The bserver THE STUDENT VOICE OF FORDHAM COLLEGE AT LINCOLN CENTER February 14, 2002 www.fclcobserver.com. VOLUME XX, Issue 9 Charlie Boone Fordham Students Protest the Resigns as Director of World Economic Forum Residential Life By Lam Ra%*, PCLC f3 By Ashley Horace, FCLC'04 Nearly 30 students from the Fordham As staff and students returned from community took part in a five-day anti- their winter breaks many were surprised globalization protest during the annual to learn that the Director of Residential meeting of the World Economic Forum Life, Charlie Boone, had resigned and (WEF). Thousands of people marched on would no longer be returning. "I was sort Saturday, February 2, in a peaceful protest of surprised," notes Cheryl Thill, FCLC put together by the coalition Another World '04 who has worked in the office since is Possible. They marched from the corner the fall 2000 semester. "It was definitely of Central Park South to approximately five weird coming into the New Year and not blocks from the Waldorf-Astoria, where the having Charlie around." WEF delegates met Boone's last official day was on Mark Durbak, FCLC '04, helped inform January 23, 2002, however, he was hired Fordham students about the protest and par- back in a part time role to assist the new ticipated in two of the days of protesting. director with the transition. In his part The first two days of protest, Thursday and time position as "special assistant" he Friday, were filled with teach-ins and infor- will manage the 2002 housing lottery mation sessions; Saturday and Sunday were process for the Lincoln Center residents days of action. and review applications for Fordham's "There was a legal, peaceful protest on Eastside housing. Saturday, which had street theatre and giant Before resigning, Boone's duties were puppets," Durbak said. "This was the first Courtesy of http:ffwww.anothorworldispossltjle.con) Protesters of the World Economic Forum. endless with tasks including the manage- anti-globalization motivation since ment of the Office of Residential Life, September 11; and it was really great that all about the WEF. and even families, not just students," Diina overseeing McMahan Hall, and directing of these people came out despite the threats "The WEF consists of multinational cor- said! "There were a lot of causes other than Fordham's Eastside Housing. and fears of a violent protest." porations that make decisions that oppress anti- WEF that were represented, too. There The most important factor affecting In its mission statement, the WEF millions of people. They put profits'before were anti-way, civil rights, free speech, Boone's decision (continued to page 5) claimed to be "committed to improving the people. They are gaining money at the suf- women's rights ancfe other protestors state of the world." While the statement did fering of others," Diina said. "The WEF because the WEF has an effect on all of f not mention the environmental state of the doesn't talk about relieving problems or the those things and since it was such a large- Ass t Resident world, it did bring up the economy. "The negative consequences of their actions but scale protect, people used it to protest other Forum acts in the spirit of entrepreneurship only what could benefit them." causes." Director & in the global public interest to further eco- Diina said that protestors from many dif- Diina said that although the protestors f nomic growth and social progress." ferent groups gathered for slightly different had planned to march to the Waldorf- Resident Ass t. Kathleen Diina, FCLC '02, marched in purposes. Astoria Hotel, police barricades kept them Resign the Saturday protest to express her feelings "Theje were lots of different age groups from getting too c\ose.(continued to page 4) By Katie Jennings, FCLC'02 USG Attempts Inside: On Tuesday, January 29th David White, LAW '02, resigned from his posi- Evaluation Compromise tion as Assistant Resident Director. On Commentary: Monday, February 4th Curtis Lewis resigned from his position as 12th floor with Faculty The Curse of Knowing Resident Assistant. page 9 The reason for White's resignation is unknown; White did not return phone By Nydia Streets, FCLC'04 because they had the Fordham one, they calls made by The Observer and had the departmental one, and they had Sports: Residential Life administrators would After years of a dispiriting response ours," said USG President, Margaret , Crew Are These Guys? not comment on the terms of his resigna- from students and faculty, the United Pesce FCLC '02. "In turn, also, the pro- tion. Student Government decided to cancel fessors found this to be conflicting page 11 "David resigned from his position as the distribution of its survey last semes- because it was taking up class time," she ARD officially Tuesday, January 29th. ter until a new jnethod of surveying continued. Features: Because it is an employment matter I could be found. The survey, which is vol- Because compiling the survey is a lot cannot reveal employees' reasons for res- untary and usually distributed at the end of work for USG, they decided that if VD's Bad Rap ignation," said Catharine McGlade, of the semester, is filled out by students they could not find a method of survey- page 20 assistant director of Residential Life. "I to rate his/her professor. The results are ing that would produce better results, support his reason for resignation and published and made available for other they would not distribute the survey. "We have continued support for David as a students to look at, in order to find out said this year, we want to get a better turn Arts: law resident in the building." what their peers thought about certain out because it's really a lot of work, and 10 Movies to Make You Lewis said he resigned from his posi- professors. They are separate from the since it's kind of a task for students and Glad You're Single tion as resident assistant because, "I need administrative Students' Evaluation of faculty- a lot of faculty really don't like to take care of some personal matters." Education Quality (SEEQ) forms, which them and they refuse to hand then out- page 23 "He [Lewis] is resigning for personal are also distributed at the end of the we decided to meet with the Faculty reasons and we Want to support those semester. Evaluations Committee to see if we reasons," said McGlade. USG hopes to find a new method that could have some kind of evaluation that Vox: According to McGlade, White's will be convenient for everyone. could be accommodating for both the Hallmark Valentine responsibilites were to assist Resident "Obviously, a lot of students didn't want students and faculty," said Pesce. Director Tori LoCascio in supervising to participate in doing the evaluation in There was disagreement, however, Revised programmining (continued to page 6) class because they felt really inundated within the Faculty (continued to page 3) page 28 News February 14,2002 Some facts Residential Life Educates about Eating Fordham Community on Eating Disorders:

Once thought to be a white upper Disorders middle «Iass illness, research indicates that they are no longer restricted to that By Kristen Sardis, FCLC'03 group and that girls from African America, Asian, Native American and Eating Disorder Awareness Week officially Latino heritages are also affected. celebrated its kick-off on Saturday, February •Research suggests that 5% of female 2nd. The week, entitled "Everybody is adolescents develop anorexia ner- Beautiful," celebrated all types of bodies and vosa and a slightly higher percentage ended on Thursday, February 7. develop bulimia nervosa. For the second time annual Eating •Eating disorders comprise a third Disorder Awareness week was co-sponsored most chronic category of illnesses by the Office of Residential Life and the coun- among females in the United States. seling centos at both Rose Hill and Lincoln •Over 50% of adolescent girls think Center, with help from the Residential Life they are overweight and diet, staff and two campus organizations, the •Eating Disorder; The Journal of Prevention Party and Serial Programming to Treatment and Prevention indicates Advance a Responsible Community that 52% of .14 year-olds feel better (SPARC). The opening event, which was held Andrew Suggs Eating disorder awareness week. about themselves when they are diet- on Saturday from 10pm to 12 mid-night, fea- ing. tured activities such as sushi making, healthy pie with their body image. I always find it so have an earing problem. McGIade says, •The average North American fashion drinks, a licensed masseuse and body art interesting how people react to seeing the out- "Resident Assistants', Resident Directors' and model is 23% thinner than the aver- Approximately 70 residents attended. line of their bodies on the drawing paper. Freshman Mentors' primary roles are to be age American Woman. Jackie Herbach, who lead the body art Everyone always says, "I thought I was so attune to the needs of the residents on their •A study of 10-and 11-year olds finds exercise states, "The art exercise can help peo- much bigger!" In fact, this exercise is the result floor and respond to mis need in a variety of that people with handicaps, people in of Jackie's battle with her own self-image. ways, depending on the set of circumstances." wheelchairs are rated as more appeal- ^norexia Nervosa ,. "My inspiration for this exercise and all my The Residential Life staff is trained in the ing than “fat people.̶l; lilts earing disorder is characterized by work with self-image comes from my own area of counseling and programming. •5-10 million adolescent girls and the obsession of food, weight and the personal experience and growth process that I 'Training has been devoted to this issue with- - women struggle with eating disor- desire to be thin, Many who suffer have been through the years. It took me a long in our August training period, in which the ders and borderline conditions. I from this disorder go as far as starving time to be comfortable with me, and still some staff comes back two weeks early before the , •! Million boys and men struggle with themselves. Some symptoms include: days are easier than others, but there comes a school year begins. Those sessions that were eating disorders and borderline con- Gx&eme moodtness, excessive weight time when one has to say enough!" lead by staff from the Counseling Center, our ditions. The number of people with Joss, isolation from social interaction, The idea for eating disorder awareness was staff reviewed ways to. approach someone eating disorders and borderline con- toss of menstrual .period in females, first presented to Catherine McGIade, with a suspected eating disorder as well as ditions is triple the number of people preoccupation with body image and living with AIDS (664,921 people dieting, feelings of insecurity^, inade- "I'd say (we treat) rtf&ghly 20% (of Lincoln are, living widi AIDS). quacy and loneliness, compulsive exer- •Almost half of American women are cising and fear of becoming fat; this Center students) with a specific eating problem on a diet on any given day. I in 4 men fear does no? lessen even when the and we imagine there are many others out there are on a diet on any given day. weight is lost. •Half of 9 and lO-year-oId girls feel who do not seek help or do not tell us of their eat- better about themselves if they are on Bulimia ing disorders when they do come to therapy." a diet, 35% of "normal dieters" Tixis eating disorder is chWacterizedl by . progress to pathological dieting. Of a specific pattern of eating and behav- Assistant Directorof Residential Life, LC, last how to confront in a caring manner," adds , those, 1 in,4 will progress to partial ior. IVfost often this pattern includes: year by Dr. Karen Sawyer, a counselor at Rose McGIade. or; full syndrome eating disorders. .binge eating (consuming large quanti- Hill. "I have always found the issue to be Once the staff member has responded, it is •Americans spend over $40 billion on ties of food in a short period of time), important After I met Dr. Karen Sawyer last the responsibility of the staff to report the dieting and diet related products each intake of high caloric food during hing- year and read one of her newsletters that is dis- information to either the Resident Director or . year. ing, secretly binging, self-induced tributed to administrators within the division, I Assistant Director. A follow up conversation •42% Of I St-3rd grade girls want to be vomiting, weight fluctuates up and called her and told her I was interested in is also arranged. diinner (Collins, 1991), down more than. 10 lbs. due to the working with her in whatever way I could on Many times the student is referred to the •81% of 10 year olds are afraid of hinging and fasting, eating is out of the issue," said McGIade. counseling center. There are various pro- being fat {Meilin et al., 1991). control, feelings of depression -and Eating Disorders are a big problem in the grams set up for students with individual •51% of 9 and 10 year old girls feel guilt after binges, stomach pains after a United States, with approximately 5-10 mil- needs. "Whatever the needs of the particular better about themselves if they are on binge, and the constant attempt to lose lion young women in the United States suffer- student we will help put together an appropri- adiet(Me!linetaI., 1991). weight by dieting, self-induced vomit- ing. It also seems to be a concern at Lincoln ate treatment for them," stated Skurka Some •46% of 9-11 year olds are "some- ing or the use of laxatives. Center as well. According to Jordana Skurka, treatments include: consultation with a thera- times" or "very often" on diets, and PsyP., a counselor from die Lincoln Center pist or staff member. Often the student con- 82% of their families are "some- Compulsive Overeating counseling center, eating disorders are a com- sults with a doctor so he/she can monitor treat- times" or "very often" on diets. This disorder is characterized by mon problem within die Fordham ment There is also the option of a nutritionist (Gustafson-Larson & Terry, 1992). uncontrollable eating, which then leads Community. "I'd say [we treat] roughly 20% "The week of events is also meant to •91% of women recently surveyed on to the feeling of guilt and depression. [of Lincoln Center students] with a specific allow residents to think about their choices a college campus had attempted to Some symptoms include; low self- eating problem and we imagine there are about healthy eating, while also being com- control their weight through dieting, esteem,, shame and guilt over .weight many others out there who do not seek help or fortable with who they are, especially if it 22% dieted "often" or "always" gain, episodic dieting and dieting used do not tell us of their eating disorders when does not fit popular culture's image of what (Kurtfi et af.,1995). as a solution to problems, depression they do come for therapy," Skurka stated. is 'beautiful'," McGIade said. Events •95% of all dieters will regain (heir .and; isolation, and self-esteem related Skurka also went on to say that although it include "Dinner and a Movie,"featuring lost weight in 1-5 years (Grodstein, to weight loss or gain. is not terribly uncommon in males, she has "For the Love of Nancy," a movie about 19,96). seen a larger number of females suffering Tracy Gold and her battle against anorexia •5% of "normal eaters" progress to It k important to note that although from eating disorders. It is also important to and workshops on "Healthy Weight pathological dieting. Of those, 20- these arc warning signs of various etuv recognize that it's possible for people to have Management for Athletes. 25% progress to partial of full-syn- , ing disorders, the presence of one or issues with eating and not have an eating dis- "Yesterday, in die office, a sophomore drome eating disorders (Shisslak & two symptoms docs not necessarily order. came in and asked how she could be Crago, 1995). mean that the person hus an eating dis- For this reason, she is delighted to be a part involved in the week of programs about eat- •25% of American men and 45% of order. Diagnosing should only be done of eating disorder awareness. "We want to ing disorders; I gave her die information American women arc on a diet on by professionals. increase student's awareness about the prob- about the week and our next meeting. Her any given day (Sinolak, 1996). lem and its causes. We want people to know question, denoting the desire to participate These facts arc provided by the Information provided by the Center how and where to get help," said Skurka. and increase Knowledge, is a small example Center for the Study of Anorexia and Jftjjr the Study of Anorexia and The office of Residential Life Is another that die week of events is relevant and sig- Bulimia and National Bating Disorders Bulimia., vital resource for students who feel they may nificant," added McGIade. • Association www.edap.org. February 14,2002 News page 3

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A few professors generally agree that tions even existed and I don't know any- the proposed evaluation method is good. one who knew where to get them either," "I don't have any problems with it, really. said Amy Terry FCLC '04. Why should there be two separate evalu- Another student is optimistic about the ations? I can see how new teachers can be new method. "I signed the petition. I hesitant, though. Any tenure or adjunct think the USG evaluations are an asset to teacher shouldn't have a problem with it," students and that they are helpful. If said one professor, who wished to remain teachers agree to the new method, I hope anonymous. that it will start an open forum for change "I agree with it. Why not reduce it?," later on. I think if s a first step in revising agreed another professor who also want- the process in the future," said Gala Orba ed to remain unidentified.. FCLC '04. One student feels somewhat different- USG is currently working on gathering ly. "I admire their dedication to getting signatures for the petition. Any students students information, but I think they seeking information about the evaluations should spend more time on informing stu- or who have concerns about them are dents about where to get this information. urged to contact USG in Room 204A.B Andrew Suggs I had no idea that results of these evalua- USG President Margaret Pesce, FCLC '02 with petition: "In signing this petition, you are stating that you would like to urge the In Other News the number otjustices from five to nine faculty of Fordham University to let the student body have access to the 'allowing him to put allies on the bench. With the Court on his side Menerh results of the SEEQ forms or answers to certain questions if seeing the By Anabeila Rolando, FCLC '03 was able do a series of questioned activ- survey in its entirety is not possible." Progress on the Search for Daniel ities, like privatizing state companies Evaluations Committee, which is com- "Students and USG in particular got Pearl and providing pardons for military offi- posed of professors who focus on how even more angered because they thought Islamabad, Pakistan, February 7 2002- cers accused of human rights violations professors are evaluated and how the that the administration was pulling a fast Pakistani Police identified a British- during the dirty war in 1976 to 1983- evaluations can be improved. "Some pro- one. They were handing out theirs prior to born Islamic militant as the key suspect Menem has made public his desire to fessors were very positive and supportive us handing out our own- we were still in the abduction of Wall Street Journal be a political candidate for elections in and thought they should definitely have going to hand out our own- so that ours Daniel Pearl. December of 2003, and to see Duhalde one (an evaluation) for students to see. wouldn't be successful because students The suspect, Ahmad Omar Saeed fail is in his interests, according to The Others felt that they didn't want to be would be fed up getting another one Sheikh, was convicted for other kidnap- New York times. evaluated and that they shouldn't be (USG's) a couple of weeks later. We were pings in India in 1994, and was released evaluated by students," said Pesce. taken off guard and everyone thought it on December 31, 1999 in exchange fof Thousands Missing After Accidental A new USG evaluation was drafted, was on purpose," said Pesce. passengers of a hijacked Indian Airlines Blast in Lagos, Nigeria. with more specific questions similar to The early distribution of the evalua- jet Lagos, Nigeria, January 27,2002.- the SEEQ.' "A lot of faculty didn't like tions turned out to be the result of mis- Police are making round the clock Fear of the army retaking the power that and in the end, they actually vetoed communication between the secretaries progress m trailing Saeed, also known as in Nigeria combined with a series of that evaluation. They thought that it and the faculty departments and was not Omar. They have raided his house in accidental explosions at a Ikeja military would jeopardize the results because if a done purposely. After collectively decid- Lahore and-arrested a few relatives to armoury in the city of Lagos' left over a student is getting two evaluations with ing against a boycott, USG posted a pressure htm to surrender. thousand people dead and many more two similar questions, they're more apt to poster which informed students that they - Officers said that they have no tea- homeless, The Associated Press said«- answer one differently than the other would not be distributing their evalua- sons to believe that Pearl is dead. They Residents stampeded out of the city as because they're seeing it again," said tions due to the fact that the SEEQ evalu- are optimistic he is still alive because the the military munitions plant exploded* Pesce. "Also, the idea was to hand out ations had already been handed out and kidnappers have made demands and if resurfacing speculations of political ten* ours and the university one at the same that boycotting would be feudal. Pearl is dead he is no longer of any use. sion and possible military control of a time so that we would lessen the abun- "We decided our next step is going to : ° Authorities also arrested Sheik country of over 110 million people. dance of class time being taken, and they, be trying to get a couple of the questions MttWlk Afi Shah Gtlani, a Muslim cier- Many were trapped trying to cross a weren't opposed to that," she said. from the SEEQ for us to publish. . fc who was to meet with Pearl the night canal which obstructed their escape. At another meeting with the faculty Although they (the faculty evaluations of his disappearance but Gtlani says he Brig Gen. George Emdin, comman- l evaluations committee in early committee) said, 'No, we don't want you was not involved in the matter.. der of the Ikeja brigade said that it was November, a faculty member proposed to do that,' we decided that we're going to an accident and that there was no poM* the idea of combining the evaluations in send a letter to every faculty member and Argentina Straggles as Supreme cal undertone to it. order to save time. It was proposed that a ask them personally if they would be Court is Still Loyal to Former few questions from the SEEQ evaluation willing to give us three questions or President British Airways Posts Loss be published as the USG evaluation for responses for us to publish. If they're Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 3 London, England, February 4.-- students. Once again, this idea was willing to, we will, and if they're not we 2802- London-base airline, British Airway* vetoed because many professors felt that won't and then that's going to be reflect- . President Eduardo Duhalde is willing claimed a third quarter loss on Monday it would affect their employment, since ed in the binder for students to see," said 1 Kxsortfrotrt bis own Supreme Court as he as recession and post September II' the SEEQ evaluations have to do with Pesce. desnted the Court's freeze on bank attacks crippled North Atlantic route whether or not a professor will gain As this idea is in the works for USG, accounts ruling, unconstitutional and profits and European lowcost airlines tenure. they are hoping to gain support from stu- accused the institution as one that is take over continental flights. According Frustrated with the fact that a compro- dents once again on the matter. A petition "totally discredited and engagefs] in to CNN the airline already slashed 7,200, mise could not be reached, some USG has been drafted for students to sign trickery,* according to The New York positions and is planning to announce senators proposed a boycott of the SEEQ which states, "In signing this petition you more job cuts. evaluations. They wanted to gain support are stating that you would like to urge the - Last November, the Court ruled in Al Qnedn and Taliban May Have from students to encourage them not to faculty of Fordham University to let the &vor of a freeze in bank accounts in Escaped to Iran fill out the SEEQ evaluation. USG hoped student body have access to the results of Order to prevent a bank rush, that would Washington, February 3, 2002.- that this would make the administration the SEEQ forms or answers to certain originally last 90 days allowing with- rethink how they evaluate and help them questions if seeing the survey in its drawals of only $250 pesos per week. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to compromise. "That caused a little bit of entirety is not possible." Hie ruling was meant to help the already said that Iran may have helped the a problem, because a lot of us (USG) "Our main goal is to try to back up our unstable state of affairs in banks, but it Taliban and Al Qaeda members find;' 1 were not supportive of .that. We didn't plan with enough evidence, like the peti- hit really hard on a population who hud refuge across the border in Iran during think that was really a good idea or the tions, and to try to do everything in our already lost their trust for the financial the U.S. led military campaign jtt. right way to go about it because we (the power to make this come through," said institutions in 1989 after many lost their Afghanistan, according to CNN. faculty and USG) had been working so USG Vice President, Mitch Malnati life savings due to the lack of proper Rumsfeld also pointed out that unlike well together," Pesce said. FCLC '03. "I am hoping that this can management and the country's inflation. Pakistan, Iran did not guard the borders to prevent terrorists' escape into their Two days later, the SEEQ evaluations happen because I myself have used our The Supreme Court, a rcminent of country. ' , were distributed in class, This was sur- evaluations in the past, I know a lot of former president Carlos Saul Menem's prising to students and especially to USG| people have. I just hope that this works regime, hinders possibilities of a new President BUM* in his State of Union, since it was still early November and the out because if it doesn't, then there's no economic plan due to their "automatic address on January 29 said that Iran, i evaluations are usually handed out during public evaluation for the students which During his presidency, and North Korea arc part of an " finals. would, I think, be pretty bad," he said. f that supports terrorism. News February 14,2002 Andrea DelVJarco Joins the Career Planning and Placement Team With more office space and a new Assistant Director, CP&P began 2002 on the right foot.

By Cathy Casquero, FCLC'04 Francis College for three years. She began as a Career Counselor and became Fordham administration welcomed Assistant Director. In September of 2001, Andrea DeMarco on January 7 as the new she began to work temporarily at the Assistant Director of the Career Planning Fashion Institute of Technology's career and Placement Office at Lincoln Center. center. Her position turned permanent and "I am really excited to have Andrea on full-time, but was affected by budget cuts board," said Diana Balsamo, Employment after 9/11. M We are trying to create a welcoming, friendly, and comfortable environment for students."

and Career Coordinator of Career Now she is here at Fordham. "I love it," Planning and Placement. "She has a lot of said DeMarco. "Everyone has been great ideas and is focused on meeting the incredibly supportive and helpful." Andrew Suggs needs of the Lincoln Center population." Andrea has established goals that focus New Assistant Director of Career Planning and Placement helps student find job. Roseann Sorensen, the' previous on meeting the needs of the students at the Assistant Director, left Fordham in mid- campus. "I want more outreach to The office itself has been remodeled advantage of this office. It gives you a December and is now working at the employers that meet the needs of our stu- and refurnished, with more room for stu- place to start off [the job search]" said Career Services of New York University. dents, and I also want to increase the visi- dents and new furniture that includes a Yap. Roseann did not comment on her reasons bility of our office, so that we may get in couch. "The new look is excellent. We Students can expect more changes for leaving Fordham. touch with the students and let them know are trying to create a welcoming, friendly from Career Planning and Placement. To Andrea DeMarco worked at Saint about our services." and comfortable environment for stu- learn more about the services Career dents," said DeMarco. Planning and Placement is currently spon- Julie Yap, FCLC '02, has taken advan- soring, visit them iif LL402, or call 212- Are Library Overdue tage of the office several times. "The ser- 636-6280. Students can also visit vices are very nice and professional, and www.fordham.edu/cpp, and can also con- the office seems to offer more opportuni- tact the office via email at Notices Late? ty. I definitely encourage students to,take careerplan@fordham;edu. •

^Michelle (Christ,FCt,C03 - ) cally, twenty-one' days after a book is Fordham Students tardy and then a final notice is sent to the i Lincoui.Center'sQuinn •Library !s sys- email.account a -month after, the book is tem of sending over-due library notices to overdue. Protest the World students via email has been the subject of LoSchiavo does not feel that the later some controversy. The actual wording on notification is misleading in regards to the sticker which is put in every book the wording on the due date notices given Economic Forum (continued front page I) signed out by a student gives the date the when the book is signed out. book is due and contains the words "I was not aware of that particular "7 "We marched from 59th street and Fifth made it to its destination, however, because "Overdue notices will be sent by e-mail." day" policy myself." says, Bill Zeiser, Avenue weaving in and out through Park, it was dispersed by police officers. The wording leads many students to; FCLC'03. Lexington and 2nd Avenues and ended up "There were about 100 of us, but mere assume,that they will be notified the day Cassandra Daigle, FCLC '3 also on 47th and Park, about five blocks from were gaps. Whenever the gaps were signif- the book becomes overdue. expressed astonishment saying "I think the Waldorf-Astoria, where the WEF dele- icant, police went between us, not allowing Students then are surprised when they they should make the policies more well gates were staying," she said. "There was a the group to connect," he said. "Then they do not immediately receive notices when known. I didn't know until a few weeks giant-puppet parade. I saw a funnel-shaped grabbed the banner, which didn't have any a book is late and some claim not to ago that I can renew books over the man with dollar signs for eyes, holding a accusations on it; it had a positive message receive notices at all. Cassandra Daigle, phone. Things like that needs to be made globe in his hand that he kept pushing about the need for animal and earth rights. FCLC '03 says, "one time when the clear to students." toward his mouth. It was a very positive, The police arrested the people who had reminder didn't come until about a week For a student to assume from the word- peaceful protest" Another Fordham protes- been carrying the banner and told the rest of later and one time when I never received ing that they will receive an overdue tor, Chris Roddy, FCLC '02, agreed. us to disband." a notice and I completely forgot. Who notice immediately after the book "It was very peacefunut very ener- Durbak said that two other Sunday knows how much I owe; this library:" becomes overdue, "I think that's a getic," Roddy said. "People were invited to events were a gathering of people outside of These students also remonstrate that stretch." she says. The later notification dress colorfully or creatively to express the courthouse to show support for protes- they do not receive the e-mail notifica- of overdue books, LoSchiavo says, was themselves through their clothes or through tors who had been arrested and a rally and tions until.the book has already been decided upon when the library first songs or poetry. There were serious issues march put together by the Anti-Capitalist overdue for a lengthy,period of time and implemented the system and library staff at hand such as economic depravity, but Convergence.' a somewhat substantial fine is due. made the decision on the timing of the people seemed to have fun at the same time Although the overall response to the Bill Zeiser, FCLC '03 explains, "It notices. LoSchiavo says the decision not as they were protesting. People had a good protest was that it was a good experience, only became a problem when I had a to send a notice the day a book became time; it was like a carnival with a cause." those who participated want more. whole bunch (about ten) of books out last overdue, was made because many stu- The cause was the same on Sunday, "I was slightly disappointed that our uni- semester for a report and they weren't that dents hand in books late and the library however, there were no permits to march. versity didn't have a higher participation overdue but when you have many it adds "wants to be considerate and give stu- Durbak, risking arrest, participated in one of rate," Roddy said. "It would be nice to see up" dents some time to get it in. It's almost the Sunday protest events. Fordham have something to make people Quinn Library Director, Linda like harassment to send a notice the same "Sunday was a day of civil disobedience. aware of what is going on." Durbak felt the LoSchiavo, does not dispute students' day:" It would also probably stress the We fully pushed our legal rights to see how same way. claims that they do not receive overdue system, LoShiavo says, to issue the far the police would allow us to express our "We need a social justice club of some book notifications the first day the book amount of notices necessary to remind rights. The Animal and Earth Liberation sort in the school. This protest was a good is late students the day their book becomes due. Front wanted to march in front of the Royal way to get people's attention, but we defi- The automatic system, which was Moreover, LoSchiavo denies that Dutch/Shell headquarters to protest animal nitely would have had more people go if implemented in February 2000, informs financial consideration is a motivation in and environmental rights violations, specif- they had known about it," Durbak said. students of a late book but does not begin the library's delay in sending notification ically how they ravaged and raped the envi- JUSTICE was a department-sponsored to immediately send notices. saying "all we want is the book back, ronment in Nigeria," Durbak said mention- organization that advocated social justice, Contrary to the belief of many stu- we're not in the business of making ing pipeline explosions, oil spills, and gas but due to a lack of interest, it had not been dents, the official library notices of over- money off overdue notices." The average leaks. "All of these big corporations are active for two academic years. Diina due books are not sent out until seven fine for a student when the notice first meeting and dividing up the earth; it is the promised to get it started again officially, days after the book has been overdue. A goes out is seventy cents with a student economy destroying the environment, when a new dean of students is hired. • subsequent notice is also sent automati- being charged (continued to page 6) which we need to live." The march never February 14,2002 News Job Market for Seniors: Challenging, yet Hopeful By Susanna Hamner cancelled their summer internship pro- school were up 80% in December com- she says. "We want students to know grams," says Mike Yim, FCLC '02. One pared to last December.-according to The that they can come here, and we're here College seniors, once expected to ride senior discovered that "some television New York Times. for them." the wave of the economic surge, are feel- networks are offering internships rather Although many people are choosing Although the current job market is not ing the effects of the country's economic than full-time jobs," says Jose Arriola. graduate school as an alternative, some at its best, our economy always changes. downturn. Seeking employment after Although the current job market has don't feel that graduate school is the right DeMarco summarizes her advice to graduation may be more difficult for precipitated great anxiety for college answer during this economic downturn. seniors:- "Think about what you really seniors this year than last year. seniors, it hasn't destroyed hope and per- Several people feel that seniors would want to do, what you are passionate College seniors, who grew up during severance in finding a job. "I want to get benefit from entering the job force about, what you love, and continue in the longest economic boom in decades, a job in the television industry, maybe immediately upon graduation, even if it that specific area because things change may take some hard hits during this ABC, CBS, or MTV," says Arriola, means looking to less desirable jobs. in our economy; things will definitely recession. "During the 2001-2002 change." • school year, employers are expected to "What is hot is the public-sector..." hire 6% to 13% fewer college graduates than the last school year," according to a FCLC '02. With an optimistic tone, one "I would not recommend that students released report by Collegiate senior recognizes that she may not get put off their entrance into the job force," Join The Employment Research Institute at her first choice job. "I plan on getting a says Mark Gallagher, sales manager of Michigan State University. The jobless job after I graduate. Will I get the chance USAToday.com. "College seniors should Observer layout rate for people ages 20 to 24 increased to to pick and choose? I doubt it, but I'm be prepared to multi task to increase their 9.6% in December 2001, from 6.9% in still in college so I can be idealistic," says chances of getting a job in this econo- team, we make December 2000, according to the Anna Hurley FCLC '02. my," Mr. Gallagher said. "The ideal can- Department of Labor. The job market has prompted many didate today has to have many skills. It the paper The sagging economy has affected laid-off workers and college seniors to really pays to be well-rounded." companies' general hiring trends, caus- turn to graduate school as a safe harbor to "My advice to seniors is to look for ing some companies to institute a hiring ride out the sagging economy. "I have whatever job suits you best, even if the freeze. "In the last couple of years we heard a lot of students are thinking about job may not seem so desirable," says have hired a plethora of college seniors, graduate school, and graduate applica- Yim. "The idea is to build your skills, but our hiring practices have really been tions are way up," says Andrea DeMarco, make contacts, and develop a good work Pilvncy Concerns affected by the current state of the econ- career counselor at FCLC's Career ethic, either within the company that you Computer omy. We have laid off a bunch of pe'ople, Planning and Placement Office. For work for or an outside company, you'll Networks and no additional people are being hired example, applications at Yale University be more prepared." right now," says a sales manager of a Law School are up 57 percent at this With private-sector employers feeling large company that has asked to remain point in the year compared to the same the fiscal constraints of the current econ- anonymous. point last year; applications at Vanderbilt omy, students may be more likely to find "I was looking for summer internships Law School are up 47 percent; applica- opportunities in the public sector. "What with investment banks and a lot of them tions at Emory University business is hot is the public-sector: teaching, sales jobs in all areas, and computer science. The public sector is hiring now more than ever, so students may want to con- Charlie Boone Resigns sider the public.sector more so than the private because* of what's happening," DeMarco says. as Director of Students experiencing difficulty find- ing employment have at their disposal Jjllv (continuedfrontpage!) the Office of Career Planning and Be a person behind the Placement, which assists students who to resign lay with the promotion of staff as a Resident Assistant (RA). "I are seeking employment. "Senior year is scenes. Boone's wife in a similar position. "My really became interested in Residential hard in and of itself, but because of the wife was recently appointed as the life as an RA," insists Eldredge. "It economic downturn, we feel that we The ones without the Director of Residential Life for the opened my eyes to a career within the need to offer something to the seniors to Catholic University of America in college residential life capacity and gave let them know that we're here for them," bylines or photo Washington, D.C.," beams Boone. "So, me the experience I needed to pursue says DeMarco. credits and learn what it's, been pretty hard with her living in other opportunities within this field." CP&P offers a wide variety of services D.C. and me here taking care of my son." Eldredge has worked previously at to job-seeking students, including an On- it takes to produce a Boone began his job here in March Fairfield University in the area of Campus Recruiting Program. Through newspaper. 1999. He reorganized the department, Residential Life and also at Cornepea in this program seniors have the opportuni- adding two graduate positions and hiring New Jersey- ty to interview with hundreds of compa- two additional Resident Assistants Similar to the duties managed by nies. "You register for Monstertrak.com Learn necessary com- (RA's) to the staff. Boone also improved Boone, Eldredge will manage the budget and submit a resume to the companies, puter applications such the administrative policies- such as the for Residential. Life and adjudicate stu- and the companies choose who they want guest pass procedure and made tracking dent policy violations. to interview," says DeMarco. "We need as QuarkXPress and the movement of students easier- while Still new to the environment Eldredge to target employers that will be specifi- Adobe Photoshop to transforming the office into a "friendlier does not plan on immediately imple- cally hiring for Lincoln Center students." design great looking customer service" atmosphere. menting any new policies but rather to "We're really trying to educate seniors As Boone looks ahead to the begin- continue to "maintain things [going] as and let them know that if they can't find pages by creating and ning of a new era for Residential Life he they are....in a positive direction as I their first choice job, there are other positioning text, pic- speaks highly of the direction his office learn about things." Although there options, other alternatives," explains is headed under its new leadership. might possibly be some changes in the DeMarco. "We're having an adapting to tures, columns and "Keith is a Fordham person...[he is a] fall, Eldredge reiterates, "Things are run- change workshop four times throughout other elements. wonderful person for the department to ning very well. Charlie was doing a fine the semester: February 27, March 6 and have." job". 13, April 10," she says. "We're going to Keith Eldredge is no stranger to While Charlie makes plans to continue be talking about thinking of change in a Meets bi-weekly on: Fordham having served at Rose Hill as put the rest of this semester part time, more positive way, and thinking about Thursdays at 5:30 the Associate Director Residential Life Eldredge will maintain his job at Rose the economic downturn as possibly a since 1996, specifically overseeing facil- Hill indefinitely until a replacement is challenge at such a negative time." in Room SL-19 ities and housing. Prior to joining the found. In addition to these workshops, CP&P Rose Hill staff Eldredge grew up in In the future Eldredge would like to is offering two symposiums at the Rose Contact Albuquerque, New Mexico. He went on become involved in more campus orga- Hill campus. "For one, we've invited the to attend Regis University earning an nizations and student activities, includ- Department of Labor representative to The Observer atu undergraduate degree in Mathematics ing the Residence Hall Association come in and speak to students about what and later receiving a master's degree in (RHA). As.for now, Eldredge reaffirms is happening in the economy," says [email protected] Counseling from Quinnipiac University. that he is "excited about the opportunity DeMarco. "We've also invited an econ^ As an undergraduate his interest in to come and work at Lincoln Center and omist to come in and speak to students 212-636-6015 Residential Life peaked while he was on learn new things" in his career field. • about job trends and what's happening/ News , February 14,2002 Are Fordham Celebrates Second Library Annual Ignatian Awareness Week

Overdue By Laura Ralph, FCLC'03 work. The more relaxed, the more peo- Karen Wong, FCLC '03, who was in ple." charge of organizing the locations and Ignatian Awareness Week, which con- Fr.Damian O'Connell, S.J., Assistant audio/visual equipment for the events, Notices sisted of 10 events over the course of six Director of Campus Ministries, hosted joined the committee out of curiosity. days, which hoped to increase the the pot luck dinner in his McMahon Hall "I thought it was a good and fun way to Fordham community's understanding of apartment. get to know what St. Ignatius did and who Late? the Jesuit traditions as well as the priests "We had a lot of food and a wide vari- the Jesuits are," Wong said. She appreci- themselves, was held from Sunday, ety of it," he said. Approximately 20 peo- ated the fact that many departments were January 27 to Saturday, February 2. ple attended the event, according to represented throughout the week. "Each (continued from page 4) The week of activities was organized O'Connell. "We had a good time." event allowed students to meet Jesuits in by Kathleen Diina, FCLC '02, a commit- Both the social'events and the presen- many different disciplines." ten cents for each day a book is overdue tee of three other students, and Anna tations had plenty of food and conversa- "I thought [Ignatian Awareness Week] and the library is open which is generally Pfeiffer, Assistant Director of Campus tion, according to Anna Kigali, FCLC was a great success. I was particularly everyday. LoSchiavo also says by the Ministries and Global Outreach '04. impressed by the energy and enthusiasm time the final notice is sent a month later Coordinator at Lincoln Center. "I thought Ignatian Awareness Week of the people who organized it. I enjoyed the library assumes the student has lost the book and the replacement fine owed "The opportunity to have open dialogue with them was great because is "steep" but that the library would rather have the book back. Reserve materials, many people think that religious clergy members are fairly conservative, but which are not supposed to leave the library ever, carry a five-dollar fine but many Jesuits are progressive, open-minded, well-educated men and it is ben- the purpose of the higher fine according to LoSchiavo is to keep the books in the eficial to talk to them. Many of them have led incredible, interesting, library and is not generally a problem with students. thought-provoking lives."

"Who knows how much I "Ignatian Awareness Week works to was beneficial for all the students. I had it and went to as many events as I could," accomplish a better understanding of a chance to meet not only different Jesuits O'Connell said. While he was impressed owe this library?" what St. Ignatius' mission was and what but other students in my community by the students, many students felt that his educational goals were because many whom I otherwise may not have met, way about the Jesuits. When told of reports that some stu- students attend Fordham not knowing and," added Rigali,, "The food was great." "It was wonderful to get to know some dents do not receive notices even after what the basis of having the large core The presentations were also well of the men that I didn't even know were seven days but rather the first notice curriculum or certain other traditions attended, and appreciated, according to Jesuits. They are inspirational people," appears closer to an entire month after the came from," Diina said. This, Pfeiffer Caroline Smith, FCLC '02, who was in Daigle said. "One of my favorite experi- book is overdue, LoSchiavo responded said, was the reason she started Ignatian charge of fundraising on the committee. ences was having one of the Jesuits give by saying she feels that the problem is Awareness Week last year, although she "I was pleased that discussion periods me yo-yo lessons at the social. It was that "people aren't checking their email, admitted this year's event was more suc- after the presentations brought up a vari- nice to see them playful and having a overdue notices go through a student's cessful. Diina agreed. ety of insights from those in attendance, good time with students." The goal of Lotus Notes accounts and not Hotmail or "I think this year was much better students as well as faculty," Smith said. increasing awareness of the Jesuits and whatever else they might generally be because of the student committee and "Whether students, faculty, and staff are the traditions of St. Ignatius was met, using", it is the student's responsibility to planning that went into it. First we decid- Catholic or not, we are all a .part of the according to the committee members. check their school email for any overdue ed what types of events we wanted - Fordham community which is a school "I hope people came away with notices. some social and some educational - and organized in the Jesuit tradition. I felt and answers to questions they had about the Consequently, students who borrow then we invited the Jesuits," Pfeiffer said. still believe that being aware of the tradi- Jesuit tradition. I also hope that we have books from Lincoln Center's Quinn "We started planning at the beginning of tions of the school can make your work or raised questions in the minds of those library should not expect notification of November and most of it was put togeth- school environment much more meaning- who attended, and perhaps we have an overdue book as soon as it becomes er in December." ful. Events like this provide a chance to demonstrated that many subject areas overdue. Rather a student will not be "It was bigger than last year. We had meet and greet some Jesuits that may not bear the influence of the Ignatian tradi- notified until at least seven days after the about two events a day and all of them always seem accessible to students." tion," Smith said. • book has been overdue and then it is their were weli attended," Diina said. "There responsibility to check their school email were Jesuits from different departments or face an even heftier fine. The best out- such as history, theology, communica- come for perhaps the student is to mark tions and theatre, and the different topics Assist. Resident when their book is due and return or helped keep things balanced. There was renew it before any fine becomes due something for everyone." because it is not the policy of the Quinn The more popular events were the win- Director and Resident library to send notices immediately after ter social and potluck dinner which a book is overdue. offered conversation, food, . and hot (continued from page I) The only time a student-will receive a chocolate, as weir as the yo-yos and for- Assist. Resign notice prior to seven days after a book is tune cookies that were given away at done by the resident assistant staff, the sion of responsibility over the last week overdue is if another student requests the every event. guest pass appeal process, and to oversee has been going pretty well," said book. Although this policy is confusing "Both events were good for getting to law student counseling, mediation and McGlade. to students many of who mistakenly know what Jesuits around the Fordham judicial situations in relation to room At press time, McGlade sais Lewis' assume the library wants the book back community are like," Diina said. "The conflicts and McMahon Hall policies. position would be filled within a week. immediately. opportunity to have open dialogue with McGlade said, "I am now overseeing the The Office of Residential Life is current- Claire Nowacoski, FCLC '03 says, "I them was great because many people guess pass appeal process and residents ly holding interviews for next year's res- once had a book, and it wasn't over due, think that religious clergy members are will still recieve their appeals within two ident assistants. Of next year's applicants but I still got e-mail notices to return it. It fairly conservative, but many Jesuits are turns out that someone in Rose Hill had progressive, open-minded, well-educated "Because it is an employment matter I cannot reveal also requested it and apparently they had men, and it is beneficial to talk to them. priority and I had to give up the book. It Many of them have led incredible, inter- employees' reasons for resignation." was very annoying, and I still don't esting, thought-provoking lives." understand why I had to return it if it was- "The winter social was extremely well weeks." a law student will be chosen to immedi- n't due yet." attended, I'm sure because of the stellar McGalde said a search for a new ARD atley fill Lewis' position. Lewis says he The library policy on this is a cause of root beer floats I was making," joked has already begun. The position has plans on returning to the University this misunderstanding. Notification is only a Cassandra Daigle, FCLC '04, who was been posted within the Human Resources summer. courtesy to let the student know another responsible for advertising for the events. department within the University and Due to Residential Life policy which student wants the book and if they are "But seriously, people appreciate a very they hope to have the position filled states that no member of the residential done to return it as soon as possible but informal setting, one that is a break from before the end of the year. Until the posi- life staff can comment to The Observer, does not obligate the student who has the their normal routine of classes and home- tion is filled McGlade and LoCascio will all of White's and Lewis' collegeues that book to return it. • share White's responsibilities. "The divi- were contacted declined comment, • February 14,2002 Editorial; Editorial The Observer Editor-in-Chief Paul Hagen Managing Edilar Krisicn Sardis

News Editor Katie Jennings. \\ Most Wanted Associate News Editor Eric M. Andersson Commentary Editor Jennifer Schiavone By Paul Hagen, FCLC'02 that had me grabbing ahold of my friends who was moving in, I didn't Assoc. Commentary Ed. Steven Lemongello neighbor and gawking was Hannibal's know. We were sitting on packing boxes Assist. Commentary Ed. Chlpe Pashman . There are Certain things I don't notice neighbor: next to the picture of in the front room and taking a break Arts Editor Beata Loyfman until the second time I see a movie. "Hannibal" was that of another interna- when the window exploded inward, All Associate Arts Editor Cynthia Rodriguez Sometimes it's a quotable bit of dia- tional celebrity, Osama bin Laden. of us scrambled to the back of the apart- Features Editors Lij* de Ribere Larijin Laufen Quigley logue (for example: "Kill everyone now. I later found out that Hannibal had ment, trying to protect ourselves from Literary Editor Chris Monfette Condone first-degree murder. Advocate specappeared in theaters in February of the debris. I woke up with, a start. Assistant Literary Editor Brooke Whitley cannibalism," from Pink Flamingoes). 2001 and had gone into production in Although a broken window could be Sports Editor Ryan Dever > Sometimes it's a particularly gruesome March°of'206b7but at th'at moment my caused by a lot of situations, i had Copy Editor Barbara McAlpine detail (such as the eyeball that is thoughts were more along the lines of, known the moment it broke, that it was Photography Editor Rita Brunelli stepped-upon in Desperate Living.) But "I don't know when this movie came September 11 all over again. It was the sometimes I'll notice a detail - not out, but it was a long-ass time ago. If his most disturbing dream I've ever had. Graphic Design Editors Carrie Lam because I "just didn't catch it" the first face was on thejop Ten List that long of In the clearer light of day, I tried to Lisa Yim time, but because in the time between a time, then why didn't someone catch figure out why Osama was haunting me. Assist. Graphics Editor Hellen Lee the initial and second viewings, an event him before he could start flying planes The mass media has hacked him to Graphic Designers Ana Hurley has occurred that has impacted my life into buildings?" As I calmed down, I pieces - he's in hiding, he's in need of Nydia Streets so thoroughly that when I return to the remembered my post-9/11, CNN-pro- dialysis and every other day he "may film this detail is suddenly rich and awe- vided education: Osama had been orga- have already been killed." Why would Online Editor Tatiana Deligiannakis Assistant Online Editor Marisa Flores some to the degree that I must turn nizing terrorist attacks and keeping him- such a powerless person be interrupting (wide-eyed and slack-jawed) to my self hard-to-locate siijce long before my movie-viewing and giving me night- Business Manager Josephine Trombino neighbor on the sofa and grab on to him Hannibal was filmed. Yet somehow, I mares? I slowly began to realize that or her in the hopes that their|upport will was still overwhelmed with the feeling such a person wasn't capable of that. I FOpulty Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Stone prevent me from being knocked to the that if I had known Osama's face when was not afraid of Osama bin Laden; Graphics Advisor Dawn Eshelman floor by the power of my realization. I had seen Hannibal in the theaters as when I had seen his face in Hannibal, I Do you ever feel that way? well as I know it now, something would grabbed onto my neighbor not because I Board of Advisors \ I had such a moment recently while have been different. I didn't know how was afraid of him, but because I was specifically things would have been dif- Julie Farin, Director of Marketing Veronis, watching Hannibal. For those who have afraid of the me that first saw the movie, Suhler & Associates; Anthony Giglio, not seen the film, portions of it show ferent -1 don't think I could have actu- the me that hadn't noticed Osama the Executive Editor, Drinks.com; Clarisel characters accessing the FBI's Top Ten ally caught him. I don't think I even first time around, the me who had been Gonzalez, Reporter, Union News & Sunday Most Wanted List Web site. I imagine would have been better prepared. unpjepared on The. Day the World Republican; Sean Gallagher, Producer, Online Science Section, The New York Times; Lynette that the audience is supposed to be Nonetheless, I couldn't shake the .feel- Changed. I settled easily back into sleep ing- > Harrison.Publisher, W Magazine; Melissa impressed by whatever small amount of after that realization. The night before I Harts, TV Producer, WBIS, Cassandra Hayes, graphics editing went into placing a pic- That night I dreamed I was in a room had allowed myself to be afraid; the Careers Editor, Black Enterprise; Vivian ture of Anthony Hopkins (as Hannibal with dilapidated brown walls. It seemed next morning I realized that I didn't Lake, Reporter, Jersey Journal; Denise Lecter) on a convincing replica of the that someone was moving into the apart- need to be anymore. And that is what I Holzka, Attorney; Minlzer & Sarowitz, Mina Bureau's Web site. However, the thing had most wanted. • Landriscina, Manging Editor, The ment, but whether it was I or one of my Poughkeepsie Journal; Brian McDonald, Author, My Father's Gun; Lori Majewski,Entertainment Editor, Teen People; Fran Brancatelli Marino.Editor, Peterson's Guides, Inc.; Gary Rosen,Vice President, LB Naturally Thin Doesn't Lipman Public Relations. All members of the Fordham com- Necessarily Fit munity are welcome to submit letters to the editor of The Observer, the indepen- By Kristen Sardis, FCLC'03 worry about my boobs sagging during creating the "must be thin" campaign; so dent student newspaper of Fordham my later stages of life. But everyone what's the answer? To make thin people ' College at Lincoln Center, New York, I do not mean to offend those who are assumes that if you're thin you are auto- feel bad about themselves, preaching that NY. Address all letters to the editor to: suffering from an eating disorder. This matically blessed with the ability to wear America has lost too much weight. So Letters to the Editor article has nothing to do with anorexia or anything you want. This is not true. I being fat is not good and being thin is not The Fordham Observer bulimia. My objective is to just point out cried while shopping for my prom dress. good? What message does that send to 113 West 60th St. Room 408 that people who are naturally thin suffer Nothing fit me correctly. The dresses me? Please, someone tell me, what is New York, NY 10023 from generalizations and prejudices just Letters to the editor may also be sub' as overweight people do. As I wrote my "When people so kindly remind me that I am "so skin- mitted via campus mail and should be article on eating disorders, I grew more addressed to: The Observer, Rm., 408, and more sick at the fact that people, ny" I fight the desire to punch them in the mouth. "Put Lowenstein. especially young women, have such poor body images of themselves. The process some meat on your bones, girl." Yes, straight away, I'll of accepting your body is a tough one. Trust me, I know the journey is long, but go to the nearest meat store and pack some on. il |M»blie;ilion of l-'oi'illii once you get there, you won't want to it\. I oi'dhiim 'College I iiiL'ulii CVntcri New York. Now York. look back. Now I will tell you my story. hung on me like drapes on a window. I good? I he opinion* expressed in The I am aware that the typical reaction to felt like a 7-year-old playing dress up in Many of my friends think I am a med- ()risen or. including-hut not limited to. a thin person is "gross" and the immedi- her mother's clothes. I refused to step out ical miracle personified: I have what you those in uriieles. letters, edilorkils. ate assumption is that the individual is of the dressing room because all the would call a "healthy" appetite and eat graphics, photographs, heiullincs niul malnourished. We can thank the media other girls were able to wear their "off basically anything I want—and I don't subheikllines. iiml curUums. me those of for that. Calista Flockhart is dehuman- the shoulder" dress. Because of my thin gain any weight. And again, before you ized for being thin. The quiet murmur is frame, I have to get many of my formal plan my death, know that I have been to iiinl do not necess;iril> relied I that she "has a problem." Magazines are wear altered or custom made. a doctor because I convinced myself that of lite 1'iliioriiil Hoard or I passionately assuring readers that being Manufacturers make clothes for an ideal there was something wrong with me. His thin is not attractive and those who are body type, a body type that does not response was basically, "Hey, I can't help in;i\ he reproduced without the unusually thin are unhealthy. Well, I have exist. And you know what? I absolutely you, this is your body, deal with it." My expressed, written consent ol' I he (ihsen or I ditoriul Honril. I oilers to the two words in response: NOT TRUE! despise bathing suit shopping. European relatives are convinced that my mother doesn't feed me, so grandma gra- All my life I have been thin. I wear I am sometimes afraid of what people he iiddivs'.sed lo: I lie Ohsencr I diiori.i size 2 jeans (recently upgraded from a think of me-do they think I am too thin or ciously provides me with an ungodly Hand, I'okllnmi College al l.ineoli size 0) and have zero body fat. But, that I have a "problem?" The media is the amount of food at the table and proudly ('onior. 11.1 West MHh Siieet. Komi before you find out where I live and cru- glitch in self-acceptance. The media is watches me eat, making me feel like a •ins. New York. New York IdlO.I o cify me, hear me out. I hate being thin. feeling guilty. It is trying to make up for caged animal being studied. I have tried l.isovl lo I.I2I h.1fi-''iir Phone I 21."I Sure it has its perks—I do not have to the hysteria it caused a while back by weight gain (continued to page 10) Commertta February 14,2002

* • The Futility of the Anti-Smoking Campaign By Steven Lemongello smokers of any age who want to quit. As Koop writes, "The facts are that quitting In my freshman year of college here at smoking at any age reduces the risk of Fordham, I would continually be amazed premature death; current treatments can at the fact that I was the only person - the substantially increase the odds of quit- only person -1 knew of here at Fordham ting." That's the key to saving lives, not who didn't smoke. Everybody I would by going all-out to try to influence the meet, roommates, friends - everybody thinking of adolescents, who believe they smoked. In apartment 2D we even had are invulnerable and are going to damn what was called "the smoking chair" set well live forever. up next to the window in the corner; a Of course, many anti-smoking regular dining-room chair with arms that activists feel so good and righteous was pretty uncomfortable compared with knowing that they are helping to save the the other chairs, but then those chairs lives of The Children, that the irrelevan- didn't have official titles, did they? Of cy of what they are doing does not imme- course, it was technically a "non-smok- diately occur to them. The idea of "aban- ing" room, but that designation went by doning" children to the evils of tobacco the wayside, as in most "non-smoking" would seem unimaginable to them. It's rooms. And among the haze of smoke time, though, to face facts, as the anti- and the smell of tobacco, I would many alcohol temperance movement in the times think to myself: anti-smoking cam- Enjoying a ciggy on a cold winter's morn on the Plaza. '20s did as it gazed upon block after paigns are a complete joke. block of illegal speakeasies: thisjust isn't The amount of publicity aqd advertis- who decides to light up out of curiosity ignored by those who are trying the hard- working. The people most willing to lis- ing that the campaign to stop teen smok- or peer pressure, and I can't imagine bill- est to stamp out the spread of smoking. ten to the anti-smoking message are the ing puts out annually is incredible; mil- boards or TV ads chipping away at those As former Surgeon General C. Everett twenty year-old who is tired of his addic- lions of dollars being spent to send the bastions of adolescence. Likewise, those Koop states in a 1998 Washington Post tion, and the financial drain that comes message to teens that smoking is uncool, of us who decided not to smoke didn't article, "We must not focus our efforts so with it as the price of cigarettes grows higher and higher. The thirty year-old The people who can make mature, rationalized decisions about the dangers who's increasingly afraid of the health risks she might have to deal with in the of smoking, the adults, are basically ignored by those who are trying the future, such as the diseases that many in her family had suffered and died from: hardest to stamp out the spread of smoking. emphysema, throat cancer, lung cancer. The forty year-old that has tried to quit so addictive, dangerous, playing into the make that decision because of some narrowly on preventing tobacco use by many times: in college, after college, hands of the tobacco companies, you badly written, patronizing spot we saw youth that we send smokers the message while engaged, after marriage, after the name it. And I always would stop and on television. I knew about the addictive- that we-have abandoned them - that their birth of his daughter, but simply can't, think: ifall these" people 1 know smoke, ness and the health hazards of smoking; addiction is their own fault and that we and who is beginning to think that he and I and others I know who don't smoke kids about to start don't care, and those don't care about them." In this lies the never will. These are the lives that anti- pay no attention to these campaigns, then who have already begun are too addicted key. Even among those who started smoking activists can help to save. With why do they still bother? The bottom line to do anything about it anyway. smoking early, there are a good number increased effort, these people's danger- ous addictions, like the old smoking is that kids who are going to smoke are And therein lies the problem - the who want to quit, have thought about chair, will end up relics from a distant going to smoke, and kids who aren't, people who can make mature, rational- quitting, or have tried to quit. The efforts past. • aren't. Public service announcements ized decisions about the dangers of of the anti-smoking campaigns must be have no effect on the young teenager smoking, the adults, are basically to inform, educate, and spur on those Enron: A Story That's Here to Stay By Danielle Holly sitting through another super-sized head- Now, after giving the entire fiasco Lay gave suggestions to President Bush line article. more than just a cursory glance, I realize regarding which candidates he hoped Enron for dummies. It seemed pretty Do the front page of every daily news- that this is exactly the kind of story that would be appointed' to the Federal innocent at first. Big energy company paper and the top story on news websites needs to unfold in front of the public's Energy Commission. Several months falls victim to the failing economy and such as CNN.com need to be devoted to eyes. It is quite different from the typical later, two of Lay's suggestions were current recession. However, the rest of corporate scandal? As everything else politician-gone-bad story with which appointed, chosen from a slew of other the story unfolds like a Hollywood which has molded opinion in the last five we've been inundated in the past couple candidates. Washington's actions reek of movie. The evil corporation and big months, the tragedies of September 1 lth of years. More and more, with each glar- an over-involvement of special interests. business men rob their less fortunate may have more than a passing affect on ing headline, the Enron story is becom- So, as tired as you might be of reading employees blind by encouraging them to my lacking interest in Enron. It is some- ing a shady profile of a deceptive compa- about Enron and being subjected to what invest large amounts of their 401K Tnto what of a relief to have cover stories that ny headed by members who had a little seems like endless coverage, it has Enron stock that they knew would be aren't directly related to the involvement bit too much influence in the govern- become clear than it's necessary for the worthless in a matter of months, while in Afghanistan, Bush's War on Terror and ment. press to step in and make sure that there oshredding documents that could give any is some sort of retribution for the count- indication of the impending doom. The Enron story is becoming a shady profile of a less people who lost their life savings There is a big cover-up when the compa- due to a few power-hungry, deceptive ny finally fails. It seems to be a pure case deceptive company headed by members who had a men. My only concern now is how many of mean rich guys versus their far-less other companies are guilty of the same wealthy, relatively innocent employees. little bit too much influence in the government. practices and getting away with it. The Arguably, the most cinematically quali- only hope is that these stories will pro- fied moment in the Enron crisis was the voke investigation into suspicious busi- nesses. Slowly, news has been leaking apparent suicide of former Enron Vice- the results and repercussions of the two. Vice-President Dick Cheney held about companies that might be headed Chairman J.Clifford Baxter. Baxter was Yet, as I'm now used to reading about meetings with then-Enron Chairman down the same path as Enron. Several found dead in his car- the result of a self- ultimate human sacrifice and horror, and Kenneth Lay, immediately prior to he companies, including the powerhouse inflicted gunshot would to the head. looking at the limitations and drawbacks completed the draft of his energy policy. Citigroup, have been reported to be From this point on, the story became of the "freedom" we experience in our No other corporation received that shredding unflattering documents. sickly glamorous. Still, for some reason, country (all thoughts provoked from advantage and the records of that meet- Enron's domino affect seems to have the action-packed drama that is the newspaper headlines related to the World. ing have now been deemed off-limits to started already, making it a bit harder for Enron scandal had, story after story, Trade Center), Enron's scandal falls into the public. The entanglements do not sneaky businessmen to do their dirty failed to get my attention. a less important category in my mind and end there. Enron had been one of George work. Unfortunately for the Kenneth begins to take on the face of an over- W. Bush's biggest corporate supporters Although I was completely supportive Lay's and J.CIifford Baxter's of the cor- reported Monica Lewinsky scandal, O.J. beginning with his candidacy for gover- of and angry for all those people who lost porate world, Enron's stay on the front Simpson trial and Gary Condit-like nor of Texas. The close relationship con- their pensions and jobs in a heartbeat page is nowhere near a close. • without any notice, 1 couldn't imagine behavior. tinued until the fall of Enron. Kenneth February 14,2002 Continental The Curse of Blinding Knowing Popularity By Lisa de Ribere Larkin, FCLC'02 ery.") By Michael Kraus, FCLC'04 they have ever come to peace under the 7. State of the Union Address. Clinton administration. Under Clinton, Thanks to Professor Joseph Dembo, Our boy in the White House' declares In times of tragedy it is extremely easy North and South Korea were on talking and his TV News and the World Today North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and their ilk as to become a popular politician. For terms, in fact North Korea was allowing course at Fordham College at Lincoln part of an "Axis of Evil." He as much as example, Mayor Guliani was controver- its citizens to make trips to South Korea Center, I now know a lot more than 1 says outright that he intends to attack all sial and only mildly popular BEFORE to visit relatives from which they had want to know. Because our required of these nations at the mere whiff of a September 11th, but after September been separated for nearly a half of a cen- homework assignments include daily nuclear weapon or harboring of terror- 11th Guliani was so wildly popular, the tury. Iraq has always been a problem, yet reading of each front-page story from the ists. He is trying to start the War That vast majority of NYC wanted him to stay through the diplomatic skills that only New York Times in its entirety, plus edi- Ends All Life. To this end, he proposes past his term limit. Let me pose a ques- President Clinton possessed, inspectors torials, op-eds, and letters, I am awash in massive increases in military spending tion: What exactly did he do that was so were allowed in to keep an eye on Bushiana. Yes, we are supposed to be which will cause a deficit, but what the incredible? He.didn't do anything incred- Saddam. studying how the different media, print heck. It was-so much fun spending down ible, in fact he did less then what most Guess who undermined all of these and television, are handling the same our hard won surplus of money; let's people did that day and in the weeks fol- accomplishments? BUSH. The United material. But all this other stuff keeps spend some more. In fact, how about lowing. It was very clear that people States has been an ally to Israel for about creeping in—namely, what's going on in some more tax cuts while we're at it. wanted a hard line response to the 50 years. Yet when a person (the US) the world—and I don't like it one bit. 8. To cap it off, polls say Bush has tragedies, and following President Bush, tries to be an objective negotiator The trouble is that it keeps coming an 80-85% approval rating among the Guliani, along with a very long list of between their friend (Israel) and their back to our illustrious president and his American people, Which people are Democrats and Republicans, jumped on friend's adversary (Palestine), they don't minions—oops! Did that sound a little these? Who is running these polls? Is all the bandwagon and gave the people what say "he's my friend so watch yourself; connotative? Sorry. It just nags at me, but 15% of the American public extreme- they wanted. because this would show blatant bias. though, how Mr. 85% has all his ducks in ly distracted, or is George W. Bush, in President Bush currently has an That is affectively the exact thing Bush a row. And what a bunch of quackers truth, operating from the dark side of the approval rating in the 80th percentile; did; He stated the obvious and called they are: scriptures? good for him. He addressed the Israel our ally. Since then, Palestine has 1. George W. Bush wins the presi- The questions remain: American public within days of the reestablished its Infitada, and there has dential election by illegal means, aided If we are told that the economy is sta- tragedy, and gave us the hard-line cow- been no chance for peace there for over and abetted by his ambitious family, who bilizing so much that we are no longer in boy response we had hoped for and one year. September 11th, 2001 is what makes the Kennedys look like the Israelis and Palestinians are forced to Cleavers. Ballots cast by Blacks, face on a daily basis. President Bush also Hispanics, and the elderly in Florida are stated that the North Korean President "accidentally" botched or discarded, and coufd not be trusted, and there have been many Black and handicapped voters are no talks between S. Korea and N. Korea prevented from voting at all. The since. President Bush also bombed Iraq Supreme Court helps this lovely little only a few months into his presidency. process along. Why does this matter? It matters 2. Even though a recession is because the Middle East's disgust and deepening, G.W. insists upon a tax cut sense of hopelessness over the Israeli- for citizens who really can do without it,- Palestinian conflict has turned into while those who could really use it are Osama Bin Laden's vast majority of sup- passed over. He says it will help boost port. It matters because Bush put North the sagging economy. When my $600. Korea and Iraq on his "axis of evil" list. arrives, I use it to pay bills. I do not go on Did Bush cause 9/11? No. Did he con- a shopping spree. Who can afford more tribute? Definitely. debt these days? Bush is the farthest from a diplomatic 3. September 11. Enough said, President than anybody could have ever except 1 can't help but think about FDR imagined after Clinton, but does that and Pearl Harbor—you know, how he mean we become war mongers to solve most likely knew about it but let it hap- are problems? NO! Another question: If pen because he wanted to get us into you were being assaulted by a group of World War II. Oh, one more thing. Now, much smaller, more inferior, and much urtesy of White House photographer Enc Draper weaker people than you, what would you we US citizens are completely distracted President George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States of America from those sticky issues Bush was avoid- do? I'd grab the first one that hit me and ing like the plague—education and "To cap it off, polls say Bush has an 80-85% approval rating among the beat him until he had nothing left in him. health reform. American people. Which people are these? Who is running these polls? Is I would then turn, wipe the blood from 4. Enron. A Houston based compa- all but 15% of the American public extremely distracted, or is George W. my fists, and say to the rest of the group, ny that Bush must have been involved Bush, in truth, operating from the dark side of the scriptures?" "Now I'm sure you are much more intel- with before the presidential election, ligent than he, maybe we should talk out being a Texan former-Governor and all, need of interest rate cuts, are we to sim- expected. Not only did he tell us what we our problems." Bush made the same first crashes!—but takes a long time to burn. ply take that as fact, while the country's wanted to hear, but he also did an excel- move I would have; but instead of using The information, whatever can be ferret- corporate darling is imploding and we lent job in handling Afghanistan. He kept it as a negotiating point, he has turned ed out, is so confusing that even experts are not at all sure that it's a fluke? the American Military and civilian casu- and convinced everybody watching, the wor[d, that the-rest of them deserve to be can't decipher what's going on. Does the ring of further tax cuts drown alties low, and effectively wiped Al beaten too. 5. Cheney defies the General out the sound of our prior national deficit Queda clear out of Afghanistan. Accounting Office (GAO) and its roaring back in our faces? President Bush made a world of differ- Our famously popular President has demand for records of meetings he had Is it OK if George W. Bush is ence for the women there, not to mention provoked fights, and as soon as it seemed with Enron over the US energy policy. absolutely hell-bent on having his toys the rest of the population. There is that he had had enough fun, it becomes He says it is his, and the President's, con- and fighting all those "evil" nations, just nobody that can legitimately say differ- apparent that he hasn't. This is a critical stitutional right to withhold this informa- like Daddy? Can't we just get him a ently. time in U.S. history. Unfortunately the tion. There is a royal odor beginning to Nintendo Game Cube? Currently Bush has every right to be American people are being blinded by an waft its way from the White House. Does Boy George use the word "evil" popular, but where will he decide to end outrageously popular President. Don't let 6. Prisoners, whoops! Detainees just a little too much, as if he has had this war? Popularity is an extremely your patriotism blind your sensibility. being held in Guantanamo are declared intimate relations with the true meaning empowering tool for a president to pos- Diplomacy has always been a much "unlawful combatants" by Mr. Bush, of the word? sess. It confirms his legitimacy. It also more affective, cheaper, and safer tool without so much as a nod toward the How do we wipe that smug, robotic keeps the President's liberal adversaries than war. It's true that this tool doesn't Geneva Convention rules regarding grin off Laura Bush's face? behind the curtain, because they are fear- 'always fit every problem, but there is POW's, or the procedure required to ful of becoming unpopular if they speak nothing to lose by trying it, If Bush does determine whether a detainee is indeed a I love you, Professor Dembo, but in out against him. wake up and try diplomacy, and it does- POW, or an "unlawful combatant." Even this case, what I now know is going to Here's some news: Before President n't work, then I'm behind him 100%. • Colin Powell is wary of this one. make my life miserable. There is nothing Bush was out there saving the world, he (Powell had better watch his back. worse than learning a lot of stuff but not did an awfully good job in screwing it G.W.B. has low tolerance for "treach- knowing what to do about it. • up. Israel and Palestine came the closest Commentar February 14, 2QQ2 The Pope on Divorce By Chloe Pashman, FCLC'02 midst of a drawn-out war, many people are turning back to their respective reli- When an article in the January 29th gious organisations, even if they have Times was pointed out to me, I was strayed in recent years. However, now forced to once again acknowledge the more than ever, I think that people real- difficulties people face in society today, ize how short life is, and they do not and how time-honored institutions can want to waste any of it being unhappy in even fail to offer support to those who a relationship or situation that weighs need it. In this case, Pope John Paul II them down emotionally or spiritually. announced that Roman Catholic lawyers In my opinion, no one can make rules were to refuse to take on divorce cases. about or govern "matters of the heart," so They must instead try to encourage and to speak. It is not for a religious figure or help couples to reconcile. While I whole- politician to tell people whom they heartedly agree that the Pope has the should be with or not be with. Overall, right and duty to uphold the teachings of the Pope has the right to condemn some- the Catholic church, one of which frowns thing the church does not support; he is (•<•*; upon divorce, it is just not reasonable in • simply upholding the traditions of the our modern world, to expect all marital Church, in expressing his preference for rifts to be mended. This summer, I saw reconciliation over divorce. Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in Rome, Unfortunately, reconciliation is not blessing newly married couples at a always possible, or what is desired by Wednesday Mass. Hopefully, in ten or those involved, and it really is their deci- twenty years, they will all be as blissful Pope John Paul II sees divorce as an epidemic sion. Mandating that all Catholic lawyers as they were on that morning, but that is should have to refuse divorce cases, even idealistic, in my opinion. couples in modern America will get should feel comfortable seeking legal for people who are not of the Catholic Romantic relationships, and especially divorced, and while this is an unpleasant counsel for any situation in which they faith, another detail noted in the article, those in trouble, are probably the "touch- reality, it is a reality. Couples seeking find themselves; this is their right as free will not solve the problems that many iest" and most volatile situations in divorces will approach many of the Americans. People will surely turn away couples will inevitably face. Deeper which any outside party can get Catholic civil lawyers who are not sup- from an institution that they look to for issues have to be addressed in order to involved. People's emotions are on posed to take these cases. While the Pope comfort, guidance, and love, if there are reduce the divorce rate, and forcing peo- edge, insecurities are raging, and each has the ideals of his faith in mind, and too many rules that impede their freedom ple to remain in hurtful situations is not situation is uniquely complex, depending this is truly admirable, there seems to be to make decisions about their personal the solution. Compassion, tolerance, and on the specific personalities involved and little or no consideration for the difficult lives. Especially in light of recent events, happiness should not be discouraged by the events that have taken place leading situation in which many Roman Catholic continuous threats of danger, and in the any religion or leader • up to the separation. Sometimes domes- lawyers now find themselves. They are tic violence, alcohol or drug addiction, in a very awkward position, as those who infidelity, or another serious problem is try to abide by the Pope's words will, present. In the article, there is a mention essentia^, have'to choose between their - of allowing separation if there is constant loyalty to'tthe Church anil sympathy^or When regular eyeglasses violence. Come on, so if there is only a their clients. Qti£ Catholic lawyer .work- little, the couple should just work ing in Rome said that he "would rather be through it? I feel that people in these sit- excommunicated than stop guaranteeing no longer help, there uations already often feel that they have people the right to put an end to unhappy done something wrong, or that the atroc- situations." are other things that will. ities committed by the other person in the I feel that this could be extremely relationship is their fault. How many counterproductive to the unity of the lawyers can, in good faith, refuse such church and its followers. Life is more CCTV cases? For a devout member of the complicated in many respects than it was Catholic church to know that the highest even decades ago, let alone hundreds of authority of his or her religion is not only years ago, and the church, t«Lfln extent, looking down on the decision to end the has to change with the times in order not marriage but also on attempts to aid in to alienate its following. Catholic the painstaking process is anything but lawyers should be &ble to take on any supportive. case in which they feel they can help the Unfortunately, about half of married client, which is their job, and people Naturally Thin Doesn't Necessarily

Fit (continued from page 7) shakes that most likely taste as disgust- day and I see everything that you see. I ing as those weight loss drinks. I deal am fully aware that I am skinny, thank with the same demons overweight people you. Blame it on incredible metabolism. deal with: I have cried to my mom about The sad thing I have come to realize, my body image and sought solace in her is that hardly anyone is satisfied with arms, and my father's constant reminder his/her body weight. I'll never forget one that I am "beautiful" hasn't always been of the days I shopped for my prom dress. convincing. I have tried a countless num- In the dressing rooms of Jessica ber of tactics to gain weight. I too have McClintock, while I secretly cried to my cried in the dressing room of department mom that my "dream dress" looked like stores. When people so kindly remind me a nightmare on me, I overheard the girl in : that I am "so skinny" I fight the desire to the next room crying to her mom because !"0>-1, :><'. :'-:'i: C• ..tiUtlfi. punch them in the mouth. "Put some she felt she looked too fat. I wanted to go meat on your bones, girl." Yes, straight home. It saddened me so much to see that W7-L0W VISION (1-877-569-8474) away, I'll go to the nearest meat store and so many people are their own worst pack some on. Word of advice: this is not enemy. • a compliment. I look in the mirror every February 14,2002 orts Iron Mike Has Final Meltdown By Ryan Oever ed by the contradiction which is Tyson, from Tyson's notoriety before he finds Frazier, George Foreman and Larry like the superficial breakfast television himself once more behind bars or suc- Holmes all in the same era is almost at The Mike Tyson saga finally came to interviewer impressed by his "gentle- cumbs to his own apparent death wish. an end, and the shame is that the sport a head in Las Vegas, Nevada as the ness." Somewhere, New York, New Jersey, did not recognize that fact while it still Nevada Athletic Commission met to But those who have followed Tyson's Saudi Arabia, the Moon, wherever, retained a modicum of honor. decide Tyson's fate as a boxer. career these past 16 years know the someone might be crazy enough to host The truth is that Tyson has long been You could not help feeling that the truth. Tyson acts as mad as a March hare the venue for this fight. a caricature of the brutal and brilliant commission which had voted 4-1 to - and he should never be allowed to step Given time some organization might athlete who ruled the world back in the deny him a license to fight Lewis in Las inside a ring again. be persuaded that Tyson had changed his late 1980s. Vegas on April 6 had at last struck a Nothing he could do or say in the ways, that the risk he might kill someone Almost since he stared at the ceiling blow for sanity in a sport which remains foreseeable .future could possibly con- in the ring, an opponent, referee, trainer, of the Tokyo Dome and then staggered in danger of being hauled away by men vince a reasonable man, or the one whoever, was a risk worth taking. on all fours, gum shield in hand, after his in white coats. woman on the Las Vegas commission Certainly the menace and infamy invincibility had been shattered by "I'm not Mother Theresa and I'm not for that matter, that someone who bit off which surrounds Tyson could still draw Buster Douglas, Tyson has occupied a Charles Manson," Tyson told the Evander Holyfield's ear, tried to break a crowd of pay-per-view ghouls just world of neuroses. Nevada State Athletic Commission. the arm of Francois Botha, could * be about anywhere, although the really big Drinking, drugs, divorces, rape con- "Yes, I'm crazy - but I'm not crazy like trusted. So, is it truly all over? Is Tyson bucks remain in America. viction, wrangles with the tax man, all that.. I might want to have sex in a crazy too dangerous ever to fight again? But not for much longer. • Lewis have blunted his boxing skills and place but I don't want to kill or rape The answers probably depend on knows that, just as he knows Tyson rep- warped his fractious mind. nobody or hurt nobody," Tyson said. whether the on-going police investiga- resents the one last gargantuan payday He is not the only one to blame. As words designed to carry sadness tions into sexual assault allegations of his career. There is no other show in Promoters such as Don King and and remorse, they failed. As a senti- against him are resolved before a new town. Britain's own Frank Warren have ment meant to convince anyone that venue can be found which will sanction This time, as managers insist a deal chewed off their own piece of Iron Mike. Tyson, who a short time ago, took a 'sig- the excesses of the self-styled 'Baddest can be done, promoters panic and the Officials like those who put together nificant chunk' out of Lennox Lewis' Man on the Planet'. hoodlums who attach themselves to box- the New York press conference debacle, thigh after sinking his teeth into his As promoters and officials scoured ing wait in the wings. If you listen desperate for more publicity and pay-per- trouser leg at the New York press con- the planet to save the 283million-dollar closely you can almost hear the death view subscriptions, are also culpable. ference brawl, was as normal as the next event, the thought persisted that sport rattle of the sport itself. Indeed, the decision of the Nevada man in the street. Those words also could rarely have*sunk to such depths of There simply are not any heavy- State Athletic Commission was a sur- failed. debauchery. weights around who could put the bums prise in as much as we had despaired Then as he walked to his limousine, If it were a scramble to place Tyson of more than their own family and that boxing and reality were anything shielded by half-a-dozen bodyguards, and Lewis in the pantheon of heavy- friends on seats. There are no punchers other than passing strangers. came final proof of his lunacy. "Lennox weight greats, to record the one last of panache, no sluggers of spectacle; in Thankfully, in the end, Las Vegas, the is a coward - I'll fight him any time I see great fight of a generation, it might be short, no lords of the ring. gaming capital of the world, was not him in the street." legitimate. But it is not. The game, which once boasted leg- prepared to take a gamble on Tyson. Of course, there are those still delud- It is a race to squeeze the last dollar ends such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Nor should anywhere else. • Crew Are These Guys? By Joseph Buono for their upcoming races. These workouts Crew still works as hard if not harder than in England. Bonano led crews have made usually begin roughly at 8 o'clock in the members of varsity squads. They take a the trip overseas to England 4 times during College sports fans have a very nar- morning and include 45 minutes on the tremendous amount of pride in their work his 10-year reign as coach. The men's sea- row view of collegiate sports and their Ergometer, which is a machine built to sim- ethic and level of competition. son begins with a training trip during spring athletes. In the minds of many, a "jock" ulate rowing techniques. After mat, the This past fall the men had a tremen- break as they get ready to participate in a is only a jock if he plays on the football, team makes it way to the weight room to dous amount of success, recording one number of different events throughout the basketball, or baseball team. This label- participate in an hour's worth of upper and of their best turnouts in recent history. year. Among these events are the Bucknell ing (whether given in a positive or nega- lower body exercises. "Coach Bonano and The team won the men's 8 at the Head of Spring Invitational (3/27), the Grimaldi tive light) is understandable because the team believes in putting our all into Connecticut and in doing so defeated Cup (4/3), the LaSalle Invitational (4/10), members of these teams are the most rec- everything we do," said Cordy Wagner several Ivy League powers. They later and the Manhattan Invitational (4/17). ognizable and visible athletes at a univer- FCLC '05. He later added mat the team's finished third in the Men's 4 at the Head The members of the Men's Crew team sity. While walking to our next class or preparation is a "pretty rigorous workout," of Schulykill, and finished 13th in the here at Fordham are indeed athletes. They looking for a seat in the cafeteria these but he knows that this training is what trans- men's 8 at the Princeton Chase, one of are an inspired, dedicated, and hard working athletes are noticeable by their physical lates into team success. the most competitive races of the season. group of men and that is evident by the presence and authentic team apparel. If Now lets get caught up on some history. This spring the men are working hard team's success. They will never gain the we fail to notice their athletic aura, we Men's crew has been a sport at Fordham towards successful showings at the Dad notoriety and admiration that other athletes are sure to read about them in a newspa- since 1915 and during this time the program Vail Regatta and the International Regatta at and teams have, but they do not expect it per or even see them on television. The has been extremely successful, winning the NY State Championships. In addition, What they do expect is to continue their high sad truth however,.is that everyday we several national championships. The team they are hoping to compete in the presti- level of competition and amount of success are in the presence of unknown athletes, currently operates under the direction of gious Henley Royal Regatta that takes place that they have come accustomed to. • who in many cases, are more successful I Oth year coach Ted Bonano. Bonano's in their arena of athletic superiority than experience includes time with the US the players- we most often cheer and National team during the 1970's as well as Apartments admire. Among these unsung athletes are been given the honor to coach three US the members of the Men's Crew team Olympic teams. Bonano's squad belongs to here at Fordham University. the Dad Vail Affiliation, making the Dad Sublets & Roommates The Men's Crew team does not have Vail Regatta the focal point of the team's ^—-—- anything to do with making clothes for J. spring season. Since 1989, when Bonano Crew nor is it anything like a stage crew. first came to Fordham, the team has had 7 Browse & List Free! It has to do with boats, the rowing of undefeated seasons and 9 national champi- them actually. There are eight men in a onships: 5 at Dad Vail, 2 at Champion Apartments & Rooms boat, all with oars, paddling as one cohe- International, 1 at the NCAA Nationals, and sive unit under the direction and orders 1 at IRA Nationals. of the coxswain, who is the captain of One possible reason for the lack of noto- the boat. The typical Men's Crew race is riety Men's Crew has received over the www.TheSublet.com a 2000m sprint that usually lasts some- years is the fact that it is a club sport at where in between 6-7 minutes. Fordham and not recognized as a varsity The team often trains on the Harlem sport. However, this does not discourage River, but also uses other methods of train- the members of the team. "The only thing All Areas! No Brokers! ing. Currently, six to seven times a week the that's different between us and a varsity team meets at the Vincent T. Lombardi sport is the name," said Wagner. Despite the Center at Rose Hill to work out and prepare distinction of being a club sport, Men's 201 - 265 -7900 Sports February 14,2002 page 12 Commercialization at the Superbowl Reaches Patriotic Heights Mark Kate part of football as the ball itself, split up. selves on their united team motto and tri- from die game and toward little more man a And, as if no more "Summerall and umphing in die face of adversity which shameless display of cheap sentimentality, Super Bowl XXXVI has now passed us Madden" wasn't enough, we are left with a always comes with die underdog status. Yet short lived patriotism, and coercive commer- by in a dazzling brilliance of true dramatic bad taste in the mouth due to the dubious cir- it seems to me that even their appeal as cialism. ° fashion. But has anyone truly noticed? With cumstances under which Summerall vacated emblems of die present day America after In short, football should be allowed to all the events surrounding our lives, and even the commentator's booth, being accused of 9/11, tough but judicious, tenacious and bold, return to its original status in the hearts and the game of football itself, it has become all abusing his position for personal financial is severely undermined by exterior circum- minds of Americans. We should not be made too difficult to connect with the true spirit of gain. In addition, it seems difficult and less stances engulfing die entire event For who gullible fools by greedy corporations and the game. Thus it isn't too crazy a question pleasurable to find bright spots in a game speaks of die irony that die Patriots' last loss conniving politicians, becoming ever dis- to ask, "Has Super Bowl turned into a main- overshadowed by the news of just how many had come by way of die Rams, when die tracted by their desire to mold the public stage for cheap patriotism and shallow com- ..Secret Service agents and SWAT members struggling team was 5-5 with, little hopes of according to their liking. When Super Bowl mercialism?' Well, perhaps everyone does will be present Sure it is necessary to have making die playoffs, let alone winning die comes around, we should concentrate on have their own opinion, but between Mariah diem there, but should we spend so much championship. Almost no one! Just as few football, for it is in the game itself that we Carey's comeback appearance and the time hearing about them. I, personally, recognize the tremendous changes mat had find me strength, bravery, and cleverness we countless people admitting that "the com- would rather focus on the explosiveness of to be made, and risks taken, .to come out of can model to help us endure. Football is a mercials are the best part," it seems hard to the game shot wide open by the powerful die season without any further losses to some strong American tradition, it brings us come up with a positive outlook. and confident arms of Kurt Warner and Tom of the toughest teams. Sure Bill Belichick is togemer, instills in us a competitive, fighting Surely in the wake of the World Trade Brady, the youngest QB to ever win the mentioned here and there, but, beyond die spirit, and, through the snow-filled games not Center disaster America needs something Super Bowl. The maturity and fearless lead- analysts of the game, Americans seemed unlike the Patriots' struggle against die that will comfort its shattered confidence and ership that Brady displayed in leading die more interested in Britney Spears appearing Raiders, it reminds us of the previous gener- reaffirm its identity. Football, a longstanding Patriots to their first ever Title Game is aston- on Oprah after her commercial failed to live ations who endured and triumphed over tradition for the entire nation, seems just the ishing, and die team truly earned the win by up to standards. Moreover, die corporate dri- obstacles in conditions worse than our own. thing. So why not just curl up on the couch conquering a tough array of Opponents, ven pre-game show brought on numerous Through the true spirit of die game we thus and in a carefree way listen to our favorite Oakland, Pittsburgh, and StLouis, to earn meaningless renditions by a virtual soup of learn to believe in miracles, recall the rich- commentators announce the play by play. the right to raise die Lombardi Trophy. artists not meant to follow one another on ness of our victorious past, and, rid of propa- Well, for starters, our hearts ache as the com- Perhaps it is symbolic, and only right, that any stage. Certainly a solemn reminder of ganda-like distractions which ironically mentator duo we have listened for more than the 2002 NFL champ is a team called the the victims seems appropriate, but too many advertise freedom, we arise truly free to find two decades, and who became as much a "Patriots," a group of men priding mem- events seemed a needless distraction away die Patriot in each one of us. • Creatine and College The FCLC Soccer Sports Team: Standing Alone

ByVinGurrieri Manufacturers of performance enhancing drugs do dieir best to keep information about to Represent LC Sports Athletes have many people that they have drug-related side effects and deaths out of die to try and impress. From coaches to scouts to headlines. Manufacturing companies try very By Luis E. Hernandez FCLC'OS scoring goals first and then we started dieir fellow players, athletes have to continu- hard to ensure that bad press about their prod- winning some games." ally try and prove their worth. Particularly in ucts is kept at a minimum so as to not effect Although it has been passed off as a The team was confronted with a prob- die ultra-competitive world of college sports, dieir very lucrative bottom line. These com- legend, the myth that sports teams exist lem this year as it was unable to allot athletes look for any advantage tiiey can get panies would go to any lengths to avoid dieir at Lincoln Center is actually very real. enough money in order to register for a in order to look impressive on die field. One products from being banned from die market ' The FCLC campus is represented by a league at Chelsea Piers and to pay for way in which many athletes try to gain a If products such as Creatine, are classified as club soccer team that in the past has field time. Fortunately, the issue has been competitive advantage is by using certain dangerous and subsequently banned, men played in a league at Chelsea Piers dealt with, and the team now possesses training supplements such as Creatine. Many these companies lose a major source of tiieir although, this year due to economic the money necessary to register for a performance enhancing drugs, with the repu- revenue which drastically affects dieir profits. issues, the team was unable to register league. However, Chelsea Piers registra- tation that diey improve athletic performance, Since Creatine has yet to be officially recog- in time for a league and has started tion does not begin until March, so the are easily available to athletes. These supple- nized as a hazardous drug, groups such as the scrimmages, literally in Fordham's soccer club will search for leagues that ments have become commonplace in die NCAA have yet to add Creatine to the banned backyard: the basketball courts. The currently have open spots, or will contin- sports world and are used rampantly by am- substance list—die list of drugs that are not team has been in existence for three ue its current style of scrimmages until letes as a way of gaining an edge on die field. allowed in NCAA sponsored sports. years. For all those curious as to the the day it can enter the Promised Land, The use of supplements such as Creatine has When contacted for comment, Mark soccer team's illustrious past and an organized league yet to be regulated by sports governing bod- Stoddart, Fordham University's Head moments of glory on the field, its When Crowley was asked as to how it ies such as die NCAA. Football Athletic Trainer commented mat biggest highlight appears to be the time felt to currently be the only athletic club In 1994, the United States Government "Since Creatine is not on the NCAA banned a player broke his nose last year while representing FCLC, he summed it up passed the Dietary Supplement Health and substance list, die school does not have an going for a header. Yes, if there's one perfectly in two words: "It's lonely." As Education Act, which made it easier for com- official policy on die use of Creatine supple- thing they have it's a sense of humor. president of a team on a campus that is panies to market and sell many supplements. mentation." Mr. Stoddart also made it a point The team has receive'd numerous not as sports oriented as many other cam- As die result of this Act, many new drugs, to mention dial "it seems mat die use of responses to their flyers from different pus', he said that he maintains the club Creatine being one of them, were introduced Creatine and other enhancement supplement classes, with many new faces expressing out of respect for the sport. "For my own and accepted as common parts athletic train- are neidier encouraged nor discouraged since an interest in participating on the team, personal side, I've played since I was ing. Creatine in particular is one of, if not die they are not banned and have yet to show any as well as returning veterans, eager to five and I love the game," Crowley said. most popular supplement among amletes long term negative effects, however, die use start anew. Scrimmages began on As to changes in store for the team's bom for its availability and its perceived value of other substances, like Androstenedione is Sunday, February 3rd and the violation future, their leader could only say, to training. not encouraged since they are banned and of the sanctity of holy Super Bowl "Maybe we'll become competitive. I While Creatine has been proven to athletes can lose dieir athletic eligibility from Sunday was excused with the slogan on think we made it to .500 last year." increase the efficiency of workouts and dieir use." Androstenedione, more common- their posters, "Why play football, when If anyone at FCLC is interested at decrease the amount of time it takes for die ly known as Andro, was made famous in you got fiitbol? The team will continue to anytime to join the team, they are high- body to recover from strenuous exercise, die 1998 when it was discovered that Mark meet Sundays at the courts or Central ly encouraged to do so. For more infor- long term effects of Creatine have yet to be McGwire used it as he was breaking major Park for pick-up games and practices mation on practices, scrimmages, or proven. There have been isolated instances in league baseball's single season Home Run until it can register in a league. any other information related to the which Creatine can be seen as a dangerous record. Mike Crowley FCLC '03 is president team, Mike Crowley can be reached at substance, including several occasions in ~*v Until it is discovered that Creatine is a of the organization and has been with (201) 239-5918 or renasanse@hot- which college athletes who were using harmful drug and the negative long term the club its last two years. "We've been mail.com. Come out to play or come Creatine died prematurely. However, tfiere .• effects of it are found, Creatine will getting better. I guess I have to say, it's out to watch and support your team. has not been enough evidence to deem remain a popular and easily accessible going," said Crowley. "Last year, we "We're open to anypne at anytime," Creatine as a1 dangerous drug. training supplement. ~ • actually won some games. We started said Crowley. • February 14,2002 Features Culture Shock: Say It The Americanization o£ the Dominican Republic Loud Is Black Pride on the Downturn at Fordham?

By Erika Scott, CBA'03

Tuesday, January 29, 2002, Molimo, the African American Society at FCLC, anxiously anticipated their first meeting of the semester. Despite efforts of numerous mass emails, fliers, phone calls to students, and word of mouth, a disappointing number of only 4 members attended. What can be concluded or inferred from this lack of commitment from the African American community? Why has taking pride and duty in enhancing African American culture and awareness, The Diamond Mall in the Santo Domingo, D.R. at a predominantly White school, By Darisa Diaz, FCLC'02 Spanish subtitles at the bottom. Video Carrefour, the Dominican Republic's become an after thought? And most rentals at the local "Mr. Movies" (again, version of Kmart, where we parked in a importantly how is this taking effect on Perhaps only I could complain about no translation) could be viewed within huge lot and checked out the toy and the Fordham community as a whole? being stranded in the Caribbean. But let the same options, dubbed or subtitled, entertainment sections before entering Of an enrollment of 6,133 students, me explain my apprehension. and all were American feature films. the section that held all the groceries, African Americans only comprise 5% of I was staying for a month with family A day at the mall gave us serious Unlike Kmart, Carrefour offered a wide the'Fordham student body. (From in the Dominican Republic, not a hotel in munchiesand we topped it off by getting selection of groceries. Everything was in www.usanews.corri/usnews/edu/col- Jamaica. I hadn't been to the Dominican dessert atj none other than, McDonalds. Spanish and pesos but otherwise, I felt lege/director|?/#rstulent^2722.'htfli) Republic in ten years when f purchased Our other options included Burger right at home. With African Americans consisting bf tickets to go for winter vacation. All I King—already offering Lord of The I was a little sheltered from the more such a small percentage, the efforts to remembered about the "D.R.," as us Rings toys—Wendy's, Pizza Hut, and poverty-stricken areas of the Dominican create unity and awareness would seem Dominican-American kids call it, were Dominos. The only difference between Republic because I was staying Jn the to be more pressing. So why aren't the flying cockroaches, worms, water that an American McDonald's and a capital city, Santo Domingo, and did not African American students at Fordham could give me diarrhea, or that disap- Dominican McDonald's is that the menu venture out into the other cities. seeing this as an imperative issue? peared for hours at a time (like the elec- is in two languages. Happy Meals can However, even ten years ago, I remem- "It's a difficult question to answer," tricity), and Oh, yeah, mosquitoes that also be ordered as "Cajita Feliz" and are ber the only way I had stopped whimper- said Dr. Irma Watkins-Owens, a profes- seemed to bite only Americans, as if they paid for in pesos. One U.S. dollar ing about the mosquitoes in Santiago, a sor in the African American Studies knew you didn't belong. Okay, so I was amounts to about 17 pesos, making my poorer city in DR., was. when the T.V. department. "African American students about eleven the last time I came and I Dominican "Cajita Feliz" cheap by New turned on and played American-shows. have more of a social pressure that may was pissed off about leaving my York standards, at 45 pesos. Like New York, in some parts of D.R., not be on other ethnic groups, in terms of Nickelodeon and New Kids on the Block the commitment to a certain kind of soli- memorabilia. The Dominican Republic that I remember from my darity that 30 years ago was easier. But The Dominican Republic that I now there is a pressure on African remember from my youth, which includ- youth, which included witnessing the slaughtering of American students to 'integrate' and not ed witnessing the slaughtering of a exclude others," she said. chicken, was a little frightening for a a chicken, was a little frightening for a child coming Watkins-Owens also adds other possi- child coming from New York City's most bilities to the lack of African American urban area. Ten years later, time and from New York City's most urban area." cohesiveness. "Over the years, I have technology has morphed the Dominican observed that African American students Republic into a place where an American Besides the American culture's domi- there are wealthier areas and poor areas have so many other commitments out- kid can feel right at home, putting nation of film and fast food in the and I experienced both. In the poorer side of school," she said, "People work American culture and Dominican culture Dominican Republic, I was struck by areas of the Dominican culture, the peo- two to three jobs and that makes it really together to create a best of both worlds. how all of my cousins and peers there ple were not as touched by American cul- difficult for students to come together." The first week in D.R., I went to the could speak English almost as fluently as ture and were mostly monolingual. But This lack of cohesiveness among the Diamond Mall (no translation, the mall's Spanish. I sheepishly stumbled over my in the more upscale places, like the African American students did not name is in Ingles.) The mall was not words in Spanish and then relaxed as I wealthy neighborhood some of my always exist. "The most significant- unlike any mall in a New York suburb was told, "It's O.K. we understand cousins lived in, even those who did not political phase I observed at Fordham' with a few exceptions. It was built, like English, it's cool." Cool? speak English turned on the radio to was during the 80's and early 90's when most other architecture in the Dominican Satellites beam in cable to the dance to American music after the there were issues within the larger Republic—blending colonial and Dominican Republic that gives viewers merengue and salsa went off the air. African American community that peo- Caribbean style to create a shorter ver- there a chance to tune into MTV—the At a friend's party in D.R., I was glad ple were organizing around, for example, sion of an American mall, in peach! Not Latin American version, WBtv—featur- to find that most of those attending spoke the issue of Afro centrism," said to mention, the scenery wasn't bad either. ing Dawson's Creek with subtitles or English, though I was rather embarrassed Watkins-Owens, "This issue was really Flocked by palm trees and, balmy 80- dubbed, as well as other American pro- when I had to act out Britney Spear's hot during this time." degree weather, visiting the mall was a gramming. Words like "cool" have "I'm a Slave 4 U" video during a party As time continues, there is a digres- perfect blend of American and almost become standard among kids in game. My first, cousin manning the sion of solidarity in the African Dominican culture. the Dominican Republic, snug in the sound system, exclaimed with glee as American community. It appears that Inside played American movies—"the midst of their natural language. 7>aini "Drops of Jupiter" played, "No because the impact of racism and only type of movies they play,'1 my When it was time to grocery shop entiendo nada de Ingles pero solamente inequalities are not so apparent, there is cousin assured me—dubbed in Spanish here, I feared having to buy live chickens me gusta la musica Americana." not an immediate call to action, or need or with Spanish subtitles. It was a little and watch them be slaughtered all over Translation: She doesn't speak a word of for cohesiveness. "What I see at distracting to watch a movie I had want- again as I once had. Luckily, I was English but likes only American music. Fordham is a reflection of what is going ed to see in the US, Shallow Hal, with spared that. My family drove over to Not so much (continued on page IS) on in the larger (continued on page 17) Features February 14,2002 Health:Winterize Yourself Staying healthy through the coldest months By Derrica McCullers, FCLC'03 October or November.

Well, Punxsutawny Phil saw his shad- Wardrobe ow this year, so that means six more While it is true that you do not only weeks of winter for all of us., Whether or loose heat through your head but every not you believe in the ability of a "wood- exposed area of your body, it is still chucking" mammal to predict the weath- important to dress warmly. Layering er is not really the point. Regardless of your clothes when going out in cold the number of weeks left until spring, weather not only holds in body heat but you still have to prepare-yourself for the also allows you to take off articles of rest of winter. Winter health mainte- clothing if necessary. One of the biggest nance is important to both your physical threats to winter health is fluctuating health and your summer appearance. temperatures, such as those that we expe- We have to take care of classes, regu- rienced in late January. While it is tempt- lar jobs and a social life. The condition ing to wear warm-weather clothing, you of your skin and immune system is not should be cautious to try and maintain a usually considered a priority. Areas that consistent body temperature. should be given special attention during The National Asthma Campaign also the winter months are the skin, physical recommends that everyone, especially health and wardrobe. persons with breathing problems, wrap a scarf around his or her face and neck. Skin This will help to keep the throat and the The college web site, air entering and exiting your mouth StudentAdvantage.com, states that "it's [tonic* McCullsra warmer. important to drink plenty of water and Paying 1 tie Pricefur !enurme PreTentative Health Measures One important thing to remember is other fluids throughout the winter season Family Nurse Practitioner Neuberg, your body time to recoup and fight off that all of these recommendations are because of the lack of moisture in the of the Fordham University Student the virus. Regarding diet, on the other good for any time of the year, especially air." Keeping a water bottle handy and Health Center counts this as the most hand, a balanced diet should include that part about washing the hands. It's drinking even when you are not thirsty important key to staying healthy. Not "leafy green vegetables, protein and practically a public service. 'So, whether are key factors in keeping skin moistur- only is it important to frequently cleanse especially for women, calcium," accord- winter ends in six more weeks, or six ized. Protecting your skin from the sun your hands but to also do so properly. ing to Neuberg. She also says that every- more days, the rules do not change. Stay does not become less of an issue during Neuberg says that it is "the friction one should be drinking "a minimum of clean, stay bundled up, and lets.all wish colder months. It is also important to use between the fingers and not really the eight glasses of water per day" and this for spring-or at least spring break. "a good sunscreen, SPF 15, and a lip balm amount of soap" that makes for effective amount should "increase when you are with sunscreen in it during the winter hand washing. While hand cleanliness,is sick." It has also been rumored that exer- For more Information: months. a good preventative measure, once you cise can help fight a cold. Neuberg Drinking for moisture does not have acquired a cold or flu virus there is advises that you should "let your body be •"Myths and Tips about Dressing for include alcoholic beverages. "Alcohol no instant remedy. your guide." If you feel too weak, you Winter" causes the body to loose heat quickly," Because viruses cause colds and probably are. http://12.42.224.159/healthyIiving/janO says StudentAdvantage.com. This does influenza there is no antibiotic for them. Combating influenza requires the 1 familyhomewinterdress.htm not mean no drinking at all during winter, The best solution is to continue to keep same tactics. The National Health •Recipes for homemade lip balm, hand but if you're going to drink stay indoors hands clean, drink plenty of fluids, main- Service recommends drinking "plenty of cream, etc. (they're rather elaborate and for a while. Otherwise you face the risk tain a healthy, varied, diet and get some, fluids" and eating "what you can." A bal- involved) of losing too much body heat at too rapid rest. The last two recommendations are anced diet helps to keep up the defenses http://www.substance.com/es/arti- a speed and suffering from hypothermia. the hardest to adhere to as a college stu- of the immune system, thereby making it cle/0,11633,406418-2,00.htmI Hypothermia is a physical condition dent, especially if you live in tne dorms. easier to fight colds. •Fordham University Health Center: where the body's temperature drops "If you can't get a full eight hours of The best way to prevent influenzajll http://www.fordham.edu/healthcen- below 95 degrees Fahrenheit. The sleep try and plan out cat naps," says together is to get a flu shot. The vacci- ter/ • National Outdoors Leadership School Neuberg. Rest is important in giving nation should be administered around lists early symptoms of hypothermia as "deterioration of decision making skills, lethargy, slow and improper response to A Passionate Person Among cold, shivering, and clumsiness, and falling." Any body temperature below 90 degrees Fahrenheit is considered Passionate People severe hypothermia and should be treat- ed at a hospital: One lesser-known tip for skin mainte- Lessons from Argentina nance is to take short warm showers as opposed to long hot ones. The hpt water By Kathryn McLaughlin, FCLC'03 ited use of her laptop. Otherwise, I the States. is prone to dry out the skin by removing would be forced to venture to a local Just as I had settled in for a night of natural moisturizing emollients. The It was a mild Saturday night, but I "Locutorio" and pay a dollar-per-hour productivity, my housemother rushed Duke Health System also advises that had resolved to stay in my comfortably fee to type on their computers. It is still into my room refreshed from her cus- skin be patted "almost dry" then apply "a sized room within the spacious apart- shocking to me that this country, which tomary nap. "Kwaydy!" she exclaimed. good moisturizer while skin is still ment that I shared with a self-assured U- was recently among the ten Wealthiest I could tell 'from the way that she had damp." Penn student and a caring host-mother. nations in the world, survives without pronounced my name that she was in a I was eager to begin working on the computer access in their schools or pub- good mood. "Katrine" was the typical Physical Health thirty-page paper, which I had already lic libraries. Argentine adaptation to Kathryn or During the winter season, the biggest ignored for far too long. The deadline It is even a project to make a phone Katie. Marta used "Kwaydy" when she threats are the common cold and influen- was creeping dangerously close. I felt call in Buenos Aires. My housemother was in one of her goofy, silly moods. za. The outbreak of colds and the flu its presence looming, like one staring at would continually remind me not to talk Marta thought that everything was tend to increase during the winter not the gray clouds after the forecast for a long on the phone since she only had a hilarious. She was endlessly laughing at because of cold weather, but due to more rainy day. I knew that it was inevitable, certain amount of time allotted for each her own jokes even when everyone else time spent indoors. The. National inescapable altogether, but I could make month. If she exceeded her monthly failed to see the humor. When I Asthma Campaign states that "spending it seem less horrifying by starting rea- limit she would have to make any vital returned to Peru with a figure of a man time indoors during spells of cold weath- sonably early just as I would mollify an phone calls at a "Locutorio." This is who was rather well.endowed, Marta er will increase your chances of coming approaching rainstorm by bringing a why cell phones are common in Buenos called the figure her new husband and into contact with someone who has the raincoat and umbrella. Aires. Cell phones are less expensive, • joked that he would be a more than virus. "One of the best ways to avoid Another benefit to this particular because the phone companies are priva- ample replacement for the husband she catching the virus is to wash your hands weekend was that Huma, my Pakistani tized and take advantage of their cus- had divorced. She bragged about her multiple times throughout the day. roommate, was away leaving me unlim- tomers to an even greater extent then in new mate's (continued on page 19) February 14,2002 Features A Life Less Valuable? Fordham student picks oranges with migrant farm workers in Florida

Courtny of Coalition of Immotuiw Worker* At the "March for Farmworker Justice," from Quincy to Tallahassee. your books to pick up tools," she trans- came to the fabled country and lived in Amanda Hickey, Anna Pfeiffer and Janet Carter work in the fields. lates. "You have no choices. That life is poverty while so many others prospered? okay if you never think about anything. Two weeks have passed, and I am By Erin Sabra Fuchs, FCLC02 cate that we should gather our belong- You see your life in pink. But if you start awake at dawn again. We're driving ings. We walk through pipes that squirt to dream about your future, you can't home. I see a sign for Tropicana Oranges The copper moon lingers in the sky as us with insecticide before boarding the stay there. There are no choices, no free- depicting content, well-dressed farmers. we encounter a morning that hardly bus amid naturally quizzical stares. dom. I came to the United States for The words beneath their smiling faces seems distinguishable from the night. Every one of the passengers is male. A freedom, but after you get here, you find read Florida's Natural Growers. I peer Our brand-new maroon minivan and young man with long hair and a shy out it's all bullshit." into the rows of fields, in search of white Ford Explorer seem distinctly out smile shifts his belongings in order to The work is tedious. I glance at my farmer laborers. I see no sign of human of place amid the used, dented trucks in offer me a seat. I sit, smile, and nod. We watch, thinking that it might be time for life, but I know that they're there. People this bustling parking lot. We wait expec- continue to communicate in grins and lunch. It's nine thirty in the morning. I work in those fields. They have families, tantly and self-consciously in front of shakes of our heads but can speak no envision passing my years picking^ruits and dreams,* and disappointments, and Speedy G's, a tiny grocery store that words to each other because of the lan- and vegetables, toiling for ten hours a complicated pasts, and uncertain futures, serves as a meeting place /or the migrant guage barrier. day and earning $7500 a year. No bene- and beloved friends, and regrets, and workers in this town. Others—the peo- Conversation would probably be fits, no right to unionize. I try to imagine hopes. They laugh in spite of their hard- leaving my native country and moving? ships, but sometimes they weep. I try to" "The work is tedious. I glance at my watch, thinking that ft from region to region in a strange land, understand their sorrow, but tomorrow I following the crops. I think about aching will return to work in an office, earning might be time for lunch. It's nine-thirty in the morning." for freedom so much that I would aban- $13 an hour. Is their time really worth don everything familiar to me in order to less than mine? • pie who awake at five in the morning to impossible, anyway. Loud, boisterous attain it. Would I feel hopeless when I earn their livelihoods—also waif. They Spanish music rattles the school bus, and greet one another in Spanish, pile into I will myself not to become more con- trucks, and head to the fields, throwing spicuous by moving to the rhythm. The Culture Shock: bemused glances in our direction. music continues as the bus halts in front I am in charge of this inexperienced of one of the identical rows of orange crgw of temporary farm workers, com- trees. Our companions lead us off the The Americanization of the posed of eight women and a single male. bus and into the center of the rows. My We all attend Fordham University, and shoes sink a bit in the sand, and I am we have chosen to spend our winter struck by the loud silence in the field. Dominican Republic (continued from page 13) break on a Global Outreach project. For We toss our belongings between two the next two weeks, we will live and vol- orange trees, and several of us don large, of America's influence on the when I felt so far away from home. It unteer in The Immokalee Friendship brightly colored sacks, which we wear Dominican Republic was as cheery. At felt a little eerie though, hearing "cool" House, a homeless shelter located in around our necks. A tractor drives another party, one partygoer had lost his when my cousin showed me the outfit Immokalee, Florida. Farms comprise through' our row and deposits several mother in the American Airlines plane she wanted to purchase at Diamond most of the land in this town, and we pre- large bins in between some of the trees. that had left JFK for the Dominican Mall. What if I had been trying to pare to spend the day with some of the One of the men speaks to Margarita. Republic, only to crash in Queens. ESCAPE American culture to venture individuals who work on these fields. "They get paid $10 per bin," she trans- Someone whispered his tragic story into a new one, to experience a different I recognize Anival immediately by his lates. The bins are large enough for ten around the party in snippets of Ingles culture? How disappointed might I braided mullet. I run to greet him before hefty human beings to stand in. "At that and Espaflol. have been? I realize that the only words I can offer rate, they make about $7500 per year." As we drove away from the party, I Ten years from now, it is not difficult are "Buenos dias" and "Bueno." We begin picking oranges, squinting a glanced at a D.R. newspaper ad that to imagine American culture usurping Margarita, a Global Outreach team mem- bit at the sharp rays of sun that find their named Osama Bin Laden as one of the the Dominican culture, in the ber who speaks Spanish fluentjy, trans- way through the leaves. Standing at five most influential people of 2001 and was Dominican Republic, to an even greater lates. She converses with Anival and his feet tall, I pick the oranges closest to the horrified. Perhaps my translation was extent. ,As the satellites and Internet four companions. These men are affiliat- ground. The men with whom we work, off, but whenever the World Trade beam "our" culture all over the world, it ed with The Coalition for Immokalee however, seek the fruit near the highest Center events came up during my stay is not difficult to imagine American cul- Workers, a non-profit organization that branches. They throw long, wooden lad- in the Dominican Republic, I found ture doing the same to any native cul- works with migrant farmers and student ders against the trees and begin to climb myself either horrified or far removed ture, in any country in the world. volunteers. at least twelve feet high, ostensibly fear- from those around me there. They At a time in American consciousness Margarita talks to our guides for a few less. joked about Osama Bin Laden more where patriotism is demanded, the minutes, nodding and laughing occasion- Margarita asks them a question in easily than I ever could and September Dominican part of me could not help but ally. She only says, "We're going to fol- Spanish, and she translates their answer. 11, for the most part, did not mean any- feel a creepy sensation in the back of my low their truck in our vans." I chide "They all live together in one trailer; six thing to them. It was uncomfortable to mind. The next time I visit the Dominican myself for taking German in high school people live in the space, total," she see what did not translate from one cul- Republic, will it look more like Banana rather than Spanish. explains. "There's only one bedroom." ture to another. Republic? Will the future bring devasta- We arrive at the entrance to the orange • I tell Margarita to ask Anival, with As I rented my favorite movies arid tion for the culture of my forefathers 111 the farm and park outside the gates. Several whom I have been cultivating a casual, splashed in the warm beach water on Dominican Republic, as it gets lost in the other people wait, as well. The air is non-verbal flirtation, his reasons for D.R.'s shores, I could not help but be midst of the growing strength of America's chilly, and we all bounce a bit. A yellow leaving Mexico. comforted by the infusion of American globalization? • school bus arrives, and our guides indi- "In Mexico, you have to put down culture in every day Dominican life Features February 14,2002^ I page 16 One Sophomore makes A Difference

January 31, 2002 Dear Friends, O On June 2, 2002 I will be running the San Diego marathon in honor of Angelique Blaize who was diagnosed with Lymphocyte Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1999. The inspiration to take on such a challenge came from many honored patients, like Angelique, who suffer daily from Leukemia, Lymphoma and other blood related cancers. Nearly 165 children and adults are diagnosed with Leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease or myeloma every day; yesterday, 168 people were told their lives would never be the same. But, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program, offers one the opportunity to make a difference in the life of another through sponsorship of this marathon. The mission of the society is "to cure and improve the lives of all patients." In 1960 the survival rate of a child suffering from Leukemia was 4%. Today the sur- vival rate is nearly 81%. Thanks to the research funded in part by the society, who support 461 researchers across the globe, advances are being made in the identifi- cation of problem causing genes. Through Leukemia research, scientists have dis- covered the treatments of bone marrow transplants and chemotherapy. As we fight to find a cure for Leukemia, we are fighting to ridth e world of all cancers. Angelique's faith is a true testament of the courage and strength of the human spir- it. When I consider the physical and emotional journey hundreds of thousands of

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society children and adults wade through each day, the task of training and running 26.2 Drawn by Chelsea Schulman, age 7 of the Southern New Jersey Chapter. miles, is incomparable. Every 'step' of the way, I will be reminded of the people throughout the world, who fight everyday for hope .. . whose lives move us to help By Oona Lee, FCLC '03 Nevertheless, funds for blood-related them finish the race and end the struggle! cancer research are necessary for All our lives have been affected in some way by cancer, whether directly or indi- On June 2, 2002, Cristina Schaub, researchers to find a cure for these dis- rectly. Please help create "hope for a miracle" and help me raise $4,000.1 would like FCLC '04, will step across a finish line eases. In fact, researchers in New York to share some of the poetry written by honored patients. and help bring cancer patients a step recently made a breakthrough in discov- closer to a cure. ering the gene that causes leukemia, and "I pray we soon will win the fight... Inspired by friends and family who doctors are now trying to find a treat- To find a total cure for our plight... have suffered from cancer, this Salt Lake ment. So keep it up City native will run in the San Diego "We'll keep going [fundraising] until Turn up the heat Marathon in affiliation with the New the doctor can finally look the patient in Toe tunnel has light York chapter of The Leukemia & the eye and say, 'You have leukemia, but ' Soon leukemia will be beat." , . Lymphoma Society, a non-profit organi- we can cure you,'"Schaub said. o -Leni Walker, age 9 zation dedicated to finding a cure for For Schaub, this marathon will not blood-related cancers. only be a physical journey, but an inspi- "We learn that what is important The 26.2 mile-marathon will consist rational one. is not the speed with which we traverse of more than 40,000 athletes and 500 "We have few opportunities in this life the distance, but the determination coaches nationwide, and hopes to raise to save the life of another," Schaub said. by which we traverse it." t around $84 million. Schaub's personal "Now is the chance to make a difference, -Janice "Jo" Stahl, age 40 fundraising goal is $4,000. and it's a huge one. With research, there's Schaub, who is part of the Society's hope for a cure." Team in Training program, will be run- To help Schaub.make a difference and In all our years upon this earth we will have few opportunities to save ning in honor of Angelique Blaize, who reach her goal, she can be contacted at someone's life. The opportunity is here now, to make a difference and was diagnosed with Lymphocyte [email protected] and at (646) 507- help sponsor the race for a cure! Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1999. 0526. There will also be information "I think the thing that really convinced available in the Residential Life office. God Bless you for your compassion and love, me do to this with Team in Training was Any contribution will help tremendously. Cristina Schaub the fact that I would be running for an honored patient," said Schaub, who Donate by Mail wears a band on her wrist with Blaize's name on it. If you would like to mail a check or money order, please send your donation to: In addition to Blaize, Schaub will be running in honor of the friends and fam- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ily of hers who have been affected by Office of Donor Services cancer, as well as other leukemia patients 1311 Mamaroneck Ave. she plans on visiting at the NYU White Plains, NY 10605 Children's Hospital in a couple of weeks. (Please do not sent cash in the mail) "I'd like to get bracelets all the way up my arm," Schaub said, who would honor each patient with a wrist band similar to Thank you very much for your support. Your gift will help us find cures for leukemia, lymphoma, the one she wears for Blaize. Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life for patients and their families. Schaub, an experienced runner who raced competitively in junior high We Need Volunteers! school, now trains six days a week, run- The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has almost a million volunteers nationwide ning 2-3 miles a day, and will eventually involved in every facet of the organization's operations. Key areas of volunteer activity run about 17 miles a day. She hopes to run the marathon in approximately four include: hours. "My goal is to not stop. I make con- Planning and participating in special events nections with my life and with running, Soliciting donations and for me if I don't stop then I keep pro- Running family support groups gressing, and when I stop I feel like I'm Advocacy The Leukemia & at a standstill," Schaub said, "I relate that Lymphoma Society' to the leukemia search and finding a Network administration cure." . . . . . „..„„„„ .Software training—- And this search for a cure, Schaub Developing Web sites said, has indeed been progressing. In, I960 the survival rate of a child suffering If you are interested In volunteering your time and expertise in support of the Society, please from leukemia was 4 %. Today the sur- contact us at http://www.leukemla-lymphoma.org/ vival rate is almost 81 %. February 14, 2002 Features page 17 Valentine's Day Be Damned! o Why I Detest February 14th

By Hayley Cammarata, FCLC'04 weather relationships. They sit around for God's sake. And if someone is wear- nice to see those cute, little, love singing all day and wonder, "Is he actually' ing excessive amounts of pink, red, and telegram .^guys "smooshed" to the * February 14. What does this date going to do something for me today?" heart-shaped items (such as pins), glare ground, just this one day at least. So, mean to you? Well, I can tell you one And last, but not least, it is a day for sin- at them. Same goes for anyone else in am I talking as a single, cynical, bitter thing. To me it means the day after woman? Maybe, maybe not! However, February 13th; it means the day before I am sick of my friends calling me cry- February 15th; it means the day before "Wake up on Febr Nth and put on any ing because they don't have boyfriends one of my best friends' birthday; and, on this day of "love". Hey, I have even ok, it means that the Hallmark holiday color but red or pink, od's sake. And if cried myself! has unfortunately arrived yet again. It's Not this year though. I am gonna the superficial holiday of the year, as someone is wearing ex five amounts of pink, push the depressed feelings down and opposed to meaningful holidays such as go out, have fun, and try to be hafppy. Christmas, the day of Christ's birth, or red, and heart-s terns, glare at them." Then on February 15th, I am probably Thanksgiving, the day the pilgrims and going to be depressed! However, I Indians shook hands. • It is the day a refuse to fall into Valentine Day's traps. dumb card company created to make gle bitter woman to sit around depressed* your vicinity who has received flowers, I am sure you all know what it feels more money. They put all this junk out and lonely. So I have one thing to say to chocolate, singing telegrams, or anything like to walk into any store with thou- about it being "the day of love" and the Hallmark for creating such a terrible else that shows they are "in love." Then, sands of hearts and teddy bears staring day to show someone how you really day, "YOU are the reason doctors had to later in the day, eat all the chocolate, run at you as if they are going to attack at feel about them. Shouldn't we do that create depression medication!" the flowers through the food processor, any given moment. It is frightening. everyday for people we love? Therefore, I am here to declare a day and beat up any singing telegrammer Nope, I will not feel the pressure and I First off, there is the coupled woman of protest for all women to stand up and from Timmy Love Bugs to his Sweetie will tell those teddy bears to BRING IT who gets all ga-ga-google-eyed over a not fall into the evil curse that is Pie Patty. (Is that a little extreme?) ON! There will be no depression from bunch of red roses. Then there are the Valentine's Day. Wake up on February This little protest may be a bit of a this girl on February 14th, not this girl, women who have one of those fair 14th and put on any color but red or pink hypothetical scenario, but it would be noway!!!!!! • Say It Loud

Is Black Pride on the Downturn at For^lham? (continued from page 13)

society," Watkins-Owens continued, meetings because a lot of them are com- -would make things like" the production of have a lot of racist tendancies, not just at "The African American community is so muters, or have jobs, and would want to Colored Girls possible on a more regular the Lincoln Center campus, but also at fragmented and people are going in leave school immediately after class. - basis at Fordham," said Marshall. Rose Hill. If the Black students could many different directions and are insis- So, it was hard getting people to stay," Marshall's second experience has come together and really have a voice, I tent on this freedom. There was once a said Salvatierra. made her feel that an immediate change think a lot of things could be changed, time that you were pressured to engage Salvatierra offers his method for pro- in race relations at Fordham is desperate- and if not changed, at least seen in a dif- in racial solidarity and if you did not sup- moting cohesiveness with the SOL mem- ly needed. She was recently on the ferent light," said Marshall. port your community, you were criti- bers. "You just have to keep pushing receiving end of a racial slur from anoth- Cultural diversity slowly but steadily cized," she said. people and get on their butts! Befriend er Fordham student. "I almost collided in grows at Fordham, but is it fair to con- This lack of minority interest is not them, but just stay on them!" said the hallway with a White female student, clude that African American pride and only true of the African American stu- Salvatierra. and she just stared at me up and down in unity is no longer an issue? Dr. Watkins- dents. "I see so many Asian American Is it possible that African Americans a way to make me feel uncomfortable," Owens offers solutions to improving this students in the school who don't come to are going into a phase of cultural uncon- Marshall related, "I moved out of the situation. "The key is a lot of discussion," the meetings," says Alison Park, FCLC sciousness? "I believe young African way and was speaking to myself about she said, "Get people to talk about this '04, and president of the Asian Society. Americans are losing their cultural con- her reaction. Then, she said to me, 'Are issue, or any issues that are important to "But I realize that it just shouldn't be sciousness instead of looking back to the you talking to me?' and I said, 'No, I'm them, and that will br: ,g about cohesive- Asians coming to the Asian Society examples of those before us," says Eboni not talking to you but I'm talking about ness." meetings, or Blacks going to the Molimo Marshall, FCLC '02, former BFA major, you.' She then continued to say to me, If African American students can all , meetings, it should be anybody," said and a cast member of the February 1st 'You must have a problem! I don't have find a common ground, or an issue that Park. Fordham production of For Colored Why does the same problem of Girls Who Have Considered Suicide "It appears that because the impact of racism and Molimo's lack of member commitment When the Rainbow is Enuf...., and interest, also exist with the Asian As a former dance major in the Ailey inequalities are not so apparent, there is not an immedi- society? "I think it's a general apathy Fordham BFA program, Marshall has with everything, and also a lot of the stu- had two experiences of African ate call to action or need for cohesiveness.'' dents feel that these groups are divisive American student relations. "I've had and that they segregate themselves. I two perspectives. One is that the larger any time for this "home-girl" bullshit,'" they are passionate about committing to, don't agree with that. The students just number of the African American popula- Marshall said. the unification will come naturally. The don't understand that the purpose of the tion is a part of the BFA program," said Such an occurrence is a testament that challenge is finding what issues every- club is to spread awareness," said Park. Marshall, "Being in that program sepa- the need for cultural awareness is essen- one is willing to support. rates your connection with the university. tial. This incident may sjjow that there "The larger Black community is split A common misconception is that these This definitely plays a role in how these are some Fordham students exhibiting on many different political fronts and it is clubs are designed to be exclusive. On students feel connected to the university ignorance, or lack of respect, for other reflected in this lack of unity within the the contrary, the goal is to embrace the and its organizations. As far as the unity cultures. Referring to an African school, but on the other hand, it is a cri- community's diversity and to make it for the Black students at the University, I American woman as a "home girl" may sis because there are so few African accessible to everyone. Oscar don't think there is much. In this envi- imply racial undertones. American students," said Watkins- Salvatierra, FCLC '02, and president of ronment, in a predominantly White Marshall has spoken to Catherine Owens, "Our numbers have increased SOL (Student Organization of Latinos), school and White neighborhood, it is McGlade, Assistant Director of only slightly. This fact in itself can be an experiences these same misconceptions very easy for us to lose self-awareness. Residential Life, about the incident and issue people could commit to." from students. "We have a saying in This doesn't necessarily mean forgetting says that McGlade has been helpful in Marshall also agrees with the need for SOL: 'you don't have to be Latino to who you are, but putting it in the back- orchestrating mediation and discussion commitment to African American unifica- have SOL,'" he said, "The idea of segre- ground," said Marshall. between Marshall and the other student tion at Fordham. "We really need to unify, gation only becomes an issue when peo- As an African American student, involved. especially on the university and college ple don't understand the purpose of the Marshall realizes that a stronger cohe- Marshall has strongly urged the uni- campuses. This is where our unity and club." siveness among the students would versity to make changes to discourage our consciousness needs to be the Salvatierra also encountered problems enhance the community as a whole. this type of ignorance. "There needs to strongest and the most profound because of membership retention. "We would "Certain things that should be important, be unity among African American stu- we are the intellectuals of the future. We experience members not coming to the the cohesiveness that we should have, dents because Fordham University does can't forget our roots and our past." • Features February 14, 2002 page 18 Valentine's Day Is Not Just For Lovers Make the most of it, even if you're unattached '02, getting a couple of friends together, pet that you love them. Hug, kiss, give a going to dinner, or just doing something little present. Engage in something posi- as a group is fun and makes you appreci- tive and spread some happiness. It's ate having people around who bring out another corny thing, but it has some great the best in you. Nicole Hendershot, positive impacts on your mental health. FCLC '04, also hangs out with her Just ask any psychology professor!! friends. Not only do you feel appreciated by ° Buy yourself something nice. your friends, but Valentine's Day is a Hey! You don't have to buy your great excuse to forget papers, tests and boyfriend or girlfriend something. So midterms and get some money together use that saved money for yourself. Buy to enjoy a great dinner, a movie, shop- that new CD, the sweater you saw at ping, or just plain talking with one, two, half-price, or treat yourself to some heav- or ten great, spontaneous, single friends. enly sweet. I know, I know. Candy is It will make you feel good, boost your bad! But hey! If you were given choco- self-esteem, and is an opportunity to late by your lover, you'd have to eat it Andrew Suggs catch up. There is no pressure, no wor- anyway, right? So just give yourself the CVS's chocolate selection. ries—just plain fun. Doesn't this make right to splurge. By Giovanna Tuttolomondo, FCLC'02 there is just no escaping the red- and- you appreciate your friends even more? white lined Valentine's Day cards, So call them up, exchange ideas, and Love yourself, be good to yourself and You walk into a pharmacy and see the images of heart-shaped chocolate boxes, plan an exciting night out. smile. aisles adorned with cards, chocolate, roses, and teddy bears screaming Is Valentine's Day looking better No explanation needed. Just because teddy bears, and more chocolate. You "I Love You" endlessly, like broken already? Just in case, here are some you are alone, it does not mean you put on the television and commercials records. other things you can do on the 14th. aren't a great, sweet, bold human being. boast of special sales at jewelry stores. Hey! Cheer up! There is no chance Treat yourself nicely and appreciate 3 You stroll along the city streets and that Valentine's Day can be wiped out of Treat yourself. YOU!! ; see couples holding hands. It's the "V" the single person's mind, but that doesn't Here's an excuse to take the day or o Season. mean the day is a total loss. It's a day of night (or both), for yourself. Have a Make a difference. «, That's right! VALENTINE'S DAY. A lovel but who says love is only for relaxing bath. Get a manicure. Buy Ever wanted to make a change in your day of love. An excuse to eat all the exchanging? Forget everyone else and yourself some clothes. Watch an entire community? Well, now's the chance. chocolate you want A time for hugging love yourself, because no one will love football (or whatever sport is your spe- Participate in VDAY. In case you have and kissing and more hugging! One of you like YOU! cial obsession) game. Cook dinner. not already noticed the bright red posters the happiest days of your life. Right? Sound corny? Absolutely! Is it better Snooze. Walk.) Meditate. See a show. advertising this special event, log onto Except for ihose who are single, who than a passionate kiss from a partner? Do whatever you never have time to do. the website (www.vday.org). VDAY is spend the day sulking and crying and NO. But guess what? It's better than Here is permission to do something that an organization which advocates wishing for a dreamy boyfriend or girl- making yourself miserable. So, what-to you actually like. women's awareness and support. For all friend to smother them with affection. do when there is no Harry for Sally? women out there, why not surf the net for Let's face it. Being single is a rainy FRIENDS. Express your love for someone. this site and show your support. You will day on this 14th day of February. And According to Aaron Rhyne, FCLC Tell your parents, family, friends, or be inspired to help out and will also learn a few things. It's guaranteed to make you proud to be a female and definitely a mood booster for all single women on Valentine's Day. Finally, here's a humorous and witty approach to being single on Valentine's FORDHAM New York City's Jesuit University Day: What's Good About Being Date-less For Valentines? You Can: The Center for American Catholic Studies •Buy the biggest, most expensive box of chocolates for yourself. Retailers will think it's for your sweetheart. Just remember to wait till you're behind closed doors to open it. |^r Priests; •You can buy yourself the kind of flow- ers you like. No more profuse thanks for roses that you hate. Rattle forihrSgu l of the^Waf^ft^f •You can wear your most comfortable, ugly underwear. •No need to waste time shaving. There are no expectations on how the evening

r^DanfortJi thair in Humanities, Professor ¥ History aMfl| ,«•' should go. - pit^uis University; 2001-2002 Will andiAriel;Du|,aht Visiting^ •If the weather's bad, you don't have to worry about driving on treacherous ! lurri'anities, St. Peter's College ^ ;' 'A I'.^'v W£tf<' roads. •You can spend hours on the phone with a friend in the same boat. Think of the Wednesday, February 20,6 p.i)i.l| ]m j? money you save on cards, gifts, flowers and dinner. d McNally Amphitheater ' >«^ •Think of the money you save not buy- ing sexy underwear for the evening. Fordham University School o£:ta|y $ M •The grocery store won't be crowded 111) West 62nd Street, that evening. The mall will be deserted and you can shop without hassle. •No need to redo your nails and spend hours waiting for the polish to dry. •Bad hair won't ruin your evening. •You won't have to tape 60 Minutes.

(From www.hornenfatnily.com) • 'February 14, 2002 Features page 19 Valentines Day A Passionate Shockers Person Among Students Share Embarrassing Passionate People

and Funny V-Day Stories Lessons from Argentina (continued from page 14) By Lisa Tsivgoulis, FCLC'02 My boyfriend arrived with a bottle of Peruvian potency and only regretted danced to the lively music until five in •>wine and flowers, just adding to the that she had not been so wise when the morning and Marta invited an.old Flowers, balloons, candy romantic mood choosing her first life partner. Malta friend to join her at her apartment to Valentine's Day is here and so are the We were feeling a little overly roman- insisted on retelling this story so fre- share some Mate. stories of love and romance. However, tic and decided we would eat a little quently that Huma and I began exchang- Mate is a strong, bitter tea that all not everyone has love-filled Valentine's later. We went upstairs to my room, and ing amused and annoyed glances each Argentines are violently addicted to. memories, or even remotely pleasant I guess I must have left a towel too close time-she began. At that point, the story It's a social drink in that everyone takes * ones to tell. Cheating, fires, getting to the stove because we were interrupt- was so worn out that any humor it once turns drinking from the same mug, even busted, and other embarrassing mishaps ed by the sound of a smoke alarm beep- had was now entirely nonexistent. from the same straw. Also, it is much are just part of some peoples "special ing. We ran downstairs to find a small This kind of slapstick humor is what stronger than any drink containing caf- day." In the following stories people fire quickly spreading across the stove Argentines appreciate and I would be feine to which we are accustomed. The shared their most embarrassing and up to the overhead cabinets. exposed to more of it later in the Mate-drinking tradition can be seen as a Valentine's Day experiences. If you My boyfriend tried to put it out with evening. metaphor for the difference between think you've had a rough or less than an extinguisher, but it was too far gone. "Kwady, lets go out tonight!" she Marta and myself. I was raised in a cul- perfect V-day incident, read these con- A neighbor heard the commotion and announced. I was reluctant to leave my ture where it is acceptable, maybe even fessions and see how truly horrifying called the fire department. As we work, because I knew that a night out expected, to have an attitude of indiffer- with Marta, or any Argentine for that ence. Cultural apathy in America is "We ended up having a pretty wild time only to be matter, would last until the next day. comfortable. It is easy to feel removed "I don't know," I replied, which I from serious world issues when your interrupted by a key in the front door. Assuming it knew wouldn't be a sufficient response only experience with them is derived for Marta. This phrase did not exist in from the nightly news. It is easy to let was just my roomate, I didn't even bother to go Argentina. Individuals are expected to* the world fade into oblivion when you have strong and passionate feelings only devote a half hour a day, excluding check it out." about anything and everything. They commercial breaks, to reflect about had steadfast opinions on almost every where you are in relation too the rest of this lovey-dovey day can be. watched the firemen put out the fine issue. In those rare situations in which the world. from the front lawn, my parents pulled My boyfriend Mark was going out of up and came running,out of the car to "Individuals are expected to have strong and passionate town and wouldn't be able to spend see what happened I admitted that I Valentine's Day with me. All of.my was careless when making dinner for feelings about anything aad everything." friends were busy either with their myself and I called my boyfriend to boyfriends or other plans and I was come over and help. My parents bought they had not considered their stance on It is harder to forget when you see feeling lonely and left out. the story until my father discovered the a particular subject; they would impro- mothers marching every Thursday to Not wanting to spend the night home wine, candles and the Marvin Gaye CD vise, taking one right there on the spot. memorialize and to remind the commu- alone and depressed, I decided to take and figured it out. "No." "You either know or you do nity of their children who were inex- up an offer to go out for drinks with a Let's just say I'm not allowed in the not know." Marta insisted. This was the plicably kidnapped by the government. cute co-worker. We had always flirted kitchen anymore and my boyfriend response that I had anticipated Marta to Such horror makes individuals in but never acted on our attraction won't be coming over for a while either. make. Til go." Marta was disappoint- Argentina much more passionate. The because we were both involved in rela- ~Paula, Pace University ed that I did not sound more excited and veople in Argentina feel life more pow- tionships. He had just broken up with convinced, but she instantly proceeded erfully. his girlfriend, so when he heard I didn 't One Valentine s Day I was pretty low to get ready to show off her "new" eyes. Marta does not understand what it have plans and asked if I would have a on cash and bought flowers for my girl- Marta eyes had just recovered from means to be apathetic. Marta does not drink with him I figured, why not? friend. I thought that was a nice gift, plastic surgery, which is common in understand what "whatever" means in After about three apple-martinis, and but when 1 opened her gift, an expensive Argentina. She was anxious too see response to a definitive question. I have an enormous amount of flirting, we decid- watch, I immediately wanted to add how overly-appearance-conscious peers grown up in a society which is much ed to get,out of there. I knew my room- something with the flowers. I had to would react to her almost imperceptibly more stable and as a result I am less mate would be out with her guy so I invit- think quickly so I went into my sister's younger and pricey face. It is relatively concerned about possessing strong ed my co-worker back to my apartment. room and took a bracelet I had given cheap to have something "done" in opinions, because I live in a democracy We ended up having a pretty wild time her for her birthday a few months earli- Buenos Aires, because it has been so which has upheld basic human rights for only to be interrupted by a key in the front er (she's family and besides I'd buy her popular for so long. Marta asked if she a considerable length of time. door. Assuming it was just my roommate another one in time). I threw it in a bag could use my mascara, which she heav- Marta, however, is accustomed to a I didn "t even bother to go check it out. and gave it to my girlfriend. ily applied to her thick lashes. She took society which is susceptible to instabili- You can imagine my surprise when As she opened the bag and looked at the out the rollers in her hair and, after ty. Just after I left Argentina, the poor- Mark came into my room and flicked on bracelet her face turned from surprise to changing numerous times, finally set- est jof the poor, literally with no food to the lights. Turns out he got back early confusion. "Doesn "tyour sister have this tled on a leopard print shirt to go with eat, began rioting in the streets. Such an from his trip and called my roommate to same bracelet," she asked. As I stuttered her black coat and skirt. environment causes Marta and all get the keys so he could "surprise" me. for an answer I remembered that I had The restaurant she took me to was Argentines to live more in the moment. Mark was the one who got the "surprise" shown the bracelet to my girlfriend before ornately decorated. Red curtains were They are so uncertain of the future that and stormed out of my apartment cursing I wrapped it for my sisters birthday. I tied back with gold ribbon so that-you they refuse to dwell on it. If they were and breaking things. Needless to say couldn 1 seem to come up with anything to could look out onto the river. The come- to think too long on either the past or Mark and I were history, and on top of it say when she asked me straight-out if it dian on stage told outlandish jokes into a future, they may become discouraged all, about a week later my co-worker got was the same bracelet. blaring microphone. Marta laughed about their life's possibilities. back together with his girlfriend. ' I must have apologized hundreds of uncontrollably at his comedic tales. Argentines refuse to do this. They insist ~Anonymous, FCLC times over the next week and had to go As the night progressed, the perform- oh living the best lives that they possi- buy my girlfriend other jewelry to make ers revealed their musical inclinations. bly can. When Marta goes out, she has an amazing time. She does not worry / was really looking forward to up for my stupid mistake. Marta, the Argentines, and I enthusiasti- about what other responsibilities she Valentines Day because my parents -Tony, Baruch College cally clapped to the accordion music. may have or what might happen in the were going out to dinner and a show As the night crept towards dawn, my future. As an American, it is harder for and I would have the house to myself. I Who would have thought a day that is thoughts began to drift inevitability me to forget the outside world; It is .,„imltedjmy boyfriend over, for a roman*- designed to produce feelings of love and toward my dreaded research paper. harder for me to completely leave time tic home cooked dinner so we • could happiness would be a day that can cause Marta brought me back into the moment and space. That night I spent with spend a little alone time together. I had- so much hell! However your "special" by grabbing my arm and dragging me Marta taught me more about enjoying everything set for a romantic dinner, day turns out, hopefully it will be better onto the dance floor. The tables and life then all of the research and time candles, a Marvin Oaye CD playing in than these stories, chairs had been cleared so remaining spent devoted to my pesky paper. • the background, and dinner in the oven. Happy Valentine's Day! • individuals had room to move. We salsa Features February 14,2002 j page 20 Little Rest For The Weary VD's It's a long haul for students who commute Bad Rap also has breaks between classes, which he spends doing homework or studying A Call to Romance in the library. He expresses his appreci- ation of these breaks by stating that stay- By Lauren Quigley, FCLC'02 ing in the library "forces (him) to do work". This Valentines Day, fuck your With such a life here at FCLC, how pompous pride. Fuck trying to be so does one manage to stay alert and awake detached and cool. Fuck playing hard to the entire day? Even a diligent student get or acting as though you didn't notice. can admit that those breaks are also use-, Fuck your fear of rejection. Fuck your ful for naps, often using the couches at lack of confidence and remember a time the far end of Quinn library to sleep. before your knew how to play the game. Other commuters like Konnoth find it Boys: Write someone bad sappy poet- convenient to rest during their breaks. As ry. Sing off-key outside a window. Hold with any typical college student, there are hands. Offer your jacket. Buy the those times when you have not slept prop- drinks. Slow dance in inappropriate erly for the past four days. The residents places. Kiss spontaneously. Get can simply go back to their rooms and dressed-up. Hold doors. Get some bal- doze off. Where do the commuters go? loons. Just pick up the phone and call There is the library, where some tired that girl you would like to get to know

• Andraw Suggs students find refuge, their heads resting on better. Really, what do you have to lose? "If you walk into the second floor lounge or the new student lounge, you can sometimes tables. As Konnoth explained earlier, on Got no mone y for a special Valentines see commuters reclining on the couches, fast alseep." the two couches at the far end of the Day? Bull shit. Go for a walk. The city By Jesni Kampil, FCLC'05 jects going on prolonging the commutes Quinn library, you will find a student—or provides free ambiance. Make a candle- of many individuals who rely on public sometimes even a teacher—resting by sit- lit dinner or a really good mix tape. This As if adjusting to freshmen life in transportation. ting on one couch, with their feet on the romance thing is not that hard. Just take college is not challenging enough, Im adds that in a typical commuter's other. Then there are the lounges. If you one second and figure out what makes imagine what it is like to be a commuter day there are many instances when pro- walk into the second floor lounge or the another person happy. Don't be afraid to attending Fordham College at Lincoln fessors do not tolerate lateness and new student lounge, you can sometimes make a fool of yourself. You're not that

Center. % record the tardiness as an absence. "We see commuters reclining on die couches cool, so get over it. While walking through the halls and have no"control over public transporta- fast asleep. And then there are those rare Now ladies, all this effort should count classrooms of the Lowenstein building at tion. Even if you do designate enough occasions when you find a really tired for something, so: wear that little sassy FCLC, one can see that commuters make time to get to school/ you can end up commuter who didn't even bother to walk number;'give up the booty; buy some up a large portion of the student popula- being late for class," Im said. Yet the to a lounge and, out of convenience, lies garter belts, get freaky; wear nothing but tion. They come from different neigh- commuters often manage to get to class v right on one of the hard wooden benches a trench coat; get loud; shave it all. Do borhoods 'ranging from New Jersey to on time—surprisingly, sometimes even in the plaza, napping before classes start. whatever you know will make him Staten Island; Queens to Brooklyn. It is more often than the residents, because ! The sleep issue does cause a little happy. It doesn't have to be all about amazing how these people manage to they are aware of possible delays. resentment on the commuter's part, sex. Pick up the check at dinner. Buy stay sane with their tiring trips to school It is astonishing to see how com- admits Bettina Blanchard, FCLC '05. him a sentimental gift. Fellas have feel- and their hectic schedules. When asked muters deal with classes as well as par- In spite of this though, Blanchard ings too. about their lives as commuters, several ticipate in extracurricular activities. admits that being a commuter is not as People are always putting VD down, students, such as Monica Ciantia, FCLC They commit so much time to school awful as it seems. "There are upsides to saying things like "it's a holiday made-up '05, agree that the biggest hassle is the even though they will eventually have to being a commuter," she said, "It gives by Hallmark" or "why shouldn't people commute itself which, for most com- take long bus and/or train rides back one time to relax, listen to music, do the be romantic everyday." To the first com- mutersrtakes at least an hour. home, rather than just walking straight homework you just remember you had ment: SO WHAT? Just because it was Julia Im, FCLC '05, from Brooklyn, to their rooms like the residents. Craig due, or study for that quiz/midterm/final created for corporate ends, does not New York, expands on this point: "First Konnoth, FCLC '05, is a perfect exam- that you have' That is always a plus. It mean that you have to spend a single I have to wake up extremely early ple of such a dedicated commuter. This really isn't as bad as people say it is. I dime to have a good Valentines Day. because the trains are so unpredictable. semester he is taking Multivariate would get so much cabin fever if I had Make your presents; you did it for your I have to give myself a lot of time to get Calculus II, Data Structures, Cine tb live on campus 24/7." parents for Christmas for years. Get to school". It is such a pain to be a com- Conversation, Honors Theology and Whatever it is that the commuters do to some creativity for the love of God. muter, especially this semester because Honors-History. In addition, he is manage their chaotic lives at school, it is To the second: you have a point. I chose all morning classes so I could involved in several extra curricular certainly commendable and should be rec- People, should not need a reason to be work," she said. This'struggle is com- activities such as the debate team, the ognized by tfie entire community. Maybe loving, but here in the real world, they mon to other commuters as well. After, choir, FUEL, the Italian society, and we should even consider investing in a do. The truth is, when left to their own recent events in New York, there are even hopes to start a club of his own blanket and pillow drive for these well devices, people are not that romantic. certainly a lot more construction pro- soon. Just as with many students, he deserving, hard-working students. • They don't buy candy and flowers with- out guilt or ulterior motives. They don't give cards just to say 'I love you'. On the whole they do very little tb express an Supporting Vegetarian Foods for emotion that supposedly means so much. Cancer Prevention So what's so wrong with a yearly A PRESCRIPTION reminder? What's so wrong with a day completely devoted to love? FOR LIFE Alone on Valentines? Call your single friends, get drunk, and tell amusing sto- Fruits, vegetables, whole ries. 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It's ill in how you work it. • February 14, 2002 Arts & Culture page 21 Grisham, Conroy, Corner (1/22) King and Straub Join to Assist Wavedancer By Kia Warren fashion as well as breaking those tired cliches. Foundation Hello again, and bienvenue to Kiki's Don't overlook the Great White Fashion Korner. Hopefully all are get- W.yH! By Chris Monfette, FCLC'02 House, reading the beautifully written, ting to know who I am, (Kiki), and what P.S. Feel free to send your favorite though morose, passage with a voice as I do, (dish out refreshing, fashion tid- fashionista cards, flowers, candy, or any On Saturday, February 2nd, the doors jovial and light-hearted as the innocent bits) so let's get to the good stuff, shall other "kind of gift this Valentine's Day! of New York's Town Hall opened to sev- of men. The contrast was quite amusing. we? Questions? Problems? Comments? eral hundred anxious fans waiting After a brief intermission, Stephen Whether you all are celebrating this E-mail me: [email protected] • patiently to see a. few of their favorite King took the stage to ringing applause Valentine's Day with someone or flying , authors — perhaps the most interesting and a standing ovation. Though many solo with a-box of chocolates, I figured array of literary talent assembled on had hoped for a reading from the upcom- that you could all do with, and are enti- stage in some time. In an impressive ing fifth volume of his Dark Tower tled to, a kiss from yours truly. Now, show of support, best selling authors series, King instead recalled a story before we get excited, let me make John Grisham, Pat Conroy, and Peter about Muller's difficulty with reading a myself clear. I don't mean the actual Straub joined host Stephen King for an passage from his novella, The Body, enti- osculate that demonstrates affection evening of readings and discussions to tled The Revenge of Lard-Ass Hogan. (ugh)! This kiss is much more worth- raise money for the Wavedancer The hilarious story-within-a-story illus- while, and ladies, it won't smudge your Foundation, established to assist with the trates the scene of a pie eating contest lipstick! (How's that for incentive?!) care and well-being of injured profes- where one vomitous turn yields anoth- Ready for your Kernel of Ingenious sionals. Specifically, the evening was er...and another...and another. King fond- Style Sense? Warning: the following dedicated to audio-book narrator Frank ly described the conversation in which three words are very difficult to accept Muller, who had suffered major injuries Muller confessed to needing numerous and commit to. So, here goes: WHITE in a motorcycle accident last November. takes to read the clip because of his con- IS RIGHT! That's.it! Do the white After a few short moments it was obvi- stant inability to hold back his laughter. thing! Sorry, I couldn't resist! ous that Muller, perhaps the most After a few minutes of speaking, King The obvious color choice for notable, stirring voice in the large choir read the chapter, dedicating it to Frank, Valentine's would be red, true? Well, of audio-book orators, had deeply effect- and held the audience in stitches for ever since the abrogation of the "not ed and formed close friendships with the nearly twenty minutes. allowed to wear white after Labor Day" authors whose books he had been read- Wrapping up the evening was Prince law, white' is the preferred color. If you ing for years. Chances are, if you don't of Tides author Pat Conroy, who opted think about it, there is logical sense in know his name, you most likely know not to read, but instead spoke to the audi- why white trounces red this season. The the voice. And what a moving voice it is. ence for the duration of his time. With his v color white has always represented After a brief introduction, Grisham" easy, South Carolina accent, he recalled goodness and innocence, while red was kicked off the evening with a reading several humorous stories about his first the delegate color of .sin and misdeed. from his newest novel, The Summons. A years as an author, joking that he never Remember the scarlet letter A?-This light southern accent humming across thought that he'd ever "make it, to time, the A won't stand for Adultery but the room, he read from the first chapter, Broadway on a Saturday night." Overall, rather, Average! introducing the audience to the hero of the even'ing proved to be hilarious, Okay, maybe I'm being a little melo- the novel, the son of a staunch, Southern creepy, charming, and entertaining, all dramatic, and I definitely don't intend to judge called home in preparation for his while raising money for an excellent offend anyone. I am simply trying to father's imminent death. Straub followed cause. An audiobook of the event will be impart the fact that sporting white is a with a rather grim reading from his col- released by Simon and Schuster in late- great way of showing your love for laboration with Stephen King, Black February. • Great Advertising Opportunities ^ available on our website.

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Mix Tape By Noelle Balnicki, FCLC'03 . don't have to be a surfer to know why this song is romantic. Whether you're breaking up, making ¥ Sugar Ray "When It's Over"- You'll up, or starting up a new relationship, feel single and free, thanks to this music is a key element every step of the tune. way. Here's a list of songs for every If Backstreet Boys "Back to Your (im)perfect moment along with what to Heart"- Perfect for trying to get back expect if you pump up their volume. that extinguished flame. VSilverchair "Miss You Love"- If you VBon Jovi "Bed of Roses" and just got dumped and want to shed "Always"- What's more romantic than some tears, this is the song to crank up. an 80's power ballad sung by rock's ^Garbage "Can't Cry These Tears"- It'll sexiest front man? make you stop feeling so miserable VFirehouse "Love of a Lifetime"- The about yourself. perfect song to play if you're plai ritten Law "ELVA"- One lyric, to propose. in love with you in love with me," V311 "Amber"-A niello it all. "launch a thousand slWti Ihris Cornell "Wave Good-bye"- You heart." < l]t feel like the only one alone on IT The Calling "Wherever YouUffiKVia ralent!rQ&>Day with this song blaring Play this tune to tell th eo. Darrica MeCullara one you want to be a VTCW Imbruglia "Big Mistake"- Take your pick and mix it up V Robbie Williams "Shi Bliftipis when you realize the end of By Derrica McCullers, FCLC'03 started here are some Valentine's Day top this on with some can nship was the best thing to fives from fellow Fordhamites: your love for a dance. happen to you. Do you break out in a cold sweat VJewel "Break Me"- PerHRjfgptting V98 Degrees "The Hardest Thing"- every time a holiday or a special occa- Furine Blaise FCLC '02 back with your ex. Maybe this will motivate you to initi- sion approaches? Are you racked with Valentine's Dav tunes VAerosmith "Angel"- PerfeWif you ate the dreaded break up. fear al the thought of having to find that "I Will Always Love You," nickname your love "angel." If No Doubt "Don't Speak"- Sets the tone perfect gift? Well, fret no more. The one Whitney Houston *SWV "Weak"- You'll get weak in the for a friendly, mutual breakup. and only no fail solution is a mix tape. "This Woman's Work," knees just listening to it. If Good Charlotte "Let Me Go"- If you Not only will it save you tons of money, Maxwell VThird Eye Blind "Never Let You Go"- hate breaking up, play this song for allow you to live on the edge by pirating "Everything," A fun tune for revealing your feelings your partner. Maybe it'll give them a music, let you indulge in your selfish Mary J. Blige in a new relationship. clue. side, ([because it's the music you like "Sweet Thang," If Lifehouse "Hanging on « Moment"- If Puddle of Mudd "She Hates Me"- A anyway), but it also screams "hey, look ChakaKhan Make the one who makes your palms song for guys who've just had their how creative I am and how much time I "Let's Get It On (Sexual Healing)" sweat fall in love with you to this hearts torn to shreds. have on my hands!" Marvin Gaye song. VJon B. "Love Hurts"- The title says it Unlike flowers and candy, making a V Incubus "Stellar"- Great to play if all. mix tape is an art. A good mix tape Ryan Creed FCLC '03 you're setting the mood for a midnight VHoobastank "To Be With You" and requires skills of calculation, Ms. Cleo- Depressed songs for people without rendezvous. "Hello Again"- These songs will let level clairvoyance of personal musical Valentine's dates V Travis "Luv"- Even if your date is not your ex know how much you want tastes and an almost Zen-like ability to "All By Myself," British, they'll fall for this song. them back. • balance the emotion of the play lists on Eric Carmin 9 Beach Boys "God Only Knows"- You both sides of the tape. "Gloomy Sunday," As a gift, mix tapes are one of the Billie Holiday safest ways to go. Who can say no to free "Creep," music? By making a mix tape for some- Radiohead Romance in Film, the Good one you define your particular feelings "I'm so Lonesome I could Cry," about that person and creatively relate Hank Williams how you see him or her. A good mix tape "Isolation," the Bad and the Ugly often doubles as a compliment. Given to Joy Division the right person (say a crush), your audio artwork is both a friendly gesture and a Erica Scott FCLC '03 By Stephanie Mezynski, FCLC'04 3. Princess Bride hint at romance: Yes, it seems cheesy and Valentine's Favorites 2. Ghost very Seventeen, but all of us can't be as "You're all I Need," Are you dissatisfied with your love 1. Pretty Woman suave as you experienced romantics. Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell life? Have you ever wondered why Julia Hey, single crowd, you can make a and Method Man/Mary i. Blige Roberts could find a better guy while Next come five movies that will make mix tape for yourself. Many a weekend "I'll Make Love to You," prostituting herself on the streets than you thankful for whatever you are stuck has been spent making a tape just to pro- Boyz II Men you've found on your college campus? with this Valentine's Day. They will fess hate for an ex, frustration at being "Never felt this Way," Well, stop worrying! Movies typically makcyou thankful for the simplicity of single, or just plain abhorrence for all Brian McKnight inflate love in one direction or another to being alone, or make you appreciate the commercial holidays, especially "You and I," Stevie Wonder make it seem like either a funhouse of one you do have by shrinking your prob- Valentine's Day. "Spend my Life with You," unbearably wonderful accidents of to miniscule specs of dust in com- For the more technologically inclined Eric Benet and Tamia • or so terrifying that just thinking of ison: readers, a compact disc mix is just as opposite sex makes one never date agajflf gift-worthy. Sure it's quicker and easier, for fear of ill fated happenings and ^/ingsofaDove but it's still the same great music, some ing shrill enough to shatter glass. imeo and Juliet even say with better sound quality. All Here are five sappy movies brimrS e Scarlet Letter that really matters is 1) that the music is with idealistic romantic schlock that wi 2. American Beauty good 2) there is at least one classic 80's make you sad this Valentine's Day, for ifl 1. Sid and Nancy song and 3) there is one song everybody you don't have a hubby they will make, says they hate but always dance to at par- you wish that you did have someone to So in conclusion, if you are home ties. One song can serve both purposes. worship the ground you walk on. If you alone on good old Valentine's Day, fear So all of you procrastinators out there, do have a significant other they will not because love is never as easy as you biting your nails because the Big Day is show you that he/ she is completely inad- want it to be, and never underestimate here, take my advice: take a Chance, cook equate: • • •• ••- —--—-••-•- the fulfilling power of a night with Ben - up a mix tape and have a happy and Jerry. But if you are with that special Valentine's. 5. Dirty Dancing someone, maybe you should consider If you're having a hard time getting 4. Sabrina bringing them flowers. • February 14, 2002 Arts & Culture page 23 Movie Men Make Movie Magic io movies to make you glad you're single By Gavin McCormack, FCLC'04

Sometimes Valentine's Day can get a little lonely for those of us who don't have a significant other. Here are 10 movies I recommend to keep your spirits up, and keep you out of the medicine cabinet. Titanic: If watching Titanic when you're single, you have the option of swooning over Leonardo DiCaprio all by yourself, or laughing loudly without fear Courtesy of Miramax of being chastised when he drowns. Colin Firth as Bridget's perfect man Boogie Nights: Watching this movie By Erin Potts, FCLC'03 my Colin Firth to pull me into his coat alone ensures you will not have an "awk- while he kisses me in the snow, ignor- ward-look-at-each-other-si lent ly" Staring down the barrel of another ing my leopard print panties? Is that too moment at the sight of Marky Mark's Valentine's Day spent watching VHl's much to ask? Granted, Mark and purple prosthetic. "Love Stinks" marathon and stuffing my Bridget have a rough start, but that Halloween'. Everyone who has sex in face with the choicest chocolates scene in the show makes up for his this movie gets a healthy dose of butch- (because there's nothing better to put one rudeness and the hideous reindeer er's knife. This is deeply satisfying for in the spirit of the day than "Lindsey sweater. those suffering from Not-Gettin'-Any loved Stevie but Stevie slept with Mick" Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge: February 14th Rage Syndrome. and a big heart shaped box from your This one's basically a no-brainer. I've Ewan McGregor smolders Fatal Attraction: Boiled rodents Grandma, instead,of, for example, your yet to encounter a female who's seen the Versus The Volcano). But making Meg rarely lead to healthy relationships. poetry-slinging secret admirer), I started film and doesn't sigh when McGregor Ryan swoon thousands of miles away Any Given Sunday: Dennis Quaid thinking. Granted, in the Arizona arid comes up. As Christian/ a naive young over the radio airwaves is no small feat. gets slapped around by his wife in this Fordham dating climate—a land where writer who comes to Paris at the height of Lisa .Seewagen FCLC '03, an. ardent movie. You,almost pity him, untij.y.ou girls frequently deem *guys "Fordham the Bohemian revolution, he falls hard Sleepless lover, says it better than I ever realize that there's something inherently cute" and the dropping of female stan- for Satine (Nicole Kidman) and writes could: "When I think about the perfect smarmy about Dennis Quaid that makes dards could be charted on graphs — cer- her the role that will make her a star. man, .Sam Baldwin [Hanks] comes you want to slap him too. tain concessions must be made. But Satine and Christian's heady, intoxicat- straight to my mind. To be loved by Seven: This movie reminds us that to what if you're not willing to give up on ing love had females all over the country someone the way he loved his wife venture boldly into love is to risk getting that romantic vision of the perfect one? last summer saying, "why can't I have would be the most perfect love there hurt when a serial killer puts parts of you What if, as Rosie O'Donnell tells Meg that?" His eyes say it all: from the way could ever be. He's good looking, smart, into a box. An amazing movie, especial- Ryan in Sleepless In Seattle, "You don't his longing gaZe falls on Satine from funny, works well with his hands, and ly since it serves as a platform for want to be in love, you want to be in love under a fringe of black hair, to the tor- he's got a cute butt. (Not even grading on Morgan Freeman to throw knives. in a movie"? To wit, a few of the movie mented sadness as he writes their love a curve.) I'd invite him over to take a Pee-Wee's Big Adventure: "I'm a men we wish we could snag in reality. story. We all knew he was dashing, but look at swatches any day." loner, Dottie, a rebel." Classic. Later in Colin Firth in Bridget Jones' Diary. Moulin put McGregor on the map as one So if you're faced with flying solo this his show, Pee-Wee shows us that we Ok, so where the hell is my Colin Firth? sensitive hottie. February I4th, remember these guys will could all be perfectly happy without As attorney Mark Darcy, he likes Bridget Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle: keep you warm even if the glow of your being exclusively attached, and we can Jones just how she is, insists nice boys do Tom Hanks epitomizes the perfect movie TV and all your single gal-pals don't do all have perfectly healthy, functional kiss like that and smolders deliciously man in basically every romantic comedy it for you. - •• relationships with the furniture in our the whole time. So I ask you, where is he's ever been (okay, maybe not Joe own homes. She Devi\: Roseanne Barr and Ed Begley, Jr., play a cquple who stab each other in the back repeatedly...How much The Cat's Meow: a Purrfect Bust do you think Roseanne's head weighs? Just her head? If you cut it off? By Kia Warren, FCLC'05 ful "who dunnits" that are almost worthy What's Love Got To Do With It: It's of note. Beside those rare occasions, the amazing that during the 150 scenes of The Cat's Meow, written by Steven movie exists as a run-of-the-mill period domestic abuse, neither Ike nor Tina Peros and directed by Peter piece injected with the relentless parad- Turner's wigs ever come off. Bogdanovich, is supposedly based on ing of the Charleston. actual accounts of an escapade that took Also contributing to the disappoint- place during a weekend on William ment of the movie is Kirsten Dunst's por- Randolph Hearst's yacht. The movie trayal of Marion Davies. Dunst's perfor- stars Kirsten Dunst (Marion Davies), www.movles.com Dunst and Hermann mance as the well-known and instrumen- Edward Hermann (Davies' multi-mil- tal actress is less than stellar and barely lionaire lover William R. Hearst), Eddie> bemused and simultaneously intrigued. surpasses her cheerleading cries and Izzard (Charlie Chaplin), and Jennifer The only problem lies in the fact that the bouncy temperament of las"t year's Bring Tilly (Louella Parsons). These influential remainder of the movie tapers off, per- It O«.With an unknown audience as its entertainment figures of the day are mitting the opening to be the only moti- target, it is indubitable that The Cat's called together to celebrate the birthday vating moment of the movie. Meow will be lost on the younger gener- of another fellow media mogul. Following the basic recipe of any ation who has grown accustomed to Everyone seems to have their own pri- biography-thriller, The Cat's Meow con- movieb with green screens and other vate agendas, but when interests mix, tains a mixture of ardor, alcohol, sex, enhancing visuals. Not to say that our Dancer in the Dark: Who has time for deceit enters the scene, resulting in mur- schemes, and, without a doubt, murder. age group cannot appreciate period work, love, we must all unite to stop the perse- der and mishap. What would a thriller be without one? but without a good plot and an equally cution of Bjork! Keep all sharp objects The film begins with an end frame as There are, of course, those moments enjoyable climax, our attention is best away in case of sudden overwhelming the first scene, leaving the audience of quixotic romance and semi-suspense- directed toward Harry Potter. • despair. • Arts & Culture f ebruary 14,2002 page 24 Grace, Beauty, & Brains - Profile of an Alvin Ailey Dancer

By Kristin Bykowski FCLC '02

As a nearly graduating college student attempting to balance schoolwork, internships, part-time jobs, friendships, and what can possibly remain of a love life outside of all this, I've realized that I desperately needed unbiased advice dur- ing all my years in school. Being the resident psychoanalyst in my group of friends, I noticed that most often, my advice really helped; it even shaped lives! I was so approachable that my "expertise" was requested for any issue imaginable: ' - Where do J, go to the doctor? What do By Lauren Branche, FCLC'05 so many requirements, you are probably I say to. my distant boyfriend/girlfriend wondering what her schedule is like. about that drunken encounter two weeks "First position. Demi and stretch. Full "[Because of] transfer credits, I have a ago? How do I tell mom in Iowa about grand plie". Port de bras forward and. back. much lighter schedule, but I do have many niy tattoo? Can 1 study for philosophy in The same in second, fourth, and fifth posi- night classes. Believe me, by the end of the one night? tions and then we'll rise and take a balance Lauren Branche day, I'm really tired. I do have a break on Erin Moore What I came to ask myself was; why in fifth." (Center Stage, 2000) Although Tuesdays - and that is great since I can should 1 keep all of this valuable knowl- that quote was taken from a movie, it does Fordham and the chance to dance and sleep. Juggling the core and Ailey is tough. edge confined to my small circle? The well in describing a normal day for sopho- learn from the most creative and. estab- I have ballet classes, Horton technique, answer is simple~l shouldn't. Freshman, more, Erin Moore, FCLC '04. A BFA lished dancers and choreographers in the and West African dance - which is by far sophomore, junior, or senior, we all have Alvin Ailey student, Erin has been dancing world. the most [exhilarating.]" questions that we either don't want to ask for as long as she can remember. Don't think that it isn't a grueling cur- Wise ones always say that without hard put of fear or embarrassment, or we fool- Most dancers are neglected. Critics con- riculum. You have two teams to impress - work, there would" be no hard-working ishly think that we can answer them our- people. And Erin is wise. She plans to selves. Let me make this easier for you "They receive little credit for their dedication, excruciating pain, dance for a living, but is sensible enough with Your Life, According to Bella. and the arduous training they go through daily." to know that it is a competitive field to pur- Ask" your question, and you will get sue, so her backup is law school. Erin has advice or some sense of direction. I will sider them at the bottom of the totem pole: the professors at FCLC and at The Ailey talent, grace, and brains - a rare combina- read each-arid every question ancf ch'oose lower than singers, lower than actors, School. "It's a fun [program]. But it's hard tion in today's age and with these attribut- what seems appropriate and beneficial to lower than comedians. They receive little as well. I have academic classes like es, she is sure to succeed in any field. all for publication in the Observer. credit for their dedication, excruciating Dance Structure and Technique as well as *She would eagerly recommend the BFA You and I will remain anonymous. pain, and the arduous training they go ballet," says Erin. The Ailey School offers program to another dance enthusiast "You There will be no box marked "Need through daily. "It's not just a hobby, it's a Horton, Graham and Taylor modern dance have to really want to do it. Don't take it Help?" (that would be-awful) and you way of life," said Erin when asked how techniques as well as classical ballet, West for granted because mixed with Fordham's DO NOT need to use your real name. she felt about dancing. African dance, jazz, partnering, and others. core, it will take a lot out of you." Email me with anything and 1 will As a transfer student from The "I know other dancers who have it worse. The next major performance of the respond even if your question isn't pub- University of North Carolina at Chapel I am [fortunate] to have only three acade- Ailey BFA program is in March. A full lished. Hill, Erin reveals the differences between mic classes [per semester] here at audience would be well appreciated. We are all too young to be stressed, UNC's large & rural atmosphere and Fordham because I recently transferred. Imagine seeing "developpe' e"carte\ change and too talented to be lost. Please help FCLC's cozy & urban "campus." A major However, Ailey also provides us with writ- to efface, plie", tendu, lift the leg and first others that are too afraid, to ask. Email distinction for her was that UNC did not ten work," explains Erin. arabesque" come to life! Believe me, it Bella at [email protected] by provide a dance program - "that's why I Students are required to study dance looks as beautiful as it sounds. For more Sunday night of every week. left." Erin chose FCLC because the history, anatomy, and kinesiology (the information about the BFA performance Ciao, renowned choreographer, Alvin Ailey, study of the anatomy, physiology, and schedule, contact the Student Activities Bella chose Fordham in which to offer a BFA mechanics of body movement). On top of Office in room 408. • •Look for Ask Bella in the Features degree. The program offers the best of that, they have dance composition classes section of upcoming Observer issues* both worlds: a Jesuit education with to improve their choreographic skills. With Making Out Jessica Stein By Darisa Diaz, FCLC'02 is perfect except for that it's in the her struggle with "coming out" about it. "women seeking women" section.(When Luckily, we are not disappointed right Kissing Jessica "Stein is a film just the hyper-neurotic Jessica meets funky, away. Though the movie blacks out on about that, kissing Jessica Stein promiscuous Helen Cooper (Heather too-sexy scenes where Jessica and Helen (Jennifer Westfefdt). It calls itself "a Juergensen), they instantly connect. It's consummate their relationship, Jessica are still friends! Best friends even!" And laugh-out-loud comedy with a fresh take not long before Helen plants a kiss on eventually seems to come to terms with suddenly, Jessica finds herself realizing on sex and the single girl." I agree and Jessica that surprises her as much as it her feelings for Helen. For a time, all that the love-hate relationship between disagree. From the beginning of the does the audience. seems well. her temperamental (read: asshole) boss movie, you're laughing. We are quickly I wasn't sure that this digression from (Warning: Movie spoiler ahead!) and ex-boyfriend, Josh (Gilmore Girls' introduced to Jessica's mother who, at my usual romantic comedy fare would sit Kissing Jessica Stein takes a less than Scott Cohen), has been right under her first, is nothing more than the usual sil- well with me. I'm used to seeing films daring twist in another direction at the nose all along. ver screen Jewish mama stereotype. She where boy meets girl and there's a happi- end. Instead of further exploring the end- Needless to say, I was upset with the wants nothing more than for her 28- ly every after. However, as Helen tries to less possibilities of this intriguing ending. The filmmakers toyed with the year-old daughter to meet a nice boy at loosen Jessica up, I felt myself loosen up. romance, it doesn't. Leading the audi- audience, leading us to expect something Temple and get married, I couldn't help but cheer watching Helen ence on, Kissing Jessica Stein begins to fresh, something bold, from this sweetly Fortunately, instead of meeting that kiss and woo Jessica Stein into a less flirt with a typical romantic happy end- gender-bending romantic comedy. But in nice boy, things get interesting once neurotic and more exciting heroine. ing. However, it is not between our two the end, there was nothing, nada, zippo, Jessica meets a nice girl. This is when Unfortunately, "the fresh take on sex favorite girls. Jessica is pronounced "too zilch! Kissing Jessica Stein is nothing the quirky, romantic comedy part bursts and the single girl" idea quickly goes straight." Helen needs someone "more more than a grand tease. Hugely unful- onto the screen brilliantly. After dating stale as the burgeoning romance stag- gay." Then laughably, almost conde- filling, a conventional misstep in an oth- one loser after another, curiosity leads nates. We see Jessica elated about her scendingly, the movie pats us on the erwise unconventional film is unforgiv- Jessica to answer a personal ad. The ad relationship with Helen, but we also see shoulder with a "Don't worry, the girls able. • February 14, 2002 Arts & Culture A Walk to Remember, a forgetful romance

Mandy Moore, the 16 year old pop O of her songs in this film. In my opinion, singer, makes her film debut as Jamie she is not pop-material and has some big Sullivan, an»" unpopular high school hurdles (besides her lack of acting capa- senior who stands true to her Christian bilities) ahead. Let's think about it: beliefs. West's character, Landon Carter, Glitter failed because Mariah Carey is the popular troublemaker with no can't act, already we can assume that belief in God and no aims for tomorrow. Cross Roads, starring Britney Spears, As punishment for a prank, Landon is will be a huge success; so in the spirit of forced to participate in activities that continuity, why would anyone care about bring him into close contact with» Jamie. Moore? With all the talent out there, it's Landon finds himself in over his head sad to say there was none in A Walk to and in need of Jamie's help. However, RememberM Landon is unwilling to sacrifice his cool reputation for Jamie's friendship (at first). It is not until Landon sees Jamie, as a different character in the Spring Play, all made-up, with a modern hair- style and a sexy dress, that he begins to show a real interest for her (great mes- sage for the kids, right?). That is when the feminist in me came out and 1 knew Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures Mandy Moore, the 16 year old pop singer, makes her film debut as Jamie for sure that A Walk to Remember was Sullivan, an unpopular high school senior who stands true to her definitely a waste of my Friday night. Christian beliefs. The only positive thing in this movie is its depiction of how a person you least By Melissa Ayala, FCLC'03 is neither believable nor appealing to a expect to have an impact on your life, modern day audience. Nevertheless, A turns out to be the only one who could Mandy Moore and Shane West star in Walk to Remember remains one of the have done so. the latest romance flick, A Walk to top three box office draws in the U.S., As far as acting goes, neither West nor Remember. The film was adapted from which has a lot to do with the fact that Moore prove to be captivating. I honest- Nicholas Sparks' bestseller, Message in a today's audience has somewhat changed ly, felt like I was watching a Made For Bottle. While Sparks' novel maintains a from wanting fast-paced, complex drama TV movie. firm grasp on faith and redemption, to embracing simplistic, happy-ending, For those of you who enjoy Moore's Adam Shankman's onscreen adaptation teary-eyed romance. singing, you'll be pleased to find many Corky Gets Serious: Punk Rock's Newest Engineers

By Katherine Suarez, FCLC'03 songs and have amazing albums.' They should be household names but the geo- • The band is Corky (really!). This punk graphic isolation of South Florida makes rock band from South Florida is jamming it tough for the world to know about its way to listeners and making a name these bands. for itself in pop culture mainstream. Observer: Any specific song that has These young heartbreakers with their special importance to you boys? grunge mixes, are breaking out of the Corky: We've got a song that we "garage band" bubble and planning for a never thought much about, it's called promising future ahead of them. They "On a Mission." It's a fun song, a good have one thing on their mind: their music song but we really thought it was no big and they are all about it. So who is Corky deal. But every time we play it, people go exactly? Well, let's meet the players of ass-crazy, stage diving, circle pits. I think the game (Ladies, feel free to pounce at two people have gone to the hospital for any time). On guitars, strings, and vocals being injured while watching us play that is Jose. Danny, the band Casanova, plays song. As a band, our goal is to make peo- bass and sings background vocals/har- ple go crazy. monies. On drums, and adding vocals Observer: I imagine you guys have -with some crazy break-dancing for extra been busy doing shows and coming up amusement, is Juan. Lastly, there's Gus, Left to Right: Gustavo (guitar), Juan (drums), Jose (guitar), Danny (bass) with new material, but can you tell us who plays lead guitar and breaks keys Corky playing in Gainesville, Florida what it is you are currently working on? inside of ignitions. name ever." Our drummer, Juan, said smack and chugging beers, trying to Corky: We just finished recording a Not only are these-guys talented, but "Corky" jokingly so we put the name on come up with creative songs. Is that the 10 song EP, we're sending it out to they are extremely fun to talk to. In a a flyer for our first show. The shows kept scenario? Where does the inspiration labels, hoping someone will jump on it. recent one-to-one with this funky punk coming and we got more serious about come from? We're setting up tons of out-of-town band, I got to witness firsthand how our music, but the name stuck. Sadly. Corky: Inspiration conies from girls. shows for 2002. We were just on a tour ambition and a passion for music can Observer: What kind of music do you The ones we love, the ones that break our and it proves that we're all ready for the totally rock your world. guys primarily play and where would hearts, the ones we can't get rid of, the road, we've got no problem being broke, Observer: Tell me a little bit about you say you get your influence from, in slutty ones, all of them. Inspiration also cramped in a van, and sleeping on how Corky got started. I really want to reference to other bands? comes from a strong aversion to working strange floors in strange towns. We all know about that band name. There must Corky: We play rock and roll, that's the crappy 9-5. love the same exact thing, playing ener- be some sort of inside joke or some crazy all that it is. The garage bands from the Observer: What has been the hardest getic shows in front of new audiences. story behind that. 1960's copied the Rolling Stones and obstacle for you guys to overcome? Observer: Seems you guys are mov- Corky; All of it was really a joke at sounded like louder, driftier version of Corky: The hardest thing is getting ing on up. It takes a lot of determination first, the name, the band, our attitude. We the Stones. We're copying the Stones, our music out there. We are from Miami and hard work to get where you guysare all just wanted to write arid play really those garage bands, and throwing some and nobody cares, or knows much about today. Is there anything that you have fun songs. There was no point to the catchy pop in the mix with punk rock as the Miami music scene. There've- been learned that you want to say to "up and whole thing initially. When it came time a blueprint. some great bands from down here that coming" bands? to choose a name, we were all joking and Observer: I picture you guys sitting never "broke out." Bands like Quit and Corky: Have fun. Always. That's all trying to come up with the "worst band around, doing what guys do best, talking the Crumbs, for example, who play good music is: the most fun ever. • February 14,2002 page 26

, •„ • ••• e ; •-....•.••. . ^ Scratch Gets to the Heart of the Hip Hop

By Gavin McCormack, FCLC'04 does not require knowledge of the often film, they realize thatthey're incredibly party, and they tend to be a little bit esoteric world of hip-hop tg-be enjoyed. astute, .friendly, funny, bright, and into more into digging for really-cool breaks, The basic premise behind the docu- Scratch was directed and edited by talking about their music in an intellec- and being able to make a really good mentary film is to inform and entertain. Doug Pray, who is probably best known tual way. That's sort of surprising to night of music. Unfortunately, mainstream audiences for his 1996 film Hype. Hype chronicles people who think hip-hop is all about Then, on the other side of the coin, often have little patience for being the origins and explosion of the Seattle street attitude. Though it is about street you have the soloists, the intellectuals. informed, and do not always find docu- rock scene, featuring interviews with attitude, too. You can't have one without The people who scratch really well. They mentaries entertaining. both the independent bands who created the other:' feel' they are musicians, and that the This is not the case of Scratch. A fea- it, as well as with flannel-clad stadium Observer: Which has been a greater turntable is an instrument. ture-length music documentary, Scratch staples like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. influence on your films: the work of fel- Observer. In your experience so, far, won critical acclaim at this year's Who'has proven id be more cynical: Sundance festival; The film sheds light The film sheds light upon the frequently misunderstood Jaded indie-rock stars or possibly-high upon the frequently misunderstood and hip-hop pioneefrs? often unappreciated role of the hip-hop and often unappreciated role of the hip-hop DJ. Doug Pray: When I made Hype, the DJ. It chronicles the emergence and people I interviewed had a real reason to evolution of scratching (manipulating He also edited the 1999 documentary low documentary filmmakers, or the be cynical. They had something really vinyl), the culture that spawned it, and American Pimp. Mr. Pray took a few style of music you base the film upon? precious; it didn't have a name, it wasn't the resulting effect on the world. The moments from his busy schedule to Doug Pray: Both were influential. I marketed, and it wasn't sold. Suddenly, film travels from the birth of hip-hop, speak with the Observer. was influenced by Penelope Spheeris, the world came and blew it all out. The when DJs first began extending the Observer. How have people not who made The Decline of Western town was literally overrun by labels breaks on their party records, to the pre- immediately familiar with the world of Civilization series, and her style of fun, looking for the next Nirvana. They were sent-day turntablist movement, which hip-hop been reacting to Scratch so far? intense, editing and loud music. I'm cynical, and they had a great reason to be reshaped the genre. Doug Pray: I think they're all sur- always trying to make movies that are cynical: they lost something. Rather than being narrated, Scratch prised. My goal isn't getting them to like really entertaining. The guys in Scratch haven't lost any- tells the story of hip-hop and scratching the actual music, I just want them to With Scratch, I was influenced by the thing, they're only gaining, and they're through interviews with some of the DJs understand that scratching and manipu- way the DJ's flip the vinyl, the way they right in the middle of it. It's now. They're who helped create it. Also notable in lating vinyl is just as viable and powerful manipulate it with their hands, the way not cynical at all; quite the opposite. Scratch are the live performances from as any other kind of music. People have they combine weird sounds with cool They're amazing at showing the art form, legends like Mix Master Mike and a stereotype of what hip-hop is. People belts. I realized that there was no reason and telling you how they scratch. They QBERT, to modern turntable musicians look at me and ask: How can you make a I couldn't do to the film what DJs do to want everyone to know about scratching, like DJ Shadow and Cut Cheniist. High- film about hip-hop? That's because vinyl. DJs are basically editors. and how hard it is digging for records; energy editing, entertaining interviews, they're picturing mainstream corporate Observer. The film is told entirely they want everyone to know the impor- and hypnotizing live performances com- rap. They don't know that the under- through first-hand accounts. Did you tance of these old beats. I found a bunch bine to create a film that will attract hip- ground hip-hop movement is completely encounter any, conflicting stories con- of really cool people. I'm glad to have a hop fans and surprise skeptics; plus it different. When they see the DJs in my cerning the origins of hip-hop? movie, coming out about positivity, Doug Pray: The only conflicting action, and people making cool music. ideas I encountered were between peo- Scratch opens in New York on ple who believe that the job of the hip- February 15th. • The Colors of hop DJ should essentially be to rock a Sisterhood

By Melissa Liwanag, FCLC'04 tions. Danielle Hobbs, as the Lady in Purple, is the image of strength and as a Ntozake Shange's choreopoem For gifted storyteller, she tells of the mystical Colored Girls Who Have Considered Sechita. As the Lady in Green, Keisa 'navvy Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf Parrish is alight with biting wit; she hys- makes audiences run the gamut of emo- terically describes how she "usedta live tions when brought to the stage by direc- in the world then she moved to Harlem" tor/choreographer Erica Reed, FCLC with a don't-mess-with-me attitude. '02, and her multitalented cast on Friday, Erica Reed's Lady in Red tells the cli- February 1st. Originally created in 1976, mactic tale of "a nite with beau Willie For Colored Girls urges women of all Brown" with a dramatic fervor that kept colors to come into their womanhood the audience watching with bated breath. and control their own destinies. In the For Colored Girls is a perfect fit for years since the play was written, America Erica Reed's directorial debut as it joins has progressed immensely in Doth racial together her interests in Women's Studies and gender equality, but the backbone of (her major), English (her minor) and Shange's script is timeless in its message choreography, which dates back to her •of strength in*sisterhood. days in her mother's dance theater The titular sisters are skillfully school. A gifted dancer, Reed has been a brought to life by nine ladies who sing, Radio City Rockette since her freshman dance, and act Shange's choreopoem to year at Fordham. "1 juggled a full load at perfection, The play opens with Therese school and up to 15 shows a week during Lee's rich vocals and Ebony Ruffin's the Christmas season for the past three passionate, liquid movements as the years," explains Erica. Of the play, Reed Ladies in Black. Eboni Marshall, as the says "the aspect of Shange's text that I Lady in Brown,, energizes the crowd in most wanted to bring out was the rela- the opening monologue with her quick tionships between Black women and steps and animated facial expressions. their support of each other though their Christina delta Rose plays the Lady in trials and tribulations." She wants to Yellow with an engaging mix of sensual- "make a positive statement in celebration ity and innocence in her "graduation and recognition of Black History month nite" monologue, The Lady in Blue, and Women's History month" through Amirh Vann, is able to pull off manic Shange's characters in giving "voice to switches from being cheerful and funny the Black woman's experience which to irate and tormented in an intense and translates .universally to all women.", • believable way, Chloe Arnold's Lady in -V.' J.v / -v • Orange infuses her monologue with her soulful and expressive tap Improvisa- February 14,2002 Arts & Culture Fordham Arts Beat 3rd By Noelle Bdnicki FCLC '03 Directed by Jonathan Rosenberg •t Everyone's favorite tale of familial feud- Ongoing Programming: ing and the fate of two "star-crossed Strike, lovers" set in modem day Italy. Discount Movie Tickets: The movie General Admission: $12; Students and ^£ started having this dream \ti\tiMai tickets are back in stock. Visit LL 408 to Seniors $5; Fordham Faculty, Staff and Not Out high school. He had spiky brown hair, buy tickets to Loews, Sony and AMC Alumni $8. Thursdays are $2 Student ^^ eyes, and lots theaters. You must present your valid Nights with valid ID from any school. Fordham student ID to purchase tix. Box Office: 212-636-6340 By George Cabrera, FCLC'04 ibe together forever. Best of all he'd" Free Newspapers: Commuters, pick up Thursday, February 21-Saturday With a name like "3rd Strike," I must !)vrite me love songs—deep, passionate free copies of The New York Times and February 23 admit that I had some reservations about 'Joye songs about how I was the. belt;,, USA Today (while supplies last) outside 8:00 PM, McMahon 109 doing an article on what was, up to this ; thing mat' ever happened to him. TJb», the Student Activities Office in LL 408. The Vagina Monologues performed by moment, an unheard of music group. Not drekm always ended with him leaving Sponsored by Commuter Student ISIS. only a no name to me, 3rd Strike is also (for a tour. I never dreamt he came back; Services. Residents, your free newspa- a contemporary rock band, a genre to {but I secretly wished he would come to, pers are located in the second floor of Thursday, February 21 which, I must confess I am not very fond McMahon Hall. SPARC: BE OUR GUEST! Beauty and of listening. What I expected to hear was !• Then it happened. I met him over die' the Beast at the Sony IMAX Theater. a clanging of drums, hard guitar chords, , summer.' We were fast friends and we; Mark down your calendars for these and more obscenities than even the ; kept in touch regularly when I returned exciting events happening around cam- Monday, February 25 renowned Red Fox is familiar with. to school in the fall. One day he told me pus. 7:30 PM, 12th Floor Lounge However, I must also confess that after he had had a crush on me since the sum- Poets Out Loud hearing just four songs, I realized that mer. I was what he always wanted. Friday, February 15 Jean Valentine, "The Cradle of the Real 3rd Strike's music is a bit different from ^Dumbfounded by his confession, I 10:00 AM, McMahon 408 Life" (Wesleyan 2000) the rest of the Rob Zombies and Limp '-searched my heart to see if, perhaps, the Sign up to see Beauty and the Beast at General Admission $5, Students $3; POL Bizkits of the world, even though they do . feelings could be returned. Sure, he had the Sony IMAX Theater on 2/21. The Office: 212-636-6792 possess a similar facade. all the elements of the "man of my first 10 people go for FREE! With their baggy jeans and fierce dreams," but, for some reason, I wasn't Friday, March 1 glares, 3rd Strike combines both loud all that sure that I wanted him. There -v> February 15-17 7:30 PM, 12th Floor Lounge and soft elements in their music. By soft, , was, something turning me off, but, 8:00 PM, White Box Poets Out Loud: Book Party, Reading I am by no means insinuating that the ^/Uncertain of what it was, I decided to Lindsay Sullivan's The House of Merry We Who Love to be Astonished: music loses its rock quality. That much is -give the relationship a shot anyway. Directed by Nolan Haims Experimental Women's Writing and evident from listening to the first note. f Plus, I wanted a song written for me, and Tickets are free, make reservations at Performance Poetics However, this sound is more of an amal- ' he would definitely do it. I had nothing 636-7033. Edited by Laura Hinton and Cynthia gamation of diversity rather than simply . to lose. Hogue (Alabama, 2002) with Charles one type. It is rock, rap, and melody All the'attention was nice at first, Tuesday, February 19 Bernstein, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and combined together to create new and "phone calls twice a day, going to shows 7:30PM, New Student Lounge Ron Silliman , interesting musical fusion. together. The relationship became like SPARC De Cafe: Why do we have to General Admission $5, Students $3; POL What this sound is capable of inducing one my dreams, though, deep down, I breakup to make-up? Office: 212-636-6792 is as interesting as the musie itself. As I knew he was more serious about it than Celebrate the ups and downs that make listened to the CD, I found myself I was. I ignored that, however, anxious- each relationship unique. A $20 gift cer- March 1-3 engaged in an array of different activities ly awaiting my song. 1 knew it would tificate to Sony Theaters will be awarded 8:00 PM, White Box with each of the four sample songs. The come soon. We'd been together for a to one "breakup" act and one "make-up" Justin Sherin's, Total Eclipse first song "Walked Away," had me danc- month now and he'd been hinting at a act. Winner will be chosen by raffle. All Directed by Mahayana Landowne ing in my pajamas, with beads of sweat surprise he had for me. are eligible to perform, but only those A man and a woman meet on a park running down my back as I lost myself in "You've got mail," my computer acts related to relationship month will be bench while waiting to view a lunar the tribal sound. The second, "No Light," greeted me as I clicked on the mailbox to qualified to win the prize. eclipse. Do they desire each other? Or had me swaying my head, enjoying the reveal die days messages. I recognized want to destroy each other7 And are they melody and words of this more subtle his e-mail address and opened the mail, February 21,22,23,28, March 1 and 2 really strangers, or have they met song. I found myself quickly singing expecting his usual "emo boy" senti- at 8:00 PM. Friday, March 1 at 12:00 before? Their ambiguities soon explode along to "Redemption." And finally, ,ments, "I miss you. Call me later." PM into horrific focus. "Flow Heat" had me beating the tune However, as die e-mail opened in front 8:00 PM, Pope Auditorium Tickets are free, for reservations call right on my chair leg. of my eyes it revealed a song. He was Romeo and Juliet, by William 636-7033. • My own presumption that this group's proclaiming his love for me through Shakespeare music would be tasteless and difficult to song! I almost died, but not out of joy. appreciate could not have been further It was more of an "Oh my God we've off. I was prepared for die worst and got been together for a month and he loves much better than I bargained for. I actu- me? Oh no." It made me extremely ner- , ^ I The IRS is ready to help you ally enjoyed hearing the blend of sounds vous. Yes, die song was a dream come straighten things out. that the sampler provided and found true, but HE E-MAILED IT! You can't For any problem that relates myself eager to hear the rest of the songs e-mail a love song! Part of me was to your tax return, your first Tax .from their debut album Lost Angel, avail- . semi-happy and die other part, confused. step is to call, write or visit the When he called and eagerly asked if Pd\ * IRS to resolve the question. able May 7, 2002. Even those with a hatred of rock music need to take a received die surprise, I didn't quite know But what if the issue is more tangles chance on 3rd Strike. I promise you, they how to break it to him that it would have complicated—one that drags been more effective had he, say, read it on? What if you face significant won't strike out. • over die phone or, perhaps, waited for a hardship unless relief is granted? t more, urn, special, way to proclaim his, Then you may qualify for our undying love. So, I thanked him for his Taxpayer Advocate Service. Your RETRACTION untangle? thoughtfulness and let it go. The exciting personal Taxpayer Advocate will In the last issue of The review the situation from your moment I had dreamt of for so long had Observer, in an article enti- finally occurred and failed upon deliv- point of view—and work with v you until the issue is resolved tled "French Professor ery. Now, I bet you're wondering what is ' quickly and fairly, Passes Away," Professor die point of tin's talc of woe and what Do you qualify? Ask your tax Simone Ackerman was does it have to do with you? preparcr or phone toll-free at incorrectly described as Well, like many stories, mine too has 1-877-777-4778. haying suffered from a a moral and it is: E-MAIL IS NEVER THE WAYTO COMMUNICATE INTI- "Staff Infection." MACY! It really kills a moment. Oh, Ackerman, who died due to and by die way, if you remain stupid and complications with pneu- decide not to heed my advice, just please monia may have suffered don't tell dve recipient of the cyber note from a "Staph" infection. that you love them. It's jus^ tacky. Happy Valentine's day! , . j'1 ;.v|M'. vox February 14,2002 page 28 VOX (latin): voice, cry, call...a saying, utterance...

When an anonymous reader dropped this single word in my mailbox, we here at The Observer knew immediately that our former Literary section had a new name. It rang true. It had resonance. The name fit the body, and suddenly we were holding the reigns of a new creature.

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Sincerely, Chris Monfette ([email protected]) Brooke Whitley ([email protected]) BIJOU KISSES Hallmark Valentine Revised By Paul Hagen By Oona Lee So that Friday night I found myself sitting on springs at the Bijou, my clam- I wish that you were feverish with flu. We never .went there to watch the my little hand clasped to Joey?s. I pray that you get drunk on tainted beer. movie. Most of the time, we didn?t even Everyone there knew we were the new know what movie was playing. We were couple; I heard my friends in the front And may your valentine have herpes, too. there to see who else was there, to throw row whisper and giggle, in each other I've hoped that you would choke and then turn blue, popcorn at the huge screen and hit each ears and then saw them turn to check and other with pieces of spongy stuffing from see if we had escalated to make-out sta- td smile it your brain fell out your ear. the worn, ripped reH velvet seats. We tus. I'd laugh if you were feverish with flu. were there so we could sneak outside in Half an hour into the movie, we did. 1 The sweet, romantic dinner that you chew the middle of the movie and smoke Nervous, I stared straight ahead, pretend- Should be the loin of Britain's maddest steer stolen cigarettes, and then hurry back ing at first not to see his face slowly lean- inside to see if our best friend was break- ing towards mine. Then, locking my legs And may your valentine have herpes, too. ing her five-minute make-out record with at the ankles to stop them from shaking, May thorny roses find and puncture you. her boyfriend of the month. It was our I turned my head and let his lips meet 8th grade heaven. mine. Slowly, awkwardly, we kissed. May everyone who sees you, cringe with fear. This refuge was called the Bijou the- ?They?re frenching!? someone yelled May heaven strike you feverish with flu. ater and it had the biggest screen in from a row behind us, ?Woo hoo!? May all your lovers have the same tattoo: Vermont^ ? not that we particularly I ducked my head away from his and noticed. It wasn?t a nice place ? the burst out in a giggle, embarrassed but Some nearly-nude Hawaiian on the rear. floors were always littered with empty proud. Serena poked my arm from two And may they all have raging herpes, too. soda cups and M&Ms that had been seats over and gave a not so discreet I wish you all these things the whole year through; ground so deep into the floor that they?d thumbs-up. I had done it. became part of the cheap gray carpet. Joey and I didn?t kiss again that night, And, yes, in case I didn't make it clear: Only the first level of the theater still had but we did kiss four more times the next I wish that you were feverish with flu. decent seats. The balcony consisted of four Fridays. Then we got bored with And may your valentine have herpes, too. rows of torn, ancient chairs with bundles each other and soon found ourselves with of springs sprouting from the cushions. other people on Friday nights, holding And this, of course, was the only place new hands. And that was fine with me. I we?d sit. wasn?t upset that my first kiss didn?t end The Perfect Eye In the winter of 8th grade, this old in high school romance, or that it didn?t movie theater was our social life. Every take place by a lake underneath a sunset. By Soraya Broukhim Friday, I had to go. My friends and I I relished in the fact that I had done it at flocked to the Bijou on Friday nights like all. And better yet, I had done it where all Full as a basket empty of all knives ^ it was our religion. And I remember that my other friends had done it too; I had Clean as a baby's bum just wiped by a mother's hand cold second Friday of January was no become an official member of the bal- exception. After school I rode the bus cony make-out club. Vessel to the heart pumping sweet blood home with my best friend Serena, had So when I sit back and think of my Tasty as a temptation of a stranger's candy pizza for dinner, and then her mom drove first kiss, and in my mind I see popcorn us to the movies, where jwe met up with flying over my head and see seat springs Circular spectrum of all shades of truth everyone else. That night was just like jutting into my legs, I?m not disappoint- Revealed as the curtain of Aurora's bed is drawn every other Friday night, except for the ed. I was fourteen years old, I?d finally fact — and I didn?t know it then — that been kissed, and that was all that really Silk mind and fiery soul lasered out of a little black hole during this particular movie, whatever it mattered. • Lucid as a crystal clear horizon clean of boats or clouds was, I was going to have my first real kiss. Purely marking the limits between sky and Sea, air and water, His name was Joey, and his fifteen Heaven and earth, mystery and known, something and nothing years alive consisted of many kisses with many girls. My boyfriend Joey had quite Certain as a electric kiss passionately clear in ones mind Jje reputation. A week before that Friday -Pull offaith as a trusting atheist persuaded by life ™~~ in January, my friend Kristin told Joey?s friend Dustin that I liked him. An hour If another alike desires to stop time with this light later, Dustin?s friend Stacey came over Tackle kindly for it is as painless as sleeping in love. and told me that Joey liked me too. We started holding hands the next day, and the rest is 8th grade history. February 14, 2002 VOX page 29 Winter Chill By Christopher Monfette "Feel what?" I asked. method of life come down to a single snowflakes falls into view and then down He took his eyes from mine and shot breath, followed by another? again. In a drama, they'd have him reach- "Feel it coming on," Charlie said, them skyward. Another gust of wind swept around ing out, maybe to some long-dead wife pulling his jacket tighter around his neck. "Oh," he said, stretching the word out the corner behind us, catching our backs, or sister, ending the scene with some nice He had a way about him like that, of as if in consideration. "That winter and Charlie seemed to buckle forward music and a dramatic fade to black. In deleting the unimportant words in a sen- chill...As if ol' Ma Nature give Fall a like a dry Autumn leaf. my mind, though, it's a mostly silent tence. A picture of all things Rockwell, miss. ..Even she's in a hurry these days, I He's Waiting for that wind, I thought. affair - the way that the snow of my Charlie always seemed lost in thought, or guess." Waiting for it to come and carry him childhood would blanket and silence the in the constant grasp of nostalgia, wan- He was right, of course. Winter in away. world around me. In my mind - in the dering in a past I knew little about. In New York is a gray season - moreso, I "The Yankees'll take it again this picture I like to keep - that hollow,.quiet fact, it was that pensive nature that first think, than anywhere else - and the sky year," I said, pointing to a passer-by's breath of wind surrounds my friend and drew me to his friendship those many above us hung like moist cotton, lacking baseball hat. I couldn't think of anything brings him home. years ago, two coffee-shop strangers the fluffy white texture of spring or sum- else. Charlie took my arm and stopped, chatting over the remains of his dried mer. I hadn't noticed until Charlie had "No doubt," he said. "No doubt." looking around to the building behind toast and orange juice. How that first made his comment, but I turned my eyes Then he paused. "They'll certainly give him, which I noticed was his. conversation had started, I struggle today to the world around me and saw that it it a try." "Oh, I think you'll see it," I said. "I to remember; a story in an open newspa- had all been drained of color. There was "Yes, I think they will." can feel it coming on." per, a bad call on the televised sports no sun to shine down on the concrete I looked over at him, trying very hard "Yes, sir...Down in the bones..." His game. sidewalk; no blue sky to color the hori- to make the look seem like just that. But voice faded for a moment. "You feel it The wind had picked up and was now zon. All was brown and gray, peppered the truth was that I was looking for some- second there. First, though, you smell it, firing like a bullet from between the with the various blacks of New York thing, and he knew it. He caught it and don't you?" closely packed row of buildings to our fashion. Even the pigeons seemed more tossed it right back, taking his eyes away Of course, I already had. I'd smelled it right. It was a cold breeze, coming in off drab than usual. for a moment before speaking. awhile ago and chosen not to notice. the water, and the moisture it carried It was a sad moment and Charlie "If you're wondering," he started, Charlie shook my hand and gave me a smelled of a coming snow. sighed with the wind. "And I can see that you are...I've got a quick hug, and I knew then that I'd never Charlie looked at me for a second "It was a good summer, though," I month." see him again; knew in some strange way time, shaking his head. I was being stub- said, but couldn't think precisely as to I should have been surprised, but life of knowing that it was right not to. He bom again, of course, and had earlier why. is like that...The things you don't know smiled at me, and winked, disappearing declared with significant confidence that "You think?" He smiled. After a long you know...You'd be amazed... into the shadows of the doorway with I had no need for my fall jacket. It was a pause, he dropped his head to the ground "Not a long time, exactly." He chuck- only a nod of departure. silly New England bravado that had below. "Didn't do much, really, except led, clucking his tongue in the rhythm of Sometimes, fall creeps up in the shad- founded the declaration, based on some breathe." a ticking clock. "But enough, maybe, to ow of summer, sometimes so well that notion that my Massachusetts blood Before that moment -.before that sad catch a snowfall or two." you'd fail to notice,Band in those years, stood more strongly against the oncom- comment - I'd never seen his age worn And there it was, my final picture of winter, comes early and with little fan- ing chill than did Charlie's. so obviously on his face. All seventy- Charlie, lying alone in an empty bed- fare. "I'm fine," I lied, attempting, in vain, three years (as far as I knew) had sud- joom? empty* eyes focused on an open Hugging my arms, I turned my face to to conceal the goosebumps rising on my denly dug trenches in his skin, and What window. Maybe a television provides the wind and made my slow way home.B s skin. moments before had seemed such like some" background noise. I'd like to think "Oh, you feel it,"- he ,said, smiling. -strong; eyes, now seemed so empty. • -- that it's the Yankees, brining it home. "Way down there in the bones." Had it come to that for him? Had'the Outside, the first of some million #30 Unfitted By Justin Shcrin By Anonymous Davis. He was a wonderful man who and rushed to catch it. This was the last enjoyed the sound of his own voice. He time I would see my angel, the one from maybe i got three chances Nothing goes in order. Today I choke was friends with a writer for the Times. my youth, the one 1 was reserving for to ask on regurgitated tears; tomorrow I lap He loved Brooklyn and painted me a marriage, childbearing, and old age. and maybe i got them up again. Yesterday, I had the urge midnight sky. He was rriy first love, but I Selfishly, when I heard he went back to just one to write. I thought I was getting my peri- don't remember. I went to his wife's heaven, I secretly mourned the life that I od, but it was language, instead, forcing poetry reading she said Romeo a lot in dreamed of having with him. The life I its way out of me. As an adolescent, I her poem. counted on after failed relationships and maybe i got yellow spots never valued grammar. I wrote with I have a reoccurring dream it started casual conquests aged me. After I on my liver abandon in my black and white note- when I was small but every now and then stopped worrying about birth control and and maybe i lay like midas book, violently scratching the page with I still dream it. I see myself in a desert started worrying about wrinkles. He had inside my pen. Grade school was writing first with white sand. A smooth white tent is slipped from my subconscious grasp; his and don't know it drafts in pencil and copying them word over me and unexpected small gusts of dirty nails and boyish smile were near for word on a typewriter that stuck on Q. wind expose warm sunlight. Inside is my forgotten. I miss him so much and I It was wearing black and carrying angel, he protects me and so I let myself regret the day I ran to catch the bus. I maybe she's dead and i umbrellas. In English class, we never had be vulnerable. Once when I went into a wish I instead I fell to my knees and rot too exams; we read Vcmnegut, Ginsberg, and Barnes & Noble to use the bathroom, on wrapped my arms around' his legs and or maybe her feet hang down Rimbaud. Brurroughs, interesting in my way out of the store I saw him. I was bared my heart to him...but things never on me. print but not in person. Once outside of wearing a black sundress with flowers, it happen quite the way I want them to. and she laughs, Madrid, I spoke with a blond man on the was from Argentina. I tapped him on the And I could "what if?" myself to the dropping dandelions bus. He was a WASP, charming and hun- shoulder, I think I was in the eleventh grave, but I have to go wash the dishes. in the morning gover. He met Kathy Acker in Canada; I grade. He had coarse brown hair that dis- So my angel my golden memory, will be let him wear my Onasis sunglasses. We liked combs and brushes. I remember the tucked away deep in my heart. It hurts got off the bus and sneaked into a way it looked trimmed neatly around his too much to think about him and it is while i got fiat beer monastery. ears and the back of his neck. He turned; unfair to forget he ever existed. I want him to comfort me, keep me warm, and i got jesus shock Today there was sunlight. I had a blue he looked a.little startled but shyly whisper all of the things I wish I could i got whitman without pilot pen but no paper. I pulled a receipt smiled. "Angel?" I said to him. "You've have told him myself. But he can't, my 'why?' and for Curse of the Starving Artist out of changed so much I hardly recognized quiet angel broke his own wings, he is in kerouac, that old somewhere and started to scribble. I you." He told me where he had been and heaven now but he'll never fly again. He buddha face down wrote about last night, meeting a what boarding school he was going to. must have been so frustrated; he must in the stars. Colombian cook named Avi. He had grown and his voice was deeper have needed protection himself. But I Once I told a friend about a teacher I than I had remembered. His skin was a didn't... I was so selfish. • had named Bill Evans. She didn't believe little sunburned. I felt so comfortable i got nothing me when I told her he met Jack around him, and here he was before me on 86th and Lex looking luminous. Here but me. (Kerouac) at the West End Gate. Bill Went to Oberlin, he wore horizontally was, my angel, my Mr. Right when every stripped shifts and had a cup of coffee guy I knew seemed wrong, my knight in so why don't you ask attached to his hand. He sipped jazz and shining regatta wear. I heard a cross- your next question poetry. He named his son after Miles town bus approach and I said goodbye uox Februarys, 2002 pnge 30

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