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Est. 1935The Cowl Vol. LXXI No. 23______www.TheCowl.com • Providence College * Providence. R.I. ______April 26. 2007 Renowned Students paleontologist speaks at the find faith, College search for by Melissa Silvanic ’08 News Staff answers On Monday, April 23, the Providence College community welcomed world- renowned anthropologist and paleontol­ by Mallary Jean Tenore ’07 ogist, Dr. Ian Tattersail. Each year, eight Editor-In-Chief Emeritus individual professors CAMPUS from different disciplines NEWS within the PC academic This is the last article of a four-part series faculty have held a spe­ on diversity at Providence College. cial seminar focusing on a specific IAN OREFICE ’07 theme. The faculty members work As a child, Greg Kerr ’07 never attend­ together as students to study the theme, Above: Andy MacMannis ’09, center, with the band, Capitol Hill, were among the ed Mass and knew little about his faith. and Dr. Tattersail was invited as this 11 different acts that performed at Stuartstock, Saturday, April 21, on Slavin Lawn. Having been raised by a mother who is a year’s guest lecturer. His lecture echoed The event was sponsored by Student Congress. non-practicing Catholic and a father who the theme of the seminar: what it means is an atheist, Ken rarely to be human. talked to anyone about Dr. Thomas F. Strasser, assistant pro­ Concert stocks Slavin DIVERSITY his faith. fessor of art and art history, was thrilled “I never had anything to take part in sponsoring such a distin­ against the Church—if guished scholar. anything I had a respect for it—but it just “Dr. Ian Tattersall is a leading expert by Devin Murphy ’10 ical. I did like the concert, and if it is wasn’t part of my life,” Kerr said. on Stone Age art,” said Strasser. “I am News Staff nice out again next year, like it was this Since coming to Providence College, particularly interested in his research on year, I'll definitely be there. 1 loved that however, Kerr’s religious life—like that why we started producing art (called the it was outside on such a nice day.” of many other PC students—has dramati­ “creative explosion”) 35,000 years ago rovidence College’s Student According to MacMannis, a member cally changed. despite the fact the modern humans Congress hosted the annual of Congress, Congress began advertising During his freshman year, Kerr partici­ (Homo sapiens) existed previously for Stuartstock concert on Slavin for bands many months ago. They e- pated in the year-long Rights of Christian tens of thousands of years. His opin­ lawn on Saturday, April 21 mailed many bands that had played at Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program and ions are considered authoritative. To Pfrom 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.. The concertMcPhail ’s in the past. However, many was confirmed in April of 2004. Since sponsor a scholar of such high caliber is featured a medley of different bands, performers were found by word of then, he has led five retreats, been an quite a feather in PC’s cap, as well as a musical groups, and solo musicians. mouth. RCIA leader, and served as president of testament to accomplishments of the Eleven acts participated in the concert: “Our drummer signed us up. We’d Campus Ministry. CTE (Center for Teaching Excellence).” Capitol Hill, Mother’s Mistake, Joel love to play again next year,” said The events that led to his spiritual Tattersail’s lecture focused on “how DeFelice ’09, RSun, Special Guest, PC Mulholland. transformation began in high school when human beings became the extraordinary Jazz Ensemble, Andy MacMannis ’09, Congress wanted to use Stuartstock as he vacationed with his friend’s family. creatures they are today.” Sails and Sails, Dave Heath Band, and an opportunity to show students that Spending time with them made Kerr real­ Tattersall began his lecture by speak­ The Upstairs. there are options for entertainment on ize that something had been missing from ing about the origins of man. The earli­ “We’ve never played at Stuartstock campus that do not involve alcohol. his life. est essentially complete Hominid skele­ before,” said Michael Mulholland ’08 of “PC’s drinking issue is not as much a “Seeing their faith . . . and seeing that ton is known as “Lucy” and can be dated Mother’s Mistake. “. . . It was fun, and matter of us being drunks as a lack of they had lost a son but still had faith back 3.2 million years ago. the weather was great. things for us to do on campus,” said enough to go to Mass and make Church a Approximately 200,000 years ago, Jillianne Liotta '09, was very MacMannis. “It’s a great option to have part of their life inspired me,” Kerr said. “Neanderthals” emerged. There is proof impressed with the many performers at on a Saturday afternoon.” Though he used to attend festivals at the of simple burial procedures within the Stuartstock. Two hundred people confirmed parish where his cousin is a priest merely Neanderthal society, which signifies the “Joel DeFelice was my favorite [per­ FESTIVAL/Page 2 TATTERSALL/Page 5 former].... but [The Upstairs] was hyster- RELIGION/Page 4 Seniors display artwork

by Chris Donnelly ’08 Both the reception and advertisements for the show are planned by the seniors. News Staff Sara Lugo-dePedro ’07 and Elinor Anytime an artist’s work is put on dis­ McCandless ’07 currently have their play, it is a significant occasion, but the works on display. Their opening night event is made even more important when reception will be held on Thursday, April the artist is asked to put an entire show 26 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Their art­ together. work has been in the Reilly Gallery since Senior studio art majors Monday, April 23, and will be shown until STUDENT Thursday, May 3. LIFE were asked to show pieces that they had created dur­ “I am really happy with how it turned ing this past' year in the Robert F. and out,” said McCandless. “Sara and I have Mary Anne Reilly Gallery in the Smith different styles, but it all ties together Center for the Arts. really well, which was a surprise to us.” Lugo-dePedro has her studio art con­ The type of artwork shown must be the MARY PELLETIER ’09/The Cowl type the studio art major has as his or her centration in digital imaging and used it, Wall to wall: concentration. along with silk painting, to create her Will Hutnick ’07 studies a student’s art work in the Reilly Gallery, where senior The Reilly Gallery shows two artists’ work. Studio Art majors are currently showing their senior theses. Students work in work for 10 days. For each" showing, In order to make her pieces, Lugo- pairs to put together shows, a reception and advertising. there is a special opening night reception. ART/Page 5 INSIDE THE COWL: Poll Question: World: Commentary: A&E: Portfolio: Roving: Sports: Does PC encourage One week later: Shall we dance? Student's play puts a “I’m not a creep, What do you do Exclusive interview religious diversity? Virginia Tech Mambo as metaphor pop culture spin on I’m a writer.” at PC when it’s with PC’s own begins to heal. for marriage. familiar fairy tales. Sure. . . nice out? Ryan Gomes. 2 The Cowl News April 26, 2007 Festival: Good weather adds to atmosphere continued from front page for a few hours. However, moving the event outside Student Congress had been planning made it much more popular this year. through the Facebook Web site that they the event for months in advance. Initial The sunny weather gave many students would be attending the event. Students planning began in January at the begin­ the encouragement to venture out of gathered on the Slavin Center lawn ning of the semester. The surplus of their dorms and hangout on the lawn. throughout the afternoon to enjoy the funds for Student Congress provided the “It’s great. I love the weather,” said entertainment, where each band or per­ funding for the event. Liz Fennell ’09. former played a short set. The concert, however, also served as a Jeff Harris, ’09 attended the concert In addition to the free music, Student charity event. A table was set up for for the first time this spring. Congress also provided free food and donations to the 1% Campaign to combat “I had never been to it before. My activities. Students were able to eat cot­ homelessness. All afternoon, students favorite band had to be the one that ton candy, snow cones, and pizza and were encouraged to make a donation and played the reggae and [Red Hot] Chili were also able to tie-dye T shirts. give back to those in need. Peppers stuff (The Upstairs). I had a “You can do whatever you want,” said In the history of Stuartstock, this was great time and wished that I had been MacMannis ’09. IAN OREFICE ‘07 the first year the concert has been held able to go for longer than I did.” A large number of students did just Above: Students show off the t-shirts outside. In years past, the concert, A steady trickle of people stopped by that: whatever they wanted. Blankets they received at Stuartstock. The event named after Rev. Stuart McPhail, O.P., the concert throughout the day to enjoy were strewn across the lawn for those included live music, free food, and activ­ vice president of student services, has the free concert and activities. just hanging out, or those in hopes of ities throughout the afternoon. Students been held in McPhail’s on weeknights. getting a tan. People brought beach balls, also donated to the 1% Campaign. “In the past it has not really been that footballs, and Frisbees to throw around big,” MacMannis said of Stuartstock. Accuracy Watch The Cowl is committed to accuracy and carefully checks every article that goes Congress Election Results into print to ensure that the facts are pre­ sented clearly and truthfully. Ifyou find an error in any article, please e-mail the Class of 2008 Class of 2009 Class of 2010 editor at [email protected]. President: Ryan Donnelly President: Jesse De Patsy President: Jaimie Scambio Corrections will be printed as necessary on page 2. Vice President: Sarah Highland Vice President: Shannon Case Vice President: Andrew Kelley

Secretary: Litsa Georgakilis Secretary: Will Bromstedt Secretary: Lauren Bimie Correction: In the April 19 issue of The Treasurer: Saba Nessralla Treasurer: Billy Byrne Treasurer: Caitlin Durkin Cowl, the last line of an article by Kyle Drennen ‘07 was missing. The article Representatives: Kieran Murray, Andy Representatives: Katie Brennan, should have ended: “I hope I have Representatives: Ricky encouraged constructive debate on cam­ MacMannis, Alyssa Runowicz, Brendan Shine, Elian Seidel, Megan LaBontee, Steven Kenney, Kate Lyons, pus with my writing and hope that such Kevin Johnson, and Mandee Adams Danielle Schaetzle, and Lizzie Reilly Breen, and Chris Huber debate will continue long after I graduate.”

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5:00 p.m. Clam 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. I Cantori 4:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Richard 9:30 a.m. Student 7:00 p.m. Ben Jam, Slavin Center Tales from Atop the and Concert Interdisciplinary Simmons workout Pottery Sale, Slavin Folds concert, Lawn. Beanstalk, Smith Chorale, Smith Faculty Seminar: with prizes, Slavin Center. Schneider Arena. Center for the Arts Center for the Arts “Being Human,” Center ‘64 Hall. Bowab Theatre. Ryan Concert Hall. Feinstein 400. 7:00 p.m. Orchestra 8:00 p.m. Tales 7:00 p.m. Concert, Smith from Atop the 6:30 p.m. Rejects 2:00 p.m. Spring 6:00 p.m. Student Coffeehouse: Jason Center for the Arts Beanstalk, Smith on the Rise with Dance Concert, Congress meeting, Wilder Evans, Ryan Concert Hall. Center for the Arts. Starla and Sons, Smith Center for the Slavin Center 114. McPhail’s. Bowab Theatre Moore Hall II. Arts Angell Blackfriars Theatre. 8:00 p.m. BLINGO, CAMPUS Slavin Lawn.

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’07, Brittany Allen ’08, John Hanson ’08, “The presenters were all very smart and truly philosophical.” by Rick Kurker ’09 JD Driscoll ’07, Kelly Jones ’07, Ian delivered interesting speeches that got “The attendance was the highest at any News Staff Kaloyanides ’08, Courtney Suddes ’07, their audiences very involved,” Driscoll of the three undergraduate philosophy and Kenny Hewitt ’07. He also said that said. “The respondents had also prepared conferences to date,” said Dr. Vance Philosophy was the focus on Saturday, Daigle, a philosophy major, Nicole Phillis very well.” Morgan, professor and chair of the depart­ April 21, as the College’s Philosophy ’07, a women’s studies and political sci­ At 11:30 a.m., Dr. Jamie Crooks, chair ment of philosophy. “The quality of the Club hosted the Third Annual New ence major, and Kristina Reardon ’08, an of the philosophy department at Bishop’s papers I listened to was very high, fre­ England Undergraduate Philosophy English major, presented original papers University in Sherbrook, Quebec, present­ quently at graduate school level. The con­ Conference from 9:00 a.m. at the conference. ed the keynote speech on Plato’s Phaedo ference ran very smoothly, a testament to the hundreds of hours put into its planning CLUBS & to 5:00 p.m. “I felt very confident presenting my and how humans are to live in the present. by Dr. Costello and an admirably dedicat­ ORGS “The conference is an paper,” Reardon “The keynote address I example of philosophy said. “1 worked on was wonderful, and ed group of students. I frequently heard happening instead of having already hap­ this paper for such everyone has spoken visitors from off-campus comment posi­ pened,” said Michael Bonnell ’08, vice a long time last My only hope is that the con­ highly of it, from profes­ tively on all aspects of the conference. In sors to students who short, the event showed the philosophy president of the Philosophy Club and co­ semester, and I’m ference continues to show founder of the Philosophy Conference. working on apply­ thought it was very department and PC students at their best.” Dr. Peter Costello, associate professor ing a revised ver­ what great students and a inspiring,” said Aguiar. “This is one of the finest, if not the of philosophy and advisor of the sion of my thesis dedicated department [of phi­ “At the keynote address finest, undergraduate conference for phi­ Philosophy Club, said that approximately from that paper to we had about 210 people losophy in the country, and the work of 25 schools were involved in the confer­ a project I’m losophy] we have at PC and that in the audience, and a those involved in organizing, running, and ence, including Boston College, Brown working on now in the conference grows and inspires steady 100 to 150 were participating in it needs to be duly recog­ nized,” Daigle said. “I think that profes­ University, Boston University, SUNY an English class, students to pursue philosophy ... present throughout the Potsdam, SUNY Binghamton, Central and I plan to elab­ day.” sors need to be more active in encouraging Connecticut State, and the host school, orate further on Driscoll was also their students to attend and get involved in Providence College. both of those ideas Monica De Aguiar ’07 impressed by Crooks. the conference. The sharing of ideas, the “This was the widest representation the for my senior the­ “The keynote speaker cultivation of undergraduate talent, the conference has ever achieved,” he said. sis project in the was phenomenal,” said fostering of a philosophical community According to Costello, the three main fall.” Driscoll. “He delivered bent on promoting dialogue between indi­ organizers of the event were Bonnell, “There were an incredible speech that viduals—these things really are impor­ Kelly Jones ’07, and Monica de Aguiar four different seminars available each was applicable to both academics and stu­ tant.” ’07, who were, in turn, aided by other hour, so students had many options to dents. He spoke with an emotional fervor De Aguiar said that the conference this members of the club. choose from,” said JD Driscoll ’07. that made listeners enthusiastic about the year was “bittersweet” for her personally “The students and I put in, literally, “Overall, there were 20 student seminar material being discussed. He was poetic because, as a senior, it is her last year thousands of hours to make the conference presentations throughout the day.” and articulate. Overall, it was an honor to organizing the event. run,” Costello said. “Students raised Driscoll attended seminars, including hear Dr. Crooks do philosophy.” “I am so proud of conference and how money at bake sales, developed the struc­ “Conceivability and Ontological “The keynote address was just wonder­ it has progressed over the last three ture for the conference, took care of the Possibility,” presented by Daigle, and ful," said Dr. Timothy Mahony, associate years,” she said. “Dr. Peter Costello has printing and organization of the day, to list “Our Visual World: Illusion or Reality?” professor of philosophy. “[Crook's] been an inspiration to the students and has a few.” presented by Ana Van Gulick of Brown analysis was superb, he was really engag­ gently encouraged us even when we Costello said he worked together with University. He also said that he respond­ ing, he fielded the fine questions really extremely felt like giving up.” the students to bring in lecture submis­ ed to the presentation “Was Peter John well, and he went out of his way to men­ De Aguiar said that the sixty-five paper sions for the conference. Olivi an Intuitionist,” presented by Owen tion students [who had presented papers] submissions received was “overwhelm­ “Together we called every philosophy Schaefer of Princeton University. and all the specific topics of the students' ing” and shows the strides the conference department in New England and solicited According to Costello, 15 PC faculty papers. I just can't imagine a better has taken over the past few years. submissions,” he said. “Together we members moderated the sessions: 12 from keynote than that.” “My only hope is that the conference judged the submissions and made difficult the philosophy department, two from the Overall, attendees seemed to agree that continues to show what great students and decisions as to which to accept.” theology department, and one from the the conference was a great success. dedicated department [of philosophy] we Costello said that 12 PC students were women’s studies department. “I was impressed by the number of have at PC and that the conference grows selected and prepared responses to accept­ “Students and faculty who attended great schools who had taken part in the and inspires students to pursue philosophy ed papers. The students were: Wendy each paper and response discussed with conference,” said Driscoll. “The confer­ either as a major, or like me, as an essen­ Dueri ’07, Jen Daigle ’07, Andy Cunniff one another the issues raised in each one,” ence has really put PC on the map as a tial part of being a human and living a ’08, Gina Santiago ’09, Carla Ciorlano he said. school that is serious about philosophy. good life,” she said. PC’s reputation for philosophy has contin­ Costello added that philosophy has ued to grow year after year because of this become a sort of institution at Providence conference, attracting big-name schools, College, and he credits this to the students The Bryant Master of highly intelligent students, and some of who have presented their work in philoso­ the best professional philosophers in phy. Professional Accountancy North America.” “Philosophy for me has always been “I thought it was enormously success­ about building a community of those who Technical Excellence. 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gram, said that while learning about other morals and views,” she said. continued from front page “I thought it was so awesome that there were Dominicans living on campus,” religious traditions can be important, Rev. Joseph J. Guido, O.P., vice presi­ Jones said. “I feel like I could go to any of there is also much diversity to be found dent of Mission and Ministry, assistant for the free food, he eventually gained an them and ask for advice or help with any­ within Catholicism itself. professor of psychology, and a counseling appreciation for the parishioners and the thing.” “. . . What we often fail to appreciate is psychologist in the Personal Counseling respect they had for his cousin. Though she attended Catholic high that even among our Center, said religious This appreciation carried over into his school, Jones said she has found PC stu­ own Catholic stu­ disengagement among college life, a time of reflection and dents to be much more devout than her dents, the varied young people is often a prayer in St. Dominic Chapel. friends from home who attend non­ ways in which stu­ matter of indifference. “During my free time I found myself Catholic colleges and universities. dents express that I started to disagree with some In a paper entitled drawn to the chapel for comfort, which in “It’s weird to think my friends don’t go Catholic faith is real­ “Between Heaven and a way was surprising,” said Kerr. “I was to church at home. Almost all of my ly pretty amazing,” of the Church’s teachings Earth: The Religious never taught in my family to go to God for friends here go to Mass,” she said. said Father Walker. around junior year of high Journey of College Students Today,” comfort, but that is what I did.” While Jones and Kerr have found their “The fact that within school... He continued to find comfort in his niche in the Catholic community at PC, a two-hour span on Father Guido writes: faith when attending the Encounter retreat others look for spiritual satisfaction else­ Tuesday nights in St. “In the marketplace of freshman year. Upon returning, he where. Allie Spivack’07, who practices Dominic chapel you demands and diver­ remembers experiencing a “post-retreat Judaism, regularly attends the Temple go from having a Cailtin Ferrarini ’07 sions, religion has high.” Emanu El on the east side of Providence. group of students occupied a relatively “I was expecting the same thing from “I find that most people are surprised at praying the rosary— minor niche and has being confirmed, but it didn’t happen. the fact that I attended a Catholic school one of the most “tra­ not served to define While it sounds disappointing, it actually and are curious as to why I would,” ditional” prayers in Catholicism—to stu­ [young people] as it may have defined worked out,” Kerr Spivack said. “I try to dents doing praise and worship with gui­ their parents. It is no wonder, then, that said. “It taught me explain that in making tars playing, hands in the air or clapping, their children should imbibe a religion that just because I my decision, I felt most etc.—a very contemporary form of that... makes few demands beyond being couldn’t feel God’s comfortable at PC . . . prayer—is just one example of such nice and tolerant, offers a measure of grace at a certain I had a very difficult time find­ and I felt confident that diversity.” comfort in times of trouble, and rarely instant, it was still the religious affiliation Caitlin Ferrarini ’07 said she prays interferes with life’s other pursuits.” there.” ing theology courses that would of the College would every night for forgiveness, guidance, and Recent studies conducted by A desire to better not only teach me about not interfere with the for loved ones and friends, but she does Providence College show that while stu­ dents may describe themselves as reli­ understand God’s Catholicism, but also about experience I hoped to not attend Mass. grace and the have at college.” “I understand the meaning of the gious, they spend very little time actually Catholic teachings other religions ... Spivack said her four Church rituals, as we had a lesson about it praying, talking about their faith, or inte­ led Haylee Jones years at PC would have in our religion text every year. Yet in col­ grating religion into their daily lives. ’09 to join the RCIA Allie Spivack ’07 been further enriched if lege, rituals of the Mass—like standing, Thus, Father Guido suggests, many young program last semes­ she had been given the kneeling, sitting, singing, and reciting— people are somewhere between Heaven ter. Making the opportunity to learn started to become meaningless and a little and Earth and are in need of a bridge to decision to get con­ more about her own bizarre,” said Ferrarini, who has attended help lessen the gap. firmed at a later age, Jones said, made the faith. Catholic school for 17 years. “Providence College should be willing experience more meaningful. “I had a very difficult time finding the­ While she agrees with many of the to . . . welcome the seekers, the disen­ “A lot of my friends said, ‘I wish I wait­ ology courses that would not only teach moral and Catholic social justice teach­ gaged, and the devout alike. We should be ed too,”’ noted Jones. “They said it was me about Catholicism but also about other ings of the Church, Ferrarini disagrees willing to meet them in a middle place just something they had to do—something religions, including my own,” Spivack with the Church’s stance on abortion, and to provide the bridge that their faith that wasn’t really their choice.” said. “... It is important for all of us as PC birth control, gay marriage, and women as and lives require, even if unbeknownst to Having moved several times growing students to have the opportunity to learn priests. them,” he writes. “The bridge must extend up, Jones never stayed long enough at a about beliefs different from our own in “I started to disagree with some of the between faith and reason, the personal Church to get confirmed. It was the order to be part of a more accepting soci­ Church’s teachings around junior year of and communal, objective truth and sub­ Dominican Order, however, that led her to ety,” she said. high school and have become more dis­ jective experience, and across the com­ want to attend Providence College and Rev. John Paul Walker, O.P., assistant tanced in college as I’ve become more mon divides of gender, race, and class.” ultimately receive the sacrament. chaplain and overseer of the RCIA pro­ conscious of political issues and my own

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Hamden, Connecticut April 26, 2007 News The Cowl 5 Art: Students work together Tattersail: Lecture traces to produce senior art shows the development of man continued from front page Tuesday, April 10 to Friday, April 20, and their opening night was on Thursday, dePedro said she had to create the images April 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. digitally, then turn them into screens. She According to Munchbach, the gallery then screenprinted the images onto silk, was full from about 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 and, finally, painted the same silk with p.m. silkpaints. “We had a huge turnout—all great She said she chose to utilize silk paint­ responses and praise for both of our ing because it was “something I fell in works,” said Hutnick. love with during my semester abroad in Hutnick’s work consisted of seven Florence.” acrylic paintings that he said were Lugo-dePedro described this process as approximately four feet by five feet in “time-consuming,” and she said she size. Hutnick said the paintings are worked the entire semester on creating abstract, and are intended to capture ener­ the seven pieces being showcased. gy and movement using intensity of color “The images themselves are personi­ and markmaking. fied deities [of the planets] rendered in a He said he worked on these paintings scratchy, rough way,” said Lugo-dePedro. from January until days before the show, McCandless is showing her drawings and found inspiration from a toy horse, alongside Lugo-dePedro’s work at the specifically its exterior curves, that he gallery. found in the drawing studio. For her show, McCandless displayed “I learned that putting on an entire MARY PELLETIER ’09/The Cowl 18 landscape drawings created mostly show yourself is a lot of work, but it was Left to right: Rev. Joseph Cassidy, O.P., Rev. Paul Conner, O.P., and Dr. Ian from her second semester of senior year. also very rewarding,” said Hutnick. “I Tattersail speak with one another after Tattersail gave his lecture on the histo­ The name of her show is “Evening Fall,” was able to showcase my talent and what ry and development of man. which is due to her use of blacks, browns, I have learned as an artist and as student.” and dark blues to draw her landscapes. Munchbach’s show was called continued from front page “Symbolic thought above all differ­ Some of the landscapes were from “Enlightenment”, and was a series of illu­ entiates us from them,” Tattersall said. local R.I. spots, like Chase Farms and minated sculptures. She said her works beginning of feelings of humanity. He added that these modern humans Lincoln Woods, which are both in are meant to take on a “child-like outlook “A burial procedure conveys some had “a new capacity unlike any Lincoln, Rhode Island. on things that are sort of goofy and fun.” form of empathy with the dead,” said Hominids before.” Language, as a Other drawings were inspired by One piece called “Breakfast, Lunch, Tattersall, adding that modern humans communication factor, is oftentimes scenes in Newport, R. I. and her spring and Dinner,” used empty baby food jars. can relate to burials on a higher level. described as the sole responsibility for break trip to Mexico. Another piece, entitled “Soon to be a but­ “Modern” humans originated the depth of relationships. McCandless started out drawing city terfly,” consisted of blocks she cut from a approximately 40,000 years ago and Dr. Tattersall earned his undergrad­ landscapes in Providence, but said she did child’s rubber mat that she interwove, with them came modern “anatomy and uate degree from Cambridge not like it. It was her art professor, Lynn leaving spaces to let the blinking cognition.” New materials were used University and his doctorate from Yale Curtis, who suggested the other Rhode Christmas lights shine through. for tools, burials became more com­ University. He is the curator of the Island settings. Her use of light meant that her work plex, artwork and music were infused Anthropology division of the Museum “The finished product looks so easy, required that the space around it be dark. into life, and proof of language and of Natural History in New York City, but there is a lot of planning,” said Since Hutnick’s work required light, they notation emerged. and also manages to teach at McCandless, who was referring to work had to light one side of the gallery and “A cultural stimulus,” according to Columbia University and the City like measuring and leveling that goes into darken the other. Tattersall, was responsible for the University of New York. He is showing artwork in a gallery. “It is nice seeing the fruits of your innovations of modern humans. In this described as a specialist in the field of Both Erin Munchbach ’07 and William labors being displayed,” said Munchbach. particular case, language is considered the human fossil and is responsible for Hutnick ’07 previously had their work “Hard work pays off. It was better than the factor for our modernity. more than 200 scientific publications. shown in the Reilly Gallery from any paper I could have done.”

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Approximately 100 people attended a memorial service for the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre in front of St. Dominic Chapel on Monday, April 23. At the can­ dlelight vigil, students and other members of the PC community were able to light candles in remembrance of those lost last week at Virginia Tech. A box filled with sand was located by the grotto of St. Dominic Chapel and lit candles were provided to be placed in the sand.

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THIS WEEK: Do you think the Providence College curriculum effectively recognizes religious diversity? 1) Yes, the curriculum covers a wide variety of faiths. 2) Yes, the curriculum examines a variety of beliefs, but only within Christianity 3) There is some religious diversity in PC’s curriculum, but I would like to see more. 4) No, there is no religious diversity recognized in the PC curriculum. 5) No, PC is a Catholic college and therefore should focus primarily on Catholicism. Vote on wwwAhecowl.com and find out the results in next week’s issue fl/The Cowl. World Page 8 April 26, 2007 Sudan accused of bombing Darfur Ask By Mary Kate Nevin ’09 World Staff PC A confidential United Nations report leaked to The New York Times last Tuesday, Apr. 17, accused the Sudanese Should NBC have aired the government of flying bombs and military video of Seung-Hui Cho? equipment into the war-ravaged region of Darfiir, violating Security Council resolu­ tions and humanitarian standards. The report claims that the government has been painting Sudanese military planes white and stenciling them with official logos to disguise them as United Nations or African Union peacekeeping aircraft. The planes are then used for aerial surveil­ lance, bombardments of villages, and the transportation of cargo, and operate out of all three of Darfur’s major airports. “Maybe it was too soon to show, “The panel believes the use of white air­ HRW.ORG but it’s good to make people craft by the government of the Sudan con­ A plane owned by the Sudanese government, painted white and marked with offi­ aware of what he was thinking stitutes a deliberate attempt to conceal the cial UN or AU logos in order to disguise the plane. A confidential UN report accused identity of these aircraft,” the report stated. the Sudanese government of using these planes to drop bombs on Darfur. prior to his actions.” Such actions defy sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council, “It’s the credibility of the United United Nations estimates the number of Melanie Herbert ’10 which require the government to give Nations versus the credibility of the casualties to be approaching 450,000. The advanced word of any introduction of Sudanese authorities,” Hoge explained. “I United States declared the situation to be weapons into Darfur. think on that basis the United Nations genocide in 2005. The report, compiled by a five-person report looks pretty good.” The Sudanese government has denied panel responsible for monitoring compli­ The Darfur region of Sudan has experi­ any connection with the Janjaweed mili­ ance with Security Council resolutions on enced racial tension and armed conflict for tias. The leaked report, however, is yet Darfiir, was made available to The New several years. Droughts in the early 1980’s another indicator that it has supported vio­ York Times by a diplomat who believed plunged the area into a great famine, which lent operations in Darfur. that the findings ought to be made public. incited competition between nomadic The government has also long resisted Sudan’s envoy to the United Nations, Arabs and black African farmers for the United Nations efforts to send substantial Abdel Mahmood Abdel Haleem, called the sparse fertile lands that remained. peacekeeping forces, compromising inter­ allegations “a lie.” He told the British In 2003, several African rebel groups national efforts to alleviate the hostilities. Broadcasting Corporation that the accused the government of oppressing the The report stated: “the prevailing inse­ Sudanese government is merely “moving non-Arabs, and violence then erupted. In curity in Darfur and the raised level of these military assets to their respective response, the Sudanese government harassment of humanitarian personnel places. We are not using these aircraft for imposed military sanctions and police have conspired to seriously curtail human­ “No, because if I was a parent the any military function in Darfur.” patrols in the Darfur area. itarian operations through Darfur.” The New York Times journalist, howev­ The violence was exacerbated by armed While it focuses largely on the govern­ last thing I would want to see er, disagreed. Warren Hoge reported that militia groups known as the Janjaweed, ment, the report also holds rebel groups would be that video.” in the pictures he saw, which were then which have ransacked black African vil­ responsible for violating the resolutions posted on The New York Times Web site lages, raped women in an effort to prevent and peace agreements. Colleen Daly ’07 along with excerpts of the report, “there a future generation of the African It recommends tightening the arms are very clear pictures of planes painted Sudanese, and killed hundreds of thou­ embargo imposed by the Security Council white, and also with the UN designation on sands of civilians. and increasing restrictions on activities the left-hand wing of one of the planes. According to Reuters at least 200,000 involving illicit weapons in order to further And also a good deal of testimony from the people have been killed and 2.5 million peacekeeping efforts in the region. investigators who compiled the report.” have been displaced from their homes; the Virginia Tech heals, attempts normalcy

By Amanda Silk ’08 Police are currently investigating an People around the country were urged to Asst. World Editor eBay account, “Blazer55O5,” which seems wear the Hokie colors of orange and to have been Cho’s and was recently used maroon as a symbol of unify and mourning Over a week has passed since the horrif­ to make numerous transactions. Police on Friday. “Yes, I think that it gives people ic Virginia Tech massacre. Numerous also filed warrants for Cho’s cell phone. On Friday evening, the first athletic a better understanding of why it details, such as the identify of the killer According to CNN, the affidavit said, event since the tragedy took place. The happened.” and how the events transpired, have been “Seung-Hui Cho is known to have com­ baseball team took on the University of clarified. While the grief and shock contin­ municated by cellular telephone and may Miami at Virginia’s English Field. ue in the hearts of many, many events have have communicated with others concern­ Funerals for many of the victims took Kosta Salemis ’09 been held to show support for Virginia ing his plans to carry out attacks.” place on Saturday. The Virginia Tech Tech students as they try to pick up the A major development in the story came marching band played at the funeral for pieces and move forward. when NBC received a disturbing package Ryan Clark, the male victim of the first The shooter was quickly identified as sent by Cho after the first shooting. The shooting. Seven people injured in the Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old English package contained disturbing videos and Norris Hall shooting remain hospitalized, major at Virginia Tech who had a record of pictures of Cho. Media outlets quickly and one is in serious condition. mental troubles. In 2005, two female stu­ made the information available to the pub­ Though they will never forget the dents complained to local police about lic. They were later criticized by friends tragedy that has occurred, some members Cho harassing them. There has been spec­ and family of victims for focusing too of the Virginia Tech community are now ulation that the female victim of the first much on Cho and not enough on the vic­ looking for a sense of normalcy. Tricia shooting, Emily Hilscher, was also pur­ tims of the tragedy. Sangalang, a student at Virginia Tech, told sued by Cho. On Friday, Cho’s sister, Sun-Kyung CNN, “We all need a sense of normalcy, of Further, Cho was removed from one of Cho, issued a statement on behalf of her routine back. This [is] our first step to “No, because if young kids see it, his creative writing courses because of the family through a lawyer saying that they moving forward.” violent nature of his works, and the profes­ were “humbled by this darkness. We feel While some students feel they are ready it is too much for them to handle.” sor refused to continue teaching him. hopeless, helpless and lost. . . Our family to go back to Virginia Tech, others need The department director then began is so very sorry for my brother’s unspeak­ more time. Students have been given the Christina Balboni ’09 one-on-one sessions with Cho, and also able actions ... It is a terrible tragedy for option of withdrawing or taking their cur­ (left) reported his troubled demeanor. all of us. We pray for their families and rent grades as final grades. Furthermore, one of Cho’s roommates loved ones who are experiencing so much For those who wished to return to reported Cho as being suicidal; Cho was excruciating grief.” school, classes resumed on Monday. At “As long as it wasn’t forced on then taken to a mental facility for a num­ Friday was declared a national day of 7:10 a.m. a moment of silence was held anyone.” ber days. mourning for the victims of the massacre. near the dorm where the first shooting took Despite all of this, Cho was easily able A memorial was held in front of Norris place. At 9:45 a.m. a second moment of to buy a 9mm Glock pistol and 50 rounds Hall, where the second shooting occurred. silence was "held for the 30 students killed Kristi Balaschi ’10 of ammunition from Roanoke Firearms. A total of 33 stones, one for each of the in Norris Hall. Several other impromptu (right) He was also able to pick up a Walther P22 victims and one for Cho, were set up with memorials have been taking place pistol from JND Pawn Shop after ordering a basket of tulips and an American flag throughout campus as well. it online. attached to each. Compiled by Julianne Spohrer *07. April 26, 2007______WORLD______The Cowl 9 Week in Review Oddly Compiled by Mary Kate Nevin ’09 Enough Local ruling in Gonzalez v. Carhart, sustaining wake of last Monday’s Virginia Tech mas­ 95 to close for 13 nights that it does not in fact violate the sacre and last Friday’s eighth anniversary The Rhode Island Department of Constitution, according to CNN. of the Columbine school shootings. At the Restaurant taking Transportation has made another key step The act, which is the first law to prohib­ Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in in its relocation project of Route 195: it a particular method of abortion, bans the Houston, Texas, however, the depths of “hospitality” to a new level Building a leap across Route 95. practice of “intact dilation and extraction,” human cruelty were again made painstak­ Starting this Sun., Apr. 29, contractors in which the fetus is removed in an intact ingly clear. for the DOT will begin installing enor­ condition. Any doctor who performs this On Fri., Apr. 20, NASA employee mously heavy (up to 223-ton) beams procedure is subject to fines and/or impris­ William Phillips took a revolver to work A restaurant-bar in Taiwan has taken above Route 95 to support ramps for Route onment for up to two years. and shot and killed a fellow employee and a new approach to attract customers: A 195, according to The Providence Journal. The majority opinion, written by Justice held another hostage before ultimately hospital theme, according to Taiwan- The ramps will be a key component of an Anthony M. Kennedy, supported the act by committing suicide. fun.com interchange that is being built to connect focusing on the ethical and moral implica­ According to CNN, Phillips received an The owner of D.S. Music Restaurant, the two highways. tions of this type of abortion. e-mail from his supervisor, David Beverly, which opened last year, wanted a way Lane closures will begin around 8 p.m. “The [Partial-Birth Abortion] Act detailing his “job deficiencies” and outlin­ to express his appreciation for the and the highway will be completely closed expresses respect for the dignity of human ing a plan for improvement. great care he received during a stay at between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. life,” Kennedy wrote. “The suspect blamed Mr. Beverly for a hospital. D.S. boasts “IV’s” sus­ The work will last through May 15. The decision was proposed last Monday, being responsible for his negative job-per­ pended from the ceiling which dis­ April 16, receiving little to no media atten­ formance situation,” Houston Police Chief pense drinks, or “medicines” as they Washington tion due to the coverage of the Virginia Harold Hurtt told The Associated Press. are referred to on the menu, directly Supreme Court upholds abortion ban Tech shootings. Phillips confronted Beverly about the into glasses. The tables are referred to Since being signed into law by President With the highly publicized ruling bring­ review on Friday, and proceeded to shoot as “beds” and the restaurant holds up George W. Bush in November of 2003, the ing it to headlines once again, the issue of him four times, killing him on the spot. to 130 “patients,” who are served by Partial-Birth Abortion Act has been chal­ abortion will undoubtedly prove to be a “Of course we never believed this could “nurses.” lenged by several district courts as uncon­ point of contention in upcoming elections. happen here to our family and our situa­ There is no fine artwork used for stitutional, citing a woman’s right to an tion,” said Mike Coats, director of the decorating; instead there are crutches abortion as established in the infamous National Johnson Space Center. hanging from the walls and wheel­ Roe v. Wade case. NASA gunman blamed victim Spokesman John Ira Petty said NASA is chairs in the lobby. Last Wednesday, however, the Supreme America has heightened its security conducting a continuous review of its Court upheld the Act with a 5-4 majority alerts and attention to gun safety in the security procedures. -Kim Krupa ’07 “Girls Gone Wild” founder to serve jail time

by Nicole Chismar ’07 According to The Associated Press, denied Francis’ appeal to remain free. You take the case to trial,” Francis’ World Staff Francis refused to surrender and angrily Francis and his lawyer are obviously Lawyer Jan Handzlik told the AP. called Smoak “a judge gone wild.” enraged by the denied appeal. In reaction to his issued jail time Francis College girls are not the only thing to go said that he was willing to settle his case in “wild” recently. The founder of the multi­ order to avoid it. “I’ll give up a billion dol­ million dollar “Girls Gone Wild” video lars, but it will be under duress,” he said. franchise, Joe Francis, was taken into cus­ Spring Break’s Over: He essentially argued that any money he gave would become invalid in an appeal. tody by federal marshals last Tuesday, The Francis ’ behavior scantily mannered Associated Press reported. I’ll give up a On the Providence College campus, Francis faces a contempt-of-court cita­ Francis’ “wild” actions haven’t been tion which arose during the settlement billion looked on favorably. talks of a civil lawsuit earlier this month. Katelin Fitzpatrick ’07 notes, “Francis’ The lawsuit began in 2003 when seven behavior in the courtroom is about as cre­ underage women were illegally filmed in dollars, but it ative as his films .. .he definitely deserved “sexually provocative” situations while on his citation.” spring break in Panama City. will be under Additionally, Monica de Aguiar ’07 Rather than taking the lawsuit to court, stated, “aside from his atrocious behavior, both parties tried to reach a settlement; duress. he should be put in jail just for the fact that however, the lawyers representing the he makes those videos.” women described Francis’ behavior during Joe Francis Colleen Daly ’07 agreed, saying “the the settlement talks as “enraged.” Francis type of behavior that this man puts forth in reportedly began shouting obscenities and ospolitica.com the courtroom reflects the type of business threatened to “bury” the opposing council. he is involved with, disrespectful and Although negotiations eventually contin­ Francis was then ordered to be “held “If someone behaves badly in a civil inappropriate.” ued with the aid of a mediator, they broke- without bail” at the Bay County Jail in case, you punish them with a monetary Francis, who is currently 34, makes an down again later in the week. As a result, Panama City, until his scheduled appear­ sanction. It is alien to the justice system to estimated $29 million a year in revenue U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak issued ance before Smoak last Thursday. The say to a person who is not willing to settle from “Girls Gone Wild” productions. Francis the citation. Court of Appeals in Atlanta reportedly a civil case that they should go to jail. Heartlander a breakthrough invention in heart surgery Mini robot developed to help repair heart scars; impetus to future inventions

By Jenny Arvanaghi ’10 do this when there is a damaged or dis­ World Staff eased tissue near the surface of the heart. He believes the Heartlander can be useful United States scientists have recently for these cases and believes it will be developed a mini prototype robot that can effective for this particular use. be placed in the human heart and perform Rankin went on to suggest that the robot surgery while the heart is still functioning. can even be used for future treatments This is a breakthrough invention that such as stem-cell therapies to encourage surpasses open heart surgery in which sur­ the regeneration of heart tissue. geons have to cut a large area of the heart Rankin expressed his enthusiasm for the and the heart usually has to be stopped. new device saying, “You can imagine this The Heartlander was invented by robot­ device moving around the surface of a ics expert Dr. Cameron Riviere with aid scarred heart to deliver treatments.” from colleagues at Carnegie Mellon A patent has been filed for the device University in Pittsburgh, Penn. and a start-up company, Enhanced This extraordinary device is able to CS.CMU.EDU Medical Systems, LLC, has been estab­ lished to commercialize it. perform simple repairs without the dan­ Left to Right: Enhanced Medical System LLC’s 20 mm long Heartlander robot on This company will be led by Dr. Dwight gers of surgery, such as injecting dye and desktop. Heartlander robot “crawling” in an inchworm-like locomotion on the Meglan, a mechanical and biomedical attaching pacemakers to beating hearts. surface of a closed cheat beating pig heart. These consequences of heart surgery can engineer currently working with medical have serious, sometimes deadly compli­ place as air is sucked out through the tube This robotic device was initially tested device manufacturers as potential partners. cations which can now be avoided with that holds the 20 holes in each sucker foot. on the beating hearts of four live pigs, and Researchers are now working to the Heartlander. The robot “crawls” along the surface of proved successful in “turning, walking, improve the device by adding a radio-fre­ This mini robot is 20 mm long, half the the heart and contains many wires that are and attachment.” quency probe which will treat arrhyth­ length of a thumb, and weighs about the controlled by the surgeon. By moving its The Heartlander can only access areas mias, disorders of the regular rhythmic same as an egg. two body segments back and forth it can on the surface of the heart and therefore beating of the heart, by selectively killing It is controlled by the heart surgeon, crawl up and down the heart at up to 18 cannot take care of procedures and surgery malfunctioning heart tissue. who uses a joystick and tracks the device cm per minute. needed inside the heart. The scientists also want to add a camera with a monitor that uses either X-ray video The prototype, sometimes compared to Andrew Rankin, a cardiologist at the in order for the robot to be self-sufficient. or a magnetic tracker. a robotic caterpillar due to its inchworm­ University of Glasgow in the UK, said in Heart surgeons welcome this new inven­ The robot and its connecting tube enters like locomotion, has not yet been tested on the New Scientist that although the heart tion and they look forward to using a the body through a small incision below humans, and has yet to undergo many tests can be accessed non-invasively through device that will hopefully make heart sur­ the ribcage. A vacuum holds the robot in that will take until 2013. blood vessels, it is not always possible to gery safer and more effective. The Cowl COMMENTARY

Page 10 April 26, 2007 Europe falls Obama Ba-rocks Boston off religious by Mallary Jean Tenore ’07 bicycle path Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Providing easy access to education, help­ by Andrew Sparks ’09 ing victims of the Darfur genocide, and put­ Commentary Staff ting an end to the war in Iraq were just a few of the issues that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) Modem Europe is like a bicycle rider who, fervently addressed during running out of momentum, swerves more and his speech at Boston NATIONAL more off track, until he finally collapses. The University’s Agannis Arena momentum and forward progress that should on Friday, April 20. make him stable are The event, which served as the New Christian morals, decency, England kickoff of Obama’s campaign, RELIGION and vitality, all of which are marked the senator’s first public appearance now empty shells of their in Boston since announcing his run for presi­ former selves. What then, has caused such a dency in the 2008 elections last February. catastrophic collapse? The answer is quite j Addressing more than 5,000 audience clear: Atheistic secularism. members—most of whom were stu­ Militant atheism is a particularly unnerv­ dents—Obama began his speech by noting ing, increasingly potent, and fairly recent the importance of the civil rights move­ trend in European atheism. Headed largely in ment and the need for unity among all peo­ PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY BAKER ’07 part by the French philosopher Michel ple, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual Nine Providence College students—Amy Baker ’07, Daniel Cullinane ’07, Devin Driscoll ’08, Caitlin Ferrarini Onfray, militant atheism is not content to sim­ ’07, Colleen Fitzgerald ’07, Katelin Fitzpatrick ’07, Matt Harutunian ’07 (who organized the event), Frank orientation, or religion. Orlando ’07, and Mallary Tenore ’07—traveled to Boston to hear Barack Obama talk on Friday, April 20. ply ignore religion, but in fact has taken a “Ordinary people can do extraordinary vocal and hostile stance against it. Once each things,” Obama told the crowd. “When erly and students who cannot afford to pay his greatest asset. Rather than be bombard­ week, Onfray speaks to radio audiences, ral­ they are united instead of divided they can for college—audience members loudly ed by the repercussions of a tainted politi­ lying troops for the “final battle” against “the­ rebuild communities that have been shat­ cheered in approval. cal past, Obama can focus on what really ological hocus-pocus.” As covered by the tered and broken.” Perhaps the loudest cheer of the night matters: The issues. Wall Street Journal, Onfray states, “We can With a campaign slogan of “Hope, came when Obama mentioned the need to “It’s true I’ve only been in Washington a no longer tolerate neutrality and benevo­ Action, Change,” Obama referenced unity help the thousands affected by the geno­ couple of years but I’ve been in Washington lence.” Such is the theme of his books and as the underlying force of change. “There cide in Darfur. So too did he advocate for long enough to know that Washington needs lecture series: “Hedonist Philosophy.” are some things we do better together than reduced greenhouse gasses and an end to to change,” he asserted. “We need a new kind Moreover, Onfray is simply a representa­ we do apart,” he said. “It’s this idea more the war in Iraq. of politics. We need something different, we tive of the larger movement of miltant athe­ than anything that we have to recapture right “We’ve got a war that should never have need to turn the page.” ism, which has even spread to strongly secu­ here, right now.” Using the words “broken” been authorized,” he said, adding that the Obama’s message Friday night suggested larist groups in England that issue “de-bap- and “inadequate” to describe the United authorization provided breeding grounds for that he does not care so much about party tisms” (a theological impossibility) and, quite States’ healthcare and education systems, terrorism. “And in the midst of this, we have affiliations as he does about the people and surprisingly, a German atheist group called Obama noted the need for a restructuring of an administration that basically says . . . places who he hopes to transform if elected. the “National Council of Ex-Muslims.” In the country’s economy. ‘you’re on your own’” to the American peo­ Though his speech would have been more fact, this vocal and potent form of atheistic “We’ve got an economy that is doing very ple. People have been feeling as though powerful had he shared the ways in which he secularism has grown largely as a response to well for some—you’ve never seen higher they’re on their own—and that’s what we plans to achieve his lofty goals, his words the prolific, deeply religious, and dangerous­ profits on Wall Street. And yet... Americans need to reverse.” nonetheless suggested a sincerity that is often ly marginalized Muslim population, all of across the country are living paycheck to For Obama, improvement begins with missing from prepared political speeches. which is rooted in the historic Enlightenment paycheck. They live less securely than they reversal and change. Though some may Obama exuded this sincerity most notice­ “reason over ‘superstition’” fight. ever have before.” claim Obama does not understand the ably when advocating for the need to “build a Yet it seems that the only way Europe can Upon hearing Obama’s desire to help soci­ complexities of his proposed changes, have fruitful dialogue with the increasing ety’s disadvantaged groups—such as the eld- Obama’s “inexperience” could actually be OBAMA/Page 12 Islamic population would be through a well- placed and truthful acknowledgement of its essentially Christian identity. If the secularists would agree that religion has given Europe Dancing into a reliable relationship many great things, then true progress would occur. It is extremely disheartening that the European Union, which recently commemo­ by Michael Rubin ’08 Right at the start, the other guys and I real­ Immediately, the dancing became more fun rated its 50th anniversary of its founding in Commentary Staff ized that, if the role of leading were given to for me—the idea that this beautiful and grace­ the Treaty of Rome, had refused to give even the better dancers, the women would get it, ful creature in front of me actually found me a slight nod to Christianity and its influence in CULTURE hands down. Their half of the room had years useful, even in this small way, was a pleasing forming the continent. This begs the question, of ballet, jazz, and other dance training, and one. When the instructor told us guys, “Your “What exactly holds Europe together, both in ours had a few proms and a Snowball. When job is to make her look good,” my only the EU and in the continental identity as a It is a fact that a guy cannot bring up the our instructor told us to find a partner, the thought was “of course.” whole?” It is noted in the Journal that the subject of husbandly authority to a girl with­ girls couldn’t have looked more pumped, From this experience it seems clear to me common identity of Europe has been relegat­ out suffering severe facial wounds (believe while we guys, still unsure of what the basic that men lead not out of superiority but out of ed to economic interest, that is to say, purely me, I have tried). Even in church it’s risky step was, began to pale. I suddenly knew service to women, both in dancing and mar­ material, non-transcendent motives. This business. One priest told me that whenever firsthand what the fear of commitment is— riage. Women are clearly better equipped to utterly lifeless decision mirrors Onfray’s own that infamous passage from St. Paul’s Letter the fear of a situation where I look like an run a relationship—they never forget any­ philosophy, “ethical hedonism,” based on the to the Ephesians—“Wives, obey your hus­ idiot, but I can’t get out of it without looking thing, and always win arguments. Yet for cen­ maxim “To enjoy and make others enjoy bands”—is read at his Sunday Mass, the even more like an idiot. turies they have let men lead them because without doing ill to yourself or others.” women cross their armstand the men shrink Fortunately, it turned out that leading is they know that that is the best way for hus­ This materialistic, secular, atheistic, and down a foot into their pews. by far the easier role in ballroom dancing. bands to show their devotion to their wives. hedonistic philosophy, however, has wronged In spite of this taboo on traditional sex While the girls had to dance backwards and Then, using that same intelligence and grace to Europe as a whole. The ill-effect is clearly roles, I still see couples falling into them perform under-arm spins, all we were asked they display in dancing, they guide their hus­ seen in the demographic implosion and the when they’re not careful, even the most pro­ to do was shuffle back and forth and occa­ bands while following and help them do what cultural meltdown, as is exemplified by a new gressive-minded ones—the women let the sionally raise our arms to help the girls they never could on their own—create a museum in Vienna opened recently by an men take charge of things like driving, pay­ turn—simple tasks we still managed to per­ home and family. Austrian abortionist, which exalts contracep­ ing at restaurants, unsuccessful attempts at form with lots of grunting and sweating. I Marriages work when both people, rather tion and abortion as part and parcel with mod­ plumbing, etc. Never having been in a rela­ realized men lead because there is no way than insisting on independence and equality, em progress. Such horrid occurrences all tionship myself, I can’t say why relationships we could follow, and because everyone ben­ subject themselves totally to the other—this across the continent sting any half-decent seem to work this way. efits when women, lacking sweat glands, is why Paul, right after telling wives to obey sensibilities, most especially those of the bur­ Of the explanations I have heard, my have the role with more movement. their husbands, told husbands to love then- geoning Muslim community. The answer to favorite is foe comparison of marriage It also became clear that, though the men wives “as Christ loves the Church,” laying Europe’s woes does not lay in militant athe­ with a dancing couple—the man leads in were leading, the women were the ones in down their lives for them. When two people ism. Europe cannot depend on the destruction both cases so that, rather than going in dif­ control, taking our inept leading and turning it sacrifice themselves to each other in this way, of Islam nor religion as a whole as the solu­ ferent directions, the two can move as one. into something that actually looked good. I the result is something better than equality— tion to its problems. Such actions would only Of course, this doesn’t explain why the felt completely patronized when my partner it’s unity and harmony. serve to further marginalize the increasingly man leads, and not the woman. would smile sweetly at me as she came out of One might still ask, why does it have to be agitated immigrant populations. If there is As a dedicated investigative journalist, I a turn, even though I had clearly broken her this way? Why does marriage have to mean any hope for peace, unity, and growth in decided to solve the question of why men arm in the process. submitting oneself? Not being God, I don’t Europe, it is to be found in reconciling itself lead in marriage in the best way I know Yet I discovered to my relief that we men have an answer for that. My only response is to its own religious tradition of Christianity. how—by signing up for a ballroom dancing did have a positive contribution to the danc­ that everything in life is a lot more satisfying Only then can Europe regain momentum; lesson with some friends this semester. The ing. Our bulky frames were a firm center of when you don’t try to make it fit how you only then can she progress only then can she answer J found, however, is not as flattering gravity on which the girls could steady them­ thinly it should be, and you simply lose your- restore balance. I to men as you might think. selves as they whipped around the floor. self in the dance. April 26, 2007 Commentary 11 The Cowl

TOO Tangents and Tirades HOT FOR by Eric Fulford ’08 Commentary Staff WORDS Fired up over Virginia Tech. I will not deny the utter tragedy of the event of what much of the media has been calling the “Virginia Tech Massacre.” I will, however, disagree with one TV opinion show host on her accusations of schools like Virginia Tech and organizations like NASA wanting to put more security in place, stating that their actions are “too little too late.” How could college administrators ever imagine that an event such as this would occur? It’s absurd and sadly, this is a precedent for future security measures. On a different note, accord­ ing to CNN.com, Emmanuel College fired a professor who held a discussion on the Virginia Tech events citing that they could not .. tolerate any behavior or action which makes light of or mimics the terrible tragedy at Virginia Tech.” I find it utterly ridiculous that a person should be fired for making an observation that more people will die in a day ofAIDS than those killed at Virginia Tech, for example. It is important to support the families of the victims and students, mourn the tragedy, and take preventative measures to ensure that the horrific event will never happen again, but it is also imperative to know that there are other things happen­ ing in the world. The 24/7 coverage of the replayed cell phone videos are merely a tool that are desensitizing the public, not helping it to get through the issue.—Laura Bedrossian ’07

Explanation breaks the silence. As I donned my purple “Erase Hate” bracelet and black “Ask Me Why I’m Not Talking Today” shirt, I noticed I received strange looks. The vow of silence I took for the day gave me no chance to justify myself or my actions. The only explanation I could give those who asked was written on a piece of paper, which many quickly glanced at and shrugged. Wednesday, April 18 was the “Day of Silence,” the largest national student-led protest in the country. Students from hundreds of campus­ es took a vow of silence in solidarity with the silence that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans­ After repeated network difficulties, PC finds a new gender, queer, and questioning community is forced into, due to discrimination, igno­ registration process which is faster and more likely to rance, and injustice. Amidst criticism that the protest was silly and ineffective, the quiet get students the classes they need. kids drew some attention. Raising awareness is the first step toward erasing prejudice. So while to some the “Day of Silence” may have seemed unproductive, if I made one kid think twice about using homophobic language or making judgments, the day was a com­ plete success.—Jackie Kramer ’10 Aborting the right to decide

by Aiden Redmond ’08 son “partial-birth abortions” are per­ Letters to the Editor: Commentary Staff formed in the first place, however, is to save the life of the mother rather than to SOCIETY face the possible consequence of two Hope you like the warm weather, its’ about to get hot deaths. The Supreme Court takes the I’m writing in response to the tirade by even millennia of environmental data. I decision out of the doctor’s hands as Mark Scirocco ’10 in the April 19 edition of understand that it was on the opinion page, well as the mother’s, deeming itself the The Cowl. Though we have had three gor­ but even opinions shouldn’t distort fact. I am not the type of person that reads one fit to choose whether a pregnant geous days of over 70 degree weather and While this letter is no place to define global the newspaper or gets headlines from woman is healthy or ill enough to go I’m looking forward to another, I assure Mr. warming and the evidence for and against, I sources outside of The Daily Show and through with an abortion. Scirocco that I am not issuing a “doom and will leave you with this: Early this April a The Colbert Report. It was not until my Banning “partial-birth abortions” is a gloom report on the world’s end and the evils very conservative Supreme Court issued a drum lesson last Friday that my teacher poor stepping stone for pro-life advo­ of capitalism” because of the past few days. ruling in favor of pollution controls. The told me about the Supreme Court’s deci­ cates in the long road to putting an end Instead, my “doom and gloom report” (which majority opinion written by Justice John Paul sion to place a ban on “partial-birth to abortions entirely. By outlawing a in fact has nothing to do with capitalism, as Stevens in cnn.com included this entreaty to abortions” that I really felt kind of dumb procedure that is performed with the capitalism has little to do with global warm­ the American public: “A reduction in domes­ for relying on Comedy Central to keep hopes to save a mother’s life that is ing) has to do with trends of warming in the tic emissions would slow the pace of global me in the know on current events. being jeopardized by the unborn fetus environment. A few days or even a year, cer­ emissions increases, no matter what happens A “partial-birth abortion” is a grisly inside of her, the Supreme Court is con­ tainly do not illustrate any kind of long-last­ elsewhere.” procedure that takes place during the tradicting its own pro-life intentions. ing environmental trend. To get a handle on second trimester of a woman’s pregnan­ What separates “partial-birth abortions” real change, one must study decades and —Kevin Lindsey ’ 10 cy. It is a procedure that gynecologists from other procedures of its kind is that rarely perform and is only practiced it is performed as the result of circum­ ‘Clubbies’ sets rap standards when the mother’s health is at risk as a stance rather than personal choice. result of the pregnancy. “Partial-birth abortions,” like all Aiden Redmond ’08’s tirade about Mims songs have been on the Billboard’s Top 100 When it comes to the subject of abor­ abortions, are extremely controversial setting rap back 30 years displays not only these past two months and how come I’ve tion, I feel uncomfortable expressing my and ugly procedures. This is not so his ignorance towards Mims, but modem never heard anyone of his songs played at opinions on what woman can or cannot do much a religious issue as it is one of rap as a whole. Taking the time to Google Clubbies, (the place where girls go to drop it with her own body. What bothers me about political bias and warped morals that Mims’ powerful and provocative lyrics, one like it’s hot while still staying flossy and I go this issue is that the Supreme Court now removes pro-choice and professional would see the true genius interposed within because I’m ballin’ and I need to stay fly)? feels that it is their place to tell women opinion from the picture when it is most the song. In only the third line of the song, Clearly, B.I.G’s accomplishments have what they are allowed to do with their needed. I will hopefully never have to Mims claims that he is so hot, he can rap been nowhere near as significant as that of unborn children. deal with this scenario face-to-face, and about nothing and still sell millions of Mims’. Simply put, Mims’ hot beats and I am not a supporter of abortion, and I am in no place to tell a woman what records, which is exactly what he proceeds lyrics is what makes him hot, and unless a woman was a victim of circum­ she can or cannot do with her unborn to do for the rest of the song! Now if that’s Redmond’s failure to recognize and appreci­ stance (i.e. rape), I would never encour­ child; more importantly, neither is the not genius, what is? Then there is Notorious ate this, is why he’s not. age her to go through with one. The rea­ Supreme Court. B.I.G, whose music is pointed to in the arti­ cle as being the acme of rap music. Yet if —Mike Springer ’08 B.I.G is so good, then how come none of his

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with any degree of certainty.” for the most carbon dioxide emissions are Richard S. Lindzen, the Alfred P. Sloan North America, Europe, and Asia. Not sur­ Professor of Meteorology at MIT, recently prising. The regions that emit the least car­ by Mark Scirocco ’10 by Betsy Rouleau ’08 published an article in Newsweek in which bon dioxide emissions are Central and Commentary Staff Commentary Staff he wrote, “There is no compelling evi­ South America, Africa, and the Middle dence that the warming trend we've seen East. That’s not surprising either, is it? will amount to anything close to catastro­ After the Intergovernmental Panel on Since Al Gore began his global warm­ phe.” Like Deming, Lindzen argues: I don’t know about you, but I have real­ Climate Change (a panel of 1,000 scien­ ing crusade, many in the mainstream “What most commentators—and many ly been enjoying these past few days of tists from 74 nations) met in early April, media have gone into crisis mode, pro­ scientists—seem to miss is that the only sunshine, especially after a March they released a statement saying that the claiming the Earth’s end to be no farther thing we can say with certainly about cli­ (...February...wait, January too!) of drea­ poorest of the poor will suffer from global away than the end of a current college mate is that it changes,” saying that “sea riness. There is something nice about warming. The report gave an interesting student’s lifespan. Following the news levels, for example, have been increasing wearing a winter jacket one day and flip­ example: By 2020, up to 250 million indi­ everyday, one would think that the glob­ since the end of the last ice age,” and that flops the next. But these climate changes viduals in Africa may suffer disease and al warming debate is over. Yet many of “one overlooked mystery is why tempera­ tell me something is up with our planet. dehydration due to climate changes that the world’s most eminent scientists are tures are not already higher.” But whether In keeping with the numerous Earth cause drought. Another example: 25 mil­ providing evidence to debunk several there is a significant warming trend is Day events at Providence College spon­ lion people in Papua New Guinea have global warming myths. questionable. The country has just experi­ sored by Student Congress, Urban already evacuated their homes due to Last December, Sen. James Inhofe (R- enced the coldest April in over 100 years. Action, the Feinstein Institute, and mounting sea levels. Think solidarity. Okla.), Chairman of the Environment and If the planet is truly heating up, why would Friars Club this past Saturday, I’m going Global warming is not just an issue for Public Works Committee, conducted a the first three weeks in April be so cold? to talk about the Earth. scientists to toss around. It’s not enough to hearing in which scientists appeared The problem other scientists have with the For those of you who are tempted to leave it to the Supreme Court to regulate before the Senate and discussed the global warming debate is that it is being used skip to the next article because you’ve carbon dioxide emissions. Incidentally, media’s coverage of global warming. After as a political weapon. Glenn Shaw, an atmos­ heard enough out of Al Gore, Oprah, and the Bush administration disagrees, saying the hearing, Sen. Inhofe concluded that pheric scientist and professor of physics at the those crunchy-granola types about global that this ruling may burden the U.S. econ­ “today’s hearing showed that the so-called Geophysical Institute, University of warming, hold on. Clearly, I am not Al omy and make it less competitive, because ‘scientific consensus’ does not exist. Alaska Fairbanks, recently wrote Gore or Oprah, and I promise other industrial nations continue to emit Leading scientists from the United States “Science is often muddled that my granola bars are far increasing levels of carbon dioxide. Since and Australia denounced much of the when it is working on dif­ from crunchy. I am a stu­ the United States produces the most car­ media for becoming advocates for ficult new problems and dent with a conscience bon dioxide, we need to take the first step alarmism rather than objectivity.” most especially when at a small, Catholic, to reduce this output. Stewardship and sol­ Testifying at the hearing were scientists the problems start to liberal arts college— idarity need to come into play for the aver­ such as Bob Carter, a paleoclimate become political. wait, you are too! age person—or for the average college researcher from Australia’s James Cook And the issue of It’s hard to get student with a conscience. We need to University, who said, “There is huge global warming has through your theol­ begin to make small choices that can lead uncertainly in every aspect of climate become massively ogy requirements to big changes. change.” Carter stated, “in the absence of political.” Now sci- at Providence Not too long ago, my roommate rebuked empirical evidence for damaging human- entists who chal­ College without me for my environmentally-unfriendly caused climate change, public attention is lenge the idea of hearing the words facial wipes. She was right. I think the best captured by making assertions about man-made global “stewardship” and Providence College community has ‘possible’ change. And of course, using the warming are being “solidarity” tossed already started to realize the concept of output of computer models in support, virtu­ silenced by those who around. But if you’ve stewardship, as evidenced by participating ally any type of climactic hazard can be promote it as part of a polit­ managed to escape Catholic in the multiple cleanups that took place asserted as a possible future change.” As a ical agenda. Shaw writes, “I’m Social Thought in favor of Old across Rhode Island. But there are tiny result of this lack of hard empirical evidence, skeptical despite the fact that ‘every­ Testament 101, stewardship means tak­ things that we can all do. Let’s follow the misinformation disguised as fact is being pre­ body knows that the science is in.’ The sci­ ing care of the world that has been given to lead of companies like DuPont and sented to the public. ence isn’t even close to being in . . . Try us. Solidarity means shared responsibility General Electric, just a few of the many Other scientists who testified at the getting funding while being a skeptic.” among members of a group—namely, the companies that are going green. Let’s start hearing challenged the claim that natu­ The same crowd that is currently touting human race. Keep these words in mind for by using funky, energy-saving light ral disasters such as hurricane Katrina the dangers of global warming ironically, was a few minutes. bulbs—or “compact fluorescent light have been caused by global warming. warning the world of a new ice age 30 years Okay, moving on. 2006 was the hottest bulbs” to those silly, crunchy-granola David Deming, a geophysicist from the ago. Shaw notes that “in the 1970s the year that the United States has ever types. Sealing, or better insulating win­ University of Oklahoma, testified that Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, recorded. There have been worldwide dows and doors in homes can save energy “every natural disaster that occurs is the New York Times and countless books and droughts, including some that have dried and therefore reduce carbon dioxide emis­ now linked by the media with global articles were warning of the dangers of glob­ up entire riverbeds, like the Jialingjang in sions. Turn off your computer when you’re warming, no matter how tenuous or al cooling.” Global warming seems to be the China. California and Arizona have expe­ not using it. Carpool. Shop for groceries impossible the connection. As a result, new craze that the mainstream media has rienced devastating wildfires in the past with reusable cloth bags instead of non- the public has become vastly misin­ latched itself onto. several years. The ice in the Arctic Ocean biodegradable plastic bags. The band formed on this and other environmental More and more prominent scientists is rapidly thinning. Sea levels are rising, Guster uses biodiesel, a clean-burning fuel issues.” Deming also noted that warm­ are being attacked for not following the resulting in erosion on many of the made from renewable resources such as ing and cooling periods have occurred party line when it comes to global warm­ nation’s beaches. Katrina. Even some of vegetable oil. Go to one of their concerts. throughout Earth’s history (even before ing. Many in the scientific community the most ardent anti-global warming I participated in one of those cleanups SUVs), the most significant of which is are coming to the conclusion that there activists have begun to realize that some­ last Earth Day. A young boy named Julio known by scientists as the Medieval are a lot of things we do not know about thing is happening. Many people say that helped me pry plastic bags and Styrofoam Warm Period. The “Earth's climate sys­ the earth, and why it warms and cools is this is just another phase in history in cups from the brambles at the edge of tem,” Deming explained, “is complex one of them. Scientists such as Lindzen, which the Earth will fluctuate and will take Merino Park in Providence. As a member and poorly understood.” The Earth’s Deming, Carter, and Shaw, among oth­ care of itself. This may just be another of a community organization called Young temperature has warmed and cooled ers, have called for the world to take a phase in history, but we have caused it. Heroes, Julio is taking a stand for the envi­ throughout history but only now is the second look at what global warming real­ Start thinking stewardship. ronment. At age 10, Julio knows about car­ change being blamed on man. As ly means and to not buy into the doom We all know the basics: Global warming bon dioxide emissions and the melting gla­ Deming claims, the cause of the earth’s and gloom hysteria caused by Al Gore is caused by carbon dioxide emissions ciers. This is Julio’s world. This is our warming, now or in the past, is unknown and the mainstream media. from the burning of fossil fuels. This car­ world. Julio’s got this stewardship thing and “there is no sound scientific basis bon dioxide collects in the air and traps the down. Can we follow his example? for predicting future climate change Picture Credit: http://www.cnn.com/EARTH sun’s heat. The regions that are responsible Obama: ’08 presidential candidate makes a strong first impression continued from page 10 become largely employer-based, though and Urban Development to fund support assessment of U.S. healthcare still rings fewer and fewer companies are offering for homelessness. Though $35 billion true in 2007. What will come of 2008 will new America,” If we strive to reconstruct our it. hew low-wage employers provide may sound like a lot, comparatively depend largely upon the vision of our next country, he said, “we will transform how we health insurance, and the low-income speaking, it is minimal. president. Will our next leader be willing are viewed around the world.” employees who do receive it are often Considering the lack of funding for fight­ to change what is corrupt, and rebuild what In light of this necessary transforma­ faced with unaffordable co-payments. ing poverty, a universal healthcare plan is in has been broken? Will he or she be able to tion, Obama boldly claimed that if elected, Furthermore, government expendi­ order. As Hilfiker asserts in his 2002 book hear the plights of the disadvantaged and he plans to create a universal healthcare tures are unfairly distributed. According Urban Injustice, “On their own, low-income, amplify their voices in the community? plan by the end of his first term as presi­ to statistics from the War Resistors’ Web working-class, and even middle-class people Judging from his speech, Obama has dent. Though highly ambitious, this goal site, of the government’s $2.6 trillion simply cannot afford family health care pre­ already carefully considered these ques­ would not be unrealistic if given the sup­ budget in 2006, $727 billion went to the miums that average more than $7,000 a year. tions, and seems ready to tackle them head port it deserves. military (not including expenses in Iraq With one in six Americans currently unin­ on with hope, action, and change. Sociologists such as David Hilfiker and Afghanistan), $587 billion went to sured and the trend away from employer- “At every juncture in American histo­ have made similar claims in the past, social security, $431 billion went to sponsored coverage, the only reasonable ry, change has happened because of asserting that universal healthcare is not Medicare, and $376 billion went to inter­ option seems to be some form of national you,” Obama told students. And so this only possible, but entirely necessary to est on debt. Only $35 billion, or 13.4 per­ health insurance.” comment begs the question: Just how fight the war on poverty. Healthcare has cent, went to the Department of Housing Though slightly outdated, Hilfiker s willing are we to change? April 26, 2007 Advertisement The Cowl 13

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Carolyn Blais ’07 talks about her experience writing and directing her independent theater production, Tales From Atop The Beanstalk

by Annemarie Granstrand ’09 A&E Staff

Aside from perhaps the waiting room at a pediatric dental office, one isn’t likely to come across both People magazine and tales of Mother Goose on the same coffee table. Unless you are STUDENT Carolyn Blais. A dou- FEATURE ble major in theater and English, Blais ’07 wrote and is directing the upcoming pro­ duction of Tales From Atop The Beanstalk. Her goal in writing this play was to combine the familiar fairy tales of our childhood with the already quite laughable pop culture. “I wanted to create something that would attract an audience of all ages,” Blais said. At the beginning of the semester, Blais pitched the idea to her advisor. After months of tweaking and perfecting the script, Blais held open auditions. The audi­ Bedtime stories for the college crowd-. tion process focused mainly on one task.— Carolyn Blais (above) wrote and take a nursery rhyme character of your directed her play, Tales From Atop The choice and make it your own. After toning Beanstalk, as part of an independent down the Providence College version of study for her theater major. The play the Ugly Duckling, who becomes more combines familiar fairy tales with pop attractive as a Monday night at Louie’s culture in an attempt to attract goes on, Blais hopes she has discovered an audiences of all ages. entertaining balance of charm and wit that will attract a wide range of theatergoers. difficult of a time commitment. Like their College kids appreciate a special type of fellow classmates in the theater depart­ humor. On a campus where most amusing ment, Bedard and Blais are forced to conversations are punctuated with the sav­ achieve the delicate balance of school ing line of, “That’s what she said,” how work, rehearsal, and social life. would PC students be attracted to a play of Blais concedes that being inside the Mother Goose tales? Blais said she aimed Smith Center for seemingly endless hours to mix in pop-culture references that she when we have beautiful weekends like this hopes will allow for an uncommon type of past one isn’t her favorite thing in the comedy. “It’s not vulgar college humor, world. “As a senior, my Saturdays are but it’s great for those our age who are numbered, but I don’t regret it.” game for a laugh.” She is aware of the responsibility that Instead of attending the ball, Blais' con­ accompanies a student production. Not cocted characters are headed for the only is Blais the director of the play, but National Bowling Competition. The she also shouldered the painstaking Britney Spears inspired pop princess helps process of writing the entire script. transform K-Frog into a rapping prince Reporting to her advisor, Mary Farrell, while Little Red Running Shorts whizzes periodically to show signs of progress, by. Blais enjoyed mixing the world of Blais made this project an independent tabloids and nursery rhymes. study of hers. “It’s like this is my thesis,” PHOTOS BY TODD PAGE ’08/The Cowl Working with a cast of eight underclass­ Blais says. in the Smith Center is another piece of commencement. men, Blais cannot be a strict nit-picking Although she now has some experience proof that those in the theater department, “This whole experience is well worth director. “She knows what she wants but as a director at Providence, Blais also compared to other majors, devote more it,” Blais said. “I’m really proud of this still listens to us,” said Sarah Bedard ’09, a enjoys acting. Last year, she was abroad in time to their area of study. work.” After a taxing semester, the big player in Blais' production, of her director. Dublin and directed there. Soaking in the But this is not to say that Blais is not weekend is approaching. On April 27, 28, Bedard commends Blais’ acknowledge­ atmosphere, Blais came to appreciate Irish enjoying herself thoroughly and relishing and 29, Tales from Atop The Beanstalk will ment for the wisdom of crowds: “She pro­ authors and plays. Being overseas for all of her remaining weeks of college theater. be showing in the Smith Center’s Bowab vides a very free environment.” her junior year and practically living in the She is aware of how difficult it would be to Theater. Blais encourages those who The cast members play off of each other Smith Center this year, you should not be continue acting and directing outside of appreciate a good episode of Best Week well because they have been clocking as shocked to learn that Blais hasn’t been college. “I’m not about to move to New Ever and are interested in a reinvention of many hours each week together in the to Ray Cafeteria since her sophomore year. York City and waitress my life away,” the bedtime stories we read before Lindsay Smith Center since practices began about a (Maybe someone should notify her about Blais reasons. But she finds theater quite Lohan could even spell ‘rehab,’ to take in a month ago. But compared to larger pro­ the fantastic porcelain bowl development.) fulfilling and if given the chance would performance. ductions, Bedard doesn’t consider it as that The massive amount of hours Blais spends continue as an actress or director after

News in the Brangelina household. Angelina Jolie receded to find a quiet place to cry on the set In Case You of the production A Mighty Heart after she was alerted that terrorists were planning to abduct her children. You may think the woman who played Lara Croft in Tomb Raider would take a more active approach to this news and go kick some terrorist butt. To make things worse, rumor is she is not get­ Missed It... ting along well with Brad. Until you hear otherwise, consider it nothing more than a rumor. Do not worry too much . . . Brad and Angelina have many more impoverished children to adopt. April 26, 2007 Arts & Entertainment The Cowl 15 A barren land Stilted acting and a by-the-book plot make In the Land of Women dull and forgettable

by Deanna Cioppa ’07 Even Adam Brody, the quintessence of A&E Staff dorky cuteness falls flatter than my collec­ tion of Earth Day puns. The estrogen bath Some time ago I wrote a review of The he takes should result in some sort of rev­ Last Kiss, a film I commended for its bru­ elation, but he seems to miss the memo. tally honest look at relationships. I went to He writes some ho-hum self-congratulato­ see In the Land of Women hoping to be ry letter to Sarah at the end that is sup­ pleasantly surprised, posed to vindicate their respective exis­ MOVIE that Meg Ryan’s brand tences, but really it just highlights how for­ REVIEW of syrup and Adam gettable this film is. (I think he says, Brody’s oh-so-darling “Thank you” or “You’re a cool old lady” or dorkiness would not combine to swallow “What happened to your face?” or some­ me in a gelatinous blob of “cute.” In a thing . . .) He mopes around and honestly way, I was satisfied—this movie fell far does not seem to care whether he is short of cute. Not that it didn’t try; there onscreen or not—disappointing coming were several attempts whose feebleness from this generation’s bastion of pith. can only be equaled by my attention spa— You could go see In the Land of Women. Look, a duck! Really, you could. And maybe it would The plot centers on Carter Webb (Adam strike a chord here or there. But get back Brody), a 26-year-old romantic who has to me a week from now and let me know if just been dumped by the love of his life. In you remember one character’s name, or a contrived moment of clarity he decides to WB can quote one good line, or have figured take some time to himself and move from Carter soon becomes the fulcrum upon injections of bacteria that have been shot out if Meg Ryan is still a human entity. L. A. to Michigan to take care of his aging which the Hartwicke women balance their into her skin, but at best she was phoning and rather batty grandmother (played with allegedly complex relationships and this role in. Granted, Sarah is supposed to GRADE: C wonderful creepiness by Olympia implied angst. Sarah and Lucy confide in be distant to her kids, but there are allu­ Dukakis). him about each other, and he does his own sions to this well-spring of ambition under There he meets a family of interesting share of soul-spilling. Cue the potentially her cosmetically paralyzed skin. There is In the Land of Women women. Sarah Hardwicke (Meg Ryan) is a fatal disease, unrequited love, and foolish even a cheesy reference to sitting in the distant housewife tom between love for kisses, and In the Land of Women waxes as Metropolitan Museum of Art and finding Directed by: Jon Kasdan her family and the need to establish her insipid and forgettable as my 10th grade oneself. And yet beyond the scripted own life. Surly/twitchy daughter Lucy ode to the prep-school hottie (I’m still words, Ryan could be reading the ingredi­ Starring: Adam Brody, (surly /twitchy Kristen Stewart) is appar­ waiting, Josh Greenblatt). ents off a box of cereal (that is, if she ate Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart, ently filled with such rage toward her Worse than the cookie-cutter plot is the food). and Makenzie Vega mother that, although we hear about it in fact that everyone in the film seems to As Lucy, Kristen Stewart seems to think one confession after another, it never know how movie-of-the-week they are. that being fidgety is enough to convey Runtime: 97 minutes appears on the screen. Finally, Paige I’m not sure if it’s Meg Ryan’s dramatical­ teenage rage. She pouts and paints and (scene-stealer Makenzie Vega) is preco­ ly different look now that she’s been smokes and can’t seem to keep still—oh Rated PG-13 cious and wiser than her years (and most of reconstructed (think Yoda’s face stretched the humanity! My inner despair is just the other women in this film). over an orange), or perhaps the lethal oozing out my eyeballs! I’m so awkward! A fully-charged kinda concert

Third Eye Blind proved last Thursday at Lupo’s that it has not left behind all of its former glory

by John Mango ’10 Coldplay vocals into an overwrought elec­ A&E Staff tronic pop-punk sound. I was unable to hear much of this, however, due to the tidal The bipolar decade of the ’90s spawned waves of reverb that drowned out most of some pop-culture catastrophes including the songs. But, I hadn’t come to see The (but not limited to) Power Rangers, boy Upwelling, and neither had anyone else in bands, and Courtney Love. Luckily, we the audience. were also graced with Third Eye Blind opened to an uproari­ CONCERT Seinfeld, POGs, and ous crowd with bouncing, energetic rendi­ REVIEW post-grunge alterna­ tions of “Never Let You Go” and “Crystal tive rock. At the fore­ Baller” off its albums Blue and Out of the front of this musical genre was Third Eye Vein, respectively. Blind, a band that defined ’90s rock as we Frontman Stephan Jenkins, who com­ know it today. mented to the audience on the band However, as Y2K rolled around the cor­ becoming a decade old, showed his age ner, Third Eye Blind was nowhere to be slightly when the band performed its clas­ found. With the onslaught of emo pop­ sic underachiever theme song, “Graduate.” punk bands such as Good Charlotte, He was clearly straining to belt out the Simple Plan, and Fall Out Boy, it seemed centerpiece line of the song, “Can I gradu­ that Third Eye Blind and everything it rep­ ate?” resented had died. However, this did not detract from the Then I heard that the band was going to boundless energy he and guitarist Tony be playing at Providence’s own Lupo’s Fredianelli brought to the performance. Live at Lupo’s: Third Eye Blind plays to a sold-out crowd. JOHN MANGO ’10/The Cowl Heartbreak Hotel on April 19. So, with the While Fredianelli utilized his remarkable motive of nostalgia, the hope of witnessing (albeit unorthodox) guitar shredding gift, Inside of You,” “Motorcycle Drive By,” ’90s rock groups had been dumped by their a messianic rebirth, and a little apprehen­ showcased in an impressively eccentric “How’s It Gonna Be,” and “Semi­ former labels in an attempt to make room sion, (the band is a decade old, and has solo during “Jumper,” Jenkins inspired Charmed Life” with a surprising “Stairway for the new punk wave in music). spent the last four years probably inhabit­ healthy doses of audience participation to Heaven” outro that certainly did Jenkins’ innate rapport with the audi­ ing a dark hovel somewhere between its with his inspirational monologues. As if to Zeppelin justice. The encore of “Slow ence was entertaining and electrifying. He very small performances at very small complement or even one up Fredianelli’s Motion,” “1000 July’s,” and “God of did something that is relatively rare for venues) I purchased my tickets . . . and riffs, Jenkins directed the audience as the Wine” was very electric. performers nowadays. Song after song, apparently so did throngs of other Third conductor of a massive choir all singing in Despite the short set-list and Jenkins’ less Jenkins was smiling. He was having a Eye Blind fans considering the show com­ praise during the final chorus of the song. than perfect vocals, the performance was good time, so much so that it penetrated pletely sold out. The band only unveiled one song off its indeed of Messianic proportions. Despite and engulfed the crowd. I strongly recom­ I made it into Lupo’s by 7:30 p.m. when mythical fourth album. “Summer Town,” my hyperbole, the energy Third Eye Blind mend you find some way to acquire tickets the opening group, The Upwelling, took which is as sunny as the name suggests, is was able to create and maintain suggests to the sold-out show at Lupo’s on May 4 the stage. I didn’t expect much from them a catchy tune along the lines of “Semi­ that this tour really is the rebirth of a post­ (eBay is a good bet). But hey, if you miss and didn’t receive much. The group’s 45- Charmed Life” and “Never Let You Go.” grunge alt-rock band that had seemingly out on this tour it will probably only be minute set was essentially one long The group finished a strong but short set been crucified by greedy music labels another ten years until you have a chance attempt at fitting U2 guitar riffs and with “Narcolepsy,” an acoustic “Deep (Third Eye Blind, along with many other to see them play again. 16 The Cowl Arts & Entertainment April 26, 2007 Picks Urban Elements of the Rappers don’t kill Week people.. .guns do By Shannon Obey 08 Commentary Editor by Ryan Burns ’08 A&E Staff

In light of the recent Don Imus contro­ versy and the tragic events at Virginia Tech, it seems like the media is once again attempting to find a scapegoat. This time, hip-hop culture is at HIP-HOP the forefront of many FEATURE debates on cable news Movie channels, and rappers and other hip-hop spokesmen have gotten into defense mode. ——Mrs. Doubtfire Listen, I’m not complaining just Directed by Chris Columbus because it happens to be hip-hop that is under fire. After the Columbine tragedy, I found it ridiculous that Marilyn Manson This 1993 gem still holds the power was being held responsible simply because to make anyone watching double of the lyrical content of his music. What over with laughter. Robin Williams astounds me is how the public needs some­ plays a struggling actor and divorcee thing at which to point its fingers and iden­ who has an undying devotion to his tify as the cause of the problem. children and wants to remain in their Of course, rap music can be edgy and lives although his neurotic wife Sally controversial at times, but that is the only form of hip-hop music that you will hear Field gets full custody. When on the radio. When was the last time you Williams makes the drastic change heard a rap song on the radio and were into the elderly woman, Mrs. Doubt­ truly inspired by it, or reacted with any fire, however, he is forced to live a emotion whatsoever? Instead, we feel that double life which leaves the audience we have to “throw some d’s on it” because in fits of tear-jerking laughter and with that is what we think is cool. Chris Rock the meaningful life lesson that you once said, “I love rap music, but I’m tired of defending it.” I feel the same way. It’s never know who your babysitter truly hard for people to get past the negative is. *■—- image they are being force fed through middle-aged CEOs and handcuffed DJs that are forced to play certain songs. And why is music always the first form of media to be blamed? Violent movies Music and raunchy T.V. shows never gamer as GRAPHIC BY JAMES MCGEHEE ’08 much negative attention as music. What Trouble you have to understand about hip-hop Hip-hop under fire: Rappers 50 Cent, The Game, and Eminem (clockwise from Ray LaMontagne music is that the artists in question have an top left) are a few of the rappers whose violent lyrics have caused controversy. RCA image for themselves, and will do whatev­ er it takes to uphold that image, even if ties and their families. Snoop Dogg, who culture or disrespects women. there is no way they can live up to their doesn’t have the best reputation, coaches I tell my grandmother all the time that Trouble is a compilation of love, loss, gangster fantasies. Pee Wee Football and gives children in his everything she hates about rap music I also and a soothing voice that adds a Most rappers have to produce what the community something positive to do, while hate about rap music. The content of hip­ relaxing note to the hectic lives we market dictates, and ever since its creation, fostering teamwork, unity, and personal fit­ hop music isn’t likely to change anytime lead. Adding in an unexpected folksy the more controversial rappers have been ness. This tidbit of information wont be on soon, but these artists are storytellers who element, LaMontagne has landed the most successful. I mean people break the O ’Reilly Factor anytime soon. want to make a believable song, just like a himself amongst singers like Howie hip-hop CDs and go to anti-Eminem rallies We as a society should look to ourselves movie director wants to make his or her while a “leader” like C. Dolores Tucker for the answers to this problem. Hip-hop is movie more realistic. Day and John Mayer in their early sits on her moral high horse and calls for a just like the controversial rock music of the This general perception of hip-hop, stages. Trouble is perfect for that ban on the music. ’60s and ’70s. However, it seems that our however, won’t change if the mainstream middle-school slow dance, being It is also true that the defenders of hip­ parents’ generation has the same reaction doesn’t change. The artists are on top consoled after a breakup, or even the hop, when the debate commences, are usu­ that their parents had when they would play because people want to hear them, basical­ first dance at your wedding. ally people unequipped to have a conver­ that “noise.” Instead of blaming music for ly because the slim radio playlists force sation. Cam’Ron was on 60 Minutes last teaching people what to like, teach your you to like them. It is hard to argue for Sunday and made a bad impression on the kids yourselves. If you can instill the most hip-hop considering the characters that program’s target audience. If people who basic values in your child and teach him or record labels pawn off as artists. If you do not pay attention to hip-hop music only her right from wrong, there will be no need don’t like the music, don’t listen, or try hear about it on the news, their idea of to blame music. If someone is going to harder to find artists that appeal to you. I what hip-hop is all about is unfairly biased. make an ignorant statement or murder love hip-hop music, but I’m tired of You never hear about any of the good someone, he or she would do it regardless, defending it. things that rappers do for their communi- not because the United States glorifies gun Book So you think you know arts and entertainment? Wicked By Gregory Maguire Take the A&E Quiz: Now a famous Broadway play, Wicked tells the tale of the Wicked Witch of the West through her eyes leaving readers cheering for the antagonist. Wicked was written paral­ Before Ben Folds went solo how many people were in his band? lel to The Wizard of Oz. and it delves (It’s an easy one). more into the Wicked Witch's history, explaining why she is the way she is. Although the end is a bit drawn out, the rest of the novel brings you on a “not as magical as you would think" If you know the answer to this question, adventure with Elphaba, the rebel with a cause. come apply to the A&E Staff in Slavin G05. PortfolioThe Cowl April 26, 2007 Page 17 I’m not a creep, I’m a writer by Katie Caliva ’10 Portfolio Staff

Friday, April 20 , 2007: Raymond Dining Hall—Breakfast . . . brown hair, curly, swept up into an untidy bun. Slim, athletic build. Her ESSAY breakfast is an interesting dichotomy—egg whites juxta­ posed with this morning’s greasy potatoes. She reads the Pro Jo . . . scowls at the news. Two boys, typical Providence College ensemble—jeans, polo shirt, black NorthFace, Red Sox hat. They talk about the New York-Boston game tonight and mention that the Yankees suck. Redheaded girl, hair tightly secured in a ponytail. Cute freckly nose. Biology books spread out over the table—no room for a plate or bowl. She has an exam today, is in a cramming frenzy. She gets up for more

TIM PISACICH ’07/The Cowl coffee. He steals her notebook. She notices as soon as she sits down, pays the ransom of a kiss, continues to study. Senioritis: The biggest craze since the Backstreet Boys? He then finds his friends, launches into a stream of expletives, some of which are By Jennifer McCafferty ’07 ing vain, I have always been a good stu­ to take it later in the year and went shop­ very creative. He his haggard, stayed up all Portfolio Staff dent. No, I was not the middle school kid ping for a commencement dress. night finalizing his schedule, but then got who asked the teacher for homework at So, how is it that someone like me, who screwed when it actually came time to reg­ I am normally not one to follow trends. 2:57 P.M. on Friday afternoons, but I was has resisted the supposed charm of Crocs, ister. His buddies commiserate; say its has fallen prey to senioritis? Part of me I refuse to wear Uggs, I have never seen an the kid who did all her homework to the okay ‘cause it’s 4/20. wants to blame the suffix “-itis”; that episode of Grey s Anatomy, and I probably best of her ability and alwayd handed it in Pink. Oh my Lord, that is a lot of pink. I means it’s a disease and I am just a victim. would not be able to name Top 40 song if on time, even if it meant pulling all- need to avert my eyes . . . Another part of me wants to point fin­ my life depended on it. nighters or skipping parties. Saturday, 21 April 2007: Slavin Lawn— However, I recently discovered In a word, I was and still am a perfec­ gers at the seniors around me who had ESSAY Stuartstock . . . senioritis long before I did and cry at the one fad to which I am compelled tionist. But, I have reconciled myself to Long blonde hair, big brown sunglasses. top of my lungs, “Peer pressure is bad\" to succumb, like it or not: this fact and have never felt remorse for She pours over the jumble of Cervantes' But, a third and more realistic part of me senioritis. my choice to spend Thursday nights read­ words as the sun pours over her petite Senioritis, of course, is the popular ing for class or writing papers, while my realizes that, simply enough, a person’s frame and fair skin. She yawns, stretches affliction of those who are preparing to neighbors curl up on the couch in front of priorities change when time is limited. out on the blanket that protects her jeans graduate from an institution. Symptoms the TV and pass around boxes of tissues All aspects of college—academic, from grass stains and ants. include a relaxed attitude about home­ and chocolate in preparation for Dr. social, or otherwise—will be over in less His head is a mat of curly hair stuck work, papers, projects, going to class, Whatshisface’s heart-wrenching surgery than a month for us seniors, and at this together with sweat. That’s what he gets and/or academic standing, as well as a on the boy with Ebola and no legs. point it does not seem emotionally eco­ for wearing a dark suit in the heat of greater interest in making the most of In the last few weeks, however, my per­ nomical to focus all our efforts on acing spring. Later; he is back on the lawn in whatever time is left at the institution fectionism has been introduced to a power­ exams we will not remember in five years. khaki shorts and a Providence College t- before graduation by avoiding all of the ful adversary in the form of senioritis. I It makes more sense to hang out with the shirt. He seems more comfortable. above. cannot say exactly when it began to affect people we will remember in the places we There is so much plaid. At least six boys The social world takes precedence over me, but suddenly, as much as I would love will remember. I admit, then, that I at least in my general vicinity are wearing plaid the academic world, and the classes that to get my philosophy paper out of the way, partially chose to give into senioritis. This shorts with perfectly coordinated polo sounded so fascinating during registration it does not seem nearly as important as does not mean that I’m going to neglect shirts. The seventh decided to be unique last semester are now obligations that cut having dinner with friends on Thayer my schoolwork completely; after so many and wear a striped shirt over his plaid . . . into the time you specifically set aside for Street. The fact that I could hypothetically years of my work habits, I’m not sure that poor decision. picnicking on the quad or watching Valley work extra hard in my final semester to get that is physically possible. Nor does it A girl is sunbathing on a plaid blanket, Girl for the 600th time with your room­ the .03 GPA boost that would allow me to mean that I’m going to start wearing leg­ someone is carrying a plaid bag, and sev­ mates. graduate with higher honors does not seem gings; though, I doubt the physical possi­ eral are vested in plaid miniskirts, shorts, I always thought that senioritis would be worth the effort. And when, after a mishap bility of such an act. But it does mean that and capris. Two brave souls are even wear­ just like furry mid-calf boots, dramatic involving mixed-up addresses, I missed I’ll have a few extra good memories to ing plaid smocks. I always knew that we doctor shows, and Gwen Stefani’s solo my chance to take the GRE English take with me when my time here is done, were a bunch of preps, but this might be a career: something in which I would just Subject Exam, I did not find myself over­ and those will last longer than any little extreme. never be interested. At the risk of sound­ whelmed with bitterness. I simply resolved Backstreet Boys revival ever could. He is tall, skinny, lanky. Curly blonde hair escapes his brown bandana, which I think may have once been his t-shirt. He sits in a circle of friends, magically pro­ Airport security— not so amused duces a set of bongos. He ignores the music that is already playing, tries to over­ By Lindsay Wenglosk ’10 the darkness of the Scary Machine. ty—and indeed I was. My newly-purchased ride the rhythm with the beat of his own Portfolio Staff “My umbrella?” Coca-Cola shirt was in plain view. The text drum. He seems to be a free-thinker, a “Your umbrella.” It was clear he was on the shirt was in Hebrew, which looks a lit­ skater, a non-conformist, a hacky sack I am officially on the TSA’s blacklist. I can deciding which airport to ‘accidentally’ send tle bit like Arabic. Gulag Guy held it up and master if you will. no longer board an airplane anywhere in the my bag to. glared accusingly at me. He dug around some Black rugby shirt with sleeves pushed continental United States. I can’t fly into any “Yep, my umbrella.” more—but all he found were books. up to the elbow, just like his buddies. American territory from another country, I “I see.” Seattle it is. I had planned to work on my paper on the Medium in height and build, yet more pas­ can’t fly out of American territory Once the machine finally got going again, Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba over break. sionate in temperament. He is a toe-tapper. SHORT with the intent of going to another the fun really started. Naturally, I packed a few books to read. He smiles as he sings, moves his arms and STORY country, I can’t grow wings and “Whoa, whoa, whoa!” Gulag Guy Unfortunately for me, they were all on Islam, legs, feels the beat within every crevice of learn to fly, and 1 can’t buy any exclaimed in a very serious voice. “Whoa. 1 Islamic art, and Islamic Architecture. And his body and soul. And, even if only for sort of remote-controlled airplane—OK, so believe we have compressed explosives in my copy of the Qu’ran fell out onto the table that moment, he makes every girl swoon. maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit. But I was this one.” ... Mr. Gulag didn’t appreciate this, either. waiting in line at the loveliest airport in I blinked. “What?” “Oh, those are for a term paper I have to America—that is to say, I was stuck at T.F. Gulag Guy had had his revenge, and he write over break,” I tried to explain. Greene airport, soaking wet from my most knew it. He strode over importantly, slapping “Uh huh.” Still skeptical, he paused. I recent RIPTA experience. on some cheap plastic gloves, his brow fur­ guess he felt bad for destroying the idyllic I was waiting in line to check my suitcase rowed. “Ma’am, are you carrying any explo­ organization that once was my luggage, and after happily confirming that I was flying sives on your person? In your luggage?” because he offered a conciliatory “Sometimes into BWI (Maryland!!), I handed my bag to “No, can’t say that I am.” books turn up looking like explosives” as I the TSA worker who looked like he just “Uh huh. We’re going to have to open this waited patiently for the ordeal to be over. escaped from a gulag. I realized that my up and take a look.” He obviously didn’t He dropped a “You Got Searched, SUCK- umbrella was still clipped to the outside pock­ believe me. AH” pamphlet into my suitcase while trying et of my suitcase just as it jammed in the I shook my head as he unzipped the suit­ to jam all my wayward belongings back Expensive Machine Designed to Intimidate case and part of my wardrobe vomited itself inside, gesturing with his hand that I was Little Kids and Old People. all over the airport. Gulag Guy proceeded to done and my suitcase would safely arrive at “What was that?” Mr. Gulag muttered, riffle through everything still in the suitcase in my destination ... that is, if I happened to be shuffling around to. stare,, squinty.-eyed, into his quest to-prove I was a menace to socie­ traveling to Seattle! www.PROVIDENCE.edu The Cowl 18______PORTFOLIO______April 26, 2007 FourJuniors studying abroad in Europe will check in with usperiodically throughout the semester, narrating life from me other side of the Atlantic Barcelona: A hop, skip and couchette away from Cannes by Mandee Adams ’08 stepped into a children’s book. Contributing Writer Barcelona is a city that has everything to offer. The nightlife is unbelievable, and my Perhaps one of the best things about living friends and I were sure to take advantage of in Southern France is its proximity to other that. While the Providence bars are closing, European countries. A weekend trip in the women of Barcelona are still applying Europe means discovering new cultures and their makeup. The Spanish live on complete­ having just enough time to soak ly different time tables than Americans, and it STUDY in the experience. is in this country that people wait until the sun ABROAD When seven friends and I rises before they stop dancing. decided to go to Barcelona, it The shopping is among some of the best in took just one day to make the plans. Europe, including the artisan market that lines Thursday evening, I found myself lying in the harbor on weekends. Homemade jewelry, a “couchette”; also known as the smallest pottery, bags, and figures are intertwined with sleeping space known to mankind and I was freshly roasted nuts and other Spanish treats. bound for Spain. Along La Rambla, the main street of After a sleepless night of rocking back and Barcelona, we walked along to find artists fourth, we found ourselves in Barcelona, a painting portraits, countless floral booths and city of amazing architecture, fabulous shop­ even more pet shops selling rabbits, birds, ping and home to some of the best Spanish fish, and even chickens. culture and art. I spent three days there, and I still felt like Each day there is a food market in the cen­ I missed out on so much. There were so many ter of the city. Though there are also these exquisite restaurants that I didn’t get to try, so types of markets in France, I have never seen many museums that were impossible to fit in. anything like this one. Vendors line up next to Each time we got off the metro, it seemed like one another to sell the freshest foods such as we were in a different city. meats, cheeses, fish, bread, olives, spices, Some parts were extremely urban, while vegetables, fruits and candies. The best part is others were a tropical paradise lined with that everything is natural. palm trees and sail boats. Sadly, after taking a relaxing walk around the city on Sunday, it The vendors are one big family; they work PHOTO COURTESY OF MANDEE ADAMS ’08/The Cowl together each day selling their goods to the was time to return to our train. same customers every week. There was a Familia is the main attraction; a cathedral that designed many famous sites of this city. Guell After a four hour stop at the border and man selling fruit who offered to squeeze began construction in 1882 and is not project­ Park is his masterpiece, and one of the most another night in what has got to be the closest some fresh orange and mango juices for me, ed to be finished until 2048. It will eventual­ amazing things the city has to offer. Mosaic representation of a coffin for the living, the and it may have been the most delicious thing ly be the largest cathedral in the world. benches, walls, ceilings, and sculptures sur­ streets of Cannes never looked so welcoming. I have ever tasted. The modem sculptures that cover its walls round beautiful gardens of the park that over­ Barcelona was a perfect weekend trip, and Aside from the market, Barcelona is full of show a uniqueness that is only found in look the Mediterranean Sea. Visiting such a I now await the last month and a half in my breathtaking architecture. The Sagrada Antoni Gaudi’s visions, an architect who uniquely serene place made me feel like I had own paradise on the Cote d’Azur. Tiffany&EarlMaking PC an emotionally stable place, one better at a time...

Dear Scandalous, Huh? What?.... I There is a fine line am sorry, I wasn’t between dressing for paying attention. You the weather and see, since the weather dressing as if you are has heated up drasti­ going to PrimeTime. cally in the last few And if you don’t days, and The Cowl know what office is not air-condi­ This Week... tioned the female PrimeTime is then I pity you and your writers have been sorry excuse for a You can’t put a price on wearing a tube walking around stark college experience. But, I digress. naked. So, now your question....give me a You can most certainly wear your mini top in the classroom... or vanyou? second . . . ok ... yep ... uh huh . . . OK. I skirt and flip flops as well as whatever have found your problem: YOU’RE form of tank top you deem appropriate, PRUDE! but as you look at yourself in the mirror, This isn’t the 1800’s—as much as 1 wish it ask yourself if your professor would wear were. You don’t get arrested for showing too the same thing. Dear Tiffany & Earl, much ankle and I can’t go around accusing I’m the type of girl that has worn sweat­ women I don’t like of being witches expect­ pants to class so few times that I may even ing “trial by water”. This being the case you be able to count the occasions on one It’s finally nice enough to pull out the Abercrombie jean mini skirt, should get rid of ye ol’ hoop skirt and Puritan hand. I believe it is necessary to be pre­ sans boots and wear flip-flops without fear of sidewalk drowning. In attitude and don a pair of hot pants and string sentable both in and out of class. that last few days, the weather has turned our quad into a bbq and bikini top. You mentioned that you are afraid A girl that looks like she has just rolled football dwelling for half-dressed students and I need to know if the that your professors may frown upon your out of bed will not impress men, and most weekend is the boundary to which I wear my halter top and “short attire. I have to ask you, “Are you trying to certainly not members of the academic hook up with your professors?” If you wish to community. The definition of unpre­ shorts.” Does the dress code etiquette from high school apply in the advance your GPA then I say kudos, many sentable consists of the following but is college classroom setting? I would be horrified if a professor com­ male professors would enjoy a little skin now not limited to: Smelling of booze, wearing mented on my lack of a shirt, yet I can’t help but feel the need to free and again. pants with cartoon characters (this goes for myself of the chains that are a North Face and sweat pants. How can If you are a typical Providence College large shirts as well), and shirts with any I wear what the guys will like and still maintain my class? female then your aim would probably be kind of jewelry or glitter sewn to them someone like myself: devastatingly hand­ before 7:00 p.m. some, chiseled, humorous, intelligent and If you find yourself exhibiting any of —Anonymously Scandalous worldly. With this being the majority of the these qualities please run back to your PC populace then I recommend you sexify dorm as fast as you can and borrow some your wardrobe—and by sexify I mean the clothes from someone with class. less, the better—unless you are unattractive, The year is coming to an end, we think its’ time you get your But if your biggest concern is a jean in which case I don’t think what you are skirt and a tube top, then breath a sigh of advice from us. wearing really matters. BOO YEAH. relief. Just use your best judgement when Now please excuse me, I have to go back dressing and when that may fail, ask for a to ogling the Cowl staff, the new Editor in second opinion, since you most likely live Write to Tiffany and Earl! Chief is about to bend over...... HOT. in a place with more than one female. AskTiffanyEarl@yahoo. com EARL Tiffany April 26, 2007 Portfolio 19 The Cowl Poetry Corner Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

by Dan Meehan ’07 Portfolio Staff

To Kurt, you’re dead, ain’t it grand? No eastern european religion can sacrifice a science fiction master like yourself, “Don’t be too harsh to and still get around on two legs. No planet can bum books faster, these poems until than you can write them. We have lost what the most terrible of beauties, bom to the lost skulls they’re typed. I always of machine warfare, deemed genius behind a dying Mark Twain think typescript lends twitch. The Dresden bombs clamping shut some sort of certainty: the jaws and observatory eyes, killing the flower seeds of the brain, at least, if the things dipping the stem in blood and smoke. Yet, goons and villains filled your comic book strip clubs of ordinary, are bad then, they alien people like ourselves, projected in unflattering flashbulbs, glimpses of our human race, decayed by our own appear to be bad with denunciated destruction, no one left conviction.” to right the path of the present. Gift wrapped and goggle-eyed, used car salesmen and hawaiian shirts and —Dylan Thomas a young boy trying to make sense of the swine and pearls, words of the earth.

And though I knew little of you, I loved you, for you were loved by so many, whom I loved in return and our hearts beat in the same hemisphere, with the Manhattan foot races leaving you to the dust, just another dead author in an Upper East Side loft, lost in the shuffle and the waves of the north.

While you’re sitting in the dirt, I know Boy in the mirror you are still singing, and these people, they are still writing, and these thinkers, they are still thinking, and these critics, by Sarah Arnini ’07 you know they are still critiquing, and Portfolio Staff those same people that are still writing, they are still reading, and those readers, Good morning teacher, good morning friends they are still living. Let’s begin our day again. You don’t die in books, Mr. Vonnegut, Little prickles fall from the bright lights and hit my eyes you live in words and your words And sounds of laughter hit my ears like crashing thunder are the binoculars for a And it makes me want to hide- kaleidoscope human race. To hide away in my little world Where I stack the blocks horizontally

The boy in the mirror has ocean blue eyes and sandy hair. He’s looking at me and it makes me nervous I turn away And he does too. Join the Circulation What’s the weather like today, like today, like today? It’s cold in January, And sunny in May. Staff! One two three, I am four. Four years, four days, four hours. Sit on the “T”, for Tommy, like me It’s circle time and I try hard to sit still, As hard as the chair the teacher tells me to sit in.

Be patient with me and I might surprise you.

The boy in the mirror looks at me again, He seems sad I smile at him and he smiles too. I wave, he waves Hello friend, sit still now!

Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Today is Thursday Next comes Friday The Cowl’s circulation staff is in Yesterday was Wednesday Now I need a drink. need of dedicated

I will probably not realize students who would like to Until 20 seconds of rug time has passed That the boy in the mirror is me. distrubute the campus’s paper!

To apply, come by The Cowl's office in Slavin G05 or email [email protected] . The Cowl 20 Roving Photographer April 26, 2007 What is your favorite thing to do at PC when it s actually nice out?

“Striking Paul Porter out in wiffleball.” “Find a shady tree.” “Play basketball down at the park next to Noceras.” Ryan Loiter ’08 Matt Kinback ’07, Kate Wood ’09 Cormick Barnes ’09

“People watching on the quad ... or something “Sunbathe fully clothed!" “Chilling and grilling.” less creepy.” Maggie Quinlan ’10, Courtney Nelson ’10 Chris Crowley ’08 Maggie Quinlin ’08

“Taking a walk to LaSalle Bakery to get an iced “Play catch.” “Throwing a Frisbee and getting a tan.” cappuccino.” Mike May ’08, Stacey Bronec ’09 Sarah Highland ’08 Nicole Picard ’08

“Watching all of my beautiful students bask in the Springtime rays. God, I love being me.”

—Providence College

www.providence.edu April 26,2007______Sports The Cowl 21 Friars Scoreboard

Scores — Standings -- Statistics — Schedules — Standouts Standouts

Brendan Ryan Krystal Douglas Men’s Lacrosse Women’s Outdoor Track Senior—Chatham, N.J. Freshman—Harpswell, Maine

Ryan totaled 10 points in a mixed week for the Douglas led the women’s team at the UConn Friars en route to becoming the 20th Providence Invitational on Saturday, April 21, by winning the lacrosse player to score 100 points in his college 5000 meters. She finished with a time of career. 17:24.87. Scores Schedules Thursday 4/19 Thursday 4/26 Women’s Softball vs. Holy Cross W, 3-1 Women’s Track at Penn Relays TBA

Saturday 4/21 Friday 4/27 Women’s Softball vs. Rutgers W, 5-2 Women’s Track at Penn Relays TBA Women’s Softball vs. Rutgers W, 4-1 Women’s Softball at South Florida 2:00 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse vs. North Carolina L, 15-5 Women’s Softball at South Florida 4:00 p.m. Track at UConn Invitational Ind. Res. Saturday 4/28 Sunday 4/22 Women’s Track at Penn Relays TBA Women’s Softball vs. Villanova L, 6-4 Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Siena 2:00 p.m. Women’s Softball vs. Villanova L, 1-0 Sunday 4/29 Tuesday 4/24 Women’s Softball at Louisville 11:00 a.m. Women’s Softball at Harvard L, 4-0 Women’s Softball at Louisville 1:00 p.m. Women’s Track at Brown TBA Wednesday 4/25 Women’s Softball vs. Yale W, 7-1 Tuesday 5/1 Women’s Softball vs. Yale W, 8-0 Women’s Softball at Brown 3:00 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse at Manhattan W, 5-4 Women’s Softball at Brown 5:00 p.m.

Standings MAAC Lacrosse Standings (4/22) Women’s Softball Big East Standings (4/24) Big East Overall MAAC Overall Team W L T W L T Team W L I w L I DePaul 14 0 0 32 7 0 Siena 6 0 0 9 4 0 Louisville 9 3 0 28 19 0 Canisius 5 2 0 6 5 0 Notre Dame 9 5 0 25 18 0 Marist 4 2 0 5 8 0 USF 7 5 0 35 21 0 Saint Joseph's 4 3 0 4 10 0 Connecticut 8 7 0 20 18 0 Manhattan 3 3 0 6 7 0 Seton Hall 9 9 0 13 29 0 Providence 3 3 0 3 9 0 Syracuse 7 9 0 17 28 0 Mount St. Mary's 2 4 0 2 9 0 Rutgers 6 8 0 17 26 0 VMI 1 5 0 2 10 0 Providence 6 10 0 19 18 0 Wagner 0 6 0 0 13 0 St. John's 5 11 0 16 31 0 Pittsburgh 4 11 0 18 31 0 Villanova 3 9 0 21 21 1 22 The Cowl Sports April 26, 2007 Track: Ready for Big East

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The men’s team was also very success­ ful at the UConn meet. Sophomore Richard Yeates placed second in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:55.79. Yeates, who already has already qualified for the Big East Championships, felt he had achieved a commendable victory on Saturday. “I did my personal best and was very happy with the end result,” said Yeates. “I’m looking ahead to the Penn Relays, I am hoping to run successfully and break my personal record.” Sophomore Charles Dewey captured a second place finish with a time of 48.66. In addition, freshman Tom Webb demon­ strated a solid performance for the Friars, finishing the 3000 meter steeplechase in a time of 9:28.29. The runners who did not participate in the UConn invitational are resting up for the Penn Relays, which begin on Thursday, April 26. A few of the runners are already qualified for the prestigious Championship PROVIDENCE of America race. Both the men’s and women’s teams were very successful last year at Penn, but, as always, they are look­ ing to improve upon these successes and COLLEGE tm accomplishments. In addition, the teams are gearing up for a strong showing at the Big East Championships in two weeks. Strong indi­ vidual performances in the upcoming meets will hopefully qualify more runners Class of for the NCAA Regionals at the end of May at the University of Florida in Gainesville and eventually the NCAA Championships in Sacramento, Calif, in June. Lax: Tourney 2009 hopes alive Official Ring Collection

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who has one of PC’s top scoring threats all Order your ring: season, sent a laser from nearly 20 yards Thursday, April 26th through out into the back of the net, giving the Friars a 5-4 victory. Friday April 27th, i2-4pm Since starting the season at 0-8, the Friars have now won four of their last five and Monday, April 30th through including four straight in league play. The surge in the second half of the season has Friday, May 4th, i2~4pm been typified by the play of Providence’s senior leaders. Midfielder Mark Bundra, except and attackmen, Bennet Murphy and Brendan Ryan have lead the charge on Wednesday, May 2nd 3-8pm offense, while defenseman James Courter and Goalkeeper Peter Littel have anchored Lower Slavin the solid PC defense. Head Coach Chris Burdick has certainly taken notice of the strong play from the class of ‘07. “Ever since we lost to St. Joseph’s we realized that we needed to win every league game in order to make the MAAC tournament. The seniors felt that sense of urgency and took that out onto the field where they have been playing at an extremely high level,” said Burdick. The victory on Wednesday put Providence at 4-3 in the MAAC which puts them in a tie for the fourth and final playoff spot. The Friars have one game remaining against league leader, Siena on Saturday, April 28, which should figure to be an epic battle. Siena who will enter the game with a league best 6-0 record in MAAC play has been the team to beat all season. Providence, however, has been the leagues hottest team and is playing with a sense of determination that was complete­ ly missing during the earlier part of the year. For almost a month now, Providence has been playing in “must win” games which could give them the mental edge against a team that can cruise into the num­ ORDER YOU RING TODAY ber one slot in the MAAC tournament, regardless of Saturday’s outcome. Saturday will be the defining moment of the season and hopefully for Coach Burdick and the Friar faithful, the team will continue its hot play of late and send the men in black and white back to the MAAC tournament. April 26, 2007______SPORTS______The Cowl 23 Friars fall to UNC but beat Manhattan to keep hope alive

what we’re lacking and hopefully we will by Dan Ollquist ’10 be able to improve in those areas and ulti­ Asst. Sports Editor mately reach the MAAC tournament.” Those playoff hopes received a much Another week has passed and the needed boost on Wednesday, April 25th Providence College Men’s Lacrosse when the Friars traveled to Manhattan team’s playoff pulse is still beating. College and defeated the Jaspers on their Last Saturday, April 21, the Friars head­ home turf. Both Manhattan and Providence ed south to Chapel Hill, entered the game with identical 3-3 N.C. to take on the No. 10 MAAC records, and their playoff lives on LACROSSE Tarheels of UNC. Un­ the line. fortunately for PC, the Providence struck first when Senior ’Heels’ ranking proved to be no fluke. Bennet Murphy hit the back of the net just North Carolina jumped out to a fast start, 56 seconds into the contest. PC, however, connecting on three goals in the first peri­ could not feed off of the early goal and od and adding six more in the second, were stifled for the remainder of the half. leaving the Friars with a 9-2 halftime The tough Jasper defense held PC to just 8 deficit of which they were never able to first-half shots which left the Friars in a 3- climb out. 1 hole when the halftime buzzer sounded. Providence played even with UNC in With their season hanging in the bal­ the third period, receiving goals from grad­ ance, Providence came out of the gates uate student Michael Farley, sophomore strong to start the second half. Senior Bobby Labadini, and freshman Jackson Bennet Murphy connected on two goals to Fallon but their comeback attempt fell start the half, giving him a total of three on short as they fell to North Carolina by a the day. Keeping up with his fellow class­ final of 15-5. COURTESY OF SPORTS INFO mate, Senior Mark Bundra ripped home a Although the Friars were certainly beat­ Senior Brendan Ryan tallied four assists against North Carolina on Saturday, April goal at the 5:08 mark of the 3rd quarter to en handily, not all was lost for PC. Against 21, and has been one of the Providence seniors that have turned around PC’s sea­ put the Friars up 4-3. The PC defense, led an extremely tough UNC defense, senior son, leaving them with a chance at qualifying for the MAAC tournament. by Senior Goalkeeper Peter Littel’s 12 Brendan Ryan was able to assist on four of saves, continued to play tough, but the the five Providence goals. Ryan’s four Jaspers were able to net the equalizer with points in the game, gave him a total of 104 the defense. As a result of breaking down a measure where the team is at. 9:05 remaining in the game. As the clock points for career, good for 17th place on defense he has been able to find a lot of “North Carolina is certainly one of the started to tick away, Sophomore Bobby the all-time Friar scoring list. open men and rack up the assists.” elite teams in the country,” said Burdick. Labadini seized the moment. Labadini, Head Coach Chris Burdick attributed Despite losing for the first time in their “We scheduled them to prepare us for the Ryan’s success to his “ability to play with­ last four games, Burdick looked at the tournament and a good team like UNC will LAX/PAGE 22 in the offense and to find breakdowns in North Carolina game as a barometer to expose your weaknesses. They exposed

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game, somebody is and I could get sur­ With the Friars With the Celtics future success passed.” Junior Year Senior Year “When I talk to general managers and Rookie Sophomore basketball people, they say they see me 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 continued from page 27 playing this game for a long time,” he con­ 34.8 minutes 37.5 61 games 73 tinued. “I just do what I do best at any given time, whether it’s me playing against 18.9 points 21.6 22.6 minutes 31.2 2007 has derailed its challenge. the likes of Tim Duncan, or Dirk Nowitzki, 9.4 rebounds 8.2 7.6 points 12.1 or Kevin Garnett. I still have a talent that .507 shot % .496 4.9 rebounds 5.6 The way forward I was given just like they were, I just have Driscoll is clearly a man with a plan, to try to maximize mine.” .487 shot % .467 and with the support of Father Shanley (a One thing that Ryan has already mas­ PC grad and an admitted sports nut), the tered maximizing is his time. Even with Gomes has shown progressive improvement in the major offensive categories from sports programs at the College appear to be the hectic schedule of a professional ath­ his breakout junior season at PC through his sophomore season in the NBA with the in good hands. The fundraising efforts are a necessity at a school like PC, but credit lete, he has found time to give back to the Boston Celtics communities that have shaped him. He is Driscoll and Father Shanley for recogniz­ active in his hometown of Waterbury, ing the need for resources and doing some­ Conn, having provided jackets for kids in look up to me in Waterbury,” he said. “I mother’s influence. thing about it. need and served Christmas Eve dinner at a know a lot of guys don’t want to be labeled “She’s been a big supporter and I owe What does the future hold? The tri­ homeless shelter. as role models, but once you reach a cer­ all the credit to her because, at first, it umvirate of facility improvements—the On March 21, he appeared at the San tain goal in life, you’re given that sense.” starts off in the classroom,” Gomes said. turf field, the fitness center, and the reno­ Miguel School in Providence—a middle Take that, Charles Barkley. “That’s what she made sure that I knew vated Dunkin’ Donuts Center—should cer­ school geared toward helping kids with right away, before I thought about doing tainly help PC, but there is still a long way challenging circumstances—and handed any extracurricular activities: That school to go. A combined soccer stadium and out 200 Celtics tickets. [It’s] a dream come true. I stand was number one.” track facility seems like the logical next “I just tell the kids now that I've been in here now, two years after graduat­ It’s difficult to say which is more step, but given the money and resources the same situation as you guys-when I talk ing in ’05; everything’s been going refreshing in this day and age: An athlete poured into the recent construction proj­ ects, there’s no telling when the adminis­ to fifth graders, I say ‘I was in fifth grade pretty well for me, and hopefully I who actually listens to his mother, or an once’-and I mean, don't just think that it athlete who truly believes in the value of tration may embrace that idea. turns around just like that and next thing continue on this road to success an education. Gomes is both of those peo­ For a school like Providence, it really you know you're in the NBA. You have to from here on out, because I’d like ple rolled into one. comes down to the people in the end. No work at it,” Gomes said. to play in the NBA for a long time. At the most basic level, however, he’s matter what PC does as far as fundraising, Gomes also does a number of things for just a kid living out most kids’ childhood the school will never have the same the Celtics in the Boston area—so much, Boston Celtics forward fantasy, making a living playing the game resources as most of its rivals. But as long in fact, that he was named last week as the Ryan Gomes ’05 of basketball. as Driscoll and company can stay ahead of recipient of the First Annual Shamrock “(It’s) a dream come true,” he said. “I the curve by making the right hires, priori­ Foundation Community All-Star Award. stand here now, two years after graduating tizing the sports programs, and maximizing Additionally, he started Hoops for Heart in ’05; everything’s been going pretty well the impact of available resources, the future Health, a not-for-profit organization that “I try to lead the path... because there for me, and hopefully I continue on this of PC athletics should be a bright one. aims to address the problem of sudden car­ are other family members who play sports road to success from here on out, because “I think we’re making great progress,” diac arrest in sports at all levels. and are doing well in school,” he contin­ I’d like to play in the NBA for a long time. Driscoll said. “The reality is you never And, if that’s not enough, he’s also a ued. “I think the main thing I tell them is: It’s only been two years, so I’m still bare­ truly ever arrive; it’s an ongoing process full-time mentor for his six year-old broth­ Do well in school so you can get a scholar­ ly scratching the surface.” and you keep raising the bar. At the end of er, Marcellus, and all of his little cousins. ship, whether it’s through academics or An NBA player who plays for the love the day, you just want to feel like you gave “I just view myself as trying to be a role through sports, and you can achieve any­ of the game? It really doesn’t get any your best effort and did the best you could model first and foremost to my family and thing you want.” more old school than Ryan Gomes. with the resources that you have.” my younger cousins and other people that All of that, of course, goes back to his

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bv Erin Redihan ’08 Sports Editor the Friars with nine round-trippers. The Friars’ bats stayed hot as the team doubled its lead in the fourth. They capi­ After what felt like weeks of rainouts talized on freshman Jenna Garcia’s RBI and less than ideal field conditions, the groundout and a single from Revens. Providence College Women’s Softball Freshman Danielle Bertolette tacked on Team (22-18) finally saw some sun this the final run in the fifth when she was hit weekend. Spring came just in time, too, as by a pitch with the bases loaded. the Friars had a formidable schedule over Surosky was the winning pitcher, earn­ the past week because of makeup games ing her tenth victory of the year. She from earlier rainouts. allowed just two runs off seven hits in the Since last Thursday, April 19, the team complete game effort. has played eight games, hosting Holy Sheehy got the Friars started early in the Cross, Rutgers, Villanova, and Yale and second game with her two-run RBI single. traveling to Harvard. This averages out to That proved to be all the offense PC would more than a game per day—a more rigor­ need but she—and the rest of the team— ous schedule than an average week in was not done yet. Sheehy started a two- Major League Baseball. run rally in the fourth with her third hit of Over that stretch, the Friars posted a 5-3 the game and scored off Ross’s single later record, something to be commended con­ in the inning. sidering how competitive the Big East has The Scarlet Knights scored their only been this season. run off a Friar error in the third. The Friars went into their doubleheader Maccio pitched a complete game, allow­ against Yale on Wednesday, April 25— ing only the unearned run and eight hits. Senior Day—looking to make the four The Friars defeated Holy Cross 3-1 in a seniors’ last contests on Raymond Field COURTESY OF SPORTS INFO single game in Worcester, Mass, on positive by halting a three-game skid. Sophomore Mary Rose Sheehy’s RBI single against Villanova on Sunday, April 22, Thursday, April 19. This game was a The consecutive losses to Villanova on evened the score at 4-4; however, the Wildcats came back in the fifth to take the makeup for a doubleheader that was rained Sunday, April 22, and Harvard on Tuesday, lead for good. out earlier in the month. April 25, mark the first time the team has Providence scored all of its runs off two dropped both halves of twinbill since third inning home runs. Rossi led off with March 31. gles from Pittman and senior Katie Ross. sophomore Mary Rose Sheehy’s RBI sin­ her second blast of the year and Bertolette Wedensday’s games marked the last The team capped off its scoring in the gle in the bottom of the fourth to score drove in Santilli with a line drive over the time that seniors Rachel Bartholomew, fifth. Senior Caroline Santilli started the Bartholomew but Nova had the final say. fence later in the inning. Caroline Santilli, Sara Surosky, and Katie offense with a double. She crossed the The Wildcats took a 5-4 lead on Eryn The Crusaders scored their only run off Ross would play at Raymond Field in front plate off an RBI singles from Pittman. Teague’s second home run and added an Maccio—who came in to relieve Surosky of their Friar fans. Garcia contributed her third hit and RBI in extra run in the seventh to win 6-4. in the fifth—in the sixth but were unable to “Today was very memorable as each the frame as well. The offense was much quieter on both pull any closer. senior contributed in a very special way,” The eight runs was enough to end the sides in the second game. Maccio pitched The Friars push toward the Big East said Head Coach Kerri Jacklets. game after five innings of play and made very well for the Friars allowing only one Tournament continues with another full In addition to it being Senior Day, the for a memorable Senior Day. unearned run in seven innings, but Wildcat slate of games this weekend. The team Friars had plenty of motivation to beat On Tuesday, April 24, the Friars made Kat Walsh was slightly better, holding PC will take to the road for two contests Yale because they had not won against the the short trip to Cambridge, Mass, to play scoreless in a complete game shutout. against the University of South Florida in Bulldogs in three years. the Crimson in a rare single game, a make­ Providence started the weekend off Tampa on Saturday, April 28. The Friars’ offense—which has been up of their April 12rainout. Unfortunately, strong by sweeping Rutgers on Saturday, From there, they play two in Louisville inconsistent lately—came alive in the the team’s busy schedule may have caught April 21 by scores of 5-2 and 4-1. on Sunday, April 29, and two at cross town opening game. The Friars capitalized on up with it, as it was shut out 4-0. The Scarlet Knights drew first blood off rival Brown on Tuesday, May 1. their strong bats and swept the Bulldogs, Harvard got off to a fast start by scoring a solo shot by Mallory Miller but Though they are not yet in the tourna­ 7-1 in the first game and 8-0 in a five in the first off Hayley Bock’s RBI single. Bartholomew fought back with a two-run ment, the Friars know a lot can change in a inning shutout in the second contest. The Crimson added three insurance runs in shot of her own in the third. She now leads week—especially one as busy as this. Providence exploded for six runs in the the third with a two-run single from third. The rally began when the team Jennifer Francis. loaded the bases with no one out. Junior While PC failed to score, its offense was Sam Pittman doubled home the first two not completely stifled by Harvard pitcher Friars. Sophomore Gina Rossi added a run Shelly Madick. Freshman Katelyn Revens he ryant with her single later in the inning. and Katie Ross each had two hits. For the T B MBA Makes Senior Rachel Bartholomew’s two hits Friars, sophomore Jennifer Maccio made her PC’s all-time hits leader with allowed all four runs in 2.2 innings of Perfect Sense Right Now 205—a fitting accomplishment for the work. Senior Sara Surosky came in relief Friars’ catcher on Senior Day. in the third and held the Crimson to three “She has been a staple for this pro­ hits and no runs the rest of the way. 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Remember, Cowl readers ... we want to Friars fly at UConn invite hear from you! Just e-mail your questions either about PC sports or sports in general to by Mollie Quinn ’09 Sports Staff [email protected], and we ll do our best to answer them—and stir up a little While most Providence College stu­ debate if we can! dents could be found barbequing on the quad, sunbathing on Slavin Lawn, or toss­ ing a Frisbee around lower campus on Thanks, Saturday, April 21, the Men’s The Cowl Sports Staff and Women’s Outdoor Track TRACK teams were competing at the UConn Invitational. Who is more important to his team’s success: A-Rod for the New York Yankees A number of the men’s and women’s or Dice-K for the Boston Red Sox? runners were able to secure first, second, —Jill Corsi ’09 and third place victories for the Friars. The men’s team finished fifth place out of The person whose success matters most seven teams with 37 points while the This answer is simple when you look at to his team is Dice-K. A-Rod’s hot start women’s squad placed sixth out of eight this fact: Alex Rodriguez plays every day, has helped him feel like a Yankee for the with 41 points. while Daisuke Matsuzaka (Dice-K) only first time since he arrived in New York. As hoped, the Friars were able to quali­ can influence his team’s outcomes every Unlike Dice-K, A-Rod has the luxury of five days. fy more of their runners for the upcoming six perennial All-Stars who can pick up the Big East Championships. This year, the Not to make the mistake that A-Rod offensive slack should he slow down. alone controls the Yankees’ fortunes, of Championships will be take place Even though Dice-K is only 26 years Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, at course. As the opening games this season old, does not speak much English, and has have proved, despite his hot start at the the University of Connecticut. only pitched in four games, the Red Sox plate, he still can’t pitch. However, as “We are where we need to be right now are looking for him to eventually become in the season, it’s been a long year and we Dice-K’s last three starts have showed, he the ace of their staff and for good reason. can get knocked around and still win, and only have two weeks left,” said Head COURTESY OF SPORTS INFO As currently constructed, the Red >Sox’s he can pitch great and lose. Furthermore, Coach Ray Treacy. “We just have to keep pitching staff is comprised of a 40 year-old going strong and work together.” Junior Michelle Childs helped pace the even if A-Rod isn’t hitting— which hasn’t overweight pitcher, a long reliever turned been often so far—he can contribute by At UConn, the team faced both large Friars to a strong finish at the UConn starter who hits batters more often than he saving runs on defense. When Dice-K is and small schools from the Northeast, Invitational last weekend with a third hits the strike zone, a knuckleballer whose including UConn, Brown, URI, Quinnipiac, not pitching, or pitching well, there is little place finish in the 5000 meters. knuckleball flutters as much as the hearts Boston University, Central Connecticut else he can do to contribute to the hopes of of the fans watching it, and a stubborn 26- Red Sox victory on a given night. State University, and Southern Connecticut meters. Douglas finished the race in a time year-old who relies too much on his fast­ Baseball sabermetrician Bill James has State University. of 17:24.87. A few seconds behind her ball, making Dice-K’s success and the created a stat called win-shares that, when “It was a great meet to be at,” said was junior Michelle Childs who placed Sox’s playoff and World Series hopes divided by three, estimates how many wins Treacy. “The weather was nice for the first third, finishing in 17:36.43. deeply intertwined. a player contributes to his team each year. time all season.” “It's really great to have someone you The pressure on Dice-K is further com­ It is no coincidence that an elite batter such Although the temperature was warmer know running in a race with you, you pounded by the six-year 60 million dollar as A-Rod can often approach 25 or 35 win­ than the runners were used to, they were know their strengths and weaknesses and deal and 50 million dollar posting fee that shares a season. Pitcher win-shares still able to accomplish all of the goals that can help each other out,” said Childs. the Sox paid for him. He is currently the approximate their actual win total. they had in mind going into the meet. “Instead of competing against each other, highest played foreign player ever to play Since no starting pitcher has won 25 “At a low key meet like this, you really we work together and push one another.” in the United States. Expectations for him games since 1990—and before that want to just work at getting into a good Senior Meghan Owen captured a first both in the United States and abroad are of 1980—it’s reasonably safe to assume race, work together with your teammates, place victory in the 1500 meters, complet­ almost unfathomable proportions, as fans Dice-K will not. In other words, a batter and leave the competition feeling good and ing the event in a time of 4:32.62. Also and the media expect a perfect game every who is very good all year (A-Rod) is worth having confidence for the upcoming more competing in the 1500 meter run was time he takes the mound. For Dice-K, more to his team than a starting pitcher in important races,” said junior Michelle freshman Breffini Twohig, who finished there is no room for failure, because if he today’s game, even if that pitcher is domi­ Childs. the race in third place at 4:38.82. struggles, the Red Sox don’t make the The women’s squad was led by fresh­ nant every fifth day. playoffs. If A-Rod struggles he just gets —Drew Goucher ’08 man Krystal Douglas, who won the 5000 TRACK/Page 22 booed. We’re looking for a few EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS.

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all of the Big East (which is more solidi­ by Kevin O’Brien ’07 The State of PC Sports address is an annual feature written by The Sports Editor Emeritus fied and generating more money), the Cowl’s sports editor. The piece is a tradition begun by Joe Valenzano Dunkin’ Donuts Center, the fitness cen­ ’00, seven years ago. ter—the program is in the best shape it’s The great American philosopher Sean been, certainly since I’ve been here.” Combs once said, “It’s all about the This year, Sports Editor Emeritus Kevin O’Brien ’07 writes his inau­ What remains to be seen is whether Benjamins.” He may as well have been gural State of PC Sports address. It focuses on revamping athletic Head Coach Tim Welsh and his team can talking about college athletics. facilities, new coaching staffs, and Providence’s ability to compete in take advantage of the improving situa­ College sports today are completely the Big East Conference. tion. resource-driven: Witness Nick Saban’s Two of the other top tier programs are eight-year, $32 million contract to become in the midst of rebuilding with second- the football coach at Alabama, or the $28 putting $65 million dollars into that is a it, and it’s an eminently, sensible way for year coaches: Men’s hockey, with Tim million that Nike is paying North Carolina huge accomplishment.” PC to juggle its limited resources between Army, and women’s basketball, with Phil over an eight year span for its merchandis­ The turf field was completed in the sum­ a large number of programs. Seymore. Army’s crew took a step back­ ing rights. The athletes may be amateurs, mer of2005 and has been up and running for In the top tier, of course, is the school’s ward this year, finishing eighth in but their success and exposure are driven the field hockey program, the lacrosse pro­ flagship program, men’s basketball. This Hockey East with a record of 10-23-3. in large part by dollars and cents. gram, and intramural sports since then. year’s Friars posted an 18-13 overall record, Women’s hoops, on the other hand, Few people are more aware of this than Head Coach Diane Madl’s field hockey including an 8-8 mark in the Big East, and almost upped its record from 8-19 the Bob Driscoll, the athletic director at team have been the major beneficiaries of advanced beyond the Big East Tournament year before to 13-15 this past season. Providence College. PC finds itself in a the new complex, celebrating the move from for the first time in three years. Both programs, however, seem to be unique position among the 73 schools in Hendricken Field by posting an 18-4 record With only one senior graduating, and two headed in the right direction under the so-called BCS conferences (the six and a final ranking of No. 11 in the country. transfers and at least two recruits joining the young, energetic coaches. largest conferences in college athletics): It “For Division I programs, turf is program, hopes run high as things move Also in the young, energetic coach has the smallest undergraduate enrollment absolutely the surface of choice,” Madl forward. Driscoll, for one, believes that the category are Men’s Soccer’s Chaka and the smallest endowment. told The Cowl in September. “So with Daley and the aforementioned Madl. That’s not Driscoll or the Athletic that, you have the recruiting aspect of As long as Driscoll and Army and Seymore certainly hope to Department getting in their excuses— that—high level athletes that want to be emulate their colleague’s success, as that’s just reality. The Friars compete in competing at the next level look to make company can stay ahead of the Daley guided the Friars to their second the Big East and Hockey East, conferences sure that the turf is where they’re going to curve by making the right consecutive NCAA Tournament appear­ filled with financial juggernauts like be playing.” hires, prioritizing the sports ance this past year, while Madl’s field Louisville, Notre Dame, and Boston The fitness center should also provide a programs, and maximizing the hockey team was snubbed from the 16- College. While Notre Dame ranks 17th huge boost to recruiting efforts, and not impact of available resources, team NCAA Tournament despite finish­ among American universities with a $4.4 just for the field hockey program. Driscoll the future of PC athletics ing with an RPI ranking of No. 9. billion endowment, Providence is 296th on said that its construction is right on target Additionally, the track and cross coun­ that list with $136 million—just 14 spots for a completion date of August 18. should be a bright one. try teams have continued their remark­ behind Bryant University’s $152 million. “I had the chance to walk through it last Kevin O’Brien able run under Treacy, with both cross For PC to compete at its current level, week during the admissions open house, and country teams placing among the top ten the resources obtained must be utilized to it’s going to be absolutely spectacular,” he at the NCAA Championships in October. maximum effect. To this end, fundraising said. “The views from inside there with the Friars are moving in the right direction. Head Coach Bob Deraney’s women’s has become the number one agenda topic glass—it’s really going to be one of the most “I think programmatically we’re in the hockey team made the Hockey East for Driscoll and Reverend Brian J. state-of-the-art buildings in the nation.” best shape we’ve ever been. When I say finals for the fourth time in six seasons. Shanley, O.P., President of the College. The final piece of that puzzle is the that, it has to do with the infrastructure— The PC lacrosse team was the preseason Providence may be punching above its Dunkin’ Donuts Center, which is also in whether it’s the trainers, the training room, favorite to win the Metro-Atlantic weight, as the saying goes, but these men the midst of an overhaul. This past season the psychologists, the doctors, how we Athletic Conference, but a rough start to refuse to let the PC sports programs go saw the addition of a new video board and travel, the facilities we practice in, the aca­ down without a fight. sound system, and by the time all is said demic support systems, the coaching staff, PC/Page XX Since Driscoll took the reigns in and done (which should be January 2009), November 2001, annual fundraising for the the arena will boast improved concession Athletic Department has jumped from stands, new entry areas, refurbished locker $200,000 per year to $2 million this year. rooms, restaurants, luxury boxes, and “But that needs to be even larger if we’re black and silver seats. going to be able to accomplish these goals,” Driscoll said. “So my and Father Shanley’s Results on the field, the court, and the real challenge is to raise more money.” rink Of course, while PC fans certainly care New facilities about the facilities, of more importance to the Driscoll talks openly about the vision he Friar faithful are the teams that play on them. had for PC when he arrived at the College The gap in resources faced by the PC over five years ago—a vision that has, at sports programs makes personnel deci­ least in part, been realized. sions that much more crucial. Driscoll admits that the Athletic Department places Father Shanley’s handling of a premium on coaches who demonstrate an athletics, along with ability to overachieve, and he points to Track and Cross Country Head Coach Ray continued facility improve­ Treacy as the shining example of that. ments, will largely dictate With no track and aging facilities (at least the overall success of until the new fitness center is completed), Providence athletics. Treacy has nonetheless established PC as a national contender. Steve O’Keefe ’05 “You try to hire people who really can Sports Editor 2004-05 get it done with less and there are some April 7, 2005 people that certainly can do that,” Driscoll said. “I’m not sure you can do that consis­ “I remember being interviewed by the tently, so our strategy is to figure out a plan [Providence] Journal (when I was hired)... that says: Here are the sports that we want asking me what our vision was,” Driscoll to compete at the highest possible national said. “There’s a lot of things we talked level strategically; here is a group of sports about in terms of building an Astroturf that we’re very fortunate to have and we’re field for our student athletes and all the going to compete at the highest level with­ students. We’ve accomplished that. We in the context of the money we offer; then talked about building a fitness center. we have some sports, that aren’t funded at With Father Shanley’s leadership, obvi­ all scholarship-wise, that we want to be ously we’re in the process of accomplish­ able to compete, but to expect them to ing that. We talked about renovating the have consistently winning record is an Dunkin Donuts Center, which we obvious­ unrealistic expectation.” ly don’t control, but the fact that they’re It’s a “tiering” system, as Driscoll calls

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This week, Kevin O’Brien '07 sits down with former Friar star Ryan Gomes to Life reflect on his life both on and off the court since graduating from Providence College and being drafted by the Celtics in 2005. after PC

by Kevin O’Brien ’07 Editor’s Note: Throughout the course of Sports Editor Emeritus the semester, the Sports staff will exam­ ine the prospects of several former Friar athletes in a feature we like to Ryan Gomes is old school. call "Life after PC. ” It’s not just his game, though that’s old school enough on its own: A game built on fundamentals, things too often forgotten by the youth of today, like the mid-range jumper, boxing out, and finishing around is to become an overachiever.” the hoop, just to name a few. He’s certainly made a nice start for him­ No, Ryan Gomes is truly old school self. He has started 94 of the 136 games because he values things that are, well, too he’s played in over the past two years, often forgotten by the youth of today. averaging 7.6 points and 4.9 rebounds his Things like the importance of getting an rookie year and following that up with a education; the meaning of family; dedica­ sophomore campaign of 12.1 points and tion to hard work; and setting a good 5.6 rebounds per game. example for the kids that look up to him. But beyond the numbers, Gomes has “You don’t change even though your done it the same way he did at Providence: profession changes,” Gomes said. By playing the proverbial right way. “Your lifestyle’s going to change a little Never a high flier or an athletic freak, he bit, but as a person you shouldn’t change. has been forced to rely on other talents, You want to continue to work each and like a knack for positioning and a high bas­ every day.” ketball IQ. He has constantly refined his It would be tough to believe him if he game as his career has progressed; his didn’t follow his own advice. Here’s a range on his jumper continues to increase, person who overcame tremendous odds to but he has still not lost the inside toughness get to where he is today, and he’s a breath that defined his career at PC. of fresh air: A professional athlete who Unfortunately, during Gomes’ two years actually has his priorities straight. on the team, the Celtics have been far from Maybe it’s his upbringing. His mother, successful, battling both injuries and Teresa, was a single mom working two youthfulness in equal measure. Much was jobs to provide for Ryan, and that dedica­ made about Gomes’ comments following tion has clearly rubbed off on her son. Boston’s April 13 loss to Milwaukee, a “She wanted me to accomplish one PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPORTS INFO loss which assured the Celtics the second goal: when I was younger it was to do Despite being the 50th most ping pong balls in the upcoming well in school, and [later it was to] finish overall pick in the NBA Draft lottery. out at Providence, and that’s what I did for 2005 NBA draft, for­ “I probably [would have played], but her,” he says. “So being in the NBA and mer PC star and all- since we were in the hunt for a high draft doing what I love to do is one of my goals, time scoring leader pick, of course things are different,” he but it wasn’t something she forced upon Ryan Gomes has said after riding the bench for the whole me.” made a name for him­ fourth quarter. In fact, Gomes never played organized self through two sea­ Some in the media interpreted the losses basketball until his freshman year of high sons with the Boston as the Celtics trying to lose to improve school. In a day and age when kids as Celtics because of his their draft position. Those who know young as sixth grade are identified as hard work and high Ryan, however, understand that he’s sim­ future college recruits, Gomes was a six- basketball IQ. Off ply frustrated. If hard work is the modus foot-tall ninth grader starting on the Wilby the court, Gomes has operandi of old school values, then win­ High freshman team in Waterbury, been a mentor to his ning is the holy grail, so it’s only natural Conn.—nothing to sneer at, certainly, but brother and younger that consistently losing would weigh on not where one would figure to find most cousins, and he has such a fierce competitor. future NBA players. been honored for his Gomes does, however, see things look­ “When I was younger, I was playing charity work with the ing up for the beleaguered Celtics. basketball to play it,” he said. “I was tall, First Annual Pointing to the abundance of injuries the and friends and family said, ‘You should Shamrock Foundation team endured this year, he says that a fully try it out,’ and I did.” Community All-Star healthy Boston squad is capable of com­ But then that work ethic kicked in, and Award. peting next year. by the time he was a senior, Gomes had “We had a lot of young guys step up this led his varsity team to the state tourna­ year and play well, and with the addition ment three times and had garnered numer­ itself again a few years later when the harder,” he said. of the guys that (were injured that) have ous accolades along the way. NBA came knocking. Head Coach Tim Welsh was not among been here awhile, I think that only makes it Nevertheless, most major Division I “Coming from high school up into the those non-believers, however, and Ryan a brighter future for us,” he said. “And, as programs considered him too short and college level and to where I’m at now, Gomes and Providence College turned out you say, every year the draft conies up, so too heavy to succeed as a pivotman at the there have always been some non-believ­ to be a match made in heaven. Four fan­ we’re going to add a player or two to our next level—a scenario that would repeat ers that made me work a little bit extra tastic years later, after gamering First roster this year.” Team All-American honors and setting the With changes imminent in the off-sea­ PC career scoring mark, Gomes was ready son, Gomes knows that his minutes and Ryan Gomes Interview to take his game to the next level. even his roster spot are never written in Though he slipped to the 50th pick in stone. But regardless of who the Celts add, Want to read more of The Cowl interview with Ryan the 2005 NBA Draft—again, because of he refuses to be outworked. questions about his height—Gomes “What motivates me to go ahead and Gomes? Check out www.thecowl.com to read his refused to let that deter him. His two years practice and work hard every day is that thoughts on: with the Boston Celtics have seen him far this is not guaranteed,” Gomes said. • The current PC basketball team and their prospects exceed the expectations of those general “Being in the NBA is not guaranteed... for next year managers that passed him up in the draft, You could get hurt and that could be the but that’s just how he operates. • His relationship with Herbert Hill end of it. Another thing is that, if I’m not “Making it to this level, there’s only a working in the gym, I know somebody else • His biggest fan—his little brother Marcellus few guys that stick around for a certain in the NBA is. There are 450 players that • His memories from Providence amount of time or become superstars,” he are out there, so if I’m not working on my said. “I’m trying to leave a legacy to the game of something that I stand for, which GOMES/Page 24