at about 5 feet 8 But he soon realized that he Shields has also led student inches tall with a slender but despised the sight of blood and trips to Greece, Egypt and full figure, Shields looks like a any other bodily fluid. Italy. During these visits typical Irishman; pale (he has Shields has always been fas - abroad, students explored to put sunscreen on his toes), cinated in history, though. He archaeological ruins, visited with red hair and endless excelled in the subject due to museums, and sampled the freckles. He wears a pullover his photographic memory of local modern culture. Shields Shields did not get pick- In one recent class, he sat on sweater (forest green) with names, dates and facts, perma - hopes to lead another trip next pocketed again; instead, he a long table at the front of the khaki slacks and brown nently stored in his brain for all year to Greece. was mugged. class of 20 and began talking loafers. Like Indiana Jones, he time. Like Indiana Jones in the He was on a train in Greece about the gods of all religions sports his trademark Italian Shields is “also intrigued by snake pit in “Raiders of the when the 13-year-old boy held and their origins. leather jacket, now slung over politics, sociology and art, so a Lost Ark,” Shields encountered him at knifepoint and took his But some students appeared his chair. career studying history and a massive scorpion on one of belongings. uncomfortable with what he Shields was born in the becoming a professor seemed his digs. He awoke from his Like his life, a class with was saying. Mayfair section of the obvious choice!” slumber to find that the 8-inch Shields is never boring. When Shields was speaking about Philadelphia, and holds a dual Shields takes great pride in beast had made camp in his you take one, you will be ancient Greek and Roman gods Bachelor’s in history and clas - what he does, and his fascinat - tent. Shields never got out of hooked. He offers a wealth of like Apollo, Zeus and sics from Penn State, along ing lectures reflect this. He will bed so fast in his life. fascinating information, and Aphrodite, when, about with a Master’s in education. continue to teach and travel the Once, he says, he was robbed has the experience to go with halfway through his lecture, a From the University of world, forever trying to broad - by three gypsy girls in Rome; it. This is no professor who young woman raised her hand. Pennsylvania, he has a en his horizons.

The week of April 25, 2011 news 19 Bucks drama Club presents “sin”

By: AlejAndRA lewAndowski saying the lines, but where sion undeniable. Rob Caso, who, as producer, “She's not perfect just Centurion Staff they sit, where they enter, While Avery observes the is the go-between man because she's a Christian,” The Bucks County where they leave.” sins in others, she is also slow - between the production and Gottschalk adds, “And this is Community College Drama Some cast members come to ly recognizing them in herself, Student Life, says that the me saying this as a Christian. Club will present Just because you're trying Wendy Macleod's to be in God's image does - “Sin” as its spring pro - n't mean you are perfect. duction. The play fol - You're not. I'm not. And lows aerial traffic neither is this character.” reporter Avery Bly on Gottschalk encourages High and the people in students to come out and her life, each repre - “see what people your age senting one of the are capable of doing.” seven deadly sins. “Everyone is loving The show runs for what they're doing, and two weekends in May- you can see it on the Thursday, Friday, and stage,” she says. “When Saturday nights- and the actors are enjoying will be held in the what they're doing, I think Gallagher Room at the so does the audience.” college. “We're all human, and “Sin,” explains we all mess up, and we all Assistant Director make bad decisions,” Kyre Gottschalk, is explains Liggitt. “But in based on the quote, the end, we're all capable “Don't look at the stick of all seven of the deadly in someone's eye with - sins.” Avery “thinks she's out looking at the log better than everyone else, in your own.'” but then she finds out she's Kayleigh Liggitt, capable of doing all these who just turned 18 in terrible things that she February, is head never thought possible. director. Having been assistant the show with experience, and Kelly, with her slight and show “has serious drama That didn't make her a bad per - director for the Drama Club's while others are acting for the anxious mannerisms, gets this moments, but also has some son; it made her human.” winter performance of first time. across. When they have fin - comedy sprinkled in. We've The cast, in alphabetical Macbeth, she is excited to have At a recent rehearsal, Avery, ished the scene, Liggitt asks got some very capable actors order, are: her own show. played by Allie Kelly, is out them to do it again. walking that fine line between “It's really hard,” she says. with a “Date,” played by Clint The Seven Deadly Sins serious and funny. It's definite - Avery - Allie Kelly “It's a lot of work and it's a lot Johnson. Liggitt watches them include pride, wrath, sloth, ly intended for older audi - Date - Clint Johnson of keeping everybody in check. intently, occasionally provid - lust, gluttony, envy, and greed. ences- I wouldn't necessarily Fred - AJ Velichko But at the same time, it's so ing a missed line. In the scene, Avery's boss Jason represents bring the kids.” Gerard - Bobby Lang much fun and rewarding. The the Date rambles on about wrath, her brother Gerard, who “What caught me right away Helen - Whitney-Alana cast is incredible. I'm younger money and the evils of is dying of AIDS, represents was the transformation of the Wright than all of them, but they don't Communism, oblivious to the pride, and her roommate Helen main character,” says Liggitt. Jason - Keith Maliszewski look at my age... they all are fact that Avery grows more and represents gluttony. Avery is “completely inca - Man - Rob Caso very respectful, and I'm very, more exasperated by the Dave Piccinetti plays Avery's pable of seeing all the things Michael - Dave Piccinetti very appreciative of that.” minute. ex-husband, Michael, the that are wrong with her, and Show dates are May 5, 6, 7, Gottschalk adds, “It's not just Johnson sprawls out in his embodiment of sloth. “She then she goes through this play, 12, 13, and 14, all at 8 p.m. in helping out with the actors, but seat, legs up on a chair, grand - doesn't sin enough, as far as which plays on the seven dead - the Gallagher Room at Bucks. you're dealing with the sets, ly boasting in a voice that my character thinks,” says ly sins, and she ends up com - Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 and, specifically, what's being reverberates throughout the Piccinetti. “He says that he mitting each of them. That for children and students. involved in each set- the props room. Meanwhile, Avery cow - sins for her... she doesn't have really struck a chord with me, all the way down to the cloth - ers and inches away in her own enough sin. She doesn't have and I think it will strike a chord ing... not just how people are seat, the disgust in her expres - enough fun.” with a lot of other people, too.” Paula Raimondo named Fraser poetry contest winner The Wordsmiths Reading Poetry Daily and the Beloit Samuel French Morse Prize. to the contest benefited the Series at Bucks will feature Poetry Journal. Raimondo She has been the recipient of Allen Hoey Legacy Paula Raimondo (pictured), lives in Newtown with her hus - an NEA fellowship, the Great Scholarship, honoring the winner of the Robert Fraser band and two children. Lakes Colleges Association Bucks professor and 2001 Poetry Competition, at 7:30 She will be reading her New Writers Award, and the Bucks County Poet Laureate p.m. Friday, May 6, at the poems along with runners-up Jenny McKean Moore Writer- who passed away suddenly last Newtown campus. Herb Perkins-Frederick of in-Washington Fellowship. June. T Raimondo, who teaches Bensalem, Marie Kane of Her poems have appeared in The Fraser competition hon - basic writing at Bucks, was the Yardley, and Cheryl Baldi of The Iowa Review, Harvard ors the late Robert Fraser, a 2008 Bucks County Poet Doylestown. Review, Michigan Quarterly gifted poet and teacher. Laureate. Also reading will be Dana Review, and other journals, as The May 6 reading is free She has studied at Sarah Roeser, the Robert Fraser well as on Poetry Daily and and open to the public. Lawrence College, Oxford Distinguished Visiting Poet Verse Daily. For more information, con - University, and the 92nd Street and contest judge. A booklet anthology of this tact Dr. Christopher Bursk at Y. Roeser’s books In the Truth year’s entrants will be avail - 215-968-8156. Her poems have appeared in Room (2008) and Beautiful able at the reading. the Sarah Lawrence Review, Motion (2004) each won the Funds raised from entry fees 20 sPORTs The week of April 25, 2011 Phillies: World series or bust?

BY: ALEx BLAIsE ing perfection. Faithful fan recalls the recent series in players on the disabled list, but injuries have also kept this Centurion Staff Dan Nuskey expects the which the Phillies dropped two some would disagree with promising young outfielder As the baseball season starts Phillies never to lose a series. games out of three to the Dan, saying that the Phillies from displaying his skills. to get rolling, some would are doing quite well With some of the hitters in the argue that the Philadelphia despite missing many middle of the lineup slumping Phillies have the best starting star players. Chase a bit, unsung heroes like catch - rotation of pitchers in the his - Utley, the Phillies’ er Carlos Ruiz have come tory of the game. With Roy all-star second base - through in the clutch. Halladay, Cliff Lee and Roy man, has missed the With the Phillies’ season just Oswalt going one, two, and entire beginning of starting to get going, there is three respectively, the Phillies the season. Though no cause for concern this early knew going into the season he has been making in the season. The Phillies will that putting runs on the board progress running end up having a great season, was the only cause for concern. bases, Phillies man - and most likely easily take the Even with the hot and cold ager Charlie Manuel N.L. East. With the Mets and Cole Hamels and mediocre Joe says that his star sec - the Marlins both getting off to Blanton rounding out the rota - ond baseman won’t sub-par starts of their respec - tion, the top three were make a return for tive seasons, the Atlanta believed to be able to bail the quite some time. Braves are the only team that Phillies out of losing any Also, the Phillies’ hot the Phillies have to worry series. As it stands right now, and cold closer Brad about before the postseason. the Phillies sit comfortably at Lidge is keeping Philly fans need to breathe a the top of the N.L. East with a “Speaking for the masses of Milwaukee Brewers. “Even if Utley company on the DL. He collective sigh of relief in record of 11 wins and 6 losses. Phillies fans out there, I think we have Joe Blanton pitching has elbow problems, a nagging knowing that losing one or two But for some die-hard Philly we all believe that anything in the first game, the rotation injury that has plagued the series isn’t the end of the fans, the record isn’t near up to short of winning another World flips over and we have closing pitcher’s inconsistent world. As long as the Phillies the expectations going into the Series is complete and utter Halladay and Lee pitching the career. With the departure of can keep their stars off the dis - start of the season. failure,” Dan explains. “In a next two games”, Dan says the Philadelphia favorite abled list, and hope for the Just like Lebron James and three game series, we have with concern. “In my eyes, Jayson Werth, the Phillies have ones on the DL to make speedy Chris Bosh joining forces with three of the top ten pitchers in losing a series this early in the missed his strong bat and recoveries, the Phillies are Dwyane Wade in Miami, the the league, so I don’t under - season is inexcusable.” defensive skills. Upstart poised to bring home another hype over the Phillies’ starting stand how we already lost a With the Phillies’ growing Dominic Brown had been World Series for the city of rotation has some fans expect - series to the Brewers.” Dan concern over their injuries and known to be Werth’s successor, Philadelphia. Bucks students talk about sports

BY: NICOLETTE KAMPF When asked what sports he Alejandra Lewandowski, a ence” of going to a sporting stated, “I don’t like hockey.” likes, Eddie Celesius, 20, liber - 22-year-old journalism major event, and it’s not just about “I don’t care about sports Centurion Staff al arts major from Yardley said from Yardley said “I love the the game that’s played. It’s also anymore. When my children Most people visiting Bucks “I like soccer.” He follows Phillies.” She talked about how about hearing fans cheer, see - were in school I took part,” expect students to be hooting Barcelona, Manchester United the Phillies have been becom - ing the team mascot and get - said Kermitta Wiedemann, 63, and hollering about sports, but and the Philadelphia Union. ing more popular in the world ting caught up in the suspense an event planning major from sometimes they just don’t care. Celesius also said that he of sports. of team rivalry. Warminster. She talked about For example, the Flyers now likes cricket. Cricket is a sport Lewandowski went on to say Some Bucks students would how she has more important face the Bruins in the Eastern similar to baseball that is most “I love watching sports, but I rather spend their free time ways to spend her time, such as Conference semifinals of the popular in England and didn’t always love watching with activities other than family activities and school playoffs and the Australia. It has become more them.” Both of her sisters play sports. work. Phillies beat out the noticed in the U.S within the basketball, so she is always Nicole Kantruss, 28, a phar - Julia Santarelli, an 18-year- Milwaukee macy techni - old communications major Brewers 4-3 cian from from Levittown, said, “I watch on April 20. Feasterville the Phillies, but not that This may said that she’s much.” seem like “not into A student who doesn’t just common sports,” and she follow Philadelphia sports knowledge to “plays a lot of teams is Brandon the sports fan, videogames.” Bodensteiner, 22, a business but to others, Other stu - administration major from it’s just anoth - dents are look - Doylestown. He said, “I follow er story in the ing forward to the Colts and the Phillies.” news broad - their favorite Jenna Kruscavage, 19, and cast. sports’ seasons Tara Mickles, 19, both nursing Sports fans to start up majors from Fairless Hills said at Bucks use again. that they like baseball. baseball caps, “Hopefully Kruscavage also likes basket - t-shirts, and there will be ball. even football this Some students prefer to fol - Facebook sta - year, “said low local teams. tuses show Vrund Patel, an Jessica Carr, 20, journalism other students 18-year-old major from Feasterville said “I what teams they’re rooting for, last ten years. American base - around sports and learned to computer science major from started following sports as I and which teams they’d rather ball is a popular sport with like them. Warminster. When asked what got older,” and now “I follow ignore. Bucks students. She said likes “the experi - sports he didn’t like, he simply the Phillies.”

The week of April 25, 2011 sPORTs ueFa champions league by: eDmunD c. celiesius 2-0 at Schalke’s home stadium. they have to be feeling confi - expected to be a match full of leg with a comprehensive strat - Centurion Staff FC Schalke 04 is seen as ca dent after beating longtime drama in the UEFA semi- egy to advance in points. omplete underdog among the rivals Chelsea FC to move into finals. Both teams have Real Madrid, said to be the Champions League semi- remaining teams in the semi- the semis. breezed through the competi - best team in football, has finals second leg match will finals, taking on one of foot - Manchester once again upset tion and are now faced with the cruised through the elimination feature Manchester United ball’s prestigious clubs. Chelsea fans, ending another biggest game in football. El rounds, acquiring eight wins playing Schalke 04 at Old However they have already promising season, only serving Clásico is the biggest rivalry and two draws in the last 10 Trafford on May 4 giving games played. Manchester a home field Similarly, Real’s counterpart, advantage. El Classico at the Barcelona FC, also zipped Nou Camp will feature through the rounds with seven Barcelona v. Real Madrid on wins, two draws, and one loss May 3. to Arsenal while on the road. All teams are looking to get Barcelona fans are confident one step closer to the final in their team’s ability to take stages with Manchester and on rivals Real Madrid at home. Barcelona with advantages, The team has not lost a home being two points ahead, and game at Nou Estadi del Futbol both now playing in their home Club Barcelona (known by stadiums. locals as Nou Camp) for the UEFA (Union of European last two seasons. Football Association) champi - Predictions for the semi- ons league reached the first leg finals have Manchester United of semi-finals on April 26 and moving to the finals. But with April 27, with Spain’s power - some of the world’s greatest houses Barcelona FC playing players on display - Barcelona Real Madrid in what they call FC’s Lionel Messi, best player El Clásico. That ended with a upset the competition after to further fuel the rivalry after known, not only a team rivalry of the year, is so closely 2-0 win for Barcelona with defeating last year’s UEFA defeating them in both games but a political one as well. matched against Real Madrid’s Lionel Messi scoring both champions Inter Milan 7-3. in the quarters. Manchester In two previous pairings well-known Christiano goals in the second half. Manchester United, one of defeated Chelsea in the points between Barcelona and Real Ronaldo - who Manchester On April 27 was the “Red football’s most famous clubs, with a 3-1 victory. Madrid, Barcelona won 4-0 will play is up for much Devils” Manchester United FC will not be underestimating the The two top Spanish teams, and they ended the other in a 1- debate. of England against FC Schalke German team after their tri - both competing for first in La 1 draw, but both teams will be 04 from Germany. United won umph against Italy’s finest, but Liga, will play in what is looking to get ahead in the first Flyers recap like a wiley veteran for a good It was going to be a true test of complete opposite of game one, buried the hatchet on the Sabres, by: Daniel nuskey part of the season. character for the Flyers, because with Flyers winning an offensive winning 4-2, giving them a 2-1 Centurion Staff Unfortunately, the Flyers hit a most of the analysts were pick - battle 5-4. Bobrovsky, letting up lead in the series. rough patch in March that had ing the Sabres to pull the upset. 3 goals on 7 shots was quickly Game Four was a replay of The Philadelphia Flyers are the team feeling like they were Game One in Philadelphia was pulled in favor of the veteran game one, with the Flyers domi - flirting with history once again. starting to spiral out of control, true test of grit. The Flyers were Brian Boucher. Boucher stepped nating the flow of the game and Throughout their storied history, into the game and played possessing the puck most of the the Flyers have made it known extremely well, only letting up game, but the man who came up that they will battle tooth and one goal for the rest of the game. big again to give the Sabres a nail to have a chance to win the The Flyers were led by commit - pulse in this series was Ryan Cup. tee and had five players score Miller. Miller, getting his sec - This year was no different; the the 5 goals they had. This gave ond shutout of the series, played Flyers played their way into the the Bullies confidence that the even better this game than the No. 2 seed of the Eastern series is theirs. first, stopping 29 shots out of 29 Conference. Lead by Claude Game Three meant that the and helping the Sabres tie the Giroux, who had the most points Flyers had to travel up into the series up two games apiece. on the team for the season, the hostile envoirment of the HSBC The Flyers beat the Sabres in the Flyers were dominant for most arena in Buffalo. The one thing series and will now have a of the season, flirting with the people might have forgotten was rematch against the Boston best record in the NHL multiple that the Flyers were a better road Bruins. The Bruins were up three times. team than at home during the games to nothing in the series in The year started out great for losing 13 of their last 20. The grinding it out and dominating season. the playoffs last year, until the the Flyers, winning 40 games in Bullies limped into the playoffs the game, but there was one The Flyers came out firing on Flyers won the remaining four in the first five months. The team with uninspired play and an thing stopping the Flyers from all cylinders. With the addition a row to advance to the STanley was on a emotional high, being injury to one of the biggest lead - winning, and that was Sabres of an offensive weapon Nikolay Cup. led by a rookie goalie who basi - ers on the team, . goalie Ryan Miller, pitching a Zherdev getting the start to play WIth this series starting on cally came out of nowhere from Peter Laviolette was not pleased shutout stopping 24 out of 24 alongside Kris Versteeg, and the April 30, this series is sure to be Russia, Sergi Bobrovsky, only with his team and vowed that shots. The Flyers, even though captain Mike Richards, the line a thrilling one as everyone hopes 22 years old won 28 games and they would turn it around in the losing Game One, were still con - started to show glimpses of fire - the series will be as exciting as it had a 2.59 goals against average playoffs. fident that they could beat the works. Zherdev got his first was last year. and he also made his teammates The Flyers drew the white-hot Sabres. goal of his post season career believe in him because he , winning their The Flyers came out and did from a beautiful play created by showed poise and was playing last 8 out of 10 in the playoffs. just that in game two. It was the his line mates. Flyers defense