Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 5-29-2003 Spectator 2003-05-29 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 2003-05-29" (2003). The Spectator. 2202. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/2202 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. Presorted Standard U.S. PostagePaid Seattle, WA Permit No. 2783 SEATTLETHESPECTATOR UNIVERSITY ' - »■— , TT PC >^H TKB AX OK I SKbP $&£. ///r/<'.v ASSU 12 I B M News 2-5 Classifieds 13 P Wr Ml. W Sports 6-7 Personals 138 jM W Features 8-9 Opinion 14-15 1 |^^^ Jk jm A&E 10-11 Campus Voice Ift^^^MHßJ jj^^^ 2 News Gnats present a nuisance on SU campus J.C. Santos walk right through it," said Chris- ofprotein,"Chatburnsaid.Still,he Even Opinion Editor tina Capacci, a senior chemistry warns, "Don't walk around with with the Shrinkyourselfdown toa gnat's major. your mouthsopen. You'dbecom- constant size for a minute. Fly afew feet in For students whohave already peting withourfeedingbirdpopu- gripes their wings. As you flutter your nibbled their fair share of gnats, lation." and tiny limbs,imagine the terrorthese there's no need to induce vomit- ChatburnandMurphyaren't too gmmbhngs flies face whengianthumans start concernedwiththecrowds ofgnats buzzing flailing their arms and forget to "terrorizing" the campus. The around close their mouths, inadvertently swarms are very natural andhap- campus, swallowing UncleGnedandAunt peneveryyearforseveral weeksin the gnats Gnancy. Theyiive ahard life,fly- mid-spring. They alsohavepluses haven't ing incloudsaroundcampus,bug- other than protein.Their presence pestered gingthe hell out of astudent who isasignof abundantorganic mate- people .vr.nders aimlessly into their daily rialin the soil,Chatburn said. enoughto grind.Feel any sympathy yet? Plantsfeedonthenutrientsinthe file any Swarms ofstudents suredon't. decomposed matter that 'comes com- 'They'rekind of gross and an- fromthegnats.Thefliesdon tharm plaints noying," said Jessica Mitchell, a plant life, and Murphy says that with kind of biblical plague, the cam- junior communications major. "I they don'tbite or sting humans. Grounds and Landscaping. puscommunity can expect to run alwayscover my drink or put my Currently, the gnats are mating. Some students eventake the fly intognatnebulaseachspring.And straw. soil, hand over my Then Irun After theylay theireggsinthe phenomenon witha-grainofsalt. if youreally don't want to brush through the swarm." ing. These bugs generally don't theydierelatively fast,leavingstu- "It's not that bad it'sjustsea- wings with these filthy flies, do sonal," Castro, A number of students have de- carry diseases. In fact, Grounds dents atpeace until nextspring. said Jason asenior whatone student did-use an um- veloped survival tactics when Manager Craig Chatburn and But why are there somany? humanities and computer science brellaasashieldand bolt through swimming through theseflocks. Grounds andLandscape gardener "Right now, they're just in a major. the swarm. "You just gotta deal with it or Janice Murphy point out a few frenzy," said Murphy."It willdie Soaslongasthe gnatscontinue Students and faculty can take youmightgetamouth fullofgnats. upsides to ingesting theseinsects. downafterthemating season.This beingharmless' to plants and stu- comfort in the fact the year is al- Closeyourmouth andeyesandjust "They'reactuallyagoodsource will beover soon." dents,anddon tdevelopintosome mostover. SU makes rank with Princeton Review Micah McElravy ams, hasexpandedits operation to lete picture of life ata particular Some choice quotes from SU's McKeon wasinstrumental in the StaffReporter includehelpforhighschoolthrough college. spreadinclude, "professors tend to process togetSUrecognizedinthe Congratulations,SeattleUniver- graduate exams,assistance tomatch Thecompany considersstudent's rivalgods,""there havebeen times "BestColleges" series. sity. You'vemadeittothe top351. a student toaschool andevenhelp answers as expert opinions, since whenI'velookedaroundwhileina Over the years he continuously Some out there may beawareof toacquire financial aid. students ateach school know best crowd and realized Iwas the only made the argument that SU com- the"BestCollege" series,released 'The Princeton Review is very what aschool is like. straight, white person there," and pared almost exactly with many each yearby thePrincetonReview. highly respected," said Susan The surveyis over 70 questions the comically accurate, "youneed others in the book. SU has a place inthe 2004 edi- Seeker,VicePresidentofPlanning/ long,in order tocover a student's toget used to therain." Not only didSU compare with tion,tit\ed"TheBest351Cotteges" AssistantProvost. background,academicexperiences, Michael McKeon, Dean of Ad- the other schools, McKeon pointed (RandomHouse/PrincetonReview) Tomake a"BestColleges"book, fellow students, and campus life. missions at SU, said, "I'm really out that SU's ethnic diversity is due out August thisyear. The Princeton Review selects col- Answers to the survey are used in stunned that we got the write-up muchhigher than any schoolinthe The Princeton Review, a com- legesit deems academically excel- 60 different rankings, as well as that wegot," noting that, "they re- Northwest(about 40 percentof SU pany foundedin 1981tohelphigh lentandthensurveysthestudentsin quotesforhalfofatwopagespread ally go for the jugular at a lot of school students on their SAT ex- order to put together a more comp- oneach school. schools." 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One of those tassels in the pro- cession ofgraduates will belong to MariaElenaTeresaAbellera,many know her as Tess. She has been Photo Courtesyof the albers Schoolof business andEconomics website chosen andhonored withrepresent- Paststudentspose camerasandrelish in theirgraduatedstate. ingthe class of 2003 as the under- for photobygtonngalhar graduate commencement student chance tospeakat commencement. thoseattendingthecommencement speaker. Selections werebaseduponthecon- ceremony, proudly taking snap "Bench presses charges after molestation." Chosen by a selection commit- tent anddelivery ofthe applicant's shots, no doubt, as she represents tee, Beat thisphotocaptionbyTheSpectator andyouget two tickets to themovie Abellera wasamong a number speech. After hearing that she had herclass onthe podium withcapti- of students auditioned year's of yourchoice. Sendinyour [email protected]. who for the been selected to be this vating words. speaker,Abellera welcomed theop- "I feel honored to share space portunity. withabout500 to600 ofmy hard- "I am always surprised and working, admirable, and amazing amazedby blessings of such mag- peersplus theirfamilies andadmin- nitude," istrators, and my incredible sup- Abe 1 1e ra cairf Abellera willbegradu- "I honored to share space ating after feel four years at withabout 500 to 600 ofmy SU with a Bachelor of hard-working, admirable,and Arts Degree peers..." in History amazing and a minor MariaElena Teresa Abellera, inEnglish.In senior, historymajor August, she willbe head- ingto Portland,Oregon to work as portive family," Abellera said CONGRATULATIONS a Co-Curricular Programmers As- The 2003 CommencementCer- Residence sistant and Teaching Aid with the emonyis scheduledtobeheld at the Office of Life & Jesuit Volunteer Corps at St. An- Washington State Convention and Housing would like to congratulate drew Nativity School. But until Trade Center in Ballroom 4E,at 9 August, she said she just wants to am on June 15. Admission is by and welcome the 2003-2004 relax and do some traveling. ticketsonly.Parkingat