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By C. JOEL MARINO problems with the system and Senior Staff Writer downloads I had to make. But I don’t mind all of that, if it’s Shane Hawes, a freshman keeping the computer clean,” living in the University Park’s Hawes said. Panther Hall this semester, By offering residential stu- thought settling into his new dents fi rewalls and protected room would be an easy move, registration through UTS, the especially when it came time to IT Security department believes connect his computer to the it is providing an extra measure general network. of protection to computers “I thought everything was operating in a traditionally going to be easier here because unsafe network zone. I know they have DSL con- “Viruses generated through nection,” he said. “Just plug e-mail are a big problem in in the cables and wait [for the universities,” said Cheryl Lyn Internet] to start.” Granto, IT Security officer. Yet because the Department “Students don’t have anti-virus offi ce of Information Technol- programs on their machines, or ogy Security and the University don’t keep operating systems Technology Services Offi ce have up-to-date. All machines can taken many security measures be compromised by just one in response to surfacing threats person.” throughout the FIU network, Though on-campus students getting access to the Internet usually comprise the largest took more than Hawes thought computer-using population at it would. THE INVASION: UTS protects residential network computers from viruses through fi rewalls and protected “There were registrations, See BUGS, page 3 registration. ALEX HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON Recruiting percentages drop due to outlook on war

By FRANK JAMES Determined to find Chicago Tribune new enlistees as the prob- lem gets worse, the Army Staff Sgt. Patrick is adding nearly 1,000 McClung reached for the recruiters in an effort to phone in his impeccably reach more young people, squared-away office and while the Guard intends to heard an anxious father on add about 700 recruiters. the other end demanding The Army and the to know why a Marine Guard also are increas- recruiter had cold-called ing the fi nancial rewards his home, asking about his for enlisting. The Army teenager. is offering enlistees new To McClung it was $15,000 signing bonuses clear the parent didn’t and the Guard $10,000 appreciate the inquiry, for recruits with no prior insisting his child wasn’t service. interested. So the ser- The Army also has geant tried appeasement. increased its maximum “Would you mind if I college scholarship to get their name and their $70,000 from $50,000. number so we can go Meanwhile, the Guard has ahead and scrub them off doubled, to $20,000, the our list so we don’t have to amount it will provide to contact them again, sir? All repay a recruit’s student right, sir.” loans. After the call, McClung, But the war in Iraq, a 27-year old redhead who and the continuing troop MISLEADING: A military recruiter visits a class in Fairview, VA, to try and persuade unenthusiastic students to enlist stands 6-foot-5 and is presence there, are the in a deteriorating reserve. COURTESY PHOTO a top Marine recruiter, most sustained hostilities shrugged. “This morning the U.S. military have just isn’t the political will 2004 fi scal year. But the to 35 percent of its annual months of the new fi scal I had a mom laugh at me seen since the Vietnam for that. Army entered the new fi scal recruitment goal, said it year by about 30 percent. and hang up the phone,” War. And that has fueled The Army, which car- year Oct. 1 with far fewer began fiscal 2005 with “Things are tougher,” he said. worries that the strains ries the greatest burden recruits in its delayed- just more than half that said S. Douglas Smith, For Marine recruiters, on the recruiting system in the fight against the entry pool of enlistees. percentage. a spokesman for the and their Army and Army could lead to a military Iraqi insurgency as the Those are recruits who Meanwhile, the Army Recruiting Com- National Guard counter- meltdown, with too few United States’ largest pro- join the service but defer Army National Guard, mand based at Ft. Knox, parts to an even greater personnel to fight the vider of ground forces, has the date when they ship which missed its fiscal Ky., which recruits for extent, these are challeng- nation’s engagements in encountered significant out to boot camp. 2004 recruiting target the active Army and the ing times and represent Iraq and Afghanistan. head winds in recruiting The Army, which tries of 56,000 by more than reserves. the fi rst test of the all-vol- Few experts, however, enough new enlistees. to start each fiscal year 5,000 recruits, continues unteer military since the believe the result will be It slightly exceeded its with enough delayed- to struggle, falling short See RECRUITING page 2 draft ended in 1973. a return to a draft. There goal of 77,000 for the entry enlistees to add up of its goal for the fi rst two

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NEWSFLASH Recruiters distressed over as Sameer Khan, 17, a ON CAMPUS From RECRUITING, page 1 and Navy service members the service past the end of to join the Army. The pro- their enlistment terms. high school senior who he U.S. awards FIU two-year contract “We can’t quite quan- gram has met with limited “The fewer people you signed up. tify the amount of impact success so far, those famil- retain, the higher your Though Khan does not Researchers at the Hemispheric Center for (of Iraq), but we know iar with it say. recruiting numbers have believe the U.S. should Environmental Technology (HCET) at FIU it’s there. The Army also is having to be,’ said Charles Pena, be in Iraq, describes his have been awarded a two-year, $2.1 million con- “One of the things we young soldiers who have director of defense policy family as “well-off” and tract to launch projects in Latin America that will don’t know for sure is how served in Iraq or Afghani- studies at the Cato Insti- has been successful enough aid the military in reducing energy pollution. many people don’t start stan return to their home- tute, a libertarian think in school to attend college These projects will include a wastewater facility contact with a recruiter towns for two-week stints tank. “They’re inter- next year, he wants to be in Mexico and an energy plant in El Salvador. who might have other- to talk with people about related. ... One of the a Marine. The wastewater facility in Mexico will show wise,” Smith continued. their combat experiences reasons they’re making “It’s my duty and privi- that the traditional method of using fossil fuels for “We do know anecdotally and, most important, their recruiting numbers is lege to defend this coun- energy can be replaced with other methods that that our recruiters are generate leads for local because they’re not having try. ... The youth today reduce the need for traditional energy wastewater spending more time talk- recruiters. to backfill for people who don’t realize how much plants. ing to parents and they have” materi- “Our goal is to transform the way we manage influencers such as ally and in citizens’ installations and to be smarter in terms of effective parents and educa- rights, he said. use of dollars,” said Geoffrey G. Prosch, principal tors about the impli- Experts believe the militaryʼs recruiting Half-Indian, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installa- cations of someone“ problems would be far greater if the Army Kahn said his trav- tions and environment on the FIU website. “This enlisting in the Army els to the subcon- is why we have turned to research universities, to at this time. had not resorted to its stop-loss program, tinent and Europe help us be smarter.” “It’s a lot more which keeps soldiers in the service past heightened his discussion and hand- belief that America Sri Sri Ravi Shanker visits UP campus holding, a lot more the end of their enlistment terms. was worth defend- of allaying doubts ing. Indian spiritual leader and founder of the Art and reservations,” ” M c C l u n g , of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spoke he said. As it tries to cast a wider are being held in stop- a good-natured Texan as part of FIU’s Year of Spirituality lectures series Marine officials and net, the Army said it would loss.” who’s been in the Marines in the Graham Center Ballroom on Jan. 10. The recruiters concur. take in more recruits lack- Charles Moskos, seven years but never in talk was sponsered by FIU’s new Center for the “Not so much since ing high school diplomas Northwestern University combat, finishes his tour Study of Spirituality, which coordinated the Dalai 9/11 but more in the last this fiscal year than last, professor emeritus and as a recruiter in less than Lama’s visit in Sept. 2004. year,” said Maj. David lowering its target from a leading military soci- three months. A world leader in values and spirituality, Shan- Griesmer, a Marine Corps 92 percent with diplomas ologist, said that besides Then he will move to kar’s lecture was entitled “Inner Silence, Outer spokesman. “There’s a to 90 percent. enlisting more high school Camp Pendleton near San Service, and Realizing the Self.” He is renown for little more resistance. It’s The Guard, which tra- dropouts, the Army likely Diego with his wife and his work with the human rehabilitation movement natural for a parent during ditionally has recruited would rely more on private two young children, both and has served many causes, including relief efforts a time of war to put on the members of the services as contractors to do jobs for of whom have epilepsy. in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. brakes because nobody they departed active duty which there aren’t enough There he will prepare wants their son or daugh- but is meeting heavier soldiers, such as transpor- for a tour of duty as a pla- NATIONAL ter ...” he said, letting his resistance there, has tation. toon sergeant in Afghani- thought trail off. “They’re shifted to recruit people Also, “we’re going to stan, a decision his wife Experts see ‘devastating’ attack on the Internet reluctant because it can be who never have served recruit more foreigners,” was not thrilled about and in next 10 years a dangerous occupation.” as well. Moskos said, adding that one that especially upset But the military hasn’t While the Marines are he understood that 3 his mother. Don’t say we didn’t warn you: At some point limited its efforts at hand- feeling some pressure too, percent of the American “When my wife and I in the next decade, there will be a “devastating holding. they have not resorted to troops in Iraq are not U.S. were talking about whether attack” on the Internet or power grid. The Army and the new financial incentives to citizens. He expects that I was going to re-enlist,” The scenario was deemed most plausible by Guard are offering the make their numbers. percentage to rise. he recalled, “that was a big 1,300 technology experts and scholars in a survey additional incentives and Experts believe the mil- Despite the snubs part of the decision. `Hey, released Sunday by the Pew Internet & American pressing on other initia- itary’s recruiting problems from parents and young I can’t allow these kids to Life Project. tives. During the summer would be far greater if the people who want no part go out there and do this Pew, along with Elon University in North the Army launched a new Army had not resorted of the military at present, and me not do it myself.’ Carolina, sought the opinions of people—both “Blue to Green” campaign to its stop-loss program, McClung takes heart from So that’s one reason I re- in the United States and abroad—who know the to get former Air Force which keeps soldiers in idealistic teenagers such enlisted.” Internet intimately or think about it a lot. About half of them were Internet pioneers, having been online before 1993. One-third was from academia, another third were from tech companies or con- SPIRITUALLY OUTSPOKEN: On Jan.10, spiritual leader Sri sulting firms and the rest worked for non-profit Sri Ravi Shankar visited the University Park campus to give a organizations, publications or the government. lecture entitled “Inner Silence, Outer Service, and Realizing Of the experts surveyed by Pew in the fall, the Self.” He also led the audience in a 25-minute medita- 66 percent agreed that the Internet or power grid tion. The FIU Center for the Study of Spirituality sponsered would be successfully attacked. Only 18 percent and promoted the event. JESSICA MARSHAL/THE BEACON disagreed or challenged the prediction. Former CIA Director Robert Gates, speaking at a terrorism conference last month, said cyber terrorism could be the most potent weapon of mass destruction and could cripple the U.S. economy. “When a teenage hacker in the Philippines can wreak $10 billion in damage to the U.S. economy by implanting a virus, imagine what a sophisticated, well-funded effort to attack the computer base of our economy could accomplish,” he said.

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01-13-05.indd 2 1/12/05 12:28:28 AM www.beaconnewspaper.com NEWS The Beacon – January 13, 2005 3 UTS promotes computer security

From BUGS, page 1 priate passwords, and EDITORIAL BOARD then people get into your ALEJANDRA DIAZ EDITOR IN CHIEF universities, Granto real- account.” [email protected] izes that threats to the According to Granto, JOHN LOVELL MANAGING EDITOR system can come from any a major cause for this [email protected] source. increase in identity theft is SAMANTHA QUIÑON COPY MANAGER The IT Security depart- the use of private numbers ment will release a training as passwords around the HRISTOPHER UBI NEWS EDITOR C R video on their website in school. [email protected] late February to educate “In an academic institu- MICHELLE FERRER LIFE! EDITOR [email protected] the university community tion where social security LEONCIO ALVAREZ OPINION EDITOR about various computer numbers are sometimes [email protected] threats and to explain used, that’s usually a prob- HARRY COLEMAN SPORTS EDITOR preventive measures users lem. If someone has your [email protected] can take to keep the sys- number, they have your FELICIDAD GARCIA RECRUITMENT EDITOR tems safe. identity pretty much,” [email protected] “The security aware- she said. ACCESS DENIED: Starting in Feb., users can educate ness training video was Granto believes FIU’s themselves on protecting their computer systems. ALEX NATALIE CHEEVER NEWS PAGE DESIGNER HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON made for all students, fac- new computer security ALICIA BUSTAMANTE OPINION PAGE DESIGNER and $25,000,000. MICHELLE SANTISTEBAN SPORTS PAGE DESIGNER ulty, staff and anyone who efforts have alleviated the lem, and we’re trying LUIS NIN COPY EDITOR/CARTOONIST does business with FIU,” situation. to get a mail gateway “It would be great if Granto said. “It’s made “The new Panther- that would screen all mail we could get started in HATZEL VELA BUSINESS MANAGER up of three segments that soft system has helped by before it goes through,” 2005, but I’m sure we ALFREDO SOTO ASST. DIR. OF STUDENT MEDIA will talk about passwords, going away from using Granto said. won’t really be seeing ROBERT JAROSS DIR. OF STUDENT MEDIA identity theft and things social security numbers,” An alliance is in the things happen until 2006. INFORMATION people should be aware she said. works with Cisco Systems, That’s why we’ve spread of to be better computer After implementing the international network- out our strategy into a six- The Beacon office is located in the Graham Center, room year plan,” Granto says. 210 at the University Park campus. Questions regarding operators.” Panthersoft, the FIU ing company, to provide production and content should be addressed members of the After the video, view- General Council formed university with physical For now, the IT Secu- editorial and production staffs at 305.348.2709. Questions ers will read a general-use a committee to eliminate hardware, such as firewalls rity offices will continue to regarding display advertising and billing should be directed to policy that states that the the use of social secu- and intrusion detectors. aid students any way they the Advertising Manager at 305.348.6994. Mailing address: can, whether it be provid- Graham Center, room 210, Miami, FL 33199. Fax number is university will hold them rity numbers outside des- Also in the works is a pro- 305.348.2712. Biscayne Bay Campus is 305.919.4722. Office accountable for their ignated places (such as gram entitled Cisco Secure ing firewall information hours are 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. E-mail: actions on the network. forms needed to enroll in Agent, a personal firewall or internships to students Beacon@fiu.edu. Visit us online at: www.beaconnewspaper. While trying to curb the university), so that the for desktops needed in interested in pursuing com for more information. the potential release of primary means of identi- public IP spaces. information technology PUBLISHING POLICY new viruses into the fication will now be the Before FIU can imple- careers. The Beacon is published on Mondays and Thursdays general system, FIU will Panther ID. ment this technology, it “There’s a lot of bad during the Fall and Spring semesters and once a week tackle the ongoing threat As the year and a new must find the money to stuff out there, but that’s during Summer B. Advertising inquiries for classified, of identity theft as well. semester begin, the IT fund it. what we do, try to make local and national ads may be addressed to our advertising “Identity theft is ram- Security offices will con- The spam gate- people aware of those department. One copy per person. Additional copies are 25 cents. The Beacon is not responsible for the content of pant, not just at FIU tinue to carry out plans way itself would cost things and how not to ads. Ad content is the sole responsibility of the company or but around the world,” to create a safer computer between $100,000 and let that affect their lives,” vendor. The Beacon is an editorially independent newspa- Granto said. “A lot of network for both FIU $200,000, and the Cisco Granto said. per partially funded by Student and Services fees that are that happens because campuses. programs would cost For more information appropriated by Student Government. people don’t use appro- “Spam is also a prob- between $20,000,000 visit security.fiu.edu.

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OPINION Alejandra Diaz Editor In Chief • John Lovell Managing Editor • Leoncio Alvarez Opinion Editor

the new F-wofeminism: rd By ANNE KIM for women as compared with they call themselves feminists, The Seattle Times their male counterparts. almost all paused, thought for Big surprise. Yet, there’s a a minute, and finally concluded Man hater. Bra burner. Cold. connection here. that they are not feminists. Militant. Unless young women look Many said because feminism We’ve all heard them, these past the stereotypes of femi- requires political activism and less than flattering stereotypes nism, re-define the term and because they’re not out on to describe feminists. take ownership of this political the streets picketing for equal It’s not surprising, then, identity, the gender inequalities wages or other causes, they that most young women today that loom in our future will must not be a feminist. aren’t eager to be labeled femi- continue. Women will continue Yet, most of these women nist and are, in fact, casting off to earn less than men and have actually fit into their own broad the term entirely. fewer chances to climb the definitions of feminism. For Magazine articles and books company ladder, for example. example, a friend of mine said have cropped up, labeling We need to start calling feminism is a desire for gender Yet, students like my friend Ultimately, placing feminist feminism as the new “f-word” ourselves the feminists that we equality. She desires this. continue to deny their feminist concerns on the back burner among Gen X and Gen Y already are. I would be surprised to hear ideologies. only ignores the problems we women. Unfortunately, this isn’t her or any other young woman Perhaps the refusal to iden- as young women face. At the same time, however, happening for many young say that she wants to be paid tify themselves as feminists is, Gender inequalities, for studies continue to show that women. only 75 percent of men’s wages in part, a way to avoid politi- example, are still stark and significant gender inequalities An informal survey I took or that her post-college plans cal activism. Or maybe many quite depressing. persist, including lower of several local young women I include subservience to her young women take for granted The gender wage gap wid- wages and fewer know showed that they simply husband, for example. what our mothers and grand- ened between 2002 and 2003, job promotions don’t see themselves as femi- Indeed, according to local mothers have fought for. according to the Institute for nists, and don’t think it author Kristin Rowe-Fink- Perhaps many think there Women’s Policy Research. For matters. beiner, the “third wave” of is no need for feminism any- every dollar a man earns, a When asked whether feminists today believe that more, that men and women woman earns only 75.5 cents. feminism is a self-defined term have equal pay, recognition and The glass ceiling also – a feminist can be a stay-at- opportunities today. remains. Women constitute home mom, a career woman More than 70 percent of only 35 percent of officials and and anything in between. women who acknowledge that managers in private industry, the country still needs a strong according to the U.S. Equal women’s movement admitted Employment Opportunity that they have never joined or Commission. made a donation to a women’s Participation of young rights organization, according women in the sciences and to a Center for Gender Equal- engineering is still uneven. In ity study. fact, women make up just 28 They also have never con- percent of computer science tacted their local politicians bachelor’s degrees awarded regarding issues that affect in the U.S., according to the women. American Association of Uni- But this doesn’t mean young versity Women. This number women don’t care about their has dropped since 1984. communities. According to Even at the University of Rowe-Finkbeiner, author of Washington, women engi- “The F Word: Feminism in neering students I know often Jeopardy,” young women com- complain about being the only monly volunteer and engage female in their group projects in community service projects. and study groups. Yet, she adds, many simply are Unless young women start not being politically active in thinking critically about what women’s issues. feminism means to us, why This is problematic. With- we choose to call ourselves out seeing oneself as a femi- feminist or not, and what this nist, there’s little motivation means for our futures and the for political action in wom- futures of our daughters, these COURTESY PHOTO en’s issues – by politicians or inequalities will continue to others. block our way.

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Keen senses keep animals WHAT DO YOU THINK? from tsunami’s wrath What is your new year’s resolution? • To do better in school.

• To lose those extra holiday pounds.

• To quit a bad habit.

• To find a new lover.

• To take up basket weaving and/or knitting.

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WINNER & LOSER WINNER Smart kitty: Trinity Southern University, an online school, offered an MBA of Business Administration to C a 6-year-old cat. The school offered no classes and gave the degree for a one-time price of $299. Unfortunately, FIU was the cat’s back-up school.

LOSER Prosthetic burglar: Bryan Bridges, a former substitute Dteacher in Northhampton, New Hampshire pleaded guilty to stealing a student’s prosthetic arm. Bridges FLEEING FROM CHAOS: Studies suggest that before the tsunami struck, most animals’ senses led them had been fired in 2004 and police found the arm when to run for cover before any danger occured. COURTESY PHOTO they searched his house. This time the one-armed man can travel long distances and pressure that they can “smell” was the victim. By ANURADHA SAWHNEY even penetrate buildings, dense the electrostatic disturbances People for the Ethical forests and hills. that occur within thunderstorm Treatment of Animals Humans can hear sound systems. waves that measure between The vomeronasal organ, also In India, amid the constant 20 and 20,000 hertz, but these called Jacobson’s organ, helps QUOTEABLES talk of the disaster in the south, animals communicate using such animals detect chemical one theme has emerged: Few sounds that are lower than the changes in the atmosphere wild animals have been found ones in our range. (sometimes these organs are “I know one thing. You can try not to like this album. dead. Game wardens in Africa have hidden just under the animal’s You can try real hard. But it will at least be your guilty It seems that almost all found elephants trembling in lip so that when dogs or cats pleasure.” of those who could fly, run, fear and huddled up against snarl, they are actually using – Gwen Stefani, singer and actress, on her first solo slither or crawl away quickly left the edge of their reserve, as far their sensitivity to determine album, Love, Angel, Music, Baby. their homes in advance of the away as it was possible for them whether an approaching animal killer waves and fled to higher to get from a planned killing is friend or foe). “I can be bought. I’m thinking there’s four years at Florida ground. of their fellows in an adjoining Snakes and other reptiles State for one of my kids.” Anyone who has lived in forest. use their tongues to sense such – Doug Mientkiewicz, first baseman for the Boston India has seen firsthand how While the sounds of the things and to “taste” the air. Red Sox, who caught and kept the ball that won the 2004 animals act strangely before the distant elephant slaughter were Sadly, some animals in India World Series. first monsoon cloud bursts over inaudible to the human ear, far- cannot escape disaster, as hard the parched earth after many flung members of the animals’ as they may try and as well “If you obtain condoms from Planned Parenthood, avoid months of drought and how they own species were well aware of equipped as they are to do so. the low-rated scented honeydew and assorted colors varieties. b e c o m e A m o n g Instead, choose the lollipop.” agitated t h e m – Consumer Reports Magazine, in an article rating w e l l i n a r e t h e condom performance. advance To have a survival advantage but not to be a n i m a l s o f t h e“ able to use it — this, too, is a tragedy. caged and “It’s better to be sworn in than sworn at.” k i n d o f chained in – Patrick. J. Leahy, Senator of Vermont, after taking e a r t h - zoos, the the oath of office from Vice President Dick Chaney, who their distress and panic. quake that can cause grown snakes and” mongooses kept addressed him with an expletive last year. What we don’t know is men to jump from rooftops in by fortune-tellers and “animal greater than what we do, but panic. fighters” in rattan baskets and “I am writing a lot more love songs because I’m really we do know that fish have a thin All this is understandable, the miserable dancing bears and happy in my life, and I’m in a really positive relationship, line of sensitive cells on their given that most animals have wing-clipped and caged birds but there’s also so much stuff to write about in the world.” sides, cells that can sense move- keen senses of smell, sight or one still sees beside the roads – Sh eryl Crow, singer and songwriter, in an interview ment, vibration and change in hearing that help them survive despite an Indian governmental with Billboard Magazine. the direction of the current. what are, to them, predictable ban on the capture of wildlife. So when a typhoon calamities. We know that here at home, approaches, changing the cur- Some scientists speculate that many captive animals perished rent, the fish try to move to humans have lost these senses during the Florida hurricanes. safer waters. in the evolutionary process, Add to what we already We also know that some although one can argue that lament in the aftermath of this SEND US YOUR LETTERS species of tree frogs can send they are still present to some hideous tsunami the thought and receive not only mating Letters to the Editor must be dropped off in GC 210 at degree, such as, for example, that in times of disaster, some messages but also warnings over the University Park campus, WUC 124 at the Biscayne Bay among relatively undisturbed animals must be desperate to great distances by drumming Campus or sent to beacon@fiu.edu. Letters must include the aboriginal trackers. flee but unable to do so. on logs with their feet. writer’s full name, year in school, major/department and a Many animals, including To have a survival advantage And polar bears are so sensi- valid phone number for verification purposes. If brought in to elephants and mice, commu- but not be able to use it — this, tive to shifts in the atmospheric an office, a legitimate ID may be accepted instead of a phone nicate via ultrasonic waves that too, is a tragedy. number. The Beacon reserves the right to edit letters for clarity and/or spacing constraints. Letters must adhere to a maximum

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i Supports MP3, AAC, VBR, WAV, competition from new gadget AIFF, Audible, Apple Lossless By MICHELLE FERRER hold up to 5,000 songs and sup- However, it is rather impres- Life! Editor ports AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, sive. Audible, AIFF, Apple Lossless The new iRiver H320 model Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.57 Pat Conroy, the author of and WAV files. Its battery life comes with a large, vivid color “The Great Santini” once said, is around 12 hours when fully screen, supports transfers from Accessories/Extras: Dock port, “Without music life is a jour- charged (each charge takes Windows Media Player, JPEG ney through a desert.” A life about 4 hours) – a long battery and BMP images, and has a other accessories sold separately without music would be dull. life for such a small device. The battery life of 16 hours. Imagine turning on your TV Apple iPods are compatible with Additionally, iRiver uses a and watching silent Gap com- Mac OS X or Windows 2000/ drag and drop system instead iRiver H320 specifications mercials or going to the movies XP. This nifty little device will of the Apple iTunes software and watching Jude Law and cost you around $299. to download music. It also has 20 GB storage Natalie Portman in “Closer” Seem a bit pricey? You may a built-in joystick instead of a without the hit-theme song, like to try out the Apple 4 GB click wheel. “Blower’s Daughter.” iPod mini. This is a more com- All iRiver players come Color display Recently, iRiver and Apple pact MP3 player and comes in equipped with an integrated iPod MP3 players have filled our a wide variety of colors. It can voice recorder and a built-in FM world with song. These portable hold up to 1,000 songs for your tuner. The total cost is $315, a Up to 16 hours battery life devices fit in your pocket and daily use. mere $15 more than an Apple fill your day with your favorite However, the mini has an Ipod. tunes. eight hour battery life on a The iRiver comes with ear- USB 2.0 connection Since the end of the holidays, three-hour charge. Both iPods phones, a carrying case, USB you can hardly go anywhere come equipped with a standard 2.0 cables, audio line-in cables, Supports MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG without seeing the signature, click wheel, AC adapter and AC adapters and a leather car- white Apple earphones or an Fire wire USB cords. rying case. MP3 player secured on to If you are looking for an Whether you prefer the sleek- Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.98 someone’s belt. MP3 player that can hold a few looking Apple iPods or the “They are great. I like that I more songs, or simply look- color iRiver, MP3 gadgets are can have like, what would take ing for something other than the way of the future. Accessories/Extras: View JPG up five CDs, in such a compact an Apple product, you may More and more products are images, built in FM tuner, inte- item,” said sophomore Daniel want to take a look at the new constantly coming out in the Convers, the proud owner of a iRiver MP3 players. iRiver is a market place, and it’s only a grated voice recorder, records new 20 GB iPod. fairly new to the market and matter of time before everyone audio from any source The Apple 20 GB iPod can hasn’t been widely advertised. has one.

LIFE!01-13-05.indd 1 1/12/05 12:03:26 AM www.beaconnewspaper.com LIFE! The Beacon – January 13, 2005 7 Real Steve Zissou deeply attached to his name

THURSDAY • JANUARY 13 Student Organization’s Council will sponsor the annual BBC Club Fair. The event will take place at 2 p.m. in Panther Square.

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SATURDAY• JANUARY 15 Celebrate Haitian Independence with per- THE TWO ZISSOUS: Bill Murray’s character in Wed Anderson’s new film “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” is nothing like the formers Nu-Look, Djakout Mizik and Konpa real life Steve Zissou, a New York criminal trial lawyer. COURTESY PHOTO Kreyol among others. The concert will take place at 2 p.m. at the Bayfront Amphitheater located at By ROBERT K. ELDER Steve Zissou, then maybe you have the names of former high school 301 North Biscayne Boulevard. For more informa- Chicago Tribune a shot, but then you have to prove acquaintances in his film. tion contact (305) 358-7550. damages.” Freeman, who is representing In the end credits of Wes Ander- Perhaps to be on the safe side, the the plaintiffs in that litigation, says son’s “The Life Aquatic With Steve movie studio negotiated with Zissou in the case of Steve Zissou, New SUNDAY • JANUARY 16 Zissou,” there’s an acknowledge- over use of his distinctive name. He York attorney, the studio’s legal ment that Steve Zissou (played by declines to answer questions about department was probably playing it The Greatest Show on Earth has returned Bill Murray) is a real person. the agreement’s confidential terms safe by crossing the t’s and dotting with three rings of performing animals, acrobats, No, it’s not a joke. except to say he is acknowledged the i’s, he says. “Any diligent studio clowns and all things circus. The Ringling Bros. Though writer/director Ander- as a New York attorney in the film would make sure there wouldn’t be and Barnum & Bailey Circus will perform at the son (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” credits. a problem.” American Airlines Arena at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. “Rushmore”) made the name up, T. Ernest Freeman, a Houston- Zissou’s stepmother, Mary Zissou Tickets start at $12. the script clearance department at based entertainment attorney, says of Lakeside, Calif., was married to Buena Vista Pictures found a real obtaining permissions “really gets Stavros “Steve” Zissou for nearly 35 Steve Zissou. down to due diligence.” years before his death in 2000. This Zissou is a federal crimi- “The question is, if it’s a private When she first saw the movie nal trial lawyer based in Bay Side, citizen, would the person whose trailer and the title of the film, “I N.Y., not a burned-out underwater name is being used be readily iden- thought I was losing my mind com- explorer. tifiable? It’s a subjective test applied pletely,” she says. “I thought it was “When I found out it was part of to the movie,” Freeman says. the most not-possible thing that the title, I was a little annoyed. It’s Case in point: Eleven years after would ever happen.” a unique name, and I really didn’t Richard Linklater’s cult hit “Dazed She says she didn’t know her step- want to share it,” says Zissou, 49, and Confused” opened in theaters, son was listed in the film credits. but he observes he had few legal a trio of Texans (Andy Slater, Bobby “Well that little rascal, he never options because Anderson’s film Wooderson, Richard “Pink” Floyd) told me,” she says. wasn’t directly about him. is suing the filmmaker and Universal Despite his original discomfort “They could have made a movie Studios Inc. for “defamation” and at the thought of his unique name January 13, 1910 about a New York lawyer who was an “negligent infliction of emotional being used in a movie, “it’s been, anti-Semitic terrorist pedophile, and distress.” to my surprise, a lot of fun,” Zissou First radio demonstration I still couldn’t do anything about it,” The suit claims that Linklater says. “And I think Bill Murray is Zissou says. “If it’s about the real did not obtain permission to use America’s greatest living actor.” Lee De Forest, the American inven- tor of the vacuum tube, broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. The broadcast, over a telephone trans- GRAMMAR mitter, could be heard only by the small number of electronics hobby- NERDS UNITE! ists who had radio receivers. De Forest started regular nightly Do you like meticulously picking out concerts in 1915, increasing inter- grammatical errors in essays? est in radio receivers, which at the time depended on the vacuum tubes manufactured by De Forest’s Then we have a job for you! company. Come apply at The Beacon to be a Copy Editor. – www.historychannel.com Apply today in GC 210 or WUC 124.

LIFE!01-13-05.indd 2 1/11/05 11:55:33 PM 8 The Beacon – January 13, 2005 LIFE! www.beaconnewspaper.com British chef captures ‘culinary nostalgia’

By C. JOEL MARINO from a culinary academy. by making sure he always has a it brings. From masturbation Senior Staff Writer Though there are no chapter good meal to eat even though she to voyeurism, from his first divisions, each section of the hates working in the kitchen, that girlfriend to occasional homo- While most people claim that book focuses on a memory and is security is broken in the middle of sexual experiences, Slater keeps there are certain songs, sounds, headed by the name of an edible the book when she dies of lung no secrets as he explains that or smells that, when casually product somehow associated disease. his sexuality was as much a part experienced, remind them of with that memory. In the first Soon afterward, Slater’s father, of his growing up as any other some important event in their section, “Toast,” Slater describes a stern man unable to share event in his life. lives, I always found it strange happy recollections of his mother his bereavement with his sons, Though never somber or that I experience the same nostal- buttering burnt bread for his begins a scandalous relationship overdramatic, Slater manages gia whenever I think of … food. breakfast. with the family’s cleaning woman to capture his experiences with Apparently – and happily – I However, the whole book which eventually results in their death, separation, love and am not the only one to associate does not deal entirely with cui- marriage. anxiety with enough melan- food and taste with past experi- sine. Part of the hunger men- Throughout the rest of the choly and nostalgia to make ences. tioned in the autobiography’s book, the young Slater seems to readers feel as though they lived Nigel Slater, a popular British title is Slater’s struggle to gain be competing with this woman through the moments his mem- COURTESY PHOTO chef and cookbook author, man- the acceptance of his father. He for the affection of his father, a oirs describe. ages to brilliantly portray that is a middle-class factory owner, race that ends in the kitchen. The book’s only drawback Food, however, is an experi- feeling of culinary nostalgia in his constantly disappointed with the Learning how to cook to would be to American readers ence that binds everyone. We eat childhood memoirs “Toast: The young Slater’s “pansy” attitude, please his father isn’t the only unfamiliar with many of the Brit- when we’re sad, lonely, happy or Story of a Boy’s Hunger.” as he attempts to turn his son thing the boy must worry about. ish foods to which Slater refers. just relaxed. In his book, Slater Written in simple, direct prose, into a man. As he enters his teenage years, But the American edition carries creatively serves readers the the book begins with Slater’s ear- Though Slater’s mother pro- Slater’s second hunger begins to a glossary which explains delica- memories of his formative years liest memories and ends in his late vides him with a sort of comfort manifest itself as he battles with cies such as treacle, sponge, and reflected on the dinner plate. adolescence, after he graduates and silent friendship as a child sex and all the feelings of guilt bourbon biscuits. Ringtones perking up record industry’s bottom line

By DANIEL RUBIN an identity statement,” says ringback service. Verizon sounds, the more it costs. Knight Ridder Lewis Ward, an analyst with Wireless is test-marketing In this country, most Newspapers IDC. Many phones allow them in some western U.S. shop for ringtones by users to associate different markets for $1 a month, phone, downloading them PHILADELPHIA – songs with different callers. plus $1.99 for each ring- from their carriers. Else- When Itai Adi’s friend Maria “It says something about back song used. Sprint where, phone customers is calling, his cell phone lets you to yourself and to your is expected to launch its are more likely to go to him know by playing the peers.” service early next year. third-party Web sites for Black Eyed Peas’ “Let’s For those who think There is a rush to roll out their rings. Get It Started.” ringtones are like, so last better-sounding songs and The fastest-growing part Calls from other friends year, how about ringbacks? crisper cell phone speakers of the trend – and the one of the high school senior They’re more like next – and for good reason. One the music biz puts most might prompt “Toxic” by year. industry analyst, Ovum, hope in – are called Master Britney Spears, G Unit’s Ringbacks are songs or estimates that by 2008 Tones or Real Music ring- “Stunt 101,” or Usher’s noises other people will cell phone ringtones, ring- tones, which have mp3 “My Boo” to ring, depend- COURTESY PHOTO hear when they call you, backs and songs could clarity. ing on his mood. while they’re waiting for account for 28 percent of Unlike the cheaper ring- And when his family is ringtones have exploded Awards last month picked you to answer your phone. all music sales, including tones – think Mozart’s on the line? in popularity, producing its first Ringtone of the Year Instead of rrring, rrring, CDs and legitimate down- 40th played with one finger “I try to find an annoy- an estimated $375 million Award. It was rapper 50 rrring, they could be hear- loads. Companies see great – these are digital samples ing ring for them,” says in U.S. revenue this year, Cent for “In Da Club.” ing barnyard noises, Beastie opportunity in allowing of the song, vocals and Adi, 17, who by latest according to IDC, an infor- Meanwhile, ringtones Boys tunes or Beethoven. people to shop for, buy, all. The industry likes the count had downloaded 30 mation technology firm. are becoming their own The owner of the phone save and play songs on cell master tracks because they songs to ring on his cell The year before: only $18 art form. gets to decide what callers phones. can sell for $3, three times phone, paying as much as million. Worldwide sales BlingTones has signed will hear. “We are seeing the devel- as much as an entire down- $1.49 a shot. “It could are far bigger, particularly hip-hop artists and produc- Ringbacks are so popu- opment of a new channel loaded song on music Web either be a song I don’t in Asia and Europe. ers such as Q-Tip, Rock- lar in India – where big for the delivery of digital sites. And the artist gets like, or, since you can also Billboard magazine, wilder, Denaun Porter, sellers are Bollywood tunes music on wireless devices,” royalties. download noises, it could known for charting most Salaam Remi and Hi-Tek to and celebrities’ voices – that said Ward of IDC. “If you have that hip, be a bird that squawks popular songs, introduced create original 30-second within a half-year of their In the United States, Snoop Dogg audio clip really loud.” a ringtones category in “pieces” available only July introduction, more most fans of ringtones are when you pick up the It’s all sweet music to November – one that, not through its service. It calls than one in 10 mobile- under age 25. They pay phone, you’re going to the ears of the downbeat surprisingly, echoes the itself the world’s first wire- phone users had them. between $1 and $3 for a be that much cooler – at record industry. Since most popular singles. less record label. In December, T-Mobile sample of a favorite song least, that is the hope,” catching on late last year, The Billboard Music A personalized ring “is launched the first U.S. – generally the better it Ward said. Journalism students! English students! Photo students!

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LIFE!01-13-05.indd 3 1/11/05 11:54:41 PM www.beaconnewspaper.com The Beacon – January 13, 2005 9 Golden Panthers FOOTBALL Banquet AWARDS

GOOD TIMES: Coach Don Strock stands with running back Rashod Smith (top and top right), as he was named Offensive Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player. Offensive lineman Ed Wenger (right) won the top award for Academic Excellence for the third year in a row. GEOFF ANDERSON/ SPECIAL TO THE BEACON

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1.13.05.sports.indd 4 1/12/05 12:06:08 AM 10 The Beacon – January 13, 2005 SPORTS www.beaconnewspaper.com FIU suffers two straight losses in Arkansas

By ANDONI GONZALEZ-RUA In part, Rouco blamed a lack of experi- Staff Writer ence for his team’s struggles. “[UALR] is a veteran team that is Maybe a nine-day layoff was too ready for Sun Belt Play. They know what long. conference play means. We’re a young Having won the FIU Holiday Clas- team. My guys don’t have a clue,” Rouco sic on Dec. 28, the Golden Panthers said. felt good heading into its Arkansas road trip to open the Sun Belt Conference ARKANSAS STATE 60, FIU 55 schedule. On Jan. 6, the Golden Panthers lost The Golden Panthers ended its two- to hosts Arkansas-Little Rock by 10, game swing through Arkansas on Jan. 8 67-57. Making shots hurt FIU as the with a five-point loss to conference leaders team shot just under 38 percent from Arkansas State. the field and under 56 percent from the In front of an audience of just under free throw line. 3,500 in Jonesboro, AK, Arkansas State, This game saw Ismael N’Diaye lead the top scoring team in the Sun Belt the way for the Golden Panthers with Conference, handed FIU a 0-2 start to Junior Matias, who returned from a back conference play. injury and the birth of his new daughter. “Our guys are beginning to realize N’Diaye sat for just one minute the entire just how tough the Sun Belt Conference game and shot 6-of-9 from the field to really is,” said Rouco in a post-game finish with 15 points. press release. “This league doesn’t get Matias, who did not arrive in Arkansas enough credit. It’s a very good basketball until just before game time, added 11 league.” points in his first action since two days FIU shot just under 46 percent from before Christmas. the field while holding the hosts to just Ivan Almonte, who had carried the 35 percent, but Dewarick Spencer’s three- club throughout Matias’ absence, was point basket with just 10.5 seconds left held in check by the Trojans, scoring to play in the game proved to make the just 10 points with three rebounds in 31 difference. minutes of action. Led by Matias’ 16 points, FIU lead by FIU trailed from the start and never five, 55-50 with just under two minutes took the lead in front of an audience of to play. 3,340 at Alltel Arena in Little Rock. Spencer then hit two threes in the last Despite holding UALR’s leading scorer minute-and-a-half, handing the Golden ARKANSAS WOES: The Golden Panthers and lead player Ivan Almonte ended a two Brandon Freeman to just nine points, the Panthers its third two-game losing streak game trip in Arkansas with back-to-back losses. JESSICA MARSHALL/THE BEACON Golden Panthers were unable to subdue of the season. Zack Wright and Zack Graber who both Almonte and Jayce Lewis also were with 57. He now finds himself just one for 22 points. added 15 points for the Trojans. double figures for the Golden Panthers, behind Taurance Johnson and Jabahri The Indians now move to 9-4 in the Coach Sergio Rouco knew that the who moved to 7-7 on the season and 0-2 Brown who graduated in 2003 and 2000 season and 2-0 in conference play. Trojans would be a tough team to beat. in conference play. respectively. “We’ll learn from this as a group,” “Little Rock is one of the better pro- Senior center Byron Burnett led Arkansas State guard J.J. Montgomery Rouco said following the defeat. “This is a grams in our league, and we knew coming the Golden Panthers in rebounds with led the way for the host who led 24-21 at very good Arkansas State basketball team, in that this was going to be a tough fight,” 11 boards and moved into an all-time the half. He converted on 8-of-17 shots and if we can play with them, we’re going said Rouco. fifth place on the FIU career blocks list from the field in just under 30 minutes to win some games this season.”

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1.13.05.sports.indd 3 1/11/05 9:17:44 PM www.beaconnewspaper.com SPORTS The Beacon – January 13, 2005 11 Golden Panthers lose thriller in overtime

By HARRY COLEMAN forward Milena Tomova added The Golden Panthers record Sports Editor six. falls to 11-5 on the season and 0- FIU looked fatigued through- 1 in the Sun Belt Conference. The team looked tired and out the game because coach The team was led by Tomo- weak for all but six minutes of Cindy Russo’s team was playing va’s 38th career double-double the game. its third game in six days. Arkan- and 13th of the season. The team With Arkansas State lead- sas State on the other hand, had all star finished with 20 points, ing by 15 with 7:47 left in the a week to prepare for the Golden 13 rebounds, and a season high game, baskets by Asha Neal and Panthers. five blocks. LaQuetta Ferguson ignited a late In overtime, FIU had nothing Ferguson added 15 points FIU rally that sent the game into left in the tank as the team man- and Eva Makela added 13. overtime before losing momen- aged to score just four points in The game was the second tum and falling 85-74 to the the final five minutes. straight overtime match for the Indians in the extra period. “We lost focus both physically Golden Panthers. “We didn’t come out focused and mentally,” Ferguson said. For the Indians, guard Ali and that really showed, but we “We were tired.” Carter led the team with 23 were able to come back and take Coach Russo was proud of points, eight of which came in it into overtime,” said Ferguson. the team’s late effort. overtime. “Unfortunately, we didn’t get it “[We] were in a fog,” said Even with the loss, Russo’s done.” Russo to The Miami Herald. team has won nine of the past FIU outscored the Indians “We’ve had a seven-day stretch 11 games. 20-7 in the final six minutes with no time off. I was real FIU will begin a three-game of the games. Ferguson scored proud of their late effort, but it stretch on the road at North nine of those points and senior was too little, too late.” Texas on Jan. 15.

LOSING EFFORT: Despite 15 points in 30 minutes of play from fresh- man point guard LaQuetta Ferguson, the Golden Panthers could not blow walk away with the victory in overtime. JESSICA MARSHALL/THE BEACON yourown CLASSIFIEDS

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1.13.05.sports.indd 2 1/12/05 12:03:41 AM SPORTS 12 – January 13, 2005 THE BEACON www.beaconnewspaper.com NCAA waives standard, I-A status granted

By HARRY COLEMAN Sports Editor

The Golden Panthers scored its first victory of the offseason with a game yet to take place. On Jan. 10, FIU was granted a second tran- sition season of Divi- sion I-A football by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA has also postponed the SPLASH: Claudia Barsi led the Golden Panthers with two victories in the Golden Panther Invitational. Barsi almost mandated attendance broke her personal records in the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle events. GEOFF ANDERSON/SPECIAL TO THE BEACON vote until April of this year. In April, the NCAA will determine whether Swimming and Diving team to continue the man- dated rule of a 15,000 MELLO minimum average home attendance in places second at invitational the first two seasons while a university applies for permanent status in Division I-A football. By HARRY COLEMAN events, Claudia Barsi led said. “She helped the team for Balkenbush are NCAA In FIU’s first transitional season that con- Sports Editor FIU and almost broke her out with big points.” Zone-qualifying marks. cluded in December, the program failed to meet own Bay Vista Aquatics Barsi felt good to be Other members also set the required attendance mark. FIU averaged With the Golden Pan- Center pool records. back. career marks in the event. 10,095 in home attendance, falling short of the thers hosting a swimming In the 500, she touched “I was happy because Vanessa Segovia’s time 15,000 mark. invitational on Jan. 9, the the wall in 5:09.62, 31- I was ineligible the first of 5:40.56 in the 500- However with the cancellation of the games team did not want to dis- hundredths of a second semester,” said Barsi. “In yard freestyle was a season against Jacksonville and Western Kentucky due appoint the home crowd. shy and in the 1000; she the end I was mad though best. to Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, FIU was The Golden Panthers finished in 10:28.07, 21- because I wanted to break Carly Crandall set granted a reprieve and waived off the mandatory didn’t as FIU placed hundredths of-a-second the pool record but I season-best marks in the attendance rule. second in the Golden Pan- shy of her own record. didn’t.” 50 and 100-yard freestyle, Athletic Director Rick Mello was pleased with ther Invitational. Zaharia was proud of Sophomore Megan touching the wall in 27.29 the response from the NCAA. FIU’s strategic FIU placed second with the way Barsi represented Balkenbush represented and 58.46 respectively. plan for football was so well prepared that the 296.5 points in the event. the team. FIU well with a win in the The Golden Panthers NCAA will use it as a blueprint for other schools Only Brown, with 781 “She came back this three-meter with 266.03 will return to action on wishing to apply for I-A status. points, had a better score second semester and points, two points behind Jan. 15 in Jacksonville “It was big because not only did the NCAA than FIU. Cleveland State stepped it up quite nicely Brown’s winner Jessica against Georgia South- accept our report, but it will also be used as a (290.5), George Wash- with good times,” Zaharia Larsen. Both performances ern. future model for all schools who wish to make ington (240) and Emory the move,” said Mello. “It speaks of the pre- (156), rounded out the paredness of our program and how we have event. followed through.” Former Olympic vet- At the Third Annual FIU Football Banquet eran and current FIU held the same day of the announcement, football head coach Noemi Lung head coach Don Strock compared the news to Zaharia was pleased with a light at the end of a tunnel. the team’s performance Strock congratulated his team and welcomed after an intense week of the challenge of the top teams that FIU has practice. already agreed to play, including Texas Tech, “The invitational came Wisconsin and next season’s opener Kansas at the end of winter train- State. ing which included very Whether the NCAA will continue to enforce intense training practicing the attendance requirement next season will twice a day,” said Zaha- be determined in less than three months, but ria. “The girls were quite Mello says he wants to accomplish the feat no tired but actually had nice matter what. conclusion to all the train- “We are trying to hit 15,000 no matter what. ing.” It’s our goal whether they have a criteria or not,” The girls motivated said Mello. each other in the second Many people have questioned the reason for place effort. FIU moving towards Division I-A so quickly, “They did a great job,” but the NCAA liked FIU’s plan despite having Zaharia said. “All the been the fastest university to reach I-A status LEGEND: Former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino was a guest speaker at the cheering they did for each in football. Third Annual FIU Football Banquet held on Jan.10. This Spring semester marks other really helped them “They liked our report, the way we planned the first graduating class of the football team. Marino stressed the importance of get through after all the and that we were very realistic in the report,” graduating and earning a college degree because there is more to life than football. training.” said Mello. “I always knew attendance will be For more banquet photos, see page nine. GEOFF ANDERSON/SPECIAL TO THE BEACON With wins in the 500 the hardest to reach, but we spent $90,000 on and 1,000-yard freestyle Method Man and Redman, so we tried.”

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