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Vol.19 Bristol, RI THE HAWK' s HERALD Issue7 .GIVE PEACE A PUMPKIN Water tower on tap 95-foot structure to be built off Old Ferry Road at town's suggestion Ben Whitmore Herald Staff Construction is underway on a 300,000-gallon water tower that will be placed on Roger Williams University's front lawn. Technical borings have been drilled for a pale blue, 95-foot-tall, legged water tower to be built in early 2009. The water tower will be placed among the trees located between Old Ferry Road and the adminis­ tration building's parking lot, east of the Ferry Road and Old Ferry Road traffic light. Roger Williams is erecting the tower in order to have a single, reliable source of water to supply all of the school's newly constructed buildings' fire c.-::-.-:-o- -,---.,.· ----:<-~~-- -~ sprinklers. Junior Alexis Boxer decorates a pumpkin With a~,,eacee- . . . . ara e wa er reservoll' or e 1re spr1 ers sa1 . Family Weekendfestivities. Junior .Jesse Dixon, right, covers the top ofhis pumpkin m bnght blue pamt. For more Home- Joe Pangborn, Vice President and Chief Informa- coming photos and coverage of the Sklar Brothers comedy act, see page 6. tion Officer. The water-tower "will let us consoli- date these reservoirs." Roger Williams' new buildings will not be the only beneficiaries of the water tower. Soon after its Nirschel fields student questions completion, the school will sell the tower to the Bristol County Water Authority, the public agency that services Bristol, Warren and Barrington, them, too," Nirschel said. 0 ''Economic t which will supply the residents of south Bristol Says university "Someone catches a cold at with water from the tower. Yahoo! and the entire market In the past, south Bristol residents and Roger endowment has goes down 500 points," he said. challenges Williams suffered from weakly pressurized water "Part of the challenge is the un­ due to the lack of enough water for both residents certainty." and the school, according to Pangborn. The water lost millions Multiple students brought that/amilies will up questions about the athletic tower alleviate this problem for both the school Allison Collins fields to the president. and its neighbors. · Asst. News Editor face, Roger Williams will sell the rights to access the The women's lacrosse team tower to the BCWA for the nominal fee of $1. The University President Roy said that it is not realistic to have school is required by law to sell the rights for a Nirschel held his eighth Presi­ a grass field and that it could universities monetary value. "Roger Williams is not in the dent's Forum Monday night in lead to students being injured water busilress,• said Peter Wilbur, Vice President the Feinstein College of Arts and more easily. The student said of Development and Government Relations. Sciences, where he announced athletes needed turf fields. /ace them, The school will still own the physical tower and the university's endowment is "We can't build a field absent be responsible for exterior maintenance, but the still decreasing, discussed eco­ resources," Nirschel said. too.'' BCWA will be in charge of servicing and operating nomic issues and answered stu­ When a member of the the tower. dent questions. women's rugby team brought up - President Roy Nirschel Strategically, building the tower on the school's The president said the en­ the fields again, John King, Vice front lawn makes sense. The building site's hill per­ dowment has lost between $17- President of Student Affairs, on the university's mits the tower to be shorter, saving the school pointed out that RWU only used 18 million since July 1. endowment losing $17- SeeTOWERp.4 "Economic challenges that families face, universities face See FORUM P• 4 $18 million since July. Sophomore takes historic ·n at sailing c

Dan DeBlasio umph even more remarkable. Enter­ Sports Editor ing the last day in third place with just six races left to be sailed, Thomp­ Sophomore Cy Thompson made son was able to use his at-times risky history this Sunday, becoming the sailing techniques to make his way first ever sailor from Roger Williams toward the front of the field. University to win a national champi­ "Coach [Amanda Callahan] and I onship. Thompson won the ICSA sat in her car before the final day Men's Singlehanded Championship started on Sunday and I told her that at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. second place means nothing to me," The three-day, 18-race event said Thompson. "No one looks at sec­ showcases the best male laser sailors ond place. It's good for results, but I from colleges and universities across had to go out there and win it to be the country. The championship is an happy.'' individual competition and points are So, with nothing else but a victo­ awarded based on finishing times and ry in mind, Thompson went out on places. the water and gave it his absolute all. COURTESY RWU ATHLETICS The achievement is an amazing He started the final day with fourth accomplishment, but the way Thomp­ Sophomore Cy Thompson made history ouer the weekend, becoming the first Roger son won the competition made the tri- See SAILING p. n Williams sailor to win a national championship. Page 2 The Hawk's Herald • Oct. 31, 2008 Tift S'J'VDWr M'WSf'A"" 011 'nfe ~D ~""" rmm.,.111-

TW1LTQffT Zo'" '"' 'ffAVT',SP S9'A~P Campus 'ghosts' abound Dee DeQuattro which is confirmed by histori­ "We were told the story Herald Staff ans, has led to the conclusion in 1984 when the barn was that the barn is haunted by being moved to the RWU It was Friday afternoon the old farmer's spirit. "The campus .. .imaginations went when the ghost hunt began. students named the ghost quickly to work, and some­ The objective was to find a Banquo, after the ghost in how a story got in the paper ghost on the RWU campus. Macbeth," says Wright. that there would always be Sources had claimed that ''Until this day, we have an empty chair at each pro­ there were a few and the a seat up in the gallery that . duction for the ghost." ghost hunt was determined to we have reserved for him." Laird did say that if there expose these ghosts or the The students had placed an is a ghost inside the Barn, the truth behind them. old wooden chair up in the spirit is displaying one of the The hunt began at the gallery of the barn with a pic­ prominent reasons for a Barn. Not much was known ture of Banquo from Shake­ haunting. about the Barn except for speare's ''Macbeth" behind it. "People haunt the places some brief history. The RWU The chair stands in what they enjoyed in life. n Performing Arts Center, or used to be the hay loft of the Perhaps this farmer en­ The Barn, is known to have barn, where the farmer was joyed his job a lot or as Laird one of the most famous found dead. Former student also says, ''Maybe he knows 'ghosts' in Rhode Island. Karl Pelletier, said, "If some he's dead and he likes it. I'm Originally, it was built as one sits in his chair through­ not hungry anymore. I don't two buildings for a farm in out a production, something have to pay taxes anymore. I Gloucester, R.I. The entrance is bound to go wrong. Other got a good life. Why should I was constructed in 1845 and students and recent grads go toward the light?" 50 years later, the seating agree, including alumna No one interviewed had section was constructed. In Lindsey Meyers. Meyers substantial evidence of the 1984 the barn was moved graduated last year after ghost other than a few claims beam by beam to the RWU spending four years learning of bizarre accidents. With no campus. RWU was able to and acting in the Barn. proof of the Barn haunting. buy the barn for a nominal "Someone moved his the search had to continue on price because the owner just chair once and the lights kept to find another haunting on wanted to "get it off his going off." Meyers said. Other campus. The next stop was hands,'' said theater profes­ instances that students cred­ Cedar Hall. sor Peter Wright. it to the bad 'mojo' of sitting * * * * * When a person enters the in the chair are a light falling The haunting of Cedar barn. the door creeks opens to during a dance show, a cast was once well known among a room that serves as a hall to member breaking an arm and students at RWU but today the seating area. The mood is most recently, a show being the story is fading away. One instantly determined. You almost cancelled due to cast woman will never forget the are not alone, or perhaps that disputes. story of the haunted doll in is because for a small build­ Andrew Laird, ghost Cedar. Carol Sacchetti, for­ ing, the Barn is usually hunter from the Rhode Island mer CORE of Cedar Hall dur­ bustling with busy theatre Paranormal Research Group ing the doll 'incident', re­ and dance students. Almost stressed the power of the members the experience like everyone inside the Barn be­ imagination. it was yesterday. She tells the lieves in the ghost. Wright "Ninety percent of the tale of a doll that was discov­ began to unravel the tale time there is an explanation ered inside the ceiling boards about the ghost of the RWU for this stuff... Sometimes on the third floor of Cedar in barn. Wright told the story people just believe the urban 2001. PHJL OEVIT'l'ffHE HAWK'S IfERALO about a farm and who froze t-0 legend." "It was a rag doll with a death inside the barn on a The spirit ofafannhand is said to haunt the Perfonning Arts Center Professor William Grand (above). Balcony seating is reserved for the spirit, known as Banquo. cold winter night. The tale, George agreed. See HAUNTS p. 8 Very superstitious: Theater rituals keep spirits high

Alyssa Persinger once a real person-- a farmer who Herald Staff froze to death after a night of drink­ ing in the Barn. Although the PAC t's Death's turn to take center was not located at RWU at the time of stage. his death, it was moved to campus I A room once full of lively and the Historic Preservation De­ people now lays empty, an eerie partment rebuilt it "piece by piece, silence sitting in the sea of desolate like a jigsaw puzzle," according to chairs. A glow comes from the stage. Boggs. Shadows are created and distorted, A 'guest' chair is left for Banquo giving the silence a new persona. The on the second floor. audience waits, but death cannot "Something awful has happened enter the stage. Defeated by the every time someone has sat in [his "ghost light," Death will have to wait chair]," said senior Mandie Hittle­ for his encore, and the silence will man, and theater major. "His seat is soon be deafened by life once again. reserved for a reason. Respect it." Every theater houses a different Whether it exists for ghosts or ac­ ghost. Because ghosts can cause mis­ cident prevention, 'ghost lights' are chief and fear, theaters everywhere one of the many traditions and super­ share the same solution: a "ghost stitions that theaters nationwide light." have in common. According to Boggs, A "ghost light" is a single light theater people are nearly as supersti­ that shines on stage to ward off the tious as athletes. Never wish an actor theater ghost. The light is left on at or actress 'good luck'-according to all times [the exception being during theater lore, evil spirits will be tempt­ performances], to keep the theater ed to do the opposite safe from any ghostly mischief. Instead, people commonly tell Of course, there are people who performers to 'break a leg,' a saying take a different approach to the the­ that comes from many different roots: ater tradition. one being a tech term, the 'leg' mean­ "[The 'ghost light'] has nothing to ing a curtain. If a play was successful do with ghosts," said Dorisa S. Boggs, and had many curtain calls [the ap­ PWL DEVI1TfTHE HAWK'S HERALD professor of theater, designer, and pearance of performers at the end of a At theaters around the world, including the Performing Arts Center on campus, per­ chair of the Performing Arts Depart­ play to receive applause], the device fonners have superstitions. Never wish an actor good luck before he or she hits the stage, ment at Roger Williams University. used to raise and lower the curtain [or and dare not speak of "Macbeth"' or you7l have to spin around and quote "Hamlet."' "It is a single work-light that is left on leg] would 'break a leg'. every night when the lights are Another such superstition is that accidents (coincidence or not) after they must go outside, turn around turned out to prevent accidents." stage performers will never say the saying the name of the play, theater three times, and quote Hamlet, ac­ At RWU, the Performing Arts name of Shakespeare's play, "Mac­ people are reluctant to say it; in fact, cording to Boggs. Center [known as the Barn] has its beth"-inside a theater. Due to many if one accidentally does use the term, See BARNp . 9 own ghost named Banquo. He was The Hawk's Herald· Oct. 31, 2008 Wired Page3

ALLISON COLLINS DEE DEQUATTRO We'd been talking about Nerves were on end the night we going on a ghost hunt for a cou­ Fright embarked on our journey to find a ghost writers ple of weeks. After researching ghost. local haunted spots, we actually We thought we would visit a Hawk's Herald editors by day, amateur went. haunted Rehoboth roadway, a haunt­ We started in Rehoboth, ed cemetery, and then head to Fall ghost hunters by night, Dee DeQuattro, Al­ Mass., the town my family lives River to find Lizzie Borden and her in. We were driving down the grave. No one knew what to expect. lison Collins and Phil Devitt hit the scary only road with a streetlight finger We first drove down Route 44 in streets of southern New England recently to looking for the red headed Rehoboth, searching for a dead hitch­ ghost. He's supposed to show up hiker who is said to have appeared make contact with the other side ... and to on the side of the road and sca1·e before. After seveul trips up and people driving. We didn't see down the road to no avail, we contin­ put off doing homework. These are their anything, so we headed to the ued on to the next sight, a local ceme­ graveyard. tery. The cemetery was dark and the impressions of the evening's activities. Before we got there, some­ foods feeling was ominous. We knew we one started talking about a were not alone. The gravestones ghost that was supposed to be in were old and some were cracked and the woods next to where we Five spooky recipes to trees surrounded the area. The only were driving. I got a little light we had was from the headlights freaked out because it was sup­ spice up your Halloween of the car. posed to appear on the side of We took out the equipment: the the car that I was sitting in. Allie Conn camera and the recording device. Dee screamed, so I jumped. Herald Staff It was at this sight that I cap­ I thought she saw something. tured the sound clip. We dl'O'Ve down the .street to With Halloween quickly approach­ When playing back the record­ a graveyard. ing, students are beginning to pre­ ing later, we could hear a grunting The lack of streetlights in sound. A man's voice calling Rehoboth only added to the pare for the upcoming festivities. "KATHERINE." It is chilling and un­ graveyard's creepiness. One of the aspects essential to the settling to have heard this on the We drove in really slowly. success of the g!lc;!brations is, of recording, but while at the grave­ All the graves on the way in coul'$e, ~J~QCJ~ .~er ~P~Jlve yard, we did not hear any sounds. were really old, and it was dark Next, we embarked on the jour­ and a little scary. I took pictures iP Wltlpw·er<·~ ---~m,say-.-· ney to Lizzie Borden's grave. After on the way in, but then someone side m:.Afni,e1da) f'i~R! are some Phil drove us around in circles about told me I had to put the window quick;sttnJ)le, ilnd~ky i HaJ;. 10 times, we arrived. Lizzie is buried up. 1oween recipe 1~! · next to the graves of her parents who After exiting the graveyard, many people believe she killed in we decided to go the Lizzie Bor­ 1892, even though she w·as acquited den gxave in Fall River. At first floody Baby F["g'rs of the crimes. the only thing we found in the Ingr'edlents:,, When we stopped at the grave, graveyard was a very sketchy 2 cans OfViet\~a~$.~'Usage~ we took out the recorder and the individual, but eventually we Bott.kt of ketchup camera. Phil did an incantation. rt found the grave. We broke out .Instructions: was more humorous than creepy at the tape recorders and asked Spread Vienna ~u.$a-' 1R groups this point. the spirits to come forward and Next was the Borden house talk to us. I didn't really feel of five (to mak~Jook'Uke hands) on (right), where the gruesome murders anything. a platter. Squirt desired amount of tMk place. We looked like a bunch of PHIL DEVITT We stayed in Fall River and ke~cht;tp o9er the sausages, or put creeps lurking around a home and I I see so many ghost hunting shows on TV went to the Lizzie Borden fn ·i::l dipping bowl on the side. can imagine how ridiculous the cam­ nowadays that I can't help but laugh at the equip­ house. • Something about the eras and the recorders were. ment we brought along on our short adventure basement windows was a little Nonetheless, we searched for sounds unsettling. I'm not quite sure and orbs. Our camera actually cap­ through Rehoboth, Fall River and my hometown, what it was about them that tured orbs all arolUld tb.e house. Westport, Mass. We're on a budget and couldn't freaked me out. We .ended our search with some get too high-tech. I think we did pretty well with We stopped somewhere exploration of an old Indian burial the equipment we did bring along, considering the that was supposedly a Native ground. I wanted to hang out there a short time we were out. I like to go by tangible ev­ American burial grow1d. There while. Some of the other travelers idence and believe had we spent more time out on was a weird aluminum-looking were freaked. the road, we could have collected more. My advice; structure tb:ett. ·The ·lahcl·-wa&­ On the way home, 1 was falling If you go ghost hunting (and it's OK to do it after supposed to be haunted. This asleep with visions of Casper in my Halloween, too), cancel your meetings and maybe place just felt weird. I didn't re­ head. We didn't find a ghost until ally want to get out of the car. I after, when reviewing our records, a meal or two. Make sure you have time. was taking pictures again, and but we did have an adventure. It's· a serious thing, but don't forget to have when something fell in front of fun, too. I tagged along primarily because I want­ the camera, I jumped. I didn't ed to have fun. Mission accomplished. realize it was a leaf. Pumpkin life is only life for 'guru' Ana Malone Oliver Special to The Herald This is my "normal" family. My father is the Pumpkin King. He breathes pumpkin sense, is fluent in pumpkin growth, and sleeps in the patch every night. Then there is my mother, the Pumpkin Widow, who feels as if my father has married his pumpkin - giving it all of his love, care and devotion instead of sharing that love with my mother. Then there is me, the Pumpkin Man's daughter who somehow has been dragged into this entirely unusual way of living. This way of living is a unique hobby called Giant Pumpkin Growing and it is now so natural to me that, no matter how hard I try, I cannot re­ member what it was like to live with­ out growing pumpkins. It all started Bristol residentA.na Malone Oliver and her father with their second place 1,379- with one quarter-sized seed that we pound Atlantic Giant at this year's Weigh-Off. · learned was called an Atlantic Giant and could grow up to 500 pounds. Of pounds, but this record will soon be after forkful in a patch that is a quar­ course, my father had to try this phe­ broken. ter of the size of a football field. Then, nomenon out, and our first giant This is my life. My life is forever every year, at the pumpkin weigh­ pumpkin weighed a whopping 50 revolving around growing season - a offs, I was the score girl or the mascot pounds. I remember this weigh off so season that kicks off in March and dressed up in pumpkin drag, taking clearly, because each and every lasts until October. It begins in early pictures with audience members until pumpkin that came to the contest March when you file pumpkin seeds I was seeing spots hours after the could be lifted and carried by one man and let them sit under light before cameras were done fl.ashing. to the scale, unlike the forklifts and you can pot them and start ~owing But no matter how crazy this all heavy machinery used to lift the the baby ~umpkin plants m your sounds, no matter how much I might pumpkins of today. basement. By April, they are ready to have been embarrassed by it when I As time progressed, our pumpkin be transplanted outside in the pump­ was younger, no matter how much I grew and grew and every year we kin patch and that is when the hard complained about that "stupid pump­ brought a bigger and better pumpkin work begins. The pumpkin patch kin," I truly cannot think of a better to the scale - but we were not the only needs to be hand-turned over and for way to have grown up. My family has progressing growers. As time went some strange reason it was always millions of jokes and stories all be­ on, the 800-pound mark was broken, my job. Every year as a punishment, cause of that pumpkin growing out in then the 1,000 pound mark, and then my fathey would bestow me with the the backyard. This giant pumpkin is the 1,500 pound mark (a feat science pitchfork and send me off to 'Pump­ a part of who I am, and maybe one claimed was impossible). Today, the kin Boot Camp' where I would labor day my kids will be calling me the world's largest pumpkin is 1,6~9 away in the backyard, flipping forkful Pumpkin Guru. Page4 News The Hawk's Herald· Oct. 31, 2008 FORUM: Nirschel gets Car keyed in candid with students student lot Cont'd from page 1 1 have two fields, and that the school has al­ ready invested resources. , ,, Allison Collins ''If we had more money, wed do more, Asst. News Editor Nirschel said. Since RWU is such a young sc~ool, More than $4,000 in dam­ the two passenger tires were "there has not been a history of any philan­ age was.caused to a sophomore slashed," he said. thropy," said Nirsc~el. student's car over the weekend This time, he called Public In his speech, Nrrschel talked 8;bout ~u~­ while it was parked outside of Safety and the police. tainability, diversity and the umvers1ty s Willow, according to the stu­ "The police are going to core values. . . dent. deal with it," he said. "We're making a real _com~iti;i;ien_t to m­ Ryan Fletcher received a Fletcher said he was dis­ clusive excellence and diversity, N1rsc~el text message Saturday morn­ appointed with Public Safety's said. "We want everyone to leave here with ing that a mirror had been bro­ response. global competencies. We want everyone. to ken off of his 2002 BMW "They wrote up a report leave here with the knowledge and capacity 325CI. He called Public Safe­ and did nothing basically," to create.a better world." . ty, and the situation was as­ Fletcher said. · S-tudents also asked Nirschel about the sessed, he said. "[They] told me it wouldn't Multicultural Student Union being; the only He went out to lunch with be on the cameras." student organization on campus ~t~out an his family and received a Fletcher's car is being re­ office and brought up the probability of a phone call from a friend telling paired in Bristol and he is ask­ change in the core curriculum and the secu­ him bis car was "on its rims" ing people to keep an ear open rity of the North Campus entrance. because his tires had been to further information about Nirschel said he had alr~ady made a slashed. the incident. commitment to increase the size of the In­ MARK FUSCO/I'HE HAWK'S HERALD President Nirschel answers student questions. When Fletcher returned to Public Safety had not re­ tercultural Center, and ~g said that there his car, he saw the vandalism turned a request for comment is a possibility of MSU bemg able to move time to step back and say, 'Well, we've ar­ for himself. by press time Thursday night. into the Center for Student Development rived,"' he said. "The car was keyed from once the Career Center moves to the new ad- Nirschel gave the audience more details the hood to the rear hatch, and nJssions building. . about the New A.cademic Building. He said John Blessing, Director of Public Safety, each of the rooms in the building would be said that nothing can be done ~bo_ut _the named after certain groups. North Campus entrance at this pomt m time "We want to reflect all those racial because of all the construction. ~ groups and ethnicities that helped build this Nirschel also announced that RWU s part of the world," Nirschel said. World Watch graduation rate is up by 25 percent, talked "Despite the economy, despite the de­ about the construction taking pla~e and mographics ... despite the fact that we're talked about how with mor~ applicants, young... there isn't a place more happening ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN_ At least 150 people were killed RWU is able to be more selec~1ve. than Roger Williams," he said. and many houses were damaged during an earthquake that hit Nirschel said RWU received 9,000 ap­ His job is to make sure. that in 2020, the southwestern part of Pakistan this we~k. The U.S. Geologi­ plications for a class of 1,080. Roger Williams is a place people want to be, cal Survey reported that the earthquake had an initial level of "When you're doing well, it's not the he said. 6.4. Pakistan is known to have a history of severe earthquakes. In October 2005, Pakistan experienced a 7.6-level earthquake that killed about 80,000 people, as well as leaving an extraordi­ nary number of residents homeless. (www.usatoday.com) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO_ The.Mexican gov~rnm.e.nt has TOWER: Water to be fired or arrested at least 35 agents from an elite unit of officials for drug trafficking in connection with a gang by the name of the Beltran Leyva cartel. According to prosecutors, the agents have been leaking information to the traffickers in exchange for stored on campus in '09 monthly payments ranging from $150,000 to $450,000 each. (www.latim.es.com) TOKYO, JAPAN_ North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, has been hospitalized and, according to the intelligence chief for South Korea, seems to be recovering swiftly. However, North Ko­ Cont'dfrompage 1 well." rean media has denied that Kim is even ill. Though reports seem money on having to purchase a taller tower. The tower itself will not be a new struc­ to somewhat vary, ranging from reports that say the North Ko­ The natural elevation oi the tower will make ture. It was previously erected in southern rean leader has recovered enough to carry out his daily duties, it higher than any of the buildings it servic­ New York. The tower will be disassembled to other reports that say he suffered a stroke; Mr. Kim's health es, permitting the natural flow of water and in New York, shipped to Bristol in pieces. has been a topic of hearsay for a long time raising fears that the eliminating the need for a pump. and then reassembled onto a new foundation North may be unstable. (www.nytimes.com) Also, the water tower's proximity to the built by the school. NIAMEY, NIGER_ A 24-year-old Niger woman testified water main will make it easier for the tower This recycling of the water tower is part that she was forced to work ai;; a sex slave and domestic servant to be integrated into current pipes. of Roger Williams' effort to "try to do con­ until 2005. Since the country of Niger banned slavery in 2003, "It's a win-win situation," Wilbur said. struction projects in a sustainable manner," · the West African court ruled that Hadijatou Mani, the defen­ Originally, the tower was to be built in Wilbur said. dant, is to be awarded 10 million West African francs (approxi­ the wooded area behind the Nike academic Besides reducing its carbon footprint, mately $20,000 U.S dollars), which will be paid by Niger's gov­ building, off o£Metacom Avenue. However, the school saves money buying used: ernment in compensation for Mani being sold into slavery at age many Bristolians voiced their complaints ''Purchasing the water tower pre-assem­ 12. (www.cnn.com) about the tower being an eyesore. They sug­ bled allows us to get a better warranty than GOMA, CONGO_ The UN peacekeepers' compounds was gested that the tower be moved to its current if w.e bought a new tower," Wilbu.r said. surrounded by chaos as angry protestors threw rocks outside location. The water tower's construction, which claiming that the UN peacekeepers had failed to protect them This was a welcome suggestion to the started in ~he spring of 2008, is projected to from the rebels, a group of hatred troops that are left ov.er from school, which could not have built the tower be finished in February 2009. the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the country's civil wars. As a re­ on the Bristol-owned land that borders However, if the upcoming winter brings sult, helicopter gun ships attacked rebels forces in Kibumba, 30 Ferry Road without the town's permission. overly-harsh weather, the tower may not be miles north of Goma. (www.boston.com) The school was pleased to be able to erect completed until late spring. "It all depends Compiled by Julia Weiss, Multicultural Student Union Ad­ the tower in the "hydraulically best place to on the winter weather," Wilbur said. vertising and Outreach Liaison build," Pangborn said. "lt worked out very "'

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When you think of American outfits and head toward the stadium are constantly Yankee fans or fans of game of skill and struggle, and ended sports, the first image that pops into to watch our team defeat their oppo­ other teams seated amongst the die­ with a tie of 0-0. As exciting as a goal your head is a stadium filled with nent. hard Red Sox fans. However, in Italy, would have been, it was entertaining thousands of For the most part, the stadium is non-Florentina fans are at a risk, and enough to see the game itself, as well people watch­ very similar to any American stadi­ have their own section, which is heav­ as entertain myself with some people­ ing 22 men in um. It holds a few thousand, smaller ily guarded. watching. tight pants and than Fenway, and they really devote The section is set opposite the I will say this, though. As fun as e n o u g h the entire stadium to just the game. If American section, and is surrounded a trip to the Fiorentina stadium is, I padding to sink you need any sort of merchandise or by a fence at least a story high, with would take Fenway any day. them in the food, tough, because you passed it all barbed wire at the top. Around each Ciao! ocean tackle outside before entering. side of the section, security guards Kelleigh each other over In America, we are big on mak­ stand in a straight line, and the sec­ an oval-shaped ing sure you sit in the exact seat you tions to each side are empty, just in ball. I'm talk­ have on your ticket. However, with case. ing about foot­ Italian soccer, seat numbers don't Sadly, the game we saw was all a ball, the all- Kelleigh Welch matter. As long as you enter through A m e r i c a n Lessons From Abroad the proper gate, seating is free for all. sport that we know and love. They provide an American section. However. when it comes to the but of course, to get the full experi­ fans of the country's "national sport," ence, we sat in the middle of an Ital­ nothing can compare to the fans of ian section. Italy's "football," and their undying Italians get into the game, and love for their team. cheer when their team does well, and Naturally, the entire city of Flo­ when something goes wrong, you are rence are fans of Fiorentina, and guaranteed to hear multiple curse whenever a game is occuring at home, words amongst the shouting. My fa­ you can guarantee that about half the vorite curse word was "cavolo," which city is attending the game, and if not, directly translates into "cabbage." I they will at least broadcast it on their used that the most just to fit in, but televisions. many other times I just threw my And thanks to the wonderful hands up in the air and shouted gib­ staff at Palazzo Rucellai, the students berish, hoping to look as into the here were able to participate in one of game as those around me. the biggest cultural experiences in But of all the events that unfold­ Italy. So, for one night, we were able ed at the game, the best part was the to set down our books and projects, section set aside for the opposing and dress up in our purple and white team. When you go to Fenway, there COMMENTARY Election Overdose: Will campaigns never end? All addicts need their fix. So, as a self pro­ consider themselves election experts (like RWU fa­ I've had enough. claimed news junkie, I was overjoyed two years ago vorite David Gergen) had been proven wrong. After This election is beginning to feel like the movie at the prospect of non-stop election 2008 coverage. a heated battle for the Democratic ticket, Hillary Groundhog Day. We wake up each day to the same Who were these candidates? Where did they Clinton (finally) drops out of the race and official­ Obama rhetoric about McCain being Bush and the stand on the important issues? And most impor­ ly endorses Barack Obama for president. McCain same outrageous clips of rednecks at McCain ral­ tantly, could they come close to fixing the mess left and Obama had survived the battles. Now it was lies calling Obama a terrorist. by Dubya? time to see who would win the war for the White Sure, there are a number of students on cam­ We were barely a month into 2007 and already House. pus who worship at the feet of the almighty potential nominees were announcing their candi­ The campaigns looked as if they would feature Obama. There are even a few students who proud­ dacy for President of the United States. I scram­ two underdog candidates with inspirational biog­ ly admit supporting a ticket that includes Sarah bled to stay on top of every news story, any new poll raphies discussing the issues. As time went on, the Palin, but don't be fooled by the students on either that suggested a trend toward one candidate. Like candidates fell into old-time "gotcha" politics. The side yelling out slogans about change. Most of us most junkies, the more I consumed, the more I non-stop coverage about non-issues was making me are just silently waiting for this thing to finally he needed to feel satisfied. I started watching the 24- sick, until finally I was in over my head. over. hour news channels 12 hours a day and was never I don't know how or when it happened exactly, David Hurwitz, '09 far from political websites, always making sure to but like a freshman at Chameleon Club, I had con­ click the refresh button several times an hour. sumed too much, too fast and was ready to After keeping up this exhausting pace for be hauled off in an ambulance. .------. months, a few things began to emerge come sum­ My breaking point may have occurred mer 2007. when John McCain tried to link Obama to Letters to the 'Bdttor On the Democrats' side, Hillary Clinton was William Ayers, who bombed the Pentagon the clear favorite and clearly going to win, Barack albeit when Obama was 8 years old. Or [email protected] Obama was good at making inspirational speech­ maybe it was when Barack Obama taunt­ es but lacked experience and John Edwards was in­ ed McCain about having seven houses, as Letters submitted to The. Hawk'e Herald for publieatieri tent on class warfare. if it had somehow led to the country's m.ust include the the writer's name, e-mail~ ... On the Republicans' side, John McCain's cam­ mortgage crisis. ~llUIDber~ -.Caataet inbmation will be used to can­ paign was dead in the water, Mitt Romney might But more than likely, I suffered the firm the writer's identity and will not be ublishecI. Let­ seriously have a chance if he could get past the election overdose when a moose-hunting t.eradould-be typed and·no more than:cl>·words. Li­ Mormon issue, and some guy named Ron Paul was hockey mom and former beauty queen ~letters Will:DOt be printed. Lett.era may be editea making more sense than any Republican I could re­ was picked to be vice president for the 72- & space aDd pamlnar. member. year-old former POW with a history of Fast-forward to June 7, 2008. The people who melanoma. Pag_e 6 Wired The Hawk's Herald • Oct. 31, 2008

1Ho"1ecoming and Family Weekend a look back

MARK FUSCO!fHE HAWK'S HERALD

CAROLYNN KLIPFEUfHE HAWK'S HERALD

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(Clockwise from bottom) The Midnight Madness pep rally kicked offa busy Homecoming and Family Weekend last Friday as student athletes, including the cheerleaders, rushed the gymnasi­ umjloor and showed their Hawk pride. The rally also included per­ formances by belly dancers and sword swallowers. Students and their parents tried their luck at roulette during Casino Night in the Field House. The weekend also included some fun for future college students, who waited in line to get their faces painted. MARK FUSCOII'llE HAWK'S HERALD 'Scariest billboard we've ever seen' Comic brothers give act local flavor during Homecoming performance Allie Conn have had roles in "Apt. 2F," a sitcom ing old when you started in comedy?" peared reserved. This was possibly in Herald Staff based around their lives; an episode said Jason. respect to the several parents that at­ of "Grey's Anatomy" as conjoined The brothers also parodied local tended. In fact, a majority of their Identical twins Randy and Jason twins; and the 2007 season finale of television news' advertisements of material seemed to. target the older Sklar performed their stand-up com­ "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." their technological equipment, such members of the audience. edy act at the Recreation Center last During the performance, which as a New York station's Chopper 4 "They used some dated informa­ Saturday as one of the highlights of lasted about an hour, the Sklars helicopter. This section of the per­ tion, but my parents enjoyed it," said RWU's Homecoming and Parents' spoke about a variety of topics, in­ formance showcased their natural senior Dan Percopo. Weekend. cluding revealing their dislike of fel­ ability to complete the. other's Other parts of their performance, The 36-year-old brothers, only low comedian Andrew Dice Clay. thoughts. however, were tailored specifically to distinguishable from each other by Who, after introducing them at a tag­ "Chopper 4," Randy said in a Roger Williams students, as well as to Jason's black-framed glasses, gave team show at the Comedy Store in radio announcer's deep voice. anyone else familiar with the Bristol their CEN-sponsored comedy routine Los Angeles, said ''I got news for yous, ''With a self propelling.. . pro­ area. The previously mentioned to a nearly full auditorium. As a duo, they're lucky I didn't do any of my old peller," Jason finished. "scariest billboard we've ever seen" they offered an unusual dynamic by s-t. If I did any of my old s-t, they Audience members, like sopho­ serves as an example of one of these relying on each other for material and wouldn't be able to stand on this more Jack Pereira noticed their skill customized bits. Upon mentioning effortlessly completing the other's motherf---ing stage." at performing as a team. the billboard, the majority of the au­ sentences. "We couldn't let it die that he said '1 thought it was really funny and dience burst out in laughter, aware "We saw the scariest billboard he didn't do any of his old s-t," said that the two comedians worked ex­ that the Sklar Brothers were refer­ we've ever seen in our lives," Randy Jason. ceptionally well together," he said. "I ring to the famous Linda Clarke bill­ said. "Our entire lives," Jason added, "Cause I remember... hearing him would like to see more shows like board on Metacom Avenue. finishing h1s brother's thought. utter this phrase: 'Call waiting, what that." ''I loved the Linda Clarke part, The Sklar brothers began their the f--- is that s-t all about?'" Randy Their performance was well-re­ obviously," said Percopo. "And the careers when they moved to New added. ceived by the audience, although fact that everyone laughed as soon as York in 1994 to pursue their love of "Call waiting? Wasn't call wait- some commented that the twins ap- they said 'scariest billboard.'" comedy. Since then, Randy and Jason The Hawk's Herald • Oct. 31, 2008 News Pa~ Helpful advice to voters Erik Johnson Johnson's Gist My fellow students, possibly the biggest election of our generation is upon us. Will we decide to further pursue the ideals of conservatism or usher in a new era of progressive poli­ cies? By now, you have all likely made your decision as to whom you are going to vote for. Anyone who has read my columns knows how I feel about the election. But even if you are choosing "the other guy," I can re­ Students discuss the issues spect that and want to make sure you are prepared come Tuesday. I work with an Obama committee to enforce Francesca Garofalo within MSU; Milagros Cueva, There was a clear bias to the Meaghan Smith, and Darwin Al­ voting regulations, and I've compiled Herald Staff group. When asked about party affil­ a list of things you must know. I urge monte, along with help from Speak­ iations, the response was overwhelm­ Last Wednesday in the Mary man. The committee decided the you to pass along these pointers to ingly democratic. Out of 16 in atten­ your classmates as many of them are Tefft White Intercultural Center, stu­ main points of the discourse would be dance, only two were Republican. dents gathered to discuss the upcom­ voting for the President for the first Education, Environment, and Thomas Gleason, a freshman mem­ time. Heck, this will be my third ing election in a discourse co-spon­ Healthcare. Smith said that those ber of the College Republicans who sored by Multicultural Student presidential election and I didn't even topics were chosen because of their was present, reported that a large know some of these. Union, the Intercultural Center, and relevance to college students and number of Republicans could not the Political Science Department. their overall importance. The econo­ make it because they were partici­ The idea was sparked by a con­ In Rhode Island my, she continued, is tied to all three pating in the Safety Walk for Student - You do not need a valid ID to versation Milagros Cueva, a senior things, and therefore did not have to Senate or SOAR. and the secretary ofMSU, had with a vote. You simply need to give your be included as a main point, as it "I didn't want people to come as name and address. Anyone who asks fellow student, with whom she had would undoubtedly be mentioned. College Democ1·ats, or College Repub­ just been introduced. Their conversa­ Another role the committee for your ID is misinformed. licans," Cueva said, explaining her - If you get to the polling station tion quickly turned to politics. Each played, along with Speakman, was to reasoning for not inviting either had opposing views, but Cueva and they don't show you as being reg­ moderate the discussion. Although group to co-sponsor the event. For istered, go to Town Hall, and that claimed they talked for hours. She Almonte played a large role in plan­ her, the conversation was about Sen. said, ''I think it is important that two ning for the event, he was unable to means ANY town hall. They will Barack Obama versus Sen. John Mc­ allow you to vote. If you don't have people who never knew each make it to the actual conversation, Cain, and transcended partisanship. other,could ~et together and share because, according to Cueva and the time to go to another location But both Smith and Cueva conceded after having waited in line, you can their beliefs.' Smith, he was too ill to attend. that there was consensus where there Cueva's goal, then, was to have a Before the discourse began, the also fill out a provisionary ballot, could easily have been debate, had an which will be counted if the race is discourse that was about more than "Ouch Rule" was set. If a speaker said equal number of Right-leaning stu­ just facts or issues, but reached a something that offended a listener, dents attended. · - ~ - / dose. more personal level-- one where there - If you were too busy "studying" the listener could say "ouch." The Both the students in attendance these past few months and didn't reg­ was no debate, but a real sharing of speaker could then apologize for his and the committee thought the event ideas and the reasons behind them. ister, you can still vote for president. or her comment and stop speaking, or to be a success. Gleason said that he You can't vote for any other political "Community Conversations" is a could respectfully continue, if that enjoyed the intimacy of the group, series of discourses which the lnter­ races, but any citizen of the USA can was his or her honest belief. and felt that there was a good ex­ vote for president. And this is for any cultural Center hosts annually, ac­ The conversation opened with change of ideas. "There are so many cording to Don Mays, assistant direc­ jursidiction. Go to the town hall or video clips: attack ads from both cam­ sources of information, it was good to central voting area. tor of the lntercultural Center. This paigns. Smith said that the commit­ get in a group and work together," particular discourse, since it was Happy Voting - And remember, tee chose advertisements over other he said. He said that his perspectives every election is always the year that Cueva's brainchild, was co-hosted by media because they are concise and were seriously considered, and fur­ MSU and the Political Science De­ the "young people" are going to show both campaigns would be represented thermore, he felt comfortable com­ up in record numbers and effect the partment, represented by June equally. This made the campaigns of municating his opinion, though he Speakman, a political science profes­ outcome. And ever year, it doesn't both parties the focus in the discus­ was a minority. Elizabeth Lessig, a happen. The only way to truly make sor in the College of Arts and Sci­ sion, rather than the issues. Though junior in attendance, said during the ences. Mays said that his job is to your local politicians "listen up" to the committee didn't plan centering discussion that she enjoyed the con­ your concerns is to make them realize support students' ideas, and he only the discourse on the marketing aspect versation because it gave her a "helped bring this project to fruition." if they don't, you will make them pay of the election, Smith said, ''I wanted chance to talk about politics, some­ with a swift kick to the rear as they The majority of the program was it to be like a conversation, and con­ thing she felt the campus does not do planned by a committee of students are voted out of office. versations get sidetracked." enough. Vote!

Poll: Obama wins with students Students who said they were voting

TheodoreApplebaum Obama, while 22.4 percent favored since JFK," she said. Alyssa Persinger Republican nominee John McCain; Interestingly Herald Staff 5.2 percent were undecided, and enough, of registered . . perennial candidate Ralph Nader voters, 40.6 percent say In the family feud that is the clocked in at 1.2 percent. they are Independents; presidential election, survey says: Out of 391 students surveyed, 32.1 percent are regis­ Obama. 84.4 percent say they will vote in tered Democrats; 12.4 A Hawk's Herald poll con~~cted Tuesday's election and 85.8 percent of percent are registered ~ yu Oct. 29 found that of Roger Williams those are already registered to vote. Republicans. The Cl no students likely to vote, 70.6 1>ercent U.S. law allows unregistered voters to Green Party garnered . favored Democratic nominee Barack show up at polling 0.6 percent, and 14.4 places on Election Day percent of voters say I Candidates Students plan on Voting For Iand vote by paper bal- they are unregistered. lot for a presidential National polls have IM.4% candidate only. suggested that the Nov.'------' "I think it's won­ 4 election will likely hinge on lode- that 90 percent said they planned to McCain derful," said June pendent voters, whose numbers have vote, and around 60 percent said they 22.•% Speakman, head of swelled in recent years. An increase were voting for Obama. RWU's political science in Independents suggests that voters According to yahoo.com, which Nldlr' department. are dissatisfied with the major politi- averages a number of national polls "College students cal parties. to get their data, Obama is leading 1-2% have got to understand The RWU poll found that men nationally in national polls by a little that the government and women differed little in their vot- more than six points. That number responds to people who ing choices, though 7 percent more has shrunk from an almost double­ vote." Speakman said men registered Republican than digit lead a week ago. she expects that in this women. MCWan election, 18-25 year­ RWU's number matched up rela- For more information on the 0.3'f. olds will turn out to tively closely to a CBS Hawk's Herald poll that we couldn't vote in record numbers. News/UWIREfl'he Chronicle of High- fit here, visit our breaking news blog eaa.t "Barack Obama er Education poll from Oct. 6-19 that at www.hawksherald.blogspot.com. 0.3% has reached young vot- polled 25,000 college students from Read the blog for live, local election 1::======:1 ers in a way not seen across the country. The poll found night cove~age. ' ------~------.' --

The Hawk's Herald • Oct. 31 2008 1 Wired Page8 MEET THE MEN The Hawk's Herald interviewed the guys competing in the 2008 Mr. RWU pageant, a benefit for the Children's Miracle Network. It happens Nov. 22 in the Recreation Center. Get to know the contest­ ants every week in the newspaper, leading up to the big night. --Courtney Nugent, Features Editor ERIC LIMA Sophomore, West Warwick, RI. How do you feel about being nominated for many times do you get to see ten guys go up on Mr.RWU? stage and do this kind of thing while helping sick I love that l am able to be part of Mr. RWU. children at the same time? fve been having a lot of fun getting prepared for Have you thought about yout talent? If it a it and getting to ,.now all the guys that we.re nom­ secret, can you give us a hint? inated. As for being honored, I'm more honored The talent part .... Yeah, I've thought about it that I've been given the opportunity to help sick and we're working on it, but you'll have to wait and children by raising money for the Hasbro Chil­ go see Mr. RWU if you want to find out what it is. dren's Hospital Miracle Network. Fun fact? Why do you think it is important to host the Well, I'm going to give you a couple of fun facts. Mr. RWU pageant on campus every year? I bave a ridiculously large movie collection. I think I think it's important that we host tbe event so it's up around 260 DVDs or something hke that and that we can continue to raise money for a good I once ate 4 7 buffalo wings at Hooters once. cause and do so in a positive and fun way. How

NICK PELLETIER Senior, Bristol, RI Why do you think it is important for our crun­ What is a fun fact about yourself that not very pus to put on this pageant every year? many people know? When I was going for my EMT license, I did I'm a criminal justice major going to medical some work at Hasbro, and I transport very ill pe­ school. I hate criminals, all kinds. I don't care if diatric and neonatal patients at the ambulance you're wearing a white collar, a blue collar, or a company I work for. These funds are going to be pink tank top. You rob from me, I'm coming at you used to help these kids and make their hospital with razo1·s and lemon juice. I'm talking PAIN. stays much more tolerable, and I think it's great What do you plan to do after graduation in that RWU supports that. I'm doing a Pasta Dinner May? fundraiser Nov. 15 from 5 p.m. to 7p.m. If anyone's I'll be attending the Army's Physician Assis­ interested in coming, e-mail me at npelleti­ tant Program, and then hopefully I'll be attached to er384@ha_wks.rwu.edu. a Special Forces Group but we'll see.

HAUNTS: Dolls and-King--Philip·stir students

Cont'd from page 2 china face," says Sacchetti. would have had to been connected to a road near the museum in pursuit of matter when it comes to ghosts but The doll, which had managed to a living being in some way. the dead Indian king. There is a spot instead it is whether they left an emo­ get the students worked up, "would After leaving the Cedar investi­ that has three X's and it is said that if tional imprint or just never moved on. randomly show up so people thought gation, the hunt became more omi­ you park your car on the third X and However, the ghost hunt unrav­ it was haunted," remembers Sacchet­ nous as the television began to stop are completely silent, a ghost of an In­ eled that most students do believe in ti. "We threw the doll away and it working during an interview and dur­ dian will come out. Senior Sid Chan­ ghosts. kept coming back." ing another, the power flickered on thavong recalls a time when he tried Senior L.J. Zarpaylic says he is a Although people may think that a and off. - this stunt and nothing happened. believer, student was taking the doll out of the The search had to continue, de­ "We heard a story if we went and "I think you can connect to other trash, the story only gets more spite the horrors that may be ahead. parked the car on the third X and people. I think sometimes, people be­ bizarre. The next stop was the Almeida apart­ turned off the car a ghost would come lieve in religion for the same reason, "At one point, we cut up the doll ment complex. and the car would not restart." Chan­ and aliens." - into pieces and it came back," says "A homeless person was discov­ thavong says nothing happened ex­ Zarpaylic says that when he went Sacchetti. In desperate measures to ered in the rocks behind Almeida 15 cept he almost got into a car accident to a ghost hunting event his freshman get rid of this terrifying doll, Sacchet­ or 16 years ago," says Tony Monte­ because of other thrill seekers out year, it changed his opinions about ti tried to hand in into the ghost fusco, Director of Housing. He re­ searching for the same ghost. ghosts. hunters, the Warrens, who in the past called students' excitement as they Although he did not see a ghost at "It changed my life," he said. have visited campus. watched the cops pull the body out. the three X's, Chanthavong does be­ Some students claim that ghosts Sacchetti said that Mrs. Warren People within Almieda hall have lieve in ghosts. are just fun to believe in but many refused to take the doll. complained about weird occurrences "I think there is something out have relayed that it is nice to think "She said the doll had evil spirits there, including toilets flushing on there," he said. that there is something else out there. and she couldn't take the doll with their own, doors closing and lights "It's kind of why people believe in Ghost hunters claim that the real her." Eventually, desperate to get rid flickering. Laird thought that it was religion, it is like faith." proof of ghosts come from the variety of the doll, Sacchetti and the students likely that the spirit of the homeless Chanthavong also mentions an of equipment used to detect them, in­ once again cut up the doll and "the man haunts the building. Indian herb that, when burned, is cluding compasses, thermometers, pieces of the doll went into the bay "It could be because this guy was supposed to invoke the spirits. tape recorders, EMF meters, cam­ and we never saw it again," says Sac­ homeless. (He would think) Hey, I can "Whenever you visit a place of the eras, and infrared motion detectors chetti. get in this place now, I am home." dead, you are supposed to light the among other instruments. Most of Former students who lived in With little more than anecdotal stuff and pray to them and it will these instruments are useful in meas­ Cedar Hall that year will never forget evidence to support the ghost of bring your prayer to them wherever uring energy, which is the true evi­ the incident. Almeida, the hunt had to move off they are." dence a ghost exists. "That doll was the scariest thing campus and into historic Bristol. The final attempt to find a ghost Tape recorders are effective to I've ever seen in my life. Seriously, I At the Haffenreffer Museum off led the hunt back onto campus to in­ catch low levels of sound that are loathe the thing. I could have lived Metacom Avenue, there is a legend of vestigate the sighting of an old Indian thought to be ghosts. Laird did say. quite happily never thinking about it a ghost of an Indian that many stu­ ghost. It is said that this ghost however. that people's common per­ again!" says alumna Rachel Hallene, dents attempt to find. Long before plagues the inside of the Commons, ception ofa ghost being a 'dead being class of 2003. Another alum still this college existed, the area was in­ which is allegedly built upon an old still living' is usually not the case. thinks about the doll from time to habited by the Wampanoag Indians. Indian burial ground. Janitor Jim Laird says, "It is not so much the time, When settlers arrived in the 1600's,­ Gook says that there was a building person who haunts a place. It is the "I had a nightmare about the doll they formed a peace treaty with the where the Commons used to be, the emotional imprint." last night. Creepiest. Doll. Ever," Indians. As the years went by, the old Facilities building. He explained that if a person had says Niel Mckiernan, class of 2003. peace treaty began to falter and the Several people supposedly saw a emotional attachments to a place or Laird says that objects can be­ W ampanoag chief, Metacomet, also ghost of an Indian there. Today, it is died in a horrible way, the emotion of come infused with negative spirits known as King Philip, united the claimed that the Indian can be seen the experience would linger in the when there is an emotional connec­ local Indian tribes against the set­ by people in the boiler room of the area. tion between the object and a person. tlers and began King Philip's War. Commons. Whether or not ghosts are on this "Let's say a kid is really badly Many Indians were massacred Steve Mattcsheck, a sophomore campus, Laird affirms, "They're abused and her doll witnessed it hap­ throughout the area during this time, architecture student, said that he around us all the time." pen and she tells everything to the including King Philip. King Philip, as does not believe there are any ghosts So ask yourself the next time you doll. The doll is really important to legend has it, was murdered in the on campus. are walking alone: are you alone or is her. That is a physical connection to woods near the museum at a place "I don't believe the campus is re­ there something else out there? her in another world," explains Laird. known as King Philip,s Chair. ally that old," he says. If the doll did carry negative spirits, it Students often visit a place down Laird argues that age is not a The Hawk's Herald· Oct. 31, 2008 Wired Page 9 10 haunting films you really should see

Maxwell Coviello Herald Staff journeys down to New Orleans to restore discover what makes a killer work. very dangerous being known as "Simon". an old hotel along with some hired help. From this point on, strange and extreme­ Halloween is a perfect time to watch Only problem is she neglected to inquire ly creepy things befall the waste crew, a dark-themed film, whether it's spooky about that gate to hell in the basement, Suspiria (1977) and they become suspicious of each other. sci-fi, a psychological suspense, a ghost which is accidentally opened during the An American ballet student heads Axe the happenings rationally explain­ story, or all-out gore. However, some re­ construction process. Oops. Enter zombies off to a prestigious dance school in Ger­ able, a haunting, or are these men fated to ally spectacular films are often over­ and extremely brutal and gory deaths, so many. After the terrible and strange mur­ go insane? And what dark secret lies on looked. mostly due to their obscurity or shocking for its time that the film was der of a recently expelled student, (often the final recording, session 9? A very eerie cult status. Sure, we've heard of "Alien," only recently released in America in its cited by critics as the scariest first 15 min­ and suspenseful mystery with extremely "Halloween," "Silence of the Lambs," "The entire version. For people who enjoy a utes in a horror movie) Suzy begins to in­ good act.ing and an engrossing plot. Ring'' and the other famous scary films of spooky plot and outrageously violent and vestigate just what supernatural evils the last 50 years. But this Halloween, unique deaths (including one where lurk behind the surreal architecture of why not be adventurous and try some­ tarantulas eat a paralyzed guy's face, a her new school. The last film to use three­ Dark City (1998) thing new? After all, there's nothing bet­ scene that I can personally attest to not strip Technicolor, the bright and dream­ A man wakes up in a hotel room with ter than discovering a great "unheard of' being able to watch the whole way like visuals of Suspiria are unrivaled by a dead body. He has no idea who he is or film, especially if it can shock you. Take a through. Yeesh!) · any other movie (i.e. it's very psychedelic). how he got there. Strangely enough, look at these 10, all worth a rent for a Scarier still, the story of the film is in­ everyone in the city has fallen asleep all dark and stormy night at your dorm. Audition (1999) spired by the writer's grandmother, who at once, waking up later as different peo­ After losing his wife, a Japanese as a young girl, fled a European academy ple with new identities. Fleeing the hotel, Phantasm (1979) businessman is goaded by his son and after she discoyered that one of the majors our hero John is soon pursued by a mys­ 12-year-old Michael has recently lost work friend to a hold a fake audition in was black magic! terious scientist, a detective, John's wife, his parents, his only guardian being his order to find the perfect girlfriend. How­ and the inhumanly creepy, monotone older brother. After the death of a family ever, their standards are to find "a typical Whispering Corridors (1998) "strangers". Soon our hero uncovers that friend, little Mike begins to notice strange Japanese housewife", and that's just who A South Korean girl's school becomes things are not what they seem in this city disturbances in the town cemetery. A they find. However, what starts out as a a hotbed of frightening rumors after the of never ending night and false memories. ghastly mortician known as the Tall Man fling with a charming and demure mysterious death of a teacher, the hot Released one year before the Matrix, has been stealing (and creating) corpses woman, turns into the literal date from topic being that the vengeful ghost of a Dark City follows similar themes in a grit­ for sinister means inside bis labyrinthine hell. Appearances are indeed deceiving! former student has returned t.o haunt the ty and mysterious 1920's urban setting. funeral mansion. Nobody seems t.o believe The last half hour is notorious for having school. A small group of unlikely girls and By the end of the film, the answers to the Mike until the body count begins to rise. the most walkouts at a movie premier a young teacher are unified as they dis­ mysteries behind Dark City will leave The Tall Man is a quintessential boogey­ (hint: it's a brutal torture sequence). Part cover that they may all have connections your mind blown. I watched this on a man, and the film plays out like a child's social commentary, part feminist analy­ to the haunting. But the true horror whim with most of my dorm and we all bad dream (especially the nightmarish se­ sis, part cautionary tale, Audition is quite comes from the abuse (realistic in South gave this film a standing ovation. quence in which Mike is being chased the unique J-borror flick in the vein of Korean schools, according to the director) through a maze by a floating sphere with "Fatal Attraction." hurled upon the students by the teachers Jacob's Ladder (1990) a menacing drill). and the nasty things the girls of this Vietnam vet Jacob Singer has been The Cell (2000) school do to each other. All culminate in having intense and often horrific flash­ Event Horizon (1997) A psychological research institute in­ a very insightful supernatural mystery backs and hallucinations, all whi~h are In 2041, the Event Horizon, an ex­ vents a machine to transport the con­ movie. impeding on his life and his relationship perimental spacecraft designed to cross sciousness of a doctor into the mind of a with his longtime girlfriend. Neither the dimensional space, vanished on its maid­ patient. Catherine Dean is one of their so­ Session 9 (2001) audience nor the protagonist can discern en voyage. A crew is sent to find the ship cial workers assigned to the mission of A hazmat crew is called in to clear whether these visions are real or imag· after discovering a frightening last record­ working with a child in a coma. Soon she the asbestos out of the (real life) Danvers ined, but one thing is for sure, the abnor­ ing. But as soon as they board the lost is soon called in by the FBI to literally Mental Institution, now a long con­ mal reality distortions are frightening! vessel, frightening hallucinations (eyeless enter the mind of an unconscious psy­ demned building. The four friends are all (Especially the creepy demons). Jacob wife ghost = scary) and outside forces chotic killer, all in hopes of finding his po­ on edge because of the tight schedule and ventures out to vanquish these night­ begin to turn the crew against each other. tential last victim whose time is running the individual problems in their lives, mares by investigating just what hap­ Very much like a haunted house movie in out. Once Catherine and the audience are which they both find coincidental seeing pened to him in Vietnam. This film uti­ space and the most science fiction orient­ transported into the killer's mind, we are as though they are now working inside an lizes a great technique by showing the ed film on this list. shown a surreal and twisted nightmare insane ~ylum. ln th~ ~en~ ~Y ~ world full of mechanical human " dolls ~ cover'an old lfo.,.-run ofth'"Errec0rdeil~ses- ~~~-corner , 6~7r?e;;a<1Cf1ngtot1le The Beyond (1981) monochrome jagged scenery, and all out sions" of a patient with multiple person­ whole "'is this real, did I just see thatT ef­ A young woman from New York City surreal and fantastic landscapes as we alities, including one hidden and possibly fect. BARN: Never Students stand up for jailed writers

Lorin Richardson I ,.~· :,' . . ~· .,; Asst. Features Editor 1 ,' ,:• l: ·~I I . · 1 l,;;I • '" Bl' Kareem Amer was once a college stu­ . . i·.] .. ·nit,, ...... , .say 'good luck' dent from Alexandria, Egypt. At the age of !!.~ -- ~ ·-· 24 and a former law student, Amer now serves a sentence behind bars for three years after posting a negative blog online l( -'.~ ...... ~~ about Eygpt's president and Islam. Cont'd from page 2 cording to Mandie. After the dis­ RWU students are speaking up on .•. ~. appearance of the original Peel this issue, taking the matter into their Another theory of why The four officers of POP, Chelsea ''Macbeth" is a cursed play is be­ last year, a new banana was cre­ own hands and creating a group called ated: Peel Jr. "Pens for Peace" (POP). POP was started Quei:ner,. Annalisa Deal, Heather Klink cause when theaters were hav­ and Amanda Green traveled to New York ing financial trouble in the past, Before each performance at to free international writers, act on these The Barn, the students gather issues and help to save lives. to a conference for PEN this past Thurs­ they would use the play to try to day with club adviser and professor Adam make back money (which sup­ in a circle, the leader in the mid­ Free speech is something that we may dle. The leader is chosen based not think about everyday, but something Braver. The conference gave students posedly never worked). Today, ideas about promoting the club and re­ theater people all over the na­ on the fact that they are a senior many citizens from foreign countries are at RWU and have been very in­ deprived of. Amer is said to have been re­ viewed the challenges that Amer is facing. tion refer to "Macbeth" as "The Querner said that the conference was Scottish Play." volved with theater. It is their ceiving death threats, and being violently responsibility to start the dance beaten by prison guards. Amer will be educational in all aspects for the officers: However, not all theater "During our recent trip to New York, our traditions trace heir history before each performance, POP's case study for now, although it is whether performing or not. As said that the group will focus on many officers were able to learn more efficient back to myth and lore. ways for minding Kareem's case in addi­ "Some bad luck supersti­ the circle of students chant the similar cases throughout the year. Annal­ ''banana dance" song, their arms isa Deal, the Vice President of PEN, says tion to brainstorming more ideas about tions have their basis in reality," ways we can create a network of aware­ Boggs said. "For instance, it is and legs loosely flail with the that freedom of speech is very important lyrics ("peel to the left, peel to to the content of the club. ness on campus. No real new iftformation unlucky to whistle backstage. about Kareem's case was discussed but we When theater first started to the right ..."), as if they them­ "Since it is so important to us, we selves were peeling. should help others get it. Kareem Amer in walked away with more professional con­ have fly systems (rigging to tacts and a greater motivation to really move scenery in using a system "It's a lot of fun," says particular is just like all of us. He is a col­ Mandie. "No one feels awkward; le~e student who wrote a blog about kick start activism on campus for this ac- of pulleys), the stagehands (like . ademic year." sailors) used whistles to com­ everyone feels united." thrngs he thought were flawed and should Still, the superstitions and be better. This is not something a person Deal said she it is important to ad­ municate with each other back­ dress these problems to the student body, stage to know which lines to myths that haunt theaters should be put in jail and abused for." everywhere won't soon be for­ The main goal of POP is to write to and getting a lot of students involved bring in and out. If you whistled could raise hope for this issue. ''Everyone backstage, you could send a gotten. Locking up a theater at Amer's jail on the 15th of every month in '- night can be a spooky task, as the hope that this will be heard out. In ad­ has complained about problems with their large, heavy piece dropping on society, institutions, or government. By your head." the "ghost light" illuminates the dition, POP is planning many events for empty stage waiting to ward off the upcoming semester and year. Nov. 6 of raising awareness and helping these cases And not all theater tradi­ it won't be just talk. It will be acting and tions and superstitions involve any ghost that might want one this year will be the second anniversary of last performance. Amer's imprisonment and PEN is working changing things." bad luck, death and ghosts. At Through POP, students want to edu­ RWU, the theater department ''Having to close up by your­ to organize a peace rally/vigil. In the fu­ self with a ghost that supposed­ ture, POP is also excited about trying to cate and address these issues with RWU has a unique tradition before students and find out how we can help. To each performance: the "banana ly is there can get pretty scary," collaborate with Socrates Cafe on dis­ says Mandie. "But I haven't had cussing the imprisonment issues regard­ become involve,d e-mail Klink at hk­ dance." The tradition started [email protected]. around 2003, when its mascot anything personal happen­ ing free speech overseas. The group also was created: a giant stuffed ba­ yet." plans on conversing with the POP pro­ nana by the name of Peel, ac- gram in New York City. The Hawk's Herald • Oct. 31, 2008 Wired PagelO The Hawk's Herald Fun

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College Cont'dfrom page 1 lege was a decision that did not come easy to the is­ Cont'd from page 12 and second place finishes, which were good, but not lander. into the net from the right side of the eight­ good enough if he wanted to take the title. "It was just dreams that got me back into the een yard box just 10 minutes later. "Second or third place didn't matter to Cy, he mood of sailing for the school. I wasn't sure I was even going to come back to school but I'm very glad The two teams were held scoreless for the re­ wanted to win," said Callahan. "Although it was difficult to put points on anyone because they all I have, and all the working hard has paid off." maining 60 minutes, although both teams had op­ finished near the top in most races, and at this These accomplishments highlight the excep­ portunities to score. Maoh just missed giving event, a risky move could mean taking oneself out tional work the sailing program puts forth and how RWU the lead in the 53rd minute when the of the hunt." much of a true player RWU is in the sailing world. Chargers keeper got a hand on his breakaway Thompson's back was against the wall, but he It might seem that competing against the large Division 1 colleges that Roger Williams does is a shot, sending it sailing just over the crossbar. showed his drive and determination, stepping up in a huge way to win bo~h of the next two races. The feat in and of itself, but the Hawks have been able Plate and a strong Hawks defense held their two first-place finishes gave him what he had been to not only hold their own, but overtake many of ground as well, shutting down the Charger of­ searching for all weekend, a lead in the competi­ the large perennial powers across the sailing world. fense and recording four saves. tion, but a lead that proved to be nowhere near se­ "It shows that the program has gotten to the Roger Williams (10-4-3, 9-1-3 TCCC) was set cure. point where we're recruiting some of the best sailors in the world," said Callahan. "We've noticed to finish off the regular season with a with a non­ In the second to last race of the championships, Thompson stumbled. He was pushed off course by a huge pickup and recognition from everyone in the conference home game against Connecticut Col­ a strong gust and finished in tenth place, his worst sailing community, and this victory will for sure en­ lege Tuesday, but the game was rained out and finish of the entire regatta. This cut his lead to only hance that." will not be rescheduled. The Hawks now await one point over the second place sailor Kyle Ro­ Thompson returned to campus Monday and the rest of the CCC teams to finish their season gachenko of Old Dominion going into the final and was congratulated by many of his teammates and peers. Many people around the school have recog­ and to participate in the conference tournament. deciding the eighteenth race. The pressure was on and the table was set for nized the great accomplishment and are thankful They will be hosting a quarterfinal matchup on both Thompson and Rogachenko to capture a na­ for what Thompson has been able to do. Saturday. tional championship. As the race started out, both "This really means a great deal," said Director were mast-an d-mast but soon after the first turn, of Athletics George Kolb. "Everybody should real­ Rogachenko started to pull ahead. Thompson fell ly be proud about what Cy has done, and not just back to fourth place and it looked as if his title Coach Callahan or the Athletic Department, but hopes were falling out of his grasps. the admission department, the president. It really Thompson never gave up, though. He wouldn't is a victory and a ch ampionship for this entire uni­ stop pushing until the very end, and with just more versity." than 100 yards left, he managed to get around two While everyone else rejoices in his success, sailors and creep into second place, where he fin­ Thompson, like a t rue competitor, is already look­ ished just behind Rogachenko. ing down the road to the next chance for the uni­ The first and second place finishes created a tie versity to grab hold of another national title. between the two for the overall point's leader, a tie "We have a great, solid, fast racing team. I that was decided by overall head to head finishes, think in June when the team racing nationals a category Thompson had won 11-9. come, we have a really good shot to possibly take Thompson was the new national champion. another championship," said Thompson. "It's a really big accomplishment for me," said Thompson will work hard for the next eight Thompson. "At the beginning of the season, a goal months until the opportunity to win another na­ sheet was put together and this is what I had on tional championship and to rewrite the Roger there, this was what I wanted. It's a great feeling." Williams' record books arrives again. Thompson walked away .....----. leaving everything on the water, and he walked-away_a champion. He is now the top laser, or singlehanded, sailor in the collegiate world. It has­ n't come easy for Thompson, though, who has had to come a very long way this season to get where he is now. Thompson left school last year to pursue racing for his native Virgin Islands. He left the singles racing scene and for 14 months competed with his national team in Olympic qual­ ifying for a spot in the Beijing Olympics. After his campaign, the thought of competing in singles again or even returning to col- ' · • Women's soccer wraps up regular season with two more wins

The Roger Williams University Women's Soc­ corner kick that just snuck by the Pilgrim's keep­ goal in the closing minutes of the first half. The cer team added to their already impressive run er's reach and tucked in the side of the goal. defender sent in a shot taken from far outside the this season with two more victories, closing out It was another senior, this time Hamor, box on the left side of the field and deposited into their season with an impressive 15-2 record. The which put the game out of reach with the third the goal at the far post. Hawks will be entering the Commonwealth Coast Junior goalkeepers Jen Garside and Jenny Conference tournament red hot having won their Schermerhorn combined for the shutout with past 12 games by an unprecedented scoring mar­ Garside stopping one ball and Schermerhorn gin of 37-0. turning away five. With the two wins, a 3-0 decision over New In their last tune-up before the confm-ence England College and a 1-0 finish over Brandeis tournament the Hawks traveled to Waltham, MA University, the Hawks secured the number two where they played a non-conference matchup un­ seed in the tournament. There opponent will be derneath the lights at Gordon Field against the the seventh seeded Golden Bears of We stern Judges of Brandeis University. New England College who they will host on Sat­ After a scoreless first half in which both urday at a time that is yet to be announced. teams managed four shots a piece it was the The senior tri-captains Kristen O'Gorman, freshman Pendleton that put the Hawks on the Julie Hamor, and Kelly Capek, in what would be board in the 51st minute. Pendleton beat the there last regular season home game at RWU, Brandeis defense taking the ball down into the were honored prior to the start of the game eighteen yard box before slipping it past t he keep­ against UNE, and they didn't wait long to make er for her third game winning goal of the year. their impact felt. The Judges did h ave a number of chances to Just under five minutes into the match Capek tie the match in the second half, but each oppor­ received a pass from freshman forward Laurin tunity they had was rejected by Garside. The Pendleton that she was able to strike on her first Hawks goalkeeper made seven saves, three of touch into the net for her third goal of the season. COURTESY RWU ATHLETICS them late in the match and one a spectacular play The second goal came in the 25th minute Senior defender Julie Hamor recorded herfir st goal ofthe that came on a bending shot she was able to when junior Amanda daCunha was able to bend a season when the Hawks beat UNE on Senior Day punch over the bar. The Hawk's Herald • Oct. 31~00~ Sports Pag~l~ Wrestling prepares for Men's soccer prom1s1ng• • season Dan Malkin Williams University wrestling program. Asst. Sports Editor has strong Kemmy has had great success in Bristol, Winter is just around the corner which posting 11 straight consecutive winning sea­ means a new round of Roger Williams Uni­ sons. He has high hopes for his team this versity sports is soon to begin. year and expects greatness from his squad. The Hawks 2008 wrestling team is pro­ This year's team has a chance to become jected to be one of the best ever and is cur­ the highest-ranking Hawks wrestling squad final week rently ranked 20th in the National ever. They currently are the second best Wrestling Coaches Association. After a school in the New England area, just under strong showing during last season, The 15th ranked Willi~ms College. Dan DeBlasio ball past the keeper for the Hawks are ready to improve on their suc­ The team consists of a strong core of Sports Editor breakaway goal. cess. players and most of the wrestlers are re­ The Roger Williams men's Sophomore goalkeeper Their current ranking is the highest turning from last season. The season should soccer team finished its regu­ Peter Plate was only forced to ever by a Roger Williams University be interesting and highly competitive while lar season play this past week make one save en route to his wrestling team to begin the season, this the Hawks work hard to once again send with a 2-0 win over New Eng· tenth shutout of the season. thanks to a group of potentially standout representatives to the wrestling champi­ land College and a 1-1 draw Before the match, RWU wrestlers. onship at the end of the year. with Colby-Sawyer College. honored six seniors on the ros­ This year's team will be led by senior The Hawks will kick of their season on The two decisions move the ter in what was scheduled to Jared Czarneski, senior Dan Woods and jun­ the road this Saturday, where they will be Hawks to 9-1-3 in Common­ be their last home regular sea­ ior Zack Wein1·ich. Czarneski is ranked traveling to compete against Stevens Insti­ wealth Coast Conference play son game. Those honored in­ ninth, wrestles in the 174-pound weight tute of Technology, currently ranked 27th in for the year, assuring no worse cluded Ardy Jagne, Brandon class and last season advanced all the way to the Conference. than second place in the con­ O'Donovan, Dan Saccoccio, Jef­ the 2008 NCAA Wrestling Nationals. Woods ference tournament, and a pos­ frey Taranto, Joseph Summa, is slated to compete at the 197 weight class, sibility at the number one spot. and Nate Boucher. while Weinrich will wrestle as the heavy­ It was the freshman mid­ In their second game weight of the team. fielder Archie Maoh that led against Colby-Sawyer College, Czarneski finished fourth last year for a the way for RWU against the the Hawks needed to get the second straight season. He compiled a final Pilgrims of UNE with a goal win to secure themselves the record of 19-11 while being named to the Pil­ and an assist in the match. top spot ill the conference. Un­ grim League All-Star Second Team. He is The first goal, which came in fortunately, the hard-fought poised and ready for a strong senior season the 28th minute, was off a pass match ended up in a tie and this year. from Moah delivered to sopho­ keeps RWU playing the wait­ Woods, the senior from New Jersey, also more forward Michael Patriar­ ing game to find out thell- seed. seems to be on track for a great final season. ca. The initial shot was saved, The Hawks got on the Last season, he finished as a member of the but the Pilgrim keeper could board first in this one when All New England team and is looking to ac­ not control the ball, Patriarca senior midfielder O'Donovan complish this feat for a second straight sea- then gathered his own rebound received a through ball from son. and tucked the ball into the Boucher on the left side of the "As a team, we are very excited and mo­ box and dropped it in fo1· the 1- ),..-· net. tivated for this season," said senior Andy Later in the second half, 0 lead. Jackson. "We feel that we are strong from Moah finished one of his own The Chargers came right­ top to bottom and ready for a successful and when he outran the entire Pil­ back though as their forward fun season." grim defense and slipped the Brian Lombard drilled a ball Coach Dave Kemmy is entering his 14th Courtesy or RWU AlhletJcs See MEN'S SOCCERp.11 season as the head coach of the Roger Senior wrestler Jared Czarneski is ranked 9th in the nation in the 174 pound weight class Malkin's Mind - Ten sports topics I can't stop thinking about

DanMallcin team each week. Stop complaining, of trouble after facing charges of ap­ Manny is looking for a contract that Asst. Sports Editor and start making some plays. By the parently assaulting a woman. The will pay him around $80 million over 1. Favorite College Football way, stay off your motorcycle. You boxing bout started when LJ spit in the next five years. Sit back and Sign I Saw This Weekend- don't need another accident. And stay the woman's face and then threat­ watch the bidding take place and While I was watching Lee Corso away from Derek Anderson (he will ened to murder her boyfriend. John· then brace yourself for another saga this past weekend, I saw a lot of be the next Brown to get staph infec­ son clearly has issues and in n1y mind of the "Manny-Being-Manny'' show. funny posters. Chase Daniel has a tion so we can finally watch Brady needs to be disciplined to the greatest 9. Vernon Davis- Most over­ FUPA was definitely the best ... I love Quinn take the field). extent sinee this was his fifth assault hyped player Chase Daniel. I think he is a great 4. Pierre Henderson-Niles charge against a woman. Davis has spent three seasons in college quarterback with a lot of tal­ I saw a video about this kid who 7.Matt Jones and the Univer­ the NFL after being picked near the ent, but every time I saw this sign on plays on the Memphis basketball sity of Arkansas tight song top of the draft. He has yet to produce College Gameday I could not stop team who used to weigh 350 pounds. Anyone who haa heard about on the field and after his latest tirade laughing. His coach had him sign a contract Matt Jones and his summer debacle with head coach Mike Singletary, I 2. Favorite Fight lHave Read that required himJ;o lose 70 pounds in will understand this ... Jones was a can say with confidence that the About Lately order remain a member of the team. wide receiver at Arkansas. Their fight Davis program and possibly his ca­ Pacman Jones fighting his body­ RWU should implement a rule like song begins with, "Hit that line, hit reer are nearing the end. guards ... We all know this guy is a this with the students on campus to that line, and now keep on keep on 10. Santoliio Holmes- complete idiot, but fighting your own help curb what is known as the col­ going" Matt Jones and Michael Irvin The Pittsburgh Steelers wide re­ bodyguard is just insane. All I have to lege fifteen. should become friends. They both ceiver watched his season go up in say to Pacman is enjoy rehab and 5.Joba Chamberlain-Winner have many of the same hobbies. smoke this past weekend. Holmes your permanent dysfunctional life of the Person who had the Best 8. Manny Ramirez- The Bid­ was arrested for possession of mari­ outside of the NFL. Week Award ding Has Begun juana and will face a suspension. 3. Kellen Winslow and the Last week Joba decided to hit up Over the next few months, the Deuce McAlister, on the other hand, Cleveland Browns- an "elegant" Lincoln Nebraska strip baseball world will focus their atten­ is currently under investigation for Mr. Winslow is the fifth Browns club with some of his buddies. He got tion on Ramirez, his agent Scott steroid use. He tested positive for a player to suffer from staph infection hammered, started a fight with a few Boras and the massive contract he is weight-loss diuretic that is used to this season. Winslow said he was very Red Sox fans and then decided to bound to receive. Numerous teams not test positive for illegal sub­ upset about the situation and that no drive home while he was highly in­ will open their wallets and decide just stances. McAlister says he takes the one from the organization checked up toxicated. He got a DUI and is now in how many million Manny is actually medicine to help keep him fit. This is on him at the hospital. "I feel like a a world of trouble. worth. Here's the deal. Manny is a tough to believe because he is a run­ piece of meat," said Winslow. "Some­ 6.Larry Johnson Increases great hitter and one of the best ever ning back who has no reason to cut times I don't feel like a part of this His Boxing Record to 5-0 ... in the game. However, the team that weight. His entire story sounds very team." Here's the deal, when you're Against Women wins the Ramirez auction will have to suspicious and is most likely a healthy, you don't produce on the Kansas City Chiefs running back deal with Man-Ram and his antics straight up lie. field and you're killing my fantasy Larry "Classy" Johnson is in a world once the honeymoon has ended.