Salem State Log Nov. 21, 2008

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“The independent
voice of Salem State
College students”
The Salem State Log
Obama Wins!
Meservey Supports UMass Sociologist as Provost
November 21, 2008
Compiled by Log Staff
Photo featured in the November 7 issue of GQ magazine.
Vol. LXXXI, No. 4
“Serving the
college community
since 1927”
Voters made history on November 4 as they elected Senator
Barack Obama as the United States’ first African-American
President. For a Point-Counterpoint focusing on the outcome of
the Election, turn to page 16, which begins our political section.
College President Dr. Patricia
Meservey has recommended that
Dr. Kristin G. Esterberg, an Associate Professor of Sociology at
the University of MassachusettsLowell, become Salem State’s
next Provost and Academic Vice
President.
Meservey’s recommendation
now goes to the Board of
Trustees, which was scheduled to
meet on November 19 (after
press time).
Esterberg, who received her
Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell
University, served as Associate
Provost and Deputy Provost at
UMass-Lowell from 2004 to
2007. Previously, she served as
Chair of the Sociology Depart-
ment at UMass-Lowell and Director of Women’s Studies at the
University of Missouri-Kansas
City, where she was also an advisory board member of the
Women’s Leadership Institute.
She is on the Advisory Board
for the University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute and the
Middlesex Regional Council of
the Massachusetts Commission
on the Status of Women.
Her work focuses on gender
and sexuality, social identities,
and qualitative methods for social
research. She has published numerous books and articles on gay,
lesbian, and bisexual identities
and social movements; lesbian
parenting; and qualitative re-
FREE
search methods.
“Esterberg has demonstrated
strong academic leadership in her
positions within the provost’s office and held in her portfolio responsibilities for academic
programs such as academic advising, international programs,
NEASC accreditation liaison,
faculty personnel review, and student academic policy,” Meservey
wrote in a November 14 e-mail to
college faculty and staff. “She
worked closely with the provost
developing, presenting and implementing a variety of initiatives
including strategic and budget
planning.”
Prior to her appointment as
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SSC Students Serve Local Community this Month
Commission Examining Benefits
of SSC University Status
Salem State’s mission to obtain university status may be
closer to success after a decision
made by a commission that is
currently studying the benefits of
allowing state colleges to become
universities.
Currently, there are two
amendments in the state House
and Senate budget that are being
studied by the commission. The
commission consists of higher
education experts, including Secretary of Education Paul Reville
and University of Massachusetts
President Jack M. Wilson. Other
members include representatives
from the Massachusetts Council
of Presidents and the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the
Salem Gazette reported.
The commission was created
after members from both the
House and Senate supported the
movement to study whether it
would be a benefit to have state
colleges such as Salem State,
Bridgewater State and six others
become universities.
As reported in the Salem
Gazette last June, “Senator Majority Leader Frederick Berry, DPeabody, is backing a new
amendment in the FY09 Senate
budget that sets aside between
$15,000 and $500,000 for a commission that would study the benefits of converting some of
Massachusetts colleges to univer-
By Amelia Omar / Log Staff
sities.”
Supporters from the House include Democratic Representatives Peter Koutoujian of
Waltham and David Flynn of
Bridgewater.
Karen Cady, Salem State’s Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications, said
the commission is a positive step
in the right direction. “The fact
that they’re formalizing the study
indicates that they’re weighing
the pros and cons. There have
been initiatives before this…. But
this is one step closer.” Cady said
to the Salem Gazette.
The commission will also
come up with criteria that state
colleges will need to meet in
order to obtain university status.
Colleges usually follow the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s standards, which include having a
minimum of 50 masters programs
and two doctorate programs, the
Salem Gazette also reported.
Salem State is currently able to
meet those requirements.
In contrast, the Salem News reported that, “there are many hurdles facing the effort to turn
Salem State College into Salem
State University. Lawmakers and
state education officials are properly concerned with the potential
costs involved and the UMass
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Student Government Association led Salem State students, above, in a successful effort to collect
food and clothing for the homeless, as part of the second annual Community Service Week.
Campus MassPIRG Registers 825 Students to Vote
Salem State’s public interest
group on campus, MassPIRG,
registered 825 students to vote
through the Voters Registration
Competition in October.
That number represented 19
percent of the total of 4,347 students who participated in nine
colleges statewide.
MassPIRG set up tables in
Alumni Plaza outside the Ellison
Campus Center, in the Dining
Commons on North Campus, in
the South Campus lobby and at
Central Campus to get students to
register to vote.
“We also went around to classrooms to get entire classes to register,” said Eileen McGivney,
Salem State’s MassPIRG Campus
Coordinator.
The colleges involved in the
competition are Bridgewater
State, Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Massachusetts College
of Art, Massachusetts College of
Liberal Arts, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State College, Westfield State, and
Worcester State.
According to McGivney, in
2004 Salem State was the number-one college with the most
registered student voters. The
goal of “The New Voters Project”
was to register 600 new voters
and collect 3,000 voter pledges,
according to a 2004 Log article.
“The [student government]
presidents of campuses across the
state compete to get the most
votes,” said McGivney in Octo-
By Shawn Mille / Editor-in-Chief
ber. “We wanted to repeat our
success this year.”
Acoording to the website for
MassPIRG’s “Rock the VOTE”
group, Kim Marie Cote, Visual
Coordinator for the Voters Project, wrote, “Our goal is to run a
HUGE voter registration drive to
make sure everyone on campus is
registered and turns out to vote!
We're getting all the groups on
campus together to get 90 percent
of the school registered.... That's
like 5,400 people!”
This year, of the nine participating colleges, Massachusetts
College of Liberal Arts had the
highest percentage of students
participating in the competition,
with 425 of their 1,585 students-27 percent--registering to vote.
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November 21, 2008
Science Professors Discuss Need for Laboratory Improvements
Whether they want to or not,
most students at Salem State will
have to take a series of lab sciences before they graduate. It
seems that if we are going to be
forced to participate in labs then
we should have the best possible
facilities possible.
The labs in Meier Hall haven’t
changed much since they were
built some time between the
1960s and ‘70s. “Most labs here
look like they did when they were
built. They are vintage at best,”
said Dr. David Tapley, a professor
in the Biology department.
Dr. Ryan Fisher, Biology Department lab coordinator, also
feels that the labs are in need of a
face-lift. “The labs were designed
and built in a different era. In the
21st century they appear tired and
outdated,” Fisher said.
The labs are slated to be updated and expanded with a portion of the $106 million the state
allocated this summer for a new
library.
According to Fisher and Tapley, one of the labs’ biggest flaws
is their layout. The benches are
too close together, which creates
a cluttered environment and making it difficult to conduct experiments.
The rooms that house the labs
are in need of repair as well.
Some of the ceilings leak, and the
heating system is located on the
windowsill, which takes away
By Dan Dourian / Associate Sports Editor
valuable space, according to
Fisher.
Another issue affecting the
overall quality of the labs is the
lack of lab preparation areas and
lab prep staff. In some cases, labs
have to share prep rooms. According to Tapley, each lab
should have its own prep room
large enough to properly accommodate everything needed for
that particular lab.
Among the list of tools that
need replacing are microscopes
and spectrophotometers, devices
that measures light intensity.
“They’ve taken a beating over the
years,” Tapley said. Both microscopes and spectrophotometer are
commonly used during the Diver-
Communications Department Master’s Program
Being Explored; Looks for Salem State Input
Salem State’s Communications
Department hopes to add three
new master’s-level programs that
would result in a master’s degree
in Media Communications.
Dr. Rebecca Hains, Associate
Professor of Communications,
said that there has “been talk
from before 2006” about adding
graduate programs to the Communications department.
The department was transformed seven years ago, when it
became its own department in
2001. According to a press release on the school’s website,
prior to that it was within the
English Department for 14 years
until it branched off. At that time
the chairperson said they would
then focus on “putting … energies into expanding the major.”
Now, a motion towards doing that
is being made.
Three possible concentrations
are being explored, in Strategic
Communications, Media Literacy, and Applied Research. “The
three would not be all launched at
once,” said Hains.
And who will decide which
would be launched first? An online survey is being launched
soon to be complete by Salem
State undergrads, alumni, and
communications professionals in
the North Shore area. This survey
will soon be available through
Navigator to current students.
These three target groups are expected to give people like Hains
and other communications faculty a better idea of where the demand lies in terms of what type
of a degree is desired.
According to information from
te Communications department,
Strategic Communications covers
persuasive communication used
by organizations to create, develop and maintain positive relationships with their audiences.
The program enhances the written, spoken, and technological
skills of students in areas such as
public relations, advertising and
integrated marketing.
Media Literacy develops the
technical and intellectual skills
used to critique mass media including news, advertising, broadcasting, and the Internet. The
program presents methods for
students, educators and activists
to study media content, media
ownership and the media’s influ-
ence on audience members and
society.
Applied Research prepares students to assess the needs of industry and non-profit
organizations, using polls, surveys, focus groups, and other research strategies in such fields as
advertising, marketing, public relations, political campaigning,
and global communication.
Professionals living in the
North Shore area would benefit
from these new anticipated masters programs, to enhance their
current careers in the field of
communications. Salem State
presents a convenient location to
North Shore residents without
having to travel into Boston.
With more than 50 programs
of study in the Graduate program
now, there’s no surprise that there
has been a request from the community for SSC to offer a master’s degree program in
communications. The college has
been asking for these additions
for a while, so based on student
and community feedback, it
should only be a matter of time
until the graduate program is further expanded and diversified.
Salem State students Jessica
Herrick and April Rachel were
chosen to participate in an international conference on youth,
identity, and nation building that
was held in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
Rachel, a freshman Mathematics and Education major, and
Herrick, a senior Social Work and
Psychology major, were the
youngest selections made to attend the conference. That makes
them the only attendees in col-
lege, and the only two Americans
of the 43 young adults chosen
across the world.
Timor-Leste, also known as
East Timor, is a small country in
Southeast Asia on the island of
Timor. It has experienced violent
outbreaks since 2006, which have
includied a majority of the nation’s youth. The conference
looked at how these youths can
change and work together to rebuild a nation that currently lacks
national identity and women with
political power.
The conference took place
from November 12 through the
15. Rachel and Herrick were accompanied by Salem State Associate Professor of Education Dr.
Greg Carroll, who is known to
have already worked on multiple
projects in Timor-Leste.
He has also been project leader
for a Sustaining Peace initiative
involving educational reform and
its peaceful affects on TimorLeste.
By Amanda Read / Contributing Editor-Elect
Students Attended Conference in Timor-Leste
sity of Life and World of Cells
courses.
Other beneficial improvements
would include a media projections system. According to
Fisher, media projectors would
make the process of explaining
labs a lot easier for both students
and instructors because if would
provide an organized visual aide.
Both Fisher and Tapley agree
that the biology labs would benefit from adding wet labs where
students can observe live aquatic
animals. “If we had smaller tanks
to work with, we could conduct
experiments where we could control water temperature and oxygen levels,” said Tapley.
Another problem is the limited
number of actual labs. As a result,
each lab is dedicated to more than
one subject. For example, both
Biology 121 and 122 could use
the same lab on any given day.
This makes life more difficult for
the lab instructors who have to
constantly set up and put away
the instruments used during a particular lab. “If we could dedicate
them (labs) to specific subjects it
would be better for the students,”
Tapley said.
The problem with updating the
labs is that to do so, each renovated lab would be lost for at
least a semester. With the already
limited lab space available, losing
a lab would limit the availability
of some courses.
system … is not doubt concerned
with protecting its turf.”
Some advantages to having
university status include “being
eligible for more grant money, attracting out-of-state students and
being able to extend programming,” as well as being able “to
offer doctorate programs, something that state colleges are not
permitted to do,” according to the
Salem Gazette.
The Salem State College website states that “Salem State believes that achievement of the
university status is a realistic,
worthwhile goal, both earned and
overdue.” Only time will tell
when and if this well deserved
goal will be reached.
Associate Provost, Esterberg was
Chair of the Department of Sociology at UMass-Lowell, and is a
tenured faculty member in that
department.
An accomplished educator and
scholar, her publications include
two books, with an additional
manuscript on public higher education under review, and numerous academic articles.
In addition to her positions at
Lowell, Esterberg held a faculty
position at the University of Mis-
souri-Kansas City, where she
served as Acting Chair of the Department of Sociology and Administration of Justice and
director of Women’s Studies.
Esterberg earned her bachelor
of arts degree from Boston University in Philosophy and Political Science and her master of arts
degree and Ph.D. in sociology
from Cornell University. She also
attended the American Council
on Education Institute for New
Chief Academic Officers.
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Esterberg (Continued from page 1)
CORRECTIONS:
In the October 31 Log issue, we incorrectly attributed the
“October is Breast Cancer Month” article to Amelia Omar. The
writer was in fact Erin Mellor. Both are Log Staff members.
News
November 21, 2008
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Far From “Common”: New, Modernistic Dining Commons Open up to SSC
Timeless Stories from the Log Archives
By Christopher Ialuna / News Editor
Originally Printed: January 29, 1998
The spring semester at
Salem State opened up with a
growling stomach as the entire
student body, along with faculty and staff, were greeted to
a three-story, $4.5 million,
750-seat new Dining Commons.
Officially opened on January 5, the facility is a renovation of the old gymnasium and
the old commuter cafeteria located in the Administration
Building. It was closed in the
fall of 1996 in an effort to
begin the demolition and to reconstruct the new café. The
goal of the project was to
bring Salem State commuters,
residents, faculty and staff all
into one setting.
DAKA, a food services
company based in Danvers
that has the food contract at
Salem State, occupies the first
floor in a cafeteria-style setting complete with blue-and-
white checkerboard floor.
Up the polished oak stairway is a food court. This court
contains Burger King, Leo’s
Delicatessen, Pazzelli’s Pizza,
French Quarter Coffee, and
Freshen’s Yogurt. In addition,
there are assorted beverages
and snacks in the center available to all students. There is
also a large area of seating on
this floor. The old gymnasium
floor is still visible as well.
There is yet another flight
of stairs that can take you to a
third-floor balcony mezzanine,
where an enormous skylight
brightens the new facility.
The renovation was funded
largely by the state, which
contributed $3.5 million for
the construction, and DAKA
supplied the remaining money
for equipment.
The facility is open from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m., although some
of the services, such as pizza,
are offered until 10 p.m.
“It’s really exciting,” said
Ed Adelman, director of Facilities here at Salem State. “It’s
everything we hoped for and
more.”
He added that people have
responded well, and that there
is now a common place where
faculty and all Salem State
students can go to interact.
Adelman participated in design and development and
oversaw the building process.
The Dining Commons was
designed by Kevin Buckley,
president of Knight, Bagge &
Anderson Inc. of Boston. Shah
Construction Co. of Wakefield
erected the new facility.
This is one of many
changes that have taken place
and that will take place. Now
that DAKA and the Underground have vacated the Ellison Campus Center, there are
plans to establish a secure
home there for Career Services as well as Health Services. A new carpet has already
been added to the main lobby,
and efforts are being made to
turn the main lobby into a
lounge area to help lure students back into the Campus
Center.
“We want to meet as many
needs as possible,” Adelman
said.
He added that Salem State
plans to take advantage of the
less-crowded Campus Center
to reestablish it further.
J OI N T HE LO G!
MEETINGS ARE EVERY
MONDAY DURING
COMMUNITY TIME
(11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Ellison Campus Center 013
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Editorial
November 21, 2008
Will You Really Get Rest this
Thanksgiving?
This semester is slowly coming to an end and students are counting down the
days until Thanksgiving break. The five-day weekend is like a small glimmer of
light at the end of a dark tunnel that I like to call fall semester. The weekend is a
break we all desperately need, or is it?
Once we students travel home for break, we throw our backpacks against the
wall (with any work we intended to do inside) and immediately call our hometown friends. We hope that this break will allow us to catch up on homework and
still have time to de-stress from a hard semester. But is this really what many of
us college students will do?
For most of us, the first item on our to-do lists is to celebrate the holiday the
only way we know how--by drinking. College students and other legal adults will
join together on Thanksgiving Eve and consume alcoholic beverages that will fill
them up just as much as the turkey dinner that comes less than 24 hours later.
You may be thinking that I am making this up in a sad attempt to justify my
Thanksgiving plans. Well, I can honestly say that this event is not made up. Once
I turned 21, people continually told me about Thanksgiving Eve and how apparently it is the biggest party night of the year—topping New Year’s Eve, St.
Patrick’s Day, even the Super Bowl. I was skeptical at first, too, but three years
ago on Thanksgiving Eve I learned that this night was no joking matter.
If you are hearing this for the first time, the reasoning behind this night (from
what I understand) is that it’s the best night to party because all you have to do
the next day is lounge around and watch football, the Macy’s Day Parade, or A
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving while waiting for the huge turkey dinner to be
served. That is, unless you are the unlucky one preparing the meal, in which case
I doubt that you went out drinking the night before.
Fast-forward several hours.... HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Time for the turkey
dinner, a “carbtastic” meal so many red-blooded Americans can’t bear to miss.
The reason why many people feel so tired and lethargic after the meal is the
turkey. Turkey contains a substance called tryptophan, which was actually prescribed to insomniacs in the ‘80s. Congratulations! You have reached Day Two
of your Thanksgiving Break and you still haven’t done anything.
Day Three will be no different. Black Friday. The dreaded day for anyone
working in retail and the day others wake up at 4:30 a.m. to wait for hours in
ridiculously long lines to enter stores and fight other customers for amazing
deals. Are they really worth it? How much are you actually saving?
If you were among the few people who actually rested, refrained from drinking, eating and shopping, and got homework done, congratulations. The rest of
us, who will still be nursing our pre-Thanksgiving hangover, digesting our
Thanksgiving meal, and wincing at our credit card statements, we will be even
more stressed out than we were when we arrived home for the break.
--Shawn Mille, Editor-in-Chief
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November 21, 2008
Opinion
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Letters to the Editor:
Sociologist Peter Berger once wrote that people who like to avoid shocking discoveries should stay away from sociology.
I have been teaching sociology for almost 20 years now, and I am still
shocked when I must report to my class each year that 10 million more of
the world’s children will die before they reach 10 years old, mostly because their families are very poor.
The number of very poor families worldwide is equally discouraging,
perhaps as many as 2 billion. Millions of families now try to live on less
than $2 a day.
So what can we do about so massive a problem? Well here is a challenge for the Salem State community, specifically--although not exclusively--for the resident students in each of our dorms. I think a campus
effort to do something for poor children of the world should have a focused identity, such as residents of a particular dorm, as it offers them an
opportunity to personally experience the power of positive community action, a lesson that each class can then take out into the world upon graduation. This could be a “win” for all concerned: our students, our school and,
of course, the children.
Specifically, I propose that each dorm council discuss the option of
sponsoring a child through one of the many well-operated international
children’s organizations that can be easily accessed on the web. A sponsorship for a child amounts to about $2 a year per resident. Actually, this
small amount would sponsor a child for more than a year, so a small cushion might be built up to insure that the sponsorship endures.
This small amount goes for food, school, and other basic costs. The
child’s family is helped as well. Most of these children’s organizations will
periodically send you pictures and updated reports on “your child.” I can
tell you from personal experience that this personal contact is deeply gratifying. I do not know of any college or university that is doing this now, so
Salem State might actually serve as a role model and example for other
colleges and universities. A national movement might start right here at
Salem State.
The problem is so vast that you might think that helping one child at a
time is futile, so let me finish with a story. A man was taking a morning
walk along a beach after a strong storm had thrown hundreds of still-living
starfish up on the wet sand. He approached a child who was picking up
starfish and tossing them back into the sea. He smiled kindly and said,
“My child there are just too many starfish on the sand. It is kind of you to
do that, but it won’t make any difference.” The child just picked up another starfish and tossed it into the water and said to the man, “It will for
that one.”
I suggested this idea a few years ago to no avail. Should there be interest
this time, I would be happy to serve as a faculty advisor should one be
needed. Let’s see if we can make a difference and start a movement to help
one child at a time.
--John H. Quigley, Sociology Professor
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The Doctors are In!
Advice from the Log’s “Love Experts”
Dear Dr. Love,
I have problem, obviously. I’m a very forward person who
makes blatant sexual jokes and don’t think twice about it. I’m a
funny guy. However, once again, because of my senseless joking
which can be taken as flirting, someone has a crush on me and I
don’t know how to let her down without hurting her.
Normally, I would just stop talking to the person or just be rude
about it. This time, I can’t do it. This person is in my circle of
friends and also works at the same place that one of my friends
works at and where I spend most of my free time. I want to say no
to this person’s unwanted attention, but how do I say it without
causing unneccessary high-school-like drama? Should I suggest
reading He’s Just Not That Into You or change my number and join
the Witness Protection Program?
-- Why is it so hard?
Dear Why is it so hard,
First of all, “that’s what she said.” Second, yes, dating is hard,
especially when we live in a day and age when signals are harder
than ever to interpret. As I have demonstrated, sexual innuendos
are easy to make. Some people just happen to think that any sexual joke is a pick-up line. Now, given that your forwardness and
humor are part of your personality, you should know that it’s not
your fault that others believe you are interested in them.
I have to say that joining the Witness Protection Program falls
under the category of “bad idea.” It would be embarrassing to
admit that a lot of taxpayer money paid to keep you hidden from a
girl who’s crushing on you. What I can say is that you need to
have a chat with this person. You can put aside jokes for a few
minutes. You need to make sure that you tell this person that you
are clearly not interested. Believe me, it’s better to tell this person
now than to accidently run into her years later under a new identity.
--The Doctors of Love
Editor’s note: Should you seek advice, you may either e-mail us at
[email protected] or drop off letters at the Log Office in the Campus
Center, room 013 (in the basement). Anything sent via e-mail will remain
confidential. Drs. of Love are not professional therapists, but is instead the
alias of two of our staff members.
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DISTURBANCE: Breach of the
Peace, Oct. 31, at 00:04. Location:
BATES COMPLEX. RA called to report a disorderly party inside Apartment 3C. Officer reports that the
party left the apartment and was
found walking on Harrison Road
while exhibiting Q5 behavior. Officer
reports party was transported to
NSMC for an evaluation.
DISTURBANCE: Noise Complaint
Oct. 31, at 01:58. Location: BATES
COMPLEX. RA reported loud parties in Buildings 13 and 14. Officer
reports parties cleared out prior to officer's arrival, all in order.
Suspicious Circumstances, Oct 31,
Friday at 08:58. Location:
BOWDITCH HALL. RP states he
was notified by a student's boyfriend
that she had made comments leading
him to believe that she may harm
herself. RP requests an officer check
the student's well being. Officer reports made contact and that the party
is fine.
Friday at 09:41. Location: ELLISON
CAMPUS CENTER. RP reports
three individuals dressed all in black,
wearing ski masks. Party stated their
presence is concerning other students. Officer reports parties are
GOA.
PARKING & TRAFFIC: Any non-injury TA, Oct 31, Friday at 17:13. Location: CENTRAL CAMPUS.
Officer to take a report of a past
m/v/a.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS: Liquor
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 18:06. Location: PEABODY HALL LOT.
Officers checking on parties in Lot
D. Officer reports that Mr. Andrew
Diamiano, DOB 03/23/90 of 235
Vincent Rd Dedham, Mass, Mr. Mark
Elliott, DOB 12/29/89 305 S Franklin
St, Holbrook Mass, Mr. William
Warner, DOB 10/26/90 2 Cedar
Grove Ter Ex Essex, Ct and Mr.
Mark Groendyk, DOB07/17/89 74
Golf Rd, Bloomfield NJ, will be
summonsed into court for being minors in possession of alcohol.
Laws, Oct 31, 2008 Friday at 19:31.
Location: PEABODY HALL LOT.
Kristen Federico DOB: 01-05-90 of
194 Bartholomew St, Peabody, MA,
Kristina Keddie DOB: 01-13-90 of
30 Champion St, Tewksbury, MA,
and Leanne Broughton DOB: 03-0390 of 16 Cashman Rd, Peabody, MA
will be summonsed for minors in
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October 31 - November 1, 2008
possession of alcohol.
Friday at 19:33. Location: BATES
COMPLEX. Out with a male party
who was urinating in public. Officer
reports that the party was issued a
verbal warning.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 19:44. Location: CENTRAL CAMPUS.
Out with two female parties. Didonato, Victoria DOB: 11-22-90 and
Didonato, Casey DOB: 6-11-89 of
111 Ferry Road Salisbury, MA are
being summonsed for minors in possession of alcohol.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 19:54. Location: BATES COMPLEX. Out with
two female parties in possession of
alcohol. Parties were of legal age.
Laws. Oct 31, Friday at 20:06.
Location: CENTRAL CAMPUS.
Out with two male parties in possession of alcohol. All in order.
MEDICAL: Medical Assist, Alcohol
Related, Oct 31, Friday at 20:15. Location: OFF CAMPUS. Out with two
parties. Officer request an ambulance
for an intoxicated female. Dispatch
notified NSA. Female party was
transported to NSMC.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 20:23.
Location: BOWDITCH HALL.
Out with two male parties. One of the
parties had an open container of alcohol. Citation Number A2272 was issued. Voyer, Michael DOB: 10-21-87
of 27 Matthews Trail, Plymouth,
MA.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 20:28. Location: OFF CAMPUS. Yetman,
William DOB: 04-15-89 of 55 Peter
RD Plymouth will be summonsed
minor in possession of alcohol.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 20:30. Location: OFF CAMPUS. Out with a
party with an open container. Male
party had an open container of alcohol party was of age and was advised.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 20:37. Location: HORACE MANN SCHOOL.
Whitney Kali DOB: 10-29-90 of 14
Smokerise Drive Chelsmford, MA
will be summonsed for minor in pos-
session.
Friday at 20:50. Location: OFF
CAMPUS. Male party was urinating
in public. Party was issued a verbal
warning.
DISTURBANCE: Breach of the
Peace, Oct 31, Friday at 21:35.
Location: BATES COMPLEX.
RA reports of a party being loud.
Protective Custody, Oct 31, Friday at
21:59. Location: PEABODY HALL
LOT. Male party intoxicated. Mr.
Jonathan Armand DOB 04/27/85 will
be placed in protective custody for
the night at S.P.D.
22:21. Location: PEABODY HALL.
Transported party to Salem PD. Beg
Mile: 81036 End Miles: 81038.
Mr. Jonathan Armand DOB 04/27/85.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 22:30. Location: O’KEEFE CENTER LOT
(MAIN). Out with five minors. Milner, David DOB: 11-13-90 of 35
Corey St, Medford, MA and Avola,
Anthony DOB: 07-03-90 of 9.Alfred
St, Medford, MA will be summonsed
for minors in possession of alcohol.
22:32. Location: BATES COMPLEX. Transporting Mr. Justin
Zerbinopoulos DOB 06/06/87 to
SPD. Miles 47528 End Miles: 47530.
Party was placed under protective
custody.
WEAPON POSSESSION: Any type
of weapon possession, Oct 31, Friday
at 22:47. Location: OFF CAMPUS.
Mr. Zerbinopoulos searched at Salem
P.D. knife was found on male party.
Officer will be charging party with
possession of a knife.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMS.: Suspicious Circumstances, Oct 31, Friday
at 22:55. Location: O’KEEFE CENTER LOT (MAIN). Out checking on
three male parties. All parties are of
age, all is in order.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 22:56. Location: COLLEGE DRIVE. RA from
Peabody Hall reports eight youths
with open containers of alcohol.
Laws, Oct 31, Friday at 23:17.
Location : OFF CAMPUS.
Out with a minor. Deleao, Anthony
DOB: 11-20-88 of 14 Pleasant St., N
Reading, MA will be summonsed
minor in possession of alcohol.
PUBLIC SAFETY: Well-being
check, Oct 31, Friday at 23:17. Location: O’KEEFE CENTER LOT
(MAIN). Officer reports out with an
intoxicated male. Party is disoriented; party was released to his sister.
VEHICLE: Vehicle Stop, Oct 31, Friday at 23:51. Officer are out with Ma
Reg 475DJ8 for speeding. Gomes
Alex DOB: 05-04-89 will be summonsed for operating a vehicle after
license suspension.
MEDICAL: Medical Assist, Alcohol
Related, Oct 31, Friday at 23:57. Location: HARRINGTON BLDG. LOT
(FRO). RA reports that there is extremely intoxicated female party
vomiting in the parking lot. NSA was
dispatched. NSA evaluated the party
and felt that the party was ok.
Suspicious Person, Nov 01, Saturday
at 00:03. Location: 57 LORING
AVE. Out with male parting checking
his bag. Party was cooperative and
advised.
at 00:08. Location: BEHIND
BUILDING #1 AND THE DORM.
Out to check on two male parties. Officer reports that both parties were
unable to be signed into CCRH. Parties were sent on their way.
Laws, Nov 01, Saturday at 00:09.
Location: HARRINGTON BUILDING. Out with three minors.
Mugambi Philip DOB: 05-05-87 of 6
Heritage Drive, Salem, MA, Privette
Giovanni DOB: 04-17-88 of 108 Talbot Ave, Dorchester, MA, and
Mugimu Faisal DOB: 08-13-88 of
520 Main St, Malden, MA are going
to be summonsed for minors in possession of alcohol.
Location: SULLIVAN BUILDING.
Out with a minor. Dedo, Michael
DOB: 03-26-88 will be summonsed
for minor in possession of alcohol.
MUTUAL AID: Mutual Aid, Nov 01,
Saturday at 00:33. Location: OFF
CAMPUS. Out dispersing a large
group at the request of S.P.D.
DISTURBANCE: Disorderly Conduct, Nov 01, Saturday at 00:35. Location: OFF CAMPUS. Reports of a
loud party and a fight. Party was dispersed without further incident.
November 21, 2008
ABUSE PREVENTION: Domestic
Dispute, Nov 01, Saturday at 00:44.
RA reports witnessed a male party
assault a female party. Male party
fled the scene, victim stated that she
was not hurt, was a verbal argument.
She was given a written explanation
of her rights as a victim in case she
did want to pursue criminal charges
or a restraining order.
Location: PEABODY HALL LOT.
Out with five minors. Pariseau, Brandon DOB: 07-21-89 will be summonsed minor in possession of
alcohol.
PARKING & TRAFFIC: Any injury
traffic accident, Nov 01, Saturday at
00:56. Location: OFF CAMPUS.
Officer reports m/v/a with injuries
and air bag deployment.
MEDICAL: Medical Assist, AlcoholRelated, Nov 01, Saturday at 01:22.
RA reports that a female party ran
into the woods behind Building #1.
Party was followed by a male party
who was yelling at her. Officer reports that the female party (Alexa
PICCIOTTO) intoxicated and requested an ambulance. NSA was dispatched, female party was
transported to NSMC by NSA.
Location: BIG PARKING LOT BEHIND BUILDING #1. Out with five
male parties who are minors and are
drinking in public. Runyan, Nicholas
DOB: 10-21-89 of 5R Albemarle St,
Hyde Park, MA, Brayden, Ryan,
DOB: 05-16-90 of 91 Buchanan Rd,
Roslindale, MA, Tobin, Thomas
DOB: 09-12-89 of 1 Sheldon St,
Roslindale, MA, and Flaherty,
Thomas DOB: 03-02-90 of 14 Zeller
St., Roslindale, MA will be summonsed for minors in possession of
alcohol.
Suspicious Circumstances, Nov 01,
Saturday at 01:50. Location: CENTRAL CAMPUS RESIDENCE
HALL. Found abandoned marijuana.
at 01:57. Location: BOWDITCH
HALL. RA called to report male
party who is on the ban list attempting to sign into the building. The RA
also reports that the party could become aggressive. Party was sent on
his way, Jared Roberts DOB:09-0487.
November 21, 2008
Features
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Easy Microwave Chicken Parmesan Recipe
When you come to college, you realize two facts. One, this is nothing like high school; and two, you have to
feed yourself every day.
Overcoming the rigors of college is a tough obstacle, but feeding yourself shouldn’t be. Now, you could
always just go down to the cafeteria every meal for the next couple of years; you can live off Top Ramen;
or you can utilize this amazing Chicken Parmesan recipe that only requires ten minutes, a microwave, and
costs under ten bucks. What more could a college student ask for?
Ingredients:
One (1) package Perdue Italian Style (Pre-cooked) Chicken Cutlets
One (1) jar of sauce (I went with
Frencesco Rinaldi Eggplant and Parmesan Sauce)
One (1) bag shredded cheese (Sargento
Six-cheese Italian works very well with
this recipe)
Procedure:
1. Uncover Perdue chicken cutlets. Microwave cutlets in provided packaging
for one (1) minute.
2. Cover cutlets with sauce. Microwave
for one (1) minute.
3. Cover cutlets and sauce with shredded cheese. Microwave an additional
two (2) minutes. Remove from microwave. Be careful--container and
cheese will be extremely hot. Let stand
for one (1) minute before serving.
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Fears Over Post-Graduation Life
Most occasions in life that
mark major significant changes
always seem to come with aftereffects, positive and negative.
However, there is one moment in
life where most feel optimism for
the future: graduating from college.
According to Fortune magazine, in the beginning of 2008,
surveys done by CollegeGrad.
com found that around 60 percent
of companies anticipated hiring
more college graduates than they
did in 2007. However, the economy seems to have gotten worse
rather than better; therefore the
outlook for graduates in 2009 is
not very promising. The National
Association of Colleges and Employers found that companies
only plan to hire 1.3 percent more
graduates in the coming year.
The number of people continuing their education and pursuing
college careers has grown significantly over the years and so has
the price tag. According to Business Week magazine, the average
cost of college tuition is $25,000
a year for a four-year private education and around $8,000 a year
By Kristen Sacco / Log Staff
for a four-year public college.
This is leaving most students in
debt by the time they graduate
and even more in need of a decent job to help them pay it all
back post-graduation.
Leslie Kohlberg, director of
career services at the College of
Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggests students have a back-up
plan.
Kohlberg said, in a Wall Street
Journal article, “Things have
been so good [in the past] that
students were able to rely on even
some of the least-effective job
search strategies. They can’t really afford to do that now.”
According to the Wall Street
Journal’s Career Journal, “demand for recent college graduates
remains high in fields such as accounting, public service, health
care, education, and technology.”
This is a small light at the end of
the tunnel, and hopefully shortly
after the New Year things will
begin to look up and graduates
can enjoy the feeling of accomplishment rather than stressing
over the fear of unemployment.
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An Interview with a “Local Businessman”
According to a 1952 newsreel I
found, marijuana kills babies, is
responsible for 80 percent of the
world’s terrorism, and is the number-one cause of obesity and
male-pattern baldness. I took a
walk into Salem’s seedy underbelly the other night to interview
campus’s number-one purveyor of
this godless plant, to ask his
thoughts on the current election,
the state of drug use at Salem
State, and to find the answer to
the ultimate yuppie question:
How’s Business?
Matt Trapeni: Hey man, what’s
going on?
Drug Dealer: Not much, man. I
can’t believe I’m being interviewed for being a drug dealer!
MT: Inquiring minds want to
know, man.
NOTE: Right off the bat, I should
mention that this particular drug
dealer is one of the stranger and
hence more interesting animals
I’ve ever met. He comes from
money, walks like a diminutive
stork scouring a lake for fish, and
blows cocaine like most of us eat
potato chips. He’s intelligent
without being intellectual, dangerous without being threatening,
cordial without being polite. He
is a lesson in hypocrisy, and will
some day surely will trade in his
scale for a pen, committing
crimes in a white collar instead
of a sweatshirt.
MT: So how long have you been
selling marijuana?
DD: Since I was 13. The first
time I ever sold, I bought a eighth
of high-grade weed, and got
caught by the end of the day! The
[assistant principal] caught me,
but because I was illegally
searched, the case got thrown out,
and I began picking up half
ounces while I was still in middle
school.
MT: That’s pretty funny.
DD: You wouldn’t believe it,
man. After school I would have
to walk up to the high school
or around town to sell to older
kids; they knew I had the best
prices. I noticed if I sold [marijuana] for the same amount I
bought it for, I would have much
more clientele, and that’s how I
had my town on lock.
MT: How has your experience
with police been?
DD: I’ve been searched literally
hundreds of times. Only twice did
I ever have stuff on me, but both
times it was so well hidden they
were unable to pin me for anything. They know I sell, but as
long as I’m not going hand to
hand they can never bust me. As
the years went on, I get harassed
more, but get caught much less.
NOTE: You’ll notice that some of
this story has massive issues with
keeping the facts straight. This is
21 UNDEAD: The Arm
not the fault of the journalist. I
blame the regular insufflations of
cocaine by the subject.
MT: Have you ever had any famous clients?
DD: Haha. Wanna shit a brick?
Ralph Lauren’s daughter was
buying my product. She still
owes me money, like 180 bucks!
MT: Like the Polo guy?
DD: Yeah, son! She used to pay
me in clothes! I’d be like
“Where’s my money?” And she’d
be like “I don’t have it, next time
though!” And I was like “Well
that Purple Label stuff looked
pretty nice on the runway....” It
was a pretty cool arrangement.
MT: What’s the best-selling
merchandise at Salem State?
DD: Low-grade weed. My acquaintances and I sell about a
quarter pound a week. But that’s
just the tip of the iceberg; there’s
all types of kind bud and headies
(two types of high-grade weed),
being sold at double the price, appealing to those with more
money, and some respect for
what they smoke.
MT: How well do the Salem
State police do at enforcing
their drug policies?
DD: They do a pretty good job,
actually. I’ve never been busted
by them, but I’ve come close to
it.
November 21, 2008
MT: What’s the going price for
weed these days?
DD: For low grade, $25 an
eighth; for kind bud, $40; and
headies, everywhere between $50
and $70.
MT: Question Two on this
year’s election ballot is about
decriminalizing marijuana in
Massachusetts. Instead of a
felony, it will be a misdemeanor
and result in a fine of $100 and
confiscation if you are caught
carrying less than an ounce.
What kind of impact do you
think this will have on business?
DD: If it passes, it will make
things a lot easier, [and] better.
Those who sell anything but
weed will still be brought up on
charges, and those who do sell
only weed will be safer. I do not
agree marijuana should be legal-
ized. If this is done, our drug
market will be opened to all types
of harder drugs. It’s a non-selfdestructive drug, and should be in
a sense legal, but in the world we
live in, should not be.
MT: Wait.... What?
DD: Their source of income is
weed, and if it’s legalized, they’ll
have to sell harder drugs, which
are really dangerous. This is
something I really believe in.
MT: Any parting words?
DD: The loudest one in the group
in the weakest one in the group.
That’s the facts.
MT: Isn’t that from American
Gangster?
DD: I don’t know. Maybe. It’s
true though! If you’re in it for the
glory, get out. God knows I am.
NEED A QUIET PLACE
TO STUDY FOR FINALS?
The SSC Library will be open 24 hours a day starting
Sunday, 12/14, until midnight on Wednesday, 12/17.
Coffee and refreshments will be available.
A Prologue by Jacob Santa-Cruz
To be Continued...
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November 21, 2008
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
Artist: Alicia Davidson
Major: Art Education
“One”
In a world in need of labels, people are pressured to make choices
about who they are and where they’re from, but aren’t we all Americans? This painting was created with this idea in mind. The media
wholeheartedly believes we all have one common bond, but subconsciously that bond is being weakened with prejudices and continuous
use of stereotypes. The newspaper words represent society’s attempt at
uniformity while the chaos of the expression and visible brushstrokes
represent the underlying emotions of those being pressured. With the
idea of America being one unified nation composed of many contributing factors, numerous skin colors are represented. The painting was
created using a single unwashed brush. Colors were applied on top of
one another and blended as necessary. The brush was only wiped off
once but never washed, leaving traces of color on the brush from the
stroke before because the people of our nation will never forget what
came before them.
“The Battle in Boston of 2006”
January 13, 2006, was the day the steaming train of tragedy came roaring down the tracks I was standing
on. My boyfriend of three years, Frankie, was diagnosed with leukemia, cancer of the blood, proposing a
battle he ultimately would never win. This piece consisting of collage, Sharpies, and chalk pastels exemplifies the woes and feats his family and mine faced while Frankie received the greatest care possible at the
Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. The orange text was the last thing Frankie ever wrote, an update
posted to MySpace for his friends to learn of his setbacks and his optimistically hopeful recovery. The written quotes were some vivid snippets of Frankie’s last few days with us. I held his hand to the bitter end, as
promised, and watched him pass. At just 22 years old, Frankie DeCandia surrendered to the incessant disease that coursed through his veins. This experience has changed my life and neither my art nor I will ever
be the same.
Pink Panther Strikes at Salem State Earlier this November
The Student Theatre Ensemble
of Salem State College presented
The Pink Panther Strikes Again,
an adaptation of the classic 1976
film by Blake Edwards and Frank
Waldman.
The laughs were plenty as fans
young and old packed into the
Callan Studio Theatre underneath
the Sullivan building to watch
students pay homage to one of
the most beloved comedy fran-
By Timothy Page / Log Staff
chises in movie
history.
Directed by Andrew Scannell, a
Salem State student and first-time
director, The Pink
Panther Strikes
Again follows
French Chief Inspector Jacques
Clouseau as he
gracefully Magoos
his way past hired
killers and countless near-death
experiences trying to track down
a madman bent on destroying the
world unless Clouseau is delivered into his hands.
The star of the show, Costa Giannakopoulos, who plays
Clouseau, did a hauntingly good
job of reinventing the Peter Sellers character that has survived
the years as one of the greatest
roles in comedic cinema. From
his mustache to his sometimesconfusing French accent, Giannakopoulos never missed a beat
or a punch line.
The madman, former Chief
Inspector Dreyfus, played excellently by student Devin Jeffery,
ignited the room with his psychotically demented cackle, and
with Giannakopoulos produced a
fantastic character as a man who
has been driven mad by
Clouseau’s dimwitted genius.
Throw in a torn Russian assassin, played brilliantly by student
Katelyn Collins, who cannot decide whether to kill Clouseau or
love him, a few hunchback disguises, and a wonderful job by all
supporting actors and crew, and
you have all the makings for a
good time.
With the last few shows presented at the college thriving on
more somber tones, The Pink
Panther Strikes Again--which ran
from November 6-9--was a
breath of fresh air and an instant
gratification for the funny bone.
“Everything has been such a
downer,” wrote Scannell about
the show. “Heavy shows about
war, death, suicide, mental illness, anger, hate, revenge and all
manner of nasty emotions, were
all that we have had for almost
two years. We need a good laugh,
and that is what I am here to provide.”
Although the entire show focuses on picking fun at
Clouseau’s dense observation of
the sometimes obvious, in the
end, the show presents the fact
that not only is Clouseau good
for a laugh, but he shows that
anyone can keep his or her integrity and, with a little effort, always do his or her duty: a
reflection upon the characteristics
of everyone involved in this project.
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November 21, 2008
Winfisky Display is an Eclectic Mix from SSC Faculty
This month’s Winfisky
Gallery highlights art created
by faculty members of Salem
State Art Department, running
from November 12 to December 6.
Benjamin Gross’ “Cheeseburger and a Coke” (top center)
caught my frayed attention
from the variety of art, and after
reading the caption beside it,
my first thought was literally
“LOL!” A serigraph picture of a
cow hangs on the wall. His
badass stare gives off an “I
don’t care” look, and is adequately complimented by his
pierced ear, from which dangles
a Coke bottle. Needless to say,
this is a very cool way to symbolize a common McDonald’s
order.
On the floor, the wall hangings are accompanied by blown
glass vases and a “fish bowl”
(top left) by John Volpaccio and
Jeff Mentuck, bringing the
gallery a diverse feel this
month. The idea of fluidity
bursts from these pieces, and
earthy vibes were expressed
through the colors, structures,
and voice of the pieces.
To the back of the gallery,
what initially looked like a coffin is erected. Entitled “Water”
the mixed media/found object
structure assembled by Ken
S’more Options for SMS Requirements
There is not much on your
mind as you drive along the 70mile stretch of Route 2. Nothing
but beautiful colors and the smell
of autumn surrounds you; the
trees are a bright orange, yellow
and red, creating a warm fiery
feeling.
Most students would probably
never think twice about considering backpacking as an option to
fulfill their one-credit Sport &
Movement Science (also known
as SMS) requirement. Some
might hear horrible rumors and
stories, or others might assume
the idea of “roughing it” for a
night is not for them. However,
the entire 24-hour experience is
definitely one that will never be
regretted, let alone forgotten
when I’m looking back on my
years at Salem State College.
Professor Robin Benton, who
is also a teacher of aquatics here
at Salem State, began the backpacking program 10 years ago.
She says that the class is definitely her favorite to teach and
that she enjoys seeing the relationships and bonds that are
formed between students from
having to work together as a
team. Benton is highly experienced in the field and has trav-
By Kristen Sacco / Log Staff
eled to many different locations,
including Canada, Alaska and the
French Alps. Since offering the
course, Benton has led the students to Erving State Forest, located in the small town of Erving,
Mass. The town is so small that
Benton warns jokingly to drive
slowly and “try not to blink.”
After zigging and zagging up
the winding roads and screeching
around the hairpin turns, we were
led to a small parking area. We
parked and strapped on our backpacks, which weighed about onethird of our own body weight,
and began the mile hike up the
hill road. The backpacks are allowed to be stuffed with only the
essentials needed to survive for
the 24-hour trip.
The campsite, located at a
grassy knoll amongst a wall of
thick trees, was our final meeting
place. We were greeted by Professor Benton and our three other
chaperones--Beth, Leandra, and
Kevin--who were also experienced backpackers. We settled in,
set up our tents, and began to
cook a warm meal that would
keep us fully satisfied through the
night. As the sun set, the temperature dropped to about 25-30 degrees. To keep warm, suggestions
Reker is composed of wood,
wire, fabric and water jugs
(above). Plastic tubing links the
jugs through the wood frame,
which was decorated with two
ears. Atop the jugs are flowers
which look to be in bloom
thanks to their water supply
below, but how the water
source contributes to the coffinesque structure is questionable.
To me, Reker’s piece suggested
the idea of water as a necessity
for life, and also hints at a connection between life and death
and what is consistent between
dead and living things. One ear
flopped over the structure lends
the idea that it is not in use any-
By Amanda Read / Contributing Editor-Elect
of a “night hike” began to come
up. At first, the thought was a bit
unnerving, with fears of nocturnal critters or being lost in the
dark in the front of our minds.
However our final destination
proved to be worth it.
We reached a quiet open road
nestled between a lake. It was
peaceful to look up and actually
see stars for what seemed like the
first time, and to not have to
worry about confusing them with
airplanes. The silence and beauty
of the night almost made you forget you were cold, when all of a
sudden we heard a splash. Benton
explained that this lake was not
really a lake but a beaver-made
swamp created by a dam, and
below us was a beaver home, also
known as a “beaver lodge.” To be
able to witness firsthand one of
nature’s wonders at work was remarkable.
Earlier in the evening some
students went out to gather sticks
and wood for a fire. After our
night hike we settled back to our
site and found it easier to see because the moon had risen over the
trees. We decided to start a fire
and gather around to talk, play
games, make s’mores, and just
relax before heading off to sleep.
Morning came quickly as we
all struggled out of our sleeping
bags like butterflies from a cocoon. The smell of eggs, bacon
and pancakes wafted through the
air towards our tents. A pot of
boiling water was prepared for
coffee, tea, and hot chocolate,
which is just what you need to
combat the morning chill.
It was our last few hours and
we had made it through more
than half of the trip. Our final
hike, however, involved doing
“trail maintenance.” This consisted of splitting up into smaller
groups and hiking a few of the
areas trails. Using tools like “lobbers,” hand saws, and branch cutters, we cut back unwanted plants
in order to widen the trail for fu-
more--a dismantled life.
Photographs by Don
Springer connected me to art in
a way I wasn’t expecting this
month. His snapshots “Trailer
and Debris” and “Crushed and
Rusted Drainage Pipes” were
blatant and calm scenes of exactly that: debris and rusted
metal, trash and piles of waste
just left to sun on a construction
site. What surprised me most
was that the caption explained
the pictures were taken in my
hometown in central Massachusetts. I found it very ironic that
I’d find art hanging here from a
seemingly middle-of-nowhere
place.
ture hikers, while taking in the
beauty of the scenery.
One of the proudest moments
for me involved walking halfway
down the trail and seeing the sign
that said “Nature Trail Built by
Salem State College.” That was
the moment on the trip that we
realized it was all worth it.
It was definitely a great experience. I encourage students who
are looking to complete the onecredit SMS requirement to take
this class or something else out of
the norm. Do not be afraid to try
something new beyond the typical ballroom dancing or golf
class; be a leader, not a follower,
and you are already one step
closer to being an A+ backpacking student.
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SSC Presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest
The Salem State Theatre department continues its theme of
imagination this month with its
production of William Shakespeare’s last masterpiece, The
Tempest.
In The Tempest, the Duke of
Milan Prospero (played by Brian
Sergent) and his daughter Miranda (played by Hannah Cranton) are overthrown and cast
away by his evil brother Antonio
to an island where he must rely
on magical powers and the spirits
of the island.
In addition to the actors, the
Theatre Department will use their
non-acting skills to “bring the
play to life.” Co-set designers
Professor Whitney White and
theatre major Nick Porto will create Prospero’s island/prison as
Professor Jane Hillier-Walkowiak
and theatre major Ashley Preston
create the costumes.
The show runs from November 20-22 and December 4-6 at
8:00 p.m. with a final showing on
December 7 at 2:00 p.m. in the
By Brett Nolan / Log Staff
back. The music played during
the juggling definitely set the
tone of the entire night. Most of it
sounded like it belonged to a DJ
performing at a rave. My personal favorite was the blasting of
“The Final Countdown.”
Chelko got on stage and
started performing magic tricks
involving playing cards. One of
the more memorable playing card
tricks involved having a student
chosen from the audience get on
stage and pick a card out of the
deck and have that audience
member write his or her name
and phone number on it.
Chelko then told the assistant
to reach into his pocket and said
that the card with her number and
name on it will be in his pocket.
Somehow Chelko made the entire
deck go into his pocket while retaining the card with the assistant’s digits in his hand. The best
trick and probably most disgusting performed during the show
was when Chelko crafted a tadpole or sperm balloon animal depending on your interpretation.
He then proceeded to stick the
tail end of the balloon into his
nose and pull it out in the other
nostril. After that he ended up
pulling the tail end out of his
mouth while the body end still remained protruding out of his nostril.
Their final tricks were definitely the most impressive.
Dubois, with the aid of two assistants and Chelko, was restrained
in a straightjacket and then put on
top of a unicycle. He rode the
unicycle on the small stage he
was given and started to escape
from the straightjacket. There
Mainstage Theatre. Tickets are
$15 for general admission, $10
for non-Salem State Students and
seniors, and free for Salem State
Students with their ClipperCard.
Women’s Fashion
When I saw the following article in Elle, I immediately loved how the charm necklace craze
has snowballed into a fabulous accessory trend.
Just last fall, we were flocking to purchase long
necklaces that adorned unique and funky charms
on the end, such as cupcakes, peace signs, and
even flip-flops. Well this year, not much has
changed, as designers are getting bolder and
closer to home!
GOOD SHOT--Courtesy of Elle Magazine
New York girl-about-town Zani Gugelmann debuts a new line of tough bullet necklaces with a
surprisingly tender core
Adult Circus: Dangerous Tricks and Dirty Jokes
When I first heard of the Adult
Circus, I pictured Lisa Lampanelli-meets-Cirque Du Soleil. Or at
the very least, an Indian gypsy
teaching college kids about
Karma Sutra. Instead it was a
great almost two-hour-long variety show that showcased a variety of magic and weird talents.
The Adult Circus consists of
two performers, Chris Chelko
and Michael Dubois. The two
met while they attended college
at Penn State University, and
even then they were developing
their skills. Chelko was the president of Penn State’s magician
club and Dubois was the president of Penn State’s juggling
club. Since their graduation, they
have continued performing and
traveling the country to various
college campuses. They even appeared on The Tonight Show With
Jay Leno.
Dubois started off the night
with a seal-like ball trick with a
little more pizzazz. He bounced
the ball on his head while jumping roping on stage. Right at the
beginning, he got the audience involved by having them clap every
time the ball bounced off his
head. He continued his performance with juggling tricks. He juggled three balls at first and
eventually worked his way up to
juggling seven at the same time.
While he juggled, he threw the
balls over his head, behind his
back, and even in between his
legs. He later juggled bowling
pins. Again he started three bowling pins and eventually worked
up to five of them. Like juggling
the balls, he tossed the pins between his legs and behind his
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were definitely some “Oh shit!”
moments from the audience and
even from Dubois himself,
though I’m sure he was never in
any real danger. He successfully
took the straightjacket off while
riding the unicycle. Chelko’s last
stunt was stepping on and jumping on shards of broken glass. He
performed the stunt again but the
second time Dubois got on
Chelko’s shoulders while he
walked on the broken glass.
While on Chelko’s shoulders,
Dubois juggled blades that
looked like they came straight
from Aladdin.
Their show was both impressive and highly entertaining.
Whether it was from teasing the
audience, hitting on the students
who acted as assistants, or inexplicably shoving foreign objects
into their bodies without any
harm, the tricks were stunning
and performed extremely well.
The audience loved them; no
tricks went without an applause
or laughter. There was never a
lack of supply of willing assistants from the audience. Every
time they asked for help, dozens
of hands shot into the air.
Chelko and Dubios later met
up with audience members and
signed pictures for them. You
could tell these two performers
appreciated their audience, which
definitely humanized them. If
you happened to miss this performance and are lucky enough
to still be attending Salem State
if/when The Adult Circus returns,
definitely go and see what you
missed. The show was free, and I
assume it will be free again so
there isn’t any excuse to miss it.
Who: Zani Gugelmann
What: Santo, her new collection of 18-karat
white gold, bullet-shape pendant necklaces embedded with precious stones such as rubies, black
diamonds, green emeralds, and yellow sapphires
Where to buy: Curve in L.A. and NYC, Ron
Herman in L.A., Henri Bendel in NYC
Why: Each bullet unscrews to reveal a tiny
piece of paper, which Gugelmann encourages
using to scribble down something special.
User’s Guide: “If you look up silver bullet in
the dictionary it reads: a simple and seemingly
magical solution to a complicated problem. I see
the scroll as a place to record a goal. It’s all about
the self-fulfilled prophecy.”
LOCAL INSPIRATION--Looking Glass
Who: Michelle Wagner, Danielle Wagner
What: Unique hemp and guitar pick jewelry
Where to buy: The Tennis Closet; Middleton,
Bewitched in Salem; Salem, Dream; Stoneham,
Music Place; North Reading, Earth’s Treasures;
Rockport
Why: “My dad used to play the guitar. I tired
playing, but don’t anymore. Guitar picks would
always be around the house, and when I was
younger, I used to make jewelry out them. My
friends used to like it, and I made it for them.” –
Danielle Wagner quoted in The Reading Advocate
--April Holland, Features Editor
November 21, 2008
Men’s Fashion
Everyone has a hero. Be it a politician, a father figure, artist you identify with, or a character ripped
from the annals of a comic book, each and every one
of us has a man in our lives whom we wish to become, or at least exude the same things he stands for
in our own reality. Chances are our own hero has a
signature look, too. When you find that guy who exudes that ineffable cool, cut out his image and hang it
up somewhere. This is your muse. Every designer and
celebrity you wish you had the balls to dress like has
one. Mine’s JFK Jr., age 22. When you find someone
with a style all his own, try to emulate it with your
own twist.
All that being said, please pick a muse with class.
Robert Redford works. So does Kanye West. Eminem
does not. Nor does some futuristic ninja out of a
comic book that makes you want to stand in Alumni
Plaza with a toy sword play fighting like a bluehaired jet-pants-wearing manga character. Got it?
Great. Dress like an adult; maybe you’ll get actually
get hired when you’re done here.
That being said: Pants. Trousers. Slacks. Et al.
They keep you warm, they look nicer than shorts, and
above all else they hide your pee-pee. Certain rules
apply to the modern-day man and the pants he decides to wear:
1) IF YOU WEAR PANTS WITH PLEATS, I
WILL PERSONALLY RIP THEM OFF OF YOU
AND BEAT YOU VICIOUSLY. Pleats were cool for,
like, a minute in the 1980s when businessmen started
wearing these huge baggy power suits. They’re a
waste of material. They make you look as if your
mom still shops for you at Bugle Boy. Even if your
dress pants have pleats, throw them away. Please. For
all of us.
2) DO NOT TUCK YOUR T-SHIRT INTO YOUR
PANTS. We want to dress like adults, sure, but we
don’t want to run around looking like suburban dads
cloistered in cubicles. T-shirts are great; I own a lot of
them. But the only shirt anyone should tuck in is a
button-down shirt. Not even a polo. I don’t care how
fly your belt is. Try buying a shirt that fits correctly if
you want to show off your buckle.
3) YES VIRGINIA, YOU CAN WEAR MORE
THAN JUST JEANS. Jeans are awesome. Radical,
even. But there’s more to life than jeans. What’s hot
for autumn and winter? Wool or tweed pants, for one,
will give you some flair (maybe mimicking your
muse, even!), and corduroys are making a big comeback. Try them in any type of pattern once or twice a
week.
4) WOMEN SHOW CLEAVAGE; MEN HAVE
BULGES. Yes yes, we’ve all heard that Jay-Z line by
now: “I can’t wear skinny jeans cause my nuts won’t
fit.” But isn’t that the point of wearing form-fitting
pants? If you got it, flaunt it. Even if you don’t, buy
‘em tight anyway. Jeans and trousers across the board
by now are tighter fitting. Fashion is cyclical. It all
used to be baggy as hell; now it’s fitted, which is a
good thing. Find a happy medium, and if others can
see your bulge, whatever. I’ve seen plenty of cleavage. Deal with it.
--Matt Trapeni, Associate News Editor-Elect
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This is a dedication to Marvin P. Joseph, who died last
month at age 23, from his friends at The Salem Beer Works.
It was a collective agreement at the Salem Beer Works that the local papers and their poorly titled
articles and generic representation of a person as kind-hearted and deep as Marvin needed a followup to paint a clear and accurate portrait for public display. This is that portrait.
A philosopher, a
friend; charismatic,
genuine, and absolutely hilarious; this
was the amazing man
we knew and will always remember.
Marvin taught us all
something about life-to give people the
benefit of the doubt,
to never let a thing
bother you, to learn
and understand anything and everything,
and to respect everyone because you
never knew how life
could have shaped
someone. Regardless
of the advice he gave,
it always showed that
Marvin was a thinker.
Every person at the
restaurant loved Mar-
vin and he touched all
of us in a different
way. During those
horrible October
nights, it was
Marvin who
always
made
us
laugh.
It was
always
Marvin
who
would
stay late
just to help a
friend close or take
the shifts no one
wanted.
There are many
memories; the hiding
by the “fire-exit,” that
off-key singing we always heard in the
dish area or coming in
five minutes late to
“pre-meal,” always
with his hat
slightly to one
side, half his
shirt untucked, and
a goofy
grin.
There are
hundreds
of memories about
Marvin, too
many to recite.
Yet all of them made
us respect his strong
character and kindness. He made all of
us want to be better
people. It is not often
that a man exists who
can inspire and motivate every single person that he meets,
but that man was
Marvin.
Without effort and
certainly without flaw,
he showed us what
an intelligent, amazing man is. Marvin
was a caring soul who
had the ability to connect to everyone. We
will all remember him
for different reasons
and of all the reasons,
not a single negative
one exists.
Such a man will
never be forgotten.
And from the countless friends he made
at the Salem Beer
Works: We love you
Marvin, and raawk on!
Written by Jessica Powell, Rachael Sampson, and Cortney Wieber
Foreword By Adam McQuarrie
Pete Best: The Beat in the Beatles
Once you hear Pete Best, you
realize, well, yeah, he is a better
Ringo Starr. What went wrong
there? From 1960 to 1962, Pete
Best was the resident drummer
for The Beatles. In 1962 he was
fired from the band for reasons
that have yet to come out to the
public. Some think has to do with
the fact that those circumstances
were not the happiest of ones.
Paul McCartney has talked in interviews of his drug use in the
past, an example of what you
might think a person of his standing might not want to discuss
with reporters. However, he refuses to talk about what happened
with regard to Pete and the reason
that he was asked to leave the
band. This has even happened in
fan based, web-cam questionand-answer sessions that he has
held.
Brian Epstein, the manager at
the time for the band, looked at
Pete as a prospective drummer
when it seemed like the band
needed a new talent. Brian, John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George
Harrison and Stuart “Stu” Sutcliffe had gotten to know Pete
through the club that his mother
owned. She featured them in the
beginning of the band’s career,
when they were known as The
Quarrymen. The little club called
By Joy Richard / Log Staff
The Casbah is a museum today in
Liverpool. It is one of the multiple stops on the ever-expanding
Beatles’ tour that now basically
runs all over England, showcasing every stop that the band made
on its way to popularity.
After The Beatles signed Pete
as a member, the band began to
tour Germany in 1960. John,
Paul, George, Pete and Stu
(John’s close friend and sometime bass player, who died of a
brain hemorrhage in the early
1960s) were embarking on the
beginning of their journey toward
fame. After signing with record
company Decca, the band released some of its earliest popular
work that made it recognizable
outside of the German nightclub
scene. The sound that the band
had at the time was inspired by
Elvis and the “Sun Record” era of
the 1950s with people like Carl
Perkins, Little Richard and other
American performers who were
making rock ‘n’ roll what we recognize today.
Today, Pete has a career of his
own with The Pete Best Band.
The band is a five-member ensemble with him and his brother
both on drums, which is what
Best attributes to the band’s massive sound. When you listen to
his albums today, you can still
recognize the influence of his
early days in Germany in the
tracks. Also, when you watch him
and his band play, you hear the
music that he worked on after his
stint with The Beatles. He also
covers the classic songs that he
helped popularize from 1960 to
1962.
His new album Heyman’s
Green has a very 1960s, dreamy
sound to it. I listened to it online
and it is has a very nice style and
flow to it, the music being soothing and nostalgic. The downside
is that since he is trying to distance himself from The Beatles, it
will be difficult because both
bands sound very similar. This is
obviously because he helped create the sound, but nonetheless it
might hamper some from seeing
him as a separate artist, not “the
one that was kicked out.”
Pete has massive talent and his
band is nothing to sneer at; he is
also lovely and warm to talk to.
He gets you on his side with talent and not by putting out the
sympathy play. Listen to his
music, learn about him through
his web site and videos on
YouTube.com and you will find it
very interesting how the whole
event was played out and how it
wasn’t in the media as much as
you would think.
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Le Samouraï
Hard Candy
Movie Reviews
Release Date: 2006
Director: David Slade
Release Date: 1967
Director: Jean-Pierre
Melville
Despite the title, French director Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le
Samouraï has nothing to do with
Japan. Originally released in
1967 with a DVD release by Criterion in 2005, the film tells the
story of a Jef Costello, a French
hit man who upon nearly botching an assassination attempt and
getting arrested finds himself
hunted by the police and his former employers, who want to get
rid of any connection they have
to the crime.
The plot, while compelling, is
incredibly minimalist. Each individual sequence is probably
longer than you are used to in
crime films or movies of any sort.
The scenes in which Costello gets
arrested, questioned, and eventually released probably take 15 to
20 minutes. Later, a scene where
Costello meets a contact spends
more time showing him walking
to the meeting place than the
meeting itself. In addition, the
film isn’t that reliant on dialogue
the first line of the entire movie
doesn't happen until ten minutes
in.
It’s certainly a more “artsy” direction to a crime movie, and
Melville’s films in general follow
this approach. If you’re into
crime films and can keep an open
mind, you'll find it a memorable
experience. While there are certain parts of the movie that really
do drag, the long silences and extended scenes often work in its
favor. The aforementioned meeting scene, for example, works be-
By Mike Pelosi / Log Staff
By Chris Lezott / Log Staff
cause the moments leading up to
the encounter build an incredible
sense of tension, and a wonderful
“release” in the conflict with
Costello’s contact. The movie’s
also incredibly stylish, with beautiful costumes, sets, and cinematography; it often feels like a
mix of French aesthetics with visual aspects--such as trench coats
and fedora hats--seemingly borrowed straight from American
gangster movies.
The performances are also of
note, particularly Alain Delon asCostello. Delon plays the solitary,
calm, almost mechanical killerwith an near-unbreakable poker
face for most of the film, which
makes the moments when he’s
worn down from the chase all the
more affecting (This, incidentally,
is probably why the film is titled
Le Samouraï--to invoke the
image of a lone warrior with a
particular moral code). The
soundtrack is appropriately
moody and sets the tone for certain scenes nicely.
While it takes some cues from
American gangster films, Le
Samouraï is something special in
its own right. If you have the patience, want to experience something different, or are just
interested in older and foreign
cinema, you'll find it a fascinating take on the crime genre.
A Clockwork Orange
Release Date: 1971
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Over the last few weeks, I saw
a few movies--frankly more than
I have seen in a long time. My
new housemates decided that it
would be a good idea to get me
into scary movies. Usually, I am
extremely afraid of watching anything remotely frightening, but I
figured this would be a good way
to socialize and not seem like a
complete wet blanket.
Deemed as a classic from
1971, A Clockwork Orange was
directed by Stanley Kubrick. He
is one of the more esteemed directors of the 20th century; his
other works are The Shining,
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2001: A Space
Odyssey, Lolita,
Eyes Wide Shut,
and many more
works that continue to inspire
directors.
Kubrick’s directorial tendencies
toward complex imagery, disturbing and controversial topics, and
hidden meaning are present in A
Clockwork Orange.
Looking at the content of this
movie, it is certainly confusing
and frightening in the sense that
you can’t imagine that people,
mainly the character of Alex,
A 14-year-old girl. A 30-yearold man. A computer. A coffee
shop. The Internet. A chat room.
A sexual predator. These are the
main components that make Hard
Candy, a stylish psychological
thriller work…well...sort of…except these aren’t necessarily the
components. This film’s reverse
psychology and exclusive look at
the world of predatory madness is
unbelievable.
Juno’s Ellen Page plays Hayley Stark, a sweet innocent girl
who goes to meet Jeff (Little
Children’s Patrick Wilson), a 30something photographer, at a
local coffee shop. Minutes later,
Hayley is at Jeff’s apartment
drinking vodka, dancing and
stripping for an impromptu photo
shoot. This may be the luckiest
night of Jeff’s life—this is essentially what he wanted, right?
The first 20 minutes of the
film are filled with the usual
clichéd awkward moments that
would ensue in any film with this
storyline. What if all isn’t what it
seems? What if what happens
next is as jaw-dropping and unsettling as the plot itself?
Meet Hayley Stark—a 14year-old troubled youth who
fooled Jeff from day one,
drugged him and tied him to his
office chair. The insane twist of
events is what makes Hard
Candy special in its own right. 30
Days of Night director David
Slade’s immoral dilemma tale is
striking—
much so because of what
both of these
characters
bring to the
table.
In an
attempt to
expose Jeff,
Hayley
embarks on a
journey that
we only
realize will
end explicitly.
Her intentions
are deadly…
but at first justified. That is what’s unique
about the film—we can’t justify
anything that’s happening because we don’t have any answers
yet. Taking a 14-year-old girl
back to your apartment is wrong,
but that’s not what’s happening
here. Hayley is the “bad guy,” so
why can’t we say that yet? We
now are choosing which character to root for, even though we
probably shouldn’t be.
The manic camera shooting
throughout thoroughly keeps both
characters alive as well as us in
the cat-and-mouse atmosphere.
The film’s cleverly designed set
involves nothing more than Jeff’s
house. It keeps us trapped…ultimately like the characters
are…trapped in their worlds of
“he said, she said”...of lies, de-
ceit, and ultimately a price to be
paid for. But whose price is it?
You can’t help but be sucked into
Hayley’s world even though you
know she’s wrong, but you can’t
stay on Jeff’s side because you
still don’t know that he’s right.
Oscar-nominee Page is superb
here—igniting a full-fledged
complex youth that glows just
like she did in Juno. Wilson is
just as extraordinary—playing
the more tortured of the two. He
embraces the role with a more sophisticated tone, but plays it well
opposite a much younger co-star.
Hard Candy’s explicit tone
may drive some viewers away,
but for those who can handle it, it
displays yet another impressive
role that should’ve garnered Page
another Oscar nomination.
could be driven
to do these violent and graphically sexual acts
willingly, fulfilling something in
them that gave
them pleasure.
A summary of
the movie would
not even do it justice due to the
fact that the images make the
movie what it is
and they are difficult to put in a
description. There are a group of
thugs in England and they call
themselves “The Droogs.” Their
leader is Alex. The group goes
around the countryside and terrorizes whomever they find to
amuse themselves. The Droogs
torture their victims in a violent
manner, and most of the time
when they find a women they
rape her. The way Kubrick portrays these scenes is very graphic
and would probably disturb the
viewer. Early in the film there is a
gang rape on a stage. The soundtrack of the scene is almost comical, which makes it more
disturbing, because you have no
idea where the movie will go
from there.
Alex is then framed by “his
Droogs” and taken into custody.
From there, the government tries
to retrain him to not enjoy these
sins and to be a proper citizen. It
works, but only because he has a
serum making his brain think another way. They did not make his
brain hate what he did; he only
reacts to the bad because the
medicine is making him. He
comes off the serum and the people that did the experiment apologize and he slips back into his
evil world. The director ties to
put the point across that some
people are just prone to violence
and sexual deviance. You can
make them behave for a period of
time with drugs, but the need for
the deviance will never leave
their brain forever.
This film was really well done.
I would recommend to view it
only because it is a classic, but it
is very unnerving none the less.
Also, if you are not really into
British slang and culture, the dialogue is extremely hard to follow.
Some of the time, the characters
speak in a Cockney slang. Another time Alex is making up his
own words, like “Viddy this!” So
if you’re not really looking for a
classic or if you don’t know the
works of Kubrick enough to want
to see this movie, don’t watch it.
Otherwise, it is something to see
as a classic film.
November 21, 2008
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Vicky Christina Barcelona
Movie Review
Release Date: 2008
Director: Woody Allen
Taking place in Spain, Woody
Allen’s film Vicky Cristina Barcelona
falls into frustrating territory: people
who have seemly never worked much
in their lives and the problems involving the love affairs that they get into.
Maybe it’s the fact that these characters, mostly the character of Scarlett
Johansson, swan around Europe and
pine over what they really want out of
a relationship, but really just never
quite seem to grab onto it.
I did not like the acting for the most
part either, mainly from Johansson. I
have never had really much of an issue
with her in other movies, but for some
reason she just was not good for this
role. I did enjoy the way Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) played
his character, the tortured, Spanish
artist who seduces basically everyone.
I also liked the lesser-known member
of the cast, Rebecca Hall, and her portrayal of the tightly wound Vicky. She
is beautiful, and although a new face,
is a wonderful actress. She played the
“Woody Allen” type character very
well.
An aspect of this movie that I did
enjoy was when the film took place
along with the music featured. Taking
place in Spain in the summer, the
scenery is stunning. Spain isn’t a place
that you see much in movies or on television, but Allen does a great job featuring the beauty of the landscape and
the architecture. Most of what you see
in the film was in the design of the
artist and architect Gaudi, an influential Spanish architect and artist during
the 19th century. When you look at
these buildings, you see a surreal flowing style that amazes you even on
screen.
The music featured was traditional
classical guitar that you commonly
think of when you see flamenco
dancers perform. With that was music,
with Spanish vocals, about the city of
Barcelona. The songs are beautiful and
fit with the movie’s vibe. Like most of
Woody Allen’s films, you get the feeling of the 1920s and 30s and their musical and visual influences. I also
really loved the voice-over throughout
the film. The style and sound of the
man’s voice reminded me of movies
from the 1940s that adapted plays
about romantic encounters.
Though the movie really didn’t live
up to the standards of a Woody Allen,
it wasn’t a painful viewing. It made
me want to re-watch his classics,
which is what I would suggest as an
alternative to seeing this movie if you
are new to his films. If you are already
a viewer and fan of his, wait until this
movie is on DVD to watch it. Don’t
spend the $10.
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Even Salem State staff celebrate Halloween! Custodian
Larry Noelle kept with tradition as he dressed up as
Frankenstein to come to campus on Halloween. Above, he
visits Dr. Stanley Cahill, Vice President for Student Affairs.
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Political
THE SALEM STATE LOG
November 21, 2008
Election 2008: The Aftermath
By Jonathan Lunde / News Editor
I imagine the majority of you are expecting me to spit an especially poisonous
stream of conservative rhetoric, what with Sen. Barack Obama being the presidentelect of the United States. Truth be told, I’ve amazed myself in that I will not be going
that route this week. While I’m far from being on the Obama-train, I will admit that the
guy is a rock star.
Initially, I planned on concerning this column with topics such as suppressed white
guilt and covert racism, both of which could be argued to have helped in Obama’s election. However, the real issue goes far beyond any petty blows or excuses I could come
up with to bash our president-elect. Sure, Obama is a crazy Democrat with the most
liberal Senate voting record around, but that is not what Americans should be focused
on at this point. Rather, we should be focused on fixing the many problems facing our
country and giving our next president a chance to do just that.
While I don’t agree with the large majority of the platform upon which Obama ran
for office, at this point I feel the need to give him the benefit of the doubt. He’s a
whacko liberal, but I’d like to see him do a bang-up job as our president. Given, as
soon as he makes a mistake, I’ll be criticizing him.
Our country is currently going through a rough patch. Although we’ve been in this
situation before and have always managed to overcome, the upcoming year will speak
volumes to what Obama will be able to accomplish as our president. The economy is in
dire straights, the war in Iraq continues to be mishandled, and most of the world
doesn’t think very highly of our country. These are some of the major issues that
Obama will have to both face and begin to remedy.
As I was watching the votes roll in on election night, I was preparing myself for that
bad taste in my mouth when Obama sealed the race, but it never showed. I consider
myself to be a die-hard conservative, both fiscally and socially. Not once during the
course of the election did I believe things would be OK if Obama won. However, I
found myself thinking just that as he rounded up his 270+ electoral votes. I found myself thinking, “Hey, maybe everything will be OK.” I’m not quite sure what that
means, but the words repeated over and over in my head.
Although the masses voted largely Democrat this time around, the country itself
continues to be middle-right in its beliefs. The country didn’t vote for Obama because
of his pristine record and liberal leanings, but rather because of the personal connection
he was able to make with so many Americans. Obama was able to stay focused and on
point, never straying from his original message, which won him the election.
The same cannot be said for Sen. John McCain and the GOP this time around. The
Republican camp ran a truly horrific campaign. Not only did McCain lack in simple
charisma; he was never able to focus himself. McCain tried to be everything to every
American, forgetting along the way to simply be John. The Republicans will have to
spend some time regrouping for 2012. Rather than reinventing the wheel, the GOP
needs to stick with tried and true conservatism next time around.
Many of the political pundits and talking heads believe Obama will begin to move
more towards the political middle of the road after he takes office; however, there is no
evidence out there to support that. While it would be nice to think he’d simply throw
away his lifelong beliefs as soon as he gets sworn in, I believe it’s a pipe dream.
Obama will have to prove himself to this country.
Let’s be honest with ourselves: whether you’re white, black, brown, or pink, you
have to feel good about the first person of color being elected to the office of United
States President. The only folks who didn’t feel even a hint of joy in their hearts for
Obama are proudly wearing white hoods and baring their swastika tattoos at a cross
burning as we speak. If a conservative of my caliber is able to take a step back and appreciate the significance of Obama’s election, it shouldn’t be too difficult for the rest of
the country. Bottom line, Obama and his family got a spread on the front page of People magazine. What’s not to love?
On November 4, Sen. Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, defeating Sen. John McCain in both the electoral vote and popular vote. Clearly, the
American people saw through the negative and false ads approved by John McCain. Though I’m not sure if I’m more relieved that McCain will not be the President or Sarah Palin will not be the Vice-President. Let’s all rejoice in the fact that
Obama won and we will not have to deal with the same old run-of-the-mill Republican strategies and policies.
McCain did take his defeat with pride and decency. McCain’s concession
speech was the best speech he has given. He seemed professional, solemn, and
very at ease. I was looking forward to a concession speech from Palin due to a
guilty pleasure of her Palinisms. Sadly, I doubt this will be the last we hear from
Palin. I do hope that both camps can reconcile and work together for the better of
this country. However, I don’t see that happening anytime soon from either party.
Obama’s victory speech was extremely well-done and completely in touch with
his expectations and his voters. He knew who voted for him and addressed his audience. He seemed very thankful for the votes and professional. He didn’t try to
say the road ahead would be easy or try to convince the people all of his aspirations would be met in his first term. But he did convey the sense of hope he always does and instilled a sense of commonality to his voters. He even took the
time to address people who didn’t support him and said he would think of them
and lead for them as well. He mentioned the diverse groups of people that supported him and genuinely thanked them. It is because of his humbleness and
sense of who voted for him and why that I believe he can change this country and
repay the people for their vote with action and change.
Since he has been elected, Obama has hit the ground running. He has already
begun looking at lists of government programs. He will choose which programs
need to be cut and which need more money and attention. Information from his
staff has revealed his is looking to nearly redo all of the Bush policies currently in
effect. He is looking to put more money into stem cell research, which could help
countless patients suffering from paralysis to Parkinson’s disease. He also wants
to repair and build relationships with foreign countries with whom we have
strained relationships. Diplomacy will be a cornerstone of Obama’s presidency,
and it’s refreshing after suffering through eight years with the Bush doctrine and
imperialism.
This country made the right choice. We now have a president who understands
global warming with new ideas on how to stop it and create eco-friendly jobs. We
now have a president that feels a devotion to the people who voted for him and
not a devotion to his personal ideas or beliefs. Supporters funded his campaign,
which definitely makes him more inclined to listen to the people than another
candidate who just used private funds. This president-elect also understands the
economy and knows the worst isn’t over, but it can be treated. We now have a
president who is for healthcare for everyone not just certain individuals. We now
have a president who understands that a flat tax favors the wealthy and a certain
percent isn’t equal to everyone. He is the candidate favored by most foreign
heads of countries we need ties with. I won’t be naïve or so optimistic to say
Obama will cure America of all of its faults, but he definitely is a step in the right
direction
By Brett Nolan / Log Staff
From Election Night 2008:
By Chris Sicuranza / Log Staff
Tonight is a special night for both the United States of America and, more importantly, you the individual citizen. We have persevered through an intense political
campaign, witnessing both beautiful and ugly moments. But through this cloud of
confusion, a clear leader has emerged.
We look now to Barack Obama to help guide us to better days. Like so many others, the first time I heard of Mr. Obama was at the Democratic National Convention in
2004, in our own gorgeous capital, Boston. Obama spoke of a new America – one
where red and blue states were gone and instead the UNITED States of America
would emerge.
I watched this man. I listened to his words. I read his books. I put my neck out for
him. Never before was I so involved with a candidate. I made sure to represent him to
the best of my ability. Family fights, personal attacks and slanderous rumors all
swirled around my approval of Obama. Sadly, racism and ignorance have ruled the
day for too long and I pray for those who cannot look past skin color or ideologies.
But now, I pray for peace. I pray for the good to emerge again. I pray that we will
prevail under this new and hopeful land. I pray we will come together and solve problems. I pray people will sit up and listen. I pray people will get involved and care. I
pray for the future of all Americans.
I have always been a proud American. I never thought to leave this country for a
moment – no matter which candidate prevailed. I was always taught that you have to
stand and fight for what you believe in.
Tonight, I’m proud to say that I stood and fought for this President-Elect. I’m proud
to have voted in this historic race. I’m proud to be an American.
May God bless America and may God give us the strength to being anew. Here’s to
you USA – let’s change the world.
Political
November 21, 2008
THE SALEM STATE LOG
Page 17
Remembering Tina Fey’s Excellent Portrayal of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
By Kelsey Norwood
When the season premiere of
Saturday Night Live aired on September 13, there was an excitement in the air that the show
hadn't seen in years. For most
viewers, this was not because of
the new featured cast member,
the musical guest, or even the
host. It was because of a sketch
about Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin featuring a cast member who had
departed the show two years earlier—Tina Fey.
The accent: Right on. Fey
added a twist of glee in her voice
that perfectly captured the cheery
and often clueless attitude Palin
seems to put across in the media.
The look: Perfect. While there
was very little effort necessary in
order to actually resemble Palin,
the facial expressions throughout
the sketch were delightfully awkward.
The writing: Genius. SNL’s
political humor today is distinctively different from what it was
in the ‘70s, when poking fun at a
political figure meant Chevy
Chase tripping over a chair while
dressed as Gerald Ford. For any-
one who watched Palin’s interviews with Charles Gibson, the
jokes were intensely familiar to
things she actually said on camera days before the episode aired.
My favorite lines from the first
sketch:
Poehler/Clinton: “I believe that
diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy.”
Fey/Palin: “And I can see Russia from my house!”
Poehler/Clinton: “I believe
global warming is caused by
man.”
Fey/Palin: “And I believe it’s
just God hugging us closer.”
Poehler/Clinton: “I don't agree
with the Bush Doctrine.”
Fey/Palin: [laughing] “I don't
know what that is.”
Fey/Palin: “Stop using words
that diminish us, like pretty. Attractive. Beautiful.”
Poehler/Clinton: “Harpy.
Shrew. Boner shrinker.”
The opening of the September
27 show (featuring Fey’s Palin in
a second appearance) wasn’t
nearly as exciting as the original,
which is understandable. With the
vice presidential debate yet to
come, Palin hadn’t said or done
anything too ridiculous that
hadn’t been covered the first
time; however, it still had some
great moments. One of the highlights was Poehler's Katie Couric,
who sardonically blinked her
eyes in disbelief of every one of
Palin's answers. The humor in
this one was wonderful, too.
There was a significant amount
of focus on Palin's inability to
give a practical answer. When
asked to give specifics on how
she intended to spread democracy
abroad, Fey/Palin answers,
“We're gonna promote freedom,
usher in democratic values and
ideals, and fight terror-loving terrorists.” When Poehler/Couric
pushes for a better answer,
Fey/Palin says, “I'd like to use
one of my lifelines, Katie.” Like
the first sketch, it did a fantastic
job of highlighting Palin's most
oblivious and ridiculous moments
as captured on camera.
My favorite lines from the second sketch:
[on her trip to New York] “I
had 15 to 20 false alarms where I
thought I saw Osama bin Laden
drivin’ a taxi.”
“In an effort to bone up on foreign policy, I went to the Times
Square area to see a film called
‘The Bush Doctrine.’ It was not
about politics.”
I found the third sketch to be
somewhat disappointing, although I think it was an incredibly smart move to ask Queen
Latifah to make a cameo as debate moderator Gwen Ifill. Additionally, the humor regarding Joe
Biden (played by SNL regular
Jason Sudeikis) was well-executed; specifically, it focused on
his flip-flop on the same-sex marriage question, and on his tendency to compliment John
McCain and criticize him moments later, perfectly articulated
by this quote: “John McCain—
and again, this is a man I would
take a bullet for—is bad at his
job, and mentally unstable. As
my mother would say, ‘God love
him, but he’s a raging maniac...’
and a dear, dear friend.”
The Second Amendment of the
U.S. Constitution states, “A well
regulated Militia, being necessary
to the security of a free State, the
right of the people to keep and
bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The amendment has
been scrutinized and debated over
for many years. Arguments have
been raised that the bill needs to
be amended to relate to modern
times, while others believe it is
an American’s right to bear arms
for protection, and any revision to
the Second Amendment would
violate a citizen’s freedom.
Roger Williams University law
professor Carl T. Bogus is a
strong advocate of mandating
strict gun control laws. He argues
that gun control laws are outdated
and new laws should be passed to
regulate handguns, which “account for 75 percent of all gun-related homicides and more than 80
percent of all gun-related robberies.” He believes that enforcing stricter laws will reduce the
number of Americans killed and
injured every year by means of a
firearm.
Bogus relates his argument to
local mandates enacted in different regions. The Sloan study
compared Seattle and Vancouver
crime rates for a period of seven
years. The two cities are almost
identical in every census cate-
gory. The distinct difference between the two cities is in the
homicide rate. ancouver accounted for 204 homicides during
the seven-year period, while
Seattle accounted for 388 homicides. According to the study, the
184 additional homicides in Seattle was a result of relaxed gun
control laws. Vancouver requires
a permit relating to a “lawful reason” to purchase a handgun,
while Seattle only requires a
waiting period.
Bogus also concludes that gun
control saves lives by referencing
a study conducted after a law was
passed in 1976, in the District of
Columbia. Firearm-owning residents were required to re-register
their firearms within sixty days
per the new law. After the 60-day
period, handgun purchases became illegal. The homicide rate
fell by “more than 25 percent” in
the nine-year study that followed
the new law.
Bogus believes that local laws
make a difference, but federal
laws are the only way to drastically combat the gun violence in
the United States. He wants
Americans to bring their dismay
of gun-related violence to the
voting booths on Election Day.
Some Americans do not agree
with Bogus’ argument, and believe that owning firearms com-
bats violent crimes. University of
Maryland research scientist John
R. Lott, Jr., argues that “preventing law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns does not end
violence; it merely makes victims
more vulnerable to attack.”
Lott believes that criminals
who are aware that citizens are
armed will prevent them from
committing a violent act. He defends his argument by stating that
there are approximately 760,000
to 3.6 million acts of gun defense
each year by regular citizens.
Lott believes that nondiscretionary concealed-handgun laws
are a way of reducing crime in a
cost-effective way. He says that
the prison system is costly, and
by implementing carry laws, the
numbers of prisoners would be
reduced. The reason is that criminals are “motivated by selfpreservation” and they would be
deterred to commit violent crimes
if they thought everyone is
armed. Lott says that if everyone
carried a firearm, the violent
crime rate could be reduced by
three to four times in the United
States. He conducted his study by
examining crime statistics of
more than 3,000 counties over an
18 year period.
American citizens need to ask
themselves if gun control laws
need to be amended. According
to Bogus, there are 35 million
handguns owned by citizens in
the United States. Handguns,
which have one purpose--to kill-are far too accessible in the
United States.
With regard to school shootings, the person inflicting the
harm is expecting to die, so no
penalty will deter him or her
away from the crime. A worry I
have is that if more people are al-
lowed to carry handguns, violent
crimes will become more prevalent. Laws need to keep guns out
of people’s hand to prevent violence.
The Second Amendment,
which was ratified in 1791, needs
to be restructured and amended to
relate to the 21st century. The
present majority of citizens possessing firearms do not carry
them for the “security of a free
State.” Many carry for the fear of
the “other” person having a
firearm. There is far too much
gun violence in the United States;
random, personal, and self-inflicted.
My sentiments are that a vast
amount of murderers in prison
would agree that if they did not
have a firearm readily available
at the time of the homicide, they
would still be free, and the victim
would still be alive.
Should the Second Amendment be Restructured?
By David Silverstein / Log Staff
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THE SALEM STATE LOG
Page 18
November 21, 2008
Men’s Basketball Ready, Not Rebuilding
Some coaches would say that
their team is in the process of “rebuilding,” especially after losing
six players who contributed more
than 50 of the team’s averaged 87
points scored per game.
For Men’s head basketball
coach Chris Harvey, the nation’s
seventh most-winning active Division III head coach, there is no
such thing as a rebuilding year.
Instead of rebuilding, the
2008-09 men’s basketball team
will be working to find a new
identity, according to Harvey.
“Our number-one goal is to come
together as a team and enjoy the
journey,” he said.
Despite losing leaders such as
Marquis Victor, who averaged
more than 16 points per game,
and Alex Finn, who led the team
with 74 three-pointers in the
2007-08 season, the Vikings still
have a team filled with great
leaders and key players, said Harvey. “It all starts with our cap-
tains, who lead by example. If we
are having a dull practice, they’ll
find a way to pick it up,” he said.
Atop the list of key returning
players is senior tri-captain Dylan
Holmes, the reigning MASCAC
player of the year and member of
the Division III Northeast AllDistrict team. Last year, Holmes
averaged 15.6 points per game
and grabbed 7.1 rebounds per
game.
Newcomers such as Brennan
Bennett, a transfer from Boston
College who is said to have a
great basketball IQ, will join
Holmes. Freshmen Brian and
Dan Clark are expected to make
an impact on the team as well.
Both Brian and Dan have experience in big game competition.
Last year, the 6’7 shooting guards
both made major contributions
for Frontier Regional High
School in South Deerfield, in a
winning effort in the Division III
high school state championship
game last year.
As for the game plan, Harvey
says that the Vikings will be playing with a more open offense this
season, but added that the key to
winning games is a strong defense. “The whole premise of our
defense is based on putting pressure on the ball,” said Harvey.
Though he feels that the
Vikings have lost the most players to graduation of all MASCAC
teams, Harvey is confident that
the Vikings are capable of capturing their 18th straight MASCAC
regular season championship. “I
don’t think that there is a clear favorite in our league. Whoever
plays the best ball will win it,”
said Harvey.
According to a pre-season
MASCAC coaches poll, the
Vikings are heavy favorites to
win the conference championship, receiving six of seven
first place votes, according to
www.mascac.com.
The Boston Bruins’ motto for
the 2008-2009 season is “We
Want It As Bad As You.” Only 17
games into the NHL 2009 Season, and the Bruins already show
they mean it.
The Bs tout the second-best
record in the Eastern Conference
coming into the week, and the
team has earned it. With wins
over rival teams Buffalo and
Montreal, it appears as though the
Bruins are going in a different direction, different than the one that
led them to numerous first-round
playoff exits in recent years.
“We’re feeling good, we’re
having a lot of fun and obviously
that Dallas game, you know,
we’re a team to be reckoned
with,” says Bruins center Marc
Savard, who leads the team in
points with 19. “We believe in
our room, and that’s all that really
matters.”
The Bruins work well as a
team, with younger players stepping into roles and older players
knowing theirs. The youth movement has quite possibly been the
biggest surprise of all, with players like Milan Lucic and even
Blake Wheeler jumping into
more effective roles immediately.
“He [Wheeler] continues to do
the things he was doing in the
preseason,” Bruins head coach
Claude Julien said. “That's why
he's here.”
Bruins fans must be happy
with the team overall, as the team
has the statistics to back up its
great team play. Allowing the
second-least number of goals in
all the NHL (39) and scoring the
sixth-most in the Eastern Conference (52), the Bruins are playing
solid hockey.
If this season has proven one
thing so far for the Bruins, it’s
that this year the team really does
want it as bad as its fans … and
don’t worry, the fans still want it
as bad as ever.
What a weak season for the
early-drafted tight ends, and all of
them for that matter. Some of us
hoped by picking one of them as
early as the fourth round that we
add an extra receiver in the likes
of Jason Witten, Antonio Gates,
Tony Gonzalez, or Kellen
Winslow. I mean, it was a valid
argument, wasn’t it? There was a
huge gap between the numbers
put up by the top four or five
tight ends and the rest of the tight
ends in the league last year.
Having a tight end spot filled
with a player that put up topnotch receiver numbers would accompany an actual top-notch
receiver, and possibly a waiver
wire wonder half-way through
the season would’ve been nice.
The problem with that is with six
games left in the season, every
single tight end is being outscored by the top six defenses.
This is in a league where pointsper-receptions count and so do
every 10 yards. You can expect
defenses to blow every position
but quarterback away in lowscoring leagues, but for Witten,
Gates, and Gonzalez to not give
their owners a huge advantage is
painful.
However, there is one way a
tight end problem can be evened
out-luck, and by luck I mean having not worried about picking a
defense before the fourteenth
round. If you lucked out and took
the Jets’ or Bills’ defense as a
backup, you have greatly outscored the interception leaders
last year in the Charger’ defense
or the free agent consuming
Cowboys’ defense. So, if you are
lucky enough to have had a top
defense landed on your lap,
drafted a disappointing tight end,
and have a kicker that scores a lot
of points, you have the perfect
storm that is winning games in
unlikely ways across fantasy
leagues everywhere where standings look like that of the AFC:
.500s across the board.
With that said, it’s too late to
do anything about it; most playoffs start in three weeks. So if
you have the perfect storm, and
maybe a solid player or two
spread across the rest of your positions, you have as much of a
chance of winning your league as
the guy who has LaDainian Tomlinson, Reggie Wayne, and Gates.
By Dan Dourian / Associate Sports Editor
SSC SPORTS
SCOREBOARD
AND SCHEDULE:
10/30 Volleyball
Salem 1 Framingham State 3
11/01 W Soccer
Salem 2 Worcester State 4
11/01 M Soccer
Salem 0 Worcester State 1
11/01 Volleyball
Salem 0 Mass College Liberal Arts 3
11/01 Field Hockey
11/04 Field Hockey
Salem 1 Southern Maine 2
11/05 M Soccer
Salem 3 Bridgewater State 0
11/08 M Soccer
11/08 M Soccer
at Framingham State
11/08 W XCountry
Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship
at Colt State Park, Bristol, RI
11/08 M XCountry
Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship
at Colt State Park, Bristol, RI
11/15 W XCountry
NCAA New England Division 3 Championship
at Williams College
11/15 M XCountry
NCAA New England Division 3 Championship
at Williams College
11/18 W BBall
vs. Plymouth State
11/18 M BBall
vs. Plymouth State
11/21 M BBall
Salem State College Tip-Off Tournament - Bowdoin
College vs. Western New England College 4:00 p.m.;
Salem State vs. Wheelock College 8:00 p.m.
11/21 W BBall
Salem State College Tip-Off Tournament Bates College vs. Rhode Island College 2:00 p.m.;
Salem State vs. Emerson College 6:00 p.m.
11/21 Hockey
at St. Michael's College
**All Scores are taken from the Salem State Athletics page at:
www.salemstate.edu/athletics. Please check the site
for a more up-to-date scoreboard.
Bruins “Want It As Bad As You”
By Nick Colon / Associate Sports Editor-Elect
The Fall of the Tight End
By Adam McQuarrie / Log Staff
Sports
September 19, 2008
THE SALEM STATE LOG
Vikings Golfers Optimistic About Spring ‘09 Season
Coach Stephen Campbell and
the Vikings golf team have their
minds set on making the NCAA
tournament this year, after a miserable spring campaign kept them
from making it for a third straight
time last year. The team had a
very impressive start to the 20082009 season by capturing two
runners-up and four top10s in its
five fall tournaments.
The Vikings started off the fall
season on the weekend of September 9, with a second-place
By Ben Snow
finish at the Skidmore College
Invitational in Saratoga, N.Y.
Salem’s leading golfer was cocaptain Jeff Santora, who shot a
142, which is 2-under-par at the
famous Saratoga Spa State Park.
Christopher Berry, a freshman at
Salem State, was also a big standout, shooting a 148.
The following weekend, the
Vikings placed fourth at the Duke
Nelson Tournament hosted by
Middlebury College. Co-captain
Nick Antonelli was the Viking’s
Kattar, Lauzon Winners at
WCF 5; Fans Give Toys for Tots
leading scorer with a 147, and
Santora followed him with another solid score of 149.
The next tournament was at
Williams College, where the
Vikings finished sixth. Berry
showed off his skills leading the
team with a 146. His performance
was second in a field of 108 players. Santora continued his impressive season, shooting 148.
After a weekend off, Salem
State traveled to Hamilton College, where the team finished
Official Results
From WCF 5
The last MMA fighting event
of 2008 for the WCF organization
was a good one--good enough to
make any MMA fan want to
come back to see WCF 6.
Calvin Kattar, a highly touted
fighter, submitted a light, fast,
very edgy Bobby Dias less than a
minute into the first round. Not to
be outdone, East Bridgewater native Dan Lauzon, the youngest
fighter ever to compete in the
UFC, made very quick work of
Justin Hammerstrom with a first
round TKO in under two minutes.
Both fighters fought well.
“He looks good, and he’s in
great shape for this fight,” UFC
veteran Joe Lauzon said about his
brother prior to the fight.
Though the WCF does not
have high-profile fighters like
major organizations such as the
UFC and Affliction, the fights
they provide are of the same
quality. WCF owner Joe Cavallaro has put together five successful events in the Wilmington
Aleppo Shriners Auditorium, all
with great turnouts. The final
event of 2008 drew 3,500 people
in attendance, according to wcfighting.com, and the organization has had many celebrities stop
by to watch a good fight, including UFC President Dana White,
UFC fighter Marcus Davis, and
even number-one contender in
the UFC Lightweight division
Kenny Florian.
The WCF also hosted the Toys
for Tots program, which had fans
donate money or toys to help a
child around Christmas this year.
“The fans really came through by
bringing a ton of toys out to our
show for the Toys For Tots program,” said Cavallaro.
Chad Beane defeated Joe McGann 1st Rd (Disqualification: illegal blows to back of the head)
Dan Ferrer defeated Ethan Kean
3:36 1st Rd Submission (Kimura)
James Pittner defeated Robbie
Roberts 0:31 1st Rd Submission
(Guillotine Choke)
Jose Lopez defeated Wayne
Harnois 0:35 1st Rd TKO (Strikes)
Dan Bonnell defeated Josh
Spearman 3rd Rd Unanimous Decision
John Benoit defeated Bill Jones
1:45 2nd Rd Submission (Rear
Naked Choke)
Calvin Kattar defeated Bobby
Dias 0:49 1st Rd Submission (Triangle Choke)
Stephen Stengal defeated Jay
Fortier 0:49 1st Rd TKO (Strikes)
Greg Rebello defeated Chris
Canale 3rd Rd Split Decision
Dan Lauzon defeated Justin
Hammerstrom 1:15 1st Rd TKO
(Strikes)
After 22 years of not winning
an NBA championship, the
Boston Celtics hung up its 17th
banner at the season opener,
when the team faced the Cleveland Cavaliers October 28. Paul
Pierce brought out the trophy as
tears ran down his face. The celebration concluded when the
members of the Celtics received
their championship rings.
On opening night, Cleveland
was looking to spoil the celebration by beating the Celtics. Early
in the first half, the Cavaliers had
a 10-point lead and finished with
a 7-point lead going into the second half. However, once the third
quarter started, the Celtics defense picked up and held Cleve-
land to 13 points in the quarter.
The Celtics ended up winning 9085. Just like last year, the Celtics
came out strong in the third and
took control of the game.
The Celtics finished last year
with the league’s best record and
beat every team on its schedule
on its way to win the championship. Now, the team has to defend the championship, and it is
always harder to get to the championship a second time.
The Celtics lost key players
this offseason, including the sixth
man coming off the bench, James
Posey, and forward P.J. Brown.
With those departures, the Celtics
added rookie Bill Walker and
Gabe Pruitt, the top prospect
from the D-League a year ago.
The Celtics finish their preseason with a 6-2 record and are not
solely relying on the “Big Three”:
Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and
Pierce. Instead, the team relies on
the emergence of Rajon Rondo as
a top point guard in the NBA, and
on role players like Eddie House
and Leon Powe.
Celtics look to be in great
shape for this upcoming season.
Garnett, Pierce, and Allen have
better chemistry than they did a
year ago. Rondo is more experienced, and the bench seems to be
in great shape, even with the absence of Posey. The Celtics
seems to be ready and capable to
raise banner 18 next year.
By Nick Colon / Associate Sports Editor-Elect
Celtics Hope to Repeat Championship Year
By Alex Barboza / Log Staff
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runner-up in its invitational tournament. It was the second time
the team was runner-up to Skidmore, which was tearing up the
league, winning every tournament it played in with the
Vikings. Antonelli brought alltournament-player honors to
Salem State for the first time this
season by with a 149. Berry followed him with a score of 151.
Santora continued his fantastic
season with 156 and freshman
Brian Pryor burst into the season
with 157.
Vikings concluded with a respectable 11th place finish out of
44 teams at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Championship
held in Brewster, Mass. Santora
and Antonelli respectively placed
52nd and 63rd in the event. The
fall season is over, but the work
has just begun. The team knows
it will have to continue its good
performance in the spring if it
wants to make the NCAA tournament.
Lady Vikings Close Season 9-8
By Adam McQuarrie / Log Staff
The Lady Vikings’ field
hockey team managed to win out
the regular season, which was almost necessary to clinch a playoff
spot after the 1-0 loss to Keene
State. Keene State then went on
to beat Western Connecticut State
3-2 and in Salem State’s final
game of the regular season they
beat Framingham State College
with a score of 4-3.
With the win over the Framingham State Rams, Salem State
finished the regular season 9-7
overall; 6-5 in the Little East
Conference; and 4-1 in the Massachusetts State College Athletic
Conference, winning the pro-
gram’s first MASCAC championship since 1999 and its 10th
since conference play began in
1976.
The Lady Vikings advanced to
the playoffs as the fifth seed and
played the fourth-seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies
on November 4th. The Vikings
led the game with a score of 1-0
at halftime. Unfortunately the
only scoring in the second half
was done by the Huskies, as they
tied the game in the 46th minute
and then scored the go-ahead
goal in the 67th minute, eliminating the Lady Vikings and ending
the 2008 season at 9-8.
The road to the MASCAC Finals started at Alumni Stadium
on Wednesday, November 5, as
the Vikings hosted the Bridgewater State Bears. Salem would
handily beat the Bears, advancing to its third MASCAC final in
the past four years. Senior midfielder Yuta Kizaki scored the
first goal of the game at about
the 55-minute mark off a pass
from senior forward Willer
Nogueria.
Shortly thereafter, senior defender Paddy Boscoe put a
penalty kick in the back of the
net that would make the game 20. To put the game completely
out of reach, Kizaki scored another assisted by Nogueria yet
again to end the game at 3-0.
Senior goalkeeper Pawel
Brzykcy had three saves in the
shutout.
Second-seeded Salem then
traveled to Framingham, Mass.,
to play the first-seeded Framingham State Rams in the MASCAC Finals. Framingham scored
with very little time left in the
first half. The Rams scored again
at the 70-minute mark, making
the game 2-0. The Vikings took a
while to get their offense going,
but finally scored with a goal
from freshman forward Ali Kaba
at the 86-minute mark. What followed was a flurry of offense by
Salem, culminating in a shot off
the side post. The Vikings could
not find the back of the net, however, and Framingham took the
victory.
The Vikings may have been
knocked out of the Finals by
rival Framingham State, but the
players have every reason to hold
their heads high. Ending the season with a record of 14-4-1, there
were many things that stood out
about the Salem State Men’s soccer team. Supported by a strong
defense, Brzykcy managed eight
shutouts this season.
Five players were also named
to All-Conference teams. These
players were Kizaki (all-conference first team), Junior Forward
Andrew Angus (all-conference
first team), Nogueira (All-MASCAC), Boscoe (Second team AllMASCAC), and Freshman Matt
Figueiredo (Second Team AllMASCAC). Figueiredo was also
named MASCAC Rookie of the
Year.
Men’s Soccer
By Zac Champigny / Log Staff

Salem State Log Nov. 21, 2008

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