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'"'!. 20. l\\llc' I I \\\\ w.h.1\•;k,hn.ild.c <1111 .\1.11,11 '· 20 Ii Public Safety videotapes write-up; student feels 'violated' Director of Public Safety, the and Public Safety officers en­ residents were written up for AMANDA NEWMAN IManaging Editor answer is yes; however, it is a tered and cleared out a Bayside alcohol policy violations. Public Does Public Safety have the right that is rarely exercised. apartment that was found vio­ Safety officers documented the right co record? Discussion about the topic was lating the university's maximum event rhrough the use of a video This was the question on stu­ ignited following an on-campus capacity of guests (The maxi­ camera, which recorded footage dents' minds following an inci­ alcohol documentation that was m um capacity for any given of the alcohol, as well as every dent involving a residence hall, videotaped by Public Safety of­ dorm on campus is five times room in the Bayside apartment, Public Safety, and a video cam­ ficers. the number of residents). according to senior Tom era. On the night of Jan. 29, on­ Upon entering the room, al­ i:.t.~ According co John Blessing, duty Resident Assistants (RAs) cohol was also found, and the See VIDEO, page 2 ~ he search is on

Presidential candidates arrive on campus

Women's basketball Prestigious speakers coming to RWU players named to Guests set to lecture on culture, arts TCCC honors

LAUREN TIERNEY IHerald Reporter second year straight. She was CLARA MOSES IHerald Reporter 22 to 25, Rohen Quinn, the Assistant to the Vice President a league leader in several cat­ Two speakers will be coming founding Executive Director of for Student Affairs, about rhe The results are in for the egories for the TCCC, tying to Roger Williams University the Scholars at Risk Network, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 2010-2011 All-Common- at 14th with an average of 12 this spring for this semester's will be at the university. program. wealth Coast Conference team. points per game. Lanieri was civil discourse distinguished Quinn is the second Wood­ The theme of this year's lecture The Roger Williams Univer­ 13th. in the league for rebounds lecture series. row Wilson Fellowship speaker series is "Artists and Writers at sicy Women's basketball team with 7 .3 per game. Her pres­ ence was strong in the paint, Last semester, Taslima Nasrin, RWU was awarded this year, Risk." Quinn's speech, "Cour­ placed two of its members to placing her third in the league the first one being Nasrin. age to Think," will fit in with the team, sophomore forward a Pakistani author, and Mallika for blocks per game with 1.7. Sarabhai, an Indian activist and "It's a pretty prestigious pro­ this. It will take place on March Alexandria Lanieri and fresh­ man guard Kaitlyn Bovee. Bovee took the spotlight in her performer, came to the school gram to be involved with," Lanieri was named All-TCCC said Allison Chase-Padula, the as part of the lecture series. See SPEAKERS, page 2 Honorable mention for the See TCCC, page 3 During the week of March Director of Conferences and ._...NEWS _....FEATURES _....OPINIONS _.... LIFESTYLE I NDF'.\ News 2 Milner named Got gas? Get the message Drinking out of cups ············································· can be good for you Interim lax coach Lack of message ·Bristol·- -········································· Beat 5 ·Experienced coach to Pages board squelchs Page 14 Features···························· ··7··········· ···· student discourse cometoRWU ..Op...... inions...... 11 ...... ~f~?_fyl~...... ! -~- ...... Pagel Page 11 Puzzles 15 $.pq~§::::::::::::J§:::::::::::::: PAGE 2 NEWS MARCH 3, 2011 VIDEO: Student Handbook currently lacks policy System glitch delays Continued from page 1 some Southwest flights Maybury, one of the room's dent Affairs Committee, said video or digital record or pho­ A telecommunications glitch at Southwest Airlines residents. that at the meeting with May­ tograph of any person where ticket counters caused delays to some flights Tues­ "As a student, my privacy felt bury, the Committee agreed there is reasonable expectation day night. violated by the video documen­ that Public Safety's actions were of privacy (i.e.: restroom, locker "We had a temporary telecommunications systems tation of our apartment," May­ excessive. room, etc.) ... shall constitute outage that caused some customer service issues at bury said. At his meeting with Blessing, violations of the RWU Code of our ticket counters throughout the system and we Blessing acknowledged that Maybury said that he wanted Student Conduct." had to implement a manual system,'-' said Ashley though the intent of the Pub­ answers about why a video cam­ However, that code does not Dillon, spokeswoman for the airline. "It caused lic Safety officer's use of a video era was used and if it was a new apply to Public Safety. Because some short delays, less than an hour." -CNN com camera in Maybury's room was policy the campus was trying. RWU is a private university, it for the intent of documenting "I wanted to get answers for has the right to limit students' alcohol violations inside the the students," Maybury said. rights. This is because "tuition Taliban: Pakistani minister killed over room. Video cameras have gen­ "As a former RA, there was no and employment contracts rule stance on blasphemy law erally been used in public areas use of any digital documenta­ private school relationships. on campus, something which tion. This meeting was not to The hurdles erected by the U.S. A Pakistani government minister who had said he Blessing said he is "more Constitution's Fourth and was getting death threats because of his opposition comfortable with." Fifth Amendments are ex­ to a controversial blasphemy law was shot to death "The general practice in clusive to the nation's public Wednesday. the past when Public Safety "I WANTED TO GET ANSWERS schools," according to the Shahbaz Bhatti was the only Christian member documented alcohol viola­ FOR THE Center for Public Educa­ of the Cabinet in Pakistan, where 95 percent of tions in the residence rooms tion. people are Muslim. He served as the government's is with notes and repons STUDENTS .•. THE MEETING Maybury said that he un­ minister of minority affairs. -CNNcom and, on occasion, with WAS SO I COULD FIND OUT IF derstood the supervisor's rea­ photographs. That is the soning behind the use of the Apple's Jobs unveils iPad 2 more appropriate method RWU WAS GOING TO START camera in his room, but said With a surprise appearance by CEO Steve Jobs, to document these types of A VIDEOTAPING POLICY FOR that if cameras were going incidents at the university," to be used in the residents' Apple on Wednesday debuted its iPad 2, updating Blessing said. DOCUMENTATION.'' rooms, students should be the gadget that's become nearly synonymous with Concerned about his pri­ educated about university's tablet computing. vacy, Maybury decided ro - Tom Maybury policies on videotaping and "So what's new?" said Jobs, who appeared at the issue a formal complaint in documentation. event to a standing ovation. "It's an all-new design." the form of a letter to the "An informative seminar He said the new tablet will be "dramatically faster" Student Senate, because or letters to the students than its predecessor. -CNN com "Senate is the liaison between try and relieve my sanctions; I explaining the policy of the the students and the university," know I was wrong by having a video cameras would allow the Maybury said. large gathering, and I paid for students to learn the changing In new book, pope exonerates Jews for "I figured if I asked Senate to that with the consequences. policies on campus," Maybury Jesus' death get involved, we could get an­ The meeting was so I could find said. Wt if RWU ~;gdtttg" . ,.,.,. · ~lTal Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping swers · and hopefully preveht a video[ taping] policy for docu- views. "We understand the need exoneration of the Jewish people for the death other students from feeling an invasion of privacy," Maybury mentations." for a camera," Carter said. "We of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the said. The question about a video- just want ro make sure it will be most controversial issues in Christianity. Senate's Student Affairs Com­ raping policy was the biggest used properly and nor all the In JESUS OF NAZARETH excerpts released Wednes­ mittee, which deals with issues question the Student .Affairs time." day, Benedict uses a biblical and rheological analysis on campus that are unrelated to Committee had, because there In response to the meetings, to explain why it is not true that the Jewish people academics. Blessing also sched­ is currently no policy detailed in Blessing reviewed the camera's as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death. uled a meeting with Maybury the RWU Student Handbook. use and began outlining pro- -msnbc.msn.com following his letter. The Com­ In the Handbook, the only tocol for the portable [video] mittee arranged for two meet­ reference to videotaping occurs camera. Once finished, he said Ford recalls vehicles over fuel leaks ings: one with Maybury, and in the RWU code of Student he is looking to have the policy one with Blessing. Conduct, which reads: "The use adapted into the Student Hand­ Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday recalled about Kris Carter, Chair of the Stu- of any device to capture audio, book. 35,000 pickup trucks and crossover vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because of possible fuel leaks and electrical shorts that could lead to fires. SPEAKERS: Quinn and Alb~e scheduled for spring Ford said that the recall included about 25,000 semester 2010 Ranger pickups and involves fixing potential Continued from page 1 problems with the fuel line that could lead to a fuel 23 at 5:30 p.m. in room 238 Padula said. Padula said of Albee's lecture. leak and a fire. -msnbc. msn. com of the Law School. RWU has to apply for Wood­ "It's very exciting to have him," "We were lucky chat [Quinn's row Wilson Fellowship speak­ said Jeffrey Martin, Chair of the lecture] just happened co cie ers. Department of Performing Arts into [the theme]. le was done Quinn also serves on the and Professor of Theatre. "He's intentionally so we weren't jusc Steering Committee of the Net­ probably the most important A random act of kindness can go a long way. bringing different people speak­ work for Education and Aca­ living American playwright." ing on different topics," Chase- demic Rights (NEAR) and the Council of the Magna Chana • Observatory. He is the former founding Executive Director of Hold the doo1· for the Scholar Rescue Fund and has been involved with many sotneone i.n the similar things in the past. Co1nn1ons today. The second speaker coming this semester is renowned play­ 1 l .. • L,, .it 1< ,, ~ , r.. r K '•hh•'"" -\ ... i,,,;

LI "~ ',' ',\ ·'t·I - wright Edward Albee. He will h·h11.11~~1'1 \1.11,'1.llh lecture on April 3 in the Cam­ pus Recreation Center. Albee is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. One of his best­ known work.~ is the drama, WHo's AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WooLP?, which won the Tony RWU SPECIAL EVENTS & CoNFERENCF.S and New York Drama Critics THEWRAP.COM the randomiacts Robert Quinn, Circle Award in 1962. Edward Albee, of J\Mdmss\ foundotion. exectttive director ofthe "We're expecting that one to - Schola.rs at Risk Network. esteemed pla.ywright. ~~ be a big, popular event," Chase- MARCH 3, 2011 NEWS PAGE 3 TCCC: Basketball players Milner named interim women's lax coach

given accolades HENRY lDUGHUN IHerald Reporter the New England Collegiate ing quickly through the air and Lacrosse Select Team. Most re­ the players are passing and cut­ Fans of the Roger Williams Continued &om page 1 cently, while living in Pa., she ting precisely." Women's Lacrosse team will rookie debut. She was named inside our program - we knew was at the helm of the Central Despite a youthful roster, notice there will be a new face All-TCCC Honorable Mention we had the talent to turn things Susquehanna Girls' Lacrosse which includes nine freshmen, calling the shoes on the sideline as well as Rookie of the Year. She around, and it was just a mat­ Club (PA) and the Lewisburg Milner is satisfied with what this year. led the Hawks in scoring during ter ofpointing that talent in the High School team, as well as she has seen. "I am pleased with Mary Jane Milner, who has conference play, averaging 11.5 right directiQn ... I think we are leading the premier Capital how our team is looking. We over 10 years of coaching ex­ points per game. This placed just scratching the surface of Region Keystone Games Girl's have some extremely solid se­ perience in the game, will be her 17th in TCCC standings what this team will achieve in team to statewide silver medal nior anchors in our defense and taking over on an interim ba­ and second among freshmen. the upcoming years, especially finishes in 2004 and 2005. In­ mid.field. Our rookie freshmen sis while the search to replace Bovee was also 4th in the Jeague with a strong core of players re­ deed, Milner has great know)- are showinl?, much potential and the departed Abi Jackson takes for throw percentage (.841). turning," Thompson.said. new talent,' Milner said. place. She inherets a squad She was ranked 8th in both the The Hawks earned the 6th Milner believes the shift from that has reached the The Com­ three-point field goal percent­ seed in the TCCC tournament indoor practices in the Campus monwealth Coast Conference age (.368) and in rebounds per after being rai:iked 9th in the Recreation Center to training Championship (TCCC) game game (8.2). preseason. They went went on on grass will inject enthusiasm the past three consecutive years. Collectively, the Hawks had to upset Colby-Sawyer College into her players. "We are defi­ Though the team has fallen a standout year under first year 73-68 in the quanerfinals. nitely looking forward co get­ short of the grand prize on head coach Kelly Thompson. Lanieri led the charge with a ting outside and can't wait to each of chose occasions, Milner The team finished ac 16-10 career-high 29 points, 7 blocks, get our games underway," Mil­ thinks this may be the year that overall and 8-5 in the league, and 11 rebounds. The Hawks ner said. the women are able to finally a large improvement from last ended their season on a loss to Though a new season brings win it all. She cenainly has rea­ year when chey finished 9-17 the University of New England many uncertainties, Milner son to be optimistic. overall and 5-8 in conference in the TCCC semi-finals. The is o~timistic in assessing her Milner grew up in a family play. This season's performance team will graduate four seniors, teams chances. "I feel that, with of six girls (all of whom played set a school record for wins. Kate Malenczak, Carly Spag­ the right amount of hard work the game) in lacrosse hotbed "The huge improvement this nola, Nicole Atchue, and Sara .RWUHAWKS.COM and determination, this might Moorestown, N.J., playing for team made over last year's re­ Morris. Mary Jane Milner be the year for us to break the cord is not a shock to anyone legendary coach Bea Thomas. glass ceiling," Milner said. And Though a native of the Mid­ edge of the game. though she uJtimately wants co Atlantic region, she does bear "I love the way the game is win the TCCC Championship, MISPRINT a connection co chis state, as played," said Milner. "le really she said she can only ask that her she attended the University is a game of finesse and speed.' team "works hard, plays hard, A statistic listed in the Feb. 24 article "DRUG USE DOWN ON CAM­ of Rhode Island. At her alma She cites the aesthetic beauty and leaves everything they have PUS" incorrectly seated "In 2006, 91 % of students reported that mater, she received a scholar­ in the game ?-S a large draw for on the field." Based on what she they used marijuana everyday." It should have read "9 .1 %." ship to play both lacrosse and fans. "It is such a beautiful game has seen, achieving one or both field hockey, earning a spot on co watch when the ball is mov- of chose goals seems plausible. ADDITIONAL STATISTICS THE lliWKs' HERALD was notified by Heidi Hartzell, Director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, that statistics published in the Feb. 24 article "PERMANENT R.EcoRD" were incomplete. The following four statistics were not listed in the An Offer You Cl:ln't Refuse original anicle. Spring and Fall 2010 Student Disciplinary Suspensions • 2 suspensions for participation in a fight and assault on another community member on campus while under the Tuesdays are college night influence of alcohol. • I suspension for disorderly conduct while under the in­ at Leo's Ristorante fluence of alcohol and resisting arrest off-campus. Included multiple violations of the Conduct Code and of University probation. • 1 suspension for driving a vehicle while impaired by al­ $8 Never Tasted so good cohol, causing off-campus property damage. Included mak­ ing false srarements to the police. This student was arrested. JHeal inclues: Salad & Garlic Bread Presidential & Pasta with your choice of: Meatballs· ~- candidates Chicken or Eggplant Parmesan come to RWU ~ ~A. ~"~ ~~ '?. AMANDA NEWMAN IManaging Editor from fundraising campaigns to psychology; A.~Oj A.?fr ~~~ The search for the nexc Roger Littlefield and the presidential ~'\ ~-<'-~,- ?~~ .. ~A Williams University president is search committee encourage fully underway. students to attend the open-fo­ ·~• Brenda Littlefield, the Execu­ rum sessions chat are being held tive Assistant co the President, during each candidates' time has been spearheading the task on campus. The first candidate of informing and updating the was on campus from Feb. 27 co RWU community about the March 1. The second candidate search process. will be on campus from March In the latest emails, Littlefield 2 to March 4, and the third and reported char che search process final candidate will be visiting has been narrowed down co from March 6 to March 8. three candidates, two of whom Each candidate has a busy are current sining presidents. itinerary planned for their re­ Due to the discretion regard­ spective stays on campus. The ing applicants, THE HAWKS' candidates will all sit for muJ­ HERALD refrains from releas­ ciple interviews with a variety of ing any information about administrators .and facuJty on SU-TH 7am-9pm candidates that could publicly campus, and will have the op­ identify chem. However, the portunity co talk to students, as FRI-SAT 7am-1opm candidates' experience range well. PAGE 4 NEWS lvlARCH 3, 2011 Students put on a show(case)

NICHOLLE BUCKLEY IHerald Reporter The University Honors Pro­ gram and Alpha Chi have joined forces and are giving stu­ dents a chance to show off their work with an Academic Show­ case Exhibit Gallery. Anything from papers and portfolios to photographs and sculptures are welcome, said Peter Deekle, Di­ rector of the University Honors Program and Dean of the Li­ brary. "We wanted to identify from across the campus those in­ stances where student talent, creativity, and interests exists and find a way to highlight them, display chem, and recog­ nize them. This is not only to celebrate and recognize those various entries and individuals, but hopefully to motivate or in­ spire people in the years ahead," Deekle said. Deck.le starred the event ten years ago. Since then, it has only grown. The first couple of years, the event was held in the Ma­ rine and Natural Sciences lobby where there were about 6 tables and only 20 entries. After those first two years, Alpha Chi was invited to co-sponsor, and there NICHOllE BUCKLEY was a need for more space and multi-day exhibits. 7he School ofArt, Architecture, and Historic Preservation's gallery will host the Academic Showcase. "Now we have well over 120 enrries annually, and each year we take in more. We don't have to the guidelines." "As far as awards, we've in­ each class: freshman, sopho­ Art, Architecrure and Historic a set limit on the total number Becky Sprir-L, Assistant Direc­ vited each academic school to more, junior, senior. Also, John Preservation's Exhibit Gallery of entires, although each en­ tor of the University Honors provide awards, and in each in­ King, Vice President of Srudenc April 6 through 10. Everyone Program, and Bonita Cade, stance, they co1;1ld give up to a Affairs, will ~:ve o~e, .QLmnre. ~~ wiiiiw o(~ga;,. .;:, 1 trant is permitted one entry. so awards.'" . . - ~- -don-Just entenng. that's 120 students, bur we al­ Faclllty Sponsor for Alpha Chi, first, second, and thlrd prize for by Deekle suggests that students "This is an opportunity we ways welcome more than that. are also helping with the exhib­ entries that come from students submit their entry form before provide for student achieve­ So far, we have almost never it. Cade is the coordinator of within those schools," Deekle spring break because they are ment," Deekle said. and very rarely turned an en­ entry judging. She is convening said. "In addition, the Univer­ a panel of faculty judges from as sity Honors Program and Alpha due on March 25. The exhibit try away. We try to show all of will be held in the School of them, as long as (hey conform many disciplines as possible. Chi gives awards to students in Searching for the new search engine

LAUREN TIERNEY IHerald Reporter behind this system is to give us­ ers an idea of who is answering As Internet usage grows at an their questions. Often, answers exponential rate, comp:l$lies are on these types of sites are either resurfacing an old idea with a irrelevant or poorly supporred. new r.visc. Many new question Quora allows users to see if it's and answer websites are enter­ a doctor answering their medi­ ~ • .,,,,,,,.Qpa'I ing the market. The leaders of cal questions or a schoolteach­ this online industry are Wiki­ er. In addition to the answerer 6- 9,on ,.... Answers and Yahoo Answers. awareness feature, there are also •-Whlltll Quorl1 According to analytics firm community moderators that Md~o.ala ...... ~ comScore, Inc., 50 million peo­ govern the site, cutting out ir­ Whtl. o.-t...... , ple used these sites in _the Unit­ Wlll&. __...,, relevant answers. ,,,...,.....,,., ed States during the month of To enhance the effectiveness ,.,. wlilll fllll • Ouorl. ll'GWillr? 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Quora ment that a question must be N:Jj Comlett· looks to provide a different, understood at any point in time. more professional service than 1• :: .... ~a...... - For example, a user may not ask ,• .·- .. --'-°""""''""""";oo.I. .,.. previous question and answer -- Adifll 0'""9fl0, • 1 !Mdfl. lw ..-W Ouull"s ._,lliil •I•II. ai... who starred in last night's epi­ sites. The site uses a Twitter-like sode of CSL The date of the epi­ feature that allows the user co sode must be included. follow friends on the site and While Quora is still a small see what questions they post. rraffic site, it hopes to expand LAUREN TIERNEY Unlike traditional question due to its relevant search an­ and answer search engines, us­ swers and professional site ap­ Quora is the newest search engine to gain significant media attention ers muse sign up for an account. pearance. Currently, it has an for its ability to follow others' searches. Users can find friends and set estimated value of $86 million. a profile picture. The method MARCH 3, 201 1 BRISTOL BEAT PAGE 5 Winter meltdown: Bristol's snow bud9et drained DARIELLE TERRY IHerald Reporter $50,000 for snow removal, to spend this season. weekend where our person­ "The same people who do the which was probably blown on "When you budget for these nel would get time-and-a-half plowing are the same people For those living in the area, the first storm," Mederos said. things, you have no idea what [hourly pay]," Mederos said. who have to then pick up the it should come as no surprise "Right now we're over $100,000 kind of a ~eason you're going to The fact that most of the trash. These people are very that Rhode Island's snowfall spent in that line item and the get," Mederos said. storms this winter fell on week­ tired at the end of cleaning the this winter was above average. dust hasn't settled yet. I mean Not only do Bristol town ad- ends sped up the. sinking of snow for hours at a time and Over winter break and during then they have to go pick up the beginning of spring semes­ the trash," Mederos added. "So ter, Bristol was hit with snow it's been difficult on that end as storm, after snow storm, which well." has taken a toll on the town. In order for these personnel to "We're 22.4 inches above nor­ actually clean the roads, the res­ mal snow fall rates, up to this idents in Bristol were asked to point in time," said Bill Simp­ move their cars from the road. son, spokesperson from rhe Na­ A parking ban w~ put into ef­ tional Weather Service (NWS). fect before each snowstorm. Normally, by the beginning Town residents were required to of March, Bristol sees an aver­ move their cars onto driveways, age of 27.1 inches of snow. This into parking lots, or even onto year, Bristol has already seen the Bristol Town Commons so 49 .5 inches of snow, and the that the Department of Pub­ winter precipitation season is lic Works could sand, salt, and not over yet, according to the plow the entire roadway. NWS branch in Taunton, Mass. "Dealing with the parking ban This year, Bristol's municipal to get people to get offthe roa,ds plowing and snow removing to get them clean is sometimes a crews struggled to keep up with challenge because people either the high level of snowfall. don't listen to the television or "It's been quie_t a challenge, don't realize that they have to frankly, and i{s also very ·expen­ MARK Fusco move·their cars," Mederos said. sive," said Diane Mederos, the Sand used to clean winter roads clogs Bristol storm drains. Besides littering the streets with debris, Yet, Mederos remained posi­ Bristol Town Administrator. winter storms ravaged Bristol's budget, costing the town twice what it allocated for snow removal. tive about the town's monetary One of the problems Bristol and meteorological forcast. officials faced this year was find­ "We've had some challenges,;' ing the money in their budget we still have a couple more mm1strators not know how Bristol's snow removal budget Mederos said. "We've tackled it to pay for all the plowing, park­ weeks to get through at least." much snow will fall during a into the red. the best we can do and hope­ ing ban enforcement, and the Snow removal requires a lot given winter, but they also do And not only was the town's fully were seeing spring coming employment of snow removal of time, resources, and equip­ not know on which days the budget drained by the weekend sooner then later." personnel. ment. Plowing and sanding the snow will fall. snowfall, the men and women "The council only budgeted roads have cost the town a lot "It seems like a lot of the cleaning the streets were physi­ more then they ..;.,ere prepared storms ended up falling on the cally over-taxed, too.

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ARTICLE COURTESY IBristol Phoenix Sandra Matrone Mack, Merritt K. Meyer, Anthony Rego (town The Mt. Hope Trusc elected a council at-large appointee) and new slate of officers ac the an­ Tim Serbst. nual meeting on Jan. 15 at the And the new trustees have furm's Cove Cabin, a spot for tackled their duties with a rel­ meetings and events located on COURTESY BRISTOL PHOENIX ish. The new board has been Mt. Hope Bay. meeting every two weeks, and Joseph Brito Jr. was elected each trustee has volunteered to Council supports vicious. dog law president of the board of serve on one or more subcom­ trustees. Bristol resident with A mittees that include strategic a l~ng list of philanthropic ARTICLE COURTESY Bristol Phoenix lem and we know it needs to be course other than civil action planning, development, events, I addressed," Councilor Halsey for the victims. endeavors locally, Mr. Brito, marketing, agriculture, pro­ who is vice president of In response to a series of recent Herreshoff said. 'Td like to carry on with the C. grams, buildings and grounds, pit bull attacks on people and Todd Roper, whose dog was (police) chief at some point to Brito Construction, has been and finances. pets in Bristol, the town coun­ severely wounded by a pit bull discuss our town ordinances," supportive of the furn over "As far as enthusiasm," Mr. cil has endorsed a resolution to at December's Grand Illumina­ Mr. Roper said. the years and served as co­ Brito said, "it's over the top. criminalize attacks by vicious tion downtown, spoke favor­ After several dog bite inci­ chairman of a major fundrais­ The rrustees are coming to the ing event last summer. He was dogs to make their owners re­ ably of the council's push for a dents, Police Chief Josue' Ca­ meetings with their sleeves appointed a trustee in 2010. sponsible. state law. The pit bull, owned by nario and other dog owners rolled up and diving into the "I am honored to lead the The resolution approved at the Michael Decosta of Warwick, agreed to discuss possible mea­ work. We have had 100 percent last council meeting states that was deemed vicious after it at­ sures that could be made at the Mt. Hope Trust at this excit­ member participation at each ing and pivotal point in its criminalizing attacks by "vi­ tacked Mr. Roper's dog, which municipal level to keep the pub­ board meeting.' history," Mr. Brito said. "The cious dogs," which is a determi­ sustained bites on its head and lic out of harm's way of aggres­ Some immediate goals of the nation made after an attack by a snout. A bystander and the pit sive dogs and make pet owners overwhelming talent and com­ new board are to complete a mitment of this new board was panel including a police officer bull owner's teenage son, who accountable. Chief Canario has public -survey (more informa­ the deciding factor in taking on and a R.I. Society for the Pre­ led the dog through the con­ agreed to schedule a meeting to tion in sidebar) about visitors' vention of Cruelty to Animals gested streets during the holiday begin that discussion. this challenge. I look forward experiences and interests at the to working with them and Ex­ representative, will place more festival, also were injured in the The signed resolution was furn to include in a five-year responsibility on the owners of attack. handed to state Senator Chris­ ecutive Director Janet Zwolin­ strategic plan; to roll out a ski to raise the visibility of the vicious dogs to keep the public The Ropers incurred approxi­ topher Ottiano (R-Bristol, membership campaign that farm through increased public and pets protected. The resolu­ mately $1,000 in veterinarian Portsmouth) at the meeting. "offers the opportunity for tion asks the General Assem­ bills, which Mr. Decosta initial­ The deadline to submit new programming, creative fund­ members to invest in the farm's raising events, and greater use bly to make this a law and to ly offered to pay. Mr. Decosta legislation has passed for this future" through memberships of the inn and special events require within the law that the has since made no attempt to session. However, Sen. Ottiano ranging from $35 to $1,000; to venues. " owner of a vicious dog compen­ compensate him for his expens­ has begun to research the issue. raise an endowment; and to de­ sate victims without having to es, Mr. Roper said. He is also looking into "options Officers elected to other velop an electronic newsletter posts include Beverly Larson, file a civil suit. The petition was brought for how legislation like this may for members and friends who vice president; Marcia Blount, "This is positive, because we about because of irresponsible be worded and the role it could have provided e-mail contact know this is a very serious prob- dog owners and the lack of re- serve." treasurer; John Day and Kate information. Breslin Harden, assistant The next event at Mt. Hope treasurers; and Lane Sparkman, Farro is a wine and chocolate secretary. . -~-4Kl·t-Hl41 I • ~ Last filll, the Mt. Hope Trust <\1fili, March 19, at 7:30 Little eatre of the Deaf updated its bylaws regarding p.m. in the barn; tickets are T who must serve on the board of $40 each. A rafBe to benefit trustees. The requirement that the fum kicked off this past town officials, a Haifenreffer Saturday and offers cash prizes family member, and a member of a $5,000 grand prize and of the board of governors serve two $2,500 prizes. Raffle as trustees was stricken, open­ tickets are $100 each and can ing up many seats that were be purchased from the farm filled in the full. or a trustee. The rafBe will be With new trustees, Marcia drawn at the farm's Cool Jazz at Blount and Kate Harden, Cove Cabin event on Saturday, installed on Jan. 15, the board Aug. 7. MSU ASL is now composed of all new Mr. Hope Farm can al- members, except two who are ways use volunteers; if you're club still serving out their terms, interested, concact the farm at Victoria White and Rob Pirri. 254-9300. "We're opening our The board of trusted alsd'in­ arms to anyone who wants ~o dudes Jerry Dauterive, Marc assist us in our campaigns," Mr. Student Landry, Georgina Macdonald, Brito said. CEN Senate Warren OMV branch ~~ ~• •·' n..,,. ~@, •.• iX!' .... i ..,. ,_,... _~ ,.__c..-­ ...... _._ ...... _... _.4 ·

Conceived, Written and Directed by Betty Beekman ARTICLE COURTESY IBristol Phoenix left out in the cold by the Mid­ dletown branch's closure. Prior Executive Director/PresidentAaron M. Kubey Warren's Division of Motor to their request co open the Vehicles branch will be open Warren branch an additional an additional day each week in day, OMV officials had suggest­ the wake of the closure of the ed that East Bay and Aquidneck When? Friday, March 4th, 9:00 pm DMV's Middletown branch. residents use the Wakefield The branch, on Joyce Street, branch. That would require a is usually open Tuesdays, bur long ride, and fees for crossing starting yesterday, it will be the Pell bridge. Where? Upper Commons open Tuesdays and Wednesdays Until a new home for the for the foreseeable future. Middletown branch can be The additional hours were re­ opened - OMV officials hope 11 quested by Rep. Jan Malik and to have the new office occupied Enioy a performance that uses American Sign Language Sen. Walter S. Felag of Warren by July l - Warren will be open II as a way to accommodate those Tuesdays and Wednesdays &om and t h e spoken word I East Bay and Aquidneck Island 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. residents who would have been MARCH 3, 201 1 FEATURES PAGE 7 Professors outside the classroom RWU faculty publish myriad works KINSEY JANKE Herald Reporter I California native, is an assis­ odd stories and coming across RWU faculty member who is works include: The Battle of For many Roger Williams tant professor of Creative Writ­ Htde tidbits of weird informa­ both interested in American Gettysburg, The Civil War, The University studencs, their pro­ ing and a writer-in-residence at tion chat sometimes cell more history and has the resume to Abolitionist Movement, and fessors are just the adults they RWU. After getting his Mas­ of the story than the big part of prove it. At 57 years old, this Early Black Reformers. He re­ listen to three times a week. ters in Creative Writing at Ver­ the story. I do a lot of research, Narragansett resident has been calls always being interested in These students turn in writing mont's Goddard College, Brav­ and I like interviewing people." a part of the editing or author­ this era, and states that even as a assignments, lists of equations er started looking for a teaching Braver's books have been se­ ing of 19 books, and has pub­ child he enjoyed literature. solved correctly, and they cram job at a university. lected for the Barnes and Noble lished many journal and news­ "l was always a reader," Tack­ last minute for tests. Then, "I started writing and teaching Discover New Writers program, paper articles. His subjects span ach said. "I remember moving these students go on their way around the same time," Braver for Border's Original Voices from baseball jargon to the phi­ to a new neighborhood when I to a new semester filled with said. "It was hard for me to find series, and twice for the Book losophies of Abraham Lincoln. was nine, and my brother and new professors. But what many a teaching job [at first], but Sense list. He has also been "I've written about history, I got on our bicycles and we studencs don't realize is that once I put out a book it got a lot published in journals such as I've written travel, I've written took a ride co the baseball field. they are slowly but surely being easier. It opened some doors for fiction and poetry," Tackach honed into career-ready profes­ me to get into other universities said. "Twenty-some years ago, sionals by the very people who tot-each." "THE MORE YOU TRY YOUR when I was not as lucratively they want to eventually be. Braver has written and pub­ HAND AT SOMETHING ELSE, IT employed as I am now; I was Professors Adam Braver and lished four books to date, with DOESNT MEAN YOu'LL BE GOOD writing coffee table books." James Tackach are two profes­ a fifth due out in 2012. His KI IT, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING Getting both his Masters and sors on campus that know ex­ work deals with fictionalized ac­ IN LEARNING ABOUT T}{}J KIND Ph.D. in English from the actly what they are doing. counts of real people and what OF WRITING." University of Rhode Island, Adam Braver, a 47-year-old they went through, featuring an Tackach's main focuses have emphasized human element in -JAMES TACKACH, ENGLISH been contemporary sports and his writing. PROFESSOR people and events from the "Some of it is actually just like Civil War era. In fact, Professor journalism," Braver said. "Sort Braver gave Tackach inspiration of like a combination of jour­ "Harvard Review," "Ontario to write one of his scholarly ar­ nalism and fiction and about Review," and anthologized in ticles. finding those moments inside the "The Lincoln Anthology." "[Professor Braver's] book on Professor fames Tackach loves to liiiiiiiiiim::l people's heads that you don't While his writing has brought Lincoln inspired me," Tackach write about baseball and events normally know about." him acclaim and respect, Braver said. "I wrote an article chat ·;,. - --:· from the Civil ~r. And so, like with journalistic is interesred in something dif­ appeared in The Lincoln Her­ • writing, Braver's work comes ferent. ald [called] J\braham Lincoln From there, we went to the li­ - with a side of research. Since his 'Tm always interested in the in Recent American Fiction.' brary and took out a library ~·.. . ·~.. ,,. literature deals with people like human side, it's what drives I looked at how Lincoln is de­ card. So, I always read as a kid." Abraham Lincoln, John R Ken­ me," he explained. "I'm int.er­ picted iri ..works :of, fictlMt.,•faa T.ac:IW:h also ~e a ·-pioce o£ ;J... :•I nedy, actress Sarah Bernhardt, esced in very public people who opposed to] in books written by advice to those creative wrirers and a renowned Vincent Van are dealing with very private historians." who are wary about going from Gogh scholar, Braver is always torments. People have this idea Tackach's editing career has fiction to poetry or vice versa: immersed in research before he of who you are but don't see also been based around the "The more you try your hand ac PROJO.COM can begin his writing. who you really are." study of the Civil War. He something else, it doesn't mean Professor Adam Braver has "The research is educating A colleague of Braver's from a wrote the introduction to Slave you'll be good at it, but there's published four books, and has a yourself on the basics," Braver sister department, English pro­ Narratives, a compilation of something in learning about fifth one due out in~ 2012. said. "But I also like finding the fessor James Tackach is another short stories. His other edited that kind of writing." Graduation comes faster than you think, and so does all the debt you have incurred

KATIE BOZEMAN IHerald Reporter hopefully, che following job of­ and payment plans near. ' fers can alleviate the debt. Senior Education major Ra­ "Do you need a live cadaver?" Unfortunately for recent and chael Ross expresses these con­ was the shocking tide of a re­ upcoming graduates, the job cerns, saying chat "it makes you cent job wanted Craigslist post­ market is making the financial feel like you should just cake ing, according to NDTV news. light at the end of the tunnel a whatever job you can get, even The Boston couple responsible fading reassurance. if it's not in the field that you for this unusual listing, which The prospects of employment just racked up so much debt in offered up their body parts for and income to pay off loans are to study. any legal use and medical ex­ at record lows. "Not only is the application periments, posted in order to According to USA Today, this process to get student loans a eliminate their children's stu­ past November's 5.1 percent painstaking one," Ross said, dent loans that total $200,000. unemployment rate for Ameri­ "but it definitely adds to the Though extreme with their so­ can's is at its lowest since 1970. stress you already feel about lution, this family is encounter­ Roger Williams University graduation knowing chat you'll ing a common problem among tuition for full-time students be paying chem off for years." today's college students. without the cost of housing or Ross's concerns express the According to a recent study meals plans totals $27,840, the reality of a situation felt by done by the National Center for cost being $31,344 for architec­ many students within the cam­ Education Statistics, roughly rure majors. pus community, and across the half of all recent college gradu­ Despite 85 percent of the cam­ country, who have taken out ates have debt from student pus population receiving finan­ loans to help cover the cost of loans, averaging $10,000. As cial aid packages, with a median secondary education. the cost of education continues amount of.$20,807, the average With graduation less than to rise at double the rate of in­ debt for graduating classes is three months away, let's just flation, it is not surprising that still $35,000 according co the hope that no RWU students so many students are forced to university website. This leaves take the phrase "cost an arm l turn to loans co help pay for many students on campus feel­ and a leg" quite as seriously as education until graduation and, ing the crunch. as graduation the Boston Craigslisr couple. ~ PAGE 8 I FEATURES IMARGH 3, 2011 P1i1 II Ille pu•p: Stullents swell hi1h 1u prices

creased gas prices, RWU opera­ ALANNA CONN Herald Reporter I tions might be feeling it, too. Roger Williams Universicy Leroy Gordon, a shuttle students have long regarded J­ driver for the past four years, Lot as the last and worst park­ "wouldn't be a bit surprised" ing real estate available on cam­ if the university reconsiders ics pus. Yet now, with gas prices on shuttle schedule. the rise, it is suddenly become RWU shuttles gas up at Sun­ more than just a parking garage: shine Oil, whose price for bio­ it has become a storage facilicy. diesel fuel (what the shuttles With turmoil in the Middle take) currently stands at $3.72. Ease, particularly in Libya, driv­ At that price, the inner campus ing up gas prices throughout shuttle alone coses the univer­ the United Scates, many RWU sity more than $150 every two srudencs are opting to give their days. With about seven shuttles cars some rest. in service, in addition to several "I haven't moved my car from Public Safety vehicles, gas ex­ J-lot in weeks. I can't even re­ penses add up quickly. member where I parked it ... Gordon, who owned auto could be the first floor, the sec­ shops in Bristol for most of his ond floor, I don't know," said life, said char the high price of Leland Thomas, a senior mar­ gas has yet to affect shuttle op­ keting major. "I was going to go erations. out to get gas the other day, but MARK Fusco "There's been no talk about when I heard about the prices, I back takes premium gasoline, Since she travels far for her I'm getting. When I went to my changing the shuttles, but it's was like, 'no."' isn't the only student affected job - the restaurant where she Nana's birthday party last week­ possible that they'll cry some­ According to AAA of South­ by the drastic spike. works is located in Dartmouth, end, she felt so bad I had to thing different." ern New England's latest survey, Kat Blanchard, a senior com­ Mass. - her paychecks no lon- drive co Massachusetts she gave Students like Thomas, howev­ the average cost of gasoline in munication major, has worked ger get her the mileage she once me gas money. Twenty bucks, er, arc already trying something Rhode Island is $3.36 per gal­ as a hostess on weekends for the enjoyed. on her birthday," Blanchard different. lon -15 cents higher than last past several years in order ro af­ "Sometimes I literally work said. "I walk from New Res. to week's sum. ford normal college expenses just so I can drive there. My Though students' pockets are Commons now." Thomas, whose BMW hatch- like clothes, food, and drinks. family knows how desperate - taking the biggest hit from in- Household items made from oil IHAIR SPRAY '1r('i~Cfi:'1·~Jy{ ~-;·'l:~::i r - ~-~~H.. !~~,! =GUITAR STRINGS BANDAGES ASPIRIN j 1:Ji:t 1 ···,r 1 EYELINER I i.• .. r: ·: (-/j'' -"1:' DVDS Cl .•REATH MINTS ~ :: HAIR COLOR z ~ ~- BALLPOINT ._ = i r ;, PENS g i FOOTBALLS Top gas-guzzling cars . . 1. LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO LP840

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NICHOLAS TOMEO ICopy Editor Frost had expressed an inter- and light). Suggestive shadows, est in curating a show for the amorphous blurs, architectural Visual Arts/Alive! Arts Exhi- gallery, but Duffy was the only remnants, stacked lines and de­ Carpet ·affair bition, an art show currently person who nominated her to formations are referents for an showing in the School of Ar- the Public Events committee. informed and impaired picture. chitecture, Art, and Historic "All credit for the stunning There are dramas of transition, ICC plans classy Preservation (SAAHP), features show in the gallery is now due a landscape on the move where Christopher Saunders paintings to Jess," Duffy said. is this no contradiction between and a sculpture by Hiroyuki As for the exhibition itself, the limitlessness of becoming Hamada. The show is curated "[Saunders and Hamada's] work and the evocations of recollec- event by Jess Frost of the Art & Estate has provoked interesting and non.. " said. GRIFFIN LABBANCE Herald Reporter Archive in New York, important questions from our A diffe.rent source from the I With the decision of plan­ Elizabeth Duffy, Assistant students: How did the artists List Gallery at Swarthmore While only being able to watch ning the dance around what the Professor of Art who organizes arrive at the forms that they are College had equally Bartering the Academy Awards on televi­ student body desired, the class visual arts exhibitions, said making? What is the process of commentary about Hamada's sion, juniors are getting the council finalized the classy that many people contribute to making these works like? What compositons: "The graceful chance to walk down a dif­ and mutual deci­ mounting an exhibition such as kinds of references and mean­ curves and intimate scale of ferent red carpet in style. sion of the cur­ this. ings do the artists wish to con- Hiroyuki Hamada's sculptures Each year, the Junior rent theme. "The Public Committee-of vey? Tht!Se are part of the larger and relief belie the intensity Class Council, along "If chey which I am a member-identi- conversation around the impor­ of their making. Overlapping with the assistance want the fies and nominates people that tance of creativity in the lives of wooden forms with burlap and from the Inter Class themed they would like to bring in. I the students and faculty," Duffy plaster, he shapes and stains Council (ICC), work changed, thought of Jess because I knew said. them with wax, resin, paint, together to host the and if it'll that she would do something Christopher Saunders is a and other materials-often re­ Junior Semi-Formal. make the exemplary and she has such a u2010 Fellow in Painting from vising over the course of two or This year, with di­ junior class broad range of experience in the the New York Foundation of more years. The resulting works rection from the happy, then arts: she is trained as an artist, the Arts. His paintings have appear paradoxically distressed Junior Class they got it," worked in the gallery world and been exhibited in New York, and timeworn yet exquisitely President Alex Palios said has written, curated and lee- Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, crafted and harmonious. The Palios, the regard- cured on art," Duffy said. "She and internationally in Berlin contrast between his elegant dance will ing his represenrs the kind of expansive . and Beijing," according to The self-contained structures and be expect- council's thinking and intensity that we James. "Christopher is a recipi­ their agitated and almost ritu­ ed to be philoso­ try to instill in our students. ent of the prestigious Virginia alistically embellished surfaces one of the phy of DJ Alexander [Photo Archivist/ Museum of Fine Art Fellowship suggest the duality of his vision best events planning Gallery Assistant/Studio Man- and his work has been discussed and process. Geometrically sim­ that they programs ager] is a phenomenal colleague in Contemporary Magazine, ple, they reward long and care­ have yet a round and catalyse, and he does every- N.Y., Arts Magazine, and The ful observation. Hamada's gift arranged. the inter­ thing that he can to realize the Kansas City Star. He received for melding disparate inaterials "Com ­ ests of vision of the curator," Duffy his MFA from the Mason Gross redirects our attention to subtle pared to the stu­ said. School of the Arts at Rutgers textures and marks. His works previous dents. Stephen %ice, Dean of the University and his BFA from do not refer to everyday things years, we C1,1.t- SAAHP, Duffy says, is always Virginia Commonwealth Uni­ so much as to the experience of are going all rently~ -ch~ very supportive, and she said versity. The artist currently perception and industry over out, we want this to be the best junior class is working directly she is grateful for his rallying for maintains a studio practice in rime. With these quietly affect­ junior semi-formal yet," Palios with Alumni Relations to help this exhibition. Brooklyn, NY." ing works, Hamada invites us to said. lower costs for both the orga­ Alive Arts!, an on-campus arts The magazine went on co celebrate not only the essences On a campus where the only nization and also each student organization, was very helpful compliment Saunders's, writ­ of forms but also their myriad formal dance is Commence­ attending. "They are sponsoring in aiding with funding for this ing: "The process for my land­ variations." ment Ball, which is hdd ex­ all of our centerpieces as well as particular exhibition. scape paintings originates with His work has beeo exhibited clusively for seniors, the junior the party favors," Palios said. "Ultimately, though," Duffy a multi-source photographic at Plane Space, New York City; class finds itself looking for The class council is currently said, "it is Jess Frost, the curator, index. I employ a stratified col­ Pierre Menard Gallery, Cam­ another option to dress up and working toward building strong whom we can thank for mount- lage system to evolve an im­ bridge, Mass.; the Halsey In­ dance with their class. This year, relationships with different ing such a stunning show in the age from this indexical source stitute of Contemporary Art, the dance will be themed, "A groups and departments on gallery. She organized the show, into a final painting or series Charleston, S.C. Red Carpet Affair." campus such as Alumni Rela­ selected the artists, wrote about of works. Compositionally, the The exhibition is available dai­ "Our theme was difficult to tions. They are doing this in or­ their work, and installed these convention of field assumes the ly Feb. 23 through March 30 in decide upon because original­ der to build a strong foundation works. We are very grateful to dual role of ground (rural and the SAAHP Exhibition Gallery, ly, we were going to go with a for student philanthropy upon her." urban) and atmosphere (color ARCH 121. black and white affair, but after graduation. receiving negative- feedback, we "All of these connections start went back to planning," Palios in the department of alumni re­ lations, which is why we chose to contact them," Palios com­ Communications mented on his group's relation­ THE ONLY THING MORE Interactive Molecular & Cell ship with the department. Communications Biology Junior Class Vice President (on campus and online) Business Kayla Morency said that the Journalism ICC Junior Class is receiving a Information Technology Public Relations (oi\line) lot of feedback from the student body. "We created a junior class IMPRESSIVE Education MBA (on campus and on line) comrninec;_, which is a group of THAN OUR STATS ARE OUR Elementary students who give their opinion Secondary MBA-CFA• Track (Chartered Rnancial on different aspects of the dance Educational lndmhip Analyst) aad also work to build the re­ Teacher Leadership MBA/HCM (Health Care lationships we are working to­ (online) Management) wards," Morency said. GRADUATES. MBA-SCM (Supply Chain Juniors will travel to the At­ Health Sc:ienccs lantic Beach Club to a sold out At Ouinnipiac University, our students are our main focus. It's why we offer 23 graduate degrees Biomedical Sciences Managemend · MBA/JD (Joint degree in dance on March 25. in fields ranging from business to health sciences. It's also why Quinnipiac was ranked a top 10 Cardiovascular Perfusion northern regional university offering a full range of masters-level programs by U.S. News& World business and law) Palios said that he wants the Nursing Report and second in the northern region in US. Ne~ Up-and-Coming Schools category. Organizational junior class co have the best Occupational Therapy leadership (online) dance possible. To find out how Ouinnipiac can help you succeed in your career, call 1-800-462-1944, (post-professional) "I am all about making the e-mail [email protected] or visit www.quinnipiac.edu/gradstudies. Law (on line) class happy." Pathologists' Assistant QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY Physician Assistlnt 1-Boo-462-1944 I Hamden & North Haven, Comi.ecticut Radiologist Assistant MARCH 3, 2011 OPINIONS PAGE 11 Editorial: Message Boards are useless when censored BEN WHITMORE IEditor-In -Chief sible, within-one's-limits, par­ campus to literally put ideas be their responsibility to either good attempts by the Srudent tying, but it seems like most up. This bulletin board could avert their eyes or to write and Life Administration to try co have been such a place. promote civil discourse - but Judging by their work over drinkers on campus cannot pose their thoughts on why the the past few years, it seems to find it in themselves to party in Sure, students can sound off original post insulted them. they do not reach far enough. me that the administrators in this manner. on campus issues by posting on Students who think critically An uncensored message board the Student Life department Most recencly, the Student Facebook and through send­ about their lives and discuss would have the necessary reach. Life Administration has tried In the Feb. 10 Hawks' Herald are concerned mainly with one ing letters to the editor to The their thoughts with one an­ Hawks' Herald, but these uses thing: keeping studencs sober. to encourage students to stay other are less likely to become article, King said that he and listless in and uninterested with his team are considering install- · Sub-departments like Resi­ sober by building a bulle- of the media are not enough. dence Life, Student Conduce, tin board on the D'Angelo College campuses are some of their academic lives on campus. ing bulletin boards free for stu­ Common, between the Main the few places left in the world Students who are not bored and Studenc Programs and dent posting on campus soon. Leadership, however, would Library and the Gabelli School where physical interaction out of their minds during the Yet, at this university, "soon" is probably say their goal is to of Business. The bulletin board between a c:Oncentration of day are much less likely to only relative to the efficiency of keep us physically safe and is planned to house upcom­ thoughtful and studious people b~n~e drink and black out at the bureaucracy. mentally engaged. ing event advertisements still occurs. Not providing a night. Administrators: give students exclusively. It is made out of a place for students, on their Yee, from a student's perspec­ Programs and groups like an uncensored community durable, all-weather, synthetic the Socrates Cafe, the Locker tive, it seems the administra­ own time, to engage in dis­ message board now and you wood, and has Plexiglas covers Room, the Women's Center, tion tries to achieve its objec­ course about their own topics will sleep sounder about our to protect posted bills and fliers is robbing them of the value the Civil Discourse Lecture tives by either preventing or drinking habits later. from the elements. of living on a college campus. series, and the new Sustained distracting students from being "We haven't had any outside able to or wanting to drink Without community discourse, Dialogue Program are all alcohol. bulletin boards on campus, all students might as well com­ Various departments under so we decided that it would mute. Ironically, the administration the Student Life umbrella be good to start experiment­ have done their best co curb ing and increasing the amount itself recognizes the value of of advertising that we do "civil discourse:" it is one of students' drinking habits. Administrators have created for on-campus events," said the university's six core values. new alcohol policies on campus John King, Vice President for Yet the programs and groups designed to limit access to Student Affairs, as quoted in a designed to foster student Feb. 10 article in The Hawks' and maximum possession of discourse on a large scale often akohol, banned Four Loko, Herald. fail. When will the administra­ and scriven tirelessly co adver­ In the article, King went on tion realize that something new to explain that not only will is needed? tise programming events on the display_ board be a space to The campus needs a commu­ campus, including purchasing advertise campus events, but nity message board. And most a $15,000 LED display board installed on the oucside of the also that Scudenc Programs and importantly, it needs to be Recreation Center. Leadership will have the sole uncensored. Students need to But despite the student life authority to post fliers in the feel encouraged co share their administration's best efforts, display case. ideas and thoughts, no matter To me, this bulletin board is a how seemingly unconscruccive Roger Williams University's huge missed opportunity. Stu­ they may be. drinking culture persists. dents need a place to post their The overwhelming majority of All college campuses are host to underage partiers. Yee, at views on campus life. Throwing students on campus are over 18 years old. This means we are all RWU, our drinking culture ideas up on the wall and seeing if they stick is an often-used adults. Ifstudents, or admin­ is, for che seeming majority of istrators, while looking at the students, one of excess, clumsi­ figurative explanation for what BEN WHITMORE message board read something ness, and indiscretion. college discourse should be about. Yet, there is no place on that offends them, it should The new message board sits outside the RWU Library. I take no issue with respon- BASEBALL: A COMMERCIAL HIT Facebook actually ruins real life friendships

HENRY LOUGHLIN IHerald Reporter YAMILEH DURE Herald Reporter friends with someone, almost to set up a Facebook account I beyond recognition. recently. Her mother procesced Though I love going to Social networking has In most cases, people never against adding someone that professional baseball games, it's revolutionized the world of speak co the majority of their she wouldn't know what co not something that I am able marketing and communica­ Facebook friends, and most say to because they didn't talk to do often. Sure, I have the tion through platforms such as will accept almost anyone, much: she couldn t see a logical time. Yes, I want to experience MySpace, Twitter and- most whether they're a friend or reason co send a friendship the atmosphere that is unique significantly - Facebook. This not. Users will, at times, read­ request. to athletic venues. There is one ever-prevalent network began ily accept perfect scrangers as The girl responded: "Just add "no," however, that equates exclusively for college students "friends." • ... her Mom, you don't have co to my lack of and then grew, so that people Even more common, though,' talk co her." attendance at with ages ranging from as are new friends being accepted This is the attitude shared by top-level games: young as nine to as old as 70 on the basis of necworks in most students who use Face­ money. now have their own Facebook common. For example: "I don't book: thac you can jusc add Think about pages. know this guy, but he goes co people to have access co cheir baseball. When It is the bane of every stu­ my school so ... •click"'." profile, but no actual contact it was created, dent's existence; the defaulc People these days are sending ever has co be, or is even ex­ the idea was procrastination technique able their requests out after only pected to be made. to have fun. to keep one occupied for hours one face-to-face encounter, A friend is defined as a Now, however, and hours of rime chatting or after sharing a class, but person attached to another by it is becom- with, responding co, or creep­ although these people aren't feelings of affection or personal ing less known ing on all of your "Facebook complete strangers; they would regard. A friend is n9t someone as a game and friends." not have qualified as friends whom you met lase week in the instead, is being But it is this term, "Facebook in the traditional sense of the dinner line. It is not an attrac­ branded as a · friends" chat I call inco ques­ word. tive stranger that attends the business. Going tion. Of the hundreds upon Since the majority of Face­ same school as you and it's not to Fenway Park hundreds of friends that a per­ book friends are acquaintances,. your friend's friend to whom to watch the Red Sox costs me. son has on Facebook, it seems co-workers, or complete strang­ you spoke on the phone that around $60 between tickets co be very common chat only ers, people rarely keep con­ one time. and food. It seems that what about one hundred are people versations going or even ever Social networking, although baseball is known as now has co whom one actually has a de­ contact most of their online helpful in keeping in touch deviated drastically from its sire to speak on a semi-regular associates. with old friends and staying in roots. basis, if even that. The excessive This is a fact chat most people constant contact with current Don't bdieve me? When use of social networking sites are very aware of, which be­ ones, is having a detrimental Nbert Pujols, a first baseman like Facebook has distorted came obvious while I watched effect on our interpersonal for the St. Louis Cardinals, See page 12 SPORTS, the meaning of what it is to be a student helping her mother relationships.

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LucKY STIFF production: THE ALLEGORY OF It's one to Illake time for THE AIRPORT: JARED WOLF IHerald Contributor Wyman) who strong-arms her be put on this semester. And brother Vinnie Di Ruzzio (Da­ after seeing LUCKY STIFF, I'm It's been far too long since vid Kilfoil) to help her get her confident that A Patch of Earth I've been co a play, sadly, even hands on the treasure. will not disappoint. Finding a love that will last though I would have never The plot line of rolling a dead My advice to those of you predicted myself becoming guy around Europe is bizarre who have not yet been to the forever starts with a theater junkie. Going to to say the least. I m pretty sure show is: GO! Even if you're Friday's production of LUCKY that's what everyone else was not the least bit interested in loving yourself STIFF by Lynn Ahrens and Ste­ thinking too. Bur that didn't theater, I'm sure there's some­ phen Flaherty, made the wait stop the audience from laugh­ thing that the actors can give worth it. ing until their bellies hurt. during the show to make your I admit, I went in expect- And if that sounds a little coo five bucks worth it. But don't ing a low-rate production on run-of-the-mill for your taste, wait: there are only three more Be conscious of who you par with my homerown's high fear not. The cast and crew chances (March 3-5 at 7:30 are. Start actively observing school play, but I couldn't mixed things up quite nicely p.m.)! the qualities that you admire have been more wrong. This wirh a trippy, somewhat creepy, My advice to the cast and in others, then go home and show rivaled a good number glow-in-the-dark can-can. But crew: don't change a thing. make a word document listing of London's famous West End that's nothing compared to the all of them. Make a second list productions - and that's saying twisted ending that will make with the things that you notice something. yqu shake your head in the yourself doing thac annoy you Through the show, we are comedic absurdity of it all. But or make you feel bad about taken into the dull life of I won't divulge that surprise! yoursel£ like gossiping about British shoe salesman Harry The musically talented cast friends behind their backs or Witherspoon (Peter Arsenault) will, I'm sure, leave at least one judging people before you who conditionally inherits six of the play's songs stuck in your know them. Strive co become million dollars &om his Ameri­ head. (I say this while quietly what you respect in others, [J·C~V RACY STACY Herald Contributor can uncle Tony. The condition? humming "Mr. Witherspoon's I so that in turn, you will have Mr. Witherspoon must escort ... got a telegram.") Although . respect for yourself. his dead uncle's body around typically having a song stuck in ·-·-······-~ I am sitting in the airport ·~ .. -:~~.--- ~ \lt\•• Monte Carlo, Monaco for one my head annoys me, I do not . c __ . - "-\"" only to hear that my flight has Do nice things for others just last adventure-filled vacation. mind in this case; these songs ~ ''.:!'..•,:'·'.:.~r.;..1 .. ~~;·-:-/'.;·,.: been delayed yet again. As because! Seemingly insignifi­ One screw up and the money allow me co relive the many I sit waiting at my gace for cant .aces like holding the door tJ }s• H~•P"'". '>"' goes to the Universal Dog comical scenes from the show. the third consecutive hour, ic for a stranger, or giving some­ Home represented by An­ It's a real shame chat only two hits me: Throughout the ages "' :..-.." one a heartfelt compliment give nabelle Glick (Mary Dillon) weeks' worth of shows are be­ philosophers, poets, and rock you contagious warm fuzzies ,,,_11 ! ~-•• ;.t,* ., ••• ·---~ who stubbornly stalks Mr. ing put on, because I honestly ,.," - ". \Yl,,.,_,..,.t.;_,., .stars have compared love to air, and stir up good karma. Witherspoon in the hopes of wouldn't mind seeing it one or ~t·~' ~~~ . ,. > ~ ~:.-- water, and even a black magic f._;, _~... , 1.Jih:'-4'«'- Keep in contact with friends winning her beloved canines a two more times. woman, but while people and .family. Just because you fortune. All the while, they are But such a short production The Lucky Stiffposters can be watching at Logan Interna­ may not have romantic love being tracked down by Uncle run allows for another produc­ seen all over campus. tional, I discovered that love in your life right now, doesn't Tony's lover Rita LaPorta (Kylie tion, A PATCH OF EARTH, to is actually like.the process of mean thaqtdu don't have tons traveling. of people that care about you. When traveling, you have to Shouldfreshmen be able to park on campus? be prepared. You have to go Don't forget to show them. where they need co go. Some­ cheir train or bus rides. online and find tickets that ac­ that you care. Make an effort JENNA MULVEY Herald Contributor I times students have to pick up For students who are in a commodate your schedule, take to call, e-mail, or texc one Having a car is a big conve­ prescriptions at CVS and need hurry, this bus may also not be time off work, and go through person who is important co you nience for students who go co to wait for them to be filled. the best transportation co take, the tedious task of packing. everyday and let them know college. Even though a loc of This can take some time, and because it stops at several stops You always need to double­ how much you appreciate schools have shuttles that can depending on whether or not along the line. Depending on check co ensure that you don't them. take students to places they there are issues with getting the the season and weather condi­ forget phone chargers or pant­ need to go, many students pre­ prescription, students may not tions, waiting for the RIPTA ies to avoid mass panic when Don't look like a bum. I fer co get a ride or drive them­ be able to take the next shuttle can be miserable, especially for you arrive. Then, you need to don't care what anyone says, selves, because they can't always back to campus. If a student those who get stuck in the cold find someone to drop you off if you slump around feeling make the shuttle in time. misses the shuttle, then he or or rain. at the airport two hours before, unattractive physically; then it At Roger Williams Univer­ she is stuck in Bristol until the RWU makes an effort to pro­ so that you can be probed and is going to take a toll on your sity, freshmen are not allowed next one comes, or until one of vide transportation for students have all your carry-on baggage mental state as well. You don't to have cars on campus unless his or her friends arrive with a who don't have cars, but should analyzed by TSA need to go strurting around their parents specifically request ride. freshman be allowed to have Now, imagine what would like America's next top model, permission, and are successful Every student also receives cars on campus? RWU argues happen if you entered the ter­ but making small attempts to only if they have a good excuse. a RIPTA pass when they first that freshmen shouldn't have minal without plan,,ning.ahead make yourself feel beautiful on If sophomores, juniors, and come to school, which stu­ cars because it encourages the at all: your vacation wowd be a the outside will make you glow seniors can have cars on cam­ dents can use to take the bus co · new students to spend more chaotic disaster! with confidence on the inside. pus, should freshman be able Providence or Newport. Even time on campus, leading them The scary part is that this to have their cars at school too though there is nothing wrong to become more involved. The is how most people enter Pick up some new hobbies. without having to get parental with taking the RIPTA, it does university also believes that it relationships: completely Instead of sitting around wait­ consent? have its setbacks. will see a higher retention race unprepared. Most people are ing for Mr. Perfect to come RWU provides an assort­ Like the shurcle, ic can be if freshmen do not have their constantly and obsessively waltzing into your dorm room, ment of shuttles for students difficult for students to catch, cars. looking for a relationship to get our there and try some new to take when they need co go depending on their busy sched­ These could be good reasons, make them into the person things. Whether it's going to somewhere in Bristol. There is ules. Also, on certain nights, it but freshmen should be able to that they want to be, when the gym or picking up pho­ nothing wrong with taking the can be problematic for students get off campus easily in order really they should become that tography, start to expand upon shuttle to get to their destina­ to take this public transporta­ to explore Rhode Island, and ideal person before entering a the things y~u are passionate tion. However, sometimes stu­ tion, because it is so packed see whac else is off campus. serious relationship. When you about. dents have class, activities, or and not everyone can gee on Maybe in the future, freshmen go into a relationship feeling "I used to feel so alone with­ other events when the shuttles the bus. The RIPTA also does will be allowed co keep their unworthy and self-conscious, it out a boyfriend," says a former are running, which makes it not arrive on time usually, and cars on campus without paren­ usually makes for a connection frequent flyer. "But literally as difficult for them co travel to chis can cause students to miss tal consent. flight, meaning that it ends soon as I stopped caring about sooner than expected, leaving boys and started focusing on you back at the airport, waiting becoming genuinely happy by SPORTS: Industry has become a business, not a game and searching for a place to go myself, I found the most amaz­ for a more permanent, com­ Continued from page 11 ing boyfriend." fortable situation. Falling in love isn't something it would take for one to earn ing they aren't "crust fund the athletes in question won't So, how do you get ready to that should be taken lighcly; we his annual wages. As a student babies" or recipients of an make more money through open yourself to take off on the have a responsibility co be in a who earns very little money, estate, these guys need co make various capital ventures, like wings of love? The answer is place where we are emotionally I put in a ballpark figure (no money just like everyone else. endorsement deals through simple: focus on yourself rather available and not jusc lonely or pun intended) of my parents' However, the argument that sponsors and public appear­ than using all your energy to bored. Ifyou enter the airport income. The result: a little less they need co make that amount ances. In addition, statistics desperately search for new love with bags fully packed, you than 200 years to equal. Pretty of cash right now (as they will have shown that many players interests. should be able to go on a great, ridiculous, huh? retire young) holds no water: go bankrupt within five years Here are some ideas of how long vacation with minimal I'm not trying co plead that there are such things as retire­ of retirement due to their lack to feng shui your life, so that turbulence getting there. we immediately halt our sup­ ment plans. of financial control. when the right person comes port of these athletes. Assum- It's also unrealistic to assume along, you'll be ready: MARCH 3, 2011 OPINIONS I PAGE 13

Gun laws1 9ood or bad on colle9e c_a1111puses?

Sir Edmund Burke, a British states- Example time! So, Washington O.C. I'm definitely in favor of a person much higher, whether the weapon's man from the late eighteenth century, is a fairly crime-ridden city, and to being able to practice their amendment safety is on or not. I know that if I once ~-a.id, "The only thing necessary for counteract their absurdly high homicide rights, including the controversial 2nd were in a class sitting next to someone the triumph of evil is for ~ood men to rate, they passed the Firearms Control Amendment - but only to a certain who may or may not be packing, I stand by and do nothing.' I could not Act of 1975. This prevented residents of extent, when it comes to that section would be extremely nervous. agree more, and with the Texas state D.C. from registering, and thus, owning of the Constitution. To most people, having a gun around legislature considering the passage of firearms. I'm not a fan of guns, and don't wish doesn't make them feel safer - it just HBJ 167, I feel an explanation of why What came about from this law? Well, ro own one myself, but I can under­ makes them more uncomfortable. I firearms are an indisputable part of the the homicide rates in che city rose to stand the point of view of a person don't want to be near anything or any­ safety of our society is required. nearly 500 a year. who would like to have one around for one that has the potential to hurt me. HB 1167, ifpassed, would allow In the 2000s, we have seen several recreational activities. Other than that, All of this applies to concealed weapon individuals over the age of 21 who have court cases revolve around the D.C. I don't really see the point, though. laws overall, but once again, if you fac­ gone through the extensive procedure handgun ban, and in 2007's Parker v. Yet, I apparently have a different view tor in a college campus, the idea of a of procuring a concealed weapon be D.C., the ban was ruled unconstiru- than the state ofTexas, whose lawmak­ law like this becomes even scarier and permitted to carry handguns onto pub- tional under the Second Amendment. ers are attempting to legalize concealed less of an Amendment right. lie universities and community college Since then, the citizens of D.C. have weapons on college campuses. Guns shouldn't be completely out­ campuses. I'm excited, but I have a feel- been allowed to own firearms, and the To me, this is absolutely insane. Of lawed, but I think most can agree that ing that I am in the minority here. homicide rates and crime rates, in gen- course, there will always be some- there are certain places where they are ''Andy, guns are bad?!" No, they are eral, have dropped subsrantially. one walking not needed. not; who will Guns do not around certain To most people, having a gun around doesn't When the prot~ct you ) Giving everyone a gun is a bad idea, butgivi1'1_$ ~ pe~p~e, but schools with make them feel safer: itjust makes them more weekend hits, m this world. good people a firearm can make this world a safer evil crunmals, a gun, but co uncomfortable. most people Many states p/,ace for all ofus. psychos, and actually legal­ end up in have bans on husbands who ize this sort some sort of firearms with come home of activity is CHRISTOPHER MUNSEY altered state concerns to ANDY PLOCICA early do! unimaginable. of mind, and school zones: . Imagine what Most will Herald Contributor a law allow­ does that make Herald Contributor the Virginia argue that they ing a student you safe? DOC$ T~ ~90tj.~ will be better to carry a gun the govern- -~ - ' ~~ ~~ ~ -- would have able to protect doesn't end on ment's creation be~n like if as themselves Friday after- of an "invisible soon as Cho with a gun by their side, and yes, noon. We all know of someone who barrier" against guns keep the bad guys started shooting, an individual who had they technically would be; but imag­ we can picture doing something not away? No. been rigorously examined and analyzed ine yourself in a situation where you so smart on a Saturday night; so, what Countless times in just the last decade to be worthy of owning a firearm and would acrually need to use it: could could happen if they were able to carry gunmen have walked into "firearm free then, carrying it in public, drew his fue- you do it, or would the situation turn their gun around with them: there's a zones" and committed atrocities without arm and ended the shooting right then. out much worse than if there was no chance that not everyone will make it the government's or law enforcement's There are bad people in this world, and gun involved at all? · to brunch the next day. prevention. A "firearm free zone" is as in chose chaotic moments before law Those are just my thoughts on con­ Ifsomeone wanes to own a gun co useful as closing your eyes in a car crash. enforcement can arrive, we, as individu­ cealed weapon laws, in general, but if shoot targets at a shooting range, okay, The rruth is that the government fails to als, have a right to protect our lives, our we took it a sc~p further by extending but if they plan on just carrying it prevent criminals from entering loca- property, and to have a chance to do the coverage to col)ege campuses, I'd ask: around with them all the time, what's tions that should be safe, whether it be same for others. Giving everyone a gun Why woul~ any student ever need a the point? A person is better off just our homes, schools, mini-malls, or what is a bad idea, but giving good peof>le , gun to go from class to class? not having it, especially at school. The have you. a firearm can make this world a safer There isn't any need to carry a gun whole idea of a concealed weapon Do not rhink that gun control helps . place for all of us. _ while at school, whether it's at the law is to be able to protect yourself, either, by creating barriers to individu- Texas will probably pass this resolu- University ofTexas or Roger Williams but when not only you, but everyone als getting handguns: do you think this tion~ and their schools will be far safer University. Once in a great while, there around you, begins to carry a gun, stops criminals? Gun control laws 'than campuses in the rest of the na- are incidents where if someone were then it becomes pointless. How is it preverit good, honest individuals from tion. If given a chance, a good person to have a gun, it may have turned out possible to be safer, when we increase obtaining protection while still provid- will stand up ro injustice and challenge better, but that's just a maybe. The the amount of danger that's ~ound us? ing the criminals of our society to access criminals: let us not hinder them but chance of there being an accident is their arsenals. Comforting is it not? give them and ourselves a fighting chance. Good luck and God bless.

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with Vitamin Echinacea is the most popular They suck, CHRISTINA BERLINGUET IHerald Reporter C. Don't like peppers at all? remedy in Germany for fight­ Influenza is a sickness associ­ Mustard also helps break up ing respiratory infections. Not ated with chills, fevers, body the mucus in your lungs. This only does it boost the immune in a good way aches, headaches, and conges­ tried-and-true remedy dates system, but also it can reduce tion. This miserable virus will back to the Ancient Romans. coughing, headache pain, and keep you bed-stricken and out Eat garlic. body ache pains. JEREMY KING IBusiness Manager clean engine. The air filter can of class for multif>le days. Do clog causing restricted flow. Worried about bad breath? Rub it in. you want the flu for the fewest Maintaining your car can be a When this happens, your en­ Do not worry, most vitamin If your chest is really con­ days possible? Follow these ten real pain. And, unless you have gine is starved and can severely stores make odorless garlic gested; try rubbing eucalyptus easy remedies towards being big bills co shell our, keeping under perform. Poor accelera­ supplements that you can pop oil on it. Australians discovered flu-free: your car running right can be tion, rough idling, and bad gas without having garlic-breath that eucalyptus oil could help Nasal Irrigation. for the rest of the day. Garlic loosen phlegm and improve the pretty coscly. But, ifyou've mileage are all symptoms. This is just a fancy word to been reading this column, But these are easy enough to has been labeled "the wonder function of the lungs. To avoid describe the f rocess of using drug" and has been used to skin irritation, use with an hopefully you've been learning fix. Most air filters are easily a NediPot. I you can get over a few ways to save time and removed and checking is as help treat the plague. It helps organic carrier oil. the fact that water is going into money while treating your car simple as judging how dean decrease the growth of the in­ Catch those u:z?s. right. it is. Air filters are like big one nostril and coming out the fluenza virus, so go chow down Sleeping sounds like an easy other, you can clear that mucus This week I'm going to talk to coffee filters, and after enough on some garlic bread, or if you thing to do, but most college out of your nose and breathe you about tunes-ups. They are dirt, dust, and sand has passed do not want bad breath, go to students do not get enough again. needed periodically due co the through it, it shows. Ifit's your local vitamin store and of it. According to associat­ Does your throat hurt? make a purchase. edcontenc.com, people who degradation of key components starting to turn black, change Gargle. Put a teaspoon of of your car. Tune-ups are also a it! Most filters cost around $20 Drink tea and pee. sleep less than 7 hours a night salt in an eight-ounce glass of good opportunity to check and and they should make up most Tea has an abundance of are 3 times more exposed co warm water, swish it around, replace fluids, pressures, bulbs, of that in fuel savings. benefits, and so, the more the risk of developing the Au and then spit. This can provide and all those other things we Keeping your car in tip-top drink the more you pee, and than those who sleep 8 hours never have time to get around shape doesn't have to be a fu.ll­ temporary relief from the pain the more you flush the germs or more. of a scratchy throat. to. time job. You don't have to be out of your system. According Unfonunately, the Au has Take a hot shower. My main focus here is to a shade tree mechanic either. to holisticonline.com, boneset recently hit RWU. When living The steam from the shower talk about air filters. Engines Preventative maintenance is the and sage tea can bring down a in tight spaces with hundreds need three things to run: air, moistens your nasal passages fever and also reduce conges­ of students, it can be hard to name of the game. Checking and helps ger all of those germs fuel, and spark. If any of these things before they break, wear, tion. Peppermint tea and basil avoid picking up the germs left are limited or inhibited, your or run-out is easy if you just out of your system. tea are also fever reducers. behind from others. Wash your engine will start to suffer. Stut­ take the time ro look. Even if Speaking of hot things, eat a Echinacea (pronounced ek­ hands, get vitamin C, sleep for tering, chugging, misfiring, you have a trained professional Chili pepper. uh-NEY-shuh), can be found more than eight hours a night, or rough starting could all be do the work, staying aware of Chili peppers break up mucus at most any store with vitamins and if you cannot avoid the flu, signs of a problem. · your care is never a bad idea. in the lungs. If Chili peppers and supplements, and helps follow these tips to getting rid are too hot for you, eat a Bell The air that comes into the It's as easy as finding the time. boost the immune system. of it as quickly as possible. Pepper. Bell peppers are loaded engine is filtered to maintain a

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128 HOW TO PLAY: Sudoku High Fives consists of five regular Sudoku grids, sharing one set of 3-by-3 boxes. Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes 135 must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition. The numbers in 139 any shared set of 3·by-3 boxes apply to each of the individual Sudokus. w RP ~ SUNDAY PUZZLER 3/3/11 by Bill Biggor ond Tom Gover Find the word held In common by the three words in each puzzle. The three solution words wlU form a fourth puzzle. Tue numbers ACROSS 99 "Lost in-" 40 Sloping edge indicate each answers lengtti, and the + tells you its position. 1 Crunchy 100 Brooks or Gibson 42 Portland or rubber Exampk: The solution to +flower, Wailing+ and Berlin+ ts WalL 6 Excludes 101 Wrinkle 43 Meeting plan 10 Waste from threshing 103 Marker of piled up 44 Fear rest+ 15 Contend stones 45 Group of actors bed+ 18 Happen again 105 Lad 46 Inverted (hyph.) family+ m>J+ I J 19 Makes a first appear 106 Hive occupants 48 Coupd'­ E ance 108 Guthrie the singer 49 Alaskatown { 21 Indian queen 109 Black or Valentine 50 Salcydrop +pit ;f 22 Art movement 110 Tarantula 51 Hard to get +monkey 23 Hard black wood 111 Tribe oflsrael 52 Occurring twice a year +trap I i Grommet 113 Meri~ Nuisances .,+ 1 24 53 !! Succulent plant 2 25 Lab substance· 114 River in France 54 1 26 Mr. Cassini 115 Make sugary 57 More mature hip+ ] 27 Write 118 Orphan in the funnies 59 Traveled over water ball+ 28 Act like a ham 119 - Contented sound 61 Load gin+ l>I+ l ~ 29 Lessen in intensity f 20 Barge 63 Calyx part @ 31 Of bone 124 Lurch 64 Click beetle 33 "Born Free" lioness 125 Come to be 66 Beast FINALANSWER. Microscope part 126 Reduce by 50 percent 70 Table scrap 35 'f>l~N\Elfl (.LObJ..0 BO_J..J..~Wj: 1'00W' Cl!.I.' HBOM 36 Folklore creature 127 Kimono sash 72 Sour substances 37 Scurry 128 Surmounting 74 Valley ASTRO-GRAPH 38 Set of three 129 Place of refuge 76 Confused fight By Bernice Bede Osol 40 Poorly 131 Unchanging 79 Act Drink that stimulates PISCES (Feb. 20-Macch 20) - Ifcircumstances look like they'll permit 41 -and again 133 More wan 80 you ro have a small break, take advantage of it pronto and do something 42 Positivety charged par 135 Minus 82 Energy type (abbr.) you enjoy. It doesn't have to be anything major, just a fun, relaxing activ- tide 136 One of the archangels 84 Oak fruit ity. • ~'· Part of ADA (abbr.) 44 Daisy part 137 Rudder lever 86 ARIES (March 21-April 19) - More opportunities than usual may be 45 Terse 138 Cordial flavoring 87 Fail utterly coming your way during rhe next couple days. Take advantage of as 47 Fender spoiler 139 Before 88 Sword many of them as you can, and waste no chance. 51 Monardi's substitute 140 Hackneyed 89 Do an office job TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Your leadership qualities will be very 52 Thrifty one 141 Gas for sigos 91 -facto much in evidence, so don't be surprised if persons in your peer group 53 Tropical fruit 142 -and dined 93 Western Indians look to you for guidance and counsel. 55 Foot digit 94 Card suit GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Ifyour ears are ringing, it's because. 56 Improve DOWN 96 Finch people are talking abom you. But rhere is nothing to worry about, 57 Descartes or Coty 1 Pancake 97 Most chilling because, formnarely, if you could hear what they are saying, you'd swell 58 Srylish 2 Mutineer 99 Leg part wirhpride. 60 Andes beast 3 Religious pictures 102 Very hungry CANCER (Jnne 21-July 22) - Your mind is hungry for new knowl­ 62 Tear 4 Calendar abbr. 104 British composer edge, so try to hang our with people who can teach you something. 63 Metaphor's cousin 5 Snoop 105 Steeple Focus on serious sri.t.ff, .not mere chitchat. .. 65 Wine city 6 Farther along 107 Gets some shuteye LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Difficu1r objecrives of some significance are 66 Straw hat 7 Aidsand­ 109 State near Okla. achievable during this timeframe, bur only ifyou are willing to do what 67 Conclude 8 Regu}ation 110 Computer on a net is necessary to accomplish rhem. Don't fritter your rime away on perry 68 Homer's "Iliad" is one 9 Ho1y woman (abbr.) work activities. . 69 Barn area 10 Like hollandaise sauce 112 Summer (Fr.) VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Acquiring a new friend should come easy 71 Was sufficiently bold 11 Great speed 113 Isolate for you, if you are sincere and friendly. You don't have to use flattery or 73 Sticker 12 Poker stake 114 In bad humor manipulations, jusr be yoursel£ 75 Toy-gun missile 13 Charge 115 Climb LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23) - Certain conditions that could affecr your 76 Stores 14 · Fierce quality 116 Irrigate mental, physical or material well-being are in better balance than usual. 77 Old French coin 15 Manservant 117 Notched, as a leaf edge Take advantage of these steady hours, and don'r rock the boat. 78 -tide 16 Perfect 118 The Little Mermaid SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - If it's at aU possible, spend your time 81 Gain knowle~e 17 Golf score 119 Neruda or Picasso on labors oflove. You'll not only accomplish a great deal more rhan 83 Diminutive sulfix 19 Make lower in status 121 Firth or Farrell usual, but also derive much enjoymenr in the proc~. 84 Mine entrance 20 Usual 122 Pat SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - There comes a time when you are 85 Baseball stat. 22 Speckled 123 Sent a telegram encirled to relax and enjoy yourself, especially if you've been busier rhan Happened to 28 George or T.S. 125 -Minor usual as of late, Plan an agenda rhat includes some kind of diverting 87 activity. 90 Long river 30 Seedpod of cotton 126 Robust CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - There are rimes when business and 92 Break a cipher 32 Total. 130 Museum's contents pleasure are nor only a toothsome mix, but also a recommended one. lf 94 False 34 Be present at 132 A metal there is someone you wanr to impress, do so in a convivial atmosphere. 95 Express a belief 36 Turnstile 133 Forefoot AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Don't get all in a dither if early indica­ 96 Movie extras, for short 37 Homeless animal 134 Black cuckoo tors aren't emitting r,romising signals. Once you get going and put your 98 Tiers 39 Peel hand to things, you ii work things our to your ultimate advantage. PAGE 16 SPORTS MA8CH 3, 2011 Runner strives to carry Coombs foundation over financial finish line

HENRY LOUGHLIN IHerald Reporter Why undertake such a gruel­ a distance far shorter than most ice cream shop in Warren) and ing challenge? "I love running who crain for che 26.2-mile race back - a round trip totaling 18 While most students will be because it makes me feel great undertake in training. miles. in classes on Monday, April 18, mentally," Kraiza said. "It's "I've always liked the longer Though most people are ap­ there will be one who will be something that allows me to distances. My favorite race is palled and frightened by such undergoing a challenge perhaps just be 'me' and gee away from lOK (IO kilometers (6.2 miles). long durations of running with­ even more difficult than paying everything." They feel so much easier." In­ out rest, Kraiza revels in the attention in class. Though a competitive athlete, deed, she is definitely blessed completion of such challenges. Junior Jess Krah.a, will be run­ she has a healthy perspective in with great endurance. "J get "runner's high," she ning her second Boston Mara­ recognizing that running is an Although undoubtedly suc­ explains, referencing a well­ thon to benefit the Jeff Coombs individual endeavor based on cessfu1 by any standard, many known phrase throughout the Memorial Foundation. A road personal goals, not the expecta­ consider some of Kraiza's meth­ running community which de­ race with an illustrious history, tions others have. ods of training a bit unortho­ scribes the state of emotion that "Boston" as it is known within Though she has clocked some dox. "I made a goal of trying co many experience upon finishing the running community, will impressive times on a variety of run to and from work, which, exercise, characterized by the celebrate its 114th anniversary. surfaces, including 20:27 over 5 for me, was 12 miles away." overdose of endorphins in the It is the world's oldest annual kilometers this fall for che Rog­ Though she would often run brain. "That's what keeps me marathon. And rhough it at­ er Williams University Track one way and h~ve her mother going." tracts a variety of runners of and Field team, Kraiza is by no drive her the ocher, she occa­ Jeff Coombs, the namesake of different ages and ba~l~~unds, means a veteran of the sport. sionally went all in, running the foundation Kraiza will sup­ RWUllAwKs.COM they all have some · g in In fact, she didn't start running both legs of the trip in one day. port, passed away during the junior Jess Kraiza, a distance common: they must qualify competitively until lase year. "I would run everywhere terrorist attacks on New York runner for the WOmens Track by meeting their respective age "I stopped playing basketball around town," she said, men­ City on Sept. 11, 2001. His and Field team, plans to run group's standard. Indeed, Bos­ and soccer after high school," tioning chat she would run to daughter, Megan, a junior at the Boston Marathon this ton is not for the faint of heart. she said, "so I started running different locations chat most RWU, and a friend of Kraiza's, year, raising money for the Jeff just to have something to do." people would normally drive co, approached Kraiza and asked Combs Memorial Foundation. Kraiza became hooked, going such as the supermarket. "It was her if she would be willing to out for runs five or six miles in just a different experience." run for the foundation. distance. After Coach Sean Liv­ As for advising people who "I couldn't say no," Kraiza to donate. Even if it's a little ingston heard about her impres­ wane to try a marathon ac some said. "I was more than happy to bit, it really does help." Within sive performance in a road race point, Kraiza cautions, "You do it." two days of the start of her fun­ in the fall of 2009, he urged her have tO develop a strong men­ In the nine years of its exis­ draising, she had raised a total to join the track team. Although tality. You have to really want it. tence, the foundation has raised of $991, around one-fifth of initially skeptical, she agreed co & cheesy as it sounds, I think over $300,000 to benefit fami­ her goal. She said was optimis­ sign up. She became hooked. it's all about the hearr." lies who have lost loved ones tic about reaching her target by While participating in track, In preparing for "Boscon" for due to illness or accidents in race time. she decided co do "Boston" as the second time, Kraiza has Coombs's native Massachusetts. Though she most certainly a "spur of the moment thing," ueped her mileage significantly. This will mark the first time wants to improve her time from Kraiza said. "I ran as a bandit 'Lase year, I didn't really pre­ that a runner will represent the last year, Kraiza is most looking (without a number) with the pare. Now, I'm doing 12- or 13- foundation in the Boston Mara­ forwacd . t~ng the event. i. goal of finishing in less than 5 mile runs, with the mileage of thon. "It's such an race. 1ncf00lbl:c- hours. I did it in 3 hours, 47 some runs being even higher," Putting her own ambitions . " People are cheering every srep mmutes. Kraiza said. aside, K.raiza says she would be of the wav. It's an experience_of RWUHAWKS.COM Her finish is · perliaps all che She says chat her favorite grateful for as many peoi)le as a lifetime~~ -·c- jess Kraiza poses for her Track more impressive considering route in the area around cam­ possible to chip in to her fund­ team portrait. that in her preparations she pus is one where she runs from raising effort. never ran tnore than six miles, RWU to the Eskimo King (an "I would love for a lot people 1111 l••llJ to eater llllCA Hall of F1•e mer wrestlers, assistant coaches Evaluator of the Officials at the a 243-158~7 record for a .596 ARTICLEC OURTESY IRWUHawks.com and parents who have been so NCAA Division I Champion­ winning percentage. He has The National Wrestling supportive of me and my st.aff ships. In 2005 he was honored led the team to five Pilgrim Coaches Association has throughout the years. To reach by the National Wrestling League titles while guiding four wrestlers to All-American sta­ announced Roger Williams the National Wrestling Coach­ Coaches Association for his 25 tus. Off the mat, his program University head wrestling coach es' Hall of Fame takes the effort years of service to the sport. Dave Kemmy has been selected of many people and I am very He continues to serve as the has ranked among the top-25 as a member of its Division grateful for all the help and New England Wrestling Asso­ nationally in team gra~-point III Wrestling Coaches' As­ support I have received." ciation's Secretary and Report­ average nine of the last 10 years. His wrestlers have earned sociation's Hall of Fame Class Kemmy has been a strong ing Director and is Secretary ... Academic All-Americans 25 of2011. Kemmy's outstand­ contributor to the of the NCAA separate times. ing contribution co the sport sport of wrestling Division III Prior to his arrival at RWU, of wrestling as a coach will be over the course Wrestling Coaches of his 30-plus Association. Since Kem.my recorded a 128-33-2 recognized in the induction . (.791) record at Bristol and Mt. ceremony, March 10, prior years as coach and II August of 2007 Hope High Schools, including to the NCAA Division III administrator. he h¥ served Wrestling Championships in His outstanding on the National three league tides and 29 tour­ LaCrosse, Wis. efforts have been Wrestling Coaches nament championships in nine years. He was named Rhode The LaCrosse Center Ball­ recognized by nu- Association Execu­ room will serve as the site of merous organiza- tive Committee Island High School Coach .. of the Year, USA Wrestling the induction, beginning at tions including his as the Division Ill Rhode Island Man of the Year 6 p.m. with a social gather­ 2002induction representative, a Wrestling and USA Wrestling Northeast ing, followed by a dinner and into the Rhode term that ends in Region State Chairperson of 2.26.11 j 8:45 a.m. induction at 6:30 f>.m. Kemmy Island Wrestling August of201 l. RWUHAWKS.COM In 2009 he was the Year. will be joined in die class of Hall of Fame. The at New England Divi­ 2011 by former wrestlers Zack following year he chosen co serve as Kemmy also currently serves sion III Champion­ Kallai, Jason Ott and Nick For­ was inducted into the Bristol a mentor in the NWCA coach­ as RWU Acting Athletic Direc­ tor, overseeing the university's ships (Hosted by Trin­ nicoia, coaches Steve DeVries Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2009 ing Leadership Academy. For 20 athletic programs as well as and Gene Nighman and he was selected to enter the the past 15 years he has served ity College) intramurals and recreational significant contributor Terry New England Wrestling As­ as Commissioner of the Pilgrim services. Previously he served as 6th I 73.5 pts Shockley. The 2011 induction sociation Hall of Fame. Wrestling League. class will also be recognized In 2003 he was appointed Upon his appointment as RWU Assistant Athletic Direc­ tor for Administration for 15 during the Grand Marshall/ Chairman of the NCAA RWU head wrestling coach Women's Basketball years. He first came to RWU in Opening Ceremony portion of Division III Wrestling Com­ in 1994, Kemmy made an 1990 as the Director of Sports 2.24.11 I 7:00 p.m. che national tournament. mittee and also was appointed immediate impact, earning NCAA Division III National Information after serving six at TCCC Semifinals - "This is quite a humbling to a four-year cerm on che honor to say the least," Kemmy NCAA Wrestling Committee Rookie Coach of the Year and years as the Sports Informa­ #2 University of New stated. "There are lots of people which oversees all the Divi­ New England Rookie Coach of tion Director at Rhode Island England to thank for such an honor in­ sions. For the past four years the Year. Overall he has guided College. cluding all the current and for- he has served the NCAA as an the RWU Wrestling team to L 42-74