Throughout the 2018-19 season, the Saint Joseph's women's basketball program will spotlight one of its student-athletes. This week, Hawk fans can get to know more about newcomer Elizabeth Marsicano Name: Elizabeth Marsicano Favorite Song: "Next to you" by Chris Brown Favorite place to eat in Philadelphia: Porta What do you like most about Philadelphia: Boathouse Row when it is lit up Favorite thing about Philadelphia: Made in America because she inspires me to do good every day Who do you look up to: My three older siblings Favorite sports memory: When my high school team won states Interesting facts about you: I'm allergic to peanuts Best talent other than basketball: I can play the ukulele Favorite thing to do other than basketball: Paint Netflix show that you binge watch: The Office Best concert you have ever been to: One Direction If you were an animal what would you be: A bird so I can fly What three courses would make your perfect meal: Appetizer - Calamari; Entree - Penne a la vodka with chicken; Dessert- Zeppolis What is your dream vacation destination: Fiji Best birthday gift you have ever received: A pet lizard When did you start playing basketball: Fourth grade Who are your biggest influences to play: My sisters What is your pregame hype song: "Countdown" by Beyoncé Do you have any pregame superstitions: Fist bump my dad before every game What are your career goals: Win a championship What made you choose SJU: The atmosphere and the close distance from home What does it mean to be a Hawk: It means that you're a good person because all good people come out of SJU What is your favorite thing about being a Hawk: Saying “The Hawk Will Never Die!” What are your favorite things about SJU: My friends and teammates Favorite place on Hawk Hill: Women's basketball lockerroom Favorite class that you are taking: Management If I could play another sport in college I would play: Lacrosse If I could travel back in time I would go to: The 1970's Who is one historic figure you would like to meet: Amelia Earhart Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org The university’s director expressed gratitude that the encampment had been dismantled and certainty that an October divestment vote would fail (JTA) – While hundreds of Israel protesters on campuses across the country came to blows and arrests continued to mount this week the tents in the pro-Palestinian demonstration came down peacefully And the organizers of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” celebrated dancing and partying on Brown University’s Main Green That’s because they achieved a landmark victory: In exchange for ending their encampment now and pausing all future campus actions through commencement Brown’s administration agreed that its board would vote in October on whether the university should divest from companies that do business in Israel dozens of student governments have voted symbolically to divest from Israel but have gained no traction with the university administrations with the power to act on their wishes Brown is the first school to ever agree to a divestment vote — a key demand of the students and other members of the nationwide movement opposing Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza “We’ll see a peaceful end to the unauthorized encampment,” Brown President Christina Paxson wrote Tuesday in an open letter announcing the agreement will bring clarity to an issue that is of long-standing interest to many members of our community.” declined to speak with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency she also expressed hope for “a full and frank exchange of views” at the planned October meeting of the Brown Corporation the moment heralded something of a turning point for relations between university administrations and the encampment protesters whose movement has only grown in the two weeks since the first tents were pitched on Columbia University’s campus Many schools have turned to police to clear encampments some after unsuccessful negotiations between protesters and administrators; Brown itself arrested more than 40 students during a sit-in to push for divestment in December The Evergreen State College and Portland State University — the two sides have succeeded in reaching agreements to keep the campus climate under control The Brown agreement earned praise from one campus stakeholder who staunchly opposes divestment — Rabbi Josh Bolton director of the Hillel serving both Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design Bolton said the existence of the encampment was bad for Jews on campus and the Jewish community should celebrate its peaceful dismantling “We will not be seeing the police and guards tearing down encampments as we’ve seen on other campuses “And ultimately ending the encampment is good for our community.” The Brown agreement allows for five students chosen by the encampment’s organizers to meet with the board to make the case for divestment An advisory committee will also present Paxson with its own recommendation on the issue The proposal in the agreement is based on one Brown considered in 2020 but rejected the following year in which 11 primarily military-based companies — including Boeing Raytheon and Northrop Grumman — were proposed for possible divestment on the basis of Israel’s settler activity in the West Bank The university rejected a separate demand from the students that it not prosecute the students arrested for protesting on campus in recent months Yet supporters of the encampment are still celebrating “I’ve been very impressed with the fact that the students were finally able to get divestment on the table,” Jackie Goldman a staff member at Brown’s School of Public Health who is Jewish and has been part of campus pro-Palestinian protests but was not an active part of the encampment “They’ve been organizing on this for a really long time and it’s definitely a win.” Student protester demands regarding divestment at other campuses have tended to push for a total break with any company that has a relationship with Israel or invests in a company that does which made it more appealing for the university to agree to a professor of education policy at Davidson College “It’s pretty hard to divest more broadly by targeting specific companies,” Marsciano said adding that while Brown’s proposal was “more likely than other divestment efforts to happen,” he still emphasized that the situation could change drastically by October but at the end of the day I sincerely doubt this will affect much of the war effort in Israel,” Marsciano said At Northwestern, protesters also dismantled all but one tent related to their encampment this week after reaching an agreement that called for the school to meet several demands including reestablishing a dormant committee tending to “investment responsibility,” renovating a center for Muslim Middle Eastern and North African students and committing to bringing more “at risk” Palestinian students and faculty to campus Banners hanging from the fence outside Northwestern University during a pro-Palestinian protest (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images) A request for comment to a university spokesperson was not returned “I am proud of our community for achieving what has been a challenge across the country: a sustainable de-escalated path forward.” Schill also condemned antisemitic actions at the encampments including one image depicting him with devil’s horns A representative for The Evergreen State College in Olympia confirmed to JTA that the school had also reached a divestment-related agreement with protesters who agreed to dismantle their encampments Wednesday The school says it will form multiple “disappearing taskforces” made up of both students and faculty including one that will propose changes to its socially responsible investment policy Meanwhile Portland State, in Oregon, attempted to broker a similar deal with protesters who occupied and vandalized a campus library over the weekend with the president agreeing to incorporate Palestinian content into the school’s ethnic studies requirement and make a “personal donation” to the school’s Middle Eastern North African and South Asian student center Yet protesters remained in the library as of Wednesday leaving the terms of the agreement on hold the university has agreed to “pause” all financial support it receives from Boeing after the school’s pro-Palestinian student coalition demanded it “cut all ties” with the embattled airplane manufacturer.) Brown was never going to divest from Israel,” Bolton told JTA adding that he would be taking a “wait and see” approach regarding the fall vote the university will see a tangible investment in its Jewish community as Brown/RISD Hillel will break ground on the first stage of a new $10 million renovation project for its Jewish center including a worship space that will incorporate elements from historic Eastern European synagogues praised the school’s administration without commenting on the agreement ”I’m very grateful to President Paxson for her leadership over these years and for working to make Brown a space where Jewish students feel welcomed and supported,” Rabbi Menachem Mendel Laufer and I think it’s going to be even better.” Jewish leaders said that Brown remains a safe and thriving place for Jewish students today actually putting divestment to a vote could help quell the unrest on campus by demonstrating that there is not as much popular support for the idea as protesters think “Because we can then really check and get a better and better sense that JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy Former EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band's 2004 album "Tempo Of The Damned" on a solo tour of Latin America in September 2025 the details of which will be announced soon Souza will also perform classic songs from his other former bands TESTAMENT (Zetro was the lead vocalist for LEGACY an early incarnation of TESTAMENT) and HATRIOT Backing Zetro on stage at the shows will be the following musicians: * Zakk Frye (SLIKK WIKKED) - Rythm Guitar/Backup Vocals* Kyle Smith (SLIKK WIKKED) - Lead Guitar* Paul "MX" Marsciano (NASTY TRAST Joey Belladonna) - Drums* Donny "Death" Weissinger (NASTY TRAST SLIKK WIKKED is a metal/thrash band that was started in 2013 by Zakk Frye in Rochester including the thrash anthem "Black Wind Of Death" followed by the full-length album "Savage" all of which are available on YouTube and Bandcamp Zakk also owns and runs 10th Ward Productions the team helping bring Zetro back to the masses Dates for Zetro's tour are now being booked starting in late summer and continuing through the year More details will be released within a month or so Zakk tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "We will be performing a full 90-minute set of all the deep classics from EXODUS and TESTAMENT/LEGACY And also ripping tunes from HATRIOT and even AC/DC This will be an action-packed balls-to-the-wall metal show for all Zetro fans Any venues interested in booking Zetro dates can contact Zakk Frye at 10th Ward Productions via [email protected] it was announced that EXODUS had parted ways with Souza and had welcomed back Rob Dukes Souza joined EXODUS in 1986 after previously fronting the band LEGACY (which He remained in EXODUS until their hiatus in 1993 but rejoined them for two years from 2002 to 2004 Dukes became the singer of EXODUS in 2005 (following Souza's departure) and stayed until 2014 Souza discussed his most recent split with EXODUS during a new episode of his Zetro's Toxic Vault YouTube series in which he is joined by his longtime friend and co-host Walter Morgan Zetro said in part: "I've been doing this since 1986 —1986 So to have kind of a rollercoaster ride in music has actually been kind of exciting, Certain things happen and certain things go on and you kind of have to deal with them as they happen Clarifying that he "did not quit" EXODUS and "was let go" Souza continued: "I don't read much of what goes on the Internet I don't give a fuck what anybody thinks about me or what you say… But I was made privy by my son of something Gary [Holt EXODUS guitarist and main songwriter] had responded to me saying that I didn't quit; I was let go Being in a band is like a marriage — it truly is — and the marriage was over meaning maybe I guess I would never leave the marriage But I truly think that it was probably the right thing for me especially and I hope it's the right thing for them as well." Regarding his mindset after his latest departure from EXODUS Souza said: "People were calling me — my friends and my family — asking me if I was okay I knew in December — I knew before anybody knew What I liked when I was younger in my twenties and my thirties are not necessarily what I'm into anymore And you know how hard it is to go away from the love of my life at this point even though it may not have shown on stage and it definitely didn't show when I was with you guys and anybody that approached me because I would never want anyone to have an awful experience with me and I told them that I would like to do this till I was 70 and probably not much more than that but I think in the back of my mind I think I was kind of already done with the rigorous life of touring 'cause it's very demanding," Souza admitted "And the business doesn't care about what you have going on my mother died and I was in El Salvador on tour Any musician that has been in my position can absolutely relate with this And a lot of times people don't necessarily think of that there's the musicians that really like to do this and they'll go out and they'll hit it hard Elaborating on his reasons for wanting to spend less time on the road Zetro said: "I've changed over the past few years even in the last 10 years since I've been back And I think I'm more interested in what's going on in my house and around what I'm doing here It's been something that mentally has gone on and changed I would've never quit because I'm not a quitter in that type of respect I had to leave the band because I had a union job and I was trying to balance working as a foreman The thing that I loved the most was playing in EXODUS it could not take care of my wife and my kids and ballerina signups The business wasn't paying that much at the time so I needed to go and take care of my family… So coming back into the band in 2014 I had a really good time over the last 10 years playing in the band And it was one of those things that I have to say I'm kind of glad that I've ended up where I'm at right now I don't like sleeping on the tour bus anymore… So I'm not saying that this was a decision that I would've made but I'm saying for myself and to have a few months to look at it Souza went on to say that EXODUS fans should continue to support the band now that Dukes has returned to the group what about all you guys that are big fans of Rob's era Just think — now you get to come back and see Rob maybe for the next 10 years and see him continue on," Zetro said or both eras — I know there's some of you [that are] 'I'm [Team] Zetro' or 'I'm [Team] Rob' 'I'm cool with whatever EXODUS does,' I get it and I respect every one of you for those things But now maybe for the last part of the band they get to enjoy Rob and Rob's era of the band Gary's gonna continue to write music and record music And Gary Holt doesn't know how to write a shitty riff So you EXODUS fans know what you're gonna get from that Souza also addressed the possibility of another reunion with EXODUS down the line saying: "Will I ever grace the stage with them This was the third time that I had joined the band so I think it would be a bit redundant to try to do this or do this again If you saw my last concert in Los Angeles at the Regent [in December 2024] then you truly saw the last concert that Zetro will ever sing with EXODUS." both in term of his live performance with EXODUS and his relationship with the band's fans "If you saw us on the last tour with HAVOK I was singing better than I've ever sung through the years," Souza said "So I don't feel that it was something that vocally… I did my job — I did my job quite well — and even they'll tell you that And if you walked up to me for a picture or an autograph I never would say no and I've never pushed you guys away I would hang out and talk to you about stuff How many of you fans have spent time after the show talking to me about whatever I'll sit out there and talk to you guys 'cause I've never considered myself above anybody." Asked what specifically he didn't enjoy about the touring lifestyle Then you have another six-hour layover before you have another five-hour flight I don't have the patience for that anymore I was very fortunate to get to tour in a bus I know bands that do not tour in buses… But for me And the only time I could get in there was when I truly had to sleep So there's too much time in a day for you to go to museums or comic bookstores or me to go buy toys and whatever I do on the road and all of a sudden I end up getting sick or my wife end up getting sick and one of my children and I have to come home and I've got six months to live or they've got six months to live and I've missed all of this with them and I missed it all and it's just kind of where I've been mentally — especially the last few years I've been thinking about that." EXODUS played its first concert with Dukes in nearly 11 years on April 5 at the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly at the Fillmore in Philadelphia Dukes previously joined EXODUS in January 2005 and appeared on four of the band's studio albums — "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" (2005),"The Atrocity Exhibition.. Exhibit A" (2007),"Let There Be Blood" (2008 a re-recording of EXODUS's classic 1985 LP "Bonded By Blood") and "Exhibit B: The Human Condition" (2010) In a recent interview with CBS SF Holt was asked if there was any thought of even considering a different singer with the band after parting ways with Zetro I never intended to make any of these vocalist changes we all demand to be happy and be surrounded by happiness [EXODUS's latest LP] 'Persona Non Grata' is my second favorite album in our whole catalog He continued: "I didn't want to bring in a young guy we could have brought in some 30-year-old guy who's young and has abs and can still jump off drum risers I don't know how much longer we could play this kind of ferocious stuff we've just gotten faster and the songs have gotten harder to play as the arthritis gets worse So we're going to just keep going for it as long as we can." After interviewer Dave Pehling noted that Holt wrote in his just-released memoir "A Fabulous Disaster: From The Garage To Madison Square Garden that the EXODUS members were at the best place that they had been in their whole career It's not like the last time he left the band and no longer like to be out on the road and and you want to cut the touring way back and all that We literally would have to go get day jobs And none of us enjoy being away from home all the time But while I can — this whole age thing — while I can still tour for six weeks and crush it and go out and play seven eventually it's just going to come to a stop." When EXODUS announced Souza's latest departure on January 15 the band wrote in a statement: "We thank Steve for his years fronting the band and all the killer music we made during that time We wish him only the best in the future and much success with anything he does "And please help us welcome Rob Dukes back to EXODUS We are beyond stoked to have Rob back ripping up the stage with us and he's looking forward to crushing everything like only he can new record rolls along as planned and the beatings will continue." Although EXODUS rarely gets mentioned alongside the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA SLAYER and ANTHRAX — the aforementioned "Bonded By Blood" LP inspired the likes of TESTAMENT VIO-LENCE and many others to launch their careers and is considered one of the most influential thrash metal albums of all time — Pasco Sheriff's Office is investigating after a man was shot and killed execution-style while working at a construction site Wednesday to a construction site located at 28512 Marsciano Lane Sheriff Chris Nocco identified the victim as 46-year-old Heans Gianni Alvarez tapped Alvarez on the leg while he was on a break and shot him which was not taken. Officials said there's no indication this was a robbery They said it appears to be an isolated incident.  Sheriff Nocco said it appears the suspect knew the victim The suspects were described as two light skin black males the suspects drove off in a black four-door sedan believed to be a 2017-2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid The victim's family says he was working inside a home in a new subdivision called the Estancia off Marsciano Lane.  Alvarez owns his own tiling business with a Tampa address called Imagination Tiles Alvarez's nephew said he has a son who lives in Miami very caring to anyone who knows him," said Gerardo Jimenez "We have a lot of friends supporting us right now." Jimenez said his uncle has been laying tile for 15 years.  Even though the sheriff's office released an image of a car of interest "We are not going to rest until they capture the people who did this," Jimenez said in Spanish She wants to know why someone killed her uncle My uncle didn't have problems with anyone," Gonzalez said in Spanish The Sheriff says the suspects who entered the construction site went past another worker and straight to Alvarez It appears they knew each other in some way.  detectives are trying to see if any of the occupied homes have surveillance video.  or send a mobile tip using the P3 Tips Mobile application Crime Stoppers must be contacted first in order to be eligible for a cash reward Report a typo Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article