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CAMPUS TIMES
VOLUME 131, NUMBER 4
INSIDE
Romantic campus
If you can’t afford to take
that loved one off-campus
for V-Day, there are places
on campus with just as
much atmosphere.
See story, Page 9.
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!
Someone took exception to a
district court ruling permitting Maurice Clarett to enter
the NFL draft. Read why one
man was so incensed that he
wrote a dissent.
See story, Page 19.
Physics of flight
Find out how physics professor Frank Wolfs explained
“The Physics of Flight” in
part of a weekly lecture series
sponsored by the Department of Physics.
See story, Page 4.
Flips and fiddles
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004
Details
revealed on
music deal
BY SANDEEP MADHUR
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Recently, Provost Charles
Phelps clarified some technical details of the deal UR
signed with the online music
retailer, Napster.
Phelps, the chair of a Task
Force on Technology for the
Joint Committee on Peer-toPeer File Sharing, revealed
the motivation for signing a
deal with Napster.
“The committee was set up
to control bandwidth usage
in places like universities
where illegal transfers tend
to clog up the server,” Phelps
said. “Of the eight companies we talked to, we chose
Napster because it had the
largest catalog of free music
and of the price they charged
for the university.”
Phelps reassured that
the one-year free access to
Napster would not translate
to increased fees.
“No tuition increase. It’s
like investment money on
our part,” Phelps declares.
“It’s like wireless technology
on campus — just because
everyone doesn’t necessarily
use it, it doesn’t mean we
shouldn’t provide it.”
The service, offered to
all on-campus students,
still needs much technical
work. Phelps indicated that
it would take at least a few
more months for it to be
functioning.
“The service should hope-
fully be available by this
semester. We have to go over
some technical details to ensure smooth access,” Phelps
said. “Penn. State University
have been running only for
the past three or four weeks.
They signed their deal in
November.”
UR will set up a separate
server in order to ease the
probable bandwidth congestion.
“We’re thinking of setting
up a specialized local cache,
which is basically a large
UNIX box, to ease the bandwidth usage,” Phelps said.
When asked about the
future for file-sharing programs like KaZaA, Phelps
claimed it was not their
priority at the moment.
“We’re not looking at
individual activity now,”
Phelps said. “We just want
to see how much of the illegal activity will go away
after the first year. We just
want to shape the volumes
of transfers going out, to
the world.”
Phelps wants to progress
slowly into sharing nonmusic files.
“Napster’s thinking ‘for
now, let’s get the music
done first and then see
what to do then.’ Movies
would probably be a natural
extension,” Phelps said.
Phelps, however, warns
students that if the
See NAPSTER, Pa ge 5
YUTING CHUANG • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Students play Money Wheel at the CAB-sponsored Casino Night on Feb. 6. Casino
Nights was just one of several events that broke winter’s routine on Winterfest.
Festival entertains students
BY TAYLOR YUNIS
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Winter Fest is an attempt
by the Campus Activities
Board to rouse UR students
from their dorm rooms and
let them enjoy some on-campus entertainment.
“It’s a nice little break in
the winter season — trying
to bring some fun and excitement to the campus,” sophomore and Campus Activities
Board Event Chairperson
Jeff Keesing said.
The weekend began Friday with comedian Mitch
Hedberg, who performed in
Strong Auditorium.
“Each year there’s a comedian on Friday night
and following that is Casino
Night and on Saturday night
there’s the Masquerade Ball,
which is a New Orleans-style
Mardi Gras-themed ball,”
Keesing said.
“The comedian was a
huge success — it was free
for UR students and it was
completely sold out — every
seat was taken and we actually had a simulcast going
downstairs, which had a
pretty decent turnout as
well,” Keesing said.
“He got a lot of name recognition after touring this
summer. People knew him
— he’s been on Comedy Central before and it seems like
everyone really enjoyed his
humor,” Keesing added.
Junior Class Council president Emily Hickey helped
to organize Winter Fest’s
second annual Casino Night.
“The junior class council was
one of the sponsors of Casino
Night on Friday night,” she
Yellowcard is known for its
acrobatics and other gimmicks, but talking with Sean
Mackin shows that there’s
much, much more.
See story, Page 11.
Got game?
Find out who finally found
trumped the men’s basketball team’s previously undefeated game. Look for the
men to add something new to
their brew next time.
See story, Page 18.
Tech outdated
Eastman claims to define
the future of music, yet it
lacks the technology found
at other universities around
the country!
See story, Page 13.
ANDREW SLOMINSKI • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
RUNNING AWAY FROM WINTER
Graduate Student Chris Gudmastad runs on the elliptical machine to keep in shape at the Goergen
Athletic Center.
said. “It was co-sponsored by
all four class councils.”
Attendance was estimated
to be 300-350 people.
“The event went really
well — we had a great turnout, everyone had a great
time, the prizes were given
away, people were sitting at
the tables gambling all night
long and we ran out of food,”
she added.
The event featured a raffle
in which a DVD player and
a digital camera were given
away. The raffle also encouraged gamblers to remain at
the event until the end.
Games included blackjack
and roulette.
“Casino Night was also
a pretty big success. A
lot of people had a lot of
fun there,” Keesing said.
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Pipes
fixed by
facilities
BY CYRUS LEVESQUE
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The construction that has
been going on between Anderson hall and Wilder hall
is a matter of routine repairs
for steam pipes.
“The heating system includes steam heating lines,
and unfortunately they are
very old and have to be repaired,” Logan Hazen, Director of ResLife explained.
“Unfortunately, the system is so fragile that digging
up one section causes damage
in another,” Hazen said.
The campus heating system is about 50 years old.
“Unfortunately, [Regular
repairs] are just part of the
system in a climate like
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to the article “TV Club resurrected
at UR” was incorrectly attirbuted
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taken by Yuting Chuang.
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Campus Briefs
Masquerade
Ball receives
rave reviews
The Masquerade Ball, the most important part
of the annual Winterfest weekend, had a lower
turnout than expected. But even so, “It went
very well,” said junior Brian Goldhagen.
Goldhagen was one of two co-chairs of the
event. “That’s everything from planning to
organizing to running the event,” he said. “The
people who went seemed to like it a lot.”
Sophomore Kenny Thierer agreed. “I had a
lot of fun, the music was awesome,” he said. “I
loved the dancing and it was a friendly crowd
of people.”
However, Thierer was surprised by the low
turnout. “I expected more people to be there,”
he said.
Junior Ilana Kaplan-Shain, a member of Campus Activities Board who helped decorate for the
dance and chief of staff of the Students Association, agreed that the turnout was lower than
expected, due to unfortunate circumstances.
“The turnout was about half what they were
hoping for,” she said. “It was due to the weather,
and because of conflicts — the track team had a
formal that night, and the Midnight Ramblers
competition ended later than expected so.”
Those who did come were happy with the
dance. “I think CAB did a great job,” KaplanShain said. “I was very impressed by the
amount of work they did, not just organizing,
but setting up.
“I was also impressed by how some people went
all out,” she added, referring to a girl who got
into the masquerade theme by wearing a mask
that completely concealed her identity.
The live band incorporated breaks into their
performance by having a DJ take over. This
provided a change from otherwise unrelieved
jazz music.
“I thought it would be all swing, and I was
happy to hear stuff like people normally dance
to,” Kaplan-Shain said.
The Masquerade Ball also causes an
increase in interest in the Ballroom Dance
YUTING CHUANG • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
ROTC CADETS AT WORK
ROTC students are going over the 5-paragraph operations order to
prepare for Office Candidate School.
club. “The ball does bring members to the
club,” said senior “Bee” Ruangsuwana.
However, many of the new members don’t
stay. “I wish they would stay because there’s
so much more they can learn,” Ruangsuwana
said.
Development project on
Brook’s Landing stalled
An ambitious development project
planned for the 19th Ward has been stalled
indefinitely. The Brook’s Landing project
was an attempt to bring a restaurant, a
coffee shop and several other businesses
and entertainment opportunities to the
struggling neighborhood.
But for several months now, it has been
stalled by federal regulations governing the
use of land designated as parkland.
Associate Vice President and Director
of Public Relations Robert Kraus was
disappointed by the delay.
“This particular point has been in limbo
for months, quite frankly, and as soon as the
city gets the go-ahead then they will be able
to establish a firm construction schedule,” he
said.
“The sticking point has been the process of
what’s called parkland alienation, and a final
determination has been needed from Albany
that a small piece of land north of Elmwood
Ave. can effectively be taken out of parkland
and used for this development,” Kraus said.
“To my knowledge, there is widespread
local agreement that this is not particularly
valuable as parkland, and therefore there
should be no reason not to proceed.”
While there have been some concerns
raised by residents about the proposed
changes to the road system, they are not
expected to cause further delay.
“The city has listened carefully to
the concerns of some residents, because
Plymouth would be pretty much rerouted to
the end of Elmwood,” Kraus said.
Security Update
Textbooks stolen from Susan B. Anthony Hall
BY CHADWICK SCHNEE
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
An unidentified suspect entered
a room in Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls sometime between Feb.
2 and Feb. 4 and stole three physics
textbooks.
The books are valued at $280, according to UR Security Investigator
Dan Lafferty.
There were no signs of forced
entry in the room, and the student
told security that he does not normally lock his room door when he
is still in the building.
No report was filed with the
Rochester Police Department, according to security.
Smoke found in
Lattimore Hall
A staff member smelled smoke
and noticed haze in the air after
5:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 in Lattimore
Hall.
UR Security officers discovered
that there was smoke on multiple
floors of the building, and pulled a
fire alarm to evacuate the building,
according to Lafferty.
The Rochester Fire Department
responded to the scene, and found
that burnt-out bearings in an
air handler caused the odor and
smoke.
Facilities staff has began repairing the air handler and no one was
injured as a result of this incident,
according to UR Security.
Clothes stolen from
room in Valentine
Roughly $940 dollars worth of
clothes were stolen from a room
in Valentine.
The loss was reported at 7:45
pm on Feb. 9. The room had been
left unsecured, according to UR
Security Investigator Lafferty.
UR security is currently investigating.
Card reader, door
handle stolen
A student aid discovered that
someone had tampered with the
card reader on the door to Susan
B. Anthony Residence Halls near
Spurrier Gymnasium.
The reader was partially torn
from the wall and the wiring was
disconnected, but was able to be
repaired.
A student noticed on Feb. 11
before 2:30 a.m. that not only was
the card reader missing, but the
door handle, as well.
The facilities staff was notified
to begin replacement and repairs
to the door.
Unknown person
found in Sigma Chi
A student in Sigma Chi awoke
before 4 a.m. on Feb. 11 to discover
an unidentified suspect looking into
his room. The student approached
the suspect, who said that he was
looking for a particular person,
according to UR Security.
The suspect was told that no one
by that name lived in the house, and
was escorted out of the house.
UR Security officers were unable
to locate the suspect and there
was nothing reported missing or
disturbed in the house, according
to Lafferty.
Information provided
by UR security
Schnee can be reached at
[email protected].
Thursday, February 12, 2004
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JASON FREIDMAN
The Susan B. Anthony Legacy dinner was held in May Room in Wilson Commons on Feb. 5.
Dinner extols UR women
BY KAREN TAYLOR
sociation and is also an editor of
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
the UR Messenger.
The contributions of women at
Gabriel has worked to establish
UR were recognized at the annual the Northeast Women’s Collegiate
Susan B. Anthony Legacy Dinner, Hockey Association and is captain
held on Feb. 5.
of the women’s ice hockey team.
Five undergraduate women were She said the dinner was very spehonored for their accomplishments cial. “This award is an extreme
and Professor of Piano Accompany- honor,” she said. “Being associated
ing and Chamber Music at Eastman with the women who have received
Jean Barr was honored with the my award in the past, many of
Lifetime Achievement Award.
whom I am privileged to know, is
“We want to recognize women the greatest honor of all.”
who are strong,
Senior Andrea
passionate, sucFerrara was pre‘We want to
cessful leaders,”
sented with the
Director of the
Susan
B. Anthony
recognize
Susan B. AnPrize, an award
women who are given to a senior
thony Center for
Women’s Leader- strong, successful enrolled in a fiveship Nora Bredes
year program with
leaders.’
said.
high academic
The dinner has
— NORA BREDES achievement and
been a tradition
director, sba center involvement in
since the 1940s
extracurricular
and is designed
activities. Ferrara
to commemorate
is a member of
Anthony’s contributions to UR, Senior Class council and is Social
— most notably her work in helping Chair of the Golden Key Honor
women gain admission.
Society. She plans to do a Take Five
Juniors Marilyn Lopez and Ra- program in Italy next year.
chael Gabriel received the Susan B.
“I must admit that some weeks I
Anthony Scholarship, an award for feel pulled in so many directions,”
women who are leaders, both aca- Ferrara said. “It’s reassuring when
demically and in the community.
someone takes notice of all that I’m
Lopez has been active on campus trying to juggle.”
since her freshman year. She served
Senior Sheila Vakharia received
as Meliora Weekend Co-Chair in the Fannie Bigelow Prize for her
2002, is an active member of the activism in various campus groups.
Spanish and Latino Students’ As- “It was in incredible honor to get
that kind of recognition for campus
activities that I was doing just because I enjoyed them,” she said.
Vakharia has worked as a facilitator with the College Diversity
Roundtable, is the Coordinator of
Safe Zone, and has been active in
diversity programming.
Take Five Scholar Carmen Lewis
received the Jane R. Plitt Award
for community service and a commitment to further the rights of
women. Lewis helped organize a
student organization at UR for
women in science.
Barr’s Lifetime Achievement
Award is the result of her work at
Eastman in establishing a graduate
program in piano accompanying
and chamber music. She was the
first keyboardist in the United
States to receive a doctorate in
accompanying and continues to be
a pioneer in her field.
She was delighted to receive such
an award. “To be recognized in this
way is a validation and affirmation
of one’s work and dreams over a
period of many years,” she said.
Bredes feels the dinner is important, both in remembering and
encouraging women.
“What women achieved didn’t
come easy,” she said. “There are
still barriers today. We want to
recognize women who are stepping up and encourage others to
do the same.”
Taylor can be reached at
[email protected].
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CEIS Tech Showcase
celebrates professors
BY BRIELLE WELZER
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The annual Center For Electronic Imagining Systems University Technology Showcase
offered a dinner award ceremony
which honored three inventors,
David Williams and Mark Bocko
of UR and Mark Fairchild of the
Rochester Institute of Technology.
This was in addition to the usual
university faculty and industrysupported research presentations
and demonstrations.
The showcase, which was held
in the Rochester Hyatt on Feb. 4,
hosted approximately twenty-nine
different presentations in two different rooms. Presentations, such
as Andreas Savakis’s Image Annotation Environment for Object
Recognition research, were allowed
approximately ten to fifteen minutes for explanation.
According to CEIS representative Helen Thomas, the awards
were the most significant new element of this year’s showcase.
“They were presented by Dr.
Russell Bessette, Executive Director of the New York State Office of
Science, Technology and Academic
research,” she said. “The award
ceremony recognized the work of
academic scientists whose research
projects had a positive economic
impact on companies in New York
State. The three researchers with
the highest number of dollars of
impact received trophies.”
Director of Center for Visual Science and showcase trophy-winner
David Williams was recognized for
a technique called Adaptive Optics
which aids in visual correction.
“Bausch and Lomb developed
Zyoptix, a system for laser refractive surgery based on technology developed in my laboratory,”
Williams said. “[Zyoptix] is for
measuring and correcting more
aberrations in eyes than had previously been possible.”
As his first showcase, Williams
said that he believed the event to be
an efficient way to expose potential
corporate partners to the valuable
technology under development in
university laboratories.
“I wasn’t able to get to more than
a handful of presentations due to
scheduling constraints. However,
I am familiar with Geunyoung
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BY YOSUKE AOYAMA
Wilson Professor Emeritus of
Economics Lionel McKenzie recently received an honorary doctoral degree from Kyoto University,
Japan. As a prominent contributor
to the development of general
equilibrium theory, McKenzie’s
decades of research and teaching
not only produced numerous distinguished professors from UR,
but generated global attention in
economics.
This is not the first time McKenzie has received an honorary
distinction from Japan. In 1995, he
received the medal of the Order of
the Rising Sun from the Japanese
government, and in 1998 he received an honorary doctoral degree
from Keio University in Tokyo.
General equilibrium theory, a
study of price formation and the
supply of goods and services in a
competitive market, has been a
crucial study at the Institute of
Economic Research at Kyoto University. McKenzie’s study has had
significant influence in Japan.
To honor McKenzie’s doctoral
degree, Kyoto University held an
international conference titled,
“Trade, Growth, and General
Equilibrium,” which included
various renowned scholars like
Ronald W. Jones, Xerox Professor
of Economics at UR and one of the
first appointees at the graduate
economics department.
In 1957, McKenzie founded the
graduate program in economics at
UR, and since then his ability to
comprehend and value graduate
students’ capability in fair manner
has helped him to become a mentor
for the UR community.
Ever since his arrival at UR as the
department chair, he has brought
in various eminent scholars in
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Japanese University
honors econ professor
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Show: Tech Expo a success
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researchers to share interests and
Yoon’s work on high dynamic range meet potential collaborators.
wavefront sensing for the eye,”
“No particular presentation
Williams said.
stood out in my mind,” he said.
“I believe his technology will
“However, I did learn of another
increase the value of wavefront project going on at Rochester Insitsensors in measuring the optical tue of Technology that could be of
defects of the eye, especially for significant help in one of our lab’s
those patients
projects. Also, it
who need these
was very nice to
measurements
have the direc‘It develops
the most,” Wiltor of NYSTAR
a sense of
liams said.
to present the
The second of
community
awards.”
the three showCEIS, which
and helps bring
case trophy wininclude Xerox
people from
ners, Director
Corporation and
of the Munsell
Eastman Kodifferent fields
Color Science
dak Company as
together.’
Laboratory Mark
members, conFairchild, made
— DAN BERDINE ducts research
several signifiin electronic imphysics graduate student
cant advanceaging systems,
ments to Xerox’s
specifically imcolor printing
age processing
technology, which are, according algorithms, image devices and
to a university press release, the materials, image quality and opdrive behind Xerox’s recent rise toelectronics.
in sales.
It is a smaller branch of the
“I have worked for many years on Center for Advanced Technology in
projects with Xerox that examine Electronic Imaging Systems.
various aspects of color perception
Welzer can be reached at
in images,” Fairchild said. “The
[email protected].
results of this research are used
to build algorithms and systems
to produce improved quality in
Professors
color images.”
Honored
“The award was based on Xerox’s
statements that the results of this
UR professors who reresearch had a significant economic
ceived awards:
impact on Xerox’s business in the
• David Williams for visual
previous fiscal year,” he also said.
correction technique
“I believe they stated that the im• Mark Bocko for gravity
provement in color image quality
wave research
attributable to our joint research
RIT professor who rehad a positive impact of about $7.5
ceived awards:
million in the fiscal year.”
• Mark Fairchild for color
According to Fairchild, this
printing technology
year’s CEIS technology showcase
was similar to previous year’s
which he has attended in that they
have allowed an opportunity for
YUTING CHUANG • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
UR Professor of Physics, Frank Wolfs, held a talk entitled “The Physics of Flying” on Feb. 4.
Physics talk intrigues students
BY PHIL REICHENBERGER
Frank Wolfs, UR professor
of Physics, gave a lecture last
Wednesday entitled “The Physics
of Flying,”at 3:30 p.m.
The talk discussed areas of physics involved in flight that are not
generally understood by members
of the physics community.
Wolfs mainly addressed the
common misconception that the
Bernoulli effect is responsible
for lift.
“If you remember one thing from
this talk, please remember that the
lift generated by a wing that relies
on the downward deflection of air
and that the Bernoulli effect does
not explain why planes fly,” Wolfs
said. The force of lift is an essential
part of flight — when lift exceeds
the weight of the plane, take off
ensues.
Wolfs also applied a physics
perspective on some aspects of
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flying, such as airplane control,
stability, take off and thrust from
a propeller.
The dangers of improper calculation were also mentioned. Wolfs
explained that the center of gravity,
an important factor in stability, is
often never measured because it is
impractical for airliners to do so.
Instead, statistics are used to make
the calculation.
The audience for the talk was a
strong turnout, almost filling the
large lecture hall.
This lecture is part of the weekly
Physics Department Colloquium
lecture series. The series is meant
to broaden interest in physics by
offering a general lecture on a different topic every week.
Physics enthusiasts are given
an opportunity to see what others
in their field are working on while
anyone interested in physics can
broaden their scope.
“It develops a community and
helps bring people from different
fields together,” graduate student
Dan Berdine said.
However, some students disagreed. “The physics of flying has
been discussed for many years and
is no longer an enticing subject,”
sophomore Eric Culverwell said.
Culverwell is a physics major.
The lectures are typically an
hour long and are given by physics seniors, graduate students and
faculty members.
Each lecture is preceded by a tea
time where students and faculty
can informally socialize with each
other.
The next lecture in the series
was presented by Professor Giorgio
Gratta of Stanford University on
Feb. 11 in Bausch and Lomb 109
at 3:30 p.m.
Reichenberger can be reached
at [email protected].
Pipes: Repairs were inevitable
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this,” Hazon continued. “You’ve
got pressure decade after decade,
they will break down.”
The regular problems with the
steam heating pipes are caused
partially by the local weather. “It’s
just part of the system in a climate
like this,” Hazen said.
One of the advantages of this
system in is that when there is a
problem, it is easy to detect. “Luckily, you know the pipes have burst if
the snow on the ground melts.”
An alternate system using water
instead of high pressure steam
has been suggested, but would be
prohibitively expensive.
Levesque can be reached at
[email protected].
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Festive: CAB plans events
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Saturday night featured the 5th
annual Masquerade Ball.
“We didn’t have quite the turnout that we had wanted at the Masquerade Ball,” Keesing said. “But
everyone who went there seemed
like they were having a blast, so
that was the main idea.”
The Nate Rawls 18 piece big
band provided swing music and
a DJ was on hand as well. Swing
dance lessons were available the
week prior to the ball.
“I think Winter Fest went very
well, everyone had a great time, we
had a great comedian, a fun Masquerade Ball, and a well-attended
Casino Nite,” Hickey said.
Keesing explained the process
through which CAB chooses entertainers such as Mitch Hedberg.
“CAB works with our adviser in
the Student Activities office and
[with an agent,]” Keesing said.
“We usually brainstorm a bunch of
ideas first and then our agent will
tell us the different asking prices
for each of those comedians and it
depends on their availability also.
CAB generates the ideas and we go
from there and see what’s feasible,”
he added.
No one attended Towers Hall
Council’s snowball fight on Saturday afternoon. And over the
weekend, students could to make
snow sculptures to win a prize.
Yunis can be reached at
[email protected].
Kyoto: Professor awarded
Provost Charles Phelps announced UR’s deal with Napster at the ITS Center on Feb. 5.
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order to ameliorate its program and
create a top-class program.
“Professor McKenzie at that
time was already a big name in
the field of economics and brought
quite different programs to UR,”
Jones said. “He should be congratulated for being a lifetime scholar
and originator of UR economics
department.”
In 1962, the first doctorates
were given to two students, one of
whom happened to be a Japanese
scholar. Since then, UR’s ties with
Japanese scholars have increased
and UR has awarded more than
50 doctoral degrees to students
from Japan.
“I still remember Professor
McKenzie’s affable smile and no
matter how eminent he became, he
always strived to the utmost effort
of his work,” Dr. Hiroo Sasaki, a
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Recording Industry Association of
America subpoeanas UR students,
then the university will be forced
to give their names. “If the RIAA
comes to us and asks us for names
behind certain IP addresses, then
we have to give it to them by law.”
Phelps said “They are going to be
sued.”
Phelps described the process by
which music groups can place their
music on the server. “It is difficult
for [Napster] to form copyright
agreements with thousands of
individual artists. So, an ‘aggregator’ will assist in making such
agreements with Napster and the
large pool of individual artists on
campus. The Eastman aggregator
will help us through the process.”
graduate of UR doctorate economics program and now a professor
at Waseda University School of
Commerce in Tokyo, said. “He
was also a humble professor who
always stretched his intellectual
potential.”
To further advance research
of general equilibrium theory
at Kyoto University, McKenzie
donated over 2,200 books to the
Institute of Economic Research
to help establish the McKenzie
Library.
“I am greatly honored to receive
this honorary doctorate degree,”
McKenzie said in the Yomiuri
Newspaper. “UR has accepted numerous Japanese students over the
past four decades and I hope that
this trend will continue to grow in
the future.”
Aoyama can be reached at
[email protected].
YUTING CHUANG • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Napster: Major music issues to be debated
Turning his attention to Macintosh users, Phelps disclosed that
the problem was not Napster but
instead, Apple computers.
“There is something called ‘digital rights management’ — technology that prevents burning of
downloadded songs onto CDs. The
DRM compatible with Napster is
built-in to Windows 2000 and XP.
However, Apple refuses to install
the same DRM in their computers.
Napster is not the only software
program with DRMs incompatible
with Macs. I do feel though that
they will eventually have to put it
in,” Phelps said.
Phelps emphasized the importance of educating the users in this
area — something that he hopes
President of the Recording Indus-
try Association of America, Cary
Sherman, himself and others will
do during the debate on Feb. 16.
“The Napster deal is a way of
educating the users,” Phelps said.
“We hope to reaffirm this during
the debate. We’re also considering
a two-credit course that will teach
students how to lead discussions on
such issues.”
Phelps invites students to the
debate saying, “See you Monday
night.” A debate featuring Cary
Sherman and Special Advisor to
the CIO at the University Marjorie
Shaw, among others, will be moderated by President Thomas Jackson.
It will be held in Hoyt Auditorium
at 8 p.m. on Feb. 16.
Madhur can be reached at
[email protected].
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Book costs rising
T
he rising prices of textbooks on college campuses has
stirred up frustration among many university students
and faculty across the country. Many complain that college textbooks are unfairly overpriced, forcing them to pay excessively high amounts for their classes. In response to these
complaints, the California Student Public Interest Research
Group released a report in January of 2004 entitled, “Ripoff
101: How the Current Practices of the Textbook Industry
Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks.” This report contains
damning information about the textbook industry, alleging
that certain unnecessary measures on the part of the industry
leads to higher prices for students and suggests ways to avoid
price hikes in textbook costs. The report cites the Association
of American Publishers, saying that “paper, printing, and editorial costs” account for only 32.3 cents of every dollar of the
textbook cost. The study sheds an illuminating and revealing
light on a very important issue for students, and is more than
worthy of further consideration.
According to the report, students will spend an average of
nearly $900 on textbooks for the 2003-04 academic year. In
marked contrast, students spent an average of $642 on textbooks in 1996-97 — a 40 percent increase in six years. Textbooks are growing more expensive, often due to practices of
the textbook publishers themselves. For instance, the study
finds that while half of all textbooks now come unavoidably
“bundled” with often expensive additional materials like CDROMs and workbooks, sixty-five percent of interviewed faculty members “rarely” or “never” use the additional material
in their courses. Indeed, many textbooks in the UR bookstore
come shrink-wrapped with supplemental materials that are
ultimately discarded. This wastes both the financial resources
of students as well as the efforts of those who make them.
Textbook publishers will also put new editions of existing
textbooks on the market very frequently, often with minor
content changes, which makes “the less expensive, used textbooks obsolete and unavailable.” An average new textbook is
58 percent more expensive than its used counterpart.
Meanwhile, overwhelming numbers of faculty that were
interviewed prefer including new information in a supplement rather than compiling a whole new textbook edition.
Such a measure would immeasurably reduce textbook costs
and improve the lives of the average financially-strapped college student. College students are among the most financially
indebted people in the country and, with tuition rising continuously, it is important to reduce their financial pressure as
much as possible.
Within UR itself, there is ample opportunity to implement
the recommendations of the report. For example, 86 percent of
sampled students are considering using an online “bookswap”
to find cheaper textbooks. We already making strong moves in
that direction, namely with http:\\forsale.cif.rochester.edu, but
it would be worthy to expand the existing system to make it
more comprehensive and resourceful.
We also encourage professors who will not be using large
portions of a big, expensive textbook to consider cheaper alternatives, such as course reserves and course packs. There are
many instances in which professors require hefty textbooks
for courses, especially introductory ones, and then end up utilizing very little of the actual book. Students are then trapped
with textbooks whose value as used has dropped tremendously. The money they can recoup from selling their textbook thus
drops dramatically.
“Ripoff 101” states that the high cost of textbooks is “primarily” due to unnecessary new editions and bundled additional materials. The cost of textbooks, as the report says,
has a great impact on the “quality and affordability of higher
education.”
If it is indeed true that what amounts to profiteering on the
part of the textbook industry is responsible for the exorbitant
price of textbooks, then we would urge educators to scrutinize
the industry’s practices.
Ultimately, when higher education is for sale, we don’t want
to get shortchanged.
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are copyright © 2003 by the Campus Times.
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
Deficit spirals out of control
T
he increasing federal
deficit under the presidency of George Bush is
very disturbing when one considers that it has become larger
every year since he took office.
In addition, it looks like there is
no end to this trend in sight.
Bush said that he was looking forward to working with
Congress to cut the $521 billion
budget deficit in half in the next
five years.
Someone must be trying to
pull a fast one, because Bush’s
proposal is fashioned to achieve
these enormous savings through
a reduction in spending within
a category that makes up only
one-fifth of the nation’s total
budget.
He said that this feat could be
achieved by containing growth
in domestic social programs in
that category to one percent this
year.
Even a total freeze in that
category this year would save
only $3 billion. The figures concerning Bush’s spending and his
proposed reduction in the deficit
do not add up.
Political calculations behind
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Bush’s budget proposal are also
flawed. In an election year, he
expects members of Congress
to cut programs that are most
noticed by the general populous.
Bush’s proposal attacks one
section of the budget. He does
not cut defense and homeland
security, but rather preschool literacy programs and aid for police
and firefighters.
Even if Congress passed
Bush’s economic policy and made
such cuts, it would hardly put a
dent in the deficit.
While President Bush is looking into why he received incorrect intelligence on Iraq, he
should re-evaluate his sources of
fiscal advice, as well. From the
budget he submitted to Congress
earlier this month, it seems that
he is being shamefully misinformed.
Automatic spending on sup-
posed entitlements such as
health care, agriculture and
transportation consume close to
60 percent of the budget and is
driving the budget’s growth.
Bush’s tax cuts make it impossible to keep pace with a budget
that also calls for a seven percent increase in defense spending. This seven percent increase
does not include the $60 billion
for Iraq and Afganistan.
Congress could save close to
$150 billion over five years by refusing Bush’s request to extend
tax cuts on capital gains and
tax cuts on dividends, which are
scheduled to expire this year. It’s
not possible to maintain $1 trillion in tax cuts and to maintain
extravagant spending on new
weapons systems and close the
deficit gap.
With an ever-increasing deficit, a compelling argument can
be made for stopping the reckless flow of federal spending. But
Bush is choosing to focus on a
crack in the foundation while in
the meantime, the whole house
sinks into the ground.
Gorode can be reached at
[email protected].
TONY TERRADAS • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
Gender rights need protection
G
ender expression is an
issue that is often neglected when proponents
of anti-discrimination legislation
target the government’s statutes.
While the effort to amend statutes to include protections based
on race, sex and orientation has
been met with great success,
very few governmental entities
include protections for citizens
based on gender expression.
To understand what gender
expression is and to understand
why it is important to effect
protections for people on this
basis, it is paramount to make a
basic distinction between sex and
gender. Sex and gender are words
that are used interchangeably
in everyday conversation, but
should be thought of as discrete
concepts.
Sex is defined by physiological, functional and psychological
differences between males and
females. Gender is dependent on
cultural norms that are used to
define what is “masculine” and
“feminine.”
While nearly all governmental
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entities offer protection against
sex discrimination, gender discrimination remains by and large
susceptible to the animus of
social players acting in capacities
bearing the imprimatur of the
state.
Gender expression is the manner in which a person behaves in
a social context. Very obvious examples are “butch” women and
effeminate men. These groups
are often denigrated for their
failure to comport to social conventions. However, this idiosyncrasy fails to provide sufficiently
legitimate reason to discriminate
in employment, housing, education and other theaters of vital
social interaction.
With this in mind, student
bodies at leading universities
have taken the initiative in
amending their constitutions
to include protections for these
groups. Students at Brown University, MIT, and many other
top schools have been successful
in the effort. Also, a few states
include protections for citizens
based on gender expression.
At UR, Eastman students are
nearing their goal of gathering
enough signatures to amend the
Eastman constitution.
The Eastman effort has recently inspired the River Campus’s
Pride Network to begin a signature-drive this semester, which
in only one week has netted over
100 signatures. The Pride Network hopes to have the requisite
800 undergraduate signatures by
the end of April.
The Pride Network’s effort has
inspired student organizations at
other schools. Students at Vassar
College have started their own
petition drive to include gender
expression among other constitutionally protected classifications
at their school.
Tipton can be reached at
[email protected].
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“Some days you’re the dog, and some days you’re the hydrant.” - Anonymous
Snow day — not until UR freezes over
Having just finished
digging my car, self
and room out of the
small Himalaya that’s
been progressively
dropped on us as of
late — a feat of snowremoval aided rather
significantly by the
same freezing rain that
NEIL
caused my car, self and
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into any noun we hapTSB CHAMPION pened to pass — I’m
taking a drip-n-dry
moment to reflect on the past few weeks,
while also attempting to thaw my feet
from a state of “absolute zero” to a mere
“gangrene frostbitten.” And, much like
the preceding sentence — one that ran
on like a tribesman, clad in dead gazelle,
chased by a lion — my reflection was long,
irrelevant and in the end, nonsensical.
Yet I realized something about those
cold winter days when, between ‘nose
checks’ to ensure that said nose was
where I had left it, I trudged begrudgingly from class to class in a journey I’ve
since dubbed the “walk of maim.” The
snow day, a staple for disenfranchised
high school pupils everywhere, seems to
have an age limit — and despite the façade and facial hair production of a high
school student, the snow day age limit is
one I appear to have exceeded. My best
guess on the matter is that the university
recognizes that we are now of college age,
and that the pampering we received as
high school students is now inappropriate. Instead, we now possess the fortitude to tramp through swamps of snow
— like waist-high pools of cold quicksand
— that, rather than pull you into an odd
watery-sand grave below, will just freeze
your knees and prompt a phallic recession
that no man should have to endure. The
administration knows that the education
we receive at this university is both expensive and essential, and those in charge
would sooner find themselves tunneling to
their car than deprive us of our money or
knowledge. And for this I would like to say
— screw you guys.
I like my circulatory system. Always
have, and that’s one reason I miss the
snow day. But more than that, I miss the
excitement it fostered. I miss catapulting myself out of bed in the morning to
see white freckles adorning my window,
and then cranking the radio to listen to
the monotone roll call of schools whose
students could go back to bed. And though
my own school was rarely on such a list —
the Guilderland School District evidently
employed the “napalm snow plow” at
the time — I even miss hearing that one
damn school that, without fail, always had
the day off. For this disgruntled capitaldistrictian it was Ichabod Crane High, an
obscure if not fictional school that may or
may not have resided somewhere outside
Albany. But, sure enough, ol’ ICH would
cancel school for flurries, rain or light-colored confetti left over from a “snow day”
parade the town held the previous day.
So, while Ichabod Crane students curled
up with the warmth that a two-week net
school year provides, I would stand at the
bus stop wondering if a snow gopher had
eaten my non-responsive toes and grumbling about what a stupid name Ichabod
Crane was for a high school. But that time
has no passed, college is upon us and the
snow day is gone.
Or so it seems. Instead, as I’ve discovered, the snow day exists in a new incarnation — that is, Monday. Or, perhaps,
Wednesday. And unlike its winter-bound
predecessors, the snow days I observe
— unannounced, exclusive and infinitely
more exciting — are limited to neither
season nor weather conditions. Lightbulb
broken in the bathroom? Snow day. Impending Tecmo Super Bowl playoff game?
Snow day. Spilled Spaghetti-Os on your
mesh shorts? Better believe that’s cause
for a snow day.
I think it’s a credit to our administration that, while neglecting to announce
snow cancellations while casualties pile up
in the arctic quad, they actually leave the
responsibility in our hands. As a result,
we can make informed mature decisions
about whether the conditions — weather
related or otherwise — are too foreboding
for class attendance. No longer must we
stir at the break of day to hunch over the
radio — no, in college, snow days can be
scheduled the night, if not week, before
the actual day off itself! Granted, the
anticipation and excitement may be gone,
but not the allure — and now the power,
one might say, is in our hands.
At least, until our grades come.
Janowitz can be reached at
[email protected].
This week I am
determined to talk
about something
other than the
Democratic Primary.
Thankfully, things
have pretty much
settled down. John
Kerry will be the
nominee, and if he’s
smart he’ll nomiROB CLEMM
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his Vice President.
RIGHT
John Edwards is still
THINKING
campaigning for the
V.P. nod, though he
won’t admit it. Wes Clark is wandering
around aimlessly in numerous sweaters
until he’s told that no one cares, and we
all wait breathlessly for Dennis Kucinich
to explain to us how he, as a munchkin
from the Land of Oz, managed to run
for the presidency. Oh, yes, and Howard
Dean. Dean will continue to make his
“last stand” in, “Wisconsin, Idaho, Utah,
Hawaii, New York, California….Yeeeeearh!” Whatever. But let us get to something more important, like the fact that
President George Bush is in very bad
straits with his base.
For those who will wish to analyze this
article, I would ask you to look at this as
an example of conservatism at work. If
you ask most self-identified conservatives
we will most likely tell you that we are, “a
conservative first, and a Republican second.” This is the situation as it concerns
Bush. Many conservatives are upset, and
rightly so, with the utter lack of fiscal
restraint on the part of the president and
the GOP Congress.
For those of you who are about to chime
in with “down with tax cuts,” please just
stop right there. The problem is not with
the tax cuts, but with spending. So feel
free to claim it’s the tax cuts, but don’t
be surprised if I smack you with a basic
economics textbook until you look like the
physical equivalent of a Laffer Curve.
The problem is as simple as one number. Zero — as in zero vetoes used by Bush
to curb the spending on the part of the
government. The Medicare bill, which has
now ballooned from an estimated $400
billion to $534 billion, has been the final
straw for many conservatives. Unfortunately, there are many other distressing
numbers.
Non-defense spending by Congress
after Sept. 11 grew by 11 percent. Federal
spending is now at $20,000 per household.
Discretionary spending has grown by 27
percent over the past two years. Education spending has risen by 65 percent. The
space initiative is estimated to cost between $500 billion and one trillion dollars.
An energy plan that is on Bush’s “wish
list” is estimated at $75 billion.
More distressing than that, however, is
what isn’t seen. In areas such as education as well as Medicare, conservatives
were willing to take a hike in spending
in the belief that the trade off would be
much-needed reforms. In education, for
instance, increased spending was to be
balanced by school choice vouchers. These,
in case you were wondering, never made it
into the final bill.
Though to some degree this information is good for discrediting the notion
that Bush is rapidly slashing benefits to
all sorts of people, it makes a fiscal conservative shudder. His new budget pledges
to keep discretionary funding at a four
percent increase, but for many of us that’s
locking the barn door after the horse escaped.
Other issues have riled his base, besides
his penchant for spending, like his immigration policy. Now I haven’t come to my
own decision on his immigration policy.
Whatever he says, it is an amnesty of sorts
for illegal immigrants. Also, I don’t see
how it’s supposed to prevent illegal immigration in the future. At the same time
I do recognize something has to be done
about the eight-to-ten million illegal immigrants in this country. And, apart from
some “pie-in-they-sky” conservatives, I
really don’t think we can manage to deport them all. Therefore, Bush is at least
attempting to deal with a tough issue that
we can’t merely wish away.
All of this, however, is riling his base.
At a recent GOP convention, Karl Rove
and Bush’s OMB director got both barrels
from the Congress. Many are upset with
his immigration policy and other stands
to the point at which it’s hurting the congressional Republican base of support. At
the same time, many of us conservatives
are questioning why exactly the Congress
is yelling at Bush — I think both are at
fault.
In any case, these huge issues need to
be addressed. Bush, as Terry McAuliffe
has noted, has solidified the Democratic
base, much as Gore did for the Republicans in 2000. The election will most likely
be decided by the independents. If Bush
does not assure his base, he is in dangerous territory, as he can’t move on initiatives to capture the center.
So let this be a word of caution to the
Bush administration — be careful, your
base is watching.
Clemm can be reached at
[email protected].
TONY TERRADAS • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CAS 105 revisited
Jenna Katz claimed that CAS
105 “limits options” and impinges
on curricular freedom. She also
asserts that more students should
be exempted from CAS 105, as the
“elementary” course fails to challenge her and others. We address
these serious concerns here.
Our curriculum does offer
“freedom,” but freedom within the
context of a required curricular
structure. All undergraduates must
have a significant experience in
the Humanities, Natural and Applied Sciences, Social Sciences and
Primary and Upper-level Writing
(Freshman Handbook 11). Within
this curricular structure, students
may choose subjects freely. In the
context of the Writing Program,
students may choose from more
than 30 subjects.
Katz’s second major concern is
that CAS 105 fails to challenge her.
This is indeed a problem. By our
design, all 105 sections challenge
students to expand writing and
critical thinking skills learned in
high school to meet the demands
of college-level content, research
and argument. However, our efforts to build a challenging set of
courses are not enough. To be sufficiently challenged in a small writing
course, students must work with
teachers to create an intellectually
alive community. The best solution
for those feeling underchallenged
is to speak with instructors. They
will gladly develop work that challenges you.
Finally, we respond to Katz’s
comments about our exemption
process. Contrary to Katz’s claim,
we never exempt students based
on test scores. Neither would we
exempt based on a letter of recommendation. We use the most direct
assessment tool available — to
assess a student’s ability to write
argumentative research essays, we
review those essays. To assess how
well students understand writing
choices, we assess their explanations of those choices. We also invite
those denied exemption to ask us
questions about our decision. In
fact, we invite any student, including Katz, to speak with us about
the Writing Program.
—DEBORAH ROSSEN-KNILL
WRITING PROGRAM DIRECTOR/
DEAN OF FRESHMEN
—BRIAN O’SULLIVAN
WRITING PROGRAM ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
—TATYANA BAKHMETYEVA
INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
COORDINATOR
—ESTHER LOPEZ
WRITING PLACEMENT
COORDINATOR
Kudos to Westbrook
Kudos to Professor Westbrook
on his op-ed piece regarding UR’s
entrepreneurship grant last week.
Not only did I find his analysis illuminating, but it was nice to see
the voice of our faculty take such
a prominent position in the paper.
I would encourage more faculty to
follow suit and contribute some
of their venerable wisdom to the
CT.
—PETER ORDAL
CLASS OF 2004
Ethic hotline doubted
It’s easy to criticize others for
their moral failings — it is much
harder to criticize one’s self. The
university is thereby to be commended for establishing a “hot
line” for faculty, staff and students
to report “improper” or unethical
behavior (News, Jan. 29.) Such a
hot line indicates that the university has admirable humility to admit that there might be unnoticed
ethical problems and that existing
channels to address them might be
inadequate.
However, the motivation for
the hot line suggests a regrettable
misunderstanding of the nature
of ethics. The university claims
that “in order to maintain ethical
standards” individuals must report
behavior such as noncompliance
with laws and regulations, violations of professional standards of
practice, conflicts of interest and
research fraud.
But reporting these violations
would be ethically required only
if these laws, regulations and
standards are themselves ethical.
But there is no guarantee that they
are, and much reason to think that
they too often are not. For a timely
example, this week presenters at
the Margaret E. Warner Graduate
School of Education and Human
Development explained how half
a million U.S. children have lead
poisoning. This has sad developmental and medical consequences,
but, fortunately, lead poisoning is
preventable by, for the most part,
simply removing lead-based paint
from old homes.
Unfortunately, this life-saving,
yet not particularly glamorous,
work for children has been, and
continues to be, underfunded.
Meanwhile, however, a former
UR medical school dean recently
was receiving millions of dollars
in grants to investigate the postnatal effects of lead poisoning on
newborn rats. Comparably questionable research is funded by the
March of Dimes — see http:\\www.
humaneseal.org and http:\\www.
marchofcrimes.com.
Even ignoring the question of
whether it is ethical to harm baby
rats and their mothers this way,
surely anyone who has had a loved
one damaged by lead poisoning
would consider this use of resources
to be “research fraud” since we
already know the dangerous effects
of lead poisoning on children and
how to prevent them. But “professional standards” can allow for
career advancement at high costs
for children, especially those in
low-income areas. Since the lives
and safety of children are more important than another publication
for these researchers and so more
grant money for the university,
these standards are irresponsible.
Many physicians, philosophers and
patient advocates would carefully
defend that point in a public forum
— it is doubtful that any of their
critics would show up, much less
debate the issue of what an ethical
use of resources is, given the vastness of human needs.
This is just one example where
UR’s ethical standards are, arguably, far too low. Many more cases
could be given, and student groups
like Amnesty International, Students for Social Justice and UR
VEG attempt to show other areas
where we — as a community and
as individuals — need to raise the
moral bar.
These groups do not merely
assert their views — they give
reasons and are able to defend
them, often with the knowledge
and skills they have gained in ethics
and logic courses taught at this university. Nothing is said about who
answers this “ethics hot line,” but
I hope that they have the training
necessary to address ethical issues
as ethical issues, not as questions
of self-interest or public relations.
If they do not, I would be happy to
volunteer my services to help teach
them, and perhaps others with
such training might do so as well.
Given our abilities, that would be
the ethical thing to do.
—NATHAN NOBIS
GRADUATE STUDENT
Dissection is wrong
When students at a high school
“Participation in Government”
class were asked to invite outside
speakers to debate controversial
issues, I accepted this opportunity
to discuss why I believed the school
should stop purchasing animal
“specimens” for teaching biology,
and should instead use lifelike
three-dimensional plastic models
with removable parts and/or interactive computer programs.
I showed the class a People For
The Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) video, “Classroom CutUps,” which depicted, among
other abominations, workers at a
dissection supply house embalming animals — from cats to crabs
— while they were still alive. Frogs
are usually dropped into an alcohol
solution, which takes about twenty
painful minutes to cause death.
According to Physicians’ Committee For Responsible Medicine,
the formaldehyde used to preserve
the animals’ bodies can harm
people exposed to it. Formaldehyde
is a carcinogenic irritant to eyes,
skin, throat, lungs and nasal passages. The National Association
of Biology Teachers has urged
schools to offer alternatives to
dissection.
I shared all of this with the
students, and asked if their biology class dissection experiences
helped them learn biology. Most
replied no.
One student wondered if it
was unethical to dissect fetal pigs
that were taken from the bodies
of their butchered mothers. They
would not have survived anyway.
I replied that dissecting fetal pigs
was perhaps a lesser evil than
killing animals for dissection, but
why dissect any animal?
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer
told Dateline NBC, “In ninth
grade, in biology class, we had
the usual dissection of fetal pigs,
and I took the remains home and
I just started branching out to
dogs and cats.” I suggested to the
students that while I trusted their
dissection experiences had not
demonized them, I nevertheless
agreed with Adelphi University
biology professor George Russell,
who wrote that “dissection not
only fails to promote reverence for
life, but encourages the tendency
to blaspheme it” by desensitizing
students to cruelty and the sanctity of life.
But this school and most schools
and colleges in our state continue to
emphasize dissection. Educational
administrators should listen to
what one student told PETA — “I
passed geography without leaving
my home state, and passed geology
without seeing planets collide. It’s
insulting to argue that students
can’t understand anatomy unless
they stick scissors into a frog’s
brain.”
—JOEL FREEDMAN
CHAIR, PUBLIC EDUCATION
COMMITEE OF ANIMAL RIGHTS
ADVOCATES OF UPSTATE NEW YORK
Pope can speak freely
I am responding to Thomas
Paris’ article entitled “Pope Intrudes On America.” This article
is malformed, ignorant and arrogant.
In his article, he states “I take
umbrage at both the [Church’s]
document itself as well as their
regular attempts to force their
beliefs on a sovereign nation that
is founded on the idea of separation between church and state.”
The argument here is simply
malformed. What happened to
the first amendment? He is saying
that the Church does not have a
right to voice its opinion merely
because he disagrees with it. That
is a violation of the church’s first
amendment right. So, is he arguing for the abolishment of the very
same amendment that allowed him
to write his column?
The Church is not trying to
force its beliefs on anyone. They
are merely stating their opinion,
as he stated his. Later in the article, he states “Even some priests
don’t believe the assertion [made
in the document] is warranted.”
Why then does he believe that the
elected officials, who are arguably
less associated with the Church
than priests, will believe and take
to heart the very same assertions?
The only explanation I could come
up with is that he is completely
ignorant of the ways and teachings
of the Catholic Church.
Lastly, he states, “What is unacceptable is its attempts to force
Catholics engaged in secular work
to disregard their mandate and
responsibility to the people who
elected them in favor of enforcing the policies of the Catholic
Church.” What is unacceptable
is his arrogance. He believes that
the church should not attempt to
sway public opinion simply because
he doesn’t agree with them. That
is fascism. Maybe everyone that
agreed with his article should
gather at the steps of the Rush
Rhees Library and have a good
old-fashioned Nazi book-burning
bonfire.
He could throw in all the articles
and books that don’t coincide with
his beliefs. I respect his right to
voice his opinion. He should respect the Church’s right to voice
its opinion. I am neither for nor
against gay/lesbian marriage and
adoption. What I am for is the
rights of people and institutions to
express themselves. To state that
it’s “unacceptable” for the Catholic
Church to attempt to sway public
opinion is tantamount to ignoring
the first amendment, and I object
to that on the grounds of everything that makes this country not
North Korea.
God bless America!
—JOSEPH ELBLE
CLASS OF 2004
Paris Misconstrues
I’ve held some pretty stupid
opinions in my day, but I’ve never
had the balls to actually see them
in ink. Thomas Paris boldly rushes
in where I’d just as soon shut up,
as last weeks editorial on the Vatican demonstrates. Condemning
the Pope for urging all American
politicians to ban gay marriages,
Paris concludes that the Vatican has
no right to meddle in the domestic
affairs of a sovereign nation.
“Perhaps the Vatican doesn’t
understand that our elected representatives aren’t elected to represent themselves or the Catholic
Church, but to represent their
constituents, not all of whom are
Catholic,” Paris said.
Wow, Tom. That’s about as brilliant as a kick to the face. Too bad
we live in a republic, not ancient
Greece. You and I don’t make policy,
our elected officials do. It’s our responsibility to elect the guy whose
opinions and values are closest to
our own. It is the responsibility of
the elected official to make policy in
the way she best sees fit, and never
sacrifice her own judgment for what
is popular with her constituents.
Were we to live in the America of
Paris’s design, all issues would be
decided by the referendum and the
overnight poll. No doubt control of
the government would be far more
direct, but it would also be far less
informed.
Of course, it’s not simply the U.S.
Constitution that’s been mangled.
To expect one nation not to comment on the actions of another is
both dangerous and idiotic. Did we
condemn the United Nations when
it demanded an end to apartheid
in South Africa? Since when does
expressing an opinion somehow
violate national sovereignty? After
all, the Pope didn’t invade America
with his elite Swiss guardsmen
— he mailed a letter. Yes, he tried
to affect public opinion. Yes, he
wanted to shape American legislation. Would you prefer that the
Vatican never comment on the
internal policies of a sovereign
nation? If so, then no doubt you
were quite pleased to learn of the
Vatican’s uncritical silence toward
Germany in the 1930s.
God knows you don’t have to
agree with the Pope, but you can’t
fault him for seizing every possible
legal recourse in the name of what
he thinks is right. He has as much
right, and even more responsibility,
to shape global policy as anyone
else. If John Paul II has more influence than you or I, it is because
of the piety of a politician, not the
malevolence of the Papacy.
—JEFFREY SACHS
CLASS OF 2004
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Sweet Spots
for Sweethearts
Looking for love in all the wrong
places? No need to worry this
Valentine’s Day — the UR campus has an array of hot spots for its
undergraduate lovers. Whether
you are the outdoor adventurer or
a book by the radiator type, UR has you covered.
Try melting the icy waters of the Genesee at one
of the many benches that hug the shoreline. Bring
along some hot chocolate, not that this event could
get any steamier. A nice blanket, a shovel to plow
off the snow, a single rose and some dark chocolates will melt away any cold. Just make sure you
ARTICLE BY
ROBYN TANNER
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
If you aren’t a fan of the water,
try your hand at some higher
ground. Between Morey Hall and
Lattimore Hall there is a softlylit balcony. The small bench
could easily fit two, and the
buildings on either side provide
a nice protection from the wind,
snow and general Rochester
weather. Dress warmly and bring
a telescope. This spot overlooks
the Residential Quad as well as
the Eastman Quadrangle. Its
higher appeal provides a
great stargazing spot.
On a clear night you
can certainly spot more
than one constellation.
Grab a book and impress
your lover with some great
poetry as you point out the
North Star. Nothing could make
this spot trite — it’s lit with pure
love-electricity.
This cozy bench also has a
great spot to see some nature
FEBRUARY
14th
bring extra blankets so your loved
one doesn’t become frigid.
Though a dip in this river might
be toxic, it surely won’t be deadly
for a simple stroll and romantic
sitting.
If you are feeling really creative, you might want
to try clearing off half of a bench — your lover may
sit closer. With the remaining half of the bench you
can trace a heart, place your initials inside with a
request to “be mine.” It may sound old school and a
bit elementary, but never underestimate the simple
acts of love.
DESIGN BY
KENNY LINSKY
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
— the trees are in full view as
are the squirrels. Squirrels may
not sound sexy, but just consider
how they gather those
nuts.
Still not enticed?
Perhaps you should take
this love-fest indoors to
the library. No need for
your econ books for this
V-Day event. The 500m
level of Rush Rhees library is
an ideal spot to watch the
sunset and see all of the
campus. Let your lover
know that you wished to
kiss the last rays of the
day goodbye with them by
your side. This is sure to
earn you a thousand more
kisses. Grab some strawberries
and pineapple, perhaps a little
mango juice to make the indoor
seem a little tropical. Wishes for
warm weather are always a nice
touch on any V-Day. Hope you
didn’t forget the chocolate spread
for the strawberries. Besides, it
may come in handy later.
No library trip would be
complete without a book.
A nicely wrapped Kama
Sutra guide would be a
great gift to anticipate
some later romping.
If all this travel is just too
much for your hermit self, you
can transform your room into
veritable lavish sex with just
some quick easy tips.
Instead of candles,
which we all know are
against regulations
boys and girls, give some
Christmas-tree lights a try.
As always, be creative. Shape
them into the phrase “hearts
afire” or something indirectly VDay-esque. Wash your bed sheets
— don’t be gross. Grab some
petals and drop them across the
entire room. Get a great mix
of oldies — think Glen Miller’s
“At Last.” Nothing can be too
hoaky for your love pad.
Perhaps a little drink or
two — the point is not
to intoxicate yourself,
which actually hinders
sexual activity.
Make several cards,
about the size of bio study
flash cards. In each card place a
small phrase or love thought.
Tape them all throughout
the room and tell your lover
the more they find, the
more amazing the prize.
Massage oils are always
crucial.
Grab your — that is both
of yours — favorite movie.
Instead of cooking, order out for
an alternative dish you haven’t
tried. Remember that new equals
exciting.
Need some general ideas to
blow your lover’s socks off, or
rather, pants? Take a hot shower.
After you are done cover each
other in lotion that has been
chilling in the fridge. The
difference in temperature
is great, especially as the
lotion warms from your
rubbing.
Try your hand at a blindfold and some food tasting. Grab
peaches, strawberries, mint, passion fruit, guava, oranges, limes,
semi-sweet chocolate and cherry
tomatoes. Make them beg what
strange juices could be dripping
down their chin.
Try shocking with honesty, be
yourself. Bare your soul. Sometimes the shockingly lovely truth
has been long overdue. Whether
deeply involved or single, V-Day
is a great chance to tell those you
love how you feel.
Happy Love Day!
Robyn can be reached at
[email protected].
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Thursday, February 12, 2004
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Ask us:
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Does one of the doors in the basement of
Sue B. lead to a secret tunnel
BY JACKIE BORCHARDT
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
UR is cold. It snows a lot here. Outsiders
wonder how we can survive the winters.
I don’t know how either, but one thing
does help — tunnels.
Once you learn how to navigate the
tunnel system, it becomes your best
friend. After walking through the tunnels
everyday, one begins to wonder why the
school didn’t build tunnels under every
part of the campus.
Anyone who has been on the UR campus
for more than a day has heard rumors of
at least one secret tunnel from Susan B.
Anthony Residence Halls.
One rumor states that a tunnel runs
from a residence hall on the Residential
Quad to the main tunnels. Another rumor
focuses on the spooky basement of Sue
B. With numerous doors lining various
wings on the basement level, students
are bound to be curious.
Curiosity peaks when a student attempts to open those doors and find they
are locked. What is behind those doors?
Unbeknownst to Sue B. residents, there
is a whole network of offices below their
feet. In addition to offices, a key shop and
mechanical shop are also conveniently
located underground and out of sight.
As for a possible tunnel to Rush Rhees
Library or the Residential Quad or anywhere else, sorry to burst your bubble,
BY LINDSAY MARCHETTI
& AMY VELCHOFF
CAMPUS TIMES STAR QUEENS
RYAN WATSON • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The maze of locked doors in the basement of Sue B. ends with the entrance to the
Spurrier Hall Tunnel.
but there is no such thing.
Assistant Director of Residential Life
Services Brian Fleming has heard rumors
of multiple Sue B. tunnels as long as he
has been employed at UR. “There might
be a small crawlspace for pipes and cables,
but that’s about all you’ll find down there,”
Fleming said.
The only tunnel leading from Sue B. goes
directly to Spurrier Hall. Sue B. was originally the women’s dormitory and Spurrier
Hall was originally the women’s gym, so a
tunnel between the two makes sense.
As much as we would like tunnels to
run underneath the whole school, only
a few areas of campus can boast that
privilege.
Got questions you want answered?
Ask us! E-mail your questions to the
Campus Times at [email protected].
‘Pussycat’ is college students’ ‘meow’
BY THOMAS PARIS
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
For Valentine’s Day, the Dryden Theater
at the George Eastman House is showing Russ Meyer’s violent fantasy, “Faster
Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” Starting at 8 p.m.,
“Pussycat” is a rare classic that is hard to
find and even harder to find on the bigscreen.
The opening shots of this movie tell you
that you’re in for something special, or at
least different. Three sports cars? Three
women? A catfight in the water with a
dominatrix looking on? Hot damn! Somehow it’s not sexual though, and not just
because of the obvious. It’s so — camp,
but before there was camp. This stuff is
meant seriously.
The lesbianism is overwhelming in
the way it’s left not just unfulfilled, but
teased. To complement this , the only
thing as big as the women’s over-the-top
lines are their hips and breasts.
been a feat to stage on this budget.
This movie also has so many shots of
I understand why this movie is so
clenched ass. They’re made even betrevered. It is the best college film of all
ter by the fantastic
time. Unfortunately, it is
’60s thermin-laced
still worse than the worst of
FASTER PUSSYCAT! studio films. It’s the three
soundtrack.
KILL! KILL!
My favorite scene
archetypes of women that
by far is when our
men lust after — the sexual
protagonist — or
one, the stupid one and the
Starring:
the closest thing to
evil one. Thankfully, most
Tura Satana, Haji, Lori
one we’re given — is
men marry the other types.
Williams
locked in a life-or“Pussycat” masks its true
Directed by:
death battle with
moral in a presumed story.
Russ Meyer
Linda, our evil antagIt goes on about society corFeb. 14, 8 p.m.
onist. She’s trying to
rupting people and the best
Dryden Theater
drive her Porsche 356
people are the most childlike
— so inexplicably lame that
into a wall with him
in between. The camera flashes between
it’s amazing any movie uses it.
him struggling, her enraged expression
Almost as lame as having your escape
and the rear wheels trying to push the car. foiled by a curb. But that’s a different part
of the story.
It’s beautifully handled to avoid showing
the entire scene at once, which would’ve
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ur opinion
Pisces (Feb. 19–March 20) — Are you on
wacky crack? Because you need to learn
how to share — that includes your secret
stash that’s hidden in the sock drawer. Your
friends will love you all the more.
Aries (March 21–April 19) — There must
be a reason you turn to that person when
things aren’t right. Why not move that
relationship out of the shadow of the night?
You may find out they’re not only cute but
also bright.
Taurus (April 20–May 20) — Strong neck,
winning personality, what more could you
want? But who the hell knows what you’re
gonna do with a strong neck…
Gemini (May 21–June 21) — Looking for
your other half is overrated. Why not go
to the gym and try to lose that other half
you’ve been dragging around since freshman
year?
Cancer (June 22–July 22) — What can we
say, stop being a hypochondriac. Just because
your sign is “cancer” doesn’t mean you’re
predestined for doom.
Leo (July 23–Aug. 22) — Get some balls and
show your roar for once. What’s the use in
being a lion if you don’t use the intimidation
factor once in a while?
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) — Is there a reason
that your sign starts with a “V”? Take care
of that — you might die tomorrow, or at least
lose your chance with that cutie you’ve been
eyeing in class.
Libra (Sept. 23–Oct . 22) — Guess what?
You’re about to fall way out of balance. That’s
right, you’re about to fall madly, madly,
madly in love with a freshman. Weird.
Scorpio (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) — You’re a crazy
mutha. Stop being a cheapskate and buy the
real stuff instead of drinking alcohol out of
that soap bottle. It will taste better.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec 21) — Just
remember, it’s not Valentine’s Day — it’s
Singles’ Awareness Day. Live it up with your
friends this weekend. At least you won’t have
to answer to anybody besides yourself.
Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) — Thoughts
may not be flowing naturally now, which
has you pondering the creation of Ex-Lax
for the imagination. Take a walk on the wild
side and make a snow angel — perhaps the
snow will have the same effect.
Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) — Maybe the
pool would be a good place to try and relieve
the stress of those upcoming exams. You are
drawn to water. Then again, a four-footed
shower might do an even better job.
(IF YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS, YOUʼVE SPENT TOO
MUCH TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE NAPSTER
AGREEMENT.
THIS IS NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.)
BY ANDREW SLOMINSKI
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
What are you doing for Valentines Day?
Amanda Shaw ‘05
David van Scott ’06
Danyra Chavez ‘07
Josh Donn ‘06
Mike Weiss ‘07
Audrey Ricketts ‘07
“Get wasted.”
“Probably doing some
work.”
“Just hanging out with my
friends who are single.”
“I’m going to sleep.”
“What day is that?”
“I’m going to Niagra Falls.”
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Ben was very blues-oriented
and learning classical, and I
was very classical and wanted
to learn blues and improv and
stuff like that. I got an acoustic
pickup for my violin and we just
tried it out and I started showing up at practices. I started
playing and I’d learn riffs to
other songs on the violin and
stuff like that. Once Ryan [Key]
joined the band, we really got
into working out the violin. It
wasn’t an idea like, “hey let’s be
different,” it was like, “hey dude,
Sean’s a homie, so let’s jam.” It
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don’t you do it on stage?” I’m
like “uh” and he’s like “I bet you
can’t do it” and I’m like “I bet I
can do it and land it right on a
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that you never
even dreamed
of seeing. To
watch the whole
Warped Tour as
a project, like
set up and take
down everyday
is amazing.
But it’s great,
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living and we get to entertain.
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Ryan tells and musically that’s
do. There are pluses and minusjust where we’re at. We’re very
es to everything in life.
proud of that recording, we
But I think there is a huge
worked with Neal Avron — great
plus to being able to play your
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the culture and stuff was pretty
Rodano can be reached at
amazing.
[email protected].
Thursday, February 12, 2004
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Yellowcard transcends
been touring non-stop since
BY MATT RODANO
2001.
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
We were on Warped Tour 2002
This past Thursday, I had the
and then this year for 2003 we
opportunity to sit down with
were on the Warped Tour again
Sean Mackin, the 24-year-old vifor half of it. We’re just touring,
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mer we released “Ocean AvHere are some excerpts from the
enue,” our major
interview.
label debut.
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I’m from Jacksonville, Fla.
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was formed from a circle of
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friends. We did some recording,
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dropped everything, moved to
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Hedberg shakes up Strong
glasses, Hedberg still managed to
sell his material. Those who had
seem him perform in Rochester
in September would recognize
much of the performance. “I had
a bag of Fritos, they were Texasgrilled Fritos. These Fritos had
grill marks on them. Hell yeah,
reminds me of something, when
we used to fire up the barbeque
and throw down on some Fritos.
I can still see my dad with the
apron on, ‘better flip that Frito,
dad, you know how I like mine.’”
Still, he dove into new material, obviously written on the notepad from the Holiday Inn where
he was staying. Even soaked
with water, his jokes continued
to make the audience laugh.
His classic one-liners were
interspersed with longer routines. Included was his argument
for more vending machines. “I
like vending machines, because
snacks are better when they fall.
If I buy a candy bar at the
store oftentimes I will drop
it, so that is achieves its
maximum flavor potential.”
Hedberg’s longer jokes
were also well received.
“In England, Smoky the
Bear is not the forest fire
prevention representative.
They have Smacky the
Frog. It’s just like a bear,
but it’s a frog. I think it’s
a better system, I think
we should adopt it. Because bears can be mean,
but frogs are always cool.
Never has there been a frog
hopping toward me, and
I thought ‘man, I’d better play dead. Here comes
ANDREW SLOMINSKI • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF that frog...’ You never say
Mitch Heberg entertains a packed Strong ‘here comes that frog’ in a
nervous manner. It’s always
Auditorium crowd Feb. 6.
BY ALISSA MILLER
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
“I don’t smoke up before a
performance, because then, if a
joke goes bad, it’s really scary.”
Regardless of Mitch Hedberg’s
insistence of a chemical-free
comedian on stage, his stoneresque style makes even the most
mundane aspects of life appear
funny to his audience.
From the moment he walked
on to stage clad in ’90s slacker
garb and started to philosophize
on the logic of multiple bottles
of water waiting for him, Hedberg captured the audience’s attention. Not only did the numerous bottles of water continued
to entertain, but the moment it
spilled, Hedberg took off. His observations were fresh and kept
the crowd in stitches.
Laid back and rarely making
eye contact with the audience
through his trademark sun-
optimistic. ‘Hey, here comes that
frog, all right. Maybe he’ll come
near me so I can pet him, and
stick him in a mayonnaise jar,
with a stick and a leaf, to recreate what he’s used to. And I’m
pretty sure I’d have to punch
some holes in the lid, because
he’s damn sure used to air. Then
I can observe him, and he won’t
be doing much in his 16-ounce
world.’”
The boy from Minnesota never
went to college, but plays well
to the collegiate crowd. Hedberg
remarked after the show that he
enjoys the large venues and energy in college shows, although
he regrets that alcohol cannot be
consumed during the show.
Friday’s Winterfest performance marks one of many recent
stops at colleges by Hedberg and
his opening act, wife Lynn Shawcroft. The two now tour together
in order not to be separated. It is
obvious from their performances
that one thing the couple shares
is a sense of humor. Her set
focused on being from the great
white north, especially the wonders of the health care system.
Shawcroft’s act was similar in
style to her husband’s but short
and successful in warming up
the audience.
The show was sold out, but a
last-minute decision was made
to simulcast the performance
to an audience in Lower Strong
Auditorium. Approximately 80
students took advantage of the
simulcast performance.
Hedberg seems like he will go
far on his pseudo-philosophical
wanderings — the audience here
recieved them well.
Miller can be reached at
[email protected].
COURTESY OF GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE
Varla, played by Tura Satana, takes her first victim in the desert in
“Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”
‘Pussycat’: Women gone bad
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The film comes off as — but
at the same time it’s a bit too
tongue-in-cheek to be — a
morality play about how “bad”
women aren’t the sort you want
to know. I choose to look at
“Pussycat” as a send-up in the
same vain as “Evil Dead” but
far subtler.
This movie is stylized to the
point that all men in this movie
are incompetent. Even the one
who comes across as sympathetic ends up being just as nasty as
the rest and the “vegetable” is
the only good character.
Surprisingly, however, the
men are the only supply of interesting dialogue or depth. The
women are restricted to witticisms that James Bond would’ve
passed on, as well as quick plot
advancement.
It’s made up for the fact that
if you took all of their personalities and mixed them together
you get a very deep character
— and I mean that in all seriousness. This movie gave birth to
a genre and that’s largely what
gives this movie its importance.
I can’t say I can come up with
a more interesting or unique
Valentine’s Day than to go see
“Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” It’s
not easy to find and you won’t
have many chances to see it on
the big screen. Screw the romantic comedies this year. I give this
film its four-star rating simply
because it’s wonderfully awful.
And any movie bad enough
to inspire the likes of Ed Wood
and John Waters deserves all the
stars it can get.
Paris can be reached at
[email protected].
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BY KIM GORODE
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
On Feb. 5, UR announced that
its 3,700 students living in residence halls will gain free access
to Napster’s Premium music
service, which contains over
500,000 songs.
In addition, Napster and
Eastman will be developing ways
in which Napster can provide
original content from Eastman’s
students and faculty members
across the entire Napster network.
This agreement with Napster
is a ground-breaking step for UR
and Eastman. It is movement toward the direction of the future
of music, but it should be seen
by the administration as only a
step and not a final destination.
The future of musical performance and education lies in
technology, and it is the duty of
the Eastman School to provide
its students with and educate
them about this technology.
The future of classical music
does not lie solely in performance. With classical music
recordings and the success of
professional orchestras on the
decline, it is the responsibility of
Eastman as a school to produce
well-rounded musicians who not
only play their instruments but
are educated in the music’s new
technology-based outlets.
The Arts Leadership Program’s goal is to produce wellrounded musicians who are
exposed to “extra-musical tools
and information that can only be
learned in practical, real world
settings,” yet none of the ALP
classes given during the 2003
– 2004 academic year focused
solely on artists rights concern-
ing technology and the Internet.
With the music industry heading
in this direction, it is imperative
that musicians be aware of their
rights as well as career opportunities dealing with the aforementioned.
On Monday, Feb. 16., the
university is holding a panel
discussion entitled “What Part of
Jailhouse Rock Don’t You Understand? Defining Rights in the
Digital Age.” President of the
Recording Industry Association
of America, Cary Sherman will
be participating in this panel,
which includes topics concerning
illegal file-sharing.
Panels such as this should frequent Eastman. Issues concerning the ethics of music and the
Internet important to Eastman
students because one day they
may find their music being illegally downloaded.
Professors at Eastman can
utilize music technology to
supplement their teaching. Currently, the department of theory
streams audio files online for
aural skills web work. The musicology department could also
benefit from this technology.
Presently, students in most
music history classes purchase
Norton Anthology CDs, which
work with the class’ required
textbooks.
In addition to these CDs, most
music history professors provide
personally burned CDs to supplement their classes. In most
instances, there are only about
four copies of the CDs for classes
that consist of an entire 50 plus
students. At times, it can be
impossible for students to check
these CDs out of the library, and
when they do, they are confined
to the listening room because
the CDs are on reserve. By putting these CDs online, professors
will be providing more students
simultaneous access the CDs, as
well as making the CDs accessible at times other than during
library hours.
Use of electronic reserve documents for teaching purposes is
commonplace at both the university and Eastman. Indiana
University’s music library allows
students to access commonly
used scores online. This is just
another way technology can be
employed to teach students at
Eastman.
Technology can benefit students by being more than a
teaching tool. Eastman’s numerous student ensembles perform
approximately once a month.
Recordings of these concerts
may be purchased through the
department of technology and
music production that cost between $25 and $35.
These CDs can only be purchased by individuals performing on the recorded concert or
by any individual with written
permission from the recorded
concert’s performers.
Parents — who pay over
$25,000 a year for their children
to attend Eastman, alumni
— who are called on a relatively
frequent basis for donations and
members of the community, are
unable to hear these concerts if
they are unable to attend them.
At Syracuse University, ensemble concerts and recitals are
streamed live online, so that parents, alumni, students and the
general public who are unable
to attend these concerts can still
hear them.
Thursday, Feb. 12
• 8 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall
Performance of the Eastman
Chamber Percussion Ensemble
conducted by Katherine Hutchings and Melanie Sehman with
works by Cage and Cowell.
KIM GORODE • CAMPUS TIMES
STAFF
Sudents at Indiana University can
download scores in PDF files.
By allowing concerts to be accessed online, they are available
for the enjoyment of the casual
listener, but can also benefit the
students and the institution by
providing the school with more
exposure. This may ultimately
lead to larger audiences, a wider
pool of auditioners and outside
donations.
In the university’s press release concerning its partnership
with Napster, Dean and Director
of Eastman James Undercofler
said, “The Eastman School has
always been in the business of
defining the future of music in
the United States.”
To be honest, it should be said
that Eastman is defining the
past of music and definitely not
the future. Eastman owes it to
its students to minimally step
up into the present and use the
technology that other institutions are using.
Gorode can be reached at
[email protected].
Torke leaves audience with mixed impression
Eastman and during my first
BY ALEXANDRA FOL
year at Yale.
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
“The title refers to the note
On Feb. 5, composer and
Eastman alumnus Michael Torke G-sharp which is orange for me,”
Torke said about “Ecstatic Orgave a presentation on his muange,” a piece commissioned by
sic at Eastman. He was visiting
The American Society of ComRochester to attend the evening
posers, Authors and Publishers
performance of his orchestral
and “Meet the
work “Ecstatic
composer” and
Orange” with
premiered by
the Rochester
Torke spoke
the Brooklyn
Philharmonic
disrespectfully
Philharmonic
Orchestra.
with Lukas Foss
Torke presented
of his teachers,
conducting.
parts of differsupporters and his
After “Ecent pieces of his
static Orange,”
and talked about
own music.
Torke played
their structure.
an excerpt from
He began by
another orchestral piece, “Bright
saying that he possesses muBlue Music,” in D major. It was
sic-color synaesthesia. This is a
even less harmonically variable
neurological condition when two
then “Ecstatic Orange.”
or more senses are crossed in the
“I occasionally put a IV chord
brain. It is especially frequent
in, but tend to stay at I and V,”
in composers and artists. In
the composer said.
Torke’s case, he sees colors when
He explained that he had
he listens to music.
derived several ways to make the
“When I was in school I was
piece “automatically compose
always told that a piece begins
itself.”
and then has to modulate,”
In his work called “4 Provhe said. “When I graduated I
erbs” for voice and ensemble,
wanted to write a piece which
he attributes a specific pitch
doesn’t modulate at all. I comto a specific syllable and then
posed ‘Ecstatic Orange’ during
“play[s] around” with them for
the summer I graduated from
20 minutes, again, without modulating. Later, when Torke spoke
of his Percussion Concerto, he
said “This was a commission. I
don’t even like percussion, and
I didn’t know what to do. So I
decided I will assign a specific
timbre to any pitch that occurs
in the orchestra and then the
percussion part will write itself. I
kept on sending stuff to the performer who would return it back
saying it is unplayable. I think
he should be credited with more
then half of the piece.”
After this derogatory remark
about his own craft, Torke surprised the composition department even more by comparing
music and sex in reference to his
Percussion Concert.
“When I listen to music I enter
a different state. When you think
about it, the only other time we
enter into this state of being outside ourselves in during sex. A
friend of mine begged me to turn
off the Percussion Concerto after
a minute and a half. I thought,
okay, he listens to music in a different way then I do, he wants to
be engaged with it. He ‘got’ the
piece in minute and a half, so to
speak,” Torke said.
Torke admitted he owes a lot
of his career to chance and the
good fortune to meet the right
people at the right time in New
York City.
“I never got a graduate degree,” he said. “I dropped out
from Yale after a year. It was
disgusting. Disgusting!”
“Why?” Eastman composition
professor Sanchez-Gutierrez
asked softly “Why was it disgusting? I mean, I went to Yale!”
“Yes, I know disgusting is a
strong word and I am probably
offending someone here,” Torke
continued without understanding the hint. “People were walking around in the ‘I am going
to Yale’ fashion. I mean, these
people couldn’t even play their
instruments! Neither could the
faculty!”
Torke’s visit to Eastman was
surprising in more then one
way. He spoke disrespectfully
of his teachers, his supporters
and even of his own music. He
left an unfavorable impression
on his audience. People left his
presentation unsure whether or
not Torke’s reputation is based
merely on several lucky strikes
in the 1980s.
Fol can be reached at
[email protected].
Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 13 & 14
• 8 p.m.
Christ Church
Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues
of the Carmelites” directed by
Benton Hess and Steven Daigle.
Tickets are $15 for the general
public and discounted for UR ID
holders.
Sunday, Feb. 15
• 2 p.m.
Christ Church
Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues of
the Carmelites” continues.
• 3 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall
The Eastman-Ranlet Series presents the Ying Quartet performing the music of Haydn, Higdon
and Beethoven. Tickets $ 15, $ 12,
$ 10 and $ 5.
Tuesday, Feb. 17
• 8 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall
The Faculty Artist Series
presents Barry Snyder, piano,
performing the music of Haydn,
Schumann and Poulenc. Tickets
$ 5 at the door and free to UR ID
holders.
• 8 p.m.
Eastman Theatre
Performance of the Eastman
Percussion Ensemble, conducted by John Beck and
Christopher Fosnaugh, with
guest soloist Gordon Stout.
Pieces by Stout, Mikula and
McCarthy will be performed.
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CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
around 51,000 women had been
Valentine’s Day first started in
killed by someone who claimed
Rome in the third century A.D.
to love them. Outrage about
Feb. 14th was a holiday to honor
the war was abundant, but who
Juno, the Queen of the Roman
fought for these women? Where
gods and goddesses. She was also
was their saint struggling to give
known as being the goddess of
them protection and rights?
women and marriages.
In the summer of 1990, this
The true origins of the name
statistic became a catalyst for a
“Valentine’s Day” are debatable.
number of women’s groups in
There are several Saint ValenCape Cod to develop a program
tine’s that the Catholic Church
that would expose the public to
recognizes. In the third century,
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Emperor Claudius II ruled Rome
consider the impact of violence
with an iron hand and a thirst
against women. They started the
for blood. Claudius was having
Clothesline Project to help break
trouble getting men to enlist in
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his armies to fight his wars. He
of violence against women.
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A clothesline was selected to
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be the means of expression behad homes and families that they cause doing laundry has always
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Realizing that the prime speciwoman. The idea was straightmens for combat were young
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use a T-shirt to tell their story in
and marriages in Rome, a move
art and written form. The shirts
previously unheard of in tyranni- would then be gathered and
cal leadership.
arranged along a clothesline so
Proving that love can never
that people can see them.
be stopped, a priest, who would
The first clothesline project
later be known as the good Saint
was in Massachusetts and feaValentine, was secretly marrying
tured 31 shirts. Today there are
couples. When the Prefect disover 500 Clothesline Projects in
covered this fact Valentine was
41 states and five countries with
dragged into court. The Prefect
an estimated 50,000 to 60,000
decreed that Valentine would be
shirts. This small grass roots
beaten to death with clubs and
campaign has had far reaching
then decapitated.
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ing down the man would only
UR’s Women’s Caucus, in
magnify his powers a million fold concordance with Alpha Phi,
and guarantee him a place in
will be making T-shirts to dismartyrdom, not to mention bring play around campus. Senior and
romance to
president of the
happy lovers all
Women’s Caucus
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‘These are all
ern world. Feb.
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people who have year’s Clothesline
14, 270 A.D. is
a day that will
been affected, Project will be
be remembered
very effective in
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their sister, friend about women’s
and happy
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or mother.’
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Just as Saint
hundreds of shirts,
women’s caucus president each conveying
Valentine gave
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one woman’s
so too must we
struggle, will be
endeavor to effect gender equalon display around Wilson Comity.
mons.
In the late 1990s, a statistic
Violence against women is
concerning the number of woma topic often ignored by many.
en dying from abuse was reRichter believes that the Clothesleased. It compared the number
line Project will have a big imof men dying in combat during
pact on people.
the Vietnam War to the number
“Having this visual stimulus is
of women being killed by somekind of overwhelming,” Richter
one related to or involved with
said, “that these are all people
them. The numbers were shockwho have been affected, whether
ing and even more shocking was
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Thursday, February 12, 2004
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UR capsized by
BY CHRIS TICE
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Navy, who is ranked 16th in the
nation in squash, defeated the Yellowjackets soundly 9-0.
Senior co-captain Pete Avitable
managed to take the match against
his opponent to five games with
scores of 3-2 9-5, 9-1, 2-9, 0-9
and 9-7. After losing the first two
games, Avitable claimed the next
two 9-2, 9-0, calling for a fifth and
deciding game. Avitable narrowly
lost the last game 7-9 to concede a
defeat of 2-3.
Senior co-captain Allen Fitzsimmons lost in four games with scores
of 9-5, 3-9, 9-7 and 9-6.
The remaining members of the
squash team didn’t fair as well
though.
Senior Dave Easwaran was
defeated in three games, 9-2, 9-5
and 9-7.
Freshman Kelvin Ko fought hard
but narrowly lost each game. The
scores of the three games were 9-4,
9-7 and 9-7, respectively.
9-4 was the unlucky result for
sophomore Jay Acharya. He lost
three consecutive games by the
score of 9-4.
Junior Sunit Chaudhry lost his
first two games 9-4 as well. He was
shutout in his last game 9-0
Sophomore Naveed Mastan was
blanked his first two games 9-0
while managing to put three on
the scoreboard in a 9-3 loss.
The men’s squash team is ranked
number 21 according to the Collegiate Squash Association.
Tice can be reached at
[email protected].
YUTING CHUANG • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Freshman Tim Brackney works to find an open Yellowjacket in Saturday’s loss at Washington University
in St. Louis on Sunday night.
UR men lose for first time
BY ANDY SCHLOSS
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The Yellowjackets received a
wake-up call from Washington
University in St. Louis as the
Bears handed UR its first loss of
the season in a 64-69 Sunday night
stunner. The Yellowjackets, who
have spent the last two of three
weekends on the road, looked a
little dull on the court, trailing by
seven at the half and shooting a cold
37 percent from the floor.
“We were not sharp,” Head
Coach Mike Neer said. “We were a
little bit off offensively and a little
bit off defensively, and when you’re
playing a good team on the road
that isn’t going to cut it.”
Jumping out to a 5-0 lead at
tip-off, UR held the Bears at bay
for most of the first half until a
three-pointer by Mike Grunst put
the Yellowjackets at a 19-17 deficit.
Building off the three, the Bears
went on an 8-0 run before UR could
catch its breath.
“They really took control of the
game during the second part of the
first half,” Neer said. “Their bench
scored half their points and made
a lot of big shots and big plays.
We rallied back several times to
get within a basket or two but we
couldn’t get it over the top.”
The Bears continued to pace the
Yellowjackets in the second half,
driving hard into the lane and
forcing defensive fouls on UR. “We
tried to make some adjustments in
the second half but we were just
not shooting well. “It was one of
our worst outings of the year,”
Neer said.
A three-point shot by junior
forward Seth Hauben put UR
within three points of the Bears
with 41 seconds remaining to
play, but a foul on senior forward
Andy Larkin gave the Bears two
free points to increase their lead
to five with thirty seconds left on
the clock. UR was unable to get
anything from intentional fouls,
and a layup by junior guard Ryan
Mee as time expired set the final
score as 69-64.
The Washington game was preceded by two wins over the University of Chicago Maroons, one at
home in the Palestra and the other
in Chicago. Taking the court Sunday afternoon after an emotional
and packed Friday night win over
Washington in Rochester, the Yellowjackets proved that they didn’t
need the big crowds to perform,
outplaying Chicago and securing
a 22 point lead by halftime.
“We didn’t have the big crowd
but we played mature, responsible
basketball,” Neer said of the 6844 win.
Five days later in the Maroons’
home territory, the Yellowjackets
were up for a little more of a challenge as the opposition was able to
make some adjustments following
their previous defeat. Chicago
bloodied UR’s nose a bit, edging
the visitors 22-21 at the half. The
Yellowjackets rallied in the second
half to defeat the Maroons 54-41,
but by a significantly smaller margin than five days earlier.
“We were able to break the game
open in the third quarter,” Neer
said. “We were able to dig ourselves
out of the hole we dug in Chicago.
Unfortunately, we dug ourselves
a little too deep in the first half
versus Washington in St. Louis
and were unable to recover in the
second half.
“We are a little disappointed by
the loss in St. Louis but we are
back at home to rest and get some
good practices under our belt before
heading to Brandeis and NYU this
weekend,” he said.
Schloss can be reached at
[email protected].
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Athlete of the week
RESSBOX
Gregory Dusek
CLASS: 2004
SPORT: Track and Field
MAJOR: Applied Mathematics
WHERE GREG WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL: Queensbury High School, Queensbury
NY
WHAT IS GREG’S IDEAL DAY OFF: Playing golf with my buddies.
FAVORITE ATHLETIC MEMORY: Winning the NY state championship the 4x100 relay
in my junior year of high school.
FAVORITE SPORT OTHER THAN TRACK AND FIELD: Basketball
FAVORITE FOOD: Chocolate chip cookies
FAVORITE MOVIE: Star Wars
PLANS AFTER COLLEGE: Four years in the Navy, then to be a teacher and a track
coach.
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SEASON: Winning the team title at States and qualifying
for Nationals in the 4x400.
WHY GREG IS THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Greg won the 200-meter event and
the 400-meter event at the Snowflake Invitational in the Goergen Athletic Center
this weekend. His victories keyed the UR men’s track & field team’s strong second
place finish in the meet.
Athlete of the week
Jessica Van Binsbergen
CLASS: 2006
SPORT: Track and Field
MAJOR: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
WHERE JESSIE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL: East Hampton High School, EastHampton, NY
WHAT IS JESSIE’S IDEAL DAY OFF: Eating lots of junk, getting lots of sleep and
hanging out in Wilder 110.
FAVORITE ATHLETIC MEMORY: Qualifying for ECACs in the 4x800 last year at
States while running with three stress fractures in my left foot.
FAVORITE SPORT OTHER THAN TRACK AND FIELD: Cross country
FAVORITE FOODS: Peanut butter, banana and jelly sandwiches and
chocolate chip cookies
FAVORITE MOVIE: Zoolander
PLANS AFTER COLLEGE: Graduate school, perhaps to pursue veterinary medicine.
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SEASON: To keep taking time off my 5,000-meter and
maybe qualify for ECACs indoor but definitely for outdoor.
WHY JESSIE IS THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jessica finished second in the 5,000meter event this weekend, helping the UR women’s track & field squad to a secondplace overall finish.
Sports calendar
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UR sports.
THURSDAY, FEB. 12
• Men’s Swimming - UAA Championship
at Emory, TBA
• Women’s Swimming - UAA Championship at Emory, TBA
FRIDAY, FEB. 13
• Women’s Basketball at Brandeis,
6 p.m.
• Men’s Basketball at Brandeis, 8 p.m.
• Men’s Swimming - UAA Championship
at Emory, TBA
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SATURDAY, FEB. 14
• Squash vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m.
Goergen Athletic Center
• Squash vs. Vassar, 7 p.m.
Goergen Athletic Center
• Men’s Swimming - UAA Championship at Emory, TBA
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• Men’s Track at Cornell and Boston U.
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• Women’s Baskeball at NYU, 3 p.m.
Admission to all UR games is free with student ID.
Track & Field winners
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Anne Baker
Weight Throw
Greg Dusek
200-meter, 400-meter
Lisa Brassow
3,000-meter race walk
Kevin McGettrick 3,000-meter race walk
Michele Gabriele
500-meter
Brian Strandberg
Katie O’Brien
800-meter
500-meter
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BY RICHARD TIPTON
Maurice Clarett was dazzling him. Clarice could have waited the
during his first year in college extra year for eligibility and played
football. He led The Ohio State another season with OSU. He could
University to an undefeated 14-0 have played a year in the Canadian
season and the school’s first na- Football League, Arena League Foottional championship in 34 years. ball, or the Arena Football League II.
Every draft expert could see that Scheidlein was mistaken to consider
Clarett was destined to become only the amount of money Clarett
the next great lottery pick in the could make in the NFL compared
National Football League draft. to the amount of money that could
Clarett wanted to declare for the be made in other leagues.
2003 NFL draft following his stellar
Indeed, when an employer and its
freshman season.
employees enter into an agreement
However, the NFL has a rule designed to further the interests
that allows athletes to declare of both, it is tempting for courts to
for the draft only after they have resist scrutinizing the agreement
been three years removed from unless the accord runs afoul of fedhigh school. The purpose of this eral legislation designed to promote
rule is four-fold. First, the league labor-management fairness or marwants to protect
ketplace vitality.
y o u n g e r, l e s s
However, it is
physically and
difficult to see the
Maurice Clarett
mentally mature
nexus the court
players from endraws between the
claimed that
tering the league
interdictive rule
the NFL’s rule
too early. Second,
and the alleged
the rule protects
amounted to an anticompetitive
club members
the rule
overbroad ‘group behavior
who might suffer
is asserted to efboycott’ of
financially from
fect.
younger players’
Scheidlein simyoung athletes.
peculiar propenply states that the
sity and susceprule stunts comtibility to injury.
petition without
Third, the league wants to protect establishing even the fledglings of
itself from those injuries, because a line of reasoning. The ruling does
player injuries affect the quality of not show how the NFL behaves in
the product the NFL is able to put monopolistic ways toward other
out. Finally, the NFL asserts an leagues by instituting this rule. This
interest in protecting young high rule does not seem to be a prima facie
school and college athletes who invalid agreement.
declare for the draft by remaining
The best claim Clarett’s counsel
undrafted, as these athletes are offered is that such interdictory
ineligible to play college football rules amount to an impermissibly
by virtue of having declared for overbroad “group boycott.” A group
the draft.
boycott is an agreement by corporaClarett successfully challenged tions not to enter into contract or
the NFL’s interdictive rule in court. otherwise associate with a class of
On Friday, Judge Scheidlein opined people.
for the Southern District of New
While at first occasion it would
York. In her opinion, she ruled that appear an attractive option to inthe NFL’s rule constituted “an validate the NFL’s rule by the group
unreasonable restraint of trade,” boycott logic, analysis reveals the
violative of the Sherman Antitrust utter absurdity of that argument.
Act and the Clayton Act.
The NFL does not solicit other
Quoting Justice Learned Hand, professional football leagues for the
Scheidlein asserted that an em- purpose of entering agreements with
ployer cannot implement a contract them to not associate or contract
or agreement that forbids someone young athletes. The NFL does not
from practicing his craft, and the hold an ongoing policy of hostility
NFL’s rule is odious to that end.
toward these athletes, either. The
The judgment of the court is league, by this rule, seeks to actually
misguided. The decision has the protect the interests of these players.
effect of invalidating a rule that Group boycotts have a widely-dishas been upheld by arm’s-length persed effect of disparaging a small
negotiations between the NFL’s subgroup based on class-membermanaging association and the NFL ship. The interdictory rule imposes
Player’s Association. In 1993, the but a de minimus burden on a group
interdictory rule was agreed upon of athletes in order to protect a vaand included in the collective bar- riety of interests.
gaining agreement between the
On Wednesday, the district court
league’s managers and players.
rebuffed a request by the NFL to
Hence the court should have stay the enforcement of the ruling
exercised restraint in this case, pending the result of an appeal to a
as courts have been extremely higher court.
reluctant to second-guess policies
As a result, the NFL must permit
instituted through the collective Clarett to declare for the 2004 draft,
bargaining efforts of employers and has extended the declaratory
and unions.
deadline for the class of athletes afThe court was also amiss to treat fected by the decision to March 1. The
the NFL as a de facto monopoly. NFL intends to appeal to the Second
While the NFL is clearly the pre- Circuit, but it is unlikely that any apmier professional sports association peal will be heard before this year’s
in North America, Clarett was not draft. Counsel for the league believe
impermissibly burdened by the that they will win their case on the
rule excluding his eligibility for merits in the appellate court.
the draft.
Tipton can be reached at
Other options were available to
[email protected].
SPORTS
In the Navy
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004
Men’s track and field second best
BY DAVID SWIDLER
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
The men’s track and field
team took second place for
the second week in a row,
this time posting 184 points,
losing narrowly to State Uni-
versity of New York Geneseo
who had 203 points. SUNY
Brockport was third with 140
points, Alfred State had 49
points to finish fourth and
Nazareth College posted
just three points in a fifth
ANDREW SLOMINSKI • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Senior Andrew Wunder practices the shot put. Wunder
placed third in the event at UR’s Snowflake Invitational.
place finish.
“We had some very good
things happen, but it could
have been a lot better,”
Head Coach John Izzo said.
“We made too many mental
errors that cost us quite a
few points, but hopefully
they’re all behind us. People
were already looking at BU,
Cornell and the State meet
and forgot that you have to
get there first.”
Despite some errors that
have yet to be a major factor
in the team’s performance
so far this season, it was a
solid showing overall. In the
55-meter dash, sophomores
Matt Tierney and Kirk Bristol and senior Greg Dusek
finished second, third and
fourth respectively, posting
times of 6.69, 6.74 and 6.79
seconds. Dusek and Bristol
then teamed up with freshman Srinivas Boppana in
the 200-meter dash, as they
finished first, second and
fifth.
Dusek’s strong day continued in the 400-meter dash,
when he and senior Jacob
Budny took first and second
places. Brian Strandberg and
Jacob Pylman continued the
trend when they too took
first and second, this time
in the 500-meter dash. Also
in the 500, Ethan McKenny
ran 1:11.63 to finish fifth.
“We made some mistakes
in the sprints that weren’t
particularly good, but overall
they had a solid day. We were
dominating in point totals,
but we’re still looking for
that great day, not just the
good day,” Izzo said.
Senior Alex Voetsch ran
2:00.60 in the 800, finishing
in first place.
“It was his best race of
the year,” Izzo said. “He’s
still coming back from an
injured fall, and he’s close
to being back to where he
wants to be. He’ll be ready
by State meet time.” Also in
the 800, Tierney ran 2:06.49
to finish sixth. Junior Matt
Rodems was victorious in
the 1,000 meter run, qualifying for Eastern Collegiate
Athletic Conference Championships.
In the 1,500-meter run,
sophomore Chris Nolan and
freshman Ben Snyder were
fourth and sixth respectively,
posting times of 4:18.19 and
4:21.14. Freshmen Andrew
Whitbeck and Andrew Dylag
were third and fifth in the
3,000-meter run.
“Whitbeck is starting to
get healthy again. He’s close
to being 100 percent,” Izzo
said. “I was very pleased
with the distance runners
in general. They’re starting
to come around.”
The 4 x 200-meter relay
team of Tierney, Strandberg,
Dusek and Adam Smith continue to run well, finishing
first with a time of 1:36.29.
Also finishing first was the
4 x 400-meter relay team,
which ran 3:34.40 to easily defeat the second place
Geneseo team.
Budny posted a third place
finish in the high jump, narrowly defeating freshman
Tom Felio. Both marks were
listed at 1.78 meters. Smith
marked 4.11 meters to finish
fourth in what Izzo said was
“a very solid day in the pole
vault.” To go along with a
third place high jump and
second place 400, Budny
added a victory in the long
jump, as he marked 6.04 meters. Also scoring in the event
was Boppana, who marked
5.70 meters to finish fifth.
Kevin McGettrick took first
in the 3,000-meter race walk
with a time of 17:45.08.
The throwers remain one
of the focal points of the
team, as they continued to
post solid scores and rack
up valuable points. Placing
third in the shot put, Andrew Wunder marked 13.43
meters.
“He’s throwing very consistently, but we’re still
looking for that big breakout
throw that we all know he
has,” Izzo said. Also scoring
in the event, Andrew Lange
was fourth and Joshua Hill
was sixth. In addition to
his shot put result, Andrew
Wunder also posted a second
place finish in the weight
throw, as he marked 15.46
meters.
“Across the lineup in the
throws it was a fairly good
week,” Izzo said.
Most of the team will travel to Cornell this weekend,
with some members of the
team going to Boston University “with the purpose of
breaking the school record
and qualifying for Nationals in the 4 x 400, [but] it’s
definitely not an ‘A’ team, ‘B’
team thing,” Izzo said. One
of the fastest tracks in the
country, BU gives some of the
sprinters the opportunity to
excel against some top tier
competition. Also a highly
competitive meet, the rest
of the team will continue to
prepare for the postseason
meets at Cornell.
In particular, Izzo said
“we’re looking for the weight
people to have a big day
at Cornell.” If all goes as
planned, all team members
will have big days at both
locations.
Swidler can be reached
at dswidler@
campustimes.org.
Women’s track and eld nish in second again
BY DAVID SWIDLER
O’Brien dominated the
CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
800-meter run, finishing in
The women’s track and 2:20.89 for first place.
field team continued to roll at
This weekend she looks
Saturday’s UR Invitational. to defend last year’s victory
With 168 points, the women in the 800 at Boston Uniwere a distant second behind versity. Sophomore Kate
Geneseo — 243 pts — but Pohlman also placed in the
easily defeated Brockport 800, finishing third overall
— 120 pts — Nazareth — 24 in 2:28.58.
pts — and Alfred State — 16
In the 1,000-meter run,
pts.
senior Erika
“Again I was
Wasserstein ran
‘Again I
very pleased
3:19.02 to finish
with the results.
in second place.
was very
I feel like we’re
She followed that
continuing to pleased with up with a fifth
improve and
the results.’ place finish in
getting closer
the 1,500-meter
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head coach
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senior Elizabeth
Hartwig said.
Canfield, who
It was a very
ran 5:01.59 in
strong day for junior Effuah the event. Sophomore JessiAlleyne, who placed sixth ca VanBinsbergen continued
in the 55-meter dash with a to excel in the 5,000-meter
time of 7.92 seconds. She fol- run, as she completed the
lowed that up with a second race in 19:46.30 to set a new
place finish in the 200-meter personal best.
dash, completing the event
In the 55-meter high
in 30.21 seconds.
hurdles, freshman Whitney
Also in the 200, freshman Silkworth ran 9.38 seconds
Melinda Huang ran 31.16 to finish third, edging junior
seconds to finish sixth. In the Annie Barbi’s 9.57 finish,
400-meter dash, freshman placing her fourth.
Allison Altman ran 1:08.37
With a group representing
to finish second. Senior all class years, O’Brien, seMichelle Gabriele took first nior Katrina Nowak, Altman
place in the 500-meter dash and sophomore Laura Porwith her time of 1:23.54, terfield teamed up to finish
qualifying for Eastern Col- second in the 4 x 200-meter
legiate Athletic Conference relay with a time of 1:57.95.
(ECAC) Championships in Also finishing second was the
the process. Junior Katie 4 x 400-meter relay team,
which ran 4:14.99. The
distance medley team completed the race in 13:24.60
to finish third.
Both Barbi and Huang
topped earlier scoring performances in the high jump,
which they finished second
and third respectively, as both
qualified for ECAC’s. Barbi’s
outstanding day continued
in the long jump, which she
finished in fourth.
“Annie had an awesome
day. She had a personal best
in the shot put, long jump
and 55-meter hurdles. She’s
really looking good going into
the Conference Pentathlon
Championship. She’s definitely going to be someone
to be aware of in that event,”
Hartwig said.
In the long jump, she
narrowly beat out Gabriele
and Nowak, who were fifth
and sixth.
Porterfield marked 9.77
meters to finish third in the
triple jump. In the 3,000meter race walk, senior Lisa
Brassaw finished in 18:04.19
to take first place and set a
new school record.
Once again the throwers
were the story of the day, as
the top thrower on the team
placed no worse than second
in any event.
The women were simply
dominating in the shot
put, as junior Grace Kraay,
sophomore Cynthia Gurecki,
freshman Maraea Toomalatai and Barbi were second,
third, fourth, and sixth,
respectively, combining for
20 points in the event. Gurecki’s mark of 11.08 meters
was a new personal best.
She also had a solid performance in the weight throw,
as she marked 13.09 meters
to finish fourth. Anne Baker
won the event with a mark
of 14.08 meters, qualifying
her for ECAC’s.
“She continues to be on
a roll. She has set some
high goals for herself and is
working really hard to obtain
them. It’s really paying off,”
Hartwig said.
“The throwers did an
awesome job as a group
once again. There were a lot
of p.r.’s, and we gathered a
lot of points in that crew,”
Hartwig said.
On a whole, it was a
very successful day for the
women. “We scored points
in a number of events, and
everyone helped contribute.
We went into the event
concentrating on what the
individuals needed, and it
turned out well teamwise
for us. I’m impressed at
how hard everyone has been
working and I’m happy that
it’s paying off.
We’re hoping over the next
couple weeks that people
will stay healthy so that
we can make our best run
at the postseason events,”
Hartwig said.
This weekend, the team
will split up, as ten of the
women will travel to Boston
University, with the majority
of the team going to Cornell.
In both meets, the women
will continue to focus on
qualifying and preparing
for ECAC’s and the other
postseason meets. These
two meets will be an excellent opportunity to do so, as
both will have very strong
competition.
“Last year, both of these
meets produced some great
results,” Hartwig said.
If the team continues to
perform as it has so far this
season, they should be highly
successful in future meets.
Swidler can be reached
at dswidler@
campustimes.org.
YUTING CHUANG • CAMPUS TIMES STAFF
Junior Anne Baker won the weight throw with a mark of
14.08 meters, qualifying her for ECAC’s.