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Chanticleer | Vol 51, Issue 28
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intro to American government, modem "American troops will be caught in the Savage details the government the the U.S. and Americans abroad. By Jamie M. Eubanks political theory and governments of middle of hostilities between ethnic United States will put together and how -'When Napoleon's troops liberated The Chanticleer News Editor Europe. groups." These ethnic groups include this American presence in the country areas, people cheered," Savage said. Another reason he wrote the article Kurds, Moslems and a guerilla move- will cause more American casualties. "After the troops remained, people Opinions are divided on the effects was due to how some textbooks have a ment. He feels this will also lead more wanted them out. This is going to hap- of Gulf War 11. Recently, a JSU pro- skewed perspective on the Middle East. "In the Middle East they have a countries to "abandon their lukewarm pen again." fessor published an article predicting Savage received a textbook, which Western idea of nationalism and they sympathy for the U.S. war on terrorism Savage didn't publish the article the consequences of the war. offered three options for government in also have a religious idea of national- and join the radicals in calling for holy locally because, he said, many people "I wanted to have it on the record so Afghanistan. All three, he said, were ism." he said. war against the United States." in the area believe the war is a success after it was over I could say, 'I told you impossible. One included the creation Sunni and Shiite are both Moslems Recruitment for A1 Qaeda will because of current military victories. so,"' said Dr. Ralph Savage, professor of a democracy. but they view each other as different increase, he said, as will suicide For this reason, he didn't want to get of political science at JSU. Savage cur- In his article, Savage said, nationalities. bombers and terrorist actions against involved in any local conversation. rently teaches international relations, Student shot during domestic dispute at Colis,eum Apartments By Miranda Bryant "There was another gun found The Chanticleer Staff Writer at the scene," said Thompson, "but it was never fired." A JSU student is in the hospi- Allen was taken to tal after being shot in the head Jacksonville Hospital and then during a domestic violence inci- transferred to Gadsden Regional dent last Tuesday at Coliseum Medical Center's intensive care Apartments in Jacksonville, said unit, according to hospital offi- police. cials, but his condition was not Barry J. Allen, 22, was shot released. behind his left ear with a .22-cal- Jacksonville Police arrested iber pistol by his roommate Bryant for domestic violence in ~i~eraR. Bryant, 21, in their the first degree, according to apartment, said Jacksonville police rLcords. She was taken to Police Chief Tommy Thompson. the Calhoun County Jail where Bryant called police around 9 she was released on a $25,000- p.m. and waited outside the bond to wait on a preliminary apartment for emergency person- hearing scheduled in June. nel, said Thompson. Bryant told Bryant had been involved in police she was chased into the previous domestic disputes, bathroom where she found a gun Thompson said. City Police are investigating and shot him. She alleged Allen . , uaillluulu WIIGIC ~IIGIUUIIU a gun z~Lv~L~~wuoulu. and shot him. She alleged Allen City Police are investigating the case 'for more evidence, he had physically abused-. her that -. . day. said.
M~amiHeraldIJuan Tamayo Students sell themselves Chief Warrant Officers Ronald young Jr., 26, of Lithia Springs, Ga., left, gets off of a CH46 helicopter in Numaniyah, Iraq, en route to a C130 to take him to Kuwait, Sunday. Young and six other American prisoners were found alive and well Sunday after their captors fled from U.S. Marines advancing towards Tikrit. at JSU 'Interview Day Rescued POWs recount capture
-- -- By Juan 0. Tamayo "We were a hot potato," said A few hours later, the POWs Ron Young, reached through a Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) Johnsoh, 30, an Army cook with were telling of their ordeal: of crack that had been opened and six-inch braids. The POWs were being overwhelmed by Iraqis in unlatched his cell door. But ABOARD A C-130 OVER moved through six holding a firefight where their weapons guards thwarted the escape. IRAQ - Sunday, on her 21 st places in the last SIX days alone, jammed from the sand. One of "I was asking them if they day as an Iraqi prisoner of war, she said. "It was getting to the the POWs said villagers had were gonna kill me," said Pfc. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson point where I believed they held a knife to his throat and had Patrick Miller, 23, of Park City, thought that she and six other were going to kill us." beaten him and a fellow captive Kan. American prisoners of war Instead, a squad of Marines with sticks. His guards assured him they stormed into the room where At one point, a U.S. bomb would not, Miller added, "but I The ChanticleerlJamie M. Eubanks would be killed because their Last Wednesday 10 companies came to JSU to interview potential employees. guards were afraid of the ever- they were being held, rescuing sent the bricks of their prison still didn't believe them, so I Students scheduled more than 100 interviews with companies such as the last Americans known to showering down, and one of the McCartney Construction, Anniston Army Depot, BOA2 Printing, BellSouth, approaching American attacks. Enterprise, Equity Group Georgia Division, L.L.C., Gazelle Consulting, have been captured by Iraq. prisoners, Chief Warrant Officer see POWs, page 2 Honeywell, Primerica and Sherwin Williams. "It gives two avenues," said Janet White, director of Career Placement Services at JSU. "One gives student the oportunity to participate in multiple interview styles. Secondly, it brings new companies to campus. Many of them Annual JS U event remembers the Holocaust don't know we're even here." Student injured in By Rosalind Moore The mission statement of writing contest for middle The Chanticleer Staff Writer JSU's Holocaust Committee school and high school students. emphasizes a dedication to The highlight of the evening accident will graduate "educating members of the was the keynote speaker, "It is important that we By Ben Cunningham Jacksonville, and Saratha University community and the Aizenman. Aizenman was nine remember the Holocaust and The Chanticleer Editor in Chief Jackson, 32. of Piedmont. that it not happen again," said community-at-large" in a time years old when, he and his fam- Westbrook and Jackson died of Remembrance. ily were put into the Wa;rsaw Dr. Steven Whitton, professor of A JSU senior seriously injured shortly after the wreck, accord- This year's remembrance was Ghetto and were transported to English and member of the JSU in an accident that killed two ing to accident reports. moved from the library confer- over a dozen different concen- Holocaust Committee. people this month will be able to Westbrook was treated at ence area to the Ernest Stone tration camps. Each year, JSU remembers an graduate next week, his mother Gadsden Regional Medical Performing Arts Center Theatre. He answered questions from element of history that has been said Monday. Center, and was released on associated with senselessness "The new venue worked very the audience and also gave Bradley Gordon, a 23-year-old Monday evening, his mother and grave adversity. The tragic well for the program." Whitton words of wisdom to the nearly senior from Acwroth, Ga., will said. plight of those who were perse- said. "I heard many comments 200 listeners that crowed into Nancy Gordon told The The ChanticleerIRosal~ndMoore graduate with a degree in geog- cuted, executed and tortured and people were very pleased. the Stone Center theatre. raphy his mother, Nancy Chanticleer that her son was during the Holocaust of World ~enr~Aizenman, Holocaust survivor, They were more comfortable Aizenman was liberated by determined to gfaduate despite answers questions during last week's Gordon, told The Chanticleer on War IS, is forever etched into the Holocaust remembrance. and they could see better in the American forces at the age of Monday. That's despite the fact his 10-da;~hospitalization. history of our world. theatre." 14, and he commented that "It took a lot of hard work," wrongs. that the accident crushed his foot The JSU Holocaust The program began with a "That's when [his] life began." Nancy Gordon said. "It took a Last Thursday the ,JSU and broke his collarbone and Remembrance began in 1982 as welcome from newly elected "I am a great American patri- lot of work just to get him out of Holocaust Memorial Committee jaw. a project of the Wesley SGA president. Chris Cook. ot," Aizenman said. "Not a The accident took place on this hospital." She credited her hosted this year's remembrance Foundation. Through years of English department professors, mindless patriot, that thinks U.S. Highway 278 near son's friends, his Sigma Phi ceremony. The keynote speaker development, the memorial has Susan Sellers and Teresa Reed, everything America does is Piedmont, on April 5. Bradley Epsilon fraternity brothers and for the night was Henry become a major event, and a who also announced winners of Gordon's Jeep collided with a his sister Jessica, also a JSU stu- Aizenman, now a resident of dedication to learning from past the "Imagining the Holocaust" vehicle occupied by Gregory dent, with supporting him Birmingham. see Holocaust, paqe 2 Scott Westbrook, 41, of through his hospitalization.
Days unt~lthe 2003-04 , Baseball: Softball: Announcements, Crime ..... 2 Classifieds ...... 6 academ~cyear starts, on Aug 28 Apr. 12 - JSU 3-6, Troy State State 6-9 April 15 - JSU , Troy State Opinion ...... 4 Concert calender ...... 6 Friday - vs. Samford, 6:30 p.m., home Saturday - vs. Campbell, 1 p.m., home ...... 5 Question of the Week ...... 4 133 Sports ...... 7 Finals Schedule ...... 6 The Chanticleer April 17, 2003
POWs: flown to Kuwait for check-ups (from page 1) Correction: In the April 3 edition of The Chanticleer in Students debate Arab issues, we named Shane Magbie as the recipient of kept asking." were killed and six were cap- well. I don't know why." the best delegate award. "I thought I would never see tured, including Pfc. Jessica At almost the same time, my wife again," said a sobbing Lynch, who was rescued last Williams was piloting his Allen Parris actually received that honor. Chief warrant Officer David week. Apache southwest of Baghdad, Williams, of Orlando, Fla. Two of the POWs were with Young manning his guns, The POWs, some still wear- aboard an Apache attack heli- when a 23 mm cannon round ing striped pajamas issued by copter when it went down over split the leather on the toe box of came together about two days their captors, were flown by C- southeastern Baghdad on that his left boot, burning his foot after their capture in what they From Holocaust, paqe 1 130 transport to Kuwait for same day. and forcing him to land. assumed to be an Iraqi police medical checkups. The ambush of the 507th last- "We tried to evade. station in Baghdad. where they good. I just believe that the been talking to groups ever "All the words in the world ed about 15 minutes, just as the Unfortunately there was a lot of were given medical care, United States is the best country since." can't explain how I feel," sun was coming up over the infantry around," said Williams, received blue and yellow striped in the world. I have never The remembrance ended with Hernandez, 2 1, from Mission, horizon. 31. They got on their survival pajamas and stayed for 15 days. regretted my stay in the United a traditional Jewish prayer, the Texas, said during the one-hour "It wasn't a little ambush. It radio. hoping to be picked up by They heard heavy U.S. bomb- States." Kaddish. Mourners at public flight to Kuwait. was a whole city and we were another chopper, but saw only ings every night they were in Aizenman talked about his services traditionally recite the Col. Larry Brown, operations shot from front, rear, left." along another aircraft with flames Baghdad, the prisoners said, and experiences in the concentration Kaddish after the death of close chief for the 1st Marine a one- or two-mile stretch of shooting out of its belly. on one terrifying night a bomb camps of Poland and also talked relatives. Members of the Expeditionary Force, said the highway with wide aprons to the Williams said they jumped landed about 150 feet from their about his new life in the United Temple Beth-El in Anniston POWs were rescued after some side, said Sgt. James Riley, a into a canal and swam "a quar- cells, buckling the tin roofs and States. He is now a father and recited it at the remembrance as of their guards approached lanky 3 1-year-old from ter. half a mile, real slow, you blowing open the food hatch on lives in Birmingham where he a memorial. Marines near the town of Pennsauken, N.J. know, just the head showing." Young's cell door. worked as a jewelry salesman. "Sometimes, I think like it Samara north of Baghdad. The Johnson, from El Paso, Texas, They emerged and headed for a "A lot of the bricks fell down "I used to have nightmares for [the Holocaust] was yesterday," guards told the Marines their dove under her truck but was hit stand of trees but were spotted on top of us. I was lying on the about 20 years," Aizenman said. Aizenman said. "Most times I officers had deserted and they in the ankles. Near her were by armed villagers. ground, against the comer with "When my son was in high think it was a dream or my wanted to hand over the Riley, Hernandez and Hudson. "They shot a couple of warn- the wall," said Williams. school, I went and spoke to his imagination. I just want people Americans. Other Marines said The rest of the convoy was scat- ing shots at us. We decided to Their conditions grew better class for a history project. I to ask me questions because townspeople tipped them to the tered all along the highway. surrender,': said Williams. as they were shifted through six think he helped me more than I after I am gone, you will have to house where the Americans Nasiriyah residents first loot- The villagers "beat us a little, locations in the last six days of helped him, because my night- read about these things from a were held. ed the Americgn trucks, then one of them with a stick," he captivity. mares started to fade. I have book." Five of the POWs were mem- turned their wrath on the sol- said. "One of them even put a "We could feel that Iraq was bers of the Army's 507th diers. "A couple of people knife to my throat," before the collapsing," said Williams. "I Maintenance Company's "Lost punched me, a couple of people prisoners were thrown in the could see the guards were ner- Patrol," a lightly guarded supply hit me in the back with sticks," back of an open truck at 2 a.m. vous." convoy that got lost and wan- said Miller. and driven around, making stops Their guards for the last three dered into an ambush in the Not Johnson. They opened every once in a while "to show days were the best of all. they all south central Iraqi city of her chemical weapons suit "and all the other people that they had agreed, reaching into their own Nasiriyah on March 23, the first noticed I was a female," she captured Americans." pockets to buy them food and Sunday of the war. Nine soldiers said. Then they treated her "very The two groups of prisoners medical supplies. 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(256) 776-2503 Fax (256) 776-2561 WORLD FAMOUS WINGS 35@ April 17,2003 The Chanticleer Page 3 SARS cases spreading rapidly in China By Michael Dorgan piratory syndrome, or SARS, Ministry of Health, also report- tributed to the spread of the epi- "Much progress has been made Guangdong, new cases remain Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) had been effectively contained. ed seven new cases and one demic to at least 18 other coun- in combating the disease so far, far below the peak period of the They claimed that all cases in death in Inner Mongolia, and tries. with the epidemic brought epidemic in January, but the 18 BEIJING - The World China outside of the southern two new SARS cases in Beijing As recently as last Thursday, under control in some areas, but new cases reported Monday Health Organization on Monday province of Guangdong, where and 18 new cases reported in a vice minister of health said the the overall situation remains were more than double what has reported 74 more cases of a SARS is believed to have origi- Guangdong, where the bulk of epidemic was under control. grave." been reported in recent days - deadly new respiratory disease nated, were "imported and that mainland China's 1,418 SARS That claim began to crumble on A day earlier, President Hu eight on Sunday, and seven on in the north-central province of the epidemic was not spreading. cases and 64 deaths from the Friday, when the WHO added Jintao met in the southern port Saturday. Shanxi and three other areas of The spike in new cases under- disease have occurred. Beijing to its list of places city of Shenzhen with Hong In his speech Sunday, Premier China, a surge that reinforces scores the threat of a resurgence The United States had eight where chains of local transmis- Kong's chief executive, Tung Wen urged officials at all levels fears the epidemic is quickly of the epidemic in Guangdong new suspected cases Monday, sion are occurring. Also on the Chee-hwa, to discuss the epi- of government to assume "over- spreading in the world's most as the number of cases explodes bringing the total to 174, list are Guangdong and Shanxi demic, Xinhua reported. all responsibility" for prevent- populous country. elsewhere in the nation of 1.3 according to the WHO. provinces, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Hong Kong, a special admin- ing SARS by spotting, report- Globally, the overall fatality billion citizens. Chinese officials had based Toronto, Singapore and Hanoi, istrative region of China, has ing, isolating and treating cases rate for SARS is about 4 per- WHO officials said last week their claims that the epidemic Vietnam. had at least 1,150 cases of as early as possible. cent. Many experts fear that the that a single "super-spreader," was under control on a steady While slow to take SARS SARS, including 40 deaths. On But as of Monday, the con- fatality rate in China will rise the name health officials have decline in the numbers of new seriously, China's central gov- Sunday, 42 people in Hong cept of taking responsibility did steeply if the epidemic spreads given to highly infectious SARS cases in Guangdong. ernment in recent days has sent Kong were diagnosed with the not appear to have filtered down widely because many provinces carriers, could reverse the China's government has been strong signals that the epidemic illness and five died, the highest to the provincial officials in are poor and have health care downward trend in new cases. widely criticized for initially has become one of its highest daily death toll to date. Four of Shanxi, which previously had systems greatly inferior to those Monday's figures disclosed covering up the epidemic to priorities. the five who died were under reported only a handful of of Guangdong and Hong Kong. 47 new SARS cases and three avoid alarming the public and The government's Xinhua age 52 with no history of illness. SARS cases. Until late last week, Chinese deaths from the day before in scaring off foreign tourists and News Agency reported Monday Beijing, the capital, has had A woman in the Shanxi officials repeatedly had given the coal-producing province of investors. By not acting prompt- that Premier Wen Jiabao, speak- 31 official confirmed cases of Province Health Bureau reacted assurances that severe acute res- Shanxi. 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Jacksonville, A1 36265 205 Pelham ~d.,S. 4.3516600 Jacksonville, AL 435-7900 Fax 435-7954 a Pag? 4 OPINION The Chanticleer April 17, 2003 In Our View Nine long years all comes down to this Where does it all end? wow. In the paper and it showed in University bureaucratic As I sit in The my grades. machine and the everyday Just three weeks into the United States' war with Iraq, the Chanticleer office at 1 Ben Cunningham I took Mr. Chandler's words needs of the campus newspaper. The Chanticleer evil regime of Saddam Hussein has fallen. For this one fact. to heart, and left Jacksonville in I thank them both for all o'clock on Tuesday morn- Editor in Chief the world can be grateful. even if not everyone thought going ing, I've got the place to 1997 for a four-year stint with they've done. to war was the right thing to do. myself. The rest of the the Air Force. I thought I might Of course, when I'm not in In less than a month. U.S. and British troops have rolled staff his finished their find the discipline I lacked The Chanticleer office, I'm sup- across the country, demolished those military forces that did work on our last paper of the say in the con- there. I was wrong. As it turns posed to be in class, and I owe a not surrender, and sent the representatives of Saddam's oppres- year, and my last Chanticleer fine~of Weath'erly Hall then, out I found it in myself; the Air lot of professors a lot of credit sive scurrying into hiding. ever. After a couple of summer and I know my fellow residents Force just showed me where it for helping me get to the end of The people of Iraq. if the Bush administration carries classes. I'm finally getting a will agree when I say those was. To the many friends and my time here a Jax State. There through with its promises, will have a chance to build a Middle degree in August, after nine were good times and they were good leaders I had in the Air are the demanding ones, like the Eastern democracy their neighbors will envy. It will be diffi- long years. bad times, but they were times I Force, I'm eternally grateful. English department's Dr. cult for that democracy to flourish, however, in the shadow of That's right, my freshman will always remember. The By showing me the world, they Robert Felgar, and communica- an American military presence. year was 1994, and my route best thing about that place, now helped me get back to tion's Dr. Ralph Carmode, from For any new Iraqi government to be accepted by its neigh- through college has been a little just a sloped patch of grass, is Jacksonville. whose high standards I've bors, and even its own people, it must be independent enough less than straight. Jacksonville that I met Sherri Anderson When my four years were up, learned to achieve. There's also to make the right political and social decisions on its own. If - whether you believe it or not there. She's now Sherri I returned to town hoping to get the graceful patience of teach- U.S. forces are stationed in Iraq for any length of time, the sit- - is a place with lots of dis- Cunningham, and my life since a chance to write at The ers like Ms. Susan Methvin in uation wlll rankle in the minds of Middle Easterners and likely tractions, and I found many meeting her has been so much Chanticleer. I didn't expect to the English Department, who become a flash point for even stronger anti-American senti- other things to do than go to better than what came before, find the editor's desk empty. helped me so much this year. ment than already exists. class my first few years in and I know the best years are Before I even had the keys to And then there are the people The only conceivable situation that would be worse than a school. yet to come. my apartment I had the keys to like Lloyd Dobbyns and Jerry continued presence in Iraq would be, oh, say sending troops That's not to say I didn't The most important thing I the newspaper office. I knew I Chandler who I'm just so damn from Iraq into other Middle Eastern countries. learn anything. My time with learned during those first cou- also had a chance, to prove I glad to know. They teach you And wouldn't you know it, Bush administration officials are the Marching Southerners ple of years was that I wasn't could do right what I'd done so much and keep you laughing already making not-so-quiet hints at Iraq's northern neighbor, taught me so much about the doing what I needed to do. A poorly before. at yourself - and at them. That Syria. The administration has warned Syria against harboring power of music and working for professor in the communication Fortunately, I had the help of makes all the more worthwhi1.e. fleeing Saddam loyalists from Iraq, and accused it of supplying something you love. I took that department, Jerry Chandler, some incredible people. The As I near the end of this col- Iraq with night vision goggles and other military technology lesson to the next level with the told me then that I had the talent staff of The Chanticleer for the umn I've got to thank my par- before the war. brothers of Phi Mu Alpha. for a career in journalism but past two years has been a great ents. Though I got most of And recently, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Sinfonia has become a deep that I'd never make it unless I bunch, without whose talents what I needed for school on my played the trump card, airing American government suspicions part of me, as have the brothers found some discipline. I knew and efforts I'd have gotten own and from Uncle Sam, there that Syria has a well-developed chemical weapons program, I've gained through the fraterni- he was right. I was discovering nowhere in what I wanted to do. were always there when I need- and has conducted tests within the last 12 to 15 months. it daily at The Chanticleer then, Josh Bingham, Anthony Hill, ed them for anything, and I'd Is this the trial balloon for the justification of an invasion of ty. I learned more than I care to where I'd risen far too quickly Callie Williams, Becky Sproles. have got nowhere without them. Syria? Let's hope not. It would be evidence to those in the to its highest ranks. It showed Catrina Neely, Stephen Hollis, Thanks to anyone I've for- Middle East, Europe and around the world who opposed the war with Iraq on the suspicion that it was the beginning of an Stephanie Pendergrass, Danni gotten who helped me in the American war on all of the Middle East. "Who's next?" they Lusk, Jamie Eubanks, Jeremy last nine years. I know I must might ask. "Us?" Banding together against what they might Guthrie, Nick Thomason, Patty have left someone out, but as see as a common threat. American forces in the region might be Lockhart, Katie Harris, you can, space is at a premium faced with pre-emptive strikes against them, or against Israel. Miranda Bryant and the many now anyway. The result might be a disastrous war. In the last century's other writers, photographers Last but not least, I want to two world wars, the U.S. was a reluctant ally in fighting against and ad staff have done great thank you - whoever you are aggressive, invading forces. This time, we'd have started the work, made the job great fun - for reading what we've put fighting with invasions of our own. and been great people, all of in these pages for the last two The best the U.S. could hope for in invading or attacking them. years. It hasn't always been Syria or other Middle Eastern countries would be a decline In Of course, none of us would perfect, but we've done the best world opinion, if it can sink any farther, and the loss of what have done anything without the we can. I hope that in some few allies we have. The world would suddenly become a very, help of Tammy Mize, the com- way the work we do here has very dangerous place for Americans. munication department secre- helped you. few allies we have. The world would suddenly become a very, IICI~UI lammy ~ize,me corn- way tne work we do here has very dangerous place for Americans. munication department secre- helped you. Let's hope, for our own sake, that it doesn't come to that. tary or Mike Stedham, our Thanks, and keep reading. adviser. These two are the human conduits between the "What have you enjoyed most about working at The Chanticleer this year?" Jamie M. Eubanks J. Wilson Guthrie Gary Lewis Danni Lusk Stephanie Pendergrass --Compiled by Senior - News editor Junior - Sports editor Senior - Online editor Junior - Features editor Junior - Copy editor Ben Cunningham Communication Communication General studies Communication Communication Editor in Chief "I have enjoyed most the time I "I have enjoyed being forced to "The inner peace and spiritual "Meeting hot musicians and "The constant insults, lack of have spent with some of thefun- become comfortable with my growth I have gained from making Jamie blush when I tell sleep, stress ... oh and like the niest, smartest and most masculinity. " quietly tormenting Stephanie." her my 'bar' stories." friendships and stu8 except with interesting people I know. my nemesis Mr: Lewis - who I'll miss you all!" only thinks he wins." Whether it's a flag or noose, symbols are important By Myriam Marquez Case in point: the fleeting moment in this time accurately noted, of true Iraqi religious government that the once- smuggled out of Iraq and into the hands The Orlando Sentinel (KRT) which a U.S. soldier placed the nationalism free of the Saddam impri- powerful Sunnis rejected. Then there of terrorist groups. American flag over the Saddam stat- matur. The Iraqi dictator had changed are progressive, moderate Iraqis who Saddam, who may have been killed For almost an hour, the Iraqi men ue's head. the flag in 1991 when, having lost the hope to have a secular government that by U.S. bombing a few days ago, has tried to get the noose around Saddam's Arab cable network al-Jazeera, Gulf War, he tried to earn points with respects individual rights. more lives than a junkyard cat. But big head. They were victorious, with rarely missing an opportunity to paint radical Islamists by printing a religious But we are getting ahead of our- dead or alive, he's clearly no longer in the help of U.S. troops and their America as the aggressor instead of lib- saying on the flag. selves. The war's not over. As Vice charge of Iraq. armored vehicle, in toppling the statue erator of Iraq, didn't skip a beat in We cannot underestimate the mean- President Dick Cheney warned It will be up to the United States and of the Butcher of Baghdad, erected last "interpreting" what seemed to most ing of symbols to people who have Wednesday, "There may well be hard all other nations that value liberty to year to celebrate Saddam Hussein's Americans to be the exuberance of a been spoon-fed ideas through govern- fighting ahead. We must expect vicious help Iraqis of good will. They must set 65th birthday. young American soldier and nothing ment-controlled media for decades. tactics." aside old grudges and see the bigger We woke up Wednesday to witness more. Iraqis, like any other people who have Baghdad was not yet totally secure. picture of peaceful coexistence so that history in the making, a sense that the "This is a symbol of what will hap- suffered in a dictatorship, are masters at And cities in northern Iraq, such as they will never again have to tie a sym- end is near - a turning point of pro- pen now. Everything will take an reading between the lines. Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, and the bolic noose around a dictator's head. portions so huge to the Middle East and American face," an al-Jazeera reporter Nor can we ignore that Iraq is a oil fields to the north still had pockets - the world as the fall of the Berlin Wall told Arab viewers about the U.S. flag nation divided by different ethnic and of strong resistance. ABOUT THE WRITER was to the collapse of communism in on the Saddam statue's face. "A nation- religious groups that, now free of U.S. and British forces are still look- Myriam Marquez is an editorial Europe more than a decade ago. al symbol is being replaced by an Saddam, will want to control their own ing for those infamous weapons of page columnist for the Orlando But there were ominous signs, too, American one." destiny. Democracy and shared power mass destruction, too - the major rea- Sentinel. Readers may write to her at that Americans in Iraq must be overly Just a minute later, the soldier hand- are not acceptable to everyone. Many son the Bush administration gave for the Orlando Sentinel, 633 North careful to strike the right balance, to ed the U.S. flag to a young Iraqi man Kurds, for instance, feel they have this war. And, of course, securing Iraq's Orange Ave., Orlando, Flu. 32801, or ensure that their actions, even in a brief who, smiling and standing atop the nothing to gain from sharing power borders is a priority, not only to catch by e-mail at mmarquez@orlandosen- moment of elation, are not misinter- base of the statue, waved it to cheers with those who used to oppress them. high-ranking officials in Saddam's preted. from Iraqis below. The old flag of Iraq The Shiites, meanwhile, want to government who might try to escape waved high - a symbol, al-Jazeera reclaim their old cities and establish a but to ensure that weapons aren't Page 5 FEATURES The Chanticleer April 17, 2008 What every new hire needs to know Hail toe the chief By Matt Wixon booklet to George Foreman's keep the volume low as a cour- The Dallas Morning News Lean Mean Grilling Machine. tesy to fellow employees who And while employee manuals want to work in silence or are Congratulations on landing are valuable, they are not sur- trying to eavesdrop on conver- and here your dream job. You will tack- vival guides. sations in surrounding cubi- le new challenges, pursue So here is an office-life sur- cles. higher goals and cash a check vival guide, with tips never Getting along with fellow I come! big enough to make super-siz- found in an employee manual. employees can be easy if you ing your value meal a no- The easiest way to create an are friendly, courteous and brainer. Make sure to focus on efficient workspace is to locate show respect for your co- By Danni Lusk that your first day, when you it in a large corner office with workers. Every employee The Chant~cleer get locked in a stairwell look- an inspirational view of the must play a part in creating a Features Ed~tor ' ing for the restroom. city and a door that locks. Of cubicle community full of The second day will be bet- course, if people refer to you good neighbors who help one ter. But the first day is like not as "The Boss" but as another and support the vast "Don't it always seem to go transferring to a new school, "Employee 4725A-2T1," this differences in employee work that you don't know what you where the other children stare, might not be possible. styles. got 'ti1 it's gone," Joni Mitchell nobody sits with you at lunch In that case, you probably Be sure to remember that sang in her song "Big Yellow and you get stuffed in a trash work in a cubicle. And in that when your cubicle neighbor Taxi." can during recess. Thank case, you need to remember uses his speakerphone to have It seems to be that way with goodness that will not happen that cubicles offer as much pri- conversations that include the the features desk in the Chanty at work. The people are more vacy as a thong bikini. That's phrases "the naughty one with office. To give- you- an idea, I mature and the trash cans are because cubicle walls absorb the tassels7' or "searching for a about your work. They also than the director's cut of have a Powerpuff Girls and way too small. almost no sound, especially colon polyp." provide something to doodle "Apocalypse Now." But relax Willy Wonka and the More important, unprofes- when they are plastered with Every employee is bound to on when meetings drag, and - these answers to common Chocolate Factory poster and a sional behavior is prohibited Post-it Notes, calendars and a (annoy another at some point. that is inevitable. evaluation questions will help myriad of pictures of my gym- by most companies. You picture of a kitten hanging The key is to accept, and even Another tip for employees you get through it. nastics students, pets and close would know that had you read from a tree with the inspira- embrace, the idiosyncrasies of hoping to succeed is to never Q. Where do you see yourself friends on the wall. There's a your employee manual instead tional phrase, "Hang in there!" your co-workers. use company-owned office in five years? pinwheel in a paper mache can of using it as a coaster on your The result: Sound travels Ah yes, memos. They now products for personal use. A. Taking on bigger chal- I made, a tie-dyed top hat and a coffee table. through cubicles even faster come mainly in e-mail form, Sure, it might seem harm- lenges, expanding my role drawer full of Play-Doh and But don't feel bad. Most than a stolen stapler. So avoid but they remain the primary less to take home a pack of with the company and helping candy. people do not read their having confidential discus- communication medium of the Post-it Notes or a couple of the company strengthen its But with this new editor-in- employee manuals, which sions or making personal modern workplace. highlighters. But why risk all position for the future. chief job, I feel as if I have to rarely reach the literary phone calls in your cubicle. Unfortunately, the deluge of the hard work you've put in, as straighten myself out a bit - heights of the instruction And if you listen to music, memos - Re: timecards are well as an honorable reputa- see Job, page 6 get a little bit more profession- al, I should say. The current chief, Ben Lisa Marie Presley releases her first album Cunningham,lous JO~.He hashas doneset aa fabu-great example for what a very pro- Presley's life has been tabloid was in. It was a healing thing to view is when asked to comment By Dave Ferman fessional and hard-working Knight Ridder Newspapers fodder for years, as she's moved capture it and purge it." on Jackson and his recent trou- editor should be. He even has through three marriages: to her There's not that much differ- bles. an American flag behind his best friend Danny Keough, then ence between the songs she was .'I'd really like to not talk Lisa Marie Presley likes it desk and an intelligent collec- to Michael Jackson and, last writing four years ago and about him," she says. "Every dark. tion of books next to his com- The one time she laughs dur- year, a blink-and-you-missed-it recent ones, she says. time I say anything about him, puter. So not only is he profes- ing a phone interview about "To quickie to Nicolas Cage. "They were always dark and the whole interview becomes XIIL,, T+ hd-., P 3, L__ Qha ~JAYPCC~Cmlloh I\C th;~ hm~nt;nn Thnt xxino onnr;rtont thot Tt'c nnnnxi;nn" sional and hard working, he's LIIC vile LIIIIC me 1aug115 UUI- J +UI) U "IIIII\-UIIu-J vu-IIIIIZIZUU-LC 'V'V.'C ""VU, U.." "UJ ". Lllll" r UUJ U..J ..l.l.b U""UL ,11111) ing a phone interview about "To quickie to Nicolas Cage. "They were always dark and the whole interview becomes puter. So not only is he profes- sional and hard working, he's Whom It May Concern," her She addresses much of this, haunting. That was consistent. that. It's annoying." intelligent and patriotic too. debut CD. is when it's men- from memories of her father to But the melodies were a little She is, hoGever, more than tioned that most of the 12 songs Cage, on "Concern." more R&B at different times." happy to rebut the current round So how do I live up to the are exactly that: dark, some- "How do I feel about the CD? Presley never mentions ,her of gossip that has her remarry- expectations Ben has raised for times emotionally bare. fre- I'm nervous," she says. "But I father or her famous husbands ing Keough andlor having the new chief? quently angry. also feel I did my job, so I feel by name h the songs, which can another baby with him. I tell myself I can only do as "I'm so glad you said that." slightly satisfied. Of course I lead to a bit of confusion, as in "Nope," she says evenly. good a job as I try. So now, I'm says Presley, 35, whose promo- want it to have a warm recep- "Gone," when she calls Cage by "He's my best friend. Always ready. I'm ready to move my tional blitz for the CD includes tion, but I can't get too caught his nickname, "Daddy." has been. Always will be. Not pinwheel and paper mache cup doing morning television shows up in it. I feel good about it, I She also, she says, couches getting married. Not pregnant." over to the largest desk in the and a prime-time interview with honestly do." several songs in metaphor. She also has higher expecta- office. I'll even put up the Diane Sawyer that aired last The CD, she says, was four Lisa Marie Presley Among them are "S.O.B." and tions for her next CD, she says, Powerpuff Girls poster. week. "I pull from pain - this years in the making and marriage to Cage, which ended "Nobody Noticed It," which is now that she's finally commit- To make it look more profes- was cathartic for me. Each song includes both old songs, the title last ~~~~~b~~ after less than about her father and the realiza- ted herself to a music career. sional, I'll add a few plaques on the CD is about a time, or a track, which addresses children four months. tion, all these years later, of how "It comes easy for me, I can and certificates I've earned week I had, or a situation." being overmedicated for depres- The songs, she says, "help me much he had go write a song really fast and I from random school involve- Many of which the world sion, and the very recently writ- deal with certain relationships I The only time she sounds want to do it," she says. "I'll ment and I won't put my tie- knows at least a little about. ten "Gone," which looks at her uncomfortable during the inter- never stop with music." dyed top hat on the computer monitor. And I'll even write news stories about truly impor- Beating Around the Bush tant issues like money, politics and University administration. Iraqi Intelligence by Bryan Stone and Corey McDaniel Don't dare think, though, that I will forget about my important issues in life - local Test your knowledge of Operation Iraqi Freedom music, nightlife and most and the country itself. Answers are on page 6. importantly, the students them- selves. I hope the person who takes 1. Bush gained authorization from Congress to wage war against over my job won't forget that Iraq. True or False? this position is supposed to be fun. I know I've had the most 2. What political party does Saddam belong to? fun I've ever had while getting a. Baath Party paid working as the features b. Communist Party edltor. I've met many new peo- c. Iraqi Conservative Party ple, seen some cool bands play, 3. What former Soviet leader does Saddam consider one of his been to some really good par- personal heroes? ties and met even cooler musi- cians. 4. Saddam enjoys some American movies. True or False? I've enjoyed having random people come up to me in 5. Iraq's military is less than half the size it was in 1990. True or Brother's and say, "I really False? enjoyed your column. It made me laugh," or compliment me 6. Iraq has an Air Force and a Navy. True or False? on a band interview I did. I've taken pride in being JSU's 7. From which country does the United States import the most most-available and best oil? resource for nightlife, enter- a. Canada tainment and the arts informa- b. Saudi Arabia tion. c. Mexico So without being sappy, hail to the chief (the current editor- 8. Iraq's largest oil fields are located in Baghdad. True or False? in-chief, that is) and thanks for setting a professional example 9. The United States supported Iraq in the 1980s by sending them for me to follow. military equipment. True or False? And I'm ready to move on and put my Powerpuff Girls 10. Saddam has never used chemical weapons while in power. poster on the center-most por- True or False? tion of the Chanty office wall, over the biggest desk in the - compiled by Tim Keefe of The State in Columbia, S.C. office. Pag? 6 a The Chanticleer* April 17, 2003 The Chanticleer from JO~.- - ~aae 5 A. By ded~cating Itself to Classifieds - I, U Iraqi Intelligence improvement. nourishing an I I (Strategically vague, it's the Campus rate: $4.00 for 20 words I i environment that allows for 10 cents each add. word. Answers perfect answer to an evalua- Call 782-F7' improvement and taking bold tion question because it says Call 626-294-3215 ,-A+L:-,, steps toward in~provement. 1. True. 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Ask about our Moving Specials! 3 MONTHS - UNLIMITED $75 435-1770 #3 College Center - Jacksonville Page 7 SPORTS The Chanticleer April 17, 2003 Thanks, goodbyes Softball looking for confidence and pep talks By Mike Vaughan II tom of the first off of Tera Ross. their final at bat. situation in the third inning. through a pitching clinic until for the new guy The Chanticleer Staff Writer Singles and a JSU error UCF quickly placed two run- UCF managed to get out with- the sixth inning. loaded the bases with only one ners on with no outs. A strike- out a run scoring, then finished Buckley had retired 15 The Jacksonville State soft- out in the third inning for the out and a walk loaded the bases off the shutout for a 5-0 win. straight batters when coach Jani ball team entered last week Bulldogs. Deanna Resmondo for Dottie Cupp. who already Oleman dropped to 4-1 with the McGinnis decided to play some J. Wilson Guthrie then took a 1-2 fastball from had a run scored for UCF in the loss. The Chanticleer looking for confidence. A week strategy. She put in a crippled that saw them go 3-3 helped Ross and placed it well over the game. JSU countered by bring- JSU then came home in Rachael Countryman as a pinch some, but not as much as the right field wall to blast Samford ing in Ross to finish the game eighth place in the ASC and hitter for Stacey Smith. effort at home against Stetson. to a 5-2 lead they would not and earn the save. She struck needing a sweep to keep alive Countryman was cleared just Wow, has this semester flown After heavy rains reset the relinquish. chances for a high tournament prior to the game to pinch hit by. And it's been by far one of date, JSU finally played Ross dropped to 14-3 on the berth. They got just that as they only. She ran the count full. the best years for Gamecock Samford last Wednesday. The year as she lasted only 3.1 "I was just hoping to be took both games from visiting fouled off three great pitches. innings. giving up eight hits and and second placed Stetson, 4-0 then drilled a change up into left sports is in the books. Our bas- wait proved to be costly after a able to help somewhere. " ketball teams both made their split of the series, JSU winning six earned runs. The final score and 2-0. field for the second JSU hit of respective tournaments. The game one 6-1. was Samford 9, Jacksonville Game one saw JSU fall in the game. women went to the semis and That game featured Becky State 5. Rachael Count~yman love with the long ball, as Bonin McDonald, pumped up like the men lost a hard defensive Carpanetti's two-RBI single in Friday saw JSU travel to After helping mlly JSU went yard to deep left on the her teammates over Rachae!'~ battle. the second inning to give JSU a Orlando, Fla., to play the for a win vs. Stetson first pitch she saw to give JSU hit. took the next at-bat and The football team did well quick 2-0 lead. Central Florida Golden Knights. an early 2-0 lead. crushed a two run homerun to playing their first Southeastern A four run seventh inning put A game one sure-win turned Oleman started off the fourth put JSU up 2-0. Conference team and have a lot the game permanently out of into a heart-breaking loss, and a inning with a home run that Ross finished off the seventh of great players returning for reach for the Bulldogs, as a lifeless game two dissolved into out Cupp, but gave up an infield bounced off the top of the left for her 1.5~~win of the year. JSU. Samford error added in with a UCF sweep, the finals being 6- single and a walk to bring UCF center field wall and fell over "We proved we have a lot of I could go on and on about all Annie Davis and Breanne 5 in game one, and 5-0 in game to within a run. A Lindsay Bush for the third run of the game. heart in this game," said of our great teams, but I won't. "Breezzy" Oleman RBI singles two. hgle tied the game, and the Annie Davis answered with a McGinnis after the game. "I I would rather focus on the peo- gave JSU the final 6- 1 margin of The third inning of game one next batter, Jania Shinhoster, long bomb of her own in the can't say enough about Rachael ple that I have grown to know victory. saw JSU burst out with four big singled to right to end the come- sixth to end the scoring. and that hit. It was the boost we and have enjoyed working with Veronica Davis pitched a runs on four hits. Angela Davis back and the game, 6-5. Veronica Davis pitched well needed at just the right time." after taking the reins from "The complete game, scattering only doubled two batters later to Veronica Davis pitched quite to earn the win, scattering six "I was just hoping to be able Thrill." five hits and one run to pick up score Bonin and Melinda well for JSU going 6.1 innings hits and striking out three. She to help somewhere," comment- I thought that this would be her 12th win. McDonald. Allie Simons with seven strikeouts before was helped in the bottom of the ed Countryman, whose season the hardest thing that I have Game two saw JSU again capped of the scoring in the Ross entered in relief. The seventh as Oleman caught a seemed to be over after her sec- ever done, but come to find out jump ahead 2-0 after designated inning as she drove in Davis. tough loss went to Ross, who deep fly to center field as she ond knee injury of the year. "I sports fans are more than will- hitter Janae Bonin ripped a two- JSU stretched out the lead to dropped to 14-4. fell through the collapsible wall wanted to lift up the team, and ing to tell you everything about run home run in the top of the 5-2 in the top of the seventh as An emotionally-drained to save the shutout. hopefully we can build off this." "their" sport and try to convert first inning. Samford quickly the Gamecocks looked to be Gamecock team put up only one Game two provided the high you to their side. And sports answered with a run in the bot- cruising. That's before the big challenge in game two, as drama for the day. Ross and writers aren't that competitive, Golden Knights woke up in they had a bases loaded. no out Lindsay Buckley battled I didn't know that. So a big thank you to A1 Muskewitz? for all the help that he gave. The players also made things JSU drops two to Troy State doing well very easy. Always willing to vmi talk to me, they took the new face instride. My staff writers have also come through in the clutch situ- atinnc that 1 alwa~ii~oern tn met come through in the clutch situ- sacrifice fly to score Lambert. - ations that I always seem to get Troy State would score in From staff reports myself into. These guys al.- Jacksonville State's base- the sixth inning off a two-run girl came from the sports world ball team dropped two of homer from Chad Howard to DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - and brought their expertise with three games in the weekend take 3-0 advantage. Corn was Three Jacksonville State them. series to rival Troy State. Troy pulled from the game in the golfers placed in the Top 10 Then the editorial staff at The (20- 16,10-8 A-Sun) won the eighth inning after issuing as the Gamecocks are in sec- Chanticleer, has done nothing first two games 6-0 and 9-3 back-to-back walks. Clark ond place, just two shots but be a huge help. Through and was looking for the sweep Jinks came on in relief and our late Tuesday nights and my back. after Monday's first but fell short as JSU won the was greeted on the first pitch always having 10 other things round of the 2003 Atlantic third game 6-3. by Brian Lipan with a three on my plate they have been Sun Conference In game one Troy State sent run dinger down the left field very understanding. Championship at the par-72. Eric Wikstrom to the mound line. And no less important has 5,942-yard Indigo Lakes Travis Suereth, Bobby been the Sports Info staff. Any against JSU's Jessie Corn in Golf Course. call at any time has been wel- what turned out to be a pitch- Hicks, and Kerri Fair each had Junior Florencia Moran is comed, and helping get my staff er's dual. Wikstrom won the a hit as the Gamecocks were third after scoring a 2-over- the things they needed to get showdown as he had six shut out for the third time this par 74. just three shots their stories to me has been strikeouts and didn't issue a year. behind Florida Atlantic's priceless. walk. In game two Jacksonville Anne Fraser score of 1- Countless other people have Corn, who has been bril- State took the opening lead under-par 7 1. helped either by reading and liant his last six starts, scoring two runs in the first Georgia State fired the giving me truthful critiques or allowed a season-high five inning capitalizing off of two low-round of the day with a Jessie Corn, JSU's pitching ace, delivers a pitch against Gardner-Webb earlier in team total of 298 to take the telling me that I needed to stick runs to suffer his first A-Sun Trojan errors. The Trojanr the season. Corn picked up his first A-Sun loss of the year against in-state rival with it when things got diffi- loss of the season. Corn would plate a run in the bot- Trov State this ~astweekend. lead. Senior Angie Green (40-36) and freshman cult. Thanks to you all. allowed his first earned run in tom half as Lenny Maier drew outs to drive in two runs. JSU Trojans would score six runs Now on a little bit more per- 23 innings of work in the fifth a bases loaded walk from JSU Shanelle Howell (36-40) are would tie the score in the fifth On seven hits for the both tied for ninth place after sonal level I would like to thank inning. rtarter Allen Buckley to cut inning as Kerri Fair cingled score of 9-3. people that have made this one carding a 4-over-par 76 on The Trojan run was put the lead 2- 1. and was driven in by a double JSU of of the best learning experiences Monday, Senior Marie-E\e together nicely as Trent Buckley was chased from from Matt Ruckdeschel. a sweep in game three as I have ever had. Dion (42.37) is tied for 22n1.j Lambert led off with a double the game in the fourth inning JSU was held hitless in the Ruckdeschel went 6-for-6 to I met Jamie Eubanks last with a 79 and freshman and was moved over to third as Howard singled with two last two innings while the lead the Gamecocks 6-3. semester when I returned to Marilen Fernandez-Ruiz (43- Jacksonville. At first she The Ciamecocks fell behind 39) is tied for 34th after scor- seemed to be an easy going per- 1-0 in the third inning as Glen ing an 82 in the 60-person son. Then I started writing for A tlantic Sun Conference Hardy went yard off of JSU field. her. starter C. R. Palmer. JSU * Jamie forced me to look at Baseball and Softball Standings would battle back in the my writing from a civilian fourth inning as Fair scored standpoint whereas I had only on a sacrifice fly from Hicks. seen the strictest military side The Gamecocks would JSU f rack team of everything. Stylistically she break the game wide open in helped me to open my writing W L Pct. W L Pct. the fifth inning scoring four places in South 11 3 ,786 32 23 ,582 runs on three hits to go up 5-1. up to the human side of things Alabama Inv= and I want to thank her for that. 10 3 769 32 17 .653 After Jacksonville State Thrill left us last semester added an insurance run in the 7 3 ,700 26 16 619 From staff reports and I felt like we were losing a 9 5 643 29 9 ,763 top of the seventh inning after limb. I had never known any- Shundell Russaw scored on a one else to write sports and did- 8 6 ,571 32 8 ,800 passed ball. Troy State rallied n't know that anyone else exist- 8 6 ,571 22 13 ,629 for two runs off of Palmer in Mobile. Ala. - Jacksonville 6 14 ,300 23 29 ,442 ed for that. I would like to the bottom of the inning, but State's track and field team thank him for the pep talk 4 10 ,286 20 24 454 competed in the South Alabama 4 12 250 7 29 ,203 could get no closer. before he left. Palmer pitched 6 213 Invitational this weekend and And finally to Ben. This is a had a good showing. Upcoming Games innings and had seven strike- far cry from Brother's where outs to earn the win and Josh Janet Sei finished third in the after a few drinks I finally 400m dash with a time of Forrest picked up his fifth decided to take this position. 1:01.01, while Princess Thomas save of the season by getting Thanks for showing me a side placed fourth in the 800m dash. the final out. of news I had never seen: Mercer at Georgia State Rebecca Gosnell was second Troy State at Gardner-Webb Jacksonville looks to regroup sports. Belmont at Campbell in the shot put and the hammer So to all you sports fans out this Friday night against throw and third in the discus there hopefully, God willin' and Samford beginning at 6:30. A (44.17m). The Gamecocks' the creek don't rise, I will see Samford at Jax State (double header) 1 p.m. doubleheader is slated for 1 Lachandra Bartholomew and you next year. on Saturday. Ashley Davis also finished sec- ond and third in the hammer. Pag? 8 The Chanticleerv April 17, 2003 AVAILABLE on DVD & VHS -- 1 ~PISF(Lt.4 HAS BEEN lWOMnER FRW ITS 6RIGIMAL VERSW 7 HAS BEN FORMATED TO FiT 1WR W. I