VOLUME 59 No. 13 MARCH 2, 2001

JANE GOLDEN PRESENTS "DIVERSITY THROUGH ARTS"

New Mural Arts Katie Hammond Program began to R:li1xr .in Ch:ia: work primarily with afterschool pro­ As a ~art of the School of Human grams, and less with Service Professions' Diversity Day on providing communi­ Tuesday, February 20, Jane Golden ty service opportuni- the Artistic Director for the Murai tIes to Arts Program of Philadel}.lhia, pre­ offenders. The sented a p:r:ogram entitled 'Diversity budget was cut at Through Mural Arts." this point; a great 's Mural Arts Program deal of fundraIsing (MAP) is an art program that pro­ began. The goal was auces exhilarating all around to match city dollars the city. The program has created with local dollars; over 1,900 murals on public walls the pri va te sector and buildings, adding both beauty supported the pro­ and diversity to many urban areas of gram and city funds Philadelphia making the city the presents a new mural. Right Left: "Peace Wall," continually came in. mural capital of the countrl. Golden 1998 Artist: J ane Golden, ''With the right -spir­ explains the importance 0 such art Right Top: "Brazilian Peter Pagast: Location: it, along with a in saying that "murals make art Rainforst," 1995. Artist: 29th & Wharton Streets sense of a mission, accessible to everyone." so many things can Jane Golden began 9.Y. giving her J ane Golden. Location: happen," said personal background. While Golden 6th & South Street Golden. was attending Stanford University, to be with her Jane Golden she was encouraged by her profes­ She applied to - work for the pledge" to give up graffiti. Jane ended the discussion with showing sors and colleagues to stay in school Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network Golden feels that' we as a society numerous slides of the murals. The but to continue her creative drive in in 1984, which had been created sev-· have an obligation to help kids with Mural Arts Program hosts volunteer her spare time. In 1981, Golden co­ eral months earlier by Mayor Wilson every option and opportunity out days in which members of the com­ founded an organization in Los Goode. Golden was one of ten "field there." . munity can come out and paint Angeles that allowe.d . kid ~ on J;>roba­ reps," who met and got. to know Tim Spencer, the founder of the murals on Saturdays. She then tion to paint murals arouna tIle city about' 500 . - 1,000 local. graffiti Anti-Graffiti Network, died in 1996. encouraged the Widener community for community service credit. artists. In return, they were given At this point, Mayor Ed Rendel to go on a " mur~l tour" around the However, she was diagnosed with immunity from prosecution for their transferred the mural program to city of PhiladelpHia. lupus soon after and returned East participation and an "amnesty the Recreation Department. The

WIDENER MEN'S BASKETBALL J. DONALD DUMPSON ATTRACTS REGAIN MAC TITLE LARGE CROWD ON DIVERSITY D AY

.. ---~ Pam GarJ!ano Shannon Keeler Sports Editor Staff Writer - The Widener men's J . Donald Dumpson and basketball team fin­ Friends entertained a standing ished up their season room only crowd Tuesday, February 19-5 and on top the 20 at 7 pm. His program entitled Ii Commonwealth "The Arts: A Tool for Diversity" Conference once again. used music to break down racial Widener bounced back and ethnic barriers. Probably most from last Saturday's impressively was Paula White who regular season finale broke the color barrier when she loss at Lebanon Valley sang Excerpts from Gospel Mass. and bested the Flying Dumpson came to Widener to show Dutchmen in the that music is relevant in everyone's Commonwealth life and that every song can be Conference semifinal interpreted to fit your lifestyle; he game. After lea.ding at made it clear that one should not the half with the score of 41-27, The team celebrates after w .....g limit the power of songs and the J. Donald Dm1pson Lebanon Valley battled back and their second straight title. influence that it may have on you. turned the game into somewhat of a Rcto EmIid3::I q, WroWn~ (I" g :acto ImI.idrl q, UIil.eBii¥ I€la:::ic:rs Dumpson feels "this is an Empty nail-biter. However, the Pioneers Program if it doesn't connect with managed to pull out the 85-80 victo­ Markiese Merceir and Fran the tools you can take and imple­ He took the music from his show ry and advanced to the Grandieri add to the total with 11 ment in your lives." apart; to prove that it could be Commonwealth Finals. points off the bench. Williamson Dumpson opened his pro­ applicable to everyone's life. As with Frank DeLuca scored 15 of his also made six of the team's 11 gram with a group discussion the song "Dere's A Man Goin' Roun' game-high 20 points in the second steals, handed out four assists, and focused on the question, "What is Takin' Names", he broke it down to half to lead five Pioneer players in blocked a shot. DeLuca also handed Diversity?" Diversity was defined touch the lives of so many. One stu­ double figures. Mike Siuchta had out six assists. as "humanity, the exchange if ideas dent interprete!i the man 18 points before fouling out with Widener led at halftime and was and all people are different individ­ "Goin'Roun' Takin' Names:" to 4:39 left in the game, Chaz ually but are the same as a whole." Williamson had 15, and both r- Continued on Page 8 Continued on Page 4

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THE 'ABC's OF SPRING BREAK: FIRE ALARMS GOING OFF ALCOHOL, BEACH, CANCUN •••

were boring, and made stuff up. I consume alcohol and pass out on a hope everyone appreciates my hard breathtaking beach is what Spring work in this area. Spring Break offi­ Break is all about! Would you rather know I am not the only one who cially starts after your last class, on be sweating away in school, earning the fact that the fIre alarms go Before I delve into the inevitable Friday . .. which means that, by the an education and preparing for your numerous times each weekend subject of next week's popular colle­ time that actually happens, you have future . . . or having a tour guide who RIOUSLY annoying. If someone giate activity "Second-to-Last-Week­ been long gone for about the past two speaks .025 words of English con­ pulling them do they realize what of-Winter-Nowhere-Near-Spring-Yet­ days. This is due to the fact that ning you out of a tip large enough to are doing? If it is in the middle They-Still-Use-the-'Spring' -Term many students must jet off to the for ­ purchase a house with? The choice is night, they are waking up Break," I would like to state that my eign country in which they will be simple! people who h ave to work the article this week could have covered spending their time, be it Mexico, Florida is also a popular destina­ morning. If it's during the day, normally just looked at as some­ many topics, just like this current Jamaica, or Florida. The most popu­ tion for Spring Break, for those stu­ . 19 the alarm for fun, and sentence covered many lines of lar resort is Cancun, a popular shore dents who are too poor to leave the t:tHUt:UL::; don't feel the need to take space. For instance, this past resort located on the coast of Mexico, continental United States and usly anymore. What will Wednesday marked that all-impor­ which is that large part of America MUST SETTLE for a week in Fort when it really is a fire? It tant Catholic holiday known as, of where California, Texas, and Arizona Lauderdale. During Spring Break, YOUR fault if anyone stays course, the Last Day of February. It lie. Students prefer to travel to Florida towns like Orlando, Miami, the building because they ignored also marked Ash Wednesday, which Mexico primarily because its drink­ and Tampa see many college stu­ It's like the little boy who cried began Lent, a 40-day period in which ing age is a tad lower there than it is dents overcrowd their streets and . So if for whatever reason you Catholics worldwide prepare to cele­ in the U.S. (in the U.S., the legal age force the senior citizens already liv­ el the need to pull the alarm, brate Easter by refusing to eat meat to drink is 21, whereas in Mexico, ing there crank down their hearing n stupor, bored, more imma­ on Fridays. Mike Fenn, on the other you can drink pretty much anytime aids and crank up their complaining then 5 year old, please don't. hand, the atheist humor article after you develop a mouth while in levels. Popular Florida activities think of the consequences if you writer celebrates the season while the womb). Thus, any given liquor include Walt Disney World, where caught: suspension from the humorously degrading the occur­ vendor in Cancun during Spring not having fun and failing to con­ t:::;~dence halls for at least one rence while enjoying a nice Friday Break will make enough money from stantly smile are grounds for arrest. cheeseburger. However, that topic college students alone to purchase Another popular activity is to visit was a bit harsh (and I pretty much something such as the Western the Everglades, in which you can see covered the gist of it in the two pre­ Hemisphere. various exotic yet ugly creatures ceding sentences anyway). My other However, Spring Brea~ is not lim­ (alligators, turtles, lost senior citi­ option was to write about Mardi ited to simply consuming severalliv­ zens, etc.) in their natural habitat, Gras, but if I was going to write ers' worth of beer in one ,sitting. which is apparently a central Florida about a collection of people wearing Cancun and the miscellaneous other tourist trap filled with souvenir horrendous clothing and consuming overpriced destinations frequented 'stands and bored college students alcohol by the factory in a sweltering during Spring Break are filled with wishing they were in Cancun. Southern climate . . , why not just glorious beaches, exciting culture, In fact, as you read these very talk about Spring Break? and various other aspects that stu­ words, I myself am preparing for my Spring Break is a week-long event dents do not take the time to admire, Spring Break location. Yes, I will be in which college students from all due to the fact that they are passed heading, by car, to that wonderful around the country escape the pres­ out. However, for those one or two resort known as: Media, sureslhardships/flag controversies of semi-sober students, the friendly . I hear it is beautiful school by cramming themselves into locals of the resort will happily escort this time of year. I strongly urge Cancun and Florida. It is defInitely you to the many sides of their cul­ anyone who shares my budget ($10) a welcome change in the semester, ture, such as the hotel's restaurant. to join me on the trip. I will be visit­ for now the parties will be held in Of course, you must always tip them, ing such sights as the Granite Run beach houses instead of fraternity which must be done in foreign Mall, the Burger King on East houses. In order to gain a broader money, which is never equal to Baltimore Pike, and possibly a fun­ range of activity students have in American ("regular") money. In filled day trip to the Springfield mind for Spring Break, I went out of other words, a few Spanish Mall. I will happily inform everyone my way to research. I walked all pesos/pesetas/burritos can easily of my fun-filled Spring Break vaca­ over campus (by "all over", I mean translate to a tip of approximately tion when we return in two weeks; the field between Academic Center $46,128.22. But who cares?! until then, I hope everyone has a North and Old Main), interviewed Grinning Spanish hotel personnel relaxing Spring Break. Save me a 100 students about their Spring ripping you off of what is probably burger for next Friday. Break plans, decided their answers your life savings so you can legally

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]. DONALD RA SELECTION: IN REVIEW: DUMPSON 2001-2002 THEATRE WIDENER'S CAFE SUITE that brought him out of the state of ATTRACTS LARGE Laura Wintl"rhnU Philadelphia and into a better place. After a brief intermission, the audience returned to see a play CROWD ON On Saturday, February 24th, called "Hope is a Thing With erous students went to Feathers". This was directed by at 9 a.m. to go through Bohdan Senkow and starred a steller DIVERSITY DAY' cast with amazing chemistry. This trials to be an RA for the 2001- plays the story of a group of homeless academic year. Students were people in a park late at night and Continued from Cover into groups where they tried out their quest to catch a duck for din­ umerous activities, including areas ner. We saw many conflicts interper­ sonally and with each other arise. be Jesus, taking names for the book they got to pretend to be an of life. The program concluded with Although they all went to sleep hun­ a dramatic mixture of songs that in a confrontation situation. gry. The audience responded greatly leaned mainly towards the sadness One of the current RAs made sure to this play. of the world. How horrible some of the students had a good time, The head of Theatre Widener, Director Bohdon Senkow, stated, the problems of the world are, the acted out a drunken fallen over before the play, that "this is just the racial issues, the religious issues, quite well (probably from a beginning of what Widener students the prejudice of the-world. can do ." The overwhelming crowd Diversity Day was celebrated in the of practice!) The students went interviews, and had the size and excellent response the Webb Room located in the crowd gave the actors really shows University Center. The School a chance to ask ques­ two things. First of all, is that is Human Service Professions set up of the current RAs. They also right and the talent is just beginning this day in hopes of achieving one of a group project where they were to be tapped and second that they its goals to insure that the MPrved by the current RAs on how need to move into a larger room University is a hospitable place aca­ because if this is the crowd they get demically and socially for students they would do in a situation for plays that donit completely tap and faculty from diverse back­ everyone had to work togeth­ the resources imagine what the grounds. This day also hopes to The pr.ogram wrapped up response will be down the road when bring about an atmosphere in which 12:30 p.m., and those des- word spreads more thoroughly about discussion of diversity issues and this company. occur comfortably. to be an RA will find out soon. The next play, Medea, is being per­ formed is the weekend of March 30th. Admission for Widener stu­ dents is free with ID.

CALIFORNIA COLLEGES To tett \\\\\\ , . Win S ELIMINATE SAT ~ . I L.L L I ~ 1\ L I -. __ 1 I . - t SCORES

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University of California's president has suggested to drop the SAT exam as an admission requirement at each of its eight campuses, claiming that the test is false representation of students' intelligence. President Richard C. Atkinson explains his viewpoint, "anyone involved in education should be concerned about how ~. . \J~ ' overemphasis on the SAT is distort­ ing educational priorities and prac­ tices. How the test is perceived by ALT ER l'l p,:f.\ many, and how it can have a devas­ '··THE ROCK tating impact on the self-esteem and aspirations od young students." This proposal has created a controversy. Gaston Caperton, President of the non-profit College I I Board, which owns the SAT, feels that "to drop the SAT would be like deciding you're going to drop I I' grades." Many critics feel that high { school grades better mark a stu­ I I dent's ability than an SAT score. Atkinson studied this issue for months, interviewing experts, faculty, and colleagues. In December, Atkinson proposed this topic at a meeting with UC admis- sions advisors. • NIVEJltSJITY

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PETA MARDI GRAS: A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE CARNIVAL

cake. Sweet roll dough is ···;~;:::m-:::::=RS~~ir made into a big circle, and Peopie for then cooked and brushed the Ethical Treatment of Arlimals with purple, green and (PETA) had animal rights authori­ Mardi Gras, the 'fuesday 46 days gold sugar or icing. A plas­ ties in Queensland, Australia review before Easter, is always the Tuesday tic baby is then tucked a tape of the February 15th Survivor: The Australian Outback. before Ash Wednesday. There are inside in order to represen DurmgJhis epIsode, MIchael Skupin Carnival celebrations that refer to Christ. Whoever gets the of the Kucha tribe hunted and the season of revelry before Mardi piece of the cake with baby slaughtered a "wild" boar. The pig Gras. They officially begin on in it must provide the next was brutally killed with a knife and fed to the members of the tribe. January 6, which is also called king cake out of tradition. PETA and various other animal Three Kings' Day. There are two Carnival began in rights organizations are livid, not types of carnival celebrations: pub­ the 1700's when New necessarily' because the pig was lic and private. Private consist of Orleans under French rule eaten, but because they believe that started celebrating pre­ it was not actually wild. balls, held by clubs called krewes. Speculations are that Mark The first Carnival ball is always the Lenten balls. Every Burnet, the show's producer, or oth­ Twelfth Night Ball, on January 6. parade has a theme, which ers working for him,. removed the The colors of the carnival are purple is usually taken from pig from his natural habitat and for justice, green for faith and gold mythology, history, or placed him in the area to "set up." the hunt. If this is true,. criminal for power. Hollywood. charges could be placea on those The public celebrations are Most parades have involved. The Australian Animal parades which are sponsored by the characters that mock roy­ Protection Act of 1925 forbids the krewes. Most krewes are named for alty such as kings and baiting, torture, or mistreatment of anyammal. Greek mythology figures. The queens and dukes etc. On Monda.Y, February 26th parades normally take place the sec­ People on the parade floats at noon, Rebecca Jean, a 70 lb.~g, ond Friday before Mardi Gras. throw trinkets like beads, will protest along ~ide several P~TA Carnival season usually ends at the doubloons, small toys and Top: Baby New 'fear in the Mardi Gl'as Parade activists outside of the CBS studios. The Australians are planning their stroke of midnight on Mardi Gras. candy from the floats to the Bottom: Mardi Gl'as Celebration own protest outside of the main sta­ There is a food that is eaten during crowds. PIrto I'r-ovned by the Mardi Gras ho!repage tion, channel 9. the Carnival that is called the king In a"phone interview, Aaron Gross a PETA spokesperson, described the show's response as "really pathetic." Gross went on to say tliat the show's producers have not owned up to the allegations that the pig was not actually wild, but merely set up and slaughtered for entertainment. Gross eXp'lained that PETA's main concern is the esculat­ ing trend in violence that CBS has shown, especially with the Survivor series. Many people have called mto PETA's offices, dIsturbed by . Survivor's latest act of cruelty. Many have gone vegetarian as a result. If one good thing can come out of this, people will see the tor­ ture that so many animals endure each and every day. If you would like to contact PETA or CBS, please visit www.peta-online.com. ~ OlttD IE

NEWS IN REVIEW: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

NATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL CHOOSING B ETWEEN HEAT AND FOOD Skyrocketing heating prices have NEWS gotten so bad that millions of Americans are asking for help pay­ THE T RAVAILS OF 'DOGGIE ing their bills, and some have to D IPLOMACY' IN CUBA choose between paying the heat bill American diplomats in Cuba are and food or medical care. used to the mixed messages of the Castro regime but getting kicked EIGHT DEAD AFTER TORNADOES out of a kennel club was not one of RIP MISS., ARK. them. The governor of Mississippi declared parts of the state a disaster POWELL TAKES ON SYRIA AND area after weekend tornadoes left a S AUDI ARABIA 23-mile trail of destruction and On the final legs of his first offi­ death. Five people are dead in cial Middle East tour, Secretary of Mississippi and three more in State Colin Powell faces diplomatic Arkansas, and dozens were injured. ups and downs. While Kuwait opened its arms to the former gener­ NEWSPAPER VOTE TALLY FAVORS al who helped liberate the country B USH 10 years ago, the reception in Syria A newspaper's analysis of ballots and Saudi Arabia is not likely to be in Miami-Dade County concludes quite as buoyant. George Bush probably would have won Florida even if Katherine Harris accepted hand recounts in LOCAL NEWS four disputed counties. PHIL LY P OLICE PREPARE FOR FAT RlAA: N EW D ATA SHOW N APSTER TUESDAY H URT SALES Last year, Fat Tuesday got ugly on The recording industry is claiming South Street, and Philadelphia new evidence shows Napster has police and businesses are taking dug into its profits. But the popular steps to ensure that this year's cele­ online company says the new data bration is not the near-riot that it on CD singles ar~ not definitive. was a year ago.

EARNHARDT J R. IN N ASC AR VANDAL C AUGHT ON T APE R ACE WRECK Police in Delaware say a Dale Earnhardt Jr. walked away Wilmington man went on a tire from a major crash at the North puncturing spree after getting angry Carolina Speedway, one week after about loud music coming from pass­ a wreck at the Daytona 500 killed ing cars. Twenty-nine-year-old Greg his father. Hackstie is charged with vandaliz­ ing several cars in Brandywood EARNHARDT'S WIDOW FILES since 1999. State police say this LAWSUIT home video shows him puncturing The widow of late NASCAR driver the tires of a truck - and scratching Dale Earnhardt Sr. is suing a the paint. Florida medical examiner for releas­ ing photos of her husband to the media. VVEEKLY VVEATHER EGG DONORS Fri ~~~~ "'- ~~~~~~~~il;:"" ... i·····r?~~a"i;~iT~ ·. l•• :;f~;·: ·~ l. HELP MAKE Mar2 '~lf. U~ l~d '~~ ;~ i;( "~/"" 1 ~E.~il!~i;'~c;··.'i~l>;i ~;

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