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BEN WHITMORE IEditor-in -Chief Richard Heavers, Roger Wil­ liams Universiry's sole physics ~~o!~.s~ ~:; ~ov. 14 in his 7 Heavers took a leave of ab­ sence lase spring semester while he underwent treatment for cancer. He returned to the classroom this fall, but his ill­ ness forced him ro cake another leave shortly into the semester. For those chat did not know Richard Heavers, it would be hard to believe that such a man existed outside the realm of fic­ rion. To be fair, though, Rich­ ard Heavers lived a life unlike most others. Heavers was a physics profes­ sor who did not use a computer. Since he never learned how co type, he wrote all of his tests in r:;h~~ s~je~t~tocopicd them Heavers lived on a 160-acre farm in Charlescown, R.I., where he raised sheep and grew his own cross-pollinated breeds of apples. Heavers famously wore Ber­ muda shorts and shore-sleeved shirts year-round, even in the biting winter cold. He did not carry a briefcase to the university because the old Tab soda box that held his books and papers was adequate enough for him. Once, when Heavers tripped on che stairs carrying his soda box full of books, inSlcad of rumbling down the steps, Heav­ ers threw the box as hard as he See HEAVERS, page A3 Back to back Sailing team earns second­ consequtive national title JOSH WEINREB Isporu Editor The Roger Williams University Sa il ing team was rec­ ognized \'(lcdnesday night at the Men's. basketball. game after bei ng ranked number one overall m the nanon lase week by SAJU NG WORLD magazine. For che sec­ ond rime in school history, 1he Hawks sailing team remains one of the eli1e sa iling programs in 1he country. "I couldn't be mo re happy right now," said junior sailor Alec Anderson. "h 's great chat the rea m is being recognized for all the ha.rd work that we put in over d1 c season. We are also pretty new co bei ng ranked number o ne (second time ever), but I Run nm braved the cold fa r 1hr cause Wedn esday night as thry set off0 11 the mik-long Fruzy chink we could all get used ro it." Bikini Ru" course. Roger W illiams received their firs t number one ranking in April, :i.fter wins ar the Centra.l Series Four and the New England Coed D in­ 3 ghy Championship. l his season, Freezing their pants off the Hawks ended on a high note, t:i.king second place in the 201 1 lncercollcgiare Sail­ in g Associa tio n Ma~ch ~ce Students take it offfor Toys for Tots Na1io na.l C hamp1onsh1p, their first appearance since ry or nice?" to Roger Williams parr in RW U's second annual SAMANTHA EDSON IA,,t. News Editor 2006. Uni versiry students. The an­ Freez.y Bikini Run. Hosted by "It's only icing on the From childhood., one learns swer to che ques1ion does not CE , the eve nt is internally cake that the ranking will that Sama will find out who is determi ne what RWU srudent5 co-sponsored by two of its remain this way u!llil naughry and nice. 1hose who will rece ive th is holiday season, commiuccs, Pride Programs arc nice get presents on C hrist­ the spr~ng season i, cart 'i but rather what ream they r:i.n and Wednesday Weeklys. The in h:bruary/tvb.rch mas morning, while dime on after rhe ew Year," ,..______., for during th is year's Freezy Bi­ event collected t0ys and mon­ the naughry list receive lumps kini Run. etary donations from partici­ Anderso n said. of coal. ll1b yea r, the Cam­ Ar 6:30 p.m. Wed nesday in pant.li fo r the Mari ne's Toys fo r pus Entertainment Network the Rec. Center atrium, 20 (CE ) a,ked, "A rc you naugh- See RUN, pageA2 See SAJL, page A2 participants gathered co rake INDEX etting iced News ...... Al Fea tures .. .B2 Hawks' hockey rea m preps fo r a cold, Editor's D es k...... A5 Opinions ...... B4 hard sea5o n PAGE A6 Sports...... AG Puzzles ...... B6 Amanda Newman Samantha Ed~on Read on line NEWS [email protected]___ S_E,_ l,_on026~g r_w_u_.,d_,_, ___ hnwkshemld.com A2 RUN: Students sport skivvies for the Tots

Continued from page Al To1s foundation by liason Dan the street pasr GHH, around Boondock Saims"' wem 10 1he included the costume comes1 ing that RWU students still Rmhbun, ,he head or the RWU Lhe Bayside Couns, and ended winner from the naughty team, winners, Jamie Goodwick and gave, even though they were chapter of the Semper Fi club. back in the at rium where it and a copy of 1he "Quanrum of Dan Rathbun. not necessarily panicipating in To participate in the run, bega n. In addition to the run, Solace" wem 10 the nice ream's Junior Karie O 'Koren said she the ru n. Christopher O'Kecfc, people had to either bring a lOY people could also partake in winner. llu'.· winner of the run panicipared in the run because CEN Traditions co-chair, sa id or a $5 donarion to rhe event. a costume comest and make from the naughty team was 1e­ h was a good cause donating that, " le~ a great new tradition 1l1e runners were then divided their own goody bag of vari­ ven C.1rnevale, and Jack Fergu­ toys fo r kids, and 'ca use it was that Roger Williams is bring­ imo ci1 hcr 1he naughry or nice ous ca ndio and sweet treatS. son. who al~ was 1he wi nner of fun buying the toy." The race ing 10 campus." Dcspi1e being team. Pride Programs Chair ~fhe first person of each team las1 year's run, rook the prize for raised $90 and collected 34 d ivided into naughty and nice Meg:111 Nixon was responsible co cross 1he finish line won an the nice 1eam. Fergmon said he toys for the Toys for Tots foun­ teams, the charitable efforts of for much of the event's organi- iPod t0uch. While the winners participarcs in the run because da1ion. The total number of 1..11ion. The run was less than a of the cosrnme comest would "it's fun. h 's campus tradi­ dona1ion.s exceeded the amoun1 h~: :~~d:'t'!ll}::1s~~~;n~~~~ mile, and the course ran down win a DVD. A copy of "The rion." The night's winners also of runners in rhe race, signal- omo Sa nta's nice lbc this yea r.

SAIL: Team secures second national title That's the Continued from page Al ticket: Professor's book published

ALISON ROCHFORD/ Herald Reponer said. He also attempced to in­ corporate the smry of the ticket Roger Williams University is scalpers inro Ulat tale. Accord­ fortunate enough to have sev­ ing to Budnick, he and Baron eral gifted professors with ex­ anempted ro .. tell the story pertise in many areas. Among from the perst,>Cctive of the in­ 1h ese is Dean Budnick, adjunct dividual actor in order to ob­ Profe.uor of History at RWU. jectively .. tell the sto7 of how Budnick is a professor, direcror, Ticket Master sort o came to historian, and, most rcccnrly, a domination" in the online tick­ published author. According 10 et market. The co-authors also Budnick, his new book T1cKJ:.1 asked the question, how did MASTERS "is really rhe first rick.et prices get so high? book that explores the history "Ticket prices arc so high that of computerii.ed ticketing, con- consumers are not going to have Ticket prices are so high that consumers are not going to have the opportunity to experience live music as much as they did.

cert promotion, [and] the rise the opportunity to experience of online secondary markecs in live music as much as they once scalping." did. Nor only arc they going ro T1cKEr MAnERS, which Bud­ be denied that panicular experi­ nick co-wrote with author Josh ence, but it's also going co injure Baron, was released in June some of the younger developing 201 I. Budnick described his acts who need people to come work on the book as "a mix of our and support them at the be­ my historical background train­ ginning srages," Budnick said. ing and interest combined with T1CK.ET MAsTeRS was created my more recent writing efforts over a three year span, the result in the rea lm of music." ?f research and writing. Though Budnick said he was originally it was a lengthy process, in the inspi red to write "a book on end, it yielded positive results. the culruraJ his1ory of scalping" Publications such as ROLLING during his work for his doctoral STONE have described the book dissertation on Vaudeville ac­ as "' Fascinating ... [The authors) ror Roscoe .. Farty" Arbuckle. delve deep into every aspect of Through his research, he found che tour biz, from the rise of .. instances of people scalping computerized ticketing to the 1ickets, firsr to some of [Ar­ consolidation of concert pro­ buck.le'sJ performances, and morers.'' then going back before rhen, Budnick, who is rhc author perhaps mosr notably ro those of three additional books, is in of Charles Dickens ... in 1he the beginning stages of writing middle of the nineteenth cen­ a fifth book, in which he further tury," Budnick said. develops the story of Arbuckle ''[I wasJ fascinated in sort of and the culture of the United 1elling the story of Ulese early States during his lifetime. concen promoters," Budnick Burglary is back: Reports of campus theft put students on edge

LYNDSEY BURNS IAsst . Opmtons Edit or len from the Rec. Center's gym town," Elamine said. desk ... he walked away only appoiming that people o n this It l1.1s been a rough first semes- locker room. "It was stolen Acco rding to 1he C lery C rime for a minute,.. Ford sa id ...llu ::re campus are so uncrusrwonhy. I 1er for some Roger Williams along with eight 01hcr people's Statistics fo r 2008, 2009, and were so many external hard was drawn 10 thi~school because univer/ii ty 'iludems. According items, including a comptuer, 2010, burglary ha.5 been on dri ve.~ stolen; 1here's pos1ers for it seemed grc,11 group of LO '>e,·cra l 'ilUdcnts, 1he R\VU from the gym locker rooms," 1he decl ine, from nme rornl in like a mi ,~ ing hard drives all over the peopl e, where everyo ne was can~pm has been experiencing a Elaminc sa id . "This all hap­ 2008, to \even in 20 I 0. How­ place." comfon :i bl c, but the ,heft trend theft trend since 1hc beginning pened around 4 p.m. o n Mo n­ ever, 20 11 s1;ui!itic!i have yet 10 St ud ent, are disappointed and has changed opinion.'' of the foll 20 11 semc!iter. Stu­ da y, Nov. 14." be released, and Public Safety my In Elamine's case, the police ~eginning 10 qucs 1ion du: in1 cg­ S1ul'~n1:, wish a foir punish- denl.'i who had left their items h~ declined to commcm on rt1 y of 1hcir peer!>. '" h h,1, done unaw:ndcd in areas such as 1hc were ab le to locate the stolen any trend, of on campus theft. ment for the crirn in.1.I , involved i1em s and return 1hcm to their more dun ~h.tke my opinion of m the on-campm theft c.1ses ... I Campu.!i Recreation Center, re­ According l O \ophomore ::i r­ 1h e people th,11 go to d1 i\ arn .v­ ponccl i1c1m stolen, according owners . ..All I know or 1he per­ could onl)' hope tl1:1.1 1he pcr..on chiteaurc 't tudcnts Tyler Dav­ ing school. It has left me in J son who swle the itcnn 1!! th:u who ~tole all these i1c 1m w.1s ex­ m the e·mail .scm byVice Prcsi­ enport .md Kuc Ford , theft is :i t.Ile of shock tha1 a per~o n can den1 of Swclcm Affairs, John they arc or were a studem at th i.\ a co mmon trend in the archi­ pelled, hecame I kno" for one university, :md ilu:y g01 caught be ~o .~n!nd -hlowingly incun~icl­ t!,ing, I don'1 w.1nt Rog<.·r \'­ heginning of the ye.t r who h,1d c1a l :~ 1uden1' 1h.11 />cr,o,ully Comnunder Sman Phone sto- a g;1_\ '- l,U io n in .1 neighbo ring hi , compu1er ,1olc n from his vmmlv excludl'' thi , n immal." ex perienced theft ,.1i(, "Ii \ cl 1~ fl.1mim· ,.1 id . D ECEMBER ~1,_2_0_1_1__ A3_ NEWS THE HAWKS' HERALD HEAVERS: 'Ever-present smile' will be missed

Continued from page A I could down the stairs in front He was born on Chri.srmas of him so that the force of his day. throw would cause his body to He had a beautiful smgmg be pushed backwards, enabling voice. him to right him.self and regai n He was a lefty. his balance. This is a smry he At 18, Heavers applied to often told his students as a way Rensselaer Polytechnic lnsutucc of caching ewton's second on a Sa turday, walking in to the )aw: every aCLion has an eq ual admissions office and inquiring and opposite IOction. Heavers about how he might enroll him­ drove a dicsd-powcrcd, manual self as a student. ihe admissioru rran.smi.Mion Volkswagen Jetta director said that because he Lhat got 55 miles ixr gallon. He y;,-as applying after _t,he deadline, insisrcd that Ulc way out of the he would admn htm only if he country's current financial crisi.s scored a perfect I 00 on the state was 10 raise the price of gas 10 regents exam. Heavers took the $10 per g2.llon. tat, scored the I 00, and, in the Although he was aware of his process, earned himself a State Irish hcriugc his whole life, it scholarship to attend the school. was not until he was in his 60s By thcmsdvcs, these ~cts and Ulat Hc.iven became passionate scenes from Hcavers's life make about his genealogy. He became the man seem like a fantastic so inspired by his heritage that character. But what made Rich ­ he taught himself how to play ard Heavers a special person was the tin whistle, an old Irish in- that he was genuine in evcry­ strumcnt now common in chil- thing that he did. The way he dren's elementary mwic educa- lived was a truthful reflection of tion. Heavers became notorious his earnest curiosity and love for for playing his tin whisile dur- life. ing the start of his physics ex- Heavers truly believed U1a1 his ams, much to his own delight. work as a professor was easier Ye,, when Heavers tried 10 without che US( of computers. teach him.self another Irish in- "The way he did things worked. CouRTISY RWU MIDalways called himself a had other ways he preferred to playing the DVD on his RWU- Heavers wore short-sleeved mind worked. 'custodian of the properry,"' spend his time. supplied laptop. When he could shins and .shorts in the winter "I've never met a person who Kate said. "He didn r fee:) that "He was a1ways doing some­ not manage to work the laptop not as a fashion sutcmcnr, but was more able to understand he owned it in the way that thing. So he squeezed more into without his cbughter, it was because he .simply was immune something at a theoretical level people think of ownership. He his 72 years than some people nor because Heavers was not a ro the cold. and directly apply it to practi­ thought of it as something that do wbo rometimes plop in front technical person, it was just that "I used to carpool with him cal life," sa.id Kate Heavers, his he was protecting 2nd taking of the television for a couple of this particular 1cchnology had occasionally, and on ihosc Feb­ daughter. care of." hours," Kennedy said. passed h.im by. ruary mornings when it was 11 ,.I wish I could explain with Many students considered For Heavers, consuming him­ In fact, the professor that ncv- degrees, we would be driving words exactly how much joy he Heavers a hard professor, but self with work on his furn, er used computers was a whiz across the Newport Bridge, and got from his stories," said Jen­ only because he had so much reaching in his classroom, and with the basset thcrmograph he would have no heat on in his nifer Linehan, a 2010 RWU knowledge he wamcd to share. being a devour father and hus­ when he worked for the U.S. car and he would have his coat graduate, and one of Hcavers's "My highcs, grade w:os a 8+, band contented him. He need­ Navy as an oceanographer. off and a shon sleeve shin and I former students... Dr. Heavers bu, I was really happy with ed linle else. climbed all 48 of the over would sinjng in the car frig- He be lovedJhysic,, and tha, truly that," said senior Sophy Pauli­ "Pop had an ever-present 4,000 foo1 tul mouniain peaks id," said Jim Tack.ch, Professor show to his students." no, one of Hcavcrs's student re­ smile," Kate said. "He was a in New Hampshire, earning of Endish, and Heaven's long­ Heavers worked his f.irmland search partners. "I f«l likc that deeply happy person. He rcally distinction of being time friend and coUcaguc. him the a in diverse ways for deeper mo­ B+ l got in that class was bet­ got the most out of being on ·~r." When Heavers told stories of tives other than producing har- ter than duce A+s in any other this planet." He was also a beekeeper. how he s,ved himself from a f.ill Students TheGAVEL allege drinks Yo11r .wurc:e for Student Senate News drugged on Know Your Body - Ryan Freed Posi1ion on Senate: Treasure campus Age. 20 Grade: Junior WIA IIOSISJHmldR,ponor advice for what srudents who think they have been drugged Roger WiJliarru Univcrsiry should do. Major. Political Science/Legal Studies and the town of Bristol come to "I would recommend, if on fed like home to many students, campus, co get in touch with Interes1s: Playing the gui1ar, long boarding, but recently reported incidents Public Safeiy and !ihc siudeni'sJ arc proof that one should never CORE," King sa id. "If off cam­ watching movies, laser 1agging, anything get too comfortable. pus, I would recommend that argyle, and spending time with loved ones. This semester, and semesters they immediately contact Bris­ past, multiple students have co! Police and seek medical at­ alleged thar someone slipped tention." Recent Achievements: Studenl Sena1e Treasurer of the Month drugs imo their drinks while in Health Services can also help these students our. Future Goals: Run for another E-Board position next yea r. ~~ sh:~;~~d srudent.s come "Depending on the circum­ to Health Services swpcctin& stances, we wouJd provide Afler graduation plans to become a Litigator and eventually a teacher they may have b«n drugged, physical or emotional care they Anne Andrade, Director of may need," Andrade said. "If Mos1 proud of: TI1e Rhode Island Blood Drive tliat Student Sena1e helped orga­ Health Services at RWU, 53.id. there is evidence of assault and There arc precaulions students if we cannot fully assist them, nize in October. The drive exceeded expectations se, by the Rhode Island Blood should be raking in order to we would refer them to the Center. avoid havi ng their drinks tam­ emergency room. They may pered with, bu1 if the unfortu­ also wam to speak 10 someone nate event does occur, there are in RWU Counseling." Favorite pan of Senate: l1 's a 101 of work, bu1 it is interesting to see the opera- people a1 RWU rha, can help. In these situalions, it is hard to 1ional sid e of how Student Senate works. And of course 10 help voice opi nions Rohypnol, more: commonly find evidence and ca tch the cul­ of students at RWU! known as "roofics," is the mos1 prit, so it is best 10 be ca utious common "dare rape drug." to begin with . These drugs arc sedatives tha1 "There's been situations where Relates to the s1ude111 body because. I'm Just another nomial college studen1. I arc aJmost impo,;:s ible to ob­ it has bee n suspected, but it has am well aware of what the student s want and I'm not afraid to voice my opin­ serve when mixed imo drinks not been confirmed," King said. to enjoyable. and arc used to make victims .. Students sometimes come by ions in order make this campus more just for information. There may fo~ai~;~~~~~~~h~tc:d~~~ not be anything more we ca n ual assault. provide other than 1h is infor­ Someone slipping drugs such mation and support ," Andrade as Rohypnol into an unsuspect­ sa id . ¥.'f\O'N ,~~"·· Vecetttber 12th t 1Sth ing person's drink at a party or King urges studen~ tha1, ~\\\ '{Oil \\ s~'Je,S bar is not uncommon. l11is oc­ whc1.her they arc on ca mpu~ or itt New Res curs 001 only at other coll eges, off, in Bristol or at home, they ''t\~ 't)\00 but other places in general. should always wa1ch th6r bev­ John King, Vice President erages. ~o't\~.\;\ ~\'I S\ood ~riye will be spo11sored by the ~hode of Srndent Affairs, sent out an "Alway~ be awa re of that po~­ 1 \\'JQ."• • sla11d Slood Ce11ter a11d Stude11t Se11ate email advisi ng a.I I RWU ~,u­ sibility .md maintain cont-:1c1 denu: of this dange r ea rli er with thar drink and do not al­ Questions? Concerns? in 1.hc se mester. He abo gave low interforcncc," King ~aid. c ont!!_ct us at [email protected] THE H All'Ks' H ERALD I NEWS A4 I D ECEMBER l , 2011 LocALNEWs Empty gas tank leads Stalin's dauQhter, 'Lana,' to two arrests found refuQe in Bristol on Mt. Hope Bridge, di\cover­ BRISTOL PHOENIX IContributed Article ing an empty car blocking the tol, where she 100k refuge in the U.S. Embassy. BRISTOL PHOENIX Contributed Article Two teens were arrested early lane of travel Two girls, one I home of th e la1 e Ruth Briggs a1 Af1er a circu itous trip to the of whom was idemificd as Ms. United Stato, she found safety 1"hanksgiving morning after the A linle- known chap1er in Bri s­ 901 Hope St. Amat, were walking away from in Col. Briggs' home with few ca r they were driving in ran out ml mysteries came 10 an end Linle was known about her the car. people kn ow ing th e difference of gas on the M1. Hope Bridge. recently when 1he daughter of days in Bri s1ol, excep1 that she Mr. Airkens was discovered - except poss ibly Ms. Briggs' Felicia Amat, 18, of West War­ one of history's most ruthless was under tl1e pro1ection of a at the base of the bridge ~rand­ wick, was arrested at 5 a.m. for dictators, Joseph S1alin, died at no-nonsense former liemen­ bridge club. The bridge group ing on a cement isl:ind. He was kepi 1he story under wraps until obstruction and disorderly con­ ,ge 85 last Tuesd,y. ant colonel in 1h e Eisenhower shoeless, police said, and wear­ Peters moved on, and had duct, police sa id. Zachery C. Svedana Alliluyeva, also military headquarters in Europe Ms. ing only one sock. At his fee1 became th e au1hor of her first Airkens, 18, of 12 Rosita Drive, known as Lana Pete rs, died of during World \Var I I. Bristol, was arrested 42 minutes was a botde of brandy. A second Ms. Peters began her defec­ memoir, "Twenty Leners 10 a man was discovered a shon dis­ cancer in a nursing home in later for driving under the in­ Wisconsin. tion in India, where she was on Friend." ta nce away, anempLing to get a She later married architec1 fluence and cited for refusal lO Forry-four years ago, she de­ a mission to ret urn the ashes ride to a gas sca tion, police said. submit to a chemical test and fected from her native Russ ia of her deceased lover, Brajesh Willi am E. Peters, took che underage possession of alcohol. Portsmouth called in aid from Si ngh, to his nalive country. In­ name Lana Peters, and lived for the Bristol Police Depanmem 3l the heigh, of the Cold War, Portsmouth police responded and one of her first stops after stead of returning to Russia, she so me rime in Wisconsin. m a call of a disabled vehicle and they gathered .... sought political asylum at the Read more at EastllayRl.com. leaving Russ ia was here in Bris- NATIONAL NEWS WoRLoNEWs Supreme Court to rule on health plan International briefing: Syria's uprising Bashar Al Assad who has been to remove Syria's membership lAN llEFFH IHfrald Rtp<>rter chase . govern1!:'ent-approved ZIAD ACHKAR IHerald Contributor in power since 2000, ever si n,ce with 1he League, and in addi­ Tue Supreme Court decided he~th insurance. ~ven during 1ntematlonal Relations Student Association the death of his father H afez Al tion, th e Arab League threat­ last week to hear a constirutional nauonal emergcn_c1es such as Assad. They also call for free­ ened to impose sancrions on 1he Syrian regime if they refuse cha.Henge ro President Obama's the Great Dcprcss,on, the court Afrer full of Libya's leader dom of exp ression and press, ro allow international monitors heahhcare reform law several noted! Congress never or?ered Muammar Qadaffi, the world's fre e elections, and equal rights into the country. ll1e European months before the 20 12 dee- Americans to buy parucular attention has shifted co the fo r all citizens, in addition to · I · d h products, such as wheat. allowing political parties to de­ Union led by France and the uon. [ IS exr ecte t at oral ar- An Ob . . rk I d1' U.K. have been working on gu mems wil be held in March, ed ~ma. wm Cail by,. ~- b~;~in3~~i~rdi\}n theha::r~! velop outside of the real of the new set of sanctions along with and the justices are expected to agre ass1mo a rest m wave of violence wimessed in Baath parry, the only offi ciaJ k d · · b J Ess Time.com. ln an appeals coun the United tares. The U.N. Se­ Syria since the 1982 massacre of party in Syria. :ail e ~h ec1S1on ( hun~. j.n- decision that upheld the man­ cu ri ty Council has been unable 0 Hama which ki ll ed over 20,000 to pass a resolution on the Syr· wilin :1; :~n~ t i;c~ss~f ch~ d~te last week, Judge L-iurence people, the Syrian uprising that What does rhe future hold for ian matter due to the threat of a law - the require~nt that eve Silberman, a Reagan appoin­ beg,n on March 15, 20 II as Syria? Russian or Chinese veto. As for Amcrican buys heal th insuran~ ~.ee, wrote that Con~ress must part of the Arab Spring is now the people of Syria the protests staning in 2014 or fuce a fin e - ~e free to fo ~ge nauonal solu; gaining tremendous momen­ The international community have been growin_g every day, and whether or not it is consri- uons to nauonal probl ems. rnm and anention. has stepped up its pressure on tutional. "We know the Afford- Fuct_hermore, former Anconin the Syrian government. Most desp ite analysts' fear that the able Care Act is constirurional Scalia clerk Jeffrey Sutton wrote notably, th e Arab League has Who are the actors? ~n~!s~7~~~l~a~~velop into aq and arc confident the Su rem~ that the federal government's taken a bold step and voted Court will gree., ·d ~- auempts to ex tend coverage The uprising began mostly in House spok~ma~ D~ Pfci;et~ should not be im~ded by rh_e the cities of Hama and Homs, Th c1m· · · b . h couns. Healthcare has few (,f 10 1 where the first protes ts occurred thee ::nan%::;r~: ;uth~~i":dt ht · any) parallels ~n modern life," along with the first death. Since the Commerce Clause, which he ~td. Meaning, government then, rhe uprising has spread allows che federal governmenc requ 1reme.nt of the pu_rchas~ of through most of the country to regula~e economic activity i;y of other product ts unhke- and some key cities like Da­ rdated to interstate commerce. Re di O f h. h fa . . mascus and Latikia. The main The contention, consisting of . gar ess w. IC . ~non _is members of 1he protest have 26 states and the National Fed- nght: though, this dec1s10~ will been the average Syrian ci ti­ eradon of Independent Busi- ccrca m~y play u .large role m the zen, who demands d1ange. The ness, however, claims the Com- upco ming elect!on: l_f rhe court protcstors were later joined by mcrce Clause does not give the throws ?ut th~ md_Jv!dual man­ members of the Syrian army government authority 10 force date, ~d Chns ilhna in The that refused to carry out orders individuals to buy private prod- ""'.'asht~gton Post ,_ Rep~blicans to kill and detain protesters. ucrs like health insurance. "In will gam a b_oosr m their effort This group esta blished the Free both public surve s and at the 10 persuade ·~dependent _vote rs Sy rian Army to ca rry out op­ ballot box, Ameri~;ms have re- that O_bama ts ~n ~xtrem1,~t en­ erations against the Syrian mili- jeered the law's mandate," stated gaged J" some s1g~1fican~ o~cr­ 1ary. The U.N. Human Ridus Senate Republican leader Mitch reach. Howcv~ r, tf th_e J~snces McConnel. ~ffi r~ the laws consuruuonal- counci l has stated ch at at reasr 3,500 people have been killed Gracc-Marie Turner of Na- try, us_the ..GOP that will look during the uprising, mostly ci­ tionalReview.com also warned cx trcmlSl. The heah.hcare law vilia ns, with thousa nds more healthcare la~ reform suppon- has corob to ?efine.dthe ~,rsc seeking refuge in neighboring ers not m be so co nfident, not- term O amas pres1 ency. h Lebanon and Turkey. ing a Florida federal appeals ~ou ld now play a _decid ing role STATE.GOV court's ruling .against the man- m whe1her he wms a second What are the Demands? Th~ c~vil I!fr~in~ in Syria has led to nationwide unrest. date in August, stating that it term. Syna is sujfermg rts worst wave ofviolence since the 1982 "could find no precedent for a Additional r,porting by Hamil massacre ofover 20,000 people. mandate on individuals 10 pur- THE WEEK.

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Dear Hawks' Herald, each evening ro make the smile, wave, or thank-you has Since GHH opened in the building a comfortable place to the potential to bring a fleec­ fall of 2009, it has inarguably work, srudy, and relax. Always ing moment of joy to whoever become a haven for students up for conversation, Charlie receives it. Why not make char Put a ring on it to study, hangout, relax, and provides encouragement to the simple gesture ro those who drink questionable amounts sleep-deprived and academi­ dedicare their time to making Eric Schwarm, 20, a junior, of sugary coffees. Any student cally struggling late-night crew our lives better? showed off his new national who has spent a late evening inGHH. So, nexr rime you re studying championship rin_g that earned in GHH working on a project Now, I am not writing this in GHH at some ungodly hour as a member of Roger Wil­ (or, more likely, procrastinat­ to demean any of the ocher of the night (or morning), rake liams University's first-ever na­ ing on said project) knows thac custodial staff; I have yet, in a moment to introduce yourself tional champion sailing team. this building would not be any building, to meet a single co the lare-night custodians and Schwarm was one of the 37 the same without one person: cwtodian who is unfriend.1y say thank-you. You never know members of the team to be pre­ Charlie. or lacking a smile. Rather, I how much joy ir could bring sented with championship rings As a late-night custodian, am writing m encourage the them. during a special halftime cer­ Charlie cleans the multiple student body and campus emony during the men's basket­ messes left by srudents each community co say thank you Sincerely, ball game on Wednesday nighr. and every day. With a smile on to these wonderfuJ people who Shannon Pitt his face and some pep in his work behind-the-scenes to Class of2013 step, Charlie works diligently keep our facilities pristine. A ...... It's not about yoga pants -.ion of thb kuu on HawluHenld.com. Dear Editor, You imply that we should dress desires?" Thanks for clarifying. It's not about yoga pants. Ir's differendy because ir's in your But as we said, we're not angry about sexism. Instead of allow­ best interest. You tell us that about yoga pants. We're angry ing yourself to be "ashamed" we "don't know how to express about how some men atrempr of what your classmates wear, our sexuality" and you criticize to read our minds and evaluate you should instead be ashamed us for the fact that your own our decisions when they wilJ of your belief synem. This eyes wander. Here's a thought: never know what ic's like ro be belief syslem promotes entitle­ Maybe women don't dress the female. We're angry about the ment-an enridement to speak way they do co please men. word "slut" bein~ a uniquely for women and evaluate r.heir Maybe they do it to feel com­ female term. We re angry about choices better than women fortable, or sexy, or prerty. But, having a one-in-four chance themselves. When a sexist arti­ we are not going to make that of being sexually assaulted cle was published in our news­ assumption because we don't on our campus and knowing paper, we stood divided; some know why individual women that the incident will often be flatly defended irs position dress the way they do and nei­ atuibuted to our flirting, our Each week, the RWU Photo Club a.ss i!,'11S a topic to photograph, without giving second thought ther do you. drinking or our dreJS. We urge collects student submlSSions, then votes on the best one. The to its implications and some It's not about yoga pants. you to consider your dismis- winner gets printed in T11E i--L\wt(s HERALD! personally arcacked you, the Ir's about male privilege. This Last ·week's assignment was a Thanksgi\-ing scene. author, instead of your views. is when ce rtain men, who have :~;~~:~:::n~:h~~esb!r~~ns These responses to your article no idea whar it's like co be in you speak for them. The wianing photograph was taken by HillaryNadwony. are_misg~id: d and _neglect our a woman's bod y, tell wo men Next week's assignment is a photograph of an animal or pet. main ob1ecuon to 1t. how they feel and whar they Sincerely, It's not about yoga pants. should choose. So, we wear Katherine Dumeer Send submissions to [email protected]. It's about the implica cions you yoga panes because we're Kelsey Force Come Join Photo Club! don't even know you made. .. fulfilling [our} exhibitionist Leigh Wilmot Meetings held: 'lbcsdays at 9 p.m. in GHH--Go5 THE HAWKS' HERALD 2011-2012 The student newspaper of Roger Williams U n ivcrsi1y STAFF DIRECTORY

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GEORDYBOVEROU XI Asst.Sports Ed!tor wins along the way towa rd~ the Hawks' success . An overtime Ir wa1, only Ll1e first tryom for win over \\1/orces1cr Pol ytech­ icc hockey, but al ready thin gs nic lnscinue (WPI) was a bi g weren't looking good. " I talked confidence boost for the squad to lRi chi e] Dan after the first on the road. They relinquished tryo ut, and I 1houghc we were the lead to WP! late in the fi ­ in trouble," said head coach Ed nal period, but were still able Silva. " I had to calk him off of co pull out the victory in over­ a cliff," Dan, a senior defense· rime. R\\1/U was also able co man, sa id . defeat Rhode Island College BEN WHITMORE Dcmesepditeblcehaek r;ocrt tthhaet Hthai,~gs for the first time ever this year. Se r1 .ks "It was a big deal for us," Dan Junior Mike Eugemann goes up for the s/11111 i'(leduesdny night agt1inst E11sum Nazarene. before the season even started, said. once rhe skates hit the ice dur- The success 1his yea r has ing 1he rea l ga mes, rhings scan- not just been because of on­ Hawks sweep double header vs. Eastern Nazarene ed going in RWU's favor. Now ice contributions, bu1 rather, ther stand ar l 0·0-l, with a much of the work when the JOSHWEINRIB ISports Editor the other teams reach. By haJf­ ning with it. They scored 32 rea shor at winning a playoff players arc~·~ play.\ng a game or time, RWU was trail ing the Li­ points in the first half, and game for rhe first time in rhe even practicing. The Student The Hawks S\.vept a double 1 ons 40-38, a virtual tie. kept the Lio ns co 17 points as pro. ~~aa nat's,rh,bisu,o,crsy. n,uch of the Senate has rea ll y helped us and header last nighr aga insr East­ 51 The Hawks found themselves rhe Eastern Nazarene offense h- stepped up dramatically," Silva ern Nazarene College as both success co his ---- said. "They down as the game approached struggled co create anything the men's and women's reams its final minute. However, lace productive all night long. The three senior have given us rook on the Lions for their first game heroics from Bovee with Hawks capitalized on the Lions [)~~.ta i ;a~I a lar~e budge1 Commonwealth CoastaJ Con­ one second remaining forced poor play, forcing them ro cake Bishop, and ~ithoat, :~:~: ference marchups of the season. t:he game inro overrime. Two numerous penalties, which led C.J. Younis. don't think Sophomore forward Kaitlyn free throws in overtime by to some easy points by RWU. I "We have a we'd have some Bovee led the Lady Hawks to a Amanda Keane sealed the deal The Hawks went 21-24 (87.5 good core of of the kids that 72-70 overtime victory with 25 for the Hawks to keep them percent) on their free throws, seniors," he we have." points in the first marchup be­ unbeaten. Bovee had a terrific which helped them seal the vic­ fore senior captain Par Flanagan game with l O field goals and cory. said._ "In mr While they opinion, tt s haveyetro lose, led the Hawks to a 73-49 blow­ 3 free throws. Junior forward R\VU received another great the leader- the Hawks still out victory over the Lions with AJexandria Lanieri added 18 game from. Flanagan, who ship of those aren't perfecr. 16 points of his own. points, and freshman Lauren scored 16 points, grabbed 7 de­ The women's ream remained Stumper added ten poinrs in fensive rebounds and played a thWrche .geuys.t", he Manning be- Ii Ii eves t:hey undefeated with the vicrory, im­ the victory. Paige Condon and team-high 30 minutes. Jun io r seniors have still have some provin~ to 4-0 on the ye~r, ~nd Lisa Lutz also made strong con­ forward Mike Igoe added 13 0 been a big things to work tributions for the Hawks. 11 ::!r fo: rhc t!a:e Th~n~:~~ t(!ff:rdn~JdenJo~::;:~e~f:: The men's team dominated ~;~)df rtt~ ~i:~es, weS~o~; evened up their season, improv­ from the beginning in the sec­ rebounds to hel p the Hawks se­ so far this out and it's just ing to 2-2 and continued fhe ond game of the double header cure the win. year, an un- like, 'We're the woes for the Lions, as t:hey re­ at the campus Recreational The Roger Williams basket­ derclassman better team, main winless, fa.Hing to 0-5 on Center. Senior Pat Flanagan en­ ball program will look to con· has also made ComtrESY FAUSTINE and we can the year. tered the game leading the team dnue their success as both the BARBAJlA The Lady Hawks fought a his mark on do h t with an average if 24.3 points men's and women's teams uavd the program. _C_o_ac_h_S_i_lv_a_c_on_d_u_ct_s.,_p_ra_c_ri_u_. want:'" a h~ back and forth banle against per game. The CCC Player of to Endicott CoHege co play a "Sean Wil- said. "We realize that we can't Eastern Nazarene. Momentum the Week continued to impress double header against the Gulls Hamson is a freshman, and he's just show up and win a game. was passed from team to team in the young season. this Saturday, December 3. The got ·12 goals," said assistant We have to show up and play throughout the game, with nei­ The Hawks came out of t:he Lady Hawks open up the con­ coach Billy Manning. Both the right way." ther squad giving up a string of gates charging, quickly grab­ test at p.m., and the men close I Williamson and Younis are on With help from the Senate, points that would put it out of bing the momentum and run- it out with a 3 p.m. matchup. the same li ne, and have been inrerest in the .!pOtt has a1so 1 for° cf/~a:~~~ c~~r:~~i,~ ~;:s. c~~~deh:~ Y.~~:u4~ Ill: l11~i11t11 C1,1t1l1 CIIC~ CIIII. liamson's aforementioned goal kids try out, and we had to cut JOSH WEINREB ISports Editor just wears out," Capitals general season. Message received. rally is impressive, and Younis 15 or 16 kids," Silva said." "We manager George McPhee said W ith playe rs li ke Ovechk.in has also played ve ry wel l, de- only cue rwo last year." Once a fearless leader that in a press conference. Coaches and Alexander Semin, it's hard spite a slow start to the year. Aft.er a surprising start, expec­ led on~ of the most dange~ous "do everything they can to get a to argue with his logic. How '1He was kind of doubting him· rtatcikoencsedh; vrc tpercdHicawtaksblr sky- reams I~ the NHL, Washing- team going and they coach well can a ream with so much talent self, but since then, he's really 0 r,0 h 20 11 ton Capuals head coach Bru~e for a while bur - and I've said be struggling so hard? It's no picked it up/' Silva said. "He campaign. "I think anything ~udr~u was fi red from his this before - ir's like having the secret that Ovechk.in was srrug­ was really hot fo r a good six or less than a championship at the JOb ~ hmd the be_nch Monday same teacher for five years. How gli ng co score goals li ke he used seven games." end of the year would be a fail- morning after a dismal start to would you like to do that in high to, and Semin has recendy been The rwo coaches bel ieve chat ure," Dart said. the season. Under Boudreau, school? Ir would be hard." ca.lied out for his work ethic on the players have been che larg· Bishop also is starting to ex­ the Capitals had ~e best regu- The Capitals under Boudreau the ice. The s~ip in Washington est part of the success, but their pect bigger and better things lar season record 1~ th_e East· stanedrheseason 12-9- 1 in their is slowly sinking. players believe that the coaches from the ream he captains. "We ern Conference_ rw1ce in four first 22 games. With 25 points, Now, the ship is under the have been an even bigger pare. played every single ream in rwo seasons and, with the help _of they were ried with the New Jer- command of Capitals legend "Manning coming has been a divisions, and beat every single superstar Alexander Ovechlcin, sey Devils for the and 8th and Dale Hunter, who has some huge help, too," Dart said. "He one of them[ he said. " lc's time was ~amed Head Coach_ of the final playoff spot in the East. serious shoes co fill. In his first wasn't here last year, and he to move up Year m_ 2008. However, JUSt 23 However, McPhee sent a mes- game behind the bench, Hunter brings a lot. Last year, we had a Even Silva was surprised by games into the 2011·2012 sea- sage to his players by fi ring Bou- and the Capitals fell co rhe low­ lot of trouble with defense, just the team's start. "Did I expect son, Boudreau was sh?wn the dreau: The Washington Capitals ly Sr. Louis Bl ues 2- 1. Perhaps positioning and little turnovers this? Absolufdy not," he said. door refclaced by Capitals leg- are too talented to be fighring for Boudreau was not the problem, chat would cost us a game here "We don't expect co lose now. e~d Da ~ Hunter. , a playoff spot, even ifit is only a but he certainly wasnt part of or there." We expect co win, and to con· Sometimes [a coachs message] quarter of the way through the the solution. There have been some big cinue ro get better." Eli Manning vs. Tom Brady Who's the better quarterback?

NICKSCH WA LBERT IHerald Contributer same kind of ratings or num­ on the defense. Any New Eng· bers as Tom Brady but has a land fun could cell you chat. As Does a team's record always re· better record overall. However, for the Giants, Eli has been all Acer an particular player's abil­ a record doesn't reAect the per· ove r the place with his ratings. ity? I don't believe so. A tea m formance of the quarterback. In He performs well some games could have a dynamite quarter· rh e five ga mes chat the Giants and U1en could drop the ball back or running back bur then have played, Eli's highest quar· and have a bi1 of an off game. the res t of che rea m could be terback rating came against the However, the Giants still find a god awful. The Patriots had a Miami Dolphins, with a 106.6. way to win the majority of their rough start co this season with ll1is has been El i's only quar­ games. Looking back at some of a quick two losses co the Steel­ terback rating over one hun­ the games that they have played ers and yes, the G i:uus. In those d red and the rest of. the ratings and looking at the stats of Eli , I rwo games Tom Brady had his aren't impress ive to say the least. have co say rhat the main reason rwo lowes t quarterback rati ngs However, the Giants managed char the G iants have a winning of che yea r, a 101.8 against rhe to churn out wins and have record is defe nse. Opponent Piccsburg Steelers and a seasonal produced a record of three wins quarterbacks have averaged low of a 75.4 Afte r the first two and two losses, same as New a combined passe r raring of games however, Tom Brady and England. On the season, Eli 75.6, which is below average fo r che Patriots got their act to· Manning has thrown for a total a typical quan erback. Eli Man· gechcr and won 1heir lase three of 2,952 yards and 18 touch­ ning is averaging a 94.7 over­ ga mes in a row. Tom Brady downs. He will be looking co all . So with Eli's stats in mind as well as the defensive stars, I m:maged to finish with a 11 8.4 elevate those scats on Monday against divisional rival New night against the New Orleans believe chat the G iants come o u1 on top due 10 their defense. York Jets, a I 09.2 aga in st the Sai nis. chiefs and most recently put up \X'h en comparing the num­ Torn Brady on the other hand, a seasonal hi gh of 134.6, with bers and s1a1s of the quarter­ is pu ll ing bener statistics than rhree wuchdowns, no inc erccp- backs, we ca n see why one his defense. The New England 1ions and 361 ya rds. O n the 1ea m manages to wi n and why Defense is averaging a passer season, Tom Brady has thrown one docs exceptional. With rating of 82.6 agains1, which for a total of3,627 yards .ind 28 the quanerback ratings of Tom isn't much wo rse than the Gi· ants defense, bu t i1 makes all touchdowns. Brady, it 's foir to put the blame Eli Manning hasn't had 1hc for mo~, of the losses this season the difference. AssOClATED PRESS PROJEc rLoMHAllDI. COM DEC~MllLR l , 20 11 THE HAWKS' HERALD SECTIO

Finishing sente·iiCifS services and campus from her sister and decided she wouJd apply MICHllU U! & KINSEY JANuj Hfflld R,pontr anyways. In the end, Sarah had to make the choice between attend­ ing the University of Connecticut or RWU. Fraternal In folklore, the word doppelganger is a paranormal double or a "After high school, I thought maybe I would try somethinli, differ living person, often rcprcscntinf evil or misfortune. In everyday enr because we had been together all through hilj,h school, Sarah language, the German word for double walker" is used frequently said. "Bur it would be really weird to be far apart. to describe any double or look-alike of a person. It's been said chat "I was indifferent," Karie said. "I didn't care." Facts everyone has their own doppclgangcr, living and breathing some­ Their mother had a very motherly opinion on the issue. When where across the world, both totally unaware of the other's pres­ the sisters were younger, their mother made sure to put the girls in ence. But for four Roger Williams University students, this strange different classes but allowed cheir classrooms m be near each other sensation isn't all that strange: it's just everyday life. Katie and Sarah say this is because their mother didn't want them co be cwins that couldn't survive without each other. The sisters There is no proven joke that their mother secretly wanted her cwo youngest daughters SARAH AND KATIE MAMUlA to go to the same school and are happy that they arc. scientific data chat "We do get a lot of, 'Do you guys have ESP?" Katie said ...Or twins have ESP. 'Can r,ou feel pain when the other one slams their finger in a car door? " Sarah added, finishing her sister's sentence. With similar long blond hafr, the sisters like to distinguish that Sarah has brown eyes and Katie has hv.el. Sarah, who is five min­ utes older, is an inch tal ler ,md wears a bigger shoe size. Within Contrary co popular minutes of sitting down with the two sisters, their different person­ belief, twins do alities emerge from the srarc. Katie describes herself as the goofbaJI sister and does things like not share the sm "spontaneous tap dancing in the liquor store." Sarah claims she is fingerprint p,i.~ 91 the opposite, and has more of a sarcastic sense of humor. .. l take myself too seriously, I guessi" she .said. W ith different majors and Sarah being on the swim teani, the sisters don't always have rhe same friends. They said that most of the time, they meet different people through each other. Fighting over boys has only been an issue on one or cwo occasions bm the sisters say their types are usually different and they find a way to The first twins to live work things out. in the white house Last semester, the sisters made the decision to study abroad in Florence, Italy together. Their mother was also happy about this were Jenna and decision. Barbara Bush. 'Tm really happy about that because I got super sick while I was there and Ka lie

SUBMITI"ED PHOTO PERRY AND CUNT CYR 1bt Mamula siJun were fommntr enough to spend time together d,mng 11 muiy abroad trip UJ Iraly. The pair still live together in "We look a lot alike," said Perry Cyr, at junior at RWU. "And I Animals can have tUmmtown Bri.Jrol guess from a twin's perspeaivc, we're so used to having someone look like us that we don't think twice about it." twins coo, inclttding Sarah Mamula sits at one of the high top rabies in Ulc Global Cyr, 21 , has been walking with a doppelganger all his life. Hi, cats and deer. Heritage Hall (GHH) atrium waiting for her cwin sister, KaLherine twin brother, Clint, was born 22 minutes be.fore him, and has been (Katie), who picks her up every Tuesday night after her Ncwswrit~ there through everything in Cyr's life. ing and Reporting class. The sisters have worked out a system with "It was fun growing up with a twin," said Cyr. "h was [like] hav­ how Lhey get home to their Hope Street apartment every day, si nce ing a constant bes1 friend that you couldn't get away from. He is the pair share a car. my only sibl ing. and I think i1 's better that way." Sarah, who has her si,;;ter programmed in her phone as "twin," Though the two brothers are fraternal, many people continue ro Vegans are 1/5 gets a text .saying she is on her way. The sisters, who are both in mistake 1h cm fo r identical rwins. G rowing up, the two were known eJ less likely co their senior year, are living together for rhc 6m time since coming as the "Cyr Boys" or the "Cyr Twins," but Cyr says that though lhc toRWU. two have many similar personaJiry traiu, the more you get to know have twins as a .. The only thing left is to Man a clothing line like Mary Kate and the rwo individually, the more 1h e personali ties differ. meat eater. Ashley," Katie said ... We always wished we could trade places." The brolhers were '\veil.known" in high school. and wel l·liked Growing up, the siSlc rs say their mother tried dress ing Lhem aJ_ike by the communiry as a pair, but upon graduation, they went their separate ways for the 6rst time in years. Both Cyr and hi5 broth­ until it got too hard to always know where they would be gotng 18 er applied to the Un iversity of I lartford, bUl only Clim ended up tha1 day. Kati e and Sa rah have a sister three years old er and feel A set of identical that \he might have fclr left out at ti mes. The sis ters coincidcmally going. Cyr settled on RWU , two and a half hours from his brorher. "We both applied to Hanford," Cyr said . "But be.sides thar, [we had rwin neighbors who rh_er became close friends_,~i1h. "The Os," twins are birched in 3 as they like to caU them, ml spend every Thanksg1vmg 1oge1her. didn't apply ro any of the sa me school.,;], and that is because we have ouc of 1,000 births. "We had a tea parry and the rest was history," Sarah said. different academic interests. He is mechanical engineering, and I Making the choice to come to RWU wasn'1 as stressful fo r the wa5 originally looking fo r archi1ecture, but have [s ince] switched to consrrucrion management." sisters as ir would seem. Katie started applying to .schools in Rhode Even though high school ended the re ign of the rwo as a unit, the SourctJ: ruikrprdin.com, Island, Roger Williams being one of rhem, because she knew being mu/11pk1.about.com, quotatiom. in the state and by 1h e water was where she wanted to be. Sa rah had See TWINS, page 82 lmbpagncom never c..-ve n hea rd of the .school, but heard the praise of the dining

Confessions of a Black INDEX Friday Shopper Bon Appecit Pie Sale ...... B3 Fashion: Plaid is In ...... B5 Ca,herine Capucci ,ells al l abour her .... 83 Political Three Way...... 65 Black Friday shopping experiences. Keeping our Ca mpus Clean Trials of the ~ingle Life ...... B4 Puzzles ...... 86 PAGE B3 l \ UI I < I ( , I >I Kaliyn Proctor Olivia Lyom I Read onhne FEATURES [email protected] .ed11 [email protected] lmwkslremld.com IB2 TWINS: Learning to be independent undergrads Continued from Page Bl

l:i.pped in other aspects of their been during their yea rs in hi gh sis1cr. for her sister. brothers have a permanent re· "It didn't sink in until I moved life. Always in the same grade, school. But Kaye said this didn't .. Now tha1 we're old er, I'm scill minder that, no mancr how fur in freshman year," said Laura. with the same classes, and same hold her back in the way most the bossy one," sa id Laura. '' But they might end up being from "I reaJii..ed thar it was licera1ly each other, they're never truly general friends, the three oft en would imagine. she's my best fri end, and she had joint birthday panics and "Even though he was there, gets me through eve7rhing." the first time in our lives cha1 apart. we had been separated. It was "We do share a tanoo on our when they were much younger, did all the same things I would Laura says chat shes Lhe loud definitely wei rd and hard 10 get opposite shouJder blades that I and the same outfits each day. have done anyway," she said. " I one and her sister has always de~igned," Cyr said. "h incor­ "Grow ing up, our parents al­ made sure that I still went oul been 1he shy one. D ue m her used ro. Growing up, Laura and her porates our music, names, and ways dressed us in the same and met a 101 of people and shy nature, Liz never wants to sisrer had che same group of binhday. clolhes and it was so annoying," didn'1 jus1 swy with Harris. \V/c correct people when she is 111.is­ Kaye said. "l always wanted to boch just did our own thing." rnken for her sister. friends, and relied on each och­ LINDSEY, ASHLEY AND be different." Harris has since transferred to "I'm so used to being mistaken er. She admits that they knew HARRJSKAYE Despite the many anempts to Scare University of New York at fo r my sisu~r that I just laugh going ro differem schools was group chem together, Kaye says Purchase, and Kaye admits to and correct 1he person," L'lura someching chey had to do, and "A.,hley was born first, then that her and her rwo siblings missing him, but is glad that the said. "Somedmes Lii.. won'c cor­ she felt that they made the right Harris," said Lindsey Kaye, a aren't thar similar when it comes transfer has made him happier. rect people. I don'c even get an­ choice. R\'(IU junior. "Then me. I'm the to personaJiry. She contrasts Kaye echoes Cyr's senrimem noyed because, I mean, we do "She would get really annoyed baby. Even though I'm only rwo AshJey's more uptight personal­ about 1he commonali ty of hav­ look preny si milar." because I would call and text her minutes younger, Ashley always ity with her own more relaxed ing someone who looks just The fraternal twin sisters have to fill her in on every little d1ing

5UBMI1TEO PHOTOS From left 10 right: Laura and Eliubeth DZUl/.o; Perry and Clim Cyr; Harris, Lindsey and Ashley Kaye. Although rhry appear to be idemical siblings, the rwins and rriplets are .fraternal, meaning non-idemical calls me her baby sister." persona, saying chat Harris is like you around all che time. To many differences besides their ~oing on in my life," Laura said. Born on February 7, 199 l, also more of a relaxed person. those without it, it seems like eye colors. Liz is better at math It was good for us, though . I Kare and her two siblings are W hen it came 10 choosing col­ the weirdest thing in the \VOrld, than Laura and more artistic. missed her, but we learned to be the only siblings in their family leges, the three wenr on co!Jege burro those with it , it 's nothing The sisters have two different independent." that share direct ONA. While tours together and had the same out of the ordinary. personalities, bur share the same The: first two years of college che three of rhem were never pool of schools to choose from. "It's actually really hard to ex­ laugh and mannerisms. were: spent living on campw u eated a~ the same person, they Kaye chose RWU for its noted plain what it's like being a trip­ Sharing clothes is definitely but the sisters now commute ro were often grouped together marine biology program, and let," said Kaye. "It just feels nor­ something the rwo sisters love ~rowing up. Ashley eventually se ttled on mal to me because I've always doing. They're the same sii..e, ~~~r L~~b~~•t:~~t~~l~i~~~ PL-o ple would always call us been a triplet. It seems weirder and the sisters love shopping General Store in Lierle Comp­ the Kaye$," she said. "That ac• ~~!la~k~~a 1~ :,i:h:sii;s~!~ to me to have younger or older together. ton, R.I. where the customers tually got on my nerves all che char che three would be sepa­ siblings." "It's awesome to just walk into time because I didn't want to be rated, Kaye was initially mad the next room and have a whole ~~e ~r~;::i:tid~~{·see known !as chat]. I just wanted when Harris decided on RWU LAURA AND ELIZABETH other closet co choose from," us together get really confwed," ro be Lindsey." as well. DZIAW Laura sa id. "I always think I Laura said. "They think we're Her frustration continued, "Growing up, we always shared lose things but then I realii..e she the same person." as \ome people in their high everything, and for once I just Laura Dzia lo and her sister jus1 borrowed something with­ For che future, Laura hopes school had trouble celling Lind- wanred somerhin~ that was Elizabeth (Liz) are used to be out tel ling me." that her and her sister move out mine," Kaye said. ' But I actu­ being referred ro as "the twins." Laura loves knowing that she of Rhode Island, and knows r~:tmth~h~~ ~~~ r;;;r !~Ye~~ ally really liked having Harris at Ac the age of 20, the t\vo rwin aJways has her sister by her that if this happens, chey wi ll identical. Kaye dies that their school with me. It made rhe first sisters are in their junior year of side. When deciding where to aJways be in touch. mother did a good job of giv­ few weeks a lot better because I college and made the choice to anend schools, the Tivenon, "It may sound corny, bur she's ing the 1riplers their own :men­ had a familiar face around." attend different schools. R.I. natives originally decided the only person who truly un­ tion, doing separate activities In a funny rurn of events, both When Laura and Lii.. were they would both be an ending derstands me," Laura said. "I like taking H arris to a baseball the siblings were placed on the you nger, they enjoyed always RWU. At che last minute, Liz tell her everything - according game, Lindsey to che wo, and first floor of Cedar rhei r fresh­ having someone ro be with. In changed her mind and decided to her, I rel! her roo much." Ashley 10 the maJI. man year, and ended up be­ clemen1ary school, 1hc sisters she wa nted to study at Bryan! Even with 1he individuaJi7.ed at­ com ing much closer on the had the same classes, and L'tura. University. Laura wasn't mad, tention, the siblings often over- RWU ca mpus than they had admits that she was the bossier and just wanted whar was best When it's drugged and when it's not

blackour drunk and vo miting. Director of Public S!tfcty, makes NICHOLLE BUCKLEY Herald Reporter I My friends said l was unusu­ .i;u re her officers arc ready to It's 10 p.m. on a Friday night. ally happy, and then showed respond to anyrhing. '' Pub­ LMFAO 's "Sexy And I Know signs of alcohol poisoning even lic Safety responds to calls for It» is blasting, drinks are being though I only had 5 shots over 'odors of marijuana' and, on oc­ mixed, and fri ends arc taking the course of rhe ni ght," .i;aid casion, have found smdenrs in pictures. You decide to wea r the girl , who wished co remain possession of marijuana and or A;m over heel .) tonight ro avoid anonymous. She was allegedly paraphernalia," Moffat-Li moges any ca1aqrophes. drugged after somethi ng was said. \V/ hen this occurs, the lo­ Hy 11 p.m., you are fee li ng added to her drink. She w:is cal police dep.mmcm is c:.d led. the alcohol hit your .l>ys cem. You ,; ick all nigh t, and very confused and they confiscarc rh e m:tri­ are content. You are ac1uaJly re­ in the morning, .i;o she went 10 juana and i1 S a1 their di.i;crc1ion ally conrcm. Giggling, dancing the I lealth and \Xlellnes.,; Center whether an :u m•t is made. "As all over 1hc place, and slurring before being directed to the po­ far as orher narcotio. arc con­ your worch:: rypica l occurrences li ce. cerned, if we fi nd .my unknown afier drinking alcohol, but you Ka1hlce n McMahon, Dea n of pills (other 1h an aspirin) that know somc1h ing is wrong. You Swdcnt\, cstim:nes that thi ,; oc­ .tre nor in the ,rndcnt'.i; prescrip­ haven't drank th.11 much yet, curs about once J semester. but tion bottle, we abo ca ll the local and yo ur mind is mov in g in ev­ this fall , th ere ha ve bee n fo ur re­ police," Mo ff.11 -l.imogcs said. ery d iffere nt dire 1io n. Yo u ca n't po rts of students believ ing th ey To ensure th.u thi ,; doe.i; not sec , 1r.li gh1 and you feel '> ick. had bee n d rugged. If .'i0 mconc h:lppcn 10 more- ~tudcnts. there Next lhing you know, i1 's 8 h c.1uglu d ru gging so meone are a few l> rcps 1h at c.111 be 1akcn. a.m. 1he nex t morning. You d sc, the puni:,, hment i'i ,c:riou,. Never pm a d ri nk down or leave h,1vc a mill ion q ucs1iom. bu 1 "\V/e do not have mi nimum it out ofl>igh1, c:vc n for .1 l,cco nd. rea lly all you w.1111 10 know i,. ,.mcdon<. fo r drugging ,omc­ Only .1ecep1 d rinks from tru s:1 - ·' \Vhat h.1ppened las1 night?.. onc\ drink. ;md .di c1,cs .m· cd people and cmurc 1h,11 the 1hi~ ,i1u:1tion 1, not uncom­ he.ml on a n individu.d ba., i<.. It d rinb th,u .ire unopened . Do mon. It ou:um:d recently to i, a vc rv ,eriou,; olfcm c, though, n

Cleaning campus to make it feel like home A look at thefacilities

teamclean campus really gives you SHANA SIMS! Herald Reporter some pride in you r job," Potts sa id . In addition, she comment· You may see them on your way ed on how grea1 ic is ro work to class, sweeping up trash from at a co llege ca mpus simply be. the sidewalk. You may see them cause of the srudencs. "·In.e kids cleaning your Aoor bathroom in are always doing something, the morning, or emptying rhe and seeing all they a n do is Spreading holiday trash outside your classroom. amazing," she said. As a child, These people we see, or don'1 Potts's father worked here as a see, every day are rh e people public safety officer, and she that maintain our campus and was always excited 10 hear the make i( beautiful. They arc our cheer with baked goods stories he would bring home. Fac iJities employees. To her, the 1·ob simply seemed If you ever find yourself in the like a natura choice. Facilities office, you may gai n a good food, the dining sraff scar­ GRIFFIN LABBANCEj Herald Repo"er start caking the pie sale orders whole new perspective on the You learn something new and start our promotiom at the ed that they put on promotions department and the people that everyday As students packed up to head beginning of November, and it and events, such as the holiday you see aJ I over campus. Man)' home for Thanksgiving break certainly starts the excitement pie saJes, in order ro change up srndents appreciate the environ­ Out of pure love for mechani­ (his pasr week, some students the everyday routine fo r stu­ ~~m!:-~~hns~l holidays," mcnr that we live in, a beauti­ cal work, ir's easy to see why packed more than jusr their dents. "We're [Bon ApperirJ al­ ful location and a great campus. Ken Daponte, Facilities staff laundry and homework. Since 2008, the dining staff ways t.rying to keep the RWU Bur srudems aren't the only member for 21 years, loves his Each year, the dining Com­ has promoted and sold holiday community happy and break people rhat spend rime here and job. Daponte chose Facili1 ies mons and the Bon Appetit pies to students every Novem­ up the everyday sameness, and enjoy the atmosphere. back in 1990 at RWU because sraff works with the srudenr ber. This year they sold apple, aJso try to add some education­ Faci lities Director John Tameo of his opportunity to work in body to prepare and serve the pumpkin, and pecan pies, aJong al aspects sometimes," Collicon­ and his entire team are alJ a pan mechanics, and because of the best food possible. Over the with pumpkjn rolls, al l ranging Keith said. of making rhis campus look the benefits he accredited to his pas1 few years, students have from $9.50 to $ 10 in price. Senior Nicole Danielso agrees way it does. "Our core value decision. "Every day I come to seen the food qualiry rise and "The pie sales arc, for the most with the efforts char Bon AppC­ is to make Roger WiJliams the work, I lea rn something new," the response in srudenr input part, prerry steady from year-to­ tit is making, and feels that all most pleasant experience," Daponte said. Daponte enjoys grow, but something that hasn't year. We sold abour 70 pies lasr of the speciaJ promotions are a Tamco said. the variety of work tasks dis­ changed over rhe past few years, year and expected ro sell abour P,?Sitive addirion m campus li fe . tributed within facilities, but due ro an already high interest the same as this year," Colli­ 'I think that the Commons' ef­ For the students he also sure to show a passion rate, is the special holiday des­ con-Keith said in addition to fort to change up and do speciaJ fo r making the campus a better sert sales that students can rake the outcome fr o m evcncs is good; ir helps to show Joe Call isto, Facilities staff place ... BasicaJly, we try to make advantage of. Each holiday sea­ rhis pa.st fal l. the srudems that they are work- member for 28 years, 1aJked your li fe better," Daponte said, son, rhe Bon Appetir sraff here Along wirh ing to accommodate to what about why he chose Roger Wil­ making ir clear that that was on campus sends our informa­ p leasing we like," Danielson said. liams fo r a place to work as he truJy their main objective in tion to students regarding a pie the Stu­ was looking for what he wanted their work. sale that students can take part den cs in a future job. From the start, in. The dining sralf takes orders wirh he loved the environment, and Feeling at home from students and will prepare a wanted to srny closer to home. pie for them to take home right Callisto had nothing but praise When he walked onto campus before Thanksgiving break. fo r the Facilities department fo r his job interview, Jessie Paiva Marketing Manager for Bon making his job the best it could knew he was in the right place. Appfrit, Stephanie Colliton­ be. "Our depanment makes our Paiva joined the Facilities ream Keith, said char rhe holiday job as easy as possible wi th the eight years ago, and now works pie sales are done through equipment," CaUisro said. '"We mostly maintaining the Maple the Commons to try and accomplish a lot, and every residence hall. He said that the put more enerey into the day is different." CaJ listo also holiday time. It's part talked about the many benefits ~::J~;~d!n~!~ l~;;:s:se t~:; of getti ng everyone inro of working as a RWU fucilities vibrant environment of the the holiday spirit. We member, including "gettin~ youth," he said. "That's what Y'? ur hands into everything. makes it so great to work on a Tue Facilities sraff gets ro work college campus." events, work outside, paint, and more. l11eir daily schedule has Team facilities no limits. Mayhem in But there is more to a Facilidcs member than just all chC great ci~:o~~; J~: :d~~ks lfo:: things they get co do and the ing class ro nay in session on great place they work. In some a snowy day, students should of rhe Facility members' eyes, multitudes: Black definitely think twice about the students arc what make a caking the RWU beautiful cam­ college campus the amazing pus for granted. And when the place that it is. Faci lities team members work hard every day at ensuring that Friday shopping Pure, clean pride students feel safe and at home, ir's no wonder the ream is like hometown of \"('allingford, 1hat enables me to push my Linda Potts, a member of the NOOR ALAWEYAT IHerald Reporter a fami l! unit. "Ir's a team atmo­ Conn. heard what the Cappuc­ way th rough the aisles at such FaciHties staff for six years, of­ sphere, Tameo said. "We're re­ Starting abom five years ago, cis were doing, more people srrange hours of the morning!" ten thinks about the pride she ally like a big fami ly." a mother and daughter would wanted to partake in the shop­ Cappucci speaks from per­ has in her work. As a Facilities set their alarms at 3 a.m. on ping ex travaganza. sonal experience when she worker in many d iffe rent events the morning after l11anksgiv­ "1he fo llowing year, my best hands out her piece of advice, and often working outs ide, it's ing. They would ger themselves friend, Jeff Hein rz, expressed due to her firsr-hand horror easy ro see why. "Seeing the ready and venrurc ou1 into the inrerest in going with us," Cap­ experi ence. She discus;es her morning with much enthusi­ pucci said. Here, one more per­ experience at Wal-Marr on her as m and joy. It was tha1 dme of son was added into rhe mini second year partaking in Black yea r a.gain, one full of dea.Js that van full of Friday sho!'ping. "The plare only come around was a zoo, she said, explain­ once a year. It was ing how her brother wanted time fo r Black Fri­ a specific Xbox accessory day. 1h at was only offered there. Roger Williams While her mother and friend Uni versity junior wcnr toward the accessory Catherine Cappucci location, Cappucci said, "I has always enjoyed got caught up in a frenzy mornings like these: of women wi th shopping a time when rhe sun cans barrel ing toward rhe isn't up and ready for toy depanmenr." ll1e only a new day to begin, thing C:i.ppucci said she but there is one thing could do ar this poinr was rhat is ready-the ro pin herself against a shopping lisr of stores towering display of boxes 1 until there was a gap she t~~ tt started off could sneak through. wirh s1orcs like Kohl's 111 c one thing rhat re­ and Targer in 2006. but mained constant for Cappucci, as the 20-year-old grew people ready to hgh1 for es pecially after her horrifi c older, so 1h e list of place~ her th~ la:.r of p~ir of shoes or any­ \'Val-M.trt ex perience, is the and her mother would go grew d1111 g cbe of sheer imponancc lesso n Black Friday has t"aughr lo nger. For inst31Kl'. the \'v'a.11 - to the shopper1,' li~ l. her. "\'V'ea r comfo nablc shoes," ingford Mall wa .'> Ont: pl.ice that Hcint""l's mother wanted to she ~;ti d. But more important­ was added omo the ]i 1, 1. This take pan in ir, too. Sl1t::: joi ned ly, courte1,y goc1, out 1he door. year, however, their Black Fri­ the trio and they emh:trked "~l"hey aJI came lO the SlOrC with day pbn1, differed a little. Yes, on rhc expedition tha1 became .1 mi:,.~io n, and they will do 1t he slill pLtnned on going to known a~ the .Hart of their own wh:11evcr it 1akes to get whar Kohl's and Wal-Man per usual Black Friday adventure. they wam," Cappucci said. bu1 this yea r, 1the had the opcio1~ "I alway\ ge t prC:: 11)' excited be­ "Even if th:t t means pushi ng ~\RK Fusco f sleeping in umil duce a.m.­ fo re he.icUng o u1 on the ~hop­ you out of I he wa y.'' Joe Ct1/listo, t1boue, is prm o/tt!tlm faciliries. Cr1!/iJ10 remains most thar's when Black Friday really ping trip,"" C.1 ppucci said, with proud ofth e work fr1rilities llcromplislm ,•ar/1 day. q ,1rt ecl. pure l'XCi1cment on her face. "1 A!- more people from her think it\ 1hat pure ;1drenali ne 1 T)IJ()H' ( \'\ I (,I I I ~()l C.11 B 4 Alexandra Artiano Lyndsey Burns ;~~~vt~~~~~~ . com _0:::::::::. ----=.:::.._.:=-:=--___:_:=--=:...___:=--PI NI ON____:___::=- S------'------1 aartianoS J [email protected] !burns! 76@g. rwu.edu RACY STACY: FRESHMAN EXPERIENCE: Work study helped open niy eyes

Men on the metro: love it in there. Jr's so quiet, college. Scary, right? KAITlYN FE RACO IHerald Reporter and the lounge is grea t w sit in Most people don't sec work What you do when you Firs1 off, I would like to s1art and do homework. If I d id n't study as a completely positive by saying Lh at I am extremely work there, I don'r rhink I thi ng. -n1 e majoriry of students realize you're dating a diva 1hankful for the work study would have ever gone in there, see it a~ only one d1in g: more opportunity I have been given. which also mea ns I would have work (acrually now that I think Who knew getting involved never fo und my prime study abou1 il, some students also wi t.h an on-ca mpus job could area . -nrnr wo uld have just been con~idcr i1 to be a huge inter­ handle it, and move on 10 the acrua ll y be fun? I defi nil'ely terrible. ru ption to nap rime, which is next shiny thing chat comcs­ didn't. Whether you work at AJso, working in the Career just mean). Bur, 1 figured if I'm rhcir way. rhe Commons, Recreational Center means 1har I was asked going 10 do it, I might as well Green Line: Germaphobia. Center, Mac labs, Ad miss ions, to learn the ins and outs of find 1h e good th ings about it -rh is is ce rtainly the k-asr harm­ Career Center, pool, or any of Hawks' Hum, which is a career and run wit h chem, yo u know? ful diva you will encounter. t.he other Ir's interesting 'This type of diva's insecurities great op­ as a freshman are focused on physica l harm, tions, work­ Maybe you're missing out on something to have all these in a way t.har is more drasti c ing at school without even realizing it. new experiences in than most. 'll1ese guys will makes you d ifl'e renr bu ildings 11inch if you try to kiss them, much more and wi 1h d iffere nt and you have sniillcd even connected facu lty members once during the day, carry vase to rhe community. Or at least I placement and internship - it gives yo u a greater sense amounts of napkins with chem think so. of community than you had in their packers at all rimes, For example, J work for the b,~l:/ ~ea:~~o~~~~ bef~~t before, that is for sure. It's also and request that you do strange Career Center, but I work I started working? Ba rely. I very weird l0 th ink that I may RACY STACY IHerald Contributor th ings befo re enrering their specifically for Patricia Finn in didn't know much about it not have gouen to experience Everyone has that really pretty personal spaces, like cars or the Gabelli Sch ool of Business ar all. But I've learned that these things if I had not gotten friend. Yo u know, the girl who bedrooms. Usually this diva's (GSB). You see, I'm a Media it's probably one of the most involved. Maybe you're missing looks like a supermodel, even strange habits level off as an Communica tions/Journalism useful sources Roger \'Q'illiams out on something wi thout eve n when she is wearing a T-shirt annoyance, an acceptable Aaw major. I don't have classes in University has to offer in terms realizing ir. Work is never easy, and sweatpants. Somehow chat you will learn to deaJ with. Gabelli, and I had never even of career planning. Yes, ladies bm it can definitely be interest­ her hair always fu lls perfectly However, when it escalates ro been in there before I started and gentlemen, I know that's ing. And maybe, in some cases, straight, with a gentle face­ a point where they are making wo rking fo r Finn. This might weird to think about, but we it can even be fun. How will framing wave, even when ir is you wash your hands before sou nd kind of strange, bur I will acrually have to w9 rk after you know unril you try? humid and she has just stepped holding theirs, making you feel out of lhe shower. Her skin is self-conscious about your- always glowing a natural tan, self when you are a decencly he r teeth are always a shim­ clean human being, they have entered inro lhe diva z.one and Living the single life mery white, and sometimes, if you look at her from afar it they must cl ean up their act if seems like she is one of those they want co say with you. MARY CONCANNON IHera ld Reporter would be much better with a to motivate people r.o get up girls in the tampon com­ Orange Line: Drama Queen­ I've been living the single life roommate, or a whole slew of when they aren't asleep in che mercials spinning around in ism. These fe llas are d ifferent a1 Roger Williams University chem, fo r that matter. bed next to you. slow motion and laughing for from all other types of divas for almost three years now, and Borrowing clothes is an­ wJZ,~~:~ne~~~ :e;~fh!:d~eci no reason. But what happens because they are major anen­ it feels like I'm part of a small other huge plus of living with when chis really prerry friend is tion seekers. Of course it is minority of che on-campus (if you don't know what that is, (female) roommates. My your boyfriend? natural- to some extent-that population whose on this boat. Google it - total li fesave r). I've wardrobe gets tired after about Diva dating ldee-va-day- all people crave love, approval, It seems like everyone on cam ­ come pretty dose to mastering a week, so browsing through . dnj (v.): I when a female is and attention. However, rhe pus lives life in pairs. Yes, there the art, bur ir's nearly impos­ another closet of anire would romanticaJly involved with a drama queens of the dadng arc rimes when my singJedorn sible on the first try, and leads be wonderful. And living in maJe who has a refined caste wo rld unknowingly come makes me feel independent and to sore musdes in odd places a single means no second fo r fashion, tanning, gcning across as "stage five cl ingers." free, but most of the ri me, I'd without fa il in the morning. opinions before donning odd manicures and/or facials, and They are the ones who wi ll rather have some company. Sarne goes fo r zipping the top color co mbinations or daring ocher activities rhat arc typi­ come up to you at parties with No, I'm not divulging inro of a dress or fastening a brace­ accessories. Plus, once che our­ cally associated with stercorypi- puppy-dog eyes, asking you if the derails of my relationship let. Only circus performers fir is finally chosen, roommates you are mad ar rhem when you status. I'm talking about the could pull those off gracefully serve as instant buddy-system three-quarters of my RWU particrs for nights out at.RWU. Here are the fo ur main types ofdivas experience spent residing in a Even scary mov ies make me single-person dorm room, and Most ofthe time wish for roomma1es. Lying in _and the best ways to handle them. let me tell you: I'm not a fan. bed wide-awake after watching Singles in the res idence halls I 'd rather have some people's lives end in Final Des­ of RWU aren't exactly rhe Taj company. tination 5 wo uld be a lot less have given them no inclina­ Mahals of dorm rooms, but the terrify ing if another person was ~oA:;:~~c::~~ ~~~1o:1 tion of the sort. 'They will pick seclusion isn't all ugly. When there to fenQ off bad guys. ?f germaphobia, dra~~ queen- fights that end with you feeling I hear about the petty fights So while I real ize that your 1sm, or extreme narc1ss1sm. confused, ffusrered and pa n­ my dassmates have over the wh ile alone. I'd love to see what roommates mighr nor always Whether you arc in Boston, icked because there was no real littl est thi ngs, like misplaced I've looked like durin9 my be the eas ies1 to get along with, D.C., or Los Angeles, any reason to be fi ghting in the firs t remotes, dishes lcfr in the sin k, many attempts. Theres lots of and 1hat they are evil enough major city has its merros, with place. When you 1101ice, char and shirts borrowed without sometimes to rake your lase :i:~:grdit~t::/;r~~.~a~~ing lines that arc labeled with you are being accused of things permission, my situation seems pack of fruit snacks, all I ask is colors that sprout right out of yol~ didn't d.o, causipg y~u to ideal. Bue rhc majority of my actly jobs you'd want to pawn that you rake a minute 10 real­ the ra inbow. Herc arc the four be msecure in your relauon­ time at R\'Q'U , I have wished off to strangers, so a roommate ize most days, y'ou're lucky to main cypcs of divas, and the ship, then you are dating a for a double, triple, quad, or would come in handy to do the have chem. And while living in best ways to handle them when drama queen. Try talking it even quin1 over my solitude. trick. :t single means plenty of space, you fi nd yourself traveling to out, and if that doesn't work, While the cons ofUvi ng with Or rake a stab at getting a the company isn't half bad, a relationshi p destination with then you will have ro walk it roo mmates are ha.rd to ignore, group of people toge1her fo r ei ther. one of them: out, leav ing rhem to bring their lhcre arc·a few things chat brunch when you wake up on a Blue Line: Main Metro Sta­ emotional baggage ro the nexr Saturday morning. Not so easy tion. These guys look fabu­ terminal. lous, act Fabu lous, but aren't Red Line: Last stop . .. Nar­ necessarily fab ulous to date. cissism. You cannot have a Although he may be a nice healthy self-esreem whil e dat­ piece of arm candy to show ing someo ne who is a narcis­ off to y,our friends and fam- sist; therefore, I do not suggest The New York Times' hard news ily, an inreUige m and relarable that anyo nt: docs it. 'TI1ere is person to converse with, and a differe nce between being a brutally~ honest-in-a-good­ co nfide111 and knowi ng that way shopping sidekick, he can you are good-looking, and be­ also be a frustrating partner. ing self-absorbed and obsessed vs. Twitter's trending hashtags Si nce a big part of merroscx u­ with staring at your refl ec- als' li ves is appearance, they tion in the mirror. Na rcissisls EVAN VIOLA Herald Contributor tend to overanalyLe everything. will always end up failing in I the stacks recycle untouched? anyone ca.n post "news."' The Is "hard " news rea lly tha1 hard Think about how long it rakes relationships because, when it It seems silly m me rhar i1 's most circulat"ed story by RWU to read? you and yo ur girls to get ready comes down ro it, th ey always been over a week and a half students on .1 :,ocia.l network (at Even in my Com­ to go ou1; now imagi ne that will put themselves before the and people are s1ill posti ng, Mass lca~t from what I've seen) has munica tion ll1eory class, a you had ro spend that much other per.son. If )'OU can hdp cwec1i ng and renveetin g about been 1he yoga pant:. editorial. plerhora of students admit lhey rime reassuring your guy 1hat it, never bother boarding th e !kn Whitmore's ed itorial on If we've gor such e:u,y access ro gather rheir news from Twit­ his outfit is prcsen rable and Red Lin c 1hinking th at you yoga pants. Not to say that share our opinion:,, wh)' CJ. 11'1 ter. if nor another onlin e news weather appropriate before you can change the person. And 1he arriclc is silly or that Ben we h,1., h so me out on Egypt , source. Like them, I get new:, even go 10 the mov ies. What if you notice that the person's doe.\ n't deserve :1 1tc11tion , bur or the clcc1ion , or anything makes if even worse is thar they attributes arc poiming in that beca use I'd think people's news on line and through e-mail , outside our rece ntly identified will often comment on what direction, get off at the firs t would be a bit. .. \Vcl l, newer. and don'1 believe ir to be a bad RWU .. bubble?" you or yo ur friends are wear­ available stop. Pan of me is 1l1c more inAue ntia.l ing. Most guys will onl y notice In any relationship, you can glad to sec that the opi ni on kader is, when a girl looks excc p1ionally always wal k back to where ou r students f'ri, beginni11g to see more a11d 111ore evide11re the more innucnti:d beautiful and co mment , by you were before; no man or talk ,1bou 1 -!he that our st11de111 body is ill i11for111ed die mc:,..,.,.1g<.·. So how saying so me1 hing like, "\V/ow, public transportation needed! I lawks' I krald, c.111 we promote the you look really prct1y t0day." You may have a few more les­ but the other, ,pre.id of lurd news? Daling a merrose.x ual can make so ns in your head, and a few r.11h cr dominant l' ick tho,c p;i pers thing, bu t I do believe drnt yo u feel like you always have w more sca rs on your hea rt, bu1 pan of me b embarrassed. I'm de.111! ·1hey're 1h ere fo r .t rea­ the information one i.s able to look your be~c or you will not you will al~o have a fow more begin ning 10 !>CC more and son! If rougrab ,I copy or The ab~orb from a ,itc like Twitter be ab le to au ain hb approva l. doll ar!\ in your pockl:1 .md ,l more ev id ence that our :, tudcnt I l.1wb I lcr.1 ld, g1.1b !ht· New is jmt !>C r,iping the sur[act•. .)o Some1imes snu ggling up in lot more wi~dom in your !>O ul. body bill -informed. l hcrc arc York Tinu.: ,. 100. If we c:tn ge t the b:iggies1 swe:m you own Somehow, you can a!wJys ncw.s~1anch loc.11ed 1hroughout if th i.:sc arc our Communic.1- Ii.di the ,Lhool\ population up is nice, but only if you feel ma ke it back. but I he longer ca mpus, :,o why .ire we not 1ion ~1 udc11 1-.- our ,oon 10 bt· 111 ,urn, ,1hou1 ,,01ncn', clot he~ , comfortable enough to do il. you w,lil to get on th e rolk·r picking ,hem d ean? m:w,~providing profo"ion.1h I don't ,ee why \\ l' un'1 re.1ct 111al is why many of these guys coa~ ter of a ~ubway that i\ diva FiNly, the ~t.md:. arc not where do the 01hcr m idem, get the ~.1me Hl\\,ud .11ution:1l or their new,? move quickly from hookup 10 dating, the more your feet arc di,trcctly di ~pbyed. I've oft en intern.uion.tl i,,uc. If you're hookup beca me as soon a_., 1hcy w:ilkccl throu!,th the Cornmom I'm unnerved by the vi,ion pl ,mninB on , ticking 10 vour ~t~~l~~~1~:th~J:1.1d 1e long of m 1d l:1H-' lixed w tltl:ir d1 i-: i1.1l begi n lO notice a girl's fl,tWS nr ( ,lolul I lei i1,1ge I bll 10 ,re ,uce n. 1hcn , 1: 1 yo11r homcp.1gc rca liti e,. rt'.tdin~ ht·.tdlml'" and she begins 10 ~ec m like .1 .1 ln.',h ,1.1ck ()f lhc Ncw ,'l irk tu C NN 0 1 BBC I ool-. p.1,1 ;Ind upd.11ing their ,1,11u,c, rea l pl:rson to lhem, th ey ca n't Time, wht·it· ,1 hr.md Il l: \\ pile till' hr.1dlin n .•i nd t\\ l'l't ,1hou1 will be kit thr nt·x1 da}. Do on .t ,oti.d nt· twork ,\hne tl1.11 J T11E H AWKS' H ERALD OPINIONS D ECEMBER 1, 2011 IBS Political Three-Way: Joint Select Committee fails Republican: Democrat: Independent: Democrats Not good Not how it at fault CHRISTOPHER MUNSEY should go Herald Contributor PATRICK CONNELLY MATTHEW PAIGE Herald Contributor Herald Contributor Bipartisa nshi p i5 extremely imporram. So it pains me Ihar a comminee lhar was established to United Stares Congress Joint Select Committee's As some of yo u might know, a bipartisan, joint solve our nation's biggest problem has failed. The purpose: To cut over $900 billion in spending for committee of Con~ress, bener known as the Congressional Super Committee has been given this narion. "Super Committee ' tasked with creating a deal to months to comb lhrough all or the information The outcome: No deal was reached. lower the federal deficit, stated last week chat it that could have an effect on the country. What has If you ask me, this committee was extremely suc­ would be unable to reach a deal before its dead­ been the result? Nothing. cessfu l. Why? Because with no deal reached after li ne. The announcement brought statements from On Nov. 2 1, it was announced chat the Commit· more than three months, two positives have come rating firms saying chat while U.S. credh would tee had come co a conclusion, and the government out of r.h is situation, one beinJ there are automatic not be downgraded again immediately, it was in waited with baited breath to know what we could 0 peril should an agreement not be reached shortly. do to try and keep another financial disaster from !h~~~!~~d~:\h~: chi~~::i{ed ~~~~:~e~~:i:ts Furth ermore, investors showed their dislike of a happening. Well, their announcemenr contai ned the American people what these politicians are. They plan not be ing reached as all major indices rook no helpful information, because in the four are a bunch of egocisrical, money hungry, Machia­ major losses fo llowing the news. Bur is there a monrhs char th is bipartisan committee has been vellian, Rip-flopping, corporati on/special-interest sil ver lining out of all of this? No. working, their only res u1t is tha1 neither side could schmucks. The federal deficit, a topic chat graces the from agree on what to do. This is a terrible instance All these politicians should be vQ.ted out: demo­ page of newspapers on a daily basis, needs to be where both panics should be ashamed. crats and republicans, all of them. We need people addressed, and soon. Since 2007, it has increased There is absolutely no reason why either the in Congress who actually care about the American by an average of $3.97 billion per day! So not Democrats nor Republicans couldn't have give n people, not the rich and weal thy. Now, before you only is the country in debt, but leaders in Con­ at least a lit tle effo rt ro make sure that something call me an ami-bwiness liberal, let me just make it gress don't want to cut down spending. Without would come out of chis. The Congress ional Su per clear that I'm nor. Bill Gates, Meg Whitman, Tom needing to even chink about it, you know from Committee has been a complete failure, and it re­ Perkins, Ira Rennert, Christy Walton and Bloomberg experience that when your bank balance gets low, Accts the country's current know-nothing anitude all deserve the wealth they have created. Those peo­ you cur back on your spending. Why do con­ coward bipartisanship. To me, it is nor so much ple are innovators; they are the creators and drivers gress ional democrats feel the need to do just the the fact that there was no answer as to how co deal of our economy. What I have a problem with is che opposite and increase spending? That answer is with che ripples of the debt cciUng crisis that are lobbying of big bwinesses, environmental groups, quite simple: democrats enjoy huge support from spreading through our economy, it is the fact char and political think ranks. I honestly believe that if many of the groups chat get the federal handouts neither side of the aisle was able to smarten up and lobbying was illegal in chis country, we would have that run up the deficit. Stopping those payments really get down co working this out. The country a more transparent government, the people would would mean fewer votes, and politicians don't has to get past playing the blame game: the Re­ have a stronger voice, and the political campaign war want that. publicans blame the president, and the Democrats chests would be reduced to nothing but truth and This commircee was unable to compromise blame the Republicans, bur regardless of the politi­ honesty on the politicians' pan. because President Obama was unab le to lead. Re­ cal affiliation, neither could put the good of the I can only chink of an old Nextel commercial to publicans demanded spending cues on social and country before themselves. The Committee needed envision how our government should be run. The defense programs. They repelled any tax increases to submit their results to a nonpartisan budget commercial started off by saying, "What if firemen because a basic economics course can tell you that office before their deadline. Becawe there was so ran the world?" and it showed Congress filled with a tax increase would hamper any recovery efforts. much squabbli ng over what to do, there was no firemen. When it came to voting, they all made Obama likes to cal l Republicans the "party of time left fo r a review of the results, and just like a quick and speedy decisions based on common sense. no." This is somewhat true: no new taxes, no new student who puts off work until the last minute, spending, and no more deficits. the Comminee failed to meet its deadline. FASHION COLUMN: Plaid is in! THE MUPPETS ARE BACK

Tex Richman to tear down the RJ SCOflELD \ Heiald Reporter old Mupper Theater and drill Ir's time to meet the Moppets fo r oil. in their new 20 11 film. Jason The film has the wual com­ Segel (of the 2008 raunchy edy expected from the guys comedy "Forgening Sarah who wrote "For~etting Sarah Marshall") stars, alongside ~;::~~l:f~~e Amy Adams of"Enchanted," cof t}i~fu~i- Academy Award-winner Chris es t shows ever co grace televi­ Cooper of"Seabiscuit," and, of sion, let alone HBO. Yet, what course, Kermit the Frog, Miss makes chis film special is chat it Piggy, and the whole beloved reinvigorates the Muppet brand Muppet crew after a long of comedy not seen in a long hiatus from the limelight. Segel time. Segel is entertaining, as are also c.?-wrot~ the screenplay" Adams and Cooper, yet chey with Get Him to the Greek director Nicholas Stoller and are wise and seep back to give What makes this film special is that it reinvigorates the Muppet brand ofcomedy not seen in a long time.

Name: Maddie Aglow . produces, while "Flight of the the Moppets their time in the Major: J\rt History & Hisroric Preservation spotlight, as it is, after all, their Conchords" co-creator James Year: Junior Bobin directs. Bret Mackenzie film. Swell.com Also adding to the hilarity Favorite Store: pens the new original songs. Style Icon: Cameron Diaz & Jessica Alba is, in classic Muppet fashion, Jacket: Forever 21 This fi lm comes off rhe heels numerous small cameos by ce­ Plaid Shirt: Swell .com of the lo ngest lull in Muppet lebriries, including Jack Black, Boots: Urban Outfitters history. The crew has not been Dave Grohl, and Alan Arkin, 10 name a few. The soundtrack Bag: Urban Outfitters seen in theaters since 1999, with "Muppets from Space." also brings back classic Muppet of plum and rea l with a hint of if you arc feeling extra daring, Si nce then, these comedic icons runes like "Mahna Mahna. In all, "lhe Muppers" is a lave nder, srart with a lave nder throw in a contrasting color have been reduced to atro- rank cop undernea th. Pai r for fun-the easiest way ro do cious television specials like the film that begs to be seen by your plum plaid with a lighter this is through a shoe or a scarf. "Muppets Wizard of Oz" and any Muppet fan , but can also be enjoyed by someone who's wash jean lO break up all the Here's a fashion challenge for va rious promotional appearanc­ nor quite familiar with the dark co lors. Then, laye r a solid you: pick up (at least) one of es in commercials and theme colored cardiga n over the plaid, the colors from the plaid in a parks. In short, the Muppets old gang. RWU Student Tyler SOFIA GIOVANNILLO \ Herald Reporter Mourey said, " I didn't really and a jackel or blaz.cr IO t0p it patterned scarf, and rock an had nearly been forgotten. Yet , off (depending on what season outfit with mixed patterns. this is the genius and bravery of watch (their showJ when I f have a love-hate rclarion­ was younger, so I wasn't really it decides to be for the day)! Just make sure the pan erns Segel's screenplay, as wes this ship with plaid. I know exactl y !' seeking out rhe film, but after For shoes, l am loving Mad­ are sim ple and the mix looks as its jumping-off point. when I love plaid, and wh en I I left, I was glad I saw it; it was die's riding boots. 1l1ey are intentional, so we don't think hare it. So when I saw Maddie a fun time." This is a film that neurr.il, so the color focus is on you got dressed in the dark! "The Moppets" cakes place in Aglow in the Bayside court­ can surely be enjoyed by all, the plaid, bu1 still a bold sra re­ If the plaid garment doesn't 20 11 . The ga ng has not see n ya rd , I kn ew_ she had done it ~ and should not be neglected by ment and much more fas hion come fitted, cinch it with each other nor put on a show right. What 1s the key, you ask. those in college or any other forward than a pair of Ugg a belt, or wear it loose ove r in yea rs. Kermir lives alone in Layers. Laye ring pieces over demographic because they're boots - as comfortable as they leggi ngs. If it still 1eels a lircle his mansion, Piggy has moved and under plaid and mixing "just puppets." As the film wiU may be. I also love to sweeten boyish or drab, do what I al­ co Paris, and Fo:uie scrounges srylcs can help iakc away the tell yo u, th ese are cha.racrcrs up rhe plaid wi th a pair of cute ways do and over-accessoriz.e! in shows wid1 Muppet knock­ "I'm a fa rmer boy!" look. that the entertainment world is gi rl y flats, as well. Headbands, scarves, bangl~, offs. They find themselves 1l1e easiest way 10 layer iii to better with; characters who can Lastly, add accessori es in and a beaurifully ~mazing s!~d­ thrust back in lO show business start small and pull out certain remind us how "life's a happy the cool color family. If yo u ded pocketbook like Madd1cs after Segel and Adam's charac-, colors in the plaid for other song, when there's someone by don't have any, not to worry! will make a drab plaid fub! ters discover a plan by Coopers piece.s of your outfir. F~r exam­ your si de to sing along." M ix and match neuuals, or, ple, if you r plaid i~ a mixture PUZZLES SUNDAY PUZZLER

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