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College Grounds Best gifts Men's Republicans maintenance of chocolate basketball still going doing good for the one team wins strong job you love against Butler .... pg& Wright State University's Student New paper Issu •No. 14 Vol. 41 I W 'dn sday, January 2 MA All- m 'rican Newspaper WSU graduate student on Price of next season of "Survivor" tickets Erin Thompson players will be voted off before the sec­ ond episode even begins. tho111pS01L101~u With the show set to air on Feb. 17 maybe WSU student Kimberly Mullen will at 8:00 p.m., those who know Mullen try her best to outwit, outplay and out­ beli.eve she will do just fine on the last on the 10th season of CB S's hit show. Liam Anderson, professor of political science said that Mullen took going up show, '·Survivor." Mullen was one of the 20 castaways selected to compete a political science class with him on the Pacific island nation of Palau for before she had to leave to tape the the $ l million cash prize show. Anderson said that Mullen is a Mullen is a graduate student in the humanities program at WSU, focusing The department of parking and on Middle East politics and religion. "/think she'll do well She transportation is currently decid­ Director of the Master of Humanities ~ ing whether to increase the cost of program, Ava Chamberlain, aid that seems very likable and a- both parking passes and the park­ Mullen is currently enrolled in one of a ing fine and also increase the her classes. "She is a very committed enthusiastic. " ~ amount of parking on campus. and serious tudent," Chamberlain said ~ ·'This would encourage stu­ She aid that she thinks Mullen will be -Ava Chamberlain g, dents to buy remote parking pass­ a good addition to the show. ·'I think i es to free up space," said Jackie she'll do well. She seems very likable good student and pretty committed to Eschen, commuter senator for stu­ and enthusiastic." her schoolwork. ''She seems like she dent government. "But whether According to CBS, Mullen, 2 ·,from would be very competitive and moti­ this will actually free up space or Huber Heights, is part of one of the vated,'' he said, which is bound to help I create additional problems for stu­ most di verse ' Survivor'' casts to date, her in the competitive atmosphere of ~ dents' remains to be seen. with the oldest contestant being 57 "Survivor.'' ~ ''I got a ticket last year and it years old and the youngest is 21. The "Survivor'' producer Mark Burnett Kimberly Mull.en is a graduate sludent at WSU was $100;' said Laura Rapoch, show's producers have said that all the said that viewers won't know what to in die humanities program. mass communication major. players will start out in the same group, expect from this season. "You have "Speeding tickets [off campus] they will not have much direction on this situation now where everyone and the format than we do," Burnett said aren't even as much as the tickets how to survive on the island, and three thinks they know more about the rules in an article with ''Daily Variety." here." Therefore, Burnett also said that the con­ Although the department of ten<jers will pe completely stranded this parking and transportation was time, as they will be given very little unavailable for comment, Eschen instruction about what to do, and some said students will see more strict of them are going to be_genuinely lost. enforcement of parking regula­ "Survivor'' has held past seasons of tions in front of the Student Union the show on different locations where parking is prohibited. throughout the world, such as Vanuatu 'There will be more ticketing Island, the Australian outback, and there," she said. "Anyone parking Thailand. This season's island of Palau in front of the Student Union, was the location for many World War even to just run in and run out, II battles and it is rumored that some of will receive a $100 ticket." the show's twists will factor into a war There are also plans in place to theme with the castaways doing such increase the amount of parking on things as capturing their rivals as campus. In the meantime, students POWs. are encouraged to use remote Mullen was unable to add any fur­ ther comment about the show due to ''Parking" continued on page 4 contractual agreements with the CBS. w w w. the guardian on line.com News Critne Jan. 16: Vehicle damaging was reported when a vehicle was found with a white substance sprayed all over it Jan. 17: A complaint of an illegal substance odor was filed m Boston l lall. Jan. 18: A cell ph ne was reported lost in the Biscayne building o ollegc Park. Jan. 19: The laW1dzy room quarter changer was found emp­ tied m the Honors Dorm. Jan. 21: A rear license plate was missing from a vehicle parked in Lot 11 near Millett Hall. Members ofthe JJISU community took advantage ofthe rec.ent snmefaD. outside of'Ihe Hanger by building a snowman mthe moat ;a;: 14 • ,-,._,._.__ --~----~-o-- , f. 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Advertising: nS-55371 Fax: 775-5535 w w w. the guardian on Ii n e. com News W dne day, January 19, 2005 The Guardian I 3 WSU College Republicans remain active after presidential election II Campus group One reason that the Pre.sident Bush the Kerry campaign, we still have our ings and planning some winter recruit­ re-election bid was successful is work cut out for us!" ment a little later in the quarter. We plans new events to because of an extremely effective effort According to Cunningham, the group have amended our Constitution and to get out younger conservative voters, is doing its best to remain active during have a new slate of officers who are keep attendance up such as WSU's own College Republi­ the off-cycle and has a fairly ambitious ready to take over in the spring. I am cans. happy to announce that I am still chair­ since the elections The WSU College Republicans were man. We have been hard at work, extremely involved in rallying support fundraising for our February trip to for the president here on campus and "We hqve been hard at CPAC (Conservative Political Action aw his election a a major accompli h­ Conference) which is the largest annual ment for con ervative everywhere but work fundraising for our gathering of con ervative from around e pecially for local here at WSU, aid February trip to CPAC, the country.