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Dating Game Heats up BPSC Best-Selling Author Tackles Religion . Thursday, November 11, 2010 Page 6 Page 4 The Lumberjack Flu season Basketball kicks in at full returns to throttle Coliseum on INE OG Friday PThe Independent Voice of Stephen F.L Austin State University Best-selling author tackles religion, Obama at SFA By Garrett Cook lem because of extremists who terrorize OPINIONS EDITOR others in the name of their religion. While D’Souza admits that there is a “molecule Best selling author, public speaker and of truth” in that rationale, he feels that current president of The King’s College In most world conflicts are not really about New York City, Dinesh D’Souza, presented their god or their religion, but rather about a lecture in the Grand Ballroom Wednesday gaining power and control. Religion is night entitled, “Islam, Christianity, and simply an excuse. International Turmoil: Is Religion the D’Souza is not a supporter of President Problem?” Obama, and the majority of his speech was D’Souza, a native of Bombay, India, is aimed at explaining why Obama governs a noted defender of Christianity. He was the way he does. D’Souza traced Obama’s born and raised Catholic, but now consid- roots back to his childhood, the role of his ers himself an Evangelical Christian. He is father and his father’s ideals in Obama’s a graduate of Dartmouth University and ideology, and how anti-colonialism has originally came to the United States as an particularly played a large part in the for- exchange student at the age of 17. mation of Obama’s governing policies. D’Souza began his speech with an amus- In closing, D’Souza said, “My fear is that ing anecdote about his experience in high the world is now where it can go one of school when he asked out a young lady to three ways: secularism, Christianity, or the homecoming dance. Islam. There really are no other big world He asked a blonde girl out, but the players. I would vote for Christianity.” young lady had to have permission from The floor was opened for questions after her parents and said she would let him D’Souza finished. know the next day. The next day D’Souza Jessica Baires, a Kaufman sophomore, approached the girl and asked what her was in attendance on an assignment in her parents said. The young lady was dumb- THOMAS MOTYKA/THE PINE LOG public speaking course. founded. Dinesh D’Souza addresses the audience at the crowded Grand Ballroom in the student center “I actually liked him,” Baires said. “I “I had approached the wrong girl,” Wednesday night. His lecture, “Islam, Christianit, and International Turmoil: Is Religion the thought he was very educated on what he D’Souza said. “So I had to get past a com- Problem?”, discussed the place of religion in today’s modern conflicts. D’Souza also spoke about was talking about. President Obama’s policies and his perceived rationale behind them. mon Western myth that all white women “When I came to the lecture, I had no look alike. It’s been a learning experience conflict of the idea that, unlike World War known to us as Westerners. That is to say, idea what it was about. But sitting there ever since.” II and the Cold War, our adversaries these they are not white Westerners. I learned a lot about Obama, Christianity, D’Souza then segued into the current days are culturally different and very un- Many believe that religion is the prob- and Islam.” Gov. Rick Perry to visit SFA on Friday Newly reelected Texas Gov. Rick Perry will visit the SFA campus at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Spirit Lounge of the Baker Pattillo Student Center. Perry will speak, followed by a meet-and-greet session and a signing of his new book “Fed Up!” Copies of the book are available from the SFA Barnes & Noble Bookstore for $21.99. The event is sponsored by the SFA chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas. The event is free and open to the public. THOMAS MOTYKA/THE PINE LOG RLL members reach out with anti-violence message By Stephanie Ballard Students participating also signed a STAFF WRITER banner further showing their committ- ment to the cause. The organization would Residence Life Leaders (RLL), a leader- like to use the banner to create a petition ship council composed of select commu- to present to the university, asking for pol- nity assistants and assistant hall directors icies that further promote non-violence, from various residence halls on campus, and possibly even a zero-tolerance policy presented the event, “These Hands Won’t directed toward violence against other Harm,” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday students. in front of Surfin’ Steve. RLL estimates that over 300 students Aiming to raise anit-violence awareness participated in the event by having one on campus, the council invited students hand bound and signing the banner. The to participate in the event by allowing organization plans to make this an annual them to take part first hand. All in at- event to further promote anti-violence tendance received a piece of red cloth awareness. bound around their non-dominant hand, symbolizing their committment to remain THOMAS MOTYKA/THE PINE LOG violence free. [email protected] Residence Life Leaders (RLL) sought to raise anti-violence awareness and push for the university to create policies that promote non-violence, and even the possibility of a zero-tolerance policy. Dating game heats up BPSC By Moises Hernandez hoping to have a good time and a good laugh. STAFF WRITER “I’m expecting it to be funny and entertain- ing. All of my friends are in SAA so I go to all of Monday night became a night of romance their events.” roulette as six students tested their chances Several SAA members took on the role as with finding their perfect match in an event hosts for the event and brought on a creative similar to a dating game called “Are you com- selection of questions that were too good not patible.” to pass up. Without seeing the other sex, each The event was hosted by the Student contestant asked and answered the questions Activities Association in the BPSC movie the- by random which ranged from “Is money the ater at 7 p.m. on Monday night. Three random key to maintaining stability in a relationship” men and three other men volunteered them- to “What’s your idea for a first date?” selves in the event with no idea of who would SFA students also participated in asking be the contestants of the opposite sex. The questions as SAA members ventured through men were contestants one, two and three while the audience with a bag full of hot questions. the women were contestants green, pink and In the end it was up to the students of SFA to yellow. With men and women separated by a be the matchmakers of the event. After hearing large black curtain, but exposed to the rest of what each side had to say, audience members the audience, the event became a night full of voted on who would be the most compatible revealing truths and explosive laughter. by holding up different colored pieces of paper. SFA students who attended the event were Throughout the event students, and even the THOMAS MOTYKA/THE PINE LOG SAA hosted “Are you compatible?”, a dating game-style event, Monday night in the movie met with bright green, yellow and pink bal- SAA members themselves, reacting wildly and theater in the Student Center. The event put three random men against three random women loons. Margie Nesbitt, a freshman majoring in excitedly to the answers and questions. in front of an audience to answer questions at random, and covered everything from dating Nursing, walked into the BPSC movie theatre [email protected] etiquette to maintaining a stable relaitonship Volume 89 Next Publication: Visit us online at Issue 17 Monday, November 15, 2010 www.thepinelog.com TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY H 80 L 56 H 77 L 51 H 67 L 43 CMYK Page Two THE PINE LOG Thursday, November 11, 2010 Third annual toy drive chance to iFreestyle rap battle benefit Nacogdoches children attracts variety By Andreya Stephenson 9 to 5 Monday through Friday, 10 to 4 on Saturday, of performers to ballroom STAFF WRITER and 1 to 4 on Sunday. Nine Flags will be accepting donations from The Nine Flags Christmas Festival is offering a November 12 until December 10. The visitor’s cen- SAA’s first freestyle rap battle attracted many participants, way for you to bring a smile to a child’s face this ter will also be open for donations during the Nine including fraternity Christmas by hosting the Third Annual Spirit of Flags Christmas Festival Saturday, November 27 members, athletes and Christmas Toy Drive. and during the Lighted Christmas Parade Saturday, others. The battle took place Nine Flags will collect the toys and give them to December 4. Gifts will be given to children from the in the Twilight Ballroom the Nacogdoches Community Partners Board to ages of infant to 18 years old. Also, gifts should be yesterday evening. give out to the children of Nacogdoches county. donated unwrapped. Joel Novosad, meeting and event coordinator Nine Flags collected around fifty toys in years THOMAS MOTYKA/THE PINE LOG for the Nine Flags Festival asks that you make do- past, and hopes to increase that this year to help nations of unwrapped gifts to the Nacogdoches local children in need. Convention and Visitor’s Bureau located in down- town Nacogdoches.
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