t a 10 ?nn? April 9, 2007 Meet the Candidates: Student Senate Elections on April 11th & 12th. See pages 12 &13. -^^RuGO The Independent Student Newspaper of the Richard Sfockfon College of New Jersey Volume 72^ Issue 10 New Jersey Jam Comes to RSC Night of Sex: for the Spring Concert RSC Gets Lucky Adriene Chavanon "Wow! Where did all of these though they are trying to follow For The Argo people come from?" in the footsteps of The Roots, Bum Down consists of a DJ, who are also a live rap group with an Evening of On Friday, March 30 th, dmmmer, guitarist, bass player from Philly and probably one of Stockton's the most success­ Entertainment ful acts to come Cheeky Humor Team in con­ from the city of Marisa Sanfilippo McMullen wrote most of the junction with "brotherly love," Argo Staff Writer "Night of Sex 5" script and T C N J , if not the nation. organized the actual con­ Georgian However, Bum "A Night of Sex 5 tent of the show, while Court, Down has their Fifth Base Dirtier we borrowed some Monmouth own version of Than Doing It," songs and materi- and Rowan live rap music. sponsored by The , al from other hosted hip-hop If you were to Stockton Theater sources which artist Common put R Ditty, Sean Club, The helped out a with the Bum Paul, Incubus Certified Peer lot and got Down All and Nirvana into Education the crowd Starts and a blender, the Club, The excited." Young Joe as result might be Wellness Said Dyana opening acts the Bum Down Center and G a 1 i s - in Big Blue. All Stars. I Housing and Menendez, Before the couldn't help but Residential president of Bum Down think to myself, Life, was held at the Certified All Stars took "So is this what Stockton's Peer Education the stage as the Limp Bizkit Performing Arts Club and one of first act, it would sound like Center on the two hosts of seemed as if they were actu­ Thursday, March 29, night. "In addi­ though few ally a good 2007. The show, both tion to that, the host- educational and people would band?" By the Justin Maciejewski as almost be coming out time Bum Down entertaining, fea­ "gonorrhea." completely to see the Student Senator Chantal McClary pictured with the night's performer igft the stage the tured acts focused on improv." show. As is the Common. Photo: Chantal McClary crowd was different sex related topics. The show was free to attend case with pumped; they did Students from all majors partici­ and a total of $500 was collected many concerts, however, once the and a number of rapper emcee's. thir job as an opening act. Next pated in the scenes and approxi­ in $5 donations, exchanged for a first note came out of the speak­ Being a live rap group from on stage was Young Joe. mately 300 students attended. "Night of Sex T-Shirt." ers you couldn't help but think, Philadelphia, it would seem as Continued on Page 18 "Noah Houlihan and Pat Continued on page 19 What's Inside... I RSC Social Work Club Celebrates Social Work Day at the United Nations Jill McMahon social change projects in Africa, specifically about women described some of her experience For The Argo Asia and the Americas. One of migrant workers and the need to in mobilizing women of faith as these grassroots projects is help protect their human rights as agents for change, information Social Work Students from Traditional Healers and Modem they travel and work from their sharing, and collaboration with Stockton attended the 24th Practitioners Together Against home country to another. other religious groups. Annual Social Work Day at the AIDS (THETA), an organization The group also heard from Finally, Dr. Elizabeth Clark, United Nations in New York City in Uganda working with tradi­ Ms. Jacqueline Moturi Ogega, Executive Director of the S. Africa Speaks on Friday, March 23rd. This con­ tional healers in HIV/AIDS edu- Director of the Women's National Association of Social Pages ference aims to familiarize Workers, wrapped up social workers with the jobs the day's presentations of the UN, as well as bring by giving a tribute in the ideals of social work to memory of three out­ the UN. This year the topic standing women in was "Women and social work: Jane Development: Best Adams, Janette Rankin, Practices." Over 600 social and Barbara Lee. work students and faculty Other human attended the event from rights/social justice around the area and beyond. issues were raised You Know It Some came from as far as throughout the confer­ Nevada, Maine and even ence like the genocides Page 3 Jamaica. in Darfur and human Stockton's very own trafficking. Professor, Dr. Michael S. Before Stockton stu­ Cronin, the main representa­ dents had to get back on tive of the Intemational the bus to retum to Social Work Club at the United Nations. Photo: Jill McMahon Federation of Social Pomona, some of them Workers (IFSW), welcomed the cation, counseling and improved Mobilization Program for were able to take a tour of the large group to the UN. patient care. Religions for Peace. In Afiica, UN. The first speaker was Ruth Next the group heard from Ms. Ogega established the All in all, it was a great way Messinger, president of American S.K. Guha, a Senior Program African Women of Faith for social work students to leam Jewish World Service, an intema­ Specialist, Asia Specific and Arab Network, a frmdamental commu­ about best practice models, grass­ Come Back IGd tional development organization States Section for the United nications organization for build­ roots projects, and to be inspired Page 18 that provides support to more Nations Development Fund for ing inter-faith cooperation for to not only think locally but glob­ than 200 hundred grassroots Women (UNIFEM). Guha spoke action in Africa. Ms. Ogega ally. 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