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Coming soon to theaters near you: Breaking Dawn Sherlock Holmes II The Muppets The Sitter THE Arts & Life, p. 5 ARROLL EWS Thursday,C November 10, 2011 The Student Voice of John Carroll UniversityN Since 1925 Vol. 88, No. 8 The ballots are in Only nine candidates run for executive board and Carroll Blvd: an less than one-third of the student body casts vote inconvenient turn Brian Bayer improve the JCU experience for students. Campus Editor “At the end of my term, I hope that our senators and all students will feel empowered to create real, lasting, positive Students pulled over, fined for Last Wednesday and Thursday, 897 of John Carroll Uni- change on campus,” said Palmieri. versity’s total undergraduate enrollment of 3,009 students cast The vice president of communications for the next semes- turning right off Belvoir their ballots, representing 29.8 percent of the total student body. ter will be junior Lizzie Trathen, who was in contention with Last year, a similar 28.1 percent of the student body voted. sophomore Deirdre Byrne. Trathen received 456 votes, 53 Dan Cooney There were nine candidates and seven officer positions percent, while Byrne received 381 votes, 4 percent. Campus Editor available. Trathen wants to make sure that the bond between the Junior Brian Kovacs had no idea that turning right on Junior Greg Petsche won the presidential election with 716 students and their Student Union is strong. to Carroll Boulevard from South Belvoir Boulevard was votes, or 87 percent. Sophomore Matt Deboth was Petsche’s “I want John Carroll students to realize that they are an against the law until the University Heights police officer strongest opposition, as a write-in candidate, with 51 votes, integral part of the Student Union’s success. I hope to make pulled him over. or 6.2 percent. meetings more inviting to students so they want to attend and “I wasn’t too upset until the officer told me he was writing Petsche said, “My leadership is going to be focused on share their ideas and concerns,” Trathen said. me a citation,” Kovacs said via email. “At that point, I was building relationships between students and the University, With 726 votes, junior Joe Hayek won vice president of rather upset, considering the thought of receiving a citation students and the city of University Heights, as well as students judicial affairs with 94 percent of the vote. He also ran for making an illegal right hand turn. I tried explaining to the and their Student Union.” Please see ELECTION, p.3 officer how I had no idea that the sign was present notify- He plans to keep his platform promises of “fostering ing drivers of the illegal right hand turn until I went back to a more diverse and inclusive campus community, further look at the sign.” building the Student Discount Partnership program, holding By the numbers: The sign, posted on a utility pole at the northwest corner town-hall forums where students can more comfortably bring of the intersection, depicts a no right turn symbol. Below the forward concerns and ideas to their Student Union, improving symbol, the sign says the law is in effect from “7 a.m. to 6 communications between the Student Union and the student p.m., Monday-Friday,” and is “strictly enforced.” body and creating a National Jesuit Student Government According to University Heights Police Chief Steven Association made up of the 28 Jesuit universities across the Students Hammett, the sign has been in place for approximately two United States.” who voted: decades to curtail traffic in the residential area. Hammett, who Sophomore Steve Palmieri was elected executive vice 897 began his duties in August, said resident complaints played a president with a total of 702 votes out of 777, or 90 percent. 29.8 percent part. He said the most recent complaint from a resident came Palmieri also ran uncontested. approximately a week and a half ago. “As executive vice president, I want to cultivate a spirit “We do get complaints regularly,” he said. “[They say] of school unity and pride through better communication, and Students who that the traffic sign has been ignored and students are still mutual support of organizations and athletic teams,” said did not vote: making a right turn coming down their street.” Palmieri. “I will also continue the hard work that Greg has 2112 Timothy Peppard, director of Campus Safety Services, done to improve relations between University Heights and 70.2 percent believes University Heights may be looking more for more John Carroll.” offenders. Palmieri encourages student feedback and suggestions to “There might be a little more enforcement going on. Please see TURN, p.2 CU international business program offers new opportunities Jennifer Holton allows students to study abroad at a partner key word, I believe that an employer would of their third year. The agreement was signed Managing Editor university during the spring semester of their be very happy to consider someone with a after the meeting with the rector, professor third year, places the student in a summer background including a variety of courses in Lorenzo Ornaghi and John Carroll Provost/ One of the newest programs to John internship with a company in the country in international business, a fluency in a foreign Academic Vice President John Day. Carroll’s curriculum will have your resumé which they are studying, and finally, upon his/ language, an advanced knowledge of the The major requires five categories of screaming “molto bene!” to prospective em- her return, provides an internship in Northeast culture of another country and a direct expo- courses: language, country-specific culture, ployers. The new official major, called inter- Ohio with an international company that does sure to that market from both sides, here and the business core, international business national business with languages and cultures business with that specific country. abroad,” said Ferri. courses, and international business elec- (IBLC), has been developing over the past For Ferri, the central focus of the interna- Last weekend, JCU faculty and administra- tives. These electives, with the 302-level of three years within the Italian major and the tional business with languages and cultures tion traveled to Milan, Italy to formalize an the language of choice, are taken during the Boler School of Business with the help of Ital- major is problem solving in an international agreement with The Università Cattolica del student’s time abroad. ian professors Luigi Ferri and Santa Casciani. context. Sacro Cuore, the Italian institution where stu- Senior Steve Borowy is the University’s What has come to fruition is a new major that “In a time when ‘globalization’ is the dents will study during their spring semester Please see INTERNSHIP, p.3 Index Inside this issue: Campus 2 Diversions 14 Sexual harrassment Men’s rugby heads Arts & Life 4 Editorial 17 allegations against to championships, Sports 6 Op/Ed 18 Herman Cain, p. 10 p. 8 World News 10 Classifieds 20 2 Campus Nov. 10, 2011 www.jcunews.com The Carroll News Campus State of Ohio recognizes JCU’s anniversary Briefs Historical marker placed outside Grasselli Library, dedicated in recent ceremony Lauren Lapoint versity’s director of government been committed Staff Writer and community relations, completed to which is aca- JCU receives John Carroll University students a grant application and person- demic excellence national value might be wondering what they see ally delivered it to the Historical and social justice when they stroll through the campus Society of Ohio. “We made the and we further ranking and see an oversized plaque dis- determination to go through with talked about our played outside of Grasselli Library the marker, I kind of spearheaded economic impact Kiplinger’s Personal Fi- between the Administration Build- the grant application,” said Pruce. to the Cleveland nance magazine ranked John ing and Dolan Center for Science The application was submitted to area, which is Carroll University among the and Technology. This plaque is the society at the end of March and roughly $115 top 100 private schools in the an Ohio historical marker that has the committee received a response million,” Pruce nation for value. JCU ranked been granted to JCU to celebrate in late April. said. 81st, behind George Fox Uni- and honor the 125th anniversary of The committee decided this The historical versity in Newberg, Ore. and the University. Sept. 6, 2011 marked was the perfect time to implement marker is placed ahead of Hood College in the anniversary of the first day of a marker here on campus. With outside of the Frederick, Md. classes 125 years ago in 1886. The the 125th anniversary fresh in the library with the Six schools from Ohio, marker was revealed and celebrated JCU community, “The committee Administration including JCU, ranked in the during a ceremony on Oct. 28. thought it would be good to pursue. Building being top 100. Case Western Re- Among many other universities I don't know if this has come up in the backdrop.