He Took His Talents to Slippery Rock...

In the arena of college basketball, it’s widely understood that when a player decides to give up on the game that they love, rarely do they ever come back and if they do never with same heart and tenacity.

This cannot be said of Maron Brown.



The 6’5 forward from Salisbury, MD known to him as “The Shore” , has been invigorating Slippery Rock fans with a fever for winning upon his arrival in 2008 from junior college, Cecil College, in North East, MD.
Brown however is no stranger to hard work and overcoming adversity.

“Childhood wasn’t normal for me. Both my parents worked and it forced me and my brothers to do everything on our own”, Brown said.

“Made me learn a lot of wrongs and right” he explained.

A wrong of his we discuss, was his decision to drop out of school after his freshmen year at Cecil, where he averaged 15.1 pts and 7.5/rebs per game.

“I quit, I couldn’t take it”, Brown said with a regretful yet humble tone.

“The dumbest thing you can do is mess up your opportunity” he said…

“Makes you think about what you could be doing”.

Ironically it was his one year at Cecil that he says he learned the most from a coach.

“Bill Lewit, basically taught me about the game while teaching me about life”, Brown said retrospectively gazing.

It was also childhood friend and fellow Cecil teammate, Kyle Camper, who influenced his decision to move on to Slippery Rock after a four year hiatus.

“Coach Jareem Dowling brought me, Kyle, and Nell here that year”

Denell “Nell” Stephens and Kyle Camper, have gone on to play basketball overseas Germany and Luxemburg, respectfully.



Many including Brown’s present Head Coach, Kevin Reynolds, believe that he has potential and determination to play overseas.



“He has the statistics, the key thing now is that we need another big season”, Reynolds explained calmly.

Maron mirrors the same sentiments.






“I feel as though I’m good enough. It really depends on this season…” he said. With a grin he said, if I had a season like I did last year I’ll be over.”

Maron spoke of the difficulty in finding time out of his schedule for free time.
“No free days for me”, he laughed.
But when Brown isn’t hooping he’s hitting wheelies on his beloved dirt bike and motorcycle.



Overall, Maron seems to be grateful for a second chance at the game he loves and is very optimistic toward his future.
“I want to come back to college and get my Master‘s degree in either Social Work or Criminology”, he said.
“More than likely I’ll move down south, find a good job, and live a good life… and be comfortable”
I’ll make a toast to that.

AM SLAM Poetry: A force to be reckoned with!

November 4, 2010 -Thursday afternoon I profiled one of Slippery Rock’s newest and most promising student clubs :AM SLAM Poetry club. Being a member of the group as well I was introduced to the group from having a poetry class with it’s creators, Molly Kuhn and Adam T. Wagerman. Their meetings are usually held on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in Room 201 in Eisenberg. The meeting is often started with small discussions about upcoming projects ,then followed by impromptu poetry readings and group poetry exercises. The group is new so the number of group members waiver between 5 and 15 per week.


The group originally got it’s name from the first letters of the first names of the creators of the group, Adam and Molly. They then decided to have the letter represents Aesthetic Melodies or Awakening Mavericks…depends on who you ask, what day it is, or how creative you can be with the letters A&M.



This particular meeting was blessed with the poetry of Ariel Wall, Lacy Tarr, Adam T. Wagerman, Shasheena Carroll, Molly Kuhn and none other than Grits Capone better known as Corey Carrington. The atmosphere is very loving and the characters that frequent the club are some of the most interesting and diverse people that graced the hallowed halls of this fine institution.





During the meeting Shasheena Carroll discussed possibly starting an AM SLAM radio show on WSRU 88.1 because the interest and need for creativity on the radio is at an all time high. Adam and Molly seemed interested in the venture and the other members were excited to have such an opportunity in the groups infancy.

The groups founders, Adam and Molly,talked about their motivations for starting the group, their goals, and how to get in touch with them.







Overall I believe that the group is headed in the right direction and has a lot to offer the Slippery Rock community in the coming future.