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Rally for Peace: mina Sinanovic, grad- Finding your own te student in Theatre place ts Department, Mike ivis, History Prof., by Ellada Evangelou sociate Editor of The ition inagazine, David A Ithough I hac ishen, graduate stu- seen posters foi nt in Comparative Sthe peace rally :erature, Susan Blake, around campus, it nevei tivist, coordinator of registered as something acesmiths (off cam- legitimate: I had nevei s), Steve Preston, Pres. associated academic Students for Peace and communities in the imanity and graduate United States with any ident in Math type of anti-governmen ipartment, Martin demonstrations. ThE >ppel, Socialist voices of all the students )rkers Party candidate rebelling in the late '60'c r Mayor of NY, Bill against the horror thai cNolte, peace activist, was the Vietnam War )rks on School of the seemed echoes of a song nericas, Hermann you no longer remembei irthen, Sociology Prof., the lyrics to. ;ter Sanaa, Muslim But going to the rall) laplin, Azlan Tariq, was a compellingly reaj esident of Muslim experience. Polyphon) ident Assoc., William was the main line that th( :Adoo, Chair Africana organizers followed, and adies Dept., and Roger though not everyone reminded why I chose to attend: livestock, national treasures, monu- Snyder, War Resisters League. The agreed with everything that was besides my being a pacifist, I ments and other material wealth). rally started with Eva Cheskava said, the (vast majority of) people remembered what it was that had That is it. That is war. What war is who played guitar and sang. Chad were respectful to the speakers, brin- troubled me about this whole situa- not is a tool for revenge. The faster Crautz, President of Social Justice ing out and reminding -me of the tion. America was calling for war people realize that they are a mere Alliance and a graduate student in best trait of America: tolerance. The when it did not know what war is. It pawn to the hands of those who Philosophy gave introductory mere fact that the gathering took is a conflict during which (mostly hold influential positions (in poli- remarks and introduced the speak- place in the middle of one of the randomly) a) people die (death tics, economics and the media), the ers. The rally started a minute of most ethnically, racially and reli- being an irreversible loss of life) or sooner they -will rise to stop the silence for the innocents lost on Sept. giously diverse schools in the coun- are physically or psychologically unnecessary bloodshed of their own 11th and those civilians killed by the try was a victory in and of itself. injured and b) -properties are and of innocent civilians of other bombing campaign in Afghanistan. But standing there I was destroyed (houses, natural habitats, states, who have done nothing In addition to the university police wrong but be in the wrong place at there were four group "peacekeep- the wrong time. ers." The rally was sponsored by Let us also be reminded of the Students for Peace and Humanity, hundreds of innocent soldiers who LGBTSA, Social Justice Alliance, took part in Desert Storm, who Feminist Majority, Muslim Student returned home to face their phan- Association, Peace Center and tasms afone, since the ,operations Center for Womyn Concerns. There were considered to be a success and were no major incidents at the rally. they could not spoil it with their problems. For those people and for all the victims of war, both the -l~LIi abstract concept that seems to be the answer to rage and the pragmatic I process of death, we must stand together to stop the war., B Ramblings...... 2 D Crisis in Afghanistan...... 2 Rally for Peace R Sugar Ray at Stony Brook Concert...... 3 . Grad. Student Colloquia...... 5 by Jasmina Sinanovic SDistractions.. 8.... he rally happened on October 17, during the Campus Lifetime. The speakers at the rally were: News & Blues - Page 1

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The Current Crisis in Afghanistan and the I plications for the Region and the United States

by protected 'and will not falinto the hainds of terrorists. Mustafa Siddiq Captain Bantiri's talk wasinomtvti hai1iweverue to his military and. background and affiliationL, to theh gvernmentet of-f Pakistan,.~-oulJnPakistar he could not Sherrye Glaser address-:sensitive but important questions such as the prevention of edu- cating th fghan refugeeds for nearly twodecades and the potential G roup Captain Khalid BanuLri, Deputy Director of Arms Control--and involvtement ith and support of theTaliban in the 90's Captain Banuri Disarmament Affairs at the Strategic Plans division in Pakistan gave did say that the Pakistani governent did try to inhibit the destr1ction a talk for the International Fo isLectre Seies, co-sponsored by the of the Buddha statues and artwork in Afghanistan, that held the key to Graduate School! Internaonal Programs, Social JusticeAlliance (JA the triansition between the religios of Hinduism and Buddhism, consid- and Graduate Student Orgaizatizo oir The Criret Crisis in ered to be a loss to the world This destruction of art has been seen as Afghanistan and the Iplicatiois for thf Region ad he Uitd Stats." the first aggressive strike taken against the West. Captain Banuri's talk ; ChadChad Kautzer, Preside'President of the SJA and Les PaldyDistinguished~eg~gii~I~~i d S&~LsService. helped bring to light how diffiult challege it will be to bring stability Professor in the Department of Techcio and Society introduced the 16 that entire region, but stressed that a prolonged conflict will only speaker. bring dditional grief anresentment between cultures who need to Captain Banuri, speaking o his own personal persctive, nt that work n better nderstanding overall. of the Pakistani governmient, opened with a half hour speech introduc - * t Stony BrookUniversity, we will be celebrating International ing thetaudience to the opinions f the monPakistani citizen ontop Education through-ufN thmonthof Novmber . Please join- is in cele- ics such as the lack of trfst for theAmeican goernment because of the brating International Educational ExchaIge by atteding these events withdrawal of diplomatic forces iafter-the Soviet occupation of 7 and by joIining us in aspecial reception onNovember 16th. Here is a Afghanistan, eaving a nation f warlords andclans to battle it out with brief listof upcoming talks and events:. each other. He stressed that it's pota--nt tat true Aimitment be "AResponse to Terrorism: The United Nations in East Timor" made from the ertire iternational comrn ity t daid in the battle Monday, November 12, 4 pRm.,llaits oo Melville Library against terrorism. Captain Banit broght to ligh that Pakistan is also a Provoast's Lecture Series: victim of terrorism and they are'in a very sensitive situation relative to 'Disposable People: New Slavery ilthe Global Economy" its neighbors from: the east and west. He also said that if the US would Tuesday November 13, 4:30 p.m. pay more attention to the Kashmiri situation (a region that has been "Afghan Women Under the Taliban" under battle between Pakistani and India) and influence India to a more Wednesday, November 28 peaceful situation, it would benefit the entire intrnational comunity. He assured the audience that the nuclear weapons of Pakistan are ell For more information, please email: [email protected]

95 .... ic times.... Ramblings.... R We recently received a call from a local resident who wanted to place an kay, okay...you can throw it in my face. Somebody besides the Yankees advertisement in our paper to rent out a furnished studio apartment won the World Series this year. So throw your "Yankees finally lost!" attached to her home. She asked me to gauge the level of interest that her celebrations; start your mocking chants of "Yan-kees suh-uck". It's okay. apartment might produce As the conversationprogressed, the topic of After all, phrt of the joy of being a Yankee diehard is that there are so many international studets atheUniVersity arose. BecauseI only gave her my who despise -the Bombers. The world wouldn't be as muchfuin if every- first nameiandIspeak E nglishwith no accent (bie es a mangled combia- -bodylovedmy team. For thepast 5 years, I have experienced few joys as tiri of NYC, Pnnsylva, anid I this potential landlord a Ito the con- great as taunting those who wished ill-will to the greatest sports franchise of cusio that was a nominorilie her. Somehow she thoght it appro- all time. So taunt me. Feel free to put your finger in my face and laugh as priat t tell me thatshewon' rettirn calls from potential renters if their you sarcasticallyask me what happened this year. Because next year, when names ar foreign. She went on to say that she didn't want to rent to inter- the Yankees are playing ball in October and the players on your team are nationalI:- studnts:ttiC: ts:: no fto Takfsfa Pakistanis, lidians, Afghanis Iraqis, etc. etc., etc.etc. working on their golf games, I'll make sure Ifindyou. In her words she had the fear that a foreign tenant might be spreading - On a related note, I am happy for the Diamondback players. Grace, anth allaround he apartment I'm not kidding you -she really said this. Williams, Schilling, and Johnson all deserved their first championship rings. Nhatcan, we do i this ituation when prejudice is rationalized with Any true baseball fan would think so. But the state of Arizona does not irrationalfear? Clealy this is whatur potential landlord was doing. I'm deserve a championship franchise. Diamondback fans are all a bunch of sureshe doesn't seeierself as prejudiced She thinks sh is protecting her- unknowledgeable, bandwagon,swimming-pool-in right-centerPhaving,TGI- selfard her faiily. Would a textook orth statstticsd suggesting her Fridays-during-seventh-ining-stretch-eatilg, I-can't-name-the-starting-line fears are irrational open her mind? Wid a commIt that her behavior is up, cant-sell-out-NLCS-games, white-pom-pom waving fake-fans. Let's see Iorally reprehensib AND illegal make her call back Musimrenter? hoiw many of them show ptot the BOB next year wihen the Diamondbacks Mafiybit's hier wayof feeling in control in herlittle world, because it's clear pull a Florida-Marlins. that nobody wewant is in control of the orld at large. Do you think that ave you noticed the phenomeron since September 11th where your e- this Woman also laughs at jokes about Middle-Eastern clerks working at 7- mail has been overloaded with friends' and acquaintances' forwards of 11 ordriving cabs? Possibly having never met any, whatdo yout think are jokes and presumably funny pictures inolving Osama Bin Laden and/or the chances that she thinks Mexicans are lazy, Japanese are sneaky, that the Taliban. Some have Bin Laden making sweet, sweet love to sheep, homosexuials ar sexual predators How likely is it that she would turn goats, cows, etc. Apparently, our enemies become less frightening(?) when awaya youing, bilkmale looking to rent? I struggled with this for a while. we visualize then copulating with livestock. Mayje its a weird version of How can we educate her? What can wVe do? I dor't know; Ihave no patriotism. Or maybe it's like when you were in grammar school and you answers and I canotrn esolve this in my own minfl So- instead, ll1 just visu- hated your principal So during recess, you drew a picture in your spiral alize her making sweet, weet loe to sheep,*goats, and cows. notebook of the principal doing peculiar things with hoofed animals. Good

Page 2 - News & Blues A Lump of Sugar Ray by Neil Moon 4am as I attempted to drive home on Tara Eberle, saw that no fans had they played? "Fly". Was it only me adrenaline. Anyway, I digress. surged forward, she implored us who picked up on the unfortunate Wiith their sunny dispositions Walking across campus didn't exact- "Don't be afraid to come to the front coincidence of the lyrics "I just and saccharine southern ly fuel my fire, and having to watch of the stage!" I smiled as the securi- wanna fly" to accompany the California sound, Sugar Ray blew a concert in an acoustically-unsound ty made it known they weren't images in' my head of planes crash- into Stony Brook in a roof-thunder- arena worked against the event as enthusiastic about the idea, having ing into the World Trade Center? ing blaze of guitars and drumbeats. well. Our beloved University also already cleared fans away once. As The moment quickly passed. Their headline appearance of knows how to sap the fun out of life. Iridesense did more to remind me of- The humor returned, Mark McGrath Homecoming Week took place at the With a heavy security and campus No Doubt with songs like "I Need a tested the PG-13 audience with Sports Complex Arena on Tuesday,. police presence, sadly there was no Holiday", I was more distracted by some profanity, returned his micro- October 16, but more than enhance danger of .anything getting out of the band's guitarist. As a general phone intermittently to its earlier their own reputation as an energetic hand. Irm still waiting for someone rule it's not prudent to wear a crim- spot, ttcked into his belt above his live act, it did more to display our to activelypersuade me that a Sugar son silk shirt when you're planning crotch, and then made a rare allu- University's third-rate facilities., Ray concert in the wilds of Long on doing a whole sion to his academic surroundings :Sugar Ray are a five-member Island could be a key geo-political lot of sating. Go to: www.iri- with the comment, "Got any band featuring Murphy Karges on. target for a sinister terrorist attack. deserise.com for more information. midterms or shit like that?" bass, Rodney Sheppard on guitar, Hence my mild surprise to find that Both Halfmanwonder and After playing the song "Arms Stan Frazier on drums, Craig "DJ the long line of fans backed up along Iridesense will be performing at The Around the World", McGrath did Homicide" Bullock on turntables, the sidewalk towards the Union Spot on November 8th, beginning at his best to enliven the flagging audi- and charismatic, vocalist, Mark. building would have to go through 10pm. ence by running through the crowd, McGrath. Other than their chart hits, a metal detector. Back to the world of Sugar Ray, with thick-necked security, eyes I was unfamiliar with Sugar Ray's My experience getting into this by 8.45 the opening acts had given bulging with concern, giving chase. but music before this concert. Like many event has tautght me that muscular way to roadies preparing the stage The music may not be political, happy-pappy commercial :music- ;securitymen with thick necks have for the main attraction. As I looked Mark made a requisite politician- video and radio-play oriented very little sense of humor; Stony- around I was more aware of the style stop in the audience, finding a bands, it:wasn't too long into their. Brook's event : :"planning - presents sheer numbers of kids with parents, cute kid to help him with a few bars act that I realized why bands like an image of many people not really high school students, and a lesser of The Beatles' "All You Need Is this become successful. All the songs knowing what is going on; and that number of undergrads. Then again, Love". sound remarkably similar, and their as a member of the media for the most of the audience was probably Impressed with the spirit of his simplicity helps shift units down at night, Sugar Ray were in hiding and' of University age and I was just feel- braving the fans, and back-slapping the nearest Mall's music megastore. would not give any interviews. ing old and out of place. return over the security barrier in Clearly Sugar Ray are more: Evidently not the M.O. of a band. When Sugar Ray finally made it the mosh pit to get to the stage, I about personality and putting on a trying to sell their new album to a on stage at 9.15 the crowd wasn't was less enamored with the scripted show, predictably throwing out all wide audience, but their appearance going to stay in their seats. Close feel to the rest of the show. "Mean the gimmicks that rock bands are in the New York area became much enough to get front and center: Machine" was followed by the : .:supposed tob than achieving diany clearer when I saw themperform on beorethe:-men with thick nks comedic antics. of Mark and Craig groundbreaking -musical develop- NBC's "Late Night With Conan regained control, I spent the next thrusting to a brief cover of "You ments. Oh; but Neil, you're being O'Brien" show the very next night. ninety minutes with a great view of: and me baby ain't nothin' but mam- unfair, you cry! The band's press- J:ust when it seemed that he the show, ;distracted only by the mals so let's do it like they do on the release explains beautifully in it's security measures allowing a gentle ninety pound teenage girl in front of. Discovery Channel ,...." Ever seen opening paragraph (for the. stream of people to enter the arena me jumping up and down on my Al Pacino deadpan the line "Ahhhh untrained ear, such as my own) that, would delay the start of the show, toes. fu..y...!"y Exactly. intrduced his fellow "The self-titled fourth Lava / the lights dimmed. The two opening Mark McGrath opened with Mark -Atlantic album [from which they acts were Long Island bands, enjoy- some words to the crowd and (am I .band members and then Sugar Ray played a good many songs] from the ably lending a personal feel to the a cynic?) some story about having played out their major hits, boisterous Southern-California feeling, as friends. and_ family just received a phone call before "Someday" and "Every Morning". based quintet masterfully mixes ele- cheered loudly from the front of the coming onstage from his girlfriend By concert's end, McGrath had ments of pop, punk, hip-hop reg- crowd. First; : up were who .was dumping him. donned a Stony Brook football shirt gae, New Wave, and good old-fash- Halfmanwohder. They played- a Momentarily suckered, I quickly. to join Stan and Craig who had ioned rock 'n' roll to create a stun- twenty-five minute set, including realized he regularly "broke up" worn them throughout the show. ningly multi-faceted collection the songs "Markee" and "Guns in prior to singing the familiar song, Once the hits were done with; the which takes the trademark Sugar: the Air", and even got the crowd to "When It's -Over". " crowd had been pumped to cheer Ray sound to the next level and surge towards the stage;despite te As they moved through their set for: "Girls and "Dogs'"(don't ask!), beyond." Right. Well, I guess it was concerned motionsi :f the security list, drummer Stan Frazier moved to and Mark (I swear he looks like over my head or the. amps in the staff. The bandi ihadc aBareaked guitar; leaving the pre-fab drum- Ethan. Hawke's brother) had one more lap of the stage, uninviting basketball court were to, Ladies vibe, if onliy in their appear-- beats: to "How did he earn -his skipped high to expose the subtleties of their ance. .As the crowd was directed name?" DJ Homicide. -Meanwhile Sugaf Ray was done and the crowd magnificence;. Hey, I love drinking back to their seats at theh end of Mark McGrath .skpped, shadow- spilled slowly out of the Sports coke beer, rum, and wine, but in the Halfmanwonder's performance, I boxed, preened, and hammed his Complex. same glass? talked with Megan Hofman, a long- way around the stage. Ok, so I was I've seen better, I've seen worse. The evening as a whole was def- time friend of the band. She entertained! He is a frontman who is Sugar Ray are a fun band, their initely an intriguing experience. explained their local .roots in confident and plays the crowd to a sound is sweet and catchy, but like Perhaps I felt a bias against watch- Brentwood and Ronkonkoma. For teei Self-aware in their humor, Sugar any sugar buzz the high wears off ing a band that had actually accept- more information, visit their web- Ray, in Mark's words, are "not the quickly. Security measures, the hin- ed a gig at Stony Brook. As a music site: www.halfmanwonder.com. most politicalband in the world". In drance of bad seating, the distrac- fan, my excitement as seeing a live The second act was another a sincere speech to the crowd, he tion of vacuously bad acoustics, and I had act comes from the insane pilgrim- Long Island band, Iridesense, who :explained thatthe band was playing the overwhelming feeling that just witnessed..another spectacle of age to get to the concert. I once had to follow BLI DJ Steve (from its first gig since September 11th, commercial manipulation took drove from my house in England to "Steve and Maria in the Morning" - and that it was a "real honor to be the south of Wales to see R.E.M. play others in the crowd were impressed) playing here in New York". away from Sugar Ray's energetic to a crowd of 80,000 in Cardiff rugby on stage. I liked their sound, and Touching indeed, as he dedicated performance. stadium, only to get lost somewhere their best song was "Drop Me a the next song to the "victims and in the middle of the damn country at Line". When the female vocalist, families of the tragedy". The song

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Love in the Age of Anthrax, or Things that So it was with such anticipation that I Where was I? Lost in a fantasy of my Go Bump in the Night hoped I would meet someone wanting own creation. Oh yes, the Halloween by Sue Denim to share an evening in the illustrious party! Suffice to say that I did not company of CountGiuliani. I felt good. endanger any children, and found many H alloween may not be the most A steady relationship has been missing takers for my chocolate chip anthrax. romantic celebration of the year. from my life for sbme time. What would specials. With all kinds of sugar (I felt It certainly gives Valentine's the night have instore? I'd already done obliged to eat my own left-over baked Day a run for its moneythough. At least the typically festive duties of the day, goods, not to mention the 'fun size" Halloween is a day that us single types leaping to my feet at the ring of every candy bars) pursing through my veins I can enjoy without the heightened sense afternoon doorbell as a fresh batch of found myself in the company of a won- of rejection that accompanies being trick or treaters emptied my candyjars. I derful ghost Captivated by deep eyes. alone on February 14th. The Halloween even managed a polite smile to one anx-. and a warm smile thatmade t heher party I went to gave me the chance to whiteness of the face paint seemalmost bring out my Rudy Giuliani Dracula a invisible, I had a wondrful time, terrific costume, although it wasn't as success- conversation, and if you think 'm going ful this year. Making fun of the King of to tell you ifI got imesme "trikor New York could be construed as blas- treats",:I don't kiss and tell, so mind phemy these days. your own business!

I think it's a tough time to not be in a After a summer in which I'e been dis- relationship. Anxieties are heightened in Halloween tracted by the wonders of contemporary the nation, and seemingly many people I media, and myown reality has been do meet have a similar sense of frustra- impacted by getting older, iot to men- tion at the dating scene. A Halloween party was tion the more potent reflections of ques- party was just what I needed to let loose tioning our very existence in the wake of in a difficult ester, and I found large-scale tragedy, some costumed myself attracted to a curious assortment just what I escapism and the rejuvenating powers of of people garbed in various ghostly get- love have given me hope as Fall season . _ O ups, as ghoulish princesses, andas the blows into town. Even if we are all ever so au courant "terrorists". needed to let much more sensitive to the world around us; and opening the mail is more There is definitely a surreal quality get- dramatic these days, we shouldn't let ting to know someone when they are Sloose inam dif- thethings thatscare usake us lose covered in make-up and sprouting any sight of what's important and who we number of prosthetic attachments. But choose to share our lives with. the excitement of first meetings and ficult semes- Ultimately that's what counts. attractions is almost always masked in the art of performance anyway. We tend I * f- 0* S'* to display our best qualities, striving to ter LEAD GUITARIST, make stories we've told before sound - r original and exciting, and half listening PURCUSSIONIST to the other person as we wonder ious looking mother who instructed her whether they really like us. Is that vanity little goblin to avoid my lovingly made WANTED or ROCK or insecurity, or maybe a hopeless mix- cookies. I thought the powdered sugar ture of both? gave them a ghostly quality She appar- BAND ently-thought I was spreading anthrax. Serial dating can be fun up to a point, Maybe I should have prepared some We play originals & but partnership appears to be the natu- envelopes filled with little chocolates, covers (Dead, Cream, Santana, etc. ral condition of the graduate student: only when you opened them a puff of open to others) & JAM!! the sharing of all the mundane experi- white powder would erupt, just so I ences and endurance tests that pursuing really get some people spooked! I could We like simple riffs. a doctoral degree entails - finding that realized the potential legal ramifications special someone with whom you can and considered the negative impact of comfortably exist in semi-poverty, while finding some crack news team from email: [email protected] still feeling excited by their presence, or CNN ready to bust into my house look- thrilled when you make time for take- ing for a shrine to Osama Bin Laden.

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