Rihanna stops the music

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‘Zeroing’ in on a title.
Woodies: off-track?
A pair of shutouts launched the Lions into the
sectional semifinals of the NCAA Division III title.
See Sports, page 36
WTSR Music Director Chris
Payne thinks so.
See A & E, page 19
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November 19, 2008
No. 12.
Vol. CXXIX.
Rihanna stops the music
By Joseph Hannan
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Graphic by Megan DeMarco / News Editor
Guess who: which one of these choices will replace Rihanna to perform at the Spring
Concert? Options include Lupe Fiasco, Ben Folds, Jason Mraz, Jordin Sparks and Ne-Yo.
Much to the dismay of diehard fans of her Top-40 radio
hits including “Umbrella” and
“Disturbia,” the College Union
Board (CUB) announced Monday
R&B singer Rihanna declined a
bid to perform at the College’s
Spring Concert.
The announcement came in
the form of a campus-wide e-mail
around 11 a.m. Monday.
In late September, the Student
Finance Board (SFB) approved
a $126,387.30 bid for Rihanna.
The sum was authorized by the
Board of Trustees in late October.
College policy requires the Board
of Trustees to authorize expenditures more than $28,000.
According to CUB director
Katerina Gkionis, due to scheduling difficulties, Rihanna could
not commit to the intended
appearance date at the College
immediately after the Board of
Trustees’ approval. CUB afforded
more time to Rihanna to consider
the offer, which she eventually
declined.
“She is working on her
album,” Gkionis said. She
added that Rihanna also turned
down a $300,000 bid to appear
at a private party close to the
intended date of the College
performance.
“It kind of made us feel better that hey, we’re not the only
ones,” Gkionis said. She added,
“It’s hard to book someone so far
in advance.”
CUB must confront the predicament of finding a replacement for Rihanna on short notice.
The search for an alternative
performer began Thursday, Nov.
13. Students received a CUB
see BID page 5
Doctor addresses HIV,
sexual assault in DRC
By Kaitlin Olcott
Staff Writer
Tim Lee / Photo Assistant
Remembering the Holocaust
Members of Hillel/Jewish Student Union honored Holocaust
victims last week during the annual Holocaust Remembrance
Week. The College hosted two survivors who shared their
firsthand experience living during the Holocaust. The groups also
co-sponsored a bone marrow drive and held special services on
Friday. See Features, page 14, for more.
Teaching tools for the blind
Blind biochemist introduces
technologies for students.
See page 5
Security concerns
SFB discusses security
at Ann Coulter event.
See page 2
Last Monday night, Roger Luhiriri,
a physician at Panzi Hospital in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
addressed the issues of HIV and sexual violence in the DRC. The presentation took place at 6:30 p.m. in Forcina
Hall Room 130 and was sponsored
by the Princeton chapter of Amnesty
International and coordinated with the
College’s Amnesty chapter.
Luhiriri began his presentation by
giving some background information
on the current problems in the DRC
concerning the prevalence of HIV and
sexual violence.
“Rape has become a war tactic and a
weapon of mass destruction,” he said.
According to Luhiriri, the majority of
sexual violence in the Congo is committed
to gain power and dominate, exploit and
humiliate Congolese women.
Through his work at the Panzi Hospital,
Luhiriri has become a proponent of peace
building and policy reform in the DRC
and also advocates women’s rights and
the elevation of their status within the
community.
The Panzi hospital is the only center for
victims of sexual violence in the eastern
part of the Republic, where a vast majority
of the violence occurs.
According to Luhiriri, the Panzi hos-
Roger Luhiriri is a physician in the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
pital ordinarily sees about 10 women
per day and 3,500 each year. Congolese
women come seeking psychological
assistance, medical care, accommodations and food. Surgeries are also performed, and Luhiriri said that about 95
percent of surgeries treat injuries caused
by weapons used during rape.
Luhiriri has left the hospital for the time
Say you’re sorry
Alum goes over strategies for
apologizing.
See page 2
see DRC page 5
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page 2 The Signal November 19, 2008
SGA revokes recognition Fire closes Aquatic Center
from 17 student groups
By Arti Patel
Staff Writer
By Arti Patel
Staff Writer
The Student Government
Association (SGA) passed a
resolution to derecognize 17
on-campus organizations at its
Nov. 12 meeting.
The resolution, drafted by
Michael Peters, vice president
of Legal and Governmental
Affairs, was passed in the
Senate after conflicting reports
by senators claiming various
clubs were still active.
SGA is officially
derecognizing the
following organizations: Don
Evans Langston
Hughes Players
Company,
Herveʼs
Angels, Institute Electrical and
Electronic Engineering, Journal,
Korean American Student
Organization, Libertarians,
Lions Athletic Pride, Music
Student Association, National
Organization for Women,
Platinum Torch, Polish Club,
Robotics
Club,
Society
of Hispanic Professional
Engineers, Solar Boat Club,
Student Society for Stem Cell
Research and Students in
Solidarity.
According to Peters, none
of these organizations had filed
paperwork for re-registration
for official campus recognition
since November 2006.
“Weʼve given every club
every opportunity to re-register,” Peters said.
Although Sana Fathima,
alternate student trustee, said the
Solar Boat Club and the Institute
Electrical
and
Electronic
Engineering organization were
“both still very much active”
on campus, SGA President Dan
Scapardine decided to continue
with the vote.
“Weʼre going to vote on this
bill as is,” Scapardine said.
“Every club had ample time
to get back to (SGA) and they
are more than welcome to start
the process (for re-registration)
again.”
The bill passed in the senate
with only a handful of votes
against it.
Sarah Wolfson, senator at-
Large and Michela Fiaschi,
senator of Science, who both
sit on the Honors Committee,
announced the Collegeʼs plans
for a “seminar-style interdisciplinary, bi-focused class” that
would be offered for honors
students as soon as fall 2009.
“It would be taught by two professors from different schools,”
Wolfson said. “(Professors) discuss the same topic showing
students two completely different points of view.” He said the
Honors Committee
gave the example
of a seminar
on stem cell
research with a
biology professor and philosophy
professor discussing the
topic with students.
Brianne Stratton, speaker
of the senate and member of
the Committee on Academic
Programs, brought to attention
the Collegeʼs recognition of
International Education Week
from Nov. 17-21. Organized
by the International Education
Program Council, this weeklong observance encompasses
educational experiences such as
Global Citizenship in Action:
TCNJ Faculty Share Their
Experiences from the Field
and TCNJ Around the World:
Student Performances.
In an update concerning the
spring semesterʼs finals schedule, Billy Plastine, SGA vice
president, and Scapardine, said
it was “not in (the Collegeʼs)
best interest to hold exams on
Saturday,” according to student
representatives and department
professors.
According to the new tentative schedule, reading days
would be held Saturday and
Sunday, followed by exams
Monday and Tuesday and a
reading day on Wednesday
during the day. Exams would
resume during the evening
block on Wednesday and continue until Friday.
The
schedule,
however, is not a final resolution
to the problem, according to
Scapardine, who said this solution was “just for the (upcoming) spring semester.”
Packer Hall was evacuated for safety reasons by
the Ewing Fire Department Nov. 13 due to a small
electrical fire in the Aquatic Center.
The fire stemmed from a leak in a hole in an
older portion of the roof due for replacement next
spring.
“There was a leak in the roof and it caused
a short-circuit in the (poolside) light fixture,”
Matthew Golden, executive director of Public
Relations and Communications, said. “We were
fortunate in that there werenʼt many logistical
issues (when evacuating).”
A lifeguard, one of two on duty, saw a light fixture smoking and sparking. Immediately, the poolʼs
10 swimmers were evacuated.
“They were screaming ʻget out of the pool,ʼ”
Samantha Schroeder, junior communication studies
major, said.
According to Golden, the local fire department
and on-campus building facilities workers did a
thorough check of the building to ensure studentsʼ
safety prior to anyoneʼs re-entry.
However, Aaron McKeon-Fish, senior biology
major and desk assistant at the Wellness Center, said
there were no alarms or notifications of a building
evacuation.
He said approximately 20 minutes after the incident, two firemen approached him and asked him
to evacuate students still exercising in the Wellness
Center.
“We heard no alarms or anyone telling us not to
go back in, so we reopened (the Wellness Center)
after 15 or 20 minutes,” McKeon-Fish said.
The Aquatic Center remained closed until repairs
were completed at 2 p.m. Nov. 14.
College alum studies
the art of the apology
By Brianna Gunter
News Assistant
Sometimes itʼs not as simple as
saying youʼre sorry.
Ryan Fehr, class of ʼ05 and
a doctorate candidate in psychology at the University of Maryland,
exposed the psychology behind the
apology last week in a lecture titled
“But I Said I Was Sorry! On the
Importance of Matching Apologies
to Victim Self-Construals.”
The Nov. 12 lecture was part
of the “Inaugural Young Alumni
Lecture Series,” a series of presentations given by College alumni
about their post-graduation experiences and studies.
Speaking to an audience mainly from the Collegeʼs psychology
department, Fehr explained his
studies on the act of apologizing
and how one can give the best
apology.
These studies involved the concept of “self-construals,” the perceptions people have about their own
thoughts, feelings and actions in
relation to themselves and others.
There are three types of selfconstruals: independent self-construals focus on individuality;
relational self-construals focus on
relating to others; and collective
self-construals focus on one being
part of a whole group.
Fehrʼs studies showed that each
type of self-construal prefers a different type of apology.
“People are looking for different
things in apologies,” Fehr said.
The collective self-construal is
most prevalent in East Asia, where
people greatly prefer acknowledgement for an apology.
Fehr said that for Western cultures, it was shown the independent
self-construal was most prevalent
and therefore, the best type of apology is compensation. Basically, if
you offend someone here, be prepared to pay up.
He also said apologizing to
women can be a lot different than
apologizing to men. A “sorry, bro,
hereʼs 10 bucks,” just wonʼt cut
it with a woman. When it comes
to women, Fehr said it is best to
assume they follow the relational
self-construal. Therefore, use both
acknowledgement and empathy
while apologizing.
“Apologies are common and
useful social tools,” Fehr said.
“They reduce aggression, foster
forgiveness and enhance customer
satisfaction.”
Fehr also talked to the student
members of his audience about
going to graduate school and conducting their own research.
He said if students in science
or psychology fields are interested
in their own research programs for
their undergraduate or even graduate studies, Fehr recommends looking into programs with the National
Science Foundation.
Further information can be
found at nsf.gov.
Ryan Fehr, class of ʼ05, spoke about his experiences
studying psychology at the University of Maryland.
SFB funds security for Dec. 3 Ann Coulter lecture
By Nate Currie
Staff Writer
The Student Finance Board (SFB)
unanimously allocated $2,800 to the
College Republicans on Nov. 12 to fund
security for a Dec. 3 lecture by conservative author, commentator and activist
Ann Coulter.
The Republicanʼs official proposal
said Coulter will “discuss the 2008 elections and her analysis of the victors, the
losers and the future of conservatism
among other political topics pertinent to
current events.”
“I donʼt think we should skimp on
security or decide ourselves the necessary number of police officers to be
present in lieu of the potentially large
number of protestors,” Mike Stolar,
operations director, said.
TCNJ Musical Theatre was unanimously allocated $3,000 to pay Kendall
Hall workers.
In their official proposal, the group said the workers are “needed during
the school year to supervise rehearsals, technical
rehearsals, build days and shows in the
studio theatre and on the main stage.”
In a 7-0-5 vote, SFB denied a request
by the Order of the Golden Lion (OGL)
for $1,582.50.
The club wanted to fund an event
titled “Ye Old Craft Workshop” to “pro-
vide medieval crafts to the student
populous.”
The final board consensus was an
insufficient number of new students
would benefit from the event.
A request by the National Council of
Negro Women for $1,441
to fund a Founderʼs Day
Banquet was unanimously
denied.
James Gallagher, equipment center manager, felt “not only do
we not fund banquets, but they were
unsure of their numbers, so I donʼt see
how we could possibly fund such an
event.”
In an 11-1-3 vote, SFB allocated
$1,792 to the Japanese Club to host
Banzai, an event intended to “spread
Japanese culture by providing traditional Japanese food, modern Japanese
entertainment, old Japanese games and
old Japanese art forms.”
The activity is scheduled for Nov. 21
in the Cromwell Hall main lounge.
The French Club was allocated $773
to fund their Annual Soiree.
According to its official proposal,
the purpose of the event is “to promote
French culture through culinary and artistic immersion in a relaxed atmosphere.”
The event is scheduled for Dec. 2 in
the Decker Hall main lounge.
The SFB, which had a balance of
$200,277.59 prior to the meeting, allotted a total of $8,365.
November 19, 2008 The Signal page 3
Harassing call
bothers student
By Diana Bubser
Nation & World Editor
A student arrived at Campus
Police Headquarters on Nov.
8 at approximately 5:50 p.m.
with a complaint of receiving
a harassing and threatening
phone call.
The student said he received
the call on his cell
phone at 5:20 p.m.
from a restricted
number.
He said the
caller ʼs
number
or other
identifying information
did not show up on his Caller
ID.
There is no further information at this time.
…
Campus Police was dispatched to Lot 4 on Nov. 11
at 8:15 a.m. on the report of a
property theft.
Upon arrival, the officer
met with the victim, who said
he parked his vehicle in the lot
on Nov. 10 at 7:45 p.m.
When he returned to the
lot the next day, he found his
checkbook was missing.
The officer advised the victim to contact his bank and
advise it of the theft.
…
Campus Police was dispatched to Packer Hall on Nov.
10 at 7 p.m. on report of the
theft of personal property.
The officer met with the
victim, who said he went to
his swim class at the Aquatic
Center at 5 p.m.
He said his backpack was
taken from the menʼs locker
room while he was swimming.
He discovered it missing
upon completion of
his swim
class at
6:45 p.m.
and immediately
reported it
stolen.
There is no
further information at this time.
…
On Nov. 12 at 9:10 a.m. a
student came to Campus Police
Headquarters to report the theft
of his personal property.
He said his wallet containing a Nokia cell phone,
Wachovia bank card, College
ID and $40 in cash was taken
from Forcina Hall between 1
p.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday,
Nov. 10.
…
Two stereo speakers were
stolen from the Eickhoff Hall
office between 11 p.m. on Nov.
7 and 12 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Diana Bubser can be reached
at bubser3@tcnj.edu.
Students honor veteransʼ service
Members of the Collegeʼs community joined together Nov. 11 to honor American
veterans for Veterans Day. Those participating met at the Brower Student Center
flag poles at 11:30 a.m.
College plans for a financially sound future
By Keesean Moore
Staff Writer
The higher education roundtable discussion held Nov. 12 was centered on developing rational financial and investment goals
for the spring semester.
“I donʼt think we can say that New
Jersey has contributed the least to higher
education, but we have had the most significant cuts over the last three years and we
have the lowest percentage of the state budget dedicated to higher education,” College
President R. Barbara Gitenstein said.
In previous years, the College has
College President R. Barbara
Gitenstein discussed the Collegeʼs
financial future on Nov. 12.
responded to educational cuts with more
conservative administrative spending.
However, with the recent passage of
President Bushʼs Higher Education
Opportunity Act (HEOA), which was
signed into law Aug. 14, there has been an
increase in the number of reporting requirements to qualify for institutional aid.
“At this point we are anticipating the
data we will need to have on hand so that
we are ready to respond when requested,” Paula Maas, executive director of the
Center for Institutional Effectiveness, said.
“However, the HEOA will also impact
other areas of campus that have not previously had to report or comply with legislation such as this, and those offices will need
to determine how they will be allocating the
additional workload.”
According to those present at the discussion, if the state faces more cuts to
higher education, middle-class families
will find it harder than ever to afford a college education.
In fact, according to Matthew Golden,
executive director of Public Relations and
Communications, it is the middle class that
will be hit hardest by the economic crunch.
Golden said rising energy costs and
declining values on retirement investments
will make it hard for families to find the collateral to back education-based loans.
According to Gitenstein, although in
a recent address to college and university
presidents Gov. Jon Corzine said he had no
present plans for mid-year cuts to higher
education, he added that in light of the
current economic climate, next year looks
bleak.
“Even in difficult times you must always
remember to invest,” Gitenstein said. “The
long-term effects for not investing in higher
education are so much worse.”
All those participating in the discussion
agreed the College and other state institutions are long due for funding from the
state.
Gitenstein said, however, that the College
has proven its resiliency through the budget
cuts.
Despite the decrease in state funding, the
Collegeʼs ranking has steadily increased,
and Gitensteinʼs budget targets for the following year are designed to continue that
positive trend.
According to Gitenstein, the College
plans to allocate a large portion of its budget
to safety and security, which has been an
issue since 2001.
The Collegeʼs conservative use of funding has put the College in better economic
shape with the current crunch, Gitenstein
said.
Although exact numbers could not be
furnished by Golden, the president assured
that there have not been any faculty cuts
during her tenure and there is no expectation for a decrease in enrollment for the
following academic year.
She also said there has been an even
greater level of projected interest in the
College from both in- and out-of-state stu-
dents, and administrators are developing
new strategies to address the huge demand.
With the Collegeʼs high graduation and
retention rates and its academically competitive reputation, its success as an institution
is not the real issue, Gitenstein said.
“What I always hope to communicate
as our image is that we are advocating
for additional funding for higher education in the state of New Jersey and for
(the College),” Gitenstein said. “You must
tackle the two because if you only focus on
(the College) it wonʼt resonate.”
The Student Government Association
(SGA) plans to invest more time in the
Garden State Student Alliance (GSSA),
which has compiled a “Studentʼs Bill of
Rights” with thousands of signatures to be
presented to state legislatures.
“(State Legislatures) have to see that
weʼre serious about higher education,” Mike
Strom, student general chair of GSSA,
said.
Strom said SGA also plans to use the
momentum of the recent presidential election to get more students involved in the
politics of higher education.
In the end, according to Gitenstein, the
fight for more higher education funding is
a complex political process. However difficult the fight, she said she has full confidence in SGAʼs competence.
“We have an image, and itʼs a very good
image,” Gitenstein said. “(The Collegeʼs)
SGA is very well prepared, articulate and
knowledgeable.”
Biochemist introduces technologies for blind students
By Thomas Briechle
Correspondent
Cary Supalo, a blind biochemist, wants to help blind chemistry students
succeed in science.
Bid / CUB sends
out new options
for Spring Concert
continued from page 1
e-mail that said Rihanna’s
response was still pending.
The e-mail linked students to
a survey of alternative performances by R&B, hip-hop and
alternative rock musicians.
Gkionis said 1,600 people
responded to the first survey.
Monday’s CUB e-mail
announcing Rihanna’s rejection
linked students to a narroweddown version of the survey.
“This is the end result, the
top choices from the other survey,” Gkionis said.
As of Monday afternoon,
Gkionis said more than 1,300
people responded to the second
survey. The survey closed at 10
p.m. Monday night.
Hip-hop and R&B artists
included Ne-Yo, Lupe Fiasco,
Jordin Sparks, Ludacris and
N.E.R.D.
Alternative
rock
acts
included OAR, Jason Mraz,
Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy
Eat World, Katy Perry and Ben
Folds. David Cook, Girl Talk,
Lady Gaga, Kat Deluna and
Black Violin were listened as
potential opening acts.
CUB will have to appear
before SFB again to receive
funding for the new musician.
The Board of Trustees will
consider approving the sum at
its December meeting.
Gkionis said the student
body will likely know who the
replacement performer is after
Winter Break.
Cristina Kohler, freshman
business marketing major, said
she was disappointed.
“That sucks,” she said. “I
got my hopes up. I really wanted to see her.”
Casey Tinston, sophomore
English secondary education major, was slightly more
optimistic.
“I think it’s a little disappointing,” she said.
She added, “But there are
lots of other great artists that
might come to the College, so
I’m still excited.”
Last Wednesday, Cary Supalo, a blind
biochemist, introduced a group of students
and teachers to the tools he is developing to
help visually impaired students succeed in
chemistry.
Supalo, who graduated from Pennsylvania
State University in 1999 and is currently a
member of the National Federation of the
Blind, said many blind students feel they suffer from a lack of opportunity. He questioned
whether or not the “passive approach” many
teachers currently take toward blind students
in the classroom would encourage anyone to
pursue a career in science.
He recalled a time during high school
when he was extremely excited to take calculus but found out his high school was unwilling to support him. He remembered telling a
teacher, “I am always going to be limited in
what I achieve.”
“That’s how I truly felt in high school,”
he said.
As a result, Supalo is determined to “foster
a more hands-on experience” for blind students in the chemistry lab. He feels the key to
making students passionate about a particular
subject is to give them the confidence to do
the work by themselves.
He noted that blind students like to be in
front of the class so they are less distracted by
noises some students would consider insignificant, such as “the infamous candy wrapper.” In addition, students should read the lab
before class so they can “predict what they
think is going to happen.”
Supalo discussed several technological
developments to assist blind students in the
classroom.
He introduced a program called JAWS
(Job Access with Speech), designed to convert
computer text into audible speech. Supalo and
his colleagues managed to make JAWS compatible with the various lab probes created by
Vernier Technologies. Thanks to Supalo and
his team, more than 125 probes are now able
to convert text to speech.
Supalo discussed the Submersible Audible
Light Sensor, or SALS. This device consists
of a submersible sensor attached to a control
box, which contains a speaker. The SALS
allows blind students to recognize when a
combination of chemicals yields a new result.
Since the student is unable to see the reaction,
the SALS produces a certain pitch when it is
submerged in liquid. When two chemicals
combine, a completely different pitch is produced due to the change in light content, indicating to the student a change has taken place
in real time. Supalo demonstrated the SALS
to the audience, and it was clear that many
people were impressed with the technology.
Another device showcased at the lecture
was the Color Analysis Laboratory Sensor, or
CALS. Like the SALS, this device consists
of a probe connected to a control box. The
CALS identifies the values of red, green, blue
and white to tell the student the color of a specific solid or liquid. The CALS can identify
certain shades of colors, such as “light red”
(pink) or “dark blue” (navy). It currently has a
95 percent success rate, and Supalo is working
to make it even more accurate.
In addition to the SALS and CALS, Supalo
also mentioned a new stopwatch for blind
students he helped develop. It is the only one
of its kind that allows for accuracy up to one
hundredth of a second.
Supalo told the audiences these devices
could be used in a variety of modified experiments for blind students, such as a “freezing
point depression” lab.
Supalo concluded that above all else, he
wanted to “maintain a high expectation for
blind students.”
“It is important to educate blind students
so they feel that they really can do this stuff,”
he said.
Eva Scott, a teacher in the visually impaired
program at the College, thought Supalo’s presentation was “awesome.”
“He’s right that there are so many blind
students that are easily discouraged, and I
think this is opening a lot of doors,” she said.
Roger Luhiriri explains the rising trend of sexual violence against women in the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC / Doctor risks dangers to
fight violence against women
being because he is currently participating in the Human Rights
Advocate Program at Columbia
University.
Joseph Feaster, sophomore
health and exercise major, said,
“At first I was only at the lecture
because I had to be there for a
class, but at the end I was glad
that I went. It opened my eyes to
how bad people’s living environments are in other parts of the
world and really made me think
about how fortunate we are here
in America.”
There is a huge, and inexplicable, epidemic of sexual violence occurring within eastern
Congo, according to Luhiriri.
Brutality toward women is
becoming strikingly normal
and despite efforts by United
Nations forces and outside
support for peace, violence is
steadily rising.
This is especially shocking considering Congo holds
the largest number of United
Nations peacekeeping troops at
17,000, he said.
When asked if it was dangerous to work at the hospital,
Luhiriri explained it is somewhat dangerous, but at the same
time the hospital is not really
targeted by militant gangs.
“These women are my mother, my sister, my doctor. I must
do all that I can to help them,”
he said. “They are the only
resource left to us … they are
the base, hope and future of the
Republic of Congo.”
Nation & World
Iraqi parliament debates security pact
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers Monday began debate over a pact with the United States that will allow
U.S. forces to remain for three more years, while an Iranian official close to that countryʼs leadership praised the
Iraqi Cabinet for approving the deal.
The comments from Iranʼs judiciary chief marked the
first time that the deal has met with clear-cut approval in
neighboring Iran. Meanwhile, Syria, target of a deadly
cross-border raid by U.S. forces in recent weeks, criticized
the deal as virtual surrender to America.
More than two-thirds of the 275-seat legislature attended Mondayʼs session, raising confidence that parliament will be able to muster a quorum for the Nov. 24
vote. The session ended after the agreementʼs text was
read to lawmakers, the first step to adopt legislation.
The Cabinet approved the pact Sunday, meaning the
political parties in Prime Minister Nouri al-Malikiʼs
coalition government are expected to have similar success in securing parliamentary support. If parliament
approves, President Jalal Talabani and his two deputies
must ratify it.
Under the agreement, U.S. forces must vacate Iraqi
cities by June, leave Iraq by the end of 2011 and grant
Iraqi authorities extensive power over the operations
and movements of American forces. It also prohibits the
United States from using Iraqi territory to attack Iraqʼs
neighbors, such as Syria and Iran.
It also gives Iraq the right to try U.S. soldiers and defense contractors in the case of serious crimes committed
off-duty and off-base.
The deal would replace a U.N. mandate governing
their presence in Iraq that expires Dec. 31.
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker described the Iraqi
Cabinetʼs approval as “historic” at a time when security
has improved dramatically.
At the White House, press secretary Dana Perino defended the pact, even though it includes a U.S. troop withdrawal timeline‚ a point President George W. Bush had
long opposed as a sign of defeat. She said the timeline was
a concession to Iraqis and described it as “aspirational
dates.”
Iran and Syria, longtime adversaries of Washington,
have said an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces would
be the best solution for Iraq, fearing threats to their se-
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U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari shake
hands after a signing ceremony for a security pact between the United States and Iraq in
Baghdad on Monday.
curity and regional influence. Iraqis sought to allay their
fears, amending the pact with the ban on cross-border
attacks from Iraq.
On Monday, however, Iranʼs judiciary chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, said the Iraqi Cabinet
acted “very well” in approving the pact. The Web site of
Iranʼs state television quoted him as saying he hoped the
United States would withdraw from Iraq within the time
specified in the deal.
“The Iraqi government has done very well regarding
this,” he said. “We hope the outcome of (the deal) will be
in favor of Islam and Iraqi sovereignty.”
Shahroudi is very close to Iranʼs top leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei and his comments reflect thinking of conservatives within the ruling system, but not all hard-liners
or President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Hard-line outlets, which have said the pact would
“turn Iraq into a full-fledged colony” and urged Iraqis
to oppose it, remained adamant.
“Iraqi government gave in to American capitulation,”
read a front-page headline in the hard-line daily Jomhuri-eEslami newspaper Monday.
California firefighters make gains on fires
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) — Winds were
calm Monday, allowing firefighters to make
gains on two raging wildfires that destroyed
hundreds of homes and forced thousands of
residents to flee.
Gusts from the Santa Ana winds had
peaked to more than 70 mph at the height of
the fires over the weekend but abated Sunday,
and had weakened to about 20 mph by Monday morning, the National Weather Service
said.
“Itʼs wonderful news,” Angela Garbiso, a
spokeswoman with the Orange County Fire
Authority, said Monday. “When it calms
down, it obviously makes it easier for us to
handle this massive undertaking.”
The fires that started Thursday night and
burned in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties,
have burned nearly 41,000 acres.
In Orange and Riverside counties, the fires
chewed through nearly 29,000 acres and were
pushing toward Diamond Bar in Los Angeles county. A major aerial attack on Sunday
raised containment to 40 percent.
Meanwhile, a 10,000-acre fire that hit hard
in the Sylmar area of northern Los Angeles
on Saturday moved into the Placerita Canyon
area of the rugged San Gabriel Mountains and
was burning vigorously, but well outside the
city. It was 40 percent contained.
The Santa Barbara-area fire that swept
through tony Montecito has burned 1,940
acres and was 95 percent surrounded
Monday.
The cause of all the fires were under investigation, although officials said the Santa
Barbara-area was “human-caused,” according to Doug Lannon, a spokesman with the
News Bits
Citigroup Inc. is cutting approximately 53,000 more jobs in the
coming quarters as the banking
giant struggles to steady itself
after suffering massive losses
from deteriorating debt.
Somali pirates hijacked a supertanker hundreds of miles
off the Horn of Africa, seizing the Saudi-owned ship
loaded with crude oil and its
25-member crew, the U.S.
Navy said Monday.
AP Photo
A search and rescue worker and her dog walk through the Oakridge Mobile
Home Park in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, Calif., on Sunday.
California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection.
Lannon said the fire started in a Montecito landmark known to be a popular
hangout for teenagers. He said it was possible someone was smoking in the brush
or started a campfire there. Investigators
have set up an anonymous tip line in hopes
of getting the publicʼs help in finding out
who started the fire.
Far away from the flames, the smell of
smoke pervaded metropolitan Los Angeles.
Downtown skyscrapers were silhouettes in
an opaque sky and concerns about air quality kept many people indoors. Organizers
on Sunday canceled a marathon in suburban
Pasadena where 8,000 runners had planned
to participate.
Officials warned of another bad air day
on Monday and classes were canceled at
dozens of schools near the fire zones in
Orange County.
Many evacuees began the agonizing
process of making their way back to their
destroyed homes.
Anxious residents of the Oakridge
Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, where 484
homes were destroyed by fire early Saturday, were allowed Monday morning to
return to inspect their property.
With Congress returning
Monday to deal with an auto
industry in dire financial
straits, the Bush White House
stressed that it supports help,
but not at the expense of the
$700 billion Wall Street rescue
program.
Up to 2 feet of snow hit the
Great Lakes region Monday.
Information from APExchange.com
Editorial
Bringin’ the music
to the people
So Rihanna, with her Grammy, her host of hits,
her multi-million album sales and her $126,000 price
tag, will not grace the humble stage of the Student
Recreation Center. But perhaps itʼs for the best.
Certainly, it would have been exciting for the College
to host a wildly popular artist and break a string of big
concerts featuring white guys. But these possibilities
havenʼt been eliminated by Rihannaʼs rejection.
Rihanna also would have garnered good publicity
and bragging rights for the College, but the rewards
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of her performance were debatable. There has to be a While Rihanna may not be performing at the College, the College Union Board’s
balance between quality, price and the weight of a big- attempt to reach out to students was a hit.
name performance.
As a result of Rihanna denying the College Union
Boardʼs (CUB) bid, CUB has opened up the decision
to the students. They did the same thing last year when
students helped select Third Eye Blind, a concert that
drew a crowd of 2,000 — the largest in five years.
Democracy sometimes works, it seems. It also seems a
• No classes
“The next ass
balance can be achieved.
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Delicious
food
To CUBʼs credit, they have compiled a great list of
that touches
• Awkward family dinners
artists for students to choose from. It is refreshing to
my shoulder
see an impressive mix of inspired hip hop, R&B and
alternative rock artists to choose from — a variety that
will be the
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last.”
According to Katerina Gkionis, CUB director, 1,600
people voted in the first survey sent out to College
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students Nov. 13. As of Monday afternoon, 1,300
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students voted with 10 hours remaining before the
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What kind of puppy should the
survey closed. Continuing the trend established by the
Magazine editor
Obamas get?
recent Presidential Election, College students continue
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to buck the long-affixed label of apathetic.
• 34% Goldendoodle
Gkionis and CUB have taken a potentially disasterous
• 26% Beagle
situation and are seeking a positive outcome. Planning
“I’m really
• 23% Mutt
a massive, multi-thousand dollar event is a large
• 17% Beethoven
glad to see a
undertaking. CUB has recovered quickly from what
could have been a major setback and is prepared to
lot of butts
go through the difficult process of bringing another
in the chairs
musician to the College. In the process, they have
proven that letting students have more discretion in
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vocalist George
Szczepanski at a
show in the
Rathskeller
“These women
are my mother,
my sister, my
doctor. I must
do all I can to
help them.”
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says ...
Stop: Keeping your
cell phone off, making
things harder than
they are, watching
MTV and VH1, and
smell the roses.
Caution: Unchanged
motor
oil,
the
unknown,
crazy
roommates, bad jokes,
too much of anything.
Go: Buy a big turkey
for
Thanksgiving,
save all your money
for Christmas gifts,
make dinner with
your
significant
o t h e r ,
accomplish
all
your
goals today,
get
the
‘ Vo l c a n o’
at Banzai
Restaurant,
ice skating.
Barack
Obama
has become the first
black president in
our countryʼs history.
Forgive me for saying
this, but it doesnʼt
impress me. I can
honestly tell you that
Salam Al-Omaishi electing a black man
president isnʼt that big
of a deal — itʼs way overdue.
To me, the bigger deal is how much our
country has changed in the past 55 years. Fiftythree years ago, a black woman in Montgomery,
Ala., refused to give up her seat on a bus to
a white passenger. Rosa Parksʼ defiance of
injustice has led to this day. Forty-five years ago,
on the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin
Luther King, Jr. stood and shouted his dream. A
dream where, as he said, “My four little children
will one day live in a nation where they will
not be judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character.” A dream nobody
thought would ever be possible so quickly has
finally come true.
Not so long ago, Malcolm X and Muhammad
Ali shouted and pleaded for justice and were
persecuted, but have now finally been heard.
Hope has finally arrived for everyone who has
ever suffered in this country. America can finally
call itself the beacon of light in this world.
No longer can Americans be labeled as racist
or unaccepting. No longer can the rest of the
world deny we are the forefront of change in
the world. The American people have spoken
loud and clear, and they have voted for change.
Whether you voted for or against Obama, one
canʼt deny the fact that he represents what hasnʼt
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been present in an American president since
Abraham Lincoln.
What happened on Nov. 4 was probably the
single most defining moment in our political
lives. However, we must not dwell. There is
much work to be done, and it will be interesting
to see whether or not President-elect Obama can
keep his word. I, for one, was severely critical of
both candidates and didnʼt know who I was going
to vote for until I walked into the booth. There
were flaws and strengths in each candidate, but
the resounding similarity between the candidates
in this election is their undeniable patriotism.
Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam War hero,
should be applauded for running a fair and
honorable campaign. Anybody who denies
the love McCain has for this country should
listen to his concession speech. That was a
real concession speech, unlike somebody who
ran and lost against Obama in the Democratic
Primary.
My friends, as McCain would say, Obama
has broken barriers and rewritten history while
doing so. Now it is time to move on and see
results in Washington. The state of our union is
the worst it has been in years, and for anything
to ever get done, both parties are going to have
to work together. So now Iʼm calling for both
parties to unite, for we know a “house divided
against itself cannot stand.”
The impact of what has happened will not be
fully realized today, but perhaps many years from
now. Blacks, Native Americans and Hispanics
can finally look in the mirror and believe that
if they work hard enough they can be president
of the greatest country in the world. They can
finally believe in the fact that they too can live
the American Dream. The heroes that cried for
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This election was historic, but Obama
now faces serious national issues.
justice — Parks, King and X — have finally been
heard. On Jan. 20, 2009, Obama will be sworn
in as the 44th president of the United States on
the steps of the U.S. Capitol; the very steps that
were built by the blood and sweat of slaves.
Ladies and gentlemen, Iʼm proud to announce
as an American that change is no longer coming
— itʼs here.
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“Iʼd have to listen to
the artistsʼ music to
decide, but Iʼm going
to have to say Jimmy
Eat World. ”
“Ne-Yo because I saw
him in concert and
he was really good.
I really enjoy his
music.”
“O.A.R. because Iʼve
been to two of their
concerts and I donʼt
remember either of
them.”
— Tony Rivera,
junior philosophy
major
— Chanis Brown,
senior womenʼs and
gender studies major
— Harrison Fisher,
senior criminology and
justice studies major
“Iʼd have to say O.A.R.
and Ben Folds. That
would be cool if they
came to campus.”
— Danielle Petrosino,
junior English
secondary education
major
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Poverty hits home during time to give thanks
As the weather
gets colder and we
approach the holiday
season, itʼs common
for students at the
College and elsewhere to turn their
thoughts to Thanksgiving,
football
and warm jackets.
Dan Mutter
As a senior who
has lived on campus for almost four years,
I have recognized the advantages and disadvantages of campus living. The bubble
that we operate in while at school allows
us, as a friend of mine said, “to pretend.”
We play the roles of student, employee,
scientist and journalist, among others. It is
not that these skills do not correspond to
the “real world,” but they simply do not
take place in it. The purpose of discussing this insulation is to draw attention
to the lack of awareness it encourages.
While most of us will go home to
Thanksgiving meals, heated homes and
warm clothes, many people will not.
According to the most recent census,
8.4 percent of New Jerseyʼs population
live below the poverty line — thatʼs approximately 733,000 people in our state.
In 2000, the U.N. agreed on a declaration aimed at cutting global poverty in
half by 2015. Out of this Millennium
Declaration, eight Millennium Develop-
ment Goals (MDGs) were created. The
MDGs are: eradicate extreme poverty
and hunger, achieve universal primary
education, promote gender equality and
empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat
HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases,
ensure environmental stability and create a global partnership for development
with targets for aid, debt relief and trade.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
said, “The Goals are ambitious but feasible and, together with the comprehensive United Nations development agenda, set the course for the worldʼs efforts
to alleviate extreme poverty by 2015.”
Of the eight MDGs, the eighth is the
most important. While the first seven are
actions that need to be taken in developing countries and impoverished communities, the eighth focuses on what
wealthier nations and people can do.
Without a partnership between people,
the other goals will fail. I interpret the
MDGs not only as a list the U.N., governments and organizations should follow, but
something in which an individual can participate. There are corresponding ways everyone can make a difference in reference
to each. The first step is to become aware.
On Nov. 22, the College is sending a
small interfaith group to a Poverty Simulation hosted in Princeton by the Crisis
Ministry. The purpose of the simulation is
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Many people below the poverty line will not have a big Thanksgiving
feast this holiday season, unlike many here at the College.
to give participants firsthand awareness of
low-income life and enable volunteers in the
community to develop more understanding and sensitivity to the issue of poverty.
The College interfaith group hopes to learn
from the experience in order to organize a
similar event at the College in the spring.
Poverty is something that affects everyone. As John Donne said,
“No man is an island, entire of itself.”
Accordingly, the sooner we can recognize that we are all connected, if by nothing
other than the human condition, the sooner
we will be able to create a better world for
ourselves and those that will come after us.
Sources: UN.org, nytimes.com, U.S. Census Bureau
Letters
R.I.P. GOP?
Iʼd like to take a moment to offer my thoughts and prayers in remembrance of the Republican Party (1980-2008). Of course the party lives on, in name, but the events of Nov.
4 were the final nail in the coffin of the American conservative movement as we knew it.
Thirty years ago, the New Deal liberalism that had dominated politics was in its death
throes amidst the de-industrialization, stagflation and foreign-policy disasters of the Carter
administration. Of course, we all know what happened next: the Reagan Revolution, Morning in America, the birth of modern conservatism.
Every president from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush has governed within this modern conservative framework — even Bill Clinton, who, in some ways, was more right-wing
in his policies than Republican Richard Nixon. America, on a whole, is more right-leaning
than most of the other great democracies in the world. We still view universal health care,
strict national gun-control and government-funded higher education with an attitude of
suspicion less common in places like Canada, Britain or Scandinavia.
Did any of this change with the recent election, as even the most moderate of Republicans, albeit with a far-right running mate, lost the popular vote by some 8 million ballots
and the Electoral College by more than 100, to a man with little experience, questionable
associations and a political agenda that seems 40 years out of place? Whether or not this
result indicates a new era of liberalism is upon us remains to be seen; I would tend to doubt
it. Fifty-seven million Americans still voted for John McCain, despite his poorly managed
campaign, the struggling economy and questionable wars associated with his party, and
most of the major media outletsʼ support going to his opponent. This would seem to indicate that conservatism is alive, though ailing.
The problem isnʼt so much the ideal as it is the party. The United States is rapidly becoming less white, less Christian and less Anglophone with every election cycle, and short
of sealing the borders and kicking out all the non-WASPs, this trend is not going to change
anytime soon. A key to the Democratsʼ success was rallying inner-city minority voters in
the East and Latinos in the Southwest.
The Democratic Party first broke free of its conservative, white southern domination in
the 1960s and finally purged these elements in the 1990s, and this has contributed greatly
to their continued viability as a major party. It is time for the Republicans to do the same.
As British conservative columnist Peter Hitchens writes, the Americans are “still a deeply
conservative people.” Free markets, small government and strong national defense are ideals cherished by many Americans. Unfortunately, the Republican Party under Reagan and
even more so after Newt Gingrich came to the fore in 1994, has been under the control of
moral conservatives that are not accepting of all Americans. Influenced by men like Pat
Buchanan and Jerry Falwell, the Republican Party has developed an image that is anti-gay,
anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, and unconcerned with problems facing minorities.
With this policy, Republicans are basically shooting themselves in the foot; there are
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gay men who want to grow their small business, Muslims who want to pay lower taxes,
blacks who want to stop terrorism, and they would all happily vote Republican if they did
not perceive the party as damning them to hell. By turning down the volume on the cultural
conservatism just a bit, the GOP could bring a lot of fresh faces to the polls in 2012. Sarah
Palin can talk all she wants about “real Americans,” but without expanding this narrow
view of what makes up the core of our society, millions of would-be conservatives are
marginalized. Hereʼs to hoping, for the rightʼs sake, that by 2012 they get back to their
core economic values while expanding their base of support, even if it means sacrificing
the “moral majority.” If they donʼt, “Real Americans” will find themselves on an island
in American politics, clutching their Bibles, guns and Reagan portraits, alone in a sea of
diversity.
Steven Elliott
Muslim faith deserves recognition
I attended “The Politics of Messianism in Contemporary Iran,” a talk given by guest
lecturer Hossein Kamaly, on Oct. 29. Kamaly explained that Shiite Muslims in Iran and
throughout the world are currently awaiting the appearance of the 12th Imam, or Messiah,
to hasten the advent of a just government and peaceful society and to fulfill the prophecies
of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He spoke about the negative impact this expectation
has had on both the Iranian government and its foreign policy, and concluded that although
messianism is a legitimate religious belief, societal ills cannot be healed by a theocracy.
Kamaly seemed to be advocating the separation of church and state.
Although I understood, agreed with and enjoyed his talk, I was extremely disappointed
by his omission of the Baháʼí Faith in Iran. Baháʼís believe that Baháʼuʼlláh is the prophecy-fulfilling Messiah for every major world religion, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There are 350,000 Baháʼís in Iran, comprising the largest
religious minority in the country. Since the inception of the Baháʼí Faith in 1844, and with
increasing fervor since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iranian Baháʼís have been systematically tortured, killed, imprisoned and deprived of their rights to own property, marry or
attend college.
As a noted scholar on Islam and Iran, I can only surmise that Kamalyʼs omission was
caused by his unwillingness to recognize the Baháʼí Faith as a world religion. However,
despite his personal beliefs, his talk was incomplete without mention of Baháʼuʼlláh, who
was born in Tehran in 1817 and declared he was the Promised One in 1863.
I encourage anyone who is interested in learning more about the Baháʼí Faith to visit
bahai.org or to e-mail me at maldonad@tcnj.edu.
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Holocaust victims and survivors honored
By Amy Keitel
Correspondent
Guest speakers, a bone marrow
donor drive and a special service
helped members of Hillel/Jewish
Student Union (JSU) remember
the horrors of the Holocaust during
Holocaust Remembrance Week,
commemorated at the College from
Nov. 10-14.
The week, which occurs annually, coincides with the anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the “Night
of Broken Glass,” during which
synagogues, Jewish businesses and
homes in Germany were destroyed
by fire and looting vandals.
“That is why around this time
we feel it’s important to have a lot
of Holocaust events,” Jessica Mickley, JSU vice president of social action and Jewish awareness, said.
Two local Holocaust survivors
were invited to the Business Building lounge last Thursday evening
to share their stories. Charles Roger and Louis Shulman recounted
stories of the family and friends
they lost, the hardships they faced
during those years and how they
survived.
“It’s been over 60 years since
the end of the war and I’ve been
speaking to groups for at least 30
of these years,” Roger said. “I keep
thinking it’s going to be less pertinent to speak about the Holocaust,
but we are seeing a resurgence of
anti-Semitism around the world, including genocide and ethnic cleansing, so it remains important to talk
about.”
Students noted the importance
of remembering the Holocaust.
“It speaks as a reminder that we
should treat all people equally,”
Tracy Steinberg, JSU vice president of religion and culture, said.
“We also need to speak up when we
see people being treated wrong.”
Mickley started planning the
event about a month ago. She contacted an organization that has a list
of Holocaust survivors living in
New Jersey. “I noticed these two men and
thought they would do an awesome
job,” she said.
JSU also co-sponsored a bone
marrow drive with the brothers of
Alpha Epsilon Pi. The drive tested
possible bone marrow donors.
Since tissue type is hereditary, the
Two Holocaust survivors spoke at the College Thursday in honor of Holocaust
Remembrance Week.
best way to find a genetic match
is from people with the same cultural background. The Gift of Life
Bone Marrow Foundation is North
America’s Jewish donor registry.
The week culminated with a
special service on Friday evening
in the Spiritual Center. While there
are services every Friday at 6 p.m.,
this one had a special Holocaust remembrance theme, which included
stories, poetry, quotes and a vigil.
JSU’s main events are Holocaust
Remembrance Week and Jewish
Awareness Month, which spans the
month of March. In addition to ser-
vices every Friday night, they also
hold a monthly bagel brunch.
Roger left the students with
some words of wisdom and advice.
He said, “You all have the responsibility to act as witnesses now
that the story has been passed onto
you.”
Songwriter explores different identities Nonprofit
By Laura Herzog
Correspondent
Magdelen Hsu-Li, the keynote speaker
for Experience Asia, passionately addressed the event’s audience, mostly members of the Asian American Association
(AAA) and Prism, co-sponsors of the event
held on Thursday.
“Imagine your whole life you’ve been
in a dark tunnel, and then you finally see a
pinprick of light at the end of that tunnel,
getting bigger and bigger,” Hsu-Li said, as
she reached out demonstratively toward
the metaphorical light. “(Tourette’s) kept
me behind this ‘glass ceiling.’”
Among other things, Hsu-Li, a bisexual
Chinese-American musician, shared her
experiences growing up with a severe case
of Tourette’s Syndrome.
“You’re almost like a freak,” she continued. “I thought about suicide. I truly con-
templated it for a time.”
Hsu-Li finally forced her Tourette’s, an
inherited disorder that causes people to repeat physical tics or sounds, into remission
at the age of 16.
“I thought it was a real eye-opener,”
James Huynh, AAA president, said after
the event. “Many times that’s what we’re
trying to do in our lives — ‘break the glass
ceiling.’ It’s really a universal message.”
During the course of the evening, Hsu-Li
alternated between telling the chronological story of her life and singing five songs
she wrote — “No Ordinary Girl,” “All
Those Words,” “Fire,” “Mary Magdalene”
and “Change the World.”
Whenever Hsu-Li sang, playing either
guitar or piano, the Mildred and Ernest
E. Mayo Concert Hall resonated with her
powerful voice and emotional lyrics reminiscent of Alanis Morrisette.
Hsu-Li discussed the difficulty of trying
Mike Smith / Photo Assistant
Magdalen Hsu-Li, the keynote speaker for Experience Asia, expresses
herself through words and music.
to conform to the expectations of both her
Chinese parents, who had fled to America
to escape communism, and those of her
white neighbors while growing up in the
conservative, rural town of Martinsville,
Va. According to Hsu-Li, like many Asian
Americans, her parents were eager to “assimilate” to American society’s capitalistic
ideals, yet expected her to maintain her
Asian culture.
“I wasn’t everything that (my parents)
wanted,” Hsu-Li said, referring to her outspokenness and bisexuality. She jokingly
lifted up a chunk of her hair, streaked
bright red. “I was raised to be a model
minority — don’t speak up, don’t make
waves.”
After Hsu-Li spent six months of “intense,
disciplined exercise” fighting against her
Tourette’s, she said the disorder miraculously
went into remission, allowing her to develop
her artistic talents and eventually earn her
bachelor’s in painting from the prestigious
Rhode Island School of Design. It was only
after her graduation that Hsu-Li decided she
wanted to become a singer-songwriter.
“I was tone-deaf, couldn’t understand
notes or chords or any of that stuff,” HsuLi said. According to her, she “talked her
way into” the Cornish College of the Arts in
Seattle, Wash., where she studied jazz and
classical music before embarking on a music career.
She wrote her first album, which included
controversial songs like “Chink” and “Submissive,” with lyrics like “Why can’t you
be submissive? Like you Asian girls should
be?”
Hsu-Li was surprised when it was the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered
community, not the Asian community, that
initially embraced her.
“You are a person of many cultures,” HsuLi said. “How can one cultural group be your
identity? It is individuals that you connect
with.”
quenches need
for clean water
By Raechel DeLooper
Correspondent
“Water changes everything,” according
to the slogan of Charity Water, a nonprofit
organization providing 890 wells to communities in dire need of clean water. The
founder of Charity Water, Scott Harrison,
addressed the College Nov. 12, informing
students of the dire need for clean water in
other countries. At age 28, Harrison needed a change.
Working on the New York club scene,
Harrison had developed a lifestyle corrupted by alcohol and “every drug short of
heroin,” he said. After a chance encounter
with a bouncer, Harrison began to rethink
his lifestyle. After being rejected by several Christian charities, Harrison found
himself traveling to Liberia as a photographer for Mercy Ship, a floating hospital
specializing in tumors and flesh-eating
diseases.
On his first day in port in Liberia, Harrison encountered 7,000 people waiting to
see a doctor. However, only 1,500 could
be seen, so 5,500 patients were turned
away.
It is there Harrison learned that 80 percent of the medical issues affecting the
Liberian population were caused by bad
water, including death due to diarrhea and
parasites.
“1.1 billion people do not have access
to clean water,” Harrison said, “One in six
people in the world do not have access to
clean water.”
After Harrison returned to New York
City, Mercy Ship featured a showing of
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Discarded letters once lost, now FOUND
By Kelly Duncan
News Editor
Think twice before you carelessly throw away an old
love letter. That is, unless you want to see it in print.
While most people would never collect pieces of paper
found in the street, Davy Rothbart, who visited the College
on Nov. 13, has built a business out of doing just that.
The Ann Arbor, Mich., native is the creator of FOUND
Magazine, a collection of letters, cards, photos, drawings
and other items that give the reader a “glimpse into someone else’s life,” according to the magazine’s Web site.
“Say you’re walking down the street and you find a love
note or a to-do list,” Rothbart said. “People send me those
things from around the country, from around the world, really.”
During the hour-long presentation co-sponsored by the
Class of 2011 and Ed@TCNJ, Rothbart shared many of his
favorite finds.
Rothbart’s first selection set the tone for much of the rest
of the night.
The letter, sent to a man named Ron in North Carolina,
began as any other love note might. However, the writer
went on to explain that their relationship hadn’t felt the
same “since we found out we’re related.”
“It’s so hard to find love in this world,” Rothbart said,
as the audience laughed. “It’s so hard to find that special
someone. How much would that suck?”
Another crowd favorite was a letter written by an unhappy traveler to an airline company. The letter was written
over the course of the flight and expressed the passenger’s
anger at being assigned seat 29E, directly across from the
bathroom.
“All of my senses are being tortured simultaneously,” the
man wrote. Later, he threatened, “The next ass that touches
my shoulder will be the last.”
Rothbart also read a short piece titled “Nibble, lick, suck
and feast,” which details his eight-month, 50-state tour following the publication of the first FOUND book in 2004.
The event that sparked the piece’s title occurred while
Rothbart was waiting to be interviewed for a small-town
news program. While waiting, Rothbart and a security guard
came across a racy note written by one of the anchormen to
a younger camerawoman. On a dare, Rothbart decided to
share the note as one of his found items.
“What an expression that fellow had on his face,” Rothbart said.
“I thought he was awesome,” Meaghan Lenahan, sophomore psychology major, said. “Just the way he delivered
everything he found, it was so much funnier than just reading it.”
Not all of the items Rothbart read were humorous.
As one of his 10 favorite found items, Rothbart shared
a letter written from a boy to his mother, who had passed
away. The letter described the pain the boy had suffered
since his mother’s death, but said he had met a girl who was
helping him through it. The woman who sent the letter to
the magazine said it was found tied to a balloon and tangled
in a tree in a cemetery.
“I hope the rest of you will be inspired if you see something laying on the ground to pick it up and see if it’s interesting,” Rothbart said.
Davy Rothbart shares with the College some
intimate stories from his FOUND publication.
Started in June 2001, FOUND Magazine has grown to
include five issues, a handful of FOUND books and several
issues of Dirty FOUND, a magazine containing content too
explicit for regular issues of FOUND.
For more information about FOUND Magazine, visit the
magazine’s Web site at foundmagazine.com.
Kelly Duncan can be reached at duncan5@tcnj.edu
Students get virtual lecture Crooks beware with
revamping of criminal
justice association
By Jeffrey Roman
Features Assistant
Photo courtesy of Yifeng Hu
Student-created avatars listened to a lecture given within Second Life, a 3-D
virtual reality.
By Abby Hocking
Correspondent
The students in one class on Friday
were witness to a not-so-typical kind
of lecture titled “Beyond Second Life:
An exploration of the extended virtual
world landscape.”
The speaker, Aldon Hynes, an ex-tech
manager from Wall Street, a self-proclaimed “tech junkie” and business editor for the Second Life News Network,
spoke to students represented by his
Second Life avatar, Aldon Huffhines.
Owned and maintained by American company Linden Lab, Second Life
is an online, 3-D virtual world where
residents create the content and shape
the environment. Users make their own
avatars, build their own houses and
use Linden dollars (which can be exchanged into U.S. dollars) to purchase
anything from eye colors to land. People can interact with other avatars via
text, or by voice through the use of a
microphone.
Although he has spoken often about
Second Life in person, this was Hynes’
first time delivering a presentation
within the Second Life realm.
Yifeng Hu, assistant professor of
communication studies, orchestrated
the lecture after meeting Hynes through
a Second Life educator mailing list.
The lecture was held on the College’s
personal island within Second Life,
rented by Hu, in a newly built virtual
castle. This was Hu’s second speech
via the virtual world of Second Life, a
program Hu has integrated into her Introduction to Communication Studies
class.
Hynes’ presentation, which he
dubbed a “mixed reality conference,”
revolved around the financial markets
and media environment of Second Life,
as well as other types of virtual worlds
besides Second Life.
Hynes responded to questions dictated by students in a general chat box
in Second Life.
“I didn’t realize there were so many
Web sites to further aid you in the virtual world,” Catherine Cosentino, junior
communication studies major, said.
“This is our second speech and I’m so
impressed that we can hold a class with
someone miles and miles away from
us.”
Hynes does not see Second Life fading away any time soon.
He said, “It is believed that by 2012,
80 percent of active Internet users will
be involved in a virtual world.”
If you ever thought joining a club
at the College wasn’t the right thing to
do, consider this. There are clubs on
this campus that take trips to nearby
cities so students can get away for a
while. There are clubs that set up game
nights and open mic nights to entertain
students. And then there is a club that shakes
the foundation a bit and takes its members on trips to shooting ranges. That
club is the American Criminal Justice
Association (AJCA).
The ACJA is a student organization at the College with both
on- and off-campus activities focusing on
the field of criminal justice.
“On-campus
activities include
speakers such as
chiefs of police, state
troopers and Kaplan test
services presentations on the Law School
Admissions Test and the Graduate Record Examination,” Nicole Gervato,
president of AJCA, said. “Off-campus
activities include visits to prisons, the
(Regional Operations Intelligence Center) and a shooting range.”
Gervato oversees the club’s meetings and programs. “We are in a time of
transition and revamping. Therefore the
group is not too large,” she said. “It is
about 10 people.”
Although small, the organization has
been around for quite some time, impacting the community by working to
spread knowledge of the criminal justice system.
“Past achievements of ACJA are the
speakers and off-campus activities that
have taken place in the past. We are beginning to work with the criminal justice honor society, Alpha Phi Sigma, in
order to sponsor larger campus events
in the upcoming semester,” Gervato
said.
The organization is beginning to
branch out and re-evaluate the club to
find new ideas. “We distributed a survey to the criminology classes currently in session
to determine what
students would
like to see ACJA
do,” Gervato said.
And the club isn’t
just for those who are
majoring in criminology and other
justice-based courses at the College.
According to the club’s Web site, tcnj.
edu/~acja, “the ACJA is an organization for individuals who have an interest in some aspect of the criminal justice
system. Although most of our members
are criminology and justice studies students, the organization is open to everyone.”
The club has also undergone changes
and now has a new adviser, Bruce D.
Stout, associate professor of criminology.
“I’m looking forward to working with
the association to give students unique
opportunities to learn more about criminology and the people who work in the
field,” Stout said. “And to interact socially as a group of students with common interests and concerns.”
The ACJA is currently planning a
trip to the Regional Operations Intelligence Center, New Jersey’s homeland
security, crime-fighting and emergency
response center.
Your pet goldfish swims
to the very edge of his
bowl to read The Signal!
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Make your goldfish proud!
Write for the newspaper of his
choice: The Signal.
signal@tcnj.edu
5x8
Water / 1.1
billion without
quality H2O
Harrison’s photographs in a gallery that raised $96,413.
After another brief stint in Liberia, Harrison left Mercy
Ships to try to improve the quality of life in Africa.
Thus, Charity Water was born. While in Liberia, Harrison learned that providing clean water to a town is as
simple as $5,000 and some hard labor. On his 31st birthday, Harrison threw a party in which he charged $20 for
admission, leading to Charity Water’s first well.
Charity Water quickly escalated from there. After raising awareness in New York through business contacts,
Harrison began to develop outdoor exhibitions and market
bottles of “Charity Water” priced at $20 per bottle. Eventually, Charity Water filmed public service announcements and received publicity through a seven-day display
in the Saks Fifth Avenue store.
Today, Charity Water is active in 13 countries including India, Bangladesh and Haiti. It has raised more than
$27 million to date. However, Harrison said that once the
organization has raised $100 million, it will have only
served less than 5 percent of the population in need of
clean water.
The program was sponsored by the New Jersey Christian Fellowship (NJCF) and Water Watch in “an effort
to coincide with other organizations,” Josh Hanke, large
group coordinator of NJCF, said. “The work (Harrison)
does is powerful.”
Battle of the Sexes
A guide to the opposite sex by the opposite sex
Arguments, bickering and fights
Sean says: After any kind of disagreement with your man, your first inclination might be to patch things up
right away, especially if you’re at fault. Speaking from experience, this is rarely the best course of action.
If you just fought, odds are both of you are emotionally charged and possibly irrational. Any immediate discussion has the heightened potential for disaster. Better to wait things out.
What seems like a huge deal for both of you in the heat of the moment could mean very little the next morning.
In previous relationships, when I’ve been able to resist the urge to dig my heels in, I’ve found that going to bed
is enough to abate my anger.
The next morning is the time to talk rationally. By then, you’ll both have had enough time to think. You might
even find the source of your disagreement to be minor.
Despite what you may think, your man does want to arrive at some resolution. This approach is more than a
delay tactic or a way to avoid the issue.
While we may not be the best communicators at times, many of us are adept at repairing things, especially our
relationships. It may cost you some sleep and sanity if we don’t want to talk right away, but this will inevitably
put you on the fast track to a meaningful apology and some passionate, early morning make-up sex.
If that isn’t enough to soothe you to sleep, take comfort in the fact that you can be really sexy when you’re
mad.
Casey says: In the heat of an argument, “I’m sorry, I love you” isn’t a magical phrase making everything
better. While saying those words may end a fight, most girls are looking for a resolution and assurance
that an argument’s subject matter won’t be an issue again.
If a guy gets emotionally overloaded during an argument, his first instinct is to walk away or end the
fight. But for a lot of girls, coming to a solution is our main agenda, which is why women want to talk
until everything is worked out. If it’s absolutely necessary for you to leave, at least make a point to ex
explain to your girl that you can’t think clearly now, but the two of you will talk later. It’s a much better
alternative than storming out, slamming doors or punching walls. And it will probably produce better
results.
Listen to your girl. In between shouts and name-calling, she’s trying to make a point and most likely
won’t stop pressing the issue until she thinks you understand. Show her you actually care about what she
has to say before emotions get out of hand.
Obviously, girls can get emotional during arguments, but in most cases it comes from complete and
utter frustration. Admittedly, I can get worked up during an argument to the point of tears, but the worst
thing a guy can do is ask his girl, “Is it your time of the month or something?” Even if it is, it doesn’t
matter. Never ask. Period.
In two weeks: Figure out the mystery behind holiday shopping for the opposite sex.
Unwind with simple and fun fall crafts
idswater.com
By Alex Seise
Staff Writer
When I was in elementary school, I remember creating works of art with the program KidPix. In retrospect, the functions were
abysmal, the computers were about as powerful as an electrified abacus and the dot matrix
printouts were spotty at best (admittedly, the
horrific pun there was entirely intended). But
what I remember most vividly was playing
with the stamp tools. One of the easiest drawings to make was an autumn forest scene with
stamped black trees and scribbled orange, red
and yellow leaves. I was always proud to bring
my printouts home to show my parents.
Fast-forward to my senior year of college
and I still love autumnal arts and crafts. My
skills are a bit broader and my selection of
tools a little larger but fundamentally, all craft
projects share the common thread of creativity. There are many ways to incorporate some
stress-relieving and relaxing crafts into your
busy college lives.
Find a few really heavy books, either textbooks, dictionaries or the last three volumes in
the Harry Potter series. Buy some inexpensive
wax paper at the store and set aside an area in
Alex Seise / Staff Writer
Vibrantly colored leaves are perfect to use for fall crafts and decorations.
your closet for the project to simmer. Next, go
outside and pick up the most beautiful, vibrant
leaves you can find. They don’t need to be perfect, but the colors should be striking and the
majority of the leaves’ veins should be intact.
Place the leaves between
two sheets of wax paper and close them in the
middle of one heavy book.
Stack the other heavy
books on top of this one
and let the pile sit in your closet for two weeks.
After two weeks, you’ll have perfectly pressed
leaves ready for decoration.
Use these leaves to add some life to greeting cards and thank you notes or for the front
of a binder. You can cover your walls with
them for a fun outdoors look. If you’re planning to host a Thanksgiving dinner party, you
can write your guests’ names on the leaves
using a gold marker for a really elegant place
setting. You can decorate your door with a
dark brown tree cutout and use the real leaves
to make the tree look a little less bare. The
options are bountiful.
Use some multicolored raffia, fresh cranberries and pliable (but leafless) sticks to
fashion a natural fall wreath. Using a wreath
frame (available at most craft stores), weave
the sticks and raffia into the frame so that it
is completely covered, attaching floral wire
where necessary. Nestle cranberries amongst
the sticks and decorative grass for some eyepopping color. You can also add a few small
pressed leaves and feathers to add extra charm
to the piece. When you’re done, use a wreath
hanger to secure it to your door.
Nothing beats the smell of warm cinnamon,
cloves and nutmeg during the autumn. Make a
small scented satchel to give your set of drawers a delicious aroma.
Buy a small piece of
tightly-knit fabric at
the fabric store. Muslin
would work perfectly
for a homely satchel.
Tightly sew two sides together to form a pouch
with only one end open. Fill the satchel with
cotton batting or natural wood shavings and
then sprinkle a few chopped cinnamon sticks,
whole cloves and some coarsely crushed nutmeg in with the filling. Sew the top to prevent
the filling from falling out, or tie it tightly with
a favorite ribbon.
Each of the above crafts is simple and requires little mental dexterity. They are the perfect way to unwind after a hectic week while
sipping some hot tea and listening to a relaxing
CD. Invite a friend over and work together to
make some great decorations for your dorm
space, or create a surprise for your house on
Thanksgiving. Savor the last few moments of
spicy autumn before the chilly winter snowstorms blow in with some artistic release.
Next week, Alex will spill his newest favorite
places to shop for holiday gifts in the area.
Where do you like to ring up gift purchases
and which stores turn you into a Grinch? Email DormSpace@alexseise.com to share.
Arts & Entertainment
Carrie Maguire / Staff Photographer
Devine’s political set wows Rat crowd
Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band played a high-powered set list of politically inspired music to the delight of a packed Rathskeller crowd.
By Keesean Moore
Staff Writer
Last Tuesday night, concertgoers at the
Rathskeller turned a deaf ear to the background noise of clattering spatulas for the
return of Kevin Devine, accompanied by
the Goddamn Band.
Devine is a Brooklyn native, and
the autobiographical hit, “Brooklyn
Boy,” from his latest album, “Put Your
Ghost to Rest,” was one of the highlights of the night’s sequel performance.
It was the successful tour with alternative
rock band Brand New that paved the way
for Devine’s first show at the Rat, which
sold out last February.
The College Union Board’s co-Rat
chair, Michael Lawrence, loved Devine’s
distinct sound and the capacity-filling
crowd it drew, so he opted for a second
Devine appearance.
“Last year’s show was a solo perfor-
mance and it was really intimate,” Lawrence said. “This year we invited (the
Goddamn Band) to come because we
wanted a new atmosphere for the audience.”
Jen Evans, senior health and exercise
science major, made it her duty to get
there early because she “wanted a good
seat” and “to be drunk.”
The opener, Brian Bonz and the Dot
Hongs, took full advantage of the anticipation in the air.
Their genre-bonding set fused indie rock,
pop and a surprising minitribute to Lauryn
Hill’s hit single, “Doo Wop (That Thing).”
With Björk and Sam Cooke as inspiration, Bonz has committed himself
to music that tells a story — of life, adventure and escape — with creative
instrumentation.
The Dot Hongs’ instrumental range
was as broad as their influences. The band
comprised a keyboardist/electronic DJ,
two guitarists, including Bonz himself, a
bassist, drummer, alto saxophonist and a
trumpeter. At first glance it looked as if it
were new age big band night at the Rat, but
Bonz’s interesting approach to music displaced all preconceived notions and delivered an innovative, falsetto-filled approach
to the age-old art of musical storytelling.
“I want to create a musical experience
for my fans to come back and enjoy,”
said an exhausted Bonz, whose album,
“From Sumi to Japan,” will be available
in 2009.
Bonz didn’t fail to leave without a
staged dialogue advertising his handmade
EPs available at the merchandise table.
The headliner wasted no time in regaining the connection he established last
February. After only a few songs, Devine
dramatically changed the mood with a
stageside invitation that more than half
the crowd accepted. Within seconds the
crowd, which stood bobbing their heads at
Devine’s feet, turned the Rat into a fully
functioning concert hall.
Even with the addition of the Goddamn
Band, his concert seemed just as authentic
as his solo performance, a testament to his
uncanny ability to engage his audience.
Even the Rat workers and supervisors
found themselves uncontrollably tapping
their feet as his music became the soundtrack to their bustling race to close.
Devine’s folk-punk sound was soothing, but it was his well-timed, politically charged lyrics that hit home with the
audience.
Rebounding from an election especially relevant to the collegiate constituency, his show captured the newfound
power that has overcome students across
the country — even at the College, where
political inactivity was given life by the
historic election.
“I want my music to make people think.
I want to create a dialogue,” Devine said.
Jazz band goes eclectic with a touch of electric
Photo by Brittany Oldewurtel
The Jazz Ensemble was accompanied by Roger Dannenberg and his electronic orchestrations.
By Myles Ma
Editor-in-Chief
This semester’s Jazz Ensemble concert was a blend of old
and new. Special guest Roger Dannenberg, a trumpet player
and computer scientist, brought a hefty dose of innovation to
the proceedings.
Dannenberg composed the most remarkable piece of the
night, “Looking Up.” As Dannenberg explained it, it was an attempt to improvise an ensemble piece on the spot. Each of the
performers was assigned 10 lines of music, which Dannenberg
dialed up on the fly using hand signals.
Dannenberg, also the inventor of the free recording software, “Audacity,” showed off another of his innovations, a
computer program that accompanies soloists, on another original composition, “Elephant Hippopotamus Sine Theta.”
The meat of the piece was based around a funky bass line
by Bryan Mayer, junior computer science major. The band
took a break for Dannenberg and his program, and although
his first attempt to demonstrate the program didn’t get off the
ground due to some technical difficulties, the band gave it another go and Dannenberg got it working.
He was able to call up different digital accompaniments by
stepping on a pedal, producing the sound of an entire band.
Stepping on different pedals produced different-sounding
accompaniments.
Dannenberg also performed on one of the prettiest pieces
of the night, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most.” His
tones were blue-sky clear to start off the sentimental piece, at
the beginning of which he was joined by junior business major
David Schuster on piano, sophomore music education major
David Ortiz on bass guitar and senior economics major Shane
Mullin on the drums.
The piece became gorgeous when the rest of the band joined
in. The biggest credit to the ensemble on this piece was how
they restrained themselves and allowed the guest star to shine.
The band had plenty of opportunities to star on its own during the first half of the concert. The song selection drew heav-
ily from Count Basie-inspired big band music.
The band shone brightest during an “All” trio of songs.
On “All Heart,” arranged by Fred Wesche, a former music student at Trenton State College in the ’50s, Brian Plagge,
junior music education major, played a flugel horn solo that
dripped with sentimentality. He was able to draw out the pretty
melody of the melancholic song, which picked up halfway
through before ending with a flourish.
Matt Gramata, junior music education major, counted the
band in for “All of Me.” The piece began with Gramata on alto
saxophone and Ortiz on bass. Gramata, among the most emotional performers in the ensemble, was responsible for some of
the best solos of the night.
The smoky “Always and Forever” featured Alan Rigoletto,
guitarist and junior music performance major. Rigoletto kept
his fingers moving quickly over the frets, while not detracting
from the slow and smooth character of the piece. Rigoletto’s
cool play stood out well against the band’s emotive playing.
Gary Fienberg, director of the ensemble, allowed Rigoletto to
close the piece with a flourish and a flurry of great lines.
The last piece, the Basie-inspired “Wind Machine,” was
probably the band at its best. Fienberg promised a fast tempo
as he described the piece, and as he started snapping his fingers
to count off, his charges called for him to count even faster.
Steve Voelker, junior music education major on tenor sax,
was more than up to speed. If the song was going to be fast, he
seemed determined to be blistering.
Dennis Quinn, sophomore interactive multimedia major,
manning the drums on this piece, also impressed, though he
slowed it down a bit for his solo. Somewhat to the surprise
of the band, Ortiz went backstage, grabbed his bass guitar
and laid down a funky line, almost certainly deviating from
Sammy Nestico’s arrangement. Soon conga, guitar and shaker
were in on the fun in a final moment of pure fun.
Afterward, Fienberg fessed up: “It was a complete
add-on.”
Bands battle for Woodie dominance
By Chris Payne
WTSR Music Director
In its never-ending quest to promote
the latest up-and-coming music to the
college demographic, mtvU held its
fourth annual Woodie Awards on Nov. 12
at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom.
As someone who’s been pretty active
in the college music field for the past
three years, I was able to look past the
teleprompted Woodie jokes and industry
self-congratulation to realize a struggle
for supremacy.
To call it indie versus emo doesn’t
really suffice. In 2008, both words carry
increasingly irrelevant connotations.
But there was a tug-of-war between
two musical mindsets: one repetitive
and expendable and another whose
agenda is often as hard to pin down as
its influences.
Rather than pick a side, the
ringleaders at MTV presented both ends
of the spectrum.
The festivities opened with white
rapper Asher Roth introducing the
Cool Kids, a hip-hop duo from Chicago
with a passion for vintage sports
paraphernalia.
They seemed caught in the retro
stylings of the Beastie Boys, whom
they claim to be “the new black
version of” in one of their
songs, and the massappealing “welcome to
the good life” vibe of
former tour partner
Kanye West.
The audience seemed to be similarly
conflicted: Half of them were apparent
veterans of hip-hop shows, while the
other half seemed more at home with
the latest blog-approved Brooklyn postpunk-shoegaze collective.
An hour or so later, former Blink-182
bassist Mark Hoppus presented All Time
Low, who honestly could have passed
The Decemberists wax
poetic on recent election
By Chris Payne
WTSR Music Director
And by Steven Avigliano
WTSR Assistant Music Director
The Decemberists
“Always the Bridesmaid”
3.5 stars out of 5
AP Photo
The Bride Wore Black, who won the Woodie for ‘Best Music on Campus,’
was one of the many bands presented with the coveted mtvU award.
for any number of their unnervingly
similar compatriots in both fashion and
sound.
Paramore took home the grand
prize of “Woodie of the Year,” despite
being all over top-40 radio for
more than a year, with their
contrived sound and image.
A pop-punk group
called
There
For
Tomorrow took home
the Woodies’ version of Best
New Artist. Despite working in
college radio for three years, I’ve never
heard of them.
The Bride Wore Black won the
Woodie for “Best Music on Campus.”
With a name like that, you only get one
guess as to what they sound like.
Fortunately, the other headliners
brought some much-needed variety
to the evening. Brooklyn’s Santogold
juggled labels like “pop,” “dancehall,”
“reggae” and “hip-hop” so well, her
performance was hard to describe as
anything but awesome.
And headliners Vampire Weekend
reaffirmed how rewarding a trip through
your parents’ record collection can be.
While Paul Simon’s “Graceland” had no
pressing need for a revival, the goodnatured feel of their brief set was enough
to suggest some staying power.
The college audience is a varied one,
so maybe MTV was merely doing what it
thought best in gathering a conglomerate
of acts.
Whether showcasing genre-bending
innovators or 2008’s versions of hair
metal, I suppose any music awards
function not called the Grammys is
worth applauding.
Fresh Fire uplifts College students
By Melissa Redmond
Correspondent
On Nov. 11, the College’s Gospel Choir Ministries (GCM)
hosted Fresh Fire 2008, their annual revival. This service
occurs every year during the second week in November, and
included performances from members of the ministry, as well
as guest speaker Tyrone Holland.
“Fresh Fire’s aim is to uplift us, and encourage us to keep
on going,” William Morris, president of GCM, said.
Attendees of Fresh Fire ’08 give thanks through song.
Morris said GCM is comprises multiple groups such as
Drama, Choir, Dance and Holy Hands, all of which performed
in Fresh Fire.
Clearly, Fresh Fire involved a lot of planning and
preparation. Before any guests entered Room 202E in Brower
Student Center, there was a table filled with information and
pamphlets explaining GCM’s objectives.
Members of GCM working the table were incredibly
friendly, welcoming and excited to see new faces joining in
the celebration.
“We had many meetings during the semester for this annual
event,” Alexis James, vice president of GCM, said.
“When we started Fresh Fire five years ago, we had
a vision for what we wanted it to be. Our speaker, Tyrone
Holland, has spoken at each Fresh Fire since then. We know
the campus has a certain need in terms of encouragement for
finals,” James said.
The service started off with a group prayer session. All
those in the audience joined in, raising their hands to the Lord
and praying for revival and refreshment. After the prayer
was finished, the crowd joined in to sing uplifting songs.
Following the joyous singing, Holy Hands went onstage to
perform a song using sign language.
Melissa Nowicki, senior special education/English major,
was one person affected by the performances of the night.
Since joining the organization last year, Nowicki described
her experiences with GCM as extremely positive and
fulfilling. Last spring break, the group traveled and toured in
San Antonio, Texas and New Orleans, La.
In New Orleans, they were able to offer their services to
TV show “Extreme Home Makeover.” Nowicki said she looks
forward to going to California this year with the rest of the
ministry.
“We look forward to Fresh Fire each year to get our focus
back on God,” Nowicki said.
Overall, Fresh Fire was a successful medley of performing
arts that acted to restore faith and hope to students during this
time of midsemester stress.
Indie rock fans can breathe a sigh of relief.
The Decemberists are back. After canceling
scores of tour dates in late 2007, the band went
on a brief sabbatical. But the stir caused by the
recent election got the band back on the road
and in the studio, performing at President-elect
Barack Obama’s rallies and releasing singles
that have been compiled in this recent EP.
Featuring singles and their respective
B-sides, “Bridesmaid” is a musical tour
through everything that has made this
collective one of the decade’s most likable
indie acts. There’s vibrant, horn-backed pop in
the vein of “Sixteen Military Wives” with the
likable “Valerie Plame,” the more standard,
yet equally alluring “Days of Elaine” and
“O New England,” along with the theatrical
“I’m Sticking with You,” like the male-female
conversational vocals of “Yankee Bayonet.”
The remainder of this short-player is
rounded out by the more sedate “Record Year”
and “Raincoat Song,” which, despite being
slightly less memorable, close out the affair in
true Decemberists fashion.
Songwriter Colin Meloy and his band are
right back on track, and not at the expense of
any musical reinventions or overblown drama.
Their highly literate indie folk is as good as
ever, making the April 24 arrival of their
forthcoming Capitol Records full-length even
more alluring.
Key tracks: “Valerie Plame,” “Days of
Elaine,” “I’m Sticking with You”
Eagles of Death Metal
“Heart On”
4 stars out of 5
Joshua Homme, best known as the man
behind Queens of the Stone Age, returns with
a third album from Eagles of Death Metal.
Accompanying lifelong friend, Jesse Hughes,
he crafts some great hard-rock songs with a
distinct blues-driven Americana edge.
The fuzzed-out bass lines and sharp guitar
riffs are occasionally reminiscent of Queens of
the Stone Age, yet they are also able to expand
into Rolling Stones-esque R&B. The two
songwriters collaborate for a cohesive sound.
Homme and Hughes are clearly having
a lot of fun here. The songwriting is a shade
more serious than their past efforts, but as the
title suggests, they haven’t lost their sense of
humor. Their maturity is apparent on “Now
I’m a Fool,” a surprisingly effective song of
lost love, perfect for soundtracking a lonely
roadside bar.
The album suffers from a slight energy
drop on the final tracks, but it’s not enough to
detract from it as a whole. The rest of the songs
move by at a breakneck speed, cramming
decades worth of America’s musical heartland
into a slickly produced, rapid-firing package
worth listening to more than once.
Key Tracks: “Now I’m a Fool,” “Anything
‘Cept the Truth,” “Secret Plans”
Chorale showcases emotive arrangements
By Keesean Moore
Staff Writer
The sporadic rain didn’t stop music
lovers from folding into the seats of the
Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert
Hall for the Collegium Musicum and
Chorale presentation Saturday night.
Under the direction of associate professor of music Robert Guarino and John
McDonnell, assistant professor of music, the two showcased a musical selection of diverse proportions.
“It is my philosophy that students
should be learning a wide range of highlevel repertoire,” McDonnell, director
of Chorale, said. He added that he anticipates the incorporation of Mozart’s
Requiem for the spring semester’s performance.
Even the Collegium Musicum, which
was established for the exploration and
presentation of baroque and renaissance
classics, included “I’m a Train” by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood,
with a literal arrangement by Peter
Knight. The piece was used to close the
first half of the night, and immediately
followed a 16th century French tongue
twister, “Il est bel et bon” by Pierre
Passereau. The vocalists blended their
respective pitches to create the sound of
a coal engine train departing.
“I wanted to try something that would
Chorale rehearses with John McDonnell after its Saturday night concert.
be just as fun for the performers as it
was for the audience,” Guarino said.
Chorale played with staging and instrumentation in some of their pieces.
“Son De Camaguey,” as arranged by
Stephen Hatfield, called for an unexpected percussion ensemble — which
was formed from members of Chorale.
The gripping rhythm took over the
performance, causing insuppressible
head nods and toe taps throughout the
hall.
For the American classic “Homeward
Bound,” arranged by Marta Keen, the
tenors and basses approached the edge
of the stage and engaged the audience
in an indescribable exploration of longing, love and separation, for which McDonnell could only reply, “There’s just
something about men singing.”
“What sets Chorale apart is its words.
It has rhythm, harmony and melody just
like other music,” McDonnell said. “But
it’s the words that make the music more
accessible, more capable of reliving the
artistic experience.”
The tear-jerking “MLK,” a tribute to
the late Martin Luther King Jr. arranged
by Bob Chilcott, effectively captured
the emotions experienced upon King’s
death — the indiscernible moans of
grief in perfect harmony and the steadfast hope for the manifestation of the
visionary’s dream.
Soloist Nikolaos Dogas, sophomore
music education major, worked almost
as a translator for the audience. His lyrics articulated the harmonious sorrow of
the nearly 50 voices behind him.
There was one thing that was undeniable about the performances’ — their
passion. From the conductors’ movements, to the voices with their elegant
movements to the tempo, to the smiles
and joyous eyes of the performers, the
audience was able to watch people displaying their love.
“I have been singing in choirs for as
far back as I can remember, and there is
just the passion you get when you sing
with a large group of people, it’s such
a deep connection and moving experience,” Gregory Boyle, sophomore music education major, said.
The show closed with a moving arrangement of the American gospel classic, “Amazing Grace,” by Roger Ames,
concluding another international exploration of choral music by the music
department.
Funk rock finds a home in the Ratmosphere
Bands channel Rage Against the Machine, early Chili Peppers
Photo by Sean Panzera
Sophisticated fretwork propelled the performances of Human Sounds and Faster Than Fate.
By Matt Huston
Staff Writer
Rhythmic riffery dominated the Rathskeller on Friday
night, shelled out for hours by funk-rock Rat returnees Human Sounds and Faster Than Fate, a hard-rock band
from Bensalem, Pa.
Human Sounds mixed oldschool funk and new-school metal
into what might best be described as
a screaming electric funk-jam, full of
twisted instrumental lines and pounding rhythm.
Bassist Brian Corbett, senior biology major, and guitarist Rob Ealer, a College alumnus, rode a bucking groove
throughout the set.
Corbett exhibited refined talent as he relentlessly
popped and slapped his effect-warped bass guitar, but
Ealer stole more than a few musical moments. With an
impressive array of effects pedals at his heels, the guitarist blazed through an hourful of heated, Rage Against the
Machine-inspired hooks and extended, spaced-out guitar
solos.
The interplay between bass, guitar and Pat Mooney, senior economics major, on drums, was machine-like, in the
best way.
On the other hand, vocalist George Szczepanski, a
Delaware resident, was hard to understand. The density of
the noise, whether it was a product of the venue or
of the music, detracted from the listenability of
both bands.
Considering the genre though, it wasn’t
a huge issue and Szczepanski played
well into the rhythm and the overall
energy with his dancing and recurrent
bongo-beating. Reminiscent of an ’80s white-rapping Anthony Kiedis (and a bit like the singer from Avenged Sevenfold, though maybe it was just the black muscle shirt), it
seemed as though his spastic energy was better suited for a
stage with a front-row audience.
Human Sounds’ best happened in isolated rhythmic
moments. During “Peaches and Biscuits,” the band meandered through some opening riffs before exploding into
the catchy chunk, where guitarists traded chord-blasts with
Szeczepanski’s exclamation of “Hey.”
The group members, who performed together after a
half-year break, seemed pleased with the turnout.
“I’m really glad to see a lot of butts in the chairs … really nice butts,” Szeczepanski joked.
Second was Faster Than Fate, an aggressive hard-rock
band whose power also lay in the movement of the music.
The band was a bit more melodic, branching from a familiar generation of post-millenium modern rock artists.
Vocalist Timothy Raymus Kuhn exhibited his own sort
of indefatigable star-power at the mic, and Steve Holroyd,
senior accounting and finance major, kept the band in tight
order with his varied and well-rounded drumming. A trio
of guitarists, all Pennsylvania natives, filled out the mix.
The majority of the instrumentals stayed within the
lines of expectancy, though a short instruments-only track
proved particularly original and energetic.
The set was well-performed. The bassist and lead guitarist performed their signature trick — a sudden, don’tblink-or-you’ll-miss-it partner-flip.
Two of the members nearly failed to make it to the show
Friday night. Kuhn and bassist Steve Savage drove from
West Chester University for the performance.
“It’s tough because we’re all over the place,” Holroyd
said. “That’s what happens all the time.”
But the bands did come together, to the delight of the
Rat audience.
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and those around you will love
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You have a tough schedule
this week in terms of work
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There is an event this week
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want it to.
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You will be in a very good
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Lions’
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November 19, 2008
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Courtesy of the Sports Information Desk
Senior midfielder Coleen Weber’s overtime goal helped the Lions stay alive
in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
By James Queally
Sports Editor
Junior keeper Jessica Clarke had
14 saves in two games.
net, extending the Lions’ season for at least
one more day.
“In the past week as a team we have talkThe women’s soccer team proved they ed about how receiving an at-large bid to the
were worthy of their at-large bid to the NCAA tournament was such a great opportunity to
Division III tournament, using excellent de- prove to the whole country that — despite our
fensive play and a series of crucial
record (14-6-1) — we are still a
late scores to down a pair of oppo- Greyhounds 0 force to be reckoned with,” Weber
nents over the weekend and advance Lions (2OT) 1 said. “The goal itself made me feel
to the round of sixteen.
Colonials
0 proud that as a team we were finalJunior goalkeeper Jessica Clarke
ly beginning to execute the way we
3 have wanted to all season — and at
snared 14 saves over the two games, Lions
putting her team in position to capitalize on just the right time.”
her stellar play.
Shots-on-goal were key again for the LiAnd that’s just what they did.
ons, as they denied the Greyhounds a single
Mere moments into the second overtime crack at Clarke in the two extra periods. The
of Saturday’s opening-round matchup with Lions only had two scoring chances in the
Moravian College, senior forward Jamie Kun- first overtime themselves, but Weber’s blast
kel fed a pass to senior midfielder Coleen Wesee SURVIVE page 33
ber. Weber booted the ball into the back of the
Field Hockey
On the Rebound
(W) 65-59
page 33
Lions maul Fall Brawl
page 31
Women’s Basketball
What was he looking at? Ref’s Lions net pair of wins
questionable call costs Lions
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The Lions used a pair of blowouts to capture the
crown at the Stevens Tip-Off Tournament.
By Michael O’ Donnell
Opinions Editor
Seniors Jenny Lubin and Jackie Gelinas have fought off injuries and tough
opponents all year, but there was nothing they could do about the questionable
call that cut their season short Sunday.
By Kristina L. Shemming
Staff Writer
The Lions roared to a firstround NCAA win Saturday with
a 6-0 victory over the Captains
of Christopher Newport University, but ended their season just
a day later with a devastating
and controversial 2-1 loss to the
Jumbos of Tufts University.
after she and a Lions defender
Despite controlLions
6 raced downfield. A
ling the tempo early,
penalty stroke was
0 called and senior
the Lions were ulti- Captains
mately felled by an
Lions
1 midfielder Brittany
odd penalty, not the
Holiday converted.
Jumbos
2
Jumbos.
The Lions were not
With the score locked at 1- ready to accept the tainted defeat
1, Jumbos’ junior forward Michelle Kelly fell to the ground
see ROBBED page 33
luded, the road to the title was
not as easy as the final scores
showed. The Lions actually
The women’s basketball team trailed the Middlebury Panthers
won two consecutive games to at halftime during their firstwin the Stevens Tip-Off Tourna- round matchup.
ment as they rolled past MiddleDown 27-26 at intermission,
bury College, 65-47, in the first the Lions put their offense in
round and the ColLions
65 gear as they outscored
lege of Staten Island
their opponents 39-20
47 in the second half to
(CSI), 81-55, in the Panthers
final.
Lions
81 coast to an 18-point
“It’s a good start
victory and earn a
55 game against CSI.
to the season,” se- Dolphins
nior center and tournament
The 19th-ranked Lions were
MVP Hillary Klimowicz said. led down the stretch by Klimo“Although these games were wicz as she tallied a game-high
won by decent margins, the box 25 points on 12-for-14 shooting
score didn’t show these games and pulled down nine rebounds.
were very competitive.”
see TIP page 31
As the Lions’ star center al-
Football
Season ends in 42-3 romp by Rowan
By Duncan Slobodzian
Staff Writer
The Lions’ tumultuous rebuilding year came to a devastating close Saturday afternoon when rival Rowan University stormed into Lions’ Stadium, crushing the Lions 42-3.
The lone score for the Lions on the rainy afternoon
was a career-long 49-yard field goal by junior kicker Marc
Zucconi as the first half ended.
The Lions were outgained 533-161 in overall yardage,
and couldn’t get their offense working. They averaged just
2.7 yards per play during the contest, and the box score
spoke to some uncharacteristically low outputs from key
players.
The College’s spread offense, which relied on seemingly the entire receiving corps all year, appeared suddenly
inept. The longest drive of the day for the Lions was also
their last, a shade over six minutes.
Junior quarterback Chris James got the start and most
of the subsequent reps at the position and finished 8-for24 for only 54 yards and an interception that was returned
for a Profs touchdown. The normally fleet-footed James
finished with just 9 yards rushing.
On the ground, the Lions were paced by junior running
back Chase Misiura. He finished with 58 yards rushing on
19 attempts. Misiura also led the team with four catches
for 35 yards.
Defensively, the Lions were able to get some fresh faces on the field in live game situations.
Freshman defensive back Shawn Brown — coming
off a performance against Western Connecticut State University that earned him New Jersey Athletic Conference
(NJAC) Defensive Rookie of the Week honors — finished
with 10 tackles, including one for a loss of yardage. Fellow freshman Phil Gatti reached double digits with 10
tackles as well.
Brown’s performance against Rowan was good for a
second-straight NJAC Defensive Rookie of the Week
award. He will be one of the many returning names next
year hoping to contribute and help return the Lions to last
year’s post atop the conference.
Of course, the “regulars” chipped in too: Junior defensive back Ryan Flannery led the way with 11 tackles, and
junior co-captain defensive lineman Marc Fabiano continued his exceptional season by tallying seven tackles (2.5
for losses) and forcing a fumble.
Rowan stopped the Lions’ high-flying offense, limiting the Lions to 161 offensive yards and
ending the season on an embarassing note.
Rowan — which now leads the all-time series by a
commanding 31-16-2 mark — completed their season at
8-2 (7-2 NJAC) and can lay claim to a tie for second place
in the conference, thanks to a final week loss by Montclair
State University.
The NJAC continues to impress as a particularly competitive conference, and stacks up well against comparable conferences across Division III. SUNY-Cortland, this year’s outright champion, made history by finishing 9-0 in conference
games. Cortland clinched an automatic bid to the postseason
tournament by defeating the College two weeks ago.
Five of the conference’s 10 schools finished above the
.500 threshold, and the College’s mark was good for sixth
place.
The Lions aren’t prepared to make any excuses though.
They can hold their heads high, considering the competitive schools they faced on a weekly basis in the conference, and the added challenge of laborious road trips to
faraway schools.
The season is now in the books, but it won’t be too long before the team will be fully immersed in intensive winter conditioning, then spring practices, then next August’s mini-camp.
The College’s 4-6 mark represents the same record they
tallied two years ago. Of course, they were able to bounce
back when they finished co-NJAC champions in 2007 and
went 9-3 after advancing to the round of 16 in the playoffs,
something coach Eric Hamilton and the crew will look to
do again next season.
The Cheap Seats
Is WWE’s ‘Next Big Thing’ cut out to be UFC’s next big champ?
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Relentless. Physical. Flat-out scary. These are the only words that
can describe newly crowned UFC champ Brock Lesnar (right). But
only four matches into his career, is he for real?
By Steve Cohen
Staff Writer
When Mark Twain wrote, “It’s not the
size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of
the fight in the dog,” he probably didn’t
have a pitbull the size of Brock Lesnar
staring at him from across the way.
But that’s exactly who Randy “the Natural” Couture went up against on Saturday
in the biggest challenge of his professional
fighting career: a 6-foot-3-inch, 265-pound
former national collegiate champion/ex-professional wrestler. No matter how hard the
Natural’s fans wanted to believe he could
pull off the win, there was nothing he could
do to stop Lesnar from becoming the new
UFC heavyweight champion.
I don’t want to take anything
away from the former heavyweight and light heavyweight
champion. Couture is easily
one of the most talented fighters
to ever grace the octagon with his
presence, but natural disasters have
caused less damage than Lesnar is capable of inflicting on his opponents.
From the get-go, Couture had the
odds stacked against him. Not only
is Lesnar 14 years younger, as well as
55 pounds heavier when he was fully hydrated for the fight, but the freak of nature
has the speed of a guy half his size. Not
to mention Couture hadn’t had a match in
more than 14 months.
Still, Couture put up one hell of a
fight. Lesnar couldn’t gain the leverage he
needed on the mats to put Couture away,
and everyone rallied right behind their
favorite 45-year-old underdog when the
Natural busted open his goliath opponent.
I’d be lying if I said that the cut above Lesnar’s eye didn’t make me say, “Holy shit,
this guy might actually do it.”
But that was as close as Couture would
come. He never backed down. He sure as
hell never looked scared, smiling on his
way to the cage and continuing to do so
throughout the fight. Considering everyone was nervous about seeing a knockout
early in the first round, I wasn’t too disappointed when this fight went well into
the second round. Couture’s strategy was
working. The mammoth Lesnar was getting tired.
You can’t help but wonder how
much longer Lesnar could have kept
going. You could see from the look on
his face that — even with all the advantages Lesnar had — Couture was in
better shape, which says a lot about
the self-proclaimed “old man.”
However, one stiff punch
to the temple was all it took
to crush everyone’s hope of an
upset as Couture was obviously
stunned as he fell to the mat. The defending champion did the only thing he could
do: He covered up and waited to hear the
bell signaling the end of the round or for
the ref to call the match. Unfortunately for
him, the latter happened first.
Regardless of how disappointed I was to
see Couture lose his belt, it was motivating
to see how hard he fought and to hear him
say he still believes he’s getting better as a
fighter. That means I can look forward to
seeing my favorite former UFC champion
back in the octagon sometime soon.
Lesnar proved a lot by winning this
fight, but he still has a lot more to prove.
This is a guy who has a career record of
only 3-1 and had a huge loss to another
former champion, Frank Mir, in his debut
match. But one thing is for sure: Beating
one of the best in UFC’s history is definitely a great way to show people you are
for real.
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Wrestling
Lions hit mats with authority
By Steve Cohen
Staff Writer
The College’s wrestling team opened their season in impressive fashion this past week, rolling
over No. 27-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology
on Wednesday, and walking away with five firstplace finishes at the Ursinus College Fall Brawl on
Sunday.
“Any win is a positive but, it’s always a good
feeling to win at a home dual meet,” senior Bill Tenpenny, who won his match by pinfall at 4:21 in the
141-pound weight class, said. He was one of nine
out of 10 Lions to win their match. The College finished the match in decisive fashion, defeating Stevens 31-3.
“After any win you feel good,” junior Dan Dicolo said, after participating in the closest match of the
night, squaring off against Stevens’ Leo Dormann in
the 157-pound matchup.
“To get the first one of the season under your belt
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The Lions recorded a 31-3 victory over
Stevens Institute of Technology on Sunday.
is a little different especially since my win came in
overtime,” Dicolo said. His win came after a grueling 11-minute match that ended in the second tiebreaker after a reversal, putting the final score at
3-1.
The win over Stevens was not all the Lions wrestling team had going for them last week, as the Lions
also found success at Ursinus’ annual Fall Brawl.
The College’s five first-place championships at the
tournament belonged to freshman Anthony Rizzolo at 141 pounds, sophomore John Barnett at 149,
freshman Joe Falco at 157 and sophomore Justin
Bonitatis and senior Greg Osgoodby at 174.
Osgoodby, an All-American, had one of the most
impressive wins at the tournament, edging out Naum
Shuminov of New York University (NYU), who was
ranked ninth in the nation in his weight class.
Osgoodby welcomed the competition: “It was a
close match but it’s good to have those every once
in a while,” he said.
“We practice hard every day so we know that
we’re physically and mentally prepared for whatever competition we have,” said Dicolo, who,
along with Tenpenny, grabbed second-place honors Sunday.
The Lions’ domination at the Fall Brawl was
a true tribute to their training as Dicolo and Tenpenny finished second only to their own teammates in the 157- and 141-pound weight classes,
respectively.
“It gives us good momentum going into the rest
of the season. It makes everyone on the team excited
to continue wrestling in competition and working
hard in practice,” Dicolo said.
If their performances this past week were any indication of what is to come, the College’s wrestling team
is in for an exciting and successful season. They will
look to keep their momentum going this week, with two
matches this Wednesday, the first at 4 p.m. at Hunters
College, followed by a 7 p.m. faceoff with Yeshiva at
NYU. They finish the week up with a 9:30 a.m. tournament Saturday at the Oneonta State Invitational.
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By Steve Hofstetter, Adam Hofstetter, Cody Marley, Ryan
Murphy, Elliot Steingart and Chris Strait
The Orlando Magic are offering reduced tickets this season to
home school students. It seems like an appropriate promotion for a
team that regularly gets schooled at home.
49ers star Frank Gore has been diagnosed with a mild neck tinge.
The running back has blamed the injury on having to suddenly look
away when Mike Singletary drops his pants.
Jerry Jones says he “absolutely” believes Dallas will make the
playoffs. Unfortunately for football fans, he was referring to the
Mavericks.
A 56-year-old woman plans to swim across the Atlantic Ocean.
Because air travel has gotten just that ridiculous.
And Michael Vick has said he hopes to return to the NFL as early as next
season. In fact, the troubled QB assured reporters he’s been working like a dog.
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Cross Country
Tip / Lions take two Women runners gain national
bid, but men can’t keep pace
By Danny Gustave Pazos
Staff Writer
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The Lions used crisp passes to drop the Dolphins in the
tournament final.
“The team did a very good job
of getting the ball inside,” Klimowicz said. “We go inside
and score, and when the double
teams come, we do a great job of
scoring on the kickouts.”
Some of those kickouts went
to senior guard Alyssa Michella,
who scored 13 points, with nine
of those points coming on threepointers.
Sophomore and last year’s
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Rookie of the Year Kelsey Kutch
added 16 points.
“She’s matured, and even
more so from last year,” Klimowicz said about the rising star.
“As a freshman, you don’t know
what to expect and you make
rookie mistakes, but she has certainly adapted and come a long
way.”
Kutch also made her mark in
the final game of the round robin
tournament, putting up another
16 points to help the College
take down CSI and bring home
the championship.
Four Lions reached double figures, including Kutch, Michella
(19), Klimowicz (15) and junior
center Alex Gregorek (10).
In addition to the diverse
scoring, Michella, Klimowicz
and Gregorek each pulled down
seven boards.
“We’re still molding, and our
new players are still learning to
fill their roles, but with all of this
coming together, we’re going to
be solid,” Klimowicz said.
The College is on the road for
their fourth consecutive game as
they travel to Maryland to play
Salisbury University. Game time
is slated for 3:30 p.m.
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At the 2008 NCAA Division
III Atlantic Regional Championships at St. Lawrence University,
the College’s men’s and women’s
teams performed well despite
the inclement weather. Running
through mud and slop, the Lions
men picked up sixth place out of
34, while the women came in fifth
out of 30.
Ranked 25th in Division III, the
Lion men finished with 180 points.
The Lion women, who are ranked
19th nationally, scored 157 points.
Unfortunately, the men’s gritty display did not produce results, as the
team failed to qualify for the NCAA
National Championship meet.
Senior Chris Guerriero led the
Lion men on the day and finished
in ninth place for the 8-kilometer course in 25:53.6 and added
his third straight All-Atlantic Regional team selection. Sophomore
TJ Bocchino added a 12th-place
finish in 26:05.0 and was an AllRegion pick, as both earned individual spots at next week’s NCAA
Championships.
“I’m pretty pumped to race this
weekend,” Bocchino said. “It was
a real disappointment that the team
didn’t qualify, but now it’s time to
move on from there and focus on
Nationals.”
Leading the way to a NCAA Championship bid,
Martine McGrath finished eighth on Saturday.
The rest of the Lions scorers were junior Brandon Rodkewitz (44th, 27:04.0), senior Brian
Kopnicki (51st, 27:12.0) and senior
Mike Fonder (64th in 27:28.1).
Sophomore Dennie Waite (66th,
27:29.8) and rookie Alex Yersak
(79th, 27:41.9) were held in reserve.
In the women’s race, senior
Martine McGrath finished in eighth
place, earning a spot in the NCAA
Championships and picking up Atlantic All-Region honors after finishing with a time of 23:28.5 over
the 6-kilometer course. Junior Megan Donovan finished in 16th place
and made the Atlantic All-Region
team as well after posting a time of
24:01.8 on the day.
Junior Michelle Wallace finished in 41st with a time of 24:46.1.
Junior Nicole Ullmeyer finished
right behind her in 42nd place in
24:46.9. Senior Stephanie Herrick
completed the scoring with a time
of 24:56.6, good for 50th. Senior
Sara Best (64th, 25:11.8.) and rookie Katie Nestor (75th in 25:28.9)
were in reserve.
SUNY-Geneseo claimed the
women’s title with 64 points,
while SUNY-Cortland took home
second with 72 points. Cortland
captured the men’s team crown
with a score of 47, while New
York University took home second with 84 points.
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Men’s Basketball
Lions zap Lightning in Williams’ debut
By James Queally
Sports Editor
Despite all the buzz surrounding
new head coach Kelly Williams, it
was another former Mercer County
Community College attendee who
propelled the men’s basketball team
to victory Saturday.
Falling in line with Kelly’s aggressive new-look offense, speedy
junior point guard Eric BlackmonHayes took full advantage of his debut as a Lions starter, converting a
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three-point play with seconds left to The Lions surged early and hung on late to win their season
lift the Lions over the visiting Lehmopener.
an College Lightning, 65-59.
“I’m so happy, not just for myself contributing largely to a second-half be consistent the entire 40 minutes,”
but for the players,” an elated Wil- surge that saw the Lions go up 60- he continued. “That’s how you beliams said. “They worked so hard in 43. But the Lightning, led by senior come a great basketball team.”
Williams’ aggressive offensive
preseason, and it was nice to come guard Duane Rhoden’s 24-point perout and get the ‘W’ in front of a formance, worked their way back into philosophy seemed to pay off, as the
the contest. A late 14-0 run put the Lions shot 50 percent from the field
packed house Saturday.”
Hayes, who led all Lion scor- Lightning within three before Hayes in the second half and out-rebounded
ers with a career-high 13 points, sank two free throws to put the Lions the Lightning 41-33.
Co-captain guards senior Jeff Mostripped a Lehman player with less up 62-57.
While the new head coach was de- linelli and junior Jay Frank stayed
than 20 seconds to go. The first-time
starter exploded to the other end of lighted with the Lions’ offensive play, out of the spotlight while contribthe court, swooping in with a layup he said the near-collapse late in the uting to the Lion victory. Molinelli
second half proved the team turned in a solid defensive perforas he was fouled. Hayes
mance, blocking a shot and snaring
drained his attempt from Lightning 59 is still finding themselves.
“In
the
second
half,
our
three steals, while Frank had nine
the charity stripe to double Lions
65
players got comfortable points on the afternoon.
the Lion lead and lock the
and made some shots,” Williams
The Lions returned to action last
final score.
“That’s what I expect from Eric,” said. “But with a team that’s trying night when they traveled to New
Williams said. “He’s the type of to find its identity, we didn’t finish York for a non-conference matchup
player who is going to do more posi- the game as strong as we would have with Brooklyn College. Tip-off was
tive things than negative things over liked. We stayed aggressive late, but set for 5 p.m.
we were not smart and Lehman got
the course of 40 minutes.”
James Queally can be reached at
Junior forward Aaron Syverstern some momentum.”
“Our next step is that we have to queally2@tcnj.edu.
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as they attacked the final two minutes with the same intensity and determination that has carried them through
their incredible season. They put relentless pressure on
the Jumbos’ freshman goalie Marianna Zak in these final minutes, recording two penalties and four shots on
goal. Zak was able to handle the pressure though, and
the Jumbos escaped with a victory.
The Lions were dominant early on Sunday as they came
out with the same offensive prowess they have shown all season. Senior forward Jenny Lubin scored her sixth goal of the
year just 4:41 into the contest off a feed from Mitchell. They
controlled the ball for the majority of the first half, recording
a 12-5 shot advantage and a 7-4 advantage in corners.
The Jumbos found their rhythm after halftime as
they gained possession of the ball and retaliated early
when sophomore defender Amanda Roberts intercepted
a cleared ball, dribbled it and released a hard shot to the
low corner. The goal was her first of the year. The frenzied exchange of possessions continued as both teams
battled for the rest of the half. The battle finally ended
with 1:49 left in the half, when the controversial play
occurred and ruined what had been a promising season.
Against the Captains, the Lion offense erupted for
five second-half goals to put their first NCAA tournament foe behind them without looking back. Sophomore
forward Leigh Mitchell continued her phenomenal season with a hat trick and an assist. She recorded a careerbest 19 goals on the year.
Freshman goalie Shannon Syciarz also got her first
playoff win, making four saves in her fourth shutout of
the season.
The fifth-ranked Lions ended their season with a conference championship and an impressive 16-3 record.
While their hopes of being crowned National Champions may have ended at the hands of the fourth-ranked
Jumbos, this group of seniors leave behind a dominant
legacy that will rumble through the program for years
to come.
Coleen Weber added an assist on the game-winning goal
against Western Connecticut State University.
was all they needed in the second
overtime to earn the win.
“Our defense was very strong
this weekend. The four backs, and
the people who came in those positions completely shut down the other
team,” Kunkel said. “The opportunities that they did get, Jess made amazing saves on. It was a great defensive
effort from the front to the back.”
Sunday’s win was slightly less stressful as the Lions used a dominant second
half to drop the Western Connecticut
State University Colonials 3-0. Weber
and Kunkel traded places, but both still
had a hand in the winning score.
This time Weber attacked the de-
fense early in the second half, sneaking a crossing pass to Kunkel. The
senior lifted a ball over the Colonials’
senior keeper Shannon Cawley to put
the Lions up 1-0.
Senior forward Jillian Casey padded the lead with 20 minutes to go,
capitalizing on a mad scramble in
front of the net. Cawley tried to handle
a Lions corner kick, but the ball was
tipped away from her. Casey tracked
down the loose ball and split two Colonial defenders to extend the Lions
lead to 2-0.
Freshman forward Annie McCarthy joined the fun with 58 seconds to
go in the contest. The rookie robbed
the ball at the top of the penalty box
and maneuvered around a defender,
firing a shot into the top right corner
of the net to ice the victory.
The Lions could also take delight
in defeat over the weekend, as rival Rowan University fell 2-1 at the
hands of Eastern University on Sunday. That makes the Lions the only
surviving New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) squad in the tournament, despite their semifinal loss
against Rowan two weeks ago.
“To be honest, there were some
smiles,” Kunkel said of the reaction to
Rowan’s loss. “When we lost to them,
we thought our season was over, and
our chances of a bid taken away. It’s
ironic that we are the only NJAC tam
left in the tournament. But we definitely deserve to be here.”
A tough test lies ahead, as the Lions
visit undefeated Williams University
(17-0-1) this weekend in a sectional
semifinal.
Weber says her squad won’t be intimidated by their opponents’ perfect
mark.
“I think we are going to approach
this game like we did this past weekend. We know that the most important
factor that will affect the game result
is how we play as a team, not the other team’s record, goals scored, etc,”
Weber said. “Throughout the year we
have learned over and over again that
the most important factor in a game is
not who is supposed to be better than
who, but which team has the most desire to win.”
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It’s the second semifinal matchup, where the three Around the Dorm finalists will be decided. Sports Editor James Queally, staff writer Steve Cohen and
Sports Assistant Bobby Olivier will duke it out over the BCS title game, C.C. Sabathia and Manny Ramirez’ enormous honky tonk ba-donka-donk-sized
price tags and predict who will win Pistons-Celtics Round 87. Boy Scout, Martha Stewart fan and Opinions Editor Michael O’Donnell will ref.
1. The BCS is almost too close to call right
now. Alabama and Texas Tech stand at No. 1
and No. 2, respectively, with Florida, Texas,
Oklahoma and USC trailing close behind.
Who’s going to play in the National Championship game and why?
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JQ: And now I undertake the migraine-inducing task of trying to decipher the BCS.
Undefeated Alabama and Texas Tech control their own destinies, but they both close
out their seasons in unofficial semifinals.
The Crimson Tide will face off with the
No. 4 Florida Gators for the SEC title, with
the winner basically assured a spot in the
championship game. The Red Raiders are
in a similar situation when they play No. 5
Oklahoma on Saturday. This leaves the former No. 1, now No. 3, Texas Longhorns on
the outside looking in, as their only remaining game is against unranked Texas A&M. I
have no reason to doubt Alabama. They’ve
been convincing in all 10 of their wins, especially their tough win on the road against Les
Miles’ LSU squad, and Tech showed they
know how to win games during the late drive
that carried them over Texas weeks ago. In
short, ’Bama and Tech will stay ranked No. 1
and 2 until title time.
SC: I don’t care if Texas Tech beat Texas,
the Red Raiders will lose to Oklahoma.
Simply put, Tech doesn’t have the steam to
keep going. I don’t know how they made it
this far. If Texas and the Sooners don’t lose
again this year, it would create a three-way
tie in the South Division of the Big 12. The
tiebreaker would have to go to Oklahoma if
the Sooners beat an undefeated Red Raiders team. I also predict Florida will beat
Alabama behind the arm of Tim Tebow and
their freak-of-nature running back Percy
Harvin, who scored on 26- and 80-yard runs
on the way to a career-high 167-yard rushing game this past weekend.
BO: At No. 5 are the Oklahoma Sooners,
whose fate will be decided when they play
No. 2 Texas Tech and No. 12 Oklahoma State
in the next two weeks. They should be able
to wrangle the Cowboys, but a loss to Tech
and production machine QB Graham Harrell
on Saturday will make that game mean nothing. No. 4 Florida has the Ole Miss loss to
be ashamed of, but the thriller vs. No. 1 Alabama will be the key to the SEC. J.P. Wilson
and company should stop Heisman-winning
QB Tim Tebow and drop the Gators out of
national contention. No. 3 Texas would have
a chance if Texas Tech was not going to run
the table with their potent offense and play
the Crimson Tide in all of their Nick Sabanish glory for the National Championship. Believe it or not, the cards will fall like they are
supposed to.
MO: Queally gets the 3 here for discuss-
ing the potential matchups Alabama and
Texas Tech have to endure before the title
game. Bobby gets the 2 for dissecting each
team’s chances heading closer to the title.
Cohen, you just didn’t provide as much as
the other two. 1 point.
2. The Yankees just made a huge offer to CC
Sabathia, a deal reportedly worth more than
$140 million over five years. The Dodgers
also reportedly have offered a huge multiyear deal to Manny Ramirez. What’s more
likely to happen: the Yanks landing the former Cy Young winner or the Dodgers signing
the controversial power hitter?
JQ: How many times have I said ridiculous
spending will be the Yankees’ downfall? Herr
Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman are chasing
CC Sabathia, Jake Peavy and Mark Teixeira
this offseason. They expect to shell out that
much money and land arguably the three biggest names on the market this winter, which
is just not going to happen. Manny remaining
in L.A. is much more likely since Scott Boras’ sleazy scumbag money-grubbing jerkoff tendencies are finally going to backfire.
Man-Ram wants a six-year deal. He will be
42 at the end of that contract. That’s not happening. The Dodgers’ best offer has been for
three years with an option for four, and honestly, that’s the best Ramirez should expect.
He’s landed in a city where the manager allows him to do as he pleases and the fans love
him. That replaces all the comforts he lost in
Boston. Ramirez is comfortable there, and
with the state of the NL West, the Dodgers
will be a playoff team for the next few years
as long as the Diamondbacks don’t somehow
land Peavy. He will eventually wise up, bitch
slap Boras and settle for the Dodgers’ offer.
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SC: Both of these offers could go either
way. Manny wants as many shots against the
Red Sox as he can get next season. The NL
can’t offer him that. Sabathia has the ability
to write his own ticket after last season, but
nobody has the bankroll of the Steinbrenners. Even though he has flat out said he would
like to stay in the NL and would even like to
play on the West Coast, I think this is the deal
that will go through. It might not even be his
choice to make entirely. The Players Union
could force him into a corner if nobody else
bids anywhere near this offer. Santana set last
year’s market, CC could this year. The Union
wants to keep the market going up. Therefore, they may actually step in should CC reject the Yanks’ offer. And I think the Yankees
knew that when they put it on the table.
BO: After bidding an excessive $40 million
more than the Milwaukee Brewers did for
only one extra year on the proposed contract
(six years from New York, five from Milwaukee), the New York Yankees look poised to
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land big-time free agent CC Sabathia. Their
offer would be the largest multi-year contract
ever signed by a pitcher and no one is going to outbid them. It is said that because Sabathia likes to hit, he may stay in the NL. But,
who can honestly pass up that much money
to play in the spotlight? With that money, he
can build his own baseball stadium, hire Nolan Ryan to pitch to him and hit there. The
Dodgers have withdrawn their offer to Manny Ramirez until further notice, and plenty
of other teams will be after Manny and will
most likely offer more than the Dodgers.
MO: Cohen nabs the 3 for talking about
the union aspect of the deal. They want
more money and CC’s their ticket. Bobby
and Queally, your answers were good,
just not as good as Cohen’s. Your answers
made me laugh (in a good way). You’re so
funny. 1.5 each.
3. After the trade for Allen Iverson, the Pistons seem to finally have a big-time scorer
in the arsenal of “team players.” With this
trade, can the Pistons overtake the Celtics in
the conference this season?
JQ: Well, the Celtics did best the Pistons 8876 even after the Iverson trade, but I’ll reserve
judgment until the teams meet again when
“The Answer” has been fully incorporated in
the offense. But let’s be honest here, while
Boston’s “Big Three” caused a lot of people
to portray them as an offensive juggernaut
last season, it was their lights-out defense
that carried them to a title. At the same time,
Detroit has thrived on being a D-first team
for years. While Iverson is a bigger scoring
threat than Chauncey Billups, something that
will help take the weight off Rip Hamilton’s
shoulders, Billups was a superior defender.
Iverson’s numbers are going to have to be
akin to the stat lines he put up in Philly if the
Pistons are really going to overtake the Celtics as the power in the Eastern Conference.
The Pistons are not built to win as a highscoring squad. I like the Iverson trade, and
while I think it makes them a more dynamic
team, the addition of Mo Williams in Cleveland and Boston’s ability to play superbly on
both sides of the ball should stymie the Pis-
tons’ attempts to return to the Finals.
SC: This trade hurts the Pistons more than it
helps them. Iverson may be instant offense,
but he totally changes this team’s dynamic.
The Pistons gave up a great point guard
who is excellent at controlling the tempo of
the game. Billups is excellent at spreading
the ball around, which is not what Iverson
is known for. Hell, he’s not even a natural
point guard. The Celtics are still a force to
be reckoned with. Ray Allen is still lights
out from downtown. Age hasn’t affected his
ability to shoot. He’ll get plenty of looks
with Pierce’s ability to slash to the basket
and draw in the double team. And there is
always that other guy, what’s his name, oh
yeah, Kevin Garnett. I still think the Celtics
are the Eastern Conference Champions this
year. Sorry A.I.
BO: As far as winning more regular season
games goes, the Detroit Pistons may have a
chance to surpass the Boston Celtics in that
area, but I still give the Celtics the head-tohead advantage if it comes down to the two
teams in the conference finals, which chances are it will. The bottom line is that although
the Pistons got one big name scorer, Boston
still has three. At the guard positions, Rajon
Rondo and Ray Allen are evenly matched
with key acquisition Allen Iverson and Richard Hamilton, although the Detroit pair may
produce more points. However, the forward
positions are where the Celts have them beat,
as superstars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett
can outshoot and out-rebound Tayshawn
Prince and Rasheed Lewis into the cold
Michigan night. The centers do not factor
much in this equation and in June, the Boston Garden will be the place to be for another
championship run with KG, Allen and Pierce
leading the way.
MO: Queally takes this question for dissecting the deal in full and how it affects
Detroit’s offense and defense, respectively. Bobby, you get the 2 for going up
and down the lineup of both teams and
discussing how that would play out. Cohen, you hyped up the Celts too much, and
didn’t say enough about the impact on the
Pistons. Uno.
AP Photo
Queally goes to the finals 7.5-5.5-5. Duncan keeps his wild card spot.
“Duncan, my name is
James Queally, you killed my
assistant. Prepare to die.”
- Queally
-
LIONS ROUNDUP
Swimming
Date
10/25/2008
10/26/2008
11/1/2008
11/8/2008
11/15/2008
11/21/2008
11/22/2008
11/23/2008
12/5/2008
12/6/2008
12/7/2008
1/17/2009
1/24/2009
1/25/2009
1/31/2009
2/20/2009
2/21/2009
2/22/2009
vs.
vs.
@
@
@
@
@
@
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
@
@
@
@
Opponent
Time/Result
Montclair State University
Stevens Institute of Tech.
Ramapo College
Franklin and Marshall Col.
So. Conn. State University
Bloomsburg University
Bucknell U. Invitational
Bucknell U. Invitational
Lions’ Invitational
C.W. Post
New York University
William Paterson University
Rowan University
Metro. Conference Champs.
W 193.5-105.5
W 172.5-89.5
W 111-72
W 121-81
W 162-120
5 p.m.
9 a.m./5 p.m.
9 a.m./5 p.m.
TBA
TBA
TBA
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Womenʼs Soccer
## PLAYER
GP
G
A Pts Sh
Shot% GW PK-AT
------------------------------------------------------------7 Jamie Kunkel
21 10
9 29 81
.123
3
0-1
23 Maria Grady
14
1
1
3
4
.250
0
0-0
13 Jillian Casey
21
5
3 13 30
.167
0
0-0
27 Coleen Weber
21
6
3 15 45
.133
1
0-0
25 Brianna Brennan
19
0
1
1
8
.000
0
0-0
5 Julianne Delorenzo
19
1
1
3
9
.111
0
0-0
30 Jaclyn Levowsky
19
0
1
1
4
.000
0
0-0
14 Casey Caruso
21
7
0 14 39
.179
3
0-0
29 Kelly Fenney
16
0
0
0
3
.000
0
0-0
15 Melissa Martin
21
0
1
1
2
.000
0
0-0
9 Eva Gimello
5
1
1
3
3
.333
0
0-0
6 Allie Schilling
18
3
1
7 31
.097
1
0-0
16 Gina Colati
7
1
1
3
1 1.000
0
0-0
28 Laura Delaney
21
8
1 17 45
.178
1
0-0
4 Nikki Migliori
20
0
5
5
8
.000
0
0-0
24 Momoko Aoe
20
2
1
5 11
.182
0
0-0
3 Erin Cunliffe
21 10
2 22 44
.227
2
0-0
2 Brenna Rubino
6
1
2
4 11
.091
0
0-0
Total...............
Opponents...........
21
21
60
13
40 160 430
13 39 156
.140
.083
14
6
0-1
0-1
11/12/2008
11/16/2008
11/19/2008
11/19/2008
11/22/2008
12/3/2008
12/6/2008
12/28/2008
12/29/2008
1/9/2008
1/10/2008
1/17/2008
1/17/2008
1/22/008
1/27/2008
1/31/2008
2/1/2008
2/7/2008
2/22/2008
3/6/2008
3/7/2008
vs.
@
@
@
@
vs.
@
@
@
@
@
@
@
vs.
@
@
vs.
@
@
@
@
Jessica
Clarke
Womenʼs
Soccer
Junior goalkeeper Jessica Clarke recorded
two shutout victories for the College this weekend, as the Lions kept their national championship hopes alive. Clarke had six saves in the
College’s 1-0 double-overtime win over Moravian College and added eight more saves in the
3-0 victory over Western Connecticut State
University. Clarke now has eight shutouts on
the season.
—Bobby Olivier, Sports Assistant
This Week In Sports
Womenʼs Soccer
November 22
@ Williams College (NCAA Sectional Round), 11 a.m.
Cross Country
November 22
@ NCAA Division III Championships, 11 a.m.
Wrestling
November 19
@ Hunter College, 4 p.m.
@ New York University with Yeshiva, 7 a.m.
Wrestling
Date
Lion of
the Week
Opponent
Time/Result
Stevens Institute of Tech.
Ursinus College Fall Brawl
Hunter College
New York U. with Yeshiva
Oneonta State Invitational
King’s College
Spartan Invitational
Sunshine Open
Sunshine Open
Budd Whitehills Duals
Budd Whitehills Duals
Messiah College Open
York (PA) College
Centenary College
Wilkes University
N.E./Metropolitan Duals
Springfield College
U. of Scranton w/ Oswego St.
Metropolitan Championships
NCAA Divison III Championships
NCAA Divison III Championships
W 31-3
No team score
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
10 a.m.
TBA
TBA
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
12 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
12 p.m.
12 p.m.
12 p.m.
10:30 a.m.
TBA
TBA
Trivia Question
Last Weekʼs Answer: Houston Oilers in 1988 (45-3)
The New York Yankees recently offered free agent starting pitcher CC
Sabathia a record-breaking $140 million for a six-year contract. What is
currently the most lucrative contract for a pitcher in MLB history?
Menʼs Basketball
November 21-22
@ Alvernia University Tip-off Tournament, 6 p.m.
November 25
vs. Muhlenberg College, 7 p.m.
Womenʼs Basketball
November 22
@ Salisbury University, 3:30 p.m.
December 2
@ Moravian College, 7 p.m.
Swimming
November 21
@ Bloomsburg University, 5 p.m.
November 22-23
@ Bucknell University Invitational, 9:30 a.m.
Game of the Week
Women’s Soccer
After two shutout wins in the opening round, the
College’s women’s soccer team will face off against
Williams College in the sectional round of the NCAA
Division III Championship tournament. The stellar play
of junior goalkeeper Jessica
Clarke, as well as top senior
NCAA Sectionals
scorers Erin Cunliffe, Jamie
Williams College
Kunkel and Laura Delaney, will
Nov. 22, 11 a.m.
be key for the Lions.

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