Nov. 14, 2011 Fair Trade and Social Justice at JCU by Maura Stewart
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John Carroll students rock out at Labre’s 1st benefit concert, featuring The Alibi. jcu journal Turkish journalist table of contents: Labre needs an alibi by Rebecca Ferlotti visits JCU Arts and Entertainment 2 The Alibi’s breakout performance is a success by Alyssa Fligge Local News 6 “This job is done with love. It is just Rob Siska, veiled in the red Sports 10 like flirting; if the girl does not lighting of Marinello Little encourage, we [men] try harder. If we Theatre, threw down his leather [as journalists] encounter problems, jacket and shredded guitar we go on,” explains Kerim Balci, alongside his bandmates of The Monday evening when he spoke about Alibi on Saturday, Nov. 5. his job as a Turkish journalist. Balci Photos by Rebecca Ferlotti Admission was a mandatory one visited John Carroll University dollar donation to Labre - a Monday Oct. 24 from 7:30 p.m.-9:00 weekly service where students p.m. at the invitation of visit downtown Cleveland and communications department feed the homeless. After a ten song professor, Dr. Carrie Buchanan. He set, members of the audience was in Cleveland for a conference faked a crowd surf with Tim titled “Challenges to Contemporary Mauk, a John Carroll University Islam: The Muslim World 100 years senior, as their victim. After Nursi’s Damascus sermon,” continued on page 2 held by Dr. Zeki Saritoprak, the Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at JCU. continued on page 5 Nov. 14, 2011 Fair trade and social justice at JCU by Maura Stewart John Carroll University hosted the Ohio Fair Trade Expo on Oct. 22, 2011. Students, families, and alums perused the Fair Trade Marketplace, attended workshops, and witnessed a fair trade fashion show. For more information on Maura's storify visit: http://storify.com/maurastewart/ohio-fair-trade-expo “Watch and share video on demand from WKYC-TV, NBC Cleveland” -Chris Kerr Janet Rhodes peruses INTO’s scarves. “RT @OHIOFairTrade: Wow- It is a great day to be at the Ohio Fair Trade Expo at John Carroll University! Join us from 9-4 today to learn, Photos by: Rebecca Ferlotti discuss, and shop!” -EarfFood New stock at Women of the Cloud Forest “Collaborative Initiative to End Human Trafficking stand. Learning a lot.” -MauraStewart “The Ten Thousand Villages stand has been a part of the Expo for 3 years.” -MauraStewart "Thank you all for coming and making this another successful fair trade expo," said Brain Stefan-Szittai, the representative for IRRF” -MauraStewart Labre needs an alibi continued from page 1 by Rebecca Ferlotti Jillian Dunn, president of Labre and a junior at JCU, The show continued with "Pour Some Sugar on Me," explained that this event was the first ever Labre concert and "Slide," "London Calling," and "Semi-Charmed Life" which the first time the group had successfully completed a benefit. pumped up the crowd and compelled them to go to the pit. Whether or not there will be another benefit is tentative, The Alibi played an encore at the crowd's request, according to Dunn, but she enjoyed the performance, romancing the crowd with "Don't Fear the Reaper" by the especially The Alibi's rendition of Black Balloon by the Goo Blue Oyster Cult. At the conclusion of the song, Dan threw Goo Dolls. Liam's drumstick into the crowd. Rob Siska, the lead guitarist and a recent alumni of JCU, When asked what The Alibi's next move will be, Rob spent all four of his years volunteering with Labre. He now replied that they are currently writing songs for their first works at Care Alliance Health Center, a non-profit CD which will hopefully be out in spring 2012. Until then, organization that provides healthcare and dental care to the he will continue to play electric guitar, of course shirtless, homeless. Rob explained that his experience with Labre has imitating his idol Phil Collin of Def Leppard. benefited him in his new career because he sees the same people he met at Labre. He still seems to find time for his new band, The Alibi, a month old project that he began with his friends Dan, Tym and Liam. The show on Saturday was their debut performance; the set was predominantly well-known songs. After playing "Again," an original song by the band, lead singer Dan looked out into the crowd and encouraged everyone to come closer to the stage. As an intro to the next song, he predicted the majority of the crowd would know it and if they did not, they could "look it up on [their] smart phones, because [he] saw four people texting during the show." Dan reassured this jab at the crowd was in jest and he reassured the crowd how appreciate he was that they had come to the show and donated to such a worthy cause. Skittles and Snickers and Starbursts, oh my! by Rebecca Ferlotti Last year, Jessica Kreuzer was a general member of RHA and a participant in “Trick or Treat” night. This year, as the president of RHA, she planned the event and made sure to give credit to the organizations and clubs that helped make the night a success. The most notable were: the Office of Residence Life, Delta Tau Delta fraternity, French Club, UNICEF and Relay for Life. Representatives from the participating organizations sat in the Lombardo Student Center atrium with bottomless bowls of candy and plenty of flyers to promote events around campus. Not only was the event a time for kids to run around, the residents of Millor Hall were just Male cheerleaders, football players, ladybugs, pop stars and fairy as ecstatic to partake in the event as the princesses swarmed the John Carroll University campus, smiling up at the children were. Despite constantly running out residents of Millor Hall and innocently shouting “twick owr tweat!” of candy and sure-to-appear cavities, the Residence Hall Association hosted its annual “Trick or Treat” night on overall mood of the trick-or-treaters was Wednesday, Oct. 26. with all dorms participating in the event. Beginning at sugar-induced ecstasy. As one of the children 5:30 p.m., parents and their children began circulating the grounds in dressed as a mouse said to a resident, “trick or pursuit of the ultimate bragging rights – the most candy. treat, but I mostly want the treat. Polly Mason, the proud mother of Thomas (a miniature Luke Skywalker), JCU sophomores reminisce about their favorite costumes. escorted her group of children and chatty moms into Millor Hall. She explained that this supposedly scary dorm was their first stop on their first Jessica Delgado – “A witch, but the weirdest was probably a jester.” visit to John Carroll University. Polly claims that “Star Wars and candy are the perfect combo” for her son to have an amazing time. Once the group Mary Gleason – “My dad was Batman, my mom was Batwife, my sister was was done getting scared in the spooky corridors of Millor’s basement, Batgirl and I was Batbaby.” Robin Hood, Dracula, jungle girl and a bumblebee sat in a circle and sifted through their treasure. They were thrilled at the amount of candy in their Cassie Pacer - “I was a cat for four years pillowcases, but when asked what their favorite kind was, they all agreed and for every picture, I would lay in the corner of the room.” that “anything that’s 100 percent sugar” works just fine. Trick-or-treaters travel around the JCU campus in search of candy. Photos by: Rebecca Ferlotti “This is not your mother’s or your grandmother’s library,” Jeanne Somers said as she welcomed visitors to Grasselli Library on Tuesday, Sept. 27. This fall the library is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and Somers is the current director. Somers is proud to say that Grasselli is moving forward into the world of technology by merging print with digital media. However, she was quick to note that the library has an interesting past that should not be forgotten. Josephine Grasselli, daughter of Caesar Grasselli, the noted benefactor of John Carroll, always thought that the campus needed a library. From a young age she saved her money and eventually raised enough to begin work on the current building. Laurene Dicillo, John Carroll University’s archivist, said this was more than just a library for Grasselli; she put her heart and soul into a learning space she thought was necessary for students. Dicillo works with the history of John Carroll every day. The archives, located in the lowest level of Grasselli, house photos, university records, faculty awards, and more dating back to 1886 when the university was founded. She has a handwritten list of the first students to ever be enrolled at John Carroll, which at the time was St. Ignatius College. “I even have a copy of the first Carroll News from 1925,” she said. These are only a few of the thousands of items located in the archives. During the celebration on Tuesday, there was a short program that looked into the history of the library and its directors. Marci Milota, a veteran staff member, has spent more than half of her life working in Grasselli. She knew each of the previous four library directors on a personal level and could not express how much they did for the library. Milota watched the library grow into the resource center that it is today. “It is amazing to think Celebrating 50 years of the 50 years Celebrating Library Grasselli by Alyssa Giannirakis of the days when we used typewriters.