THE

Philadelphia, PA February 2015

GRIFFIN
the Free student Newspaper of chestnut Hill college

Active Shooter Training: Preparing for the Worst

Nick kowalski 16
News editor
Members of the chestnut
Hill college community attended active shooter training
sponsored by alliedBarton
security services in early January to receive potentially lifesaving instruction regarding
the most effective ways to react in the event of discovering
an armed intruder on or off
campus.
Michael lynsky, the regional trainer for alliedBarton
security services, provided the
training. He told the audience
that the heightened frequency
of active shooter situations
across the globe has increased
awareness that average citizens
need to be prepared for such
an event.
an FBi study quoted in a
2014 CNN article confirms
this heightened frequency. in
the first half of the years studied, the average annual number of incidents was 6.4, but

that average rose in the second

half of the study to 16.4, an
average of more than one incident per month.
lynsky said that it is essential that the public possess
a "basic understanding" of
its role in its protection from
potentially violent situations.
"if something like a shooting should occur in a facility,"
lynsky said, "having some
training may be the difference
between life and death."
lynsky discussed three options for the average citizen to
utilize in response to an active
shooter situation--run, hide,
and fight. According to Lynsky, an individual should try
to escape first, but if that is
not possible, he or she should
find a safe location in which to
hide. However, if neither running nor hiding is an option,
lynsky told the audience that
one should fight.
He then looked at the average profile of active shooters.
He said that certain combina-

Tanzania Trip Planned

aNdrea weNtzell 15
seNior staFF writer
cHcs newest serviceimmersion project heads to
tanzania in east africa this
summer with three members
of our school community
joining a group of students
from Marywood university in
scranton, Pa. Megan welch
16, Nicole carney 16 and
Marie leahy, ssJ, ed.d., along
with their Marywood counterparts, will be traveling to the
Bigwa secondary school in
Morogoro, tanzania as part
of the african sister education collaborative (asec) to
tutor high school students in
english.
these sisters at the Bigwa
secondary school, as sr. leahy
explains, typically do not have
a high school diploma or a
college degree because of the
extreme poverty they and their
families undergo before their
entrance into the convent.
as part of the asecs mission, the group from both

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cHc and Marywood will be

helping the sisters and students, who in return will help
to educate the communities
in which these sisters serve as
teachers, medical assistants,
and members of religious orders.
the trip is not only about
immersing into the culture and
community but also about reinforcing the colleges dear
Neighbor mision.
i do believe this trip will
bring me closer to that idea,
said junior Nicole carney. a
neighbor is not just someone
within close proximity to you
because we live in an international community that shares
the responsibility of aiding
others. chestnut Hill college
strives to make every student
globally aware and i could not
think of a better classroom.
in total, the trip will be
about three weeks and is ten
Students Travel
to Tanzania
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tions of suspicious behavioral

changes can be indicators of
someone who may become
an active shooter. some of
these behaviors can be drastic changes in hygiene, acute
emotional outbursts and other
extreme actions outside the

person's normal behavior.

also he provided advice
that could help the public be
prepared for threats of violence or emergency situations.
For example, he said that it is
essential to be aware of one's
environment, especially points

of exit.
ending the training, he
showed a video created by the
department of Homeland
seurity. it presented an active
Active Shooter Training
Continued on Page 2

courtesy of: CHC TV

Students at the active shooter training last month. The training focuses on three ways to respond to an active shooter situation: run, hide, and fight.

Opinion:
kyle Mick 15
arts & culture editor
The recent fire that occurred at cHc turned a
relatively peaceful wednesday night into a panicked
ordeal, as smoke filled the
three floors of Fournier,
and students residing in the
dorm quickly evacuated the
building from the sounds
of the fire alarm. The RAs
and security personnel did
a remarkable job reacting to
the situation and performed
admirably in the chaos and
confusion within the first
minutes that the fire alarm
went off. while no one was
seriously injured from this
unfortunate event, this potentially dangerous fire could
have been easily avoided if
the smoking policy on campus had been more effectively enforced.
Most if not all of the

Smoking Policy Needs

Enforcement

cHc community is already

aware that the cause of the fire
was a lit cigarette butt tossed
down, what appeared to be,
a well that was filled with dry
leaves and brush. But the
blame should not solely be
placed on those that smoke
on the terrace, which is clearly
marked as a non-smoking area.
and this remains the problem.
Members of the college community and not just students
are blatantly smoking in nondesignated areas.
in the past, we as a college
community have been told that
it is not possible that security
can enforce the policy. that
we as community should take
it upon ourselves to engage in
community policing.
community policing can
work in the event of a suspicious person on campus,
and hopefully the community
would respond proactively.
However, based on what

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we have seen, this type of

method does not work with
enforcing the smoking policy. should students be expected to approach peers, let
alone staff members, who
are smoking in inappropriate areas or tell on them to
security? this is not a realistic solution to this systemic
problem.
the smoking policy of
the college needs to be enforced. the security personnel of the college need
to do more to protect the
college from the threat of
another possible fire, while
also protecting the health
of non-smokers on campus.
if more security personnel
need to be hired in order to
enforce the smoking policy,
then it needs to happen. it
is important. the health and
safety of the entire college
community depends upon it.

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taylor kNowles 16
staFF writer

in its mission to help the college and the surrounding areas

become greener, earth club is
helping turn food waste in the
cafeteria into a nutrient rich soil
amendment by installing composting bins in the Fournier dining hall.
sitting on top of the trash
cans in the dining hall are new
silver bins about two feet tall.
these bins are used to hold compostable materials that are left
over from meals.
what kind of things can be
composted? well, the rule of
thumb for composting is that
you can properly compost almost anything that is not processed. this includes things like
fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags, salad and
other things of the same nature.
However, according to the
chestnut Hill college earth
club web site, things like meat,
fish, animal fats, newspaper,
and ashes from BBQ cannot
be composted. while many of
these things are not offered for
consumption in the cafeteria, it is
still helpful to be aware of them.
there are also other ways
to compost on campus. Mary
kate whelan, the former head
of cHcs earth club provides
some insight. the earth center
is located in the small building
right next to the summer house,
she says. the compost is the

round green barrel.

The barrel will be filled with
compost (the banana peels, apple
cores, and other compostable
materials) and spun. the spinning helps aerate the compost
and helps break down the materials inside. eventually, the scraps
will break down and decompose.
it will end up as a nutrient rich
fertilizer and soil amendment. it
is extremely good for plants and
helps make sure that those compostable materials will not end
up in a landfill.
while the composting is a
potentially helpful new program
that is being integrated into the
cafeteria, it seems that many students are not embracing it. after
watching the bins for a collective
hour and a half, there were only
two students who used the bins.
Many students threw into the
garbage things like extra lettuce
or banana peels, which are perfect for composting.
along with composting,
chestnut Hill college also is taking other steps towards being a
greener campus. trash bins with
solar compactors can be found
around campus outside and
bins for recyclables are scattered
throughout the buildings. composting is a new way that cHc
is helping the environment, but
will only succeed with the help
and participation of the student
body.

New Clubs at CHC

stePHeN M. MaNNa 18
coNtriButiNg writer

the beginning of a new semester brings new clubs to cHc,

and this semester is no exception.
one of these new clubs is
the anime lovers association,
created by cheyenne gigli, 17,
and Brianna lapatina, 16. they
formed the club because of
their personal interest in anime,
a form of cartoon in Japan that
has a huge following in the united states, and to be able to connect with people who enjoy anime and enjoy Japanese culture.
the club meets on Mondays and
thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
essentially, we want to make
the club more of building an anime fan community rather than
just sitting around and watching
anime, gigli said. she wants to
do several projects, one of which
is to try traditional Japanese calligraphy. the meetings will be in
Martino Hall room 216 if anyone has an interest or likes anime
already.
another club that formed last
semester and that is finally getting content out into the school
media this semester is cHc tV.
this club was formed by clayton B. allen, 18, who at his high

school, Plymouth whitemarsh,

headed a news program for his
school.
the reason i decided to go
chestnut Hill college was because of this club, allen said. i
wanted to start a program here
that could compete with schools
such as syracuse, drexel, and
temple, said. in fact, his goal
for the club is to win [a] collegelevel emmy. if anyone is interested in joining this program,
they only have to stop at the tV
studio in Martino Hall on the
second floor.
one club that slipped in right
before club registration ended
was the Basketball club, created
by andrew conboy, 18. conboy played for his high school
at Plymouth whitemarsh, so he
decided to start a club for people who arent on the basketball
team, but still want to play. He
believes that the club should be
an environment of friendly competition between fellow students.
the club meets every thursday
around 8:30 p.m. in the sorgenti
arena.
all of the club presidents are
confident that they will be successful. one thing is for sure-these clubs are here and are hungry for new members.

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shooter scenario in which different groups of people are

shown using one of the three
options for facing an active
shooter.
"the video brings a visual element to the training
course," lynsky said.
He also said that it gives
those in attendance the opportunity to see how the events
of an active shooter situation
can happen. "it is a little difficult to watch because of the
realistic imagery, but it's also
very powerful, he said. the
images can help the message
stick with the viewer long after
the film ends."
"i thought the video was
helpful as a recap of the whole
presentation, showing what
could occur during an incident," said Joseph long, 16,
a resident assistant (ra) in
Fontbonne, who attended the
training. "you never know if
there could be a new way to
remain safe," he said. "you can
learn new ways to help out if a
certain situation should occur

during an active shooter incident."

kaitlyn ryan 15, a resident
assistant for Fournier, also attended the training. she said
that she thought that it was
important to attend because
as a ra, she needs to be able
to "expect the unexpected,
and an active shooter is definitely unexpected." she feels
that the training taught her a
lot of valuable advice that she
had not thought of before.
"the most important thing i
learned," ryan said, "was that
a shooter does not want to go
out of their way or cause too
much strain on themselves because they are under time restraints."
Polly teti, head of security
at the college, said that she had
attended trainings like this one
before and that she was glad to
have had the training available
for students. "the training was
important to have because to
have knowledge cornering
those types of incidents can
help increase safety on campus," teti said, "and knowledge is power."

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Griffins Abroad
Studying Abroad in Salamanca, Spain
Jackie Blade 16
coNtriButiNg writer

What were the best places that you visited?

aside from beautiful salamanca, i had the opportunity to
visit san sebastian, toledo, and segovia, all of which are full
of history, beautiful architecture, and amazing food and people.
theres nothing quite like walking down the narrow streets
of the city where christians, Jews, and Muslims lived all together
ages ago or swimming in the ocean on Nov. 1, and then going
to visit a beautiful piece of art right on the coast. there are no
words to describe looking up at an aqueduct that was built in the
first century.
What did you study?
i studied spanish language, culture and art as well as arab
culture in spain. all of these courses were meant for international students and were so informative! the arab culture class
was particularly interesting to me.
What was your favorite thing about being there?
its hard to pinpoint one thing that rises above everything
else as my favorite aspect of being in spain for three months,
but it is fair to say that it would not have been the same experience without the people i met there. Be it my family, friends,
professors or just the people of the city, they all hold a place in
my heart.
What was the best food that you ate there?
there is a tie between tortilla espaola and Jamn iberica
for my favorite spanish food. a tortilla in spain is not what people think of here in the u.s. it is a mixture of eggs and sliced
potatoes that gets very fluffy and tall. This was something my
host mother or father would make for us at home or we could
get at a tapas bar. Jamn iberica is a type of ham that is dried and
served right off the leg of the pig. this is something you cant
whip up for dinner like the tortilla. it takes a long time to make
but it is worth it. It has a flavor that the ham in the States simply
cannot match. this is also typically eaten as tapas.
What was the most difficult thing about studying
abroad?
The most difficult thing was being away from home. I thought
that that would be the easy part, and i would have problems with
my ability to speak or getting acquainted with the culture. i didnt
realize how hard of a culture shock would hit me. when it did,
however, i would have done anything to go home. those were a
difficult two weeks, but my roommate really helped to keep me
focused on the fact that i was in spain, and that that in itself was
enough to get passed all forms of homesickness.
What was the coolest thing you did?
if i had to choose, i would say the coolest thing i did was
one of our planned excursions with the program. we left the
city and arrived at a ranch not too far away. we then each got a
horse and went for a trail ride. it is something i do here in the
u.s. so it was interesting to see the cultural differences involved
with riding in spain. it was also a nice taste of home. i was lucky
to get a beautiful horse named Natasia who just wanted to run
into the next country, which was fine with me! It was so much
fun to help my roommate stay on her horse as well. what a day!
What advice would you give to someone who wanted to
study abroad?
Just do it! i had some fears before i left because i was going
by myself and was very intimidated. it is a silly thing to think
back on now because i had nothing to fear. i would recommend
anyone to go to salamanca, my favorite city in the whole world!
it is beautiful, clean and full of amazing people, great food, and
no shortage of experiences to be had.

The Griffin

CHC-TV Finally Returns

claytoN alleN 18
coNtriButiNg writer
after a brief hiatus, a group
of enthusiastic chestnut Hill
college students, through the
revived tV club, will launch a
campus-wide, student-driven
tV station that will feature
news, events and personalities
around campus.
the tV station will be a
collaborative effort between
the clubs members, led by
President clayton B. allen 18
and Vice President christopher J. sivel 18. tom gillern,
an adjunct communications
professor, will help direct and
advise the group of aspiring
television producers in their
efforts to provide relevant, entertaining and interesting programming for the community
audience.
Video Manager don Visher
and audio Video technician
greg gorski will also be advising and educating the team on
everything from the engineering and technical aspect side
of television. the group will
work together to produce a
weekly newscast, monthly talkshow, broadcasted sports with
commentary, video gameplay,
student films, public service
announcements, and more.
according to allen, the

goal is not just about producing as much material as possible. our club mission statement is really to help advertise
other clubs events and make
the Griffin community aware
of whats going on around
campus, allen said. our biggest outlet for students is going to be the upcoming Griffin
News show.
The first episode of Griffin News is currently set for
release in February which will
include news packages on club
events, sports coverage, public
service announcements and
local weather. allen stresses
the focus will be on students
and campus activities. without students, we wouldnt have
anything to report on. allen
says. the show will be based
on what students and their
clubs are doing at cHc.
advisor
greg
gorski
agrees that cHc-tV will benefit the Griffin community, but
also believes this will benefit
the involved members too. i
think the students will learn
the ins and outs of how to
make their own original programs and how television is
made, gorksi said. we have
a great group of students who
seem passionate about television and very enthusiastic
to learn. im looking forward

to seeing what kinds of ideas

they can create.
club VP christopher sivel
is keeping his eyes on the
prize. Specifically, Allen and
he are leading the group with
the goal of winning a collegelevel emmy, but they know
it wont be easy. everyone
knows you just cant win an
award by snapping your fingers, sivel said. it takes
countless hours of work and
numerous trips to the drawing
board.
the duo entered in the National academy of television,
arts, and sciences Mid-atlantic competition last year with
their high school broadcast
and took home first place. The
two hope to continue their success at chestnut Hill college.
one of our biggest goals as
an organization is work toward bringing an emmy award
here, to chestnut Hill in order
to put our hat in the ring with
top communication schools
like temple and drexel.
the cHc-tV club are producing material set to be released in February. For more
information contact President
clayton B. allen at allenc1@
chc.edu or Vice President
christopher J. sivel at sivelc@
chc.edu.

Students Travel to Tanzania

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tatively taking place from May

18 until June 6. excitement
is growing for all the participants.
carney is looking forward
to meeting new people and
possibly seeing the wildlife. i
feel we have so much to learn
from others and their ways of
life that i could not pass up
on an opportunity like this,
carney said. currently i am
working on a certificate in
intercultural studies through
chestnut Hill college, and i
cannot wait to use what i have
learned [in action].
in addition to seeing the
wildlife and untouched nature,
sr. leahy is excited to meet
the sisters there. she said that
its an opportunity to help

them, and they are exactly like

i am, living a religious life, but
living on a completely different continent.
currently the group is trying to fundraise approximately
$4,000 to help with airfare,
housing, and vaccinations.
last semester the group raffled off a gift basket at the Fair
trade event, and now they are
in the process of sending out
donor letters to faculty and
staff. they are planning several
events on campus and at local
restaurants, and they also have
a crowd-funding campaign set
up on gofundme.com/i2m594
for electronic donations.
sr. leahy believes that out
of all the challenges the group
will face fundraising will be
one of the most difficult. Its
daunting raising this amount

of money for all of us...even

though its going to be different and challenging seeing the conditions there, our
sense of adventure will carry
us through. getting us there is
the challenge.
For all three, this is a trip of
firsts, and they are looking forward to the journey, the new
culture and experiencing their
first service-immersion trip to
africa. as carney said, this
may only be my first service
trip, but i do not plan on it being my last.
if you would like to contribute to this trip, check out
their gofundme.com page at
gofundme.com/i2m594
or
email sr. leahy at leahym@
chc.edu.

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The Griffin

Local Philly Band Takes World Caf Live Stage

Nick kowalski 16
News editor

Jeff Thomas and the AllVolunteer Army (AVA), a Philadelphia band with creative styles
ranging from neo-70s to "rockn-roll with a horn section," commanded the stage at WXPN's
World Caf Live at their most
recent concert in January, leaving
the audience elated after a night
of laughter, movement and music.
Before AVA took the stage,
Jeff Thomas, the creative force
behind AVA, played a few songs
with a local high school singersongwriter, whom he teaches
music. During her last song, the
rest of the band came out to play
with Thomas and her. As she left
the stage, Thomas turned to the
band and said, "Play something
while I finish setting up."
A few minutes later, Thomas
started improvising with them,
and after a little while, some of
the audience started to smile.
They were able to hear it. AVA's
improvisations had transformed

into the opening of "Pumping

Muscle," a song from their first
EP.
Thomas later explained that
"it's really about how spontaneous" he can make it, and fans
love that. The audience is always eager to watch Thomas
and other members of AVA add
new variations to songs that they
have heard differently each time
they've seen the band live.
This spontaneity distinguishes Thomas from most contemporary musicians. He said that
he is not afraid "to do things on
the fly," and he doesn't "have
any desire to do it the same
way" each time he walks on to
the stage. This quality is what
makes seeing Jeff Thomas and
the All-Volunteer Army a mecca
for Philadelphians who want to
experience dynamic music that is
ever-evolving.
After Thomas introduced a
new song, "Walk in the City," and
played the fan-favorite pianoled "Tania O'Donnell" with the
horn guys, (they can be found
at
soundcloud.com/allvolun-

teerarmy along with others),

everyone left the stage except
Thomas and one of the guitarists, Andrew Grossman. Thomas
and Grossman strayed from the
usual flow of an AVA concert
and played three acoustic songs
with a sound that can only be
described as folk-western meets
folk-rock meets country-lyricsthat-don't-involve-trucks-andbeer.
Thomas said that he had
wanted to perform an acoustic
set for a while, and that night had
just felt right. Mentioning that
the second song of the acoustic set, "Branford, MO," was his
current favorite, he said that he
had written the song a while ago,
but had not played it often.
When the acoustic set ended,
the rest of the band came out,
and they played another crowd
favorite, "Evil Twin." During
this high-tempo song, Thomas
performed his signature move,
excitedly pounding on his piano
sometimes to the point of breaking it. Music still came out, and
the crowd clapped and cheered

image: Amanda Monroe 16

and smiled.
AVA played some more favorites, such as "Oceans on the
Moon" and "The Devil Wants
Your Self Control." They ended
with their lively song, "Fire" (a
live version can be seen at allvolunteerarmy.com), during which
Thomas returned to his distinctive sparring affair with the piano. Despite unfinished coffees
and tempting desserts, the crowd
stood for Jeff Thomas and the
All-Volunteer Army.
After the concert, some people still needed to close their tabs

while others went right to the

merchandise table to buy AVA's
two EPs and talk with Thomas.
As everyone walked outside,
they thought of something that
Thomas had said during the concert. "I was sitting here thinking
I was sad and lonely, but then
you do this, and you're alright,"
he said. As the cold Philly air hit
those leaving, they remembered
the laughter and the singing and
the dancing and the abuse of the
piano and the horn guys, and
they felt alright.

Album Review: The Boys Are Back philadelphia tops lists

FrANCES ELLISON 15
arts & culture editor

Still soaring on their meteoric, and much anticipated return to music with 2013s Save
rock and roll, Fall Out Boy
returned with their sixth studio
album, titled American Beauty/American Psycho on January 20.
Never a group to shy away
from playing with and evolving
their sound, American Beauty/American Psycho is an
excellent display of the bands
growth while still managing to
be uniquely Fall Out Boy. Sonically speaking, this is the band
at their absolute best. Always
concerned with staying relevant, Fall Out Boy has managed
to survive these past 13 years by
molding their special brand of
emo-punk to fit in with radio
trends. While this has fallen flat
for them in the past (see: 2007s
Infinity On High), American Beauty/American Psycho
manages to tow that thin line
while still being cohesive. A
record jam packed with restless energy (no doubt still left
over from that four year hiatus)
from start to finish, this may
very well be, the bands greatest
album yet.
From the first second,
American Beauty/American
Psycho, is a musical journey.

Beginning with the anthemic

trumpets of Irresistible,
which flawlessly molds frantic
drum beats and piano around
lyrics like I love the way/I love
the way/I love the way you hurt
me deeply. From there, it soars
seamlessly into the title track,
which seems to borrow from
their PAX AM Days sound,
and the sure-to-be arena staple
Centuries, the albums first
single, which samples Suzanne
Vegas 1987 hit Toms Diner.
One of the albums stand
out tracks, however, is the Pulp
Fiction inspired Uma Thurman. Between sampling the
theme song from the popular
60s show The Munsters, and
drummer Andy Hurleys face
melting solo on the bridge, this
song forces you out of your seat
and refuses to let you sit down
until the absolute end. Uma

Thurman by far, is one of the

albums most well produced
tracks, and the most clear indication of how much the band
has grown since their Take
This to Your Grave days.
Every Fall Out Boy album
has one track that is a quintessential Fall Out Boy song,
and for this album, Favorite
record takes the crown. Pete
Wentzs earnest and self-deprecating lyrics brought to life by
Patrick Stumps soulful rasp in
record remind us that while
they may have changed over the
years, theyre still the same four
guys from suburban Illinois.
While it could have done
without tracks Immortals
(the theme from this summers
Big Hero 6) and Fourth of
July, overall, this album solidifies that Fall Out Boy is not
only back, but here to stay.

adele GiaNGiulio 16
SPOrTS EDITOr
It looks like The City
of Brotherly Love is finally
getting some of the love it
deserves. Philadelphia has
received some national and international recognition recently. We are ranked as the No. 1
shopping city in the world by
Conde Nast Traveler, a luxury
lifestyle and travel magazine.
Thats right, the whole world.
Philadelphia is sandwiched
between retail hubs Barcelona
and Hong Kong. This ranking
has many Philly natives confused, especially since Conde
Nast made a note of the reading Terminal Market. While
the terminal market is a great
place to buy baked goods, produce, and meat, it isnt exactly
known as a place to shop. But
as weird as the ranking may be,
its an honor nonetheless.
Along with recognition
for the citys shopping, Philadelphias restaurant scene has
caught a lot of attention. Travel
and Leisure Magazine named
Philadelphia the next great
food city. Serpico, Abe Fisher,
Dizengoff, and High Street on
Market are reasons alone
to go to Philly according to
the article.

However, while both these

listings are impressive and great
for the city, the most impressive ranking Philadelphia has
received to date comes from
the New York Times. On their
list of the 52 Places to Visit in
2015, Philadelphia was listed
at an extraordinary #3 right
behind Milan, Italy, and Cuba.
Which means Philadelphia is
first in the United States. With
some much needed face-lifts
to once drab areas of public
space such as Dilworth Park
and the Delaware river waterfront, the article names Philadelphia an urban outdoor
oasis.
The reinvented Dilworth
Park has become a beautiful
green area with a Jose Garces caf, and for the winter
months, an outdoor ice rink.
The addition of mini parks
and outdoor areas of the kind
such as Spruce Street Harbor
Park, the race Street Pier,
and the new boardwalk on
the Schuylkill river all earned
Philadelphia this top spot.
After years of being referred to as Filth-adelphia by
natives, it seems as though our
beloved city is finally cleaning
up it's act, and now the world
has taken notice.

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Album Preview: Doomtree All Hands

CATHErINE DEMPSEY 15
SENIOr STAFF WrITEr
Doomtree, the ever-infamous
hip hop group from Minneapolis, is releasing their third official
studio album, All Hands, and
its bound to break down the
mainstream walls of rap. The record will feature the collectives
most talented members including Dessa, P.O.S., and Cecil Otter
among others, and hopefully the
group will come back full-force,
surpassing the success of their
debut self-titled album.
The group is well known for

their D.I.Y. aesthetics and work

ethic, founding their own record
label to produce their work. Listeners have endearingly referred
to Doomtree as the anarchists of
the hip hop world, attempting to
destroy the common formula of
mainstream hip hop today. The
new album has already been described as a collection of fighting
songs and a call for self-celebration.
According to music blog
Consequence of Sound, Doomtree locked themselves away in
an isolated cabin to begin work
on All Hands with absolutely

no cell phone reception, which is

sure to add some of the members inner most thoughts and
make this record one of their
most honest releases to date.
Doomtree has already released singles for All Hands,
Gray Duck and .38 Airweight. However, the third single, Final Boss, is already getting round-the-clock airplay on
indie radio. It starts with Doomtrees stylistic trippy introduction
that borrows the intense ferocity
of Kanye Wests Black Skinhead as Sims breaks in with the
first verse. If this track is a proper representation of the album as
a whole, its sure to be a punch
in the face with hard-hitting bass.
The collective has always had
a political agenda, but theyre not
trying to force you to swallow it.
Their deeply complicated beats
are enough to enjoy. Based on
the three singles already released
for All Hands, this record is going to be a bit less experimental,
but it will still capture the groups
weird and sometimes chaotic
roots. The album has also been
described as one of their most
collaborative projects so far, and
they hope it will be a solid genremerging record for listeners.

Video Game Review: Talisman

KYLE MICK 15
arts & culture editor

Before there were video

games with intricate gameplay
mechanics, visceral graphics,
and production budgets that
only rival that of blockbuster
Hollywood movies, much of
the gaming culture of today
can trace its origins back to the
humble board game. Though,
we see board games as childish,
and over simplified, created for
the unskilled or the casual gamer,
board games developed in the
glory days of the 1980s were
fairly complex, required plenty
of skill, and had extremely dedicated and skilled players. While
many gamers would rather turn
on their high-end gaming PCs,
or console systems instead of
investing their time into an outdated form of entertainment,
British game company, Games
Workshop, hopes to bring back
the board game craze by digitizing many of its board game titles
to the PC platform, most famous
of which is Talisman.
Talisman was, and still is,
the quintessential role-playingexperience. Only rivaling that of
Dungeons & Dragons, Talisman drew a loyal fan base for
its deceptively simple gameplay,
its beautiful box art and original
board game design. Even though,
the game is close to 30-years-old,
the gameplay has held up quite
well and the quest for the Crown
of Command is still engrossing

and addictive as when it was first

released in 1983.
In a game of Talisman, a
group of four players randomly
start with a champion that could
be anything from a heroic warrior, a villainous wizard, or a
neer-do-well thief and come
equipped with unique and powerful abilities. As the players
move their individual champions
around the board by rolling a
dice and encounter unique tiles,
creatures could be summoned
for the players to defeat and level
up their character, gold could be
found to buy unique armor or
weapons from shops in certain
cities, and companions could be
found to aid that champion in
the future. While these benefits
are nice to have, the main goal
of Talisman is to reach the
powerful and elusive crown of a
long deceased wizard known as
the Crown of Command, and
use its magnificent and destructive power to control the region
and wipe out the other players in
the game.
The gameplay of the PC version of Talisman is completely
unaltered from its original rule
set, although many house rules

have been added to the PC game

in order to increase replayability and fix many problems that
occurred in the original board
game. The main complaint many
people have when the first play
Talisman is that it is completely random. While combat
requires a dice roll to figure out
who was victorious in the battle,
and event triggers are randomly
selected from a deck of cards,
there are ways to manipulate your
odds. Using your champions
special ability, and casting powerful spells allows every player to
have control and influence over
the game, without it feeling like
a completely random experience.
Talisman is one of the few
games that seem to have everlasting appeal. The monsters that
you face and hopefully slay, the
interesting champions that you
get to play with, and the final climactic race to the tower, which
holds the Crown of Command
is still incredibly enjoyable on
the PC version of the game. For
anyone interested in role-playing
games, or just want to rekindle
the love of playing a board game
again, I would definitely recommend picking up Talisman.

A nation-wide tour will immediately follow the album release starting on February 4 in
Missouri and ending in New
Mexico in mid-March. The
group will perform a live set on
the tour at The Boot and Saddle
in Philadelphia on Feb. 13. Tickets are $15 at the door and the
show is 21 and up. If you cant
make it to the Doomtree show,
the groups only female rapper,

Dessa, is performing a show on

March 26 at the Keswick Theatre
in Glenside, PA.
Doomtree is a group that
writes, produces, and performs
on their own terms. This record
is sure to be an example of this,
marking their passionate creativity, anger, and drive. All Hands
will be available on vinyl, CD,
and digital download Jan. 27 via
Doomtree records.

My Age of Anxiety
ANDrEA WENTzELL 15
SENIOr STAFF WrITEr

Within the last 35 years,

the feelings of fear, hope,
and dread that many individuals suffer have been given
the official title and diagnosis
of anxiety.
The Mayo Clinc (mayoclinc.org) defines anxiety as
a normal part of life only if
a patient experiences it occasionally. If patients experience intense, excessive, and
persistent worry and fear
within daily activities and
everyday situations they are
suffering from an anxiety disorder.
According to author Scott
Stossel, anxiety is one of the
most common and misunderstood mental illness diagnoses for individuals. His
book, My Age of Anxiety: The Fear, Hope, Dread,
and the Search for Peace of
Mind not only guides readers through his personal constant struggle with anxiety,
but the history and efforts
made by scientist, philosophers, and writers to understand this disorder.
Stossel draws on his own
long-standing battle with anxiety to tell the history of the
disorder, from a multitude of
perspectives including medical, cultural, philosophical
and experiential. His work
and outlining of the disorders history even includes
facts on neurological and
genetic investigations done
in the nineteenth-century
by scientists such as Charles
Darwin, William James and
Sigmund Freud, and work
done by ancient Greek physicians Galen and Hippocrates.
Within My Age of Anixety, Stossel also reports on
individuals of fame who have
struggled with this disorder,
and his familys personal affliction throughout several
generations.
He portrays his anxiety,
the myriad of emotional
manifestations, and anguish
that anxiety produces through
this moving account, documents the countless psycho-

therapies, medications, and

other treatments that have
been developed to counteract
it, which he or a family member have undergone.
The vivid depiction made
by Stossel of the crippling
impact and devastating power that anxiety can take on
a human being is powerful.
But his ability to explore how
those who suffer find ways
to manage and control this
disorder may bring hope to
thousands that suffer daily.
Stossel ends the first chapter of My Age of Anxiety
with these important reminders: In this book, I have set
out to explore the riddle of
anxiety. I am not a doctor, a
psychologist, a sociologist,
or a historian of science
This is a work of synthesis
and reportage, yoking together explorations of the
idea of anxiety from history,
literature, philosophy, religion, popular culture, and the
latest scientific researchall
of that woven through something about which I can, alas,
claim extensive expertise: my
own experience with anxiety.
My Age of Anixety is
not only a synthesis of information but, inspirational,
funny, heartwarming, and offers readers an insight to an
often misunderstood affliction.
read about Stossels experience starting Feb. 3, 2015.
The book My Age of Anxiety: The Fear, Hope, Dread,
and the Search for Peace
of Mind can be found at a
bookstore near you.

FEATURES
The Griffin

Healthy
Living

Students Get Fit in

2015 with Streakin
MATTHEW BrADLEY 18
coNtributiNG writer
With the New Year just beginning, its common for many
people to make a resolution to
start working out or to try to
stick to an exercise routine in
order to shed unwanted holiday
pounds and/or just get and stay
healthy.
Unfortunately, for those beginning a new exercise routine,
it can be difficult to stick with a
new healthy habit. Usually, this
lack of consistency and motivation results in the resolution to
stay fit failing.
In order to help transition
students into a healthier lifestyle
in 2015 and to get the resolution to stick, Associate Professor of Physical Education Janice
Kuklick, M.Ed., is introducing
the Streakin 30/30 challenge, a
30-minute a day for 30-day exercise program with the students
convenience in mind.
Were trying to build a habit,
and it takes repetition to build a
habit, Kuklick said. With that in
mind, students who enroll in the
challenge agree to perform any
sort of exercise for just 30 minutes a day for 30 days in a row
and keep track of their progress
through a Blackboard program
monitored by Kuklick. This is
a way to get the whole college
community interested into getting active, she said.

The 30/30 plan aims to help

students stick with it by offering a flexible and customizable
plan with many different options
to suit everyone, from the most
hardcore gym-goer to the most
casual of couch potatoes.
Its varied, Kuklick said.
If someone wants to go gung
ho, they can jog or do something
very intense. People who arent
as into it can do as little as walking or marching in front of the
television for thirty minutes just
to keep moving.
Students who want to participate should email Kuklick (kuklickj@chc.edu) their workout
times so that they can keep track
of their progress and remain
motivated to continue, a method
which Kuklick hopes helps students to realize the importance
of exercise and how good they
will feel after keeping up with
consistent exercise.
As Kuklick puts it, The
hardest part of exercise is just
putting on your sneakers. With
the New Year well underway and
the healthy resolutions starting
to be challenged, the Streakin
30/30 challenge offers a simple
but effective approach in carrying out an appropriate exercise
routine. Its for everybody, really, Kuklick said.
If you are interested in the
Streakin 30/30 challenge, you
can email Professor Kuklick at
jkuklick@chc.edu.

The Major Challenges of

Healthy Eating in College
Nick kowalski 16
News editor

Its a Sunday night, and

after a weekend of Tonellis
and Chipotle, Im looking for
something basic.
I enter the dining hall and
walk up to the food stations.
A vegetable medley sounds
good, but its buttered. The
adjacent garlic mash potatoes
and barbecue chicken look delicious, but the sauce is heavy
and starch is, well, heavy.
I walk to the next station.
Since I dont consider pizza to
be healthy, even if it has broccoli and a white sauce, I pass
the pizza station as well. Stir
fry is okay, but I'm not in the
mood for the salt that comes
with its sauce.
Turkey burger. Sounds
healthy-ish. I grab one patty
(no bun) and put it on my
plate. After tossing a salad and
Italian dressing on it, I walk
back to my table. Bite. Burger
tastes good. Bite. Salad has a
nice crisp. Bite. Tomatoes pop
in my mouth. Bite. Burgers
still good. Bite. Dressing leaves
a nice tang on my tongue. Bite.
Good choice.
Like this night, sometimes,
it is difficult to find healthy options in the dining hall, with
tempting pizza and seductive

fries (especially when theyre

crunchy). Though an occasional indulgence into certain unhealthy treats is okay, its best to
try to avoid salty, fatty, and highcarb foods.
For example, butter, though
rich and savory, is the enemy to
a healthy meal. It is best to get
the vegetables at the salad bar because they are not buttered as the
medleys Chartwells offers sometimes are. Plus, the salad bar offered in the dining tends to have
fresh vegetables that are not only
great toppings for a salad but
also go great as a side to a piece
of fish or grilled chicken. But
as Darby Pistilli, 17 points out,
sometimes people grow sick of
salad bars day in and day out.
Aye, theres the rub, (and I
dont mean steak rub).
Sometimes, it is difficult to
find healthy options in the dining hall, but its never impossible,
especially with the new fresh grill
option (not the cheeseburgers,
but the grilled chicken). Also,
the stir fry station has healthy
options, such as rice and pasta
if you say no to the salty sauces
more often than you say yes (or
only ask for a little), and depending on what youre ordering, you
can ask for PAM Cooking Oil instead of butter or oil.
Maci Kociszewski, 16 said
that since her first year at the col-

lege, she has seen Chartwells

make significant progress, especially in terms of adding
some variety to their healthy
options. As a junior, Im seeing more vegetables, grilled
options versus fried, and leaner meats, she said. I thank
Chartwells for these small
changes but hope to see more
in the future.
I agree, Chartwells could
make more progress in regards to healthy options. For
example, they could try to
steam vegetables more often
than buttering them or could
make PAM Cooking Oil the
standard over oil at the stir fry
station. Also, they could offer
lean meats with the sauce on
the side instead of putting the
meat in the sauce immediately,
giving students the option of
eating without the sauce.
As the clich goes, great
abs start in the kitchen, and
for the bulk of CHC students,
that kitchen is the dining hall,
the Griffins Den and the McCaffery Lounge. No, people
dont need six-pack abs to
be healthy, but continually
expanding the healthiness of
the food that students eat on
campus is a great step toward
improving overall health at the
college.

Why Do We Abandon New Years Resolutions?

LAUrEN HAYNES 16
coNtributiNG writer
One day. Thats all it takes
to change a life. For better or
worse, the tumultuous currents
of existence thrust us into the
inconceivable when we least
expect it, but we have control
over one aspect of life: ourselves.
Yet many people only think
about personal improvements
on the crest of the New Year.
They scrawl lists of endless
objectives, as though the magic
motion of time will achieve
them.
In just three-two-one, the
dawn of a new chapter of
life has begun, brimming with
plans of resolutions. Then, life
happens. Internal promises are
hard to keep, since the author
is also the actor. And the two

conspire to procrastinate out

of fear of change.
Though created with the
best intentions, resolutions are
often abandoned by the end of
the first month. So, why does
society bother promoting an
idea that always seems to fail?
Perhaps its the alluring atmosphere of the New Year
that leads to the annual attempts to complete unrealistic
goals.
Whos to say that this year
wont be different?
Guided by this mentality, people all over the world
subscribe to the idea of New
Years resolutions. While planning and introspection are important parts of the process,
listing goals on the eve of a
new year will not bring them to
completion. Only an individual
has the power to do that.

For example, I was an alleged writer in high school. I

liked to talk about writing, but
my pen didnt touch the page
beyond the required classwork
and occasional muse whisperings I felt compelled to record.
However, in college, I became a
true writer, not because of skill
level or maturity, but because
I started writing. Every day, I
wake up early and write at least
one thousand words. Now that
I have early morning classes,
the time I write may fluctuate.
But I do it regardless because I
want to write and get lost in the
worlds I create every day.
Thats the key to accomplishing a goal. The idea of
completion should ignite the
dreamer. But the thrill of the
journey must keep the fire
burning because passion, no
matter how strong, will not

ward off frustration. rather, it

will help motivate an individual
to work through obstacles.
This passion paired with action
and adherence to internal rules
promotes positive change, so
that anyone can uphold realistic resolutions.
It doesnt take a crystal ball
to see the future of resolutions
that exist solely on paper. They
are bound to fail. Though there
will be the occasional twists of
life outside of ones locus of
control, individuals are responsible for what they make of the
upcoming year.
This year will be filled with
natural sorrows and unimaginable joys, but more than anything, this year is filled with
possibility.
After all, a resolution can
happen on any day of the year.
Simply wake up and commit to

change. It may sound oversimplified, but its true. The way to

get results is effort. Sure, we
need to create concrete objectives and reflect on ourselves,
but we cannot rely on the New
Year as some sort of wishgranting holiday. If viewed as
such, the glamour of the New
Year can trick us into tackling
too many unrealistic goals.
To overcome the inherent difficulties of keeping
resolutions, we must work
towards them. Like anything
else worthwhile, a resolution
requires dedication, diligence,
and discipline. Nothing can
transform our work ethics but
ourselves, and fortunately, we
have the power to control what
we do. As individuals, only we
can commit to change for the
better. And we can do it any
day.

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Preview: Drivers, Start Your Engines

Christopher sivel 18
Contributing Writer

With the 2015 nAsCAr

season quickly approaching,
the schedule for the Sprint Cup
series has been released with
racers set to start their engines
for the first time beginning Feb.
14 on Daytona International
Speedway. This will be the second season where the top sixteen drivers make it into the
newly revamped bracket style
playoff race. This new playoff
style was adopted by NASCAR
last season with four rounds,
eliminating four racers in each
succeeding round.
Starting with the Challenger
round, sixteen drivers compete
for a spot in the Contender
round where the number of
racers is minimized to twelve.
Only eight of the twelve will
advance into the Eliminator
round, which will decide the
top four drivers who will race
for the Sprint Cup. This new

style puts more emphasis on the

regular season races, as well as
creating new opportunities for
underdogs to take the spotlight
away from Cinderella racers.
Last year with the new bracket
style being implemented, Kevin Harvick, driver of the No.4
Budweiser/Jimmy Johns car,
drove away with the Cup, winning his first Sprint Championship at age thirty-eight.
In an interview with USA
Today Harvick touched upon
the intensity of the new format
and his plans after the big win.
This new format has been
stressful, the racing has been
phenomenal. I'm going to sleep
for a week."
NASCAR also made another huge announcement with
legendary four-time champion
Jeff Gordon declaring this season to be his last. Gordon, 43,
third on the all-time wins list
with 92, announced his retirement in front of his Hendrick
Motorsport team and fam-

ily, not forgetting that they still

have this year to contend for his
fifth Sprint Cup. After finishing
sixth in 2014, Gordon believes
he and his team can carry over
their success into the 2015 season.
In an article on NASCAR.
com, Gordon reflected on his
2014 success and how this has
given him a new outlook for this
upcoming season: "I was really
excited about the year and how
things went and it built a new
confidence I have in myself as a
driver and a new confidence in
my team and we will definitely
take that into 2015."
With Daytona International
Speedway right around the corner, drivers like Kevin Harvick
set their sights on building their
NASCAR legacy, while drivers
like Jeff Gordon look to write
their final chapter. But all are
entertaining the hope of bringing home the cup for their team
and fans.

March is

Restaurant
Month In
Chestnut Hill

From the Arts & Culture Section

Things to Look Forward to in 15
FRANCES ELLISON 15
ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR
With 2014 becoming a distant memory, let's take a look at 10
things to be excited about in 2015:
1. Royal Baby #2: Because who doesn't love a royal pregnancy, or Kate Middleton?
2. Music: 2015 is already boasting some big music, with highly anticipated releases rumored to be coming from Adele,
Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, Drake, Lana Del
Ray, Florence and the Machine, and Macklemore.
3. Movies: This year is starting and ending with a bang, from
sure-to-be blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey set for release
this Valentine's Day, to DC and Marvel's competing titles
Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of
Justice. I don't know about you, but I'm more than ready for
both Batfleck, and Jesse Eisenburg as the world's last pick
for Lex Luther.
4. Television: Television behemoth Glee may be coming to
an end this year, but with old classics such as Friends and
Gilmore Girls finally being added to Netflix, and new seasons
of shows like Orange is the New Black and Game of Thrones,
I think that 2015 has already more than made up for the
absence.
5. Stephen Colbert: The former host of The Colbert Report
will finally take his new job as host of CBS's The Late
Show, filling in for late night legend David Letterman. As
for whether he'll be hosting the show as himself, or his
popular character Stephen Colbert, is yet to be seen.
6. Harry Potter: JK Rowling just cant let go of The Boy
Who Lived; she recently announced her plans to co-produce a HP based stage play that will premiere in the West
End later this year.
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Mens B-ball Looking to Spring 2015 Season Previews:

Make a Late Season Push Softball
DANE GAHR 15
Contributing Writer

It has not been an extraordinary season for the CHC Mens

Basketball team by any means,
but the team is poised to make
a late-season surge towards the
playoffs.
The mens team has never
missed the CACC playoffs before, and they certainly do not
plan on making this the first
year. Even though they hold
a 4-13 record, team morale is
high; they believe in hard work
and redemption. They have not
given up on the season yet, and
are more than prepared to turn
the season around and have a
stellar second half--a second
half which would propel them
into the conference playoffs.
If we can get into the playoffs, it is a whole new season,
said head coach Jesse Balcer. I
dont think that any team in our
conference would pick us in a
one-game elimination game.
Balcer believers that his
young and talented team is
ready to make that late season
push. We always schedule a
tough non-conference schedule
to prepare our teams for postseason runs, he said. While
we would have liked to have
won more of those games, we
competed very well in every

one of those games.

Anybody who knows anything about college basketball
knows that the season is long
and grueling, so mental toughness, is essential to having a
successful season.
We work very hard in the
pre-season to get mentally prepared for the grueling games
in February, Balcer said. We
have lost a lot of close games
and a number of overtime
games, which we obviously
wish we had won, but the way
we have come back time and
time again shows a lot of mental toughness.
Anything can happen in
the post-season. That is what
makes sports great.
The wins have not piled up
for us yet, but at this point, we
are focused on getting better
each day and taking it one game
at a time, Balcer said.
Hopefully, if the team can
begin to rack up the wins, their
season will turn around and if
they can manage to make the
playoffs, this is one tough team
that no one wants to see standing in their way of the conference title.
This is a very resilient
group of players and they are
hungry for a playoff run, Balcer said.

MIKE MCLAUGHLIN 15
Contributing Writer
As a result of the new
coaching staff, a new culture,
and a new attitude, the Chestnut Hill College softball team
has been reborn.
A new coaching staff arrived on campus this year to
take over the softball program.
Former head coach John Kelly
is out and Mike Gospodarek
is in. Along with Gospodarek
as head coach, the CHC softball program also welcomes
assistant coaches Marisa Tamez, and Janese Davis. All four
coaches are inexperienced, but
are determined to make their
mark on the Conference.
As a team, we believe that
our new coaching staff will
not only provide an increased
knowledge of the game of
softball, but will also provide
a new culture for our overall program, said junior first
baseman Allison Williams.
One advantage going into
this new season is that the
team is composed of very experienced young women. Only
four players have never gotten a taste of a college softball game before, so the new

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coaching staff will rely heavily

upon their returning players.
With the majority of us entering our third year in the program, we are looking forward
to a fresh new start, said junior
Megan Kehr. We believe that
we have a great core group here
with the combination of our returning players, as well as an outstanding and very talented group
of newcomers.
With an unfortunate injury to
junior second baseman Julie Heaton, who led the team in batting
average (.333), at bats (102), hits
(34) and RBI (19) last season, the
team will look to the leadership
of the remaining returning players and the new talent brought by
the underclassmen until the cavalry is once again at full strength.
For the second time in the
programs history, the women
will be traveling down to Florida over spring break to soak up
some warm weather and more
importantly, step on a field for
the first time as a united group to

test where they stand.

I feel the trip will help
bring together our new program and outlook, Gospodarek said. All of their hard
work through the fall and winter workouts will be able to be
put to the test on the dirt.
The women are ready. The
only thing on our minds during
winter workouts is getting out
and finally being able to step
back out onto a field with the
sun beating down upon us,
said junior Nicole Carney.
When the women get back
from Florida, Philadelphia
University will be coming to
campus on March 7 to compete in a CACC doubleheader
beginning at 1 p.m.
We are determined to
show how hard we have
worked this off-season, Kehr
said. We are a group of talented athletes who love to play
softball and who are determined to win.

year with momentum, and we are

just trying to build off of that.
One way to build off that
momentum is having a strong
team morale. Having a large team
roster, with so many different
personalities can be a challenge,
but Dougherty is confident.
Every guy is pretty determined
and we all have the same goals,
so its easier to push each other
and build trust in one another,
he said. To me, thats the best
way to mesh our different personalities, create some adversity,
and see how the team responds.
The Griffins understand that
winning and success will not
come easy to them. That is why
they work tirelessly in the weight
room, as well as in their conditioning sessions building mental
toughness and getting in outstanding physical shape.
We conditioned and lifted

three days a week and did some

out-of-the-box things such as 6
a.m. team yoga and basketball
sessions, Dougherty said. I
think that during the pre-season we bonded well as a team
and became better all-around
athletes.
The Griffins, after a long
and much anticipated waiting
period, will step onto the field
for the first time in spring season action on Feb. 7 against
Howard Community College
in the first of two scrimmages
over at Plymouth Whitemarsh
High School field number one.
After finishing the last two
seasons with an overall record
of 7-6, the talented Griffins,
while very young, are eager to
show the conference, as well as
the division II college lacrosse
country, just how good they
are.

Mens LAX
DOM RAIA 15
Contributing Writer

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Current Record

(Current as of 2/1)

Womens Basketball: 6-13

Mens Basketball: 4-15

17 placed 18th out of 41 in the

Men 3000 Meter Run.

Mens Track
Competed at the Collegeville Indoor Classic at Ursinus College on
1/23. Adrian Adams 17 placed 11
on the High Jump. Sam Mondello

Womens Track
Competed at the Collegeville Indoor Classic at Ursinus College on
1/23.

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The Chestnut Hill Mens

Lacrosse team has high expectations this season. Historically, they have been one of the
most winningest teams here
on campus, especially in recent
years. They have been a very
consistent team over the years
no matter how big the bumps
in the road may have seemed.
What task stands in the
way this year? The team is very
young, so they will be looking
for their older, more experienced players to stand tall and
take the lead, but at the same
time, they are hopeful that the
underclassmen will be able to
grow up and mature throughout the course of the season.
Although we only have
five seniors and are considered
a very young team, I expect
our team to compete for the
ECC championship again this
year, said Head Coach Brian
Dougherty. We finished last