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• Feb. 24 — Pre-Health Professions
Advising Session
• Feb. 24 — The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Feb. 24 — Keys to a Strong Federal
Resume
• Feb. 25 — Graduate Student Council Day
at Roberto’s Pizza
• Feb. 25 — Lehigh Valley Collegiate
Career Expo
• Feb. 25 — Faculty Seminar Series: Dr.
Rodney Zink
• Feb. 25 — Test Taking Strategies
• Feb. 26 — Studying Skills
• Feb. 26 — Pre- Law/ Law School
Advising Session
• Feb. 26 — Mirror Mirror: A Body Image
Workshop
• Feb. 26 — Chancellor’s Open Hours
• Feb. 26 — Large Group Worship
• Feb. 26 — Win a Roku Smart TV
• Mar. 02- Mar. 22 — Intramural Singles
Table Tennis Registration
• Mar. 03 — Interview & Security
Clearances
• Mar. 03 — Brian O’Sullivan• Mar. 04
Drug and Alcohol Awareness
• Mar. 04 — Poetry Reading by Joanie
Mackowski
• Mar. 05 — College Level Writing- Do’s
ad Don’ts
• Mar. 06 — Accepted Students Program
• Mar. 08- Mar.14 — Spring Break - No
Classes
• Mar. 10 — Teacher Recruitment Day
Education Job Fair
• Mar. 16- 30 — Intramural Softball
Registration
• Mar. 16 — Education Career Day
• Mar. 17 — International Coffee Hour
(Irish Flavor)
• Mar. 18 — Penn State Berks Spring
Career Fair
• Mar. 18 — Samuel Gruber
• Mar. 18 — Women in Sports
• Mar. 19 — Lunch to Celebrate March
Equinox
Mar. 19 — Publishing and Book Signing
Cerebration
• Mar. 20 — March Mania
• Mar. 20 — Horrible Bosses 2
• Mar. 24 Cultural Film Series: ”The
Dhamma Brothers”
• Mar. 24 Let Them Wear Towels
• Mar. 24 2015 Grad Fair
• Mar. 25 Applied Behavior Analysis in
Autism
• Mar. 26 Faculty and Staff Awards
By Kate-Lynn Scheib
MIDDLETOWN,PA.—PennStateAlumnae
Holly Maitland-McKenna put her 35 years of
swimming and instructor experience to use at
SWIM for A CURE, as she swam for 15 hours
to help raise money for THON, Penn State’s
biggest student-run philanthropy, on Jan. 27.
The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance
Marathon is a yearlong fundraising and
awareness campaign for the fight against
pediatric cancer. This effort engages more than
15,000 students across the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in hopes of finding a cure.
THON raised a record breaking $13.34 million
last year and was able to donate 96 percent
of funds raised directly to Four Diamonds.
Since 1977, THON has raised more than $114
million benefiting Four Diamonds at Penn
State Hershey Children’s Hospital.
Maitland-McKenna swam from 7 a.m. to 10
p.m.toraisemoneyforPennStateHarrisburgto
contribute to Thon. She has been participating
in doing SWIM for A CURE for the past three
years. While her first year she was able to swim
12.5 miles and raise $1,768 by herself, last year
she invited other swimmers
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Holly Maitland-McKenna swims to raise money for THON to support pediatric cancer research on Jan. 27. Photo/Cindy Carmickle
Penn State Harrisburg students stopped by the Gallery Lounge during the week of Jan. 26 to grab a bowl a soup and to interact with both
Campus Life staff and other students. Photo/Calida Gao
Community member Sandy Gaffney joined Maitland-McKenna during the morning hours to
raise funds for Penn State Dance Marathon Harrisburg’s efforts. Photo/Cindy Carmickle
Penn State Harrisburg
swim coach strokes
more than 12 miles to
raise money for THON
See KIDS on page 3
Upcoming events at Penn State Harrisburg
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to join her. She was able to swim more than
15 miles and nearly doubled the amount raise,
bringing the total to $3,400.
Even though the long swim tires Maitland-
McKenna, she says the cause is worth the
exhaustion.
“I swim probably three to six miles a week, if
I am lucky,” Maitland-McKenna said. “I have
a family and work here at the pool six days a
week, so basically I just get in and do it. No
matter how tired I am, how sore I am, how in
pain I am, it does not measure the pain these
kids with cancer go through.”
SWIMforACUREisnotMaitland-McKenna’s
only experience with a swimming fundraiser.
In October 2013, she had the pleasure to swim
with her hero, Diana Nyad, in New York City to
raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims. She
was able to raise $1,500 for a 15-minute time
slot.
She chose to have people donate directly to
www.THON.org this year, but there is no way to
tell just how much was donated to the website.
However, Maitland-McKenna was able to raise
$2,412 swimming more than 12 miles.
“When I was a student at Penn State, THON
was basically for the fraternities and sororities,”
Maitland-McKenna said. “When I started
workinghereandsawhowinvolvedourstudents
are for the cause, I felt that as an Alumnae, I
needed to give back. So I created SWIM for A
CURE. It’s all FTK. For the Kids!”
Maitland-McKenna’s ultimate goal for this
event is to get every student, faculty, staff and
local community members involved in the
day to swim, do fundraising, or cheer on the
swimmers.
Kids: Maitland-McKenna raises $3,400 at Swim for A Cure
Left: Penn State Harrsiburg Juniors Kaitlyn Miller, left, and Corinne Palese encourage Maitland-McKenna and other swimmers at Swim for A
Cure on Jan. 27. Right: Melinda Logan and Maitland-McKenna chat during Swim for A Cure. Photo/Cindy Carmickle
Holly Maitland-McKenna
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Penn State Harrisburg hosting Model
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Chinese Lunar New Year celebration
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Penn State graduate student serves
community through art on MLK Day
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Music theater professor ignites singing
spark in his students
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Special events manager brings
international experience to campus
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Donnelly strives for success as men’s
soccer coach
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Dauphin County Historical Society seeks
student volunteers
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Protesters crowd Capitol lawn
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Campus sheds light on
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Penn State Harrisburg hosts graphic
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Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event comes to
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THE VOICE OF PENN STATE HARRISBURG
Penn State Harrisburg to host Model UN competition
By Daniel Ray
MIDDLETOWN, PA.- Penn State Harrisburg hosted a Model United
Nations convention Feb. 19 and 20. The convention featured 320 local
and national high school students, split up into four committees and
100 countries. Students tried tackling the same political issues as the
real United Nations.
Tatiana Marroquin, the chairwoman for the Security Council,
co-director of the Model UN and Penn State student, explained that
the Security Council had to place limits on the number of students who
could attend this year’s convention. The Security Council decides the
issues that each committee will debate, but occasionally a country will
present its own relevant issues.
The committees had all day Feb. 19 to draft proposals for
the General Assembly, allowing them some freedom to ensure an
inclusive proposal. The General Assembly voted on the proposals (also
called “working papers”). On Feb. 20, the various committees will met
around campus and the General Assembly convened in the Student
Center.
The Model UN staff had been training in the weeks prior to the
convention, specifically on how to deal with the large numbers in
attendance and to make sure that the plan set by the
Security Council went smoothly. The convention had so
many attendants last year that some teachers and other staff
involved were unable to get resolutions drafted in a timely way.
“We had around 350 students come last year, that was chaotic,”
Marroquin said.
The Model UN gives students a first hand look at how one
of the largest international peace organizations operates. It is set
up almost exactly like the real UN. There are 100 countries in the
Model UN and 193 in the real UN. Each country is involved in different
committeestoresolveissuesthatimpactitspeople.Thecountrieswillwork
together within the committee to find a solution and then present it
to the general assembly, which votes on the various proposals. The
proposal that wins the majority vote becomes policy. The real world role
oftheSecurityCouncilislikearegularcommittee,butwithanadditional
administrative role. The nations within the Security Council are super
powers, namely the USA, China, France, UK and Russia.
Marroquin says that she first got involved with Model UN
during her freshman year when she attended college in South
Carolina. When she transferred to Penn State, she got involved with the
International Affairs Association, or IAA, which deals with Model UN
as part of an initiative to encourage students to become informed about
the world issues that affect everyone.
For more info about the IAA and other ways to get involved,
visit http://harrisburg.psu.edu/international-affairs-association.
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More than 30 people from six
different countries participated
in the third Lunar New Year
celebrationintheCapitalUnion
Building (CUB), at Penn State
Harrisburg on Feb. 13. The
organizations in charge of
making this event happen
were the Chinese Student
Association, the International
Student Support Services, the
Lunar New Year Committee
and the Student Activity Fund.
“It is not only a special
experience at Penn State, but
also a great chance to see
the students sharing their
custom,” said Deborah Lynch,
an instructor of English
composition at Penn State
Harrisburg and one of the
judges at the fashion show
during the celebration.
Three years ago, the event was an outlet for
students enrolled in the Chinese course on campus to
demonstrate what they learned in the class. As the
celebration developed, the hosts thought it would be
a better idea to incorporate the biggest festival of the
Chinese culture, which is the Lunar New Year,
into a more cultivating experience.
This year, the event not only shared the Chinese
customs of the celebration, but also presented the
audiences with examples of how Eastern Asians, such
as Mongolians, Indonesians, and South Koreans,
celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The celebration included a fashion show put
on by Penn State Harrisburg students, presenting Asian
clothing, a Kung Fu Tea performance by Xinzhuo
Zhao, which explained the tea culture in China, and a
performance by Jose Johnson’s Chinese Martial Arts and
Wellness Center.
The Chinese New Year is now popularly known
as the Spring Festival because it starts at the
beginning of the spring season — the first of the
24 terms in coordination with the changes of
nature.
Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. However,
the word Nian, which in modern Chinese terms means “year”, was originally the name
of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a
new year.
One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow many
people with one bite, and people were very scared. One day, an old man came to their
rescue, offering to subdue Nian. He said to Nian, “I hear you are very capable, but can
you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means
your worthy opponents?” So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that
also harassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
After that the old man disappeared, riding the beast. He turned out to be an immortal
god. Now that Nian was gone and other beasts of prey were also scared into forests,
people began to enjoy their peaceful lives. Before the old man left, he told people to
put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year’s end to scare
away Nian in case he snuck back in, because red is the color the beast feared the most.
From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from
generation to generation. The term “Guo Nian”, which may mean “Survive the Nian”,
became today’s “Celebrate the (New) Year,” as the word “guo” in Chinese has both
meaning of “pass-over” and “observe.” The custom of putting up red paper and firing
firecrackers to scare away Nian, should it have a chance to run loose, is still around.
However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they
feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.
Penn State Harrisburg Celebrates Chinese
Lunar New Year
By Calida Gao
History of Chinese New Year
The Sunshine Dance Club gives a performance of Chinese Folk Dance named Red is red at the Lunar New Year celebration.
Photo Credit/Calida Gao
Top Left:
Volunteers show off traditional
Chinese wear.
Bottom Left:
A demonstration of Chinese Martial
Arts at the Lunar New Year event.
Bottom Right:
Little Star Chinese Language School
performs the Chinese Drums &
Ribbons at Lunar New Year event.
Xinzhuo Zhao gives a tea demonstration at Penn State Harrisburg’s Lunar New Year celebration. Photo Credit/Calida Gao
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HARRISBURG, PA. – You
don’t have to live in South
Allison Hill to help fight
Harrisburg City’s blight.
You can be a student, an art
enthusiast, or someone who
has no background of art
but wants to get involved in
helping the community.
This year Jeff Copus,
a communication grad
student at Penn State
Harrisburg, was one of the
artists who contributed to
the day of service in South
Allison Hill. He spent his
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
working on murals, which
are a part of a program
called, ArtUp!
ArtUp! is an initiative of Tri County
Community Action. The organization works to
fight poverty in the inner city. Another program
within Tri County is a community revitalization
program, which is focused on the South Allison
Hill Neighborhood of Harrisburg. Tri County
worked with the residents of South Allison Hill to
create a six year community plan.
One of the things that the resident and
neighborhood stakeholderswantedtoseeaddressed
was the blight within the neighborhood. ArtUp! is
also designed to reduce crime in that part
of Harrisburg. Neighboring residents
are more watchful and protective of the
abandoned properties especially where
art has been added. Copus became aware
of the ArtUp! project in 2014 when he
participated in the Central Pennsylvania
MLK Day of service. It was then that he
decided to sign up and become an active
participant in project. Copus and Emilia
Yang, a recent Penn State Harrisburg MA
in communications graduate, were in an
independent study with Dr. Robin Veder,
focusing on art and activism. They were
looking for a platform to help put their
studies into action, so they approached
Tri County to see how they could help
with the work that was being done within
the program.
The community creates the
artwork, both in the idea and the
execution. This helps give the community
ownership of the projects. ArtUp! works
as facilitators to help get the ideas on
canvas. Once community or outside
artists contribute a piece of their work,
the members of the community are
given the opportunity to make the piece
come to life. From laying out the panels,
adding gesso, sketching and painting, the
community ultimately creates the work
of art that will be seen throughout the
area.
“ArtUp! paint days will be
posted through Tri County
Community Action, and
are open to all, with a focus
on the residents in the
community.
We are in meed or artists
who might be interested in
helping bring community
visions to life,” he said.
Artists who are interested can contact him via
email at jlc634@psu.edu or eff@jeffcopus.com. This
project has spurred a larger mural movement in the
City of Harrisburg that is growing and all who are
interested are encouraged to support it.
“Along with a few other artists, I have formed
an organization, Sprocket Mural Works, which is
facilitating projects around the city,” said Copus.
“The murals make a communal impact,” he said.
People interested in helping out on projects can sign up via the website
www.sprocketmuralworks.com. Local artist take ideas and themes that the community
feel are important and share them through the murals. Through various mechanisms,
the community reviews and selects which artists and ideas they want to bring to life.
The artists then create a large scale drawing, incorporating community feedback, on
a canvas, which is then painted by the community under the direction of the artist.
Although the artist contributions are a vital part of the program, the murals would not
be possible without support from the community. “You can help fight blight and turn
around the negative mindset about run down inner city buildings through art,” said
Copus.

“Art is powerful. Art can be transforma-
tive,” Copus said. He said he used to think the
power of art and design was in the final
product. But through this project, he said, he has
seenhowthecreation processcanbesomuchmore
powerful and that working with individuals
in the community and hearing their stories is
rewarding and inspiring.
Copus said participants in the project have told him how much better the once-run-
down properties look. It is not just individual community members getting involved,
but also organizations, such as the YMCA and the Boys & Girls Club, he said.
Copus is hoping to integrate mural work and community building into the univer-
sity. He is looking for support and interest from community members and students.
Although MLK Day of Service has passed for the 2015 year, it is never too late to help
a community in need.
As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The time
is always right to do what is right.”
Penn State graduate student serves the community
through art on MLK Day
By Kate-Lynn Scheib
Materials wait for community members to use at Derry Street United Methodist Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
Photo Credit/Kate-Lynn Scheib
Communications graduate student, Jeff Copus shows the sketch of
what the mural will look like.
Photo Credit/Kate-Lynn Scheib
Artist Jeff Copus and local writer Basil Talib work together
on a mural at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on
January 19 2015. Photo Credit/Kate-Lynn Scheib
Bottom Left:
Members of the community work
together to create the mural at the
Derry Street United Methodist
Church.
Photo Credit: Kate-Lynn Scheib
Top Right:
Community members join the
painting process at the Martin
Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
Photo Credit Kate- Lynn Scheib

MIDDLETOWN,PA.–Adam
Gustafson, music theatre
professor at Penn State
Harrisburg, stood behind
his piano with his arms fold-
ed tightly against his green
corduroy blazer jacket,
exhaled heavily, and said “I
was not always a singer, but I
am living proof that anything
you put your mind to is very
much possible.”

Gustafson did not come from a musi-
cal family. His mother was a lunch lady at a middle
school and his father worked as an illustrator and
photographer for the Vietnam War.
“My family was exception-
ally poor,” Gustafson said.
“You had poor people and
then you had my family.”
Gustafson said his mother would bring
scraps of food home from work to feed his family. Not
only that, but his father ended up leaving his mother
and staying in Germany after the war was over. His
mother was left to take care of him, his siblings and a
host of other family members.
“I was determined to get out of the
predicament I was in,” Gustafson said. He appreciated
everything his mother did for him but it just wasn’t
enough he said.
Originally, he was an American studies
major, but changed to music and said it was the best
decision he had ever made because music ultimately
became his career.
He found a love for singing when he started
college. He was pressured by other classmates to try
out for the choral choir at his college in Jacksonville,
Ill. It was a small liberal arts college and there were
only three people in his music class. Two of them
could sing, but he could not. “Everybody was doing
it, so I started doing it. It was the thing of the time,”
Gustafson said.
One of Gustafson’s music instructors insist-
ed that everyone was capable of singing. During the
time he spent in choir he developed a singing voice.
“Singing is, first of all, one of the most democratic
forms of art making. You don’t need any instrument,
any money, you just do it,” Gustafson said. He also ma
de an oath to himself that when he became a music
teacher he would help anybody that had the passion
to sing.
There was not always positive feedback for
Gustafson during his rise to success. At a point in
his life, before he learned how to sing, family, friends
and even music professors said that he should stick
to American studies. But Gustafson said he was
determined to prove them wrong.
Former choir student Lauren McManus had
a lot of positive things to say about Gustafson. “Adam
makes you try new things you would not usually do.
For me, it was singing. I knew I could carry a tune but
I did not know I could blow like that,” McManus said.
“He saw something in me and wanted to bring it out.”
Gustafson said he tries to
inspire his students to be
better and to try and learn
new things, no matter
whether or not they thought
they were capable of it.
Gustafson wants his students to stay away
from the attitude that they have to be born with some
type of musical ability. He said that sends him to a
place he does not want to be. He wants his students
to feel good about singing or trying to sing. “Adam
has this way of making you feel that you are important
and that nothing is impossible,” McManus said.
“I am in a comfortable spot in my life right
now. I am happy,” Gustafson said. His mission is not
yet done, but he said if he were to die today he would
be pleased with what he has accomplished in life so
far.
Music theater professor ignites singing spark
in his studentsBy Teaira Chavis
MIDDLETOWN, PA. – Penn
State Harrisburg Special
Events Manager Panna Idowu
cites her mother as the person
who instilled the importance
of education in her and helped
mold her into the strong
person she is today.
Idowu credits her mother as being a fearless
woman. She smiled as she complimented her mother’s
strength. Her eyes also lit up when she recounted how
her mother would never back down from a challenge.
She believes that her mother is the reason why she is the
woman she is today.
“Asian mothers tend to be tough on kids
when it comes to education,” Idowu said. Idowu spoke
highly of education during the interview. She said that
education is important and that without it a person
has nothing. She said she pushes education on her two
children as much as possible because she wants them
to have a successful future. She likes her children to do
their homework before they participate in any leisure
activities time at home and prefers they spend as much
time as possible reading.
“I want my kids to be
where they should be once
they make it to adulthood,”
Idowu said. She described
herself as a nurturing yet
disciplinary mother, making
her children live on a sched-
uled routine.
“Between my husband
and me, I’m the “softie,”
Idowusaid.BothIdowuandher
husband read the Bible to their
children to teach them the
value of faith.

Born in the Philippines to a
Bangladesh father and Philippine mother,
Idowu grew up in a progressive atmosphere with her
younger brother. She lived in a college town with the
University of the Philippines Los Baños just a few miles
away. She described her neighborhood as an “academic
atmosphere.” Faculty and students who attended the
university lived in the town. Her mother even taught at
the university, so Idowu was surrounded by academics
growing up.
During her childhood, Idowu led youth
groups at her local church. She said that she was
never really interested in sports, so instead she
focused on school more than extracurricular ac-
tivities. She graduated from high school with honors
and attended the University of the Philippines Los
Baños to study sociology. After graduating with a
bachelor’s in arts and sociology, Idowu attended
UniversityofthePhilippinesDilimantopursueamaster’s
degree in sociology. She compared both
universities with Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State
University Park campuses. “Diliman is more of an
urban, city-like atmosphere, but it was much smaller
than Los Baños,” Idowu said.
While in college, Idowu volunteered as a
wedding coordinator. She never had any formal
training in the event planning field, but she always had
an interest in assisting with events. In the early 2000s,
Idowu landed a job at Penn State Harrisburg. She
assisted the special events manager at the time, until he
left the position and moved out of Harrisburg. With her
experience in planning events, Idowu became the new
special events manager in the marketing department.
Her responsibilities include organizing student awards
ceremonies and graduations.
Idowu said that eternal significance, integrity
and faith are a few of her personal life principles. She
described eternal significance as living for the benefit of
others instead of living for just oneself. “I am here for a
reason, not to just exist,” Idowu said. She also said that
she always puts other people before herself. She believes
in benefiting others through her work.

Special Events manager brings international
experience to campus
By Bianca Kersellius
The Capital Times
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MIDDLETOWN, PA. – What
does it take to bring a college
men’s soccer team from the
bottomoftheconferencetothe
top? Coach Seamus Donnelly
knows all about it.
Head coach of Penn State Harrisburg men’s soccer
team, Seamus Donnelly, was born in Dublin, Ireland.
In 1994, as an amateur player in Ireland, Donnelly
attended Franklin Pierce College in United States on
a soccer scholarship. After a brilliant career in college
level and several successful professional years, Donnelly
started on the path to being a soccer coach. He served
as assistant coach at Elizabethtown College for three
years before finally getting the head coaching position
for Penn State Harrisburg men’s soccer team.
“It was an exciting program, it was in transition,
lots of opportunities and I had the chance to build
up the team almost from the ground,” Donnelly said.
In his debut year, he took the team to the conference
semi-finals by beating two-time North Eastern Athletic
Conference Champions, SUNY Institute of Technology,
in the first round of playoffs.
In the next year, although Donnelly became the
first coach who took the team into the Capital Athletic
Conference Competition, the team struggled to
perform in the new conference. The Nittany Lions only
managed to earn three victories in the entire season and
failed to win any games in the conference competition.
But, as the team stepped into their third year under
Donnelly’s command, Penn State Harrisburg men’s
soccer improved their performance dramatically. The
Lions maintained a 12-4 record and managed to put
themselves at No.2 in the conference. When Donnelly
talked about his success in improving the team, he said
the experiences of old players and the energy of the
new players are key components.
“We have our old team players who took all the
defeats last year as lessons. They learned from every
single thing and now make sure they do not make the
same mistakes again.” Donnelly said. “We also recruited
many new talented players. They have given the team
countless amounts of energy, as well as providing the
team with skill and passion.”
When the team has good performances, fans
always come out to support them. Junior player
Ricardo Quintana expressed his respect to Donnelly
as his coach. “I like the way he keeps every player
involved and how he communicates with every player,”
Quintana said.
Jumping from a professional footballer to a
coach is a challenge, but Donnelly made it looks much
smoother and easier than it is. He said the biggest
difference between being a player and being a coach is
the mentality.
“When you are a player, you
can directly affect the game,
whether you score a goal or
win a good tackle. But, as a
coach, you cannot. You have
to use your words, experiences
and strategy to help the players
to affect the game. I have to
say it is a hard and constant
challenge,” Donnelly said.
Off the pitch, Donnelly is passionate about his
family. He has two children and says that his family is
what motivates him in everything he does.
“My family is everything to me. They are always
there for me, support me when I fail and congratulate
me when I succeed,” Donnelly said.
Donnelly is a Liverpool fan, and he admires many great
coaches. He especially admires Bill Shankley and Bob
Paisley, who are the old Liverpool coaches. Others he
admires include Jose Mourinho, who is the current
manager of English club Chelsea, and Pep Guardiola,
who is the current manager of Bayern Munich club in
Germany.
As an experienced soccer coach and a former
professional footballer, Donnelly has some advice on
what young soccer players should focus on.
“First of all, every player should play soccer games
with passion and love. You want to play soccer because
you actually enjoy it, not because of anything else,”
Donnelly said. “Second, practice your weak foot. I have
seen so many young one-footed players, and it will
come back to you when the level of playing goes up.”
Donnelly intends to keep the winning streak of
Penn State Harrisburg men’s soccer team going and
bring even more honors to the school.
HARRISBURG, PA. - The Dauphin County
Historical Society is looking for student
volunteers to do general duties. The facility
is located just off of Front Street at the John
Harris Mansion, which has long served as a
placeforhistorybuffsandfamiliestotrackdown
important dates, artifacts, and people. For
students looking for a resume builder or some
applied studies experience this is the perfect
opportunity to get involved.
The historical society is looking for volunteers who are enthusiastic, willing
to work independently as well as in collaboration others, and who are eager to learn
all of the technical duties that come along with working at the historical society.
While volunteers from all majors are welcome, the historical society has
expressed interest in American studies, history, education, communications, and
humanities majors. The reason for this broad interest is the vast size of the collection
attheDauphinCountyHistoricalSociety.Collectionsincludeeverythingfromworks
of art, to photographs and negatives, to film reels, and pottery, to clothes, books, and
instruments. The historical society has also partnered with the Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Education or STEAM, to create a program
designed to educate school age children on these different disciplines.
General duties of the volunteers would include data entry and transcription,
as well as event support. Curator Janet Bowen made it clear that these are just gen-
eral duties and the historical society is more than happy to tailor duties around the
volunteer’s needs and interests.

“I am passionate about working with the
volunteers and teaching them skills necessary
for workforce development,” said Bowen.
Volunteering at the historical society would not count toward college credits
like an internship, but it is a good way to get connected with your community and
local history as well as a way to start networking with others in the same prospective
career fields. There is also flexibility around student schedules.
Donnelly strives for success as men’s soccer coach
By Xizi Zhang
Dauphin County Historical Society seeks student
volunteersBy Cassie Miller
For more information on how to vol-
unteer at the Dauphin County Histori-
cal Society, you can is it their website at
www.dauphincountyhistory.org, or contact
Janet Mulligan Bowen at:
Janet Mulligan Bowen, M.A., M.L.S.
Curator
Historical Society of Dauphin County
219 S. Front St., Harrisburg, PA 17104
Top Left:
Donnelly coaching
the Penn State
Harrisburg’s boys
soccer teams
Bottom Left:
Donnelly with his
family
Bottom Right:
Donnelly’s Penn State
Coaching Photos
All photos submitted
Xizi Zhang

By Cassie Miller
HARRISBURG, PA. — Tuesday Jan. 20
was a day of celebration at the State Capitol
for onlookers and democrats, but for groups
across the state, it was an opportunity to be
heard.
Protesters crowded the Capitol lawn on
Gov. Tom Wolf’s inauguration day to raise
awareness for issues dividing the state. Among
the protesters were large statewide groups,
including the coalition of Pennsylvanians
Against Fracking and smaller groups such as
the Pennsylvania Interfaith Network Against
Drone Warfare.
ThePennsylvaniaInterfaithNetworkAgainst
Drone Warfare opposes the establishment of a
drone war command center in Horsham, Pa.
The PA Air National Guard Station will
operate the drone warfare command center
and it is set to be fully operational sometime
this year. No official opening date has been
announced yet.
The group’s concern over the command
center started when an RQ-7 Shadow drone
crashed close to an elementary school in
Lebanon County last April. No citizens
were hurt in the crash, but the close to home
occurrence had many residents and members
of the group worried about the drone’s
intensions.
The drones piloted from the Horsham Center
would be used in operations overseas in
Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and Syria.
The group is advocating for a public hearing
to be conducted by state authorities on the
establishment of the command center. Not
a single public hearing has taken place to
discuss the issue since the announcement that
the command center was going to open.
On inauguration day, the group presented
Gov. Tom Wolf with a letter asking for a public
hearing and open discussion of the creation of
the command center in Horsham. No response
has come from the governor’s office yet.
Protesters crowd Capitol lawn
Above: Anti-Drone warfare signs line the Capitol lawn on Inauguration day. Below: Protester crowd the Capitol lawn on Inauguration day on
Jan. 20. Photos/Cassie Miller
For more information
To find out more about the Pennsylvania
Interfaith Network Against Drone Warfare,
the command center in Horsham or more
about drones, visit www.brandywinepeace.
com and www.knowdrones.com.
Representatives for the group can be
reached at 717-859-3529.
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — The
definition of the word unity
means the state of being united
or joined as a whole. There are
19majorworldreligions,which
are subdivided into a total of
270 large religious groups,
exclusiveofmanysmallerones.
However, there is not a single
religion that does not promote
the concept of unity within its
teachings. Being united does
not mean that everyone has to
have the same views; it simply
means that one must accept
other people’s views as equal.
On Wednesday Jan. 21, Penn State
Harrisburg hosted the “Interrogating the Israeli-
Palestinian Conflict” event. The event began at 12:15
p.m. and lasted for about an hour. The academic
symposium-panel included Penn State Harrisburg
faculty presentations by Dr. Simon Bronner,
distinguished professor of American studies and
folklore, on his presentation “Israeli perceptions of
the Middle East conflict;” Dr. Juliette Tolay, assistant
professor of political science and public policy,
presenting on “Palestinian Perspectives on the
Conflict;” and Dr. Nihal Bayraktar, associate professor
of economics, speaking on “Economic Impacts of the
Conflict.”
The event was co-sponsored by the school
of Behavioral Sciences and Education, the Center for
Holocaust and Jewish Studies and the Diversity and
Educational Equity Committee. Professor Hannah
Spector was the event’s host. The round table event
focused on the 2014 Gaza strip military operations.
The first speaker of the event was Bronner,
who represented the Israeli point of view by breaking
down the situation into three parts: religion, real
estate and history. Bronner expressed the loathing of
terrorism aimed at the innocent and the frustrations
of the Israeli population. He also spoke about border
issues and anti-Semitism within the Israeli population.
Other points Bronner stressed were the
neglect of the education system, which Israel built in
1967, the refugee crisis, economic issues of property
and Gaza’s separation from the West Bank. Both sides
of the conflict do not trust America’s role as a mediator
in the situation. To conclude his statements, Bronner
added that legislation was proposed to give Jews in
Israel more privileges, but this motion was defeated
and the only solution to the conflict would be a modern
sovereign state based on religion.
Tolay was the second speaker of the
event. She took on the role of pro-Palestine from a
political conflict zone perspective. Her speech was also
divided into three main parts that were the variety of
perspectives, common Palestinian views of the conflict
(victimhood) and the Hammas puzzle.
She spoke about the Palestinians being
accustomed to hearing divided voices within their
political system. Fatah, a party that is known to have
a longer history of corruption, and Hammas, the
party that promotes Islamization and violence, are the
two political voices of the Palestinians. However, the
majority of the population is unhappy about both pol
itical parties and their roles, as well as frustrated with
the United Nations and the violence being used against
the innocent.
Tolay elaborated on the controversy regarding
Palestinian textbooks and the media fabricating news
and showing only one side of the story. These realities
are what strengthens the victim mentality of the
Palestinians and leads them to dehumanize the other
side of the conflict, the Jews.
When elaborating about the Hammas
situation, Tolay said it is more than just a military
machine. The Hammas is a political party and charity
organization combined, which has led to an unfair
status quo. Her closing argument focused on the
Palestinian people needing to adapt a new attitude
toward the situation. She believes they need to change
their victimhood mindset into a proactive one.
The last speaker to present was Bayraktar, and
she spoke about the economic impacts of the conflict.
Bayraktar shed light on some interesting facts about
Israel and Palestine such as how the Israeli population is
two times larger than Palestine’s and that its economy is
26 times larger at $290 billion as opposed to Palestine’s
$11 billion. The cost of the reconstruction of the Gaza
strip was $6 billion for Palestine and $3 billion for Israel.
The costs took up 50 percent of Palestine’s GDP (Gross
Domestic Product) due to the 23.6% unemployment
rate, but only took up one percent of Israel’s GDP.
Bayraktar also spoke of
“OlivesforPeace,”whichisolive
oil produced in Israel by Jews,
Arabs, Druze and Bedouin
citizens working together.
Grown in the foothills of the
Carmel Mountains, the olives
are pressed within hours of
picking, to produce this prize-
winning extra virgin olive oil.
The initiative comes from the
United Kingdom’s, Charities
Advisory Trust. Peace Oil
encourages cooperation
between communities.
All three speakers spoke about the many
violations against human rights and whether or not
a third party should step in to resolve the conflict.
They came to a mutual agreement that if anyone were
to step in, Saudi Arabia would be the most trusted
source, since it maintains relationships with Israel and
Palestine. After a round of questions from the audience,
the speakers also came to the conclusion that the only
way to work toward a solution would be for the people
on both sides of the conflict working together as one,
in unity.
Campus sheds light on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By Emaan Agha
The Capital Times

By Kate-Lynn Scheib
MIDDLETOWN, PA. —
On Jan. 28 American art
director, designer and
author, James Victore spoke
at Penn State Harrisburg at
an event attended by close
to 300 students, faculty and
members of the public.
Victore designs work for what he calls ‘brave
clients,’ and teaches creative courage through
life-changing talks and provocative workshop
experiences. In 2010, Abrams Books published
Victore’s monograph “Victore or, Who Died and
Made You Boss?” Also, in 2010 and 2012 Victore’s
work was exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art.
He has won numerous awards and accolades for his
unique graphic design on posters.
The event started out with guests signing in at
the registration table where they could purchase
Victore’s latest book. Victore hosted a signing
session after his presentation where attendants had
the chance to talk with him in person as thet got
their books signed. Letterpress posters were also
printed on site as a special gift for each guest.
In his speech, Victore gave advice to both
up-and-coming and established professionals. He
split his speech into seven different phrases,
including concepts like “Trust yourself, do the work,
and always ask for more.”
He told prospective graphic artists to learn
everything, then forget it and then design. “Soak in
as much information as you can about whatever field
you are passionate about,” Victore told his audience.
“Read books, watch documentaries, look at current
‘successfuls’ and how they got there. Once you have
taken in as much as possible then forget it. Create
for yourself.”
He then went on to tell the audience to “trust
yourself” and “do the work.” A large part of his
presentation focused on people finding their
passions in life and focusing on them for an entire
lifetime. He discussed how the things that make
people weird as kids what also make them even
greater later in life. When people enjoy what they
do and are passionate about it, they will just “do the
work” according to Victore. “We need to enjoy the
work, but most importantly do the work,” Victore
said.
Toward the end of his speech, Victore gave
the audience two last pieces of advice. “Too many
people are waiting for the right time, for the right
setting, for permission,” Victore said. “We have
to stop waiting for permission from professors,
bosses, or others. Start now, no excuses.”
He then told the audience to always ask for more
in their lines of work. “Make sure that whatever work
you do, you get paid for it,” Victore said. “Although
you may be doing what you love, you still need to get
paid in order to continue to do what you love.”
Penn State Harrisburg hosts graphic designer James Victore
Victore presents his press and process to Penn State Harrisburg students. Photo credit/Cassie Miller
“Make sure that whatever work you do, you get paid for it.
Although you may be doing what you love, you still need to get
paid in order to continue to do what you love.”
-James Victore
Vic-
tore
Victore finished his talk with a Q&A session, which
is not something he typically does at his events. To learn
more about Victore and his work, visit http://www.
jamesvictore.com/.
James Victore signs posters for his fans.
Photo credit/Kate-Lynn Scheib
MIDDLETOWN, PA. – The November
2014 Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus,”
ignited a national conversation about campus
sexual assault. In the months since the initial
publication, media outlets of all stripes have
covered the story within a story – a college
student identified only as Jackie, spoke with a
female reporter about an alleged gang rape at the
University of Virginia’s Charlottesville campus.
There are infinite arguments from media critics asking why
a reporter and her editor(s) did not insist on interviewing the alleged
perpetrators prior to publication. The Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism began an independent review on the editorial
process that led to the article’s publication.
Whether or not Jackie’s story is accurate, the reality remains that
female college students are raped on campuses across the country and
these crimes continue to go underreported for a variety of reasons. Some
of the reasons why victims do not speak up about the crimes include a
fear of retribution, guilt, shame and the fear that people will not believe
their accusations.
In May 2014, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil
Rights released a list of 55 universities [which currently stands at
95], Penn State included, that are being investigated for possible Title
IX violations related to sexual violence issues. As part of a desire for
greater transparency, President Obama’s White House Task Force to
Protect Students from Sexual Assault has launched a national awareness
initiative called “It’s On Us.” The campaign features celebrities and policy
makers spreading the message of stopping sexual and domestic violence.
The call to action includes four main components found on www.
itsonus.org. The actions include: recognizing that non-consensual sex is
sexual assault, identifying situations in which sexual assault may occur,
intervening in situations where consent has not or cannot be given, and
creating an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and
survivors are supported.
President Obama and Vice President Biden often quote the
statistic that one in five women on college campuses are sexually
assaulted. The widely used statistic stems from a 2007 study “The Campus
Sexual Assault Study” conducted for the Justice Department’s National
Institute of Justice. A 2014 MIT survey found that 17 percent of female
undergraduates experienced one or more unwanted sexual behaviors
while enrolled at the university. Whether it is one in five, one in six or
even one in seven, female college students who are sexually assaulted
during four years of undergraduate education, the statistics raise a lot of
concern for many people.
To get involved in efforts to end sexual
assault and domestic violence against women,
students can join the Penn State Harrisburg
Commission for Women on April 7 for the
second annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.
The event started in 2001 with just a small group
of men walking around a park in California. The
eventhasgrownintoaninternationalmovement,
with thousands of men participating and raising
funds, along with awareness for local rape
crisis centers, domestic violence shelters and
other education, prevention and remediation
programming.
This year’s campus event will take place during the common
hour on Vartan Plaza. State Rep. Kevin Schreiber, D-York, will give the
opening remarks before those signed up to walk wear the signature
Walk a Mile red high heels and walk across campus together with their
supporters.
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event comes to Penn State
Harrisburg
By Alison Smolinski
For more details on how to get involved with the
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Event, students can attend an information
session on Feb. 17 at 11:30 a.m. in E209 Olmsted. For more information on
the event, contact Alison Smolinksi, Penn State Harrisburg Commission for
Women Liaison Chair, at Als539@psu.edu.
Guys walk in their Red High Heels at the 2014 Walk a Mile event.
Photo Credit/Penn State Harrisburg Bing

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