Paramore Concert Review The History of Halloween Paramore | Page 9 Halloween | Page 11 VILLANOVA, PA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 Hoops Mania The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly By CHRIS FUJIMOTO The Villanova Times / Matt Crawford Student Advisory Board Photo courtesy of Lucy Tuttle Villanova fans got their first appearance at Hoops Mania three Potential to make positive changes in the College of Arts & Sciences look at the new 2009-2010 Wildcats years ago. and came away with mixed After the Homecoming reactions. Everything that should football game on Saturday, the By THOMAS DAVID have been included in Hoops basketball team invited fans to the Mania was included, such as the annual Blue-White scrimmage – a The College of Liberal Arts university’s advising system. For opening advisement to the general presentation of the Final Four rings. longer version of what took place and Sciences has established a one, great discrepancies exist in faculty, not just professors. This Honoring past Wildcat basketball at Hoops Mania with two twenty new advisory element: the Student the relationships between student has been done in the past. Thus, teams was a nice touch, especially minute halves and a running clock. Advisory Board, which held its and advisor. Some students find the student body would be better with a veteran of the 1939 Final The Blue Team beat the White Team inaugural meeting on October 7. advisors to be extremely helpful, distributed among a larger number Four team being honored along after a two-minute overtime period The task of this board, which is while others feel left out in the cold. of advisors. Furthermore, the board with numerous athletes from the after being tied 62-62 in regulation. composed of over 20 members and For example, several advisors seem raised the possibility of training 1971 and 1985 teams. Reynolds led the Blue Team with 26 led by four Senators of the College to be frequently unavailable and advisors. Ultimately, the role of The Dunk Contest featured points. Sophomore Taylor King had of Liberal Arts & Science, is to even unreachable, either because academic advisor must be more Scottie Reynolds proving that he 18 points for the Blue Team and convey the opinions and concerns their office hours are limited, or clearly and formally defined. can dunk as well as rookie Isaiah Maalik Wayns chipped in 10 points. of students to the university’s because they bear the weight of a The next item on the board’s Armwood who dunked by jumping Antonio Pena added 8 points, administration. multitude of advisees. agenda was the core curriculum. over the head of Jay Wright. including a strong showing on the In order to become a member, Additionally, many board A serious fault of the current core However, the contest featured many boards with 10 rebounds. candidate students were asked to members suggested that incoming curriculum is redundancy. First missed dunks – although that’s On the White Team, Corey answer a few questions, among freshmen should be paired with of all, significant overlaps exist what you have to tolerate in order Stokes and Dominic Cheek led which was to explain one thing advisors who match their interests, across the core Philosophy, Ethics, to attempt the most ridiculous and the way with 23 points and 19 they would change about Villanova which is currently not the case. Theology, and ACS courses. Basic difficult dunks. points respectively. Mouphtaou University. Their collective Advisors are better able to direct texts may appear several times in The performer was Trey Songz, Yarou contributed 9 points, with concerns generally fell into three students in their own departments, these departments. Redundancy who sang some songs, but overall Corey Fisher and Armwood each particular categories, which especially with regard to department may also occur within a department, did not really energize the crowd as having 7 points apiece. Villanova became the agenda of the board’s academic requirements. for many upper level courses a whole and was simply not a very next plays in an exhibition game first meeting. A few possible solutions to are treated as only slightly above special performer, but neither was against Kutztown on November 5th The first general concern these difficulties exist. First of all, 1050-level introductory classes. Mims or T-Pain. Or perhaps some at the Wachovia Center and play the board discussed was the it may be worthwhile to consider of us were just spoiled by 50 Cents’ Advisory, continued on p 5 Basketball, continued on p 15 On the inside Haunted Villanova Little Shop of Horrors The Abortion Debate 2016 Olympics Blue Man Interview 3 5 7 12 14 Sarah Loveland gives Juliana Morro reviews Shauna Segadelli and Stephanie Fujihara takes Matt Crawford sits down us a tour of the scariest Villanova Theatre’s Little Deena ElGenaidi go head a look at the choice of Rio with Blue Man, Villanova’s places on campus, sharing some Shop of Horrors. to head on the issue of abortion. de Janero for the 2016 olympics, other mascot, for an interview. of Villanova’s very own ghost discussing the dangers and stories. luxuries of this popular city. THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE thoughts & reflections Life - We lead with a story about Hoops Mania - which celebrated the lives of past stars of Villanova basketball as well as welcomed new lives to the Nova Nation. We also debate abortion and the pro-life issues in a heated point-counterpoint. In the Last Word, the life of a World of Warcraft player is chronicled. And we , This is It, a movie made from video footage of Michael Jackson practicing weeks and months before his death, actually celebrates his life by showing how amazing the King of Pop was. Did I forget to mention Halloween? ISSUE 1: September 16, 2009 ISSUE 2: September 30, 2009 ISSUE 3: October 28, 2009 ISSUE 4: November 11, 2009 ISSUE 5: December 9, 2009 NOTABLE NEWS FROM THE OUTSIDE Muslims Flock to See ‘Miracle Baby’ Dagestan, Russia (AOL) - As many as 2,000 Muslim pilgrims per day are flock- FIRST WORDS: The Editor’s Letter ing to the war-torn region of Dagestan in southern Russia in order to see a “miracle baby.” Verses from the Quran are said to appear and disappear every Dear Reader, few days from the skin of a 9-month-old boy named Ali Yakubov. Local doctors say they can’t explain it. Welcome back after a month long break from Man Busted for Being Naked at Home The Villanova Times. We Fairfax, VA (AOL) - A Virginia man was busted for indecent exposure after he was caught in the buff. In his own home. Alone. at the Times are excited for Eric Williamson, 29, got up at 5:30 a.m. Monday and went to the kitchen to the next few issues and you make some coffee. He was naked, but he was alone in the Springfield house, so should be too! he didn’t think it mattered. Through his front window, they saw Williamson having coffee in his birthday suit. Police said they believed he wanted to be seen This issue, we have by the public. If convicted, Williamson could face one year in jail and a $2,000 worked long and hard mak- fine. He plans to fight the charge. ing it one of the best issues of the year. This issue features Study: McCain Voters Lost Testosterone (AOL) numerous well-written ar- Young men who voted for John McCain lost more than a presidential election last November. A study says their testosterone level plummeted. ticles about pertinent topics. As polls closed on election night, researchers at Duke University and the Uni- First off, Thomas Da- versity of Michigan had 183 men and women chew gum and spit into test tubes vid attended the inaugural and analyzed their hormones. A few hours later, as Barack Obama supporters began celebrating, they tested hormone levels again, and then later, at two more meeting of the Student Ad- intervals. Men who voted for Obama maintained stable testosterone levels, visory Board of the College while men who voted for McCain saw those levels drop more than 25 percent. of Liberal Arts and Sciences CONTACT US and provided great insight into the future and the potential of this advisory board to achieve great things. Thomas David also attended Website vutimes.wordpress.com Robert Duffy writes about Obama’s “Pay Czar,” Kenneth Feinberg and Jessica Hop- E-mail [email protected] kins takes a look at Hezbollah and the possibility of engaging terrorist organizations. Advisor [email protected] This issue also kicks off the Villanova basaketball season, with a insightful analysis of the Hoops Mania festivities and scrimmage. In Sports, Matt Crawford interviews SUBSCRIPTIONS & DONATIONS a man of a different color who likes to think of himself as Villanova’s “other mascot” The Villanova Times is a subscription and donation driven publication. We - Blue Man. Also in Sports, an argument is made for the Villanova Women’s Cross are continually in need of assistance with publication costs. Printing papers Country team being one of the most accomplished of Villanova’s athletic teams this is very expensive. Subscriptions are $30 per year for 10 issues. If you would like to begin receiving our paper in the mail, please send your address and year. a check made out to Villanova University to the following address: In our commentary section, Taylor Smith investigates and comments on the failed Art Tax which was working its way through the Pennsylvania Legislature, which would The Villanova Times 108 Dougherty Hall Attn: Jeffrey Brown have imposed a tax on concerts and other art events.