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The Tower
Kean University’s student newspaper
www.kean.edu/~thetower
Eight days in Paris (See centerfold)
Volume 9 • Issue 11 Apr. 8-Apr. 28, 2009
Greek Olympics Give Students a
Needed Break of Fun
By Jessie Rivera
One student's trip to Paris.
Battle Brews Over Tuition
for Illegal Immigrants
By Elizabeth Llorente
The Record (Hackensack N.J.); (MCT)
HACKENSACK, N.J.­—A national group
that favors strict immigration policies has
launched a campaign in six states aimed at
drumming up opposition to in-state college tuition rates for illegal immigrants.
William Gheen of Americans for Legal
Immigration says the group will deploy
activists from around the nation to New
Jersey, as well as to other states such as
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Rhode Island and Wisconsin to lobby state legislators and hit the talk-radio circuit.
“In-state tuition for illegals legislation
replaces innocent American students in
the limited seats in college at taxpayer expense,” said Gheen, who is based in North
Carolina, where the group helped defeat
measures that would have allowed illegal
immigrant students to attend college at
in-state tuition rates. “These bills also violate federal law, provide taxpayer rewards
and incentives for people to illegally immigrate to America.”
Immigration advocates in New Jersey
said they were unaware of the new campaign but vowed to fight it vigorously.
“This campaign won’t get past the first
exit of the New Jersey Turnpike,” said Cid
Wilson, a trustee of Bergen Community
College in Paramus.
(Continued on page 3)
Last week, Gov.
With finals around the corner and the
weather finally hitting the 60-degree
mark, Greek organizations were taking
a time out to relax and have fun at this
year’s Greek Olympics, which rapped up
on April 6.
The Greek Olympics, a friendly competition between Greek organizations dating
back to the 1970’s, competed in activities
such as: Wii sports, basketball, volleyball,
soccer, softball, dodge ball, tug-of-war, a
three-legged race and much more.
The fraternities participating this year
were Nu Delta Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Beta Tau, Sigma Theta Chi, Nu Sigma
Phi, Lambda Theta Phi, Psi Sigma Phi and
Gamma Psi Epsilon. The sororities participating are Nu Sigma Tau, Nu Theta Chi,
Rho Theta Tau, Omega Sigma Psi, Theta
Phi Alpha and Delta Phi Epsilon. All Greek
"...all the sororities and
fraternities come together
and have a good time.”
organizations paid a fee of $70 to sign up
for the events.
“My favorite thing about the Olympics
would be that all the sororities and fraternities come together and have a good
time,” said senior Lauren D’Amico from
Theta Phi Alpha.
Different this year about the Olympics
was a God and Goddess competition hosted apart from the Greek Olympics by Psi
Sigma Phi, Lambda Theta Alpha and Nu
Sigma Tau. The winner of the competition
received points for his/her Olympic team
and all the proceeds will go to Make-AWish Foundation.
Co-ed volleyball was one of the fun games featured
at the annual Greek Olympics last week.
Ashley Cere, the vice-president of programming for Greek Senate, and Alex
Louis, director of Greek Life, selected
the games with the help of suggestions
and requests from Greek organizations.
The matches were organized by random
so the fraternities and sororities did not
compete against each other. Names were
drawn out of a hat and single-elimination
brackets were used to advance a team to
the next level. At the end of the week-long
competition, the first, second and third
place teams were to receive trophies at
the Greek banquet.
MORE THAN 100,000 ARE WAITING FOR A NEW ORGAN (see pg. 9)
INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER: What was the Highlight of Your Spring Break?
By kelley pennisi
Giselle Torres
Senior, Elementary Education
Joseph Onuoah
Freshman, Biology
Assoumou 'JR' Sahou
Freshman, Medical Technology
Ralph Saro
Junior, Theatre
"The highlight of my spring break was
an overnight trip to Atlantic City. I
spent all this money I don't have."
"The highlight of my spring break was
that I went to California."
"The highlight of my spring break was
I played drums for a concert in Philadelphia called the Blue Lounge."
"The highlight of my spring break was
my Garage Band for Dummies played
its first gig."
Kean Fraternity Lends a Hand 2
Arts & Entertainment
4
Organ Donation
Big Names at Internship Fair
2
Rachel's Rave!
5
Women's & Men's Sports
Ludacris Hits the Stage 3
Editorial & Anger Management
8
Who Will Be MVP?: John & Jay's Picks
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10/11
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Internship Fair Readies Students for Business
By Charley Falkenburg
Kean University students walked around
eagerly at the College of Business and
Public Administration’s internship fair
held in the University Center on March
26 to gather information about the
organizations and internships that the
businesses offered.
Several companies, such as Six Flags
Great Adventure, Sherwin Williams,
Liberty Science Museum, First Investors,
Primerica, Prevention Links, Inc, Broadway House for Continuing Care, Independent Food and Beverage Insurance
Brokers, Inc. and the U.S. Marine Corps
were present.
Each organization set up stands with
flyers, internship applications and infor-
mation and pamphlets containing details
about their business. The company representatives were cheerful and enthusiastic
in explaining their businesses and what
they were seeking to everyone.
“Internship fairs are always interesting;
you never know what kind of opportuni-
ing a business internship fair, I definitely made time to go. I know I want to do
something with business in the future, so
an internship would really help me out,”
said Steinberg.
Students that were unable to attend the
fair and are curious about the internship
Six Flags, Liberty Science Museum and Primerica were
among those offering internship information.
ties you will find,” said Stephanie Romano,
a sophomore at Kean.
Alex Steinberg, a sophomore at Kean,
attended the internship fair to further her
education.
“When I found out that Kean was hav-
process should follow these steps. First,
find an internship that really interests
you and you have time for. Then, fill out
the application form, create an internship resume and a cover letter explaining
what your purpose is and be sure to tell
the organization what you have to offer.
Make sure you gather two to three letters
of recommendation from your professors,
coaches or academic advisors. If the organization is impressed, they will set a date
for an interview. After the interview, you
should send out a thank-you note to the
company for their time. Remember, not
all internship applications are the same
and each company may require something different. Be sure to research what
the company is seeking before you begin
the process.
If you missed this fair, don’t fret; Kean
is always holding different kinds of fairs,
workshops and lectures. Make sure to
keep your eyes peeled and read the paper
on information for future Kean events.
Nu Delta Pi Helps Student Press
By Lisa Martinez
Kean University’s Nu Delta Pi fraternity has adopted The Tower as part of its
community service program and has been
helping distribute the student newspaper
at the University Center when new issues
are published.
The fraternity distributed roughly 1,500
newspapers of the last edition of The Tower in March and said it will continue to do
“We want to somehow
personally get the paper
in the hands of the
students.”
the job for the paper.
The Tower is a student-produced newspaper that is part of the academic journalism program in the Communication
Department. Staff writers and editors are
responsible for coming up with story ideas
and then reporting, writing and editing
the paper. The staff also distributes bundles to Tower stands around the campus,
but a problem has been that often students do not pick up and read the paper.
“Distributing the paper to the student
body can be difficult. It is one thing to put
them in the stands, but we want to be interactive with the students. We want to
somehow personally get the paper in the
hands of the students and Nu Delta Pi has
made that happen for us,” said Editor-In-
Chief Kelly Nemeth. “Their help and their
voluntary service [are] greatly appreciated
by the entire staff.”
Nu Delta Pi was founded Nov. 9, 1964
when Kean was known as Newark Teachers College. The idea to create the fraternity took place at McSorley’s Ale House,
a famous watering hole in Manhattan.
The founders felt that there were too
many cliché fraternities and they wanted
to stand out.
The fraternity currently has 29 active
members with Christopher Delgado as
president. When Delgado joined in the
spring of 2006, there were only seven
active members.
The fraternity brothers are known for
their friendliness, diversity and welcoming manner. The fraternity’s reputation
draws perspective members so much that
they do not have a recruiting process.
“We don’t recruit, they come to us,” said
Delgado.
Alumni are very active and offer a scholarship for the brothers called the John
Ulichy Scholarship. This scholarship is
based on candidates following the fraternity credo ideals and applying them in everyday life. Delgado has been awarded the
scholarship in the past.
The brothers also help the community
by volunteering to give out Christmas
gifts at Somerset Hills, a group home for
abused children. They also volunteer at local food banks. In the 2008 presidential
election, the fraternity made phone calls
and assisted President Barack Obama’s
campaign within Union County.
Kean University Day Set at
Lakewood Blue Claws Stadium
By Jessie Rivera
After the success of Unity Week, Student Organization has launched yet another
event: Kean University Day at Lakewood Blue Claws stadium.
On Friday April 24, the Lakewood Blue Claws, a Single-A minor league baseball team
of the Philadelphia Phillies, will host Kean University Day at the First Energy Park
Stadium in Lakewood, NJ. This event is for students at both Kean University and KeanOcean (Ocean County Community College). Tickets are being sold at Wilkins Theatre,
two tickets for $5 (cash only) when presenting a Kean Student ID.
Buses will depart at 5pm and Kean Ocean students will meet the rest of the group at
the stadium.
Students will enjoy post-game fireworks presented by Toyota/Scion World of Lakewood. The game will start at 7:05pm as the Blue Claws face off against the Maryland
Hagerstown Suns.
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Communication Department Hosts Statewide Conference
By Dawn M. Phillips
“Communication is so vital, people take
it for granted. Students should help to
translate issues into a way that people can
take it and use it to change,” advised Dr.
Sandra Petronio.
Dr. Petronio was the keynote speaker
for the New Jersey Communication Association’s 13th Annual Conference held
here at Kean on March 28 and sponsored
by the Department of Communication.
A well-known author and speaker, she is
a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Indiana University
School of Medicine.
Dr. Fred Fitch, the new NJCA president,
and Dr. Christopher Lynch, Communication Department chair, commenced the
conference with some welcoming remarks.
Participants had an opportunity to
choose from an array of presentations
during the sessions led by professors from
colleges and universities throughout the
metropolitan area including Monmouth
University, Montclair State University,
Marymount Manhattan College, The College of New Jersey, New York University,
Temple University and many others.
Session I included topics such as communication and public health policies; the
construction and reconstruction of race;
societal standards for texting; and communication hybridization
BATTLE BREWS
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Jon Corzine told students at New Jersey
City University that he supports in-state
tuition for undocumented immigrants.
“You’re going to see a strong movement against this campaign,” Wilson said.
“Many of these students are undocumented through no fault of their own. Many
have become shining stars in high school,
and the only thing keeping New Jersey
from reaping the rewards of their intellect is that a college degree is not within
their reach.”
Many college loan and grants programs
require proof of legal immigration status.
So, unable to pay out-of-state fees, many
undocumented high school graduates
forgo four-year colleges or try to scrape
together money for county community
colleges.
Some 10 states allow in-state college tuition rates for illegal immigrants and this
week, bills allowing in-state tuition for
illegal immigrants were reintroduced in
both houses of Congress.
(c) 2009, North Jersey Media Group Inc.
Maya Angelou Is
Graduate Commencement
Speaker
Award-winning author and celebrated
poet, Maya Angelou, will be the featured keynote speaker at the Nathan
Weiss Graduate College commencement
ceremonies on Tuesday, May 12 at 7
p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts
Center (NJPAC) in Newark, N.J. More
than 730 graduate students will receive
degrees.
Angelou has authored 12 bestselling books, including her most famous
work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
which was nominated for a National
Book Award and later turned into
a television movie. Her volume of
poetry Just Give Me a Cool Drink of
Water ‘Fore I Die, was nominated for
the Pulitzer Prize.
Session II featured discussions ranging
from Language and Interaction to Gendered Communication to Social Life on
the Net.
Christopher Caldiero, a professor from
Fairleigh Dickinson University, discussed
“The Sorry State of Sorry” under the Gendered Communication in Everyday Life
discussion, which was his take on the Don
Imus scandal. He spoke about the cycle of
apologia or apologies in communication.
Denial, mortification and scapegoating
are the three main steps of apologia according to Caldiero.
Janet Steinberg, a professor from Fordham University, provided a discourse on
“trash talking” in the media and in the
classroom. She emphasized how obscene
language and aggressiveness have a negative impact on our mental well-being. She
suggested we raise awareness and take action by taking a voluntary pledge to not
tolerate or indulge in trash talk.
Denise Dominguez, a Communication
major at Kean, presented a study she conducted on interpersonal communication
in a cafeteria.
Kean University President Dawood
Farahi, introduced the keynote speaker
with smiles, humor and acknowledgement
that the key to success is organizational
communication. A short film presentation
showed many different students, activities and celebrity guest visitors at Kean.
Farahi mentioned that there are students
at Kean from over 77 different countries.
The film exuded the creativity and diversity among our students.
In her keynote address entitled, “An Interpretation of Praxis: Translating Theory
into Practice.” Dr. Petronio spoke of her
Communication Privacy Management
theory. Her goal in producing this theory
was to translate research into effective
practices that help others enrich their
lives. There are six principles of CPM that
include dialectical tension, privacy rules,
conceptualization, information sharing,
privacy disruptions and boundary linkage.
She is a firm believer that everything we
do involves communication.
At lunch in Downs Hall, special thanks
were given to 22 Kean student volunteers
who made the day run smoothly.
More presentations filled the afternoon
from students as well as professors on the
many aspects of communication. Each discussion included questions or comments
at the end.
G.I.F.T.S., a panel discussion of professors who shared new ideas or “gifts” on
making classroom time exciting as well
as educational, was a major highlight for
professors. Dr. Corey Liberman, a professor at Marymount Manhattan College,
decided that watching 30-minute television shows and discussing the different
interpersonal communication that takes
place has proven to be very beneficial to
his students.
Susan McManimon, a professor at Rider
University and adjunct professor at Kean,
offered a discourse under the theme “Net
Agility: Getting Connected without Getting Snagged on Virtual Portfolios.” She
encouraged the use of video resumes as
a fun new way to promote one’s self. She
recommended blogger.net to get started.
Sheila McAllister-Spooner, a professor
from Monmouth University, spoke about
“Virtual Public Relations.” She mentioned
that students are the kings and queens of
social media, but need to utilize websites
such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter
in a professional manner.
“Strategic seniors are creating portfolios
for jobs on Facebook”, states McAllisterSpooner.
The conference ended at 5:00 p.m.with a
raffle drawing which included gifts of Applebee’s gift cards, Readers Digest cookbooks and books, Wildwood beach passes,
Starbucks coffee, Kean University Athletic
gear and much more.
The NJCA Conferences are held every year in different locations. The association is member-based and everyone
is welcomed to join. Students can attend
the conferences for $20. They are a way to
gain fresh, innovative ideas as well as an
avenue to network and display your work.
For more information, log on to http://
njca.rutgers.edu/
Ludacris Hits the Stage at the Annual Unity Week Concert
BY Lisa martinez
Student Org pulled off the event of the
year on March 27 with this year’s annual
Unity Week Concert featuring Platinum
hip-hop artist Ludacris, and the new R&B
group, Day 26.
The show was held at Kean’s Wilkins
Theatre and tickets sold out just hours after they went on sale. This show was highly
anticipated; the doors on the night of the
event, for example, opened at 7:30pm for
the 9 p.m. show.
The show opened with music by DJ
Wallah, a local DJ that has been making a
name for himself all over the college party
circuit in New Jersey and has performed
repeatedly on cable TV station BET on
their show 106th and Park in New York
City. Wallah played music before the opening comedy acts and during the intermission between the two performances.
The opening comedy act was performed
by comedian Brooklyn Mike, who hosts
his own Hip Hop Comedy night in New
York.
Day 26 went on stage at approximately
10:45 and was well received by the crowd.
They performed all of their songs, which
aren’t too many considering they are a
Hip-hop artist Ludacris
new group but the crowd enjoyed the
whole performance. Day 26 performed
like veterans and were in sync with one
another. Their voices sounded great and
their dance moves seemed very well rehearsed and natural.
Day 26 is a group that was formed
in front of cameras on MTV. They were
formed on a reality show called ‘Making the Band’. The show is now in its 3rd
season and follows Day 26 and their
climb up the music business ladder. The
group consists on five male members:
Brian Andrews, Mike “Butta” McCluney,
Qwanell “Q” Mosley, Robert Curry and
Willie Taylor.
When asked how they feel when performing at smaller venues like the Unity
Week Concert in comparison to large
venues such as Madison Square Garden,
Qwanell “Q” Mosley said, “The roar of
the crowd in a larger venue, because there
are so many more people, gives an adrenaline rush that makes you want to give so
much more”.
After Day 26 performed for about an
hour, DJ Wallah entertained the crowd
during intermission before Ludacris’
performance.
Hip Hop artist Ludacris (Christopher
Bridges) has been on the music scene
since 1999. He is a rapper from Atlanta,
Georgia. Ludacris is a multi-platinum selling artist as well as a three time Grammy
award winner. He performed lots of his
past and present hits and had the crowd
roaring and singing along throughout his
entire performance.
Ludacris was unavailable for an interview.
Student Org Election Ends Today
The election for Student Organization
president and an entirely new cabinet to
lead the university’s estimated 13,000 students in the 2009-2010 school year ends
today at 6 p.m. when balloting closes.
At presstime, students were still voting,
and a final vote count was not yet available.
Candidates representing three slates
—known as “Team Change,” “Team X-Pect
Change” and “All-Star”—were running
for the so-called executive board, which is
the overall student governing body for
the college.
The executive board slates featured
the candidate for Student Org president
and his party slate of candidates for
his cabinet, which include the positions
of Vice President of Funded Groups,
Vice President of Committees, Vice President of Student Affairs, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director of
Public Relations.
Also running were the presidents for
the 2010 senior class, the 2011 junior
class and the 2012 sophomore class.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Concert Review: Kean's Composer in Residence Honored in Concert Spanning His Career
By Raquel Fernandes
Gather around, music fans. Leave your
Beethoven records at home and come hear
some brand new music by world-renowned
composer, Frank Ezra Levy.
The works of Frank Ezra Levy will be
performed by the Kean University Concert Artists in a special concert celebrating
Mr. Levy’s 2008-2009 role as Composer in
Residence.
The program will comprise selected
works from Mr. Levy’s distinguished career and will conclude with the World Premiere performance of A Cycle by the Sea, a
collection of songs with text from poems
by Joel Allegretti. This is the second of two
major works composed especially for the
Kean Concert Artists.
The repertoire for the concert spans
several periods of Mr. Levy’s career. The
earliest works, Sonata for Unaccompanied
tively, while the more recent works on the
program, Piano Trio #3, Apostrophe #1 for
Viola, Xylophone and Piano and A Cycle by
the Sea, were completed between 2007
and 2008.
Levy began to study cello at age 10, and
in 1948, attended the Juilliard School of
Music where he studied under Leonard
Rose. After obtaining his B.S. degree from
Juilliard, Levy attended the University
of Chicago where he received his M.A. in
The repertoire for this concert spans several periods
of Mr. Levy’s career.
Frank Ezra Levy, Composer in Residence at Kean
University 2008-2009
Viola and Sonata for Clarinet and Piano,
were completed in 1959 and 1967, respec-
musicology in 1954. Levy published over
100 works, including four symphonies,
vocal music and a large variety of chamber
music that has been performed by major
orchestras and chamber ensemble.
Mr. Levy has been an honored guest of
Dr. Mathew Halper on his New Music Forum, Ars Vitalis. He composed works for a
number of Kean’s Concert Artists, including violist Brett Deubner, guitarist Christopher Kenniff, and soprano Katherine
Harris. His Sonata Ricercare for Viola and
Piano was first performed in Kean Hall by
Concert Artists Brett Deubner and Allison
Brewster Franzetti on a Concert Artist recital on December 11, 2007.
Levy's Cycles by the Sea will be held
on Thursday, April 23, at Kean Hall at
8:00p.m. Tickets are available at the box
office in Wilkin’s Theatre or online at www.
keanstage.com. Public admission is $15;
Alumni, faculty, staff and seniors are $10;
and students and children are $5.
Visit www.keanconcertartists.com for
more information.
Movie ReviewS
"Knowing" is Sometimes Harder Than Not Knowing
"12 Rounds" Keeps you on the Edge of Your Seat
By Kelly Pennisi
When you play a game, you must play by
the rules, but in the new film, 12 Rounds,
the rules are stacked against the hero.
Someone he loves is held captive, and
he has no choice but to learn to play the
game.
Directed by Renny Harlin, 12 Rounds is
an action-packed movie filled with nonstop movement that will keep you on the
edge of your seat.
In the film, Smackdown! star John Cena
is Detective Danny Fisher a New Orleans
The games consist of mind games, puzzles, and dangerous tasks such as trying to
stop a speeding train from crashing into
a crowd celebrating Mardi-Gras without
killing anybody.
The film has an exciting cast. Centa is
most known for his wrestling career on
Monday night RAW where he is a heavy
weight champion, but he has also made
appearances on other shows such as Fast
Cars and Superstars, Deal and No Deal,
Punk’d, and Manhunt.
Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor who has
starred in many films such as Shanghai
if you play games, make sure you set the rules.
detective who is about to experience the
worst day of his life.
After previously capturing a nearly untraceable international terrorist named
Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen), Fisher accidentally kills Jackson’s girlfriend.
Jackson is convicted, but he later breaks
out of prison and seeks revenge against
Fisher. He kidnaps Fisher’s girlfriend Molly Porter (played by Ashley Scott) and tells
Fisher that in order to get her back Fisher
will have to play a game.
The game has 12 rounds, all intricately
created and made so that in order for Fisher to complete them, he must play only by
Jackson’s rules.
Knights, Amazing Grace, The Darkling and
many others. Not only has Gillen starred
in film, but he has also done theatre and
made some television appearances as
well.
Last but not least is Ashley Scott who
plays Molly Porter, Fisher’s girlfriend.
Scott has done many movies which include
Dark Angel, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and
Birds of Prey. She has also starred on the
FOX hit show Dark Angel.
This is movie is great for anyone to see
for anyone who loves non-stop action.
Just remember if you play games, make
sure next time you make the rules.
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Every little kid in elementary school
draws pictures of people living on other
planets and imagines that someday dogs
will talk and people will fly. However,
what happens if instead of drawing imaginary picutes, the child writes numbers of
dates and deaths that do actually occur in
the future.
The year is 1958. Students at a Massachusetts elementary school are asked
to draw pictures of what they expect the
world to look like and what changes in
the world they believe will take place. Students draw pictures of aircrafts, aliens and
outer space. But one little girl, Lucinda
Embry (Lara Robinson) fills her piece of
paper with lines of numbers. The student’s
teacher, Miss Taylor (Danielle Carter), collects the papers from the students and
places them each in an envelope. Together, the students stand outside and watch
as their envelopes of artwork are placed in
a time capsule to be opened by students
50 years later.
The year is now 2009. The new generation of students at the Massachusetts
elementary school are excited to watch
the time capsule be brought up from under the ground and eager to look at the
pictures previous students drew. Caleb
Koestler (Chandler Canterbury) opens his
envelope only to find a sheet filled with
nothing but lines of numbers – the paper
that Lucinda left. Later that evening, Caleb’s father, John Koestler (Nicolas Cage)
notices a piece of paper sticking out of
Caleb’s backpack. Although his son was
not to take the paper and asks him to take
it back to school, John is curious of the
numbers and wonders why a child would
write such numbers.
The beginning numbers, 9112001, draw
John’s attention and he places slashes in
between the numbers to separate them,
only to realize that the numbers come
across as 9/11/2001. The following numbers represent the amount of deaths resulting from the Sept. 11 tragedy. But
these aren’t the only numbers on the sheet
as myriad are to follow in a timely fashion.
Struggling to find out why the numbers
are written, he searches through history
dates, events and the deaths resulting.
At the same time, his son begins hearing
voices in his head and random strangers
follow him. Trying to protect his son and
also trying to figure out the meaning of
the numbers, John realizes that at the end
of the paper, the numbers stop. There are
no dates and no deaths, only the letters
“EE” written backwards.
Sometimes, knowing is much harder
than not knowing. If you see this movie,
you’ll know what happens.
The Tower | April 8, 2009
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AROUND CAMPUS
Rachel's Rave: The Huck Finn Experience
by Rachel rothspan
Just beyond the Kean Campus, there are
hundreds of food places with open doors,
waiting for the hungry student to wander
in and enjoy any number of entrees. College students have to eat too—but sometimes it is hard to find just the right place
that offers good food, decent prices and
friendly service, all within a reasonable
distance from campus.
Good news comes in the form of a diner
just down Morris Avenue. The Huck Finn
diner opens its doors at 6 A.M. every
morning, and does not close them until
2 A.M. the following morning on weekdays and 4 A.M. on Saturday and Sunday.
While they do offer takeout, the charm of
the Huck Finn comes in the form of the
shiny booths, the clean floors and the sixties and seventies music that plays over
the sound system.
Besides the late hours, the diner offers
free Wi-fi to all of its clients as well as seating for parties up to forty people, making
ties when Diakides’ Uncle Gus purchased
a diner down the street. He called it the
Mark Twain after his favorite writer, also
known as Samuel Clemens. In 1994, the
family purchased the Peter Pan Diner; they
cleaned up and renamed it the Huck Finn.
Today, the family only owns the Huck Finn
—they sold the Mark Twain in September
“We aren’t a fancy diner but
we try to keep everything
to a good standard level.”
it an excellent choice for both single students looking to get some work done or
for the big crews going out after the latest
sport match. To top it all off, it is accessible from campus via the 52 bus.
There is more to this diner than just
the initial appeal. I sat down with George
Diakides who, along with his other family members, runs the diner. The business has been in the family since the Six-
to focus on the bigger location.
Diakides said that his entire family has
worked in the diner throughout college
and eventually he ended up with the keys
in hand. Today, the Huck Finn is a favorite
spot for people of all ages, ranging from
13-year-old youths to people in their 80s.
The restaurant employs 25-30 employees
and seats up to 300 people with 130 parking spaces. What is it that makes the diner special?
“We try to stick to the business,” says
Diakides. “We aren’t a fancy diner but we
try to keep everything to a good standard
level.”
That is not to say that the menu does
not get any updates. Recently, disco fries
(French fries with gravy and cheese) made
its way onto the menu, although people
have been ordering it since the eighties
when they would come in after the discos
to get snacks.
Next time you need somewhere to go to
grab a bite to eat, consider the place that
has everything students look for in a good
venue. The Huck Finn has good food, good
prices, good stories and good resources for
students. If you aren’t sure what to order,
I recommend the pasta salad. Diakides
recommends the Happy Waitress or the
Rueben.
“And of course, the disco fries,” he says
with a smile.
HEALTH & FITNESS
Amazing, Interesting and Unusual Facts About Health
BY Dr. Josh Palgi and Dr. Jessica Adams
Apples and berries contain pectin,
which reduces the amount of fat absorbed by our cells; in this way leading
to natural weight loss.
The United States tops the world in
plastic surgery procedures. Next
comes Mexico.
Oenophobia is the Fear of wines.
The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day.
Only 1 person in 2 billion will
live to be 116.
The fastest growing nail is on the
middle finger.
Panophobia is the fear of everything.
The strongest muscle in the human
body is the tongue.
Chocolate contains the same chemical, phenyl ethylamine that your brain
produces when you fall in love.
Left handed people live slightly shorter
lives than right handed people.
You spend 1/3 of your life in bed.
An average person will spend two
weeks of their life kissing.
Avocados have more protein than any
other fruit.
Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing
tears.
Women blink twice as often as men.
Food will get to your stomach even
if you’re standing on your head.
Skin is the largest body organ.
The general perception is that HIV virus
is very infectious and contagious, however, Hepatitis B Virus is 100 times
more infectious than HIV.
When you are looking at someone you
love, your pupils dilate, and they do
the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
The human head is one-quarter of our
total length at birth but only one-eighth
of our total length by the time we reach
adulthood.
In a lifetime, the average person produces about 25,000 quarts of saliva,
enough to fill two swimming pools.
The largest cell in the human body is
the female egg and the smallest is the
male sperm.
Can you lose calories by merely kissing? Apparently so, you lose 26 calories if you kiss for a minute and 260 if
you did it for 10 minutes.
A woman’s sense of smell is most
sensitive during ovulation.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to
squirt blood 30 feet.
U.S. businesses lose more than $1
trillion a year in productivity due to
chronic illness.
We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. A layer of cartilage in the joints gets compressed
during the day.
Research has shown that guilt damages your immune system by lowering
your immunoglobulin levels.
The human heart weighs less than a
pound.
On average, a man spends about five
months of his life shaving.
The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger.
Each nostril of a human being registers smell in a different way. Smells
that are made from the right nostril are
more pleasant than the left.
Flirting is good for you.
Nerve impulses travel at over 400 km/
hr (25 mi/hr).
The largest feet in the world belong
to a Mr. Matthew McGrory who lives in
America whose feet are a whopping size
28.
Life expectancy for women in the
United States is 82, at the turn of the
century it was only 50.
About 10% of the world’s population is
left-handed.
Testicular cancer has the highest
cure rates among all cancers (>90%).
The highest recorded speed of a
sneeze is 165 km per hour.
The average red blood cell lives for
120 days.
It is impossible to sneeze with your
eyes open.
Never Too Late to Start. Unfortunately, many Americans are notoriously unfit, Dr. Niedfeldt says. “Research has
shown that 23.7% of Americans have
no physical activity, and fewer than
50% get the recommended amount of
physical activity. Among adults over
65, only 39% get the recommended
amount of exercise,” he says, adding:
“As we age, it’s even more important
to stay fit.”
Stay Well and Healthy!
Dr. Josh Palgi, Professor, Physical Education, Recreation and Health Dept.
Dr. Jessica Adams, Professor, Physical Education,
Recreation and Health Dept.
By Lillie Morales-Torres
This spring, I had the opportunity to sign up for a Communication Department
Travel Learn course in Paris, France. What started out as a nightmare turned out
to be a life experience that began the minute I boarded that Air France plane in
Liberty International Airport in Newark. It was not about the perfect trip. It
was about the obstacles I faced as an individual and with my group on tour in
a foreign country. It was about the sad goodbyes and the new friendships we
formed throughout the trip. It was the foods we ate and the enchanting places
we visited. And it was about the exposure to another culture and learning to
adjust to it. It was those things and so much more.
I was able to keep a diary on my journey. Here are some excerpts.
DAY 1: Our flight was great. I didn’t feel a thing, not even the landing. I guess
everything’s always too good to be true. My friend Heidy and I had planned this
trip since October. When we arrived to the airport in France, Heidy was not allowed in because she had an Ecuadorian passport. It was a nightmare. Six hours
on a plane to make her get on the next flight back home. Heidy was devastated.
She could not stop crying. It turned out that in order to travel outside the United
States, she needed a Visa. Also, her passport and ticket had different last names,
and that Liberty-Newark airport messed up by letting her get on a plane to begin
with. I wish we had known all of this beforehand. I still feel awful. This trip is not
looking good. I hope she can come back though—if she’ll be up to it. She’s gone
through a lot today. We were all exhausted upon arrival. The bad part was that
instead of our hotel rooms being ready for us, we couldn’t get in until 3pm. It
was awful. We all had to shove our luggage behind the bar in the lobby and pray
no one would take them—and then we had to walk, like a bunch of zombies, to
grab lunch. I could honestly care less for lunch. I just wanted sleep! A few of the
girls couldn’t help it and actually fell asleep at the table in the restaurant. I miss
my daughter already and part of me wants to go back home. The highlight of my
day was trying my first crepe. Very yummy.
DAY 2: Last night, we had our first dinner in Paris. A restaurant called Mezza
Luna. Not sure if it's even Parisian, but the food was great. I had Crème chicken
with fries, a nice salad, and for desert, some sort of whipped chocolate cream.
Right before dinner, I stopped at a nice store called Etam and picked up a nice
big bag. Everyone kept asking me where I bought it, but when I returned to the
store with one of the girls, there were no more. The sales girl said they get in
new stuff every day. The French are way ahead of us in fashion and we wonder
how. It changes every day. They don't waste a second and when I really thought
about it, I can't say I saw anyone wearing the same thing anywhere. Sure, the
riding boot trend with leggings or tights was strong, but everyone had their own
unique style. And when you walk into a Parisian store, you'll find a few of each
piece, making it hard for everyone to own the same piece. That's why I made it a
goal to shop in Paris. No, my money will not go toward rare, expensive cuisine,
admission to overpriced cabarets, or cheesy souvenirs. It will be well invested in
the greatest souvenirs I can give myself, little pieces of Parisian fashion.
DAY 3: Will I ever sleep? For the last three days I have been walking around on
three hours of sleep per night. I think I slept more when my daughter was born.
Last night was another nightmare. A room in the hotel got robbed. Two of the
girls from our group came back after dinner to find their iPods, cameras, and a
diamond watch missing from their room. It was upsetting to all of us, and scary.
So there I was alone, because Heidy decided not to try to come back out to Paris.
Plus, the airline lost her luggage. Poor girl. And I had no roommate. I am a coward. Anyone who knows me wouldn’t believe I can stay alone after hearing that
kind of news. What if the same person breaks in while I’m asleep? I shouldn’t
have watched Taken last week. Bad idea. There’s no way I could doze off with
those thoughts. Luckily, God sent me an angel! Our tour leader assistant, Tanya,
came by and told me if I couldn’t sleep, she was also alone and to give her a call
so we could bunk together. Not knowing her well, I hesitated. 1am. 2am. 3am.
That’s it. I need to sleep. So I picked up the phone and dialed her room. Turns out
she couldn’t sleep either. So she came on over.
On three hours of sleep, Tanya and I struggled out of bed for an early day, and
hopped onto the bus at 8 am. We got a nice little tour ride, at least we could sit
and a second tour guide, Julian, showed us around Paris. We had a few stops
to take pictures. It was nice. Not too challenging. We toured sites like the Eiffel
Tower, Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, the Seine, and much more.
Dinner is in a few minutes. After that, we’re supposed to take a boat ride along
the Seine and climb up the Eiffel Tower.
…Now another girl on the tour gets pick pocketed…
DAY 4: Too tired to write much today. We went to the Louvre. Very interesting. I enjoyed all the detail in the art and architecture. The paintings are stunning. It’s an enormous museum. There’s even a mall inside—they have stores
like Express, Sephora, cafes, a cafeteria, candy and jewelry shops. I really liked
the glass pyramids. The Mona Lisa is much smaller than I’d imagined. Afterwards, I walked back with two other girls from the group, Nicole and Danielle.
It was a long walk. Marie Helen, our tour guide, said it’d be a 15 minute walk…
Not with our legs it wasn’t. It was a beautiful walk though. We crossed a bridge
where people were sitting on blankets reading books, drinking wine, and playing guitar. Others were taking photographs and couples—young and old—were
holding hands. Off the bridge was a long street full of vendors selling books,
paintings, post cards, souvenirs, and more. Even our New York City, my favorite
place, cannot compare.
…Now the locks are defective at the hotel. So Tanya is officially my new
roommate…
Photography and layout by Ana Maria Silverman
DAY 5: Julian met with us again, this time at the Musee d’Orsay, an Impressionist art museum. It was another early morning. This time, I was walking on
four hours of sleep. I must admit, I felt my head bobbing and had to pinch myself
to stay awake. I needed coffee! When we got to Van Gogh’s section, I woke up
because he is one of my personal favorite artists. I enjoyed that part so much.
And his wasn’t the only section I enjoyed. I found Monet’s work more interesting
because I was able to see the originals up close, and a few other artists as well.
We had the rest of the day free. Marie Helen took us to the most charming, little
outdoor restaurant in the park right out of Musee d’Orsay. She is so sweet and
very funny. I have to say, we all loved it. I had my caffeine. And I resuscitated.
And my waffle topped with Chantilly (whipped cream) complimented it. Next,
we shopped.
…We’re all alright—the bonds and friendships we’ve formed have helped us
overcome the bad and allowed us to enjoy the rest of our trip (hopefully nothing
else goes wrong!)…
DAY 6: Two more days to go… I’ve left a lot out in my journals. The truth is if
I sat down and wrote every detail, I’d never leave my room. In these past days,
we saw the Loire Valley, which was gorgeous. We lunched in a lovely small village that I enjoyed so much I would have liked to stay longer. And I caught up
on some sleep on the bus. Today, we visited the Chartres Cathedral which was
a religious experience. It was very beautiful. I had lost my grandfather just last
weekend and spent the week before this trip trying to console my mother and
going to his funeral. I couldn’t help but to think of him when I knelt down to
pray at one of the altars. It’s been a hard trip for me. I thought about my family
and my daughter and how much I miss her. Tanya, Stephanie, and I bought gifts
from the shop and were able to have them blessed by the priest. He also blessed
each one of us. I think that’s when I truly began to feel better about this trip. I
felt…blessed.
DAY 7: My Español has helped me so much it’s unbelievable. Who’d have
thought—Spanish in France? We’ve had a lot of free time here and there over
the past few days. Every time Tanya, Stephanie, and I can’t communicate anymore in French—we unleash our Spanish and we have been so lucky most people understand. Even if it is Italian, we can communicate. We went to the cutest
little piano bar last night. It was great. Very classy. Red velvet chairs and real
brick walls. A guy singing Elton John and romantic songs in French. All I could
make out was De Soleil and C’est la vie . Today was supposed to be a free day
along with tomorrow but not if you’re in this for credit. Professor Gluck set us
up for tours with the Associated Press and The International Herald Tribune. My
being a Communication major with a journalism focus, I enjoyed the opportunity. But many of the other girls could not relate. Afterwards, we headed out to
see the Moulin Rouge. Extremely overrated. It was in an ugly part of France and
nothing worth seeing. (Well, we didn’t see the show or anything- just stopped by
to take pictures.) The rest of the day… a late dinner, shopping at the little shops
in the area and off to bed.
DAY 8: We’re finally on six hours of sleep for the past two days. And not to
mention the sleep we’ve gotten on the bus. No entry tonight. My last day here,
so I’ve got to use it wisely. That means I’ll be exhausted by tonight. Plans for
today: Visit Sonia Rykiel’s fashion exhibit at the Musee de La Mode, shop at the
Lafayette Galleries, visit Notre Dame, and eat a pastry. It will get done. We’re on
good time this morning. My daughter is expecting six presents from me when
I get back. So far, I’ve got five, but I can do a few more, she’s my princess. The
most exciting thing I’ve bought her so far is a wooden hot air balloon with a
woven basket and a little French flag that hangs from the ceiling. I can’t wait to
see her face. Besides that, I plan to stop at the Monoprix (supposedly the French
Wal-Mart, but too fancy to be a Wal-Mart to me—I wish that was our Wal-Mart)
to buy a few bottles of wine, some French chocolates and goodies to bring back
home. It will be a long day.
Home. It’s only eight hours away from now. Paris was a dream, although it
started out as a nightmare. It is a life experience I will take with me. But I’ve had
enough of Paris and of the French. After all, I am a Jersey Girl… Au Revoir!
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April 8, 2009 | The Tower
EDITORIAL
The Tower
Department of Communication
STUDENT ELECTIONS? WHAT ELECTIONS?
Think back to High School class elections. Do you remember the posters, fliers, and campaign
booths? Or the speeches, pins, and, of course, the bribes of food or small gifts. Whether your
school was big or small, class elections were a very public and popular activity. But now that we
are in college, could you say that you are as involved and as aware of the student elections here?
Did you know when the ballots were open?
Student Organization has been holding candidate speeches over the past week and many
students were not aware that this was even going on. Students need to be more involved, yes, but
you cannot do that if they do not know where and when the election is taking place. Of course,
Student Organization sent out mass emails to students, but honestly many students do not read
emails. There should be hundreds of people at these speeches and campaign meetings, but there
is minimal information about when they take place.
Campaigning began April 1 in the University Center where candidates and their followers set up
tables and displays throughout the lobby. As you walked by on your way to class, you were stopped
by a flier pushed in your face to vote for this team or that team. Ten feet later, the flier goes in the
trash and the student moves on to class. How is that going to win votes? Or gain awareness for
that matter? The students need to be moved, they need to feel like their vote will count and that
what the candidate is running for will help change the issues at large. But when the students do
not know the issues or the candidates for that matter, it is hard for them to be interested.
Student Organization would say in order to learn about the issues and the elections students
should attend the meetings. But like the election, the meetings are also something that seem to
be hush-hush. The meetings are on the Student Organization website, which is a cat and mouse
chase to find, but they are not posted throughout the halls so students know when they are and
what will be discussed. According to the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, all citizens have
the right to have adequate advance notice of all public meetings and the right to attend those
meetings when business affecting the public is discussed or acted upon. Where is our “adequate
advance notice?”
Student elections are important to the University and they need to become something that all
students at Kean want to be involved in. We need to join together and have our voices heard, but
in order to do so, we need to be aware of how we can do that.
Kean University
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ANGER MANAGEMENT
THE BUREAUCRACY NEEDS TO GET WITH IT
By Kelly Nemeth
There are many notices that Kean manages to get to students with ample time. The
tuition bill, for example, is always in the mail on time, there for you to quickly pay.
But when it comes to senior activities, it seems that notifying the students is less of a
priority. Important announcements or forms always seem to miraculously get lost in
the mail or come too late.
Older forms for graduation cap and gown were due on March 27. The order form did
not reach mailboxes until March 25. That gave us two days to get in the forms. For some,
two days seems like a decent amount of time, but Kean sends the forms to our permanent households, where some of us do not live during the year. Residents on campus
and those who live off campus need to either have someone bring the forms to us or we
have to go get them. It is an unnecessary hassle. They should have made it more known
to seniors that either it was on its way to us or that we could just go to the UC and pick
up an order form. Many did not know you could do that. Why? Because no one notified
us that this was an option.
Senior formal was barely advertised as well. It is a way for seniors to have a night
to themselves with their friends. An email was sent to Kean Google about formal, but
honestly many students rarely look at their email unless it has to do with a class. The
formal was also in the same packet as the graduation order form, days after it went on
sale. Also, why do they even call it a senior formal, when after a period of time, it is open
to all students? That defeats the purpose of the entire night dedicated to seniors.
Another obstacle we need to face is the fact that there is always some sudden
issue about credits, courses, or grades right before it’s time to graduate. Throughout the
past week I have heard of three cases. In one, Kean listed a student under the wrong
major. In another, the school forgot to issue a teaching certificate, and in the last case, a
student took a class this semester that was renamed and turned out to be a course she
already took. No one told her that the class was renamed and she already received credit
for it once and could not again.
In November through January seniors needed to submit graduation papers that had
an advisor’s signature. If there was a problem, the student would be notified. That was
the whole point of issuing them early. A notification six weeks before graduation is not
good enough.
Student awareness is something that seems to be decreasing in this school. Sending
out mass emails is easy, but it’s lazy. It seems that Kean has priority issues on what
needs to be done and what could wait.
The Tower | April 8, 2009
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OPINIONS
Organ Donation Saves Lives
By Jillian Johnson
Ronald Herrick took a risk and gave
something to his brother that saved his
life. In December of 1954, he gave one of
his kidney’s to his identical twin brother,
Richard.
Ronald was the world’s first living organ
donor in a successful transplant procedure. Although doctors were skeptical of
the procedure because of previous failings with organ transplants at the time,
Ronald could no longer watch his brother suffer. Richard needed a new kidney
due to chronic nephritis, which is an
inflammation of the kidney. Ronald took
a risk that resulted in success as both he
and his brother, Richard, lived happy and
healthy lives.
Since Ronald’s organ donation, over
500,000 organ transplant surgeries have
been performed. If you could give something that would benefit anyone, organ
donation is the perfect gift.
Roughly 101,253 people are waiting for
a new organ, according to The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
(OPTN). As this number continues to
grow, the number of deaths of those not
receiving an organ also grows. About 18
Americans die each day waiting for a new
organ, according to The Lifeline of Ohio.
Although organ donation is one of the
greatest gifts that can benefit anyone, others still remain skeptical whether or not to
donate. Over the years, organ transplantation has become more advanced, making
the procedure more successful. An organ
donation from either a deceased or living
person helps rescue another life.
Organ donation is the process of removing organs from one person (donor) and
putting them into another person’s body
(the recipient). The organs that can be
donated include kidneys, hearts, livers,
lungs, pancreas, intestines and corneas.
Aside from organs, one can also donate
skin, bones and bone marrows.
Many believe that age plays a role in organ donation. It is thought that receiving
an organ from an older person will mean
a shorter life span. This is not true. In
Mississippi, an 84-year-old man’s family
donated his organs. His liver was given to
a 17-year-old boy who lived in New York.
Also, the oldest documented organ donor
in the United States was a 96-year-old, according to the Mississippi Organ Recovery
Agency (MORA). Newborns as well as senior citizens are organ donors.
Through the United Network for Organ
Sharing (UNOS) Organ Center, organ donors are matched to waiting recipients 24
hours a day, 365 days a year. One’s medical condition at the time of death will de-
More than 100,000 people
are waiting for a new organ.
termine what organs and tissues can be
donated. Common reasons for needing
a new organ include obesity, diabetes,
smoking, alcohol consumption and hypertension/heart disease/stroke. To reduce
the need for a new organ, people should
follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly. People also should visit their doctors and test regularly to ensure they are
in a healthy condition. For dietary guidelines, visit the Center for Disease Control
and the Food and Drug Administration.
For children’s healthy choices, visit www.
Waiting list of candidates as of 3/25/09 from The Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
source: www.optn.org
All
Kidney
Pancreas
Kidney/pancreas
Liver
Intestine
Heart
Lung
Heart/Lung
101,253
78,938
1,550
2,264
15,727
213
2,777
1,959
84
Note: all candidates will be less than the sum due to those waiting for multiple organs
healthierUS.gov.
Anyone over the age of 18 can show that
they want to be an organ donor by signing
a donor card. New Jersey allows people to
write that they want to be an organ donor
on their driver’s license. An organ donor
card can be downloaded and printed at
www.organdonor.gov/newdonorcard.pdf.
Be sure to carry the card in your wallet
or purse. Also, be sure your family members are aware of your wishes to donate
your organs because they will clarify that
you are an organ donor. If you are under
the age of 18, a parent or guardian must
consent; therefore, be sure to talk to your
family and ensure that they are aware of
your wishes.
Thanks to those who are organ donors,
27,958 people received an organ in 2008,
according to The Lifeline of Ohio. You
can give the gift of life by becoming an
organ donor.
For more information, visit these web
addresses:
• The Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) http://www.msora.org
• The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) www.optn.org
• The National Women’s Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
• The Lifeline of Ohio www.lifelineofohio.org
• U.S. Government on Organ & Tissue
Donation and Transplantation http://
www.organdonor.gov/
• “How Organ Donation Works” by Tom
Scheve, http://health.howstuffworks.
com/ organ-donation.htm
Trolley Troubles
By Lauren Buttacavole
While holding on to one of
the straps to keep me from falling over, I heard a loud crash
from inside the trolley. Totally
clueless of what was happening; I looked around and found
a white bulb shattered on the
floor, a few feet away from where I
was standing.
“Are you ok?” said one of the
girls sitting near to where I was
standing.
She told me that the bulb hit
my book bag. I felt immediate relief that I escaped a dangerous and embarrassing situation. My quiet ride soon turned into shared conversation about the craziness of the
incident. A few students turned the situation into a joke about wanting to get hit with
the bulb just so they could file a lawsuit and have their tuition paid.
The trolleys and buses at Kean are supposed to conveniently bring students to and
from their classes between the East and Main campuses. I think these rides are convenient, but they aren’t always pleasant. And I’m not alone in thinking that.
Leslie Rojas, a psychology major, says she frequently rides on the trolley even though
she feels it can be unsafe and uncomfortable.
On many of the trolleys and buses, there aren’t enough seats and people are forced
to crowd onto the vehicle. The drivers don’t turn away students when there are not any
seats left. It is the option of the students, and many choose to stand.
Even when there is some squeezable room left on the trolley to sit, it still can be
sometimes difficult to catch yourself from sliding all over the place. Still, at least this is
better than holding on to one of the straps on the trolley in an effort not to lose your
balance. Squeezing into a seat might cut off a little circulation, but it does prevent you
from being thrown into the person in front of you like when you’re standing. Keeping a
good balance while flailing in different directions as you stand is a challenge.
So if you’re not feeling well, carrying a heavy load, or are exhausted from staying up
late the night before, try to grab a seat before everyone else does. “I commute and have
a lot of stuff to carry,” says Jennifer Grilli. “It’s nice to have someone drive me.”
On the trolley, it’s survival of the fittest.
Grilli says she likes to ride on the trolley and feels that it is a nice break in the
day, although she would rather wait for the next one when she sees there aren’t enough
seats left.
Then there’s the rushing and shoving to get the best seat on the trolley. Where’s the
respect? Forget about a guy giving up his seat for a girl these days. When it comes to
trolley rides, it is survival of the fittest. Sometimes when you’re standing outside and
that cold, wintry wind slaps you in the face, respect sort of goes out the window. Now
that spring is finally here, maybe manners will return. Let’s see what will happen when
the weather gets warmer.
Maybe patience is the best answer in this situation. If you want to take the bus or
trolley and don’t have another option, but want to avoid the feeling of doing a balancing
act, then wait for the next available one. They do come by relatively often. On a nice day,
it might even be a good idea to walk.
Even though a trolley or bus can be a bit uncomfortable or unsafe at times, it is nice to
know they are available if and when we need them. So let’s appreciate what we do have
and show a little more respect to others. By the way, don’t forget to thank the driver on
your way out.
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Men's Lacrosse Starts Season Strong
By Nicole VonGonten
Coming off of a 2008 in which the Cougars went 14-6 and were Skyline Conference Champions, Kean opened its Men’s
Lacrosse season this year splitting the
first two games against Washington College and Manhattanville College.
Following the win against Manhattanville, the Cougars hosted Mount Ida College on March 7.
In the first period, the Cougars struck
first. Eric Gillar set up the goal for C.J.
Gannon with 12 minutes to go in the period. Mount Ida came back to tie minutes
later. Scott Leathem and Anthony Bertucci
netted back-to-back goals for Kean to give
them a 3-1 lead. The Mustangs added another goal before the period ended. Kean
gained their two-goal lead back in the second period on a goal by Jazimar Bailey.
Seconds later, Mount Ida cut the lead back
to one with an unassisted goal. Josh Jordan, Bailey and Gillar added three more
goals for the Cougars. Kean closed out the
period leading, 7-4.
The Cougars scored five goals in the
third period. Kean kept the Mustangs
off the board for the entire period. Gillar
notched his second goal of the day in the
Cougars’ five-goal period. At the end of the
third period, Kean came out on top, 12-4.
In the fourth period, Mount Ida gained
the edge. The Mustangs scored three goals
in the period, shutting out Kean the entire
period. It still wasn’t enough as the Cougars held on to a 12-7 conquest, earning
consecutive wins.
Kean traveled to face 20th-ranked
Stevens Institute on March 9. Stevens
jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first
period. With four minutes left in the pe-
first period with both defenses trying to
keep the other team off the board. The
Pride took the first lead with three min-
Junior Scott Leathem looks to score for the Cougars.
riod, the Cougars got on the board. C.J.
Gannon scored the goal off an assist from
Scott Leathem. Anthony Bertucci cut the
Ducks’ lead with another goal for Kean.
Stevens commanded the beginning of
the second period. The Ducks scored four
straight goals to start the period and magnify their lead to 7-2. Gannon scored his
second goal of the first half for Kean, but
Stevens quickly added two more before
the first half ended.
The second half saw Kean attempting to
cut Stevens’ lead, but it would prove futile.
Stevens Institute garnered a 14-9 victory.
Kean looked to return to their winning
ways against Widener University on March
11. Kean and Widener battled through the
utes left in that period. In the second period, Widener scored twice and kept Kean
scoreless, protecting a 3-0 margin.
The Cougars started to make a comeback
in the third period, though. Anthony Bertucci scored Kean’s first goal of the game
and then followed up with his second minutes later. Josh Morales came through for
Kean when he scored the tying goal off an
assist by Nick Esposito. Going into the final period, both teams remained tied. The
Pride went ahead again on an unassisted
goal by Andrew Janusz. Bertucci tied the
game two minutes later with his third goal
of the game. Seconds later, Bertucci broke
the tie and Kean scored two insurance
goals to complete the 7-5 win.
Vassar College traveled to play Kean on
March 14. The Cougars took a commanding 7-0 lead through the first half of play.
The Brewers got on the board late in the
second period and ended the first half lagging behind, 7-1.
Kean dominated the second half. Vassar was never able to overcome the deficit.
The Cougars went on to rout the Brewers,
14-5. Juniors Scott Leathem and Jazimar
Bailey led the way for the Cougars with
two goals and two assists each.
The Cougars suffered their third loss of
the season when they faced Colorado College on March 19. Kean held a 2-0 lead
when the first period ended. Colorado netted their first goal in the second half to cut
the deficit to 2-1. Nick Angrisani scored
another goal for Kean to extend the lead
back to two. The Cougars nursed a 3-2 advantage at halftime.
Colorado College made a comeback in
the second half. Colorado College scored
three goals in the third period to take the
lead from Kean. The Cougars scored a goal
in the fourth period and trailed, 5-4. Kean
lost anyway, 7-4.
Kean looked to return to their winning
ways when they traveled to face Centenary
College on March 24. In the first half, the
Cougars dominated on both offense and
defense. Kean outscored Centenary, 7-1.
Anthony Bertucci led the Cougars in the
first half with two goals.
The Cyclones could not trim Kean’s
large lead in the second half. The Cougars whipped the Cyclones, 16-3. Junior
goalkeeper John Gesumaria produced 10
saves for Kean in the victory.
Women's Lacrosse Off to Tough Start
By Nicole VonGonten
The women’s lacrosse team is coming off
a 2008 season that saw them go 14-6 and
to the Skyline Conference Championship
Game and the ECAC Tournament. Heading into 2009, the Lady Cougars hoped
to repeat their recent success. They soon
found out it may be difficult to repeat.
Ready to begin the season, Kean traveled to Western Connecticut State University on March 12.
The Lady Colonials took the quick lead
in the first period. Kara Kruczkiewicz
scored three straight unassisted goals for
the early 3-0 lead. Nicole Torre made sure
to get Kean on the board before the first
half ended with an unassisted goal. The
Lady Cougars trailed, 3-1.
Kean quickly cut the Lady Colonials’
lead early in the second half. Erica Kelly scored off of an assist from Amanda
South to cut the deficit to 3-2. Western
Connecticut then went onto score seven
straight goals. Ashley Caruso started the
scoring attack with back-to-back goals;
Whitney Fairchild duplicated it. Fairchild and Caruso each scored one more goal
before Kean finally got back on the board.
Down 10-2, Amanda South scored two
goals to cut the deficit to 10-4. The Lady
Colonials increased their lead again with
three more goals to put the game out
of reach. Nicole Torre scored two goals
for Kean as the second half expired, but
the Lady Cougars lost, 13-6.
In a non-conference action on March
14, Kean traveled to face Gwynedd-Mercy
College.
The Lady Griffins took the early lead in
the first half, scoring three straight goals.
The Lady Cougars quickly came back. Kelly
Mataya, Amanda South and Julie Bachovchin scored three successive goals in less
than three minutes to tie the game at 3-3
Ready to begin the season,
Kean traveled to Western
Connecticut State University
on March 12.
ten minutes into the first half. The Lady
Griffins regained the lead minutes later,
and it would be the goal that gave them
the lead for good. The first half ended with
Kean down by two, 8-6.
In the second half, Gwynedd-Mercy
widened their lead. The Lady Cougars
could never get any closer than two. Kean
suffered their second loss, 19-13. South
led the Lady Cougars with six goals in the
game, but it was not enough.
Kean hoped for a change of luck on
March 16 when they hosted fourth-ranked
The College of New Jersey in Skyline Conference action.
TCNJ scored twice in the opening three
minutes. Kean goalie Gina Petrizzo kept
the Lady Lions off the board for almost
ten minutes giving Kean a chance to score.
Down 2-0, the Lady Cougars could not
take advantage of the opportunity. TCNJ
scored with 17 minutes remaining, and
then went onto score five straight goals.
The Lady Cougars ended the first half behind, 14-0. The second half fared no different for Kean. Kean fell to powerhouse
TCNJ, 17-0.
Kean was in for another tough battle on
March 18 when they traveled to Muhlenberg College.
Muhlenberg jumped out to a 3-0 lead
just three minutes into the half. Amanda
South cut the lead for the Lady Cougars
with a free position shot. South’s goal
would be Kean’s last until late in the first
half. The Lady Mules scored 12 straight
goals through the rest of the half. As the
first half wound down, South and Kelly
Mataya each scored a goal to slash the
deficit to 15-3. Being down by 12 to start
the second half proved to be too steep of a
hole for the Lady Cougars. Kean went on
to lose the game, 20-5.
On March 20, the Cougars headed to
face FDU-Florham in a non-conference action. In the first half, the Lady Devils took
a 7-0 lead over Kean before Stephanie
Cirino broke up the shutout with a goal.
The first half saw the Lady Devils stretching their lead. The first half had the Lady
Cougars down, 15-2. In the second half,
GO COUGARS!!
Kean opened fire with four straight goals.
Three of these goals came from Cirino for
Kean. However, it wasn’t good enough as
FDU-Florham handed Kean a heartbreaking 20-6 loss.
In a well-fought game, Kean visited Dominican College on March 20. The Lady
Cougars’ Chelsea Davis notched the first
goal of the game. Dominican took the lead
with a stretch of four goals. Kean kept
the score close, but never gained the lead
as the first half ended. Stephanie Cirino
scored four goals for Kean toward halftime, and it was 10-9 Dominican.
Amanda South tied the game at 10-10
a minute into the second half. Dominican
then regained the lead, but Kean tied it
again on a goal by Lauren Kusik. Dominican stole back the lead and once again,
Kean evened it up for the last time on another one by Cirino. Dominican then went
on a four-goal surge to prevent Kean from
grabbing the lead. The Lady Cougars fell,
17-14. Cirino finished with eight goals.
Kean came home to face the University
of Dallas on March 28. Kean dominated
the first half of the game. The Lady Cougars roared to an 11-0 first-half lead. The
defense kept the Lady Crusaders off the
board during that half. Kelly Mataya had
a first half-high three goals. The University of Dallas tried to cut Kean’s lead in the
second half, but the Lady Cougars were
too much. The Lady Cougars won 17-4,
notching their first win of the season.
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Cougar Softball is Back
By Nicole VonGonten
After an impressive 2008 campaign
with a record of 30-16, the Lady Cougars
look to build upon that in 2009.
The 2009 season began for the Lady
Cougars in the Seagull Tournament in
Maryland. In the two-day tournament,
Kean went 2-2, winning against Moravian
College and SUNY Geneseo.
The Lady Cougars then spent their
spring break in Kissimmee, Florida at the
Rebel Spring Games. Kean split their time
at the Rebel Games, going 5-5.
In their last game in Florida, Kean faced
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The
Lady Cougars trailed going into the third
inning, 3-0. In the third inning, Kean loaded the bases with three straight singles.
Kean scored their first run on a sacrifice
fly by Nikki Castagno, and Sara Steinman
singled in the second run. Jesse Buchanan
tied the game by beating the throw to the
plate on a foul out. Kean seized the lead
for good in the fifth inning on a single by
Alicia Banz that scored two. The Lady Cougars concluded their time in Florida with
a 6-3 win.
BASEBALL
After a productive round of games in
Florida, Kean returned home on March 23
to face Oneonta State in a doubleheader.
In the bottom of the first inning, Jesse
Buchanan got Kean started with a single.
Buchanan then stole second and third
to put herself in scoring position. With
two outs, Allison Lizzi singled to center
to drive in the first run of the game for
the Cougars.
The game remained 1-0 until the top
of the fifth inning. Oneonta State scored
three runs on three hits in the inning.
Three errors by Kean in the sixth inning
led to two more runs for the Lady Red
Dragons. Kean lingered behind, 5-1, going
into the bottom half of the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Lady
Cougars staged a rally. The inning began
with back-to-back singles by Lindsay Kennedy and Alicia Banz. Kennedy touched
home on an error by the Lady Red Dragons. Melissa Dietrich walked to load the
bases. Buchanan came through with a
double down the left field line that got
the Lady Cougars to within one, 5-4. The
Lady Cougars tied the game on a squeeze
bunt. Senior Sara Stienman then stepped
to the plate and drove in Buchanan, the
winning run, with a sacrifice fly. The Lady
Cougars completed their comeback for the
6-5 win.
After that first victory, Kean aimed
for the jugular in the second game of the
double header.
But the Lady Red Dragons struck early in
the game. In the first inning, a Lady Cougar error loaded the bases and Oneonta
State took advantage of the opportunity.
A single scored the first run, followed by a
bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch bringing the third run of the game for Oneonta
State. In the top of the second, the Lady
Red Dragons added another run.
The Lady Cougars’ only run of the game
came in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Allison Lizzi singled and later scored on
a double to left field by Alicia Banz. Kean
could not muster another late-inning
comeback. Oneonta State iced the game,
adding two more runs in the fifth and one
in the sixth to take the 7-1 victory.
Kean traveled to Rutgers-Camden on
March 28 for a conference action doubleheader. After two scoreless innings, Kean’s
Melissa Dietrich singled in the top of third
and then scored on a single to center by
Jesse Buchanan.
In the top of the fourth, the Lady Cougars tried to inflate their 1-0 lead. Shortstop Sara Steinman quickly answered
with a leadoff homerun. Three batters later,
Alicia Banz singled and scored on a fielding
error.
That would be all the Lady Cougars
needed to win the first game. Kean kept
Rutgers-Camden off board for the rest of
the game to capture a 3-0 triumph.
In the second half of the doubleheader,
the Lady Cougars did not fare well. Rutgers-Camden commanded a 5-0 lead into
the bottom half of the first inning. Buchanan started the bottom of the inning for
the Lady Cougars with a double. She later
scored on a double by Sara Steinman to
reduce the deficit to 5-1. Kean would not
get any closer. Rutgers-Camden mounted the lead in the next two innings and
won, 9-1, splitting the double header,
repeating the theme from their contest
with Oneonta State.
tle putting up one as well. Kean put up
one more in the 8th while Rowan tied it
in the 9th. Moceri drove in three with a
homerun to clinch the victory. The cougars rallied in the second game for a 10-6
win. The game started off early for Kean
in the 1st with receiving three runs. Moceri, Mattonelli, sophomore Kyle Walker,
and freshmen Lee Cavico all had singles.
Rowan put up one run and Kean added
another in the second. Kean put the game
away in the 7th with a homerun by fresh-
man DJ Breckenridge to drive in junior
Dave Zavistoski.
Kean continues their season on Thursday against Montclair State University.
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And the Envelope Goes to...Who Will Be MVP?
POINT
By John Cherry
It’s been a season-long debate and everyone has their own opinion as to who is
the most valuable player in the NBA. In reality, there have only been three players in the running for it all year.
Some may even believe that it should only be two, either LeBron James or
Kobe Bryant, but not only should Dwayne Wade be in the conversation, he may
be the most valuable to his team.
All three of these players do it all; they’re the top three scorers in the league;
they are perennial all-stars, and their teams will be contenders in the playoffs.
Both LeBron’s and Kobe’s teams have the best records in their respective conferences, and Wade’s team is sitting in fifth place in the Eastern Conference after
not even coming close to making the playoffs last year without him.
The argument that you have for Wade is that he is the only legit scorer on his
team, he has nobody else on his team and he takes the game over every night.
When Wade does not have a good game, the Miami Heat loses plain and simple.
His team knows that he is their best option, yet he still averages fewer than 30
points a game and has had 12 40-point games.
On the other hand, James has the talent around
him, that’s why his team is one of the best in the NBA
this year. The addition of Mo Williams to the Cavaliers has put this team over the edge and made them
ready for a deep playoff run.
James is a physical specimen. If he had Bryant’s
jumper, he would be absolutely unstoppable. Of the
three, James is definitely the best all-around guy.
He looks to pass just as much as shoot and he does it
extraordinarily well. He is also a triple-double threat
every night because he does a great job of hitting
Dwayne Wade
the boards.
Bryant somehow seems to get better and better every year. Once Shaq left
him, everyone thought that Bryant would never come close to having a great
team again. Bryant has proven that he wasn’t just a product of a dominant big
man in Shaq. He is by far the most deadly shooter in the league and when he is in the zone
there is literally no stopping him, he will make nearly every shot he takes from
anywhere on the court. Not only that, Bryant is one of the best defenders for his
position in the league and can shut almost anyone down.
All three of these players have had great years and it shows by how their teams
have performed. Bryant and James can easily meet in June and play for the NBA
Finals; Wade’s team may be a few years away from reaching that point but still
will contend in the playoffs.
That in no way should disqualify Wade from being eligible to win the MVP
award. It is not whose team is the best, it is about who is the most valuable.
When I think of an MVP in any sport on any team, the way I like to think of
it is if that player was not on that team, what place would they be in and would
they be any good?
That’s why I believe that although it will be very tight between the three of
them, without Wade on the Miami Heat they would be one of the worst teams in
the league. That’s why I believe Wade should be the MVP of the NBA.
The Heat would not be able to compete whatsoever without his presence but
with him, they are the number five seed in the Eastern Conference and have a
very good chance of advancing.
COUNTERPOINT
By Jay Hicks
John did a marvelous job breaking down his MVP candidates and choosing the
player he feels deserves it. Dwayne Wade pushes his team into the number five
seed position for the post season after missing it last season due to his injuries.
That alone is a very valid reason why Wade should be named the NBA MVP.
Unfortunately, as we know from the past, the MVP considerations tend to
focus on who’s playing on the best team. In this case, it’s Lebron James. The
Cleveland Cavaliers own a NBA-best 61-13 record as of April 1st. The fact that
he scores in triple-double, that is, having at least 10 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists or it can be 10 steals, more often than the two other candidates solidifies
his position as the best basketball player in the game.
However, upon closer examination, I learned that, yes, he has a fantastic
supporting cast, but he also shoots more and becomes more involved with the
scoring. I checked his stats on ESPN.com and found out that for the season, he
shot 721 of 1,485 field goals for a 48.6% success rate. His free-throw shooting is
average at best, making 537 out of 697 (77%). By comparison, Wade fares only
slightly better, shooting 787 of 1,606 (48.9%) field goals and 537 of 702 (76.5%)
free throws. So, they parallel very closely. We can say both men deserve to be
considered for the honor.
Bryant is making 738 of 1,588 field goals, which is at a 46.5% clip. However,
he makes 435 of 506 free throws. That’s 86% for Bryant. In postseason, especially with pressure on the line, Kobe will make a better free-throw scorer than
either LeBron or Dwayne. However, Kobe had been averaging just 21 points a
game in his last six contests, a cause for concern in the voting for MVP.
Out of all these candidates, I am surprised that John forgot to mention New
Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul. He is a 49.8% field goal shooter and an 87.2%
free-throw scorer, better than any of the three other candidates. He also is surrounded by better-than-average teammates, which is why Paul is not selfish with
his shooting, yet he is averaging 22.1 points a game and is among the NBA leaders in assists at 11.0 per game. His team definitely would have been a lot worse
this season without him. His unselfishness comes into play every game and it
allows other players to step up and take their shots. While the Hornets aren’t
as good as last season, I guarantee you that without Paul, this could easily have
been a 27-46 team instead of their current 46-27 record!
Traditionally, the MVP goes to the player on the best team in the NBA, so my
pick goes to LeBron James. However, if I have my say in this matter – in other
words, if only one vote decides the MVP and that vote is mine, I have no qualms
at all in selecting Chris Paul. He is amazingly generous and a team player. That
counts for the most.
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Kean's Baseball Team Leads NJAC
By Kelly Nemeth
The Kean Cougars added a win to their
overall record of 20-6 and their New Jersey Athletic Conference record of 6-2
against New Jersey City University in an
8-4 victory. Senior Colin Feneis earned the
win while pitching åsix innings and striking out five.
Kean swept Richard Stockton University
in their first home double header putting
up a whopping 21 runs in the first game
and an 8-4 victory in the second game.
NJAC player of the week Junior Mike Mo-
ceri was 5-for-7 with seven RBI and five
runs scored to go along with two doubles
and a triple. Junior Joe Bartlinski added
another win allowing only three hits in 6
innings. The cougars started early with six
runs in the 1st inning. Kean kept it up by
adding one in the 2nd and 4th innings.
Kean put up three more runs in the 5th
due to a single by junior Mike Diaz and a
triple by Moceri. Kean put the game away
in the sixth scoring a massive ten runs
which was aided by a two run homerun by
senior Mike Manganiello. In game two Senior Pedro Rivera earned the win, striking
out eight in the six innings pitched.
Kean suffered their second loss of the
NJAC to William Patterson on Thursday,
April 2nd. William Patterson was leading
7-1 in the 2nd inning when Kean came
alive and put up four in the 3rd making
the score 7-5. In the 4th inning Kean put
up one more due to freshmen Vinny Galya being hit by pitch and DJ Breckenridge
walking. Junior Mike Moceri’s sacrifice
fly brought in Breckenridge advancing
the score to 7-6. In the 5th, freshmen
Nick Ramagli reached second a fielding error and senior Mike Manganiello’s single
drive in the tying run. But William Patterson fought harder in the 5th and 6th putting up a total on ten runs. Kean tried to
stay alive in the 7th putting up four more
but could not get the win.
Appearing in their first double header of
the season, Kean swept Rowan University
6-3, adding another win to their NJAC record. Junior Joe Bartlinski received a no
decision in 8 innings of play with 7 strikeouts. Senior Drew Campbell earned the
win with two strikeouts and allowing one
hit. There were no runs on the board until the 5th where a
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