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R em em ber W e e k . Teny Crawford chosen as Poly Royal » A Parade grand marshal

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As a way to say “thank you” for coaching the univer­ sity's track and field athletes for the past 14 years, Terry Oawford has been selected as the grand marshal for this year’s Poly ILoyal Parade. “We wanted to choose a grand marshal that was relat­ ed to athletes in some way,” said Nicole Stivers, director of public relations for C^al Poly Open House. “It’s our way of honoring someone who has shown dedication and commitment to C^al Poly. Terry Oawford has done a lot for C'al Poly sports.’’ “C^il l\>ly: Cdioice of Cdiampions” is the theme for this year’s open house. Crawford has coached many C^il Poly athletes who have become NC!AA national champions or Olympians during her coaching years at ('al Poly. “We were looking for people who were involved with the Terry Crawford Olympics and Cal Poly,” said Allie O ’Leary, director of events and entertainment for C3al Poly Open House. “Terry Crawford has coached many Olympians so we thought H er story: io t to be it was a perfect fit.” The parade will begin Saturday, April 22, at 9 a.m., at the corners of (irand Avenue and Perimeter Road and will end at Perimeter Road and Via Carter at 10 a.m. “Our grand marshal is alw’ays a female because our open house wants to include traditions from past years,” Stivers said. Years ago the rodeo queen led the parade, igptten but “the rodeo queen doesn’t lead it anymore,” Stivers Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo honor said. “We’re bringing in traditions of past years.” the lives and memories of five local “It is such a great honor for me to be named grand female victims of violence and sexual marshal of the parade,” Crawford said in a press release. assault as part of Remember Week The three-day event begins Thursday, April 20, with clubs preview night at Farmer’s Market. Friday includes Amy Asman a preview day for admitted students to ^ MUSTANC. rWllY get acquainted with memorial honoring the lives of the campus and their Ilt^ou^wty of five San Luis C^bispo women departments, a uni­ loncning Awas held by the Cal Holy WHITNEY GUENTHER MUSTANG DAILY versity welcome and Womens Center Monday night at Luna Above left. Students observe five paintings on display created by Cal Poly stu­ a Friday night invite. C3afe in San Luis Obispo. The memorial is dents in honor of the five women victims of violence at Luna Café Monday Saturday, beginning someone who the first in a string of events scheduled for night. Along with the paintings, visitors could read a description on the artists at 10 a.m., more than Remember Week, which began on April feelings on the paintings and the lives of the women. 2(M) clubs and con­ has shown 10 and runs through April 14. Above, Cal Poly Women’s Center members lit five candies in the memory of cession booths will “We’re trying to show that (these each of the women honored at the event. be set up around dedication and women) are not forgotten. These are just campus offering stu­ five women in our community that have “Sometimes we are met with a lot of chai^d and imprisoned. dents an opportunity committineci been affected by sexual assault and we resistance from people saying ‘This is a safe However, one of the women has yet to to learn more about know that there are many, many more,” place, why do we need to talk about be found. This is her story. to Cal Poly what the campus has Women’s Center intern Rebeka Levin this?”’ said Elizabeth Lucas, a fellow On the eve of May 25, 1996 Cal Poly Nicole Stivers to offer, included said. Women’s Center employee. “But people freshman Kristin Smart went to a party. director of public relations need to realize that things as extreme as Spring quarter was drawing to a close, and booths are from fra­ The memorial is a quiet time for peo­ for Cal Poly Open House ple to come and reflect about these rape and murder can happen here in San the 19-year-old decided to celebrate the ternities, sororities, ______women, sexual assault and the problem Luis Obispo.” end of her first year in college at a friend’s clubs and teams and this issue poses for the community, coor­ Kristin Smart. Rachel Newhouse. birthday party. But, as police reports from many others. Also dinator Julia Sinclair-Falm said. Aundria Crawford. Kristina Hogan. Laci all over San Luis Obispo County and the featured Saturday will be main-stage performances, the “I think a lot of times women and men Peterson. Each of these women had their Internet show. Smart did not return for a Kids’ Fair, campus-wide exhibits and demonstrations, don’t feel comfortable talking about sexu­ lives cut short by sexual assault. Four of second year. events will begin at 10:30 a.m al assault and this memorial really creates a their b(xlies have been found, and the men But she didn’t go home either. For more information on the parade or any of the safe space for them to do that,” she said. responsible for their deaths have been see Remember, page 2 Cal Poly Open House events visit, www.openhouse.calpoly.edu . News editor; C'aidin 1 Connell • miLiic\i>s((^mil.com M u sta n g D aily Wednesday, April 12, 2006 www.mustaiijidaily.net = N e w s =

know what happened to you.” she She svanted to quit,” said Murphy, the to walk back to the dorms with them. ‘hey, what’s gtiing on?”’ ‘ Remember said. office manager of her husbands prac­ At the time it seemed like no big deal She made Flores promise to walk continued from page / Smart was reported missing by her tice. “She had even dyed her blonde and the walk continued along Smart all the way to her dtirni, (iroth , loday, the girl who, according to parents shortly after the night of the hair bross n and she svanted the kids Crandall Way.” said, and Flores said he would. This * rhe ('al Loly Womens ('enter, vv,is party. University police, htnvever, on campus to call her Ro.xie.” Tim parted ways with the group at was the last time she was seen alive. ilescnbed by a friend as having, “a were slow to respond to the case “Hut she was really excited the last Perimeter Avenue and headed in News of Smart’s mysterious disap­ wide, slow smile; a low, confident because the department believed the night her mom talked to her because another direction. Flores, (?heryl and pearance following that early morn­ voice; a compassionate smile; a lanky she found out that her professor was Smart continued to walk the KK) ing walk across campus began a slow- f walk. She is intensive sunshine; going to let her retake a test that she yards up to the dorms. but-steady search for the Cal Poly ' sparkling, brown eyes; the sunset on had bombed,” Murphy said. At (irand and Perimeter, Cheryl freshman. Not surprisingly, police, the ’ the beach” is still missing. It s really scary to “Kristin kness she ssas uncondi­ needed to break off and walk up university and Smart’s family expect­ lod.iy she watches over the city ot tionally loved. She was newr (irand Avenue to her dorm at Sierra ed all the answers to her whereabouts Arroyo Cirande; her shy, chestnut eyes know that you estranged from her family,” she said. Madre. She later said she was nervous to lay with Flores. Hut Flores’s answers gazing from a large “reward" bill­ “They kness she didn't run away . . . about leaving Flores alone with didn’t seem to add up. board ptisted outside the law office of Her family knew she w'ould never dt) Kristin, (iroth said. “His testimony was very inconsis­ Janies R. Murphy on Last liranch could disappear that to her little brothers and her par­ “He was suppiisedly acting really tent,” Murphy said. Street. Murphy, along with his fellow ents.” inappropriately toward Kristin, talking Also, Flores was later documented law partners and wife (iann Murphy, and no one Six months after her disappearance, to her and fondling her,” (iroth said, by the Arroyo (irande Police has been looking for the ytning her family hired the Murphys and “at least enough for (iheryl to say see Remember, page 4 swimmer for .ilmost a decade. would know partner lana (aiates to further inves­ Once vividK strong in the minds tigate the c ase. The law office, vs ith what liappened help from the surrounding ('.entral ot Gentral ( ^oast residents, the case __I i THURSDAY NIGHT h. is become more of a niemorv ( 'oast communits, set out to find the miong ( al l‘oK students and locals to you. striking, ()-toot ssvimmer. DOWNTOWN .ihke. ^nd .is it nears the l(l-vear 1 he exact details of Smart's last in.irk. the bitter t.iste left by Smart's —Krista Overholtzer night on campus are still uncertain. HAPPY HOUR! lis.ippe.ir.iiu e h.is become harder to I‘i-ve.ir-olii Nipomo 1 lossesvr. svith the help of svitnesses 'orget lligh School gr.iJu.iCi.' and outside sources, both police and Come in for: w.is little when it happened, the famils’s lass vers lias e managed to oiotsabK .ii>ou; eight, right?” said piece together an ide.i ot ss'hai hap­ $2 Premium Beers ixnst.i (. )\erholt/er, a waitress at rhe "troubled girl” had run away. Murphy pened (all dom estic & Im port L2 oz. bottles) ■ Mil Villagi Cirill in downtown said Smart arrised at the parts around 8PM M idnight \iroM) ii iiKle "1 remembei alw.ivs 'Tiles thought, because it ssas so midnight “stone cold sober” Murphy i-eing the tsillbo.ird when w'e drove to close to the end of the cjuarter. that said She staved there for tsvo hours Pizzti Slices i. aki l ope/ slu had left svithout telling iiivont until a classmate, Qiervl, found her (specialty & traditional) ^lul I remember w nen tlies weri sshere she sv.is going,” senior Kara passed out on the front lawn She rc'i - lOPM-Midnight tugging up the ptiii h i; rhe house (iroth, in employee at The ('al I'oly ognized Smart and managed to get down the street .At the iime i duin t W-onien s C enter, said her up and walking Vl'itli the help of S44-8786 • 841 lli}>iu‘rti St • Sein l.iiis O hispo Reports that slie ssas unh.ippy al ancsther friend named Iim, (liervi In the Downtown Center (near Starbucks) ktu)w w h.ii dn‘\ wen doing, but now I III' ■ know 1' w IS bet inse thev were whool :ed police to ttiink that maylx planned tes w'alk back to the dorms '(tokiiig tor her bods tlie l^'-vear-old sIk r.in isv.is with her liovfriend. 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But still, the case remains object informally called 2(H)3 “1 don’t think that Paul intended to kill her. I think he ended up stran­ unsolved and Smart continues to be UB313 was 30 percent bigger listed as a “missing person.” And than Pluto. gling her, or she aspirated in her own vomit, and . . . at some point she many people in the community, But the latest measurement by including the Smarts and their the Hubble Space Telescope has fought back,” Murphy said, adding that Flores did have some kind of lawyers, consider Flores the main a smaller margin of error and is suspect in the young woman’s mur­ likely the more accurate size, said rage problem stemming from child­ hood, which has been documented der. lead researcher Michael Brown “1 can’t tell you how many times of the C'alifornia Institute of at his middle school in Pasadena. The Sheriff ’s Department, how­ we thought we were going to find Technology. her,” Murphy said, adding that she According to Hubble, ever, released Flores, insisting that the case was still open. and her co-workers have never UB313’s diameter measures expected to find Smart alive. “The 1,490 miles, give or take 60 “The only information that I can give (the public) is contained oi\ the things we really want to know most miles. Pluto is about 1,422 miles now is where she is and how she across. Sheriff Department’s Web site. I can­ not comment further on the case died.” — 77i(’ Associated Press Representation for the Flores • • • due to the fact that it is an on-going case,” said Sgt. Brian Haskel, the family could not be reached for this SACRAMENTO — The department’s public information article, and Flores himself continues latest in a series of unusual officer. to plead the Fifth Amendment in spring,, storms will spare the Flores, according to the Web site, answering any and all questions con­ soggy Joaquin VJIey, reduc­ Sin has said that he separated from cerning Smart’s disappearance. ing the danger of levee breaks Kristin near his dorm room, and According to police documents, the there, buf will raise river levels 30-year-old has been arrested and reported that she walked the short across Northern California« charged with three D.U.l.’s. distance to her room alone. But forecasters said l^csday. “My biggest fear, since he drinks Kristin did not return to her room Crews in the Sai^ Joaquin and drives, is that he’s going to kill and has not contacted family or Viilley protected saturated levees himself and all the secrets about friends since that time. She did not with rocks, tarps and sandbags, Kristin and her whereabouts are have identification, money or extra but forecasters were cautiouslv going to be buried with him,” ASSm commercial trade achoolaIttiTwotantiy. VOW M ALASKA AND HAWM ANO IN H ER ED PROHIBITEO OR RESmCTEO BY pendent voters he needs to win back sources to 1990 levels by 2020, and LAW. Enirto« tor tlw Grand Prba Swreepslafw muel be received by 11:58 p.m. (EST)on HVldMandantrlae tor f A brand new tha Monthly Sereapetatea draertoga muel be received by 11:58 p.m. ffST) on 8 « 27Vi day of each calendar this year to get re-elected in give authority to the Air Resources month during the Sereepitaka i Period. Subfect to ttw Official Rutoa. Viali IburTIckstZOriva.com 2007 Ford Fusion! November. Board to determine how to meet During Tuesday’s speech, the gov­ those goals. Wednesday, April 12,2006 M u st a n g D aily ¡N a t io n a l ! Iwww.mustangdaily.net i National Gas prices high and going higher, but motorists keep driving H. Josef Hebert driver pumping supreme grade into Hut C’aruso said motorists are ing $65 a barrel for the year, it says. briefs ASStK IA T r i) I'RHSS his large sedan, was paying $3.29 a not expected to cut back on their Refiners have been shifting away gallon.“It’s lot higher than last year, summer driving — a view mir­ from the additive M FHE — which WASHINGTON — Gasoline ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A a bigger hit,” said (ioodall, who rored by AAA, formerly the causes drinking water contamina­ prices are surging again with sum­ jury awarded $9 million in puni­ added that when it comes to per­ American Automobile Association, tion — resulting in a greater tive damages Tuesday to a man mer on the horizon, pushing or sonal driving he’s scaling back — no which also predicts a busy summer demand for corn-based ethanol. who blamed his heart attack on even passing $3 a gallon in some more Saturday day trips. travel season. That’s pushing up prices “a few Viox.x, finding tliat manufacturer places. (iiiy Ciaruso, head of the Energy In fact, motorists are expected to pennies,” Ckiruso said. Merck ('o. knowingly withheld I )rivers aren’t expected to ease off Department’s statistical agency, said use 1.5 percent more gasoline than The refiners have said they will information about the risks of its on their mileage, sending demand prices at the pump, which averaged last summer. stop using MTHE on May 5 when arthritis drug from federal regula­ higher than last year. Hut they are $2.68 a gallon last week nationwide, Said (ieoff Sundstrom, a the federal requirement for a clean- tors. Saying Merck’s conduct grumbling. are likely to increase 10 to 15 cents spokesman for AAA, “Although the air oxygenate is lifted as part of an showed a “wanton and willful dis­ The Energy Department says it a gallon in the coming weeks, peak price of gasoline is very high, the energy' law enacted last summer. expects the price of regular to aver­ regard of another’s rights,’’ the 111 May and drop off in late summer. fact is the economy still seems to be “It will be a challenge to meet state court jury added to the S4..S age $2.62 a gallon, 25 cents more He said the national average can growing. We’re adding jobs, so we the demand for ethanol, although million it had awarded last week than last summer, over the April- mask local price spikes. would expect we would see a rela­ production is ramping up,” said to John McDarby, 77, of Park September driving period. Hut “We assume normal weather,” tively strong summer tnivel season.” Ckirust). The ethanol industry has Kidge, and his wife, Irma. prices around the country already added Ciaruso, head of the Energy Gas prices last week were 40 per­ said it will produce enough. — riic Associated Press are above that. Information Administration. If a cent higher than the same week a Unknown is how high prices • • • “Look, it’s $41 to fill it up,” com­ hurricane or a refinery outage caus­ year ago and are likely rise further as might go if the Gulf Ckxist is hit by SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — A plained Lorenzo River, 26, a restau­ es supply problems, or if crude oil higher crude oil and wholesale another major hurricane this sum­ boy who was scolded by a 911 rant manager, as he pumped mid­ takes a major jump, prices will be gasoline costs mewe through the sys­ mer or if there is some other signif­ operator while trying to get help level gas Tuesday at $3.05 a gallon at higher yet. tem, said Caruso. icant supply disruption. for his dying mother is not the a Chevron station near the Crude oil climbed above $69 a Supplies are expected to be ade­ Gasoline soared to a national only Detroit resident whose Watergate complex in Northwest barrel Tuesday to the highest level quate, barring a major disruption, average of $3.07 a gallon — and emergency call wasn’t taken seri­ Washington. Across the street at an this year before easing back some­ although some regions, especially considerably higher in some areas ously by a dispatcher, the boy’s ExxonMobil station, regular grade what. Wholesale gasoline for deliv­ the East (Taast, may have to rely — after Hurricane Katrina wiped bwyiT said. was going for $3.09 — and there ery in May was a shade over $2 a more on gasoline imports, the out production in the Gulf of In a series of calls in January weren’t many customers. gallon, 29 percent higher than a Energy Department says. Crude oil Mexico and shut down major 2005, a 911 operator questioned Ervin (ioodall, 56, a professional year ago. is expected to remain high, averag- refineries last vear. the sanity of a Detroit woman who reported she had been shot m the head. An emergency crew didn’t arrive until after the woman called her son in Rumsfeld cautious about reports r^arding Minnesota and got him to call for help, attorney Geolfrey fieger said. U.S. preparations for possible attack on Iran fieger played tapes of the wi>nian's phone calls Monday as Lolita C. lialdor T he White House denounced the Tuesd.iy to Missouri. I’m going to do is start telling you or he announced a wrongful-death ASSiH lAI I I) I’KI NS latest comments from Iranian offi­ McCdellan noted that the anybody else in the press or the cials. with press secret.iry Scott Securitv (anmcil clock is now run­ world at wh it point we can refresh a lawsuit against two unnamed dis­ WASII INC EON — Secretary of .Mc(3ellan s.iymg they “continue to ning on Iran. plan or don't refresh a plan or why.” patchers 111 the case tif 0-year-okl Defense Don.ild H. Rumsfeld said show that Iran is moving in the “ This is a regime that needs to be he said. Kobert lurner, whose mother Tuesday he would not engage in wrong direction.” buikling confidence with the inter­ He also declined to respond to died 1 eb. 20 before police arrived. “fantasy land” specul.itii>n .ibout a (daims that Iran has successfully national commumtv,” .McC'lellan reports about prewar planning in — The . \ssociated Piess possible U.S. attai k on Iran, though enriched ur.imum “only further iso­ said. “Instead, they're moving m the Iraq ,iiui suggestions that he was not • • • he said the Hush administration is late” the regime in lehr.m .ind wrong direction.” open with the public about that JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. concerned about lehran's nuclear uiulerscore why the international Rumsfeld would not s.iy whether work. Taking .i jab .it the met.lia. With just over a month left to ambitions. community must continue to raise he has updateil or refmetl pl.iiis for Rumsfeld s.iiil. “If I disputed all the sign up tor the new Meilic.ire “ The United States of America is concerns about its suspected ambi­ .111 attack ag.iinsc Iran. mythologs th.it comes out of this drug benefit, PreMdent Hush on a diplomatic track." Rumsfeld tion to ileveli>p nuclear weapons. “We h.ive I don't know how group or the books of the world, I encouraged seniors luesday tt) said. .Mc('lellan told reptirters traveling many various contingency plans in wouldn't have time to do anything look at the benefits .ivailable and The defense secretary declined to on Air Force One with Hush on this department and the last thing else." said their children have a duty tt> comment on Iran's claim that it has help them do so. has siiccessfullv enriched uranium for the first time. Hush ackiunvledged some “Td rather wait and see what our “glitches” in the early stages of the experts say about it.” the defense M ustane Dail enrollment process, but said his secretary told reporters shortly after administration h.id worked them the amuiuncement frtiin Tehran. out. Me said he knows the process The U.N. Security (anincil has can be confusing with dozens of demanded that Iran stop all uranium plans for seniors to choose fnim, enrichment .ictivity by April 28. Iran but there are many people ready has rejected the demand. s.iying it AUTO SERVICE DIREC1VRY to help. has a right to develop the pmeess. Rumsfeld’s comments came a d.iy — '¡ lie Associated Ihess www.Mmco.fom (MS) 783-0230 • • • after IVesident Hush said that force is not necessarily required to stop Iran LOS ANGELES — from having a nuclear weapon. Hush MySpace.com said Tuesday it has I.icenscd Dealer dismissed reports of plans for a mili­ I I tapped a former federal prosecu­ TRANSMISSIONS tary attack against Tehran as “wild tor and Microsoft ('orp. executive speculation.” to be its online safety chief, the World’s Largest Transmission Specialists Said Rumsfeld: “There is obvi­ latest move by the company ti> Belts • Hoses • Brakes • Ftc. ously concern about Iran. Iran is a shore up security at the social net­ laically Owned and Operated country that supports terrorism. It is working site. a country that has indicated” a desire 12330 Los Osos Valley Rd. Hemanshu Nigam currently to obtain nuclear technology.“Hut it San Luis Obispo, Ca 9340S serves as a director responsible for is just simply not useful to get into driving Microsoft’s consumer fantasy land.” security outreach and child-safe Neither Rumsfeld nor Hush has KlsraCiM Bg) U s 0®®C^ (jll)(7S computing strategies. During his taken military off the table as a hard working, self motivated, team oriented stmt as a trial attorney at the potential option. I )epartment of Justice, he special­ Former President Hashemi challenging, rewarding, fun ized m child exploitation cases. Rafsanjani said Tuesday that Tehran Nigam’s job at MySpace will be has successfully enriched uranium to oversee safety, education, priva­ We offer; competitive wages, paid vacation, for the first time, a major develop­ cy and 1.1W enforcement affairs. medical & dental benefits, flexible scheduling, ment in its quest to develop nuclear 1 le’ll also handle online safety for opportunity for advancement, on-the-job fuel. other Fox Interactive Media sites. training CTirrent President Mahmoud He’s slated to start May I. Ask the service center manager for an application Ahmadinejad added that the coun­ — llic Associated Press or apply online at: www.myjiffylube.com try “will soon join the club of coun­ iTlOP^AY i tries with nuclear technology.” M u sta n g D aily Wednesday, April 12,2006 WWW.niustangdaily.net D iv er sio n s

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His closest pallies formed the silence became deafening — with Kat Back, the gallivanting gang of those valuable vocal cords shot and with a glass (cupped elegantly from entertainers who, among other his starlet w ife out the door, his fast the bottom) in one hand and a cig­ things, made Vegas stage shows cool track lotiked over for good. arette in the other. (But forget again. (The infamous name was Endsville. Mary jane - his third wife, Mia bestowed by an amused Lauren «V Hut he made that celluloid Farrow, smoked grass and he Bacall). His best partner in crime comeback, as the tragic soldier loathed it.) was Dean “Dino” Martin, a fellow Maggio in “From Flere to According to Bill Zehme’s biog­ Italian (though a much more stoic Eternity” (l‘>53), and all the fickle raphy “The Way You Wear Your one); he was the only man who Hollywood doors opened to Hat,” Sinatra hated to be alone, and could question Sinatra and live V V W embrace his new tenacity (and that his round-the-clock carousal was (“You crazy bastard!” Sinatra often shining Academy Award in tow). owed to frequent catnaps and sus­ crowed, in respect for his fellow Sinatra shot back up the ladder to pected bipolarism. (iuests to his Kat).The Back had some falling- nightly black-tie galas m outs over the decades; Sammy 1 )avis ■i record his most hoppin’ songs, embrace the best screen roles, and Hollywood and Balm Springs were Jr. w'as kicked out for a month after find the best buddies and broads t)f told to bring their sunglasses. a rude interview and, much later in his colortul life. Along the way, he life, the rift between 1 )ino and the also tangled with the mob, partied “I'm supposed to hare a Ph.lX on theCdiairman was never resolved. until the early afternoons nightly, subject ofnvnien. lint the truth is I've L a - l V flunked more often than not.” “Cock your hat — ant’les are atti­ and laid the base for what a real man s gotta do. Sinatra hated anyone who disre­ tudes. ” He was quick to fight, but not to “You only live once,” he said. spected a woman’s honor; it was the dress. Sinatra had a meticulously “And the w.iy I live, once is source of endless fights. A believer honed routine for doffing his suits enough.” in chivalry, he never swore in fmnt and grooming his loose ends; he More than the art he left behind, of ladies and sent them ridiculously (and I )ino) had a great concern for Sinatras ferocious w.iy of livin' is lavish gifts. (Second wife Ava cleanliness. The iconic hats were his real legacy. There’s something to (iardiier received a luxe shinver in worn initially to hide his receding be found m the man w Im tried it the jungles of Africa, where she was hairline, but later became an inte­ all — sometimes wnmg, usually filming). But he is also said to h.ive posted a long list of gorgeous gral part of his personality — each right, alw.iys his w.iy. It's time to hat angle held significance. Only follow his step and stop brooding in actresses in his MGM dressing room — and checked otf every black shoes and dark pants were our small messes, stop sulking for acceptable after suiulown; tuxedos w hat's gone, and start to jive in the conquest swiftly. His relationship w ith Gardner is were the norm, not the exception, short while we ve gi>t. So let's take and handkerchiefs (usually orange) immortal — the sultry movie star some timeless tips from OF Hlue alw.iys peeked fmm the pockets. was every bit as volatile and byzan- Eyes, the first and last man to grab 1 he man wasn’t classically hand­ tine as him, and they fought and life where it hurt some — he was five feet eight reconciled with lliM>r-shaking pas­ Funding Can Help Your inches tall, astonishingly skinny, and “I fed sorry for the ¡H-opIc who don’t sion. By many accounts, she humili­ had noticeable indents on the left Activity Take Off! drink, llln-n they wake np in the ated and humbled him. and he side of his face, the result of a diffi­ inornnn>, ihoi's as \^ood as tlwy're ijivni;reeled her back with suicide threats cult extraction during his birth. But to fft'l all day. ” and wild romantic gestures. When as he claimed often, a man should The party stopped w hen Sinatra they split 111 BLS7, he took the never hide his scars — they shaped did. Doors were locked and if any­ heartbreak hard and acknow lodged personality and weren’t going any­ body rose to leave early, he earned a the pain for decades to come (even where. Why should they? Whatever stern scolding. Any scene became it tlmnigh other marriages). was worth fighting for should III Frank's presence, which he The (iardner marriage preceded always be remembered. acknowledged with loud boozing his one to Farrow (after she was Just like him. (always Jack and four cubes) and humiliated by Woody Allen. Sinatra scoring every dame m winking dis­ offered to have the director’s legs Stacey .^nderson is a ioiirnalism and tance. He never forgot a pal’s drink broken). Ava also broke up his pre­ niiisic senior and KCPR l)J. li-mail preference, aiui usually traveleil vious union to Nanev Barbato, her at standersfw/aipoiy.edu.

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D iversions Wednesday, April 12,2006 www.nuistaniidaily.net ‘Lud^ Number Sievin’ worthy of screen

Ryan Chartrand stone somewhere that any film with Freeman is bound MUSIANC. DAIIY to be a great film; “Slevin” is no exception. And although Freeman doesn’t quite fit his character as a tough crime There are few stories told best only through the boss that could care less if he killed a child, he still packs beauty of cinema. “Lucky Number Sievin’’ happens his “Morgan Freeman Factor” with quite a punch that to be one of them. somehow works. Kingsley makes a truly inspiring perfor­ “Sievin’’ is a comple.x story about a guy who ends up mance alongside Freeman as a religious mobster who in the wrong place at the wrong time. Slevin, played by carries a shotgun (he’s come a long way since “Gandhi”). Josh Hartnett, has a rather unlucky day when he finds And yes, his mobster accent is perfect. Willis, devoid of himself caught in the middle of an ongoing war between his disturbing moustache from “ 16 Blocks,” easily steals two of the biggest crime bosses in town. Slevin, who has the show, however, achieving so by brilliantly assassinat­ no idea what is going on or who these crime lords are, is ing people left and right and delivering the most inge­ given a choice; he can either pay The Rabbi, one of the nious lines in his trademark raspy voice. city’s most prominent crime bosses phiyed by Sir Ben Surprisingly, Hartnett is able to hold his own Kingsley, S3( ),()()( > for a debt he knows nothing about; or among the veteran brigade as the main character, assassinate The Rabbi’s son for the Slevin. Although Matt Damon opposing boss, played by Morgan ...... —ii.ii— """...... would have fit the part just as Freeman. And to make things a well, you might come out prefer­ bit spicier, (ìt)odkat, a world-class ‘Sievin’ Ls ultimately a ring Hartnett as an action-thriller assassin played by Bruce Willis, is worthwhile experience hero to Damon. Lucy Liu, who setting all of this up to kill Slevin. plays the easily lov’able and bubbly To say there’s a lot going on in thanks to a myriad o f neighbor of Slevin, has an unex­ “Sievin’’ \vt>uld be an understate­ pected and charming chemistry ment. For many films, an elabo­ twists and turns with Hartnett that somehow fits rate plot can lead to a disorg;i- " ...... in amidst the ongoing roller nized pile of worthlessness, but coaster of events. “Sievin’’ is able tti make it all quite straightforward and Unfortunately,“Slevin” isn’t as lucky as the title enjoyable. The pacing is surprisingly comfortable and claims; having Paul McCiuigan, director of the forget­ there’s never a moment in which you would rather be table “Wicker Park” and a mostly inexperienced film­ watching “Oprah’s 20th Anniversary.” “Slevin” is ulti­ maker, at the helm of a low-budget production proved mately a worthwhile experience thanks to a myriad of to be a bit of a roadblock for “Slevin.” While the edit­ twists and turns that connect carefully-w'oven clues scat- tea*d thmughout the story. Seeing it all come together is ing is astonishing for such a complex plot, there’s an exciting experience that you won’t find executed as nothing spectacular in McCiuigan’s direction aside from well 111 any other medium. Weave in t\u> hours of clever, his somewhat stylish use of color. highly memorable and sometimc*s comical dialogue, and Nevertheless, “Slevin” is no “sleven” out often film; it all that’s left is making sua* someone shows up to act. has everything that you love about storytelling and more. ( O L ’RI KSV I’M O ro Not just any cast showed up, luivvever. As pa*viously If you enjoy memorable dialogue, complex mystery and ‘Lucky Number Sievin’ opened April 7 and raked in more than $7 million mentioned, Willis, Kingsley and Freeman make up a beholding the best actors in the business, I give you doc­ in its first week at the box office. powerful veteran force for “Slevin.” It must be written in tor’s permission to skip class right now and see it. DiFranco

Ani DiFranco’s newest release is cally-charged songs. DiFranco is a politically-charged mixture of solo on stage with just her poetry and music acoustic guitar. The cheering of the audience can clearly be heard Ronnie Meehan in the background. A mix between MUSIANU HAI1Y songs and spoken poetry can be found throughout thé . While other artists were pLiying Unfortunately, the sound quality benefit concerts and ruling the is less than desirable and you will wave of patriotism that swept the find yourself adjusting the volume country follow ing the *>/l I in order to hear the variety of attacks, fem-rocker Am DiFranco songs and poems. took the stage in April 2oo2 at First-time listeners nuy be sur­ New York’s Carnegie Hall to prised by DiFranco’s brash, in- express her disdain for the Bush your-face lyrics, especially toward administration and his American the end of the album when she foreign policy. recites her eight minute controver­ DiFranco’s latest album, sial poem, “Self Kvident.” 1 he “(\irnegie Hall 4/6/(l2.” is a poem contains the line, “We all recording of her live performance boanled the plane for to fly, and at the famous hall. T he album is a then w hile the fires were raging, compilation of DiFranco’s past we all climbed up to the win­ ( CH R IIS Y I’M O IO work along with her newer pohti- dowsill. And then we all held hands and jumped into the sky.”This ref­ Fans of Am DiFranco will be to have a significant impact. Her erence to *>/l 1 and the countless pleased to hear her older songs on 200.S album “Knuckle Down” others in the poem will offend “C'ariiegie.” Some of her more could be a better catch for some­ Buy it or download it, some people, but are delivered elo­ famous ones like “Gods CYnmtry” one who is not looking for a live aithar way it’s a must-hava. quently. The silence of the New from her 1003 album “Fuddle album. York audience is eerie, and gives a Dive” and “Gratitude” from the The songs are witty, and sense that they are transfi.xed, not 1001 album “Not So Soft” are DiFranco’s guitar skills are simple, Should bacoma a insulted by the intimate lyrics. included on the album. yet effective for her style of music. naw favorita. DiFranco’s personal dislike for The w ide variety of stings fea­ Fans of DiFranco will definitely Bush is further made evident tured act as a snapshot of want to pick it up, but those who Worth a trip to tha when she recites, “George W. Bush DiFranco’s 16-year career. Mtist h.ive not heard her music may music stora. is not president” and refutes his importantly, her clever and sophis­ want to listen to her previous victory in the 2001) election. ticated song writing ability shines first because the live with the selections. recording does not give justice to Go download Because the album is live, a coupla songs. DiFranco often tells short, personal The album works, but it comes her unique voice. stories inbetween songs they allow oft* as being a bit late. Although the listener to connect better with 0/11 is still a relevant topic, from a RATING; Don't wasta tha the artist. But overall, the stories musical standpoint, it seems that •paca on your IPod. the album is several years too late . anrwiiti are bland and lack real substance. M u sta n g D aily 8 Wednesday, April 12,2006 www.mustangda¡Iy.iiet International

International Laundry betrays reputed No. 1 Mafia boss briefs near Corleone, Sicily, ending 43-year manhunt MADRID, Spain - A Spanish judge issued the first Luca Bruno ently used for writing them. indictments in the 2(M)4 Madrid ASSOC l A i H ) I'lu.ss After taking over the top leader­ ship, Frovenzano helped .the Mafia train bombings, charging 29 BALF:KM(X Sicily — Italy’s No. 1 spread its tentacles into the lucrative people Tuesday with murder, fugitive and reputed Mafia “boss of world of public works contracts in terrorism or other crimes after a bosses” practically thumbed his nose Sicily, turning the mob into more of probe that uncovered a liornets at authorities for more than 40 years. a white-collar industry of illegal nest of' Islamic militancy but no Fie counted on Sicilians’ centuries- activity — with less dépendance on apparent link to al-Qaida. old mistrust of the state to help him traditional operations like drug traf­ In a minutely detailed indict­ on the run, sleeping in islanders’ ficking and extortion, investigators ment spanning 1,471 pages, Juan homes, having his children born at have said. del Ohno, the investigative mag­ local hospitals, even sending the pub­ During the years when Kiina was istrate spearheading the probe, lic health care system a bill for prostate treatment abroad under a filse name. the Mafia chieftain, murders bloodied described the birth and work­ Sicily. Mob rivals, police, prosecutors ings of a cell of longtime resi­ But police finally caught up with Bernardo “The Tractor” Frovenzano and their bodyguards, and sometimes dents, most of them from bystanders, were cut down by bomb­ Morocco and Syria. on Tuesday in a farmhouse outside his power base, Ciorleone — the town ings and drive-by shootings. Inspired by extremist Islamic that inspired the family name in “The Then the bomb assassinations in doctrine, they are said to have Godfather.” ■ Asscx:iAi En pr e .ss Sicily of Italy’s two top anti-Mafia risen up against their adopted In the end, Frovenzano was done in Mafia boss Bernardo Frovenzano is escorted by a black-hooded police fighters, magistrates (ìiovanni Falcone homeland to kill 191 people and not by an informer or a rival gangster, officer as he enters a Police building in downtown Palermo, Southern and Faolo Borsellints, two months wound more than 1,700 in the but by a delivery of clean laundry. Italy on Tuesday. apart in 1992 galvanized many coordinated attacks. Folice tracked the package to his Sicilians against the mob, helping held up his handcuffed hands as he arrested, but later acknowledged his Three of the 29 people hideout and closed in when they saw chip away at the centuries-old was hustled away but made no audible identity. indicted were charged with 191 his hand peek out of the door to take “omertà” — the island’s code of comment. The last photos that investigators counts of murder and 1,755 it. silence and mistrust of authorities. Investigators described an exten­ had of the mobster showrd him as a counts of attempted murder, and Frovenzano had escaped capture so I^rovenzano was among the Mafia sive operation to track down the three others with conspiracy to often since going into hiding in 1963 young man, but police gave the fugi­ bosses convicted of ordering molsster. They said cameras that can commit those crimes. that he earned a place in the Italian tive a “new face” last year — issuing Falcone’s slaying, but as mob boss he see up to a mile were trained on sus­ — '¡'he Asiocitited l*rcs.< imagination as “The Fhantom of a ctimposite picture drawn with help allow’ed fewer sensational killings and pected accomplices as well as the from a Mafia turncoat in 2001 that • • • ('orleone.” 1 le got his nickname “T*he ordered more infiltration of seeming­ Tractor” for the determination he dis­ C!orleone home where Frovenzano’s depicted him with white hair and ly respectable people into real estate HAC'.HDAl), Iraq — Five played in a mob career that began as a wife and children live. hollow cheeks. and financial markets, Grasso h.is said. American soldiers have been hitman. A few d.iys ago, police noticed a That effort also vsas helped by While on Frovenzano’s trail, inves­ killed in Iraq, including three 1 le IS believed to have taken over package leave the w ife’s house, then descriptions from personnel at a tigators uncovered a network of killed luesday north of leadership of the Sicilian Mafia fol­ get delivered by car to a series of clinic in Marseilles. France, where “businessmen, technical experts, pn>- Maghdad, the U.S. military said. lowing the 1993 arrest of former boss other homes. C^n Tuesd.iy morning, investigators s.iy Frovenzano sought fessionals and even politicians” who A U.S. statement s.iiil the Salvatore “ loto” Kiiiia. 1 luring his the package left (airleone and was treatment for a prostate tumor two helped the mobster, said Grasso, a three members of Multinational ye.irs on the run, Fnnenzano was driven to the farmhouse where years ago. Sicilian w ho as former chief F.ilernio I )i\ ision ILighdad died l uesday convicted in absentia and given life Frovenzano was found staying w ith a Turncoats had told investigators pmsecutor led the hunt for the fugi­ afternoon m .i roadside bomb­ sentences for more than a dozen nuir- shepherd who doubled as a house­ that Frovenzano slept in different tive 111 the last few years. ing. but it did not give a precise ilers of mobsters .ind im estig.itors. keeper. farmhouses every few nights across But 111 the end. Grasso said, location. “B.ist.ird! Murderer!” a crowd "This morning he reached out Sicily, an island where org.imzed incre.ising heat from police drove •Another soldier assigncil to shouted .It the 73-vear-old w ith a h.md to grab the p.ick.ige and crime h.is held sway for tlec.ides. Frovenzano to st.iy “in the safest the 2 2Sth Brigade ('onibat Frovenzano .is black-hooded police­ th.it’s w hen we decided to move in.” Me illegedK gave orders with pl.ues, that IS, ones closest ti> le.mi died Monday of wounds men took him out of a sedan aiul said Nicola (\iv.iliere. a top police written notes not trusting cell I airleone.” .i ble.ik tow n rising out ot suffered the d.iy before in fight­ rushed him into the courtyar».l of a official in Koine. phone conversations for fe.ir of .1 rocky outcrop about 40 miles from ing 111 .\nbar province west of police building in I’.ilermo after dri­ Italy’s national anti-.Mafia prose­ being monitiired by police. Grasso F.ilernio. the capital, the military s.nd. ving him from the anintryside. cutor. Fiem Grasso, told reporters m A.iid mvestig.itors were studying With Frovenz.ino's capture, investi­ — ¡'he Assihiali d ¡*resi Wearing tinteil glasses and a wind- Koine that Frovenzano was “imp.is- notes found at the farmhouse, along gators now must figure out who bre.iker, the gr.iy-haired Frovenzano sive” and “didn’t s.iv a wtird” when with a typewriter Frovenzano appar­ might a’pl.ice him .is bt>ss.

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I C U k ò Ckmr IfCillrd Andre Majsis Eric Smith Fernando Nieves Hanwey Sh’ieh Jon Fox tradition of lighting one's own Gamekiller who lives by the never be for sale, and that Zack Danielson Bharat Kunmr Chad Utsch farts. Sure, there's little more motto "Anything you can do many a man has gone broke enticing than the ignition of I can do better." Sure enough. trying to prove otherwise. was re-cast in the role of "the one's own combustible human The One Upper claimed to not villain" in front of a crowd of gasses, but much like riding an only know boats, but he also horrified on-lookers. No one electric scooter, you don't look boasted of captaining his own hooks up with an insensitive that cool doing it. When the 40-foot vessel. Eric tried to pig. Rest in peace Fernando, laughter subsided, Hanwey navigate to the calmer waters but you sleep alone. was left with nothing but a of car talk but was run over good laugh and the faint smell again by The One Upper's DANIELSON Zack, Atlanta, GA of old eggs, while his lady supposed vintage German It was early in the evening was snared by a new suitor. roadster. The tension quickly yesterday when Zack's game Man, talk about blowing it. mounted, and soon the two MASSIS Andre, Soo Paulo, BR left us, and while it didn't were engaged in a ruthless UTSCH died. New Bnjnswick, NJ Was lured away from a pretty go without a fight, Zack did game of one-upmanship. On His game was faring nicely young thing and into a heated have his arse unceremoniously and on they went, seeing what at the local coffee shop with game of 'Foos' by his good handed to him. Upon returning the other guy just said and a seemingly receptive latte friend Carl —more commonly from the bathroom, Zack raising him. When the smoke drinker called Rita and he known as "The Mayor of No found the girl he was seeing cleared, Eric had won thegloat- seemed well on his way to Women's Land." W hile Andre had been surrounded by a fest, but the girl was nowhere a little afternoon delight, that made several attempts to step beefy mesomorph. Early Man, to be found. No one likes a is until the corduroy-clad away and put himself back who tried to use his abundant braggart. Eric's game was last Gamekiller known as "IQ" into contention with the said muscle to strong-arm him out seen drifting away towards entered picture. This pompous female, Carl's relentless pursuit of the picture. Zack did not KUMAR Bhcaxit^ Jacksonville, FL the vast sea of loneliness in schobstic scavenger, famous for all things that don't involve keep his cool and accused After kicking his game to a an undersized boat. for luring men into heated getting some, wasultimatelytoo his young lady friend of flirting leggy redhead at a dam debates on subjects of which much br the young Andre. He with the first guy who came mixer, Bharat was interrupted they know nothing, over-heard quickly found himself sweating abng. His girl, no doubt by Treva, a.k.a. British Accent the conversation turning to art it out over the air hockey table, disgusted by Zack's over-the- Guy. Women are drown to and pounced. Immediately he from where he would catch a top bravado, fled the scene men with British accents, so all steered the dialogue into an glimpse of his young beauty when his far from attractive it took was a single "pardon" to area known as Out Of Chad's heading out the door with jealousy escalated into Zack make his girl raise an eyebrow Depth where he would dish another suitor. Andre's game throwing a punch, which was toward this game killing out ever increasing portions will be remembered by many, caught in mid-air by something Redcoat. This prompted Bharat of intellectual emascubtion. just not her. that looked like a hand, but felt to get riled by calling out the Chad reacted as anyone with like a 201b vice. By the time guy's busted grill of yeHowirrg FOX Jon, London, UK a 20 point IQ deficit facing Zack re-gained consciousness, bad teeth and comparing Jon's game, bebved to many a "IQ" would: the wrong way. he was home abne and the merits of baseball over cheer leaderand facilitator of the No, the answer to "When unable to console himself with aicket. The British Accent Guy ménage of 2003, was fairing do you feel Picasso peaked?" his dominant hand. smiled and opened his mouth well at a Gold Coast dub with isn't to shove the questioner only to offer small bits of non- a delightful pair of sisters. That in the chest. Rita was left to confrontational banter, allowing is until the playboy predator apologize emphatically for his accent to seep into the girl's and full time Gamekiller simply Chad's actions and asked brain like a piece of brilliant known as Kash Munni entered if she could make up for it propaganda. In the end, the the picture. A well-erxJowed in some way. Chad tried to NEVES F«mando, Naw Ifadi, NY Brit woub invade on Bharat's socialite famous for trashing recover, but it was too bfe His game was alive and territory with ease, taking the 5-star hotel rooms, Kash had He had lost his cool, and well on its way to a ten girl, and leaving Bharat's game traveled in from oil rich bnds his game woub retire home, digit exchange with a hottie strewn on the road as a piece wearing expensive Italian where it would begin its own known as Britney, but was of collateral damage. loafers and indoor sungbsses. blue period. suddenly bushwhacked by a SH EH Han\M8y, Los Angeles, CA Drinks were bought for willing classic Gamekiller, The Drama Hanwey was chatting up a SMITH Eric, Wc»hii>gton, DC and unwilling recipients alike Obituaries can be created Queen. She ran into the scene, Latin diva at an apartment His game came to its with his family's fortune, which and sent via email to friends demise in the most unlikely he shamebssly flaunted in the tears streaming, and sobbed complex barbecue and his at gamekillers.com a story of having seen her ex game was hot enough to pose of circumstances. Whib form of an array of high status from four years ago. "I, I, I just a fire hazard, that is until his engaging in two of his most pbstic. This caused Jon to can't be abne tonight, Brit." friend and cocoon of horror pleasurable pastimes: talking suddenly lose his cool and go Still a retrievable situation had known as The Mess entered about boats, with his other on the defensive by opening a Fernando kept his cool. But the picture and snatched passion, a beautiful girl who tab of his own. On his debit he didn't. "Four years seems Hanwey up like a flash flood seemed genuinely interested. card. After three rounds, Jon's like a long time ago," he said of distraction. Somewhat of They were even planning to go account was maxed. Shortly in all innocence. By the time a loose cannon. The Mess out in his 15-foot dinghy, only after he was dropped off alone The Drama Queen was done immediately engaged Hanwey to hit unseen rocks in the form would Jon learn the hard way Keep Your Cool. Axe Dry. flipping the script, Fernando in the age-old male bonding of The One Upper, the classic that a woman's affection shoub eem wiLBrEn M u s t a n g Da il y MUSTANG DAILY “llu’nnce o f Cùd ¡\>fy" O p in io n /E d it o r ia l Graphic Arts Building, Suite 226 Editor in chief: Dan Watson • mustmgdcâlyf^gnuàl.com C'alifoniia Polytechnic State University Wednesday, April 12,2006 Managing editor: Kristen Oato San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 10 www.mustangdaily.net i (805) 756-17% editorial COMMENTARY (805) 756-1143 advertising (805) 756-6784 fax [email protected] e-mail Confronting the silent crisis e d it o r ia l / s t a ff f the Earth could speak, she would be quences they create and we are responsible for editor in chief Dan Watson screaming for help, and the survival of developing necessary solutions that are our managing editor Kristen Oatu humans would be the least of her con­ only hope for a healthy future. news editor Ciaitlin Donnell I cerns. Why? 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In the artic tundra, permafrost two most prevalent sources for dangerous cli­ Tylor Middlestudt is the ASI president and a Ransom which has been frozen for more than 10,000 mate changing emissions are coal-fired power Xittslan^ Daily columnist who will also he speaking ad layout manager Cece C'hen years, is beginning to rapidly melt. Entire plants and vehicle emissions. While our gener­ toniiiht at the State of the Student Address. He can he classified ad manager Jackie Cdian communities are literally sinking into the ation is not responsible for developing these reached at 756-5H2H;AIM: CPASIPrestdent; e-mail: faculty adviser George Ramos resulting marshland. Nearly two-thirds of the technologies, we are suffering the conse­ tmiddles(WjCalpoly.edu. general manager Paul Bittick WRITE A LETTER over security of our ports.” What believe Mr. Eller got a little dis­ approved racial profiling for is the basis for this remark? After tracted on his Op/Ed piece. Arah-Americans m airports than •Mustang Daily reserves the right all, the White House’s position is The first portion is enlighten­ whites. I see, so if a minority U) edit letters tor grammar, profani­ LETTERS that Bush was unaware of the deal ing even humorous, Mr. Eller group approves racial profiling, ties and length. Letters, commen­ TO THE EDITOR until after it had already been details the actions of Kep. then it has to he OK, right? taries and cartoons do not represent finalized. McKinney, who accused a blouse Lastly. Mr. Eller says it makes In fact, Mr. Eller fundamental­ security guard of racial profiling the views o f the Mustang 1 )aily. sense to him that if a report goes ly misunderstands the controver­ after she bypassed metal detectors out saying that a black car thief Please limit length to 250 words, in the building. Some writing basics for sy. Nothing was “otfered" at all. stole a green SUV, it makes sense letters should include the writers 1 he issue was DB World’s acqui­ In the subsequent paragraphs Mr. Eller to stop and investigate black dri­ full name, phone number, major Brian Eller’s “America’s most sition of the British company that Mr. Eller loses the reader and his vers in green SUVs and investi­ and class standing, letters must outrageous ctingresswoman” arti- is currently managing the ports in ptilitical coherence as he fails to gate. come from a C>al Poly e-mail ele scarcely addressed the issue of question. distinguish the points he is try­ In a perfect world that would acctniiu. Do not send letters as an CNnthia McKinney and rather Furthermore, Mr. Eller’s ing to make. make sense. However, that is not attachment. Please send the text in continued on as a rant about description of DB World as “a For example, Eller sights many racial profiling. 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Wednesday, April 12,2006 12 www.mustangdaily.net Kent State athletes facing Faœbook ban Cheerieading: Kali Price people. Our interest is to protect our Kennedy said. “In checking that out. discussing the issue as well. DAILY KI N I STATLK students.” we discovered that there was person­ “Many of them are at the same The discussion was brought up al information by a number of our stage of the process as we are,” KENT, Ohio — c:)ne football Dangerously because of problems some student student athletes on Facebook.” Kennedy said. “We’re looking at it as players interests are “football, parties athletes have had w'lth Facebook Kent State may be following the we see some concerns, and we’re and drinking” — but he is only 18 members. Kennedy said there have action of other campuses, such as looking to take them down.” necessary? years old. Some underage gymnasts been cases of student athletes being Loyola University C'hicago, Baylor At some schools, such as Louisiana had double-shots at a party over the contacted through Facebook or by University, Florida State University State University and the University Adam De Jong summer. C')ne wrestler is of C'olorado, student ath­ DAILY HKUIN “in a relationship” with letes have faced extreme one of the gymnasts. consequences because of LOS ANCiELES — If there’s no Another wrestler doesn’t one to cheer after a touchdown is jdoe<^kentstate.edu their Facebook usage. have any favorite books scored, did anyone really score a because he doesn’t “know lacttoooK IS Ml otttia« dii«oot> Him c o n n t d s Louisiana State kicked 14* A to • KM at > I That is a question that only soon Facebook members YO mCMuSC fcii off of the team last May Oregon State University’s athletic w'on’t be able to find any for joining a Facebook department will be able to answer of this information. gixnip that posted deniga- when the Beavers open up the foot­ Kent State University § íV S Í '* * tory comments about RagisXr ball season next August. student athletes may be their coach. On Monday, (Oregon State forced to remove their A C'olorado oft'ensive jobs MlvviUtr t*Mnt piivMV DESIGN BY tackle was suspended Associate Athletic Director Marianne Facebook profiles within « Màik 2iiClitiMfa Rfodwclton LOUISE DOLBY the next few days, said tèccbiMlk O 2006 .MU.STANC DAII.Y from the C'hamps Sports Vydra announced that the school’s Laing Kennedy, Kent Bowl last December after cheerleading squad had been dis­ and the University of Kentucky, by sending a threatening Facebook mes­ solved. Why? Apparently it is too State athletic director. phone. “We aa* reviewing the situation,” asking student athletes to remove the sage to a member of the cross coun­ risky being a nuxlern-day college He added that through talking he said.“I’m not wanting to limit stu­ information. try team. The football player and his cheerleader. dent athletes’ ability to communicate with other administrators and coach­ Baylor made the decision after a girlfriend were ticketed by campus just weeks after a Southern Illinois with their friends and family. The es, student athletes may be recjuired student athlete was contacted by a police, and his girlfriend later quit her University cheerleader fell from atop concern we have is that some of to remove their personal information professional agent. Loyola C'hicago team, USA Today reported last a pyramid and was injured, Oregon them have put up on it a lot of per­ or pmfiles. wanted to protect its student athletes month. State decitled that the athletic pro­ sonal information. Although the “What really got our attention was from gamblers and sexual predators. Kennedy said he would like to gram did not pmvide its cheer squad intent is harmless, the perception is that we had one student athlete that Kennedy said other Mid­ prevent similar incidents from hap- with enough security. that It is an invitation to the wrong was contacted inappropriately,” American C'onference schools are see Facebook, page 11 The school’s athletic directors also figured that it would cost too much money to make any necessary changes, so the cheerleading squad would have to be destroyed. A glori­ State fied Beavers yell crew, including Oregon grounds cheer squad members from the old cheer squad, will act as a lame surrogate. Ashley Slocki “Is it worth It to cheer at a game to uniforms will look like,” Vydra said, Vydra said that this decision has And you thought UCLA was OSU DAILY HAROMLIML end up in a wheelchair?”Vydra asked. going on to explain that the Web site been in the works ftir the past four ridiculously PC? What’s it coming to OSU’s cheerleading Web site post­ must have “(run) with the idea.” She years. when a good of fashioned, red- C:OKVALLIS, Ore. — A Monday ed a message Tuesday saying that try­ said no uniforms have been decided But some students aren’t con­ blooded cheer squad can’t perform its night meeting at that should have set­ outs have been canceled. on and she will not be part of the vinced that the decision is right. backflips without some bureaucrat tled the nerves of several Oregon “There will be a Spirit Squad that process. “I just really hope the student standing in the way? State University students about to will wear khakis and polos and leads Marcella Peyman, a freshman, wxs body, athletes and alumni understand It was initially expressed to the embark on the journey of cheerlead­ the crowd in place of the traditional we just don’t go out there in short OSU cheeerleaders in an e-mail that ing tryouts left some in tears and dis­ one of the many people affected by cheerleaders,” the site said. skirts and try and get attention,” they would no longer be able to per­ may. the decision. Peyman said. “We are athletes doing “1 left that meeting feeling com­ The spirit squad will be a group of “It’s really a slap in the face. At first form acrobatic stunts, but on what we love to do.” pletely hollow,” said senior Louie Monday it was revealed that the Vydra said the goal is to get more Paul, who would have been a proba­ cheer squad was being dropped alto­ students involved, but to Paul it makes ble candidate to become next year’s gether in favor of the safer and more W h at d o yo u no sense. team captain. suburban yell crew. The crew will THBMK? W e i g h - i n b y “That is what the student section sport orange sweaters and khakis and Students were informed by and Beaver Dam does,” he said. “It is Marianne Vydra, associated athletic handle megaphones and placards. VO TING AT the students that want to be there In other words, it will have the director, that OSU’s cheerieading try­ cheering for their team.” outs had been canceled and the squad same milquetoast qualities that every www.mustangdaily.net Along with the current cheerlead­ had been grounded, meaning there college yell crew so unwittin^y ers that have been affected. Will will be no more cheerieaders in the employs. Ochoa, a h i^ school senior, has air — no more stunts or tumbling. we thought it was a joke.” Peyman about 60 students that will carry signs found his future altered. (In my mind I see each yell crew Vydra’s said the decision came said. “But then we realized that it was and try to get the crowd involved — “I had already got my plane ticket member around the country eating because of “many injuries, eating dis­ too bte for April Fools Day’.” similar to a traditional cheerleader’s and planned my stay and was going to Wonder Bread dipped in mayonnaise orders, body image issues, and chron­ Peyman has been training for these mission. look around the campus,” Ochoa said during halftime.) ic back pain with our men and in tryouts for the past six months. “I have seen the spirit squad per­ of his trip to Oregon from Las Vegas The OSU cheerleaders want to lij^t of the fact that recently a cheer­ “I tried out last year but was lack­ form at UCLA and even though it’s for the tryouts that were due this perform at each and every major ath­ leader from Southern Illinois just ing some of the tumbling require­ effective at starting chants it is not week. letic ev’ent for the school and feel the broke her neck by performing a rou­ ments,” she said. “TTie main reason I was going to chance of injury is worth the risk. tine stunt... entertaining or impressive,” said cur­ Peyman and others added that go to OSU was to cheer,” he said. “It is a dangerous sport, but every “We feel that grounding the rent black squad cheerleader Brian another reason cited by Vydra for the Ochoa has turned to his backup single sport is dangerous,” OSU cheerleaders while maintaining a Morrison. change was a plan to “change the cheerleading program that is safe, According to Vydra, the khakis and face” of the athletic department to plan, which is to stay in state and try cheerleader Louie Paul told a local inclusive, creative and cla.s.sy is in the polos was a response to a question make it more inclusive and diverse. to find somewhere to cheer. news station. “Flow many football best interest of OSU.” asked during the meeting that holds “She gave the example of a 180- Some students, however, feel the players get injured every year?” Vydra said safety trumps any desire little truth. pound girl having the r i^ t to be out decision could change. Paul is right on the money. Except to participate in certain activities. “Last night they asked what the there,” Paul said. see Grounded, page 11 see Cheerleaders, page 11

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