Would you forgive someone if theyput you away in prison for 11 years?Would you a let a man into your lifea8er you had believed for years that hebrutally raped you? What do you withyour new-found freedom a8er 11 yearsof wrongful incarceration? Do you pub-licize your private life to the public tospeak out against eyewitness testimony?These were the questions faced by Jen-nifer Thompson and Ronald Co9onsome 15 years ago. In less than twoweeks, Thompson will be coming toBryant to tell her heartbreaking story ofredemption, forgiveness and justice aspart of the Student Arts and SpeakersSeries.

On July 29th, 1984, Jennifer Thomp-son, a 22-year-old college student inNorth Carolina, was resting comfortablyin her apartment when a man broke inand forcibly raped her for over thirtyminutes. She studied the man’s face in-tently, even while he was on top of herand entering her, all so she could be9eridentify him in a lineup if given the

chance. A8er some time, Thomp-son tricked the man into fixing hera drink, and she escaped to aneighbor’s house while the perpe-trator fled. Jennifer submi9edtwo rape kits over the next 72hours, gave a statement to thelocal police department, and iden-tified Ronald Co9on as the manwho raped her, based on six pho-tographs the detectives gave ofpossible suspects. Co9on fit thebill; he had a prior conviction forsexual assault, he worked lessthan a mile from Thompson’sapartment, and he had been spot-ted in the area the night of the at-tack. Days later, Thompsonidentified Co9on in a six-personphysical lineup. At that point, thedetectives knew they had theirman. Co9on was picked up, andsentenced to life in prison plusfi8y years, without parole.

With her a9acker locked awayfor life, Thompson could rest easy.But she had no idea that the manshe just helped put away for life was not

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The 11 year mistakeBy Cory Beaudoin

Staff Writer

Speaker and author Jennifer Thompson.(Courtesy of SASS Events)

New Taste ofChocolateComes toBryantBy Allison Salzberg

PR ManagerFor anyone who watched

the Grammy’s this year, theireyes and ears were probablyfocused on the unique arrivalof Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars’retro performance, and thefact that Esperanza Spaldingbeat out teen obsession JustinBieber for Best New Artist. Ittruly was a great night foreveryone in the music indus-try though, including folkband Carolina ChocolateDrops.

The band consists of threemusicians, Dom Flemons,Rhiannon Giddens, and JustinRobinson, who got together in2006 to form a folk band.They ended up meetingthrough a yahoo group, BlackBanjo: Then and Now, andstarted playing their musicwherever anyone would lis-ten. The Drops did not havebig plans when they formedtheir band, which was partlya tribute to Joe Thompson, anold-time fiddler that thegroup had seen play countlesstimes in North Carolina.

Tim and Denise Duffy ofthe Music Maker Relief Foun-dation heard the band play ata local festival and saw howmuch everyone listeningloved their music. Tim Duffyoffered to represent the Car-olina Chocolate Drops andwanted to promote theirmusic. The Drops knew thisopportunity was legitimate,and their decision to acceptDuffy’s request was their firststep to making it big.

The band began playingnot only in the United States,but also in Europe, capturingthe hearts of fans with theirtraditional folk music thatevolves as they perform. It’shard to resist dancing aroundas you listen to their energeticand electric songs. In 2008, theband was invited to play theGrand Ole Opry, and theywere the first black string

Bryant’s new ‘Toastmasters’See “Jennifer Thompson”,

page 3.

You may have heard about the Toast-masters student club that was formedon campus 2 years ago or you may haveheard about how the Toastmasters is ac-tually an international non-profit organ-ization that encourages the art of publicspeaking. Well there is a new Toastmas-ter’s on the Bryant campus this semesterand they call themselves “The Podium”.

The Bryant chapter of the Toastmas-ters was disbanded at the conclusion of2010 and a completely new student-runorganization was created in its place.President Todd Stewart feels that thereis still a great demand for a club thatpractices and promotes public speakingskills, and The Podium is a comfortableenvironment in which students can ei-ther get over their fears of speaking orenhance their oratorical abilities.

The club has just applied as a new or-ganization through the Center for Stu-dent Involvement and is lookingforward to the 2nd Annual PublicSpeaking Colloquium. The Podium isorganizing and staffing the event alongwith directors Susan Baran and Tom Za-

mmarelli and many members of the stu-dent body will be participating in com-petition.

If you have not heard about the Pub-lic Speaking Colloquium event details,preliminary rounds will be held on Fri-

day March 25th in the Koffler Commu-nication studio. The finalists will thencompete again on the following Mon-

By Sara LarrabeeStaff Writer

SASS brings author Jennifer Thompson to Campus

See “Chocolate”, page 2.

See “New Toastmasters”, page 3.

The Podium, the newest public speaking club meets Tuesdays at 3:30 in room268. Founding executive board members include Todd Stewart, Matt Llewelyn, Royce Brunson, and Julien Dumont.

Stressed out? This cold weatherdefinitely has everyone feelingstressed and tired so you are notalone. Low energy affects concentra-tion while interfering with academicand athletic performance. Inevitably,eating behaviors tend to take thebrunt of the stress. Changes in yourappetite may include cravings forsimple carbohydrates (think comfortfoods and sugary foods), along withthe tendency to overeat or not eat atall. Either one will cause an alterationin your body’s performance. Now isthe time to kick those good eatinghabits into gear with just a few re-minders.

1. Think before you reachMost o8en stress leads to mindless

eating and usually your food choicesare not the best. Before reaching, askyourself “Am I Really Hungry?” Ifyou have gone longer than threehours without eating than the answeris yes, you are most likely hungry. Ifyou are reaching for that candy barand you just had an egg, wholewheat toast with a glass of low fatmilk an hour ago, it is more likelyyou are not hungry. Try another ac-tivity other than eating. If in fact youare truly hungry, opt out of thatcandy bar and make a wiser foodchoice. Remember, a good snack ormeal should be combined withwholesome carbohydrates and a leanprotein.

2. Make smart choicesIf late night snacking is part of

your routine or take out delivery ison speed dial, then making smartfood choices throughout the day iseven more essential. This will helpoffset those munchies at night. Thehunger at night may lessen if you fol-low good eating habits during theday. Skipping meals is never an op-tion. When you skip meals, your me-tabolism slows and you won’t burnenergy. This contributes to your fa-tigue, stress and ultimately affectsyour academic and athletic perform-ance. Eating within two hours ofwaking is the best way to jump-startyour metabolism. You don’t needmuch but you do need something tofuel your brain and muscles. Here area few examples:

• A glass of low fat milk with abanana

• A hardboiled egg with wheattoast

• A bowl of cereal• A yogurt with fruitA8er breakfast, you need to be

prepared for the rest of the day. Notime to eat lunch? Then grab a bag oftrail mix to munch on. South Delinow offers fruit Smoothies; Bello and

A la Cart all make it easy for you tobe prepared with Simply-to-Go op-tions.

3. Portion controlIt is one of the most important

concepts to understand. We live in asuper sized society with unrealisticportions contributing to unhealthyeating pa9erns. Keep in mind that acalorie is a calorie whether its lowcarb, low fat, diet this or diet that. Soeating the whole package that con-tains two portions doubles nutrientnumbers. Just cu9ing back on 250calories a day will help maintainyour current weight and preventovereating. A decrease of 500 caloriesa day could result in two pounds ofweight loss in a week. Conversely, anextra 500 calories a day could resultin two pounds of weight gain in aweek. Whether losing or gaining,paying a9ention to portions will helpkeep your metabolism runningsmoothly. Here are a few portion ex-amples::

• 1 slice of bread• ½ muffin or English muffin• 6” waffle (size of a CD) or

tortilla• ¼ bagel• ½ cup cooked rice or pasta• 4 oz fruit juice • 8 oz all other beverages:

Milk, soda, coffee, or tea

For example, the glasses inSalmanson are 16 ounces. If a portionof juice is four ounces then you areconsuming 12 ounces of excess juice,adding up to over 1000 calories injust that glass. Although fruit juice isa be9er nutritional option than sodaor Gatorade, it contains naturalsugar. Remember, a calorie is a calo-rie even in the form of juice. Saveyourself the extra calories and eat thereal fruit. The nutritional benefits willfar outweigh the juice.

4. Hydrate, Hydrate, HydrateO8en in the cold weather, we tend

to not feel thirsty. Realistically, weneed to drink even more. Our bodiesactually work harder during the win-ter to maintain the body’s core tem-perature. Mild dehydration can set ineven if you don’t recognize it. Dehy-dration can o8en mask itself ashunger. Drink some water before eat-ing and then determine if you needfood or just simple hydration.

It may be hard in the beginningbut eating throughout the day, avoid-ing simple carbohydrates, paying at-tention to portions, and hydratingwill improve your overall academicand athletic performance. Practicethese pa9erns daily and enjoy thebenefits of a less stressed body!

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most recent in February 2010), theCarolina Chocolate Drops foundthemselves at the 2010 GrammyAwards. The band won Best Tradi-tional Folk Album for their album“Genuine Negro Jig.”

We here at Bryant are luckyenough to have the opportunity tohear the Carolina Chocolate Dropsplay live, in our very own JanikiesTheater. The band will be performingon Thursday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m.,

as part of the President’s Cultural Se-ries. Tickets are free for Bryant stu-dents, faculty, and staff (limit four perperson) and can be picked up at theBryant Center Info Desk.

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EMT CALL Medical Services Ren-dered FEB 20 2011-Sunday at 03:08Location: RESIDENCE HALLSummary: DPS received a report ofan intoxicated female. EMS was acti-vated. Student was taken to FatimaHospital by the Smithfield Rescue fortreatment. On campus charges havebeen filed.

THEFT (Under $50) FEB 20 2011-Sunday at 23:06Location: RESIDENCE HALL

Summary: DPS received a report of atable being taken from the commonarea in a residence hall. DPS is inves-tigating.

BIAS INCIDENTS None ReportedTo report a bias incident or hatecrime, go to www.bryant.edu/bias orcall the Bias Incident Hotline at x6920Bias related incident – a threatened,a6empted, or completed action that ismotivated by bigotry and bias re-garding a person’s real or perceivedrace, religion, natural origin, ethnic-ity, sexual orientation, disability, orgender status. Examples of these in-cidents include name calling, offen-sive language/acts, andgraffiti/behavior.

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Bri6any Eagar is a second semester senior at Bryant with a major in Com-munication. As a senior, she understands the stress that comes along withfinding a rewarding internship. In the past, Bri6any has interned with theProvidence Bruins, an experience that she talked of enthusiastically. She hasalso worked on press releases for her Mom’s hair salon and has a good knowl-edge in event planning. However, Bri6any’s current internship is what caughtour eye! By means of social media, Bri6any scored herself a fulfilling intern-ship in the Public Relations Department at Bryant.

In partnering with University Relations Manager, Tracie Sweeney, Bri6anyobserves the responsibilities within the Public Relations Department. Brit-tany’s job is to help Tracie with press releases that discuss students and theiraccomplishments at Bryant. Then, Bri6any’s press release is sent to local news-papers where it is made public for recognition. Bri6any claims that the intern-ship is writing intensive, and it will help her develop a strong portfolio for herfuture job search.

Perhaps interning in the Public Relations Department isn’t your cup of tea.That is okay too. The point is to market yourself, because your dream intern-ship is closer than you think. Take it from Bri6any, who earned this internshipwith Bryant through a message that she le5 on Twi6er. Bri6any tweeted onecold winter a5ernoon over break that she was searching for an internship as-sociated with public relations. Then, before she knew it, she had a great offerfrom the University Relations Department at Bryant. So, do not be afraid tomarket yourself with the new forms of social media available, because they doin fact offer many opportunities!

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the man that raped her. Ronald Cot-ton, while indeed having a history ofassault and certainly fi6ing the physi-cal description, was completely inno-cen in this case.

The trouble with Thompson’s eye-witness testimony and the police in-vestigation was the fact that Jenniferwas never presented with the option tosay ‘my a6acker is not one of thesepeople’ when she was shown the line-up. Instead, the vision of her rapist inher head was matched with the ‘bestfit’ person she saw, Ronald Co6on.

With the media burst provided bythe O.J. Simpson trial in 1994, DNAwas becoming a hot topic in the legalfield, and especially in prison, whereRonald Co6on fought tirelessly withhis pro-bono lawyers for exoneration.His appeals were denied and denied,but in 1995, a test proved that Co6on’sDNA was nowhere to be found inThompson’s apartment. That did notexonerate him, however, because itdidn’t prove he wasn’t there. But,weeks later, Thompson’s actual at-tacker, Bobby Poole, confessed to rap-ing her, se6ing Co6on free at last.

A li6le while a5er Co6on’s exonera-

tion, Thompson arranged to meet upwith him, and apologize for her inex-cusable ‘miscarriage of justice.’ Ex-traordinarily, Co6on forgave her, andthey have maintained an actual friend-ship, going on television to tell theirstories, and co-authoring a 2006 bookentitled ‘Picking Co6on’ (a must readif you are in any way intrigued by thisstory).

On Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011,the Bryant Student Arts and SpeakersSeries (SASS) will welcome JenniferThompson to campus for a one-hourtalk and question and answer sessionat 7:00 pm in the Bello Grand Hall.Free tickets for students are availablenow in the Center for Student Involve-ment Office on the 3rd floor of theBryant Center until the day of theevent.

Tickets for Bryant faculty and staffare also available now, and tickets forthose outside of the Bryant communityare available to reserve by calling (401)232-6160.

Have any questions? E-mail SASS atsass@organizations.bryant.edu. Joinour Facebook group as well (BryantStudent Arts & Speakers Series) andfollow us on Twi6er (@sass_events).

day March 28th in the Bello Grand Hall for over $1800 in cash prizes hosted byEyewiteness News Anchor Michael Montecalvo and sponsored by the HanoverInsurance Company. The Podium has also just announced that there will be aFREE raffle for a new iPod Nano! Any interested applicants should email Profes-sor Baran at subaran@bryant.edu ASAP!

Spirits are high as approximately 20 new members a6ended The Podium’sfirst meeting and participated in a fun public speaking exercise called “ABC”.Brave volunteers stood in the front of the classroom and had to recite the ABC’s.We learn the order of our alphabet as first graders, but in this exercise studentshad to add inflection, personality, and body language to engage the audienceand to deliver a message. Each interpretation was different; some students tooka dramatic approach while others made the audience think by making questionsout of the le6ers. This game is a great exercise not only because it is simple butbecause takes away all the elements of public speaking and just focuses on emo-tion and inflection.

Another feature of this new club is the Speaker of the Week award. Eachweek a member is chosen based on their oratorical excellence and is given thehighly respected golden trophy to flaunt and hold around campus for 7 days. Atthe next meeting the winner must bring back the trophy in perfect condition sothat another winner may be chosen based on the activities of that day.

Any student interested in ge6ing over their fear of public speaking or perfect-ing their speaking skills should speak up and contact Todd Stewart attstewar2@bryant.edu!

New ToastmastersContinued from page one

Jennifer ThompsonContinued from page one

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Name: Bobby RichardsClass of 2011University: Universidad Pablode OlavidePartner: APILocation: Seville, SpainSemester Abroad: Fall 2009Duration: 4 months

Reason for going:

To gain fluency in theSpanish language, and returnto a country I had previouslybeen enchanted with from ahigh school trip in 2007 – thistime bringing my close Bryantfriends with me and experi-

encing this once in a lifetimethrill with them.

Best experience/memory:

The best experience wasnot a single day or singlenight, but rather the culmina-tion of 4 months spent livingwith Bryant people. We tookour great relationships toSpain with us, and subcon-sciously made life-longfriendships that are in manyways more powerful than thefriendships one makes in theUnited States. This is because

you share such unique com-mon ground together. Sup-porting one another in such aforeign atmosphere, throughstrange and challenging expe-riences, and during every-thing in between is somethingone must live to understand.

Funny cultural experience:

I met 4 great guys fromGrove City College. We werein Paris in cold November,and they invited me to jointhem on a journey to Nor-mandy Beach, where over

9,000 Americans died duringD-Day, WWII. I accepted notknowing that we were ge6ingup at 6 a.m. to be on our way.I had to skip breakfast inorder to start riding trains.The cultural obstacle was thatthe further north we travelled,the less and less people spokeany English (or even under-stood Spanish). A5er spend-ing a fortune on train rides,and standing on trains for 5hours, we found ourselveslost in Caen, France where noone could be of help to us.

It was a Sunday, so no onewas available to give us a busride to Normandy. Hopelesswe were; we kept our eyesopen, and finally stumbledupon a shack that had a pic-ture of a bicycle on it – andthey ended up having 5 bicy-cles for rent (for us 5 guysironically). A5er hand-ges-tures, the woman figured outwhere we wanted to go, andshe drew us a map containing3 roads.

We celebrated our proxim-ity, not knowing that we werein for a treacherous ridethrough 28 miles of hills (bothways), despite only having toturn 3 times. Being there wasspecial. We were the onlyones there. It was we Ameri-cans, and gravestones ofyoung American soldiers. Tomake a long story short, ithailed, we starved, crampedup, skidded on black ice,crashed into mud banks,crashed into houses on streetcorners, cried out in agony,and somehow made it back toParis okay by midnight.

How was the school differentfrom Bryant University?

The school was a deep con-trast from Bryant on everylevel, and most visibly by thestudent population. The kidswere dressed very “Spanish”,which meant that preparationfor a school day was impor-tant – they wore lots of jew-elry, accessories, makeup, andstyled their hair in uniqueways every day. At Bryant,we live in a much faster pacedenvironment where we findourselves in pajamas, work-out gear, and business a6ireall in one short day’s time.

The school as an institutionwas much less efficient. TheUnited States is an efficiencydriven society, and Bryant isone of the good representa-tions of that notion. For ex-ample: teachers who werelate to class in Spain didn’tgive it a second thought, theprinting room was o5en slow,the gym never opened untilOctober, and if there wassomething of urgency, it wasdeemed tomorrow’s work –not today’s. While this mayseem like a problem, it reallywasn’t, and it taught us all toslow ourselves down a bitand enjoy each day to thefullest.

Would you study abroadagain given the opportunity?

I would take the opportu-nity with enthusiasm. I hadthe best time of my life, I’llnever forget it, and I’ll alwaystell stories until people don’twant to hear them any longer.

Study Abroad Spotlight: Robert Richards

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• The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reportedan aggregate fourth-quarter profit of $21.7 billionfor all U.S. banks and thri6s, improving from a netloss of $1.8 billion a year earlier, as credit costs de-clined. In 2010, all profits accumulated $87.5 billioncompared to a net loss of nearly $11 billion in 2009

• At Apple, the show will go on with or withoutSteve Jobs. Next Wednesday, the company plans toannounce and show the first iPad 2 at San Fran-cisco’s Bay Yerba Buena Center for Arts.

• The digital navigation device maker, GarminLtd, had its 4th quarter profits slide 52% percent.The company’s gross margin fell from 45.3% to45.9% and shares are down 6.7% in the past year.

• Housing sales have been reported to have in-creased, however, this only is due to a lower cost ofhomes. Home prices fell to new lows in 11 citiesacross America. Home prices fell in Detroit 9.1%,Phoenix suffered an 8.3% drop; both Atlanta andPortland, OR got hit with an 8.0% decline in home

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• Apple has shared huge disappointment with thesale of iPhone on the Verizon Wireless’ network. De-spite a record pre-sale of phones, store sales havenot met expectations. Sales have not reflected amarket that has been waiting for this day for nearlyfour years. Sources say with an iPhone 5 only 3months away, now is not an excellent time to pur-chase the iPhone.

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On Wired's website, BrianChen writes about how theiPad can possibly sell at $500,when many competing tabletscoming to market are moreexpensive. He begins by cit-ing Jason Hiner of Tech Re-public, who focuses on thefact that Apple has its own re-tail stores. Hiner argues thatApple "saves" the usual re-tailer margin paid to otherchains by competing tablets.

Chen rightfully refutes thisargument, which is o6en in-correctly cited to justify verti-cal integration. As Chenwrites, "The retail advantageis a reasonable theory, butHiner neglects to mention thehigh overhead costs thatApple must pay handsomelyfor each of its 300 stores."

If forward integration'sbenefits were as simple as"cu7ing out the margin madeby retailers," then we wouldsee many more firms owningtheir own stores. Naturally,we do not because firms don'teliminate that margin "forfree" - they must invest a tonof capital. The shareholdersexpect a return on that invest-ment. They will only toleratea forward integration strategyif the return on capital in-vested makes sense.

What does explain Apple'sability to sell the iPad at sucha competitive price? Chen ar-gues that one has to look atApple's vertical integrationstrategy in its entirety to un-derstand its advantage. More-over, one has to look at themoney it can make off of its

"ecosystem" - i.e. all the apps,music, etc.

However, I would go onestep further. To understandApple's advantage, you alsomust look at its HORIZON-TAL integration. In otherwords, Apple has an advan-tage from the fact that it com-petes in multiple productmarkets - phones, MP3 play-ers, personal computers,tablets, etc. Why is that? Well,Apple can share and leverageresources and capabilitiesacross these product cate-gories. As a simple example,consider the operating systemthat drives Apple products.

An Apple computer operatingsystem costs more than $1 bil-lion to develop. If Apple onlycompeted in personal com-puters, it would face a steephill to climb to break even onthat investment. However,Apple leverages those R&Dexpenses across all of itsproducts. The basic elementsof the Apple operating systemunderpin everything from itslaptops to its phones and theiPad. That ability to spread itsR&D investment and capabil-ity across so many categoriesprovides a powerful competi-tive advantage.

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Big breaks for big oilAnalysts are expecting a bo-nanza when Exxon MobilCorp. announces its fourth-quarter earnings on Monday;the company's stock hasjumped by nearly 20 percentduring the last year, and inthe first three quarters of2010, its profit was $21.2 bil-lion _ not a bad haul during aworldwide recession. Otheroil companies have had simi-lar success, thanks to growingdemand in India and China.Yet U.S. taxpayers subsidizethis industry to the tune of $4billion a year.

This kind of largesse to-ward a hugely profitable busi-ness seems bizarre, especiallyat a time when the federaldeficit is reaching alarmingproportions, yet efforts to endthe tax deductions and creditsfor companies that don't needthem have gone nowhere.That isn't stopping PresidentObama from trying. In hisState of the Union address, heproposed an uptick in federalspending on clean-energy re-search and development, tobe paid for by ending subsi-dies for oil companies. "I don'tknow if you've noticed, butthey're doing just fine on theirown. So instead of subsidiz-ing yesterday's energy, let'sinvest in tomorrow's," Obamasaid.

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request for the elimination of$36.5 billion in industry taxbreaks over the course of adecade. Congress turned himdown.

The oil industry and itsbackers claim that endingthese breaks, such as a do-mestic manufacturing tax de-duction and deductions forcertain "intangible" drillingexpenses, would cause oil andgas prices to rise and costAmerican jobs.

Independent analyses sug-gest that isn't true. A 2007 re-port by the Joint EconomicCommi7ee, which advisesCongress on economic mat-ters, found that ending themanufacturing deductionwould have a negligible effecton consumer prices. That's be-cause when crude is fetchinghigh prices, as it has for manyyears and will for many more,companies have ample incen-tive to drill even without asubsidy _ so eliminating itwouldn't cause the kind ofsupply shortages that pushup prices at the pump. Subsi-dies also have a minimal ef-fect on drilling decisions,including whether companiesdrill in the United States orabroad, so they don't preservejobs for American workers.Obama couldn't persuadeCongress to end oil subsidieswhen it was controlled by De-mocrats, so it's even less likelyhe'll succeed now that theHouse is controlled by Re-publicans. It's still the rightthing to do and if Obama canmake more Americans awareof their government's gen-erosity to oil giants, he canboost his chances.

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Sport: BasketballEarning the Intramural Athlete of the Week hon-ors this week is the lovely and talented MarissaDonovan. Marissa is our first female honoree inArchway history and rightfully so given her tal-ents on the basketball court. While she posseses

strong ball-handling skills and a silky smoothjumpshot, it is her resiliency that resonates mostwith us here at Archway Sports. Not only is herteam all but one loss away from an undefeatedseason thus far, that team happens to be in the

pre-dominately male B-divison of the intramuralbasketball conglomerate. We congratulate

Marissa on her award and look forward to see-ing what she can do heading into the playoffs.(Thanks to Kim Warner for the Photograph)

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Marissa Donovan

Four walls of fury: the untold story ofthe Bryant racquet ball courts

From the dawn of timepeople have thrived on going“mano y mano” for the thrillof competition. Whether it be

the Greco-Roman competi-tions of the early Olympiad inAthens or the Super BowlSunday ba9le for the Lom-bardi Trophy people love toprove their will over anotherhuman in any given sport.

Given the intensely com-petitive nature of the studentson the Bryant campus it is ap-parent that there is a need toprovide a platform to fosterthis competitive spirit, and Iam writing this article to in-form the good students ofBryant that there is such aplatform.

While Basketball is cer-tainly king of the hill when itcomes to pick-up sports at the

Chace Wellness Center thereis another venue that goeslargely un-used and greatlyunappreciated. Despite look-ing much like the windowlesscells of a state penitentiary, the racquet ball courts behindthe MAC are an outstanding

source of fun and an evengreater place to showcase ath-letic talent.

The game is simple, tworackets, one ball, and fourwalls. Players return volleysagainst the wall in a furiousfashion until one cannot keepup.

Despite its simple naturethe game is strangely addict-ing and even more aggravat-ing upon losing a volley. Itwas no more than a fewweeks ago that several of myfriends and I (who will re-main anonymous) partici-pated in several rousingrounds of racquetball.

Being a stranger to the rac-quetball courts I was largely

unaware of theferocity thatwas about tohit all of thecompetitors inthe squarerooms that day.

A8er severalwarm-uprounds I wasshocked at theprofanity ladencut-throat na-ture of thesport, and inthe same breathI absolutelyloved everyminute of it.There is li9legreater pleas-ure to deriveout of athleticsthen pu9ingaway yourgood buddy ina set with amonster forehand. It is with-out equivocation that I can tellyou that if you do choose totake advantage of these opencourts and play you too willfeel the all the thrills that rac-quet ball has to offer.As much fun as racquet ballcan be it is as shrouded in

myth as it is entertaining. Ithas been rumored that ourfearless leader, PresidentMachtley, is quite the racquetball player himself. In fact itis stitched into Bryant folklore that should any studentcome across him in the rac-quet ball area, challenge him

to a match, and come out vic-torious then said student willhave his or her tuition paidfor In full. If that is the case,and should you be readingthis President Machtley, thenmy racquet is strung up andready to go.

By: Tom HansenSports Editor

‘Given the intensely competitive nature of thestudents on the Bryant campus it is apparent thatthere is a need to provide a platform to foster this

competitive spirit...’

Members of the Bryant racquet ball team at the 2010 National Competition.(Courtesy of Andrea Ruotolo)

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For the second straightyear sophomore sensationCasey Ostrander (Yarmouth-port, Mass.) took homeNortheast Conference Swim-mer of the Meet honors, as the2011 NEC Swimming Coachof the Year Katie Cameron ledthe Bryant Universitywomen's swim team to anoutstanding finish at theleague championships Satur-day evening at MIT.

The Bulldogs finished with423 totals points in the three-day swimming and divingmeet, as Saint Francis (PA) re-peated as conference champi-ons with 791 tallies. CentralConnecticut and Wagner fin-ished with 759 and 570 points,respectively, ahead of Bryant.Sacred Heart, Mount St.Mary's and St. Francis (NY)rounded out the seven-teamfield with scores of 294, 253and 147, respectively.

Sixth-year head coachCameron was tabbed withcoach of the year honors a8erher team registered five first-place finishes and three meetrecords. During the 2010-11campaign, Cameron in-

structed four swimmer of theweek selections and wit-nessed six new schoolrecords.

Bryant sophomore Ostran-der won gold in the 50freestyle (23.60), and set newNEC records in the 100-yardbackstroke (55.83) and 200-yard backstroke (2:00.76) enroute to totaling three first-place finishes.

All three of Ostrander'stimes sha9ered previousschool records as the Massa-chuse9s native recorded oneof the most historical per-formances in the history ofBryant swimming with herthree new high marks.

Molly Smith (Belmont,Mass.) had a great run in the200-yard breastroke on thefinal day, finishing secondwith a school-record 2:21.02.Joining Smith with strong Sat-urday finishes was freshmanTaylor DeBever (Denver,Colo.), as the Colorado nativefinished with a school-record51.78 time and a fi8h-placefinish in the 200-yardfreestyle.

The Bulldogs will com-plete the season with theECAC Championships Friday,Feb. 25-27 in Pi9sburgh, Pa.

Bulldogs have strongshowing at NEC Championships

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Senior Gary Crowley (Scit-uate, Mass.) scored a game-high four goals whilesophomore Peter McMahon(Wilton, Conn.) recorded acontest-best five points as theBryant University men’slacrosse team cruised to a 14-3season-opening win over St.Joseph’s Saturday a8ernoonin Philadelphia.

The pair were among 10Bulldogs (1-0) to score a goalin the team’s 2011 debut, asfive new faces to the Bryantlineup ne9ed tallies in thewinning effort.

Bryant never trailed in thecontest and needed just 24seconds for newcomer andgraduate student transfer Tr-ever Sipperly (Greenwich,N.Y.) to collect his first goaldonning the Black and Goldand put the Bulldogs on theboard for the first time in2011.

A goal from McMahon –his only of the day as the sec-ond-year a9acker dished outan impressive four assists fora game-high five points – wasanswered by St. Joseph’s (0-2)in the form of an unassistedKyle Williams tally to cut thescore to 2-1 with nearly sixminutes to play in the first pe-riod.

But Bryant controlled therest of the 20+ minutes re-maining before the hal8imebreak, ra9ling off five scoresto open up a 7-1 advantage, arun bookended by a pair ofunassisted Crowley tallies.

The Hawks broke a com-

bined scoring droughtout of the break thatlasted nearly 10 minuteswith Williams’s secondand final unaided goal ofthe a8ernoon to move thescore to 7-2, but sopho-more JK Poirier(Coatesville, Pa.) teamedup with Crowley forback-to-back scores just21 seconds apart to erasethe tally, and newcomersBo Redpath (Norwich,Vt.) and Kevin Sherrill(Charlo9e, N.C.) openedthe fourth frame withtheir first-career scores toup Bryant’s lead to 11-2.

Williams would assiston a Sco9 Cullinan goalwith 8:42 le8 to play, butSt. Joseph’s wouldn’t getany more past junior net-minder Jameson Love(Darien, Conn.), as theBulldogs closed out theiropener with a trio of unan-swered scores from EvanRoberts (West Cornwall, Vt.),Poirier and rookie BrendanBouchard (Cold Spring Har-bor, N.Y.), respectively, for the14-3 final.

Freshman Ma9 Bletzer(Medfield, Mass.) scored hisfirst-career tally in his colle-giate debut as well, one offour Bulldog rookies to do soSaturday, while returningleading scorer and preseasonAll-American selection MaxWeisenberg (Long Beach,N.Y.) added a goal and an as-sist for the Black and Gold.

Sipperly was stellar at theX, winning 11-of-16 faceoffs,as the Bulldogs won 14-of-21on the day. The fi8h-yeartransfer also picked up a

game-best six ground balls asBryant won the ba9le as ateam, 41-22. Love made ninesaves between the pipes tokick off his junior season while scooping up a trio ofground balls.

On the day, Bryant outshotits host, 34-19, including a 12-3 margin in the second pe-riod. The Bulldogs werestrong on the clear, successful16-of-20 times, but kept St.Joseph’s from completing its15 clearing a9empts just once.The Black and Gold scored onall three of their extra-manopportunities in the outing.The Bulldogs now return toSmithfield, R.I. for their nextouting, hosting Fairfield Uni-versity in the 2011 homeopener Saturday, Feb. 26 atthe Bryant Turf Complex.

Crowley scoures four, Bulldogs cruiseto a season-opening win, 14-3, at St.Joseph’s Saturday

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Despite a season-high 29points from senior Cecil Gre-sham (Bloomfield, Conn.), themost by any Bulldog this sea-son, the Bryant Universitymen's basketball team did nothave enough to pull off theseason sweep over SacredHeart as the Bulldogs fell, 83-77, on Senior Day Saturdaya8ernoon at the Chace Ath-letic Center.

The two teams playedneck-and-neck down thestretch until the Pioneers (10-17, 5-11 Northeast Confer-ence) scored consecutive3-point plays for the five-point edge with 1:11 le8 toplay, 75-70. A8er trading bas-kets and still down by five,79-74, Gresham nailed hisfi8h 3-pointer of the game totrim the lead down to twowith 10 seconds to go. But theBulldogs (9-19, 7-9) would beforced to foul from there, andthe visitors would hit all thenecessary free throws in thefinal seconds to secure the 83-77 victory.

Gresham shot 11-for-17from the floor and went 5-for-8 from long range for his sea-son-best and game –highmark, while Frankie Dobbs(Berea, Ohio) and Vlad Kon-dratyev (Nikolayev, Ukraine)added 17 and 11 points, re-spectively. As a team, Bryantshot 66.7 percent from 3-point

range in the first half scoringeight treys, but fell to just 11.1percent in the second frame,going just 1-for-9 from longdistance.

Shane Gibson paced SacredHeart with 24 points, andLouis Montes added 19 whileEvan Kelley and Chris Evanschipped in with 14 and 13, re-spectively. On the day, the Pi-oneers outshot the home side,54.9 to 47.2 percent, despiteBryant's 60 percent clip fromthe field in the first frame.

The game opened witheven play between the twolineups, as both squadsturned to the long ball for acombined eight 3-pointers inthe first eight minutes,capped off by Dobbs's secondtrey of the a8ernoon to putthe Bulldogs on top, 17-13, atthe 12:24 mark.

Bryant continued to shootwell from outside over thenext 6:30 as consecutive 3-pointers from Dobbs androokie Corey Maynard (Ade-laide, Australia) gave thehome side a nine-point lead,30-21, with 5:33 remaining.Despite a late push by the Pi-oneers in the waning minutesof the half, the Bulldogs heldonto a four-point lead, 40-36,at intermission.

Gresham led the way of-fensively with 19 points in theopening 20 minutes, shooting7-for-10 from the floor includ-ing four makes from beyondthe arc. Montes paced the vis-itors at the break with 13

points on 4-for-4 shootingfrom the field.

Sacred Heart kicked off thesecond stanza with an 8-2 runto put the visitors up, 44-42,for their first lead of the gamewith 15:37 le8 to play. A driv-ing layup from Maynard tiedit back up on the next posses-sion but the Pioneers an-swered right back withconsecutive baskets to regainthe lead.

The Pioneers held a slimadvantage until the 9:09 mark,when sophomore guardRaphael Jordan (Bel Air, Md.)was fouled on a strong finishdown low and hit the freethrow for the 3-point play,tying up the score at 57-57.The teams would play closeover the next six minutes,swapping slight leads on fre-quent trips to the charitystripe, until a 3-point play byEvans and a trey from Gibsongave the Pioneers a five-pointlead with 1:11 remaining. TheBulldogs would get no closerthan two to fall short in theirbid for one final home win.

Saturday marked the finalhome contest for four Bryantseniors as Gresham, BarryLatham (Taunton, Mass.),Michael Chroney (Nashua,N.H.) and Papa Lo (Thies,Senegal) played at the ChaceAthletic Center for the lasttime in their careers.

The Black and Gold headout on their final road trip ofthe season next week.

Gresham drops a season high 29points in home finale

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Senior Gary Crowley led the Bull-dogs over St. Joe’s. (Bryant Athletics)

Cecil Gresham’s 29 points were not enough to beat SacredHeartin the home season finale.(Bryant Athletics)

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By Jackie AmmiratoAssistant Editor-in-Chief

In 1983, Gretzky was an idol to boys all across America.However, when Mattel released a Barbie-like doll in Gret-

zky’s likeness, boys weren’t at all interested. The doll was ahuge flop.

Deion Sanders is the only athlete in history to compete inboth the Super Bowl and the World Series. In 1995, he de-cided to try his hand in the music business and came outwith a rap album. His singles “Must be the Money” and“Prime Time Keeps on Ticking” were met with less than

stellar reviews.

Terrell Owens was at a rough point in his career. He hadbeen with the Buffalo Bills for only a couple of months andhad done nothing on the field. Yet somehow, he thought itwas a good idea to come out with a cereal, TO’s. Nobody

was too interested, so the cereal became “limited edition.”

Despite heavy speculation, Shaq continued to claim thesewristbands gave him a competitive edge on the court. How-ever, when the creators of the product come out and say theproduct doesn’t work, you know you probably endorsed the

wrong product.

Hogan was in his prime in the mid 1990s as the face of pro-fessional wrestling. He decided to take that fame and create

and finance an Italian restaurant called Pastamania. Therestaurant opened in 1995 in the Mall of America in Bloom-ington, Minnesota. With a menu featuring items like “Hulk-

A-Roos” the restaurant stayed open for less than a year.

Michael Jordan is Michael Jordan. So you would think any-thing this guy endorsed would turn to gold. Jordan came

out with a bowling ball designed to resemble a basketball. Itfeatured the number 23, was orange, and even had grooves

like a basketball. Only problem is, you can’t bowl with a ballthat has grooves in it. Oops.

Forty years ago, Namath decided to endorse a line of panty-hose, yes pantyhose. The commercial shows a pair of legsand describes how great the product makes the legs look.The camera pans further up the legs which turn out to be

Namath’s. It was definitely a bold move for Namath but I’mnot sure how many women are running out to buy panty-

hose after seeing them on Namath.

Grier was a standout athlete at the University of Pennsylva-nia and then went on to great success at the professional

level playing for the New York Giants and the Los AngelesRams. After his professional football career ended, he wenton to be a bodyguard for Robert Kennedy during the 1968presidential campaign. However, in 1973, Grier came outwith a book entitled Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men.

This quote from the 6’5” 300 pound Grier appeared on theback of the book, “Smile all you want, but if you try it once,

you’ll keep coming back for more, and that’s the truthbrother.”

Shaq is an extremely successful athlete. Off the court how-ever, he has made some interesting decisions. In 1994, Shaq

came out with a Sega video game called Shaq Fu. Criticshave called this the worst fighting game of all time and thereeven a website dedicated to tracking down each copy of this

game and destroying it.

Lamar Odom teamed up with his wife Khloe Kardashian ona unisex fragrance. The commercial says the fragrance is theperfect combination of masculine and feminine. To me, theidea is a little weird and the commercial is laughable. I, for

one, have no desire to simultaneously smell like LamarOdom and Khloe Kardashian.

Top 10 ...

...Dumbest Athlete Endorsed Products

10. Wayne Gretzky – The Great Gretzky Doll

1. Lamar Odom - Unbreakable

2.Shaquille O’Neal – Shaq Fu

3. Roosevelt Grier – Needlepoint for men

9. Deion Sanders – Prime Time

4. Joe Namath – Beauty Mist Pantyhose

5. Michael Jordan – Bowling Ball

6. Hulk Hogan – Pastamania

7. Shaquille O’Neal – Power Balance Wristbands

8. Terrell Owens – TO’s

Melo-mania is in full swingin the Big Apple.Yes, the New York Knicks fi-nally have landed star for-ward Carmelo Anthony,acquired in a megadeal withthe Denver Nuggets. And heis expected to make hisKnicks debut Wednesdaynight when they play the Mil-waukee Bucks at MadisonSquare Garden.But there was no official wordfrom the Knicks late Tuesdayabout Anthony's availability,and all players involved in thedeal must pass physicals.The average ticket price in thesecondary market forWednesday's game hastripled since the news brokeabout Anthony's arrival. Twocourtside seats have been soldfor more than $2,500 apiece,according to one report.And Carnegie Deli alreadyhas come out with a "MeloSandwich," featuring pas-trami, corned beef, salami,bacon and tomato on ryebread.The Bucks might be the onlyones not that excited aboutseeing Anthony in a Knicksuniform.They just faced him one weekago _ when he was still in aDenver jersey _ and he scored38 points and grabbed 12 re-bounds while leading theNuggets to a 94-87 victory atthe Bradley Center.It turned out to be Anthony's

last game wearing the Denverblue."It's tough to play a player ofhis caliber because he makes ateam so much be9er," saidBucks forward Luc RichardMbah a Moute. "It's his abilityto score, and he does it in dif-ferent ways."But it's fun. That's what weplay the game for, to goagainst the best. Every timeyou go against the best, it's anopportunity to show you cancompete."It's a different team, NewYork and Denver. It's just nothim. There's Amare(Stoudemire) and other guyswe need to contain."Stoudemire welcomed An-thony on Tuesday and said hethought the pairing couldwork. "Every team needs a 1,1A punch," said Stoudemire,who signed as a free agentwith New York last July.Stoudemire is the league'ssecond-leading scorer at 26.1points per game and Anthonyranks sixth at 25.2."It's what he wants,"Stoudemire told reporters."It's what I wanted, to come toNew York and play on the bigstage. He has the same type ofswag. This is what he wantsand he can handle it. We'regoing to do it together."The Knicks also obtained vet-eran point guard ChaunceyBillups in the trade and addedShelden Williams, AnthonyCarter and Renaldo Balkmanfrom the Nuggets. Theypicked up forward CoreyBrewer from Minnesota.Billups scored 20 pointsagainst the Bucks on Wednes-day, including a late-gamethree-pointer that gave Den-ver a lead it held the rest ofthe way.He replaces Raymond Felton,who was traded by the Knicksto Denver along with DaniloGallinari, Wilson Chandler,

Timofey Mozgov, a 2014 first-round pick and a pair of sec-ond-round picks.The Knicks (28-26) currentlyare in the sixth playoff posi-tion. But if Anthony signs thethree-year, $65 million con-tract extension he is expectedto receive from New York, thedeal is as much about the fu-ture as it is the current season.New York may have limitedsalary flexibility, however, if anew collective bargainingagreement contains a hardcap or a significant salary capreduction, as the owners arepursuing.On Wednesday it figures to bea glitzy night with Melo's in-troduction to the Gardencrowd while the Bucks tryhard to spoil the party."He's a good player, no ma9erwhere he is," Mbah a Moutesaid. "We'll have to containhim. But it's the other thingswe can control, like our game,our pace, the way we defend,the way we play offensively."Because we're not playingagainst Carmelo; we're play-ing against the Knicks."Bucks coach Sco9 Skiles usedCarlos Delfino to defend An-thony at the start of the gamelast week. Mbah a Moute gotthe assignment late in thethird quarter and throughoutthe final quarter.But Mbah a Moute might getmore Anthony duty Wednes-day with the return of powerforward Ersan Ilyasova, whomissed the Nuggets game dueto a right eye contusion."He got into it early," Mbah aMoute said of Anthony, whosank 10 of 15 shots in the firsthalf against the Bucks. "Whena player like that gets goingearly, he's hard to guard andhard to slow down."I tried my best against himand made it tough on him.But still he found ways to getit done."

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NY braces for Melo-mania

Sophomore le8 fielderKevin Brown (Northborough,Mass.) drove a solo shot overthe right field wall in the topof the eighth for the first Bull-dog home runof the season,but it wouldnot be enoughas the BryantUniversitybaseball teamfell to Okla-homa State, 8-1, Sundaya8ernoon atReynolds Sta-dium. It wasthe final gameof the three-game series asthe Bulldogsdropped to 0-3on the seasonwhile theCowboys im-proved to 3-0overall.

Oklahoma State starterJason Hursh pitched six score-less innings for the home side,allowing five hits for the winwhile Zach Johnson led theCowboy offense with 4 RBIs

and a home run.Junior Brian O'Neil (North

Reading, Mass.) took the lossfor the Bulldogs, allowingfour hits for five earned runsin 4.1 innings on the mound.Brown collected two hits onthe day and shortstop David

Soltis (Plainville, Conn.) went2-for-3 at the plate with awalk.

Oklahoma State openedthe scoring in the third on a

three-run homer by Johnsonfor the early lead. A8er Wei-denaar led off the inning witha single to right, Davis Durenworked a one-out walk to setup Johnson's shot to le8 cen-ter for the 3-0 advantage.

The Cowboys went on toscore in threeof the nextfour innings,including apair of runs inthe sixth forthe 7-0 leadbefore Brownput the visi-tors on theboard with atwo-out homerin the top ofthe eighth. Thehome squadadded onemore in thebo9om half ofthe inning tosecure the se-ries sweep.

Bryant willtravel toHouston Bap-

tist on Friday, Feb. 25 for thefirst of a three-game serieswith the Huskies this week-end. First pitch is set for noon(CT).

Brown picks up first homer of 2011;Bulldogs fall

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Brown drops the long ball last Sunday in a Bulldog loss atOklahoma State (BryantAthletics).

“I learned the importance ofdiversity within a group andhow to utilize everyone's dif-ferent skills to accomplish a

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For no particularreason, a memoryflashed across my

mind the other day, of my late mother opening thekitchen window of our home and declaring with acasual sniff of the outside air that "somebody'scooking cheap fish."

I wondered whether that olfactory observationmeant Mama knew the smell of cheap fish becauseit was typically served on our plates. Or was it theopposite? She knew what noncheap fish shouldsmell like, and that wasn't the aroma she was sniff-ing.

Not that it really ma7ers. I didn't have to inhaleour neighborhood to know it wasn't exactly ritzy.We lived in the projects, an experience that I believeincreases my empathy with people living inpoverty.

I think most Americans want to help the poor.But much of today's political rhetoric about cu7ingfederal spending makes me wonder if our concernfor the downtrodden is dwindling.

Put aside the ranting of folks like Carl Paladino,the failed New York tea-party candidate for gover-nor, who said welfare recipients ought to be housedin prison dorms where they could be taught per-sonal hygiene.

But pay a7ention to the federal budget cuts pro-posed by the tea-party-inspired Republican StudyCommi7ee, which in taking an ax-it-all approach toreducing the size of government would harm some

of this country's most vulnerable citizens.The Republican group wanted to cut $100 billion

from the current-year federal budget (House partyleaders prefer $32 billion) and chop $2.5 trillionfrom it in 10 years, excluding Medicare and SocialSecurity. Only lately have the Republicans said theywill also consider some defense cuts.

Their focus on cu7ing discretionary spending

would mean hundreds of thousands of poor chil-dren would be dropped from Head Start. Thou-sands of poor college students would have their PellGrants reduced. The Study Commi7ee wants toeliminate the Legal Aid Corp., which provideslawyers to poor defendants.

It also wants to stop funding for other programsthat conservatives see as liberal interests, such as theCorporation for Public Broadcasting and the Na-tional Endowment for the Humanities. But moreegregious are its proposed across-the-board cutsthat would affect antipoverty programs such asfood stamps.

Politicians who want to indiscriminately wield abudget ax are in essence asking people to be selfish,

to think only about themselves, and not about howtheir tax dollars might be appropriately spent tohelp others.

When I was growing up, people who had gainedsome affluence and didn't concern themselves withtheir neighbors were said to have an "I've got mine"a7itude. They had made it and didn't care aboutanyone else.

They were called "sadity," a slang term used deri-sively in African-American communities stillguided by the Booker T. Washington principle thatblack people helping each other could collectivelypull themselves up from the a6ermath of slavery.

In today's economy, many people need a hand toreach their bootstraps. But instead of helping them,some budget-cu7ers are acting like Dickens charac-ters who would rather send the poor to analmshouse if the alternative is taxpayer assistance.

That's selfish. It smacks of Ayn Rand's "objec-tivism," which contends that selfishness is not onlygood, it is a necessary ingredient for human sur-vival.

Rand could have used the term self-interest todescribe what she had in mind. But she said it wasgood to be "selfish," apparently to put at ease any-one who might otherwise feel pangs of guilt for ig-noring the poor.

"The moral purpose of a man's life is the achieve-

“The moral purpose of a man's lifeis the achievement of his own hap-piness...This does not mean that he

is indifferent to all men”

Unsated selfishnessBy Harold Jackson

MCT Campus

The news is an ever chang-ing medium that never stopsto allow us to process the in-formation that we receive on adaily basis. Whenever wehear about “breaking news”or a new development in anational story, whether on tel-evision, the internet, or ourcell phones, the next minutesomething else is happeningand those stories are chang-ing. It is what fascinates meand scares me about pursuingjournalism as a career, and italso makes this article verydifficult to write.

We have all heard aboutthe civil unrest in the countryof Egypt that erupted a monthago and how a6er 3 weeks ofrioting, violence, destruction,and chaos, Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak steppeddown from his 30-year reignand handed the country overto the Military Council. Thereare too many details and indi-vidual pieces to this story toput into one article, some ofwhich may be tainted by po-litical opinions and informa-tion sources, but there isalways a personal story be-hind it all and that is what Iwould like to share.

Joshua Hampson, aCranston, RI native and a2009 graduate of CranstonHigh School East, is currentlystudying at St. Andrew’s Uni-versity in Scotland. Duringhis winter break, he wasscheduled to spend some timewith friends in Egypt, but hehad no idea that he would be

put into the middle of a warzone within only a few hoursof touching down. Here iswhat he wrote to me abouthis experiences:

“When I landed, the gov-ernment had shut off cell[phone] service, land lines,and internet. There was nochance to communicate withthe friends I was coming tostay with, and since I landedat 6:00 p.m., it was past the4:00 p.m. curfew; they couldnot come to pick me up.While I was able to make abrief phone call home to theStates with an internationalphone, I could not call anyonein Egypt.

“There were two places toget food, a convenience storeand a Burger King. Militarypolice manned the doors andwere searching people as theyentered. The airport waspacked with tourists andbusinessmen trying to get onany flights they could.”

“I waited for a while, butdecided about six hours inthat I couldn't leave the air-port and had to try to get onthe next plane to London. (Inretrospect, I probably wouldhave decided this even if myfriends could have picked meup. A6er all, I was able to seefires in the city from the planeas we landed).”

“I heard stories from othertravelers who were there aswell - people being woken upat 4 in the morning by tourguides to get them to the air-port, tires being burnt outsidehotels, and police cars on fire.At this point, the police haddisappeared off of the streets,

as they were seen as the thugsof Mubarak and would bekilled if they stayed. The mili-tary had rolled in.

“I was able to buy a ticketon a plane to London on a dif-ferent airline than the originalone I had been planning onusing later. This was becausethere was no staff for the orig-inal airline. I had to pay fullcost of the ticket, as well as ali7le extra for the airline [thatwas] selling it. To be fair,there were also people bribingthe guards at the door of theairport to get in as well.

“Fortunately the ATMs hadenough money, as they onlytook cash and only in Egypt-ian pounds, but I emptied oneof them, remember that hun-dreds of people had beenusing these to get money forfood and water.

“Overall, it was a very in-teresting and educating expe-rience. I don't think I've everbeen in a situation in which Icouldn't use my phone to con-tact people (except beforethey were widely used). Iwasn't afraid during the expe-rience, but looking back, I re-alize how potentially bad itcould have been.”

The future of Egypt is un-certain, but many Americancitizens are fearful of whatthis means for the war in theMiddle East, especially withregards to Israel which wasbacked by Egypt. PresidentObama has been calling forpeace for Egyptians and wasquoted on CNN.com saying“Obviously there's still a lot ofwork to be done in Egypt it-self, but what we've seen so

far is positive." The UnitedStates has also been very cau-tious in dealing with this situ-ation because of the closeeconomic ties it has with thecountry, but also because it isa very violent atmosphere.

The situation in Egypt isnot going to fix itselfovernight and there will bemany months and even yearsof changes and hopefully im-provements, but the Egyptian

people have made it knownthat they are fed up with theold system, and the worldwill have to wait and see whatthe future brings.

Mr. Hampson was able tosuccessfully leave Egypt onthat day and return to family,and we thank him for his will-ingness to share his experi-ence with Bryant University.

Egypt: a student’s perspectiveBy Sara Larrabee

Staff Writer

Egyptians celebrating in Tahrir Square (MCT Campus)

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Profit and LossNot AgainThe outbreak of violence in Libya has pushedoil prices back over $100 a barrell.

I don’t want to walk all the way to the gymThis past Tuesday there was a break in thewater line to the unistructure. The water had tobe shut off inorder to repair it. Studentsneeded to walk to another building to use therestroom.

Should I be scared?Earlier this week the entire hall where ACE islocated smelled like there was a gas leak. How-ever no explanation was ever given.

Kaylee K. adviceI’m a junior, and this is the hardest semester so far for me. Ipulled four all nighters last week in a row, and next week Ihave case studies, midterms, and exams one a6er another.How do I deal with no time to sleep and all the stress?

You need to stop and breathe first, right now. I’m serious.Stop reading this and take a huge breath.

Start studying li+le by li+le for the midterms, and see if anyof your friends would be willing to make half a study guide if youmake the other half. You could even gather a group and each summa-rize a chapter. That should make the pressure a li+le easier, just hav-ing to study rather than summarize and study. Also, get togetherwith friends to study if that works for you.

Lastly, sleep is very important. You can study for days butyou won’t be able to think completely clearly without a good night’ssleep. Try to work this out as far ahead as you can, so you can get afew nights of solid sleep in. Good luck on your exams!

ment of his own happiness," Rand said. "This does not mean that he is indifferent to all men,that human life has no value to him and that he has no reason to help others in an emergency.

"But it does mean that he does not subordinate his life to the welfare of others, that he doesnot sacrifice himself to their needs, that the relief of their suffering is not his primary concern,that any help he gives is an exception, not a rule; an act of generosity, not of moral duty."

If that had been the prevailing view when Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid were pro-posed, those programs would not exist. Welfare, even the reformed version we have today,would have never been born. Lyndon Johnson, who failed to achieve his "Great Society," wouldnot have even a7empted it.

I don't mind politicians being zealous about the need to cut government spending, but let'sdo it in the context of protecting the poor in the process. Social welfare programs shouldn't beexempt from spending cuts, but neither should their reductions be so draconian as to put poorfamilies in greater jeopardy.

As for those right-wingers who consider themselves religious but want to make budget cutsthat would hurt the poor, they should read 1 John 3:17: "If anyone has material possessions andsees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that per-son?" How, indeed?

Harold Jackson works for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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5 best books for your springbreak reading list

In last week’s column, Italked about some of the awe-some and unique ways youcan spend your Spring Break.But whether you decide to siton the couch or lounge on thebeach, I think it’s safe to saythat having a book in yourhand will enhance the experi-ence.

Now I know what you ‘rethinking – who wants to haveto read when we’re on a breakfrom school?! Well, I for oneam a huge book fan, but I canunderstand that it’s not every-one’s favorite pastime. Thus,I’ve compromised. The fol-lowing list is comprised of 5of the best children’s booksthat should take you no morethan a few hours to read.

Enjoy!

1.) Tuck EverlastingWe’ll kick off this list with

a haunting and poignantnovel that will stay with youlong after you’ve put it down.Author Natalie Babbitt—aRhode Island native—crafts amoving tale of the familyTuck, a sweet and stoic familywith an eternal secret. YoungWinnie Foster stumbles uponthem one day, and her life isforever changed.

While the Disney movieadaptation is very good, itdoesn’t compare story-wise tothis beautifully-written novel.Take just a few hours to sitdown and read it; you’ll prob-ably be left asking yourself alot of worthy questions.

2.) HolesAdapted by Disney into a

successful 2003 movie, LouisSachar’s 1999 Newbery Medalwinner is a funny and sus-penseful tale that will keepyou guessing. It tells the storyof a wrongfully accused“criminal” boy who is sent tojuvenile camp to dig holesand “build character.” How-ever, he—and the friends hemakes there—discovers somuch more than expected. Iwon’t spoil any of the story,but it’s definitely worthchecking out!

3.) The Westing GameMy personal favorite on

this list, The Westing Game is afantastically witty and spookymystery that you will not beable to put down! The craftyold Mr. Westing has passedaway, but he leaves behind awill that pits 16 heirs againsteach other in a race to solve

his murder and collect hisoutstanding inheritance.

But nothing is as it seems,and the players of his “game”are in for so much more thanthey bargained for… I’ve readthis book about 10 times, andI love it more and more witheach reading. I guarantee thatin just one lazy day, you’llalso love piecing together allthe clues!

4.) Island of the Blue DolphinsLooking to add just a little

more adventure to yourbreak? This highly acclaimedpage-turner was written in1960, but is still just as capti-vating today. Telling the truestory of a young girl who isstranded for years on a Pacificisland, this novel pulls nopunches in hitting every levelof emotion – all in a day’sread.

5.) The Cat in the Hat

I can think of no better wayto enjoy break than travelingback to childhood to read myfavorite “classic.” We allknow the story. Many of ussuffered through (and tried toforget) the 2003 movie. But allof us have been impacted bythis book in one way or an-other. Besides, the cat helps toteach us some valuable les-sons that we can apply to ourlives even today. Remember,“it’s fun to have fun, but youhave to know how!”

If you haven’t had time toread any of these classics,Spring Break is the time to doso. None of them are daunt-ing, and all are entertaining.Contrary to popular belief, Ipromise you that readingover break can actually befun! And be sure to pick upthe Archway again soon foranother edition of “5 Best.”Until next time, cheers!

By Coburn ChildsStaff Writer

Film adaptation of Tuck Everlasting (MCT Campus)

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WJMF spotlight: Rock N’ MetalWhat is the name of your show? What time andday of the week?

My show is “Rock ‘N’Metal.” It is on Saturdayevenings from 6-8 PM.

Who hosts the show?

Yours truly, Justin Florio.

What type of show is it? What are some examplesof the segments you do on your show?

Well, the title basically describes it. I play rock andmetal music from rock founders like The Doors tocurrent rock bands like Shinedown with someheavy metal like Metallica and Five Finger DeathPunch also featured.

I love playing album tracks (non-singles) and I havealso played entire albums from beginning to end. Ialso feature the Big Four thrash metal bands everyweek (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax). Ihave done specialty shows, for instance, I dedicateda whole show to my favorite band ever – KISS.

What got you involved in WJMF in the first place?

When I first visited Bryant, I saw that the call le4ersmatched my initials – JMF – and I knew I had to join

as a DJ. My love for music was a minor factor aswell.

Favorite memory being on air? Special interviewyou did or caller you had?

It had to be when my brother Chris called in. We de-bated on air which AC/DC song off “Back In Black”is be4er: “Shoot To Thrill” or “Have A Drink OnMe.” I won with “Shoot To Thrill,” of course.

What are your future goals for your show?

To be the best rock music program in the history ofradio, of course! Interviewing some rock starswould be awesome, too.

What should listeners expect when tuning intoyour show?

Nothin’ but the best! I love playing different songseach week. I do not like to repeat songs a lot, unlikecommercial radio stations. So, if it rocks, it plays.Expect a unique show every week!

How can listeners tune in?

By logging onto www.wjmf887.com and listeningonline or tuning into 88.7 FM, the Beat of Bryant!

Justin Florio in the WJMF studio. (Kelsey Nowak)

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The first half of I Am Num-ber Four follows the formulafor teen romance that madeTwilight so popular. A highschool girl falls for the newschool hunk who just hap-pens to have powers beyondmortal man.

In this case it's aliens, notvampires.

The second half turns intoa close-encounters-of-the-hall-way kind when the highschool becomes a battle-ground between warringalien factions.

These two genres rarelymeet in such dramatic fash-ion. Because Director D.J.Caruso manages to blendthem so well, I Am NumberFour works.

This cinematic concoctionmakes it a perfect date movie.Alex Pettyfer, who's poised tobecome the latest Hollywoodhunk, plays John, a teen froma distant world who is hidingon Earth. A group of badaliens tracks John and hisbuddies. John is No. 4 ontheir hit list.

Scenes between Pettyferand Timothy Olyphant, whoplays the alien's guardian,have both a great father-sonand student-mentor feeling.Olyphant brings just enoughphysical and emotional inten-sity to keep the film frombeing a vapid teen-age lovestory.

Good thing Olyphant hasso much energy and Pettyfer

so much charisma, becauseGlee star Dianna Argon sucksthe life out of the movie. Hercharacter's brooding withArgon, combined with beingso soft-spoken, makes her amousy mess.

Teresa Palmer, No. 6, is farmore interesting, but shedoesn't become part of the ac-

tion until the second half.When she finally gets in-volved, she provides enoughspark to match the solid per-formances by Pettyfer andOlyphant.

Caruso's skillful directionmakes "I Am Number Four"work as both a romance andan action movie.

MCT Campus

WWoorrdd VVoommiitt

The LimboBy Blair Worthington

Staff Writercaged in

closed eyescalling for you

nothing but lies

head hurtsheart's sore

heading to insanitynothing like before

Let goloved less

longing for younothing but a mess

I Am Number Four

Tim Olyphant, who plays the alien’s guardian.(MCT Campus)

No one would ever thinkto picture surfing as a charita-ble event. Would it be possi-ble for any organization tomake a difference using sucha leisurely talent? The answeris yes, and is in fact locallybased. Surf For The Cause is anon-profit group that com-bines their love of surfingwith helping impoverishedlocal communities.

They have traveled toNicaragua and are planningto send a relief party to help aregion in India. The organiza-tion always welcomes dona-tions and volunteers, whetherto help maintain their opera-tions or accompany them on atrip. As is the case for somenon-profits however it is notalways easy to obtain the re-sources to help those in need.

That is why Surf For TheCause needs the help ofBryant University students tomake difference. What canyou do to help? In laundryrooms of all the halls are do-nation boxes that are clearlymarked with the Surf For TheCause logo. Donate clothes,water bo4les, canned food orwhatever you can to helptheir cause.

Interested in volunteering?Visit the Surf For The Causewebsite at : www.surfforthe-cause.com. Your contributionswill go towards care packagesto make an impact on those inneed, and all you have to dois give up clothing that youdo not even need anymore. Soplease on behalf of manage-ment team One Wave at aTime, do your part to supportthis group of surfers hopingto use their talents to changethe world.

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By Dallas HarismContributing WriterEvents you don’t want to miss before Spring Break

Friday, Feb. 25: Extravaganza “Breaking News” (MAC)Saturday, Feb. 26: Bryant@Night Infla-lympics (MAC) Monday, Feb. 28: SPB Spring Weekend Concert Act

Reveal (Rotunda)Wednesday, Mar. 2: The Vagina Monologues (South)

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The Bryant Players triedsomething new this semesterwith their short shows. Theychose truly short shows- 3skits lasting a total of around45 minutes. Afterwards, inpartnership with SPB, theyput on Bryant’s first WhoseLine? Event.

I was a little anxious atfirst, having heard the prem-ise of the short shows. Theconcept was fairly abstract,featuring mostly strong actingand dialogue with few props.As I arrived and saw the min-imalist set, my fears in-creased.

However, those fears weresoon allayed thanks to the act-ing of Lindsay Rice and ChrisMcDonald. The first skit,“Sure Thing,” started off a lit-tle slowly, but soon pickedup. It was about the differentavenues a first encountercould go down. A bell rangevery time one of the charac-ters made a mistake whichwould end the potential rela-tionship.

The frequent dinging was alittle jarring to begin. How-ever, I soon began to appreci-ate the humor. It effectivelyshowed the fragility of our re-lationships and how easy it isto screw things up.

Both actors gave impressiveperformances. Lindsay hasdefinitely developed as an ac-tress. Newcomer, Chris, also

surprised me with his talent.The next act, “Variations

on the Death of Trotsky,” wasodd, but entertaining. I felt itwas a little too long, but itwas well-acted, and someparts were very amusing.Miles Ferguson as Ramon wasdefinitely my favorite charac-ter. His absurd entrance andoutfit were side-splitting. Al-though I feel the context was

irrelevant and unfamiliar forBryant students, the scenewas well done.

“English Made Simple,”the final skit, was a crowd fa-vorite. I felt a few bumps inthe road, but things smoothedout. The plot of this act wasdefinitely the funniest. I espe-cially liked the exchangewhen they had a civil conver-sation, but the narrator saidtheir true thoughts, whichwere the opposite of civil.

After this performance,there was a brief break, andthen came Whose Line. It was Bryant’s version of the showWhose Line is it Anyway.They played some games youmay remember from the showsuch as the Dating Game andQuestions. A common themeof the jokes was jeggings and

whether or not they are ac-ceptable.

The actors were Justin Lon-don, David Fillinghim, StevenAdams, and Ethan Beise. Thehost was Sean Lenehan.

I was impressed. Despitelacking the professional airsof the TV show, it went offwithout a hitch. The perform-ers were hilarious. There wasonly one lull in the jokeswhich I can recall, and it wasso short that it almost wentunnoticed.

I look forward to seeingmore of these combinationsfor the short shows. I want tosee what else Bryant studentscan come up with.

A night of short showsand improv

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PICTURE“The Social Network” earned huge

praise from critics, but it doesn’t look tohave enough to hold off a furious lobbyingcampaign for “The King’s Speech” by TheWeinstein Company. To make matters moreconfusing, voters could seek refuge in “TrueGrit,” a film that has managed to stay abovethe fray as the least polarizing frontrunner.

From The Academy’s standpoint, theBest Picture race this year is largely intro-spective. Will Oscar choose a film about acouple of Harvard students creatingFacebook? Or does the inspirational (albeitthrowback) British period piece win over theolder Academy demographic? The Academyis positioned to make a big call, just as theydid last year when they gave the nod tosmaller, less effects-driven cinema in theform of “The Hurt Locker” over “Avatar.”

A Best Picture win for “True Grit”would simply be The Academy throwing uptheir hands in frustration, refuting the influ-ence of both guilds and critics alike. Still,predicting against the gentlemen (Harveyand Bob Weinstein) who rode “Shakespearein Love” and “The English Patient” to BestPicture wins feels foolhardy.SHOULD WIN: “True Grit”WILL WIN: “The King’s Speech”

DIRECTORRecent Oscar history reminds us that

Ang Lee was given a consolation BestDirector Oscar for “Brokeback Mountain”even though “Crash” was headed for aneventual Best Picture victory. Could thesame fate await David Fincher and “TheSocial Network”? The major difference isTom Hooper’s recent Best Director victoryfrom the Director’s Guild of America for“The King’s Speech.” The Director’s Guildis heavily predictive of the eventual BestDirector winner, with only six exceptionsoccurring in more than 60 years. OnceChristopher Nolan (“Inception”) was bru-tally snubbed from this category, it becameTom Hooper’s little golden man to lose.SHOULD WIN: David Fincher, “The SocialNetwork”WILL WIN: Tom Hooper, “The King’sSpeech”

ACTORColin Firth has had this category locked

up for the past four months, his GoldenGlobe and Screen Actors Guild awards onlycementing his position as the man to beat.In true Academy fashion, this win also willbe recognition of his work in last year’s “ASingle Man,” an Oscar that went to JeffBridges under the historical “We owe you”rule. Here’s hoping Firth has an inspira-tional speech at the ready; you only get onechance to win your first Academy Award.SHOULD WIN: James Franco, “127 Hours”WILL WIN: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”

ACTRESSThis has become the toughest category

to call because the momentum suggests aNatalie Portman victory, while the historyof The Academy suggests Annette Beningis long overdue. After three prior nomina-tions, Bening would be a sure thing if heryoung competition wasn’t with child … as

well as being a 15-year veteran of theindustry.Performance-wise,Portman’s take onNina Sayers in “BlackSwan” was big andbrassy while Bening’ssubtler work in “TheKids Are All Right”wouldn’t generallyfall into TheAcademy’s wheel-

house, if not for the statement the filmmakes on same-sex unions. A completecoin flip, though Portman is belovedamong her peers.

SHOULD WIN: Natalie Portman, “BlackSwan”WILL WIN: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”

SUPPORTING ACTORChristian Bale is everything The

Academy loves, and his performance in“The Fighter” was at once sublime andtranscendent. Boston accent? No problem.The mannerisms of a former drug addict?Child’s play. You don’t find many actorswilling to act as a human teeter-totterwhere their weight is concerned, but Bale’semaciated portrayal of Dicky Eklund wasabout more than just losing the pounds.The surest call of the evening.

SHOULD WIN: Christian Bale, “TheFighter”WILL WIN: Christian Bale, “The Fighter”

SUPPORTING ACTRESSThe only thing that could derail Melissa

Leo’s Academy Award win is the privatecampaign she’s wag-ing behind the scenes.Much like her take onAlice Ward in “TheFighter,” she’s her ownworst enemy. If thevoters tire of her self-promotion, where willthey look? Perhaps theprecocious HaileeSteinfeld? Her work in“True Grit” wasdelightfully under-

played, and she seems well positioned for along and fruitful career.SHOULD WIN: Hailee Steinfeld, “True Grit”WILL WIN: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”

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A STAB AT THE WINNERS (AND SHOULD-BE-WINNERS) FOR THE 2011 ACADEMY AWARDS

To quote Joan Rivers: “It’s a nice,boring show, but who cares? It’s allabout the dresses anyhow.” So let’sget on with it and present our FashionOscars in advance of the season’sbiggest red carpet.

� Best Dressed Baby Bump —Natalie Portman: This glowing mama-to-be is just pregnant enough to be cuteas a button in whatever she wears, butwe’re hoping to see her in somethingfitted to accentuate her growing babybump. Of course, the best accessory forbaby? Oscar. Maybe she should addthat to the list of possible baby names.

� Best Comeback — MichelleWilliams: We’re hoping this BestActress nominee can redeem herselffrom the Golden Globes, where shechose a daisy-covered Valentino frockthat would’ve worked at a gardenparty in the Hamptons. On the redcarpet? Not so much. For inspiration,Michelle, please Google pictures ofyourself in that stunning saffron VeraWang gown from the 2006 Oscars.The fashion world thanks you.

� Best Ingenue — HaileeSteinfeld: The youngest of the actingnominees, Hailee has nonethelessworked the red carpet like a pro thisawards season. The 14-year-old has

won raves for her appearances infresh, youthful designs by Chloe,Marchesa and Marc Jacobs. We’rejust happy she’s not taking fashioncues from Miley Cyrus.

� Best Wildcard — HelenaBonham Carter: Three cheers forthis Best Supporting Actress nomi-nee, who keeps everyone guessing on the red carpet. Will she brush herhair? Will she wear matching shoes?Will she even wear a dress at all?There are no guarantees, people.

� Best Veteran — NicoleKidman: Once a perpetual BestDressed nominee, this veteranactress has failed to wow us on ared carpet lately. But she’s stillgot that tall, slim figure andporcelain skin, so let’s hopeKidman brings back a littleglamour to this year’s awards.

� Best Newcomer —Jennifer Lawrence: Farfrom the gritty character sheplayed in “Winter’s Bone,”this fashion newbie has beenmaking bold choices offscreen.Can she top the daring LouisVuitton flamenco-style gown she woreto the Golden Globes? We can’t wait tofind out. — Pamela Sitt, Film.com

BY LAREMY LEGELFilm.com

Only two of the six major categories, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, areconsidered “settled” as we head into the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. The otherselections? There’s a solid chance they will invite at least minor controversy. We’refortunate in that the volatile turf includes the granddaddy of them all, Best Picture,with the Best Director race also tilting unpredictable due to the instability at the top.

“The Social Network” and “The King’s Speech” are the co-frontrunners for BestPicture, though the preferential ballot does leave some room for intrigue when theawards are announced Feb. 27 (8 p.m. ET, ABC). Other legitimate horse racesinclude Annette Bening versus Natalie Portman and Melissa Leo versus herself.

Intrigue abounds, and it all adds up to what should be the most captivatingOscar telecast in years.

BEST ACTOR�� Javier Bardem, “Biutiful”�� Jeff Bridges, “True Grit”�� Jesse Eisenberg, “The Social Network”�� Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”�� James Franco, “127 Hours”

�� “127 Hours”�� “Black Swan”�� “The Fighter”�� “Inception”�� “The Kids Are All

Right”

�� “The King’s Speech”�� “The Social

Network”�� “Toy Story 3”�� “True Grit”�� “Winter’s Bone”

BEST ACTRESS�� Annette Bening, “The Kids Are All Right”�� Nicole Kidman, “Rabbit Hole”�� Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter’s Bone”�� Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”�� Michelle Williams, “Blue Valentine”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR�� Christian Bale, “The Fighter”�� John Hawkes, “Winter’s Bone”�� Jeremy Renner, “The Town”�� Mark Ruffalo, “The Kids Are All Right”�� Geoffrey Rush, “The King’s Speech”

BEST PICTURE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS�� Amy Adams, “The Fighter”�� Helena Bonham Carter, “The King’s Speech”�� Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”�� Hailee Steinfeld, “True Grit”�� Jackie Weaver, “Animal Kingdom”

BEST DIRECTOR�� Darren Aronofsky, “Black Swan”�� David Fincher, “The Social Network”�� Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”�� David O. Russell, “The Fighter”�� Joel and Ethan Coen, “True Grit”

�� “How to Train Your Dragon”

�� “The Illusionist”�� “Toy Story 3”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

�� “Biutiful” (Mexico)�� “Dogtooth” (Greece)�� “In a Better World”

(Denmark)

�� “Incendies”(Canada)

�� “Outside the Law”(Algeria)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)�� “Another Year” — Mike Leigh�� “The Fighter” — Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy,

Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington�� “Inception” — Christopher Nolan�� “The Kids Are All Right” — Lisa Cholodenko,

Stuart Blumberg�� “The King’s Speech” — David Seidler

BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED)�� “127 Hours” — Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy�� “The Social Network” — Aaron Sorkin�� “Toy Story 3” — Michael Arndt, John

Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich�� “True Grit” — Joel and Ethan Coen�� “Winter’s Bone” — Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)�� “How to Train Your Dragon” — John Powell�� “Inception” — Hans Zimmer�� “The King’s Speech” — Alexandre Desplat�� “127 Hours” — A.R. Rahman�� “The Social Network” — Trent Reznor,

Atticus Ross

�� “Black Swan”�� “Inception”�� “The King’s Speech”

�� “The Social Network”

�� “True Grit”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)�� “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” —

Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, Hillary Lindsey�� “I See the Light” from “Tangled” — Alan

Menken, Glenn Slater�� “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” — A.R. Rahman,

Dido, Rollo Armstrong�� “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3” —

Randy Newman

�� “Alice in Wonderland”�� “Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallows I”

�� “Inception”�� “The King’s Speech”�� “True Grit”

BEST ART DIRECTION

�� “Alice in Wonderland”

�� “I Am Love”

�� “The King’s Speech”�� “The Tempest”�� “True Grit”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

�� “Exit through the Gift Shop”

�� “Gasland”

�� “Inside Job”�� “Restrepo”�� “Waste Land”

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

�� “Killing the Name”�� “Poster Girl”�� “Strangers No More”

�� “Sun Come Up”�� “The Warriors of

Qiugang”

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

�� “127 Hours”�� “Black Swan”�� “The Fighter”

�� “The King’s Speech”�� “The Social

Network”

BEST FILM EDITING

�� “Barney’s Version”�� “The Way Back”

�� “The Wolfman”BEST MAKEUP

�� “Day & Night”�� “The Gruffalo”�� “Let’s Pollute”

�� “The Lost Thing”�� “Madagascar,

carnet de voyage”

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

�� “The Confession”�� “The Crush”

�� “God of Love”

�� “Na Wewe”�� “Wish 143”

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

�� “Inception”�� “Toy Story 3”�� “Tron: Legacy”

�� “True Grit”�� “Unstoppable”

BEST SOUND EDITING

�� “Inception”�� “The King’s Speech”�� “Salt”

�� “The Social Network”

�� “True Grit”

BEST SOUND MIXING

�� “Alice in Wonderland”�� “Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallows I”

�� “Hereafter”�� “Inception”�� “Iron Man 2”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

James Franco in Danny Boyle’s “127Hours.”

THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

Colin Firth as King George VI in TomHooper’s “The King’s Speech.”

COLUMBIA P ICTURES

Andrew Garfield, Joseph Mazzello,Jesse Eisenberg and Patrick Maple in“The Social Network.”

FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

Natalie Portman stars in DarrenAronofsky’s “Black Swan.”

PARAMOUNT

Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, MattDamon and Josh Brolin in The CoenBrothers’ version of “True Grit.”

PARAMOUNT

Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg in“The Fighter.”

Annette Bening

Melissa Leo

HELENABONHAMCARTER

HAILEESTEINFELD

NATALIEPORTMAN

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