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Granny Flats a No-Go TWISTING REALITY Last month the Traverse City Commission voted 5-2 against an ordinance that would have allowed Accessory Dwelling Units, affectionately called Granny Flats, in Traverse City. The ordinance was originally presented to attract young professionals to the city by FIRST-YEAR NMC providing affordable housing. STUDENT Sarah Za Twenty-one TC residents spoke tolokin makes faces on the issue at the December 10 in the distorted mirror Commission meeting. Mayor simulator at the Den- Estes told the White Pine Press, nos Museum. Actually a “I think the city would like camera that warps your two things: we would like to image straight from the see young people stay and we lens to a screen, the would like to see more people simulator is one of the here. But when the commission many unique and inter­ had the chance to weigh that, esting features at the they didn’t see how ADUs museum. "No matter would solve that issue.” what's going on at Den- nos, you have to check NMCs Wikipedia out this playroom," said Hiccup Zatolokin. "It's my new From Dec. 15 through favorite thing to do." Jan. 3, two negative and Press photo/KAYLEIGH MARLIN accusatory paragraphs were posted on NMCs Wikipedia site. Wikipedia user “Politicaldiscrimination” claimed in paragraph one that the Campus security's new eyes volunteer radio station WNMC has been taken over by the college and effectively censored. The STEFEN HOLTREY second paragraph claimed the IPress Staff Writer dents and act as a deterrent for people who in cording to NMCs Campus Crime and Safety college has a history of denying JOHN PARKER the past may have considered committing a Report, there were 17 instances of burglary in due process to its students. Managing Editor crime on campus. 2004, 15 in 2005. That number dropped sig­ Wikipedia user “Pesco” removed Over the winter break Campus Services in­ “In the past we’ve had cases of vandal­ nificantly in 2006, however, to only one in­ the second paragraph because stalled 27 video surveillance cameras in East ism, [so] we’re hoping the cameras will catch cident. No numbers have been posted yet for it violated Wikipedia’s Neutral and West Halls, replacing a camera system that those types of incidents,” said Smith. In one 2007. Both the incident log and safety report POV policy. “I have no affiliation had been non-functional for two years. recent example of vandalism, a window was can be found at nmc.edu/security. with Northwestern Michigan “[They told us] they worked the whole broken in East Hall. No one came forward Thus far, there hasn’t been the pub­ College. The only motive for my time,” said NMC student and dorm resident to claim responsibility. lic outcry at the use of surveillance cameras edit was to preserve the reliability Andy Ver Velde. “Had there been a camera, maybe some­ in dorms as has happened in other colleges and integrity ofWikipedia, ” The decision to install the cameras one would have seen something, there might around the country. Students at Pennsylvania said “Pesco.” NMCs Director came in the Fall of 2007 and has enjoyed have been some charges,” said Andy VerVelde. State University, for example, signed petitions of Public Relations Paul Heaton the support of students, staff and faculty. “Maybe now someone will see who pounds to block the installation of the cameras, citing said, “Its unfortunate that Sharlice Smith, campus security director on my doofat three in the morning.” a breach of privacy. someone used this public resource for NMC said, “We were already planning to In another case, Emily Roelfsema, a resi­ NMC students on the whole do not seem to make anonymous accusations install the cameras, [but] it helped to have the dent of East Hall, had her door vandalized. to mind the cameras, as long as they remain based on their personal animosity support of the NMC community.” According to the Daily Incident Log where they are: in the hallways and lobbies. toward the college.” The hope is that a surveillance system will maintained by Campus Services, in the past “It doesn’t invade into your room or improve the learning environment for stu­ month alone there have been seven incidents anything, so I don’t think it’s that big of a of vandalism. As for burglary on campus, ac­ deal,” said East Hall resident Nichole Kent.

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ddicf NEar 1*1 C ■ Written by ERIC CAIRNS AND JOHN PARKER Dennos goes 3D NMC student arrested for child porn On January 10 NMC student Kristopher Thomas Kovach was arrest­ ed by the Traverse City Police Department. Kovach is charged with THE ART OF MATH distributing or promoting child sexually abusive material, four counts A 3D environment called -—*■ of possessing child sexually abusive material and one count of using a CANVAS, which is view­ computer to commit a crime. Students witnessed the files on Kovach’s able through special ste­ computer and alerted NMC staff and the TCPD. A search warrant was reo glasses, has been issued for Kovach’s dorm room where his personal laptop and desktop installed at Dennos Mu­ were seized and forensic exams confirmed the crimes. Kovach appeared seum. The exhibit, which in the 86th District Court on January 22 for a preliminary exam. runs through June 1, uses CAVE technology NMC team ready for Guatemala City from the University of Illinois Chicago's Elec­ On May 4, ten students belonging to NMC’s Safe Passage Group tronic Visualization Lab­ will travel to Guatemala City to aid those who have been living in oratory. Dennos is only the local city dump. English Instructor and Safe Passage faculty advi­ the second museum sor Mary Pierce said that while there, “the students will be teaching, ever to feature the ex­ playing and working on various art projects that will extend and be hibit. Erika Ferguson, a taught throughout the week.” The Guatemala City dump is home to desk docent, said to plan over 550 children between 2- to 19-years-old. Safe Passage was cre­ to spend at least 30 min­ ated in 1999 with the intent of creating opportunities and support­ utes inside the 3D virtual ing self-worth through the power of education, providing hope for world: "It's so much fun, the families of Guatemala City. NMC’s Safe Passage group started in there's so much variety. the fall of 2007 with the motto: “Imagine what it’s like to grow up Don't miss it." Admis­ without hope.” sion to the museum is free for NMC students, but having a student ID card to present is en­ couraged. ID cards are NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE also free and are issued WHITE PINE PRESS by the SGA in West Hall.

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on the economic theme. “I understand that our econo­ There was special significance for the Kucinich cam­ Presidential candidates my is going through a rough time. We have to stop the paign in Traverse City. NMC was the first college in spending. Make the tax cuts permanent and make sure Michigan to open a student chapter of the Department the American people are not having their tax dollars of Peace, whose founding legislation,'H.R. 808, was au­ head north seeking votes wasted in a disgraceful fashion.” thored by Dennis Kucinich. JOHN PARKER A win for McCain in Michigan would have established “It’s [an] educational process, to be on the cam­ Managing Editor him as the front-runner for the GOP nomination. Rom­ paign, to listen to people’s stories, be they personal ac­ ney, having placed second in both Iowa and New Hamp­ counts of domestic violence or child abuse or gang ■ Despite the helter-skelter run up to Michigan’s Janu­ shire, and first in Wyoming, was desperate to stop him. As violence and gun violence and really know that there is ary 15 primary, the state turned into an important con­ it turned out, Michigan went native and propelled Rom­ a plan out there that Dennis authored which addresses test for the Republican Party, playing host to a slew of ney to the win blowing open the GOP horse race. all of that,” said Elizabeth Kucinich. “It’s just great that Republican hopefuls as they campaigned across the state On the Democratic side, Dennis Kucinich everybody is coming on board.” stumping for votes. thumbed his nose at the Democratic National Com­ Hillary Clinton won 55 percent of Michigan’s vote; In the four days preceding the primary, Traverse City saw mittee and made a concentrated effort to convert vot­ Kucinich only received 4 percent. However, unlike other its share of presidential candidates. On Jan. 12 Mitt Romney, ers to his campaign. While Kucinich himself did not contests where Democratic voters outnumbered Republi­ the son of former Michigan Governor George W. Romney, make it to Traverse City his wife Elizabeth held an in­ can voters, of the 1,461,108 voters in Michigan’s primary, held a large campaign rally at Cherry Capital Airport. formal meeting at Horizon Books on Jan. 12 before 867,271 voted Republican compared to only 593,837 that “It is simply wrong for Washington to be aware of speaking to a rally that evening. voted Democratic. what’s going on in Michigan without doing something “He is constandy striving,” said the London born Kucinich about it,” said the former Massachusetts governor. “What of her husband. “He really is the voice of the people. He’s gone Michigan is experiencing, the whole nation will experi­ on and really created a name for himself in a very, very positive ence unless we fix what’s happening in Michigan and learn way both locally and nationally. I’m very proud of him.” lessons here we can apply across the nation.” The DNC had forbidden the Democratic candidates from That same day Kansas Senator Sam Brownback cam­ campaigning in Michigan after the state moved its primary paigned in Traverse City on behalf of Arizona Senator John date from the middle of February to Jan. 15. The DNC also McCain. Brownback had been a contender for the White encouraged candidates to remove their names from the ballot House but dropped out last October for lack of money. to effectively render Michigan useless. Four candidates did re­ McCain, who was left for dead on the campaign trail move their names: Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Rich­ last summer, re-tooled his message and New Hampshire ardson, and Joe Biden. On Dec. 1, the DNC, in a frirther rewarded him this month with a win. The first time Mc­ action, stripped Michigan of all its delegates. Cain won New Hampshire was in 2000, besting then But Kucinich refused to pull his name off the ballot Governor of Texas George W. Bush. along with Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and Mike Gravel; On the chilly morning of Jan. 15, McCain held a small his wife said that candidates who had were wrong. WARM WELCOME Presidential candidate and rally at NMC’s Hagerty Center. “People in Michigan need to have a voice in this elec­ Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) held an early “My friends, we can’t leave people behind; we can’t do tion,” said Elizabeth Kucinich, who at 28 married the rep­ morning rally for his campaign at the Hagerty that. That’s not America. We can’t have people leave their resentative from Ohio, “and there is no other person who’s Center on Jan. 15. McCain is one of three via­ jobs at an early age through no fault of their own,” said standing for those issues: immediate withdrawal from ble frontrunners for the Republican nomination, McCain, addressing the job crisis in Michigan. Iraq, universal health care, single payer not for profit, can­ making the 2008 election one of the most unpre­ At a press conference after the rally McCain continued celing NAFTA and overturning the Patriot Act.” dictable in recent memory. McCain was joined onstage by his wife, Cindy, pictured above. * January 28, 2008 04 mews WHITE PINE PRESS

WORLD IN BRIEF FROM THE SOURCE'S MOUTH By MIKE WOOSTER Press Staff Writer Compiled by JOHN PARKER from staff and wire reports

Kenan tourism Cormorant plummets population control ■ Kenya’s growing tourism indus­ The Michigan House wants to ■ /■ try is a pillar of the African na­ go bird hunting. It passed a res­ £: ... tion’s economy and the source olution this month asking the of more than 500,000 jobs. But federal government to remove officials are warning of a major the double-crested cormorant slowdown. Since President Mwai from the list of protected spe­ Kibaki claimed a disputed elec­ cies under the Migratory Bird tion victory, a quarter-million Treaty Act. The 2005 popula­ people have been driven from tion estimate for cormorants their homes. On Jan. 18, oppo­ was 600,000. Such a large sition leaders called off protests population has caused deple­ and said they would launch boy­ tion in fish populations since cotts of companies owned by top an adult cormorant can eat one allies of Kibaki, who they charge to one and a half pounds of fish stole the election. “If tourism as every day. Michigan Represen­ a sector collapses, it will trigger a tative Joel Sheltrown (D-West collapse of the entire economy,” Branch) said, “We can’t allow said Ongonga Achieng, the head cormorants to continue destroy­ of the Kenya Tourist Board. ing our fisheries and precious natural resources, and I call on Press photo/SARAH ZATOLOKIN Colleges reject the federal government to turn over management of cormo­ On January 18 the White Pine Press had a chance assistant. I think I did almost 50 brews there and after border fence rants to our state, so we can to sit down with Russell Springsteen, owner ofRight the thirtieth brew, he just let me go on my own and According to InsideHigherEd. deal with them appropriately.” Brain Brewery, newly opened in the warehouse district do my own ideas. Then I worked at Mackinaw Brew­ com, the University of Texas at ofdowntown Traverse City. ing Company for about six months and got back into Brownsville and Texas South- Chavez’s 21st hair to make money and support my family. That’s most College are resisting the WPP: What inspired you to open this brewpub when I decided I needed to make it happen - and in­ i Department of Homeland Se­ century socialism inthe warehouse district? volve hair cutting somehow - so I could stand behind curity’s proposal to build an Flush with oil profits, Venezu­ Russell: When I was 171 went to Germany, and a chair and earn income. 18-foot fence along the U.S.- elan President Hugo Chavez is even though I was well under the U.S. drinking / So I just started with this crazy idea, and I Mexico border that would ulti­ making an unprecedented effort age, I was able to drink there, and I fell in love with told people I was going to do it until I felt I was mately split both campuses into to win the hearts and minds of their beer. It had flavor, it had character, and the in so deep I had to do it. I started taking chanc­ two countries. The University citizens from Buenos Aires Jo Germans where very proud of it; it was just awe­ es, found a space and started building the reputa­ of Texas at Brownsville refused Boston as he seeks to export so­ some. Then I came back to America and had a beer, tion of Salon Saloon first - then tied it into Right to let government officials sur­ cialism and challenge the Unit­ and it was total swill. I realized our major commer­ Brain Brewery. We finally got some investors, because vey their property. In a letter to ed States’ traditional role as the cial breweries where just taking advantage of us. the banks weren’t touching me; they had nothing to do alumni, Brownsville President region’s dominant player. With Then in my early 20s I moved out to Colorado and with this. Juliet V. Gracia said, “Of course, Chavez’s multibillion-dollar my brother-in-law got me into homebrewing. we believe in protecting our bor­ gusher of aid, Argentina paid When I moved out of Boulder, there were five WPP: It’s pretty unique to have a salon attached ders. Of course, we believe in off its debt to the International breweries. When I came back to Michigan, we were to a brewpub, let alone the ability to take a beer strong immigration policy. But Monetary Fund and Caribbe­ only the third brewery in the entire state. I remember from the pub and get your hair cut. What made we also understand that a fence, an nations are receiving subsi­ opening a spoiled bottle from Bell’s and being disap­ this idea happen? no matter how high or how wide dized oil. Even the U.S. poor pointed; I spent all this money on spoiled beer. That’s Russell: Necessity, because the only way I could is no substitute for either.” and Native Americans in Alaska when I realized I had to brew my own beer myself to do the brewery was to do the salon so I could earn have received discounted heat­ drink something interesting, not just mass-produced. income. I’Ve been a barber for 18 years; the more I Student press ing oil. “You can’t just write this In the early- to mid-90s when the breweries re­ talked about it, people-thought it was a cool idea. guy off,” said Webster Univer­ ally started popping up in Michigan, I tried really freedoms sity Professor Daniel Hellinger. hard to find a job in a brewery, but they wouldn’t WPP: What would you say sets Right Brain The Washington State Senate “Chavez has a deep sense of hire me because I didn’t have experience. So I de­ apart from other brewpubs in town? is considering a bill that would mission—He sees himself as cided to open my own. I started doing an immense Russell: We’re not a corporate brewery, and I’m pret­ protect student publications transforming Venezuela into a amount of research, just following the market, ty sure that has a lot to do with it. We'have charac­ from school censorship. The more modern and just society.” making contact with people and taking these really ter; we’re small. Corporate breweries have the same bill ensures that student edi­ weird blind chances trying to find what it would thing over and over. We’have 12 handles that rotate, tors control, and are responsible cost when I came upon a lady named Diana Shel- so if you like it today, you better drink it, because I for, all of their published con­ lenberger a writer for New Brewer. She told me to can’t promise it will be there tomorrow. tent. Colleges and high schools get a job in‘the field, and that if I Hid open [a brew­ would be forbidden from ex­ pub], to not do food and not be a restaurant, be­ WPP: What is your favorite style of beer, and ercising prior review. The bill, cause if the food’s not good, it doesn’t matter how what is your favorite beer on tap right now? however, does protect schools good the beer is; people will go away. So I took her Russell: This week? Because we haven’t had a lot and colleges from being sued advice, and that was probably 12 years ago. of IPAs on tap, I’ve been craving those. I’ve always over material presented in stu­ been a fan of malty beers in the winter; I’ve always dent publications. WPP: What is some ofyour brew house background? liked stouts. I think it has to go with the season. Russell: I worked at Traverse Brewing for a year. On tap right now I would have to say the “De­ John Neidermaier was the head brewer and I was the bauchery Wheat Wine.” \ January 28, 2008 SCOPE WHITE PINE PRESS Analysis In-depth 0 v-z5

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STACEY A. FLEMING Press Staff Writer I A bill introduced in Congress last week will provide ed, leaving no logs. It requires physical access to a ma­ has not yet improved enough to satisfy some stares like money to states seeking to offset the major flaw of elec­ chine, which in many counties isn’t very difficult to get Colorado, which doesn’t want any DREs used in the state. tronic voting machines: that they don’t all provide a paper - you have elections offices full of volunteers.” According to Sen. Ken Gordon, Colorado will go with record that verifies the, vote. Since direct-recording electronic voting machines paper ballots for the 2008 Presidential election. The state Modern electronic voting machines have evolved over (DREs) were first introduced in Illinois in 1974, Ameri­ should reach a decision next week on the method used for time to become paperless, and that’s a problem according cans have been debating whether the new systems are ac­ distributing and tallying those paper ballots. to Rep. Ross ffolt (D-N.J.), who introduced the bill, be­ tually an improvement over paper ballots tallied by hand. Depending on the type of electronic voting machine cause of fears that the machines are vulnerable to The popularity of DREs in the United States used, a variety of methods can be used to alter votes. hackers. continued to increase as America moved into Thompson says that anyone familiar with the DREs in In a May 21, 2007 letter to the New the era of computer technology. use today can use cheat codes to shift votes from one can­ York Times, Rep. Holt stated, “A paper The problems widi electronic ma­ didate to another without detection. ballot for every vote cast is funda­ chines and more traditional punch cards “ [It] was like pre-stuffing a ballot box to handicap one mental to ensuring that election re­ were spotlighted in the 2000 Presi­ candidate by giving them negative votes and giving anoth­ sults are accurate and can be verified dential election when both methods er positive ones,” said Thompson. independently.” of voting created a national disaster in Voting machine locks can also be picked so that mem­ While the three main companies the Florida recount. “Chad” - the word ory cards can be exchanged or manipulated to produce who manufacture today’s electronic to describe the piece of paper punched desired results. The National Institute of Standards and voting machines all claim that hack­ out of punch card ballots - entered the Technology has cautioned, “electronic voting machines ing or lock picking is impossible, inde­ everyday American lexicon as votes were can’t be made secure without a paper trail.” pendent researchers, such as Dr. Herbert recounted. “Hanging,” “dimpled” and “preg­ Since DRE tampering and “hanging chads” have cre­ Thompson have shown that hacking voting nant” chads on the Florida ballots were scruti­ ated problems in electronic as well as paper voting, the use machines is not as impossible as the manufacturers nized in an attempt to interpret voter’s intentions. of paper trails with DREs may be the best solution for se­ would like to claim. While the electronic voting machines did not have the cure and accurate voting. In a 2006 interview with Computerworld magazine, drawbacks of “hanging chads” on punch card ballots, their Another step toward transparency is random audits Thompson describes how easy it was to hack into an elec­ accuracy and security also came into question. The pos­ of the machines. Random audits have been conducted tronic' voting machine: sibility of hacking electronic machines, especially the new throughout the United States to ensure voting machines “On Tuesday, December 13, [2005]... I wrote a five- computer touch-screen models, made voters demand a re­ have riot been hacked. line script in Visual Basic that would allow you to go into examination of America’s voting and tally methods. However, the ease and methods of DRE hacking used the central tabulator and change any vote total you want­ Now eight years later, the software of voting machines today allow DRE software to be hacked undetected. * January 28, 2008 06 OPINION WHITE PINE PRESS Fast track students looking elsewhere

Some people have dreams of being doctors and lawyers, teachers and musicians, politicians and actors. Some dream of venturing off into the exciting unknown of prestigious universities in a brand-new atmosphere and finding success out in the real world. But we have dreams of saving money, too. Because of financial, aca­ demic or other personal dilemmas, many students choose community col­ leges after high school for their basic, required courses at a much lower cost. Community colleges like NMC are a great alternative, but if stu­ dents aren’t that bad off, what’s the real selling point to going to school in Traverse City? Is it NMC’s theatre department? THE ISSUE: NMC offers two theatre classes each Few upper level courses semester: one basic or advanced act­ offered at NMC ing course and one in which stu­ dents put on a play. All productions OUR VIEW: SCIENTISTS DIAGRAM THE NEWLY DISCOVERED are performed, not in an auditori­ Go beyond the basics "OPTIMISM" SECTION of THE BRAIN... um, but in a classroom in Scholars _Hall with squeaky, wooden chairs, virtually no backstage, insufficient light and sound equipment and a “stage” with hardly enough room to put on a quality production. The entire theatre “department” is under the instruction of a single professor. Considering the meager features of NMC’s theatre program, it’s no wonder only about 20 stu­ dents bother with the class. Clearly, if you’re into theatre, NMC is not the school for you. So maybe.. .English? NMC offered 11 different upper level English courses in the Fall and 14 in the Spring. There is a decent range of offer­ ings for students who may only have time for two years’ worth of upper level courses anyway, but what if you’re interested in both American lit­ erature and science fiction? Too bad - there’s only one class for each, and they’re at the exact same time. What about poetry and Shakespeare? Try again. Maybe Detective Fiction and Popular Culture? Nope. Aspiring journalists have only one basic class - Journalism Funda­ mentals - offered Fall semester only. Luckily there’s the White Pine Press. What about foreign language? Students can choose from one or two basic classes in Spanish and French. Those interested in German must LETTER TO THE EDITOR take it independendy from a professor who speaks with students in Ger­ Smokers complain about standing outside in the man from her home. If you’re interested in Russian you’re out of luck. Fifteen foot rule not working cold to smoke. If they don’t want to freeze, then How about engineering? Education? Political science? Child devel­ Dear WPP Editor: maybe they should quit smoking. There are many opment? Sociology? None of these fields of study have much to offer I am a current student at NMC. This letter is in products over the counter created to help them students who are genuinely interested. response to the article “NMC Abides by City’s Smok­ Perhaps that is where the problem lies. Are students simply not quit, and now there are even prescription medica­ ing Policy.” The fifteen-foot rule for smokers to be tions to take that can help. Some smokers will say, genuinely interested anymore? Maybe students are no longer long­ smoking away from NMC’s buildings is not work­ “Well, she doesn’t know how hard it is to quite.” ing for a good education or taking challenging classes at all - because ing. Every day I am on campus I see several people Any addiction is hard to overcome, but I know why work harder than you have to, right? Now how can we expect to smoking too close to the buildings and/or smoking in learn anything with that mentality? many people who have quit smoking. non-designated areas. It is their choice if they want to Yes, you have the right to smoke, but I have the Many high school students take Advanced Placement (AP) courses smoke, but I should not have to inhale the same thing right to not be exposed by second-hand smoke. to receive credit for basic college classes. Although this is a good idea they are. If they want to put their health at risk, fine, If the fifteen-foot rule was actually followed, it for eager students unafraid of the demands they will be faced with but my health should not have to be. wouldn’t be such a big deal for non-smokers. in college, what happens when students wind up coming to NMC? Please note: I do NOT oppose building smoking They look at the course guide, say, “That’s it?” shelters for smokers to use during the winter. I am RENEE HEINZ No wonder some fast-track students don’t stick around Traverse NOT asking to ban smoking on campus either. City after high school. “Find it here?” They sure didn’t. NMC should consider the not-so-far-fetched option of beginning an — Honors College that provides more challenging courses that sufficiendy prepare scholarly students and transfer to a university. Perhaps Honors i A LETTER College tuition would cost more than regular NMC tuition, but it would still be relatively cheap compared to a university. OUR POLICY: White Pine Press accepts let­ BY MAIL: NMC has the facilities and the professors to offer a few more ters to the editor from members of the col­ Mail submissions to: classes to meet the needs of students who hope to transfer - like the lege and community. Letters should be less White Pine Press than 400 words, typewritten, and signed Letters to the Editor majority of NMC students - but also want more groundwork for a with your name, address and phone number. 1701 East Front St. real university when it comes to prerequisite courses for specific fields Letters may be edited for clarity, grammar, Traverse City, Ml 49686 of study. spelling and length. Opinions expressed are Can’t we all just.. .find it here? BY EMAIL: [email protected] ’ ALLISON PETERS not necessarily those of The White Pine Press staff dr any college employee. BY FAX: (231) 995-2110 Editor in Chief ______January 28, 2008 WHITE PINE PRESS OPINION 07 If you could vote for anyone to be President, for whom would you vote?

"Elizabeth Cady Stanton "Mark Levin "Alex Moore because "I would vote for "I would vote for Obama. We need new - she ran a farm in north­ -1 like his he's awesome and "Aristotle, but Steven Colbert; he's a "John McCain - I'm in eastern New York. She views, his pol­ he's good in bed. An­ blood, someone who nothing would, natural. He's a shoo-in the military and I like had about 18 kids, and icy and drew Winters would seems unafraid to make his thoughts on vet­ get done. At least her husband was always for sure." his thought be my running mate." changes. Thirty years of erans and his political he'd think things Clinton's and Bush's is on the road. She brought process." through." ALEX MOORE, 22 views." people together to start a enough." ANDREW Biology change." JAKE ELSENHEIMER, 23 CHARLES WILLIAMS, 25 WINTERS, 19 ERIN SMOOT, 27 ASHLEY KELLY, 19 Undecided General HEATHER GRUENBERG, 38 Pharmacy Visual Communications Pre-Med Teacher's Certificate

CAMPUS QUOTES Compiled by KAYLEIGH MARLIN 5QUnD BYTES What is the U.S. Department of Peace? "I do understand...in my (current) state of mind that shooting at the judiciary is not a proper form of po­ JOHN PARKER peace, the peace that comes with unequivocal military litical redress." DARREN MACK who pled guilty to murder­ Managing Editor victory. But for this war there will be no signing of peace ing his wife and attempting to kill the judge who handled - I accords on a battleship. There will be no conqueror’s his divorce. One objective of Grand Valley State University’s Intro­ peace, because there will be no conquering. The “Mission duction to Liberal Studies course is comprehension of Accomplished” gaffe is as good as it is going to get. "I had a shower afterward." JACOB ZUMA, the potential and participation in social issues. During the semes­ So then what? We pull our troops out and...? The si­ President of South Africa, explaining why it was okay that he did ter the class must identify a social issue, determine their lence is worrisome. not use a condom to have sex with an HIV-positive woman. need and aid that need if possible. Last semester I was a A Department of Peace would create a cabinet level student of that class, and for our social issue, my group "We didn't choose Putin...God himself has chosen position as a counterpart to the Secretary of Defense. him!" RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY NOVOSTI quoting devotees of Vlad­ chose the U.S. Department of Peace. The Secretary of Peace would advise the President on imir Putin who claim he is the incarnation bf the Apostle Paul and But here is the kicker: there is no U.S. Department strategies for non-violent conflict resolution both in­ King Solomon. of Peace. ternationally and domestically. For example, while the In 1792 Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration Bush Administration did not plan for a schism be­ "It's the best vomit on the market. The texture is soft of Independence, along with the famous African-Ameri­ tween Shi’ite and Sunni in Iraq, the objective of a De­ and sturdy, pliable and complex, with ridges of mul- can scientist Benjamin Banneker, provided the original tihued solid chunks looking like a jagged lunar land­ partment of Peace would be not only to understand outline for an Office of Peace. In 1943 Wisconsin Sena­ scape...perfect for the bathroom, refrigerator, auto that information, but also to cultivate the know-how tor Alexander Wiley addressed the U.S. Senate encour­ seat or sidewalk." CHICAGO TRIBUNE REPORTER reporting on on facilitating a resolution. the fake vomit capital of the world: Chicago's West Side. aging the United States to be the first government in the On the domestic front, according to the World world to have a Secretary of Peace. Between 1955 and Health Organization, the United States spends 300 bil­ "Tuesday's Republican primary is in one of the na­ 1968, eighty-five bills were introduced into Congress lion dollars on interpersonal (person to person) violence tion's worst-governed states. Under a Democratic calling for the formation of a Department of Peace. every year. The U.S. is the richest nation on the planet governor, Michigan has been taxed into a one-state Three years ago this February, Ohio Representa­ with more opportunities for its children than any other recession." GEORGE WILL in his January 13, 2008 column dis­ tive Dennis Kucinich introduced the most compre­ cussing the presidential race. nation. Yet youth homicide rates are ten times those of hensive legislation to date that would create a U.S. other industrialized nations. Department of Peace - and nobody knows about "Gradually, it's the child who has come to make the Domestically, the D.O.P. would be charged with iden­ family, not the marriage." IRENE THERY, French sociolo­ it. Nobody knows that 68 representatives have al­ tifying and/or creating programs that reduce violence and gist, commenting on how French society has recently become ready become co-sponsors of the legislation. Nobody fund them; programs such as Baltimore’s “Community the most fertile in Europe though the majority of babies are born knows that NMC had the first D.O.P. student chap­ Conferencing,” which has reduced recidivism (repeated, out of wedlock. ter in the state of Michigan. Nobody knows that Tra­ habitual relapses' into crime) by 60 percent. verse City passed a resolution in December favoring "(M)orons, liars, xenophobes, fascists...dictators, In the 20th century we blew each other apart and the creation of a Department of Peace. Nazis, racists...idiots...mentally deficient, intolerant, waged war as none of our forebears have ever done. We stupid, retarded." HEROUXVILLE, QUEBEC TOWN SPOKESMAN Peace. made global war. From France to Africa, Russia to the Pa­ relaying the slurs thrown at his town after Herouxville adopted It is a word that people need to start thinking about cific, we have shot, stabbed, bombed, raped and pillaged a code of expectations for immigrants that includes mandatory seriously. The chances of a Republican keeping the White each other. In the 20th century we had the Great War gender equality, permission of alcohol, rejection of special diets House are slipping away into the haze of rubble as the Re­ - the war to end all wars, but did not - and 21 years later for prisoners, and a reaffirmation against stoning and female publican Revolution comes crashing down around us. genital mutilation. World War II began. A critique of the current administration’s concept of The 20th century had the great wars; shouldn’t we let peace is that they are seeking only the conquering hero’s them stay there? »

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DAN VIERRIA ■ McClatchy Newspapers OK, so you considered the consequences, weighed the pros and cons, and you’re still committed to the get-a-tat- too New Year’s resolution. You’re ready to be inked. Or are you? Before needles perforate your epidermis, are you posi­ tive all the right questions have been asked, all the perti­ nent information has sunk in? Sure, tattoos are acceptable today, but body art re­ mains a polarizing form of self-expression. The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology reports that one-quarter of U.S. adults sport at least one tattoo. In the same study, 17 percent of those with tattoos were consid­ ering having them removed. If your profession involves working with the public, give serious thought to where you’re tattooed. If it can be seen while you’re fully clothed, it may be a problem. “Wild Bill” Hill, owner of Wild Bill’s Tattoo in Rose­ ville, California, says he abides by this rule: “1 never want­ ed to be responsible for someone not being able to get a job because of a tattoo they can’t hide.” Hill, who employs 10 full-time artists and accommo­ dated around 5,000 clients last year, won’t tattoo hands, faces or necks. About 10 years ago, he says, he changed his longtime practice of not tattooing women on their arms. Times change.' Mostly, only the bad guys displayed tattoos in days gone by. Outlaw bikers, prison inmares and street gangs Photo Courtesy/MICHAEL ALLEN JONES/SACRAMENTO BEE/MCT are only a portion of today’s tattooed population. If you’re certain you want skin art, the, following prim­ DONELLE PHILLIPS, left, 30, of Sacramento, California, has a koi fish tattoo applied to her left er will help guide you through the experience. shoulder, which takes tattoo artist, Jesse Mitchell of Royal Peacock Tattoo, 4 to 5 hours to com­ plete. Phillips had her first tattoo at the age of 14 and her second at 18.

TV AND TATTOOS HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? BIG OR SMALL? For the uninked, TV reality shows like “Miami Ink” At an “in-and-out” shop, you can drop in without an ap­ Generally, tattoo artists prefer to “go big” for more detail and “LA Ink” drop the veil of mystery about what goes on pointment for a simple, small tattoo that can be applied in inside a tattoo shop. Like all reality shows, it’s not all real, and impact (and money). On the other hand, the American short order. but it’s close enough. Watch and learn. Society for Dermatological Surgery-recommends smaller tat­ Shops that specialize in complex, detailed tattoos might Ami James of “Miami Ink” and Kat Von D of “LA toos “with two or three colors” because they’re easier to re­ want to discuss and plan the image with clients, sometimes Ink” are two good reasons the tattoo has reached a higher move and conceal. over a couple of sessions before going under the needle. level of acceptance.-The popular shows air on TLC, a basic Modern Body artist Alfredo Matta says the shop works cable channel, along with the newest spinoff, “London with clients to design unique, personal tattoos. Ink.” All focus on tattoo artists working in busy shops. REMOVING TATTOOS “They tell us what they want and we design it,” he says. When Kat Von D left “Miami Ink” to open her own Tattoos should be considered permanent, which is why the “They’re involved with the artist and the design. We’re shop in “LA Ink,” the premiere episode in August drew 3 , mostly appointment only.” decision to be tattooed is so important. There are methods to million viewers, the most for a TLC series-opener in four Kevin Leary, an artist at Royal Peacock Tattoo, says he’s fade, hide, sometimes obliterate tattoos, but they’re cosdy, pain­ years. That episode also was TLC s highest-rated premiere already spent 30 hours on a single tattoo. ful and time-consuming. Tattoo removal by laser - the most ever among people ages 18-34. “I figure about another 10 hours before it’s done,” he says. common treatment - depends on size and color scheme. The A big, detailed tattoo, say over the entire back, can re­ laser beam breaks the pigment into small particles that eventu­ quire sessions spread out over a year or more. Session pay­ WHO YA GONNA CALL? ally fade away. ments are spread out, too, which brings us to ... Visit tattoo shops and go through die portfolios of each Cosmeticsurgery.com says that making a small, single-color artist to find the style you seek. Check out shop Web sites for tattoo disappear might take just two sessions at $ 100 per ses- images, artist bios and prices. Ask artists questions and watch -sion. Larger, multicolored tats could cost you $500 per treat­ HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? them work. You’ll want to feel comfortable with somebody ment, and may involve additional costs, depending on where who is going to leave a lasting impression on your skin. Like getting an estimate from a home-remodeling con­ the tattoo is located and whether you'll need anesthesia. tractor, rhe money you’ll pay for a tattoo varies. A little tattoo, “Yellow is the most difficult color,” says Dr. Roy Gerone- say a red heart, may cost $50 to $80, but large, detailed tat­ mus, director of the Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York BEST TIME OF YEAR toos often exceed $1,000 and are done over several sessions. and spokesman for the American Society for Dermatologic Tattoo artists are busiest in the spring, especially April and An entire-back tattoo done by a top professional and in great Surgery. “There’s no wavelength of light that will be absorbed May. People like to be tattooed in spring so they can show off detail may run $3,000. by the color. Green is more resistant, too.” new looks in summer. A new, so-called removable ink called Freedom-2 is being Winter is a slower time for artists, and some will be more “Tattoos aren’t cheap,” says Hill. “Good tattoos aren’t introduced, but many artists are reluctant to create tattoo art willing to negotiate prices. cheap, and cheap tattoos aren’t good.” that may be considered temporary. ’ A top tattoo artist can charge and get $100 to $125 an “A tattoo is a commitment you make,” says Matta of Mod­ hour, sometimes more. Check the shop’s website and sample ern Body. “Removing it is demeaning to the artist.” the fee structure. January 28, 2008 1 0 FEATURES WHITE PINE PRESS

What to do when Downloadable Textbooks? he’s into boys

Dear Ashley, most likely say he is the most My boyfriend cheated on selfish scum of the Earth with Meet the Kindle me with one of my best friends. no heart or morals who deserves That best friend happens to to feel as much pain as you feel be a guy. My boyfriend denies from what he did. You would ei­ Textbook publishers are invited ,by Amazon to it, while my best friend says it ther dump him and say adios or publish through what they call “Digital Text.” The au­ happened. I don’t know what to give him a second chance, mak­ TECHNO thor receives only 35 percent of the proceeds, which is do. HELP! -Dumpedfor a dude ing him gain back your trust. quite the cut from the normal 50 to 75 percent. However, the saying “once a BABBLE Amazon says they will have a tremendous li­ Dear Dumped, cheater, always a cheater” is pretty T0M AUCH brary of books, including some educational text­ There are many things going accurate, and it shouldn’t matter Press Staff Columnist I books that could be made available shortly, which on in this situation that, though if he cheats on you with a guy or might have a big impact on some markets. hard, you must deal with. Your a girl; it’s still cheating. Sure, it’s The message on Amazon.corn’s website says: Costs of textbooks have been soaring for years. best friend, unless fiercely jeal­ confusing because he cheated on “Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is tem­ Some books cost more than the entire class, with ous of your relationship, would you with someone of the same porarily sold out. We are working hard to man­ the average total cost approaching $1000 each year. have no reason to lie about sex, but he is still not being loyal. ufacture Kindles as quickly as possible and are More than a dozen states in the nation are consid­ There is no excuse prioritizing orders on a first come, first serve basis.” ering legislation to restrict textbook price increases. for cheating, no mat­ E-readers have been around for a while, but the Another company, Cafescribe.com says their ASK ter what the situa­ trend has yet to catch on. Technically they are a mission is to help students save money and get bet­ tion is. It brings too sound idea: download books, save and read them ter grades. Their digital textbooks and MyScribe ASHLEY! many burdens to later. The pros include storing multiple volumes, reader claim to take you where traditional printed ASHLEY THORINGTON the relationship, and even small libraries of information, while saving media cannot. Press Staff Columnist continuing to stay in the environment from all the production costs. I But Cafescribe does not have a full range of the relationship you The cons include the cost of the reader, quality of textbooks to download. “We are currently in Beta something so dramatic. True, he are in will only bring screen, battery, and more importantly, availability and have primarily been servicing law students,” could be lying in hopes of saving more hardships for you and your of content. said Cafescribe’s District Manager. “In the next few you from being in a relationship self-esteem. The Kindle is more than an e-book reader; it is months you will see a serious increase in the num­ in which you might be getting You also need to think about a wireless appliance for reading text. You can buy ber of titles available for students of all walks of life cheated on, but if your boyfriend how good a friend this “best e-book versions of popular books and subscribe to as we are working with all the major textbook pub­ is denying it, this is not likely friend” really is. Yes, it is respect­ newspapers, magazines and blogs. The Kindle is al­ lishers in the country.” the case. Your boyfriend, howev­ able for him to tell the truth, but ready in agreements with over 50 newspapers, includ­ But NMC’s Textbook Inventory Control Man­ er, has every reason in the world if he, like your boyfriend, is will­ ing the Wall St. Journal and New York Times. But so ager Ulle Koolmar said: “So far there hasn’t been to lie. Like every cheater, he will ing to put your relationship on the far, few textbooks are available, at least for now. much of buzz around it. In the past, students have do and say anything to try and line for one night of a little action, Amazon debuted the Kindle last November not liked eBooks because after they downloaded, cover up his infidelity, especial­ he obviously isn’t that good of a at a price of $399. It is smaller and lighter than a [students] often print it to read on the go, and that ly if his infidelity is an act that friend. If this best friend were a regular paperback, but not small enough for your defeated the whole idea.” shows his sexual confusion. girl, you would most likely not be pocket. It has an easy-to-read screen and a sunlight But in the case of the Kindle, the need to have Your boyfriend’s sexual pref­ this person’s friend anymore. Why that uses a 6-inch display utilizing new technology a print out is eliminated. At $399 some say it is too erence is something he needs to should it be any different? from E-Ink. There are no cables since the content, expensive, but, considering current textbook prices, decide for himself. Perhaps he Bottom line: dump the guy including purchasing and downloads, is transferred the idea just might take off. should not be in a relationship in and re-evaluate what kind of “best wirelessly over a cellular network. the first place if his confusion is friend” you want in your life. causing him to cheat. Don’t try to Do you have a burning ques­ convince him that he is straight, tion you are dying to have an­ bi, or gay. He needs to figure that NIG H T SKY swered? Email the White Pine out for himself; pressuring him 8y JERRY DOBEK NMC Astronomy Instructor Press at [email protected] any which way would only cause for the best advice from Ashley, the (for JANUARY 28 THROUGH FEBRUARY 10) more confusion. advice goddess. EiSW If you had just found out that your boyfriend had cheated on Bright Planets Stars and Spacerocks you with another girl, you would Mars is diminishing, both in brightness and The winter constellations are now filling the in visible size. The red planet still affords some skies, centered on Orion the Hunter. Although views of its polar cap and dark basins, but you many think that there are brighter stars in winter, will need high magnification to view any de­ the winter skies have the same number of bright Call for Poetry tails. Saturn rises around 8 p.m. and remains stars as the summer skies. The winter stars look visible throughout the evening. The rings are brighter due to the fact that most of the bright The White Pine Press will be ever WPP Poetry Contest. Win­ beginning to close, due to the 27-degree tilt ones are centered on this region of Orion. beginning a poetry niche in our ning poetry will be published of the planet’s axis. Jupiter joins Venus in the A close approach of an asteroid near Mars will next issue, featuring students in the April 28 issue of 2008 morning skies. Catch these two bright plan­ miss the red planet by about 16,000 km. First from Holly Wren Spaulding's - possible prizes TBA. Submis­ ets early on the morning of February 1 as they predicted to strike the planet, new orbital data Apprentice Poetry Work­ sion deadline is Friday, April are separated by one-half a degree in the eastern shows that this 60-meter rock will pass by on shop class here at NMC. Also, 18. Send up to two poems skies; Venus is the brighter of the two. January 30. If this asteroid were to collide with throughout the semester WPP per poet. If you are interest­ Mars, its speed of 8.5 km/second would have left will be collecting your poetry ed, please email your poetry to submissions now for the first- [email protected]. a crater about 1 km in diameter. January 28, 2008 WHITE PINE PRESS FEATURES q 1 America meets Africa New books at Osterlin In need of a research topic? Check out the recent arrival kiosk at Osterlin Library

JAN TEETER Providing an overview of the con­ a great introduction to a popular Press Staff Writer B troversial field of organ transplan­ child welfare issue for social work In bi-weekly intervals Oster­ tation, this book discusses topics students and researchers alike. lin Library introduces brand new such as buying and selling organs, Ordered by Ann Swaney from books to the kiosk near the main organ allocation, living donors Choice Reviews; recommended As the world becomes ever especially shook me. In an or­ entrance to the library. This dis­ and face transplants. Chapters are for all levels. more connected through technol­ phanage where over 40 kids sleep play allows easy access to these broken down into subheads, cre­ ogy, it becomes more important in a single room as big as the av­ new books without having to go ating a user-friendly source for re­ The Architecture of Madness: In­ than ever that we understand erage classroom, where there is through the laborious process of search. Ordered by Ann Swaney sane Asylums in the United States those with different beliefs and only one meal a day consisting of sifting through the stacks. WPP from Choice Reviews; recom­ By Carla Yanni lifestyles. While religion is a criti­ maize that has to be guarded at talked with Ann Swaney, Oster­ mended for undergrads. Regents of the University of cal component to understanding night, where there is only a roof lin librarian and head of the new Minnesota, 2007. other people, there are other as­ on part of the building, the kids acquisitions committee. Lesbian and Gay Foster and Exploring both the history of pects that are just as important. still smile and laugh, dancing and “We get recommendations Adoptive Parents: Recruiting, architecture and the history of singing. They were throwing their This column will begin to go from faculty and students. Many Assessing, and Supporting an care and treatment of mental beyond the religion, looking at tiny bodies around to nothing but students don’t realize that if Untapped Resource for Children patients, this book is a must- cultures that differ from our own. the rhythm of their own voices you’re working on a topic or and Youth read for any interested in our So instead of heading to a church joined together. All of the children have a particular interest, but we By Gerald P. Mallon very own State Hospital. The or a mosque, I am off to the cof­ seemed to be genuinely happy. don’t have a book in the library, The Child Welfare League of Architecture of Madness sheds fee house. “In Africa, entertainment you can tell us that you think it America, 2006. light on 19th century beliefs Espresso Bay, to be exact, to comes in group activities like should be in our collection, and This text is geared toward the about mental illness through what I thought would be a eli­ ceremonial dances and soccer,” we’ll order it,” said Swaney social work practitioner inter­ an exploration of how it was cited, heart-tugging lecture on said Weeks. “You don’t often Here’s a brief look at some ested in both child welfare and thought architecture could help see kids going off and playing African poverty and hunger. new reads at Osterlin: establishing guidelines for work­ in the care and treatment of the However, this lecture material­ by themselves.” ing with lesbian and gay people insane. It was once thought an ized into a powerful, engaging di­ The differences between our Organ Transplantation seeking to adopt. Chapters dif­ improved environment could alogue about African culture with culture and African culture are By David Petechuk fuse stereotypes and prejudices cure insanity. Ordered from a man who has seen the best and truly astounding. Greenwood Publishing Groups while exploring ways to more ef­ University Press catalog. worst of humanity. “Americans tend to focus a lot series: Health & Medical Issues fectively support lesbian and gay of attention on the individual, Kimmie Weeks, born in 1981, Today, 2006. adopters or foster parents. This is was pronounced dead at age ten where Africans are much more because he was so ill. 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TO EXCEL due to disease, child soldiers and Other people in the group other countless horror stories. joined the discussion and shared However, even more shock­ their personal experience with ing is his depiction of the African African culture. There were tales people and their attitudes toward of villagers who live in utter pov­ life and their community. erty offering to share their last bit “In one of my talks, a woman of food with a complete stranger. told me that research shows that It is this community-oriented Africans are some of the happiest mentality that Weeks is trying to people on earth despite the pov­ teach to the world. His mission: a erty,” said Weeks. global Cultural Revolution. Earn a bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies. This customized cegree program lets That quote ratded my Ameri­ “Our generation could be the you study topics most relevant to your career goals. You develop your own course of can brain. 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NMC Out of all the videos he tion continues to connect with University Center' showed to the twelve of us hud­ the world around it. dled in the back room, one scene y January 28, 2008 1 2 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WHITE PINE PRESS ‘Atonement” Criterion Corner The Life steams the screen Aquatic ABRAHAM MORRISON not a war movie. It’s a period piece, but it’s not just With Wes Anderson’s latest film, Press Staff Columnist a period piece. It’s an immaculately constructed, "The Darjeeling Limited”, set to be I “Atonement” is a movie about truth and the de­ richly imagined work of art. released on DVD February 26, it structive power of a simple misunderstanding. At When I walked into the theatre, I was a little seemed appropriate to highlight an­ the start of the film, we are introduced to a 13-year- skeptical. When a film has been the subject of so other one of his critically acclaimed old girl named Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) who much hype and attention, it’s easy to come into it films. "The Life Aquatic” with Steve witnesses a confrontation between her sister Ceci­ with your mind already made up. I wanted to make Zissou follows the misadventures of lia (Keira Knighdey) and a grounds worker named sure that my opinion was really mine - not bor­ a washed-up documentary star named Steve Zissou (Bill Mur­ Robbie Turner (James McOvay) through a second rowed from Roger Ebert or overshadowed by the ray) and his crew of misfits as they search for the "jaguar shark." story window. “Golden Globes” (or lack thereof). Along the way, Steve is joined by Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), Since no one takes the time to explain the situ­ After watching it myself, I can honestly say the man who might be his son; a pregnant journalist named Jane ation to young Briony, she comes to her own con­ that “Atonement” is one of the best films of the Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett); and Eleanor (Anjelica clusions. Her imagination paints sinister details year. It easily earns a four star review. Even days Huston), Steve’s domineering wife. In "The Life Aquatic," Wes around the small pieces of fact she can see. The re­ after seeing it, it’s still on my mind. My respect Anderson’s wit and creativity are at its best, creating a whimsical sulting image should not have mattered. However, and appreciation for the film have continued to and heartfelt comedy. prejudice, a despicable crime and a passionate letter grow. I intend to see at least one more time, and made that image the catalyst for an explosion that I am willing to bet that many other tore everyone involved apart. moviegoers will feel the same way. New on DVD Atonement could have been a generic period ★★★★ film about sex and scandal in the 1930s. Instead, it combines a first rate cast, flawless direction, and a lush, Sunshine moving score to create a stun­ Director Danny Boyle ("Trainspot­ ning work of art. Somehow, ting," "28 Days Later") takes us to outer director Joe Wright casts new space. Eight astronauts are on a mission light on material that has to reignite the dying sun while Earth is been subject for a standard stuck in a frozen winter. The film offers tragic romance in Holly­ an intense, atmospheric look into the wood for decades. It’s a film physiological aspects of space travel and about sex, but it’s not a sex the human connection to the sun and be­ film. It’s a movie about yond. On a deeper level, "Sunshine" also war, but it’s certainly sparks age-old questions as to whether or not there is a god, and if it is right for mankind to interfere with nature’s plans. Turn­ ing science fiction into something not so fictional is no easy task, but "Sunshine" manages to do just that.

Don't Miss This Cloverfield When producer J.J. Abrams visited Japan, he realized that America had no monster flick to call its own. "Clover- field" is now this movie. The film fol­ lows a group of college-aged friends at a going away party that turns into an event of mass horror and hysteria through the lens of a home video cam­ era. Presented with a breath of intel­ ligence and limited special effects, the film turns its outrageous sci-fi premise into an all-too-realistic scare, resembling the instan­ taneous change of mood and events during the 9/11 attacks. Some people have complained about the shaky camera distracting from the film, but to maintain the story’s stab at its realistic approach to njovie-making, the film never falters from its characters’ docu­ mentation of the event, occasionally cutting the tape to snippets ofrecorded-over videos revealing two of the main characters a month earlier. This movie is not to be missed. January 28, 2008 WHITE PINE PRESS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 1 3

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JUSTIN DRABEK you desire may in fact be good for you (“I Do What i A & E Editor I Want When I Want”) and a stellar cover of one of NMC SECURITY TIP LINE We live in confusing times. the greatest songs ever (“Under Pressure”). Our world is saturated with disgust. We turn on The programmed drums that once were almost 231-995-1116 the TV, and there is nothing but terrible stories about synonymous with Xiu Xiu have now been replaced war, rape, murder, kidnapping and corruption. In just with live percussion on every song, which adds to NOTE: CALLS TO 231 -995-1 I 16 ARE COMPLETELY CONFI­ one night we can run through a laundry list of events the overall mixture and helps in creating the most DENTIAL. IFYOU CALL FROM OFF CAMPUS OR USE A that make our world a little more messed up. accessible album they have ever written. CELL PHONE,YOURTIP WILL BE ANONYMOUS. We have Oscar-winning directors who are Jamie Stewart (lead singer) is one of the most sin­ banned from the United States for sleeping with 13- cere and realistic personas of the music world. Never Campus Services depends on your help to prevent year-old girls (Roman Polanski) and former football afraid to share his views on politics and love, Stewart crime and spot problems or violations at Northwestern players breeding dogs who fight and kill each other gives us a portrait of what his life was like as a child, Michigan College. You may see something or know something that for profit and amusement (Michael Vick). Needless as a pre-school teacher and just as a man in a world solves a major crime, saves someone's life or makes your community a to say, things are pretty screwed up. that seems to be hard for him, as it is for many strug­ better place for everyone. Campus Services can help, but we need a place to start.You can call pur confidential tip line at 231 -995-1116. Xiu Xiu (pronounced “shoe-shoe”) is aware of this. gling people. The band has taken memories from their own in­ However, thercis hope in the music he makes, No information is too small or unimportant for the dividual lives, from the stories of people they know, and when he sings the David Bowie and Queen NMC Security Tip Line. Please describe the location of the inci­ from the government, and from present grim tales of cover, “Under Pressure” - “Why can’t we give our­ dent and any details you can provide about the person and the circum­ the reality we know and have come to call home. selves one more chance? Why can’t we give love that stances. Campus Services will follow dp on ALL tips you provide. We will NOT contact you, unless you want us to. Most bands try to say something unique and one more chance?” - we know he is questioning it X with all of his heart. Those lines show off the album’s prophetic about our world, but Xiu Xiu doesn’t try Providing your name and phone number on the NMC Security Tip anything. Xiu Xiu is simply a group of four humans desire for a better world. Line is optional, but very helpful. If we have questions, we may want to (Jamie Stewart, Caralee McElroy, Ches Smith and Most people would easily peg Stewart and Xiu contact you later by phone, e-mail or by any method you choose. If Devin Hoff) who are all in the same place at the Xiu together as a band that purposefully talks about you leave your name, please use your real name, phone number and e-mail address. same time, and they say what they know. the sick and perverse for the sole reason of being sick Xiu Xiu gives us candid and, albeit, at times, dis­ and perverse. But in that moment halfway through If a crime or other suspicious activity is in-progress, call turbing pictures of the heart in their latest album, this brilliant album, everything is in place, and these 911 or (231)883-9099. If you are the victim of a crime, “Women As Lovers,” which takes its title from an songs become a plea for us to be honest with our­ call 231-883-9099. equally compelling and problematically beautiful selves, to know that everything is not okay and that book by Elfried Jelinek. we are sometimes confused. There are 14 songs filled with family secrets that We all have dark moments in our lives. Why THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP are kept locked away (“Black Keyboard”), the sto­ should we not be dreaming of giving ourselves one AND FOR HELPING OTHERS! ries of an older man who has a penchant for a teen­ more chance? * age bov (“No Friend Oh!”), realizations that what We deserve it.

x •• January 28, 2008 1 4 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WHITE PINE PRESS (Do not) Go to the State Hospital

Here we are, stuck what I am immediate medical attention! I must run strange wall art (images of Snow White and in the middle of win­ about to write up to them and yell “HEY! HEY! ARE the Seven Dwarfs) - the overall feel of what ter, a new semester 0UT& about. I am a YOU OK?” life was like in a mental hospital. starting, parking out liar... really. No one’s there. Oh well. Now that you’re Stories haunt us of people hanging off in the middle of no­ ABOUT On a beauti­ in though, maybe take a look around. of the cages surrounding the porches, of the where (can’t you just BROOKSVANDERBUSH ful day, perhaps If one partakes in the fine art of trespass­ strange treatments, of the hot nurses. Come Press Staff Columnist feel the love they have go for a beauti­ ing, one would be in awe at the sight of on. There had to be some hot nurses! for us as they build I ful drive. Per­ the State Hospital. The towering halls, the Oh yes, times are good at the State parking lots deeper and deeper into the chance this drive will take you to a marvel spooky, chipped paint oozing off the walls, Hospital. But don’t go. No trespassing. woods?), walking to class just before suc­ of Traverse City: the State Hospital. the massive columns, the ornate, dirt cov­ Plus, you may have a little too much cumbing to hypothermia - and still with no What’s that? An open window? How ered floors and the imposing staircases that 1 fun and die from it. So, here’s some idea of what to do for fun. careless! lead into oblivion. Oh yes, spooks abound hypnotic wording for you: do not go to NOTE: the White Pine Press and NMC Maybe someone was trying to get in in this place - that’s for sure. the State Hospital. do not agree with me at all. They do not and fell through the window and hurt One can almost taste the Haldol being Go make a teddy bear at the mall in­ condone the following suggestion, ever. I himself horribly! Perhaps they are a man­ ' shoved down one’s throat. It’s the kitch­ stead. That’s my ’Out & About’ advice for am a hack and a liar. I have never done gled, bloody mess on the floor and need ens, the dining halls, the dark hallways, the this fortnight. Try and blame me for that.

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Turn andface Pisces (2/19 - 3/20) Mirror, mirror on the wall, tell Jan. 30. Gene Kelly, Leslie and over. $32. the strain. If you are unhappy with your lot in life, take me, mirror, what is wrong? Try to think critically and Caron, and Jerry Mulligan star a step back and consider a change in your social or pro­ find out what’s really troubling you to better improve in the 1951 musical romance. Leon Redbone at Milliken Au­ fessional station. your situation. Tickets are $7 for adults. Cash ditorium Sat, Apr. 5, 8 p.m bar available. Admission includes at the Dennos Museum Cen­ a dinner coupon for participat­ ter. The man in the white straw ing downtown restaurants, bowler and shades brings his quirky ragtime to Traverse City. www. cityoperahouse. org. Tickets are $30 at the door or 231-941-8082. $27 in advance. 231-995-1553. www.leonredbone. com. Grand Traverse Hiking Club New Year, Snowshoe Outing Wed, Jan. 30, 6:30 p.m. Every Wednesday CLASSIFIEDS this winter with sufficient snow meet in parking lot K behind CUSTOMER SERVICE Munson Hospital with snow­ Earn Quick Cash. Put shoes for a 1 to 1.5 mile hike, New You, $$ Away for School then meet at Sleder’s for food and While Building Your If 2008 is a year of change for you and you’re ready for the drinks. Contact Debby or Mike. Resume and Gaining .next step, you don’t-have to look far. Ferris State University [email protected] or call Great Work Experience. offers classes on this campus so that you can take the next 231-947-9379 after 5 p.m. Scholarship programs step to a new you. It’s not too early to begin looking at summer classes. Call or log on for more information about available. FT / PT Rachael Price at Milliken Au­ the opportunities to reinvent yourself this year at Ferris Temp with possible ditorium Fri, Feb. 2, 8 p.m. State University at Northwestern Michigan College permanent positions. 20-year-old Nashville jazz- University Center. Flexible schedules with singer performs at the Den- a fun team atmosphere. NMC nos Museum Center. Tickets $325+ weekly to University are $25 in advance, $28 at the Center start. Interviewing door. 231-995-1553. immediately, call now Downtown Dinner & a Movie: (231) 645-1556. “To Catch A Thief,” Wed, Feb. Opening New Doors TELEMARKETERS 6. Hitchcocks 1955 classic ro­ NEEDED No phone mance mystery starring Cary sales.Part time Grant and Grace Kelly. Tickets are evenings. Flexible $7 for adults. Cash bar available. school schedules. Work Admission includes a dinner cou­ from home programs. pon for participating downtown Hourly wages + restaurants, www.cityoperahouse. bonuses.Call evenings Ferris State org. 231-941-8082. to get on this week’s University training schedule. (231) UNIVERSITY CENTER Grand Traverse Hiking Club 938-2397. Snowshoe Outing Wed, Feb. 6, FOR EXTENDED LEARNING 6:30 p.m. Every Wednesday this winter with sufficient snow meet DOWNTOWN TC www.ferris.edu/offcampus in parking lot K behind Mun­ ROOMS FOR RENT (231)995-1734 son Hospital with snowshoes Premier Front St. for a 1 to 1.5 mile hike, then location. $400/mo includes all utilities, meet at Sleder’s for food and cable, wireless internet. drinks. Contact Debby or Mike. M to M lease. The New [email protected] or call. Whiting 947-6360. 231-947-9379 after 5 p.m. January 28, 2008 1 6 FRESH INTELLIGENCE WHITE PINE PRESS

The symptoms and causes of Seasonal Depression and what you can do about it

duced in the body during hours of darkness. Mayoclinic. prescription and cost about a hundred dollars. Though not SARAH BRINKMAN com explains that melatonin “helps control body tempera­ yet FDA-approved as a treatment for seasonal depression, in Special to the Press ture, hormone secretion and sleep.” Because of the cloudy many cases light boxes have shown to have positive effects days during winter months, the body creates more melato­ similar to or stronger than prescription medications. ■If you are sluggish, eating or sleeping more, with decreased nin than usual, which can cause a mild state of depression. Of course, there are other ways to minimize symptoms: interest in activities or withdrawn social behavior, you may be The third culprit, related to the second, is a lack proper exercise, diet, sleep and some herbal supplements experiencing seasonal depression. It is not uncommon. Accord­ of serotonin, which is a chemical in the brain that af­ can also help. ing to Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., author of “Winter Blues,” fects mood. The reduction in sunlight during the winter / about 20 percent of Americans experience Seasonal Affective months can cause a decrease in serotonin levels, resulting Disorder (SAD), with cases being more common in die north­ Diet in feelings of hopelessness and aimlessness. ern states and among women and young people. Lydia Gallegos, Health and Beauty Manager at Oryana, It isn’t known for sure what causes Seasonal Affective offered suggestions for herbal supplements and changes in Disorder, but the “latitude theory” suggests that lower Therapies diets to aid in fighting depression. exposure to sunlight increases the risk. There’s no doubt Neely Neu, yoga director at Sacred Space Yoga in Tra­ The vitamins she recommends are: people feel down in the dumps on dark, gloomy days and verse City, says yoga can be helpful in increasing energy 1000 mg of DHA, a fish oil that absorbs directly into much more energized when they get a shot of sunlight. and minimizing the symptoms of depression. the system Sadly, (pun intended), sunlight is hard to find this “Research seems to indicate that some of the specif­ 2000 mg or more of Vitamin D3 time of the year. So we researched the problem and talked ic meditations in yoga may act on the pineal gland, which 2000 mg or more of Vitamin C to local experts. The days may be dark, but your mood controls circadian and seasonal rhythms,” Neu says. “I An “adaptogen” such as ashwagandha or astralagus. doesn’t have to be. would certainly recommend yoga for overall well-being, ex­ Adaptogens are herbs that increase the body’s resistance ercise, stress relief and inner listening. In addition, I think to anxiety and bodily fatigue, according to Gallegos. Both Possible causes someone suffering from SAD would benefit from light can be taken as tea or in capsule form. therapy, 30 minutes of outdoor activity per day, healthy diet For diet, she suggests drinking non-homogenized, whole Even though the full causes of seasonal depression are and consistent sleep schedule.” milk, lots of leafy, green vegetables and at least two citrus unknown, there are three culprits experts generally agree on. She added that all-yoga positions aid in circulation and fruits per day. Gallegos added that eight hours of sleep a The first is the change in circadian rhythm, the biologi­ that any yoga class would benefit someone with SAD. night and daily, 20-minute walks during the daylight hours cal clock that balances periods of waking and sleep. The shift One of the cures for seasonal depression is light thera­ both help ward off the effects of seasonal depression. in time and the shorter days can throw off our internal clocks py, which is exposure to a light box everyday, typically for If you’re feeling the cabin fever set in, no need to and disturb our sleep patterns, which can increase fatigue and around 30 minutes. Tight boxes emit a kind of light that worry. Hopefully you gained some knowledge that will anxiety. mimics that from the sun. They can be purchased without a help you fight back against the winter blues. The second cause is too much melatonin, which is pro­

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