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ByjimSchofield the problems. Finally, some News Editor aspects of the plan may change due to building codes. ""This is another step along Urinyi said that distribu- the planned and timely growth, tion of offices in the renovat- [of the University]" said ed Student Center is not com- President Speert at the opening plete. This will likely be a of the new Valley Road matter among the various Building, and he meant-it. Plans departments that will be for a $40 million expansion of using the space, including the Student Center are well Hospitality Services, the underway with the intention of Office of Campus Activities breaking ground next summer and Student Leadership, the . according to John Urinyi, Women's Center, the Student Director of Capital- Planning, Government Association and 9/11 memorial outside Student Center photo by Elizabeth Fowler Design and Construction. all affiliated Student According to Urinyi, the Organization and, possibly, expansion will include a'near the office of the Dean of complete renovation of the Student Development Dr. WPU remembers 9/11 existing Student Center facili- John Mar tone- - ties; an addition to the Zanfino The existing Machuga Plaza side of the Student Center Student Center is over 30 By Lori Michael an original poem called September 11 affected their and a new building containing years old. Urinyi, along with The Beacon "Prayer." Miryam Wahrman, lives. The WPU Gospel Choir
rooms, and will offer 60,000 'Afimihistration aha stnance • square feet of new space for Steve Bolyai and Tim montage of pictures greeted son, Jeremy, was one of the that was both somber and student organization offices, the Fanning, visited many other students, staff and faculty as passengers who tried to take uplifting. Office of Capmus Activities and Student Centers to get an they together on Wednesday, back United Airlines Flight 93. Following the music, there Student Leadership, Hospitality idea on what worked for September 11, to honor those Wahrman read Glick's words, was • an open mic session for Services and event program- other colleges and universi- who lost their lives in attacks "... be strong> be true, go do it. members in the audience. ming. With the establishment , ties. A design competition on the World Trade Center and There was screaming, then Three girls sang a song dedi- of a sky-bridge between the sec- was held between four archi- Pentagon. . there was nothing. There was cated to the victims and f amir ond floor of the Student Center tectural firms. Professor John Mason of the moire screaming, then noth- lies of the attacks. Eric Keifer and the first floor of the new Students were also invited Political Science Department ing." spoke about politics and the Ballroom Building, the Wayne to the choosing process, but welcomed everyone to the SGA President Tyeisha how "there has to be a better Hall-Ballroom-Student Center none attended. What input event and introduced each of Henderson spoke about she solution than war." Caryn route will see increased traffic. . was received from students the speakers. President Arnold would have been in Manhattan Levy was the last student to All phases of construction was largely in reference to Speert reflected on where he that day had her schedule not share her thoughts. , should be completed by parking. Gruzen-Sampton was and how he felt at the time changed. . "It was nice to see people Christmas of 2005. Architects won the competi- of the attacks. "I don't even want to think from the William Paterson Only three things could' tion and were selected to Everyone should "commem- about what would've hap- community come together to conceivably hold up the con- design the project. However, orate in order to remember. pened if I was still working share their thoughts and feel- struction, according to work on the project was halt- Appreciate and preserve cher- down there on that Tuesday," ings about something so trag- Urinyi. ed to allow for the comple- ished liberties," said Speert she said. ic," said Levy. "And we did so First/a lack of final say on tion of the Valley Road . "How do you memorialize "I believe everyone has their to honor and remember those the distribution of the offices Building. The Board of the loss of 3,500 people?" own personal connection with people who are no longer with from Hospitality Services and Trustees authorized the con- asked Timothy Fanning, from God," said Nazek Habatfha, us, and that is what makes a the other departments that tinuation of the project in the Department of president of the Muslim strong people." February of 2002 and will be using them. Secondly, Administration and Finance. Students Association. "Islam is approved funding for the if the architects encounter Fanning was visibly emo- based on peace and good will. project in April. difficulties incorporating tional, and his daughters stood The men who did these attacks existing utilities into the new by his side as he read a poem. are not true Muslims." design, construction will have Continued as "Student Timothy Liu, a professor from Other staff members spoke slow down in order to correct Center" pg. 4 the English Department, read about how the events of
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The last portion of NATIONAL : An tmtjsual lecture was held m tba his lecture was devoted to this fcusvitaWe inva- : President Bush Doubtful Iraq Will Meet Demands Center on Surtday, September 8, En "The sion of Iraq, Ruppert linked, the invasion to oil Last Friday, President Bush said he expects the United Nations to act : Truth and Lies of 9/1V it was advd as a interests and said, "As an American, I don't as soon as possible on a resolution to set a firm deadline for Iraq to . lecture by a reporter wtio wrote on forts want my government to go o*tf and kill people disarm its weapons and allow weapons inspectors back into the coun- of the American government to eorme real to maintain my standard of living." try. "We're talking days and weeks, not months and years," the reasons behind what had happertedtheir Some students entered $*e ataditomttn President said. "I am highly doubtful that he will meet our demands. I prior knowledge of the attacks. expecting to listen to a crackpot conspiracy the- ; hope he does, but I'm highly doubtful." Some students, both those who wan.-- wist; many left convinced that our government • rang to attend and those who were J has lied and continues to lie to about extremely • Coast Guard Flags 'Radioactive' Ship . expressed their opinions in the daysre the important issues, Rapperf s purpose was, a$ he Last Tuesday, the Coast Guard escorted a cargo ship back out to sea ' lecture that it would not be factual. 2 a put it, to "without prejudice... do anything and from Port Newark after an inspection turned up radiation readings. few people seemed to believe that istd everything we can possibly do to uncover the : The ship was moved beyond the 12-mile limit, where the inspection , simply be five hours of conspiracy tas. truth." He invited and strongly encouraged continued "due to fluctuating levels of radioactivity of an unknown '. They could not have been more w The those interested in this subject to visit the origin." The cargo has not yet been disclosed. ' lecture was conducted By Michael Rrt, "From the Wilderness" website at www.copv- = editor of the publication "Prom the Vness" da.com and to subscribe to the publication. Terrorist Scare Closes Florida Highway ; and a former narcotics officer of thO, He The lecture was brought to Williaan Paterson In response to a Florida waitress's allegations that three Islamic med- I spoke for more than the prescribed Jours, by a co-sponsorship between the Muslim ical students she was serving were making references to bombing, j beginning by going into a detailed nting Student Association and the Islamic Center of police shut down a 20-mile stretch of 1-70 to catch the students. After : of the history of the United States irvfiddle Passaic County. being taken into custody, all three flatly denied that they had been dis- i East and by explaining in precise dehy oil Nazek Habatfha, President of MSA, said that cussing anything of the kind. When no evidence of explosives were was essential to the world economy vhy this was "hopefully" the start of further coop- found, authorities said that the students were attempting a joke on the the supply is rapidly dwindling. Ha eration between the two groups. She was also : waitress, but are now backing away from that statement. touched on the efforts of the major crtpa- "Hoping to work with other {campus] organi- rtfes to suppress inventions of reliabsrnate zations as well." INTERNATIONAL . energy sources. Rtippert then illusbhow Iraq Will Teach US a Lesson If Attacked many of our high government of fkispe- Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said Baghdad would "Teach : dally in the CIA) were tied to tine oitstry, the Americans a lesson if they attacked Iraq." : He also demonstrated evidence frorariel-y "Iraq does not accept Bush's conditions," Aziz said. He said Bush's . te Uiu4e4-&fatiQMfr<5eri«i;a3l Assemblyy , w ^ added that he would not spell out Iraq's final positions on the current standoff. British Troop Movements Fuel Talks of War British troops will launch one of their biggest military exercises since 1998 this weekend amid speculation of war with Iraq. The Ministry of Defense said 6000 troops will move to a Royal Air Force base in Eastern England to kick off Operation Log Viper. Tony Blair has openly declared his support for the United States and his intention to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
9/11 Planner captured in Pakistan After a three-hour firefight with Pakistani authorities, alleged 9/11 mastermind Ramzi Binalshibh was captured and is in custody. On September 11th, an interview taken in June was played on Arab news agency al-Jazeera, where Binalshibh claimed responsibility for the attacks. US officials have been hunting for Binalshibh since last October, when he was identified as Mohammed Atta's roommate. It is believed Binalshibh was supposed to be the 20th hijacker, but was denied a visa to the US five times between 2000-2001. Zacarias Moussaoui, arrested before the attacks, was carrying Binalshibh's phone number. Officials believe Binalshibh was a financier of the attacks. US officials was giving "serious consideration" to try him before a military tribunal.
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Write for The Beacon. fREET-Shirt Student Center room 310, extension 2248. Student Cer continued The new ballroom facility will from pg. 1 include space for 500 seats with 9/1 I memorials tables (mote in an auditorium While desag the expansion, setup) and will be adjacent to and - representatrrom Gruzen- connected with the Wayne Hall around the world Sampton intewed everyone Cafeteria and Kitchen facilities, who would the Student Center The project will also involve a By Steve DeGennaro holds in honored memory, George W. and ballroonilities, incorporat- slight relocation of the access road The Beacon Bush." . ing their inpto the designs. behind Wayne hall next to Lot 5, At Battery Park, dignitaries joined UN They then wall of this informa- which may result in the loss of As the first anniversary, of the World Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Secretary ,tion to drawsdhematics for the- approximately half a dozen park- Trade Center attacks passes, New. York of State Colin Powell, and • Mayor project. Th«chematics will be ing spaces, Urinyi referred to this City, the nation and the world joined in Bloomberg to light the eternal flame. At finalized onruzen-Sampton loss as "insignificant." remembering the victims who were dusk, crowds gathered in each of the five has interview Dr, Martone for The use of construction shanties, , killed. boroughs to light candles and sing his input. Twill then be which will store building materi- At 8:46 am, the time the first plane hit America the Beautiful. viewed and roved by all the als, along with 50-80 workers on the tower, NYC Mayor Michael At Logan International Airport in users of the dings, with final the yob at one time will also strata*-; Bloomberg opened the Ground Zero cere- Boston, where two of the hijacked flights approval auity resting with. parking. Urinyi mentioned that '-**£ mony by calling for a moment of silence. originated from, the airplanes remained, Provost Chei Sesay and the workers may be requited 6o "$ "Again today, we are a nation that still marking a moment of, silence. In President $p park in Lot 6 and be shuttled mourns," he said. "Again today, we take Providence, Rhode Island, families of Urinyi stachat the Commuter but no final plans have been into our hears and minds those who per- the victims released peace doves as Cafe on the floor of the yet. One of his primary goals-., , ished on this site one year ago." New thousands of people watched. During Student Cetmmld be com- regarding this project, howevejj j| York Gov. George Pataki then read the baseball games, players and fans pletely rrfuied. ft, along with was that there be "no obstruct "" Gettysburg Address. observed a moment of silence at 9:11 the kitchen ities, will take up to the education of the students,^ Shortly before 9 a.m., former Mayor p.m. local time during all evening an entire sid the Student Rudolph Giuliani began to read each of games. A number of cities all over the Urinyi also hopes to avoid Center (indig the correspond- the names of the 2,801 people that were country held their own ceremonies. tupting the use of the Student Sy lost during the attacks. There was a 15-minute ceremony at ing portion ie addition to the Center during this process. At 9:03 a.m., the reading stopped while Sant Jaume Square in Barcelona to honor : front of the Hing) and will phases of construction have bt bells chimed to mark when the second the victims. Budapest, Hungry, com- . incorporate 2 open space. specifically designed to allow hijacked plane hit the second tower. Bells memorated 9/11 with two blue vertical More open-ables will be the offices of any given area Wi- rang once again at 9:59 a.m., then again at beams of light which represented the • included in 'Ana Plaza for stu- moved elsewhere temporarily- 10:29 a.m. when that last tower collapsed. twin towers. The beams are visible from dents who vAo eat outside. without causing any major dis After the last name was read, New up to 31 miles away. Members of the While the .pus Bookstore tions. JiaJa^W^Wawly were among 2,000 J to colle people that gathered at St. Paul's tions, Vrinyid that the book-**' '" gpeclaration of Independence while a Cathedral in London. There was also a store will beovating the space What do you need today?" asked music group played the Star-Spangled moment of silence at 1:46 p.m., local on their owrce they have the Ujrinyi. He has requested that Banner. ' time. final plans fee new Student and all students or faculty mem- ^ Later that day, President Bush joined In New Delhi, India, ceremonies to Centeic-,. .The action, of the the families of those that were lost in the honor the victims were held at the US bers who have questions, sugges- "circle of honor." Mourners placed flow- consulate. Two trees, a Canadian Maple ke isected to take place tions or input contact him via ers, pictures and American flags in the and an American Oak were planted on email at UrinytJ@wpunj,edu, ' memorial circle. Bush spent more then 11 the hill of the parliament building in . Renbvatiorill also be made The Office of Capital Plannin: hours with the victim's relatives, shaking Ottawa, Canada. Firefighters in Sydney, to. fcheafcad d Starbucks Cafe* will also be holding periodic op hands, posing for pictures and listening Melbourne, and other Australian cities inuin senng the Williai Paterson •unity with this fine eaon is in need o more Staff Writers. to our offic in the Student Center ad apply today. "MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 Campus News The Benjamins SAPB Gets Perform at Billy Pat's the Word Out By Elizabeth Stiles selves move, bop, sway, break-dance, and even Contributed by Jennifer L. Ward The Beacon grind to the sounds of the band. The music SAPB President was together, all the vocals were on and the There was no need for William Paterson stu- group held onto a stage presence that encour- "Welcome Week 2002": hag come and gone. We at dents to go off campus to catch a taste of the aged everyone to have a good time with the SAPB would just like to thank everyone who came out bar scene on band. and supported us. Our meetings are every Wednesday at Thursday, Sept. 12. Friends from S PM in Studnt Center room 203, Just because you Billy Pat's Pub in high school, the the Student Center band came togeth- missed our first meeting doesn't mean that you can't was open, drinks er and decided to come to the next one. Our meetings are open to the were served and, make some money whole campus. Keep an eye on our bulletin board near thanks to the SAPB, off of their musi- the first floor elevator in the Student Center; we'll be The Benjamins came cal talents by putting up our weekly events so that everyone can see to perform a high- playing cover what is going on. energy concert, songs. Now, after We still have the following open positions: The Benjamins are a three years of Multicultural Chair and Advertising Chair. Anyone inter- local cover band playing together who play a diverse the band is leav- ested in those positions is invited to our next meeting. selection of music, The Benjamins photo by Liz Stiles ing fans in antici- This Thursday is the Common Hour Chill-Out. Come covering familiar pation of the debut down to Zanfino Plaza at 12:30 and chill-out with classics from 80's to more recent hits. When I of their Benjamins' creative writing talents. Kingstone Entertainment. asked the band what type of music they liked The guys say'that the songs are written, but Thanks again for all your support. There are also plen- to play, bass' player Ben DeGennaro did not they're unsure when they'll begin performing . ty of other clubs on campus if SAPB is not for you. Just have to hesitate when he answered, "Whatever their original work. Regardless of when new go and speak to someone in the Office of Campus songs are available for fans, the group is defi- gets the crowd goin'." Activities and Student Leadership (Student Center room The show opened to a timid group of stu- nitely worth checking out at upcoming events. 312) or the Student Government Association (Student dents who all seemed to be waiting for the For more information about the group or their first person to hit the dance floor. About playing dates, check their website at www.the- Center room 332). halfway into the concert, the crowd grew, the: . ,benjamins,com. :! s,•;;,(,, ' ';•'..:. .v^.v..- •. f f ear of tjfcie.-f ,. J-t f^-. ,•-•-»"?• J dance floor was gone. The energy from the band had reached the crowd as students sang 7o Setboof 7tm along to their favorite songs and let them- .; Nothing Jo Jfeqr Cm Sum mm So A Look at the SGA By Jim Schofield each other. Also present were Association (CAR1BSA), the The Beacon Provost Chernoh Sesay and Hatian American Student Dean of Students, Dr. John Association (HASA) and Hillel At the Board.of Trustees Martone. (the Jewish Student # TOP mm •tOIHOUIl Meeting on Saturday, The Court of Judicial Review Association). Unity Day is September 14, new Student attempted to hold their second scheduled to take place on Representative James Butler meeting on Thursday. October 22, * •UXMCJRS OUBUJUL. was sworn in and took his seat Unfortunately, they still lacked The Senior Class will be on the body. Butler is a junior, the required eight Judges to holding a lecture series on get- majoring in sociology and conduct business. Although ting involved in campus activ- minoring in history. Butler several Judges are expected to ities and organizations. The said he ran for the position be approved at the Septmber lecture will take place in the William Faterson y because he "just wanted to see 17 Legislature Meeting, there Towers Pavillion on September Jtest a shuttte rids frwn the campus! the inner workings of the are still many open positions 24. University... and impact the on the Court. Interested par- SGA Attorney Gerrald University in a positive way." ties are encouraged to call the Brennan esq., has resumed his Butler will hold office for two Student Government at x2157, normal schedule at the years, being a non-voting rep- or to visit their office in University. He is available for resentative the first year and a Student Center room 332. free legal consultations in voting representative the sec- There are also many vacant Student Center" room 326 every ond. spots on the Legislature and Wednesday from 2 pm untill 8 Several officers of the SGA Standing Committees. pm. Student Government Junior Class President Alain The SGA also offers a free DialAmerica Marketing, " Association were invited to Martin is allready in the Notary Public service through 401 Hamburg Turnpike University President Arnold advanced stages of planning Office Manager, Kalli Suite 105 Speert's residence for dinner the "Many Faces, One Family" Protopsaltis. She is available earlier this week to speak on Unity Day celebration. Co- in the SGA office every week- campus issues in an informal sponsors currently include the day from 10 am untill 4:30 pm. setting and to get to know Carribean Students Featres The G entJemen 's C orner By Pat Bennett & Brian "Brain" Morris Pat: Well, that was a very thorough novel mp and lightly push the tobacco down roll the flame again and evenly light the The Beacon you've written, about pipes. What kind of the pipe. MAKE SURE YOU DO IT whole bowl. pipe am I smoking? iTLY!! Hey everyone. This week we'll be dis- Pat: Then sit back, relax again, and enjoy cussing pipe smoking, one of the finest Brain: You are smoking a rounded bowl Keep it light, aight? When the tobacco your bowl...until it goes out again. Which aspects of Gentleman-hood. For many, with a slightly bent stem. en, take a third match and roll over it will probably happen quite often if you're a picking up the pipe for the first time is a n, making sure to light all of the tobac- beginner. passage into manhood, sort of like pound- Pat: Yeah, I thought so. Anyway, my first Dear Editor, housing is filled nearly to am. Frankly, I woulcjl Sife walking from This letter is in response to Dear Editor, capacity every semester, so This is in response to the article "Lot 5 for my room in Matelsont 6 at 6:45 in the Jim Schofield's Editorial Page there is no way to eliminate article, "Lot 5 for Commuters?" by Jim Schofield in the September morning, especially winter when it is still the huge number of com- dark out. Commuters?", from the muters compared to residents. 9 issue of the Beacon. I totally agree with September 9th issue. Also, room and board is about Schofield when he wrote, "We live here, after There are several qns I have regarding In his article, Mr. Schofield $6,680 annually (also accord- all. This is entirely unfair to us." My old room- the issue. How will hforced? Will security states that Commuter Student ing to the Princeton Review). mate used to say that for all intents and purpos- go to every car in thad check to make sure Representative Steve Who wants to shell out that es, the dorms are our homes. You don't park a all the cars have com stickers on them? DeGennaro is attempting to kind of money to have no mile away when you go home; you park in the Can residents park ir> overnight, when change Lot 5 to all-commuter freedoms (as the Editor-in- driveway in front of your house. We should be there aren't commuteked there? parking. As a junior who has Cheif himself describes on the able to park as close to our "home" as possible. I don't think makir 5 strictly for com- commuted to William same page in his article!)/ live One of the arguments for a commuter lot is muters will solve theem; in fact I think it Paterson for two full years, I in a room the size of a walk-in that some resident students don't move their will create more hav< am inclined to agree with Mr. closet, and share a inky-dinky cars all that often. What about the ones who do? DeGennaro, for the following bathroom with at least three I work five days a week from 7:30 am to 9:00 Stephanie Dykovitz reasons. other people? According to the Princeton I say it is the residents who Review, about 26% of the have chosen their predica- 8,862 students enrolled at ment. Residents can crawl out William Paterson University of bed J5 minutes before class Commuters: the silent ajority reside on campus; the other is scheduled to arrive on time, 1 6,558 commute. Since the com- whereas a commuter must By Steve DeGennaro Over the summer, I had the chake this can't happen muter students command a 3 arrive about a half-hour before The Beacon opportunity to meet with ov«t. to 1 majority, it is only fair class time so they can "stake President Speert and Vice *s we can make those that there should be, at a mini- out" a spot. Mr. Schofield com- In my four years at this school, President of Administration and de William Paterson Irsity 300 Pompton Rd SC 310 Wayne, NJ 07470 M&in Number: 973-1248 Fax:973-720-2093 Larry Clow Email; [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Confidential Tips: [email protected] All calk to and from The Esacon an' subject to ulcclnmic recording in compliancenvi of tin' State of New Jersey and Federal Communications Commissior lection for wine, friendsoncluded by playing His self-deprecating humor and then got drunk and a tape ting of Allen ability to transform himself into yelled "Go! Go!" as Ginsbeinting poetry at a fes- "everyman" was a welcome break McClure read. tival foie. Ferlinghetti left the stajhe only standing McClure read freely ovatiore weekend. As luck from all of his would .t, my girlfriend and I books, for well over sat next-Young Lee during an hour. Most the react is certainly an notably, he chose interestperience seeing how selections from Rain a poet Exclusive Interview on Page 12 SUedd, Musical Adalelcnce music on S.C.I.E.N.C.E, but when I listen to it, of friendship and it continues that way I don'1 it's very obvious who our influences were, the really know anyone else that's been in a ban< music we grew up listening to. At the time we as long as we have that's been around as wrote S.C.I.E.N.C.E, Brandon (Boyd, lead, long as we have. singer) was reading a lot of books on conspir- acy theories and extra-terrestrial intelligence, BEACON: What are the band's current influ- : and a lot of that was coming through in his ences? What are you listening lyrics. As far as sonic things, there are a lot of to/watching/reading that's exciting? great soundtracks from 70's sci-fi movies that ME: What's driving us right now is playing ou I took inspiration from. That was the first time own concerts and having 10 to15,000 people we ever really went on tour. We started to every night. It's amazing, having been on the realize what our strengths and "uniquenesses" road for seven-plus years, finally being able t were, and the things that made us special. We go out and do started to realize and focus more on those everything on things, and shed the skin of our musical ado- our own. It's lescence. It's a good thing for every band to an incredible, come into their own and do their own thing. amazing That's what happened with Make Yourself; it • experience; felt a little bit different, and it felt good. We we're giving were kind of breaking away from the scene in an amazing which we had surrounded ourselves. It was concert expe- good for us to be exposed to all of that. We rience to peo- singled but those things that made us a band; ple, and they Make Yourself was the first result of that. will walk out and say, BEACON: What about fans who accuse you "That's the of selling out because of your change in best show style? I've ever ME: We never released singles to radio; when been to." Make Yourself came out, a lot of people think it blew up and we got huge. Actually, we BEACON: What about that mustachioed mar released our first single, 'Pardon Me,' to radio that's always on your album covers? Who is and no one played it. We were touring with *• t • ; Few bands from the rap-metal System of a Down, Primus, and Mr. Bungle, ME: He was just this guy. We found pictues Larry Clow Where are you guys at right now? and radio stations would come out and see us explosion of the fate-90s have sur- Editor-in-Chief of him in Brandon's garage, and he was just vived, and even fewer have man- ME: We're in Bosie, Idaho. play and want us to hang out. It was this long this cool looking guy. We used his picture, ar aged to mature musically and drawn out process. Six months after that,'peo- we had to get in touch with him for permis- escape the confines of that genre. Incubus is BEACON: Do you have a show tonight? ple started playing it. It took about a year sion. It turned out he was a P.E. teacherat a one of the few bands to do so, having evolved ME: Yeah. We're just relaxing right now. before it got to number three. I couldn't care school near where we grew up, I don't know from their rap-metal roots into a more diverse less aboutthat (fans who think they sold out). why; people care so much about it. style that incorporates many genres. BEACON: How is your tour going? Anyone who would accuse pur band of selling Incubus threw their hat in the hu-metal ring ME: The tour's going really well. We're on the out stands a decent chance .of being substan- BEACON: Any plans for another album? Wh; with 1997's S.C.I.E.N.C.E, their first full-length third leg of touring behind this record; we're tially unintelligent. People-who are completely is the band currently working on, other than album. The band stood out.from the rest by playing in a lot more out-of-the-way cities. The outside of being in a band or being artists touring, that is? incorporating elements of funk and jazz into kids going to the shows don't really see a lot don't have any idea what being in a band ME: Not as of yet; we're going to take a gboi their style. of these concerts, so there's a lot of energy in actually entails, and I think it is hard for some- long break, and then we'll start thinking in As the rap-metal genre died down, Incubus the audience. • body to have a concept of playing and writing 2003. matured, lightening their heavy side, and rely- your own music. It's an interesting thing, Make with the dicky: www.enjoyin- ing on Boyd's signing and more melodic BEACON: The band has changed a lot with because you're damned if you do and your cubus.com songs. Make Yourself, their second album, your last two albums. Make Yourself and damned if you don't. All we can do is write the gave the band their first taste of mainstream Morning Mew seem like big departures from music we enjoy, and if people like it, we're success. Singles like "Stellar" and "I Miss You" S.C.I.E.N.C.E. How do you account for the lucky in that regard. vaulted the band change? to MTV success; however, some Write, Write, Write fans accused them of selling The Insider wants out. Incubus has continued to you to write! build on their success with Morning View, Yeah! Woohoo! their latest album, A more Let's hear it for reflective album than Make Yourself, * writing! insid- Morning View continues to showcase [email protected] Boyd's songwrit- ing and the for all the real bands' evolving musical talent. The band will . writers, baby! ' be appearing at the PNC Bank Arts Center in ME: S.C.I.E.N.C.E was by far the heaviest BEACON: You've been with the band for 12 Holmdel, N.J. on September 20. The Beacon record we ever made; Fungus Amongus was : years. How have the dynamics of the band recently caught up with Mike Einziger, lead funky and quirky; S.C.I.E.N.C.E was the changed during that time? • Yeah! Right! Oops guitarist for Incubus, while he was relaxing heavy record, and after it came out, we ME: Not much; we write all our music togeth- before a show in Bosie, Idaho. stayed on tour for a couple years. I love the er, we all hang out. Our band was started out I mean Write! After the release of their platinum debut, "Politik," straight through to Parachutes, in 2000, the album's superb closer, Coidplay were Coldplay Finds Their Own "Amsterdam," Coldplay have quickly touted as the made the record that will saviors of many define their sound in the things which didn't future. need saving. Along with the leap the band Voice has made toward a unique People talked about their emergence onto the always dismal American sound, they have also leapt Pop charts as a great into the world of politics, providing the record buyer with Coldplay's opinions regarding "fair trade" and moment for Rock music. providing some websites to visit. The band feels Critics, who are constantly Jacob Claveloux strongly about the causes, says band member Guy Co-Insider Editor ready to kick a dog when it's Berryman, "Anyone in our position has a certain down, had long declared Brit- responsibility. You can make people aware of Pop dead and were starving issues. It isn't very much effort for us at all, but if it for a relevant voice to fill the void left by the weak can help people, then we want to do it." All in all, A output of bands like Oasis and Blur. But, as good a Rush of Blood to band as Coldplay was and even given how easily the Head is an they paved the way for bands such as Travis and exceptional record „ Starsailor to have American hits, something was from a great band missing. A mature voice, an independent voice, a with a sense of voice which would separate Coldplay from their pre- political conscious- decessors. ness. ^'%:^/ ~ When Coldplay's single and video for "Yellow" hit For info on the big, the band became an almost overnight phenome- to the Head, Coldplay step out of the shadows of band and their non, landing themselves in such anomalous places their previous sound and reveal Coldplay for who causes, hit up as the Now! That's What I Call Music compilations. they actually are. www.cold play.com The Now! Compilations had a history and a reputa- and www.make- tion for featuring Pop and Jock-Rap Metal, and here Taking over where Parachutes left off, yet with a was the presence of an intelligent ba'nd with a sin- cere song. Yet, the band was still being compared to Coldplay record that the world was waiting for. their antecedents and the world was more than While A Rush of Blood to the Head may not spawn happy to hear an English Jeff Buckley fronting a any number one singles in the US, it will give the Bends-era Radiohead. But on their latest effort, A band the real grounding they will need to have a long Rush of Blood and fruitful career. From the powerful opener, An Indie Rock Summer Report For me, this summer consisted of lis- Cambodia" borr Science, Doesrft Believe in Jesus, \Nhy tening to the same live albums^ tot. My - I'm gonna have to disagree with the Fuck Do You?" how can you go ders on pop- Adam Gismondi favorite album of the year is Coheed and Justin's review last week of Sparta's punk. Insider Writer wrong. I bet they are nutty live. Cambria: The Second Stage Turbine Wiretap Scars. < In my opinion the album I think fans of Blade on Equal Vision Records. The first kills the last At the Drive-In record. Snapcase, . Finally Fall Silent, from Reno, time I heard it I dismissed it as just - Sparta sound very similafto Fugazi, and Helmet, and Quicksand would enjoy Nevada, put out the metal album of the another whiney Indie Rock band I didn't yes some songs definitely have an At the ' this. I do, and I'm a bitter old fuck. year called Drunken Violence. The first care about. Upon further listening this Drive In feel. Do yourself a favor and comparison that comes to mind is pick this album up. It's cheap and every The last two records are straight up Anthrax. It sounds like "Among the song is good. My favorites are "Cut your metal records and they both happen to Living" and it is just as good. The vocals Ribbon", "Light Bums Clear", and "Red , be on Revelation Alibi". Sparta is playing with Cave In Records. Curl Up and and Small Brown Bike® Bowery Die put out a really cool Ballroom, NYC on October 6th. record called Unfortunately We're Not I've never been a Glassjaw fan at all. All Robots. Every In fact I've never heard their first album. review I've read has After a friend urged me to listen to the trashed the record. album I was really impressed. Their gui- Yes they bite tars are all over the place, yet somehow Converge's style, but at; they pull off sounding very tight. least they sound good records fuckin' kills. Imagine a very girly Worship and Tribute is a solid album that doing it'. This is brutal sounding singer that isn't a girl at all with starts out with a bang and starts to fade math metal at its finest. a band that has listened to too many a little bit as it goes on. There are some Check out the drums in Rush, Superchunk, and metal albums throw away songs, but the first four are "Ted Nugent Goes Aol"; and you get Coheed and Cambria. incredible. "Tip Your Bartender" is the it's ridiculous. With , Impossible to describe, the band has hardest and best song on the record. song titles like "You'd been around for quite some time under The ballad-like "Ape Dos Mil" shows the be Cuter If I Shot You in their old name Shabutie. The album is range that they have, while "Radio the Face" and "Doctor Doom, A Man of are very high sometimes sounding like based on the singer's graphic novel. Overkill. This album is FAST. I believe 'The Second Stage Turbine Blade" is this band was really popular during the actually the second part of a trilogy. mid-late nineties Power Violence explo- Every song on the album is based sion. They are faster then Spazz and you can tell they love DRI. The songs get to around the misadventures of the novel's be a bit repetitive, but it doesn't matter. two main characters, Coheed and This is the best thrash album in a long Cambria. While this screams Prog long time. The production on this is Rock, don't let that scare you away. Dr. nothing short of amazing. If you ever Know of Bad Brains plays guitar on liked thrash metal now is the time to • "Time Consumer" and the first single and jump on the bandwagon. most accessible song on the album, "33", is on the new Road Rules Compilation. For more info go to www.coheedandcam- Guilty Pleasures of the Summer: brla.com. • i Styles: "A Gentlemen and a Gangster" and Avril Lavigne...come on, all you They are.playing two shows in our punk rock kids love her. She's intense. area. Both shows are with Thrice and Wait till you hear her rap on the album! Hot Water Music; Friday October 11th @ the Knitting Factory, NYC and Saturday Oct. 6th ©the Birchhill in Oldbridge, NJ. flni DiFranco Saues Us flgain UJith Double Disc Release album to date. written about the despicable day of Following tast year's instrumental infu- performed in the past but stay true to their But as any of Difranco's near cult-like fol- September 11 /this song weeps but is not sion experiment, Revelling/Reckoning symbolic folk roots. Departing from the lowing will tell you, the true attachment to overtly sentimental. "Self Evident" stings us (Righteous Babe Records) Ani Dlfranco acoustical style that has framed Ani's Ani's music is to with bars like "take away our piaystations returns.with this year's highly anticipated ascension to folk the lyrics that and we are a third world nation" and "time live album release, So Much music immor- shaped a genera- •to get pur politician's big dicks out of some- Shouting/ So Much Laughter. tality, she Chris Moses ones eise's desert and get them back in So Much Shouting/ So Much adds a 6- tion clear-minded, Abstracts Editor their pants" that gives America awareness Laughter snuck up on me. It's piece instru- self-respecting of the reality of its actions. She has no need been a hectic year, but mental youths and for rhetoric and, she harbors a hatred of cor- nonetheless a quality surprise that"s a fresh ensemble featuring adults, DiFranco, porate culture; in her control, words departure from a lot of the drudgery I've horns, keyboards an uncompromis- been subjected to this summer. Thank you and an upright bass. ing feminist and become bullets that tear holes through the Ani, I really needed this. This album repre- The results of this intelligent left- crust of the "American piece of pie", reveal- sents the indie/folk icon's first live album are a dynamic wing activist acts ing the doldrums of idiotic group mentality release since 1997's Living in Clip. The expression of Ani's as a vehicle that and mindless brand followers. double disc album supplies over 2 hours of dexterous musiciali- channels agnos- So Much Shouting/So Much Laughter's live music recorded sporadically from tour ty. The slow songs tic belief into a appeal lies in its musical vision and pure shows over the last two years. on this album are freight train of creative contend This is album for anyone corporeal truth Stay Cats and Girls Singing Night com- just as powerful as not just the Ani-faithful. For beginners to and sincerity. prise the two discs of this album, with Stray the upbeats; there Ani's music, this album is palatable enough Cats being random selections of songs Ani isn't a dull moment Ever the for you to not be averted and want to dig liked, and Girls Singing Night moving more to be found on this resercher-poet, deeper. For long time fans, just another rea- linearly like a live concert. The over 2 album as Ani period- Ani deals her son to dance. Ani reminds us of the hours of music is admittedly a lot to ask of ically chimes irt with vision of essence of music rarely seen to in today's today's listing audience, but for Ani and her classic sidebars American exploitative mainstream. Also she tells us instrumental music faithful this album's of wit and humor. hypocrisy without what an independent woman with integrity eclectic syntheses of intoxicating jazz, Rangingfrom th e fear of any kind, and style can accomplish without need of funked out be-bop and folk rhythms just hypnotic bonus track The powerful back up dancers and boob shirts, Ani can't be enough. This album marks and "You had Time" to "Self Evident" DiFranco is a poet with a six string, her builds on the instrumental aspect of her the frantic "Letter to reveals this as voice is riot. I consider So Much Shouting/ music. Many of the selections on this album John" to the hip-hop well as any other So Much Laughter a must have for anyone completely depart from any version sheilas "My IQ", Ani delivers selection on this who digs real music for this album assured- her most complete album, A poem ly will be one of the best of 2003. Siiverchair Receive Ace1 ai m not FamGi with Diorama and has been hailed by critics everywhere. magical and, for me, that's what Diorama is music. Most people Unfortunately, it will be difficult for the band about", says Johns. Each track seems to "The Lever" can be compared to would assume to gain attention for it and no one Is to tell a story, and by the time last track ends, "Dearest Helpless" from Neon Ballroom, in •> that a band,- • • blame but the media' gatekeepers behind , the listener is left with a feeling of com- ty.titgia.jrtspetpy^io* whose members MTV and rock radio.' The band is unable to pleteness and'fulfil/merit. sound. "My Favourite Thing" is a sad song are 15 years old four in support of the album because On the opening track, "Across the Night," of letting go of love. "After All These and selling 1.5 Johns, who suffers from severe arthritis, is the listener follows Years," is the per- million copies of undergoing intensive treatment in Los John's on a journey that fect ending to the Angeles, where he is learning to walk with- their debut includes hugging a album. out the aid of a cane. That means he is not album, are a fad man's arthritic shoulder After listening to yet well enough to perform. Translate that pop band. After all, who else would listen and falling in love with the listed tracks, to industry terms, and it means that to music made by 15 year old boys besides people sleeping. "I don't hang on for the because money can't be made from book- pre-pubescent girls? However, this was not want to be lonely, I just hidden piano track ing the band, there's the case for Silverchair's vocalist Daniel want to be alone," he and check out the Johns, drummer Ben Gillies, and guitarist no use trying to pro- Joelle Caputa sings in one line and "So mote them to audi- CD's enhanced Chris Joannou. Since their debut in 1995, let's get married and ences. So, the air- Co-Insider Editor features. A docu- Siiverchair have grown into Australia's most have another baby," on mentary DVD of successful rock band and boast having had play and videoplay the next. the making of the more top twenty hits during the last five for the first single "The Greatest View" and "The Greatest View" is album, named years than any other artist. Album sales its follow-ups "Withput You" and "Luv Your along the style of "Miss "Across the Night," prove they are more than just one hit won- Life" will be extremely limited. Whatever You Love" from Neon is in the works. ders; they've sold over six million albums happened to albums selling because the Ballroom. It has the One musician who worldwide. While Siiverchair is most. songs are good? Siiverchair are being vic- memorable lyric, "I'm timized because they can't make appear- will probably get embraced oversees, they have tasted . watching you watch over minor success in America. The single ances On the much "respected" Total his hand on it is me and I've got the "Tomorrow" off their debut, Frogstomp, was Request Live (TRL) on MTV or other televi- U2's Bono, who is greatest view from here," the most played song on U.S. modern rock sion shows. quoted saying, But the catchiest lyric on "Swim to Australia radio when it was released. It brought The aptly named Diorama (it means "a the album ("You brighten to hear them if you them so much spotlight that they were world within a world") is the'band's first my life like a polystyrene have to," about asked to play a concert on the roof of release on Atlantic Records, the label they hat, but it melts in the the band. Another Radio City Music Hall, alongside the Red moved to after finishing their contract with Hot Chili Peppers. After that, everyone sun like a life with out love.") comes from is Good Charlotte's guitarist, Billy, who Epic Records. It was produced by David "Without You," a song that has hit potential seemed to forget about them and nothing Bottriil (Tool) and co-produced by Johns was inspired by the band to start playing in the U.S. if it ever gets released on radio. seems to be happening to change that. with Van Dyke Parks (Beach Boys, U2) as music. He told the Beacon, "Silverchair's, "World Upon Your Shoulders" is one of Silverchair's sophomore effort, Freak a collaborator. The album was recorded Freakshow is my favorite CD, because after the songs that contributes to the positive • Show, went gold in the U.S. and spawned without using pitch correction software, a their first album, Frogstomp, no one lis- vibe on this album, which was not present the hits "Abuse Me" and "Freak". However, technology the band is against because it tened to them anymore and they don't get on the~band's previous releases. "Luv Your only die hard fans of the band are familiar fixes notes that are sung or played out of respected. Freakshow, the one that came with the songs.. It wasn't until they released tune. The album strays from the band's Life," which has the instrumental of an after it, I thi.nk is the coolest one. Everyone Neon Ballroom and the hit "Ana's Song," earlier sound and evolves on the musical epic ballad, is another. , should buy that record." But before you go penned by Johns about his battle with experimentation of mixing heavy-rock with "One Way Mule," with it's heavy guitar out and get Frogstomp, get your hands on anorexia, that Siiverchair gained notice an orchestra and synthetics, which were introduction, leans towards earlier Diorama. from mainstream audiences once again. On first introduced on Neon Ballroom. Siiverchair, like "Israel's Son." "Too Much August 27 this year, Siiverchair released a of Not Enough" is more modern rock "No matter what people have got going LINK: www.chairpaqe.com new album, the long awaited Diorama. sounding and focuses on the guitar instead on in their lives, hopefully when they play It is the bands most artistic album yet of the piano, like on the other tracks. this album it will make them forget about "Tuna in the Brine" spotlights how John's everyday stuff. When music does that it's vocals can go as high as the pitch of the Write for the Insider and get free CDs, concert tickets, movie tickets, and a couch to sleep on in between classes! Email insidemjOhntma.i mm to find out more Plato divides reality into stages. Neo's life, in is merely a concept, something he does not under- Thinking Outside the Matrix and out of it, is formed out of layers of stand and is unable to prove exists. Even after he stages. is brought into the real world, Morpheus tells First, in the category of reality that is least him, "No one can be told what the Matrix is. You the Box real, come images. A painting, a reflection— these have to see it for yourself." Ideas cannot be mere- are only shadows of objects, yet to us they seem ly handed out. The path can be shown, hints that pg. 10 real because we perceive them. The objects that proved successful for others shared, but it is the cast these images, or the focus of the picture, are a sole responsibility of the seeker to find the truth. stage upward from that. These objects are per- After his trip down the rabbit hole, Neo's real- ceived, usually by multiple senses, and are likely ity shifts. The Matrix, which once was merely a to give the same impression to different people. concept, is now reality. It is a shadow of sorts, an Images are open to interpretation far more than electronic shadow of the images inside people's items, but an object is by no means a definite minds. To the dwellers of Zion, the Matrix is the thing. There is the story of the rope and snake, least real of all. It probably falls just above shad- where a misconception proves either humiliating ows on their scale of reality. or deadly. There is also the incident wherein two Now Neo's objects include the people see the same bird, but while one notices Nebuchadnezzar, Trinity, Morpheus, and the rest only the bright colors-, the other might realize that LET LOVE CONTINUE God" (Proverbs 2:17). It is of the corporal beings outside the system. The within marriage we are to this is a rare species, and be thrilled to have seen definition has remained- a person is still a person- it. It is still the same bird, no matter what fancy Young people every- find our most intimate com- but the actual objects themselves have shifted. panionship. And in marriage names are applied, but the reaction of the viewer The body that he knew as his he now knows to where are looking for com- differs. panionship. If they don't we covenant, make promis- have been only a program, and his body truly a es, that this will be the case. More real are the things intangible, the objects weak, hairless battery pack. find it at home, they attempt to find it elsewhere. This is We are also to find compan- of thought. First come definitions. These refer to Definitions do not change much, merely the why most kids join gangs. ionship within the church. A objects, and because of the variable nature of objects they apply to. Concepts change less, since This is why married people companion is someone of objects, are not entirely perfect. These use actual they do not have physical applications. Only now, find themselves in affairs. like mind you can eat with, things as their basis. Definitions can, however, be the Matrix is not a concept, but a definition and a This is why high school and talk with, get ad-vice from, - considered-more real-than images, because while a reality of sorts. As a definition it applies to the college students pair up so be encouraged by, and seek dog owner who has a Chihuahua and one who programming that gives most people their reality; quickly. And although mar- help of. The family is one owns a St. Bernard have different objects called as a reality, it is only real to those who believe in ria.;, 3 gets a bad rap in many circle of companionship. But 'dog', both are likely to agree upon the nature of it or are a part of it. The agents are programmed circles, this is why people the church is another circle 'dog'. Above definitions are ideas, forms, and con- by the Matrix, and thus are bound to its rules. get married. They do not. of companionship. A church cepts. These are not related directly to any physi- They can bend those rules, but still are con- want to be alone. They want worthy of the name is a cal or tangible object, and thus are immutable. strained. Neo, on the other hand, knowing the and need companionship. group of people willing to This portion of reality one just knows, without truth, is not held to any truths within the system. And this was one of the share their lives with one explanation. He knows that those truths are not true at all, and original designs of marriage. another, willing to be true Neo can rightfully be said to live in two reali- thus his mind frees him to rebel. For example, read what God companions. It is church ties. The first one he knows. The Other is just Some concepts travel between the worlds. speaks about divorce: "The people who have extended another layer for him. The two change places These can never be clearly defined- like love, you Lord has been a witness themselves the most to help throughout the movie. just know it is so. Neo has to know he is the One between you and the wife of those affected by hurricanes Before his first contact with Morpheus, Neo's before he can be the One. He can take the knowl- your youth, against whom and flooding. People in the life is the Matrix. That is all he knows, and to him edge and work down from there to the doing, as you have dealt treacherous- church learn to show love to is reality. The reflection he sees when he shaves, thinkers must do with truths: take the hypothesis, ly, though she is your com- one another, practice hospi- the shadow he casts, these are images to him. He follow it to the principle behind it, then put it into panion and your Wife by tality, and extend help to accepts them as real, although they are only intel- use. Neo is told there is a One, that he is the One; covenant" (Malachi 2:14). those iri need. ligible to one sense and remain fluid. He, his he keeps that in mind; once he believes, he is free God views marriage as a TO HEAR MORE ON THE friends, everything around him, are the objects to act. covenant of companionship. SAME TOPIC CALL TOLL and creatures of his truth. These may be different- By the same token, an adul- FREE FOR THE "MINI-MES- ly perceived, but he can be sure that they are still terous person is described as SAGE OF THE WEEK" 1-800- the same things. His definitions refer to those Jessica Suiter someone "that leaves the 777-0389 items in the Matrix, the items that remain emi- companion of her youth, and nently real to him. His ideas, at this time, are still Diversity Editor^ forgets the covenant of her Or visit www.w-e-m.org searching: What is the Matrix? To him, the Matrix D?SU WfTU DiVA I? DUDE Dear D&D, she should wait for you, which isn't fair to consider. If it's only been a few months and I'm a freshman and I was already in a rela- her if you're seeing other people It sounds it's not serious, then the news might not tionship when I got here. Now that I've like you should mutually decide to split but be too hard to understand for her. met so many new and cool people Fin won- continue to stay friends. Whatever you But if its a serious or long relation- dering if I soil want to be committed. How decide, you should be honest and tell her ship, then you've got some serious do I tell my girlfriend this without exactly how you feel. Let her know that thinking to do. Is it worth tossing losing everything we have? you would rather not lead her on. away those long years, (months) Personally/1 would rather know that my for a possible new fling? —Confused boyfriend does not want to be with me for • But, then again, we're in col- lege, and supposed to have fun. Dear Confused, the time being than to start planning our So think long and hard. It's race to know that you don't just want wedding around false illusions. to leave your girl hanging now that you —Diva —Dude think you might want to fly away and explore what college life has to offer. One Dear Confused, Need advice? Contact: thing you definitely don't want to do is tell You didn't leave a lot of details to work [email protected] your girlfriend that you want to "spend with. Depending on where your girlfriend time apart." That^abjoncbttf crap.Ittt%ht lives, aad tiWengfe of time youtwo have k h fe&W *** ft** Ms$} m bem together *D» <&<& specific factors to Horror Stones from the juue savs, VOUR (Three days of Pain) -Sunned Cqf*)p/ "This is the story of seven strangers sent to live in intrigued them. The Beacon: What did your family thinks under a swing holding hi$ head a mansion and have their lives taped. Find out what Julie: My dad's exact words were, "There's no way Ever since I hit puberty, I've always said, "I absolutely, positive- and crying once again. The first happens when people stop being polite and start on God's green Earth you're going on that show! ly, hate children," I couldn't stand thing that went through my head being real. The Real World: New Orleans." Two The Beacon: How hard was it remaining a virgin years later and 3,000 miles later, Julie Stoffer, the my younger sister (until she grew was, "Oh shit, what happened?" I wide-eyed Mormon from the 9th season of the Real on the show? • . up a little bit), and my little broth- went over and helped him to his World, makes her way to the campus of William Julie: (Laughing) On the show it was easy, but in ers; don't get me started on them. feet and walked him over to first aid. He had a Wg red mark on the Paterson University to lecture about her new band real life... There is something about children The Beacon: Were you ever tempted to rebel that annoys me lo no end. side of his face, It looked like he (The Bunk Bed Incident), loathing MTV, and most someone slapped him. I asked him against your religion? Well at the end of the Spring importantly, "keeping your pants on". We were 2002 semester, X began job hunting. what happened. He told me he lucky enough to squeeze in an interview with Julie Julie: No. (At this time Julie is dating a non- I was hoping to work in a restau- was running by the swings and to get to know what's behind this seemingly inno- Mormon, who she would like to marry). rant cooking or serving peopte all didn't see that someone was on cent MTV icon. The Beacon: Do you regret going on the Real summer. I put in at least 10 appli- them and he got hit in the head. World? cations all up and down Route 22 The next day, we were joking The Beacon: In terms of your views of the world, Julie: No, but I wouldn't do it again. and Route 10. I was almost hired around with Jamie. We asked him, how has the Real World changed you? The Beacon: Throughout the season, what was the at one of the places. The question "You gonna get hurt today?" He Julie: I guess the main thing is that I became more most embarrassing thing to happen to you? my interviewer would ask which just laughed and went about his . open minded. Julie: I had a huge crush on would always kill me was, "Can business. We almost got through a whole day without him getting The Beacon: Do you still keep the sound guy, but we you work past the summer?" The hurt,.. in touch with your cast weren't allowed to talk to answer was obviously no since I live on campus and I'm not run- any of the crewmembers, So, My group had free time, so we mates? ning home every weekend to work. let our kids do what they wanted, Julie: Yes, well most; some when the show ended I Anyway, back on topic. To make because they were being good. more than others. went up to him to introduce a long story short, I finally stum- Some of my coworkers and I found The Beacon: Was it hard to myself. He said, "Before you bled across a potential job that I a worn out, water logged, leather adjust to cameras following say anything, I think you knew I'd have no trouble getting. football (with no grip) and were your every move? should know you talk in The only problem ia it involved throwing it around, A bunch of Julie: Yes, it feels like how your sleep." It turns out I've working with my puberty-long kids were playing 20 or 30 yards to you feel on a first date: You been talking ahout him in enemy: children. I applied for a job our left. We were able to keep an want to be yourself, but you my sleep and he already as a camp counselor at the camp I -eye on them while playing. The ; want the person tp like you. knew. attended in xny youth. So here I football was hard to grip so I You don't want tohWe snot The Beacon: If you could am, the guy who hates kids now in couWt throw it very hard. 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I turned around to look towards the playground and Diversity YOUR &U\PB... saw him lying on the ground MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 "The success of the United States has fighting this convenience-addicted, con- I consider1 the above three vital, core the wayside in capitalist society - always rested on the certainty that the sumerist culture. While I think KM's plan components to a would-be freethinker. indeed, the humanities or "liberal ar poo* are not dangerous." is good, I think it is too easy to turn And these things are precisely what is are gradually dying out; that which Ert Shorris, Riches for the Poor inward in a narcissistic game of self- missing from high schools, unfortunately doesn't directly translate into more improvement and not apply that self- (some might say "speech" or "debate" is money for the rich is being starved c LEARNING TO THINK improvement to the world around you. akin to studying rhetoric, and it may existence as "nonessential." I'm not going to beat around the bush Maybe I'm off-base about that; it's just have some aspects of it, but it's hardly We're being trained to be drones, on this one; watching what's going on in my opinion, anyway. considered a staple for every student). So not encouraged to think and act for this country, it's clear to me more people To me, enlightened individuals need it fails to the person seeking to free their selves. But the so-called "liberal edu> need to be educated. More people need to work with each other to bring about mind to stud}' it themselves. tion" remains for the lucky kids whe to learn how to think clearly and critical- desired social change — it With whose parents, more like) can afford ly- doesn't mean becoming my seemed to me that a seditious idea What is education about, anyway? It's full-time activists, would be for people to study and in about learning things, gaining knowl- but it does mean act around these areas of study on tl edge, broadening your experience, and (recreating a own, and to become freethinkers so forth. It's not the same as job training civil society, something that p or indoctrination, and while policyheads 1 was pleased with this idea, and will never use those words, that's what has been all but obliterated the 1 discovered that some liberal folks 1 they are effectively devising with their been doing this formally (the Cleme education policy.. For a society like past 30 years in own this country. Yes, Course in the Humanities). Their go America to function, you need a manage- love was the political empowerment of tl rial (ruling) class and a employee (work- the personal is politi- cal, but the result of this of poor by means of educating them ir ing) class. And that's just for the peons — ethos is that the political histo- humanities. the xeally rich just glide on by, nearly sphere (at least that of Good for them. I think it's a worl invisible and seemingly untouchable. the Left) has evaporat- project. I also think that anybody ca Their wealth allows them to gain a true ed. undertake the life of the mind if the; education, more often than not so inclined. If anything, it's more vit But for the vast majority of you, "edu- What we need is than ever, given the way our society cation" amoutifcs to narrowing your a new dialogue going. We have to have more critica options, closing your mind, getting you among freetibink- minking people, people who can or< to accept the status quo as the "best of nil ing people who their minds and articulate their ang< possible worlds" and to know your place value ideas l&e and that means a long process of se] in it The parts of education that aren't freedom, liber- education, outright indoctrination are compartmen- ty, democra- Socrates said that wisdom was it talized and specialized, so you learn to cy, and knowing how little you knew, seeki think in narrow terms, and not broadly - anarchy, wisdom and knowledge, and living small picture versus big picture. You're and to be orably. It's what we need to do, if w trained to do a job, or at least be able to able to going to change society for thebett .get a iob and work reasonablyjvell.. ^ The dolts who run things aren't go You're taught not to1run"w?dk'&lssso^^*t Educators call this "life adjustment*' tiai6gde,we " stady paralleled §ome of #te older curric- education, which basically holds that need to be able to think logically and cre- ula: I saw the basic coursework under- you're too dumb to waste a liberal edu- atively, and to be articulate and persua- taken in earlier times — law, logic, cation on, so what the schools need to sive. rhetoric, philosophy, history - and the Reprinted with permission This arti teach are things that will let you get on In short, we need to recover our original seven "liberal arts" — grammar, was found and reprinted from the f< in life as a productive, obedient citizen. humanity, which means studying the rhetoric, logic, mathematics, geometry, lowing website: This fits in the scheme of things, too — humanities. astronomy, and music http://www.radio4all.Org/a.narchy/tl we're educated to lead lives of political In this, I couldn't help but notice that spectators, able to contribute to the HUMANITIES some core areas of study have gone by wealth of our bosses but not really to I came upon this idea with my obses- have much of control over our own lives. sion over the lack of critical thinking To fill that gaping hole in our lives is a among people, particularly Americans. It paycheck that lets us go out and seek seems people so often don't question transitory gratification in our consumer what they read, see, and hear; instead, "culture." That's the "ideal." they either accept it, ignore it, or get Of course, this may seem unduly cyn- depressed by it. Have something ical, because I am a cynic. Do you know 1 sought a "back to basics" approach who the original Cynics were? Check it to rekindling the necessary critical spirit out on your own. to rebuild our society, and dug into Education doesn't have to be indoctri- Renaissance history, because of the rise interesting to say nation — you can work against that, and of city-states and republics, and the the way to do it is to learn how to think rediscovery of the ideas of the Ancient creatively and critically. That is what World, particularly Classical Greek civi- education should truly seek to do: it lization, the very foundation of Western should get people to look around and ideas. Anarchism itself has roots that decide for themselves what is good and trace back to Zeno of Citiufn and some bad. other Greek thinkers. I was also interest- Do you want to "be This kind of education is utterly lack- ed in Medieval communes and free ing in our current system, and its omis- cities, something Piotr Kropotkin sion makes sense — those in charge don't explored. published? want freethinkers around. Better to have What 1 was seeking was a workable educated fools than troublesome free- model on which to envision anarchic thinkers. And freethinkers are always societies functioning, and what it- troublesome. required was an educated public of criti- I am most certainly NOT against edu- cal thinkers. I thought a thorough under- cation — 1 am against indoctrination. The standing of logic, rhetoric, and philoso- important tiling is to know the difference phy would be important building blocks between the two, and that means having for a would-be critical thinker. Write for Diversit a discerning, inquisitive, critical, skepti- Logic: To assist with rational ordering cal mind. This is not encouraged, for the of thinking reasons 1 indicated above. Rhetoric: To understand how to persuade Email -us: So, you'll, have U> develop it on your (and more importantly, how others try to own. King Mob's piece on "Zen anar- persuade you) chism" got me thinking about the drive Philosophy: To understand the "big pic- [email protected] for personal development as a way of ture" -- if there is any i juuc says, "nee* VOURPHHTS onn Horror Stories from the (Three days of Pain) "This is the story of seven strangers sent to live in intrigued them. a mansion and have their lives taped. Find out what The Beacon: What did your family think? under a swing holding hj$ head Julie: My dad's exact words were, "There's no way Ever since I hit puberty, I've happens when people stop being polite and start always said, "\ absolutely, positive- and crying once again. The first being real. The Real World: New Orleans." Two on God's green Earth you're going on that show!" ly, hate children." I couldn't stand thing that went through my head years later and 3,000 miles later, Julie Stoffer, the The Beacon: How hard was it remaining a virgin my younger sister (until she grew was, "Oh shit, what happened?" 1 wide-eyed Mormon from the 9th season of the Real on the show? ' . up a little bit), and my little broth- went over and helped him tw his World, makes her way to the campus of William Julie: (Laughing) On the show it was easy, but in ers; don't get me started on them. feet and walked him over to first Paterson University to lecture about her new band real life... There is something about children aid. He had a big red mark on the (The Bunk Bed Incident), loathing MTV, and most The Beacon: Were you ever tempted to rebel that annoys me to no end. side of his face, It looked like he importantly, "keeping your pants on". We were against your religion? Well at the end of the Spring someone slapped him. I asked him. what happened. He told me he lucky enough to squeeze in an interview with Julie Julie: No. (At this time Julie is dating a non- 2002 semester, I began job hunting. was running by the swings and to get to know whaf s behind this seemingly inno- Mormon, who she would like to marry). I was hoping to work in a jeestau-. rant cooking or serving people all didn't see that someone was on cent MTV icon. The Beacon: Do you regret going on the Real summer. I put in at least 10 appli- them and he got hit in the head. World? cations all up and down Route 22 The next day, we were joking The Beacon: In terms of your views of the world, Julie: No, but I wouldn't do it again. and Route 10. I was almost hired • around with Jamie, We asked him, how has the Real World changed you? The Beacon: Throughout the season, what was the at one of the places. The question "You gonna get hurt today?" He Julie: I guess the main thing is that I became more most embarrassing thing to happen to you? my interviewer would ask which just laughed and went about his open minded. Julie: I had a huge crush on would always kill me was, "Can business. We almost got through a The Beacon: Do you still keep the sound guy, but we you work past the summer?" The whole day without him getting . in touch with your cast weren't allowed to talk to answer was obviously no since I hurt.,. mates? any of the crewmembers. So, live on campus and I'm not run- My group had free time, so we when the show ended I ning home every weekend to work. let our kids do what they wanted Julie: Yes, well most; some because they were being good. more than others. went up to him to introduce Anyway, back on topic. To make a long story short I finally stum- Some of my coworkers and 1 found . The Beacon: Was it hard to myself. He said, "Before you say anything, I think you bled across a potential job that I a worn out, waterlogged, leather adjust to cameras following football (with no grip) and were should know you talk in knew I'd have no trouble getting. your every move? The only problem is it involved throwing it around. A bunch of your sleep." It turns out I've Julie: Yes, it feels like how working with my puberty-long kids were playing 20 or 30 yards to you feel on a first date: You been talking about him in enemy: children. I applied for a job our left. We were able to keep an want to be yourself, but you my sleep and he already as a camp counselor at the camp I -eye on them while playing. The : want the person to like you. knew. . •' ' . attended in my youth. So here I football was hard to grip so 1 You don't want to have snot The Beacon: If you could am, the guy who hates Jads now in couldn't throw it very hard. 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I decided to sit and talk with him. helped him to his feet and that's . Julie: MTV came to our campus to interview people. Now Jennifer always carried sun when everything caught up to him They did the interviews in a restaurant and on one screen around with her and would and he started screaming. One of side of the restaurant there were all punked out Allison Clapp & put it on the kids if $he saw they my coworkers took him to first aid freaks and on the other there was skirt-down-to- Elizabeth Fowler were getting burned. So she told and he got an ice pack. Became your-ankles, never-saw-a-boy-before Mormons. I Jamie, "Here's some sun screen. back over 10 or 15 minutes later guess I was somewhere in the middle. Apparently I The Beacon Put it on if you don't want to get and sat on the ground. The first sun burned." So he held out his thing I did when I saw him was hands, put the sun screen on and apologize. 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It is implied with the created a medium that has redefined Antonio, the installation takes on an Wars Episode II-Attack of the Clones, advancement in computer technology, our perception of epic scale that immerses the view- and the popular Video game Resident that creating an animation such as this entertainment and cin- Chris Moses er in theatrical displays of nature, Evil. "He got really lucky", Pensyl is just point and click by a geek with ema. No longer do Abstracts Editor light, and movement. Although the added laughingly. Weber, also under- ink stains on his shirt and the comput- ; extravagant displays of animation is brief, knowing you're standably excited about the new soft- ers do all the rest. This absolutely isn'jt computer generated special effects looking at created reality relies a funky ware, reportedly fashioned the boxes so, and I have an admiration for these and characters in films like Star Wars experience of scuba diving while from the winnings into makeshift ; techno-artists that have worked on this and Toy Story dumbfound us, but standing. Of over the 1000 entries shorts in which he has been seen captivating piece. In a past interview instead simply amaze us. The medium submitted to the Siggraph expo, only dancing around the halls of Ben : with painter James A. Brown, I asked has become dogmatized into our about 50 where chosen to exhibit in Shahn hall, taunting students along his opinion about the rising influence mainstream conscious and we take it the Art Gallery category that the group the way. of computers in mainstream artistic as matter of fact, losing somewhere participated in. 'The animation's suc- applications and he replied, "The admiration of the difficulty and talent it cess is a credit to the students that put Extra-curricular opportunity has brush itself is technology, one of the takes to produce computer generated in the very hard work and cooperation. come to the CG department from the oldest known to man. A tool made by effects on a human level. This sum- They did most of the modeling and success of this animation as well. The man to make his mark. The art of mer, the computer graphics (CG) animation work; it is not all me. Tim CG department will be working on cre- today isn't any different from the cave- department here at William Paterson (McCarthy) in particular put in a ton of ative designs for companies in New man making his marks, the tools have participated at Siggraph in San work," said Pensyl. "It also shows the York and Philadelphia. "It will be nice just changed." The accomplishment of Antonio, Texas, the largest CG expo in progress we as a department have to work on something more on a cre- the CG department's summer success the world. Under the supervision of made over the last few years into a ative level," commented Pensyl. "Many should not go overlooked in favor of department head Russell Pensyl, first-rate program." of the applications of the software I've accomplishments of the fine arts at WPU students Tim McCarthy, Biaggio The achievement has led to other done have been used for pretty boring, this University. Russell Pensyl and his Pagliorola, Chris Weber, Chris Rogers, benefits for the CG program like an practical work." unnoticed students should be proud Karen McKenna, Cory Lewis, Erik expanded curriculum and new and this noble pjece of art that they creat- Seiler and Jennifer Sirota created an better equipment to prepare the stu- Having witnessed some of the ed. The animation on a much smaller aquatic CG sequence that was shown dents of the program better. CG stu- developmental process of this anima- scale can be viewed in the faculty art at the expo. The Installation, "Journey dent Chris Weber also at the Siggraph tion, I have an appreciation that many show opening at the Ben Shahn court to the Oceans of the World" is a com- expo in a raffle won a 15 thousand may not of the many hours of hard gallery on Monday, September 16. puter-generated aquarium that is able dollar edition of Softimage, a powerful work and aggravation it takes to make to bring the viewer into a world rarely 3-D animation software kit that has successful CG animation. CG has MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 t.'OKNTS O"JP REAL MONEY Do you need help with your you balance your check you know -about student loans'?: I i CAL.L.IISIG Come to the Student Center Ballroom Shop online at ecamp«s.cem 24 hours a day! 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There Sports World Honors September Eleventh Victims Mali Dcjfranza -Vf All major league baseball games Wedne&day Sports "Kdilor -nfght pa,iftexl in siJericft at.&Tl p.jtn. local finj.c, ana diniCf'vtd'colapefl of those people that disd1 '. Onf -year has passed sincvi thai fateful 'day, VM ihr attacks. -'••;*• -. .• ' • arid million1, of people choose to commemorate In Hngland. Scotlarffilj.GRnjiintJ^ftafy-and •• the: September 11 attack through solemnity, France, a minute of Mlence was observed bei'ore even in Jhe sport* world every sckver game, ['layers in the T'InglUh One such example is the U.S. Olympic Premier League wow black armKinilb. Committee's decision to honor the livisi lost by Hn»lish horse racing held a minute of silence lighting tlit Olympic dl Doncadter, Kpsom and I-'l.ime at 12:00 am, and 1 tetcford. All jockeys allowing il to burn for were to wear black arm- ?.l hour'.. Al the bands. 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