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H a y e s , E r i k W., Magaoay, Blake A., Davis, Daryl A., Hanson Jr., Charles A., Shackelford, Michael B., Martinezluis, Trinidad R., Benish, Stephen C., Brooks, Adam R., Lee, Carl W., Christensen, Jeremy E., Bosselmann, Kirk J., Smith, Michael A., Lucero, Josh u a E . , F a i r c l o t h , B r a d l e y M . , W i n k l e r , J o r d a n D . , H o u c k , D a v i d B . , M e y e r , H a r r i s o n
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G a v r i e l , D i m i t r i o s , N o l a n , J o s e p h M . , F i g u e r o a , L u i s A . , H a n k s , M i c h a e l W a y n e , M c C o n n e l l , D a n i e l J a m e s , H e f l i n , C h r i s t o p h e r T . , W u l l e n w a b e r , L u k e C . , F l o r e s - M e j i a , J o s e R i c a r d o , C a d d y , M a r s h a l l H . , Q u a l l s , L o u i s W . , M i l l e r , W i l l i a m L . , P a r k e r , B r a d l e y L ., H u n t , I s a i a h R . , R a p i c a u l t , P a t r i c k M a r c M . , S m i t h , A n t o i n e D . , P e r a l t a , R a f a e l ,
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Benjamin S., Dima, Catalin D., Matteson, James C. “J.C.”, Anderson, Nathan R., Medina, Brian A., Prening, Brian P., Anderson, Nicholas H., Iwan, Edward D., Branning, David M., Maher, Jarrod L., White, Raymond L., Strader, Morgan W., Shields, Jonathan B., Holder II, Theodore S. “Sam”, Bowling, Theodore A., Blecksmith, James P.
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The White House has been reeling this
week from the indictment of Vice President
Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff, I. Lewis “Scooter”
Libby Jr. Libby was indicted on the last day of
a two-year federal grand jury probe lead by US
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
Libby has been charged with two counts of mak-
ing false statements to federal agents, two
counts of perjury and one count of obstruction
of justice for misleading and deceiving the
grand jury about how he learned that Joseph
Wilson’s wife, Valerie “Plame” Wilson, was a
Central Intelligence Agency operative. The
Special Prosecutor, as well as many liberal and
anti-war groups, has claimed that Libby and
possibly others in the White House were
involved in purposely outing Agent Plame as
political retribution for a report written by her
husband.
Th e report, written by retired career
diplomat and former US Ambassador Joseph
Wilson, alleged that President Bush’s claims of
Uranium being sold from Nigeria to Iraq for use
in weapons of mass destruction was false infor-
mation used to inflate the cause for war. After
this report was released, New York Times w r i t e r
Judith Miller as well as Robert Novak released
columns naming Plame by her maiden name,
thus ending her career as a CIA undercover
operative and possibly putting her in harm’s
way.
As a result, the grand jury probe that
ultimately ended with the indictment of Libby
was launched. During the investigation, many
involved parties were asked to testify before the
grand jury, most notably reporter Judith Miller,
who spent 85 days in jail for refusing to release
the identity of her source. Only when her
John Kerry: Hoping to Bring Home the Troops
John Kerry may not have won the presi-
dency, but he still, as a senator, keeps caring
about the soldiers. A frequent topic on his
campaign trail was the quagmire in Iraq and
how there needs to be an exit strategy to even-
tually get the soldiers home. Kerry understood
how the situation in Iraq was so complicated
because of the real potential for a power vacu-
um, a political abyss, so he knew such a strate-
gy had to be nuanced. Now, a year after his
shocking defeat in a close presidential election
between the incumbent “war president” and the
actual war veteran, the soldiers are still in Iraq.
Over 2,000 soldiers have been killed, and
this statistic has angered even Republicans who
once were, in the name of party loyalty, outspo-
kenly supportive of Bush’s Iraq war. President
B u s h h a s a p o p u l a r i t y r at i n g i n t h e t h i r t i e s , a
steep unpopularity that has drawn comparisons
to Lyndon Johnson during the dismal Vietnam
era. John Kerry, who once was parodied by
Bush’s supporters as an intellectual who was
oblivious to what needed to be done in Iraq, has
been low on the political radar, but has now
begun a campaign to get troops home.
Through e-mails to supporters, Kerry has
b e e n m o b i l i z i n g t h o u s a n d s o f s i g n e rs t o h i s
online petition to get the more than 20,000
American troops home before Thanksgiving.
In a speech displayed on the linked
johnkerry.com website, which he delivered at
Georgetown University, Mr. Kerry expressed
angst and frustration, even anger, about the war
and its incessant casualties. He discussed how
Senators, who were mislead into giving Bush the
go-ahead for the war, had some responsibility
for the casualties, albeit indirectly. He also
expressed dismay at why coffins of American
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source, Libby, gave her express permission to
release his name did she relent and was
released from jail.
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The probe also put many other White
House figures on the defensive against possible
charges from the continuing investigation,
including President Bush’s senior political
advisor, Karl Rove. Many liberals contend that
these indictments are just the beginning, and
that they represent the first insights into a
broader scandal. Some even believe the crimes
could go as far as Dick Cheney and possibly
even to Bush, although it’s widely believed that
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casualties were not allowed to be shown by the
American media, for the public to see. Here is
an excerpt of his speech, in which he expresses
both his angst and his solutions to withdraw the
country’s troops.
“A few weeks ago I departed Iraq from
Mosul. Three Senators and staff were gathered
Indicting Libby
By Brian Barash
there is no sufficient evidence f o r e i t h e r t o b e
formally indicted.
Many conservatives, on the other hand,
have decried this investigation as politically
motivated and believe the charges are the result
of manufactured charges and an overambitious
Special Prosecutor. However, it would be wise to
note that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald
is also a Republican.
Whatever you may believe, there is no
questioning the fact that this scandal has dealt
a serious blow to an already weakened White
House. The White House has come under fire
this year for the lack of progress in the Iraq war
as well as the mishandling of Hurricane
Katrina, the latter of which eventually lead to
the resignation of FEMA director Michael
Brown, a political appointee of the Bush
Administration.
Most recently the White House has come
under fire by Democrat’s in the Senate, whose
minority leader demanded a rare closed session
of Congress November 2nd to deal with the lack
of progress in the investigation i n t o w h e t h e r o r
n o t C o n g r e s s w a s m i s l e a d b y t h e c u r r e n t a d m i n-
istration in the months leading up to war in
Iraq.
President Bush’s administration is
hurting so badly from all of this bad publicity
that the President’s overall job performance
rating by the American public has dropped to a
career low of 39%. Instead of attempting to
return the country and politics thereof towards
the center, he has chosen this week to nominate
an extremely conservative Supreme Court jus-
tice that will likely lead to another standoff
with Democrats from this already embattled
administration.
By Laura Positano
in the forward part of a C-130. In the middle of
the cavernous cargo hold was a simple, alu-
minum coffin with a small Amer i can f lag d r ap ed
over it. We were bringing another American
s ol d ie r, j us t ki l l ed, home to hi s f a m i l y a n d f i n a l
resting place.
“The starkness of his coffin in the center
of the hold, the silence except for the din of the
engines, was a real time cold reminder of the
consequences of decisions for which we Senators
share responsibility…. I wondered why all of
America would not be allowed to see him arrive
at Dover Air Force Base instead of hiding him
from a nation that deserves to mourn together in
truth and in the light of day. His lonely jour-
ney compels all of us to come to grips with our
choices in Iraq….. Now more than 2,000 brave
Americans have given their lives, and several
h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d m o r e ha v e d o n e e v e r y t h i n g i n
their power to wade through the ongoing inter-
n a l c i v i l s t r i f e i n I r a q . A n I r a q w h i c h i n c r e a s-
ingly is what it was not before the war - a breed-
ing ground for homegrown terrorists and a mag-
net for fore i gn t errori s t s ….
“We are entering a make or break six
month period, and I want to talk about the steps
we must take if we hope to bring our troops home
within a reasonable timefra me from an Iraq
that’s not permanently torn by irrepressible
conflict…. To undermine the insurgency, we
must instead simultaneously pursue both a
political settlement and the withdrawal of
American combat forces linke d t o s p e c i f i c ,
r e s p o n s i b l e b e n c h m a r k s . A t t h e f i r s t b e n c h-
mark, the completion of the December elections,
we can start the process of reducing our forces
by withdrawing 20,000 troops over the course of
the holidays….”
Current Events
 Good Show, Great Seats
By Rob Pearsall
This past Tuesday at the USG Senate Article III. Senator Ortiz asked if there could regarded as the “Berkley of the East” (because it
Meeting, something amazing happened. It was b e a d i f f e r e n t a p p r o a c h ; s h e f e l t t h i s p e n a l t y was one of the most activist filled cam puses on
exciting. There was a palatable tension in the was too harsh. She was on the same page as most the east coast) it never got 33% in an election on
air. The room was sharply divided and the final of the Senate. Most felt that gambling the exis- campus. If they couldn’t do it then with an
vote ultimately decided the outcome, the out- tence of USG and of clubs on campus was too big. active campus, how could we do it now with our
come of the Voter Turnout Improvement Act. Matt Willemain of The Stony Brook Press s t a t e d e x t e n s i v e a p a t h y ? Opposition didn’t exist
This school suffers from some very real t h a t c e r t a i n c l u b s l i k e t h e r a d i o s t a t i o n w o u l d everywhere though; there was a small bit of
apathy when it comes to student government. cease to function completely if the activity fee optimism in the room.
Students don’t vote on issues of Student were not disbursed for even a semester. Clubs, Jowy Romano of The Stony Brook Press
Government. They don’t vote at all. Out of including this paper, said that, with
13,000 undergraduate students, only a handful would not be able to A r t i c l e I V i m p l e-
vote each year. USG is constantly trying to function without the mented, we needn’t
improve voter turnout. Senators Amy Wisnoski Student Activity Fee. worry about the 20%
and Igor Levenberg came up with a solution. S e n a t o r stipulation. Article
Their solution was the Voter Turnout Levenberg recalled IV assured that
Improvement Act. The act consisted of three the senate meeting on there would be vot-
main points. USG would establish a minimum October 11th. In the ing stations set up in
required voting pool for all USG elections. This m e e t i n g i t w a s s t a n d- Melville Library, the
pool was to be set at 20 %. Senator Wisnoski ing room only becau se Student Activities
stated that this was low in comparison to other sports clubs showed Center, and the
schools with similar stipulations on voting. up en masse to make Student Union.
Other schools, such as the University of sure their funding was These are the places
California, require between 25% and 30% of not cut. Levenberg said on campus with the
students to vote. I say require because if the that voters need a kick highest volume of
voting pool is not met then the election is in the “you know traffic. Wisnoski
invalid. where” to get them shared the same
The third part, Article III: Validity of active in government. feeling.
Elections, stated that if the voting pool did not P u n i s h m e nt for not vot- I believe that the
c o n s i s t o f 2 0 % o f t he u n d e r g r a d u a t e p o p u l a t i o n ing would be a reason to concentrated effort of
then the election would be deemed invalid. Two vote. As it is now, stu- SOPHISTICATED POLITICAL CARTOON, student media, USG,
weeks later a new election would be held. d e n t s t a k e t h e c l u b s , Courtesy of Rob Pearsall NYPIRG, and the voting
Subsequently, if the pool is not met for this organizations, and kiosks would have made
election another election is to be held after Undergraduate Student Government for granted. the 20% stipulation nominal at best. I would
another two weeks. This is to recur until the S e n a t o r W i s n o s k i c l a i m e d t h a t n o t h i n g h a p p e n s have liked to have seen the atmosphere on cam-
voting pool minimum is met. If the minimum is because nothing was at stake. pus after the passage of this act. All of the
never achieved then “there shall be no govern- The opposition from the gallery was clubs and organizations on campus is a big gam-
ing body and therefore no disbursement of fierce as well. Robert Romano came to the podi- b l e . I t ’ s n o t j u s t t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s b u t t h e s o c i a l
funds related to the student activity fee.” This um and stated that the 20% stipulation could be lives and recreation of many students here. It
would mean no USG and no clubs. No LEG for u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l . H e s t a t e d t h a t t h e c o n s t i t u- might have killed the apathy o n c a m p u s , i t
buildings. Nothing. tion would need to be amended if it were to pass. might have killed the life on campus. The act
Before I get to the third part of the act I NYPIRG opposed the bill based on SBU’s voting was killed in an 11 to 2 vote.
should take the time to recount the response to history. Cheryl Lynch stated that when SBU was

Popularity, Money, and Controversy:

Kind of Like High School All Over Again By “Nutrient” Rich Deltortuga

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 1000 More Troops Dead and Continued
Violence in Iraq One Year Later
“Since the start of Bush’s “war on ter-
ror” a year and 150-something days ago, suicide
bombers, the Iraqi militia and insurgents have
killed over 1,000 American soldiers.”
That was a line from one of my articles
last fall. Another year goes by and I’m still
writing the same article with altered statistics.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2002 and now
the casualties have added up to 2,000. The
m a j o r i t y of t h e d e a t h s a r e A m e r i c a n t r o o p s a n d
15,000 more are on the wounded list. While I
was wr i t i n g t h i s same ar t ic le la st y ear , I was
hoping the situation would have improved by
now but in a way it has gotten worse.
W i t h o u t t r y i n g t o d e p r e c i a t e t h e s a c r i-
fice these young men and women gave, our casu-
alties do not remotely come close to the Iraqi
loss. In the last six months alone, about 3,870
Iraqi citizens have been killed, most of them
Shiites and Kurds attacked by Sunni rebels and
suicide bombers. Jim Phillips says the
Conservative group, the Heritage Foundation,
“ f o c u s i n g o n A m e r i c a n c a s u a l t i e s t a k e s a t t e n-
tion away from the larger number of Iraqi troops
and civilians who have died in the conflict.”
Both sides have suffered immense casualties
and one should not out shadow the other. What
t h e s e 2 , 0 0 0 d e a th s b r i n g t o o u r a t t e n t i o n i s t h a t
we still have American people over there losing
their lives, people who have family and friends
waiting back home who will never see their
loved ones again. The citizens of Iraqi face an
even greater threat as their lives are in danger
every day everywhere they go because of the
heavy divide between the various groups.
There is now an approved constitution to
go alongside with the democratically elected
government. It is believed that with this new
constitution it will unify the government and is
a st e p t o war d en su r i n g l aw an d o r d er . Th e p r o b-
lem is that while the constitution passed, most
of the Sunni-Arabs will refuse to recognize that
as the new law of the land. Since the Shiites are
the majority of the population, we foresaw that
the constitution would be readily passed. The
Montana, Economics, Soldiers, Iraq, Political
Science, etc.
In the place where I grew up, there is a
strange dichotomy: a high quality of life, low
crime rate and growing population, but a per-
c a p i t a i n c o m e t h a t r a n k s 4 7t h i n t h e n a t i o n .
There are a large number of high school gradu-
ates who cannot go to the best state supported
schools because of the high academic barriers
which restrict enrollment. The state gives gen-
erous scholarship support to the top 10% of
transfer and undergraduate applicants, but
proportionally thin financial aid support to
everyone else- at least in comparison to New
York.
At the beginning of my junior year in
high school, those who had few financial
r e s o u r c e s o r e x p e c t e d t o g r a d u a t e n e a r t h e b o t-
tom half of their high-school class faced tough
decisions: begin work immediately and try to
climb their way up in the service industry, or
ta ke out loans, attend a community college or a
less reputable four-year institution, and hope
for a job after graduation.
Then 9-11 happened. Some extremist
Muslims – most of them of Saudi background –
flew planes into some buildings that most of my
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voting on the constitution had the Sunnis com-
ing out in tremendous numbers to vote against it
which was a big difference from them boycotting
the voting ballots during the elections. If the
Sunnis refuse to accept the constitution, then it
is just a useless document to them; they will not
sanction it. And so the fighting continues. The
Sunnis are viewing this document as further
evidence that the y will not have a say in the new
government. If anything, the new constitution is
another building block in Iraq’s division not
unification.
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The American people continue to push
for a timetable for withdrawal and logically, I
cannot see one in the nearby future. I want the
troops to come home as much as anyone else but
the insurgency over there is still on the rise.
Secretary of State Condolezza Rice laid out a
t h r e e - p a r t p o l i t i c a l - m i l i t a r y s t r a t e g y f o r c o m-
pleting this task: The Iraqi government must
friends and I had never seen and didn’t care
about (c’mon, it was high school). The country
was at war, and the military began chatting
everyone up like car s alesmen. Recruiters set
up posts around town, asking any cognitively
functioning male or female high school student
if they needed a ‘job’. I was called by every
“The image they sold was so
convincing that he signed the
dotted line for a free education.“
branch of the military and was invited to join all
o f t h e m ilitary academies. My best friend
joined the merchant marines, my chess club
nemesis was convinced by a recruiter that he
h a d t h e “ perfect build” to be a pilot, and the
National Guard gave “field trips” so students
could check out local military facilities.
By Joan Leong
clear all parts of the country from insurgent
control, ensure that those areas remain secure
and build durable, national Iraqi institutions.
That’s a solid plan but unrealistic. Sometimes it
feels never ending because the insurgents are
readily recruiting. Insurgents do not even need
control of a region because it only takes one sui-
cide bomber to walk into a crowded area to kill
dozens. There has to be more compromise
between the Shiites, Kurds an d S u n n i s a t t h e
governmental level before the i n s u r g e n t s w i t h-
draw their fire.
You can’t end violence with more vio-
lence, not in this situation anyway. Usually that
is how wars are won but the difference is that we
aren’t fighting another army. The Sunnis are
f i gh t i n g t h e i r w a r o n m u c h d i f f e r e n t t e r m s t h i s
t i m e a r o u n d a n d t h e y aren’t afraid to die. That’s
the key difference. Killing some insurgents will
give birth to more. The suicide bombers are
relentless and until the Iraq government comes
to term with this, there will never be unity. It is
understandable during all those years under
Saddam’s regime, the Kurds and Shiites suffered
and now they are using their power in the gov-
ernment to disenfranchise the Sunnis as much
as possible. That isn’t going to help anything
along if they don’t meet some kind of common
ground. These divisions are hundreds of years
in the making and violence and unrest will con-
tinue unless a significant action is taken by
Iraqi leaders. This is the Iraqi people’s struggle
a n d A m e r i c a n t r o o p s a r e c a u g h t i n t h e c r o s s-
fire. Until they re alize they c a n ’ t i g n o r e t h e
demands of the Sunnis, nothing will change.
Despite many changes and improvements the
Iraqi people went through, a new constitution
and new secure government, the y a r e s t i l l a t t h e
same crossroad since last year. All sides will
continue to suffer casualties and nothing is
going to change anytime soon. Will our troops
come home soon? Will the future be optimistic
at this rate? I want to say yes, but the answer is
probably no.
By Michael Doggett
After my best friend dropped out of a
m i l i t a r y a c a d e m y a s a p r o t e s t a g a i n s t t h e p s y-
cho-physical military model and ongoing war in
Iraq, he told me that he had initially joined the
academy because he wanted to be professional,
respected, and wanted. The i m a g e t h e y s o l d w a s
so convincing that he signed the dotted line for
a free educa tion. When no one else cared about
his future, it seemed like the military provided
an altruistic guiding hand. The y p a i d f o r a l l o f
his expenses, gave him a stipe n d , g u a r a n t e e d
him a good job – and it didn’t hurt that when he
was in uniform, women mobbed him like free
Gucci merchandise.
His experience has a happy ending- his
grades were good enough to transfer into
Montana’s top engineering school. But everyone
doesn’t come back from military service with
the same good fortune – like my cousin’s ex-
boyfriend, who calmly and remorselessly
admitted to killing Iraqi women a n d ch il d r en –
or a friend who saw contracted prisons in
Afghanistan worse than Abu Ghraib, and who
Continued on page 9
Current Events
 What’s New With Iran?
By Alex Walsh
Iran seems to be in the news a lot. Government Shake-Up with the government’s encouragement of ethni-
Sometimes it can be hard to keep track of every- President Ahmadinejad is still dealing cally Persian Iranians to move in. The govern-
thing they’re doing over there. So here, just to with the formation of a government after he took ment says that the violence, involving bomb
keep you all up to date on this global attention office in August. He recently announced four blasts and several arrests, was instigated by
w h o r e , i s a q u i c k s u m- new appointees to the agents from the UK. British officials had
mary of recent events Ministries of Oil, accused Iran of supporting insurgents in
in Iran. Education, Co-operatives, Southern Iraq, where the UK has about 8,000
and Welfare and Social soldiers stationed. They said shaped charges
Bad News For Security after his original u s ed i n r e c e n t a t t a c k s w e r e d e v e l o p e d w i t h
Israel nominees to these positions technology and training from Iran’s
W h i l e a d d r e s s- were rejected. The most Revolutionary Guard or its allies in Hezbollah.
ing a conference enti- significant appointment Each side denies the other’s accusations. Most of
tled “World Without here is the head of the Oil Iran’s oil reserves are in Khuzestan.
Zionism”, Iranian Ministry, Sadeq Mahsuli, as
President Mahmoud Iran is the world’s fourth Nuclear Inspections
A h m a d i n e j a d t o l d s e v- largest producer of crude Inspectors from the International
eral thousand students oil. Mahsuli, a former Atomic Energy Agency have been allowed access
that the establishment Revolutionary Guard offi- to Iran’s Parchin military facility, which the US
of the state of Israel cer like the President, is says is suspicious. American officials say the
was an imperialist not well known and has no site was host to tests linked to nuclear weapons
action by the west experience in the energy development. The inspectors were allowed
against the Islamic industry. A board member access to the facility to do environmental tests.
world. He called for the of Iran’s National Oil Iran also granted access to documents and
Jewish state to be Company said “nobody in interviews with senior officials. T h i s i s s e e n a s
“wiped off the map”. the Parliament knows him a positive sign for negotiations over the coun-
This statement was met … presumably the amount try’s nuclear program, which it insists is
IT’S A GOOD THING WE OVERTHREW
w i t h w i d e s p r e a d c o n- of information that we have entirely peaceful. The IAEA had previously
IRANIAN DEMOCRACY BACK IN THE DAY
demnation from the about him is about as much threatened to refer Iran to th e U N S e c u r i t y
Courtesy of the memory hole
i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m m u- as he knows about oil.” Council if its inspectors were not given com-
nity. Leaders of most Ahmadinejad also plete cooperation.
Eu r o p ean a n d Amer i can n at i o n s, as wel l as r e c a l l e d the Iranian ambassadors to the UK,
S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l K o f i A n n a n o f t h e U N , France, Germany, and the UN in Geneva. These Good News For Poor People
expressed outrage at the call for violence senior diplomats were moderates associated Following up on his campaign promises
a g a i n s t I s r a e l . I s r a e l e v e n r e q u e s t e d I r a n ’ s with the old reformist regime of Mohammad to help Iran’s poor population, President
e x p u l s i o n f r o m t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s . I r a n i a n Khatami. The recall is seen as a purge of offi- Ahmedinejad has announced a plan to offer
l e a d e r s d e f e n d e d t h e P r e s i d e n t ’ s r e m a r k s , cials out of line with the new conservative shares in government-owned companies to low-
while stressing that Iran had no plans to attack administration, and may signal a change in income families. The eligible investors, identi-
Israel. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei strategy on negotiations over Iran’s nuclear fied by government economists, would have 20
assured the public: “We will not commit aggres- p r o g r a m . years to pay back the shares. This plan is
sion towards any nations”. Following the con- intended to decrease the wide gap between
troversy, Kofi Annan has delayed a planned trip A h w a z , R i o t C i t y Iran’s rich and poor populations. Despite the
to Iran, saying it was “not an appropriate time” Unrest has developed in the Iranian province nation’s lucrative oil industry, it is estimated
for such a visit. of Khuzestan, which borders Iraq. The that about 40% of the population lives below the
province’s largely Arab population is unhappy poverty line.

Our Ever Evolving Concept of Muslims

By Karen Shidlo
S i n c e S e p t e m b e r 1 1t h, M u s l i m s a n d Islamic communities, having had to deal with Undoubtedly, some French are reluctant
Islam have dominated the media, causing world- rioters s hooting at police and setting fire to to allow these minority groups to become part of
wide attention and fear. A ‘war on terrorism’ 1400 cars. The violence also erupted in the form their culture and lives and, equally, some
has resulted from the attack on the World Trade of firebombs being thrown at churches and Muslims are reluctant to make t h e c h a n g e s a n d
Center and Twin Towers, but this does not mean three schools, giving locals the impression of efforts necessary to become truly French. It is
that tension with Muslims has been limited with being in a war zone. hardly surprising that without work or hope of
Americans; Europe has recently borne witness I have lived in France too and saw, in my improving their standards of living, a good part
to violence, resulting in numerous casualties last year there, growing pressure between of the immigrants turn to religion for comfort
and deaths. immigrant, minority groups and white and to the French as scapegoats f o r t h e i r p r o b-
The London underground French; in public schools, it became lems. Unfortunately, the type o f r e l i g i o n t h e y
bombings were unexpected and illegal to wear anything that would are attracted to is the radical kind; leading to
unprecedented by any other forms distinguish one student from acts of organized violence, carried out by gangs.
of international terror attacks, a n o t h e r , b y s h o w i n g t h e i r r e l i- France, who is based on “ l i b e r t y , e q u a l-
shocking the nation. I have lived gious preference. This became ity, fraternity,” asks immigrants to discard
in London and always known it c o n t r o v e r s i a l , a s M u s l i m s t u- their roots and become French; though immi-
to be tolerant of all ethnicities, dents claimed that wearing grants are granted suburban areas in which to
similar to my experiences here h e a d d r e s s e s w a s a s i g n i f i- live, they have quickly become ghettos, real
in the United States of cant aspect of their religion symbols of the social and ethnic segregation
America, but since the attacks and that they should be free within French society.
in both countries, I have seen a to wear them if they chose. It is difficult not to discriminate against
shift in attitudes. The counter argument for this M u s li m s w h e n t h e i r r e p u t a t i o n i s a s s o c i a t e d
It seems that Muslims are objection to the law is that stu- with aggression and an impressive fearlessness
being approached more and more dents will treat each other with of death, martyrdom being a widely accepted,
w i t h a m i x t u r e o f f e a r , h a t r e d , h e s i t a- more equality due to the prejudice even encouraged, aspect of their religion.
t i o n a n d i n t o l e r a n c e . T h i s i s a d i r e c t c o n- of appearances being removed. However, it is important in a world where the
sequence of the images and words we see and T he fundamental cause of the criminal media is easily accessible and hence, has an
hear on television, internet, newspapers and networks being organized in France is the over- immense power to control our perception of the
magazines, all of which send out the message whelming sense of non-integration on the world, to not condemn an entire religion and it’s
that Westerners should be alert because of the Muslims part. Whether it is their fault or not is followers. We should keep an open mind and
unpredictability of the Arab world. a different matter, what counts is that they live onl y punish those who have committed crimes
France is the latest country to feel the in council estates, unemployed and living on the against the innocent, because violence only
effect of the dissatisfaction felt ubiquitously in financial aid they receive monthly from the gov- leads to more violence.
ernment.

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 Editorial
Editorial Board
The Man Behind the Curtain
Rob Pearsall USG and Voter Turnout
Managing Editor
Jowy Romano
This past USG senate meeting was fairly produc- of the senate. Increasing the voter turnout should be
Associate Editor tive. The senators voted on quite a handful of proposed every USG official’s priority. If more people voted, the
Joan Leong legislation. The first of which was called the Coca-Cola candidates that are elected would be ev e n m o r e r e p r e-
Resolution, brought before the senate by the Social sentative of the voices of the student body. If more peo-
Business Manager Justice Alliance. The resolution, if ratified, states that ple voted, fewer senators would be elected solely
Melanie Donovan USG does not condone Coca-Cola’s crimes against union because of people they know. Increased voter turnout
activists in their factories abroad and also strongly would give USG the validation it really needs.
Production Manager urges the administration to find an alternative to the So, why did almost nobody support Voter
Michael Prazak
exclusive contract we have with Coca-Cola. This reso- Turnout Act? They do have some understandable con-
News Editors lution did indeed pass with overwhelming support from cerns. The act, as is, is sort of radical. 20% is a voter
Claudia Toloza the senate. turnout that hasn’t ever been achieved since USG was
David “Knockout” Ginn The next proposed legislation voted on by the started. Even with the intensive efforts of NYPIRG, last
senate was an act containing amendments to the senate’s year’s spring elections only saw a voter turnout of about
Features Editor r u l e s o f o r d e r . T h e a m e n d m e n t s t o u c h e d u p t h e i r c u r- 15%. Also, the act states that if 20% isn’t reached,
Nicole L Barry rent set rules of order. This also had the support of there will be elections hel d 2 weeks later. Currently,
most of the senators, passing with no problem .. the USG constitution sets the spring elections 2 weeks
Arts Editor One last bill was voted on before the meetings before the end of the school year. This means if there
Adina Silverbush e n d ; t h i s b i l l i s t h e V o t er Turnout Improvement Act. isn’t a 20% voter turnout there will no USG in the fall.
The act has two main points. Firstly, if less than 20% Students wouldn’t even be given a chance to realize that
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Vincent Michael Festa ered invalid. If 20% turnout isn’t achieved, there will Another aspect the act doesn’t address is clubs that can
end up being no governing body, which will lead to no be permanently harmed if they can’t get their budget,
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Laura Positano before—a serious reason to vote. The second part of the way? What percentage of Stony Brook Students is actu-
Andrew Pernick act outlines another way of increasing the voter ally involved in clubs and organizations? What will
turnout—voting stations in high-traffic areas. Did the happen to the activity fee if the 20% is never achieved?
Web Master s e n a t o r s s u p p o r t t h i s r a d ical proposal? No. In fact the These are all questions that have to be answered before
Chris Williams
only senators that voted for it were Amy Wisnoski and an act like this is proposed again. On the other hand,
Ombudsman Igor Levenberg, the two that proposed the act. the act does have some very good i deas and goals that we
Amberly Timperio Wisnoski and Levenberg have good ideas and hope to see in future legislation.
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 Co m p iled By Cla u d ia To lo za & Ro b Pea r sa ll
U.N. Becoming Stricter in its Zero Tolerance sleeping. The powerful tornado was reported to have winds at more than
Policy 1 50mph. The tornado has been classified as an F3 on the Fujita Scale,
A U.N. official was sentenced to 3 years in jail by which ranges form and F0 to and F5, F5 being the strongest. This torna-
a court in Kosovo. The official was found guilty of sexual do marks yet another natural disaster that has hit the United States this
misconduct with a minor. This sentencing comes at cru- year along with the series of strong hurricanes which have caused a lot of
cial time for the United Nations, which recently faced damage.
criticism after a report released by Refugees
International, a follow up report to Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein’s report.
In his report , Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein accused U.N. peacekeepers of 2005 New York City Marathon
sexual misconduct in exchange for aid in the Congo. This sentencing Today in the ING New York City marathon, the race
shows that the U.N. is trying to enforce its zero tolerance policy which for the finish line for the m en came down to the last sec-
was criticized by Refugees International as not being strict enough. ond. The winner of the marathon came to Paul Tergat from
Kenya. He was able to defeat last year’s winner, Hendrick
Violent Riots in France Ramaala from South Africa, by fractions of a second. The
Over the past week, numerous violent riots have winner for the women was Jelena Prokopcuka from
overtaken the city of Paris. The series of riots arose from Latvia. This proved to be an important win for
the deaths of two Parisian youths who were fleeing from Prokopcuka, who received a $160,000 prize. This
the police and died when they were electrocuted. The is the first time in the marathon’s history in
teenagers ran away and hid near a transformer and were which the women receive a bigger prize than the
accidentally electrocuted. This incident enraged many men.
m i n o r i t y g r o u p s w h o l a s h e d o u t i n a n g e r o v e r t h e i r f r u s-
tration over issues such as racism, police treatment, and unemployment.
Rioters have created a state of chaos and have caused much destruction;
it is estimated that more than 1000 cars have been set on fire. These NYPIRG: Tireless...Tonic Salesmen?
series of riots has hurt France’s image in the international arena since Kate Contino from NYPIRG was at the
its shows a lack of control of the French government. This incident also Student Activites Center last Wednesday in full
d e m o n s t r a t e s t h e l a c k o f a t t e n t i o n b e i n g p a i d b y t h e F r e n c h government sleazy salesman garb. She was acting out the
to resolving issues dealing with immigration. part of the state in their newest bill to get your
dollars for their work. The Higher
Anti-Bush Protest in Argentina Education Plan for Guaranteed
On his recent trip to Argentina, President Bush Tuition Hikes would increase
was received with a series of Anti-Bush protests. tuition for incoming freshmen
President Bush visited the Mar de la Plata region of e v e r y year. The increase would
Argentina in order to attend the fourth Summit of be tied to the Comsumer Price
the Americas to mainly discuss, among other Index. Students can
things, the Free Trade Area of the Americas hardly afford
(F.T.A.A.) trade accord. One of the biggest Anti- tuition as it is and
Bush protestors was Hugo Chavéz, President of Venezuela. Chavéz T A P r e m a i n i n g s t a-
who has mad it clear that he is not a fan of President Bush and his tionary. NYPIRG has
policies, especially the F.T.A.A., and has organized a huge rally been spearheading
with 25,000 people in an stadium in Argentina. The series of the effort and
rallies that occurred during the summit this past weekend at opposing the hike
times turned violent and led to many arrests. This incident ever since there was
comes at difficult time for President Bush who is facing low the a n n o u n c e m e n t o f
approval ratings in the United States and is obviously not well p u b l i c s e n a t e h e a r-
received in Latin America as well. ings on October 6th.

Tornado Hits Indiana and Kentucky

On Sunday, a tornado struck part of
Indiana and Kentucky. So far, 22 people are
reported dead and there have been at least 200
hundred injuries. The tornado caught everyone
b y s u r p r i s e b e c a u s e i t o c c u r r e d d u r i n g t h e m i d-
dle of night, around 2a.m., when most people were

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News In Brief Page 7
 ...Because Jack Thompson Won’t
Jack Thompson. A man you would think
t h a t t h r o u g h a l l h i s b i g t a l k a n d h i s a l l e g e d c o n-
cern for our nation’s children that he would
care enough about these children to donate
$10,000 to charity, a donation he promised to
make. You would think he would care, wouldn’t
you?
Now this may seem like a very strong
allegation if you don’t know what’s going on
(after all, I care about the children but I’m not
d o n a ti n g $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 t o c h a r i t y ) s o l e t ’ s s t a r t t h i s
story at the top. Jack Thompson is a Florida
lawyer who has embarked on a campaign against
violence in video games. He denounced violent
“ m u r d e r s i m u l a t o r s ” s u c h a s Grand Theft Auto:
San Andreas and has led a lawsuit against
Rockstar Games, the creators of the aforemen-
tioned game, claiming that it was the game that
led 18 year old Devin Moore to murder three
police officers in 2003 (even though part of his
defense was that his childhood was full of men-
tal and physical abuse). In light of the contro-
v e r s y a r o u n d Grand Theft Auto’s “Hot Coffee”
mod, which featured your character having sex,
he challenged anyone to make a video game
w h i c h h e c a l l e d Modest Proposal, a pun on
Jonathan Swift’s famed satirical essay “A
Modest Proposal.”
The concept of the anti-violent video
game lawyer’s violent video game is to go around
killing video game executives. You play as Osaki
Kim, a man whose son was killed by a 14 year
old video game fanatic wielding a baseball bat.
To avenge his son’s death, Kim embarks on a
quest to kill the creators of the games, the exec-
utives of the companies, the lawyers who
defended Rockstar and Take Two Interactive, the
store managers and cashiers of the stores that
sell the games, video arcades, everyone at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), and the
family members of most of the already previ-
ously mentioned victims.
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Despite being an avid G r a n d T h e f t A u t o
fan, even I must say that this game is pretty
t a s t e l e s s , though not harmful to society or
America’s youth in any way.
But that’s not all. He claimed that if
someone were to answer his challe nge and cre-
ate this video game, he would donate $10,000 to
the charity of that person’s choice. With all that
in consideration, one could only imagine how
livid he was when someone actually d i d t a k e
him up on his offer and create the M o d e s t
Proposal game.
T h es e a nt i -game act i vi s t s excl ai m left
and right that their purpose of trying to get
v i d e o g a mes banned in this country is to protect
the children, so you would think that after
Modest Proposal was created, Thompson would
have upheld his end of the deal and donated
$10,000 to charity to help underprivileged
children. Wrong. Thompson retracted the offer
when his idea for a game became a reality,
claiming the whole thing to be a joke and a
satire, though he originally stated that, “The
o f f e r o f $ 10,000 is real”.
Mike “Gabe” Krahulik, one of the co-cre-
ators of the online comic P e n n y A r c a d e, d e c i d-
ed to step in at his point, e-mailing Thompson
and informing him that he believed Thompson’s
offer to donate $10,000 was pretty small com-
pared to the game-based comic’s donation of
over $500,000 in its charity event, “Child’s
Play”. Thompson’s response was to threaten to
sue if Gabe e-mailed him again. As a result,
Penny Arcade sent a $10,000 check to the
Entertainm ent Software Association Foundation
with the words, “For Jack Thompson, because
Jack Thompson won’t” written on the bottom.
This goes to show who is really looking
out for the people and who just wants to drag
others to the dirt. If Jack Thompson and other
anti-game activists really cared about children
so much, they would be helping less fortunate
By Joey Safdia
kids around the world and donating to charities
with the s ame goal. They would be helping to put
t a x d o l l a r s i n t o e d u c a t i o n r a t h e r t h a n w a r , i d e-
ally making American schools not something to
be embarrassed about. They would be fighting to
end wars that take the lives of children around
the world, along with the lives of the mothers
and fathers of children in this country. But
they’re not. They are fighting against an enter-
tainment industry which has been proven more
often than not to have no link with kids commit-
ting violent acts. Their only weapons are wild
accusations against the gaming industry and
community (such as Thompson’s claim that the
video game community has “little frontal lobe
activity”), and incoherent “log i c ” j u s t b a r e l y
linking games to murder. It is this that shows us
the sorry state our society is in. Sure every
country has the proverbial bad apples that spoil
the bunch, for example depraved and psychotic
murderers like Devin Moore, but one would
t h i n k t h a t i n s t e a d o f p o i n t i n g f i n g e r s a n d c a s t-
i n g b l a m e a t a n y t h i n g t h a t i s n ’ t r e m o t e l y p o l i t-
ically correct, steps would be taken to ensure
that these types of crimes don’t ever happen
again. But this won’t happen. While politicians,
lawyers, and “concerned parents” bicker
amongst themselves about what to do with these
violent video games, someone will go out and
shoot schoolchildren and police officers for
completely unrelated reasons while using video
games as their defense. The problem with our
society is not what video games our children
play, it’s what we do, or rather don’t do, to
address the problems that arise when the bad
apples begin to spoil the bunch.
Now that I’ve got all that out of the way,
I’m going to go play some Grand Theft Auto: San
A n d r e a s, and to top it all off, I won’t go out
afterwards and shoot cops! Shocking, isn’t it,
Jack?
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 Montana... Continued
By Michael Doggett
Continued from page 4
s a m e e m i s s i o n s t a n d a r d s a n d d e v e l o p e d e f f i- a new version of war that could last well into the
also told me that most of his “engagements with cient processes to convert biomaterials into 2 1s t century.
t h e e n e m y ” w e r e t h e r e s u l t o f c u l t u r a l / l i n g u i s- gasoline (gasp…self In a country
tic barriers, and admitted to using military- sufficiency?). that is paying for itself
provided drugs that kept him awake for more The war in on credit with an eco-
than 48 hours while his company campaigned in Iraq shows no sign of nomic climate that has
Afghanistan with no apparent purpose (alas, ending any time soon, brought incredible
they had no loudspeakers blasting Wagner). He despite contentions benefits to the richest
was lucky enough to get out of Afghanistan a that the insurgency in society, it is only
week before stop-loss orders were issued. As i s i n i t s f i n a l ga s p . right that if politicians
for my other friends who are still in the field, I On November 2nd, really support the
haven’t been able to get much out of them Robert Reid of the AP troops, they should
because there are strict limits on what they can reported that October raise taxes on those who
tell me. was the deadliest for can afford to help them
It is possible to make modern war into American troops readjust to peaceful
something that it isn’t, instead of admitting that since January. When society. The military
it’s a draining, destructive depletion of human the troops that are in should be used to
and material capital. If a society doesn’t com- Iraq come back and r e b u i l d a r e a s d e v a s t a t-
mit to the costs of war before they fight, they are replaced by in ed by hurricanes, fight
end up in financial and political ruin. As Tim the field by fresh a pre-emptive strike
O’Brien writes in The Things They Carried, “ w a r bodies, over 150,000 a g a i n s t a b i r d - f l u p a n-
was like a Ping-Pong ball. You could put a fancy people will need demic that President
spin on it, you could make it dance.” long-term, military- B u s h h a s a l l o c a t e d b i l-
There’s nothing productive about con- p r o v i d e d p s y c h o l o g i- lions of d o l l a r s f o r , a n d
flict itself. Maybe after this war our oil prices cal and economic help local communities.
will be a little lower, but probably not. Iraq assistance. Cash- Disciplined soldiers
will likely join OPEC and make as much money s t r a p p e d V A h o s p i- should serve practical
as they can. If we really wanted to do something tals have long lists of humanitarian purposes
about our oil problem, we could have required needy veterans and in the United States. We
companies to make more efficient machines, and few resources to deal sure could have used
spent the billions of dollars allocated for the w i t h t h r e e g e n e r a- them about a month ago.
war on subsidizing the transition, or kept the tions of soldiers and

Rosa Parks: Unplanned Hero...

Dies After a Fulfilling Life
By Adina Silverbush
Rosa Parks is known for her act of civil o n e w h o had put her off a bus 12 years earlier brought into all areas of living.
disobedience in 1955, when she refused to give for refusing to get off and re-board through the Rosa Parks died of natural causes on
up her seat to a white man and go to the back of back door. (“He was still mean-looking,” she has Monday Oct 25th 2005. She suffered the last
a public bus despite segregation laws. To some, said.) Why had she picked this day? Was it the three years with Dementia. She became the first
this may seem simple but it helped create a b u s d r i v e r who made her angry? Or maybe all women to ever be honored by lying in state in
great movement towards civil rights. She was an the work she’d been the Capitol
i n s p i r a t i o n a n d l e d t h e w a y f o r i m p o r t a n t l e a d- doing in the Rotunda. She is
ers such as Martin Luther King Jr. NAACP. She had also being hon-
Despite what some may think, Parks was learned what to do — ored by the
n o t t h e fi r s t t o b e a r r e s t e d f o r n o t a d h e r i n g t o o r m o r e s p e c i f i c a l- D e t r o i t
transportation racial laws. Eight months before ly, what not to do: Department of
Parks, Claudette Colvin, who was only 15, “Don’t frown, don’t Transportation
refused to give up her seat and was detained. struggle, don’t w i t h a n e w t r a n-
Black activists from the NAACP, an organization shout, don’t pay the sit center named
for which Rosa Parks was a secretary, were fine.” Rosa Parks after her that
upset about this but felt the young girl would said “I didn’t get on will cost $15
not be able to undergo the whole court and press that bus to get m i l l i o n .
proceedings that would come with fighting the arrested, I got on However, our
case. A few months after Claudette, another the bus to get President didn’t
woman named Mary Louise Smith again was home”. do the best job
arrested for the same offence, yet the NAACP Civil Rights honoring her
still felt she wouldn’t be able to deal with all leaders finally because in his
the scrutiny so she paid the fine and was f o u n d t h e i r “ m o t h- speech about
released. er” to lead them in her, after her
It was only six weeks later, when Rosa t h e i r f i g h t , s o m e- death he missed
Parks would commit the same act but the one who would be pronounced her
NAACP would back her up and the fight would able to stand the name calling her
begin. On Dec. 1, 1955, black people had were scrutiny. Parks “Rosa Park”.
not allowed to sit in the first four rows, and even was perfect, an Rosa Parks is a
if they were in the “colored section” of the bus, older women in heroic symbol,
i f a wh i t e p e r s o n w a n t e d t h e i r s e a t t h e y h a d t o with a decent job she was fearless
move further back or stand. If you were black a n d a s e c u r e m a r- and showed this
you had to pay at the front door then get off and riage, as well as world, no matter
re-enter through the back door. Rosa Parks being of highest how corny it may
worked as a seamstress. She had a normal day morals and politically-inclined. Her arrest sound, that one person can make a difference.
of work and boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus gave way to Martin Luther King Jr. leading a Thankfully for Parks she lived a long life where
like she did every day no more tire d then usual. 380-day bus boycott which ended with the U.S she was able, unlike Martin Luth e r K i n g J r . a n d
She took a seat in the fifth row — the first row of Supreme Court decision to desegregate public Malcolm X, to see the success of her civil rights
the “Colored Section.” The driver was the same transportation. This leap for equal rights was struggle.

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 A Question of a Functioning Democracy
By Miguel Sanchez
Not long ago, I met a few veterans who c o u l d n o t b e d i s c u s s e d p u b l i c l y w i t h o u t s e v e r e w i l l b e l a u n c h e d si m u l t a n e o u s l y b y u s a s a
testified to an audience of people of their expe- b a c k l a s h e s a n d r e p r e s s i o n s , b u t t o d a y t h a t h a s r e a c t i o n t o t h a t l a u n c h , u n l e a s h i n g a c h a i n r e a c-
riences in Vietnam. They were not seeking adu- changed. With advances in science and technol- tion that could wipe out the species for good.
lation or acclaim; rather, in my view, they ogy, individuals can now have access to alterna- Officially, two years ago, the U.S. and Russia
sought to make amends for what happened in tive information away from the private, state- withdrew from the non-proliferation treaty,
V i e t n a m . I t i s m y o p i n i o n t h a t t h e p u b l i c i l l - controlled media outlets. But issues of a much making it more possible that s u c h a n e v e n t
t r e a t e d t h e s e v e t e r a n s a f t e r V i e t n a m , t h a t t h e y larger sort have to be taken into account regard- might occur, as Russia as well has proposed to
s h o u l d h a v e b e e n b e t t e r t r e a t e d f o r t h e i r s a c r i- ing science and technology. Right now, funding m o d e r n i z e i t s n u c l e a r t e c h n o l o g y o n h e a d t r i g-
fice and commitment for what they felt at first f o r m i l i t a r y p r o j e c t s h a v e s k y r o c k e t e d , i n c l u d- ger alert. But under the Clinton
to be defending the home- Administration, to
land from a much larger the now current
evil than themselves. B u s h
Their experiences, though, Administration,
were of a different sort, United Nations
and they wanted to make weapons inspectors
that public. They were were forbidden
fully aware, as they claim, from entering
that the crimes committed A m e r i c a n p h a r m a-
i n V i e t n a m w e r e w i d e- ceutical companies
spread, not isolated, and that had contracts
t h a t i n f a c t t h e y w e r e m i s- with AMRID
lead by the government [American Research
they swore to serve as to Center for
the true intentions of the I n f e c t i o u s
w a r . T h e i r a d m i t t a n c e p e r- Diseases]. This
haps angered a few on the sparked what would
far right, but, in my view, be a trend of events
t h e y m a d e a g r e a t e r s a c r i- that would lead to
fice against so-called where we are today
patriotism and love for with rogue states
k i n g a n d c o u n t r y t o b e t t e r THE PEOPLE SPEAK OUT IN THRONGS, seeing no other way
e x p l a i n t o a l a r g e l y c o n- Courtesy of Miguel Sanchez to deter a possible
temporary public, only of U.S. l e a d i n v a s i o n
what they’ve experience than by W.M.D.’s
a n d u n d e r s t o o d t o b e t h e t r u t h o f t h e m a t t e r . ing black projects, projects for which even some [we apons of ma s s des t ruc t i on] a n d t e r r o r i s t s
Today, more than 2000 soldiers have been policy makers don’t have access to. The most finding no other way to counter U.S. military
killed and many more wounded, many of them obvious is the Star Wars program which STRAT- reactions than to attack civilians only and non-
l e a v i n g b e h i n d f a m i l i e s a n d f r i e n d s d e v a s t a t e d COM [Strategic Command] claims is to defend m i l i t a r y t a r g e t s . T h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f i n t e l-
by their loss, and an unwavering political against an impending nuclear attack from a lectuals today is far greater than ever before
e s t a b l i s h m e n t t h a t r e f u s e s t o s e e t h e l i g h t o f rogue state or terrorists. But Star Wars is not a because we now exist in a world where the
reason and sanity. We face, in the words of a d e f e n s i v e m e a s u r e , a s m o s t f o r e i g n p o l i c y stakes are much higher. But intellectuals have
fellow activist, the prospects of a “failing comprised a small sector of the ruling elite’s,
empire”, as he explained to a soldier while they are the Harvard or Princeton educated
being interrogated for protesting the records of class, the financial giants and beneficiaries, the
atrocities and crimes committed by graduates of m e d i a a n d j o u r n a l s w h i c h o f t e n s u p p o r t t h e l i b-
the School of the Americas. For anyone with a eral state (by ‘liberal’, one means the growing
good Jewish education, the word unpatriotic view that the public should be excluded from
comes from the Bible in the Book of Kings, when participating in a democracy, a tradition that
the prophet Elijah was labeled an anti-Israeli dates back to Hobbes, Locke, Keynes, and even
for criticizing the policies of King Ahab, for his Strauss. Which is why our system of govern-
lust for war and ill-treatment of his own people. m e n t i s n o t d e m o c r a t i c a t a l l r a t h e r i t ’ s p l u r a l-
For example, to be anti-American is often con- istic if you want to be serious about it, meaning
fused with criticizing the policies of the United that we participate every giving y e a r s b y e l e c t-
States government with the culture of the peo- ing those who will decide policy and after that
ple. Another example is to be labeled an anti- we move on with our lives without much caring
Zionist for what’s thought to be criticizing the for what they do next. Established by
culture and people of Israel and not its policies, Alexander Hamilton in the United St at es t o p r o-
policies which have lead to the death of thou- tect the wealth of the establishment in his
sands of innocent Palestinians in the occupied Federalist Papers). In their jou r n a l s t h e y o f t e n
territories. As you’ve come to salute the flag, repeat the same state sponsored motto’s as
who are you saluting, your government and its before, “when you’re leader saids something is
policies or the people and its culture? Who are true, it must be true” and “when the state beats
t h e t r u e a r b i t e r s o f s t a t e ? I s i t t h e p o l i c y m a k- the war drums, you must hear the c a l l i n g ” ( o f t e n
e r s , t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t , o r t h e p e o p l e t he m- called logical illogicality). These are the
selves? There has always been resentment for p h r a s e s o f t h e r i g h t o r t h e s t a t e - c o r p o r a t e s e c-
public participation in the political arena for tor, for which the intellectual elite remains
which they have been largely excluded and the s u b s e r v i e n t t o , o m i n o u s a t b e s t b u t q u i t e s t r i k-
economic arena from which they are excluded in ing as it gives a profound picture that the claim
principle. That resentment springs from the that universities are left is fundamentally
fear that the public, if not tamed and not driven w r o n g , t h e p r i v a t e u n i v e r s i t ie s , i n p a r t i c u l a r
back to its cage where it belongs, will take it ARE YOU MY DADDY? the state universities have remained obedient to
upon itself to make decisions for the policy Courtesy of Miguel Sanchez the state-corporate sector, since its highly
makers. The establishment has always made it dependent on it for funding and research grants
out to be that the 1960’s were a terrible time experts around the world understand it t o be; it (the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
but in fact it was quite the opposite. It was a has an offensive capacity. Star Wars is not only Department of Energy, National Science
time when the public was fully aware of its a shield, it is also a weapon like a sword. Many Foundation, and even the British Royal Society
“class consciousness” and sought to participate military experts have also claimed that with the of London, all state-corporate sponsored organ-
in the political and economic arena. It was the n e w h e a d t r i g g e r a l e r t s y s t e m p u t i n p l a c e , t h e i z a t i o n s , l a r g e l y e x c l u d i n g t h e p u b l i c f r o m p a r-
beginning for the basis of a functioning democ- p r o b a b i l i t y f o r a c c i d e n t a l n u c l e a r l a u n c h i s ticipating in its discussions with the policy
r a c y , f o r w h i c h t o d a y i t i s l a r g e l y t a k e n f o r much higher than ever before. Meaning that if makers). Hence the intellectual class continues
g r a n t e d o n b o t h s i d e s , D e m o c r a t s a n d R u s s i a a c c i d e n t a l l y l a u n c h e d o n e n u c l e a r m i s-
Republicans. Yesterday, issues of these topics s i l e t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , 5 0 n u c l e a r m i s s i l e s Continued on next page
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to remain out of touch with the traditions of
scholarly openness, remaining distant from the
p u b l i c a t a l l t i m e s a n d k e e p i n g t h e m s e l v e s o b e-
dient to the establishment. But the American
people (the left) in general don’t agree with
these assertions. Overwhelmingly, in a Chicago
Council of Foreign Relations study, the
A m e r i c a n p e o p l e d o s u p p o r t a d h e r e n c e t o i n t e r-
national law, compliance with the World Court,
giving up the U.N. veto if necessary, and only
going to war if enough evidence is presented.
T h i s c o n t r a d i c t s m a n y o f y o u r l e a d e r ’ s s t a t e-
ments, like [Former Secretary of State] Colin
Powell stating that they have “won a mandate
from the people to pursue its [aggressive] for-
eign policy.” In a gallop poll taken late last
year, Americans were asked what was the most
urgent moral crisis facing the United States,
“when voters were asked to choose the most
u r g e n t m o r a l c r i s i s f a c i n g t h e c o u n t r y , 3 3 p e r-
cent cited ‘greed and materialism,’ 31 percent
selected ‘poverty and economic justice,’ 16 per-
cent named abortion, and 12 percent selected
gay marriage.” In others, “when surveyed, vot-
ers were asked to list the moral issue that most
affected their vote, the Iraq war placed first at
42 percent, while 13 percent named abortion
and 9 percent named gay marriage.” A clear
indication of how the people are far to the left to
t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l e l i t e s , w h i c h r e m a i n v e r y d i s-
t a n t f r o m t h e p u b l i c . I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h e p u b-
lic holds these views in mere isolation, keeping
it to themselves, and not capable of the form of
organization necessary to make their views
stand out. The intellectual elite have gone as far
as to suggest the Wilsonian Idealism, such that
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it is the “vanguard of history, transforming the
g l o b a l o r der and, in doing so, perpetuating its
own dominance.” But to accept any of this, we
must accept the stance of “intentional igno-
r a n c e ” a s stated by a well-known critic of the
worst atrocities in Central America in the
THE CROWD MASSED AND FILLED THE STREET,
Courtesy of Miguel Sanchez
1980’s. Adopting such a
stance, we can cover up the
messes and the inevitable
flaws that accompany the
best of intentions. Writing
in the elite newspaper, the
New York Times Op-Ed
columnist Paul Krugman
states: “In that context, it’s
worth noting two more poll
results: in one taken before
the recent resurgence of
violence in Iraq, and the
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’ s a n n o u n c e-
ment that it needs yet
a n o t h e r $ 8 0 b i l l i o n , 5 3 p e r-
cent of Americans said that
the Iraq war wasn’t worth it.
And 50 percent say that ‘the
administration deliberately
misled the public about
whether Iraq has weapons of
mass destruction.’”
If the left should gather
any consistency that could
bring liberalism back in
line with the principles of
democratic rule, then they
must find unique methods
for reorganization and com-
munication with the public.
In Reclaiming the
Enlightenment by Stephen
Eric Bronner of Rutgers
University, he writes that
“class interest” must be
taken into account to reform
the left. What that means is
that new novel methods of
r e p r e s e n t a t i o n m u s t b e c o n-
s i d e r e d , f o r e x a m p l e c o n-
sidering less popular
groups who are not part of
t h e m a i n s t r e a m p u b l i c c o n-
By Miguel Sanchez
sciousness, like the anti-war movement, that
could unite the general public for socioeconom-
ic reform. These groups, if better equipped, can
modernize and unite the left and bring some
light into the severe despondenc y o f t h e p u b l i c .
If we look at Haiti and Aristide’s rise to power
a f t e r m a s s i v e p o l i t i c a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n b y t h e p e o-
ple of Haiti to get him elected (an example of
bottom up, participatory democracy), we realize
that through hard work against repression and
terror, perseverance is viable. The lessons to
the Southern nations throughout the third world
is that even in the most terrible circumstances,
a growing functioning democratic society is
pos s i bl e agai ns t any form of r e p r e s s i o n , f o r
which the U.S. has long sponsored and support-
ed to keep the third world at bay for economic
exploitation under the cover of globalization, an
exploitative method meant to deregulate the for-
eign financial markets and which leads
overnight to economic collapse. As a conse-
q u e n c e , i t i m p o s e s s t r u c t u r a l a d j u s t m e n t i n i-
tiatives which disrupt the democratic structure
of these countries, privatizing the public sector
(schools, health-care, and social security),
el i mi nat i ng c or pora t e t axat i on , a n d l o w e r i n g
the wages of workers (in a sense destroying any
remnant of capitalist democracy in the essential
political and economic sector). In many ways,
globalization has always been a weapon against
socialist nationalism, a weapon that has hit us
h a r d h e r e a t h o m e , w i t h t r a d e u n i o n s a n d w o r k-
ers unions continually outcast as communist
fronts by the right and wages at its lowest since
the Reagan era, if we take into account inflation.
But resistance against globalization is growing
with nations choosing instead to implement its
own economic policies and to disregard the
policies of th e G8. Growing anger and frustra-
tion against the repressive characteristics of
globalization and the United States continual
need to interfere with the affairs of foreign
nations to offset the possibility of capitalist
democracy, may as well only marginalize the
establishment and financial beneficiaries. Such
a global revolution may revitalized the social
struggle movement in the United States, as one
by one the global financial mark e t s c o l l a p s e a n d
are reabsorbed into the public sphere. Such a
possibility is so real that the establishment has
begun making slight changes to its policies, a
move that the social struggle movement can earn
some credit for, for years of hard work and per-
severance. A good sign that bottom up partici-
patory democracy is working. The question of
Iraq is not so obvious, but most top retired mil-
itary personnel indicate that the region has
slipped into civil war and the o n l y way t o su p-
port the troops is not to put them in harms way
anymore. Our continual presence in Iraq is
only facilitating more terrorist attacks as the
region has become a breeding ground for more
insurgents. Most likely the region will
inevitable break up, with the Kurds taking the
North, the Shiites and Sunnis splitting the other
half, with Iran taking a leading r o le i n e st ab-
lishing stability in the region. Reality in many
ways bites, but so far American and British
intelligence have supported these claims that
many of the foreign policy experts (many of
them with respectable military backgrounds)
have claimed. The veterans that I’ve met signi-
fy a good course in the relationship between
democracy and the public. One can only hope
that we honor the soldiers of the current war by
bringing some level of a functioning democracy
here in the United States, where the people do
have a say in policy. Their sacrifices will not
be in vain or loss, it can be won by us if we per-
severe and let loose the giant beast from its
cage, for which now it is not a matter of if but
when.
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 The World Can’t Wait...and Neither Can You!
Anti-Bush Rally Takes NYC by Storm
November 2, 2005. Had you emerged
from the Union Square subway station around
noon on that day, you’d have been greeted by a
blast of chilly air, the cacophony of car horns,
bursts of music and chanting, and the truth.
“Thousands of people have been killed in Iraq.”
“Bush is trying to put neocon fascists on the
Supreme Court.” “The White House lied to us
about the war and terrorism.”
I also received the dubious pleasure of
being greeted by a police van blocking my path
as I tried to cross the street. And then there
was the gaggle of pro-Bush protesters I passed
on my way into Union Square. They hoisted the
Star Spangled Banner arrogantly, as if America
was their God-given country alone. One of their
signs clearly articulated their opinion of us:
“HIPPIES GO HOME!”
In the interest of fairness, there was one
hippie-ish dude (complete with long shaggy
hair) who gave off the competing odors of reefer
and incense as he paraded around with a placid
grin on his face handing out flyers. But aside
from him, what met my eyes was a mostly young,
average, middle class, n o r m a l crowd. An aston-
ishing number of high school kids populated
Union Square that afternoon, along with the
usual contingent of college kids, w orking stiffs,
and veteran activists. The kids impressed me
with their sheer presence, and the speakers
never failed to praise them. They were so full of
energy, so full of hope and idealism, so highly
informed about the world around them, so noble
in performing their civic duty of dissent…
Nah, we were all just a bunch of pissed
off New Yorkers who wanted that bumbling
usurper out of the White House and had skipped
school or work to raise our collective voices
against him. That, and to hoist cool signs.
“War on Terror? War IS Terror!”
“The Shrub needs a trimmin’!”
“George Orwell was off by 21 years!”
Amid an image of a sinking ship:
“What’s the plan?”
Indeed, how fitting that there were so
many young people at this gathering—her voice
cracking with grief, one of the speakers
informed us that the average age of a soldier
killed in Iraq is 21 years. I’m sure many of you
“[T]he average age of a
solider killed
in Iraq is 21.”
reading this haven’t even reached that age yet.
Just imagine, for a moment, having your young
life snuffed out like a candle in the wind…all so
Halliburton can make a few bucks and some pig
in a suit can win political points from a war jus-
tified on a grand conspiracy theory.
How many innocent Iraqi children have
been slaughtered? I can’t even comprehend that
bloody number, it hurts too much. And yet, the
B u s h i t e s c o n t i n u e d t o h o i s t t h e i r s i g n s e x h o r t-
ing us to “SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!” Yet another
meaningless marketing slogan.
“From Death Row, this is Mumia Abu
Jamal.”
A rich erudite baritone filled the air,
bringing to our ears his words of wisdom. “This
is not so much a protest against someone as it is
a protest in support of yourself.” By this
Mumia meant the obvious: dissent is vital to a
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free society, and NYC’s youth made themselves
heard and validated themselves in the face of
n e o c o n f a scists killing thousands of youth not
unlike them…and in their name no less. Despite
his voice being an audio recording, the youth in
the audience appreciated his words as if he were
physically present in the square.
ONE COP TWO COP RED COP BLUE COP,
Courtesy of fred askew at nyc.indmedia.org
Next, an imam took the stage and revved
up the crowd with enlightening words of soli-
darity and struggle. He spoke of the prophet
Mohammed’s three ways to address evil. “He
said, if you can’t change things by your own
hand, speak out against it, and if you can’t speak
out for whatever reason, hate it in your heart!
But all of us here today are set on one thing; we
hate this state of things, we’re gonna speak
out…and we’re gonna c h a n g e i t!” The crowd ate
it up, feeding off the raw conviction in his voice.
More truth assailed out ears as
Democracy Now! p r o d u c e r J e r e m y S c a h i l l t o o k
the stage. Instinctively, I wandered closer to
the stage—Scahill is, after all, one of the few
remaining real journalists in this country. He
talked at length about Blackwater Securities
I n c . , a p r i v a t e s e c u r i t y f i r m ( r e a d : m e r c e n a r-
ies) working at the behest of the US Government.
Theirs is a story of cronyism and murder for
profit. As if it weren’t bad enough that the US
m i l i t a r y i s b e i n g s q u a n d e r e d i n o r d e r t o p r o-
vide Bush and his cronies political and econom-
ic profit, firms like Blackwater commit further
atrocities in that country, all to make a few
bucks.
The icing on the smutty cake, according
to Scahill, is that Blackwater traveled to flood-
ravaged New Orleans to do its dirty work in
advance of the feds. In his words, they are
“turning the Mississippi into the Tigris,”
engaging in the same abuses of power as the
police and feds in New Orleans, Biloxi, and so
on. They make their living off this without even
the flimsy veneer of being a “public servant.”
At least they’re up front about it.
Soon, the speakers, including a livid
military mom, departed the stage, and a pack of
high school kids replaced them. They’d all
walked out of school that day to come to the
r a l l y , i n t h e f a c e o f s u s p e n s i o n s a n d o t h e r d i s-
c i p l i n a r y actions from their schools. The same
could be said for most of the youth in the crowd
too. A round of applause for their courage melt-
ed into a rhythmic chant:
“Join us, joins us the world can’t wait!
D r i v e…o u t…the Bush regime!”
By Marcel Votlucka
An imperative drumbeat and a funky
(and catchy) electric guitar riff started to
accompany the chant, as the march to Times
Square began. I wandered through the sea of
p e o p l e m a r c h i n g d o w n 1 4t h S t r e e t t o w a r d
Eighth Avenue, immersing myself in the scene.
The a i r w as t hi c k wi t h t he acri d s t e n c h o f d i e s e l
exhaust and burning rubber, courtesy of our
escort of several police vans and motorcycles. I
c o u l d n ’ t h e l p w o n d e r i n g i f , u n d e r d i f f e r e n t c i r-
cumstances, the police might’ve joined our
march. Imagining ordinary folks and the cops
rebelling against their piggish masters gave me
h o p e t h a t m a y b e 1 9 8 4 w i l l i n d e e d r e m a i n f i c-
tional and not prophetic.
And yet…I was not at all surprised by
the embarrassing lack of media coverage of the
rally and march. Aside from Jeremy Scahill
and a lone reporter interview i n g s o m e h i gh
school students, the media failed to represent
itself. Even in this overwhelmingly Democratic
city—and days before a mayoral election to boot—
an anti-Republican protest such as this merited
little attention. Despite polls showing that 60
percent of Americans finally realize Bush is an
i n c o m p e t e n t c l o w n , a n a n t i - B u s h p r o t e s t p r o-
voked hardly a whisper. Although two-thirds of
the country has come to o ppose Bush’s insane
campaign of mass murder in I r a q , a n a n t i w a r
p r o t e s t i n t h e m i d d l e o f l i b e r a l M a n h a t t a n g a r-
nered hardly a glance. Ludicrous. Pitiful.
Shameful. Even when a majority of the populace
a g r e e s w i t h t h e p o s i t i o n s t a k e n b y t h e p r o t e s t-
e r s , t h e d a m n p r o t e s t i t s e l f w a s s t i l l too contro-
versial and real for the country to handle.
Hey, is that an elephan t i n t h e l i v i n g
room?!
So this begs the q uestion: are these
protests and marches and demonstrations worth
it anymore? After all, most people don’t go to
protests, and few seem to notice them in the
mainstream media. The public has grown to
despise Bush, his cabal, and his imperialistic
wars just by seeing the death toll rise daily, by
seeing the ruling cabal implode d u e t o s c a n d a l s ,
a n d b y s e e i n g t h e I r a q i r e b e l s k i c k o u r m i l i-
t a r y ’ s a s s e s a ll o v e r t h e c o u n t r y . P r o t e s t s t h a t
go unseen on TV can’t sway any minds, so why
do it?
“We want all of you to
be like Rosa Parks
today!”
Of all the words of validation given by
the speakers at the demonstration, one stands
out. A student took the stage and mentioned the
recently deceased Rosa Parks’ brave act of defi-
ance on a bus on that cold day just two genera-
tions ago. “We want all of you to be like Rosa
Parks today!” she declared.
Indeed, that was the spirit motivating
the World Can’t Wait demonstration; to spark a
flame of defiance and rebellion similar to
Parks’. It was in this spirit that we protestors
s h o u t e d o u r d e f i a n t c h a n t , “Join us, join us, the
world can’t wait! Drive…o u t… the Bush regime!”
What are y o u waiting for?
*visit www.worldcantwait.org for more
information on the World Can’t Wait
project
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 Phil Donahue and Michael Ratner
On Thursday afternoon, Stony Brook
welcomed Michael Ratner and Phil Donahue to
discuss terrorism and dissent as part of the
Provost Lecture Series. Phil Donahue is a well-
known journalist and former host of the
Donahue Show on MSNBC. Michael Ratner is the
President for the Center of Constitutional
Rights and he is also the author of the book
Guantanamo: What the World Should Know.
T h e l e c t u r e s t a r t e d o u t wi t h a b r i e f
introduction made by Amy Goodman, host of the
r a d i o s h o w Democracy Now! T h e f i r s t s p e a k e r o f
the evening was Michael Ratner, who stepped up
to the podium to begin the discussion. Mr.
Ratner started off the evening talking about the
Guantanamo Bay prisoners and about the harsh
conditions they are facing while imprisoned.
One of the major points Ratner made was the
indifference of the media concer ning these
issues and also the ignorance of the American
public about all the occurrences in Guantanamo.
Besides mentioning the case concerning
the Guantanamo Bay prisoners, he mostly spoke
about them to stress the point that we’re now
living in what he calls an ‘outlaw state’. In his
opinion, the fact that people are being held
prisoner without any charges being pressed and
being tortured shows that law is no longer being
upheld. The phrase ‘outlaw state’ makes one
think. Could, as citizens of this country, all of
us be living in an outlaw state without even
realizing it as such? The fear that the rights we
have as citizens could be overstepped by the
government for security reasons is a frightening
thought. This was perhaps the point that Mr.
Ratner was trying to make to the entire audience
present in the SAC auditorium, to question our
government and not stand idly by when legal
injustices are occurring right under our noses.
Following Mr. Ratner, Phil Donahue
stepped to the podium. The topic Mr. Donahue
focused on was the current war in Iraq. Firmly
opposed to the war, Mr. Donahue made it clear
that this was a war that could have been avoid-
ed and that should not have been fought. This
At the Wang Center on Friday, The Classic n e s s . T h e y p r o v i d e d e x c e l l e n t c o u n t e r p o i n t f o r
Live for United Nations presented a motivation- the dreary polemics of the delegates to the con-
al program, “Our Forest Is Alive, Part III,” sup- f e r e n c e . Their growing impatience with the
porting the Earth Charter.
T h e E a r t h C h a r t e r i s a s u p-
plement to the UN Charter
e n u m e r a t i n g f o u r f u n d a m e n-
t a l s o f s u s t a i n a b l e d e v e l o p-
ment: to respect Earth and
life in all its diversity, care
for the community of life with
understanding, compassion,
and love, to build democratic
s o c i e t i e s t h a t a r e j u s t , p a r t i c-
ipatory, sustainable, and
peaceful, and to secure
Earth’s bounty and beauty for
p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e g e n e r a-
tions.
The main portion of the
p r o g r a m c o n s i s t e d o f a d r a-
matic performance
d e p i c t i n g a g r o u p o f e n t h u s i- I’M WAITING FOR YOU IN THE WOODS, that can get lost in envi-
COME AND FIND ME
astic teenagers attending a
s e r i e s o f s e s s i o n s a t a n i n t e r-
national conference on the Earth Charter. R i g h t c h a n g e s i n g l o b a l t e m p e r a t u r e .
f r o m t h e i r e n t r a n c e , t h e b o i s t e r o u s p r o t a g o n i s ts
s t o l e t h e s h o w w i t h t h e i r e n d e a r i n g a m a t e u r i s h- cution of the performance left much to be
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war, in his opi nion, and in the opinion of many
who also oppose the war, has put the United
States in a very precarious position in the eyes
of the foreign world.
Like Mr. Ratner, Phil Donahue’s main
focus was the indifference that the American
public has had on the war on terrorism. One of
his big criticisms was on the American media
who, in his opinion, is “beating the biggest
drum for the war”. One good example of thi s is
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the case of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners.
R e c e n t l y a s t ory w as run in The New York Times
a b o u t t h e feeding tubes that are being used to
force feed the 200 or more prisoners who have
been on a hunger strike. This story was not one
of the main headlines of The New York Times
despite its importance. More importantly, much
of the American public is quick to forget that
there are in fact prisoners in Guant anamo Bay
who have been imprisoned, some since the
Our Forest Is Alive
conference’s lack of
results (the delegates
invariably got bogged
down in petty arguments)
perfectly echoed that of
the audience.
This alternated with
dance numbers by a group
of Japanese dancers, who
p e r f o r m e d v a r i o u s t h e m a t-
ic numbers to a backdrop
of recorded music and
video images. T h e c h o r e-
ography was very well
done, and the dancers,
members of the Youth
Performing Arts Company
Tokyo, evoked some of the
natural beauty of Earth
ronmentalists’ histrionics
over tenth-of-a-degree
The Wang Center’s preparations and exe-
By Claudia Toloza
September 11 attacks, and have not yet been
charged or tried.
It was definitely clear that one of the
main points of the night was the fact that the
American public is not as informed as it should
be on all the matters that surround the war.
There is a big distance betwee n t h e d e c i s i o n s
being made by the leaders of this country and
the rest of the American public. I am sure that
if many people knew that the United States gov-
ernment is imprisoning people without just
cause and torturing them, they would not agree
with this practice. One important point of the
evening was the fact that, as citizens, we should
n o t b l i n d l y b e l i e v e i n t h e d e c i s i o n s o f o u r l e a d-
ers. Whether a Democrat or Republican, one
s h o u l d q u e s t i o n t h e d e c i s i o n s m a d e b y t h e p e o-
ple we hav e elected because, in a sense, they are
a reflection of us since we voted them into
office.
When the evening came to a close and the
floor was opened to the audience for questions,
the entire point of the lecture was brilliantly
made by the question of an audience member,
“Why isn’t this place [the SAC Auditorium]
filled up?” (Although I sort of disagree with the
audience member, I was very surprised with the
turn out. I thought less people would have been
present). However the point that was trying to
be made was, how could two well-known person-
alities, talking about important issues, not draw
out a huge crowd that a bigger location would be
needed to host the event? This was precisely the
point that both Michael Ratner and Phil
Donahue were trying to get at. Although these
were very important issues be ing discussed, the
auditorium was not filled to its maximum
capacity because not everyone took the time to
come and be informed. For those who did show
up, their time was not wasted at all. The lecture
was very thought-provoking and informative; we
can only hope that in the future more Stony
Brook holds more lectures like this one.
By Sean Callanan
desired, however. The audio system had not
b e e n p r o p e r l y t e s t e d , a s t h e c o n s t a n t l o w - f r e-
quency hum of a loose audio connection was
clearly audible when anything but loud music
was playing. The Ambassador from the
Maldives was present, and his introductory
remarks were almost skipped over before the
Japan Center representative realized the error
and had the video that began the show rewound.
Finally, the piano was ov er-amplified, leaving
the vocals, already difficult to understand
because of the chorus’s Japanese accent even
when they were in English, virtually inaudible.
The material demonstrated vividly the
distinction between the core values of environ-
mentalism, which are so universal they almost
do not need words, and the pompous rhetoric
w h i c h m a k e s e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s m s e e m l i k e a r a d-
ical philosophy. The delegates’ wooden
speeches about the importance of social and
e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e a n d e q u i t a b l e d i s t r i b u-
tion of resources seemed hollo w a n d s u p e r f l u-
ous when contrasted with the e b u l li en ce o f t h e
teenagers, which symbolized the coming gener-
ation and their dreams for the world, and the
beauty of the dances, which evoked the com-
plexity and fragility of nature.
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Boy Gets Girl
By Karen Shidlo
Another Thursday night at Stony Brook So, flashback to Thursday night – I impression of real life, exactly what is needed
awaited me and instead of going binge drinking, watched the Long Island Play Project’s produc- f o r t h i s p l a y t o b e s u c c e s s f u l , f o r i f t h e a u d i-
I decided to do something intellectual, which is tion of the play with a bit of disappointment and ence does not feel Teresa’s emotions, the whole
what brought me to the Staller Center to watch with a decidedly critical eye. The first scene fear factor of the play is lost.
Boy Gets Girl. was acted overzealously, with the audience This was the other flaw in the produc-
All right, both of those comments are being made to laugh to the extent that the major- tion of the play – the acting was not always nat-
l i es – I n ev er b i n g e d r i n k o n Th u r sd ay n i g h t s, ity of them missed the aspects of Tony’s charac- ural enough for the audience to believe in the
n o r d i d I d e c i d e t o s e e t h i s p l a y f o r i n t e l l e c t u- ter that make him ‘creepy’, important for the action on stage. Body language was not success-
al reasons. I had to go for a class. progression of the story. I cannot say that I f u l l y a p p l i e d , w i t h a b n o r m a l p o s-
Nevertheless, upon arrival, I was excit ed; yes, appreciated the additional dialogue that was not tures being taken and awkward,
the concession stand looked appealing and the included in the original text, simply because fumbling gestures being made
crowd of eager classmates, not to mention elder- i t i s w h a t w a s t h e f u n d a- enough times to kill the atmos-
ly couples and families, set the mood for a truly mental problem phere.
enjoyable evening. w i t h t h e p r o- The use of sound was
Boy Gets Girl r e a d s w o n d e r f u l l y , w h i c h duction of the u s e d i n t e r e s t i n g l y , w i t h s a m-
is the real reason why I was anx- play – the ples of music being played in
ious to see a production of it. fact that between scene changes; the
Gilman sets the audience and most effective one was when the
reader up for a romance, sug- sound of someone typing on a computer key-
gestions of that coming through board was played loudly and at a steady pace,
the title of the play, as well as because it helped build up a sense of tension.
from the first scene. The play Generally speaking, I fe e l t h i s p r o d u c-
begins with a blind date and, on the comic relief was tion of the play was weak because of it’ s creat-
t h e s u r f a c e , i t s e e m s t o r u n r e l- o v e r p l a y e d a n d t h e se r i- ing a comical atmosphere, straying from the text
atively smoothly; however, a ousness underplayed. by adding parts and taking away one important
closer inspection immediately This was most monologue, not using scenery to its full poten-
reveals the more suspicious, if evident at the end of the t i a l a n d , l a s t l y , f o r t h e i n e x c u s a b l e s i n o f m a k-
not slightly neurotic, side of play – when the stalker is ing the audience laugh at the end.
Tony, the main male character. scarily close to Teresa, I will never get over that, because the
The plot is intriguing right his presence imposing play was not funny at all when I read it; I could
away, with the audience being and ominous – which pro- see the comic relief sections, used wisely after
drawn into what they think will be a duced yet more laughter. particularly strained moments in order to ease
struggle of the boy ‘getting’ the girl, The comic elements were some tension, however, it seemed that here, the
l i k e Romeo and Juliet o r W e s t S i d e given such dominance that whole message of stalking, fear, the role of
S t o r y. It is not long before Tony’s behav- whenever moments of fear, women and men were all completely lost on the
i o r c r o s s e s t h e l i n e o f i r r i t a t i n g l y s t u b- anger or gravity were played audience, due to too much emphasis on the jokes
born into life threatening for Teresa, the out, they seemed out of place and and not enough on the serious p ar ts .
woman whom he was set up with. did not cause the appropriate effects on In conclusion, my judgment is one of
As the play continues, the tension is the audience. disapproval of this production, because it does
increased constantly, with suggested violence The props and scenery were simple, not correlate strongly to the written words in
from Tony and sporadic breakouts of hysteria though not always effective; the bar scene at the the play nor to the images and ideas I had in my
on Teresa’s part making the audience more and beginning of the play was disappointing, for head before I came to watch the play. However,
more captivated. Interestingly, the stalker does example, because the correct atmosphere was no trip to the theater is a waste of time, so I am
not have that much dialo gue and is only in three not created. I would have liked to see more peo- glad I went there rather than that drinking
scenes, yet he is the dominant force, the cre- ple on stage, background noise playing softly party, which would have left me feeling utterly
a t i o n o f c o n f l i c t a n d d i s t r e s s . I t i s f o r t h e s e r e a- and just more furniture than simply a table and numbskulled and rather smelly from liquor,
sons and several more, that Gilman’s play is two stools. Other scenes set the mood and tone which is never much fun…
remarkable. for the actors to work in and gave more of an

Kudzu Wish - En Route

(AFH 385 Can Suck My Ass) By Rob Pearsall
As I sit here before AFH 385 I wonder, refrain. I like this, nice backing see in punk rock is a uniting
“What can I do to pass the time away?” The vocals, good na-na-na’s, good guitar force. A rallying cry.
answer came in the form of Kudzu Wish. I take a n d d r u m s t h a t k e e p t h e p a c e c l i p- Something that screams unity
the time to wonder about the name, “Isn’t Kudzu ping along. without shoving it down your
a thick vine?” I look up the definition and it’s It is a nice hard start and throat.
a vine with red flowers. It’s become a nuisance catchy little hook to the next song. The music has some good
in the southeastern US. I start up the first song, Good fast beat, something you can hooks and nice riffs. The lyrics
“Do the Woo,” and hope that the band doesn’t jump in the pit to. It’s slowed and have got some good backup. I
follow its namesake. there’s some counting. That’s see some small things in the
The singer’s voice isn’t whiny like the kinda lame but it makes up for it lyrics that can stick in your
emo that dominates the music scene. It’s got by counting quickly and picking head but it’s being too literal.
politically charged lyrics. It’s a fresh change up the pace of the song again. The music needs some poetry to
from “my girlfriend dumped me and I like Enough of the song by song it and I don’t see much of that.
singing about it because misery loves company.” review. Th ey’ve got a good sound, I THEM GUYS AIN’T BAD, Kudzu Wish has got a good sound
As for the music itself, the riffs aren’t as hard like it but I’m a fan of most punk Courtesy of kudzuwish.com going and I can sing along to the
as I’d like. The song starts off softer than I’d these days. It’s time to go over their backup vocal after a couple lis-
expect from some who shares the stage with song writing. Something that’ll keep me coming tens. I just wish there was a little more to attach
Against Me!, but it kicks into gear during the back is good song writing. Something I love to m y s e l f t o i n t h e l y r i c s .

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I Knew the Ushers
By James Messina
The Long Island Play Project has put d i f f e r e n c es were to the detriment or benefit of antagonism between him and her. And as a last
together a production of a provocative play t h e p r o d u c t i o n p r o b a b l y d e p e n d s o n t h e i n d i- particular detail which I took strong issue with:
( a l l i t e r a t i o n , h o ! ) e n t i t l e d Boy Gets Girl, w r i t t e n vidual. at one point in the written v e r s i o n , T h e r e s a
by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Lauren W hen I read the play, I was impressed receives a letter which threatens to “… fuck
Rosen. On Thursday, November 3r d, 2 0 0 5 , I by the work’s ability to tackle the difficult [her] where [she’s] small.” But in the acted ver-
came and saw the play on behalf of this fine issues surrounding how we interpret the sion she states it as being, “… fucked in the
newspaper and left satisfied. The play is about male/female dynamic. At first, the play had me ass.” The first one sounds much more degrading,
a woman named Theresa who goes on a blind date thinking that it would be a romantic comedy, which was, I think, the point the playwright was
with a guy called Tony. There’s not much chem- b u t I p e r s o n a l l y f e l t i t t o o k a t u r n f o r t h e s e r i- trying to convey. Theresa had an element of
ist ry, but Tony can’t take a hint. Theresa flat ous very near to the beginning. After an initial naïveté in the written version which is
out denies his advances; Tony’s still slow to chuckle or two poring over the text, I quickly d e s t r o y e d b y h e r a w a r e n e s s i n t h e a c t e d v e r-
catch on. Then the stalking begins. b e c a m e e ngrossed by its darker side, and I don’t sion. I supported the idea to include comedy,
I thought the play was well done. I’ve recall having but I was less fond of the idea to add the conflict
never seen a Broadway play, but back laughed once between Mercer and Theresa. The same goes for
Upstate, in the land of cows, I managed after the second the change in the letter. I don’t think these were
never to skip a school trip. Boy Gets or third scene. necessary changes.
G i r l w a s a w e l l - d o n e p r o d u c- While watching If you haven’t read the play, then the
t i o n , n o t u p t o p a r w i th the play I ended divergences are of less note than the overall
the touring companies up laughing a impressions of the work. And my impressions
I’ve seen, but pretty number of times though, in this were more favorable. The
close. The acting usually to lines that actors/actresses were all good, though my favor
wasn’t going weren’t featured in the lay towards some more than others. I thought
to win the w r i t t e n v e r s i o n . I p e r s o n a l- Sophie Vanier, who plays the protagonist
cast any ly approve of the decision to Theresa, was overacting at times and that some
Tonys, the try and add a little comedy of her postures/affectations didn’t feel natural.
stage wasn’t to this piece, but I think that Robert Colpitts, who plays Theresa’s boss
going to blow you in doing so it sacrificed a lot Howard, was also not my favorite. His accent
a w a y w i t h i t s r e a l- of its force by replacing it wasn’t the best, and at one point he affected a
ism and attention to with levity. There wasn’t a limp poorly. Kat Sarfas portrayed Detective
minutiae, but saying deep examination of the Beck, a woman who helps Theresa with her
the production was implications of stalking, there stalker situation. In the written play I imagined
passable would be an wasn’t as much tension. her as almost a mother figure – indeed, at one
understatement. I’d A n o t h e r , m o r e s p e c i f i c , d i f f e r- point, Theresa and Beck hug. This hug was omit-
tell my friends to go ence which affected the play was ted in the acted version, and the general tone
see it, but that having the inclusion of a tension between Kat adopted was one of brusqueness and almost
b e e n s t a t e d , a n y o n e f a m i l- two main characters, Mercer and of dismissal. I don’t know whether to blame the
iar with the written play Theresa. In the written version, direction or the actor for Be ck’s attitude, but I
w i l l f i n d n u m e r o u s d i s p a r i- Mercer is supportive of Theresa and f e e l i t w a s a d e f i n i t e m i s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n r e g a r d-
ties between the text and the tries to help her. In the acted version
acted play. Whether or not these this is also true, but there’s a very clear Continued on next page

Zombies? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Zombies

By Joey Safdia
The latest game in the hit R e s i d e n t E v i l in a new direction. Perhaps the most shocking of the series, but with a new over-the-shoulder
franchise has finally made its way to the Sony revelation is the fact that the game has no zom- view as opposed to a fixed camera, giving you
Playstation 2. Being a fan of the survival-horror bies, the staple enemy of the R e s i d e n t E v i l the feeling that you’re part of the action. The X
g e n r e , w h i c h w a s t h r u s t i n t o m a i n s t r e a m w i t h series. Instead, you fight crazed villagers, as button now has a certain use depending on the
the original 1996 videogame R e s i d e n t E v i l, I d u r a b l e a n d r e l e n t l e s s a s z o m b i e s , b u t w i t h situation, allowing you to kick open doors, jump
knew I just had to own this game. R e s i d e n t E v i l i n t e l l i g e n c e a n d q u i c k n e s s l i k e y o u h a v e n e v e r out windows, climb on top of certain large ene-
4 follows United States Government agent Leon seen. They will run at you, attack you with mies, use a grappling hook, knock down a lad-
S. Kennedy, our favorite weapons such as axes and der, roundhouse a villager, and much more. At
Raccoon Police Department crossbows, and communicate certain points during gameplay or even
rookie from R e s i d e n t E v i l 2, a s with each other in Spanish. cutscenes, you’ll be prompted t o h i t a c e r t a i n
h e e n t e r s a r u r a l S p a n i s h v i l- Even the most hardened pair of buttons in order to dodge a ferocious
lage in search of the Resident Evil veterans will enemy attack. Add new weapons that were not in
President’s missing daughter, find themselves surrounded by the original Nintendo Gamecube release, the
Ashley Graham. The game over a dozen villagers at any gameplay length and storyline depth of Metal
takes place in 2004, six years given point of the game with Gear Solid a s w e l l a s r a d i o t r a n s m i s s i o n
after the destruction of very little hope of survival. The s e q u e n c e s r e m i n i s c e n t o f t h e C o d e c , d e s t r u c t i-
Raccoon City, in a world where bosses are also something to ble environments, a huge array o f u n i q u e e n e-
Umbrella Inc. is no more, but behold. Giant monsters lumber mies, plenty of action, and a new “Separate
the horrors of Raccoon City toward you, many of which Ways” minigame starring a surprise character,
will come back with a m a k e R e s i d e n t E v i l 3’s Nemesis and you’ve got yourself a surefire classic in the
vengeance in this nightmare. It look like the Taco Bell realm of survival-horror.
i s u p t o y o u , t h e p l a y e r , t o s u r- Chihuahua. Each one has its Resident Evil 4 is a must-have for all
vive this new action-oriented o w n u n i q u e a n d i n t r i c a t e s t r a t- R e s i d e n t E v i l fans. With faced-paced gameplay
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President’s daughter. shooting again), and just when game of the series and may be one of the best
Simply put, Resident Evil 4 is beyond you think the battle is won, they rise again. games for the Sony Playstation 2.
awesome! Just like the original, it is a unique The gameplay is a mixture of old and
g a m e t h a t t a k e s t h e e n t i r e s u r v i v a l - h o r r o r g e n r e new. The controls are the same as the core games

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I Knew the Ushers Continued...
Continued from previous page
less. Brian Avery, Eric C. Webb, and Ashley
Straw, who played the characters Mercer,
Tony and Harriet respectively, all did very good
jobs, and I was impressed by their abilities. My
praise goes out to Jonah Rosenberg, who por-
trayed cult film hero Les Kennkat. He received
the majority of the laughs, and well-deserved
they were. My singular problem with Kennkat
was that he was supposed to be an old m an, but
was clearly in his twenties – this is an error that
I can’t reasonably blame the actor for. Were I to
vote on one particular performer having done the
best that night, it would be him. Though once
more, this is not to insult the others, who were
all talented.
With regards to the other aspects of the
play, I was equally impressed. The stage crew
moved efficiently, the costumes were freakin’
sweet an d the lighting was well-done. The
props/stage were also very good given the mini-
mal nature of the stage. Of particular note were
the constant presence of Dunkin’ Donuts around
Kennkat, the beautiful posters present for the
interview scene between Theresa and Kennkat,
and the baseball memorabilia surrounding
Theresa. The inclusion of minutiae like these
made the play more interesting.
I enjoyed my evening at Boy Gets Girl a n d
thought it was quite good. I’d say if you have
some time on your hands, it’s worth checking
out. The play is running November 3r d- 6t h, a n d
t h e 1 2t h a n d 1 3t h at the Staller Center for The
Arts Theatre Two. Tickets are $7 for SBU stu-
dents. You can buy tickets upon arrival or call
(631)632-ARTS. Lastly, I’d like to thank Steve
and Elizabeth for their cordial treatment of two
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Night - Fallen
By James Messina
humble reporters.
& The
Random thoughts:
Jazz was played at most scene switches. I
caught punk rock once, some weird
breakbeat/trance once, and Fiona Apple once.
Frighteners
But mostly jazz. You know how disappointed you
are when you keep expecting to hear more Fiona
Apple, and you don’t?
Sounds from the environs would occa-
sionally be laced into the music used for scene
By David K Ginn
switches. A car alarm was used once. Once too LOOK
many. Damn that sucked, I hate that noise. WHAT
I understand the play took a comedic rather than YOU
dramatic tone, but there were some times people MISSED
laughed where the tone was 100% serious as a Courtesy
heart attack. At one point the detective recom- of what
m e n d e d T h e r e s a f i n d a n a p a r t m e n t w i t h a d o o r- you
man. Chuckling ensued… for no reason. Perhaps missed,
I’m dumb. fool!
Some girls were loudly stifling giggles in
the back for at least five minutes. Were I the sort O f f -L o s t Movie Night rocked here at the
of fellow who carried a shovel with me at all office, and we enjoyed it all by our lonesome.
times, I would’ve solved that problem. You know, Two weeks ago, we watched the I d l e H a n d s a u d i o
‘cuz I would have hit them. commentary. That rocked. Last week, we
One dialogue was about the kind of watched The Frighteners at 8 and Fallen at 10.
underwear Theresa liked. What can you tell That also rocked. Both movies kick so much ass
about a person from the underwear they have? I in their own way. You guys should have been
wear unadorned cotton boxers in solid colors; there. We had food, drinks, and even a bit of
get back to me on that. love.
Mercer said three times, “I’m calling the The Frighteners is what happened when
police.” My idea: That’s enough frequency to Peter Jackson came to Hollywood. Enough said.
h ave a drinking game. The phrase, “Where do I He makes Hollywood look good. F a l l e n i s w h a t
get off?” was also used multiple times. Combine happens when people read the bible and listen
the two for…m o r e d r i n k i n g! to Mick Jagger. Enough said.
What happens if an actor gets wood on stage? No
pun intended, that was serious, and it has got to Lost is on every Wednesday at 9. Off-Lost is
suck. every Wednesday at 8 when Lost airs a re-run
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New Zealand Music For Imbeciles (How to
“Extend” Your Ear-Drum’s Experience)
By Paula Guy
Imbeciles! Here! I am trying to broaden THE MINT CHICKS –Fucking rock and roll. permanently into the shape of an upside down
your cultural horizons. Try spinning something Scream and holler and jive and scratch against rainbow. Listen to the song “Hope.” Gorgeous,
other than that stinky-pinky new Staind the wall with your rock’n’roll mellow, sincere, with a slice of th at beautiful
album in your little walkman (or try voice. I fucking love the Mint earthy pessimism, that comes from living by the
shuffling something else in your Ipod). Chicks, they have one of the ocean and watching the world come and go
Pick up some New Zealand music. most energetic live shows around you. Fat Freddy’s Drop’s album B a s e d
I have complied a around. Their two EPs A n t i - on a True Story is a mine of soulful, soothing,
short guide to this T i g e r a n d Octagon Octagon, fucking divine rhythms. I want to fall asleep
little niche of were full of taught, elastic every night listening to this band. I want to
sound, from the little riffs, frantic drums, wake up every morning listening to this
South Pacific, in and the urgent voice of lead album. I am in love.
case your eardrums singer Kody Neilson, leap-
are keen to ing off the studio walls like P-MONEY – scratch-a-licious hip hop man
embark on a gymnastic bat. Their full- This guy’s got a pretty fast set of hands. He has
s o m e e x p l o- length debut, Fuck the b e e n p l a c e d 3r d a t t h e w o r l d D J c h a m p i o n s h i p s
ration. Golden Youth, r e c o r d e d i n a and supported Public Enemy. He has collabo-
New secluded hut in Northland – rated with many of New Zealand’s hip-hoppers
Z e a l a n d New Zealand’s home of secret, (Scribe, Che Fu…). The man has an ear for
music is hard deserted beaches, was a little danceable beats, and has several of his own
to pin-down. It weaker – longer songs, more art- a l b u m s , Magic City a n d Big Things. A t a l e n t e d
has little exposure rock interludes, straying from the producer also, P-Money is one to watch out for.
on an international urgency of the EPs. Definitely a
stage, and often suffers from being over- band to watch though. Angular, CONCORD DAWN – gorgeous soundscapes, dirty
influenced by international musical trends energetic, and tuneful little shits, beeps…
(a little garage-rock scene emerged in the they are. Check out the singles Yummy. I a m going to be dancing to Concord
wake of the Strokes, etc, although this was “Blue Team Go”, and “Licking Dawn (and a plethora of other rampaging New
more a case of record companies rushing to Letters.” I want to jump around and Zealand dance acts), in a few weeks under neon
cash in and sign similar ‘trendy’ bands). throw firecrackers in public lights. I will be covered in fuzz and probably
However, the land of Aotearoa spaces whenever I very happy. Yehe. Concord Dawn are sexy, and
(‘Long White Cloud’), does seem to give birth hear those m a k e m e d a n c e i n l i t t l e c i r c l e s l i k e a h y p n o-
t o s o m e r a t h e r w o n d e r f u l , s ne a k y , s e x y songs. Hell tised kangaroo. On their new album, U p r i s i n g,
bands, many of whom deserve more exposure. yeah. there are plenty of tracks to investigate – the
I will try to introduce you to a vari- opener “Morninglight” is gorgeous – sexy bass,
ety of musical experiences from these FAT FRED- ge ntly distorted vocals. They have musical
shores. DYS DROP – tastes wider as the Pacific Ocean, sampling
So here goes the guide: music for Slayer on “Raining Blood”, mixing heavy hair
your soul to throwing riffs with tight skanky drum and bass
PLUTO – sexy sneaky tunesters skank to breaks. Oh! And listen to the stealthy rhythms
This band is folky and sexy at the same Soulful reggae is a of the track “Ninja.” I want this song as my
time. Divine keyboards, mixed with popular sound in soundtrack when I turn super-hero/and or start
heavy, swaying guitars. Their first Aoteoroa. New Zealander’s purchase robbing banks.
a l b u m , r e d l i g h t s y n d r o m e has a few more Bob Marley per capita than
gems, “Hey Little”, and “She’s Jive”, any where else. Maybe it stems The delicious list of New Zealand music
but does not possess the consistency of from the abundance of beaches and goes on and on. Some other lovely antipodean
their follow up album Pipe Line the excellent ganja which goes bands are the Sneaks, the Rabble, the
Under the Ocean, w h i c h c a r r i e s along with many summer Blackseeds, Katchafire, Che Fu, King Kapisi,
some dirtier riffs and makes you experiences. Fat SJD, Dimmer…..yes….the lists goes on an on.
wanna dance even more. Pluto Freddie’s Drop sound Now you have hopefully been encour-
generally make me want to like a beautiful boat aged. Go listen to some Kiwi music!
stroll through a forest and swaying gently through Amplifier.co.nz has a lot of information on New
make campfires and dance the South Pacific waters, Zealand artists, and mp3 snippets of plenty of
around them with a banjo and a spreading their lazy lovely sound great tunes. Smokecds.com probably possesses
disco-ball. No banjos feature in as they go. They gots the reggae the most plentiful selection of New Zealand
P l u t o ’ s m u s i c – j u s t i n s t r u m e n t s t h a t Courtesy of Matt Willemain b e a t s , t h e y ’ l l m a k e y o u m o v e music for sale on ze internet. Clean out your
inspire banjo thoughts. They did y o u r h i p s w i t h o u t y o u e v e n r e a l- tired eardrums! Acquire some South Pacific
have a giant disco-ball at a show once though. I ising it. They also gots the soul that makes you sounds, my child. Your neurons will rejoice.
danced! w a n t t o s mile so wide that your mouth stretches

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Arrested Development: Season 2 DVD
By David K. Ginn
I watched this show by accident. It was
playing in the office, so I decided to sit and
watch. I laughed my fucking ass off. Not only
is this show unique, intelligent, and creative,
but it also maintains a huge cult quality.
In season 2 we see Michael Bluth (Jason
Bateman), president of the Bluth Company ever
s i n c e h i s d a d ( J e f f r e y Ta m b o r ) w e n t t o p r i s o n
for embezzlement (or minor treason). The peo-
ple who make his life miserable are: his
socialite mother, Lucille (Jessica Walter);
his spoiled twin sister, Lindsay (Portia de
Rossi); her mismatched ex-psychiatrist-
t u r n e d - a c t o r h u s b a n d , T o b i a s (Mr. Show’s
David Cross); their wannabe-rebellious
daughter, Maeby (Alia Shawkat); Michael’s
older brother, and (sort of) professional In one
magician, GOB (Will Arnett); and Michael’s episode,
younger, sheltered brother, Buster ( Tony Hale). the family believes
The show follows Michael as he tries to run the that George Sr.
c o m p a n y , d e a l w i t h t hi s c r a z y a s s o r t m e n t o f away with the laugh track, (Michael’s dad) is dead and plans a
people, and find ways to spend time with his emotional family bonding, taboos funeral for him. Unfortunately, there’s no body
meek-yet-charming son, George-Michael on content, and… film. The show is to be found. In this same episode, GOB is
(Michael Cera), who harbors a secret crush on shot entirely on digital video, ashamed of not making the cover of a magician
h i s c ou s i n M a e b y . which gives it a very realistic yet magazine and vows to top himself. Anyone who
What ends up happening is a circus that captivating style. As I said before, knows GOB, and knows the show, can guess
in each episode starts small, blows up, and still the show’s innovation and adaptation immediately that part of the episode’s climax
manages to sew everything up before the credits actually hold it back, and the reason for this is w i l l i n c l u d e a n e l a b o r a t e i l l u s i o n ( “i l l u s i o n s ,
r o l l . Eac h ch ar act er h as t h ei r o wn amb i t i o n s, that audiences need time to realize that the Michael, i l l u s i o n s . Tricks are what a whore
and their own separate storyline that criss- world has changed. A r r e s t e d D e v e l o p m e n t w a s does for money… or coke.”) that fails horribly.
crosses with everyone else’s and usually ends not a casualty of this delay, thankfully, and is As the family is sitting in grief and discussing
with a climax so absurd it keeps you laughing b e g i n n i n g to pick up mainstream momentum. what to do about the lack of a body, the diehard
through the credits. Much like Seinfeld, which This show could have ended up in the “not ready fans slap their foreheads as GOB stands up
presented four different people with different for you yet” pile very easily (and it almost did). because in that instant they’ve f i g u r e d o u t w h a t
stories that would all end up coming to a head, Luckily, during its hour of judgment, the cult he’s going to say: that he shall (à la David
Arrested Development offers full justification fan base saved the day. Because of everyone who Blaine) take his father’s place in the coffin and
f o r w h a t , a t t i m e s , c o u l d b e c a l l e d p u r e a b s u r d- was so obsessed with this show, and their let- survive without food or nourishment in what
ity. ters to Fox Television, A r r e s t e d D e v e l o p m e n t will be the most acclaimed illusion ever.
The first season picked up a very large was picked up for a third season and is now What’s even better is when it’s actually
cult fan base, but it was never considered to be playing. Woohoo! It just shows that some things attempted. In the same vein as George-Michael’s
truly mainstream. There are obvious reasons ( l i k e S t a r Trek: Enterprise, w h i c h e a r n e d n e a r- campaign video (you have to see it to truly
for this. The show is unlike most of what’s on ly enough money from its cult fans to film understand), the climax completely defies your
T.V. because it has done the impossible: it has another season and still perished) need to die, expe ctations. At those times, y o u r e a l i z e t h a t
resurrected the T.V. sitcom. T.V. sitcoms dwin- and others need to live. just about anything can happen on this show.
dled and died slowly because they refused Now, about the show. Season 2 includes a load of regular guest
to adapt. It’s pure Darwinian logic. Every character has their characters, including the famous Bluth family
Television has changed, and if the quirks, and the more you get to attorney Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler, in a
p r o g r a m s d o n ’ t a d a pt t h e y w i l l know them the funnier they role that, I believe, shows he can exist beyond
die. Seinfeld came about at a get. This is the only show The Fonze), George-Michael’s Christian-conser-
time when there were few sit- I ’ v e s e e n w h e r e p r e- vative girlfriend Ann Veal (Mae Whitman),
c o m s t h a t w e r e n ’ t c l i c h é - r i d- dictability is a driving Lucille’s shady housemaid, Lupe (B.W.
den and formulaic. Seinfeld force. You know exactly Gonzales), and the tit-flashing, incriminating-
took the formulas and clichés, how each character will information-holding, ex-secretary Kitty
tore them apart, and put react to a given situa- Sanchez (Judy Greer). These regulars really
together a jigsaw puzzle that tion, and yet somehow hold the show up when it’s needed, and are
amounted to- well, nothing. it ends up going far amazingly talented. Like certain props (i.e. the
That was adaptation. People beyond what you’d Stair Car and GOB’s scooter), the RGs are called
wanted to see a lack of fami- expected. This is the upon at just the right moments to knock things
l y v a l u e s a n d m o r a l e t i- tool of the show. They out over the edge. The main cast, in my opinion,
quette, because that’s put you in Michael’s would begin to seem isolated and unreal if not
where T.V. was headed. place, the place of the for these regular supporting elements. They
A r r e s t e d r e s p o n s i b l e form their own world, and it’s through the con-
Development does the same brother/son/father tinuity of that world and its minor details that
thing, except over fifteen who’s surrounded you feel totally captivated.
years later. Popular culture by idiots he’s Don’t worry if you haven’t seen the first
has never been static, and with known his entire season. Definitely see it, but you don’t have to
the importance of technology life. He knows watch it to get into the second season. I’m not
growing exponentially the every little thing going to go over any special features because I
dynamics move more quickly about t hem, every watched a ripped DVD and had some navigation-
with each year that quirk…yet still a l d i f f i c u l t i e s o n m y s e v e n - y e a r - o l d D V D p l a y-
passes. A r r e s t e d they surprise er. I’m sure they’re great, though. Maybe some-
Development and amaze him one else can review them.
decides every day. Dudes, definitely watch t h i s s h o w .
to do

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Great Comic Books #2:
Batman Year One and The Dark Night Returns By Thomas Mets
The Dark Knight Returns Miller to tell the defining stories of the second- method of breaking the average page into six-
Writer/ Penciller- Frank Miller most recognizable comic book superhero. teen panels rather than the traditional nine
Inker- Klaus Janson Miller decided to write The Dark Knight panels allowed him to make the s t o r y f a r d e n s e r ,
Colorist- Lynn Varley R e t u r n s when, at 30, he became upset at the idea use cinematic pacing, and ensured that every
Letterer- John Costanza that he was a year older than Batman, and bor- splash page would be striking. He was also
rowed many of the ideas Alan Moore was using innovative in his use of moment-to-moment
Batman: Year One i n Watchmen (Which he, and pretty much transitions (i.e. the Joker slowly puffs a ciga-
Writer- Frank Miller everyone else working at DC at the time got to rette over the course of 3 panels) as opposed to
Illustrator- David Mazzuchelli view before the general audience). He told a j u s t t h e a c t i o n - t o - a c t i o n t r a n s i t i on s ( i . e . t h e
Colorist- Richmond Lewis simple story about a middle-aged Batman com- Joker stabs Batman, Batman punches Joker) far
Letterer- To d d Kl ei n ing out of retirement, after Gotham City goes to more common in superhero comics. These were
Hell without him, and the backlash that follows. pretty much non-existent in American comics,
Batman was created by Bob Kane. Y e a r However, his Batman is a far darker hero will- and frequent in the manga which Frank Miller
O n e, a n d T h e D a r k K n i g h t owe much to the work ing to snap the backs of criminals, torture was one of the first American creators to read
of Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson, Dave h e n c h m e n f o r i n f o r m a t i o n ( i n c r e a t i v e & e n t e r- (He later repaid the favor by drawing the covers
Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Joe for the American editions of
Shuster, Jerry Sie gel, and Dick Lone Wolf & Cub). The manga
Sprang influences may explain why
Miller is better than any other
Until the 1950s, American creator at portraying
Batman was the dark detective a fight scene, as evident in
of a darker city. Then the book Batman’s battles with the
Seduction of the Innocent c o n- Mutant Leader, the Joker, and
vinced parents that comic Superman. The last match was
books were the only things unexpected to say the least,
responsible for the bad things even though the entire story
their children did (theft, leads into it. The, “Who would
homosexuality, accepting peo- win a fight – Batman or
ple of other races & religions Superman?” debate began here,
as equals, etc) and Batman sto- because Frank Miller was
ries became a lot tamer, and screwed up enough to ask, and
wackier (Batman in space!) to answer that question.
s u r v i v e u n d e r t h e n e w r e g u l a- While Miller’s Batman is
tions of the Comics Code a man of absolute morals willing
Authority (imposed to assure to do what is right and nothing
parents that their children else, his Superman has compro-
would not be corrupted by mised his principles, and
comic book stories.) These become the minion of a corrupt
tales were adapted into the government which denies his
campy adventures of the 1960s very existence in order to be
Batman TV show, and resulted allowed to continue saving the
in the majority of the public world. The final battle has been
thinking that Batman is Adam controversial to t h i s d a y , t o s a y
West. There were a few decent the least. Some believe the story
creative runs in the Batman has corrupted the very idea of
books in the years after that, Superman, while others have
but it was Frank Miller’s run declared it the best battle/
on th e character which m o m e nt i n c o m i c s . Miller
restored his distinction as the understands and exhibits the
dark knight, influencing the awe Superman should inspire
mood of the top-grossing Tim with excellent sequences such
Burton movies, the Timm-Dini as his first scenes with
cartoons, and every other Superman in action (Hell – any
IT’S A THIN, CHIAROSCURIC LINE THAT THE BAT-MAN WALKS,
depiction of Batman since. T h e Courtesy of MoralAbsolutism of his scenes wi t h S u p e r m a n i n
D a r k K n i g h t R e t u r n s w a s p u b- action), and a White House
lished at the same time as exchange between Superman and
W a t c h m e n (Great Comic Book #1) and has had a t a i n i n g w a y s w h i c h p u t D i r t y H a r r y t o s h a m e ) , the President, in which the stripes of the
tremendous influence on mainstream coverage a n d a p p r o a c h a b a t t l e w i t h a f a r s t r o n g e r , American flag slowly dissolve into the second
of superhero comic books, the eventual darken- younger, and dumber enemy as if he were a sur- most recognizable American Symbol. These
ing of comics, and the pub lication of comic book geon, and the mudhole they’re fighting in an s e q u e n c e s a r e o n l y m a d e b e t te r w h e n M i l l e r
t r a d e p a p e r b a c k s ( n o w r e f e r r e d t o a s g r a p h i c operating table. This Gotham is filled with ter- illustrates the circumstances under which
novels.) rified civilians, psychos who kill for the fun of Batman can stand a chance of beating Superman.
C r e a t o r F r a n k M i l l e r f i r s t b e c a m e it, and cops who don’t know if this masked vig- After he wrote & drew Batman’s last
k n o w n a s a n i l l u s t r a t o r , a n d w r i t e r o f D a r e d e v i l , i l a n t e i s a hero or a lunatic.. a d v e n t u r e i n T h e D a r k K n i g h t R e t u r n s, F r a n k
during what has become known as its definitive The book has a dark sense of humor, as M i l l e r w r o t e Year One about Bruce Wayne’s first
run (I’ll cover it soon in this column.) The man F r a n k M i l e r s a t i r i z e s e v e r y t h i n g f r o m i n e f f e c- year back in Gotham, and Lieutenant James
had a love of the Batman mythos since he was a tive politicians trying to make as few decisions Gordon’s first year in a very corrupt city (the
child, and Daredevil Editor Jo Duffy often shot a s p o s s i b l e t o a f f l u e n t l i b e r a l s s p e a k i n g o u t f o r tale has become my favorite cop drama to date).
down his ideas because they were more appro- the rights of criminals in neighborhoods they’d Miller had the opportunity to tell the stories he
p r i a t e f o r t h e d a r k d e t e c t i v e t h a n t h e b l i n d never live in, and moronic TV hosts (in one case a l l u d e d t o i n D a r k K n i g h t, such as Gordon’s
a t t o r n e y w i t h s u p e r - s e n s e s . I t ’ s n o s u r p r i s e a perfect caricature of David Letterman) who attempts to bring down the world’s greatest
that he went on to do great things for the char- say “ Th at ’s just rude” when the Joker promises
acter, although I doubt anyone was expecting to kill everyone in their audience. Miller’s Continued on next page
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Today, we review the timeless masterpiece:

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

“Citizens in Petrol”

That’s how I envisioned the end of this movie. Everyone on the set being drenched
in high-octane super unleaded grade A petroleum and then being set on fire in front of
a live studio audience. That would have at least been entertaining.
There is not much good about the movie. The acting is bad. The writing is vomit-
worthy. The characters are so lame that you just want to hit them over the head
THIS MOVIE BLEW with a Black and Decker toaster oven. I don’t know what happened here, but this
Courtesy of the movie that really blew movie sucks.

Great Comic Books #2 Continued...

By Thomas Mets
Continued from previous page ed Batman comic of the last ten years) and it’s subversive elements of Year One a n d D a r k
s e q u e l D a r k V i c t o r y. Batman’s relationship K n i g h t). The movie Batman Begins d e l i b e r a t e l y
detectives. The parallels begin with the first
with cops was never the same, and ever since the t r i e d t o t e l l a d i f f e r e n t s t o r y , b u t s t i l l i n c l u d-
page, where Bruce returns to Gotham by train,
publication of this story Superman & Batman ed elements such as crime boss Carmine
and Gordon arrives by train, both regretting
h a v e l o s t t h e c a m a r a d e r i e t h e y h a d i n t h e p r e- Falcone, the use of sonar to summon a swarm of
that they didn’t choose the other form of trans-
ceding decades, and comics creators began bats, the military tank approach to the
portation. The tale contains many great
showing the dangers of Superman’s powers in Batmobile, the final scene, and Batman telling
moments such as Bruce Wayne’s unsuccessful
the wrong works (notably in T h e A u t h o r i t y & Gordon: “You’re a good cop. One of the few.”
first reconnaissance mission into Gotham City’s
Supreme Power, both of which implemented the Both Year One & T h e D a r k K n i g h t R e t u r n s a r e
East End, Lt. Gordon studying a crooked cop
available in almost any book store in soft cover
beating a suspect “for future reference”, the
f o r m a t ( t e n d o l la r s , a n d f i f t e e n d o l l a r s r e s p e c-
fate of a crime boss’s Rolls Royce, Lt. Gordon’s
tively), and in more expensive hardcovers.
romance with a fellow officer who is not his
After his Batman work Frank Miller
pregnant wife, and Bruce deciding to take the
went onto creator-owned work such as S i n C i t y
bat as his symbol.
(a series I plan to cover soon), 3 0 0 ( a n o t h e r
It really doesn’t matter what order you
story I plan to cover soon), Hard Boiled, a n d B i g
read them in, and my personal preferences
Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot ( a t w o p a r t m i n i -
change every time I read them. On almost every
series which became the basis for the cartoon a
list of best Batman stories that I’ve ever seen,
few years back). He dabbled in movies, working
these two stories are on top. Year One i s a c l e a r
on screenplays for the Robocop sequels (note –
improvement ove r D a r k K n i g h t w i t h t h e e x c e p-
his scripts were severely changed by the time
tional artwork. Colorist Richmond Lewis is
the movies came out), and more than a decade
instrumental in creating the somber tone of the
later he co-directed the Sin City movie with
b o o k , w h i l e i l l u s t r a t o r ( a n d F r a n k M i l l e r ’ s c o l-
Robert Rodriguez. He returned to Batman with
l a b o r a t o r o n Daredevil: Born Again) D a v i d
D K 2, h i s s e q u e l t o D a r k K n i g h t R e t u r n s, a n d
Mazzuchelli is a master of facial expression
m o r e r e c e n t l y All Star Batman & Robin, w i t h
(particularly the eyes), and memorable visuals.
i l l u s t r a t o r J i m L e e a p p l y i n g t h e Year One
Examples include the arrival of the bats in the
approach to Robin. Both have had mixed
third chapter, and the hazy visuals as Batman
reviews, and have sold very well (for comic
surrounded by smoke promises upper-class
books). In addition to Sin City sequels, he’s also
Gothamites whose party he crashes that their
currently working on an original Batman
feast is over. There’s nothing wrong with the
Graphic Novel tentatively titled Holy Terror!
a r t w o r k o f D a r k K n i g h t, b u t Year One h a s s o m e
Batman. It’s in the black & white art style of Sin
of the best art I’ve ever seen in a comic book.
City, and features Batman Versus Al Qaeda. I’m
There is a lot of debate over which story is bet-
not the only one looking forward to it.
ter, rivaling arguments amongst movie buffs
P.S. – I did not know about Entertainment
r e g a r d i n g w h e t h e r T h e G o d f a t h e r, o r T h e
Weekly’s five-page article on W a t c h m e n w h e n I
Godfather Part 2 is a better movie, or the dis-
wrote the last article, as evident by the things
putes Beatles fans have when comparing
they knew that I didn’t (such as Neil Gaiman’s
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band t o
role as researcher for Alan Moore, and Buffy
the White Album.
creator Joss Whedon admitting its influence on
Frank Miller’s Batman stories have pret-
h i s w o r k ) . A n d I p r e f e r The Godfather t o T h e
ty much defined the character for decades to
Godfather Part 2 a n d Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely
come. The characters introduced in Year One
Hearts Club Band t o The Beatles, although my
(cops, mobsters, and Gordon’s wife, and son)
favorite Beatles album remains Revolver, a n d a l l
played a major role in Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale’s IS THE BAT-MAN EVEN IN THIS ONE?, four are excellent.
The Long Halloween ( p r o b a b l y t h e b e s t r e g a r d- Courtesy of stolen pictures! Next book up: M a u s.
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R. A. The Rugged Man - Die Rugged Man, Die
By now, if you don’t have R.A.’s record,
or at least haven’t even heard of him through a
magazine, website, or even the local press, then
you need to be slapped.
Here’s a hip-hop artist who has been
through everything: delays, blackballs, family
t r a g e d y , i n d u s t r y g a m e s , a n d e v e n m e n t a l i l l-
ness, and yet has finally come out with his long-
a w a i t e d n e x t a l b u m , Die Rugged Man, Die, t o t e l l
about it. There’s even a disclaimer on the front
of the album cover that makes sure that what
you hear from the Port Jefferson rapper is the
straight dope with no regrets about it. In that
case, R.A. has hiltloads of credibility for the
underground to welcome him with open arms.
Throughout the record, R.A. goes
through many modes. Whether it’s going down
memory lane, raising the flag for white rappers,
name-calling t he legends (so far, R.A.’s batting
1.000), and going a couple of rounds of beat-
boxing, he’s going to do it with some of the
slyest and funkiest beats available. And he’s
got a sense of humor to keep his life-story
interesting (check R.A. at the end of “A Star Is
Born”, calling up a mock radio call-in show giv-
ing props to himself…to save himself).
Listening to R.A.’s long-awaited debut,
he wastes no time giving credit where credit is
due, starting off with “Lessons”. “A Star Is
Born” has R.A. spitting out horror stories of
industry and personal double-crossing through
mellow guitar riffs, and also showing just how
shallow and short-sighted some hip-hop fans
are. On the title track, he does play out his
rough-and-tumble journey where he lays down
what he feels about what’s around him, earning
him som e chops.
HE SURE DON’T COTTON TO THAT RUGGED MAN,
Courtesy of whoever the published of the CD is
On “Chains”, R.A. spits with Killah
Priest and Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan fame
over some shaky, jazzy tracks. He also spits
with Timbo King during a lyrical boxing match
By Vincent Michael Festa
using the key words of “Black And White”.
Clearly one of the best moments on the
album is without a doubt R.A. rhyming over a
Kraftwerk beat (“Trans-Europe Express”),
something that no rapper should e v e n a t t e m p t t o
do unless th ey know what they’re doing, and
R.A. knows well. He also has a Fisher-Price-
level kids chorus for “On The Block” while nam-
ing the finer moments of what hip-hop was all
about. R.A. can also rhyme over xylophone
samples while repping and telling like it is on
“Brawl”.
R.A. also has a reputation to uphold as
he doesn’t mind getting down and dirty, and
being a clown, as he gets Brown Bunny-ed on
“Pick M y Gun Up”. Rounding out the album on
“Make Luv”, he throws it back in the industry’s
face, mocking the current trends and real-
gangsta’ attitude that most mainstream rappers
wish they could have. Hearing “Fight! Fight!
Fight!” chants alternating with “Lick pussy!
Lick pussy!” is a must-hear.
R.A. is truly an original. He goes
through some brutally honest terrain that most
m a i n s t r e a m h i p - h o p a r t i s t s w ou l d h a v e t r o u b l e
backing up. And even going through the worst
of times, he does have a sense of humor. R.A.
even writes obscure movie reviews for one of the
b e s t s t r e e t m a g a z i n e s o u t t h e r e , M a s s A p p e a l.
How many hip-hop artists can h o l d i t d o w n l i k e
that?
Die Rugged Man, Die? Nah. Long live
Rugged Man.

Review of Drew Isleib’s The Build

By Rachel Eagle Reiter
Bouncing is about dwelling in a secret T h e V i c t i m s is about a couple which goes f e e l i n g cl a u s t r o p h o b i c a n d b e i n g u n d e r a k i n d
place where it is possible to be one with the b a ck a n d forth playing victims with each other. of time-spell that distorts his perceptions of
wind and to gaze into clear water, seeing an T h e r e s u l t i s p i t y o r t e a r s o n o n e o r b o t h e n d s reality. Drinking, sleeping and dreaming are
image of one’s self. The purpose of of the relationship. When they are at loss for his forms of escape. A woman, who has the fig-
existing in this secret place is words the dramatics are likely to begin. ure of an angel in the night saves him from his
to gain perception of time by L i t t l e P e a r l is about a musician who madness by reassuring him with her presence
seeing the past with new expresses himself better in song than and words that everything really will be alright.
eyes of the future so that the in conversational discourse. He needs P i l e U p i s a b o u t t h e p o w e r t h a t i s w i t h-
past stays in its place— to play his guitar; music is better to in Mother Nature and the terror that she brings
behind us. him than any pill and elevates him t o humankind whether or not w e a r e r e a d y f o r
All or Nothing i s from his state of depression. His her changes. Mother Nature can also symbolize
about the struggle of pearl (woman in his life) is jealous a female deity, such as a goddess of sky or water
depression and facing the of his love for music. She destroys or she may represent, simply, a woman.
loneliness that often acco m- his guitar, possibly wanting him to Through the Guardrail is about an emo-
panies depression. Two peo- love her more than he tionally crashing couple. The man feels like he
p l e a r e i n a d e p r e s s i n g r e l a- loves music. can not even rescue himself because he is expe-
tionship. If the female is too W o n is about a riencing a self-inflicted gagging sensation, but
happy, the male becomes more woman who is a prize. the woman seems to need rescuing. However t he
d e p r e s s e d b e c a u s e h e i s m e a s- She is warned to be man, due to his own afflictions, can not guaran-
uring his happiness according prepared for both up tee that he will help her through this hard time
to hers. However, if the female and down time. She by holding her hand until they reach the other
becomes the opposite, too sad, then will be greatly affected by her side.
the male becomes sad also because he lover’s moods. He is likely to humble On Everyone is about the need to be
cares so deeply for the female. her because she is used to higher stimulated visually by bright colors and feel
What You were Not i s a t w i s t o n standards of living. He fears that she sensually alive as opposed to feeling like a dead
D e s c a r t e s ’ f a m o u s l i n e , “ I t h i n k GET IT? I DREW ISLEIB, will not stay with him, so he man walking, reaching for his cup of hope—java.
therefore I am.” The words to this Courtesy of Matt Willemain brings her down so low that she Pleasure is instant gratification, but leaves a
song run, “I don’t think therefore I can not go. bad aftertaste. Human emotions like pity and
am not.” The emphasis is on having a purpose Call Me in the Morning is a song about envy divide one’s soul.
for living and also on receiving recognition after two lovers in a little bit of a mental twist. The You were a Song is for after a split. The
death. male has been dishing it out and feels like a jerk departer thinks fondly of the one who he used to
W h e n t h e I n k R u n s i s a b o u t b e i n g so to feel better about himself he wants his lover spend his nights with. Indeed those nights were
weighed down, struggling to survive and feeling to give him a taste of his own medicine. He feels like sweet melodies, but he has come to the real-
s u f f o c a t e d b y p r e s e n t c i r c u m s t a n c e s . T i m e i s justified only if she does to him whatever it is ization that the song is now over and so is their
b e i n g s t o l e n a w a y w i t h t h e f e a r t h a t t h e f u t u r e that he has been doing to her. romantic, intimate relationship.
m a y no t y i e l d a l l t h a t i t i s s u p p o s e d t o . 8 Stories High is about a man who is

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 Hey, Who Ordered the Reviews?
Hanson Comes to Campus, and They’re More
Than Just Dreamy
Hanson graced Stony Brook University
with their presence on Sunday Nov. 6t h. That’s
right, Hanson, those three brothers that sang
“MMMBOP” when most of us were in junior high
school. Their hair was long and blonde, and
THERE IS NO “ME” IN DREAMY,
Courtesy of Jowy “Fingers” Romano
girls thought they were dreamy. You may have
thought they were done, now that their voices
were no longer pre-pubescent (yea I totally got
to use that word in two articles in a row) but
t hey came to Stony Brook to tell us no! Isaac
(24), Taylor (22), and Zac (20) Hanson are back
and brought with them a documentary about
their struggle with the music industry.
Sick of being told by the music industry
that “you are what’s wrong with your music”
and tired of being made to feel inadequate
because their producers don’t understand
their music, Hanson, after years without an
album release, broke away and formed their
own record label, 3CG. I asked Zac Hanson
what 3CG meant and he said the 3 obviously
refers to the three brothers, and the CG to
car garage. He feels that music should be
ab l e t o stand up in every situation, even with
a crappy amp and a less then ideal space. No
matter how much money and special effects
y o u a d d to your music, in reality it all comes
down to whether the music is good. “Great
songs, great performers and passion and not
production value,” he said. If you sound
good in a car garage then you’re good. The
band will be signing other artists to their
label as long as they feel strongly about
their music.
The Hansons really wanted to reach out
to their peers, which is why they’re coming to
universities. They said, “we’re all the same
people as you are and we have the pow er to
change it [the music industry].” They want to
save others from being subjected to what they
a n d m a n y other groups have suffered through;
By Adina Silverbush
they weren’t good enough for someone, “Jeff”,
who never even played in a band. Jeff Feinster,
their former record executive, continued to give
the Hansons non-constructive criticism
throughout the documentary. Isa a c , s a i d h e f e l t
bad for Jeff, saying, “it just wasn’t in him, he
didn’t have the music fan element.” The
Hansons used themselves as an example in their
documentary; there are far too many musicians
being drained by these large corporations, who
simply don’t get what the music is about.
Ideally, they want to start a m u s i c r e v o l u t i o n
like that of the 60’s. Music is about bringing
people together, and artists shouldn’t feel
muted because of big business.
Whether you enjoy Hanson’s music or
not, you can’t complain about the message they
are bringing. Musicians deserve free speech
just like the rest of us. Their documentary was
long, and the boys now have shorter brown hair,
but they still had plenty of giggling girls at
their Q and A at the Tabler Arts Center. Overall
I was impressed by how intellige n t t h e y s e e m e d ,
p l u s t h e y t r e a t e d u s P r e s s people like real VIPs,
giving us a 20 min. private question and answer
session. Yea, I got my picture taken with them
too! Also, everyone who took the time to come
out got a free copy of their new CD, except they
accidentally gave us a copy of their greatest
hits, and “MMMBOP” is on it, so I’m happy!

Jesu - Jesu, Heartache/Ruined

By Vincent Michael Festa
Godflesh died, so that Jesu can be born. r u m b l i n g t h u n d e r a n d c h a r g e s o n l y f o r t h e p o s- tive moments on the album when self-reflection
It makes sense, being that the album is i t i v e s o u nds to pull through again. Ironically, a n d d e s i r e a r e e v i d e n t .
full of biblical references, but by no means this i t d e a l s w i t h t h e r e m i n d e r t h a t f r i e n d s h i p d o e s- The sun sets finally as ringing feedback
is a Christian rock release. No. Would you n’t last. makes way for the darkest moments. On
think it would be when one of the members of J e s u t h e n f l o a t s t h r o u g h t h e a i r o n “Man/Woman”, Broadrick is at his most wrath-
Jesu happens to be Justin Broadrick, one of the “Tired Of Me” until it falls lightly down from f u l , t h e d r u m s d e l i v e r i n g t h e i r m o s t c r u s h i n g
founders of Napalm Death? the sky and finally relaxes on itself. blows pushing forward while guitars constantly
In any case, Jesu is the newest input Broadrick’s vocals may trudge along before mak-
from Broadrick (guitars, bass, vocals, program- sound uplifting, yet also ing a huge relentless
ming). With the help of Ted Parsons (drums, at the same time they assault. It won’t be long
percussion), Diarmuid Dalton (bass), and Paul offer a sense of yearning. before “Guardian Angel”
Neville (guitar), Jesu becomes not only a jour- The lyrics, however, are reveals itself in all of its
ney of gigantic epic proportions but also of anything but, as issues of h o r r o r , a s u g l y a n d d e v a s-
looking into the self-worth of soul. Jesu writes tolerance, dependency tating as it c a n b e .
the book on how to aurally climb the greatest issues, and uncleanliness For those who can get
ascent and suffer into the biggest downfall may make it sound like their hands on the
while lyrically and vocally getting very deep i t ’ s l e t t i n g it s e l f d o w n Japanese import version, a
and personal in 75 minutes. instead. At the halfway second disc contains two
Jesu is nothing like the speed-demon p o i n t , a s s e r t i o n , a r r o- bonus tracks, extended
dev astation of Napalm Death or the industrial gance, and blame make its versions of the first two
emer gen cy - cal i b r e so u n d o f Tech n o An i m al . presence on “We All cuts. And going back fur-
For a very low-tempo project like Jesu, it cre- Falter”, which has a stark ther, the 40-minute debut
ates and carries so much technical wizardry and and critical sound of all from Jesu,
t e r r a i n . A l t h o u g h t h e s o n i c t h e m e s a r e r u m- war n i n g . H e a r t a c h e / R u i n e d, i s j u st
bling guitars, bashing drums, confident riffs, By now Jesu makes a small test of will deliv-
and various moods of programming, Jesu man- it apparent that, in the ering two massive adven-
ages to paint different pictures on every track: f i r s t h a l f , t h e w o r d s d o JESU IS LIKE A RHOMBUS FROM ON HIGH, tures on one EP. Just as
blame, nothingness, arrogance, fault, and self- n o t m a t c h t h e c a u t i o u s l y Courtesy of www.amazon.com tough to listen to.
r e f l e c t i o n . I n e v e r y s e n s e , J e s u i s t o t a l l y f e a r- o p t i m i s t i c outlook of its Jesu, as a whole, is an
less in getting personal. sound, causing a deceitful e x c r u c i a t i n g b u t c h a l-
“Your Path To Divinity” starts off with a a t m o s p h e r e t h a t a l s o r u n s t h r o u g h m o s t o f t h e lenging listen. But once you get to know what
march of great promise and hope. From there, album. By then Jesu sonically changes gears in t h e r e a l J e s u i s a l l a b o u t , r e s t a s s u r e d y o u c a n
“Friends Are Evil” pushes through a little a m o r e c u r d l i n g , u r g e n t , a n d c r u s h i n g s e n s e become fearless. It demands a lot all the way
harder, like the sun, until it toggles itself along when “Walk On Water” comes forth very sus- through but, in the end, whatev er d o esn ’t k il l
with some very heavy black-as-night amplified p e n s e f u l . “Sun Day” brings Jesu its final posi- y o u m a k e s y o u s t r o n g e r .

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 Seawolves Men’s Soccer Holds Off Catamounts
On Senior Night
By Antony Lin
In a rematch of the 2004 America East pleased with the tackle, Kouadio got up and gave Matt Chew attempted to chip Moschella from 40
Playoffs, the Stony Brook Seawolves squared off Lynch a few shoves. Right winger/defender yards out, to no avail.
against the Vermont Catamounts. As in 2004, Zachary Norwood came over and shoved Kouadio. The Catamounts would get their best
the Seawolves defeated the Catamounts, who Defender Yahaya Musa would join in as well, as opportunity of the second half in the 71st
were ranked #19 nationally, 1-0 in front of a he and Kouadio exchanged shoves. Musa and minute. With the ball falling right to
home crowd at LaValle Stadium. Kouadio were booked by referee Hossam Saad. Crasilneck, Crasilneck made a cut to the right.
Seniors Chris Scarpati, Dorin Djura, Rob “It was an emotional game. One of their His shot from 22 yards out wo u l d sa il o n l y
Fucci, Chris Megaloudis, John Moschella, players just happened to be out of control,” said inches wide of the far right post, past a diving
Douglas Narvaez, and Mark Zajkowski were all Markovic. Moschella.
honored during the pre-game for Senior Night. On the ensuing free kick, Kouadio con- Vermont would get one last chance with
“What a way to go out,” said Scarpati. “It t i n u e d s h oving players in the box as the two seconds left off a free kick from 26 yards out.
was an all-around effort from the team tonight. linesman, Joseph Carrone and Ken Heller looked The Seawolves wall was able to do its job as time
We now have to try and take it to another level.” on. ran out.
The cold weather and occasional rain did The Seawolves had another excellent “The game was tough and tight,” said
not stop the 400 supporters from being vocal chance in the 43rd minute, off a cross from midfielder Matt Avellino. “We got ourselves a
throughout the match. Stony Brook stuck with Megaloudis on the right wing. His cross was huge result. We did what we needed to do to win.
its usual 3-5-2 formation, while Vermont used flicked on by Narvaez, which found Scarpati. Hopefully we can get another match here at
a 4-4-2. Scarpati’s touch from point blank would go just home.”
“There was fantastic fan support wide of the post. As the match ended, another brawl
tonight,” said Seawolves coach Cesar Markovic. The second half would see the broke out, started by Kouadio once again. Both
“They were into the game and it helped us a lot.” Catamounts apply more pressure to find the sides gathered to stop the confrontation. The
Stony Brook had the first opportunity of equalizer. Despite a talk from Vermont head affair ended as Kouadio ran and h i d b e h i n d s e v-
the game in the 5th minute off a set piece on the coach Jesse Cormier, Kouadio looked to provoke eral Vermont players.
left. Midfielder Michael Palacio’s service found things for the third time in the second half by The matched marked the first time the
Megaloudis, whose header would sail just high running into Moschella, long after Moschella Seawolves were victorious over a ranked team.
and wide of the near post. c l a i m e d t h e bal l . The h ome s i de’s s upport e rs “We came out and put forth a special
Midfielder and forward Pete Halkidis began jeering each time Kouadio touched the effort,” said Markovic. “We played the 19th
would end up netting the game-winner for his ball. team in the country and we knocked them off.”
first collegiate goal in the 21st minute. Off a I n the 59th minute, left winger Tamer With the victory, Stony Brook improves
short corner, Narvaez touched it to Palacio, who Mohamed nearly made it 2-0 off a lackadaisical to 4-1-1 in America East, and 9-3-3 overall.
returned it to Narvaez. Narvaez sent an inswing- play by goalkeeper Tom Critz. Mohamed’s chip Vermont fell to 3-3-1 and 10-4-2.
ing low cross finding Halkidis from 12 yards pass into the box, which took quite a hop due to “It was a great win, an emotional win,”
out. Halkidis’ one-timer found the back of the the wet surface, slipped through the hands of said Markovic. “I thank [the seniors] for every-
net for the 1-0 lead. C r i t z , n e arly sneaking into to the near post. thing. I am extremely proud of them.”
“It was a tough game and an important Two minutes later, Vermont defender
one,” said Halkidis. “The goal
was my first collegiate goal. It
was a play that we practiced on
throughout.”
Three minutes later, the
visitors would come back with
thei r first opportunity of the
match. Defender Justin Geibel
m a d e a c u t t o h i s r i g h t a n d b e n d-
ed a shot from 24 yards out just
wide of the far post.
Vermont’s best chance of
the game would come in the 25th
minute. An attempted clearance
deep in the back deflected off of
Geibel. The ball sprung towards
goal from point blank, forcing
Moschella to make a fantastic
reflex save.
The visitors would
threaten again in the 32nd
minute. Off a turnover at mid-
field, forward Jordan Crasilneck
shot one from the right wing
within 18 yards out, which was
denied by a diving Moschella.
Things would get quite
physical starting from the 41st
minute on. Defender Martin
Lynch’s attempt to win the ball
from striker Lee Stephane
Kouadio, who was not wearing
his normal jersey number for the
night, resulted in a foul. Not

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 Examination of a Common Lie
(Bitterness Ensues) By Alison Schwartz
“How are you?” ing time and I wish I could be you just for one know how you feel and why. Deal with it.
It’s such a simple question, but there’s a d a y . This question is a force of nature, like
choice you have to make when you answer: to lie But those people aren’t me. I wasn’t born urinating, maybe. “How are you?” Why even ask
o r t e l l t h e t r u t h . D o e s a n y o n e r e a l l y t e l l t h e that way. I ache, I bleed, I scream, I rant and it if you don’t really want to know, you just want
truth when it comes to that question, or do they rave, I explode, I melt, I disintegrate, I succumb to be told what you want to hear? Do I plaster on
say what everyone wants to hear? It’s truly t o t h e i n n e r d a r k n e s s w i t h i n . I s m i l e a n d l a u g h a fake grin and tell people at work that I’m good
mechanical, automatic. In fact, you probably when I feel like it, not when others want me to when I’m as low as the fucking ground? Of
don’t even think about your course. Guilty as charged. I’m a
answer before it flows from phony . A s ha m. A h y p o c r i t e .
your lips: “I’m But that’s how you get by
good/fine/OK/pretty good.” in this world, right? You bend
Do es an y o n e r eal l y ca r e the truth. You wear a mask.
how you are, or is it just a cour- People like co n s i s t e n c y . T h e y
tesy question, as automatic as a don’t like change. They don’t
comment on the weather, know how to react to reality.
meant to mask reality? People are plastic. They want to
No one wants to hear h e a r t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s f a b u-
that you’re dying inside, that lous in the world and that life
you’re struggling to stay afloat. is wonderful, because how do
That you have so much inner they react to the truth? They
rage that you want to take a crumble. They don’t know how
brick and destroy something to react. “I’m sorry to hear
beautiful (why does that sound that.” Bullshit. You just care
familiar...?). That you cracked about yourself. You’ve been
your tooth on a half-empty programmed to say stuff like
glass, tripped on your that whenever you hear bad
shoelace, swallowed your gum, news. And then people treat
and stepped in dog excrement y o u d i f f e r e n t l y a n d a r e a w k-
a l l i n t h e s p a n o f t w e n t y m i n- ward around you because
utes. You’d be a whiner, a you’re some de p r e s s i v e i n v a l i d
downer, brewer of social dis- that doesn’t know how to smile
comfort (anything but that!). or something.
The closest you can You tell t h e t r u t h o n e
come to a real answer without day, creating fear (without hav-
p e o p l e l o o k i n g s h o c k e d o r MR. BEAR, YOU DO NOT CARE, YOU’RE THINKING, “DID I BRUSH MY HAIR?” ing to become the drooling zom-
a p p a l l e d o r s t u n n e d i s “ I ’ v e Courtesy of Matt Willemain bie that consumes brains for
been better.” Does that really a f t e r - s c h o o l s n a c k s ) , a n d s u d-
efficiently convey inner turmoil? For some peo- feel like it. I’m too analytical not to observe this denly you’re an outcast. Well, ladies and gents,
ple “I’m good/great” IS the honest answer to that c o n s t a n t t r e n d a n d I b e l i e v e t h e s u s t a i n i n g o f I ’ d r a t h e r b e a n h o n e s t o u t c a s t t h a n a p o p u l a r
question. And I’m happy for you. I applaud you such served as breeding ground for the emo- l i a r ( I r e a l i z e t h a t c l o s i n g l i n e s a r e s u p p o s e d t o
h a p p y - g o - l u c k y w i n n e r s t h a t l e a d s u c h a tionless drones that walk the earth (Dawn of the b e s t a r k , i n s p i r i n g r e v e l a t i o n s , b u t I t h i n k I ’ v e
c h a r m e d e x i s t e n c e . Y o u a r e t r u l y b l e s s e d w i t h Dead, anyone?). failed miserably). Adieu, my minions (and don’t
the fortune of being happy (or being a good If I ask how you are, I care enough to ask ask me how I am unless you want to know next
enough actor to feign being happy) all the fuck- and I want more than a single word. I want to t i m e , p u n k s ! ) .

All of a sudden, the songs sound like
o r c h e s t r a t e d o r g a s m s . T h e g r a s s a p p e a r s g r e e n-
e r - a l t h o u g h e v e r y t h i n g l o o k s g r e e n e r w h e n j u x-
taposed with the black hole. The dip of empti-
ness – well, not empty – just finished. And it is
a new day for you. Full of possibilities. You put
your best smiling face on – and not because I
told you to, but because you just can’t stop
laughing. Because everything is great. And why
shouldn’t it be? And then your mind starts to
wander and you drift away.
I carry 3 lucky charms with me – sou-
venirs of great times – actually-fuckin’ good
times. Times where I feel like I am sitting in
front of a mirror staring my soul in the eyes.
I’ll tell you about soul – when your soul is sat-
isfied everything and is in tune. You can be
with a ton of people but you sigh on the inside
a n d y o u r eyes flutter. See, I don’t believe you
need to just be with one person – if you are in
love with that person you can be with 100 peo-
ple...at a time. And yet when you are with that
one person you know it all just feels real good.
Hmm... I’d better start thinking about that
shit for school that’s due... hmm... some photo
p r i n t s . S o m e p r i n t m a k i n g p r i n t s , a n d s o m e p h i-
losophy studing… ugh. You know, I think I feel
more euphoric when I don’t think about that
s t u f f , w h e n I just feel.
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DAYDREAMING
Courtesy of handholders anonymous
Now I’m daydreaming. The clouds are
really cool shapes. I am losing focus.
Your hands aren’t hands. They are a body.
What’s it mean when you walk around campus
holding your lover by the hand? Do you think
they will run away? Do you need to connect?
Young Girl
By Jo Ann Campise
Attach? Sometimes, I see people holding hands
and they are look ing in opposite directions – not
even talking – it becomes a leash, a habit, it
becomes boring. Hands are what you use to
reach, touch, and hold people (notice I didn’t
say things – that’s a whole other issue I’ll get
into another time).
A palm reader once told me I had good
palms – he said all the people in my life now are
like running water – and I’ll fin d t h e r e a l p e r-
son of my dreams at age 26. He said I’d be suc-
cessful at age 36 and well-established in my
career at 40-something. I would have 1 child
most likely – maybe 2. Maybe. He said to write
things down and stay focused.
Now, I don’t know if I believe him – I
believe that it sounds like the average American
girl’s life. But I’ve got a little secret – I’m not.
Its possible that this could happen – this
old Indian man gave me insight on one path my
life might follow – I might do something else –
but its only by choice, not by chance. Because,
no matter how you live your life you will always
live it perfectly, because it is your life, and
only you can have this life. Even if you don’t
achieve what you strive for as perfection, you
h o l d y o u r l i f e in the palm of your hand. I hap-
pen to be holding a cigarette, which I’m going to
go smoke now.
Insights and Personal Exposition
 It’s Funny Becuase It’s True.
So now it’s mid-semester – another word
for this is ‘midterm’. The word ‘midterm’ is
appropriate because it tells you two simple
words in one word. It is the middle of the term,
hence midterm. If it were two weeks into the
semester then it wouldn’t be mid-term, it would
be two weeks into school. Keeping this in mind,
I don’t understand why teachers like to call
their exams a “ midterm”. If you have four tests
in a class and each one is called a midterm, then
I believe there is something wrong with your
grammar. Two weeks into a class is not midway,
it’s not the center of the term, nor is it middle.
If the semester is a piece of paper and you fold
it in half you would not get a symmetrical fig-
ure, no- it would be uneven. In order to solve
this problem of epidemic proportions I have
defined a new classification system to solve this
confusion and utter deviations from proper
grammar. Assuming you have a class with four
exams, the most appropriate word for the first
exam is a ‘quarterm’, since it is taken during
the first “quarter” of the semester. The next
test can be the beloved ‘midterm’, a test smack
dab in the middle of the semester. Then you fin-
ish it off with another ‘quarter-term’ and then
finally- the dreaded final.
No matter what term it is, I’ve been par-
tying more often this semester, so that means
I’ve been drunk on many occasions. It’s weird
because no matter how drunk you are, there is
always a sober part of your brain that sits back
and watches you make a fool out of yourself. It’s
like while you drink you give your brain the
night off and it sits there eating popcorn and
watches your every move. I’m sure you all can
relate – it’s that little voice that’s like, “Oh Mo,
you dumb fuck, go ahead see what happens if
you step on the gas harder, come on… OHHHHH,
hahaha I knew it you dumb fuck, you’re so
drunk.” And it’s weird because while you’re
drunk you can actually HEAR this voice. Your
drunken ass body is aware of the sober mind’s
presence but it ignores it. Your body says, “I
know I’m wasted, voice of reason... but I’m still
going to do it anyway, I’m going to take advan-
tage of that drunken girl.”
Right now I want to talk about something
else – females. Females are what I like to call, an
‘enigma’. An enigma is defined as “somebody or
something that is not easily explained or
understood.” If I were the author of a thesaurus,
a synonym for ‘enigma’ would be ‘female.’ Let me
tell you why females are such enigmas. You may
not agree, but I’m going to address my issue
anyway because I know a lot of guys out there
can relate on what I like to call “solving the
unsolvable puzzle,” a.k.a. “a relationship.”
Since I just came out of a pretty long relation-
ship I am doing my part for society in con-
tributing my theories on this enigma and maybe
one day they will help us g et closer to the solu-
tion.
You see, when a person is single long
enough they lose control. We say things like,
“Oh man... oh man, oh man, oh man... I need a
girlfriend! I can’t go on ONE MORE DAYYY with-
out a girl in my life!” In their eyes, life begins
to suck and seeing everyone else with a partner
just adds salt to the wounds. It feels like you
just got a huge gash in your chest and someone
dropped you in a sea of salty water and then,
immediately after, you get slapped right across
the chest, with a whip. Have you ever been
Column-in’
slapped with a whip? It hurts!
Eventually, after all of the desperation
and searching (oh and you’ve searched far and
wide, you even tried to get that cute blind girl
to like you for “you”) you find a mate. You get
that mate of your dreams and you’re so happy
that you feel like t he world couldn’t get any bet-
ter.
The beginning of a relationship is
always so nice and sweet. You guys are like “oh
hey, how was your day… You’re so funny you
crack me up you silly goose… oh don’t say that
about yourself you will always be pretty to me.”
You and your new favorite mate are holding
hands everywhere you go, showing PDA (Public
Displays of Affection) to the point where you
n e e d o t h e r p e o p l e t o c e n s o r y o u f o r i n a p p r o p r i-
ate behavior. You know, the PDA goes out of
h a n d w h e n you end up missing your stop on the
LIRR, naked, and in a remote part of Long Island,
trying to explain to the conductor why you were
HA HA HA
Courtesy of Matt Willemain
caught doing reverse cowgirl in the middle of
the car.
But then, but THEN – your new mate
changes. You guys are together for a while and
then all of a sudden the niceness just evapo-
r a t e s , i t d i s s i p a t e s , f o r u s e o f a n o t h e r a p p r o p r i-
ate synonym. What used to be a singing dove has
turned into an evil crazy three-headed monster.
Emphasis on the three heads mind you, because
she’s not as crazy as a regular monster, that
would be an understatement, no – she is as crazy
as a monster with three heads. Then suddenly
you go from “I want to be with you for the rest
of my life” to “FUCK! What did I get myself
into??? This crazy bitch gets mad if I say ‘hello’
the wrong way!”
In my last relationship I said this to my
girlfriend, “Hey.” Now it seems harmless since
i t i s a s t a ndard greeting among English speak-
e r s l i v i n g i n A m e r i c a , b u t t o h e r i t w a s u n a c-
ceptable: “What? That’s it? Just hey? You don’t
ask me how I am or give me a hug and kiss?
Whatever, I guess you don’t even like me any-
more.” How do you respond to that? “Uh… I um,
apple.” Because nothing can go wrong with
apple, who doesn’t like apples? No one, apple is
just a safe word.
Is it just me or is the female half of a
“courtship” always, what’s that word, crazy?
The guy is afraid to say something wrong
because she’ll snap and then cause another
relationship fight. It’s you against the big dou-
ble standard monster where it’s o k i f s h e d oe s
things but fucked up if you do it. You know what
I’m talking about, there are certain things that
a girl can say that if a guy were to do it, she
would flip. For example, one day my girlfriend
said, “Wow, that guy is hot.” I didn’t think any-
thing much of it and simply said “ok.” A few
days later, I pointed out a girl was hot… bad
idea. She turned into a transformer. You know
those innocent looking trucks that turn into
killing machines, that’s what she mutated into
right in front of my eyes. I had to find a shield
to block the torturous tumult. I like that
expression because of the T’s. Go ahead, read
that line aloud for a second and say “torturous
tumult.” Don’t worry if anyone around you is
wondering why you’re talking to yourself just
tell them it’s because you had t o s a y “ t o r t u r o u s
tumult.” And the n, encourage whoever is next to
you to say it too, it’s simple and rolls beauti-
fully right off the tongue, torturous tumult.
No matter what I said, she always had a
“torturous tumult”. If a beautiful girl ever
needed CPR and I was the only person around
that was certified in CPR and gave the girl
mouth to mouth, she would seriously say, “so
did you enjoy kissing that other girl? I know
you jumped to give her mouth to mouth so you
can have an excuse for kissing someone else, I’m
just not good enough for you, maybe if I had
plastic surgery you would notice me more!”
Girls, you deny it, but you know- it’s true. You
let the insecurities get the best of you.
[Most] girls have no reasoning, they don’t
believe in it. When God was making woman he
must have said “Reasoning? Ha! They don’t need
that.” I have no dou bt that the female sex gets
mad on a whim. Just a random urge every now
and then to cause another tumult. On some
mornings girls wake up and say to themselves,
“Hmm, what am I going to do today, I know- I’ll
a pick a fight with my boyfriend and get him
really mad.” They work out the d e ta il s as t h ey
brush their teeth, they have it elaborately set
up so that you fall into the trap and when you
least suspect it, they get you! The fight is never
over. There is no other way to explain it. I think
girlfriends lie in bed after a lon g d a y o f f i g h t-
ing and think to themselves “That was a really
great fight, what should I fight about tomorrow?
Maybe I’ll tell him he blinke d h i s e y e s t h e
wrong way.” I don’t know why they do it, like I
said – females are an enigma: the unsolvable
puzzle of the universe.
Then comes the break-up. Breaking up is
the worst part because no matter how much
anger there is in the relationship, you always
want to end it peacefully. What’s the most com-
mon thing people say when t h e y b r e a k u p ?
“Baby, it’s not you – it’s me.” Bullshit, of course
it’s “you,” because if it wasn’t “you,” then I
wouldn’t be trying to leave “you.” The only time
that works is if one of the mates decides that
they are g ay, in that case it’s not “you.”
Unfortunately that’s not how it hap-
pened for me. We were having this heated fight
one time and I got so mad at her, I said, “Fuck
you I’m going before I do something really bad,
like dump you!” And she softly said, “No Mo,
It’s over…” then I paused and thought – “SWEET!
I DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IT!”
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A Message from the Producer of the
Campus Cooking Show, Who is Not
Nearly as Talented as the Host
Message: The Stony Brook
campus cooking show,
Cooking: for Those Who Don’t
Know How to Cook, airs on
SBU-TV channel 20 _______
Recipe for Fucking Awesome
Cheese Fries
Ingredients:
One bag of French fries
Chop meat
Cooking spray
Garlic powder
One small bag of shred-
ded cheddar cheese
One small bag of shred-
ded Monterey jack cheese
One small bag of shred-
ded mozzarella cheese
One tablespoon of love
Directions:
4. Once all the Jews are
slaughtered, you may try
to invade France. If need
be, substitute methane
gas for cyanide. Once
you’ve created your
‘final solution’, you can-
...
Nope. Wrong book. MMMM...LET IT DRIP IN YOUR MOUTH
Courtesy of Gluttony and Lust
Ah! Here it is!
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Spray a large cookie sheet evenly
with cooking spray and lay fries in
a s i n g l e l a y e r.
3. Spray fries lightly with cooking
spray.
4. Heat the largest top burner on the
oven to 7 .
5 . On ce o v en i s p r e- heated (that
annoying little beep that happens),
put the pan of fries in the oven.
Make a note of the time, and set the
oven timer for eight minutes.
6. When the oven timer goes beep
beep beep it’s time to start cooking
the meat. S e t t h e o v e n t i m e r f o r
another eight minutes after it
g o e s o f f. Then take a big-ass fry-
ing pan, the biggest you can find,
and put it over the big-ass burner.
Take as much meat as will comfort-
ably fit on the pan, with enough
room to break it up and stir it later,
and put that meat on that fucking
pan.
7. When meat starts to sizzle, it is
time to break it up. Do it. Use your
spatula and give it hell. Break it up
into taco meat, bitch.
8. When the meat begins to brown
just a little bit, but with still a lot
of raw and sizzling goods, coat all
the meat evenly with a layer of gar-
lic powder. Make sure the top sur-
face is covered. Then begin to stir it
in, using the meat’s own grease to
create a marinade. Stir it very well,
until you can’t see the powder any-
20
By David K. Ginn
more. The smell is the absolute
most inviting cooking smell you will
create. Truly. Mmmmm....
9. When the oven timer goes beep
beep beep yet again it’s time to add
some cheese, bitch! Take that fuck-
ing pan out of the oven, lay it some-
where where it won’t ruin things,
especially unsuspecting, innocent
flesh. Coat it with half a bag of each
cheese, making sure that just about
the entire surface is
covered. If you use a
bit more now it’s okay.
Put that shit back in
the oven when you’re
done.
10. Stir that fucking
meat.
11. W h e n c h e e s e h a s
begun to melt about
halfway, it’s about
t i m e t o a d d y o u r d e l i-
ciously c o o k e d g a r l i c
meat. Make sure you
taste it first to test its
garlicness. If it is not
garlicky enough, feel
free to add a bit more
powder and stir it in
before applying to the
fries. Also remember
that ‘it s ’ i s t h e p o s s e s-
sive form of the pro-
noun ‘it’ and ‘it’s’ is
the contraction of ’it
is’. Don’t ever confuse
those, or I shall turn
you into a eunuch.
12. Add the rest of the cheese even-
ly over the freshly applied meat.
After everything is done and taken
care of, place the entire pan of fries
back in the oven and wait for the
cheese to melt above the meat. When
this happens, you’ve scored. Take
that pan out, and place it on heat
protector thingies on your kitchen
or dining room table. Let your com-
mie side come and out and use
knives and forks with your friends
and dig the fuck in.
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 The Reformation in Central Kentucky
Scintillates
Cryptography is useful for everybody.
It’s a real passion for two types of people: para-
noiacs and voyeurs. Sure, there are electronic
freedom fighters seeking to fight for their
rights, there are online outlaws trying to evade
the long arm of the law, and there are any other
number of people who would find cryptography
useful in their everyday lives. I give credit to
t h e p ar an o i acs an d t h e v o y e u r s t h o u g h , b ecau se
they split crypto into a useful dichotomy. The
paranoiac doesn’t want to be found out, and the
voyeur wants to find. This is the very essence
of cryptography, but it applies to much more.
F a m i l i a r w i t h Mortal Kombat 2? You know the
guy who says, “Toast-y!” when you do a good
uppercut? That’s Dan Forden, a lead program-
mer on the game. And on most DVDs there are
h i d d e n f e a t u r e s o n l y a c c e s s i b l e b y m a n i p u l a t-
ing the title menu. Things like these are
referred to as “easter eggs” and are especially
popular in movies and games. See? It applies a
lot of places.
The two broad categories of finder and
hider don’t always apply, however. Some serial
k i l l e r s / s p r e e c r i m i n a l s p u r p o s e l y h i d e i n f o r-
mation with every intention of being found. The
criminals I mention below may or may not have
actually wanted to be caught; two of their iden-
tities remain unknown, and who am I to read
i n t o t h e i r m o t i v e s ? B u t t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y t a u n t-
ed the authorities is a certainty, and a good
example that there are exceptions. In Victorian
England, a killer known as Jack the Ripper had
a spree in 1888. He is known to have killed five
prostitutes, and many others are suspected of
having died by his hand. He wrote letters to the
police taunting them, and mentioning details
about his killings. Half a century later in the
‘40’s and ‘50’s, a criminal named George
Metesky, and popularly dubbed “The Mad
Bomber”, placed bombs throughout New York
City. He included cryptic messages referring to
a vengeance against Consolidated Edison, and
threats to injure people if they weren’t brought
to justice. It took the combined efforts o f the
New York City Police and the esteemed Dr.
James Brussel to bring him to justice in 1957.
Moving forward in time to a lesser degree this
time we come to my favorite, the Zodiac Killer
(And no, he’s not my favorite in some lameass
Yeah. That little fucker goes pop.
WATCH ME GO P O P
Courtesy of Matt Willemain
Da Funny
TBS copycat-killer detective movie kind of way).
The Zodiac Killer had eight definite victims, and
boasted to have many more. Included in his let-
t e r s t o t h e p o l i c e w e r e d e ta i l s o f t h e m u r d e r s
only the killer would know, taunts, threats,
and… code!
ZODIAC KILLER CYPHER
Courtesy of one sick bastard
The traditional government stance on
c r y p t o g r a p h y i s t h a t i t b e l o n g s w i t h t h e g o v e r n-
m e n t , a n d that the people should feel compliant
a n d s e c u r e a b o u t t h i s . T h e t r a d i t i o n a l g o v e r n-
ment argument for this is that if strong crypto
falls into the hands of criminals or terrorists
the government won’t be able to protect us.
Ordinarily, I’m inclined to scoff at such argu-
ments, but the Zodiac Killer has evaded capture
to this day, and some of his ciphers are
unsolved despite the fact that they’re no more
complex than the homophonic ciphers which I
mentioned last issue. At the end of this article
Pop Goes the Weasel
By James Messina
I’ll give some links worth checking out if you’re
more interested in the Zodiac Killer. A high
school teacher named Donald Harden ended up
crac king three of his ciphers. Maybe you’ll have
more luck and finally solve the case, right?
In the next issue, I’ll include more on
the role of cryptography in treasure hunting
and suchlike. But for now, I’m going to move on
to the solving of the last puzzle.
P U Z Z L E T H E 4T H:
3+6+2+13+3+2+18-10+19+0+23-8+26-
15+34
I hinted that the puzzle wasn’t too difficult, and
indeed, it wasn’t. Of course, once again I say
this with full knowledge of the code I’m about to
break, so for you the answer might not have been
as easily won. The trick to this code was just to
read it as it came, I didn’t try to jazz things up
too much. 3 + 6 = 9. The ninth letter is “i”.
There you are. Then for the next letter, you add
6 + 2 = 8 = “h”. It follows similarly in an iter-
ative method until you arrive at the message: “I
hope this w orks”. If indeed it didn’t work, you
can email me at longinquous@yahoo.com with
complaints. Or requests for plaintext to my
grand code. Or with salutations… God, I’m so
lonely. Of course, with the fine folk at the Press
to keep me company I’m not actually lonely, but
I was dead serious about needing some curious
mathematically inclined folk to solve my code.
If you fit the bill, e-mail me, it’s no hassle. That
being said, here comes the official fifth puzzle.
Word.
P U Z Z L E T H E 5T H:
The hat is a sissy, the moan ululatd. Am
newt to see to Bullmopp. Or yam on
mutt?
Zodiak Killer Links (for those who enjoy typing
elaborate key sequences):
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/n
otorious/zodiac/river_1.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/Letters.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_killer
By David K. Ginn
Editor’s Note:
Can’t argue that point...
...pop
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 Sweating
By Jeremy Falletta
I’m sitting in class and all the windows There’s a garbage can propping the door I’m going down hard but it’s not me, I’m
a r e o p e n a n d i t ’ s J a n u a r y a n d i t ’ s c o l d e r t h a n open, a little guy, and I’m trying to maneuver still watching from over there. Suddenly there’s
the arctic in here and I can’t stop sweating. It’s my way around it and it’s not working. I can’t this dull flaring pain in my side and I’m not at
b e e n s i x h o u r s s i n c e I f i x e d a n d I ’ m s t a r t i n g t o lift my leg high enough to get it over the little my desk anymore, I’m lying on the floor between
get the shakes. My eyelids are fluttering. bastard and my stomach is gurgling now and I’m the classroom and the hallway and I’m scram-
I need to get out of here. If I bling to get up. Some of my fellow
have to listen to one more droning s t u d e n t s a r e s n i c k e r i n g a n d m y p r o-
undergraduate commentary on fessor’s face, I know without seeing
female infidelity in Jacobean plays it, is ashen.
I’m going to tear my hair out. I I’m running down the hall
think the girl sitting next to me is and the door swings shut behind me
noticing that I’m acting strange. I in the absence of the little garbage
need to fix. I need to get out of here. can that I hate so dearly at this
It’s 3:50 and my guy won’t moment. The door it clangs shut and
be around until at least 7. I’m it’s so loud it startles me and I jump.
thinking about hitting the street I’m concentrating on trying not to
and seeing what I can scrounge up trip over my untied shoelaces and
- I don’t like going to another my stomach is doing somersaults and
pusher, but it’s getting really bad. I just know I’m going to puke. My
Last time I fixed, it didn’t last skin is clammy and I c a n f e e l t h e b i l e
nearly as long as it usually does. I working its way up my esophagus
need to score, and I need it now. and I don’t have much time to get out-
I’m getting more sidelong side.
glances from the over interested The door at the end of the
girl next to me. I think her name is hallway is painted this brilliant red
Maria, but I wouldn’t put any stock and it has white lettering across it
in my memory of such a trivial and there’s something funny about it
thing. She’s openly staring at me but I can’t quite place it an d I keep
now and I’m rubbing my neck like I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW, running because there’s nowhere
an addict and what I really want to Courtesy of Modern Pharmacology else to go. I hit the door running and
do is roll up my goddamn sleeve I’m through and the sunshine is
and scratch the inside of my elbow so this fuck- s w e a t i n g bullets and I can’t turn around no not hurting my eyes something wicked.
ing itch goes away. But it won’t go away. It never now turning around is not an option, I need to And then it hits me, I know what was
goes away, except when I f ix. get out of this door. So of course I see myself funny about the door as I stand there scratching
I ’ m s t i l l s i t t i n g t h e r e b u t I f e e l m y b o d y kicking the goddamn thing and it’s falling over the inside of my elbow through my sleeve and
getting up and I’m twitching now and I feel and it’s banging on the ground and there are before I know it the alarm is going off, loud and
m y s e l f w a l k i n g t h r o u g h t h e d e s k s t o w a r d t h e fucking soda cans - soda cans! - in the pail and obnoxious and reminding me of the headache
back and I feel the professor’s eyes on my back they’re clattering all over the linoleum floor of I’ve been trying to ignore for the past hour. It
and oh god she knows, she knows I’m a user and the classroom. Everyone is turning around, see- sounds like some kind of dying duck, trying to
she’s going to say something about it. My legs ing what I see from my empty desk, and oh my bark quack his way into hell or wherever ducks
keep moving and I’m watching myself walk out god Jesus fuck I’m tripping. I’m stumbling and go when they die and get it over with already.
from my empty desk. I’m going to fall.

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all know you wanted to see it. Don’t deny it. You love the Editorial
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article sizes. I will now write whatever is said to me next:
SLAVE GIRL, AND IF YOU WANT
“Shot through the heart and you’re too late.
You give love a bad name.” HER BACK, COME AND GET HER.
Bon Jovi is on and he speaks to me.
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 Ask Amberly Jane
Let’s talk confessions. normalcy. All I can draw from is my own scato- you, e-mail me if you get a chance and I’ll
Everyone has these greasy little devils logical trip down the gravy train. (God, that’s sketch some of you if you like.
lighting afire the inner Chantilly lace. Secrets disgusting. Why do I write these things?) P.A.
that blow holes through your ‘normal’ veneer. Here’s some confessions for you: Most
Old ghosts; Snickering skeletons. You want to d a y s I w i l l f u l l y h a l l u c i n a t e . I r i d e a r o u n d c a m-
squeeze them up inside, squeeze so hard they pus on my bike, imagining the people around me AJ,
extinguish out your fingers, and forget about breaking into dance numbers, and then fellating Long-time reader, first-time writer. I
them completely – but you can’t. The memories each other on the street, while ribbons of taffy jerk off a lot. Sometimes five, six times a day.
lurk like prowling pirates in the shadows. They c u m sp o o l around everyone in orgasmic rapture. I’m not seeking advice or anything, I just want-
lurk like rogue el ephants amongst gazelles. Bit of a romp, aye! ed to tell you that your picture didn’t help.
They lurk like the awkward face-touching guy I confess: that I realize it’s over – Thanks.
at last night’s party. because I’m not the type you bring home to HandsAcrossTheNation
Maybe you secretly hate your best mother.
friend and want them to fail, or found your I confess: it would be hot to fuck a guy
mom’s dildo, and used it. Or cheated, that’s a big who has just gotten into a fight, with a black eye, I’m glad I could be of service.
one. Stolen garbage from someone famous. Hurt swollen lip, bloody knuckles... Good Glory, it deserves mentioning that
others, or privately delighted in their pain. And I confess that someday I would love Mr. Breath of fresh air, tasty energy himself,
Maybe you rolled your brother’s hamster down to have sex on a school bus. I also confess that I strolled back into town. The load is lighter with
the hallway like a bowling ball ... and it died. had a pretty fucking wonderful threesome the you here, my friend.
P oked a retarded kid. Rang in the new year in other night. (The compliments were unneces- Keep the letters coming...
t h e s a m e f a s h i o n a s m a n y A m e r i c a n s : m a s t u r- sary, but thank you.) AskAmberlyJane@hotmail.com
b a t i n g a l o n e w i t h c r a p p y m u s i c o n i n t h e b a c k- Yes. Confess. Unburden your soul. Be
ground. Put a carrot up your ass or a cucumber accepting of other’s deviations. Raise your
i n y o u r s n a t c h . O r w a t c h e d a s y o u r d r u n k p r o- moistened hands, grab your hamsters, shove the
fessor jerked off on your floor. carrot a little higher, smoke grandma’s pot, and
Guess which confessions are mine. jerk-off to visions of stabbing your boss in the
T h e i m p e t u s f o r t h i s d i s c u s s i o n : I h a p- eye with a pen.
pened upon grouphug.us, an anonymous online Yay for deviance!
confessional. People do some crazy fucked-up
shit. Like the girl who, instead of using tampons
or pads, uses bread. The dude who really likes Amberly Jane,
the taste of his own cum. A guy who cried while I j ust wanted to say thanks, yes INDEED,
watching a tire commercial. Those who have thank you for the porn! It’s up on my wall, and I
i t c h y c r o t c h e s , a r e s c a r e d o f f r u i t , s p e n d g r a n d- took another one for my friends wall. Well Done.
ma’s money on pot, hate their lives and dream of We all need more penetration in our lives!
stabbing their bosses in the eye with a pen. Ducky88
Many people feel unloved, inadequate, insecure
... and addic ted to socially-unacceptable porn.
There are those who wish for simplicity in a AJ,
complicated world, and one truly sad soul whose Why is OK that we vote for our ‘leaders’,
greatest moments in life have been with heroin. go off and die and kill for our country - but we
It’s an addicting website, always some- can’t have a drink?!? I know this is not sex
one’s car crash to witness. But these miles of related, but it pisses me off , and I’m just put-
confessions drive home several points: ting it out there. (Don’t know if you’ll print
1)Deviance is more normal than you might this, fuck it.)
think, oxymoron be damned. 2)Embrace your Oh, thanks for the nudie pic last week!
inner freak – there is a lways someone more ( W a y t o t e l l t h e s e n a t e t h e y s h o u l d t r y t h e p o s i-
fucked up than you. 3)This universal fucked- tion btw.) I have no sex happening right now, so
up’ness could help with social relations. Like – jolt to the pecker was appreciated.
I’m fucked up, you’re fucked up. Let’s be fucked Calypso Joe
together, and fuck!
But navigating our varied dynamics is a
bitch. Many times the ones that you love, and Amberly Jane,
the ones that love you are not the same. I don’t I met you at a press meeting this one
know what to tell you. Humans are a wily bunch, time and I realy wanted to ask you if that was
even when we get what we think we want, shit your real eye color. It’s bloody amazing.
f a l l s a p a r t . W e a r e f l u i d c r e a t u r e s w h o a r e c u r i- Remember me, I drew the erotic renaissance- LOVINGLY DUBBED THE “DOUBLE HELIX”,
ous and kinky, but we pretend to adhere to false style p encil drawings. It was good talking to Courtesy of Miss Amberly Jane

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Shots, Oreos and Quiet Study Rooms, Oh
My!
There is one time a year where you can
get as fucked up, and get fucked, as much as you
want. It is the time of the year where the only
thing that matters is you and whether you’re
happy and having a good time. It is also the time
year where any alcohol you consume is com-
pletely free. That time of the year, you may
have guessed by now, is your birthday. In c ol-
lege, not only is it your birth-day, but your
birth-week, and you better have a drink in your
hand every minute of every hour that week. The
o n l y t h i n g b e t t e r t h a n s o m e o n e h a v i n g a b i r t h-
day, is two people having the same birthday! As
was the case with our friends Alicia and Lynn,
both girls lived down the hall from each other,
and after the first day of school had realized
they shared the same day of birth. They had
been planning their celebration since then.
Any bad blood between Maria and John
regarding their make-out session had been
cleared up during a drunken confession where
each told the other it had meant nothing and
that they wanted everything to be normal. It
didn’t hurt that Maria had told John that he was
a good kisser. Anyways, nobody wants to be in
a bad mood for a party, and if th ere’s one thing
we all have in common, it is the love of a party.
Everything was being taken care of, alcohol was
getting picked up, John’s suite was empty for
partying, and the actual birthday conveniently
fell on a Friday.
Alicia woke up Friday morning at 11:30
with one thought in her head. She wanted to get
fucked. Later that day, at the mall with Lynn
and I, the thought was still on her mind.
“I just really want to get fucked,” Alicia
said.
“So you’ve said,” I replied.
“No really, last time I had sex was about
a month ago,” said Alicia.
“Try the last time being before moving
in,” Lynn said.
“But wasn’t your boyfriend here?” I
asked.
“Yeah, I was on my period,” she replied.
“Fuck, that sucks,” Alicia said.
“Yeah, just my luck,” Lynn said as we
walked into H&M, right before Alicia darted to
a rack near the front.
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“How much do you love this jacket?”
Alicia asked.
“It’s cute,” Lynn said.
“It’s very bright,” I said.
“I love that, it’s got that bright Irish
green. I gotta try it on,” Alicia said trailing off
making her way to the mirror. She slipped it on.
“I absolutely love this jacket!” She exclaimed.
The sales people knew they had a sale. “Well,
everybody needs to get a birthday present for
themselves.” S he got her purse out and we made
our way to the cash register. We got a couple
more things before getting on the bus to back to
Stony Brook.
“Should I shave?” Alicia asked while we
w e r e s i t t i ng in the back of the bus.
“I don’t think so, you aren’t wearing a
skirt tonight, and it’s getting cold so you prob-
ably won’t be for a while,” Lynn said.
“No, not my legs,” Alicia replied.
“Well you should always be shaving
your armpits,” I told her.
“No, down there. Should I shave?” Alicia
asked bluntly.
“Umm, not my territory,” I said.
“Well if I’m getting fucked it should be
nice right, not that it’s not nice all the time, but
it should be extra nice, right?”
“Yes, if you think you should shave, then
shave,” Lynn said.
“It’s just I don’t really feel like it,”
Alicia said.
“Then don’t shave,” Lynn replied.
“But I kind of feel like I have to,” Alicia
said back.
“Then shave it already, can we not talk
about it,” I said.
“ F ine,” Alicia said as she sat back.
“Thank You,” I said.
We sat in a couple moments of silence.
“Then who should I fuck?” Alicia asked.
“Shirley Strum Kenney,” I offered.
“No really. Who?” Alicia said.
We got back to campus hornier then
when we left but still without an answer. I got
back to my room to ch eck my inbox. I had mes-
s a g e d J e r ry about the party tonight. I had yet to
meet him in person and was looking forward to
when I did. I opened my mail and there was a
response, he had gone home this weekend.
Slightly saddened I figured it could only be a
matter of time before I did get to meet him in
By Rudy Randall
person. In just a short couple of hours, it was
party time.
The whole gang gathered for the celebration.
John, Charlie, Ed, I, Maria, Becky, Alicia, Lynn,
Janey and her friend Blair, with a couple of peo-
ple coming a little later after a Chemistry
review that apparently was more important than
drinking. We immediately opened the bottle of
Absolut and poured out some shots. Everyone
was ready to toast when Blair made a pretty
interesting observation.
“Um, where are the chasers?” she asked.
Nobody really knew what to say.
Everything had been set, except the one thing
that was probably needed most, mixers and
chasers. Instead of running to the vending
machine or checking other suites fridges, Alicia
decided to go with the next best thing.
“There’s Oreo’s right here!” she said.
“Will that be good?” asked John.
“Sure, what could be wrong, they’re just
cookies,” she said as she passed out the chasers,
“Besides, after a couple shots you won’t even
need a chaser.” So everyone with a shot in one
hand and an Oreo in the other toasted to Alicia
and Lynn and their birthday. Twenty minutes
and several shots later everyone was pretty
buzzed and dancing. I was dancing with Alicia,
who repeatedly said she coul d n ’ t d a n c e a n d
wanted me to teach her, claiming that I could do,
“ t h a t b l a c k g i r l t h i n g w i t h y o u r h i p s a n d b u t t. ”
“God I wanna get fucked,” Kate said as
she grinded me.
“I know,” I told her.
“But who?” she asked. Almost like
magic, Cindy and her boyfriend Matt walked in.
They had brought their single, R A f r i e n d B i l l y ,
who worked in a different building.
“Bingo,” Alicia whispered as she left my
arms and made her way over to the door. “Hey
Cindy! Matt! Who’s this? I don’t know you, my
name’s Alicia.”
“Hello Alicia, I’m Billy.”
“Hi. You wanna drink?”
“Sure.”
“You wanna go somewhere a little more
quiet?”
“Okay.” He said as the two of them
walked into the hallway. They sat down and
talked a little while about college and each
other. After a little while the two of them got up
for a walk. They headed for the elevator, and by
the time they were inside they couldn’t keep
their tongues out of each other’s mouths.
“I know where to go.” Alicia said as she
pulled him into the quiet study room. They lay
down as the door shut behind them.
Meanwhile, the party had grown rather
out of control. Outside, Lynn was sitting on the
ground talking to her boyfriend on the phone,
crying hysterically. Janey and Charlie weren’t
as drunk and were trying to take care of her.
Blair was on the ground in the middle of the
ground, screaming, “Why God!” while John was
taking care of her. ED and I were laughing hys-
terically, getting people up an d t r y i n g t o g e t
them to bed.
“The next morning John woke up and
went outside for his morning cigarette, which
was always the best one. Alicia came out a cou-
ple minutes after him.
“I think I made out with Blair last
night,” said John.
“I think I had sex in the quiet study
r o o m l a s t n i g h t , ” A l i c i a r e p l i ed .
After they finished their cigarettes they
walked down to the quiet study room, and there
on the floor, next to a stain, was Alicia’s
Birthday hat.
Alicia turned to John and asked him, “So
when’s the next birthday?”
Sex Sex Sex
 Faculty Spotlight:
Professor Yuefan Deng
By Huy Huynh
s the editor of the Asian American
A E-Zine, but more importantly hav-
ing experienced his teaching first-
hand, I had an opportunity to interview
Professor Yuefan Deng. Professor Deng is
a well-loved and respected professor, as
well as an established researcher. As one of
the recent recipients of the $750,000 IBM
Shared University Research grant, other-
wise known as IBM SUR, he has once
again caught the attention of students and
professors alike. This interview will give
everyone insight into his work and show
how he got his reputation as Stony Brook's
most popular math professors. For the full
interview video go to www.aa2sbu.org/
aaezine/videos/DrYuefanDeng2005.wmv
The Galaxy Lab, a supercomputer lab
on campus, would not be here if it had not
been for Professor Deng. His work on
supercomputer design began in 1985.
During the course of his work, he attended
a workshop in Beijing. This consequently
inspired the beginning of his work on
Galaxy. Single computers can be connected
through switches in parallel to make them
perform like a supercomputer, hence the
name parallel computing, but at a fraction
of the cost. The single computers are con-
nected through different low latency and
high bandwidth networks. With no equip-
ment, not even a screwdriver, he had to go
home to get the equipment needed to start
on his project. Initially connecting 32
processors, the Galaxy supercomputer is
now running 600 processors. The lab is uti-
lized by over 50 Ph.D. students on campus
for their various projects from biology to
chemistry.
One of the professor's more recent
projects is a supercomputer in China called
the Nankai-Stars, started in 2002. Designed
with one of his former students, Alex
Korobka, Ph.D., Stony Brook University, it
boasts 768 processors that are able to per-
form at more than 4.5 Teraflops. Located at
Nankai University, it is the most utilized
computer by young faculty in Biology,
Chemistry, Economics, and Physics.
Professor Deng has also been involved in a
supercomputer project in Turkey. He was
at an International Conference in Istanbul
and was invited by the President of the
Middle East Technical University to build
Turkey's first supercomputer. When built,
this computer will be listed amongst the top
500 supercomputers in the world allowing
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Turkey to vastly improve their computing
capabilities.
When he talks about teaching,
Professor Deng's face lights up in a radiant
smile. Considered the best Applied Math
professor on campus by his students, he
reveals his secrets about teaching. If you
are thinking that it is magic, No! It is not
magic that allows him to engage a math
class and make it enjoyable. As simple as it
may sound, it is his familiarity with the
topic and more importantly, it is his love of
teaching. Professor Deng truly enjoys what
he does. He says that there is a great joy in
him to see that students can understand
what he is teaching. As a result of his
accomplishment, he received the
Chancellors Award for Excellence in
Teaching.
In the future, he hopes for Stony
Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
and the other institutions he is working with
to improve their computational capabilities
so that time required for important research
is shortened. The Professor's greatest goal
in life, however, was to become a professor.
He achieved that and more. Not only can
he connect to his students on a multitude of
levels, he has instilled a mark of excellence
on them. His students are able to learn from
him; they are able to learn well. That is the
mark, the goal, of a great professor.
Professor Deng is certainly a great profes-
sor.
For the full video of his interview,
visit www.aa2sbu.org/aaezine/
THILLANA DANCE TEAM
FASHION SHOW
Earth Charter: The UN at 60
By Maria Ng
his past Sunday, “Our Forest is Alive
T –Part III: Our Earth Charter,” direct-
ed by Masayo Koike, was presented
in the Wang Center. This is a Japanese pro-
duction aimed to commemorate the 60th
anniversary of the United Nations. More
specifically, the production is a reenactment
of the meeting that occurred a month ago in
the United Nations. The topic was the Earth
Charter. This charter’s main goal is to raise
environmental awareness through the var-
ied use of song, dance, and skits.
The Earth Charter recognizes the dan-
gers of humans’ continued devastation of
the world. Our actions have dire conse-
quences, causing for example, global
warming, deforestation, and the extinction
of many species. Other species aren’t the
only ones affected by humans’ actions how-
ever. A major concern of last month’s UN
meeting was the 6 billion plus people living
on this planet.
Our planet is very unequally divided
in terms of wealth, resources, and poverty.
There is a sharp distinction between first
world and third world countries. The third
world countries have a disproportional
number of individuals suffering from
hunger, disease and environmental degra-
dation. There are millions of people without
jobs or the basic necessities of life. In con-
trast, first world countries have money, a
surplus of food, and the medical resources
required to cure disease. The real shock is
the fact that these distinctions are not
always held between different countries.
Rather, it may be seen within our own
Art Healing Space II: 11/9 - 11/23
n April 2005, the first art exhibit at the
I Charles B. Wang Center, Art Healing
Space, commemorated the 100,000
lives lost in the Asian tsunami the previous
year. The photos are on the SBU AA E-Zine
gallery at http://www.aa2sbu.org/gallery.
This month, from November 9 - 23,
the Wang Center will have Art Healing
Space II: Seeing Through Sixty Years. It
will once again be curated by Nobohu
Nagasawa, world renowned installation
artist and professor in SBU's Art
Department. This time the exhibit will rep-
resent the united efforts of a community of
artists who have come together to com-
Wanted! Writers, photographers, and
all students interested in media.
nations. There is always a section of the
nation that is deemed poorer than the rest.
The real question is why these eco-
nomic differences exist. If the excessive
surplus from the wealthier areas were dis-
tributed to supplement the poorer sections
of the world, it would be possible to elimi-
nate poverty, hunger and disease. Similarly,
if the world worked together to become
more environmentally aware, our earth
could be saved from the pollution and
destruction imposed upon it.
This production presented the con-
cerns and questions of the UN meeting
well. Not only was it a
source of information, it was
also a source of humor and
entertainment. The Forest is
Alive started off with a basic
introduction of the issues. It
then broke down into an
introductory dance and con-
sequently an “international
meeting” scene. The rest of
the skit was performed in a
continued alternation of
dance and meeting scenes.
As the production was performed by
Japanese actors and actresses, the perform-
ers came up with the idea of using Stony
Brook University’s diversity to their advan-
tage when they had to conduct internation-
al meeting scenes. The UN scenes were
graced by four students from the
University. These individuals represented
the countries of Germany, Ethiopia, and
Nigeria.
The dance scenes alternated between
modern and traditional dance. It also incor-
porated ethnic dances to make this a very
diverse production. This musical was inter-
esting in that the dances were performed by
individuals of all ages. The performers
seemed to range from as young as eight to
as old as fifty.
The entire performance ended to a
chorus of loud applause and appreciation.
As an added benefit, at the end of the musi-
cal, there were two short featured singing
and violin solos. Smiles of satisfaction were
abundant from both the performers and the
audience as they left the theater.
memorate the 60th anniversary of the drop-
ping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
It will also include an installation that
will continually be created throughout the
exhibit, called 'A Piece of Peace'. Its objec-
tive is to have visitors share their ideas
about peace, hope, and love with people
across the world by creating a post card
with a message on it. The post cards will be
exhibited until November 23 in the Wang
Center's skylight and zodiac lobbies. To
learn more about this event go to
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/wang/peace.
pdf
Weekly meetings Sunday nights at 7 PM
at our office in Student Union 071.
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