Recently, many e-mails have been sent out to students, faculty and staff regarding new University policies. This month, two new majorpolicies have hit campus: an updated drug policy and a new security and fire safety report.
The details:
Updated Drug Policy: In accordance with the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1989, “Working toward a Drug-Free University Community” was recently released to all students, faculty and staff at the University. This 12-page comprehensive report discusses the various drugs and controlled substances that are not allowed on campus, including the new policy on hookah and other drug-related paraphernalia which are now banned from campus. Along with explicit drug information, this report includes a table showing blood alcohol concentration levels and the effects caused by each specific BAC. The report can be read here: https://my.bucknell.edu/Documents/HR/Policies/DrugAlcoholBooklet.pdf
New Security and Fire Safety Report: The 2012 Annual Security & Fire Safety Report
was recently e-mailed to all students, faculty and staff at the University from the Department of Public Safety. This 30-page document is in accordance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), Public Law 110-315 that requires two new safety- related yearly documents for Universities with which Title IX institutions must comply: an annual fire safety report and a fire log. The document offers information about fire protection and equipment/systems for all facilities at the University, fire information and statistics about the number of fire drills on campus and a listing of the crime prevention and safety awareness programs on campus. The report can be read here: http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/PublicSafety/2012_PS_SAFETY_REPORT-1.pdf
“No one is born hating another person; this is a learned event,” Cindy Peltier of the Community Alliance for Respect and Equality said.
These powerful words served as the theme for Bucknell’s 14th annual Stop the Hate Rally which was held on Tuesday, Oct. 2. Peltier was one of many speakers to discuss issues of hate-related violence and the measures that must be taken in order to eliminate discrimination and prejudice within the Bucknell community and beyond. Stop the Hate is a national endeavor that was founded in 1998 to encourage nonviolence while promoting acceptance and tolerance of all people.
Organized by Tracy Shaynak of the Women’s Resource Center and Rabbi Serena Fujita, Bucknell’s Jewish chaplain, Bucknell’s Stop the Hate Rally featured multiple activities in support of unity and equality. Participants gathered at the Elaine Langone Center and marched together to the Olin Center, the event’s main location. A wide range of presentations followed, representing multiple media including spoken word, poetry, and singing. The presenters used these art forms to express their feelings and reactions to the hatefulness within society.
“Without tears, without anger, and without fear…I said to myself, ‘this is me’,” said Michael Green ’13. His performance was one of many “This is Me” spoken word presentations.
The formal ceremony concluded with a performance by Beyond Unison on the science quad. Stop the Hate Rally participants gathered with glow sticks, fostering a sense of community and establishing an atmosphere of peace and security.
As of Sept. 23, hookahs are now considered drug paraphernalia and are prohibited on campus. A recent session involving Residential Life and Public Safety, entitled “Continuing RA Education,” acknowledged the 2012-2013 Student Code of Conduct, page 16, for direct reference to this new regulation. As stated in the Student Code of Conduct: “Residential Living Policies–Prohibited Items and Behavior” drugs (illegal), marijuana substitutes (K2, spice, salvia, etc.) or drug and alcohol paraphernalia–including but not limited to smoking, gravity or water bongs, water pipe, hookah, tobacco or pill grinders, rolling papers, smoke vaporizer, whip-it dispenser, liquid funnel, alcohol slides or stands, bulk quantity alcohol tanks, party balls, kegs, alcohol refrigeration systems, etc. MEN’S SOCCER TEAM BUS ROLLS INTO DITCH:
On Sept. 23, the men’s soccer team got a post-game jolt of excitement as their game bus rolled into a ditch. Their trip home from Lehigh University ended with their bus going into a ditch when turning off a highway exit.
“We were going too fast off an exit ramp and the bus driver had to bail on the turn, so we ended up in a ditch. We were in there for an hour,” soccer player Rafi Enriquez-Hesles ’15 said.
Two tow trucks were called to get the bus back on the road, but the boys made it safely back to the University.
It’s that time of year again: the changing leaves, cool and breezy weather, wearing boots and flannels and enjoying warm apple cider all mark the return of fall on campus. What better way to celebrate the arrival of the season than with Fall Fest? This event, one of the University’s annual traditions and a favorite event for students, brings smaller-name artists to campus that still have massive appeal to the student population. In addition to the artists, the Campus Activities & Programs (CAP) Center organizes tons of different activities for students that relate to the theme of the festival each year. Take a look back at the past two years as we gear up for this year’s Fall Fest: Countrified festival!
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In 2010, the University “went green” with a reducing, reusing and recycling themed Fall Fest. Performer Sam Adams rocked Sojka lawn and created the perfect autumn afternoon atmosphere. Free aluminum water bottles, eco-friendly crafts and even a cake with leaves made of icing made this Fall Fest a success … and one in support of a good cause.
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Fall Fest 2011 got a dose of hip-hop flavor in Lewisburg with performers Chiddy Bang and The Cool Kids. Paired with this infusion of rap talent, students made their own spray-paint t-shirts and spin-art, while they munched on mac n’ cheese and other comfort food favorites. Inside Sojka pavilion, a colorful lights show made the afternoon an exciting and high-energy event for all.
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This year’s festival brings country to the heart of Lewisburg … and, truth be told, it’s about time! Country talents Gloriana, Jack Ingram and Tyler Hilton will perform at Fall Fest and create the perfect atmosphere for a laid-back afternoon. Along with listening to these performers, students can ride a Ferris Wheel (right on Sojka lawn!), enjoy delicious turkey legs and other country-themed cuisine, take an old-tyme Western photo with friends or try their hand at many different country-themed activities. So get on your boots, tie that bandana around your head and head to Sojka lawn on Saturday from 1p.m.to 6 p.m. for a festival you won’t want to miss!
Media is a force not limited to words in a newspaper or images on a screen. It has the ability to pervade across cultures and backgrounds, portraying people differently than who they actually are and what they truly stand for. Knowing this, Dr. Isabel Molina-Guzman has uncovered the secrets of mass media and how different forms of media skew our perceptions of Latinos.
Molina-Guzman, a nationally recognized critic of Latinos in the media and author of the best-selling book “Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media,” gave a speech in the Traditional Reading Room of the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library on Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. Her talk, entitled “Performing Latina Racial Flexibility in the ‘Post’ Media World,” focused on the portrayal of Latin American persons in the media through images, television shows, interviews and online content. She also focused on how these various mediums collectively paint inaccurate pictures of Latinos in a “post” world, one supposedly looking past racial differences and becoming more progressive as a population.
“We’re being told by politicians in media that race, gender, ethnicity and sexuality don’t matter or shouldn’t play a role in our policies. Reality is, we’re living in a United States that is increasingly diverse,” Molina-Guzman said.
Molina-Guzman pointed out how in the United States alone, Hispanic student enrollment has increased year after year. Connecting this to her points about globalization taking force in the United States, Molina-Guzman’s passion lies in critically analyzing values our culture assigns to ethnic and racial minorities.
“Media functions as a normalizing institution. This means that the media reinforces dominant normatives,” Molina-Guzman said.
Basing her presentation off of these “normatives” about Latinos already present in the United States and the stereotypes possibly associated with these people and/or their culture, Molina-Guzman focused on three case studies of Latina women to enforce her argument. These women included actress Sofia Vergara, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and model and actress Zoe Saldana.
Molina-Guzman focused on how each woman was pressured to conform in different ways to the American normative for Latina women. For example, she highlighted how the pressures on reality television show “Modern Family” forced Vergara into the normative of a Latina “spitfire,” how relationships with white and black celebrities made Jennifer Lopez conform to different Latina racial connotations and how Saldana’s blackness as a Latina pressured her to fit into–and become defined by–a unique group of Hispanic women.
Her three case studies proved her point that media also constantly feels pressure to conform to a certain standard of normatives present in a country.
“Media is under a constant pressure to conform to the same model,” Molina-Guzman said.
Molina-Guzman also pointed out how there has been a significant increase in Latino actors in media overall. She also makes the point how the demand for these professionals has caused most of them to compromise their cultures for profitable gain.
“Media consumption is more partisan than ever before. This highly selective media consumption influences how we see the world,” Molina-Guzman said.
Students had differing reactions to Molina-Guzman’s speech.
“I disagreed with most of what [Molina-Guzman] talked about. We also need to consider other things like the creative team for a celebrity’s image versus just looking at the artist themselves,” Kiara Huertas ’14 said.
“I liked that Bucknell brought a speaker to talk about Latino culture and social problems. I thought that was very important,” Angel Hernandez ’13 said.
Molina-Guzman concluded by discussing how media portrayal of Latinos leaves us blind to how we should view the reality behind these cultures.
“The poverty levels [of Latino culture] in the United States are striking, and the reality of it all is hard to avoid,” Molina-Guzman said.
If there is one thing to take away from Molina-Guzman’s talk, it is that media has the striking power to distort and deceive.
“I argue that post-media and post-gender and post-ethnic notions matter in our ‘post-race,’ progressive world than ever before,” Molina-Guzman said.
Associate Professor of Education Sue Ellen is an anomaly: she not only works inside the classroom, but outside as well, making her love of education known with everything she does.
Henry plays a number of roles at the University. This is her first faculty teaching position; however, she did a little teaching as a graduate student at the University of Virginia. Here on campus, she is a senior fellow of the Social Justice Residential College and takes care of tenure for staff members.
She has been at the University for 16 years and she says she’s stayed so long because of the people and the potential that people have on this campus.
“I experience this place as a place that wants to be better. I appreciate working with colleagues who are dedicated to good thinking, relevant thinking and enduring thinking,” Henry said.
Henry sees many places at the University where students can make an impact, and she appreciates that.
“I enjoy having really good conversations about a social institution that is so central to our society,” Henry said.
Her view regarding the importance of education classes shows how dedicated she is to professing the value of this privilege.
“In the United States, we don’t all share the same language or the same religion; we don’t all eat the same food or watch the same TV shows. The two things I can say with relative certainty that you’ve experienced, if you grew up in the United States, are going to the mall and public schools,” Henry said.
She feels strongly that the public education system is a central institution of our society that connects people, relating to her role as a Senior Fellow of the Social Justice Residential College.
“Once you’re done with your education in the public schools, you can’t avoid people who have been educated by the public schools,” said Henry.
Henry also discussed the importance of majoring in education and its impact on the people who study the system.
“There are two kinds of education majors: those who have known that they want to be teachers since third grade–and that’s lovely–and those who wish to get involved with education at a different level. The first kind of people see a connection between schooling and society and want to be integrally involved. The other type can get a B.A. and work on education from a policy-making level, a guidance level, a higher education level or a children’s publishing or advocacy level. We still have an opportunity to reach education majors at a lot of different levels,” Henry said.
In addition to her main role as a professor, Henry has been on the University Review Committee for three years, and this year, she’s the co-chair. This committee is a group of elected faculty and administration that conducts university-level reviews for retention, tenure and promotion of the University’s faculty.
“I believe it is an important function of the University to review faculty and make recommendations to the president and Board of Trustees about something as important as tenure. Tenure is important because it makes sure faculty remain active and free and are available to do the critical thinking that we need in this age,” Henry said.
I think the first time I wore anything lace was Easter of 1997. My mom forced me to wear an awful floor-length frock that looked more like a white Christmas tree than it did a dress. With my hair done up in pink ribbons to match my atrocious loafers, I vowed never to wear anything lacy again.
While shopping at Free People a decade and a half later, I was able to put my personal vendetta aside. For those of you who don’t know Free People well, their look is a unique marriage of bohemian chic and edgy designs. I immediately picked out a knee-length frock with lace embroidery. Since then, lace has been one of my favorite materials. It is girly, flirty and, unlike your grandmother’s doilies and decorative curtains, it can be worn many different ways.
If anything, you should have a lace dress in your wardrobe. Lace dresses are yet another hot trend this fall; visit any major department store and they’ll probably have a specialized section dedicated to lacy frocks. I’d definitely advise any fashion-lover to invest in a lace dress, mostly because they’re the easiest outfit to put together. Throw on a pair of flats or loafers and you’ll have an elegant ensemble.
Contrary to my previous perspective, I am now in love with anything lace. Last summer I purchased a pair of lace Toms, which added a feminine flair to my everyday outfit (jeans and a plain t-shirt). I have found that lace shirts are perfect for layering under cardigans or pairing with dark-wash jeans, and scalloped lace shorts are adorable with a solid-colored oxford shirt or simple blouse. Lace scarves are also subtle enough accessories to jazz up any outfit.
So where are the best places to buy lacy clothing? Excuse my bias, but Free People, Urban Outfitters and Nasty Gal probably have the best selections of lace collections. Shop on.
Director Colin Trevorrow’s first foray into the realm of feature films makes quite a splash with the irrepressibly offbeat “Safety Not Guaranteed.”
Jeff (Jake Johnson), an irritatingly cocky Seattle magazine editor, encounters an unusual anonymous want ad which inspires a story. The advertisement reads: “Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed.” With the help of two less-than-enthusiastic interns, the dour, sarcastic Darius (Aubrey Plaza) and the meekly disinterested Arnau (Karan Soni), Jeff heads off to Ocean View in search of the ad’s author.
After an unpromising start (Jeff, in his smugness, manages to alarm the target of their investigation within seconds), Darius grudgingly takes the investigative lead, winning the very paranoid Kenneth’s trust (Mark Duplass) with a combination of deadpan and black comedy. Once she passes the test personality-wise, extensive training ensues. Kenneth, who believes he is being followed by government agents, also claims to have built a time machine, and plans to return to 2001 to stop his girlfriend from dying. Scenes of target practice and stamina building between the new partners continue, but even as the pair begins to grow closer, Darius strictly maintains her undercover role.
Jeff, meanwhile, has revealed that the real reason he wanted to go to Ocean View after all was to track down an old high school girlfriend. Though initially disappointed that two decades have aged her, their romance actually serves to humanize the otherwise intolerable Jeff character. He is further improved when he helps the painfully shy Arnau finally get some much-needed action.
Audience members connected with the film’s storytelling and overall message.
“‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ proves that good movies don’t need to have big name actors,” moviegoer Steve Kluemper said.
“[It was] an unexpected and quirky film that had the audience rooting for the underdog to do the impossible,” said Emily Conners ’14.
All that remains to be seen is what happens with the supposed time machine. “Safety Not Guaranteed” keeps you guessing until the very end, successfully utilizing a cast of mainly television actors and a script full of comical dialogue to evoke a real-life sort of science fiction which, like its characters, is definitely worth the benefit of the doubt.
These little muffins are a perfect healthy snack and will really satisfy that chocolate craving! They’re quick and easy to make in a total of 20 minutes and keep well in the freezer. I like to toss a few mini muffins in small Ziploc bags and freeze them so I always have healthy treats around. They’re excellent when warmed in the microwave, too!
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp Land O’ Lakes Light Butter 1 egg white 1/4 cup Vanilla Silk Light Soymilk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder 3/4 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup Truvia Baking Blend 3/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 3 Tbsp mini chocolate chips
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 F (177 C) and spray mini muffin tin with nonstick spray. 2. Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. 3. Add soymilk, egg white and vanilla. 4. Mix in everything else. 5. Add 2-3 teaspoons of batter to each mini muffin cup (about 3/4 of the way full). 6. Bake for 15 minutes.
The Bucknellian Archives WVBU student participants spend time each week DJing or producing live shows on-air in the radio studio in Roberts Hall. At Uptown this Friday, the WVBU staff will showcase some of the top student talents on campus.
Alex Alam
Contributing Writer
For the first time in 16 years the University’s radio station WVBU, is kicking off the school year the way they feel a radio station ought to: by organizing a “mini-festival,” featuring a few of the school’s many student artists.
The First Annual WVBU Student Music Showcase will be tonight at Uptown. This is the first of a series of hopefully many events that will introduce student musicians to the rest of the school.
After last semester’s overhaul of the station’s programming and campus involvement and the complete physical transformation of WVBU’s control room, the station’s board members decided it was finally time to shift their focus back to the most important part of campus: the students.
“It was all of a sudden,” Christos Schrader ’14 said, “But we realized that there’s all of these crazy talented people around campus, and we hadn’t done anything to celebrate that.”
Tonight’s showcase aims to change that. Featuring talented performers in a wide range of genres, styles and backgrounds, the event was planned so people with all types of tastes can find a group they like that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. Performers include folk/punk outfit Those Damn Jackalopes and popular alt-rock group The Wingmen. In between bands, singer-songwriter Colin Hassell ’15 will show off his vocal skills with acoustic sets. Closing out the party will be the underground and experimental rap/electronic music collective known as The Banquet.
“I wanted to put on a show that I would enjoy going to from start to end, and I think we did that, because there’s such a cool variety,” Charlie Geitz ’15 said.
The show will be nearly non-stop, with members of the radio station working closely with Uptown staff to keep the party going.
The results “will be crazier than any register, because it’s not just live music, but the people going nuts on stage are in your classes too,” Geitz ’15 said.
“I think that people think there’s always been a pretty good music scene here, but you had to look closely for it. Hopefully, we can be a kind of weird metaphorical magnifying glass,” Duke Wellington ’15 said.
The WVBU Student Music Showcase will be at Uptown tonight, with doors opening at 8:30 p.m. and the show starting at 9 p.m.
