Volume 86 Issue 6 broadsideonline.com Monday, 03.22.10 Broadside George Mason University’s Student Newspaper Tensions rise as AG’s visit nears ‘I don’t know how passing health Protest planned in light of Cuccinelli’s recent legal option care will play politically, but I know Kevin Loker C2M Executive Editor it’s right’ When an elected official — or any other success- ful public figure — returns upon invitation to his or her alma mater, they usually receive a warm welcome. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s situation is a bit more complicated. A potential 200 Mason students, faculty, alumni and community members will be on site to protest Cuccinelli’s law school visit slated for 5 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to Robert Pilaud, past president of the George Mason University School of Law (GMUSL) Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Law Association (GALLA) and current secretary of the Lambda Alumni Chapter of the George Mason University Alumni Association. Health care reform The protest comes over two weeks after a letter the attorney general wrote to Virginia universities was leaked to the public. In the letter, Cuccinelli gave a legal opinion ad- vising the state institutions to remove ‘sexual orienta- tion,’ ‘gender identity’ and ‘gender expression’ from passes House the language of their nondiscrimination policies on the basis of current Virginia state law as determined by the General Assembly. [An op-ed written by the at- torney general defending his position c an be found in today’s Opinion section.] The letter sparked an onslaught of outrage across the state, with online social media websites Twitter and Facebook harboring the most intensity and anger. Ken Cuccinelli’s fan page in particular was bombarded with personal attacks and messages; some said that he lacked the people’s support, others called him ho- mophobic and others said that the AG’s letter be- longed “in the garbage.” But the protest at Mason won’t be the state’s first. Earlier this month, more than 1,000 people demon- strated at Virginia Commonwealth University in op- position to Cuccinelli’s letter, marching their protest to the steps of the capitol in Richmond. “We f ound out mid-Spring Br eak that [C uc- cinelli] was going to be on campus,” said Cathryn “Kate” Oakley, the current president of GALLA who has taken the lead in organizing Tuesday’s protest. “We’re not in any position to march on the capi- tol ourselves . . . [but] we have a unique opportunity to make our voice heard.” Photo By Peter Flint | Photography Manager

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Forensics team wins big at world President Obama was greeted at George Mason with mixed emotions by both a packed Patriot Center and a crowd of protestors. tournament BY ETHAN VAUGHAN | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Group takes highest honors at tourny for second year in a row It was a close one, but the Friday t o speak at the Patriot speech, would end government United States House of Repre- Center, however, he was quick to subsidies for the student loan. #obamagmu sentatives made history Sunday dismiss such notions. If enact ed, the measure, Evan Benton evening when the chamber nar- “You’ve heard that this is a which The W ashington Post Staff Writer Student Media, under t he direc- rowly passed President Barack government tak eover,” Obama called “the bigg est change in tion of Connect2Mason, was on site Obama’s health care reform bill. said to the crowd of more than college assistance programs The Geor ge M ason U niversity F orensics team for the presidential rally this Friday-- The piece of legislation, 8,000. “ You’ve hear d we’re since Congress created them in traveled to Germany last week to take part in the In- LiveStreaming, podcasting, tweeting which cleared the Senat e lat e going to kill gr anny. Y ou’ve the 1960s ,” will lead to school ternational Forensic Association tournament, held at and snapping pictures. For more cov- last year, squeaked through the heard that most of this will ben- loans being distributed directly the Park Iron Hotel in downtown Berlin. erage of t he ev ent, inc luding an lower house as Democratic lead- efit illegal immigr ants. Those from the state to the students In addition to winning the team sweepstakes archive of all #obamagmu tweets - as ers, including Speaker Nancy are crazy ideas. The fact of the instead of going through inter- award (effectively the championship) for the second well as w hat t he hec k t hat means - Pelosi, r allied support among matter is that this is common mediaries. straight year, Mason also had five world champions: head to Connect2Mason.com lawmakers t o attain the 216 sense reform.” It is estimated that the bill Samantha Sapienza for Informative Speaking, Katie votes needed for passage of the The president brought at- will s ave $67 billion betw een Miller for Poetry, Jen Torres and Tyler Dailey for Duo Obama Fills the Patriot Center controversial measure. tention to some of the parts of 2011 and 2020. The student aid Interpretation, Danielle Ohrenberger for Prose and for Final Rally Before Healthcare The bill, which has an ini- the legislation that w ould di- issue w as included with the Mickey Cox for After Dinner Speaking. Vote http://snurl.com/obamar- tial cost of $940 billion, is esti- rectly affect young individuals, hope of at tracting more votes The IFA promotes the diversity of forensic com- ally mated b y the C ongressional including a provision allowing from the House of Representa- petition in countries around the world, where up to Budget Office (CBO) to reduce even non-dependents to remain tives. 35 colleges and universities attend and compete. Healthcare Protesters Cause the national deficit by $143 bil- on their parents’ health insur- At M ason, Pr esident Last year’s IFA tournament was held in Montreal, Ruckus Outside of P atriot Cen- lion over the course of ten years. ance until the age of 26. Obama said that the health re- where the M ason team br ought home their first ter http://snurl.com/protesters Opponents of the land- “As you start your lives and form proposal w ould make Championship trophy since entering the tournament mark legislation have dubbed it careers, the last thing you three basic changes to the sys- for the first time in 2008. Basically, this means that The Speech in Multimedia: a g overnment takeover of the should w orry about is g oing tem: health insurance compa- the team has swept the only two years they’ve been in http://snurl.com/obamapics American health car e system broke or y our parents g oing nies would be subject to more the tournament. and claimed that it will funda- broke because y ou got sick,” regulation, those who could not For Mason Forensics, this represents one more Archived Live Coverage of t he mentally restructure one sixth Obama said. “[This bill] will afford insurance would be per- victory f or a team that has produced 3 5 national Rally http://snurl.com/obam- of the U.S. economy. allow you to stay on your par- mitted to engag e in c ollective champions since 1975, and has a trophy case of more agmu When Pr esident Obama ents’ plan until you’re 26.” bargaining and, the president than 14,000 trophies. appeared on the campus of Another bill, one that the said, costs would be lowered. George M ason U niversity last president did not mention in his See FORENSICS on Page 4 See OBAMA on Page 4 SODEXO WORKERS SIGN PETITION Former student pleads ‘not- guilty’ to terrorism charges Emily Sharrer are being done by the company is against Photo By | Emily Sharrer Editor-in-Chief the rights of the workers,” said Andres Sonya Hudson ing to the Associated Press. Ujueta, who works in Southside. “ There Managing Editor Chaudhry, born in 1985 in Sodexo w orkers at George Mason are a lot of things that need to be taken Sargodha, Pakistan, w as re- University are in the process of gathering care of.” A one-time George Mason ported by the university to not testimonies and signing a petition to de- Since last fall, workers f or Sodex o University student studying ac- have been taking classes at mand more aff ordable healthcare op - across the nation have been petitioning counting, U mar F arooq Mason at the time of his arrest. tions, better working standards and the to combat low wages, discrimination and Chaudhry w as one of the five “He was not a student here right to form a union — an entitlement, other grievances against management at Northern Vir ginian men taking classes at the time this which a group of employees alleges has their respective working locations, and charged by Pakistani authorities thing happened, ” said D an led to hostile working conditions and ha- several weeks ago Mason Sodexo employ- on ac counts of terrorism-re- Walsch, the university press sec- rassment on the job. ees decided to join in the fight. lated crimes last Wednesday. retary. “The reason why we are doing this is The five men were arrested in Sodexo employees are petitioning for their right to join a because we know that a lot of things that Pakistan in December accord- JIHAD See SODEXO on Page 4 union. 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Approximately 8,000 people came to hear President Obama speak at News 8,000 the Patriot Center on Friday. Monday, March 22, 2010 Event Professors participate in health care debate hosted by Economics Society Calendar ‘Separation of health and state’ to be discussed during Wednesday event

Monday, March 22, 2010 Matthew Harrison to hear both sides of the argu- good at ev aluating certain poli- and it’s important that both sides Broadside Correspondent ments pr esented by pr ofession- cies.” are pr esented fairly,” said Sam Men’s Volleyball: Mason v. Ohio State als,” said Li ya P alagashvili, vice The debat ers hope to off er Fleming, a sophomor e neuro- The RAC President Bar ack Obama ’s president of the Economics Soci- students a bet ter inside look at science major. 7 p.m. Friday visit to the George Mason ety. health care reform by answering “These debates are very im- University Patriot Center injected Debates and town hall meet- questions that the Economics So- portant because health care is new fire into the health care de- ings on the c ontroversial topic ciety said generally went ignored. playing a major role in mass Tuesday, March 23, 2010 bate on campus. have been heated. With members “The Ec onomics Society is media and it’s important to un- With the spotlight on health from both political parties pr e- trying to [cover] interesting and derstand the debates [them- Tuesday Jams: Jesse Trask care issues , M ason’s Ec onomics senting different and sometimes popular issues that affect students selves],” said C orwin St oney, an Northern Neck, Starbucks Society said it hopes to answer contradictory ideas , some f eel while also encouraging questions undeclared sophomore. 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. some of the questions faculty and that finding objecti ve and bal- and interaction about the debate,” The debate organizers aim to Global Justice Film Series: Crude: The Real Price of Oil students h ave r egarding the r e- anced information has been diffi- said Palagashvili. give students a chanc e to hear Johnson Center Cinema form process. cult. George Washington Univer- both sides of the polarizing issue, 7:30 p.m. The society will host a debate The Economics Society said sity, Georgetown University and which they believ e is especially on the role of g overnment in it hopes that this week’s debate American University were also in- relevant in lig ht of Pr esident Wednesday, March 24, 2010 health care on Wed., March 24 in will provide the in-depth discus- vited to the event. Students from Barack Obama ’s recent visit to Room 80 of Enterprise Hall. sion that is allegedly lacking in the all colleges will have a time slot to Mason to discuss health care re- Dr. Bryan Caplan, a Mason media. ask questions at the end of the de- form. They want to offer students Masonvale Open House faculty member, will debat e “We want to get more of an bate. the opportunity to better under- Masonvale against economist Dr . D avid academic view instead of a “Health car e is playing a stand health care policies that di- 2 – 6 p.m. Balan on the issue. Pr ofessor polemic [one], ” said Mik e Os - major role in news media today, rectly affect them. Public Choice Seminar Series: Joel Mokyr Robert Hanson, a Mason econo- trowski, president of the society. Carow Hall mist with expertise in health care, “It’s a tradition for Caplan to de- Want to learn more? 4 – 5:15 p.m. Go to will serve as moderator. bate each year. [The debaters] are “We would like the students professionals. They w ould be www.gmueconsociety.blogspot.com Thursday, March 25, 2010

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Patriot Center 7 p.m. RSA hosts ‘Haiti Awareness Talent Show’ Friday, March 26, 2010 Students will be encouraged to donate during the event via text message Yasmin Tadjdeh there, and it inspired me. I could tion to Mason. Baseball: Mason v. James Madison News Editor have lost some friends, and they “We had Spuhler Field had so man y experiences [that nine P atriots 3 p.m. Students looking to help needed to be shared]. I wanted to in H aiti, and Haiti will soon have the opportu- use the resources I had and the re- they br ought Every Freakin’ Friday: DC’s Funniest College Student nity. On Wednesday, the Resident sources RSA had and the influ- back their ex- Johnson Center, Atrium Student Association at George ence to raise awareness.” periences and 9 p.m. Mason University will be hosting At the show, attendants will what they saw,” the Haiti Awareness Talent Show, be able to watch students make said M an- where students will be enc our- use of their various talents . dizvidza. “[The aged to text donations to the dis- Singers, danc ers and poets will students] gave aster-stricken country. share the stage, according to Neal us a c onnec- For more events and activities, Taking place in Dewberr y Landers, a sophomor e biology tion.” Hall in the Johnson Center from 9 major and member of the RSA. The pri- to 11 p.m., the event has been in The event will also feature an iPod mary g oal of Photo Submitted by group check out: today.gmu.edu the works since late January. door prize. the event is to “Initially w e w ere trying to In betw een performances, promote find an event to put on [but] after students will hear first-hand ac- awareness of the earthquake [in Haiti, it gave us counts from the Mason students the issue. Al- the idea to put it on for them],” who were in Haiti at the time of though it has said Rufaro Mandizvidza, a soph- the earthquak e. According to been over two omore economics major and rep- Mandizvidza, one of the biggest months sinc e POLICE FILES resentative of the RSA. “I reasons that Haiti was chosen for the 7.0 earth- Students from George Mason University who were personally had a couple of friends the benefit show was its connec- quake hit 10 trapped in Haiti after the earthquake. Grand Larceny miles west from Student Union Building II the Haitian cap- Students on campus were in- Complainant reported the theft of tools from a ital of Port-au-Prince, country is terested in the event. construction site. Loss estimated at $6,150. (44/Rindell) still struggling. “I’m the secretary of the Grand Larceny Help Haiti “Awareness breeds activism,” Caribbean Student Association, so Research I said Landers. “Tragedies and dis- [the H aiti Awareness Talent Complainant reported the theft of a laptop that was asters bring people t ogether t o Show] would be something I

March 15 March left in a classroom over the weekend. Loss estimated Attend the Haiti Awareness Talent Show help.” would be interested in going to,” at $2,324. (56/Lighthiser) At the event, the RSA will en- said Travina Parker, a sophomore Dewberry Hall courage students to donat e elementary education major. money to Haiti via text messaging. Parker was also interested in March 24, The RSA will be promoting the hearing the testimonies from stu- Hit & Run use of the R ed Cr oss and the dents who were there when the Rappahannock River Deck United Nations Way charities, but earthquake hit. Complainant reported parking their vehicle on 9-11p.m. students can donate in whatever “I haven’t heard a story from March 14th at the Rappahannock River Deck. Upon way they choose. anyone who was down there, so it return they found the vehicle had been struck by an

March 16 March “[Texting donations] is safe would help people understand unknown vehicle that had fled the area. (44/Rindell) and easy, so even if [a student] how horrible it was,” she said. doesn’t have the money right then and there, they can go back later Theft From Building and donate,” said Landers. DUCC Victims reported having an Xbox 360, 80-100 games, four controllers, a Dell laptop computer, and a duffel bag taken from their room. Investigation continues. (53/Colson) Tomato pricing woes hit campus

Vandalism As tomato prices rise nationally, students now have to request the red fruit March 17 March Masonvale The assistant property manager from Masonvale ad- vised of a shattered door on a second floor balcony. Sonya Hudson wholesale pric e for a 25-pound farmer cooperative in M aitland, In a n e ffort to s ave money Damage was sustained by a rock. Damage esti- Managing Editor box of tomatoes w as $6.50 Fla., told The Associated George Mason University has cho- mated at $600. (23/Brownell) compared to today’s price of Press that normall y sen t o offer t omatoes upon r e- Always forgetting to ask for $30. quest only. your sand wich without that “We’re not going to just put Warrant Service tomato? Well, now you don’t tomatoes on ev ery sand wich,” Braddock Road / Sideburn Road have to. Tomatoes at dining fa- said Denise Ammaccapane, Shao Bruce, 19 (non-GMU student), of Vienna, VA was cilities across campus will now be resident district manager of arrested on an outstanding warrant for assault and available only upon request. Mason dining. battery issued by the Fairfax County Police. He was During the prolonged Janu- transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Ammaccapane em- ary cold snap, Florida farmers, Center where he was held. (37/Radfar) phasized that tomatoes are the main source for fresh winter available upon request with D.U.I./Driving on a Suspended Operator’s License tomatoes for almost the entir e no charge, but in an effort to University Drive / Ox Road country, lost about 70 percent of save money, The Mason March 18 March Lauren Clark, 24 (non-GMU student), of Round Hill, VA their crop. Rathskeller and Southside will was arrested for the above offenses and taken to the According to a Feb. 25 United be holding the tomatoes. Fairfax County Adult Detention Center where she was States Department of Agriculture Many r estaurants beyond held. (25/Green) report, about two-thirds of the Mason’s campus are also making tomato crop in the major south- Florida’s tomatoes a vailable onl y by re- western pr oduction r egion was growers w ould quest, w hile others ar e c oping destroyed. ship about 2 5 million with the increased prices by not Police Files are taken verbatim from www.gmu.edu/police. This means an incr ease on Reggie pounds of tomatoes a week, but offering the fruit or b y looking Broadside does not make any changes to public records. the pric es of t omatoes nation- Brown of the Florida T omato now they are only shipping about outside the U nited Stat es f or wide. A y ear ag o, the a verage Grower’s Ex change, a tomato a quarter of that. sources. News Broadside Monday, March 22, 2010 | 3 Protestors plan to congregate, rain or shine, for Cuccinelli’s speech

CUCCINELLI, from Page 1 hope that protesters remain posi- Core Value “Embrace Our Differ- be circulated at Tuesday’s protest ture regarding the legality of the been confirmed as speakers. tive in their signs and chants , ences,” and calling for reaffirma- as w ell as online, calls for “the current policy. He also c om- According t o Oakley, the Cuccinelli, an alum of both while still admitting that the AG’s tion of the office’s core values with president and Board of Visitors of mented on legal c ollaboration protest and rally will occur despite Mason’s gr aduate program and opinion, right or wrong, does hold its dail y interactions with stu- George Mason University [to] de- with other state universities. possible rainfall. the university’s law school, was in- power in the state of Virginia. “As dents. fend vig orously the curr ent “Since all Vir ginia state col- “It’s a rain or shine sort of vited to speak at his alma mater a Mason alum, he has some sort of Another joint -statement in nondiscrimination polic y of the leges and universities have similar thing,” said Oakley. “We’re there shortly after being elected attor- sense of what he’s doing.” response to C onnect2Mason in- university and change it only if or- non-discrimination policies, I do because the Attorney General is ney general last fall and long be - “He has excellent training,” quiry by Assistant to the President dered to do so by a court of last re- expect that the schools will get to- there.” fore recent uproar. According to she said. and Director of Equity and Diver- sort.” gether and discuss what response, The la w school event is Assistant Dean for Management sity Ser vices C orey J ackson, Current uni versity polic y if any, is most appropriate,” Scher- closed to Mason Law School stu- and Planning Rich Kelsey, reach- A Gr eater Goal of the Provost Peter Stearns and Senior (1201) does include sexual orienta- rens said. “I think it would be a dents and faculty with a valid ID. ing out to Viginia’s attorney gen- Demonstration? Vice President Maurice Scherrens, tion as a protected class as part of most powerful response to have a Oakley said she encourages any eral is tradition, and logical. echoed similar language, saying the uni versity’s “institutional unanimous position taken by all interested law school students to “We try to ge t e very AG we Though the flier f or the that “the university community, commitment t o nondiscrimina- institutions, but that is a decision attend the at torney g eneral’s can,” said Kelsey, referencing the protest sa ys the demonstr ation including the LGBTQ community, tion.” In light of Cuccinelli’s letter, that every institution will need to speech and, if they so wish, to ask educational significance of having and rally is in response to the at- can be assured of our unwavering however, the polic y’s legality make.” questions regarding the nondis- an attorney general speak at a law torney general’s appearance and commitment t o nondiscrimina- within state la w is mor e than crimination policy. school. “[The position is] the top specifically in response to C uc- tion.” fuzzy. Event Details: Pr otest As of Friday, Cuccinelli said legal office in Virginia.” The last cinelli’s letter, Oakley said she also Oakley says she thinks the re- The Board of Visitors’ agenda and Law School Event he had no plans for his speech to four at torney g enerals have a ll hopes their efforts make a point to sponse is missing something. for M arch 24, the day after the directly addr ess nondiscrimina- spoken at the law school, includ- university administration. “I felt that the response that protest, includes an executive ses- The pr otest, which has tion policy and/or his now well- ing the state’s current governor, Shortly after the letter went Mason sent out didn’t really go far sion for c onsultation with legal largely been organized through a publicized let ter at Tuesday’s Bob McDonnell. public, R ector Ernst Volgenau enough in standing up f or the counsel. The number one and two Facebook event, is scheduled to event. And Cuccinelli’s status is fur- sent a message to all Mason stu- LGBTQ community,” said Oakley. items are ‘Pending Litigation’ and begin at 4 p.m., an hour before the “Someone may have a ques- ther special to the greater univer- dents, faculty and staff emphasiz- “I felt that [it] was pretty wishy- ‘Attorney Gener al Advice.’ The law school event, and will be ac- tion,” he said. “I have a nasty habit sity — he ’s also the hig hest ing the Board of Visit ors’ washy. I didn’t think that was re- Board of Visitors were not avail- companied by a rally. Virginia Del- of frequently answering questions elected state public official to have commitment to the issue and the ally ‘standing up.’ It doesn’t show able for comment when Broadside egate A dam Ebbin, Ar lington asked of me.” embracement of diversity “which a real commitment.” went to press. County Chairman Jay Fisette, For- graduated from Mason. Cuccinelli explains his advice “It’s important in our protest has become [the university’s] hall- Protest organizers are addi- Senior Vice President Mau- mer Virginia Delegate Steve Shan- that w e’re respectful of Cuc- mark.” Vice President of Univer- tionally circulating a petition in rice Scherrens did confirm, how- non, the uni versity’s Associat e letter to state colleges and uni- cinelli’s role and legal opinion,” sity Life Sandra Hubler Scherrens hopes of receiving more concrete ever, that the uni versity may Director f or L GBTQ R esources versities in the opinion section said O akley, emphasizing her sent out a similar message to Uni- support from university adminis- receive further correspondence Richard Chollar and Mason stu- versity Life staff, emphasizing the tration. The petition, which will from the AG’s office in the near fu- dent and alumni leaders have on page 6. Frats and soros compete for ‘Greek Week Champion’ title Close to a year of planning put in to ensure success of this week’s Greek Week festivities Ethan Vaughan which confers yearlong bragging mittee, which has been preparing houses, representatives who came Asst. News Editor rights to the ultimate victor. this week’s festivities for the bet- up with ideas f or Gr eek Week Each event carries a number ter part of two semesters. events, g ot appr oval from their George M ason U niversity of points for the winning chapter, “We’ve been meeting since chapter leaders and then voted on boasts students from all 50 states ranging from a mere 10 awarded at the beginning of last semester,” the proposals. and 130 countries, but, this week the end of the T-Shirt Competi- Rosenfelder said. “It’s been almost “The representatives vote on at least, the Gr eeks are taking tion to a whopping 200 for the fra- a year of planning.” events and values, ensuring strong over. ternity or sorority that comes out Four Gr eek councils (the communication,” said Rosen- A cart oon-themed Greek on top in Greek Sing, an hours- Inter-Fraternal Council, the Mul- felder. “When you’re [acting for] Week, dubbed “Greekelodeon” by long skit competition that is the ticultural Greek Council, the Pan- 600 people, you have to have the event organizers, began on Sun- most coveted jewel in the Greek Hellenic Greek Council, and the right information.” day evening, March 21 with a kick- Week crown. National P an-Hellenic Gr eek Colleen Grosch, assistant di- off rally held on the SUB I quad “That’s all very secret,” said Council), representing 16 fraterni- rector for Fraternity and Sorority senior government major Kellen ties and 600 individual members, Life, w as proud of the Greek where participants were treated to Broadside Stock Photo a professional DJ and free food. Rosenfelder, on the routines being sent one representative each to brothers and sisters. Greek Week will c ontinue practiced for Greek Sing. “Every- the Greek Week Committee last “I’ve been very impr essed Greek Week begins with many events for charitable organizations. until M arch 28, with students one w ants to be able to out do fall, and the body has been work- with the student leaders,” she said. from the 36 fr aternal organiza- everyone else.” ing toward Greek Week ever since. “For trying to create opportunities but still managing to get food for “We really want to show all tions on campus competing in a Rosenfelder, a member of The f our-person committee . . . to be more inclusive of the en- 400 people.” the benefits of Greek life and why series of contests to win the title Delta Chi, is one of the four co- presided over a body of nearly 40 tire Mason c ommunity and for Rosenfelder said that c om- we joined,” he explained. “I per- of Greek Week Champion, a title chairs of the Greek Week Com- representatives fr om the Gr eek managing their budgets correctly munity is a k ey part of Gr eek sonally regard it as one of the best Week. decisions of my life.”

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Standard Message and Data Rates May Apply STEP After you have enrolled in a school, check with your School Certifying Official (SCO) to confirm that your VA enrollment certification has been 3 sent to VA. This triggers your benefit payment. 4 | Monday, March 22, 2010 Broadside News Reform passes on 219-212 vote Low wages a main concern for workers SODEXO, from Page 1 Mason’s 400 plus Sodexo work- ers is $10.73 an hour. According to Fabricio Her- “As far as wages, we pay rera, a lead organizer at the Ar- competitively,” said Ammac ca- lington br anch of the Ser vice pane. “We don ’t usually start Employees International Union, anybody out above $8.50 an hour or SEIU, Mason Sodexo workers and we pay as high as $17-18 an have been discouraged by em- hour. We definit ely don ’t pay ployers fr om joining a union, minimum wage.” though the National Labor Rela- Ammaccapane, w ho has tions Act guarantees workers the been with Sodexo f or 18 years, The attitude at the Patriot Center on Friday was that of excitement and awe with President Obama in house. Photos By Peter Flint | Photography Manager right to join unions without fear says benefits and services avail- of backlash from employers. able to Sodexo employees is up to par. get sick.” date that almost all Americans up, but I know that this bill will be According to charges filed OBAMA, from Page 1 “I personally think the ben- Other tenets of the legisla- purchase health insurance. enormously important for Amer- with the N ational L abor R ela- tions Boar d, across the U .S., efit package offered to us is top “We will end the worst prac- tion included cr edits — w hich The president derided w hat ica’s future. In just a few days, a Sodexo has illegally fired, sur- of the line,” said Ammaccapane. tices of the insurance companies,” President Obama called “the he called traditional Washington century-long struggle will culmi- veilled and interrogated workers “Nobody’s forced to do anything Obama said. “ This is a patient’s largest middle class tax cut for politics and cast the debat e in nate in a historic vote.” for wanting to form a union. [and] there are different options.” bill of rights on steroids. [If the healthcare in American history” terms of a moral decision. Obama made r eference to “What Sodexo w orkers According to Ujueta, ho w- legislation passes], thousands of — for families of four making up “Reporting in Washington is presidents Theodor e Roosevelt, across the country are looking ever, his paycheck does not uninsured people will be able to to $88,000, a c eiling on out -of- like watching SportsCenter,” the Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. for is a fair process t o f orm a match his workload. purchase health insur ance. The pocket expenses, increased taxes president joked. “Who’s up, who’s Johnson, and compared the cur- union,” said M att P ainter, a “They are not focusing on insurance c ompanies will be on more expensive insurance down, who’s going at who. There’s rent struggle to pass health care spokesperson f or the SEIU . the people that work in the sta- banned forever from denying cov- plans, as well as taxes on invest- been so much misinformation out reform to past efforts at founding “They’re looking to form a union tions, they ar e more w orried erage to children with preexisting ment income for individuals mak- there and the en vironment has Social Security and ensuring civil without harassment and without about hiring supervisors to be in conditions and banned from ing mor e than $200,000 a year been so toxic. I don’t know if the rights for all Americans during the intimidation and a lot of times control of the people that work dropping your coverage when you ($250,000 for families) and a man- polls are going to go down or go 1960s. workers do have to protest and in the line; harassing them and do petitions.” pushing them and making us ac- In January, the university re- tually do the job of three people,” newed their c ontract with said Ujueta. Sodexo, signing on with the According t o Ammac ca- company for five more years. pane, the company has an ade- Though workers at Mason quate amount of employees. only start ed signing petitions “I would say at this point we several weeks ago, at a gathering are fully staffed,” said Ammacca- on Thursday, eight Mason pane. “Are there days when sev- Sodexo w orkers claimed they eral employees call out sick and Snap Shots have been dealing with unfair people have to cover the slack? working conditions for years. Yes. They are asked to do ade- “They try to intimidate us, quately what they need to do for telling us if we go and work for their jobs.” any union we could get fired or While no protests ar e we will have t o p ay a huge planned, Herrera says the group’s amount of money to the union next action will depend on how when we know that is not true,” the petition is r eceived by said Ujueta. Mason’s Sodexo management. The main c omplaints of “Everyday w e ar e g etting Mason Sodexo workers include more and more workers [to sign cutting hours, harassment, dis- the petition],” said Herrera. Photo By Peter Flint | Photography Manager Photo By | Steven Kline crimination and ex pensive Ammaccapane stands by health insurance options, which her open door policy as well as workers say eat up a significant the right of M ason’s Sodex o amount of their w eekly pay- workers to unionize. check. “Anything is open to any- “A lot of people make $8.50 body,” Ammac capane said of an hour, if they pay out for health workers being able to join a Above: Saint Patrick’s Day brought guests to the Rat insurance they end up making a union. “Nobody would threaten to enjoy green beer in celebration of the holiday. couple of dollars an hour,” said anybody. Herrera. “We were just rated number Denise Ammac capane, one company to work for as far as Sodexo's resident district man- diversity out of 450 companies. ager at Mason, however, says the That doesn’t happen because we claims of the w orkers ar e un- have bad practices. We do things founded. by the book. I believe Sodexo is a According t o Ammac ca- great company and I have no is- pane, the average hourly rate of sues.”

Above: Students wave as they wait in excitement for President Trial begins next week Obama to arrive. JIHAD istani police describe these men Photo By Peter Flint | Photography Manager , from Page 1 as “hardened jihadists” whereas Walsch explained that the the defense portrays them as hu-

Photo By Peter Flint | Photography Manager university did not h ave prior manitarians who tr aveled t o knowledge of Chaudhry’s arrest. Afghanistan to aid the Muslims Chaudhry and the four who had been displaced by the other men, all Muslim between war. the ages of 18 and 24, pleaded The trial is scheduled f or “not-guilty” to five counts of ter- March 31 in Sargodha, the birth- rorism-related crimes, which in- place of Chaudhry, before a cluded planning at tacks on judge, as Pakistan does not have Afghan and United States terri- jury trials. tory, according to the Associated The men are still detained in Press. Pakistani prison awaiting their Prosecutors and the Pak- trial. Next, Forensics Team to attend Below: Students from George Mason University standing in the crowded Patriot Center as they wait for President Obama to com- mence his speech. national tournament FORENSICS, from Page 1 peted,” said co-captain Quincey Smith, junior and three-year “Well the uni versity just Forensics veteran. continues to be so proud of the “But [the AFA] Nationals, to forensics gr oup and the job me, are the most competitive, the they’re doing representing us as most important,” he said. an institution,” said U niversity Statistically, the Forensics Press Secr etary D an Walsch. team is the most successful com- “We’re extr emely happy and petitive enterprise in Geor ge Mason University’s history, and

Photo By Peter Flint | Photography Manager pleased f or them and share in their well deserved joy.” many find it surprising that more Following this impressive coverage isn’t given, considering IFA win in Berlin, the team now its staggering win percentage. prepares for the American Foren- “It doesn ’t bother us as a sics Association’s national tour- team,” said Katie Miller, junior nament next Sunda y, where it anthropology major and team will compete in the National In- secretary. “ We f eel very con- dividual E vents tournament in nected to the school [and] appre- Eau Clair, Wisconsin against ciated.” nearly 80 different national col- Miller w as the IFA cham- leges. pion for poetry interpretation, a National champions in 1979 ten-minute performance c om- and runners-up in last year’s bining several themes set around event in Akron, Ohio (losing to a dramatic structure. The major- repeat champions Western Ken- ity of her performance centered Left: Audience members applaud President tucky University), Mason seeks around slam poetry. Obama during his stop at the Patriot to continue its legacy of excel- The team will host its an- Center last Friday. lence. nual “Night of Stars” ev ent on “[The IFA tournament] was Tues., March 23. like the Olympics — a great op- The event will sho w high- portunity f or us t o experience lights from six performances and different cultures while we com- will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Dew- berry Hall. Broadside | 5 Opinion Monday, March 22, 2010

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No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the editor in chief. and Evan Massengill and last but University of Vir gina’s program shirt, No shoes, No service” policy. Enough on global warming Let’s focus on the big picture Opinion editor wishes for something more William Curtis ize, or rather only extenuated my does Opinion Editor belief, that we are nearing the end Like the fact that global warming exist of times. I have my beliefs about It bogg les m y mind ho w 2012 and whether or not it will be Susan Crate & Chris Parsons issue? This is largely due to their overwhelming scientific certainty generating, thr ough unrealistic ex pectation that w e because by then it will be too late comprehensive studies , the much information I have read on some catacl ysmic catastr ophe, Guest Columnists have z ero u ncertainty bef ore we to tak e the necessary actions. scientific kno wledge and global warming, and having read but the fact still remains that the about it from so many writers in If these words sound like take action. Again, w e ask our Instead, we must in voke the increased public a wareness of earth is rapidly changing and words from a c oncerned adult readers to gi ve us ex amples in precautionary principle or , as a this critical issue are appalled by past issues of Broadside, as well as adapting more quickl y than w e when you were growing up, they their lives of actions they have recent Washington Post editorial these deniers . Their actions this one, it has left me with one have ever seen. are. W e r epeat them here taken only when they had 100% put it, we must take out “climate disrupt a forward process of question: Is global warming the One doesn’t need scientific because it seems that we need percent certainty that they were insurance.” These measures will needed change to ensure that our only item we have to discuss? evidence to know this. The proof such r eminders thr oughout our doing what was right or what was move our ec onomy towards children and the generations that While going through my e- can simpl y be seen by opening adult lif e. I t is easy to slip int o needed. renewable energy and away from follow have a home on Earth. mails just the other day, I stum- your eyes. As I sit here writing this pettiness and squabbles , and So, in terms of g lobal non-renewable ener gy, like bled upon a Letter to the Editor piece, it is 72 degrees outside, and thereby lose sight of the f orest climate change, it is important to foreign oil. They will also have Susan A Crate through the tr ees. Let us show first understand that climate many benefits including a Assistant Professor that piqued my interest. The let- just under a month ago, Virginia, you the f orest in the context of science is complex. How could it healthier environment for future ter was written by Jason Von-Kun- as well as the entire East Coast, ac- dra and can be found in this issue global climate change. not be so? It is happening within generations. Chris Parsons cumulated record-breaking snow- We ar e disheart ened to see the enormousl y c omplex Earth A final point is , shame on Term Associate Professor on page seven. When I read this fall. Earthquak es, tsunamis, Alan M oore’s recent Opinion system that we inhabit and share Mr. Moore for at tacking our piece, it made me realize that we mudslides, t ornadoes — these piece in Broadside on M arch 1 with a myriad of plants and sustainability office. Perhaps Mr. With Departmental really have been debating the ex- disasters are happening because using the mistak es in the IPC C animals in a di versity of Moore does not realize that this istence of global warming for far of w hat we have done t o our and hacked climate e-mails as an ecosystems. office exists and that those signatures from: too long. There are more impor- planet. And if you would like to excuse t o deny the firml y There are parts of this earth employed ther e work under the Changwoo Ahn tant questions we should be ask- stay in your lit tle belief bubble established scienc e of climat e system that we still do not fully unequivocal support of our Associate Professor ing ourselves. I s health care and ignore what most people are change. Mr . M oore is mainl y understand, even without global campus administr ation. reform r eally going t o happen, echoing the w ords of many climate chang e in the picture. President M erten signed the realizing now, you are going to be Nicole Darnall and if it does, will it benefit us all opinion and edit orial writ ers in Therefore, at tacking a small Campus Climat e C ommitment in a world of pain . . . if you sur- Associate Professor or make us hate the systems we the past months, all of w hom number of studies that show that under which the office operates. vive. have lost sight of the big picture. some previously held ideas about The efforts and achiev ements of put in place even more? Should So instead, let’s stop quarrel- As members of a climate change ma y not be the Geor ge M ason U niversity Robert B. Jonas Ken Cuccinelli continue to deny ing over the existence of whatever department with research in this correct, or ar e not quit e as Office of Sustainability are many. Associate Professor ESP anti-discrimination laws for ho- is eventually going to kill us, be- area, w e’d like to remind our correct as we previously thought, The gr eening eff orts at Mason Department Chair mosexuals in Virginia? cause arguing over this topic is al- campus c ommunity of the big is not rational. There are literally have been ongoing since 2004. And if you are ignorant and most like watching children fight picture. Ice cores from Antarctica thousands of scientific studies Mr. Moore’s attacks to these R. Christian Jones Professor, Environmental foolish enough t o believe that over an invisible dog: slightly en- show that the earth’s atmosphere that have been thoroughly vetted efforts are nothing less than Science and Policy global w arming isn’t real, then tertaining, but ultimately point- has not had the lev els of C O2 and peer -reviewed by the outlandish and childlik e. you too are denying the facts and that w e have t oday in t he last scientific c ommunity and they Therefore, in the spirit of less. Richard T. Kraus the evidence that is right in front 600,000 years. The same ice hold that the evidence f or collegial debat e and furthering I imagine that, although this Assistant Professor of all of our faces. cores sho w how temperature climate change is overwhelming. our eff orts to educat e oursel ves is a great topic to discuss and one directly c orrelates with those Additionally, an y research and our campus community, we I have been studying global that is very intellectually stimu- CO2 lev els — the hig her the effort that is conducted b y challenge Mr . M oore to h ave a Monica Marcelli warming ever since m y hig h lating, when it gets to the point CO2, the higher the earth’s thousands of scientists o ver “civil and g enuine debat e” on Lab and Research Specialist school biology teacher explained where 11 professors need to voice temperature. And they show that many y ears and many c ountries climate change in which he and it to me almost eight years ago. their c oncerns on a scientific humans have pumped those CO2 will contain some mistakes, some others of lik e mind produce the Esther Peters Then just last year, I took Mark issue, denying that a student’s be- levels up . W e are innovative, of which will be corrected in the scientific evidence to the Mason Term Assistant Professor Sample’s Disast er F iction class, liefs are accurate, I think it might creative and imaginative enough peer-review pr ocess before community to show that climate Lee Talbot and you would be surprised what be time to open your mind and to dev elop alt ernative w ays of publication and others change is not happening and living on the planet that will turn afterward. that it is not human caused. Professor fiction involving the end of the look at the situation from a differ- world can teach you. I can hon- out to be much more satisfying. Again, let’ s see the f orest Those of us w ho have a nd ent angle. Albert P. Torzilli estly say that I learned a good deal But why then, you may ask, through these trees. The bottom continue to c ommit our Seeing or hearing someone do people squabble over this line is that w e cannot w ait for professional ener gies towards Associate Professor about survival tactics from that else’s perspective can chang e class, w hich clear ly ups my everything, or at least allow the chances for survival in the future ideas of someone who may have a — if, God forbid, anything truly different and better perspective Student protests Obama’s health bill devastating does happen. into your head. This class also made me real- Fears mount as the House passes health care legislation Ashley O’Donnell tion.” The g overnment alr eady care be included in the 80-year- plan, then you will be able to keep Guest Columnist controls 49 percent of the health old’s package? If people could pick it. But what he failed to mention care mar ket through M edicare what services they want and only is that you will only be able to keep As someone who had cancer and Medicaid, and they are going the ones they want, there would this plan if it complies with the uote four years ago and will lose my bankrupt, barely covering all the be a sharp drop in prices. standards imposed by your legis- Q health insurance in two months needs of those on these plans. Similarly, as a consumer, you lators. That important detail was of the because I’m graduating, there’s a What few realize is that pri- always want there to be a lot of one of the countless particulars lot I fear when it comes to health vate insurance companies are al- companies off ering a v ariety of missing from his speech. He knew insurance. Pr esident Obama ’s ready hea vily regulated. different services. It’s called com- his job was to inspire the youth speech on Friday only made that According to the Cato Institute, petition. It lowers prices. The only and, thus, he left out the full truth. Week fear worse. He told the audience “States also limit enrollees’ free- way to achieve universal coverage I’m all for gi ving money to that he wants to add more choice dom to purchase only the coverage is to allow insurance companies to those in need — as long as that Every man dies. and competition to the insurance they wish.” A study conducted in compete freely, without govern- money will be maximized and not “ market, but those are the very two 2007 by the Congressional Budget ment intervention. squandered on programs w hich Not every man things that will be taken away if Office shows that this results in a If they know that you can eas- have been pr oven t o fail in this his version of the bill gets passed. 15 percent increase in premiums. ily switch from one provider to the country and others . Contrary to This is why I was surprised In other words, you should be next, companies will fight for your what most politicians want you to really lives. when he said, “I don’t believe we allowed to choose the type of cov- business. Ther efore, mandating think, more money isn’t the solu- ” should give government or the in- erage you want. Under the current health insurance is pandering to tion. Rather, it’s about the free- surance companies more control system, an 80-year-old woman has insurance companies because they dom to choose how you believe - Mel Gibson as William over health care in America. I to pay for the same services as a know yo u have a small group to your resources will be spent most think it’s time t o give you, the 30-year-old w oman. Given that choose from. wisely. Wallace in Braveheart American people, more control their needs ar e diff erent, w hy President Obama said that if over your health.” That statement should something like maternal you are happy with your current Ashley O’Donnell is a global af- is h ypocritical, rhetorical “inac-

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Somewhere, I offended their tiree returned from boot camp. sensibilities, and ev er sinc e the One evening, I got in the car never change its mascot deities of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and drove to my college class. In have cursed me to a Luddite hell, the back seat was this toy, a joint where ev ery piece of electr onic Alan Moore nia’s Car lisle Indian Industrial reference to Native Americans sive. Even more strikingly, only 14 venture of Hasbro and Satan. equipment malfunctions straight School and g ot his start playing as “red” came from 1725 in which percent of those who considered Every variation of the road’s sur- Staff Writer out of the box. Customer support football under Glenn “P op” documentation ac counts for a themselves politicall y liberal face produced the dreaded song. is provided by the departed souls As a long-suffering Washing- Warner. This was also where he Taensa chief referring to himself found the t erm offensive. The The fact that it stopped after five of ca vemen w ho insist the onl y ton Redskins fan, I know there are met his wife Angel DeCora, who as a “ red man.” Other evidence margin of error was two percent- notes left me repeatedly supplying way to cure m y Blue Scr een of many things t o be offended by started the first Native American shows that many Native Ameri- age points. the next two notes: “Two bits.” Death is to bury alive a kinsman in from the team, but their mascot art program. Before taking the job cans used this t erm t o describe Sports Illustrated did a simi- Before returning home, I peat. most certainly is not one of them. with Washington, he coached at themselves in comparison to lar poll in 2002 which mirrored buried the toy in jackets and bags Where did I go wrong with A select few have made the argu- the H askell Indian School in other r aces. Historical r ecords the r esults of the Annenber g to muffle its noise, but lik e the the gods? I’ m not sure, but it ment that the term “Redskins” is Kansas and took a number of Na- show that it w as first a Native study. They found that 75 percent suckage of the Washington Red- might h ave been in 1995 when I racist against Native Americans. tive American players with him to American ex pression with no of Native Americans were not of- skins, it could not be stopped. In- declared the Internet to be “sort of Some h ave e ven called f or all play for the Redskins. racist connotations. fended by the name. Additionally, stead, its beeping entered m y worthless.” Since that day, my fate sports teams’ names that refer to In many ways, the name was The term “redskins” was first 83 per cent said that no pr ofes- subconscious, haunting my wak- has been sealed. Native Americans to be changed. used as a marketing ploy. Native noted in a written account of a sional sports team named after a ing nightmares with a zombie-like Items I buy routinely become Last month, a new court battle en- American pla yers wore r ed war translation in 1769 by three chiefs Native American theme should demand for two bits. obsolete w hile I cr oss the st ore sued to strip legal protection for paint during games and a Native of the Piankashaws in what is now change their name. A few months ago, this sce- parking lot back to m y car. the tr ademarked name of the American coach was an interest- known as Illinois.The term w as Consider this: the term “red- nario threatened to repeat itself Clamshell packaging sev ers my Washington Redskins. ing angle for a sport that was rela- used b y both N ative Americans skins” has never been used as a when m y sister-in-law mailed a fingers. User instructions appear In the politically correct and tively unknown in the 1930s. and colonists. In 1812, the first derogatory term in the known his- present to my youngest son. It was in every language except English, postmodern world that we live in, The controversy did not heat printed public r eference came tory of the world. The trademark a t oy truck which, at a button’s including Slo venian and Slo va- this really comes as no surprise, up until 1999 when the U nited when a number of western tribes name of “Redskins,” as pertaining push, “danced” while playing “U kian. R equired battery sizes are but these attacks are baseless. States Trademark Trial and A p- visited President Madison at the to the team in Washington, DC, Can’t Touch This.” obscure, or occasionally non-exis- The W ashington Redskins peal Board cancelled the tr ade- White House in 1812. In their re- was granted in 1967. N o com- This sister-in-law and I had tent, like the single-A or B batter- were known as the Boston Braves mark of the team mascot. They marks t o the President, tribal plaints or challeng es w ere offi- our disagreements in the past, but ies. until they changed their name on found the term “scandalous” and leaders referred to themselves as cially filed until 199 2, I thought we’d mo ved bey ond Proof of my cursedness can July 8, 1933. They had adopted the ruled that it could “disparage” Na- “redskins.” coincidentally rig ht after the that. This toy assured me we had- be found in the situations where name “Br aves” because they tive Americans because “redskins” The past aside, how do pres- Washington Redskins won Super n’t. I had to take emergency action electronics don't fail. When my played in the stadium of the allegedly originated as a term for ent da y Native Americans feel Bowl XXVI. A media-grabbing when m y older kids discovered daughter was a newborn, she had Boston Br aves N ational L eague bounty payments for killing an In- about the Redskins and other court bat tle would h ave gained that, by pushing a different but- a toy w hich needed onl y to be baseball team. They moved from dian. In 2003, the United States American Indian-themed names? the most public attention with the ton, the song played b y itself . moved to play the opening notes Boston to Washington on Febru- District Court for the District of The Annenberg Public Policy team in the spotlight. Lastly, Na- Tragically, that day the truck was of “Shave and a Haircut” in elec- ary 13, 1937. Columbia reversed this decision Center at the University of Penn- tive Americans generally couldn’t irrevocably lost. tronic beeps. The particular Chi- Owner George Preston Mar- because the plaintiff, Indian ac- sylvania did the last major poll on care less about the team name, or Things are looking up for me, nese factory worker who finalized shall changed the name to “Red- tivist Suzan Harjo, had provided the matter in 2004. In the year- any N ative American-themed though. I mig ht h ave r ecently the product ratcheted up the sen- skins” to honor their first coach unsubstantiated claims of the ori- long study, they f ound that 90 name for that matter. So stop the found favor with the technology sitivity setting, such that the indi- William “L one Star ” Dietz, who gins of the term and colluded with percent of Native Americans were lawsuits, let’s move on with our gods. We bought a wireless printer gestion of a small dog two towns was an Oglala Lakota Sioux. Dietz others to perpetuate that lie. not bothered by the term while lives and hope that the team’s fu- that worked right out of the box away produced, “Beep beep beep- had been a student at Pennsylva- In actuality, the first known only nine percent found it offen- ture play is less insulting than a with two laptops running different beep beep.” operating systems. The speakers were NASA-cer- Like an ac olyte following a tified to be audible with the naked manifestation of the Di vine, I Supreme Court approves ear on Neptune. UFO interest in couldn’t explain it but I wept tears Earth spiked after each rendition of joy. I wanted to dance a celebra- as peac efully slumbering aliens tory jig, but I couldn’t decide be- corporate funding of presidents were startled awake to proclaim, tween the only two songs in my “What the hell was that?!” internal soundtrack: “Shave and a The batteries were produced Haircut” and “U Can’t Touch This.” Will the corporations of America now have control over who is elected? by the same firm responsible for

Justin Lalputan First and foremost, I believe cially? We could have a figurehead porations, which we didn’t even Staff Writer that this unlimited spending gives for president and he or she would want to give to other human be- corporations t oo much po wer. be a puppet for the corporation ings not even 300 years ago, I The Supr eme C ourt of the Imagine what it would be like if that backed him or her. think that something is going United Stat es has recently ap- presidential candidat es had the It’s not just American corpo- wrong. The founding fathers did proved unlimited corporate fund- ability to simply appeal to one or rations either; imagine w hat not intend for big businesses to ing of presidential campaigns by two companies to get all the cam- would happen if multinational have as much influence as the re- way of a case called Citizens paign finances that they needed. corporations gained the same cent Supr eme C ourt decisions United v. Federal Election Com- First, they wouldn’t have to pander leverage that I mentioned previ- grants them, and I am positi ve mission. This has come as quite a to the needs of int erest groups ously. It would be ridiculous to that they didn’t want corporations shock to many citizens who feel anymore. In fact, interest groups even imagine an America where to be able to run for political of- that this will give corporations too would be hit har d. Their dona- non-Americans ev en have t he fice, lik e what is happening in much po wer over pr esidential tions are pathetic in the face of the slightest input in the presidential Maryland’s 8th district. elections. I also feel that there are amount of money that corpora- election. Thankfully, there is one limi- simply too many downsides to this tions could provide. Presidential Sadly, it gets even worse; the tation on the impact that this ruling for it to properly work in candidates spend millions on term “ corporate persons” has Supreme C ourt decision has on our democratic system, however their campaigns . Corporations arisen as a result of the recent elections, which is the intelligence there are some that disagree with could easily provide a billion dol- Supreme Court decision. A “cor- of the American people. If the me. lars if they needed to. porate person” essentially means American people can see through Before the r ecent Supreme Think about the leverage that that a corporation has some of the propaganda and learn the truth, Court decision, there were limita- this could grant corporations. If a same rights as a person. Murray there is a possibility that the un- tions on funding and all donations president agreed to do certain fa- Hill Inc. is currently attempting to limited funding b y corporations had to be monit ored and docu- vors for corporations in return for run for congress in Maryland’s 8th could h ave n o effect. H owever, mented. There was very little that campaign contributions, we could district. that doesn’t change the fact that people could do to get around the have more corruption in our polit- I honestl y can’t understand the Supr eme C ourt has made a corporate funding regulations. ical system than we would know how people would even think that horrid mistake. I believe that the Sometimes presidents would be what to do with. That’ s not all. something lik e this is a good Supreme Court needs to rethink questioned about ex actly w here What if a c orporation picked move. America has always been its decision. They need to think they got their funds fr om. N ow someone to run for president, and “for the people,” and when we start about what the future of America that there is unlimited funding, completely back ed them finan- granting rights to things like cor- will be like when Americans aren’t some key problems arise. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli defends recent letter RICHMOND (March 19, 2010) ney general, I received inquiries The Gener al Assembly has Still, there seemed to be con- sity’s non- discrimination state- While issues related to sexual Recently, the George Mason about whether or not sexual ori- considered and defined sev eral fusion. Because of this confusion, ment is actuall y a contract that orientation are among the most University c ommunity heard entation could be included as a protected classes for purposes of when I was asked by a client to mandates particular benefits or emotional and controversial, they about my recommendation to Vir- protected class in the non- dis- non-discrimination laws. clarify the la w, I deemed it m y privileges to individuals based on do not change this fundamental ginia’s public colleges and univer- crimination policies of our state The Virginia Human Rights duty as their attorney to advise all such classifications. proposition of Vir ginia law. My sities regarding the inclusion of colleges and universities. A sub- Act (VHRA) states that it is the of Virginia’s public colleges and Critics of my advice seem to now well publicized letter simply sexual orientation in their non- sequent review of the law and of policy of the Commonwealth to universities as to the status of the ignore the fact that individuals are stated the current state of Virginia discrimination policy statements. the opinions of at least five of my “safeguard all individuals within law and to inform them how to already protected from irrational law; it did not advocate any par- The issue has created some confu- predecessors — both Democrats the Commonwealth from unlaw- bring their policies in confor- discrimination by a governmental ticular legislati ve position. sion for the public, so as your at- and Republicans — demonstrated ful discrimination because of race, mance with that law. body under the equal protection Should the General Assembl y torney general, I wanted to take that an y decision regarding the color, r eligion, national origin, I did not ad vocate for any clause of the Fourteenth Amend- change the law, my advice will be this opportunity to set the record creation of a new protected class sex, pregnancy, childbirth or re- particular policy position. I also ment to the United States Consti- consistent with it. straight. belongs exclusively to the General lated medical c onditions, ag e, in no way authorized unconstitu- tution. They also ignore the legal My advice letter reminds our The attorney general is the at- Assembly. marital status or disability , in tional discrimination against any accuracy of our advice. public c olleges and universities torney for the Commonwealth of As stat e institutions, Vir - places of public accommodation, person. I simply inf ormed m y More alarming ly, though, that their powers are limited by Virginia and its agencies. Each ginia’s public colleges and univer- including educational institu- clients about the law: The undis- critics seem to endorse the con- the Constitution of Virginia and day, more than two hundred at- sities are governed by boards of tions.” puted fact that only the General cept that including sexual orien- our laws, and that no matter how torneys and staff work in my office visitors vested with broad rights In addition t o passing the Assembly may legally create new tation as a protected class without well-intentioned their efforts, they to provide advice and legal coun- and powers. This broad authority, VHRA, the General Assembly has classes of pr otected persons in going thr ough the appropriate may not exceed those limits. sel to state agencies on issues from however, cannot be greater than on numerous oc casions c onsid- Virginia. legislative procedure justifies ig- transportation to health care and the authority of the body that ered and rejected creating a pro- Apart fr om state agencies noring state law and the Constitu- public safety to education. Part of granted it — the Virginia General tected class defined by sexual lacking the authority t o create tion of Vir ginia. In promoting our job is to advise client agencies Assembly. That means a public orientation. such a protected class, the inclu- such a reckless course, these peo- that inadvertently might be doing university lacks the power to cre- In doing so, it has affirmed sion of protected classes that are ple would destroy the very process Ken Cuccinelli something the law does not give ate a new protected class because that no state agency can reach be- not approved by the General As- that ensur es all citiz ens — in- Virginia Attorney General them the power to do. that po wer only r ests with the yond such clear ly established sembly invites lawsuits by those cluding them — are protected by Shortly after becoming attor- General Assembly. boundaries. who would argue that a univer- law and not by whim. Opinion Broadside Monday, March 22 , 2010 | 7 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thumbs up to my professors who ‘Green Tips’ make sense didn’t mind me skipping the Monday after Don’t give space to Alan Moore Spring Break. Recently Mr . Alan M oore sense for the environment, but for I am extremely disappointed nothing other than highlight the wrote an op -ed describing the your w allet as w ell. While Mr. by the recent opinion piec e in fact that he is appar ently c om- work of the Office of Sustainabil- Moore terms it “radical,” I regard Thumbs down to Mason’s cable going out the Broadside by Alan Moore, “Rebut- pletely ignorant of any facts about ity as “eco-radical farce.” I don’t it as rational and common sense. day that March Madness began. tal to Climategate Response.” climate change. understand how Mr. Moore could Rather than take the word of Quite frankly, the back-and- I understand that Mr. Moore honestly believe they are “eco-rad- Mr. Moore, I would suggest the forth betw een Alan M oore and has the right to express his opin- ica,” even though I know he denies Mason community to visit the Of- Thumbs up for the DVD/CD Colin Bennett is getting tiresome. ion, but Broadside also has the climate change, which is strongly fice of Sustainability’s website at cash-only man, who came last week Alan Moore writes some ridicu- right to refuse to run his nonsense. supported by scientists other than http://green.gmu.edu. The Mason to enlighten students on vintage Sade and $5 lous piece with no basis in fact and I would like to see Broadside pub- the Int ernational P anel on Cli- community can det ermine for Bourne movies. Colin Bennett r esponds, thor- lish more information about how mate Change (IPCC). themselves if their work is really oughly refuting Moore’s claims by climate change is going to affect Is telling the Mason commu- that radical or if Mr. Moore is just correctly citing verifiable informa- George M ason U niversity and nity to turn off your lights when that out of touch with the com- Thumbs down to the George Mason tion. what our school is doing about it. you’re not using them, r ecycle mitment that Pr esident M erten men’s basketball team for losing to a team I’ve Moore then follows up with I know that the Office of Sus- whenever possible, print double- has made to climate neutr ality, never heard of, in a conference I never knew a piece that is mor e fantastical tainability has been hard at work sided as opposed to one-sided to which is str ongly support ed by existed. than the first. Once again, Bennett coming up with a Climate Action save paper really radical? Mason students, faculty and staff. responds with a well written piece Plan; I think you should run sto- The “Green Tips” that the Of- that completely debunks Moore’s ries about that instead of giving fice of Sustainability provides on Nya Jackson Thumbs up to the secret claims. So M oore responds b y space to Mr. Moore’s lunacy. their w ebsite and through the integrative studies service on President Obama’s detail, one of writing a piece that is so absurd work of their office not only make whom dealt with a heckling Asian lady by that it would be laughable were it Darius Salimi manhandling her and throwing her out of the not so offensive. In fact, Moore’s anthropology most r ecent r ants ser ve t o do Before choosing sides, we should first Patriot Center. inform ourselves Submit your own thumbs up, thumbs down to: I am writing in response to for the general public. This web- [email protected] ‘We need to stop wasting time’ the recent articles debating cli- site is a good resource for individ- mate change. I am of the opinion uals interested in this topic, but As I read Alan Moore’s op-ed, I learned more that people should form their own who lack the scientific back - about how much he seems to dislike Colin Ben- opinions on debated issues related ground to cross-check facts with nett than the actual issue. Moore resorted to low to science by going to the source scientific articles. attacks on Bennett and drifted far from the real and reading for themselves. This website shows over- issue at hand. The issue of climate change is whelming evidenc e against the He claims that Bennett’s article was made up tricky because both authors quote credibility c ertain scientists of mudslinging and personal attacks. I find this scientists for and against the quoted in c ertain articles have ironic considering Alan Moore’s article was filled prospects of anthr opogenic cli- that we would not otherwise be with phrases such as, “Mr. Bennett does not rep- mate chang e. This c ontroversy aware of. So I think before we, as resent rational thought or popular opinion,” and, leads us to believe that some sci- Broadside readers at George “as most liberals who lack intelligent and sub- entists are correct and some are Mason University, go any further Keep America beautiful for your chance to stantive positions do,” and even going so far as to incorrect, but how can w e tell in choosing sides in this debate, call Bennett an, "eco-radical." right from wrong? we should first inform ourselves. 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The number of perfect games thrown by Mason softball pitchers in school Sports 4 history Monday, March 22, 2010 Perfection: 15 up, 15 down Anderson mows down the Bears with perfect game as Mason completes Saturday sweep

Brian T. Chan two hits and striking out three Kara Weiner hit a two-run single sively and got the hits in.” Sports Editor batters; freshman Amanda Buffin- to right field to give Mason a com- While Mason remains under gton, who had a team-best 2.00 forting 3-0 lead. .500, the t eam has pla yed in a o f ollow a solid tw o-hit ERA entering the game, pitched In the third inning, the Patri- number of close games. Of the 10 shutout fr om sophomore the sev enth inning to wr ap up ots took advantage of several mis- games played prior to Saturday, TMiranda Cr anford in the Mason’s 6-0 win. cues fr om M organ Stat e and the P atriots lost f our of the six earlier game, senior starting Sophomore shortst op translated that into five runs. After one-run games. Nevertheless, the pitcher Becky Anderson capped Rachael D avies had a two-out Davies led off with a walk, she ad- pitching continues to thrive from Saturday’s doubleheader with a double in the first inning and ad- vanced to second base on a wild the rotation of Anderson, Cran- perfect game, retiring all 15 batters vanced to third on a fielding error pitch from senior pitcher Porsche ford and Buffington. The Patriots in the George Mason University’s on sophomor e shortst op Lydia Boddicker, and later t ook thir d entered the day leading the Colo- softball team’s 8-0 win against the Walther-Rodriguez, and sc ored base on a passed ball. nial Athletic Association with a Photo By | Steven Kline Morgan State Bears. on an RBI double from sopho - While being untouchable on 2.16 t eam ERA. With the tw o The Patriots easily took the more first baseman Katie Rynex. the mound, Anderson pr ovided shutouts on Saturday, Mason was first game of the weekend’s four- The Patriots struck again with two some off ense with an opposit e- able to lower that to 1.84. game set, defeating the Bears 6-0. more runs in the fourth inning as field single, plating Davies in the “I hope w e gain the c onfi- Moving closer to the .500 mark sophomore sec ond baseman process. Boddicker hit junior cen- dence because earlier in the sea- after starting the season 1-5, the Alyssa See doubled to right center, ter fielder Stephanie Strother with son, we haven’t really pitched as Patriots improved to 5-7 overall and Davies added an RBI single a pit ch t o load the bases and well as we are capable of, so it re- Becky Anderson pitched the fourth perfect game in Mason softball history. with the sweep while the Bears for Mason’s third run of the game. walked fr eshman right fielder ally helps boost our confidence dropped to 4-8. Mason essentiall y put the Daria Siwczak to force in a run. knowing that we can shut [our op- hard,” said Davies. “My goal is to On Satur day, the player game out of reach, scoring three Doiron grounded to the sec- ponents] down,” said Anderson. hit RBI s and bring in runners sporting the number 4 on her jer- runs in the fifth inning. Freshman ond baseman, who tried to throw The Patriots look to comple- whenever we have them in scoring Fantastic sey became the fourth pitcher in catcher Emily Lafferty knocked in to home, but Weiner slid in safely ment their strong pitching with a position.” Mason history to reach perfection, her first career RBI, and freshman to extend Mason’s lead to 6-0. See solid offense. The team has strug- The Patriots will c ontinue Four with their 20-game homestand as the first since 200 2. Anderson, left fielder Reagan Doiron tallied followed with an RBI groundout, gled to produce runs , averaging Becky Anderson joined who made her first start since her first career hit on a run-scor- and fr eshman thir d baseman just 3.1 runs in the first 10 games, they take on the Howard Univer- the elite list of pitchers March 9, struck out six batters ing single. Doiron later scored on Megan Blank added M ason’s but on Saturday, Mason managed sity Bison on Wednesday at 4 p.m. and managed onl y one ball to a single from senior center fielder eighth run with an infield single. to score 14 runs in their two at Geor ge M ason F ield bef ore to throw a perfect game. leave the infield. With the perfect Kate Bustin. In the fifth inning, Anderson games. playing host to the defending con- Only three others ac- game, Anderson lowers her con- Davies and Lafferty recorded induced three groundouts to give Davies, who led the team last ference champion James Madison complished this in ference-best opponent’ s batting two hits and an RBI apiec e as Mason its first back-to-back wins year with 36 hits and 24 RBIs, has Dukes in the weekend series. The school history: average to .170. Mason racked up 10 hits against in the 2010 season. been a huge impact on the of - first pitch is scheduled at noon on “I f elt l ike I didn’t h ave m y the Bears’ junior starting pitcher “In both games , w e played fense, leading the CAA with a .448 Saturday and will be followed by Kim Tuffy (1995) stuff, but I still hit my spots; Kara Megan J ohnson. All but one hard,” said Anderson. “We defi- batting a verage ent ering Satur- the second game at 2 p.m. Lisa Davis (2000) “We just want to play good [Weiner] was really framing the Mason starter recorded a hit. nitely learned ho w to finish the day’s doubleheader. Davies raised Dianna Austin (2002) softball,” said Davies. “I would like ball well,” said Anderson. In the second game, the Pa- games because in other games, her average to .471 after going for a Becky Anderson (2010) In the matinee game, Cran- triots attacked for three runs in we’ve fallen apart, so we just kept combined 3-for-5. to sweep them, but I think it will ford w ent six innings, allo wing the first inning . J unior catcher it together and played well defen- “I’ve just been working really be a good game, and if we play our Like father, like son Junior adjusts to new role and Stock Photo provides an immediate impact

Sean Kelley accidentally ignored a call from major league soccer team FC Dallas. Fernanda Bartels Volleyball Championship in 2006 Staff Writer and received the Most Promising Young Pla yer award in the Last season, junior Eric Lucas Pottstown Rumble Grass Volley- recorded 309 digs, falling two digs ball Championships in 2007. Photo By | Jacob McLernon short of matching the highest in- After joining the Patriots in Caller unknown dividual single-season record for 2007, Lucas managed to play out- digs of all-time. The record was door tournaments during offsea- set by his father Ric Lucas 25 years son. Former goalkeeper tries out for MLS ago. Hailing fr om Ellic ott City , Ric was a two-time All-Amer- Md., Lucas started travelling fur- ican and a member of the 1984 ther away to play pro beach tour- Donald O’Mahony Twice a w eek, he and An- you c ould tell something w as National Collegiate Athletic Asso- naments this past summer. drulis went over goalkeeping drills missing. They add an extra spark Staff Writer ciation All-Tournament men’s vol- He played in the Association could be an option for the team as in his preparation for professional when they are here.” leyball team. of Volleyball Professionals quali- an outside hitter. Former George Mason Uni- soccer. One pla yer in particular Eric learned how to play vol- fiers as a starting point for his fu- “[Improving the jump] gave versity men ’s soccer goalkeeper The sudden change of plans stood out to Kelley when it came leyball early in his life from those ture plans to join the professional me the desire to play outside [hit- Sean Kelley had always hoped for raised some questions for Kelley to the training ground. close to him, especially from his circuit. ter],” said Lucas . “Because I’v e the opportunity to play profes- involving his academic career. “Heath Pearce is a defender, father who was always “I’m defi- been playing pro beach tourna- sionally, but it was never his in- “It was t ough t o figur e out but he c ould play almost an y- hitting, passing and nitely plan- ments, I knew that I could hit tention to ignore a call from one what I had to do with my classes,” where on the field,” said Kelley. setting with him dur- Favorites ning to play as against big blockers.” of the Major League Soccer teams. said Kelley. “I had to call my pro- “He is really consistent and works ing his time off. much pr ofes- Lucas started off his junior The spring semester was un- fessors and tell them I mig ht be very hard. When he’s not in the Book: “I wanted to pep- The Great Gatsby sional beach year as a hitter. He is second on derway, and in lat e J anuary, a back, but I wasn’t sure. They gave game, his presence is greatly per with him all the Movie: Finding Forrester tournaments the team with 107 kills. Aside from phone call from an unknown me a two-week window in case I missed.” time,” said Lucas, a Band: Interpol as I can, and his new responsibilities as a hitter, number disrupted Kelley during got cut that I could come back, Another c ommon topic computer scienc e TV Show: Planet Earth, try to work my Lucas still is an aggressive back class. H e thought nothing of it but I’m still here.” among the players is the impend- major at George Entourage way up on the row player. He is third in digs and until he received a call from Patri- In a situation that could have ing strike. The players’ union has Mason U niversity. Food: Italian beach t our,” second in passing attempts on the ots Head Coach Greg Andrulis a been difficult because graduation been negotiating with league offi- “Whenever he wasn’t said Lucas. team. little bit later. was so close, Kelley’s parents have cials in Washington, D.C. recently, playing in a match, he Aside “I’m still trying to be aggres- “I knew something was up been nothing but helpful. but if no deal is struck by March would be peppering with me on from his ambitions of playing pro- sive at passing because I’m good at because my coach never calls me,” “My parents have been really 25, the players have agreed that a the sidelines. I just loved volley- fessionally after graduation, play- that,” said Lucas. “It’s one of my Kelley said in an article on ML- supportive,” said K elley. “ They strike is necessary. ball from the very beginning.” ing beach volleyball over the strengths, and I need to make sure Snet.com. “I figured it out. I just said I can always go back and fin- “No one wants a strike, but Eric started playing volleyball summer helped Lucas improve his that I’m taking enough court and wanted to run out of class and ish school, but this might be the there h ave been disagr eements outdoors. Playing grass and beach attacking skills. passing the ball well even though head on over here. It was a pretty only chance to chase my dream.” between the union and the tournaments shaped him as a vol- “I worked really hard over the I’m still hitting.” exciting time.” Kelley could not be going league,” said Kelley. “I hope it all leyball player. summer,” said Lucas . “I got As Lucas tries to balance his The unkno wn number into training at a more exciting works out, but it’s really up in the “I prefer outdoor because you stronger and faster. This past sum- new responsibilities as an outside turned out to be FC Dallas goal- time. With the W orld Cup ap- air.” have to do everything,” said Lucas. mer, my jump went up four or five hitter and his previous tasks as a keeping coach Dr ew K eeshan, proaching this summer, a few of Regardless of the outcome, “You have to pass, set and hit. I’m inches. I came in jumping 32/3 3 libero, he also hopes to balance who called to inform Kelley that the players are battling for a spot getting the opportunity t o pla y a good all-around player; I’m re- inches; last time I tested, I his athletic and academic career the team wanted him to come to on the American roster. professionally has been an experi- ally good outdoor. I started play- jumped 39 to 40 inches.” after graduation. Texas and train with the chance of “It’s a big opportunity for ence that not everyone gets in life ing it first, so I just h ave this His impr ovement on the As a computer science major, earning a contract. these guys, and they are extra se- — the chance to chase a child- passion for it.” sand has transferred to the court. Lucas hopes to land a job in a soft- “I had not been doing a rious, if that’s possible,” said Kel- hood dream. If Kelley shows the His awards speak for them- Returning f or his thir d season ware engineering company while whole lot since the end of the sea- ley. “It adds to the environment in drive that he had during his time selves. Eric won the Hig h P er- with the Patriots, Lucas showed still hoping to play volleyball on son, so [Andrulis and I] started a training. They were away for na- at Mason, then it will be quite a formance East C oast Beach Head C oach F red Chao that he the weekends during summer. training program,” said Kelley. tional team camp for a while and while until he finally graduates. Sports Broadside Monday, March 22, 2010 | 9 Scags claw back, Top five sports cities beat Patriots New York regains its athletics prestige Mason surrenders 27-point lead Chris DeMarco | Staff Writer Cody Norman 4. Chicago here were certain aspects of 5. Los Angeles Staff Writer Highlights each city that were used in mak- Pro teams: Angels, Dodgers, Pro teams: C ubs, White After being rammed by VCU ing this list. The criteria used in Kings, Clippers , L akers, Guard Andre Cor- Sox, Blackha wks, Bulls , T in the quarterfinal round of the Bears and Fire; 15 combined Sparks and Galaxy; 27 com- nelius and forward ranking the top sports cities were Colonial Athletic Association championships. bined championships. Mike Morrison based on: greatness of each profes- Tournament, the youthful George each recorded a sional team, the dedication of the Mason University men’s basket- College(s): Northwestern College(s): USC, UCLA career high in fans, how the city related to each ball team settled for a postseason appearance in the C ollegeIn- points with 28 and Chicago has been home to Los Angeles has two of the team and collegiate prestige. The sider.com Tournament where they 25, respectively. both celebrations and heart- greatest t eams in their r e- took on the Fairfield Scags. And Guard Isaiah Tate break. The city idolizes peo- number of championships each team spective sports in the Lakers their inexperience showed as the ple like Michael Jordan and won had only little influence on how and Dodgers. The city also set a career high Scags r allied from a 27-point Mike Ditka f or leading the each city ranked. has tw o pr emier colleges, with 14 points. Bulls and Bears, respectively, with top-tier athletic depart- deficit in the second half to oust to the pr omise land. They ments that have wo n o ver the P atriots 101-96 in the first have had two baseball teams 1. New York 100 c ombined champi- round of the CIT. that seem to be ultimat ely onships. M ost L os Angeles Though they w ere without Evanovich committed his fourth cursed, until the White Sox sports t eams’ fanbase is team captain and high-scoring foul of the game. won the World Series in 2005 Pro teams: Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, made up of celebrities and junior guard Cam L ong, M ason The game was all but over as while the beloved Cubs con- Giants, Jets and Red Bulls; 43 combined championships. the rest of the city’s fans are came out firing on all c ylinders the Scags continued their im- tinue to wait for their shot. not overwhelmingly enthusi- and poured in 13 points in the first probable c omeback w hen The city also has one of the College(s): St. John’s, Manhattan astic about their teams, be- four minutes of play. They were Evanovich made a 3-point er to original six NHL in the sides the L akers, Dodg ers getting clean looks at the basket make it a one-point game with 27 Blackhawks. The city is even New York, by far, has the most team championships, with and Ang els. Plus, even the on seeming ly ev ery possession seconds left. After two clutch free fortunate enoug h to have the Yankees claiming 27 of them. New York is the city with enthusiastic fans do not and took a 24-8 run into halftime throws from sophomore forward “The Super Fans,” which was the greatest team of all sports: the Yankees. They have two compare to the other cities with a comfortable 49-20 advan- Ryan P earson, M ason held a a v ery popular Saturday teams represented in baseball, basketball and football. No on the list. tage. three-point advantage with 19 sec- Night Liv e skit in the lat e other city has that distinction. New York is the biggest Sophomore f orward Mik e onds left to play. Head Coach Jim 1980s. The fans live and die media market in the country, and everything a prominent Morrison set a car eer high in Larranaga elected not to foul and with their t eams, but also athlete does in this city becomes headline news. New York points with 19 in the first half on send Fairfield t o the line. Photo By Peter Flint| Photography Editor sometimes forget they have has fans almost everywhere. You can see a Yankee fan al- 8-for-10 from the field. Morrison Evanovich made him pay with a another t eam besides the most anywhere you go. Besides having the most champi- pulled down seven rebounds and game-tying triple with 0.1 seconds Cubs playing baseball. onships, the city has probably the most lo yal and swatted four shots in an impres- left on the clock. passionate fans. The combination of the most champi- sive ear ly performance. Sopho- Forward Anthon y Johnson onships and a loyal fanbase makes New York the top sports more guard Andre Cornelius was scored to give the Scags their first city in America by far. on fire as he knocked down 4-of-5 lead of the game to open the over- three point attempts for 15 points time period and went on to score in the ear ly going w hile Mason 12 of his team’s final 14 points as 3. Philadelphia shot a combined 59 percent from the Patriots completed their dis- the floor. appointing collapse with a 101-96 Pro teams: Phillies, Flyers, 76ers and Eagles; seven combined The second half began in loss. championships. similar fashion as the P atriots Morrison was hinder ed b y stretched their lead to 27 with just foul tr ouble in the second half College(s): Villanova, Drexel, St. Joseph’s, Pennsylvania, Tem- 2. Boston over 16 minut es left to play. But and finished the nig ht with 2 5 ple and La Salle Pro teams: Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Patriots and Revolution; the Scags clawed their way back points, nine rebounds and six with an incredible shooting per- blocks while Cornelius set a career The City of Brotherly Love probably has the most passionate 32 combined championships. formance by Mike Evanovich. The mark with 28 points and nine re- fans out of the entire list, but certain things tend to hurt the redshirt sophomore, who entered bounds in the contest. city’s overall perception as a top-tier sports town. Out of all the College(s): Northeastern, Boston College, Boston University the contest averaging just under Pearson tossed in 16 points cities listed, Philadelphia has the fewest championship titles. and Harvard seven points per night, t orched on 5-for-10 shooting. Junior guard Besides the lack of titles, the fans are rightfully known for boo- the P atriots on 9-f or-14 fr om ing and throwing snowballs at Santa, throwing batteries at J.D. The city lives and dies with its sports teams. Boston’s fans are so Isaiah Tate added a 14-point, nine- downtown in a 32-point effort. Drew and even having a courtroom and jail in Veterans Sta- passionate about their Red Sox that they are called the Red Sox rebound effort, both being career dium. All of this shows just how passionate they are. They care Nation (compared to New York’s Evil Empire). The Celtics have The Patriots led 63-36 at the highs for him. Hancock struggled about their teams so much that they would do anything possi- won the most NBA championships — one more than the Los 16:08 mar k after C ornelius shooting the bask etball, but ble to stick up for them. It took the city’s teams 25 years to win Angeles Lakers. The Red Sox have been one of the most con- drained one of his six 3-pointers. found his teammates for 11 assists another title, with the Phillies’ Worls Series win in 2008, and sistent teams of the last decade with two World Series cham- It seemed Mason was on its way to in the losing effort. the fans rejoiced for days. The city also boasts several elite col- pionships, while the Patriots had their own dynasty, winning the next round of the CIT, but five Johnson torched Mason with lege athletic programs, while some cities do not even have one. three Super Bowls in a four-year period. Boston fans are one of minutes later, the Scags cut the 25 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks Overall, the fans are by far the best in sports and their teams the most passionate groups of fans next to the likes of Philadel- lead to less than 19 points. and thr ee steals, and Needham arephia and New York fans. Plus, Boston is one of the few cities Evanovich made a 3-pointer with struggled shooting throughout always competitive. that sees all of their professional teams make the playoffs al- 6:07 left to play, which trimmed the night, making just five of 18 most regularly. the lead to single digits. With just shots and one of seven 3-pointers, under thr ee minutes t o pla y, but still manag ed to put in 21 freshman forward Luke Hancock points. made one of two free throws to ex- Finishing the season with a tend Mason’s lead to 83-73 after 17-15 overall record, the Patriots William & Mary was easily beaten, Cam L ong “ was suspended because of their reliance on the 3- for the game for not meeting team pointer, b y the hig her-ranked responsibilities,” ac cording to North Car olina Tar H eels on Mason Sports Inf ormation De - ESPN. partment. No further information Powell’s The Tar Heels fell apart after was gathered in regard to the na- gaining a one-seed in last year’s ture of said responsibilities. tournament, dropping out of the Barring w hatever cir cum- NCAA Tournament all together. stances cause his suspension, Playbook But that is a discussion for another Long still could not help Mason day. win a game after going on his mid- Madness only Hofstra lost in the first round season tear. of the CBI b y 14 points to the He earned an a ward just a begins in March IUPUI Jaguars. few days ago, gaining a spot on the VCU w as, and is, a team National Association of Basketball Photo By | Steven Kline stronger than most in the CBI, Coaches’ First Team All-District and they should have been given 10. I think he should be at the bot- a bid to the NIT because of their tom of the list though. Northeastern, William & M ary, balanced level of play. He somehow found a spot on VCU and Mason, in that order — Their last loss of the season the first team, but his inability to would do well in the tournaments — to ODU in the semifinals of the finish the season should have John Powell they were placed in. CAA Tournament — was a tight bumped him to the second team. Andre Cornelius scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Old Dominion was the only game. Their postseason st ock Long had the po wer t o Asst. Sports Editor CAA team that did better than ex- should not h ave go ne d own in change games in the middle of the So here, in the last column pected in their tournament. The value only by losing to the CAA season. The inability to rely on his for this season, I will write about first game sa w ODU upset the regular season and postseason shooting, as he went near a mere the men’s basketball team in ret- sixth-ranked Notre Dame Fight- champions. This big-time snub 25 percent field goal shooting over rospect. ing Irish, who fell victim to the really surprised me. the end of the season, cost Mason The first issue I will address: I normal over-seeding problem. And finally, most important a spot in the easier half of the CAA was right. It turns out that the ter- I sat in ODU home territory, to those r eading this article, postseason bracket and cost them rible Colonial Athletic Associa - eating shrimp and bar beque in Mason lost a 27-point lead with 16 the chance of a win over VCU in tion’s postseason t ournament Virginia Beach’s Sea Side Raw Bar, minutes left, and dr opped their the tournament. performance was the last dagger while I watched the team take the CIT tournament game to the Fair- He did not even play in the in the season. game to the wire. field Scags in overtime. last game, when his team tallied Going t o the CollegeIn- They erased a 14-point deficit Fans of the CAA now have to the 2 7-point lead, and I do not sider.com P ostseason Tourna- from the first f ew minut es, and rely on VCU to make a big state- think he would have had an im- ment was not the expected end to eventually found their way, based ment in their game against the pact, positive or negative. the P atriots’ season, especially on strong second-half defense and Charleston Cougars tonight to sal- So no w bask etball is over, with a lose in the first round after a big run, into the lead. vage what respect is left of the and spring sports have sprung. being the headliner. Unfortunately, they fell apart conference. There were a few stip- Everyone knows that the at the end and allowed the third- ulations for Mason’s loss though: Mecca of college basketball is the seeded Baylor to go on a late run Louis Birdsong, w ho w as National Collegiate Athletic Asso- reminiscent of the run VCU uti- Mason’s lone senior, has ex- Though Mason may be ciation’s 65-team (yes, I count the lized to beat Mason in the second hausted his eligibility, but not be- play-in game) tournament. round of the CAA Tournament. fore taking thir d place for most out of the game, don’t But going to the National In- The effort that pushed them games played in school hist ory, forget to keep an eye vitational T ournament is r e- to the second round earned my re- and reaching 100 career blocks. on those brackets. spectable, and the level of spect for the well-balanced team, Kevin Foster decided, before competition is where the mid- but made me wonder why no the game, to transfer from Mason. major teams flourish. other CAA school could put any- After sitting out last season with a If anything, the CIT and the thing together for a national post- non-medical redshirt, the former March Madness is still season win. College Basketball Invitational are rookie of the week only had one in full swing! where the strong mid-major Northeastern pla yed on start this season. schools should rule. I would think ESPN2 and t ook the higher- In that game, Foster accrued that the CAA’s top teams that were ranked C onnecticut H uskies to 13 points and 10 rebounds for his snubbed on selection Sunday — the wire, but fell by two points. lone career double-double. 10 | Monday, March 22, 2010 Broadside Sports Sports in a minute Postgame recaps and hot news at Mason Homer, sweet homer Montefusco hits go-ahead single in home opener Cody Norman over the Lancers Staff Writer The baseball team took the Cody Norman a game-ending flyball. Brian T. Chan field for the first time in a week Staff Writer While pitching was able to Sports Editor on Tuesday aft ernoon against prevent runs, the Mason offense Duquesne U niversity the L ongwood L ancers, but came on late in the game. In the Dukes catcher Jared Bowser did showed no signs of rust in the first fi ve innings , the P atriots Foster opts to transfer not get much of a chance to hit early going. managed only two hits. the ball after getting hit b y a George M ason U niversity Behind solid pitching and Tison had four hits for the pitch twic e as the George men’s basketball redshirt fresh- an abundance of hitting, the Pa- Patriots while scoring twice in a Mason U niversity’s baseball man forward Kevin Foster has triots took a 17-5 vict ory at solid effort. team and Dukes totaled seven decided to transfer to a school Longwood University and im- Hill continued his hot hit- hit batsmen. near his homet own in L ake- proved their r ecord t o 6-4 on ting going 1-for-3 on the after- Although the Patriots were land, Fla. the year. noon, including his third responsible for six of them, the Foster, who was part of the After allowing a solo home homerun of the season coming team rallied fr om a f our-run freshman class with forwards run to Phil Cerreto in the bot- in the sixth inning of Friday’s deficit to win its home opener Ryan Pearson and Mike Morri- tom of the first inning, Mason matchup. 8-4 on Friday afternoon. son and guard Andre Cornelius, responded with seven runs and Soares, w ho added his Having won 30 of their past sat out last year while earning batted ar ound in the sec ond fourth homerun of the season, 32 games played on Spuhler the r edshirt and pla yed a key frame. Junior designated hitter cashed in three RBIs, going 2- Field, the Patriots took the field role off the bench in the early Shane D avis completed their for-5 on the day. in the home opener against a part of this season. scoring run with a two-run Sitting at 8-4 in the early sliding Dukes team. Mason won Foster cashed in 15 points homerun. part of the 2010 season, Brown its fourth consecutive game, im- in the Puerto Rico Tip-off, but it The third inning was high- is rather pleased with the way proving to 8-4 on the season, wasn’t until the latter half of the lighted b y RBI singles fr om his team has performed. while the Dukes dropped to 3-13 season that he w as a major freshman outfielder Nick Allen “The first thing you look

overall. Photo By | Stephanie Knapp player f or the t eam. In last and r edshirt sophomor e out- for is ho w you’re playing de- Senior starting pit cher month’s game against the fielder Jeremy Haas. fense,” Br own said. “Hit ting Kevin Crum took the bump for William & Mary Tribe, he shot Up 12-1 heading int o the comes and g oes. If y ou pitch the P atriots but just did not 11-for-16 from the field and tal- fifth, the Patriots plated three and y ou cat ch the baseball, have his best stuff. lied a career-high 22 points; in more runs . Senior shortst op you’re going to give yourself a Crum strugg led ear ly, al- his first start, Foster had a dou- Ryan Soares doubled and chance to win. And we did that lowing three runs in the second ble-double with 13 points and 10 scored on a sacrifice fly by sen- today; we made every play we inning before settling down and rebounds in the Homecoming ior first baseman Josh Steinberg needed to make. And we com- providing Mason with a solid game. before junior catcher Brett Hen- peted on the mound. I t cer- outing. The staff ac e allo wed Anthony Montefusco started off the season strong with a go-ahead single. With a heavily stack ed dricks pushed across Davis and tainly wasn’t our best effort but we four runs in more than six innings, young team, F oster ends his senior third baseman Mark Hill. ning. competed. And that’s what I’m but command issues were appar- more energy in the first part of the one-year stint, a veraging 4.5 The Patriots added one run Johnson pit ched the ninth looking for [early in the season].” ent as he plunked five batters in game,” said Brown. “We went the points in 26 games. apiece in the eighth and ninth inning and gave up a walk and hit Mason will tak e the field the contest. first 15 outs without having as innings and picked up a con- a batter to put runners on first and again on T uesday aft ernoon “[Kevin] competes [on] each much as a loud foul ball, but we vincing victory in Farmville, Va. second. With two outs, Johnson against the Richmond Spiders . Outdoor track and field and every pitch and you can see as hung in there. We just kept plug- was able to get out of the jam with The Patriots took a 6-4 loss in the he gets out of there, we’re still in ging away at our at-bats and Mon- opens 2010 campaign at tefusco had a gr eat Jamison attack not enough the game even on a Mason Quadrangular day when he didn’t Final Score: at-bat and got us the as women’s lacrosse falls 9- have his best stuff,” lead . . . But you’ve The men’s and w omen’s 7 to Colgate said H ead C oach got to play all da y track and field teams hosted Bill Brown. 8-4 long. Y ou’ve g ot to their outdoor season opener at Junior at tacker Madalyn The P atriots play all 27 outs.” the M ason Quadr angular on Jamison fell one point short of cut their deficit to 4-2 in the sixth Mason’s r elief Saturday. matching her career-high f or inning when senior third baseman unit, consisting of senior Darren With a number of Mason points in a single game as she Mark Hill, w ho came into the McLean and redshirt sophomore representatives winning their racked two goals and four as - game with a team-leading .537 AJ Johnson, did not allow a run in respective ev ents, the men’s sists, but it was not enough for batting a verage, powered home nearly three innings as M ason Photo By | Stephanie Knapp team placed second in the meet the women’s lacrosse team (2-4) two runs on a blast to the left cen- earned the 8-4 come-from- with 144 points while the in their 9-7 loss to the Colgate terfield. behind vict ory o ver the visiting women ranked fifth. Raiders (3-4) on Tuesday night In the seventh inning, senior Dukes. Sophomore K evin H egel at George Mason Stadium. shortstop Ryan Soares doubled in After taking the 5-4 lead won the high jump while team- Junior attacker Callie Hoyt a run before freshman designated through seven innings, the Patri- mate junior David Wellington and sophomore attacker Mary hitter Anthony Montefusco gave ots worked themselves in a bases- took second. Sophomore LaVell Schwartz added two g oals the Patriots their first lead of the loaded situation. Handy won the 110-meter hur- apiece, but the Patriots were not afternoon on a two-run single. McLean w alked the leadoff dles with a time of 14.51 sec- able to overcome the two goals Mason added three more in batter, but got two quick outs on a onds, beating his opponent by and f our assists fr om Raiders the bottom half of the eighth in- sacrifice bunt and a flyout. John- .32 seconds. Freshman George midfielder Meghan Lawler. ning on an RBI double from soph- son, the team’s closer, came in and Empty placed first in the 400- Senior g oalkeeper Sara omore second baseman Brig yielded tw o walks t o load the meter dash in 48.66 seconds, Longobucco recorded five saves, Tison f ollowed b y a tw o-run bases. On a 1-1 count, left fielder Matt Carson, who had two hits in and sophomor e Parker but only managed one save i n homerun off the bat of Soares. Senior Keven Crum struck out 6 batters in George Mason’s home opener. Boudreau crossed the finish line the second half. “I think w e needed a little the game, flied out to end the in- in 8:27.26 t o win the 3,000- After trailing 5-3 at half - meter run. time, Mason came even at 5-5 The women’s team had two with two quick goals within the winners in Satur day’s meet. first two minutes of the second Freshman M andissa M arshall half. The Raiders r esponded led off with a mark of 3.8 meters with two goals to bring the lead Cardinals rule in four-set win in the pole vault. Seniors Marie to 7-5 and they nev er trailed Fields and Tiara Swindell took after that. first and second in the 200- The Patriots outshot and Mason falls to Ball State on Friday meter dash. Fields inched past produced mor e ground balls Swindell by .04 seconds. while c ommitting fewer Fernanda Bartels Despite the fatigue, the Patri- turnovers, but the team was un- Staff Writer ots tried to recover their momen- able to turn the scoring oppor- tum in the fourth set. The score Baseball cruises to 17-5 win tunities int o points, which The Geor ge M ason U niver- was 15-17 when the referee made a sity’s men’s volleyball team lost its debatable call. fifth consecutive match to the Ball After complaints from Head State Cardinals in four sets (25-30, Coach Fred Chao, the point was 30-27, 22-30, 23-30) last Friday. replayed. The t eam gained the With the loss, the Patriots momentum back, but it was too fall to a 4-11 overall record, as the late for Mason. Cardinals improve to 11-7. Cardinals outside hitter Lee Mason fought until the end Meyer st epped up , sc oring two of every set, but the Ball State of- important kills to break the Patri- fense was playing its best game on ots’ momentum. Ball Stat e Friday night. wrapped up the mat ch in the The Cardinals hit a season- fourth set in 23-30. best .340 and were led b y L arry In addition t o leading the Wrather with 16 kills. Teammate Cardinals with 16 kills , Wrather Photo By | Steven Kline J.D. Gaspar ovic hit .7 86 and recorded 10 digs, and Meyer fol- Mason participated in the Mason Quadrangular on Saturday. chipped in 11 kills for the Cardi- lowed with 14 kills. Anders Nelson nals. posted 12 kills and five blocks. Although the Patriots were The Patriots have been trying Mason Sports Trivia: outhit b y Ball Stat e, fr eshman to get back on the winning track outside hit ter Michael K vidahl for the past weeks. Despite the How Well Do You Know Your School? had a match-high of 21 kills. loss, the team showed that they Sophomore middle block er had been working t owards that Lance Rogers was also a key hitter common g oal ev en w hen they 1. How many times did batters get hit by a pitch in the match with 10 kills and no were making adjustments. in Mason’s 8-4 win in Friday’s home opener? errors in 14 attempts. “We are mixing up lineups,” 2. Prior to Saturday’s game, who was the last Sophomore opposit e hitter said P erez. “In these past f ew Andrew Dentler had the only dou- weeks we found our identity.” Mason softball pitcher to throw a perfect ble-double for the Patriots with 13 The Patriots started 3-2 ear- game? kills and a team-high of 12 digs. lier this season, but since then, 3. How many Mason softball pitchers threw a The match w as filled with the team has won just once in its long rallies and great defense from past 10 matches and is on a five- perfect game in the past decade? both sides. Ball State had 60 total game losing streak, entering Sat- 4. Where did sophomore Ashley Danner rank in digs in the match, against 49 from urday nig ht’s mat ch against the the Patriots. the 200-yard individual medley in the NCAA IPFW Mastodons. Photo By Peter Flint | Photography Manager Mason kept the score close in Although M ason continues Andrew Dentler had 13 kills and 12 digs during the match on Friday night. Women’s Swimming Championships to receive the beginning of every set, but the to struggle picking up wins, the an All-American honorable mention? team was not able to keep up with team r emains competitive for person goes down, someone can With a variety of quality play- 5. Name the two wrestlers that competed at the the Cardinals thr oughout the every match. just step in.” ers available to Chao, the Patriots match. NCAA Wrestling Championships last weekend “We’ve known from the start As new fac es in P erez and have the ability to get back on a “It was a tough match,” said this year that we were going to be Kvidahl h ave been gaining key winning streak for the end of the in Omaha. freshman setter Javier Perez. “The deep,” said senior middle roles on the team, players such as season. offense started running out pretty blocker/opposite hit ter Ben Nichols and senior liber o Luk e The Patriots r eturn t o the (Answers will be featured in the March 29 issue of Broadside) well. W e were running Kvidahl Nichols. “ We are just getting Maloney tr y t o balance out the RAC on Apr. 7 in a c onference

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Gluten is the common name for e the proteins in specific grains that are harmful to persons with celiac dis- . ease. These proteins are found in all . forms of w heat and related gr ains . like rye, barley and triticale and must be eliminated. Even small amounts of gluten in foods can affect those with CD and cause health problems. Damage can occur to the small bowel, even when there are no symptoms present. Patrick Wall story of two survivors of the The event is sponsored by Style Editor hurricane. Kimberly and the Office of Diversity Pro- Scott Roberts, the film’s cre- grams and Services, African he images and Free screening of ators and stars, will be at and African American Stud- videos have been the Johnson Center Bistro at ies, Women and Gender Trouble the Water in burned into the T 6 p.m. on Thursday, March Studies, Amnesty Interna- SUB 1 American conscience: fami- 25 to talk about the docu- tional GMU, Black Student lies separated by rising wa- mentary and their experi- Alliance, Somali Student Mon., March 22 ters, survivors desperately ences in surviving the Association, Akoma Circle, Noon – 5 p.m. searching for food and storm. George Mason University Tues., March 23 scrambling for shelter on The documentary will Department of Communi- rooftops. Even after four Noon – 7 p.m. be screened in the Office of cations, Program Board and a half years, the events Wed., March 24 Diversity Programs and Speakers Committee, of Hurricane Katrina re- Noon – 5 p.m. Services, located in SUB I on George Mason University main an open wound on the Monday, March 22 from Department of Sociology American psyche. noon – 5 p.m., Tuesday, and Anthropology, Center Meet the film creator To commemorate the March 23 from noon – 7 p.m. for Leadership and Com- and stars at the John- tragic events, George Mason and Wednesday, March 24 muninty Engagement and son Center Bistro, University will be screening from noon – 5 p.m. University Life. Thurs., March 25 at 6 Trouble the Water, a docu- The screenings are free. p.m. mentary chronicling the

Ian Crocker debut album, Slanted & En- a wildl y serious appr oach to mus and Co. put forth the Broadside Correspondent chanted. Not only did this ’92 their performance, Pavement is indie-balladry of “Here” and release sho wcase a talented able to outdo them all in exe- the delicately arranged “Zurich When thinking about the young group, but it also laid the cution and appear to have is Stained,” further cementing year 1992, what comes to mind? blueprints f or bands decades much more fun while doing so. the versatility of this master- Gangsta r ap? Flannel later. “Two states, we want two piece. shirts? Nicktoons? Maybe the The best w ay to describe states,” Malkmus shrieks on the Sure, several great albums 90s are a forgotten memory — Slanted & Enc hanted’s sound track “ Two Stat es.” Well, come out each year — a collec- a period of time that was much would be to compare it to a Slanted & Enchanted made sure tion of songs that invade your like t oday in that the under - night of cheap whiskey on the that was the case in the Ameri- mind and get your toes tapping ground had become the main- rocks — it goes down smooth can r ock ‘n’ r oll scene in the — but how many albums can stream. yet comes up harsh. With early 90s. take their place as truly influ- With the sudden and jagged guitars and lyrics re- Separating themsel ves ential? P avement’s Slanted & widespread recognition of al- sembling the spoken word, from the polish of major label Enchanted deservedly takes the bums like Nirvana’s Nevermind Pavement constructed a splin- radio rock, Pavement put out cake as a truly inspired and im- and Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, pop- tered sound unheard of at the an album filled with fuzzy lo-fi portant piece of work. ular music had shifted. time. gems. Not only an aesthetic land- While “Smells Lik e Teen The album’s opener, “Sum- From the Wire-inspired mark, this album also laid the Spirit” blasted at ev ery jock- mer Babe,” sets the stage with post-punk of “Perfume-V” to groundwork for today’s current laden party around, the inde- an effervescent bass line and the urgent Black Francis-esque trends; Slanted & Enc hanted Stomping the pendent music fan wondered noodling guitars juxtaposed yelping on “N o Lif e Sing ed helped r ejuvenate the inde- what was left to look forward to with the start and stop musings Her,” Slanted & Enchanted puts pendent music scene long be - in terms of ingenuity and edgi- of lead singer St ephen M alk- to display the myriad of influ- fore “indie rock” was a genre pavement ness. mus. Whereas a majority of ences of the band. M oving and household term. Enter Pavement and their mainstream and indie acts take away from the feedback, Malk- Broadside Style Monday, March 22, 2010 | 13 Standout From Stand-up to Top five actors who have made the leap

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film led heavier, more dramatic roles Who w ould have thought it’s a drama, don’t miss it. After fantastic dramatic roles. Just listing his films is lik e with great success. With Stiller’s that The Fresh Prince would even- performances in The Fisher King, His performance in The Tru- reading a lineup of classics: For- Ross Bonaime recent turn as a launchpad, here tually earn two Oscar nomina- Dead Poets Society and Good Will man Show was remarkable, as was rest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Pri- are the top five comedians to take tions? Yet Smith has , f or his Hunting, Williams delved into his take on Andy Kaufman in Man vate R yan, Cast A way, among Staff Writer on serious roles: love-him-or-hate-him role as The darker roles lik e those in One on the Moon. And let’s not forget many others. H anks has gone This week, Ben Stiller will be 5. Jamie Foxx Greatest himself in Ali and for his Hour Photo and Insomnia. his greatest role as Joel in Eternal from starring alongside a mastiff taking a break from comedies like After F oxx’s first dramatic role as the father who will do any- Williams is a talented actor; Sunshine of t he Spot less M ind. in Turner and Hooch to becoming the Night at t he M useum and role in Oliver Stone’s Any Given thing for his son in The Pursuit of it’s just a shame that he messes up Carrey has proven that he is more one of the greatest stars of the past Meet the Parents series for a more Sunday, it was easy to forget about Happyness. Even with a fantastic his resume with abhorrent come- than just the man with the rubber 25 years. his awkward, comedic past. With career so far, Smith still has many dies. face. serious turn in Noah Baumbach’s Miss In Bed with Billy? Greenberg, a film about a middle- movies lik e Collateral, and his penetrating roles ahead of him. 2. Jim Carrey 1. Tom Hanks aged man trying to figure out his greatest role as Ray Charles in Ray, 3. Robin Williams Carrey could have easily gone After some spotty comedies Visit life. Foxx is stepping up as a promising A g ood rule of thumb for the way of Pauly Shore with his in the 80s , Tom H anks quickly Stiller is one amongst several young actor. Robin Williams’ movies seems to obnoxious comedic roles, but in- emerged as this generation’s ver- billycurtis.wordpress.com notable comedians who have tack- 4. Will Smith be: if it’s a comedy, skip it, but if stead took the high road in some sion of Jimmy Stewart, the most for his latest articles! likable actor in America. BROADSIDE INTERVIEWS: Stars of She’s Out of My League

The names Alice E ve and about cast mutiny and they over- Krysten Ritter may not be univer- compensate. Doing a big studio sally recognizable, but given Krys- film with a first-time dir ector ten’s past work in popular doesn’t matter as much as an indie romantic comedies like 27 Dresses film or T V because there are so and Confessions of a Shopaholic many other voices. and Alice’s upcoming role in Sex We were all in similar places and the City 2, you can expect that in our careers and I think in the to change very quickly. cast, you sort of recognize people, Both are put in the spotlight you’ve sort of seen them before, in She’s Out of My League, which but it was pretty much like every- opened on M arch 12. Broadside body was on equal footing which recently spoke with the two ladies was cool. Photo By | Darren Michaels about their movie. How awkward was that Have either of you ever scene w here y ou and Jay dated someone you’d con- had to strip down? I imag- sider out of your league or a ine that would be pretty in- guy that others would con- timidating for him. sider too good for you?

(Left to right) Molly (Alice Eve) runs into her handsome ex, Cam (Geoff Stults), to the dismay of Kirk (Jay Baruchel), an average Joe who just can’t believe that she has fallen for him in the DreamWorks Pictures comedy She’s Out of My League, a Paramount Pictures release. In a league of its own (albeit a bad one) Alice: You both have a job Krysten: I’ve dated people to make each other feel comfort- who others have thought that able. His job is to not make me Josh Hylton simistic and self -conscious, womanizing meatheads who taken analysis of the male in- maybe I was out of his league, but feel insecure and my job is to not Staff Writer and his friends only play into cannot function normall y stinct should be overshadowed I didn’t think so and now I’m cur- make him f eel insecur e and I those fears. The toxic combina- when a pretty girl is around. by the laughs the story pr o- rently dating somebod y w ho is think we both did our best in that. My father once t old me tion threatens to ruin his rela- When M olly walks in a vokes. It is a comedy, after all. out of my league. [Alice and her You know, it is nerve-wracking to about a game he used to play tionship with Alice. room, every male in her line of Unfortunately, League rarely boyfriend] are on equal footing. drop your dress in that kind of sit- with m y uncle bef ore I was There might not be much sight g oes g oogly ey ed and elicits much fr om its tired They’re both really hot. uation and I think w e w orked born. E very year, m y famil y to recommend here, but I can ogles her like a Thanksgiving premise. While Baruchel has hard to make each other feel com- would head to the beach and say this: She’s Out of M y turkey. While the actress is cer- been likable in supporting fortable. He’s a good actor. my dad would sit with a beer in League gives hope to all of the tainly a gorgeous woman, as a roles in mo vies such as hand and rate passing women fives of the world.The film says man, I found it kind of insult- Knocked Up and Tropic Thun- What advice would you on their looks. He used a scale they ar e tens in the ey es of ing that the movie insinuates der, he is not much of a leading give all of the “fives” of the of one – 10 and would debate someone w ho loves them, our g eneral lack of c ontrol man. world if they want t o find with my uncle over who was which is a nice change of pace when pretty w omen ar e He is har dly compelling their “10”? the best looking. My dad was regardless of how cheesy that around. It goes so far as to sug- and his nasally voice eventually never the classy type. message is . H ow- gest that we have t wo heads grates on the nerves. It is tough She’s Out of My League de- ever, it also and aren’t using the one not to feel sympathy for his pa- constructs this game, though says that with a brain in it. thetic character, seeing as how Alice: I think he’s out of my perhaps “ deconstruct” is the all men Nevertheless, — let’s face it — the majority league. He’s cleverer than me. wrong w ord, as that w ould are Hey, you wanna the mo vie’s mis - of us are fives like him. But he imply the film has an air see this movie? lacks the charisma to work For this movie, you were of intelligence about it. It this movie thr ough t o its working with a first-time di- does not. conclusion. rector and J ay Baruchel, You see, Kirk, played With c ontrived at - who is usually relegated to Krysten: Be confident and by Jay Baruchel, is a five. tempts at cr eating dr ama supporting roles. Was there funny. Show girls a good time. He is a lanky , skinny, and the only laughs coming any hesitanc e going in nerdy gu y w ho looks at from a character nicknamed knowing this or did y ou beautiful girls and imme- Stainer (w ho adopted the have faith in the material? diately dismisses his moniker due to his w eak chances with them. That bladder as a child), She’s Krysten: It can go either is until Molly, played by Out of M y L eague is lit tle way for first-time directors. I feel the beautiful Alice E ve, more than another run-of- like with accidentally stumbles the-mill t een comedy that first-time into his life and falls for exists in a w orld w here directors, him. She is, as his friends beautiful w omen actuall y sometimes put it, “a hard 10,” and we judge a guy by what’s in his they’re not Alice: Fix things when they all kno w a 10 lik e her heart rather than ho w big confident break. could never love a five. his biceps are. What a world and they’re Kirk is already pes- Uhh...NAAAAH. Photo By | Darren Michaels that must be. worried 14 | Monday, March 22, 2010 Broadside

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