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VOLUME 133, NUMBER 17
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006
State of the
college outlined
Trustees
ban
Sudan
support
Seligman described the University’s
progress at his Town Hall Meeting
BY BEN WROBEL
STAFF WRITER
UR President Joel Seligman spoke to a group of
students and faculty in the
Gowen Room in his biannual Town Hall Meeting
yesterday.
Seligman was introduced
by Interim Dean of the
College Richard Feldman
and spoke for about twenty
minutes before answering
questions from students on
a variety of topics ranging
from student housing to
the commercialization of
technology.
Seligman began by mentioning the London Times
article that listed Rochester
as the 21st best school in the
country and 48th best in
the world. He spoke about a
number of developing projects around the University.
He brought up construction
projects at the medical center, including the new Ford
Wing and upcoming Cancer
Center, then spoke about the
planned UHS Center near
Susan B. Anthony Halls and
the new Biomedical Engineering and Optics Building
that is nearing completion.
Seligman went on to
discuss the unexpectedly
large freshman class, which
numbers 1,100 as opposed to
the normal 970-990.
“This was not planned,”
he said. “It was definitely a
surprise.” Seligman stressed
that the plan for next year
was to bring the number
of admitted students back
down to the normal number. However, he mentioned
that on a list of 19 private
universities that are similar
to Rochester, all but one,
Brown, has a larger student
body.
Seligman then spoke
about recent advancements
in strategic planning. The
current campus layout has
been used for over sixty
years, and he thinks that
it is time for a change.
SEE MEETING, PAGE 5
COURTESY OF RICHARD BAKER
Students volunteered to act as patients in the MERT
mass casualty drill, held at the Interfaith Chapel.
Mass casualty drill
prepares MERT
BY BONNIE JARRETT
NEWS EDITOR
On Friday the Medical
Emergency Response Team
held their yearly Mass Casualty Incident drill in the
Interfaith Chapel.
“An MCI is defined as an
incident where the number
of resources are not enough
to handle the amount of patients in the incident so we
have to change our tactics
from a normal call to make
sure we can help all that need
to be helped,” MERT Assistant Director for Training
Peter Swanson said.
While MERT does hold
this drill yearly, this was the
first year that the drill included off-campus agencies.
The agencies partaking in
the drill this year included
UR Security, Rural Metro,
Rochester Fire Department
and Rochester Police Department. Rural Metro is the ambulance service which serves
the city of Rochester.
On Friday morning between 50 and 60 volunteers
gathered at the Interfaith
Chapel. They were each given
an index card describing to
them the injury they were to
simulate in the drill.
The emergency call was
then dispatched over the radio to all of the agencies.
“MERT’s response was
normal, security was slow
because there was an event
at the hospital that delayed their response time
and everyone else was
normal,” Swanson said.
SEE MERT, PAGE 5
COURTESY OF RICHARD BAKER
Hillary Clinton and John Spencer squared off in Strong Auditorium last Friday night.
Debate denies students
Students watched on TV as debate was held on campus
BY MATT MAJARIAN
NEWS EDITOR
The first in a series of
debates between candidates
for one of the two U.S. Senate seats for New York State
took place on Friday in
Strong Auditorium, pitting
incumbent Senator Hillary
Clinton against Republican
challenger John Spencer,
former mayor of Yonkers,
N.Y. The debate was sponsored by Time Warner and its
subsidiaries, including New
York City’s NY1 News.
Despite the University’s
hosting of the debate, students were barred from
attending.
The decision to disallow students at the debate
sparked controversy on
campus, as many were left
without explanation for the
choice.
“I’m not sure if the decision was made solely by
NY1, or if Clinton’s or Spencer’s staffs had anything to
do with it, but they were
not flexible,” UR Assistant
Director of Government and
Community Relations Amy
Happ said. “We had asked
to at least extend a few [of
UR’s tickets] to student
representatives, and we
were told that we could not
invite any students.”
Neither campaign went
on record as having made
the decision, according to
their respective representatives.
“Our campaign did not
request that the students
not be there,” Spencer
campaign representative
Rob Ryan said. “We would
have loved for them to have
taken part.”
Clinton’s campaign was
more vague when asked
their opinion of the role of
students in the debate.
“We were thrilled to have
the debate at the University of Rochester,” Clinton
campaign representative
Jennifer Hanley said. “The
University and Time Warner proved to be excellent
hosts and organizers.”
NY1, which had been responsible in part for hosting
and moderating the event,
also controlled the guest list,
according to Happ.
“The school got a certain number of tickets,
Spencer’s staff got a certain number of tickets and
Clinton’s staff also got
some,” Happ said. “There
were also around 130 tickets that NY1 distributed.”
SEE DEBATE, PAGE 4
JASON FREIDMAN • PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
TO THE POINT
Whitney Holmes sings “Higher and Higher” during the Vocal Point a cappella
group’s fall show. The show drew a large crowd to the May Room on Friday night.
BY ANDREW BRUML
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The Board of Trustees
Investment Committee
passed a policy earlier this
month prohibiting direct
investments in companies
identified as supporting
the Sudanese government’s
genocide in Darfur.
“We could not, in good
conscience, continue to
make direct investments in
that country,” UR President
Joel Seligman said.
As a result of this new
policy, UR’s endowment
will not directly invest in
over two dozen companies,
including BAE Systems,
PetroChina, Harbin Power
Equipment Co. Ltd., Mobil
Telecommunications Co.
and Royal Dutch Shell.
UR does not currently
have any other specific
social investment policies
and views the situation in
Sudan as unique since it
was labeled “genocide” by
the United States.
“This is a specific response of the Investment
Committee to the situation
in Sudan,” Seligman said.
“It’s quite a unique situation in which the United
Nations, the President of
the United States, appropriate representatives of the
House and of the Senate
have effectively labeled the
government of Sudan as
sponsoring genocide. It is
not unprecedented, but it is
quite extraordinary.”
The University’s endowment is a source of operating
income, student financial
aid and faculty salaries. UR
employs 80 firms throughout the world to manage
the endowment with oversight from the Investment
Committee of the Board of
Trustees and the UR Office
of Institutional Resources.
As of June 30, 2006, UR’s
endowment was valued at
about $1.5 billion.
UR is now one of many
institutions nation-wide
to adopt a policy barring
investments in companies
linked to the Sudanese
government. Other universities include the University of Southern California,
Brandeis University, Cornell University, Columbia
University, Dartmouth College, Middlebury College
and Princeton University.
California, Maine, Oregon,
New Jersey and a number
of other states are also banning Sudan-related investments from their pension
SEE SUDAN, PAGE 5
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THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
Thursday, October 26, 2006
CAMPUS BRIEFS
CALENDAR
Campus groups join
forces to help voters
THURSDAY
BY CATELYN HALUSIC
STAFF WRITER
Last Tuesday, the Black Students’
Union and the Mu Sigma Chapter
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
held a forum on the current national
election issues in Morey Hall.
The discussion was centered on
the main issues of this year’s election and students were allowed to
participate and express their views
on these topics, as well as learn
about the political platforms of
each party.
“The main issues that we focused
on were the war on terrorism,
homeland security, gay marriage, immigration and the role of faith in the
government,” BSU President and
Students’ Association Vice President
Marquis Harrison said.
The forum is part of a series of
events called “Raise Your Voice!
A Voteless People is a Hopeless
People,” which is meant to raise
voter awareness.
The first event was a lecture
given on Oct. 10 by Professor Gerald
Gamm titled “How Your Government Works,” and was followed up
by a daily voter registration drive
held in Wilson Commons that ended
on Oct. 13.
On Oct. 14, members of BSU went
to the Rochester Public Market to
sign people up to vote. Nearly 75
people were signed up to vote over
the course of the numerous events.
Today, a student debate will be
held between representatives of
the UR College Democrats and the
Rochester Institute of Technology’s
College Republicans at 8 p.m. in
Morey Hall.
The two groups will wrap up their
voter initiative programs with a
panel regarding the value of young
people’s role in politics on Nov. 2 at
7 p.m. in the Hawkins-Carlson Room
of Rush Rhees Library. Panelists will
include Rochester City Councilman
Adam McFadden and City School
Board Vice President Malik Evans
’02, among others.
Halusic is a member of
the class of 2010.
Dining Services starts
new food initiatives
DAVID FALCONIERI • STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Dropkick Murphys played to a packed Palestra on Friday.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
•Spring Registration will
begin on Monday, Nov. 6th and
continuing through Nov. 9th. The
Spring Schedule of Classes became
available to students on Monday
and is in the Lattimore Lobby.
• The Southside Market,
located on the ground floor of de
Kiewiet Tower is now open. Market hours are Monday-Thursday, 7
a.m. - 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.,
Friday, 7 a.m. - 10 a.m. and Sunday,
7 p.m. - 11 p.m.
•Blue light phones are now
available for emergency use in
the academic quad tunnels. These
phones provide a direct emergency connection to UR Security
Services.
To submit, please email
[email protected]
Deadline is Tuesday at 5 p.m.
BY CATELYN HALUSIC
STAFF WRITER
The Southside Market, a new convenience store located in de Kiewiet
Tower, opened on Friday.
“We have already received a lot of
positive feedback about the idea for
this store,” Director of Dining and
Auxiliary Operations Cam Shauf
said. “We think that the students who
live out in Valentine and de Kiewiet
will enjoy the convenience.”
The store officially opened on
Monday at 7 a.m., and the hours
are as follows: Monday-Thursday
7 a.m.-10 a.m. and 7 p.m.-11 p.m.;
Friday 7 a.m.-10 a.m.; and Sunday
7 p.m.-11 p.m.
The new convenience store is
modeled after the Corner Store on
campus, only slightly bigger. An
added perk is that coffee will be
available during all hours of operation, provided by the Women’s Coffee
Connection.
“The new convenience store was
awesome,” sophomore and Valentine
resident Novall Khan said. “Not
only was it more stocked than the
Corner Store, you could get bagels
and coffee there.”
Also on Friday, UR hosted its first
Sustainability Farmers Market in
Dandelion Square from 3 p.m. to 6
p.m. in order to raise consciousness
of the benefits of buying local produce
and show the critical role of universities in the progress toward sustainable agricultural practices.
Freshlink Farms in Penfield
and East Hill Organic Farm in
Middlesex provided the organic
and locally grown produce, such as
apples, greens, corn, squash and
pumpkins.
The event was organized by
Engineers for a Sustainable World,
Foodlink and Campus Dining
Services.
Live music and information were
provided by both community and
campus groups, such as UR Fair
Trade Campaign, Grassroots and
Students for Social Justice.
Halusic is a member of
the class of 2010.
SECURITY UPDATE
Rumble in the ‘Jungle’ ends in outdoor fight
BY MATT MAJARIAN
NEWS EDITOR
UR Security officers responded
to the Sigma Chi House after
reports of a fight in progress at 2
a.m. on Sunday after their “Jungle
Party,” according to UR Security
Investigator Dan Lafferty.
Investigation revealed that an
unknown person had been urinating on the back of the house when
confronted by a ΣΧ brother.
The suspect was found to have
been creating a disturbance in the
house earlier in the night.
When confronted, the suspect
became physically aggressive and
punched a ΣΧ brother in the face.
Other ΣΧ brothers stopped the
altercation and UR Security advised two non-UR affiliated visitors
to leave the house.
The student punched by the
suspect reported no injury and
declined to file a police report, according to Lafferty.
T
wo 15-year-old non-UR affiliated visitors were reported to
be skateboarding dangerously near
Wilson Commons on Saturday, according to Lafferty.
UR Security was summoned and
found the two in the area near
Hutchison Hall, where they were
identified.
One was found to have a preexisting ban from University property,
and as such the Rochester Police
Department was summoned.
Both skateboarders were warned
against such behavior and were
advised by UR Security and the
RPD to leave the property.
T
he Rochester Fire Department
responded to an alarm in the
Frederick Douglass Building on
Saturday at 9 p.m, according to
UR Security.
Investigation of the scene revealed that a fog machine was being
utilized by students at an event
being held in the building.
The event’s coordinators had
not received prior approval from
the Fire Marshal’s Office, and as
such no one was initially aware of
the cause for the alarm.
The machine was shut down
after the arrival of the RFD, and
firefighters gave approval to reenter the building.
S
tudents living in a first-floor
suite in Chambers House
reported ongoing thefts of food,
clothing, and jewelery from their
individual rooms
The thefts have occurred since
September, according to Lafferty.
After the first incident of theft,
the students locked their outer
door, however they continued to
leave their individual doors unlocked.
The case is currently being
reviewed by UR Security, but no
police report has been filed.
S
ometime between 1 and 4 a.m.
on Saturday, October 14, an
unidentified suspect entered a
room in the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House and stole an iPod
speaker dock.
The room had been left closed but
not locked, according to Lafferty.
The student from which the dock
was stolen was not in his room at
the time, and has not since filed a
police report.
Information provided
by UR Security.
Majarian is a member of
the class of 2008.
OCTOBER 26
PUMPKIN CARVING
Caramel apples and pumpkin carving
will be in Hirst Lounge in Wilson
Commons at 12 p.m.
PARTY FOR A CURE
Busses to the over/under costume party
at the keg will loop ITS from 10 a.m. to
2 a.m. Proceeds will be donated
to the Stem Cell Research Foundation.
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 27
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
A symposium on inter-departmental
initiatives and an inaugural cereomly will
mark the investiture of Peter Lennie
as Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences
and Engineering at UR. The symposium is
at 2 p.m. in the Hawkins Carlson Room,
and the Investiture Ceremony is at
4 p.m. in Strong Auditorium.
FEAR AT FRONTIER
Tour the haunted houses at
Frontier Field. Busses will loop ITS from
7:30 p.m. until midnight. Tickets
are $5 at the Common Market.
40 OZ. TO FREEDOM
Party with the Sublime Tribute
Band in the Community Living Center
from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Hosted by
Sigma Nu Fraternity.
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 28
FLIP CUP TOURNAMENT
International Living Center will host the
tournaments in Hearst Lounge at 4 p.m.
$2 per person or $10 per team of five.
THE DESCENT
The movie will be playing in Hoyt
Auditorium at 7 p.m., 9:15 p.m. and
11:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 for Undergrads,
$3 for all others.
SUNDAY
OCTOBER 29
BLUE MASS
Catholic Newman Community, Sigma Chi
Fraternity and The College Office of the
Dean of Students will be holding a
non-denominational service at the
Interfaith Chapel at 10:30 a.m. The service will
recognize the valuable services the
Medical Emergency Response Team, Security
Services and the Fire Marshal’s Office
provides to the community.
MONDAY
OCTOBER 30
COSTUME CONTEST
The Halloween costume contest
will be taking place in the Danforth Dining
Center from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
OCTOBER 31
AWARENESS LUNCHEON
The Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon
will be held in the Meliora Restaurant
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
SCARE FAIR
Towers Tours, Stalk Stalk scavenger hunt,
costume contest and entertainment are
in Rush Rhees from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
PATCH ADAMS
Hunter “Patch” Adams will be speaking
as part of the Neilly Series at 7 p.m.
in Hubbell Auditorium.
WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 1
FRANCE ON FIRE
“Ten years of hip-hop,” a talk by Fairmont
State University Assistant Professor and
UR Alumna Erin Hippolyte will take place
in the Hawkins Carlson Room at 4 p.m.
Please email calendar submissions to
[email protected].
NEWS
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Page 3
Diversity plan detailed Dining discusses future plans
BY SARA MYERS
STAFF WRITER
University President Joel Seligman recently adopted a proposal that
aims to increase faculty diversity.
Seligman is moving ahead with a
series of recommendations with the
goal of providing opportunities for
underrepresented candidates to gain
positions with the University.
“I adopted all 31 recommendations because I believe they are
feasible,” Seligman said.
The most important thing for
those involved with the project is to
afford greater opportunities to minorities and women to become professors, and then to retain them.
“Our student body is increasingly
diverse, and their expectation when
they walk into the classroom is to see
more diversity,” Deputy to the President and Chair of the Task Force on
Faculty Diversity and Inclusiveness
Lynne Davidson said.
Attracting a more diverse faculty
will help increase the diversity of the
student body.
“If we have a more diverse faculty,
then we will attract a more diverse
applicant pool,” Students’ Association Senate President Alexander
Pearlman said. “We need to get the
professors here, and then hopefully
the students will follow.”
The Task Force on Faculty Diversity and Inclusiveness, which was
appointed by Seligman in February
2006, developed 31 recommendations included in a report that Seligman accepted this past week. These
recommendations can be divided into
four categories.
The first set of recommendations
is to coordinate efforts University-wide, while still allowing for
individual departments to retain
their own policies. “The first set is
really a set of proposals that needs
more or less a central coordination,”
Davidson said.
The functioning of the Special
Opportunities Fund is covered in
the next set of recommendations.
This is an important inclusion
within the proposal as it provides
the necessary funds for increasing
faculty diversity.
The next point in the proposal is
making policy changes to the faculty handbook. The report proposed
changes to the rules governing faculty employment, and if those rules
get approved, they will appear in
their new form in the handbook.
The fourth section of the report
refers to the best practices in hiring and retaining faculty. In a sense
these guidelines are applicable to all
faculty, not just underrepresented
minorities and women. These proposals address faculty development,
such as providing mentoring and
teaching skills.
Many students share the ideals of
the proposal as well. “We need more
diversity of thought, we want people
who bring new ideas and cultures to
our College community,” Pearlman
said. “We want people who can share
their experiences and enrich other
people’s lives.”
Members of the team have high
hopes for the outcome of the project.
“I believe that being the most inclusive faculty we can be will provide
benefits to all in our University in
terms of being the most outstanding faculty we can be in preparing
our students for an increasingly
competitive multicultural world,”
Seligman said.
Much research went into this project. While the proposal is revolutionary for UR, it has been achieved at
other universities across the nation.
“A lot of what we’ve recommended
here are things universities are already doing,” Davidson said.
Members of the task force traveled
to other schools and invited speakers
to the University to discuss the steps
they had taken to increase diversity.
Other steps included online research
and reading academic literature on
the representation of women and
minorities and the bias they face in
academia.
The numbers prove that something
needs to be done to increase the diversity of our faculty. As reported in 2006
by the Office of Human Resources,
of current professors, assistant professors and associate professors, 93
are Asian, 19 black, 11 Hispanic, 0
American Indian, 1,010 white and 155
did not specify. This means that just
2.3 percent of University professors,
as indicated by the human resources
data, are of an underrepresented
minority group.
These numbers are most likely
low, since many in the nonspecified
category may belong to an underrepresented minority group, and in the
past those who did not specify were
entered into the system as white.
Numbers of women professors,
assistant professors or associate
professors was also reported by the
Human Resources Office. Just 28.4
percent of these people are women,
varying greatly within schools from
a high of 94.1 percent in the School
of Nursing, to a low of 9.3 percent in
the School of Engineering.
The task force has solid goals in
mind to achieve the sought after
diversification of faculty. The plan
will be set in action beginning Jan.
1, when Lynne Davidson becomes
Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity.
“I have asked Lynne Davidson,
who will be heading the University
plan, to draft an operations plan for
the first 18 months during which I
anticipate there will be progress on
most or all of the recommendations,”
Seligman said.
This is a highly visible project,
with Davidson answering directly
to the University President and
Provost.
“It’s all about being the best University we can be,” Davidson said.
Myers is a member of
the class of 2009.
BY BONNIE JARRETT
NEWS EDITOR
For this year’s second Town Hall
Meeting on Oct. 18, director of Dining
and Auxiliary Services Cam Schauf
gave a presentation on the future of
dining in Wilson Commons. In this
meeting he discussed the goals of
campus dining, what has already been
done this year to promote those goals
and potential plans for the future.
“It is a lot easier if you paint a
picture for people of what you see
the future looking like,” Schauf
said. “People can see it and say ‘yeah
that makes sense’ or ‘that makes
sense but can we go this direction
instead’ we really thought we need
to make these things come alive,
and that’s where this presentation
comes from.”
The plans laid out included ideas
for the three major dining halls,
Danforth Dining Center, Douglass
Dining Center and the Pit.
In Danforth, plans include changing seating arrangements and making it more comfortable. There are
also ideas to repaint the room and
improve the lighting to make it less
dark and more home-like. Lastly,
there are plans for implementing
continuous service and creating a
take-out option for the fall of 2007.
Douglass is to be replaced by a
“multi-concept marketplace.” This
market will include an Italian Market
with brick oven pizza and pasta, a
Farmer’s Market featuring local
produce, a Boar’s Head Deli, made
to order salads, home meal replacements, a hot and cold bar, grab and
go items, a grocery section and kosher
items. This market will replace the
ALEX MOELLER • SPORTS EDITOR
The Southside Market is a new addition to the Southside Living Center.
coffee on this campus,” sophomore
corner store as well.
Many of the features currently Chris Olsen said. “Plus, I really like
found in Douglass will be moved the Mel Express and I don’t want to
see that replaced.”
to the Pit.
However, some students are exThe plans to improve the facilities
begin with the renovation of Danforth cited about Starbucks.
and then the simultaneous changing
“I’m so excited, I work at a Starover of the Pit and Douglass.
bucks at home, I love working there
“If we refresh the dining room so and I think they are a great addition
it is homier and more relaxing in to our campus,” sophomore Katie
Danforth, we can then concentrate on Koeblitz said.
doing total renovation of Wilson and
So far, this presentation has been
Douglass,” Schauf said. “We can’t do given about six times to students
one without the other, we have to do and administration close to the
it at the same time.”
student body. Dining services wants
There was also a plan laid out for to continue to get feedback from
a Starbucks to move into the Hive students as they move along with
where the Club Express currently is. their plans.
According to Schauf, the Starbucks
“We want the process to be really
business plan is the only plan near open so we don’t miss anything,”
completion.
Schauf said. “If we make the plan on
Student reaction to the changes our own we’ll miss stuff – the more
was positive overall, however some input we get the more buy-in we’ll get
students did voice concerns about and the less stuff we’ll miss.”
Starbucks moving into the Hive.
Jarrett is a member of
“I really don’t think we need more
the class of 2009.
The Warner School
Graduate Programs
in Education and
Human Development
University of Rochester
Presentation on the Warner School Offerings
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
5:30 p.m.
Hawkins-Carlson Room
First floor, Rush-Rhees Library
The Warner School offers programs in:
Teacher Preparation (preK-12)
Counseling
Human Development
School Administration
Higher Education
Educational Policy and Theory
Part-time, full-time and non-matriculated study available.
Grants and scholarships available to qualified applicants.
We hope you can attend this event. If you are unable to attend, or if you have
additional questions related to the application process, the programs, career paths, or
general questions about the Warner School we would be happy to meet with you at
your convenience.
Please RSVP to:
Warner School Admissions Office
585-275-3950
[email protected]
We believe you can change the world…
NEWS
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
URos ready to launch
BY ANDREA POMARANSKI
STAFF WRITER
This November, UR will launch
the URos program. A revamped
version of the accounts formerly
known to students as Flex, URos
will be valid for purchases made
off-campus at participating retailers.
The area retailers that are currently contracted to participate in
the URos program are Pellegrino’s,
The Distillery, Center Stage Cafe,
Mount Hope Diner, Quizno’s, Aja
Noodle and Subway.
Subway is the most recent addition to the lineup of participating
businesses, the rest of which were
presented to students earlier this
fall in a Town Hall Meeting led by
Cam Schauf, Director of Auxiliary
Operations at the University.
The program is projected to start
in mid-November, once the retailers working with the University
are equipped to handle the card
technology. Card readers will be
made available to students at each
participating location.
This past spring, students were
polled in a survey through the Hive
Web site to choose area businesses
that they’d like to see involved
in a Flex off-campus program.
There were 47 businesses that
received one or more votes on the
survey. The businesses that were
approached to participate received
at least 10 percent of the total number of votes, roughly 35 votes.
While some area businesses declined initial involvement, others
are still in talks to participate in
the URos program, including top
vote-getter CVS Pharmacy and
coffee retailer Starbucks, which
received 114 votes.
“There are several businesses
that are a part of larger corporations, so the decisionmaking process takes a bit longer. Starbucks
and CVS are in that category,”
Schauf said.
By the projected start date or
shortly thereafter, a total of ten
to 12 businesses will be signed up
to participate. The final number
depends on the outcome of the
outstanding invitations extended
to area businesses and will likely
be capped at that point.
“We are not going to expand the
program right away,” Schauf said.
“We don’t want to spread ourselves
too thin, it would not be fair to the
businesses involved.”
The current Flex accounts are
available for non-dining related
uses in retail areas on campus,
including the bookstore, the Common Market and computer sales.
The financial incentive for participating businesses is the base
of money that is already being
put into the Flex accounts. It is
anticipated that adding functionality will increase the amount of
money that students add to the
accounts.
The off-campus functionality
of the new URos account does
not extend to the club meals and
declining dollars that are a part of
students’ meal plans.
“Meal plans are tax-free. Declining dollars, as a part of the meal
plan, are tax free dollars,” Schauf
said. “New York State tax law
mandates that these funds may
only be applied to meals prepared
on campus.”
The plan to bring Flex accounts
off-campus evolved from the need
for incentives to bring students
into the greater Rochester community, as well as provide more
options for students to use the
funds to which they already have
access.
The change of name from Flex to
URos was debated in the Student’s
Association Senate. The change
of name allowed for the incorporation of a University-specific
identity.
“Flex stands for ‘flexible spending dollars,’ but if ‘Flex’ goes off
campus then it doesn’t scream
‘University of Rochester!’” SA
President Alexander Pearlman
said. “For example, RIT has TigerBucks because their mascot is the
tiger. If we are going to roll out a
brand new program, then we had
a perfect opportunity to change
things around.”
The initiative has been largely
student-oriented, originating
from the plans of SA Senators
who worked closely with Schauf
last spring.
“I think that one of the most
exciting parts of this program is
that students have been very involved in what this program looks
like,” Schauf said. “Now we look
forward to getting the students
out and able to utilize it.”
Pomaranski is a member of
the class of 2010.
COURTESY OF RICHARD BAKER
Incumbent Democrat Hillary Clinton and challenger John Spencer discuss issues during their debate.
Debate: “Not considered a student event”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Representatives of NY1 were clear
in their explanation for the distribution of the tickets.
“The people who were invited to
the debate were political officials
from across the state,” NY1 News
representative Larry Rochman said.
“We also allowed the campaigns to
invite their own supporters. It was
not considered a student event,
and that is why students were not
invited. That decision was made
by NY1.”
UR President Joel Seligman
spoke to the audience before the
debate, emphasizing the role of colleges in the political process.
“The University believes in the
importance of debate and in the
importance of rigorous discussion,”
Seligman said. “Perhaps in no aspect of civil life is it more important
than in electoral politics. We’re
delighted that this has come to the
University of Rochester.”
Seligman, however, did not stay
in Strong to watch the debate,
rather moving to The Hive in
Wilson Commons to watch the
debate on television with Political
Science professors Gerald Gamm
and Richard Fenno and members
of the student body.
“What I understood was that the
organizers of the debate did not
want students present,” Seligman
said. “I encouraged [UR director
of public relations Bill Murphy] to
go back and say ‘we are an educational institution, we want students
there.’ I did get a chance to meet
the two candidates, and I told them
that I was going to be watching the
debate with students. They both
seemed delighted that students
would be watching.”
Student reaction to the debate
was mixed. However, many were
disappointed at their inability to attend a pivotal event in state politics,
which have particular relevance at
UR, where many undergraduate
students are New Yorkers. The
last four incoming UR classes
have ranged from 47 to 50 percent
in-state.
“I would have liked to have been
able to see the debate in person,”
sophomore and New York resident
Rachel Shapiro said.
The debate was moderated by
NY1 senior political reporter Dominic Carter and featured a panel of
media members from across the
state asking questions of the candidates involving such issues as
the war in Iraq, immigration policy
and the US stance with regard to
North Korea.
Perhaps the most contentious
issue, however, was Clinton’s possible candidacy for President in
2008. Clinton insisted throughout
the debate that she was committed
to her Senate seat, but would not
deny a possible run for President,
even when asked directly.
In his opening statement, Spencer
went on the attack. “I believe that
I’m the only one standing on this
platform who wants to be a United
States Senator for New York for the
next six years,” Spencer said. “You
all know what Senator Clinton’s
aspirations are, and that takes away
from New Yorkers.”
Clinton, despite not denying
having considered a Presidential
run, emphasized her commitment
to New York.
“As I’ve said many times before,
I am focused on this election,”
Clinton said. “I am focused on my
work in the Senate.”
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released last Thursday,
Clinton currently leads Spencer 65
percent to 30 percent among likely
New York State voters.
Majarian is a member of
the class of 2008.
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MERT: Drill simulates casualties for practice Meeting: Seligman speaks
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
When the drill began, there were
some initial problems with communication between the different agencies. Still, everyone in the Chapel
was saved within one hour.
“Part of the purpose of the drill
was to build a better relationship
with all of the agencies,” Swanson
said. “We also did this to see how
communication works between all
the agencies.”
MERT will be taking steps to
fix communication problems they
observed during the drill.
“I think it was successful because
all the outside agencies were able to
get the job done,” Director of Operations Daniel Nassau said. “But,
it also helped us to recognize the
things we need to improve on. We
will all be working together in the
near future to patch up those holes
and better serve the campus.”
Jarrett is a member of
the class of 2009.
Some students simulated dead bodies during the MERT drill.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
funds, according to the Sudan
Divestment Task Force.
“The University became aware
that many peer institutions
have concluded that they should
no longer invest in companies
connected to the governmentsponsored genocide in Sudan,”
Senior Vice President for Institutional Resources Doug Phillips
said. “After conducting our own
review, it became clear that the
situation in Sudan was a unique
and especially troubling case
and required the unusual step
of approaching the Investment
Committee to suggest a policy
against investing in companies
connected to Sudan.”
According to Phillips, the list
was compiled by UR’s Office of
Institutional Resources after
reviewing several publicly available lists.
“We erred on the side of caution by including more companies
because not every list was exactly
the same,” he said. “We think it’s
comprehensive.”
According to both Phillips and
Seligman, there was no student
pressure to implement the new
policy.
“I am sure students care about
the situation in Sudan,” Seligman said.
Phillips credits Seligman with
initiating the new policy.
“President Seligman asked me
to look at this issue, and when I
looked at it, it was clear that we
were in the minority that had not
taken action,” Philips said.
The policy applies to direct
holdings, where UR controls the
activities of investment managers. For indirect holdings such
as mutual funds, hedge funds,
buy-out funds or private equity
COURTESY OF RICHARD BAKER
Sudan: UR cuts Darfur-linked investments
funds where UR does not control
the underlying entities, managers
are discouraged from purchasing
or holding those securities, according to Phillips.
UR plans to keep this policy in
place as long as the genocide continues. Investment officers in the
Office of Institutional Resources
will periodically review the list to
ensure that it is current.
While UR does not disclose its
list of endowment holdings to
maintain competitiveness, it will
disclose whether or not a specific
company is held upon request.
A complete list of companies
identified by UR as supporting the
Sudanese government’s genocide
and therefore barred from direct
investment by UR is available at
http://www.rochester.edu/endowment/sudan_policy.html.
Bruml is a member of
the class of 2008.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
The University has hired a firm to
design a new plan.
“We are very fortunate in being
more land-rich than many universities,” he said. He finished his
prepared remarks by mentioning
how proud he is of UR’s connection
with the community.
“Rochester is in the middle of
making a shift from a manufacturing economy to a knowledge-based
one,” he said. He said that the
University, as the city’s largest
employer, will play a big part in the
future of Rochester’s economy.
The first question posed to Seligman was from a student concerned
about the 6% increase of tuition and
room and board since last year, and
where that money goes. Seligman
stressed that all of the money from
tuition goes to The College. 52% of
The College budget derives from
tuition, and much of the increasing
cost of tuition goes to personnel,
libraries and laboratories. He also
pointed out that the University has
a certain standard to maintain.
“We could do things a lot less
expensively, but you wouldn’t want
it like that,” he said, addressing
the students. He also stressed that
the average student receives a 40%
tuition remission.
The next question regarded
Seligman’s plan for technology
commercialization. The student
was referring to the fact that the
university can receive royalties for
patents that are developed within
their walls. Seligman said that although UR currently receives over
thirty million dollars a year from
patents, most of that money comes
from two patents that are about
to expire. However, he pointed
out that he already appointed a
committee to deal with this, and
the committee was in the act of
submitting their report. He also
stressed that he was “not trying
to turn the university into a commercial exercise.”
Seligman then fielded a question
about the new UHS building. He
said that the building’s projected
cost had inflated from $4 million to
over $20 million as other renovations were included in the budget,
but they were eventually dropped
and a slightly more expensive UHS
building was agreed upon.
Another student asked about
what the administration was doing
to improve independent student
enterprise. “We are trying to stress
becoming as entrepreneurial as
possible,” he said. He pointed out
that student enterprises tend to
be small but incredibly important,
and he mentioned a story about a
student at Michigan whose small
business investment in college
jumpstarted his career.
A student brought up the
possibility of having a student
representative on the Board of
Trustees. Seligman recognized
that the initiative has worked at
other schools, but that the Board
is currently caught up in other
matters and would bring that into
consideration later.
Next, he fielded a question
about the Ghandian University,
an anti-war organization, moving
to Rochester.
“It would be a wonderful thing
to have here,” he said, before deferring to Richard Feldman.
“Negotiations have been moving
along,” Mr. Feldman said. “I am
very optimistic.”
The last question regarded the
interaction between the different
schools of the college. Seligman
said that it is important for the
schools to work together to solve
problems.
“Interdisciplinary activity is
likely to increase over time,” he
said.
Seligman finished with a story
about his Berkeley days in the
height of the Vietnam War, when
the protests got to such a point
that the military had to occupy
the entire campus. He said he was
happy that he could hold a quiet
meeting.
“Let’s keep the conversation
going,” Seligman said.
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the class of 2010.
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BONNIE JARRETT • AUDREY RICKETTS
A Starbucks is born
Last Wednesday, in a filled Gowen Room, Dining Services proved
yet again how firmly they have their thumb placed on the pulse
of the student body. Director of Dining and Auxiliary Services
Cam Schauf presented his ideas on how to develop the different
aspects of dining on the River Campus, from major construction
projects to the installment of a Starbucks in the Hive.
Starbucks is a very popular company that provides a large
variety of options for coffee, tea and food. Having a Starbucks
would provide UR students with a very special kind of employment as well — one that is transferable to any other Starbucks
in the country.
In addition, Starbucks will double the number of name brands
on campus — to two, along with Blimpie’s. So while the fair
trade concern addressed by several students at the meeting is a
real one that Dining Services does take very seriously, it is only
reasonable to provide students with options to choose from, even
if that means including non-fair trade options.
However, while this plan is still in the thought process, there
are issues that need to be addressed before moving forward. For
instance, the Meliora Express will cease to exist, and though
there are plans to bring it back somewhere else far down the
line, this cut is still a big mistake. Students would lose an entire
food option, and the long lines and wait times that students
endure in the Pit will only be exacerbated.
And speaking of our dark abyss of greasy delights, what changes
are going to be brought to the Pit? Will walls be knocked down
to make more room? Will line length be curtailed in any way?
Will anyone serve the pasta shells that the Meliora Express
made so well?
While we welcome Starbucks, the overcrowding issue needs to
be addressed now as well. Wilson Commons is undoubtedly the
culinary epicenter of the River Campus, and we just hope that
Dining Services understands how far the problems reach.
The Sudan plan
In a true testament to the University’s ethic and moral standards, the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee decided last
month that the University’s endowment will not include dollars
from investments in companies that support Sudan’s genocide
in Darfur. This sent a positive message to Rochester students
who constantly complain about the UR bubble they are living in,
where the outside world has no effect on their quality of living.
This move brought the conflict in Sudan closer to home.
While the University is forgoing potentially lucrative investments in one of the world’s fastest growing economies, the
true value of the decision came in the example that it set for
students. With tuition always on the
rise, the UR administration is often
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seen as swindling students out of our
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money. Instead, this was a refreshing
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reminder that this money is being
handled responsibly in a socially conscious manner.
The Sudanese government has shut its doors to UN peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts while receiving Chinese, British
and Dutch companies and investors with open arms. They join
the oil tycoons, warlords and corrupt government officials that
ravenously profit from the country’s natural resources at the
expense of its citizens. The University, thankfully, will not be
included on that list.
Although this decision will likely have only a small effect on
the conflict that has already created 200,000 casualties and 2.5
million refugees since its inception, the gesture is educational.
For students living 6,000 miles away, where relation to the
conflict can disappear with the change of a channel, the impact
that our dollars could have in Sudan is often overlooked.
We hope that the student body will follow the University’s
leaders in displaying dismay for one of the most ignored international atrocities of our generation.
Once again, we have joined the country’s top institutions in
combining academic and economic strength to take a stand and
generate international reaction.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
A new ’do for page two
During last week, while the
student body was mourning the
lack of a fresh, new Campus Times,
the news section was hard at work
drawing up a new page two — it was
outdated and inefficient for many
reasons — most importantly, there
were very few things taking up a
lot of room. The masthead, which
lists all the people who commit their
Wednesday nights — or their lives
— to the CT took over the entire
left side, and the weather was up
top just below a quote from some
article farther inside the paper.
My co-editor Matt and I got to
take a good look at how page two is
used by our readership. We found
that it is often the most read page
in the paper, in large part due to
the Campus Briefs and the Security
Update. So, drawing on what people
like to read — short, informational
pieces — we decided to make page
two a place to easily access lots of
different information.
This information no longer
includes the weather — I’m sorry
to those of you who look to the
CT every morning in search of
the daily forecast. However, in
its place we have added two new
features: the calendar and the announcements.
BONNIE
JARRETT
•
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EDITOR
The calendar is a combination
of a news and events calendar and
the already-existing arts and entertainment calendar formerly found
in the A&E section. In the new
calendar, students can easily access
information about the upcoming
week’s performances, lectures,
deadlines and other events relating
to student life.
The announcements section is
a place for all of the different departments on campus to be able to
communicate with students. In this
place will be announcements from
Dining about changes to service
hours or from Parking reminding
students about days they won’t be
checking meters or from Security
about service changes. The main
difference between the calendar
and the announcements is the
calendar is for a one-day, one-time
event, while announcements don’t
have much of a start or an end.
We have, of course, kept the Cam-
pus Briefs and the Security Update
but now place them differently on
the page with different titles. The
Security Update no longer has new
headlines for every item in the update, instead there are dropcaps to
signify where a new entry begins.
The masthead has also been redesigned to be more stylish and yet
leave us with more space.
With the addition of these two
sections it is our hope that we can
consolidate all of the different happenings on campus into one easily
read reference page. However, it is
impossible for us to know everything about every single event on
campus — we need help to be as
informative as possible. As a result
we have set up two email addresses,
[email protected] and
announcements@campustimes.
org. Please use these emails to
notify us and update us on any
information you would like to see
printed on page two.
While we can’t promise to
publish everything sent in, only
through a partnership with the
different organizations on campus can we thoroughly serve our
readership.
Jarrett is a member of
the class of 2009.
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
Tricked without a treat
As October takes a bow to November, everyone’s favorite spooky
time of the year returns. Costumes
abound, little children are given
sweets to indulge upon and, everywhere, people are scared.
Yes, midterm elections are almost here — and they’re far scarier
than Halloween could ever be.
These two special days, however,
are remarkably similar. The masks
that our politicians wear are coming off — the likes of Marc Foley,
Dennis Hastert and George Allen
have all been exposed for what they
really are. Suddenly, the candy that
we thought was so great is losing
its taste. Those promises we keep
hearing have indeed been stripped
of their flavor.
And yes, we are all scared.
Yet of all the election atrocities
that have occurred this year, the
one that occurred Tuesday has
stepped into the lead — above
“Macaca,” above would-be little
boy touchers and above the Speaker
who tried to protect the would-be
little boy touchers.
You may not have followed the
activities of Michael J. Fox much
after his departure from “Spin
City,” but others have. If you have
ROSS
BRENNEMAN
•
OPINIONS
EDITOR
not yet heard, the right-wing MVP
— the Most Viciously Pompous
Rush Limbaugh, recently blasted
Fox for an ad in which Fox was
shaking very visibly due to his
Parkinson’s Disease. Fox has been
a very vocal advocate of stem cell
research and a staunch Democratic
supporter. According to the Boston
Herald, “Limbaugh claimed that
Fox was ‘either off his medication
or acting’ during the ad. Limbaugh
also imitated the trembling Fox,
which was captured by the studio’s
Web cam.”
It brings back the days of Bill
Frist giving his professional medical opinion on how Terry Schiavo
was still doing super (hey, anyone remember that whole Terry
Schiavo thing?). How badly does
one want the Republicans to win
that they will resort to viciously
mocking the man who has done
more for Parkinson’s Disease than
anyone I can ever remember?
We have officially obtained a new
low in election cycles. I pray to God
that no children are being exposed
to this dialogue, either. Otherwise,
who knows? Little Timmy might
start distracting the local ADHDafflicted neighbors with bright,
shiny objects just so he can laugh
at them. Don’t get me wrong — it’s
really fun to do that — but it’s also
obscenely juvenile and irresponsible (and no, I do not get my kicks
going around distracting kids with
nickels and pocket watches).
To some extent, I am almost glad
Limbaugh is such a terrible human
being, along with select political actors — it inspires me, as it should
inspire you, to do something with
my life that will help fix our system.
I believe in fighting for change like
that. I think it’s something Fox
believes in. And his life’s work has
shown that it’s not a fruitless effort.
As the great Samwise Gangee once
said: “In the end, it’s only a passing
thing, this shadow. Even darkness
must pass. A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it will
shine out the clearer.”
Brenneman is a member of
the class of 2009.
JOSH HATCHER
CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATOR
OPINIONS
Thursday, October 26, 2006
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“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” —Mark Twain
Male chauvinism has a secret source: it’s women
BY JAMIE FRANK
People have been doing a lot of talking
about sexism in light of elections coming up
where people have said this or that candidate
is sexist or that a comment someone made
was sexist. So, when I ask people what they
mean by sexist, for the most part they define
it as “the patriarchy stereotyping women and
holding them back.” Fine — patriarchy, at
some points, holds people back. I get it.
But something new is happening. I feel,
as hard as the genders have fought to gain
equality, sometimes we’re our own worst
enemy. We fight so hard against discrimination by The Man — and yet, we put each
other down.
Girls say things about other girls that
would be unacceptable for a guy to say
about a girl. Girls criticize each other on
things that a lot of guys don’t even notice
— hair, weight, clothes, sexual practices and
groups they belong to. How can one rant
about men objectifying women when one
may have done that very same thing within
the past week?
At a Women’s Caucus meeting a few weeks
ago, everyone randomly picked a stereotype
out of a hat. For the extent of the exercise,
each person was supposed to act like her
stereotype. Some stereotypes that were
included were “you are a slut,” “you are
a militant feminist,” “you are a sorority
girl” and “you are a player” (that was the
stereotype I picked).
While everyone got a good laugh out of
this, we realized later that maybe it was not
so funny.
The truth
of the matter is that
the stereotypes do
come from
s o m e where —
we do not
just make
them up
ourselves.
And we
can blame
the media all we
want, but
I feel we all help reinforce these stereotypes.
How can we correct people who say that
girls are catty if we just helped them think
so by saying the girl sitting with that cute
boy is ugly?
Who knows? Maybe it’s just a self-fulfill-
ing prophecy. For instance, I am a girl and
I’m not expected to lift the heaviest things,
so I don’t try to. Am I then reinforcing the
stereotype that girls are not strong? Maybe I
could carry the box and maybe I could not.
So, maybe that girl you labeled as mean is
actually quite nice, but since you decided she
was mean, she then treated you as such. This
could work
for all the
stereotypes.
(Although
if someone
asks if it
hurt when
you fell
from heaven as “Jamie
the Player”
did in the
exercise,
he might
be a player.
Although,
I implore
ARLO BERLETIC
you not to
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judge him as
such from that line — instead, perhaps just
giggle at him.)
It would be very easy for me to say that
no one should judge anyone and to instead
draw an opinion about them due to their
character. It would also be even easier to
write everyone off as being more than my
first impression of them. Maybe both are
equally improbable. But, I really feel that
for anyone to make any progress in ending
sexism, perhaps we could just be kinder to
each other.
I’m beginning to feel that sexism is no
longer a fear of the “other,” so much as a
fear of ourselves. Why are some girls so
threatened by other girls that they have
to resort to name calling and degradation?
What is it about her that scares you so much?
Despite age, looks, social crowd, hometown
and political views, I doubt she’s that different from you. So maybe you could try to
like her first.
Compared to some women in other nations,
American women have it pretty good. We
have the right to vote, have a lot of luxuries
and do not live in constant danger of being
the victim of a crime. Yet we accuse these
countries and their leaders, our leaders
and other men of being sexist, all the while
reinforcing their stereotypes.
Let us, before degrading men into chauvinists, take a look at our own chauvinistic
behavior. Let us just stop hating each other
and end the sexism coming from and going
toward one’s own sex.
Frank is a member of
the class of 2009.
BY ERIC SANSKY
During the debate between Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her challenger John
Spencer at UR last Friday, something odd
seemed to be happening. Aside from that
small matter of students being disenfranchised by not being allowed into the debate
— and the fact that the school was willing to
sell its students out for TV time — I noticed
something even more troubling.
Hillary Clinton — widely-known to be
a bleeding-heart liberal since her days at
Yale Law in the 1970s — had turned more
moderate and bland than Danforth oatmeal.
This is the woman who worked on cases in
defense of the Black Panthers (the militant
organization who is blamed for the deaths of
15 law enforcement officials), who interned
in the law office of the head lawyer for the
American Communist Party, who attempted
to socialize our healthcare system while
serving as First Lady. All of this, however,
had been whitewashed in her obvious plot
to win the presidency.
The far-left firebrand of the Democratic
Party has, for the past decade, taken steps
to conceal her quasi-socialistic agenda with
layer upon layer of middling policy and bipartisan efforts that mask her true aspiration
of becoming the first female president. Even
as late as last July, she compared President
George W. Bush to the famous Mad Magazine
doofus Alfred E. Neuman.
In the debate last Friday, although she
couldn’t find a single fault with her angelic
self — much like most liberals tend to do
with someone possessing the surname
Clinton — she repeatedly faulted the current administration. However, gone was her
traditional vitriolic rhetoric, replaced with
stale, restrained
language that
placed the accountability
for her failures
squarely on the
Bush Administration.
“When I made
it,” Hillary Clinton said, “I sort
of assumed that
we’d continue
the [Bill] Clinton economic policy… to help
us turn around upstate… When that didn’t
happen, I just said, ‘OK, we are going to go
down some other roads,’ and I’m very proud
of what we’ve been able to do.”
That contrasts just a bit with the stance
she’s often taken in the past. Take just a
moment to read the following quote, and
think of its likely speaker in your mind: “I
predict to you that this Administration will
go down in history as one of the worst that
has ever governed our country.” Could it be
Cindy Sheehan, whose “Bush lied, kids died”
rhetoric has been shot down as mistruth itself on both sides of the Congressional aisle?
Perhaps it was one of the Massachusetts
crackpots, Ted Kennedy or John Kerry? No
— it was our dear, bipartisan senator Hillary
Clinton.
Let’s reflect:
Gas prices are
at their lowest
in five years. In
addition to interest and inflation rates both
remaining low,
the stock market has closed
at
its highest
ARLO BERLETIC
point ever — in
STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
all of American
history. The unemployment rate is lower
than the average unemployment of each
of the last three decades. Bush has turned
around an economy that was sliding into
recession when he came into office, due to the
mismanagement of the last time a Clinton
worked to ruin America. If you’re thinking,
“Well, what’s this really mean for me?” let
this sink in: The May 16, 2006 edition of the
USA Today applauded the strong economy
and its leading to the “best college hiring
market in years.”
Clinton, on the other hand, promised economically-ravaged upstate New York 200,000
new jobs. Instead of making good on the
campaign promise that effectively won her
this region, the Rochester area alone has lost
over 35,000 jobs since she took office. What
kind of economic help — or help of any nature
— can we expect from a senator whose main
reason for holding the office is to use it as a
stepping block to the presidency?
Since we “took a chance” on her six years
ago, she’s left New York more beleaguered
than when she started the job. It makes
me shudder to think of the outcomes if the
junior senator from New York wins a position behind a desk in the Oval Office; her
largest testament to her time in office is the
further-deteriorating situation in both her
state and in her personal convictions. If the
presidency we have now is “one of the worst
that has ever governed our country,” what
will happen when this dead-on-arrival shell
of her former political self can’t accomplish
on her best day, what George Bush could
on his worst?
Sansky is a member of
the class of 2009.
BY HARRELL KIRSTEIN
The price of textbooks on college campuses
has become a national problem; the average
amount a college student spends on text
books has grown 186 percent above inflation
over the past 20 years. That is even faster
than the rate at which tuition for private
Universities has grown.
Here in Rochester, we represent an
anomaly — since the 1997-98 school year, the
bookstore has actually taken in less money
from book sales each year than in the one
preceding it. Such a reduction in costs has
been possible only through an ever increasing number of cheaper used books offered
instead new ones. Students can buy these
used books at approximately 75 percent of
the cost of a new one, which greatly lowers
the amount we are forced to shell out each
semester.
While the bookstore has been making
valiant efforts to get more used books each
year, the problem lies within the faculty. So
few of the booklists are turned in on time
that it hurts the bookstore’s ability to procure used copies. Our bookstore buys used
books from national traders; they call, give
the name and edition of a book, and the national trader begins buying and stockpiling
that volume for our bookstore.
The problem is that other college bookstores do the same thing and request the
same books. Whoever calls the national
trader first gets priority, and therefore the
largest number of used books. More lists
submitted to the bookstore earlier means
more cheaper books next semester.
Having the booklists in early also increases
the price the bookstore will pay us when we
sell them back. If the bookstore knows it can
sell my textbook back to another student on
this campus next semester, I can get about
50 percent of the new price.
If the bookstore doesn’t know that and
has to sell the book to a national trader, the
buyback price dips as low as 10 percent of
the new cost.
A huge difference, and the only barrier
preventing students from receiving the
additional 40 percent of the cost back, are
professors getting their lists in on time.
For the total amount spent on books each
year to have decreased over the past 10
years, you would think that by this point
most professors get their lists in on time.
Not the case. For the 2005 fall semester, only
20 percent of class booklists were turned in
by the beginning of the final exam period of
the previous semester, when students begin
selling books back. Only 40 percent of the
lists were in by the end of finals, the end
of buyback.
Last year, without used books, the student
body would have paid nearly $150,000 in
additional textbook costs. That is with only
40 percent of the booklists in by the end of
finals. Imagine the enormous savings we
could receive with 80 percent of the booklists in, not by the end of finals, but by the
deadline the bookstore sets to get the optimal
number of used books.
This semester that deadline is Oct. 31. If
booklists are in by that date the bookstore
has the best possible chance to get used
books for next semester. While not every
professor can submit their booklists on time,
as some syllabi aren’t completely finalized,
a larger percentage than we have seen in
the past can.
Ask your professors if they have turned in
their booklists for next semester. Understand
that many will have valid reasons as to why
they haven’t, but politely explain why you
want the booklists in early, explain to them
that you can save hundreds of dollars each
year if they turn these lists in just a few
weeks earlier.
If we want lower book prices next semester,
if we want more money for buyback there
is a very simple solution. Encourage your
professors to send their lists in, because
this is a unique opportunity for us to have
a real and immediate effect on a major
campus issue.
Kirstein is a member of
the class of 2009.
Stepping stone senator deserves no second chance
Bookstore blocks students from getting benefits
COMICS
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Smart Like Your Bro
two extreme conditions of man
untitled
by miranda Kiang
by leon tsao
Thursday, October 26, 2006
“great” moments in cinema
a day in the park
by pu dan ni
It’s a pun!
by david lu!!
by isaac sharp
By ross Brenneman
CAMPUS TIMES
Todd drama adapts real-life
tragedy of Hurricane Katrina to
the stage
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006
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Sorry Charlie,
no Great Pumpkin this year
Pumpkins. For many, these orange gourds make or break the perfect autumn festivities. As children, many of
us accompanied our parents to the pumpkin patch to wrestle the largest gourd and carry it home. Even as college
students, we still thrill over carving and crafting them. This tradition is as crucial for fall as decorating pine trees is
for winter. From the traditional autumn repast – complete with apple cider and pumpkin pie – to the oh-so-familiar
jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins are typically everywhere. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin cider, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread,
even pumpkin cream cheese – autumn would be barren without these orange vegetables.
Yet, this year pumpkin-lovers have been panicking. It seems that this season’s crop of pumpkins has been
decimated by last spring’s torrential downpours and the summer’s scalding heat. Even without the help from Mother Nature, massive amounts of crops were destroyed by two vicious pumpkin-destroying fungi. Everyone, from
TIME magazine to florists, has been distressed by the shortage. According to CBS, this shortage will result in high
prices and less pumpkin produce.
Farmers and farm bureaus, however, have informed the general public that the catastrophe is not nearly as,
well, catastrophic as the news propagates. Despite these bureaus’ attempts to restore
tranquility in pumpkin-lovers nationwide, prices have increased. Some farmers
have reported record-breaking losses. In Sherborn, Mass., one farmer claims
his harvest will be a mere 17 tons rather than his expected norm of 70 tons.
As a result, prices have gone so high as to double. It appears, Charlie
Brown, that the Great Pumpkin wonʼt be making rounds this year.
ARTICLE BY
AUDREY RICKETTS
FEATURES EDITOR
DESIGN BY
CALVIN LEE
PRESENTATION EDITOR
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FEATURES
Thursday, October 26, 2006
H S
OR COE
O P
Remember me Marc Vera
BY EVAN SIEGEL
STAFF WRITER
Since graduating from UR in 1999,
Marc Vera has done a lot. He attended the School of Information at
the University of Michigan and got
a Masters of Science in Information,
with a focus on Archives and Records
Management. He currently works
for Entertainment Weekly and lives
in Rochester where he owns :nook, a
trendy new store located in the South
Wedge, one mile away from campus.
What is the title of your current
job at Entertainment Weekly and
what role to do you play at :nook?
“I am currently the Database Librarian for EW’s EW.com. I am also
the proprietor/owner of :nook.
I work everyday for Entertainment
Weekly while at :nook so if you come
into the store during the week, I’ll be
using a Mac Powerbook doing my EW
work and a PC to ring up customers.”
What did you major in at UR? Are
you doing what you planned to
do after you left UR or is it something completely different?
“I majored in Cell and Develop-
BY TRICKSTER MCFLY
HE’S CRAFTY
Aries (March 21–April 19) — Always look
on the bright side of life, it’s less straining
on the eyes.
mental Biology with a minor in Art History. I never thought I would work for a
major magazine/web site when I left UR.
I thought I wanted to work in the music
industry, which I did for a bit, but then I
went to grad school at Michigan. I really
fell into the job at EW and I’ve been working there for four years now.”
If you could redo anything from your
time at UR, what would you change?
“I don’t think I would’ve lived in special
interest housing. While I loved my time
on the Music Interest Floor (MIF), I feel
that it stunted me from making stronger
connections with people in my class and I
would have gotten off campus more had I
not lived there. I didn’t know that South
Wedge existed until my senior year. There
are great shops and places to eat.”
Was there a particular activity or
campus organization that you were
heavily involved in at UR?
“I was the music director, promotions
director and FM program director at
WRUR. I was involved at the station from
my freshman year on. I spent all of my
time there.
I was also president of GLBFA (now
Pride Network) during the Matthew
Taurus (April 20–May 20) — It is better
to have loved and lost than to actually go
through with marriage.
Gemini (May 21–June 21) — Beer before
liquor or liquor before beer? I can never
remember. It’s probably best if you stick to
jungle juice.
Shephard incident. I began a concert
series put on by GLBFA. It brought
such groups as Rainer Maria and The
Butchies to campus for free.”
What good advice do you have for
current UR students?
“Never stop asking questions and
always ask alums for help or advice.
You never know where alums are.
Also, never be afraid to try new
things. I moved to England for a few
months after graduating and worked.
It was the best decision I ever made.”
Siegel is a member of
the class of 2010.
Sleeping arrangements pose a problem
BY SARAH PERMUTT
STAFF WRITER
When did guys start expecting girls
to sleep over and then not offer to
walk them home? Do they understand
the sheer embarrassment of the early
morning parade through campus for
the girl? Sure, the trek also proves uncomfortable for guys, but an analysis of
the specifics suggests that the walk of
shame is 96.54 times worse for the girl.
Of course there are circumstances
in which the girl is forced to spend the
night, but these conditions are limited
to: the guy has the single or free room,
the couple becomes intimate at his residence early on in the night, the girl has
a fetish for other people’s beds, or they
are in a serious relationship. However,
it is in these situations that the guy
needs to abide by the rules of chivalry
and offer to escort her home.
With the exception of the aforementioned accounts, the guy should be
more than willing to go back to the
girl’s room.
For the girl, the walk back after a pasboy after departing from a brother’s
sionate rendezvous is like the dead man’s
room is enough to make any girl termimarch to the electric chair. Her hair
nally ill.
screams “I love the 80s,” her makeupGuys have gotten so stubborn that
streaked face resembles that of a model in
their refusal to walk to the girl’s room
a Halloween catalogue and her heels and
often results in a hook-up free night. I
sweat pants make her look like an unfashhave ended up not spending the night
ionable hooker.
with a guy at all beSo, when one night I
cause neither of us
had to fight with a guy
would succumb to the
over whose room to move
other’s pleas.
look into the trials and
our against-the-wall
If the girl does
tribulations of your typical coed
make-out session to, I
finally give in, the
student and her remedies for
was left shocked and
guy feels fine letting
almost any type of situation.
angry. How could he posher walk back alone.
Doesn’t he realize that
sibly have assumed that
the campus is dotted with blue lights
it would be okay for me to make the unfor a reason?
safe pilgrimage from his off-campus house
Guys are lucky enough as it is to not
when he could just walk back from my
have to wear makeup, do their hair or
on-campus room the next morning?
face the constant threat of rape. Why
Additionally, guys never have to face
can’t they give girls a break, feel proud
the trauma of leaving a frat house. There
they hooked up and gallantly make the
is nothing more frightening than trying
walk of shame?
to run incognito through the doors of a
Permutt is a member of
gossipy, guy-ridden frat house. The terror
the class of 2008.
of possibly making eye contact with a frat
“Sex&CT”
the
UR Opinion
Cancer (June 22–July 22) — The girl of your
dreams will finally notice you. Of course, it’s
hard not to notice the kid who wets himself
at the math midterm.
Leo (July 23–Aug. 22) — This week you
will hear for the first time, “What goes
around, comes around.” If only you knew
this before sleeping with the football player’s
girlfriend.
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) — When setting
an alarm for when your mistress leaves and
your girlfriend comes for breakfast, don’t
forget about Daylight Savings.
Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) — Don’t worry
about studying for your test on Friday
— you’re going to sleep through it anyway.
Scorpio (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) — You will begin
to question the age old phrase, “If it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it,” when your dog ferociously
humps anyone who walks into your house.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) — For Halloween, you should dress as yourself in 10
years. All you need are some tattered clothes,
a can and a sign asking for money! Easy!
Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) — With the
help of a nice young lady, you and your
roommate will feel cultured as you bring the
Eiffel Tower to the River Campus.
Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) — We all know
you can attract bees with honey, but to attract
a girl with D’s, you need money.
Pisces (Feb. 19–March 20) — You never
realized how bad Rochester drivers were
until you returned from study abroad in
London. It seems like no one drives on the
correct side of the road!
(IF YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS THEN YOU MUST
THINK THAT THE GREAT PUMPKIN IS REAL. SORRY,
CHARLIE BROWN.)
BY JEFF LEVY & EMILY PARET
What are you dressing up as for Halloween?
Eunji Han ’07
Meegan Conrad ’07
Luke Rosnick ’09
Jonathan Dennison ’08
Robin Levy ’08
Joey Mailman ’08
Pranay Vaddi ’07
Dan Gocek ’07
Dean Kleissas ’07
“We’re being 60’s Mod
Girls.”
“Dan Strauss.”
“A tampon or the Michelin
Man.”
“I’m not allowed to tell
— it’s top secret field
hockey informaton.”
“A mailman.”
“Pirates.”
FEATURES
Thursday, October 26, 2006
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Unite against cancer The Market builds local camaraderie
BY AMY WEINTRAUB
FEATURES EDITOR
Every single day I hear people
say, “Don’t eat that, it gives you
cancer,” but not once have I ever
considered giving up something I
like because of this advice. According to the American Cancer
Society, more
than 1,500
people die each
day of cancer,
and I highly
doubt that all
of these deaths
were caused
by the overconsumption of
sweet stuff in
the blue package or any other
artificial food.
Sadly, whether
or not you’re
conscious of all
foods purported
to cause cancer,
there are other
factors, including genes and
environmental
irritants, which
we can’t control.
In light of October’s designation as Breast Cancer Awareness
month, there have been countless
advertisements in magazines,
newspapers, TV commercials and
numerous products specifically
marketed for the cause. The purpose of the products and advertisements is to raise awareness
and invite the country to support
the fight against cancer.
As college students, our interactions with the outside world
can be somewhat limited during
our stay inside the UR bubble.
Luckily, Colleges Against Cancer
is an organization on campus
that allows students to support
and participate in the programs
of the ACS.
CAC strives to combine efforts with the ACS to aid in ultimately eliminating cancer. The
group works to
spread cancer
awareness to
our campus
through cancer education.
CAC focuses on
advocacy opportunities; they
work with the
college community to support
survivorship
in the area
through different programs as
well as volunteer opportunities. One of the
better known
and widely
attended activities they plan is
Relay For Life,
occuring in the
spring.
“Cancer touches the lives of
most college students in one way
or another, and CAC provides the
opportunity to take an active role
in fighting cancer,” CAC President and senior Jen Greenman
said.
The organization has lined up
several different activities for the
month. The group had a table
in Wilson Commons before the
Making Strides for Breast Cancer
Walk, which was during the first
week in October. Coming
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BY JENNA KATZ
STAFF WRITER
I’m ashamed to admit that I
had never been to Rochester’s
Public Market until this semester as a senior. Since that first
time, however, I have been back
almost every week — I’ve caught
the Market bug that lingers
indefinitely in most patrons.
Upon entering the Market,
you’re immediately confronted
by vendors yelling out products
and prices. On Saturdays, the
Market’s busiest day, shoppers
amiably chat with each other
while also quickly moving from
station to station. You can walk
at your own pace, but when
caught in the crowd, you can feel
it pushing you forward, onto the
next station. Regulars and those
shopping for a family are distinguished by wagons which harbor
their enormous loads of food
items. Because almost everything
at the Market costs just a dollar
— a bag of apples, pears, a few
peppers, 10-20 ears of corn — it’s
easy to become weighed down.
The Market, however, isn’t
just a place to buy fresh fruit,
vegetables, meats and fish, but
is a unique place in Rochester
where you can observe an economically, socially and racially
diverse group of people working
and shopping together. The Market is an institution in Rochester, and its role in bridging the
gaps between class and race and
vendor and customer has caught
the attention of Rochester native and artist Maria Friske. She
characterizes the Market as “the
most beautiful song the city sings
because it is a visual smorgasbord of people’s faces, diversity,
community, history and harvest.”
Not only is the Market a venue
to shop and bridge various communities, but its physical location also helps to connect the
upper and lower class populations.
“It’s interesting that the
Market is in one of the most
economically depressed neighborhoods of the city where most
people would not normally feel
comfortable, but everybody
shows up at the Market on
Thursdays and Saturdays,” Dan
Apfel ’06 and current employee
of market vendor Rich Port
Pastries and Breads said.
As a student at UR, it’s easy
to forget that we are a part of a
larger community that extends
beyond our physical campus.
Not only are we a part of the
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIA FRISKE
diverse community of the city
and its suburbs, but we are also “To Market” by Maria Friske ata part of a large commercial ag- tempts to capture the excitment of
ricultural and wine-producing
the Market.
area. The vendors, some Amish
farmers and organic farmers,
vendors are immersed in trying
others free-range chicken raisto sell their products, they take
ers, come from all around the
the time to socialize with their
region to sell their products at
customers. I have never encounthe Market. By frequenting the
tered a vendor who did not seem
Market, we are better able to
to sincerely enjoy discussing
understand and connect to this
his product and how to use it in
vast region in which we live.
various dishes, or why it is imWhile the Market is visited
portant to buy it at this specific
by Rochester locals and resitime of year. If they don’t have
dents of surrounding communia particular item, they will tell
ties, Joe Palozzi, owner of Java
you who has it. There is a type of
Joe’s, speculates that with a
camaraderie that exists among
greater diversity of products,
the vendors — all of whom are
a greater number of patrons
working toward a common goal
would frequent the Market.
of selling good, well-priced food
“[We’re] not getting specialty
products.
items to the Market,” he says.
The Public Market, which
“We need specialty items to
has been located at 280 North
attract more people.” He cites
Union Street since 1905, is open
the presence of the heirloom
throughout the year on Tuestomato vendor as an example of
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
the types of vendors that would
and select Sundays. Some of the
improve the overall quality of
specialty shops, however, that
the market.
form the border of the Market
The already existing comare open more often. You can get
munity among vendors and
to the Market by car or by taking
patients alike, however, is undethe 75 Green line on Saturdays.
niable and is even noticeable to
Katz is a member of
a first-time market-goer. While
the class of 2007.
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Funky rain boots in — Uggs out
BY SARA MYERS
STAFF WRITER
Have you seen women walking
around campus in rubber rain
boots, even on that rare day in
Rochester when it’s not raining?
After seeing the boots, do you
then apprehensively run to the
nearest window, sure that the
weather has taken a turn for the
worst? If so, you haven’t heard
about the latest trend that’s hitting campuses across the nation.
Put simply, rain boots are the
new Uggs.
The plastic rain boot is a
new look that brings back fond
memories of splashing through
puddles in elementary school.
Our mothers used to send us
outside adorned in these boots,
but as we got older, we cast them
aside because being dry wasn’t
“cool” anymore. I’ll admit, now I
get my fair share of smirks from
my parents when I put those
boots back on.
The boot’s style brings us back
even further than our childhood
years, all the way back to the
seventies. The era of go-go girls
with brightly colored boots and
short dresses in funky patterns
is coming back with a vengeance.
The rain boot combines the two
classic looks of the go-go girl:
funky patterns and rubber boots.
The trend puts a spin on this
classic footwear option, so there
are plenty of styles to choose
from. You have a choice of candycolored stripes to rubber-ducky
print to plain old school bus yellow. I wouldn’t recommend wearing them to a formal dance — although I will admit it’s tempting
— but they go great with casual
wear for school or even the frat
quad on a Friday night. On a
school day, a pair of jeans tucked
into pink striped boots would go
great with a cozy pink sweater
and a scarf. For the weekend,
when you want to look a little
dressier, a skirt goes well with a
pair of rain boots and matching
tank top.
This comfortable and practical
style of shoe can be worn under
pants, but that defeats the two
main goals of wearing rain boots:
being stylish and keeping your
pants dry.
That’s right ladies — the
fashion world has finally caught
on and thought about us poor
Northerners forced to trudge
through rain and snow, suffering
through the inevitable soaking
wet pant. You see, being wet and
miserable is not cute. Never once
have I been complimented on the
way my pants look when they
are soaked and dragging on the
ground. But with a pair of rain
boots, you can tuck your pants
into them, leaving the bottoms of
your pants dry and warm. When
you get home, you avoid having
to change and add to the always
present pile of laundry, since
your pants are still dry.
Finally, we can be warm, comfortable and trendy at the same
time. The first great achievement
in footwear was Uggs, and now
we can stop wearing that same
pair of boots every day and put
on a pair of rain boots. Even flats
are back in fashion, proving that
women have at long last turned
to the male designers, entreating
them to stop putting us through
the pain of a long day in too-high
heels.
Even celebrities are tromping
around in this latest fashion,
proving that, like the rest of us,
any opportunity to be comfortable and stylish is always welcome. From our favorite way-tooskinny party girl, Lindsay Lohan,
to celebrity moms and their kids
modeling nauseatingly matched
boots, the world of Hollywood
has given license to the new look.
Comfort is in style. I think the
next step is to bring back footy
pajamas.
Myers is a member of
the class of 2009.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Cancer: Fight for the cause
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
up for another week, the group
will be having a make-your-own
breast cancer awareness ribbon
station at the table so that people
can stop by and make a ribbon to
show their support on campus.
Information on early breast
cancer detection and general
facts on breast cancer will be
given out at the table.
The group’s final activity planned for the month is a
project for children at Golisano
Children’s Hospital. At the next
general CAC meeting on Oct.
29, group members will be making Halloween cards, letters and
candy bags for children who are
patients at the hospital.
“It’s wonderful to let the
children know that people are
thinking of them and want them
to enjoy special days even when
they are in the hospital,” Greenman said.
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United
States, exceeded only by heart
disease. According to the American Cancer Society, 564,830
Americans are expected to die of
cancer this year.
Although October is Breast
Cancer Awareness Month, it
is only one month that focuses
on cancer, and this disease exists outside of October. You may
see dozens of celebrities doing
TV commercials to support the
cause, and every store you go
into may have special pink products, but just remember that
even when the commercials stop
airing after October, it doesn’t go
away.
CAC is organizing a Relay For
Life on April 20 in the Webster
Field House. This is an overnight
event that aims to celebrate
cancer survivorship as well as
raise money for cancer research
and the programs that are run by
the ACS. Students will have the
opportunity to form teams and
raise money. At the event they
will take turns walking or running laps.
“Cancer never sleeps, so for
one night, neither will we while
we contribute to the fight,”
Greenman said.
Weintraub is a member of
the class of 2008.
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From underground to mainstream, AFI play ROC
BY LIZ SWAIN
A&E EDITOR
Much like the explosion of the alternative music scene in recent years, the postpunk and hardcore resurgence of the early
to mid-90s inspired hundreds of teens to
form bands and try their luck in the music industry. The following decade was a
true test for these young musicians, who
had to struggle for recognition amidst
the grunge, nu-metal, rap-rock and other
trends that came to dominate the mainstream airwaves.
Today, alternative music’s rise in popularity has opened new doors for the bands
that survived the natural selection process
of the ‘90s. The mainstream music industry has realized the current marketability
of alternative music and is increasingly
willing to invest in such bands. Many
artists — both scene veterans and newcomers — are taking advantage of mainstream interest to jumpstart or further
develop their careers.
One such group is Ukiah, Calif. natives
A Fire Inside — AFI. Formed in the early
‘90s, AFI — singer Davey Havok, drummer Adam Carson, bassist Hunter and
guitarist Jade Puget — has built their career on a constantly shifting, yet instantly
recognizable sound. From their punk and
hardcore beginnings to their latest unique
blend of various alternative genres, AFI
remained an underground favorite until
about three years ago.
The release of their 2003 disc “Sing the
Sorrow” brought cries of “sell-out” from
long-time fans, not so much because of
the album’s content, but because it was
their first disc on DreamWorks Records.
The group left the independent punk label
Nitro Records in 2001 and jumped to the
majors, a career move frequently frowned
upon by devoted scenesters.
But despite some upset fans, “Sing the
Sorrow” did quite well, selling over one
million copies in the U.S. and gaining
mainstream recognition in the form of
2003’s MTV2 Viewer’s Choice Award for
PHOTO COURTESY OF AFI
Started in the early ‘90s, AFI have worked to establish themselves as an alternative band
that is constantly feeling around as they experiment with an assortment of styles.
the first single “Girl’s Not Grey.” About
half way through 2004 AFI reentered the
studio, spending the next two years crafting their follow-up album.
“Going in to record this album was
just a matter of recording the 15 songs
that we had sort of boiled down from the
100 songs we’d written,” Hunter said.
Given the quantity of songs and the available resources from their label, it was no
surprise that the band took their time to
record the album, while fans waited expectantly to hear the new material.
The result was “Decemberunderground,” AFI’s seventh full-length album,
which was released this past June. As a
whole, “Decemberunderground” is unlike any previous AFI album — but that
should come as no surprise to long-time
fans.
“I think we’ve conditioned [our fans] to
expect that,” Hunter explained. “We sort
of established ourselves early on as this
band who’s going to constantly evolve and
change musically. And I think the fans
who have stuck with us are the ones that
understand that and embrace that.”
Ever since the early days of 1995’s
“Answer That and Stay Fashionable,” AFI
has incorporated new elements in each
successive album, demonstrating the wide
variety of influences on the band.
“We all take influences from a number
of places, so it would be incorrect to say
that there’s one or even a handful of specific things that influence us as a band,”
Hunter explained. “A lot of people have
pointed out that this record has an 80s
influence. I think that’s just because we’re
all children of the 80s — it’s hard to listen
to 10 years worth of music and not absorb
some of that.”
In fact, “Decemberundergound” is in
many ways a retrospective of AFI’s career,
highlighting the hardcore, punk and gothpunk elements — the musical themes
that have dominated the quartet’s past
albums. The first three tracks, including
the album’s first single “Miss Murder,”
could have easily fit on “Sing the Sorrow.”
They maintain that album’s movement toward a polished and more mature version
clearly rooted in their earlier work.
But the influence of the 80s starts to
manifest itself on the fourth track, “Summer Shudder,” and hits in full force on
“Love Like Winter,” calling to mind the
likes of the Cure, Duran Duran and other
influential groups of the 80s. The album
continues to alternate between the old
and new sounds, with “Affliction” and
“Kiss and Control” serving as reminders
that AFI hasn’t abandoned their past,
and “The Missing Frame” and “37mm”
as examples of their expanded musical
horizons.
AFI has truly come a long way since
the 90s, showing that they are not a band
to remain stagnant and comfortable with
one specific sound. “Decemberunderground” is further proof of their constant
drive to push themselves into new musical
territory, but while the sound may change,
AFI has always kept one thing the same.
As Hunter explained, “the consistency
between all the records is that we are
writing songs that we feel very passionate
about — songs that come from our hearts.
You can love it or hate it, but it’s a true
expression.”
AFI will be playing at the Main Street
Armory in Rochester this Saturday, Oct.
28. Tickets are $22 and are available
through Ticketmaster. Supporting acts
are Brooklyn, NY natives the Explosion
and the Vermont quartet the Static Age.
AFI will take the stage at 10 p.m.
Swain is a member of
the class of 2008.
Post-Katrina devastation depicted in Lower Depths
BY ANTHONY VARGAS
Looking past the sensationalized headlines after the devastation of Hurricane
Katrina, what is left of the lives of the
victims? Nigel Master’s adapted version of
Maxim Gorki’s “The Lower Depths” is a
theatrical revelation that focuses on this
very issue of a modern day tragedy.
“The heartbreaking plight of Katrina
victims and our government’s inadequate
response made immediate parallels in my
mind between the hurricane survivors
and Gorki’s characters,” Master said.
“Both struggle to realize their humanity
in an antagonistic world.”
The play features an amalgam of diverse characters forced together in a halfhouse by Katrina’s devastating impact, revealing the essence of human desperation
in the most natural and unequivocal way.
The multifarious cast incorporates fresh,
new talent and experienced veterans to
provide you with the most unadulterated
view of how a truly catastrophic situation
can have a profound affect on the dynamics of human nature. At the center of the
plot is a love triangle between a young
man and two sisters, demonstrating the
perplexity and the evident hopelessness
that has evaded their lives. A traveling
old man provides the wisdom, faith and
sensitivity often lacking in many of the
reckless, demoralized characters. A mix
of both comic and moving monologues
provides an abstract view into the fears,
insecurities and broken pasts of the characters which tie them together.
A few quick seating changes keep the
audience on their toes, giving them a full
view of the incredibly realistic, garbagestrewn ramshackle of a home ravaged by
nature. The ruined scenery parallels the
inner destruction and struggles of each of
the characters, allowing the audience to
fully immerse themselves in the emotional
rapture of the dramatic performance.
Master’s adaptation highlights a
relatively current, sometimes seemingly
forgotten, natural disaster. It combines a
setting that today’s viewers can relate to
and an energetic cast whose performance
evokes a variety of emotions. “The Lower
Depths” forces viewers to confront the
emotional and psychological aftermath of
post-Katrina New Orleans, leaving you
with a renewed compassion and understanding of the impact of one of the greatest tragedies in American history.
“The Lower Depths” will continue to
run from Oct. 25-28 at Todd Union. Tickets cost $6 and are available at the Common Market, at the door, and online.
Vargas is a member of
the class of 2006.
JEFF LEVY • PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The Lower Depths is the story of many post-Katrina lives. It forces us to confront and remember the sadness and complexity of one of the most devestating natural disasters.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
‘Antoinette’ lacks depth, strength in costumes
BY BRITTANY BOWMAN
When I first heard that the
French booed Sofia Coppola’s
new movie “Marie Antoinette” at
the premier, I was a bit worried
as we headed to the theater. Understandably, the French do not
seem to enjoy or like anything
Americans have done, but still
— no one enjoyed it? Interestingly, many of the American reviews
I read were much more positive,
so I approached the film with
an open mind. Upon leaving the
theater, however, I was surprised
to find myself in agreement with
the French critics.
At first, the gorgeous set
amazed me; it was, as many have
said, “mesmerizing.” There were
actually a couple of scenes where
I felt dizzy and had to look away
because the colors were so rich
and bright. The cinematography
was fantastic, especially as the
movie progressed and the rich
colors became darker to reflect
the sobering mood. Another
visual strength of the movie was
that it was filmed outside of the
actual Versailles. Shots like these
added greatly to the authenticity
of such a movie.
The wide angle shots were also
very welcoming — like when the
characters were in the gardens or
in the woods — since the actual
shots of scenes on the interior
were, of course, more up-close
and intimate.
Another wonderful aspect of
the movie was the period-specific costumes and their quality.
Each dress was more elegant
and lavish than the next, as each
enhanced the queen’s external
extravagance. The detail was
stunning and well-received by
the audience, or at least the two
older women sitting behind me,
who were amused that the men
wore makeup.
Although the filming of this
movie created a beautiful pic-
ture, the plot in its entirety was
boring. There were some points
of comedy, especially in the absurdness of the royal court. But
after seeing what felt like the
same scene the for fifth time but
changed only slightly, it became
boring and stagnant.
The music was modern, which
never fit with the scene and
seemed inappropriate. The one
song I did enjoy was “I Want
Candy,” which played while
showing clips of shoes, candy,
wine and pastries, illustrating
Marie’s ability and desire to buy
and indulge.
Lastly, and most detrimental, the acting was flat. Kirsten
Dunst, perhaps because of how
her part was written, did not
show any changes in her character at all. But then again, this
would be hard since most of the
scenes were of her partying.
The ending would have fit better if the first part hadn’t been
so drawn out with similar scenes,
and if it had gone into further detail about what happened to her
when they left Versailles. This
would have wonderfully illustrated her change in character and
would have balanced the movie
more. With more of a plot, this
movie could have been a much
greater success.
Bowman is a member of
the class of 2009.
MARIE ANTOINETTE
Starring:
Kirsten Dunst
Directed by:
Sofia Coppola
Now playing
PHOTO COURTESY OF IMDB.COM
Sophia Coppola retells the story of the iconic queen Marie Antoinette.
Poster gallery shows 100 years of change in graphic design
BY TODD ROTKIS
“The American Image,” which
recently closed at the Bevier Gallery at the Rochester Institute
of Technology, is an exhibit of
the history of American poster
design. The exhibit encapsulates
the last 100 years of graphic
design in America in the featured
posters by a range of designers
and artists.
The posters depict a variety of
subjects and themes and show
myriad influences. The 78 posters in this show are selected from
an extensive collection owned by
Mark and Maura Resnick, the
largest collection of American
posters outside the Smithsonian
Institution.
This exhibit is particularly
interesting because, when displayed together, the posters
clearly show the three major
waves in the popularity of communication through poster design. “The American Image” is
particularly poignant because,
over the past few years, the
popularity of this medium again
seems to be on the rise.
The first piece that caught my
attention was a poster designed
by Edward Penfield in 1895. The
poster is a lithograph advertise-
ment for Orient Cycles, featuring
a man riding a bicycle with the
Orient Cycles logo on the front
of the frame. The main cyclist
is separated from the rest of the
riders by the text used in the
advertisement.
Penfield used imagery that
included many classically posed
figures with long, flowing bodies. At the same time they are
presented very boldly, usually
employing patches of intense
color with black outlines for
further emphasis of specific features. Edward Penfield is widely
credited with bringing the art
of poster-making to the United
States from Europe.
The next set of posters that
I found particularly interesting
were those designed by Lester
Beall for the Rural Electrification
Administration. There were six
posters in the exhibit from this
advertising campaign that Beall
created for the REA.
Each of the posters features
a black and white photographic
halftone of a person or people
employing various farming technologies that require electricity.
Beall’s use of one or two primary
colors in the background of the
prints make the black and white
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The most famous piece of this
series is the poster designed in
1939 featuring an image of a
young boy and girl leaning on
a white split rail fence with a
bright blue background showing through the rails. The blue
is only on the bottom half — the
top half is bright red with white
stripes that mimic the white rails
below.
The juxtaposition of the white
rails and the red and white
stripes at the top, combined with
the blue background, evokes the
American flag and was said to
reinforce the connection between
rural farmland and the government.
My favorite poster in the
exhibit is one designed by Richard Avedon. The poster is a
lithograph of John Lennon and
is one of a four part series of the
Beatles that Avedon designed for
“Look” magazine in 1965 using
Man Ray’s solarization technique.
Each poster features high
contrast color combinations, and
when shown together, they are
almost overstimulating. This
set of posters, while in terms of
details, is less complicated than
many other posters of the ‘60s,
seems to encapsulate the ethos of
that time.
The Beatles were the biggest
band in the history of rock and
roll, and drugs were prevalent
in its scene. The solarization of
their photographs gives these
prints a very psychedelic feel, a
sense that is compounded especially with John Lennon’s picture
because his glasses are made of
squiggly green and red lines that
create an optical illusion when
examined closely.
“The American Image” provides an in-depth look at the history and evolution of American
poster design. The curators did
an exceptional job of selecting
the pieces for this show.
From the European-influenced
and Art Neuveau advertising
prints, to the patriotic, simple
and angular prints of the World
War II era and finally to the complicated posters from the ‘60s
that were influenced by the hippie culture of rock and roll, drugs
and protest, this group of prints
shows the incredible evolution
in the style and subject matter
of posters from the late 1800s
through the twentieth century.
Rotkis is a member
of the class of 2008.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
paces
Brekke, who placed 25th and had another freshman, Rachel Given,
BY ERIN PHILBRICK
a time of 27:18.
who placed 41st with a time of
COPY EDITOR
The women also faced the ele- 25:59.
Despite the cold, miserable
With only 1:16 between the first
weather two weekends ago, the ments with force at GVP. However,
cross country teams pulled off juniors Kellie Hasslewander and and the fifth runners, the team ran
sound finishes at the annual UR Laura Richenderfer both didn’t in a tight pack, something they have
Alumni Invitational on Saturday, run, along with freshman Hilary done well throughout the year.
This past weekend the runners
Oct. 14. Held at Genesee Valley Haefner due to injury, which put
Park, the meet hosted nine men’s the team at a definite disadvantage. took the weekend off in preparation
The Yellowjackets placed sixth of for the upcoming stretch of various
teams and 10 women’s teams.
The men finished fourth overall, 10 teams with 170 points, narrowly championship races, the first of
which being the
with their first five runners placing defeated by NazaUniversity Athin the top 25. The team accumu- reth College, who
letic Association
lated 82 points, just eight behind placed fifth with
‘If we get the
Championships
third place SUNY Brockport. 169 points. The
three girls back
held at WashingAhead of them was the University champion team
ton University
from injures, we
of Western Ontario and Allegheny was the B team
in St. Louis this
College, who tied for first with 35 from Cornell Unicould surprise
versity, a Division
Saturday.
points apiece.
some teams in
“If we get the
“We fell short of beating SUNY I school, scoring
three
girls back
Brockport, some of our largest just 28 points.
the postseason.’ from injuries,
The promise
we
competition in the region, but we
— BARBARA HARTWIG could surprise
have been working really hard and of the future was
Women’s XC Head Coach
some teams in
did not ease up at all for the meet,” truly seen at this
meet, though, as
the postseason,”
sophomore Dan Chebot said.
women’s head
First to come in for the ’Jackets freshman Sadie
was the ever-dependable junior Gollub was the first finisher for coach Barbara Hartwig said.
“When we run at UAAs we
Mark Stevens. He placed third, UR, placing 28th with a time of
timed at 25:46 for the eight-kilo- 24:43 for the six-kilometer race. should look like a totally different
meter course. Next for Rochester Next for the ’Jackets was senior team because we are yet to race
was junior Pat Hughes, who placed Nora Craighead, who came in at rested,” Chebot said. “This will
give us a huge edge because, while
13th overall and clocked in at 26:28. 25:05 and placed 30th.
Seniors Whitney Silkworth and all the other teams were resting for
Chebot was third for the team in
Stacy Allen were the next two every weekend, we were putting in
19th and 26:28.
Just nine seconds later junior runners to come in for the team, hard work and getting stronger as
Dan Mueller crossed the line in coming in right after one another in opposed to coasting through the
27:03 for a 22nd place finish. 35th and 36th places and in times season workout wise.”
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Junior Goalie Rachel Cahan stretches out to make a tough save.
’Jackets field hockey
falters in league play
BY JEFF LEVY
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
In a tough league where every
game counts, the Yellowjackets
were pushing forward until they
met up with league opponents
Union College and Skidmore University this past weekend. The
Yellowjackets carried a six-game
win streak into this past weekend,
but had it snapped after incurring
losses to Skidmore and Union in
Liberty League Play. Despite these
recent losses UR field hockey continues to boast the best defense in
the league, allowing only 17 goals
scored all season. Their record
currently stands at 11-6.
On Oct. 12, Rochester cut
through the Houghton College
Highlanders for a 2-0 victory and
their fourth shut out of the year.
Senior Krista Butler sent the first
goal of the game into the cage at
44:02 unassisted. With 2:15 left to
play in the game Butler went on to
score the second goal of the game
assisted by freshman Amanda
Case. Junior goalie Rachel Cahan
made five saves and senior Mary
DiMatteo had a defensive save.
UR outshot Houghton 12-11, with
Houghton having the penalty corner advantage 14-7.
Last Wednesday the ’Jackets
held the Ithaca College Bombers
scoreless winning 1-0 for their fifth
shutout of the year. Butler scored
the first goal of the game for her
sixth of the season, assisted by
senior Celinda Fletcher. UR scored
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what would have been a second
goal, but amid controversy it was
revoked. The shot was made near
the edge of the circle, but Ithaca
claimed that it was never touched
by another UR team member,
thus resulting in an illegitimate
goal. Rochester outshot Ithaca
15-4 and had the edge on penalty
corners 9-4. Cahan made saves
in goal and DiMatteo made one
defensive save.
On Friday, UR was shutout by
the Union College Dutchwomen
1-0. Union outshot Rochester 1413 and lead penalty corners 13-9.
Cahan made three saves and let
one scoot by into the net.
On Saturday the Yellowjackets
played a well-fought game against
the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds losing 3-2 in overtime.
Skidmore led off the scoring with
a goal six minutes into the game.
DiMatteo evened it up with a goal
at 21:03. The ’Jackets took a 2-1
lead with a goal off the stick of
junior Alicia Citro at 50:55, UR
held the lead until Skidmore forced
the game into overtime with a
goal on a penalty shot at 65:21.
The Thoroughbreds won it after
sending a shot into the net 6:34
into overtime. Skidmore outshot
UR 30-5 and had the upper hand
in penalty corners 16-4.
Field hockey’s final game of the
season is Saturday 1 p.m. at SUNY
Oneonta.
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Golfers place fifth
BY JOHN SERAFINI
STAFF WRITER
The Yellowjackets headed into
the McDaniel Invitational this past
weekend hoping to finalize their fall
season the way it was previewed in
their first three matches. Despite
all the signs, the players were unable locate their magic on the Piney
Branch Course. The team shot a
combined total of 642, 322 strokes
in the first round and 320 strokes
in round two, to tie for fifth out of
a field of eight other teams.
Junior Stephen Goodridge finished runner up to George Washington University’s Juan-Pablo
Zulaga. Goodridge completed his
first round one over par with a 73,
just one behind Tyler Smith from
Wesleyan College.
Goodridge slipped a little in his
second round performance cupping a 75, but still maintained his
second place standing at the end
of the evening. Goodridge finished
the tournament with a 148, tied
with Zulaga.
Despite the same overall score,
Zulaga’s second round score of
72 was enough to sling-shot him
over Goodridge in the leader board
standings.
Sophomore Jon Pecor placed
20th in the field with back-to-back
scores of 82 in the tournament.
Senior Joe Derrigo finished just
behind Pecor with 165 stokes. His
first round was an abysmal 86
stokes. However, he got a better
grip the second time through with
a 79. Derrigo’s 13 strokes over
par knocked him down to 24th
overall.
Rounding out the field for UR
were senior Chris Wuest, who shot
83-84 for a weekend total of 167
strokes, and freshman Brandon
Isobe who carded two rounds of
84 en route to a 168.
The Yellowjackets were geared
toward crossing the finish line
on top of the leader board, but
incurred a flat tire near the end.
They finished the fall season with
top place finishes in three out of
their five tournaments, yet it was
the last two leaving an unsavory
taste. The team has five months
of hibernation to look forward to
before they can brush off the snow
and hit the courses again.
Serafini is a member of
the class of 2008.
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Offense: Yellowjackets improve record to 5-2
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20
The drive ended with two consecutive completions by Molisani,
one to sophomore running back
Patrick Till and the other to junior
wide receiver Jay Jay Vanderstyne
for the score. The touchdown gave
the Yellowjackets a commanding
27-7 lead.
Molisani would get his third
touchdown pass of the day and
eleventh of the season later in the
fourth quarter. He connected with
senior tight end Pat McCarthy for
the touchdown to make the score
34-7.
The game would end that way
as the Yellowjackets left Worcester
with the blowout victory. The offense was clicking on all cylinders
and the defense dominated the
entire afternoon.
The Yellowjackets will look
to continue their success with a
fourth win in a row this Saturday
when they face Grove City College
in Pennsylvania. Kickoff is set for
1:30 p.m.
Brackney is a member of
the class of 2007.
Soccer:
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20
both teams creating scoring
chances. The defense was solid,
however, and two overtimes could
not produce a winner. The tie
earned UR just one point in the
UAA standings.
Two days later, the Washington
University in St. Louis Bears came
to Fauver Stadium. The first half
featured back-and-forth play, but
neither team could convert their
scoring chances into goals.
The second half was much more
exciting. Once again, the Yellowjackets fell into a hole by letting in
a goal in the 59th minute. A long
throw-in deep in UR territory was
headed into the left corner to give
Washington a 1-0 lead.
For the second time in three days,
Green played the role of hero for
the Yellowjackets. With less than 15
minutes in regulation, he headed
home his 10th goal of the season
to tie the game.
In overtime, UR had its chances
to come away with a victory. The
best one came in the second overtime, when junior Bobby Milenovici
sprayed a header wide of the goal.
The ball came right to Green,
but his header was snared by the
Bears’ goalie. The game ended in
another 1-1 tie.
On Saturday, the ’Jackets traveled to SUNY Cortland to face the
Red Dragons in a non-league game.
UR’s offense was in rythym early,
scoring two first half goals.
In the 13th minute, Green
headed in a pass from junior Nick
Mikolenko to give UR the lead.
Mikolenko tallied his second assist with less than two minutes
left in the half as he crossed a ball
that freshman Robin Hargadon
headed past the Cortland goalie
for a 2-0 lead.
Cortland cut the lead in half in
the 75th minute, but could get no
closer and UR came away with the
2-1 victory.
The Yellowjackets are currently
fourth in the UAA and ranked 24th
in the nation among Division III
teams. They play two important
league games this weekend. They
travel to Emory University on Friday and take on Carnegie Mellon
on the road Sunday.
Moeller is a member of
the class of 2009.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
UR rebounds from first loss Volleyball captures
BY HANK NATHAN
STAFF WRITER
The past two weeks have been
a roller coaster ride for the Yellowjackets soccer team, who faced
four teams, including two in conference. Unfortunately, Washington
University in St. Louis ended UR’s
undefeated streak, but the ’Jackets
are still in second place in the UAA
with an overall record of 10-1-3.
In an important home game
against the University of Chicago
on Oct. 13, Rochester came out
sharp, scoring two goals in the
first five minutes. UR moved the
ball well, demonstrating good
passing skills, as senior Ashley
Weagraff, assisted by senior Anne
McMahon, scored just 42 seconds
into the game. Another scoring
opportunity presented itself just
four minutes later when senior
Stephanie Klenotich lobbed a pass
to senior Mary Walsh, who dribbled
the ball briefly and then put it away,
resulting in another goal to make
the score 2-0.
With under 22 minutes left in
the half, the ’Jackets struggled
to clear the ball and the Maroons
capitalized on it, making the score
2-1. For the remainder of the game,
the teams battled back and forth,
but neither team was able to take
advantage of the limited opportunities, making the end result a 2-1
victory for UR.
Two days after the game against
Chicago, number one Rochester
faced number two Washington University in a battle for supremacy
of the UAA. Washington started
strong, scoring goals in the 20th
and 34th minutes of the first half
to go up 2-0. Washington’s Libby
Held took a shot that was deflected
by UR’s goalie, junior Molly Leitch.
However, the rebound went directly
to Wash. U’s MeghanMarie FowlerFinn, who put the ball in the goal.
Then in the 34th minute, the Bears
received a free kick from the 38 yard
line. Held took a shot that was just
out of the reach of Leitch and went
in the back of the net. Feeling a
sense of urgency, Rochester came
out aggressively in the second half
and outshot WU nine to two but was
unable to score. Not only did this
game mark the first loss for Rochester this season, but it also snapped
a 16 game home-winning streak,
which carried back to 2004.
Three days later, the Yellowjackets traveled to Nazareth. The
defense brought its A game, not
allowing a single shot on goal.
Unfortunately, the offense was
unable to score a goal for the second
straight game. Although UR outshot the Golden Flyers 23-10, they
were unable to put the ball in the
net, resulting in a tie game.
In the second game of UR’s road
trip, they traveled to play Keuka
College. It seemed as if Rochester
took out its previous frustrations
on the Storm, winning 6-0. In each
half, the ’Jackets compiled three
goals. Junior Tammy Brewster,
senior Angela Heaney, sophomore
Laura Bojko and freshman Erin
Carballo each scored one goal and
freshman Mae Butler scored the
other two. Leitch played in goal for
the first half and junior goalie Kate
Levy played in the second half to
help maintain UR’s 11th shutout
of the year.
While Rochester rolled right past
Keuka College, the team somewhat
struggled against a determined
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
team. Again, UR was able to
outshoot its opponent, 24-2, but
was unable to score in regulation.
However, in just the second minute
of overtime, Walsh received a great
opportunity; she weaved a shot
past several defenders and into the
back of the net to make the score
1-0, which was the final after two
overtimes.
As the Yellowjackets prepare for
their last three conference games
of the season, they must build on
their previous two victories to finish strong down the stretch heading
into the playoffs.
Nathan is a member of
the class of 2010.
JEFF LEVY • PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Senior midfielder Ashley Weagraff clears a ball out of UR territory.
high seed in tourney
BY BO WANG
STAFF WRITER
In response to last week’s American League Championship Series,
baseball fans across the country
were saying, “it’s time to bring
out the brooms!. The UR women’s
volleyball team apparently got the
message, as they completed the
season sweep of the SUNY Fredonia Blue Devils 3-0 and 3-1 back
on Sept. 16.
The Yellowjackets improved
to 18-8 on the season and are in
fifth place in the incredibly tough
University Athletic Association.
But this week’s victory only helped
their cause as they prepare for
playoff time.
The Yellowjackets absolutely
dominated the Blue Devils 3-0 in a
game that matched wit with power.
The ’Jackets took the match, 30-15,
30-22, 30-22, before an estimated
crowd of 200 at Dods Hall on the
Fredonia campus.
Senior outside hitter Susan
Johnson led the swarm with 20
kills, 15 digs and two blocks, while
senior setter Sam Carr put up 26
assists, nine digs and one block in
the match.
But the attack didn’t stop there.
Junior Kaitlyn Gorczynski chipped
in five kills and 12 digs, and freshman Dana Hilfinger had five kills
and three blocks.
The Blue Devils were led by
senior middle hitter Stephanie
DeGolier and sophomore outside
hitters Amy Bertrando with eight
kills each but the team could not
overcome the ’Jackets’ offensive
outburst.
On Oct. 14 and 15, the Yellowjackets played the second set
of UAA round robin games in
Chicago.
The first day of play was not kind
to UR, as they came up on the losing
end of both their contests.
The first loss came to Case
Western Reserve University by a
3-2 score. The ’Jackets dropped
the first two games but came back
with two close wins to even the
score at 2-2. Case dominated the
final game, however, to come away
with the victory.
Johnson led the ’Jackets with
40 kills and added 27 digs. Carr
finished with 34 assists and 29
digs for UR.
Later that day, the Yellowjackets
were overpowered by New York
University, losing by scores of
27-30, 21-30, 18-30. Sophomore
Jessica Rasmussen had eight digs
in the match.
On Sunday, UR fared better,
splitting their two games. They
lost to second-ranked Washington
University in St. Louis, 3-0, but
came back to defeat the University
of Chicago Maroons 3-2.
Johnson was solid once again for
the ’Jackets, tallying 26 digs, 21
kills and three blocks in the win
against Chicago. Rasmussen had
18 digs and Gorczynski added 14
digs and two blocks.
After beating Nazareth College
yesterday by a 3-0 score, UR is
headed for the big stage — the
playoffs. Coincidentally, they will
be playing Nazareth in the first
round.
The Yellowjackets will enter the
New York State Championship,
hosted by Skidmore College, as the
fifth seed. This year marks their
fifth consecutive playoff berth,
and this is their highest seeding
in that span.
Wang is a member of
the class of 2009.
Additional reporting
by Alex Moeller.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
FROM THE
P
RESSBOX
BY BO WANG
“Just win baby…” as famously
coined by the one and only Al Davis, the one time coach, former general manager and forever owner (I
hope not) of the Oakland Raiders.
The proud franchise, steeped in
tradition and legend, has recently
been reduced to the laughingstock
of the National Football League.
The once famous Black Hole is
nothing but a pile of mud to walk
through, and a once proud organization is in shambles. Though I
profess I’m not a fan of the Raiders
(Go Patriots!), I am, however, a
fan of the game of football and it
pains me to see that such a great
franchise has been reduced to its
present state.
Since their Super Bowl appearance back in 2002, the Oakland
Raiders are 14-41 going into week
nine of the 2006 NFL season.
To put this in context, the New
England Patriots have won that
many games in a single season
twice (2003-2004, 2004-2005).
This is a string of mediocrity that is
matched only by the Detroit Lions
and the Arizona Cardinals (17-38).
Each year a new coach, each year
new big acquisitions, each year
nothing but losses for this team;
something has to be done, and it
begins at the top.
1) Al Davis Must Go! — I love
ya baby, but it’s over. Al Davis,
radical (radically crazy) owner of
the Raiders since 1970, helmed
one of the most successful teams
in NFL history, but, in recent
years, that same brilliance that
won 13 division championships
between 1970 and 1985 has sunk
his team into the cellar. Not only
is Davis’s health a concern, his
choices on head coaches over the
last decade have been ill-advised.
Davis can never let a coach have
the bigger ego or more respect,
the one who did (John Gruden)
was fired when the team was on
the cusp of a championship, and
the one after (Norv Turner) was
thrown under the bus more times
than old coffee cups and thus never
gained the respect of the players.
I know that its killing Al Davis to
see his team in such a state after all
the success that he’s experienced
as both a coach and an owner,
but it’s time to move on. Al, it’s
over — you’re a Hall of Famer,
and the game has passed you by.
Please leave.
2) Fire Vince Spiderman McMurrin (Yes that is his name)— The
GM is in charge of the draft, and
in the last four years the Raiders
picks have been the worse year
after year — picks like Nnamdi
Asomugha over Pro Bowlers Anquan Boldin and Osi Umenyiora in
2003 and the bust Robert Gallery
in 2004. But it’s not just the bad
calls on first rounders, it’s rounds
2-7 that make a team, and the
Raiders have retained the fewest
number of their picks than any
other team. You can’t waste picks,
but that’s exactly what the Raiders
have been doing. And that great
trade for Randy Moss, five wins
and you lose a first and second
round pick and a solid linebacker
in the process. In addition to the
abysmal drafts, the free agent
signings are just as much to blame.
Overpriced contracts to Warren
Sapp and Ted Washington on the
defensive line killed the salary
cap of the team. I know Al Davis
coined those deals, but it’s the GM
that makes them, no matter who
the owner is.
3) Cut your hair! — The Raiders have the air and reputation
of being a team of free spirits,
but it’s this lack of discipline that
has caused so many off-field issues
in the past. These distractions
never give a coach or a team a
break from the madness, so their
heads are never in the game on
game day. Guys like Randy Moss,
Joey Porter, Bill Romanowski, all
players with bad on and off field
records were brought in. (Oh yeah,
Arty, even though Porter is coming
back, don’t play him, please? For
me?) The Raiders lack discipline
off the field, and you can see it on
the field. The Raiders are third
in the AFC in penalties and have
had more penalties in the last
four years than any other team.
Is it any wonder why they aren’t
winning?
4) Stability — Since Al Davis
has been owner in 1983; the Raiders have had seven head coaches
(including Art Shell twice).
I miss the old Raiders. I miss
Howie Long, Marcus Allen and
John Madden. I miss good football
in the Bay area. I see no future for
this team — no quarterback, an old
defense, a second string running
back doing his best impression of
being a first and an owner that’s
never going to give his coach a
chance to win. Sorry Al, “Just
win baby…” just isn’t enough
anymore.
Wang is a member of
the class of 2009.
SPORTS
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Life, Love...Sport
Greetings one and all! You are
reading Life, Love...Sport (Illegal
Substances Edition). We have a lot
to cover this week, from Kenny
Rogers to Shawn Merriman and
everything in between. Will I
throw in a bit of hockey perhaps?
You just never know what I am
capable of (if you got a bit anxious,
the answer is yes, hockey will be
covered briefly in this edition).
First, I would like you to consider our man of the week, Kenny
Rogers. There are several things
to consider with this incidentmainly, so what? Everyone in
baseball cheats. I think the steroid
scandals of the last decade showed
us just how easy it is to get away
with cheating, and honestly, how
boring would this postseason
have been if Rogers was his old
self? No one in the country cares
about a guy who is old and pitches
terribly in the playoffs, that’s old
news. But if you have a guy who
RESURRECTS his career in the
postseason, now there’s a story.
Secondly, what was Fox doing focusing on Rogers’ hand anyways?
Don’t they have better angles to
show, perhaps actually watching
the play happen then focusing on
a hand? This all ties in with an
annoying tread in television today,
where during a game the cameras
will focus on some fan in the crowd
or on a patch of grass rather than
the play itself. If I wanted to see
some 80 year old man, I’d go to
the nursing home. I’d much rather
watch the game and TV today is
taking away from that experience.
Lastly, and most importantly, does
it really matter what Rogers had
in his hands? Would it make you
feel any better if it was chocolate
cake icing instead of pine tar? With
BY DAVID MAYSTROVSKY
the amount of conspiracy theories
being thrown out there, one would
think that the fate of the free world
depended on the answer. Baseball
is just a game.
While we are on the topic of
illegal substances, let us turn
our wearied eyes to San Diego
Chargers linebacker and potential
Defender of the Year candidate,
Shawn Merriman. He was banned
for four games for violating the
league’s substance abuse policy
for steroids. Merriman made
one of the dumbest moves of the
year, considering the NFL has
the toughest policy on steroid
testing.
It is because of these kinds of
catches that the NFL’s policy
works. If average players know
that the stars can get busted for doing illegal substances, it makes it
easier to enforce the law, whereas
Major League Baseball busted
Jason Grimsley, a journeyman
reliever. Consider the difference.
Moving on to our most beloved
Missouri Tigers! While a loss to
Texas A&M severely crippled their
hopes of advancing to the national
title game, the Tigers still have a
chance. With an Adrian Petersonless Sooner team coming to town
this week, Missou has a great
chance of being 8-1 in preparation
for their crucial (and BCS bowl)
defining game against Nebraska.
Chase Daniels has certainly made
himself a front-runner for the
Heisman in 2007. With all the
big stories coming out of college
football this year, one cannot
overlook this stupendous Missouri team that has soared after
the departure of Brad Smith and
taken coach Gary Pinkel’s ass off
the stove.
I promised a bit of hockey
coverage, and I intend to deliver.
Alexander Ovechkin is once again
promising to light up the stat
sheet, after his enormously successful rookie season. Not only is
he Russian (yours truly hails from
the same locale), but he has the
knack to make some outrageous
goals look effortless, which is a
must if one is to get mentioned
in Life, Love...Sport. While we’re
here, lets throw a bone to the Buffalo Sabres, off to their best start.
I predict massive injuries and an
eventual loss in the playoffs to Sir
Crosby and the Russian Rocket,
Evgeni Malkin, showing that the
best players still come out of the
land of vodka and onion domes.
Now, for something completely
different, the time has come for
LLS to pick a patron saint. And
to that end, I challenge you, my
readers to pick a saint for this
column. The entry has to be of
contemporary nature, after all
I was born in the mid-80’s and
someone that we could all pray to
when times get rough. Send your
suggestions to dmaystro@mail.
rochester.edu with your name and
class year (or if you just read this
column for kicks and giggles, your
location). The best entry will be
mentioned in the next column as
well as receive a big, shiny prize!
Good luck.
Final Fact:
The combined paid attendance
for the last 10 college basketball
national championship games:
427,395. Combined paid attendance over the last 10 seasons for
Carolina-Duke games: 445,113.
Maystrovsky’s column appears
weekly. He is a member of
the class of 2009.
Athlete of the Week — Jay Jay Vanderstyne
CLASS: 2008
SPORT: Football
HIGH SCHOOL: Victor High School, Victor,
N.Y.
MAJOR: Economics
IDEAL DAY OFF: Sleep in, play video games
with my roommates then go golfing.
FAVORITE OTHER SPORT: Baseball
FAVORITE BOOK: “Da Vinci Code”.
FAVORITE MOVIE: “Brokeback Mountain”.
PLANS AFTER COLLEGE: Be President of the United
States.
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SEASON: To contend for the
Liberty League title and make the postseason.
FAVORITE ATHLETIC MEMORY: Wining the state title in
baseball my senior year of high school.
WHY JAY JAY IS THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Had 9
receptions for 108 yards and a touchdown in the rout over
WPI.
This Week in Sports
THURSDAY
NO SPORTING
EVENTS
SCHEDULED
FRIDAY
• Men’s Soccer at Emory
University, TBA
• Women’s Soccer at
Emory University, TBA
SATURDAY
• Volleyball at the New
York State Tournament at
Skidmore University,
1 p.m.
• Men’s and Women’s
Cross Country UAA Championships at Washington
University in St. Louis, 11
a.m. and noon
• Squash vs. Denison University at Cleveland Ohio,
noon.
• Field Hockey at SUNY
Oneonta, 1 p.m.
SATURDAY (cont.)
SUNDAY
TUESDAY
• Men’s and Women’s Swimming at the SUNY Geneseo
Invitational, 1 p.m.
• Football at Grove City College, 1:30 p.m.
• Volleyball at the NYS
Tournament at Skidmore,
1 p.m.
• Men’s Soccer at Carnegie
Mellon, 1:30 p.m.
NO SPORTING
EVENTS
SCHEDULED
SUNDAY
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
NO SPORTING
EVENTS
SCHEDULED
NO SPORTING
EVENTS
SCHEDULED
• Women’s Soccer at Carnegie Mellon University,
11 a.m.
• Squash at Kenyon College
in Cleveland, Ohio, noon.
SPORTS
CAMPUS TIMES
PAGE 20
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006
Cross and Webster capture NYS doubles
DAVID FALCONIERI • STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Juniors Colleen Cross and Cassie Webster won the first
doubles flight at the state tournament this weekend.
BY DANA SALL
STAFF WRITER
The women’s varsity tennis team ended their fall
season with a bang, finishing
second in the New York State
Women’s Collegiate Athletic
Association Championships
held last weekend at Cornell
University. The Yellowjackets totaled 38 points for the
tournament, falling short
of champion Vassar College
with 62 points. New York
University came in third
place with 30 points.
Most notable was the performance of juniors Colleen
Cross and Cassie Webster,
who teamed together to win
first place in the first doubles
flight. After a first round
bye, Cross and Webster
crushed their second round
opponents, Progga Das and
Erica Sherman of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, 8-3.
They next faced Liz Karam
and Casey Gillman of St.
Lawrence University, whom
they beat in a close match,
9-8 (4).
In the final round, Rochester faced long-time rival
Vassar and came out on top,
defeating Debbie Sharnak
and Kelly Graham by a score
of 9-8 (8).
“It felt so great to win the
first doubles flight,” Cross
said. “Cassie and I played
very well together and, despite some tough matches,
we came out on top. I know
[Coach] Anna was very proud
of us, as was the rest of the
team. We have a lot to look
forward to for the spring
season.”
The other Rochester doubles teams also performed
well in their respective
flights. In the second doubles
flight, junior Alexa Perry
and sophomore Melinda
Beckmann advanced to the
second round after defeating Meg Cole and Andrea
TerBush of SUNY Cortland,
8-6. The duo was defeated in
the third round by Krista
Romita and Elysa Kliman
of Vassar, 8-3.
The Rochester freshman
duo of Victoria Wells and
Megan Mears advanced to
the third round of the third
doubles flight. In the first
round, they defeated William
Smith College’s Connel and
Haseotes, 8-5 In the second
round they defeated McEvoy
and Travis of Skidmore by
another 8-5 score. Rochester
was defeated by Goheen and
Pardoe of Hamilton College
in an extremely close match,
with a final score of 9-8 (4).
during an eight play drive,
effectively shortening the
duration of the game by letting the clock run. Though
they were forced to punt,
they allowed WPI the opportunity for only one more
possession the rest of the
third quarter. The Engineers
drove the length of the field,
and they found themselves
in a fourth down situation
at the two-yard line. Instead
of kicking a field goal, WPI
went for the touchdown,
but their rush attempt was
stuffed for a five-yard loss
by junior defensive back
Jim Milks.
The offense took over on
their own seven-yard line.
Just like their previous
possessions, the ’Jackets
continued to pound the ball
on the ground using both
Bielecki and Molisani. The
WPI defense simply couldn’t
stop the running game,
resulting in solid gains and
many first downs, as well
as taking large chunks of
time off the game clock.
SEE OFFENSE, PAGE 17
Offense clicks as UR crushes WPI
BY TIM BRACKNEY
STAFF WRITER
The Yellowjackets put
together one of their best
performances of the year
on both sides of the ball as
they manhandled Worcester
Polytechnic Institute in
Worcester, Mass. this past
Saturday, 34-7. The win
was the third straight for
the team as they improved
their record to 5-2 and 3-1
in Liberty League play.
The UR defense was too
much for WPI as they held
them to just one score and
only 257 total yards on offense. Senior linebacker
Jason Goeller turned in
another impressive performance, finishing the game
with two sacks and an
interception. The defense
amassed six sacks and two
interceptions and kept the
WPI offense out of the red
zone all but five times during
the course of the game.
The ’Jackets started the
game on their own 27-yard
line. Ten plays and 73 yards
later, Rochester got on the
scoreboard thanks to a three
yard run into the end zone by
junior running back Matt Bielecki. A missed extra point
kept the score at 6-0.
The defense set the tone
early during the ensuing
kickoff to WPI. Senior
linebacker Osaze Ogbahon
forced a fumble by the WPI
return man that was nearly
recovered by the ’Jackets.
WPI drove down the field
only to have their field goal
attempt blocked.
The next possession for
the UR offense featured
more touches for Bielecki.
The WPI defense couldn’t
seem to stop him as he ran
the ball five times for 42
yards on that drive alone.
Bielecki capped off the drive
with another score, this
time from two yards out. He
finished the game with 177
yards rushing. At the end
of the first quarter, the Yellowjackets had a comfortable
13-0 lead.
The Engineers earned
their only score of the game
in the second quarter, but
from then on it was all Yellowjackets. They responded
to the WPI touchdown with
a score of their own, working with a short field thanks
to a long kickoff return by
freshman wide receiver Zach
Ingoldsby. Following a couple
of long gains on the ground
by Bielecki, senior quarterback Aaron Molisani found
fellow senior running back
Pat O’Brien for a 10-yard
touchdown pass. The first
half closed with the ’Jackets
comfortably ahead, 20-7.
WPI got the ball to start
the second half and essentially wasted their possession when Goeller intercepted a pass attempt on the
very first play of the drive.
The Yellowjackets ran the
ball a whopping seven times
JEFF LEVY • PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Senior Aaron Molisani has fueled the UR offense this year.
Field Hockey has winning streak snapped — 16
The singles draws were
also filled with Rochester
victories. In the first singles
draw, Cross advanced to the
finals earning a second place
title. Cross crushed Kara
Powers of Hamilton, 6-2, 6-2,
in the first round. The second
round was more difficult,
but Cross prevailed over
Caroline Caillet of Rochester
Institute of Technology, 6-2,
4-6, 7-6. Amanda Husson of
SUNY Cortland was Cross’s
victim in the third round,
falling by a score of 6-3, 63. In the final round, Cross
was defeated by Sharnak of
Vassar, 6-4, 6-0.
Both Webster and Perry
also advanced to the final
round of their respective
draws, each earning a second
place title.
In the second singles draw,
Webster defeated Natalie
Fernandez of Cortland, 6-0,
6-1, in the first round, Brianne Francisco of Rochester
Institute of Technology, 6-1,
6-0, in the second round and
Rachel Leonard of Nazareth
College 6-4, 6-4, in the third
round. Graham of Vassar
defeated Webster in the final
round, 6-1, 6-1.
Perry won her opening
match over Betsy O’Brian
of Nazareth, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-1.
She went on to defeat Jenny
Grabler of Skidmore, 7-5, 61, and TerBush of Cortland
6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Perry lost in the
final round to Nicole Pontee,
6-0, 6-2.
Wells lost in the first round
of the sixth singles flight,
while Beckmann advanced
to the second round of the
fourth singles draw and
Mears advanced to the third
round of the fifth singles
flight.
Overall it was an extremely successful weekend
for the Yellowjackets, and the
girls were extremely proud
of their success.
“We could not have asked
for a better ending to our
fall season,” Beckmann said.
“Most of the matches we
played were very close, each
of the girls decided to leave
everything they had out on
the court and we came home
with a trophy. Everyone just
did a great job!”
The ’Jackets will return
next spring for the remainder of their season. With the
success they’ve had thus far,
the women’s varsity tennis
team is the new team to
watch.
Sall is a member of
the class of 2008.
JEFF LEVY • PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Senior Tyler Green dribbles the ball in the open field.
Soccer gears up for
final league games
BY ALEX MOELLER
SPORTS EDITOR
The men’s soccer team
continued their hot streak
over the past two weeks,
going undefeated in three
games. Unfortunately for
them, two ties in University
Athletic Association play left
the ’Jackets in fourth place
in the league with three
games to play.
On Oct. 13, UR played
host to the University of
Chicago. The Maroons came
out quickly and scored in the
14th minute on a one-on-one
shot that UR junior goalie
Paco Corbalan couldn’t corral. Both teams had scoring
chances toward the end of
the half, but they went into
the locker rooms with Chicago holding a 1-0 lead.
The Maroons almost doubled their lead early in the
second half. A Chicago forward blasted a shot toward
the right corner, but Corbalan was sharp and made the
tough save.
UR got the equalizer in
the 58th minute. A cross
by senior Neil Osuch was
handled by a Maroons player
in the penalty area, giving
the Yellowjackets a penalty
kick. Senior Tyler Green
buried the shot in the back
of the net, knotting the score
at one goal apiece.
From that point on, UR
played like a team possessed.
They created numerous
scoring chances and outplayed the Maroons, but
were unable to score and the
regulation period ended with
a 1-1 draw.
The overtime periods
were evenly matched, with
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