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College Voice Vol. 95 No. 9
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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2011-2012 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. MONDAY, DECEMBER 5. 2011 NEW LONDON, CONNEcnCUT VOLUME XCV ' ISSU: 9 School Policy Unaffected by Change in State Law Regarding Marijuana Posession
ANDREA AMULIC demeanor to civil violation. nalization is cost-effective, is not associated from legalization," and noted that the change is STAFF WRITER The fines for this offense have also been dras- with increased cannabis use at the state level administrative, rather than moral. tically reduced: first-time offenders will be cited (indeed, they found larger increases of canna- But what does the decriminalization of mari- Although the use or possession of non-medi- and fined $150, and fines for subsequent offens- bis use in states that imposed criminal penal- juana in Connecticut mean for the student body cal marijuana is still illegal in the state of Con- es may increase to amounts from $200 to $500. ties) and is not correlated with rates of alcohol of Connecticut College? necticut, recent legislation has decriminalized Support for this legislative change comes or other drug use. As it turns out, not that the possession of small amounts of cannabis. from numerous' findings, including those of The change seeks to re-appropriate the state's much, Dean Cardwell said, In accordance with SB 1014, which took effect the Connecticut Law Revision Commission of legal resources, thus allowing for greater atten- "The college's policy on mari- beginning in July 20 II, the criminal penalties 1997, After comparing data from states that had tion to be paid to more serious criminal offens- juana use has not changed in for the possession of less than half an ounce of decriminalized cannabis with states that still es, Sarah Cardwell, Associate Dean of Student accordance with the new law marijuana have been removed and the classifica- imposed criminal penalties on cannabis posses- Life at Connecticut College. said, "I think it's a because the legislation targets tion of the offense has been changed from rnis- sion, the commission determined that decrimi- fine change. Decriminalization is quite different fines and logistics." CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Parking Shouldn't Be a Pain NBA • Lockout Comes to A Close
BEN STEPANSKY STAFF WRITER
I'm going to be honest with you. was secretly hoping that the NBA owners and players would not reach an agreement before the entire season went down the drain. I was getting used to a sports-world without profes- sional basketbalL I'm not going to get into the technicalities of the agreement, because frankly, I care about them less lhan I care about when the Jersey Shore season begins, but the question still remains: how the hell did it take this long!? Don't get me wrong, I love my Bos- ton Celrics. .during the basketball sea- son. But during the other five or six - months of the year (depending on how long the NBA makes me waste my ear- ly summer nights indoors watching a two month long playoff), I am focused on baseball or football whole-hearted- ly, In fact, this winter I was all geared up to focus on my VConn Huskies pro- MELANIE THIBEAULT tecting their most recent National Title ago. Students may not want to pay, ARTS EDITOR illegally on campus, probably until the changes. Since many members of and my new interest in the Boston Bru- but if they're like me, they're go- they get caught by Campus Safety SGA who worked to install this plan ins defending their first Stanley Cup in ing to reluctantly fork over the cash officers, and sometimes. even after. have graduated, the current students nearly 40 years, As a sophomore, I was excited at in exchange for having a personal I know that many new park- are left to deal with the implications the prospect of bringing my car to method of transportation all year. Or, ing regulations have been imple- and frustrations that have resulted CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 campus this year, though I was dis- if they're more inclined to break the mented this year after proposals set from this new parking system. gruntled at the prospect of paying rules, they're going to forfeit reg- forth by SGA in past years, and I $150, double the price of two years istering their cars and instead park can't say that I'm happy with all of CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
NEWS OPINIONS ARTS SPORTS
Gcoqle- vs. Facebook Conversation with Kinetics of The Curse of the Interview with 7 10 Kinetics and One Love 81 "Dream Team" 4 Alice Maggin'91 EDITORIALS / / / LETTEl~sVOIG DECEMBER 5, 2011
THECOLLEGEVOU . ity , e found I have two housemates. One is Carolyn, who has provid- an enlightening couversanon. The comm~~l we v ed our 360 Mohegan home with crayons and Sesame Street ourselves in is embedded with oppOrtuDltles that are con- coloring books; the other, Kerry, has an unnatural capacity tingent on these connections. . for presidential facts and brings home a lot of granola.360 But as the semester comes to an end, I'm focusing I~ss apartment three has become our home: a patriotic-themed on these formal relationships, and more on ~e ones I ve posterboard of house rules adorns our living room wall built outside of the classroom: the ones that WIll read over (Rule #8, if you're cooking for us, no rules apply; Rule a paper at II PM for me, that will pick me up an extra cof- #8a, if you're cooking, it is for us), and we leave love notes fee, that cover my room in creepy photos and that attempt, though halfheartedly, to fill my rooni with partlally-mflated ':\""I:.dilon for each other on our bathroom mirror. Our refrigerator is filled with cheese. In our specialty housing application, we balloons for my birthday. The turbulence of finals has re- 0pIJli00I' rdl"," referred to ourselves as a three-headed monster. I don't allocated the focus from friends to work; the return from winter break will grant us some early-semester free time .\Itt & [al •.,..... EtlilOn think we've ever been more accurate. The senior mentality is centered around capitalizing on before we're bogged down with work yet again, and then SpomlllhDn all the opportunities we've been given in the time we have we graduate. The canned question at the end of a prospec- left: we're encouraged to appreciate our professors, to ex- tive student interview has become "what's been your fa- plore previously undiscovered corners of the curriculum, vorite part about being at Conn?" I tell them it's the people )k1lon kdol"n to take advantage of Conn-specific opportunities. The lit- I've met here. My summer roommate who became our erature we received as prospective students about Conn's multimedia editor, my Office of Admission peers that can lIud (' "py I AlII.... strong points has turned into a checklist: have I consumed commiserate over write-ups, the' College Voice s~ff W?O \\.bunlt'f are having as much fun on issue nine as they did on IS- " ..bC_ UllOr enough camel cookies? Have I sat on Tempel Green with \laId_ I do..... a book? Have Itruly experienced the beauty of the Plex at sue one: college is not only about building connections and ~~ night? compiling resources to improve your life for the future, hut F...... 'tiu ... As our time in college has progressed, one of our chief also about creating relationships that enhance where you Rrlo"",", Dln<'vr '.IK objectives has been to make connections. One of our are now. It's important to learn and gain experience, but it's school's chief assets is the ability to foster that goal. Conn also important to have fun. This isn't something that can be is known for its small student-faculty ratios, and students administratively sanctioned or outlined in the course cata- are expected to create relationships with professors that log, but it remains integral to our experience. ultimately reap some benefit, be it an unofficial mentor- I'm grateful for the time we've had thus far, and I'm ex- ship, the agreement to a last-minute independent study or cited about the time we have left. I'm also really sorry I \'Ij" , ~,...... , a recommendation. Through College Relations, alumni didn't do my dishes. MoIl\· ' .\11- "'""'\·~A ._ '" .qlr'..-. 10"""'._, are invited back to the College to wax poetic on their time A",*,,;I; Am:IlK ,...... C.a1PIIL1U' here, but also to provide insight on where they are, and ",fPn.K..-;4 • ,d'\' 'J!Iclda" -- more importantly, how they got there. The list of deans - Jazmine 1f,S..e ...,kII'Saud! ~~ ...... lJ ATLAS has compiled headlines of world news not normally seen on the front page ofthe New York Times, THE AMERICAS EUROPE COLO~BIA- CQlurnbia1s gQvernment may have ITALY - The Italian police have crashed their most expensive just lost more than $100 million to educatiQn subsi- patrol car-165 thousand Euros worth LambQrghini. This acci- dies for 180,000 students who were falsely enrolled. dent occurred in the Italian town of Cremona where it was on dis-' These registers included multiple entries fQr individ- play at a student jobs fair. The car was damaged beyond repair. ual pupilS, students who never attended lessons, and for students who never existed. Education Minister Maria Fernanda Campo said that areas found to have entered these false entries would have their budgets cut. OCEANIA ANTARTICA AUSTRAUA- Sydney will soon be home to the There is a rift that has been gradUally fQrming at the Pine Island Southern Hemisphere's largest recycling and landfill ?lacle~ 10 West Antarctica. The crack runs for twenty miles and sile. Costing Over AUD$3OOmilliQn,this hole is over IScontmues to grow every day. In the near future, growing at this 150 meters deep and will be filled with 125 milliQncu- rate, an Iceberg the SIze of Berlin CQuidbe fQund flQating about bic melers of industrial wasle over the next twenty years. the oceans. SCientIsts antIcIpate that this could OCcurby 2012. The landfill is owned by Dial aDump Industries and will open nexl week. AFRICA ASIA SOUTH AFRICA- Nando's, a fast food chain in SQuth Africa known fQr its mischievous ads has recently put CHINA- In Beijing, the public secDrity b 1 up a TV advertisement that makes a parody of Zimba- ureau aunched a 6-month crackdown on "black jails" operated b' . bwe's President Robert Mugabe's as "the last dictator finns. Black jails are tern . y pnvate secunty slanding." The grQUP allegedly received threats from . . d pQrary detentlQn centers created to hold ~tItlOners an people who come to Beijin to r .., a yQuth group loyal to President Mugabe. The video VIdual problems 10 central ov g epQrt therr 1Odl- shows a sad Mugabe look alike dining alQne at a table . . . g eromen\. These finns have been Illegally deta1010g people, using viQlence and 'av . set for Libya's Muarnmar Gaddafi, Uganda's Idi Amin over several other underground jails Th u e ownershIp and Qther late aUlocratic rulers. 300 000 private security guards· B· ... ere are approximately , 10 elJ10g man f h· h unlicensed. ' ,y 0 W IC are ---- 3 1l-iE COLlEGE VOICE THIS WEEK DECEMBER 5, 2011 Combat Spin Class 3:00 PM Spinning Room, Athletic Center Israel Study/Advocacy 4:00 PM Connecticut College Concert Band Harkness Chapel Library 7:00 PM Evans Hall Hebrew Cafe 6:00 PM Coffee Grounds "On the Nature of Being Woody: How Advances in Genetics are Shaping Our Understanding of Secondary Growth in Plants" I 1:50AM Olin 014 Connecticut College Jazz Ensemble 7:00 PM Evans Hall "Thomas Smith and Tucker Mullin: Just Cure Paralysis 9:00 PM 1962 Room Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception 4:00 PM Cummings Salon Connecticut College Orchestra Concert 7:00 PM Evans Hall Savor the ATLAS Flavor 7:00 PM Unity House Yankee Swap Camelingo 10:00 PM 1962 Room Global Environmental Justice Seminar I 1:45AM Bill Hall 409 Trim a Holiday Tree and Create Holiday Ornaments 1:00 PM Olin Lounge Things Went Awry Some Time Ago: Dance Department Faculty Concert 7:30 PM Palmer Auditorium N20 Show 9:00 PM Oliva Hall & s & • 4 THE COLLEGE VOICE DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editors David ltckos & David Shcrrteld NEWS IIIFEATURES [email protected] School Policy Unaffected by Change in State Law Regarding Marijuana Posession , CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 use offenses are addressed as viola- tions of the Student Code of Conduct The Student Handbook says, "Fed- at the administrative level, and not by eral. state, and/or local laws govern the Honor Council. Students found in the use, possession, and distribution possession of minor amounts of mar- of illicit drugs and drug parapher- ijuana are instead required to meet nalia." However. Conn's policy on with Dean Cardwell personally and marijuana use frames the nature of to attend educational workshops. the violation as an unhealthy lifestyle After three offenses, however, the choice to use drugs, and focuses pri- matter is dealt with by the Honor marily on the illegal status of mari- Council, as it is reflecti ve of an un- juana in the state. healthy pattern of behavior. Both Sanctions are therefore education- Cauteruccio and Cardwell expressed al. not monetary, and have not been their satisfaction with the newly re- amended to reflect the decriminal- structured system. ization of marijuana because use of Dean Cardwell said, "I think the the drug in any amount is still illegal. change has been very successful, and Alicia Cauteruccio '12, Honor Coun- it has made the process less bureau- cil Chair, said, "The student code of cratic and more focused on educat- conduct isn't about punishing stu- ing students about good decisions." dents but about encouraging healthy She noted that it has become easier to habits. We don't place people on address conduct violations on a per- social warning right away for minor sonallevel at the root of the problem, offenses because we are more inter- and that matters of honor are now re- ested in addres ing the choice at an garded more seriously. educationalleve!." Conn's status as an educational in- Dean Cardwell explained that, fol- stitution allows for certain inconsis- lowing the restructuring of Conn's tencies between college policies and judicial system last year, minor drug state law, so long as these policies are enacted with the primary goals of drug use violations by noting its edu- noting that unauthorized room entry education and safety in mind . cational value. is not a common occurrence and is Deutsche Bank The Student Handbook opens with Other instances in which Conn approved only under circumstances the assertion that Conn's judicial policy differs slightly from state law in which the safety of the student or system operates under a different set have been regarded less favorably by the community is at risk. ~ • of standards from the court system: students, most notably the procedure "We operate under a different set of "The Honor Code, Student Code of regarding room searches. According standards here," she said. "We don't Conduct, Student Bill of Rights and to the Student Handbook, if a stu- use principles of 'reasonable suspi- Adjudication Procedures are integral dent refuses consent to having his or cion' or 'probable cause', necessarily, Agile to the educational mission of the Col- her room searched, the matter is ap- because we are not the legal system. lege. They are designed to foster an pealed to the on-call staff member at Rather, we assess the situation to de- minds effective learning environment and the Student Life office, and this staff termine if there is a safety risk, and support the values of our educational member must approve or deny the act according to our best judgment." explore all Taking your first steps with a global leader will give your community. They are not based on, request. A search warrant does not Since the disciplinary policies of possibilities career a real head start. Here nor are they intended to mirror, the need to be obtained for room entry to the college are designed to encourage at Deutsche Bank. we can give rights or procedures in civil or crimi- be approved. (An officer of the New members of the college community to you direct access to some of "'...... ,j '.,' I' nal court proceedings." London Police Department, however, make healthy and safe decisions, its the greatest minds in banking- people who are setting the pace In fact, the Honor Council operates would be required to obtain a search policies may occasionally reinterpret and shaping the future of the under the principle of "preponder- warrant, and would need to be escort- state and federal legislation. entire industry. ance of evidence," and not "beyond ed by a Conn employee to perform Although students may hold dif- all reasonable doubt;' because the the search). We hope to see you at our ferent opinions about the perceived upcoming Corporate Presentation. goal of the proceedings is not to pun- While some students may claim fairness of these policies, Cauteruc- ish students but to inform them about that this practice violates their le- cio noted, "It's impqrtant that people Date the consequences of their actions. gal rights nnder the Fourth Amend- are informed about and understand Monday, December tzth. Therefore, the college justifies its 6;OOpm - 7;30pm ment to the U.S. Constitution, Dean the rules."> approach to the discipline of minor Cardwell defended the policy by Vonue Room - Blaustein 203 Learn more at db.com/careers/CC Walk of Exploitation Operation 21st century stages artworks highlighting corporate exploitation CASEY DILLON J CONTRIBUTOR Last Wednesday, Operation 21st enance Center is a vehicle for raising ing" to learn that some of their favorite Century and the Provenance Center awareness, understanding and recog- companies would participate in these of New London hosted an art exhibit nition of the issues impacting human- crimes. in Cro to shed light on corporate prac- ity through social and environmental In the words of Sadie Jacobson '15, tices complicit in human exploitation justice activism" through the creative "You couldn't ignore it. You had to in various forms. arts. face it." Faculty, staff, students and other Though Nadesha has only been in- When a group of young girls asked members of the community waded volved with the issue of human traf- Nadesha if they were bad people for through tbe exhibit, reading the facts ficking for about nine months, she wearing clothes from the brands tar- and statistics about human exploitation knows a lot about the industry and its geted by the exhibit, she responded on each of the artworks, guided by an economic impacts. that no, they weren't, and no, they orange ribbon Maggin credited her Conn education reading the New::.York Times. Maggin_began by'explaining that when they-unfolded: , I r 1 : ever received:~tWhatever job-you have, with teaching her "to express myself In reference tola question asked about she saw smoke rising from the North While the September II attacks are find a way to make yourself indispens- and ask a lot of questions, skills that the difference between national and in- Tower of the World Trade Center. her undoubtedly a huge moment in the able."· drove me towards j umalism." ternational reporting, Maggin quickly first thought was "some idiot has flown timeline of American news coverage, SGA News & Minutes ALI ROSSI SGA CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS aring Finals? Don't Panic ... nfornlation Sen' ces to the rescue! Presidenl Leo Higdon. Director of ing substance-free living among differ- Events and Cntering Merrill ollins and ent floors and dorms. Pr fessor Ruth Grahn of the Psy hoi· ogy Department and hair of the Fac- SGA approved the reconfiguration of ulty teering and onferencc mmiltee the f10use Environmenlal Representa- E:\1Cmkd h()UJ~;ltShain Libr.'in: came and signed the Covenant, a formal tives (IIER) program to become the • R,... "I·d*"..... ·k1*.,,,,1"1'" 'l1bIN{'~'11,;." '''";;rh~r ",.m.~",I.""I·.I' ...... b~.1"1•.,....,1"... agreement to strengthen shared gov· Community Organizers for Sustainabil- • lh JU;l In. eroance and improve c nsulwlion and ity Transf rmalion (COST) program. - (~'mplIll."" pfim"'I'>. ql( "r'loW,I, communication throughout the campus This new program was proposed by · I~k'''-'.j1IUm:lI,-lihrnJ} d~rJb"'it"-llr",,. community. The Assembly discussed students looking for morc ways to get •\\'in.k,,, ...lllliIiB .iuJU ~1.JUL'~'IIII.. .llllII other imp rtant campus issues with involved with sustainability issues on • LtNIJ\: )\"1), IJr J~ &.\lklitlt'l<"', 0011,....1.10'"- iln\ ht'l1 )Ullnt...", 1l>R.'h~! President Higdon ~uch as sustainability. campus who saw the HER program as in- the availability of wireless internet and adequately supported by the administra- the offering of student social events. pic- tion and thus not living up to their needs. 't"Cdrt:o;(.~~h h(']p~ \.,,1:. ~tlibrarian! tured above, CO T will require more involvement -. !uilll ihrJ~ l{c~ :fl,,"I""k"'ulin;:.b~time"fluP';(~~ from participanls such as multiple meet- - I;11I~illihn.-t1"''''J1l.' ~l.t,lu lOr t>fw \\ilb us .<'CR...... <1I1,\I~I. Y..h"oi,MlI Gutlf4ll' 'lral~l The Assembly discussed online course ings, required readings and peer educa- evaluations and the reason for the shift tion, and will offer interested students {in.'Cr :\ Iu..,ic I .ihrMy ICumrni~,\ro.n."n. ....I""ork-\l:1l to an all~-ontine formal as opposed to the a chance to become more educated on old format where individual departments issues of sustainability and allow them • (~",n ""'"m "'1Il"'_ until') 1'.1113111"·no.b) and 10 :a.m,• 10 r.m. : anml"l' IlIn'lJlh& 16-17 had Iheir own evalualion processes. The to share Ihis information with students • Srul'~ '1Ul.\:.\, ,rd", " '. "'Il~ 'I' mnd1\Jl criteria of evalutllion are now Slreum- on campus in a more organized and in- - ()"rl1' -;,\tkik' 'll.u",h;~""'''tr hit{), f\.~'h :aftlt",~ li0,.J4-ni~ lined and made mnre comprehensive formed manner. across different academiC departments. Blue Camel \.utc as discussed ,n a recenl public email by Finally. we appr ved the purchase of · I.»,.", ",'!-:Ub.. huu", ,·,_~idnil.-ht durinll finab "'"" ....(",urn" in and ~in~ Mihir h3frna '12. hair of Academic renewable energy credits from 3Degrees, Affairs. and Professor Grahn. who have an environmental commodities firm. By led Ihe change. purchasong the credits. the school will be contributing money to a Renewable En- The Blackstone f10use substance-free ergy Fund at the firm that funds renew- EC ICU COLLEGE lifestyle policy is beIng reexamoned. We able energy efforts across Ihe country. Co heard a presentation about different op· The purchase of these credits is said to tions to consider for the house, such as offset the electricity Ihat is spent here on designating 'I a well ness dorm or r lat- campus .• • 7 rt S C 2 l) THE COLlEGE VOla DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editors, Ethan Harfenis! & Jerell Mays OPINONS [email protected] SGA Passes The Blackest Friday Solar Panel - - Inititative ALEX SCHWARTZBURG STAFF WRITER ) "Be it enacted, by the Student Govern- menl Association that Renewable Bner- gy Fund monies from Academic Years 20 11-12 and 2012-13 shall be approved for the purchase and installation of solar photoveltaic renewable energy genera- lion at Connecticut College if and only if the newly installed combined gen- erational capacity is 45kW or greater." Thus spoke SGA! Last week. in a unanimous vote. our student government took a significant step towards utilizing sustainable en- ergy. According to Elias Kauders '12, SGA Chair of Environmental Affairs. "$100,000 in total - [will] be spent on installing solar photovoltaic (PV) reo newable energy generation on campus," This is good, because it means that the annual $25 increase in our college's tu- ition would go towards decreasing our annual $3 million eleclric bill. making our campus more sustainable and lend- ing a little more validity to the assertion I that Conn is an environmentally sus- tainable campus. While the environment is not some- , \ thing I cared about too much before I carne 10 Conn, I remember all too well \ going on the admissions lour and see- \ ing the solar panel in front of Cro and - being told about Conn's commitment to the environment. Every time I see a tour guide walk by, I hear the same Shoppers crowd into a Walmart to take advantage of Black Friday sales. thing. Thanks to Kauders and SGA,the selling point symbolized by the Camel panel will be predicated slightly more upon reality than vague assumptions. A commentary on manic consumerism As I said, the resolution passed in a unanimous vote. "I think that's a pretty rare thing," says Kauders, "and it shows EMMALINE DEIHL that this is something all of us , regard. STAFF WRITER messages of greed and consumption, sonal time for employees strikes me giftsf certainly does qat sound like less of diffen ••mces or disagreert1cms. Black Friday seems to be expand- ~~ wholly un~ecessary~Tha~ksgl.~ j11~ i~ea of '! good tim~. can really rally behind. What's more, Black Friday scares me. Although ing its reach, even overshadowing ing is a national holiday and people •To bc fair, Black Friday is not all we're calling for a truly substantial I have never actually participated in Thanksgiving itself. In an effort to deserve a full day off, as is the tra- bad. Certain stores have extended project. and it's fantastic 10 be able to Black Friday and I never intend to, attract shoppers and boost sales, dition. Instead, Black Friday has re- their sales into the weekend, and go to the administration and the other the name itself implies a dark and some stores promoted "Black Thurs- duced the time spent at home or with while the sales may not be quite as stakeholders in this project and be able dangerous day. I am not averse to day Night," and started their sales at family for both consumers and retail good, they at least offer shoppers to say listen: this is something that we shopping and reaping the benefits of 10 PM on Thursday. In other words, employees, which could be avoided a way to indulge in some holiday really want, that we're unified on and holiday sales; I always love a good if you are someone who really wants if stores remained closed for only a shopping while avoiding the crazi- that we're willing to put our money deal and enjoy time spent brows- a good deal and would go so far as few more hours. ness of Black Friday. I spoke to some where our mouth is. We just hope tbat ing through stores. However, I pre- to line up in advance before the store Another reason to avoid the Black friends who went shopping later in the college will respond positively and fer to shop in peace without having opens, Black Friday has now seri- Friday madness is Ihe annual physi- the evening who said they were able match our contribution. It's the only to fight my way through hordes of ously impinged on your Thanksgiv- cal danger involved. Every year to avoid the rush, which seems much way this project will happen, and it's a overzealous shoppers or stand in ing. Not everybody docs something there are stories of people getting more reasonable than piling in all at fantastic opportunity for the college- line for hours. For me, part of the special for Thanksgiving; but if you trampled by the rushing crowd, yel once. they can install a $500,000 solar panel fun of shopping is taking the time to do, and if you plan on taking advan- no one ever seems to take this into . Secondly, if we accept capitalism inslallation and pay only 20% of the • browse my options and find some- tage of Black Friday, your schedule consideration for the next year. For as our economic system, the logi- COSI.That in itself will payoff in only thing worthwhile. Personal shopping cal thing to do is to try: to improve five to seven years, and then we will be preferences aside, Black Friday dis- iI, and Black Friday is, a way to making money," turbs me for other reasons. boost consumer spending and thus Al least three of the proposed panel in- The day after Thanksgiving, a holi- These violent incidents are troubling; the economy, an efforl that gener- stallations would generate 0.9% of our day in which we are supposedly be- getting assaulted while shopping for holiday ally works. This year's BlAck Friday campus' electricity. If the administra- ing thankful and appreciative for sales were widely considered to be tion funded all of them, the total energy how much we already have, is dedi- gifts certainly does not sound like my idea of successful for retailers. Consumers we would generate would be 3.6%. cated to consumerism in its most in- can find genuinely excellent deals That might not sound like a lot, bUIthat tense form. Black. Friday reveals the a good time. on merchandise, and it is a chance would be 3.6% of a $3.000,000 electric strength and allure of capitalism and to acquire something that you cannot bill, which would mean Ihat we would how much of our culture is based on justify buying otherwise. save $108,000 per year. So by 2021. we endless consumption. I watched tele- To me, it is not the intent of Black will have saved over $1,000,000. vision for about art hour on Wednes- is gelling a little light. instance, this year, a' woman shop- Friday that is disturbing so much Do you like the environment'! Do you day night, which was plenty of time One major controversy that arose ping in the videogame section of a as the over-the-top execution of it. Iike money'! Do you think that Conn to become thoroughly tired of com- this year was the reduced Thanksgiv- Wal-Mart in Los Angeles pepper- What should be a chance 10 do some mercial after commercial featur- would be a benet place if it was spend- ing break that some store employees sprayed some twenty people for rea- fun, early holiday shopping and help ing eager shoppers gelling insanely ing less money? If your answers 10 any received. Traditionally, stores close sons not entirely clear (either she was out stores can turn into an unneces- of these questions are yes (and you go good deals on clothes and electron- for Thanksgiving and employees protecting herself from what she felt sarily intense consumerist feeding to Conn), then you can take comfort not ics. I am not rejecting all capitalism get to enjoy a day off. This year, was a dangerous mob, or she wanted frenzy. Perhaps the idea of excessive only in the knowledge that the student outright. but when it is continuously Thanksgiving break was cut short a competitive edge). CNN reported buying, which seems greedy, can one government that represents you feels forced in my face it starts making me for many retail employees in order that there was Black Friday violence day be transformed into an .effort to the same way, bUI also that they have deeply question the moral values of to accommodate masses of shoppers, in at least seven states. These violent acquire gifts for others and 'share in our society. the initiative to proactively address the who were also cutting short their incidents are troubling; getting as- the holiday spirit .• issue .• In addition to constantly spreading own holiday. This reduction in per- saulted while shopping for holiday We know you have opinions. We'd like to know what they are. Write for the Voice. Meetings are held every Monday at 10 PM in the Voice office [Cro 215). Bully! �'------ ------THE CDLLEGE VOICE· DECEMBER 5,2011 OPNONS·7 It's the Finals Countdown JERELLMAYS OPINIONS EDITOR I have another problem: the illusion of who is graduating at the end of the fall safety that is hanging over my head, semester. "Placing students in highly There may only be a little over a week When you think about it, Thanksgiv- pressured situations might be represen- until finals, but to me it feels like more, ing break was hardly a vacation, Sure, tative of real world settings, but placing What I end up doing is stressing about plenty of us treated it as such, but for ev- them in a controlled setting where they work while simultaneously trying to re- ery minute I spent lounging around my must eloquently regurgitate a semes- lax with the pre-finals-freakout-leisure home in a food-induced haze, the voice ter's worth of information is not." time to which we no doubt all feel en- Of course, not everyone feels this way, Dear Fred, of the dutiful student (whom I had tem- titled. porarily banished to my sUbconscious_ Some students relish the idea of sitting At first, I thought I was being pre- I want to buy my boyfriend something for Christ- ness) would occasionally break through down and, within a few hours, being sumptuous and lazy to assume that, hav- and manage to whisper that most fright- done with a class rather than having mas, even though we have not been seeing each other ing just come out of a five-day break, I ening of words that gradually pushes to deal with the more long-term stress somehow deserved even more time off. itself to the forefront of student minds that comes with the freedom of having for that long. Our relationship is very relaxed and Then I realized I wasn't alone, "There's ,near the end of a semester: finals, a final paper. You can procrastinate on a pressure to have as much fun as you studying, but we all know the much fun and I want to get him something that shows that. Finals are intimidating. Perhaps can beforehand and spend time with more intense pressure caused by stalling they're supposed to be, but this intimi- I was thinking about getting something that we could your friends ," said Cara Einbinder ' 14, on a paper until the last minute. I can't dation certainly doesn't make life any whose final project for one of her an- even say with any certainty that I'm not easier in the weeks, follOWing Thanks- use in the bedroom that we both would like, but I'm thropology classes will involve a study going to be one of those students you giving break, Many professors assigned of Pygmy tribes, "At the same time see in the library at 3 AM during finals not sure where to start. I also do not want the "sexy exams to be taken the week directly af- there's a lot of work to do, and there's a week, sweating into their coffee over ter; a fair portion of my break was spent lot of pressure to do that." the twenty-page essay that's due in six gift" to seem trashy; rather, it should be something buried in a botany textbook, Other in- So either we're both being too in- hours that they knew about weeks in ad- structors took the high road and decided .that would bring us closer. Any advice? active, or maybe the recent vacation vance, and yet somehow couldn't really to inform students of their end-of-the- . didn't fully provide the mental holi- work on until the last minute. Idon't re- semester assignments well in advance Gift-Seeking Girlfriend day it promised, I know that most of call having this problem last year; I had of the break, my friends spent the better half of their four papers during my freshman year Take my film class, for example, Our FREDERICK MCNULTY breaks either working on final projects. fall semester, and was so thoroughly finaf paper will be a cross-analysis of SEX COLUMNIST or studying intensely for upcoming ex- determined to not let them get the bet- Ridley Scott's Blade Runner with La ams, ter of me that I actually found myself Jetee, a French, experimental short film. If you're like me and most of your finished rather early, I remember think- Dear Gift-Seeking Girlfriend, you run the risk of losing the mean- My professor reminded our class of this classes are in the humanities, papers ing, "That wasn't too bad, I could have ing of the gift. If you are convinced a few weeks ago, but I've known since are your major concern. I greatly pre- wasted way more time." Whenever the holidays roll around. that a surprise gift might be the right September because it's on the syllabus, fer this; my experience with exams a la This seems to be the culprit for me, I the fun nature of the season often decision, then think of what you want The library has copies of both films on obligatory, Area Three general educa- effectively disarmed myself last year, gets lost in the stress of what gifts to to say to him after he unwraps it - reserve, I've already seen Blade Runner tion requirements was less than kind to hyping finals up to be more intimidating purchase, Add a significant other into an explanation has the potential to once and I've actually had some spare my GPA, Furthermore, there just seems than they actually were, and this year. the mix-especially one from a rela- change everything. On one hand, do time this week, So, why haven't I start- something cruel about a cumulative, fi- I'm totally underestimating them, This tively new relationship-and that's not be afraid to take a risk, but keep ed it yet? nal exam that seems to endorse cram- realization had me questioning whether just a recipe for stress. How does one in mind that your boyfriend should There is a certaiu paralyzing quality to ming rather than memorization. Final or not I should have spent last Saturday know what to purchase? How does not have to struggle to understand the that stressful two weeks prior to finals papers have always struck me as better locked in my room at my desk, I think one avoid being "trashy?" gift you give, week that, for me, seems to cause less indicators of knowledge gained; you the important thing to remember in the I would begin by making sure that You mentioned that you would productivity at a time that ironically can cram before an exam only to forget next few coming weeks is, as always, your significant other will appreci- like to purchase a gift that you will demands more, My professors have all it all in a few days, but a good paper balance, Freaking out over finals isn't ate a sexual gift for Christmas, as both enjoy. While it may be tempt- suddenly decided to altruistically ease demands more attention. "Exams are going to make it come any faster or end opposed to being offended, Some ing to purchase bim a sexy gift that up on their small assignments, no doubt not accurate assessments of how much any sooner, but it never hurts to have Christians may be repulsed to receive he alone can enjoy, such as a Tenga in anticipation of the workload with students have progressed, or the amount a few dozen thesis statements lying a sexy gift on the birth date of their Egg, aiding his masturbation will not which we will all soon be saddled, I'm of knowledge they have gathered in the around either .• lord and savior. If this is the case, achieve the original goal of mutual hardly complaining about this, but now classroom," said Devin Cohen '12, then maybe you can give him the bedroom enjoyment. Purchasing a g- sexy gift in conjunction with another spot vibrator with the intent that he item, or just hold off until another will use it when you two are together holiday; Valentine's Day will be here may also seem like a good idea, but before you know it. it also might come off as if you are Goe>gle+- vs, Facebook: In my opinion, a gift is only putting your own pleasure above his, "trashy" if it is perceived as such. Focus on what both of you can enjoy, For example, my holiday wish list There are a plethora of sex shops, Social Media Showdown actually included potato chips as a both on the internet and in traditional requested item. While some people stores, that are at your disposal. Me- would be downright insulted to re- gan Andelloux , a feminist sexologist ceive a bag of potato chips for a who recently spoke at Connecticut present, I would be thrilled because College, warned that, due to the un- I could use them in my dorm room. regulated nature of sex toys in the - The old saying could not be truer: United States, one should be careful "One person's trash is another per- when purchasing sex toys; they can r son's treasure." In regards to a sexy potentially contain unsafe toxins or gift, you should find out whether chemicals and still be legally sold. d"· your boyfriend would like such a gift She suggested using the Good Vibra- before purchasing one. As long as tions adult retail company, though your heart is in the right place, then that is not to say that there are not do not be afraid to take a chance! other great retailers available, Now that we have tackled the ques- Overall, you will have to decide if tion of whether you should purchase purchasing a sexy gift for your boy- a sexy gift for your significant other, friend is the right thing to do for your let us handle the question of what to relationship, The fact that you even buy, What, if anything, have you and had to ask whether it would come your boyfriend used before? What across as "trashy" demonstrates to have you done together in the bed- me that you do have some doubt in room? What have you and he men- your mind. If worst comes to worst, tioned that you would like to try? do not be afraid to talk to him about Think back to your sexual experienc- it. If you end up purchasing the sexy CHRIS GIRl late this summer, but not a single new of news and photos tends naturally to es and conversations with him. gift, remember that it should be for STAFF WRITER post has appeared in my Stream since make up the meat of social networking, Gift giving can be the perfect ex- both of your enjoyment. Do not let Time and time again, Google has at- August. This Google+ abandonment is third party offerings from Farmville cuse to try something new. However, this stress you out, Have a happy tempted to expand its web empire into one half of the vicious cycle that seems to Bumper Stickers bave helped to di- if you give something too confusing, holiday and good luck! • the realm of social networking, Try to be holding the site back, along with versify Facebook's offerings, Though though it may, Google's efforts in the the absence of the aforementioned au- it offers a limited catalogue of games, form of Buzz, Wave and Orkut have to-sharing options that the Zuckerberg Google+ leans toward a closed ecosys- failed thus far to touch Facebook's camp is so fond of. tem, populated primarily with Google- monopoly, Google+ is almost certainly Sure, auto-sharing may be a thinly developed features, The logic here is the site's most ambitious attempt yet, veiled data mining scheme that sends pretty simple: Google's open Android claiming a more practical and integrat- all of your web activity to Facebook mobile platform has had trouble cap- ed feature set than its chief competitor, (who converts it to warehouses of hun- turing the market with the ease that the And Google+ certainly does have a dred dollar bills with the help of ad- closely-curated iOS has had, That be- lot to offer, Though it lacks some of vertisers), but if you're even remotely ing said, it may come to a matter of per- the sharing options offered by Face- concerned about your privacy you sonal preference between Facebook's unlimited catalogue of mostly medio- book, in particular newer auto-shanng probably stopped using the site a few cre applications or Google+'s small, features like Spotify and news reader, years ago, One could argue that it's a integrated platform, the site is actually about your friends, bit evil of Facebook to sell all of your Though it would be tricky for Google No, not those 600 people that you kind data without making this more clear, but maybe it's a necessary evil. It's the to make its site as addicting as Facebook of knew in high school that now, spam connections to everything from iPhoto without jeopardizing privacy, it's cer- your news feed, but your actual friends, and Photo Booth to location-aware mo- tainly possible, Considering Google's Every feature of the site is about mak- , our bile activity that do such a good job of sprawling monopoly over web interac- ing it easy to compartmen talize ,y Tracy Scbaperow. making sure you can't forget that Face- tion, they could do a better job of pro- friendships _ aside from the Circles book has you under its spell, Since the moting use of the site. However, even if PI)".D. feature which allows you to separate site already has a healthy portion of us Goog1e+ had the strongest possible set OIIIkal ~0«Ur inform~tion-sharing based on what invested in it, there are plenty of people of features, there's a chance it would .... 44·1.2047 circle of connections you place friends to populate the newsfeed, It really is a take more than a strong competitor to P'YCboIoJYCT .com in, Hangouts and Huddles focuses on vicious cycle, no doubt aided by the al- dethrone Facebook. Facebook's got an Dr.I..,. 'sF group video and messaging chat rather ,as "co- lure of that mindless newsfeed scroll- incomprehensible critical mass advan- ~ St:Mpetow ...... Itt than just one-on-one. ing we can't help but fall into every so tage that makes the notion of packing Though these features seem good n.JpIng ceNt" etudtnft eo often, up and moving to Google+ a bit too ~ MJdtIy, 'Go';;. enough on paper, this article won't Auto-sharing is part of a bigger push much of a gamble for most users, At rmd tIfIaIionahIp willie touch on how well the site actually toward developer integration that has the rate Facebook has been under fire ~ tbr. IlItll:IlNIftj ftAtrNe. ninctions. This is, simply put, be- completely altered the side in recent over privacy concerns, though, the wait Loco(ll1/ (0".,,11I cause I don't have any friends who use nooo .. iln~ years, both for the end user and Face- may not be long before users have had Googl +, Sure, I added a few friends to e book's revenue stream. Though sharing enough .• my circles when I first got an account �------~~------_.~- ______--8, OPINONS ------DECEMBER52011· TH: COLlEGE von Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car: Melanie Thibeault Prays for Better Parking », CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 While the decision to prevent fresh- men from registering their cars on campus doesn't affect me, and thus doesn't really bother me, but I know if I was a freshman this year, I would be di appointed at having to wait an- other year to have a car on campus when freshmen were allowed to reg- ister their cars in previous years. "It's almost impossible 10 gel off campus as a freshman without a car. I under land that there are parking is- sues and we're trying to be green. but it ere ales a feeling of intense claus- trophobia for us when we're stuck on campu :' said one freshman. Though it's against the new park- ing regulations, some freshmen still have their Cars on campus. "I have a car on campus because I need to get off campus sometimes and remind myself that life ex ists outside [of Conn]. I feel like the car restriction for freshmen was a big mistake on Conn's part," said the freshman. NOl only are freshmen nOI al- lowed to have their cars, bUI park- ing SPOIS have been reallocated for the remaining three classes. There An empty parking space in central campus. is a sophomore parking lottery sys- tern: some sophomores are delegated tive to make the campus more envi- its own large parking lot to the side to park in lower campus- by the ronmentally responsible." I disagree behind Larrabee. Athletic Center, Abbey House, Win- that the new regulations are having a A newly instated rule allows stu- chester and the Ridge- which used serious impact on either of these is- dents to park in faculty spots on to be just for freshmen. Other sopho- sues. I don't think the parking chang- weekdays between 5 PM and 2 AM. mores received parking spaces in the es have made Conn any more pedes- "I am glad they allow us to park in North/South lots and Upper Campus, trian friendly or green than last year. faculty spots after 5 PM now," said SEMINAR ON SUCCESS! which, by the name, implies that they There are always cars driving around Kurz, "but tbey can start ticketing are allowed to park on campus, not campus, sometimes going much fast- again at 2 AM. No faculty member across the bridge (or Route 32) and er than the speed limit. Students with is coming back to campus at 2 AM. down the AC stairs. Juniors and se- unregistered cars on campus add to It seems like a useless way to make OW TO SUCCEED IN niors are allocated upper and lower the vehicular population. Delegating money rather than enforce that spots campus spots based on in which part students to Lower Campus doesn't are available for faculty." LIFE AFTER OLLEGE of campus they reside. mean they never bring their cars to It is clear that faculty and staff need I am one of the unfortunate ones the main campus. parking spaces, and the allocation of who is required to park in Lower Members of other classes are also such is not my complaint, but as full- A Professional Day for Campus, even though 1 live in the frustrated with the new system. In time students who live in the dorms Plex , There are plenty of student the past, parking on campus fol- and apartments, this is our home dur- spots surrounding the Plex , most no- lowed a hierarchical scale - fresh- ing the school year. Not every stu- SENIORS tably in the gravel lot behind it. Park- men parked at the AC, sophomores dent needs a car, but for students who ing spots are the same for the whole and juniors could park in the North/ work or volunteer off-campus or who academic year, which not only frus- South lots and seniors were allowed live close to home and drive back and SATURDAY trates me, but it also bothers many other sophomores who have been ~AN. 28 2012 banished to the Athletic Center. Evelyn O'Regan '14 said, "The 1-4:30 p.m., ending with light stairs to get down to the AC are icy and dangerous in the winter, and refrt1shments and hors d'oeuvres when Ihe AC is closed at night, iI'S scary to be down there alone." For some, it's just an inconve- nience to have his/her car down by Topics include: the AC, far away from the dorms. One sophomore said, "I have to park • Sel yourself apart from the crowd at the AC, but I usually park in South • Rear world advice from alumni who l1a~ been there because I babysit off campus mul- tiple times a week, and it's just too • Networking roundtables and recelltion w~h alumni far to walk." It's an inconvenience to park at the Athletic Center, especially when I notice all of the empty spots in the gravel lot, which is designated as a North/South 10L In my experience, it's never been full; there may even be more spots available than there to park in central campus or in spots forth occasionally, having a car is are cars. If the spots are there, why in front of their dorms. This practice necessary, and having a place to park can't I take one? ended, however, at the beginning of should be a right, not a privilege, Cassandra Saimond '14 agreed this year. "I understand that faculty need with this point. "I don't think that "The way parking is now revoked parking spaces as well," said Kurz sophomores should have 10 park at all the senior privileges that I was "but we, as students, live here 24/7: the AC because there is plenty of looking forward to:' said Carolyn I don't think the old parking system was perfect, but I think it made more sense than the way it is now." Not every student needs a car, but for stu- Democratizing the parking sys- tem at Conn has only created more dents who work or volunteer off-campus or inequality and frustration among who live close to home and drive back and the students. While I'm openly irri- tated by the fact that I have to park forth occasionally, having a car is neces- far away from my dorm, it's more frustrating to know that students in sary, and having a place to park should be a ~y class were granted parking Spots right, not a privilege tn Upper Campus (in front of their ~orms). whereas juniors and seniors, like . Kurz , are being shafted after abiding .by the hierarchical system parking up [on campus], and I don't Kurz '12. "It seemed like they dou- for years. There has to be a think that they should give parking bled the price of a parking permit, . more Just way to assign parking Spots than tickets for parking in the wrong lot, took away half of the student spaces a random lottery system. It should especially because there are so many and then removed privileges based be based on class year or locatio unregistered cars. I figure if I paid on class year or living location. It's of one's dorm to make it fairer fo~ $150 to park here, I should be able somewhat frustrating because 1 abid- all students. And if there a to park where 1 want and not get tick- ed by the parking regulations for the . re empty parktng Spots in any of the lot I eted for it." past three years thinking that senior don't see Why those ban' h d s, In an article about the new parking year would be different." • IS e to the regulations written for the Voice by As a resident of the 360 Mohegan AC ~ren t allowed to request a new parking location A dial Sarah Weiss in October, she quoted apartments, Kurz has trouble find- b . ogue needs to e created about issues like th W Director of Campus Safety Stewart ing a parking spot outside her dorm. . h b ese. e mig t e stUdents but Re&ister today at: Smith as saying, "The changes are There are more faculty spots than . . ' we are adults and this is Our home W h ., part of a long-term plan to make the student spots, even though the only . e s auld b HTTP://sos.CONNCOLL.EDU abl e to have a say in h . e campus more pedestrian friendly, faculty building kind of near the ow we live .• combined with a student-led initia- apartments is Winthrop, which has THE CDLLEGE VOICE -----'------9 DECEMBER 5. 2011 ARTS /// ENTERTAINMENT Ed,lors Devin Cohen ond Melanie Thbeaull 0,1 thcco~ogevo(ceorg Breaking Dawn Breaks Expectations • A professed Twilight-hater explains why she enjoyed • the latest film in the blockbuster series CpNTINUED FROM PAGE 1 • The franchise has Come a long way since • central characters this lime around is, I think. 2008's release of the first film, throughout dreamy indie-pop soundtrack featuring Aqua- werewolf powwow scene, Edward makes prob- • the apex of a shift [rom an all-consuming, • which the acting was cringingly weird and ter- lung and Iron & Wine. lematically calculating comments and Condon creepy and disturbing love story to a toned- rible, and a gross sexual tension oozed from Their joyousness crumples, appropriately so, awkwardly navigates the disconcerting ur- down, more responsible and enjoyable fai- the space where violence and pain should have when Bella is somehow impregnated with an renee of Jacob "imprinting" 011 a newborn baby • rytale even Icould swallow. assumedly half-vampire fetus that grows at an • been. (When they meet, and for a good iong (look it up). BUI there l!oj just something here What Condon did was cut the bullshit. while, Edward is attracted to Bella in the sense alarming rate, drinks her blood and kicks out ninrs or"pcrsonainy anc ueiignt more or iess Bella and Edward have a wildly expensive, that there has never been anyone else on Earth her ribs. Where 1was prepared to get infuriated absent trom the books and previous hlms, all springy white wedding, and then gallivant olf he wanted to eat so badly. Gives a whole new at the screamingly anti-abortion agenda, 10- terrumst-untnendly sen-core porn Without real to a private island near Rio to frolic on the meaning to the phrase "sexual appetite," am I stead I telt the power ot Bella's choice to suck passion or heart. Maybe u was just my very, • white sands and consummate their relationship out the atrocious pregnancy. right?) lie' V low expectauonv, but con at last. If this film had adopted the same spirit But budgets have grown exponentially, and Stewart takes on her hardest lleUa perror- Sider me unpressed, ot the last three, these events would be punc- there's a new kid on the refurbished block: Bill mance yet With a shocking amount at tuated with a sloppy slew ot heavy breathing, • Condon, who directed both Dream Girl,' and strength and grace. The rmpending too-long embraces and desperate muttenng. ,• Gods and Monsters (the latter for which he birth IS the tocal pomt ot the him, instead, the relancnsfup hnally teels natu- and Condon makes It just dH' won a Best Screenplay Oscar). He somehow as raL Bella doesn't spend all her time droolmg turbmg as It should be. An emaci got pulled into this daunting project, and has over Edward's godlike good looks to the point ared, gray-skinned Hellu toddle': remolded a ridiculous novel into an actual filru where she can't even tunctron properly. instead, instead of a joke. around tbe worried member the two SWim, playa lot ot chess and seem to ot Edward's tarruly With her I am going to guess it was Condon who told take pleasure In each other':> l:ompany Without bruised stomach, head held monotone, glassy-eyed Kristen Stewart tv stop • needing to constantly smelt each other, wtnch, mgh. , the painfully awkward sputtering, shrugging, unturtunately, has heretofore been a major plut rhi~III1Jvic i~~till d • lip-biting and hair-tousling and start actually PUHlt.The audience wtlhngly Of nut I:> di~uluu:!o ThcH:::'~,,: acting like a real person. The new Bella of swept up In their surpnsingly ea:>yjoy, whlt.:h laughable Breaking Dawn Pt. I is a relaxed, exprc~~iullctl IS augmellted by a and smiling version of her zombie-like ~c1f uf luvely movies past. And while Edward is as Illu""h a stoic vampire as ever, Robert Pattins(JlI gl vc~ him some human vitality that, until now, hcts been missing. Edward grins warmly and genuinely without looking like he is going to kill anybody, and frequently, he laughs. '0 The transformation of the two 0, Bella giving birth was one of the most graphic scenes of Breaking Dawn Part 1. " ,. ~,. , :. " ," 0. " CONN COLLEGE STUDENTS FREEWfTH 10 • ______DEaMBER 5, 2011 10· ARTS ------THE COLlEGE VOICE Rising hip hop star tells all about his past, present and future music career JEFF BAIRD STAFF WRITER rapping about the same brainless shit on over the breakup, and I needed something CV: There's a definite rift in hip-hop every track. But, to be honest, it was only to blame it on, But then, finally, when I sat between the intellectual underground Two weeks ago. we had the privilege of after graduating and moving back to New down to write the third verse, thinking to and the mainstream, though your body seeing Kinetics & One Love on campus, York that my music really started to im- myself how I wanted to conclude the song, of work has always seemed to fit well where they rocked a sold-out show to over prove. We had a good time writing all the I had a change of heart and realized if there into both spectrums. You've mentioned 400 people in the 194\ Room. If you were fun. stupid songs that we'd play at our frat was ever a time to be making mistakes, it Common and Nas before as influences, part of the crowd, then you already know parties, but that shit gets old real SOOD. You was right then. And I decided to appreciate but your sound is decidedly more pop- that they are hip-hop' next big talent. The can't expect to make relevant music when the opportunity of starting over. After writ- oriented than theirs. How do you balance killer combination of Kinetics' intelligent your only scene is a little college bubble ing that third verse, when I started thioking this, and is it a conscious effort? and lyrically-driven rap and One Love's somewhere. It was after I started living about the whole breakup, I almost felt less musicianship and pop ear as a producer is and working in Manhattan fulltime that my torn up about it. Like instead of being so That's why One Love and I complement unmatched by any new group, and it's only music hit a level of maturity that I'm now low-spirited, I feltv..normal.v.for the first eacb other so nicely and why people think a matter of time before they take off the satisfied with, One Love and I have met time in weeks. And that was the impetus our music stands out. Because on one side, way their songwriting already has, Backed so many dope artists in this city - either behind the whole concept of the album, On I'm drawing from years of listening to by an impressive resume - they wrote through OUf writing sessions at Warner and the track list, we laid out the songs in the underground, east coast lyricists and spit- B .o.B 's triple- platinum, Grammy-nominated Atlantic or just from doing shows and cross- exact order that I wrote them, as I slowly ting bars that I could say in a cipher or in hit "Airplanes" back when they were still ing paths with other New York rappers and started feeling normal again - reflecting a battle that kids will feel, even without or students at Cornell University - Kinetics & DJs - and I've really grown through the on how the writing process had helped me beat or anything. But then, as an additional One Love are now focusing in on their own inspiration I've drawn from these people, make sense of my own problems. plus, you have One Love coming along to sound, with a new album set to hit iTunes I look back to some of the songs I wrote in dress it up with some ill production that next month. college and I just have to shake my head at CV: What has it been like touring the you'll dance to and want to play at a party how corny some of that shit is, past few years, and what do you think - even if you don't listen to a single word. Kinetics was kind enough to answer some you bring to a performance that is It's a great balance of both worlds, Plus questions about his history with hip-hop and CV: Who are your biggest influences, unique? Tim tends to keep me grounded and makes what's next for the talented music duo. and whom would you like to work with sure our songs maintain some level of mass the most? Touring has been crazy! We recently did a appeal. I'll approach him with somethiog College Voice: How did you first get show in China, and that was one of the most crazy like, "Alright so this next song is go- into hip-hop, and when did you start I think it's pretty obvious if you listen eye-opening experiences of my career. We ing to be a seven-minute long story about writing yourself? to my flow that Eminem is my favorite were paid to playa show outside of Hong an immigrant's daughter that will double as lyricist of all time. It's crazy because you Kong, then flew to Beijing to film a video a metaphor for the birth of hip-hop, all one Kinetics: It's crazy, because I can pin- could almost say that we've "collaborated" on the Great Wall. That's a once-in-Iifetirne long verse, no hook," And he'll just shake point the exact day I started listening to hip- already, since he spit a verse on a song that opportunity, you know? his head like, "Hell no, cut that shit up into hop, It was March 9, 1997 - the day that I wrote. But I'm still looking forward to the three verses, 16 bars each, and write a hook, Biggie Smalls was shot and killed, I was a day when I can actually sit down in a studio Our show is unique compared to other rap and make sure you can spit it live." Shit like little kid, and I had never really listened to with him, kick some freestyles and then acts because Ihave One Love on stage with that. rap before, BUI after Big was shot, all the actually record a song together. me, who is an actual musician - not just music channels started playing his vid- a producer pushing buttons, So he'll play CV: What's next for Kinetics & One eos and interviews all day long, and I was My writing style is also heavily influ- keys live or sometimes we'll cut the track, Love? hooked instantly, I bought his first two al- enced by Immortal Technique, Cassidy and he'll get on a drum set and I'll just start bums and some of his older music and soon this dude that I've recently been put onto, freestyling while he plays drums, It makes We're currently writing our next full- discovered the L,OX" Black Rob, Pac, Nas Hopsin. The second you hear his flow you'll for a more energetic show. length album, slated to drop at the end of and later DMX, Hip-hop would be all I'd instantly know why I'm so inspired by it. January, which we'll self-release on iTunes listen to for the next couple of years. CV: What is your favorite song of and later on our website, It will be an actual CV: While a lot of your music deals yours? Favorite line? album - not a mixtape , with all original When you and your friends are bumping with social issues, you also have a number One Love production, no samples. And rap at all times. it's kind of hard not to start of more introspective songs. "Airplanes," Hah, that's way too hard of a questioo for some of the features on this next project freestyling and rapping yourselves, The first for example, exposes a lot of emotions me to answer. I honestly can't say, but I did are going be crazy! We have a verse from time [ freestyled for an actual audience was that you dealt with after a breakup. What just write this crazy line a few minutes ago: Jadakiss, a song with Nitty Scott (who at a high chool dance, People seemed to be song of yours do you feel is tbe most "Someone call a paleontologist! My mam- just spit at the 2011 BET Cypher), a hook into it, So I went home and started writ- expository about your own lire, and what malian body is where my alien knowledge frnm Wynter Gordon, a hook from the very ing songs and handing out mixtapes around did you learn from writing it? is," You have to say that out loud to hear talented singer/songwriter Mimoza and of school. how dope it sounds, though, Also these lines course my man Accent (who just opened for I would have to say "Hemlock," for sure, from the intro of our new album: "I'm sorry us at the Conn show) will make an appear- CV: You recorded Fading Back 10 Nor- I wrote that song right around the same if I bit ya, Doberman Pincher ! Stray dog, ance or two. In the weeks leading up to the mol while stili a student at Cornell Uni- time I wrote" Airplanes," when I was just get your face "ate off' - Hitler! And ev- album release, we're going to drop a bunch versity, and now your most recent mlx- getting out of this long-term relationship, erything dropping is mean I I'm so nice, I'm of new videos to build the hype. And a few tape was written in New York City. How That's a track that definitely served as a charity compared to me is like tbe Nazi weeks after the album, Accent and I will be did your experience at an academically therapy for me because my state of mind regime! Hopped in a Beem - no - not the releasing a joint mixtape that One Love will rigorous, private institution Influence when I finished the song was so different Nazi machine I I ride around in fu**in' light help write and produce, I'm really looking your work, and how has that changed than when I had started. Listen to the track, beams and optical streams / You not in my forward to that mixtape , especially since since graduating? and you'll see how the first two verses are league, ya whole flow trash and ya voice A~c and I have been writing together for a really cynical and sarcastic, criticizing heinous / Every verse poorly executed: Troy minute and a joint project has really been I'm grateful to have gone to an Ivy tbe nightlife scene I had been falling into: Davis," Ithink most of my favorite songs years In the making. But in the meantl' League school. I learned so much through blacking out every night, going home with f , I me, AND my favorite lines will be contained de uute y look out for the new K' , & such a broad range of classes and through strangers, building relationships off of the on this next album, So make sure you cop mettcs ?ne Love a~bum hitting i'Tunes January 25, all the resources Cornell has to offer, so shallowest first impressions, "And all these that shit in January, Then you tell me your now I can actually talk about meaningful couples that are 'takin ' a break'! Thinkin' favorite lines. issues. 1 can make obscure references that we're makin' memories when we're just might challenge you a little bit, rather than makin' mistakes," In reality, I was just bitter ..• ------DECEMBER 5, 2011· THE COLLEGE von ------11 ,SPORTS The·Curse of the "Dream Team" A Philadelphia native reflects on the dissapointment that has been the Eagles' 2011 season LUCAS DAN CONTRIBUTOR Bowl, and until he succeeds, his job is in serious jeopardy, In 2009, when the Philadelphia Eagles signed That being said, Reid attempted to make 2011 superstar quarterback Michael Vick fresh off of his Super Bowl year in which he would become a his 2 I-month visit to prison, the City of Broth- Philadelpbia bero for eternity, The Eagles domi- erly Love did not know how to react. Since the nated headlines for the entire off-season. signing first time he stepped on a football field, Vick has big names daily, including defensive end Jason been a spectacle unlike any the game of football Babin, defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, backup has ever witnessed. With a cannon of an arm and quarterback Vince Young, and star cornerbacks the speed of a wide receiver, Vick left Virginia Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers- Tech as a sophomore and became the first Af- Cromartie. As the Eagles added stars on defense rican-American quarterback to be selected first to complement their stars on offense, Philadel- overall in the NFL Draft,joining the Atlanta Fal- phians saw that Reid and the Eagles organiza- cons in 2001. During six dazzling seasons in At- tion essentially were going all-in, Management lanta, Vick showed the world a new way to play clearly believed that if they surrounded Vick with quarterback as he filled highlight reels with jaw- as much talent as possible, this team would de- dropping runs and led the Falcons to two playoff liver the Super Bowl victory that their fans have appearances. However, Michael Vick's life took craved for so long. Needless to say, the Eagles a sudden tum in 2007 when he was caught in the created a buzz in Philadelphia and no one could midst of an illegal dog fighting operation and wait for the season to begin. faced federal felony charges. With Vick to serve Only a day after the Eagles signed Mike Vick's nearly two years in prison during the prime of backup, mentally unstable Vince Young showed his career, he lost his contract and filed for bank- Philadelphia the downside of winning big in free ruptcy. Needless to say, he instantly became one agency, as he fed the media a Thanksgiving- of the most hated men in the history of sports. sized story in one phrase. When asked about the Upon his release, Vick agreed to a deal with various acquisitions the Eagles had made, Young the Eagles as the third-string quarterback behind simply said, "Dream team." As soon as he mut- Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb. Vick worked tered those dreadful words, 1 could feel a chill endlessly, said all the right things, and patiently go up my spine, and most Eagles fans felt the waited for his opportunity to rebuild himself same way. The media, however, saw it as the as a new man. The Eagles traded McNabb and perfect opportunity to treat the Eagles like the When Vince Youngcalled the Eagles the "Dream Team," their expectations went through the roof named Kolb the starter in 2010. However, Kolb Miami Heat by implementing championship ex- suffered a concussion in Week 1 and in stepped pectations that had be met. .. or else. With the played a game to virtually decide the division. disaster struck. Suddenly one of the most tal- Michael Vick. He quickly reminded the world fastest, most explosive team in the NFL, the The Giants dominated the Eagles as they led 31- ented teams in the NFL turned into a high school what he can do, and by week three Eagles' head Philadelphia Eagles suddenly caught themselves to with less than 8 minutes left and unveiled to football team, handing the game to the 4gers in coach Andy Reid named Vick the starter. The in a Super-Bowl-or-bust season. the world the blitz-heavy game plan that could the most painful way possible, as a 24-23 loss season took off from there and Vick had easily The Eagles kicked off the season against the stop Michael Vick. Then, Vick led one of the brought the Dream Team to 1-3 and proved the his best season yet, finishing 2nd in MVP vot- SI. Louis Rams and quickly took care of busi- greatest comebacks football has ever seen, later Eagles' lack of toughness. After the game, 4gers' ing while winning the Comeback Player of the ness. They showed some weaknesses, especially named the Miracle at the New Meadowlands, stud funning back Frank Gore, widely consid- Year. The Eagles' offense seemed virtually un- at the linebacker position, but the Rams suffered capped off by DeSean Jackson's game-winning ered one of the toughest player in the league, stoppable, featuring Vick, running back LeSean key injuries and the birds capitalized to start the punt retum touchdown as time expired, which said that the Eagles seemed to stop playing after McCoy, and wide receivers DeSean Jackson and season 1-0. Next, the Eagles traveled to Atlanta dropped jaws around the world and caused the halftime. Anyone who watched that game would Jeremy Maclin, all of whom are considered stars for a primetime Monday night game and Mike Giants many cold, sleepless January nights as agree. Eagles star defensive end Jason Babin at their respective positions. They won the NFC Vick's first start in his former team's stadium. they watched the playoffs from home. Clearly then complained that the learn was celebrating in East, but due to defensive issues lost to the Green Everyone, including Falcons fans, expected to the G-Men wanted revenge. With a 16- 14 fourth the locker room at halftime as if they had already Bay Packers in the first round of the playoffs. see the Mike Vick Show and for three and a half quarter lead, Vick once again left the game, this won. Eagles fans were outraged. Andy Reid knew he had found a gem in Vick quarters they did. With the Eagles leading 31-21 time with a thumb contusion. The Eagles' de- The Eagles then lost to the Bills in a similar, and wanted to capitalize on it. As the longest in the fourth quarter, Vick suffered a concussion fense folded, Kafka did nothing but throw inter- boneheaded fashion and their 1-4 record made tenured head coach in the NFL, Reid entered the and had to leave the game. Witb Vince Young ceptions, and the Giants won 29·16. Philadelphians want to hide from the world. 20 II+sea.on-a&J>is..!3.th...w.ith.the.Eagles~Durin~alsMnj~ing quancrbackMike.Kat->. As"EagJes.fanshegan tc,s ee.a,tr.endJ,...\lickaOl11- However".....afte1=lIo -rauch-needed rwin over the the previous twelve years, Reid led the Eagles ka entered the game. All of the sudden, the Ea- plained to the league that teams were literally Washington Redskins, the hated Dallas Cowboys ~--illle"playoff appearances, five NFC Champi- gles' defense could not stop a nosebleed as Fal- trying to hurt him, This certainly brings morality came to town. After dismantling the Cowboys onship games, one Super Bowl appearance, the cons' quarterback Matt "Matty Ice" Ryan led two into question, as a man who plead guilty to the 34-7 and finally looking like the Dream Team, most total wins, playoff wins, and the best win- touchdown drives, neither of which Kafka could promotion of a vast dogfighting operation only everyone gladly hopped back onto the bandwag- ning percentage in team history. However, al- answer, and the Eagles lost 35-31. The Falcons a few years ago now felt like the dog himself. on. The birds looked like they were gelling and most all Philadelphians will tell you a different had finished 2010 atop the NFC and have been Vick has always had injury problems, but if he ready to roll through the rest of the season. All of statistic about Reid: zero Super Bowl rings. In nearly flawless at home, so fans could under- faces defenses that want his blood every week, a sudden, a 3-4 record did not seem awful. fact, the Eagles as a franchise have never won the stand the loss; however, with a 1-1 record and an he stands no chance of completing a full season. Nor so fast. The Dream Team's next two Super Bowl. As a Philadelphia native and die- injured quarterback, the Dream Team clearly had However, Vick dealt with his thumb contusion games featured two more blown fourth quarter hard Eagles fan, I know that my city loves and some work to do. and started the next game against the San Fran- leads against the Chicago Bears and the misera- respects Andy Reid. We respond well to win- If you did not already know, the Eagles and cisco 4gers, one of the most physical teams in bleArizooa Cardinals, At 3-6, the Eagles learned ning, and Reid has won many games; however, the New York Giants do not like each other. To- the league. The 1-2 Eagles looked fantastic, tak- that Vick suffered two broken ribs early against Reid knows that he was hired to win the Super wards the end of the 2010 season, the archrivals ing their 23-3 lead into the fourth quarter before the Cardinals, definitely contributing to one of his worst games ever. With the Giants up next on the schedule, Vince Young was about to see his first start in years. In a very strange game, the defense stepped up and Young led a late game- winning drive as the Eagles kept their season alive by beating the Giants 17-10. Whenever anything has gone right for this team, they get cocky and blow it. Right on cue, Young and the Eagles looked terrible in their next two games, gelling absolutely beaten up by the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Al 4-8, the Dream Team's Super-Bowl-or-bust season has turned into a nightmare. They will not make the playoffs for ahe first lime since 2007 and could fini h with their worst record during Reid's tenure, Nobody doubts the talent on this team as they have showed flashes of pure brilliance. However, they lack the discipline and fundamentals necessary to close games. It seemed from the start that the Eagles cared more about living up to Dream Team expectations than simply winning football games. Needless to say, this has left Philadelphians miserable and empty on Sundays. Eagles fans have been consistently ranked the meanest fans in all of sports, but we are simply insecure. With so many great teams and playoff runs without a ring to show for it, we still cannot put our team in the same category as the Patriots, Steelers and Packers. We can blame Andy Reid, Mike Vick, • new defensive coordinator Juan Castillo. DeSe- an Jackson, or even Vince Young for his Dream • Team curse. However, no matter whom we • blame, we will still watch another learn lake our ring, and thai is a fact we cannot escape. As we . . b kef when he committed to Michael Vickas his starting quarterback. The experiment has left the Eagles last in the NFC East. often say in Philadelphia, "there's always next Andy Reid put all of his eggs In one as year." • .------.:i2;-:2.-.:3IT'fihf;';a;;mm;ess SS:htrrf;e;E;e;t't----~~ ~ Groton, CT www.paulspastoshop.com 1 1:00 AM - 9:00 PM PASTA 860-445-5276 Tuesday - Sunda)' _~ "e"'bb·"' "."'';'''''''' ...... ~ __ THE COLLEGE VOla 12 DECEMBER 5, 2011 Editors: Dan Moorin and Jesse Moskowitz SPORTSIII sportsethecojeqevotce.orq Order On the Court! Men's and Womerfs After 149 days, NBAplayers and owners reach tentative agreement Swimming and Diving CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Director of Basketball Operations, Dan- to dethrone the Dallas Mavericks. With ny Ainge, was interested in trading Rajon the way Dirk Nowitzki took control of Expecting Then, I wake up one morning and flip Rondo have been quelled and for good this team during their playoff run, it is on SportsCenter to hear that the NBA is reason. The Celtics and the original Big difficult to imagine them falling from cramping my style. Owners and players Three will not be able to keep up with the the top. However, division-mates San Improvement at have reached a new collective bargaining Bulls and Heat without the direction of Antonio Spurs are still looking to collect agreement to playa 66-game season be- Rondo. However one chooses to look at another ring for the trio of Tim Duncan, ginning on Christmas Day. At least one it, the Celtics are now Rondo's team and Tony Parker and Manu Gin6bili. thing we can all expect from this deal is he must be at the top of his game to lead The Lakers are always a viable choice NESCACS one hectic season propelled by a short- the Celtics to any success in the playoffs. for a conference title but new coach ened free agency period and a condensed Involved in the Rondo trade rumors as Mike Brown is going to have to prove training camp and preseason. New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris his ability to Kobe Bryant and a team All this being said, there are a few Paul, who expressed no interest in join- that has functioned effectively under the UOUYBANGS Still, the swimmers are facing tka storylines that are worth mentioning. ing the aging Celtics team, but rather rule of Phil Jackson. ITBrown can keep STAFF WRITER matic changes in their roster froni For NBA fans across the country, sports cited a desire for a trade to the New York the tempers of Ron Art- (...sorry, Metta OD Saturday, November 19, the last season. "We lost some extremely media outlets have been seriously hyping Knicks to join Carmelo Anthony and World Peace) and Andrew Bynum under men's and women's swimming team talented seniors last year, but they this upcoming season. This is partly be- Amare Stoudemire at Madison Square control, we'll see the Lakers deep into traveled to VermoDt to face Middle- have now been replaced with an cause of the free agency period that is go- Garden. This would take some pressure the playoffs. bury College and Tufts Unlversity, amazing freshman class. It's always ing to rush by faster than Usain Bolt on pff of Anthony to push the Knicks to The true threat to the Mavericks, how- 'The men swept the competition with hard when you lose talented swim- speed. This is ever, is the Itscore of 181-107 over the Panthers mers like Sarah Murphy '11, who also due to the storm that is and defeated the Jumbos for the first was third in the nation in the 200 fly, rumors that the Oklahoma time in Conn's history with a score but there is now an opportunity fo~ have been City Thunder. of 150-130. The Camel women lost others on the team to fill that spo~ circulating Kevin Durant to Tufts by only three points and in other events," Peilock said of this involving big will be vying were defeated by Middlebury 172- challenge. name players for his third 125. "This win marks a very impor- Scott states, "Something tbat we such as Ra- straight scor- taut stepping stone toward eventually work on from season to season is jon Rondo, ing crown and getting to the top of NESCAC's and competing as a team. Swimming can Chris Paul, if point guard being a powerful team on the na- seem like an individual sport, but We and Dwight Russell West- tional level... it looks as though our put a lot of emphasis on the team as- Howard. brook can re- preseason training has paid off," said pect, Everyone is really involved in For start- alize that this Tim Walsh '12. each other's swims and are always ers, the NBA is Durant's Hillary Scott ' 12 commented, "The cheering if someone from Conn is is doing its team, I would meet against Midd and Tufts was an in the water. We have a really young schedul- not be sur- amazing way to start the season. Ev- team - a ton of freshmen, so instillin~ ing right. u prised to see eryone performed so well, and we in them this sense of team camarade- With huge the Thunder completely exceeded our expecta- rie is really important to us." matchups on in the Finals. tions. With the win on the boys' team The Camels competed at home Christmas • Guard James and close score on the girls' , I think against the neighhoring Coast Guard Day, I know I Harden will that it will give us momentum going Academy this past Saturday and will will be tuning continue to forward into this season. Everyone is race on December 10 at Williams in to the ma- improve and really excited and motivated to keep College before having a month long jority Kendrick working hard." David Stern and NBAPA executive director Billy Hunter have finally reached a deal. The season will hiatus from compelitions (as many of the Perkins kick off 011 Christmas day. Standout performances included winter sports often do because of fi- season- will pro- Sam Gill '14 and his victories in the nal exams and the holidays). Their opening vide the 50 and IOO-yard freestyles (which he next competition is not until Janu- games. These start with a possihly re- the top of the conference, a place they muscle down low to face up against swam in 21.79 and 48.03 seconds re- ary 10 - at Grinnell College. "We ge newed rivalry between the Boston Celt- haven't been since the Patrick Ewing Nowitzki, Duncan and Gasol. ~pective1y) and All-American Walsh back to school on the 27 and we'll ics and the New York Knicks, followed years. If they can improve upon their The team to keep an eye on in the and his wins in the 100 and 200 yard train here until the 29 and then we 'I by a rematch of last season's NBA Fi- defense, which allowed 105.7 points per Western Conference is the LA Clippers. backstrokes (times of 52.52 and fly to Naples, Florida and train there nals between D-Wade's Miami. Heat and game last season (twenty-eighth in the If they can continue to build around the 1:56.2L.respectjyeIYJ On the wom- until January 13.;' ..said Brian Gil .. Dirk's Dallas Mavericks. A third premier league), the Knicks could make a solid crazy talent of Blake Griffin, we could en's side, All-American Julia Peilock man' 14. "Every~ looks forward to matchup features MVP Derrick Rose and run in the playoffs. see them playoff-bound in a year or two. '14 won both the 50 and 100 yard this trip because it's {U:ft tedlll bond; ot!!" the Chicago Bulls against the LA Lakers The Heat and the Bulls will remain in So we're going to have an NBA sea- freestyle races in 25.19 and 55.26 ing but it is also an important part ot and their new coach, Mike Brown. The the top few teams in the conference even son after all. No more six-foot-plus men eeconds and freshman Esther Mehesz our training in preparation for NES- Orlando Magic and Dwight Howard will after Miami's heartbreaking loss in last in expensive suits, no more Lebron vs. 15 kicked off her college career with CAQa.," face up against the Oklahoma City Thun- year's NBA Finals and a dismal perfor- Durant flag football games and thank- yictories in the 500 and 1000 yard When aske ifle team's ma- der and last year's leading scorer, Kevin mance by the. Bulls where we saw Der- fully, no more NBA lockout updates freestyle events, which she finished jor goals and ambitions are for the Durant. Finally, young star Blake Grif- rick Rose simply run out of gas. Also, a on SportsCenter. Still, the best thing to with times of 5:14.17 and 10:43.81. upcoming season. Scott exclaimed, fin will lead the LA Clippers up against team to keep an eye on is the Cleveland come out of the start of the NBA season In terms of how this season is look- "Every year we simply want to do a young Golden State Warriors team. Cavaliers. While they will not make is the security that hundreds of workers ing for the Camels, Peilock asserts, better than last year. For the women's A fierce and festive Christmas is in the more than a splash in a powerful Eastern will receive to know that they will be "We have a long season ahead of us team, last year at NESCACs we got making. Conference, top pick Kyrie Irving and able to work this winter. There won't -and our goal is being on top by mid- the highest score ever, so this year I The Eastern Conference has the abil- fourth-overall pick Tristan Thompson be layoffs or payless weeks for stadium February for NESCACs. What we do think we just want to try to beat that. ity to consolidate its power within four will attempt to establish themselves on a workers and restaurant workers in the up until then as far as competitions And of course, get faster times't- learns at the top of the standings. How- young team. surrounding' area. The NBA season will go, doesn't matter that much. We ever, a power shift is eminent if trade In the Western Conference it will take benefit the owners, the players, the fans have a lot of training to do to prepare rumors pan out. The report that Celtics a stellar season from a handful of teams and so many.others- for February." IN CASE YOU MISSED IT COIIP ..... BY TIIIl 00LUlIIl VOIO! lhisweek's power ranklngs reflect the second weekend ofNESCAC winter sport N£StAt action. The power rankings win be posted weeIdy and wiI rank the eleven NESCAC '" schools based on mens hockey, women~ hockey, mens boskebal~women's~ and the CIOInbined rankings of mens and women's swimming and diving. Amherst remains at the top of the """'ings.lhere is one sman '"""" Inthe top four as WIlliams Middlebury for the number two spot (om College drops to the seventh spot with a lowered mens= women'shockey I3llking. --. ~SWlMMING WOMEN'S MEN'S WOMEN'S AND SCHOOL """"" HOCKfV BASKETBAlL BASKETBAll OIVlNG AVERAGE AMHERST 2 1 . 2 1.4 WILLIAMS 3 s 6 2 3.4 MIDDlEBURY 1 2 3 8 4 3.8 BOWOOIl\l 4 3 S 3 6 4.2 4 .-. 6 a 7 4 6.25 7 i 9 4 2 9 8 6.4 7 i 10 7 10 S 3 7 s i 7 6 11 4 10 7.6 9 i WESLEYAN S 9 7 6 11 7.6 11 i TRINITY 8 8 4 10 9 7.8 10 .-. BATES 7 S 9 11 7 9 6 i The poll was devised as follows: Sports Editors, Dan Moorln and Jesse Moskowitz ranked all NESCACschools In each sport. These ranklngs were based on NESCACstandings as well as quality wtns and lnfluendallosses to NESCACopponents. These scores were averaged to create a composite overall ranking for each school. Note that Hamilton does not participate In women's hockey, men's basketball or women's basketball. Bates does not participate In men's hockey or women's hockey. Tufts does not participate in women's hockey. DESIGNED BY STeVEN SMITHfTUFTS DAllY