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VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER RAPE SUSPECT CAUGHT Second rape attempt leads to arrest of illegal alien charged with raping VU student in 2004 Rebekah Milz in her backyard the Monday after the be deported back to Mexico once he is both victims lived, Grennes said that stu­ attempted rape. released, even if that comes decades from dents — especially female ones — should TORCH STAFF The cell phone was then traced back now. protect themselves on and off campus. A suspect was arrested over the sum­ to Garcia-Torres, who was arrested that A county public defender was "If the surroundings don't feel right, mer for the rape of a Valparaiso University evening. He admitted to dropping the appointed for Garcia-Torres after he told they're probably not right. Be aware of student last year and an attempted rape in phone while fleeing from the police after the court he could not afford to hire a your surroundings and report suspicious June. the attempted rape at the Garfield Street defense attorney. A trial date has been set things to the police," said Grennes. Arturo Garcia-Torres was arrested on apartment. for Dec. 5, with preliminary hearings For students interested in learning June 13, only 36 hours after the attempted Garcia-Torres is an 18-year-old illegal scheduled for Oct. 3 and Nov. 7. how to protect themselves in dangerous rape of a 25-year-old woman. alien from Mexico who has been living in Cpl. Mike Grennes from the situations, classes for self-defense are held According to court documents, the city of Valparaiso for the last three Valparaiso Police Department commented throughout the year both through special Garcia-Torres confessed to the July 18, years. that a case like this is almost unheard of in on-campus projects and through the city 2004 rape of a VU student and the attempt­ Garcia-Torres pled not guilty to the Valparaiso. Grennes also said that the police department. ed rape the woman on June 12. charges of rape, attempted rape and two attacker had prior knowledge of where the Police received a break in their inves­ counts of burglary, all of which coincided victims lived. Contact Rebekah Milz, Torch staff tigation when a woman found a cell phone with the two incidents. Garcia-Torres will Even though the suspect knew where writer, at [email protected]. Student found dead along Indiana Dunes Nick DeKeyser discovered by search party; police awaiting report to determine cause of death Josh Weinhold TORCH NEWS EDITOR A Valparaiso University student was found dead last week along the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The body of Dominique "Nick" DeKeyser was dis­ covered on the morning of Aug. 25 by members of a search party formed by his parents. According to Thomas Goyne, associate professor of chemistry and DeKeyser's academic advisor, DeKeyser

Photo provided attended Goyne's chemistry class on the morning of Aug. Construction equipment leveled the old Moellering Library building over the summer months. The space once occupied by the 24, then returned to his Long Beach, Ind. home after his storied structure will be occupied by the new student union. University officials have not determined a start date for the con­ classes had concluded for the day. DeKeyser then told his struction of the union, as the appropriate funds have not yet been raised. mother that he was going for a walk along the beach. "When he didn't return, his parents looked for him throughout the night," Goyne said. "Then on Thursday Moellering Library bites the dust (Aug. 25), they got a bunch of people to help; I think they had 20 or 30 people helping them, and then one of those 46-year-old building reduced to rubble to make way for new student union people found him." No cause of death was immediately determined, as Hannah Cartwright "The majority of my time here demise earlier in the spring semester there was no evidence of knife or gunshot wounds. has been spent with Moellering as the the process did not actually begin Detective Ken Drake of the Michigan City Police TORCH STAFF prime library on campus," said fifth- until May 25 when the site fence was Department is currently investigating the case, but was Returning Valparaiso University year senior Jason Langworthy. "Even constructed. unavailable for comment. A toxicology report is being students were in for quite a shock this though at times it reminded me more The project continued through­ conducted in hopes of determining the cause of death. fall as all evidence of the Moellering of a bomb shelter than a place to out the summer until the last of the DeKeyser was a junior pre-medical student with Library building was erased from study, it is still quite different to see debris was cleared away in the first majors in biochemistry and psychology as well as a stu­ campus over the summer. only a blank place left. It's going to week of August. dent of Christ College. Even those who were aware that take some getting used to." Many of Moellering's resources A memorial service for DeKeyser was held Friday it was the prospective location for the According to Fred Plant, execu­ were conserved - from light fixtures morning at the Chapel of the Resurrection. new student union, and would thus tive director of physical plant servic­ to bricks and concrete - to be used in eventually be demolished, were star­ es, though students may remember Contact Torch News Editor Josh Weinhold at tled at the sight of the empty space. seeing preparations for the building's see LIBRARY, page A3 torch .news@ valpo .edu. E TOD A Y TONIGHT'S MClean Access Chaos Announcements A2 Letters A7 •Wallan' around: VOLUME 99 FORECAST: Problems with new EIS Classifieds B7 Nation/World A prayer labyrinth out­ A6 ISSUE 1 MONO­ anti-virus system cause Comics B7 Opinion/Commentary A7 side the chapel provides TONOUS mayhem for freshman. Events Calendar B2 Sports A9 a place for reflection. ON GUARD FOR 91 YEARS See Page A2 See page A3 Weird News B6 Weather A2 See page A3 A2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 THE TORCH Campus A. nnouncements What Scouts needed for women's b-ball The women's basketball team is looking for candidates for the 2005-2006 Scout Team. We need about five people that have a basketball background, a good sense of knowledge about the you need game and can pick up on offensive plays and defensive con­ cepts quickly. The Scout Team will attend practices as needed to run drills to help the team prepare for games. For an oppor­ to know tunity to have fun playing basketball while helping out the Lady Crusaders on their quest to be the best, contact Steve Bruce, assistant coach, at 464-6981 or [email protected].

Women's hoops needs managers The women's basketball team is looking for a full-time manag­ er. The duties include: assisting in practice, working with uni­ forms, traveling with the team and helping out during games. If you want to become part of a fun, successful group of girls please contact: Steve Bruce, assistant coach, at 464-6981 or Steve .Bruce @ valpo .edu.

Study abroad opportunities and info Informational Meeting for study-abroad programs in Cambridge, England; Reutlingen, Germany; Hangzhou, China; and Puebla, Mexico will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 6 p.m. in the Mueller Hall refectory. We will provide general information on study abroad, former participants from these programs will give a brief panel presentation and after that break-out sessions will be arranged for each program. The application deadline for the spring semester is Oct. 1; for the fall 2006 semester, the deadline is Nov. 16.

Volleyball tourney to benefit Red Cross Sigma Pi will be sponsoring their annual Tightey Whitey Volleyball tournament, Saturday, Sept. 3, with proceeds benefit­ ting the American Red Cross, their national charity, to assist relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The tourna­ ment is a three-on-three beach volleyball tournament held at Sigma Pi, located on the corner of Brown Street and Garfield Avenue. The registration fee is $15 per team and walk-up reg­ istrations will be accepted beginning at 11:30 a.m. and play will start at noon. Food and drink will be provided. Prizes will be Becky Malewitz/Torch Beginning Sept. 5, the double doors on the ground floor of Wehrenberg Hall will be locked on a 24-hour basis. Residents awarded to finalists. Additional donations are more than wel- will gain access to upper floors by means of a card reader. Only Wehrenberg resident ID 's will be recognized.

Fun with Opportunity Enterprises Join Opportunity Enterprises for a day of service and fun at their annual Marathon Pack-a-thon, held on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 8 a.m. O.E., is located at 2801 Evans Ave. in Valparaiso. Bring your friends together to stuff race packets for the 2005 Chicago Marathon and receive the satisfaction of knowing you're making a difference in the lives of people with disabili­ ties. Volunteers will also be treated to food, beverages, and entertainment. To sign up for this great event, please call Suzy Kull at 464-9621, ext. 240.

Student Senate Petitions If you are interested in being a 'mover and a shaker' and gain­ ing all kinds of valuable leadership experience here at VU then Student Senate is for you! Petitions for Candidacy are now available outside of the Student Senate office in the Union.

Seats open for election are: Lankenau Senator Alumni Senator Scheele Senator Brandt Senator Wehrenberg Senator Guild/Memorial Senator 807 Mound/Compass/Kade/Linwood Senator Off Campus/Commuter Senator

Rachel CooperAorch Petitions for Candidacy are due on Sept. 2 by 5 p.mt.o the Student Senate office. Election day is Sept. 9. The MLK Center received water damage due to a faulty ice maker in the refrigerator. Physical Plant is in the process of repairing the damage and replacing the carpeting. Once the Center is back in order, an Open House will be held.

c .0 The Torch corrects its mistakes. If you spot .8 something you believe C is a factual error, con­ tact Assistant Editor Kristin Thomas at (219) 464-5426 or TONIGHT: SATURDAY AM: SATURDAY PM: SUNDAY: [email protected]. Clear, cool Bright, sunshiny day More clearness Again, clearness

2 e 2 2 ft Low 52 High 80 Low 52 High 78 THE TORCH CAMPUS NEWS FIBOAY, SePTtMta 2, 2005 A3 Problems with new EIS system plague freshman Over 1000 students put in requests for technology help: dozens of students locked out of e-mail system

Bonnie Keane In order for a computer to pass the hundreds of freshmen who infect your computer and possi- Clean Access' scan, it must have By The Numbers experienced difficulties. Both bly bring down the network." TORCH STAFF report that they had problems In spite of these difficulties. an operating system, like • EIS is now limiting students Electronic Information Windows, that is up-to-date. accessing the network and using Logan and Moberg Foster remain to only 300 printed sides of Services employees had a hectic The computer must also their passwords. optimistic about EIS. saying that start to the semester, receiving have an up-to-date anti-virus pro­ paper per semester. Logan had to wait for two it was very helpful overall. 758 online requests for technolo­ gram that is compatible with • Unused sides can carry over days for her technology problems Yohe says that, in general, gy assistants and an additional Clean Access. from semester to semester, but to be solved, while Moberg "Things are off to a fairly smooth Foster had to wait for three days. start this semester." 300 personal visits to the Help Many of the problems result­ not from year to year. Desk within the first week of the ed from a lack of knowledge Moberg Foster adds that one When asked how to prevent semester. about Valparaiso University's • Additional sides may be technology assistant left in the any future technology problems, Most problems that students technology systems rather than purchased at the circulation middle of fixing her problem, and Yohe advised students to "be had were related to the new Clean any actual problems with the sys­ desk in the CCLIR at a rate of she had to wait more than an hour careful about putting personal Access anti-virus system or to tems. $5 per 100 pages. before another TA arrived. information into websites, blogs, expired passwords, with the most "[Students] were not sup­ However, Yohe says that the etc. Be careful about clicking on problems experienced by fresh­ posed to use their ID number However, this is an easy mis­ system changes were all for the links, and don't respond to e- men. more than once as a password," take to make. best. mails that ask for personal infor­ J. Michael Yohe, the execu­ said Yohe, a fact of which many "Students may not always be "It is for a person's own pro­ mation." tive director of EIS, said that students were not aware. Failing prompted to change an expiring tection to make sure their com­ Clean Access is a program that to change their password imme­ password," admitted Yohe. puter is up to date," he said. "You Contact Bonnie Keane, ensures that a computer is safe to diately caused many students to Freshmen Angela Logan and wouldn't want someone else to Torch staff writer, at connect to the school's network. be locked out of the system. Ruth Moberg Foster are two of plug in a dirty computer and [email protected].

LIBRARY, from page AI Prayer labyrinth added to chapel grounds other campus or community projects. However, it is also Memorial to former student to serve as place of peace, solace, reflection for students rumored that a few commemo­ rative bricks are circulating Brittany Wiehe around campus as a type of VU TORCH STAFF memorabilia. Initially, campus expansion When she was a plans did not include the student, Nicole Unrath removal of Moellering. found peace and sol­ However, in terms of campus ace while walking the planning, there was a commit­ temporary prayer ment for the Moellering site to labyrinth during Lent become the new Union in order of 2002. Now, three to complete the core compo­ years later, Valparaiso nents of the VU campus. This University students "core" is made up of the will be able to find the Valparaiso University Center for same tranquility as the Arts, the Christopher Center they walk the newly Library and Information built labyrinth next to Resources, the Chapel of the the Chapel of the Resurrection, and the prospec­ Resurrection. After tive Union to promote the cul­ two years of planning tural, academic, spiritual and and two months of recreational foundations of this construction, the VU prayer labyrinth is university. expected to be dedi­ With this commitment in cated on Oct. 9. mind, the union planning com­ The labyrinth is mittee began with the intention dedicated to the mem­ of creating a design for a ory Of Unrath, a 2003 Katelyn Ryan/Torch Moellering renovation. This graduate who died The newly-built prayer labyrinth, located just outside the Chapel of the Resurrection, is dedicated to the memory of former VU soon proved "not economically viable" as Reggie Syrcle, execu­ tra^dK, in Q Mr o^i student Nicole Unrath. Unrath died in a car accident in 2003. The labyrinth is intended to provide students with a place for II aH ILill 1 y ilia eai acei- . n • i i • 11 i r i • i i • i i • i • >«• tive director of university rela­ dent in September of quiet reflection and prayer, something Unrath round in a temporary prayer labyrinth during her time at VU. tions noted. that year. Her family donated the money for spirituality that date back to the Roman In addition to praying or simply thinking Moellering's architecture the construction as a gift to the university. Empire. They made their way into the about life, students may reflect on Bible vers­ was not easily retooled into The area where the prayer labyrinth is Christian church during medieval times. A es that will be written on various parts of the union plans, and estimated costs located was previously an amphitheater that prayer labyrinth is a path built into the ground labyrinth. The main goal of this construction for renovation were comparable received little use. The university decided to that a person may walk around as they pray. is to give students a place to walk with God to creating a new building. replace the abandoned amphitheater with The center of the VU labyrinth is a cross, but and take a spiritual pilgrimage without having The decision to rebuild something of more meaning and utility to stu­ there is no guideline of what the center must to leave campus. instead of renovate was met dents. be. "I think a prayer labyrinth is a really with enthusiasm, but also disap­ The Rev. Joseph Cunningham, university Prayer labyrinths are not as prevalent great addition to the campus because there is pointment and sadness, as many pastor, initiated the research of labyrinths and today as they were in the past. Many students a long and fascinating history of these spiritu­ alumni and faculty members thought a prayer labyrinth would be a proper may wonder what one can do on this new al aids," said freshman Robin Zoellner. have fond memories of use for the space. addition to the chapel grounds. Cunningham is extremely optimistic Moellering. "We chose to build a prayer labyrinth "Some people may want to walk the path about the benefit of the structure to the cam­ partly because of Nicole's interest in the tem­ and simply walk and think about God," pus community. "Many people had a fond­ ness for Moellering," said porary one we had during Lent," said Rev. Cunningham said. "Others may want to walk "I think when students learn more about Bonnie Hunter, vice president of Cunningham. "The revival of labyrinths the labyrinth specifically to pray and talk with the history and how to walk the labyrinth, student affairs and chair of the throughout the world, my own experience God through the entire journey. Others may they'll get hooked," he said. union planning committee. "It with labyrinths, and it just seemed to be a want to walk it with their iPods on and listen was not an easy decision to good use of that space." to Christian music and ponder life. There is Contact Brittany Wiehe, Torch staff make because of the emotional Prayer labyrinths are an ancient form of no right or wrong way to walk the labyrinth." writer, at [email protected]. connection to the building." Yet as Syrcle remarked, "those concerns were out­ weighed by what was seen as best for the future generations of Valpo," as well as the intention of being good stewards of VU's TipLine economic resources. Contact Hannah Cartwright, Torch staff writer, at torch .news@ valpo .edu. A4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 CAMPUS NEWS THE TORCH Grant awarded to assist nursing shortage

John Dimmick — the awards are not based on TORCH STAFF academics," said Brown. The College of Nursing The Valparaiso University College of has been receiving money Nursing was recently awarded a nearly from this grant every year $12,000 grant from the Advanced Education since 2000. Nursing Traineeships program of the Health In addition to providing Resources and Services Administration, a aid directly to currently division of the United States Department of enrolled students, Brown feels Health and Human Services. that the grant indirectly bene­ This money is part of a government pro­ fits the college by increasing gram designed to provide aid to nursing stu­ its visibility and demonstrat­ dents at the graduate level to increase the ing to the public that overall number of registered nurses in the Valparaiso University's nurs­ United States. ing program is highly quali­ "Basically, the purpose of the grant is to fied. assist nurses enrolled in our graduate pro­ "It is desirable to get this gram in getting it done a little faster," said information into the commu­ Janet Brown, dean of the College of Nursing. nity and keep providing them "There is a tremendous nursing shortage with updates," said Brown. right now, and the government is doing what "Not only is it advantageous it can to help." for keeping the university pro­ The grant, which totaled $11,769, will gram going, but since our cur­ be divided among nursing students in their riculum must be approved by final year of study in one of VU's advanced the federal government, it nursing programs. demonstrates to the communi­ David Galik/Torch VU offers clinical nurse specialist and ty that Valparaiso does have a Graduate nursing students will receive nearly $12,000 to help pay for books, tuition, and program fees. family nurse practitioner degrees in the mas­ very high quality program." ters-level nursing program. In addition to this grant, the College of loan absolution for nursing education stu­ for students who are pursuing parish nursing According to program guidelines, the Nursing offers two other programs to pro­ dents who pledge to work in the education or congregational health. In the fall of 2004, money can be used toward books, tuition and vide financial aid to nursing students in the field for at least four years. This program has the Gerke Fellowship was able to provide program fees. masters program. been offered at VU for the past three years. nearly $24,000 of grant money to VU stu­ "[Students] are selected to receive their Another type of financial aid offered by The College of Nursing also has an dents. portion of the money based on the number of the Health Resources and Services internally administrated scholarship known Contact John Demmick, Torch staff credits they have and the classes they are in Administration provides up to 85 percent of as the Gerke Fellowship, which is earmarked writer, at [email protected].

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CAREBK FA in rn>s Why should you attend the Career Fair? K By volunteering to assist at the Career Fair, you have opportunity to interact with employers ^^Y^ Because, by attending you will: L^£ benefit from irformi networking. At this meeting, volunteers will receive T-shirts, snack on ^Nk • Learn about potential employers. K^ pizza, and leam about the responsibilities and the fun of volunteering for the Fair. V^T • Gain career advice from professionals. *CHC ^C Contacn^)n/«»»koP5roorrt the Career Centerfo,fmt(*rfrirntfifPmfortrBtionr more information.. • Make early contacts for summer jobs, cooperative education, You cansignupto volunteer on the web at ww.vilp».»di/urttr. if internships and post-graduation opportunities. Sunday, September 11th 5:00 to 6:00 pm • Learn about possible graduate study opportunities. Squire Room ^^fj • Meet VU alumni recruiting at the Fair. • Acquire helpful career and job search materials at the Career Center table. Recause it's vonr onnortunirv to "Connect to vonr Fiitue!" What should I do at the Career Fair? • Visit participating organizations in both the Career Fair Tent & the Community Room of the CCLIR. • Introduce yourself. If you have a particular interest such as a HOW 10 Vfflfc (\ met TM permanent position, an internship, a summer job, a co-op position, a certain type of degree or program, etc., say so. Presented by Dan Dumrauf, Account Manager and EnJcHalprin, VU '04, Aerotec Scientific, LLC. • Have resumes ready to present to employer representatives. Have the Career Center check it on Resume Monday, Learn what employers expect of students at a career fair. September 12th. Dine on pizza, pop & cookies as you gam vakable • Dress in nice casual attire. Avoid wearing shorts, sloppy info from these presenters. T-shirts tank tops, flip-flops or bare midriffs. Thursday, September 15th ~ 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Remember the Career Fair ends at 2:00 pm this year, Union Squire Room So be prepared and come early! 10:00 am ~ 2:00 pm Career Fair Friday, September 16th 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, A6 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 NUTTON/WORLD THE TORCH DEVASTATION Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on Louisiana, Mississippi • "i

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Gilda Seymour, left, embraces Vivian Wall as the friends meet in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Wednesday. It was the first time the two have seen Looters carry out merchandise from stores each other since Hurricane Katrina hit the area. Undoubtedly one of the most destructive hurricanes in recorded history, Katrina tore through along a flooded Canal Street in downtown Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama earlier this week, leaving at least $50 billions dollars worth of damage in its wake. New Orleans on Tuesday. As conditions worsen, Katrina's victims abandon New Orleans Damage estimates reach $50 billion; survivors faced with unhealthy living conditions, threats of violence

Jack Douglas Jr., Scott Dodd tions blanketed 90,000 square miles of the cern. Death estimates still ranged in the thou­ United States - an area almost as large as the New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued sands, with countless people missing, includ­ and Martin Merzer United Kingdom. what he called "a desperate SOS" for help at ing rhythm and blues legend Fats Domino. KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS Military and police reinforcements a place where thousands were said to be ill, The 77-year-old singer-pianist, whose real poured into the ravaged region, attempting to hungry and thirsty, with some on the brink of name is Antoine Domino, lives in New NEW ORLEANS - Some of Hurricane restore order, but utter chaos engulfed the death. Orleans' low-lying, flooded Ninth Ward. Katrina's most desperate victims abandoned Superdome, the conven­ ' "Right now, we are out of Estimates of the damage reached $50 a dying city Thursday as food and drinking tion center and the flood­ billion, by far the highest ever associated This is a national disgrace. resources at the convention water disappeared and anarchy flared. ed streets of New center and don't anticipate with a U.S. natural disaster. FEMA has been here for three People armed with shotguns guarded their Orleans that surrounded enough buses," he said in a Most people acknowledged the com­ homes and stores. Rescue crews came under them. days, yet there is no command statement read on CNN. plexity of dealing with an event of this mag­ fire from hijackers. A seething mass of and no control. We can send "Currently, the convention nitude. Nevertheless, criticism mounted of For thousands upon thousands of peo­ people - channeled by r .j center is unsanitary and the relief effort by the Federal Emergency amounts or aid to . ple, time was running out. A Knight Ridder National Guard troops massive unsafe, and we are running Management Agency and other federal agen­ reporter saw three bodies in and around the carrying automatic rifles, tsunami victims, but we can't outof supplies for 15,000 to cies. Superdome. Criticism of the federal response comforted by an Army bail out the city of New 25,000 people." The storm's fearsome intensity and ulti­ to the most sweeping natural disaster in chaplain holding a Bible Lizzy Kelley, 48, and her mate destination were known days in Orleans. American history rose to a fever pitch - and - surged from the family said the convention advance, so why were so many National - Terry Ebbert not just in New Orleans. Superdome toward the center overflowed with Guard troops still sidelined three days after "There's no FEMA, no Red Cross, no few buses that arrived to Head of New Orleans panicked people, human catastrophe struck? help," said James Gibson, 45, of tiny carry them from a refuge emergency operations waste and dangerous tem­ Why were so many areas still unvisited. Lakeshore, Miss. transformed into a cine­ pers. Kelley said she was unaided, unsafe? Some who survived Katrina's assault on matic house of horrors: bodies and fires and threatened at gunpoint, slept on a concrete Why were so many people dying of Monday died of neglect in the ruins of their piles of human excrement. floor and waded down a flooded stairwell, dehydration, their bodies sprawled in the homes, on city streets and in New Orleans' About 5,000 refugees made it by bus to where she encountered the floating carcasses streets of American cities? Superdome and convention center. Houston's Astrodome, but only 2,000 cots of animals. "This is a national disgrace," said Teny Others, carrying their children, a few awaited them. Once again, thousands of peo­ "it was just a nightmare, nothing but a Ebbert, the head of New Orleans' emergency meager possessions and very little hope, ple were subjected to discomfort and indigni­ nightmare," Kelley said. operations. "FEMA has been here three days. boarded buses for the long ride to Houston. ty- During the night, an incoming tide of yet there is no command and control. We can The scope of the calamity came into In New Orleans, conditions in another newcomers pushed aside her family. "If you send massive amounts of aid to tsunami vic­ sharp focus with this one statistic released by mass shelter, the city's Ernest N. Morial don't make room, you're going to die," they tims, but we can't bail out the city of New the White House: Federal disaster declara­ Convention Center, also aroused grave con­ told her. Orleans." Your views. Your voice. A7 / THE TORCH / SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 President, not a King As a new academic year dawns upon Staff Editorial Valparaiso University, we would like to take this opportunity to touch on an issue that divided this campus only a few short months ago. The election for this year's student body president, held last April between Amy Stark and Adam King, was an extremely hard- fought affair on both sides. Unfortunately, this election did not pro­ duce the definitive results we have come to expect from a demo­ cratic system of government. For reasons still unknown to the VU student body - with the exception of last year's Senate elections committee - Amy Stark was disqualified from the election. Thus, Adam King was declared the winner by default. The vote totals from the election were count­ ed, sealed, and not released to the student body. ^^^m^^mmmm^mmmmmmmmr Upset and troubled by The Issue: Most Stu- these events, a group of students went to the Senate meeting the dents still do not following week and demanded know who really won the vote totals be publicly , l . j announced. Thanks in part to last years election tor tnese courageous students, the student body president Senate Passed a motion Presented by senators Rachelle Hatcher and The Torch says: The Eleni Kametas calling for the student body finally release of the count. However, while the FEEDBACK* has what it deserves: release of the vote totals occurred the truth at the end of last year, The Torch was unable to report the totals because our last issue was printed before the vote count was made public. As a result, most students still do not know who really won If you don't care, why bother? last year's election. So, for all you who have not heard, Amy Stark received 347 votes while Adam King received 306. Lately it's been irking for the candidate with the bigger nose. I ask, what The Torch is publishing these numbers not as an attempt to . me that people keep telling me good is this vote? What purpose did it serve? to go out and vote. In today's This is an example of someone who has been humiliate Adam King. He is the president this year, like it or not. society, we are constantly told swindled by the political machines in this country We publish these numbers simply as a matter of public record and to vote, to have an opinion and into believing that, by merely voting, he makes a because we feel that the student body deserves to know for whom to make it known. Despite the difference. they voted. You, the student body deserves to know the truth. Last fact that some people know It is a lie that every vote counts; in truth it is year, The Torch stated that the numbers should speak for them­ absolutely nothing about the every vote that actually carries an opinion that selves. Now, this is finally possible. Steve Middleton current events of counts. The vote just cast by Also, many senators stated last year that the election rules today, cam­ our mythical voter here is in TORCH STAFF The ISSUE: Campaigns needed reform in order to prevent a fiasco such as this from occur­ paigns like direct conflict with the dem­ ring again. Hopefully, the publication of these numbers will spark MTV's "Rock the Vote" encourage like MTV's 'Rock the ocratic system, as he has just the apathetic to go out and vote for countered a vote made by action from Student Senate. One of the first motions presented to Vote' encourage every­ the Senate this year should address the election rules and attempt to something. The emphasis now seems someone who does care. to be on the doing, not the thinking. rectify any problems in the election codes. If this does not occur Call me crazy, but to Before people get the wrong one to get out and vote me this seems worse than not there is no way to guarantee that VU will not run into the same opinion, I want to clarify. If you Middleton says: It's not voting at all. In fact, our problem in the future. have an opinion and care enough imaginary friend here has Finally, some Senators opposed the release of the vote totals on about it, please, go shouting it from Smart to VOte if yOU are forgotten that he also has the the grounds that it could do no good for the student body. They pre­ the rooftops. Our society would be right to abstain from voting. dicted the vote count would only "proliferate anger" and "fuel the much better off because of it. not educated about an something that many of our fires." We believe that a campus of college students can handle the However, if you are one of civics teachers in elementary truth. There is no reason to hide re'ality or shy away from the facts. those that are have no opinion, issue schools would do well to Amy Stark is the candidate you voted for and you deserve to know please do not go out and pull a lever remind their students. that. for something or someone that you do not care You do have the right not to have an opinion, There is no getting around the fact that King reigns by default, about. Do not let yourself be swayed by the ad and it is every bit as important as actually voting. campaigns or believe the lies that a candidate by technicality. His number one job now must be to show the stu­ Would the world be a better place if everyone was "cares" more about your needs and issues. well informed and cared about the issues? Of dent body that he is capable of his position. In order to serve VU Candidates routinely tell young people that course it would. effectively he needs to overcome the controversy that currently sur­ they have their best intentions at heart. Please, who Are MTV and campaigns like it doing a noble rounds him. are they fooling? The current crop of political act in trying to educate the uncaring masses? Sure. He must now prove himself worthy of your trust and respect. drones have been so far removed from our ages that Are they going about it in the right way? Not at all. This will take a great deal of hard but necessary work. Judging by they would not know a student loan from their If you don't care, don't vote. Let the slacker the events of this past April, he has his work cut out for him. Social Security check. slack, and let those who care make decisions. I Back to the point: we are letting ourselves be promise the slackers will not notice a difference in swayed by the campaigns. We believe that, by their lives, and chances are they were not paying THE TORCH throwing campaigns at the apathetic, we can get attention in the first place. VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER them to care. Really, if you do not care by now, is So when it comes time to vote for your House VOL. 99, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005, No. 1 there anything that will make you care? Somehow, I Council positions, Student Senators, local officials JEFFREY D. BURTON KRISTIN V. THOMAS doubt it. or even the president, please, if you do not care, do ASSISTANT EDITOR Say, for example, that an average twenty- not vote. JULIA COLBERT, «I am a \< BECKY MALEWTTZ, I.... something is convinced to go out and vote by a Guaranteed, there will be someone out there JOSH WEINHOLD, \ TIM KRAUSE, at campaign like "Rock the Vote," and when he who does care enough to want to make a difference. STEPHANIE LEHMAN, DAVID WRIGHT, a arrives at his polling place he cannot decide for DAVE TOMKI.. 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I feel the school is looking me I have come to understand, after two right in the face and saying, "Thanks for the years here, that we do things differently than money; keep working so we can get more." basically every other school. I have also Not only are the students upset about begun to take offense at the lack of respect this, but in a few of my classes, professors, for certain issues our school shows. who shall remain nameless, have stated in Everyone knows that Labor Day, a their own words that it's pathetic to have national holiday, is coming up, and yet we class on Labor Day. They too have come do not have it off. Some people ask how from working-class backgrounds, and, in Valparaiso University can do that, as it is a some cases, feel like they are still there. national holiday. The answer is that, since One of my professors even stated that if he we are a private school, we set our own had more seniority here, he would not have rules. Well, we don't really set them, but class on Labor Day. that's another issue. On top of all this, the fact that we have Granted, many Martin Luther King, people at this school The Issue: VU students again Jr. Day off (which I have not come from am not at all against) working back­ have classes scheduled for makes me wonder grounds. However, I why we don't also am sure that some­ Labor Day have Labor Day off. where in their fami­ Seal says: VU should give the The purpose of lies' respective MLK Day is to pasts, there is at working class the respect it show respect to one least one family of the greatest lead­ member who had to deserves and not schedule ers in United States work hard to get to history. Likewise, the place he or she classes for Labor Day Labor Day serves to is at today. On the show respect for the other hand, there are some people at this many great Americans who have given private university, who, alongside of their everything they have, day in and day out. working-class parents, had to work their tail To me, there is not one person or group of ends to even have a shot at attending VU. people who can decide that either of these This day of respect, given by the feder­ national holidays is more important than the al government, shows the great value that next. ALL YOUR VALPO BY USA HEiNEOCE AliY0URVALP0.CJ8.NET we should have for those in the working The policy makers at VU are obviously class, the people who work and live pay­ not from the working class. They have AT THE CLUB FAIR check to paycheck, the people who do the made a total mockery out of a national holi­ dirty work just to see their children go to a day, and disrespected many people at and private university, the people who are will­ around this university. Because they have ing to make sacrifices to see their children been spoiled, and have never been down in succeed. All this only to be disrespected by the grime of the paycheck-to-paycheck life, the very school they have been working so they do not feel like they have to respect the hard to get into. people who have, or still are, living such a Valparaiso University's failure to think life. twice about taking this day off is compara­ I am not just looking for another day ble to a person who talks though a moment off of classes; in fact, I encourage the policy of silence. While everyone else takes the makers to add one more day of classes at day off to rest and appreciate how hard they the end of the year to make up for it. All I work for the rest of the week, VU ignores am looking for is the respect and recogni­ the implications of the day and forces its tion of those who work harder than most of students to do the same. the policy makers. Sheehan misses mark with anti-war protest Every American deployed there, since all military personnel Casey could not have felt that way, or ism first among the reasons why they enlist, conflict has had its share were and are likely to be sent to the Middle he would not have re-enlisted, after having and we should not be too hasty to devalue of controversy. Abraham East at some point. fought in Afghanistan at a time when it was their purpose. They are some of America's Lincoln, for instance, Casey was wmsmMsm* patently dangerous to finest citizens. nearly lost his re-elec­ killed only five days The issue: Cindy Sheehan serve in the armed Perhaps the intensity of Cindy tion to the former United after arriving, and forces. Sheehan's anger with the government is a States Army General his death is no more has taken a stand against If the cause product of her grief. If this is so, we can Jeremy Lippert George McClellan, who unique and no less U.S. forces are fight­ give her the benefit of the doubt. It may not ran on a peace platform tragic than that of the war in Iraq ing for in Iraq is not be the case that she is using her sorrow at TORCH STAFF in the midst of the Civil any other U.S. sol­ worthwhile, then the her son's sacrifice to further an anti-war War, a cause that was fiercely debated even dier, sailor or Lippert says: It is too bad sacrifice of every agenda, as has been suggested. among northern citizens. Marine in conflict. Cindy does not share the man or woman in In any case, it is the least anyone can The current conflict in Iraq has its sup­ It is unfortunate uniform must be a do to pray that she and any other family that porters and detractors too, and there is a that Mrs. Sheehan patriotism of her son Casey terrible waste. It is has given up a son or daughter in service to clearly hostile partisan line drawn between does not share the worth reflecting that, this country can find closure and confidence the two. This is unfortunate, as it certainly conviction or commitment to this cause that despite the many protesters that would have that their loved ones volunteered to do what weakens the war effort on the home front her son did. She has been spurred, perhaps the United States abandon Iraq, enlistments they knew was right. To quote Abraham when Americans struggle against each by her son's death, to take a firm, high-pro­ in the military have increased recently. In Lincoln, "I pray that our Heavenly Father other. file stand against the war effort. fact, all branches but the Navy met or may assuage the anguish of your bereave­ In spite of such circumstances, Casey She has been called a radical for cer­ exceeded recruitment goals in July. ment, and leave you only the cherished Sheehan did one of the noblest things a citi­ tain comments, including her accusation Clearly, those who join and re-enlist memory of the loved and lost, and the zen of this country can do: he volunteered, that the government is waging a "nuclear feel that their country and the cause in Iraq solemn pride that must be yours to have laid in a time of war, to serve with the military. war" in Iraq and stating that "This country are worth dying for or they would not be so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of free­ In fact, he re-enlisted shortly after American is not worth dying for," which is a surpris­ volunteering to serve at such risk to them­ dom." forces entered Iraq. He knew he would be ing and tragic statement. selves. Recruits overwhelmingly list patriot­

To our readers, an unusal act of kindness or of an injus­ review for libel and profanity, it will In our attempt to make The Torch tice you see happening, or one that has appear in this column the following more interactive with you, the students, happened to you. Think of this space as week. faculty and staff of Valparaiso the campus suggestion box, to air your We hope you utilize this additional University, we introduce you to Flicker. grievences and share your jubilation. tool in our quest to truly reflect the opin­ BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION This column will be reserved for To send Flicker a snippet, using ion of the student body of Valparaiso comments you wish to share with the AOL Instant Messenger, send your mes­ University. campus community, whether they be of sage to "VUTorch" and after editorial -Jeffrey D. Burton, Editor in Chief [inside] Kenny Harris update... See page AIL

A9 / THE TORCH / FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 SPLIT DECISIONS Volleyball, women's soccer both open to 1-1 records after losses in Michigan over weekend

Becky Malewitz/Torch Becky Malewitz/Torch Heidi Hammond tries to get a kill past defenders Liz Mikos and Katie Bova at practice. Courtney Rahrig and Jackie Thomas converge on a Murray St. attacker in Friday's 2-1 win.

Amanda Batovski University] showed us what "They really showed us Katie Nemec Kendall Brown and Dana to sophomore Lauren areas we still need to work what we have to work on McGlone scored in VU's 2-1 Cooper, who then took a TORCH STAFF on." individually and as a team to TORCH STAFF victory over Murray State shot that returned to her for After a season that con­ In the second game of get better," said junior The third time was not University earlier in the the final shot of the volley. sisted of a perfect confer­ the weekend, the brown and defensive specialist Alex the charm for the Valparaiso week. Cooper's second shot was ence record and a trip to the gold kept it close in all three Chism. "Our level of play University women's soccer Not long after intermis­ saved following a brilliant NCAA Tournament, the games, but they were not can only go up the rest of the team on Sunday afternoon in sion ended - just 22 seconds effort by Decker to keep Valparaiso University vol­ able to pull it off as the season." Mount Pleasant, Mich. into the second half - Central CMU in the lead. leyball team was looking to Broncos defeated the The Broncos out-hit the Although hoping their Michigan tied up the score. The ending on Sunday get off to a good start for this Crusaders in three straight VU team for the match, third consecutive strike Erica Rohren got her foot on was the exact opposite of the season. games: 27-30, 22-30, 26-30. .271-.171, while three would help the team to an a loose ball just six yards out one the Crusaders experi­ Entering their first tour­ "It was a great game Broncos had double-digit unprecedented 2-0 start, they which slid past sophomore enced on Friday afternoon. nament of the season, the against Western because it kills. Senior Shaylen could not hold onto the lead, Erin Murray. Rohren con­ The Racers of MSU paid a expectations were high as really showed what we need Jackson led the pack with a resulting in a 2-1 loss against nected once more at 63:22 to visit to Eastgate Field and the Crusaders took part in to work in order to get bet­ total of 14 kills, junior Central Michigan give the Chippewas the lead were leading 1-0 with just the Western Michigan ter," said coach Carin Avery. Kathryn Babcock had 13 University. for the remainder of the over five minutes remaining. University Fall Kickoff "They played great volley­ and teammate Abby Gephart The Crusaders took the match. The Crusaders, finding Tournament. The brown and ball and we were average had 12 for the match. first strike after the two "We got off to a great themselves trailing in the gold exited the weekend just that day." However, all was not teams remained scoreless for start this season, being that first match of the season, as they had entered. Seniors Jessi Novak lost from the weekend tour­ almost 42 minutes of the this was the first time in his­ drew deep on their reserves With a win against the and Lauren Moulton, who nament. With a win in the first half. Assisted on a beau­ tory that Valpo soccer was 1 - and were rewarded by goals Chippewas of Central had 11 and 10 kills, respec­ first game of the tournament, tiful lead ball played by sen­ 0," said Johnson. "Although from freshmen to lead the Michigan University and a tively, led the Crusader the Crusaders started off the ior Allison Swanson, fresh­ we lost Sunday, it gives us a team to a thrilling 2-1 come­ loss to the Western Michigan offensive. Contributing nine way they wanted to by man Lori Johnson scored on chance to look at the mis­ back victory with back-to- University Broncos, the kills in the match was soph­ sweeping the Chippewas 30- a kick from 18 yards that takes we made so that we back goals within three min­ Crusaders came out of the omore Amy Palash, while 25, 30-20, 30-28. This was went just over Chippewa can fix them before the con­ utes of each other. weekend with an identical fellow sophomore Heidi the Crusaders' first win of keeper Anne Decker's out­ ference season starts." The women will look to win-loss total. Hammond had 12. Senior the season as well. stretched glove and into the Although the game capture their next win Friday "I'm happy with the Katie Bova dished out 37 "It was very important goal. ended 2-1, the Crusaders had when they host Lipscomb. outcome of this weekend," assists to go along with nine to start out the season with a The goal was the first of three attempts in the second Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m. said senior Liz Mikos. digs for the Crusaders. win to get a little confidence Johnson's collegiate career half to tie up the game. "Central Michigan was a Moulton and Bova were going," said Palash. and the third of the year Decker made a punch save Contact Katie Nemec, good first match and our loss both All-Conference selec­ scored by a freshman, as fel­ off a kick from senior Emily Torch staff writer at to Western [Michigan tions last season. see SPLIT, page All low first-year sensations King that rebounded directly torch sports @ valpo .edu. A10 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 SPORTS THE TORCH Oppland overseas VU basketball player takes talent on tour Brent Whitfock

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While many Valparaiso University students were stressing out over classes on Aug. 23, senior men's basketball player Dan Oppland was either relaxing on a beach in Macedonia or chilling out on a boat somewhere in the Balkans as a member of the Athletes in Action. Athletes in Action is a group of Christian basketball players who participated in a European tour over the summer. "The purpose of the program is to spread the word of God through basketball," Oppland said. "The guys on the team give testi­ monies and teach people about Christianity, faith and sports. It Becky Malewitz/Torch was neat for me to hear. I was one Bryce Drew, Andrea Bloodworm and Ivan Vujic will look to lead the Crusader basketball program back to glory from the sidelines this season. of the few guys that were experi­ encing their first time. Their words really inspired me." Coaching trio joins basketball staff Oppland was extended an invitation by the Athletes in Action LaBarbera announces three new names in basketball program as athletic changes continue just a few days before he departed on a 12-day, four-country tour of Eric Brooks standpoint — they'll be really shot," was scored during the first But there aren't just new faces Macedonia, Greece, Albania and excited for what they see out on the round of the 1998 NCAA on the men's sidelines this year as TORCH STAFF Bulgaria on Aug. 17 before return­ floor." Tournament at the buzzer against women's head coach Keith ing to the United States on Aug. When Bryce Drew graduated As a member of the VU bas­ Mississippi, vaulting the Crusaders Freeman announced the hiring of 29. from Valparaiso University seven ketball team, Drew helped the into the second round. Andrea Bloodworth as an assistant "They called me up, and I was years ago, he took an illustrious Crusaders to four consecutive sea­ "It's a different perspective," coach. apparently the last person on a list collegiate career to the National sons of both the Mid-Con regular Drew said of becoming a coach. Since 2002, Bloodworth has of invitees," Oppland said. "I real­ Basketball Association and left a season and tournament champi­ "As a player you usually just do served as an assistant coach at ly didn't have much time to think legion of fans with one of the defin­ onships. what you're told, but now to be a Gannon University in Erie, Penn. about it, and I initially wasn't ing moments in Crusader hoops "As a player, I guess I always part of the decision process is a dif­ She has also been a couch .at a host going because of a traveling con­ history. This fall, Drew returns to put pressure on myself because I ferent approach to the game for of other schools including flict that would have made me the Athletics Recreation Center, wanted to succeed," said Drew. me." Armstrong Atlantic State travel by myself. However, they this time as an assistant coach for "I'm pretty sure I'll put the same On the sidelines, Drew will be University, Lake Michigan called me back; they found a trav­ the program he so memorably effort as I did playing into coach­ joined by another former Crusader Community College and Ferris el opening with the team, and I helped lead to the national spot­ ing." basketball player, Ivan Vujic. Vujic State University. went." light. During his career at VU, Drew also had an impressive run at VU. Both teams begin the exhibi­ By accepting the invitation, "The main reason I'm back is became the program's all-time During his two years he averaged tion season on Nov. 5. Oppland got to play eight games to help my dad keep the winning scoring leader with 2,142 points. 10.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per against the various national teams tradition going at Valpo," said He also claimed the top spot in game?. In addition, he went on to and experience a completely dif­ Drew. "This year we're going to be three-pointers, assists and field play professional basketball in Contact Eric Brooks, ferent style of basketball. really exciting; we have exciting goals. One of those field goals, Europe and most recently coached Torch staff writer, at "They don't call much, and players and from a spectator's known to many simply as "the the Croatian Junior National Team. torch .sports @ valpo .edu. the officials have a little home crowd bias," Oppland said of the European style of play. "It's very similar to the pace of the college game, but it's just a lot more phys­ ical." "I played pretty well," Oppland added. "I felt I held my own. They didn't really keep stats, but I say I scored 16 or 17 [points]. It really gave me a lot of confi­ dence." Oppland's teammate, sopho­ more Shawn Huff, is also currently playing in Europe as a member of the Finnish national team. The VU men's basketball sea­ son will begin Nov. 5 with an exhi­ bition against Capital University, with the first regular season game coming on the 23rd against IPFW.

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SPLIT, from pq*€A9 played well, we got our Sow, and. most importantly, we Harris out of hospital finally got to pla> atier J weeki ol constant praeti Student athlete recovers from coma, is sent home after rehab stint The practice paid ofl as the Crusaders out-dug Central Michigan 49-29, and out-hit the in Chicago as VU holds open scholarship and community waits Chippewas 202 .107. Both teams whether or not Harris will make a had eight blocks for the match. Ron Castor For a while it looked bleak for "They didn't know." said Jolly Harris' future. Unconscious for oi the doctors. "(But) I knew he full recovery and make it back to Palash led the v.ay for the TORCH STAFF weeks, news was slow-coming, but was going to wake up. Always VU. But with "big number 50" - a Crusaders with 14 kills. Mikos This past Monday was the first the family never lost faith. believed it. I raised a strong young nickname derived from his jerae) added 12 kills and a team-high day of team workouts for the Two months after Harris' man." number - coming so far in such a four blocks, and Bova contributed Crusader basketball team, a fact release, his father, Kenny Jolly, Still, with many of the road­ short amount of time, it would 40 assists, 10 digs and nine kills not in itself surprising. The surprise used his son as proof that miracles blocks that occurred within the past appear that anything is possible. Novak also had 10 digs in the comes in learning who attended the do happen. few months, Kenny seems to be "We've had discussions, and match as well. workout: the big man Kenny "You can't tell me that's not a looking better everyday, and has already invited him back," said While the team wanted to take Harris, who - since his April 11 miracle," Jolly said in an interview been assured by Valparaiso Athletics Director Mark both games of the tournament, a collapse - has been working hard with the Associated Press. "You University that, when he is ready, LaBarbera. "He knows we're hold­ lot was learned in the defeat, as to make it back to the court, but can't tell me God didn't do that." he will be invited back with open ing a scholarship for him." well as the victory. most importantly back to normal. To say that this has been a tur­ arms. Although it was announced "From the defeat, we know The journey began for "Baby bulent six months for the north­ "With the help of his family that he would take no additional what needs to get fixed or polished Shaq" after his collapse. Harris western Indiana family would be he's doing physical, speech and classes at this time, Harris visited up before our next tournaments." was rushed to Porter Hospital an understatement. But even with occupational therapy," said campus on the 29th, showing that said Bova. "As for the victory, it Valparaiso Campus, followed so many obstacles and close calls, LaBarbera. "We'd love to get the his progress is great indeed. was a team effort from all 14 of shortly by his parents and the Rev. the family remains strong in their okay from the appropriate doc­ us." Maurice White, the family's pastor faith and faithful that Kenny will tors." Contact Ron Castor, Torch staff For her performance over the at Christ Baptist Church in Gary. have a full recovery. The question remains about writer, at [email protected]. weekend, Bova was named the Mid-Con Offensive Player of the week, tallying a total of 40 assists.

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The original Italian sub with genoa salami, provolone. #11 COUNTRY CLUB® has many challenging opponents Fresh sliced turkey breast, applewood smoked ham. capicola. onion, lettuce, tomato. & a real tasty Italian waiting to knock the brown and vinaigrette. (Order it with hot peppers, trust me!) provolone. and tons of lettuce, tomato, and mayo! YOUR CATERING (A very traditional, yet always exceptional classic!) gold down a peg at any opportuni­ #6 VEGETARIAN M) SOLUTION!!! ty. #12 BEACH CLUB® ® The schedule for the year Several layers of provolone cheese separated by real BOX LUNCHES. PLATTERS. PARTIES! avocado spread, alfalfa sprouts, sliced cucumber, lettuce, Fresh baked turkey breast, provolone cheese, avocado includes matches against tomato, and mayo. (Truly a gourmet sub not for vegetarians DELIVERY ORDERS will include a delivery spread, sliced cucumber, sprouts, lettuce, tomato, and Wisconsin and Notre Dame, the charge of 49c per item (•/-ioe). mayo! (It's the real deal folks, and it ain't even California.) only peace dude!) team that eventually sent the 1 JJ.B.L.T. * • • • • JIMMYJ0HNS.COM * * * * #13 GOURMET VEGGIE CLUB® Crusaders home for the season, Bacon, lettuce, tomato, & mayo. Oouble provolone. real avocado spread, sliced despite VU taking a victory from (The only better BIT is mama's BIT. this one rules!) cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, lettuce, tomato. & mayo. the Fighting Irish on their home (Try it on my 7-grain whole wheat bread. This veggie court in South Bend, Ind. sandwich is world class!) Avery's squad returns 11 let­ THE J. J. #14 BOOTLEGGER CLUB® ter-winners, including six starters. * SIDE ITEMS • from the 2004 team that posted a • SodaPop S1.19/S1.3S 11 Roast beef, turkey breast, lettuce, tomato. & mayo. GARGANTUAN An American classic, certainly not invented by J.J. but 29-5 record overall, setting a Giant chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookie... $1.39 This sandwich was invented by definitely tweaked and fine-tuned to perfection! school record for victories in a sea­ • Real potato chips or jumbo kosher dill pickle.... $0.85 Jimmy John's brother Huey. It's huge son. Valpo went a perfect 14-0 in • Extra load of meat $1.15 enough to feed the hungriest of all #15 CLUB TUNA® Mid-Continent Conference action • Extra cheese or extra avocado spread $0.55 humans! Tons of genoa salami, sliced The same as our #3 Sorry Charlie except this one has a smoked ham. capicola. roast beef, lot more. Homemade tuna salad, provolone. sprouts, last year. • HotPeppers $0.25 turkey & provolone. jammed into cucumber.lettuce. & tomato. (I guarantee it's awesome!) 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"YOUR MOM WANTS YOU TO EAT AT JIMMY JOHN'S! Contact Amanda Batovski, Torch staff writer, at < 2005 JIMMY JOHNS FRANCHISE INC. lit BIGHTS RESERVED We Reserve the Right to Make Any Menu Changes. torch .sports @ valpo .edu. [inside] r^Bryc e Drew joins Crusader basketball staff. SPORTS See page AW. A12 / THE TORCH / FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 IN THE GAME Sounding the Home Give Adams, VU football team heads into upcoming PFL football a shot season with new head coach, new mentality Ken LaVicka TORCH STAFF

Okay, let's hear it. "The football team is awful. Why should I waste my time?" "Did you see that offense last year? You've got to be kidding me!" Both of those statements are comments that I have heard this past week when the subject of our VU football team has arisen. Now, I'm going to be frank with you: com­ ing off of a Pioneer Football League cham­ pionship just two seasons ago, last season was a disappointment, to say the least. The offense was awful, the defense hardly oppor­ tunistic. While I understand the poor recep­ tion to the football team, let's get one thing straight: this year will not be the same. I know that many of you will say, "But they lost their long-time head coach!" While that is true, it's not a bad thing. No offense to Tom Home and his successes over the better part of two decades at the helm of VU, but a change needed to be made. Rumors of player angst came from all comers of the team for a majority of last sea­ son. While no one will probably admit to any controversy within the program last year, the issues were there. The old school was starting to get tired. While excitable first-year head coach Stacy Adams has no head coaching experi­ ence, he might just be the breath of fresh air that this program needs to compete every year in the PFL, just as Dayton and San Diego do. When I spoke with Adams the night before he was hired a couple of weeks ago, he was nervous. This wasn't fake sin­ cerity. Stacy Adams wanted and needed this job. He deserves it. An offensive coordinator for the past eight seasons and a coach since 1991, Adams knows every intricacy of this pro­ gram and he knows exactly how he wants it Becky Malewitz/Torch run. The players love playing for him and, Linebacker Matt Manci gets ready for another PFL title run as defensive lineman Doug Howard looks on during a Crusader practice. The most importantly, respect him. He put football team starts its season tomorrow against Wisconsin Lutheran, with new coach Stacy Adams looking for his first win at the helm. together the greatest aerial attack that VU Laura Medina ly good grasp of the program and mean that other modifications The four-game schedule had ever seen in 2003 when Macchi to good rapport with the players. will be made to the team struc­ will open with the Crusaders tak­ Giancola became a household name in the TORCH STAFF He is highly thought of on cam­ ture. ing on Carthage College on Sept. region. Expect the unexpected. pus because of the way he repre­ "Sitting down with Coach 19 and then two games against As for the team, the jury is still out on Perhaps that should have been sents the school." Rettew, we came up with a game Anderson University with St. the defense. Graduation has not been kind to the motto for Valparaiso Adams had previously been plan on what we wanted to do Francis (Ind.) rounding out the this year's Crusader defense, and the inexpe­ University's football program Home's assistant for 14 years at toward the end of the opposition. rience could end up hurting this team. Many this summer. VU, spending the last eight as summer,"said Adams. Members of the varsity of the players, however, are pleased with the Just two weeks before camp offensive coordinator. "Our goal this year — with squad will face a different kind system that new defensive coordinator Stan was set to begin, Tom Home for­ "I've always been someone the new staff and all the new of competition this season, Rettew has put in. mally announced his resignation who's been a captain, a quarter­ faces — is we're looking to put including doubters within the How many teams immediately succeed as the team's head coach after 16 back, a leader — always," said forth a team that will be highly conference. VU was picked by the season after graduating a quarterback seasons at the helm, putting Adams. "I hope I will continue competitive, a team that will not the Pioneer Football League to that shattered nearly every passing record at coaches, players and fans at the to pass that on to my players. It's make too many mistakes, a team finish in fourth place (tied with their school? That was the situation that the edge of their seats. With the sea­ a new age of guys. They're not that will continue to improve Butler University) in the North Crusaders found themselves in last year. son looming, a decision needed with Knute Rockne-type coach­ each week. And we're looking division preseason poll. Ryan Doerffler won't be fighting for a spot to be made as to whom would es or (Vince) Lombardi; I'm a for a good season," he contin­ But the Crusaders don't this year. It's his to lose, and that is always fill the shoes Home left behind. little bit more laid back than ued. plan on letting adversity faze music to a quarterback's ears. "Coach Home decided to Coach Home was, but I expect The team welcomes a them. One thing certain to help Doerffler is retire," said new head coach the best out of them. We're get­ school-record of 65 recruits this "That's just being nice, the fact that running back Jeff Horton is Stacy Adams. "He had thought ting teamwork done, but we're a year, including freshmen, trans­ being named as tied for the bot­ downright sensational. If Horton ean contin­ that it was probably best if he did little relaxed as well." fer students and four walk-on tom," said Adams. "Remember ue to run the way that he did once he got the it towards the end of the summer A change at the head coach­ players. Add that to last year's the year that we won the confer­ starting job last season, VU could be seeing so that someone on staff would ing position is just part of the returnees, and the team will ence championships, we were its first premier running back in an awful have the chance of getting the makeover that the team received. employ a 130-man roster. also picked to finish fourth." long time. job," The program will also employ While the team is surpris­ The team will start off its Don't give up on this team before the Administration quickly three full-time assistant posi­ ingly large this year, it will allow fight for respect tomorrow as season starts. Although there are still some looked to the current staff to find tions including defensive coordi­ a junior varsity team to be they travel to take on Wisconsin unanswered questions, Stacy Adams waited a replacement. nator Stan Rettew, Josh Wissing formed. Lutheran. Maybe expecting the patiently for his shot at his dream job. Don't "Of the people I talked to, — a former graduate assistant "Some of the freshmen and unexpected is exactly what the you think that VU and its fans should be just Coach Adams, by far, had the who will be working with the sophomores will be playing jun­ Crusaders need this fall. as patient as Adams and see what happens? clearest vision for the program offensive line — and Jerry ior varsity this year," said — where we can improve and Vance, special teams coordinator Adams. "Some guys who want Contact Laura Medina, The views expressed are solely those of the how," said athletics director and defensive back coach. to get looked at, we'll give them Torch staff writer, at writer. Contact Ken LaVicka, Torch staff Mark LaBarbera. "He has a real­ A revamped staff can only some game experience as well." torch .sports© valpo .edu. writer, at [email protected].

B2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 [happenings] TORCH Friday, September 2. 2005 Women's Soccer, 4 p JII. @ Eastgate Crusaders vs. Lipscomb University

Greek Life Showcase, 4 p.m. @ Huegli Jbawn Members of campus sororities and fraternities will be on hand to introduce and describe their organizations.

VUDU Comedy, 7 p.m. @ Union Great Hall Improv and sketch comedy by humorously inclined VU students.

Saturday, September 3. 2005 Catholic Mass, 5:15 p.m. @ St. Teresa of Avila Join the Rev. Kevin McCarthy in celebration of the Eucharist.

Dance Etc. Lessons, 7 p.m. @ Union Learn to swing dance from 7 to 7:45, followed by open dancing until 10 p.m. Cost is $3 for students.

Sunday. September 4f 2005 Catholic Mass, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. @ St. Teresa Join the Rev. Kevin McCarthy in celebration of the Eucharist.

Lutheran Worship, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. @ Chapel The 8:30 a.m. service is celebrated in the lower Gloria Christi Chapel, while the 10:30 a.m. service is in the main Chapel of the Resurrection.

White Sox Trip, 11:30 a.m; @ Union Tickets required for students taking the bus to U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago to watch the Sox play the Detroit Tigers.

VUDU Auditions, 12 to 6 pan. @VUCA 1409 A good sense of humor is a must for all students trying out for the improv comedy troupe.

Women's Soccer, 1 p.m. @ Eastgate Crusaders vs. Indiana State

WVUR SourceStock, 7 p.m. @ Huegli Lawn Free concert featuring The Dog and Everything with Invent the Dark, Allister and Monkey Cocktail. Gates open at 6 p.m.

Catholic Mass, 9 p.m. @ St. Teresa of Avila Join the Rev. Kevin McCarthy in celebration of the Eucharist. A TASTE OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT Katie Deater Throughout the year these campus student Candlelight Worship, 10 p.m. @ Chapel organizations, along with the Department of End the week in the lower Gloria Christi Chapel for reflective worship. TORCH STAFF Multicultural Affairs, will promote friendship and interaction through lectures, discussions, arts events This past Saturday, three campus organizations and dinners. Monday. September 5, 2005 came together on behalf of promoting campus unity. The expected number of approximately 150 stu­ Campus Crusade, 9 p^n. @ Union The Black Student Organization, Latinos in dents was met despite the late location change. The Worship, learn and pray with this Christian organization. Valparaiso for Excellence and the Asian American next multicultural event will be a dinner held in Association sponsored a multicultural ethnic food September in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. festival. This annual event is a kick-off in hopes of Tuesday. September 6f 2005 furthering a year full of interaction between those of Contact Katie Deater, Torch staff writer, at Professional Dress Fashion Show, 7 p.m. @ CC Refectory different racial, religious and social backgrounds. torch features @ valpo .edu. Get the perfect look for your next interview.

Acabellas & Chapter Six, 7 p.m. @ Union VU's acapella singing group, Acabellas, opens for an award winning contemporary vocal group.

Wednesday, September Z 2005 Conversation Hour, 11:50 a.m. @ CC Refectory Multicultural discussion sponsored by INTERLINK language center. Print Coffee Hour, 7 p.m. @ Brauer VU Art Chair Robert Sirko will discuss his digital print collection.

707 Lounge, 7:07 p.m. @ Union Take a study break at this Union Board sponsored coffeehouse. Multicultural Organization Night, 7:30 p.m. @ Union On Air Diversify your night by getting involved in with different cultures.

Thursday September 8. 2005 Christian Music Concert, 7 p.m. @ Union Red Umbrella, Play-dough and Seven Glory will play a free show. Printed as a service of The Torch - We 've Got VU Covered We've Got VU Covered To list- your- event Send information to the Torch NewsPlex, 35 Schnabel Hall, or e-mail [email protected] with event specifics. THE TORCH • 1 I RBOAY, Strrfr«a 2. 2005 B3 [entertainment] Generation Kill Evan Wright's Iraq War expose is a must for military and political enthusiasts Every Time I Die is currently on tour and will play the House of Blues in Chicago on October 4. Ralph Asher The story is character-driven, and while Wright gen­ erally avoids political or philosophical commentary, it is TORCH STAFF nearly impossible for the reader not to draw some conclu­ Awaiting the assault of Baghdad to begin. sions on the absurdities of war. For example, the platoons New album Marine Sgt. Antonio Espera muses. "Do you realize the s- medical corpsman is nearly shot by an incompetent supe­ -t we've done here, the people we've killed? Back home rior who thinks he is the enemy. At another point, the pla­ in the civilian world if we did this, toon comes under fire from a con­ we would go to prison." voy of Navy reservist surgeons. This line is far from atypical The men of the platoon kill w orth ivmg f or in Evan Wright's "Generation many Iraqi fighters, usually without Kill." Based upon a series of thinking and almost always without Every Time I Die's new album, "Gutter essays he wrote for "Rolling remorse, but are haunted by the Stone," "Generation Kill" follows memories of civilians accidentally Phenomenon' has moments of weakness, Wright and the Marines of the 2nd killed. Particularly disturbing are but strong overall Platoon, Bravo Company, First the actions of one officer, a platoon Reconnaissance Battalion as they commander known as Captain tear a swath of destruction America. Brad Bordyn TORCH STAFF through central Iraq. Throughout the campaign, he Roughly described as the commits several war crimes; his I'm not sure that there's anything uncool about Every Time Marines' Special Forces, First erratic behavior leads to widespread Recon is trained to conduct prob­ belief - both inside and outside of I Die (ETID). The band's style, swagger, intensity —all of it ing missions and. most important­ his command - that he is going oozes cool. When the hard-core scene began to be as played-out ly, to avoid engaging the enemy in AND THE NEW FACE OF AMERICAN WAR insane. After a dramatic showdown as dancing the cha-cha slide at your cousin's wedding, the open combat. In planning the with a junior enlisted Marine, he is members of ETID did the only logical thing; they went back to invasion of Iraq, top commanders eventually relieved of command. the sound that made hard-core music cool to begin with. had a much different role planned. There are some minor proof­ The new album, "Gutter Phenomenon" is the follow-up to With little preparation and even reading errors in the book. Wright 2003's "Hot Damn" and takes a noticeably more focused less understanding of their pur­ states that the Marine base Camp approach to ETID's trademark sound. ETID has never been a pose, the members of First Recon Ralph Asher's Grade Lejeune is in South Carolina; it is band that one would normally call focused, but it's apparent were to race in Humvees, far really located in North Carolina. that, at least with the song writing, it has found a certain niche ahead of supporting troopsr to Wright also replaces which, although not groundbreaking, works quite nicely. The spearhead the attack on Baghdad, "Teufelhunden," a Marine nick­ band seem at home on this album, creating a sound that can be virtually throwing themselves name roughly translating into "devil best described as Dirty Rotten Imbeciles meets Bad Brains. into ambushes along the way. B+ dog," with a similar-sounding However, all the nuances that ETID brought to the table on pre­ One of the book's strongest phrase. vious releases remain intact. features is Wright's rich depiction But these mistakes are The opening track, "Apocalypse Now and Then," kicks off of a new generation of Marines, insignificant compared to the gener­ "Generation Kill" with Keith Buckley's instantly recognizable rasp. Lyrically and one raised on a steady diet of pop ally admirable accuracy of the vocally, this album is far from ETID's strongest, despite guest culture and broken homes, for by Evan Wright book, a must-read for anybody which video games are more interested in the current state of the appearances by Darryl Palumbo of Glassjaw and Head familiar than Vietnam. After a American military or the war in Automatica, and, ironically enough, the unfortunately ever- firefight, one Marine compares it Iraq. present Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. However, his to "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City;" The views expressed represent voice meshes nicely with the old-school feel of the album. before the invasion, the talk of the camp is the rumor that those of the author. Contact Ralph Asher, Torch staff After the second track, "Kill the Music," however, I get actress and pop diva Jennifer Lopez has died. writer, at [email protected]. lost. The band rambles on for a of couple tracks, but picks up where it left off by the time it reaches the most outstanding track of the album, "The New Black," which rocks in the same vein as Hot Damn's "Ebolarama" and "Romeo-A-Go-Go." "Champing at the Bit" and "Gloom and How It Gets That Way" Hollywood's dream factory carry on the momentum, complete with haunting vocal melodies and brad Bordyn s Grade earth-shattering in danger of closing guitars. Track nine, Tom Ritter examines the continuing "Guitarred and B- Feathered", begins appropriately trend of shrinking tickets sales enough with Buckley roaring, "Admissions, or the number of people attending "Gutter "This is a call for Tom Ritter movies, are seen down 9 percent at 578 million for the • celebration," and TORCH STAFF worst year since 1999," said a recent Reuters article. pulses forth with Perhaps this trend can be understood in terms of the nomenon When was the last time you saw a movie? How much Phenomenon recent quality of the movies that have come out this sum­ squealing pinch did you have to pay? Certainly too much for the college mer. Some of the movies did extremely well; others bare­ r; T* I r\* harmonics, spastic budget, if you went after 6 p.m. At a typical theater, the Time I Die ly broke even, and most lost money. combined cost for the ticket and the food is around $25. Every Time I Die £ . A large percentage of this summer's movies were riffs and ind blowing time Comparatively, for a rented DVD with tax and generally remakes, prequels or sequels. In fact, the high­ changes, all of refreshments, the cost is less than $10, and you can watch est-grossing films like "Star Wars: Episode III" and "Harry which are expected with a group of people. Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" were both movies in a Understandably, movie theaters are businesses and series. from ETID. "Gutter Phenomenon" finishes strong with the need to make money. There is also the fact they have to Movie plot lines are starting to run together, and it obscenely fast-paced "L'Astronaut," and the mournful, dis­ shell out thousands of dollars per movie per screen. almost seems like Hollywood filmmakers are running out turbed yet intense finale, "Pretty Dirty." Almost the entire cost of the movie ticket goes to that of ideas. All in all, I think it's safe to say that Every Time I Die has licensing. The ever-rising cost of gas, snacks at the theater Perhaps Hollywood just needs to get some better sto­ found what it's best at. It may not be groundbreaking or life- and movies in general, are keeping many people away. ries. Perhaps studios should lower their prices to adjust to changing, and it's definitely not a step forward, but truly good Movie rental companies, such as Blockbuster, have the budgets of their target age group — 18 to 24 year olds hard-core albums are hard to come by these days, especially promised to "eliminate late fees." There is also, as in the — which should help out some of the highly anticipated ones that take a different sort of approach to the genre. And at music industry, a rise in Internet pirating. A lot of people fall movies and get people going to the movies again. the very least ETID has accomplished that much - a solid are putting aside ethical considerations to download free album. movies on the Internet and burn them to a DVD. The views expressed are those solely those of the The trend, though, is definitely shifting towards peo­ writer. Contact Tom Ritter, Torch staff writer, at Contact Brad Bordyn, Torch staff writer, at ple waiting until movies are available on DVD. torch .ae@ valpo .edu. torch xie@ valpo .edu. '

B4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 THE TORCH Internet users make [entertainment] impact on CD and album sales Browsing the Brauer Brad Bordyn University art museum offers new exhibits this semester TORCH STAFF The museum offers mostly American artwork, tant professor of art, entitled "You Can't Do That in According to Nielsen Megan Beaver SoundScan, a sales computing publi­ and also different mediums and styles of artwork from Here." cation, album sales in the United TORCH STAFF landscape to modem to abstract. The second show features a photographic exhib­ States, downloaded and otherwise, are As fall settles in, students adjust to the The Brauer Museum also affords students the it by Enrique Martinez Celaya, as well as Robert D. down for the first half of 2005. Total routines and busy schedules of campus life. opportunity to explore different pieces available in the Erickson's paintings, drawings and photographs. This album sales fell 2.5 percent from the This hectic time creates an increasing demand vaults for research and other academic purposes. exhibit opens Oct. 28 and runs through Jan. 8. 309 million reported halfway through for escape. Often overlooked and underappre­ Some events coming up this semester at the Coffeehouse times are featured throughout the last year. ciated, the Brauer Museum of Art offers a Brauer Museum include two fall shows, one of which fall so that students may ask questions and get more Yet, if one removes downloaded peaceful place to relax and enjoy culture and is already underway. in-depth information on the artwork, as well as CORE albums from those numbers, tangible artwork, all without leaving campus. album sales have dropped more than 7 The Theodore Prescott and Catherine Presort credit. percent. This news comes forward as The Brauer Museum, located in the Valparaiso exhibit entitled "Image and Substance," features vari­ downloads of singles continue to sky­ University Center for the Arts and is open six days a ous oil paintings and sculptures. This exhibit also fea­ Contact Torch staff writer Megan Beaver at rocket. So far this year, downloaded week with free admission. tures the graphic design work of Robert Sirko, assis­ torch ae@valpo edu. tracks have reached 158.8 million, compared to 55 million in 2004. Currently topping the charts are new albums from 50 Cent, Mariah r Carey, and The Game. However, these are the only albums to pass the two million mark thus far. Last year at this time, five albums had already done so, including releases from Norah Jones and Usher. "\ However, USA Today reports that m this trend does not raise much con­ ®@ cern. MASCOT MUST. 1TG "There's reason for concern," admits Geoff Mayfield, Billboard's chart director. "But how a second half [of a sales year] fares may have less do with what's out than with what's coming, and we know the last four months [of the year] are always chock full of big releases." 2004 saw the first increase in album sales since 2000, but music sales forecasters predict that 2005 will not have the same result.

Contact Torch staff writer Brad Bordyn at [email protected].

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Marzena Dziura Holly Denman Holly Denman TORCH STAFF TORCH LIFESTYLE EDITOR TORCH LIFESTYLE EDITOR Looking for a new place to check out with The Indiana Dunes just don't gel old. Not In a laser-light meets MTV2 display. your friends this Friday night? The Valpo even to seniors. Sonic Vision runs a spectrum of all the things Velvet Ice Cream Shoppe might he the answer. Before it cools off. many students are takin: a Saturday night event should include: a The Valpo Velvet Shoppe features its own trips up to the National Lakeshore to take in a lit­ cheap ticket, a great location and a story to delicious, homemade ice cream. It was founded tle fresh air and get some sand between their toes. tell friends. In the Brown family in 1947 with their own "It's a great place to relax. It"s kind of like SonicVision is a digital light show th.it dairy business in the comfort of their Spring being on the coast." said senior Stephanie Pollitz. plays at the Adler Planetarium in Ch , Hills Farm. Kimmel Beach, which has free parking, is the Friday and Saturday nights. The dome- The ice cream parlor has been in the fami­ place to go for a picnic for two or running on the shaped theatre, which is traditionally used for ly lor three generations. beach a la "'Chariots of I ire." planetarium shows, is the temporary home of •"It's been here forever," said Adricnne True dunes lovers do their best to ignore the this late-night favorite. Mathis. who works at the parlor. She says that unsightly fringes of the scenery. Mobs, famous for his new-age sound, older people still come back tor good old-fash­ "It's a pretty nice place to be.'' said junior took on the task of producing anil mixing the ioned sodas. Corey Monnier. "But you do have to look past all soundtrack that accompanies the light show. In May. the shop had murals painted on the the factories." Images swirl and dance on the screen with outside walls to make it look more welcoming. Me has a point. Looking forward and ignor­ such intensity that their movements make the Covering the walls are colorful cows on rolling ing your peripheral vision is advised for Kimmel audience feel that they. too. are green pastures: some are reading books, others Beach goers. falling or launching into space. licking ice cream cones. B) far. the best area of the dunes to visit is an Moby himself wasn't sure what to Now brothers Mark and Mike Brown run enormous sand mound called Mount Baldy. It's make oi the show after seeing it put together the shop and continue to make ice cream on the quite the workout to climb up the sand. with his soundtrack. "W hen Inends asked me premises. Since the walking path that bypasses the hill to describe the SonicV ision show. I've had a "We are third-generation ice cream mak­ and comes out beach side is hidden in a grove of really hard time because it is completely dil ers." said Mark Brown. "We make it all from trees, it's not unusual to see people huffing it up ferent from anythii scratch. Kind of unusual for such a small com­ the slope, hanging on to nearby tree branches for Moby in Wired magazine following the pany to make everything from scratch, but we support. show's rele do it." Nevertheless. h the trip up for the At tmies it can teel like you are under­ What's the secret to keeping this family ol the Michi lighthouse and the water and at times it can feel like you are in business alive and going t<>r so long.' ith of the lake from the top. the tail of a comet. The music is fan,;. "We make quality ice cream so people When staring out into the - !.) he times, featuring songs b) 12. I lie 1 laming can't help but come back," said Mike Brown. too much like an epiphany scene in a dramatic Lips. Coldplay, Radiohead .ind ol course Valparaiso University Crusader fans can musical, just turn around and run. somersault or Moby. While the music isn't r ew. the visua try The Crusader. This treat is a giant sweet roll back down the hill like a kindcrgartner. It's element is so surprising that t\ hard soda with three dips of your desired flavors of ranteed thai ;'t be the only one doing yourself blink. ream, topped with whipped cream and it. The late show times lead to empty three cherries. liie slope south ing meters at which you can cave > Valpo Velvet's ice cream is sold b) w< of the dune thai you can take a running leap for a couple o and costs 45 cents an ounce. Thus you pa) for off the side and have a moment where it feels like where you can park f< exactly what you get and y< you're jumping o\i the edge ii\ the earth, onl) to The planetarh the quantity. land in the sand. Lakeshore Drive at the The shop is lociicu at 57 Monroe St. I hen Beach ac­ the middle o( the mi iptls. s hours are Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to me South tion. Tickets arc S6 with a .nt ID 9 pm. and Friday ami Saturday, II a.m. to !() Ml. Baldy is located oi\ ot 20 12. north o\' SonicVision plays Friday l p.m. Route 4 ). in Mulligan City. nights at _. S. " and Id p.m. Contact Harzena Dziura. Toi H<>11\ />, nmati unan. writer, nt torch.features^ valpo.edu. tin. al editor,

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Erin Dalpini fraction of the profit to CancerCare for each ing preserve endangered species. Contact Erin Dalpini, Torch staff writer, at TORCH STAFF box sold. Just using these items can also help edu­ torch features @ valpo .edu. The great thing about these products is cate people about some of the amazing proj­ Can chocolate bars help save endan­ the limitlessness of their contribution power. ects going on to make our world a better gered dolphins? Will Tic Tacs help Once a person buys one bag of Cafe Fair place to live. The back of a bottle of Ethos researchers find a cure for cancer? Could organic coffee, he or she may decide to buy water reads, "Did you know that water-relat­ ground coffee help with fair trade in areas another when that bag is finished. Just read­ ed diseases are the leading cause of death like Latin America or the Caribbean? ing the, "The Socially Responsible Coffee," among children worldwide? We tap your Surprisingly, yes. makes buyers more inclined to choose the thirst to help solve this problem. Through the The newest forms of charitable donating coffee again. Ethos Water fund, we will donate over $1 opportunities are hitting the grocery stores in Cafe Fair is also fair trade coffee, which million by the end of 2006 to support human­ the forms of everyday items. allows small farmers "a guaranteed fair price itarian water projects." Ethos water is rea­ Forget last year's trendy wristbands, for their coffee, regardless of the world mar­ sonably priced at $1.80 and can be found at buying Ethos water to support a worldwide ket price." Grinders Cafe in the Christopher all Starbucks locations. project which aims at "helping children get Center for Library and Information Students have even commented that clean water" is the newest fad. Resources uses fair trade coffee. they are interested in seeing more of these Unlike a wristband or pin, these design­ Even more appealing to buyers is the designer charity items on campus. er charity items can be consumed, making satisfaction of know ing they have donated to "It would nice if Valpo could have some them more appealing to buyers because they an important cause. It is easier to justify buy­ of these items." said sophomore nursing feel like they are buying something useful. ing an Endangered Species Chocolate major Amberly Killmer. "We have so much Pick up some breath-freshening Tic Tacs in a Company candy bar, knowing that some of meal card money, I'd love to use it toward pink box, and the company will donate a the money spent will go to into projects help­ something good." Amanda EUton/Torch FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 [lifestyle] THE TORCH THE LOVE DOCTOR IS IN

woo a possible mate. For senior Monica Ott, the experience provided insight, enjoyment and even a bag of candy when she stood up in front of the whole crowd to speak. Stages of a "I think he had a very interesting way of giving helpful information," she said. Relationship Entertainment and audience participation was the main­ stay of the evening and perhaps why Ott didn't lose interest, 1. Infatuation even thought she saw Coleman's show last year. She, along with many other students including sophomore Amber 2. Discovery Gibbard, were among the students who attended Coleman's 3. Reality show for the second year in a row. 4. Decision Gibbard hasn't used the information she's gained from the shows to start any new relationships yef. However, she 5. Commitment hasn't lost interest in the Dating Doctor's work. "I'd love for him to keep coming back," she said. Coleman interspersed the show with his worst pick-up lines segment, pick-up line challenges from the audience, and confidence-building tips, one of which says, "Be a fat penguin!" As Coleman himself explained to audience mem­ bers, fat penguins break the ice. Having the conviction to take the first step in dating and actually approach someone Stages of a you're interested in is an aspect the Dating Doctor preached throughout his show. Healthy At one point, Coleman had all the female students in the Great Hall cheer for the body parts they like to have caressed Relationship most to lend a hint to the males in the room. 1. Trust Coleman's unconventional phrases and delivery serve as 2. Respect a primary piece of advice may seem initially discrediting. However, Coleman has managed to become one of the most 3. [ntimac) notable and successful speakers on dating in the country 4. Passion through tips like these. His shows have drawn audiences at over 2,500 college 5. Commitment campuses across the country since 1982. He's regularly fea­ Amanda Elston/Torch tured on national radio and television programs, as well as in David Coleman, known as the "Dating Doctor," spoke in the publications such as Cosmopolitan, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Union Wednesday, urging students to finally ask out the In fact, Coleman's career in relationship advice has person they've been eyeing. drawn so much notoriety over the years that it even inspired Chelsea Oxton the 2005 major motion picture "Hitch," starring Will Smith. Stages of Along with offering interesting tips for dating success, TORCH STAFF Coleman made a generous pledge at the end of the evening a Break i?p that money received from book sales at the end of the show If you've ever tried using a distasteful line on anyone would go to the American Red Cross for the Hurricane 1. Shock before, one can only hope you were able to attend David Katrina relief effort. 2. \nger Coleman's visit to campus Wednesday night. For those awkward students who may have missed Coleman, known across the country as "the Dating o Coleman's show this time around, don't despair. Evie 'i. Denial Doctor," has built an extremely successful 23-year career on Watterson, Union Board entertainment chair, who was 4. Bargaining helping people with such pathetic ploys to earn dates. involved in bringing the speaker back to campus, is confident Fortunately for awkward and inexperienced students, he'll return. 5. Doubt the Panhellenic, Hellenic and Inter-Fraternity councils and "He continues to say Valpo is one of his favorite col­ 06 . Acre p la nee Union Board were able to stage Coleman's dating advice leges and has already asked to come back next year," she show on Aug. 31 in the Union Great Hall for the second said. Tim Krause/Torch straight year. For the most part, students found the experience enter­ taining, and many even exited the Union doors that night Contact Chelsea Oxton, Torch staff writer, at torch.fea­ The "Dating Doctor" outlined his take on dating issues with a feeling a little more confident in their respective abilities to tures @ valpo .edu walk-through of the common dating and breakup stages. the Lookinc

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With every summer comes the opportu­ was The latest Steven Spielberg / Tom nity to spend that hard-earned summer job Cruise vehicle, "War of the money on scores of films released with the Worlds," cost $132 million to. intention of inspiring, enthralling and make, but scared audiences thrilling everyone into going to film after into paying $232 million in rev­ film. This summer offered the same promise enue, plus $345 million earned in with big blockbuster films such as international sales. "Kingdom of Heaven," "Kicking & The sleeper $40 million comedy "Wedding Joe Matthews' Grades Screaming," "Star Wars: Episode HI — Crashers" and the highly anticipated $ 150 Revenge of the Sith," "Batman Begins," million "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" "War of the Worlds," "Fantastic Four," and performed well, with $189 million and $200 many others. "Cinderella U+ (Feature) million, respectively. This summer was different from past Man," which made an unpredictably slight $60 mil­ On a smaller scale, independent films years, though, as the film industry experi­ lion, considering its $100 million budget made an impression to the anemic market. enced a 19- and high-profile cast (Russell Crowe, Renee The tiny $2.9 million "Hustle & Flow" O" (DVD features) Zellweger and Paul Giamatti) and made $18 million and has shot its star, crew (director Ron Howard, Terrence Howard, to the top of producer Brian Grazer and everyone's "It" List. Sahara writer Akiva Goldsman). "March The downfall continued into July with "Fantastic Four," which Directed by Breck Eisner did turn a profit at $150 Starring Matthew McConaughey, million ($100 million). Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz, and However, considering the success of the Spider- William H. Macy Mans, X-Mens, and Batmans, the impact was mute. "The week finan­ Island" ($35 million), "Bad News of the cial drought that baffled many Bears" ($31 million), "Stealth" ($31 mil­ Penguins" was a hit filmmakers. Movies just didn't attract peo­ lion), and "Must Love Dogs" ($41 million), for documentaries, making $57 ple this summer as they have done in the Middle of as well as many August releases such as million, while the film was only shot with a past. "The Great Raid" and "The Skeleton Key," two-man crew. The initial impact was felt in early also failed to make an impact with audi­ This summer's few remaining hits still May, when Ridley Scott's Muslim- ences. in theaters, such as "The Nowhere friendly crusader epic, On the other hand, there "Kingdom of were a few successes this summer. The final Star Joe Matthews Wars film did break TORCH STAFF precedent and received positive reviews from I wish I had four hands so that I could both critics and fans. give this movie four thumbs down. "Sahara" "Revenge of the is the story of Dirk Pitt, played by Matthew Sith" made $158 McConaughey, a hot-shot former Navy offi­ million in its first cer who, with his buddy Steve Zahn, has week, while ulti­ turned to treasure hunting. While in Northern mately grossing $379 Africa, they stumble upon information on a million, making it the high lost Civil War battleship. But when they es-grossing film so far this year. cross paths with a world health doctor, Dukes "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" has cleared $184 played by Penelope Cruz, they discover that Heaven" of Hazard" ($75+ million) and million for its stars Brad Pitt and Angelina this is not their usual treasure hunt. Rather, it arrived to empty the­ "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" ($53+ million) Jolie and "Swingers" director Doug Liman, may revive the sunken market as well as involves a nearby totalitarian state and its aters, making a slim $20 million its first possibly benefiting from Pitt's recent other early fall releases. attempt to cover up a potential health crisis. weekend before settling at $47 million. "Kicking & Screaming" followed the divorce and Jolie's possible involvement. The movie was met with mixed reviews second week and failed to capitalize on Will The critics, however, were mixed. All photos provided by www.imdb.com when it came out in theaters and when it was Ferrell's growing audience, grossing only "Batman Begins" resurrected the ailing released on DVD this past Tuesday, and will $52 million, considerably less than Ferrell's franchise, with its strong cast, production Contact Jonathon Bull, Torch entertainment not help the efforts of Executive Producer previous effort, "Anchorman: The Legend and direction operating on a $120 million editor, at [email protected]. Matthew McConaughey and the others behind this dismal film to establish their careers. The DVD contains four deleted scenes, Entertainment Releases - This commentary from both the director and Matthew McConaughey, cast and crew wrap Books Movies film, but even the bright visualization of the Sahara adds little light to this mind-numbing "Lipstick Jungle: A Novel" by Candace BUshnell "The Transporter 2" (PG-13) film. The only positive aspect of this film is "Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American "A Sound of Thunder" (PG-13) the soundtrack, which contains such classics Dream" by Barbara Ehrenreich "Underclassman" (PG-13) as "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf and "Shalimar the Clown" by Salman Rushdie "The Baxter'(PG-13) "Right Place Wrong Time" by Dr. John. "Painted Drum" by Louise Erdrich In my opinion, the DVD "Sahara" should have stayed in the actual Sahara for the lack of special features. The film also suf­ Music DVD fers from a mediocre cast, and its plotline is The Rolling Stones, "A Bigger Bang" "Clueless: Special Edition" (PG-13) so extravagant that it ends up becoming mun­ North Mississippi Allstars, "Electric Blue Watermelon" "Tommy Boy: "Holy Schnike" Edition" (PG-13) dane from the lack of finish. In all serious­ Sarah McLachlan, "Bloom: Remix 2" "The Blues Brothers: 25th Anniversary Edition" (R) ness, the only plus of this movie is the sound­ Barbara Cook, 'Tribute" "Nip/Tuck: Season 2" (unrated) track, which features music that this film Joan Baez, "Bowery Songs" "Sahara" (PG-13) doesn't deserve. Seu Jorge, "Cru" "Ong-bak: The Thai Warrior" (R) The Peasall Sisters, "Home to You" Contact Joe Matthews, Torch staff writer, at [email protected].