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November 15, 2007
Logouts to be Long Gone
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SGA-Sponsored Gmail Program Begins Testing
,hem that their inbox is full and
will not be able to receive more
e-mail until older messages have
b«n deleted.
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BY MOLLIE REILLY
tern chat was less expensive, easier
rouse and had more s1orage would
be• good id,~," Sobclman said.
Sobdman had heard of other
peer institutions. such as Northwestern University, switching
E~ f d,1 Y•tw go i ooJ:m,,ks !ools !;!clp
over to Google's Gmail system
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dudes an aurom:uic timed logout ciated with operating the system able 10 save vinually all of their efeature that ha.s bttn notoriow on the Universiry's .servers and the mails. Additionally. the problem of
fo r logging students om of their lack of usc:r-friendly fe:m1res.
being loggtd oul while composing
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Get ready to say goodbye to
dosed inboxC$, unexpected logouts and lost e-mails. Studem
Go..,ernment Association (SGA)
Prc.sidem senior Rob Sobelman,
along with the assistance of SCA
Policy Coordinator for Technology Initiatives sophom*ore Mike
Schneider and Network and Sys-
of wriring e·mails without saving
their drafts.
Other issues with the current
system i1tclude slow connection
speeds, high financial cosrs asso·
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tem Adminis1ra1or Bill Howell, is
working m replace Colgate's Mi ..
crosoft Oudook Webmail system
with Google's Gmail platform.
llte idea of switching e-mail
systems began during Sobel~
man's presidential campaign last
spring. Sobdm:m a nd running
mate SGA Vice President senior
Jenny Dorland rnn into many
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systcm was inadequate.
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studc-nts had with the system was
the lack of storage space. After
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Lindzen Says Chill Out
Global Warming Skeptic Speaks at Colgate
BY GEOFF GUENTHER
Alsi1111,., Nrws Edito,.
Students and fuculty crowded
inro the Henshaw L«1ure Room
in Lathrop Hali on ThuNday afternoon to hear a controversial
lecture by Mass.tchuscus Institute
of Technology Alfred P. Sloan
Professor of Meteorology Richard
Lindun. Colgate Professor of Po.
litical Science, Presidential Schol·
:ar and Director of the Center fo r
Freedom and Western Civilization
Roben Kraynak, who introduced
Lindun, explained that the origina.J title of the lecrure had been
"'GlobaJ Warming: Science and
Moral Responsibility" but 1hat he
and Lindt.en had come Up with
a better one: .. Global Warming:
Who's to Blame, Human Activities or Natural Causes?"
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noted and prolific detractors from
whar Kraynak described as the
..popular wisdom of global warming." Lindzcn began by saying
that he had "'ahvays assumed that
talking about ihc weather was a
source of boredom." He then began co explain his real concern that
too much aJarmism surrounds the
topic of global climate change.
His first goal: to debunk Al Gore.
He recalled that all schools in
the Unhed Kingdom had recently
been required to show Gore's film
An Inconvenient Tnuh. He noted
that a judge ruled that all presentations of the movie be accompanied by a presentation of criciques
and explanations of some of rhe
movie's scientific exaggerations.
Lindz.cn cited one of Gore's statements in that film that .a melting
of the icecaps at either Greenland
or West Antarctica would result in
a sea level rise of 20 feet '"in the
near future." The judge. according to Lind.zen, said, ..this remark
was distinctly ala.rmis,,. and that
Gore's predktcd re-suit would rake
millc-nnia t0 come abom. Lin•
dzcn called Gore's statement that
"warming is real and caused by
humans," a "masterful ex.ample of
creative ambiguity."
..The pointS of agrct:ment Ion
w:armingl have no discernable con•
ncction to the ala.rm/' Lindzcn
sa.id. "lf it c*ms out that we don't
have warming or that it is not due
to man, that has implications that
the associ3tion of alarm wi,h greenhouse gas emissions is basdess."
His next point questioned
both the derivation and meaning of the popular model of the
.. hockey stick" graph of weather
change, which shows a dramatic
increase in temperature rise in recent history.
"Even iryou call that lrisel unprecedented, it is still 100 small to
suggesr al:arn1," Lindun said.
After bringing up the scientific
inaccuracies in inferences Gore
drew from a diff'erenr graph in
his book, Lindzen moved to a dif.
ferent argument against the cata·
strophic co,tscquences rhar some
predict will come as a 1tSuh of
global w3.rming.
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NOVEMBER 15. 2007
IHE COLGATE MAROOilJ-NEWS
SGA Begins Push for More Gym Space
BY TORY GLERUM
M•rHn-·Nt'WI St.11/f
With Colg-att!'s ranking by Mm's Fitness
magazine as the second mOSt physically 6'
campus in the nation, it is no wonder that
the Student Government Associa1ion (SGA)
and a group of willing students have begun
working to gather administrative suppon
and draft a proposal for an~ satellite fitness
center on the- hill.
After witnessing the lines at the William
Brian Linlc Fitness Center in Hunting-ton Gymnasium and he.i.r·ing complaints
or crowding from other students, SGA
President Rob Sobelm:m and Vice President Jenny Dorland proposed the idta for
a new fitness space during their campaign
last year. According m Sobe.Iman , the pro-pos:al gaint--d suppon Crom athletes and
non-:uhlctcs alike.
"Colga1c is a fitness-oriented ca.rnpus,
and building a new f.aciliry is crucial in order to mec1 sttident nc:«I," Sobelman said.
..Smdcn1s should no, be discouraged from
healthy behavior due to crowding of the
workout fuciliry,"
Sobclman uuibuted SGA's late start
on the satellite fitness center projecr this
semester rn their conce1uration on the
potemial changes 10 Donovan's Pub.
"'Working 10 improve a space that
alrc::ady exists was a more prtSsing issue."
Sobelman s.1id.
However, according to SGA Policy
Coordin:nor for Campus Development and
le:1der of the satellite firncs., center project
sophom*ore Safwan Shabab, SCA's effons
art bcuer late than never.
After sending out a campus-wide
e-mail alerting students 10 the project
and receiving 15 responses of 1hosc interested in hdping work out a plan, SGA
org.ani1~d the Satellite Fi1ncss Center Work-
ing Group, which had their firs, meeting
this past Sunday under Shabab's direction.
Sobelman said that the group's first
seep will be to define their mission, and
then to collect data through some form
of a survey to assess srudent need. If the
need is great, SGA will work on drafting
a proposal and gathtring administrative
suppor-r for the project.
Due m the direct link between fitness
and issues of physical and mental health,
SGA is planning to partner with the Wellness Initiative, a campus~wide commitment
to provide education and opponuniry for
personal wdlnes.s. in order to pursue the
project. The Athletics Dcpanment will a.lso
be involvedt sinct, according to Sobelman.
a new firness center would provide training
resources for studcnt~athletes.
Shabab has also met with Health and
Psychological Services to gather cheir
response to a project that would
potentially encourage healthy behavior
by rnorc srnden1s on c:ur,pus.
Shabab said tha, the group will work to RUNNING IN PLACE, NEEDING MORE SPACE: Students looking to keep fit may
have a report compltte by the end of the have more options in the future if SGA's plans for a satellite gym come through.
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effort wiU most likely 1ake until next fall.
"Wt need to gee a consensus rcprcse:nracion basem*nt of Curtis Hall as tw0 po,sible loca· self to an objective with this project.
"We need to assess what students would
of UlC $1\ldcnt body and then WC will f2kc m,, tions up the hill for a satellite 6mess center.
Another issue on the group's docket is like: to see, whether that be more than one
next step," Shabab ,.;d. "SCA docs n0< have
the executive powers co aaual.ly implement the ,he possibility of expanding the William small gym on campus or a large, concenproj,ect, but we wam 10 rdlect student cona-:ms Brian Little Fitness Center, which becomes trate:d facility," he said.
Both Sobclman and Shabab said they are
and provide a feasible pw, that is aa:cplllble to especially overcrowded during the winter
months. Sobdman confirmed thac the Juice looking to gather further student support
the adm.inistntion and a!umni."
Sobel man said that if the proposal is ac- Bar, the dining facility currently located and input with regards to proposing more
cept«!, funding for the building ofthe center outside of the fimcss ce:nte.r, would $0011 fitnm space on campus.
*The more students get actively in·
wtll need to come through pa.rental suppon be closing for both financial and practical
and/or an alumni donation. In addhion to reasons. While financial resources wilJ be volved, the higher the likelihood of success
construction costs, the necessity of employ- directed e:,!Jtwhere 10' bcnefir srudcnts, the· and the bcttCT the aurcome·.~ '6obelman
ing a maintenance staff and sup<"-rvisors and dt-aring of the space could provide room for u id ... It might be a long process, but the
accumulating the proper equipment will also an extension of the current workout facility campaign for a new fitness center could
quite po,sibly be the largest project SCA
to include more cardiovascular m2chines.
demand significanc finanda.l :attention.
Shabab said that SCA is not binding it- has ever initiated."'
Sobelman nam«I Lamrop Hall and the
Smith Speaks on
Black Male Athletes
BY ALEX PONS
M11rHn·N"""' Swlf
Whether you arc a studc:nt•athlece or
just an uninterested spectator, it doesn't take
much for one to realize that sporu is an important aspect ofColgate life. So when guest
spe:;akcr Professor Ea.rl Smith of Wake Forest
University w.u invited to give a special Ice,.
turc titled "'lhc Overreprcsentation of African American Student-Athletes in Division
l-A Sport Programs," its message was bound
to h:ave a strong impact on campus..
At, a sociology profC$$0r, Smith's observations and racarch have led him 10 belie,.'<' that
the arena of professional sports has produced
a system of in«.uality for African American
:uhlc:1es. Wherc-a.s. in sportS such as football
and basketball. African American athletes
make up the majority of players, in otm'r
competitive sports such as tennis, soccer and
swimming. ha.rdly 'any playm arc African
Amerian. lhus, society has created an overrepresentation of African American athlcl'es
in some sports and an under-representation
in others,
Smith considered th.at within the worlds
of professional basketball and football there
is ha.rclly any ttprcscntation of A&ican
Americans in positions of authority. While
African American athlctc:s might dominate
the field or court, Smith said. h,ud.ly any
of the head coaches, team owners or business executives who profit from 1hc sport att
African American, Smith bclie,.·es that thjs
reality proves that while profasional athletes
arc pa.id generowly for their talent, the salaritS and invest.ments made by the cya,ons of
the sport are blocked off from the pLa~n.
When discU$$ing spons at the coUc:giate
level, Smith provided the sr.1tistic th.at of the
5 million nudents enrolled in coUcgcs and
universities, only 225,000 a.r r African American men and of those 225,000, about half
of them arc on athletic scholarships. Almost
all of these students arc promised to obtain a
first-class education a.nd a chance to dcvdop
their talc.n u in orde:r to, one day, play professionally. Yet for most African American
studem-alhletes, Smith said, this is ncve.r a
reality. Smiih argu«I that, due to schepracti«s and extended excused abscnCC$,
srudent-:athlercs do not get the: full academic
o:pcrienccs that their college has to offer
t0 non-athlttic smdcnts. Afrtrnoon guest
sptakers and special lccrurcs can coincide
with training and impommt class discussions
are missed due to tr,vcl. All of these things
arc opportunities that players can miss out
on due to their spon commitments.
Smith went o n to argue that statistically. most African American student-athletes
arc clustered into ce:rtain fields of smdy or
classes and are discouraged from taking
da$$CS such as chemistry and engineering
that will pre.pare them for a professional
caree:r. Even if African American men are
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THE C9LGATE MAROON-NEWS
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the Univcrsiry of Ulinois at Chicago, author admitting that China djd not expel corrup- that dated back as for as I 988.
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of several books, of a multi-million dollar tion, authoritarianism or poverty, Zelcu
study on Africa and the diaspora, Zdeza said that China was not exacerbating the China has invested in Africa, a figure
problems in Africa. According to Zclna, that rose exponemially over the past few
was asking a dcliberarcly biased question.
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reAecu more the state of China t han iu
interest in Africa because China invcscs
heavily abroad elsewhere too.
The relacive economic siz.c of China
is such that its Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) is comparable with thar of rhe
entire African continent. Zcleza gave the
polit ical caveat that Ch ina's investment
has been "'nice fo r govern ments, but not
fo r t he misgoverned people." He made
the case that establishing good politics is
more: of a burden upon the nation than
it·s traders. C hina's presence. he said, has
been neutral.
There have becn an increasing number
of meetings between Africa and China. Last
year was the fo rry-sec::ond annual meeting
over which African Pre:sidtnts and Prime
Minis1ers and representa1ivcs from China
revised policies.
"Bihncral agrtt.mems between China
and Africa have become commonplace,"
Zcleza ,aid. "
Ah hough he mentioned that Africa established a code of conduct fo r C hina's
operations because China was not meeting ccnain regulations such as environ·
mental standards, he is in favor of the
Eas1em aid to Africa, suggesting rhat it
"does not differ from Western aid ."
Students Hear Former
Lindzen Lectures on
Keeping a Cool Head Mexican President Speak
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C11,rtin11rd Fr.m Pai~ A-1
is extremely unlikely," Lind.ten said. He
ciced the panic in the 1970s over the pre·
diction of cacasrrophic American famine
in the 1980s, which rurned out to be f.lsc,
as well as the infamous prediction of che
Y2K disasrct.
""These predictions of catasuophe
come up cpisodicaUy and they arc aJways
wrong because rhcy have wrong linkages,"
Lindtcn said.
He then projected a model of che linkages leading from cause - carbon dioxide
emissions - to effect - disastrous warming cfft'cts - in global warming and noted
chat che likelihood of each affecting the
next was tiny, a.nd that, in the end, the
probabiliry of any major effect of global
warming was "astronomically smaU."
Lindtcn also brought up how the
media has manipulated scientific fact and
consensus to promote global warming.
He then went into a very scientific
debunking of the sensitivity of climate to
greenhouse gases. concluding that, "'from
a rcligiow poim-of-vicw, the Eanh is weUdesigncd." He compared the anribudon of
global warming to gr,enhowe gases ro the
intelligent design theory.
"We can't tliink of anything else, so there
must be an intelligt'nt designer," he said.
"'There is nothing haptxning in nature
that suggests anything urgent," Llndzcn
said. He then described all of the agendas of
people who would be harmed •if you suddenly heard that there was no such thing
as harmful global warming," including the
Nobel Pritt Committee, which rcce,,dy
gave the Nobel Peace Prt1.C to Al Gott, the
environmental movement a.nd science, alte,rnativc energy, the United Nuions, trial
lawyers "'looking to make carbon the next
tobacco" a.nd individuals who have adopted
this issue as a personal cause.
·Toe alarmist dogmas of the past 20
yea.rs are almost ~na.in1y false or misleading," Lindzcn said in conclusion.
A panel of three Colgate professors,
Professor of Gcogrophy Adam Burnett,
Assi.sr.ant Professor of Chemi.stry Ephraim
Woods and Professor of Economics and
Environmental Studies Bob Turner were
then allowed to ask Lindun questions,
followed by a quenion-and-answer session
for students.
"'I think ir's good to have folks on
campus that have a strong point of view,"
Woods said. "But [Lindu:n) doesn't engage
in a discussion very well. He is very quick to
reject some piec:cs of data as bad science or
somehow contrived when chcy don·t meet
with his point of view."
"I though, that he made a very compelling argument." fil'$t-ycar MikcAbrah:unson,
who attended the lcaurc on suggestion from
a professor, said. "J wouJd say as someone
who knows very litde about the science on
either side that it was very convincing."
"'h's nice that we now have viewpoints
from both extreme sides of the issue,"
first-year Alyssa Perez said 1 referring to the
lecture and to TM Wtathrr Malrrs, the required reading for incoming first•years.
j)INow I'd Jike to hear from someone more
in the middle of the issue."
'"I think this lecture helped a lot,"
Director of Summer Programs and Lcc,urer
in University Studies Man Leone, who sug•
gcsred ,he lecture to his students, including
Abrahamson and Perez., said. '"Lindun is
an extraordinarily adept meteorologis,. He
is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about his subject .... This is the kind of
thing that matters a lot .. . I can't be con.
vinccd one way or another because I'm not
a scientist, but I do feel as a citiun thac I
,hould do my best to understand the subject as best 1 can."
In recent years, the issue of immigratK>n especially illegal immigr,tion - &om countries
south of the United Stires has been the focus
of much debate. On October 29, a group of
Colg;nc srudt-ntS traveled to Syracuse Univsiry to hear about the is.sue of immigration, not
&om the perspective ofa U.S. official, but &om
the pcnpcctiv<: of the leader of Mexico, former
President Vincente Fox.
•1 wenr to sec [Fox) speak because I took
CORE Mocico last year and we discusscd
many current events that were going on in
Mexico," sophom*ore Lauren Pavcrman said.
"One of them being the end of Fox's prcsi·
dcntial term and the cuncm polital chaos
in Mexico because of the mcm recent election. I thought I v.-ould gcr a lot of out seeing
him speak beaus, I altt2dy had bockground
information on me topic."'
Fox beg;,,, his spettl, by add=ing. in Spanish, Hisponics who had a,mc to the Unired
Scncs in search ofa bettor Uk Later, he clisaisscd
a vari«y oftopo such as his pc.,.,.,.J history. the
"'°'of~ immignlion and the United St>,c:s'
respome to it, unemployment and education I(.'\'•
els in Mc:xioo and U.S-Mexican rdalions.
In addition to giving his spcimcraacd with th(, audience.
"President Fox spol«: about the great a1•
tributes and F.mllS that the United Sr.11cs has
as a nation," first.
year Ana AlmeydaCohen said. "Fox
emphasized the imponancc of having
immigr:mts in the
U.S. and how they
help the economy
grow. He dis,gtt,es
with building a wall
tha, phy,ically sq>ar.ttcs the U.S. and
Mexico as well as
What I found mOSt compelling was when a
protcstt:r irt'C'$f)CClivcly challenged Fox's vkws
on NAFTA (the North American Fttt Trade
Agrtemem). I am curttndy learning mor<
abour NAFTA and the cffcas that it has on
the indigcnow popula.rion in Latin A.merka,
but Fox'$ response ro the protcste,r cUd no,
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seem gcnwnc.
Srudcna wen: impressed by Fox's prcsencc
as wdl as his words.
"Fox stands at [six fu:t five inches till! and
has a low, booming voice, so evc,ything was
said in a VC1'Y passionate and emhu.swtk: way,"
Pa\·erman said. "My favorite pan w.u when he:
was speaking about the wall being built and
how he did not ag,-cr: with it at all bccawe tha1
is an opinion that I also ha..•e."
Whc:chcr or not they agreed \vith f'Ox$ views
on issues such as the separation wall l:x-N-.:tn
Mocico and the U.S.. the trip gave the snidenis
who attended the opportunity 10 learn more
about the current st:1te of aff'airs in Mcx.ico :is
well as ocher prominent i$u~ within U.S.·
Mc:xkan rd:nK>ns such as iUcgal immigr.uion.
.. I am \'Cl)' glad 1went because the is.-sl.1es rel?fding Mexico are v<,y important to the U.S.
because the counuy is so dost: m ours." Pa\'crman said. "It is importmt coonomially lhat we
ha,,'t' strong tics with Medco lx."Cl.USlf' w t- ha,V('
a very strong uading rdationship with them, ,o
thcir business means a lot to our economy. Lam
,,.cry imcrcsted in how wclJ f*ck has Sl!'t an exam·
pie for the fucurc of the Modcan ptt:Sidency.•
.
the cum:nt war tak-
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had contact with others who
could pose similar threats.
Finni sh School
Shooter Linked to
Pennsylvania Teenager
On Monday. it was reported
that Pckka-Eric Auvincn- who
last week killed eight people
and himself in a high school
d10oting in Finland- had com·
municarcd o nlinr: with a Phila-
delphia boy abouc chc 1999
Columbine massacre,
Finnish police found material from Auvincn's computtr
s uggesting ,hat he had com ·
municatcd with Dillon Cossey,
a 14 -ycar-old who was arrcS1cd
in October o n charges of planning an :u tack on a Ph iladelphia high school.
Cosscy's au orncy said rhc
1wo me, on YouTubc.com and
exc hanged posu: o n a website
dcdic:ucd to 1hc Columbine
killers. I-le also stated 1ha1 his
client ..didn't encourage him in
any way'" and that "he had no
indication that somebod y he
was communicating wi1h acrn:,lly w.is fo rmul.ning an intent
10 commi1 ;, viole n1 act."
lnvcsdgators are now exploring dte possibili1y 1hat Cossey
Nigeria Arrests
Islam ic Militants
Last week, the Nigerian government arrested a group of Islamic milirantt with suspected
links co al-Qaeda.
lhc men were ancsted in me
nonhem NpnSl>tc,ofKano, Kaduna, and Yob<. The oounuy, S..«
Sccuricy Scrvia: bdx:vcs me milicancs
have pos,iblc link, co bom ,l.Q:,cxla
and me Nigorian Taliban, which is
ums1:m. 1bc militrnts were found in po5--
scs:,ion of cx~nuking devias
and 1tnm=.
In the past few yc:at$, Nigerian
authorities have detained many
suspcc:1cd milir.mts, but they have
not produced any substantial evidence showing an al-Qaeda presence in the country or a specific
terrorist thrcal 10 Nigeria.
Brilish and U.S. officials have
repc.1tcdly warned the Nigerian
government of possible terrorist
threats in Nigc:ria.
Philippine Hou se
of Representatives
Bombed
BY CAMERON THANEY
M•rHn•Ntw1 Sl11Jf
when a bomb exploded ac che
entrance of the Philippine Parliament in chc capital of Manila. Ten
others, including two lawmakers,
were injured in the attack.
Politt believe the bomb was
planted in a motorcyde parked near
Congressman Wahab Akbar's car.
"'It looks like the Congressman
was the target of the attack," 1he
M anila police chief told reponers.
1lte lslami.st separatist group
Abu Sayyaf sem tc:xt messages to
the policc claiming responsibility
for the a nack.
Officials speculate thac Akbar
was a target for the group bccawe
of his active political role in the
Basilan region, Abu Sayyafs base
for launching anacks. Akbar had
twice served as governor of 6asilan and was the region's current
Congressional reprcsema,ive.
Bush Vetoes Domestic
Spending Bill
African American student-athletes
gradualc within six yc:ars and that
at Wake f-orC$t specifically, studcn1--athle1d graduation rate is
15 percent poims lower than that
of the gcnenl stude.n1 body.
lkcause most student-a1hlctcs
arc African American, Smith sa.id,
all of these f.act0rs crc:ate a big dis-adV2ntage for them and necessarily rob cllem of the opponunities
that other studems arc offered.
lhc sports industry is an expcn-
Bush signed the Dcftnsc Dcpan·
Muslim League, one of PakiStan's
biggest political parties, Raza
Za.raful Hn said, • for free and
fair elections to go ahead, emergency rule would have to be lifted
and judges who were fired after
the imposition of rule would
need to ~ reinstated."
Mwharrafs main opposition,
former Prime Minister Bena-
ment's appropriations bill, providing the nation's military programs
wich $459 billion.
Bush's actions infuriated
Congressional Democrats.
"The same prcsiden1 who is
asking us to spend another $200
billion on the misguided war in
Iraq and is insisting on providing
$60 billion in tax cuts nc:xt year
to fo l~ who make over a million
bucks a year is now ... refusing
to provide a $6 billion increase to
crucial domenic investments in
education, heahh care, medical
research, and worker prottctions
that will make the country s tronger," Wisconsin Congressm;m
David Obey said.
Congressional leaders hope to
rcach an agreement o n war costs
and domestic spending by the end
vetoed a spending bill that would
have provided more than $ 150
billion for S<.-ver;al domcs1ic pro~
grams,
including education,
health care, canccr research and
job training.
The White House Press Scc:reident's request by $10 billion and
the President will ask Congress to
The leader of th< Pakiscan
t.ir Bhuno, who has ailed for
Musharrars resignation, is now
under house arrest. Over 900 police surround her home, while her
neighborhood has been blocked
off wilh barbed wire and dump
trucks filled with sand. Several
hundred of her pany's workers
were arrested for trying to cross
the police lines.
Mus.ha.rrars government placed
Bhuno under houst arrest in an attempt to stop her and her suppon -ers from marching to the capital of
Islamabad. Under che emerg,ncy
On Tuesday, Prcsidcnc Bush
Satellite Gym
Continurdfrom P.igt' A-2
7S timc.'S more likely to obtain
and excd in a profession o ther
than professional spons, society
and the education system push
African Americans to wards the
spon arena and away from pro~
fessional careers.
Smitlt also argued 1ha1 simply
being an Afriain American SIU•
den1-a1hle1e decreases o ne's chance
of gndu:uing. He provided the
statistic 1ha1 only 62 pcrcc:nt of all
boycott the elections if emergency
rule is still in place.
of the year.
tary said chc bill cxc«ded the PresA Philippine congressman and
his driver were killed on Tuesday
redua: the spcndin.g IC\·el.
lmmcdi:uely after vetoing the
domestic spending bill, President
Pakistan Still Under
Emergency Rule,
Former PM Under
House Arrest
decree, any demonsmuions, such
as protests or marches, art: illegal.
Bhutto seems determined to
remain in 1'.>a.kismn and fight to rcstort democracy. In an interview
Last weekend, Pakistani Prcsi ..
wich CNN, Bhutco declared, "I
dent Pel"\'CZ. Musharr.af said emergency rule would continue until
January elections. Several political
parties have stated chat they will
would prefer to live in Pakistan in
jaiJ than to leave."
Sourrrs: BBC, N~w York Timn,
CNN
Big Men Fall Hard
sive business; one only needs 10
look at the prices companies pay
for Super Bowl commercial slotS
and the millions of tax dollars
SfX"nt on sports stadiums across
the country. It is for this reason
chac Smith asked Colg,ce scudencs
to reexamine the social system in
order and to realize the silent but
iinponam mC$$3gCS that sports
Health Screening Promotes
Heart Disease Awareness
Among Colgate Men
boch on th< college and professional level recreate in the name of
a perfect season.
E-Mail System Changes
Gmail Likely to Replace Outlook
C4"1tmur,If,vm, /~·,gt' A- I
a new e- mail message wou ld
be eliminated enrircly.
·1hc G mail system would also
be less expensive for the Univer-sity IO maintain 1h:m Wc-bmail.
Webm:1il cum:mly requires that
Colga1c back up all c•mail servers every night. With Gmail,
all of ,tu! work is done on the
Google server, and there are few
coSts beyond initial set-up fees.
.. h 's really a win- w in s itu·
a t ion for both thr. s tudenu
and the University in terms
of budget and ease of use and
maintenance.» Sobelman said.
Another bcncflt of the G maH
system is permanent e-mail addresses for all Colgate alumni.
Under the current sys:te.m, gra.du..
ates can register for an alumni.
colgate.edu address. However,
old e-mails would not be saved.
G mail would crc.u c addresses at
studems.colgate.edu, and would
,hen :mtoma1icalJy ~-wi1ch l'O
alumni.colgate.cdu a few weeks
after graduation.
Sobelman and Schneider have
been in con12a with the Office
of Communication, as we.II as the
Office of Institutional Advanccmtnt, to make sure these changes
go smoochly.
"Over the long term, all Colg,cc
a.lums would have a Colgate e-mail address. making it easier to
st:ay in touch,.. Sobclman said.
AJ1hough there is more testing to be done, as well as customiution of the system to
make it a good fo for Colgate
s tudem s, SGA plans to have the
project completed by the end of
this academic year.
"Jc would be besc for boch
parties if this project was com-
p ieced by the end of this year
so that the incoming c lass of
2012 could be b rought in wich
the new sys1em and not have
,o de-al with swi1ching over,..
Sobclman said.
Sobdman and Schndchat the moot impc>r=c f.actor in
impltrnenring me system is acquiring
AUdent input and suppon.
"This is a projoa in ""PM"' co
AUdenc n,quest and we hope chat
AUdencs will enJ'i'll' us in """"'"'"
tion co maktchis thelxa~
poaible," Sobdman aid. ·..-:~
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NOVEMBER 15,
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COMMENTARY
2007
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Volum< 00... Number XII
N~mb« IS, 2007
Editor's Column
Sumner Ellsworth • Jill Ferris
Editon-in-Ch id
Mike Nanna
Atit Amin
Excanivt Editor
Copy £dj10,
Alex Whitaker
Kimmy Cunningham
Scn'°r Edit0r
M:uuigl.ng Ed:1101
Vanessa Persico • Laura Stoloff
Andrew Wickerham
Lizzy Dietrich • Anna Spinelli
Commcntuy Editon
News Editon
Paul Kasabian • Jon Lampert
Victoria Cubera • Elsie Denton
Spoc-u Editon
Aru &: Fttn.ua F,diton
Jic Liu
Lauren Mendell • Emily Rawdon
Online Ediror
Ph011ography Editor Spons Phou>grtphy F.ditor
Jaime Coyne
Geoff Guenther
Aub1an1 News Edhor
Alsiscant Comcnt:nnry Editor
Laura Blau • Amanda Fox
Caitli n Holbrook • Joe Koos
Produc:t.ion Misr,in u
Asrutan1 Alu & Fca1utc Edlton
FROM ROB
& JENNY
the Colg:ne Community more environmen~
tally friendly. We look forw:ard 10 cooperating
&rgc with M1.1yor Sue McV,mgh o( the Village ofHamihon. Ovcra pot of rc:a, we got 10 ,vi.th May,.>r MeVaugh as we initiate a dbiloguc
know more about the Village that is home 10 with dowmown n::staur::i.ntS regarding cnvl,..
our beloved Colg;ltC oommunity. JUSt as the ronmentlll.ly conscious pr.,cticcs. Bq;inning
SGA is bei.ng proactive co make posith•c im- with a discu.ssion abouc disposable containers,
paeu on campus. Mayor McVaugh is ovcncc- we arc excited about wh21t is on the hori7.on
ing a series of projtt:tS co improve Hamihon for our p.u-mership with Hamilton buslnd$C$
in preserving our cnvironn\enl.
and serve her constituents' intcrcsu.
Another proposal thac would ha..-c i.mpliaAs you m:ay have heard or seen, it snaw5
here. To bring snow removal ccchniqucs in tions for the Village wouJd be rhc addidon of
line with our shared interest in pro1cai1tg the more puking in the Univcn.icy Townhouses.
environment, new pr:1.cticcs arc being imple-- As many ofyou know. there i1 a sc:rious sh.on.men1cd chi.~ season by Mayarc numerous concerns regarding the prcvi,. Among these 2 l 3 rcsldcms l 40 own cars tlut
ous \..I.SC of salt and s:uid co keep roadways and compete on a nightly ba$is for 132 spots. Maywalkways safe for their users during the h:ush or McVaugh offered to speak with w further
winter season. Salt and Its residue can be harm~ about the pt'OCC'$$ to g:ajn VWagc 21pprov.al for
ful to the in1cgricy of the roadways ::ind have the addltk>ruu parking ,howd the p,<,po,,J be
potentially dangerous health implications for accqm:d by Colg:uc:'s Ad.minisu:nion. We .tre
animals. Tc> remedy these issues, the town Lt currcndy worktng with R.cs-.idc:ntia.l Uk, Cam..
going robe testing a brine solution this winter pus Safety, and Bulldlngi & Grounds to find
which has IOW<":r salinity and is $Ub5cqucntJy 2 fe:u:iblc: problem to the parking siru..1.tion. In
the mc:amfrnc. plea.tie know that Campus
much safer for the cnv'ironmcnt.
S.-Uecy
wW ticket you if)'OU park ilkgal.ly in the
We share with Mayor McVaugh ch:at chc:
SCA has a policy coordinator for environ~ Townhouses. If you arc 2 resident or visitor of
mcnml initiati-,•cs, Nicole: Svajk:nlu, who is the Townhouses and would IJkc to gee invol'Vffl
currently ,,.·<>rking on several project$ to make with this iniriati~. ~ conmet us!
We ,pent this past Friday afccmoon :u 1hc
Myths, Realities & Parking Predicaments
The Townhouses has a parking predicament: coo many cars and too few sp:accs. Even
those of us withouc cars find ourselves playing hide-and-seek with parking spaces. helping
our friends find temporary homes for their vehicles after every trip. lhe prime parking
spots arc those right of your townhouse; the unlucky :a~ relegated m the far ~tern end.
and the unfortunate find themselves with no other option 1h:an the freshmen 101.
Th<" best times ,o find a spot? Sunday.nights when t"vtryone is a, the library or between
4:30 and 7:00 p.m. during the week. By late night, though. ,he pickings become slimmer
and slimmer. Most Wednesday nights after 71u Maroo11-Nrws. is put to bed around midnight Sumner Ellsworrh, my co-Editor-in•Chief, and I return 10 the Townhouses, fingers
cr-osscd we' ll find a spot. 1hc poinc is that there is simply not enough parking.
This column is not a r.i.m a.bout ,he lack of parking, ,hough. l feel there lS :a larger
problem facing the Townhouse community that must be addressed immedi:udy. In the
absence of adequate parking fuci litics. some srudems have begun utiliz.ing ,he dis:,hility
parking spaccs or1 10 avoid that F.ue, the non-parking spaces tha1 offer wheelchair :access
to the sidewalks.
I ha-.·c noticed that it Sttms to be the same cars that are regularly illegally parked. but
my concern is the same: it should not be an option 10 park in thc.-sc sp:accs even if the rest of
the lot is 6llcd. To furrher illuminate this point, I'd like co debunk some myths and excuses
I have he:ard from fellow students about handicap parking spaces:
I. Colll"te can (or should) tum thcomply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. which. among other regulations. requires
that newly constructed parking lor.s contain a cC"nain ratio of :accessible parking spaces.
This also includes lo:ading arns (the spaces marked off with diagonaJ s1rip..:s) that are "'van
accessible."
2. It's ok. No one ot Colgate even"'"-' di,ability parking. Fa/Jr. A, a newly built facility,
the Townhouses arc aetua.lly some of the most accessible buildings on campus. A student
with a pcrmancn1 or temporary physical disability would be able to successfully live in this
community, whether that person is an athlece on crutches or somtone who is whed·chair
bound. Our student population chang~ over every four years, and ,hough there may be
no one with such ph)'$ical limitations who is currently a student, we need to be cogni-iant
as a University of all evc-nmalities.
3, Only Colgate studenu park in the lot, anyhow. Also, fal.,r. Within the course of
the year, the Townhouses arc visited by parents, profC$SOrs 2nd community members. We
must meet the needs of these potential guests. as well. and :adaptive parking is one of
the possibili1ies.
4. I wouldn't do this normally, but there's no place else and I'm tired/ha..,·e 21 lot of nuff
to ca.rry/don't want to walk from the fttshman lot. It's not going to hurt anyone. N,lsr.
While no one will be killed by parking in a reserved sp:ace, I am a str-ong believer in "'practice makes perfect." Within the liberal arts curriculum, Colgate places a strong emphasis on
social responsibility. What is the purpose of that education, though, if we do not 1ake its
meaning t'O hean and rccogniic our own social responsibiliryr Also. if tickett°d by Campus
Safcry, you fuce a $50 fine and having your car towed.
So this is my challenge to campus, but especially the 10wnhouse community. Drivers,
the next time you arc searching for the ever·elusive parkfog space, don't just pull into a spc>t
reserved for people with disabilities. The poinc is th:u C\'en if you have 10 walk from the
freshmen lot, at least you ha"e the ability to do so. Non-drivers. pressure your friends IO be,.
have in a similar, respectful manner. And Campus S:.ifety, :n ,he very least. please regularly
issue tickers to those who illegally park in these spaces. For repeat offender~. though. sc:art
towing ca.rs. This is an important issue that demand~ drastic measures.
CORRECrlONS:
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' TGIF F818S ""'uvtJi;Jl:)l6 for outbOurld tmV81
on Ftfday&lorc;olleg(>bt8akS. Return "*'must
t:x, on the folk:,,Mng l;,ur1day. Monday or
TU8Scl8y for sl)8Cial 19reS.
In last week's article .. Rowing Raiders Outpaced by Sr.1cusc." :aMistant co:,ch Matt Hanig
was quoted as ~ying... I was disappoimcd in their pa lot more than that, and they ha"e a cha.nee to redeem themselves at the nex1 regaua.'"
While it can be inferred that Hanig was Sp<.':lking about the whole men's rowing tl·am. this
is not the case. Although Hanig was disappointed with ,he Novice Eight's ninth-place fin~
ish, he -...-as happy with the men's varsity performances on November 3.
Also, the organizacion mentioned in l:m week's article "Nothing co do but Drink." was
Panhelleni<.', which was incorrectly typed as P:anHellenic.
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COMMENTAR\r
NOVEMBER
JS. 2007
TH E COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Forgetting the Date
BY JAIME COYNE
0.,,ef2QJJ
As I sat here wondering what [ should
write about, my eye caught on something
o n my daily calendar on my desk. In tiny
letters next to the date, it said 'Veterans'
Day'. 1 did a double-take at thi.s because
how could it possibly be Veterans' Day
when I was completely unaware of ii? AJI
throughout my time at school, every year,
Veterans' Day had been a big deal. To us
students, it was really just bccau~c we got
a day off from school, and not )>(cause of
whatever nice sentiment the administra1ion was trying to get across, but still , we
knew it was Veteran$ Day.
Election Day was this past week. I
found out about it the day before, because my roommate happened to re.a d
i1 off her agenda. I have been planning
on making sure I have an absencce ballot
for the primaries in January, bu1 J had
to1ally missed chc fact chat Election Day
even exis1cd. Some people were shocked
when I admined this to them, but
mos1 people .agreed that they had not
known either.
I'm very disappointed in mysc.lf for
being so out of touch. People arc always
advocating that you should Slay on 1op of
current events, be aw-arc of recent issues,
and make sure your voice is heard by voting. And when I h~r such arguments, I
agree. But how can you persist in these
things when the problem is that you arc
ignorant until it i.s too late?
Maybe nothing was organized on Col-
BY KATELYN BURKE ANO
CARLY WEIL
CJ,u,ef20l0
Most of us know you can get cheap
clothes a, Wisc Buys and that there's a
Wat.Mart abou1 twenty minutes down
Rome 12. Some of us may even know
the names of some of the surrounding
towns. But do you really know Central
New York~ In our road-tripping navels,
we've come to discover :a few gems right
in C olgate's backyard and we've made h
our m ission 10 bring you the bC'-SI every
week. ihis week, we've m:ade sure to hold
your attention with some good drinks,
good gamc:s, and good limes. So gr:ab the
keys to your car (or bribe your closest
friend with a car), turn up the music, and
trip OUI with US,
Hippos: The House of BilHards (5160
Commercial Drive East. Yorkville, NY):
\Virh an inventory that includes 24 bil·
liard tables, rwo Foosball tables, and a
room for Table tennis and Dans, Hippos
has everything co keep you entertained
for hours. Every Monday is 8-Ball Amateur Night; Tuesdays arc NPL Sanction
9-Ball Nighcs; and every Wednesday is 9llall Non-Sanc1ion Nigh1. Oh, and gals.
every night is considered LadiC$ Night
at Hippos. (You get to play for fr~c un~
til 7 PM!) Feel free co refuel at the ddi
and snack bar, which arc both open
un1il closing.
gate's campus for Ve1crans' Day because
1hcy were afraid it would just highligh1
to slUdems thac they were not gerring a
holiday off. Maybe, in an ironic twist,
there was something for Veterans' Day
but I d idn't realize ir. In pa.st school yc.ars,
I've experienced speakers coming to my
school, essay contc&ts on the subject, and
parades. I know that, as legal adults, we
feel we don't need the dumbed.down,
patriotismpis-important generalized spiel
regurgitated to us all the lime like it was
when we were younger. But wouldn't an
effort 10 alerr us that the day is arriving
be nicd We can 611 in the appropriate
reverence toward veterans ourselves, and
make our own dccision.s whether to attend events rcla1ed to the subject, if we
only knew what was going on.
No one is pcrfecc, and no one can know
everything about current affairs that they
should. l'm pretty sure few other people
know when Fl,g Day is, and I only know
because it is my sine r's birthday. If you arc
aware of a certain issue, spread the word,
and do it in a timely manner. Tell people about an important upcoming event
beforehand instead of being outraged at
their ignorance when it is too late to do
anything about it. We're too old to take
too much force-fed act-this-way-for-thisoccasion sining down. But if everyone
would do their bc&t ro spread awareness.
some of us might just choose by our own
free will to get involved. So let's rcdprocace. You cc.II me what you know, and
I'll tell you where to bring the 8ag, well
in advance.
Sara.nae Brc-wcry (830 Varick St, Udca,
NY): For over a century, the Man Brcwp
ing Company has been up and running
in Utica. So why not pick up a histori·
cal cue while (if you're over 21) enjoying
,he alcoholic pride of Ccn1ral New York
- qui1c the incentive, chr Birthplace of
the ales from 1hc annual Save the Ales
cvcm, you can drink all you want while
you're ,here. Tours run from I p.m. until
3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
PoolvillcCoun1ryS1orc(l 245 ~,)ville
Road, Poolvillc, NY): Of course, we had
10 include a place with some good cats.
This week's selection, Poolville Country
Store, h:u recently received new ownership and now accepts reserva,ions for
dinner. Settled in the midsr of the dairies
and cornfields of upstate, the Coumry
Score is the perfect place to sit down for
a heany meal - might we sugges1 either
the roasted chicken with corn soum c or
seared yellowfln tuna on top of crispy
noodle pancakesr Neighboring Bouck•
ville is home to several antique s hops, so
you can make it a full day uip around
,he arc-a. Who can resist the charm of
councry in such convenient proximityr
We sure couldn'1.
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We hope you enjoy chis week's picks in
the are2. If you've got a specific place you
want us to check out or want us 10 find
something for you within a good distance,
give us a shout! Let us take the 6rst hit.
H appy uipping.
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SY ERIN BERGMAN ANO KIMMY CUNN INGHAM
OMG. Did you hear thai three people gol diagnosed with HIV at t he Health Center this semester! Yep, we heard the rumor. And guess what? h 's not uuc. However, it
did get us think.ing that an attic.le on sexual health might be warranted. Even though
the health center verified that three students have 001 been diagnosed, the possibility
thu HIV and other STDs have infihratcd our bubble is a scary thought. When we first
heard the rumor, we were shocked. Bue after further consideration, we realized chis isn't
such a far-fetc.hcd scenario: girl goes :abroad; girl meets French '"model"; you know ...
girl comes back to campus and sleeps with ex-boyfriend. Turns out Monsieur ..Model•
ain"t so dean. Next thing you know, an entire group of friends has ThC' C lap.
We decided it was time ,o get onlinc and do some research. The first site that
popped up was a statem ent rclca.scd by the CDC (UntC'r for Disease Control) thac
said rares of Chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea a.re climbing for the 6rst time in a
decade. There were more than 1,000,000 cases of Chlamydia diagnosed in the US last
year alone. Think about it: 1hcre probably aren't many 85-year--old wQmcn or 10-ycarold boys contracting this STD. You do the mach. We're in the most sexually active and
promiscuous age bracket, which means it's safe to assume a high percentage of these
cases arc found in kids like us.
We wanted an ex.pert opinion on the venereal disease situation at Colgate, so we
in1crvicwcd the famou.s Or. Miller a, the Health Ccn1cr. She began by telling us, "Kids
know the facts, but that doesn't always transmit into the bedroom." And, it's uue. We
have been thoroughly educated ,bout the risks of m,ny of these STD,. but a boulc of
tequila later, getting the pants of that fine sophom*ore playing Stronger on his acoustic
guitar seems more important than worrying about the possibility of genital warts.
Now we're not actually saying that Mr. Phi Tau (excuse w, Mr. Colgate) has any sort
of STD, but it i.s true that there arc kids o n thb campus that do.
So you've heud the age old question: (in Ben Stein's voice) What can you do to
prevent venereal disease? In the words of our mothers (no seriowly. we come from very
open households), "Use your rubbers." Not having one is not an excwc and never ha.s
been. Boy,:, keep one in your wallet. Girls, you'd be surprised how empowering rhat
lirt.le piece of rubber i.s in your clutch. Furth ermore, the buddy system is one of your
best lines of defense.. Say one. of your recently single best friends is giving a lap dance
on the front seat of the Cruiser. You sense t hat the four shots of tequila, three beers and
two Mary Specials may have gone ro her head. Not to mencion, you've heard a thing
or two about the boy she"s mounting. While we normally don't advocate listening to
the rumor mill, when it comes to the family jewels or your prctry kitty, it"s bcner to be
safe than sorry. Now would the perfect time to intervene and take her to bed (prefer..
ably her own).
Being a good friend doesn't end there. As i.s the case with aJI tha, is fun. there is
such a thing a.s having too many sexual partners. Everyone has different sexual standards about prudence and promiscuity. Keeping this in mind, if you're worried about
a friend's recent sexual behavior, calk 10 them. If they aren't receptive to your worries
about their health, simply point out that no one wants a ride on t.hc village bicycle.
The thre.a.1 of gossip may at least get th em 10 reconsider their behavior.
Ok. so let's say this article is a few weeks too late for you. Not to worry {too much),
the Health Center offers discrete testing and trntment. O r. Miller kindly went over
the procedure and pricing for each. For girls, che HC'.alrh Center offers testing for
HPV, H IV, syphilis, Chlamydia and gonorrhea. For boys, all arc offered except HPV
testing. The cost is $60 to be rested for all of the above. Worried your parents will
think you're a slur? Fret no more. The He.a lth Center has an option for students to
pay for tening under the university's name (aka, it doesn'1 go through your parents'
insurance). Paymen1 plans arc available and ffcxible. Dr. Milltr assured us tha., she'd
rather have people coming in to be rested than worry abou1 1hc cost. The results vary
by d isease, but it can rake up to two weeks ro get tesrs back. That's a long time to wait
by ,he phone.
TI\at brings us to our final point. This is a scary subject, and some of 1hcsc disp
cases don't go away. As Dr. Miller so aptly put it, many of these STDs arc silent. You
can't walk across the quad and point out Chlamydia Karen or Gonorrhea G reg. Many
people infected don't have symptoms, nor do they necessarily even know they have a
venereal disease. This makes it doubly impor1am 1hat if you chink you may have been
exposed (aka the condom broke. or you don't remember whether you usC'd one or not)
to go in and get tested. Sorry guys, we promise, next week will be on a lighter note,
filled with our usual inappropriate, sexual innuendos. Happy Thanksgiving!
Spill the beans.
Write for Commentary.
email edietrich or aspinelli
COMMENTARY
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
THE C OLG ATE MAROON-NEWS
Your Tuition, Money, and Politics:
at Can Students Do?
More diverse candidaces arc able to run.
rather chan the select few with conncc-
BY TOM ELLISON
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holden to no one but their voters. They
don't h,wc to worry that a given decision
This isn't a pie-in-the-sky idea or an
untested theory. Clean Elcccions arc
used in Maine, Con nc:c1icu1, Arizona,
Nonh Carolina :and other states and citics throughout the counuy with proven
and mcasur:.1blc success. And now there
is a chance to get Clean Elections for our
national Congress.
Democracy Mauers at Colg:uc is
celebrating the "l;ENA WEEK OF
ACfl ON" from Nov l 2 to 16. FENA
stands for the "' Fair Elections Now Act."
It is a bill in Congre~ that would in•
scitutc the Clean Election~ op1 ion for
our Semue and House of Rcpresen1.,.
tives. It would give us Congressmen and
women who are indebted w no one hut
their conslituents: a CongrcS.$ that can
· make policy to serve all of us, 001 jusl
tht quarter of a p~rcent who fund 1heir
reelection campaigns.
Whatever issues you want addrei)ccl.
a truly rcpresen1a1ive and accountable
system is a prerequisite. Dc:mocr.icy
Manen is a national student organita·
1ion 1h1u is joining wi1h groups like chc
NAACR Common Cause. Sierra C lub,
As rhc 2008 Presidential race shows,
when it comes to our elections all we
hear abou1 is how much money, money,
...,
money candid:ncs ;uc raising. A total of
$420 million has already been raised for
the election which is still a year away!
Why don'r candidates ralk about real
is.sues? Like the fact that college costs arc
rising at more than twice the rate of in.Ration and driving up the amount that
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s1Udcnts and F.tmilics must borrow.
Wha1 docs s1Udem debt have to do
with politics? A recent repon from the
College Board states tha1 rising mition
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..closely tracks changes in financing that
colleges receive from state governments '
and other public sources." But our poli..
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ticians today spend more time raising .
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money for their campaigns than listen· -'
ing to studenlS cry for help. They have
to, if they wan, ,o get reelected. But
there is a solution.
The solution is publicly funded elec..
tions, commonly called Clean Eleccions.
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Ir is a volunrary sy,rcm where "' nd idarcs DEMOCRACY ACTUA~LY MATTERS: It is important to ac.knowledge the activism and ef- AFL-CIO, Mexica_n -A~ericon Legal
can qualify for a public grant ,o fund
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promise o
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benefits. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ph0 10 courtesy of 60CS,Ct ,gCandidates spend less rime desperately
ey chase, and crea1e responsive. accountfundraising and more time addressing the tion5; co big money. And most impor· will dry up their funding and lose them able elected officials. 11 just m ight rncan
issues important.. ro their constirnems. tantly, candidates elected, '"Clean" arc be· their job.
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:
eater Denied Its Due
BY ZACH MANCHER
Ci,u,ef2009
To tc-ach is to do a praiseworthy dctd.
It is admirable to impan your knowledge
and wisdom onto a younger gener.uion
with the hope that your pupils will one day
have ideas, discoveries and achievements
that will surpa$S even your own, and eventually bring them grearne.ss. For this, I am,
as a smdcnt and member of the Colgate
communiry, extremely grateful. But the
recent actions of a few of the faculty from
the Humanities d ivision have not followed
this honorable mi$Sion.
Tuesday, Humanities faculty members
banned the Student Theater Company
from using the Ho Lecture Hall for their
produc1ion of lra Levin's comedic thriller,
"Dearhrrap." They did this becaus, they
said that the set. which was stored in one
back corner of the room, was an eyesore,
and was distracting rn their classa. 11le
set was rear·ranged and covered over in a
white cloth in order to uy and appease the
aesthetic senses of the English department
to no avail. The division rejcc,cd the set
remaining in Ho for any Jength of time
baning the actual shows, dcspile the fact
that the set would rake several hours to put
up and rake down every nighr. They did
1his even though the Humanities division,
as it includes both the English and Theater
departments, should support live theater
on campus. Instead, it is anaclung Srudent
Theater with this decision.
But this srory starts Jong before Tues·
day morning. The show, as a vision of di·
rec,or senior Jon Cornfield, was officially
born in rhe Masque and Triangle general
mec,ing last April. With Srudcnt ·lbeater
already not aJlowed ro perform in the
best of ,he available spaces on campus
(Brehmer Theater and rhe Chapel), rhe
venue is an imponant pan of any proposal In recent years. Student Theater
has been forced to improvise and use less
than ideal spaces such as the Ho ~cture
Hall, Lawrence 20, and Linle 107. Cornfield's vision was 10 use the characteristics
of the Ho Lecture Hall to transform ,he
hall in10 the home of playwright Sidney
Bruhl, inviting ,he audience into his liv·
ing room to witness the thcatria. To this
end, the set was designed by junior Allie
Geiger, a theater major with a concentration in scenic design , It was designed
over the course of the sem*ncr as an inde..
pendent study class advised by Professor
Marjorie Kellogg in order to embody the
vision of the director. Geiger ingeniously
incorporated not only the ambience of
the room, but also the windows and ccn·
tcr French doors as ch aracteristics of the
Bruhl house. This jhow and set were not
j ust built with Ho in mind, but rather
specifically designed 10 fit and even blend
into the surroundings of the venue.
And quite a set it was. Unlike the usual Studenr Theater and SMuTCo. backgrounds which usuaHy consist of at most a
few free s1a.nding AatS painted ,o give the
~ tting a theme, this was a full set and an
exceptional piece of a.n. h consisted of two
large pi15 feet wide, respectively, which fit together
at a corner. The pieces were painted, wall·
papered, and adorned wirh ,pccificolly designed and constructed crown molding and
cwo columns. One: piece had rwo, four-level
high bookshelves and a working fireplace.
Due to the timing of the show dates l,e..
ing close to those of University Theater's
~Miss Julie," all of the construction had to
be done in four days. In those four days,
eight studcnu worked 160 hours under
the supervision of the theater depanmem's
Joe.I Mori.in and Ryan Jones. ~lhis set was
an ac-hievtment for Student Theater. which
usually resigns it.Sclf co minima.list ,he:ner
out of conveniences.
Our generation is oft charged with not
doing anything to take a stand or make
a change. We arc, C$SCntially, the convenience generation. We opt out of reading
in favor of video games and trade cooking
for Easy Mac. It stands to re.ason. then,
thar the Humanities division has Student
Theater o n the basis 1ha1 the set was .. in·
convenient.~ h Ries in the face of decency
that the very professors who participate
in the ans education of Colgate students
should stunt the growth of nude,nt-run
theater. It is exuemdy sad that the Hu.
manitics D ivision should single: thea1cr
out a.s the orphaned depanmcnt.
Last year, Student lheater put on "P,ero·
dactyls," a play by Nicky Silver wherein
three smaller Rats were stored in the back
of the Ho Lecture room and a temporary
hardwood Boor was installed. F.acuhy and
staff did not object ot he use ofhte set, and
the show went on to success. Whc-n faculty
were asked if the s..1me arrangement should
be made for .. Dearhtrap," the answer was
"'yes". 1-fowevcr, upon seeing the labor of
three months of design and construc1ion,
the show was evicted.
So wha1 message are the faculty mem•
hers send ing to ,heir srndcnts? rlhcy arc
informing us it i.s acceprnble to oop out for
less complex, less grandiose idl"als. 1llcy
arc letting us know that excu)CS are preferable to effons. 'They art telling us chat
gre:.1tnC$S will be punished.
In our presen1 situation. sruden1s
worked extremely hard in order to change
something for the better. While it was not
a huge change. such as. for instance, getting aid into Darfur. it ,vas a changc none•
1hc.le$S. And college isn't necessarily the
time for big change, bm rather the time
to practice and hone our skills for ma.k·
ing bigger change when we enter '"the real
world.'" ·lbcn the faculty told tht students
1ha1 all rheir work was not more important than a little inconvenience to their
classrooms. 1hey said that even though
the "' Dea1htrap" tie2m did everything by
the book (including reserving the srr.ice on
EMS and individually talking each profes.
sor beforehand to obtain permission w
leave- the sel thert) that the faculty has 1he
final say, and the decks arc in fact, stacked
against us. Finally. they are denying the
nudents, their pupils, their apprentice.s
in the world of intellectualism, a chance
:u grc-arnes.s.
NOVEMBER 1S, 2007
COMMENTARY>
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Alumni Column
The Nonprofit Sector: Opportunity· Awaits
Stll'vt'.)'S and repons. It has been called the
greates1 challenge fu:ing nonprofiis over the
Cl,uu/19%
next decade. To many it is, indeed, a crLSis.
Last yjoyro ucmendous growth ewer the I""' dudecades ., a rcsuh or a lu.ndfuJ
f.tctor>. entided "The Nonprofit Sector's Leadership
Chief among them is the vast amount of Deficit.• It lus sparked a Aurry or public dewealth ~ncratcd in the private sector. This, bate especially with rid to where the next
in curn. ha.s n:suJtcd in increased corporate gcner.ttion oflcaders would come from.
The rcpon examined nonprofir.s with revand incUvidual donations. And me giving of
enues
greater than $250,000, (with the exprivate funds for public good - known as
phiJ:mthropy - is Hkcly to become even more ttption or hospiia.ls and higha educational
institutions). Most alarming is du, over the
pronounced in the future.
Ano1hcr reason for this growth is that next ten years me nonprofit sector will need
the governmental sector is asking nonprof- to attract or devdop approximately 640,000
its to play a larger role in the ddivcry of new senior managers.
Tierney's rcpon cites a number or reasons
S('rvices. Government agencies arc incrt"a.Singly providing funding and grants to orga- for thi.,: not enough calent entering the sector,
niutions whk.h, in turn, provide assistance the growth in the numbe, or nonprofit organi7.atioru; anticipated retirement; the uansition
with programs that help the public.
And finally, there is the managtformation in which nonpro6t organizations within or outside of the industry; and the exapply bwincss tools and talcnr to their en- pansion or nonprofit organo.ations themselves.
As an example of how ominow the siruterprises. The~ was a time when some nonprofiu scoffed at the idea or implementing ation has ~me, i.n the New York ~on
maditional business practices~ the for-profit alone, 70 pen;ent ornonprofi, exttucive dirhaving little in common. However, busi- according to a survey by the Suppon Center
ness practices and bu.1jncss training today for Nonprofit Management.
It is uncem.in, howeva, wlu1 effect, if any,
a.re playing a critica.l role in achieving social
missions by the mOSt effective and efficient this will have on the board composition or
these nonprofit organization~ Many boud
means possible.
lhcrc is another trend in the nonprofit mcmbe.. are also approaching an age or rca.rena, h has been the subject or many rcttnt llrcmcm or will be stepping down from the
BY SAND I DRUCKER WRIGHT
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board when a new executive director takes
over. 1hc good news is that this will present
a great numberorboud v-,caneies-opporrunities for young people whom interested in
serving on boards of nonpro6t organiutions
whose causes they are passionate about.
Why, you might wonder, would this affect
you? Bocawc for a v.ut majority ofyou, at some
point in your funuc. )'OU will have the oppor•
runity to ex>ntribute to a nonprofit organo.arion
:d a donor, as an cxccutivc and/or at a board
member. So it is important to begin thinking
about how you can make a contribution.
l.n thinking about the nonprofit seaor, it
is essential to have some baseline knowledge
about how nonprofit organizations arc s ~
tu.red. Nonprofits organizations arc incorpor.tted by the state and regulated at the soue
levd through the secretaries of state. They an,
classified as 50 I (c)(3)s , and must benefit the
broad public interesr. Because they work for
the public good, nonprofits are exempt &om
paying fc.dcral inoome t2XCS, and contributors
may da.im donations as deductions from their
inoomc taxes. Nonprofit ownership rcfc.rs to
both a legal and ethical raponsibility: to orrer a pubUc benefit purpose and to meet the
cxpcct2tions of those on whose behalf the organization exists.
According to a repon by the Independent
Sector - a forum for charities. foundations,
and corporate giving program, - as of last
year, there were over 1.5 million charirabk:
orgarti7.ations.. These organizations are $0me-
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times labeled "'the independent sector" to
distinguish them &om govemmenw and private sector enterprises. Tow cha.riiable giving
reached $260.3 billion in 2005 with nine out
ten households giving to charity.
While the Sr is g,owing in terms of
quantity of org:mi.utions, most nonprofits
are small. Seventy-three percent had annual
budget> or less than $5001<, and only four
percent had annual budget> or greater than
ten million dollars. The roal combined assets
public charities and private foundations
.,. estimated at $2.95 uillion. And the sector
employs more than 11.7 million people, or
nine percent ofworking Americans.
With this seaor growing so r.tpidly, it is
important to think about what successful
twcnty-fim ttnrury nonprofits will need 10
meet the challenges they wUI f'.ce. Crucial
to success will be financial mbility and sustainabUity. an effective cxo:utivc director, accountability to community. donors and cli-ents and a dear and funaioning governance
strucrure. In adwtion, these organizations will
need strong boo.rd, of diroct0rs.
In Jim Collins' book, Good to Great and
the Social Scaors, he writes, "The number
one resource for a great social sector organi~
ution is having enough or the right people
willing to commit themselves to mission.'" In
order for the nonprofit sector ro thrive. we'll
need sm>.n, passionate and (O help create the next generation or nonprofit
organi7.ation and board leaders.
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The Broader View of Going Abroad
no quid<, cheap or easy way to get &om Europe to Chicago. Only an absolute emergency
Cl,uu/2010
would warrant a trip home. Some srudcnts
had the unfonunate feeling after arriving at
Before Christmas, many sophom*ores l"f'~'..-...JI'
Colg;ue that they'd made a mistake going to
need l'O make decisions regarding where
that school. They rd, like they ..... ... in the
they'll spend next y,:ar. At Colg,aie, studywrong place. 1r I go over>cas and then realize
ing abroad seems standard. Sixty percent
I made a mistake, there'll be rew options.
of us do it at least once! Colgate is known
A, with anything, going abroad comes
for its outstanding study groups in plaCC'S
with sacrifice. 1r I go abroad one semester,
t-verywherc from Scotland to AunraJia to
it means I must saaific:c a whole semester
VeniCC', Not to memion the :added bonus
or opporrunities here at 'Gate. Missing the
of avoiding an upstate New York win- ~
second semester entails losing a season on ski
ter. and escaping the oonfincs of Madison f.
team, not being here when seniors graduate,
County fo r a semester. Why wouldn't you
and a ygo abroad?
I go during the f.tll, I'll miss college football,
lhc rnmificuio1u of anending school
Halloween just won't be the same and I'll
off camplLSfor a semester are minor. It simmiss out on great full color. But in tht end,
ply mt-.a1u tha1 there are fewer juniors than
I'm sure it would be wonh it.
any otltpro:acl1cs when students stan jetting off to
abrood.
I firmly believe that it is a price1<$S,
Europem univcl'$itics, tht: land down under.
pl~urable oppominity. Never again in my
ancl internships in O.C.. m:my students relife will I be able to spend four months travelalilA." d,cre are ntwitlvcs sides 10 their study '
ing across a foreign continent. And why not
ahroad plans.
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go now when I'm young and healthy, and
From early on in my Colg,a1e days. I had I
a Study abroad plan. I knew where and when PROS ANO CONS OF GOING ABROAD: When planning to go abroad, many withou, serious raponsibilityl It will be an
I wam<-d to go. Now as the appUca,ion dead- Colgate students fall to consider the d isadvantages associated with spending a semester eye-opening experience to sec what lire is like
lines draw 11l'ar, I'm gt..'lting cold fttt. I'm away from campus. For some students, going a b road means missing out on social op- in other place$, to panake in another cuhurc
••ming to re1li1.< that socially, financially, portunities, while for others it means confronting financial difficulties or falling behind and to have unique chllnccs. Study abroad
and academically a semester abroad is going academically.
is less about the study and more about the
10 be :a challenl,'t",
cou.nff)' of cadi.~.vkwlmagu.oom being abroad. lt will ddinitdy be a defining
Uniil the beginning or this school ywas still adamant abouc doing both scm~crs nior friends going abrQ:ld next scmcsrtr; come chc risk orstnining imporrant friendshi.ps h~
Don't be dissuaded if you•rc going abroad;
or junior year ovcr,c:,s, but I've changed my December l won't be r=ly to say goodbye to f.tctored into my plans.
just think about it and rcali7.e there will be
mind. I will only go abroad one St:mcster. I them forever! Even just leaving for one scmcsAlso. as a domestic srudcm, 1 will have consequences, though the positive oonscjustify this by S>ying that it would be nearly ter, I know some thin&< wUI change.
never been so fir away &om home for such quences will probably ouiweigll the negative
impo,sibl< to double major and go abroad a
Granted snidying abroad, and even col- a long time. A, I consiqered a program in ones. All I'm saying is that thl'ull yheavUy influenced my choice. W.U I grow
apo.n &om my friends irl'm gone all y
BY DEENA MUELLER
be about education. Theses decisions should
be based on what f'riends arc doing or how I
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COMME,N TARY
NOVEMBER 15. 2007
THE O(!)LGATE MA ROON-NEW S ,
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Political Correctness
Pet
of the most in.spiring docuinti of all time
in your delusional obsession with mak0-ef20/J
ing right the symbols of our society that
Arguing over the wording of the Pledge po.sc an insigni6cant threat to our counof Allegiance was bad enough, but dis- try's outstanding principles of equaJity, f
membering the framework of the Ameri- recdom and justice for aJI.
I can't help but wonder what the adcan school ro achieve political correctness
is ludkrous and extreme. That'.s right, I'm dition of two words could possibly do
referring to the use of ..first-year"' over for the allegiance of a country to a com'"frC$hmcn• in reference to the inaugural mon cause. Will rccit.a tion of the phrase
rwo-.scmestcr period we mwt all conquer ..under God" somehow cause us to feel a
before moving on to sophom*ore $1atus sense of submiMion to American nationalism, a.s if He demands it? Hardly. Words
and beyond,
Little known to us all, the Pledge of don't mean anything nowadays. We drop
Allegiance was part of an advertising f-bombs and say, ~1 love you" to every•
campaign for a popular kid's magazine in one we barely know without meaning
1892. The authors of the Pledge in,end- any of it. It's phenomenal how freely our
cd it ro be an inspiring call for national speech flows, what little fihering it passes
unicy in a time that saw society torn in through to come out of our mouth.s, and
half over the discordant Civil War. As how it has become a common consensus
the nation moved to adopt the motto as that the sincerity and solemnity of voits creed, President Owjght Eisenhower cabulary has diminished to an aJmost ca•
signed a bill on June 14, 1954 inserting suaJ meaning. People who rai&e hell (wait,
the words "'under God" with rhc rationale is it poliricaUy correct ro ny that word)
that, •despite our great physical .strength over a phrase that was mcanr to inspire
we must remain humble. [The words] will uniry, noc impose religion on the masses.
help w co keep constancly in our minds is ridiculous. I assure you thac in all the
and heart.s the spiricual and moral prin- background research I conducted. not
ciples which alone give dignity to man, one source popped up naming the Pledge
and upon which our way of life i$ found- as a conspiracy created by the Church to
ed." Those of you who, by some anomaly, brainwash nonbelievers into Christianity.
Our country was founded, the Pledge of
find it ntcwary to pick apart his st2temcnt, yes, Eisenhower &bowed preference Allegiance wrinen, in a time much difkrcnt
to a specific deity by saying that God than t.he present. Everyone was churdi-gowill keep us mode-st. For those of you ing. God~fcaring and law-abiding. Criticiz..
who find insult in this petty violation of ing and seeking alterations to documenu
church and s«arc, I'll have you know that rhat arc simply showing homage to our
I believe that bringing the Pledge to court Founding Fathers and the religion-derived
means you arc trying to bring down one discipline that gave hinh to our country, is
BY REID KIYABU
10 wi.sh ro change the history and the roots
of our great nation. A bunch of Caucasian, ·
Christian men in powdered wigs wrote the
Constitution over 200 years ago, bu1 that
didn't stop our country from btcoming a
haven for people of multi-racial, multi-religious. ha.ir or hairless backgrounds. Taking their work out of historical con1ext is
judging second-handedly and atter-,hefact literary analysis we have no right to
partake in.
On a similar track, I had never heard
of the rcrm cafirst-year" before I came to
Colgate, and I think that it is absurd thac
we have to convert. At Maroon-News
pre-orientation, we were told that we had
to refer to college newbies as "first-years"
- as if che term cafrcshmcn" was insufficient and not .specific enough to describe
kids in their 6rst year of college. Of
course, it's not even about the meaning
or appropriation of a word anymore. Its
about petty political correctness, sooth•
ing feminists and extremists who assay
supposed sexist words with an OCD,
nit•picky attitude and a desperation that
makes me think they just wanr to 6nd
their 6ve minutes of fame and go down in
history a.s the individuals who abolished
use of the word ..freshM£N". Rather than
ignore the unfortunate ending of a word
- that c-veryonc knows is not referring
singularly to men - some geniu, decided it would be easier to erase the word
from the dictionary and replace it wich a
hyphenaied phrase.
While 1he Fim Amendment clearly
promo,cs "freedom of religion" in backing
anti-·under God.,-m. there is also a sense
of choice in rcci1ing the Pledge. If you disagree, jwt don't say the words., don't ruin
it for the rest of w who appreciate the in..
noccnt foundation from which the composition, and our coum.ry, was born. At the
same time, barring us from wing words
that can wrongly be perceived as sexist is a
violation of our right to free spccc.h. I don't
w.mt to worry about every single idiom I
use just because some silly peopJc who arc
obviowly bored, dedicucd their lives to
seeking-out and destroying sociaJly slanted
words. Don't get mcwrong- l 'm all for gen ..
dc.r equality, but this is one example where
the public is being taken to the cleaners in
bleaching out words whose insulting qw.liry
is far-fe,ched.
We live in the rwenty-6rs1 century - a
1ime chock-full of useless ligJuing. Since
whe.n did some words mean so linlc, while
rhe legitimacy of others hang by their
prccariotU ending? It seems as though wearc getting it all wrong. Instead of fighting again" our language, we should figh,
against obsradcs that truly threaten the weU
being of ow country. No one is going to
die over a word that seems to suggest a masculine preference, and many of my friends•
who-arc-girls have expressed their indifference to rhe word choice. I think its tjme we
$lopped looking for Wikipcdia.QOm glory
in rhe eHmination of words, whose variow
infractions need to be scoured for, to be
found. Instead, we ought 10 targe, real dilemmas that involve real threats to national
security. No one has been hun in all the
times I've mtsta.kcnly wed "'freshmen", and,
in the end, it just becomes a misunderstood
eight-letter word.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BY ADAM H UGHES
BY RACHEL FOWLER
a- o/21)()')
When 1 6rst read the anicle .. Outing
Dumbledorc• I was happy that hom*osexuality is discussed in our school newspaper, a publication that rtache-S everyone
across campus, but 1 felt the need to c.laboratc on some of the points made in the
anicle from a different perspective. From
the perspective of someone who has different views on J.K. Rowling's reasons for
"outing" Dumblcdorc.
First of all, J.K Rowling'• ou!ing
Dumblcdorc is a marketing ploy, plain
and simple. She is bringing a new vision
to a charactc.r to make people curious
about her books so they will either want
to buy the books or re.ad them :again. It
also raises awareness of hom*osexuality
and the correspondent is right. J.K. Rowling is doing so with little to no risk to
herself because all the books arc already
out (no pun intended). That does not
bclinle the fac, that she has brought up
the subjeet so should we not ex.amine the
books to sec if there is relevance to her
vision of Dumbledore as gay~
There is subtext especially in book
&even to suggesc that Dumbledorc, in his
younger years, is gay. After reading an article in the New York Times (written in
the Ans section on Oct. 29) rhar onJy
confirmed my own .suspicions, it i.s easy to
examine a few instances in hook &even in
a new light. Think back 10 Dumbledore's
close friendship with Grindelwald. out·
wardly displayed as an academic relationship with meetings late into the night
and lecters being constandy exchanged. It
doesn't t2kc a gre.at intellectual leap to believe this could have been a more involved
rc.lationship. Later in his life, Rita Skcercr
also refers co Dumblcdore's ..murky past"'
and that he may have an .. unnatural in•
tercsr" in Harry Porter. This represents a
vein of intolerance that Bows even in the
wizarding world for anything different,
incJuding hom*osexuality.
But putting the books aside for a moment, docs it really matter ifDumbledorc
i& gay? As the correspondent stated,
"Dumblcdore will remain to me simply
the wise and loyal headmaster." 'This i&
exactly J.K. Rowling', poin1. lhroughou,
science fiction literature, great wizards arc
not only known for their great power, but
also for putting their humanity and their
own needs aside for the greater good. It
docs matter if Dumhle.d ore is gay, it is
part of who he is, but it is only a part, a
part he decided 10 pu, a.side 10 help the
wi·z arding and mugglc world alike.
So, the subtcxc is clearly there in book
seven and granted maybe you have co
know how 10 look for ii bu, J.K. Rowling is ju.st bringing awareness to a massive
audience, which l chink i.s a wonderfu)
use of her hooks inffuencc. I think it was
also very adept of her to do it after all the
books were sold, there are no damages to
her book sales and everyone has already
read rhe books and knows Oumbledorc
as a great wizard and person, not as a
gay wiurd and gay person. People got to
know him without bias and I think that's
why J.K. Rowling djd not reveal his orien·
tation before this point. Everyone already
loves Dumblcdorc and wiJI accept him
for who he is, gay or otherwise. If she had
made it a ..spoiler," how many people who
arc uncomfortable with hom*osc.xualiry
do you think would have read the Harry
Potter series? They would have missed out
on a wonderful, imaginative world. Now
people arc being taught tolerance and J
think that's damn clever of the author 10
reach thu 10 people despite themselves.
And it's not ..children" as the correspondent Stated, who arc being taught toler·
ancc, my grandmother reads these books
and her favorite character is Dumbledore
(and I know for a fact she reads the New
York limes). If she can learn a little tolerance from Dumbledorc's coming out day,
anyone c.an.
a.,,.,2010
While the Colgate Voice daims to
promote ..pragmatic progressive dialogue" within the Colgate community,
j uvenile rhetoric undermines thc.sc assertions, resulting in petty n:amc-caJI.
ing and needlessly polarizing punditry.
In the article "Assault Weapons, Crime,
and Hicks Defecaiing on Public Safeiy."
Kale Nandu)a writes that ..any southern
hick"' can tell you about assault weapons,
which provide the ..corpulent Texan" an
alternative to '"the unrelenting banality
of h is daily southern life." While Ms.
Nandula is free to Stereotype, discriminate, and generalize, a so-called "'progressive" magazine seems an odd forum
for her prejudice. Perhaps a more empirical analysis of ,he real costs imposed
by assauh weapons would better inform
and convince the community. Vague
threats and ungrounded assen ions about
the KKK. Aryan Nations, and other
"'linle hate buddies.. reduce the article's
argument to its essence: a hateful dia•
tribe lacking any statistical support. If
the Colgate Voice tru)y hopes to conven
che complacent, evidence and thoughtful analysis will affecc change better than
empry polemic.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2007
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Spotlight On Comedy!
imo their lil.'e skit.
.,Give mC' a line from a current movic."
Weinhcimcr requested.
From the audicnce, one older gcndcman
On Samrday, November 10, ONStog,!
wearing a Colgate Phi Kappa Tau hat suggestbrought improv com«ly to a new Jevtl at The
ed, '"Frankly my dc:u, [ don't give" a damn!"
Pa.lace with a show by the Nationa.l Comedy
"'This is great, I like when you gu)'$ act
1 he:uer troupe. 'This group, heraJding from
them out," WcinhcimC"r said, laughing.
New York City, is known for putting on
During another segment, one Hamilton
clean, sharp pcrfonnanas reminiscent of
mother w:as coerced on stage by her kids,
the popular improvis:ational ,devision show,
where she gave a description of her family.
\ti'hose Line i1 ir Any,4NIT,
ShC" then cri1iqued the players as tltey perA diverse crowd comprised mostly of
formed a satirized, slapstick version of the
fumilie, from the surrounding Hamilton
domestic scene she portrayed. First, however,
area, as well as se"\•ernl ColE,r-ate studems,
she had the difficult rask of selecting who
turnt'among rhe four comedians was to play her,
have everyone .. laughing their lips off."
the thincen-year-old daughter, thC' clevenPalace Director Patricia von Mcchow in)'son and the husband Bob.
troduccd 1hc performance, and the ON"Jason alwoys plays the licclegirl." O'Neill
S1age! series.
remarked. Kramer vns then selected to play
.. Hamilton is a small town with a lot gothe second female role, as hC" had all night
ing on," von Mcchow said, "'and ONStage!
thus for.
l!> looking to feature li\•C national, regional
During one of the last skits, an audiand communiry theater companies 10 add
ence member was asked to tell a story about
mort to that variety."
something unfortunate thal had happened
With that, 1he four playel'$ from the
to him recently. ~ it turns out, onC" man's
NationaJ Comedy '£hea1er 1roupc 100k rhe
car was stolen this past month during .1 vastage and launched right into their rou·
cation in Quebec.
1inc. One member, Chris O'Neill playt'.. I'm tC"lling you, dte French detective
emcee for the nigt1t.
..Again, we haven't rehearsed any of i...;..;.::::
who recorded my crime was this lnspC"ctor
,hi, i.•• J it boggles che mind •• ro why AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION HAS NEVER
Clou.scau type. I just knew I wasn't going to
we were hired," O'Neill quipped, be- BEEN THIS GOOD: The National Comedy The· $CC it ag.iin," 1he participant lamented.
fo re explaining 1he ground rules for the a ter Troupe kept the crowd laughing through
The pl.1ycrs interpreted the stOI)' in three
night '5 ihow.
their highly interactive set.
diffcttnt rccrcuC"d styles:. thriller, existential
•fu you know, our shows arc meant 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - phO!o by &lh Crttn'" ond opera. During the final ponnyaf, Salmbe: tor.illy clean, and WC' have a penalty for any unique," commented sophom*ore audience" on, who played the dettetive, interrupted the
lewd, crude. or otherwise offensive behavior. member J{'SSica Moscowicz. '"J liked how the oper.uic S!)1e by declaring, " I am French and I
h is called the 'Brown Bag Foul· Anyone who audience could be a part of the production, refuse to sing.'"
..111erc were a bunch of funny momC"nts
violates tht5C st.1nd.1.rds will wear a brown pa- and how so many people were enthusiastic
throughout the show," recalled MO$COWil'z.,
pc:r bag ovtr their he.id for the res-r o( the skit. about partaking in the fun."
During .. Blind Linc," the audience \V:U "and l was really impressed by Chris's abil·1he audience is not cxcmp1:
Aficr s131ing 1he terms, troupe mem- asked to come up with a series of bizarre" ity to improvise and crac.k such funny jokes
bers Ch ris, Gary Kramer, Jason Salmon chores. movie quotes and song lyrics that based off of the audiC"nce's suggestions. h
and David Weinheimer launched into the the abM:nt players would have" 10 incorporate was definitely a succw."
BY KATE PREZIOS I
I
1
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I
I
IN THE LIGHT
Ayanna W illiams
1\Y l)f.RYN VARNEY
/tf11rfM·N~W1 S,«ff
Senior AyJnn:a Williams know,; how
10 get involvt.-d. You may h:ave see1, her
around. In high school. William~ pl:iycd
or
a Im
sport\, hut when she got to col·
legc ,he wanted 10 c:xpand her intcr<.-.!>IS.
.. , rt.",tlly wantt..J to branch out," Wil·
Iiams said. She definitely lu!I.
DutinJ> her umc :u Colgau:, William) ha~ been involved in a wide array
of a<..tivitics from ~,udcnt org,mit:uion:.
like \VRCU radio :and lilt' Jrft1roo11~
NrtUJ co non-profit work wiih 1l1c Coali-
tion to bu.I Childhood L(".td Poisoning
.md particip,uion in an alternative bre.ik
relief irip to Loubiana. She is srnd ying
sociology :and gcogr.1phy .111<1 miracu•
lomly managt) to balance academics
with f:tmily. friends and le;1dership roles
in organiia1ion) across campu,.
William:,. ii. cuncml)' department
m.m:1gc.•r of RE.')J U:£, a )('nior :adrnissiont- inccrn and a unive~ity church de-acon. She') :also :t ,tudcnt advi,;c,:r for tlH!
Colg.11c Ac,ivi1ie, Board (CAB), wh ch
org:1ni1:1:) wcl'kend rrips ou1 of wwn as
well ·" du.• S:mmlay Ni,<- Music 5<-ric:-s
.:it 1hc l\Jrgc C.111al Coffe C'..omp,m)' on
Ld,Juon ~trect. Iler favori1e part about
hdng in srndcnt advi)Cr now is that shC"
got to work up through the ranks, starting om a) a committee member frcshm.m year. Plus, there ar.: cc:rtain hencfit,)
to being ,l ll"ader oi CAB.
"Dea.Jing with 1h:.1t much money is a
thrill," \'(lilliJm!> said,
I ler future pl,mt- ,m.• even more ambitiom, ;although they m.1y noc involve
handling ions 1.1f cash.
"I want to work in public health,"
\X'illi.uns s,1icl modt"Stly.
&.fore doing 1h:,11, 1hough, she pl:ms
u, ~wad home to Bowie. Maryland. so she
can h.mg out wi1h her p.irenb and bm1he~
w show them that they alt impon-am to
hc:r. L11c."r, !ihe w-;uns 10 work wi1h in1erna1ional health c-Jn· policy :md pcrha~ join
1hc Pe:atl' Corp$. She has plans ro remrn
10 Washington, O.C., where she grC'\Y up,
anprograms 10 stud)• the way our hc-Jlth care
system rd:ues to those of other coumri<:$.
"Colg:.ue's really been :t whirlwind for
me." Williams said.
She cmph:uiud that shC" feels strongly
about how important it is ro gc-t involved,
and she has clearly taught by example.
She has no quote 10 live by, bu, thtre was
one important thing that she took away
from Colg•«''You ca.n cir.her ~it around and w:uch
people do something or you can get up
and do it," Williams $aid.
first skit, • Blind Linc." OnC" thing tha1
made the show so enjoyable was 1hu the
audience was .1blc to ac,ivcly participate in
almost every segment.
"The F.lct chat the show relied on so much
audience invol\•cment was really cool a.nd
Cloudless: On the Edge
projcccions displayed on them and simplt-, if
mi.smatch«I, cosmming. As a result 1hc audiMarff,,,N,..,, St4.ff
cnct was able" to focus C"ntirdy on the movement of the da.ncer's bodies throughout the
A wide range of students and families
pie=, S=n Marshall and Company's Cklud,
piled into cite Hrchmer lheater on Nolas is pure, r.1w, modern dance fiJJed
vember IO 10 sec the award winwith small, yet satisfying, surprises
ning modern dance troupe. Susan
for the modern chncc enthusiast
Marshall and Company perform
Manha Ullmon West of Th, Ortheir Cloutl/r,s for 1he Colgate
ego11ia11 wrote, "'Just when you think
Community.
you have choreographer Sw:,.n MarOnce 1he performance beg:rn, it
shall pegged, she does something cowas evident ,hat this was no simple
rally om ofline with what she's done
or 1.1rnc mix oi ballet and modern
before. And that means she$ cruJy a
dance. ' !he Company is one thac has
'
'
crc-auve
arun.
no fear of pushing boundaries and
Since 1982 Marshall and
implementing numerous elements
her Company have CrC"ated and
and outlets ,o do so. Jn fac,, ,his is
performed over chirty works
what Marshall is bes1 known for.
co great crit ical acclaim. ·They
Each dance was an indc:pc:ndem
wuc brough1 to Colgate by the
vignc-ue performed by up lO five
Institute for the Creative and
dancers. Some of thC" most u1tusuaJ
and impressive dan«• were "lne EXPERIMENTAL MODERN DANCE : Susan Marshall and Performing Arts at Colgate: UniSoun_d; : Frame Dance," and "Sol0 eompany push the limtts of modem dance to new levels, versity, the Company performed
for Five.
- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - phoco counay of bard.cdu fo r one night only and offered an
open question and answer .ses ..
In boch "The Sound" and "Solo for
sion with rhe dancers and Marshall folFive'" numerous dancers must lcccp consmm it truly awc..defying."
contaa with one another as they perform.
"'Frame Dance" was an excellent example lowing the performance.
In addition to this single performance,
The 6m require$ that two performers continu- of Marshall's use of multiple mediums in her
ally keep their hands over each other's mouths an. A projector projects on to a settcn while the dancers and Marshall also held a nw·
throughout the dana,. The ,coond ro,cn.,as the dancers arc crammed one on top of an- ter class for Colgate theater students and
the building of a skyscraper with four dancers other into a frame laid on ,nage~ While rhe held guided improvisation workshops for
pulling and prodding a 6fih inco upright and dance .. wrisgle and move within me frame danccn in the Colgate community as wt"-ll.
and intcraa with one another, the audience Overall, the Company', thrce-F.illen positions.
•1 was ascounded by the sheer abilicy of wa,chc, their progress on mc: saon the Hill was a grear opportunity for stur. 1HmiN11t A 1111i1trfor I~ Tut Lon, r-'l'IUil Ehir
CJ,,"""1, had I simplistic yu beautiful set dents co learn from more experienced. perrhae dancc1>," 61>t·ycar Rachael Million•
lhntttn "' r.bn,~n~JL~lptt.nlti
._
_, Pertt said. "They were able ,o solely use their daign, mainly~ ofwhite saeem with formcn in their 6eld.
____________
BY ALYSSA PEREZ
bodies to illustrate and express emotion. A1
times the uner power oi their movements
scared me. I was forced, as an audience
member, to M":arch inside" myS<-lf to find the
deeper meaning of 1hcir dance, which made"
.
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ARTS & FEATURES
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
THE C OLG ATE MAROON -NEWS
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Harmonic Theater at The Palace
BY CAITLIN HOLBROOK
Jill Sobo comica.lly cntcnaincd the audi•
M11nHn•Nnll$ Sl11jf
cncc and threatened to jump off a ladder
in order to dcmonstra1<: her frunration
with her significant other.
The Colgate Student Music ihc:ucr
Sociccy brought their calcms to The Pa.l-
lhc subsequent songs :also differed in
ace Thtatcr on NovcmbC"r 8, 9, 10 and
their subj~t matter. Senior Anne Slot-
12 as pan of the running ONStage! pro-
nick boasted of her lack of ftar, while
mourning the anxieties of others, in_ the
slow, melodic; number 'Tm Not Afraid
gram. The group performed Songs For A
Nrw Wqr/d, a collec;cion of 16 completely
diffcrC"nt songs focused on the ,heme
of ma.king a crucial d ecision during a
Entertainment
Update
'YourWeek,in
returned to win some more Jaughs from
the audience as a woman who refused to
BY ELSIE DENTON
marry for love :md wound up :m unhapArlS d- Na111m &lIJ.or
py blll wealthy wife.
In .,She Cries," Bliss charismatically gav~
the audicncc some advice, and the '11'$t ha.If
THROUGH THE LENS
of the show finisht.'(I strong as Christie led
the rest of the e.nsemble in the song '"lhe
As part of African Weck Al.ANA is hosting
Steam Tr.tln." While 105,1ing :around a b:as· a photogr.iphic exhibition -of African art called
ketball, Chri.stie sung abou1 growing up in MY AFRICA. The photos will be on display in
the ghetto and his hope of using basketball ALANA throughout ,he week.
to tSOpe from his 10\...,ly siruation, while
DOWNTOWN JAZZ
the rest of the cm h2rmoni1.cd and threw
the ball '° one another.
difficult situation.
Composer-lyricist Jason Robt'rt
Brown explained that e2ch song revolved around the same dilemma.
"It's about one moment. It's about
hitting lhe wall and having to make a
choice," Brown sajd.
Each song told its own story and
kept the audience entertained during
the musical, while the choreogr.tphy
kept the performance interesting with-
out eclipsing the message of each song.
The pit orchestra con;sisting of only fi.,,e
lhe second half began with the regret·
fu l love song '"11,c World Was Dancing."
sung by Bliss and Slotnick, and lhc l't'St
of the cast joined in later. '"Surbay.a-Sanra," the next song, rectived tumultuous
laughter and applause from the audience,
as Sobo amt first-ytar Oe1avia Cllavez..
Richmond teamed up as a pair of Mrs.
This 1hursclay, No,·cmb(-r 15, head downton
the The PaJa«: Theater lO enjoy a jazz concert.
Bags & Trane fcarurcs musicians Milt Jack.'-On,
John Coltrane, John Metzger, Luther Hayes,
Glenn Ulshman. Rick Montalbano and Jim
Johns. A lttrurc pr«edes the C'Vem, starting ;ir
7:00 p.m.1he concert begins at 7:45 p.m.
Clauses to poke fun at ol' St, Nick, played
by Bliss. Chavcz.-R.aimond sr.-iycd on sc;Lge
afterwards to sing the wistful "Chrisun.u
JEALOUS PLAYWRIGHTS
Smdenr 1heater Presents Deathtrap, by Ira
Lullaby," followed by Christie's dramatic Levin. A clt"Ver show that includes murder .ilnd
and upbeat .. King of the World."
comedy and one playwright's quest to be famous
Bliss and Slotnick bewitched the at all costs. Ryan 212, l"hursday, November 15.
~mdicnce in the subsequent love song 8:00 p.m.
--..,.
'"I'd Give h All For You." followed by
GREEN ROCK
ics, Following the harmonious open- SMUTCO BELTS IT OUT: The Student Musi- Soho's "The Flagmaker, 1775," in which
ing sequence, 1he cast rtrurnNI to the cal Theater Company p ut a new twist on the she sung of a colonial woman's anxiety
stage in matching black shirts and idea of a classic musical.
during the Revolucion as she sewed the
Save the Ales returns again on Friday. Novem·
khaki-colored bottoms to sing a song--- - - - - - - - -- phocob}·&tbCr«o~ American flag. Christie led the tn.stm• bcr 16. Da11gcrboy and Eurh man Embassy will
ca.ll1.-d '"On the Deck of a Spanish Sailing of Anything... Senior Joe Bliss and first- ble in '"Flying Home'" before the full cau provide the tunes. Admission is fr« and there will
Ship. I492." However, the atmosphere ye:ar Sam Chris de picked up rht" tempo bchc-d out the linaJ number dried "'H<·ar I>< fr~ food. T.shirts, mugs and bcvc~gt".s wiU bt
was dr.utically different in the next num- in "1be ruver Won't Flow,'" while in the My Song." 'Tl,e ensemble remrned to the on sale; proceeds go to supporc Native Energy.
ber titled '"Just One Step," in which senior next song '"St:trS and the Moon ... Soho stage t0 much applause.
Concerr will be held at Ule Parker\.ommons and
begins at 7:30 p.m,
people also man.aged to ere-ate the iUusion of a foll orchestra and made good
use of the synthcsiur, while the crew
kept the show moving smoothly.
The songs chosen for chc pcrformancc discussed ,•:utly different topp
Tunes of the Blood Folk
SOUL AND COFFEE
J:arcd Campbell will be feacurcd at this week'~
Barge Saturday Nite Mu.sic Series. 'Tilc soulful
signer/songwriter wiJI take lhe scage a1 8:00 p.m.
"'Same Blood r"Olk"' slowly worked their way from simple to on Saturday. November 17.
BY )AIME COYNE
complex. adding guitars to lhcir .second $Ong, but still all standCHORAL COLLECTION
ing around one microphone. Starting with their third piece, each
The Barge Canal Company is well known in the Hamilton band member went lO their respective place and microphont,
Colgate Univet$iry Concert Choir, Chamber
area fo r iu laid-b:ack atmosphere. Unfortunately for fans of 1hc and White came in with the drums.
The most impressive facet of the band was Jc:nny Collins. Signers, and Women's Ensemble combine their
band "Same Blood Folk" on Saturday, November 10, this meant
eagerly awaiting a concert that started over half an hour late. Her voice shown thro ugh as shockingly strong and clear, crcat- talents to pr~nt ~A Choral Collage" for thjs
The Barge quickly became crowded on Sa1urday night for tht ing a beautiful and deep sound. All the b:and members Sttmed week's afternoon of music. Concert will be held
to really fed the music, 10 be in the Chapel on Sund ay, No.,.em~r l 8 and will
Saturday Nite Music Series
emotionally invcs1ed in the .songs. scan at 3:30 p.m. h is foUowcd by a reception.
and, as a friend pointed
~fhey played both original mm:ic
out, it d idn't seem likely
and traditional arrangemcms.
ART IN T HE LIGHT
that people would settle
The
genre
of
their
music
is
hard
down until the band came
to place. 1lu:re seemed co be a
Picker Ait Gallery, Dana Arts Center. is open
out, which d id not appear
reggac-esque clement to some of Tuesday through Sarurday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00
to bt any time soon.
the songs, as well a dominant mix p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. C urrent
"Same Blood Folk" fi.
of fol k and country. A 101 of their c-xhibit, include: Andy Warhol. Electric Chairs
nally made cheir grand
songs had references to jail and (1971), Prims from the Northern Re.naissanct
entrance, which consisted
lhe Bible, such as the line, " Man and Temple and Tomb, An of Ancitnt China.
of marching 10 the stage
gave names to all the animals in
in a sing le.file line, dragthe beginning."
BULGARIAN DRAMA
ging chains along while
looking around ,he auditnce.
rhey sang a , af"IIA. It was
locs of heads were nodding to
Amu 11nd th, M11n, a play by George llc:rinteresting to watch th.is,
the beat of ,he music. The crowd oard Shaw, wiU be presented at the ('nd of the
but it seemed quitt our of
seemed ro be thoroughly enjoy- month by th• Briniah Comedy Fine-Year Sem;.
place in a Uttlc coffee shop.
MUSIC
RUNS
IN
THEIR
BlOOO:
Zach
and
Jenny
Collins
ing the music, Each song was nas ofSenior uauttr in UQi--,ity Srudies Janet
where half the cwtomcrs
had to get out of their way and James Whtte put on a showy and flamboyant show. followed by loud applau.s<, and Godwin. 1h< play exploia life at the md of the
ph0Sal,o.s..tgulan coallict of the Ul80,. 1h< st.Ms
for it to come to fruition.
The music djd seem a little too big for rhe vii on Tuaday NovcmbAll this was probably soon forgorttn by the audience chough,
once lhey began to listen to lhe group. Performing the first song 1h< drums «oded to be a bic too loud, which made ir dif- 4: 10 pm la tbc Ho Leaw,c &om la Lawmact
• ,11p,U,, displayed the harmonic ,kill of the member> of the 6cult to hear some of rhe lyrics. And anrics like making a big Hall Admiaion ii flee.
band, which was awing. despite iu seeming simplicity. Origi· ent.ra.nce also &ecmcd oul of place. Nevenhcles.s, build it and
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nally, "Same Blood Folk" eonsiucd of cousins Zach and Jenny they will come. Or, book rhem and crowds will form. Ir is safe
pem,nnanc,e
CoUins, bence the name. Recently James White wu added to
the band on th• d,unu, which had never b«n a pan of the
"Same Blood Folk" sound bcfo~.
to say char "Same Blood Folk" was wildly popular. The Barg•
was buu.ing with excitement beforehand, and enjoyment dur•
ing, the performance.
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ARTS & FEATURES
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
THE COLGATE MAROON:NEWS
East··M eets· est:
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South Asian Week·on Campus
- ·-Sufi
Blia.kta, returned to Colgate to host the event that he
began dudng his freshman year. Since hs inception,
..,.. the night ha.s been incredibly popular among srudcnu:
of all class ycan.
Over the week of November 5, Colga1e's Soulh Asian
Though Bhangra is a 1radi1ional type of dance and
O,lture Club (SACC) brought Soulh Asian Weck 10
music from India, Sfudcnrs ffoc.k.cd to the Creative
Colg.ue. The wAru House, drawn in by the excitement of the mwic
Asian cuhu...J facer.s 10 Colgate and dearly fulfilled !his
which resembles a combination of hip-hop and R &
o bjective through a series of informative. interactive and
8. Clearly, Colgate students were receptive to and exentertaining events.
cited about the night; the event drew in new studentS
The themed week, which included five major
as well as those who had the opportunity ro enjoy
cvc,us, began on Tuesday. November 6 with the showBhangra Night in ,he pa.,.
ing of &tis Ea,t, a film about the cultural confHcts
Sourh Asian Weck clearly fulfilled its objcc1ive of
and forces in a Pakistani-British family. Tue screening
'
raising awareness of South Asian culture and sociery.
provided students with a comedic insight into the cul•
1'hrough a spate of multi*faccted events hosted by
rural difficulties of a fami ly caught between two very
•
, SACC, the Colga1c community was afforded rhc opdifferent societies.
~
portunity to embrace and lc:arn about a host of dif..
The wcck•s next event was a speech by Mr. Farukh
[
ferenc cultural aspects present in South Asian culture.
Amil who is the Deputy Permanent Reprcscmalivc
,o ,he PakiS1an Mission ,0 ,he UN. Amil's spttch lsiudcn,'s gain insigh, on ,he role and funetion of in- Arts House to overfi?"'.lng_with one ~I the highest event
dents could directly experience and participate in chis
1crna1ional poli,ics in Sou,h Asia. Studcnr.s were espc- attendance records in Its f111e-year history.
culture through events like South Asian food night
ph by Amir Bhalr.·u and Bhangra night. Senior Kristin Kwasnik, a memcially galvaniu:d by ,he speech, which clearly spu.rred
The wed< also fuuured a cricket match between !he bcr of SACC, aplly dc,cribcd ,he goals and objcc1ivcs
political pU$ions.
On Thursday, November 8, Frank Dining Hall Colgate Crick"The goals of SACC arc numerous and overlapping,
hoS1cd a South Asian food nigh,. The cvenin.g included New York- lnstituic ofTechnology).
Tue 6naJ event of South Asian Weck. Bhangra Night, but I think the main idea that helps to construct a week
food from different counuies within the region a.nd allowed studcn1s ro sample a variety of delicious cu.is-inc wa.s wildly suc:cessfuJ and drew in many students. Tue ,uc-h as 1hi& is the amaJga.mation of entertainment and
from all over Sou1h Asia. Frank food night was panicu- Creative Art, Howe hosted the event, which was co- education,"' Kwasnik explained.
Overall, the large turnout at all the events demon·
larly succcs.sful in creating intcrcst in SACC and South spol\SOred by the Broad Street Community Council.
Asian Wciek because it reached such a large ponion of While South Asian Weck is only in its second year at stratcs not only SACC's success in promoting South
the Colgate community and brought the purpose of the Colg!te, this is the fifth year that Colgate has enjo).'.cd Asian culture, bur also Colgate's interest in leami.ng
Bhangra Nigh,. DJ Plan 8 , Colgaie 2007 graduate Amir about and experiencing 01hcr cultures. • ,
week 10 ligh,.
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Cooking With Sumner!
BY SUMNER ELLSWORTH
£/l#r.lo-<»f
Thank,giving is abou, pies. And tuiuy, pilgrims and
thankfulness, bu, moody pies. There's usually only one tur·
key. bu, how many pies -re !here last year? One of my
friends 1radi1ionally has moi, pies man people al her funj.
ly's Thanksgiving dinner.
Hci,'s a good crus, recipe (often lhc hardest part) and
some pies to try this year.
PIEC RUST
2 cups all-purpoS< Aour
l up. saJ,
2/3 cup shortening
4 - 5 Tbs. ice w.ater
Mix Aour and sah. Cut in shoncning; continue until
dime siu crumbs form. Add water and collect into balls.
Roll ou, 10 abou, a 1/8 inch 1hicknw bctwc:cn shceu
of wax pape.r (yes, wax paper; no, !his isn', !he way your
grandmo,hcr docs ii).
If you do prefer 10 roll ou, wilh ffo~. use abou, a 1/3 of
a cup less Aour when bcginnign tht rccipt.
Makes 2 crusu,
APPLE PIE
8 or 9 apples
Cover with a second crust, fold over lower crwt and
pinch together. Cut air vents into the top. Cook at 350
dcg,ccs for about an hour.
PUMPKIN PIE
l 8 en package cream ch«sc, softened
2 cupo canned pumpkin
I rupsuga,
1/4 up. saJ,
I qig plw 2 qig yolks, slighlly bcaien
l cup half-and-half
1/4 cup md,ed buner
l tsp. vanilla
l /2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. gi~r
In a large mixjng bowl, beat the cream cheac with a
hand mixer. Add ,he pumpkin. Add ,he sugar and sal,,
and beat until combined.
Add the eggs mixed wi,h ,he yolks, half-and-half and
mdrcd butter, and be-at until combined. Finally, mix in
the vanilla, cinnamon and ginger, and beat 1he mixmre
until the 611ing is smooth.
Pour the pumpkin 6Uing into prepared piecrust and
bake for 50 minutes at 350 degrees, or until the center
is set.
CRANBERRY PIE
½ cup sugar
3 tsp. cinnamon
l qi. chopped cranbc.rri½ cup molasses
l 1/3 cups sugar
I up. nutmeg
Y2 tsp. cardamom
Caramel. optional
Dash salt
Peel, chop and core apples, In a large bowl, add suga,
and spices to apples. 1hl$ spice combin2tion i.s just a sug
gcstion; .season to wte.
Fill a piccrus1 with apples. For apple,, il's ob y if lhc
apples arc piled really high, as they will bake down. Drmlc
with ~ I .
1 tsp. cornstarch
lap. butter
4
M ix sugar, salt and cornstarch and add to chopped
cranberries and molasses. Pour inco crw1. Dot with buner
and cover with top crust. Bake at 425 degrees for about
35 minutes.
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AR.TS & FEATURES
NOVEMBER 15. 2007
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
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Style Smarts
BY KATIE ZARRELLA
M11rH• ·N,ws Su.ff
Hooded sweatshirts arc easy, warm and laid ..back. but
come on gu)'$, you can do bencr! Snuggle into lnhabit's
grey hooded cardigan. With all the comfon of your hoodTue grind is upon w. ic and then some, this cozy cashmere sweater is one of a
Soon enough. term pa~ kind. B~nding around the hemlines ere.ates a rouchcd efpcrs, lab reports, senior
projects and yes, final
Marc by Marc Jacobs' jumpsull1 exams will con,ume the
- - - photo courtesy or Style.com. lives of Colgate students.
This heavy workload will
underst11ndably ,a1c, a ,oU on your h"'1th and your saniiy
but it is not an excuse to let your look lag.
ln years past, the final stretch of the St-mcster transforms
students from srylc savvy men and women to a sea of sloppy swcat·suit wearing zombies who roam about searching
for their next ca.ffcine fix. No more, Colgate!
Style i.s success so this semester, dress to impms! Oiny
swcatshins, unwashed jean, and pajama pona do nodting bur
bring down the libruy morale. Few people can look like fashion pla«s after pulling an all-nigh,cr, bu, that docs no, mean
you can dlve into your dlrty dothes hamper and pick our ,ome
of yow least offensive pieces of laundry to wear to class.
Believe it or not, it is possible to assemble a.n outfit that
is wnple, chic and comfort1lble, &0 pu, clothe.s back in the closet and consider some of this season's
more Kholarly options.
fect and a thick belt ties this long cardigan shut.
If you can't bear to study without your sweatshirt, try
Mike & Chris's Byron Reece on fo r size. This super-soft
z.ip-up fJcccc in c.rcam is extra toasty and a removable
hood makes it sensib1c and versatile. Gold double snap
closures around the wrists add a touch of Aarc and struc-
tured shoulders complement thi.s 6crcc fleece's Aancring
shape. Wear either of these sweatshirt subslitutcs with
jeans or leggings for a look that's ideal for da.ss or a romantic date with your textbooks in the library.
Sometime, a simple dress is the easiest outfit a girl
can wear. That being said, Humanoid's Acece tunic is
a no•brainer. This loose fining black v•neck drcs.s is ac·
cented by rwo brass buttons down the front. A cardiganstyle collar makes for a relaxed preppy look, and two big,
slouchy front pockets are perfect for those extra pens
and pencils you'll be carrying.
Jovovich Hawk's hooded cashmere dress is smart and
unique. The nec,k of this grey dolman sleeved sweater
dress morphs seamlessly into a deep hood that can be
worn on the head or scrunched under the chin. Throw
these dresses on with
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some thick tights and
pair of winter boots or
Converse for a quick
yet put together look.
Sweatpancs arc always an unfon-unatc
c nd •of· the- semester
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staple. This year, throw -photocou:tcsyo(Choooshow.com
out those awkward asphalt Colgate sweats and spruce up your study sessions
with a pair of Harlow's vintage swc.1tpants in dusk. W ith
a ribbed elastic drawstring waist and fitted bonom hem.
these adorable Reece pants a.re undoubtedly the most ffattering sweats on the market. Pair them with a waffie shirr
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Someone Certainly hit the books hard at design school
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15, 2007
THE C bLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Key Acquisitions Fail To Propel Rangers, Oilers
BY "BLUE LINE' BILL
STOKLOSA
M.,....·NrwsSuff'
Last ol&cason was a busy one in
the NHL. as ieam, across the league
tried ro pick up the big nee-agent
that would hdp them gain the mos,
oovered uophy in all of sporrs. In
this edition, 11J be uking you across
the league to look at how some of
the major fihav,, &red thus fu.
The team tha, arguably gained
the most headJ incs fur their off.
season mOYCS were the New York
Jungen, who brought in CCntCChris Drwy and Scott Gomtt to
hdp boost their offmsc_ Through
17 g;uncs, Drury, a former BuJf.alo
Sab«, only has th«c goals and ,c.cn
a.ssl.sis, while ,poning a plus/ntinus
of -2. Gomez. a former New Jcr,cy
Devil, hasn't &ired much better. He
also has 10 poinis with ·four goals
and six assists, and an even plus mi•
nw. Drury and Gomca', S!ru!119C$
a.re indicative of the oflcnsc as a
whole, whkn has ,cored a league
low 34 goals. The Rangcn a« mil
nwuging to ""Y a hair above .500
at 9-7-1, thanks to the srcllar play
ofgoalie Henrik Lundqvist who has
an cxtra0rdin.ary .940 save percent·
:age and an unbdic:v.iblc 1.62 goals
against a=:age.
In r.nh to another former S,.
b« =tlr skating in the City of
Brotherly l..oYc, we mwt examine
the cxploiis of the ,hon but skilled
center, Danid Briere. Philaddphia
was the worst ream in the conkrcncc last year. This year, Philaddphia
.
lcadsthcAdanticwith a 10-6rccord,
dc,pitc the faa that over two-thirds
of their g;unc, thus fu have been on
the road! Brie«'s been a huge part
of that success. He leads the team
with 19 poini. coming on six goals
and 13 a.ssislS. His olfcnsive
have lxcn inttrumcncal in leading
Philaddphia to a division-high 49
goals. Brier< has been helped out by
another furmcr Sabre, goalie Martin Biron, who joined the Flyers at
the deadline last season. Biron has
a whopping .936 savand 2.25 goals ag:,lnst average. The
suuggling Sabres, meanwhile, arc
rum:ndy tied fur the wom rin the league, could we both Biron
and Briere right now.
.iuu,
Another
Atlantic
Division
team, whose off-season mOVC$ arc
paying dividends, is the Lsbndcr,.
The 1.slandcn, who lost forwards
Ryan Smyth and Jason Blake this
officason, looked like they would
be in uoublc, However the addition ofth«c free:agent forwards.has
helped the Lslanclcn to a ,wprl.sing
9-4 ,tart. Bill Guerin, Mike Comrie and Rwlan Fcdotcnko, have all
filled in nicely and put up 6ve goals
apiece. The dcpaned Blake i, Struggling to find the net in his new
home in Toronto, with jwt tw0
goals on the year. The lslanclcn arc
probably a little more up,a they let
Smyth go. Smyth has now set up
shop with the Colorado Avalanche
and has 13 poinis on six goals and
seven assists. Hw offensive dtlU
and lcadc11hip a.re a big rca,on why
the Avalanche curr
Nonhwcst Divis.ion and is second
in the West with an 11-5-1 record.
Not bad for a team that missed the
playoffs last year.
At the bonom of the NonhWthe Edmonton OUers ha,•e a different free agent story 10 tdl The
Oilc11 signed dcttnscmen Sheldon
Souray who had a mggcring 26
goals and 38 assists from the blue
line las< season with the Canadiens
and sa the «cord for power play
goals by a dcfcnscman with 19.
Howcvcr he only scored a goal and
an assist through the fust ,ix g;uncs
of this year, befo« being placed on
injured tCSCfVC on Oaober 24 with
shoulclcr problems. He l.s yer to rerum. So fu the Olien $27 mUlion
cxpcndinuc hasn't paid off' and they
a« currIn that West Coast hod«y mccca that is Los Angdcs. the Kin&' arc
having a surprisingly good year and
at 8-8 are just rwo points badJose for fust in a weak l'acilic Divi•
sion. The addition ofi..adhlav Nagy
has «aped dividends as the forward
has racked up four goals and ,c.cn
assi.sts on the year. Most important·
ly, he is second on the team with an
impressive +6, showing his abUity
in both the oll'cnsiv,, and defensive
aspca, of the g;unc. Their other nolltblc free :agent 3sem*n Brad Sn.wt, who spent las.t
year with BoSton and Calg:uy, has
been less imprcssi~ with jwt cwo
goals and a -6 rating.
The Detroit Red Wing,, alway,
aaiv
best off-season acquisition when they
signed
stand--out
d.efcnscmcn Brian
Rafalski.
Rafulsk.i
has been superb thl.s
season dishing out
11 ass:iStS a.nd in
chc most important
statistic for deknscmcn, plus/minus, he
has a +8. He is a ,na..
jor rwith a 13-3-1 «cord
and is second only
to the 14-2 Onawa
Senator, overall. Ra-
&.lski$
former team
the Devils a« «ally
missing him, as they
have fallen to last in
the Adantic with a 68-2 record.
No team nc:cdcd
to make a bigger
splash in free :agency WELCOMETOTHEBIGAPPLE: Chris Drury ls
than the Washington off to a slow start for the New York Ranqers.
Capitals, who despb0<0 ""'""l' of nd,y.com
peratcly nccdcd some
young Went around their rising star
Alcxanclcr 0.-echkin. They tried to
do this by adding twO forwards in
former Ranger Michad Nylander
and fonncr lslanclcr Viktor Kozlov.
They've both been pretty good.
Nylander has 6ve goals a.nd 11 as•
sists, while Kozlov has three goals
and nine wists. Another acqui•
sirion, Tom Pori, has helped the
defense somewhat with his + 1
rating. but the unit is still far too
weak and goalie OlafKohig is get•
ting too old for th&$ team to succ:ccd. They arc cuncndy tied with
Edmonton and Buffil.lo at the: bottom of the league standings.
The first quancr ofthe season has
,!,own how imponant handling &cc
:agency dfcaivcly l.s in the wary cap
era. However, if your team fuled to
addtcss iis netalking ro you Sabres. Capitals, and
Oilm fan,) you can alway, hope for
a big deal at the trading deadline.
What Happened to the Bulls and Heat?
BY JOSH 'JEWCE" COHEN
has shown a youthful touch that
reminds me of his das at UConn,
As the NBA season st:uts to pouring in 22.6 a game. The third
piece of the pu:alc, Paul Pierce,
get under way, a few early season
themes have al«ady become ap- has shined (23,6 ppg) now that he
parrisen to the top. The elite teams in night. Bottom line, the Cdtia arc
this league, the Mavs, Spur,, Suns, by fu the moRockas and Cdtia, hav,, all lived the East
There were big cxpccmtions for
up to expectations and played with
a hciglncned sense of purpose. The this yeals Houston Rockeu squad
same cannot be said for some of and thw far they have been as good
last year's surprises, such as Golden as advenl.scd. Tracy McGrady and
State and Chicago. Although we Yao Ming have continutd to shine,
a~ only rwo weeks in, wt. have al- puning up a combined 51 points
ready witnessed the great potentja( per game, but it has been the gellof Kevin Durant and a rookie dass ing of the rest of thjs team that has
full of future saus. With this said, led to a 6-1 SW'!. Defensively, they
here is the good, the bad and the don't get much better than Shane
ugly that the NBA has olfered us Battier. The man takes charges.
so fu.
gets steals and has to guard the
opponent's best player nearly CV·
The Good:
cry night. Although Rafcr Alston
Forget what has been said about sraru at the point, Mike James
Boston Celtics General Manager has provided key minute, off' the
Danny Ainge in the past; this time bench so far and reprcscnlS the
he got it right. The Big Th,cc have third leading ,corer at I 0.9 ppg.
been all that Ainge and the Cdric Add in Bonzi Wells off' the bench
faithful could hav,, hoped for, as to give brcathcn to Chuck Hayes
Celtic basketball has risen from and this team has proven to have
the bonom of the Atlantic Divi- the depth and defensive capabilision. At G.O. Boston remains the des to run with the Dallas M2vcronly undefeated icam in the league icks in the Southwest Division.
and they have been doing it in conThe Bad:
vincing Cashton. Out$00ring their
opponcnu by 16 poinlS pcr g;unc,
Has anyone had the opportueach member of the trio has been nity to check out a Cavaliers game
supcm. The Big lickct is aving jwt less than 23 poinis and 16 because they arc pretty pathetic. I
boards. Mr. Jc,w Shuttlcswonh understand that they arc 4-3 in a
on their defense
to win games.
They have few
three-point
• thtt2ts, a career
· underachiever in Drew
Gooden and a
coach in Mike
Brown
who
was deemed the
worst coach to
e,..er lead a team
to the NBA Finals. The suson
is young and
the Cavs will
probably end
up the fourth·
seed in the
East, bm they
will never win a
championship
with this bunch
of players.
M.,.....N,wn Suff
The Ugly:
Docs anyone
KING JAMES?: LeBron's Cavs have not looked good dsc wonder how
at a ll this season proving he can't do it alone.
Heat Coach Pat
_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ ph
weak Eastern Conference, but un~
til the offcnsivc strategy ·switches
from LcBron ball to some scmblancc of an offensive scheme, the
Cavs are going nowhere. ihe offense i.s stagnant every possession
down the floor. They pass to LcBron, let him do his thing and ttly
night? Miami
entered the night at 1-5, winless :u
home. They hav,, scored a league
low 84.5 poinis per game and the
longer Dwayne Wade is forced to sit
out due: to injul)', the funher into
the cellar the Heat will continue to
fall. When Rlcky O.vl.s leads your
team in scoring. it proves that Shaq
isn't getting enough touchc:,. When
the big man has goncn his touches
he has shown that he can still bang
on the low post, but too often the
offense doc,n't run through O'Ncal.
This team is old, considering that
Alonzo Mourning. Penny Hardaway and Jason Willwns a« all logging key minute$. This is shaping
up to be another forgetful season
down in Miami
The team that has been by fu the
most disappointing this season is
the Chicago Bulls. A team that has
aJI the right picccs has come om of
the gate in a dv.c. losing five their
first six contC$tS, while a cloud han~
over them in che fom, ofa potential
blockbuster trade for Kobe Bryant.
Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Andre,
Noc.ioni, Tyms 1homa.s. Kirk Hinrich, Ben WaUacc; the list goc, on
a.nd on of great young U1lent that
make, the Bulls the dcq,cst team
in the East. 'Where the Bulls ha\·C
been disappointing has been on the
offensive end. Averaging only 86.5
points per game, the Bulls a.re being outscored by narly 10 points a
g;une. While this SC<.'ltlS likc a huge
deal, the Bulls have alway, been a
second half team. For a few years
now, they have surged late in the
season gajning momentum hading
into the playoffs. I have to believe
that there is too much cJcnt on this
team to not be putting up 95 points
a g;unc, Eventually they wm ge, it
together, meaning the Bull, will Slill
get to 45 wins this season.
or
SPORTS
D-2
N OVEMBER 15, 2007
T H E C OLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Favre Regains_Pro Bowl Form of Old
BY ALEX WHITAKER
$,wior- Edi1t1r
AgainSI all odds, the Green Bay
Packen :uc currtntly one
chc
teams to beat in chc NFC and app<:ir 10 IJ< playoff-,bound. While me
defense has played admirnbly and
the offensi\•c line has held Stt'.Ldy,
there is incvil'ably only one person
who dCS(:rvCS the majority of the
crc.-dit: quancrb.1ck Bren r._.vrc.
Surt, he is a gun.slinging. throw·
happy, imcrccp1ion-laden <1uanerb:tek, but despite what his critics say,
he is a winner. Favre has simply carried the Pack on his shoulders so far
this season and 1he numbtrs speak
for themselves, His 2,757 passing
or
yards :uc the m<»t in the league so
far (90 yards ahead of Tom "AJJ.
American" Brady) and his 16 passing toud1dowiu a.re 1icd with chc
like$ of PLyton "'Six-Picks" Manning
and Carson "Give Me A Defense"
Palmer. In addition, he h:&$ thrown
only eight interceptions, putting
him on paa for his Jov.·cst season
iotal since 1996, me year of Green
Bay's l.ut Super Bowl.
But the most incredible aspect
of Brett F-.avre's performance is thai
he is doing it in the vc.ry late stages
of his career. Many bdi~ that he
was finish<.-d after rhrowing as many
pick, (18) as he did coochdowns.
Even the Pack= seemed to sense
!hat me end was coming when !hey
drafted Aaron Rodgers wim !heir
fim pick in 2005. Yet at 38, F.ivrc
kt-ep< making ,he big plays and oon•
tinues to perform like the u ltimate
man's man. He doesn't poinc fingers,
plays through injuries and gives his
best every wtek. Indttd, F.ivrc has
not missed a Pickers g:;imc since
1992. Can you even imagine if your
favorite ceam had the $3JllC qua.ner1,.,ck for 16 straight seasons?
No matter how you sli« it, the
2007 l'>d«:rs arc 8-1 and Fr.tve is
playing like i,'s 1996 all over again.
So what can we say about his incredible rcsuigenc:c? Righi offthe ba,, w<:
mwt recognize his improved rccdving coqn. Veteran DonaJd Orivtr
has btcn Favre's most consistent
wide receiver for the past seve-ral seasons and is on pace for 1,000 yards
this year. Also admird-ytar receiver Greg Jennings,
who is having a spc:ctacul:ar season,
and rookie James Jones, who has
conrribu,ed several big plays so far.
While d1cse players have improved
their game trt:mendously, they have
also benefited from tapping into
Favre's vast foo,boJ I knowledge and
leadership abilities. £,.•en more worrisome for opposing dcfo~ is the
imminent rttum ofthe talented bu t
troubled Koren Robinson. Who
knows what Favre will be a.pab1e
of when Robinson lines up as the
slot tteeivcr?
N for l¼.vrc, h e ~ to ha..·c rcdisco,•er«I his ,ouch on me footboll,
apccially on deep chrows. He isoonneeting on 67% of his passes (several
pen::cncage poinu higher man his Cl·
recr averngc) and has completed four
passes for 60 yards or more. AgaillSI
tM Broncos in Weck 8, l¼.vrc threw
a 79-y:ml bomb co James Jones for a
touchdown to tie the game at seven
in the first qua.ncr. He then led the
Pack to a I 3- IO lead, only to have
Jason Elam hie a gome-tying field
goal as ~ation time e,pircd. Bu,
Green Bay fans did no, have to wait
long. as F.ivrc hi, Jennings for an
81-y:ml ,ouchdown pass on me first
play of ovenimc. Born passes were
perfectly chrown, displaying a com•
binacion of touch and power that I
h.'l\'C
not seen in a long time. Even
F.ivrc said after the g:,me !hat me
ovenime throw was one of the one
of rwo best throws of h.i.s ,arur. 1t"s
dearly eviden, man mat F.ivre's laser,
rocket arm i.s oc.nainly still intact.
The ome,-amazing "'pcct ofBmt
F.tvrc's cr.ansformarion is the Packer$
utter lack ofa runninggune. SCl.ning
b..ck 0.Shawn Wynn w.,s placed on
me injurod reserve in lace
October, Jea,,;ng fellow
rookie Br.tndon Jackson
and me unproven Ry2n
Gr.uu to fill me void. Even
wim Wynn in me lineup,
Green Bay r.tnk.:d near
me bottom of the leagtie
in rushing. Th.is means
that defenses lm4w
F.IVTC will be po,,Jng often,
which will lead coaches ro
fonnulate !heir game plans
around mat idea. Ya scill
hciscomplctingmorethan
,wo.!hirds of his passes. h
may be due in pan to good
coaching as well, bu, F,vre
is beating defenses left and
right dcspiic me F.iet !hat
!hey know whai he plans
10 do. Thai's like a hockey
player scoring afte.r idling
me goalie wher,: he would
shoo, the puck. One
would think ma, oppos- BEST IN THE BUSINESS?: Forget Brad y
ing defensrually catch up wim him, lead s t he league in passing yards.
but it has not happened - -- - - -- - - - phoro by l,a.cnn,nn
yet. He has thrown for over 330 Bowl? If F.ivre oontinuyards in each of his J,.. mrcc gan,cs, way he has in 2007 and keep< last
including 351 in a 34-0 blowout of year's Nil twin from coming out, it
me Vikings last week,nd.
just might happen. The «al qw:oCan an)'Onc stop Bren Favre? rion is how many more: seasons does
Will wc sec the P.ickers in me Super 14 have left in him?
ma,
Volleyball Splits Pair Before Start ofPlayoffi
BY MATT MATSUMURA
MarH1' •Nrw1 S,;1/f
The Raiders ras-ted both vi~
tory and defeat la.st week, as they
defeated Holy Cross, 3-1 and los,
to Army. 3-0 on the road last week.
In last Friday's match against the
Crusadc:rs, the R.1idcrs rttcivc.-d
big performanttS from junior right
ou1sidc-hiucr K:urin:a Z:twoj,S.ki
,u,J senior middle blocker Erin Kanc11.ke in ,heir 25-30, 32-30, 3()..
14, 30·24 uiumph. Zawojski put
down :a tc:,m-high 16 kills while
recortling 11 digs and four b locks.
KancrLkc: riwell, hining .429 for 12 kills and
rcg~1t'fing five blocks. First-years
Ca.scy Rin and Mcrryl Pohl also
reached double-digi, kills, scoring
I J apiece. AJong with ZawojsJcj,
four R.iders recorded double-digi<
digs. In addition, Colgo« bfrom 19 Crusader service errors.
ihe ladies were in poor fonn at
West Point the following night. allowing Army 10 dominate c:n route
to a 30- 16, 30·25, 3()..20 sweep.
~rhe Raiders will meet th<" Black
Knighrs again in the semifinal
round of the Patriot League Tour·
namcm on Friday.
"Army's blocking improved
from the first time we: played 1hcm
11:tSt month), but it was our poor
exccu1ion that did us in," head
coach Ry.an Baker said. "'We were
tcnrativc and sluggish on both sides
of ,he ball last weekend."
i011
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EXPERTS
Colgate's inefficiency was rcRected in the box score as wcU, 2S
Army outhit the Raiders. The ~r·
vice academy also recorded ~en
aces. while Colgatc scored none.
Kanetzke led me Raider attack by
putting down cight kills, Classmate
and outsidc-hiner Merry) Pohl and
Zawojsk.i were also major contributors with seven kills apic.tt. Rachael
Breinling and Elizabeth La=ri led
me Black Knigh,s with 13 and 12
kills. respecth·ely.
"The R.1iders. who finishOO. Patri•
ot League play with an 11 -3 mark,
emcr this yc:ar's Patriot Ltague
Tourn:uncnr as a much-improved
team from last year with a strong
core of returnces and a talented
bunch of fim-re:us. Most nota•
bly, Colgate's bacldine defense and
p:usfog has btt.n su~rb.
""Our recruiting for this season
focused heavily on ball-control
because service rerum is so important," Baker said.
Colgate's all-time digs leader
junior Jackie Adlam and a duo
of precocious first-ye.I.I'$ - Devon
Applegate and Sam Trnu,h - lead
,he R.,iders defense. The Raiders strength will be a,lled upon to
carry the tc:am through the singleelimination phase of the se:uon, as
Colg:ue will now see more potent
offenses resembling the Rubc:na
Sukaj-led American anack.
'fhird·secd Colgate can', let last
wcckend's performance agajnst
second-seed Army deter them in
-- -- --- "
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itS rematch against Anny in the
Patriot League Tournament SC"mi6.nals at American University in
Washington D.C.
"'We need to offer a strong re•
sponsc ro continue our season.
The team that plays with the most
focus and a nothing•to~lose attirnde will win," B:akcr proclaimtd.
'this time around, we will really
concentrate on serving scrongly,
in order to dicr.ne Army's offense
and provide more opportunities
for our arrack. We need to play
much more aggressively."
Thc,,nnnersofmeColgo,e-Anny
match-up and thc match between
top-S«dcd American and fourth·
seeded Navy will play in me Cham·
pionship m.uch on S:nurday.
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NOVEMBER
0 -3
SPORTS
15. 2007
TH E COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Kennedy and Tolli Lead
Cross Country in Boston
Hunt Wins Player ofthe
Week for Her Efforts
Conthlued From D--8
the second intermission tied at one. A
mere I :03 into the third period, Bulldog
Bcrit John.son scored an unassisted short•
handed goal, shocking ,he fans and giving Yale a one-goal lead. Colgate went on
the power play rwice during the remained
of the period, but the Raiders could not
convert. The situation looked bleak in
the waning moments, but waC)' called
a ,imcout and pulled Plendcrlcith from
the net. With just s.econds on the clock,
Brown rook a shot that hit Yale goa.l ic
Jackcc Snikcris in the chest protector.
The puck bounced in front of the crease,
where Dosdall hustled and scored a heart•
stopping goal wich just three ticks on
the dock. The unbelievable rally sent the
Bulldogs and Raiders into overtime.
With only thirty-nine seconds remain·
ing in the overtime period, Colgate was
down a skater after an elbowing infraction,
and it seemed as if this would be the s«·
ond home tic of the season. Then, senior
Kare Wolgemuth dumped the puck to the
blue line, where junior forward Sam Hunt
was waiting. She took the puck down the
kc, shot and scored, pushing Colgate pan
Yale in a 3·2 victory.
Although this had been 1he first goal of
the weekend for Hunt, she was no stranger
to the box score last weekend. Posting four
points, Hunt had three assisu in addi1ion
to her overtime goal. For her cfforu, Hunt
was named ECAC Player of the Week. After the game, Coach Wiley and his players
knew rha1 they had seen an exceptional cf.
fo rt from their junior forward.
"The highligh, of the weekend was definitely Sam's overtime goal," Milan said.
"She got a good bounce off' of 1he Yale
player's stick and pul the puck top shelf
for a highlight reel goal."
Although Coach Wiley had words of
praise for his ECAC Player of the Week,
he was quick to point our that the Raiders
arc a team .
"'Sam is incredibly talented and hard
working," Wiley s.aid ... Bur the key is that
she is surrounded with good players. Sam
is a great player, but we have a lot of great
players here."
h was important for the Raiders to
have a s uccessful weekend after a rocky
stare, and Coach Wiley was impressed
with the progress this weekend. None of
the Raiders have been making excusc.s,
but even after playing three of the 1op
1en reams ranked in both the USA To·
day and USCHO.com polls, their schedule ·has not lei up. Coach Wiley said that
he expected a bcncr outcome in the first
six games, bu1 he was impressed w ith the
confidence and morale of his ream coming into this weekend.
..The kids never seemed to be down or
out. Mentally we arc in a good place and
ready for the next challenge."
"The next challenges ,his season include
road games this week against Quinnip iac and Princeton. Colga1c will play the
Bobcats on Friday before driving south
to Jersey to face the Tigers on Sarnrday.
Both teams arc well~coached ECAC rivals
and Colgate will need to play in the same
fashion they did last week in order to b~t
these teams on the road.
" We have to perform at ,he highest
level all the time," Wiley said. The coach
a.Lso believes that the Raiders will need
..consis tent performances in practices
and games." The compelition within the
ECAC rhis year is fierce, and every game
the Raiders play is crucial in cvcntuaJly
achieving their goals for the season.
For the women's hockey team, those
goals arc clear and certainly attainable.
None of the Raiders arc confused about
what rhcy want this season.
"'Our goals arc to have home ice for the
playoffs and make it to the Final Four,"
W iley said . .. So every ECAC game is in·
credibly important; any win we can get is
a good one."
BY EDOUARD BOULAT
,.,_.,..,,_.fww Sufi
ln their penultirrutte mttt.~ of the season,
then men's and women's cros:s--coumry learns
competed at the NCAA Nonhcast Rq;ional
Championship w1 weekend, held at Fra,nklin
Park in Boston. Both ,cams had solid performances, featuring coundm personal fc~u:s.
The women's team pl:uxd 12th OYerall our of
36 ,cams, one spot better than p«diaed by
iu regional ranking. Colga,e defeated New
Hampshire and Quinnipiac for lhc first time
under Head Coach Laura Narddli ond plattd
five spol5 better than J.., ynr.
..I, W2S good to bot reams we were sup,,
~ to and SC>mc we weren't
supposed to,"
Nardcllli said. "h was really nia: 10 be:i1 Dan-
mouth who we. rttntit against a lot."
Lc.ading the dwgc: w.u senior FJi1.abct.h
K,nnedy, who "had the race of her life ac-
cording 10 Nardelli. She placed 25th with a
time of21:3-0 and averaged five minutes and
47 se<0nd., per mile. Aho. she placed the
highest of any Colgate runner ai this event
during NarddJj's tenure. First-yor runner
S1acey Marion also had a solid race, finishing
43rd over.ill with a timcof2 l:SO. Marion w:a.~
the ninth.fastest first•yo.r competi1or in the
fidd and was followal do,cly by senior l<;,thryn Marvel, as weH as, juniors Kristen Kiraly
and Jessica Kielty. All thn:c ran pcrsonol-lJtimes and plattd 81st, 84th and 86th, rcspcc1ivcly. Mam:1dropped 2:29 from her performance a1 this m«r last season, while Ki.raJy
shed I: IO off her time and Kielty dropped
I :49 off'hcr 2006 Nonhe;ist Rt:gional 0,.,,,pK>nship nee. But Ifone realty wants to know
how much the ~j""'50n, consides this: Uz Crowley '07 fin-
ished the 2006 NCAA Nonheast Rq;ional
Championship with a rime of 23:22, which
led all Colg:11e runners. This year, a whopping
six Raiders eclipsed cha, n=k.
"Tm rcal.ly excited about the improvemen1
wcve
made over the wt couple of years.
Having all the kids run one 10 rwo--minute
person.al bests is something special," Narde-lli
sa.id. "'1 ht..-y'rc all proud 10 wear the Colgate
jersey and it show$,"
Colgate ends its S<.."aSQn on Saturday at the
ECAC Championship, held ai die legend•')'
Van Conlandt Park in N<-w York. 1hc Raider$ will compete in the University division ~
they ancmpt 10 defend Ian yc:ar'.s tide.
O n the men's side. the Raiders came out
and exceeded expectations dcspilc missing a
fow key runner3 due 10 sickness. All the run•
ners ran pcroonal-bcs.cs. Colgate was led by its
"" sophom*ore Lyle Tolli. who 6nimed 291h
in his first cros.s--coumry season and helped
the team place 201h 0111 of 38 teams.
.. Whenever you lose a runner like Mike
Hanlon (who finished 11,h at this m«l las,
season) you expect 10 drop back in the following years," Head Cooch An McKinnon ,wd,
"To stay the same and place 20th like la.« year
is great. The credit definitely goes out 10 the
whok team and our five scorers."
10lli ran a neU:u time of 30:46 and av•
cragoo 4:58 pc:r mile, 6nishing 30 second,
away from qualifying for 1he NCAA Notional C hampioiuhips. Junior Emmeu
Wcatht..'fford, who hi1 the rape in 32:00 for
9Jst platt out of230 runners. came in sec·
ond for C.Olg:.nc. ihc H awaii native improved
32 spots from his 6nish in 2006. Junior Tim
Dmckc:r, first -year Griffilh Cannon and
rookie Gr.ant Stauffer 6nisl,ed the race within
four sc..wnds of each other. Dnicker cimc in
at 33:0S. Cannon crossed the line a1 33:07
and S1auffcr finished iwo second, behind his
das.sma1e. Senior Jdflltfts ran a tough and
no1cworthy r:acc, moving up 13 spor.s and
dropping three minutes and 30 scconds from
his performance at this meet last year.
"All si.x nmnc.-13 had their bcs1 race of the
year. ( w.u very pleased with (."VeryoncS performances," McKinnon said. ,..They exccutt-d
the plan knowing they had to nm another
race this weekend."
lhe men's team, which has aspirations for
a 1op-fivc finish, will also close out iis season
a, 1he ECAC Championship.
Men's Soccer Ready for PL Tourney
BY EVAN XENOPOULOS
2. Unfortunately, the team left
"We didn't play well enough
M11'ffn -Ntw1 Slllff
Lehigh as the sccond-s,ed of this
to win," Head Coach Erik Ron·
ning said. It's tough 10 give up
a late goal, but it has been clear
rhi.s sea.son that mos1 of our goals
arc given up when we lose focu.s.
In rcc:cnt weeks, we have gotten
away from what we've done to be
successful, and that can be cor•
rcc1cd. We have had some trou·
ble scoring in the last two weeks,
but it is not a cause fo r panic and
we will be ready for the Patriot
League semifinal."
The loss gave the Raiders a Pa•
week's Patriot League Tournament
The Raiders arrived in Bethle..
hem, Pennsylvania knowing that a
tic or victory against Lehigh would
give them home field advantage
throughout the Patriot League
Tournament. H oly Cross, which
held 6m place with Colgate entering the day, tied Lafayette, ) • \ c:arUer in the afternoon. Since Colgate
owned Ule tiebreaker against H oly
Cross. this meant that a Raiders
tic or victory would make them
af1erlosing, 1-0.
1he first h:alf was relatively
even, but the Raiders managed to
outshoot 1he Mountain Hawks 5·
2 and earn tluce corner kicks. The
second half was again a defensive
battle, bm Lehigh made a concert·
cd effort to push more numbers
forw:arcl and auc:mp1 to break the
deadlock. With four minutes re·
ma.ining and the Raider$ smeUing
,he firtt-sced, which would be a
home field advantage, Leh igh rook
ad van rage of a lapse in 1he Colgate
huge advantage considering their
dcfe.nsc when junior J im Taranto
undefeated home record of 6-0-
scored a goal off a rebound.
trio, Lc,.gue record of 4-1-2 and
an overall record of S-5-4.
Colgate will square off in
•
the semifinals ag.a.ins1 third·sccd
BuckneU, who they bcac in a dou·
ble overtime thriller, 2· 1 in Ham~
ihon earlier this season.
Cooch Ronning is expecting a
'"We bc:at 1hem earlier this st"a~
son, but they arc coming ho1 and
it will be a tough game," Ronning
said. "We arc going to nct..-d to be
able to exploit their weaknesses
third consecutive Patriot League
Tournament. ihc Raiders h~ve
been unable to get out of 1he
semifinal round the las1 rwo years.
but this year's team has the depth
and experience necd<.-d to win
the Patriol League. Just look at
1he awards given to four Raiders
last Tuesday. Senior fo rw:trd Eric
Amon, senior defenscman Dan
Bdke and junior midfielder Matt
and play focused defense fo r ,he
··The Red Gnclle" Luch land,-d
full 90 minutes to give ourselves
a chance to win. 'lhe playoffs arc
all about surviving and advancing,
and I know we will be ready for
the challenge this weekend."
Colgate wilJ be entering its
on the all.Patriot Le.ague fi rs,
team , while j unior goalie David
Cappuccio was awardt..-d with SCC·
ond ceam honors.
banle against Bucknell.
Kickoff' is scheduled fo r 8 p.m.
on Friday.
Men's and \\Jomen's Swimmers Heading in Opposite Direction
BY WI L D E REVERE
the final score of 160-1 34 in an impressive performance. The luidcrt
- - -Sufi
won a total of 11 events and were
Last Sunday, the mcn's(0-5 over- led by fust-ynr Erin McGraw,
all, 0-1 Patriot League) and wom- who won the 200-yard butteren's (3-3 overall, 1-1 PL) swim- fly, the I00-yard freestyle and the
ming teams traveled to Darunouth I 00-yard bunerfty. She also won
University for out.-of.confttcnoe the Pauio, League Female SwimmectS. The women took care of mer of the Week aw.ud. Classmaie
businffl , defeating Oanmouth by Cattn Guyett conttibuied to the
Raider cause by winning the 500
and 1,000-yard frcestyk. Junior
Beverly Wallcu also posted a Slellar effort by pb<:ing firs, in both
the I00 and 200-yard baclcsuokc
competitions. Sophom*ore Ca.itie
Cwnn (200-yard breasauou)
and junior Ashley Bonge, (50-yard
ftmtyte) rounded out Colgate's individual victories. The Raiders also
placed fim in the 400-yard medley
and m:c,iyle relays.
Meanwhile. the winless men's
individual golds for Colgaic. 1he
Raidert also won the 400-yard freestyle Rday with a 1ime of 3: 14.67.
lost to Darunouth by the
Whitman, junior Dan Lathrop. SC·
team
score of 170-124, dropping i,s
record 10 0-5. Senior Zach Whitman (100-yard butterfly), junior
George Bennin (50-yard &eestyle)
and 6m-ynr Trevor Healy (200yard breaststroke) brought home
nior JeffJakob and fim-year Tucker G njewe,k composed that 1cam.
Next up for both squads ls the
Kenyon Invite, which begins on
November 29 and Iasis through
Dcocmber I.
SPORTS
D-4
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
Men's B-Ball Off to Quick Start
BY LARRY SCHWEITZER
next possession, Colgate rook the
four guys in double
MArHPf •Nrw1 St.ff
6.gurts.·
lead for good when senior guard
Daniel Waddy hi1 a three ro put
In its second
gorne of the season,
"!he R.liders opened their = n the R.lider, up 54-51 with five
C()I(; · Colgate dominated
with an exciting 63-60 victory over minutes remaining, However, the
from the scan by
,he Monmouth Hawks on Friday game would remain close. The
jumping out to :a
nigh1 and thrn dominated Canisius Hawks clawed back to cur the defion ·1,,e><1ay, 61-47. This marks the cit to one at 61-60 when Jhamar
38-16 lead at rhe
fim time in ten ycaB that 1hc flajd- Youngblood hit a pair of free throws
half. Canisius actually outscored the
crs have opened their season with with 23 seconds left. O,lga1e 1han
inbounded the ball inco junior
Raiders in the seccoru«utive wins.
ond half 3 1-23, bur
In the first gorne, O,lg;ue guard Willie Morse, who Slepped
it was not nearly
jumped out to a 31-20 lctd with out of bounds as he tried 10 elude a
enough
to over·
three minutes left, but Monmouth Monmouth defender. Fonun:udy,
come the 22-point
scorehalftim~
deficit.
10 end 1he half, lhe Hawks rhan win the game. Morse gr:ablxd the
_,,,.-• The Raiders have
<>penttl the second fr:amc with next inbound and was immediately
I
now won 17 of its
another suong five-minu te run, fouled. With ice water in his veins,
19 games agai nsc
out.~ring 1hc Raiders. J2-5 for he calmly sank both free throws
•
' ~ the Golden Griffins
a game-changing 22-5 run over to put Colg-atc up thrtt with four
eight minutes of play. With that ricks ldi, Monmouth couldn'1 ge1 BIG WILLIE STYLE: Junio r guard Willie Mors: in Buffalo.
screech. Monmomh jumped out 10 a good shoe off 10 rry and tic- thc- stepped up for Colgate against Monmouth.
Roemer led . the
a 48-39 lead. HowP
and junior swingman
began a run co regain control. Led came official
O,lga1< had four players with and (Monmou1h'sJpress (in 1hefim 1im Pounds scored a career-high
by junior guard and captain Kyle
Roemcr•s seven poinu in just over 11 or more points in its opener. game] acrually &lowed us down." 12 poinu, Waddy (10 poinu) had
thret minutes, C.olg:atc &tormcd Roemer and Morse had 15 poinu Davis said. "The keys were tha1 we his second game with double-digi1
back imo rhe game. The R.liders each, Waddy chipped in 12 and were able 10 rebound and scay out points and Chones added seven to
would tic the contest on a lay-up senior forward Kendall Chones of foul trouble. We made more free go along with seven boards. Junior
throws than they anemp1ed and we forward Alex Woodhouse 6.Ued up
from senior cc.mer Peter MinchcUa added I I poinu.
· we try (0 push the b.sk<1b:ill had a good balance of scoring with the box seo« by no1ching eight
with st'Vt'.n minutes left. and on iu
points, five rebounds, chrtt as,.
sins, cwo bloc.ks and rwo steals in
22 minutes of play.
A lively crowd ,purred the Raidc.rs on during the home game, and
Davis attributed it a poster competition sponsored by ALANA. He
also pointed ou1 that it helps 1he
team when more people come to
the games. This is especially true :u
CottercllJ where the stands arc basically on top of the coun.
"There wer< pockets of really
good fans from the poSler com·
petition, and if we can get some
more people i1 will be really good
(for the Raiders)."
Starting Friday night, the
Raiders will participare in the
Kennesaw State Tournament
in Kennesaw, Georgia. Colgate
will face off agains1 Texas State
on the first night and play either
the hosr school or 2007 March
Madness participant Jackson·
ville State on Saturday.
The Raiden' next home game
is Wednesday against Marist at
7 p.m. Dartmouth will come:
into town three days later for a
I p.m. game.
Men's Rowing Rules City ofBrotherly Love
BY MAX TROPE R
The R.liders completely dominated the Philadelphia fl<>Slbite and
Bill Braxton Memorial Reg::ma Ja.u
weekend, winning ~ out of the
eiglu r>eA, the Frostbite, the R.liders finished firsi in the varsity eigh1, varsity
four and the novice eight. In the
first race, seniors Pcrcr .Engebretson, A.ndttW Harze:nbuhler, Bryan
Pape, Austin Sigtty, Doug Herling.
Isaac Goodling and sophom*ores
Mark Rob.on, Marc Cassone, along
with ~nior coxswain Mary Dekar
blew pas• second-platt Temple by
ewer fiv< scoonds, The Varsity Four
crossed the line a1 6:50.03, 13 seconds ahead of s«<>nd pbec Penn,
Firsc-ycar coxswain Kristen S1onehill, d:wma1e Paul Vogdsang and
juniors Parker P:tulin, Oliver Jensen
and Peter Leahey composed the Varsity Four boa,. O,lgo,e saved ilS best
performanoc for last, as they thoroughly dominated rhc- compcrj6on
in the Novice Eigh1 race. The boa,
dockod in a rime of 6:34.53, bc:a1-
ing our scoond-platt Rochester by
14 seconds. Washington, La&ycnc,
Binghamton and Dowling rounded
out the competition. The Raidm
finished over 200 feet in front of
thc:ir nearest competitor.
The R;aidcn also competed at
the Bill Broxton Memorial R,gano.
The men won all throe of the Var,ity Four ,.ces, and the Novice Eight
eontinuod their n:marlcableweckcnd
by blowing our Tempi< by fourteen
""°nds. Unfomuutcly, the Vanity
£igln IOS( 10 Temple by onc-r,mh of
a.second,
As.isrant cooch Man Hanig at•
ttiborcs the ruca:ss ro the leadership
of his senior class.
"The guys worked really hard
tru$ season, starting with day one,"
Han.ig said. "We had a lot ofseniors
leading the way and it is very exci1ing to sec them have such suthis late in their careers.• He went
on to describe how great it is that
the first-years a.re able 10 witness
such acrucvemenc so early in their
college careet>. Off-season workouts begin in the wimer, with the
goal of increasing 1cam speed for
the s:pring season.
So where do t he Raiders go
from here?
"We like ro set very lofiy goals,
especially after &uch a successful
campaig,, this fall." Hanig said.
"'Essentially, we just want ro step up
ro the ncxt level and face 1ougher
compcririon, It would be grcac to
ge1 up there and battle teams such
as Harv.an! or Yale and really challenge ourselves.•
After such performances like the
ones witnessed last weekend, such
goals no longer s:ce:m so un.rcalisric.
Offense in Top Form, But Defense Lacking for Hockey
BY RUBEN LEAVITT
in chesecond period, Brown's Devin
·nmbcrlake struck with a power
play gwl in the second period 10
Th, Raiders played a rough give ,he Bears a 2-1 lead. Midway
rwo•game series last week, suffer- through the second period, junior
ing a 5.2 loss to Brown and a 6-4 fo~rd P("ttr Bogdanich, who
loss against Yale. In both games, made his firsc appear.a.nee in the
they hit sevC'ral posts and were un- line-up this season on Friday night,
able 10 capilaliic on SC'\'eral good i.llied his fim goal of the season ro
le-.·el 1hc score at rwo. Both teams
scoring opponunitics.
went into chc second imcrmission
"We arc working very h:ard. b ut
we an-:also getting frustrated,'" Head
tied at two. Eight minuccs inco
Coach Don Vau&J,an said. He also the 1hird period, Brown's Aaron
feels 1ha1 1he puck has nor been Volp:mi scored 10 put Brown up
bouncing in the R::iiclers' fu.vor. and by one. Tammate Sean Munch
to make matters: worse, ''every mis- netted :m even stttngth goal at cht"
take we make ends up in the back 13:45 mark, and Brown's Ryan
of our net."
Garbutt found tht" empty nee 10
l.as1 Friday ag:ai11st Brown, ~.1c.h St"al the scoring with 22 seconds
team held the kad at some poim left. Colt,'llte's senior goalie Justin
during 1he game. Midw;1y through Kowalkoski comple1ed his fim
the fim. sophom*ore forward David stan of rhc season with 37 saves.
Mclmyn- c:apimli1.ed on a terrific cf- The shot dHfercncial tells 1he story
fon by senior Cl.prn..in and forward of this gamt", as Colg,ue W3S outJesst Winchescer to keep the puck sho1 17-7 in chc 1hird period :and
in the offensive zone in order 10 42-3 1 overall.
last &mday's game againSI Yale
gee a shot on net. McIntyre, stand•
ing in from of the nee, picked up WllS televised on ESPNU, and the
the puck and buri«I it top shelf f.ms were treated 10 an offensive
fo r his scoond gwl of 1he s<>son. showdown betwten the Bulldogs
The Bears tied the score several and Raiders. Both team, grinded
minmes later when Paul &ier out a back-and-fonh battle, and
scored an even sm:ngth goal. Early the resul1 wasn't decided until the
M11roo,r-Nrw, Sujf
After the 6vo-minure mark. of into a six~n-rhrtt a.fbir when Kow•
w.ming minu1cs of the- game:. for
the second ronsecutivc comest, the the third period, forward Brian Day, alkoR;aidcn 100k th< fim lead. Fim•year while uying to defend the R.lider extra anackcr. Bur the Raiders were
sensation Brian Dayswted the scor- net, knocked over senior starting unable to capitalize. so the score
ing for the Raiders, tipping in junior goaltender Marl< Dekanich. 1he rcmalned 6-4 at the end of ttgulaDavid Sloane's slap
for his sixth pie was tal«,n 10 the bench by the rion, Dekanich lcli the gorne alier
goal of rh, season " 7:49. Four Colgate athletic tr.liner and was rc- making 20 """' whil< Kowalkominutes lacer, senior Ben Camper plaad in ne1 by Kowalko. The Raiders ""-ere 0-for.6 on
won the fucc-off and followed up a remainder of the gorne.
..My condition at the time did the power play in the gorne against
n,bound by diving 1oward the net to
poke hom< his s«:ond gwl of the noc allow me to play in the rest of Brown and O-for-4 against Yale.
~Somcrimes there's jl.1$t noth_ing
season ro I"'' O,lg:ue up 2-0. Yale ,he gornc,• Dekan ich said, "I was
evpuck didn't bounce for us this ~kwhen Sean Backman ,nuck one play at the level I neoded."
Dekanich also mentioned tha1 end. We just ha"·e to remember that
I""' senior goalie Mark Dekanich.
Colgate would cmcr the first inter- he suffered a "sligh1 head injury." therisstiJJ a lot of hockey left."
The Raiders now sit in last
though he could no1 remember
mission with a one-goal advant:agc".
Colg:ne could no1 rest in the sec- how ii happened, Thankfully, both place in the ECACHL. Whond period, as Ryan Donald scored Dekanich and Vaughan said 1har asked how tht team can get out of
on a four-on-four situation jwt the goaltender is healthy and will be this rut, Vaughan responded in a
posirivc: fashion.
·
seven s«onds imo the second pc,, in the lineup ncxl weekend.
"'By bclic:vlng in the system and
riod to tic the g:;une. Yale then took
The R.lide.rs tied the soon: a, 9:53
advamage of the open ice )'tl ag;,in off another goal by Day, his sevonrh the P"""'-'• buying in10 it and fo.
during the four-on-four play, ~ of the season. However, Yale's Tom cwing on i1." Vaughan said. "By
Mark Arcobcllo pm the pick in the Dig,,ard helped the Bulldogs ttgain doing the day-ro-day work we'Ugcr
the lead three minutes later on a ou1 of this funk.• He also went on 10
net :u I: 12. Six minutes later, Win•
chester scored his third goal of the power ploy. lluJJdog Bn:ndan Ma- say chat the pruswc 10 win "'comes
SQSOn to even the score at th.rec. but son :added an insurance goal with most from with.in each of us more
Artobdlo scored his second gwl of 2:35 left 10 play on a delayed penal- than from outside sour=, We'n: all
..
the gam< 10 gi"" Yale a 4-3 lead with ty. Llke Friday nighrs game. O,Jga1e compctmvc guys.
wt over one minute mnaining. Yale earned a la1e power play with under
Colgate is back on the rood ncxr
held ilS one-goal lead until the end a minute left in the third period. wcckcnd for gomes at Danmouth
The advantag,: cvenrually rumod andHarvard.
of the ""°nd period.
mo,
.
0 -5
SPORTS
N_QVEMBER 15, 2007
THE COLGA1=EMAROOH-NEWS
Ryan Baker's Crash Course in Coaching
BY DAN GLASER
Ml,,...,,..N,-,, Sujf
E.ntc.ring chis weekend's Patriot
League Tournament, Raider volleyball had a 16-12 overall record
and an 11-3 m,ark in confc.rcn~
play. Colgate ended up finishing
in third placc- and matched the
1999 team's school record for conference wins. That team advanced
to the NCAA Tournament :md
the 2007 Raiders will join them
if they beat Army tomorrow night
and then either Navy or American
in the Championship match.
One can point to many fac10rs
responsible for Colgate's turnaround from its 7-20 ovcralJ record a mere rwo ycan ago. The record-breaking play ofjunior libero
Jackie Adlam has taken countless
point.s off the other team's rally. A
d«p crop of underclassmen, such
as sophom*ore.< Kdsea Loveless
and Meghan Fanra and first-year
Casey Ritt, improved the attack
and sening. All four players aJong
with junior Katrina Zawojski have
btt.n rccogniz.ed for a slew of conference awards for rhcir play.
But any discussion has to begin
with Head Coach Ryan Baker. The
second-year head ooo.ch has raued
the team's level of play and intensity.
Take, for c:x:ample, the team's comc-from ..bchind win against Navy on
the road and near knock-off of topranked American.
Baker was a s...ndout voUeyboll
player growing up in New York
Mills, a subwb of Utica, and then
play,,d four yca,s for Ithaca Collcg,'s
dub team. lth:tc:a's women's volley·
ball coach, Janet Donovan, noticed
Baker$ passion for the spon and
:askttl hjm to become a team manager during his sophom*or, year.
• 1 hit balls and set up the net,
but later on she let me run drills and
be invoh·cd in coaching decisions,"'
Baker said in a.n interview last Fri-
day. "She's bttn to two Division Ill
Final Foun, won 500 games, but
she crusted me and I owe a lot ro
her for what's happened since.•
Even so, Bo.kcr graduated from
Ithaca in 2003 with a degree in
broadcast journalism. He interned
for Wt-'TV in Utica during his
summen and planned to send tapes
ro other 1V &rations to begin a ~reponing career after coUege.
But prior to s.ccuring a job ln
that fidd, the school offered him a
position as a graduate assistant on
che women's team.
•1 got ro work with the volleyball team again and they paid for
the srart of my Ma.seer's Cxgrcc
program (which he completed this
past summer)," Baker sa.id. '"B)•
now, I was calling serves and run·
ning the defense. Coaching had
become my dream.•
After Ithaca enjoyed a 24-19
season and an appearance in the
ECAC Up«aie New York championship match, Ba.kcr was hired
by Clarkson 10 be its new voUeyball coach. Despite being only a
year remo,·ed from coUege, Baker
had to run nearly every aspect of
his program while being aided
by only one part-time assistant.
He made it work though, as the
Golden Knights went 22- 1I , good
enough for third in the D-IU Liberty uague. Six Clarloon players
made chc conferenc.e's all-academic
team, and Baker credirs his players
for making that year a success.
"(They) knew I knew the
game, and never questioned me
from the first day I stepped in the
gym," he said.
After hearing that Colgate had
an opening for an assistant volleyball coach, Baker jumped at the
opportunity.
"I knew about Colgate from
g,owing VP in New York Mills. I
even went to some hockey games
ar Swr Rink. Janet got in touch
job, but I knew
they'd get excdlen t candidates
fmm a.round
the c:ouncry. It
was the lon.gest
two months of
my life to find
OU(
if they'd
pick me."
He w.a.s prepared to enroll
at Duke Uni·
vers:ity. whe:rc
he would volunteer with their
volleyball team
and continue
his
Master's
study. But upon
concluding his
search, Athletic
Director David
Roach decided
that Baku was
the right choice
for «building
the
Colgate
PL COACH OF THE YEAR: Baker has tumed around volleyball prothe Colgate volleyball program in just two years. ~ - - - - - - - - - -- --phoc.o by Dan Riu•
He had a
with (Associate Athletic Director
passion for the
and former voUeyball coach) Vicky game, Colgate and our studentChun and they both agreed that it athletes,• Road, said in a tclewas a good post for me. I met with phone interview. '"His ability 10
[former head coach] Jenna Panatier push them while ,till caring about
and was hi..d; he said.
them rcaUy fit the 'X-Factor' I Ii~
Panaticr lefr after the 2005 in coaches."'
season in which Colgate we:nt 7Bake,- insist.ed to his players
201 capping a thrcc~staSOn flfflc:h that the goal for 2006 was to rewhere the Raiders went a com· store pride. c:on.fidcncc and fun ro
bined 20-60. Still, Baker says thai Raider volleyball.
i( was a productive year for his dc-"'We had c.alc-nt, but didn't know
vclopmcnt as a coach. He formed how to play as a team," &kcr said.
good relationships with the players "I emphasiud having everyone
and learned how to rttru.it at the compete for Sl2rting jobs, but our
Division I level.
players were smiling again."
•1 had a lot to learn about (n,.
Coupled with the addition of
cruiting), especially with both Fanta and other recruits, many
scholarships and Colgate's academ- of whom played for championic requirements." Baker mentioned, ship-caliber high school teams,
"I hoped I'd get the head coaching results improved dramatically.
The Raiders nearly doubled
their win 101al from seven to l4,
the most since 1999.
Adlam smashed the singleseason digs record and won Patriol League Defensive Player of
the Year. while Zawojsk.i earned
conference first-team honors
after finishing third in kills.
Both playcs made the a.JI.Patriot
League first-team this year but
Ritt (aJI.Pauiot League second
team) and other players arc now
supporting them with outstanding play o( their own.
"Nc-.·er onc.e have lhc.-y shied
away from oompetition and team•
work." he dcclmd.
ln his spa.re time, Bak.t:r lovts
working on musicals, and he crcditS
h~ s.ummers performing with the
Players of Utica Theatre for aiding
his coaching mindset.
"l've probably done 18 live
musicals now,.. Ba.ker noted.
You need to move on from mis..
takes, which a.re inevitable, and
just keep getting better, whether
it's on the next line or the next
point. That's why I emphasiu
having fun on the coun. J know
the players can ger worried, be·
cause I do on stage, [butl we have
to remember that it's ultimately
a game."
Baker's successful methods arc
gaining nolice throughour the
sport, as he will assist with tryouts
for the 2008 U.S. Olympic volleyball team in r-.:bruary. He a.lso
coach" at prominenr volleyball
camps each summer.
.. He's willing co listen to people
who went through similar thin~ in
order to get better; Roach said.
Whatever happens th.is weckertd,
Baker and the Raiders want 2007 to
start a ucnd.
'"l wam us to eventually conteud
for the con(erencc title e.ich year. if
not do well in the NCAA 1'0urnamenr," Baker d«larcd.
Football Stays Undefeated Against G-Town
BY MAX YAD IN
The Raide.rs did not play nice
with the Georgetown University
Hoyas last Saturday in Washington, D.C. Colgate took off the kid
gloves and defeated Georgetown,
45-12 in their penultimate game of
t.he season. Junior tailback Jordan
Scott, senior tailback J.J. Bennett,
senior wide receiver Erik ..Zorro..
Burke, sophom*ore wide receiver
Pat Simonds and junior quarte.r·
back Alex Rdph led the Raiders'
offensive machjne.. Scott (180
rushing yards, two touchdowns)
and Bennett (121 rushing yards,
two touchdowns) ran through the
massive holes created by the offensive line all day, while junior
quanen,ack Alex Relph (243 pass·
ing yards, two touchdown) threw
to Buri«: (102 receiving yards, one
touchdown) and Simonds (IO I
receiving yards, one touchdown)
with rcbtivc case.
"I think we play,,d a little bit
bener than Georgetown," Head
Coach Dick Biddle said. "Offen•
sivdy, we wer, doing ttally well.
We didn't punt the ball the whole
game .... It was quite a day for
those kids.•
Things did not start out so well
for the Raiders. Relph's first pass
·was: intercepted by Hoya lineman
George Cullen and Georgetown
pro<:ceded to march the ball into
field goal range. Eric Bjonerud put
up three points from 25 yards out,
making the score 3-0 in Georgetown's favor. Colgate reacted
quickly, however, as sc.nfor Mike
Buck fi..d the pigskin through
the goalposts, tying the game with
5:54 left in the first quarter,
Early in the second quaner,
it seemed as though the Hoyas
had the momentum. Georgetown
drove deep into Colgate territory
and f:.ked a field goal attempt to
gain a 6m down on the inside the
Raiders' five-yard line. In an amazing show of competence and re•
solve, Colgate's defensive unit held
the line. On first down, senior
defensive tackle P.u Nolan sacked
Man Bassuener, who· then threw
two incomplere passes. Sophom*ore defensive tackle Paul "Walnuts" Mancuso block,d the field
goal anempt, leaving the Hoyas not a quiet one, The Raiders·
empty-handed.
explosive offensive unit continColgate foUowed up its defen• ued to impress (or disappoint)
sive spectacular pc.rformancc with the Georgetown F.ms. Scott ran
an equally compelling offensive for his second touchdown of the
display. Relph led his team on a game from fow yards out. while
90-yard drive downfield, which Simonds caught a four yard pass
culminated with Bennett running in the end 7.0nc.. lhc laner play
one yard into rhe end 1.0ne~ Down extended Colgate's lead to 38- 12.
10-3, Georgetown was unable to • Jn the fourth quarter, Bcnnen ran
answer with a touchdown of iu into the end7.one from 3 I yards
own and settled for another field out with 8:08 for the final score of
goal with 6:59 remaining in the the game.
half. If the Hoyas thought they
"We played wd.l offensively,
were on the verge of a comeback, and our defense picked up in the
they were mistaken. On the first second half," Biddle said.
play of Colgate's next drive, Relph
With a litde over one minute
completed a 73-yard touchdown remaining, Bennett ran the baU
pass to Buri«:.
up the middle and got hit hard by
After the Raiders committed linebacker Chudi Obianwu. Bentwo penalties, Georgetown drove nett was pul on a stretcher and
62 yards and finally bro~ into the carried off the 6dd, but not before
end zone when Bassucncr found giving the crowd the thumbs up
fullbo.ck Kyle Vanfleet, but th<: sign indicating that he would be
Hoyas could not convert the c,c.. alright, The refm,es and both head
tra point. Colgate submarched 70 yards in six plays in the game at that point.
a drive that ended with a 23-yard
·He [Bennen) had a concus·
touchdown run by Scon. The scone sion;" Biddle said. "'They like to
at halftime was 24-12, Colgate.
be careful, and took him to the
The third quaner of play wu hospital. He was in the train-
ing room Sunday morning. He's
questionable for next week, (but)
he's fine."
Scott won the P,uriot L«guc
Offensive Player of the Week
award for his efforts, while senior linebacker Mike Gallihugh
amassed a rcma.rkable 17 tac.kJcs
to earn the Defensive Player of
the Weck award. Also, the two
players have made the final ballots
for major Oivi.sion .. l FCS awards.
Scon is one of the 16 finalists for
the Walter Payton award, which is
given to the best offensive player
in Division•) FCS and named a(.
ter the. former Chicago Be::ars star.
As one can imagine, Gallihugh
has made the final ballot for rhe
Buck Buchanan award, which is
given to the best defensive player
in Division-I FCS and named af..
te.r the stcllar Kansas City Chief
defensive tackle.
With a 4-1 P.itriot League mark
and a 7.3 overall record, Colgate
will now travel to Worcester 10
play Holy Cross in a ba11Je for second place in the Patriot League.
Kickoff is scheduled for I 2:30
p.m. on Saturday.
lht «tolgatt llaroon- rbls
November 15, 2007
Junior defender Kiira Dosdall skates with the puck
in las1 Sanuday's game against Yale. Dosdall scored two
goals in Colgate's 3-2 win over the Bulldo~. the last of
which came with three seconds lefi in regulation to force
ovcnime. Junior forward Sam Hunt than scored a shonhanded goal with 39 seconds remaining in ovenime to
give Colgate the win a1 Srarr Rink.
•
Photo by Emily Rawdon
Women's Hockey Scores in 25th Hour What's Inside:
BY MIKE MCMASTER
Mt11V>01t•N,.,. StAjf
After a rocky Stan to the sea-son, women's hockey returned to
Starr Rink last week for a twogame homesland against Brown
and Yale with a chance to riglu
tht' ship. After defc:uing chc Bears,
4- 1 and sneaking by 1he Bulldogs,
3-2, Head Coach Scott Wiley and
the Raiders sei~d their opportu·
niry and did just that.
Colgaieopened their ECACHL
ledger with a home game against
Brown. Junior forw;iird and co--
captain Elin Brown open«! the
scoring with a five-on-three power
play goal midwoy 1hrough the
first period. Sixteen seconds later,
senior forward Kara Lcnnc nc,..
ted one home on a 6ve-on-fow
power play 10 put Colgate up by
two scores. The R2idcrs entered
the first intermission to a tw~goaJ
lead and a 12-3 sho, advanragc. In
fac,. Colgate was so dominant in
,he firs, period thai firs1-y<2r goalie Lisa Plcnderlcith did not have
10
make any saves,
In the second period, Brown's
Frances Male scored 6:52 into
the game to cut the dcfidl in half.
The rest of rhc period was nondescrip,, and Colgaone-goal deficit heading into the
second intermission.
The third period followed a
similar pauern to the first frame,
as Colgate scored two quick
goals in succession to seal the
game. FirSt•year forward Han.
nah Milan scored on a five-on·
four power play a< 5: I 0, while
junior defender Laura Jensen
scored an even strength goal at
6:54. Neilhcr team scored fo r rhe
rest of the game allowing Colgate
to win its ECACHL opener in
convincing fashion. Plcnderlcith
amassed l 9 saves while Brown
was the first star of the day, tallying a goal and an assist to lead
the team in points.
The Raiders came into Sat·
urday's game againsl Yale feeling
confident after the previous night's
win. However, the battle against
Yale would noc prove ro be an easy
one. Junior forward Kiira Dosdall
opened the game with a fi..,c-oo·
fou r power play goal ai 8:24. The
defcn~ took care or rhe rcsc in the
first period, preventing Yale from
gening a single shot on goal. At
13:22, Bray Kcichum nerrcd an
even strength goal to t ie the game.
The Raiden and Bulldogs encercd
C'111ti11urd on D-3
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