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www.vanderbilthustler.com WEDNESDAY THE VOICE OF FEBRUARY 22, 2006 VANDERBILT 118th YEAR SINCE 1888 No. 19 TThehe VVanderbiltanderbilt HHustlerustler LAW Barbie shows real proportions CAMPUS Censorship Ja Rule films case will not movie in be heard campus Supreme Court denies cert to Hosty v. Carter. steam tunnels BY JESSICA BLACKMORE HUSTLER REPORTER BY ROBERT PROUDFOOT While censorship has been the topic of re- HUSTLER SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR cent debates due to Th e Slant’s NPHC hous- Ja Rule, actor and musician, and other actors fi lmed ing list, yesterday the Supreme Court decided a scene in an independent horror fi lm in Vanderbilt’s not to review the Hosty v. Carter case, which steam tunnels on Monday. could have aff ected censorship of college Th e fi lm, whose working title is “Furnace,” started press on the national level. fi lming around noon in the basement of Buttrick Hall Th e Hosty v. Carter case arrived at the Su- and wrapped up early Tuesday morning. preme Court aft er a series of appeals from its Th e “Furnace” story is about a motley crew of prison original case in January 2001. inmates who unleash a curse in a dilapidated peniten- Th e case involved the dispute between tiary. student journalists Margaret Hosty, Jeni Th e list of actors on the fi lm so far are Danny Trejo Porche and Steven Barba who claim that from “Con-Air,” Jenny McShane from “Shark Attack” Dean Patricia Carter of Governors State Uni- and Michael Pare, actor in over 60 movies. versity unlawfully censored their student “Furnace” started production in Nashville, Tennes- newspaper due to editorials that criticized see with a $1 million dollar budget 20 days ago. the administration. Th e fi lm is being jointly produced by Swirl Films While the case proved to be in favor of and Melee Entertainment. “We are fi lming exclusively Hosty at the federal district court level, the in Nashville,” said Scott Aronson, producer for Melee federal appeals court ruled in favor of Carter Please see FILM, page 5 in 2003. Th e appeal was granted based on an Illinois attorney general request that asked the court to apply the Supreme Court’s 1988 Ja Rule poses Hazelwood decision to public college press outside of Buttrick and expression. Hall at 2 a.m. on “In Hazelwood, the Supreme Court ruled the set of the that public school offi cials could censor independent school-sponsored student expression at a horror fi lm called “Furnace.” R high school if they had a reasonable educa- OBERT P tional reason for their actions,” said Pamela ROUDFOO Corley, a professor of political science at Vanderbilt. “Th e 7th Circuit wrote that there T / The Vanderbilt Hustler is no real diff erence between high school Please see SPEECH, page 4 KELLY HOCUTT / The Vanderbilt Hustler Erin Leggett, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences primps the life-sized Barbie’s wind blown hair. Barbie was sponsored by IMAGE, who handed out information about positive and negative body image, and resources about eating disorders. She will be on the wall the rest of CAMPUS the week as part of the many IMAGE WEEK events. The remaining events include Women’s Bodies Across Cultures today at 12:10 p.m. in the Student Life Center, Food 101: Dinner & Discussion tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Black Cultural Center, Surviving Eating Disorders-A Panel Sprinkler Discussion at 7 p.m. tomorrow night in Wilson 126, and Denim Day-An Evening of Dialogue and Denim on Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Wilson 126. STUDENT LIFE KELLY HOCUTT / problem The Vanderbilt Huster A man from the Nashville com- damages munity, who refers to remain anonymous, got out of control when asking a question posed to Robert Stutman, the Fed MRB III representative for the Heads vs. Feds: The Debate to Legalize Marijuana. The ballroom of the BY MEREDITH CASEY Student Life Center welcomed a HUSTLER NEWS EDITOR packed house for the debate on You may have thought the Medical Re- Monday night. search Building III was burning down on Monday due to the seven fi re trucks on scene but a mere sprinkler head malfunction trig- Offi cial, editor debate legalizing marijuana gered the alarm system and halted the eleva- tors. Students expresses widely varying views on controversial drug. A sprinkler head located in the mechani- cal penthouse froze sometime Saturday BY RHYSIE NANCE Administration (DEA) debated the pros and cons of HUSTLER REPORTER or Sunday due to the recent temperatures. legalizing marijuana in the public debate “Th e Heads When it thawed it broke loose at 11:34 a.m. A controversial issue came head to head on Mon- v. Th e Feds: Th e Debate to Legalize Marijuana.” on Monday morning and set off the fi re day night in the Student Life Center regarding the Both men gave fi ft een minute presentations re- alarm system. KELLY HOCUTT / The Vanderbilt Huster legalization of marijuana. Steven Hager, the editor- garding their opinions of why cannabis, the plant “When this system is triggered the fi re Steven Hager, former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine gives his and-chief of High Times magazine, and Robert Stut- marijuana comes from, should or should not be legal. department is automatically notifi ed without opening statement at the Heads vs Feds: The Debate to Legalize Marijuana. man, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Please see MARIJUANA, page 2 any human intervention. Normally we will radio the fi re department before they arrive STUDENT GOVERNMENTS if it is a false alarm, but in this case it took fi ft een minutes to respond to the alarm,” said Ken Browning, Head of Plant Services for the SGA Candidates submit letters of intention Medical Center. The candidates: President: Boyce Adams President: Joseph Hills President: Boone Lancaster President: Bill Weimar Browning emphasized that in this par- Vice President: Stacy Tolos Vice President: Michael Slanovitz Vice President: Cara Bilotta Vice President: Bennan McMahon ticular incident it took a longer time to check STEPS TO THE PRESIDENCY the source of the alarm because someone from facilities personal was not close to that • February 21: • February 28: Candi- • March 14: Campaign- • March 15: Candidates • March 21: Students • March 22: The two • March 28: Students region of the campus at the time of the alarm. Candidates submit the dates turn in completed ing begins at 12:01 a.m. offi cial platforms will will vote for their two winning tickets in the will vote for their candi- 5 When someone from plant services respond- statement of intention petitions, offi cially certi- be published in The president-vice-presi- primary will debate on 7 date of choice. STEP 1 STEP STEP 2 STEP STEP 3 STEP STEP 4 STEP STEP STEP STEP 6 STEP ed that individual had to climb eleven fl ights and pick up petitions. fying their candidacy. Hustler. dents of choice. VTV at 7 p.m. STEP Please see MRB III, page 2 OUR VIEW DRINK QUOTABLE COLUMN POLL WEATHER INSIDE Read why we feel Read Life Read about colum- Our port security is too important to place in the In the Bubble 2 THE that it is paramount bar reviewer hands of foreign governments. nist Logan Burgess’ that the government Kristen feelings on why 6644% In History 2 — Senator Hillary uphold freedom of Chmielewski’s Democrats are abus- Crime Report 2 WALL speech and freedom review of Clinton on a ing racial tension Percentage of of press for college popular proposed deal surrounding the Americans who Opinion 6 publications. 12th South that would let sale of U.S. ports to think the country is 50 33 Our View 6 See Page 6 bar and a United Arab further their political ready for a woman HI LO Life 8 restaurant Emirates-based agenda to attack the president. » Extended forecast on page 2 Mafioza’s. company run six Bush administration’s Fun & Games 12 See major U.S. reputation. Page 10 seaports. See Page 6 » CNN poll 2 NEWS The Vanderbilt Hustler | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 WORD OF THE DAY THIS DAY IN HISTORY FORECAST 1819 Spain ceded Florida to the United States. THURSDAY Mostly Sunny 1879 Frank Winfi eld Woolworth opened a 5 cent store in Utica, N.Y. PLAIT High: 55 PAGE 2 1889 President Cleveland signed a bill to admit the Dakotas, Montana Low: 35 Today is Wednesday, February 22, 2006 and Washington state to the Union. n. expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint FRIDAY 1924 Calvin Coolidge delivered the fi rst presidential radio broadcast Partly Cloudy IT IS THE THERE ARE from the White House. High: 55 st 1935 It became illegal for airplanes to fl y over the White House. Low: 36 31 45 8 79 1980 The United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets at Lake SATURDAY Placid, N.Y., 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.) day of classes class days class days calendar Few Showers until exams until Spring days to com- 1987 Pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58. High: 54 Break mencement Source: Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language Compiled by the Associated Press Low: 28 TODAY IN THE BUBBLE Compiled by Katherine Foutch HONOR COUNCIL Great jeans give away, February 20-24 ARTS AND SCIENCES Marijuana: Students believe Donation boxes will be placed in dorms across campus for members of the Vanderbilt FRESHMEN MEMBERS community to give away clothing.