NEWS > 1 OPINION > 2 FEATURES > 5 SPORTS > 7 APRIL 28, 2010 1 Official Student Media of Valencia Community College June 16 2010 VOLUME 9 • ISSUE 4 VALENCIAVOICE.COM Official Student Media of Valencia Community College Spirit of the game takes a Holocaust survivor recounts 5 years of tragedy swan dive Chuck Myers/MCT By Julio Melendez ing events that caused audience Pg.2 [email protected] members to sink into their sets. “The worst started,” on Aug. 1, Morris Rosen’s life changed for ever 1942, recalled Rosen, when the Ger- on a September morning in 1939. mans started to send all but 350 peo- Rosen was 16 years old when ple to the concentration camps on the Germans invaded Poland, and that day. Rosen watched in horror as Aguilera and he told his tail of survival during 40,000 Jews were forced into trains, the Holocaust to a captive audi- while 2,000 others were shoot dead Hawthorne ence of more than 150 people, at for lack of room on the trains. Heights re- the Orange County Regional His- “Five more minutes,” one of the tory Center on June 8. history center volunteers says to lease new “Speechless,” said Evelyn Diaz of Rosen, “Oh my, already?” he asks, Altamonte Springs. “All I can remem- he then tries to fit in as much as he noise Pg.5 ber right now is the last thing he said can, from the last day he sees Po- about hate not being the answer.” land, to the day he’s liberated by Lionel Hahn/Abaca Press/MCT Rosen had one hour to share five the Russians, but it’s just too much, years of experiences and nightmares, Jen Cipolla, Orange County Regional History Center and time runs out. Metal Gear Holocaust survivor Morris Rosen spoke about his experiences at various concentra- “I don’t know if I can fit all of this in, tion camps in 1939. He spoke at Orange County’s Regional History Center on June 8. “The will to live is amazing,” said but I’ll try,” he said. Sabrina Shaw of Davenport. “We Solid: Peace What sets Rosen’s story apart better their stands. property of the Jews in Poland. think the things we go though in life Walker deil- from most Holocaust victims is From the onset of the occupa- “I slipped on my first armband are earth-shattering, and they’re not, that fact that he was never sent to a tion, it was clear that this was un- with the Star of David on it in early especially after listening to him.” vers Pg.6 concentration camp, but to various like any other military action in 1940,” said Rosen as he walked us “I have to do this,” said Rosen labor camps, were he worked with history, from the fall of 1939, to Au- through the first two years of the after the presentation. “I have to re- the Germans, but received most of gust of 1942, the Germans systemi- war. “This was not the worst,” he mind the world that hate is never his strife from fellow Jews trying to cally segregated and confiscated all would say three times after describ- good, hate is never the answer.” NEWS > 1 OPINION > 2 FEATURES > 5 SPORTS > 7 June 2, 2010 2 Official Student Media of Valencia Community College OUR VOICE Official Student Media of Valencia Community College Newsroom | 407-582-5040 Advisor | 407-582-1170 For comments or general inquiries Spirit of the game takes swan dive email us at: [email protected] It does not take much to understand tinuing on the field, mind you) roll- Editor in Chief | Alex Barrett why soccer (or “football” if you pre- ing around, grabbing some arbitrary [email protected] fer) is the world’s sport. Its simplicity body part, before magically shaking is brilliant. it off, hopping to his feet, and joining Managing Editor | Nikki Namdar All it takes to set up a game is an back in. [email protected] open field, a round object, and two Similar plays are very common in opposing spots designated as goals. basketball, when a defender will flop News | John Terbeche As a result, kids in all walks of life onto his back in an attempt to draw a [email protected] across the globe can set up a game and charging call on the opponent. play for hours, imitating the moves NBA Champion Rasheed Wallace of Opinion | Russell Griner of Drogba and Ronaldo as they soar the Boston Celtics is now known al- [email protected] back and forth, learning the values most exclusively for his open and col- of teamwork, cooperation, and being orful complaints about this move. He Features | Jen Stripling striving to be the greatest. says that it is not real basketball, that Unfortunately, there is an epidemic it detracts from the competitiveness of [email protected] within the game: diving. the sport, and that it waters down the Anyone who has tuned in to a World game that is being played. Sports | Jolene Krause Cup match this past week for more The one reason why these moves [email protected] than five minutes is sure to have wit- have become a problem is simple: they C/OMCTCAMPUS New Zealands Jenny Bindon diving preventing face contact with USAs Abby Wambach foot nessed it. One player makes a move to work. In both sports, more often than Sales | Kenny Wagner pass another, the defender slides in to not, the referee will give the player the [email protected] make a play on the ball, and his mo- call they are trying to get, regardless of are extremely detrimental because, aside Any doubts can be silenced with a mentum carries his cleat in the gen- whether or not the foul was actually a from making Keanu Reeves’s acting picture of Arsenal midfielder Aaron Photo Editor | Collin Dever eral direction of the attacker. concrete violation of the rules. look like Sean Penn’s, it deafens the per- Ramsey’s broken leg, which was shat- [email protected] What follows is the attacking play- There is a point of view that sees these ceived overall physicality of the sport. tered to the point where it was held in er’s Oscar moment, as he contorts moves as instrumental to the competitive- To the casual viewer who only watch- place by little more than his sock. his body in some odd position, and ness of sport. The player’s one goal is to es an occasional soccer match, it makes It is such a polarizing issue that there ap- throws his arms up with a look of win, at all costs. If this means making him- the players look like a bunch of weak pears to be no resolution forthcoming. For For advertising information contact complete despair on his face as he self look like a pansy, it is worth it if his and insincere competitors. In actuality, now, floppers will keep flopping, and -Ra Kenny Wagner at hits the ground. He then spends the team comes out ahead. soccer is one of the most contact-heavy sheed Wallace will keep getting T’d up for [email protected] next minute or so (while play is con- Unfortunately in soccer, these moves and dangerous sports being played. complaining about them. NEWS > 1 OPINION > 2 FEATURES > 5 SPORTS > 7 June 2, 2010 3 Official Student Media of Valencia Community College POLL How far do you think America will go in the World Cup? World Cup is highly anticipated By Jack Thomas [email protected] The World Cup lives up to its name. It is the one sporting event revered across every continent — from the beaches of Brazil, to the pirated match rebroadcasts in the People’s Republic of Korea, to the occasional penguin in Antarctica who manages to hook a gen- erator up to his iMac. And, for the first time in a long, long time, a coveted market is showing up to the television each morning and afternoon to feed the need for international conflict: America. ESPN and ABC are reporting an average of 4.9 million viewers “Second, I like Germany better.” “Not that far.” “America is not going to make it.” per match, up an astounding 108% from the 2006 World Cup. But this is only the average, which includes the matches broad- - Detrick Pierce - Rebecca Hornbuckle - Nygil Bryant casted at 7 a.m. EST. For the 1-1 draw between England and USA (which took the title of “Most Important Draw in Ameri- can Sports History” from Bud Selig’s 2002 MLB All-Star Game), ABC and Univision drew a combined 17.1 million viewers in the U.S., making it the most-watched first round World Cup game in U.S. broadcast history, according to MediaWeek. The cause for this sudden interest in the most popular sport in the world is that, finally, Americans are able to funnel their ridicu- lous level of nationalism into a football team that is not terrible. Goalkeeper Tim Howard has reached a level of stardom nearly equal to whoever the seventh guy on the Boston Celtics’ bench is. That white guy who is always in a suit, never dressed to play. USA may even make it out of the first round, barring a very possible collapse against Slovenia and/or Algeria. However, if they happen to beat at least one of these teams and take second “I’m from South America, so I’m in Group C, they will find themselves matched up with Ger- for Brazil and Argentina.