Wet paint The student newspaper of the Rider community since 1930 Volume 77, Issue 1V - Friday, October 13, 2006 6 A SUSTAINABLE RIDER? Students waste tons of energy By Mike Caputo offices are so cold from the air- conditioning that people use In a typical residence hall portable heaters during the hot room, all power outlets are summer months. Mobile ser- filled to capacity with surge vices on campus, such as Public protectors and other energy- Safety, lack emphasis on using guzzling objects. Refrigerators, fuel-efficient vehicles. televisions, computers, DVD Lawrenceville campus SGA players, hair dryers, battery Vice President Nick Barbati chargers, lamps — sometimes acknowledged the student two of each — are the rule. body’s apathetic attitude toward Sara Keegan, a senior, spells the ever-growing global issue of out a representative attitude of climate change. the student body at Rider when “I absolutely think that’s it comes to energy consump- a problem and that’s because tion. we don’t pay directly for our “I’m paying for it, so I’m electric bill — which allows going to use it,” Keegan said. that kind of attitude,” Barbati Photo by Steph Nardi But according to Al Gore’s said. “But unfortunately what A student’s room uses a total of 4,566 watts of electricity to power everything from computers, eye-opening film An Inconvenient students need to realize is a lot refrigerators, televisions to just about anything else imaginable, sometimes two of each. Power Truth, to be screened at 7:30 of things go along with that.” cords are plugged into six-slot surge protectors in just about every room on campus. p.m. on Oct. 16-18, in the Bart Up Route 206, a group of mental awareness among stu- There is hope, though. Lawrence, expressed optimism Luedeke Center Theater – and Princeton University students dent bodies. An unrecognized, unfund- regarding the organization’s numerous scientists around the have banded together to form Discussions on campus sus- ed organization, known as appeal to members of the Rider world – Keegan and the rest of a local chapter of Students tainability have recently heated Sustainable Rider, is slowly community and the impact it her generation will pay, for the United for a Responsible Global up within the Lawrenceville making its presence known on may have. rest of their lives, because of Environment (SURGE). One campus’ Student Senate, but the Lawrenceville campus and “Every student that I have current apathy toward environ- of the main aims of SURGE, there has yet to be an offi- is currently in its infancy. talked to about it is really inter- mental sustainability. which was formed at the cially recognized student-run Dr. Laura Hyatt, assistant ested and faculty and staff are Classroom lights burn for University of North Carolina at environmental organization on professor of biology and an really interested in making the entire weekends without occu- Chapel Hill in 1998, is to unite either of Rider’s campuses. active member of Sustainable pants in the room. Some staff activists in spreading environ- See Green, p. 2 Author ‘Gay Point Average’ voices could disappoint By Olivia Tattory dents. It also offers a checklist opinion rating the “gay point average” of the “100 best campuses.” By Jeff Frankel and Some lesbian, gay, bisexual Some students say it’s Steph Mostaccio and/or transgender (LGBT) surprising that Rider did not students worry not only about make the cut. being accepted to a college but “Personally I see a lot of At the young age of 14, also about whether they will student involvement in the gay Irshad Manji was expelled feel welcomed once they are on community, and I think it’s from her Islamic madressa for their chosen college campus. [Rider] an overall safe environ- asking questions. Now she urges Students can now use The ment for anyone of any [sexual] everyone to do just that. Advocate College Guide for orientation,” said senior Julitza Manji, a journalist and Photo by Jerry Chen LGBT Students to help steer Figueroa. best-selling author of The Controversial author Irshad Manji takes questions in the BLC them in the right direction dur- The official campus check- Trouble with Islam: A Muslim’s Theater as she crusades to reform her Muslim religion. ing the college decision-making list consists of 20 points, which process. focus on a variety of aspects Call for Reform in Her Faith, much controversy to the In her program, “The The bright yellow guide, regarding campus climate in spoke on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in a Muslim community. While she power of asking questions out published by Alyson Books and relation to LGBT policies, pro- filled-to-capacity Bart Luedeke says she supports Islam and loud,” she discussed main ideas released in August, showcases grams and practices. Through Center Theater to launch wants people to take a closer from her book. Because of campuses that have displayed this year’s Unity Day event. look at the religion, Muslims See Manji, p. 4 a commitment to LGBT stu- See GPA, p. 7 Her book brought see her as a radical. Visit the Rider News Online at www.rider.edu/ridernews/ 101306p1.indd 1 10/12/06 10:49:53 PM 2 Friday, October 13, 2006 SECURITY BRIEFS Cinema Lights out series When turning out the Films shown to juries and lights, be sure to use the light a puzzling David Lynch mov- switch, but don’t break it. On ie will be discussed as part Sunday, Oct. 8, at 3:22 a.m., of the “Movies in America” Public Safety was alerted by guest speaker series. a Gee resident advisor that a Professor Jessica M. light fixture in the stairwell Silbey, of Suffolk University was broken. Upon arrival, Law School, will speak they found an unknown on Filming in the Precinct object was used to break two House: Those Troubling fixtures. Facilities was alerted Video-taped Confessions on and the cost of repair is about Wednesday, Oct. 18, from $200. 4:30 – 6 p.m. in Sweigart Auditorium 115. Surprising violation Photo by Stephanie Nardi Author Dr. Martha P. Here’s a violation that Nochimson, will discuss All I is barely ever seen on cam- National Coming Out Day Need is the Girl: The Life and pus. On Sunday, Oct. 8, at Members of the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) sit at their table for National Coming Out Day Death of Creativity in David 1:24 a.m., while on routine on Wednesday, Oct. 11, where they distributed T-shirts between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The group Lynch’s ‘Mulholland Drive’ patrol in Poyda, Public Safety then decorated the Multicultural bulletin board with information about “out” celebrities, GSA on Monday, Nov. 13 from observed a female student events and nationally recognized days of celebrations. 4:30 – 6 p.m. in Sweigart vomiting in the bathroom. Auditorium 115. The student then went Professor Silbey teaches back to her room, and the versities, have continued to forge doing, but at the same time it is REEN constitutional law and has officers went to her door G ahead in making their busi- a lot more comfortable for the written on film, law and lit- to check on her condition. Continued from p. 1 nesses green-friendly. According future of the earth. erature in Columbia Journal When the student opened to Mike Reca, assistant vice “I think the community University more sustainable,” of Law and the Arts and Law her door, they saw an open president Auxiliary Services, as a whole has a lot of grow- said Hyatt. and Social Inquiry. bottle of wine and noticed Rider has kept the environ- ing to do in terms of tackling Phone calls and E-mails to Dr. Nochimson is a film that she was intoxicated. ment in its sights while this problem, and that includes Valerie Sodi, a student founder scholar whose publications After determining she did devising plans for buildings administration and students of Sustainable Rider, were not range from books on David not need medical attention, such as the Student Recreation working in conjunction with returned. Lynch, to the soap opera and she was cited by Public Safety Center (SRC) and the New one another,” said Barbati. “As According to Hyatt, one screen couple chemistry. for underage drinking. Residence Hall, which were far as I know by the actions of the first objectives that both opened up in 2005. of administration, they haven’t Movies in America Sustainable Rider plans to orga- is co-sponsored by The Busted table “We use sustainability in reached students, so in my mind nize is its own campus version Department of English, The Calm down, it’s just Ping- mind when we use all prod- they haven’t done enough.” of the Million Monitors Drive, This story is the first part of American Studies Program, Pong. On Thursday, Oct. 5, ucts,” said Reca. “So how we which is a national movement an environmental sustainability The Law and Justice Program, Public Safety was alerted to maintain the buildings and the created by the Environmental series, which will run occasionally Law Society, Alternative Film an incident in the Student process to which we maintain Protection Agency. Currently, throughout the semester. Club and SAF. Recreation Center involving the buildings will essentially be most faculty and lab computers a Ping-Pong table from the driven in that direction.” and monitors are set to go to previous day. While playing Hyatt hopes Rider carries sleep after 15 minutes of inac- a game of Ping-Pong on Oct. a sustainable attitude into its tivity.