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News"College Republicans hosteconomic forum" pg. 4
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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
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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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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
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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 recycle@suolk.edu.
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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PAGE 4 February 24, 2010
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
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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
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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.
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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
go- ing 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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