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Gaypril ads raise
questions of taste
by ben wrobel
Editor-In-Chief
Last Saturday a member of
Facilities staff spray-painted
over a number of words and
phrases in the tunnel connecting Wilson Quad to Hoyt
Auditorium, in the belief
that they constituted acts
of vandalism. The comments
had been spray-painted onto
the walls of the tunnel, which
student groups routinely
decorate, by the University
of Rochester’s Pride Network, a gay pride association.
While the list of censored comments included
inflammatory remarks that
members of the group acknowledged were inappropriate for public display,
the employee also whited
out language that the group
considered relatively benign,
such as dates and times of the
group’s upcoming events and
references to homosexuality.
“Almost any reference
to homosexuality, any reference to education was
painted over,” Pride Network Business Manager and
junior Alex Papastrat said.
Acting Dean of Stu-
dents Matthew Burns is
undergoing an investigation into the matter.
Members of the Pride
Network convened to paint
the tunnels on the evening of
Thursday, April 3, in order to
publicize Gaypril, a celebration in which the month of
April is host to a series of
events that are designed to
promote gay pride and create
discussion and awareness of
the homosexual movement.
The group first painted
a rainbow design that ran
down the entire tunnel, covering both walls. Later in the
night, members of the group
spray-painted messages
over the design, according
to Pride Network Secretary
and junior Perrine Meunier.
“It was planned to write
things like ‘Aids Education
Panel’ and other things
advertising our events,”
she said, also acknowledging that members write
other, personal comments.
“That’s what we always do.”
Director of UR Security
Walter Mauldin explained
that early on Saturday
See TUNNEL, Page 4
daniel green • Photography Editor
Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy spoke about the city’s
education opportunities at last Thursday’s Town Hall.
Mayor discusses
city’s potential
BY rebecca leber
News Editor
In an effort to bridge
the gap between the UR
community and the city of
Rochester, Rochester Mayor
Robert Duffy spoke in Hoyt
Auditorium last Thursday
to discuss an array of current local issues. During the
Town Hall speech and question-and-answer session,
Duffy candidly addressed
the city’s present hurdles
and discussed its potential
to advance in education
and safety, economically
and environmentally. Duffy
spoke of three priorities of
his administration — development, public safety and
education.
“We have one city in
Rochester that is poor and
struggling… and this other
part of the city is very affluent,” he said.
He compared Rochester to
a boxer that has taken some
hits in its past. However, he
expressed optimism about
the potential for change.
“People know Rochester,”
he said. “They know University of Rochester and Kodak.
There’s a whole underground
of companies that are worldclass. A lot of these companies have connections.”
The city, according to
Duffy, is constantly attempting to recruit and retain businesses to fill vacant or rundown spaces. He referred
to the Brooks Landing area
and the area by the Genesee
River as untapped sources for development. Duffy
envisioned a lightened night
See DUFFY, Page 5
ross brenneman • Photography Editor
SA Vice President and junior Janna Gewirtz, Senator and sophomore Maria
Veklich, Deputy Speaker and sophomore Jennifer Principio and Senator and
freshman Ezra Mechaber anxiously view the results of last night’s election.
Voting results released
Eric Sansky and Tyler Socash win presidential election
by rebecca Leber
News Editor
The unofficial results from
the Students’ Association
and Class Council elections
were released last night on
The Hive Web site, and juniors Eric Sansky and Tyler
Socash were announced as
the winning ticket for the
presidential election.
The polls, which closed at
9 p.m., showed Sansky and
Socash at a lead with 628
votes. Their opposition, juniors Mustafa Rehmani and
Brett Young and sophomores
Patrick Chase and Tal Cushmaro, trailed with 425 and
360 votes, respectively.
The winners expressed
their enthusiasm for the upcoming year. After learning of
their victory, both Sansky and
Socash reiterated their platform positions to concentrate
on visibility, communication
and school spirit.
“Honestly, I want to get
up there tomorrow and start
working,” Sansky said.
“I was just overwhelmed
with the feeling that it is
time to go to work,” Socash
said. “In a positive way, I’m
excited to implement our
platforms.”
Current SA President and
junior Alvin Lomibao commented on his successors’ upcoming challenges, speaking
specifically about meal plan
issues and Dandelion Day.
“There will be a lot of
contentious issues coming
up next year,” Lomibao said.
“Eric and Tyler will have to
be very tactful in how they
approach these contentious
issues.”
The winning candidates
of the five At-Large Senate
seats include Lomibao (660
votes), Chase (509), sophomore Sylvia Guerra (344),
sophomore Julia Winer (340)
and freshman Gao Xiang
Chen (332). Sansky won the
third seat with 492 votes, but
as winner of the presidential
race, he cannot accept the
position.
There will also be three
senators for each class, with
a combination of incoming
and returning senators.
“We have a good combination of new people coming in
and veterans and that can
only mean a great dynamic
at the beginning of the year,”
Lomibao said.
“When it comes down to it,
all the new senators will have
to work closely with each
other over the course of the
next year to fix the problems
facing our student body and
to generally improve student life on campus,” newly
elected Senator and sophomore Eric Weissmann said.
Winners of the class of
2009 Senate race include
juniors Janna Gewirtz (193),
Harrell Kirstein (163) and
See RESULTS, Page 4
sarah cummings • Photography Editor
play dead!
Students pretend to be injured as a part of Medical Emergency Response Team’s
annual Mass Casuality Incident Drill on Saturday in the May Room in Wilson Commons.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Expert
talks
religion,
politics
By Dana Hilfinger
Sports Editor
On Tuesday night, The
Humanities Project wrapped
up its series on Religious
Cultures of the African
Diaspora in the HawkinsCarlson room in Rush Rhees
Library with a talk given by
New York University research
scholar and author Jeff
Sharlet. The scholar’s most
recent work, “The Family:
The Secret Fundamentalism
at the Heart of American
Power” comes out in late May
and was the topic of most of
his lecture.
“The project is designed
to bring to campus the best
scholars in the study of religion
in the Diaspora to invigorate
our students’ curricula with
new scholarship in the field
and to invite the community
at large in the Rochester
area to consider the ways
in which religion has also
shaped the diversity of the
African Diaspora community
in the city of Rochester and
beyond,” event organizer
and Assistant Professor of
Religion Anthea Butler said
of the project.
With motive so often in
question in the realm of
politics, Sharlet’s talk was
relevant on a number of
levels. The scholar spent
the majority of his lecture
discussing the “Family” — a
fundamentalist organization
priding itself on its secrecy
and whose membership has
extended to the likes of U.S.
Senator Sam Brownback
and former President Gerald
Ford. Sharlet himself became
a member “by accident.”
The society, as Sharlet went
on to detail, has wielded its
power in a variety of political
settings, emphasizing that all
that was required to join was
“an interest in Jesus” — a
statement that has made the
organization popular among
conservative leaders.
According to Sharlet,
h o w e v e r, t h e g r o u p s ’
interests extended far beyond
a dedication to Christ’s son.
In reality, the Family better
exemplified a bastardized
Calvinism that antagonized
the idea of conventional
C h r i s t i a n i t y. S h a r l e t
explained that, unlike typical
religion, the group did not
work to convert the masses
— just important male
figures it deemed worthy of
implementing its objectives.
The scholar claimed that
perhaps the most critical part
of this organization was its
dedication to secrecy, noting
See SHARLET, Page 5
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This Week on Campus
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Campus Briefs
Students create Virtual
Institute for Energy
by marley schneier
News Editor
Last weekend, UR’s first Sustainable Energy Symposium was
held in Hubbell Auditorium in
Hutchison Hall. Over 100 students
and faculty were in attendance.
The symposium featured several
speakers, including a keynote address by Chair of the Department of
Environment and Society at Utah
State University Joseph Tainter.
Tainter is an anthropologist and
historian who studies ancient
civilizations and their collapse in
correlation to energy economics.
The introductory address was delivered by President and CEO of the
New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority Paul
Tonko. Tonko is nationally known
as an expert on energy and utility
issues.
One of the most important aspects of the symposium was the
creation of the University of Roch-
ester Virtual Institute for Energy
(URVIE), which co-sponsored the
symposium. URVIE was created
by a group of Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year scholars. Among
these students were Kenneth
Lotito, Mario Dal Col and Patrick
McLaughlin, who organized the
symposium.
URVIE’s mission statement says,
“The supply of affordable, secure
and sustainable energy is arguably
the greatest scientific and technical problem facing humanity. We
believe the University of Rochester
is endowed with the ability to address this challenge.”
URVIE is sponsoring another
Sustainability Lecture on April 17
featuring University of California
Berkeley Professor Steven Chu.
The talk is called “The Energy
Problem and What We Can Do
About It.”
Schneier is a member of
the class of 2011.
by marley schneier
News Editor
UR researchers have reproduced
a music file of a 20-second clarinet
solo that is nearly 1,000 times
smaller than a regular MP3 file. Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering Mark Bocko co-created
the reproduction.
“This is essentially a humanscale system of reproducing music,”
Bocko said. “Humans can manipulate their tongue, breath and
fingers only so fast, so, in theory,
we shouldn’t really have to measure the music many thousands of
times a second like we do on a CD.
As a result, I think we may have
found the absolute least amount
of data needed to reproduce a piece
of music.”
Using a computer’s knowledge
about clarinets and how they are
played, the file can reproduce the
sounds. Doctoral students who
work for Bocko did research on
every detail of the instrument,
from pressure in the mouthpiece to
measurements for every different
finger position.
Bocko and his team then created
a virtual player for the virtual clarinet to model how a player interacts
with the instrument. The computer
“listens” to the real clarinet sounds
and learns what it takes to replicate
that sound. By feeding the record
of the player’s actions back into the
computer model, the original sound
can be digitally reproduced.
However, the reproductions are
not flawless yet.
“We are still working on including ‘tonguing’ or how the player
strikes the reed with the tongue to
start notes in staccato passages,”
Bocko said.
Bocko hopes that this innovation
can lead to advances in the music
industry.
“Maybe the future of music
recording lies in reproducing performers and not recording them,”
he said.
Schneier is a member of
the class of 2011.
Researchers make
advanced music file
mark fleming • Staff Photographer
Junior Maggie Maxwell stood in a cell as part of a demonstration
about the current conditions of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
Announcements
• Come see Off Broadway On
Campus’s spring show! Enjoy a
musical review of songs from many
different popular broadway shows,
including “Hairspray,” “Grease,”
“Seussical,” “Spring Awakening,”
“The Little Mermaid,” “The Wedding Singer” and many more!
The show is on Friday, April
11, from 8 to 11 p.m. in Strong
Auditorium. Tickets are $4 at the
Common Market in Wilson Commons and $5 at the door. The show
is open to the public.
• Join in Delta Gamma Soror-
ity’s first flag football tournament, AnchorBowl! Interested
students can sign up at the table
in Wilson Commons. The tournament is on April 12 in the Goergen
Athletic Center. Proceeds go to
the Association for the Blind and
Visually Impaired. T-shirts will be
given to the winners of the tournament and prizes will be given for
“most creative play of the game”
and “most team spirit.”
To submit, please e-mail
[email protected].
Deadline is Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Security Update
Southside Market shows signs of forced entry
BY Rebecca Leber
News Editor
One or more persons attempted
to enter Southside Market in
deKiewiet Tower between Wednesday evening, April 2 and Thursday
morning, April 3. The store was
closed at the time.
Student employees at the store
reported that when they arrived
Thursday morning, they found
both the front and rear doors ajar
with pry marks on them. According to UR Security Investigator
Daniel Lafferty, it is uncertain
whether the doors had been secured the previous night. Nothing
was reported stolen or disturbed.
No police report was filed.
Suspect makes
away with Nintendo
A Nintendo Wii was stolen from
a student’s room in Gilbert Hall
over spring break, according to
Lafferty. The student reported
that the room was locked when
he left for break and the room was
also locked upon his return. The
victim plans to file a police report
at a later time.
Trash can’s contents
set on fire
Security officers responded to a
small fire behind Munro House.
They found a large trash can’s
contents on fire on Friday, April
4. The officers extinguished the
fire using a fire extinguisher and
the Rochester Fire Department
arrived, as well, to ensure that the
fire was completely out and the
area was properly cleared.
A student admitted to starting
the fire and, according to Lafferty,
explained to Security Officers that
he was trying to put his senior year
behind him.
The student received a warning
and the incident was referred to
the Dean of Students’ Office for
review.
Bathroom break
leads to trouble
A student living in deKiewiet
Tower reported that his laptop was
stolen from his room while he left
to use the restroom, according to
Lafferty. The room and suite door
were unlocked while he was gone.
The incident occurred on Friday,
April 4 between 9:45 and 9:55 p.m.
The student has not yet filed a
police report and the suspect has
not been identified.
Wallet stolen
from practice room
An undergraduate student
claimed that her wallet was stolen
from an unlocked practice room
in an unidentified building, ac-
cording to Lafferty. She left her
wallet in a jacket pocket. The
student reported that the wallet
contained cash, credit cards and
some personal items. The student
was away from her belongings for
two hours, from 4 to 6 p.m. There
was no police report filed.
Left-behind briefcase
removed
A student at the Eastman
School of Music accidently left
his briefcase in a practice room
on Thursday, March 27, and returned the next day to find his
possessions, including a laptop
and iPod, gone.
The victim intended to file a
police report at a later date, according to Lafferty.
Information provided
by UR Security.
Leber is a member of
the class of 2011.
Calendar
Thursday
April 10
entrepreneurship talk
Head Chief Executive Officer of Optimax
Rick Plympton will discuss entrepreneurship
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Sloan Auditorium in
Goergen Hall. This talk is co-sponsored by UR’s
Entrepreneurs Club and the Optical Society of
America.
friday
April 11
club rochester
This monthly festivity will be from 4 to 6 p.m.
in Salon D of the Meliora Restaurant. Enjoy appetizers and low-cost alcoholic and nonalcoholic
beverages.
saturday
april 12
midnight Ramblers show
Come to the Midnight Ramblers a cappella
group’s special 10th anniversary concert! The
show will feature alumni from the classes of
1998 to 2007. The group will release a compilation CD that features their most popular hits,
including the songs “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,”
“Wonderwall” and “Mr. Brightside.” The
proceeds of the album sales benefit a scholarship
fund for the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering. Tickets alone are $5 for students, $7
for the UR community and $10 for the general
public, and a ticket and 10th Anniversary CD
together are $20 and are on sale at the Common Market in Wilson Commons. For more
information, call (917) 880-7770 or e-mail Jason
Menkes at [email protected].
Sunday
April 13
silent no more
Rochester Students for Life presents its speaker
event “Silent No More” at 8:15 p.m. in Sloan
Auditorium in Goergen Hall. Three women
from the “Silent No More” campaign will share
their personal experiences with abortion in an
effort to eliminate the secrecy and silence that
often surround it. The evening will also include
a presentation by the director of Women’s Care
Center, a local crisis pregnancy center that
offers free pregnancy counseling and adoption
services to the community.
Shamrock Run/walk
Join Kappa Delta Sorority as it holds its Shamrock 5K Run/Walk to benefit Prevent Child
Abuse America starting at 11 a.m. Tickets can
be purchased at the Common Market in Wilson
Commons through April 12. Tickets are $12 for
UR students and $15 for the general public. The
first 100 registrants will get a free T-shirt. Additional registration for all participants will be
on race day in Dandelion Square on the River
Campus from 10 to 10:45 a.m. A barbeque and
raffles will follow the event in Hirst Lounge of
Wilson Commons from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
For more information, e-mail sophomore Kirstin
Barry at [email protected]
Wednesday
April 16
travel market
Are you planning overseas travel in the coming
months? Head over to the International Travel
Market from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Hirst
Lounge in Wilson Commons. The market is
open to the entire campus community. This
event features on-campus exhibitors and local
travel-related businesses. The Rochester City
Clerk will be available to process passport
applications. For more information, visit http://
www.rochester.edu/College/abroad.
Please e-mail calendar submissions to
[email protected]
Corrections:
The recent series of articles about MERT developments were misleading. There was no actual
protocol change in Livingston/Monroe County
regarding the transport of intoxicated persons,
but instead a change in the documentation to
assess patients. Next week’s issue will feature
an advertisement by MERT on Page 3 that will
clarify these developments.
The Campus Times apologizes for this error.
NEWS
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Page 3
Religions come together Lawsuit over service dog resolved
UR’s religious groups demonstrate their faith
by jerome nathaniel
Contributing Writer
On Thursday, members of the
UR community gathered for the
Religious Diversity Celebration
to honor various religious groups
present on campus. The tone and
theme of the event was immediately
established when eight students
of different ethnicities and faiths
stood at the altar of Interfaith
Chapel’s Sanctuary Level and spoke
different languages. Although
the students were of different
ethnicities, faiths and native
languages, they were striving to
communicate a single message to
promote peace amongst all.
“When I first came to the
University of Rochester’s campus,
I looked to my right and saw the
Rush Rhees Library, a symbol of the
school’s dedication to academics,”
UR President Joel Seligman said
in his opening remarks about the
significance of religious diversity
on campus. “When I looked right
across from the Rush Rhees
Library, I saw the Interfaith
Chapel, the embodiment of the
school’s religious diversity.”
This is the 10th year that UR
has held a ceremony to celebrate
religious diversity. Originally, the
event consisted of testimonies,
including a Reflections segment.
The Reflections segment allowed 10
students of different faiths to share
not only their perceptions of their
respective religions, but also the
many stereotypes and prejudices
they faced as devoted members of
their faith.
Over the years, the event has
slightly changed to particularly
focus on diverse religious perceptions and forms of worship in the
line of one common theme. The
theme this year was peace.
Representatives from the Muslim Students’ Association, UR
Christian Fellowship, Protestant
Christian Community, Hillel,
Pagan Students’ Community and
Catholic Newman Community
shared several forms of worship
from their religious faiths.
President of PCC and junior
Kristin Beck described the gathering of these campus clubs as a
unique opportunity.
“This faith-sharing encourages
religious understanding in our
campus, which, in turn, promotes
peace,” she said.
MSA member and senior Zainab
Alwan shared the Islamic call for
prayer, known as Adhan. Alwan
immediately followed with a recitation from the Qur’an.
As the ceremony ensued, Hillel
provided a visual demonstration
of the meal consumed during the
holiday of Passover, the Seder.
After this, URCF member
and senior Kimberly Snyder
presented a brief history of the
Apostolic Church. Following this
presentation, junior Jessica Chery
played piano and recited “My Redeemer.”
The next presentation came
from PSC member and sophomore
Jason Powell, who shared a PowerPoint presentation of the different
symbols and tools that are used in
Pagan worship. Noting the negative connotations that were formed
during the medieval times, Powell
boldly represented his faith and
explained the actual significance
of the Pentacle for Pagans.
“Regardless of the faith or denomination, the message of peace
can come in many forms,” Powell
said.
After Powell’s presentation, PCC
member and sophomore Colin Corbett read a story about a Ku Klux
Klan march near Davidson College,
in which Davidson’s students organized a town-wide party on the
campus in protest of the march.
Several members of PCC then
joined together to sing a hymnal
called. “This is my Song.”
“The hymn’s words form a
prayer for understanding between
different countries and cultures,”
Beck said.
The ceremony wrapped up with
a scripture reading from Colossians
3:1-15 by a member of the Catholic
Newman Community. The night
appropriately ended with a light
dinner and casual conversations between Jews, Protestants, Pagans,
Muslims and Catholics. This visual
image of the religious diversity on
the UR campus was captured in one
building, not just any building, but,
as the words inscribed above the
entrance door, “A House of Prayer
for All People.”
Nathaniel is a member of
the class of 2011.
sarah cummings • Photography Editor
UR President Joel Seligman commented that the Interfaith Chapel
symbolized the diversity of religions practiced and accepted on campus.
by leah squires
Managing Editor
The legal suit brought against
the University by sophomore
Deborah Stamm was resolved
earlier this week. She had filed a
lawsuit against UR after repeatedly
being denied access to her service
dog, Sid.
At a preliminary hearing in October, an injunction allowed Stamm
to retain Sid until the case was
finalized. The final settlement was
signed in the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of New York.
Stamm and University representatives issued a joint statement.
“The University and Deborah
Stamm have agreed to settle her
lawsuit to avoid protracted and
distracting litigation. Pursuant
to the agreement, Ms. Stamm will
continue to live with her dog Sid
in the dormitory through the end
of this academic year, but she has
agreed that, in future years, she
will not live with him in University housing or bring him onto
University property,” the statement said.
Stamm’s story stretches back to
last summer, when she requested
that Sid be allowed to stay in her
residence hall and accompany her
to class. She cited that her need
for a service animal arose from
her disability, a combination of
major depressive disorder and Type
1 diabetes. Various members of
the University reviewed her case
but ultimately denied her access
to Sid, leading Stamm to pursue
legal action.
Squires is a member of
the class of 2010.
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Results: Unofficial tie may result in run-off
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Rohan Naik (146). The class of 2010
chose Weissmann (307), Jon Junig
(250) and Ryan Mills (174) to fill its
three senator positions.
The class of 2011 senator positions were won by Ezra Mechaber
(242) and Dennis Nave (173).
The winner of the third seat
remains inconclusive because,
according to Thursday evening’s
election results, there was a tie
between Dale Levine and Carlos
Tejeda (146). The vote count must
be confirmed by Information Technology Services technician Steven
Song, which would subsequently
result in a run-off election between
the two candidates.
“Even though there are no paper
ballots to sway the numbers, there
could be some programming or
comp analysis that changes the results,” election chair and sophomore
Lauren Sussman said.
We i s s m a n n a f f i r m e d h i s
Ross Brenneman • Photography Editor
SA President and junior Alvin Lomibao and Vice President and junior
Janna Gewirtz try to destress before they hear the election results.
hopes that the newly elected
student government will perform effectively and positively.
“I am confident that the new
Senate will be able to get past any
differences they have and work well
with both Eric and Tyler to ensure
a successful and productive year,”
Weissmann said.
There were eight candidates
selected from each class to fill class
council seats. The Senior Class
Council will consist of Yorda Yenenh,
Lomibao, Rehmani, Gewirtz, Mike
Furlani, Kazuki Sakamoto, Mike
Shea and Nathan Danek.
The Junior Class Council will
include Weissmann, Nikki Socash,
Cushmaro, Sarah Hyser, Julia
Chambers, Katie Wang, Katie Litts
and Min Hur.
The Sophomore Class Council
will consist of Ahmad Rehmani,
Ezra Mechaber, J.J. Gonzalez,
Tejeda, April Hu, Sharon Gunther,
Hannah Lejfer and Dong “George”
Wang.
This year’s election collected statistics on when and where students
voted. Lomibao expressed his hopes
that this feature will allow further
streamlining of voting in elections
in upcoming years.
Leber is a member of
the class of 2011.
Jeff Levy • Presentation Editor
Members of the Pride Network believe that some graffiti was over
the top and rightly censored, while other material was innocuous.
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morning a security officer had discovered the graffiti on the wall and
assumed that the underlying rainbow design had been vandalized.
The officer contacted his supervisor
who, upon reviewing photographs
of the scene, asked Facilities
staff to paint over the graffiti.
“The wording was, they asked
[Facilities] to paint over ‘graphic
and offensive language,” Mauldin said. It was not until later
that those involved learned that
the graffiti had been voluntary.
“It did appear in this case to be a
defacement and not an expression
of art,” said Mauldin.
Papastrat and Meunier agree
that some of the language on the
wall, which included phrases such
as “Have queer sex,” “Fags have
more fun,” “Blow me” and “Suck
d*** all day,” was in bad taste.
“[The more offensive ones] did
not represent what Pride stands
for,” said Papastrat. “Obviously
in the future we’re going to make
sure that vulgar things aren’t
painted on the wall.” Meunier attributed the offending comments
to “a few individuals who didn’t
think before they spray-painted.”
However, Meunier explained that
members of the Pride Network were
upset over the extent of the effacement, especially pertaining to the
advertisements for Gaypril events.
“I understand the censoring
of the said ‘vulgar slogans,’ but
I think that maybe too much
liberty was taken in censoring
things that were simply homosexual and not in any way harmful
or hurtful to anyone,” she said.
The events scheduled for this
year’s Gaypril include the Spring
Drag Show on April 11 and the following “Taste the Rainbow” afterparty, a performance by gay comedian Peterson Toscano, the Day of
Silence and AIDS Education Week.
Meunier said that the group
has painted tunnels in the
past, yielding positive results.
“It’s good advertising for us,
because you can’t just take it
down, like a poster,” she said.
Certain sections of text that were
advertising those events, including
the word “Rainbow” in “Taste the
Rainbow Party” and the entire
phrase “AIDS Education Panel,”
were spray-painted over in white.
Also, the name of Toscano’s show,
“Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo
Halfway House,” was covered up.
“Those things, yes, they were
done in spray paint, but I don’t
believe they could have been construed as [vandalism],” Meunier
said. “They were events with a
date and a time and a place.”
Also, segments of text that merely
alluded to homosexuality, such as “I
like boys — Alex,” were painted over.
Burns, who has been corresponding with Papastrat since Saturday,
said on Tuesday that he was in the
process of finding out who painted
over what, but acknowledged
that finding definitive answers
might not be possible. He posed
the question of whether language
that describes “specific sexual body
parts [and] specific sexual acts” is
appropriate to paint on the tunnel wall.
“I think that this community is
likely to come back with, the answer
is ‘no,’” he said. “While we support
free speech, it is appropriate to
limit the time, place and manner of
speech at some times.” He brought
up the point that a visiting family or
a child might view the graffiti.
Mauldin raised a similar concern.
“This is an area that, while [it is]
on campus, we have families and
students touring the campus and
making rounds,” he said.
Mauldin said that he supports
the decision of the Security supervisor who ordered the cleanup, as it
followed vandalism protocol.
“The instruction for the procedure we had was to clean the
wall and make it fresh, so the art
work that was destroyed could be
restored by the artist,” he said. “We
didn’t stand there and say, put a
little more paint here, put a litte
more paint there.”
Wrobel is a member of
the class of 2010.
NEWS
April 10, 2008
Thursday, September
20, 2007
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Sharlet: Power roles discussed
Continued from Page 1
that the organization prided itself
on the idea that the more invisible
you were, the more power you were
able to wield.
“The idea was that the rest of the
world wouldn’t understand what
we were doing there,” Sharlet said
of the organization’s rationale for
secrecy.
Sharlet also went into detail,
describing the way the organization
manipulated its power to impede
racial equality and take away
basic human rights through the
advocating of slow and quiet
political initiatives. He explained
that, as a result of the group’s elite
fundamentalist attitude, a form of
cynical paternalism has evolved.
The audience, while small, was
very attentive. Sharlet’s speech at
times evoked satirical laughter from
the crowd and, overall, the group
of attendees seemed appreciative
of the insight and research Sharlet
presented.
The talk was the final installment
for the 2008 spring semester in the
Humanities Project’s Religious
Cultures of the African Diaspora
series that focused on religion’s
effects on the lives of persons of
African descent.
Sharlet’s talk was co-sponsored
by Politics and Media Construction:
Anticipating the 2008 Election,
another subject included in the
Humanities Project series.
UR President Joel Seligman has
allocated $150,000 annually to
supporting the Humanities Project,
a venture aimed at highlighting the
modern examination of objects and
ideas that encompass all fields of
humanistic inquiry.
Following the lecture, the floor
was opened for questions. Sharlet
was asked to discuss in greater
detail the role of women in the
Family, as well as the result of taking
religion out of the power equation.
With regard to the function of
women in the organization, Sharlet
explained that while there were
not women leaders in the Family, it
was believed that men and women
played separate but equal roles
under God.
In the terms of religious influence
on power, Sharlet noted that he
believed religion plays too key of a
role to be disposable.
“I believe piety is the yeast of
empire,” Sharlet said. “It serves not
as a veneer but as a justification.”
Hilfinger is a member of
the class of 2010.
Continued from Page 1
life in downtown Rochester
with more retail stores sometime
in the future.
Duffy cited that 65 to 66 percent
of Rochester residents read at a
sixth- or seventh-grade reading
level, and noted the alarmingly high
drop-out rate among high school
students. However, he described the
landmark efforts’ optimism about
various programs currently in place
and the creation of new education
scholarships.
Duffy discussed the sustainable
side of the city’s efforts. UR is home
to one sustainable building, Goergen Hall, and Rochester also boasts
the only gold-certified Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
building in New York State. One
student brought up the pent-up
potential of the alternative energy
industry, to which Duffy responded
that progress, while slow in developing, is still being made. Duffy
acknowledged the logic but also
claimed that the Rochester government is spending more money than
any other city in the state.
“A majority of the money is labor and job focused, not education
focused,” he said. “[The money] is
spread too thin.”
Duffy praised the efforts of UR
President Joel Seligman.
“President Seligman, I think, has
made incredible inroads in knocking
down the walls between this institution and the city,” he said.
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the class of 2011.
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Establishing goals
To start their term on the right foot, Eric Sansky and Tyler
Socash must pay careful attention to the projects they pursue
and communicate effectively with University administrators
as well as the student body. Sansky and Socash should rightfully stand by their platform, but they are equally obligated to
incorporate good ideas from the other candidates.
Sansky and Socash presented a unique initiative by offering a
keychain alarm system. This idea stemmed from worries about
security highlighted by the opening of the Riverview apartments,
and it should be followed up on.
Mustafa Rehmani and Brett Young planned to create a Web
site attached to the existing Hive site where students could leave
comments to voice their concerns. Sansky and Socash should
push to set up this site and integrate it with Blackboard.
Both Sansky and Rehmani promised to enlarge the responsibilities of the Mitigations Committee, but neither had any specific
plan in doing so. Sansky should work with the committee to
foster its growth. Additionally, Rehmani and Young espoused
volunteer service and strengthening the connection with the
Eastman Campus as ways to assimilate with the community,
ideas Sansky and Socash should undoubtedly build upon.
While dining is integral to student life at UR, Sansky and Socash should not waste valuable time in pursuit of extraordinary
changes. The other tickets had the right idea in first trying to
expand local-food dining options, like Connections. It is especially
important to retain student input in this area, but this quagmire
has the potential to permanently bog Sansky and Socash.
They should pay special attention to the ideas on communication offered during the election process. Patrick Chase and Tal
Cushmaro’s proposition for specific diversity representation is
one that could easily be instated at the start of next semester.
This could facilitate discussion with minority groups who may
feel out of touch with student government.
Sansky and Socash should make sure to include these ideas
from the other candidates’ platforms, as they are feasible and
will have positive effects on the student body. It is important
that they are able to distinguish between accomplishments and
attempts by not taking on too vast a charge and that they communicate to the student body exactly what they’re doing.
Campaign shame
A college campus should be a haven of idealism and positivism,
and student government elections are no exception. Debate and
competition are a staple of politics, but dirty tactics have no place
in UR’s environment. The recent Students’ Association and Class
Council elections were characterized by negative campaigning,
which have been a recurring theme in recent years.
This election process has seen the emergence of smear tactics.
Character attacks on certain candidates have caused nothing
but harm. Not only are the attacks harmful to the victim, but
they also look tacky for the entire student body, especially for
the other candidates. The damage that is incurred from pointless
mud slinging is obvious enough from national politics, and such
unethical behavior should not be extended to this campus.
Another major issue in this campaign is the tearing down of
campaign posters. It has come to be expected that candidates’
flyers will be ripped down over the course of the week-long campaign. This extends not only to presidential candidates but also
to the SA Senate and Class Council races. This is unacceptable
behavior, and it shows clear disrespect for the hard work and
time that candidates put into their advertisements. Whether
the culprits are those personally involved in the campaign or
are other members of the student body, they should realize that
this does not benefit anyone.
Outside of the political realm, vandalism of posters is a widespread problem in all of the residence halls. Posters for groups
such as Students For Life that lay strewn across the floor reflect
poorly on the ideals of inclusiveness and ­­­­­­­­open communication
that UR values highly. Furthermore, it is not the right of students
to decide whether or not these posters are acceptable. Simple
respect for property and personal rights should be expected from
all the students on this campus.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Editorial Observer
Snubbing appreciation days
If you had not already marked
down today as an important date
on your calendar, prepare to do so
now, as it marks the most auspicious day of the year and one that
I have been looking forward to for
quite some time.
Today marks the 50th edition
of “It’s a Pun!” Yes, I agree, such
an occasion deserves some champagne. Feel free to raise a glass to
my precocious little comic that has
taken the world by storm.
If you do an investigation of
“It’s a Pun!” you will, however,
find some discrepancy with my
counting. In fact, this is technically
only the 47th printing of “It’s a
Pun!” This doesn’t take into account, however, two April Fool’s
editions or my initial pun, entitled
“Kerfuffle,” though it, too, was a
pun. That brings the tally up to
50. Unless, of course, you count
the fact that one April Fools issue
included eight different puns, in
which case the total would be 57.
However, if you went solely by the
number of times the words “It’s a
Pun!” have appeared, this is only
the 49th, and therefore we should
cork the champagne bottle until
next week.
Perhaps this celebration is
entirely random. Why even cel-
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Brenneman
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Editor
ebrate a comic most people deride
as either “a waste of space” or
“unfunny”?
First, we celebrate because my
critics are humorless clods lacking
the talent to submit anything superior to my comic; we’re generally
better off ignoring them.
Second, because, why not? We
recognize everything else. We have
awareness weeks for 100 different
kinds of cancer and appreciation
days for everything from hot dogs
to kites to perhaps even sidewalks
(truly one of life’s little blessings).
We have history months for different races, genders and sexual
orientations. April also serves as
National Poetry Month, so break
out that Ezra Pound collection!
None of them, however, are any
less capricious than the idea of an
“It’s a Pun!” Appreciation Week.
Such periods are created to either
raise awareness or create admiration, but are arbitrary both in their
timing in execution.
What motivation could drive
the powers that be to declare the
second month of the year to be
dedicated to the history of blacks?
Do blacks really, really enjoy
February? Do women really get a
kick out of March? And as clever
as “Gaypril” might be, there is no
legitimacy to its timing.
By contrast, Martin Luther King
Jr. Day serves as a great vehicle
already for a national discussion on
black advancement, as would Feb.
15 serve similarly for women. Oct.
12 would be a perfect, annual day
for the National Day of Silence, in
memory of Matthew Shepard, the
man killed for being homosexual.
Those would be legitimate.
If appreciation periods are weak
due to their arbitrary timing, they
are further dampened in strength
by their inherent design: appreciation periods signify that something
need only be recognized for a
certain span of time, and then it
can be forgotten for a year, thus
marginalizing the topic.
History — whether of races,
foods or puns — is always interesting. There’s no reason for us
to be told when we have to be
appreciative.
Brenneman is a member of
the class of 2009.
Editorial Observer
UR neglects Chinese
As a senior in high school, I had
no idea what I was looking for
in a college, but I did know that
I wanted to learn the Chinese
language. When I visited UR, the
admissions counselor I met with
assured me that UR had a good Chinese program and even showed me
the course listing in the guide.
“Great!” I thought. “Rochester
is still in the running.”
I guess I spoke too soon. When I
got here, I learned that I probably
would not get to take Chinese my
freshman year because there was
a 20-student maximum and only
one beginning class offered per
semester.
“Well you’re probably going to be
able to get into the class next year,”
my adviser comforted me.
But considering there are only
three years worth of Chinese offered at UR, perhaps this is for
the best.
So my sophomore year I finally
enrolled in Chinese 101 and met
my teacher, Zhang Laoshi. I had a
50-minute recitation three days a
week and class twice a week for an
hour and 15 minutes.
One thing I quickly noticed,
however, was that a large amount
of my fellow students were already
Chinese speakers. They already
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Woo
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knew the grammatical structure
that I struggled with, and their
vocabularies were infinitely better than my own. However, I still
had an advantage over some other
students because I had gone to
Chinese school when I was little
and had some familiarity with the
language.
This situation is unfair to the students who had never had any real
exposure to the language and were
brand new to the entire culture. Yet,
we were still all clumped together in
the beginning class and were held
to the same expectations.
I learned later that before Zhang
Laoshi came to work at UR, we had
had no Chinese language program,
simply because the first teacher had
retired and the University did not
bother to hire a new one. It was only
due to student agitation that the
University decided to hire another
Chinese language teacher.
Personally, I find it very alarming that this school pays so little
attention to a language that is so
important in the world. Not only
is Mandarin the most commonly
spoken language on Earth, but
China is rising in prominence and
people with the ability to speak
Chinese are in higher and higher
demand.
The school does a great disservice to the student population by
so severely limiting the amount of
students who take Chinese each
year and also by forcing people
with such different skill levels
into only three categories: beginning, intermediate and advancedintermediate.
Zhang Laoshi is an extremely
dedicated and hard-working teacher who always takes time out of
her very busy schedule, teaching
at two different schools, to help
out her students. It is a shame
that Chinese students don’t even
get the same treatment as the
Japanese students who have four
years of language instruction and
two teachers.
Hopefully someday soon the
University will recognize the importance of the Chinese language
and finally put some funding into
a very vital program.
Woo is a member of
the class of 2008.
Josh Hatcher
Staff Illustrator
OPINIONS
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Page 7
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” — JFK
China prepares to sweep gold in Relays of Shame
BY mark fleming
In 2001, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2008 summer games to
Beijing, a move that drew criticism, as it
should have. The Chinese government has
an abysmal record for human rights, does
not respect free speech or other civil liberties
and represses dissenters. Some hoped that
giving Beijing the games would force the
Chinese government to have more respect
for human rights. This has not happened.
Because of this, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has decided to skip the opening
ceremonies, and French President Nicolas
Sarkozy may choose to skip them as well.
China’s rite of passage has been tainted and
the games have not even begun.
Events at Monday’s torch relay in Paris,
in particular, made me wonder what the Chinese government and relay organizers were
thinking. Did they think that supporters of
human rights and civil liberties would stay
at home so China’s super sweet celebration could proceed without disruption?
How could demonstrators from proTibet movements, Reporters Without
Borders, Amnesty International and
many other groups not seize such a perfect
opportunity to embarass? The 2008 Olympic
Games in Beijing will be the perfect stage for
anyone who has problems with the Chinese
government to make a scene while the world,
excluding China, watches.
Demonstrators in Paris managed to extinguish the torch multiple times, which
prompted the organizers to put the torch
inside a bus. The torch did not even complete the route that it had originally been
planned to take — it was cut short because
the organizers wanted to avoid further embarassment. Their altering the route meant
that they did not have to pass city hall and a
giant banner that proclaimed “Paris Defends
Human Rights Everywhere in the World,”
The New York Times reported. The Chinese
government’s newspaper, the People’s Daily,
offered blatantly false accounts of the relay
through Paris that attempted to make the
situation look not as bad, as is only possible
in a country where the government controls
the press and bombards its citizens with
propaganda and lies.
An article that appeared
in the People’s D a i l y
on Tuesday
reported that
the Olympic
torch was
never extin-
ing.” Another article in the People’s Daily
contradicted the spokesman, reporting that
“Due to safety reasons, the relay team had
to extinguish the flame twice and put the
torch onto the bus.”
The Chinese government may have control
over the information that reaches its own
people, but it has no control over the press
abroad. Will
it even be able to maintain
its control
over the flow of information to its own people
when thousands of
foreign journalists
descend on Beijing to
cover the games?
Le Monde, a French
newspaper, cited an article
in the People’s Daily that
called
the
guished in Paris.
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“The reports by
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taff Illustrator
foreign media are false
in claiming that the Olympic torch
was forced to be extinguished during its
relay in Paris,” the article quoted Chinese
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiang Yu as
having said. The People’s Daily also referred
to the demonstrators collectively as “Tibetan
separatists” and said that they were “annoy-
botched
relay “a shame for Paris and France.” I
completely disagree with the People’s Daily’s
and, by extension, the Chinese government’s analysis of what happened in Paris.
Monday’s events reflect poorly on China,
not France and the Paris Police. France is
a liberal democracy that does not violently
squash public displays of dissent. Knowing
this potential for embarassment, the Chinese
government should not have chosen to run
the relay in France or, for that, any other
free country.
Though I read various accounts of the debacles in Paris, I did not realize how pathetic
the relay was until I saw video footage. Two
columns of police vans, no fewer than 50
vehicles and an additional column of police
cars and motorcycles escorted a convoy of
buses, one of which had a crew of tracksuited runners and a band of police officers
around it. An even larger cavalcade of police
vehicles trailed the buses. I wanted to laugh
at the absurdity of the situation — how many
heads of state would have such an inordinate
escort? –— but I could not. We may be able
to laugh without feeling guilty during one
of the next torch relays in San Francisco,
known for its activism.
San Francisco will most likely embarass
China even more. Demonstrators have
already unfurled Tibetan flags and
other banners from the Golden Gate
Bridge and scuffled with each other
and the police, the San Francisco
Chronicle reported. San Franciscans are a creative bunch, so we can
expect unusual forms of demonstration.
Nude runners, including a naked human
torch, plan to follow the torch on Wednesday,
The New York Times reported. I doubt that
the Chinese government appreciates such
starkness, but it does not have the authority to inhibit San Franciscans, Athenians,
Londoners, Parisians or any other free people
in a free country.
Fleming is a member of
the class of 2010.
L aw s u i t a g a i n s t B u f f a l o S a b r e s s h o u t s
BY tony scott
Inexorably tied to the game of hockey is
a player known as the cheap shot artist.
Not to be confused with an enforcer, these
thugs deliver late hits with malicious intent.
Needless to say, they aren’t exactly the
smartest players out there, often forgoing
secondary or post-secondary education to
participate in the amateur hockey circuit in
hopes of making it to the National Hockey
League.
However, the single biggest cheap shot
of the season against the Buffalo Sabres
did not come from an ignorant, toothless
hoser but rather a well-educated college
professor. University at Buffalo English
Professor Bruce Jackson is suing the team
for the pain and suffering that resulted from
a pane of Plexiglas falling on him during a
Sabres game. Thus, in the same way that an
illegal hit involves an elbow targeting the
head, the use of the court system to target
an entity that has no real responsibility
for an incident can only be defined as one
thing: a cheap shot.
For this lawsuit to be considered anything else, Jackson needs to prove that the
Sabres were negligent. Considering how
violent and random the game of hockey is
designed to be, singling out the Sabres as
such is nothing short of unfair and care- force of all body checks coming from the
less. Simply put, the team cannot control Sabres or their opponents.
Unfortunately for Jackson, the glass
whether or not pucks, bodies or drunk fans
disproportionately hit the board in question transferred the force of the body check to
him. While the Sabres are capable of plenty
vis-à-vis the other boards.
In an article in the Buffalo News, Jack- of things, they cannot suspend Newton’s
son’s legal counsel admitted that fans as- Second Law and prevent a safety measure
from becoming a danger
sume some responsibility
to fans. Then again,
when they attend hockey
lawsuits in the land of
games, such as the poCellino and Barnes are
tential for injury when a
I wouldn’t mind
for being on the
puck flies into the crowd.
sending a couple known
fringe of the rule of law,
If the counsel admits that
a fan must assume the
bucks to a “Sabres the immutable laws of
physics included.
risk that a puck could
defense fund”
Legal precedent is
ricochet into the stands,
split on this matter:
she should not hold the
to show Jackson
while some courts have
team responsible for the
where I stand on
exculpated teams for insame random and unjuries sustained by fans,
controllable forces that
his lawsuit.
others made the ignoare at play against the
minious decision to rule
integrity of the Plexiglas
in favor of the fans.
boards. The force and
While I don’t mean to marginalize
angle of a shot are analogous to the force and
angle of a hit: both are a natural part of the Jackson’s pain and suffering, any damgame of hockey and capable of overcoming ages awarded to him should be limited to
reasonable and prudent countermeasures medical bills that insurance does not cover.
that the team puts in place. Just as the Anything else is much too subjective and,
Plexiglas boards cannot deflect all shots considering his age (with all due respect,
coming from the ice, it cannot sustain the he is 71 years old), may not even be directly
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Communication. I
want to hear something.
30%
Who cares what happens besides D-Day?
30%
Which nondining issue
would you most like the
new SA president to address?
Bring in some new,
exciting programs
and events.
related to the original incident. Whether or
not the lawsuit affects the Sabres financial
status is unknown. However, a small market franchise can’t be expected to sustain
million-dollar payoffs in frivolous lawsuits
and maintain financial solvency.
Fortunately, the Buffalo community
has experience in supporting their sports
figures in light of dubious financial penalties. In 2007, the NHL fined Sabres’ coach
Lindy Ruff for his response to a cheap shot
delivered against captain Chris Drury. Sure
enough, Buffalonians chipped in and raised
enough money to cover the fine. Though
these funds were ultimately donated to charity, they sent a message to the league that
the fine was unjust and also demonstrated
the city’s support for its franchise.
Similarly, I wouldn’t mind sending a
couple bucks to a “Sabres defense fund” to
show Jackson where I stand on his lawsuit.
Just as Ruff exclaimed, “Don’t go after our
[expletive] captain” to Ottawa Senators’
coach Bryan Murray when Drury was
decked by the aforementioned questionable hit, the city of Buffalo needs to send
a message to Jackson: “Don’t go after our
hockey team.”
Scott is a member of
the class of 2008.
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Letters to the Editor
UR expansion serves the
student body well
I have to disagree with Maggie Stevenson’s
article questioning whether or not UR’s
expansion is a good thing. For the current
student body, it is certainly a good thing. It is
true that our school is not well-known outside
of upstate New York, but, as it expands, so
will the scope of its reputation. For those of us
putting it on our job and/or graduate school
resumés in a few years, this is definitely a
good thing. In addition, the decline of Kodak
and Xerox means Rochester needs something
to fill the void. Expanding UR will certainly
stimulate the local economy, meaning those
of us who like it here and would like to stay
after college can find actual jobs.
—Nick Cassaro
Class of 2010
COMICS
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Celibacy Now!
By T Scott, Illustrated by Dana Hilfinger
It’s a Pun!
Esnesnon By Ross Brenneman
From the Garbage Heap
Thursday, April 10, 2008
By David Maystrovsky
Sudoku Fun!
By Isaac “Trench Mouth” Sharp Naruto
By Kaviwalya Patil
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Dorm Storm
Article BY
Amelia Titus
Staff Writer
DESIGN BY
Jeff Levy
Presentation Editor
Ahh, to live close to the center of campus. To be able to commute a frantic
five-minute spree to class each day, to grab a quick cheeseburger at the Pit during prime no-traffic hours, to play rough-and-tumble Frisbee on the rare days
Rochester weather provides more than just frost. The rooms are spacious; the
life is quintessentially carefree.
Despite that students every year avidly flock to sign up for housing on the Quad,
the most coveted space at the University, its benefits do not overshadow those
of other living arrangements. While students anxiously await papers declaring
their dorm designations, there is much anxiety about placement for next year’s
students, availability of friends and amount of campus activities planned.
One compelling reason why students prefer closer housing is because of the
location of other options, which can put a damper on their ability to traipse in
five minutes late and frantically out of breath for important appointments. In
terms of distance, Hill Court also seems like quite a stretch, as a walk home on
a chilly weekend would likely require parkas and hand warmers. However, it
offers many of the same benefits, as it provides singles to many fraternity brothers and sorority sisters who get the benefits of privacy with the antics of Greek
involvement and reap the reward of its placement a little further away, beyond
the wary eye of Resident Advisers who might lift a suspicious brow. It is also a
center for fraternity/sorority culture, where deep-seated ideas about community
and tradition can be better explored.
And why does Towers get such a bad reputation for its distance, too? Admittedly,
it isn’t as much of a trek as Southside, but I’ve heard fellow students complain
dozens of times about the icy slope that parallels Susan B. Anthony Halls, as if
walking to Towers is some sort of cross-country backpacking overhaul. Despite
this initially seeming like a problem, I’ve never heard complaints that sliding
down that same slope on a cafeteria tray was not an effective time-saving technique. And, though this may seem like a gastrointestinal defeat, Towers’ easy
access to Danforth Dining Hall can provide students with infinite amounts of
smuggled cereal.
Admittedly, the Fraternity Quad’s sanitary conditions are probably not the
most ideal. However, there are plenty of benefits to living on the Frat Quad, for
any male (and there are plenty) who can stomach creepy crawlers. For instance,
many fraternities offer singles to their brothers as an added benefit of acceptance, and personal chefs are an absolute dream for those of us (ahem, all of
us) who struggle indefinitely with meal plans. In terms of community, the Frat
Quad offers excellent housing for those freshly accepted frat guys who want to
learn more about their fellow chest-thumping Greek mates.
Undoubtedly, next year’s Riverview apartments provide much in terms of new,
modern living spaces and increasing awareness of student needs. For instance,
Riverview apartments offer amenities such as air conditioning and separate living rooms and kitchens. There is also an additional parking lot, where students
can keep their vehicles so that they have opportunities to explore life outside
of campus, a great boon for those of us who appreciate a wild road trip every
now and then. Despite its placement further away — a 10-minute walk from
campus — the Riverview apartments have much in terms of modern living space
and access to the community.
Lastly, we come to off-campus housing, which offers a variety of options all
tailored to specific student needs. Enjoy pets and lots of company? Need wheelchair access or a decent laundry machine? Want a fireplace for those snowy
evenings? Off-campus housing provides students with valuable options not found
anywhere else on campus, from opportunities to throw housewarming parties
to actually deciding the color of your bedroom wall. While local housing is a
specific market and you must have a wallet available to fund this choice, it is an
ideal option for those students who desire personal preference and are willing
to pay for it.
So maybe housing on campus isn’t always the worry-riddled, limited decision
students get tense about at the end of the year — the problem anxiously debated
for weeks on end, come this time of year. Or maybe I’m just vying for a spot in
Tiernan myself. Whatever works for you.
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Teacher Feature: Ayala Emmett
by KAzuki Sakamoto
Contributing Writer
Originally from Israel, her research
and publications are on politics, religion, justice and gender in Israel and
America. Associate Professor of Anthropology Ayala Emmett is currently
writing a book entitled “Intimate with
God: Gender, Religion and Modernity.”
She is the founder of Seeds for College,
a foundation that encourages innercity minority students to finish high
school and go to college. Emmett is the
2000 Humanistic Anthropology Fiction
Award winner. She writes ethnographic
fiction and is currently the Chair of the
Society for Humanistic Anthropology
Fiction Award.
How was it writing your book on
Middle East politics?
It was both exhilarating and painful. Anthropology’s intensive fieldwork
offers a unique opportunity to shed
or coe
o p
light on issues that governments would
like to conceal, such as the joint efforts
by Israeli and Palestinian organizations
to bring about peace, reconciliation and
co-existence. These joint peace efforts are
still facing serious local and global political obstacles and get very little media
coverage in the United States.
What was the most surprising thing
about American culture?
I was struck by the deep sense of selfreliance and individualism that emerged
in my data. Women who had miscarriages
always asked, “What did I do wrong?” In
mainstream American culture, people see
themselves as masters of their own lives.
In other cultures, a miscarriage might be
blamed on the evil eye, regarded as God’s
will, just bad luck or a biological accident.
I was also surprised by the absence of a
kin group around the parents at the time
of the birth of the first child and the fact
that the new mothers had little support.
By Trickster McFly
Marty’s Cousin
Aries (March 21–April 19) — When you
buy a motorcycle, you’ll find that girls you
never met all of a sudden want to ride your
crotch rocket.
Taurus (April 20–May 20) — Now that it’s
an army of one you’re much less concerned
about a draft.
Is America ready to have a female
president?
The question reveals that Americans think that the presidency is
constructed in gendered terms, rather
than in civic terms. What kind of
readiness is required to have a woman
president?
Sakamoto is a member of
the class of 2009.
Pornography is more than just ok, its helpful
by Alyssa Waddill
Staff Writer
“The Internet is really, really great.
For porn.”
If you’ve heard the “Avenue Q”
soundtrack or you haven’t had your
head stuck under a rock for the last few
years, you know that porn is all over
the Internet. I used to play the URL
game in high school, typing random
things into my Internet browser and
adding a “.com” to see where it took
me. My name, my sister’s name and
most of the other names and words I
could think of led me to porn sites.
Porn has been around for a long
time, obviously. Back in the day, one of
the first uses of video technology was
to make porn. Heck, after they finished
printing the first mass-distributed
Bibles, they used the first printing
presses to make dirty pictures widely
available. Human beings have a healthy
sex drive, and our dirty minds can corrupt any new medium as quickly as it
comes out.
So, of course, as soon as the Internet
could send pictures, videos and writing
into everyone’s home, it was filled with
porn. There are many types of porn out
there. There’s a famous Internet rule
randomly titled Rule 34, which states
that there’s porn on the Internet about
anything you can think of. You just
have to find it.
A lot of you have probably been looking at porn since you hit puberty and
figured out that you could find out more
adult online stores such as Goodvibes.
about sex with just a few clicks of a butcom, Babeland.com and Blowfish.com
ton. If you’ve been surfing the porn sites
give good recommendations if you’re
for years, you probably have a good idea of looking for a little more variety.
what kinds of things you like and where
Keep in mind when you’re watching
to find them. I’ve seen the porn libraries
porn that not everything you see is
of a lot of students on campus, and they
realistic. What looks good on camera
can be pretty impressive.
is often different from what feels good
If you’re new to porn, though, or you
in real life. Porn can be a great tool to
don’t like what you’ve
educate yourself about
seen of it so far, it can be
sex and help you figure
hard to find something
out what turns you on,
that satisfies you. A lot
but take it with a grain
of porn is very formulaic; Let Sex & the CT help you
of salt. If you think somethere are five sexual posi- through your most awkthing looks really hot, go
wardly sexual years.
tions that the porn actors
ahead and try it in your
go through, with a long
real sex life, but keep
scene of fellatio and a cum shot at the
your expectations realistic. Not everyend. Porn producers call this last scene
one screams at the top of their lungs
where a man ejaculates on his female
and shoots hot streams of fluid upon
partner’s face the “money shot” because
orgasming.
it supposedly ensures that a porn film will
Porn can be great to aid in masturmake money.
bation. It is not always enough to get
Not everybody wants to follow that forturned on by the images in your head.
mula, though. I am personally not a fan
It helps to have naked bodies gyratof the money shot; it’s all well and good
ing on the screen in front of you. Both
if you like it, but it just doesn’t turn me
men and women can experience sexual
on. There is plenty of porn, though, that
arousal through visual stimulation, so
seeks to get away from the formula.
porn is an easy way to go if you want
Particularly in the last decade or so,
to rub one out between classes, regardporn directors and producers have been
less of your gender.
surfacing who make couples porn that’s a
If you’re not familiar with porn but
little more intimate or porn that shows a
want to give it a shot, spend some time
greater range of body types or more realon the Internet and see what you find.
istic sex. If you’re determined enough (or
You may be pleasantly surprised.
know the right people to ask for help) you
Waddill is a member of
can find these pretty easily. Sex-positive
the class of 2009.
the
Sex
“ &CT”
UR Opinion
Gemini (May 21–June 21) — April showers keep people in Towers!
Cancer (June 22–July 22) — As you watch
tours of hopeful applicants eagerly gaze at
the library, you’ll realize that this drinking
institution is quickly developing an academic
problem.
Leo (July 23–Aug. 22) — When you discover
that Rogaine prevents positive marijuana
hair tests, you’ll finally realize why hippies
always have such full heads of hair.
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) — Although beer
is served at a beer-b-que, you’ll soon find
out that a bar-b-que does not include full
liquor service.
Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) — With bikini
season approaching, most girls are on bare
bones rations and running on the treadmill
at a grueling pace. Others will try the dysentery approach.
Scorpio (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) — Some students
wear special decorations on their robe when
they cum laude at graduation. You, on the
other hand, just have a stain.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) — If you’re
dating a guy on steroids he may be packing
heat, but the clip is empty.
Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) — When you’re
a little too drunk after your golf-themed
mixer, you’ll remind your date that when
the stroke limit is reached you must move
to the next hole.
Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) — You won’t
realize until you reach the event that the
invite did not mean for you to wear a black
tie around your waist.
Pisces (Feb. 19–March 20) — When the class
you decided to skip is held outside, you’ll
feel awkward asking your professor if your
campus golf foursome can play through.
(If you actually believe this, then you believe your
luck will soon change).
by Daniel Green
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Bhargav Chandrashekar
’10
Miranda Lu ’11
Lindsay Zelinski ’09
Kim Hausmann ’08
March Bishop ’08
Frank Lavorato ’10
“A doctor in New Jersey.”
“An interior designer.”
“Micro-lending in Africa.”
“Riding a unicorn.”
“Sailing arond the world —
with lots of stops.”
“At the frats, picking up
girls.”
FEATURES
Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Rugby: tackling 80 exciting minutes of hot and sweaty agony
By Christopher
Bierasinski
Contributing Writer
Do you know the first thing
about Rugby? Do the phrases
“scrum down,” “line out” or
“maul” mean anything to
you? No? Unless your name is
Hannibal, Lincoln or Pinecone,
I didn’t really expect you to. I
don’t really feel like teaching
something to you — that’s
what Wikipedia is for. However,
I will prove to you that Rugby
players are great artists who
create fine shows, symbolic
names (that’s art, right?) and
excellent tunes.
First, I think I have to do a
little explaining to you before
this article can go any further.
I don’t need you wandering
away from this paper and
getting trapped on Wikipedia
for three hours, forgetting that
you even started reading this
piece.
A lot of great art comes
about during times of
suffering. If you don’t believe
me, go into the Art and Music
Library and ask around;
someone is bound to know
something about art there.
That being said, rugby is the
finest example of suffering
ever conceived. Rugby is a 15on-15 war. A standard match
lasts for 80 minutes with a
halftime thrown in there to
give you hope or a chance to
tape anything up that may be
bleeding — and something is,
more often than not.
A Rugby match is perhaps
the longest 80 minutes I have
ever endured in my life. I have
been sent to the hospital twice
in the past two years playing
Rugby, both times with seasonaltering injuries, and I, like
many others, continue to play.
My teammates have suffered
shattered wrists, broken ankles
and dislocated shoulders,
gotten concussions and needed
stitches. Simply put, it is
sustained agony — mentally
and physically. Nothing that I
have ever done could possibly
compare.
It takes a special kind of
person to put up with that
kind of bullshit on a weekly
basis, which brings us to the
make-up of our fine team here
at UR. Yes, we have a team
here, and, might I say, we are a
sexy bunch of men. Next time
you need a date, you should
DO NOT Write
for the Campus Times
because we said so!
probably just go straight to
the top and ask a Rugby player
— you won’t be disappointed.
That said, we have quite a
group, from big to small, slow
to fast, handsome to perfect.
All makes of men can be found
on the roster.
But the identity of a Rugby
player does not remain
consistent after he joins the
team. It becomes lost with
his sanity, and instead he
becomes his nickname. We
have nicknames like Shoe,
Leprechaun, Stangles Jangles
(this is what I meant by
perfect) and Daywalker, Fancy
Pants and Brick.
These men are each absurd
in their own way, and their
names reflect that — Stangles
Jangles is clearly hung like
a horse and Daywalker, as
anyone who watches “South
Park” should know, is a
redhead without freckles. Each
name holds a special trait of
the bearer. Just find someone
on the team and ask about
Pinecone. It’s a little bit of
homework that’s well worth
the effort.
As you should know, we
do go to UR, so we all are
intelligent people. Sadly, as you
may have found out already,
a lot of people operate at the
same cognitive level as your
average cinder block. Needless
to say, other teams have
certain “rituals” for their new
players. One of the finest such
rituals involves a lap after the
match, with little — actually
no — clothing. If their lap
is a victory lap, our team can
still hold our heads high and
walk away the bigger men. Pun
completely intended. It is a
chance to display your pride in
your sport, and why you love
it so, because only someone
crazy enough to play Rugby is
usually crazy enough to run
around ass-naked.
These matches don’t end on
a sour note, even if they do end
in a loss for a team, which is
bound to happen because we
can’t both be winners — this
isn’t the Special Olympics.
After the match, the teams
meet up at a predetermined
location for a social. Now, these
socials each have their own
little quirks, but, for the main
part, there is always drinking,
and there is always singing.
Anyone who has ever seen
the movie “Beerfest” will recall
the scene early in the film
when the tourists are prompted
to share a drinking song but
have none. Know why this
is? The Rugby players know
them all and the hell if many
Americans know anything
about Rugby. Our songs range
from vile, singing about sexual
things we would do to one
another’s family members,
to proud, singing about why
we are so fine at each of our
respective positions on the
team. Truth be told, these
songs are usually pretty vile,
but, damn it, they’re fun.
Either way, Rugby proves
to be a chance to build our
creative spirit. Our suffering
forces us to divert our
attention away, channeling
it into the arts, be it singing
or showmanship (streaking).
Either way, we Ruggers of UR,
albeit an impressive bunch
of the human race, are open
to discourse with non-Rugby
players, so if you see one of us
about, be sure to say “hi.” We
might just make you a better
person.
Bierasinski is a member of
the class of 2010.
President Joel Seligman
announces two awards to honor exceptional University staff.
The Witmer Award for Distinguished Service
Recognizes staff members for their exceptional accomplishments, leadership, and dedication
to the University, as demonstrated over the course of their careers. Witmer Award recipients
will receive a salary increase of $1,500 and free University parking for a year.
The Meliora Award
Recognizes staff members whose work performance over the past year exemplifies the
University’s motto, Meliora, or “ever better.” Individual Meliora Award recipients will
receive $1,000 and free University parking for a year. Team Meliora Award recipients
will receive $3,000 to be used to support their University unit or organization’s work.
Write because you
want to. E-mail [email protected]
The nomination deadline is April 15.
Further information and nomination forms for both awards
can be found at the Human Resources homepage at
www.rochester.edu/working/hr/.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Text messages take over the world Park Ave. studio proves
By Dan milbrand
Senior Staff Writer
Remember car phones? Those
clunky hunks of junk with huge
antennas that used high-power
transmitters to allow people to
communicate with others within
their mobile network from the
confines of their own automobile? Yeah, neither do I.
It’s downright silly how fast
technology can change. One second, you’re popping a five-and-aquarter-inch floppy disk
into your Apple
Mac II, the next
you’re watching
Internet porn on
your iPhone. The
pace of technology
has become so fast
that apparently
Bill Gates expects computers
to be able to communicate with
humans in the near future.
What the hell!? Didn’t anyone
pay attention during “I, Robot”?
Perhaps no gadgetry has
been as influential over the
past 20 years as the cell
phone. Going from a means
of communication to a necessity of existence, the cell phone
has been paramount in its ability
to dictate the pulse of contemporary culture.
For proof of this, look no
further than the modern phenomenon of text messaging (or
“txt msging” for those hip to the
lingo). On the River Campus,
there are probably a total of 10
people who don’t text message
because they’re either too cheap
or totally alienated from society.
Can you imagine a world without text messaging? How would
we get ahold of our friends during class or passively flirt with
the opposite sex? When could we
check sports scores and movie
times? Would the world explode?
For many, the answer to the final question is a resounding yes.
Some have become so dependent
on text messaging that a world
without it is not worth living in.
These professional texters
come from all walks of life, and
through their efforts, they have
developed a strict code of texting
etiquette that has greatly altered
the norms of the mode as we
know it. An abbreviated account
of this code is as follows:
1) Never respond to a text
within one minute of receiving it.
That’s creepy and shows you care
Josh Hatcher
Staff Illustrator
too much.
2) When flirting with a member of the opposite sex, always
use smiley faces and those cute
little icons that are preloaded in
your phone. This will get you ass.
3) Know the power of T9.
4) Abbreviate when necessary,
but never use “obv,” “LOL” or
“2” (i.e. “I’m obv 2 legit 2 quit
LOL”).
5) Get the unlimited texting
plan or you’re screwed. Texting,
no matter how burdensome or
time consuming, is always better
than calling someone or seeing
them in person.
The fifth rule is the cornerstone of this doctrine. Many
texters have stopped speaking
altogether, preferring to communicate solely through text. These
people may be social butterflies
in text land but when you see
them in person, they curl into
ball and suck their thumbs.
Their rationale for this type
of behavior is simple. You know
when you plan out a whole
conversation with a person you
like, but when you actually talk
to them your plan goes to shit
and you’re
left stuttering
and profusely
sweating as the
other person
thinks about what a tool you are?
Texting avoids this altogether,
giving the speaker the ability to
change his words with the click
of a button.
Girls have said that they
think it is cute and flattering when they receive a
text from a guy and that
they prefer it to getting a
good old-fashioned phone
call. If she actually enjoys the
carefully constructed text on
the screen of her phone bearing no tone or inflection over
the often clumsy yet always
passionate words of the mouth,
then she must be either a robot
or a shallow bitch.
As technology advances, convenience will trump perseverance.
Through triumphs like texting,
AIM and whatever comes next,
it will become easier to “communicate” with our peers, as the art
of language devolves to abbreviations and smiley faces to evoke
our emotions.
If we wanted to be cavemen,
we would grunt and groan to
speak and beat our partners over
the head with clubs when it was
time for sex. I’m not entirely
sure that this is what we want,
but, if so, then text away!
Milbrand is a member of
the class of 2008.
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both soothing and fun
By Evan Siegel
Staff Writer
Two weeks ago, Campus Activities Board and ROC Tickets sponsored a trip to Bisque and Brush,
a ceramics painting studio at 713
Park Ave. When I heard the words
“ceramics” and “painting,” I immediately had a flashback to the
birthday parties I attended years
ago where kids filled the benches
of long plastic-covered tables,
wrapped in smocks, painting the
most eclectic collection of ceramics
pieces. Typically, the girls had the
flowers and the unicorns; the boys
had the racecars and the baseball
mitts. However, this time, I imagined that a number of years later
the experience would be different,
at least to a certain extent.
While riding the bus with the
25 other students attending the
event, one could feel a sense of
excitement with the chatter flooding the rows from front to back.
When we arrived and started
filing out, I was surprised to see
that the studio was built in an old
two-family house. Oddly, the business that occupied the other half
of the building was a tattoo parlor.
So, ironically enough, in this one
building you could both relive a
little piece of your innocence from
childhood and then go next door
and end it in the form of a flower
or flaming skull being branded
somewhere on your body. Needless to say, I found it humorous.
When we all filed in, it was a lot
less commercial than the ceramics
painting studios I recalled from
my past— this design certainly
reflected what the house might
have looked like on the inside
years ago. Bisque and Brush is
owned by a couple who run the
studio and entertain crowds for
events such as birthdays and
elementary and secondary school
classes up through college and
beyond, as well as individuals who
just need a break from the hustle
and bustle world in which we live.
The $5 tickets that we purchased
from the Common Market included transportation to and from
the studio as well as a ceramics
piece that usually costs up to $15.
A number of students chose pieces
that were a few dollars more and
just had to pay the difference.
Glancing up at all the pieces
on the wall, it really felt as if I
had taken a step back in time.
Although many of the ceramic
choices, such as teapots and
plates, definitely appealed to a
more practical audience, there
was the occasional bunny rabbit
or fire-breathing dragon that gave
me a twinge of nostalgia. Once
everyone picked their pieces, we
got comfortable around the tables
and the fun began.
As college students, you could
see that we took a more planned
approach toward our pieces.
The owners gave us access to a
number of painting magazines,
sponges and jars upon jars of
paintbrushes of all shapes and
sizes. There were also at least 80
different colors of paint to choose
from and, while the difference in
the yellow shades numbered 121
and 122 might seem slight to a
kid, the results after the piece was
kilned would be readily apparent
to somebody looking with a more
critical eye.
Walking around the studio,
there were basically one of two
types of groups at each given
table; some tables were chatting
up a storm, dividing their attention between their pieces and the
latest on-campus drama. Other
tables, like mine, were more focused on their painting and they
spoke a few words every now and
then. It was funny to see the contrast and the clear representation
of how different people work better under different conditions, but
once I sat down with my piece, I
just dove in headfirst and came up
for the occasional breath of air.
All in all, everyone seemed to
have a great time. We left our
pieces at the studio to be kilned
and received them a week later.
The city of Rochester and the
surrounding areas are known
for their hidden treasures from
restaurants to stores and other
locations where people can get
together, and Bisque and Brush is
definitely one of them.
So if you feel like getting off
campus for a few hours, stop by
and the owners will be more than
happy to offer you the serenity of
ceramic painting in a calm and
welcoming atmosphere.
Siegel is a member of
the class of 2010.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Page 13
Sam Stadler • Staff Photographer
Kids from ages of 5 to 18 from the Rochester Kids Bhangra program seized the stage during Mela, astouding audience members with their dancing talent and enthusiasm.
Mela bursts with Indian culture and dance
by jessica ewing
Contributing Writer
Mela, meaning “a large gathering” or “congregation” in Sanskrit, once again lived up to its
salient reputation at UR. One
of the most highly anticipated
cultural events on campus, the
three-hour performance offered
a colorful, vibrant and entertaining combination of traditional
Southeast Asian culture with
a modern sense of humor. The
enrapturing show, delectable
dinner and eventful after party
did not disappoint, adequately
showcasing the cultural roots
of South Asian students here at
UR.
After months of extensive
planning and a superb publicity campaign, the Association
for the Development of Interest in the Indian Subcontinent,
the host of Mela 2008, finally
opened the doors to Strong Auditorium at 2 p.m. last Saturday.
The ushers were faced with
a long, winding line of eager
students, members of the Roch-
ester community and parents
spilling out as far as the edge of
the Eastman Quadrangle. The
enthusiasm of the audience
members was infectious and
could be felt as they entered the
auditorium.
The show was a spectacular
success with a mix of classical dances and instrumental
performances as well as several
dances drawn from the Bollywood aspects of Indian culture,
which incorporated a variety of
styles and music that ranged
from traditional folk rhythms to
modern hip-hop. The dances allowed performers to demonstrate
the range of influences that
exist within ADITI. Members
of the Rochester Kids Bhangra
program for youths in the city
also performed along with many
students from UR.
Between performances, there
were film skits and on-stage
emcee performances that followed the riveting tale of a young
Indian girl, freshman Nandini
Venkateswaran, who was pur-
sued by an eager yet culturally
inept young Jewish man, sophomore Ethan Green. Throughout
the show, Green sought to gain
Venkateswaran’s heart, while
following the story of how her
parents came from India as well
as some trials and tribulations
they endured.
The show opened with a
performance by senior Roopa
Mathur, showcasing a traditional
Odissi dance that focused Mela’s
dedication on the advancement
See DANCE, Page 15
Ramblers look forward after 10 years of excellence
by leah kraus
A & E Editor
A cappella has always been an
exhilarating part of campus life
at UR, and the Midnight Ramblers are no exception. For the
past 10 years, they have dedicated themselves to performance,
innovation, hard work and, oh
yeah, having fun.
The Ramblers were formed in
February 1998 by then sophomore Jon Huang, who was intent
on creating a group that could
creatively expand upon and add
depth to an already strong a cappella hamlet at UR. Even though
there was an intense dedication to the music, Huang also
stressed academics and school
spirit.
The Ramblers, who Huang
named after the Rolling Stones’
song “Midnight Rambler,” performed their first show in the
spring of 1998 in the WellesBrown Room of Rush Rhees Library. At the time, hardly anyone
knew of them, so attendance was
slim with only a few deans and
some friends in the audience.
Nevertheless, the show signified
to those in attendance that the
Ramblers were here to stay.
“After our first gig, the Ramblers tried to build traction,”
Rambler and junior Asher Perzigian said. “The point is to never
stay static as a group.”
The Ramblers performed at
Uncommon Night, in one of
those “traction-building” performances, and other gig opportunities, such as UR’s Hillel
Shabbat celebrations, “Fright
Night” and “Mucklahana!” took
off from there. They never gave
up the chance to give free shows
because performance and a love
for a cappella always took precedence over money.
The Ramblers also found time
to record, and their first album,
“Now Playing,” debuted in the
spring of 1999 and sold incredibly well for such a young group.
To this day, they have recorded
seven full-length albums and
one DVD.
The group has also been
included on five international
compilation discs including
“Best of College A Cappella” and
received a Silver Microphone
award, which is arranged by
acatunes, the a cappella version
of iTunes.
One defining characteristic
of the Ramblers is their dedication to performing on tours over
spring break, where they always
make at least a few stops at
various high schools to not only
showcase their talents, but also
to lead workshops for students
interested in music that show
them that, according to Perzigian, music is a possibility.
These tours have taken them
all over the United States and
Europe, including stops in Seattle, Los Angeles, Florida and
London. They have also made
stops at a few sports arenas
where they have sung the national anthem for the Boston
Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds
and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Though the Ramblers have
experienced their share of hardships, including Huang’s eventual departure from the group for
medical school, watching other
talented singers graduate or
hitting a deer during their spring
2003 tour, they have certainly accomplished an immense amount
of success for a group only 10
years old.
One such example was the
Spring 2005 International Competition of Collegiate a Cappella,
where the Ramblers made it to
the final four. With six buses full
of fans from back home, they
trekked seven hours down to
New York City to place third out
of hundreds of groups.
Their love for a cappella has
stretched to the point where the
Ramblers still sing tunes they
have been playing since their
very first performance, such as
“Brown Eyed Girl,” by Van Morrison, “Some Kind of Wonderful,” by Grand Funk Railroad,
and “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,”
by Stevie Wonder. These are
songs that are considered Rambler classics because they have
been performed since day one
and are even used as warm-up
tunes in rehearsals.
Even with rehearsals three
times a week and gigs and recording sessions already on their
plate, the Ramblers still found
time to create a new Midnight
Ramblers scholarship. At their
upcoming concert, an anthology
CD will be for sale, and proceeds
will directly fund the scholarship. One student every year will
be selected for the prestigious
accolade, and both girls and guys
are eligible.
The Ramblers will perform
their 10th Anniversary Show on
Courtesy of The Midnight Ramblers’s Archives
MR Founder Jon Huang ‘00 performs with the initial 10 members
during their very first concert in 1998 in the Welles-Brown Room.
April 12 in Strong Auditorium
at 8 p.m., which is sure to be
an exciting mix of never-heard
material, senior songs, Rambler
classics and other surprises sung
by alumni members.
The alumni will be one of the
defining aspects of the concert
and are expected to sing a few
favorites such as “Walk the Dinosaur” and “Stuck in the Middle
with you.”
“The reason we’re motivated
to rehearse is just to have fun,”
Rambler and freshman Paul
Alperin said. “We never forget to
have fun.”
“By having fun,” Perzigian
added, “everything we do will be
better.”
Kraus is a member of
the class of 2009.
A&E
Page 14
Thursday, April 10, 2008
On Beyond Penguin fearlessly funks it up Starbucks style
by erin sanehira
Contributing Writer
With a name like On Beyond
Penguin, one can imagine how
unique this band’s funk, jazz,
techno sound is. The band is
composed of sophomore Sagie
Henig on the bass and guitar,
sophomore Eshin Jolly on the
drums and freshman Jen Roach
on the keyboard. Although Henig
and Jolly had played as a duo
at the former Common Ground
Café last year, they entered the
2007-08 academic year hoping to
add a new member to their ensemble. Thanks to the wonders
of Facebook, they found Roach, a
perfect fit in both musical inclination and personality.
Their performance at Starbucks’ Friday Night Live on
April 4 provided an intimate
setting for the band to perform a
couple hours worth of tunes. The
atmosphere was akin to a private
jam session; their raw passion
for their music was inescapable.
I had the opportunity to interview this delightfully quirky trio
about the beginnings of the band,
their future ambitions and, of
course, how their charming name
came about.
Jen Roach: And they looked
up by, what was it?
S.H.: I don’t remember, probably by music interests.
J.R.: And they found that I listened to similar artists as them.
So they sent me a message that
was like, “Yo, you listen to good
music. Do you want to come jam
with us sometime?” and I said,
“Yeah, sure.”
Which artists did you have in
common?
S.H.: Mostly funk bands.
J.R.: Medeski Martin and
Wood.
S.H.: John Scofield.
J.R.: And some jazz.
What genre would you classify yourself as?
S.H.: Somewhere between
funk- and jazz-type or there’s a
lot of techno. It depends on the
setting we’re playing in.
J.R.: If we play some place like
[Starbucks], we try not to play
as much techno because it’s just
not as good of a setting for it. We
played at CLC a couple of times,
and when we play there, we’ll
play a lot of New Deal stuff.
How did you form as a band
and how did it all begin?
Sagie Henig: Basically, [Eshin and I] came to school and we
needed a third person. And so we
Facebook stalked.
What are your ambitions
with the band?
Eshin Jolly: Get famous, drop
out of school.
S.H.: Mmhmm.
J.R.: That’s why we’re all in a
band.
by dan milbrand
Senior Staff Writer
There was a stretch of time
when the crowd thought he
wouldn’t show. Whispers that
he’d been arrested permeated the
arena. The house DJ brazenly
teased the audience after each
act, running down an endless list
of “surprises” that did anything
but. The house lights seemed to
never fade as the fire marshal
took the stage time and time
again to insist that the crowd
return to their seats or else he
wouldn’t come on. Sporadic boos
were offset by cohesive chants
of “Weezy” that seemed to rise
like a smoke to the roof of the
stadium.
And then he came.
To the incessant roar of a
packed auditorium of 10,000
plus, “The Fireman” himself
doused all worry in the crowd
with a simple chant:
“Get money. Fuck bitches.”
Not the most wholesome or
sensitive of remarks, the opening
lyrics to New Orleans rapper Lil’
Wayne’s “Money on My Mind”
easily managed to get his credo
across to a vibrant Blue Cross
Arena crowd without hurting
anyone’s feelings, proving once
and for all that he is not only
the best rapper alive, but also a
walking contradiction, the likes
of which haven’t been seen in
music since the days of Bob Marley.
Like Marley, Wayne shook
his natty dreds with fervor last
Friday night as he unabashedly
showed love to God, Allah and all
other forces that impel him to be
one of a kind in a game that truly
lacks individuals, all while toting gunplay and materialism and
showing off his ripped, tattooed
torso. But such is the paradox
that is Dewayne Carter.
A variety of tracks ranging
from his work with the 504 Boys
to his underground mixtapes
were peppered throughout the
night, with special attention paid
to the highly anticipated conclud-
So I have to ask, how did you
come up with the name?
J.R.: That was not my doing. I
was just like, “So what’re we going to call ourselves?” And they
were like, “well, we were thinking On Beyond Penguin.”
S.H.: Last year, before, when
Eshin and I played, we were trying to come up with something,
and it wasn’t really successful
because…
E.J.: We kept looking for
euphemisms for obscenities on
Wikipedia and we couldn’t really
find anything appropriate.
S.H.: Somehow we decided
that Dr. Seuss would be appropriate and there is a book called
“On Beyond Zebra.” At this
point, it was around the time we
saw “Happy Feet” and we just
thought penguins would be awesome. That’s kind of it.
How much of what you play
is rehearsed and how much
of it is improvised?
J.R.: None of it is rehearsed.
S.H.: Probably about 15 percent [is rehearsed], and about
five percent we actually forget
to do. So, 10 percent is what we
actually play.
J.R.: We have a general idea
of what we want to do. And then
it’s kind of like playing off each
other.
Sarah cummings • Photo Editor
On Beyond Penguin, a band made up of three UR students,
performed its funk style of music at Starbucks last Friday.
J.R.: Playing shows, playing
music for people.
E.J.: Feeling important in
front of a lot of people.
S.H.: Expressing the deeper
annals of my mind through... I
don’t know, it’s just fun.
What’s your favorite part
about being in a band?
In this past year, On Beyond
Penguin has had five performances — mostly at Starbucks
and the Community Living
Center, but also traveling as far
as Cornell University. With high
aspirations, this young band
has a promising future ahead.
Unfortunately for any groupies
looking for a hook-up, I’m sorry
to disappoint, but all of the band
members are happily taken. If
you’re interested in learning
more about On Beyond Penguin,
search for their page on Facebook or check out their MySpace
site at http://www.myspace.com/
onbeyondpenguin.
Sanehira is a member of
the class of 2011.
ing chapter of his “Carter Trilogy,” “Tha Carter III.”
Crowd favorites included
“Hustler Muzik,” “Sky is the
Limit,” “Go DJ” and the current hit single “Lollipop,” but
there was never a dull moment
in the smoke-filled Rochester
arena occupied by suburban high
schoolers, multicultured college
students and drug dealers alike,
each of whom took their turn in
reciting lyrics when Young Money flipped the mic their way.
It wasn’t just the mixture of
songs that highlighted this man’s
range, but it was also the diverse
style in which he delivered them.
“I know I said I wanted to be
your favorite rapper,” the Hollygrove, LA native said. “But now I
just wanna be your favorite.”
Lil’ Wayne playing the guitar?
Believe it. Lil’ Wayne singing a
cappella slow jams? Believe it.
Lil’ Wayne freestyling a song
called “The Pussy Monster”?
Believe it.
Such is the variety of enter-
tainment featured at a Weezy
show, but words can’t do justice
to the charisma and enthusiasm
that emanated from a rapper
whose style is questioned simply because he comes from the
South. On this night, all doubts
were laid to rest.
One second, Weezy would be
falling off balance due to an apparent overindulgence of liquid
codeine and Xanax, and the next
he would be slam-dancing to his
newly-christened move “The
Whammy” or screaming lyrics to
a song like it was a heavy metal
show.
Amidst all the activity, the
highlight of the evening belonged
to the portion in which Wayne
performed with a very special
guest — his “Daddy” and mentor,
The Birdman. “Stuntin’ Like My
Daddy,” “We Takin’ Over” and
the closer, “Pop Bottles,” capped
off an evening that will be remembered as much as a hip-hop
show as it was a testament to the
fruits of dedication and faith.
Surrounded by his tight posse,
each of whom he dapped up and
shared bottles of champagne
with during the finale, Dewayne
Carter flexed the muscle that
makes him the most real rapper
since the days of 2Pac and Biggie,
one who is not afraid to confront
the limitations and stereotypes
of the genre and exemplify the
unifying power of music.
In spite of any qualms one
may have with his lifestyle, there
is no doubt that he’s the truest
and most talented rapper in the
game, his lyrics reading more as
a sermon than empty words of a
barefaced thug.
“Before I leave, I wanna say
three things,” Vibe Magazine’s
“Best Rapper of the Year” explained. “One, do you believe
in God? Two, I wouldn’t be
shit without you. And three… I
wouldn’t be shit without you.”
And the rap game wouldn’t be
shit without you, Weezy.
Milbrand is a member of
the class of 2008.
Lil’ Wayne and his posse rock the ROC a lil’ bit
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A&E
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Page 15
Dance: Mela, ADITI’s cultural extravaganza, captivates audience members
Continued from Page 13
of India’s classical culture, not
just simply the modern. Keeping
with this display of classicism,
sophomore Bhargav Chandrasekhar and junior Pankaj
Saha performed a beautiful traditional improvisational piece
on violin and table (drums) and
a troupe of dancers performed
a masterfully choreographed
Bharatanatyam dance, further
displaying India’s rich cultural
heritage.
It was nice to have community involvement in the performances, and a major highlight of
the show was the performance
by Rochester Kids Bhangra with
members ranging in age from
about four to 18. The entire
audience yelled out in adoration
when the smallest of the members took to the stage, looking
quite miniscule next to his teenage counterparts. Taking a more
modern twist, the performances
also included dance numbers
from Bollywood movies, which
incorporated Telugu and salsa
styles into the mix.
At the culmination of the
show, the audience burst into
laughter as Green was finally
able to woo Venkateswaran after
many failed attempts. He managed to accomplish this through
a hilarious rendition of “The
Diwali Song” in the tradition
of Adam Sandler, providing a
light-hearted poke of fun at some
famous Hindus.
The film clips and on-stage
acts helped the event transition
smoothly from one act to another
and were part of what made Mela
such a professional production.
The clips poked fun at Southeast
Asian culture in a way that was
humorous and accessible to everyone in the audience.
The only disappointment, surprisingly, was the UR Bhangra
team’s performance. Although
the Bhangra performances are
renowned on campus as being
roof-raising events that end with
the audience on their feet and
yelling louder than the bass laden music, this was not the case
at Mela. While their performance
was nearly flawless, there was a
certain flair that was lost, which
could possibly be contributed to
either the building heat in the
auditorium or the unnecessarily
pompous introductory slideshow
shown just before their performance. In my opinion, a several
minute long slideshow showcasing the past and present of a
group whose reputation already
surpasses the ceiling took away
from the purpose of Mela itself.
The finale of the show was
an enthralling performance by
ADITI’s own dance group, Roc
the Raas. Their bright costumes
and impressive acrobatics created a show-stopping ending to
the afternoon’s events.
After the show, the senior Eboard members of ADITI, president and senior Namit Sachar
and co-publicity chair and Take
Five Scholar Anand Popuri were
each gifted with a commemorative flier framed to show the
club’s appreciation. The audience
was then invited to view a senior
slide show bidding farewell to
ADITI’s beloved senior members.
Sam Stadler • Staff Photographer
Mela, which nearly sold out, featured on-stage skits as well as extravagant dances and costumes.
“The show did well and we
clude there, however, and a
Afterward, most of the audicame very close to selling out,”
bumping after-party followed
ence relocated to a satisfying
Sachar said. “A show with the
that evening at Rochester’s
buffet in Douglass Dining Cencaliber of Mela is not possible
Two89, with guest DJ Blu and
ter catered by Thali of India in
without an amazing E-board and,
Dhol Beat International bringdowntown Rochester. Douglass
thankfully, this year’s E-board
ing down the house with both
was sectioned into two sides, one
did a good job in helping put the
modern club music and culturrepresenting India and the other
show together. The audience
ally flavored music of the dhol
America, in accordance with
thought the skits were funny,
(Indian drums). The accompaniMela’s overriding theme: “Commarvelled at the ice sculpture
ment had the UR Bhangra team
ing To America.”
at the dinner and had a great
members and others breaking
Large Indian and American
time! And of course, the afterout into upbeat Bhangra moves
flags were hung on the banisters
party was a great success when a
all night.
and backdrops of the Taj Mahal
diverse group of people enjoyed
“Mela was truly an amazand the New York City skyline
the South Asian concert by Dhol
ing experience and one that I
along with colorful drapes and
Beat International.”
will look forward to for years to
decorations transformed DougOverall, Mela 2008 lived up to
come!” freshman Melissa Hewslass. The highlight of the dinner
its high expectations and is sure
on said. “Every act offered somewas the ice sculpture of the Statue of Liberty placed in the center thing new and exciting, providing not to disappoint in future years.
Ewing is a member of
the audience with a true glimpse
of the room.
the class of 2011.
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SPORTS
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Bats: Baseball tied for first in conference Lax: Women are 1-1 in LL
Continued from Page 20
continued to rock the Dutchmen
pitchers throughout the rest of
the game.
In the nightcap, the destruction
continued as the ’Jackets won
the game, 8-1. Junior lefthander
Mike Park took the mound and
held Union scoreless through 6.2
innings, allowing just three hits
and striking out nine. UR slowly
built a lead, earning single runs
in four of the first six innings.
The Dutchmen made an attempt
at a comeback in the top of the
seventh, scoring one run with two
outs on the board, but their work
was stopped quickly when Toland
came in again for relief and got the
final out. From there on out, the
Yellowjackets consistently scored
runs to solidify the lead. Kloc had
a strong outing, going 3-4 with two
RBIs, and Cannon went 2-3 with
two RBIs. In addition, senior left
fielder Jim Bard went 2-3 for the
day. In addition to Toland, senior
pitcher John Fishback came in for
one inning of scoreless relief.
Both teams hit the road and
met up the following day in
Schenectady. Union had promise of
avenging its losses from the previous day when it pulled ahead 2-0
early in the first game. However,
Kahovec hit a two-out double in
the top of the third to start the ball
rolling. By the time the Dutchmen
got out of the inning, the ’Jackets
were ahead, 3-2. In the middle of
the seventh, the Yellowjackets had
a 7-2 lead, and it looked as though
they were going to take their third
win against Union. Their opponents didn’t back down, however,
making a three-run comeback
attempt in the bottom of the last
inning. Fishback worked himself
out of the inning, though, and
managed to thwart the Dutchman threat. The ’Jackets won the
game, 7-5.
Junior starting pitcher Blair
Veenema pitched six innings, allowing just two runs and striking
out six. Sullivan had yet another
impressive game, going 2-3 with a
walk, and Brien went 2-4.
Jeff Levy • Presentation Editor
Junior pitcher Blair Veenema has four wins at the mound this season.
In game two, the Dutchmen
had no chance of a win. The
Yellowjackets scored 11 runs in the
first three innings and shut-out
Union 13-0 in just seven innings
due to the mercy rule. Senior
starting pitcher Pete McEneaney
pitched six innings, allowing only
three hits, striking out six and
walking none. Chanatry came
in for a one-hit inning of relief.
Cannon continued his weekend
of success, going 3-4 with one RBI
and three runs, and Vanderstyne
went 4-5 with five RBIs.
For their accomplishments
in league play, Brien, Veenema
and Just earned Liberty League
honors. Brien was named CoPerformer of the Week, hitting
.500 for the week of March 31 to
April 6. Veenema earned the title
of Pitcher of the Week for an ERA
of 1.38 for the week. Finally, Just
was named Rookie of the Week,
hitting .385 over five games.
Yesterday, the Yellowjackets
faced off against the Rochester
Institute of Technology Tigers at
RIT in yet another doubleheader.
UR took the first game 11-2 and
the second 5-4. In the first game,
Brocks took the mound first and
pitched five scoreless innings.
Meanwhile, the Yellowjackets
racked up all 11 runs. In the
bottom of the sixth, RIT finally
scored a run. Brocks kept it to just
two, however, and UR came away
relatively unscathed.
Sullivan, carrying over from
his award-winning week, went
3-3 with five RBIs and three
runs. Fuke went 2-4 with three
RBIs, and Cannon was 2-4 with
one RBI.
In the final game of the week,
it looked as though the ’Jackets
wouldn’t be able to come away
undefeated. The Tigers took the
lead early, scoring three runs in
the first inning against Toland. In
the second inning, Guzski replaced
Toland, and he went 4.1 innings allowing only one additional run.
At that point, UR was down 4-0.
However, it picked up its pace in the
top of the fourth and pulled away
with the win. Kloc hit a two-RBI
triple and got the Yellowjackets on
the scoreboard. They scored two
more in the fifth to tie it up, and
they finally attained the lead in
the top of the seventh when Just
hit an RBI single to bring Brien
home. Veenema closed the game,
pitching 1.1 innings, striking out
one and allowing one hit.
The ’Jackets will face off against
Vassar College this weekend to
continue Liberty League play.
Currently, UR is 10-0 in the league
and tied for first with Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
Philbrick is a member of
the class of 2009.
Continued from Page 18
free-position shots. At 4:56, Dakin
tied the game at 14-14. The Saints
responded to take a one-goal lead
just over a minute later and Case
equalized the score at 2:45.
With 32 seconds left, St. Lawrence scored its final goal. Even
though the ’Jackets did not notch
a victory against St. Lawrence, UR
players saw the game as a step in
the right direction.
“The reason we were so successful was because everyone
was taking care of the ball,” Case
said. “Seeing how we played at
St. Lawrence makes us excited for
the rest of the season, [because it
demonstrates] how well we can
play.”
UR held a 36-29 shot advantage
over St. Lawrence, who improved
to 7-3 in the regular season. St.
Lawrence sits one ahead of UR in
Liberty League standings.
The ’Jackets won 16 groundballs in the game. Junior defense
Marlena Fisher won six draws,
while Case caused three turnovers. They forced 16 turnovers
as a team.
Dube finished with five saves
in goal.
UR is now 1-1 in the Liberty
League and 2-5 overall. The ’Jackets are in the middle of the pack
in the conference.
The ’Jackets go on to face Union
College, who sits in first place in
the Liberty League, on Friday at
4 p.m. and Skidmore College on
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Bucarey is a member of
the class of 2010.
Kyle Sabo • Staff Photographer
Track Hurdles into Fauver
The UR track and field team, including junior Dayo Lukula, hosted
an invite this past Sunday and will host another meet this Sunday.
SPORTS
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Golf stumbles at MidAtlantic Invitational
By Dana Hilfinger
Sports Editor
Hershey Country Club, located
in Hershey, Pa., hasn’t exactly
been kind to the UR golf team as
of late. Last year, the men finished
eighth in a field of 15 teams at
the country club’s Mid-Atlantic
Region Invitational, and this past
Sunday and Monday, the ’Jackets
placed ninth out of 15.
“This weekend’s tournament
was a bit of a struggle,” head
coach Dan Wesley said. “We knew
we would need big help from both
of our veterans, but we came up a
little short.”
UR got a strong performance out
of senior veteran player Stephen
Goodridge, who finished ninth
individually. Freshman Ryan Williams also showed promise. He
shot a 17-over 161 over the course
of the two-day tournament and
finished tied for 34th place.
On the first day, the invite was
played on the West Course of the
country club, where par is 71. The
course was tough overall. Wesley
College was the only school to
finish the day with a team score
under 300, shooting a 298. St.
John Fisher College followed close
behind, shooting a 302 through
day one. UR finished tied for
eighth place with a team score of
314 — a total that is computed
based on the four lowest scores
for a given school.
Three ’Jackets were in the top
half of the field after day one.
Goodridge tallied a five-over 76,
putting him in 13th place individually. Williams sat in 25th
place after shooting a 78, while
fellow freshmen Kevin Gay and
Chris Driscoll took finished round
one with scores of 79 and 81, respectively.
Day two proved even more difficult for the field of golfers. The
teams moved to the East Course,
where par is set at 73, and only
23 out of the 75 golfers were able
to shoot scores under 80. Tim
Kefalas of Gettysburg College was
the only player to score under par
with a score of 72. Goodridge shot
a 76 for the second straight day,
finishing the tournament with an
eight-over 152.
Fisher’s Scott Harris Jr. led his
team to a first-place finish. Harris
won the individual title, shooting a
one-over 145, and Fisher took the
team title with a score of 607.
After Goodridge, UR’s next five
players all shot below 170 over the
course of two days. Gay finished
with a 164 through 36 holes, and
Driscoll shot a 167.
“Our three freshmen [Gay,
Driscoll and Williams] played hard
but were on a course they hadn’t
seen before and probably got
caught up trying to do too much,”
Wesley said. “I like what I see from
them, and their scores will soon
start to reflect their ability, which
is extremely promising.”
UR’s next tournament is this upcoming weekend, when the team
travels to Orlando, Fla. to compete
in the University Athletic Association Championships hosted by the
Orange City National Golf Club.
Hilfinger is a member of
the class of 2010.
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Softball: Women drop two games to Ithaca
Continued from Page 20
three RBIs. Ameno batted 1.000
and Sorrentino batted .750 with
four RBIs.
Hylen received the win — her
second of the season — pitching
five innings and giving up only two
hits the entire game. She allowed
no runs, had eight strikeouts and
zero walks.
In the nightcap, the ’Jackets
continued their dominance over
the Tigers. UR took the lead early,
scoring six runs in the second
inning.
The inning started off with a
triple from freshman infielder
Erin Clark, a double from Celeste
that brought Clark home and a
single from Winn. Slupinski then
got on base with a walk. Sorrentino
stepped up to the plate with two
outs and, for the second time that
afternoon, hit a grand slam. Citro
then followed Sorrentino’s lead
and hit a home run as well.
In the fourth, the ’Jackets
added to their lead with a double
from sophomore catcher Juliana
Nicholson, a single from Slupinski
and a two-RBI homer from Citro —
her second of the night. UR kept
its bats hot in the fifth, as well,
with home runs from Macaluso
and Nicholson and singles from
Slupinski and Sorrentino. Citro
then hit her third home run of the
night and the game stopped again
due to the mercy rule.
Overall, the ’Jackets batted very
well, hitting a total of five home
runs and batting .464 as a team.
Citro batted phenomenally, going
3-4, hitting three home runs and
earning six RBIs. Slupinski went
2-2, Nicholson went 2-3 and Sorrentino went 2-4 with five RBIs.
Jeff Levy • Presentation Editor
Freshman shortstop Lindsay Macaluso hit a home run against RIT.
Ameno pitched four innings, could not get into the grove and
allowed five hits and struck out were only able to get three hits
six.
from Sorrentino, Celeste and
Hoping to keep their streak Citro, all of which were singles.
alive, the ’Jackets went on to UR was able to hold the Bombers
play the Ithaca College Bombers to only four runs thanks in part
Wednesday afternoon. Unfortu- to Ameno, who pitched all seven
nately the ’Jackets lost both games innings.
of the double header, 2-7, 0-4.
She allowed nine hits, four
In the opener, the ’Jackets’ two runs, struck out four and walked
runs came in the seventh inning two. Ameno’s record now stands
with a home run from Macaluso at 10-7.
and a single from Sorrentino who
UR’s overall record now stands
was advanced around the bases at 12-9. The team is currently
from a single from Citro, a walk, ranked 17th in the nation. Sorand an illegal pitch. Ameno pitched rentino was named Liberty League
5.2 innings, allowing eight hits, Performer of the Week and Slupinfour runs, seven strikeouts and ski was Co-Rookie of the Week.
one walk.
Belonga is a member of
In the nightcap, the ’Jackets
the class of 2010.
SPORTS
Page 18
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Women rebound after mediocre Men respond to win
weekend with win over Geneseo at RIT with a loss
By Dana Hilfinger
Sports Editor
Despite valiant efforts, the UR
women’s tennis team was edged
twice this past weekend, losing to
the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds, 5-4, on Saturday and to the
St. Lawrence University Saints,
3-6, on Sunday.
On Tuesday, the ’Jackets redeemed themselves by notching
a 7-2 win against the SUNY
Geneseo’s Blue Knights.
Senior Colleen Cross and freshman Lia Weiner both won all of
three matches. Weiner — playing
at No.1 singles — dominated her
Skidmore opponent en route to a
6-1, 6-2 victory on Saturday. On
Sunday, Weiner scored the win
against St. Lawrence, outlasting
her opponent, 6-4, 6-0.
Cross has been on somewhat
of a hot streak as of late. The
senior — playing at No. 3 singles
against Skidmore and Geneseo
and at No. 4 versus St. Lawrence
— is on a six-game winning streak.
On Saturday, she downed her
Thoroughbred opponent, 6-3, 6-3.
Against Skidmore, Cross fought
back after losing the first set, 1-6,
to take the match, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Cross completed the week’s sweep
with a win on Tuesday against
Geneseo.
Senior Alexa Perry, in contrast,
had a rough week in singles. At
the No. 2 spot, Perry lost matches
to Skidmore, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0, and St.
Lawrence, 6-0, 6-2, over the weekend. She had one of the two losses
against Geneseo on Tuesday.
Perry was also part of a successful No. 1 doubles team this
weekend. Perry, along with partner Weiner, took down Skidmore,
9-8, on Saturday, then turned
around and beat St. Lawrence,
8-2, on Sunday. The team also
grabbed a win against Geneseo
on Tuesday.
Freshman Elana Polivy played
in one singles match this past
week, losing at No. 3 singles to
her St. Lawrence opponent, 6-4,
7-6 (4).
The freshman was also part
of a No. 2 doubles team — along
with Cross — that won two of its
three matches. The only game the
duo dropped was a 8-0 loss to St.
Lawrence.
Jeff Levy • Presentation Editor
Freshman Lia Weiner’s No. 2 doubles team won twice this weekend.
At No. 4 singles, freshman Diane
Samuels dropped the two weekend
games before winning at Geneseo
on Tuesday. Samuels lost to her
Saint opponent, 6-2, 6-3, and then
followed it up with a 6-1, 6-0 loss
to Skidmore.
Playing at No. 5 singles on
Sunday and Tuesday, junior Kristen Shaw lost both games. On
Sunday, Shaw lost, 6-0, 6-1, to her
Thoroughbred opponent. At No.
6 singles, freshman Maria Janda
split games over the weekend and
then grabbed a victory over the
Knights on Tuesday. Janda won,
6-3, 6-3, on Saturday, and then
turned around and lost, 6-4, 6-1,
on Sunday to her St. Lawrence
opponent.
The No. 3 doubles team of
Samuels and freshman Nisha
Javeri dropped games over the
weekend and then came away
with a victory against Geneseo.
Against Skidmore, the duo lost,
8-2, and then on Sunday, the team
dropped the set to its St. Lawrence
opponent, 8-1.
UR’s next match is this Saturday, when the ’Jackets take
on SUNY Brockport at 4 p.m. at
home. UR’s record dropped to 6-6
with the two weekend losses.
On April 18-20, the ’Jackets
head to St. Louis, Mo. for the
University Athletic Association
Championships, hosted by Washington University in St. Louis.
Last year, the ’Jackets placed
seventh out of eight teams at the
Championships and will look to
improve on that this year. UR’s
only UAA competition this spring,
Brandeis University, defeated the
’Jackets, 8-1, two weeks ago on
March 29.
NCAA Championships will be
held at Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
on May 2-5 and May 13.
Hilfinger is a member of
the class of 2010.
By Kathleen Belonga
Staff Writer
The men’s tennis team continued its season this past Thursday
and Sunday after two losses to
Brandeis University and Babson
College the week before. The
’Jackets showed no weakness on
Thursday, sweeping the Rochester
Institute of Technology Tigers,
9-0. The ’Jackets were unable to
sustain that momentum in their
match on Sunday, however, losing
to the St. Lawrence University
Saints, 1-8.
Against the Tigers, UR was
unstoppable. Sophomore Brian
Bowman took first singles, defeating his opponent, 6-4, 6-2. At
second singles, freshman Ryan
Kovaleski wasted no time notching another win for UR, allowing
his opponent only two games and
winning, 6-1, 6-1. Bowman and
Kovaleski also combined in first
doubles to win, 8-4.
Freshman Bennett Peterson
added another winning match to
the ’Jackets score, taking No. 3
singles, 6-3, 6-1. Freshman Patrick
Sheehan in fourth singles added
another win for the ’Jackets, taking out his opponent, 6-4, 6-3. In
fifth singles, sophomore Adam
Crosby swept the opposition in the
first set, 6-0, and then went on to
win the second set, 6-3, to take the
match. In finishing up the singles
sweep, freshman Daniel Barbash
— at the No. 6 spot — had to work
hard for his second set, beating
his opponent in an exciting super
tiebreaker. The final score was 6-3,
6-7, 1-0 (11-9).
At second doubles, Peterson
and Barbash teamed up to win,
8-5. Following their lead were
Crosby and Sheehan, who won
third doubles, 8-2.
Hoping to keep the momentum
alive, the ’Jackets then visited the
Saints on Sunday. Unfortunately,
they were unsuccessful. The only
win for UR came from Peterson
at third singles. He beat his opponent, 6-4, 6-2. As second singles,
Kovaleski won the second set, 7-5,
but lost in a super tiebreaker.
Barbash won his first set in a
tiebreaker, 13-11, but lost in a
super tiebreaker in sixth singles.
Bowman and Kovaleski lost very
narrowly at first doubles. The final
score was 9-7.
UR moved to 6-6 with the
split this past week. Hoping to
add another win, the men will
be traveling just down the road
this afternoon to play against the
Nazareth College Golden Flyers
at 4 p.m. The Golden Flyers are
currently 4-6 and will be coming
off wins against Alfred University
and Elmira College.
Belonga is a member of
the class of 2010.
Jeff Levy • Presentation Editor
Ryan Kovaleski is one of three freshmen on the team to have performed well throughout the spring season. Kovaleski’s record is 7-3.
Lacrosse edges Clarkson, then drops game to St. Lawrence
Ross Brenneman • Photography Editor
Sophomore middie Danielle Mondro has started every game this year.
By Lara Bucarey
Staff Writer
Women’s lacrosse opened its
Liberty League season away this
past weekend at Clarkson University and St. Lawrence University. The games were split with a
1-point differential for both. The
’Jackets sealed the game against
Clarkson with a 9-8 victory, then
followed it up with a 15-16 loss to
St. Lawrence, who upended UR in
the final minute.
At the Clarkson game, the
’Jackets earned the win through
solid defense, allowing only one
goal in the last 10 minutes. Junior
goalie Leslie Dube made 12 saves
and forced three turnovers. At the
half, UR held a 5-2 lead thanks to
two goals from freshman attack
Allyson Hogan, as well as goals
from juniors midfielders Lindsay
Dakin and Abby Woodward and
freshman defender Charlotte
Clements.
11:19 into the second half, UR
and Clarkson were tied at 6-6.
The ’Jackets responded with a
three-goal advance. Sophomore
attack Danielle Mondro put the
ball into net with a pass from junior MaryKate Hannan with 15:38
left, followed by an unassisted
goal from senior defense Mimi
Hong with 13 minutes remaining.
Freshman attack Chelsea Audin
scored 10 seconds later with an
assist from Dakin.
Then the game got close. Swords
out, the Golden Knights attacked
and tallied two more goals, making
the score 9-8. But UR was able to
hold them off in the end and the
score stayed.
“One of our goals was to win
those 1-point games,” sophomore attack Amanda Case said.
“We were able to do that with
Clarkson.”
Hong and Hannan collected
four ground balls and Dakin had
three.
In a heated game against St.
Lawrence, UR fought back from a
six-goal deficit in the final 19 minutes. The ’Jackets ran out of time
to answer back, however, when the
Saints scored the winning goal in
the last minute.
“We played better against St.
Lawrence,” Case said. “It was
the best game we’ve played yet.
Unfortunately, we weren’t able to
pull off those last two goals.”
Case led UR with four goals in
the game.
The scores were spread out
amongst the offense. Hannan and
Hogan each tallied three goals,
while Dakin and Audin each had
two. Woodward scored once. Case
and Dakin added an assist apiece
as well.
With 19 minutes left in game,
the Saints were ahead 11-5, but UR
was not ready to settle for a loss.
Adrenaline pumping, the ’Jackets responded with four-straight
goals. The score tightened to 11-9.
Within 68 seconds, the Saints regained a significant lead, making it
13-9. UR kept pace. Audin scored
twice in the next two minutes,
making the score 14-11. Hannan
followed, gaining two tallies from
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SPORTS
Thursday, April 10, 2008
rom the
P
ressbox
By Dan Milbrand
When people talk about sports
curses, it’s inevitable that the 86year drought of the Red Sox and
the still-standing jinx of the Cubs
will be discussed. While the plight
of these teams has been very real,
there’s little to complain about in
the cities themselves, as both Boston and Chicago have been blessed
with triumphant franchises in
other leagues.
The Bears, Bulls and White
Sox have combined to win eight
national championships since
1985, while the Celtics are the
most storied NBA franchise of all
time, amassing 16 championships
in their 62-year existence.
Why, then, do members of the
sports media find it necessary to
cover the desperation of these
supposedly
cursed teams when there are
entire cities that have yet to feel
the glory of a championship? Why
do large cities like New York and
Chicago get national sympathy
when little guys like Buffalo and
Cleveland continue to claw their
way into big games, only to face
the certain agony of defeat without the slightest bit of positive
attention?
With all due respect to Cleveland, I’m here to defend Buffalo
— a city that has faced the brunt of
harassment for over 45 years.
After a disappointing season
for the Sabres and talk of the
Bills relocating to Toronto, the
optimism of Buffalo sports has
been sucked dry.
The only hint of a major title
that the city has ever tasted came
in back-to-back AFL titles in 1964
and 1965, but even those came in a
league that folded soon after.
And it’s not like they never came
close. The Sabres were the first to
get a taste, losing in six games to
the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975.
It was during this series that
Sabre’s center Jim Lorentz killed
a bat with his stick — an omen
that may have been behind the
team’s Stanley Cup loss in 1999
that hosted the infamous “No
Goal” game where Brett Hull’s
game-winning goal in triple OT of
game six appeared to happen with
his skate in the crease.
If the curse of the Sabres has
been bad, however, then consider
the Bills the unluckiest franchise
in sports history. Who can forget
the infamous four-peat of Super
Bowl losses in the glory days of
the early 1990s or the “Music City
Miracle” in the 1999 playoffs?
Following the retirement of
heralded Buffalo sports figure Jim
Kelly in 1996, 11 years of shakiness
at the QB position and a revolving
door of coaches has left the Bills
hopeless, as they have managed
to make the playoffs only once in
this period.
With this framework of defeat
embedded in the DNA of the city,
it’s amazing how faithful the fan
base has remained. Never has
attendance been an issue. Never
have the fans, no matter how dire
the circumstances, failed to support their city.
Go to a Bills or Sabres game,
and you will experience a culture
unlike any you have ever seen.
Where else do fans start tailgating at 9 a.m. in frigid conditions?
Where else will 71,000 people show
up to an outdoor hockey game in
the dead of winter, as Sabres fans
did for the “Winter Classic”?
Curse or no curse, Buffalo fans
are the most loyal in the country,
and the only reason one might not
know this is because there’s no
mention of their fanhood outside
of Western New York. The only perception that people have of the city
is based on the devastating losses
of its sports teams and its cold
weather. A national media that
prides big-city teams has devoured
Buffalo, making it an anomaly
in a country that loves the story
of the small guy who overcomes
adversity to be successful.
That’s just how the fans want it.
Having endured four-plus decades
of loss and ridicule, it will be that
much sweeter when Buffalo sports
fans are finally able to rejoice in
victory and point and laugh at
the same big-market teams whose
bottomless salary caps and endless media coverage do nothing to
shield their lack of empathy.
But until that day, hope is all
that will remain in the hearts of
undying Buffalo soldiers.
Milbrand is a member of
the class of 2008.
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Life, Love...Sport
There’s nothing more satisfying
than waking up in the morning
and picking up the paper and
reading Life, Love... Sport (April
Madness Edition). The college
basketball season finally came to
a close, and we had a deserving
winner, and, most fittingly, a deserving loser. More on that later.
Also, in professional ball-tossing
(baseball), the Detroit Tigers have
started a startling 0-7. Will I talk
a bit more about it? Probably,
stay tuned. Also, today there will
be an update on the official EPL
team of the LLS, the Everton FC
Toffees. Incidentally, I happen to
love toffees.
The biggest news story coming out of the week has to be the
championship finale of NCAA
March Madness. For the past
several weeks we’ve been hearing
about how Memphis will make its
free throws when it counts. Well
it counted on Monday night, and
I counted a 25 percent success
rate with free throws in the final
minute. That’s just not acceptable.
Here’s to hoping that Calipari
will devote at least 10 minutes
every practice from now on just
on getting points from the charity stripe.
On the other hand, Kansas
came up huge when it counted,
mostly through Mario Chalmers. He nailed a crazy shot in the
final seconds to send the game
to overtime and basically kill the
hopes of the Memphis Tigers. Now,
Bill Self is apparently weighing
an offer from Oklahoma State,
By David Maystrovsky
his alma mater. Let’s clear a few
things up first. Oklahoma State
will never achieve the basketball
tradition that the University of
Kansas has. The recruits might be
intrigued by the offer of playing
for Self, but, in the end, most all
of them will end up in Kansas if
they have a chance.
Just because he’s going to be
making an extreme amount of
money, rumored to be around $4
million a year plus a $6 million
signing bonus, that doesn’t mean
that Self should leave the team
he’s built. On the other hand, who
can turn down that kind of offer?
If he really needs the money, I say
go for it. Just know that you’re
always going to be looking up at
Kansas in the standings, where it
counts the most.
Now back to baseball. It’s been
too long since we’ve discussed
any topics in the LLS related to
baseball. It has come to my attention that the Detroit Tigers have
become the only team in the MLB
to start the season without a win.
This comes as little surprise to
me because I predicted this. The
trade for Cabrera and Willis have
been hailed as a breakthrough
for the team, but check out this
information before you score it
a success.
Willis has been slightly better
than mediocre with only two good
years on his resumé. So getting
him and expecting him to pitch
with a sub-3.00 ERA when he
couldn’t contain the Washington
Nationals last year isn’t the smart-
est move. And Cabrera has been
known to be a fat load that has the
work ethic of a dead cow. Also, last
summer, I worked at a golf course
with a nephew of the owner of
the Florida Marlins and he told
me that Cabrera was totally into
voodoo. How weird is that? Weird
enough to be mentioned here.
Now moving on to the world
of soccer. The official team of the
LLS is slipping. Everton FC is
now fifth in the standings and is
close to missing out on Champions
League action next season. Let’s
all pray to the patron saint of the
LLS, Kaley Cuoco, to help the
team get over the hump and make
the cut. The team’s next match is
against Birmingham City with a
chance to tie Liverpool for fourth
place and an automatic spot on the
Champions League roster.
Also, a word about Euro 2008:
the motherland (Russia) has
finally made an appearance on
the European soil after a lengthy
absence. The round-robin group is
composed of Greece, Sweden and
Spain — quite the tough group.
However, there is still a good
chance that it could advance to
the second round and make a nation of drunks and mafia members
very proud.
Final Fact:
The record for the most major
league baseball career innings
is held by Cy Young, with 7,356
innings.
Maystrovsky’s column appears
weekly. Maystrovsky is a member
of the class of 2009.
This Week in Sports
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
•Softball at SUNY Geneseo, 3 p.m.
•Men’s Tennis at Nazareth College, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
•Women’s Lacrosse vs. Union College, 4 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
•Softball at Skidmore College, 1 p.m.
•Baseball vs. Vassar College, 2 p.m..
•Women’s Lacrosse vs. Skidmore, 2 p.m.
•Women’s Tennis vs. Brockport, 4 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 13
•Men’s and Women’s Track and Field hosting the UR Invitational, 10 a.m.
•Softball at Union, 11 a.m.
•Baseball vs. Vassar College at Rochester Institute of Technology, 12 p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 14
•Golf at University Athletic Association Championships hosted by Orange City
National Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., 9 a.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 15
•Golf at UAA Championships hosted by Orange City National GC, 10 a.m.
•Baseball vs. Medaille College, 2:30 p.m.
•Men’s Tennis vs. Keuka College, 4 p.m.
Athlete of the Week — Colleen Cross
Class: 2008
Sport: Women’s Tennis
High School: Nicolet High School, Milwaukee, Wis.
MAJOR: Psychology.
WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT HOME: My dogs.
WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL DAY OFF: Sleeping in, then watching the
Green Bay Packers or the Wisconsin Badgers play.
FAVORITE OTHER SPORT: Soccer.
PLANS AFTER COLLEGE: Working as a market analyst.
FAVORITE FOOD: Chicken Parmesan.
FAVORITE MOVIE: “The Departed.”
Favorite Athletic Memory: Finishing second at the State Championships as a
team and winning the first doubles title last year.
Guilty PLEASURE: Java Chip ice cream.
Favorite book: “The DaVinci Code.”
FAVORITE UR tradition: D-Day (if it’s still happening).
WeIRDEST THING SEEN ON CAMPUS: The front doors of Susan B. Anthony Halls
shattered after a car crashed into the building.
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SEASON: To place in the top four teams at University
Athletic Association Championships.
Why Colleen is the Athlete of the Week: Cross has won six-straight singles’
matches over the past month. This past week, she defeated opponents from Skidmore
College, St. Lawrence University and SUNY Geneseo.
S p o rt s
Campus Times
Page 20
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Track boasts a number of qualifying performances
Jeff Levy • Presentation Editor
Freshman Casey Green won the 100 and 200 this weekend.
BY Dana Hilfinger
Sports Editor
The freshmen on the
women’s track and field team
have certainly contributed
to UR’s success this season.
This past weekend, when
the ’Jackets hosted their
annual UR Alumni Invitational, the impact of the
newcomers was especially
prominent. Two freshmen —
Casey Green and Jacqueline
Cinella — produced Eastern
College Athletic Association
Championship-qualifying
performances at the invite.
Green qualified by winning both the 100 and 200
in times of 12.65 and 25.62,
respectively, while Cinella
grabbed a bid to ECACs
when she placed second in
the 400 hurdles, finishing
in 1:05.62. Cinella’s time
was just six-hundredths of a
second shy of the first-place
finisher, SUNY Fredonia
freshman Kate Brett. Green
and Cinella were also members of a 4x100 relay team
that finished second.
Green’s time in the 200
was a personal best.
“I’m really glad that I’m
seeing improvements in
my times this early in the
season,” Green said. “Hopefully, with some more good
weather, I will be able to
continue dropping time.”
Other freshmen performed well on the day as
well. Freshman Kristin
Fekete took second in the
pole vault, clearing the bar
at 2.80. In the 3,000 race
walk, freshman Rebecca
Glass came out on top with
a time of 17:25.93.
UR also had five other ECAC-qualifying performances. Senior Anjuli
Cherukuri grabbed a bid in
the pole vault with a firstplace finish, clearing the
bar at 3.20 meters. Junior
Jonelle Redhead earned
two ECAC berths. Both her
second-place finish in the
hammer throw — a distance
of 42.36 — and her sixthplace finish in discus — a
distance of 33.06 — qualified
the junior for the postseason
tournament.
Senior Kellie Hasselwander got the lone distance bid
for the ’Jackets. Her time of
4:52.81 in the 1,500 — good
enough for second place at
the invite — earned her the
ECAC berth. Sophomore Melissa Skevington also turned
in a noteworthy performance
in the long jump, taking third
with a distance of 4.82.
Overall, the women were
able to take advantage of
the good weather conditions
to improve on a number of
times and distances.
“It was great to see the
improvements on the team’s
performances between the
Widener [Invitational] and
our home meet,” Green said.
“Hopefully, we can continue
this momentum through the
rest of our regular season
meets and on into our championship season.”
The men’s track and field
team also had its fair share
of accomplishments on Sunday. Again, freshmen played
a huge role in the ’Jackets’
success.
Freshman Brian Lang was
the big winner for UR. His
time of 9:37.69 in the 3,000
steeplechase earned him
first place in the meet, as
well as an ECAC bid. It also
qualified him for Junior Nationals, which is conducted
by the U.S. Track and Field
and Cross Country Coaches
Association in June.
In the pole vault, freshman
Dan Abud cleared the bar set
at 4.25 meters. The distance
was also good enough for an
ECAC bid.
Additionally, UR logged
four more ECAC-qualifying
performances. Senior Mike
Burgstrom got a berth in the
hammer throw thanks to a
throw of 52.20 meters. The
distance also met the NCAA
Championship Provisional
Qualifying Standard.
Senior Mark Stevens’s
time of 14:59.23 in the
5,000 was good enough
for first place and a berth.
Junior Dan Chebot earned
first, in addition to a bid,
in the 10,000 with a time of
32:34.34.
The 4x100 relay team —
which took third at the invite
— also qualified for ECACs
with a time of 44.36.
Additionally, the ’Jackets
got strong performances
from junior Malik Sams, who
placed third in the 110 high
hurdles with a time of 15.89,
and senior Pat Hughes, who
placed fourth in the 1,500.
The Yellowjackets will be
at home again this weekend
when they host the UR Invitational.
“I’m looking forward to
our next home meet this
weekend and our conference
meet that we are hosting,”
Green said. “Both the men’s
and women’s teams have a
lot of talent and potential to
excel this season.”
Hilfinger is a member of
the class of 2010.
Baseball extends streak to 11 straight
By ERin Philbrick
Copy Editor
Bringing in a record of
8-0 over the past week,
the baseball team dominated and advanced to 18-3
overall. In addition to the
team’s 11-game win streak,
three players earned Liberty
League honors for their performances against Keuka
College and Union College.
The week’s streak began
last Thursday afternoon
at Towers Field when the
’Jackets played a doubleheader against the Keuka
Storm. Though the first
game proved to be a tough
battle, UR quickly turned
around for the nightcap,
putting the mercy rule into
effect to end the game in
the seventh inning due to a
20-run lead.
In the opener, the Storm
were the first to put a run
on the scoreboard in the top
of the second inning. The
Yellowjackets responded
quickly, however, when
senior center fielder Dave
Kloc hit a two-out home run
to left center in the bottom
of the inning. Keuka then
regained the lead in the
third, but UR took it right
back in the fourth. When
junior starting pitcher Chris
Olsen left the game, Keuka
had tied it up with three
runs after 4.2 innings. The
’Jackets went on to score
four more to win the game,
7-3. A three-run fifth inning
was highlighted by a home
run from senior shortstop Ed
Kahovec, a double and three
singles. The team sealed the
deal with a final run off a
wild pitch in the bottom of
the sixth inning.
This was the beginning
of the end for Keuka, as UR
batted around in the second,
fourth and sixth innings of
the second game. The team
had seven errors and 16
unearned runs throughout
the seven-inning game.
The Yellowjackets scored
early and, led by the starting
pitching of sophomore Luke
Brocks, held their opponents
scoreless through 3.2 innings. Brocks ran into some
trouble late in the fourth,
allowing three runs, and
freshman Charles Chanatry
came in for the relief.
The rest was all downhill,
as UR racked in the runs,
finally taking the game, 23-3.
Sophomore right fielder
Andy Cannon had five runs
batted in and scored five
times in the game, featuring a home run in the sixth
inning. Junior first baseman
Dan Brien went 3-5, and
freshman catcher Steve Just
was 2-4. In addition, sophomore pinch hitter Patrick
Locke went 2-3.
The Yellowjackets carried
the momentum into Saturday’s doubleheader at home
against the Union Dutchmen. Sophomore southpaw Steve Guzski took the
mound and pitched a complete game, allowing just
six hits and two runs, and
walking only two batters.
Guzski held Union scoreless
through 5.2 innings .UR easily took the first game, 15-2.
Both Kahovec and sophomore second baseman Nate
Stein hit homeruns, and
junior catcher Ryan Sullivan
went three for three with a
walk. With UR ahead 7-0
with one out in the fourth,
Union put in reliever Jeremy
LeFebvre. This was little
help, as Kahovec hit a home
run off LeFebvre’s first pitch
from the bullpen. Sullivan
doubled in the next at bat.
It was not until LeFebvre
faced his fourth batter that
he was able to show that
he had any control on the
game. The Yellowjackets
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Sophomore Steve Guzski pitched a six-hitter against Union.
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Freshman infielder Erin Clark has started every game this year.
Softball slugs way to
wins against Tigers
By Kathleen Belonga
Staff Writer
The women’s softball
team again proved that it was
worthy of a national ranking
this past weekend when it
hosted the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers
in a doubleheader Saturday
afternoon. UR played so
well that both games were
shortened to five innings due
to the mercy rule, and each
game took just over an hour.
Five different players hit a
total of eight home runs to
help the ’Jackets come out
on top against the Tigers.
UR won the games by scores
of 10-0 and 14-2.
In the first game, the
’Jackets started off the first
inning with a run from senior
outfielder Jess Sorrentino,
who hit a double, advanced
to third off senior infielder
Alicia Citro’s ground out and
scored off of a passed ball.
UR got very hot in the third
inning, with singles from
Sorrentino, junior pitcher
Beth Ameno, junior infielder
Brittany Celeste, freshman
infielder Lindsay Macaluso
and a three-run home run
from junior catcher Megan
Winn.
The ’Jackets started off
the fifth inning with two
outs but then proceeded to
score four runs. Winn and
freshmen outfielders Melissa
Altemose and Liz Slupinski
all singled to get on base
and were brought home by a
grand slam from Sorrentino.
The game was then called
due to the mercy rule.
Power batters for the
’Jackets included Winn, who
went two for three and had
See SOFTBALL, Page 17
Golf places ninth in a field of 15 — 17
SPORTS
Page 22
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Iya brings fresh outlook to court Golf finishes fourth
By Dana Hilfinger
Sports Editor
First-year volleyball head coach
Ladi Iya tries to keep her coaching
philosophy pretty simple.
“Our players need to work hard
and, most importantly, compete,”
Iya said. “I think there is this idea
that women don’t compete or that
it is not acceptable. We’re trying
to get past that idea.”
Iya’s own competitive nature
stems from her long history playing sports. Growing up in both
Nigeria and England, Iya played
soccer and volleyball. She eventually was recruited by Evansville
University for volleyball. Upon
graduating in 2001, Iya had a brief
stint playing in the United States
Professional Volleyball League.
In 2003, she returned to Nigeria,
where she trained for the Nigerian
national team.
And with such an impressive
playing career, Iya brings a lot to
the table as a coach.
“I think it is really important in
coaching that there is consistency
and also execution,” Iya said. “The
ability to know what you want and
get your players to buy into that
and then execute your system are
very key.”
One of the things that is so striking about Iya is how much she buys
into her system. It quickly became
clear within minutes of talking
to her that she was thoughtful,
sincere and, most importantly,
very passionate about her job
and what she is trying to instill
here at UR.
“They have to endure, and they
have to persevere,” Iya said of
what she expects of her players.
“In the end, whoever you come
to play came to play the best you,
so you should come into a game
ready to play your best.”
And while Iya expects a lot out
of her players, she also seems to
expect a lot out of herself in her
role as coach.
“One of the most challenging
parts is that you have so many
different personalities on a team,”
Iya said. “Communicating to the
players how to achieve our goals
when everyone learns in differ-
Coaches Corner — Ladi Iya
HOMetown: Jos, Nigeria
Alma Mater: University of Evansville (graduated with
baccalaureate degree in business administration)
Career Record: 5-4 (.555); 1st year
Fast Facts:
•She holds the single-season record for blocks at
Evansville with 202.
•In 2004, she competed for Nigeria in an Olympic
Qualifier.
•She is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA).
ent ways is something I have to
adapt to.”
Iya’s transition to the realm of
coaching began after she graduated from Evansville with a degree
in business.
“I wasn’t too passionate about
business,” Iya said. “But I always
knew I wanted to teach, and coaching seemed to fit into that.”
After her training with the
Nigerian national team, Iya returned to the U.S. and worked
as an assistant at Nicholls State
University in Louisiana and then
at University of Buffalo before
accepting the position at UR this
past spring.
Throughout her career as both
a player and coach, Iya has been
enormously influenced by the
coaches she has played for and
served under. In high school, it
was the volleyball coach that made
her fall in love with the sport. As
an assistant at Nicholls State, Iya
learned the importance of recruiting in collegiate athletics from the
head coach.
Now in her first capacity as a
head coach, Iya’s lessons will be
vital as she looks to take UR volleyball to the next level in the University Athletic Association and on
a national scale. But in terms of
what Iya hopes to accomplish as
a coach, she takes a much more
all-encompassing approach.
“Obviously, we want a better
record and to win the UAA —
it’s what we are working toward
every day,” Iya said. “But we also
want to get better individually. We
want to be able to learn, change
and adapt.”
It is this individualistic approach for growth, coupled with
a focus on team play, that makes
Iya’s goals special. In terms of her
own role, she already commented
on a key element of coaching — you
have to know what you want out of
your players and have a vision for
your team. And while the season
is still young and very unpredictable, Iya’s passion in that sense
has already proven that she is up
to the challenge.
Hilfinger is a member of
the class of 2010.
By Dana HIlfinger
Sports Editor
Consistency. It is a word that
is vital when defining a quality
sports team, and it is what every
athlete strives to be, whether it
involves maintaining a level of
excellence or simply being able
to hit a ball the same way every
time.
More so than in other sports,
this characteristic is pivotal in the
game of golf. And this past weekend, the UR golf team was able to
find that level of consistency and
place fourth in a field of 12 teams
in the St. Lawrence University
Invitational in Canton, N.Y.
The Invite included both American and Canadian teams, however,
in terms of NCAA qualification,
only UR’s place among teams from
the U.S. is relevant.
Leading the ’Jackets was the
team’s lone senior and captain,
Jon Pecor, who finished the weekend at a 7-over 151. The score
was good enough for 12th overall
individually in a field of over 70
golfers.
“I was pleased with the leadership we got from captain Jon
Pecor and with the contribution
of freshman David Wien,” head
coach Dan Wesley said.
Pecor will lead a young team
this year with a wealth of talent.
Returning for the ’Jackets are a
number of sophomores who got
valuable experience playing last
year, most notably Ryan Williams,
who won the University Athletic
Association Championship’s individual title as a freshmen last
spring. He was also named Rookie
of the Year in the UAA because of
his performance in the conference
tournament.
Williams shot a solid 78 in both
rounds over the weekend and
finished in a tie for 25th.
Wien was a great indication of
the amount of potential the ’Jackets have in their line-up. The freshman shot a 10-over 154 through
two rounds and finished 17th individually in his first-ever collegiate
competition. Sophomores Chris
Driscoll and Kevin Gay rounded
off the weekend with scores of 163
and 164, respectively.
“This past weekend’s tournament was a decent start to the
season,” Wesley said. “We were
hoping for better results, but we
made up some ground on day two,
and we fought hard.”
Last year, UR placed third out of
10 teams in the Invitational.
The ’Jackets next competition
is on Sept. 20, when they travel
to Meadville, Pa. to compete in
the Allegheney Invitational. The
tournament is the last competition before the Liberty League
Championships at Saratoga State
Park on Sept. 29.
Last year, the conference tournament produced mixed results.
UR finished in third in a field of
six teams. Stephen Goodridge ’08
led the ’Jackets with an individual
second-place finish.
Goodridge was perhaps UR’s
most prolific golfer, winning the
Division III NCAA Championship
as a sophomore, and it will be a
true test for the ’Jackets this year
to see if they can replace him on
course.
Hilfinger is a member of
the class of 2010.
Sophomores give UR a boost
By JOn GIllenson
Staff Writer
The UR volleyball team is off to
a 6-4 start, and their early success
has been due in large part to the
excellent play of the sophomore
class, particularly libero Tayler
Schweigel. Schweigel’s all-around
ability as a defensive specialist
and an outside hitter is quietly
becoming one of the best sports
stories of the year.
Last year she was on the team
but saw limited action until the
end of the season. This year, however, Schweigel’s playing time has
been significantly increased, and
she has responded with solid play
in the back row. The first week of
the season, Schweigel earned CoPlayer of the Week honors from
the University Athletic Association. She was awarded specifically
because of her excellent play at
the SUNY Cortland Red Dragon
Classic. Schweigel was named to
the All-Tournament Team after
amassing 84 digs through four
matches, including a career-high
30 digs in a match against Nazareth College.
Her solid play continued against
D’Youville College. In a hard
fought victory, Schweigel led the
’Jackets with 20 digs.
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she is not the only one who has
delivered on the court. Members
of the sophomore class in general
have really stepped up, as well.
In the game against D’Youville,
fellow sophomore teammates
made major contributions, including middle hitter Sarah Kauper,
outside hitter Allyson Blair, defensive specialist Maura Hamilton
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