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Volume 67, Number 1 9 www.suffolkjournal.net Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Conference discusses changes in media

Colleen Koperek revealing a confidential source, Tracy Journal Staff SUFFOLK Breton, investigative reporter for The Providence Journal, who still has a bullet in Suffolk University's Communications her leg as the result of an incident on and Journalism Department hosted a series assignment in Florida and Wall Street of panel discussions on "Journalism in the Journal Senior Reporter Daniel Golden, Changing Media World," on March 25-26 author of "The Price of Admission," based in the newly renovated C. Walsh Theatre. on his Pulitzer Prize winning articles. Twenty panelists,four of whichare Pulitzer The discussion, moderated by Assistant Prize winners, including senior editors, Professor Bmce Butterfield, a friend and reporters and nearly 800 students and facul former colleague ofmany of those on the ty and participated in discussions on the panel, detailed their multiple legal prob role of newspaper editors and opinion lems, outlined the unique niche of their columnists, journalism on the internet, trade and traded stories of their exhilarating investigative reporting andbroadcast news. careers. The panel all agreed that being a The event, which was part of the reporter is the most fun one will ever have Centennial Partnership Series, presented in life, while getting paidfor it. views and ideas ranging from Radio Open On day two, Suffolk welcomed WCVB- Source's Christopher Lyndon's Emersonian TV news anchor Natalie Jacobson, WGBH- view of the Internet to WJAR-TV's Jim TV's Emily Rooney and NECN's R.D. Sahl. Taricani's account of his six-month federal Kristin Morreil - Journai Staff NECN news director Charles Kravitz mod house arrest. Suffolk welcomed Journalists from the world of print, broadcasting and radio to erated the panel's lively and sometimes The first discussion featured The Boston discuss therole of the Internet and future of newspapers In the coming years. combative discussion of broadcast journal Globe Editor Marty Baron, The Denver ism. Post Editor Gregory Moore, Bob Giles, the five panels was the discussion on Howard's infamous first foray into journal The conference took a short break for curator of the Niemen Foundation for Internet and journalism, which featured ism, as an undercover reporter posing as a lunch as columnist Mike Bamicle enter Journalism at Harvard University and the Lydon, credited with the first podcast, Playboy Bunny were all discussed. tained the audience with stories from the former editor of The St. Louis Post- Margo Howard of "Ask Margo," on Yahoo! The last discussion of the day covered bygonedays of the newsroom. Dispatch and current visiting fellow at the News and David Walsh, editor of the role of investigative journalists as a A panel discussion on opinion journal Poynter Institute, Ellen Soeteber. EconomicPrincipals.com. Lydon's enter watchdog whose job is "to inform the pub ism concluded the two-day seminar. Globe Eileen McNamara, a columnist for the taining and sometimes controversial views lic of what the powers that be are doing." columnists Joan Vennochi and Derrick Globe, moderated, inquiring about the chal inspired debate not only amongst the pan The impressive panel was comprised of Jackson anchored a conversation that aslo lenges facing editors in terms of the elists, but students leaving were overheard Walter Robinson, former head of the Globe included Froma Harrop ofThe Providence Internet, changing business models and continuingthe debate. Spotlight team and most known for his cov Journal and Peter Gelzinis of The Boston criticisms of the mainstream media. The The idea of extending the "culture of erage of the Catholic priest abuse scandal, Herald. While none of the panelist seemed editors gave their candid, often humorous, verification" by way of hyperlinks, the Jim Taricani, investigative reporter for particularly threatened by the blogosphere opinions and insights andfielded questions warnings of Lyndon to readers to be WJAR-TV in Providence, who spent six they did stress the difference between tme from students. By far the most attended of "extremely discriminating" and the storyof months under federal house arrest for not journalism and blogging. Former sailor, now undergrad, aids troop drive

John S. Forrester saidDillaby. The only time that you were clipped in was Suffolk's Human Resources department as Journal Staff Working as an aircraft control radar tech whenyou were stationary." well as beginning hiscollegeeducation. nician on board the Constellation supporting Describing the transition from a large, "It's different. I walked into the class - A campus-wide drive to provide troops 85 aircraft, including F-14 'Tonj Cats,' F/A combat-deployable aircraft carrier to a 209- First of all I come straight from here overseas with needed items, sponsored by 18 'Hornets,' and EA-6B 'Prowlers,' Dillaby year-old wooden battleship as a huge [Human Resources] so I look like this," S.O.U.L.S., is underwayas bins were placed participated in the initial Iraqi Freedom change, Dillaby dealt with high ranking offi Dillaby said, smiling and gesturing to his in various parts of Suffolk's campus to operation, in which around one million cers from Admirals to the Secretary ofthe suit, "Other people are wearingsweatpants." accept donations. pounds of explosives were dropped in over Interiorand organizedevents. In addition to He added, "I don't think I look that much While the lives ofmany students work 1,500 missions launched from the carrier. mbbing shoulders with prominent figures older." ing on the drive have little in common with In mid 2003, as the Constellation con while serving on the ship, Dillaby also was Responding to the S.O.U.L.S. e-mail, the the average GI. in Iraq or Afghanistan, one cluded its mission in the Persian Gulf, the married to his high school sweetheart, group solicited Dillaby's help to attract participant in the drive has a special connec ship was scheduled to be decommissioned. Kimberly, on the ship - a privilege reserved donations from companies, individuals, and tion to those who are on the receiving end of Like each member of the 5,000-person crew, for crew members only. Suffolkemployees. the on-going effort. Dillaby knew he would soon have to find After Dillaby was discharged from the "I think the troop drive is a good thing "I got the university-wide e-mail that said another position. Navy last year, he started working in because you tendto get the majorityof sup they were looking for volunteers for a troop Based in San Diego, the New England port during the holidays. It tends to slow drive," said freshmanPublic Administration native wanted to be closer to his roots and down during the non-holiday period," he major Edwin Dillaby, 28, of Nashua, NH, applied for a position on the U.S.S. said, "It's good people can show their sup "That strikes a chord with me having been Constitution, the world's oldest commis port outsideof the holidays." recently separatedfrom themilitary." sioned battleship. Given that a strong anti-war sentiment After serving for nine years in the U.S. "I had to get new orders and I wanted to has been growing among the American pub Navy, working on a Kitty-Hawk class air come back to Boston, to be close to whereI lic, Dillaby said some could misinterpret the craft carrier, the U.S.S. Constellation, during live, and obviously the Constitution is a spe drive as beingpro-war or pro-Bush. the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 and later cial duty which is an honor," Dillaby said, "I "That's not the case here. Our main goal aboard "Old Ironsides," the U.S.S. thoughit would ease the transitionfrom the is to boost morale regardlessof our viewsor Constitution in Boston, Dillaby began his military into the eivilian world." whether we think we should be in any par studies at Suffolk at the start ofthe spring Dillaby, who describes serving on the ticular conflict," he said. semester. ship as being "the face of the Navy," had to As Dillaby sits in his office in 1 Beacon Like many in the services, Dillaby says go through a selection process to ensure his Street, several friends of his are on active he joined the Navy to earn money for col public speaking skills and public relations duty in Iraq; many others have already left lege and to travel. skills were on par. Aside from deaUng with the services and are living on the west coast. "The navy travels the most. That was visitors, Dillaby had to climb up the masts Although long distances now separate definitely drawa for me. I had three deploy as part of his duties. Dillaby and those he served with, perhaps John S. Forrester - Journal Staff ments to the Middle East, and on the way "We had to wear a harness but it was working on the troop drive is just one way back I don't know how many ports we hit," basically free climbing the whole way up. Edwin Dillaby he can remain connected. “1

The Suffolk Journal Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Investigative reporting reshaped by internet

Tara Lachapelle University, where he currently teaches, their investigative teams, also known as I- huge college admissions advantages, said, Journal Staff worked nearly 20 years as a political teams. According to Robinson, The Boston "There is less of a sense ofbreaking news reporter, spending seven of those years at Globe has lost about20 percent of its space because it's already on the Internet." Investigative reporting is a part of jour the Globe's Washington bureau, where he for news stories and the abihty to do as The Internet has not only cut down on a nalism that is essential to the reporting of covered the White House during the presi much in-depth reporting been hasimpaired. lot of the travel for reporters, but has also put truth, regardless of the medium - but it is denciesof Ronald Reagan andGeorge H. W. "We are Uterally withering in front of you less stress on breaking news. often overlooked. On Monday, March 26, Bush. and thepubhc doesn't know much aboutit," "There's a greater emphasis on having three esteemed journalists joined Suffolk in He also covered presidential- elections said Taricani, who recently served a six- scoops that are uitique," said Golden, "rather a panel discussion on the importance of and worked as the Globe's Middle East month federal sentence to home confine than just having everyone cover the same investigative reporting and the new chal bureau chief during the Persian Gulf War. ment for refusing to reveal a source who spotnews." lenges it has begun faceto with the popular He has served as the Globe's city editor, provided him with videotaped evidence of Because of this constant pressure for ity of the Internet and blogging. assistant managing editor and editor of the corruption among Providence officials. time, the Internethas become an even more The panel included Walter Robinson, for Spothght Team. He has received an hon "Traditional reporting is a dyingbreed." popular outlet for news. Blogs are even mer head of The Boston Globe's Spotlight orary degree from Emerson College and a The reasons behind the nationwide I- evolving to become news sources for the Team, Jim Taricani of WJAR-TV in journalism fellowship from Stanford team cuts are that news outlets, namely general public that is looking for news Providence, Tracy Breton from The Uiuversity. newspapers, simply cannotafford investiga quickly and at the spur of the moment. Providence Journal's Investigative With much experience in investigative tive reporters. "They want sensational sto "Basically that's wherewe're hiring - for the Reporting Team, and Daniel Golden, a reporting, Robinson gave an example when ries that can be developed in a day rather web," continuedBreton. reporter from the Wall Street Journal who his investigative skills affected a pohtical than long, investigative pieces that take Many reporters have even been looking workedfor The Boston Globe for 17 years. campaign. When Attorney General Thomas time," said Taricani. Wtith the push for more to blogsfor information from everyday peo The discussion began with Dr. Robert F. Reilly chose State Representative Marie ground-breaking news stories, the media ple who are posting news that they see Rosenthal, Chairman ofthe Department of P. St. Fleur to be his running mate in the feels a pressure to release these stories around them. Although blogs are not com Communications and Journalism, giving a 2006 gubernatorial race, Robinson uncov quickly and without the in-depth investiga pletely reliable, they can assist in the infor definition of investigative reporting, saying ered that she had dehnquent tax debts and tive process. mation retrieval process. that it is ".. .to inform the public on what the owed $40,000 in delinquent federally- "The loser in all this is the public," added "It certainly has helped with tips and powers are doing." backed studentloans. Taricani, "and there's not really a good ongoing information," said Taricani. Breton Professor Bruce Butterfield, formerly of Robinson discovered informationthis by future for traditional investigative report added to this, saying, "You also get some theThe Boston Globe, was themoderator of pulling up an online documentation of St. ing." good sourcesthat way." the discussion as well as the coordinator of Fleur's tax records and published it in his "Most papers just can't ^ord an I-team," "It's a lot easier to do investigative report the two-day conference entitled "Journalism Feb. 1, 2006 article in The Boston Globe. said Breton, who is on The Providence ing now because ofthe Internet and infor in the ChangingMedia World." Later that night St. Fleur dropped out of the JoumaXs four member investigative team. mation is more easily accessible," said Robinson led off the discussion by teUing race. The Providence Journal has even cut its Golden. "In all those ways it's a great bene the audienceof his "90/10 rale," whichis to Because of e-mail and the Internet, travel budget for investigative reporters, fit." say that 90 percent of news stories are researching information for stories has which has become a huge dilemma for Im:ontrary to the many benefits of the important stories that people and institutions become a bit easier for investigative teams. Breton and her team. Internet on news gathering, it is also an want youto know about, while theother ten "The amount of information coming in to us Travel can become quite expensive for obstacle for today's reporters. "These percentare stories that these certain individ is greater," said Robinson. "After only about newspapers since they must sendout both a sources are also takingaway the funding for uals and institutions do not want you to 30 or 40 minutes I was able to find this reporter andphotographer and the length of our research," said Golden, "so I guessthat's know about. information onhne." a trip may be unforeseen. the irony in it." "Every good reporter is an investigative Although investigative reporters are Golden, the Deputy Bureau Chief at the This cut in funding, indirectly due to the reporter," said Robison. "You can't do much needed, especially in today's fast- Boston bureau of The Wall Street Journal, Internet, has contributed greatly to many reporting without digging beneath the sur paced world of constant breaking news, who won the Puhtzer Prize in 2004 for beat newspapers' decrease in staff, especially in face." Robinson, a graduate of Northeastern newspapers are continuing to cut staff from reporting for a series of stories that exposedthe investigative teams.

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Senses Fail just finished Kevin Du the Taste of Chaos tourin Journal Staff Europe and was asked to continue in the States. f. "The Red Sox suck and I'm a life-long "Everything [on the tour] 'r- Yankees fan," says Buddy Nielsen, singer has been going good," for New Jersey rock band Senses Fail. "I says Nielsen "There has love coining to Boston. New England is a been no fights, so it's great place to come to but I just think the good." Classics such as Red Sox suck." "Choke on this" left the Nielsen and his band is one of eight whole arena singing in bands that makeup the 3rd annual Rockstar unison and crowd surfing Taste of Chaos tour, which took over the as if there was no tomor Tsongas Arenain Lowell on March 22. The row. ■ arena was packed tight with young Going through the teenagers in their Hot Topic finest and the crowd with red flags and moms who drovethem. ninja maskson, the mem First up were the boys in Therefore I Am, bers of 30 Seconds to the Massachusetts-area winnersof the Ernie Mars reached their Ball Battle of the Bands. They played four Chinese-themed stage songs and got an extremely good reaction, and started with especially for an opening act. Next up was "Beautiful Lie." With all 1-* - ^ the pop-punk bandEvaline. the girls drooling over ’v.vC-'" The crowd wasn't fully energized until lead singer/actor Jared Seattle Goth Punk band Aiden came on. "It's Leto, 30STM quickly an honor to be part of it," says guitarist took in the crowd's inten Angel. "There's a lot of great bands,bands I sity and went into "From grewup listening tolike The Used, who are Yesterday." Leto jumped definitely one of my favorite bands and to be off the stage and "crowd Kevin Du and Liz Vaiie - Journai Staff on tour withthem and have them be socool walked," while thousands The Used frontman Bert McCracken and company headlined the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour which andshit, its awesome." of star stmck girls fought rolled through Lowell on March 22. Lead singer Wil Francis oozes with each other in order to get charisma and led the entire arena in a sing- closer to the make-up a-long to"Die Romantic" andloud thunder wearing hunk who was letting the audience Away" and soon, lead singer Bert The Used proved why they were the head ous chants of "bumyour friends" from their sing more then him. McCracken didn’t even need to sing. liners and gave the fans what they came to song, "The Suffering." As the last band is set to play, a black Standingon theedge of thestage, he smiled see. The band playedold favorites and even With a tough act to follow, Saosin took mesh curtain covers the stage. Suddenly a and listened to his fans scream every single new songsfrom their upcoming album. The the stage and gave a mediocre and forget baeklight is turned on and slowly, shadows wordto every songthey played. singer of Aiden did guest vocals, and even table set. However, things picked up quick begin to appear. The Used took full advantage of the covered "Another One Bites The Dust." The ly when Nielsen and Senses Fail got the The musie kicks in and the curtain is crowd's energy with McCracken spitting Used endedtheir set playingtheir new song crowd hot and bothered for the radio-friend dropped revealing headliners The Used. The water in the air. With songs such as "AU "Hospital," leaving the crowd in a mosh-pit ly "Calling All Cars" and "Can't be Saved." Used warmed up the crowd with "Take It That I've Got" and "Box of Sharp Objects," frenzy thus ending thenight.

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Mike Bre-wster obsessive counting and flawless emphasized in “Stranger than Journal Contributor punctuality. Ferrell plays the role Fiction” because the author is liter with winking self-consciousness ally writing a human life and liter "Stranger than Fiction" is an that you can't help but laugh out ally has godly power over Harold interesting and insightful movie loudover. Crick. So what we have in this which puts unexpected variations Crick lives in cruise control movie is a man meeting his god, on weU-known cinematic themes. until he hears a voice in his head face to face. It thoughtfully blends the most narrating the events of his life as What would you ask God? important motifs of Western litera they'happen. The voice eventually Would you ask why we're alive? ture and takes full advantageof its reveals to Crick that he's going to Whywe have to die? Whywe suf medium to present, a lasting affir die soon, and this forces him to fer? This film makes a daring mationof life and living. face the emptiness of his life and attempt at answers to these ques You've probably already heard his own mortality. tions. that this isn't a typical Will Ferrell In terms of form, none of this is The Judeo-Christian doctrine movie. Don't expect our IRS agent really groundbreaking; there are most common in America teaches hero to fuimel beers and streak to many examples of “carpe diem" that we must suffer becauseof our the quad. movies and literature already. sins; “Stranger than Fiction” There just aren't any of those The movie only starts to get replies that the only real sin is to classic frat pack moments in this really interesting when Crick cheat yourself out oflife because movie, which is good in this case meets his narrator, an author who you're afraid of suffering. because that kind of comedy is actually writing his life as it hap Everyone has dreams and would distract the audience from pens. ideas of what they want in life, but the profound narrative unfolding This is more profound than you they leave those dreams out in before them. might at first realize. Authors, and their imagination somewhere,put Make no mistake, this is a com all artists, are rare people. ting them off until "someday." edy in the classical sense, a movie While most people accept the This is mortal sin. The ttuth is which dispels dark clouds of doubt world as it's presented to them, the that there is no someday, there is and despair and makes you artist always feels a tension with only this moment. Live! Love! remember why we endure all of the world. He's always out of Allow your dreams to be bom into the suffering that's tied up in this place, and for that reason is com reality; that is the only way your life. pelled to create a world of his own. life can have the significance and The plot is simple but unusual: Through this act of creation an the beauty that you long for. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Harold Crick (Ferrell) is an IRS artist has the power of a god, the And that's the lesson of Frat boy no more, Will Ferrell hears voices In “Stranger than auditor living an extraordinarily same way a mother giving birth "Stranger than Fiction." So go see Fiction” now availableon DVD. boring life, which he fills up with does. The artist/god connection is it! Exposing local and underground music Upcoming o:©’ Film same CDs and films as every other Janssen McCormick______paper and media outlet. Honestly, Journal Staff how much Pete Wentz can readers take before storming our offices The astonishing discoverythat, and stringing us up? In a city with at night, 88.9 played "hardcore as much culture as Boston and shit" in the words of my friend events goingon every nightof the Charlie. A bunch of high school week such art coverage in inex punks playing the Charlestown cusable. VFW that I heard about from a Sure we've got our problems - flyer in Kenmore clubs close at 2 Square and from i there seeing Anal OUCIIC restricts youth Cunt at a little access to music community center in Jamaica and the T turns inbefore the clubs Plain because a classmate's band do. Yet a vibrant culture persists, was opening, followed up by base and in the coming weeks the ment shows in Allston. Journal aims to showcase local These were the beginnings of musicians, artists, and shoppingin my addiction to music. The day I a series of features. got my first car I drove to see six To tide you over until then, hardcore bands for four dollars in enjoy some of Boston's local Waltham and followed that with music every night for the rest of road trips to Framingham, the week for less than $20. Die Manchester, Worcester, Portland Young, Fruit Salad and Wasteland and Providence in support of local start things at 6:30 at Fiore's bands. Bakery (55 South Street Jamaica As I drifted away fromCharlie Plain) a few blocks walk from the I found new friends and band Green Street Orange Line station mates first through school then on Thursday, March 29 for a mere through the shows themselves. I $5 donation. wasn't into the whole hardcore Friday, March 30 sees Bruise meathead scene and "standing up Violet, Condenada, Joda, Posi for my bros" or some unintention Force and Legion of HeU playing ally hilarious shit like, "my boys at Mass Art, with 7 p.m. doorsand Photo courtesy of Dimension Films are my family in the pit," but I a cover of$6. The weekend con came away with a deep apprecia tinues at the Cambridge Elksas 26 "Grindhouse" tion for the talent and dedication Beers, August Spies, Mouth Sevra Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez joined forces to create "Grindhouse," a dou- Shut, Hang Tuff and Despotic of local musicians. bie-feature experience that stars Rose McGowan, opening on April 6. The actress Yet week after week our paper Robot play a 4 p.m. show ($7) appears in "Planet Terror" as a machine gun-equipped stripper doing battle against and many other college's arts sec while The One AM Radio, Boy In tions are distinctly lacking in actu Static and The Tiny Tornadoes zombies. Kurt Russell joins her in the Tarantino-directed "Death Proof" as a psychotic al local culture. play a free show at the Museum killer. The two directors promise blood and violence in abundance. Instead we're reviewing the School. Sr- 1 L The Suffolk Journal Wednesday, March 28, 2007

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The tensions caused by Iran's capture of coming. nomic havoc by plundering jewels, grog and landon the surface of our planet thus allevi 15 British sailors have strained an already While neither ofthose incidents pushed the ever valuable wenches. ating the population crush and lower the cost unsteady peace between Tehran and the involved nations to war, both brought Think of the impact such a decision ‘ of landfor first time homesteaders. Washington. those involved perilously close. would have on noble optometrists, as glass The opening up of the oceans will also Regardless of which side you fall on the Simply abolishing national boundaries es and contact lenses are eschewed in favor convert thousandsof trenches into attractive issue, beheving that the 15 were illegally beyondthe shore would do little to dissuade of eye patches. What of the great advances canyons and vistas for tourism forcing that trespassing in Iranian waters or that they such ship capturing and do much to Umit medical scientists have made in limb pros self-important "Grand" Canyon to change were illegally seized while in Iraqi waters, legitimate governments' efforts to combat thetics? its name to the far more appropriate one thing becomes quickly apparent. the scourge of the high seas, pirates. Oh well, it seems, throw them aside in "Mediocre Ditch." That both the United States and Iran are Indeed, making aU waters international favor of some oak and a whitthng knife as Lastly, eliminating the ocean will raise currently in the hands of reactionary hot waters would result in a veritable buffet of we sink deeper and deeper into the dark ages the level of discourse in our society as dick heads? "booty" becoming available to pirates. No of Blackbeard. Aye, in eliminating one prob jokes about submarines will become obso Yes, but that's beside the point, the real more would they have to worry about coast lem we seem to have created another, yet lete. issue "boatgate" lays bare is the folly of guards and navies as they went a' plunder there is a solutionto both. "But, but, but THE ENVIRONMENT!" extending national boundaries into the sea. ing. And if you are amongthose landlubbers Quite simplywe must begin draining the you whine, "what about aU the fish and From prior incidents, such as the 1968 cap so foolhardy to believe ye are safe in thine oceans of the world so that no navy and undiscovered species?" Perhaps you'd like ture of the USS Pueblo by North Korean bed, HA! most importantly no pirate can spread terror to tell yourself that your environmentalism forces who claimed that the American ship Without national waters for a navy to on the high seas. really makes a difference, but I'd prefer to was in their territorial waters or the 1807 patrol raiding parties will findit all too easy The advantages are numerous, as drain live in a world where war and pirates are a Chesapeake Affair, we should have seen this to sail directly into ports and wreak eco ing the oceans will create 70 percent more thingof the past.

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Eric Piazza ference against Western New England and Journal Staff DanielWebster. They will look to get on the field Softball and Baseball Tuesday at Babson. Last week the baseball and softball teams Men's Tennis were disappointed by having thebeginning The men's tennis team had their first two of their seasons postponed. matches last week at home. Coach Stephen The softball team missed out on two Counihan has the team motivated for a great home double headers against Johnson and start as they beat Eastern Nazarene and Wales and Norwich, both of which are in the Johnson and Wales 6-3. GNAC conference. The Rams were strong in the single They are scheduled for two games at matches, winning all six in both matches. Lasell on Hiesday, March 27. They are led by juniors Andres Fanjul and Journal File Photo On the other side, the baseball team Pedro Soares. Suffolk faces Gordon at home rmThe softballteam kicks off their delayed seasonon March 27 against Lasell. missed out on five games, four in the con on Thursday, March 29. For more information for getting your event ffsfed in Dateline ' contact the Student Activities Office at (617) 573-8082..

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