September 2004 Archives

It's the most wonderful time of the year... It's time for all the poets, writers, artists, photographers, and those just stumbling in-between the aforementioned titles to submit to Eye Contact!

How, you may ask? Well, as the Literary Editor, it's my obligation to let you in on that sort of information. So here's the long-and-short of what the literary magazine of Seton Hill University is all about:

Eye Contact
The Literary/ Art Magazine of Seton Hill University
Theme Issue – TRUTH

Submission guidelines
Eye Contact invites submissions from students, faculty, and staff of area colleges. A blind judging process is used to evaluate works. Submissions must be previously unpublished, and Eye Contact reserves all publication rights for the issue in question.

Attach this information separately: title of work, your full name (no pseudonyms, please), current address, e-mail, telephone number, college, and a one-line biographical statement. Neither your name, nor any identifying entity, should appear on your entry.

THEME: Truth. Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Inspire your audience. It may have a different meaning to everyone—translate your interpretation. The truth may hurt. Bring more than the quick and dirty; draw out the nitty-gritty, painful though it may be. The truth could set you free. Beauty can radiate from the truth. Guide the audience with your wits and your will and tell the truth, and tell it straight. You cannot change the truth, but the truth could change you.

DEADLINE: Friday, October 15, 2004. mail submissions to Eye Contact, c/o Seton Hill University, Box 246, Greensburg, Pa 15601 or literature may be e-mailed as rich text file (as text or .rtf files only) to eyecontact@setonhill.edu.

LITERATURE: Entries must be typed (double-spaced), with the title included in the upper left hand corner of each page. Individual poems are limited to two-pages and prose should not exceed ten pages in length. Please be sure to include the title and page number on subsequent pages for your work. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) if you want your manuscript to be returned. If you submit your work electronically via e-mail, be sure to include all the required identifying information listed above in the body of the e-mail message.

ART/ PHOTOGRAPHY: Entries are restricted to black-and-white works (color items received may be translated into b/w, or possibly selected as cover art). All art must have your name, address, e-mail, telephone number, media/medium, and title written on the back of the piece. Enclose a 3x5 card with your name, your college, and a one-line biographical statement. Artwork will be returned by mail only if accompanied by appropriate postage. Eye Contact will not accept responsibility for work damaged in the mail. We cannot accept artwork via e-mail, but can receive floppy diskettes, Zip disks, or data CDs.

Any questions about the information above can be directed to me, or our superb Editor-in-Chief, Mike Rubino.

If you're a freshman, you are probably feeling a little swamped, since the first major assignments are all coming due around now, and your relationships with people back home may be showing some strain.

Last year I found this article, which might be of interest:September E-Bridges: Friendsickness

Realizing that they can maintain their pre-college relationships and still make new friends can help first-year female students overcome “friendsickness,” a major stressor during their freshman year, according to a Penn State study.

I can't sleep, so I thought I'd put my insomina to good use. I just sent this message to the SHU faculty and staff.

The print edition of The Setonian went to press Tuesday, the day before George W. Bush's campaign stop in Latrobe.

News Editor and Online Editor Amanda Cochran (a sophomore) attended the event on a press pass for The Setonian, then worked like a dog to publish the article -- with four pictures -- on the Setonian's website. It was up by Friday -- a tremendous turnaround.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Setonian/004731.html

Editor-in-Chief Anne Stadler (a sophomore) and her crew have done a fantastic job putting out their first issue of the year.

The issue also includes coverage of the James McBride visit, Farrell Hall (the new dorm), sports teams sharing the practice fields, a look at SHU during the 1980s, and more. If you haven't already picked up a copy, I hope you will! This term we've also started posting new content, exclusively for The Setonian Online, once a week.

Dennis G. Jerz
Adviser, The Setonian
http://setonian.setonhill.edu

An opportunity not worth missing!

The University of Pittsburgh presents the Law School Fair!!

Place: William Pitt Union Ballroom
Date: Tues. Oct. 12, 2004 from 10-2:00 p.m.

You have the chance to speak to the representatives from more than 30 law schools.

Have any questions, please contact Career Development on 5th Admin and/or feel free to post comments.

Make sure to keep October 12th in mind... hope to see you there!

I just got this in my e-mail:

Mark Sterner's "DUI: A Powerful Lesson" will be presented WednesdayThursday, September 30th at 9:00 p.m. in Cecilian Hall. Please encourage students to attend this blunt, honest and tremendously impactful program.

Holocaust survivor Robert Mendler is a riveting speaker with an important message. Seton Hill University's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education brings him to campus every semester, and he usually draws a huge crowd.

Several students have blogged about their reactions to Mendler's speech earlier this week.

Chinazom Onubogu observed that even today, Mendler "cannot believe it when he thinks about it and that it was almost impossible for people to survive".

Caroline Jones reports "the one thing that took my breath away was actually seeing the number he had tatooed onto his arm."

Heather Chincotella, who knew the basic facts about the Holocaust before she attended the talk, reflected that "it all became to real when he showed us his number on his arm, B5188."

Jared Grubor noted that the speaker "weighed 75 pounds when he was saved at the age of 18."

Kayla Lucas reacted to Mendler's experience losing members, and admired Mendler's strength.

Jennifer Sherbo had heard Mendler speak when she was in 8th grade, but writes about listening to it again with more mature ears. (I liked that Jennifer made a connection between Mendler's opening statement -- that he is a human being -- and Mommy's joke about "human beans" in The Color of Water.

Last year, Amanda Cochran summed up her own experience attending Mendler's speech: "I don't want to forget; I don't want the children of the future to live with nightmares of gas chambers, mass graves, and lost loved ones killed at the crushing hands of bigotry. It is our responsibility to make sure that doesn't happen. Through education we can prevent it--even through movies. Let us rise to that place. "

I think that John Taylor Gatto was rather sarcastic and often cynical, especially when he said "The first lesson I teach is confusion. Everything I teach is out of context. I teach the un-relating of everything."

Here are my thoughts....did anyone else think of these questions being born from the novel?

If you're interested in helping SHU put together this term's issue of the campus literary magazine, Eye Contact, there will be an open "All Staff Meeting" tomorrow night (9/21) at 7:30pm in Admin 406. We'll discuss our plans and needs for the year. Pizza is involved.

Our primary staff positions for this year are already filled, but we do need help from qualified students in judging submissions, campaigning for patronage, and a few other things. If you're a creative writing major, especially, you might want to come join us.

Our theme issues for this term are:

TRUTH (deadline ~ Oct 15th)
CONSEQUENCES (deadline ~ Feb 15th)

More guidelines to follow soon. Or write our Editor in Chief, Mike Rubino, with questions.

Question 5 asks what is the significance of the sentence, "He was a Federal scout"? in the short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". And how does it illustrate Bierce's writing style? In my opinion, the passage "He was a Federal scout" is another way Bierce uses detail to paint the picture of Peyton Farquhar. The entire story is mainly based on Bierce's ability to use details to enhance what is happening in the story. By saying "He was a Federal scout" tells the reader that was a matter of war.

Well this is to get some points across that I thought I didn't talk about in class. I understand that "The Scarlet Letter" was in a time frame very different form today, but I can't seem to be able to call Dimmesdale's character a hero. It seems to me that he ran away from his problems. He put so much pressure on Hester and make it look like he turned his back on her as much as the town people. Someone in class said that in that time frame the position that you had had a great impact on how you were looked at in society. Well, my response to that since Dimmesdale had such a high position and was admired by the townspeople couldn't he do something to try and protect Hester as much as he could. I know that he would not be able to act to considered because that would give him up, but maybe he would of made her not get such a harsh punishment. Or maybe while she was standing on the platform he could of told her quietly that it would be ok to say the truth.

An internship is a required part of the new media journalism major. This just arrived in my in box:

The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's Fall 2004-Summer 2005 Internship Guide, produced by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation, is now available! It can be accessed via our website at http://www.pa-newspaper.org/foundation/InternshipGuide/internship_guide.htm

Fall is the time to begin applying for newspaper internships!

The internship guide, now in its 15th year of publication, lists internship opportunities at newspapers throughout Pennsylvania. The guide is divided into two sections: daily and non-daily, which includes weekly and monthly newspapers. Each section is alphabetized by city. Each listing details information about the internships available at that publication, including editorial, advertising, photography and other valuable learning opportunities.

The guide is updated each year and made available to all Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Washington, DC colleges and universities offering journalism and communications programs.

By informing the students within your university or college of this useful guide, you will assist those interested to find internships and possibly further their newspaper careers. Any questions or comments regarding this guide may be directed to me at (717) 703-3012, faxed to me at (717) 703-3008, or e-mailed to me at teresa@pa-news.org.

"Turn off the television and read the newspaper. There's more truth in your local paper than you'll find on CNN." -- James McBride, author and musician, concluding his remarks at tonight's lecture.

McBride, whose memoir The Color of Water is our freshman class summer reading text, spoke briefly at this afternoon's Honors Convocation tonight, and again tonight as part of the lecture series "A Revoutionizing Perspective".

What did you think of McBride's speech(es), and/or his book?

The College Republicans are now established here at Seton Hill, and we got a huge turnout for members at the Club Fair! Thanks to anyone who signed up there. We have over forty members! But in case you didn't make it to the club fair, it's okay, you can still join. Just e-mail me (littlemike@thecellardwellers.com) or attend any of our meetings and I will sign you up!

The first meeting is Thursday, Sept 23rd at 7:30PM in Admin 405. Anyone is welcomed to attend (well, aside from unruly protesters) and the meeting shouldn't be longer than an hour.

I would invite anyone that has conservative ideals or that supports our President to attend.

To: Blogging veterans, and those recently enlisted
From: Someone That Cares About Color
Subject: Personalizing your blog

Recently, a few people have asked where I got the template for my blog. (Really, it's not a different template--it's the standard MT with a new background image... which might be changing soon.) Anyway, I just wanted to post a couple of links so that the resources are here for anyone that is interested in spiffing up their personal pages.

Basics in HTML aren't too hard, but get started first.

If you just want to change colors in your blog, take a look at this and this. (Shamless plugs ;)

You'll need a color sheet, a metric ton of patience, and a decent chunk of time.

Our SHU online community is growing--and experiences in blogging and computing in general vary from person to person. I know that I am not the most advanced in blogging (by any means!), but I feel obligated to post other options for anyone that is HTML curious/savvy or really wants to make their blog stand out from the rest. The following links are to pages that support free templates, most of them have coding for MT, and all of them look fabulous.
Have at it:

Every generation has that one defining moment in time, that singular event that marks the passing of time forever more, that one moment that later shines brilliant in the darkness of memory because you know, you knew at that moment, that this day you would remember for the rest of your life. For older generations, that day may have been the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Or perhaps it was the day that civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed. For some, it was the day that Pearl Harbor was bombed. For others, the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. For my generation, that day was was September 11, 2001.

I just posted about my September 11th memories, if you are interested.

I found some great tutorials and miscellaneous stuff for Movable Type, if you are interested in tinkering with your blog:

Media Tinker: Illustrated MT Templates

Movable Type Tips

Learning Movable Type

( x-posted from my personal blog )

If you are a Senior or Junior who is majoring in accounting and interested in a job... no need to look any further!

The Office of Career Development here at Seton Hill University wants to make you aware of employment and internship opportunities!

The Accounting Consortium
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Embassy Suites - Moon Twp.
Pittsburgh International Airport (9-4:00 p.m.)
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IUP Accounting Career Day
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
IUP Folger Hall Banquet Area (1:00-3:30 p.m.)
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If you are interested in these two opporunities, please contact the Career Development Center in room Admin 507 by Friday, September 10, 2004 @ 2pm!

Hope to see you at these events!!

The other day, former President Bill Clinton gave candidate John Kerry a detailed plan on how to revamp his damaged campaign. When asked what was said, Clinton replied "I spend the first 30 minutes telling Kerry not to be retarded. When he just kept talking about his war record, something completely irrelevent to his campaign, I realized something drastic needed to be done and repeatedly beat him over the head with a table lamp. This seemed to do little or no good." Clinton spent the last 30 minutes of the meeting in cardiac arrest after seeing Kerry zone out and start playing with his war medal. Onlookers say that this was probably the most productive part, as Kerry promptly fell asleep and for a short while at least, stopped talking about Vietnam.
As he was being wheeled in for surgery, Doctors heard Clinton mumble "Step up the drugs...I don't want to be conscious to see the outcome of this damned election."
As a side note, on the way out of the hospital, Kerry had a relapse of Post War Syndrome, and repeatedly stabbed an orderly in the chest with his war medal. The orderly was not available for comment.

"Once there was a chance that i could shoot at your head, but i did not. If there was another chance , i would snipe at you indeed." A dead AWP said to a AK.

I just got this in my in-box:

NCCHE Fall Internship Opportunities!

The NCCHE is sponsoring two, year long internship positions. The first internship focuses on program facilitation and promotion. The second position entails writing, proofing and copy editing for both print and electronic formats. Requirements include: strong organizational, time management and communication skills.

Candidates should be juniors or seniors preferably in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or English, but all majors will be considered. Proficiency in Microsoft applications is essential. Candidates must be self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

To apply, contact Wilda Kaylor, Associate Director, at 724-830-1033 or ncche@setonhill.edu.

Reading skills show high return - PittsburghLIVE.com

Audrey Quinlan, assistant professor of education at Seton Hill University, in Greensburg, assigns her undergraduate students to interview children ages 3 to 8, asking what they know about reading. Other students share reading journals with sixth graders.

The assignments show budding teachers just how differently kids learn to read. They also discover that children of the same age might read at different levels.

"It's not easy," Quinlan said of teaching reading. "How do you teach somebody to do this? A lot of it is helping them make the connections. Good readers make connections by themselves. A good teacher can help build on that and provide strategies for students to use."

Making money

But counterfeiters don't need perfect facsimiles. What they need are fakes that pass cursory examinations in typical transactions. Until the early 1990s, achieving that involved costly investments in offset presses and engraved plates. Today, a little knowledge and a few commercially available items will suffice. (Nearly all counterfeits detected in Canada are produced by photocopiers and ink-jet printers.) "I don't consider very many criminals to be masterminds," says Haywood. "If all I have to do all day is lie around on the couch and think about it, I can figure out how to circumvent the system and make myself a note."

Hey guys and gals! I just wanted to say that I'm super brand new to this, so forgive me if I'm a tad bit slow in this whole process...

I'm home for Labor Day weekend so hopefully I'll get this whole weblogging thing down by class next Wednesday..

Hey everyone,
I have a question that maybe somebody can answer that I hope someone can answer. I hope it doesn't come off as too stupid, I don't live anywhere near Greensburg and the Seton Hill Website isn't really much of a help. What's going on with the new sports center thing (sorry, I forget the actual name for it), is it still being built or is in use yet? If not are they ever going to finish it, like this year? I was hoping to find out when school started but as you all know I can't come back until the spring. If you can't tell me anything I guess I will find out then. :()

Clerk Fooled by Bill With Bush's Picture

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) � State police aren't laughing about the person who allegedly passed some funny money - a $200 bill with President Bush's picture on it - at a women's clothing store.

Police on Wednesday charged Deborah Trautwine, 51, with theft by deception, for allegedly passing a bogus $200 bill at the Fashion Bug store in Hempfield Plaza on Aug. 22. There is no such denomination, even without Bush's picture on it.