Club Sports News

Pictured at the competition are (from left) Katelyn Kenney, Morgan Leigh Metzger, Jaimee Merriman, Jacqueline Davis, and Melissa Hartwell.

The William Paterson University Equestrian Team has earned two berths in the Zones Championship, a regional competition to be held at St. Lawrence University in Canton, Ohio, marking the first time in the history of the team that riders have qualified to compete in this event.  Jaimee Merriman, a junior, and Jennifer Moran, a senior, each placed third in the regional championship and qualified to move on to the championships. Merriman competes in the walk/trot division, and Moran will compete in the advanced walk/trot.

The William Paterson University Bowling Teamplaced second in the East Coast Sectional Tournament held on March 24 and 25 in Allentown, Pa. The team advanced to the finals to be held April 18 to 21 in Wichita, Ks. William Paterson is among 16 teams who will compete. This is the team’s first trip to the nationals since 2004. The Eastern Intercollegiate Bowling Conference voted Greg Hatzisavvas, president of the team, most valuable player for an outstanding season. Additionally, Hatzisavvas, Charles Hicks and Brett Pennock were named to the Academic All-American Team by the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association, who also selected Matt O’Grady, rookie of the year. The Bowling Writers Association of America picked O’Grady as a male runner-up and placed Matthew Deuire in the honorable mention category as 2006-2007 All-Americans.

Keith Obadike, communication, and his wife, Mendi, were commissioned by Northwestern University’s Art Theory and Practice Department to create a new work, Big House/Disclosure, an intermedia suite featuring a 200-hour long house song.  The project was streamed online in real time from March 1 to 8 in Kresge Hall on Northwestern’s campus and online at www.blacknetart.com/Bighouse.html. The work was created in honor of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 and Chicago ’s role as the first city in the United States to adopt a Slavery Era Disclosure Ordinance in 2002, requiring businesses seeking city contracts to disclose whether they have profited from slavery.  Big House/Disclosure was constructed using audio interviews conducted by Northwestern University students with Chicago-area citizens about slavery and the city’s slavery era ordinance. Mixing these interviews with elements of Chicago house music, the artists created a multi-channel sound installation. The project includes 200 video clips of live art and musical performances viewable from the Web site.

Nine honors students majoring in sociology participated in the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociology Society from March 15 to 17 in Philadelphia.  Each of the students presented papers during poster sessions featuring undergraduate students.  Students and their topics were:  Maiko Aratake, “Human Resource: Gender and Race Workplace Issues;” Dilia Ballester, “Parental Involvement and Student Achievement: A Comparison of Suburban and Urban Schools;” Creasha Bowman, “A Case Study of Poverty;” Denise Camisa, “Discipline and School Performance: A Comparison of Public, Private, and Catholic High Schools;” Christina Cullen, “Teen Dating Violence: A Rising Epidemic;” Kerry Kunert, “Children of Divorce: Problems in Forming Intimate Relationships;” Morgan Metzger, “Masculinity’ and Sexual Violence;” and Amy Moor, “Probing the Perceptions of Feminist Men.”