The Snapper 2013-11-14

              The Snapper Bth College News Website in the Nation • The Snappercom [Millersville University MILLERSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA VOLUME 89 ISSUE 9 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14 2013 Stephen A Smith takes it to Millersville I Michael blackson Editor  in  Chief I see the voices faces difference makers of tomorrow said Stephen A Smith who stood hefore an audience large enough to pack the seats of the Reighard Multipurpose Room and cover the surrounding walls They patiently waited hours to hear the words and experience of Mr Smith's life and career delivering the unpleasant uncomfortable facts to the ears of every student parent and child alike I am here to bring you the truth as I see it The way Mr Smith saw the time of a college student and onwards was simple there are opportunities available for those who work hard especially in today's economy where jobs and careers are difficult to find and keep Life outside of college is even tougher for those who took shortcuts to achieve their goal or for students who did not remain focused. They are done before it even started He continued How do I know Look at me  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mr Smith was  not always a regular face on ESPN and ESPN First Take as an analyst and talk show host He was not always the host of the cancelled show Quite Frankly or a radio host for ESPN New York Before his career skyrocketed in the sports department Mr Smith was a young man in grade school who was left back twice His first grade reading level was a significant disadvantage for him which left him unable to move through third and fourth grade This experience could not match the humiliation however of his fellow peers ridiculing him Other children would call him dummy and laugh at him incessantly Behind their cruel actions they were confident Mr Smith would never amount to anything great How wrong they would be Mr Smith made those remarks and his peers   who he still remembers by first and last name after 38 years   extremely personal and created his main priority from there on No one will ever laugh at me again or call me a dummy he told the audience.And they or anyone else would never commit such an act against him again His advice: there are those who are hungry and then there are individuals who are starving to succeed He called it an ingredient to win With this single ingredient stirred into anyone's life they are able to remain ahead of the competition, the crit  ics and people who want to topple their careers. Every day there is some   thing left to accomplish else ' there is a possibility to be left behind in the dust without a care In the world of business you have no friends Mr Smith remarked.Opportunities aplenty are diminishing in the struggling economy where friends and enemies alike are out to get anyone who loses their hunger for success. Therefore Mr Smith emphasized the importance that students prepare for the adversity they would have to face outside of college It's not enough to just earn a degree and move on to a job or career.A college degree is only the beginning, not the end It tells employers that graduates have the necessary basic skills of higher education reading writing and comprehending What is also required is networking with professionals already in the field and lining up internships to get a first hand experience Mr Smith stated that students need r People will always try to beat you down Fierce enemies will always try to beat you down Everyone needs a cheerleader   Stephen A Smith Sports journalist and radio host KEVIN KAISER/SNAPPER Stephen A Smith visited Millersville University through the help of the Black Student Union NAACP National Broadcasting Society Millersville Athletics and Frederick Douglass Black Culture Celebration His lecture's headline was Adversity Keeping your head in the game 'Human caused climate change' Dr Mann urges attention on climate I Julia Scheib News Writer Dr Michael Mann a prominent climate scientist lectured to a sizeable crowd at Millersville's Winter Center last Thursday night on the subjects he wrote about in his 2012 book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars Dispatches from the Front Lines He explained why and how the scientific consensus that climate change is caused by humans came to be seen by the public as a point of controversy rather than fact Dr Mann stressed the imperative for the United States to get past this phony debate so that we can realistically act to mitigate for the effects of climate change and drastically ramp down emissions to avoid losing our world as we know it In 1998 Dr Mann and two of his colleagues published the Hockey Stick graph which was the result of their attempts to reconstruct Earth's temperature record of the past 1000 years They used proxy indicators of temperature such as ice core and tree ring data to approximate temperature measurements of long ago The result showed a long shaft of variable but relatively low temperatures followed by a swift warming that began about 150 years ago after the Industrial Revolution The Hockey Stick graph became a wellknown symbol of the science behind humancaused climate change and made Mann into a reluctant and accidental figure at the center of the political debate over climate change He described the harassment he endured from Republican politicians who sought to discredit him and his colleagues in one instance, Texas Congressman Joe Barton (the largest recipient of fossil fuel industry campaign funding in the House of Representatives) sent Mann a subpoena demanding all of his personal communications Mann refused to comply and still expresses his gratitude to Republicans who spoke out against Barton and other climate deniers who bully scientists.Dr Mann said We are about as confident about human caused climate change as we are that smoking causes lung cancer hut that just PHOTO COURTESY OF GIFTSTHATGIVEHOPEORG In last week's article Gifts That Give Hope Alternative Gift Fair was incorrectly scheduled on November 3rd instead of the above date It will run from 10 am to 4 pm at the Farm and Home Center 1383 Arcadia Road Lancaster Pa 17601 There are plenty of unique gifts to choose for your loved ones and family during the holidays PHOTO COURTESY OF WWWUETEOPSUEDU Dr Michael Mann distinguished professor of meteorology and director of Earth System Science Center at Penn State University Millersville Weather Forecast Forecasted by student meteorologists Delong DiLuzio Gaines and Tubbs J from the Millersviile University Campus Weather Service For the latest weather forecast please visit http/Mvwvatmosmillersvilleedu/~cws/mu forecasthtml Sherjan discusses education IViLe Asst News Editor IKelsey Bundra Features Writer In 2009 Malala Yousafzai who was then 11 years old spoke openly about her devotion to learning in Pakistan where the Taliban prohibited girls from being educated A strict form of sharia law had attempted to be enforced by Islamic fundamentalists in a region of Pakistan Her father Ziauddin Yousafzai managed one of the few schools that resisted orders from the Taliban to end education for girls On October 9 2012 in Swat Valley Pakistan Ms Yousafzai was shot in the head and neck by a Taliban gunman on a school NEWS INA SPAP SL HAY/SNAPPER I Multicultural Showcase 2013 When Thursday November 14 2013 at 6 pm Location Marauder Courts Student Memorial Center Description Millersville University's Office of Multicultural Affairs will host a Multicultural Showcase on The theme of this event is entitled A Mosaic of Rich Culture s   LATIN OAM ERICA The Multicultural Showcase will feature foods from Latin America and tables depicting country cultures In addition the Argentine Tango Club of Lancaster is set to perform Ticket Info This event is free and open to the public The Interdisciplinary Interaction Design Conference When Saturday November 16 2013 at 900 am Location Myers Auditorium McComsey Hall Description the Interdisciplinary Interaction Design Conference will feature four web professionals to discuss their backgrounds and share their knowledge The theme for the conference is Interaction and Transitioning into the Web Field To second page To Stephen A third page To Dr Mann third page PSAC champs #Vfe  p 15 16*~ f] O Retractions In last week's issue the following error was made Last week's article 'Millersville HEEDs to Diversity' the pullout quote should have been attributed to Austin Weidler not Christi Wertz The Snapper apologizes for these errors Inside This Issue News Opinion 4 6 Features Arts &culture 10 12 Sports 13 16 Venetian Twins review 10 Passion party 8 nights FREE TO THE PUBLIC Newsroom & Advertising (717)872 3516 An independent student publication ©2013 THE SNAPPER