Author: Emily Guillen

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Editorial Opinion

Editorial: Concerts’ poor timing and increasing costs upset students

While we couldn’t be more pleased to hear about the celebrities performing at the University this fall, we can’t help but wonder how some of the decisions regarding the shows were made.

Students seem glad to have Gloriana, Jack Ingram and Tyler Hilton visiting us in just a few short weeks. They seem even happier to have Kenan Thompson coming for Center Stage and Avicii for the fall concert.

However, the timing of the fall concert seems a little confusing to us as students. With a concert scheduled for a Sunday night, we worry that many students will blow off work due on Monday or even skip their morning classes. With a group of students as academically and socially driven as we are, students will be stretching themselves thin in order to finish their work, attend the concert and carry on with all of their regular social and extracurricular activities. Adding a concert to a Sunday night will only encourage students to extend their weekends, rather than take Friday or Saturday night off to do their homework. Some students are even feeling concerned that tests, presentations and other assignments may coincide with the concert date.

In addition to students feeling slighted by the change in their social calendars, some students are enraged at the timing of ticket sales opening. With a portion of the concert being paid for by student activities fees, it seems unfair that tickets will go on sale to the public at the same time as they will to students. In reality, students subsidize the concert for the public through those fees and deserve the extra time to purchase their tickets before anyone else. Many students are concerned that they won’t even be able to get a ticket to the concert with Avicii being such a popular artist and this new ticket policy.

Beyond the injustice students are feeling at their schedules being upturned and the disregard for their subsidization, the amount of money being spent to bring Avicii to campus seems exorbitant. The total cost of the concert will be $100,000, with Avicii’s performance costing $90,000 and the lighting package $10,000. Although Avicii gave the University a discounted price, the total price of the concert is higher than the Concert Committee usually spends. The amount being spent on lighting also seems astronomical. Ten percent of the concert’s total cost isn’t being spent on the artist; it’s being spent on lights? We find this to be a waste of our activities fees, our ticket payments and even the public’s ticket payments.

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Arts & Life Restaurants Review

Sushihanna brings new flavor to Market Street cuisine

Emily Guillen | The Bucknellian
Shrimp avocado roll from Sushihanna on Market Street.

Emily Guillén
Editor-in-Chief

When the news came this spring that Marco’s Tapas would be closing its doors, many students were upset by the loss of one of their favorite Market Street restaurants.  What they didn’t know was that Sushihanna, a Japanese restaurant specializing in sushi, would be taking the tapas bar’s storefront location.

Located at 432 Market Street, between The Chamberlain Building entrance and The Open Door Framing Gallery, Sushihanna is sure to be a popular lunch hot spot with students this fall.

On my recent lunch trip to the new restaurant, I ordered one of their lunch specials: a tuna roll and a shrimp avocado roll for $9.45.  My friend ordered a simple avocado roll for $3.00.  Each came with a small bowl of sesame cucumber salad.

We both found the amount of food for the price to be typical for downtown.  Even for heavier eaters, prices are still reasonable.  Even the more expensive shrimp tempura roll is only $6.9, and a Hibachi dinner of chicken is $9.95.

Beyond the prices, we were impressed by the food and speed of service.  We were able to walk into the restaurant, order, eat and pay our check in just under an hour, something not frequently found in Lewisburg.

My tuna and shrimp avocado rolls were great.  No longer will I have to drive to Wegmans in Williamsport or State College for a decent roll; I can just walk downtown for a well-crafted roll and avoid the repeated disappointment from the sushi at the Bison.

My friend called her avocado roll “simple, but tasty.”  Not only was she referring to the food itself, but also the presentation.  The clean look of the plates allowed us to focus on nothing but the meal.

All in all, we found Sushihanna to be a nice addition to the restaurants downtown.  It gives us one more cuisine option to add to our current haunts.  It will most likely compete most directly with Pronto!, based on its attraction of lunchtime clientele.

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Monday – Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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Letters to the Editor Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Sleeping Around juvenile, vulgar

To the Editor:

I have read your “Sleeping Around” column both this week and last. You might expect an old man like me to express shock that “The Bucknellian” would print this kind of stuff. But I would rather share with you some different reactions.

1) The column this week, like last week’s, is badly written: juvenile, vulgar, at best of middle school level.

2) Politically liberal friends of mine who live in the area pointed out last week’s column to me and asked: “Would you want to spend $50,000 a year to send your son or daughter to a school whose student paper prints this kind of stuff”? I could only reply that the student paper in the large university I taught in for 35 years was printing “that kind of stuff” in the 1970’s, but that at that time I thought of Bucknell as being a place with “more class.”

3) I recently saw a temple in India where the “hickies” and other physical traces described by your writer had been sculpted on the female body around the year 1000 A.D. Nothing new under the sun, is there?

4) The fact that your writer is anonymous takes away 99% of the reader’s interest in your column. How can a reader be interested in such an account of activities when you can’t see the anatomy of the  person performing such…”strong suctions”? or even seeing her hickey?

5) You are calling your column “a commentary on sex, love, and relationships in college.” Why not give us a searing, devouring, love story the next time…A story that last for more than a weekend? Maybe 2 weekends?

6) You write: “All submissions are for the columnist’s eyes only.” Why? Ms. Lace, are you afraid? Is the writer afraid? Are you both ashamed?

Hoping “The Bucknellian” will show more class…and style the next time,

Paul Archambault,
Ph.D (Ret.)

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Letters to the Editor Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Athletic coverage is outstanding

To the Editor:

I hope you are well. On behalf of the coaching staff and student-athletes at Bucknell I would like to express our appreciation for the coverage you provide our athletics teams in the Bucknellian.

I have been fortunate to work at some great universities. At each school the student newspaper would vary how their athletics coverage was handled. I can say without reservation that the quality of reporting, the factual information the editorial efficiency and the program support that The Bucknellian exhibits is outstanding in comparison to other student newspapers.

I guess it goes with all of the other things about this place. People make the place. The young men and women in our athletic programs work so hard to do things the right way. The support of your newspaper and the support of the student population is greatly appreciated by all.

We appreciate what you do and thank you for your effort in maintaining a quality production.

Joe Susan
Head Football Coach

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Letters to the Editor Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Sleeping Around

To the Editor:

I have been reading the “Sleeping Around” column for the past three weeks and have found it trivial, juvenile, vulgar and badly written. For a time I thought this opinion due to my age: I am no longer a sexagenarian but a septuagenarian.

I asked a graduating senior, a good writer and a good friend, what he thought. He said: “Only The Bucknellian could make a sex column so boring.”

I rest my case. Thank God the semester is almost over.

Paul Archambault (Ret. Guest Faculty)

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Arts & Life Sleeping Around

Sleeping Around: I Love Wiley Jack

By Stacy Lace

Columnist

My dearest Jack,

All semester, journalistic chemistry has been building between us. You’ve felt it; I’ve felt it. From the moment you offered me a shout-out in your column about “Bucknell girls,” I couldn’t take my mind off of you. I feel the time has finally come for me count the ways in which I love you. Since I really only know you from afar, I’m mainly focusing on the way you have entrapped me with your column. However, I will of course reference our few non-Bucknellian almost-interactions.

  1. I love that the first time I heard your name, it was during a game of “Where the Wind Blows.” Apparently, a large percentage of my sorority also loves you … and has proved it on several occasions.
  2. I love that as a guy at the peak of his physical prowess, you’re unable to run up and down a basketball court for a reasonable amount of time. It helps me to think of your skills as perfect for a quickie.
  3. I love that you drink almost every night and that your excessive alcohol intake causes you to frequent Taco Bell. I myself am a fan of the Crunchwrap Supreme.
  4. I love that you told us all about your college bucket list. I wonder which tasks you’ve managed to accomplish in your time here. While I know that at some point you “got naked” and rocked a tank top, I wonder if you had the opportunity to shower at the Bison, take a philosophy class or spend a weekend sober.
  5. I love that you accept that my day and night behavior are drastically different. I love that you accept my Thursday morning “walk to class of shame” outfit of leggings and a baseball cap. I’m partial to my navy University cap, but I’d rock one supporting any sports team you’re a fan of.
  6. I love that you created an entire “I love” list about the strange things you love. I, too, love warm leather, rice and America.
  7. I love the way you refer to your belly as a Franzia wine bag. Clearly, six packs don’t do it for me; it’s all about the Franzia.
  8. I love that you have perfected the Super Saturday. No one at the University has been able to truly catch my eye when I’m in my afternoon drunken haze. I now know that the height at which a guy stands is really what draws me in and gets me hot. Boys should truly take note of you.
  9. I love that you expect to see women in their bikinis. I understand how this objectifies my sex, but I’ll be honest: if I get to check out your Franzia belly, shouldn’t you get to check out mine?
  10. I love that when I told you I would write you a love letter your response was “That’s awesome! But make sure I look like a sex god so all the girls want me.” Yes. That happened.

So long, Jack. Next year, I’ll have to find a new “sex god” to worship from afar. Any suggestions?

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Letters to the Editor Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Pool Pass Project is justified

To the Editor:

Mr. Klaus makes an interesting claim regarding the fact that poor parenting led to the tragic drowning of Assunda Rotolo and Les Davis Jr., more so than the lack of public support for access to the Lewisburg community pool (Letter to the Editor, April 20, 2012). Unfortunately, we find this point of view one that is commonly leveled against low income parents alone. For instance, newspaper accounts from the June 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart, the affluent 14-year-old from Salt Lake City, do not mention her parents’ lack of responsibility with their failure to set their home alarm prior to bedding down for the night as a cause for Elizabeth’s subsequent kidnapping. We know from our interactions with the families that every day, Assunda and Les’s parents feel guilt over the loss of their children and what they might have done to prevent it.

As a community, we have little oversight over the parenting practices of individuals. We do, however, have the ability (and we might go so far as to say responsibility) to construct the kind of healthy, supportive community we envision. We imagine a community where children have opportunities for safe and accessible play with their families. That is why we organize the Pool Pass Project. Each recipient makes a financial contribution to their pass–-whatever they can afford. Last year, we helped 16 families safely play. We hope we have helped to create a system where a parent does not have to choose between providing food or supervised family play. We go to bed feeling good about this commitment. We hope that Mr. Klaus is equally as comforted by his position.

Sue Ellen Henry, Associate Professor of Education

Selected members from EDUC 318/618, spring 2012

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Letters to the Editor Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Pool Pass Project is justified through understanding

To the Editor:

I would like to thank Sue Ellen Henry and Bucknell University for their continued dedication to the Lewisburg Pool Pass Project. As the principal of Linntown Elementary School, I have witnessed how this event benefits many of my students who would have otherwise not had affordable access to a safe swimming environment. I have heard parents cry with gratitude when they were told that their families would be receiving pool passes.  Not only does it offer a way for students to stay cool and have fun during the summer months, but it also provides them with the ability to stay connected with their schoolmates and peers while school is not in session.

I am also grateful for how the event continues to honor the memory of Assunda Rotolo and Les Davis, Jr. It saddens me to see that there are individuals who still wish to point fingers in this tragedy and blame the parents of these children. Having known Assunda for the two years she was at a student at Linntown, I saw firsthand the love and devotion that her parents felt towards her. She was truly the center of their universe. Assunda was one of the most genuine, caring and compassionate children I have had the pleasure of knowing. She always sought to take care of others and, no matter what she herself might need, was always generous and giving. This was not something that happened by accident and is a testament to her parents for instilling those traits in her. Anyone who knew the family would never question their parenting or that the safety of their child was important to them. Sadly, there were many who chose not to know them because of their economic situation and lack of resources. While there were many children at school who had far greater material items, there was no child who was loved more by her parents.

While I want to be angry when I hear the judgmental comments being cast, I do try to understand the source of those sentiments. I think it is a way for us to try to feel safer, to believe that something like this couldn’t happen to our families and those we love. If we can find fault or a way to place blame, then just maybe we are somehow immune to tragedy. Sadly, this is not the case. We are all vulnerable to the many things that can go horribly wrong in life. The parents of these children should not be cast as villains. They have already suffered the greatest heartache anyone could face.

Paula J. Reber
Linntown Elementary School Principal

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Letters to the Editor Opinion

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

I read the racial harassment article in the April 13th issue with great disappointment, concern and also anger. As a seven year member of the Alumni Board and the liaison to the Black Alumni Association and the Black Student Government, I am offended and disappointed that any incident like this should or would occur on any campus, especially on the Bucknell campus. I am in total agreement with President John Bravman’s statement that this will not be tolerated at Bucknell.

When I entered Bucknell in 1949, I joined Phi Lambda Theta fraternity which had been reorganized by returning WW11 veterans. At the time, Phi Lamda Theta was the only non-national, but also the only non-sectarian interracial fraternity on campus. It was only one of five, at the time, in the entire United States. Many years after my graduation Phi Lam became a chapter of the national fraternity, Chi Phi, only after insistence from our alumni board that we remain non-sectarian interracial. No Phi Lam alumni would support or tolerate discrimination on any basis. I was proud to be part of an organization that accepted everyone as equal and truly represented the ideals of this great country. There is no place for individuals, either on campus, or throughout America who do not respect the equality of all.

Nina Banks is absolutely correct in stating that the campus community needs to become actively involved in honest conversations on this issue. I believe that the Alumni Board should also consider discussing racial problems that develop.

If, after thorugh investigation, these harassers or any future harassers, are identified as Bucknell students, the university policy should be “expulsion.” They do not represent what Bucknell in reality stands for.

Walt McConnell, MD ’53

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Arts & Life Sleeping Around

Sleeping Around: My Reality

By Stacey Lace
Columnist

Earlier this week, I decided to take a night out and “frat real hard.” I figured the end of the semester and finals week were coming and I wanted one last midweek night of drinking at my boyfriend’s frat house.

I played a little pong and watched the frat-stars play a game of snake and a few rounds of 21 cup. No worries, though. I didn’t drink myself into oblivion or even a haze; I’m writing this after being home for only a few minutes.

My late night drinking isn’t the most interesting thing that happened tonight. I learned what the guys all think my life is really like.

I said I needed to head home to write my column and my boyfriend’s response was, “I’ll give you something to write about.” Obviously, I wasn’t surprised by this. However, I’m usually the one who wakes him up in the middle of the night to get down and dirty.

I was more surprised by the image I’ve gotten with the rest of the house. I jokingly asked one guy to write my column for me and he said he would do it from my point of view. Here’s his response:

“I woke up this morning, rolled over, saw XXX and just thought he looked so sexy. Then I went back to sleep. A few hours later I woke up and again thought he looked so sexy. Then I went to class and all I thought about was how sexy XXX is. Now I’m heading home to go be around XXX, who is so sexy.”

I find it hard to believe I have a more active sex drive than most. I feel like health class always taught us that boys think about sex something like every six seconds. I am far from that.

In reality, I woke up at 6:45 a.m. so I could shower and make it to my 8 a.m. class on time. I left my boyfriend sleeping in my bed, wishing I could join him. The main motivation to hopping back in the sack was not to have sex, but rather to sleep. It was 8 a.m. for crying out loud!

I headed off to lab and class, then spent the afternoon watching the finale of “One Tree Hill” and the evening at The Bucknellian. I know, I live the life of a porn star.

While it’s fun to have everyone think my life is this glamorous glimpse into the world of large amounts of sex, I really do normal things.  My life isn’t put on hold so I can get it in at all times of the day. If that were the case, I doubt I’d manage to be monogamous.

For those of you who want to keep on picturing me as this sex-crazed girl who gets it in anytime, anywhere, feel free to do so. I just ask that you let me know what that life is like!