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| October 2, 2007 | A Weekly Publication Highlighting Arcadia News and Events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Campus NewsDon’t Miss Fireworks Over Landman on Saturday
Four Home Contests Slated for Fall Fest Weekend
Power of Symbols Discussion Addresses Incivility
Muscia to Guide MBA with an International Perspective
Working professionals and executives in Arcadia’s MBA program experience the global marketplace firsthand, spending one week abroad in an emerging country and one week learning in a developed economy. The accelerated program requires just one night a week at Arcadia's easy-to-access campus in metropolitan Philadelphia. Students study together as a cohort and complete the part-time program in just 18 to 20 months. Muscia earned his doctorate in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University, his MBA from Western International University, and both his M.A. in Psychology and B.A. in Journalism/Advertising from Duquesne University. Muscia has more than 30 years of corporate experience in senior management positions, and he has owned and operated several small business ventures. He served as a consultant for the Arizona Small Business Development Center, and he has consulted and developed seminars and workshops for numerous government, academic, and corporate organizations. Muscia is a professional speaker and lecturer, and he has received several awards for excellence in teaching. Now in Landman: Something Good to Read!
Second Life Builders WantedArcadia students are wanted to build an Arcadia presence in Second Life. Students with experience or interest in interior design, C++, and more and invited to inquire about work study positions in the Office of Enrollment Management. Contact Dan Yannuzzi at yannuzzi@arcadia.edu for more information. Glenside Offers Food, Coffee and the KeswickBy Bridget Curtis ’08 It’s a lazy Saturday morning and, in an effort to rest up from another long week of classes, your only plans are staying in your room and relaxing. While staying on campus is one option, it may just be that you don’t know what’s out there. Arcadia students are actually in close proximity to tons of exciting food, fashion and fun (and no, I’m not just talking about Center City). As it turns out, there’s a host of fun things to do even closer, right in Arcadia’s backyard.
With Arcadia’s campus situated right in the heart of Glenside, many Arcadia students take advantage of the town’s shopping, coffee shops and great restaurants. Places like Rizzo’s Pizza and The Glenside Pub are perfect for attending to a hungry appetite, and small shops like The Irish Shop and Penny’s Flowers offer a variety of great gifts. If a little bit of entertainment is what you’re looking for, then look no further than the Keswick Theatre. Located just a short distance from campus in the center of Keswick Village, the theatre hosts plays, comedians and musical artists throughout the year and brings everything from local to nationally known acts to the area. Upcoming appearances include The Wallflowers on Oct. 19 and NBC-TV's "Last Comic Standing" National Tour on Oct. 25. Last Comic Standing features the new grand prize winner Jon Reep plus the top four finalists (Lavell Crawford, Gerry Dee, Amy Schumer and Philadelphia’s Ralph Harris Jr.) For more information on tickets and a full calendar of Keswick Theatre events, visit www.keswicktheatre.com. So don’t spend your day off moseying around campus! Get out there and explore all that Arcadia’s surrounding towns have to offer. More things to do in next week’s Bulletin. upcoming events |
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| Still from television footage, photograph by Sharon Hayes (at left). Baroda Picture Gallery, 19th-Century European Room (A Mix of Originals and Copies), photograph by Danielle Mericle (right). |
On Tuesday, Oct. 16, Arcadia presents a Conversation among Other Island exhibitors Sharon Hayes and Danielle Mericle and curator Nicholas Muellner at 6:30 p.m. in Stiteler Auditorium in Murphy Hall. A reception follows immediately in the Art Gallery. Other Islands is on exhibit through Oct. 28. These two projects explore the relationship between history, memory, and representation. Hayes’ 10 Minutes of Collective Activity (2003) documents an audience of 22 people watching footage from the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention. Audible but not visible is the television news coverage of Sen. Abraham Ribicoff's dramatic nominating speech for anti-war candidate George McGovern—and the ire it created in the convention audience—on a day when the National Guard and Chicago police clashed with protestors outside the convention hall. “Filmed in the month that U.S. forces invaded Iraq, Hayes’ piece employs the frame of history to provoke questions about our own political moment,” says Gallery Director Dick Torchia. Visit www.arcadia.edu/gallery for more information.
The Arcadia University Bookstore will be closed Oct. 22 and 23 for inventory. The bookstore will reopen on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m., notes Store Manager Meg Lavan.
Check the online Events Calendar at http://calendar.arcadia.edu.
The University’s Distinguished Speakers Series presents Dr. Andrew
Newberg on “God, Science and the Origin of Ordinary and Extraordinary
Beliefs” on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Stiteler Auditorium
in Murphy Hall. Newberg is on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.
He is the author of Why God Won’t Go Away and Why
We Believe What We Believe.
“I am excited about this program,” says John Luetzow, Adjunct Professor of Religion. “The debate between science and religion is now very heated and contentious. Recent authors such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have challenged the value of religion and faith. Fundamentalist movements are impacting our lives all over the world. Voices from these movements challenge the ultimate validity of science. In the midst of this cultural conflict, Dr. Newberg offers a fresh perspective. As a neuroscientist, he uses methodologies such as SPECT brain imaging to study the impact of religious practices on the brain. Thus far, he has studied Buddhist monks in meditation, Carmelite nuns in contemplative prayer, and charismatics speaking in tongues. The results of these studies are fascinating.” Read more on Newberg at www.arcadia.edu/speaker.
Several special events are built around the Distinguished Speaker event. A Town Meeting Discussion will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in The Chat. The meeting, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion and funded by a grant from the Presbyterian Church USA, provides an opportunity to continue the discussion on religion and science. The program will be based upon the movie, What the Bleep Do We Know. There will be number of showings of the movie in The Chat. “We plan to use a town meeting style in which designated faculty members from Arcadia will address the issues raised by selected scenes from the movie. There will be opportunities from members of the college community, especially students, to ask questions and to respond to the movie.
I encourage faculty and students to attend these programs,” adds Luetzow.
A group composed of faculty, staff, administration, and students has begun to meet to plan an initiative called the Fall of the Earth. Its purpose is to saturate the campus during Fall 2008 with information regarding the state of the environment and to encourage practices that promote sustainability. “Individuals from all sectors of the campus community, staff, students, administration and faculty, are encouraged to join us,” notes Jeff Shultz, Assistant Provost for Special Projects. “In addition, for the kick-off of the new curriculum, we are encouraging faculty who are interested in these issues to plan first-year seminars that include material related to these concerns.” For more information, e-mail Shultz.
Samantha Calhoun, a junior on the women’s soccer team, and Kristen Conrad, a junior field hockey player, have been named as Freedom Conference Players of the Week and Knights of the Week.
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The Knights improved to 8-2-1 following a 2-0 week that stretched the
team’s unbeaten streak to nine games. Arcadia is outscoring their
opponents 27-12 and 96-60 in shots on goal.
First-year Stephanie Edson’s second half goal stood as the game winner in Wednesday’s 1-0 home win over Neumann College. On Saturday, the Knights fell behind twice at Cabrini College, but junior forward Sam Calhoun netted two tying goals and the game winner on a penalty kick in the 70th minute to lift the Knights over the Cavaliers 3-2.
Senior net-minder Michelle Leone posted her fourth shutout of the season and made three saves in 180 minutes in goal. In 11 games, last week’s Freedom Conference Goalie of the Week is sporting a 1.07 goals against average.
The Knights will round out their three-game tour of their former conference (PAC) when they travel to Alvernia College (4-5 / 2-3 PAC) on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
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| Beth Harris moves the ball during Arcadia vs. Albright. |
Junior forward Kristin Conrad,
the Knights’ top
returning scorer from 2006, entered the week with just one point, but
by week’s end tacked on six more to help the Knights to a 1-2 week
in non-conference play. While the team opened the week with a 3-0 loss
to Philadelphia University, a trio of veterans tallied two tying goals
and the game winner with four minutes to play to help give the Knights
their first home victory of the 2007 campaign in Thursday’s 3-2
upset over visiting Albright College.
With the Knights down a goal to Albright in the first half, first-year Kerry Sutter picked up her first collegiate assist when she found Devin Long for her team-leading fifth goal of the season to settle the score by halftime at one apiece. Albright tacked on a goal to regain the 2-1 advantage until the junior duo of Beth Harris and Conrad connected for the next six points, yielding a win for the Knights.
The Knights closed out the week with a 4-3 loss at Cabrini on Saturday. Conrad scored twice for Arcadia, and Harris added the third. Sophomore keeper Brittany Rasmussen went 1-1 on the week, while classmate Rachel Palis took the loss at Cabrini.
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The Knights posted a huge 3-1 Freedom Conference win at King’s
on Wednesday to improve to third place in the conference standings. The
win was flanked by a 3-0 non-conference loss at Cabrini College on Friday
evening as the Knights stand at 9-8 overall and 2-1 in Freedom play this
season.
Senior setter Maci Mascall dished out 43 assists in the team’s 3-1 win at King’s. Mascall has accumulated 363 assists and 38 service aces to lead the Knights this season. Other top performers in the King’s match included Kim Lomas, who combined one block with a team-high 17 kills to hit .355, and Sam Schad, who put up nine kills and four digs. Natasha Wetten has a block with 17 digs, and Christina DiMichelle contributed a team-high 19 digs.
Arcadia is off until the weekend when the team travels to non-conference Philadelphia Biblical University. Freedom play resumes on Oct. 10 when the team hosts second place FDU-Florham.
The Knights sandwiched the week’s only win, 5-4 over Freedom Conference
opponent FDU-Florham, around two 9-0 non-conference losses against Philadelphia
University and Cabrini College. The conference victory places the team
(3-6 / 1-2 Freedom) in a tie for fourth in the standings with King’s
(1-2 Freedom).
Helping the Knights in the victory were #2 doubles partners sophomores Cory Mazen and Danielle Klim (8-1) and senior Brittany McCall and sophomore Jennifer Cardinale in the #3 slot (8-3). They gave the Knights the early 2-1 advantage heading into singles play.
The two teams spilt even and odd singles match-ups. At #1 FDU’s Leslee Johnson defeated Mazen 3-6, 0-6. Meg Koenig needed three sets to earn the point at #2 as the Knight's Irina Samson took game one 6-4 before Koenig won 6-2 and 5-10 in the tie breaker. FDU escaped with the final point at #5 singles with McCall winning set one 6-3, losing set two, 3-6, and dropping the tie breaker, 2-10, to FDU’s Katrina Musto. Klim notched a win at #2 singles 6-2, 6-3, junior Sara Lapp at #4 singles, and sophomore Kristen Paula 6-4, 6-4 at #6.
Looking ahead, the Knights have two tough Freedom conference match-ups this week as they travel to DeSales (5-3 / 2-1 Freedom) on Oct.2 and host Wilkes (9-1 / 3-0 Freedom) on Saturday, Oct.7, at 1 p.m.
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Men’s soccer tried for the team’s first win of the season but came up empty-handed in two non-conference losses last week, dropping their record to 0-8-2 on the year with a 4-2 loss at Philadelphia Bible and a 2-0 loss at Elizabethtown.
First-years Jeremie Sumpman and Joe Clementi notched the team’s sole tallies of the week in the 4-2 loss at Philadelphia Biblical University on Tuesday. The two lead the team in scoring, Sumpman with four points and Clementi with three. Sophomore net-minder Jeff Kratohwill made nine saves and allowed six goals in 180 minutes in net for the Knights.
The men’s soccer team kicks off Freedom Conference play on Saturday, Oct. 6, of Fall Fest Weekend with DeSales University visiting Glenside.
Athletics news and schedules are available at www.arcadia.edu/athletics.
Paul Elwork, who earned his Master of Arts in English in 2004, has published
his first novel, The Tea House. The book was part of a culminating
project in completing his degree at Arcadia, under the guidance of Dr.
Richard Wertime, Professor of English and Director of the M.A.E. program.
The Tea House is available for purchase at www.casperianbooks.com.
Other works by Elwork have appeared in Edifice Wrecked, Johnny America,
All Hallows: Journal of the Ghost Story Society, the Quiet Feather,
and other journals. For more information and links, visit www.paulelwork.com.
Contributors: Donna Whitlock '05, University Relations Administrative Assistant and Joy Zazzera, Athletics Sports Information Director. Photos: Joshua Blustein. Videos: Janet Gala, University Relations. Web Producer: Sue Gettlin, Web Communications Manager and Assistant Director of University Relations. Managing Editor: Lori Bauer, Director of University Relations.
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