John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 5-5-2011 The aC rroll News- Vol. 87, No. 22 John Carroll University Follow this and additional works at: http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll University, "The aC rroll News- Vol. 87, No. 22" (2011). The Carroll News. 843. http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/843 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student at Carroll Collected. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aC rroll News by an authorized administrator of Carroll Collected. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Carroll News catches the bouquet at the royal wedding, p. 5 THE Thursday, MayARROLL 5, 2011 EWSVol. 87, No. 22 C The Student Voice of John Carroll University N Since 1925 New fraternity General Carter in the works Megan Lutz Staff Reporter Ham visits JCU Got Greek? Brian Bayer over the years and see how it changes and evolves.” At John Carroll, the answer to this question Dan Cooney Despite the many changes that the University has gone through, just got bigger and better. The Carroll News Ham feels that it is still the foundational place where he discovered The three current fraternities at John Car- his three important things in life. Last Thursday, four stars shone at John Carroll, when alumnus roll, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Tau Delta and Sigma “At its core, John Carroll remains committed to the individual General Carter Ham came to JCU to speak on a number of top- Phi Epsilon, will welcome a new fraternity self development of each and every one of its students, and I think ics. Ham is a four-star general in the United States Army, and brother during the fall 2011 semester: Lambda that’s what makes John Carroll special and different than many he is currently serving as the commander of the United States Chi Alpha. other places.” Africa Command. Lambda Chi Alpha is “one of the largest U.S. Africa Command, based out of Stuttgart, Germany, ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ men’s general fraternities in North America was established as a fully functional command in October of with more than 270,000 initiated members” Ham has also been an active advo- 2008. The command works with 53 African nations to conduct and nearly 200 active chapters at colleges and cate for the elimination of the Army’s “sustained security engagement through military-to-military universities, according to its website. “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which programs, military-sponsored activities, and other military “The fraternities on campus already draw was repealed in December 2010. operations as directed to promote a stable and secure African certain types of people,” said JCU sophomore In partnership with the Department environment in support of U.S. foreign policy,” according to and Beta Theta Pi member Spencer German, of Defense’s general counsel, Ham its website. who served on the expansion committee. served as the military’s co-chair. In his position as commander, Ham has been in charge of the “This fraternity will add a new sect and new According to Ham, this required full- recent mission in Libya and oversees all other military operations people to the JCU Greek life family.” time duty for about 10 months. in Africa. Ham said, “It’s obviously a huge and diverse continent They will include those who embrace “[It was] about a 10-month effort [with] lots of different engagements. Our primary purpose is to to review the impacts of what repeal help strengthen African militaries so that they become increas- Please see, FRATERNITY, p. 2 of DADT might mean for the military ingly capable.” and then to make recommendations Although the United States military has played a major role to the secretary of defense on the way in the Libyan conflict, Ham explained that “our focus is much forward,” said Ham. Too many more on preventing conflict than it is being engaged in military According to Ham, this was a operations.” practical move for the armed forces Before he was named commander in Africa, Ham was sta- more than anything. “I think what tioned in numerous states and countries such as Italy, Saudi we found in large part is that most events limit Arabia, Qatar, Macedonia and Iraq. He also worked to review the service members recognize that they impacts of repealing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy are already serving alongside gay and investigated the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. and lesbian service members. And in “I think when tough things come up ... the folks who know most cases, serving in a unit that has participation him put him in there to go ahead [and] bring him to some a gay or lesbian service member has positive conclusion,” retired Lt. Gen. John Sattler told National no real significant effect on the ability Molly Wilson Public Radio in March. Sattler served with Ham in Iraq and at of that organization to accomplish its Assistant Campus Editor the Pentagon. mission.” Saturday, April 30, 2011 was a very busy A “foundational experience” For Ham, the most day for John Carroll University. Three major difficult part of Ham has been enlisted in the Army since he was commis- events big enough to have a day dedicated just changing this policy sioned as a second lieutenant in 1976. However, it was at John to each, were scheduled for this day. These was compromising Carroll that he recognized his true calling as an officer. He said three events were Murphy Formal, Relay for with the he is a proud alumnus, as JCU was a “foundational experience” Life and Cultivating Community Day. Murphy for him. Formal was eventually cancelled but Relay for “It was here that I found the three things that are most im- Life and Cultivating Community Day went Please see, portant in my life,” Ham said. “I found my wife here; she was on as planned. GENERAL, the head resident of Murphy hall. I found my faith here; I was The first event, Murphy Formal, the an- p. 2 not raised Catholic, but found that the Catholic faith was right nual dance for Murphy Hall residents, was for me. I found, while I knew I liked being a solider, it was re- originally scheduled to take place on April 2 in ally at John Carroll that I learned that serving as an officer was the Green Road Annex. Due to a lack of ticket my calling.” sales the dance was rescheduled to April 30 in Ham’s experience at JCU was largely influenced by the the hope that more students would buy tickets. faculty and staff who are engaged with every student. “You’re The Murphy Hall resident assistants did not not a number here; you’re not just another student. And I think want to cancel the dance right away since the that endures over the many changes that the University goes students that had bought tickets were excited through.” and looking forward to the formal. The resi- He was very happy to return to JCU, and always enjoys seeing dent assistants were aware of Relay for Life how it has grown. “It is a place that has largely shaped who I am Please see, SCHEDULE, p. 3 today, and so I have appreciated the opportunity to come back Photo from defense.gov Inside this issue Index Year-end Special 11 Campus 2 Diversions 16 Exclusive interview Bin Laden Arts & Life 4 Editorial 21 with ESPN’s Adam killed by U.S. World News 6 Op/Ed 22 Sports 8 Classifieds 24 Schefter, p. 9 troops, p. 6 2 Campus May 5, 2011 www.jcunews.com The Carroll News Campus In theatres near you: Kulas gets repairs Briefs Leaking roof and falling ceiling to be fixed this summer Lauren Lapoint even had to be moved to the Marinello Little image of the theatre here. And if you have a Trevor Burke Theatre because of the poor condition of the visually pleasing theater, people would think JCU announces new The Carroll News auditorium. According to junior Tim Mauk, that the shows are better as well.” ‘Chair in Catholic a work study student who works with Nagy, With a better facility, Kulas could attract This year’s long and harsh winter has not this was a big inconvenience for the show’s outsiders as well as students who want to come Systematic Theology’ only been a damper for the people in this crew. “It affected the crew making it [the set], and audition for shows, which would make community, it has also created some problems because we had a smaller area to work with, John Carroll’s theatre program much stronger for the facilities at JCU. Kulas Auditorium and we had to adapt the aisle way.” down the road, Hancock also noted. showed signs of ceiling leakage from the Staff and students that work with theatre in For now, the roof is the main concern with melted snow and the heavy rain that hit the Tim Russert Department of Communica- the auditorium and “once the exterior roof is Cleveland in the past few months. tion and Theatre Arts and perform on stage complete, we will repair and paint the ceil- Initially the idea to build a new roof in have noticed over the past couple years the ing,” said Dietz. the auditorium was identified this past sum- deteriorating ceiling, outdated carpet and Kulas was once a flourishing center for mer and the building for it began in the fall.