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Published since .19.15 by the. students of.Xavier Un.ivc:rslty · 9lst year, isslle JO weeko/ OCTOBER26, 2005 www.xu.edu/newswirel . Never going home ... again -Xavier s~udents ·may.bear·the brunt of Norwood City Council decision

GRACE NORTHERN into two or three apartments, assur But ifresidents fail to adhere to ciaticin that will work to inform and ·senior News Editor i!Jg· that there was a kitchen and a "Norwood has this ordinance, they may be forced connect commuter residents with bathroom in each ofthose apart to 'vacate their rental unit immedi the happenings of nearby neighbor Xavier students planning to live ments, that would be fine,'' Smith reduced the number ately and owners may be cited to hoods. off ~anipus· in Norwood· for the said. court. "The theory of this association 200('!-07 academic year may be af Although the enforcement of to four because they "If you're going to sign a lease is to haye a division leader for each fected by _a Norwood city _ordinance this ordinance will be increased in .feel that would for the next school year that is in of those surrounding neighbor that states that no more than four the 2006-07 acadeni.i_c year, the or . violation of this, I would consult hoods who would be in charge of unrelated people may ·reside. in a dinance- has· been a Norwood law attend to the your landlord and ask if they are assessing where students live in · rental urifr. for many years. aware o'f this law," said Ring. those areas that meet the three-mile The ordinance demarcating the ·"It's important to remember thar situation better than "I would raise the .issue with criteria," said Ring. housing code states that:"a family this is nothing that we'vejust done them and ask is this going to nul Most importantly they will ac with one or more persons occupy recently. The ordinance was passed the state ~evel offive lify the legality of your lease. If it quire an email address list so that ing a dwelling gr housekeeping in 1985, which makes it 20 years and ~hey do have the is, it is advisable not to live in.vio people can receive information per . old,'' said the Norwood · lation of this rule for next year. One tinent to their living situation. This . Directorofthe Depart authority to do this thing I can say is that at th~ begin information can come in terms of ment of Public Service ning of the next lease cycle, safety, service projects for the com and Safety Joseph because they are a Norwood will show a concerted ef munity or sanitation concerns,'! Geers. . " fort to enfqrce this housing law." said Ring. "The main thing we city, Currently, members of the Xavier Members of the administration . want to' stress is that - Dr. Luther Smith administration are working to in are also conducting an Off-Campus while we are working form students of the ordinance and Living Workshop that will provide with Xavier University, ASsistant Vice Pre$ident provid-e students with different in helpful information for potential our main concern and for Student Development formational outlets. commuters. The workshop will take goal is to . provide As.a member of SGA, Ring is place at 4:30 p.m.' on Nov. 8 in the safety' for everyone,"' . working to reconstruct Commuter Gallagher Student Center Theater. said Geers. Services into two divisions If students have further ques · In light of ac- to better meetstudent.needs. · tions about living off-campus they - cidents attrib "One of the divisions can contact Smith at uted to hazard would be tailored to me.et the [email protected] or Ring at ous living envi needs of traditional [email protected]. ronments in uni commuters-people that are versities across · living with their parents.:__or the country, people that are coming from Norwood is us places such as ing this ordi Blue Ash, the nance to take a West Side and proactive step whatnot," said to ensure that · Ring. hazardous inci "The second dents will not half of it would happen at more or less be unit provided that unless all mem- ·. Xavier. aimed at the bers are related by blood, adoption According to Student needs of what or marriage, no such family shall Government Association Ad-· we are trying to consist of more than four persons." ministrative Vice President dub as three This could cause problems for ·Joe Ring; "Incidents such as mile commut students hoping to move off cam the Miami University fire ers," said Ring. pus in the years to come. signal red flags in 'cities that Students cat The Assistant Vice President for have a high concen~ation of egorized as Student Development and Dean of student housing." three-mile com Students Dr. Luther Smith explains While many cities have muters are those that the city of Norwood "consti been reticent to enact ·and who live in areas tutes a Hving unit as a unit that has enforce housing restrictions, would attend to the situation bet such as Norwood, a kitchen and a bathroom for four Norwood may set the trend· for terthan the state level of five," said Evanston and North people. Hamilton County. Smith. ''They do have the author Avondale. For example, you could have a Though as of yet, the city of Cin ity to do this because they are a From these two di . five bedroom house, but if there's cinnati allows for five unrelated recognized city'." visions, Ring also· ,J only one bathroom and one kitchen · people to live in a rentar: unit. Norwood is working with Xavier wants to organize a " it would violate the ordinance. Norwood has reduced the num to help ensure the safety of all of Xavier University Whereas if the hous~ was converted berto four, "because [they] feel that their student residents. Neighborhood Asso-

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©2005 TIIB XAVIER NEWSWIRE ·NEWS:. OP-ED·: SPORTS: DIVERSIONS: t~.{(t'..'f.:>• .{i~~t~ .•· <.(51:~}j4~~~9s• Last Muskie Shantytown needs a Ultimate weekend Tired of.free music? Advertising {513)745-3561 ¢i¥e~iatidi:l' .~\ :\(513)145~~130' ·· ·sianding.kicks off _new.mayor .. for club ftisbee Didn't think so. Editor-in-Chief {513) 7 45-3607 .· . PAGE 2 ·PAGE 6 · PAGE 8 PAGE 10 2 weeko/OCTOBER 26, 2005 . CAMPUS NEWS THE XAVIER. NEWSWIRE ,

..· BRIEFS•{", ·.. . . -illlllllfM3lliVZRM.U~Sl;;Q,t,,;:~.U!Y~il.."ffi1f."'..a..WJ-:S Last 1\tlusfde0Starid.ing prQyffth~ IOfaces you'll 12, and-the final (6un~ will take place . There aremany:ne.w people join~ . [email protected] Contributing Writer. see at Ryan's Pub on Saturday com in the GSC Theat~r at 8 p.m. Q.n Jan~._ ing the comp~tition this year, inc.lud peting· in the· first- annual Last 27. / . ing Ben Clemons, Geoff. Ralston, Last year, Brockman Hall re . Muskie Standing competition. · Each comic will have three to five . Esther West; Sarah Kuntz, .. Molly Foreign Policy cei.ved the program-of~the-year The Xavier Players, who are minutes to ·win .over the panel of Couture, Scott Skrzyszewskj, Patrick award for Last Muskie Standing. sponspring Last Muskie Standing, judges withllieirwit and charin. The . Jennings and Joe Schwendener. discussion at UC The Last Comic Standing was have taken Brockinan'sLast Comic· contestm~ts are competing for ~· . · "Each student produce Toolbox, held in the Clock Tower lounge and Standing program and made it a $500 grand prize. a sketch comedy and improve show. From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on was a great success. The program · campus-wide event. Briana Hansen, writer ofCalen- This is ·a way to see what talent is Tuesday in room 118 of the attracted a sizeable crowd. It was Saturday's competition is the dar City, is the defending champ out there for this kind of specialized University ofCincinnati College created by Ray O'Brien, who was firstoftwo preliminary rounds. The from last year and will. be com pet:.. work," Cathy Springfield, the Direc- ofLaw, the Foreign Policy Lead ~spired by the hit television s.how: second round is at 8 p.m. on Nov. ing again this year. , . tor of Theater Arts, says . . ership Council of Greater Cin cinnati will hold its free public event discussing "Iraq the Next Steps & the Future of Ameri can Foreign Policy." Panelists include Prof. Free throw contest Fall Music Festival Irvine Anderson (Mid-East History/Foreign Policy Expert), supports .United.Way showcases talent Paul Hackett, Esq. (Iraq War veteran/U .S: Senate candidate), KELLY SHAW out November on the portal and FRANK SCHOLER . Thursday night will feature a free. Dr. Inayat Malik (Islamic cul Contributing Writer around campus. Contributing Writer · performance at 7:30 in the Gallagher ture expert/member of the 'Is Although she does not accept . . _ Student Center Theater. The perfor- lamic Center), Prof. Laura Neack After a Jong standing relation much credit, Xavier alumna Mary The Xavier University Depart- mance is to feature the Xavier Wind (International SecuritYIF oreign ship, the Xavier University student Woods came up with the idea and ment of Music will have the Fall Band/Orchestra performing .the Policy expert), and Major Joel body and United Way have·decided theme for the campaign. Music Festival from Wednesday worksoffamedBritish filmcolnposer. Winton (enforced the United to campaign together in an· effort to Now working as a marketing through Friday. This will be the George Jacob, and adapted works of Nations no-fly zones in Iraq). raise $5,000 for the United Way foun- specialist for Procter & Gamble, third year for the event. · Stephen Foster, a 19th century dation. · · which was one• of the founding· The festival allows Xavier to songwriter. · The campaign will consist of a companies for .United ·Way, showca.se the musical talentfrom Two Xavier faculty musicians, Texas hold 'em nickel-collecting competition among Woods· was able to provide .the both faculty members and stu- . Dan Zehringer and Gretche·n: Hop~. tournament students from Xavier's three col- banks from an earlier project at dents through three different mu- · per, will be performing with the or · leges. ~. P&G sical performances on campus. · chestra on trumpet and trombone, Concert choir director Join . respectively. . . . The second annual Who's Themaleandfemalestudent from · She believes that because th;, Merrill willlead the Vocal Cham-· The event will .culminate ori Fri- , the Best at X Texas Hold'em each college who campaign is based .. ber Ensemble and Concert' Chorr day with a chamber music perfor Poker Tournament will be held . contributed the on Xavier's love of this Wednesday in Bellarmi~e mance in the Bellarmine Chapel at. at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 2 in the most nickels. :will basketball, it should Cintas Banquet Room. Sign up compete in. a free be a real success. Chapel.. .. · , ...... · 7:30 p.m. .. Featuring l:iothCarissimi's Ba- The event will showcase· the in the Student Government As throw contest "This is a great roque oratorio "Jepethe," 'per- . newest addition to the Music De sociation office on the 2nd during halftime of way for the students formed by the Vocal Chamber En- partnierit, the Early Music Ensemble,' floor of the Gallagher Student the Women's· to participate in the United Way cam sembie, and "Made in America,'' under the direction of professional' Center. There is a $IO buy in Crosstown the Concert Choir's performance lutenist and adjunct faculty member and many prizes. Shootout on Nov. paign and give back 30th. to the community," of sacred and secular works by Chris Wilke. The event is to feature The team that said Woods, though contemporary American poetsand works for piano and violiri, saxo wins the free she admits a huge composers, the evc::nt is open io phone quartet, and piano ensemble. I'.mthinking throw contest will receive a basket part ofthe campaign will be its fun the public. ThiS event will also have an ad- Arby's ball signed by the coaches of the factor. Admission is $5 for adults and ·mission charge of$5 for adults and men's and women's teams and an President Fr. Michael Gr11ham; $2 for students. $2 for students. The Student Activities athletic gift pack. S.J., endorsed the project, and Council will be giving out free Pop Design Works of Montgom Professor Ida Schick, chair of Arby's at IO p.m. on Thursday ery designed 3,000 banks for collect Xavier's health services adminis Trick or tr.eat- Give me a burrito to eat? in the GSC food court. Roast ing the nickels. The banks are de trative graduate program, is the beefsandwiches, cheddar beef signed to look like basketball hoops co-chair of Xavier's United Way Still not sure ~hat.to dress up as for Halloween? How about a sandwiches, fries and other with nets. campaign. burrito? Chipotle Mexican Grill will host Boo-rito day again this Arby's favorites are being The project will kick offon Friday "Those of us on the Xavier year on Halloween. Stop in at any Chipotle on Monday dressed as · served. at 11 :30 a.m. in the Gallagher Student United Way Campaign are so your favorite burrito and you will receive a free burrito for your Center with former Xavier basketball pleased that the stµdents will be efforts. captain Steve Wolf ('83). He will involved in· such an enjoyable help pass out the banks, encourage and. worthwhile· activity. Xavier Homecoming students to participate, and eventu students are known for their gen tickets now on sale ally referee for the Crosstown erosity and concern for others," Shootout. said Schick. · Xavier Muskie Palace tick Drop-off dates for the nickels are . Next year, Woods and her col ets for the homecoming dance November4, 11, 18, and.28. An.~ leges hope that .the campaign. is are on sale daily in the Gallagher nouncements will he made through- . entirely student-run. Student Center for $10. The Dance and Casino is on Nov. 4. Police Note Care packages for October 19, l :05 p.in. - · October21, l~ :15 a.m. - October22, 11:53 p.m.- oft!ieWeek troo.ps in Iraq An employee reported dam An employee reported the theft . Campus Police and Residence age to two soap dispensers in the of a desktop All Card reader from · Life investigated a fight in Husman men's locker room. · · - the All Card Center. Hall. All.parties were advised and Xavier ArmyROTC are or . sent on their way. · . ganizing an effort to send care October 23, 2:35 a.m. - A student was arrested in packages to troops in Iraq. In October 20, 10:38 p.m. - October 22, 5:46 p.m. - Husman Hall for disorderly con- dividuals students, clubs,· fac An employee reported the Campus Police investigated an October23, 12:40.a.m •. - . duct while intoxicated and under ulty and others who are inter theft of a clock radio from a altercation in the Victor)' Family Park A non-student issuing threats age- consumption after di.splay ested .in helping should attend Cintas Center office. between an adult and a juvenile. The in Hu.sman Hall was cited for pos ing/pulling a knife on several stu- the first meeting at 5 p.m. this adult was given an FIR (field inves session of a fake ID and underage dents. , Wednesday in the Armory tigative report) and escort.ed off· consumption, and was escorted off October 21, 3:30 p.m. - classroom 1. Direct questions campus after admitting to grabbing campus. Three students reported the to Simone Christian at xS 151 or the juvenile by the wrist for alleg theft of personal property from [email protected]. edly stealing tenni,s balls. their cars in the Cohen Center lot. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE CAMPUS NEWS week of OCTOBER 26, 2005 3 Shantytown .fights. homelessness thrO.ugh week-long efforts RACHEL PETERS ReSTOC helps to provide afford At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, there was · Campus News Editor able housing to low-income fami a benefit concert featuring Bucket lies in the neighborhoods of Over Boys and Jake Speed and the The 16th annual Shantytown is the-Rhine. Shantytown and X~Ac Freddies that colleeted $2 dona taking place this week at Xavier. The. tion STAR are working to adopt an tions from attendees. ev.ent began on Sunday and will run apartment in this area. At 9:30 a:m. this Wednesday, the until Friqay. Shantytown is raising the money Koinonia reflection group dis , The program· features about 20 for these projects through the cussed homelessness from a faith cardboard shanties located on the Shantytown entry fee of$50 and the based .·perspective. . Academic Mall which are built and sales of Shantytown T-shirts. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thurs supported by university clubs and Also, students can donate the day, Project Connect arid the Boys organizations. - . . . · cost ofa meal from their meal plan and Girls Clubs will host a This year's theme is "Children to be donated to the cause. Children's Carnival on the green Shan't be Homeless" and is focus Students built their shanties space for children from Oyler El ing on the wo.rk needed fo educate ::&o!U 2 p;m. until 11 p.m. on Sunday ementary School. people about the plight of th~ im and attended a hot chocolate social The carnival will feature games poverished in Cincinnati and the rest after the .IO p.m. Mass iri Bellarmine and a pie-eating contest for Xavier of the world. . Chapel. faculty. Each contestant donated $5 The event is raising money for This yea(s Shantytown takes place Oct. 24 through Oct. 28. At 5 p.m. on Monday, there was to Project Connect. twolocal charities: Project Cmmect a community dinnernear the shan The shanties will be tq_m down and Race Street Tenant Organizing ventative measures to end the cycle This project is the only program in ties with a presentation and video at noon on Friday.. This will then Cooperative (ReSTOC). Project' Con of homelessness by working closely greater Cincinnati that focuses ex by Helen O'Rourke of Project Con- conclude the ,activites of · nect helps. educate people on pre": with the Cincinnati Public Schools. clusively on homeless children. . nect. . Shantytown week 2005. Raking for·a cause . CHAD FRAZIER position with sophomore education Meet the candidates . Asst. Campus News Edifor major Kate Reik. The home will be built fo. conjunction with the The Cincinnati elections are Laketa Cole: encourage eco- Paul McGhee: more community On Oct. 22, the Xavier University . Millcreek chapter of Habitat for Hu just around the corner. Here is a . nomic stablility, ~ncrease home involvement, lower taxes; fairness. manity.···· · ·· chapter of Habitat for Humanity breakdown of the mayoral and ownership, reduce crime. Robert Wilson: regain popula kicl

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Senate meets Mondays at 3PM in GSC 214 .. S·unday All are welcome. Mighty Ducks MovieTrilogy 1-7:30pm in Kelly Auditorium Come out, meet the XU hocky team, wat~h · the duc~s and enjoy free food. Quack Quack! Monday •·· SAC me·ets 'Wednesdays at 3PM in GSC 214. · · · All are welcome. Halloween Party in the Pub 7-llpminRyan'sPub, · ·Live music with Jeff H~nry! Win prizes for best eXpresso. lounge. and most creative costume. Come early for a Wednesday chance to win Homecoming tickets! Tuesday October 26th Spectacular Spectacular ~GSC Fireplace More info coming soon! 9pm-10pm Wednesday .. Coffee hour with . Poker Tournament New Channels from RSA: a fall flair · 4:30pm in the Cintas Banquet Center Are you the best at the X? Compete in Texas ·.MTV U: Channel 18 .··.come watch· Hold'em to win the $500 prize. $10 buy in, .Xavier students sign-up in the SGA office . TV Land Channel 76 'Thursday ;do an interpretive· Powder Puff Football Game . ESPN U Channel 74 ·.<::reading Qfan · · Kick off at 7:47pm in the Soccer Stadium Edgar Allen Poe Come watch the girls play football and the guys cheer. Free hot cider and chocolate for :·classic those in attandance., Sign up to play or cheer· in the SGA office. Prizes fQr best dressed male ·Late Night cheerleader. Friday Snack: Muskie Palace Casino ··Homecoming Dance · Arby's 9pm-1 am in the Cintas Banquet Center Come dance and play the night -away • .Live Thursday· DJ, casino games and over $1000 in prizes. Beer garden for 21 + with valid ID. · .. O·ctober ·27 Tickets for the dance .are $10 and are on sale ·· GS'C food court on the first floor of Gallagher weekdays from 12-3pm. · ·. ::- .. ~:,.:s.!·.;,~·~:r.~:,~ '.!·?."~~;/~<-:;:'.~. ;.T ; • " ' ·! ~ .>· ·.> "!' ·1 .·~ '.' •· ·r ~ ,. •' '1 THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE week of OCTOBER 26, 2005 5

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.... .J •• ' • • • • • • • . • • . • : ~ ;- ·1 6 week of OCTOBER 26, 2005 OPINIONS AND EDITORIALS THE XAVIER NE.wswnni THE XAVIER UNIVERSITY NEW-SWIRE. M A L. L L K Nathan 'Wittman, EDITOR email : newswire-op,[email protected] ''What woul.d-· y9u name -- STAFF EDITORIAL ~ . . . '' .. ·- - . ·'"".'~- . ;:-.·. your -school ·ho·ii'Clay?'' Shantytown Rock ! It's that time of year again. The the night in them. weather is rainy and miserable; Old The interesting thing about this an- Man Wmter is nonchalantly knocking nual event is the odd, paradoxical dy- · at the door, and there are oddly. con- namic facing the participants. structed, wooden, cardboard and plas- That is, on one hand, they are at tic structures strewn a1o.itg" the Afa- tempting Jo present images of poverty ~r;,!Mall, all seemingJYon the brlnk ·.to show others how horrible it is to be "-)··1r. , d ~~- .· •>1!!~•:''-~·· ..'< ' ..":·/'1-.~t·~' • uf.couapse. :; ><';.~ut-'. --. ~;- --- · ·~hornel~i;. · ·· -~ "· .· s can onlY,i'ixt~~·Qn~:\Hiiiii·i(s ~t~:.'°'\ ; · ,, .. ~ othe~ h~d~·ol),einustassum~ ~- ·'· ji'niY.~;¥:~~~~i.~,··~~~~:1:-;:,:;. '·:;:,.:;~~- ·: - }rlel~~~'~ould ~AA~ !l · Oh, y · ·e: ,.. · ' F<"i ·" · ··~:alf · ., i ·:;: . ' t

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You get a C-. add ornamental effects such as windows are invited to attend this_ training ter of the city. was capped off with a joint attack Tae-Kwon-Do and 1932 Wayland's that we would have drawn on a picture each summer.. I was fortunate We were given free reign during on a small village. ., shanties are well-constructed, sturdy, when we were five-years-old, then not enough to be one of them. the week to s.ee the city: no curfew Over one hundred cadets and and feature insightful statistics about even be willing to tolerate the crappy Twenty cadets stay in London or restrictions. cadre used the training of the last homeless children. weather for a measly few days in order and train with the University of Thefirst,w.e two· weeks to assault the village. Good job, you worked hard, but to understand something we would not London, while the other twenty an all-expens The operation was timely, coordi where are the blankets? You get a B. have to endure otherwise. · cadets train with the Cambridge than an 1~ro· ,, ·in,g event, but nated, massive, and extremely suc Of all the shanties made, only two It is the opinion of the Newswire University Battalion. the first Yife deceiving-jt cessful. had sleeping bags or blankets to indi- thatthecityofShantytownshouldelect The UKOTC program is a free got a lot rrl re cIAtllenging when It was some of the best training cate at least some intentions of staying a new mayor. trip to England, courtesy of the we arrived ttte" 'nin site. - I have received since becoming an United States Army, a chance to s of ROTC cadet. COPYRIGHT 2005 CIRCULATION 3,000 see another country and have fun; Not many people have an op~ Editor in Chief & Publisher BRYONL9RTON but it is most importantly an op don. portunity to see· that much; ·of· a Managing Editor DAVEWARFIELD portunity to experience working 1?ne, ~ar-~--a.Je.attack take place·d_u_ r- Business Manager CHARLES HARRISON with a foreign army and continue ,..µtflrainmg. · ... · Advertising Manager RACHEL FISCHER leadership training. The most informative ·part; of Advertising Assistant LENA ABBASI The first week of training was .,,,, training was seeing whar:went' Adviser PATRICK LARKIN held in London. The cadets that wrong during the attack, and then Campus News Editors Calendar City attended the University of Lon learning how tci avoid it. : .. ... RACHEL PETERS BRIA_NA HANSEN don training were given very Communication is hard when CHAD FRAZIER Copy Editors comfortable cots and sleeping rounds .~e firing overhead. ':Ac~ Senior News Editor MARY BETH BENNETI bags during the _first week of in countability is even more difficult. GRACE NORTHERN ANNE SAWYER troductory training in London. · Difficult, however, is not syn Opinions and Editorials ANN TASSONE The first week was very· laid onymous with impossible '..:J train NATHANWl1TMAN Advertising Sales MA1THEW REILAND SARAH DAIGNEALT back and certainly the most fun; ing is designed to help soldfers re Sports Editors Contributing Writers We were, treated more like tourists alize this. BRIAN BOWSHER KATIE ZAK than trainees. The UKOTC program was chal D,IANA BARRAN RY AN KILBANE The most training we did in lenging and fun. It gave.me the Diversions Editors JOHN LAFOLLE1TE volved familiarization with Brit~. opportunity to interact with,· and ANDREW CRAGO DENNIS HUGHES ish weapon systems and marching . learn about, another military cadet LINDSAY SLOCUM ALEXANDER GHAFFARI equipment. program. Online Editor KELLY SHAW · We were taken to. sit in on Par" It was the opportunity of a life KEVIN BA1TERBERRY FRANK SCHOLER liament and listen to debates, and time, and it was much appreciated. Distribution Manager MARY COUGHLIN we went on a tour of the Royai The British army is one of the best JOSH BOBINGER Hospital and the British War Mu in the world, and the training dein~ On the Web: http://www.xavier.edu/newswire seum. transpor onstrated just that. .. ·· · The X1111ier N•wswir• is published weekly thmugh general slalT. out the school year, except during vacation and final ex Subscription raws an: $30 per year or SIS per se We were -able to watch the· didn't.· \ UKOTC was a great pre-requi- ams, by the students or Xavier University, 3800 Victory mcsler within the USA and arc proraled. Subscrlpllon changing of the guard from inside . The-B'ritish Army rucks every- site for LDAC-LeadershipDevel- · Parlf the student body, facully or are 25 cents. city, and we got to see the chang gaps betweeri eacti training station · :.-Cafy'Eden ldminislllllion or Xavier. The llalemcnts and opinkMIS or Xavier Univcrsily is an academic community com· a colwmist do not neceuarily renect. lhose or edilors or miucd It> cqwt1 ow1111unily r... all persons. ing of the guard in the Tower of with a rucksack on that was diffi- Class 'oj-'d7· THE,XAVIER NEWSWIRE OPINIONS AND· EDITORIALS week of SEPTEMBER 26 2005 7 - ,: L E T .T E R S T 0 T H E E D I T 0 R :u.S.-sn.01;1.sored terrorism? -· Tur'. ~chqol ofthe ·Americas; now have trained at the SOA. Affiong them · and Iiun'dered anyone remotely related squads and ordered the killing ofArch- have carried out active roles in the ter knowii'as the Western Hemisphere In- are PanrunanfansManue•·Norle.ga ahd to the government, even teachers. bishop Romero. rorist operations." stitriie for .s~Urity (::0operation, has · ciriW;f~friJos,_Bolivian ~~g<)~aiizer, ·· . . Their goal: to make civilian life un- In the miissacreat ''ElMozote:' 900 The majority of the officers impli receivect much criticism from human and :Peruvian Juan Alvarado.<··· sustainable and to bring about the people were executed, only one per cated in the murder of four Maryknoll nghts activists all over the world. . Ii:tNicarilgua, the Contras, a terr~r- downfall of the government. · son from the town survived, and 10 sisters, as well as six Jesuit priests in El · '.Ih~~OA has trained almost 60,000 >ist group aimed at ~moving the demo- . · Still, Reagan celebrated them as. .out of the 12 implicated officers were Salvador,· were also trained at the soldietssince .it was opened in.Panama ~'D MORttl~ CLASS. school. The list of graduates was ob in 1946; Panamanian president)orge · ~Wt\OcA~l'al ME ttOW tained through the Freedom of Infor Ilueca managed to oust .the SOA 30 . JO 1""\"e SLl\'IES 11"' mation Act. years later, calling it the "biggest base · I\ fF!E5' l"IA~l<.ef? On Oct. 19, 2003, the Texas for destabilization in.Latin America;' • c.o~foAATt: 'boMINATlON C-s~~f""' ·Brownsville Herald said, "'The Zetas, so the sehool moved to Ft Benning, . o 1>~oCRAC'j;:. ()l..\~A~Cl-4'/ hired assassins for the Gulf Ou-tel; fea Ga • 'ttEAPOt-lS /\H'Ot>~Gr ture 31 ex-soldiers once part of an elite Legisl.ative atte.mpts. to qlose the . 1AAFF1Cli:tl·.,~P~S'SION ·Special Air Mobile Force. Group. At sentatives defeated a bi-partisan least one-third of this battalion's desert amendment. by ten yotes that would ers were trained atthe School of the dose the SOA and start a congressional , Americas in Fort Benning, Ga" investigation ofit Aftef that, the school When the first Bush administration w~_ren~ed WIIlNSEC to dissociate decided to remove the uncooperative it from its dirty past. puppet Manuel Noriega, American XaVier has sent a group of students troops leveled entire Panamanian down to Ft. Benning for the annual neighborhoods and buried the bodies protest that has 6ccurred since 1998. in mass graves; many were later un On the past three trips, I have seen the earthed, but a significant number of nwntJerofpro~grow from 10,000 them are located on the various U.S. to around 16,()()(); military bases· in Panama. The main issue that raises doubts Perhaps it is true then that Latin in the protesters' •. minds concerns Americans at the SOA get the same whether WHINSEC is still training training as American soldiers do. soldiers in the same fashion as the SOA For decades, the United States gov did. ernment has trained terrorists all over At the presentation by the school's the world. Freedom fighters like staff, theisaid that they did not con Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden duc~ as. much combat training, as the have been trained and put in power by SOA did, and that they taught h'!llJlan the United States. rights co~. The SOA graduates in The present self-generated problem volved in human rights violations of terrorism will never come to an end were ·~ust a few bad apples;' since cratically elected Sandinista) govern ''Freedom Fighters" and said that''they . .SOA graduates; until the Uriited States itself stops train Lati!l American soldiers have never ment, were trained and finanCed by the are the moral equal ofour founding fa- · ''Counter Intelligence:' one of the ing terrorists. been taught. anything different· than U.S. militruy. The Contras burned crops, thers." manuals declassified by the Pentagon, what theAmerican soldiers are taught tortured, raped and executed Civilians, In El Salvador, SOA graduate directly describes the church as tf!rror -Glen-Erik Cortes Dictators all. over Latin America burned down hospitals and schools; Roberto D'Aubuisson organized death ists: "the Catholic priests and the nuns Classof'06 Mayoral race heats up A vegan's delight It's definitely almost November. Xavier for an indetenninate amount of is one certainty that many voters have Thanks to the Newswire for the intrigued with how many students Around Xavier and· around the city, · time before transferring to Cincinnati ignored or have failed to realize: while great article on Howard Lyman, turned their heads away rather . flimsy, fluorescent signs have sprouted State;.he attended Cincinnati State and Mallory has not forwarded any particu who spoke on campus on October than watch the torture of fully-con up in the yards ofolir neighbors. . later earned his B.S. from UC. lar propcisals for the city, Pepper has 17. scious animals. It's October, and until Super Tues- HebecameanOhiosenatorin 1994, developed aplan for the' city, that is Dr. Lyman is touring the coun My head was turned, too, but I day, we can only expect the signage to filling the~ his father left open upon perceptive, detailed, comprehensive, try promoting his new book and don't support these industries and ste11dily •,increase. This year, his retirement. Mallory has served two and inventive. , video: No More Bull. If anyone I have a sad hunch that many of Cmcinnatians will be electing a new terms in the legislature thus far. The "Pepper Plan" exceeds one doubts the sincerity of this man, these same students who don't mayor. As far as the accomplishments of hundred pages in length, featuring such they would only have to view the want to see it continue to ..p'hy for , Many of the yard signs proclaim the two candidates go on council and proposals as hiring more police, reform number of videos that he gave it at each meal. ' support of a particular mayoral candi- · in S~te Senate, neither candidate. has ing city government, an after-school away to XU students who had come There are so many date:_David Pepper has red signs, fea- an outstanding track record. initiative for the city's youth, district to his talk and had insufficient ing stories of hu turing a. pepper shaker, whjle Mark As councilman, David· Pepper has · wide safety summitS, a "blight-buster" · funds to purchase them. from around th Mallory· has stark black signs with participated; at least to 8ome degree, in effort, creating an economic retention But Howard is admired by many "Mallory,',' written in neon yellow. the bickering and lack of cooperation and expansion taskforce, beginning of us for a multitude of other rea- ...®!l~ll!l'm ; J3ot)i :candidates are Democrats, for which the council is renowned. As city-county joint bidding on expendi having perfonned equally well in the · astatesenator,Mark:Malloryhasspon~ tures, and so forth. eat issues, w iru.iypral primaries. Morebver, the can- sored but a handful of symbolic bills The "Pepper Plan" is a testament to s. didates'. campaigns both primarily fo- each year, which were;•more often than the care and concern that David Pep atifying to see that cus oil developing a safer city. not, tabled to senate subcommittees. per has in dealing with City issues. student group: Advo Each candidate has visited Xavier .Dr. Jean Beaupre, Xavier Political Having "done my homework:' and es For Animals sponsored this . attheinvitationofCampusDemocratS, Science professor, speculates that the as a concerned citizen of the city of talk as when I was a student (way and each candidate plans to visit cam- race will come down to the candidates' Cincinnati, I strongly endorse David untry's back when), almost nothing ex ptis once more before Nov. 8. personalities and their perceived lead- Pepper for Mayor. er the· huge cattle isted to encourage me to rethink . The candidateS' backgrounds, on ership capabilities .. Of course, I encourage voters to do a s and feedlots. my food choices. the other hand, are disparate: David David Pepper claims he will be a their own research and become more Something I saw for the first My only regret about being a Pepper grew .up in northwesfCincin- "strong mayor" that can align Coun- informed, perhaps by visiting the can time ever was a video of young 30-year vegan is that I didn't start nati, He attended Yale University for cil; Pepper charges that. Mallory has didates' websites people who can no longer stand many years sooner. hisBA,andYaleLawforhisJ.D. Af- 3Iienated members of council by em~ (www.davidpepper.com and from having their brains eaten away How exciting that Dr. Farians te~ graduatfon, and spending three phasizing their past behavior. www.electmallory.com). by mad cow disease. is now offering a class on protect years interning in Washington, D.C., Mark Mallory, on the other harid, As students and facult}' of Xavier, it · His video, which was three ing animals at XU; what a great Pepper,retumed to Cincinnati to run claims that he has built consensus in is easy to fall into the trap of confining _years in the making, will be a real place for those who care to begin forCity Council. . . the state senate, and that he can build ourselves to campus alone. On .Nov. 8, eye-opener for anyone who has to enlarge the circle of their com : .F,QrJhe past five years, Pepper has ·such consensus on Council: we mustn't forget that we are membeis doubts. passion. been on City Council. Indeed, there is great uncertainty on of a larger, local community as well. His is not an animal rights mes Mark: Mallory grew up in the part of voters regarding the candi- -Justin Smith sage, but the slaughterhouse foot -Jayn Meinhardt, M. Ed .Cincinnati's west end. He attended datesandtJ:ieirabilities. However, there Classof'06 age isn'texactly appetizing. I was Class of '70 8 week of OCTOBER 26, 2005 SPORTS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE BRIEFS ~~~il~•.i.t.!Ui'J;:;,,~:t;.'!'HM:~.a:;.";l'.;;tt~·.;no:.;,~"f Club frisbee turns heads at tournament Brian Bow5her, Editor BRIAN BOWSHER Oswald substituted in Xavier's Sports Desk: 745-2878 Sports Editor strongest defensive players, includ newswire-sports@xavier'.edu · In their third tournament of the ing team captains senior Matt ~J'~'l"U'E~W-~~lif;l~..l'f:I! year, Xavier club ultimate frisbee Pitlyk, junior John Goodwin, and Women's soccer traveled to Wright State University senior Nate Wittman. Xavier and took home an encouraging quickly forced a turnover abou~ stays alive second place finish, improving eight yards from Yellow Springs's their record to 5-2. goal-line, where Wittman then The Xavier women's soccer After a tough 9-6 loss in the first 'threw the winning touchdown pass team's Atlantic IO Tournament. game of the tournament against to Pitlyk. hopes are still alive after this Dayton, the Musketeers rallied for Xavier made team history in the weekend's two-game New York . . . . ·PHOTO COURTESY XAVIER CLUB ULTl.MATE FRISBEE a tightly contested victory over· · third game by achieving their first road trip. Following a disappoint- Nate Wittman pulls as the· rest of the club frsibee team charges. Yellow Springs. For the final point shut-out against Ashland Univer . ing 3-0 loss at Fordham on Friday Xavier once again employed its Covino, and freshman Aaron of the. game, coach Scott "Oz" sity. Unable to advance the disc night,· the Musketeers ended their zone defense. which forced the Armbruster to go on a 4-0 run to more than a few yards against A-10 regular-season schedule with Bearcats to frequently· pass back- take the lead, 7-5. Xavier's points Xavier's zone defense without ~om a 3-2 win over St. Bonaventure on ward. The strategy eventually included a diving .catch ,by senior mitting a turnover, Ashland was Sunday afternoon in Olean, NY. caused Cincinnati to force the disc Rachel Graff, and a perfect overc · forced to huck (Hail-Mary) the disc Xavier improved their A-10 record into the middle of the zone, lead- . head hammer throw from Pitlyk to downfield in the hopes that their to 4-3-2, and 8-7-2 overall. ing to multiple turnovers. Xavier Armbruster. ·defense would be able to stop the. Freshman Sara Doutt gave the finished off pool play with an 11-5 Leading 8-7, Xavier faced the Muskies. Xavier had little trouble, Musketeers an early lead against win, earning a spot as Hie 3.rd seed daunting task of working the disc however, and scored on nearly ev St. Bonaventure, drilling a penalty for bracket p~aY:'''',, · the entire length of the field through ery possession. Finally, Xavier's kick at the 15:38 mark for her sixth Xavier'sdifSt.• ga'me of bracket penison's unusual variation-of the freshman squad finished off goal of the season. A goal by se play was a~ain:s'fi~e sixtll"~~e'tt~d commmyz6fre defense, which was Ashland, cementing the i 1-0 win. nior Meredith Frendt midway home tt;am,)vt'ight ~Jate"yniv'er- · desigq~dAo~tj)ake up,fie1a:·th~~ws· The fourth and)ast game of pool through the 23rd minute ·put Xavier play was against UC. Pumped up sity. ~~e teiirµ,f4'aqe~!,,pe)ints. for ./'v.1~~1i'~JYjril~B~~jbJ~;,;~:X~yi6r) Iian- ahead 2-0. PHOTO COURTESY XAVIER CLUB ULTIMATE FRISBEE mosttR( '9ie. first;half, but Wnghti ql,ers were up:tofthe·task, however, from their recent shutout, and with St. Bonaventure finally .found Matt Dudash. shoots a pass to State '~~,able take the game td', .... ne~ding "opJY,1 f6ur.. thro'ws for the rested veteran player,s, Xavier had tci 1 the net at 55:46 with a 25-yard kick . Peter Covino in front of a halftjll1J1~'ith:l5-4 lead. Eventu- w.i.d~ing.,scor'e,)l.. 9rive that ended Bearcats defender. no trouble dominating the Bearcats. .I , .· .. /!J · ~· · ..: -:.,.,.,.~; •'f 1 ~ ~· from junior Kerry O'Malley, cut ally{how~ver, "tfie. more seasoned ~ith.,i,i;Jhro.w... frorilPitlyk to junior ting Xavier's lead to 2-l. The Mus- M~~ki_)(w'dfe ayle to c?mr~.~ac.~ .•. -'Mat! Q~~ash-th'a~ covered neru:ly . keteers scored again just five min Cummings scores twice, .. and1,..':f!!;1Jthe;ga.!Jle 9-.7. f, · ''-l half ~e ·fiel~"'" With. the 9~ 7 wm, utes later, this time with a header Tff~se~~2?. gam~ of pool·pfay x;avief.~ea.Enegla·sp~t in the cham-. by senior Shawn Reynolds off a would deteqm~e which team wo,.l)Jd I;1!9J1Sliip. game against Dayton. corner-kick assist from sophomore beats Fordham in OT· take third place in the tournan,lenk·""' ~hausted from the long day of Karin Martini. O'Malley scored and which team would. earn iL~m.. ,,Jilay( and. suffering from injuries, again v,rith three minutes remain RYAN KILBANE one goal. Curran is currently to the championship game. '\ ~X~vier was unable to keep up with . ·' ""· ..... ing, off a shot that hit the left post Contributing Sportswriter fourth in the Atlantfo 10 in saves.. Xavier took on Denison Univer~.,.../Dayton's more experienced play- before bouncing into the goal. The Xavier men's soccer team On Sunday, the Musketeers sity, a team that beat Xavier many ·· "·ert The Flyers won the champion The Musketeers managed just shocked Fordham on Friday night honored eight senior team mem- times in the past, most recently dur- ship game 9-3 .. seven shots in Friday's loss to . at the Xavier Soccer Complex, de- bers as part of Senior Day festivi . ing college sectionals last spring. Despite the day ending loss, Fordham compared to 12 for the feating the Rams 2~ 1 on two goals ties. Those eight members are: Joe History.seemed to berepeating it- Xavier's players were elated about Ram~. Fordham scored 31 seconds from sophomore midfielder Jimmy Dolan, Danny .ffamzali, Mike self when Denison quickly took the their second place finish. into the match with a goal from Cummings. Horejs, David Knapp, Brian half at .5-3. In the second half, Arinbruster summed the day up sophomore Breann Daley. Junior The Musketeers opened the Malizia, Pat McAndrew, Bobby Xavier quickly turned the tide, re- nicely by saying, "I've played or Haley Lentsch added two goals off scoring in the 53rd minute, when Salas and Chris Wolever. Unfor- lying on many key defensive plays ganized sports sine~ I was five, but eight shots for Fordham. · unior.Joel Gunnarson's headball tunately for the seniors, that did from Goodwin, freshman Peter this is the most fun I've ever had." As of Sunday, Xavier, Massachu was redirected by Cummings in- not deter St. Bonaventure, as they setts, and Duquesne were tied for side the far post and past the out- defeated the Musketeers 1-0 in the fifth in the conference standings. stretched Justin Burse to take the regular seflson home finale. The top six teams advance to the lead, 1-0. . Xavier created many Atlantic 10 Tournament in Dayton ··The Rams answered scoring chances through- on Nov. 3-6. · ust a· minute later as out the game, most nota- -John La.Follette Kevin Meyer struck a free. bly just before halftime, kick fr~m 35. yards out. when junior Daniel ~ayhemat past junior goalkeeper Schoeff's shot from just Liam Curran to equalize outside the penalty box The conferenee ·center at Musketeer Madness the score at 1-1. sailed wide of the goal. The score remained Junior Matt Kmetz Kings Island Inn & Suites · The Xavier University men's and ti~d ·at the end of regula- Jimmy Cummings also had an opportunity women's basketball teams high tion and the game moved in the 65th minute, when Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005 . lighted 2005 Musketeer Madness, into overtime .. In the 99th minute, . he placed a free kick just over the 5:00pm -Vocalists, Actors, Musicians $c Technicians presented by Skyline Chili, as each a mistake by a Fordham defender . crossbar from just outside the box. , 7:30pm - Dancers held a scrimmage for 4,239 fans at led to the ball being intercepted . .. .Xavier had one last chance in I the Cintas Center on Saturday by Cummings, who capitalized by the game's final ·minute. Kmetz Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005 night. firing the ball into the top right cor- placed. a corner kick into the box. to:OOam - Vocalists, Actors, Musicians & Technicians The women's team kicked off ner for the game winner. Shots by sophomore Matt Wheeler . 2:00pm - Dancers 6 - the festivities and downed the male The win snapped a IO-game un- and Malizia were deflected and a Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005 practice players by a score of 58- beaten streak by Fordham, dating last .chance effort by Wolever was $ 1O:OOam - Vocalists, Actors, Musicians & Technicians 54. The Musketeers were led by back to Sept. 4. cleared off the line. 2:00pm - Dancers seniors Tara Boothe and Kristy Curran was sensational in net The loss dropped the. Muske- Wallner as each scored IO points again for the Musketeers, collect- teers to 3-9-3 overall, and 2-2-2 in For more info, ca/1513-754-5740 or visit pki.com in a pair of 15-minute running time ing four saves and allowing just conference play. halves. The men's team followed that with a blue-white scrimmage that Seven Day Sportscast IA1DI consisted of three 10-minute peri We nesday Thursday Fn ay Satur ay Sun ay Mon ay Tues ay ods of stoppage time. Sophomore 26 27 28 29 30 31 I guard Stanley Burrell picked up where he left off last season, scor at Dayton at Valparaiso Dayton, Ohio Valparaiso, Ind. ing 19 points and hit on .4-of-7 3- - - pointers. 7:30 p.m. I p.m. Prior to the men's scrimmage, freshman Derrick Brown won the Eastern Ken. tuck·y. XU Soccer Complex I f dunk contest. Brown beat out se ______.. 2 p.m. ·. . __.____..______, nior Dedrick Finn who had also ad I vanced to the final. Freshmen at Dayt.Y an while Laf)alle fell to 9-16 overall ; NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY CHRISTINA BLUST · · ~rdr·11p'"' 1 · ." .lfl early 3-1 lead by the MuSKi ·· who ii.nd 0-9"~p A-10 play. Coach Deaton encourages the girls to victory as they take a rest , 1' ,v- ~~ , . . · battled the Owls with tw B J~avl~r took game one after 18 from the action. · and three lead changes .. , .fore t:tltf an'.& four lead changes, as .:and the Explorers engaged in more percentage along with four digs and Temple took the lead for 'r•t;~, ·~ · ~asaJ(~ put up a great fight. A kill · see-saw action to bring the game to an ace. Sophomore Jenni Horvath · 21-2S. JuniorDanielleSkra by ;Bjorklund and 'an ace by 10-10 before a huge 7-1 run by set a career-high in the match with ,on offense and sophomore at - : · t.e!f.1;'ij~,iJ,,~,: A!ffe.~htwell helped solidify the XU Xavier took the game to 17-11. seven kills, two more than her pre Quayle Off defense had some k d changes, but Xav1e 4", , fv1ctory. . · · .-- LaSalle fought back and cutXU's vious record of five against Rhode plays in theloss. ' - . U nfortunat~ly~·· thet11 Game two was back and forth lead to two, but could not gain the Island last season. Skrajewski --~~l~' rm?~/jj"c Xavier turned things around in · ·noLmaJfo,a1'.strong until Xavier posted a 7-0 run at 18- advantage over the Musketeers: A posted her fifth straight and 3 lst ~~1:1.~;.il~fi? -t;:.\~~il..'v• -· game two after eight ties and three comebac e'0Wlirtook game 18 to secure the lead and later the kill by senior Laci Hasenour so career double-double, with 10 kills lead changes. Xavier pulled ahead. five and the match. win. Bjorklund led. the Muskies lidified the Muskie's lead at 28-2S and 18 digs. Duchekfinished with • at 14-13 with a kill by seriior Bjorklund led the Musketeers again, with five kills and a .5S6 hit- and Xavier went on to score the fi 12· kills for the night, her 12th Carley Horvath that sparked a 6-2 with a career-high 2S kills and a. ting percentage. Duchek and . nal two points of the game as they straight match wi_th 10 or more kills. run by the Muskies. Temple fought .429 hitting percentage to go along Skrajewski recorded seven digs took game three and the match. Brightwell ~ecorded 14 digs in the back to.20-20, but a kill by junior with four block assists. Skrajewski each in the win. Bjorklund led Xavier again, re victory and continues in a 10-match Astyn Bjorklund gave XU the lead recorded her fourth consecutive Game three found the Muskies cording 14 kills and a .609 hitting streak of 10 or more digs. The bottom of the 9th Hardcore Xavier 5,ports ... with a hint of humor too .· Brian;s Sorig . ·'What ab.out Bo.b' .!JJ(us.kie of1£e l!lJee_k' ·· BRIAN. BOWSHER companied t.heir team to Xav_ier, late; but I faked him and hit him an opposing player when they en Sports Editor -·w'iththe assigned task ofvideotap- instead. Then, as he was getting up, . ter the crease. They're at your To my fellow Xavier students . ing us atthe game. In ali truthful I cross-checked him in the face. The mercy, and I don't show much. and to:my fellow Musketeer fans, 1 ness, there was a man sitting liter-. play was going on at the other end we are hated~ Hated with a pas-' ally fivefeetawayfromthe student. of the field, and we ended up scor · TN: Still, isn't death a realistic pos sion. Hated even more than the section, focusing his video camera·. ing on the play, so the refs didn't sibility? ~ate-filled stare-down of a on all of us·for-a large portion of .see it. We got lucky. I thought I was PJ: There have been cases where Gallagher Burger King employee the match. After the game, Rhode · getting thrown out for sure. goalies have died. You can if you te~ling you they're out ofbarbeque Island sent the tape into the Atlan-. get hit in the right place in the sauce. No, I'm not referring to Al- tic 10 Conference, believing that .TN: How do you try to psych out . chest. The ball moves fast, some Qaeda, Osama Bin.Laden, or any- this was in. someway a piece of evi your opponents? · times over 90 miles per hour, and orie else the mainstream press will dence that we Xavier students are PJ:When they have the ball, I yell the ball is solid rubber. telLyou abo_ut. I'm talking about no7good, brain-dead thugs, who, "Shoot it," and, "I'm going to eat a quiet-evil, an.evil thathates ev~ despifoattending a Jesuit univer- •..•. your soul." I talk a lot of trash. TN: That doesn't scare you at all? erything about us, our school, and sity; have no busines's walking ' ' ~at PJ: You .get used to it. I've had otir way oflife. I'm talking about amongst .the rest of civilized sod7 Jennings TN:. How about your equipment? . · teammates shoot tennis balls at·me the\University of ~hode Island:. ety, .and should do the: rest o(the: .junior:g·oalte1id,er You hardly wear any p~ddirig out to get used,to the sting. \\forrieri's volleybaUprogram, and · world afavor andJustdrop dead> there. 'That. has to mess with the speciflcally:their head coach; Bob· To theA-lO's credit, however, the · chibiacrosse · · other team. Sc~neck, .. . .· .· . · . corifer~nce:basicidlf,tolcLBob; ·a:s :• PJ: Yeah, I only wear what is.'re ·. TN: What team and career goals •.... A:·lot ofycm probably haven't< we.ail, did, to plss·tjff. . . · {iheNewswire:.What's the hardest . quired by law so that we don'tdie. have you set for yourself? heard the name, but believe• · · •. So, with this in .. mind, ·• ::)'.ciu~ve ever hit somebody? .· PJ:Team goals: win all of our home ~e, he hates us. He hates .. Bob.and,the .. restofhisevit' PatJennings:Alegalshotorcheap , TN: That has to be tough on your games; Career goals: to play elite the facnhatwe. as Xavier empire will pfay our Mus~· shot? · nippie rings. thisyearathome in Jersey. I'm more ·st1.1dents have th{fieedom. · keteers.at7 p~m;. on Satur.:. · P~: Yeah, I've been hit in the chest. focused on my music career right to walk up to the Cintas day in the comfy confine_s· 'TN: How about legal shot. They've bled. now than my sports caree~. Center on the night of. a ofthe Cintas Center, where , PJ: Last year against Dayton, I was match; grab a ticket at no we undoubtedly ·represent :taking the ball out and chucked a TN: Is that the most pain 'you've TN: You. also play in the Xavier charge, and cheerour brains •. . : . . . ·. the loudest and craziest stu7 guy into a pond. I ran h.im over and felt in a game?. , . Jazz Ensemble. Would you rather out: He hates the fact that Bob hates you. dent section in the Atlantic . totally. trucked him; It. was pretty PJ: No, I've had my cup shatter. That be a.professional bassist, trumpeter, we have, by •Jar, the biggest home 10, and possibly the nation as well. . sweet. · hurt more. There's nothing worse or lacrosse player? court advantage in the conference, · It is our mission to will Xavier to a · than pulling fiberglass out of your PJ: Oh man. A musician. lcouldn 't and he hates the fact that the Cintas · victory and:rriake sure Bob does.not TN: Did he say anything to you af scrotum. choose between bass or trumpet. Center. is animpossible place for .leave a happy mah .. Ifyou haven't. ter·you.hit him? visiting teaQ1s to win. He prob- · been to a volleyball· match this year~ PJ.: No, there was .. no wind· left in TN: It takes a unique person to want -Brian Bowsher ably. even h(ltes theJactthat .our• now is the time to go becaµse, in: . him. .to stand in'fr<:mt offa~t~moving rub~ tiny camptis:is.about.a:s big as:his' ·.case you·forgot',:Bob Hates your · · · ber balls. Why would anyone want State. In.short; he jtistflatout, drop. '. guts. He hates' all:of:us;

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There will be an informational meeting at 8 p.m. this Wednesday in the Dorothy Day House regard ing the School of Americas/West ·ern Hemisphere Institute for Se curity Cooperation protest. The protest will be held on Nov. 18- 20 this year, and the cost is $50 per person. Register at the Dor othy Day House at any time and bring a $30 deposit. For more in formation, call Claire Mugavin at :·:.;. ! ,··. ,· ·--. '· 745-3005. . ANDREW CRAGO ery Furnaces offer a few songs_ Diversions Editor streamed. There is free, legal music to .be · . Other bands' websites offer en- , Muskie stand-up . heard all over the Internet; you just tire songs that you can save on your need to know where to look. computer or portable music device. The Xavier Players will be pre With the RIAA creating a witch These songs usually come in mp3 senting "Last Muskie Standing," hunt to burn those who download format, but this isn't 1999. You their own version of "Last Comic music, some people have been look know what to do with that. Standing" at 8 p.m. on Saturday ing to less litigious methods for find Bands such as Of Montreal and in Ryan's Pub. If you wish to ing their music. There are alterna Cleveland's The Dreadful Yawns compete and have not registered, tives to finding the tunes you want both do this. The downside to get come to Ryan's Pub at 7:30 p.m. and breaking the RIAA's laws. The ting music from a band's website is and you will be added to the list. Apple Music Store, made popular by that you are limited to very new your iPod, sells individual songs at music. If you warit that classic , a dollar a pop: That is legal and even Beatles song, you are not going to reasonable, but it also adds up very find it on.their website. quickly. Mayoral debate So what free methods are there Internet radio - Internet radio· to get the music into your ears? Here is very accessible, but a largely un CET and WVXU 91. 7 will be are a few. known source of music. There are simulcasting a live debate between countless stations broadcas~ing from mayoral candidates Mark Mallory Bands' websites - Almost any _all over the world. You can find any PHOTO COURTESY OF 24BAM.COM and David Pepper from 8 p.m'. to band who is worth anything (and genre from disco to death metal, and Access ·a,w_orld of inusic v\tith your own computation device. · 9 p.m. on Tuesday. This will be many who aren't) has a website. You it's all free. Many programs can pick frorh hundreds of stations or station based on your choi~e. one of the last debates between the can go there and check their tour access the rad_io stations, but' customize a station of your own by . In my experience, the program is candidates before elections on . dates, see photos, and usually listen Winamp and iTunes are two of the genre or art~st. You can find it at very intuitive in selecting what I Nov. 8, so be sure to tune in. to music. most popular. - music.yahoo.com. · want to hear, and it can even'be used Many bands stream their entire Other.Internet radio networks are The - website Pandora to discover similar good music. The latest album from a built-in player completely browser-based. You-can (www.pandora.com) takes the idea dqwnside is that the site· is. only a 'La Dolce Vita' on their website: Apollo Sunshine, _ navigate to them and listen without of radio customization one step demo, and you only get 10 hours of The Dandy Warhols and Leftover having to download anything. Ya~ further. Here, you simply type in free music. ' ' ' Crack, for example. Other bands, hoo has the best ser".ice, called a song or artis~ that you like: The The international film series is such as VHS OR BETA and The Fi- LAUNCHcast, which allows you to program then creates a personal Podcasts,.. If you must have your showing Federico Fellini's "La 1 · music on the go and in your pocket, Dolce Vita" at 7 p.m. on Thurs podcasts might be the solution. The day in the Worldviews Lounge on term "podcast" is a newfangled port the I 0th floor of Schott Hall. The. manteau of"iPod" and "broacjcast." film is in Italian with English sub It's a homemade broadcast, - titles. downloadable in mp3 format to be put onto your mp3 player. There are hundreds of genres to pick.from, and not just music: you Music in t:he library can find audio books, news, and any thing else listenable. The podcasts A program of music from the are not set up as stations; instead, 17th century is being presented at you download individual shows, 1:30 p.m. on Friday in·the garden which can vary in length from area of the library. The perfor simple updates to hour-long affairs. mance is free, and no reservations The technology can be intimidating are necessary. at first, but a podcast program such ·as Nimiq or iTunes makes things easy. 'Titus Andronicus' · Free, legal music is out there for The band Apollo Sunshine recently .released a new album, and they allow you to listen to the whole• the listening, if you know where to thing for free on their website: · Cincinnati Shakespeare Festi look. val presents "Titus Andronicus," debuting on Thursday and running filt~~~~ ~~Ill wma. lklllill~~J\ ~l=;,~;t:· through Nov. 13. Tickets are $18- ~!.;r. ..w1~" · :.!JHI •~1·s "'"" -.~ •trH lltflllT1:1t """' ~ .... •1'!'!111'.. Wires ~IJ!(ll $iill~I l:.1•t·.Mm 'fllctl~ tll! lL'f!I live New Releases ta 31lt:l'il11 22. For tickets and showtimes, call 381-BARD. The following discs are due for release on or before Nov. I ... Friday, October 28 -Saturday, October 29 Between Home and Serenity Henry Rollins Ryan Adams 29 (Lost Highway) ... The Amino Acids Destroy the @The Loft @Bogart's Late night Arby's Warning Sun (Amino Acids) ... Burt Bacharach At This Time (Colum- · · bia) ... The Cops Get Good or: Stay Bad (Mt. Fuji) ..,. Garaj Mahal Blue- Sunday, Octobe~ 30 Monday, October 31 The Student Activities Council . berry Cave (Harmonized) ... Imogen Heap Speak for Yourself (RCA Voice Like Rhetoric Mindless Self Indulgence and the Gallagher Student Center Victor) ... Public Enemy New Whirl Odor (Slam Jamz) ... Transplants @Viper Room @Bogart's will be providing free food from Haunted Cities - Chopped & Screwed (Atlantic) ... Wilco Kicking Televi Arby's at I 0 p.m. on Thursday in sion- Live in Chicago (Nonesuch) the GSC food court. ... All dates are tentative. TUE XAVIER NEWSWIRE .·. DIVERSIONS week of OCTOBER 26, 2005 11 Jason Mraz iS a little Slow . . strohg majorit'y. of · ·.. . Contributing Writer . . · . . . . the songs were slow. . Ori Oct. 20, Jason Mraz was sup- ballads. - posed to take Xavier University by Anyone going to storm. Mraz had recently finished · . see . Jason Mraz opening for the Rcilling Stones; and based on his lipbeat his arrival was expec;ted to be the live albums went, best selling, most exciting concert home very disap in recent memory; neither expec pointed. This disap tation became a reality. pointment was evi The concert bega"1 well: the dent by anonymous ·opening act, Bushwalla, was amaz shouts from the ing. Jason Mraz, who is an old col crowd, such as "Pick lege roommate ofBushwalla, came it the&$*@ up." It . out and sang on one of the songs, seemed most people which was· easily the highlight of were either yelling the night. The group set a great something like that, mood for the remaining acts to fol or they were falling low. asleep. The second act, Dropping Day The only thing PHOTO COURTESY OF ,light, was unnecessary to begin that could · have Jason Mraz hears a painful noise. with, but it only got worse ·when saved the concert for me wa8 a spe ceeded to move about the stage ·. they tried playing music. Their cial wish lmade while blowing out like a drunken rhythmic dancer. hard pop-rock was a horrible. my birthday candles. I wished that Then, he vanished.· Wishes really complement to the soft, lyrically if th.e concert was terrible; a do come true. driven songs that are typical of Ja drugged-out hippie would stomi the · Overall, the concert was boring, son Mraz. stage aitd dance like a ballerina. and the only bright spot were the 1 This contrast became even more Well, by the grace of God, that antics of Bush wall a.· apparent with the set-list that Mraz drugged-out hippie came in the The show was extremely disap decided on'. He played four upbeat form of Bushwalla, who ·came out poiritfog compared to the up songs: "The Remedy," "Curbside for a duet toward the end ofMraz's tempo nature of Mraz's live al;. Prophet," "Corriinon Pleasure," and set. bums, and I would not recommend "Geek in the Pink." However, the In the middle of the song, he pro- ·seeing him live;

In Your Ear Idiot Pilot Harris(whowereboth 18atthetime Usually, the lyric sections are Strange We Should Meet Here the album was recorded), are both brief but repetitive in each song. (Reprise Records) from Washington. The lyrics are pretty cool, but · The first song, "Losing Color," you have to pay very close atten- RESTAURANT is pretty good. Metal and techno tion since they are a minimal part are both present in a harmonious of each song. The instrumentS are atmosphere. I enjoy how the next so overwhelming that the lyrics be song, "A Day in the Life of a come unusual and surprising to PAPPADEAUX SEAFOOD KITCHEN Poolshark," opens with NES era hear. blips and beeps. These first two For example, the entire lyrics of S.ERVERS & HOSTS songs are excellent, and I want to ''Les Luminaries" consist of "Work hear more.music like this from these ing on ... The lights are on ... " The We're looking for team players!. guys. . music is the important part, and I The music is heavily h1strumen- don'tthink any additional lyrics are You can enjoy flexible schedules, tal and µtilizes electronic synthesiz- needed in this song. ers to such a degree that the late Thefirstsixofl4songsarepleas great be.nefits & the chance Robert Moog would be proud .to ant to listen to and find a welcome hear it. · · home on my iPod, but I doubt if I'll to grqw with. us! · The Instrumental part is well- willingly venture back into the. re conceived and pleasant to listen to, mainder of the album any time soon. Apply Tue. - Fri., 3-5 p.m. but their constant yelling as sing.:. Mike and Danny definitely have Electro-blips and shouting ing takes so much away from the potential if they learn to focus on 241 O Richmond at Kirby music. If it is used less in the fu- all their music instead of just a· se ... · ture, it would ad.d much ·more to lect few songs. Their music is hard ALEXANDER GHAFFARI · their music. . . to classify, but I'll take a stab by Conmbutmg .Wmer Due to this disappointment, ·there saying it is heavy eleetronic/rock. EOE . is a quick turn away froin the initial If you think you can handle a· Idiot Pilot's d~but album, feel of the album. The lyrics .are disappointnlent before the album is Strange We Should Meet Here, mostly umntelligible because .the in- over, or if you are just plain adven combines techno with metal. The strumental parts overwhelm the vo- turous. check out Strange We duo, Daniel Anderson and Michael cals. · Should Meet Here, available now. 12 week of OCTOBER 26, 2005 CALENDAR AND CLASSIFIEDS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE . ~,,,, =•J~!.:; •:\\J ·~~C•l~U!fl ... · October 31 ·:, Octof?er 26 i --· : .... - ...... -·· t' I. ... 4 ••• I must begin this week with a · Ahh, here 'tis. All Hallows Eve. heartfelt apology. I made a mis Such afantastic day, I have no de take. It was easily one of the most By Briana Hansen. To place an item in the calendar, send mail to riewswire:[email protected] sire to leave. awful and unforgivable errors . . ' . . ' ' . ···. . . . - . . . . In order to honor such an hon- one could ever make. I wrote that orable event, I shall write in poetry Saturday night was the last night for a brief stint: ._ · . to see Smokey Joe's Cafe, when 11 I CU ~1 •14\1 SATURDAY There's a Resume Workshop in it in fact was not. October 27 October 29 Gallagher room 310 starting at 1:30 I understand; loyal reader, if The best way to get out of a funk. Hello, Mr. Saturday. My, my, p.m. Remember, in the professional you can never learn to trust me is to go to a PEP talk at 10:30 a.m., . ,don't you look swell. It's about world, it's no good to .be dirty~ again, ~ut I beg you to go easy conveniently located in your local time you came around again. Tonight, a Halloween Dance on me. Lord knows I haven't been Gallagher Student Center in room . Today is official Internet Day, Feat will present a punk band easy on myself. 310, the happiest room on campus. And I was like, _which gives me more of an excuse named "Weakend" and .a food These past few days have been Tonight at 7 p.m. in the 10th floor "Emilioooooo" to never leave my room. Ifyou need filled event. inexplicably painful. I have of Schptt, the International Film Se- me, you can reach me by having Perhaps you've had eQough of longed to get back to the .ries will be presenting "La Dolce Why music inthe library? Be your Internet call my Internet. Halloween, or maybe you're just Newswire to confess my sins and Vita" in Italian with Engli~h sub cause it's Baroque, baby, that's why._ Maybe we can do online lunch. sick of Charlie Sheen. beg your forgiveness. I can't titles. If there are any extra subtitles After Baroque"ifying yourself at Tonight at 8:00 p.m., the first Either way, I'll finish today with think of anything worse on this left over after the movie, you should •· the library, come to· the Chamber round of the "Last Muskie Stand cine little thought. If you .steal earth that I couM have done. collect them and keep them safe; Music Concert at 7:30 p.m. in ing'.' competition will take place in . candy from children, you're pa I think it's times like these They'll be worth millions in the·fu-· Bellarmine Chapel. I mean, like, Ryan's Pub. If that can't be de thetic, so please don't get caught. when you really start to realize tu re. everybody who's anybody will, scribed as scrumdiddilyumptious, how uncompassionate some Also tonight at 7:30 p.m., the like, totally be there, and stuff. nothing can. people are. WindBand/Orchestra will be putting Tonight, Xavier's. ice hockey TUESDAY While I was wallowing in self on a concert in the Gallagher Stu club will face off against UC at the loathing this week, I saw a poor, dent Center theater. It'll be kind of Cincinnati Gardens at 8 p.m. Bring November 1 sick child on the street. Can you like an episode of "Full House," but a jacket because I hear ice rinks are Oetober 30 Today at noon in the Schiff Fam believe that selfish boy asked me with a lot more blasphemy. cold. That, and it helps to better · What to qo on the last Sunday of ily Conference. Center, "A Campus . . . for a dollar? hide the UC purse or wallet you October? Tough decision. Luckily, Conversation" will take place. It was pretty obvious my mind ·FRI.DAY just ·snatched. someone has already decided the Other less formal campus con was occupied with the near-fatal · If a group of UC student hockey perfect way to spend a Sunday. versations wilf be taking place all mistake I made in my column, and October 28 fans chasing after a stolen wallet Quack, quack, quack. .. For those of over today .as well,. butthey will . you have the audacity to ask me "LOUD NOISES!" Come hear isn't scary enough for you, come you who speak duck, you know likely be happening while talking for money? Some people need to them for yourself in the library to to the Late Night Movie Series in that translates to: "the Mighty loudly on cell· phones while look get their priorities straight, if you day at 1:30 p.m. on the first floorgai:- the Gallagher S.t.udent Center the Ducks Trilogy Marathon in Kelley ing at the.~~ou~d and avoid.ing any . ask me. ater startin at '11 .ril. . . . . ·:\ ,;

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