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The student newspaper of Roger Williams University November 2, 2007 Vol.18 Bristol, RI THE ------'s HERA1n Issue7 'Rememberina a Jrie Senior dies in Reynolds car accident described as 'a presence' Phil Devitt News Editor Courtney Nugent Features Editor One week after a Connecticut car acci dent claimed the life of a senior education and creative writing double major, police say "I truly believe humanity has lost a very spe they still do not know what caused her 1994 cial person," education professor Susan Honda Accord to crash into oncoming traffic Pasquarelli said about the death of 22-year-old Friday morning. Tobey Reynolds, a senior who studied creative Tobey Reynolds, 22, a King Philip writing and elementary education. Apartments resident, was driving back to Pasquarelli was able to spend time with Roger Williams University from her Win Reynolds and learn a great deal about her while stead, Conn. home Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. when abroad in Sicily, a program sponsored by theed her car crossed the double yellow lines on ucation department. Route 44 and collided with a tractor trailer. "She was one of my special ones." Reynolds was pronounced dead at the Reynolds, who died Friday in a car accident scene and her car sustained heavy front-end on Route 44 in Connecticut, left an everlasting damage in the accident, James Bonetti of impression on her many friends at the universi ty, as well as the faculty who knew her. With an I See TOBEY: p. 7 SeeREFLECTIONS:p.7 Honors program open HAWKS FALL SHORT to freshmen applicants Kelleigh Welch elusively for entering freshman only. The Asst. Features Editor program included honors level CORE curriculum classes and Senior Seminar, From the start of the Roger Williams a required Senior Thesis paper, and a sepa University Honots Program 15 years ago, rate junior community service requirement. part of the criteria of entering the program According to Deekle, RWU takes in was to apply for it as an entering freshman. about four to five percent of the freshman Following the start of a student's freshman class to be in the Honors Program, and cur year, the doors to the honors program close. rently the University has between 150 and However, the honors program is now 155 students enrolled in the program rang going public. Now, students who were not el ing from freshman to seniors. igible when they entered RWU, but became However, sometimes students don't eligible after their first or second semester, qualify for the honors program in High along with transfer students, can now apply School, but then qualify later in their college for the honors program. career. "The University Honors Program is at a "We've always felt that a challenging point where it needs to be and wants to be and rewarding academic and co curricular an opportunity for more students," the Dean opportunity should be available to motivat of University Library Services, Peter Deek ed and qualified students. Some of those • le said. "So that within the last year, we students, through motivation and qualifica have tried to reconceive the program as not tion, arise out of their freshman or maybe Shauo Hogan only a freshman entry, but an opportunity sophomore class, or maybe transfer, but it for students who have been here within Senior and leading scorer Antoine Bell shows frustra has only been a freshman program until last tion after a failed scoring chance late in a CCC semifinal their first three semesters to become eligible year, and we want to make it more inclu candidates for the honors program admis matchup against Wentworth Institute of Technology. The sive," Deekle said. Hawks lost in a shootout. For full story, see page 12. sion." In order to get into the honors program, Originally, the honors program was ex- See HONORS p. 4 Pa e 2 Jhe Pulse The Hawk's Herald • Friday, November 2, 2007 Letter to the Editor THE Dear Editor, HAWK'S HERALD I am responding to your "RWU's WTF of the Week" that was in the October 19 issue. I was glad to see that the residents' keys will not let them into the tower doors of EorroR IN CllmF Maple Hall. That is because they are not supposed to. Thanks to work completed SAJWI COURNOYER this past summer, the Maple Hall key system has been brought into the 21st Century by adding card access. °MANAcING EDITOR All residents have access to their exterior and interior unit doors, as well as the M1CTIAEL HURLEY two tower doors where the laundry is located (4/5 & 9/10/11) by using their Bus~s MANAGER University ID. KAr1E HEusroN This was explained to all the residents at their unit meetings. Before the card NEWsEnrroR access, residents could not do laundry before 8 a.m. and it must have had to be com PHILDEVIIT pleted before 11 p.m. because the tower doors were locked. Many times ~EDITOR residents had to call Public Safety to let them in to rescue their laundry. COURTNEY NUGENT Now the residents can do their laundry when it benefits them. SPORTS EDITOR Tony Montefusco SHAUNHOCAN Director of Housing AsfilsrANr ~EDITOR KeUEJCH WELCH REc&UJI'MENT AND RE1:mmON FLORENTINE WIAR STAFF PB<.YI'OCRAPHFJ!. "Can genocide be ELIZABET'li CORREA STAFF WRITERS ERie SULuvAN stopped?" KELCIE SWEENEY DAVID DLCCINS ]AKE DUMOND Eric Sullivan "We have come a long way since Rwanda," Tor Herald Staff DAN DEBusro re~ossa said. As far as the world community, hon Since 2003, an estimated 400,000 people were onng the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine Scorr De GENNARO killed in the Sudan, and since 1998, four million and the reconstruction of the official definition of GREcBEM killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. genocide would assure a better result in Darfur These statistics exemplify the horrors of geno than Rwanda, said Torregrossa. cide; however, is it possible to prevent such horrif Torregrossa described R2P as "the utmost re- ic acts? sponsibility of a state to protect their r----------------------- The United Nations defines genocides as "Acts citi~ens from rape, mass murder, star-1 ~ ,,.,..-- ..--~-- I committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in vation etc." (: , ::) part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." . Torregrossa ~dded that the defini. ---(\-\ E llN. T S \-1 ~ 12-i::. One of the most infamous genocidal catastro t10n of genocide needs to be updated _ ,,..._____..,..______ __.r--- -~ phes took place in 1994, when more than 800,000 and should have fewer loopholes. The Rwandans were killed in 100 days. issue is the fine line between 'mass The reluctance to act in remote conflicts was a killing, ethnic cleansing, and geno major reason why western powers such as the cide."' United States did not intervene. Mathew Gullo, president of the Today, college and high school campuses RWU Model United Nations club, is around the country have groups like Students Tak also optimistic, but said that it is only ing Action Now: Darfur (STAND), a student led possible to act within the boundaries of anti-genocide coalition to educate and to assist in international law. the fight against genocide. Amy Torregrossa, pres "I absolutely agree that genocide is ident of STAND, said, "STAND, when it started, re preventable," Gullo said. ''There are ally focused on education, trying to get as many plenty of economic and diplomatic people to at least know what was occurring on the levers to pressure a government, like in ground [in Darfur]." the case of the Sudan. However, not Torregrossa said that education is still a goal, enough has been done at this point, un but the second goal is now well under way: "We fortunately. now have been able to focus on concrete goals such "We don't live in a world of harmo as advocacy, divestment and creating the political ny," he said. will that is needed to bring not only this genocide The~e. are'. howeve~, instances IDanlelleP. I to an end, but future genocides." when military mtervent10n is neces- ..._--------:- __________________J_ Torregrossa said she believes that organiza sary, and for someone who has seen the workings ~ember 2005'. has r~fused hel? fr'om the U.N., and tions like STAND are making an impact. of the U.N., Gullo said he is not optimistic. is only allowmg an lntervention force from the ill- "We have gone from 70% of Americans not "It has to be understood that interests of dif- equipped African Union. knowing where Darfur is or what is occurring, to ferent states take precedence over human rights, . It ~snot within the rights of international law Bill R.R. 180 passing in the House and now sitting which is very unfortunate, especially when it's the to mfrmge upon a nation-state's sovereignty. For in the Senate." five permanent members of the U.N. Security ·e~ample, how wo~d Americans feel if Russian sol R.R.