The Purchase p u r c h a s e i n d y @ g m a i l . c o m Purchase’s Only Weekly News Source ISSUE 109 Enter The Lewinter Math Prof Moonlights As Sensei By Patrick Cassels For the last decade Purchase students have gathered in room 1059 of the Natural Sciences building on Thursday nights. Desks are pushed aside as Marty Lewinter, the unmis- takable black-belt, leather-jacket-clad professor of mathematics, foregoes the daytime lessons on compound fractions for nighttime instruction on compound fractures—as in those inflicted on one's foe. From 10 to 11 p.m. the classroom is trans- formed into the Shotokan dojo, where Sensei Lewinter trains willing students in the 140-year- old school of karate free of charge. "Shotokan is an aggressive style empha- sizing power and beauty," said Lewinter, who had no reservations in demonstrating the mar- tial art and displayed various maneuvers in his Natural Sciences office. "It's a polished art," he continued between rapid mid-air punches, "something I stress to my students." Also stressed in Lewinter's dojo, which V.P. Candidate campuses where he has studied and worked in requires no registration and open to spectators, his 25 years in education. is the defensive nature of Shotokan. As sensei, Addresses Student In his resume, which was sent to students the professor considers karate a purely defen- on the PSGA senate, Cabello lists numerous sive measure and demands his students Concerns Over references to Greek organizations at a number employ it as a "last resort." of colleges. As the Assistant Dean of Student "Live and let live," said the sensei. Fraternities Services at Stockton State College, he estab- By Bill Reese and Steven Tartick Despite his philosophy, Lewinter, a fourth- lished Stockton's Fraternity and Sorority sys- degree black belt, regrettably recalls employing tem (in addition to a health services depart- his skills growing up in Brooklyn. An orthodox Students on the PSGA Senate had an ment and a drug awareness program). opportunity to meet with one of the candidates Jew, he found himself the victim of harassment He is credited with being the advisor to a on the streets of Flatbush and claims to have for the Vice President For Student number of Greek life organizations, including a A ffairs/Associate Provost for A c a d e m i c ultimately retaliated against his boyhood tor- three year stint as the grand chapter advisor mentors. Learning position vacated earlier this year by for Alpha Sigma Phi at the University of Miami. Ron Herron. Said Lewinter: "That was the last time they He's won numerous awards from fraternal tried to take my yarmulke." Robert Cabello, currently the Vi c e organizations, including the citations from President for Student Affairs and Enrollment More recently, Lewinter claims to have Alpha Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa Theta at Western employed his black belt against 3 Manhattan Management at Broward Community College Illinois, Alpha Sigma Kappa at Illinois State. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, answered the assailants, one armed with a lead pipe. "Once I When his name and the word "fraternity" was sure they were out to hurt me, I made a announcement posted in the Chronicle of was Googled, an article about the early days of Higher Education and submitted his resume to pre-emptive attack. If I had hesitated, there's a a Phi-Alpha Zeta chapter at Eastern Illinois good chance I wouldn't be here now." Purchase early this year. University came up. According to the article, Though Cabello is undoubtedly a very In lieu of payment, Lewinter demands dis- Cabello was quite instrumental in the establish- cipline and diligence from his students, who qualified candidate for the position, what inter- ment of that fraternity at Eastern Illinois. "Bob ested, or in some cases, concerned members describe their sensei as "strict" and "disci- Cabello was EIU’s fraternity adviser at the time plined" but "remarkably approachable and ded- of the student senate was Cabello's longtime and he took us under his wing and helped us involvement with different fraternity groups on icated" to even the most novice dojo member. Continued on Page 7... Continued on Page 9... Abortion A t h l e t e s Introducing Battle S t a r ving fo r the Indy I N S I D E : Rages in A t t e n t i o n Inquirerer S. Dakota momentarily incompetent classmates couldn’t pass to LETTERS TO THE INDY them. We’ve all been victims of this unfortunate phe- Established 2001 nomenon. Looking around wondering, “How the hell did Founding Editor: Glen Parker I was offended by The Blast when it aired on I not get the (insert document here).” PTV, but I'm more offended about how some students Sometimes there’s a poor guy/girl in the cor- Chief Editors: at Purchase have handled the situation. All Billy Prinsell ner squared away from the class, brooding or whatev- Bill Reese wanted was attention. He was pushing people's but- er, and their classmates just don’t feel like taking extra Steven Tartick tons trying to get a reaction, and a reaction is exactly energy and getting up to give them a paper. They’re Assistant Editor: what he got. He's been all over the news, in the Indy, in almost always the poor souls that have unwanted Emily Farrell countless e-mails. And for what? Does news coverage attention drawn to them when they feebly raise their Office Manager: make Purchase a more tolerant place? Of course not. hands, get up in front of the class, all eyes on them, Mark Schroeder All of this attention only validates Billy's Show. As a per- snatching the paper awkwardly and stumbling back to L a yout Editor: son who's dealt with bullies all of my life, I know one their seat. Kaitlyn Sudol when I see one. Billy is a bully, and all he wanted was Now, passing papers isn’t rocket science, Head Copyeditor: to prod and tease certain people, and what bullies get ladies and gents, and I’m wondering where exactly this Sable Yong off on is when people react in negative ways. In addi- confusion comes from. I asked some people how they D i s t r i b ution Superv i s o r : tion, I felt the conclusion of Dexter Wiseman's article passed papers in hopes to find some kind of pattern or Robert Stewart-Rogers was absolutely insulting. Every student who appeared a clue to solve this predicament. One person told me Graphic Design: on the show should be expelled? Sir, I know for a fact they, “Split the papers in half and pass them to the Sabrina Miller that you were down at the studio after the show threat- side,” I’m not sure, but I think this might work, but then Emily Stewart ening people with a baseball bat and that you broke again who knows who you’re passing the papers to. Backpage Bitch: PTV property in a temper tantrum. PTV did not press Can you really ensure that the whole class will get the Lauren Raia charges, but they should have. Shame on you, Mr. papers? I don’t know. Someone else said, “I just don’t Business Manager: Wiseman. Shame on you for giving Billy Prinsell just care.” Well, that’s pretty selfish (what a douche). Alice Gullotta what he wanted: more attention. It seems like this horrendous problem will Writers: never be solved; it has been happening for quite some Garry-Paul Bonesteel -Scott Oliver Saintjohn time; it will be a grueling process, but maybe, just Patrick Cassels maybe, one day everyone in a class will receive a hand Lindsay Feldman *** out without any aggravation or confusion. Katerina Korolov Jesse McLaren Have you ever been sitting in class when the -Christina Scarlett Bill Reese teacher decides to pass out something, like an article Virginia Reis or just something interesting they found? My favorite Shawn Ryder part of class is when the teacher passes out these INTRODUCING Steven Tartick handouts and the whole class goes into frenzy, their The Independent Randall Unger brain starts to malfunction and eyes glaze over, hands Kristin Whitcomb are shaky and clumsily fumbling the sheets of paper. Artists: The once simple task of distributing papers becomes Robert Stewart-Rogers treacherous and almost impossible. I remember sitting Danyell Thillet This Week on Page 11 in a class and the teacher passed out about three sets Jack Trades of Xeroxed papers and everyone froze, started looking Inquirerers: For too long, Independent readers have failed to recog- around confused and flustered, furiously thinking about Emily Farrell nize the distinction between news and satire within our Mark Schroeder which way to pass the papers that would be the most pages. To make this easier for our audience, we proud- Kaitlyn Sudol constructive, but they failed-miserably. After the extra ly introduce The Independent Inquirerer, an entire page Steven Tartick papers were passed back to the professor there were devoted to our great satire pieces. From now on, if quite a few people in various places around the room Copy Editors: you’re looking for the real news, you can rest assured Patrick Cassels that raised their hand nimbly, for they did not received that everything in the issue is real, written by our talent- Alison Dvornek the papers. Frustrated and feeling uncared for, the stu- ed staff writers, and everything on the satire page is Kristin Whitcomb dents had to stand up and (get this) walk to the front of just that, SATIRE! (and we know we spelled it wrong).