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SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

VOLUME 70, NUMBER 3 WWW.SUFFOLKJOURNAL.NET September 30, 2009

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News"IDE founder discusses solu-tion to poverty" pg. 3

Opinion"Staff Editorial" pg. 6

Arts &Entertainment"MFA opens doors tostudents on College Night"pg. 8

Sports"NHL Preview" pg. 14

Emerson ranked most dangerous college Suffolk appears nowhere on list

Suffolk student wins big at CollegeFest For the past 24 years, Col-

legeFest has a racted studentsfrom Boston area colleges anduniversities to its annual two-day event held at the HynesConvention Center. Inside, dif-ferent companies showed onew technologies, deals, andfreebies for students in Bos-

ton, and entertainers, includ-ing dance crews and bands,performed for the crowds.Exhibitors grabbed studentsa ention to their booths withgames, contests, and freeswag, or promotional items.One of the contests, an 11-dayround trip around Europe,was ra ed o and won bySu olk freshman Sarah Baker.

I've never won anything

before in my lifeso, it was insane, Ican't describe thefeeling. I didn'teven enter for thetrip, I didn't knowit was a trip, I justentered becauseI really wantedto try skydiv-ing, so right be-fore Talib Kwelicame on, theycalled my nameand I screamed.It was probablythe best day ofmy life, Bakertold the Journal.

CollegeFestsentrance turned into a mess ofexhibitors and students. Rep-resentatives handed students bags lled with freebies while

the students walked onto theoor. Booths ran down inrows with groups of studentsforming lines everywhere.

Many of last years exhibitorsreturned, like Monster En-ergy Drink, whose booth once

Photos by Ethan Long

see COLLEGE FEST page 4

Ethan LongJournal Staff

Emerson College madeheadlines last week when itwas deemed the most danger-ous college in the country in astudy conducted by the newsand opinion website, The DailyBeast, raising eyebrows in theSu olk community as to whythe University, which sharesmuch of its campus with Emer-son, did not appear on the list.

Colleges seem to not beuniformly reporting the numbers, said Andrew Tiedmann,Vice President of Communi-cations and Marketing at Em-erson. Tiedemann acknowl-edged that the Clery Act islong and complicated, possi- bly causing di erent universi-ties to interpret it di erently.

Because of each school'sinterpretation on the CleryAct, Tiedemann was unable tocomment on Su olk's ranking.

All colleges and universitiesin the U.S. are required by law

to report any crimes commit-ted on campus to the Depart-ment of Education each year by Oct. 1 under the Clery Act,which was signed in 1990. TheClery Act was named for JeanneClery, a nine-teen-year-oldfreshman atLehigh Uni-versity whowas rapedand mur-dered in herdorm in 1986.

T h e b o u n d a r -ies for Suf-folk start atthe Ridgeway building, runalong Cambridge and TremontStreets, turn onto Boylston St.,right onto Beacon St., le ontoBowdoin St., le onto Derne St.,and down Temple St., accord-ing to Greg Gatlin, the direc-tor of the Public A airs o ceat Su olk. Su olk also has do-main over West St., WashingtonSt., and the area between NES-

AD and the Common, startingat Arlington St. Like Emerson,this boundary includes the en-tire Boston Common and a largeportion of downtown Boston.

The reporting area is dif-

ferent than it is for Emerson,said Gatlin, explaining thatwhile Su olk and Emersonhave a lot of similar area, the boundaries are still di erent.We report all the data from theBoston Police as well as SUPD.

Because both Su olk andEmerson have di erent bound-aries, Gatlin was unable to com-ment on Emerson's ranking.

The Daily Beast collecteddata from the Department ofEducation, which requires allUniversities with urban cam-puses to report crime in theirneighborhoods even if those

crimes didntinvolve stu-dents that goto that school.

E m e r s o nis a very safecampus. Its asafe and secureenvironment ,said Tiede-mann. Emersondoesnt believewe should

be on this list. According Tiedmann, only

six of the 106 assaults on the Bos-ton Common involved Emersonstudents, but they are required by the Clery Act to report thosecrimes. Tiedemann considersthe crimes reported from pub-lic areas a gray area and saidthat they are misleading on thestudy published by the Beast.

Jeff FishJournal Staff

"...all Universities with urban campuses must report crime in their neighborhoods

even if those crimes didnt involve students that go to

that school."

The study was calculated ona point system, where schoolsreceived varying numbers ofpoints depending on the severi-ty of the crime, and then the totalnumber of points was divided by the population of the school.

[The study] puts smallschools at a disadvantage, saidTiedemann, pointing out thatEmerson, which has an under-graduate population of roughly4,000, would receive a higherranking for six incidences thana school with a higher popula-tion. We hope in the futurethat these surveys would in-clude di erent methodology.

According to Tiedemann,Emerson did not send outemails or any other noti cationto the student body regardingthe study. I think a fair-mind-ed person would say its safe.

Tiedemann encouragedstudents to take shared re-sponsibility of their safetyand to try to have friendswith them at all times.


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POLICE BLOTTER

Saturday, September 26

1:31 a.m.10 West St.Received report of an elevator entrapmentat 10 West St. Unit 22 responding. Reportled.

Sunday, September 271:30 p.m.150 Tremont StReceived report of a vandalism on the

fourth oor of 150 Tremont St. Report to fol-low by Unit 75.

Wednesday, September 2911:24 a.m.One BeaconSecurity at One Beacon St reported that two in-dividuals were on the roof of a sandwich shopengaging in suspicious activity. Units 29, 51, 67

responded. Nothing found.

11:22 a.m.Law SchoolUnit 99 reported that an individual was actingdisruptive near the law school. Unit 20 re-sponded. Nothing found.

5:55 p.m.RidgewayReport of two homeless individuals in front of148 Cambridge St. Unit 33 dispatched. Unit 36(102) also responding. Individuals le immedi-ately.

September 30, 2009

Correction:

In the Sept. 23 issue of the Suffolk Journal, the Video Gamers Army was incorrectly referred to as the Video Gamers AssociationEder Bastos, a member of the VGA, was quoted as Eder Vastess.

Suffolk fights Breast Cancer

National Breast Cancer

Awareness Month (NBCAM)is a nationwide event estab-lished to raise awareness aboutearly detection and treat-ment of breast cancer. 2009marks the 25th anniversary ofNBCAM, as well as, Su olkUniversitys eighth year par-ticipating in a school-wide cel-ebration of educationand empowerment.

October has be-come a time for theSu olk community to

reach out and displaysolidarity and supportfor those a ected by breast cancer, whichhas become the sec-ond leading cause incancer-related deathsin women in the Unit-ed States, according tothe American CancerSociety (ACS). TheACS also predicts that in 2009, breast cancer will prove fatalfor more than 40,000 womenin the United States alone.With statistics like these, LizDrexler-Hines, health educatorin Su olks Health and Well-ness Services o ce, believesthat as a community we mustwork together to instill ag-gressive healthcare habits forthe women of our generation.

Su olks faculty, adminis-trators, students, and athleteshave been instrumental in theprocess of spreading knowl-edge about the importance ofearly detection and regularcheck-ups. Each year, Su olkhosts a number of events de-signed to educate members ofthe Su olk community, whileproviding encouragement forthose a ected by this disease.Students can display their sup-port by wearing a pink brace-let or ribbon, which will bedistributed by Su olk athletesand volunteers in the lobbiesof Donahue, Sawyer, NESAD,and the Law School, dur-

ing the rst week of October.Stand Up for Pink, this

years kicko event, will takeplace October 6, 2009, in the

Ridgeway Gym. This eventwill be open to supporters, sur-vivors, family members andfriends. Participants will begiven a pink t-shirt and askedto form a human breast can-cer ribbon, which will then bephotographed aerially. Thisphoto will help Su olk gen-

erate publicity for the NB-CAM campaign, both insideand outside the University.

NBCAM at Su olk has been successful in large partdue to a speci c group of in-dividuals and their altruistice orts over the years. NorineBacigalupo, CJN departmentadjunct professor and breastcancer survivor, has made alife-long commitment to honorher sister and best friend, Bar- bara McCormick, who diedof breast cancer at age 38. Al-though she recognizes thatshe cannot change the world,Bacigalupo reaches out to herco-workers and students, pair-ing a face with a cause, becausethat is something that her sisterwould have done herself, hadshe been given the opportunity.

I have great regard forwhat Norine has done for theUniversity. This is a problemthat touches every family Iknow to some extent. Any-thing we can do to improvethis situation is greatly desir-able. Ill get out my pink tie,

said President David Sargent,who has been an advocate ofSu olks involvement in theNBCAM events from the be-

ginning. President Sargent,Athletic Director James Nelson,and Head Baseball Coach CaryMcConnell are each recipientsof the pink tie award, anaward presented to men whohave shown exceptional initia-tive promoting awareness andcommunity support at Su olk.

The fourth an-nual Courage andCuisine luncheon will be held on Oct. 21, inthe Law School func-

tion room. A repre-sentative from theMassachuse s BreastCancer Coalition willaddress environmen-tal causes such as cos-metics, shampoos, andother common prod-ucts that increase theodds of breast cancer.Bring a friend, enjoy

free lunch, and win prizes in-cluding a pink Red Sox watch,all while obtaining facts thatcould ultimately save a life.

I dont think breast can-cer is on the forefront of manyyoung womens minds. It is im-portant to be very aware andto do your research. We arending that women are start-ing to be a ected younger andyounger, said Drexler-Hines.

Alexsandra ProctorJournal Contributor

This is a problem that touches every

family I know to some extent. Anything we can do to improve this

situation is greatly desirable. Ill get out

my pink tie.


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IDE founder discusses solution to poverty Kelly HarvellJournal Contributor

Paul Polak, founder of In-ternational Development En-

terprise (IDE) and author ofOut of Poverty, spoke Thurs-day night at the C. Walsh The-ater about his solutions to takethe 800 million people aroundthe world living with less thanone dollar a day out of poverty.

Polak started by showinga graph that represented thepercentage of people in SubSahara Africa living a dollar aday. The statistics were taken in1990 and again in 2005. In 1990,the amount of people living on

a dollar a day was 44.6 percentand in 2005 it was 44 percent.The decrease in poverty onlywent down 0.6 percent in thepast 15 years. Polak explainedthat the decrease in pover-ty was so small due to threepoverty-eradicating myths.

Number one, we believewe can donate people out of

poverty. We cant just pay peo-ples way out of poverty. Poorpeople need to invest theirown time and money. Numbertwo is that we can end pover-ty through national economicgrowth. Lastly, the belief thatm u l t i n a -tionals, asthey arenow, willend pov-erty. In or-der to re-ally makean impactin the de-crease inpoverty, we need to go to the

source. We need to talk to thepeople involved. To even take astep forward, we need to do morethan talk. We have to listen!

By doing so, Polak learnedthat 800 million people aroundthe world living on a dollar aday earn their living from tinyfarms. Of the worlds 525 mil-lion farms, 85 percent are less

than ve acres and an averagefarm size in Africa is four acres.Paul believes that focusing onthese li le farms will be thekey to ending poverty. Whenhe traveled to Bangladesh,he spent a day going through

these farmers lives and un-

derstanding their problems.At the end of the day, I re-

member asking one of the farm-ers, Why are you poor? and thefarmer replied, we are poor be-cause we have no money. Ask-ing why do you not have anymoney? he replied we needwater control for our crops.By this statement, I was able to

come up with one of my mainsolutions: the treadle pump.

The treadle pump is a hu-man-powered water-li ing de-vice. During drought season,a farmer can put this device inthe ground and soak up wa-

ter to give totheir crops.The treadlepump is simi-lar to a mo-torized pumpexcept it is alot cheaper,costing $25per pump. To build the de-

vice, Polak recruited systems

of seventy- ve private sectormanufactures, three thousandvillage dealers, and three tofour village technicians. Thetreadle pump has increased thetotal income of farmers in Ban-gladesh to $288 million yearly.

During this experience,Paul explained his 12 stepsfor practical problem solv-

ing, particularly the rst three.First, one needs to go

where the action is. Second, onehas to talk to the people whohave the problem and listen towhat they have to say. Lastly,one needs to learn everythingthere is to know about the spe-ci c context, said Polak, whocontinues to work on decreas-ing the world poverty rate.

Polak is the founder ofDesign Revolution (D-Rev), anon-pro t organization whosegoal is to reach the other 90percent of the worlds poor andhelp them get out of poverty.

I love the challenge oftrying something new and

creative and if you dont,then you miss out on do-ing something incredible,said Polak. Even when youfail, I believe you learn a lot.

In the closing of his lec-ture, Polak explained why hehas lately been unable to dis-cuss his work. Its because Ihave been out there doing it.

In order to really make an impact in the decrease in

poverty we need to go to the source... we need to do more

than talk. We have to listen!

"Meet the Republicans" aimed to introduce conservative ideals and dispel stereotypes

Last Wednesday, Suf-folkGOP held a, Meet theRepublicans event to dis-cuss Republican values and beliefs. Members of Suf-folkGOP favor debates anddiscussions, bringing opin-ions and desires together.

Su olkGOP President, ju-nior Karl Ho man, opened upthe meeting with a brief intro-duction, explaining how hesought out the organization as asupport system for Republicans,or Conservatives at Su olk.

A panel of members spokeabout their reasons for beingConservative, or Republicans,including Zack Dillahunty(2012), Lindsay Kallander(2011), Karl Beckstein (2012)(Vice-President), and Jim M.Wilson (2010) (President Emeri-tus). About twenty- ve a end-ees were given the opportunityto ask any questions to the pan-el, as a wide variety of topicswere covered. The panel dis-cussion was not proposed forconversion, but was intendedto educate the campus on Con-servative morals and standards.

One of the rst issues ar-gued was rearms. Anyonewho questions it doesnt un-derstand it. Its a persons right

to defend themselves, Wilsonsaid. Further reasoning, Kal-lander identi ed shooting to be a sport to some. Other dis-cussion topics included the le-galization of mar uana, taxes,employment, gay marriage,gay adoption, and abortion.

Beckstein believes thelegalization of mar uanashould not be a federal law,but it is a states issue.

I dont have an issue withpeople using [mar uana], saidWilson. If the state decides tolegalize it, thats their choice.

Moving on to taxation,Beckstein said, There should be a at tax. That would be most fair to everybody.

In terms of employment,a more productive companyis able to hire more work-ers than an average company.CEOs are going to get bo-nuses and higher pay, saidWilson. Its not my businesswhat somebody else is paid.

The panel members de-nied that the Republican Par-ty is anti-gay, as it is widelyperceived. Its an old stereo-type that hasnt grown at all.The stereotype needs to besquashed, said Kallander.

I personally dont care.It doesnt a ect me, its notmy business, said Wilson.

As for gay adoption, Dil-

lahunty said it should be al-lowed. But, studies show theoptimal environment is hav-ing a mother and a father.Kallander agreed, but rec-ognizes it can be a struggle.

Abortion is another contro-versial issue in the RepublicanParty. Im pro-choice. Somewomen have to [have an abor-tion]. Its disappointing, its im-moral, but you need to have thechoice, said Kallander. Ev-eryone has a right to life. Its afundamental [right] we shouldall have, said Beckstein, tak-ing another stance on the issue.

The main priority of themeeting was to break the ste-reotypes de ning Conserva-tive principles. The panel tookturns defending their side.The Republican Party is wide-ly viewed a Christian party.Beckstein disagreed, deem-ing it an unfair statement.

Im not religious, Imnot Christian. Its moreabout the tolerance of otherthings allowing you to cre-ate issues, Wilson said.

Ho man said, Wereas di erent as we are simi-lar, referring to the vary-ing views within Su olkGOP.

There is always some-one available to discuss is-sues, said Ho man, ashe closed the discussion.

Angela BrayJournal Contributor Now that you've met

the Republicans...meet the Suffolk Journal!

We meet every Tuesday @ 1 in D537!

Come write for News,

Arts, Sports, Opinion and make some new

friends as well!


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Crazy World Leaders Week in Review For whatever reason, the

weeks before, during and a erthe United Nations General As-sembly meets always bringsout the crazy in the world's lead-ers. Here are the 2009 highlightsfrom the world's favorite dicta-torial, irrational, exaggeratoryand always amusing people.

Gadda i The Libyan

leader spoke for nearly an hourand a half to the United NationsGeneral Assembly last week,going way over the een-minute limit in his rst-everaddress to the UN on Wednes-day. In his rambling rant, therobe-clad 67-year-old welcomedPresident Obama, congratulat-ing him on his rst address tothe UN, and said that he hopedObama could be President ofthe United States forever. Gad-da i also mentioned that Presi-dent Kennedy was killed be-cause he wanted to investigateIsraels nuclear reactor, the UNwas too far away to travel to, theSecurity Councils veto powersare against the idea of the UN,and that swine u was manu-factured by capitalists in a lab.

Basically, this guy, whohas been in power since 1969,is an a ention whore who issimply confused by the worldaround him. And it doesnthelp that his hair is fake andhe looks like hes had so muchBotox, his face will nevermove again. Absolutely nuy.

Four stars for amusement.

Netanyahu Israels PrimeMinister accused the UN of be-ing biased towards Palestiniansduring his speech to the Gen-eral Assembly on Thursday,questioning the UNs use. The jury is still out, he said. Ne-tanyahu also pulled out a number of World War II-era docu-ments, the building plans forAuschwitz concentration camp,

and yelled, Are these a lie?,a question that was directed atIranian President Amhadinejad,who has repeatedly called theHolocaust a lie. Netanyahu alsoreiterated that Israel did notcommit war crimes and askedPalestinians to say yes to Israel.

Netanyahu is both rightand wrong here. Yes, the Ho-locaust happened. And as theleader of the Jewish state, he iswell within his rights to wavearound Nazi documents asproof, no ma er how crazy helooks doing it. However, theonly job the UN does properlyis ascertaining whether warcrimes took place during a war.And no ma er how many timesIsrael yells, whines, and bangstheir sts in disagreement,they commi ed war crimesin Gaza this year, as well as anumber of times in the past.

Two stars.

Ahmadinejad In aspeech that was boyco ed bymost of the countries it was di-rected at, the Iranian Presidentaddressed the UN on Wednes-

day and in his usual, eryrhetoric denounced the West-ern world and Israel, called forglobal disarmament just asPresident Obama, PM GordonBrown and President Sarkozywere announcing that Iran hada secret nuclear facility andasserted that Irans electionswere glorious and fully dem-ocratic. During the speech,hundreds protested outside thecomplex against Ahmadinejad.

I hate this guy. Hes com-

pletely evil, insane, andwildly intelligent, which isthe worst combination ever.

Five stars for always beinga jackass. If only Kanye Westcould interrupt people whoshouldnt be allowed to speak.

Zelaya Three months a er being ousted in a military coup,exiled Honduran presidentManuel Zelaya surprised every-one by showing up at the Bra-zilian embassy in the capital, Te-gucigalpa, on Monday, Sept. 21.Zelaya was overthrown in Junea er a empting to get rid ofterm limits and had tried twiceto enter his country, both times being stopped by the military.The ex-President has remainedin the embassy with his wifesince returning to Honduras.

Damn straight. If I wereousted in a coup and wore a giantwhite cowboy hat all the time, Iwould certainly sneak back intomy country and hide out withBrazilians. What else can you do?

Five stars for standing upto a South American military.

Mugabe The African lead-er who has previously blamedcholera on the British, blownin ation so out of control thatno more zeros will t on thecurrency, and been accused of being a blatant racist towardwhite people, addressed theUN on Friday. Mugabe accusedthe U.S. and Europe of lthy,clandestine, divisive anticsand said that they were a empt-ing to divide the government.Since his power grab in 1980,Mugabe has been President ofZimbabwe and has plungedthe country into a depressionso deep, its hard to imaginethey will ever recover, all thewhile blaming Western rac-ism for his countrys problems.

In true dictator fashion,Mugabe blames his troubleson everyone else. But, honest-ly, its his antics that are tired.

One star for lack of creativity.

Alex PearlmanJournal Staff

PARIS, France--The mood among French politicians began to shi from support for jailed lmmaker, Oscarwinner Roman Polanski, to the argument that he shouldnot be forgiven for his charge of raping a thirteen-year-old girl 31 years ago, according to the New York Times.Extreme right politicians in France criticized Frenchministers for their initial support of Polanski, 76, sayingthey were supporting "a criminal pedophile in the nameof the rights of the political-artistic class." Polanski, aFrench and Polish citizen, ed the United States in 1978 before he was accused of having sex with a minor. Sincethen he has lived in France and was arrested when hearrived at Zurich's airport to a end a local lm festival.

BANGALORE, India A er India's rst lunar spacemission discovered water molecules on the Moon's polarregions, the country has hailed the space program and thediscovery has helped to begin deeper research into whatelse might be discovered on the moon. According to AFP,India's Moon Impact Probe "had picked up strong signalsof water particles" and the discovery is being studied more

thoroughly by NASA. The mission, along with the ndings,puts India into the elite group of space-exploring nations.

HAVANA, Cuba President Raul Castro asked theUnited States this week to discuss immigration issues withthe island nation, along with asking for the U.S. to droptheir embargo on Cuba, according to the AP. Cuba wouldalso like Guantanamo Bay to be returned, for the U.S. to endfunding to anti-Castro radio, and to end the travel ban of U.S.citizens to Cuba. Cuba's foreign minister didn't say whatconcessions the Cuban government might o er in return.


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Staf f Editor ia lThe news that Emerson has

the most dangerous campus inthe country shocked most Bos-tonians this week a er a DailyBeast.com article made its wayaround the blogosphere andFacebook statuses. Emerson,which reported 160 crimes in2007 and 2008 to the Depart-ment of Education, was joined by Harvard, MIT and Tu sin the list of the Top 25 MostDangerous Campuses, most-ly because of their campusesproximity to the crime-riddenstreets of downtown Boston.

However, theres one re-ally big, gaping hole on thatlist: Su olk University. Becausewe are quite literally a stonesthrow away from Emerson,and our campus also includessketchy-as-all-hell DowntownCrossing, as well as half of theBoston Common, its ludicrousto believe that we shouldnt be

on the list right up there withthe rest of the colleges withcampuses in this neighborhood.

The statistics that The DailyBeast used to determine theirrankings had more to do withthe crimes reported to the Fed-eral Government under theClery Act which mandatesthat all schools report not onlyon-campus crimes, but alsoneighborhood crimes thananything else. Out of the 160crimes that Emerson report-ed, only six directly involvedstudents, according to the ar-ticle in question, How Safe isYour College? Yet, because oftheir downtown location, Em-erson is at the top of the list.

Su olk missing from thelist raises some really big ques-tions. Not that we want Suf-folk to be on the list, but whyarent they? Is Su olk not re-porting crimes to the DOE and

breaking federal law? Did TheDaily Beast just not count usfor some reason? Either way,theres something shy aboutthe whole situation. We still livein a dangerous, urban neighbor-hood and everyone on campusand o needs to be aware of it.

Having a false sense of se-curity about where we live isprobably even more dangerousthan living in the city and beingaware of the danger that sur-rounds us. If Su olk had madeit onto The Daily Beasts list, wewould have go en an email, aCampusCruiser announcement,and Mo Brown would be teach-ing three self-defense courses aweek. We arent on the list (al-though we probably should be) but that cant lure us into be-lieving that SUPD can protectus from every crack head be-tween Donahue and the NorthEnd. Keep an eye out, everyone.

I never have honestly likedor even listened to Kanye Westtoo intently. Its not that I dis-like his music or him as a per-son, I actually enjoyed The

College Dropout (Rock-A-Fella,2004) the few times that I hadheard it. West, as an artist, isa very interesting character;even though he labels himselfas a voice of a generation, heis chastised by the public as afool. Perhaps this is due, in part,to his blog entries in all capitalle ers that KIND OF LOOKLIKE THIS AND COMPLI-MENT THE HIS ABUSRDITY.

However, most of his re-cent criticism derives from the

incident in which he embar-rassed Taylor Swi at the MTVVideo MusicAwards, ex-claiming thatIm sorry, but Beyon-c had oneof the bestvideos of all time!

Days pass, and West isridiculed by the media, theinternet, and even PresidentObama, who called him a jack-

ass. Make no mistake aboutit, Kanye West is a jackass.But really, Im sorry Kanye,

but Ol Dirty Bastard had one ofthe best interruptions of all time!

On Feb. 25, 1998, the 40thannual Grammy Awards werenearly coming to an end as theSong of the Year category waspresented. Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal emerged as thevictors. As Colvin and Leven-thal walked on stage to accepttheir awards, so did Russell

Tyrone Jones, be er known tothe world under the aliases ofthe Ol Dirty Bastard, Big Baby Jesus, Ol Dirt Schultz, etc.

Big Baby Jesus was clearlyupset, rst telling the audienceof his poor purchasing choic-es by saying, Uh, I went and bought me an out t today thatcosted a lot of moneytoday.Obviously upset that he hadlost the Best Rap Album catego-

ry to Pu Daddy for his albumNo Way Out (Bad Boy, 1997),the Ol' Dirt Schultz remind-ed everyone everywhere thatPu y is good, but Wu-Tangis the best! He then promptlydeparted the stage, yelling, Iwant you to know that this is

ODB and I love you all! Peace!Now compare this to

Kanyes incident: Dirt McGirtstormed the stage and demand-ed that the viewers know thatthe Clan had been sha ed. Hesaid what he needed to say andle , ignoring the presence ofColvin and Leventhal and leav-ing them as innocent bystand-ers of his crazed rant. Westdirectly focused on the awardTaylor Swi received and triedto then insight the audience to

shun Swi by pointing out thatBeyonc had a clearly superior

music video,Single La-dies. Notonly this, but CNNalso reportedthat Kanye

promptly showed the audiencethe middle nger when theyshowed distain for his action.

Kanye West didnt even havehalf the class that ODB did dur-

ing his incident, using Beyoncas a reason to interrupt TaylorSwi . Kanye had no businessinterrupting and creating anawkward situation, as it was nothis video or even nomination.Aside from this, Kanye went onto post an apology on his blogand then deleted it. ODB didnteven acknowledge the peoplehe was interrupting and mostcertainly did not apologizefor it. He said what he neededto, and then respectfully le .

Kanye West is simply liv-ing in the shadow of greater,more eccentric artists such asDirt McGirt, Ol Dirt Schultz, be er known to children ev-erywhere as the Ol Dirty Bas-tard. Wu-Tang is for the chil-dren! screams ODB before heleaves the stage. He couldnt be more correct. Imagine whatwe could learn from Mr. Jones.

Kanye ripped off stage antics of classic rapper Matt AltieriJournal Staff

Puffy is good,but Wu-Tang is

the best!


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Letter to the Editor

When you move to a newplace, it is assumed that op-portunities for adventure andnew experiences will abound.People talk of the positives, butno one ever warns you aboutthe culture shock or explainshow to handle it. It is incred-ible how much you learn aboutyourself when dealing with theprocess of moving to a placewith an entirely di erent cul-ture than the one youre usedto. When I moved here fromDallas, Texas, I felt as if navi-gating my way through thesocial norms and elements ofBoston was almost as di cultas trying to drive through it.

Initially, people in Bos-ton seem almost as cold as theNortheastern winters. Nobodyseems likely to go out of theirway to make new friends ordiversify the group they arealready in. I made the mistakeof walking around and occa-sionally saying hello to people.The reaction I received wasa look of shock and awe, as ifsomething was in my teeth.But, there is a plus side to all

this. Although Bostonians seemto be made out of ice, I learnedthat it is possible to melt downtheir walls. And when you re-ally get to know someone here,they dont pretend to be yourfriend, they truly are. DownSouth, people are known fortheir friendliness. However,its not genuine. Even thoughits harder to make friends uphere, at least you always knowwhere you stand. You eitherget the nger or a new friend.

Texas is George W. Bushcountry, and not being sur-rounded by Republicans andcrazy Southern Baptists issomething I was really look-ing forward to. People downSouth have a tendency to com-ment that everything happens because it was Gods will or...it was the Lords calling. Youcould drop a pair of scissors,have them impale your foot, be bleeding profusely, and yet, theLord must have a plan for you.

Boston, however, is a veryliberal city, quite the contrastto Texas. I havent had the ex-perience of having someonepush their religion or viewson me here, which I enjoy. Imdown with the Democrats, but

theres another side to every-thing. Some seem so liberalthat it turns into a new typeof close-mindedness, a type Ihave never come across before.

Lifestyle and image be-tween Boston and Dallas alsovaries immensely. Growing upduring high school, girls wereexpected to be blonde, tan tothe point of being orange, andinvolved in cheerleading orsome sort of dance team. Themale populace expected you tolook this way, which resultedin everyone looking absolutelyidentical. In Boston theres moreroom for diversity, growth, andself discovery. I dont feel expect-ed to look like everyone else. Itsalso pleasing to nd that comewinter, guys acknowledge thefact that their girlfriends mightgain a couple pounds, be paler,and let themselves go a li le bit.

If you ever have the oppor-tunity to move to a di erentplace, do it! You never knowwhat you might nd or experi-ence. Being immersed in a dif-ferent culture helps you learnwho you are, what you like,what you want to be, and not just what society tells you to be.

From cows to snowplowsMarissa HoltJournal Contributor

Article SAO Clubs React toNew O ce Spaces (September23, 2009)

In last weeks issue of he Journal , you ran the article en-titled SAO Clubs React toNew O ce Spaces, wri en by Shoshana Akins. We, theeditorial board of The VideoGamers Army, were very up-set to have seen our opinionsplaced into the wrong context.Prior to the release of that is-sue, our secretary Fatima Litimas well as a few other regularmembers, were asked for theirtakes on the new club spaces.

In the article, Fatima wasquoted as saying, we prefer ourold space because now no oneknows we are here and were ba-sically hidden. This was takenout of context and misquoted.Fatimas original implicationswere that in comparison to ourold gaming space, which wasout in the open where anyonecould look in and join a game,our new space is situated in amore isolated and narrow place,where people are less likely to

walk by, thus the hidden com-ment. The same applies to thefollowing quote by Eder Bastos:Its like were in a dungeon.

In addition to misquotingtwo of our members one ofthem being a member of the E-Board the writer of this articlealso got our organization namewrong (we are the Video Gam-ers ARMY, not the Video Gam-ers Association) and spelledEders last name wrong. Over-all, we feel that this article doesnot re ect the views of the clubas a whole. We are grateful tothe Student Activities O ce forgranting us any space of ourown on such a crowded oorwhere space is valuable. We arealso grateful for the atscreentelevision, game cabinets, con-soles and games we have beenable to acquire over the pastfew years. The Video GamersArmy is a relatively new club,having only been around forfour years. We may not havethe same privileges and mem- bership as other larger, moreestablished clubs. We may not be prominent, but we do

have a positive presence oncampus. We would appreciate being recognized for the goodthat we bring rather than beingmisquoted and misunderstood.

Sincerely,

Ti any HassinFatima LitimRamsay KamalBryant Castellanos

VGA 2009-2010

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Students from all over thegreater Boston area crowdedinto the Museum of Fine Artslast Thursday to experiencethe free promotional event Col-lege Night. With music blastingfrom its entrance, the museumkicked o the night at 7p.m. andthe event lasted to midnight.

Upon receiving a red glow stickinstead of a ticket as admis-sion, students were given freereign to explore the entire mu-seum to their hearts content.

Dating back to its originalopening in 1879 when it waslocated in Copley Square, theMFA has been engraved intoBostons history. With the pur-pose of presenting collectionsof preserved artwork from dif-ferent cultures and eras, theMFA continues to serve thepublic with its exhibits andevents. The present day MFA,which is located o of Hun-tington Ave., provides an ac-cessible venue for people fromall over to enjoy. By hostingCol-lege Night, the museum suc-cessfully a racts students whootherwise would not have ex-plored the realms of art history.

The crowd at the event wasenormous. Students from col-leges and universities through-out Boston and beyond came towitness exhibits of artwork fromall over the world. Berklee stu-dent Ryan Masscilak, 19, expe-rienced the museum for the rsttime, along with many others.

I kind of wish I could see[the museum] without all thesepeople, said Masscilak. I wantto come back sometime soon.

The Musical InstrumentsGallery was the rst on Mass-cilaks list of artwork to see.

Theres a man play-ing harpsichord in the there!Its amazing! Masscilak ex-claimed, describing the exhibit.

Masscilak spoke the truth,as there was a man playingharpsichord in the Musical In-struments Gallery. Darcy Ku-ronen lit up the room with anambiance t for the Court at Ver-sailles with his performance onthe aged instrument. The harp-sichord was a piece of artworkin itself, painted and decoratedin gold, grabbing students at-

tention and gaining looks of ad-miration throughout the night.

Kuronen was not the onlymusician to perform for CollegeNight. Two other acts, the bandLove in Stockholm and Berkleestudent Liz Longley each puton shows. Love in Stockholm,a band out of Allston, Mass.,with members from BostonUniversity, performed ear-lier in the night in the Calde-rwood Courtyard of the mu-seum. The groups sound wasa profound mix of rock, funkand blues that received be er-than-average reactions fromthe crowd. With an energeticlead singer, and lent e ectsfrom trumpet and saxophoneplayers, the band got stu-dents to dance and sing along.

Liz Longley performed onthe opposite side of the MFAin the Bravo Restaurant, a cafethat exudes a tranquil vibe.Her set was an acoustic gui-tar and piano mix. The crowdwas large and bustling, butimmediately fell silent as soonas she began to play. The vo-cally driven performance wasone of the many great eventshosted throughout the night.

Not all the events, how-ever, were art driven. A danceparty was organized later in thenight as well as a hula-hoopingevent, which took place by thecontemporary art exhibit withmusic blasting in the halls.

I dont think theres a rea-son for the hula-hooping, saidNortheastern student JennaHaines. I think its just for fun!

Haines, a freshman print journalism major, had ex-perienced the MFA before.The special exhibits thatthe museum cycles throughshe said were her favorites.

I really enjoyedthe Americans in Par-is exhibit, said Haines.

The special exhibits are

ones to be experienced at theMFA. One student from Bos-ton University, Ginger Smith,gave great insight on a specialexhibit that was once proud-ly shown in the museum.

My favorite exhibit Iveseen here would have to bethe Rachel Whiteread exhibit,said Smith, who is an art his-tory major. The exhibit was acollection of dollhouses thatWhiteread had changed andilluminated to create a town.

Whiteread createda dreamscape of a smallfantastical town, saidSmith. It was like be-ing a giant to the objectsin the exhibit and I foundit quite impressive.

With the special ex-hibits and multiple eventsthroughout, the MFAsCollege Night was a bigsuccess. But while expe-riencing the night, one

might wonder what thepoint of having a collegenight actually was. Whywould the MFA promoteand run such an event? Al-fonso Pulido, a museumemployee of seven yearsat the museum put it best.

A lot of studentswould not normally expe-

Photo by Austin Trigg

Liz Longley performs an intimate set at the MFA's College Night

Photo by Austin Trigg

College students from all over the city pack the stairs waiting for food

MFA opens it's doors to students with free College N

rience the art of the MFAand College Night is theperfect opportunity to doso, said Pulido. All the

museums exhibits are opento the students where they canhopefully nd a new interestor fascination with a speci ckind of art. I think this expo-sure is what its all about.

Many students from col-leges all over did get to expe-rience the art of the MFA andnew hobbies and interests mayhave been sparked. With allthe exposure to the wonderfulexhibits of the museum, Puli-dos hope may have come true.

Derek AndersonMarissa HoltJournal Contributors


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Dark imagery, sex and vio-lent sounds go hand-in-handwith the Birthday Party, BadSeeds and Grinderman front-man Nick Cave not only in hissong, but in his ction workas well. It has been 20 yearssince Caves literary debutwith And the Ass Saw the An- gle (Black Spring Press, 1989) but now Cave has unleashedThe Death of Bunny Munro(Faber & Faber, 2009) upon

the world. He must have feltthe world was nally ready.The story follows title

character Bunny Munro, a lo-thario, alcoholic, and sex ad-dict through his downwardspiral and inevitable death. Hiswomanizing drives his ailingwife Libby to suicide and Bun-ny is le to the impossible task(to him, anyway) of tending totheir nine-year-old son Bunny Junior. At her funeral, Bunnyis stared down by all of Libbysfriends who rightly blame him, but the most grief is from hismother-in-law who actuallyclenches her teeth and mut-ters swears at him. This does

not deter Bunny from sneakingout of church to masturbate.

Bunny Jr. misses his moth-er and thinks he sees her ev-erywhere, while Bunny feelshaunted by Libby to the point

of her possessing him as hedives deeper into his addic-tions. He can no longer livein his apartment and doesnot know what to do with orhow totake care of his son, so

he decides to show him theropesand go on the road sell-ing beauty products. Showinghim the ropes always meantBunny Jr. must wait in the Pun-to while Bunny tries to seduce

Clay AdamczykJournal Staff

Photo by locust_furnace/ ickr

Author Nick Cave takes Bunny on the road with book tour

Bunny Munro is a Bad Seedthe client. Some fall for his clas-sic charm, while others break

his nose. Jr. loves and looks upto his father, but he is not igno-rant to his dads shortcomings. Jr. thinks to himself that he issick to death of adults - policeo cers with truncheons andcreeps in white tracksuits, zodi-ac-symbol-wearing wackos andwomen who crow like roosters,fat men in dresses and motherswho go and kill themselves.He then wonders, in a fury,where his fucking father is.

Caves writing is a li le sa-

distic but wonderfully descrip-tive. His characters are deep,and e ortlessly draw the read-er into Bunny Jrs delusions ofseeing his mother and experi-ence Bunnys anxiety and rock bo om fall to death. Bunny isa modern day Hank Chinaskiand the writing style is eas-ily comparative to the that ofCharles Bukowski. The Death of Bunny Munro is a road story un-like any other, and Nick Cavehas clearly bridged the gap be-tween musician and author, and between classic and cult classic.Not a book to be overlooked.

The Death of Bunny Munro" is available now.

The ever-changing alterna-tive rockers, Brand New, havealways been able to reinventtheir sound with each album.The Long Island band pouredon the angst during the emo-era with their rst two albumsYour Favorite Weapon (TripleCrown Records, 2001) and DejaEtendu (Triple Crown Records,2003), which consisted of fast-paced ri s, feel-bad-for-melyrics that scream of old highschool ex-girlfriend drama, aswell as upbeat, yet dark, an-thems. Once Brand New re-leased their third album, TheDevil And God Are Raging Inside Me (Interscope Records, 2006),it seemed that Brand New wasable to slightly shi their stylewhile still creating a rocking album. The beginning of a moreestablished sound was forming.

The newest album, Daisy(Interscope Records, 2009), re-leased Sept. 22, once again dif-fers from the past three albums.Fans may be reluctant to likethe new sound because it is not

the Brand New they know andlove. Due to Brand News abil-ity to stay true to their nameand reinvent themselves everytime and make their sound bet-ter, hopefully fans will be able

to embrace what the band aimsfor with each album: be eringtheir music. This is what BrandNew is and what they do.

The new single At TheBo om has a very murky mu-

sical background,while the emo-esquelyrics, such as Andtheres a lake andat the bo om youllnd all our friends./They dont swimcause theyre alldead seem to popup here and there;perhaps a habit thatdies hard. Sink isan absolute gem ofa song, with greatscreaming. Eventhough it is a li le bithard to understandwhat lead singer Jesse Lacey is say-ing, the song can stilldeliver with just themusic and intensityof the vocals. Witha foggy feel, Noro brings another greatsong, ending the album with some of

'Daisy' brings brand new sound to Brand New Ashley MaceliJournal Staff

the best lyrics, such as; Whydoesn't anyone I know sleep?/Are they only just scaredof visions?/ When they laytheir heads down at night,what are they haunted by?

One of the best things aboutthe album is the distinct di er-ence and feel to each song. Un-like some albums, which soundlike one continuous song,Brand New has once againproved that they can tell a com-pletely di erent story with ev-ery song. Whether it be throughspoken words, like on Daisy,or with new coarse screamingstyles that sound like a moretestosterone lled Blood Broth-ers in the song Gasoline.

With a hazy mix of BrightEyes style music, and in-depthlyrics. Brand New has de -nitely come a long way, cre-ating a more mature sound.This aggressive, raw-soundingalbum may be their best oneyet, living up to the hype ofthe long-awaited release. Any-one looking to be thrown otrack with amazingly darklyrics and impressive mu-sic, should check out Daisy.

Brand New will be touringthe US this fall with ManchesterOrchestra, Thrice and Glassjawand will be playing at the Houseof Blues on both Nov. 17 and 18.

Image courtesy of Interscope Records


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staff SOUNDS

Noise es"Wild Young Hearts"

This British Band's latest albumis a trip to the soulful 70s with

smooth vocals, violins withswagger, and dance tunes

straight from the other side ofthe Atlantic-Ethan Long

GZA"Liquid Swords"

The Second Studio Solo Albumfrom one of the Wu-tang's most

dangerous, the Genius rocksmics more viciously than a

John Hopkins University stu-

dent Rocks a Shaolin sword-Ma McQuaid

The Beatles"A Hard Day's Night"

There's something aboutGeorge Harrison face-plantingand then running from thou-

sands upon thousands ofwomen that gives me meaning

to my life-Ma Altieri

Looking at the initial pre-views for Jennifers Body(Twen-tieth Century Fox, 2009), onewould think that this was astupid horror movie with afew cheap jokes that mainlyshowcases how hot MeganFox is in borderline so coreporn format. A er seeing themovie, it can be said that sucha notion is partially right.

If theres one thing that can be learned from this movie,it is that Megan Fox is practi-cally magic. She can make youforget you just lost your bestfriend and she can make emokids listen to cheerful music,all thanks to her incredible hot-ness. Megan Fox aside, the lmitself wasnt terrible, but thenagain it wasnt very good either.

The characters are por-trayed very well in this lm, buttheyre just high school stereo-types. Megan Fox is the airhead-ed slu y girl, Amanda Seyfriedis the dorky best friend, and Johnny Simmons is the dorkygirls nerdy, nice-guy boyfriend.

Perhaps the lms big-

The sci- thriller Pando-rum (Overture Films, 2009) isa futuristic ght for survival asDennis Quaid joins sides with

Ben Foster to save the humanrace. Together they are aboarda spacecra in the twenty-sec-ond century as two astronautswho awake from a hyperbolicsleep. Dealing with amnesia,they both try to come acrossany clues as to what has hap-pened. Thinking they are aloneon the ship, they nd them-selves haunted by the soundsthat lurk all around them. Withtheir memories slowly recover-ing, they work together to try

to determine what has gonewrong by investigating theship. Via communication link,Lieutenant Payton (Quaid) di-rects Corporal Bower (Foster)in his a empt to unlock the se-crets that are held deep withinthe ship. Bowers a empt touncover the shocking myster-ies of this seemingly desertedship quickly turn into a scaryght for survival as he dis-

covers that they are not alone.Unlike many other sci- spacelms, there are no infectiousspace-traveling brutes thatnd their way aboard and mu-tate the entire crew into esheating monsters on this ship.

Viewers will be blindsided by the twists in this movie.

Pandorum is unpredictable but a couple of good twists donot make for a great movie.The good parts were separat-ed by periods of unimportantashbacks to Corporal Bow-ers love life, as well as Paytonand Bower running aroundin the pitch-black darknesswith a variety of glow sticks.

The lighting was almostnonexistent, and the cinema-

tography and scenery gave avery ominous tone that was es-sential to making the hairs onthe back of the audiences neckstand up. The darkness madethe movie seem more realisticto the situation, but squintingduring the entire movie is veryirritating. The only light thatfound its way on to the screendepended on what color Corpo-ral Bower took from his never-

gest problem is that directorKaryn Kusama tried to com- bine a high school romanticcomedy with a horror lm,and those two genres blendlike oil and water. While theparts that are supposed tomake you laugh are funny,they o en downplay the hor-ror element of the lm. Thelm switching between Me-gan Fox killing someone andAmanda Seyfried having awk-ward nerdy sex with her boy-friend makes for a very weirdscene that is supposed to befunny and scary, but doesntreally ever achieve the la er.

So should someone spendtheir money to see this mov-ie? As a horror lm its pre ysub-par, and as a comedy itsaverage to slightly above aver-age, so if your interested in ascary movie then its doubtful Jennifers Bodyis going to cutit. If you wants a movie thatwill make you laugh. thenthis lm may do the job, butif one wants to see this movie because of the impression thattheyre is going to see MeganFox naked, well then you'llonly nd disappointment.

Image courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox

ending supply of glow sticks.Corporal Bowers questionableglow stick factory located in

his pocket could bring otherinquiries to the thoughts andfacts presented in this movie.

Tom LoganJournal Contributor

Willaim CeravoneJournal Contributor

Image courtesy of Overture Films

'Pandorum' all flash, no substance

Hot bodies, cold everything else

Michael Jackson"O the Wall"

...and into a co n.~Clay Adamczyk


11/16


The newest lm from Jonathon Mostow, Surrogates(Touchstone, 2009), takes in-triguing ideas and stu s theminto a painfully predictablestructure. This ninety-minuteaction lm stars Bruce Willisas an FBI agent in a futuristicBoston overrun by surrogates,or robots, operated remotely bypeople from their homes. In thisworld, 98 percent of the humanpopulation uses these robots togo about their lives while theylay in a chair controlling them.The idea stems from the humantendency to want to look bet-ter, be stronger, and never die;which explains why the robotsin the lm are always beautiful.

Jonathon Mostow, who isknown for the third install-ment of the Terminator fran-chise, once again takes inter-esting themes and surroundsthem by campy and forge ablesequences. In this case, Surro- gates has many elements of agood movie. There were vari-ous compelling elements thelm, such as Bruce Willis char-acter's failing marriage withhis apathetic wife (played byRosamund Pike), as well as theoverall social issues that come

with living your life througha robot. These thoughtful sto-rylines, however, are overshad-owed by a simply mediocreand predictable series of eventsthat t perfectly into the cat-and-mouse action lm format.

In the lm, surrogatesare supposed to eliminate thethreat of danger to their opera-tors. When a human is killedwhile plugged into their sur-rogate, Agent Greer (Willis) isassigned to the rst homicidesince the invention of the tech-nology. This eventually leadsto Greer unplugging himself togo outside in the esh, whichis almost unheard of at thispoint in time. Willis perfor-mance does shed some warmlight on this cold thriller, leav-ing you wanting more BruceWillis and less robots. Thepredictable ow of the moviewas interrupted by a hand-ful of refreshingly emotionalscenes from the esteemed actor,reminiscent of past charactershe has played in lms like TheSixth Sense (Barry Mendel Pro-ductions, 1999). Greer walksaround heartbroken because ofa loss that forced his own mar-riage to be lived out by robots.In this sense it was refreshingto see Bruce Willis play a vul-nerable and weak character,

as opposed to the rock-hardwit of the gun-toting John Mc-Clain from the Die Hard (Twen-tieth Century-Fox, 1988) series.

Despite the lms lacklus-ter storyline, the e ects, action,and camera-work make the lmwatchable. Sacri cing CGI foranimatronics, wire-work, andgood make-up, the lm does asuperb job of making a worldinhabited by robots in the fu-ture look realistic. If anything,Surrogates was estatically greatwith an abundance of movingshots and point-of-view cam-era angles that draw you intoeach action scene. It capturesBoston in a way that we havenever seen before, as the host ofan action-packed sci- thriller,rather than a drama about a kidfrom South Boston or a comedyabout an obsessed Red Sox fan.It uses Boston as a blank canvasto tell the story instead of usingthe city as a focus of the mov-ie. Surrogates is the front runnerin a slew of new movies be-ing lmed and taking place inBoston, undoubtedly broughton by the recent tax breaksgiven to lms shooting in Mass.

The unique themes andsocial interactions Surrogates addresses leaves one wonder-ing if it would have been bet-ter as a smaller, more dramatic

lm using the technology as a background piece rather thanthe focal point of the story.The lm may have been moree ective had it focused on thestrangeness of human-robotinteractions and the social andpolitical problems that follow.

Despite its monotonous struc-ture and forced conclusion,the lm was made watchable by the realistic e ects and acommendable performance byBruce Willis. As a whole, Surro- gates was lackluster and leavesthe viewer wanting more.

Image courtesy of Touchstone Pictures

Josh CormierJournal Contributor

Lives replaced by robots


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13/16


Sports briefsSuffolk well-represented on Honor Roll

The GNAC announced its weekly honors yesterday, and Suf-folk was well-represented as six student-athletes were honored by the conference for their performances in the past week. Juniorgoalie Jack DeJesus was named the GNACs Goalkeeper of theWeek a er shu ing out St. Josephs (ME) last Saturday. Accordingto the Athletics Departments website, DeJesus now sports stellara 1.01 GAA on the year. DeJesus teammate, senior Nick Celia, wasnamed to the GNAC Weekly Honor for scoring the game-winninggoal in the aforementioned win over St. Josephs. Sophomore Les-lie Hayden made sure the womens soccer team was representedas well, as she was named to the Weekly Honor Roll a er scor-ing four goals last week, including a hat trick against Emmanuel.Womens tennis sophomores Lauren Cameron and Kelly Conradwere named to the Honor Roll as well a er helping their team totwo wins last week. Rounding out the list is senior Kelsey Arm-strong-Hann of the womens volleyball team. Armstrong-Hannhad 12 kills in Su olks win over Eastern Nazarene last week.

Fleury's comeback attempt "flames" out

Former Calgary Flames forward Theo Fleury, who was at-tempting to make a comeback a er nearly six years away from thegame of hockey, was released by the team last week, which ulti-mately led him to announce his retirement from hockey on Mon-day. Fleurys struggles with drug and alcohol addictions through-

out the later years of his NHL career eventually forced him to retirefrom the game in 2003. A er ge ing back into game shape and being reinstated by NHL Commissioner Gary Be man, Fleurywas invited to the Flames camp on a tryout basis. He scored thelone goal of the shootout to give the Flames a win over the NewYork Islanders on Sept. 17th, and added a goal and an assist threenights later in a win over the Florida Panthers. However, Fleurywas told by the team that he was not going to crack the teams top-six forwards, and that they didnt want to send him to the AHLout of respect. Fleury retires with 1,088 points in 15 NHL seasons.

Tebow concussed, not expected to face LSU

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, considered bymany to be a leading candidate to win the Heisman Trophy thisyear, is unlikely to play in the Gators next game against LSU af-ter su ering the rst concussion of his football career last week.Tebow was leveled by a University of Kentucky defender in Flori-das blowout win on Saturday, and on his way down to the turf hishead struck the leg of a teammate and snapped forward violently.Tebow had to be helped o the eld and transported to a local hos-pital. ESPN.com reported yesterday that Tebow underwent teststhat con rmed he did indeed su er a concussion, and that he isntallowed to read or watch television for the next couple of days.

Pennington out for the season

What has been an abysmal start to the 2009 season for the MiamiDolphins got worse this week, as it was announced that QB ChadPennington would miss the rest of the season a er su ering ashoulder injury. Miami, which won the AFC East last year, isnow 0-3, and traded a dra pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for QBTyler Thigpen yesterday. Thigpen will back up the untested ChadHenne, who has been handed the starters reigns by default.FoxSports.com reported that Pennington, who nished second inMVP voting last year, will likely need surgery on his shoulder forthe third time.

Cross-Country Oct. 3rd @ Pop Crowell Invitational

Men's Soccer Oct. 3rd @ Johnson & Wales, 3 p.m.Oct. 6th @ Lesley, 8 p.m.

Women's Soccer Oct. 3rd vs. Pine Manor, 6 p.m.Oct. 7th @ Mt. Ida, 3:30 p.m.

Women's TennisOct. 1st @ Rhode Island, 3:30 p.m.Oct. 3rd @ Johnson & Wales, TBAOct. 7th vs. Simmons, 6:30 p.m.

Women's VolleyballOct. 1st vs. Simmons, 7 p.m.Oct. 2nd @ Johnson & Wales, 6 p.m.Oct. 3rd Johnson & Wales Fall Classicvs. Plymouth State, 12 p.m.vs. UMass Dartmouth, 2 p.m.Oct. 6th vs. Emmanuel, 7 p.m.

GNAC standingsMen's soccer

1.Lasell 2-0-12. Norwich 2-0-13. Su olk 1-0-24. St. Joseph's (ME) 2-15. Mount Ida 2-16. Johnson & Wales 2-17. Albertus Magnus 1-28. Emerson 1-29. Emmanuel 0-310. Rivier 0-3

Women's tennis

1. Emmanuel 3-02. Su olk 3-03. Simmons 3-04. Emerson 2-15. Johnson & Wales 1-16. Mount Ida 1-37. Albertus Magnus 0-18. St. Joseph's (CT) 0-3

9. Pine Manor 0-4

*All standings cur-rent as of September 29th

Women's soccer

1. Emerson 4-0-12. St. Joseph's (ME) 4-0-13. Johnson & Wales 4-14. Lasell 3-0-25. Albertus Magnus 3-1-16. Emmanuel 3-1-17. Simmons 3-1-18. St. Joseph's (CT) 2-3-19. Norwich 2-310. Rivier 1-311. Mount Ida 0-412. Pine Manor 0-613. Su olk 0-6


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It's time to drop the puck: 2009-2010Bear market: Finally, Bruins poised for run to the Cup

Having nally resurrectedfaith in the local masses, theBoston Bruins enter the 2009-2010 season as potential fa-vorites to not only contendfor the Eastern ConferenceChampionship but the Stan-ley Cup as well. With a rosterfull of both promising youngplayers and seasoned veter-ans, hockey fans in Bostoncan say, for the rst time inyears, with certainty that theirteam will be there when thegames count in May and June.

A er nishing last yearsregular season with the bestrecord in the Eastern Confer-ence, the Bruins headed intothe postseason as favorites tohoist the famed Cup. However,a er coasting through an easyrst round sweep of the hatedMontreal Canadiens, the Bsmet an extremely tough op-ponent in the Carolina Hur-

ricanes. The Hurricanes, led by two formidable stars in for-ward Eric Staal and goalie CamWard, the la er of whom wonthe Conn Smythe trophy asplayo MVP while leading histeam to a Stanley Cup champi-onship in his rookie campaign,ended the Bruins' season inheartbreak with an overtimewin in game seven of the East-ern Conference Semi nals.

While last season ended ona disappointingly sour note,

things have a changed quite a bit over the summer, with theBruins making some person-nel moves that will certainlychange the outlook of the 2009-2010 season. The Bruins tookcare of in-house business rst,

re-signing restricted free agentsDavid Krejci, Byron Bitz andMa Hunwick. They also re-signed veteran forward MarkRecchi, and added former Ca-nadien Steve Begin to the mix.

However, the Bruinslooked to trades for helpas well. First was thetrade that sent veterandefenseman and fan fa-vorite Aaron Ward backto the Hurricanes, withwhom he won a StanleyCup, for Patrick Eavesand a dra pick. A erthe trade, Eaves wasimmediately waived,and in turn the Bruinssigned Derek Morris,a veteran defensemanwho played last yearfor the Phoenix Coy-otes before being dealtto the New York Rang-ers at the trade deadline.

Finally, the biggestmove of the o seasonwould occur just a few

weeks ago, with forwardPhil Kessel being tradedto the Toronto Maple Leafsfor a rst and second rounddra pick in 2010 and a rstround pick in 2011. In Kessel,the Bruins had a young, tal-ented forward who scored 19and 36 goals respectively inhis rst two full seasons withthe team. However, over thecourse of the summer he andhis agent made it abundantlyclear to Peter Chiarelli and

Cam Neely that he did not seehimself as a part of the future ofthis team. While many punditspresume the Bruins will not beable to replace Kessel's goal-scoring prowess, Chiarelli andNeely appear con dent that,

amongst others, an improvingPatrice Bergeron, a returningMarco Sturm and a strongerBlake Wheeler will make up forthe speedy winger's departure.

Chiarelli and coach Claude

Julien have also made it quiteclear that they prefer skaterswho play a complete game botho ensively and defensively. In Julien's airtight system, withreigning Vezina Trophy winnerTim Thomas and current Nor-ris Trophy winner Zdeno Charaleading the charge, the empha-sis is on defense rst, a belief

that should so en the blowof losing Kessel's repower.

Not only will the Bruins be able to look forward to thereturn of the aforementionedSturm, but the growth and de-velopment of their young play-

ers should be a huge boost aswell. Krejci, Milan Lucic, Hun-wick, Wheeler, Bitz, and Tu-ukka Rask all shown that theyhave the potential to be All-Starcaliber players at some point intheir careers. Krejci, playing in

his rst full year with theteam, recorded 71 pointsto go along with an im-pressive and league-leading +37 plus-minusrating. Lucic, known forhis hard-hi ing style,has become a fan favor-

ite with his fearless playon the ice. Fans have be-come accustomed to hiswillingness to drop thegloves and stand up forhis teammates, but the big winger has showna scoring touch as well,notching 42 points inthe regular season whilecontributing nine pointsin ten playo games aswell. While his ghts getthe fans going, Bruins

management is hoping tosee Lucic continue to work

on his o ensive game whilecreating space for his line-

mates with bone-crushing hits.Hunwick, a speedy, puck-

moving defenseman whomissed most of the playo s lastyear with a ruptured spleen,gures to play an importantrole on this team. Wheeler andBitz, both of whom got theirrst taste of life in the NHLlast year, are big and physical

forwards, and will play im-portant roles o ensively forthe Bruins. Finally, Rask, theyoung goaltender who willserve as Thomas' back-up thisseason, has shown promise inhis limited NHL experience,

and will ultimately be a start-er at some point in his career.

While all signs point to theBruins being very successfulthis year in a strong EasternConference, there are still someweaknesses that may hampertheir goal of winning a StanleyCup. Although they did nishwith the best record in the East-ern Conference last year, theinability of their defensemen tocreate and cash in on o ensiveopportunities cost them dearlyin the playo s. While Chara

scored 19 goals, he did not re-ceive much help from his fel-low defenseman. The additionof the o ensive-minded Morriswas should increase the o en-sive output from the blueline, but only time will tell. In addi-tion, the defense is a bit lackingin depth, with only six soliddefensemen who can be count-ed on to play signi cant NHLlevel minutes. Capable but un-proven depth players like John-ny Boychuk, Drew Fata and Je

Penner will be counted on toplay full-time at the NHL levelshould any of the Bruins' top-six defensemen su er an injury.

The 2009-2010 Boston Bru-ins have been constructed insuch a way that playing deepinto next spring's playo s willnot be considered an anomaly, but simply meeting the nowheightened expectations. Witha good blend of young play-ers and seasoned veterans, thisteam is poised to make a run

deep into June. Finally, fansin the Hub of Hockey have alot to be proud of when dis-cussing their team, and candream aloud about winningthe Stanley Cup without be-ing laughed at in response.

Matt WestJournal Staff

Milan Lucic will continue to be aforce for the Bruins

Photo by of rubyswoon/WikiCommons

Writers play fortune tellers: Predictions for the 09-10 year A er a great regular sea-

son, the Bruins will play theAlexander Ovechkin and theWashington Capitals in theEastern Conference Finals. It'llgo the distance, but the Bruinswill lose in seven games. TheCaps will go on to lose to theDetroit Red Wings in six games.

-Ma McQuaid, Assistant Arts Editor

The Bruins won't quite matchtheir regular season total fromlast year, nishing second in the

Eastern Conference to the Phila-delphia Flyers. The Bruins will beat the Devils in the rst roundof the playo s, the Capitals in thesecond, and those same Flyers inthe ECF. In a Stanley Cup for theages, the Bruins will beat the San Jose Sharks in six games. Book it.

-Dan Ryan,Sports Editor

The Bruins will win the Cup, beating the San Jose Sharks.

They will nish rst in the East-ern Conference, but not bymuch. Someone out West willwin the Presidents Trophy. Inthe playo s, the Bs will beatthe Thrashers, Devils and Pen-guins on their way to the Cup.

-Andrew Macdougall Journal Contributor

I hate to say this as a Bruins fan, butits going to be Detroit. Their defense is re-ally deep even though their goaltendingis suspect. Theyll play the Bruins in theCup nals, but the Bruins will come upshort because of a lack of scoring depth.The Bs will nish second to Philadelphiain the Eastern Conference. The presenceof Morris and Hunwick will help makesure that the Bruins dont get hemmedin the zone like they did against Carolinalast year, which will propel them to andthrough the Eastern Conference Finals.

-Will NortonSu olk Student/Hockey Superfan


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A er starting o the seasonwith two straight wins againstEastern Nazarene and DanielWebster, the Su olk womenssoccer team has lost its last sixgames, and currently sits at 2-6on the young season. Despitethe recent string of losses, theteam has kept the score close ineach match, losing only one of

the games by two goals or more.The season started o

very well for the team, as theyearned a 4-3 win over EasternNazarene and followed that upwith an impressive 3-0 shut-out win over Daniel Webster.

However, the Lady Ramsstarted their slide with a 1-0OT loss against Lasell on Sept.12th, and followed that closeloss up with a 2-0 loss to Sim-mons on Sept. 16th and a 2-1loss to Norwich three days later.

Unfortunately, the bad luckdidnt end there, as the LadyRams lost two more close ones(6-4 vs. Emmanuel and 2-1 vs.St. Josephs of Connecticut) before being beaten by John-son and Wales by a rather con-vincing 6-2 score on Tuesday.

Playing games away fromthe friendly home con nesof Dilboy Stadium has beena huge problem for the teamthis year, as they are currentlywinless (0-3) in road games,compared to 2-3 at home.

Sophomore LeslieHayden has carried theo ensive load for theteam thus far, scoringeight of the teams twelve

total goals. She has 18total points this season.Fellow sophomore GinaDean is second on theteam with two goals,while freshman KelseyCavare a and junior Ma-rie Trombe a are tiedfor third with one goalapiece. Trombe a is a ju-nior transfer from Guate-mala and will be countedheavily to produce thisseason. Junior goalie Em-

ily Joyce has made 55saves while allowing 14goals through the rstsix games. She is cur-rently sporting a ratherstingy 2.29 goals against aver-age. Hayden has already beennamed to the GNAC Weekly

Honor Roll twice this seasonfor her outstanding accom-plishments on the eld, and Ca-vare a has been named GNACRookie of the Week once.

To make ma ers worse,

each of the teams six losseshas come against GNAC op-ponents, making them 0-6 in

GNAC play on the year. Whileit will certainly be an uphill ba le, the Lady Rams still haveseveral opportunities to makesome noise in the conference.Six of their last seven games are

against GNAC opponents,meaning that if the team canget hot at the right time, arespectable in-conferencerecord is far from unreach-able. Also, the team has big

games coming up againstconference-leading andcross-Common rival Em-erson and second-place St. Josephs (ME). Wins againstthese quality opponentswould go a long way towards boosting the con denceof this Lady Rams team.

However, if the LadyRams fail to make someheadway in the confer-ence over the next coupleof games, the players and

coaching sta cantake solace in the factthat this is one of theyoungest squads inthe GNAC, if not in

all of college soccer. Currently,the team has no seniors on theroster and only ve juniors. Five

Women's soccer struggling in GNAC Alex MellionJournal Contributor

Sophomore Leslie Hayden (Ross, CA) is cur-rently the Lady Rams' leading scorer with eightgoals and 18 total points on the young sea-son.

of the players are sophomoresand three are freshmen, playingin their rst year of college soc-cer. Even if this year has beenless than stellar thus far, theyoung squad is gaining valu-able experience by the game,experience that will allow themto improve upon this seasonand come back even strongerand more prepared next year.

The Lady Rams next game

is a GNAC match against PineManor on Oct. 3rd at 6 p.m.at the teams home eld, Dil- boy Stadium in Somerville.Pine Manor is currently 2-6-1(0-6 GNAC), and should pro-vide the Lady Rams a goodchance to get back on track.

The Gators have lost fourout of their last ve games, andwere shut out in each of them.The team has struggled might-ily to score at times this season,which will be like music to Suf-

folk goalie Emily Joyce's ears.In fact, in their six losses on theseason, the Gators have failedto score a single goal, and wereoutscored by a margin of 16-0.

*All stats and recordsare current as of Sept. 29th.

Photo Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics

Questions linger as NHL season startsThe National Hockey

League is coming o of whatcan be considered one of itsmost successful seasons inrecent memory. AlexanderOvechkin continued his run asthe leagues most marketablestar with an entertaining per-formance at the All-Star Gamewhile piling up the goals andassists as well. Evgeni Malkinand Pavel Datsyuk made surethat the league wasnt a one-

Russian show, contributingmightily o ensively as well.The league saw franchises come back to life in once-hockey rabidmarkets like Boston and Chica-go, and saw its most competi-tive post-season in decades endwith one of its brightest stars,Sidney Crosby, li ing LordStanleys Cup as captain of thechampion Pi sburgh Penguins.

for the NHL, a er such awonderful season, is the

ever-present now what?As excellent as last season

was for the league, the o sea-son has been just as tumultu-ous. Summer black eyes for theleague range from the embar-rassing (Dany Heatley becom-ing the latest player to refuse toplay in Edmonton) and shady(ex-NHLPA head Paul Kelly be-ing railroaded out of o cewith a 3 a.m. vote) to the silly(Chicago star Patrick Kane be-ing arrested for allegedly beat-

ing a cab driver over 20 cents)and downright ridiculous (theongoing saga that is Jim Bal-sillie vs. the rest of the NHL).

However, like the start ofthe second period, the league begins the 2009-2010 seasonwith a fresh, new sheet ofice, into which a multitude ofskates will carve various newand exciting storylines. Here

as the new season unfolds.Can the resurgent teams

keep it up? Anyone in theNHLs o ces will admit thathaving Boston and Chicago re-turn to prominence is nothing but a boon for the league. Thetwo cities have proven to beamong the most sports-crazytowns in the America, and fullarenas in the Windy City andthe Hub of Hockey bring moremoney into the pockets of theNHL. However, both franchisesenter the season having gonethrough somewhat turbulent

o seasons. Chicago saw its GMred a er an o er-sheet mix-upthat nearly led to the voiding ofcontracts. Former BlackhawkMartin Havlat took shots at theteam via Twi er on his way outof town, and , oh yeah, there wasthat whole Kane asco men-tioned above. The Bruins lostsniper Phil Kessel as a salarycap casualty, and is facing huge

the Bs can recapture last yearsmagic. However, both rosters

are well-stocked with a mixtureof veterans and rookies, andare led by coaches who should be able to right the ship shouldanything go wrong. The resultwill make the league happy:Chicago and Boston will remaincompetitive for years to come.

Whats going to happento the Coyotes? The ongoingdance between Balsillie, Be -man and the rest of the leagueis turning the entire NHL intoa sports-landscape laughing-

stock. Balsillie wants a team,and has proven that he is will-ing to go deep into his Black- berry-lined pockets to buy one.Be man has made it just as clearthat he doesnt want Balsillie tohave a team, especially one thathe is vowing to move to Hamil-ton, Ontario. The NHL owners,embarrassed by a recent stringof scandalous owners, dont

club either. Lost at the centerof all of the mudslinging and

name-calling is the fact that ateam, the Phoenix Coyotes, stilldoesnt know if it will be play-ing in Phoenix next season, anda group of fans that has neverseen a winner may be withouta hockey club come next year.The sooner this is resolved, the be er. The league needs to putthis mess behind them, andlet the on-ice product be thefocus of the national media.

How will the rookies per-form? Highly touted rookies

Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay), John Tavares (New York Island-ers) and Ma Duchene (Colo-rado) are being viewed as sav-iors of sorts in their respectivemarkets. All are coming on toteams that are coming o of ter-rible seasons, and are expectedto carry those same teams backto the promised land. How willthey fare under such heavy ex-

Dan RyanJournal Staff

the suffolk journal 9/30/2009

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