POISON SHOULDN’T TASTE SO GOOD THE MANY FACES OF ALCOHOL

RIT’S LABOR LAWSUIT WHY INTERPRETERS PUNCH THE CLOCK

MICHAEL P. KRUMMHOEFENER PIXAR PIXEL WIZARD COMES TO RIT Editorial

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Jen Loomis Stealing is illegal. Downloading copyrighted materials sans payment? Also illegal. MANAGING EDITOR Adam Botzenhart COPY EDITOR J.S. Ost There. We’ve gotten that obvious yet oft-debated reality check out of the way. So let’s move on to some- NEWS EDITOR David Spiecker thing far more sinister, shall we? On March 15, the RIT administration decided to comply with the RIAA’s LEISURE EDITOR Laura Mandanas most recent and ridiculous request to forward pre-litigation letters to a number of students, all accused of FEATURES EDITOR Antonio Castillo sharing copyrighted music. SPORTS/VIEWS EDITOR Chad Carbone I, for one, am quite furious. The RIAA, in its latest attempt to harass college students, has crossed a serious WRITERS Antonio Castillo, Chad Carbone, line in civil liberty, throwing the idea of “due process” right out the window. And RIT has helped make this Casey Dehlinger, Mich Gerson, Joseph André Jacir, devilish defenestration possible. Evan McNamara, J.S. Ost, Govind Ramabadran, Alex Salsberg, Geoff Shearer, Chris Tosswill Let me take a step back and explain these how pre-litigation letters work. The RIAA sends investigators online to hunt down music pirates. At the end of the investigation, all the RIAA probably has is a few screen- Art shots of fi lenames (which may or may not be actual copyrighted works) and an IP address. They might not ART DIRECTOR Josh Gomby have hard evidence, and they certainly don’t have a name. STAFF DESIGNERS Michelle Brook, Jason Sfetko It’s next part that’s truly insidious, though. The RIAA, after it acquires that IP address, contacts the correspond- HOUSE DESIGNER Jeff Chiappone ing Internet Service Provider and requests that a pre-litigation letter be forwarded to the person associated CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS with the IP. If the ISP chooses to comply with this request, then it’s a done deal. The RIAA has a name, and Greg Caggiano, Caitlin Yarsky can start taking that poor soul to court (unless the accused agrees to settle before a lawsuit is fi led). CARTOONIST Alex Salsberg RIT is your Internet Service Provider. And they just sold you out. Photo PHOTO EDITOR Dave Londres Here’s how the system is supposed to work: The RIAA, after acquiring the IP address, needs to go before STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Matt Bagwell, a judge and get a subpoena. (The Digital Millennium Copyright Act originally allowed the RIAA automatic Tom Schirmacher, CoCo Walters subpoenaing rights, but that overly-broad burden on the people has since been stricken from the books). Without that subpoena, the ISP is under no legal obligation to reveal the identity of its subscribers (a fact Production that the University of Wisconsin has reinforced, since they did refuse the RIAA’s request). PRODUCTION MANAGER John Carew PRINTING Printing Applications Lab RIT’s willingness to forward those letters without a subpoena allowed the RIAA to bypass the legal system, which has placed a handful of students in a very diffi cult position. After all, they’re college students—they Business probably can’t afford to pay a defense lawyer whose prowess matches up against those big-time RIAA PUBLIC RELATIONS Kayla Himelein attorneys. And, at $750 in damages per song, they certainly can’t afford to lose. Their best bet was to AD MANAGER Geo Kartheiser settle. I'm sure many of them did. BUSINESS MANAGER Akira Simizu CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Kyle O’Neill So, assuming that those settled students are innocent (which the American legal system requires, because they haven’t been proven guilty in a court of law), they’ve each been robbed of anywhere between $1,000 Online and $5,000. ONLINE EDITOR Erhardt Graeff This is the very defi nition of extortion. Jurisprudence has been supplanted with Mob-style scare tactics. And Advisor RIT just stepped back and let it happen. Rudy Pugliese Why didn’t RIT defend these kids? Sure, we don’t know if they’re guilty, but that’s the whole point, because Contact the RIAA sure doesn’t know either. Their case was never brought before a judge, nor will it ever receive that MAIN 585.475.2212 kind of scrutiny. They were bullied into submission because there was no one there to protect them.

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Jen Loomis Editor in Chief Table of Contents

April 20, 2007 | Vol. 56, Issue 26

News Features 4 Letters 18 Poison Shouldn’t Comments, concerns, Taste So Good and questions from our readers. Is alcohol really as taboo on campus as it’s rumored to be? 6 RITBook Reporter investigates the Student faces legal action controversy. over RIT branding issue. 22 A Narc’s Guide 6 Big Shot Photo Project to Buying Alcohol Flash photography taken to Jonathon Mervine’s foray into the extreme. the world of underage buying.

8 Labor Lawsuit Bring 25 Word on the Street Changes If you were an alcoholic beverage, Why interpreters punch the clock. what would you be?

11 RIT Forecast Sports Plan accordingly. 26 Sports Desk Men’s Lacrosse takes on 11 SG Senate Weekly Update Nazareth college. Prospective parking plans and that doggone gambling policy 28 RIT Softball spur debate. The Tigers take a tough hit due to poor weather conditions, Leisure but they’re still dreaming of 12 Pixar-star and Engineering sunny skies. Alum Talks Shop Pixar pixel wizard comes back Views to RIT for a little chat. 30 RIT Rings Who you gonna call? 13 Stay – Simply Red Simply awful. Stay far, far away. 31 Deconstructing Democracy Why your vote doesn’t count. Yet. 13 Foxtrot Collection Think Reporter’s own cartoonist is funnier than Foxtrot? So do we.

15 At Your Lesiure Double your pleasure, double your fun.

16 Do Stuff for Stuff People did stuff. You know, for stuff. At their thursday afternoon fl ag football class, senior mechanical engineer- ing major Mike Saitta (right) fi ghts to get away from opposing player Guion Lucas (left). Cover by Tom Schirmacher.

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To the R.I.T./N.T.I.D. community, As soon as I read the article in Reporter on one that hired her, she’s the wrong person,” said ing for diversity is more likely to hire women,” March 30, 2007, page 14, I felt the need to Berman. “She doesn’t match the philosophy and but instantly turns around and claims that “that respond to Mich Gerson’s remarks. She stated, it really contradicts their mission statement and doesn’t mean it’s easier for women to fi nd jobs.” “Many of those students were the very same the open mindedness here on campus.” Berman The article then goes on to provide evidence students that protested the Lisa Lampanelli said on NBC channel 10, March 23, 2007 supporting the idea that, in fact, being a woman performance…while I will be the first to com- DOES make it easier for you to fi nd a job. This mend many of the protesters on their maturity, All of above are protester remarks that were makes perfect sense; companies that hire nearly their level-headedness, I will also be the first published in local newspapers or on local news all the women who apply rarely suffer any reper- to point out those who have been insufferable shows, and it seems Mich Gerson did not read cussions, whereas companies that even seem to throughout the whole situation.” For your infor- these when she made the remarks about the provide preference to males are sued like mad, mation, [Gerson’s] remarks are invalid because protesters. She indicated that the protesters’ creating selective pressure. Further, the claim the protest was not against Lisa Lampanelli’s remarks are “completely invalid and nonsense.” that “RIT struggles to attract and retain women” performance! It is mainly about RIT’s philosophy, [Gerson] should have read more thoroughly certainly seems to conflict with the idea that which is in total confl ict with Lisa Lampanelli’s about the information before commenting or ALL women at RIT got in ONLY because of their style. Below you will fi nd quotes from protesters passing judgment. merits, especially since colleges are allowed regarding why we were there. to discriminate based on race (but only in favor In addition, [Gerson] remarked, “I feel those that of minorities!) and gender (but only in favor of “She made some very derogatory remarks about do not hold offi ce should not have a place to say women!) thanks to the Michigan decision. Deaf people,” said RIT graduate student Joshua anything. In fact, my gut reaction is to tell them Berman, who organized the protest. “I’m not very to sit down and shut up.” I fi nd this statement I’m certainly not saying that all, or even most, appreciative of the way RIT handled this,” he ironic since [Gerson] supported Lisa Lampan- women at RIT are here because of their gender. said in the Henrietta Post, March 26, 2007. elli’s right to free speech, but now states that However, it sickens me that time and time again the students of RIT don’t have that same right. it is insisted that there is NO preferential treat- “RIT’s philosophy emphasizes diversity and mu- All elected offi cials represent their constituents: ment going on, and further that it is somehow tual respect. CAB should have known better.” Lizzie and Sarah’s constituents happen to be the the Institute’s or society’s fault that few women RIT offi cials said CAB, the university’s College students of RIT, so telling us to “sit down and seek technical careers. The simple fact is, few Activities Board, hired Lampanelli to perform on shut up” would be counter-productive, against women are in these fi elds because few women Friday. Clark Gymnasium, which offi cials said the entire democratic process, and “insuffer- CHOOSE to be. This is a problem. No one is seats about 1,800, was nearly fi lled for the show” able”. denying that. However, this problem is not my Henrietta Post, March 26, 2007. fault, it is not the Institute’s fault, and sexism is I hope this clears up some of the confusion re- not the way to solve it. “RIT’s philosophy is in total conflict with Lisa garding the protest. Lampanelli,” Stuhler said through a sign lan- Joshua Berman Thank you, guage interpreter. “I understand that she’s an Matthew K. Bailey insult comedienne and she insults everybody, Dear Editor, but that doesn’t support RIT’s policies” Henri- First of all, I would like to say the article on wom- To Send Letters Email: [email protected]. Reporter will etta Post, March 26, 2007. en at RIT was quite well-written, as I’ve come to not print anonymous letters. expect from Reporter. However, I have several Note Opinions expressed in Letters to the Editor are “We are supporting freedom of speech and problems with it from a logical perspective. solely those of the author. Reporter reserves the right to that’s why we’re all here tonight,” said Joshua edit submissions on the basis of content, length, gram- Berman on television NBC channel 10, March The article discusses (or, more accurately, avoids mar, spelling, and style. Letters are not guaranteed publi- 23, 2007 discussing) double standards in the Institute cation. Submissions may be printed and reprinted in any and in general, but what concerns me far more medium. Reporter will not run responses to letters that “The group says they are not there protesting is the doublethink in the article. Doublethink, for have responded to a letter. Lampanelli. They are upset at RIT and the col- those who don’t know, is the Orwellian concept lege activity board. NBC channel 10 News, of making two conflicting claims at once and March 23, 2007 claiming they are both true.

“It’s making RIT look bad ‘cause again RIT is the For one, the article claims that “A company look-

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©2007 Domino’s Pizza, LLC 49069 RITBOOKS BOOKED FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT by Chris Tosswill illustration by Greg Caggiano The site RITbook.com was created by fi rst year In a recent “Ask the President,” Dr. Simone new media interactive development major Dan weighed in on the RITbook issue. “It is the Insti- Leveille last quarter as a location to trade text- tute’s belief that visitors to this site would clearly books. First hailed as a great achievement and confuse it with being an offi cial RIT site, which resource for students, the site has recently it is not,” stated Simone, who went on to refer- become a source of heated debate and legal ence the Lanham Act and RIT’s right to protect action. “I made the site as a resource for other its name and brand. RIT, like any company, does students…so they could get the books they have the right to defend its name. The question need cheaply,” explains Leveille. The site has a becomes: To what degree is Leveille’s site in- sizable student following, currently listing 800+ fringing on RIT’s trademarks? “I view this as a books, and a Facebook fan group. Additionally, valuable learning experience for [Leveille],” says the site has been used in two RIT business Simone. classes as a subject for business plan and strat- small disclaimers in the header and footer stating egy discussion. The Lanham Act is an expansive legal statue that it is “Not affi liated with RIT”. Whether or not governing trademarks in the US. The specifi c RITbook.com is still in violation of the Lanham sections cited by RIT focus on preventing confu- act is a subjective question; one that the courts On April 3, 2007, however, Leveille received an sion between an offi cial website and a site that may decide. Trademarks and intellectual prop- offi cial cease-and-desist letter from RIT’s chief may seem like an offi cial one, but is in fact not erty disputes are murky legal ground. Leveille legal offi cer. The letter cited infringements on authorized. The litmus test, according to the Act, has contacted a number of lawyers and awaits trademarks owned by RIT and gave Leveille sev- would be whether or not someone is likely to be- counsel on how he should proceed. In the mean- en days to remove all unauthorized references lieve that the site in question is an offi cial RIT site. time, he has made a number of changes to the to Rochester Institute of Technology, including site in accordance with RIT’s requests. the domain name “ritbook.com” from the site or face repercussions “including but not limited to, RITbook currently displays “Really Inexpensive As of Saturday, April 14, RITbook.com is still referral to the RIT Center for Student Conduct Textbooks” at the top of the page, presumably online and facilitating book exchanges for RIT and the commencement of litigation.” to justify its domain name. The site also sports students. •

BIG SHOT PHOTO PROJECT IN DUBROVNIK compiled by J. S. Ost Big Shot Photo Project was started in 1987 Alamo; the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden; cluding RIT faculty, staff, students, tourists, and by a group of professors from RIT’s School of and last year’s subject, Rochester’s Memorial residents of the city—helped create enough light Photographic Arts and Sciences as a way to Art Gallery. for the 90-second exposure period needed to teach students about fl ash photography. Based capture the photograph. Costumed guards and on volunteerism and the concept of "painting Coordinated by RIT professors Michael Peres, other models dressed in Renaissance period with light," the project has created 22 nighttime Bill DuBois and Dawn Tower DuBois, this year’s clothing stood on the main gate’s stone bridge photographs of various impressive structures 23rd Big Shot took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, while the Croatian fl ag fl ew in the background. • since its creation. Big Shot is unique in that it home of RIT’s American College of Management requires hundreds of volunteers using camera and Tourism. Photographers and volunteers fl ashes and fl ashlights to illuminate the photo’s gathered at the original entrance to Dubrovnik’s To see this year’s photo: subject. Past at-home and international Big Shot Old Town, a 100-foot-high stone wall serving as http://www.rit.edu/~930www/pics/BigShot23.jpg projects include night photography of the USS the subject of this year’s photo. Around this wall, For more information on the Project: Intrepid (New York City); San Antonio, Texas’ built in the 1400s, nearly 500 volunteers—in- www.rit.edu/~bigshot

6 NEWS

LABOR LAWSUIT BRINGS CHANGES FOR INTERPRETERS by Mich Gerson photography by Elizabeth Brewster

n February 2006, a class-action lawsuit was fi led against the University of Rochester (U of R) on behalf of over 40,000 hourly employees of U of R. The suit claimed that hourly workers were permitted to work through their breaks, not paid for that time worked, and not receiving appropriate overtime compensation. The U of R and their employees Iagreed to a $9 million settlement as a result.

Christina Chafel has been an Interpreter at RIT since December 1997.

8 NEWS Local lawyers saw RIT as a potential gold mine, sionals, and being “demoted” to hourly pay does stated in an e-mail to Reporter. In an April 11 as it was engaged in similar practices. The In- not help that end. Even though the interpreters memorandum released by director of DAS stitute underwent investigation, and was found were placed in the non-exempt pool, their overall Steve Nelson to his staff, the guidelines are as in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. pay and benefi ts remained the same—only now follows: The main issue had to do with overtime claims they qualify for overtime. In an April 11 memoran- for hourly employees, who were classifi ed as dum to Department of Access Services (DAS) Work performed outside of the normal exempt from overtime privileges. The origi- employees, however, it was asked that interpret- workplace may include the following gen- nal complaint stemmed from Jan Lighthouse, ers “…keep the total weekly hours worked within eral types of activities: a former RIT Food Services employee. As a re- the 40-hour limit”. sult, RIT agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with » Tasks necessary to complete preparation nearly 170 of its 2,800 employees. While exempt, full-time interpreters employed for specifi c interpreting assignments. within DAS worked forty hours a week: 20 in the » Work to support the primary area of respon- The Fair Labor Standards Act, enacted by Con- classroom; 20 out. The 20 hours of work that sibility (e.g., interpreting and or coordinat- gress in 1938, is under Federal Wage and Hour were not hands-on were dedicated to prepara- ing interpreting/notetaking functions) and statutes. It allows for clear outlining of the em- tion: watching a movie that would be shown in related areas. ployee’s job description and how they are to be the next class, memorizing a student’s presenta- » Specifi c tasks assigned to an individual by paid, such as deciding whether the employee’s tion, reading up on a chapter to be discussed his/her manager. position should be overtime exempt or non-ex- next class, etc. The interpreters were not limited » Tasks necessary to participate in professional empt. To be exempt means ‘to be paid on a sal- to working in DAS; they could work from home. development activities. ary basis;’ those on a set salary do not qualify Once the interpreters were re-classifi ed, how- » Other activities that are part of an individual’s for overtime pay. A non-exempt employee is paid ever, this privilege stopped. Interpreters were defi ned duties. per hour worked and any and all overtime hours informed that they were to clock in, and the only worked. Overtime is typically defi ned as any time hours they will be paid for are those spent on Without prior approval, these individuals worked over 40 hours in a workweek. Typically, campus, not off. may choose to perform a reasonable level non-exempt employees include those who per- of their work outside of the workplace, if: form operational functions such as routine cleri- “I don’t understand,” Weatherly says. “RIT policy cal duties, maintenance work, and checking and allows even those who are exempt to work at » In their judgment, the work can best be inspecting equipment. home…many of us have adjusted our routine and completed outside of the workplace. way of working to work with the changes…let us » Their managers have not previously with- When the lawsuit was brought against RIT, the get paid for the work we do from home.” drawn or limited this option (due to prior Institute was forced to reclassify 173 employees issues related to this guideline). from exempt status to non-exempt status. Of the "Not all interpreters were in the same boat as » The individuals provide documentation to 173 that were affected, the largest percentage Weatherly. "I'm just waiting to see what the their managers, listing the dates and times consisted of sign-language interpreters (122 administration does. I trust they will do what is of that work and a brief description the total), who have, since the change, been tran- best," said Christina Chafel, an academic inter- work performed. This information will be sitioned from salaried to hourly pay. With the preter that has been employed by the Institute provided to managers every two weeks. changes in classifi cation came changes on the for nearly ten years. Why was she not as upset job. The biggest complaint from the interpret- as Weatherly? "RIT 'grandfathered' us – we got Another adjustment was also made: the total ers was the change in their status. When the re- to keep our exempt benefi ts, and there was no hands-on work was bumped up from 20 to 21 classifi cation was to occur, Human Resources, drastic change in how much I earned." hours per Al Smith, the assistant vice-president in a March 12 memorandum to the RIT commu- of college operations who oversees both Facili- nity, assured employees that “…any employee Many interpreters were interviewed, and many ties Management Services and DAS. who is reclassifi ed from exempt to non-exempt declined to go on record, but one issue was re- will have that transition made in a way that fully peatedly emphasized: their need to work from After nearly a month since the announcement respects their professionalism and important home. The interpreters brought this complaint of RIT’s settlement, Hurwitz wrote an April 6 e- contributions to the RIT community”. repeatedly to Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, Dean of the mail to the NTID community. In this e-mail, he National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), informed people of recent happenings, assuring Susanne Weatherly, a non-academic interpreter who put a stop on work-from-home privileges all that “at this time when we are being tested, who recently moved to Rochester from Wash- until further investigation. He did, eventually, I will remain optimistic that we can navigate ington State, scoffs at the memo, stating that change his stance. “During the last month, these changes successfully.” In an interview the changes have caused an uproar amongst in- many interpreters infl uenced my thinking about with Reporter, he promised once the settlement terpreters—many feeling insulted and stripped of the work-at-home issue. In the end, I decided to is over that NTID will fi ght with the Department their professional status. She went on to say that support the fl exibility of allowing them to work of Labor and have the interpreters reclassifi ed interpreters want to be recognized as profes- at home [within provided guidelines],” Hurwitz and back on their exempt status. •

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Saturday Deathtrap Campus Life 21 LBJ 1510 Lab Theatre. 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The Broadway Three representatives from the Center for Campus Life, Mike D’Arcangelo, APR thriller, performed in ASL and spoken English. Cost: Free. Ryan Giglia, and Taralyn Loewenguth, answered questions about their department’s usefulness to clubs and organizations and distribution of money to student groups. Sunday OurFaust Giglia indicated total funds of $80,000 split among the 155 SG- recognized clubs. 22 Ingle Auditorium. 2 p.m – 4 p.m. Adaptation of J. W. von Loewenguth said there is a pool of $110,000 that clubs can request additional APR Goethe’s Faust, Part I, and Ourfaust. Cost: Free. money from for special events.

Monday Today is World Book & Copyright Day. Read a book, or make Discontent was expressed by several senators about the mandatory, once a month 23 one, and be sure to copyright it so no one steals your work and club meetings Campus Life dictates. Women’s Senator Denise Herrera was in favor APR gets away with it! of the meetings, politely reminding the room that a club can send alternate repre- sentation if timing is a problem. Tuesday 1967: Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when the 24 parachute fails to open. He was the fi rst human to die during a Parking APR space mission. Paula Benway announced three new Parking initiatives: automated people movers (APM), Zip Cars on campus, and overall transportation enhancements. Wednesday Alex’s Lemonade Stand The APM was conveyed solely as an exploratory project at this point, but in time 25 Eastman-Kodak Quad. 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Ice-cold lemonade RIT students may have a moving quarter-mile. Benway outlined an idyllic RIT future APR sold to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Sponsored where students are transported to class via a subterranean moving sidewalk start- by the Life Sciences Club. ing at the sundial and ending at the infi nity quad—with multiple exit points at every building along the way. Thursday Taste of RIT 26 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 15th Annual in the SAU Cafeteria. Benway also discussed the idea of using the by-the-hour car rental service on cam- APR All-you-can-eat from local vendors. Proceeds go to the United pus to reduce the number of vehicles in the parking lots and alleviating the need for Way. $6, TigerBucks accepted. students to house their cars at RIT for the year if they are only making occasional trips off campus. CAB Thursday Night Cinema Series Presents: An Inconvenient Truth During a brief update on the new parking ticket system, Freshman Senator Matt Ingle Auditorium. 10 p.m. – 12:15 a.m. Sponsored by CAB, Danna sternly informed Benway that the students will no longer accept more than SEAL, FMS, ResLife, and the Civil Engineering Technology and one ticket per incident, capping off his announcement with, “We only make $60 a Environmental Management Departments. Free. week.” Benway replied that the new computer system used to issue tickets allows for only one citation a ticket, which is why students are issued multiple tickets. Friday Performance by Jen Shyu 27 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Singing and piano performance in Ingle Gambling Policy APR Auditorium. Sponsored by the Asian Culture Society. Free. Discussion was rampant over whether or not to adopt the Gambling Policy, a section of which reads: “RIT recognized organizations cannot host gambling activities that Joyful Noise violate New York State law, nor can they host trips to known gambling facilities for 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Greek Lawn. Outdoor concert sponsored by the purpose of gambling. Under certain circumstances, specifi c activities such as InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Free. bingo and raffl es may be permitted, but only with prior written approval of the Center for Campus Life and registration through the Event Registration system (EVR).” RIT Spring Juggle-In Three-day convention sponsored by the Juggling Club. Starts at The main discourse was over the line, “nor can they host trips to known gambling 5 p.m. in the Clark Gym. Open to the RIT community. Free. facilities for the purpose of gambling.” GCCIS Senator Damian Kumor was the most outspoken, arguing that since other New York colleges don’t have a gambling policy, CAB Friday Night in the Ritz Presents: Piamater neither should RIT. COS Senator Jonathan Berman cynically added that an offi cial Ritz Sports Zone. 9:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Local band and pre- policy on gambling only means conduct enforcers could offi cially badger students. vious Ritz performer comes back for another round. Free pizza No decision was reached on whether to approve the policy or not.. to the fi rst 50 people. Cost to watch and listen: $1.

NEWS 11 PIXAR-STAR AND ENGINEERING ALUM TALKS SHOP by Joseph André Jacir photography by Ryan Randolph

ester area who was doing so. The jobs started to trickle in, once it got around that this kind of work was being done by this local alumnus. Krummhoefener’s mother, in fact, served coffee and cookies to a VP of marketing and a head of engineering in his bedroom—the studio he had set up for himself.

It was his work at Pixar, however, that earned him this year’s Distinguished Alumnus from CAST and rolled grads and undergrads—notably from the School of Film and Animation—out of their beds and away from their theses. “The fun part of making movies is the initial character design,” Krummhoefener opined as a video and slide show brought the audience through the produc- tion process. Shortly after the initial character design is the phase in which Krummhoefener is deeply involved. Early versions of some of the characters from 2006’s Cars evolved from the models which he himself sculpted in Autodesk Maya for the fi lm. He proudly notes their com- plexity. These, in turn, were developed from character designs, which were also presented in storyboards that would have nearly made a quite charming animated fi lm on their own. The audi- ence was treated to some fun insider’s insight hat would inspire several dozen sleepy students of varying levels of haggardness to as well: For example, the Italian-speaking forklift, drag themselves to Carlson Auditorium at 9:00 a.m. on a Friday? It may have been the Guido, was written in based on (and voiced by) Wchance to hang out with a contingency of smartly-dressed and beaming faculty and another of Pixar’s technical animators, an Italian administrators. It may have been the continental breakfast. But most probably, it was a man whose guy named Guido. life was changed by a dinosaur. Krummhoefener was able to bounce around to “Do you mind if I move back home for a little history that seemed to hit home with the clump of other tasks as he wished and was needed. Most while?” asked Michael P. Krummhoefener of seniors who sat fi xated, front-and-center. Judg- of us have heard about the perks of working at his parents, not so long after his 1992 gradu- ing by the banter before and after the presenta- Pixar—fl exible (if long) hours, liberal offi ce poli- ation with a degree from RIT in manufacturing tion, there was anxiety about whether their own cies, room for personal growth. While there was engineering technology. That life-changing dino- histories would see themselves back at home, excitement about the trailers he brought along saur was the one from Jurassic Park, and it had off to Pixar or Bausch and Lomb, or both. for the upcoming Ratatouille, the audience was caused him to quit his cushy and fun engineer- especially interested to know, “Do we have any- ing position at Bausch and Lomb, cash out his “That dinosaur really showed me the power of one from RIT there?” Although the answer was 401(k), sell his jet ski and most of his stuff, and computer animation.” He spent the subsequent “I’m the only one right now,” Krummhoefener invest in what was then tens of thousands of few years teaching himself how, exactly, to wield was spirited away (after generously taking one- dollars worth of computer graphics and anima- that power. Learning solely from his mistakes, on-one questions for a while) with Jim Watters, tion equipment. he began to produce the kind of slick imagery RIT’s Senior VP of Finance and Administration, that would appear as product prototypes, on to discuss his idea of establishing a co-op pro- As tantalizing as the projected Pixar-related magazine covers, and in advertisements, and gram with Pixar. Perhaps they had coffee and imagery was, it was Krummhoefener’s personal found himself to be the only studio in the Roch- cookies. •

12 LEISURE Music Review

Stay - Simply Red by Evan McNamara

Last Friday, while load- artists. The album in question this week—Stay by There is not one cliché that is not present on ing my car for the long Simply Red—would have fi t like a glove on any of this record: tambourine, whistling, cowbell, syn- drive home, a most these “Adult Hit” radio stations. thesizer, harpsichord, children’s choir, a fake unfortunate thing hap- strings section…you name it, and it's all here! pened: a stray bag of The first cut of the record, “The World and As you listen to the record for the fi rst time, you dirty laundry fell on the You Tonight,” provides a great overview of all will be sure that you have heard it a thousand compact disc hanging the sounds featured on the album. Strong pop times before. Perhaps this familiar quality is a halfway out of my car’s CD player, severing it in undercurrents drag Simply Red through a rip great selling point to an older generation, but half. The CD player, perhaps momentarily pos- tide of soft island rock, swanky pseudo-porn it’s harder than that to pull a fast one on smart- sessed by a demon spirit, sucked the remain- riffs, middle-aged love ballads, and predictable alecky college students. ing half of the compact disc into the player, and hooks that are sure to make anyone over 40 nod proceeded to spin it around in futility. Now at the in approval. We won’t easily be fooled into recycled music mercy of the FM radio to hold my attention for that fi ts splendidly on the “Adult Hit” radio sta- three hours, I was no happy camper. The front man of Simply Red doesn’t have that tion. We will be the first ones to turn the dial. bad of a voice. It’s smooth and slightly smoky, Hell, most of us would rather turn the radio off Amidst my quest to fi nd a bearable radio station, gliding over mid-range notes and hitting higher altogether and drive in silence. I know that’s I came across many channels labeled as “Adult notes with ease. When his powers are employed what I did. • Hit,” featuring Michael Bolton, Elton John, Norah for the evil act of creating such awful music, Jones, and other similarly mind-numbingly boring however, one can’t help but cringe.

®Book Review

Houston, You Have a Problem: A Foxtrot Collection by Bill Amend by Alex Salsberg

I was so disappointed with this book. can only go on so long before becoming stale. Even I’ll run out of Sentinel jokes eventually. Foxtrot’s art style has always been formulaic. Each of its characters is the same puppet with There was only one cartoon in the entire book a different wig. The problem is that in Houston, that made me laugh. As part of a series of the jokes and stories are as formulaic as the strips where ten-year-old Jason is trying to fi nd drawings. Foxtrot stars Jason, a nerdy kid who a Halloween costume, he dresses up as the likes to annoy his family; Paige, a teenage girl; “Great Pumpkin” that Linus always waited for in Peter, a teenage boy; Andy, their health-con- the comic strip “Peanuts.” In the fi nal square, scious mom; and Roger, their fat, bald dad who his mom asks why there were pieces of a se- Paperback: 128 pages is bad at grilling burgers. If you read this whole curity blanket in his teeth, and Jason remarks Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing collection, you wouldn’t learn very much more that he wanted to add a touch of irony. Now, I Price: $8.95 at Amazon.com than what I just told you. may only fi nd this funny as a comic strip nerd, but I felt it was the only strip in the collection As cartoonist/genius for this magazine, it is my Comic strips have a tough balance to achieve. that even came close to the cleverness that I duty to review any comic strip collections sent On the one hand, they need to retain familiar- used to love Foxtrot for. to the Reporter office. This is fine, because, ity, but on the other hand, it doesn’t take much like many of you, I spent my childhood reading for familiarity to become bland repetitiveness. All in all, if you like comic strips, this book the likes of “Garfield,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” Foxtrot has clearly gone in the latter direction. will make you sad. Go for one of the classics and one of my old favorites, “Foxtrot.” That’s why Foxtrot started back in 1988, and comic strips instead. •

LEISURE 13

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LEISURE 15 the combination, but it took them another half hour to remove their t-shirts from the wire. The Pink team managed to pass them during this time, moving on to the pool challenge. Meanwhile, Forest Green was penalized two hours for hanging from the rim of their basketball net. All penalty times were later added to the fi nishing time of the teams.

Getting Wet Pink dove into the pool shortly after infl ating the inner-tube provided for them. They had to complete a relay back and forth across the width of the pool picking up a single puzzle piece on the other side of the pool before 01 a teammate would paddle along for the next one. When all 15 pieces were retrieved, a mad dash was made for the fi eld house, where they assembled by Casey Dehlinger the pieces with Kelly Green and Forest Green hot on their trail. The next photography by Dave Londres clue led them to University Commons, where they got a chance for a bit of a lunch break, dining on a massive garbage plate that they were forced to he first thing they do to you at the Ultimate Do eat with their hands, all out of the same container. One Royal Green team Stuff For Stuff Challenge is take away all your member refused to participate. “I don’t eat from slop buckets.” If only he stuff. Cell phones, pens, wallets, loose change, knew what they were in store for three hours later. Tjewelry, and fl ash drives are all left on the tables in the Field House before the games begin. The second thing the College Activities Board does is make you sign a waiver; because, you know, sometimes stuff happens when you’re doing stuff for stuff.

The third thing they do is give you a list of rules and a baggie of supplies that contains a bingo marker, a debit card with $3.25 cents on it, fi ve lenses, rubber bands, two AAA batteries, and a cheap digital camera that can hold 17 shots and has a terrible tendency to forget those shots if it gets bumped around. With only those items, and instructions to go to the SLC Basketball courts to receive their team t-shirts, 15 teams of fi ve RIT students stampeded through the campus last Saturday, April 14, all 75 of them bent on winning their share of thousands of dollars worth of prizes.

The Ultimate Do Stuff For Stuff Challenge is the sort of nightmare you have after watching a thousand-hour old- school Nickelodeon Wild ‘n Crazy Kids marathon, only instead of walking away with a $30 pair of moon shoes for a prize, we’re talking about Nintendo DS systems, GPS locators, Peeking in Windows 0 bicycles, grills, and Roombas. If only it were as simple as This is where the tables turned: the contestants were led to Greek Lawn, assembling the Silver Monkey… where a paper was posted in the window of a high-up window. Using the five lenses in their kits, and a sixth one they discovered could be But First You Have to Put Some Clothes On purchased at Sol’s using the debit card, Cardinal Red, Sapphire, Kelly Barging into the SLC Basketball Green, Olive, Sports Grey, and Yellow all caught up to the front of the courts, the teams were greeted with pack and stood out in the cold rearranging and twisting and moving the magic number puzzles: eight by eight bits of glass in a futile attempt to distinguish the clue on the sign. Previous grids torn to puzzle pieces. Above their powerhouse Pink hadn’t even arrived for lunch yet. heads, wire-cabled to the backboards of the basketball nets, were the t-shirts. In order to “Fuck this event!” shouted a frustrated Cardinal Red team player, peering remove them, the puzzle had to be solved to reveal the up at the window from atop the shoulders of a teammate. Only Charcoal combination for the lock securing each cable. Each shirt had a and Forest Green breezed through the lens challenge, reading the word unique color to help identify the team. Unfortunately, many of the colors “crescent” and arriving at the Edmund Lyons Crescent outside of the LBJ were beyond the traditional box of crayons, with names like olive, leaf, building, where they had to complete “matchstick” puzzles using two-foot forest green, and kelly green. Olive was the fi rst team to correctly enter lengths of two by fours.

16 LEISURE The Good, the Bad, and the Muddy Kelly Green was technically the fi rst to go through the obstacle course set up behind that red barn, although they accidentally skipped the two by four challenge, so they had to backtrack, but not before completing the wildly cathartic task of smashing a large brick with a crowbar to get the clue inside. To earn that privilege they had to get personal with the mud, soaking up sponges with mud and squeezing them into a bucket by using anything but their hands. This is where teams had to wait in line for their shot at the course, waiting upwards of 45 minutes (their clocks were stopped for a team when they were waiting).

The Last Meal “There are parts where I think I’m going to gag, and there are parts where I think it isn’t too bad.” “I’m going to kill all CAB members.” “Tastes like almonds.” “I feel like stuff is going down my nose.” “Look at the eyes! It’s looking at you!” “Dude, it’s better than Gracie’s,” and “The squid’s going to kill us.” These were the contestants’ responses to their offbeat dinner of chocolate-covered bugs and canned squid, which had to be consumed at the Infi nity Quad before contestants made the fi nal sprint to return to the Field House.

At this point, Charcoal was in the lead with a 20-minute penalty on their heads, but Cardinal Red was on their heels with no penalties. Behind Cardinal Red, Orange and Sapphire were duking it out. 04 Although Sapphire finished 19 seconds before the penaltyless Orange, they had two hours and fi ve minutes of penalties, dropping them to eleventh place.

In the end, Cardinal Red won with an adjusted time of 6:28:42, while Charcoal took second with 6:37:17. Orange clinched third in 6:49:19, despite being one of the last three teams to successfully put their shirts on in the fi rst challenge. These three teams, collectively divided up the coveted “stuff” in question. The Guys (and Girl) That Got All the Stuff ineering technology Finishing the race at 9:11:32, the White team entered the Field House First Place: Cardinalond Red year civil eng way sec hematics to an eruption of applause. In a way, the last team earned just as Brian Con ar mat ineering Patrick Curran fourth ye croelectric eng ng technology much as the fi rst: the right to brag about stepping up to the ultimate ssis fi rst year mi Mike Ka rical engineeri ms engineering challenge. The right to call themselves Ultimate Do-Stuffers. • xell third year elect Casey Mei r industrial and syste ahita fi f th y e a Luis Piedr 02 1// Team Leaf approaches the obstacle course at the Red Barn. Second Place: Charcoal gineer fourth year electrical en 2// Under supervision of CAB’s Brandon Lane, third year computer science Chris Fuerdein biotechnology fourth year major Paul Solt transfers water to third year industrial engineering major Jimmy Mike Klein marketing si fourth year biology Ichihana. The team needed to fi ll a bucket with one liter of water before con- Ted Moras fourth year czarczak y tinuing. Stephanie Ow Andrew Yee fourth year biotechnolog 3// Early in the chalenge, fourth year biology major Stefanie Owczarczak pad- dles her way across the Judson pool to retrieve puzzle pieces. Third Place: Orange r marketing fi f th y e a tion y lm and anima Ben Conro fi f th year fi 4// Fourth year fi lm major Sean Dekkers t, business studen al engineering Sean Dekkers eats a fris- Evan Fell graduate chanic third year me bee full of squid. Teams is Rowles Chr r marketing . had to lick the discs clean el fi f th y e a cab.rit.edu Joel We B website, before moving on to he ed on the CA sults will be post next challenge. The full re

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The U.S.—and ingement ‘03-’04: 372 RIT—clearly feel oth hol may hav erwise, even thou *on pace for 478 this year) e an unexpected p gh alco- ‘04-’05 : 329 ositive impact on y our pocketbook. SUCCESSFUL DRINKERS: utilize Facebook ator Rod Lezette states that, “We Mos Public Safety Investig t alcohol-related s Facebook police.” tudies test the se [than anything]…We’re not the indiv nsory-motor skills more as a reference iduals, but it wasn of intoxicated ies are often called ’t until a 2006 stu mented that most of the time, part Dr. Ed dy by Dr. Bethany Lezette further com ward P. Stringham L. Peters and that anyone thou mplaints by fellow students. ference i ght to study the p in as noise co n annual wages a otential dif- mong drinkers an annual earn d abstainers. The ings of alcohol-co average dents don’t really [advertise par- nsuming, full-time r way, according to Eckhardt, “Stu that of absta working males surp Eithe o iners by approxim asses ware of the dangers of posting to ately $4,700, or 18 on Facebook] anymore.” Fully a women who e .5%. Full-time w ties the njoy it earn, on av orking pped publicizing their parties, and erage, 23% more uch information, students have sto only $3,200 m than abstainers, th m .2% ore. ough his year is expected to drop by 34 number of alcohol-related cases t o far this year (see chart). An- n the number of instances cited s All hypothe based o ses point to the s was the implementation of regu- ame reasoning fo eason Eckhardt cited for the spike networking r this phenomeno other r . Particularly in bu n: social ooms, where paraphernalia such siness, individual alth and safety checks of dorm r business ov s who take the tim lar he il er a couple drinks e to talk to statistics. 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FEATURES 19 and there’s 40 empty beer cans… we’re going to inve at there course, that’s wh stigate.” And, of o suspects th ere the magic num ds Lezette, wh ber 21 comes into p laws,” respon iolating lay. everything on ere they are v “We base a location wh g, “If we go to ing to tell Vice President of Stu isunderstandin vels, we’re go dent Affairs Mary-Be was a m ccupancy le “T th Cooper offers her s ounty; such as o , explained he key to all our polic entiments, laws for the c hat happened ies is that they are se the fi r e t’s probably w dents t up for [the] safety o n’t go in.” Tha and [are] in line wit f our stu- le that they ca h legal parameters. If s peop iors resp tudents engage in b onsibly, and without ehav- zette. violating community Le b vandalism standards (loud pa town nightclu , etcetera) more tha rties, t by a down n likely they will not fi n on campus, sen as with violatin d themselves charge ht, a bus arrived the shuttle w g the Student Code d hat same nig hat same night of Conduct or New T ablishment. T far York State Law.” ents to their est p, and, as to shuttle stud sked them to sto t to them and a ent GREEKS AND DRINKS: e reached ou iate Vice Presid stopped. “W Pardee, Assoc Heath Boice- y A DRY SUBJECT , they did,” said ds as Dr. Heath. “M as I know dents and frien known to stu stablish- T nt Affairs and eath, “This e he third reason cited of Stude ity,” stated Dr. H by Eckhardt for t accountabil icking up r he increased amoun te concern was ampus and p elated incidents wa t of alcohol- immedia oming onto c s a concentration o onsibility for c rning t f activity in Colony taking resp terms of retu icularly among Greek Manor, par- ment was accountability in and athletes. “Thos d about their Co e are two words tha ts, but I worrie nduct] uses very of t [Student studen ten,” stated Arscott, w these ho feels that this is b students.” groups are under an ecause those increased amount o tle would be allowe f pressure. “[Alcoho ective, a shut d] at any Greek eve l is not tudent’s persp nt. There are many ed, “From a s ent there and event in qualifi cations for a G ott comment ry single stud the Student Handb reek Arsc g, getting eve ook, [such as] 25% tically speakin possible, and house is of a large house. A l azing but, logis tle is nearly im 30 or more [people arge am he same shut ]. So, you’ve got…se ent back on t at a bar, it ven or eight of our g ry single stud ing from.” ’s considered a Gree uys eve . Heath is com k event—an RIT Gre see where Dr goes out o ek event…If somethin at’s why I can f control there, and it g th d gets back to camp rovide weeken in trouble; o us, we could still ge ing U of R, p ur chapter could sti t nation, includ g. ll get in trouble.” es across the or drunk drivin ther campus tive measure f O as a preventa ng, ntown, mostly students sayi That’s also where shuttles dow e argument from Greeks Advocating ave heard th et in a the Mature Managem omments, “I h ing us to g (GAMMA) steps in ent of Alcohol Dr. Heath c ated. You’re forc . “Our mission is to to drive intoxic ngly a educate the Greek u’re forcing us t statement. I stro long with the entire R community ‘Well, yo agree with tha IT community abou say that I dis nd drive to t the effects of alco rive.’ I have to et in a car a maturely manage a hol and how car and d ng anyone to g nd be responsible w o one is forci rinking. I St ith it,” says GAMMA e with that. N mpus about d ephen DeVay, a seco president disagre re rules on ca nd year software eng cause there a up b ineering major. “Law ted simply be y the federal gover s are set intoxica ” nment. The drinking be a cop-out. up fo age is 21, and they at argument to r a reason…if you’re set that fi n d th under 21, you have t ned shuttle is a na o follow the law.” G n RIT-sanctio tional organization th AMMA o the idea of a at falls under the B ver, receptive t ging some Consci ACCHUS (Boost A eath is, howe sted in arran ousness Concernin lcohol Dr. H ents were intere g the Health of Univ said, “If stud ntown—you DeVay ersity Students) ne ntown, having f things dow comments on the re twork. dow do a variety o moval of GAMMA’s owntown, to sure, I would this year former president e f shuttle to d hatever it is— , “The situation surro arlier sort o s, museums, w unding that is perso arket, gallerie lso feels that but GAM nal to our old presid w, the public m o that.” He a MA has done everyt ent, kno h a student to d l hing in their power t g to work wit be an integra very strong o move on. We have rtainly be willin rograms could e-board and we’ve c a ce centives and p ontinued to move fo nated driver in nsible way. do best, whi rward doing what w oking to desig afe and respo ch is to educate and e lo cal bars in a s give knowledge.” students to lo part of getting HALLOWEEN 2006: TRICK OR TREATING AT COLONY MANOR AND THE PH ING A TWIST OF ANTOM BUS “ Halloween,” recoun ALCOHOL HAS ENOUGH FLAVORS WITHOUT INTO A ADD DICHOTOMY OF RED ts Arscott, “It was ju wa st another weekend sn’t a party weeken for me. It POLITICS. IT CANNOT BE SEPARATED d or anything, but I w [at Co as sitting out on my lony Manor], just ob stoop OR WHITE, DRY OR SWEET; NOT IN THIS WORLD, AND NOT ON THIS serving everybody w would h alking around. And LIES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN POISON OR PO- appen is you’d see a what handful [of] people CAMPUS. RATHER, IT go into a walk along and stop GOOD IT MAY TASTE OR RAVAGING n apartment. Or try and to go into an apartm TION, AND NO MATTER HOW (rented sec ent, rather. [Securit urity)] would run, ca as tch them before they say, ‘You look got in the doors and IT MAY BURN, HALF THE WORLD WILL CONDONE IT WHILE THE like you’re underage . You should not go in go back to th there. You should OTHER HALF CONDEMNS IT. AND, WITH POLICY CHANGES CON- e dorms. Turn aroun d.” Without ID-ing, ing, and the st without question- LE BIT FUNNY.• udents—in my opinio STANTLY BEING TABLED AND DECANTED, JUST I CAN’T A LITT HELP BUT THINK n—should have had it ‘What are you do in them to ask, ing? Why are you e THAT ALCOHOL WILL ALWAYS TASTE ven thinking about t my rights!’…Most o his? These are f them turned back.”

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FEATURES 21 22 FEATURES Mervine cites Lyell Avenue and rural areas as being relatively lax. “I tried to dress appropriately for what we were doing, just so I blended in. In the country, if you looked like a country folk; they would let you go a lot. But s’ age—35, 40, and above—they some of the older people, say, parent checking ID,” he recalls. A Narc’s Guide defi nitely were more stringent about go Eventually, the job turned into a game. “It was fun. Some days I’d just e sales today, who would be out and say, ‘Alright, I’m gonna have thre sman in reverse, To Buying Alcohol the prime targets?’” Mervine was a door-to-door sale asic psychology, only using all the same principles of pacing and b r, has its downsides. BY CASEY DEHLINGER HIRMACHER instead of selling, he’s buy ing. His job, howeve PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM SC -year- ay know all too well: the 20 WORD GETS AROUND on scene, and a role you m It’s a comm while a I didn’t take it to heart; aching into the beer cooler e back of the gas station re “I’ve been called snitch. I’ve been called ‘narc’… old in th e mirrors. her animated over the subject, rted refl ection in the fi sh-ey A lot of people became rat -aged woman eyes his disto it’s just a job. middle mics major stances of a guy ight. For fourth year econo zed what happened. I had two in may be your typical Friday n especially after they reali This use he knew he was going to be fi red, his job for nearly a year. coming out and just swearing, beca Jonathan Mervine, this was of a job,” which was bittersweet for me, because I get paid, and he’s out on. It’s like he [cashier] bout trying to read the pers ents. “In the beginning, when this fi rst started up…t ding to Mervine, “It’s more a he lam Accor who you’re with] by her lapel and brought her ch what your cards are, it’s ly pulled [the woman I worked me of poker. It’s not so mu actual a ga [they’re more looks more relaxed or calm r the counter. It was scary.” ying against. And if a person ove pla ht and watching sed to someone who’s uptig likely to sell to you], as oppo nes are going to be where Mervine used to frequent, come in; you know those o There is one particular store in Rochester you from the moment you r show his sitting there talking on the part of his job, he’ll no longe her people just didn’t care, but after showing up one night as a tough sale, but ot an asshole. It was is gonna be a breeze.’” s probably the only time that I felt like ne, so you think, ‘Aww, this face there. “It wa pho knew it wasn’t going to be good. That bad. Didn’t go in there again; I just r lady and happen.” w’s it going?’ to a nice olde know, hey, these things rther advises, “You say, ‘Ho sucked. But, you He fu the city; ‘Yo, opposed to a guy down in oper and formal to them, as be pr em. You hear e was 20, but now that he’s 21 t walk in and loosen up to th bills when h ’s up?’ [Sometimes] you jus That was how Mervine paid the what ankees doing and say, ‘Yo, how are the Y ouncer at a Rochester bar. “The tables have turned on me. [Now] ports game on in the back he’s a b a s t how familiar ze me. C’mon. My sole job th, two down.’ I guess it’s jus people are trying to sweet talk me and schmoo ow?’ ‘Oh, it’s top of the fi f n biggest thing.” ith you. That’s probably the is to sit at a door and check your ID; that’s the only thing I do.” you can make a person feel w

NO ID, NO ALCOHOL MY TEACHER, THE BAR l area ” says Mervine of the s enforced by going to loca bauchery, man. It’s bad, re that the drinking age wa “All I’m going to say is de “I made su t, too. I egmans was a big part of i ene, shaking his head, “You really get to see the nitty gritty; the d stops and gas stations—W bar sc shop an depending aid. It o grab a six-pack or a forty sentials of what human nature has to give you. But, like I s leave my ID in the car and g raw es would f the time it ould check out, and most o e location and then see if I c pays the bills.” on th state comes check, per say, for when the ’t work. It acted as a sort of didn olicies and all has to do more than peek at driver’s to the ‘no sales to minors’ p It isn’t until late at night that Mervine o see if people are adhering ir girl- in t t I was working to their boyfriends, the ses] to hire the company tha licenses, “People on the phone are crying at. It’s cheaper [for busines th have your liquor tanding there. Then they just state come in, get a fi ne, and friends. They get off and then they’re just s for as opposed to having the ain. It’s ,” says Mervine. g and spilling their entire life’s story to you. It’s a p evoked for six to 12 months burst out cryin license r ins charismatic and personable. I’d not a glorious job at all.” Mervine rema . Com- ith a full beard and mustache er any day. oks older than 21, tall and w sell him a be Mervine lo to leave company (which he prefers o others who worked for his pared t worked for r families apart. It can make ate for obtaining alcohol. “I w see why and how [a lcohol] can tea ed) he had a high success r “I can no unnam r face on the …[the bar has] opened hat I didn’t become a regula le do different things by lowering inhibitions every other month, just so t peop ths them obably a 20% I don’t have a message for the you ervine, “I think there was pr my eyes moreso than the other job. utes that we did,” explains M ro d that depended hould,” says Mervine en, we defi nitely had two. An or anything like that, but, I don’t know. Maybe I s success rate. Out of every t ing or an inner city setting.” contemplatively, grasping for an epiphany. • whether I was in a rural sett

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MEN’S LACROSSE RIT vs. Nazareth College 02 04.15.07

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01//An RIT forward begins to tum- ble after the ball during a heated match between RIT and Nazareth DESK College Saturday April 14, 2007.

02// Near the end of their end of their bout against Nazareth college, RIT fans, team members, and Head Coach Gene Peluso cheer as the Ti- gers put another point on the board.

03// A pile of RIT and Nazareth la- crosse players fall after the ball led by RIT number 24, Nicholas Dalton.

04// Team members look on during the intense third quarter of their Sat- SPORTS urday afternoon game which went all the way into sudden death over- time. Tigers lose, 13-12. 03

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SECTION 27 RIT’s Jenna Kilroy takes a practice swing in between games of a doubleheader on Sat- urday, April 14.

RIT SOFTBALL

by Geoff Shearer photography by Matt Bagwell

IT softball is now well into their ‘07 season. With a 6-12 record, continuous training and practicing. All of the girls on the team have put the team got off to a slow start, losing seven of their fi rst 10 forth a tremendous effort and it has showed so far during our regular games—though turning around most recently with wins over season.” R University of Rochester and SUNY Morrisville. Unfortunately, this winning streak didn’t last long, since the Tigers lost both games of The Tigers are under new leadership with Coach Mamon “stepping up their double-header against Buffalo State in a weekend plagued by poor to the plate” this year (I couldn’t resist). Keegan said, “I believe that our weather and playing conditions. new coach…has played a big part in our turnaround from last year because of her knowledge of the game and endless dedication. She has infl uenced This spring’s back-and-forth weather has posed problems for many of the us greatly.” outdoor sports teams at RIT and, more generally, upstate New York. It seems that 40-degree weather with a mild shower and breeze is enough to Although it seems that this season isn’t going to lead to a title in Empire 8 O cancel or postpone games this season. Most certainly, as with all outdoor or ECAC this year, the team was able to tweak their game in the hopes of sports, this trend is more dependent on fi eld conditions than anything a better season next spring. Even though a winning record can often be else. Head Coach Krissy Mamon said, “we haven’t been able to get out the best confi dence booster and add to a team’s success, the Tigers still on our fi eld much and have been going from gym to fi eld when we do get seem focused on having a good time with the rest of this season. Keegan the chance to play. added, “Our team is a big believer in the fact that when you have fun, you perform better. We have taken this belief into our games and it has proven Last season, the softball team fi nished 16-24, ending the season with a 0- to be effective.” 2 double-header against SUNY Geneseo, who fi nished 21-15. The ECAC Upstate and Empire 8 Pitcher of the Week, senior accounting major Mary Coach Mamon chimed in, “Even though our record doesn’t refl ect it, I think Keegan, refl ected in depth on their progress so far: “Although we had a that once these [players] get a couple more games under their belt, things P rocky start during spring training, we learned from our mistakes and have are going to start to fall into place.” been playing to the competitive level which we all know we can.” H Talking with this team, one immediately gets the sense of camaraderie, The Tigers have an away record of 4-5 but a neutral fi eld record of 2-6, independent of the number of wins on the record. The conviction of these which is quite deceiving when looking at their stats. The Tigers currently women to persevere and improve their game as a team, a unit—regardless A have three players batting over 0.330 with outfi elder Nikki Taylor, a senior of wins or losses—illustrates quite clearly that it’s about more than the marketing major, leading the list at a staggering 0.413 batting average outcome of a game; it’s about being part of a team who sticks together over 18 games. through thick and thin. • R

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Wednesday 9:20 p.m. Tuesday 1:47 a.m. So, RIT Rings, today—yesterday actually—I in- clean up things and I won’t and B) all I can say Hello Reporter, I’d like to inform all of the RIT formed my mother that I am taking only 13 cred- is that you should invest in a dustpan and broom. campus that McDonalds on Monroe Ave. is a 24- its. Apparently informing her of that was a bad It doesn’t matter if they change their name to hour drive-thru. But at 2 o’clock they stop serv- idea. So, the day after and the day and another Public Safety because they’ll always be douche ing dinner, but they don’t serve breakfast until 3 conversation gone by, I want to say that I am bags. o’clock. So, what are they serving between that drunk and I want to say that to the world. time? I hope this helps out someone leaving a Friday 12:04 a.m. bar at some point at this time. Wednesday 11:54 p.m. You know, I wanted to call you and complain You can tell them anything and they’ll put it in the about something because I [fcuk]ing hate yogurt. Tuesday 2:28 p.m. newspaper. [Garbled speech]. I’m not gonna I hate yogurt. I hate yogurt a lot and I’m going to I was just curious why the cops are so lazy that put that in the newspaper. tell you why. It’s one of those things that doesn’t they have Segways. What’s wrong with a bicy- know what it wants to be. It’s right in between cle? What’s wrong with walking? They have a Thursday 9:03 p.m. two states. There’s milk and then there’s cheese. car parked outside. I just saw one just roll on in Hey RIT Rings, I was walking through Grace Yogurt can’t decide what it wants to be, it’s half the elevator. I just think it’s a waste of $30,000 Watson Hall and I saw our good old Public milk and half cheese. It’s like I [fcuk]ing want to on [fcuk]ing Segways. Safety man showing off his new Segway. I just be milky cheese or some [siht]. It’s bull[siht]. wanted to know, not that you can answer it, but I eat it and I can’t tell if I’m eating cheese or Thursday 11:32 p.m. someone at RIT can: what is the purpose of RIT [fcuk]ing milk and it [fcuk]ing pisses me off. I Condoms [repeated 14 times]. spending $5,000 on something that promotes hate [fcuk]ing yogurt. the laziness of our Public Safety? Apparently, Thursday 11:33 p.m. they can’t walk around the dorms and instead Friday 12:08 a.m. Whose job is it to listen to these stupid mes- have to glide around the campus instead of Commenting on the article on Turnitin, the thing sages because, seriously, you guys suck at the walking their fat [s]asses around. is not that students lose their copyright, as the whole picking process. Lame, alright…or not, author of the article states. The point is that whatev. I just wanted to say ‘Hi,’ whoever has Thursday 10:52 p.m. companies profi t from the intellectual property to read, has to listen to this. I’m sorry, I don’t We had glass shards all over everything in our of students which is inherently illegal. even know why. It would be pretty cool to read. kitchen, so we called facilities to bring a shop- Why do I keep saying read? Listen to these mes- vac over so we can clean it up. It was late at sages, whatever, just wanted to say ‘Hi.’ You night, so it got routed to Campus Safety and Saturday 2:07 p.m. should go eat some fruit or something. It’s good we unfortunately got sent a jerkface offi cer that Hey Reporter, it’s 2 a.m. and we have plenty of for you and I’m sure you don’t eat enough of it.

told us two things: A) Campus Safety doesn’t beer but we still need a CO2 tank. I’m gonna go now. Have a nice day.

30 VIEWS Deconstructing Democracy: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count (Yet) by Casey Dehlinger illustration by Caitlin Yarsky Finally, the fl yers will start to peel off this campus ran against other candidates, instead of being like an old shedding skin, exposing a fresh layer: unopposed. This is the fi rst step towards a work- A new Student Government (SG). Massive ras- ing election process. terized visages of prospective candidates will be done away with. This is the day that the winners But now the decision falls upon students who of the elections step forth and start listening and are offered donuts and barbecues, besides learning. pokes and prods by facebook group invites and fast-talking candidates to log on and vote. I’ve voted, I assure you, but I fear that my vote The result? Voters stare at two names for means absolutely nothing—just like my vote approximately fi fteen seconds, and the stron- last year. On the SG Senate, there is a gest name wins. They say JFK beat Nixon out senator for each of the eight colleges at in what ended up being a beauty contest. RIT. Of the eight senators elected Without a picture at the polls, college stu- last April, only three remain: Jon- dents use names. athan Berman (COS), Damian Kumor (GCCIS), and Kevin George Eastman had the right idea when Yang (COB). The other five fell he decided to name his company Kodak. between the cracks somewhere. A twenty-minute speed trip through the Eastman Granted, many of them had good reasons, house will reveal that he researched the implica- particularly leaving on co-op. Others simply tions of phonemes across various languages in decided that SG wasn’t for them. a desperate search to fi nd the “perfect word,” pronounceable by any tongue and strong to Even SG Vice-President David Blonski wasn’t every ear—a brief, two-syllable word book-ended elected. President Lizzie Sorkin’s running mate by that strong consonant “k.” It wouldn’t shock last April was Daniel Arscott, who resigned me one bit if Carlos Cornejo won COB Senator. immediately after winning the election—not that Just look at that name! It’s two-word poetry with voters had a real decision to begin with; Sorkin alliteration, consonance, and assonance. and Arscott ran unopposed. This is not to dis- questions, and the current Senate makes a credit any of the current senators that weren’t motion to appoint one. The only solution is to inform voters. Once they actually voted into their current positions; most know their candidates, they will select the most of them do a splendid job, and deserve com- This is tantamount to letting the other 49 states dedicated ones; the ones that can do more than memoration for having the cajones to jump into select a U.S. Senator for New York if any- design snazzy fl yers. This is the only way to fi nd a position mid-term. It’s disenchanting, however, thing happens to the citizen-elected senator. candidates that will stay in their positions for a to realize that our current Student Government Appointed senators don’t have the mandate full term. But, to do this, voters need convincing is only a mirage of democracy. of the students that they represent. So much that their votes count. It’s a vicious cycle. When for democracy. a voter takes the time to go to the SG debates The procedure goes something like this: and research the candidates and then sees the At the Friday afternoon SG meeting, a senator Despite all this, I don’t blame SG. Holding a fair winner resign early, they’re bound to go back resigns. Within the next couple weeks, Blonski election is hard, and holding a new one every to being a passive voter. A passively-voted-in fi nds a candidate or two, usually looking to the time someone jumps ship would prevent them senator is bound to give up if they don’t have runner-up candidate from the previous year’s from getting anything accomplished. Rather, the mandate of an active constituency. election. Two college senators, however, won I think the problem is intrinsic to the idea of as write-in candidates last year, so there’s no campus politics. Last year, I complained that To the newly elected SG President, Vice-Presi- clear runner-up (by the way, the write-in sena- there was a sheer lack of candidates, prevent- dent, and senators (no matter how marketable tors represented CIAS and COLA. Neither of ing students from having any real decisions your names are): stick around. The next step to them still serve). The candidate or two that to make—I’m ecstatic this has been rectified. bringing democracy back to the students is to Blonski fi nds say a few words, are asked a few The SG presidential candidates this year actually prove to them—and to me—that our votes, unin- formed or not, were not cast in vain. •

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