fordhamobserver.coERVERm September 22,2005 Fordham University at Lincolrrtenter Volume XXIV, Issue 2 FORDHAM REACHES OUT TO KATRINA VICTIMS Displaced Gulf $50k relief goal Coast students met, effort will offered a home continue By Lillian Polanco for fall semester Copy Editor By Caroline Ward Contributing Writer FORDHAM—The disastrous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina FORDHAM—In the aftermath has evoked a worldwide effort to of the devastation caused by Hur- assist those affected, and Ford- ricane Katrina in the gulf coast, ham University immediately re- Fordham University has offered sponded. assistance to the displaced stu- Fordham President the Rev. Jo- dents from the area. Fordham is seph M. McShane, S.J., has initi- offering an interim move for stu- ated a fundraiser with $25,000 dents wishing to continue their from the President's Discretion- studies while reconstruction takes ary Fund, which has more than place at their home schools. doubled in less than two weeks. According to Fordham Presi- "Let us, who were helped and dent the Rev. Joseph M. Mc- consoled by the generosity and Shane, S.J., Fordham has received kindness of so many of our fellow approximately 140 applications Manning Billeaud, uncle of Caroline OeJean, FCLC '05, took this photo of Katrina's waters flooding Interstate 10 up to iteoverpasses. ^^ citizens in the aftermath of the from students enrolled in colleges terrorist attacks of 11 September and universities affected by the 2001, resolve to make a differ- disaster. These students are apply- ence in the lives of the survivors ing for enrollment in undergradu- by reaching out to them in their ate, graduate and law schools at COMPLETE HURRICANE KATRINA COVERAGE hour of need," McShane said to 'Fordham. the Fordham community in a writ- According to John Buckley, as- ten statement sistant vice president for under- Opinions: The Fordham community has graduate enrollment, of the ap- successfully met their goal by proximate 140 applications from Editorial: If s up to us to donate both money and time Pg. 6 raising over $60,000 exactly one visiting students, the majority are Bush's response : Pg.7 week after McShane asked the from students from Loyola Uni- Race and Poverty in Katrina's wake pp;. 9 community to match his donation versity in New Orleans, a sister Faculty Comer '. Pg.g on Sept. 5. Fordham will continue Jesuit school. to collect donations, as collection "By the end of last week, the jars can be found throughout the university had enrolled a total of school in the Offices of Student 104 students from the colleges Features: Activities (OSA), Campus Minis- and universities on the Gulf Coast How you can help .-. pg. to' try, Residential Life and Commu- affected by Hurricane Katrina," nity Service. All Funds will be do- McShane said in a written state- nated to the American Red Cross ment to the Fordham community. and Catholic Charities USA. "Of these students, 74 have been Arts & Culture: New Orleans in television and film ..Pg. 17 OSA immediately reached out admitted to our undergraduate to Fordham's student clubs and schools; 28 second- and third- organizations, and is also col- year students have been admitted ' laborating with Global Outreach, to the Law School; one has been Sports: Residential Life and Community admitted to the Graduate Sphool How college and pro teams are being affected Pg. 24 Service in order to continue the of Business; and one has been ad- NCAA relaxes rules for Gulf Coast athletes Pg. 23 efforts of raising money for the mitted to the Graduate School of relief fund. Social Service." NCAA (mostly) deserves credit for its response Pg. 23 Jennifer Mussi, director of stu- "Students were asked to sub- dent activities at Lincoln Center, mit an application along with noted the quick response of the as much academic information student club leaders and their as they qpuld provide under the contribution of ideas on how to circumstances—self-reported Fordham alum reports from the Gulf Coast expedite and facilitate fundrais- data, unofficial or student copies By Caroline Dejean player had already started his I'd seen poor people on roofs ing efforts such as organizing a of records, web-generated tran- Alumni Contributor work for the day, playing "God and their houses submerged, and dance-a-thon and selling t-shirts scripts or course listings," Buck- Bless America." It was such a realized that my own family and and sweat-shirts to donate all pro- ley said. Caroline DeJean, FCLC '05, perfect morning in the French friends were all in the same shoes ceeds to the relief fund. Fordham University School of grew up in Lafayette, LA, two Quarter, so perfect that I almost as the people I was seeing on TV. "We are expecting faculty, staff Law has also received similar hours outside the city of New Or- feel like I should have known On my way back from work on administrators, and students to inquiries from students attending leans. When Hurricane Katrina that it was going to be my last Thursday, a man stopped me at a respond favorably," Mussi said. Tulane University School of Law hit DeJean's hometown and left time there. red light, asking me to roll down "We are a very generous and a and Loyola University School of a path of destruction, she vis- After talking to my sister on my window. I was expecting him very giving community." Law. Fordham is welcoming these ited her family in Lafayette, now Wed., Aug. 31,1 decided that I had to ask for directions, and when he In addition, two banners will be students on the basis that they will home to some of the thousands to go back home. She called me asked, "How is everyone in Loui- placed in the plaza collecting sig- be visiting students and return to of evacuees. DeJean kept a re- and cried for the first time. She'd ' siana doing?" and said, "We're natures of support from the Ford- their home school upon reopen- cord of what she saw. This is her been really strong through the en- all pulling together for you. It's ham community that will be deliv- ing, according to McShane. story. tire storm, and after she shared her going to be okay," I got chills. ered to Fordham's sister schools, Fordham University School of frustrations over having to trans- I'd never been so thankful, and Spring Hill College and Loyola Law has accepted 25 students LAFAYETTE, La.—The last fer colleges, and saying she'd love proud of my Louisiana license University of New Orleans, which from Tulane and Loyola, the two time I was in New Orleans was it if I could send her any clothes plate that my dad had been beg- were affected by the storm. schools shut down by the hurri- the day before I moved to Los I don't wear, I could tell she was ging me to replace since I moved Monetary donations are not the cane, according to Dean William Angeled. < I went Uo Cafe< Du breaking down. That's when the only way to contribute. "While < :-'. ; sceFORDHAMOFfERSpg.03 ,•, Monde ..With' my.sister. A sax i implications • of Katrina hit me. • see ALUMREPORTS In FEATURES,»pg. 14 02 NEWS I September 22,2005 | THE OBSERVER fordhamobserver.com Colleges offer alternatives to illegal downloading By Christina Shanahan so that there would not be traffic INSIDE Contributing Writer s> throughout the day. The age of iPods and digital mu- Deirdre Dillon, project manager THE OBSERVER sic is changing the way students of training and development for view the technology services of- Information Technology Servic- fered on college campuses. Stu- es at FCLC, expressed financial Buying digital tunes dents are no longer satisfied with concern about legal downloading Percentage of persons surveyed who have paid to / LEARN an Internet connection and tele- programs on college campuses. download mus|i from the lnfcemet,by age group: • phone jack, but rather are looking Dillon posed the question of "who for ways to download songs, mu- pays the Napsters of the world," 12-17 years ELEVATOR sic videos and movies at no cost. and said that cost factors into the In order to satisfy students and effectiveness of the downloading 18-24 years prevent piracy on campus, colleg- program. She said that she would ETIQUETTE es, such as American University assume students' technology fees and the University of Rochester, would increase in order to fund 25-34 years are beginning to sign agreements legal downloading, as opposed to Opinions, Pg. 6 with online downloading services the university absorbing the full for students to use. Fordham Uni- cost. versity, however, has not entered A recent article in The Chronicle into negotiations to bring legal of Higher Education highlights 55 years and older «, downloading to campus. the details of American Univer- Fordham's unique location in sity's attempt to control illegal WHEN a city where music and movies downloading and file-swapping. Source: Tempo survey of 1,114 U.S. persons age 12 and older, June 24-28. dominate the culture causes con- In a program offered by American 2004; 2.9% error margin cern about piracy on campus. University's Office of Housing ROOMMATES' Mark McNeil, of Fordham's In- and Dining Programs, the univer- formation Technology Services, sity tested a library of over one said that as far as he knows, there million songs and movies that stu- DISHES have been no discussions of deals dents could obtain from Ruckus, copyright laws. With respect for Tara Williams, FCLC '07, said between Fordham and online an Internet downloading site. such precedents, Jackaway said that she thinks students would downloading services. However, the response from that she believes music down- have strong opinions on any steps ATTACK He said, however, that illegal students was dull, states The loading is a privilege for students, that Fordham would take to con- downloading is a problem for Chronicle. Complaints ranged not a right that should be expected front illegal downloading. "This university administrators. "If you from the selection of songs to the on college campuses. is a very vocal community, and I follow the trends, the [Recording complexity of the software. The "I would imagine that word will feel that people would want to be HOW TO Industry Association of America] Chronicle reported that in re- spread quickly, among students, a part of a process that would ef- and other watchdog groups are sponse to the dissatisfaction of the that some schools are offering this fect the way we can receive music going after students and, in some student body, American Universi- service," Jackaway said. "Then, and movies," Williams said. "This STAY cases, the universities," McNeil ty decided to switch its program probably, it will become an ex- is definitely an issue that I would said. to Napster, a service preferred by pectation and a means of com- want the elected USG representar- A major reason students are the students. parison in deciding which school tives to be involved in." ORGANIZED likely to download on campus is The Chronicle also mentions the to chose." Williams also mentioned that the network capability, McNeil University of Rochester, which Jackaway referenced the fact Fordham's Lincoln Center cam- said. "College networks are a negotiated a deal with Napster that today's college students grew pus, because of its relatively small Features, Pg. 10 lot faster than home networks," that has been in effect for over a up during a time when Internet student population, would be able he said. "Instead of getting two year. While the number of stu- technology was becoming preva- to include more students in the pieces of music while at home, dents illegally sharing music did lent. Many current undergraduates decision-making process than a you're now able to get 10 or more decrease slightly at the university, were in junior high when Napster larger university would. because of the sheer speed of the Brock Read of The Chronicle first emerged in 1999 and spent The legal downloading services network." stated, "Many students still see their teenage years surrounded by that colleges are now experiment- If Fordham were to implement • [the legal downloading program] the media hype of online down- ing with will be renegotiated O.A.R. a program through which students as an accompaniment, not an al- loading. as students and administrators could legally download music or ternative, to pirating music." If Fordham were to offer an al- continue to discover what works movies, McNeil said thajt network During the academic year, the ternative to illegal downloading, and what does not. To begin the -GETS- capacity is an issue to be consid- University of Rochester plans to Jackaway said that she believes it process at Fordham, Dillon said, ered. There would be necessary offer an additional downloading would be the role of United Stu- "It would hopefully be a conver- updates made in order for the sys- service, Cdigix, so that students dent Government (USG) to act sation between Student Affairs, DIGITAL tem to handle the downloading have a choice of sources and the as a liaison between the student Information Technology Services technology. university can subsequently de- body and administration in deter- and some sort of student input. "The network is capable of sup- termine the preferences of the mining what offerings would be That would be the ideal way to Arts, Pg. 17 porting that up to a point, but it student body. effective. approach it." • can get out of hand," McNeil said. Gwenyth Jackaway, an assocw He also added that a possible so- ate professor of communication lution to this problem would be and media studies at FCLC, said Commuter tries to control the hours that students that she recognizes the challenge CAMPUS S can download on the network, that new technology poses to to bypass Res. FALL BOOK Hall security FILES Calendar of Events THURS., SEPT. 8 -A commuter student at- of the Lowenstein building, PREVIEW @ Lincoln Center tempted to get into Mc- but when she returned later Sat, Sept 24 Mahon Hall at 12:50 a.m., the bike was missing. -Enjoy the last of the summertime weather and join fellow students in a trip to Rye according to John Carroll, Literary, Pg. 21 Playland, the amusement park featured in the movie "BIG." The first 30 people to sign up director of security at Ford- TUBS., SEPT. 13 -Another act of larceny In Room LL408 can go for only $10. This event is sponsored by Campus Activities Board ham University. Carroll said occurred when another (CAB) and SPARC. the student tried entering through different doorways student's bike was stolen, and was then escorted off according to Carroll. The lues., Sept 27 campus. student had locked his bike -Find out how to ace that interview and land that job in "Interviewing/Job Search next to the full bike rack, and RAMS DROP Techniques," a session of Career Planning and Placement's Senior Roadmap to Success FRI., SEPT. 9 - MON., SEPT. when he returned to it later it Program. There are two sessions available: 10 am. to Tl a.m., and 8 p.m. to 7 p.m., in had been taken, Carroll said. LL402. 12 -Sometime over tlie weekend - HOME - an individual wrote "BET" MON., SEPT. 19 Thurs., Sept 29 ,.,.,.,^m»mM.™mi««^^,,-. on the bathroom mirrors of -At about 1:10 a.m. someone -Join in on the "Here Is New York" book discussion at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Lounge, Lowcnstcin's fourth floor threw a bucket of water and OPENER This event is sponsored by SPARC. bathroom, Carroll said. toilet paper from one of the upper floors on people sitting -Come see the popular Broadway musical "Wicked" with CABI Sign up In LL408 for SAT., SEPT. 10 in the rock garden, Carroll nr r*hnnnB tn attend. ' "•' ll- " i • ""•*•''' *'' "vf'( '.' * Sports, Pg. 24 -A student told security that said. The incident has not yet [ ••she-locked-her*bike if* front - heenrcsolvcd : i fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER I September 22.2005 I NEWS 03 Fordham offers assistance to Fordham begins fondraising for hurricane victims

students of the Gulf Coast continued from front page ing a food and supply drive to than any natural disaster that may making a financial contribution deliver necessary items to those come our way." continued from front page ity of a number of students who is very helpful, it is not the only in Louisiana, Mississippi and Many Fordham students share Treanor of the Fordham School of volunteered to take in 'hurricane way for community members to Alabama. McShane's passion and deter- 9 Law. triples, we have been able to of- get involved," said Mussi. "The Carter agrees with Mussi and mination to help the hurricane "We accepted them on a first fer space in our residence halls to gift of time is as meaningful and emphasized that there are many viGtims. Shamima Hossain, come, first-serve basis," Treanor all of the displaced students who sometimes even more meaningful different ways to help besides FCLC '06, said that although she said. "Other law schools—not requested housing," McShane said than a financial gift." donating, such as "showing sup- doesn't personally know anyone ours—made decisions based on in his statement. Diane Carter, director of Glob- port of fellow students by sign- who has been directly affected the strength of their law school re- Students are also making efforts al Outreach, told The Observer ing the banners on the plaza by the storm, she still plans to cord, but our goal was simply to to help out. Students from both of its partnership with Commu- and embracing .the displaced donate money and clothes. "I ask help those in need." * FCLC and the Law School have nity Service and Campus Minis- students who are now attending my friends and family members Members of the Law School volunteered housing for people try and of plans to create a proj- Fordham." to donate whatever they can and community have stepped forward in need. "In fact, everyone who ect of re-building the Gulf Coast "We have a long way to go and ask all other people I know to do to provide short-term housing needed short-term housing was area with the help of volunteer a lot of hard work ahead of us," something for them," Hossain while people looked for a place to helped," Treanor said. students. They are also organiz- Carter said, "but we are stronger said. • stay more permanently, Treanor In addition, a student-run blog said. Fordham will not be charg- has also been set up, connecting ing tuition or fees provided the students in need to colleges and students certify they have paid universities with openings.'The full tuition to their home univer- website can be visited at o4sabk. sity. blogspot.com with further details "As a result of the generos- and listings. •

The Fordham community remembered all those affected by Hurricane Katrina at the Mass of the Holy Spirit on-Wed., Sept 21. The service was held at St Paul the Apostle Church, wtiere there is also a weekly Sunday service for students at 8 p.m.

NATIONAL -Louisiana's Department of Social Service announced NEWS IN BRIEF that 500 foster children remain unaccounted for as of Sept. 16. In total, this adds in to the almost 2,000 children that Hurricane Katrina has separated from METRO their guardians. Do you have a -The Jan. 23 fire on the MTA's A and C lines was determined a result of arsony, according -Constitution Day was celebrated on Sept. 17, news tip or to the Transit Authority. Mechanical malfunc- and a new federal law states that colleges must of- tions were ruled out in the investigation. fer educational programming about the Constitiu- story idea? tion around that time. Fordham University offered -Some 130 of the 350 firefighters helping in a debate on whether the wall of separation between New Orleans returned to New York City on Fri- church and state should be higher on Sept. 15. The de- day, Sept. 16. The firefighters still in New Orleans bate was hosted by the Fordham Debate Society and Mark will remain there until at least five firehouses are reopened Massa, S.J., co-director of Fordham University's Center for Ameri- in the area. can Catholic Studies. E-mail us at

-The Feast of San Gennaro lit up Little Italy again this year, -Vice President Dick Cheney will have surgery to treat an aneu- observer bringing more than a million people to Mulberry Street. The rism in his knee. The procedure, which is scheduled for the week- festival is in celebration of the patron saint of Naples. end of Sept. 24, is an optional surgery at this time, due to the loca.7, tion of the aneurism. -A man carrying a pellet gun was arrested outside of City fordham.edu Hall on Friday, Sept. 16. The suspect, 48-year-old Peter Con- INTERNATIONAL cepcion of Brooklyn, also had a forged gun license. ^Iranian President Mahrnoud Ahmadinejad announced on Satur- day, Septi 17 that the country has "legal right" tej.nuclear,enei^y , ?.••,'!>.'.' 5,1'' and is "determined" to get it, according to CNN. ! 04 NEWS I September 22,2005 j THE OBSERVER fordhamobserverxom High gas prices take their toll on Fordham commuter students By Russell Castro Staff Writer "It's insane," said Jameel Anees, FCLC '07. "I've already As tuition, textbooks, and the tried to limit driving into the city overall cost of living take their because of the parking costs, usual toll on college students but with gas at about $3.30 a across the country, gas prices gallon, I can barely afford to can now be added to those stu- do anything besides walk and dents' growing list of concerns. breathe once I drive in." While many would argue that Others who commute via New York City commuters are public transportation still find currently able to circumvent the , themselves at the mercy of the drastic spike at gas stations be- gas tank once they get home. cause of their reliance on public Students commuting from other transportation, it is a reprieve boroughs, New Jersey, Long Is- they may not be able to enjoy land, or other areas with limited for long. local bus and train service, have A recent New York Times no other choice. article noted that gas costs are "I limit how much I drive quickly evaporating the surplus and even refuse to use my air of the Metropolitan Transpor- conditioner all in the name of tation Authority (MTA). There conserving gas in my car," said has been talk within the orga- Carine Guillot, FCLC '06. "Un- nization about a possible need fortunately, when you live in to increase the fare to offset the Long Island like I do, you have impact of gas prices. to drive everywhere. I might Many students at Fordham have to get a second job just to have already been feeling the pay for gas." stress of commuter costs, and Students reliant on taxis may a possible fare hike would only also feel a pinch in their pock- worsen their concerns. ets, as the New York State Fed-

"I spend $76 a month on a eration of Taxi drivers recently Contra Coasta limes/ KRT monthly MetroCard pass, and made a proposal to the Taxi and Many commuter students who drive to school have felt the impact of the recent increases in gasoline prices. any more would kill me," said Limousine Commission- that Maria Bu, FCLC '07. "I'd IoVe could create an emergency sur- face the steady rise in the price City Survey was conducted by to fuel demand and the after- to use other alternatives, but I charge that would increase the of jet fuel, [they] will have no Mercer Human Resource Con- shocks of the Hurricane Katrina can't exactly walk or ride a bike price of a cab ride by $1-2, ac- other recourse but to raise their sulting and found New York tragedy reverberating through- everywhere." cording to a New York Times fares," said Shapoor Vali, asso- City to be the costliest Ameri- out the oil industry, the idea of Commuters willing to tough it report. ciate professor of economics at can city to live in, a reality seeking employment and resi- out in the city traffic and drive People planning to fly home Fordham. many residents and commuters dence in a more cost-effective in to school have felt the most or vacation by air may also In Marchvof this year, a Glob- have learned to deal with. Yet area is a prospect many people immediate impact. feel the^ pinch. "As airlines al/Worldwide Cost of Living with no immediate end in sight may be forced to explore. • USG begins talk for agenda for 2005-2006 school year COLLEGE SURVIVAL TIP one-time fundraiser. Pending elections, USG > One long-term aspiration for USG is to increase student involvement on campus THE BENEFITS OF focuses on Katrina relief to ensure that students are attuned to the progress that is being made through the efforts, book swap and initiatives of these organizations. USED TEXTBOOKS In an effort to increase student atten- club day dance at the weekly meetings and the awareness of its activity, USG promoted THE WISDOM OF RIDING THE COATTAILS By Nancy Young extensively at New Student Orientation OF THOSE WHO'VE COME BEFORE. Staff Writer and will continue to frequent the Plaza FCLC— It's a new year for FCLC's explained Pierce. United Student Government (USG) with "We will try to help foster a community a fresh band of student leaders who, at that sees value in the work we do," Pierce their Sept. 8 open meeting in the South said, "and I hope that students see that it Lounge, deliberated on upcoming plans behooves them to be a part of it." as well as a tentative agenda for the 2005^ This year USG is made up of mostly 2006 academic year. new members. Pierce, who is only a "We are refraining at the moment from sophomore, said that she thinks this defining our agenda for the year because year's group is "full of energy and ex- we want all of the senate to be involved citement. in that- process," said USG President "I learned a lot in my first year here," Danielle Pierce, FCLC '08. she said, "and I know that working with Pierce explained that since the USG executive board was not yet complete, fi- nal decisions about the agenda would be For now, USG's focus re- put off until elections were held on Sept. mains on the completion of its 21 and Sept. 22. elections and early semester Allow us to make a case for used textbooks. They offer you the highlighted and For now, USG's focus remains on the underlined wisdom (assuming they actually passed the class) of those who've come before. events, including the annual From pithy insights to racy doodles, it's a little added value for your education dollar. completion of its elections and early se- Book Swap and Club Day. mester events, including the annual Book Here's another useful tip to help you save a little in school: Free Checking from Swap and Club Day. Washington Mutual. There's no minimum balance required to avoid a monthly service charge and it's free to sign up for a Visa* Check Card. Plus there's free online bill pay available at wamu.com. In addition, USG is joining several oth- last year's USG effectively prepared me er FCLC clubs in contributing to Ford- for the challenges I'm going to face as Along with the books of a Deans-Lister, Free Checking from Washington Mutual president." is all you really need to skim through school in style. For more information, visit your local ham's relief effort for Hurricane Katrina Washington Mutual Financial Center or call 1-800-788-7000. victims. Possible initiatives include Hope Although members did not comment and Relief bracelets to be distributed in on the specifics of this year's agenda, exchange for $2 donations, as well as Pierce predicts that this year will be one Dcfnnlinrt'l'DICIiuura! wamu.com prospective future fundraisers such as a of rebuilding for USG. • disco night. At the meeting, it was made apparent *Open USG meetings are held every FREE CHECKING WITH NO MONTHLY FEE that the Katrina relief effort would be a Thursday At 12:30 p.m. NO MATT^WHfiT YOUR BALANCE Washington Mutual :>\, $6rig-tcrm prdjcctfo^ USti andribijiM a t1 fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER September 22,2005 NEWS 05 Glass of 2006 is advised to start Office of Prestigious Fellowships xig early for graduation aims to finaniciaBy assist students By Emily Genao By Monique Diman Majoring in communications eligible,' and in some way, shape PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE: Staff Writer News Editor with' a minor in sociology, se- or form, everyone is eligible for -American-Scandinavian Foundation Grants Seniors are working hard to nior Alyssa Martin's thoughts FCLC—The Campion Institute, something somewhere along the prepare for graduation while still are not just about classes. which guides some students of line," said Mary Shelley, admin- -Carnegie Endowment for International trying to make 2006 their most "I'm constantly worried about Fordham University interested in istrative assistant for prestigious memorable year yet. whether or not I'll have a job applying for prestigious awards fellowships. -Clark Foundation Fellowship Program The class of 2006 has a lot to soon after college, and more and fellowships, is looking for Fordham has had more than 125 •Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate consider during their final year importantly, what exactly that more students to say "hello." students receive a prestigious fel- at Fordham: getting through job is going to be," Martin said. "Very often, students aren't sure -DAAO requirements for majors and Tm really starting to feel the what scholarships are out there, so -Department of Homeland Security Schol- minors, studying for and tak- pressure." the best thing sometimes is to come "Very often, students arships for Rising Juniors ing exams to get into graduate Martin's preparation plans in and talk about future plans," said aren 't sure what scholar- -Fulbright U.S. Student Program school, not to mention figuring include the Graduation Review JohnKezel, director of prestigious ships are out there," out how to survive in the "real with the dean, as well as uti- fellowships at Fordham. -German Chancellor Scholarship Program world" after commencement. lizing the Career Planning and "We try to see if we can match -John Kezel, director of -Barry MLGoldwater Scholarship "I want to make my senior Placement office and the many the students' professional inter- prestigious fellowships. -Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellow- year the best year of my life," programs and services it offers. ests with what is out there," said ships Program said Claudia Weintock, FCLC Andrea DeMarco, assistant Kezel. -Luce Scholars Program '06. director of Career Planning and Since February 2005, The Cam- -James Madison Fellowship Weintock said she wanted to Placement at FCLC, had a few pion Institute's FCLC has been in lowship in the past 10 years. Some -Marshall Scholarships take advantage of the time she suggestions for seniors look- the Lowenstein Building, Room recent recipients from FCLC are -Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Human- had left here with her friends ing to secure an internship or 224D, and is now open full-time. Vincent Evans, FCLC '05, who istic Studies in the city. She, does, however job. "We have an online post- In previous years, the office had was awarded the British Marshall •George J. Mitchell Scholarships keep her academic, goals well ing system called MonsterTrak. only been open one to two days Scholarship, and Nanor Kenderi- -National Science Foundation Graduate in sight. "At the same time, my com where we have hundreds of per week. an, FCLC '02, who received the goal is to graduate cum laude, internships," she said. "In addi- Many of the foundations look at Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship. -National Security Education Program which means I need A's in all tion to that, I would recommend grade point average and a record The Campion Institute is also (NSEP) my classes this year," she said. for students to look at Web sites of community service, though looking to help FCLC students -Rhodes Scholarship Trust Rita Hendricks, FCLC's assis- that are really targeted to the Kezel pointed out that each schol- gain some athletic experience on -Saint Andrew's Society of New York tant dean of seniors, said there specific industry they want to arship has different requirements. the records by providing fenc- Scholarship are three graduation dates: in get into. [The Office of Career He urged all students interested to ing lessons. Ram Van passes and -The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for February, in May and in Au- Planning and Placement] has stop by the office. Freshman year equipment is provided. There are New Americans gust. Students looking to gradu- those kinds of handouts if stu- is not too early to begin thinking also Tai Chi classes available. -Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation ate in February must have all dents are interested." about applying for fellowships, Kezel quoted a sixteenth century -Morris K. Udall Scholarships their requirements and courses DeMarco strongly recom- and it is never too late as several Jesuit who is the namesake of the -City of New York Urban Fellows Program, completed by the end of the fall mends that seniors also sign up awards are for seniors and recent Campion Institute: "Earn all the -BieWiesel Prize in Ethics semester. for the "Roadmap to Success"" alumnae. prizes that you so richly deserve." "Students need a minimum of program. The program is a se- "Students will come in here "And that's our motto," said ^ Check out fordham.edu/fellowships for 36 three- or four-credit courses, ries of workshops designed to and say, 'I didn't know I was Kezel. • more information. 124 credits minimum to gradu- help students in a number of ate," Hendricks said. "Within job-related areas, including re- that* their core-fand] their major sume and cover letter prepare? has to be completed." Part of the tion, job search techniques, and course requirements is the senior the interview. Students can sign values course, which only can be up for the program and any oth- taken during senior year. ers offered by the office of Ca- Students wanting to gradu- reer Planning and Place in ijoom ate in May need to fulfill all 408 where the office is located. requirements by the end of the DeMarco also suggests get- spring semester. And for seniors ting letters of reference or rec- who are graduating in August, ommendation to have in their their requirements need to be personal files. "Even though fulfilled during the summer. employers aren't going to typi- While not specifically manda- cally ask for [letters of refer- tory, Hendricks has been meet- ence] ... they'll want to talk ing with as many as 10 seniors a to them in person or over the day for their graduation reviews. phone, it's always good to have "I review for total number of that backup," DeMarco said. credits, total number of courses, For seniors looking to go on the core, making sure their GPA to graduate school, there will is above a 2.0, and making sure be graduate school workshops there are no duplication of cred- on Oct. 13 from 1 p.m. to 2 its," Hendricks said. p.m. and Nov. 22 from 2 p.m. Sarah Marie Tilotta, FCLC to 3 p.m. "We also have career '06, has mixed feelings about counselors that are here who ... senior year. "Academically, I can sit down with a student on am excited and nervous for this an individual basis," DeMarco year," she said. "I'm excited added. because I'm taking the classes Seniors interested in law I want, but I'm nervous because school can go the pre-law ad- choosing the classes you're visor who will be working out most interested in puts a lot of of the office of Career Planning Tune in to what the Army National Guard has to offer: pressure on excelling in those and Placement next week, ac- subjects." cording to DeMarco. 100% Tuition Assistance, $20,000 Student Loan Repayment, Tilotta, a visual arts major, DeMarco's main piece of ad- and up to $10,000 Enlistment Bonus. It's called serving said her main goal for the year vice to all seniors echoes that of your community part-time while getting full-time is to have a successful senior Hendricks: get started early. show. "I've thought a lot about "With the fun of being a senior benefits. Visit 1-800-GO-GUARD.COM/MUSIC today and how Jto incorporate the ide- comes the pressure of think- get 3 tunes from iTunes! als and knowledge I've gained ing about life after college," since coming to Fordham with Martin said. "I'm constantly my photography ... into a great asking myself, 'Am I ready for, show that will leave me feeling this?,' 'Will I get hired any- I've completed my education where?,' 'Have I done enough VISIT: WWW.1-800-G0-GUARD.COM/MUSIC here," she said. Ideally, Tilotta internships?' The closer I get to n (ROUGH OCTOBER 15, 3005, WMIU SUPPLIES IA5T. Sf E WtB SITE rON , DETAILS. ITUNES AND said, she'd also like to have graduation, the less competent I ilSllMPfHAOI'MAHKSOK ACPI f COMCUICH.lNC All KlfiHT'j IIPSEHVI. I'I'U IS HOI A I'ARlll'll' some kind of internship in her start to feel. But I'm trying to field before graduation. just take things as they come." • 06 PINIONS fordhamobserver.corn THE OBSERVER Editorial: OUR OPINION Letters: Your Opinion Fordham responding well to Katrina live off-campus, there is no over- and learn to acquire and formulate Fordham will not night policy. our own informed opinions. Our Since the beginning of Septem- spirit of generosity in students, ( 9 My personal opinion? I like continual reliance on the media ber, we have been, bombarded staff and faculty that has gone pissyouoff Fordham. I wouldn't still be here or the politicians, whose liveli- with the horrific images, of com- unnoticed and unspoken, but has if I didn't. Of course there are hood depends upon that 24-hour munities and lives lost along the become the epitome of what it I am writing in response to a things that I don't like/agree with. sensationalism, will convince us Gulf Coast. In the aftermath of means to give in a time of need. general tone that one of the Ob- My mother gave birth to me, and our every endeavor is doomed to Hurricane Katrina, the Fordham Across the university, a number server's last articles had- that sometimes she says things and failure. It is far too early to pass community has taken to heart the of residents are rearranging then- Fordham isn't that great, and it does things that really irk me. But judgment on how this war will end Jesuit motto of "men and women lifestyles to accommodate visit- will "piss you off*. that doesn't mean that I don't still and is best left to history. Presi- for others." ing students who have moved into I read this edition of the news- love her and enjoy her company, dent Bush made it clear from the The Rev. Joseph M. McShane, Fordham's residence halls. Some paper during Orientation, during a or the lessons that she taught me beginning that the war on terror S.J., president of the university, residents have taken in a third day when we were all up at 6 am that will help me succeed in the would be long, much longer than allocated $25,000 from his discre- roommate, requiring three people and didn't see bed until 2 am. This real world. (Love you, Mom!) his presidency, and that we must tionary fund to initiate an eight- to share bathrooms and square is not complaining, this is trying So, to echo Thomas, if you have exercise patience and resolve. week campaign to raise $50,000 footage that was originally meant to say that there are a lot of stu- a problem, of course write about But, the "have it my way", chan- for the relief effort. The goal was for two. Students have done this dents here who actually like Ford- it. But take an extra step if it is nel surfing country that we have exceeded in just two weeks and graciously without any hesitance ham, and who are working hard to something that really is bother- become thinks everything should a handful of Fordham-sponsored or complaints. change what we don't like. There ing you and infringes upon your be instantaneously gratifying. programs to benefit victims of Ka- In the weeks and months to were over 70 orientation leaders happiness here- tell a USG rep What would this world be like if trina are still in the works. come, various clubs and organiza- this year, not to mention Ambas- the problem, and if you have any the World War II generation had Our help, however, should not tions across the university's three sadors and Theater Ambassadors, ideas on how to fix it. We are al- convinced the government to pull and must not stop there. While campuses will be hosting several who spend their days throughout ways listening. out of Germany two years after monetary assistance is always events to benefit the victims of the year showing off their school the war ended when terrorism was helpful to relief organizations, Hurricane Katrina. Some events to prospective freshmen, or the Gillian Sloane very active within the region and there is so much more that cash- will ask for money and some will dozens of clubs, who work hard to FCLC '06 our soldiers and innocent people strapped college students can do simply ask for your time. get students involved on and off USG Treasurer' were being killed? to help and there are so many con- Sitting at a table collecting do- campus. President Bush not only stated tributions that Fordham students nations is worth just as much as I am also a member of a new that Iraq is the "central front" in 'have already made to reach out toT giving away your money. Vol- USG, and I want to thank Thomas the war on terror, but also stated' the people of the Gulf Coast. unteering at the local Red Cross Kikis for asking people to come to Re: War on Terror in an earlier speech that we would After the university welcomed phone bank will assist the world's meetings* (Every Thursday at 2:30 I have a brain stem and remark- create a front against tenor. While affected students to study at Ford- largest relief organization in so- in the South Lounge) or to our ably in .0001 of a second my I submit that Iraq was an unstable ham until their home colleges re- liciting funds and items to send office hours (mine are Mondays answer to your question (do you" regime with close ties to terrorist open, over 100 visiting students to the Gulf Coast. The cost of all 2pm-4pm). One of the concerns think we're less likely to suffer organizations before the war, you have become part of Fordham this this to you is zero. The value of it, of USG is to mediate problems the further terrorist attacks as a con- are correct it was not the central semester. This has encouraged a though/is priceless. student body has with administra- sequence of the war on terror?) is front that it is today. And while tion and rules. The infamous Pla- Yes! Anyone who disagrees with using another country to fight a za policy? Rest assured, we will your opinion is not necessarily war is not the most advantageous ^0K THE OBSERVER be working on it this year. Res unintelligent or misinformed. I method politically, it is a sound 113 West 60th Street Life's overnight policy? Sure, think it prudent that in this coun- military strategy. We could have it doesn't work for some people, allowed our country to become Room 408 try, in order to close the widening as personal conversations and ar- the front in this war. Instead our New York, New York 10023 divide that is forming, we need ticles in the Observer can attest to. leaders chose to take the offensive (212)636-6015 to turn off the 24-hour "talking But we all signed on to live in a elsewhere and focus the attention Fax:(212)636-7047 heads" that force-feed us their dorm at a Jesuit university. If you opinions laced with partial facts, of the worlq" (and the terrorists) Editor in Chief Layout Editor Anthony Hazell Grace Martinez

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It seems that our minds, have been so local and national media reported it to us understand that our climate has immensely ide into the air, millions and millions of bombarded with advertisements for ways through every outlet, and we .were able to changed. According to the Union of Con- tonnes (metric tons) of it." to cure our illnesses through yoga, Caribbe- contribute to the worldwide relief effort by cerned Scientists, there has been an "in- If it weren't Sot our Internet access, an an vacations and various making individual donations. The media crease in global average surface tempera- however, we would not know of the ra- I forms of medication, that deemed the event significant enough to re- ture of about one degree Fahrenheit in the dio broadcasts in Australia or what other | we now disregard one im- port it. But would we have found out about 20th century." countries and various U.S. states have to portant question: How do the tsunami devastation if no lives were lost The increase in temperature has also say about the weather problems they are we cure our world? Last and the United States economy wasn't af- been causing the "retreat of mountain gla- facing. How many of us actually know December, a massive fected? ciers in the latter half of the 20th century," that there is a drought in Arkansas? Why tsunami in Asia killed The broadcast and print media's lack of thus explaining the increased melting of are we not informed of it in the television, over 180,000 people. In speed and desire to report in detail the rea- the Himalayan glaciers, a major water radio broadcasts or our local newspapers? JANE TUV August, our world lost sons behind the six recent airplane crashes sourcejor South Asia and China. On Sept. Do we wait until an evident death toll for hundreds of people due indirectly creates the events to be of little 2, Jan M. Olsen, a reporter for The Asso- the broadcast and print media to view the to airplane crashes. Now, a disaster has hit importance, despite their evident death toll. ciated Press, related how the "gargantuan weather-related event as important? the home front: Hurricane Katrina has de- Americans may never find out whether all chunks of ice" were breaking off the Ser- Despite growing weather disasters and voured and spit out in chunks the lively city of the airplane crashes were weather related meq Kujalleq glacier in Greenland. Olsen the inflated gas prices, what struck me of New Orleans and greatly damaged states or not Broadcast television allotted the na- stated mat Greenland's Inuit population most is that after continuously watching along the Gulf Coast. All natural disasters? tion 30-second summaries of the Peruvian was worried because "the frequency and CNN programming for a number of hours Not really. We aided them. No, we did not airplane crash, just enough time to inform us size of the crumbling blocks is a power- in their reports on the Hurricane Katrina shoot down the airplanes. Gosh, no, we of the location, time and day of the crash and ful reminder that the ice sheet covering the aftermath, not one journalist mentioned or did not spew out an enormous wave. And number of casualties and survivors. Thank world's largest island is thinning, which questioned potential global warming as the of course we did not breathe out a gigan- goodness for Internet news, otherwise the scientists say is one of the most glar- cause. In August, an online National Geo- tic hurricane. We simply allowed ourselves public may never have learned that the air- ing examples of global warming." If this graphic News article reported, "According to be misinformed and uninformed by the plane was caught in a fierce hailstorm. Ac- continues, a "quarter of the world's gla- to hurricane historian Jay Barnes of Pine media outlets and our government, and thus cording to CNN.com, the Peruvian plane ciers could disappear by 2050 and half by Knoll Shores, North Carolina, ocean heat continued to destroy the atmosphere with crash "was possibly caused by a sudden 2100," a CNN.com article detailed. is the key ingredient for hurricane forma- our fuel-burning and ignorance. And yes, change in wind speed or direction, a phe- Greenland and South Asia, however, tion. More heat could generate more storms we sang songs for the victims. nomenon known as wind shear, according to aren't the only concerns. According to and more intense hurricanes." Although Our lack of knowledge about numer- the airline." The airplane in Estonia was also an Australian radio broadcast of the pro- scientific studies have not proven a direct ous natural disasters happening around the recorded to have crashed after disappearing gram, "The World Today," "Scientists link between the increase in hurricanes and world furthers our ignorance of potential "from Tallinn ATC radar three minutes after have announced that a vast frozen peat- the rise in global temperatures, National global warming hazards. If we are blinded take-off from Tallinn in gusty wind condi- land in Western Siberia is undergoing its Geographic News detailed, "a new study in from the overwhelming weather-related tions," according to PlaneCrashInfo.com. first thaw since the end of the ice age, the journal 'Nature' found that hurricanes events and their effects, then we are unable Gusty winds, wind shear and fierce hail- 11,000 years ago." In the same broadcast, and typhoons have become stronger and to make environmental changes to prevent storms contributed to the deaths of more Australian National University Professor, longer-lasting over the past 30 years. These an enormous weather upheaval. Our prop- than SO people, yet hundreds of past month's Geoff Hope, said that if the "frozen peat- upswings correlate with a rise in sea surface erty, our resources and our lives depend on airplane-crash deaths are still unexplained. * land" will thaw, it will become "more like temperatures." * v our actions, yet we are unable to act because If the broadcast and print media spent a sort of a potting mix and less like a lot Aside fronrmelting glaciers and strength- we are1 not informed. When the tsunami hit more time researching and reporting these of fibrous material, and we [will] release ening hurricanes, it is important to know that multiple Asian countries last December, weather-related events, the public would a whole pile of methane and carbon diox- see CAUGHT pg. 08 RE: War on Terror Holding the Bush team responsible for Katrina Continued from pg. 06 with their eyes wide open stand- The past few weeks have been a This president also told the Ameri- about tens of thousands of people there. Iraq has become a haven ing on the front line, how many time of reflection for many Ameri- can people on Oct. 8, 2004 'Ve'll screaming for help on national tele- for terrorists by design. The ter- more attacRs have there been on cans and members of the Fordham do everything we can to protect the vision. First in line: Head Backslap- rorists brought the war to us and United States soil? Do you think community. homeland." However, as millions perBush. we chose in return to take the of- that the media, Cindy Sheehan, We've all of Americans watched the horrors But, it is quite clear from the bil- fensive and make them face our or you have a better perspective seen the im- resulting from the hurricane's dev- lions of dollars of damage and the soldiers, not our citizens. As in than the soldier on the front line ages of Hurri- astation, members of the Bush ad- hundreds of lives lost in New Or- most instances of war, difficult to judge whether their sacrifice is cane Katrina's ministration acted as if they didn't leans that there are large discrep- choices have to be made, and necessary? devastation get the memo. When the hurricane ancies between what the president often there isn't a good one. Be Global public opinion matters, on the Gulf hit, Bush was on a five-week vaca- and his haridpicked administration thankful that we have leaders but opinion is often a whimsical Coast: mothers tion. At the same time that the Gulf promise and what they actually do. carrying days- Coast and its inhabitants were being This administration not only jeop- willing to accept the responsibil- emotional fancy easily changed old children swallowed up by 25 feet of water, he ardizes the nation's trust in them, ity and make those choices. We through economic circumstance GERASIMOS on their backs was strumming a guitar and smil- they are killing the very people who should hope, as our leaders do, and living conditions. Our media, MANOLATOS through filthy ing like a little schoolboy at recess. they swore to protect. When selling that in the view of history they our goods, and our way of life are career journalists Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice his political ideologies and scouring were the right decisions, because advertised around the world to ar- flood waters; eas far from economically ready was shoe shopping in New York. for votes, President Bush promised hindsight is always twenty-twen- cradling starving children, break- for it. This breeds awe and con- "How dare you shop for shoes while the sky. This month, when Ameri- ty- ing down in tears and pleading to tempt simultaneously. We will thousands are dying and homeless!" cans needed him most, the president What do you believe was the anyone for help; corpses align- not change the world with global another customer reportedly yelled acted as a mere spectator, watching primary goal of the Iraq war? ing the street, like statues of a lost public opinion, the media, or a at her - until Ms. Rice ripped out her as the sky fell - literally and figura- Perhaps oil, or nation building, New Orleans. But, now that some new government. We will only heart and ate it And Vice President tively - upon his people. or weapons of mass destruction? semblance of a federal relief effort change the world, one interaction, Dick Cheney? After doing absolute- No, all of these are excuses, po- has been implemented in the hard- The great American author E. L. one person, one child, one gen- ly nothing for a week, he emerged litical rhetoric and media hype. hit Big Easy, the time has come for Doctorow once said of Bush, "He eration, and one smile at a time. from his evil underground lair long Pull out a map of the world and answers. Why was the relief effort is the president who does not feel. While your soldiers fight against enough to hold a press conference look where we have placed our so slow to respond? Where does He does not feel for the families of the terrorists in various countries and call the relief efforts "impres- military forces in the past four the buck stop? Put simply: the fish the dead, he does not feel for the 35 around the world, they also pro- sive" - then, was curtly told to go years or even the past decade. We stinks from the head down. million of us who live in poverty." vide that.initial contact and rep- f— himself by a heckler. are in the business of capitalism On Oct. 3, 2000, President Bush In the upcoming weeks, the Bush resentation of America's ideals to in this country.. We have placed told us "times of crises... [are] a Even more incriminating, the administration will realize the mis- the world. If you want to affect our military in vital, strategic po- time to test your mettle, it's a time president told ABC's Diane Saw- takes they've made in the past few change in this country, vote, not sitions to allow us the optimum to test your heart when you see peo- yer, "a president recognizes prob- weeks. Karl Rove and Co. will cre- just in the presidential elections, negotiating position throughout ple whose lives have been turned lems and solves them." Granted, ate another campaign of illusory but also in every local, state and the unstable regions of the world, upside down." In Sept. 2004, Bush the president had no way of know- compassion to help bolster the pres- federal election. In the meantime, which as a byproduct allows our responded to Hurricane Frances ing the extent of the hurricane's ident's sagging poll numbers. But, if you don't want to pack up and money (through companies and like his political life depended on damage, except maybe turning we've heard the hollow rhetoric in go join the fight, find a construc- the government) to filter into it, which - two months before the the TV on to any news channel. the past and for every time that he's tive way to change the "world's" those regions. We destabilized 2004 election - it did. He flew to But, even FEMA director Michael promised "everything they can," opinion, or perhaps relocate and the Soviet bloc by neutralizing the Fort Pierce and handed out ice bags Brown — "Brownie" according to Bush has given us "everything call another nation home, then military threat and infusing capi- to Florida residents the day after Bush — didn't know what was go- but." If we as Americans are will- formulate your opinions, debate talism. Our objective is not to fix the hurricane hit. However, despite ing on. "The federal government did ing to spend another three years in your ideas, but support your coun- the world's problems, but to pro- cries for help from drowning evacu- not even know about the convention the clumsy hands of this "unfeeling try, your government, and your tect our way of life. Our primary ees, even the sound of crickets falls center people until today," lie told president," then we can anticipate soldiers, because if you took part objective in Iraq and Afghanistan short in describing the president's CNN's Paula Zahn days after the a future of substandard responses in the process, like it or not, it is was and is national security. So, initial plan of action for one of the hurricane hit. Elected officials from in the face of unexpected debacles. yours. . • let me pose a question or two. poorest cities in the United States. both sides of the aisle were racing For now, the only effective fed- While our soldiers, volunteers Michael Hopkins No bags of ice. Nq ..conservative, to get inline and backslap Brownie eral disaster relief we can hope' for cVery one,-arc giving their, lives First Year-law. ,- •,-... cornpassion.<^o president.. for his "hard work" — not knowing^ 08 OPINIONS I September 22,2005 1 THE OBSERVER fordhamobserver.com mfclOUOYCQRNBEl Class and racial divides er Katrina: Great tragedies sometimes present During a fundraising special of the total population lives be- opportunities for victims of Hurricane Ka- low poverty. trina, popular musician, Kanye Slowly, from the chaotic reports By Thomas Do Luca of global warming, and slices ernment. West, unexpectedly voiced his of looting, raping, gun-toting Department of Political Science funding for the Army Coips of What can he and we all learn frustrations with the federal and "young males" that West right- Engineers, while deeply cutting from the missed 9/11 oppor- media response. "I hate the way fully objected to as biased media If the tragedy of Sept. 11 th taxes for the most fortunate. tunity to turn the polarized they portray us coverage, to the current, calmer '. threw down one challenge be- Most egrcgiously, it is a vision American political debate into in the media. angle of retrospection, the media yond protecting our nation, it that so believes in itself it sees one better able to improve our You see a black has excavated a more disturbing ..was this: bring the nation to- nothing wrong with conflating quality of life? Never use trag- family, it, says, issue than young hoodlums and gether. Post 9/11 unity seemed the tyrant and murderer Sad- edy as a venue to demonize 'They're loot- civil unrest. in New Orleans. • so moving in part because pre- dam Hussein with the terrorists political opponents and stamp ing.' You see a The recent surge of media in- 9/11 partisanship was so petty who actually had attacked us. one's own vision of the world white family, it trospection may not be a direct and harsh, reaching back to the Why this tyrant and murderer, on an unsuspecting or worse says, 'They're response to West's outburst, but election of 2000, the Clinton in a world with more than a pliant and scared public. Reach ~ ~ looking for the publicity that racial dispari-

impeachinent...in some ways few? In part, though we don't out to those who have a differ- WENDY CONN f ,, A , ties are receiving is raising aware- back to the 1960s. Divisions like to say this out loud, so that ent vision and work together food. And, you ness. As American citizens, these had been so deep, over race, eth- Iraq, the nation with the second where common purposes can know, it's been five days [waiting gross differences are unaccept- nicity and gender, polarization largest proven reserves of oil in be found. And be willing to ad- for federal help] because most of able. Ignoring the poverty prob- so profound, over ideological the world (after Saudi Arabia), mit error, not only in the great- the people are black." To punc- lem or overlooking its victims is arid party differences, between could be put securely back into est of generalities, but also in tuate his .critique, West looked un-American. secularists and followers, hawks friendly hands. the fine print, and on the bot- straight at the cameras and roared, and doves, liberals and conser- Without evidence of weapons tom line. How will we pay for "George Bush doesn't care about vatives. Political opponents so of mass destruction, with disdain the devastation of Katrina, with black people!" The audience at easily became implacable foes, for the United Nations and its in- more borrowing on the backs of the event reacted with unblinking The recent surge of and simple foes transformed into spection regime, and dismissive future generations or by rolling incredulity. media introspection may consummate evil, and the more of war opponents as soft on ter- back unneeded tax cuts? In this day and age, could such evil they seemed the better we rorism, the president launched And is it finally time that we prejudice really accompany a na- not be a direct response could tell ourselves we were. a war on false pretenses, with take seriously the possibility that tional disaster? As if the country to West's outburst, but Yet, for a brief moment, 9/11 the support of the Congress and climate change is affecting our had been wondering whether to the publicity that racial changed that. The moment many members of the opposition lives and doing so today? Sci- dismiss or applaud West's com- . passed. party, including New York's two entists have suggested that pos- ments, a reactionary verdict on disparities are receiving Now Katrina—nature itself— Senators, Clinton and Schumer, sibility in two different papers his claim remained largely ab- is raising awareness. As -has attacked us. There is no evil- and future presidential candidate in August and September issues sent; until, with an advent of arti- American citizens, these doer to blame, no human author Kerry. After all, he opined, the of the journal Nature, saying cles such as "The Larger Shame," of this tragedy, though human evil tyrant Saddam Hussein had that wanning of the oceans is by Nicholas D. Kristof and "In a gross differences are j indifference and malfeasance "gassed his own people:" Did ., related to the increased intensity • Tale of Two Families, a Chasm unacceptable. Ignoring ; 'made it all worse. Can we find in he simply not know that it was of recent hurricanes. Truthfully, Between the Have and Have- the poverty problem or 'fte morass of lost lives and dis- in 1988 that Hussein had used we cannot yet know if that is the Nots" by Jodi Wilgoren, America placed souls die opportunity we chemical weapons against the case. But our president does us recognized the urgency of West's overlooking its'victims is :;tost after 9/11? Why did we lose Kurds in. the northern town of a great disservice by studiously statements. It seems there is still un-American. fibirt opportunity? Halabja, when his own father was blocking efforts to take global a pathetic need, even in this pro- Bush used the good vice president, and the Reagan warming seriously. gressive and mighty country, to political support that administration was actively sup- Shaking up his faith in his remind ourselves that the phrase "way after 9/11 not only porting the very same Saddam in righteousness—our faith favour "all men are created equal" does In Louisiana alone, the unem- • for pressing relentlessly for his his bloody war against Iran? lightness—might be the best not hinge upon one's ethnic back- ployment rate for black residents political agenda but to imprint Now nature's terror has served tiling that could happen to all of ground or economic status. is listed at 10.5% hi a 1998 sur- both the nation and the world another opportunity. It is likely us in the wake of Katrina. For Does Bush need the same re- vey, compared" to a 3.8% unem- with his vision of a life properly President Bush will do better after so many years of too many minder as his forgetful country? ployment rate for whites. Fur- lived: In doing so, he squandered this time. Unlike 9/11 which of us believing we have just Perhaps he overlooks the large thermore, the high school dropout number of citizens living at or .the opportunity 9/11 presented made him politically powerful, the right answer, more humility rate, as listed by the National Katrina has exposed his deep might breed the easier generos- below the poverty level. After Center for Education Statistics, all, without a television or a high H"'Hisis'a vision that believes vulnerabilities. Today, he needs ity that we all need. We are all is the second highest hi the na- school education, it is unlikely deeply in more than god. It be- to reach beyond his world view responsible, not just for the pres- tion at 8.3%. Thus, rather than that these citizens will vote or $|eves in the ability of unregu- and his partisans and partners. idents and Congress we elect, being a country where "fixed have any political sway. Should lated corporations and top-heavy He got off to a good start with but for ourselves—for what and social orders...[are not] being in- this lack of influence make the markets to make the kinds of de- his speech on the 15th. He took who we choose to believe, what herited by sons from fathers and predominantly black faces from cisions that, in the end, will be personal responsibility for all- we do and how we do it. Katrina daughters from mothers" as Jef- the past few weeks invisible? the right thing for all of those too-human failure, something whispers this to each of us, if frey Sachs credits modern econo- Obviously not. us willing to work for a living. he almost never does. Most only we will listen. • mies in his recent book "The End Still, more important than It is a vision that is equally and importantly, he raised doubts of Poverty," parts of America are Tom De Luca is associate whether or not President Bush deeply suspicious of the ability about one of his own articles clearly left un-touched by this professor of political science, values the poor black commu- of democratically elected gov- of faith. He reminded us (and miracle of modern development. Director of the International- nity, is whether or not the rest of ernments and the institutions himself) that racism still pre- Louisiana's residents, for one, Intercultural Studies Pro- America—regardless of race or they put in place to do anything vents many of our citizens from and undoubtedly other parts of the gram, and co-author of "Liars, class—care. The public's con- right at all. It is as if he says, joining in the American dream: country, are hurting; but will any- Cheaters, Evildoers: Demoni- cerns provide cues to our leaders. fight for democracy abroad, but The "ownership society" will body learn to listen? zation and the End of Civil In other words, what we care vilify what it produces at home. not be fulfilled without action, Debate in American Politics" about matters! And alarmingly, Now that Hurricane Katrina That vision ignores the science including strong action by gov- (NYUPress). the prevailing theme of "shame" is waning from headlines, being that recent news articles have replaced by the old media favor- cited in reports reveals that we ite—the pervading war in Iraq— Caught in a hurricane of disasters haven't cared. Thus, you're will the past few weeks' headlines damn right there should be pub- and photos of "looting" residents, continued from pg. 7 article. According to the National natural disaster that we completely lic shame. hungry and dying refugees, vio- global warming could possibly Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- ignore the possibility that our na- The current of West's words, lence, and the collective shame trigger tsunamis. According to tsu- ministration (NOAA) reports, 923 tion could have prevented the hur- his exasperated view of how "... felt for these occurrences also nami scientist Neal Driscoll from tsunamis occurred in the Pacific ricane by reducing the amount of America is set up to help the fade from memory? the University of California at San Ocean. Of those recorded, 120 tsu- greenhouse gas emissions, which poor, the black people, the less We have to stop forgetting. Diego, "global warming could namis "caused casualties and dam- inevitably cause global warming well-off, as slow as possible," There should never be another theoretically, play a role in weak- age," of which "at least 10 caused by trapping heat in the Earth's at- is finally being manifested in excuse for a public figure to ening undersea slopes if frozen widespread destruction throughout mosphere. Instead of attempting the media's new approach. Both state, "...it's-been five days gas hydrates locked in deep-sea the Pacific." to relieve victims' pain, why don't of the aforementioned New York [waiting for federal help] be- slopes are warmed enough to shift Although Americans and other the government and the broadcast Times' articles explore the appall- cause most of the people are from solid to gas state. That shift countries arc pumping money into and print media outlets collect the ing gap between a largely impov-., black." West says he brought of the abundant deep-sea deposits relieving the aftermath of natural information brought to us from erished black community and the to surface what every one was could bloat slopes with gas and disasters, they are still not going around the world and show us median middleclass population. thinking. 1 think he addressed cause them to collapse, sending to be able to cure the pcoplo of how Mother Earth is collapsing, Also, an MSNBC report listed the urgent changes that need to tsunami-generating pulses all the horrendous thoughts and experi- breaking off chunk by chunk, so that of the 484,674 (according to be made if a truly decent Ameri- way to the surface," Driscoll said ences. The American nation is so that maybe we could do some- the census bureau's 2000 survey) can response is going to be given irt an online Discovery Channel busy calling Hurricanei Katrina a thing about it. -Hi- f • who live in tho'city,'nearly 30% to this natural disaster. <' '••> <• fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER September 22 20Q51 OPINIONS 09 Lincoln Center students: Please learn proper elevator etiquette So you traded in your T-mo- while squeezing into a packed don't get mad if I roll my eyes your professors on the eleva- Rule #13 Always try to bile Sidekick and iced-out Jesus elevator. Did you just spill your at you and shout: "From where tor. It's mathematically proven make eye contact with the people chain in exchange for your $500 hot cocoa on my feet?! I'm standing your legs seem to that if they aren't in their re- doing work in that huge glass worth of Fordham core curricu- Thanks. I'm wearing flip- work just fine!!!" And you spective class- aquarium on the third floor.. .they lum books. And flops, are also exempt from rooms, need the distraction. I personally you also learned Rule #2 You know who I rule #2. think they are posers who to negotiate am, and I know who you are. Rule #8 Easy on the CK are actually playing with Res. Life You were probably in my Ori- One, buddy—-the whole elevator solitaire on their to drop your entation Small-Group freshman was just taken back laptops. $45 fine for year. It's understood that we to 1995. Rule #14 11 having your hot are both alive and well enough Rule No one cares "cousin" signed to go to class. With all that in # 9 to listen to you carryon in THOMAS KIKIS overnight. mind, don't talk to me. I won't Public about how drunk you But just when be offended. Because really, we Display got last night at Lin- you think you've mastered what only have about 13 more sec- of Af- coln Park and how it takes to be a successful Ford- onds of this awkwardness, and fection you miraculously ham Lincoln Center student, you now would be a perfect time to in the bumped into an 01- decide to walk on to the eleva- make sure you didn't miss any elevator sen at Bungalow 8. tor and utter these three words: calls on your cell phone. is worse Save the weekend "Is two pressed?" BAD MOVE. Rule #3 Always say "Hi" than PDA wrap-up drama for a Have you completely forgotten to- your professors. They'll be on the Pla- crazy AIM conversa- your manners and consideration relieved to hear something other za, which tion. And, by the way, for humanity?! Take off your than "Um, my dog ate my Gos- is worse Mary-Kate and I have no Livestrong and Tsunami Relief pel of John homework. Can I than PDA in idea who you are. bracelets because if you don't email it to you...next year?" the telephone Rule #15 These rules don't have proper elevator etiquette, Rule #4 No, you cannot fit. booths on the chances are apply if you are a Jesuit or a nun. you have nothing. Rule #5 Yes, I can. fifth floor...which is they're right next to you. And they also don't apply to any- Incase you haven't noticed, the Rule #6 If the doors are borderline George Michael. Trust me. body who has any say in my fu- elevators can be quite the tight closing, don't be the one who Rule #10 The great thing Rule #12 If someone makes ture at Fordham, especially if their squeeze (think Pam Anderson in does the karate chop and delays about iPods and portable music an elevator error, don't feel that name can be added to my list of a wife-beater) and pretty slow everyone... especially if you pro- is that they're made for your it's your Good Samaritan duty, recommendations. These chosen (Sean Penn in "I am Sam"). So ceed to ask, "Is two pressed?" ears alone. I'm in no mood to on behalf of everyone, to let few are, in fact, allowed to karate every single time you walk into Rule #7 Dancers, you are listen to your new playlist at them know what a moron they chop the doors open, spill coffee the elevators here at Lincoln exempt from rules #4 and #6. 8:28am—unless your playl- are. There's nothing worse—and on my white sneakers, and ram- Center, try and keep the follow- You can take the elevator to ist of choice includes anything more awkward—than elevator ble on about their crazy church ing rules in mind: whichever floor, whenever you by Yanni. Adult Contemporary rage. Suck it up, shut your mouth, social last night—all while blast- Rule #1 Please don't try and want. Although if you aren't before Philosophical Ethics?!? and find comfort in the fact that ing their 'St. Paul Is Da Shizzle' balance your coffee, banana, and wearing sweatpants or something Sweet! there is such a thing as "elevator playlist. • toaster strudel simultaneously that clearly states 'Alvin Ailey,' Rule #11 Don't bad mouth karma." Photo: Chicago Tribune/KRT Scientology confuses science-fiction with religion If you haven't seen the inter- cultural bias, making generalized one is responsible for his or her views with Tom Cruise discuss- claims like, "gays and lesbians problems. If a person is unable to ing his cure-all, Scientology, you have either overdeveloped or recognize faults in their behavior, probably don't exist. underdeveloped sexual organs." then their problems will never be I've always said people should Though Hubbard makes many solved. believe in what works for them, references to his research, no such Anotherjinsettling Scientologist be it a belief in research is ever cited. belief is the claim that all medica- God, in Fate, I'm sorry- was this a scientific tions are bad. The church claims in free will, study or a novel? that drugs cloud your mind and or even in the Evidently, it's the latter. Hubbard soul, depleting the body's store idea that choc- appears to have founded Scientol- of vitamins. Sure, medication olate is the so- ogy on a mix of basic psychology can be harmful- especially in the lution for all of and science fiction. current age where medicine has life's problems. There is an anti-Scientology become a solution to everything. ROB ERRERA Whatever you website, www.xenu.net, which But there are people who need believe you focuses on the far-fetched as- medication and rely on these believe for a reason, and it isn't pects of the belief system. This drugs to survive. Some people anyone's place to undermine that site contains explanations rang- have natural body deficiencies reasoning. At least that's what I ing from the claim that all humans only medication can help. What thought until recently. came from clams, to the idea that does Scientology have to say Scientology has gained a lot of a being called Xenu brought an about them? Oh, right, it's all exposure in recent months due to overpopulation from this part of because some aliens got bombed celebrity promotion- namely from the galaxy to Earth and then ex- way back when. Tom Cruise's increasing publicity terminated them with hydrogen Scientologists also claim psy- after he demolished the springs in bombs. Supposedly the souls of chology is flawed, but anyone Oprah's couch. these murdered people infest all with even a little knowledge of the According to the Church of living people and must be "audit- topic can see that Scientology is Scientology's official website, ed out"- which seems to be some largely based on psychology. Be- Nicolas Khayat/KRT a 1950s book by sci-fi writer L. sort of psychological version of an sides, psychology helps explain Maybe Tom Cruise should consider medication. Ron Hubbard called "Dianetics: exorcism in which they re-experi- people's issues and actually has The Modern Science of Mental ence their extermination. Yes, by hard evidence to back it up, unlike developed cures for diseases," bers being a servant, slave, or serf Health" popularized Scientology. the hydrogen bombs. Yes, before Mr. Hubbard. If a Scientologist Tom Cruise said according to an in a past life. In fact, I'd like to According to Dictionary.com, "di- the hydrogen bomb was invented wants to believe his post-partum article posted on Fashion-Moni- state on behalf of Tom Cruise that anetics" is a "theory that explains (unless we're referring to some depressive wife is just having a tor, Toronto's website. "Shake- I was a styrofoam cup in a past the functions of the human mind ancient alien bomb technology). bad day, his thinking will only speare was deja vu for me... I felt life. Don't believe me? You can and the relief of psychosomatic Unsurprisingly, no scientific evi- perpetuate her suffering. as if I had seen his words already, find my body in a landfill some- illness, based on the concept of dence of an ancient bombing has On top of all this, Scientologist knew them all by heart. Then, af- where on Staten Island. I wasn't an cngram." An engram is a bio- ever been presented. Humans do celebrities keep using their influ- ter I began studying Scientology, I biodegradable. chemical change that represents a not share a collective memory of ence to promote these crazed be- realized the words had come from As far as I'm concerned, Scien- memory. But don't be fooled by getting bombed. It all seems a bit liefs. Perhaps this right falls under my heart in a previous life." Is our tology is a scam Hubbard concoct- the complexity of the definition, out there. freedom of speech or religion, but beloved crackpot Mr. Cruise try- ed to prove that people will believe many still argue dianetics is in So, let me revise, it's no one's what happens when Tom Cruise ing to tell us that he was Shake- anything as long as it appeals to fact not a science. place to undermine another per- convinces a suicidal fan to give speare in a past life? some part of them. The problem is If this book is truly the founda- son's beliefs, unless those beliefs up antideprcssants? What was he saying about med- that now we have a bunch of pre- tion of Scientology, then we al- become harmful. The idea that "I was much happier in previous ication again? Oh yeah, that he's viously wounded people who've ready have a problem. The book we're all infested with nega- existences when I wrote plays, probably not taking his. been so "enlightened" they praise a makes little to no use of the sci- tive spirits is dangerous because composed music, conquered na- Claims like these beg the ques- poorly written sci-fi novel for mak- entific method and exhibits a large it conjurs forth the idea that no tions, discovered continents, and tion of why no one ever remem- ing them spiritual. • 101 September 22.2005 FEATURES fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER Fordham students have many options to help Katrina victims By Chadner Navarro the cause. No monetary donations Contributing Writer are being accepted at this time, ~ but supplies like socks, pillows, After seeing the devastating medications, syringes, food, dia- results left behind by Hurricane pers, clothing, toys, toiletries, and Katrina, the past few weeks have water are more than welcome. You had the entire nation busy with can drop off whatever donations helping the victims of this Gulf you have at Lincoln Center, where Coast catastrophe. Fordham Uni- volunteers are collecting to fill up versity, as an institution, is gen- the trucks. erously contributing to the relief Jessica Banish, a visiting student effort and students are given from Wheaton College, has been countless opportunities to extend very busy with her own efforts to help—some of you may have help the victims of Katrina. Her welcomed a student from the area family has generously donated as a third roommate, while differ- to the American Red Cross and ent campus clubs have planned Feed the Children—where they fundraising drives. With innu- have dropped off numerous bags merable organizations accepting of clothing and food that will be volunteers and donations in New taken down to both Biloxi, MS York City, Fordham students, on and Baton Rouge. their own, will not find it difficult Banish has also been involved to also join the cause. with the efforts of the American With more than 26,000 mem- Family Drive. She has volun- bers from all over America, Puerto teered her time to help organize Rico and the Virgin Islands, The the donations at Lincoln Cen- American Red Cross is a popular ter. "At first Lincoln Center was channel for volunteers and con- very chaotic with so many people tributors, according to Rashidah coming to drop off whatever they Ferguson, a representative for can to help," she said, "so a lot of the. organization. They remain at random people are staying for a the forefront as Americans trying couple of hours just to help orga- to lend a hand to the devastated nize everything people are bring- Gulf Coast communities. Fergu- ing." 0 son said that monetary donations Banish has also contributed are still the best way of provid- supplies out of her own pocket. ing help to the victims. "Your-gift After hearing that medical sup- will enable the Red Cross to pro- plies and water are still needed vide shelter, food, counseling and by the American Family Drive, other assistance to those in need she hurried to the nearest Duane during this unprecedented disas- Reade where she purchased nec- ter," she stated. essary items worth over a hun- Jon Giftos of FCLC's Com- dred dollars. Banish adds that munity Service Program agreed. the humanitarian efforts by this "Monetary donations are still best organization really inspired her, as collecting, transporting, and bringing her to tears at times. distributing donated goods can be "You saw everyone of every race very costly and time consuming, and class reaching out to help the not to mention quite a complicat- victims of Katrina, and you can't ed operation," he offered. help but be touched," she said. The Red Cross is also accepting According to Banish, the Amer- volunteers to step up and provide ican Family Drive was supposed time and skills to help in the re- to stop collecting on Sept. 6 but lief efforts. Ferguson stated that continued to accept donations, as to speed up the process of hav- long as people keep giving them. ing as many prepared volunteers While it is very easy to get caught as possible, several sessions of up with the noble fervor of assisting their New Volunteer Training those who are in desperate need, Program have been organized it is important that you keep your and will continue well into Octo- eyes and ears open. There have ber. People who sign up to volun- already been several instances of teer can attend one of these free fraudulent charities taking advan- sessions to better acquaint them- tage of the charitable and naive. So, selves with the nature of their be sure to do your research before Courtesy of Manning Billeaud service. Although the Red Cross making any monetary donations. Manning Billeaud, uncle of Fordham alum Caroline DeJean, FCLC '05, took the photos above while rescuing Katrina victims. does not accept food or clothing Giftos advised restricting your donations, representatives of the monetary contributions to well- organization recommend The Na- known agencies, like the American tional Guard Armory in Jamaica, Red Cross, The Salvation Army, or GOODWILL ORGANIZATIONS AT A GLANCE: Queens for your non-monetary Feed the Children. American Red Cross: To make contributions. Ferguson added that most au- American Family Drive: To find Another organization that you thentic organizations will never a monetary contribution, visit their website out more, visit www.americalifamilydrive.org can readily contribute to is lo- blatantly solicit you for money. at www.nyredcross.org or call 1-800-HELP- or walk over to Lincoln Center cated right at Lincoln Center. The "If you are skeptical about an NOW. American Family Drive, orga- agency," she warned, "visit the If you are interested in offering your time The Salvation Army: To make a nized by private New York City Better Business Bureau. It's a and learning more about the Red Cross's vol- donation call 1-800-SAL-ARIflY (725-2769) resident Hector Hoyos, is ac- great way to find out if it's a le- unteer program, call 1-877-REDCROSS ext or visit their website: www.sa|vationarmyusa, cepting emergency supplies to be gitimate act." 2068. brought down to Baton Rouge, LA So, go out there and help. There org. for the hurricane victims. Hoyos is surely no shortage of places is funding several trucks that will that will take any help you may The National Guard Armory: Feed the Children: To make a do- make trips from Manhattan to Ba- have to offer, just keep in mind To donate clothing and other goods, go to 93- nation call 1 -800-525-7575 or lyisit their web- ton Rouge—provided that people the possible scammcrs before you 05168th St., Jamaica, Queens site: www.feedthechildren.org,!|, ' continue to make contributions for handoutyour cash, i i • fordhamobserverxom THE OBSERVER September 22. FEATURES 11 How to keep your head straight as the semester rolls on by Some helpful tips on keeping your notes and papers organized By Daisy Mui study area and schedule. "Some- Contributing Writer times I write the things I have to do on multiple pieces of paper and At the beginning of every new put them up on different areas of school semester, college students my room," saifi" Catherine Ruiz, flock to office supply stores like FCLC '06 Staples and Office Depot. Want- Leaving behind notes around ing to start the semester off with your desk, computer screen, an organized state of mind, stu- books, and planner is a good re- dents prepare themselves with the minder for the self. This way tools they believe will help them you'll know when things need to stay structured. But as the semes- be done and you're less likely to ter rolls on by, that organized state forget with reminders staring back of mind can slowly dissipate. As at you. the workload gradually piles on, it is easy for many to lose track of WHY ARE THERE SO MANY what readings they had to finish, LOOSE SHEETS OF PAPER LY- when assignments are due, and ING AROUND? other important matters. Here are Make folders for each class you some useful tips to help you stay have. Compacting four or five organized without going bananas: subjects into one notebook can be a messy matter. Instead, com- THE MASTER PLANNER bine all your work for one subject That tiny book marking the next class into one folder. This way all 12 months of your academic ca- your work for that class will be in reer can be an extremely impor- one nice neat area, and not drap- tant tool in helping you keep track ing off the side of your five star

of your daily assignments. notebook. Chicago Tribune/ KRT "It is the first thing I pick up at Don't let class notes, papers and textbooks get the better of you this semester. the school's bookstore," said Ele- THIS ISN'T LAMAZE CLASS, nora German, FCLC '06. "I must BUT RELAX, RELEASE, AND to the cafeteria and get ice cream ASSISTANTS FOR HIRE have a planner early on in the se- BREATHE! or something." If you are truly one of those mester; otherwise I'll be lost as to If things get too hectic in your So give yourself a mini break forgetful people and you can't be what I have due for my class." busy schedule, stop stressing before tackling that philosophy bothered with jotting things down, With their handy dandy sub-di- about it and take £ breather. Stand book you've been studying for the don't worry about it. If you are at vided calendar sheets, .planners up, get out of the room, and step past four hours. Go somewhere an extreme case of disorder and come in alt shapes, colors, and away from your ugly workload. and treat yourself to something. you can't reorganize yourself, you Interested in sizes. And if the big fat chunky Let your eyes and body take a If a candy bar makes jVou happy, might finding yourself wishing ones suit you best, so be it! Just break. by all means, go for it! that you could hire someone to do reporting, taking remember to use it to prioritize "When I'm on the third floor it for you. * your assignments and pencil in lounge studying for exams or SIT DOWN AND MAKE TIME "College is expensive as is, photos, or doing some fun every once in awhile. reading my 10 pound textbook, I FOR YOURSELF! where am I going to get the mon- go crazy sometimes," said Tasia "Make a weekly appointment ey to hire a personal assistant? layout for THANK GOD FOR LITTLE Giannopoulos, FCLC '06. "The with yourself to plan your coming I would rather be unorganized SHEETS OF STICKY PAPER1. silence in that room can be over- week. During your planning ses- then," said Shamima Hossain, THE OBSERVER? Post-its can add spice to your whelming. I usually end up going sion, schedule important activities FCLC '06. and tasks so you have a concrete If you don't have the means to plan for following through with hire someone to plan out your Send an email to it your intentions," said Dr. Linda schedule, ask a friend or love one 'Sometimes I write the things I have toSapadin, a psychologist and au- to help you out. Iftheysayno, try observer© thor of "It's About Time: The 6 some flattery. do on multiple pieces of paper and putStyles of Procrastination and How To organize all your books, fordham.edu to Overcome Them." notes, pens, and paper, is not a them up on different areas of my room,"Take this extra time so you can task many are willing to do. But solely focus on what you need think of the benefits and rewards said Catherine Ruiz, FCLC '06. to accomplish for that period of you'll reap when'you do put ev- time. erything together and in order. •

A tale of friends, exes, and awkwardness in McMahon Hall By Lauren Dollad choice but to see Brian all the time. The fact when stinging comments were thrown back he completely ignored her and was totally Contributing Writer that he was always in my suite forced us to and forth. immature about it. It didn't help much that be civil, and finally cultivated a friendship. Then one night, don't you know (or maybe she could look out her window and into his. Brian made eye contact with me one night Not to mention, we all had classes together! you literally heard us), he and I had a huge They dated briefly again during the past during freshman orientation. I blushed, and There is no escaping an ex on this fight. We ended up getting all of our issues spring semester, and this time when they played the usual games girls do when try- campus! - and there most definitely were a broke up, things were a little better. He was ing to get some. Next thing you know, he That's why things got so lot of them - all cleared up. at least able to acknowledge her presence. and I were tumbling into bed, and having awkward for awhile. Isn't it crazy how some- That doesn't mean that things are alright, the time of our lives. And so began my first Brian and I could times you only need one though. 1 hear stories all the time about college relationship. hardly stand to be argument to clear up all how awkward it is when they're in class to- Needless to say, it didn't last. It was most in the same room your problems? gether, or even when in they're in the same definitely about me going after one of the after our break- Being forced to live room. first straight guys I had met, and him just up. It's usually together, to see each And that's what it all comes down to: taking what he could get. We both felt hard to make the other all the time, awkward. That is definitely the word that pretty lucky at the time, but eventually it transition from and to take classes most accurately describes living on campus all faded and that relationship ended. We're bed partners to together, however, with an ex. great friends now, and I wouldn't trade that friends. No one isn't always enough Eventually, though, all the awkwardness for the world. Trying to find a decent ro- knows what to say, to make two people be- will pass, once people get over everything mantic relationship, however, has always and even our friends come close. they went through - you don't have very been a tough thing for me and some of my were weird about it for a My friend Sarah dated many choices on this campus. Things don't friends here at Fordham. bit. Now, it's a running joke someone during the first semes- have to be tense, and people don't have to We have a unique situation at Fordham between all of us, but it was ter of our freshman year, too. In be immature. Brian and I arc proof of that. because we're such a small school. Liv- hard for Brian and I to make smalt talk back her situation, though, the,whole friend bit Although it may be tough living together ing right next door to nr|.ex-fling and hav- then. There were times whet) we wouldn't didnYwork too well. The, first time they for awhile after it's over, I think it's most ing roommates that were friends, I had ho ' acknowledge each other, and other times broke up (yes, it happened more than,once), likely that things pan only get butter. < d • 12 ADVERTISEMENT | September 22.2005 I THE (ha™ fordhamobserver.com

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•L All Mting* brouglM M ytM by *• AMfttM hd CnH emit* At CMWH. 14 FEATURES I September 22,20051 THE OBSERVER fordhamDbserver.com Fordham alum reports from Gulf Coast they rode bikes and played on the lucky, and with nothing at all. Continued from FRONT PAGE swing sets, something they said Despite the depression, there My uncle, Manning Billeaud, they'd never done before. One of are multitudes of volunteers on went out in his boat with some the younger boys stayed'by my hand. There are people working friends to rescue people from their side the entire day, holding my in the Cajundome to get all of the homes in New Orleans. During the hand and hugging me. When it kids back in school and there is rescue mission, they picked up lots came time for me to bring them a credit union set up. There are of people. There were two broth- back to their parents, the reality Alcoholics Anonymous meetings ers who were rescued, and were of how these kids were living in and prayer groups, too. so happy that they were picked this makeshift shelter hit me. A lot of people ask me why up they just laughed and smiled, It was such a drastic change some people, who had the means and didn't mention losing their to go from having fun at a fair to leave, stayed. For example, personal belongings. There was to walking into a huge dome there are a handful of people liv- also a young nanny who worked with metal detectors, police ing in the French Quarter who for a family in New Orleans that searches, no windows, and no I'm convinced won't ever leave. abandoned her when they fled sunlight. Anytime someone the city. She wasn't even getting who's staying in the Cajundome paid by them, only given a place leaves the building, even if it is to live. She barely spoke Eng-- to go outside and smoke a ciga- lish, but spoke enough to give rette, they have to check out and the police the name of the family check in. A terrible smell filled It was such a drastic that left her behind. the air. People were lying on cots change to go from hav- On Saturday, a few of us and sleeping on the floor. These ing fun at a fair to walk- picked up some kids from the people were desperate. They had Cajundome's daycare center and absolutely nothing at all, only ing into a huge dome took them to a fair at the park. what was being donated. They with metal detectors, These kids already had tough don't get to take showers when lives; many lived in the projects they feel dirty. They can't eat ev- police searches, no win- before Katrina hit. One of the ery time they get hungry. They're dows, and no sunlight. boys, Nigel, told me that he was stuck in this place and are expect- stuck on his roof for a few days. ed to get their lives going again Some of the kids were separated while sleeping on a cot, if they're from their parents. At the park,

They say they have everything they need, and I'm pretty much sold on the idea that they do. People in Louisiana are stub- born as hell. There's this pas- Photos above and far left, Courtesy of Manning Billeaud sion inside of us, something that Hum'caine Victims make their way to safety. is intangible and indescribable. It might be from drinking long that thing in us. as this entire situation is, especially before we were all 21. It might Going home and seeing the de- for the people of New Orleans and b§ from the humidity. It might be struction, and everything surround- the rest of the Gulf Coast, I know from the seafood. But, there's that ing it was one of the hardest things that they will rise above this and re- something that we all have, that I'd ever done, and it doesn't even build their live. . „ ..... p^. "you can't mess with me attitude" hold a candle to what a lot of people ^ To read Caroline's complete journal of paired with an overwhelming have to go through and deal with in thoughts before and after Hurricane Katrina sense of hospitality, that makes up the next few months. As challenging hit, log on to fordhamobserver.com

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TO BANKIKi To award bookbag, antef one of the following promotional codai Into i-Coupon. for a green bookbag enter ihli number >VBM*9 lor a blue bookbag enter this number 25928M5M928331 PrMwtcustomcrwithrecelpt CustomerwIllNOTberequlredtomallincouponlorecelvelhlsreward ;fc,2O0J)PMorginf.hbse'nallk,NAMmil»rrtllC ' , !|' >'•<<• • ' , fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER 1 September 22,2005 | FEATURES 15 Club cheat sheet: What you need to know about campus groups By Mary Sallas GLOBAL OUTREACH Pre-Law Society president, at a trip to the Bronx Zoo* and the Assistant Features Editor provides students With the op- [email protected], or Botanical Gardens, and meetings RED ROVER is a literary portunity to gain a better under- pick up a Pre-Law information regarding researching opportuni- For those students who didn't magazine that provides students standing of other cultures and sheet in Society's mailbox in the ties at Fordham. For more infor- have the chance to make it to Club with a creative outlet to express communities, especially the poor Office of Student Activities. mation, contact the Fabiana Wein- Day or just want to know more themselves through fiction, per- and marginalized, by allowing berg, Science Club president, at about Fordham's clubs, here you sonal essays, poetry, photogra- them to immerse themselves in [email protected]. have it: FCLC Clubs 101. phy, and art. If you are interested that culture and help build up the PREVENTION PARTY in submitting your work, contact community, hi doing so, students (Peers Advocating Responsibil- Athen Schultz, editor in chief, at STUDENT experience life as an individual ity) is an educational club that' The SOCCER CLUB plays [email protected]. helps students make informed every Sunday as part of an Amerii GOVERNMENT: in that particular culture. For more information, contact Diane decisions and responsible choic- can League. FCLC's Soccer Club Carter, Global Outreach Coordi- es about alcohol, said Alex Morr, is one of the only co-ed teams in UNITED STUDENT CLUBS: nator, in room 217C or at (212) FCLC '07, PARty president. For the league and encourages every- 636-6269, or visit www.fordham. October, AOD month, PARty— one to join and play. For more in- GOVERNMENT (USG) along with SPARC—is holding a formation, contact Russ Martonis governs and represents the FCLC edu/global_outreach. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERI- variety of fun events such as trips at [email protected]. student body. All FCLC students to Broadway shows and movies. are members of USG and are en- CAN COALITION (APAC) ISIS (IN STRENGTH, I PARty and SPARC are concluding couraged to attend their weekly aims at informing the Fordham AOD month with Oksoberfest, a meetings where you can voice community about the history and STAND) is a forum for students LA SOCIETE FRANCAISE week of events that culminates in exposes students to French cul- opinions and concerns to USG cultural pursuits of the Asian com- to express their views on feminism a carnival on the Plaza. For more officers. For more information, munity. Through various events and feminist ideals in political and ture, particularly the French cul- information, contact Alex Morr ture offered by New York City. Le contact USG at usglc@fordham. and programs, APAC hopes to cultural arenas. Each year, ISIS [email protected]. edu, or stop by room 204A. educate and familiarize the Ford- plans events and programs that Societe Francaise sponsors vari- ham community on Asian culture. educate students on the current ous activities that bring together The PSYCHOLOGY AS- students who share an interest in COMMUTING STU- For more information, stop by the events in feminism and the impor- Office of Student Activities. tance of feminism's influence on SOCIATION provides students language and cultures. For more DENTS ASSOCIATION women's status in America. For with information on psychology infonnation, stop by the Office of Student Activities. (CSA) represents the com- CATHOLIC CULTURE more information, stop by the Of- and psychological issues. This muter student body. CSA ad- fice of Student Activities. year, the Psychology Association CLUB For information, stop by dresses commuter concerns and plans on sponsoring various guest STUDENT ORGANIZA- the Office of Student Activities. keeps them updated on any im- JEWISH STUDENTS' speakers, workshops on psycho- TION OF LATINOS (SOL) portant events, both on and off logical issues that affect students is an organization that offers campus. CSA holds weekly meet- The CHAMBER SING- ORGANIZATION (JSO) everyday, such as stress and pro- leadership, academic support, ings Thursdays from 11:30affl to ERS, an extension of the Ford- gives students, both Jewish and crastination, and a trip to visit the and community service oppor- 12:30pm (location TBA). For non-Jewish, the opportunity to ham University choir, provides Psychiatric Board at Randall's tunities to Fordham's Hispanic more information, contact Ta- students interested in music with unite and meet other students. Island, said Ani Kanburiyan, Each year, JSO holds several community., SOL also promotes mara Shehadeh, CSA president, the opportunity to share their tal- FCLC. '07, Psychology Associa- different events for the Jewish cultural awareness within the at [email protected], or stop ent with the Fordham communi- tion president. For more informa- holidays and hosts them as they Fordham community. For.more by room 204B. ty. For more infonnation, stop by tion, contact Ani Kanburiyan at would in a typical Jewish house- information, stop by the Office the Office of Student Activities. [email protected]. hold, said JSO president, Michael of Student Activities. SOL holds weekly meetings every Thurs- DEPARTMENT Getsberg, FCLC. Also, JSO spon- sors movie nights, political pro- RAINBOW ALLIANCE is day 1:00pm in room 307. For SPONSORED CIRCLE K, sponsored by grams, educational sessions that a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans- more information, contact Mel- ACTIVITES: Kiwanis International, promotes familiarize students with Jewish gender '(LGBT) advocacy group ody Ortega, SOL president, at community service and leader- culture and history, and current that offers a variety of events on [email protected] ship both on campus and within LGBT culture, education, poli- CAMPUS ACTIVITIES event discussions. For more in- the surrounding community. Last formation contact Michael Gets- tics, and service, said Jonathan SPLINTER GROUP is an BOARD (CAB), FCLCS year, Circle K, in association berg at jso_fordham_lc@yahoo. Cottle, FCLC '08, Rainbow Al- ensemble theater group that holds main programming board, creates with Global Outreach, sponsored com. a liance president. Some of these various workshops for actors, a variety of free and subsidized the Midnight Run, a homeless events include movie nights, per- playwrights, and directors. At student events, including dinners, outreach program where Ford- MIDDLE EASTERN formances, plays, and discussions the end of each year, the Splinter movie nights, and trips to com- ham students prepared and dis- on current LGBT issues. Rain- STUDENTS' ASSOCIA- Group students strive to produce , edy clubs, Broadway shows, and tributed food for the homeless. bow Alliance meets Wednesdays a full production. For more infor- TION (MESA) tries to cre- baseball games. CAB holds week- For more information, contact at 3:00pm in the Students Lounge mation, stop by the Office of Stu- ate awareness of the Middle East ly meetings on Thursdays from [email protected]. and everyone is welcome, re- dent Activities, room 408. 5:15pm to 6:00pm in the Student and all of its different aspects gardless of your sexual orienta- Lounge. For more infonnation, COLLEGE DEMOCRATS within the Fordham community. tion or beliefs. For more infor- This year, MESA is planning to STUDENTS ART GUILD contact [email protected]. For more information, stop by mation,' contact Jonathan Cottle (SAG) is in charge of the se- the Office of Student Activities. hold Iftaar dinners and an Eid at [email protected] or party to commemorate the month nior art shows each year. SAG SPARC aims to provide [email protected]. of Ramadan, movie nights, and strives to create art awareness fun programming that promotes GAELIC SOCIETY strives Palestinian Awareness Week. For within the Fordham community, responsible decision-making and RESPECT LIFE tries to cre- to expose students to the vari- more information, contact MESA said SAG president, Maria Torti, a healthy lifestyle, according to ate awareness about issues that ous aspect of Irish culture by co-presidents, Marwa Aly at FCLC '06. SAG offers a variety Maggie Shea, FCLC '06, presi- organizing events that immerse threaten life, such as euthanasia, [email protected], or Nancy of art workshops and field trips dent of SPARC. Each month, students in Irish culture, such as capital punishment, poverty, abor- Khweiss at [email protected]. L to museums and galleries around SPARC bases its programs Irish movie nights and trips to tion, and war, said Respect Life New York. This semester, SAG is around a specific theme, such local pubs. For more informa- president, Lauren Schumacher, holding a silk-screening workshop, a Diversity Month, Wellness tion, contact Marianne Pichuzh- MOLIMO, FCLC's Black FCLC '07. This year, Respect a color photography workshop, a Month, and Alcohol and Other kina, Gaelic Society president, at Students Association, aims to Life is planning to sponsor movie trip to the Ground for Sculpture Drug Awareness Month. All [email protected]. create awareness and promote nights and a Life Forum, where Museum, and panel discussions Fordham students are welcome African-American and West In- students from all viewpoints can from various artists. SAG is also discuss recent breakthroughs in to sign up for SPARC events in dian culture. Throughout the putting together a movie night The GANNON SPEECH our society involving life issues the Office of Student Activities, year, Molimo sponsors a se- where students can showcase their AND DEBATE team competes and their effects on society. Re- room 408. For more information, ries of educational and cultural own films. For more informa- in intercollegiate speech and de- spect Life also plans to participate contact [email protected], events, such as forums, bake tion contact Maria Torti at*maria_ bate tournaments. This year, the in the March of Life in Washing- or stop by room 207. sales, movie nights, and aware- [email protected]. team will also be hosting events ness weeks, said Erika Parker, ton D.C. For more information, and debates on campus. They FCLC '07, and Shavasia Lani- contact Lauren Schumacher at TheTAE KW0N Do CLUB choose broad topics that leave the er, FCLC '06, co-presidents of [email protected]. PUBLICATIONS: offers free classes on self-defense room for much debate. The Gan- Molimo. For more information, and provides a fun way to get in non Speech and Debate club holds contact Erika and Shavasia at The SCIENCE CLUB helps shape. No experience is necessary THE OBSERVER is weekly meetings Mondays from [email protected]. Fordham University at Lincoln 5:30pm to 7:00pm on the 12thfloor students gain information about to join. The Tae Kwon Do club Center's student newspaper. of Lowenstein. For more informa- the fields of science and medicine meets every Tuesday and Thurs- The paper provides an opportu- tion, contact Coach David Jacobus The PRE-LAW SOCIETY through research information ses- day at 7:00pm in the fitness center nity for students to gain experi- at [email protected] or provides students with informa- sions and by inviting guest speak- of McMahon Hall. For more in- ence as a writer, photographer, Marianne Pichuzhkina, club presi- tion on the legal field by hold- ers to speak on their experiences formation, contact Robert Baron, and/or layout staffer. If you dent, at [email protected]. ing information sessions on law in science and medicine. Some Tae Kwon Do Club president, at (718)382-4219. • are interested in becoming part school and meetings with pre- of the events the Science Club is planning this year include the of The Observer staff, contact law advisors. For more informa- ^ Information provided by www.fordham. Natural Science Research Fair, [email protected]. tion) contact Michael Caravel la, 16 FEATURES 1 September 22,2005 1 THE OBSERVER fordh9rnobserver.com How to deal when your roommate situation is less than stellar By Shawn Triggs^ tant. "A lot of people think that all Staff Writer of their roommates are going to be their best friends," she said, "but Matt Antonucci 's freshman year they don't often think.about little started off well last September. He details that they really should ad- was bonding with his roommates dress in order to make sure that and enjoying being away at col- their life is as comfortable as pos- lege, until this all took an unfor- sible in this setting." » tunate turn for the worse. Anto- When roommates have an issue nucci, FCLC '08, had issues with that they are having trouble solv- his roommates due to cleanliness ing, they have the option of going habits, or lack thereof, as well as to their RA, allowing him or her personality differences. "There to act.as a mediator. were always issues of cleaning," Hannah Amoah, Fordham Law he said, "whether it was the dish- '06, has been an RA for three years es, the bathroom, or even the com- and said, "Most of the students mon room in general." who come here have never shared When living in such close quar- a room, so just respecting peoples ters, it is important that people boundaries and getting used to learn to be responsible for their someone who is always there [is own belongings, such as used important]." dishes. Being able to communi- One group of students had cate with your roommates is also roommate issues their freshmen important, as well as not being year, but worked them out and are afraid to speak with them about now rooming together for a sec- Eliza Gager/1 these issues. If this cannot be ac- ond year. Neatness differences don't have to fester into a roommate rift. Open up lines of communication when your roomie's socks close in on your complished, you risk living at They bonded by holding two constant odds with your fellow room meetings on their own. focused on your needs," she said, don't shoot yourself in the foot by blow up. suitemates. "This can be tough," said Chris- "you're really not making your- ignoring your roommates," Anto- "A lot of times, people don't Antonucci emphasized not be- tine Hunt, FCLC '08, one of the. self open and available to hearing nucci advised. "Never let it get realize they are doing things that ing afraid of telling roommates roommates. "You don't want to the needs of your roommates." to the point where you can't talk. bother people unless you confront when their cleaning habits just gang up on one person, yet its bet- Amoah believes that smok- You won't realize how much of them," Amoah stated, "it helps to aren't cutting it. He also suggest- ter to get things in the open rather ing and drinking in the room is your college experience is ruined be honest with each other to know ed being open to compromises. than talking behind someone's constantly an issue, not only for by this until down the road," he likes and dislikes." One solution to dirty dishes: "buy back." freshman, but all undergrads. In concluded. Hunt and Cyrus emphasized that disposable," Antonucci laughed. Taeler Cyrus, FCLC '08, and that kind of situation, if someone Similarly to Hunt and Cyrus, it is the little things that can get to In an attempt to prevent room- Hunt's roommate advised dor- feels uncomfortable, they Should Paloma Rahner, FCLC '08, and someone, like being on the phone mate issues, all freshman suites mers to keep an open mind. "Ev- do something about it. "It's good Ashlee Gaupp, FCLC '08, are ex- while a roommate is sleeping or are required to fill out a suitemate erybody's different and it? might to call the RA because then you periencing their second consecu- not taking out the garbage. agreement form. This form con- take a while to adjust to other's don't have to deal with it...you tive year as roommates, despite When it came to cleaning is- sists of guidelines on cleanliness, ways of living," she said. shouldn't have to deal with it," some earlier personality conflicts. sues, Hunt said that the only way personal property, quiet hours, Jason also advises residents to she said. "[We have] found a good bal- jobs would get done was to make a and how to convey communica- stay open minded, especially since Antonucci had to go through ance of when to say things and chart of wHb cleans what and when tion, such as phone messages. people are used to living a cer- an RA mediation his freshman when to let them go," said Rahner. it must be done by. Greer Jason, director of Resi- tain way and coming here throws year and he expressed that it helps "It's certainly a delicate matter," Antonucci, on ttlje. other, han

< For the past couple of years, Mac computers have taken on a hipper image with their launch of the iPod and iTunes, which have virtually replaced Discman's and CDs. Apple, their parent company, is seeking to keep the iPod thriving and has recently updated it's product with the release of the iPod nano. A much slimmer version of the original, it also boasts a color display and can store up to 1,000 songs. Although the iPod, the iPod mini, and the iPod nano are compatible with both PCs and Macs, Macs are regarded to having better software in managing digital media. Furthermore, virus prone PCs are pushing more and more students to trade in their PCs for Macs, which are regarded to be less susceptible to damaging code. Students want to be sure that all their hard work is safe. "You virtually cancel out the risk of infecting your computer with a virus and losing your hard drive if you are using a Mac," said Irene Moldaver, FCLC '07. IPods, however, have undeniably increased people's interest in Macs. Comp-U-Ram Sales Representative, Anthony Penson; also believes that the assured security of Macs is the primary reason why many are switching to them. "Mac OSX is more secure out of the box than Windows XP," he' said. "A user can connect a new Mac to the internet secure in the knowledge that the OSX's default security settings will protect them. Meanwhile, a new Windows XP user has to download at least twenty security updates before they can safely do anything else." Viruses are not the only factor that is making users shy away from PCs. Some people Sleek and powerful have become Apple product's defining traits. find that it is much easier to use a Mac than a PC. Rich Buyer, a former Fordham commu- Mac's unique, modernized design. nications professor and founder of Rich Buyer Design, an online Web design company, Not everyone, however, is recycling their PCs just yet. Robert Moniot, professor of swears by Macs. computer and information science and associate dean, prefers to use a PC running Linux, Originally a PC user, Buyer went back and forth between Macs and PC's for several an alternate operating system, over PC running Windows or a Mac. Moniot says his rea- years. Though, when Buyer had a career change and decided to start up his own online sons for preferring the Linux operating system are "stability, security, lack of viruses and design company, he permanently switched over to Mac. "There is no comparison, Macs price." Although Moniot is not a Mac user, he agrees that Macs are more user-friendly are a design standard," said Buyer. "They arc phenomenally easy to use and are very well and less prone to viruses. thought out." Although many may prefer Macs, they may not necessarily splurge on one. Macs do Aside from being less prone to viruses and easier to use than PCs, Macs have a unique come at a rather high price. Some people may decide to stick with various PCs because design that immediately distinguishes them from any other computer. "Macs arc cool, they arc more cost effective. "If other alternatives were not available, I would probably they look cool, and are very well designed," said Buyer. No one wants a bland computer. choose a Windows PC mainly because it is cheaper and has more software available, If someone is looking to make a statement with their laptop, then they will often go with a although it is an inferior operating system and less user friendly than Mac," said Moniot. "If cost were not a factor, though, I would definitely go with Mac." • TECH CORNER • : I. fordhamobserver.coni ARTS & CULTURE September 22,2005 | 17 THE OBSERVER

Photo Courtesy of Universal Studios What types of images are we going to see in post-Katrina films? Katrina disaster may change New Orleans iconography By Enrique Ollero something gritty, primal, and wild. There is self is full of several different accents and studios, sound stages, and other production Arts & Culture Editor an air of something spooky and taboo that regional dialects, much more so than the facilities. goes along with Cajun and Creole culture southern twang and Cajun slang appointed Since the tax incentives have been avail- Louisiana has been an iconic setting and voodoo. If the taboo undertones of mys- by Hollywood. able, numerous films have been shot in the in films. "Steel Magnolias", "Interview terious culture aren't used, there is a focus Louisiana was also known to the world state, including "Ray," "The Skeleton Key" with the Vampire", "Skeleton Key", "The « on wild nightlife and raunchy, seedy themes. of film as more than just a setting riddled and "The Dukes of Hazzard." Waterboy", "A Streetcar Named Desire", And then, if those hadn't been touched upon, with its own internal themes; it was a Hol- However the industry in that area was "The Big Easy": these films and many oth- there is always the comedic stereotypes of lywood in itself. Many studios and produc- abruptly immobilized because of Katrina. ers have been set in eqlectic Louisiana and "hicks" and "rednecks" who eat snakes and tion companies moved filming to Louisiana "Louisiana had been on a roll, but they lit- very often in New Orleans. But the effects swamp rats, and live in trailers. as a more economically feasible alternative erally came to a crashing halt," Jack Kyser, of Hurricane Katrina are likely to dynami- Of course these depiction were never in- to Hollywood. chief economist at the Los Angeles Eco- cally change the iconography of Louisiana dicative of what Louisiana is really like: a The state passed tax incentives, which nomic Development Corp, told the Asso- in film the way that Sept. 11 has changed diverse area filled with many different cul- took effect in July 2002, offering a 15 per- ciated Press. "New Orleans is not going to the iconography of New York City. tures, races, and creeds. The stereotypes of cent tax credit on the cost of productions be a good location for filming, probably for Many films which had been set in Louisi- New Orleans aren't indicative of the much valued at $8 million or more. Those cred- several years." ana characterized die area and the culture as larger state of Louisiana at all; me state it- its are to be used to cover construction of see NEW ORLEANS pg.18 O.A.R. leads digital 'revolution' By Kristen Jefferson already had our merchandising in place Staff Writer and we wanted to do that on our own. We While most musicians are just now get- found people who understood what we ting comfortable with embracing the Inter- were going for and who wanted to keep net as a promotional tool, O.A.R. (which things moving. So we have nothing but stands for "Of a Revolution") has been good things to say about the people we've doing it since it was unfashionable and worked with at Lava." costly. Primarily a DIY (do it yourself) KJ: "Why do you think you were able band, they have stemmed far beyond their to use the Internet to your advantage with website all the way to Napster to get their previous albums?" music heard. Upon the Oct. 4 release of JD: "I think we have always embraced their new album, "Stories of a Stranger" new media. It was just a good way to get (Lava Records), O.A.R. bassist,, Benj our music out. We didn't have any kind of Gershma, and saxophonist, Jerry DePizzo, distribution, so the Internet was one way sat down to talk about using the popular to get our music out. We did use Napster, internet MySpace.com to promote their rather, Napster used us." new album and broaden their fanbase. BG: "We didn't really have a choice KJ: "The band has been very DIY for a about that, it was just happening." long time and has been quite successful at KJ: "So rather than fighting it, you har- it, how does the label feel about you guys nessed it; how? being a DIY band?" JD: "By allowing kids to come to our BG: "When we chose to sign with Lava, shows, tape the shows, post them on the it was because we found that fit. We want- Internet and trade them, we allow our au- ed help with the record; it was a record dience to use the Internet to gain access to olarovolution.com deal. We already established, our touring; information about tjic band," The guys from O.A.R. hit the road to support their new album 'Stories of Strangers.' we didn't want help with'that.*[A!so]i we ., - i . ...» .,., i r:.:v fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER | September 22,20051 ARTS & CULTURE 18 Generation text: merging technologies in strange ways By Coryn Brown revamp what already existed: combining "Family Guy" currently ranks on the Top one of the latest hybrid cell phone gadgets Arts & Culture Editor technology together in strange hybrids that 10 chart of iTunes' frequently downloaded to hit the market: Motorola's ROKR, or could appease an American obsession to do Podcasts. the "iPhone". Released Sept. 7, 2005, the Leticia Reynolds is blue. On Sept. 9, everything through a single facility in the "Certainly radio, and now, TV. stations "iPhone" merges iPod with Motorola, us- 2005, Reynolds, a Rose Hill campus senior, way Spiderman can climb the sides of sky- have come to understand the potential ing iTunes software to download up to 100 rode the ram from her Bronx location to scrapers and dispose a sticky web through threat of this new approach and have started songs and Podcasts from a Mac or PC. A FCLC's bustling square, alone. one suit. collecting their programs for Podcasting," less impressive coup for Apple, though, "Oh no, I forgot Lola," she exclaims. Enter the world of new age technology: stated Brian Rose, professor of communi- when considering its competition include Who's Lola? Generation Text—a place where merging cations and media studies at FCLC. "But the likes of Nokia 9500 and the Samsung "My phone! I wrote my schedule in isn't only for media CEOs and telephone ti- I'm not yet convinced that this will be any- P777, phones with larger memory bases and there...I have to return my text [messages]! tans, but die concept seems to equally affect thing more than a minor attraction to the thus larger capacities for songs downloaded Can I use your phone real quick?" everyone's affairs. iPod audience." over wireless airwave connections. What for? Can't you function without it It took two days for the number of Pod- Regardless of its future, the appeal of But what will become of portable CD for a couple of hours? cast subscriptions to top one million after Podcasts- its freedom to shift through any players? Cell phones to simply dial? Reynolds scrunches her thick, black Apple launched iTunes 4.9 on July 28th, program at any time, without the prohibi- They're becoming the eight traks and ro- brows; they hover duskily over stupefied 2005. According to Apple.com, Podcasts, tions of real-time broadcasting- and its sub- tary phones of the 21st century. According eyes. the spawn of iPod technology and broad- sequent subscriber base has given Apple to the Cellular Telecommunications and "No." casting, are downloadable and subscription the bullhorn to announce their newest pur- Internet Association, about 195 million Long ago, over the stretch of the 1990's, based audio programs released in talk show suit to become a power inter-breeder. Their Americans own cell phones, jumping from a group of venturesome engineers—still format. Though a relatively slow burn- latest venture? Mobile phones. a 160 million subscribers in 2003; a steady inebriated with the success of the Internet, ing sensation that sort of bubbled in the "I want that iPhone, my iPod's almost rise not only attributed to the convenience then cellular phones, then mp3s—sat hud- underground before rising via 4.9, televi- full," stated Mike Solis, FCLC freshman. "I of cell phones, but to also its ever increas- dled in a brightly lit cell and mused over sion and radio networks have now chosen need to update it anyway; [my phone's] a ing capabilities. what could be the next big thing in technol- to adapt. "The Guiding Light", a 70-year piece of crap... It doesn't do anything..." And now, combination technology has ogy. Some paced. Finding that the masses running CBS daytime soap opera, chose to Except call? become like co-dependent parts to us; a cell had acclimated to doing cardio while talk- make episodes available through Podcasts "Yeah, that, and I can text obviously..." phone without text messaging is like hav- ing on their cell phones, grinding to down- in an effort to stay attuned to an audience retorted Solis. ing teeth without gums. One seems useless loaded music, these engineers decided to adhered to newfound technology. Fox's Businessweek.com recently reported without the other. • Kevin Martin attacks indecency New Orleans iconography

"So the FCC won't let me be or continued from pg. 17 let me be me," raps Eminem in Films such as Warner Bros. "The his song "Without Me." Marshall Reaping" had to evacuate their Despite the tragedy, the Mathers isn't stars and crew before Katrina hit. industry's outpouring of the only person While they are still scheduled to relief efforts bodes well the FCC won't continue production, other films letbenowadays. such as Walt Disney's "De Ja Vu" for Louisiana and many Kevin Martin, and "The Guardian," which were believe that the ever-re- the FCC com- scheduled to start production in silient film industry will • missioner, with the upcoming months, now have a group of me- less certain futures. bounce back.

CATRIONA dia watchdogs Despite the tragedy, the?>indus- try's outpouring of relief efforts SCHLOSSER has launched a crusade against bodes well for Louisiana and likely that future films will treat indecency not only with the major many believe that the ever-re- New Orleans and Louisiana with networks (though he hopes to in- silient film industry will bounce the same empathy and respect. crease fines whenever the F-Bomb back. However, one must wonder Perhaps horror films of the taboo or any other expletive is dropped,) how Louisiana will be portrayed cultures or the comedies about il- but cable and satellite TV and -ra- in future films. After the tragedy literate swamp boys with profes- dio, a realm of broadcasting that in New York City on 9/11, New sional wrestling aspirations will the FCC has no jurisdiction over. York's filmic landscape seemed be put on the back burner while Kevin Martin is not only repre- to change and Hollywood be- more dramatic and empathetic sentative of the shift in the country came more sensitive to the way "Post-Katrina" films may take the they would depict a city that had foreground to change the filmic towards conservative moral ideol- Courtesy of Federal Communications Commission ogy, but also a shift from the inter- FCC Chairman Kevin Martin suffered such a tragic loss. It is landscape of Louisiana. • ests of the Republican Party from big business to that of the Christian change for the Republican Party. mission is to preserve "original, right. According to Salon.com, Ever since the death of live tele- independent, and diverse voices in O.A.R. leads 'revolution' Martin has met with evangelicals vision—the moment Janet Jackson America's media," and Fordham continued from pg. 17 to discuss television and indecency. revealed her breast to America University discovered that the de- The National Coalition for the Pro- during the 2004 Super Bowl half regulation that occurred as a result KJ: "With your new album I listen to them all the time." tection of Children and Families, time show—the media conglom- of the 1996 Telecommunication's you again turned to the Internet. a religiously affiliated group that erates have been living in fear of Act has caused an increase in in- How did you get involved with KJ: "What do you think people supports a return to Judeo-Chris- hefty fines. This has led to an in- decency. Since Clear Channel and MySpace.com?" who don't know about MySpace. tian values and an end to what they crease in self censorship.-Last No- Infinity Broadcasting, the two BG: "We started our MySpace com should know?" call moral relativism, is a supporter vember, many ABC affiliates re- largest radio conglomerates, own account in February of this year. of the new commissioner and his fused to show Stephen Spielberg's the majority of radio stations in Between then and now, it's gone agenda. Rick Senate, the president World War II film, "Saving Private the United States, their programs from zero to sixteen thousand of the group stated, "[Martin] said Ryan." According to CNN, net- such as Howard Stern and Bubba people. We wanted to utilize it By allowing kids to the free rein of cable and satellite works in Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, the Love Sponge (two programs because it's new media and would come to our shows, tape and satellite radio is not accept- Massachusetts, North Carolina, recently taken off the air for inde- be a good marketing tool. Also, the shows, post them on able." Ohio, South Carolina, and West cency) infiltrate the airwaves all it's just like a cool thing for people the Internet and trade With the rise of the religious right Virginia were afraid the foul lan- across America. Many politicians to be able to check out. When we in the Republican Party, as repre- guage would be too offensive. The in 1996, who supported deregula- put our next album's first single them, we allow our audi- sented by the likes of Rick Schatz, fact that the limbs of the soldiers tion, support indecency fines. In- on there, it got a lot of hits; people ence to use the Internet to stead of tackling the issue head on the interests of big business seem are getting blown off, and a soldier were starting to go towards our gain access to informa- to be playing a back seat role. The is getting shot every few minutes by regulating media consolidation, site." major media companies unsurpris- does not matter to the FCC; they they would rather hide it under the KJ: "MySpace.com is sponsor- tion about the band ingly do not support such a change do not regulate violence. The fact guise of hefty fines. Regulation, ing your fall tour in support of in agenda. TV Watch, a media that the soldier's yell out exple- which might solve the indecency 'Stories of a Stranger,' how do group founded by three major me- tives when their limbs are blown problem, would anger the major you think having MySpace on dia companies (Viacom, General off is an offense. conglomerates more than fines board will help your tour?" BG: "This is a great website Electric, and Newscorp) have cre- The major media corporations would. BG: "It will make it more unique and it is a good resource for new ated this coalition in order to pre- may be willing to self censor, but The Republican Party and the rest because you will find things you music. We feel that our generation vent the infiltration of the FCC in would they be willing to break up of the country are going to have to can enjoy. It will help people who and people who could enjoy our their programming. Kevin Martin their conglomerates for the sake, ask themselves a few questions. don't know about MySpace. I, music would take advantage of seemSimore jjnte,rested in a,moral of decency? A recent study made Are indecency fines on networks ^myselfhave, found 1,0,-15 bands itiWe'r^qxpiited about it because agenW 'flian fib *'adcs in" protect- b^tHcbenli'ter Creative VofCM,; really going* t6 rHakc our1 c'niidreh' !'fhrit"'lricv*cf'would have known it really "hcips get your music out ing the interests of big business, a a nonprofit organization whose and society more morally aware? about through MySpace, and now there. • fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER I September 22,20051 ARTS & CULTURE 19 Big screen Hollywood studios begin to find room for graphic novels in their mainstream releases ByAlanKistler novel is nice because you have Contributing Writer a story written that you already know many people like. With There's been a rush in Holly- comics, you also have the ben- wood to put out movies based on efit of having all the story boards comic books. Spider-Man, Bat- made for you by the artists who man, the X-Men: these characters draw dynamic shots, all star in on-going series that have Another reason why studios like been around for decades. Batman to do a movie based on "From himself has been in continuous Hell"? It's an easier sell to the monthly publication since 1939 public. No matter how good and stars in over six regular comic "Batman Begins" or "X-Men" is, book titles every month, which you still have to spend a few min- means he's got at least one new utes explaining to the audience story out just about every week, that even though theses characters He wears a distinctive costume, dress up and use nicknames, you has many colorful villains, all of should still take them seriously. whom make great action figures; It's also easier to adapt a graphic of course you want a movie with novel than a comic series. Spider- him. It's great marketing. Man has been around since 1963 But studios also make mov- and has had over a hundred differ- ies based on finite storylines and ent writers. It's hard to fix on the graphic novels. Graphic novels one portrayal of the character that are most often, though not always, will please everyone. But with a single comic book that features "Sin City," there is no debate. the entire story from beginning to Frank Miller wrote it all, just fo- end at once and are not part of a cus on what he did. No need to larger series. A "finite series" is pick and choose what ideas and when an entire story is told within stories fans liked best out of a de- a set of series of issues, rather than cades-long history. letting it continue on with several But super-hero movies aren't go- story arcs for years and years. ing away. Many consider "Batman 'Sin City," "The Crow," "The Begins" to be the best comic adap- Road to Perdition" and the up- tation ever, as well as one of the coming "History of Violence" are best action movies they've seen. all based on graphic novels. Like- And just because characters have wise, "The League of Extraordi- powers doesn't mean they don't nary Gentleman," "From Hell," connect to the viewers. Dan Witt, and the upcoming "V for Vendet- FCLC 07, considers "X-Men" to ta" are all based on works created be more relevant than "Sin City" and written by comic book writing because, "X-Men was dealing with Courtesy of New UM unemss legend Alan Moore. Only three of how the world is always chang- Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen work hard to bring' A History of Violence' to life. those films feature characters that ing and how we have to be careful resemble super-heroes at all. about paying too much attention to save his son and getting revenge suit and trunks; but in the end, said it best: "comic books are just Why are such books attractive our differences." on his old boss, rather than the people will like a good story how- words and pictures. You can do to Hollywood? A lot of the work's It might be easier to do a movie alien who decides to patrol the ever it's told. Science fiction and ANYTHING with words and pic- been done already. Adapting a about a former hitman trying to world while wearing a blue body- comic book writer, Warren Wllies, tures." •

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Find out more at www.timeoutny.com/campusagent 20_ARTS& CULTURE I September 22,2005 I THE OBSERVER fordhamobserver.com On The Airwaves voice comes from a 17-year-old red-head jazz. Singer Ben Labat's smooth baritone with freckles. However, on his debut al- voice adds a velvety groove to a captivat- bum appropriately entitled RED, Stevens ing combination of feather light acoustic recreates sonic classic tunes that pay hom- and electric guitars riffs accompanied by age to the likes of Sinatra and The Beatles, heavier bass lines. Vocals aside, the bands while keeping his own generation in mind. musical structure and harmony arc remi- Aflerall, this Cbnan O' Brian look alike was niscent of progressive rockers Coheed and an "American Idol 3" finalist. You'll even Cambria. Expect Small Town Computer find a jazzy rendition of Maroon 5's "This Crash in stores la.te November. Love" on the CD. While Stevens is a tal- Grade B+ ented vocalist, the CD is all covers and does not do much to set him apart from any other lounge singer in Vegas. Kudos to. him for DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE trying to jazz up teeny boppcrs across the Team Sleep emerged as a side project of Plans land. Who said jazz was just for old folks? guitarist, Todd Wilkinson, and Deftones by Enrique Ollero Sounds Like: A young Frank Sinatra frontman, Chino Moreno. With no intention Death Cab's first major label album pulses Grade: C+ (the + is for looking like of ever releasing a full length album, the pair with 4 haunting soulfulness that only Chris Conan) called upon their good friend, DJ Crook, to Walla's song-writing can sculpt. Plans, the help out. Crook's percussive beats and ec- former indie rockers' first release from At- centric samples add texture to Moreno's lantic Records refutes the nay-sayers who ' haunting vocals and Wilkinson's confronta- would look to put down the band for sign- tional guitar. While the talent of each musi- ing with such a label. They stay true to .cian is undeniable, their collaboration results their indie mood rock roots, pounding edgy •in a muddled and indecisive union. beats into beautiful piano key strokes ac- . Sounds like: My Bloody Valentine, Nine companied by stirring guitar licks. Tracks Inch Nails DANDY WARHOLS like "Someday you will be loved" and /Grade: C Odditorium or Warlords of Mars "What Sarah said" really showcase Walla's By Catriona Schlosser song writing prowess and strike a chord The problem with the new Dandy Warhols with the moody heart of the album, while album Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, is other tracks like "Perfect Teeth" give the that the creativity feels forced. They should album more rockability. 'Selling out' never be given credit for trying to be different, sounded so good. but something doesn't work, and it ends up Sounds like: Elliot Smith, Damien Rice TRISTAN PRETTVMAN feeling pretentious. The Dandys signature GradeXA . Twenty Three - , ". . spacey psychedelic sound is in tact, but the byAbbeOuziel sarcastic playful sound of previous songs TWENTY THREE, the debut album of like "Bohemian Like You," or "We Used to SoCal native Tristan Prettyman is a perfect be Friends," is gone. This isn't to say there mix of heartfelt lyrics and honest acoustic aren't any good tracks on the album. The sounds. This former surfer clearly draws songs "All the Money or the Simple Life upon her childhood idol Ani DiFranco to Honey" and "Down Like Disco" are high on construct intimate songs that still manage THE TERMS hooks and can be categorized with some of JOHN to be accessible to her audience. A lazy "Small Town Computer Crash" Dandys greatest hits. "Love Is the New Feel pedal steel is used through out the album by Kristen Jefferson Awful" is another great tune with die pnly STEVENS to give it that beachy-vibe, and a rich bass The Terms may be a little bit country, but disappointing factor that you feel like they adds warmth to each track. The simplicity they are also 100% rock and roll. Their debul could have done more with it. After nine RED of TWENTY THREE beautifully showcas- album, Small Town Computer Crash, suc- minutes of thoughtless meandering, you've es Prettyman's ability as a songwriter. In cessfully merges the rich and diverse musi- forgotten how great the begiuning was. If this case, less is definitly more. cal styles of Louisiana with classic rock in you listen to the album, skip the lasttrack, "A Sounds like: Ani DiFranco, Jewel thevein of Led Zeppelin. Their eleven track Loan Tonight," completely. The vocals are Grade: A CD, produced by Grammy Award winning almost painful, and it will make you forget producer, Greg Ladanyi (Jackson Browne, any of the highlights of this album. TEAM SLEEP Don Henley), highlights their unique brand Sounds like: Velvet Underground, Black Upon first hearing John Stevens, it is s/t of southern rock fused with their home Rebel Motorcycle Club hard to believe that such a lavishly mature by Abbe Ouzicl ground Cajun roots of blues, country and Grade: C+ •

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A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE Starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, lid Harris by Enrique Ollero The "King" turns in his sword for a gun in this adaptation of a graphic novel about a small town country family man who may have a secret bloody past. Diner owner, Tom Stall (Mortensen), attracts a lot of media attention when he tliwarts an attempted murder and robbeiy. Members of a gang from Philadel- phia, led by Harris, come looking for Stall, whom they believe to be an old acquaintance and harrass his wife (Bello) and family. Mortensen and Bello deliver intensely strong performances which really drive the film past a lopsided script. Filled with graphic violence, mystery, and a great leading-man performance from Mortensen, "History" is defi- as just another of Tim Burton's watching an animated movie. Bur- nitely .something worth studying. wacky animated movies, along ton makes great use of an outstand- Grade: A- the lines of "The Nightmare Be- ing cast, including Depp, Helena fore Christmas". Think of it as Bonhani Carter, and Lcc. You will COKFSK BltlDE Nightmare's darker, creepier older luugh, you may cry, but you will STORYQfJVlOllSNCE • Slurring Johnny Depp, Helena half-brotlier. You can tell tlicy'ic certainly leave the theatre with a Bonhani Cutter, Christopher Lee; relalcd, yet me distinctly different. new appreciation for what Burton, and his creative team can db""~ilJ m Directed by Tim Burton The music isn't great, but the depth by Gillian Sloan •of the plot find chmactcrs ovcrsbiid- animation. • Don't think of the "Corpse'Bride"'! ow it ami make you forget you urc Grade: Av '•»'.'-.' • 21 1 September 22,2005 fordhamobserver.com

THE OBSERVER The New Lightbulb By Adam Kaufman her company throughout the day. They re- ithere. You know, Henry was the one ing noise that decreased in both volume Assistant Literary Editor minded her of the past life in which she who bought the last light bulb." and pitch over the course of about five would make love to her husband until the The man at the counter gave an seconds. She tried it again, but it still left The old woman had fallen asleep in her early morning, when she could still make understanding smile, and reached her with a black screen that showed a clothes. This was not unusual. When one people turn their heads when she walked above his head for something. He slightly distorted reflection of what she gets to a certain age, and when one's di- down the street. She was sure that any one pulled down a 120 watt bulb. "Here, assumed were her feet. mensions grow outward, and when one just of those handsome men would have fallen take this one. You can neva' have With a little sigh and a little leverage doesn't have the time to go shopping for for her in that life. In fact, she had been too much light." from the nearby table, she got up from new outfits, it makes perfect sense to wear proposed to four times before she actually She pulled out the large her knees and walked back over the same thing day after night after day. married her husband! change purse that was to the corner where her lamp As her eyes opened, she looked around But now, she was alone with the faces on tucked inside of an even sat so patiently. She reached and her small, antique apartment was the screen. The pictures of her grandchil- larger bag. her hand into the shade and bathed-in a yellow morning glow which lit dren, whom she only saw when they made "Oh, no, Catherine, turned counterclockwise un- up the aged, yellow ceramic cherubs that it back to the East coast every year or so, you just take this one. til the bulb came loose. She kissed and cuddled on top of the dust-lined were growing blurry as the sun moved up- You can buy me a drink put it down onto the table and shelves. ward and failed to shine directly into her some time!" opened up the new package, The television was on but barely audible. living room. Finally, she decided that be- "Oh, won't that be the then reversed her motions un- She liked waking up in the morning with ing able to see the faces of her grandchil- day!" She chuckled for the til a very bright light shone up the shining face of a handsome news an- dren was more important than trying to first time in recent memory, at her. chor staring back at her. It was almost as regain some sense of long-ago desirabil- and walked to the back of Once the transfer was com- if her husband was still alive. He was that ity. Without any further thought, she got the store and then back plete, she shuffled over to her handsome and charming up until the day up off her chair, turned off the television, up the stairs to her second chair and sat down, careful not he died, and she knew that he could have and walked downstairs to the grocery store story apartment. to weaken any of the old wood been a famous newsman if he'd had a bet- below her apartment. When she got back into that made up the frame. She ter chance as a child. "Hey, Catherine, darlin'! I ain't seen ya her living room, she placed looked around and her small, an- The man on the television was talking in a coupla days. Everything okay?" the light bulb package tique apartment was bathed in a about a power outage that had occurred "Oh, just fine, Mr. DiStasi," she an- next tf» the lamp and yellow morning glow which lit the week before. She was asleep when it swered as she met eyes with the man at the walked^ over to the the aged, yellow ceramic cher- had happened, but the nice man who lived counter. "Just trying to get everything in television set. She ubs that kissed and cuddled next door had stopped over in the morning order after the blackout, that's all." would need some on top of dust-lined shelves. to make sure she was all right and that all "Well, don't fahgeddabout me down light to guide Next to them were the of her appliances were working. He fixed here, ya know you're my favorite cus- her through pictures of her grand- the television, thank God, and he reset the tomer!" the process children. Lauren, the clock on her microwave, so^she would "Well, aren't you just the sweetest! You of unscrew- .girl, would be turn- know when to feed her cats. know, I came-down because I need a new ing the old ing sixteen that year. He forgot to change her light bulb, light bulb for my lamp." She paused. "I bulb and As the old woman though, which was on the verge of dying can't see my grandchildren's photographs screwing rocked gently back even before the blackout. So now she need- anymore." in the new and forth, she won- ed the television even more—she needed "That won't be no problem. How many one. When dered if the girl made to see her way to the bathroom and get to watts you want?" she pressed the boys turn their heads the kitchen to boil water for her tea. Plus "Gosh, I hadn't thought about it. I be- power button she when she walked down the there were all the handsome men who kept lieve it was a 100 watt bulb that was in only heard a faint buzz- street. •

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doesn't. His breathing tonight is strong and rhythmic. surface until it's as smooth and gently sweeping as warm Harvey is a swimmer, in the day—a champion. He Saharan dunes. And in the morning he won't care that breathes during sleep like he's swimming. She bets in his she still hasn't unpacked her boxes; he won't comment They're tangled iipofjj|erffing|irSj; spell| ;niingjje^p:in;the|lalt ,teiiyears^she's still afraid of hand, aildffis theirt both soine brealcfast:. ing out words dowiiylie lengtli ofihis||pinfrSJier iniag- Browning; [ ...' • • -i '•'.'• •.. She climbs out of bediWheii she conies: back from the ines that heMl wakefthe nex|>nipriiing||n||tilj"feel5;thc Shestops tracing letters. He rolls over oritoihis back kitchen, the; creak of the bedroom door \vakes him up, raised letters, seejtrace| ofilfclii1 ref|ecte|:i^ac|wards ifl and she sjares at thejjds ofhis closed^yes, She pictures just barsly, v •...'.. ^ the foggy bathroom inirron She imagmes^tliat iiertoucli* what the sun looks like setting over the desert, or rais- "What are you doing?" on his skin is just that ftrdngj that permanent—as if his ing its head over the tops of crisp mountains, and tries "Nothing.1' She hides the cream cheese and paint brush skin will react to lier fingers like her hands ar& made of to transfer these pictures to him. She knows if she con- behind her back. "But now that you're up, maybe—" copper. Though after a week of living here she's left no centrates hard enough she can make him dream about Before she can finish her sentence his eyes are shut such sign other presence anywhere in his apartment. deserts and mountains; he'll wake up wanting to live out tight again. She puts the cream cheese back in the refrig- They'd only known each other for two months, but his days with her in dry places. erator and reorganizes his kitchen cabinets. when she'd told him she suddenly needed a place to stay, She stares even harder, but his breaths keep coming The next night she drinks warm milk and honey before he'd said it was a sign. It had taken all afternoon and wet and strong. She knows he's still off somewhere, fall- bed. three trips in his car to move her things the five miles ing in love with mermaids at the bottom of the ocean. "Old lady," he calls her, but once they're settled be- across town to his apartment. She rolls onto her back and sighs. She'd long ago neath the sheets he asks if she'd like another cup. "For someone without any money, you have an awful learned the geography of lumps and sunken spots in "Thanks," she says, but she looks over and he's already lot of stuff," he'd said to her ns he heaved the last of the his mattress; she already knew when to unfold her arms fallen asleep. buckling cardboard boxes onto his kitchen counter. and legs from his to avoid losing circulation. When she She coughs loudly and punches his arm, waiting for less had leaned against the door and said nothing. had trouble sleeping those nights before she'd actually him to ask her what's the matter, can I get you a glass "So we're not laughing about this yet, Right," He'd moved in, she only needed to stare up at his pockmarked of water? sighed and reached into the refrigerator for a beer. "Peo- ceiling and count the flaws and imperfections as if they He starts snoring loudly. ple yet evicted all the time, you know. It happens." were stars—a mild curiosity, occurring far away. She'd She extracts her arms and legs from his and slinks out "You've never been evicted." fall asleep quickly enough. of bed. She goes into his bathroom and paws through ihe I le'd quietly surveyed the boxes covering his floor and But now she lives here and it's different. Now that this medicine cabinet, She finds his cold pills and plastic ra- taken a long guzzle of beer. "I really don't mind having rough landscape is her only ceiling, it's lost its charm. zors and hotel soaps—her lotions and hairpins and things you here. Really. 1 don't." She's tired of staring at it mid feels the sudden need to fix are still in n box beneath the sink. She's sure this nmsi "Right." She'd turned away, trying to picture her be- it. smooth it over, make it beautiful, be some false front. She knows he's hiding row after row longings here, mixed in with his, As she'd started to si- She remembers the tub of crenm cheese in his fridge of elephant tranquilizers behind the plastic shelving. She lently unpack the first box, she discovered that he'd for- and thinks tlmt she may really do it tonight—-she'll climb pulls at the shelf; hotel soaps tumble to the tile. gotten to make any room in his closet for her things, up there with that big tub like it's a bucket of plaster. He sleeps late the next day, well into afternoon He Now. a week later, she lisiens as he sleeps and she She'll spread cream cheese across the ceiling's rocky 22 LITERARY | September 22,20051 THE OBSERVER fordhamobserver.com Fall Book Preview

By Adam Kaufman Assistant Literary Editor the African god of trickery. Not only that, lings, as weil as foreign leaders who dealt his ninetieth birthday. One year later, the but his brother has inherited some of the with Mao on a first-hand basis. Thebook two are still together and this new emotion- Well, the crisp days of autumn have come, magical qualities, and he begins to use takes an extremely critical look at the vio- al attachment causes a revelation within the signaling the start of both classes and sea- them to destroy Charlie's life. Anyone who lence that was caused by the Communist man. On the brink'of dying, he uses love to sonal depression for millions of young- dismisses Gaiman as merely the King of takeover of China, as well as the frighten- make sense out of lust and come to grips people. But there are two things that should the Geeks has not given him the chance he ing plans of grandiosity of the man him- with his past. If you couldn't get through make this fall a refreshing change of pace: more than deserves. The man is one of the self. Whether this book actually sheds any "One Hundred Years of Solitude" because first, there will be no presidential election best storytellers of our time, and it looks light on the truth remains to be seen, but of all those names, try this one on for size. to make us question the sanity of our fel- like "Anansi Boys" will continue that tra- the subject deserves research as extensive Marquez is a gift to the art of writing. (Oct. low citizens; second, some literary heavy- dition. (Sept. 20) as Chang's. (Oct. 18) 25) weights will be releasing titles that will get us to put down those beach reads and get "City of Falling Angels" by John "The Truth (With Laughs)" by Al Fran- "The Contract with God Trilogy" by Will serious! Berendt ken Eisner This fall's book releases offer a sundry Here comes another geographic char- Okay, so you probably don't need me to For the first time, the three tides that pop- assortment of novels as well as non-fiction. ; acter study from the author of 1994's tell you what this one's going to be about. ularized the graphic novel will be available legends and newcomers; the philosophical "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Al Franken picks up where he left off in one volume. Eisner, also the creator of and the just plain funny. We will see new Evil". This time around, Berendt leaves With "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell "The Spirit," is one of the most important books from an Irishman with a big heart, one beautiful and eerie city (Midnight's Them." This time around, he has a couple figures hi the history of comics. In these the poster boy for Air America, and the Savannah, Georgia) for another one half- years of radio experience under his belt three graphic novels, he tells the tale of his man responsible for what might be the most way across the globe (Venice, Italy). The and a whole heap of irate Americans re- immigrant childhood and beautifully illus- confusing family tree in all of literature. journalistic narrative centers around the gretting their support for the war in Iraq. trates the trials of tenement life. With sales So when the textbooks get you down, the 1997 fire that burned down the Venice op- The fact remains, though, that the time for of graphic novels getting higher every year, best thing you can do for yourself this fall era house. Berendt becomes a denizen of change has come and gone, and we are no it wouldn't be bad idea to see where it all is to pick up one of these promising titles the gossipy culture of common Venetians, better off than we were when "Lies" was started. (Nov. 19) and get away from it all. You should be who spend most of their days analyzing published. As funny and (mostly) right seeing reviews of most, if not all, of them rumors that the fire may have been arson. as Franken is, this book may prove to be 'Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt in future issues. Feel free to drop us a line If history proves true, Berendt will tell us one last gasp for the 20th Century Liberal. Toward the end of the season comes the and let us know which ones are impor- about plenty of eccentric city characters, (Oct. 25) third installment of the memoirs of McCourt. tant to you, and we will be sure to include proving that the truth is, in fact, stranger hi this one, Ireland's proud son tells of his ex- them. Enjoy. than fiction. (Sept. 27) "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" perience as a teacher and how finding a voice by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the classroom allowed him to find a voice "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman "Mao: The Unknown Story" by Jung If seeing the name "Gabriel Garcia Mar- on the page. Sure to be touching, funny and In this new book by the extremely suc- Chang quez" isn't enough to make you avid read- altogether harmless. McCourt lacks the edge cessful author of the "Sandman" series, a Jung Chang's biography of the Chairman ers salivate, the delicate plot of "Memories" of the new school of autobiographical jour- Londoner by the name of Charlie is forced is being touted as the definitive piece on should do the trick. An anonymous protag- nalists, but his heart is bigger than anyone's. to confront the fact that his recently de- Mao and his reign. Chang got interviews onist decides to treat himself to a night of Buy a copy for your grandparents, but read it ceased father was a descendent of Anansi, from some of the leader's closest under- passion with a young virgin on the eve of before you give it to them. (Nov. 28) • Breathing An "American Psycho"' Grows Up

By Adam Kaufman Continued from pg. 21 . : :v-; .1 ; really willing to waste that ing rearranged; boys in the town start disappear- He-:. circles Assistant Lite ran' Editor ing; and most disturbingly, a series of murders oc- wakes -up and; curs that mirror those that appeared in "American of the bed 'run When reading through the first Psycho." The plot twists are absolutely unbeliev- didn't sleepai chapter of "Lunar Park," anyone who able. But Ellis is not going for realism. He instead "Don't say i loves to hate author Bret Easton El- uses an elaborate and thrilling horror story as a accuse me." Sli lis will find plenty of ammunition. In metaphor for all of the things he has done wrong enamel mug to the first chapter, Ellis describes the in his. life. "Should yoi whirlwind lifestyle he took on dur- Because "Lunar Park" is so driven by plot, and be- coffee?" he asj ing the success of his first five books cause the plot is so enthralling, I will not describe : S*he slwv,.v,.....,w ("Less Than Zero," "The Rules of the exact turn of events in the story. It should be and pours in a quarter cup of Attraction," "American Psycho," "The Inform- said, though, that this was one of the most entertain- milk. "It's decaf." the ocean." r >r ::~^ ers" and "Glamorama," in chronological order). He ing books I nave read in quite some time; a page- "Still. It can't be helping." He shakes his head. "I don't glamorizes the drinking, the drugs, the carelessness, turner through and through. Ellis seems to have ma- He reaches a hand to her face believe it. How can anyone the self-obsession; all the things that have always tured a lot since his last outing, and the introspection and tries lo brush away the hate the ocean?" made him controversial and unlikable to many crit- (maybe due to a mid-life crisis) that must have gone dusky half circles that have "It's terrifying." She tries to ics. But once this first chapter ends, we realize that into the preparation for "Lunar Park," shows that he appeared beneath her eyes. take back the brochure. "Can Ellis merely talks about his past in order to set up the has finally come to grips with his current place in She turns her head and sips we not talk about this?" disaster that awaits. the world of writing. Bret Easton Ellis is no longer her coffee. He holds on tight to the Appearing on "The Today Show" rece ntly, El- the voice of the lost youth; he is a man with children She suspects he's sleeping glossy piece of paper. "Give lis told Katie Couric (of all people) that this book who has accepted that his days of debauchery are twelve hours these days out me one good reason." was an "homage to Stephen King," an influence better off behind him. The premise of the book is o\' spite: he begins to think "You never see the ocean that makes itself apparent throughout. The story fairly creative, although by the end the message has she's staying awake on pur- coming... you fall and you're focuses on none other than Bret Easton Ellis him- been hammered in a bit too much. At times, "Lunar pose so that he'll go with her pulled under those waves and self as the main character. After moving in with Park" is genuinely scary. Above all, it is one hell lo a sleep treatment center out you can't even make sense of his girlfriend and her two children (one of whom, of a story. Even if Ellis is no longer the poster boy west. Robby, is also his), everything starts going wrong. for Reagan-era excess, he now seems capable of ap- pearing on a different kind of wall, the kind that dis- Before he leaves for prac- 1 hat can happen anywhere. Ellis receives strange e-mail from a bank in his plays those talented souls who can tell a truly thrill- tice, she slips him another All sorts of horrible things hometown; his step-daughter's stuffed bird grows ing tale. • glossy brochure for "Sleepy can happen out in the des- talons and fangs; he wakes up to the furniture be- Springs" in Tucson. ert—why do you think they "They could hook me up give them names like Death to machines and figure out Valley?" what's wrong. And we could "You sec it all coming out CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! go camping in the desert there. You can die of thirst while we're there." she says, but you'll have some warning. "Submission [to the Observer Literary section] permits one to dedicate "You never know—you may Wilier just swallows you up." . lie lots go of the brochure his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself." a good night of sleep beneath and turns back to the puper. those wide-open skies." "I've ahvuys planned on mov- In any event we're sure that's what Henry Miller meant. "Where would I swim?" ing hack to the shore -I've "I hey ha\e pooh in the always imagine Call for submissions! Fiction! Non-fiction! Poetry! Hybrid forms of your own devising! - • desert. They have YMC'Av" out there. li\e m If It's good, we want it. '.'[ ; He siuhs and Huns in ihe a coiulo above '• Drop your submissions off In the Observer box in room LL 408 or e-mail them to [email protected], \. \

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. Vl'.i'r 23 SPORTS [ September 22,2005 1 THE OBSERVER fordhamobserver.com Volleyball sets winning-streak record NCAA relaxes rules for By Jennie Nau Staff Writer Gulf Coast athletes After losing two of the first three of NCAA bylaws," Steve Mal- By Jennifer Mammana matches of the season, the Ford- lonee, managing director of mem- Sports Editor ham volleyball team came back to bership services said in the press re- take the next eight matches for a lease. "The normal activities of the current record of 9-2. On its lon- The National Collegiate Ath- athletic programs do not apply to gest winning streak since the pro- letic Association (NCAA) re- those affected by the hurricane, and gram began, the Rams have had leased a set of guidelines for therefore, the normal application of much success against non-confer- institutions and conferences af- the NCAA rules doesn't woric" ence teams in tournament play. fected by Hurricane Katrina as The institutions and conferenc- At the Wolfpack Classic, hosted part of a relief effort for student- es have embraced the new guide- by North Carolina State University athletes on Sept. 1. lines set by the NCAA positively. in Raleigh, N.C. on Sept. 2 and 3, "We recognize the unique "We appreciate the NCAA's rec- the team completed a three-match challenges this disaster poses to ognition of the serious times these sweep of Campbell University, student-athletes," NCAA Presi- student-athletes and their families Citadel and North Carolina State dent Myles Brand said in a news will face in the coming months University to capture the tourna- release. "We believe that by giv- and years," Athletics Director at ment title. Junior Marija Markovic ing increased flexibility to con- the University of Mississippi Pete Courtesy of Mam Athletic Department was named to the Wolfpack Clas- Marijita Markovic sets high standards for her teammates. ferences and schools, they can Boone said in a statement sic All-Tournament team for her best assess the particular needs Conference USA, home to (he exceptional play throughout the winning streak to six games—the bers that no other Fordham volley- of the student-athletes within affected schools Tulane Universi- weekend. longest volleyball winning streak ball player has ever put up. It is fun their campus communities." ty and the University of Southern Two days later, the Rams held since 1989. to watch." The guidelines address the Mississippi, recognized the move their home opener at the Rose Hill On the second day of play, the At the first tournament of the immediate needs of student-ath- of the NCAA to adjust the rules. Gym against Siena University. Rams swept Princeton University season, the Hurricane Invitational, letes in regards to financial aid Britton Banowsky, the confer- Overpowering the Siena Saints in and Providence University to win hosted by the University of Tulsa and extra benefits, recruiting and ence's commissioner told the Los three games, the Rams held their the Colgate Invitational title, hi in Tulsa, Okla. on Aug. 26 and 27, personnel, eligibility, and play- Angeles Times, "[There] is great opponents to a hitting percentage the Princeton match, the Rams had the team dropped its first match ing and practicing seasons, as value in decisiveness in times of of-.013. Junior Jamee Stimson had 12 team blocks, while Markovic to Utah State University in three explained in the press release. crisis. The NCAA stepped up and a match-high 11 kills in addition to posted a team-high 13 kills and six games. Recovering only a few The student-athletes, who are took action and people are able to four service aces and four digs, and block assists. Against Providence, hours later to beat the University exempt from the minimum full- breathe a sigh of relief." senior Cassie Sharp posted nine the Rams held their challengers to of Texas-Pan American in three time enrollment requirements, The NCAA official press re- kills and a career-high five service a hitting percentage of-.010, while games, the Rams fell the following may accept financial assistance lease notes that the organization aces. serving up 12 service aces of their day to the University of Tulsa in jrom their institution, confer- has only begun to identify the With the volleyball team's ini- own. four games. ence, outside academic institu- most immediate needs and ques- tial success, Assistant Coach Doug "We played well and continued With a losing record of 1-2, the tions, and boosters to help pay tions that face athletic personnel English finds the team to be headed our little win streak to eight," said volleyball team headed into its fi- for educational expenses or other and student-athletes. The "broad in the right direction. English of the weekend's compe- nal match of the invitational against expenses related to the disaster. guidelines" do not cover all of the "All of us are very happy with tition. "What was different about Lamar University. Sweeping La- According to the guidelnes, issues that may arise in the near how we have been playing," said [that] weekend than past weekends mar with game scores of 30-23, contributing institutions and or distant future and those issues English. "[In] the past two matches is that we were expected to win ... 30-19, and 30-19, the Rams kicked conferences may provide for are under discussion between the against N.C. State and Siena, we There is always a little extra added off what would be the beginning of room, board and travel expenses NCAA's national office staff and played very well. If we can keep pressure when you are expected to their eight game winning streak. related to practice and competi- the affected institutions. this up for the whole season, we win." According to English, the team's tion at any location. "Our number-one priority is are going to be very successful." To top off the tournament, Mar- goal for the remainder of the sea- The guidelines also state that in- the safety and well-being of stu- The Rams next test was at the kovic was chosen as the tourna- son is to play its best while striving stitutions forced to cease practice or dent-athletes, their families and Colgate Invitational hosted by Col- ment's Most Valuable Player and for a playoff spot. competition activities may resume the entire Gulf Coast popula- gate University in Hamilton, N.Y. juniors Kealia Ieremia and Tasha "It is our goal to make the A-10 at a later date without the break tion," Brand said in an official on Sept 9 and 10. While taking Johnston were selected to the Col- Championship tournament. If we counting as an official break. statement. "This unprecedented Colgate down in four games, Sharp gate Invitational's All-Tournament don't make it to the playoffs but These are just some of the ad- natural disaster is a reminder to posted 10 kills and 13 digs, while team. could have a winning record m- justments made to the rules set us of what is really important. Markovic contributed 12 kills, nine "Marija was fabulous, and she is league, that would still be a huge forth by the NCAA. We need to keep things in per- blocks, and a hitting percentage of becoming our go-to player," says step in the right direction for the "The effects of this disaster are spective - sport is a game and .524. This victory extended the English. "She is putting up num-. program." • outside the scope of the intentions this is about life." , • In time of crisis, NCAA rulings mostly get it right It's hard to forget how, dur- unspeakable disarray, sports may students to compete even if they like this, in which an entire team than a year if they choose to stay, ing the Yankees' 2001 run to the provide a few welcome hours are not enrolled in classes, which could theoretically transfer to a and perhaps don't allow seniors World Series, New York and its of normalcy. And they have the will allow schools to play a fall new school, thereby wiping out to temporarily transfer and use up fans had an opportunity to at least NCAA to thank, for relaxing their sports schedule even if classes the program at the home school. their final year of eligibility). temporarily for- stringent rules in response to Hur- cannot begin until the spring. But consider a similar situation But this ruling only applies un- get about the ricane Katrina. If not for the NCAA's unprece- for a non-athlete student. Many der a specific set of circumstanc- attacks of Sept. To say the least, the NCAA is dented relaxation of rules, there is. schools across the country, in- es. Many schools will be com- 11, rally around not historically known for lenient no way some students would have cluding Fordham, have taken in peting this fall, and the NCAA their team, and rules. Between 1992 and 2002, 88 this opportunity. Without classes students for the semester while has cleared the way for their stu- maybe even schools were placed probation at to attend, these students wouldn't campuses in the Gulf Coast re- dent-athletes to play. For this, the once again crack least once, including 14 that faced technically be eligible for com- gion rebuild. But these students NCAA should be commended. a smile. probation multiple times. While petition. And even if they were will be encouraged (and I suspect Some colleges, facing logistical JOE DELESSIO But compared graduation rates don't always ap- eligible, financial concerns would that's putting it mildly) to return and financial concerns have un- to what the next pear to be a top priority, the NCAA likely sideline them anyway. But to their original schools when derstandably opted to cancel fall few months may hold, that was goes to great,-sometimes extreme the NCAA really is putting its stu- they reopen. athletics, and certainly no one can nothing, because for student-ath- lengths to ensure a culture of ama- dents' needs first, without concern This is certainly reasonable, blame them. And perhaps some letes affected by Hurricane Ka- teurism in college athletics. Rules for technicalities. since an affected school's student of their student-athlete^ will not trina, this fall sports season will are in place to make sure these The NCAA may have gotten one population could be dramatically be competing for a while. But for provide an unprecedented distrac- student-athletes don't make one rule wrong, though. It won't be re- decreased if these students choose those schools choosing to proceed, tion. Those games in 2001 were red cent while in school as a result laxing a rule that requires athletes not to return, and the same argu- a season of hope awaits. On pjay- for the fans; this season is for the of their student-athlete status, and on Division I football, basketball ment could be made about its stu- ing fields across the country, for players. these rules have always been non- and hockey teams to sit out for dent-athlete population. So why a few hours at a time, the minds Multiply those Yankees fans' negotiable. one year if they choose to transfer couldn't the NCAA adopt a similar of some student-athletes won't cheers by a hundred and you'll be- As a result of this recent NCAA to another school. This means if a policy? Allow students to transfer be on rising waters, lost property gin to see what this upcoming fall ruling, though, student-athletes in player in, one of these sports can- and play for a new school if their or temporary shelters. Instead, sports season will mean to count- areas affected by Hurricane Ka- not compete for his home school school's season is cancelled, but they'll be on corner kicks, return less Gulf Coast athletes, who may trina will be able to receive out- this fall, he can't compete this fall, once classes begin and athletics volleys and fourth quarter drives. have nothing else going for them side financial assistance, includ- period. NCAA President Myles are up and going, they must trans- Thanks to the NCAA, they'll have right now except fo^spor^. With ing mon.ey from boosters, which,, Brand explained in an Associated fer back, or sit, out a.< year. (Or to something to distract them^and in their schools,I theii•"cities, perhaps" is generally a huge no-no for ath- Press article that such a rule pre- even their homes and families in letes. The NCAA will also allow vents "athletic looting" at a time return,''make them' wait' longer' lmporfantrble sports can play. 24 September 22,2005 SPORTS fordhamobserver.com THE OBSERVER Katrina affects the collegiate and pro sports landscape By Joel Perez Assistant Sports Editor

The effects of hurricane Ka- trina has ruined the, lives of many along the Gulf Coast, but it has also changed the sports landscape. From the collegiate level to the pros, Hurricane Katrina could potentially relocate several teams from the southern Louisiana re- gion. In the NFL, the New Orleans Saints' season began on Sept. 11 in Carolina, but were scheduled to host die Giants the following week. The Saints' home field, The Louisiana Superdome, has been commandeered and created into a makeshift shelter for the people of New Orleans. This has created a dilemma for the Saints organiza- tion and team officials. This past week, die NFL and the New Orleans Saints agreed on a temporary home plan. The plan will split seven Saints' home games in two cities—San Antonio and Baton Rouge. "We want to play in the Super- Miami Herald/KRT dome. Obviously that's not going The New Orleans Superdome, home to the New Orleans Saints football team, has become a symbol of the effects of Hurricane Katrina. to happen. We would like to play our games in Baton Rouge, but we Other schools affected by the "We're playing ball," said Tu- "Once we were given the charge that wished to transfer to colleges have to see what's possible," said hurricane include Southern Mis- lane's Associate Athletic Director by our president to carry the torch, allowing admission, would not be Saints' Executive Vice President/ sissippi, and Tulane University. Scott Sidwell, in a statement on be the face and represent the name allowed to play this year. General Manager Mickey Loomis The University of Memphis ex- Sept.3. "Now it's up to us to make of Tulane University, then the "The decision was made because during a recent press conference. tended its generosity to Southern it happen." step-by-step process of putting our the members of some teams, in- Baton Rouge is the home of the Mississippi by sharing its athletic Tulane University football of- programs and student athletes and cluding at least one from Tulane, Louisiana State University foot- facilities. ficials are currently in the talks coaches in place took precedence. planned to transfer together to one ball team, which is also in the Tulane, on the other hand, has with Louisiana Tech officials Now, the ability to compete will school. That could lead to the new process of completing its season. more logistical concerns, consid- about reaching a tentative home be symbolic. I am very proud of school taking the entire team as its LSU had its Sept. 3 game post- ering how close to its close prox- plan. Other colleges in Texas will all of them and of everyone that is own," Brand said. poned because of the conditions imity to New Orleans. The Tulane house other student-athletes. In a making this come together." This weekend, all teams affected in New Orleans. Then last week, football program even considered statement, Tulane Athletic Direc- On Sept 13, the NCAA an- 'by Katrina will be in action, mark- the Tigers' home game against Ar- canceling the entire season, but tor Rick Dickson was optimistic nounced that both football and ing the first time this season that izona State was moved to Tempe, the game of football is too impor- about the temporary progress dur- basketball players from schools all Louisiana teams play during AZ. tant for the Green Wave faithful. ing a recent conference. affected by Hurricane Katrina, the same weekend. • Fordham fumbles in home opener against Columbia Daniels had one of his worse per- By Joel Perez formances as a starter, going 18-of- Assistant Sports Editor 32 for 177 yards, and throwing a crucial fourth quarter interception. COLUMBIA 23 Daniels' could not convert on third downs, going l-for-8 in the final FORDHAM 17 two quarters. Coach Foley made a few ques- tionable decisions late in the game, It was the appropriate day for the including a failed fake punt late in Fordham Rams to pick up their first the fourth quarter. win of the season. They were play- "The way we were moving the ing under the Saturday-night lights, ball on third-and-two, and then on a renovated Jack Coffey Field, and third-and-three on the last four pos- sporting new threads. But the Rams sessions, I felt that we had a better dropped the ball, losing to Colum- chance to go out there with the punt bia 23-17. team and try to do something with a The game was delayed an hour little trickery," said Foley. because of a threat of lightning, but Fordham had one chance to pull the Rams didn't have electricity out the win late in the fourth quarter by the end, as they head into next when Derric Daniels rumbled with week's game winless (0-3). 1:55 minutes left in the game. The win was Columbia's first of Columbia retakes the Liberty the season (1-0) and their first win Cup, which has been a staple in this over Fordham since 2002. series since 2002. Columbia leads Courtesy of Fordham Athletic Department the all-time series, 9-4. The Rams struck first, scoring on Fierce action by James Prydatko still qouldn't make the win against Columbia. a 6-yard run from James Prydatko. The Rams haven't started 0-3 Prydatko provided most of the and missed a field goal in die first on third down and keep their of- by cornerback Prospe Nekoosa on since the 1999 season, which saw Fordham success offensively, as he three possessions. fense on the field and sustain long the following play. Columbia later the Rams go winless (0-11). rushed for a career-high 165 yards The second half however, proved drives." converted on two crucial field goals The schedule only gets tougher, with two scores. to be a field of horrors for the Rams The Rams' only score in the sec- (21- and 26-yards), to secure their with co-champion of the Patriot The Rams' defense held Colum- as they allowed 20 points. ond half came on a 57-yard zip by first victory of the year. League, Lafayette next week. bia to just a single field goal in the "In the second half, they made James Prydatko. Prydatko leads the Columbia converted on 8-of-17 Coach Foley hopes that his team first half, and took a 10-3 lead into more plays than we did," said a team with three touchdowns. third-down conversions, and scored on comes out with a sense of urgency th« locker room; Columbia strugv. dejected Ed Foley. '.They came out • Columbia countered the Prydatko four.of their final eight possessions.. next weeki.VWeijust have to find a- gled early, as they fumbled, punted : and,they,were able to make plays run with & 94-iyardkickoff return 'iFordtoim, i^udrWrbacki" Derric waytoplay.bMWi'.r , •