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XU, Norwood battle:·students ~tisfied

COLIN A •. MCDERMOTT order non-residents to leave a dis- ning disorderly houses, alcohol con- their neighbors with their home running a disorderly house. Contributing Writer orderly house, and they do not, the sumption or possession of alcohol. number and cell phone numbers. Norwood prosecutor Victoria In recent weeks, higher numbers non-residents are guilty of a mis- On Sept. 26 alone, 15 X.:avier stu- . "We went out of our way to re- Garry is adamant about this. of Xavier University students have demeanor of the third degree. dents were tried in the Norwood spect our community and our "I think there's an element of been appearing in Norwood's Norwood is solely responsible Mayor's court for such offenses. neighbors," Kelly said. common sense. The. one way to Mayor's court to face charges for for the new ordinance and received . These students were not appear- . The party they held on Sept. 21 . have a party is to limit the num- disorderly·houses and intoxication, no.input from Xavier. Norwood no- ing from one large, busted party, but grew to have at least 100 guests. ber," Garry said. "I have respect for both public and m;1derage. tified Xavier administration once from a variety of parti~s~ SehiQ,fS S~9-!,:tly afte{ midnight,· an,.,un- ''\piy neighbors; why don't these stu- . The reason for this is a new it was passed because it affects stu- Cory Gade! and Brett.. ~oodi wllo<;"~·derc<}ver~.offic~r)ntered

©2002 THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE NEWS: OP-ED: SPORTS: DIVERSIONS: All rights reserved Newsroom · (513)745~3122 Jane Goodall Xavier v. Norwood: Women's soccer Movie Madness Advertising (513) 745-3561 monkeys around no holds barred on a roll circulation (513) 745~3130 Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 · PAGE3 PAGE6 PAGE 10 PAGE 12 - 13 . 2 week of OCTOBER 16, 2002 CAMPUS NEWS THE XA viER NEWSWIRE BRIEFS Elizabeth Boneau, Edito.r Spring 2003 Priority Regi~tration ...... News Room: 745-3122 ·· i~·'.·' [email protected] Tuesday, N.ovember i2 th.rough ··Tuesday, ·Noverht)ki- ...... ·

Registration ...... Residence Life The spring schedule of classes will be available in the Office of the Registrar, 129 A:lter, beginning Monday; October 2J~ Priority .· registration will take place November 12 through November 19 from 11:30p~m. to 5 p.m. Studen~s should consulttlie Registrar's~bulletin ·

Survey board in Alter Hall or the web regis'tration function of Student Online Services to find the .exact time ·and date of their regi~tration appoirit7 The Student Senate is con- men ts. Students may not register before their scheduled registration time, but may do so after: However, every .curtent student should register sidering a proposed resolution before the end of priority registration on Tuesday, November 19. Students have. the option of registering in person in the Office of the . asking the administration to put Registrar or on the web. Registration can be done on the web by accessing Student Online Services (SOS) via the Registr~ hqrite page .at greater emphasis on the use of www.xavier.edu/registrar. Students are strongly advised to familiarize themselves with the web registration system before tryirig it during university provided .e-mail ac­ priority registration. Help can be found on the Registrar's ho~e page. . • .• .• · counts within the university AcademicAdvising . · .·. . . · · · : .· .... •... ·.· ....•. · ··. community. Undergraduate students must meet with their academic advisors prior to registering even if registering on.the web. StudenJs,can findthe Students are encouraged to name of their advisor by consulting the Academic Advising Centefbtdletin board on the firsffloor ofAlter Hall'opposi.t~ the ()me;~ofthe . read the proposed resolution RegistrarorviaSOS...... · .. ·... > .· .. ·.· ..··.·.··.,·• >' · ...•....•... ·· ...•.. and voice their opinion via a In.addition, freshmen and new transfers are expectedio 11ttend an Academic Forum on Monday, O~too~i;'2,~;~ro~·l:3Q ~,m;_to 2:45.p;in.in . survey on line at one of the following places. · · · · · ,,, ··· , _, www.xavier.edu/sga/email. Re­ sults and additional comments .-College of Arts and Sciences and Social Sciences: made to the Student Senatewill Schiff Family Conference Center, Cintas Center be presented for consid.eration at the Senate Meeting next · ..i:.WilliamsCollege·ofBusiness: · ._, ...... , ·:····· Monday, Oct. 21. Kelle~Auditorium, Alter Hall Senate meetings.are Mon­ days at 3 pm in the SGA Con­ Billing ference Room, second floor of Billing statements will be mailed to. registered students on December3; The Bursar rinist 'recei~e ~he required payrnerit at6ng' .With the the Gallagher Student Center. .payment option form no·fa~er than Wednesday;.Januiiry 8, 200.3'.Registrations may·.becancelled.ifpayment.isn9tniade .. bythi~date;•••.·.. '· All meetings are open to the Mid•TermGrades · · · · ; ··· · · public. · · B~ginningMonday, October 21, undergraduat~students may.obtain a·copy theirmid~termgradeidl1 tl1eOffice C>tt4eRegistrarusing· their.····.· All Cards or by accessing SOS; ..• , ·. ·· . · · .:" . · .. ' ' · .· : ; :· · - - Withdraw from·Cfasses .· · · • · · · : , · · . The final date for· undergraduates. to. withdraw frorl1 F,all: 2002 ·ftlll'-term classes;is Monday, Nov~mber, 25; 61ass'.withdr~:Wais,must be/ · submitted in~person to the Office of the Registrar...... ' . ,· · . ,

Relay for life ·.:• ·'

Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society's signature event, is coming to Xavier. The ·Citizen leader program takes. active role 18-hour walking event is Through the Center for Career or take a~tion on community con­ justice in society, and governance. 4 1 h~ Feel free to contact Kimberly America's number one and Leadership Development cerns. Plus, participants will have the Goldsberry at 7 45-4892 or the Citi­ fundraiser and will have live (CCLD) and the Peer Leadership "We need students who will be chance to participate in two differ­ zen Leader program at 745-3262 music, games, food and con­ Team (PLT), Xavier keeps devel­ motivated to make a difference ent' service projects in addition to a ""'.ith further questions on how to tests. An informational meeting oping programs to create commu­ and, most importantly, that will field trip to the Hamilton County Jus- start being part of the difference will be held Thursday, _Qct. 19 nity awareness· among it students. ' motivate others to take an active . tice Center, so that they will ·experi.: that yo\J'Wanrto'se·e~ .. at 7 p.m~_in the SGA conference The PLT is inviting air sopho­ role in their·surroundings, and this ence. in a more. personal level what room located on the second mores and juniors who are inter­ is exactly what this program they have been learning during .the floor of the Gallagher Center. -Angela Su Luna ested on playing an active role in does," says former Citizen Leader sessions. For more information, please Service & Logistics their community to participate in participant Lou Meier. Applications are available now in contact Pat Struble at 924-8270 Coordinator Class '05 the Citizen Leader Program. The program takes place dur- · the CCLD office and in the CLP web or send an email to By being a Citizen Leader, an ing five Sundays during the page at www.xu.edu/ [email protected]. individual strives to gain an aware­ spring semester, and the topics ad­ c areerandleadersh i p/ munity in order to better address education,- community service, and are due on Monday, November

Intramural sports Police Notes

Sign-up sheets. are due for Oct. 7, 1 p.m. - A student ·Oct. 12, 2:55 a.m. · - Oct. 13, 3 a.m. - Campus Oct. 11, 11:20 p.m. - A men's women's and co-ed bas­ reported her bicycle was stolen Campus Police assisted Resi­ Police responded to an assault in contract cleaning employee re- ketball, the co-ed floor hockey from the back porch of 1765 dence Life with an alcohol and progress on the fourth floor of the . ported a suspicious person de­ league and co-ed volleyball Cleneay. visitation violation in the Village. Commons. A resident student will be scribed as a white male wearing a tournament. The rosters are due 1\vo underage non-students were .brought to the internal disciplinary blue jean jacket and blue jeans Oct. 23 at the O'Connor Sports escorted to Campus Police and board for.charges of assualt on crimi­ attempting to remove a DVD Center front desk. A captain's Oct. 7, 9:20 p.m. - A their parents were notified. nal damage. player from the third floor of Al- meeting will be Oct. 24 with a commuter student ·reported' his . terHalk The subjeetwas last seen $20 forfeit fee required for each bicycle was stolen fr.om the bike running down the stairwell to­ Oct. 12, 7:30 a.m. --'Physi­ . Oct. 14, 8 a.m. -A food team. For more information, rack outside the CBA building. ward.s the chapel. contact Ben Meer at 745:2856. cal Plant discovered damage on service employee reported a set of the first floor of the Brockman carving knives missing from a lobby where someone punched a locked cabinet. Oct. 9, 10:10 a.m. -An art hole in the drywall. 'professor reported his painting valued at over $5,000 dollars was missing. Oct. 13, 12:40 a.m. -A Oct. 14, 4:15 p.m. -An Light Rail resident advisor observed a resi­ empoyee at O'Connor Sports Center discussion Oct. 10, 11:25 p.m. - dent student carrying a shuttle reported the theft of a membership Campus Police assisted Norwood stop sign and pole through the card and parking permit from the Police with a loud party in the lobby of Kuhlman Hall. The stu- front desk. There wil be a short presen­ .3700 block ofElsemereAvenue. . dent will face internal discipinary tation by Metro general man­ Students were advised to end the ager Paul Jablonski, explaining charges. party. the proposed plan for a regional rail followed by a panel discus­ Oct. 13, 1:10 a.m. - sion and audience questions. Oct. 11, 9 a.m. -An em­ Campus Police found· a vehicle Oct. 15, 4:45 a.m. -Campus The presentation will be ployee in the Cohen -Center re­ parked in the 3700 block of Police found two cars in the Com­ Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 7-8:30 ported $260 missing from his of­ Ledgewood Avenue with the pas­ mons parking lot that had been pelted p.m. in Kelley Auditorium. fice desk drawer. senger side window broken out. with pink paintballs. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE CAMPUS NEWS - week of OCTOBER 16, 2002 3 Shantytown opens its doors, students' minds BY CHUCK SAMBUCHINO gathered on the. mall to transform Bathy, a representative from the Senior News Editor cardboard slabs and wooden crates Muslim StudentAssociation. "I Every fall for over a decade, into makeshift shelters,· which they can only begin to imagine what x·avier clubs and organizations have are encouraged to sleep in during the. it's like to be homeless." been getting cold and dirty with upcoming nights. Monday is filled with two Shantytown, a yearly event where students raise awareness about homelessness by sleeping outside "Th.e eve_nt is not meant to be represen­ and planning events. tative. It's people.coming togethe·r to raise "This is something our campus needs," said co-coordinator junior consciousness andfind a solution. This is a Amanda Corzine. "As a campus,. we're too secluded from the commu­ valuable experience in humility. " nity." -Amanda Corzine, junior This year, over 30 groups have sponsored a shanty and are partici­ pating in a full week of events hap­ "We have comforts like sleeping panels during the evening, one pening on the academic mall. bags and the shanties themselves, but about the Over the Rhine ser­ On Sunday afternoon, the masses it's still hard," said junior Khalil El~ vice learning students, and the · other about addressing commu­ \ nity homelessness. · On Tuesday, Xavier's aca­ ; . demic day, Shantytown is imple­ menting something new. This I , l ; ~ i, i ..... 18,1.. J NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY BRIAN ANGOLIA 81 is the firstyear there will be a service project day. · A student adds a strip of paper to Shantytown's J.U if! :rn1 llll .~. "Corrununity Canvas," an interactive effort to bring ' ' ... -·-·•1,: ... ;;;. .'; "{. "We're very. excited about Tuesday," said Corzine. "With students together. The "carivas" is a section of this many clubs participating, it the Norman Rockwell painting, "Th~ Golden Rule," should be a great turnout." which addresses the issue of peace. .At 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, .Corzine also addressed how in also spoke. about .concerns, ~·If .I. students can partake in a food years past, Shantytown has gath- could stress one thing, it's that this distribution activity in Alter, fol­ ered criticism by angry students event isn't all about sleeping out. lowed by an MSA speaker at who feel sleeping outside is a It's geared towards raising our and 7:30 p.m. mockery of the homeless. other people's awareness of the prob- The week culminates on Sat-. She was eager to set things lems of homelessness." urday, with Community Action straight, "The event is not meant If you have any questions about Day from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. At 11 :30 to be representative. It's people the week, please call Penna.at 631- NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY BRIAN ANGOLIA P·Pl· each day, there will be re­ coming together to raise con- 8116 or Corzine at 745-5904. Xavier's shanties dominate the academic mall and flections on the mall o,rganlzed sciousness and find a solution. promote awareness about homelessness. by Pax Christi and Namaste. Co-coordinator Chris Penna . r ·.·i'. Jane GOodall takes Cincinnati back to nature BY CHUCK SAMBUCHINO persistent first-hand studies eventu­ Senior News Editor ally began to reap rewards. Jane Goodall, whose scientific Her most important findings con­ analysis of chimpanzees h~s cern the individuality of chimpan­ changed the field of primatology for­ zees, and how each animal had spe­ ever, spoke to a huge Cintas audi­ cific, defining characteristics. ence last Wednesday, and stressed "There are so many reasons to the importance of environmen­ keep hope, from the resilience of tal preserva­ na'ture because ofits healing abil­ tion. "We are ity . . . to the indomitable human deeply hon­ . . ,, ored to be part spirit. -Jane Goodall of this unique and special event," said Janice Walker, dean of the College The chimps, who now were spo­ of Arts and Sciences. ken of with names, instead of classi­ "Jane Goodall is an aspiring in­ fication numbers, had tool-making dividual." abilities, a sense of humor, commu­ Almost immediately after she nity skills and the ability to have re­ started her speech; Goodall insisted lationships - holding hands, kissing, on beginning with her token intro­ etc. duction - a boisterous chimpanzee "The sharp line that differentiates PHOTOCOURTF.SYOFCONSTANCEFOLWER distance call. · humans from animals is getting Jane Goodall educated students, faculty and members of the community She then------blurred on the importa?ce of understanding animals in their environment. began to. more ev­ speak ·· at "First men· ignored the ery year," erally following in her path. ders of nature, no:w they're destroy­ Goodall, through her "Roots and length · s a i d Since she formed the Jane ing it," she said. Shoots" program, not only stays in about her wonders of nature, now Goodall. Goodall Institute in 1977, it has In recent years, she has pushed touch with the vibrant youth of experiences "It's not gathered and connected a grow­ and spoken for more conservation. America, but also can educate them in the field, they're destroying it' about ing group of "caring, compas­ in the disappearing forests of Af­ with her knowledge. beginning -Jane Goodall breaking sionate people, who believe in rica, resulting in some countries She concluded with her with her.------barriers; .hope and nonviolence." setting precedents for better secu" philosophy's underlying creed, childhood .. . it's about Now that people are using rity .. "There are so many reasons to keep dreams, then the harsh reality that breaking attificiar barriers." her discoveries to understand "I have met so many young hope, from the resilience of nature no one· was going to support her in As the only household name in animals better, the biggest prob­ people who have lost hope (for the because of its healing ability ... to her quest. the field of environmental behav­ lem is conserving their environ­ environment). They fee~ the the indomitable human spirit." For Goodall, the journey to Af­ ioral studies or conser".ation, who­ ments. world's future has already been rica was filled with problems, but her ever investigates in these areas is lit- "First men ignored the won- compromised," she said. 4 week of OCTOBER 16, 2002 CAMPI IS NEWS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE Harvard Professor kicks off 2002-03 lecture series

CHUCK SAMBUCHINO ger, while the little stay little." to be enforced.'' calling them not always the an- · Senior News Editor Bell addressed a variety of top­ The purpose of it, he swer, but a way. "A way to get ics that dealt with the crossover of argued, was to gather for­ involved, make a better life for Derrick Bell, renowned lawyer, ethics with racial and diversity fac­ eign support through others, therefore making a bet­ activist, teacher and writer, spoke tors. abolitionists and to mo­ ter life for themselves." · to a large crowd Sunday Sept. 29 in · He spoke about both sides of af­ tivate more black sol­ The next great challenge, ac­ the Cintas Center as part of the E/ firmative action and how the pro­ diers to join the Union cording to him, is .to get com­ RS Society Lecture Series. gram is not helping who it was origi­ army. munities to realize how close Bell, the first tenured black pro­ nally meant to assist. Bell stressed real their programs are to black pro­ fessor at the Harvard Law School, "Affirmative action benefits ideas and plans, not just grams. people must carry aware­ now works at NYU Law. He spoke white women the most, not neces­ contriving hollow diver­ ness with them, knowing there on the topic, "Ethical Ambition in sarily blacks," he· said. sity programs for the sake will always be something to do, Race Relations." Another misconception he dis­ of having them. way,s t<;> -~~ .~".tiv~ ...... "Why should we do the right cussed was the myth concerning the "If we were smart, not "Ethics now means a better thing ethically when America glo- fairness of standardized testing . idealistiC, we'd be better world later," he said, wrapping .rifies success and power with little Bell said that if you take SAT scores off," he said. "We must up his speech. "We must strive regard as to how," he asked. The and divide them by the annual in­ be more sensitive to the to be that vision of a better world. current generation, he explained, come of the family, the bestscores political realities of how Defeat, death, are often the fate has no motivation to act with in­ are consistently from the richest to best get things done." of the righteous who fought un­ tegrity. Because our country tends · families. · His "interest" conver- successfully for truth, even in a to award the unrighteous, it adds to "Do away with t_he tests and . gence principle"· states lost cause." the problem of the "big getting big- spare teenagers the pressure. Have that over the years, the · interest of blacks for PHOTO COURTESY OF WWWSMITHSONIANASSOCIATES.ORG equality only happens ''We must strive to be that vision of a beiter them fill out a form asking how much their parents make," he said. when it falls world. Defeat, death, are often the fate the The tendency of programs that within the in­ of 'W~ should we do the right thing righteous who fought unsuccesiful/y for truth, even combat racism, he explained, is to terest of whites be hollow in nature, often imple­ or other mi­ ethical!J when America glorifies sue~ in a lost cause. " mented for other reasons. norities. · "The Emancipation Proclama­ The future cess and power with little regard as to tion is an excellent example," he remains said. "The actual document did muddled. Bell how?" - Professor Derrick Bell nothing·because it had no jurisdic­ praised diver-. -Bell tion in the south where it was rneant sity programs,

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Sponsored by X~Action THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE WORLD NEWS week o/OCTOBER 16, 2002 5 UN pays· f ormerNazi annual pension•

BY DOUGLAs FEIDEN · it was established," said former Sen. religion, national origin or politi~ New York Daily News Daniel Moynihan, D-N. Y., who cal opinion." NEW YORK - He's been served as U.S. representative to the Attempts to reach Waldheim at · branded an undesirable alien, UN from i975 to 1976. "Waldheim his home in central Vienna were un- · banned from setting foot on Ameri- was a low point in U.N. history." successful. can soil and linked to atrocities In 1986, the then-senator intro- "The pension is a moral and ethi­ - against civilian innocents. duced a nonbinding rider to an anti- . cal stain on the United Nations,'.' He'& also been awarded a $2.3 terrorism bill that would have said Elan Steinberg, the former million golden parachute - paid defunded Waldheim's pension by World Jewish Congress executive out quietly over the past two de- .withholding U.S. contributions to it. director who helped unmask cades - by his friends at the United Although the measure was ap~ Waldheim's Nazi past. "The money Nations. proved, no action was taken to ax should go to support needy Holo­ Former U.N. Secretary General the annuity. caust survivors·- not an officer In Kurt Waldheim has been on a watch Sixteen years have passed, and Hitler's army." list of unwanted people since 1987 Moynihan was appalled to learn the - when Justice Department prob-· - payments never ceased. In 1997, ers found he "assisted or partici- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-Manhat­ "The pension is a pated" in Nazi deportations and the tan, sought passage of a similar reso­ executions of Jews and soldiers in lution to end Waldheim's benefits. moral and ethic4l the Balkans during World War II. ·It died in the House ~ubcommittee stain. on the United' But that hasn't stopped the on international operations and hu-· world body from larding the ex- man rights. Maloney told The News Nations. ·rhe money Wehrmacht intellig~nce officer with she'd reintroduce it in the next ses­ an annual pension of $124,754 - sion of Congress. "It's a disgrace," should go to support which he receives in Vienna and can she said. "He obtained his U .N. po­ expect to collect every year until the sition under false pretenses, he con­ needy Holocaust day he dies, the New York Daily tinues to deny responsibility for his survivors - not an· News has learned. Nazi service-and he still collects a pension." officer in Hitler's Waldheim's annual haul has shot up in the past 20 years, thanks to at army. " The American Former u;N, Secretary General Kurt Waldheim will least five budgetary resolutions - . - Elan Steinberg, · receive an annual pension of $124,754 from the taxpayer has shelled passed in.the General Assembly by former World Jewish United Nations. Waldheim was a ranking officer acclamation - that hiked the retire­ Congress executive director under Adolf Hitler and president of. Austria. out about 24 percent ment payouts for all three living ex- . . secretaries general. · ate its association with Waldheim $102,000, $106,727, $109,122-it ofthe.tab for the 83- In other words, the assembly That ex-officer, who also served or strip him of his annuity. Secre­ rose to $124,754 in 1997 and has voted· Waldheim a series of pen­ a term as president of Austria from tary General Kofi Annan, through continued at that level for five years, year-old Waldheim sion-allowance raises - even as 1986 to 1992, has been living the his chief spokesman, Fred Eckhard, according to General Assembly and evidence surfaced of his alleged· high life in the salons and play­ declined to say whether he felt the pension fund documents on file at Uncle Sam's share of the largess? role in the mass deportations of grounds of Vienna, the cosmopolis pension was "wise or unwise, fair the U.N. Library. The American taxpayer has Greek and Yugoslav Jews to Nazi on the blue Danube·that gave the or unfair." Between 1982 and the end of this shelled out about 24 percent of the death camps, and in the execution world Brahms, Mozart, Strauss and Because it is allocated as part of year, the disgraced diplomat will have tab for the 83-year~old Waldheim, of Allied prisoners, in 1942 to Freud. the U.N. budget by a ballot of the pocketed more than $1.8 million. who served two fi".e-year terms as 1945. His home is near the Albertina 190-inember General Assembly, Because the U.S. share of the head of the U.N. from 1972 to 1982 In a report dated April 9, 1987, Museum, world renowned for its Eckhard said, "The question of UN's regular budget was 25 percent - and has been a UN pensioner the Justice Department's Office of collection of Alfred Durer paintings, whether the pension is appropriate . until January 2001, when it was re­ ever since. Special Investigations concluded and he's a regular at the cultural, or not is a question you'd have to duced to 22 percent, Washington "The awful fact that he still re-. that, in the last three years of the political and diplomatic galas in the . put to 190 gov~rnments." , has shelled out about $555,000·of ceives a U.R pension speaks to the war, "Lt. Kurt Waldheim assisted or 'centuries-old mansions of the royal When Waldheim stepped down the total. corruption of an. institution that has otherwise participated in the per­ Hapsburg family. in 1982, his pension was in the By next year, Waldheim's annual abandoned the principles on which secution of persons because of race, The UN has·notacted to repudi-. $80,000. range .. By- increments - -pension could·top $130-,000.

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WOMEN;Sc~==~E·.····· RClBE ·· ' ,• ,. '-.' ' , . .· : ... Th,~ Gfo~af Pe~ce I11iti11ti:v~. of Wcm1en Religio'us •an-d •Spiritual. Le~de~s .:es,ti1,~Iis~ed}an ·• Irit~rna~ . tional Women's Negotiating Corps· to help preveritconfli~tand pro­ mote reeonciliaiioll after conflict. . : ·.. The confer~nce brought to-: gether SOO women frdm 75 ~~un~ tries· iriduding religious le.aclers .. representiiig Christianity; Jslain, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Shinto, B~hai and Jainism to dis­ ,, cuss co'nflict prevention ~nd rec- · .. The WHO said itdorecast ofl 0 "'· ~- onciliation. · · · · · · mHiion annual de~ths by 2030 is an . American •businesswomen· at ·.underestimation and warned thai the conference launched' a Busi- ·more thanll.9 millionpeople have · ness CduilciI°foiPeace that would diedOfrom smoking-related diseases .· offerwomeri in countri~s such as in the past three years. .• .• · ·.. ·• R wanda~:and;;~fghanistan ·.. heip . ·, "The tick of the 'clock is con~. with rebuilding thei°r.lives; A Web . stantTh~deiitli,~atesare not; They; site wa8proposedthroughwhicp· .are,goi!}gup ~s we~peiik:;•· Wlfp women with.businesses screened · ·Director ·G·enerai: Gro··;iiarlem .. by the U .N. Devefopment Fund for . · B'timdtland ·.told: .d~legates, urging Women could solicit assistance; them to adopt sweepihganti-smok~ such.as .with acc~iinting or niar- . .ing r~strictions a~&tighte.~ controls · keting; • . • . . . · .ci~:tlie t()bacco'indiisfry. · ·,> ·, 6 week of OCTOBER 16, 2002 . o·PINIONS AND EDITORIALS

THE XAVIER UNIVERSITY NEWSWIRE Diplomacy better Lena Davie, EDITOR email: [email protected] STAFF EDITORIAL - than war I had no intention of w"riting an ers. We have created thi~ illusion article for this week's Newswire, that U.S. citizens deserve every Backyard dispute but after reading the editorial sec- right under the sun, even if that ti on I could not sit by without voic- means we need to destroy the rights The Xavier community has been "frightened" of Xavier students, ing my own thoughts. of others. filled with gossip about the dispute Xavier students are frightened of As I read, I began to realize these I don't understand supporters of between Norwood and its residents Norwood residents. Admittedly, the articl.es are not opening the chan-. an attack suggesting there are .only. and Xavier students·who.reside in . sentiment amon·g those Xavier stu­ nels of dialogue, but rather polar- two options: a military attack or Norwood. The animosity between dents residing on-campus is rather izing the issues. Therefore, I state nothing. Not many protesters state the two has created quite a struggle lackluster because they barely come this was not written in order to con- "we must sit idly by and wait for over the rights of both groups. into contact with Norwood residents. vince someone that my opinion is something to happen." Whatever The observed------Since living on- right; rather, I simply intend to ex- happened to the ideas. of diplomacy sentiment has "The animosity campus isn't a re- press the ideas flowing through my and deliberation? Can we please been astound- ality for every- head. move beyond this silly either/Or ingly hostile between the two has one, the tension I am tired of hearing the dissent- mentality? with Norwood mustremain. ing opinions of protesters de- It strikes me as paradoxical that residents claim- created quite a con- ·while we here scribed as somehow "anti-Ameri- U.S. officials have done exactly · ing that Xavier flict over the ri

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L E T T .E · R · T 0 T H E E D I T 0 R "Silent majority'' Waiti~g For the first time, I actually felt year by Saddam Hussein. He mur­ Saddam Hussein. However, I will to hear . compelled fo. make niy opinion ders his own people, tortures po­ thank God we have a president like·· known, and take on the Newswire litical prisoners, and uses chemi­ George W. Bush who is looking and their clear leftist slant on na­ cal and biological weapons on the out for the security of this country. your tional and international event~. This citizens of Ii:aq. It's time we free To quote the president: "We slant was most evident in your re­ these people from Hussein. Saddam cannot wait for proof of Iraqi cent issue concerning military· ac­ Hussein is less popular in Iraq than nuclear weapons of mass destruc­ • • tion against Iraq. the Taliban government was in Af­ tion in the form. of a mushroom op1n1ons What is most arrogant is not only ghanistan before we took them out. cloud." One nuclear weapon would the fact the Newswire constantly I also found it very humorous wipe out the city of Cincinnati, kill­ crams its liberal positions down the Newswire decided to publish ing millions instantly and millions MELISSA MOSKO Just as we do with submitted let- people's throat week a~ter- week, but the "Not in Our Name" petition. I in.ore later from radiation poison­ EdiJor-in-Chief ters, the editors do their best to pre- it has the unmitigated nerve to guess we know what side the ing. I'm not willing to take that 1 would like to begin with a sin~- serve the integrity and content of present "opinions" as if they were Newswire is on. I counted 94 chance. cere thank you to everyone who has the letters they receive from staff. facts with which everyone agrees. names on that petition - 94 names We saw maniacs are willing to submitted a letter for print on our Staff are also free to submit letters I found it humorous that your that don 'tjust include students, but crash planes into buildings, kill­ Opinions/Editorials page. This· is if ·they feel strongly on a particular · lead story was coverage of 50 anti­ 'faculty members and alumni, as ing innocent civilians and them­ a unique opportunity for students issue, but a staff letter never takes war protesters that were outside well. How many students attend selves in the process. We cannot to voice their concerns and opin- priority over a student letter. Union Terminal, but no mention of this school? 6,500. Not to men­ afford to take the chance that a ions in a publication that reaches I must stress the opinions printed the thousands of student support- · tion the hundreds and hundreds of madman like Hussein wouldn't the entire Xavier community. in both the staff editorial and staff ers that were there in person or staff and faculty members. I'm not love to become a martyr in the By submitting letters, you have letters sections are not the opinion watching at home in front of the even going to mention the hun­ Muslim world by destroying an helped us put. different opinions of the entire staff, and should not television. dreds of thousands of alumni. AmeriCan city. out there for the ------be taken as such. Let's start pointing out some Also, let's not forget about an community and '-'The o-ninions· . Also,..the. let-. more facts on this issue since the "'Ule cannot wait American soldier who still may be allowed the com- r ters which are Newswire certainly won't. Bush in captivity in Iraq. It would be in­ munity to become printed in both the placed for publi- wasn't greeted by a mixed response for proofof Iraqi excusable to leave him there to suf­ more engaged in cation are not as the headline said. All public opin­ fer. Maybe one person isn't a big civic, university staffeditorial and done out of privi- ion polls conducted after the nuclear weapons of deal to you, but that man is and local life. lege to a particu- speech find the vast majority of someone's son, someone's hus­ I commend ev- Staff fetters are not lar opinion, but mass destruction in Americans supporting the decision band, and someone's father. eryone who has h · · 1 + h to encourage di­ to go to war against Iraq. the form ofa mush- It's easy to forget about him suf­ felt strong enough t. e optnton °1 t. e versityofopinion Another fact is that Bush's sup­ fering and being tortured in a cold aboutanissueand entire staff, and throughout the port is even stronger locally here in room cloud. " Iraqi prison from the safety of your taken the steps to Newswire. the Tri-state. That is one of the rea­ warm dorm room or faculty office. make their view- should not be taken In regard to sons why he chose the city of Cin­ -George W. Bush We need to go in, destroy all those point known. It h ,, the articles cinnati to give the speech in. weapons of mass destruction, and isn't always easy as sue . printed on the Let's talk about some more facts A few peace-nik students and a free the Iraqi people from their ty­ to do, especially-"------front page and that you will nev.er hear in the couple of left-wing faculty mem­ rant. The danger is all too great. on a campus that can be so divided Campus News sections of the news­ Newswire. The same anti-war bers do not speak for this univer­ So, to all those peace-niks out on particular issues. paper, reporters and space are also people made the same arguments sity, and I'm getting tired of them · there - you are jeopardizing our The Newswire has experienced limited. Ofteri, the articles printed before the Gulf War in 1991. There assuming they do on every left- national security. Of course, we all a flood of letters recently, and we come from requests from stude~t was· talk about body bags coming wing issue. . know the peace-niks would be the are doing our best to represent the groups or university departments back home and thousands.of Ameri­ I represent the "silent majority" first hiding under dorm room beds point of the letters we receiv~. requesting publicity. Everyone is can troops dying like in Vietnam. at this school that is getting fed up or faculty desks should a war break We encourage letters on diverse free tq send article requests to the Guess what? It never happened. with the liberal garbage always out. Don't worry, Bush will tell you subjects and of diverse opinions. Campus News editor, but once We easily· defeated Iraq's army· being crammed down our throat. I · it's safe to conie out as soon as the· When 'you take the initiative to again; wecannofaccoinmodateev-· in what would be called "a one­ agree everyone is entitled to his or US gets rid of Hussein, demolishes write a letter, you also take an ini- eryone. sided beating." His army is less pow­ her opinion. I also agree there his nuclear weapons, and sets up a tiative to educate the sttJdents, fac- I would also like to emphasize erful today than it was in 1991. Oh, should always be open debate, es­ free and democratic Iraq. ulty, staff, administration, alumni that the staff of the Newswire is and let's not forget the argument· pecially on matters concerning war. and friends of Xavier who read the comprised of full-time students of that innocent Iraqi citizens will be But there are sides to issues other -Michael Boylan Newswire. Your efforts do not go varying majors, ages and interests. killed if we go to war. than the liberal, left-wing side.. Graduate Student unnoticed or unrecognized. If you have difficulty reaching us, Well, if you want facts, thousands So, these people can try and We have received letters re-. ' do not give up. We have regular of innocent Iraqis are killed every make nice with a madman - like cently regarding the Newswire 's weekly meetings on Monday eve­ publication policy as it applies to nings at 9 p.m. at the Publications the Opinions/Editorials page. ·The House, or you can stop by on Tues­ staff editorial is the opinion of the day between 4 p.m. and midnight majority of the staff members on to meet with us. any given subject. 8 week of OCTOBER 16, 2002 SPORTS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE -BRIEFS

\tf+!!mft7t:~..r~~~.J!W.W.m.."m'li1iJIJ.tlii.":lj;j'ii;'11.r,t;,lit.~~~~~,;!:';l.;~:~~!'.:'~1!.l:">!f Volleyball sweeps A-10 Competition Steve Metzger, Editor Sports Desk: 745-2878 [email protected] at home BY STEVE METZGER Sports Editor

The Musketeers finished their Muskie Madness homestand this weekend with vic­ On Sunday afternoon."Muskie tories against A- I 0 opponents Madness begins at the Cintas Rhode Island and Fordham. Centet. This is the traditional be­ The wins improve their overall ginning of the college basketball · record to I 3-6 and are now 4- I in season .. conference. The Muskies are cur­ The doors open at 4 p.m., and rently tied for second in the A-I 0 · at 5 p.m., first-year head coach with the University of Datyon. Kevin McGuff will lead the women's basketball team in a · . XU 3~ URI o. scrimmage. Then at 6 p:m., the Before a raucous crowd of 365, men's basketball team takes the the Musketeers beat the Rams of court for a scrimmage behind the Rhode Island in straight games All-American duo of Romain Sato (30-24, 32-30, 30-25). ~nd David West. The match was hard-fought all Admission is free and seating · the way, and at one point in the is on a first-come, first-serve ba­ first game, the referee requested The offense was not limited to . sis. that fans sitting behind the scorer's those two alone though. The table relocate to some other part NEWSWIRE PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN ANGOLIA Freshman Meggie Hoffman had 21 kills,1 helping ' whole team contributed to this win of the arena due to a request from Xavier to beat Rhode Island on Friday.· as the Musketeers put up hitting the Rhode Island coach. percentages of .424 and .429 in Freshman Meggie Hoffman led games one and three, respectively. · the Muskie attack with 2 I kills, Rams had the ability to end the. 30-16). Senior Katey Wygant led The Rams put up a valiant fight just one short of her career high. match on many occasions. But the the Muske.Jeer attack on this and almost took game two, but the Sophomore setter Molly Martin Muskies would not back down and night with 16 kills and only three · Muskies proved too much for them sparked the offense with 4 I digs. won, 32-30. errors for a hitting percentage of and cruised to an easy 30-16 vic­ Freshman libero Jordan .520. Hoffman remained consis­ tory in the third game. · Brightwell anchored the defense XU 3, FORDHAM 0 tent with 10 kills and I 1 digs. Cross Country with 23 digs. The Muskies continue their That marks the tenth time this continues season In the second game,, the Mus­ winning ways on Saturday with a season she had put up double­ keteers trailed late. In fact, the sweep of Fordham (30~25, 30-28, digits in both categories. Both the men's and women's cross country teams performed well on the challenging and wet course in the All-Ohio Intercolle­ giate Cross Country Champion­ ships in Delaware, Ohio, with the men's team placing 13th out of a field of 39 teams with a score ·of 379 points. The Xavier Univer­ sity women's cross country team finished with a total of 557 points UP NEXT to claim 20th place out 39 teams. The men's soccer team re­ Junior Michael Doran was turns home to Corcoran Field Xavier's top runner for the first this weekend. time this season in plac'ing 3 I st They will take on confer­ with a time of27:07. ence opponents Fordham and Junior Molly Krumpelbeck La Salle. After facing tough was Xavier's top finisher for the opponents and suffering second consecutive meet in fin­ tough losses, the Muskies ishing 6Ist with a time of 20:04. hope the friendly confines of Junior Jennie Illig, who has been Xavier will lead them back among the top two runners· for onto the winning track. Xavier throughout the season, placed 73rd in finishing with a time of 20: I 4.

][ OnTaP.· n:.n'~~~..r~z.lt?l.~~~Jl\!.'i.~".l*~.mt>Jilimw.w.~i.mm&f.~1m~~~~1~:mo.mm=mo.;~~~~~~'l~1'f'~W;lf~~1mt Swim team opens Wednesday, Oct. 16 Friday, Oct. 18 Sunday, Oct. 20 Friday •Women's soccer at La Salle •Men's tennis vs. Dayton at • Women's soccer at Fordham The swim teams begins its fall at 1 p.m. season on Friday at 6 p.m. in the 3p.m. at2 p.m. •Men's soccer vs. La Salle at O'Connor Sports Center against • Volleyball at La Salle lp.m. IUPUI. Building off last year's suc­ at7 p.m. • Muskie Madness at 4 p.m. * cessful season, the team looks to • Swimming vs. IUJ>UI continue its success. With many at6p.m . •Men's soccer vs. Fordham returning swimmers and a group of * exhibition match talented freshmen, the swim team at7p.m will give the A-10 a run. ., Thursday, Oct.17 Saturda , Oct. 19 Home soccer games take place at The addition of a full-time as­ · Corcoran Field. sistant coach, Chris Gage, is an • Swimming at Eastern Illinois . at2:30 p.m .. addeci bonus and should aid the · • Women's tennis vs. Cincinnati Home volleyball games take place Muskies in their quest to win the @Sawyer Point at at Cintas Center. A-10.· • Volleyball at Temple at 7 p.m 3p.m.

Home games are in bo14. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE SPORTS week of OCTOBER 16, 2002 9

'Madness' •••• a week late and eight hours short

out in this growth? Doesn't it seem . BY 'STEVE METZGER like the saiµe old Xavier with stu­ Sports Editor dents s.hunned away behind the Ah, yes, the beginning. of the basket and the best seats given to college hoops season was marked the highest paying alumni? And across the country and across the the students are at fault for this as Atlantic with the ritual of Mid­ well. The apathy on campus is strik­ night Madness last week. Duke ingly apparent. traveled to England to begin pre­ Men's basketball is the paring for its latest charge for the moneymaker here. It is what gives National Title,· while Maryland, Xavier national attention that the defending champs, opened up causes high school seniors across their new arena. Schools across the country to sit up and take no­ the country introduced their new tice of this small school in Cincin­ teams to students and alumni at nati. But it seems the students are the ~troke of Midnight Friday. being left out of the. equation. Even Bob Huggins, recovering Madness is for the students; for the from a heart attack, made an ap­ fans. It is the rite that ushers in the pearance for "Breakfast with Bob" new season with all the possibili­ on Saturday morning to start the ties the season holds. It is a pep Bearcats' season. But here at .· rally to incite interest in the team. Xavier, the students are getting the Is it really the sa.me on a Sunday,,. opportunity to wait until 4 this afternoon? Rifle Sunday afternoon to greet their ieain. · '· · · ·. ·· ·.. · The' Gia-tits have· won the Na­ Now, this is not an earth shat­ tional League, and the 1-5 Series ·.··Maillet··· ·Report tering change. Last year there was starts this weekend. There will be a similar occurrence .. The die-hard .a Rally Monkey, Thunder Stix and .BY THRINE KANE fans will come out regardless if it's a hot dog, er, Barry Bonds. Yes, Sports Writer at midnight or at 4 p.m. However, sports fans, Bonds has brokeri the The Xavier Rifle Team posted the mystique, the ritual, the antici­ curse and is now going to play in dominates their first win of the season this pation is gone. Madness this year the World Series .. I hope Troy weekend against Tennessee Tech is not on the first day of practice, Percival greets Bonds to the University. but the ninth day. Some may say postseason the same way he initi­ The Musketeers easily beat out the students will get to see at least ated Alfonso Soriano in Game 2 of their competition with a 6, 198, a practiced team who will look the ALDS. Hard fastballs in .the Grizzly while the Golden Eagles were only good when they show their stuff. middle of the back always leave a able to hold a 6,160. Top scorers Hopefully, the·Xavier community· lasting impression. Of course; the standings at the Wolver:ine·Invi­ BY TIM MONTAVON ·for· the ·-smallbore.. rifle· ·team in-· will catch a glimpse of the talent Giants have not won a World Se­ Sports Writer tatfonal. He followed this solid eluded freshman Rich Gauvin that has caused the men's basket­ ries since they stopped playing in performance by 'posting a school (1,144), sophomore Hannah Kerr ball team to be ranked high in the the Polo Grounds in 1958, so it The men's golf team has record 8-under 63 in the second (1, 180), and seniors Joe Fitzgibbon preseason polls. It will be the first should be interesting. been on a role in the past two round of this week's tournament. (1,154) and Thrine Kane (1,172). time for the fans to see the new weeks. After tying for first place Maillet enters Tuesday's final The air rifle team was composed of women's head coach and all the There seems to be a lack of kick­ in last week's Wolverine Invi­ round of the Provident Invita­ freshman Whitney Prather (386), H. potential the team has to offer. But ing in football right now, both in tational, the Musketeers enter tional with a total score of 133 Kerr (387), Fitzgibbon (383), and something will be strangely miss­ the college and professional lev­ Tuesday's final roun9 of the and a four-shot lead in the indi­ Kane(392). ing. els. H,ow many games in the last Xavier Provident Invitational vidual standings. For those unfamiliar with the If Madness is not as big a con­ couple of weeks have been lost due at the Grizzly Course near Junior Matt Makinson is tied sport, smallbore totals are out of a cern here as it is on other cam­ to a missed field goal? . · King's Island with a total score for 18th place with a three-over possible 1,200, while air rifle is out puses, then perhaps the school Speaking of football, in the of 572, and are only two strokes score of 145~ Sophomore Neal of 400. should phase it out of existence. world of high school athletics, behind tournament leader Grusczynski and freshman Andy The XU Rifle Team, including Yet, there should be something big, Concord De La Salle defeated Long Wright State. Pope hold two-round scores of contributing freshmen scorers Bran­ something exciting to welcome Beach Poly last week. The teams Junior Miles Maillet has 149 and 151, respectively. . don Czekaj and Alice Reed, and se­ the new season and the new team. were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 by been the spark plug of Xavier's The tournament will con­ nior scorer Scott Kerr, heads to Xavier is slowly but surely climb­ USAToday respectively. The w.in success. Maillet finished tied .elude late Tuesd.ay evening. Alaska next weekend to take on the ing the ranks of college basket­ marks the 130th straight victory by for sixth place in the individual reigning four-time consecutive na­ ball. Soon Xavier will become a De La Salle. This just proves that tional champion, the University of force to be reckoned with nation­ in football, discipline can beat tal- Alaska at Fairbanks. ally and get the respect of the, na­ . ent every time. tional media. This has already happened with the high rankings Basketball preview comes out and the national exposure on Oct. '30 right here in the Newswire. ESPN and ESPN2. But doesn't it Read it. seem that the fans are being left .~ ,_.,, ' .

10 week of OCTOBER 16, 2002 SPORTS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE Dave rants about everything

I can't stand Barry Bonds as much ma! rights groups are just a bunch little harsh. But seriously, take a hint as the next guy (we'll get to that later), of frontrunners. When the Angels from Uncle Joey from "Full House" but when the Giants eliminated the start losing again (and don't kid and get into hockey. However, Braves in the NLDS, I had to rejoice yourselves, they will), the ASPCA hockey is not for everybody so be just a little because it meant I had will have a "free the rally monkey" . warned: It does takes a certain breed heard that awful "tomahawk chop" Web site up in no time. to' lqve a sport that involves fight­ chant for the last time this year. Yeah The classic "Rocky IV" was on ing, toothless Canadians, something sure, we now have to watch the Gi­ TNT this weekend. Just wonder­ called a Lady Byng trophy, and a ants, who maybe have the largest ab­ ing, did ·anyone ~lse besiqes me find . professional sports team in Nashville .. sence of chemistry on a playoff base­ Ivan "The Siberian Express" Chances are by the time you read ball team, ever. But on the other hand, Drago's wife more menacing than this, the St. Louis Cardinals will it's a small price to pay to live in peace he was? Granted, Drago killed a have been eliminated from the knowing that no one has to hear that man in two rounds of boxing; but NLCS by Bonds and the Giants. The incessant' chant until at least April. geez, her haircut alone is enough to Cards apparently got desperate late Then came the Thunder Stix. Do make you shiver in fear. What a in the series and started warming up baseball fans really have that little of great film, especially considering Tony LaRussa's mullet to pitch some an attention span these days that· in that was the third sequel to a clas­ middle relief. order to stay interested in a game, they sic. How they made five "Rockys" What is the deal with Bonds any­ have to repeatedly bang a tubular I' II never understand. You just can't way? How does one man gamer so noisemaker? Is there any chance get away with that anymore. The much hatred in such a short period we're not going to see Thunder Stix fact that there were more than two of time? I think it has to do partly in the X-Treme Fans section during "Major League" movies is a trav­ with the fact that he is beginning to basketball season? Nah, I didn't think esty in itself. bare a striking resemblance to Nitro so. Hockey season has just gotten from the original "American Gladia- After dropping the first game of underway, not that anyone noticed. tors." theALCS, the Anaheim Angels won When they talk about the "big four" And finally, top-ranked Miami four straight and advanced to their sports, I thirik hockey is thrown in squeaked out a win on a Florida State first World Series. I think they can that fourth spot out of respect for missed field goal Saturday. FSU atttibute their success to that lovable Michael J. Fox. Ho~ever, I highly kicker Xavier Beitia had the distance "Rally Monkey." OK, here's what I recommend bt!coming a hockey fan on the 43-yard kick, but hooked it don't get: dress up a monkey in a base_­ this year- if for nothing else, the wide left. Seminole players fell to ball uniform and make· him lead camaraderie. The minute you meet · the ground in disbelief, but poor cheers in the late innings, and every­ another puckhead, its practically Xavier chased after the ball to get one goes nuts. How is this any differ­ like meeting a long-lost cousin. ready for the ensuing goal kick. ent than the circus that those animal Unless that person happens to American football son, American rights groups are always protesting? be a Philadephia Flyers fan, who football. Or what about the stir it causes when will most likely insult you, kick you - Dave Gilmore a college team uses an animal for a in the shin and "boo" you as you Sports Writer ·mascot? Honestly, I think those ani- leave the room. Maybe that was a

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'KNOCKAROUND GUYS' SUPPLIES A SOMETIMES OVERDONE VIEW INTO THE LIFE OF AMAFIASON

BY JIM GIMP Contributing Writer

Zimmerman With a simplistic and harsh look Violest Tabea Zimmerman will at the lives between the old mob join Paavo Jarvi, an Estonian com­ ahd the aspiring generation ahead, poser and the Cincinnati Symphony "Knockaround .Guys" becomes a. Orchestra at Music Hall on Oct. 25 coming-of-age mafia film about re­ at 11 a.m. and Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. in lationships and choosing between the loyal and the backstabbers. <. 4, performances ofBartok's Viola Con­ certo. Also in the solo spotlight is Matty Demaret{Berry Pepper) is CSO principal double bass Owen having trouble with history behind Lee, performing Estonian composer his name. Being the progeny. of a Eduard Tubin's double bass Con-. notorious Brooklyn mafia don, certo. Benny "Chains" Demaret, Matty is Tickets priced from $12.50 to having a rough time going legit in· $52.50, are available by phone at the mainstream business world and (513) 381-3300, or in person atthe has been rejected from every job CSO Sales Office in Memorial Hall, interview in town. ' . 1229 Elm Street, next door to the In desperation, Demaret decides Music Hall, Monday through Sat­ to embrace his mobroots and turns urday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to work for his father, despite being PHOTO COURTESY OFWWW.IMDB.COM Vin Diesel rough's up more than a few people in his latest role. . Student tickets for CSO concerts deemed as "not being cut out for ·are $10 ahd are available the week the job." Seeking the aid ofmentor of the concert in person at the CSO Teddy Deserve (John Malkovich), Sales Office, over the phone, or at who convinces Demaret senior to www.cincinnatisymphony.org. give his son a chance, Matty nails a Berry Pepper ("Saving Private · They call him Tony, played by An­ gence of the audience with such simple "delivery" ·assi!µlment worth Ryan,'' "We Were Soldiers") takes drew Davoli ("Bringing Out The bare-bones dialogue. _In the last . 500grand. on this multi-faceted role, 'playing a Dead"). Andrew is at the peak of scene between Matty and his fa­ Deciding to use the fastest route modern young adult, son and two worlds; he's the most spirited ther, two words would have made to make the delivery, Matty calls leader. His character has a lot of Italian in the movie and the most for an intense finale, unfortunately forth his friend Johnny Marbles weight on his shoulders, which is spirited Brooklyn native. this is not the case. Clement Greenberg (Seth Green) to use his plane to get easy to tell by the stem and objec­ Tim Noonan~ who plays the by­ Tackling the subject of the mafia to the destination and back in the tive mood he carries throughoutthe the-book sheriff, is performed wen: with a fresh new-generation per­ · The private collection of art critic . given time. A serious complication · film. Pepper, however, transitions· capturing the nuances of a small spective "Knockaround Guys,'' is a Clement· Greenberg includes 60 arises when Johnny "loses his well to his more vulnerable sides town officer who seems omnipres­ respectable m·ovie. Attached with paintings, drawings, and sculptures. marbles" when ·spotted by a local · when talking to his friends and fa­ ent and omnipotent; having the·awe ·well-tiined plot twists;' fundamental" The display opens on Saturday Oct. sheriff while refueling his plane. To ther. of the town at his side. mob movie elements, and_ a capti- 12 at the Dayton Art Institute. escape being caught, Johnny hides· Diesel 's Both writ- vating story, this film keeps enter- The collecticm, purchased by the the bag and consequently loses it. role is lim- fen and di- tained the entire way through. You Portland Art Museum after the It is time to assemble the crew to ited in con- rected by ·. can expect guns to go off, fists to critic's death, features work by Pol­ help Johnny out and get that bag _tent yet nee- B r i a n be thrown, and some solid laughs, lock, Frankenthaler, Noland, Olitski, delivered. Of course we have the e s s a r y. Koppelman but in the end, it's the journey Matty, Caro, Hofmann and other great art­ leader Matty; the man with the fists He's got and David Taylor, Marbles and Tony go ists from the Abstract Expression­ Taylor Reese (Vin Diesel) and for M a t t y ' s L e v i e n through as friends and associates ist, Co.Ior Field and Post Painterly good measu.re the laid back Tony back. As ("Rounders") . that leaves an impression. Abstraction movements. (Andrew Davoli). Now with time you will see, ,we have a The exhibit will run through Jan. against them, these Brooklyn bad the man story that is 5, 2003. Adult tickets are $10 and $8 boys have to fly to Montana and who feels evenly and in- for students(+ 19, with valid ID). get the bag, but not without some " it takes telligently For more information, call (937) trouble from the locals and the sher­ winning 500 paced to make 223-5277, or visit the Dayton Art iff. street fights to be a tough guy" is room for sus- Institute Web site at With a gruesome opening scene the real deal. pense and drama, and also givesap-. wV.W.daytonartinstitute.org. that may have you cringe, we are Looking the least like a mobster, propriate screen time to all the char­ introduced to the chilling John Seth Green ("Austin Powers," "Rat acters to. capture their strongest Malkovich ("Con Air," "Round­ Race") shapes a character who is points. ers"). Using his piercing eyes, sharp both a nuisance and a close pal, · Where the movie suffers is in the wit, and stoic voice, Malkovich is a much like a little brother. He may directors' formerresponsibility, the savvy mobster. not se_em b~lievabJe as a "connected . wrjtipg d~partment .Where .a few. Looking worn from his jail time, man," looking like a runt, though in key phrases or maybe some subtle Dennis Hopper ("Speed,'! "Water key scenes he demonstrates his eye language would have been ap­ World") plays the Brooklyn don. ability to hang with the tough guys, propriate, the writing shoots for Using his years in drama and com­ especially towards the end. long-winded conversation or mono­ edy to his adv~ntage, Hopper lays . Next is the man with th_e suits, logue. The most glaring examples som~ one-lfoers along with the nec­ the boots, and the charm. Pair him of this are the scenes between essary emotions for his father ~nd with a shotgun and he's the deadli­ Matty and Terry. You wonder ifthe XU Jazz time son moments: est ladies man you'll ever meet. writers underestimated the intelli- Xavier Uni'versity's Jazz En­ semble kicks off a series ofconcerts ·~.:!}'~~~:~~ ~;,t~:;-I!t~tjr~~'. on Oct. 20 at 8: 15 p.m. in Edgecliff ~~flllti::Jll!::":111(l•Hr.tf. Q~fllll!ltlrll':tOIW~•t.litll'. New Releases Sf~ff .«;i,~, st:n -~ !?'..!:.? ... ~ UVeWires ...!'tf •U!IWlt...,IUfD l!JlfClt ~! ~Cl IJ; Im' l•NPll Recital Hall. The next performance 'Ejlt.ta t.1111.C.l~I fl1Ul1Hf!'I is on Nov. 6 in Ryan's Pub at 7:30 p.m. Their final concert of these­ The following discs are due for release on or before October 8 ... Thursday,· October 17 Saturday, October 19 mester is on Nov. 26 at 8: 15 p.m. in Jacob Frezz Jazz Odyssey Cobra Verde EdgecliffRecital Hall. CDRELEASESAREUNAVAILABLEFORTIDSWEEK,CHECK @'Mad Frog @Top Cat's The Jazz Ensemble plays a vari­ YOURLOCALCDSTORETOSEEWHA'J'.ISOuTTIDSWEEK. ety of jazz with many solos and ... all dates are tentative. original pieces. Friday, October 18 .Sunday, October 20 Boy Sets Fire Misfits @Bogart's @Bogart's THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE DIVERSIONS week ofOCTOBER 16, 2002 13 Children's story makes a fine movie

'TUCK EVERLASTING' HAS SOME FINE MOMENTS BUT IS POINTED MORE TOWARDS A YOUNGER AUDIENCE

BY COLIN MCDERMO'IT sciously walks the town square, corset (read: expectations) and Contributing Writer looking for her sons. Every 10 years, longs to travel outside of the pro­ she meets with them to catch up. tective fence (read: jail) _that en­ It's not easy to say what kind of Whe·n they appear onscreen, we are closes her house. When Winnie audience Disney is hoping to attract in for a shock: one son can be no does steel herself to explore, she with "Tuck Everlasting." Their lat­ older than 20, arid the other is comes across Jesse sipping wa­ est feature is based .on the beloved roughly 30. Also, the younger son ter from the base ofa tree. Afraid children's book by Natalie Babbitt is clearly the same young man on she will expose their presence, and i_s clearly intended for a the motorcycle in the beginning, Miles threateningly swoops younger audience, but its complex which is I 00 years in the future. In Winnie up and carries her off to sensibilities and sometimes staid this regard, the film does well, de­ their cabin. direction are more fitting for an older liberately building its plot. The film's tone is mixed be­ demographic. A Tuck family reunion at their cause we never feel Winnie is The story itself takes place iri cabin in the woods establishes the truly in danger. Sure enough, af­ ·. 1899, butthe film opens (and closes) two sons' personalities. Younger ter her initial fear of the Tucks, with a brief story set in present she starts admiring their hard­ day New England. A young man working ethics ~nd simple mor­ on a motorcycle whips through als. Oh, yeah - she and Jesse a small town street and stops be­ start to fail in Jove, too. Jesse fore a beautiful century home. takes Winnie under his wing and The narration (well-delivered by she finds all the challenges she These two lovebirds are a little t6o cute. Elisabeth Shue; "Hollow Man") . . had been looking for. She c;omes . takes us back in time to this same to voluntarily stay with the Tucks, residence a little over 100 years losing track of time and neglecting "Tuck Everlasting" is a niixed · moment. In fact, it is Bairsfow who ago. to consider her parents' torment. bag. While the film has all the clas­ grabs the film's one emotionally­ We meet teenager Winifred · No fairytale is complete with­ sic elements of a love story and charged scene: a drunken confes­ Foster (the charming Alexis out a villain. EriterThe Man in the fairytale, it doesn't properly harness sion to Winnie about his tragic past Bledel of"Gilmore Girls"), who Yellow Suit (Ben Kingsley, "Sexy them to achieve the best effect. It is and who the Tucks are. The direc­ is every bit the image of a proper son Jesse (Jonathon Jackson, "In­ Beast"). Kingsley plays an amoral perfectly alright to watch - and just tion is also a hodgepodge. While young woman. Upon the entrance somnia") has a carefree attitude to­ creep given what he has to work watch. It does not provide any cog­ there are some beautiful sweeping of her demanding and unimagina­ ward life; while older son Miles with, but there's really not much nitive challenges during a viewing, crane shots, there are also emotion­ tive mother (Amy Irving, "Traffic"), (Scott Bairstow)·enjoys life with there. His one-dimensional charac­ nor will it invoke contemplation af­ ally charged scenes shot with se­ it becomes clear Winifred's outward reservations. Angus, the Tuck pa­ ter appears to be chasing the Tucks terward. While the scenes are well­ date, unmoving one-shots. perfection is faked, masking an in- triarch, emerges, played by William for no reason, until the end when delivered, one can't help feeling they The secret is in the title, and has . ner boredom and yearning. In fact, Hurt ("A.I."), who resembles a home­ he reveals who he is. But it is not a are simply. checks down a list of been hinted at throughout this re­ Winifred is so dis.satisfied with her less man more thari a. woodsman. mind-blowing revelation, and the _ screenwriting musts. view. "Tuck Everlasting" won't surroundings. that even her name This family is one that has a secret, delay works against the suspense. · The dialogue is always geared stay vivid in your memories forever bores her, so she resolves to be and Angus warns his s·ons that it In fact, one wonders why he. wears .toward the film's themes, and is there­ but, much like the lesson Winnie called Winnie from here on. must be protected at ail costs. such an odd and distinctive yel­ fore rather obvious. This film claims learns, the-film is best enjoyed in In town, Mae Tuck (Sissy In some rather clumsy meta­ low suit at all, since he turns out to three Oscar winners and one nomi­ the moment. Spacek, "In the Bedroom") self-con- phors, Winnie feels restricted by her be a normal man. nee, but none have a memorable Does 'Lord of the Rings' stand the test? GOOD VS. EVIL, NEW VS. OLD, DIVERSIONS EDITOR DAN TAKES ON FORMER DIVERSIONS EDITOR MIKE IN A BATTLE

Mike SAYS: ficuit." I would've been happier to Dan SAYS: hear him say "Uh, dude, Sauron is "Lord of the Rings" may have · I have a bold statement to make: really pissed and he's sending us a have been the greatest fantasy I hated "Lord of the Rings." That's blizzard to halt our journey." Well, movie made to date. The only right, I hated "Lord of the Rings." maybe not that crude, but still, they things that ·could go against this Hear me out, please. I never read could've made it easier on us. And theory are the next two chapters one ofTolkien's novels. So, I sim~ then before you know it, they're in · in the trilogy. · ply don't understand the terms and · a cave being followed by some dude There has never been a bet­ what not associated with Middle that used to have the ring, but it ter example of a completely for­ Earth. I speak for all those who went rolled away from him because the eign place done so well in a into the theatre completely ignorant ring is supposedly drawn to its cre­ movie. Everything in Middle of the story. ator. If I wanted a headache, I Earth looks realistic, yet foreign Impressive visual effects do not would've read the book. I mistak­ at the same time. relieve you from. clearly telling a enly thought the film would make The magic of the world's en­ story. Ifl hear '~But the special ef- all this middle earthjargon easier to vironments were transferred per­ , fects were so amazingP' one inore handle. fectly from the book. Every fan­ time, I'm going to hurt somebody. · A good ending - not to men- tasy book since Tolkien 's trilogy These adventurers are honestly hurt that someone Throughout the whole movie, the tion simply having an ending - is · takes from the world he made from didn''t like' their movie.·· casual.viewer could see. what. was . .crucial.to·a good.film.• It's a.sense of scratch and it's easy to see why. happening, but couldn't understand closure-a feeling of accomplish­ The villages and forests all seem to . why. The film assumes you know ment. After wasting three hours of be magical and that is a hard thing that seem destined to be tied up in hours though and there wasn't . too much. "Hinm, they seem to be your life, "Lord ofthe Rings" didn't to do with forests and mountains. later movies that it makes you want much more of a story that could be making an army. But why? To ap- even have the common courtesy to I have never read the trilogy, nor to see the next movie that much told in a single setting. pease the 'all seeing eye ofSauron,' close the chapter. And I don't want do I have much interest to do so. I more. Just as the book stands ahead maybe, but what the hell is that?" A to hear any of that "well, it is a tril­ did read The Hobbit w.hen I was If you look away from the story ofall other fantasy books ofits kind, friend later explained to me that ores ogy, so there really is no ending" very young and the only thing I re- and the amazing special effects, the the movie accomplishes the same or whatever couldn •'t go out in the crap. "Star Wars" has multiple parts, ally remember from it was that directing is breathµtking and some act. . There will never be another sunlight so they were creating some' but you don't see them ending "Star hobbits had hairy feet. ofthe camera work is amazing. The movie that deals with knights, drag­ sort ofhybrid. Totally over my head. Wars" with Luke gazing over the There were a few times when the shot of the group trudging through ons, elves or anything else that will Me: "Hmni, they appear to be horizon being scared of somethi,ng dialogue flew over my head in the the snow on a mountain is great, as not be compared to this movie, and turning around and heading back or another. movie, but can we really fault it for is the dark world where the armies· it will not be able to compare at all, down the mountain, maybe Gandolf The sad thing is, I've seen pre­ expecting people to know some- of evil were amassing. will explain why." Gandolf: "I. fear views forthe next one and I'll prob­ just like th~ book, thing going into the movie? There was so much story left to that the fortnight winds hath blown ably be suckered into seeing that The foreshadowing in the movie be told when the inovie ended that from Mordor and the energy of the one, too. Maybe I'll bring my glos­ is amazing. There were so many it was easy to be•a little upset when all-seeing eye is drawn to the one sary ofterms and dorky friends with loose ends from "Lord ofthe Rings" it did end. The movie was three ring and hath made passage too dif- me this time.· · .••T' 14 week ofOCTOBER 16, 2002 DIVERSIONS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE The only' rule is that there are no rules

'RULES OF ATTRACTION' GIVES US A WORLD WHERE NO ONE IS INNOCENT BUT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE

BY COLIN MCDERMOTI arrived at their unpleasant destina­ What Sean doesn't know is · . Contributing Writer · tions. Lauren is actually· saving herself Van der Beek plays Sean for the.big man on campus Victor The best metaphor to compare Bateman, a senior at New England's (Kip Pardue, "Driven"). Lauren de­ "The Rules of Attraction" to its Camden College, who revels in ly­ scribes Victor as her perfect man, fluffy predecessors, such as "She's ing, cheating, and stealing his way but her crush on him just doesn't AU That" and "American Pie," is to his goals. These goals consist of gel with reality: Victor is taking a the lead performance by "Dawson's drinking, selling drugs, and having · semester in Europe and won't be Creek" star James Van der Beek: If random sex. Sean is starting to find around for a few more months. you can picture Dawson Leery this just doesn't .do it for him any While Sean wants Lauren and drugging and taking advantage of longer, and he wants something · Lauren wants Victor, Lauren's ex­ Joey Potter, you will receive the slap more. The only thing he looks for­ boyfriend wants Sean. Yep, you to the. face this twisted film strives ward to is the series of love letters read correctly. Lauren's ex, Paul for. sent to him by a secret admirer. Denton (the hypnotic Ian "The Rules of Attraction" is di­ Sean happens across Lauren. Somerhalder, "Life as a House") rected by Roger Avary, who also Hynde (the enchanting Shannyn has become candidly bisexual af­ helmed "Killing ~oe" and co­ ter his relationship with Lauren, wrote "Pulp Fiction." The movie and subtly flirts with the oblivi­ is based on the satiric novel by ous Sean. Lauren's roommate Lara Bret Easton Ellis, the writer of (Jessica Biel, "7th Heaven") also "American Psycho," which ex­ wants Sean ... and just about any Ian Somerhalder is forced to analyze his life posed the hollow lives of wom­ guy that can breathe. ahd comes up short. anizing chauvinists. "Rules of While these four lust after each Attraction" is meant to examine other in the wrong order, the com­ college students feel from time to who we at first think of as innocent the excess of privileged college mon thread linking their quests time. To demonstrate the reality of because she is a virgin, does drugs students, in sometimes amusing becomes clear. What once made human emotion, Avary utilizes the and casually crosses a boundary and always devastating situa­ these people feel good is fleeting, device of extremes; the situations with a sleazy professor (Eric Stoltz), tions. and they crave the happiness . these characters end up in are such who clearly hasn't read his sexual At the "End of the World somebody else represents. When a stretch from reality, that they shock harassment pamphlet. Party," we find the three lead char­ they use the wrong means to reach the viewer and make him or her ac­ "The Rules ofAttraction" is blunt acters suffering through or search­ Sossamon, "A Knight's Tale"), a their goals, which go. awry, they knowledge how these characters ar­ with its characters' actions and in­ ing out the worst experience of their charismatic girl who represents his prefer to hold on rather than admit rived there .. sightful in their emotions, but am­ respective college careers. Al­ hope of feeling better and purer. reality, and end up in situations so The true prize ofthis film is in the biguous about their growth. You though it is the opening scene, it is Lauren is a virgin - she symbolizes ridiculously horrible, th_e audience performances. Van der Beek utterly may love the film, but not know why. actually the story's climax. The foot­ a purity that Sean so desperately can't help .but laugh. shatters his Dawson Leery persona, You may hate the film, but be un­ age literally rewinds over the open­ wants. And because of the way Avary's apparent attempt is to playing a lascivious drug pusher able to forget it. Either way, there ing credits, and we are taken back Lauren acts around Sean, he sus­ lay bare the universal feelings of who gets a kick out of danger, and are simply no rules by which to to see· how our three anti-heroes pects she is his secret admirer. desperation and Idheline~s that . tragically wants redemption. Lauren, judge this experience. . Xavier Players shine

BY MATHEW CUNNINGHAM to the oyerall impact_ of the show. the beginning of Act 2 was a strik- .. 1 ::-:>'.-''":'.s,~•.,~·."!I' Contributing Writer Techies rarely get the praise they ing and well-staged scene, drawing deserve; I give them high pr1,1ise for the audience back into the drama The Xavier Players kicked offthe "Two Rooms." after intermission. 2002 Theatre of Conscience series I didn't like the random props, I enjoyed "Two Rooms," but with Lee Blessing's "Two Rooms," books, and signs that were left in there were some noticeable flaws. a dark, thought-provoking play the comers of the studio, but once As I mentioned earlier, August was about a woman's fight to save her the house lights went out they were the powerhouse of the show, giv­ husband from terrorists. The play hidden. Still, it was distracting. ing a strong performance from her was based loosely on events from "Two Rooms" was an actors' first monologue to the end. Her fel­ the early '80s, but the themes it dealt play-the dialogue full of poignant low actors, however, seemed to with are as relevant to today's moments and subtle deadpan hu­ need much ofthe first act to get roll­ Middle East crisis as they were to mor. Junior Michael Palascak, ing. Many ofher scenes with Kfoger the events they originally ad­ Sophmore Alexandra August, Se­ and Gau felt lopsided, although dressed. nior Matt Kroger and Junior Kroger quickly rose to August's I must admit I was apprehensive Carolyn Gau artfully conveyed most level of intensity. Gau played Ellen. about "Two Rooms." Middle East­ of these subtleties,· giving each of as a rigid, guarded woman, but her ern terrorism has been on the tips their characters a depth that kept performance was often too stif( and of everyone's tongues for the last me eager to find out what would robotic, keeping Ellen from having two years, and I didn't want to happen next. the depth playwright Lee Blessing spend my evening watching a re­ August, as Lainie, the wife .of a wrote into the part. Likewise, play of what I'd seen on _CNN. I man taken hostage in Beirut, was Palascak had a few moments in Act ·shouldn't have worried, as·the XU especially strong. Her character. I that went flat; to his credit, though, Players used this show to put a hu- was complete and complex from the his portrayal of Michael as a man· · man face on the events in the first scene; some of the other ac­ without hope was very powerful in Middle East~ something modem tors took the whole first act to fully. Act2. media has conveniently avoided. commit to their characters. Overall; "Two Rooms" im­ The studio space at Gallagher Palascak, as Michael the hostage, pressed me. Heavy, serious drama Center was put to good use for this seemed hesitant in some of his early requires a lot of commitment from production, with a minimal use of monologues; his screams that the actors and a deep understand­ lighting and props, emphasizing the . opened the second act, though, were ing of the script's nuances; the cast emptiness of a prison. cell and the delightfully unnerving. Kroger, as proved they were capable of rising bleakness of an unfurnished room. a reporter named Walker, also to this challenge. I thon:~ughly en­ The performance I attended began seemed to hold back at first. How­ joyed the show, in spite of the dork with the tech crew valiantly trying ever, he quickly brought out a pas­ in the front row who left his cell to fix a last-minute computer crash sion in his character that resulted in phone on (you know who you are). (ah, the joys of live theatre). A digi­ some of the most powerful scenes If this show is any indication, this tal projector refused to work, but in the play. Gau played Ellen, a rigid year's theatre season will be a good the intelligent use of a handful of government bureaucrat in charge of one. lights was well done, adding greatly Michael's case. Her monologue at • 't , •. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE. 15 Prepare to be depressed but satisfied 'WHITE OLEANDER' IS A THOUGHT. PROVOKING MOVIE ABOUT A GIRL'S STRUGGLES THROUGH FOSTER HOMES

her disasterous lifa BY JIMMY DILLON through letters and occasional vis­ Assistant Diversions Editor Her mother, Ingrid Magnussen its to the jail: Every visit, Jngrid (Michelle Pfeiffer, "Batman") has gets the chance to criticize the new "White Oleander" is quite pos­ been convicted of first-degree mur­ foster home or .Astrid's teenage sibly the most depressing movie of der of her boyfriend, Barry Kolker developments in clothing, hair­ the year, but don't let that discour­ (Billy Connolly, "The Boondock style, and spirituality. She simply age you from making the trip to see Saints"). Ingrid has a paranoid per­ breaks the girl down so as to con­ this gem by first-time big silver sonality which leads her to believe trol her like she did before impris­ . screen director Peter Kosminky. that Kolker has· been cheating on onment. Ifthe sickening undertone The film follows the relationship her. She plans to kill him with none­ of the inovie hasn't set in yet, it of an imprisoned mother and her other-than white oleander, a poison- will shortly. foster care daughter through a well­ ous flower. · "White Oleander" is clever in acted and well crafted-tale. However, we've only chipped the way it develops .. Astrid's char­ It seems the movie's only flaws the tip of the iceberg. As you'll see acter makes astounding progres­ · lie in the transition from paper, it was · through the movie, Ingrid's manipu­ sions through the movie. She originally a book by Janet Fitch, to lative methods and abandonment seems to face adversity every- Odds are that this girl's life is much worse reel. It's just not possible to . where she goes. Her- life is sad, than yours. fit a· book's length of story, · yet interesting, and the movie plot and characters into a two­ doesn't give up that feeling of de­ hour film. Here is where the spair. Just when you think her life film falters, yet also exceeds. · might get better, it's about to get a obvious and subtle in the film. Yes, appearances ofAstrid in the movie "White Oleander" has lot worse. Ingrid is in the big house, but has help to separate the foster home ex­ such in-depth characters; the Not only is Lohman 's character she really lost control of her daugh­ periences and other stages of the interest oftheaudience is kept interesting, the whole set of indi- ter? That doesn't seem to be the movie, however, it still seems that from scene to scene. The film · viduals· in the film are also just that. ·· · case; In· fact, ·it· seems ·Astrid· is ·a ·things happen a· little· too· fast.. Jt?s .also u~es some important Each foster family is different and prisoner instead to her mother. Her something that is immensely hard novel-like motifs and symbol­ exciting, .offering a. new scene of · life is constantly manipulated and di- to do, especially with "White Ole­ isms to progress the plot in interaction and probable failure. rected by the manic mom. ander" being an adaptation of a appealing ways to let watch­ Pfeiffer's character is also intrigu~ The acting is solid, especially by novel. ers pick up on the underlining ing. She has a certain mystery young actress, Lohman. This is her Great acting and a solid, some­ themes of the story. insecurities will ·impair her around her. The audience remains first credible movie and she shows times too fluid, plot overcome any The story opens with the main daughter's life even from beyond in question over why she is over- that she is. clutch in big movies.· of the negatives of the movie. character Astrid Magnussen the jail cell bars. protective and jealous; Pfeifer is not bad, either. In fact, she "White Oleander" is not only an in­ (Alison Lohman, "The Million Dol­ The. movie plot pits Astrid in J:le a keen viewer and take no- plays a very 'convincing mother and teresting and gloomy movie, but lar Kid") creating decorative suit­ · three different foster homes in three tice to some of the themes that help· murderer. also a thought-provoking one. cases. From here, Astrid establishes · years, each of them having differ- to drive the movie much like they The only real flaw in the movie the framework for a narrative that ent outcomes and tragedies. Astrid would a novel. The notion of im- has to do with the spacing of the will cover the past three years of . keeps in cpptact with her mother prisonment is one ~otif. It is both . scenes in the movie. The different Watch your back, Hannibal is back IN THE ;FIRST CHAPTER OF THE TRILOGY, RED DRAGON OFFERS A GRUESOME LOOK AT A YOUNG LECTOR

BY CHUCK SAMBUCHINO FBI caught two serial killers, is an · only transformed himself physically ·· · Senior Editor eideteker - someone who has un­ for the role but endured long canny visual and mental perception hours, having the character's full Hannibal "the cannibal" Lecter, skills. He can see and fantasize the body tattoo applied. · voted the number one villain of all images, motivations and thoughts Dolarhyde is a tortured man, time by Entertainment Weekly, is of others. born with a harelip and never ac­ back in "Red Dragon," the acclaimed The search begins for "The cepted. He.spends his days work­ first submission ofauthor Thomas Tooth Fairy," who is working on a ing in a video/film developing sta­ Harris' trilogy ofriovels. lunar cycle in his serial killings of tion and his nights weight-lifting This chapter of the suspense tril­ families. Like Clarice Starling, Gra­ and taking applications for the nexi ogy introduces us to a few new char­ ham makes visits to Hannibal family he is going to "change." acters, and gives us a glimpse into Lecter, asking for the genius' advice. When he finally finds company Lecter 's life before his imprisonment Unlike "Silence of the Lambs," in a blind co-worker named Reba as well as how he was captured. the story pays much more attention (Emily Watson), he must choose FBI agent and forensic profiler to its villain and his roots. "The between his allegiance to the great Will Graham (Ed Norton) shows up Tooth Fairy" is actually Francis Red Dragon, or his growing feel~ PHOTO COURTESY OFWWW.IMDB.COM late one night at Lecter's (An­ ings for her. thony Hopkins) house to talk Ted Tally, who.received an Os­ This man is guranteed to creep you out. about a serial killer they have car for his screenplay adaptation been working together to · of "Silence of the Lambs" also catch. wrote this script. Brett Ratner (both performance is too subtle for such a ham and serial killer Dolarhyde can After Grahani mentions he "Rush Hour" films, "The Family dual, mystifying character and Keitel be, but for the most part, too much believes the k.iller. is eating his Man") go.t the direc!ing nod. · is a weak Jack Crawford. attention on Lecter and too little on victims and.finds some unique Harris' novel Red Dragon was Fiennes,' especially in the last bait' Gr~~"make-that c~~~ction im­ cookbooks around, the jig is originally made into a film called hour, is the powerful driving force of possible. up. But a struggle quickly "Manhunter" in 1986 by Michael · the film. He is a man in agony, for "Red Dragon" overall feeds on ensues, resulting in Lecter's Mann ("Heat,'~ "The Insider"). the first time in his life finding some­ another incredible story by Harris imprisonment and Graham's While the more recent adapta­ one who embraces him and gives him and runs more smoothly than hospitalization for serious in­ tion prides itself on remaining ex~ a reason to change. "Hannibal." The problem lies in di­ juries and psychiatric help. tremely faithful to the book and He supplies all the tense mo­ rector Brett Ratner, who ignores key The real story. begins several Dolarhyde, a shy bodybuilder who fleshing out Dolarhyde's charac­ ments, and provides much of the facets to the characters, while giv­ years later, with Graham living with . was abused by his grandmother and ter, it lacks the overall. impact of crackling dialogue - especially ing lopsided emphasis on Lecter, his family, long since retired. FBI has a twisted obsession with a "Manhunter" and fails to give us when he confronts sleazy tabloid who - like in the novel - should agent Jack Crawford (Harvey Keitel) fantastical William Blake painting an accurate look into the skewed journalist Freddy Lounds (Phillip have remained a minor character. is dealing with another serial killer ··· called "The Great Red Dragon and mind ofagent Graham. Seymour Hoffman) and makes him called "The Tooth Fairy" and des­ ·the Woman Clothed with the Sun." Hopkins is his same creepy self "atone." perately needs Graham's help. Doiarhyde is played powerfully as Lecter, but his .horrifying pro­ The story, at its most basic, is Graham, who with his time in the by thespian Ralph Fiennes, who not jection is wearing thin. Norton's about just how similar FBI agent Gra- • • ,1,.

16 week of October 16, 2002 CALENDAR THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE l'•"=•J~i~•l\1 1~~[1]~1•14\11 October 16 October 21 Carl Spackler is one hip dude. Mid-term grades are available Seriously, you have to love his tod11y, as are the registration pack­ style. He constantly slurs his Sf Jim MurphyTo place an item in the calendar,mail to [email protected] or Ml2129. ets for next semester. I always love words, and can be outsmarted by this time of year, J?ecause the a rodent. He's kind of like Tom 11 IllJ ti •JNI the best set of cheap suits since Registrar's Office is so calm for from Tom and Jerry, except he's not Rod Roddy's wardrobe· on "The weeks on end, and then they come a cat. October 17 · Price is Right." at you with a tWo-pronged attack Where does the committee in The Xavier Players begin the Ifyoudon'tlikejazz, maybe you ofmid-term grades and registration charge of International Coffee neverending run of "To Kill a should check out "USS Nightmare packets. This is really intimidat­ Hour get offthinking they can just Mockingbird" today at. I 0 a.m. and a Scary Movie Night" at 7 p.m. ing. move the location of this weekly and 8 p.m. There are seriously All who wish to attend should Attention, Charlie Mirus. Yeah staple to the calendar? Appar~ way too many performances of meet at the statue of D' Artagnan hi, I don't know you, but one of ently, this week's event will not be this show. Hon·estly, ·how mariy · · at· this· tiipe. Serious!Y, ir" this is , your frf en"ds "emaifed ine and toi·d· held outside of the Romero Cen­ times can you kill that damn supposed to be a night of horror, me that today is your 20th birth­ ter, but rather in the Office of mockingbird? shouldn't they be met;:ting at the day. .So happy birthday to you, Multicultural Affairs from 3 :30 to I can't believe this, but there freaky Fr. Hoff statue. I'mnotkid- Chuck. Do you mind ifl call you 4:30 p.m. ·I honestly don't know is actually a band named "Pork It's in thehole!! ding, that thing creeps the hell out Chuck? I feel like I know you so what to make ofthis, but I am pretty Tornado" featuring Jon Fishman gether? A.Ji, good times. Well, ofme. much better now that I have given sure that i.t pisses me off. of Phish playing at Bogart's at 8 Xavier has stolen Bayside 's idea by you a happy birthday shout out. ·I think Shantytown should try . p.m. This is begging the ques- holding a Fall Ball of its own at 9 harder to make the fa_ke homeless tion: Would you eat the moon if p.m. at the Music Hall. Miss Bliss area look more real. Seriously, next it were made of barbecued spare and Mr. Tuttle will be chaperoning, October 20 TUESDAY year they should try and get some ribs? Harry Caray would go at so don't trY to· spike the punch. October 22 garbage can fires going at night, it like a tornado ofteeth, hair, and Do you want to be a baller?. Did I could not find anything to and everyone should receive a· fingernails. ~ii ID :J •J;,\*4 I really just write that? Well if so, write about for today, so I think I dirty overcoat. I'm not asking for maybe you should partake in' the shall now·ramble. this, I'm demanding it. Anyway, October 19 . ·FRIDAY:. "XU Smacker" 3-on-3 basketball I think the question, "Where Shantytown is sponsoring an In­ Today is Sweetest Day. Way to tournament starting at .9 a.m. in · were you when you found out ternational Refugee Panel at 7:30 October 18 go, Hallmark. Thanks for depleting O'Connor... P.lease do not confuse about September 11 ?" will soon be p.m. Today is Bryan Sirbu's birth­ the funds of gentlemen across this event with "XU Smack My (fill replaced by "Where were you Are you a senior? Do you en­ day. Ladies, he drives an M3. · America yet again. in the expletive that" the editors when you found out that Snoop joy .the occasional alcoholic bev­ Xavier Opera (apparently this Is there a better way to spend · won't let me print here) Up," which Dogg stopped smoking pot?" erage? Ifyou answered "no" to • is not a j~ke) presents "Belle Sweetest Day than by getting some takes place later in the year. Okay, I'll ask the question that either of these questions, I have Nuit" at"7:30 p.m. !n the Long action? That's right, today is also The Jazz Ensemble performs at has been on everyone's mind: probably never talked to you. But Recital Hall. I can't put.my fin­ Xavier Action Day. Get out and do 6 p.m, in the Long Recital Hall ... , When do the Olsen .twins tum 18-?· if the answer is. "yes," head up to ger on. exactly what it is, but some service, and get a free t-shirt Update: I still have no clue where Hey, remember Crystal Pepsi? Senior Night at R.P. McMurphy's something about the name of this while you're at it. this hall is. I really love the rally monkey. Pub at 9 p.m. In addition to the opera sounds very dirty. Dr. Colella's jazz band, "The The Misfits, minus the leader­ Finally, be9ause you knew it great drink specials, Senior Board Remember .the episode of Cheap Suits," takes the stage at ship of.Glenn Danzig, bring their had to come in somewhere: Chris will also be raffling off gift certifi­ "Saved by the Bell" where Zack Ryan's Pub at 9 p.m. I've seen these · old-school punk style to Bogart's Ortman, Chris Ortman, Chris cates. So show up for a good time. and Tori went to Fall Ball to- guys before, and believe me, tJiey're at8p.m. Ortman.

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