Lead found in Lions` Stadium

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The College of New Jersey Student Newspaper since 1885
April 16, 2008
No. 12.
Vol. CXXVIII.
Lead found in Lions’ Stadium
Field closed until at least May
By Tom Dunford
News Editor
Lions’ Stadium was closed Monday
afternoon by recommendation of the New
Jersey Department of Health and Senior
Services (DHSS) after it found high levels of
lead in the stadium’s nylon-fiber turf.
The stadium will remain closed until at
least May, according to Matthew Golden,
executive director of Public Affairs.
DHSS performed a random, voluntary
sampling of 12 municipal and college
fields across Mercer, Bergen, Hudson and
Morris counties during March, following
the discovery of lead contamination in an
artificial recreational field in the Ironbound
section of Newark in fall 2007.
Lions’ Stadium, along with Frank Sinatra
Park in Hoboken, was found to be one of two
sites that also contain elevated lead levels.
DHSS made public Monday that it found
lead concentrations of 4,100 milligrams of
lead per kilogram of fiber in Lions’ Stadium.
While there are no national guidelines for
safe lead levels in artificial fields, these
levels were more than 10 times greater than
the New Jersey Environmental Protection
Agency’s 400 milligrams of lead per
kilogram residential soil cleanup criteria.
According to Eddy Bresnitz, deputy
commissioner and state epidemiologist for
DHSS, his staff is looking into dyes used in
the manufacturing of nylon-fiber turf as a
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Photos by Joseph Hannan / Opinions Editor
The Department of Health found
lead in Lions’ Stadium’s turf.
Former studentʼs family notified of Dean moves on from College
her death more than a year later
cated citizenry and the future of
democracy,” Albertine said. “The
free market has come to stand for
After six years of service to democracy. Democracy is more
the College as both an English pro- than that.”
According to Albertine, LEAP
fessor and the dean of the school
of Culture and Society, Susan directly strengthens democracy
by addressing the
Albertine will be
disparity “between
departing from the
people who have
College in July of
this year to serve
money and privilege
as the first senior
who are getting great
undergraduate edudirector of Liberal
cations and people
Education
and
who are coming from
America’s Promise
low-income families,
(LEAP)
State
often minority famiInitiatives.
Chris Gifford / Photo Editor
lies, whose oppor“(LEAP) is a
very, very compre- Dean Susan Albertine. tunities are not as
hensive and ambitious project that great.”
intends to model and support and
From a national level, Albertine
instigate thinking about a new kind will be working to ensure contiof undergraduate education for this nuity throughout public educacentury,” Albertine said.
tion, from kindergarten to the
She described the project as college level, in the California,
inclusive of more traditional learn- Oregon and Wisconsin state eduing objectives — including arts and cation systems.
sciences — in addition to being
“I’m going to be talking to busigeared toward improving global ness leaders as well as higher-ed
awareness, civic responsibility and leaders and campus leaders about
information literacy.
ways that they’re changing the cur“The hope is that we strength- riculum,” she said.
en, dramatically strengthen, undergraduate education for an edusee CULTURE page 3
By Joseph Hannan
Opinions Editor
Photo courtesy of Jenna McBride
Amber Ramsey was reported
missing in February 2006.
By Megan DeMarco
News Editor
When Jaclyn Pryzbylkowski
met Amber Ramsey on the first day
of freshman year, she immediately
thought, “This person is going to
make a change.”
“She was just one of those people,” Pryzbylkowski, who graduated from the College in December,
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said.
A brilliant, independent and talented student, Ramsey entered the
College in 2003 as a women’s and
gender studies major.
Pryzbylkowski added that
Ramsey struck her as someone
“who would write a book or just
be so socially active or speak out
against oppression.”
Despite the potential Ramsey
showed, she developed a drug
addiction and was reported missing in February 2006, according to
Trenton Police. Her body was found
in Trenton on Aug. 1, 2006.
According to the Mercer
County Medical Examiner Office,
Ramsey died on approximately
Dec. 29, 2005 of a “probable drug
overdose.”
The Ramsey family was not
notified about Amber’s death until
March 2008.
“Everyone’s upset about how
society treats junkies as nothing,”
Pryzbylkowski said. “She was just
forgotten.”
Amber
Jenna McBride, a senior at Tyler
school of Art and Ramsey’s best
friend from Ewing High School, said
Ramsey always stood out. McBride
and Ramsey met in fifth grade and
became close friends in 10th grade
when they had English together.
“She was unbelievably talented,” McBride said. “She could just
choose any random thing and be
good at it.”
McBride added that Ramsey
started writing a book in high school
and had an elaborate vocabulary,
which sometimes made other people uncomfortable.
“Some people just didn’t get
her,” McBride said. “People are
boring and can’t handle a fun
personality.”
Pryzbylkowski said Ramsey was
an extraordinary writer and artist
and was extremely passionate about
women’s and gender studies.
Jessi Boston, who met Ramsey
when she was a freshman at the
College and Ramsey was a senior,
said Ramsey was always creating.
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Accepted students face zombie infestation
By Lauren Gurry
News Assistant
As prospective students arrived on campus for an Open House on April 12, they were
greeted not only by College Ambassadors,
but also by a crowd of zombies.
Of course, there weren’t actual zombies
at the College. For the second year in a row,
students acting like the living dead marched
across the campus on the day of an open
house. Participants sported torn clothing and
wore white face makeup and artificial blood.
Some participants had props — one carried a
fake brain with him.
According to Joanna Oliver, a senior elementary education major who helped organize the Zombie Walk, the event was inspired
by the popularity of recent zombie movies.
“The Zombie Walk is not original to (the
College),” Oliver said. “Groups of people
have been participating in such walks all over
the world for the past few years as a response
to various popular zombie movies that came
out. Last year, a friend of mine had the brilliant inclination to see if folks at (the College)
would be interested in doing the same thing.”
The event is not sponsored by any official
student organization. “We just pick a date,
spread the word through Facebook and word
of mouth, and welcome anyone and everyone
to join in on the festivities,” Oliver said.
Reactions to the Zombie Walk tended to
be a mixture between amusement and confusion across campus.
As the zombies marched through the New
Library, employees smiled and chuckled to
themselves.
“I’ve seen it in the past, so it’s just funny to
see it,” Jasmine Rodriguez, a senior interactive multimedia major who works at the front
desk of the library, said.
In front of Eickhoff Hall, the zombies added a student from the College into their circle.
They put makeup on the his face and chanted,
“One of us, one of us.”
Students watching from a nearby park
bench were bewildered by the event.
“Oh my God,” was the first reaction of
Matt Turner, freshman open option business
major. “It doesn’t make sense … If I was a
prospective student and I saw this, it would
definitely be a turnoff,” he said.
Rob Himmelmann, freshman international
business major, agreed with Turner but admitted that he would laugh at the festivities, just
as he was doing that very moment.
Jenna Brown, a prospective student at the
College, caught sight of the zombies in front
of Brower Student Center and thought the
walk was a good idea. “It’s a good way to
promote an event,” she said. “It catches your
eye … It’s definitely creative.”
Brown’s mother disagreed. “As an older
person, I wouldn’t know why they’re doing
it,” she said.
The zombies walked for a cause: Each
participant was required to bring at least one
canned good with him or her. They collected
the canned goods in a shopping cart and donate them to local food shelters in Trenton.
Oliver said the zombie walk received a
positive reaction. “People get a kick out of
it. They point and laugh and all that jazz,”
Oliver said. “This year some of us were
asked for directions from prospective students and their families. We happily assisted
them. We also told them we’d love it if they
came to (the College), thus, giving us their
brains.”
Photo courtesy of Russell Jones
A group of student zombies shuffle across the campus April 12.
SFB leaves money in Gospel Choir Ministries’ collection plate
By Matt Lawyue
Staff Writer
The Student Finance Board
(SFB) awarded $2,317 to Gospel
Choir Ministries (GCM) for
“Extravaganza,” a dance and performance event, after denying
GCM’s request last week.
GCM revised its numbers
to accommodate more students than non-students. At
last week’s meeting GCM projected 100 more non-students
would attend than on-campus
students. GCM amended its
projections to cater this event
toward students.
“This is a good event and the
numbers are revised,” Matthew
McCann, SFB senior representative, said. “It should be a successful event.”
The annual event will showcase Tia Pittman Ministries &
Greenlight Music. It is scheduled
for April 26 in Forcina Hall room
134.
SFB unanimously denied
funding for TCNJ Musical
Theatre’s (TMT) “Side by Side
by Sondheim.” This is a scheduled musical revue featuring
songs of Broadway composer
Stephen Sondheim. Members
of TMT requested this performance because some of them
were upset with the selection
of “Star Wars! the Musical”
Jim Gallagher, equipment center manager, considers a request at SFB’s April 8 meeting.
and want to perform something
more classical.
TMT began rehearsing for
this event in January, but did not
request funding until three weeks
before the show. The requested
$3,000 would have been used to
pay the musical director’s fee.
When SFB asked how they
proposed to pay for the musical
director if they weren’t awarded
funding, TMT members said they
were unsure what they would do.
TMT also requested $1,800
to rent a baby grand piano from
Beethoven Pianos in New York
City. Of the piano rental quotes
provided, SFB pointed out there
was the same piano for only $860.
This package would include free
delivery and pickup as well as
one tuning on location. TMT
argued the more expensive piano
TMT has had a verbal agreement
for three months with the director
without knowing if they had the
means to pay him.
Chabad was awarded $314 by
a 9-4 vote for “Passover Seders.”
They requested $1,889.
This event would have been
scheduled for April 19 and 20, the
first days of Passover. However,
Jewish Student Union (JSU) is
also hosting a Seder that same
weekend. SFB asked why the
groups aren’t co-sponsoring the
event.
SFB ultimately awarded the
same amount it gave to JSU,
which was $300. The extra $14
would be used for publicity.
A“Leather-Making Workshop,”
hosted by Order of the Golden
Lion, was allocated $335.50
unanimously.
Students will have the opportunity to produce their own leather
belts in about 10 to 30 minutes,
for free. This workshop is scheduled for April 18 in Eickhoff room
113.
“I like the event and it’s pretty cheap,” Bill Fenimore, SFB
administrative director, said. “The
location should help a lot too.”
SFB, which prior to the meeting
had a total balance of $48,189.54,
allocated a total of $2,966.50.
would be “ideal” for this type of
performance.
Ultimately, SFB reached an
agreement that the piano could
be paid for through ticket sales.
There is a $6 ticket price for
students and an $8 price for nonstudents. As for the director’s fee,
SFB was not comfortable that
SGA approves Student Activities Fee increase
By Maham Qureshi
Staff Writer
The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a
resolution calling for an increase in the Student Activities
Fee (SAF) for the 2008-2009 school year. After the resolution was tabled for further discussion and a vote at the
previous week’s meeting, it passed with only four votes
against it at the April 9 meeting.
Leo Acevedo, Student Finance Board
executive director, provided clarification
on the outline for the allocation of the SAF
funds. The latest draft of the plan called
for an $80 increase in SAF, not $60, which
is what he presented at last week’s meeting.
According to this plan, students would pay $223 a year
for the SAF portion of their bill, instead of the current fee
of $143.
The $80 increase would be used to fund a Sovereign
Bank Arena concert, two large concerts at the College,
comedy shows, a Saturday “loop,” movie nights, insurance
for club sports teams, carnivals and weekly bus trips.
The resolution again met with division among SGA
members.
Many agreed that more programs were needed on
campus to attract potential students to the College and
to make the school more enjoyable for current
students. Adding concerts, comedy shows,
and various events on weekends would
also challenge the College’s reputation as a
“suitcase school.”
“It’s actually one of the lowest fees we
pay. This increase is not that big in terms of
what we pay for what we are going to get out of it,” Sheil
Naik, senator of Business, said.
Others felt that increasing the SAF by 50 percent in one
year was too much of a burden on students, especially in
the face of already increasing tuition, and that it was unfair
to those who do not attend events on campus.
“Why can’t we ask people to pay more for a ticket?
Why charge 5,000 students for a concert that only 300
people go to? It doesn’t make sense,” Mike Peters, senator
of Culture and Society, said.
After receiving SGA support, the draft for the increase
in SAF will now be debated and voted on by the Board
of Trustees.
SGA also gave the Foundation for the International
Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) club status. FIMRC
is a national non-profit organization that recruits college
students from all majors to work in clinics around the
world. The College chapter will raise donations to send
supplies to these clinics and send students overseas during breaks.
The club was approved with a unanimous vote.
April 16, 2008 The Signal page 3
Get your hands off my Wii
By Megan DeMarco
News Editor
On April 5 at 9:30 a.m. a
student reported to Campus Police that his Nintendo Wii gaming console, remote and a video
game were stolen from his room
in Wolfe Hall.
The victim said he last saw
the property at 4 p.m. on April 4
and first realized it was missing
at 3 p.m. on April 5.
He said at various times the room
was unsecured and
unoccupied.
The
console
was
not attached
to anything
fixed in the
room.
The victim checked with his
friends to see if any of them had
borrowed it without his knowledge, but none of his friends said
they had it.
The total value of the property stolen was $250.
There is no further information at this time.
…
A student’s clothes were stolen from the Townhouses East
laundry room on April 4 between
5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
The student told Campus Police that he was in the laundry
room washing four shirts described as extralarge white T-shirts
with gold and blue
across the front.
He said he put the
shirts in a dryer and
went back to his room
to sleep. When he returned, the
shirts were missing.
Each shirt is worth $10, totaling $40.
There is no further information at this time.
In Memoriam
The late Alan Dawley, professor of history, was remembered by friends and
colleagues during a memorial on April 10 in the Allen Hall Drawing Room.
Dawley died of heart failure while on a research trip to Mexico in March.
Culture / Search for replacement still in planning stages
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paying attention to the “needs and experience of students who
have been underserved in higher education.”
In transitioning to her new job, Albertine will be departing
from the College after having administered the transformation of its curriculum to a learning-center model, which
focuses on student performance rather than an “implicit set
of objectives.”
“I’ve learned on the ground what it means and how,
effectively, to work with curriculum in a way that the faculty
feel passionate about,” Albertine said. She added that she
will promote “economically responsible change” on a larger,
national scale.
In looking back on her time with the College, Albertine
said she was proud of “the creative success that we’ve had in
Culture and Society.”
“We’re very open-minded about being interdisciplinary, and we took some chances doing that. And that’s hard,
because you’re going against the traditional power of the
discipline, so you have to be creative to be boundary crossing,” she said.
According to Jo Carney, English department chairperson,
Albertine will be missed by both the College as a whole and
Dean Susan Albertine will leave the College in
July to head LEAP State Initiatives.
particularly the School of Culture and Society.
“Not only is she an energetic and efficient manager, she
is a leader with vision who consistently supports student and
faculty initiatives,” Carney said.
Among those initiatives, Carney said Albertine has supported the Visiting Writers Series, Close Reading Series, the
Walt Whitman Symposium of 2006, the upcoming Thorton
Wilder Conference and student honor society research and
travel. Albertine has also supported faculty research and
teaching.
According to Matthew Golden, executive director of
Public Affairs, the search process to find a new dean is still in
its planning stages.
“Dean Albertine will be here for a little while, and the
president, Interim Provost (Elizabeth) Paul and our new
executive vice president/provost will be working with the
leadership of the School of Culture and Society to map out
a plan for both the interim and permanent deanship,” Golden
said via e-mail.
“Change is good and I would love to see a creative new
leader with new vision, new ideas and a deep commitment
to the students and faculty here,” Albertine said. “You want
continuity but you also want new vision, and that’s what I
hope.”
Contamination / Effect on commencement ceremony unknown
cause for the lead contamination. The DHSS
is investigating dust contamination on the turf
in addition to the fiber contamination.
“At this point, we’ve only performed
a limited study just of the fibers found on
the fields,” Bresnitz said. “Of course, we’re
going to perform further laboratory tests,
including a sampling of the dust.”
According to a DHSS press release, it is
unknown at this time whether the lead found
in Lions’ Stadium’s turf can be absorbed into
the body as readily as that found in lead paint.
Specialized tests are pending and expected by
early May, at which point further action for
the stadium will be determined.
“Based on the limited information we
have at this time, the (d)epartment’s assessment is that there is a very low risk of
Lions’ Stadium was closed off to students and the public after the
Department of Health and Senior Services found high levels of lead in
the artificial turf.
exposure,” the press release read. “The
risk of exposure can be reduced by proper
maintenance of the field, including wetting
down the field. Users of the field should
wash properly and ensure that their clothing
is washed after play.”
According to Bresnitz, children under the
age of 6 are at the greatest risk for adverse
affects due to lead exposure, as their brains
are still developing.
The closure of Lions’ Stadium has thrown
many campus events, including club and intramural sporting events and Commencement
2008, into limbo.
“The College is currently evaluating options of rescheduling or relocating
some events as well as future use of Lions’
Stadium,” Matthew Golden, executive director of Public Affairs, said.
“We’re concerned,” Debbie Simpson,
intramural coordinator, said. “It’s upsetting
because they’re taking a facility that is used
so much and affects so many people.”
According to Simpson, the College has
contacted the Ewing Township Recreation
Department for advisement.
“They have been very good to us in the
past,” Simpson said.
The College’s soccer field was also tested
as part of the sampling, but was not found to
contain lead above lab reporting standards.
This came as good news to the lacrosse
team, which will use the soccer field for the
rest of its season.
“I was very concerned when I first heard
of the news, but we have received an OK to
have lacrosse lines painted on the turf within
the soccer stadium,” Sharon Pfluger, coach of
College lacrosse team, said via e-mail, though
the lead contamination forced the cancellation of Tuesay’s home game.
The DHSS has requested aid from the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) for further national investigation of
the turf used in recreational, residential and
commercial nylon-fiber fields, according to
a letter to CPSC Executive Director Patricia
Semple, dated April 11.
“This is a potential consumer safety
issue with national implications, since
these turf products are widely distributed,”
Heather Howard, DHSS commissioner,
said. “While we are doing additional testing on the samples, we recommend that
field managers exercise caution to protect
against potential exposures for those who
use the fields where high lead levels were
found.”
According to Bresnitz, the manufacturer
of the turf, AstroTurf LLC, was notified of
the results after the first test findings from
Newark in 2007.
The DHSS praised the College’s cooperation during the investigation.
“Both Hoboken Mayor David Roberts and
(the College) have been extremely cooperative,” the DHSS press release read, “and will
continue to work with the (d)epartment on the
best course of action.”
—Additional reporting by
Allison Singer, Sports Editor
and Kristen Lord, Nation & World Editor
Ramsey / College offers several resources for students
Photo courtesy of Jenna McBride
Photo courtesy of Jessi Boston
Friends say Amber Ramsey wanted help but did not know
where to turn. She is pictured with her mother, Linda (right).
“She was always writing or producing or making something,” she
said.
Ramsey came to the College on
a Bill Gates scholarship, which is
awarded to outstanding minority
students with financial need.
In addition to her talent and
intelligence, Pryzbylkowski said
Ramsey “just lived her life caring
about other people and making a
difference in their lives.”
“She would have talked to you
without even knowing you,” she
said.
Pryzbylkowski said Ramsey was
not afraid of societal norms, adding
that she was someone who was
“breaking down all social barriers.”
McBride agreed.
“She always had an opinion
about everything and wasn’t afraid
to tell people her opinion,” she
said.
Boston said she had a contagious personality.
“She was just a really strong
inspiring person,” she said.
“Everybody knew her on campus
at one point.”
“She touched my life in a dramatic way,” Pryzbylkowski said.
“She wanted out”
McBride said she and Ramsey
stayed in touch freshman year, but
she noticed that Ramsey changed
that summer.
“She definitely changed a lot,”
she said. “She just seemed really
kind of jaded.”
Pryzbylkowski said when
Ramsey started using drugs, she
wanted to get help but didn’t know
where to go.
“She was battling things,”
Pryzbylkowski said. “She wanted
out of it so bad. She wanted the
help.”
Pryzbylkowski said at times
Ramsey was suicidal, but did not
know where to go on campus.
“There’s not enough resources
on campus,” she said. “In those
times there’s nowhere to turn and
I wish (the College) did promote
that.”
According to Pryzbylkowski,
drug use is not something talked
about at the College.
“You never hear about drugs on
campus,” she said.
Pryzbylkowski said Ramsey
checked into several different rehab
facilities.
“Drug addiction is such a hushhush thing,” she said. “It’s really a
major issue.”
Friends expressed anger at the
Trenton Police for waiting so long
to notify the Ramsey family.
“I don’t understand it,” McBride
said. “I don’t think somebody forgot about it. I think there was an
intentional mistake here.”
Boston said students started
posting on Amber’s Myspace and
Facebook pages “RIP Amber” after
she went missing in 2006, but there
was still no confirmation from the
police.
“It made me very angry that
we were all in the dark for so long
about what happened,” she said.
Response from the College
Pryzbylkowski said she is
unhappy with the response from
the College.
“A dear member on our campus
to a lot of people passed away,” she
said. “Why hasn’t there been an email about it?”
Matthew Golden, executive
director of Public Affairs, said emails are only sent out in certain
cases.
“We generally send out e-mails
regarding losses in our community
if it’s a current member of our community or retired staff,” he said.
Golden did say, however, that
a memorial will be held with
Ramsey’s family.
“Whenever we have the unfortunate occurrence of a student death
we reach out to the family,” he
said.
Pryzbylkowski said she has yet
to see the effects on campus.
“There’s no recognition of it,”
she said.
Pryzbylkowski said this summer
she wants to look into starting a
charity for young people struggling
with drug addiction, while McBride
said she would like to see a scholarship set up through the school in
Ramsey’s name.
“For her to be remembered,
that’s all I want,” Pryzbylkowski
said. “She deserves to be recognized on campus and she is not.”
The most prevalent drug
Experts at the College have
offered several different routes for
students seeking help for friends
with addictions.
They all agree, however, that the
most prevalent drug used on campus is alcohol. Thus, most of the
programming and education held
by the College is largely targeted at
alcohol use.
“Alcohol is the larger, greater
challenge but that does not mean
there isn’t ... substance (abuse),”
Joe Hadge, coordinator of the
Alcohol and Drug Education
Program (ADEP), said. “The vast
majority of issues are alcoholbased.”
Hadge said that during a Core
Survey conducted in 2006, 86
percent of students said they
would prefer not to have drugs
available at parties they attend.
The survey showed that 9 percent of students said they had
used an illegal drug other than
marijuana in the past year.
Hadge said about 20 percent
of students don’t drink at all. In
the survey, 85 percent of students
said they had consumed alcohol
in the past year.
Larry Gage, associate director of Psychological Counseling
Services (PCS), said that although
alcohol and nicotine are much
more common problems, drug
use has a stigma surrounding it.
“There’s a little bit of hysteria
when it comes to heroine and
cocaine,” he said.
He added that when planning
programming and education on
campus, PCS tries to plan according
to the numbers, not the hysteria.
“We try to have perspective,”
he said. “(We try) to be balanced
with the information provided.”
Hadge agreed that there is a
stigma surrounding drug use.
“One of the most important
things we have to get around is
the stigma,” he said. “I still think
it’s out there.”
Increasing trends of drug use
Despite the prevalence of
alcohol, Hadge and Gage admitted increasing trends of drug use
on campus.
Gage said in the past year or
so abuse of prescription drugs has
increased. He mentioned drugs
like Vicodin, Adderall, Ritalin
and Xanax, drugs usually used
to treat attention deficit disorder,
as alternates for caffeine that students sometimes use.
He said marijuana use is a
growing problem as well.
“We have seen pot interfere
with a lot of people’s lives,” Gage
said. “It’s come as a greater concern to us lately.”
Gage estimated that about 15
percent of cases dealt with in
PCS include drug use of some
kind.
According to Gage, in a highly
competitive environment like the
College, students sometimes create more pressure for themselves.
He also said alcohol and drug use
among students is usually connected to something else going
on in the student’s life.
Gage said PCS counselors try
to “look at the bigger picture”
when students identify their drug
problems.
Hadge said drug use on college campuses is not uncommon.
“You have addiction on top
of a college culture,” he said.
“It’s not something that’s a
phenomenon.”
Student resources
Hadge said students should
go to ADEP or use PCS as a
resource.
To receive counseling students
must fill out a counseling request
form.
Gage said that at the begin-
If you or someone you know is
struggling with addiction ...
On-campus
resources
• Alcohol and Drug
Education Program
Eickhoff Hall 159
(609) 771-2571
• Pyschological
Counseling Services
Eickhoff Hall 107
(609) 771-2247
• TCNJ Clinic
Forcina Hall 124
(609) 771-2700
• Helping Others
by Providing
Encouragement
Forcina Hall 441
(609) 771-2139
[email protected]
AIM: TCNJHOPE
Off-campus
resources
• Mercer Council
on Alcoholism
and Drug Abuse
447 Bellevue Ave.,
Trenton
(609) 396-5874
• Bermingham
Clinic
800 Brunswick Ave.,
Trenton
1-888-865-9565
• Catholic Charities
39 North Clinton Ave.,
Trenton
1-800-360-7711
• Princeton Health
Care System
253 Witherspoon St.,
Princeton
(609) 497-4000
In an emergency:
Crisis Intervention Resources
• Helene Fuld Crisis
Center
750 Brunswick Ave.,
Trenton
(609) 396-HELP
• Contact of
Mercer County
Trenton
(609) 896-2120
(609) 585-2244
Information provided by Psychological Counseling Services
ning of the semester students will
receive a prompt response. At this
point in the semester, he said,
there are about 15 students waiting for their first appointments.
“It’s a couple of weeks before
we can see somebody,” he said.
Hadge said ADEP is focused on
education, prevention and training, specifically teaching students
how to recognize a problem.
Another resource for students
is the Clinic, located in Forcina
Hall. Hadge said the Clinic is
geared toward the Mercer County
community and is not a typical
resource most colleges have.
According to its Web site,
“The Clinic is an outpatient center that offers supervised counseling and family therapy serving
Mercer County and surrounding
communities.”
If a student does not check him
or herself into counseling, a friend
or significant other might reach
out to Friends Helping Friends,
a program in which friends are
taught how to approach the situation and reach out to someone
with a drug abuse problem, Gage
said.
He said this is more common than
drug addicts requesting self-help.
“It’s rare that someone will
come in and say ‘I have a drug
problem. I need to quit,’” he said.
Helping Others by Providing
Encouragement (HOPE) is another
resource for students seeking sup-
port with substance abuse issues,
according to Mark Woodford, chair
of the department of Counselor
Education and chair of the
Commission on the Prevention of
Alcohol Abuse.
“This program (is) an essential
piece to help students who are in
recovery from addiction, as well
(as) those who may need support
in deciding if recovery is for them,”
Woodford said.
He said a student mentor from
HOPE can speak with students
who think they need help or students who identify friends as having drug or alcohol problems.
Woodford said the mentor would
help connect students with support groups or counseling.
Hadge said the key aspects to
combating drug use are education,
treatment and enforcement.
Gage encouraged students to
speak up if they think a friend might
have a drug problem. He said ideally, everyone would feel comfortable
raising the alarm and seeking help.
Hadge agreed.
“Each and every member of
the campus community can be a
resource for one another,” he said.
“It’s a message that takes an entire
community.”
Pryzbylkowski said she wished
Ramsey had the help she needed.
“It could have been so different if she had the proper help,”
Pryzbylkowski said. “She wanted
so much to get out of this.”
Nation & World
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Most families of
victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech
have agreed to an $11 million state settlement
that will compensate families who lost loved
ones, pay survivorsʼ medical costs and avoid
a court battle over whether anyone besides the
gunman was to blame.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Thursday a
“substantial majority” of families of victims
of the Virginia Tech shootings agreed to the
settlement.
Peter Grenier and Douglas Fierberg, who
represent 21 families, said the settlement was
worth more than $11 million, but neither they
nor the governor would discuss its terms until
final papers are drawn in a few days.
Grenier and Fierberg said seriously injured
victims “will be well compensated and have
their health care needs taken care of forever,”
and that families who lost loved ones would
be “similarly compensated and cared for.”
“We want to make sure the settlement is
fiscally responsible for the commonwealth,”
Kaine said, “but itʼs kind of a fair balance of a
variety of interests.”
Kaine called the agreement “very positive,” but noted that families who have not
agreed to it still could file suit. Notice must be
filed by April 16.
“I am very proud of the families who, like
us, are going to move forward and get this
behind us,” Holly Sherman, whose daughter
Leslie was killed, said in an e-mail. “Words
cannot do justice to the feelings I have this
week and next week will be harder to describe.
What I can say is that the outpouring of love
and support from the families, to each other,
That proposal called for representatives
of each of those killed to receive $100,000. A
pool of $800,000 was set aside for the injured
in the plan, with individuals eligible to receive
up to $100,000 apiece. Families of those killed
could seek additional money from a $1.75
million hardship fund, and other money was
to be set aside for attorneysʼ fees and a fund
for charities.
The settlement also would give the injured
and victimsʼ families a chance to meet with the
governor and university officials several times
to discuss the mass shootings and changes on
campus since then.
Grenier and Fierberg said the settlement
“will also result in the release of previously
undisclosed facts and information turned up
by our firmʼs investigation that will enable the
public to better understand the events which
caused this senseless tragedy.”
By accepting the proposal, family members gave up the right to sue the state government, the school, the local governments serving Virginia Tech and the community services
board that provides mental-health services in
the area.
Once the final agreement is drawn up
and signed by families, settlements on behalf of those killed will be submitted for
court approval.
In October, the families and surviving victims received payments ranging from $11,500
to $208,000 from the Hokie Spirit Memorial
Fund, set up in the days after the shootings to
handle donations that poured into the school.
That fund will remain open for contributions
to scholarships for five years.
Virginia Tech families reach $11M settlement
is something that is truly noteworthy. We are
forever bonded.”
Seung-Hui Cho, a mentally disturbed student, killed 32 victims and wounded two dozen others at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007,
before committing suicide. Forty families had
previously filed notice with the state that they
might sue.
Cho killed two people in a dormitory,
then killed 30 more than two hours later in a
classroom building before taking his own life.
University officials have been criticized for
waiting about two hours before informing students and employees about the first shootings,
which police initially thought were an act of
domestic violence.
The gunman had been ruled a danger to
himself during a court commitment hearing
in 2005 and was ordered to receive outpatient mental health care, but never received
treatment.
Attorney General Bob McDonnellʼs office
had no comment on the settlement, spokesman Tucker Martin said.
It was not immediately clear whether the
settlement differed from an earlier state proposal, the details of which were obtained last
month by The Associated Press.
AP Photo
Students look over the permanent memorial for the slain students and
faculty at Virginia Tech in this August 2007 photo.
J.K. Rowling sues over copyrights
NEW YORK (AP) — J.K. Rowling said Monday that her efforts to halt a publisherʼs “Harry Potter” lexicon have been
crushing her creativity.
Rowling said she has stopped work on a new novel because the lawsuit in federal court has “decimated my creative
work over the last month.”
Rowling is suing RDR Books to stop publication of Steven
Vander Arkʼs “Harry Potter Lexicon.” She says her copyrights
are being violated.
“This book constitutes wholesale theft of 17 years of my
hard work,” she testified Monday.
RDRʼs lawyer, Anthony Falzone, defended the lexicon as
a reference guide. Falzone calls it a
legal effort “to organize and discuss
the complicated and very elaborate
world of Harry Potter.”
When Dale Cendali, Rowlingʼs
lawyer, asked how she felt about Harry, she replied: “I really donʼt want to
cry.”
Rowling brought the lawsuit against Vander Arkʼs publisher last year.
The legal showdown could last most of the week. Rowling
will spend her breaks in the seclusion of a jury room away
from any die-hard “Potter” fans.
The trial in U.S. District Court comes eight months after
Rowling published her seventh and final book in the series.
The books have been published in 64 languages, sold more
than 400 million copies and produced a film franchise that
has pulled in $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office.
Rowling is a fan of the Harry Potter Lexicon Web site that
Vander Ark runs. But she draws the line when it comes to
publishing the book and charging $24.95. She also says it fails
to include any of the commentary and discussion that enrich
the Web site and calls it “nothing more than a rearrangement”
of her own material.
One of her lawyers, Dan Shallman, on Friday told Judge
Robert P. Patterson, who is hearing the trial without a jury,
that Rowling “feels like her words were stolen.”
He said the author felt so personally violated that she made
her own comparisons among her seven best-selling novels
and the lexicon and was ready to testify about the similarities
in dozens of instances.
David Saul Hammer, a lawyer for RDR Books, which
plans to sell the lexicon, said the publisher will not challenge
the claim by Rowling that much of the material in the lexicon
infringed her copyrights.
But the judge will decide whether the use of the material
by the small Muskegon, Mich., publisher was legal because
it was used for some greater purpose, such as a scholarly
pursuit.
In court papers filed before the trial, Rowling said she was
“deeply troubled” by the book.
“If RDRʼs position is accepted, it will undoubtedly have
a significant, negative impact on the freedoms enjoyed by
genuine fans on the Internet,” she said. “Authors everywhere
will be forced to protect their creations much more rigorously, which could mean
denying well-meaning
fans permission to
pursue
legitimate creGoogle Images
ative activities.”
In court papers, Vander Ark, 50, said he was a teacher and
school librarian in Byron Center, Mich., before recently moving to London to begin a career as a writer.
He said he joined an online discussion group devoted to
the ʻHarry Potterʼ books in 1999 before launching his own
Web site as a hobby a year later. Since then, neither Rowling nor her publisher had ever complained about anything, he
said.
In May 2004, he said, Rowling mentioned his Web site on
her own, writing, “This is such a great site that I have been
known to sneak into an Internet cafe while out writing and
check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a copy
of “Harry Potter” (which is embarrassing). A Web site for the
dangerously obsessive; my natural home.”
The Web site attracts about 1.5 million page views per
month and contributions from people all over the world,
Vander Ark said.
He said he initially declined proposals to convert the Web
site into an encyclopedia, in part because he believed until
last August that in book form, it would represent a copyright
violation.
After Rowling released the final chapter in the “Harry Potter” series that month, Vander Ark was contacted by an RDR
Books employee, who told him that publication of the lexicon
would not violate copyright law, he said.
Former Rider fraternity
president settles lawsuit
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — The former president of a fraternity at Rider University has settled
a lawsuit with the parents of a pledge who drank
himself to death last year, the familyʼs attorney said
Friday.
Michael Torney agreed to pay $150,000 to the
family of Gary DeVercelly Jr. and agreed to provide information to help the family with its lawsuit
against the university, the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity
and others over DeVercellyʼs death.
Douglas Fierberg, a lawyer for DeVercellyʼs parents, said Torneyʼs cooperation “will result in the
release of significant evidence establishing the responsibility of Rider University and Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity.”
Torney still faces criminal charges of aggravated
hazing. Fierberg said he could not characterize the
evidence Torney could provide until after the criminal case is settled.
DeVercelly, an 18-year-old freshman from Long
Beach, Calif., was a pledge at Phi Kappa Tau when
he attended a party there on March 28, 2007, and
drank most of a bottle of vodka.
He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.426 percent, or
more than five times New Jerseyʼs legal limit for
driving, when he was pronounced dead March 30 at
a Trenton hospital, authorities have said.
Prosecutors initially charged two Rider administrators in the deaths along with Torney and two other
students.
The charges were eventually dropped against the
officials at the private central New Jersey college,
and the other students entered a pretrial intervention
program that could allow them to have their record
cleared.
Torney, a 22-year-old from Randolph, has previously rejected plea deals. A lawyer said he was not in
the room with DeVercelly and did not supply alcohol
for the party.
Neither Torneyʼs civil nor criminal defense lawyer
was available to comment.
The fraternity has since closed its chapter on
campus.
Editorial
Commencement, sports
get the big lead boot
Lions’ Stadium is closed because the state Department of
Health and Senior Services (DHSS) found lead in the turf.
According to Matthew Golden, executive director of Public Affairs for the College, the test results won’t arrive until
May, so the College is keeping the field closed until at least
then as a precaution.
For students, that translates to no more athletic events in
the stadium for the rest of the semester. It very likely also
translates to Commencement 2008 being booted out of Lions’ Stadium.
Joseph Hannan / Opinions Editor
All indicators currently point to the company that made
The Department of Health and Senior Services recommended shutting down Lions’
the turf as the culprit. As things stand now, it looks like the
College acted responsibly. The College volunteered to have Stadium until at least May after lead was discovered in the turf.
DHSS test the field, an action other institutions declined to
take, according to Golden.
The College sent out a mass e-mail only hours after learning of the lead and shut down the stadium as a preventative
measure, even though it doesn’t seem that health of students
• Oh my, yes.
will be negatively affected.
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The College could easily have declined to have the sta• No, I missed it!
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they might be
to have the decision spectacularly backfire on us when we
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the issues
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• 9% I’m glad, I love the food
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Lodato’s assessment
of NBA innacurate
The NBA is a troubled league
for many more reasons than being white or black. Labeling the
problem, “the NBA exists today as being simply racial,” is a
cop-out as any educated sports
fan will tell you. Labeling race
as the be-all-end-all problem in
the NBA is much like saying
the same is true for the United
States. It is easy and convenient
to do so, but race is not the sole
reason for the NBAʼs and the
United Statesʼ shortcomings.
Players in the NBA are much
more visible than those in any
other league. Unlike every other
major American sports league,
NBA players are not shrouded
by a baseball hat or helmet. Not
to mention that members of the
NBA seem to be more active
in pop culture, specifically the
hip-hop and rap cultures, which
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unfortunately carry stigmas of
womanizing and violence.
So when an NBA player
makes a mistake, large or
small, it is easier for the media
to exploit it, causing the negative perceptions of the athletes
to grow exponentially. Two
brief, important models for this
theory are the instances that
occurred over two seasons ago
— one being the alleged rape in
Colorado, of which Kobe Bryant was acquitted, and the other
being the brawl in which the
Indiana Pacers made their way
into the seats, accosting a number of fans. When incidents like
these occur, the playersʼ faces
are plastered all over the television and the Internet, so when a
marginal fan witnesses a game
they relate more to the negative
than the positive.
Certainly the NFL has had its
problems throughout the years.
Most recently Chris Henry of
the Bengals was cut after another arrest warrant was issued
(his fifth in a year and a half),
not to mention Michael Vick,
Pacman Jones, Ricky Williams
and others.
Ray Lodatoʼs article in the
April 2 issue of The Signal said
that only 21 percent of fans see
what is happening in the NFL
as being “a shame,” compared
to 50 percent of fans of the
NBA.
The other polls included in
his article were also telling, but
were admittedly, “not an indictment on the quality of the game
being played.” This is the major problem with the NBA. The
product the NBA puts on the
court is not of the same quality
as any of the other three major
sports. It has much less to do
with race than you think, especially considering the NFLʼs
demographic is about 65 percent black, with many other
“non-white” athletes that do
not fit that distinction, including Pacific Islanders, particularly Samoans.
I am not trying to say that
race is not an issue concerning
the perception of the NBA, because it certainly is, but it is not
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favorite
“Seeing the different
cultures and customs
from around the
world.”
“I like that we get to
see all the different
cultures.”
part
the major problem. Last season
I spent $80 on a lower-level seat
to see the Philadelphia 76ers
play the New Jersey Nets. To
my dismay, Allen Iverson, my
favorite player, was not playing because of a desire to be
traded. To further compound
my frustration, the other marquee player, Vince Carter, went
0-11 in the first half, throwing
up uninspired shot after uninspired shot in a sloppy, very
unexciting game. Needless to
say, I have not been back to an
NBA game since. I may return
to a game this season because
the 76ers are going to make the
playoffs. However, this is the
only reason to pay for an NBA
game.
The playoffs are the only
time of the year when NBA
players actually play as hard
as they can. In the NFL, NHL
or MLB, this question of effort
hardly, if ever, comes up, and
when it does, players are chastised for it.
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ʻJohn Doeʼ becomes a thing of the past
VeriChip could diminish basic human freedoms
Imagine a world in which a wave
of your hand could pay for your groceries, your missing child could be
located immediately and John Doe
doesnʼt exist. Itʼs a world that is becoming ever more real.
In 2004, the Food and Drug
Administration approved the use
of Radio Frequency Identification
Michele Reilly (RFID) chips, which would serve
as identification devices similar
to the conventional barcode. Originally intended for
use in hospitals, RFID technology is branching out to
include a wider range of capabilities.
From its inception in 2001, the VeriChip Corporation has been developing a human-implantable RFID
microchip. It would function as a permanent identification badge, capable of much more than the average medical ID bracelet. This miraculous little device
(containing a 16-digit verification number) would aid
in patient identification, infant protection, wander prevention, emergency management and more.
Every year up to 20,000 cases of infant switching
or snatching are reported, and 125,000 critical wandering incidents among Alzheimerʼs patients occur.
VeriChipʼs GPS and security features would cause a
significant decrease in these incidents.
But would the benefits outweigh the costs? In the
past few years RFIDs have been under extreme scru-
tiny, and rightly so. The scientific and ethical implicaThere has also been some skepticism over whether
tions of such a device are clearly cause for concern. or not RFIDs cause cancer. Several clinical studies inWhile VeriChipʼs GPS feature would allow parents volving implanted mice and rats were conducted beto keep tabs on their children, or aid the police
tween 1996 and 2006, and although some mice
in missing persons investigations, it would
were shown to have grown malignant tumors
give the government an unprecedented
(all encasing the RFID capsules), there
amount of control. Our First Amendment
has been no substantial evidence that all
rights might serve no purpose in a world
RFIDs are health concerns.
where the government has the ability to
Any possibility of contracting an intrack our every move.
curable disease due to a fledgling prodIt would be like George Orwellʼs dark
uct is hardly reasonble, especially when
prophecy fulfilled. Although VeriChip proit comes down to the fact that corporate
vides its users with encrypted, passwordAmerica is just out to make a buck.
protected access, it would be possible for
These products can hardly be economical,
a skilled and patient
and if mandated, would put quite a dent in
individual to crack
the working manʼs
the code. This would
pocket.
give new meaning to
It is a question of
identity theft; anyone
the value we place
could access our adon our limited freedresses, medical redoms. In a time of
cords, credit card inforever-increasing governmation and much more.
ment surveillance, is it
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VeriChip is also lobbying the Pentagon to reworth it to take away what little privacy people
place military-issued dog tags with its implants. As have left in their lives? I can envision the slogan now:
if social security numbers and fingerprinting werenʼt “VeriChip: Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.”
enough. In an age where terrorism is rampant and nuclear war is a looming threat, morphing the army into a Information from verichipcorp.com, arstechnica.com
giant target doesnʼt seem like the brightest idea.
and time.com.
Baseball offers ‘religious’ experience for fans
As a sports fan, I get excited whenever any new sports season starts,
whether itʼs football, baseball or college hoops. However, every April I
realize that thereʼs something different about baseball, and I think this
year I finally figured out what it is.
Footballʼs short season packs in a lot of excitement into just 16 games.
Watching football is something you almost always do with friends, and
usually every game turns into a big event in itself. Baseball, however, is
something different. Maybe itʼs the length of the season, maybe itʼs the
time of the year, but baseball offers something much more that is difficult
to put down on paper.
Sheil Naik
For me, baseball has always been a sport that was just there. Its long
season meant that no matter where I was or what I was doing, I could
always count on a game being around for me to watch. That sense of safety gave baseball almost
a motherly feeling to me. No matter how bad or complicated things got in life, I could always
count on the game to be there.
Whether it was seeing the game on TV or actually being at the ballpark, baseball has always
offered a tranquil experience that no other sport could dream of offering. Maybe itʼs the memories baseball brings me — watching the game on TV with a cool summer breeze blowing outside
and not a care in the world — or the simplistic (and often mislabeled “boring”) game itself. Being a Yankee fan in northern New Jersey also meant baseball was a way of life for everyone, and
watching a game often felt like a religious experience. Call it the Emerson/MLB transcendental
experience even. Baseball was often a gateway to my own world — just me, the pitcher, the
batter and the strike zone.
Iʼm not a very religious person, so I cannot imagine what it must be like to be “saved” by
God. However, I do recall my first time visiting Yankee Stadium. As I walked into the ballpark
that afternoon and gazed upon the greenest grass Iʼd ever seen in my life, I experienced a rush
I can only describe as baseballʼs version of spiritualism. Call it “Babe Ruthism” if you will. It
was a rush of history, excitement and wonder, extending from the past to the present and future.
The feeling I got that day is something I will never forget, and it explains my love of the game
perfectly.
It feels great to be reminded that baseball will continue to always be there, from now until Iʼm
100 years old. Iʼm sure Iʼll appreciate it even more as I get older and I get the opportunity to pass
this experience onto my children and grandchildren.
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Watching Yankees third-baseman Alex Rodriguez play in the ʻHouse
that Ruth Builtʼ is an experience that borders on spiritual.
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Activists rally against sexual assault
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Womenʼs Center President Kristen Daskilewicz spoke at
Take Back the Night last Wednesday.
By Kelly Duncan
Features Assistant
The steps of Green Hall
were illuminated by candles and
glow-stick necklaces as students
gathered last Wednesday for Take
Back the Night, an evening of
marching and rallying against
sexual assault.
The Collegeʼs 15th annual
Take Back the Night rally was
organized as part of Aprilʼs
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
and sponsored by the Womenʼs
Center, Women in Learning and
Leadership, Voices for Planned
Parenthood, PRISM and other
student organizations.
According to Susan Adams,
coordinator
of
volunteers
and community outreach for
Womanspace, part of the Mercer
County Sexual Assault Response
Team (SART), Take Back the
Night is designed as a supportive
event for students affected by
sexual assault.
“We are standing here now,
making our voices heard and
saying that this is not acceptable,
not even one assault,” Adams
said.
As a division of SART,
Womanspace annually assists
more than 2,000 women and
families affected by violence and
sexual assault, Adams said.
Adams also said that according
to recently released reports from
the New Jersey State Police, there
were 1,308 rapes in the state,
63 of those in Mercer County.
These numbers do not include
unreported assaults. One of the
goals of Take Back the Night is
to encourage women and men to
report any assaults.
Anne Smolen, freshman deaf
education and English major and
treasurer of the Womenʼs Center,
said many incidents of sexual
assault occur among college-aged
people in the United States.
“Itʼs something that is
extremely prevalent in the 16
to 19 age group, so it applies
to the campus,” Smolen said.
“Weʼre doing this because when
you bring awareness, you bring
change.”
To help raise awareness at
the College, Ellen Friedman,
professor of English and faculty
adviser to the Womenʼs Center,
read a list of myths and facts about
sexual assault. Myths include:
“You cannot be assaulted against
your will,” “It is impossible to
sexually assault a man,” and
“Sexual assault is an impulsive
act.”
Friedman said that contrary to
beliefs about sexual assault and
rape, approximately 75 percent
of incidents are planned and
as many as 80 percent involve
acquaintances.
Members of the crowd were
also encouraged to participate
in the event. The sponsoring
organizations provided interested
students with facts and statistics
about sexual assault that they
could read at the podium before
the march began.
Many students attend the
event annually, but those present
for the first time said they felt a
need to participate and were glad
they came out.
“I had never been before
and Iʼm a junior, so I wanted to
experience it,” Julie Ann Howlett,
junior biology major, said.
“Iʼm taking a class on power,
oppression and privilege, so I
wanted to go to an event against
oppression.”
According
to
Kristen
Daskilewicz, senior womenʼs
and gender studies major and
president of the Womenʼs Center,
the history of Take Back the
Night is unclear. However, the
first known rally in the United
States was in San Francisco,
Calif., in 1978. She said the event
was founded on “the right to be
free from violence, the right to be
heard and the right to take back
those rights if they are violated.”
Fashion and hip-hop fuse at show
Photos by Allie K. Axel
Models strutted down the runway and struck dramatic poses at the Black Student Unionʼs 10th annual fashion show, ʻEye Candy,ʼ on Saturday.
By Keesean Moore
Correspondent
The art deco doors normally used for
embellishment in Kendall Hall were
transformed into stages for a series of
couture still-lifes for models Amber
Douglas and Diamond Singletary during
the “Look at Her” scene in the 10th annual
Black Student Union (BSU) fashion show.
Called “Eye Candy,” the show took place
at 7 p.m. Saturday night.
The show was a tightly stitched
combination of rap music, hip-hop dance
and innovative takes on urbanwear. The
showʼs energy matched that of the crowd,
which had a personality just as lively as the
designs. It was a well done exploration of
black culture and its influence on fashion
sponsored by BSU.
Guilange Fabien, senior criminology
major and co-chair of the “Eye Candy”
fashion show, said, “I believe that fashion
and the hip-hop culture are intertwined. In
fact, almost all of the songs that we picked
for each scene were closely connected to
hip-hop in some way or another.“
She continued, “In hip-hop culture,
fashion and style go hand in hand. This is
how BSUʼs show was this year, attempting
to incorporate a taste of fashion, style and
hip-hop all in one show.”
With the music selections, orchestrated
by DJ Wes Will, it was impossible for
anyone not to get the hip-hop vibe. Crowd
favorites included: “Tambourine” by Eve,
“Hot in Herre” by Nelly and “Candy Rain”
by Soul For Real.
Bola Okoya, sophomore criminology
major, of “Primo Designs,” had an entire
scene committed to his literally off-thewall creations, inspired by the city graffiti
of Okoyaʼs native Brooklyn. Models
sported a series of elaborately designed
hoodies, jeans and summer dresses, all
alluding to graffiti, hip-hopʼs iconic form
of expression, where bricks, trains and all
infrastructure become canvases.
Other mainstream designers often use
classic art for their inspirations, but New
York-bred Okoya chose the only art that
engulfed him on an everyday basis.
He decided on graffiti as an inspiration
because, “It surrounded me and I fell in
love with it.”
Along with Okoya, other designers
whose creations graced the runway were
Nicole Glaspie, Terrell Mason, Donna
Byrd, Kyjuan Westry, Brandon Jones of
“Miskeen Originals” and many others from
Two Stone Production company, although
Okoya was the only College designer.
“I plan to take my business as far
as possible. It has and is getting a lot of
attention,” he said.
Hosts Annie Raczko, senior elementary
education/English major, and Malcolm
Owens, a transfer student who will be
attending the College next year, kept the
show fluid and fun. Their humor contrasted
with the intense faces on the runway and
kept the air in Kendall Hall light and
entertaining.
Their cross-cultural conflicts provoked
much laughter, from Raczkoʼs elaborate
explanation of the huckleberry fruit, from
its roots to discovery, to her love for her
homemade “Apple Bottom Jeans,” which
were nothing more than blue jeans with a
first-grade cut-out of an apple taped to her
butt.
During a brief introduction to the
“Sweet Kisses” scene, Raczko asked,
unaware of the possibility of innuendo,
“Malcolm, what are your favorite kisses?”
After a few mischievous chuckles he
responded with every “kiss” known to
man, besides the kind manufactured by
Hershey, which she was referring to. The
chemistry between them could not have
been more entertaining.
From the laceless Adidas shoes that
ironically hugged the feet of the members
of Run DMC to the explosion of Michael
Jordanʼs basketball career and subsequent
Nike shoe contract that took the sneaker
world by storm, hip-hop culture and
fashion have coexisted for decades. The
“Eye Candy” fashion show was yet another
step in the evolution of modern fashion.
Children’s
museum
bridges
differences
Step by Step
By Lauren Casale
Correspondent
Multicultural sororities and fraternities stepped
it up at the Collegeʼs annual Spring Step Show
Friday night. Spectators filled the Packer Hall
gym to cheer on their favorite performers.
Most kids might not find museums very fun, but
the Kidsbridge Childrenʼs Museum is not your average
educational facility.
The museum has an exhibit located on the first floor
of Forcina Hall and the particular exhibit at the College
is called “Face to Face: Dealing with Prejudice and
Discrimination.” It first opened on March 29, 2006, and
schools have already begun visiting.
As the name suggests, the exhibit was created to
challenge kids to learn about and admire the differences in
others and hopefully steer them away from discriminating
and holding on to prejudices as they grow up.
As written on its Web site, Kidsbridge is “a nonprofit
organization dedicated to the celebration of human
diversity, (that) encourages the students, families and
educators of the greater Mercer County region to
understand and appreciate the strengths and opportunities
that are inherent in the diverse, mosaic cultures of our
community and our world.”
The exhibit is aimed at elementary and middle schoolaged students. Different schools have already attended
the exhibit and billboards displayed in front of the minimuseum contain quotes from some of the students who
have experienced it.
“My favorite part was learning how to handle bad
situations,” Sherae, a third grader, said. Another quote on
the wall was from Cyan, a fifth-grade student, who wrote,
“I felt the trip helped me understand what to do when
people say and do things to you.”
But itʼs not just open to classes. Other organized
groups are also welcome to book time at the museum
like day camps and scout groups, allowing kids from all
over to experience the museum and its messages about
prejudice and differences among people.
According to the Kidsbridge Web site, the “Face to
Face” exhibit was first created and displayed at the
Chicago Childrenʼs Museum. Here at its home at the
College it serves multiple purposes.
Besides allowing for the interaction with and the
teaching of elementary and middle school students,
education and psychology majors have parts to play.
Education majors help to run the exhibit while psychology
majors assess the results of the exhibit on the students
who have gone through it.
“I think itʼs beneficial to the education majors because
they get to interact with the kids even as only freshman,”
Jaclyn Bohan, freshman special education/math major,
said.
Others feel some of the subject matter may be too
mature for such a young audience. Danielle Paterno,
junior psychology major, said, “I think that they might be
dealing with age groups that are too young to be dealing
with the issues theyʼre addressing.”
Different groups on campus are involved with the
museum beyond just the education and psychology
departments. The Teachers of Young Children Association
sends volunteers to work at the exhibit while the Bonner
Center for Civic and Community Engagement coordinates
volunteers and has used the exhibit for a Community
Engaged Learning day, which all students must complete
during their freshman years in order to graduate.
The College also has a Web page dedicated to speaking
about the new exhibit.
“The benefits of this partnership are monumental,”
College President R. Barbara Gitenstein said in an article
on the Collegeʼs TCNJ Update Web page.
“Not only are our students gaining invaluable teaching
experience, they are also playing an integral role in the
character development of children in our community,”
she said in the article.
Gitenstein continued, “I am pleased that the College
has this opportunity to work with Kidsbridge, and that
weʼre doing what we can to increase the appreciation and
understanding of our diverse society.”
The “Face to Face: Dealing with Prejudice and
Discrimination” exhibit of the Kidsbridge Children’s
Museum has now become an integrated part of the College
campus, with collaboration from students, faculty and
members of the community.
Festival goes around the world in one day
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Flags fluttered in Brower Student Center as students
gathered to eat and learn about foreign countries.
By Jeffrey Roman
Staff Writer
Hungry students at the
College had to look no farther
than Brower Student Center
as Globalpalooza arrived on
Sunday.
Globalpalooza
is
a
multicultural
event
that
showcased 14 countries this
year. Tables offered students
information regarding different
countries, as well as a buffet
consisting of a variety of foods
including traditional dishes.
The event comes as part
of a surge in the number of
multicultural events taking place
within the campus community.
“We really want to increase
multicultural
awareness
on
the campus,” Jessica Dalpe,
sophomore biopsychology major,
said.
Dalpe, along with Katerina
Gkionis, junior English major,
and the College Union Board,
helped to transform the student
center into a full-fledged global
extravaganza, complete with
music,
food,
international
performances
and
cultural
information.
With the help of various
fraternities, sororities, clubs and
organizations on the campus,
tables were set up to represent
the countries showcased at the
event.
Interesting
attractions
abounded as students dressed
in traditional Mexican fashion
were seen wandering around the
packed center. Henna tattoos
were being given to curious
people at the Egyptian table and
food from the Greek table were
available for hungry observers.
Yet as with every college
student, the main attraction was
the free food, and Globalpalooza
was chock-full of it. With a line
wrapping around the perimeter
of the student center, guests
were welcomed with hot trays of
some of the finest delicacies the
world has to offer. From ziti to
crêpes, salads to curry chicken,
there was no question of having
nothing to eat, but instead of
what to eat.
“Itʼs really exciting seeing
Globalpalooza
happening
again,” Gkionis said. “So many
people want to be here.”
It was hard to argue with
that. Not only were students
walking about, but families
were observing the fun and
excitement of the day as well;
even kids were running around,
their faces lighting up at the
sights and noise.
But whatʼs a multicultural
event without performances?
Charles Rutan of BagpipesFAO,
a bagpipe performance company,
was playing a wide range of
Scottish songs to a large crowd.
Mimes from the Cherry
Hill East High Schoolʼs Mime
Troupe entertained the crowd
and made everyone laugh with
their outrageous antics as they
roamed the student center.
The Collegeʼs very own
i-Tunes, the international a
cappella group, sang the national
anthem, along with other songs,
to kick off the event.
“Itʼs very fun. The people
really enjoy themselves,” Dalpe
said.
The multinational decorations
added to the overall ambience.
Flags were hanging all over,
decorations were draped around
the building and the tables were
warm and inviting, with boards
giving detailed information
about various countries.
People were walking from
table to table, reading up on
culture, sampling the finger
foods presented and taking part
in various activities presented at
the tables.
To Gkionis and Dalpe,
Globalpalooza was a major
success.
“Initially, it wasnʼt going
to happen again,” Gkionis
said. “But when people started
asking about it, I knew it had to
happen.”
With one of the larger
audiences seen at recent campus
events, it was evident that
people wanted Globalpalooza,
and were excited to have it
happen.
“The event was a great
success,” Dalpe said.
Food was the focus at Globalpalooza on Sunday, with countries like Mexico represented.
Senior gets schooled in Bolivia
By Katerina Gkionis
Staff Writer
Alana Richards, senior elementary education/art major,
already knows what the next two years of her life will look
Photo courtesy of Alana Richards
Alana Richards, top right, spends time with
Bolivian children during her experience abroad.
like. After traveling out of the country for the first time this
past semester, she received an offer to be a third grade teacher
at the American Cooperative School in Bolivia.
Located outside of La Paz, one of Boliviaʼs capitals,
the American Cooperative School is one of the richest schools in Bolivia.
Outside of the school however, it was a different story. Bolivia is the poorest country in
South America.
“I worked in a great school but when you
drove out of the city, there were huts made of
mud,” Richards said.
Though the school was located in Bolivia, the
classes were all in English with a Spanish language session for 45 minutes a day, which made it possible for Richards to work there. The students were bilingual and from all
over the world.
Being a senior, however, Richards was unsure whether to
travel abroad during her last semester of college.
“It was a hard decision,” she said. “It was the last time
youʼll be living at college. I said that I was going to wait and
see where they placed me and then decide from there.”
Richards finally made the decision when she was placed
at the school in Bolivia. She quickly made arrangements and
left for Bolivia in January. With the landscape, the tight-knit
community of the American school and the favorable exchange rate, she did not have a difficult time acclimating to
the new environment.
“Going down there was different but it wasnʼt that hard,”
Richards said. “It was just different. I was just so excited to
How to plan ahead when
packing up your dorm
strenuous, and the fewer trips you need to
make in one day, the better.
I try to begin packing about a week before
It is truly getting down to the wire, folks. move-out day. When my boxes are neatly orThe daffodils are springing up around the ganized and labeled, I know exactly which
campus. The housing lottery is a thing of the ones are fragile and which ones can take a
past. The sounds of construction fill the air no little jostling. I also know which ones contain
matter where you go. Yes, spring is here.
essential items (band-aids, a toothbrush, etc.)
The warming weather also means that on- and need to be loaded into the car last.
campus residents will soon be leaving their
Always be sure to put your name on
dorms behind for a lengthy
each box just in case it gets
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Packing up is never fun, but by plotpoint C, your home. Itʼs an arduous task if itʼs ting out a strategy and doing the bulk of
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the work in waves, youʼll find that it can be
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brought to school. Multiple trips might be common sense.
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find out about the culture. I walked around all the time and
pinched myself, just thinking that I was there. The people are
nice, accepting and warm.”
The biggest cultural experience she participated in
was “Carnaval de Oruro,” a Bolivian celebration
that takes place four days before Lent.
“The dancers dance for four days straight
which is their offering to Virgin Mary,” Richards
said. “It is phenomenal, beautiful and great.”
As one of Richardsʼ favorite hobbies is hiking, she was also able to climb Mount Chacalataya while in Bolivia.
“Once I reached the top, I thought I was taking
pictures for National Geographic.”
According to Richards, ice climbing on a glacier on the
Huayna Potosi Mountains was even more phenomenal.
Almost all the snow on the mountain has melted due to
climate change. The glacier she climbed is predicted to melt
in 15 years, according to Richards.
Richards hopes to do more traveling when she returns
in July.
“I really want to see the salt flats in Uyuni,” she said. “Itʼs
just fields of salt and lagoons with flamingos.”
Even though she has a set job for the next two years, she
does not know where her experiences will take her, whether it
will be teaching in Bolivia, America or another country.
“Compared to everything that happened in two months,
who knows what will happen in two years?” Richards said.
“Iʼm just seizing the day, living for the moment. Thatʼs all
I can do.”
What a drag
By Alex Seise
Staff Writer
Brian Ng / Staff Photographer
PRISM sponsored a drag show last Wednesday to raise money for
Rainbow House. Students were asked to bring change to vote for
their favorite performers, who bumped and grinded their way to
$154 for the organization, which provides care to ʻyouth in crisis.ʼ
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ʻClean Houseʼ mixes laughs with life lessons
By Rebecca Suzan
Staff Writer
Liz Hannah / Staff Writer
Lane and Ana’s infidelity is just one of many
complex plot angles in ‘The Clean House.’
All College Theaterʼs (ACT) production of Sarah
Ruhlʼs “The Clean House” swept through the Don Evans Black Box Theater last week, teaching audiences
that the cleansing power of a laugh is not to be taken
lightly.
Heather Duncan, sophomore English major, gave an
inspired performance as Matilde, a fanciful young Brazilian woman who has taken a position as a maid since
her arrival in the United States. Matilde is in search of
the perfect joke, but is afraid of the potentially fatal
consequences after her mother died from laughter.
A natural comedian, Matilde has no desire to clean,
which does not agree with her employer Lane, a desensitized doctor played by Alida Liberman, senior philosophy major.
“I did not go to medical school to clean my own
house,” Lane declares.
Laneʼs compulsive and often lonely sister Virginia,
played by Alyssa Phillips, senior history/education major, strikes a deal with Matilde. Virginia promises to
clean Laneʼs house in exchange for Matildeʼs company.
Conflict arises when Laneʼs husband Charles, played
by Pablo Moretto, junior philosophy and psychology
major, falls in love with his patient Ana, played by Anya
Saretzky, freshman sociology major.
Ana mirrors Matilde because they are both free spirits who enjoy life and recognize the value of each day,
which hits home when it is revealed that Ana is terminally ill. She refuses to go a hospital and it falls on Lane
to care for her.
Each member of the cast fit perfectly into this complex puzzle of a play. Their performances fostered a
suspension of disbelief from the audience.
“Lane learns itʼs possible to forgive,” Liberman said
of her character. “She learns that life doesnʼt always
make sense but thatʼs OK.”
Virginia also underwent personal growth and watching her recognize her self-worth through Phillipsʼ performance was heart-warming.
“Iʼve been acting since I was 5 years old and this was
the most difficult part Iʼve ever had,” Phillips said. “The
subtext has subtext. Itʼs about filling in the blanks.”
A notable feature of the production was the set design, which accurately amplified the personalities of
the corresponding characters. Laneʼs living room was
stark white and spotless, whereas the colorful balcony
of Anaʼs abode by the sea reflected the diversity of her
character.
“The Clean House” succeeded on all of the necessary levels. It appealed to the senses with Latin music
framing each scene change and dramatic lighting that
seemed to act as a character itself.
After witnessing the final product, it is hard to believe
that the cast and crew had only about a month to prepare.
“We had to work fast,” director Janet Quartarone
said. “Everybody was so committed. They did such a
professional job.”
“The Clean House” instills in us the importance of
living life accompanied by a sense of humor.
“I want you to kill me with a joke,” Ana says to
Matilde.
“The perfect joke happens by accident,” Matilde
says. “You want to hear it once in your life and then
never again.”
Liz Hannah / Staff Writer
For dramatists like Alida Liberman (left) and
Alyssa Phillips (right) ‘The Clean House’ marked
the end of their acting careers at the College.
‘Comedy King’ returns to his court
By James Queally
Arts & Entertainment Editor
The future and present of stand-up comedy met on the small stage Friday night
as campus comedy king Adam Mamawala, junior communication studies major,
and Comedy Central regular Steve Byrne teamed up for a pair of College Union
Board (CUB)-sponsored comedy shows in
the Rathskeller.
Insulting basically anything that moved,
the sarcastic duo launched barbs at the campus, the Ratʼs archaic decorations, “Guitar
Hero” and club rats.
Drawing on self-deprecation, an impressive repertoire of celebrity impressions
and his trademark Eickhoff Hall routine,
Mamawala opened up his half-hour set by
revealing a “deep, dark secret” to the throng
of students who had crammed themselves
into the Ratʼs tiny dining section.
“I used to be a fatass,” Mamawala said.
“I was somewhere between Goldberg from
ʻThe Mighty Ducksʼ and Louie Anderson.”
After playing up what he called his
“pretty boy image,” Mamawala rambled
through an extended joke about a series of
“shitty days” at the College.
“And then at one point you will see the
ugliest group of people you have ever seen
in your life having a great time,” Mamawala
said. “Iʼm talking not fully evolved, Bowser
from ʻMarioKart.ʼ”
After he finished tearing into the lessthan-attractive members of the Collegeʼs
community, Mamawala redirected his verbal assault at Campus Police (after checking
to make sure none of our gun-toting boys in
blue were hanging around the bar).
“There are only three things worse
than getting pulled over by a campus cop,”
Mamawala remarked. “Getting pulled over
by a cop on a bike, a cop on a horse or mall
security.”
The stateʼs “King of Campus Comedy”
went on to recite a story about receiving a
ticket from a campus cop who, while filing
a report, wrote the number two in the space
for eye color.
“Has there been a pirate committing a
rash of traffic violations?” the comic asked.
Mamawalaʼs playful sarcasm was
quickly replaced by Byrneʼs unyielding,
raw style of delivery. The half-Irish, halfKorean comic laid into the crowd as soon
as he grabbed the mic, cutting loose with a
brash disclaimer.
“Itʼs gonna be 45 minutes of this shit,”
Byrne shouted. “So if you donʼt like it go
back to your room and jerk off or watch
ʻThe Hills.ʼ”
Byrne poked fun at his Asian heritage
from the get-go.
“In this country, if youʼre Asian and
youʼre female, you are sexy,” Byrne said. “If
youʼre male … tech support.”
After polling the audience about the
“hottest club” in Ewing (and deciding KatManDu sounded “skanky”) Byrne offered
some dancing tips to the men in the room.
“If youʼre not gay, black or Latino, drink
as much liquor as you can,” Byrne said. “You
may look stupid, but you wonʼt feel stupid.”
It wouldnʼt be long before Byrne returned to the Asian jokes. After admitting
that he didnʼt know martial arts, he taught
the students in attendance his two lethal
Steve Byrne lit up the Rathskeller Friday night with a high-octane, sarcastic
stand-up routine, ripping on everything from Bruce Lee to KatManDu.
fight moves.
“Your first strike move is a double punch
to the eyes, because as a man, you canʼt
defend that because itʼs never happened before,” Byrne said. “Then you punch the guy
in the asshole.”
Acquiring the services of David Novak,
junior sociology major, Byrne took the audience through the three “cool faces” he
promised would help the 21 and over crowd
pick up any ladies they wanted. Novak and
Byrne teamed up to display The Jaguar
(for the guy who “fucks while listening to
DMX”), Little Boy Blue (the guy who does
what girls want, or might just be gay) and
The Showman (who “owns this shit”).
When Novak successfully completed his
training, Byrne allowed him to vacuum the
stage as a reward. That worked for about
three seconds, before the ancient Oreck
model literally blew its top on stage, falling apart and vomiting a cloud of dust at the
comic and his pimp apprentice.
“Get the fuck off stage,” Byrne shouted,
dismissing Novak once and for all.
Byrne finished up his act with a bit about
the wonders of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.
Explaining his affection for the sound the
famed orange foodstuff made while cooking, Byrne related a story about a neighbor
“listening” to the food for over an hour,
making an obnoxious lapping sound in the
background as he did. A licking sound, one
might say.
“I kept hearing her moan, and yell eat
it, eat it,” Byrne said, meeting with blank
stares from half the audience before adding,
“That joke was not about pasta people.”
Music department gives College all that jazz
By Myles Ma
Managing Editor
As Gary Fienberg, the College Jazz Ensembleʼs director, said, the nightʼs theme was
dance.
“Weʼre going to talk a lot
about dancing,” he said before
the band played “Smoke and
Mirrors,” a funk number composed by Mike Tomaro.
Fienberg and the Jazz Ensemble, a 20-piece big band,
took to the Main Stage in Kendall Hall Friday night for a diverse seven-song set, plus an encore, that featured a pair of funk
pieces, as well as music from the
Caribbean.
Fienberg gave the history of
each song before it was played.
His explanation for “Smoke and
Mirrors” was particularly ominous. He said funk was characterized by “evil, blues-sounding
bass lines,” bass lines that “want
to kill you.” From this, dance
music arises.
Bassist David Ortiz, freshman music major, lived up to
that introduction. The rhythm
section was rounded out by
Caryn Feder, senior music major, who picked up a cowbell for
the song, one of four percussion
instruments she took a turn on.
Richard Risden, sophomore
music major and lead trumpet,
started the song up front and led
off with a smoky solo on a muted trumpet, true to the songʼs
name. The smoke cleared as
Alan Rigoletto, sophomore music major, dropped a heavy guitar line of only a few notes. His
lines turned lighter as the song
Prolific artists
keep producing
By Chris Kubak
Staff Writer
Kathleen Edwards
“Asking for Flowers”
4 out of 5 stars
The Jazz Ensemble tantalized the campus with a set ranging from funk to Carribeanstyle songs.
went on, teasing quick phrases
out of his guitar.
Matt Gramataʼs soprano sax
solo went along the same lines
at first. The sophomore music
major played a few long notes
that petered out into multi-note
bursts. Playful at first, he let
loose, going wild before handing the reins back to the rest of
the band.
Fienberg occupied himself on
stage by clapping along with the
music and snapping his fingers,
declining to play the ringmaster.
He preferred a different term: “I
am Dr. Gary Fienberg, master of
ceremonies — head clown of the
circus, so to speak,” he said by
way of introduction. One thing
he never did was wave a baton
— Fienberg said in an interview
before the show that a big band
doesnʼt need much conducting;
the rhythm section keeps the
band in line.
On “San Juan Shuffle” the
rhythm centered around drummer Joseph Kettererʼs bass
pedal. Kettererʼs not even a stu-
dent here — heʼs a sophomore
at Nottingham High School and
sophomore music major John
Kettererʼs younger brother.
“Heʼs been filling in all semester,” Fienberg said, “and he
sounds like a seasoned pro.”
As Fienberg said, the rhythm
in “San Juan Shuffle” is straight
out of the Dominican Republic,
and it shares genes with the merengue. Fienberg shuffled his
six-foot frame into a brief demonstration of the dance.
During the song Feder, situated behind Ketterer, had maracas in one hand and kept slapping her bongos with the other.
As the song went on, her bongos
and Kettererʼs drums went back
and forth after Steve Voelker,
sophomore music major, put
his fingers to work on a tenor
sax solo punctuated by blasts of
trombone and trumpet.
The night reached its climax
on “Latin Injection.” All five sax
players soloed — first Gramata,
then Voelker, then Jordan Smith,
senior music major, then Kate
Maiuro, senior music major, then
the older Ketterer, then back to
Gramata and so on around and
around until they all started
playing at once, kept together
by Ortizʼs steady bass. The band
followed the lead of pianist Dave
Schuster, sophomore economics major, who started the song
off accompanied by appealing
melody lines from the trumpet
section.
Before the night was over,
Fienberg had one more trick up
his sleeve: an utterly planned
encore. The band sat motionless after the last piece in the
program and the audience was
still seated before he asked,
“Do we have time for one
more?”
As the band played the encore, “Groove Merchants,” Fienberg exited stage right to get the
audienceʼs point of view. What
he and everyone else could see
was a young band, anchored by
many sophomores, with plenty more fine performances to
come.
Ed2010 founder tutors upstart undergrads
By Sean McLain
Correspondent
Students gathered in the New Library
Auditorium last Wednesday as Ed2010
hosted Chandra Czape Turner, senior editor
of the popular teen magazine CosmoGIRL!
and founder of Ed2010. Turner took time
out of her busy schedule to visit the College
and to field questions from Ed2010 president
Sharon Tharp and Katerina Gkionis, junior
English major.
CosmoGIRL! senior editor Chandra
Czape Turner spoke about her past
and journalism students’ futures.
Turner told those in attendance about her
rise through the ranks of the magazine industry. She had only positive things to say
about the industry.
“I love the field. Itʼs exciting to be the
eyes and ears of the reader into pop culture,”
McLain said.
Over the last 12 years, Turner has worked
as an editor for many different magazines,
including Ladiesʼ Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, YM and Glamour before finding a
more permanent home with CosmoGIRL!,
where she has been the past four years.
Turner was quick to answer any and all
questions directed to her, happily encouraging all who are interested in working in the
magazine industry. She even took time after
the interview to give more personal advice
to students like Emma Passarelli, sophomore graphic design major. Turner encouraged Passarelli to pursue internships in the
magazine industry as a designer of page and
cover layouts.
“I found her advice really helpful, even
though Iʼm a graphic design major and she
was mostly talking about editorial positions,” Passarelli said. “She gave me a good
idea of what most people would be looking
for in an intern. Plus she gave me a good impression of how graphic design works into
magazines.”
Turner focused a lot of time in the interview on encouraging students to pursue
internships and to work for their campus
publications.
“You have to get an internship. Experience is the most important thing we look for
in job applications,” Turner said.
Beyond just telling students to get experience, Turner offered more specific advice
on how to gain experience, and what to do
when applying for internships. She stressed
the importance of well written cover letters
and good interviews.
Turner also offered practical advice
for working in the magazine industry. She
talked about her early career experiences,
including her experience as an intern. She
explained what it was like to move from
magazine to magazine while maintaining
good working relationships. She also issued
some advice on how to balance family life
and a demanding job.
The experienced editorʼs excitement for
working with students became more apparent as the interview went on. When asked
what she thought her biggest accomplishment was, she said, “Definitely Ed2010. I
love talking to students and working with
interns.”
According to Turner, Ed2010 started as
a group of 12 or so friends sharing information about available magazine internships
and opportunities. She described how it
snowballed after they started a newsletter
and a Web site and was stunned to discover
that various magazines subscribed to it because they found the information valuable.
Eventually someone asked if they could start
a chapter of the organization on their campus and ever since Ed2010 has been helping
students make their ways into the magazine
industry.
Students reacted to Turner very well, listening intently and asking her many questions ranging from advice about internships
to questions about her personal experiences
and impressions of the industry. Tharp and
Gkoinis, who were both interns under Turner, verified her excitement for working with
students.
“She is different from other magazine
editors because she actually cares about interns,” Gkionis said.
Is there another female singer/songwriter out there right now who is as talented as Kathleen Edwards? Over the
course of her first three full-length albums, Edwards has established herself as
a fine musician and songwriter, calling
on an eclectic mix of influences to make
a sound all her own.
“Asking for Flowers,” the latest from
the 29-year-old Canadian, is an album
overflowing with poignant statements and
startling observations: introspective, reflective and plenty enjoyable. Musically,
Edwardsʼ sound harkens back to Ryan
Adamsʼ early solo works as well as his last
two “Whiskeytown” records — alt-country-style pop songs that feature plenty of
twanging, chiming electric guitars, acoustic rhythm guitars, Hammond organs and
pleasant harmonies.
Lyrically, Edwards has put together
an emotional record thatʼs earnestly bittersweet and uncompromisingly passionate, talking about social injustice, draft
dodgers, love and the conflicts it creates.
In some ways it feels lyrically like an
earlier Bruce Springsteen album with its
own distinct flair. As singer/songwriters
go, Kathleen Edwards is as talented as
they come, and thatʼs not something I say
often.
Key Tracks: “I Make the Dough, You
Get the Glory,” “Oil Manʼs War,” “Asking for Flowers”
Black Keys
“Attack & Release”
3.5 out of 5 stars
The careers of Dan Auerbach and
Patrick Carney (the Black Keys) have,
if nothing else, been steady through the
release of their four previous, blues-affected garage records. While they are
very good albums, by the time their last
one, “Magic Potion,” came around in
late 2006, the sound had started to get
a tad weary. So they went and brought
in the one and only Danger Mouse (of
Gnarls Barkley and MFDOOM fame) to
man the controls for the recording of this
LP.
Itʼs still very much a Black Keys record: full to the brim with growling guitar riffs, rattling drum lines and plenty of
bluesy garage rock. What Danger Mouse
has brought to this besides his standard
hazy production and occasional sonic flair
is an increased intensity to both the sound
of the album and the songs themselves,
which works for a majority of this album.
However, it doesnʼt always hit the nail on
the head.
Is it the best that the band has done?
Iʼm not sure, but it still makes for a really
good set of songs.
Key Tracks: “I Got Mine,” “Strange
Times,” “So He Wonʼt Break”
Artists honored in Holman
By Caroline Russomanno
Arts & Entertainment Assistant
Holman Hallʼs Art Gallery
was the host of a very special
event this past Wednesday: the
2008 Art Student Exhibition.
The annual exhibition is the only
time underclassmen can show
off their artistic talent (the BFA
Senior Art Show, the only other
show that features students, is
reserved for seniors). Of the 150
works submitted, 24 pieces were
chosen.
Since the show was a “juried”
art show, an outside juror chose
which pieces would be featured
in the show. This yearʼs juror
was Amy Adams, executive director of Vox Populi, a memberrun artist collective founded in
Philadelphia in 1988, and curator of exhibitions at the Esther
M. Klein Art Gallery at the University City Science Center in
Philadelphia.
Adamsʼ main goal, as she
wrote in her jurorʼs statement,
was to find a meeting of both rebellious and traditional efforts.
The four awards up for grabs
were the Faculty Merit Awards,
the Deanʼs Purchase Award, the
Provostʼs Purchase Award and
the Presidentʼs Purchase Award.
The Faculty Merit Awards represent the art department facultyʼs
favorite pieces. As for the latter
three, the dean, provost and president all picked the pieces they
would like to purchase and those
pieces those were then added to
the permanent collection of student artwork found all around
campus.
There were five recipients of
the Faculty Merit Award. Sara
Bennett, senior digital arts major, picked up an award for “Red
and Green,” a collection of digital images of a girl in various
red and green clothing. Next was
“System(01)” by Andrew Lubas,
sophomore digital arts major, a
digital photography slideshow
of himself in various outfits that
Adams described as “evok(ing)
traditions of time-lapsed photography, aging, change and the
frantic pace of modern day life.”
The final three awards were
given to Arthur Romanchuk, junior biology major, for “Limbo
Hotel,” a compilation of pictures
from different areas of different hotel rooms; David Sankey,
senior graphic design major, for
“Self Portrait — The Artist as
Tree, a 21st Century Allegory
on the Sentiments of Pollock,”
a self portrait with human limbs
replaced by tree limbs and a
dove in one hand and an electrical cord and plug in the other;
and “Green,” an acrylic portrait
of rolling green hills and a tiny
brown house perched at the top,
by Dana Vachon, senior fine arts
major.
“Iʼm really honored to receive
this award, what with working
with such high-caliber peers — a
great honor,” Vachon, who also
helped coordinate the event, said.
Devon DeMarco, senior fine
arts major, won the Deanʼs Purchase Award for “Church Series,
1 & 3,” two digital photographs
of church signs that are almost
directly next to liquor store and
adult video store signs.
“Itʼs the juxtaposition of the
two worlds that makes this piece
work,” Sarah Cunningham, art
gallery coordinator, said about the
pieces. “It wasnʼt photoshopped.
This is what she found.”
Michelle Nugent, junior fine
arts major, won the Presidentʼs
Purchase Award for her enormous collection of paintings
“Canʼt See the Forest for the
Trees,” which consisted of three
large spray-painted trees.
“The scale and use of color
are incredibly important here,”
Cunningham said. “They cause
the person to become engaged
with the landscape.”
Ryan Weber, junior art education major, won the Provostʼs
Purchase Award with “Two
Brothers,” a combination of his
ink and his brother, Christopherʼs, words.
“The shape of the book supports the content of the book,”
Cunningham said. “Itʼs very linear — from the beginning to the
end.”
“We really look forward to
having more student artwork
available all of the time,” Cunningham said. “Weʼre just so
proud of our students.”
Poets populate
semester’s final SRS
Photos courtesy of Ink
Freshman poets Joanna Fantozzi and Dave Koshar
read at the final Student Reading Series of the semester
last Thursday night in the New Library Auditorium,
sponsored by Ink. Ink will host The Goods on Saturday,
April 26 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Rathskeller.
These girls are getting vocal CUB ‘Indie Rock Night’
not that indie after all?
By Garrett Rasko-Martinis
Correspondent
The TrebleMakers, the College’s newest all-female a cappella group, made
its debut Sunday night.
By Liz Hannah
Staff Writer
Songs like a ʼ50s-era “Java Jive” established the melodic debut of the TrebleMakers, the first all-female a cappella group on
campus.
“I love coffee, I love tea, I love the Java
Jive and it loves me,” sang the TrebleMakers
beneath the New Library Auditorium lights
Sunday night.
Their act began with a harmonious and
dynamic rendition of “Girls Just Wanna
Have Fun,” and traversed several genres,
touching upon modern and traditional pop
as well as rock, disco, jazz and Japanese
folk music. Lauren Pannucci, sophomore
Spanish/education major, evoked lonesome
school boys in her gorgeous solo performance of The Frayʼs “Over My Head (Cable
Car),” as the group provided background instrumentals with their vocals.
Christie Fassold, sophomore graphic design major, was impressive singing sultry lead
vocals in “Itʼs Raining Men,” over whispers
of “the humidityʼs rising,” and “raining men,
raining men.” The group also performed two
types of improvisation. The first type started
with one singer providing a bass line, beat or
melody that was built on by the other singers.
The second type is formed using a theme.
The theme chosen from a host of audience
suggestions was “cheese.”
Sarah Dukeshire, sophomore Spanish major and founder and president of the
TrebleMakers, said she started the group
because one like it didnʼt exist and she
wanted to bring together a group of people
with a passion for music. She said she chose
a wide variety of songs because she felt it
was important for the singers to grow in
their abilities. Dukeshire arranged two of
the songs herself, including “The Weather
Girls” rendition. She cited it as her favorite
piece because it was one of her first arrangements and she felt the group had the most
fun doing it.
“Some of the songs I had done before and
thought they would be good for the group,”
she said.
The group held auditions at the beginning of the semester and practiced four
hours a week.
“Some songs were more difficult than
others so they might have taken two or three
rehearsals to learn,” Dukeshire said. Their
slow, emotive performance of the Billy Joel
song, “And So It Goes,” displayed the groupʼs
talent for blending their separate voices.
“I came to college knowing that I would
definitely want to join an a capella group,”
Deanna Wolf, sophomore psychology major, said. “All of a sudden all of these a capella groups came out. This one was the
best fit for me. I liked the fact that it was
all-female.”
The unconventional styles of the bands
performing at the Rathskeller last Friday
were well received by the modest crowd of
students in attendance.
College Union Boardʼs “Indie Rock
Night” started when Get Him
Eat Him took the stage
at around 5:30 p.m.
Their half-hour, 12song set seemed to focus
more on musical power
than subtlety. It was often hard to distinguish instruments and melodies during their
songs. Instead, most of the time the band
sounded more like a punk-rock band augmented with synthesizers than what people
would typically describe as indie rock.
However, their songs had a different
style, as they incorporated unorthodox musical techniques like synth-affected vocals.
Their final two songs, “Just So” and “Get
Down,” received the warmest responses
from the audience.
“I would say weʼre a guitar-based indie
rock band. We donʼt shoot for anything. We
just try to be good,” Matt Lemay, guitarist
and vocalist, said. “We had a good time. Itʼs
always weird to perform to people sitting
down and eating dinner, but we still had a
good time.”
When Throw Me the Statue took the
stage, the group played to a much larger
crowd. Far away from its Seattle headquarters, Friday nightʼs Rat performance
was one of the last stops on
the East Coast leg of a
Spring tour. Its 40-minute,
nine song set featured long, complex
compositions.
The bandmates regularly switched instruments mid-song. While singer Scott Reitherman played guitar for most of the set,
on one song he took over keyboard duties
and on another he smashed a snare drum
and tom-tom while singing. Other unconventional instruments included a xylophone
and mandolin.
“I would describe our music as indiepop,” Reitherman said. “Itʼs hard to say who
weʼre influenced by. A lot of it is pop rock
from the ʼ70s, ʼ80s and ʼ90s, as well as a
lot of other stuff. ... I think our performance
was through the roof, and these are high
ceilings so keep that in mind.”
Throw Me the Statue vocalist/guitarist Scott Reitherman (left) tests his
musical mettle by rocking the guitar, drums and keyboard too.
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ALICE IN FONDERLAND
BY MIKE FONDER AND ERIC BERG
Hey
by Kevin Shields
Hey. Guess what? You make me uncomfortable.
Iʼm not going to introduce this article with some
long-winded, repetitive diatribe about things that make
me uncomfortable. Iʼm just going to tell you outright.
On to the bastards that make me feel gross or awkward
or creeped out or annoyed.
People that enjoy being referred to by their first and middle
names: Hey Marie Anne, why donʼt you and Anthony Michael hold hands and refer to each other by your first and middle names as you climb into a wood chipper? I will never refer
to someone by two names. To me, you have a first name, a last
name or a derogatory nickname with which I will refer to you.
That is all. You know what kind of people love to be referred
to by two names? Murderers, psychopaths and serial killers.
Donʼt believe me? John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald,
John Wayne Gacy, Sara Jane Moore, Henry Lee Lucas, Jack
the Ripper… coincidence? I think not. Beware of anyone
whoʼs referred to by both names. I always knew I inherently
distrusted Jamie Lynn Spears. Now I know why.
Overly affectionate couples: Hey. What are the chances
that you two could stop being so adorable in public for five
seconds? I donʼt want to watch you cuddle, make out and caress each other at this bowling alley, and I donʼt want to see
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you sitting on his lap while he runs his hands through your
hair at this bar. I came here to drink and be merry, but instead
I get to watch your horrific “romantic” antics while throwing
up in my mouth and trying to find something with which to
gouge my eyes out. Itʼs gross. Cut that shit out. You donʼt have
to find a room, just an area as far away from me as possible
before I punch both of you in the ovaries (guys who do this
have ovaries). It could be a hallway, a parking lot, a walk-in
oven… I donʼt care, just go away and take your creepy PDA
away from me now.
Music lovers: Hey there. As if your “retro” Velvet Underground T-shirt — the one you just bought last week and
washed 40 times before you wore it — didnʼt tell me that
you love music, you feel the need to tell everyone around
you about this new band you found that no one knows about.
And so I donʼt forget your iPod, your earbuds are never far
from your ossicles (the ears of your brain, idiot. I Googled the
shit out of that). Even when youʼre conversing with people,
youʼve got those damn headphones in your ears; I just told
you an entire story, which you watched me tell you intently,
before you took the things off and told me you couldnʼt hear
me. Dick. Peel those sound nipples out of your ears and get a
life. And no, I donʼt want to know about the sick garage band
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May 21 — June 20
Libra
You have high moral standards that
might cause other people to think
of you as being stuck up. Sometimes you are too judgemental and
you might end up bruising someoneʼs feelings this week due to
your strong opinions. Try and be a
little more open-minded.
You are a perceptive person and
this week your intuitiveness will
be very strong. You will be able
to see the beauty or goodness in
something that other people are
unable to see. This is a wonderful gift.
You were hit with a setback late
last week. Of course you are feeling stressed and worried about
whatʼs going to happen. However,
you know that you will get everything done that you need to get
done, so stop worrying.
Cancer
June 21 — July 22
Figuring out the solution to a problem is always difficult. Look at the
problem objectively rather than
emotionally. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one even
though you might be tempted to attempt the complicated solution.
you and a couple of middle school kids are starting, ass.
A random list of other types of people, sans explanation,
who make me uncomfortable in no particular order: optimistic Mets fans, pretentious asses who criticize smokers, people
who canʼt drive, beer snobs that think theyʼre better than me
because they drink some lager Iʼve never heard of, vegetarians, fans of womenʼs athletics, every laundromat patron ever,
people with Bluetooth headsets, people who like romantic
comedies, Hyundai drivers, convenience store clerks (except
for Arnold from Quik Chek, that manʼs is the shit), amateur
poets and emo kids (practically the same thing) and people
who claim to never watch porn. Oh, and people who drink
from juice boxes. I canʼt explain that one, they just do.
So there you go. All of you creepy bastards make me, and
most humans, undeservedly uncomfortable. Your unadulterated, unwarranted, unwanted douchebaggery makes me fear
for the future of our species, and your incredible ability to
make every situation awkward is almost unparalleled. Stop
doing the aforementioned things, or you will undoubtedly
continue to waste precious oxygen that could otherwise be
used more fruitfully by people who have more redeeming
social value, like potential murderers, pederasts, thieves and
fans of “American Idol.”
July 23 — August 22
Sagittarius
August 23 — September 22
Capricorn
September 23 — October 22
Aquarius
You can be a very generous person and you will need to demonstrate this generosity toward
someone who has helped you out
greatly in the past. Simple kindness or just lending a friendly ear
might suffice.
You have many dreams and even
though dreaming might be an enjoyable pastime, it doesnʼt accomplish anything. This week, you
need to think about your dreams
and which of them you can actually accomplish. Start planning a
vacation to where youʼve always
wanted to go, for example.
Youʼve been moping around and itʼs
time to stop. You might have made
a serious mistake or something happened to you, but itʼs time to get a
grip and make the best of it. Throw
yourself into work or your social
life if need be, but itʼs important for
you to stop brooding.
Scorpio
October 23 — November 21
You have a whole lot of things to
get done that you have been putting off. You need to start paying attention to the mountain of
responsibilities youʼve let slide
or they will never get accomplished. It might turn out that
the work you have to do wonʼt
be as bad as you think.
BY: MADAME LOLA
November 22 — December 21
You can be a very assertive person
and you are not scared to give your
opinions. However, others might interpret this assertiveness as aggressiveness and you might develop a
bad reputation. It might not be your
strong suit, but sometimes tact is
important in dealing with situations
like these.
December 22 — January 19
Your usual routine has become
mundane and youʼve been wishing for some excitement. However, you should have been careful about what you wished for
because soon you will be receiving more excitement and drama
than you thought you could ever
handle.
January 20 — February 18
This is a great week for you.
You will be very popular in social situations, your workload
is small and positive things are
happening to you. You will be
very lucky and there is a possibility of starting a new relationship if you are single.
Pisces
February 19 — March 20
Itʼs time for you to start looking
at the big picture and the longterm rather than concentrating
on your short-term interests.
Playing that video game might
be fun, but you might be wasting precious time. Take a good
look at your priorities and listen
to the people around you.
Itʼs almost
the end
of the
school year!
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Today in Sports
Men’s relay team sets record at New Jersey Invitational
By Leeann Weiner
Staff Writer
For the first time this season, the track
and field team competed at home as it
hosted the New Jersey Invitational. Taking comfort in the home-track advantage,
the Lions had two NCAA provisional
marks as well as a school record.
The men’s 4x1,500-meter relay team
set the school record. Freshman TJ Bocchino, freshman Dennie Waite, senior
Galen Johnson and senior Josh Krowicki
broke the previous record by eight seconds in a time of 16:44.28. The team
placed second overall.
The men also took three of the top
four spots in the 400-meter hurdles.
Freshman Kyle Gilroy (second place,
55.41 seconds), sophomore Al Wonesh
(third place, 55.66) and junior Otto Katt
(fourth place, 56.79 seconds) all ran Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
standards in the event.
Junior Pasquale DiGioacchino was
an additional ECAC qualifier. DiGioacchino won the 800-meter in 1:55.95. Senior Brian Kopnicki also captured gold
in the 5,000-meter run, winning the race
in 15:32.45 for another ECAC mark.
“The team went out, raced hard, and it
showed,” DiGioacchino said. “We had a lot
of high finishers, which is encouraging because it proves everyone is competing well.”
Sophomore Steve Liccketto placed in
three field events. He was second in the
shot put (14.47 meters), third in the hammer throw (39.42 meters) and fifth in the
discus (40.45 meters).
The women’s 4x400 relay team ran
an NCAA provisional time. Senior Jessica Bonelli, freshman Rochelle Prevard,
Softball
4-3 (L)
page 31
Men’s and Women’s Tennis
(5-4) L, (5-4) W
page 31
Major League Baseball
Worker tries to curse Yankees
page 33
The Lions hosted and competed in the New Jersey Invitational
where they contended at home for the first time this season.
sophomore Jianna Spadaccini and freshman Meryl Wimberly captured the victory, clocking a time of 3:51.44.
Spadaccini won the 800-meter in 2:18.15
while Bonelli was fourth in the 400-meter
with 58.05 seconds. Both runners qualified
for the ECAC Championships.
Junior Kristen Tricocci also had an
NCAA provisional mark. Jumping 5.62
meters, Tricocci leaped her way to a
first-place victory.
In the 100-meter high hurdles, sophomore Priscilla Senyah was an ECAC
qualifier. Senyah finished in third place
and ran a time of 15.27 seconds. Senior
Lauren Pfeifer met an ECAC-qualifying
height in the pole vault and placed third,
clearing 3.25 meters.
As for the field events, sophomore
Ashley Krauss had a toss of 40.30 meters
and placed third in the hammer throw.
The fans seemed to contribute to the
team’s solid performances this week.
“I love coming down the straightaway
and hearing people screaming for me,”
DiGioacchino said.
The College community has a chance
to show its support for the track and field
team as it competes at home again on
April 25 and 26.
Baseball
Sports Minute (or so)
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53
Around the Dorm Playoffs
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Lacrosse
Team stays on top of NJAC Sea Gulls end Lions’
By Duncan Slobodzian
Staff Writer
The Lions’ doubleheader split
with the Montclair State University
Red Hawks on Saturday capped off
a 3-2 week, moving their overall
record to 22-4. They lead the New
Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC)
with a 9-2 conference record.
The Lions won 6-5 in 11 innings
in the first game of the day but
fell 11-7 in the nightcap. The Red
Hawks left George Ackerman Park
with a 14-10 total season record and
a 7-3 conference record, good for
fourth in the NJAC.
In game one, senior catcher Rich
Gawlak singled in the winning run
in the bottom of the 11th.
“Someone has come up with a
big hit, big pitch or big catch in all
of our games, and it always seems
to be someone different,” Gawlak
said. “If we can continue to pick
each other up and continue to play
good defense, pitch well and come
up with timely hits like we have
been doing, we will win games.”
In game two, despite junior
shortshop Jeff Toth’s team-leading fifth home run, the Lions
were outhit by Montclair. Starting
pitcher senior Bob Buskett was
chased in the eighth inning as the
Red Hawks put up four runs to
distance themselves.
“You’re never satisfied with a
split, but when you play a good
team like Montclair, a split’s not
that bad,” head coach Dean Glus
said. “There’s things that happen in
the second game. If we made three
or four better pitches, we should
have won that game also.”
A scare came earlier in the
week against NJAC bottom-feeder
see NJAC page 33
Senior first baseman Bill Kropp yells to alert his
teammates as the baserunner takes off for second.
undefeated streak
By Kristen Lord
The lacrosse team’s celebration
as the newly crowned No. 2 seed
was short-lived after a heartbreaking 11-10 overtime loss to No. 1
Salisbury University snapped the
Lions’ win streak and handed the
team its first loss of the season.
Before the loss, the Lions held a
9-0 record on the season and a 17game home winning streak dating
back to 2006.
The Lions struck first as senior
midfielder Toni-Anne Cavallo netted a goal on a free-position shot.
However, the teams’ lead was taken away by back-to-back goals by
the Sea Gulls.
“Salisbury has some very
strong players and they had a
very patient attack,” head coach
Sharon Pfluger said.
The Lions regained the lead
after senior midfielder Karen Doane and sophomore attack Angela
Wilmer each scored a goal. Within
the next four minutes of play, the
Sea Gulls snuck three goals past
the pads of senior goalkeeper Caitlin Gregory to make the score 5-3
and take their biggest lead yet.
After two successful free-position shots, the Lions tied the score at
5. In the last five minutes of the half,
both teams scrambled to get a shot
on goal before going into halftime
deadlocked at 6.
The Lions struck first again in
the second half as freshman attack
Alison Jaeger netted her first goal of
the game 43 seconds into the half.
Doane, the Lions’ leading scorer,
found the back of the net minutes
later, coming up with her 39th goal
of the season.
The two teams traded goals back
and forth until the final 10 minutes
of the game when the Sea Gulls led
the Lions 10-9. As minutes continued to tick off the clock, the Sea
Gulls struggled to keep control of
the ball away from the Lions.
Finally, with just more than two
minutes left in regulation, freshman
midfielder Leigh Mitchell forced
the two teams into overtime, netting
see LOSS page 33
Tennis
Dicheck garners New Jersey Coach of the Year award
By Bobby Olivier
Staff Writer
After a week of individual and
team triumph, the men’s and women’s tennis teams are continuing to
gain momentum as the end of the
season approaches.
Among the triumphs this week
was head coach Scott Dicheck’s
recognition as 2007 New Jersey
Coach of the Year by the United
States Tennis Association (USTA).
Dicheck is in his eighth season
as both the men’s and women’s
head coach and has enjoyed considerable success at the College.
He has helped the women’s team
continue its unbeaten record in
New Jersey Athletic Conference
(NJAC) matches, and his complete
collegiate record is 165-64.
“I was pleased to see that coach
Dicheck gained national recognition from the USTA,” junior Haley
Kutner said. “As a team, we all appreciate everything he has done for
us, and it is nice to see that others
outside of the school have recognized his contributions to the sport
of tennis.”
Adding to Kutner’s thought,
senior Michael Klimchak said
Dicheck is “a big reason why the
program has had so much success
these last couple years.”
The men’s team (7-3) had the
task of taking down Haverford
College (8-3) earlier in the week,
and the No. 20 Lions defeated the
Fords 7-2 to increase their winning
streak to four. After defeating the
University of Mary Washington
later in the week, the men brought
their win streak to five.
The College swept the doubles
matches against Haverford as the
duos of Klimchak and Roger Mosteller (8-6), sophomore Jeremy
Eckardt and senior Eric Ferriere
(8-2) and junior James Vance and
freshman Jonathan Yu (8-3) were
victorious.
Klimchak (4-6, 6-3, 10-7), Eckardt (3-6, 6-3, 10-7), Mosteller (63, 6-2) and freshman Matt Pierson
(6-4, 2-6, 6-2) were winners in the
singles matches for the Lions.
Klimchak is 14-8 on the year
and 135-40 in his collegiate career.
“In singles, I was happy with
the way that I fought back after
being down a set,” Klimchak said,
“which shows that you can never
give up.”
Over the weekend, the men
had their second home match of
the week, this time against Mary
Washington with the women’s
team. The College had mixed results as the men came out victoriously, winning 5-4, but the women
came out on the wrong side of their
5-4 contest.
Prior to the matchup, Kutner
commented on her expectations
for the day.
“Mary Washington is going to
be a good test for us as they are
ranked in the top 10,” Kutner said.
“We expect them to be a talented
team and know that we cannot afford to make any loose errors in either doubles or singles play.”
The College and Mary Washington went into the contest ranked
27th and seventh, respectively.
The lone winning doubles team
was the No. 1 doubles tandem of
sophomore Jackie Shtemberg and
senior Christina Contrafatto, which
won its match 8-6. Other highlights
from the women’s singles matches
were victories by Shtemberg (6-1,
6-3), freshman Amanda Berg (6-2,
4-6, 10-4) and sophomore Stephanie Haar (6-2, 6-2).
The women’s team is now 10-6
and had its four-match win streak
broken by the loss.
Before the men’s match, Klimchak said he “expect(ed) Mary
Washington to be one of (the)
toughest matches of the season.”
“I know we will be extremely
pumped up and motivated for the
match,” he added.
The Lions came away with a
victory against the No. 11 Eagles.
Doubles winners for the Lions included Klimchak/Mosteller (8-6)
as well as Ferriere/Eckardt (8-2).
Klimchak (6-2, 6-1), Eckardt
(6-4, 6-2) and Mosteller (6-7 (2), 62, 6-2) won in singles competitions
for the Lions, giving the College its
fifth consecutive victory and third
win against top-15 opponents.
With the win, the Lions improved to a record of 9-3.
The teams will play at home
today against Bates College. The
men are slated for a noon start
while the women are scheduled to
play at 4 p.m.
Senior Roger Mosteller readies his backhand during
the No. 1 doubles competition on Sunday afternoon.
Softball
Win streak snapped by Red Hawks
By Steve Hofstetter, Adam Hofstetter, Cody Marley,
Ryan Murphy, Elliot Steingart and Chris Strait
The Yankees unearthed a Red Sox jersey that a
construction worker hid in the new stadium’s concrete. The jersey was buried so low, they had to dig
past A-Rod’s playoff batting average.
Broncos wideout Brandon Marshall cut a deep
gash in his arm. Were he on the Dolphins, it probably would have been his wrists.
The Olympic torch will be in Africa for only two
days. It’s a short run, but if it stayed any longer in
the continent, Angelina Jolie would adopt it.
Three people were injured before a game between
the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies when a section of the stands at FedExForum
collapsed. The incident was particularly unfortunate
since they were the only three fans in attendance.
Suspended NASCAR driver Aaron Fike admitted that he shot up heroin on some race days. The
news shocked the NASCAR world, since their drug
of choice is usually Schlitz — or meth.
China has uncovered a plot by members of a
Muslim extremist group to sabotage the Beijing
Summer Olympics. Take that Muslim extremists!
China already beat you to it.
Brett Favre suggested he may return to the Green
Bay Packers if Aaron Rodgers goes down with an
injury. In a related story, John Madden was spotted atop Rodgers’ staircase with hundreds of tiny
marbles.
New Knicks president Donnie Walsh wants Isaiah
Thomas to explain the team’s dismal performance.
Thomas is planning to give Walsh a copy of The
Biography of Isaiah Thomas.
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter left a game against
the Tampa Bay Rays with a strained left quadriceps.
Luckily there’s no shortage of women willing to
nurse him back to health.
And Michael Vick is reportedly playing quarterback for his prison football team. It’s certainly preferable to playing tight end.
For more of Steve Hofstetter’s Sports Minute (Or
So), visit minuteorso.com.
By Michael O’Donnell
Sports Assistant
The Lions put up a fight but fell twice at home to the
16th-ranked Red Hawks of Montclair State University,
finishing their seven-game win streak in the process.
“We played really well during the streak,” head coach
Sally Miller said. “This team knows what they’re capable
of collectively and we were confident going up against
Montclair, but we just didn’t get the key hit.”
“We certainly battled and fought,” she added.
Game one saw an exciting finish, as the Red Hawks
Sophomore Ashley Minervini pitched a full
eight innings in the first game on Saturday.
squeaked by, 4-3, in an eight-inning thriller. The final run
was scored in the top of the frame as sophomore pitcher
Ashley Minervini threw a wild pitch that sent the go-ahead
run home.
“It wasn’t the ideal circumstance, but stuff happens in
a game like that,” Minervini said. “It’s how you bounce
back from that is what matters.”
The game went back and forth as the Red Hawks scored
two early runs before the Lions made it a one-run game
in the bottom of the fourth on back-to-back doubles by
senior infielder/outfielder Christina Lizzi and sophomore
outfielder Danielle Hagel.
After Montclair added another run on a hit-by-pitch
with the bases loaded, the Lions pulled to within one run
in the same inning as sophomore infielder Rachel Greeby knocked in freshman outfielder Steph Cintron on a
groundout.
As the game moved to the seventh, junior catcher
Kelly Armstrong helped the Lions play on as she singled in the third College run to send the game into extra
innings.
“It was exciting to watch and coach,” Miller said. “This
team doesn’t give up, and I did feel momentum in our favor, but (Montclair) just took advantage.”
In the second contest, the result was identical and just as
exciting, as the Lions once again fell just short in a 4-3 loss.
The College struck first this time around as Armstrong
cracked an RBI single in the top half of the first inning that
put the team up 1-0.
The Red Hawks tallied two runs in the bottom of the second inning to take the 2-1 lead. The runs ended freshman
pitcher Alex Sietsma’s scoreless streak at 32.2 innings.
After trading runs again in the third frame, the drama
picked up in the seventh inning as sophomore infielder Ellen Seavers belted a solo homer in the top half of the inning to knot the score at 3.
Montclair ended the game on an RBI single off of Sietsma to pick up their second victory of the day.
With the two losses, the Lions stand at 18-12 overall
and are 6-4 in the tightly contested New Jersey Athletic
Conference (NJAC) for a No. 5 ranking. The Red Hawks
lead the conference with a perfect 10-0 record.
“We’re still sitting well in the conference,” Miller said.
“We have four sets of games left and a lot of work to do.”
The College’s next doubleheader comes on Saturday as
they play host to NJAC-opponent New Jersey City University at at 1 p.m.
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Lacrosse
Boston jersey planted in new Loss / Team suffers at home
Yankee stadium foundation
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees may seek criminal charges against a
Boston Red Sox-loving construction worker
who buried a Sox jersey in the new stadium.
But Gino Castignoli, the Red Sox fan
who said he intended to curse the Yankees by
planting the jersey, said he did it in jest.
“Anybody with half a brain knows it was
all done in fun,” Castignoli said in Monday
editions of The New York Post.
The pinstripes fell to Boston, 8-5, in the
series finale Sunday night. Castignoli’s bid to
curse the Yankees was foiled earlier that day
when the home team removed the offending
shirt from its burial spot.
After locating the shirt in a service corridor behind what will be a restaurant in the
new Yankee Stadium, construction workers
jackhammered through the concrete Sunday
and pulled it out.
The team said it learned that a Sox-rooting construction worker had buried a shirt in
the new Bronx stadium, which will open next
year across the street from the current ballpark, from a report in The New York Post on
Friday.
Yankees President Randy Levine said
team officials at first considered leaving the
shirt where it was.
“The first thought was, you know, it’s never a good thing to be buried in cement when
you’re in New York,” Levine said. “But then
we decided, why reward somebody who had
really bad motives and was trying to do a really bad thing?”
On Saturday, construction workers who
remembered Castignoli phoned in tips about
the shirt’s location.
“We had anonymous people come tell us
where it was, and we were able to find it,”
said Frank Gramarossa, a project executive
with Turner Construction, the general contractor on the site.
It took about five hours of drilling Saturday to locate the shirt under two feet of concrete, he said.
On Sunday, Levine and Yankees Chief Operating Officer Lonn Trost watched as Gramarossa and foreman Rich Corrado finished the
job and pulled the shirt from the rubble.
In shreds from the jackhammers, the shirt
still bore the letters “Red Sox” on the front. It
was a David Ortiz jersey, No. 34.
Trost said the Yankees had discussed possible criminal charges against Castignoli with
the district attorney’s office.
“We will take appropriate action since
fortunately we do know the name of the individual,” he said.
A spokesman for Bronx District Attorney
Robert Johnson said Sunday he did not know
whether any criminal charges might apply.
Levine said the shirt would be cleaned and
sent to the Jimmy Fund, a charity affiliated
with Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
AP Photo
Frank Gramarossa holds the
newly excavated Red Sox jersey.
Sophomore attack Robin Deehan looks past a defender when the
Lions took on the Eagles of Eastern University earlier this season.
an unassisted goal to tie the score at 10.
“One of the best things we did was to get
the ball back when Salisbury was stalling at
the end of regulation,” Pfluger said. “I was
proud of the girls for … tying the game.”
Possession of the ball changed hands frequently throughout the six-minute overtime
period but it was the Sea Gulls’ leading scorer,
senior attack Sue Ackermann, who netted the
sole overtime goal with 3:11 remaining.
In the final minute of the game, it looked
like the two teams were headed for another
overtime period when the Lions’ offense
gained control of the ball in Sea Gulls’ territory. However, the Sea Gulls were able to
force a turnover to end the game and ruin the
Lions’ perfect season.
The win added to Salisbury’s perfect record of 16-0 while the Lions fell to 9-1. Greg-
ory made eight saves.
“I believe we played well, yet I am positive we are capable of playing much better
in such a highly competitive game,” Pfluger
said. “It was great to have a game like this one
and I know we will learn from it and become
an even better team.”
Earlier in the week, the Lions achieved
their ninth win in a victory against the Dolphins of Mount Saint Vincent College by
a score of 17-2. The Lions scored the first
six goals of the game in the first five minutes before leading the Dolphins 12-2 at
the half.
In the second half, the Lions’ defense shut
out the Dolphins while the offense tacked on
five goals to the score. Doane led the team
once again with four goals and two assists.
The Lions head out on the road again tomorrow in a game against Cabrini College at
6:30 p.m.
Baseball
NJAC / Former coach honored for contribution to College
Rutgers University-Camden on
Thursday. The Lions, coming off a
6-3 loss to Richard Stockton College on Monday, trailed 2-1 entering the ninth inning but rallied to
earn the victory.
With two outs against the
Lions, senior outfielder Dave
Mebs had an infield hit and junior second baseman Adam Tussey brought Mebs and freshman
Matt Giermanski home with a
two-RBI single.
Junior pitcher Eric Gertie finished off the Scarlet Raptors with
a scoreless ninth inning, picking up
his team-high fifth save of the season en route to the 5-2 victory.
“The game at Rutgers was great
for us because we battled all game
and finally we broke through in the
seventh and took the lead when we
were down to our last out in the
ninth,” Gertie said. “It was also a
big win because it’s important for
us to sweep against the weaker
teams in the NJAC.”
The late-inning heroics represented the Lions’ team ethic. Interim
head coach Dean Glus commented
on the importance of perseverance.
“We never gave up during the
game, and that was the most important part. We didn’t play bad, we
just didn’t hit,” he said. “The law of
averages say that the balls that we
were hitting were going to drop,
The ball whizzes past a Montclair State University batter into the glove of senior
catcher Rick Gawlak. The Lions split their doubleheader with the Red Hawks.
and they did. So as long as you keep
an even level and you have faith in
your teammates, then good things
are going to happen.”
The Lions translated their momentum into another NJAC win on
Friday against Ramapo College.
The batters were crisp at the
plate in the away game, tallying 15
hits. Five Lions collected multiple
hits against Ramapo and seven different players scored runs in the 10-
6 win.
Glus was satisfied with the
team’s ability to control the pacing
of the game from start to finish.
“We set the tone (and) jumped
out early. It got closer at the end of
the game. We got out of it, and we
didn’t use up our pitching staff for
Saturday,” Glus said.
Senior pitcher Nick Amabile
threw seven strong innings, yielding
three earned runs on five hits. He
struck out eight Ramapo batters.
Mebs went 1-for-4 and scored a
run against the Roadrunners. He is
batting at a .333 clip, has racked up
19 RBIs and leads the team with 38
runs scored.
“With our team, any guy has
the ability to come through in a key
situation,” Mebs said. “We continue
to play hard, put pressure on the
other team and make good things
happen.”
“It’s been a combination of making pitches and getting clutch hits,”
he continued, “and even a little bit
of luck at times. The team this year
just finds a way to win.”
In between the games of Saturday’s doubleheader with Montclair State, the College honored
former baseball coach Rick Dell.
Dell coached the baseball team to
a remarkable .675 winning percentage in his more than 20 years
at the helm. Dell left the College to
take a position with Major League
Baseball in China last summer.
Glus, who was hired by Dell in
1990 and worked as assistant coach
for 16 years, felt Dell helped establish Lions baseball as an elite program in Division III while preparing
the coaching staff for the transition.
“He gave me all the responsibilities that I needed to learn how to
become a head coach,” Glus said.
“He’s my mentor (and) a very good
friend of mine.”
Dell’s No. 23 jersey was retired and hung on the fence in
George Ackerman Park. His mark
will resonate well beyond that as
his leadership continues to serve
as an optimal model for the Lions
to follow.
“Coach Dell was here for 27
years and he made New Jersey
baseball what it is,” Glus said.
“From his record to his recruiting
to everything, he established us as
a national power.”
4 6
LIONS
AROUND THE
DORM
5 3
Brandon Lee
Kristen Lord
“The Ref”
Bobby Olivier
James Queally
Staff Writer
A&E Editor
Last week, Duncan Slobodzian advanced into the AtD Championship. This week, one of three eager contestants will have the opportunity
to join him and compete for the title. Nation & world editor Kristen Lord, staff writer Bobby Olivier and arts & entertainment editor James
Queally all have their eyes on the prize. Staff writer Brandon Lee, this week’s ref, will decide who advances and who is left behind.
1) The NBA MVP race is basically a two-man
competition between Chris Paul and Kobe
Bryant. Which star would you vote for?
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KL: My vote is for Kobe. Bryant has always
been snubbed in the MVP race and criticized
for not being a team player. Things didn’t
look so good for the All-Star last spring when
he demanded to be traded from the Lakers by
citing a “lack of talent” around him, but Bryant turned it around during the season, making
the Lakers one of the NBA’s surprise teams.
He’s dealt with numerous injuries this season
but hasn’t missed a game. He’s doing well
statistically, averaging 28.5 points a game, but
more importantly, Bryant’s coaches and fans
agree he has really taken to the role of a team
leader this year, elevating the players around
him — a trait that former MVPs Steve Nash
and Dirk Nowitski were also praised for.
BO: After all these years, Kobe is finally going to get his MVP award. I take Kobe for
several reasons. His stats have been great all
year, finishing second in the league with 28.5
points per game (despite an injured pinky finger) as well as 6.4 boards and 5.4 assists. He’s
shooting 46 percent from the field and with
an 83 percent free-throw percentage, the guy
has got it all. Paul is a fantastic up-and-coming superstar but I still do not buy into his being able to throw a team on his back and win
a game by himself. Kobe’s experience has
helped him this year and he will finally get
what he deserves.
JQ: Kobe has made the Lakers look more
threatening than the teams that were ousted
in the first round in ’06 and ’07. However, he
has Gasol, Odom and Bynum. Chris Paul has
taken the Hornets — yes, the New Orleans
Hornets — and made them the No. 2 seed in
the ridiculously competitive Western Conference. He’s averaging 21 points a game and has
become one of the premier guards and team
leaders in the league. Kobe makes the Lakers title contenders, but they are still a playoff
team without him. The Hornets would not be
chasing even the eighth seed without Paul.
BL: Queally gets 3 points for taking into account both supporting casts. The Hornets
didn’t make the playoffs last year because
Paul couldn’t carry the team, but this year
he can. I agree with Lord regarding Kobe’s
change in leadership and mentality, but
just because he’s been snubbed these past
few years doesn’t mean he should get it this
year — 2 points. Bobby, I need more than
just stats. If we only look at stats, Jamal
Crawford and Zach Randolph should be
All-Stars — 1 point.
2) In the preseason, the Tigers were tagged
to be an American League powerhouse. They
currently hold a losing record, but the season
is young. Are they contenders or pretenders?
KL: With a 162-game season, by the time
September comes around this early-season
slaughter will not even be relevant. The Tigers have improved dramatically in the last
two years. The addition of Miguel Cabrera
and Edgar Renteria to the team this year adds
to the already-solid lineup of Ivan Rodriguez,
Magglio Ordóñez and Carlos Guillen. The
Tigers’ place as a contender will probably
be decided by its pitching staff. The bullpen
has been plagued by injuries this year and includes several pitchers who had less than successful outings last season. The Tigers spent
a lot of money this year amping up the roster,
and while the season didn’t start off well, I
think the team will come together to contend
for a World Series title.
BO: Despite the horrendous start, the Tigers
will still be in the hunt come playoff time
because they have far too much talent not to
be. Their lineup is loaded from top to bottom
and everyone is waiting for them to start hitting — and they will. Cabrera, their biggest
offseason addition, has a career average of
.311 and has driven in more than 110 RBIs
each of the last four seasons. Ordóñez is
coming off an MVP-type season, and with a
roster full of All-Stars, the Tigers will be just
fine. The have plenty of talent in the pitching
AtD Playoffs
No. 1 Duncan
No. 4 Jez
No. 7 Brandon
No. 2 Queally
No. 5 Kristen
No. 8 Bobby
No. 3 Kohout
No. 6 Cohen
No. 9 Mike
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department as well, and once Joel Zumaya is
healthy, everything will turn around.
JQ: With the amount of talent on this team,
it’s way too early to count them out. However,
some of the key components of the Tigers’
dangerous 2007 lineup are developing alarming early trends. Justin Verlander, the ace of
the pitching staff, has been rocked twice by
the Sox (of both the red and white variety).
Dontrelle Willis got himself on the DL already
and Gary Sheffield has not been able to produce. The bats have been relatively quiet, and
that’s a great way to demoralize pitchers like
Verlander and Willis whose starts cannot be
wasted. This team made some great offseason
moves, especially picking up Renteria, and it
plays in a weak division, so things could turn
around real quick. They just need to keep Willis healthy and start scoring runs.
BL: Nobody mentioned that behind Verlander, the rotation is horrible. Willis doesn’t count either. Zumaya is the
only good reliever in the pen, Todd Jones
doesn’t count and neither does Francisco
Rodney. Yes the Tigers lineup is loaded,
but the bullpen is horrible and had an
ERA around the mid-to-upper fours, and
that’s a recipe for disaster. The only person
to recognize that was Lord, but you can’t
win the World Series with bad pitching.
Each of you gets 1 point.
Super Bowl may be too tempting of an offer
to refuse. Besides, I don’t know if Favre could
live with his last pass being an interception to
the New York Giants.
BO: After hearing about Favre’s possible return, I’m sure there are about 100,000 cheese
heads leaving banana peels in front of Rodgers’ front door. Favre would come back. He
loves the game far too much not to take an
opportunity to come back midseason in a dramatic, inspirational, Disney-like return. The
guy had a great season last year and was one
kick away from the Super Bowl. He wants
one more shot, and once the season starts and
he’s not out there, he’ll be itching to come
back. Favre still has one of the best arms in
football and he’s got one more in him. What
else is he going to do, make commercials
trying to throw a vortex football farther than
John Elway’s 110 yards?
JQ: While the idea of Favre returning to rescue
the Packers is damn touching, it isn’t likely.
Favre was successful in almost bringing
Green Bay back to the Super Bowl last year
because he had adequate time and training
to adapt to the new offensive sets, allowing
him to shed his “gunslinger” style of play and
pick away at defenses through dump and slant
routes. If Favre was to jump back into the saddle midseason, he would need time to adjust
and it simply wouldn’t work. He would ruin
any chance of going out on a high note and
look like a veteran who is way past his prime,
begging for one last shot at glory. Favre went
out in style, playing like the championshipcaliber athlete we always knew he was. He
should keep it that way.
BL: Queally’s right for 3 points. Favre
would look like he’s just “begging for one
last shot at glory.” Lord and Bobby had
similar arguments, but the “I’ll never let
go, Jack” sentimentality toward football
has to end sometime. Bobby gets 2 points
for the Vortex reference, and Lord gets
1 point.
3) Brett Favre hinted he may come out of
retirement if Aaron Rodgers gets injured. If
Rodgers gets injured midseason, do you think
Favre will actually return to the Packers?
KL: I think a “Favre to the rescue” story would
be seductive to the retired quarterback. He left
the NFL as a quarterback who could still contend with players half his age. His career as
a Packer was completely glorified and fans
idolized him. Taking that step into retirement
seemed like a tough decision for Favre — we
all saw him crying on ESPN for two weeks
after he announced his decision — but getting one more chance to take Green Bay to the
With a 7-4-4 victory, Queally joins Duncan in the Championship.
Duncan
Queally
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Hey Jez, remember when
I said Tiger wouldn’t win
all of the majors? Yeah, I really
suck at predictions, don’t I?
—Queally
LIONS ROUNDUP
Baseball
Date
Opponent
3/21/2008
3/26/2008
3/27/2008
3/28/2008
3/29/2008
4/1/2008
4/3/2008
4/5/2008
4/7/2008
4/8/2008
4/10/2008
4/11/2008
4/12/2008
vs.
@
vs.
@
@
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
@
@
vs.
Result/Time
W 9-1
W 12-11
W 5-1
W 5-2
W 15-12, W 14-6
W 7-5
W 7-0
W 21-0, W 20-0
L 3-6
Canceled
W 5-2
W 10-6
L 7-11
W 6-5 (11 innings)
@
Messiah College
3:30 p.m.
vs. Rowan University
3:30 p.m.
@
Richard Stockton College
3:30 p.m.
@
William Paterson University
Noon
@
Johns Hopkins University
3:30 p.m.
vs. Stevens Institute of Technology
3:30 p.m.
@
Widener University
3:30 p.m.
vs. Ramapo College
3:30 p.m.
@
Kean University
Noon
NJAC Tournament
TBA
@
NJAC Championships
TBA
4/15/2008
4/17/2008
4/18/2008
4/19/2008
4/21/2008
4/22/2008
4/23/2008
4/25/2008
4/26/2008
5/1/2008
5/3/2008
Haverford College
Gwynedd-Mercy College
Rutgers University-Camden
Rowan University
Rutgers University-Newark
Albright College
Moravian College
New Jersey City University
Neumann College
Rutgers Unversity-Camden
Ramapo College
Montclair State University
Softball
Date
Opponent
3/14/2008
3/14/2008
3/15/2008
3/22/2008
3/22/2008
3/26/2008
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
@.
@
3/27/2008
3/29/2008
3/30/2008
4/3/2008
@
vs.
vs.
@
4/6/2008
4/7/2008
4/8/2008
4/12/2008
vs.
@
@
vs.
4/15/2008
4/19/2008
4/22/2008
4/26/2008
4/29/2008
5/2/2008
5/3/2008
@
vs.
@
vs.
Result/Time
L 4-5
L 1-2
W 9-1, W 2-1
W 9-4
L 2-6
W 2-1 (8 innings)
W 12-1 (5 innings)
Moravian College
Canceled
Ramapo College
L 0-2, L 4-6
Drew University
L 2-6, W 5-1
Haverford College
L 4-5
L 8-0 (5 innings)
W 2-1, W 7-0
Kean University
W 5-2, W 5-0
Rutgers University-Camden
W 16-5, W 4-0
Montclair State University L 3-4 (8 innings)
L 3-4
Rowan University
3 p.m.
New Jersey City University
1 p.m.
Rutgers University-Newark
3 p.m.
William Paterson Unversity
1 p.m.
TBA
NJAC First Round
NJAC Championships
TBA
NJAC Championships
TBA
Date
Opponent
3/8/2008
3/16/2008
3/22/2008
3/25/2008
3/27/2008
3/29/2008
4/1/2008
4/4/2008
4/8/2008
4/12/2008
4/15/2008
4/17/2008
4/19/2008
4/22/2008
4/24/2008
4/26/2008
4/29/2008
5/7/2008
@
@
@
vs.
vs.
vs.
@
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
@
vs.
@
vs.
@
@
@
Result/Time
FDU-Florham
W 20-4
St. Mary’s College (Md.)
W 13-9
SUNY Cortland
W 16-4
Eastern University
W 19-1
Ursinus College
W 15-0
University of Mary Washington
W 18-4
Drew University
W 16-1
Gettysburg College
W 17-13
Mount Saint Vincent College
W 17-2
Salisbury University
L 10-11 (OT)
Elizabeth College
Canceled
Cabrini College
6:30 p.m.
Washington & Lee University
3 p.m.
Montclair State University
7 p.m.
Rowan University
7 p.m.
Frostberg State University
1 p.m.
Stevens Institute of Technology
6 p.m.
NCAA Tournament First Round
TBA
Game of the Week
Baseball
Lions @ William
Paterson
University
April 19, 1 p.m.
Roger
Mosteller
Menʼs Tennis
The senior had a major impact this week as he
went undefeated in his two singles and two doubles
matches. Mosteller teamed with Michael Klimchak
in two 8-6 victories over Haverford College and the
University of Mary Washington (UMW). He also took
Penn State Berhend
Westfield State College
FDU-Florham
Ithaca College
Salisbury University
Muhlenberg College
Lacrosse
Lion of
the Week
The Lions hit the road on Saturday, as they go head-tohead with the rival Cougars of Kean University. The College
is currently tied with Kean University for the New Jersey
Athletic Conference lead with a 9-2 record apiece, and both
schools will be looking to stand alone atop the division.
his singles match against Haverford College 6-3, 6-2,
and his singles victory over UMW was the deciding
match in the 5-4 win for the College.
—Michael O’Donnell, Sports Assistant
This Week In Sports
Baseball
April 17
vs. Rowan University, 3:30 p.m.
April 18
@ Richard Stockton College, 3:30 p.m.
April 19
@ William Paterson University, noon
April 21
@ Johns Hopkins University, 3:30 p.m.
April 22
vs. Stevens Institute of Technology, 3:30 p.m.
Softball
April 19
vs. New Jersey City University, 1 p.m.
April 22
@ Rutgers University-Newark, 3 p.m.
Lacrosse
April 17
@ Cabrini College, 6:30 p.m.
April 19
vs. Washington & Lee University, 3 p.m.
April 22
@ Montclair State University, 7 p.m.
Track and Field
April 18
@ Larry Ellis Invitational, TBA
(Princeton University)
April 19
@ Greyhound Invitational, TBA
(Moravian College)
Menʼs Tennis
April 16
vs. Bates College, noon
April 20
@ Middlebury College, noon
Womenʼs Tennis
April 16
vs. Bates College, 4 p.m.
April 22
vs. Swarthmore College, 4 p.m.

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