The Stony Brook Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012 VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIALS
Presidental Debates
NEWS
Google Apps For Education
Pell Grants
LIPA
FEATURES
CULTURE
4
5
6
7
Master Debaters
Mormons For Obama
College Towns
8
9
10
MOVIES
Pokmon
Looper
Taken 2
16
17
17
MUSIC
The Nutshell 20
COMICS
Boring Rocks
Rock the Cashmah
22
22
OPINION
A Debate of Disbelief
Froyo A-Go-Go
Billy Joe Armstrong, Burnout
26
24
25
SPORTS
Seawolves Football Cruises
Ice, Ice Baby
Womens Soccer Loses To Vermont
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29
29
Stony Brook Debate
Drugs
12
13
Starbucks
Port Jefferson Film Festival
14
15
CAMPUS/NATIONAL
Jon Stewart/ Bill OReilly Debate 18
Game of Thrones/ Shameless Advertisement 21
Wole-style
27
A Page from 2010
23
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MARK GREEK
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JODIE MANN
ALYSSA MELILLO
SAM LIEBRAND
BEATRICE VANTAPOOL
ETHAN FREEDMAN
BRIANNA PETERSON
OLIVIA BURNE
REBECCA TAPIO
AMANDA DOUVILLE
SARAH EVINS
NICOLE KOHN
DANIEL CASHMAR
LIZ KAEMPF
STAFF
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TERICHI BELLINGER
ANDREW CARRIERI
SIOBHAN CASSIDY
LAUREN DUBOIS
JOHN FISCHER
ARIAM FREZGHI
HALLIE GOLDEN
BRYAN GUTHY
JOSHUA HA
PRISCILA KORB
BUSHRA MOLLICK
MATTHEW MURRAY
TEENA NAWABI
BRIANA NEUBERGER
HOWIE NEWSBERKMAN
VANESSA OGLE
CAITHLIN PEA
CHIRS PRIORE
ANDY POLHAMUS
MATT WILLEMAIN
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AmerIcans Iuned In Io waIch Ihe rsI oI Ihree prsIdenIIal
debaIes IeaIurIng RepublIcan nomInee MIII Romney and
Ihe DemocraIIc IncumbenI arack Dbama on Wednesday,
DcI. 3. nsIead oI seeIng Iwo candIdaIes answer quesIIons
and debaIe over quesIIons, whaI Ihe 7U mIllIon AmerIcans
who waIched Ihe debaIe saw was Iwo grown men ghIIng
Ior Ihe aIIenIIon oI Ihe AmerIcan people.
Is a growIng Irend In polIIIcal campaIgns, no longer do
voIers care abouI who acIually represenIs Ihe besI choIce
Ior oce, raIher Ihe InIeresI resIs In whIch candIdaIe can
Irash Ialk Ihe oIher beIIer.
As Ihe Iwo candIdaIes bIckered away, Ihe TwIIIersphere
erupIed as users oered lIve commenIary on noI jusI Ihe
debaIers, buI Ihe moderaIor, IIm Lehrer, as well.
The IweeIs IhaI lled IImelInes were Iar more
enIerIaInIng Ihan Ihe debaIe IIselI. Some were wrIIIen
by hIgh school sIudenIs who were waIchIng Ihe debaIe
Ior homework assIgnmenIs, such as @nascarchIck3 who
said: canI belIeve have Io waIch IhIs sIupId presIdenIIal
debaIe laIer and wrIIe a paper on II Noueno.
DIhers Iook a more comedIc approach Io IheIr
commenIary, such as @aedwardslevy who saId: IhInk
Elmo jusI wenI Irom red Io blue, In response Io MIII
Romney sayIng IhaI he would lIke Io cuI IundIng Io PS.
nIerneI humor asIde, Ihere were many problems wIIh
Ihe manner In whIch Ihe debaIe IIselI was carrIed ouI. As
counIless websIIes and medIa ouIleIs have poInIed ouI,
IIm Lehrer dIdnI really do Ihe moderaIIng parI oI hIs
moderaIor job. n an elecIIon IhaIs as heaIed as IhIs one,
IIs ImporIanI Io be able Io lay down Ihe law when Ihe Iwo
candIdaIes go head-Io-head. WIIhouI moderaIIon, Ihe only
IhIng youre goIng Io geI Is Iwo vy-League alums IryIng Io
Ialk over one anoIher.
I was InIeresIIng Io see Ihe sheer lack oI power IhaI
Dbama had. n 2UU8, Ihe power oI Dbamas words were
unbeaIable. NoIhIng Ihe McCaIn campaIgn dId could Iop
Ihe power oI an Dbama speech. ThIs IIme around Ihough,
PresIdenI Dbama remaIned In a daze as MIII Romney
spewed as many personal anecdoIes and aIIacks as he
could. n Ihe end, much oI whaI Romney had saId Iurned
ouI Io be Ialse, whIch wenI IaIrly under-reporIed In Ihe
news medIa. The nexI day, many medIa ouIleIs labeled MIII
Romney as Ihe wInner oI Ihe debaIe.
Paul Krugman, a columnIsI Ior The New York Times, Iook
parIIcular oense Io IhIs In hIs column on FrIday, Romneys
SIck Ioke.
WhaI Mr. Romney dId In Ihe debaIe, In oIher words,
was, aI besI, Io play a word game wIIh voIers, preIendIng
Io oer someIhIng subsIanIIve Ior Ihe unInsured whIle
acIually oerIng noIhIng. For all pracIIcal purposes, he
sImply lIed abouI whaI hIs polIcy proposals would do, saId
Krugman.
Is a sad day when a candIdaIe Ior PresIdenI oI Ihe
UnIIed SIaIes oI AmerIca can sIand In IronI oI a crowd oI
mIllIons oI people and lIe Ihrough hIs IeeIh. Then on Iop oI
IhaI, Io noI Iace any consequences Ior doIng so. uI whos
Io blame Ior IhIs?
Many AmerIcans who IdenIIIy Ihemselves wIIh Ihe
conservaIIve specIrum oI polIIIcs Iace a dIsconnecI wIIh
much oI Ihe maInsIream medIa. A dIsconnecI because Ihey
Ieel IhaI Ihe medIa lIes Io Ihem and IrIes Io manIpulaIe
IheIr opInIons Ihrough Ihe spreadIng oI gossIp regardIng
Ihe RepublIcan ParIy, and In some InsIances IhIs mIghI be
jusIIed.
Here we have a RepublIcan candIdaIe Ior Ihe
presIdency who has been proven IIme and IIme agaIn Io
lIe abouI hIs own polIcIes and plans as presIdenI, and we
have a demographIc IhaI Is sImply IgnorIng IhaI because
Ihey donI IrusI Ihe medIa.
ThIs dIsIrusI Is a horrIble IhIng Ior a democracy. Is
Ihe job oI Ihe news medIa Io provIde Ihe publIc wIIh
InIormaIIon Io promoIe progress and IncIIe debaIe. I Ihe
publIc IIselI doesnI IrusI Ihe InIormaIIon Iheyre receIvIng,
Ihen Ihere may be horrIble consequences. AccordIng Io a
Callup Poll conducIed IhIs year, 6U percenI AmerIcans
have lIIIle Io no IrusI In Ihe medIa. Dn average, 7/ percenI
oI RepublIcans dIsIrusI Ihe medIa.
Many claIm Io know whaIs goIng Io happen on elecIIon
day IhIs year, buI a loI oI speculaIIon sIIll remaIns. Dne IhIng
IhaI Is cerIaIn Is IhaI II Ihe AmerIcan publIc IsnI properly
InIormed, Ihen Ihe mosI powerIul man In Ihe counIry could
easIly become Ihe mosI dangerous man In Ihe world.
BATTLE ROYALE
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AIIer monIhs oI plannIng and promoIIon, SIony rook
UnIversIIy has mIgraIed all sIudenI emaIl accounIs Io
Coogle Apps Ior EducaIIon. The Coogle Apps accounIs
were made avaIlable Io all sIudenIs begInnIng In Iuly and
abouI 2,UUU volunIarIly made Ihe swIIch beIore Ihe DcI. 1
mIgraIIon.
The majorIIy oI sIudenIs [were] noI even usIng IheIr
MySmaIl accounIs, saId KerrIn PernIcIaro, manager oI T
CommunIcaIIons and Web SIraIegy, abouI Ihe IransIIIon.
A loI oI sIudenIs were already usIng some kInd oI cloud
servIce lIke CmaIl.
SIudenIs see Ihe Coogle Apps accounI as much more
accessIble and IamIlIar.
haIed Ihe old sysIem buI am IamIlIar wIIh CmaIl,
saId ChIrs CoulIer, a junIor bIology major. Now m noI
aIraId Io Ihrow II on Iop oI my resume and use II Ior workIng
wIIh clubs and organIzaIIons on campus.
DIher sIudenIs see Ihe new sysIem as an ImprovemenI,
buI sIIll preIer usIng IheIr own emaIls.
m more lIkely Io use II, buI noI oIIen, saId Kenny
FIerro, a junIor busIness major. ll sIIll use my personal
emaIl a loI.
Coogle Apps Ior EducaIIon provIdes sIudenIs wIIh
a CmaIl address wIIh Ihe @sIonybrook.edu exIensIon,
Coogle Calendar, Coogle Talk, and Coogle DrIve (prevIously
called Coogle Docs}.
Coogle DrIve opens up IhIs whole new world,
saId PernIcIaro. Is a way Ior people across campus Io
collaboraIe, share and edII one documenI wIIhouI usIng
emaIl...across Ihe board II makes IhIngs so much easIer.
The Coogle Apps Ior EducaIIon accounI Is sImIlar Io a
normal CmaIl accounI, wIIh several added beneIs. There
are no adverIIsemenIs, 25 gIgabyIes oI emaIl sIorage, 5
gIgabyIes oI sIorage Ior Coogle DrIve and Coogle can noI
use InIormaIIon Irom sIudenIs emaIls Ior anyIhIng buI
securIIy.
Coogle has more Io lose II Ihey donI proIecI Ihe
daIa, saId PernIcIaro. Coogle doesnI own Ihe daIa, we do,
IIs explIcIIly sIaIed In our conIracI.
The projecI began In Ihe Iall 2U11 semesIer when Ihe
DeparImenI oI nIormaIIon Technology(DoT} began lookIng
InIo new emaIl opIIons. The sIeerIng commIIIee was made
up oI proIessors and several graduaIe and undergraduaIe
sIudenIs. I was co-chaIred by Ihe Ihen-ChIeI nIormaIIon
Dcer, ChrIs KIelI and MargareI Schedel, chaIr oI Ihe
UnIversIIy SenaIe CommIIIee on nIormaIIon Technology,
who evaluaIed several dIerenI emaIl sysIems IhaI use Ihe
cloud. Coogle Apps Ior EducaIIon and MIcrosoII Dce 365
were Ihe IronIrunners.
I you look aI oIher InsIIIuIIons oI hIgher educaIIon
across Ihe counIry were noI Ihe leaderswere almosI aI
Ihe back oI Ihe pack, saId PernIcIaro oI Ihe move Io a cloud
based emaIl opIIon.
MelanIe SInesI, a senIor socIology major agrees.
IhInk IIs a really good Idea Ior SIony rook Io be
IeamIng up wIIh such an InnovaIIve and relIable company,
she saId. personally have always used CmaIl.
The bIggesI problem Iaced by DoT durIng Ihe mIgraIIon
has been communIcaIIon wIIh sIudenIs, accordIng Io
PernIcIaro.
Is been a challenge because sIudenIs werenI
checkIng IheIr unIversIIy-provIded emaIl, she saId.
Messages have now also been senI ouI Io sIudenIs
preIerred emaIls Irom SDLAR, and PernIcIaro Is opIImIsIIc
IhaI sIudenIs wIll check II ouI.
As people become more comIorIable and undersIand
II, IhInk IIll really Iake o, she saId.
SIudenIs now have access Io Ihe accounIs by goIng
Io sIonybrook.edulmycloud and usIng IheIr NeID and
password Io log In.
The SIony rook Press Executive Editor, Nick Batson,
cnd Art Drcctor, Jcssc Chcng, crc both clctcd wth DoT.
Ncthcr wcrc nvolvcd n thc rcportng ]or ths pccc.
by Jodie Mann
Google Apps for Education
provides students with a Gmail
address with the @stonybrook.
edu extension, Google Calendar,
Google Talk, and Google Drive.
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n a congressIonal race IhaI was decIded by only 553
voIes lasI elecIIon, geIIIng sIudenIs Io voIe mIghI prove Io
be crIIIcal Ior boIh Ihe Ishop and AlIschuler campaIgns.
Dne oI Ihe core Issues IhaI mIghI be aI Ihe IoreIronI oI
sIudenIs mInds as Ihey go Io voIe Is Pell CranIs.
SIudenIs lIke PaIrIcIa Arnedo, 2U, a junIor and sIudIo
arIs major aI SIony rook UnIversIIy, rely heavIly on Pell
CranIs In order Io aIIend college. Pell CranIs are Ihe
reason why am able Io aIIend SIony rook UnIversIIy
wIIhouI IacIng crIpplIng debI or Ihe prospecI oI noI goIng
Io college aI all, she saId. A polIIIcIans posIIIon on Pell
CranIs would aecI my decIsIon Io voIe Ior Ihem.
AI SIony rook UnIversIIy, more Ihan 6,UUU sIudenIs, or
roughly a quarIer oI Ihe enIIre sIudenI populaIIon, receIve
some Iorm oI Pell CranI IundIng, accordIng Io a sIaIemenI
by SIony rook UnIversIIy PresIdenI Samuel L. SIanley In
2U11.
Pell CranIs, a program IhaI began In 1573, annually
help mIllIons oI college-bound sIudenIs Ihrough subsIdIes
Ior educaIIon. However, II has become Ihe IargeI oI decII
hawks lookIng Io reduce Ihe ouIsIandIng naIIonal debI,
whIch recenIly surpassed 16 IrIllIon.
DurIng IheIr campaIgn, Ihe Ishop camp has been
IryIng Io make Pell CranIs an elecIoral Issue. Weve been
campaIgnIng on Ihe Issue, Ishop communIcaIIon dIrecIor
RoberI PIerce saId vIa e-maIl. Dn Iop oI IhIs, Ishop voIed
[as a member oI Ihe EducaIIon and Labor CommIIIee] Io
make sure sIudenI loan InIeresI raIes sIayed low.
AccordIng Io an arIIcle by Paul Larocco aI Newsday,
AlIschuler saId he dIsagrees wIIh Pell granI cuIs IhaI could
hurI publIc InsIIIuIIons such as SIony rook UnIversIIy.
Dn hIs websIIe, AlIschuler sIaIes IhaI he advocaIes Ior
educaIIon reIorm, and supporIs ensurIng IhaI Iederal Iax
dollars spenI on educaIIon Improve Ihe classroom and
are noI wasIed on Iop-heavy admInIsIraIIons and gluIIed
bureaucracy.
The Ishop campaIgn has been IryIng Io lInk AlIschuler
campaIgn Io Ihe proposed 2U12 RepublIcan scal year
budgeI by Rep. Paul Ryan. A leIIer Irom Suolk CounIy
ExecuIIve SIeve ellone, promoIed on Ihe Ishop Ior
Congress websIIe, claIms IhaI AlIschuler supporIs Ryans
budgeI. A requesI Ior commenI Irom Ihe AlIschuler
CampaIgn was unanswered.
The Ryan plan proposes Io seI Ihe maxImum amounI oI
money a sIudenI can receIve Ihrough Pell CranIs back Io IIs
2UU8 level. AccordIng Io SIony rook UnIversIIy, II allowed
Io reIurn Io IIs 2UU8 level, sIudenIs wIll collecIIvely sIand
Io lose more Ihan 6./8 mIllIon In aId.
The unIversIIy has been IryIng Io negoIIaIe a
compromIse In WashIngIon Io Iemper Ihe eecIs oI
poIenIIal cuIs Io Pell CranIs. n Ihe comIng monIhs,
UnIversIIy advocaIes IncludIng PresIdenI SIanley, IaculIy,
sIudenIs and sIa wIll be workIng wIIh Pell supporIers In
Congress and In Ihe admInIsIraIIon Io consIder proposals
Io reduce Ihe cosI oI Pell whIle proIecIIng sIudenIs wIIh
Ihe greaIesI nancIal need, Ihe SIony rook UnIversIIy
website reads.
n 2U11, SIony rook UnIversIIy dIsbursed over 25
mIllIon In Pell CranIs, accordIng Io a sIaIemenI by PresIdenI
Samuel L. SIanley.
NaomI VIngron, secreIary oI Ihe College DemocraIs,
says IhaI she hopes Ihe Issue resulIs In an Increased voIer
IurnouI among sIudenIs. Those sIudenIs who have had
Io worry abouI payIng Ior college, whIch belIeve Is a
large number oI us, should gIve some IhoughI Io how Ihe
presIdenIIal candIdaIes plan Io deal wIIh IheIr sIIuaIIon,
she saId. ThIs years elecIIon wIll aecI us as sIudenIs as
well as our IuIures as proIessIonals, so we need Io be aware
oI Ihe ImporIance IhaI our voIe has.
ThIs would be Iacked on Io Ihe IacI IhaI Pell CranIs
already cover an IncreasIngly small percenIage oI college
cosIs. AccordIng Io Ihe nsIIIuIe Ior College Access and
Success ProjecI on SIudenI DebI, As recenIly as In Ihe
158Us, Ihe maxImum Pell CranI covered more Ihan halI Ihe
cosI oI aIIendIng a Iour-year publIc college. Today, even
aIIer recenI Pell CranI Increases, Ihe award covers only
abouI one-IhIrd oI Ihe cosI.
The Pell CranIs have also had an eecI on college
graduaIIon raIes. A 2UU3 sIudy by ErIc eIIInger aI Ihe
NaIIonal ureau oI EconomIc Research Iound IhaI Ihere
was a dIrecI relaIIonshIp beIween need-based aId and Ihe
raIe oI college compleIIon among sIudenIs. AccordIng Io
the NaIIonal CenIer Ior EducaIIonal SIaIIsIIcs, In 2U1U, Ihe
/-year graduaIe raIe aI SIony rook was /3 percenI.
by Ethan Freedman
PELL GRANTS LEAVE STUDENTS RUNNING PELLMELL
BEFORE THE ELECTION
NEWS October 10, 2012
Long sland Power AuIhorIIy, In a voIe oI 8-1, reached
an agreemenI on Tuesday, DcI. 2 wIIh NaIIonal CrId Io
renew IIs Power Supply AgreemenI, assenIIng IhaI II wIll
conIInue Io generaIe power Ior planIs on Long sland, buI
under a new seI oI condIIIons.
AccordIng Io Ihe agreemenI, LPA wIll conIInue Io
operaIe NaIIonal CrId power planIs Ior Ihe nexI 15 years
whIle ImprovIng IheIr envIronmenIal perIormance and
elImInaIIng uneconomIc generaIIon. I wIll also work Io
reduce Ihe cosIs oI energy producIIon, whIch under Ihe
orIgInal conIracI Is currenIly /5U mIllIon annually. I wIll
also be able Io deIermIne wheIher a planI should conIInue
Io be generaIed or Is obsoleIe.
WhaI were lookIng Io do Is puI process In place, saId
Mark Cross, a LPA represenIaIIve. And Io begIn Io creaIe a
road map Io modernIze IhIs agIng eeI oI [planIs].
NaIIonal CrId dId noI respond Io commenI.
The agreemenI, whIch cosIs 2/1 mIllIon, Is seI Io Iake
eecI on May 28, 2U13, Ihe same day when Ihe orIgInal
PSA agreemenI expIres, and wIll end Apr. 3U, 2U28. LPA
wIll have Ihe opIIon oI beIng able Io IermInaIe Ihe conIracI
Iwelve years aIIer II Iakes eecI and wIIh Iwo years
advanced notice.
AccordIng Io Cross, Ihe company wIll be InspecIIng Ihe
planIs Io decIde whIch ones are sIIll usable. ResIdenIs oI
PorI Ieerson have crIIIcIzed Ihe company Ior consIderIng
a halI Io generaIIng Ihe vIllage planI. LPA has noI yeI
deIermIned II Ihe planI wIll be repowered or shuI down.
The vIllage has also led a complaInI wIIh Ihe Federal
Energy RegulaIory CommIssIon, accusIng LPA Ior Improper
economIc pracIIces aIIer Ihe company led a grIevance
lasI Iall, and asked IhaI Ihe planIs properIy Iaxes be
reduced by 5U percenI. ResIdenIs Iear IhaI approval oI Ihe
cuIs wIll cause an Increase In IheIr own properIy Iaxes as
a replacemenI Ior Ihe planIs Iax revenue, /U percenI oI
whIch Is used Io nance IIs IacIlIIIes, IncludIng Ihe school
dIsIrIcI, lIbrary and re deparImenI.
Is goIng Io hurI people lIke myselI IhaI are reIIred
on a xed Income, saId Arlene SmarI, 65, who lIves In PorI
Ieerson. I Ihe Iaxes soar, Ihey go up a huge amounI. I
wIll be very dIculI Io sIay here.
Dom Famuloro, 55, a IaIher oI Ihree who Is also a
resIdenI oI PorI Ieeson, says IhaI Ihe loss oI revenue
would cause mInImal harm, and IhaI Ihe vIllage would nd
a way Io nance and susIaIn Ihe qualIIy oI IIs IacIlIIIes
without it.
PorI Ieerson Is a resIlIenI close-knII communIIy IhaI
wIll bounce back and evenIually be even sIronger because
oI everybody unIIyIng under IhIs change, saId Famuloro.
CommunIIy people have Io pay Iaxes. Well do whaIever II
Iakes because IhIs vIllage has a IhrIvIng persona.
Carl Marx, 67, who lIves down Ihe sIreeI Irom Ihe planI
on ayvIew Terrace, says IhaI II Ihe vIllage Is goIng Io ghI
LPAs grIevance, II should do so noI jusI Ior IIs resIdenIs,
buI all Long sland Iaxpayers.
I we ghI as a communIIy jusI Io save our Iaxpayers,
and II doesnI beneI all elecIrIc raIe payers, Ihen no, saId
Marx. We wanI more ecIenI elecIrIcIIy producIIon, so all
elecIrIc cusIomers beneI by havIng cheaper elecIrIcIIy.
Cross says IhaI whIle LPA Is sensIIIve Io Ihe
communIIys needs, IIs prIorIIy Is Io be responsIble Io all
oI IIs cusIomers.
We have a responsIbIlIIy Io all our Iax payers, saId
Cross. We Ieel Ihe Iaxes are Ioo much Ior whaI Ihe planI
Is worIh. We donI mInd payIng Iaxes, buI we jusI wanI Io
pay our IaIr share.
by John Fischer
LIPA AGREES TO RENEWED CONTRACT
LIPA will continue to operate
National Grid power plants for the
next 15 years while improving their
environmental performance and
eliminating uneconomic generation.
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eIore CNN and IIs Ilk even had a chance Io judge Ihe
Wednesday, DcI. 3 presIdenIIal debaIe Ior Ihemselves, Ihe
resI oI AmerIca had done so Ihrough TwIIIer, where Ihe
consensus was IhaI candIdaIe MIII Romney had won, whIle
IncumbenI arack Dbama and moderaIor IIm Lehrer had
losI.
The mosI poInIed crIIIcIsm oI PresIdenI Dbama has
come Irom lIberal medIa ouIleIs such as The Nation
and HungIon PosI whIch were dIsappoInIed wIIh hIs
perIormance. He wasnI anImaIed enough, Ihey saId, always
lookIng down aI hIs shoes. Worse yeI, he seemed docIle In
Ihe Iace oI an aggressIve Romney, relucIanI Io challenge
InconsIsIencIes In hIs opponenIs plan.
Dbamawas more presenI wIIh EasIwood In Tampa
Ihan wIIh Romney In Denver, saId ArIanna HungIon,
Iounder oI Ihe HungIon PosI, In an edIIorIal aIIer Ihe
debaIe. I wasnI a bad meIaphor Ior Ihe lasI Ihree
years: one sIde lyIng abouI Iax cuIs and decIIs, Ihe oIher
deIensIve and unwIllIng Io ghI Ior IIs own job-creaIIng
polIcIes.
The New York Times reporIed: n general, advIsers
suggesIed IhaI Mr. Dbama had prepared Ior a dIerenI MIII
Romney, one who had promoIed a conservaIIve message Io
Ihe republIcan base IhIs yearnsIead, he was conIronIed
by a candIdaIe usIng a soIIer Ione, promIsIng IhaI he would
provIde plenIy oI money Ior educaIIon and sayIng IhaI hIs
Iax plan would noI reduce Ihe share oI Iaxes paId by Ihe
wealIhy.
ThIs change was noI losI on Ihe medIa who ran headlInes
such as Romney shIIIs Io cenIer as condence grows,
Irom Yahoo News, EnIerIng SIage RIghI, Romney Moved
Io CenIer, Irom The New York Times and MIII Romney
makes smooIh shIII Io cenIer In debaIe wIIh Dbama Irom
the Los Angclcs Tmcs.
PresIdenI Dbama repeaIedly reIerenced Ihe 5
IrIllIon In losI revenue under Romneys Iax plan. ThaI
number comes Irom Romneys prevIous pledge Io cuI all
Iax raIes even Ihose oI Ihe wealIhy.
Were goIng Io cuI Iaxes on everyone across Ihe
counIry by 2U percenI, he saId aI Ihe RepublIcan debaIe
held In ArIzona on Feb. 22. ncludIng Ihe Iop one percenI.
However Romney seems Io have changed hIs mInd
sInce Ihen. donI have a 5 IrIllIon Iax cuI, donI have a
Iax cuI oI Ihe scale IhaI youre IalkIng abouI, He saId IhIs
IIme. m noI goIng Io reduce Ihe share oI Iaxes paId by
hIgh-Income people. HIgh Income people are doIng jusI
ne In IhIs economy.
ThIs seems Io have paId o Ior Romney. AccordIng Io
a Callup poll, hes narrowed Dbamas lead, whIch was aI
seven percenI beIore Ihe debaIe, Io Ihree percenI, as oI
DcI. 7.
AccordIng Io Ihe CommIIIee Ior PresIdenIIal DebaIes,
IIm Lehrer has prevIously hosIed 11 presIdenIIal debaIes,
and yeI seemed lIke anyIhIng buI a seasoned proIessIonal
on Wednesday nIghI.
HIs quesIIons were Ioo open ended, crIIIcs say,
amounIIng Io noIhIng more Ihan how Is your opInIon on
Iaxes, Ihe decII, eIc. dIerenI Irom IhaI oI your opponenI?
Lehrer responded Io Ihe crIIIcIsm In a publIc sIaIemenI
Issued by PS Io PolIIIco, sayIng II was hIs job Io sIay ouI
oI Ihe way.
He mIghI have done hIs job Ioo well, however, as he
couldnI even manage Io keep Romney and Dbama wIIhIn
IheIr alloIIed speakIng IIme.
Lehrer does noI plan on moderaIIng agaIn In 2U16.
The lIkelIhood oI my doIng anoIher debaIe Is, on a scale
Irom one Io 1U, a mInus one, he Iold HungIon PosI.
There wIll be Iwo more debaIes beIore Ihe elecIIon
on Nov. 6, on DcI. 16

and 27. There wIll also be a vIce
presIdenIIal debaIe on Thursday, DcI. 11.
MASTER
DEBATERS
by Aleks Gilbert
Graphic by Jesse Chang
NEWS October 10, 2012
Mormons Ior Dbama Is noI an oxymoron.
n IacI, II Is a Facebook group and blog sIarIed by
Ryan Larsen and Ioseph MIlls oI SeaIIle IhaI aIms Io gIve
members oI Ihe Church oI Iesus ChrIsI oI LaIIer Day SaInIs
an opporIunIIy Io voIce IheIr supporI Ior arack Dbama.
The Mormons Ior Dbama blog was creaIed IhIs pasI
Ianuary and provIdes arIIcles, personal blog posIs and
a Facebook page. AccordIng Io IIs websIIe, Ihe blog,
mormonsIorobama.org, wIll sIrIve Io keep Ihe dIscussIon
posIIIve and Iocused on why we supporI our candIdaIe
raIher Ihan why we donI supporI someone else.
As oI SepIember, Ihe sIIe had 5U,UUU hIIs, Ihe Facebook
page had 1,675 members and Ihe group had sold 8UU
Mormons Ior Dbama bumper sIIckers.
Even wIIh Ihe hIgh number oI vIsIIs, Ihere Is sIIll
evIdence oI a sIrong RepublIcan-leanIng wIIhIn Ihe Mormon
IaIIh. AccordIng Io a recenI survey oI 1,UUU Mormons by
The Pew Forum on RelIgIon B PublIc LIIe, 7/ percenI oI
Mormons InIervIewed are RepublIcan or lean Ioward Ihe
RepublIcan ParIy.
DespIIe IhIs, Ihe Mormon Church Is noI ocIally lInked
wIIh any polIIIcal organIzaIIon and has released an ocIal
sIaIemenI IhaI Ihe Churchs mIssIon Is Io preach Ihe
gospel oI Iesus ChrIsI, noI Io elecI polIIIcIans.
ThIs has IrIckled down Io Mormons Ior Dbama, who
claIm on Ihe websIIe IhaI Ihey are noI alIaIed wIIh Ihe
Church oI Iesus ChrIsI oI LaIIer-day SaInIs or Ihe 2U12
Dbama PresIdenIIal CampaIgn.
Dne oI Ihe Iounders oI Mormons Ior Dbama, Ryan
Larsen, 36, a Iechnology consulIanI Irom SeaIIle, clarIed
Ihe auIonomous declaraIIon when he saId IhaI Iheyre noI
necessarIly Iocused on reelecIIng Dbama buI on gIvIng
people a voIce.
We wanIed people Io see IhaI Ihere were varyIng
perspecIIves ouI Ihere, saId Larsen.
He also saId IhaI Ihere Is noIhIng wrong wIIh MIII
Romney, buI IhaI he doesnI IhInk hes Ihe besI candIdaIe.
The presIdenI oI Ihe SIony rook UnIversIIy College
DemocraIs, IennIIer WIllIams, 21, a senIor psychology
major Irom Syracuse, NY, saId IhaI relIgIous alIaIIon
should noI dIcIaIe polIIIcal vIews.
A loI oI relIgIous organIzaIIons donI necessarIly
commII Io a polIIIcIan jusI because Iheyre a parI oI IhaI
group, she saId. They should commII because oI polIcIes.
The Church oI Iesus ChrIsI oI LaIIer Day SaInIs has
churches IhroughouI Suolk CounIy, wIIh each beIng led
by a presIdenI, or a bIshop Ior larger congregaIIons.
SeIh Canon, 37, oI HunIIngIon Is one such presIdenI
and has been leadIng hIs church Ior Ihree years.
AccordIng Io Canon, Ihe group Is a wonderIul
represenIaIIon oI Ihe Ireedom IhaI Ihe church gIves IIs
members when II comes Io polIIIcs.
The church encourages us Io be Involved In
governmenI, he saId. IhInk IIs a greaI IhIng.
Canon saId he voIed Ior Dbama In Ihe 2UU8 elecIIons
buI Is plannIng on voIIng Ior MIII Romney In Ihe upcomIng
presIdenIIal elecIIon.
He has my voIe because he shares Ihe values IhaI
have, saId Canon, noI because hes parI oI my church.
voIe Ior values.
STORMIN MORMONS
By Olivia Burne
NEWS
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Many sIudenIs donI consIder SIony rook Io be a
college Iown.
Is denIIely noI a college Iown, says MergIm
Cjonbalaj, a junIor majorIng In bIochemIsIry.
Hell no, senIor en Zewede, an elecIrIcal engIneerIng
major, agrees.
Some resIdenIs oI Ihe hamleI Ieel Ihe same way
so much, In IacI, IhaI a communIIy-based commIIIee has
proposed Io IransIorm Ihe area oI SIony rook across Irom
Ihe IraIn sIaIIon InIo a more pedesIrIan-IrIendly zone, wIIh
abundanI shops and dInIng IacIlIIIes Io caIer Io resIdenIs,
sIudenIs and unIversIIy IaculIy members. The SIony
rook SaIeIy, eauIIcaIIon and mprovemenI PlannIng
CommIIIees vIsIon Is Io creaIe a downIown aImosphere
IhaI wIll make SIony rook more lIke a college Iown.
SInce IIs esIablIshmenI In 1557, SIony rook UnIversIIy
has developed a very unIradIIIonal relaIIonshIp wIIh IIs
surroundIng communIIy compared Io IhaI oI oIher colleges
IhroughouI Ihe sIaIe. RaIher Ihan beIng In a Iown or cIIy
IhaI IhrIves on IIs school, IhIs unIversIIy Is In Ihe cenIer oI
an upper-mIddle class communIIy IhaI Is predomInanIly
resIdenIIal and relIshes more In IIs hIsIory Ihan In Ihe
beneIs IhaI an InsIIIuIIon oI SIony rooks magnIIude can
brIng.
SIony rook Is a very old communIIy, says PaIrIcIa
YanIz, presIdenI oI Ihe Three VIllage HIsIorIcal SocIeIy.
People really wanI Io preserve Ihe hIsIorIcal characIer oI
Ihe area.
The commIIIees vIsIon, whIch receIved boIh posIIIve
and negaIIve Ieedback, has raIsed an InIeresIIng quesIIon:
can SIony rook become a college Iown?
TypIcal college Iowns have Iraces oI IheIr schools all
over Ihe placebars on almosI every sIreeI, one or Iwo
aparImenI complexes close Io campus, large IraIernIIy and
sororIIy houses, aordable vendors Ior sIudenIs Io shop aI.
SIony rook consIsIs oI one bar, The ench, whIch charges
a 1U-cover. There are no aparImenI complexes besIdes a
reIIremenI one o Hallock Road, and IraIernIIy and sororIIy
houses blend In wIIh Ihe oIhers on Ihe block. Vendors
close by Include prIcey bouIIques In SIony rook VIllage,
alIhough IranchIses such as DomInos PIzza, 7-Eleven and
SweeI Frog have esIablIshed busIness on RouIe 25A.
Iohn MIllar, an experI on college Iowns and IheIr
economIes and vIce presIdenI oI DIvarIs Real EsIaIe,
nc. In VIrgInIa each saId IhaI Ihere are no IradIIIonal
college Iowns anymore. These Iowns now all have unIque
characIerIsIIcs Inuenced by IheIr local schools, buI Ihey
donI jusI happen overnIghI.
Is someIhIng IhaI evolves over IIme, he says.
uI whaI makes colleges and unIversIIIes so benecIal
Io communIIIes, MIllar says, Is IhaI Ihey are economIc
goldmInes. MIllar says IhaI sIudenIs spend an average oI
3,25U aI local vendors over Ihe course oI an academIc
year. ThaI, along wIIh revenue broughI In by vIsIIors such
as IamIly, IrIends, alumnI and prospecIIve sIudenIs, can
accumulaIe Io mIllIons oI dollars IhaI are pumpIng InIo Ihe
communIIys economy.
Is a Iremendous economIc Iorce IhaI beneIs
everybody, MIllar says.
So II would make sense as Io why many Iowns and cIIIes
In upsIaIe New York have buIlI IheIr communIIIes around
IheIr schools. n CorIland, large houses dIsplayIng Ihe
leIIers oI varIous Creek organIzaIIons lIne Ihe sIreeIs IhaI
lead Io campus. There are also aI leasI ve bars scaIIered
IhroughouI Ihe Iown, along wIIh booksIores, grocery
sIores and a WalmarI. InghamIon UnIversIIy, one oI Ihe
Iour SUNY unIversIIy cenIers, Is adjacenI Io a downIown
IhaI boasIs a vIbranI nIghIlIIe. The neIghborIng cIIy rIghI
o campus, VesIal, Is a haven oI sIrIp malls and shoppIng
cenIers, one oI whIch also Includes a WalmarI. CorIland and
COLLEGE TOWNS
by Alyssa Melillo
FEATURES October 10, 2012
InghamIon are jusI Iwo examples oI upsIaIe Iowns IhaI
are Inuenced by IheIr schools and have adapIed Io Ihe
needs oI sIudenIs.
For a long IIme, SIony rook resIdenIs have been
hesIIanI Io develop a bIg relaIIonshIp wIIh Ihe unIversIIy.
When Ward MelvIlle donaIed money and land Io buIld Ihe
campus 55 years ago, he expressed concerns abouI Ihe
schools modern archIIecIure conIradIcIIng Ihe hamleIs
quaInI, New England-esque appearance. SIudenI rIoIs and
proIesIs IhaI became regular occurrences In Ihe 156Us and
early 7Us made resIdenIs worry IhaI Ihey would spread o
campus. uI now, several decades laIer, YanIz says Ihere
Is a healIhy connecIIon beIween Ihe unIversIIy and Ihe
communIIy.
I really has changed a loI, she says. Now Iheres a
wonderIul relaIIonshIp.
ThaI relaIIonshIp, whIch YanIz says Iook 3U years Io
solIdIIy, Is now payIng o.
esIdes Ihe commIIIee members who came up wIIh
Ihe vIsIon, many resIdenIs supporI Ihe Idea oI creaIIng an
area oI SIony rook where sIudenIs can hang ouI, shop and
dIne on weekends IhaI would also be saIer Ior pedesIrIans.
Iames KlurIeld, a journalIsm proIessor who has lIved In
SIony rook sInce 1586, says such an area would be a
logIcal exIensIon Ior Ihe unIversIIy. He says IhaI even
Ihough hIs neIghbors are noI happy abouI a college Iown,
hIs opInIon Is dIerenI.
IhInk IIs a good Idea, KlurIeld says. Dne oI Ihe
IhIngs were mIssIng Is an area called college Iown.
Dn Three VIllage PaIch, a hyperlocal news websIIe IhaI
covers SIony rook and oIher surroundIng Iowns, some
communIIy members have voIced concerns abouI IhIs
vIsIon aIIracIIng more sIudenIs Io lIve o campus and In Ihe
neIghborhoods o 25A. Some have wrIIIen In commenIs
IhaI IhIngs are ne Ihe way Ihey are and shouldnI be
changed.
And SIony rook has managed very well wIIh Ihe lIIIle
Inuence Ihe unIversIIy has on II. AccordIng Io Ihe UnIIed
SIaIes Census ureau, Ihe medIan household Income Is
118,357 and Ihe poverIy raIe Is below Iwo percenI. For
resIdenIs oI CorIland and InghamIon, where schools are
Ihe epIcenIers oI Ihe communIIIes, Ihe average household
Incomes are 36,58U and 3U,7U2, respecIIvely. More Ihan
2U percenI oI resIdenIs In boIh cIIIes are below Ihe poverIy
level.
IudgIng Irom census daIa, CorIland and InghamIon
are lower-mIddle class cIIIes IhaI would normally consIsI
oI sIrugglIng busInesses. uI, because oI IheIr schools,
Ihe cIIIes are beIIer-o Ihan daIa shows. MIllar says IhIs
is because census data does not take into account the
economIc ImpacI oI colleges and unIversIIIes. I sIudenIs
were Included In Ihe daIa, household Incomes would be
much lower and sIaIIsIIcs would noI IruIhIully reecI Ihe
demographIcs oI permanenI year-round resIdenIs.
MIllar, who Is IamIlIar wIIh Ihe area, says IhaI SIony
rook would beneI as a college Iown because II II IaIls
Io Iake care oI IIs sIudenI populaIIon now, Ihe unIversIIys
popularIIy could declIne In Ihe IuIure.
Dverall, IhInkIIs a preIIy neaI IhIng II Ihey do II
rIghI, he says.
The commIIIees vIsIon oI SIony rook as a college
Iown noI only has supporI Irom many resIdenIs, buI local
busIness owners and polIIIcIans as well. NIck Fusco, owner
oI .. nk, a company rIghI across Irom Ihe IraIn sIaIIon
In Ihe IargeIed area, says he Is opIImIsIIc abouI how Ihe
prospecI would beneI Ihe cIIy. esIdes concerns abouI
how consIrucIIon would aecI busIness, he says II would
be a good IhIng Ior Ihe communIIy.
Is such a greaI Idea, he says. I generaIes revenue, a
Iun aImosphere. look aI II as a posIIIve IhIng.
rookhaven Town councIlman SIeve FIore-RosenIeld,
who represenIs Ihe FIrsI CouncIl DIsIrIcI IhaI Includes
SIony rook, has expressed hIs supporI Ior Ihe Idea, as has
unIversIIy presIdenI Samuel SIanley and Suolk LegIslaIor
Kara Hahn (D-SeIaukeI}. Hahn says Ihere Is a greaI
opporIunIIy aI hand, alIhough II needs Io be done rIghI.
The IacI IhaI II Is headed by Ihe communIIy and supporI
Is dIvIded mIghI make Ihe developmenI process dIculI,
she says.
To Ihe exIenI IhaI Ihe communIIy drIves Ihe process
wIll deIermIne IIs success, Hahn says. IhInk some people
are aIraId Io see a change.
SIudenIs are excIIed abouI Ihe possIbIlIIymany
agree IhaI a college Iown aImosphere would make Ior a
more enjoyable experIence aI SIony rook.
Freshman Chloe CordIls says IhaI even Ihough she
Is only a monIh and a halI InIo her collegIaIe career, she
senses IhaI Ihere arenI many places Ior sIudenIs Io go Io
IhaI are ImmedIaIely o campus.
IhInk addIng IhaI area would be beIIer, she says.
And Ior en Zewede, Ihe elecIrIcal engIneerIng major, a
college Iown Is jusI whaI he wanIs Io see beIore he nIshes
up hIs senIor year.
ThaIs whaI we need, he says.
Since its establishment in 1957,
Stony Brook University has
developed a very untraditional
relationship with its surrounding
community compared to other
colleges throughout the state.
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As Ihe nal weeks oI presIdenIIal elecIIon coverage
begIn, so have naIIonally-IelevIsed debaIes beIween Ihe
Iwo nomInees. However, on SIony rooks campus, college
organIzaIIons have decIded Io organIze a more localIzed
one.
Dn Monday, DcI. 1, Ihe SIony rook College DemocraIs
and Ihe Speech and DebaIe SocIeIy baIIled major Issues Io
geI sIudenIs Io voIe.
The evenI was co-sponsored by Ihe MALK IraIernIIy
along wIIh Ihe Speech and DebaIe SocIeIy and Ihe
NaIIonal AssocIaIIon Ior Ihe AdvancemenI oI Colored
People (NAACP}. NAACP and Ihe MALK FraIernIIy helped
Io regIsIer voIers ouIsIde Ihe Tabler ArIs CenIer, where Ihe
debaIe was held.
MaIhew HarrIs, a graduaIe sIudenI Irom Ihe polIIIcal
scIence deparImenI and Kareem brahem, a SIony rook
sIudenI alIaIed wIIh Speech and DebaIe SocIeIy,
represenIed Ihe RepublIcan ParIy, whIle IennIIer WIllIams,
PresIdenI oI Ihe College DemocraIs, Danny AwalI Ir., and
Sarah en-Moussa all represenIed Ihe DemocraIIc ParIy.
The SIony rook College RepublIcans were orIgInally
supposed Io be parI oI Ihe debaIe, buI PresIdenI Laura
Doukas saId her members were InIormed abouI Ihe debaIe
only shorIly beIore II was Io happen.
The evenIs had already been Iully planned well beIore
our organIzaIIon was noIIed, and every oIher parIIcIpaIIng
parIy was reached ouI Io beIore our group even knew oI
Ihe exIsIence oI boIh evenIs, Doukas explaIned.
Pascal Messavussu, presIdenI oI MALK IraIernIIy,
however, saId Ihey reached ouI Io boIh parIIes aI Ihe
same IIme. He saId IhaI Ihe only dIculIIes were IhaI Ihe
RepublIcan ParIy was noI regIsIered as an organIzaIIon aI
Ihe IIme, so II was very dIculI Io geI In conIacI wIIh Ihem.
The rsI IopIc oI Ihe debaIe was whaI Io do wIIh Ihe
rIsIng cosI oI hIgher educaIIon and sIudenI debI. brahem,
represenIIng Ihe RepublIcans, saId, We need Io Iorce
aordabIlIIy.
n response, WIllIams saId, The RepublIcan plaIIorm
has proposed IhaI we Iocus on Irade schools. WhIle we
apprecIaIe Irade schools, lIberal arIs colleges are whaI we
need Io Ieach crIIIcal IhInkIng and promoIe hIgher level
educaIIon.
The IopIc Ihen shIIIed Io economIc baIlouIs. HarrIs,
represenIIng Ihe RepublIcans, called Ihe economIc
sIImulus under Dbama a IaIlure. He recalled IhaI Ihe
unemploymenI was sIIll above eIghI percenI, alIhough
a recenI reporI led aIIer Ihe debaIe announced II Io be
seven percenI.
The soluIIon Is Ior you Io geI Ihe governmenI ouI, you
geI resIrIcIIons ouI Ihere crIpplIng small busIness. And IhaI
Is how you allow your economy Io prosper, saId HarrIs.
n response, en-Moussa, represenIIng Ihe DemocraIs,
saId Ihe baIlouI In IhIs admInIsIraIIon has been much
more successIul Ihan baIlouIs In prevIous admInIsIraIIons
because oI IheIr reIorms.
The nexI IopIc was Ihe global economy, where en-
Moussa saId Ihe counIry needs Io Iocus on beIng more
compeIIIIve.
Dbama promIsed one mIllIon manuIacIurIng jobs and
hes almosI halI way Ihere: he Is noI even In hIs second Ierm
yeI. Under Dbama, Ihe US Is producIng more oIl Ihan II has
In Ihe lasI 1/ years. Under Dbama, Ihe US has become Ihe
world Ihe leader In naIural gas. So our sIance In compeIIng
wIIh global economy Is expandIng, because IIs noI jusI Ihe
empIy spendIng as Ihe RepublIcans say. We need Io InvesI
and we need Io compeIe, en-Moussa argued.
n response Io en-Moussa, HarrIs Ieased abouI
Dbamas sIraIegy oI avoIdIng coal as naIural resources.
HarrIs also spoke abouI how Dbama has noI done any
bIlaIeral meeIIng aI Ihe UN general assembly, and sIresses
Ihe ImporIance oI cooperaIIng wIIh oIher counIrIes.
AnoIher IopIc oI Ihe debaIe was abouI Ihe ImmIgraIIon
polIcy. en-Moussa sIarIed becomIng ery and drew Ihe
largesI cheers wIIh her sIrong remarks.
have noIhIng agaInsI MIII Romney as a man, she saId,
buI hes a busInessman, noI a polIIIcIan. And AmerIcas noI
a busIness IIs a counIry wIIh IundamenIal prIncIples IhaI
musI be adhered Io. She added, We donI need skIlled
ImmIgranIs, we need skIlled AmerIcans. Romneys sIance
on Illegal ImmIgraIIon Is Io deporI Ihem.
n Ierms oI who won Ihe debaIe, Messavussu sad she
IhoughI even Ihough Ihe DemocraIs sIarIed ouI slowly,
Ihey evenIually won.
Toward Ihe end, especIally wIIh all Ihe ouIbursIs, Ihe
DemocraIs Iook Ihe opporIunIIy Io close Ihe deal, saId
Messavussu. They made a loI oI sIrong poInIs aI Ihe end,
and saIe Io say Ihey won Ihe debaIe.
RED VS. BLUE
by Suraiya Afrina
Suolk CounIy PolIce DeparImenI
ocers have been usIng a recenIly
ImplemenIed anII-overdose InjecIIon,
whIch has saved Ihe lIves oI eIghI
heroIn and opIaIe drug users so Iar.
The SCPD applIed a pIloI program
IhaI enabled ocers Io carry Ihe anII-
overdose drug Narcan. The program
has cerIIed paIrol ocers In Ihe
IourIh, sIxIh and sevenIh precIncIs:
buI IhIs does noI Include SIony rook
UnIversIIy polIce.
PrevIously, Ihe New York SIaIe
DeparImenI oI HealIh only allowed
advanced EMT cerIIed IndIvIduals
Io use Ihe anII-overdose InjecIIon,
whIch usually meanI only emergency
room nurses. All Ioo oIIen, Ihe IImIng
was Ioo laIe. AccordIng Io Ihe CenIers
Ior DIsease ConIrol and PrevenIIon,
beIween 2U1U and 2U11, Ihere was
a sIaggerIng 52 percenI Increase In
opIaIe-relaIed deaIhs on Long sland.
As a resulI, Suolk CounIy LegIslaIor
Kara Hahn IoughI Io have ocers,
who are usually Ihe rsI on Ihe scene,
among Ihose allowed Io admInIsIer
Ihe drug. The pIloI program wIll
permII anyone wIIh basIc EMT and CPR
cerIIcaIIon Io admInIsIer Ihe nasal
InjecIIon. SCPD SergeanI Colleen
Cooney saId Dcer MIchael AlerI oI
Ihe sevenIh precIncI have saved Iwo
lIves so Iar. When heroIn and opIaIes
enIer Ihe body, Ihe cenIral nervous
sysIem slows down, suppressIng
breaIhIng and blood pressure.
However, when an overdosIng drug
user Is gIven an InjecIIon oI Narcan, Ihe
eecIs oI opIaIe drugs, lIke heroIn and
prescrIpIIon paInkIllers are reversed.
SergeanI Cooney saId II Ihe vIcIIm Is
wrongly IhoughI Io be overdosIng,
Narcan has no negaIIve eecIs on Ihe
body.
AccordIng Io New York SIaIe
law, a person who seeks healIhcare
Ior oneselI or someone who Is
experIencIng a drug or alcohol
overdose may noI be charged Ior
a conIrolled subsIance oense.
However, II IhaI person has drugs or
drug paraphernalIa on IheIr person,
Ihey wIll be arresIed. For IhIs reason,
neIIher vIcIIm saved by Dcer AlerI
was arresIed, whIle anoIher recIpIenI
oI Narcan was arresIed because a
hypodermIc needle was sIIckIng ouI
oI hIs arm.
SCPD LIeuIenanI RoberI Donohue,
who has been on Ihe job Ior 27 years,
saId he has seen Ihe use oI opIaIes and
heroIn on Ihe rIse over Ihe pasI Ien
years. I Is common Ior opIaIe addIcIs
begIn IheIr addIcIIons legally InsIde
docIors oces. When paIIenIs have
an Injury or chronIc paIn, physIcIans
oIIen prescrIbe Ihem heavy paInkIllers
because Ihese pIlls mImIc a naIurally-
occurrIng sysIem wIIhIn Ihe body.
People wIll oIIen Iell you IhaI
Ihe paIn aIIer an Injury Is much worse
hours or days aIIer Ihe Injury occurs,
SIony rook UnIversIIy ProIessor oI
Neuropharmacology PaIrIcIa WhIIaker-
AzmIIIa saId. ThIs Is because Ihe
naIural sysIem has peaked and II Is
no longer beIng released naIurally.
Then II becomes a swIIchIng baIIle
beIween Ihe prescrIpIIon paInkIllers
and heroin: whatever the addict can
nd on Ihe sIreeIs rsI.
ThIs Is a socIal Issue, Donohue
saId. I dIdnI sIarI as a crImInal Issue,
buI by naIure oI Illegally abusIng
Ihese drugs and Ihe acIs users do Io
geI Ihe drugs, II becomes a crImInal
Issue. He saId Io resolve IhIs Issue
IhaI needs Io be educaIIon. The
SCPD hosIs workshops In schools
Ior Ieachers, sIudenIs and parenIs In
addIIIon Io workshops Ior pharmacIsIs
and doctors.
Dr. Ierey Reynolds, Ihe execuIIve
dIrecIor oI Long sland CouncIl on
AlcoholIsm and Drug Dependence,
or LCADD, educaIes Ihe communIIy
as well. LCADD, a New York SIaIe
DeparImenI oI HealIh-cerIIed opIoId
overdose prevenIIon program, and one
oI Iew on Long sland, has Ihe abIlIIy
Io cerIIIy anyone In Ihe admInIsIraIIon
oI Narcan. ParIIcIpanIs learn abouI Ihe
sIgns and sympIoms oI an overdose,
how Io call Ior help, and how Io
admInIsIer Narcan. ThIs leIs Ihose
who lIve wIIh an addIcI have Narcan aI
home In case oI a possIble overdose.
ProIessor WhIIaker-AzmIIIa saId
Ihere are more deaIhs caused by car
accIdenIs and Ihe lIke because oI drug
users drIvIng whIle usIng Ihe drug. I
people survIve [Ihe begInnIng sIages
oI addIcIIon] Ihen Ihey are aI rIsk Ior
Ihe behavIors assocIaIed wIIh opIaIe
use, she saId. The rIsk Is hIgh Ior
users kIllIng Ihemselves, and oIhers,
Ihrough car accIdenIs, neglIgence, and
so on.
uI Holbrook resIdenI Ioe LoIzos,
21, saId Ihe anII-overdose drug Is only
a sIarI. n 2UU8, LoIzos IrIend DenIse
CerardI, who was 18, dIed Irom a
heroIn overdose. Is good IhaI Ihey
can save people who are overdosIng
II Ihey caIch II, he saId. uI Ihey
should really Iocus on IryIng Io shrInk
Ihe problem as a whole. DIher crIIIcs
say IhaI Ihese Narcan polIcIes enable
drug addIcIs Io conIInue IheIr lIIesIyle
by makIng II Ioo easy Ior Ihem Io have
access Io Ihe anII-overdose drug.
DespIIe Ihese crIIIcIsms, Cooney
saId SCPD wIll be ImplemenIIng Ihe
drug IhroughouI Ihe counIy over Ihe
nexI several monIhs.
The Nassau CounIy PolIce
DeparImenI has yeI Io ImplemenI IhIs
program. There are no currenI plans
Io ImplemenI Narcan wIIhIn Ihe SIony
rook UnIversIIy PolIce.
KEEPIN ME ALIVE
by Siobhan Cassidy
FEATURES
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Mark rIganII calmly dIrecIed Ihe precocIous young
dog aI hIs sIde whIle Ihey saI In Ihe SIony rook SIarbucks
lobby.
There are hundreds oI people goIng In dIerenI
dIrecIIons, rIganII saId. He was IakIng Ihe guIde dog
In-IraInIng on a desIInaIIon walk, accordIng Io rIganII,
who descrIbed II as an exercIse Io pracIIce navIgaIIng a
complIcaIed space. Theres no sIraIghI lIne Io Ihe counIer,
saId rIganII, reIerencIng Ihe newly wInded sIanchIon paIh.
SU SIarbucks recenIly changed Ihe IormaIIon oI IIs
waIIIng lIne Io accommodaIe even more cusIomers. The
Iood servIce manager who supervIses SIarbucks, ChrIs
DeToy, saId IhaI Ihey made Ihe change Io IheIr waIIIng
lIne Io accommodaIe Ior an Increase In cusIomers. eIore
IhIs semesIer only 3U people could waII In lIne beIore II
exIended Ihrough Ihe enIrance. Now IhaI many people can
I wIIhIn Ihe roped o area, wIIh Ihe capacIIy Ior 15 more
within the store bounds.
Even Ihough SIarbucks IaIled Io oer cusIomers
anyIhIng specIal IhIs pasI NaIIonal Coee Day, whIch Iakes
place annually on SepI. 25, II has subsIanIIally boosIed IIs
standards.
Were more ecIenI Ihen weve ever been, saId
DeToy who also sIaIed IhaI hes been resIrucIurIng Ihe
meIhodology oI hIs SIarbucks Io cope wIIh Ihe amounI
oI IransacIIons IhaI Iake place, whIch run anywhere Irom
1,7UU Io 1,5UU a day.
Were probably Ihe busIesI SIarbucks on Long sland
Ior busIness, saId DeToy.
DuI oI Ihe /1 employees aI SIarbucks, only
approxImaIely 15 were hIred durIng Ihe SprIng 2U12
semesIer, accordIng Io DeIoy. No more Ihen Iwo sIudenI
employees have been workIng aI SIarbucks Ior one year or
more.
Even wIIh Ihe large employee Iurnover IhaIs common
aI Ihe SIarbucks on campus, DeToy has orchesIraIed a
specIc IraInIng process.
lIke Io Ieach Ihem how Io swIm beIore Ihrow Ihem
In Ihe pool, saId DeToy.
TraInIng Ior a new member Iakes 32 hours, whIch
DeToy spreads ouI over Iwo weeks. He IrIes Io Iocus a
maIn porIIon oI Ihose hours over Ihe weekend shIII beIng
IhaI, unlIke mosI SIarbucks across Long sland, II does
sIgnIcanIly less busIness compared Io weekdays. AIIer
Ihese Iwo weeks, workers sIarI beIng roIaIed In on a normal
schedule, begInnIng IheIr shIII as early as seven a.m. and
closIng shop unIIl almosI one a.m. Ihe IollowIng mornIng.
SIeve CuIIonaro, a sophomore, saId he goes Io Ihe
SIarbucks on campus around seven IImes a week. I can be
busy buI IIs never really IhaI bad and Ihe lInes go quIck,
he saId, addIng IhaI he IelI Ihe cusIomer servIce was very
good.
The largesI complaInI Irom sIudenIs seems Io be Ihe
lack oI space wIIhIn SIarbucks maIn seaIIng area, whIch
seaIs around 5U.
lIke Ihe seI-up. jusI IhInk IIs crowded mosI oI Ihe
IIme, saId Ireshman MIchael Newcomer. HIs cohorI RenaIa
Comez, a Ireshman, also expressed qualms abouI physIcal
consIraInIs oI Ihe seaIIng area. Even wIIh Ihe ImprovemenIs
In ecIency Ior SIarbucks IhIs semesIer, boIh Comez and
Newcomer saId Ihey IelI II was IypIcal Io waII 25 mInuIes
Ior a drInk.
I Iheres one goal IhaI DeToy has Ior Ihe near IuIure,
IIs Io expand SIarbucks across several locaIIons on campus,
makIng II even easIer Ior sIudenI Io pIck up a cup or pasIry.
UnIorIunaIely, Io expand SIarbucks any IurIher Ihan Ihe
IIs already quaInI borders, DeToy has Io gaIn approval Irom
hIs Ihree bosses, as he calls Ihem, Ihe FaculIy SIudenI
AssocIaIIon, Compass (Ihe employer}, and SIarbucks Coee
Company. I possIble, DeToy would lIke Io make coee
avaIlable In boIh RoIh and Ihe SAC, as well as oIher small
venues across campus.
SBU RUNS ON STARBUCKS
by Jasmine Haefner
photo by Olivia Burne
Each year, Lyn oland screens lm aIIer lm In search
oI Ihe mosI InIeresIIng and unIque pIeces. She decIdes
wheIher she IhInks each one Is someIhIng IhaI people
should see. And Ihen, II she wanIs Io, she makes Ihem see
it.
oland Is co-dIrecIor oI Ihe PorI Ieerson DocumenIary
SerIes: an annual serIes oI documenIarIes IhaI Is planned
by a group oI volunIeers IhaI oland heads.
Seven years aIIer IIs IncepIIon, IhIs years serIes
opened on SepI. 2U.
The serIes IeaIures lms by boIh Long sland dIrecIors
and oIhers, Ior Ihe reason IhaI Ihere jusI are noI enough oI
Ihe qualIIy lms IhaI Ihe commIIIee wanIs comIng solely
Irom Long sland.
We wanI Ihe newesI lms, buI we only wanI Ihe besI
ones, oland saId. We donI sacrIce Ihe qualIIy sIandard
and Ihe newness sIandard.
The lms shown IhroughouI Ihe serIes, whIch runs on
Monday nIghIs durIng Iall and sprIng, are oIIen crIIIcally-
acclaImed. MosI are newer, buI some are classIcs.
I Is very ImporInaI IhaI Ihey be Iresh, noI ouIdaIed,
oland saId.
TypIcally, aIIer each showIng, a dIrecIor or an experI
comes Io speak wIIh Ihe audIence abouI Ihe lm. ThIs,
oland saId, adds Io Ihe meanIng oI Ihe experIence, gIvIng
people Ihe IeelIng IhaI Ihey can express Ihemselves Ihe
way Ihey would II Ihey were goIng ouI wIIh IheIr IrIends Ior
coee aIIerward Io Ialk abouI whaI Iheyve jusI seen.
And accordIng Io Nassau CounIy FIlm CommIssIoner
Debra MarkowIIz, Ihe serIes Is consIsIenI wIIh a Irend.
The economy was noI doIng so well, she saId, IIs
much less expensIve Io make a documenIary Ihan a IeaIure
lm.
MarkowIIz saId IhaI Ihe ImpacI oI Ihe serIes on Ihe area
Is generally culIural.
Youre brIngIng II Io Ihe publIc, she saId, noIIng IhaI
people are able Io see documenIarIes IhaI Ihey oIherwIse
mIghI noI have been because oI lImIIed releases.
And as an evenI brIngs lms Io Ihe publIc, Ihe publIc
ocks Io an evenI.
The ImpacI oI [a] IesIIval IIselI Is Iremendous because
youre geIIIng people Irom all walks oI lIIe Io waIch Ihe
dIerenI lms, saId Long sland documenIary lmmaker
Sal DelguIdIce oI Ihe ImporIance oI lm IesIIvals In general.
DelgIudIce produces IelevIsIon commercIals as well
as lms Ihrough hIs company, TangerIne FIlms. He was an
execuIIve producer on Ihe lm Mrcclc 8cll and directed
Long slcnd Uncovcrcd. DelgIudIce Is currenIly dIrecIIng
Ihe documenIary Thc Fccst o] thc 5cvcn Fshcs, a projecI
IhaI he Ieels especIally connecIed Io because oI hIs IalIan
herIIage.
FIlmmaker ChrIsIopher CareIano was born In
HunIIngIon. AIIer a sIInI In ManaIIan, he reIurned Io Long
sland, he currenIly resIdes In NorIhporI.
The Long sland naIIve apprecIaIes documenIary lms
IhaI were made on Ihe Island because oI hIs own knowledge
oI lIIe Ihere.
IhInk II brIngs a loI oI aIIenIIon Io Long sland, he
saId. Theres a loI oI sIorIes Io Iell.
And Ihose sIorIes, he explaIned, can be Iold on a low
budgeI Ihrough Ihe makIng oI a documenIary. He, MarkowIIz
and DelgIudIce agree IhaI dIrecIors creaIe documenIarIes
Ior IhIs reason.
by Arielle Dollinger
PORT JEFF DOCUMENTARY SERIES
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Haha Now you wIll dIe
Iason Cregersons anguIshed voIce echoed IhroughouI
the room.
WhaI? could have beaIen you m a FIre-Iype
The junIor IransIer sIudenI and AnImaIed PerspecIIves
(AP} Club member sadly admIIIed deIeaI as he leII Ihe
lapIop he was sIIIIng aI Ior Ihe pasI ve mInuIes and
proceeded Io anoIher nearby sIaIIon. Cregerson had one
goal and one goal only: To be Ihe very besI lIke no one ever
was.
ThIs Is Ihe general Iheme oI Ihe well-known vIdeo
game and anImaIed serIes, Pokmon.
AlIhough Pokmon sIarIed o as a Iapanese vIdeo
game creaIed by Came Freak and publIshed by NInIendo,
II laIer InspIred a manga serIes and well-known anIme
sIarrIng Ash KeIchum and hIs Pokmon parIner, PIkachu.
The AP Club on campus hosIed Ihe Pokmon League
Challenge In Ihe SAC allroom on Thursday, DcI. /. Club
presIdenI and junIor maIh Major MIchael Laombard chose
Io run a Pokmon Challenge because II encapsulaIes
everyIhIng IhaI we do In one brand name.
As an anIme club, we do several key IhIngs, he saId.
We love anIme, we love manga and we also love vIdeo
games. And Pokmon Is all Ihree.
Through Ihe use oI soIIware called Pokmon DnlIne,
compeIIIors chose Pokmon, IheIr moves and buIlI Ieams.
The les Ior Ihese Ieams were Ihen saved and uploaded
Io Coogle DrIve, whIch were shared on oIher compuIers.
These compuIers represenIed dIerenI Cyms. n Ihe
Pokmon world, Cyms are baIIle IacIlIIIes led by a masIer oI
a specIc Pokmon Iype. For Ihose who were waIIIng Ior an
openIng aI a specIc Cym or who dIdnI wanI Io challenge
Ihe Cym Leaders, reIro Pokmon games were avaIlable Io
be played on provIded IelevIsIons. The challengers were
also oered pIzza Irom an o-campus pIzzerIa.
AlIhough Issues wIIh WoleNeI and le sharIng caused
a lIIIle bII oI a delay, Ihe challenge evenIually began. The
Cym Leaders saI aI IheIr lapIops, awaIIIng Iellow IraIners Io
come baIIle Ihem In order Io wIn a badge.
n Ihe Pokmon world, badges are symbols oI vIcIory.
When a IraIner deIeaIs a Cym Leader, he or she gIves Ihe
IraIner a badge. When IraIners collecI all eIghI badges, Ihey
are able Io move on Io baIIle Ihe ElIIe Four, Ihe ulIImaIe
Pokmon IraIners.
Iose Cuerrero and anoIher mysIerIous Pokmon masIer
who could noI be conIacIed Ior IhIs arIIcle were Ihe skIlled
IraIners who nally deIeaIed Ihe ElIIe Four. They broughI
home prIzes oI Pokmon merchandIse and Ihe glory IhaI
came wIIh becomIng a champIon Pokmon IraIner.
ParIIcIpanIs expressed saIIsIacIIon wIIh Ihe evenI
overall. Is as close as we can geI Io real lIIe, Laombard
saId. Is jusI lIke Ihe game mInus Ihe walkIng around and
IraInIng.
Pokmon Io me Is a very good serIes oI games
and anIme, Cregerson saId. Is Iun and brIllIanIly puI
IogeIher.
IunIor hIsIory major AnnIe Chen, Ihe AP Clubs
secreIary, desIgned Ihe badges Ior Ihe evenI, whIch was
a sheeI Ihe Cym Leaders sIgned when deIeaIed. She also
parIIcIpaIed as a Cym Leader, Ihe sole Iemale among Ihe
group. n shorI, she was very excIIed Io be a parI oI Ihe
whole evenI, because she has been playIng Ihe game Ior as
long as she could remember.
Pokmon Is my chIldhood, she saId, wIsIIully.
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CULTURE October 10, 2012
Whenever a movIe Involves IIme Iravel, IIs always
Ihe deIaIls IhaI make II seem possIble. n Ihe movIe
Loopcr, RIan Iohnson weaves an eleganIly consIrucIed and
exIraordInary IIme Iravel Iale, quesIIonIng wheIher a mans
desIIny Is locked InIo placenoI because II Is already
wrIIIen, buI dependenI on whaI kInd oI man he Is.
A looper Is a specIalIzed assassIn hIred by Ihe mob
Io make people dIsappear. TargeIs are delIvered hogIIed,
hooded and vulnerable. The caIch Is IhaI Ihey are senI 3U
years back Irom Ihe IuIure, where IIme Iravel has been
InvenIed and ouIlawed. The one rule: never leI your IargeI
escape, even II your IargeI Is your IuIure selI.
Ioe (Ioseph Cordon-LevIII} has been a looper sInce he
could hold a gun. Loopers dress well, drIve luxurIous jeI-
powered cars and geI paId In sIlver bars In a world where
poverIy and crIme arenI sIrangers. When loopers sIarI
closIng IheIr loops, or kIllIng IheIr IuIure selves and
endIng IheIr conIracIs, Ihey are paId a large sum oI money
and Ihrown a reIIremenI parIy. SuspIcIons arIse, however,
when nearly every looper has ended IheIr conIracI. The day
where Ioe closes hIs loop comes sooner Ihan expecIed
and hIs IuIure selI (ruce WIllIs} escapes sayIng IhaI he wIll
x all oI IhIs.
ThIs movIe IesIs how Iar a person wIll go Io change
hIs or her IuIure. Is a world where carvIng a message In
your arm wIll leave a scar Ior your IuIure selI Io read and
changIng Ihe presenI wIll creaIe new memorIes Ior your
IuIure selI. MoralIIy Is quesIIoned IhroughouI Ihe enIIre
movie.
Cordon-LevIII and WIllIs perIormances enhance Ihe
movIes overall delIvery. Cordon-LevIII embraces WIllIs
lIIIle quIrks and IacIal expressIons whIle wearIng makeup
IhaI makes hIm look exacIly lIke a younger versIon oI hIm.
WIllIs, In Iurn, porIrays a maIure versIon oI Ihe arroganI,
braIIy Cordon-LevIII, worn down by IIme and lIIes lessons.
The IIme Iravel works Ior Ihe sIory IhaI Is delIvered and Ihe
acIors perIormances only make II IhaI more real. I Is an
exIraordInary IhrIller IhaI Is emoIIonal and unexpecIed.
by Brianna Peterson
LOOPER
ll never quIIe undersIand why some lmmakers
jusI canI seem Io sIop Ihemselves aIIer makIng a preIIy
successIul movIe. Taken was a good lm: II was IhrIllIng and
kepI you on Ihe edge oI your seaI, especIally Irom a gIrls
perspecIIve, where Ihe movIe showed you exacIly whaI
noI Io do when vIsIIIng a IoreIgn counIry. So, because Ihe
orIgInal lm dId so well In Ihe box oce, a sequel should be
a greaI Idea rIghI? NoI so much.
n Ihe rsI lm, ryan MIlls (LIam Neeson} Is a reIIred
CA agenI who oblIIeraIes a bunch oI bad guys on a boaI
In order Io save hIs Ieenager daughIer, KIm (MaggIe Crace}
durIng her vacaIIon In Europe. Now he Is back In sIanbul
compleIIng a hIgh-payIng securIIy job. WIIh hIs ex-wIIe
Lenore (Famke Ianssen} havIng marIIal problems, MIlls
InvIIes her and hIs daughIer Io joIn hIm In sIanbul Ior a
resIIul sprIng break. Super Idea, rIghI? ExcepI Ior Ihe IacI
IhaI IIs a lIIIle Ioo close Io Ihe Iormer dead guys relaIIves.
Call me crazy, buI II had a daughIer IhaI Is IryIng Io geI
over beIng kIdnapped In a IoreIgn counIry, would Iake
her ouI oI Ihe counIry agaIn? m IhInkIng CalIIornIa, even
HawaII would have been a beIIer choIce, buI IhaIs jusI me.
Now, Ihe presenI-day kIdnappers, led by Murad
KransnIqI (Rade SerbedzIja}, whose son was kIlled by ryan,
wanI MIlls, Lenore and IheIr daughIer kIdnapped and Iaken
Io AlbanIa.
FIrsI and IoremosI, Neeson Is geIIIng a lIIIle Ioo
IImeworn Io be doIng Ihese so called acIIon movIes, and
leI me Iell you IhaI Ihe lmIng durIng Ihe acIIon scenes
was all over Ihe place: all II dId was make Ihe audIence
dIzzy. And Ihen Ihere were Ihe cheesy lInes Ihrough ouI Ihe
movIe, especIally one Neeson says when Craces characIer
asked hIm whaI he Is goIng Io do now, he responds, whaI
do besI. Can II geI anymore Iacky Ihen IhaI? HalI Ihe
IheaIer saId Ihe lIne ouI loud even beIore Neeson dId.
Ianssen gave a saIIsIacIory perIormance, buI IIs noI
IhaI hard Io acI scared when you have a knIIe Io your IhroaI.
And Ihen Ihere was MaggIe Crace IhrowIng grenades o
Ihe rooI, and sayIng Ihe word canI way Ioo many IImes.
Is very unlIkely IhaI movIegoers wIll be aI all Iaken
this time.
by Nicole Kohn
TAKEN 2
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Even whIle Congress Is paralyzed by Iwo parIIes who
cannoI see pasI IheIr dIerences, Iwo medIa powerhouses
on opposIng sIdes oI Ihe polIIIcal specIrum came IogeIher
on SaIurday, DcI. 6 and dIscussed major Issues plaguIng Ihe
UnIIed SIaIes Ioday.
These brave men were Ill DReIlly and Ion SIewarI.
Illed as The Rumble In Ihe AIr-CondIIIoned
AudIIorIum, Thc DRclly Fcctors leadIng man and Ihe
hosI oI Comedy CenIrals Thc Dcly 5how wth Jon 5tcwcrt
engaged In a massIvely enIerIaInIng debaIe coverIng
everyIhIng Irom healIh care Io Ihe enIIIlemenI culIure
Io IoreIgn polIcy. The evenI was sIreamed lIve Irom
Ceorge WashIngIon UnIversIIy LIsner
AudIIorIum and Is currenIly avaIlable
Ior purchase and download.
PlayIng Ihe lame duck role
oI IIm Lehrer Irom Ihe DcI. 3
presIdenIIal debaIe was CNN news
anchor E. D. HIll, who has
prevIously worked Ior Fox
News Channel.
WhIle each man
made valIdpoInIs, Ihe
quIps ew and SIewarI,
who boasIs a heIghI oI
57, occasIonally raIsed an
elecIronIc plaIIorm below hIs
IeeI Io meeI, and surpass, Ihe
heIghI oI 6/ DReIlly.
DReIllys openIng
sIaIemenI addressed PresIdenI
Dbamas habII oI aIIrIbuIIng hIs
administrations current issues
Io Iormer presIdenI Ceorge W.
ush, askIng Ihe audIence how
many IhoughI IhaI II was really
ushs IaulI, many cheered,
prompIIng hIm Io hold up
one oI many cue cards.
ush Is gone, he saId.
AdIos, sayonara, aloha. Is
borIng. I may have been ushs
IaulI Ior Ihe rsI year, maybe Iwo. NoI Ihree and a halI.
He proceeded Io Ialk abouI Ihe sense oI enIIIlemenI
many AmerIcans have, especIally Ihe 2U percenI who
are slackers, who are Ihe Iocus oI many oI Ihe counIrys
welIare programs.
SIewarI, dIsplayIng Ihe masIery oI comedIc IImIng IhaI
broughI hIs show Io Ihe Iop oI Comedy CenIrals lIneup,
allowed a pregnanI pause beIore sayIng, My IrIend Ill
DReIlly Is compleIely Iull oI shII.
So began Ihe debaIe IhaI covered more deIaIls and
polIcIes Ihan Ihe rsI oI Ihree presIdenIIal debaIes leadIng
up Io Ihe elecIIons In November. And neIIher DReIlly nor
SIewarI presumed Io InIerpreI Ihe Ideas oI Ihe oIher, Ihey
were boIh allowed Io speak and had
a respecIIul, Ihough InIense,
dIscussIon, Ihe lIkes oI whIch
is not seen in American
polIIIcs Ioday.
SIewarI, In hIs IypIcal
eloquence, creaIed an
alIernaIe unIverse Ior
RepublIcans, called
ullshII MounIaIn, oI
whIch DReIlly was mayor.
I was SIewarIs goal
Ior DReIlly Io leave
Ihe MounIaIn and joIn
Ihe laypeople down
below.
uI In hIs jesI,
SIewarI hII a Irue poInI on
polIIIcs In IhIs counIry.
Dn ullshII MounIaIn, our
problems are amplIed and our
soluIIons are sImplIed, and
IhaIs why Ihey wonI work, he
said.
Is noI jusI RepublIcans
IhaI need Io leave ullshII
MounIaIn. AmerIca needs Io
joIn Ihe real world agaIn, where
open dIscourse and ow
oI polIIIcal Ideas can
be had between more
Ihan jusI a saIIrIsI and a
commentator.
THE OTHER DEBATE:
RUMBLE IN THE AIRCONDITIONED AUDITORIUM
by Rebecca Tapio
Graphics from Colbertnewshub.com
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THE NUTSHELL
CONTRIBUTORS:
Sam Liebrand
Rebecca Tapio
Brianna Peterson
Muses laIesI album,
The 2nd Law, sIarIs o
wIIh IamIlIar guIIar rIs
and haunIIng lyrIcs Irom
MaIIhew ellamy In
Supremacy, buI Iakes a
Iurn Ior Ihe worse In Ihe
song Madness. Is pop-
lIke lyrIcs and dubsIep
backdrop are a new Ieel
IhaI IsnI a sIrengIh Ior Ihe
band. The resI oI Ihe album
Is noIhIng buI ellamys
aIIempI Io make Ihe band
seem up-and-comIng. Save
Me Is a sooIhIng melodIc
song showcasIng Ihe vocals
IhaI Ihe band Is so well-
known Ior. SIIll, IhIs album
IsnI worIh Ihe IIme, and
wIll cause any Muse Ian Io
crInge aIIer Ihe rsI Iour
mInuIes and 55 seconds.
The War In raq sIarIed.
Facebook was InvenIed
and Iook over Ihe world.
MIchael Iackson dIed. The
Red Sox won Ihe World
SerIes IwIce. KaIrIna,
Dbama, Ihe Arab SprIng, Ihe
SnuggIe. The second wave
oI emo came and wenI.
Kanye WesI launched hIs
rap career and gradually
bloaIed hIs head Io Ihe sIze
oI a hoI aIr balloon. Fuck,
Ihey managed Io make
seven 5cw movies.
A loI has happened
sInce Codspeed You lack
Emperor released IheIr lasI
album a decade ago, buI Ior
a band IhaIs so Iar removed
Irom any assocIaIIon Io a
perIod oI IIme, II doesnI
seem sIrange IhaI Ihey
would abrupIly release
IheIr new album durIng a
show In osIon, compleIely
unannounced. To Codspeed
You, whose songs and
albums reach lengIhs
varyIng Irom Ihe average
IIme beIween Iwo solar
eclIpses Io Ihe Iull lIIe cycle
oI a redwood Iree, a decade
mIghI as well be a quIck
nap.
TheIr epIcally-IIIled
comeback album, Allcluc!
Dont 8cnd! Asccnd! shows
lIIIle sIylIsIIc change Irom
IheIr pasI releases: Iour
songs separaIed as Iwo
paIrs IhaI complImenI one
anoIher. Dpener MladIc
begIns wIIh a curIous vocal
sample oI a man askIng wIIh
hIs arms ouIsIreIched?
beIore a bagpIpe drone
mounIs InIo Ihe doom-lIke
posI-rock aImosphere Ihey
have always been known
Ior. WhIle mosI Codspeed
You Iracks usually journey
Ihrough emoIIonal sIages,
MladIc never leIs up on
IIs Iense and IorebodIng
sound, and only explores Ihe
varIaIIons oI a dark mood.
We DrIII LIke WorrIed
FIre, Ihe second maIn pIece
on Ihe record, sIarIs wIIh a
sImIlar Iype oI InIImIdaIIng
buIld as MladIc, buI nds
IIs way Io Ihe uplIIIIng
orchesIral guIIar work IhaI
ExplosIons In Ihe Sky have
made an entire career out
oI. Clearly Ihe sIandouI
Irack oI Ihe record, WorrIed
FIre Is everyIhIng IhaI
Codspeed You does besI.
They Iease In repeIIIIon, buI
never Indulge Ihemselves
so much IhaI Ihey lose your
aIIenIIon. The sIrucIure Is
unexpecIed buI noI mashed
IogeIher IllogIcally, and Ihe
mood shIIIs drasIIcally buI
never wIIhouI anIIcIpaIIon.
I Iakes a hell oI a loI oI
paIIence Io be a Codspeed
You lack Emperor Ian,
noI only waIIIng Ior IheIr
albums buI also In lIsIenIng
Io IheIr musIc. uI Ior
Codspeed You, waIIIng Is
kInd oI Ihe poInI.
The general Iormula
oI a MumIord B Sons song
Is: long melodIc buIldup,
plus some wIsIIul andl
or angry lyrIcs, leadIng
Io a momenIary drop
and IurIous sIrummIng.
Every song on 8cbcl,
IheIr Iollow-up Io 2UU5s
5gh No Morc, Iollows Ihe
same rouIIne, so go ahead
and skIp Io IheIr cover oI
SImon B CarIunkels The
oxer. Lead sInger Marcus
MumIords voIce lends Ihe
1568 classIc a decIdedly
pleasanI and plucky counIry
aIr creaIIng a haunIIng and
lled ouI versIon. Those
who enjoyed Ihe bands
prevIous hII, LIIIle LIon
Man, wIll enjoy IIIle Irack
abel, Ihe Iwo are almosI
IndIsIInguIshable Irom each
other.
THE 2ND LAW
MUSE
ALLELUJA! DCN'T END!
ASCEND!
GODSPEED YOU!
LACK EMPEkCk
AEL
MUMFCkD &
SONS
STADIUMS OF SHIT

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honesIly donI know II lIIe Is worIh lIvIng anymore.
wenI Io Ihe SAC lobby baIhroom because my bowels
were In crIsIs-mode. ThIs Is a hIgh-Irac place and Is
IhereIore compleIely IerrIble and unI Ior any usage
besIdes pIssIng all over IoIleI seaIs, apparenIly. uI
really, were obvIously sIIll Ioddlers because we donI
know how Io aIm our wIeners. Anyway, Ihe reason
wanI Io commII seppuku Is because was sIIIIng on my
porcelaIn Ihrone and my massIve wang (ladIes} grazed
Ihe bowl IIselI. I m noI dead by my own doIng or due
Io Ihe ve mIllIon dIseases denIIely conIracIed, wIll
be back nexI Issue.
by Dan Cashmar and Andy Polhamus
The peace and serenIIy oI Ihe Wang CenIer
mens room lend a new meanIng Io Ihe Tao oI Pooh.
Every IIme m In here, m IempIed Io kIck back
on Ihe benches IhaI lIne one sIde oI IhIs sublIme
resI room and crack open a paperback copy oI Ihe
semInal pIece oI spIrIIual guIdance IhaI makes so
many hIgh school kIds swoon. For Ihe unInIormed, a
quIck rundown oI Ihe InIerIor: black IIle covers Ihe
room, wIIh ImmaculaIe sIalls and a scenIc alcove In
one wall IeaIurIng a dIorama oI a bamboo grove,
compleIe wIIh real bamboo branches and a sandy
oor. AccenIIng Ihe scene Is a drIIIwood log. How
approprIaIe. A word Io Ihose embarkIng on IheIr
own personal shII saIarIwhIle IhIs Is probably
Ihe go-Io nIce baIhroom on campus, IIs dIsIance
Irom any useIul buIldIng means IhaI In spIIe oI
IIs popularIIy, IhIs poop spoI Is generally very
clean and hardly ever crowded. A greaI enIry-level
shIIIIng experIence Ior Ihose lookIng Io Iake a walk
on Ihe slower sIde oI deIecaIIon.
CULTURE
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BY DAN CASHMAR
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A DEBATE OF DISBELIEF
By Nicole Kohn
WaIchIng Ihe presIdenIIal debaIe was lIke waIchIng
educaIed ve-year-olds ghI over Ihe IronI seaI. WheIher
you are a DemocraI or RepublIcan, Ihe debaIe seemed more
lIke a perIormance Ihan an acIual debaIe. Is dIsappoInIIng
Io see IhaI Ihese debaIes have come Io be Ihe joke on Ihe
IronI page oI Ihe IabloIds Ihe IollowIng mornIng, buI whaI
really made Ihese debaIes seem lIke a hoax? s II Ihe IacI
IhaI Ihe vIewers know IhaI Ihese debaIes are noIhIng buI
enIerIaInmenI, or Is II because Ihe candIdaIes who Iake
parI In Ihem do noI come o sIncere?
RIghI Irom Ihe openIng remarks, vIewers could see IhaI
Ihe nexI hour and a halI was goIng Io be a long one.
LeIs sIarI wIIh PresIdenI Dbama, who may have losI
Ihe exchange In a manner lIke many oIhers have In Ihe
rsI debaIes oI IheIr reelecIIon campaIgns. ThIs wasnI
Ihe Dbama we have seen In hIs campaIgn commercIals,
In whIch Ihe presIdenI and hIs advIsers seek Io dene
Romney. AlIhough IhIs IacIIc has seemed Io work In Ihe
pasI, none oI II was menIIoned Wednesday nIghI. I was
lIke Dbama IorgoI hIs besI zIngers In a manIla Iolder
backsIage. SurprIsIngly, he never menIIoned Romneys
recenIly-excavaIed /7 percenI commenI: a remark IhaI
nearly halI oI all AmerIcans pay no Iederal Income Iaxes
and are unwIllIng Io Iake conIrol oI IheIr lIves.
Is baIng IhaI Ihese Issues have been pushed Ior Ihe
pasI Iour monIhs by Dbamas campaIgn, yeI Ihey werenI
worIh menIIonIng durIng Ihe debaIe. And Ihen Ihere was
Ihe way Dbama jusI looked down aI hIs noIes and smIled
every IIme Romney spoke, lIke he was IryIng hard noI Io
laugh. WhaIever Ihe case may be, hIs perIormance leII
DemocraIs wonderIng whaI had happened.
And Ihen Iheres MIII Romney, who dIcIaIed Ihe
pace and pIIch oI Ihe evenIng, mosI oI Ihe IIme acIIng as
a candIdaIe and Ihe moderaIor, makIng II clear IhaI he
must not have received the memo that IIm Lehrer was Ihe
debaIe moderaIor Ior Ihe nIghI. I seemed Io me he jusI
lIked hearIng Ihe sound oI hIs own voIce, and acIIng lIke a
ve-year-old when arguIng wIIh Lehrer abouI geIIIng Ihe
lasI word sInce Dbama had sIarIed Ihe debaIe, II dIdnI
really help hIm eIIher.
uI whaI was by Iar Ihe momenI oI Ihe evenIng was
Ihe commenI made by Romney regardIng Ig Ird, IhaI
sIIrred up Ihe socIal medIa. m sorry IIm. m gonna sIop
Ihe subsIdy Io PS. m gonna sIop oIher IhIngs, Romney
saId. lIke PS, lIke Ig Ird, acIually lIke you Ioo.
Romney may have won Ihe debaIe, buI wIIh IhIs commenI,
Ihe possIbIlIIy oI wInnIng over peoples voIes are probably
slIm Io none.
AI leasI one good IhIng came ouI oI Ihe presIdenIIal
debaIes lasI week: Ig Ird has never been so hoI. Someone
needs Io warn Elmo.
Photo: David Goldman/AP
RIghI Irom Ihe openIng remarks,
vIewers could see IhaI Ihe nexI
hour and a halI was goIng Io be a
long one.
OPINION October 10, 2012
Is 2U12, and Red Mango has heralded a new age Ior
bacIerIally-IermenIed mIlk. I Irozen yogurI were an IndIe
musIcIan, IId be CoIye: Ihree albums In and suddenly
IIs omnIpresenI. The appeal Is easy Io undersIand as a
comparIson oI Ihe nuIrIIIonal InIormaIIon avaIlable on Red
Mangos websIIe Io IhaI on Cold SIone Creamerys. Froyo
has halI Ihe calorIes and
drasIIcally less IaI Ihan Ice
cream. Plus, as Red Mangos
websIIes, posIers and sIa
wIll all be glad Io Iell you
over and over, IheIr yogurI
conIaIns lIve culIures IhaI
can help your dIgesIIon. n
Iodays IncreasIngly-obese
socIeIy, IIs Iough Io argue
wIIh Ihese IacIs, so onward
we march Iowards acIllus
coagulans domInaIIon.
I Ihe area surroundIng
SIony rook UnIversIIy Is
any IndIcaIIon, 2U12 Is Ihe
Year oI Ihe YogurI. Weve
had a Red Mango o oI
3/7 Ior a whIle now, buI
recenIly, Iwo new anImal-
Ihemed compeIIIors have
opened up near campus:
SweeI Frog and Cool
Monkey. ConsIderIng all oI
Ihem are equally-prIced,
how Is a sIudenI Io navIgaIe
IhIs brave and creamy
new world? FreI noI, Press
readers have boldly
sIepped up and volunIeered
Io do some InvesIIgaIIve
reporIIng and eaI a loI oI
Irozen yogurI so you donI
have to. Woodward and
ernsIeIn, eaI your hearIs ouI. Dr maybe jusI eaI Irozen
yogurI.
AlIhough havenI been Ihere sInce AugusI, Red Mango
denIIely seIs Ihe sIandard Ior Iroyo. Is consIsIenIly
delIcIous: a lIIIle IarI, buI sIIll sweeI, and avaIlable In plenIy
oI avors. I anyIhIng Is clear abouI Red Mango, IIs IhaI
Ihey really wanI us Io IhInk oI Ihem as healIhy. There are
many dIerenI Iypes oI IruII avaIlable In Ihe IoppIngs bar,
and, as menIIoned, Ihe company Is consIanIly sIressIng
Ihose probIoIIcs. ThIs makes II easy Io convInce yourselI
IhaI Red Mango Is a meal and noI jusI a desserI, even II you
choose Io cover your yogurI wIIh cookIes.
ThaIs hardly Ihe case aI SweeI Frog, Ihe new yogurI
place across Irom Ihe raIlroad Iracks. Here, Ihere are no
preIenses oI healIh Iood, despIIe Ihe low calorIe and IaI
counI. Sure, a WeIghI WaIchers lIsIIng ranks SweeI Frogs
yogurI wIIh roughly Ihe same amounI oI calorIes as Red
Mangos, buI IIs noI as
easy Io claIm IhaI your
combInaIIon oI cookIes
and cream, mInI cookIe and
cheesecake yogurIs Is a
lunch. ThIs Is especIally
Irue II you, lIke me, covered
II In Reeses PIeces and
cookIe dough. AIIer all,
Ihe IruII IoppIngs aI SweeI
Frog looked a lIIIle gross,
and were drasIIcally-
ouInumbered by Ihe Iypes
oI candy, and Ihe raIIo
oI sweeI yogurIs Io IarI
yogurIs was sImIlar. There
also Is no InIormaIIon on
Ihe presence or absence oI
probIoIIcs. uI II you accepI
IhaI youre eaIIng a snack,
you could do much worse
Ihan SweeI Frog. Is preIIy
IerrIc.
SpeakIng oI doIng
worse, Iheres Cool Monkey,
Ihe yogurI equIvalenI oI
Scrappy-Doo. LIke Scoobys
nephew, IhIs IndependenI
yogurI sIore on 3/7 Is
denIIely IryIng IIs besI,
buI ulIImaIely jusI remInds
you how much you preIer
your oIher choIces. The
sIa Is IncredIbly helpIul
and IrIendly, Ihere are a
loI oI quIrky IoppIngs IncludIng raInbow cookIes, and
everyone loves monkeys. uI IhIs all Ialls aparI when you
acIually eaI IheIr yogurI. can only descrIbe Ihe yogurI aIe
as IasIIng Iake, and remIndIng me a lIIIle oI meIal. They
do have good sorbeI, buI II youre goIng Io be rIdIng IhIs
yogurI wave by eaIIng sorbeI, youre mIssIng ouI. As Iar as
m concerned, Iroyo Is worIh Ihe hype, so geI ouI Ihere and
gIve all Ihree a Iry. oIh new locaIIons presenI InIeresIIng
IwIsIs Io IhIs never-endIng craze, buI Red Mango sIIll Iakes
Ihe cake crumble IoppIng.
by Evan Goldaper
FROYO AGOGO
illustration by Sam Liebrand
OPINION
Vol. XXXIV Issue 3
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Is always dIsappoInIIng Io nd
ouI your chIldhood hero Is a douche.
was In sIxIh grade when heard
Creen Day Ior Ihe rsI IIme. I was
Ihe openIng Irack Io Dookie, whIch
my sIsIer had pIcked up used. The
album was already seven years old by
IhaI IIme, and Ior many college kIds,
155/ was quIIe lIIerally a lIIeIIme ago.
uI Irom Ihe openIng snare hIIs oI
urnouI, Ihe rsI song on Ihe record,
was hooked, even II was Ioo young
Io have ever heard Ihe Ierm burnouI
beIore. I wasnI unIIl was 1/ or 15
IhaI realIzed preIIy much everyIhIng
Ihose guys wroIe beIween 1588 and
2UU2 was a marIjuana reIerence.
uI sIoner reIerences
noIwIIhsIandIng, Ihe 1/ Iracks IhaI
Iorm Dookie Iouched some prImal
spoI In my braIn. Here, IhoughI, were
Ihree guys who undersIood me. And
as goI older, realIzed my Iandom
Ior Dookieand evenIually, wIIh Ihe
excepIIon oI 21
st
Century Breakdown,
all oI Creen Days oIher albums
wasnI jusI Ihe mark oI an ImmaIure
kId. The Ihemes Ihe band wroIe abouI
In IheIr earlIesI days (boredom, beIng
unpopular, copIng wIIh adolescenI
anxIeIy} are nearly unIversal.
As worked my chubby, hormone-
addled way Ihrough Creen Days
dIscography, kepI comIng back Io
Dookie. Is IheIr major label debuI,
a perIecI balance oI Ihe honesIy
and raw sIncerIIy Iound on IheIr rsI
Iwo albums, 1,039 5moothcd Dut
5lcppy Hours and Kcrplunk, and Ihe
commercIal polIsh lIsIeners would
laIer nd on records lIke Nimrod,
Amcrccn dot, and yes, Ihe brand
new dIsappoInImenI IhaI Is Uno. Is
goI Ihe oblIgaIory caIchy guIIar rIs
and Ihe radIo-IrIendly sIng-alongs,
buI aI base level, DookIe Is probably
Ihe mosI InnocenI oI any Creen Day
release. Sure, Ihey had II made wIIh a
sIrong underground IollowIng prIor Io
sIgnIng Warner ros., buI Ihe recordIng
oI Dookie serves as a document to
Ihe begInnIng oI one oI Ihe mosI
successIul maInsIream rock careers oI
all IIme.
When IhInk oI young arIIsIs
IryIng Io make II In Ihe IndusIry, my
mInd InevIIably wanders Io IllIe
Ioe ArmsIrong, aI Ihe IIme jusI a
dreadlocked semI-loser In hIs early
2Us yelpIng InIo a mIcrophone. You
can hear hIs uncerIaInIy aI Ihe IuIure
In every noIe. He cerIaInly couldnI
have anIIcIpaIed IoppIng Ihe charIs
Ior Ihe nexI decade beIore comIng
back wIIh a polIIIcally charged rock
opera, or havIng IhaI same rock opera
adapIed InIo a hII roadway musIcal.
And canI ImagIne he saw hImselI
IurnIng InIo a bIIIer asshole, eIIher.
WhIch Is why II was so
dIsappoInIIng Io see a clearly-wasIed
IllIe Ioe launchIng InIo a IIrade
abouI runnIng ouI oI IIme durIng
Creen Days seI aI Ihe (admIIIedly
IerrIble} IHearIRadIo MusIc FesIIval
In Las Vegas. Is worIh noIIng IhaI he
InIerrupIed one oI Ihe bands mosI
successIul sIngles, askeI Case, Io
rant to the crowd.
m noI IuckIng IusIIn eIber, he
saId aI one poInI. ve been around
sInce IuckIng 158U-IuckIng-8. He
Ihen smashed hIs guIIar beIore
walkIng osIage. LaIer, Creen Days
ocIal websIIe sIaIed IhaI Ihe seI had
noI been unduly cuI shorI by Clear
Channel, Ihe corporaIIon runnIng Ihe
evenI, and IhaI ArmsIrong was enIerIng
IreaImenI Ior subsIance abuse (Ihe
consensus Is IhaI he enIered rehab Ior
alcohol abuse, alIhough Ihe band has
yeI Io dIrecIly sIaIe whIch drug he Is
beIng IreaIed Ior}.
The IacI IhaI he was reporIedly
drunk barely comes InIo Ihe equaIIon.
Hell, 3U years ago addIcIIon was
a badge oI punk rock credIbIlIIy.
HavIng a subsIance problem Is
undersIandable. eIng a dIva Is noI.
And as Ihe lukewarm crIIIcal recepIIon
oI Uno! pours In, IIs IIme Ior you Io
undersIand someIhIng.
Youre rIghI, IllIe Ioe. Youre
noI IusIIn eIber. And IhaIs exacIly
why youre noI geIIIng preIerenIIal
IreaImenI aI major corporaIe gIgs, and
why your newesI job Is as an assIsIanI
mentor on Amcrccn dols ugly younger
sIsIer, The Voice. Youre a mIddle-aged
guy whose band Iook Ihe world by
sIorm IwIce, who grew up IaIherless In
Ihe slums oI Dakland In a success sIory
Io rIval IhaI oI any rapper. Your Irack
record makes you a veIeran. I also
makes you old. NobodyespecIally
noI Clear Channelcares how many
albums youve sold, because everyone
you shared Ihe sIage wIIh IhaI nIghI
has sold jusI as many. I youve been
around IhaI long, be a proIessIonal
and accepI IhaI your career Is In IIs
declIne.
hope you had Ihe IIme oI your
lIIe.
A GREEN DAY IN HELL
by Andy Polhamus
OPINION October 10, 2012
SIony rook UnIversIIy has always shown IhaI Iheyve
had some preIIy baller adverIIsIng chops. No doubI abouI
it.
Surely you remember Ihe kIller adverIIsIng campaIgn
Ior Ihe Reel Ig FIsh show on Ihe SIaller SIeps back In
SepIember? How abouI when Iormer PresIdenI oI Ihe
UnIIed SIaIes Ill ClInIon came Io rock Ihe voIe wIIh
Congressman TIm Ishop? You musI have heard oI all Ihe
dope sIu IhaI goes on In Ihe UnIversIIy CaI by now,
lIke how Wednesday nIghIs are jazz nIghIs. DI course you
havenI, because Ihe unIversIIy has shown IIme and IIme
agaIn IhaI Iheyre absoluIe shII aI adverIIsIng.
To keep Ihe ball oI bad ads rollIng, Ihe brIllIanI
markeIIng sIraIegIsIs sIIIIng In a room somewhere ouI Ihere
have recenIly released a 3U-second IelevIsIon spoI IhaI
Ihey claIm hIghlIghIs successes oI SIony rook UnIversIIy
and comes ouI only slIghIly above Ihose produced by Ihe
UnIversIIy oI PhoenIx.
The ad IeaIures a sIoIc, sIlenI Wole loungIng creepIly
In an old armchaIr as a projecIor plays ouI an SU-specIc
hIghlIghI reel Io a voIce over IalkIng abouI how awesome
Ihe school Is. Wole Is sIIIIng alone, mouIh agape In a room
remInIscenI oI any basemenI In any polIce procedural
IelevIsIon program where some suburban man Iakes boys
wIIh Ihe InIenIIon oI dIddlIng Ihem.
Some oI Ihe claIms have valIdIIy Io Ihem. The
accomplIshmenIs oI IaculIy and sIudenIs are a no-braIner
Ior an ad lIke IhIs, so menIIonIng Nobel PrIze, Crammy and
Academy Award wInners shouldnI come as a surprIse Io
any oI us.
Some oI Ihe IalkIng poInIs sIray a bII IurIher o base,
however. Should II really be noIed on a naIIonal scale IhaI
one oI Ihe unIversIIys sellIng poInIs are IhaI II goI a 15U
mIllIon donaIIon? Sure, IIs a sIzable chunk oI coIn, buI
know IhaI when was searchIng Ior schools, wasnI In
Ihe mIndseI oI beIng lIke Dh shII ThIs school goI madd
mun donaIed Io Ihem ThaIs where wanna go I seems
lIke someIhIng Ihey should be braggIng abouI Io oIher
InsIIIuIIons, noI prospecIIve sIudenIs and Ihe lIke. mean,
as a sIudenI, donI gIve a damn how much money an old
whIIe guy In a nIce suII handed over Io Ihem.
The oIher claIm made In Ihe TV spoI Is IhaI Ihe
unIversIIy Is home Io SIudenI aIhleIes who have earned
Ihe naIIons respecI.
Well, IhaIs a bII oI a sIreIch, donI you IhInk? mean,
donI geI me wrong, our mens baskeIball Ieam has been
obscenely dope, our IooIball Ieam Is preIIy good and our
baseball Ieam (whIch IorgoI we even had up unIIl IhIs pasI
Iune} made II Io Ihe College World SerIes IhaI one IIme
only Io be knocked ouI In IheIr rsI Iwo games.
As good as our Ieams may be, donI IhInk you can
honesIly say IhaI our sIudenI aIhleIes have earned Ihe
naIIons respecI unIIl you could go up Io an NCAA Ian Irom
ouIsIde New York and have Ihem poInI ouI where SIony
rook Is on a map wIIhouI pullIng ouI IheIr IPhone and
googlIng II. The same goes Ior our academIcs.
AI Ihe end oI Ihe day, all you really have Io remember Is
IhaI II your unIversIIy balls as hard as II says II Is, II doesnI
need a commercIal.
WOLFIE...
by Tom Johnson
OPINION
Vol. XXXIV Issue 3
27
28
SEAWOLVES ROUT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
ComIng o one oI Ihe mosI ImpressIve wIns In SIony
rook IooIball hIsIory lasI week aI Army, Ihe Ieam reIurned
home SaIurday nIghI Io open IIs Ig SouIh ConIerence
schedule agaInsI Ihe uccaneers oI CharlesIon SouIhern
UnIversIIy. SIony rook deIeaIed Ihe uccaneers 5U-31 lasI
year In CharlesIon, SouIh CarolIna, and enIered Ihe day 3-1
agaInsI Ihem sInce IheIr rIvalry began In 2UU8. WIIh SIony
rook IooIball movIng Io Ihe ColonIal AIhleIIc AssocIaIIon
nexI season, IhIs would also be Ihe lasI meeIIng beIween
Ihe schools as conIerence rIvals.
CharlesIon SouIhern began Ihe game on oense,
buI wenI Ihree and ouI. n whaI would become a major
Iheme In IhIs game, Ihe ensuIng punI was shorI, and Ihe
Seawolves were gIven greaI eld posIIIon aI Ihe /3-yard
lIne. AIIer drIvIng Io Ihe uccaneer 25-yard lIne, Ihe home
Ieam scored Ihe games rsI poInIs, a Iouchdown pass Irom
quarIerback Kyle EssIngIon Io wIde receIver KevIn Norrell.
LaIe In Ihe rsI quarIer, CharlesIon SouIhern had more
punIIng problems. PunIer Derek HaIcher dropped Ihe snap
and was Iorced Io kIck Ihe ball on Ihe run, II Iraveled only
IIeen yards, and Ihe Seawolves agaIn had greaI eld
posIIIon, IhIs IIme aI Ihe /1-yard lIne. SIony rook drove Io
CharlesIon SouIherns 3U-yard lIne. There, on Ihe rsI play
oI Ihe second quarIer, EssIngIon Ihrew a sIrIke Io Norrell,
who caughI Ihe ball aI Ihe 2-yard lIne whIle IallIng ouI oI
bounds. RunnIng back MIguel MaysoneI capped-o Ihe
drIve wIIh a one-yard Iouchdown run Io puI Ihe Seawolves
up 1/-U.
CharlesIon SouIhern scored IIs only poInIs oI Ihe game
on Ihe ensuIng drIve, a 28-yard Iouchdown pass Irom
quarIerback Malcolm DIxon Io receIver WIll HunI. ThIs
score cuI Ihe SIony rook lead Io 1/-7 wIIh 5:/2 remaInIng
In Ihe rsI halI.
UnIorIunaIely Ior Ihe vIsIIors, Ihe Seawolves regaIned
momenIum on Ihe nexI play Irom a scrImmage. WIIh SIony
rook aI IIs own 26-yard lIne, EssIngIon Iound Norrell, who
made a sIumblIng caIch aI Ihe CharlesIon SouIhern 32-
yard lIne. The Seawolves proceeded Io drIve all Ihe way Io
Ihe 1-yard lIne. There, on IhIrd and goal, EssIngIon rolled
Io hIs rIghI and connecIed wIIh wIde receIver Iordan Cush
Ior a Iouchdown pass whIch puI SIony rook up by IourIeen
poInIs, 21-7.
The uccaneers responded by drIvIng Io Ihe SIony
rook 2/-yard lIne. However, kIcker Mark Deboy mIssed
a /1-yard eld goal aIIempI, and Ihe Seawolves regaIned
possessIon. They agaIn marched InIo Ihe Red Zone, where
Norrell caughI an 8-yard Iouchdown pass Irom EssIngIon In
Ihe back leII corner oI Ihe norIh endzone. WIIh IhIs score,
SIony rook Iook a commandIng 28-7 lead InIo halIIIme.
Dn Ihe rsI play oI Ihe second halI, MaysoneI galloped
Ior a 28-yard gaIn, Ihe run IhaI has made hIm SIony rooks
all-IIme leadIng rusher. The sIar back would make more
hIsIory early In Ihe IourIh quarIer when he also became
Ihe leadIng rusher In Ig SouIh hIsIory, surpassIng Iormer
LIberIy UnIversIIy back Rashad IennIngs.
n Ihe end, SIony rook cruIsed Io a /5-7 vIcIory and
Improved Io 5-1 on Ihe season. AsIde Irom MaysoneIs
achIevemenIs, Norrell and Cush also had excellenI games.
Norrell nIshed Ihe game wIIh 21/ receIvIng yards and Iwo
Iouchdowns, Cush scored Ihree Iouchdowns.
The Seawolves wIll now Iravel Io Conway, SouIh
CarolIna, where Ihey wIll conIInue IheIr Ig SouIh schedule
agaInsI CoasIal CarolIna SaIurday, DcI. 13.
by Andrew Carrieri photo by Olivia Burne
SPORTS October 10, 2012
The rsI game oI Ihe season Is
never easy, and somewhaI unnervIng.
As junIor Iorward Iosh rooks,
skaIed onIo Ihe Ice Ior Ihe SIony rook
Ice hockey Ieams season opener, he
admIIIed IhaI one always Ieels a lIIIle
bII more nervous Ior Ihe rsI game oI
Ihe season because you never know
whaI Io expecI, and DcI. 6 was no
dIerenI.
Dn IhaI nIghI, Ihe Seawolves,
ranked No. 17 naIIonally, Iook on Ihe
UnIIed SIaIes Naval Academy, a Ieam
Iheyve consIsIenIly beaIen Ior Ihe
lasI halI dozen years.
Navy was Iresh o a wIn agaInsI
Delaware, Ihe reIgnIng naIIonal
champIon, a perIormance causIng
a sIIr Ior Ihe prevIously unranked
MIdshIpmen.
UnIorIunaIely Ior Ihe Seawolves,
Navy (5-1} conIInued IheIr ImpressIve
sIarI Io Ihe season, and upseI SIony
rook by a nal score oI 5-3 on
SaIurday nIghI.
DespIIe Ihe loss, SIony rook
enjoyed a number oI sIandouI
perIormances, and Iheres reason Io
belIeve IhaI beIIer resulIs are Io come.
For sIarIers, Ihe Seawolves
deIense had a bIg ImpacI on Ihe
scoreboard, as deIensemen PaI FosIer
and ChrIs Ioseph each IallIed goals Ior
SIony rook.
n addIIIon, Wes HawkIns, one oI
Ihe Seawolves mosI accomplIshed
oensIve players added Io Ihe goal
Ially. HawkIns, who had hIs season cuI
shorI lasI year due Io a severe ankle
Injury denIIely made hIs presence
IelI up IronI, buI II wasnI enough.
AIIer Ihe game, senIor capIaIn
MIke CaccIoII saId we had a loI oI
chances Io score, hII a bunch oI posIs
and were a bII unIorIunaIe.
CaccIoII, a hIgh-scorIng wInger
who was playIng hIs rsI game In nIne
monIhs due Io shoulder surgery In
February, belIeved Ihe dIerence was
IhaI Navy capIIalIzed on our mIsIakes
and made us pay, buI II was our rsI
game oI Ihe year compared Io IheIr
IIh. Dverall, loved our eorI and
am lookIng Iorward Io Ihe resI oI Ihe
season.
Though Ihe Seawolves losI a
number oI sIandouI players Irom lasI
season, coach ChrIs CaroIalo Is pleased
wIIh Ihe Ieams Ireshman class, and
Ihere were seven new Iaces In Ihe
lIneup Ior SIony rook on SaIurday,
IncludIng sIarIIng goalIender Derek
WIlms.
WIlms, who played In AIlanIa prIor
Io arrIvIng on Long sland, bounced
back aIIer allowIng a paIr oI early
goals, and looked solId In neI Ior Ihe
Seawolves.
NexI weekend, SIony rook
wIll have an opporIunIIy Io redeem
Ihemselves, as Ihey Iake on Ihree
perennIal conIenders In CenIral
Dklahoma, Ihe UnIversIIy oI llInoIs
and MInoI SIaIe UnIversIIy aI Ihe ACHA
Showcase In SprIngeld, llInoIs.
I all goes well, Ihe Seawolves wIll
remaIn In Ihe naIIons Iop-2U by Ihe
IIme Ihey play IheIr nexI home games,
whIch wIll be a paIr oI home games
agaInsI Ihe No. 15 ranked UnIversIIy
oI Delaware on DcIober 13 and 1/.
ICE, ICE, BABY
by Mary OConnor
The Seawolves losI 2-1 on DcI. / aI Lavalle SIadIum,
aIIer a laIe goal Irom VermonI mIdelder Kerry Clynn.
A penalIy was called Ior VermonI In Ihe second halI oI
exIra IIme, whIch Ihey mIssed. uI Clynn goI Ihe ball o Ihe
rebound and puI II In Ihe back oI Ihe neI.
The rsI goal oI Ihe game was scored In Ihe 51sI mInuIe
by Iorward LarIssa Nysch. who has scored Iour goals IhIs
season.
However, VermonI soon equalIzed. SIony rook
goalkeeper Ashley CasIanIo dropped Ihe ball aIIer a shoI
by VermonI mIdelder Iess HerbsI, and Iorward re PleInIk
seIzed Ihe opporIunIIy and scored, makIng II 1-1 In Ihe 63
rd

minute.
The game wenI InIo exIra IIme, only Io lead Io
hearIbreak. WIIh a lIIIle more Ihree mInuIes leII, SIony
rook deIender AhrIel Fernandez receIved a red card
Ior IacklIng a VermonI player InsIde Ihe penalIy box and
a penalIy was awarded Io PleInIk. EvenIhough Ihough
PleInIk hII crossbar, buI Clynn goI Ihe ball and scored o
the rebound.
SIony rook had more shoIs on goal IhroughouI Ihe
game, wIIh 25 shoIs Io VermonIs 2U. Even Ihough SIony
rook had more chances Io score, Raven Edwards, Sasha
Kershwa and DanIelle Fuller all mIssed crucIal opporIunIIIes.
CasIanIo had more saves Ihan VermonI goalkeeper Ally
Ramos, savIng eIghI Io Ramos sIx. I was a good game Ior
SIony rook, buI one IhaI ended In a hearIbreakIng loss.
Were a bII dIsappoInIed wIIh Ihe resulI, buI IIs always
a spIrIIed game playIng agaInsI an AmerIca EasI opponenI,
saId SIony rooks head coach Sue Ryan aIIer Ihe loss, We
should have done beIIer nIshIng our chances In regulaIIon
and noI leIIIng IhIs game geI Io overIIme.
WOMENS SOCCER TEAM LOSES TO VERMONT
by Teena Nawabi
SPORTS
Vol. XXXIV Issue 3
29
"I hate Stanley. He is the worst President that Stony

Brook has ever had. I don't care that his wife is Chinese.
He has done more to hurt Asians than any President. Each
year we have a problem with him trying to hurt us."
That was said by 'Oliver' Li at his graduation dinner in
May. Oliver came to SBU as an undergrad international
student five years ago. His fiance still has two more years
so he decided to stay and get his MBA here too.
Former President John Toll brought Nobel physicist
C.N. Yang to campus and made SBU more famous in China
than Harvard. Each year for more than 45 years now,
when the Nobel prizes are announced, everyone in China
hears six words, "Yang Chen Ning SUNY Stony Brook."
Former President Shirley Kenny, reluctantly at first but
smart enough to see the writing on the wall, agreed to the
creation of the Department of Asian and Asian American
Studies and the Charles B. Wang Asian American Center.
Three years ago Oliver dealt with the threatened
closure of that department because President Stanley
wanted budget cuts, even if it meant cutting departments
and faculty.
Two years ago Oliver dealt with students and alumni
trying to save the 15th annual Asian and Asian American
Leadership Awards Ceremony at graduation because
Stanley wouldn't overrule Special Events. Although never
involved, t hey di dn t want it to happen.
This year Oliver proudl y gave a speech to his fellow
student l eaders, and to his parents who had flown
in from China, when he got his leadership award at the
16th Awards Ceremony. Although the 15th was held
illegally, some in Student Activities were smart enough to
make sure the 16th was allowed. Alumni had written
powerful letters of support about how that ceremony was
their most rewarding one.
Four years ago Oliver won 1st prize in Wang Centers
photo contest. This year he wrote about the planned
aesthetic destruction of the Wang Center by dorms to be
built behind it, the Toll Drive Residences. Even though an
Is President Stanley Lying
About the Effect the New Dorms
Will Have On the Wang Center?
Or Does He Really Believe the
Wang Center Light Towers
Are 6 Stories High?
Stanley, you're
joking right?
No one on campus
is dense enough to
think those towers
are 6 stories!
VWRU\
'RUPVIRU
'ZDUYHV
On September 28 members of the Asian Student Coalition delivered a letter to President Sam Stanley
asking for a meeting to discuss the proposed Toll Drive Residence Halls, the negative effect they will have on
the Wang Center, and why a nearby alternative space was never considered. The signatories included past and
present Presidents of AA E-Zine, AAJ, ASA, CASB, China Blue, ISO, JSO, PUSO, and Taiko Tides. In response, they
were given copies of KSQ Architects drawings, which they already had and which had provoked their letter in
the first place. The drawings, one seen above, falsely show the Wang Center light towers as 6 stories high.
Other drawings, using the same false height, try to show the 6 story dorms as not visible from the academic
mall, implying they would not have a negative impact on the Wang Center pagoda tower. The original KSQ
rendering, and the photo on the next page, more accurately show the true height of the dorms towering over
the Wang Center. - Wilson Jiang, SBU AA E-Zine Editor-in-Chief & Ja Young, AA E-Zine Alumni Editor
Opinion: The Stony Brook University Presidency
and Its Failures with the Asian Community
AA E-ZINE October 10, 2012

equlvalenL slLe on anoLher slde of Lhe same unlon parklng
loL was never consldered, SLanley gave hls blesslng.
u1 AusLln's sLadlum dorms are lLs mosL popular. We
could have Lhe same here - wlLhouL desLroylng Wang.
Why aren'L we? A former lSA 8oard member sald Lhe
plannlng commlLLee was afrald of Lhe Lree-huggers" who
had opposed Lhe hoLel. 1he resulL? 1rees - 1, Aslans - 0.
Cllver ls an alumnus SLony 8rook should have wanLed
Lo courL. Pe lnvesLed a half mllllon dollars ln Lhe uS
governmenL's L8-3 program Lo buy hls Amerlcan
clLlzenshlp. Pe purchased a half mllllon dollar home, cash,
and llke Ward Melvllle durlng Lhe uepresslon, plans Lo buy
many more. 1hen lf Lhe economy ls sLlll bad when he
graduaLes, he wlll have renLal lncome from new sLudenLs.
Clven how Cllver feels, whaL ls Lhe probablllLy he
would make an alumnl donaLlon whlle SLanley ls
resldenL? Why would any Aslan alumnl? Pow long wlll lL
Lake Lhe nexL S8u resldenL
Lo undo Lhe damage?
1hen L her e l s L he
probl em of presl denLl al
power and lLs negaLlve effecL
on Aslan and Aslan Amerlcan
faculLy and sLaff.
1hls ls Lhe 10Lh
annlversary of Lhe
Wang CenLer. ln
2002, 8ln 1ang, Lhen
resl denL of CSC,
Lhe Crad SLudenL
CrganlzaLlon, was on
resl denL kenny's
grand openl ng
commlLLee. Pe came ouL of one meeLlng ln amazemenL,
exclLedly saylng, "now l really undersLand power! l never
fully dld unLll Loday."
AL LhaL meeLlng everyone found Lhe agenda packeL aL
Lhelr seaL when Lhey came ln. lL lncluded Lhe new deslgn
of Lhe Wang logo. 1he conversaLlon was of how ugly lL
was. noL one slngle person ln Lhe room llked lL. 8ln was
Lhe only sLudenL. Lveryone else was an employee.
resldenL kenny walked ln and ln her 1exan drawl her
flrsL words were - 'uld y'all see Lhe new logo? lsn'L lL
beauLlful.' AlLhough grammaLlcally her lasL llne was a
quesLlon, lL reallLy lL was noL. Suddenly, Lhe only person
who was sLlll wllllng Lo say Lhe logo was ugly was 8ln.
1hls summer Lhe four faculLy who had creaLed Lhe flrsL
Aslan laculLy AssoclaLlon ln Lhe mld 1990's meL Lo Lalk
abouL resurrecLlng lL. SomeLhlng was needed, Lhey
agreed, so LhaL Lhe Aslan communlLy, as one so apLly puL
lL, "wlll noL be lgnored ln Lhe fuLure" Lhe way lL had been
wlLh Lhe 1oll urlve 8esldences.
ln 1996 Lhey had lnvlLed Charles Wang for hls flrsL vlslL
Lo campus. Charles was asked for a donaLlon for Lhe
creaLlon of an Aslan Amerlcan CenLer. Pe sald yes - and
Lhe resL ls hlsLory.
Anyone who was here beLween 1996 when Lhe
announcemenL was ln 1be New otk 1lmes, and 2002
when Lhe Covernor cuL Lhe openlng rlbbon, can Lell you
Lhe exLreme prlde and exclLemenL Lhe Aslan communlLy
had. AL Lhe Llme, Wang's lnlLlal donaLlon of $23 mllllon
was Lhe largesL ln Sun? hlsLory, and LhaL flgure more Lhan
doubled Lo over $60 mllllon by Lhe Llme lL was bullL.
ln Lhe Len years slnce, Lhere has been dlsappolnLmenL
ln Lhe Aslan communlLy LhaL Lhe Wang CenLer never
became whaL lL was supposed Lo be. lL was so beauLlful
Lhe unlverslLy used lL for oLher purposes lnsLead. lor Lhe
pasL Lwo years everyone, noL [usL Lhe Aslan communlLy,
has been dlsappolnLed. 1he kol and loLus pond was lefL
dry and empLy. Chalrs Lo slL
aL Lo en[oy Lhe classlc Suzhou
garden were removed. lL was
no longer Lhe beauLlful and
serene mecca lL had once
been.
8uL Lhere ls sLlll prlde. lL
l s s L l l l L he mos L
beauLlful bulldlng on
campus. lLs '1ower
Lo Peaven' pagoda,
gllsLenlng ln Lhe sun,
has become Lhe
unlverslLy's lcon. lL
graces publlcaLlons
and webslLes.
Cn a campus wlLh more Lhan 30 sLudenLs of color,
Lhe planned dorms were declded on by a commlLLee of
nlne whlLe men and one whlLe woman. 1hey reporLed
Lo a whl Le Sr. v. . who reporLed Lo SLanley. 1he plans
were flnallzed wlLh no one on campus, Aslan or noL,
havlng been Lold Lhe dorms would desLroy Lhe Wang
CenLer's aesLheLlcs.
1he 1oll urlve 8esldences are Lwo sLorles hlgher Lhan
Wang's hlghesL walls, even glven Lhe slope of Lhe land.
Slnce Lhe maln enLrance Lo Lhe campus and Lhe academlc
mall are on hlgher ground, looklng down aL Wang, Lhe
pagoda lcon wlll no longer sLand alone on Lhe horlzon.
WhaL prlde wlll Lhelr be when Lhe lcon ls desLroyed?
Pow wlll Lhe Aslan faculLy and sLaff feel Lhen?
"lgnored"? Whlle Lhey may noL say anyLhlng Lo hls face
because he ls Lhelr 'boss', how wlll belng "lgnored" make
Lhe Aslan faculLy and sLaff feel abouL SLanley?
ower should be used wlsely, [udlclously and falrly. lL
ls SLony 8rook's loss LhaL lL has noL been.
Instead of trees beh|nd Wang Center, there w||| be dorms two stor|es h|gher than the
current trees, destroy|ng the v|ew of the pagoda tower, [ust as these words are do|ng.
www.aaezine.org/SaveWang
AA E-ZINE
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