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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009 • 121ST YEAR, NO. 41 • THE VOICE OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 JUSTIN MENESTRINA The Vanderbilt Hustler The Vanderbilt Hustler www.InsideVandy.com Vandy Marriott suspected

site of Erin Andrews videos CHRISTOPHER NOLD FBI arrests alleged It is suspected Barrett used his cell phone’s video camera to  lm Andrews Junior wins filmographer; affidavit through the hole left by the eyepiece while she was undressed. says evidence points to e a davit indicated that the $25,000 over tampered peephole in Vanderbilt Marriott cooperated with the investigation, which Marriott ESPN analyst’s room. International Director of Public A airs two days on Je Flaherty reinforced. by HANNAH TWILLMAN “Marriott takes the security and Editor-in-Chief privacy of its guests seriously and we ‘Jeopardy’ have been cooperating with authorities e man accused of secretly  lming during the investigation,” Flaherty said by KYLE BLAINE ESPN reporter Erin Andrews used a in the statement. Staff Reporter Vanderbilt-area hotel room as the main Patrons of the hotel reported that they backdrop for the nude videos, according did not feel unsafe during their stay and Junior Christopher Nold had to an FBI criminal complaint. that a hotel can only provide security to been trying to appear on Jeopardy Michael David Barrett, 48, was a certain extent. since his freshman year. His family arrested by the FBI on Friday in Chicago, “I haven’t seen any security issues supported his e orts so much that Ill., after the criminal complaint around here,” said guest Jared Robertson. his uncle even promised him a  led Oct. 2 accused him of interstate “I think security is a personal matter.” reward if he lost. stalking for posting the videos online Robertson said he would be willing to “Before I went to L.A. to tape the and attempting to sell them to celebrity stay at the hotel again. show, my uncle had said if I knew gossip Web site TMZ.com. “I don’t know that it’s really the I was going to lose, he would have e FBI a davit lists the Nashville hotel’s fault,” said Rosie Portuondo, the given me $1000 to say ‘Suck it, Marriott at Vanderbilt as the location mother of a Vanderbilt freshman. “It Trebek.’ ” where seven of the eight videos were may just be that a stalker’s stalking.” But Nold didn’t have to resort to  lmed. e hotel sits adjacent to “I’m not sure where the fault is in that. On a show that aired Sept. 24, Vanderbilt’s campus and overlooks terms of who’s responsible and how you he won $23,000 his  rst round with Vanderbilt Stadium. can prevent these things,” said Ignacio the runner-up managing only a Andrews stayed at the hotel in Portuondo, her husband. “People who total of $99. Initially, Nold tried out September 2008 while in Nashville to want to do bad things, they’re going for College Jeopardy, but ended up report on the Sept. 4, 2008 Vanderbilt to do it. If not, the implications for making it to the original show. football game against South Carolina. security would be insane. If we had to “I had actually tried out for According to the FBI a davit, Barrett put enough security in place to actually College Jeopardy my freshman speci cally requested and was given a prevent people from doing bad things, year here at Vandy. e producers room in the hotel adjoining Andrews’. then we wouldn’t have any freedom.” remembered me from that FBI agents found evidence that Both said they had a positive audition so I think it helped me the peephole to Andrews’s room had experience at the hotel and planned on to be selected for this show,” Nold been tampered with; according to the staying there the next time they came to said. a davit, the eyepiece to the peephole Nashville. Nold  elded questions in topics had been signi cantly shortened and Agents are still unsure where the CHRIS PHARE / The Vanderbilt Hustler ranging from  lm titles to musical sawed through with a hacksaw so “it eighth video was recorded. e FBI ESPN reporter Erin Andrews spoke to Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson when she was math, with a Final Jeopardy could be removed quickly and easily a davit described the peephole in town in early September 2008 for the game against South Carolina. It was on that trip question that touched upon one of from the door without much noise.” Please see ERIN ANDREWS, page 3 to Nashville that the FBI believes the video incident occurred. his areas of study:  lm. “I felt con dent about the category ‘From Page to Screen,’ but I didn’t want to be too cocky VUMC awarded and lose a lot of money,” said Nold, SEC struggles continue who wagered $10,000 in the  nal round. $68 million in “I didn’t know the answer right in loss to Ole Miss away, either. I read the question once, while Alex was still reading research funding it out loud, and my  rst thought was something to do with the by LANEY STOUT Nuremburg trials. I realized that Staff Reporter was wrong, then for some reason, and I’ll never be able to explain Vanderbilt University NIH GRANTS it, I thought ‘Pearl Harbor,’ which Medical Center has received the other contestant guessed. I 165 two-year grants totaling IN TENNESSEE knew that was wrong, re-read the $68 million, which is more question and saw ‘document’ and than half of all grants ‘names’ and knew it had to be awarded in the state of ‘Schindler’s List.’ ” Tennessee, according to the 165 110 While Nold could not repeat his National Institute of Health’s Vanderbilt All other TN success as returning champion on Web site. e NIH gave these Universities a show aired on Sept. 25, he placed grants as a result of President second, coming short by $3,000. Obama signing into e ect Nold received $2,000 for being the the American Recovery and runner-up, bringing his grand total Reinvestment Act in February 12,786 total grants in US to $25,000, which he said he would 2009. put toward graduate school. e state of Tennessee received 275 grants total from “I’d like to get into directing CHRIS PHARE / The Vanderbilt Hustler the NIH, with the next highest grant recipients being and/or writing, but it’s such a hard Vanderbilt’s Brent Trice, Chris Marve (13) and Joel Caldwell (29) tackle Ole Miss’ Shay the University of Tennessee Health Science Center with business to break into. Hopefully Hodge Saturday night. The Commodores lost 23-7 to the Rebels to fall to 0-3 in SEC play. 37, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital receiving 30 having ‘Jeopardy Champion’ on Please see NIH GRANTS, page 3 my resume will help.” ■

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CRIME LOG WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 • IMAGE presents: Courtney E. Martin, speaker and author Friday, Oct. 2, 2:30 a.m. — Person passed out on bench at the Come see speaker and author of “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters” for an eye-opening Wyatt Center. He admitted to drinking at a club. presentation on the subjects of body image, feminism, reality television and sex in Langford Auditorium from 7-10 p.m. HIGH 72, LOW 61 Thursday, Oct. 1, 2:12 a.m. — Person was struck in the back of Isolated T-storms the head by her son’s father at MapCo on 21st Avenue.

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From erin andrews, page 1 e-mail account linked to Barrett videos on July 16, 2009. She device in the Milwaukee was used to send offers to sell neither consented nor knew the Airport Radisson room where the videos to TMZ.com on Jan. nude footage was being taken Andrews stayed in July 2008 28 and Jan. 29, 2009. While the and described the ordeal as the as similarly tampered with Web site did not purchase the “worst thing she had ever been as the device in the Nashville videos, they were later posted through,” the FBI document Marriott. Barrett reserved a online. read. room in the Wisconsin hotel at The first video was posted Barrett was ordered to return the same time Andrews stayed onto Google Video or about Feb. to Los Angeles, where the charges there but he never checked 12, 2009 by an account that has have been filed, by a federal in. The furniture in the room been linked to Barrett. Shortly magistrate in Chicago Saturday was not consistent with the after, the rest of the eight videos morning. He will next appear amanda nieman / The Vanderbilt Hustler furniture in the eighth video, were also posted and circulated in court on Monday morning, The Marriott at Vanderbilt, which sits just off of West End Avenue and overlooks Vanderbilt Stadium, is however. on several sites. when more information will believed to be the hotel in which seven videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews were taped. According to the affidavit, an Andrews first learned of the likely be available. ■ There’s no abundance of NIH Grants: body bags in VUMC labs Undergrads have

by sarah hart There has been rumor in the blogosphere The donated cadavers are typically used Staff Reporter lately, including an article in The for the education of medical students, who chance to benefit Tennessean, that said many more people operate within a new anatomy lab located Admission to Vanderbilt is competitive, than normal are donating their bodies 10 stories above Vanderbilt’s campus. The even among the dead. because of the high costs of funerals lab was opened in October 2007 by Art From nih grants, page 1 because of the size of VUMC’s Cadavers offered to the Anatomic and burials, a cost made harder to bear Dalley, a professor of anatomy. Interactive and Meharry Medical College research enterprise. According Donations Program at the Vanderbilt because of the recession. The Tennessean touch-screen monitors display lab receiving 18 grants. to its Medical Fact Book, in 2007 University Medical Center must undergo article said Vanderbilt was “inundated” by exercises visually for students, and floor to Bill Snyder, the senior science VUMC was ranked 10th among a controlled and carefully planned bodies being donated at the last second, ceiling windows allow the lab to be bathed writer for VUMC, wrote in an U.S. Medical Schools that receive admissions process. According to John but Howser said that’s not true, nor does with natural light. e-mail that these grants not NIH funding, and houses 1900 Howser, the deputy director and media Vanderbilt accept bodies that have not “The lab is kept very private, a sacred only affect researchers at VUMC full-time faculty members. director of news and public affairs at VUMC, been registered far in advance. space if you will, out of respect for those but also undergraduates at In a speech Wednesday at the process is highly successful based on The individuals interested in donating who donated their bodies to science,” Vanderbilt. Some undergrads NIH headquarters, President the large number of individuals who want their bodies to science must register Howser said. will have the opportunity to aid Barack Obama acknowledged to donate their bodies to Vanderbilt. their bodies during January, February Once the studies are completed, all of in the actual research funded the agency’s contribution to The reasons for donating a body to and March each year. They must also be the bodies are cremated, and the ashes by the NIH. Synder said these medical innovation and the science differ greatly. They include the alive and of sound mind at the time of the are offered to the families. However the grants also have a long-term urgency for research funding to thrill of the alluring “‘CSI effect,” the agreement. families can also choose to have the role, creating what he calls, “the keep up with need. desire to help mankind or simply the pure “We do not accept bodies offered for remains buried in Vanderbilt’s plot in a jobs of the future.” “That’s why today we’re satisfaction of giving back to a medical donation by next-of-kin, from the Medical city cemetery. Most of the research funded announcing that we’ve awarded education institution that has contributed Examiners Office, funeral homes or Vanderbilt also holds a memorial service by the NIH grants will support $5 billion — that’s with a so much to society. anywhere else,” Howser said. to honor those who donated their bodies. the studies of genetic autism, ‘b’ — in grants through the “Some donors have spent their careers Through this intensive process VUMC “The formal service is typically the role genetics play in the risk Recovery Act solely to conduct in the profession of medicine and want to matches the number of bodies donated conducted by one of the medical center’s of developing breast cancer, cutting-edge research all across give back to a profession, which has given with the number of bodies needed for the chaplains,” Howser said. “A large number developing new technologies America, to unlock treatments them so much,” Howser said. teaching purposes of the given year. of people typically attend.” ■ for imaging the heart and brain to diseases that have long and funding research-training plagued humanity, to save and programs for high school enrich the lives of people all students. Grants awarded in over the world. This represents past years have created 50 new the single largest boost to Farmers jobs at VUMC and prompted the biomedical research in history,” hiring of 23 researchers who will Obama said Wednesday at NIH train in different countries. headquarters. Researchers at VUMC had This $5 billion is part of $10.4 to apply to receive these two- billion the NIH received from market year grants. Snyder said VUMC the American Recovery and gives a fresh received so much funding Reinvestment Act. ■ perspective by allison johnston farmers market benefit Staff Reporter Tennessee farmers and the COOLEST THING IN FITNESS! Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Green peppers, yellow Hospital. squash, yum-yum peppers That last part is one of the and basil are just some of the reasons local farmer Patty nutritional treats sold at the Gherther, from Hillside Farms, Vanderbilt farmers market. loves her Thursday afternoons Which is located within a at the market, along with stone’s throw of McDonald’s. getting to watch the shoppers The paradox of the situation peruse from her fresh basil, isn’t lost on Amy Delvin, dill and Mexican tarragon. who brings in fresh, organic “The smiles from customers produce as part of Delvin as they smell the appetizing 2214 Elliston Place (1 Block from Campus) 615.321.8828 Farms. herbs is so rewarding,” “It is ironic that we Gherther said. zac hardy / The Vanderbilt Hustler www.HotYogaNashville.com are located in front of Another vendor from Nashvillians, Vanderbilt faculty and students all frequent the weekly, McDonald’s,” said Delvin, Johnny Howell Farms enjoys on-campus farmers market, which ends Oct. 29. The fresh produce who was asked to participate Thursdays because they are changes with the season, and fall vegetables are becoming popular. in the market after employees more convenient for her and recommended her. staff to sell their produce, Vanderbilt Farmers market Devlin Farms does more which ranges from tomatoes to Cuisine1602 21st Ave. S. • Nextof to PizzaIndia Perfect than provide fresh produce, green peppers in the summer When: 3-6 p.m. every Thursday until Oct. 29 615.320.1315 • www.cuisineofindianashville.com though. When Delvin Farms to miniature pumpkins when Where: Medical Center Plaza, across from Langford first started coming to campus fall rolls around. Auditorium expanded Lunch Buffet weekly, the local Nashvillians, They want the public to get Why: The market benefits Tennessee farmers and the Vanderbilt employees and good food out of their weekly Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, plus you Vanderbilt StudentS, Faculty/StaFF Special: patients who frequented her stand and say most of their stand told her they didn’t customers are regulars. get fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers. $1 OFF luncH buFFet WitH Vanderbilt i.d. realize initially that many Freshman Anna Dickens vegetables and fruits could ventured to the farmers vendors, including Delvin trucks as well as for our CSA not be grown here out of market last week. Farms. CSA facilitates the customers.” Lunch Buffet Mon-Sat: 11–2:30, Sun: Noon–3:00 season. “I wish I had a kitchen to process of a farmer selling his For Delvin, though, the Dinner: 5–9:30, 7 Days “Customers began to make a delicious dinner with or her produce directly to a market is worth it. Her acknowledge that you do not all this produce,” Dickens customer. family faced a trying summer ***we deLiVer!*** buy corn in December or said. She bought two apples But for some of the vendors, when her father was in a car eggplants in February,” Delvin and said they not only tasted getting to campus to provide accident. said. “One should eat locally great but were much cheaper the market to locals is not Now, she gets to give back and in season.” than the Munchie Mart. always easy. to her father’s doctors and 10% off diNNer with VANderBiLt i.d. There are other benefits to Vanderbilt is a Community “This could be in a better nurses when they come down dine in or Carry out eating locally grown produce, Supported Agriculture pick- location,” Delvin said. “It and enjoy Delvin Farms’ not valid with any other offer or coupon, buffet excluded too. All proceeds from the up location for some of the is hard for our produce produce stand. ■ 4 Monday, October 5, 2009 The Vanderbilt Hustler www.insidevandy.com Opinion

The Vanderbilt Hustler Stand and be judged by the Hustler opinion sta ! EDITORIAL BOARD Soundtrack to THE VERDICT Compiled by Katie Des Prez HANNAH TWILLMAN Powerful Even with the backing of Oprah and President Obama, the Olympics are not coming to Editor-in-Chief Chicagoans Chicago. Crisis of faith! Oprah and Obama failed at something? How will we know what to believe anymore? Can we even trust the book club? SARA GAST News Editor life not needed Books Never mind about the book club. Now that Sarah Palin has written a book, that’s pretty much it for the written word. RYAN SULLIVAN Opinion Editor I’m not a big fan of  ere’s always the wearing an iPod while question of what you Newt Gingrich Gingrich granted an award for entrepreneurship to the owner of a strip club in Dallas. So DAVID RUTZ walking around campus. It should do when you glad to know our country’s leaders share our priorities. Sports Editor was something I tried out see someone you freshman year as a way of know. It’s already waking myself up on the awkward enough Tsunamis Not only do they cause widespread devastation, but they also are unable to hold our The Vanderbilt Hustler way to my 8 a.m. calculus  guring out whether attention when David Letterman’s sex scandals go public. See above regarding priorities. STAFF LIST FRANNIE class. I soon found out, you should just smile, BOYLE though, that background wave or actually say, Editor-in-Chief Columnist music was more harmful “Oh hey! How are Kanye West This week, West’s tour with Lady Gaga was canceled abruptly. Don’t be fooled into HANNAH TWILLMAN than it was helpful, so I you?” in passing. disappointment, though. If you haven’t noticed, he is a huge jerk, and putting jerks on kicked the habit early. Not only that, but stage only leads to meaningless rambling for at least 25 minutes a show. News Editor My views changed a bit when I moved sometimes it’s hard SARA GAST eBay 10-year-old Zoe Pemberton got annoyed with her grandmother, so she decided to auction to Philadelphia for the summer. It made to  gure out at what granny on eBay. Can I auction o my professors at midterms? the urban strolls to and from work much distance it would be Asst. News Editors easier and much less sketchy. How appropriate to begin LAURA DOLBOW HAYLEY KARLAN else could I have avoided the sleazy acknowledging the RUTH KINSEY construction workers, the homeless men, other’s presence. AMANDA NIEMAN the annoying Green Peace kids bugging Either way, you both know the other is you should take out one ear, both ears or are living though the scenes of dramatic JOSLIN WOODS people at the street corners, or the harsh coming, and no matter how long you keep them both in when saying “hey.” movie. And of course, there’s always that eye contact with some of the most bitter mess with that empty inbox on your It’s also weird because, I don’t know chance you start singing out loud. A lot Opinion Editor people in America? phone or pretend like it’s your  rst time about you, but when I get certain songs of the football players do this with no RYAN SULLIVAN Back here at Vandy, it’s just not the reading the plaque beneath the Margaret playing, it’s very hard to completely shame. same. First of all, there’s a social stigma Branscomb statue (even though its your disconnect myself from the mood of the Moral of the story: add a soundtrack Asst. Opinion Editors attached to those kids who walk to class 126th time passing it this year), you must music. I bet if you have a little T.I. playing to your life at your own risk. Even if you CHARLIE KESSLERING HOLLY MEEHL with their headphones in. People say, notice the person at some point and do on your walk to Molly Miller’s geology don’t care what other people think, your THOMAS SHATTUCK “Oh man, he thinks he’s such a cool guy,” something in order to avoid being the class, you would probably walk into the life in-between classes might just become or “Man, that girl is really stando sh.” jerk in the situation. class feeling intense, revved up and cool. a little bit easier. Sports Editor Even if you don’t really care about what Add an iPod to the mix, and yeah,  en, with the little emo mix, things may DAVID RUTZ others think, there are still other reasons you might be able to avoid awkward by get a bit gloomier and an involuntary sad —Frannie Boyle is a junior in the College to deter you from listening to your iPod appearing to be distracted. But chances look may cover your face. And you may of Arts and Science. She can be reached at Asst. Sports Editors on the way to class. are, you will be asking yourself whether even push that far enough to think you [email protected]. MEGHAN ROSE DAVID SHOCHAT

Features Editor AVERY SPOFFORD Service vs. activism: Olympics give Brazil Asst. Features Editors ZAC HUNTER CHRIS MCDONALD Note to the concerned NIKKY OKORO SAMANTHA SMITH unique opportunity DANIEL “You have the poor dampen social injustice just enough to among you always…” prevent the social order from collapsing Multimedia Editor CUNNINGHAM SYDNEY WILMER Guest Columnist John 12:8 into something new. As sad as I was to learn America as an unstable region and Everyone is talking A thought experiment: What would that Chicago did not win the “backyard of the United States,” Supervising Copy Editor about homelessness happen if everyone stopped helping the its bid to host the 2016 but giving Rio the chance to host the DIANE BECRAFT at Vanderbilt. Grassroots is gaining homeless? If student and community Olympics, I couldn’t help Olympics (the 2016 Olympics will be VIRGINIA HORNBLOWER momentum as a student group; they held organizations, the government and but be excited for the the  rst time any South American a well-publicized and fairly successful individual people all abruptly retracted choice of Rio de Janeiro. country has hosted the games) shows InsideVandy Director coat drive during Parents’ Weekend. their sympathy? A small number of AIMEE Without a doubt, the Brazil and the region as a whole are KATHERINE MILLER Vanderbilt Students for Nonviolence homeless individuals — those we SOBHANI choice of Brazil as the gaining more international respect. has made homeless advocacy their judgmentally call “able but lazy” — host for the Olympics After all, not just any country gets to InsideVandy Developer Columnist BEN GOTOW watchword for the semester. We’re would  nd jobs and learn to support shows the country is now host the Olympics. starting our  rst full school year under themselves.  e rest would either ready to o cially take its place as an  ough Brazil has lots of positive traits, Marketing Director a still somewhat exciting, new White die or revolt.  ese people, however important country on the international it is still plagued by several pressing GEORGE FISCHER House, the economy has begun to weary, however weak, are humans, scene. issues. Despite its strong economy, 31 improve and energetic young people and we can be sure they would choose Brazil’s star has been rising slowly percent of the population lives below the Advertising Manager are remembering to believe they have the latter. Somehow, whether through for the past several years. Not only poverty line. Additionally, the disparity CAROLYN FISHER power to impact their community. violence or calculation or both, they does it have the world’s sixth largest between the rich and the poor is quite In our zeal to make the world a better would force society to change for the population (and the largest population large. Because of the overwhelming Asst. Advertising Manager place, though, we should remember sake of their own survival. Service is in South America), it is also the poverty, slums are common, as is DAVIDA MAJORS an important distinction: service vs. counterrevolution. world’s tenth largest economy. Along crime. Advertising Assistants activism.  e di erence? Service is about  e point is not that we should stop with Chile, Uruguay and Argentina, Perhaps Brazil’s government will try STEPH GOLDBERG helping individuals, showing kindness being kind.  e point is that all our it is one of South America’s more to solve some of these problems now JACKIE KONOPA to our fellows and being good people. actions, however benevolent, carry the advanced democracies despite the that it will be hosting the Olympics.  e LAUREN MENINO Activism goes beyond the individual potential to counteract our motives. fact it was run by military and populist international community’s attention KELLY SMITH to critique and change the systems We do not truly help the homeless by governments for half of the twentieth will be focused on the country, and ANDREA WEIAND we perceive unjust. A more trenchant serving them. We help individuals and century. obviously it will want to put its best formulation: Service perpetuates the families, we allow sacred human lives Additionally, Brazil can brag that it is foot forward. When Beijing hosted the Art Director injustice of the established order; to continue — we do good, let there a leader in the biofuel industry. Weary Olympics in 2008, it made major e orts MATT RADFORD activism seeks to change that order. be no doubt. But those who wish to of becoming overly dependent on oil, to clean up the city (decreasing pollution Designers help the homeless, those who seek a Brazil has taken great pains to develop signi cantly, for example), and it EMILY GREEN better community, must accompany alternative fuels. Instead of using pure seems likely Brazil will want to make IRENE HUKKELHOVEN their service with systematic e orts. gasoline (which is not even sold in sure visitors don’t see Rio de Janeiro KAT MILLER  ey must think broadly and research the country) to fuel its vehicles, Brazil as a poverty-stricken city full of slums ELIZABETH VINSON Service perpetuates meticulously to determine what kinds of uses a mixture of 75 percent gasoline and crime. Instead, the government change are possible in the context of the and 25 percent ethanol. Creating this will want to show the world a modern, Editorial Fellow the injustice of the present society and what new society alternative fuel has also given the advanced city. ERIN PRAH established order; the present one is realistically capable Brazilian automobile industry a chance Hosting the Olympics is not a panacea Photography Editor activism seeks to of giving birth to.  en they must to  ourish, since it must develop cars for a country’s problems, but getting this ERIC GLASSER apply their conclusions by contacting that can actually use this fuel. Stepping opportunity will surely stroke Brazilian change that order. lawmakers, demonstrating publically, away from fossil fuels has allowed Brazil pride and make the country strive for VSC Director perhaps even making strategic career to produce cleaner energy and to avoid better conditions. More signi cantly, CHRIS CARROLL choices. To the concerned:  ink deeply dependence on Middle Eastern oil, the choice of Rio for the 2016 Olympics When we give coats to the homeless, about your actions to avoid letting your which has undoubtedly had a positive shows the international community’s Asst. VSC Director when we toss them our loose change, service become a hobby. Serious social e ect on its economy. views of Brazil are changing for the JEFF BREAUX when we eat with them, we are doing change has no place for dilettantes.  e International Olympic better. PAIGE CLANCY service. But we serve the prevailing Committee’s choice of Rio de Janeiro order as much as we serve the —Daniel Cunningham is a junior in shows the international community —Aimee Sobhani is a junior in the individuals we mean to help. Our the College of Arts and Science. He can is  nally taking note of Brazil’s up- College of Arts and Science. She can be actions allow the homeless to exist as be reached at daniel.l.cunningham@ and-coming status as a world power. reached at aimee.f.sobhani@vanderbilt. an oppressed substrate of society; they vanderbilt.edu. For years, the world has seen Latin edu.

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e national debt increased create jobs, there is no reason why those jobs e holes in omas Shattuck’s “open stretches of desert” that are di cult to by more than $4 trillion under cannot serve a purpose. article “Border security is cross. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, President Bush. Nevertheless, e second high-pro le move Obama made counterproductive” are about as however, approximately 850,000 illegal aliens many conservatives have was recently scrapping a missile defense gaping as those in our southern crossed the border annually between 2000 recently voiced opposition to system planned for Eastern Europe. e border. and 2006. One would assume that if they could Obama’s policies, citing the move saved about $12 billion dollars. Russia, To begin with, Shattuck traverse the desert, terrorists, most of who come HUDSON national debt as the primary in response, said it will scrap a plan to deploy DEVIN assumes that the sole reason for from desert regions, could too. TODD reason for their concern. As missiles near Poland since Obama dumped SAUCIER cracking down on employers who Shattuck does address the drug cartels brie y,  scally responsible as this the planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. hire illegal aliens is to prevent saying the “crackdown on immigration and Columnist Guest Columnist opposition may sound, the Republicans claimed Obama endangered the worker abuse and that “Firing well drugs has hardly a ected the cartels” If this is money is being squandered in other areas country; however, the secretary of defense and over 1,000 skilled [illegal immigrant] workers the case, why decrease border security? It seems the conservatives do not want to cut. If the all of the joint chiefs of sta think otherwise. does not help anyone…” this claim would dictate the opposite, especially government is going to cut spending, they Combined, America and Russia have 95 In fact, the enforcement of employer-sanctions given the increasing amount of crime associated should examine the military budget, where percent of all the nuclear weapons in the laws helps American workers, particularly those with these cartels. A report released last year by many of the most egregious wastes of taxpayer world. e United States currently has troops who are most needy. the Congressional Quarterly Researcher reads, dollars are taking place. stationed in over 70 percent of the world’s In a report published in 2008, Harvard “ e cartels already e ectively control signi cant countries. In the past 50 years, 54 di erent economist George Borjas found that illegal stretches on the Mexican side of the border, and countries have hosted 1,000 or more U.S. immigrants cost Arizonans at least $1.4 billion in now they’re expanding activities on the U.S. troops at one point. America currently has lower wages in 2005. His analysis con rmed that side, including kidnapping Americans. More 50,000 troops in Germany and 30,000 in Japan cracking down on employers who hire illegals than 5,300 people — gangsters, soldiers, police, America is going to because of World War II. is probably strikes would help protect and even increase wages in journalists and other civilians — have been killed everyone as di cult to believe because it is Arizona, especially among low-income workers. this year 2008, more than double last year’s toll. spend about $534 so extraordinarily asinine. America has taken Next, Shattuck writes,”Immigration law exists Some victims have been beheaded.” billion in 2010 alone on on the role of policing the world, but one can to prevent worker abuse, the dissemination of Given that this is the case, why give these the military, almost as only wonder why this doesn’t translate into restricted substances across national borders, and thugs free reign? Rather than enabling crime and assistance to the victims of genocides such as help stabilize communities.” … AND, Shattuck harming Americans’ wages, I suggest we do what much as the rest of the Rwanda and Darfur. forgot to mention, to reduce the extraordinary it takes to gain control of the border. is could world combined. Modern warfare is dramatically di erent crime rates that come with illegal immigration. include bringing home some of the National than warfare of years past. With nuclear In 2005, the Government Accountability O ce Guard (which seems more like the inter-National deterrents taken into consideration, a conducted a study of 55,322 (of the estimated Guard these days) from the Middle East and America is going to spend about $534 con ict on the scale of the World Wars will 270,000) illegal aliens who were incarcerated in having them assist with border security, as was billion in 2010 alone on the military, almost probably never occur again. Any unprovoked 2003. In total, they were arrested 459,614 times, done with the immensely successful Operation as much as the rest of the world combined. aggression against a developed nation averaging eight arrests per illegal for a sum of Jump Start from 2006 to 2008. Also, we could Now consider the fact that Obama’s health would be suicidal. e only real military about 700,000 criminal o enses, averaging 13 extend the current border fence and perhaps add care plan would cost around $90 billion a threats today are misguided dictators who o enses per illegal. How does this happen? Due a second layer. year. It seems a bit unusual that there is so might get their hands on a bomb. Violence to the lack of border security, even if illegal alien If there are indeed labor shortages (which I  nd much outrage about spending $90 billion in general has been in decline throughout criminals are deported, they are easily able to hard to believe given that our unemployment to keep people healthy, but $534 billion is a human history, and we are in all likelihood cross back. Some are even arrested with their rate is at a 26-year high), as the thrust of perfectly acceptable military expenditure. living in the most peaceful time ever federal prison ID still in their pockets. Shattuck’s argument seems to suggest, why not Many analysts have agreed that America known to humanity. If anything will cause simply increase the legal immigration rate? is could cut its military budget by 25 percent violence to erupt, it will be climate change way, we would know who is in our country, and be just as safe. or resource shortages (such scenarios have while ensuring that workers aren’t abused. Obama thus far has made two high-pro le been predicted by the Pentagon). erefore, Additionally, we could target immigrants who moves in reducing military expenditures. In perhaps by investing in green technologies, Due to the lack of are actually needed, rather than allowing non- 2005, a new high tech  ghter aircraft called America can act preemptively against border security, even if citizens to compete for jobs and e ectively the F-22 Raptor was designed. Each F-22 possible large-scale warfare as opposed to illegal alien criminals are decrease the wages of those Americans most in Raptor, the most expensive aircraft ever stockpiling and just waiting for an inevitable need. produced, costs about $143 million. e catastrophe. deported, they are easily I agree with Shattuck that “traditional border United States military has not and will not e message here is simple: Gargantuan able to cross back. Some policy can no longer be considered e cacious,” use this aircraft in either Iraq or Afghanistan, quantities of money are being thrown away but believe we should respond by increasing and any situation in which such a craft would on super uous military expenditures. are even arrested with border security in order to prevent crime, thwart be properly utilized is highly improbable. e federal government would be wise to their federal prison ID the drug cartels and protect American citizens’ Obama wisely ended the production of F-22’s dramatically cut military waste. still in their pockets. wages and jobs. this year, saving the country about $2 billion. Opponents of this argued that citizens who —Hudson Todd is a freshman in the College —Devin Saucier is a junior in the College of Arts worked on F-22’s would lose their jobs. I of Arts and Science. He can be reached at Shattuck also dismisses the threat of terrorists and Science. 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errors, miscues against Ole Miss report cardby Greg McMillin

known to be mentally sound. Quarterback: c- The Commodores were A week after throwing for a career-high 268 yards against Rice, called on 12 penalties — 11 Larry Smith completed 10 of 27 passes (a completion percent- of which came as false start age of only 37) for only 69 yards, one touchdown and one calls — for a total of 74 yards, interception. Despite being sacked four times by the Ole Miss consequently creating a number defense, Smith was able to keep a few drives alive with some of unmanageable third and long big runs. situations. Compare that with a grand total of just 69 yards Running Backs: b passing by Smith. Warren Norman continued his strong freshman campaign with As a result, Vanderbilt was 86 yards on the ground along with a 56-yard kick return. In his only able to convert on 5 of 17 second game back from injury, Jared Hawkins added 54 yards third-down attempts. for the Commodores. “We felt like we were stopping ourselves, it wasn’t so much what they were doing, but what Wide Receivers: c we were doing,” said freshman Udom Umoh was the lone bright spot among the Vanderbilt tailback Warren Norman, who receivers. Umoh scored the Commodores’ only touchdown had a solid rushing game, of the game on a 7-yard pass from Larry Smith. Outside that gaining 86 yards, 48 coming on touchdown, the receiving core seemed nonexistent for most of one run in the fourth quarter. the game. “Any loss is hard, no matter what the cause is.” Offensive Line: While Vanderbilt failed to d+ The offensive line managed to allow only one sack, but strug- take advantage of scoring gled to keep the Ole Miss defensive line out of the backfield for opportunities throughout the most of the game. The 11 false start penalties were inexcus- game, the Rebels capitalized able and killed a couple of promising drives in the red zone. on Commodore mistakes. Christopher Honiball / The Vanderbilt Hustler Ole Miss redshirt junior Larry Smith (10) tries to elude two Ole Miss defenders during action Saturday night at Vanderbilt Stadium. quarterback Jevan Snead Defensive Line: B The Commodores, in losing their third SEC game of the season, again struggled moving the ball against a threw three interceptions, The defensive line was able to apply constant pressure on Ole conference team in the 23-7 loss to the Rebels. Smith was held to 69 yards passing, the lowest of his career. but he connected for three Miss quarterback Jevan Snead, forcing him into some bad ourselves in a huge hole…and the end zone for a touchdown. touchdowns as well, the last throws, including three interceptions. by Meghan Rose it’s disheartening for the team Redshirt freshman kicker Ryan of which came with 10:59 Asst Sports Editor and for the fans.” Fowler’s extra point attempt remaining in the third quarter. The Commodores’ offense was good, narrowing the Snead’s favorite target was Linebackers: b- Looking at the scoreboard was slow to get rolling Rebels’ lead to 23-7. receiver Shay Hodge, who had The linebackers showed improvement from the Mississippi after Saturday night’s frustrating behind redshirt sophomore Umoh’s first career 122 yards on eight receptions State game. Chris Marve and Patrick Benoist each had a solid 23-7 loss to Ole Miss, one would quarterback Larry Smith. touchdown marked the with two touchdowns. game with 11 and 10 tackles, respectively. assume the No. 21 Rebels (3-1, With no passing yards or Commodores’ sole red-zone While the Rebels were held 1-1 Southeastern Conference) completions in the first half, conversion of the game, as scoreless for the remainder of Secondary: b+ overwhelmed Vanderbilt with Vanderbilt found itself lacking Vanderbilt failed to put points the game, Vanderbilt was unable The secondary came up with three interceptions on the night their aggressive offensive and rhythm, and worse, down 17-0 on the board on each of its to link together series of clean, with one each by Jamie Graham, Casey Hayward and Myron defensive play. at halftime. other four trips inside the Ole timely runs and passes when it Lewis. Despite the three picks, Snead was still able to throw But in fact, it was the For the Commodores, the Miss 20. counted. for 237 yards and three touchdowns. Brent Trice led the Com- Commodores’ (2-3, 0-3 SEC) daunting deficit at intermission “On offense we might be “Coach (Johnson) told us that modores with 14 tackles. own mental errors and penalties proved more than they could trying to do too much, as we’re our urgency needs to pick up. that plagued them throughout handle. trying to set up things with We’re going to start showing it the game. Vanderbilt’s lone score came certain plays and personnel more, and we’re going to start Special teams: c- “It’s the negative plays that with 5:54 remaining in the third groups,” Johnson said. getting the wins,” said redshirt Brett Upson had another solid day, averaging 46.0 yards on are hurting us, not the lack of quarter, as Smith connected Often rushed and unfocused, senior center Bradley Vierling. six punts, and Warren Norman did an excellent job on returns, positive plays,” said head coach on a 7-yard pass to redshirt Vanderbilt’s play seemed “It was a team loss from top to including a 56-yarder on a kickoff, and Alex Washington had a Bobby Johnson. “We’re putting sophomore Udom Umoh in uncharacteristic of a team bottom.” ■ 29-yard punt return. Ryan Fowler’s two missed field goals from 37 and 47 yards in the first half badly hurt though, dropping him to 5-9 on the season.

Coaching: C- Trio of Snead, Bolden and For the second consecutive SEC matchup, the Commodores failed to score 10 points. Vanderbilt finished with only 69 yards passing and more than negated that total with 12 penalties for 74 yards. The offense’s ineptitude inside the red zone, scoring Hodge overpower Vanderbilt one of five times inside the Ole Miss 20-yard line, severely hin- dered the Commodores’ chances. Despite head coach Bobby Johnson’s recent success against Ole Miss, the Commodores 122 yards on eight receptions. Commodore defense buckled just weren’t able to find any on Saturday night. In fact, he nearly doubled down. the output of the Vanderbilt After the second quarter, passing attack as quarterback which included two Larry Smith finished with just touchdowns from Snead to 69 yards passing. Hodge and Bolden, the Ole “It just worked into the Miss offense struggled to overall game plan,” Ole continue at its pace. Snead Around the SEC Miss offensive coordinator was picked off by Casey Kent Austin said about the Hayward and Myron Lewis by peter nygaard chemistry between Snead on poor throws in the second Sports Reporter and Hodge. “Jevan got off a half. couple good runs for us at the Nutt, however, did not lose LSU 20, Georgia 13 end of the game as well.” faith in his quarterback. After trading touchdowns with No. 18 Georgia in the final minutes, Though Snead may have “Both Jevan and I know that a 33-yard touchdown run by Charles Scott put No. 4 LSU on top for gained 35 rushing yards on he is a better player than his good. Georgia looked to be in control after taking a 13-12 lead on a Joe five carries, many of which performance in the second Cox touchdown pass to A.J. Green with 1:09 left in the game. Two plays came on the contest’s final half,” he said. “I think he later, however, Scott plunged into the line of scrimmage, bounced off drive, tailback Brandon would be the first to tell you a would-be tackler and went the remaining 30 yards untouched. Bolden supplied most of that we can’t have some of Alabama 38, Kentucky 20 the damage on the ground those mistakes that he made Crucial mistakes doomed Kentucky in its upset bid against the throughout the night. The in the second half. No. 3 Crimson Tide. Leading by a mere point in the second quarter, Louisiana native led all “We were executing the Alabama drove the field to score with under a minute left in the half. rushers with 89 yards on 16 offense very well to start, On the first play of the ensuing drive for the Wildcats, the ball was touches. Also, Bolden was Ole but then we started forcing punched out of wide receiver Derrick Locke’s hands and returned 45 Miss’ second leading receiver things, and he needs to either yards for a deflating touchdown by Alabama’s Courtney Upshaw. with three catches for 22 drop it off to the back or throw Auburn 26, Tennessee 22 Chris Phare / The Vanderbilt Hustler yards and a touchdown. it away.” A fourth quarter offensive explosion was not enough for the Vols, After the game, head coach Nonetheless, Snead still as Auburn continued its under-the-radar undefeated streak by Brandon Bolden (34) celebrates his touchdown on a pass from Jevan Houston Nutt assessed the delivered. His third quarter picking up an important conference win. After being held to under Snead in the second quarter Saturday as Vanderbilt’s Myron Lewis (5) overall attack. touchdown to Hodge widened 200 yards and six points through the first three quarters, Tennessee looks on. Ole Miss scored 17 first-half points in an eventual 23-7 victory. “I was proud of our offense the Mississippi advantage by got an unexpected show of marksmanship from Jonathan Crompton, ball around.” in the first half, and I thought a tally of 23-0, to effectively but it would prove to be too little, too late. by brian linhares Snead found his rhythm we executed our game plan,” put the game out of reach. DID YOU KNOW? Sports Reporter early and often. he said. “I think, as an offensive • Alabama’s win marked the first time since 1979 that the The Texas product opened Specifically regarding the unit, we leave here with Crimson Tide have eclipsed the 30-point mark in each of its Following a 23-7 victory the first half with 188 yards trio of Snead, Hodge and momentum. This will be a first five games. over Vanderbilt in Nashville, and two touchdowns through Bolden, Nutt was unequivocal great film to watch to see • Steve Spurrier improved to 38-0 all-time against non-BCS Mississippi quarterback Jevan the air, as the No. 21 Rebels in his praise. how we can play when we do conference teams. Snead provided a simplified jumped to a 17-0 advantage “Jevan Snead was on fire things right,” Snead said. • Arkansas and Texas A&M renewed their rivalry — the version of the offensive game at intermission. right out of the gates, and With a date at home against “Southwest Classic” — with their first match up since 1991 at plan. Snead finished 19-34 for 237 Shay Hodge made some No. 3 Alabama looming next3 the new Cowboys Stadium. “It was the plan to throw yards with three touchdowns great catches for us,” Nutt Saturday in Oxford, the Rebels • Auburn’s win gave coach Gene Chizik just his third-ever the ball a lot, coming in,” he and three interceptions. said. “Brandon Bolden was a will have to be doing things conference win. Chizik was a paltry 2-14 against Big XII foes said. “I really enjoyed it, and Two of his touchdowns warrior for us.” right. Vanderbilt, meanwhile, as head coach at Iowa State. I like getting some rhythm went to Shay Hodge. The Yet Snead began to cool has a date with Army to try to • Mississippi State’s loss to No. 25 Georgia Tech dropped the when I’m able to throw the senior led all receivers with off in the second half as the get back on track. ■ Bulldogs to 3-25 against top-25 opponents since 2002. ■ www.insidevandy.com The Vanderbilt Hustler Monday, October 5, 2009 7

Missed chances We spoke with two defensive stalwarts for He Said/She Said in Broderick Stewart and Megan Eddings. We learned a little about their head coaches and that they lead to shutout loss He said were somewhat hesitant to reveal the craziest thing they’ve ever seen on a road trip. by DAVID RUTZ She said Sports Editor

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JUSTIN MENESTRINA / The Vanderbilt Hustler Megan Forester (9) prepares to pass as Georgia’s Rebekah Perry (18) JUSTIN MENESTRINA / The Vanderbilt Hustler and Christina Kyker (28) give chase Sunday at the VU Soccer Complex. NICOLE MANDEL / The Vanderbilt Hustler by ERIC SINGLE Commodores struggled to settle 1. How important is defense to winning a game? Sports Reporter into a rhythm on o ense. I feel like defense is the most important part. … Well, I can’t We have to stay strong and not give up any goals We support the e chances were there for Megan Forester and Molly really say that. Personally, defense is a huge part of any football attack the whole time. You don’t give up goals, you win games. the Commodores on Sunday Kinsella both had promising game. Without fi elding an offense, you can win with defense. Like Friday, we didn’t give up any, we were strong, no free shots, afternoon. close-range attempts stopped You can’t just fi eld an offense and expect a win. I think defense no goals, we won. We couldn’t hold them off today (in a 3-0 loss “Our biggest issue right now is by Betos, and several runs and is a big part of any football team. Sunday to Georgia), but it’s a really big part of our team. that we’re not capitalizing on the crossing passes fell apart just 2. What’s the most-played song on the iPod right now? other team’s mistakes, and then short of becoming legitimate Oh my. Actually, my iPod broke; I think I played it too much. I’d We listen to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” like it’s our job. It’s we make one mistake and the scoring chances. In the eighth probably say the song I listen to the most right now is “I Got It” ridiculous. What’s it called, that swag song, “Turn My Swag On,” other team  nds a way to put it minute, Kinsella found herself by Gorilla Zoe. we listen to that all the time. Those would be our two big ones. in the back of the net against us,” just to the left of an open net after said Vanderbilt coach Ronnie maneuvering around a diving Woodard. Betos, but her shot from a sharp 3. Something we might not know about your head coach? No. 22 Georgia found those ways angle hit the outside of the net. (Coach Johnson)’s a funny guy. He’s a really funny guy. Some (Coach Woodard) is surprisingly a goofball. You see her on the twice in the second half and pulled “Instead of saying, ‘Oh, that people might have the impression he’s a stickler for rules. I fi eld and she’s serious all the time. She defi nitely can crack up and away from Vanderbilt (7-4-1, 1-3 was a good try,’ we have to make mean, he is a hard disciplinarian, but he’s a really down-to- bring a lighter side to the game when we need it. Southeastern Conference) 3-0 sure that we say ‘ at was a great earth guy and just someone you can talk to, and I think that’s really helped me in my time here. on Sunday afternoon at the VU goal.’ at’s our biggest thing right Soccer Complex. now,” Woodard said. 4. How do you get over a tough loss? In a  rst half  lled with scoring In the 65th minute, Caroline You don’t. You just know you’ve got to play next week. I still We’re a pretty positive team. You just put your head to the grind. chances on both ends of the  eld, Simpson streaked in unmarked think about some of the losses, like we lost to Georgia at We’re already prepared to go in there on Monday and work hard, Natalie Farley split the Vanderbilt from the top of the penalty area Homecoming in 2007. You never really get over losses like that, and come back out next weekend and win. back line down the middle in the to head in a corner kick from but that’s the game we play. In life, you have things that you’ll 34th minute to  eld a pass from  ve yards out for Georgia’s step on and might regret, but you try to learn from that and Ashley Miller and slide it past second goal. Alex Hooker beat take it all into the next game. goalkeeper Rachel Bachtel from her defender and the goalkeeper 5. Conversely, how do you celebrate a win? 11 yards out for the Bulldogs’  rst to the ball on a long cross and I just enjoy it. I just enjoy the time that we had. We really don’t Our team was pretty beat after Friday’s game going into overtime. goal.  nished from 11 yards out in the have that much time to celebrate. You come in, you watch fi lm But whenever we’re home and we win, when we’re jogging off, “I Farley’s goal was the last 79th minute to cap o the scoring on Sunday. All of our games have been at night, so by the time Feel Good” comes on the loudspeaker and we kind of just dance and most successful of several for the Bulldogs. we get out of our games, it’s pretty much just chill with your around. (Our coach) gives us that night to celebrate, and then the threatening  rst-half scoring e Commodores, outshot family, say hi to some people on campus. next day we’re back at it getting ready for Sunday. chances from the Georgia 10-3 in the second half, had little o ense, and a series of impressive response. ey were also shut out 6. Craziest thing that’s ever happened on a road trip? stops from Bachtel in goal held in regulation on Friday against Before one of the games, Ronnie (Woodard) was out on the fi eld the de cit at one and kept the Tennessee but won in overtime. (Laughing) Oh my, I don’t know if I can answer that one. I don’t know, the Wake Forest game (in 2008). My craziest experience jumping up and down dancing to a song and that was pretty Commodores in the game. Vanderbilt continues its has probably been involving some fans from an opposing crazy. Our road trips are usually very structured. We haven’t had Vanderbilt’s  rst-half e orts homestand next weekend against school and the conversations that we’ve had. very many crazy things. were less productive, as the Arkansas and LSU. ■

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lead. The Vanderbilt Student Communications Board of Directors is seeking applications for students interested in serving as a Member-at-Large to the Board of Directors.

Applications are available at www.vscmedia.org

AppLiCATion DeADLine MeMBeR-AT-LARGe, VSC BoARD oF DiReCToRS Applications are due on Thursday, october 15 at noon.

For more information about the job descriptions and responsibilities of the above leadership positions, please contact paige Clancy at [email protected]

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