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SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

VOLUME 70, NUMBER 16 WWW.SUFFOLKJOURNAL.NET February 24, 2010

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News"College Republicans hosteconomic forum" pg. 4

Opinion"IThe Man Column:Urinetiquette" pg. 6

Arts &Entertainment"Suffolk professor appearingon WGBH program" pg. 8

Sports"Vienneau a key part of LadyRams' surprising success"pg. 16

The Black Student Union

(BSU) serves as student sup-

port for both personal and

academic experiences at Suf-

folk University. Members are

aided with the adjustment to

college life and are encour-

aged to increase cross-cultural

communication. BSU hosts an-

nual events such as Black His-

tory Month and African Dias-

pora (last semesters theme was

Evolution of Hip-Hop); other

social and educational events

to promote awareness of Af-

rican descent include speak-

ers, movie nights, and meals.

We have over 300 ac-

tive members, and we are the

biggest organization on cam-

pus, said Roosevelt Lewis, a

senior and the BSU Commu-

nications Coordinator. We

know most of our members be-

cause we are really involved.

The President of BSU,

Jessica Ross, was in one of my

classes and introduced me to

the organization, said Suolk

sophomore Caroline Lauture.

I liked what I learned about

the organization and decided

to be more than just a member,

but an active member by run-

ning for the Executive Board

position. Lauture is now the

BSU Public Relations Executive.

BSU has been hosting

events all month in celebration

of Black History Month (Febru-

ary 2-27). The Black Heritage

Trail and Lunch with the Black

Studies Program has already

occurred, along with a screen-

ing of Spike Lees School Daze

(40 Acres and a Mule Film-

works,1988). Last Tuesday, an

event called Recession Proof,

featuring guest speaker Bakari

Kitwana, an author, activist,

journalist, and political analyst,

was hosted by BSU, the Oce

of Diversity Services and Saw-

yer Business School Academics

Commiee. Kitwanas lecture,

Young Americans in the new

Economy, covered the global

economy and recent recession.

There has been a great

turnout for the big events, and

the smaller events are a lile

bit more intimate, said Suf-

folk junior Jessica Ross, BSU

President. A few weeks ago, A

Taste for Haiti succeeded with

over 100 people in aendance.

As far as Black History Month

events, the movie had a turnout

BSU celebrates Black History Month

We are the next great generation

Photo by Jason Potteiger

Jen Schmidt (class of 2009) at the launch of Gen Y

lifestyle magazine, The Next Great Generation

Photo Courtesy of Jessica Ross

Black Student Union members on the "Black Heritage Trail," standing in front of the Beacon Hillhome of Lewis Hayden, fugitive slave and leading abolitionist whose home became a meeting

place on the underground railroad.

Angela Bray

Journal Staf f

see BSU page 3

New magazine devoted to Gen Y launched

Generation Y. Millen-

nial Generation. Echo Boom-

ers. This demographic cant

even pin down a name for it-

self, so how can anyone be ex-

pected to understand them?

Encompassed in this name-

shiing group are those fol-lowing Generation X, or those

approximately 15-35 years old.

Fresh, changing, and dier-

ent than all its predecessors,

Gen Y continues to be elusive

to all its outsiders. Advertis-

ers, manufacturers, and cul-

tural commentators just want

to understand what exactly is

going on with them and how

this budding generation can

be reached. What do they eat?

What are they aracted to?

What kind of lifestyle do they

lead? All of these questions are

dicult for baby boomers and

Generation Xs to answer due to

the extreme changes in culture,

entertainment, and society.

Enter The Next Great Gen-

eration. No, this is not yet

another name for this demo-graphic, but a new blog that is

seeking to patch together the

breadth of knowledge about

Gen Y. Started by Boston-based

advertising company, Mullen,

The Next Great Generation

(TNGG) is an honest and tell-

ing amalgamation of articles

on topics pertaining to this

Shoshana Akins

Journal Staff

see GEN Y page 9


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news

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POLICE BLOTTER

Wednesday, Feb. 17

11:39 a.m.150 Tremont St.Larceny report at 150 Tremont Street. Reportled.

4:33 a.m.Donahue BuildingReceived a report of a ght on the 4th oorof 41 Temple St. Units 67, 64, 41, 36 and 71responding. Report led.

6:49 p.m.150 Tremont St.

A knife conscation at 150 Tremont Streetcafeteria area. Report led.

Friday, Feb. 198:35 p.m.10 West St.Knife conscation at 10 West Street. Report tofollow.

Saturday, Feb. 20

10:46 p.m.150 Tremont St.Report of a smell of maruana at 150 TremontStreet. Units 44 and 35 responding. Reportled.

Monday, Feb. 22

2:41 p.m.73 Tremont St.Unit 77 conducted an investigation regardingmissing laptops from 73 Tremont Street. Re-

port led.

February 24, 2010

The third annual Multicul-

tural Summit, a full-day work-shop designed to train people

on how to build skills and com-

municate eectively, will kick

o Unity Week this Saturday

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in

the Donahue Caf. The Oce

of Diversity Services is oer-

ing this workshop to all Suf-

folk students, facility and sta.

This workshops pur-

pose is to reframe views on

confrontation and assertive-

ness, which leads to greater

self condence and peace-ful interactions with others.

On Saturday, students

and sta will learn from Joe

Weston about this years

topic on the practice of com-

passionate engagement.

Weston is an international

trainer, coach, lecturer, facilita-

tor, author and a consultant. He

is also an initiator of the Heart-

walker Peace Project, which,

according to their website, is

a volunteer organization that

creates and fosters a global

community with peace and co-

operation as its foundation.

He will lead this work-

shop to teach people how to

focus on personal fulllment,

true power, respectful con-

frontation and lasting peace.

During this time, Associate

Director of Diversity Services

Craig Cullinane said, students

and sta will be able to reect

on their own, and learn how to

respond to conict in an appro-

priate way. [Students and sta]

will learn eective ways to solve

problems, and what ways arent

eective at solving conicts.

Participants will also learn

what builds good communica-

tion skills, which will help in

the future at solving conicts,

and how to react during un-

wanted situations. Cullinane

said the purpose of the event isto build bridges between peo-

ple of dierent backgrounds.

Last semester a student

received hate mail for being

gay, which Cullinane con-

demns. When events like

[hate mail] happen, [this work-

shop] helps people to respond

in an appropriate maer.

Sophomore Ryan McCar-

thy thinks a summit to teach

people how to react to such

adversity is a good idea. I

have always been open aboutmy sexuality and being me,

and if someone were to react

negatively towards my sexu-

ality, I wouldnt know how to

react. I would be shocked.

This summit will be kick-

ing o Unity Week 2010 with

many more events to follow.

Explore Spain will be an

event to come together and cel-

ebrate Spains diversity. All Suf-

folk students are invited to take

part in the celebration, and will

be able to taste Spanish food,

see pictures of Spain and learn

more about the Madrid cam-

pus. This event will take place

on Sunday in the basement of

150 Tremont, from 6:00 p.m. to

8:00 p.m. Explore Japan will

be at the same time in the atri-

um of 10 Somerset. All students

will be able to see pictures of

Japan, learn how to create orig-

amis, and learn about study

abroad experiences in Asia.

Nick Verreos will be

speaking at the C. Walsh The-

ater on Monday, March 1 at

7:00 p.m. According to an email

from David DeAngelis, Direc-

tor of Student Leadership and

Involvement, Verreos is known

for receiving national and in-

ternational aention aer ap-

pearing on Project Runway and

has since enjoyed success as a

red carpet fashion expert on E!Entertainment, SoapNet and

TV Guide Network. Verreos is

also a glam squad stylist on

MSN.coms Style Studio and

has appeared on MTVs The

Hills and Project Runway Canada.

The Unity Week Gal-

lery will be an exhibit created

by the Oce of Disability Ser-

vices, S.O.U.L.S Community

Service Center and NESAD to

promote education awareness

of disability through dierent

art forms. These art forms willhelp empower and provide

support to people with disabil-

ities. The Unity Week Gallery

will be on Tuesday, March 2 at

1:00 p.m. in the Donahue Lobby.

Dr. Ulric Johnson will

be discussing the complex-

ity of diversity and what it

means to Suolk. He will also

be discussing a model of di-

versity awareness and social

change. Managing Diversity in

the Workplace, a management

class at Suolk, will also be

showing an art presentation on

global perspectives on manag-

ing diversity. These discussions

will be on Wednesday March

3 at 3:00 p.m. in the amenities

conference room in 73 Tremont.

To wrap up Unity Week

and to celebrate how much it

has grown over the years at

Suolk, the Unity Week Show-

case will show how students

share their cultures through

various forms of expression

and performances. The end

of this years Unity Week will

be in the C. Walsh Theater on

Thursday, March 4 at 7:00 p.m.

Cait O'Callaghan

Journal Staf f

Correction:

In the Feb. 17 issue of the Suffolk Journal,

An SGA candidate's name was spelled

wrong. His last should have been spelled

Migliacci.

Suffolk to host Unity Week


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PAGE 3 February 24, 2010

Suolk Universitylaunched the ECO-Rep pro-

gram in the Fall 2009 semes-

ter. The program promotes

environmental outreach and

education to students liv-

ing in the residence halls.

We push recycling and

green living, as it is easy to

make small changes to make

the environment beer than

it is, said Suolk fresh-

man Neha Kumari, ECO-Rep

for the 10 West dormitory.

We really need studentswho live in the residence

halls, said Erica Maison,

campus Sustainability Coor-

dinator. They are the ones

who know the buildings best:

the people, how things work,

and the everyday status of

things. According to Mai-

son, the program has almost

doubled in size, as there were

only three student Reps last se-

mester, and now there are ve.

The Hya, 10 West, and Miller

Hall each have one ECO-rep,while 150 Tremont has two.

Erica came to my Fresh-

man Seminar class and told

us about the program, said

Kumari. She said that if

we had work study eligi-

bility, we could get hired. I

needed a work study job, and

it sounded like a good idea.

ECO-Reps are paid work

study students, and dedicatetheir time as peer educators to

contribute to resident hall pro-

gramming; they raise aware-

ness about issues such as waste

reduction, recycling, indoor air

quality, and energy and water

conservation. The Reps in each

residence hall lead campus pro-

grams and host informational

tables. We do a lot of tabling.

I usually go on the rst oor [of

10 West] and set out yers, pens,

and mugs for students to take.

We also rae o T-shirts, saidKumari. The program is re-

ally new though, and it is hard

for students to stop and check

out the tables because theyre

always busy and in a rush.

Kumari said Reps spend

eight to 10 hours each week

tabling and promoting. We

make sure everyones recycling

and doing their part, she said.

They meet every other Tuesday

to discuss their accomplish-

ments and receive task sheets

of what to promote and tableeach week. It is convenient for

Reps to work from their dorms

and t everything around

their personal schedules.

The 2010 RecycleMania

tournament is currently run-

ning, which is a ten-week

competition among colleges

and universities all across the

country; schools that recycle

the most are ranked. We are beer than a lot of schools,

as Suolk ranks at number

two in Boston, said Kumari.

Another event is a dorm

room open house in the ECO-

Reps rooms, displaying green

living with items such as eco-

friendly light bulbs and bags;

all students will be allowed to

drop by and visit the rooms.

The program likes to pro-

mote events both on and o

campus so that not only the

Suolk community, but theBoston community, can become

informed on and involved with

helping the environment. Last

Monday, the Reps hosted the

Story of Stu short lm and

discussion concerning how

to re-use and recycle items.

This Thursday, there will be a

screening of Tapped, a docu-

mentary about the privatiza-

tion of water. The lm, fol-

lowed by a Q&A with an expert

panel, will take place in the rst

oor Amenities ConferenceRoom at 73 Tremont. The event

is free and open to the public.

Later in the year, the ECO-

Rep Program will lead the

dump and run program,

where students gather all of

the items in their rooms they

dont want and donate them

to be re-used and recycled.

Incentives are oered as

much as possible. If I see

people recycling, I can give

them coupons for the cafes in

the academic building, said

Kumari. There are two cur-

rent competitions throughout

the dorms. For this month,

the dorm with the greatest re-

cycling percentage will win an

ice cream party, said fresh-man Michael Ahern, one of

the 150 Tremont Reps. For the

month of March, the dorm with

the greatest energy conserva-

tion will win a pizza party.

Ahern suggested the best

way for students to get more

information is to join the web-

page for Suolk Sustainability

or join the mailing list, as that

is where upcoming events are

posted. Maison also sends

out a few eco-updates via e-

mail each month; to join the

mailing list, an e-mail can be

sent to [email protected].

The recycling rates have

increased since the program

started. If it keeps going next

year, the program will de-nitely pick up and get a posi-

tive response, said Kumari.

We learned a lot since the

program started, and it is con-

tinuing to grow, evolve, and im-

pact, said Maison. I think it

will be bigger and beer this fall.

Photo courtesy of Erica Mattison

Suffolk ECO-reps (l-r): Ari Wannamaker, Ibeth Tajada,Louisa Carpenter, Neha Kumari, and Michael Ahern.

Angela Bray

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ECO-reps help clean up Suffolk

of 20, as did Kitwanas lec-

ture. There were 75 people at

the Opening Ceremony, which

was a prey big deal, said Ross.

This Thursday, BSU will be

hosting the Annual Soul Food

Luncheon in Donahue 403 from

1:00-2:15 p.m. The Soul Food

Luncheon is an annual event

we have held for quite some

time, said Lewis. Last years

luncheon had a turnout of

250 people. This years theme

is A Backyard Barbecue.Soul food is "down-home,

southern-style, from areas such

as South Carolina and Geor-

gia; it started during slavery,

as they took what they had

and made meals form it, said

Lewis. It is homemade, 'good

grandmother' food that brings

everyone together." One of

the traditional meals is called

chierlings, which includes

rice, corn bread, fried chicken,

and hot sauce. The luncheon

is free and open to all. TheBSU will be accepting dona-

tions for Haiti at the event.

The month of March is

Womens History Month, and

BSU will be hosting My Black

is Beautiful, an event to em-

power everyone in the black

community. The event will

feature special guest YaYa Da-

Costa from Americas Next Top

Model, who will speak, answer

questions, sign autographs,

and take photos. In early April,the BSU will also be host-

ing a service day, which will

take place at Franklin Park in

Dorchester. The day is dedi-

cated to clean up the park and

promote community service.

"BSU is a great organiza-

tion. We have a lot to oer to

students, and it is a great op-

portunity to learn about and

celebrate black heritage and

culture, said Ross. We are

there for students and let them

know there is someone for themto talk and relate to. BSU is es-

pecially great for freshmen to

get involved, make friends, and

learn about areas of Boston."

Students are encouraged

to get involved by aending

general meetings. "We talk to

members to see how they're

doing and how we can im-

prove, said Lewis. It's not

about us. It is all about the

from BSU page 1

ECO-reps help clean up Suffolkstudents. We incorporate all

of the students' wants, and askthem, 'What do you want?'"

You can also [join the

group] on Facebook and that

way you are able to receive

all e-mails and updates on

our events, said Lauture. The

group posts include Black His-

tory facts, as well as information

promoting current and upcom-

ing events. By signing up for the

e-mail list, students will receive

notications on events, scholar-

ships, and general knowledge.

"Our Executive Board mem-bers are very friendly and stu-

dents can always come by the

Oce of Diversity Services

to talk with us, said Ross.

Last year, BSU won Out-

standing Organization of the

Year. It made me want to work

harder. We were ecstatic to work

hard and give back to the com-

munity, said Ross. We are all

about Suolk and the students!

Photo courtesy of Jessica Ross

A Black Student Union member viewing the From Iowato the White House exhibit at the Museum of African

American History.


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The College Republicans

hosted an economic forum

Tuesday featuring Suolk pro-

fessor and chairman of the

Beacon Hill Institute David G.

Teurck, PhD. Prior to his work

at Suolk and the B.H.I., Teurck

was a director in the Economic

Analysis Group at Coopers and

Lybrand, in addition to serv-

ing as a director of the Center

for Research and Advertising

at the American Enterprise In-stitute. Teurck also holds a

doctorate in economics from

the University of Virginia.

Teurck started o with a

brief overview of his politi-

cal background, sharing how

his interest in politics took o

during the Kennedy campaign

and how his mother used to

say he was baptized a Dem-

ocrat, coming from a fam-

ily of Roosevelt era Democrats.

The forum opened with

Teurck reecting on PresidentObamas campaign. [Obamas]

selling a bill of goods he never

should be allowed to sell, he

said, referencing the promise

of economic recovery through

green jobs, tax cuts, and

various stimulus programs.

Teurck feels raising the taxes

for Americans that make over

$250,000 is more of a punish-

ment then a productive stimu-

lus measure, straight out of

the Communist manifesto.

Teurck called the Green

Jobs Stimulus a public rela-

tions campaign for the Obama

administration, saying the jobs

created are jobs you give to

people for things that people

dont want to buy.

Further aacking

the administration's

Green campaign,Teurck calls the nu-

merous greenhouse

emissions regulations

ineective in the long

run without world-

wide cooperation. He did, how-

ever, point out that the United

States is seing an example, and

ideally, other nations will fol-

low suit aer seeing our com-

mitment to the environment.

When asked what he would

do to stimulate the economy,

Teurck responded by sayingthere are two schools of eco-

nomic thought, further stat-

ing that markets le unrelated

will do well and keeping

taxes low, will result in a good

economy. Expanding upon

his previous statement, he said

he would also, freeze capital

trade taxes, put health care re-

form on hold, work to control

the decits [and] bring federal

spending down resulting in

the economy correcting itself.

Taking a question from

audience member junior Mike

Gomez regarding how Obama

was handling the economic

crisis, Teurck responded by

saying, Obama got elected

on a bad deal. In regards to

Obamas mounting debt and

federal decit, Teurck is le

wondering when the savings

binge to backup the levels of

debt is coming. He noted that

when the government carries

excessive debt, its a bad sign to

businesses. He also stressed thepoint that the government needs

to encourage savings through

freezing taxes on capital gains,

marginal rates, and dividends.

In regards to federal and

state contracts, Teurck called

union labor contracts, the

Ryan Boyle

Journal Staf f

kiss of death, saying that the

unions unnecessarily inate

project costs, and take away

the competitive atmosphere of

the construct ion industry. He

commended former President

Bush for banishing union labor

contracts from the federal gov-

ernment, and cited how non-

unionized contracts resulted in

cost savings and more competi-

tion between bids for contracts.

Teurck pre-

dicts that Obama

will not get re-

elected in the2012 election, un-

less he acts more

like a Republi-

can and that the

Democrats in gen-

eral will lose lots of seats.

Another question asked of

Teurck by Suolk GOP Presi-

dent Karl Homan was in ref-

erence to jump starting jobs

in Mass. Teurck said the state

should rescind the sales tax

increase, rid spending, and

reduce the corporate tax, de-spite the fact that high-tech

and investment companies

in Boston were performing

well in this economic strug-

gle. In regard to the states

health welfare program Teurck

said, a generous public wel-

fare program has got to go

and that the minimum wage

should be lowered to allow for

more competitive jobs among

teenagers and immigrants.

In addition to lowering

the minimum wage, Teurck

feels that salaries for teachers

should be increased, in addi-

tion to police ocers. "We pay

[ocers] for the job of ghting

crime and going aer the bad

people instead of standing over

a manhole cover, referenc-

ing a Mass. law that requires

a police presence on job sites.The last way to reduce

the decit and save mon-

ey is through eliminating

Medicare and urging Ameri-

cans to save for healthcare

and other expenses, while

leaving Medicaid alone.

The one thing Teurck

agrees with is Obamas new

plan for government Pell

Grants, saying, it gets stu-

dents to Suolk and helps

them graduate, I like that.

There was a reallystrong turnout and it was

refreshing to hear a dier-

ent Republican viewpoint

at the forum, said Ho-

man, where some come with

such a stringent viewpoint.

College Republicans host economic forumSuffolk Economics Chair talks money and politics

"...straight out of theCommunist manifesto."


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February 24, 2010

Hundreds ocked to the

streets of Bostons China Town

last weekend to witness the

China Town Lion Dance Pa-

rade, which capped the second

of three weekend celebrations

in honor of this years Chinese

New Year, the year of the tiger.

The Lion Dance is similar to

and commonly confused with

the Dragon Dance, in which

more than three people make

up the team inside the dragon

costume the dierence be-

tween the lions and dragons is

a lack of horns and the Lion

Dance is made up of one or

two people inside the lion cos-

tume. The lion team danced to

music played by a drum, gong,

and cymbal crew that followed

the lion all over the streets of

China Town, together with

ag holders. The drummers

played constantly, with slight

variations to their beat, and the

lion would then dance along,

with the dancer inside control-

ling the lions head juing it up

and to le with a swi motion,

then up and to the right, then

dipping low, side to side. The

drum and cymbals continued

with a persistent pounding as

the lion danced down the street.

Shop owners, standing out-

side their stores, leave oer-

ings of leuce and/or oranges

for the lion, or as it is called,

choy cheng, or Eating of the

Green.Of course, in America,

the green has come to sym-

bolize money and a type of

payment to the lion team. In

most Lion Dance celebrations a

small red envelope with some

actual money is aached to the

choy cheng. On Sunday, these

were handed out, not aached

to the oering. With good rea-

son too the oering of green

is picked up by the lion head

with its mouth, shredded and

then tossed into the air to

the le and right, spreading

to the good luck all around.

James Chin, 38, of The

Gung Ho Club Freemason Lion

Dance Team, said that the choy

cheng handed out by the shop

owners is not only to bring good

luck to the business, but to

ward o evil spirits and bring

prosperi ty. The Gung Ho

Club is just one of many Lion

Tom Russo

Journal Staf f

Dance Teams that toured the

streets Sunday. Almost every

martial arts school in the city

has its own Lion Dance team.

The lions movements mim-

ic martial arts movements.

Multiple teams of drum-

mers, ag men, and costumed

dancers continued to parade

through the streets, perform-

ing the lion dance outside of

what seemed like every singleChinese business in the area.

Crowds followed the dance

teams, through the tight China

Town Streets, while huge bun-

dles of reworks were strung

from re escapes and thrown

at the feet of the dancing li-

ons, sounding intermient

booms that echoed for blocks.

The experienced specta-

tors walked the streets wear-

ing goggles to protect their

eyes from hot pieces of re-

works ying through the air,

while some members of the

Lion teams wore respirators.

The thousands of reworks le

plumes of smoke, the scent of

gunpowder, and a prodigious

mess. As the lions danced, chil-

dren played in the dusty piles

of spent reworks casings that

liered every street. Shred-

ded leuce and smashed or-

anges also covered the streets.

While the aitude in the

streets was one of celebra-

tion, most business owners

and street vendors kept their

stores open, leaving the cash

register only when the lions ar-

rived to bestow good luck on

their front steps. The event ran

from 10 a.m. to about 5 p.m.,

leaving even the most physi-

cally t Lion Dancers tired. By

4:30, the street sweeper had

arrived to begin the serious

job of cleaning up the mess.

Photo by Tom Russo

Photo by Tom Russo

Photo by Tom Russo

China Town rings in New YearHundreds gather to celebrate the Year of the Tiger

DOHA, Qatar A truce between the Sudanese Govern-ment and the most dangerous rebel group in Darfur has been

made just in time for the rst national election the country

has had in decades. The truce was signed yesterday in Doha,

Qatar between the rebel Justice and Equality Movement and

the government with the U.S. , U.N., Arab representatives

and the president of Chad. The truce is a cease-re that will,

if held, lead to political negotiations on March 15. The trea-

ty was sped up by improved relations between Sudan and

Chad, who, in the past had accused one another of support-

ing the opposite countrys rebel groups. According to The

Washington Post, the declared end of bierness between Chad

and Sudan is a huge step towards ending violence in Darfur.

MARJAH, Afghanistan An air strike ordered by U.S.

Special Operation Forces killed 27 civilians in southern Af-

ghanistan Monday. The airstrike was said to have broken

the rules of engagement, according to Afghan and coalition

ocials. The aack was hundreds of miles outside Marjah,

which is the newest bale ground of the biggest oensive

aack in Afghanistan since 2001. According to the Wall Street

Journal, a NATO spokesman said he couldn't conrm that

U.S. Special Operations Forces called in the strike. Af-ghanistans Cabinet was quoted calling the latest airstrike

unjustiable. The deaths of civilians have further caused

problems in eorts to win over the civilians in Marjah,

complicating the search for Taliban members in the area.

FALKLAND ISLANDS, Argentina The UK began drill-

ing for oil 62 miles north of UK territory in the South At-

lantic Ocean, with strong opposition from Argentina. Argen-

tina has claimed sovereignty of the area and has imposedshipping restrictions. Britain has reported that the drilling

should take approximately 30 days. Argentina continues to

ght and oppose the UKs drilling and asked for support

from other Latin American countries at a regional meeting

in Mexico. According to BBC News, Venezuelan President

Hugo Chavez said, Britain was being irrational and had to

realize the time for empires was over." Meanwhile, UK For-

eign Secretary David Miliband said British oil exploration in

the area was "completely in accordance with international

law." Britains Prime Minister said that the UK is doing ev-

erything they can to ensure the safety of the Falkland Islands.


6/16


Staf f EditorialAs a commuter school with

a blue collar reputation, Suolk

students should be jumping for

joy all over President Obamas

promise to increase the availabil-

ity of Pell Grants and make them

an entitlement program, like

Social Security and Medicare.

In this budget, Obama is

increasing Pell Grants by 92

percent, which will allow stu-

dents to receive a maximum of

$5,710 annually and will allow

one million more students to ac-

cess funds for nancial aid. Heis also aempting to convince

Congress to make the grants

an entitlement, which as the

LA Times explained, would

be guaranteed to anyone eli-

gible, and Congress would be

obliged to fund the program

for all who qualify. At pres-

ent, the program is subject to

haggling in the budget-mak-

ing process, and so the actual

grants end up being less than

what lawmakers authorize.

In 2008, the average stu-

dent debt for those graduat-

ing from four-year private

not-for-prot universities

was $33,050 and 96 percent of

graduates from those schools

had some sort of student debt.

At Suolk, many students

dont receive as much nan-

cial aid as they need, unfor-

tunately, what with the mas-

sive amount of bureaucracyinvolved, combined with the

nancial meltdown of the

past couple years, and, thank

god, someone nally noticed.

Obama is the best thing

to happen to college students

since Pell Grants were invented

in the 1970s especially be-

cause of his recommendations

that student debt would be

forgiven in 20 years and that

graduates would only need

to pay 10 percent of their in-

come on federal student loans.

Making college aord-

able is one of the campaign

promises Obama is actually

sticking to, and its one of the

main reasons college students

came out in droves to elect

him in the rst place. In the

United States of America, no

one should go broke because

they chose to go to college, he

said in the State of the Unionlast month. And hes right.

If nothing else gets done

at all in the next three years,

at least Obama can say that

he tried to x the problem of

student debt because its ri-

diculous that students can be

thousands of dollars in debt

the second they take their last

nal. And Obama gets that.

Hey creep. Yea, Im talking

to you. The other day I went

into the bathroom because,

well, I had to go. So, I get up

there, pull down my zipper, and

start hosing down the porcelain

dream-machine. This is when

you came in, pulled up next tome, kind of moved close to me,

and basically broke the code of

the urinal. Seriously man, you

made me feel really uncomfort-

able being all up in my man

business there. I mean, it isnt

my fault that there wasnt a bar-

rier between both of the urinals,

but still, I was standing on one

end, and there were two other

ones to the right of me, but in-

stead of the obvious choice, tak-

ing the urinal furthest from me,

you decided to plot your sturight there only about a foot

and a half from mine. Heres a

few of the precautions

you should take into

account before you

ever try to make an-

other man feel un-

comfortable again.

First o, you

never, ever, go to

a urinal thats next

to one currently in

use, unless there

are only two andthe toilet stall is

full. Its just awk-

ward man. I know

there are some

dudes that are all

for a comfortable,

relaxing time, which does

not include you. Its like trying

to drink a cup of soda, but you

see theres a piece of hair in it. It

basically stops you from doing

what you want to do. Geing too

close to one another in the bath-

room stops what the initial ruleof the bathroom is, this is the

relief rule. You go into the bath-

room to relieve yourself rst

and foremost. Sure, other things

may go down in the bathroom,

but seriously, I look forward to

the bathroom, not your body

shiing itself towards mine.

So, back what I previously

mentioned: if there are more

than two urinals in a bathroom

and one is being used that isnt

in the middle of three, then you

go to the farthest urinal pos-

sible. If this is too much for you,

then just go in the toilet. Its not

like you havent done it. There

arent really that many toilets

in peoples houses or apart-

ments, so it shouldnt be a shock

to just let it out into the can.

Now, another thing Idlike to point out is directed at

those companies or buildings

that dont put stalls or barri-

ers in between their urinals.

For gods sake man, this only

encourages people to play the

peeper! Not only is it awk-

ward, its also obviously cheap.

This brings me to the last

point of this weeks column:

peepers. We all know they exist,

and we all get kind of un-

comfortable when

ones looking there.What is their deal?

Why is that any kind

of their business? Its

m i n e ,

not yours,

and youre not

going to get it dude,

so stop looking. Do these peo-

ple just go to bathrooms for

the sole purpose of peeping?

So, hopefully some of youwho werent already in on the

silent contract of men have

learned something about uri-

nal etiquee in this weeks is-

sue. Hopefully, the amount of

uncomfortable encounters will

lower signicantly aer the cam-

pus reads this, because one thing

is for sure: the bathroom will al-

ways be used as a sacred place

for a man to do his business.

Ethan Long

Journal Staf f

The Man Column:Urinetiquette


7/16


It is certain that people live

in a supercial world. What

makes a world supercial, you

may ask? There is no doubt that

America worships celebrities.

This, sadly, includes

Hollywood actors,

musicians, and

even people

who are

only fa-

mous for

being fa-

mous. In

my opin-

ion, the

life-sav-

ing doc-

tors who

work those

20 hour days

at Mass General

are the real celebrities; but that

is beside the point. We, as Amer-

icans, care more about insigni-

cant material things and people

than we do about feeding those

who are hungry. We care more

about sports than about politics.

We care more about the insig-

nicant lives of celebrities than

about worldly aairs. And we

have more panic aacks about

messy hair than we do about

those people on the other side

of the world barely surviv-

ing a natural disaster. How

did we become such a dumb

America? We the peo-

ple have made it so.

S u p e r f i c i a l

thoughts are em-

bedded in our

subconscious at

such an early

age, that we consequent-

ly grow up shallow, valuing

the insignicant things in

life. Our generation is sig-

nicantly worse, as we are

constantly exposed to new

technological advances and

bad media. We have clearly lost

sight as to what is really impor-

tant in life and it is disgraceful.

Life is not all about the glitz and

glier, but rather our intrinsic

values; that is what makes us

who we really are. Values like

being respectful, integrity, kind-

ness and compassion are what

really count. Unfortunately

people lose sight of these every

day and are hurting people as a

result. I feel as though there is

just too much emphasis on out-

er beauty, the greed for f a m e ,

and the

quest for power and status in

our lives these days. People

will do anything to acquire

these supercial standards, but

its not something to strive for.

However, striving to suc-

cess the right way by working

hard is something to aim for.

Knowing the value of a dollar

is a great knowledge to pos-

sess. One does not need to lie,

cheat or steal to get to the top.

It will only catch up to you in

the end. These are the prin-

ciples that truly dene life and

people who choose to live their

lives immorally are simply

irritating. I dont under-

stand why people feel as

though they have to lure

themselves into the

lives of the rich and

famous to feel good.

It is not a way to live.

True success in life

is dened in how we are in-

ternally. If we are not happy

with ourselves inside, how can

we progress? How can we try

to help others if we cant help

ourselves? Being happy with

who we are as individuals is es-

sential and is what denes true

happiness. We must value the

good things in life rst in order

to be successful. No abundance

of money, fame, or materialistic

possessions can substitute this.

If you measure your success by

fame and possessions, you are

doing it for the wrong reasons

and are weakening your own

success. Because at the end of

the day, it is what we contribute

to society, how we help people

and the relationships we have

with one another that really

count. So stay true to yourselves

and value the good things in

life and you will be successful.

Leslie Harold

Journal Contributor

Celebrity obsession creates superficial, irritating Americans


8/16


When WGBH rst signed

on in 1951, composer Aaron

Copland told those listening in

that it was "heartening to know

that a station is now on the

air broadcasting programs

designed to be of interest

to an adult mind." Nearly

60 years later, the station

is still broadcasting pro-

grams, though a format

change at the end of last

year caused the program-

ming to shi from a music

station to a station full of

talk programs. One of these

programs, the Callie Cross-

ley Show , lives up to what

Copland broadcast decades

ago. The show covers sub-

jects reaching from the

days news to topics that

are creating buzz around

the area. On Friday aer-

noons, Crossley brings in

Dr. Thomas Connolly, an as-sociate English professor at

Suolk, as they go through

hot topics from the week on

a segment called Ragtime.

Moment to moment, high

atulent, hyper-intellectual

discussion that slides down

the banister into intellectual

slapstick, said Dr. Connolly,

describing the segment. We

talk about the headline-grab-

bing stories of the week as

they are treated by the tabloid

press, the sensational press.

A few hours before his seg-

ment is set to broadcast across

the area, Connolly sits in his of-

ce inside of the Fenton build-

ing, which is decorated with

images of the past; entertain-

ment gures that would have

been easily recognized by past

generations, but could be for-

goen within the next few.

Connolly, whose family has

lived in Massachuses since

pre-colonial days, aended

schools around the area, such

as Boston University, Tus Uni-

versity, and Suolk University.

For thirty years, he has lead a

professional life, including jobs

as an actor, lm critic, and lm

scholar, but he is most proud

of his time spent as a theater

critic. Connolly indulges him-

self in the world of pop-

ular culture today, but

doesnt forget the past.

As a professor, Con-

nolly interacts with stu-

dent culture on a daily

basis, and nds that

popular culture is impos-

sible to live without. Its

oxygen, how can you

not talk about it? One

of the things that infuri-

ates me about the public

perception of university

life is the phrase ivory

tower. The phrase has

been used since the 1800s

to describe a place where

thinkers pursue actions

not associated with ev-

eryday life. Universities

are a prime example ofsuch an ivory tower, yet

Connolly thinks that the

world doesnt stop at the towers

gates. I believe the classroom

is not separated from real life.

Tragically, as the events

at the University of Alabama

represent, and other instanc-

es, college is the real world,

and to disassociate ones self

completely from whats going

around you in culture, I mean I

may teach literature and plays

and such, that all comes from

popular culture. I, myself, de-

spise rock music, I loathe crea-

tures like Prince, but I have

to know about them, I have

to be a part of my world.

In his perfect world, Con-

nolly suggests that people

would go out to the opera, or

even watch a black and white

movie with subtitles in the the-

aters, a luxury today which

only a few decades ago could

have been an aernoon in Har-

vard Square, although today

opera has seen a surge in at-

tendance. Opera is becoming

the most popular of all the per-

forming arts; it has the only au-

dience that is growing young-

er, and that is one of the signal

evidences that the world, is

in fact, geing to be a beer

place, said Connolly. Its so

spectacular. People like Peter

Gelb, who heads the Metropol-

itan Opera; it nally dawned

on them that this is what youngpeople like; its loud, noisy,

colorful, and crazy. Instead of

selling it as, you know, Verdi

and Wagner, and the musi-

cal connotations and so forth,

which is great, they sell it as

a spectacular phenomenon.

Other forms of entertain-

ment have also been successful

in transferring into this cen-

tury. I think [public radio] is

growing, especially now that

its gone online, said Con-

nolly, talking about the surge

in listeners that broadcasters

such as WGBH have seen since

formaing their programming

online, where audiences can

also catch the Callie Crossley

Show. Crossley is an Emmy-

winning journalist who has

also produced programs such

as ABCs 20/20 news program.

She currently heads program-

ming for the prestigious Nie-

man Foundation for Journal-

ism at Harvard University.

Crossley is fantastic. She

is such a great conversational-

ist and host; she is so articulate

and is interested in everything

and knows about everything.

She also doesnt make it about

her, even though it is, which is

genius, Connolly said. Cal-

lie is very interested in the

media. Shes interested not

only in the on-the-ground ap-

proach to sensational news

stories, but the intellectu-

al or cultural aspect of it.Connolly, too, prides him-

self on discussing cultural as-

pects on an intellectual level.

On the subject of todays media,

he told the Journal that he is in-

trigued by Alec Baldwin, broth-

er to many, and star of NBCs 30

Rock. I follow his every heart-

beat; Im innitely fascinated

by him. Ive read his book and

was crushed when I couldnt

see CONNOLLY page 11

Suffolk professor appearing on WGBH programEthan Long

Journal Staf f

Photo courtesy of Thomas Connolly

The post-hardcore band

Story of the Year, is back with

their fourth album The Con-

stant (Epitaph, 2010), although

it may not be an album to break

them through once again. The

band was best known in the

early 2000s for their singles

Until The Day I Die and

Anthem of Our Dying Day,

which were huge hits, and with

good reason. Unfortunately,

their new album may not be

a great comeback to some of

their older more quality stu.

The band overall is rather

ordinary for rock music, with

nothing special to their sound

or appearance. Even though

the band may be kind of "eh,"

their music is still very enjoy-

able, but it can also be typical

for the genre. For some people

that might be enjoyable, but

for most, this band is really

nothing to get ex-

cited about, at

least not anymore.

The single

Im Alive has

a solid beat with

teenage angst lyr-

ics, what Story of

the Year is known

for. Im Alive

seems to be the

best track on the

album, follow-

ing Remember

A Time, which

actually sounds

slightly dierent

from the rest of

the album. Another great song

is Holding on to You, which

is a lile slower than their other

songs. The lyrics are actually

tolerable and kind of cute. The

other good track is Won Threw

Ate which shows the lead

singer, Dan Marsala, really put-

ting his screamo voice to work.

Most of the songs are pret-

ty boring though, including

The Children Sing which is

too chantey and just plain bad.

Time Goes On has some lame

lyrics, but the beat of the cho-

rus may just save the song by

the skin of its nose. Eye for

an Eye is another unfortunate

track. Some of these songs just

show that Story of the Year has

lost some of their "umph" and

are now a band of the past.

One thing I need to give to

Story of the Year is their mu-

Story of the Year back with 'Constant' releaseAshley Maceli

Journal Staf f

Image courtesy of Epitaph Records

sic. Take away the lyrics (or

just replace them with beer

ones) and it is prey apparent

that these guys know how to

tear apart their instruments in

the best way possible. Even if

the songs start to sound simi-

lar, these guys deserve credit

for their playing skills. Mar-

sala also has an incredible

voice and he really works his

vocal chords for this album.

Story of the Year is one of

those bands that show that

good music can still come from

bland performers. Unfortunate-

ly good music doesnt necessar-

ily mean good lyrics, and it isnt

the best it can be. This album

isnt completely terrible, but

I would recommend picking

up one of their older albums.


9/16


generation, including opin-

ions and observations on food,

life, brands, and, most recently,

sex. But the hook of this new

medium is that all the sta is

between the ages of 18 and 25.

The writers, the sta, the edi-

tors, the managers. Everyone.

With this age requirement,

TNGG hopes to create an op-

portunity for Millennial Gen-

eration writers to develop a

voice and gather a following,

says their website. This blog is

where we do the talking, about

how we live, what we think,

stu we like.

Last week,

the Pour House,

in Back Bay, was

invaded by writ-

ers, editors and

enthusiasts of

TNGG. Gath-

ered together to

have a rousing

night of socializ-

ing, networking,

tweeting, and

trivia, the group

of twenty-some-

things stepped

away from their computers and

into the real world to talk about

what is important: themselves.

On a clipboard that came

with multi-colored gel pens at-

tached, the revelers wrote what

they Wont be / be doing in 20

years. They introduced them-

selves with their rst names

while their name tags read

their Twier handles, and they

talked about which articlesthey had wrien on the site.

The party at the Pour

House was in honor of kicking

o Sex Week, TNGGs 22-ar-

ticle, seven-day spread aboutGen Y perspectives on birth

control, bisexuality, same-sex

relationships, sex portrayed

in media, and much more,

which the party aendees had

all participated in in some

way, even if it was just read-

ing a couple of the articles.

Conversations throughout

the room were wide-ranging as

trivia got underway and ended

and more people began to ar-

rive, but most were a free ow of

stories, jokes, and reminiscings

of various how-I-lost-my-vir-

ginity tales and other exploits.

Aer a few months of

being launched and still in

the beta stage, TNGG has al-

ready goen on the radar

and accomplishing its goals.

Together as a team, as

a group of people, as a com-

munity, we have actually cre-

ated something that is prey

cool and that people are pay-

ing aention to, said Edward

Boches, Chief Creative Ocer

at Mullen, Editor-in-Chief of

TNGG, and honorary member

of the Millennials. I have no

doubt that if we keep at it this

might be

s o m e t h i n g

that helps

everyones

c a r e e r s ,

makes us all

collectively

famous, and tells the world

that [Generation Y] has some-

thing meaningful to say and

they ought to be listened to.

This quick rise to cyber-

space visibility makes perfect

sense to 25-year-old man-

aging editor, Stuart Foster.

There is a hole in the mar-

ket that needed to be lled

and no one out there is do-

ing it well, Foster. With our

original content focus, were

tackling this void head on.

from GEN Y page 1 According to Foster, the

website is set up in the format

of a blog with articles posted

two to three times a day. How-

ever, unlike other bloggers en-

tries, the articles on TNGG are

held to a journalistic standard

and are driven o of a content

platform. With 500,000 visits a

month and a growing popula-

tion of writers spanning from

Paris to the Caribbean to Boston,

TNGG hopes to soon bloom to

its full potential as the ultimate

resource for all things Gen Y.

Wrapped up in the ex-

citement and development of

this new project is Suolk se-

nior, Jason Poeiger. While

interning at Mullen, Poeiger

was approached by Boches,

to join the sta of TNGG be-

cause of previous work he had

done and, of course, his age.

He had liked some of my

posts about social media on my

personal blog, said Poeiger.He began to round up all the

young people in Mullen and

asked that I come to the meet-

ing for The Next Great Genera-

tion and help in its planning.

Several months later, Pot-

teiger is an Associate Editor at

TNGG, has posted numerous

articles ranging from culture to

pornography, and is invested

in the success of this ventures

ideals of generational unity.

I think it can come o

like were just asking people

to write for us, but a big part

of us is that were a com-

munity of writers, said Pot-

teiger. Its a big group eort

rather than a top-down form;

we all write for the blog... and

we all write to forward it.

Christine Peterson, Com-

munity Manager and recent

graduate, got into TNGG right

from the moment the idea was

hatched, excited by the possi-

bilities and potential for such a

program. Boches began speak-

ing about the idea and trying

to decide where to go with it.

While he was talking

about it and asked if anyone

wanted to do it, I piped up

and said I wanted in and I had

ideas, said Peterson. He just

turned to me and said You

got it, kid. And here I am.

With enough support,

TNGG hopes to become a mag-

azine (online or in print) that

can be a legitimate source of

information for all things Mil-

lennial. Check out their newest

interviews, articles, and expos

at thenextgreatgeneration.com.

Above: A group of The Next GreatGeneration editors and writers enjoylast week's get-together at the PourHouse. Below: Editors ChristinePeterson and Jason Potteiger.

Gen Y does the talking about how they live, what they think, stuff they like

You dont need to y all

the way to Cannes or Sun-

dance to watch screenings oftodays most innovative lms.

On Monday, Feb. 22, The Ex-

perimental Cinema Exposition,

TIE, held a special screening

of short avant-garde lms at

Emerson College that featured

the works of various contem-

porary lmmakers, many

of whom have Boston roots.

TIE is a non-prot, multi-

day traveling lm festival that

highlights the works of modern

experimental lm makers and

provides artists with an op-

portunity to share their lms

with one another. On Saturday,

TIE held a rst screening at theBoston Institute of Contem-

porary Art followed by Mon-

day's screening, which was at-

tended by a small audience in

Emersons Walker building on

Boylston Street. The eight lms,

which were compiled by the

curator and co-founder of TIE,

Christopher May, were shot al-

most exclusively shot in 16 mm

lm; a media which is very rare-

ly seen projected on a big screen

these days. They were fol-

lowed by a dynamic Q & A ses-

sion with two of the directors.

While the lms varied in

content and style, they wereall rather obscure and haunt-

ing, and, according to May,

shared a certain exploration...

of the contrast between light

and darkness, and [nding]

enlightenment through things

that are considered really dark.

Without darkness in a

room, May continued, you

cant see the light coming from

the projector and you cant see

the images. In order to have cin-

ema, you have to have a dark

room and you have to have peo-

ple siing and facing a growing

light above their heads. A lot of

the lms reect on this concept.The screening began with

an unannounced lm called

Shelly, by director Luther

Price, with unseling real-life

audio accounts of domestic

abuse, all from dierent points

of view, paired with an eerie

blank screen. The second lm,

by Frankie Symonds entitled

My Grandmother Had Camelt-

oe, illuminates in a radical way

the drastic contrast between the

way in which rst world and

third world cultures deal with

a tragedy like infant death and

tragedies in general. The disori-

enting lm showed rapid-cutsof footage Symonds found on

Ebay, of a 1950's informative

video about a Leave It To Bea-

ver-esque family coping with

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syn-

drome), along with disturbing

footage of an emaciated African

child and his weeping mother,

the image of which Symonds

considers to be the polar op

see TIE page 10

Julia Dawidowicz

Journal Staf f

Contemporary youth finds itself in new magazine

Photos courtesy of TNGG

Emerson screens filmmakers' efforts


10/16


staffSOUNDS

Rob Lane and Joseph Vitarelli

"John Adams Soundtrack"

The best composed American

music this century

-Alex Pearlman

Nirvana

"In Utero"

What got me through my

adolescent years has recently

started to playing a lot in my

apartment

-Ethan Long

Paul Kalkbrenner"Berlin Calling the Soundtrack"

Modern electronic music with

hard beats of emotion; makes

you feel like you're alongside

the artist at one of his perfor-

mances in Germany

-Angela Bray

Martin Scorsese teams

up with Leonardo DiCaprio

a fourth time in his new lm

Shuer Island (Paramount Pic-

tures, 2010), the story of a

Bostonian U.S Marshals in-

vestigation into the disappear-

ance of a patient on an island

that holds a mental hospital.

Taking place in 1954, Di-

Caprio plays U.S Marshal Ted-

dy Daniels, who arrives at Shut-

ter Islands Asheclie Hospital

for the Criminally Insane with

his new partner, Chuck Aule

(Mark Rualo). While investi-

gating the disappearance of a

woman who drowned her three

children, a hurricane suddenly

hits, forcing the two to stay

longer than expected. Strange

events start to plague the is-

land, causing Teddy to believe

that he should no longer trust

anyone. Teddy sees strange vi-

sions of his dead wife, Dolores,

(Michelle Williams) and past

visions of himself arriving at a

concentration camp as a soldier

during World War II through-out the lm, only contribut-

ing to his increasing paranoia.

Its up to Teddy to investigate

this disappearance, nd his

wifes murderer (who happens

to be a patient in the hospital

as well), and gure out what

secrets Asheclie is keeping.

This movie has it all; great

performances, great scenery,

and a great idea,

but it lacks a great

storyline. Shut-

ter Island has so

much potential

to be great, but in

the end, it is just

decent. DiCaprio

plays a terric

marshal, and re-

ally captivates the

audience into the

struggles of his

past life. Rualo

also plays a great

marshal, a guy the

audience wants to

trust, but because

of the secrets

Shuer Island is

holding, it is hard

to trust his char-

acter completely.

Ben Kingsley

performed great

in his role as Dr.

Cawley, the head

doctor at the insti-

tution. Hes creepyand not to be trusted, even as

the head doctor of someone

who convinces the audience

that he wanted to do the best

thing possible for the patients.

The scenery is also beautiful

and creepy at the same time,

with some shots lmed in the

old Massachuses state men-

tal hospital in Medeld. The

idea of investigating a disap-

pearance of a mental patient

on Asheclie is keeping, but

in the end, it winds up like

every other thriller/suspense

movie that enters theaters. It

is an unpredictable movie

in the most predictable way.

Music plays a great role in

thriller movies, but the music

in Shuer Island seems

like a whole charac-

ter that needs to be

pushed o Asheclies

ledge. It is extremely

loud, extremely ob-

noxious, and plays in

the worst way pos-

sible. In thriller/sus-

pense movies, the mu-

sic is supposed to be

played as a jumpy

scene approaches, but

the music only sounds

while the camera

shows scenes of the

island. During the rst

ten minutes, the music

blasts string instru-

ments to make sure

everyone in the theater

is ready for the movie.

Shuer Island is

overall just another

decent thriller movie.

Its a shame, especially

since it had so much

potential, but many

thrillers have come be-fore this lm, causing the end to

be predictable. Its best to wait

for a rainy day when theres

nothing else to do, or until Shut-

ter Island comes out on DVD.

Cait O'Callaghan

Journal Staff

'Island' just another thriller

Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures

The Number Twelve Looks

Like You

"Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear."

Enjoyable Chaos

-Derek Anderson

posite eect of the Ameri-

can version. The chaotic feeling

of the lm was enhanced by the

disparity between sounds and

visuals. As for the bizarre title,

Symonds says, I wanted the

title to pertain to this domes-

tic discomfort. The dirty no-

tion about grandma certainly

does achieve this uncomfort-

able eect, and the images of

the lm more so. Im veryconcerned with American cul-

ture, Symonds said, Sure,

America is a grand place, but

its only grand in contrast to

horrendous human tragedy...

Many of the other lms

portrayed dierent aspects of

nature in strange and beauti-

ful ways, experimenting with

camera technique, oen com-

ing across as very obscure

and sometimes magical. Wa-

ter was a theme that surfaced

throughout many of the lms:

as an audience member put it,

it can be seen as a metaphor for

struggling to breathe and sur-

vive, yet also something that

is very beautiful. Film maker

David Gaens interesting lm,

What The Water Says Nos.

4-6, consisted of the sounds

and images produced by an

experiment he held, in which

he placed unexposed rolls of

lm in crab traps in the Atlan-

tic Ocean to record the physical

and chemical interactions be-

tween the lm and the sea life.

The nal lm was Quiver,

by director Robert Todd, an Em-

erson professor who was also

present at the Q & A session.

Todd showed footage of a Queen

Annes Lace ower under vari-

ous strange conditions, through

dark, black & white close-ups.

The footage, according to Todd,

had spatial ambiguity, which

was meant to make you look

in the dark and see what you

might nd, wonder how deep,

and maybe get a lile annoyed.

It was paired with an audio re-

cording of an outdoor funer-

al, creating a nostalgic eect.

Though TIE is no longer

in Boston, there is good news:

Films From The Margin, Em-

ersons primary lm screen-

ing organization, holds similar

lm screenings almost every

Wednesday at 8. They are not

exclusively for Emerson stu-

dents, and they are free, so

if youre interested in hav-

ing a unique and mind-blow-

ing experience, it might be

worth it to go check one out.

from TIE page 9

Filmmakers given chance topresent films to audiences

Staff Sounds can

now be found

online at

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"Count Me In"

Bone crushing Boston hXc will

send your face in and not even

apologize.

-Ma McQuaid


11/16


go down and meet him

when he was reading at Borders.

30 Rock is one of the best shows

on television, said Connolly.

C o n -

nolly reads

the news, the

tabloids, and

has to keep

up with his

world. When

the press

brings up a

point, Con-nolly has an

opinion. Some

say that Lady

GaGa is this generations Ma-

donna, an argument that has

been debated more than some

would like to admit. Thats

why I like talking about pop

culture on a higher level. Be-

cause while there are a lot of

supercial resemblances be-

tween Lady GaGa and Madon-

na, theyre fundamentally dif-

ferent. Also, Lady GaGa hasntbeen around long enough to be

compared to Madonna. If she is

a chameleon the way Madonna

is, then that might be a more val-

id comparison, said Connolly.

Suolk University, along

with many other colleges

across the nation, sponsors

events on campus that aract

their students through use of

pop culture. Connolly explains

that this isnt a way to broad-

en the horizons of students.

from CONNOLLY page 8

Professor talks on talk radio,comments on pop culture

While her world-famous

Vagina Monologues may not be

appropriate for pre-teen audi-

ences, Eve Enslers new book

of monologues and poetry, I

am an Emotional Creature: The

Secret Life of Girls Around the

World (Villard, 2010), is writ-

ten just for that age group.

Targeting middle school

and high school-aged girls,

Ensler creates ctionalized

personas that seem to vary

in age from 13 to about 19,

from all over the world,

each with their own

thoughts, feelings, anxi-

eties and circumstances.

Each monologue and

each character is pref-

aced by a short poem,

each of which are format-

ted as though the girls

were responding to a

message board. For ex-

ample, Things I heard

about Sex lists responses

such as, Its natural/its

healthy/its evil and Ask

questions/practice absti-

nence/get birth control.

Then, the mono-

logues, (some of which

are actually dialogues, others of

which are actually short stories

in the form of diary entries) are

classic Ensler. They read like

peer-mentoring lectures. Ensler

is the omniscient greater-than-

thou presence, but shes not at

all superior. Its clear that En-

sler has a deep understanding

of the neurosis and psychosis

that come with being a teenage

girl, no maer where that girl

lives, and her objective here is

not only to show that girls are

all the same, everywhere, but

that sometimes they are to-

tally disgusting, wrong, devi-

ous, and awful, the same way

they should be pitied, helped,

counseled and supported,right or wrong, anorexic or fat.

hunger blog is a diary-

esque entry in which a young

American writes about her

experiences with anorex-

ia. Blog 3: last night I ate

cooked vegetables naked in

front of the mirror. It grossed

me out so much I havent

been hungry in over 24 hrs.

Its this kind of shock

and awe that Ensler excels

at, but just like the rest of

her work, Emotional Creature

doesnt shock just for the sake

of shocking. Theres a deeper

meaning here, meant to be

garnered by girls, their moms

and their friends you are

human, but I still love you.

Throughout the book are

also Girl Facts, lile bits of

trivia about girls around the

world that touch on whatever

subject the following mono-

logue will touch on. I have 35

minutes before he comes look-

ing for me is about a 16-year-

old sex slave in Bulgaria. The

Girl Fact that precedes it

reads, Girls between thirteen

and eighteen years of age con-

stitute the largest group in the

sex industry. It is estimated

that half a million girls below

the age of eighteen are vic-

tims of tracking each year.

What Ensler is trying to

achieve here is two-fold: one,

the activist in her is calling

out to all people who know

and love girls to help those

who need it, from the Ohio

suburbs to Dakar. And two,

Ensler is writing to reassure

all those confused and abused

teenagers, leing them know

that they arent alone in theirstruggles with themselves.

Emotional Creature is noth-

ing less than what we expect

from Ensler, that being literary

and cerebral perfection, and

we can only hope that with her

help, a few girls will stop feel-

ing like they need to be skin-

ny, prey, popular, perfect to

be accepted for who they are.

Alex Pearlman

Journal Staff

Girl Fact:Ensler's new book is a must-read

for girls.

Image courtesy of Villard

"Im an elitist and a snob.I think the Universityshould only have high

cultured things..."

I think they should do it on

their own. Im an elitist and asnob. I think the University

should only have high cultured

things, because pop culture is

everywhere. You dont have

to encourage the

consumption of

pop culture, the

consumer-fed in-

dustry, what you

need to do is send

people to the MFA,

where if youre a

Suolk student,

you can go free.Thats what they

should be doing,

said Connolly,

whos intellectual segment

Ragtime, appears on the Cal-

lie Crossley Show on Fridays, and

listening is an activity that stu-

dents can consider high culture.

The Callie Crossley Show airs

weekdays at 1.


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Feb. 25

- 1:00 p.m. BSU Soul Food Luncheon

(Donahue 403)

Feb. 26

- 7:00 p.m. AAA ImaginAsian (C. Walsh

Theatre)

Feb. 27

- 9:00 a.m. Diversity Services 3rd Annual

Multi Cultural Summit / Unity Week

(Donahue Cafe)

March 1

- 1:00 p.m. College Republican Round-

table Discussion (Sawyer 322)

- 6:30 p.m. PC Meal and Reel:

Precious (Donahue cafe)

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listed on the Suffolk Journal's calendar,

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Team standingsMen's hockey

(ECAC)

1. Wentworth 11-3-0

2. Curry 10-3-1

3. Suolk 8-4-2

4. Johnson & Wales 7-5-1

5. Nichols 7-6-1

6. Becker 7-6-0

7. West. New England 2-12-0

8. Salve Regina 0-13-1

1. Emmanuel 10-2

2. Norwich 10-2

3. Simmons 8-4

4. Emerson 8-4

5. Albertus Magnus 8-4

6. Rivier 7-5

7. Suolk 7-5

8. St. Joseph's (Maine) 7-5

9. Johnson & Wales 7-5

10. Lasell 3-911. Pine Manor 2-10

12. Mt. Ida 1-11

13. St. Joseph's (Conn.) 0-12

*All standings are

current as of Feb. 23.

1. Albertus Magnus 15-3

2. Emerson 15-3

3. St. Joseph's (Maine) 14-4

4. Mt. Ida 10-8

5. Johnson & Wales 9-9

6. Norwich 8-10

7. Lasell 8-10

8. Rivier 6-12

9. Emmanuel 3-15

10. Suolk 2-16

Women'sbasketball(GNAC)

Men'sBasketball(GNAC)

Men's hockeyTBA, ECAC Northeast Playos

Men's baseballMar. 12 vs. Husson @ Winter Haven, Fla., noon

Mar. 13 vs. R.I. College @ Winter Haven, Fla., 3 p.m.

Mar. 13 vs. R.I. College @ Winter Haven, Fla., 5 p.m.

Mar. 14 vs. Wheaton @ Central Fla., 3:30 p.m.

Women's basketballTBA, GNAC Seminals*

*if necessary

Sports briefsWilfork gets tagged by the Patriots

As was widely expected, the Patriots applied the franchise tag

to nose tackle Vince Wilfork on Monday. According to Comcast

SportsNet New England's website, CSNNE.com, the tag is non-

exclusive, meaning that Wilfork is allowed to negotiate with

other teams but that the Patriots have the right to match any oer

he receives. If Wilfork reaches a deal with another team and the

Patriots elect to let him walk away, the team that signs Wilfork

would owe the Patriots two rst-round dra picks. Wilfork has

expressed concerns in the past with having the tag applied to him,

saying that he wants a long-term deal to provide security and sta-

bility for his family. Shortly aer the tag was announced, Wilfork's

wife said through Twier that she hoped the tag was just being

used to allow the team and her husband more time to negotiate.

According to Boston.com, the Patriots have used the franchise tag

six times over the past nine years. Two players (Tebucky Jones and

Ma Cassel) ended up leaving the team the year they were fran-chised, but the other four le the team for good in the long term.

Days of Mannywood are numberedAer spending nearly two years in Los Angeles, it appears

that Manny Ramirez has grown tired of the California sun and

playing with the Dodgers. According to ESPN.com, the carefree

slugger doesn't plan on returning to the Dodgers in 2011, and

isn't sure if he'll be playing at all. Ramirez told ESPNLosAngeles.

com's Tony Jackson, I won't be here next year, so I just want to

enjoy myself. I don't know [if I'll play next year]. I just know I'm

not going to be here. When the season is over, I will see where

I'm at. Ramirez is in the last season of two-year deal that will

see him make a total of $45 million. Ramirez has repeatedlysaid that he has enjoyed his time in Los Angeles, but the aging

slugger's body is beginning to let him down. Some experts are

speculating that should he play in 2011, it may be for an Ameri-

can League team so that he could serve as a designated hier.

Tebow attempting to improve draft stockEven though he had one of the greatest college careers in

recent memory, former University of Florida quarterback Tim

Tebow is hardly considered a can't miss NFL prospect. He

has been knocked for taking too long to get rid of the ball and

for being a bit too inaccurate, among other things. However,

Tebow appears to be serious about pursuing an NFL career,

so serious, in fact, that he is working on making his deliverymore pro appropriate. According to ESPN's Adam Scheer,

Tebow will reveal his new throwing style at Florida's Pro Day

on March 17. Tebow is focusing on releasing the ball more

quickly and keeping the ball above his shoulder at all times

during the delivery. He has also worked at improving his foot-

work in an aempt to solidify the fundamentals of his game.

Chargers cut LTThe LaDainian Tomlinson era is over in San Diego. Aer

suering a series of injuries and losing his old explosiveness,

the running back was released by the Chargers on Monday,

just weeks before he was due to receive a $2 million signing bonus. According to FoxSports.com, the move had been an-

ticipated by both sides for some time. Tomlinson had said that

he'd like to play for a couple more seasons aer this past year

ended, when the Chargers lost to the New York Jets in the play-

os. The 30-year-old had a dreadful season by his standards last

year, rushing for 730 yards on 223 carries, a career low. Tom-

linson's agent, Tom Condon, told FoxSports.com that he would

use the upcoming NFL combine to gauge the interest of teams

around the league, and that he doesn't expect LT to retire yet.

Playo dates and match-ups will be

set as other games are played through-

out this week. Check the Athletics

Department's website, www.GoSuf-

folkRams.com, for an updated schedule.


14/16


Olympics: Scrappy US bunch shocks CanadaDan Ryan

Journal Staff

Led by Miller in goal, Americans topple gold medal favorites in preliminary round

No, it wasnt the Mir-

acle on Ice Redux, but it

certainly was spectacular.

This past Sundays pre-

liminary round mens Olympic

hockey game between the Unit-

ed States and Canada was one

of the most highly-anticipated

hockey games in recent history,

a sports border war to end all

border wars. The high-pow-

ered, heavily favored Canadi-

ans were seeking to defend their

home turf against the under-

dog Yanks, expected by many

to be lile more than a speed

bump on the way to a Cana-

da-Russia gold medal game.

While the American team

can hardly be considered to

be a bunch of untalented ama-

teurs, the talent on the Cana-

dian side is staggering: three

Canadian skaters (Eric Staal,

Rick Nash and Dany Heatley)

were in the top-ten in goals

scored last season. Oensive

repower? Check. Oh, and the

Canadians have the winningest

goalie in NHL history between

the pipes in Marty Brodeur.

And when the two teams

nally met on Sunday night, it

was the goaltending that would

be the story, but not in the way

one would have thought. Ryan

Miller, regularly of the Bualo

Sabres, made 42 saves, includ-

ing 14 in the third period alone,

many of the highlight reel vari-

ety, to steal the victory for the

Americans by a score of 5-3.

Brodeur, on the other

hand, had a shaky outing, mis-

playing two pucks that led to

American goals and generally

seeming unseled. Some pun-

dits even said it was one of the

most inconsistent outings of

Brodeurs Hall of Fame career.

The unlikely American

victory was powered not only

by Miller, but by two unlikely

sources: defenseman Brian Ra-

falski and forward Ryan Kesler.

Rafalski, usually a defen-sive-minded blueliner, was the

unlikely oensive sparkplug

for the Americans, scoring two

goals and assisting on a third.

Rafalski is now leading the team

with ve points (four goals and

ve assists) on the tournament.

Kesler had a strong game

overall, and sealed the victory

for the U.S. when he scored one

of the more remarkable empty-

net goals in recent memory in a

play that was basically a snap-

shot of the Americans hustle all

night: he skated down the ice

in a footrace for the puck with

Canadas Corey Perry, then

tapped Perry on his right arm,

dove around his le side and

poked the puck into the gaping

cage, tum-

bling into

the boards

to top it all

o (words

really dont

do it jus-

tice, check

Y o u T u b e

for video

f o o t a g e ) .

So just

how big

was this

win for the

Americans?

T h e

last time

the United

States beat

Canada in

O l y m p i c

mens ice

hockey was

in 1960. More

recently, the Canadians beat the

Americans in the gold medal

game in Salt Lake City in 2002,

denying the U.S. team a chance

to win gold on home soil.

The victory is important

for practical reasons as well.

The Americans win, coupled

with Finlands loss to Sweden

early Monday morning, made

the U.S. team the top-seed inthe entire mens bracket, and

earned the team a bye into the

quarternals. The Americans

will now play the Swiss on

Wednesday aernoon, while

the Canadians, seeded sixth,

will be forced to play Germany.

Also important is the fact

that Canada, assuming they

beat Germany, will have to

face Russia in the quarternals,

meaning that one of the two

hockey superpowers will not

make it to the seminals. Theconsensus before the tourna-

ment seemed to be that these

two countries would slug it

out for gold; now one nation

will go home without a medal.

Most importantly, howev-

er, is what this victory should

do for the condence of the in-

experienced American squad.

While this edition of American

pucksters is not a bunch of no-

bodies (aer all, every player

on the team is in the NHL), they

do, for the most part, lack big-

time international experience.

The average age of the team is

26, and few of the players had

ever played in the Olympics

before, let alone experienced

any kind of success there.

One of the most important

things a team can have in a

tournament like the Olympics

is condence in its goalie, and

this team should now have it by

the boatload. Miller stood on his

head at various times against

Canada, as the young Ameri-

can defensemen occasionally

had trouble clearing the zone

against a tenacious Canadianforecheck. If a team knows the

masked man

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