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Democrats Dish It out on Campl Halloween's Roots in Rune "Let Each Become Aware" tee S~tonp pooh Founded 1957, Incorporated 1976 Et Volume XLI, Number 16 Thursday, October 30, 1997 First Copy -- ree Democrats Dish It Out On CamplIS BY BEN VARGHIIESE AND PETER GRATTON Democratic candidates running for local offices in Suffolk County absolutely raped by the system on a daily basis." Statesman Editors and Brookhaven. "If you have 4,000 students voting, it would make a large The University Democrats may have proved Wednesday Whatever your party affiliation, the message from all of difference," Mellagini said. 'The University administration treats night that their comeback on the Stony Brook campus is indeed the candidates was simple: vote. Nora Bredes, looking for re- [the students] like children." He warned those present that "the for real. They held their first organizational meeting, hosting election to the county legislature, Tad Scharfenberg, district power is all there. All you have to do is take it." attorney, Nanette Essel, running for Brookhaven Town Nora Bredes spoke to the crowd about what she sees as her Supervisor, and Richard Knutson and Mike D'Arrigo, core democratic values and her willingness to '"fight to win Brookhaven Town Council-Elects, were all on hand to let students LILCO ratepayers a better deal from LIPA-with long term cuts, know about their positions on important local issues. County competition and real accountability. '"Iwill work to hold the line Party Chairman James Mellagini was also in attendance. on property taxes, limit kids' access to tobacco, and save more The candidates spoke out on topics that they hope will of our dwindling open space," she said. resonate with alocal electorate thathas not been very sympathetic Bredes was critical about the amount spent by the county in recent times to Democratic Party candidates at election time. on dedicating the rock at the south gate. She mocked it as a Most stuck to the big issues, such as lowering LILCO electric "shrine" that cost the taxpayers $8,000. rates, the environment, and the concerns of students in hopes Each of the candidates spoke approximately 15 minutes to that they will end the Republican lock on local offices. the sporadic crowd before them. "Here you have an opportunity," Mike D'Arrigo, at 21 the youngest candidate present, Knutson said to students," which you haven't had in that there's seemed less than confident. "Democracy is based on a two party actually a polling place on campus, and if students don't exercise system. We don't live in a democratic society at Brookhaven. that right or privilege, next year it's not going to be there." It's Soviet Brookhaven. There needs to be equal representation,"' Nanette Essel realized the importance of the SUNY vote he said. D'Arrigo is a former New York Public Interest Group for her party. "Good government is good government. Whether activist and is currently attending Suffolk Community College. the students are coming from New York, what they observe and He called on students to not "sit home and watch Beavis and bring to the vote is important," she said. "SUNY brings a lot of Butthead, or Dharia." "I'm running at an age where I'm not youthful opinions and that is important." some psychotic megalomaniac," D'Arrigo said in reference to The polling site is located in the Student Union bi-level, StaLtesman / Tee Lek D. Ying his age. "I don't have any other ulterior motives other than making and students will be able to vote for the candidates of their choice County Legislator Nora Bredes sure that we cease getting raped by our government. We are from 6 am to 9 pm this coming Tuesday. L Halloween's Roots in RuneIS There's More to this Holiday than Spirits, Spells and Sweaets BY AMENEH PARVANEH believers called "witches," have been roughly America by Irish Celts who were forced to leave Statesman Staff- persecuted. The Salem Witch Trials are examples their nation due to the Potato Famine. of wrongful and barbaric cruelty toward innocent Halloween traces back to the annual Celtic In a compact room on the first floor of the people due to an overwhelming fear of witchcraft. celebration of Samhain (pronounced Sawin), one humanities building, a group of eight curious people Contrary to popular belief, "the Craft" is a of the eight spokes of the Wheel of the Year, which sat eager to hear an informal lecture held by the religion with many characteristics similar to those sparked the end of the sunny days and the beginning Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry. The in Judaism and Christianity such as Christmas and of the cold. Held on the 31st of October, this was speaker, Ron Sata, who is the coordinator of the Hanukkah. Greek, Roman, and Hindu are also a fire festival associated with reverencing the spirit organization, explored the roots of our modern examples of cultures that have Pagan roots. of dead ancestors during a time of remembering holiday of Halloween. Many Pagan rituals include Runes, which are those who have passed beyond this life. Rituals Among the listeners was Renee Charles, a Scandinavian oracles. These are cube-shaped rocks were performed to communicate with the gods and continuing student at Stony Brook who practices placed in a bag with special symbols printed on it, relatives who were able to tell people's futures and solitary witchcraft and considers herself an Odinist are believed to interpret life and its dilemmas. lead them to the right path for the coming year. Pagan. Charles, who has read extensively into the Furthermore, great emphasis is placed on divinity. The fear of undesirable and malevolent spirits history of her faith, will be performing solitary For example, a Pagan rede declares that you can lurking around in the night kept many people from rituals with cauldrons this Halloween, honoring her find out who you will marry by cutting an apple in leaving their homes and forced those who went-out dead relatives and family and celebrating the dark half and eating it while looking into a mirror. What to dress up as sacred animals so the spirits would aspects of her goddess. This is called "the ritual you see over your shoulders in the mirror will be a leave them alone. In addition, the lighting of fire ancestries night." reflection of you future spouse. Another one states during Sawhin is symbolic of the fading sun. "People consider you a Satanist if you are a .that if a husband and wife pull out a plant by a The Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry Pagan. I have no one to support me," she says. spinster and its roots are healthy, the marriage will will be celebrating a ritual marking the day in the In fact, Paganism, or Wicca, is the worst pressed last. manner of contemporary Pagans this Friday at 5:15 religion in history. Dating back for thousands of Paganism grew especially popular among the pm in Humanities 160. This event will be open to years, with its origin during the Stone Age, its Celts in Central Europe. The culture was spread to everyone. 201 OPEN AN ACCOUNT ON CAMPUS, VVE'IZ, CARRY YOUR BOOKS. 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Trick or Treat for the Homeless is a NYPIRG project that hopes to generate an interest to begin donating to the homeless early in the holiday season. "Generally people only think of donating at Thanksgiving and at Christmas. We want to start before then," said Vivian Berrios, project coordinator for NYPIRG. NYPIRG members, along with anyone else who wants to participate, will visit houses in the Stony Brook area. "We will visit houses behind Cosmos and near the railroad station because there are a lot of houses over there," said Drew Morgan, acting state board representative. Everyone is welcome to participate in the trick or treat for the homeless. "We want as many people as possible. The more people, the more ground we can cover and the more stuff we can get," Berrios said. Everyone will meet outside the NYPIRG office at 4:30 pm on Friday and they will visit houses until about 8:30 pm. Instead of mini Snickers bars and orange flavored lollipops, trick or treaters for the homeless hope to have their goody bags filled with canned foods, paper products and dry goods. All of the items will be donated to two food pantries and one shelter - The Ministries, in Coram; St. Anthony' s Bread, in Rocky Point and Hope House, in Port Jefferson. Because Hope House is a shelter that feeds and clothes the homeless, along with providing food, it also needs toiletries such as'shaving cream and toilet tissue.
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