Vol.
82, Issue #21
Parliament votes
no confidence
in SCG treasurer
SCG Treasurer Christopher
Kelly removed from office
as a result of vote following
lengthy debate.
By Katherine Gaul
Managing Editor
At last Wednesday’s
Parliament meeting, Student
Community Government, Inc.
Treasurer Christopher Kelly
was removed from office
following a 14-10 vote of no
confidence. Kelly chose to
not be present or address the
body during discussion on the
motion and the vote was taken
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Parliament prepares
after over an hour and a half of
debate.
Once roll was called and
amendments were made to the
agenda, the Open Forum portion
of the meeting began. Finance
Commission Non-Parliament
Member Matthew Boyden-
Wilson appeared to speak
against Kelly, and expressed
his lack of confidence in the
two-term treasurer’s ability
to properly and effectively
execute his duties.
While occasionally pointing
directly at Kelly, Boyden-
Wilson said, “…what I have
seen as a student is an officer
who picks and chooses policy
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to debate a vote of no confidence against
as it suits his purpose. What
I have seen is an officer who
abuses his authority. What I
have seen is an officer more
concerned with profits and his
resume than serving the student
interest.
“…I could talk about his
lack of transparency or his
negligence as a treasurer…
Does this man really have your
confidence? He does not have
mine,” he said.
The meeting continued
with SCG President Joshua
Laguerre’s announcements,
which included that he will be
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SCG Treasurer Christopher Kelly last Wednesday.
College Capital
Planning Team
says STEM to
enter Phase II
By Rita Nerney
Anchor Staff Writer
Last Friday, the Capital
Planning Team spent four
hours discussing Phase II of
the STEM Project. The project,
which plans to put updated
technology into 10 classrooms
throughout the campus, was
originally scheduled to be
completed by the fall of 2009.
“During our marathon
meeting Friday, we proposed
a budget for Phase II that will
be sent to President Nancy
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Carriuolo for approval,” said
Ivy Locke, vice president for
administration and finance.
“Now, the new projected
date for the completion of the
project is fall 2010.”
The contractor cannot begin
working on the classrooms
until the purchase order is
processed by State Purchasing
at the R.I. Department of
Administration.
“Because the department
supports all state agencies,
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Finance allocates over $30,000
for WXIN concert
By Frank Wellington
Anchor SCG Bureau
Despite approving the
largest-single allocation of this
academic year, former SCG
Treasurer Christopher Kelly’s
last Finance Commission
meeting was relatively short and
uncontroversial. The only two
clubs on the agenda, Harambee
and WXIN, left the meeting
with multiple thousand-dollar
allocations to fund spring
semester events.
The commission met last
Wednesday afternoon, before
Kelly was removed from office
due to a vote of no confidence
during that evening’s Student
Parliament meeting. The
Finance meeting was one of the
shortest this year to date, lasting
only 30 minutes.
RIC Radio WXIN saw a
$30,000 allocation for a hip-hop
concert scheduled for the end of
April. The concert is tentatively
scheduled to be held at Lupo’s
in Providence, the WXIN
representatives said. WXIN
Business Director Jason Russell
said during the presentation
to the commission that they
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could sell out the venue, which,
according to the organization’s
quote, is 2,000 seats.
WXIN Production Director
Ryan Bailey, who presented
the request with Russell, said
two of the artists booked for the
concert regularly fill venues of
a larger size, and predicted the
concert would “definitely be a
sellout.”
The radio station has
negotiated fees with six
performers – Mike Poshner,
KIDH, Wiz Khalifa, Young
Scholla, Pill and Big Sean.
The club assured Finance
that preferential ticket pricing
will be given to RIC students,
though WXIN maintained the
event would be open to non-
students, as well, in order to
break even.
The single largest allocation
of the year passed unanimously
on the stipulation that all ticket
sales will go towards paying
back the initial allocation
before contributing to the radio
station’s revenue. However,
if WXIN sells out at the
$20 student ticket price, the
organization stands to make a
profit of $10,000. That figure
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doesn’t include the extra
revenues made from tickets
sold to non-RIC students.
WXIN also received a $2,600
allocation for promotional
T-shirts and a $1,000 allocation
for advertising.
Harambee left the meeting
with a $2,300 allocation
for a speaker at this year’s
Women’s Dinner. The speaker
is slated to be Aminata Njeri, a
“leadershipologist.”
The Women’s Dinner is an
annual event that acts as a forum
for opinions and discussion
about the advent of women in
the 21st century, according to
the Unity Center’s Web site.
The event will be held in the
Faculty Center on March 19 at
6:30 p.m.
Harambee also reallocated
$400 from their operating
budget to contribute towards
the event.
Last Wednesday would
mark the final meeting for
Kelly, who as SCG treasurer
was the chairperson since fall
2008, and prior to that was a
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Gradfest 2010 STEM

By Matthew Boyden-Wilson
Anchor Editor
Gradfest 2010 is a one-stop
shop to get students geared up
for graduation, and will be held
this year in the Student Union
in early April. The event is not
so much a festival as much as
it is a long queue of seniors
waiting to buy caps and gowns
so they can promptly leave.
The event brings together
many services so that
undergraduate or advanced-
degree candidates can prepare
for graduation, or at least help
students figure out if they will
be a super-senior or not.
Representatives will be on
hand to help students verify
diploma information, apply
for graduation if they haven’t
already done so and check
on any outstanding issues
that may prohibit them from
graduating, such as forgetting
to take Writing 100. Students
may also purchase caps,
gowns, hoods and tassels and
order personalized graduation
announcements, class rings
and diploma frames.
Complimentary photos are
being offered courtesy of Grad
Images/GradTrak. Students
are under no obligation to
purchase a photography
package, and may have a
photo taken in regalia or just
for their professional portfolio.
Career Services, the Alumni
Association and Senior Class
of 2010 officers will provide
information about their
services and upcoming events.
Students can also learn about
Adams Library’s extended
privileges for alumni.
The Commencement Office
will also provide information
about Cap and Gown Day
and the exercises scheduled
in May. Gradfest 2010 is
scheduled for Wed., April 7
from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the
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they have a very high volume
of requests, and ours has not
been reviewed yet,” Locke
explained. “That’s the only
reason the project has been
dragged out this long.”
The Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) initiative was
organized by Governor Donald
Carcieri, and Rhode Island
College began implementing
grant money by renovating
some electronic classrooms.
Rooms were chosen based on
the subjects taught in them and
the greatest need for improved
technology according to
professors’ wishes.
Currently, there are three
levels of electronic classrooms
at RIC. Basic e-classrooms are
equipped with a projector, a
computer and a DVD player.
Alger classrooms are more
advanced, boasting touch-
screen projectors that were
installed in 2005. The new
STEM classrooms will include
video capture and video
conferencing, as well.
“When we began the STEM
initiative, professors who
worked with us during the
Alger classroom renovations
gave us tips on how to make the
Alger technology even better,”
Locke said. “The money for this
technology has been granted to
improve our students in these
four content areas – to make us
more competitive in these areas
Henery Barnard saw upgrades as part of STEM Phase I.
in a global market.”
The classrooms that will
be affected by Phase II next
semester are Fogarty Life
Science Rooms 108 and 209,
Gaige Rooms 253 and 257,
Horace Mann Rooms 185,
186, 189 and 190, and Clarke
Science Lecture Hall 128 and
Fogarty Life Science 050.
The Capital Planning Team
consists of Locke, Director
of Facilities, Operations and
Capital Projects Edward Brady,
Assistant Vice President for
Information Services Richard
Prull, Assistant Vice President
for Finance and Controller Paul
Forte and College Engineer
Kevin Fitta. The committee
was formed in 2008 by Locke
because of the college’s master
planning process. The long-
term plan for campus facilities
is much of what the planning
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team oversees.
“This committee is one of
my proudest accomplishments
so far,” Locke said. “We’ve
already got plans for our
economic stimulus dollars,
although we’re still waiting for
the funds.”
The team’s ideas include
installing fire detectors and
sprinklers in every room
on campus, since the state
designated the economic
stimulus money for fire safety.
When it comes to the STEM
project, “we’d love to do more
classrooms,” Locke admitted,
“but we had to narrow it down
to only 10 rooms based on
funding. In our budget we
just created, we noted that we
want to update some more
classrooms. We’re always
trying to find ways to do more.”

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attending a student government
presidents’ conference in
Washington, D.C. this year.
Afterwards, he introduced
alumni speaker Chris Farell,
who spoke about how he got
involved in campaigns and how
members of Parliament could
join him in participating in
elections.
Next to make his
announcements was SCG Vice
President Travis Escobar. He
announced that May 5 will be
the elections for next year’s
SCG executive and Parliament
officers, and that students who
wish to run must have their
petition certified by noon on
May 4. SCG Secretary Shawn
Andrews was next. He focused
on the upcoming STORGY
Awards, which are tentatively
set to be held at the Weston the
first weekend in May. Student
organizations will begin the
award nomination and voting
process after Spring Break.
Kelly then took the floor
for what would become his
final announcements, and said
that he would not address the
comments made by Boyden-
Wilson. Instead, he spoke to
the numerous members of the
Resident Student Association
that came to the meeting after
SCG Administrative Assistant Sally Hindson
and ousted Treasurer Christopher Kelly
before the start of Wednesday’s meeting.
Parliament members listen intently to the debate. FROM LEFT: Reps. Andrew Augustus, Aaron Buckley,
Nigel Evangelista, Kameron Spaulding, Mark Paolucci, Jeremy Ogunba and Frances Diaz.
being dissatisfied with their
projected budget for next year.
“They’re [RSA] mad about
something that the Finance
Commission really did,” Kelly
said, after explaining that their
budget would be released the
following day.
Representative Kameron
Spaulding, who is also editor-
in-chief of The Anchor, next
took the floor, and said that he
did want to discuss what Mr.
Boyden-Wilson came to speak
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Visible in foreground are Dean Scott Kane and Rep Michael Hartley.
about.
“I am upset by a constant
lack to follow policy, rules, be
open and [not being] honest
with people, which I think is
the highest reason we’re here,”
Spaulding said. “If we lose the
faith of these people, we lose
what we’re here for.”
After his brief comments,
Spaulding said his confidence
in the treasurer had been
shaken, and motioned for a vote
of no confidence in Kelly. The
motion was quickly seconded
by Rep. Andrew Augustus.
After this motion was made,
Treasurer Kelly left the room,
saying that he’d be outside
and to send someone for him
when Parliament was done
deliberating.
“Personally and
professionally, I don’t believe
that voting Chris out will solve
anything,” Laguerre said as he
attained the floor to make a case
against the motion.
Rep. Amanda Berno, who
is also president of RSA, said,
“Our advisor spoke with Chris
Kelly and he told her some
things that may or may not
have been true…I found out
that some of the things he did
say to her were lies and thinking
that an officer on Parliament is
lying not only to organizations
but also to a professional
staff member, that inspires no
confidence in me and also in the
students I represent.”
Berno was referring to
a lengthy conversation that
Kelly was seen having with
RSA Advisor Joie Steele at the
Student Organization Showcase
“Personally and pro-
fessionally, I don’t
believe that voting
Chris out will solve
anything”
– SCG President
Joshua Laguerre
after the conclusion of
Wednesday afternoon’s Finance
meeting in the Student Union.
RSA, along with numerous other
organizations on campus, have
expressed their dissatisfaction
with the $140,000 in cuts made
to student club budgets for next
year, printed by The Anchor
after being leaked two weeks
ago.
Concern was raised by some
members over the possibility
of SCG’s financial business
grinding to a halt if the treasurer
were removed, at which point
Spaulding reassured Parliament
that in the absence of a
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Treasurer, President Laguerre
could still sign any financial
documents just as any president
of an organization can sign their
own club’s withdrawal slips.
On the subject of the Finance
Commission, Spaulding
countered with, “An ex-officio
member may sit over Finance
next Wednesday so Finance can
still meet…”
After several rounds of
comments by other Parliament
members, Alumni Rep. Nigel
Evangelista passed the floor to
former SCG President Chris
Buonanno, who was among the
many students present in the
gallery at the meeting.
“When I was the secretary
and president-elect, the Student
Activity Fee was $45. Now it’s
$60 thanks to myself and Mr.
Lima working together with
then-President Nazarian.” He
continued, “The reason we did
that is so we’d have enough
money to give to the clubs to
suffice their needs, to make sure
that we have a sufficient amount
of money to come and ask and
get what they needed. To cut
below where we were at $45…
to me goes against what student
government should be trying to
do.”
He ended with, “Vote
wisely.”
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from page 5 asked to make a ruling, but
Buonanno, in an interview
after the meeting, said, “If SCG
does have the resources to give
to organizations and does not
do that then they’re not doing
their job.” He also expressed
concern that not using the
money for what it’s meant to
be used for could result in the
Student Activity Fee actually
being decreased by the Board
of Governors for Higher
Education.
“[Kelly] isn’t perfect, he
is human,” said Rep. Nikhol
Bentley, who sat on Finance
with Kelly. “If he says the
wrong policy, if he says the
wrong thing, he always comes
back in and says stuff like, ‘I’m
sorry, that’s my mistake.’”
Rep. Frances Diaz took the
floor some time later, holding
a DVD copy of the Jan. 27
Parliament meeting. That
meeting was adjourned early
using what some have called
“creative means” by several
Parliament members. Diaz
said that in the video, Kelly
can be seen saying that he will
“handle it,” then he refused to
let members into the room. A
debate ensued over whether
FROM LEFT: Deputy Speaker Christopher Volcy,
President Joshua Laguerre and Secretary Shawn Andrews
the video should be played.
Speaker Nicholas Lima was
Rep. Diaz and Rep. Nicholas
Bernardo withdrew their
request for it to be played after
Diaz summarized what was on
the DVD.
Shortly afterward, a motion
was made by Secretary Shawn
Andrews to call the question,
which would have forced an
immediate vote. The motion
was ultimately voted down in
favor of further discussion.
Dean of Students Scott
Kane, who serves on Parliament
as SCG’s advisor, stated his
opposition to the vote during
the meeting. He recalled the
aftermath of the impeachment
trial of Ericka Atwell two years
ago where, after the guilty
verdicts, several Parliament
members tried to capitalize on
the political fallout by attacking
other officers, grinding SCG
business to a halt for weeks
and creating unproductive in-
fighting in the body. Kane also
said that he believed the timing
of the no confidence vote was
poor, noting that it was late into
Kelly’s second term and that the
year is nearly over.
After further discussion,
Rep. Kervin Leonidas, who
is also president of the Senior
Class, expressed a wish to
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hear a list of Treasurer Kelly’s
transgressions. As Spaulding
had previously stated that he
had such examples, but due
to a time limit rule on debate
his allotted time had expired,
Leonidas passed the floor to
him. Spaulding, given only a
minute and 45 seconds to pass
on what he could, began with
examples from the emergency
Finance Commission meeting
held the previous Wednesday.
“One, he tried to start a
Rep. Amanda Berno, center, was among those to speak out against Treasurer
Christopher Kelly. Seated behind Berno (from left) is RSA Advisor Joie Steele and
an unidentified RSA member. At right is Rep. Christopher Breene.
meeting in executive session,”
which goes against rules
pertaining to public body
meetings, Spaulding said.
“Then, after he could not do
that, he finally started the
meeting. The reason that he said
they needed to go into executive
session was discipline…was the
reason he gave on the record.
Discipline is not an action
that can be taken by Finance,”
Spaulding said.
Spaulding was referring to
the emergency meeting of Feb.
24, where Kelly attempted to
have Spaulding and Anchor
TV Treasurer Thomas Lima
(who was filming the meeting)
escorted out by two Campus
Police officers. Kelly had earlier
ordered Augustus, who is also
WXIN news director, out of the
meeting, all before it officially
began.
Spaulding continued, “I
have with me here cases from
the attorney general that state
that we are subject to open
meetings laws which means in
the State of Rhode Island that
you must start your meetings
in an open way. You can then
motion by majority vote to go
into executive session.”
He continued, “The number
of times that he [Kelly] has
misused executive session
both in the time that I was
on Finance and this year as
someone that has sat in on
the meetings is astounding…
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you just don’t use executive
session, it is a privileged thing
in our government that he has
abused.”
Rep. Aaron Buckley also
yielded two minutes of his time
to Spaulding so that he could
continue presenting his case for
Kelly’s removal.
Staff Rep. Mark Paolucci
yielded the floor to members
of the student community who
“I found out that
some of the things
[Kelly] did say to her
were lies.”
– Rep. Amanda Berno
had come to watch the meeting.
One student who spoke was
Rainbow Alliance Treasurer
Krystal Dos Santos, who said,
“We have asked Chris Kelly for
our budget a couple of times
and have been denied access
to see our budgets to compare
what we have in comparison
to what Student Community
Government has.”
Another student speaker,
Rebecca Laroche, who
identified herself as a former
executive officer of RSA,
spoke against Kelly, but was
interrupted by Kane when she
attempted to reveal an issue
she had with Kelly last spring
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where he allegedly lost their
conference paperwork. Kane
argued that it was from Kelly’s
previous term as treasurer, and
therefore not relevant to the
discussion.
Speaker Lima ruled that the
information was relevant. While
Laroche resumed speaking,
Kane again interrupted in order
to challenge Lima’s ruling. It
was the first time a ruling by
Lima has been challenged since
he was elected speaker in 2008.
After some debate, Dean
Kane’s attempt to overrule
Speaker Lima failed, 3-20,
in a hand vote. Lima told
Parliament that since a vote
of no confidence is a purely
political action and can be done
for any reason, anything about
Kelly would be in play.
When asked to explain his
ruling in an interview after the
Dean of Students and SCG Advisor Scott Kane.
meeting, Lima said, “The point
of a vote of no confidence is
to simply remove an officer
that the majority of the body
doesn’t want in the position
any more. Like the decision-
making process that goes into a
voter’s mind during an election,
everything about the person,
be it their actions, history,
personality or even a single
disagreeable decision they
made can be a valid reason, and
therefore valid in the discussion
thereof. Even if an officer is
doing a good job, if a majority
of members don’t agree with
the officer, the provision was
put there by the founders of
our parliamentary system in
order for Parliament to remain
effective and work towards
commonality.”
Rep. Buckley made a
second motion to call the
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question, which passed by an
overwhelming voice vote. Rep.
Jeremy Ogunba, who is also
president of Harambee, was
among a select few members
to vote no on the motion to end
debate, emphatically pounding
his fist and shouting “No!” from
the far corner of the room.
An earlier motion had been
passed for the vote to be taken by
secret ballot, as is customarily
done in electoral matters. Lima
asked Elections Commission
members Rep. Brandi Jackson
and Bernardo, along with
Vice President Escobar and
President Laguerre, to oversee
the balloting. Once members
voted (being an electoral issue,
only the student members
could vote), the group left the
room to count the ballots. They
were joined by Spaulding and
Bentley, who Lima appointed
to observe the process as
representatives from each side
of the issue.
After nearly 10 minutes,
they returned to Parliament
Chambers, and the room fell
silent. Lima announced the
result of the vote, 14-10 in
favor of removal from office by
no confidence, and declared the
Office of the Treasurer of SCG
vacant and Christopher Kelly
removed.
Kelly was not present in the
room for the announcement
of Parliament’s vote, and
was not available to reporters
after the meeting. Reportedly,
he monitored the meeting
upstairs in the SCG office, and
afterwards promptly cleaned
out his desk.
The affirmative no
confidence vote was the
first in recent memory in
student government at RIC;
it is unknown when the last
occurred, if ever. However, the
action taken by Parliament was
purely political, and will not
have repercussions for Kelly
beyond his removal. Kelly
retains the right to participate
fully, and in fact does not lose
his membership on Parliament
as a result of the vote. Whether
or not the former treasurer will
option to remain on the body has
not been announced publicly.
According to the SCG By-
Laws, an election to replace
Kelly is supposed to be held
this Wednesday, however,
due to reasons that have not
been announced publicly, the
election will not take place until
after Spring Break, leaving the
office vacant for as many as
three weeks.
“I want all Parliament
members to be aware that there
will NOT be an election to fill
the Treasurer’s position at the
meeting on 03/10/10,” Laguerre
said in an e-mail to Parliament
on Thursday.
Kelly, who succeeded two-
term Treasurer Andrew Jarbeau,
served with Jarbeau as a non-
Parliament Finance member for
two years before being elected
to his first full term as treasurer
for 2008-2009, defeating
Rep. Shawn Andrews, who
became secretary of SCG in the
following election. Kelly ran
unopposed for his second term
in that election. Though his
tenure was marked by several
unpopular and controversial
rulings, his accomplishments
included integrating technology
into student government’s
operation and two years of
fiscal stability and projected
record surpluses.
Next Wednesday’s Finance
Commission meeting will
likely be the first without Kelly
as a member since the spring of
2006.
Since the vote took place,
reaction from Parliament
members has been wide-
ranging.
Rep. Evangelista, who as an
alumni member could not vote
in the matter, said, “I’m not
surprised by what happened,
seeing all of the students that
showed up to protest Mr.
Kelly. It was clear that the
student body wanted him out.
This should send a message to
everybody that if you don’t do
your job properly, you can be
replaced by someone who will.”
Evangelista also said that
the amount of people watching
the meeting on Anchor TV
around campus was a signal that
the general student population
had gained a real interest in the
matter, and were concerned.
Hundreds watched on Anchor
TV Channel 3 and anchortv.org,
including some on television
screens placed outside of
Student Union 307 to alleviate
March 9, 2010
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the standing-room only
Parliament Chambers; WXIN,
in an unprecedented move,
suspended programming in
order to broadcast the meeting
live over the air.
Rep. Buckley said, “I feel
bad that this had to happen,
but the number of students
who showed up to Parliament
Wednesday night displayed the
desire of the student body and
not just members of Parliament
to perform this vote of no
confidence.”
Rep. Christopher Breene
said he felt “horrible, it was
one of the worst things I’ve
had to do as a Parliament
member. This could have been
avoided if he apologized for his
mistakes. He abused his power
as a committee chairman. He
changed.”
When called Monday
seeking comment about his
removal from office, Kelly
replied that he did not wish to
make a statement.
-With reports by David
Okon, Frank Wellington,
Hayden James and Mandy
Wray Dion.
Just the facts:
Treasurer Kelly
Elected: April 2008
Re-elected: April 2009
Years on Finance: 4
Key actions: eliminat-
ed funding for Exodus
Yearbook, opposed RIC
Fest, proposed five-
year media organiza-
tion stipend cap, shut
down RIC TV, created
Revenue Carry-over
Policy, revised SCG
Funding Policies and
was first SCG trea-
surer to work with $60
Student Activity Fee.
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A commendation to Iraqi voters

who defied terrorist attacks
The Anchor would like to commend the
Iraqi people on a large election turnout despite
dozens of small terrorist attacks killing 31 early
last Sunday morning. Local election officials
estimated that turnout was close to 70 percent
despite the attacks. By comparison, the 2008 U.S.
presidential race had a 62 percent turnout, which
was the highest since the 1968 election won by
Republican nominee Richard Nixon.
Iraqi political commentators are calling the
election race between Prime Minister Maliki and
former Interim Prime Minister Allawi too close
to call. Independent election monitors, such as
the United Nation’s envoy to Baghdad, were
reportedly pleased initially with the observed
elections procedures.
It’s sad to say that the violence that left 31 dead
last weekend were less brutal than the high-profile
attacks that have shaken the capital in recent
months, some days killing more than 100 people.
Hopefully, this high turnout is an indicator
democracy is taking root in Iraq and that terrorism
isn’t working as well as the insurgents hoped.
“A few bombs won’t keep them away from the
polls,” said one voter in Bagdad, according to the
Wall Street Journal.
A successful democratic election is not only
a key turning point in the war on terror but also
on the U.S. military’s involvement in Iraq. The
outcome of the election will determine the speed
at which troops withdraw from the country,
though the Obama administration has promised a
rapid departure of troops later this year.
The elections ended early Monday morning and
each of the 10,000 polling stations are required to
post official tabulations within 24 hours after the
close of voting. Official tallies will be released a
few days after those figures have been published.
The election will determine the makeup of
Iraq’s 325-member Parliament and offer an
indication of Iraq’s future.
The close political race leaves The Anchor with
a feeling of optimism for the country’s future, a
belief that democracy can come from the ashes of
tyranny, and pride for the enduring spirit of the
Iraqi people.

– The Anchor Editorial Board

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Beware of the unknown laws

Laws. As a civilized society
we have laws which we are
required to abide; most of
them make sense, and are
necessary for the well being
of the society and the survival
of our civilization. Things like
no killing, no stealing, or no
texting while driving will make
sense to most rational people.
However, when you have a law
that prohibits any establishment
in Iowa from charging
admission to see a one-armed
piano player, you just have to
wonder why. Why indeed?
I don’t know, but what I do
know is that the United States is
full of those useless, dumb laws
that no one knows about, and
which are completely useless.
Nevertheless, they are laws,
and it is illegal to break them,
and because Spring Break is
approaching I wanted to warn
anyone who planned to leave
the state to be careful with what
they do because you can never
know if you are breaking one of
those laws.
For example, if you happen
to be a man, visiting Portland,
Maine, and for an inexplicable
reason you decide to tickle a
woman under the chin with
a feather duster, please know
that you are breaking the law.
As irrational as that sound,
for all we know they had a
valid reason for creating that
law; maybe once upon a time,
a woman, after being tickled
under the chin with a feather
duster, went psycho and
decide to take vengeance and
committed murder. In that case,
it makes complete sense to have
that law because it would be a
prevention of something bigger.
On the other hand, I can’t
conceive why is there a law in
Pacific Grove, Calif. that states
that “molesting” a butterfly can
result in a $500 fine. Or why
in Blyth a person must own at
least two cows before he/she
is permitted to wear cowboy
boots in public. I cannot even
speculate about these two
laws, nothing I’ve ever seen
or experienced allows me
to imagine a scenario where
one of this would necessary.
Nevertheless, if you decide to
visit Blyth and want to wear
boots, be sure to opt for UGGs,
or be prepared to buy two
cows. you can never be sure what’s
Not only are some of this
laws irrational, but some of
them are also deeply sexist.
For example, in Missouri, it
is illegal for four women to
rent an apartment together. In
Dyersburg, Tennessee, it is
illegal for a woman to call a
man on a date. In Oxford, Ohio
a woman is forbidden from
taking her clothes off while
standing in front of a man’s
picture. These laws sound
archaic and medieval to me, and
I profoundly hope that they are
not active anymore, and if they
are active, I can only wonder
why a feminist group hasn’t
tackled them yet.
The laws I mentioned before
prove that unless you have read
the lists of laws of all the states,
legal and what’s not. Therefore
be watchful, when you get out of
Rhode Island, don’t go fishing
with your bare hands, educating
dogs, or tying a giraffe to a
telephone pole because you
can never be too sure if you are
breaking the law. You should
also know that you are not safe
from breaking unpredictable
laws in Rhode Island; know that
you cannot throw pickle juice
on a trolley, smoke a pipe after
sunset in Newport, or jump out
of bridge in Providence without
breaking the law.
So, be careful and be safe,
and hopefully have a legal
Spring Break.
Marcia Diaz

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A lack of
common sense and
decency on Facebook
By Zachary Serowik
Anchor Editor
Last week, the Israeli Army
scheduled a raid on the West
Bank in Palestine in an attempt
to arrest enemy militants in
the area. However, they were
forced to call off the operation
when one soldier decided to
post the time, date and location
of the raid on his Facebook
status.
I’ll give you a moment to
really let this settle in. A soldier,
trained in combat and entrusted
with the duty of protecting
his fellow citizens, thought it
would be a perfectly logical
act to post the details of his
operations on a Web site visited
by millions – if not billions – of
people a day.
Now, I’ll give him the
benefit of the doubt. Only
people on his friends list could
technically read the message.
And hey, he wouldn’t allow
anyone on his friends list that
he didn’t speak to regularly and
fully trust with his personal
secrets, right?
OK, now that I’ve let out
my little spurt of sarcasm, I can
continue with my point.
People do really stupid
things on the Internet. I know
I’m beating a dead horse for
some of you that have been
saying the same thing for
years, but, unfortunately, just
because you complain about it
doesn’t mean you aren’t guilty
yourselves. How many of you
have been dumb enough to
add a family member to your
friends list and then post a
picture of yourselves getting
drunk at a party?
Further proof of this
hypothesis has already
been offered. Last year, two
Australian girls who got lost in a
storm drain and searched over a
dozen hours for a signal. When
that signal was eventually
found they updated their status
on Facebook, causing them to
wait even longer until someone
actually read it. This should not
be too surprising, as the brains
that told them to update their
status instead of call are the
same brains that told them to
go exploring in a storm drain.
I do not bring you these
stories to denounce the Web
site itself. For one thing, I
may as well be complaining
about the Internet itself. The
outcome will be the same:
billions of people will still rely
on it and log in every second.
Secondly, with the simple facts
that the site has helped family
members and friends reconnect
and a number of charities are
generating revenue from ads
and donations, Facebook does
just as much (if not more) good
as its users do bad.
Very few people realize
today that the Internet is no
longer full of “anonymous”
forums. Heck, Facebook puts
your real name right on your
status. Yet people still feel the
need to act like immature idiots.
In February, two memorial sites
Opinions
were posted on Facebook for
a couple of children who had
been murdered at their schools
in Australia. While the vast
majority of the wall comments
and messages sent to the sites
were well-meaning, some
horrifically terrible people felt
the need to post pornographic
images and messages referring
to bestiality.
I am certain these monsters
will get what’s coming to them.
At the very least, their accounts
have been permanently deleted
from Facebook’s server.
Meanwhile, the Israeli soldier
mentioned at the beginning of
this article has been suspended
from active duty.
It’s important to remember
that Facebook is not
anonymous, nor is a status
update private. When posting
something that an average of
over 100 people have the ability
to read, it’s best to think about
what you’re going to type at
least five seconds longer than
you think is necessary.
opinions@anchorweb.org
Animal
abusers
beware
By Andrew Massey
Opinions Editor
In California there is talk
of enacting an animal-abuser
registry, marking anyone who
abused, neglected or hoarded
animals, whether they be
domestic or farm animals.
This would obviously include
those who ran illegal dog
fighting and cock fighting
rings. Having grown up with
animals, and seeing that I
currently live with my parents
who own three cats, two dogs,
two tanks of fish and a rabbit,
I’m definitely in support of
this bill.
The bill is not just being
considered to comfort animal
lovers like me. Not only would
said registry have obvious
benefits, such as keeping
animals away from abusers,
but animal abusers usually
escalate to abusing people.
Knowing who is and who
is not an animal abuser can
help point out who might be a
potential child abuser or wife
beater, or even a serial killer.
Obviously, a registered animal
abuser isn’t going to receive
the same stigma of a sex
offender, nor will they always
be the first person the police
go to in an abuse case, but it
will raise awareness of these
individuals.
The biggest problem is
funding. According to Time, to
start up the program anywhere
from $500,000 to $1 million
would be needed. This would
be subsidized by a 2-3 percent
tax on pet food, and from
there it would cost $300,000-
400,000 a year. The concern
here is that such a tax on pet
food would make it harder
for certain people to care for
their pets, leading to shelters
becoming even fuller.
An interesting argument
brought up by Ed Rod, vice
president of government
affairs for the American Pet
Products Association, says
that the animal abuser registry
would benefit everyone but
only pet owners are paying
for it. I honestly agree. I think
everyone should be taxed to
help pay for it, since it can help
solve abuse cases whether the
victim is animal or human.
In Tennessee, a bill was
proposed where convicted
felon animal abusers had to
pay $50 towards an animal
abuser registry. However,
considering most animal abuse
cases are misdemeanors, this
was ineffective and shot down.
If all people in animal abuse
cases had to pay such a fee,
then we could be in business.
I think Rhode Island
should propose such a registry
at some point, for both the
humanitarian benefits and the
benefits to law enforcement.
I would like to know if there
are any animal abusers in
my neighborhood. I love my
puppies and I wouldn’t want
anything to happen to them,
and I’m sure most other animal
lovers would feel the same.

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The irony kills me
By Andrew Massey
War on Ignorance
This week has been a
great week for those who
support same-sex marriage and
appreciate irony. It all started
for me when I read the story that
an anti-gay state lawmaker was
pulled over for a DUI. There is
nothing too out of the ordinary
there with a drunken politician.
In fact, this is the exact kind of
story I’d tell people to ignore,
since they’re as likely to get
drunk and drive as any one of
us. Hell, I’ll go as far to say
being a senator is a stressful
job and he probably needs to
relax somehow, but that doesn’t
excuse his actions.
Well, apparently, California
How many lumps do you want?
By Adam D. Bram
Stark Raving Mad
Better give me a lot of
lumps. A whole lot of lumps.
At least, that’s what I’ve
been dying to give to these
misguided ignoramuses calling
themselves the Tea Party.
They’ve been a thorn in the side
of every human being with a
working brain for the past year
State Senator Roy Ashburn
(R–District 18) needs a little bit
more than a few drinks and a
long drive to relax. The anti-gay
senator was pulled over leaving
a gay bar with an unidentified
male passenger in the car with
him. I’ll give you a moment to
let that soak that in.
Sen. Ashburn has obviously
released the SPAS (or Standard
Politician Apology Speech),
saying, “I am deeply sorry for
my actions and offer no excuse
for my poor judgment. I accept
complete responsibility for my
conduct and am prepared to
accept the consequences for
what I did. I am also truly sorry
for the impact this incident will
have on those who support
and trust me – my family, my
constituents, my friends and my
colleagues in the Senate.”
Someone needs to make
a drinking game for these
apology speeches. How does
half a shot for every time the
words “sorry” and “apologize”
are mentioned, one shot for
every family or family values
references is made and two
shots every time the apologizer
gets “emotional” (since we all
or so, saying that they hate the
government for giving them an
extreme political system that the
government has no intention of
giving them, and claiming they
are fighting for what it already
is giving them.
Recently, it seems, a small
group of liberal-leaning people
took a page out of minor Looney
Tunes villain Pete Puma’s book.
When tea gives you a headache,
have coffee instead.
Documentary filmmaker
Annabel Park made a comment
on her Facebook page to the
idea of starting a Coffee Party
where everyone sits down and
discusses politics civilly and
based on facts like reasonable,
sane adults. Soon, it grew into
a movement. But really, why
do we even need a movement?
Why can’t discussing things
Opinions
know politicians have their
hearts and soul surgically
removed upon election).
I was willing to call it a
good day there and enjoy the
small little victory for same-
sex marriage, but then it got so
much better in a way I could not
imagine. Apparently, a Vatican
chorister and a senior aide to
the Pope himself were running
a homosexual prostitution
ring out of the Vatican. This
was discovered via wiretap
in connection to a corruption
inquiry, according to BBC
News.
The way it worked was that
the chorister, Ghinedu Thomas
Ehiem, would get the prostitutes
for the aide, Angelo Balducci.
This happened at least 10 times
that were recorded. According
to a Vatican spokesperson, the
Pope was aware of the issue,
which makes me wonder
what else he is aware of in the
Vatican.
Now it should be noted that
as far as I know homosexuality
in the Vatican is not outright
banned so much as it is heavily
frowned upon, but still, the
irony is too good for me. Maybe
civilly and intelligently be the
standard in this country? Even
in our own Congress?
Why can’t we discuss issues
of state and country on the merits
of truth and actual outcomes,
rather than fear-mongering
and misinformation? Why
are the people of this country
such sauropods (a family of
herbivorous dinosaurs featuring
long necks and tails, whose
brains were mostly so small
compared to their body size
that they needed a huge nerve
network in their backsides
just to keep their legs moving
correctly, hence making them
a far better analogy than sheep
any day)?
It always strikes me how
absolutely stupid we are for
a world power. And we are
stupid. I’m stupid, you’re
California State Sen. Roy Ashburn.
now Catholicism will look
inwardly at what they are doing
and decide that suppressing
their priest’s sexual desires is
not the best idea. Then maybe
Democrats will realize that they
are wimps and the Republicans
will realize that they are bastards
and they will reconcile their
differences and bring forth a
new Golden Era in this country.
Soon after the world will follow
stupid. It’s only by chance or
careful planning if you’re not.
Why else do we keep getting
that triple Whopper when our
hearts and pants are about to
explode? Because it’s scrum-
diddly-umptious, that’s why.
And we’re dense as stumps.
Maybe if good schools
didn’t cost so much, more
people would learn a thing or
two about how to form logical
thoughts. But this brings us to
another reason why we keep
getting that triple Whopper.
We’re greedy. We want it all,
and we want it now. Who cares
how we get it or how many
people get stepped on?
Such is human nature
everywhere, but most successful
countries have laws in place to
curb such tendencies. Not in
the good-old USA, at least not
March 9, 2010
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suit and we will all focus on
the truly important issue in the
world: the world itself. We will
all clean up the Earth and the air
and water quality will be like
they were before humans were
a threat to the Earth…
Or maybe they will isolate
that person as a lone incident
and go on into denial about
it all. That fixes everything!
Doesn’t it?
anymore. And if you try to get
some of that back, you’re called
a socialist neo-Nazi psycho-
killer weenie who put on his
grandmother’s makeup wrong.
We need to stop being
ignorant, every one of us:
Republican and Democrat,
conservative and liberal, East
Coast and West Coast, man
and woman, heterosexual and
homosexual, old and young,
wizard and muggle, Alliance
and Horde, black and white and
plaid, Jew-Christian-Muslim-
Buddhist-Toist-Hindi-Jedi-
Scientologist-whatever.
Read a book, learn your
facts, and stop fighting. As
for the coffee and tea, in the
meantime, no thanks. I’ll help
myself.
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This week’s winner: Andrew Augustus

I took this picture using a Samsung SL620. This is a scene from
Middlebury, Vermont taken last weekend. It is a view in the middle
of the town. The picture was inspired when a friend said he could
kayak over the falls. This picture shows the natural power nature
can produce that leaves man to challenge his limits. Also, it shows
the beauty of the changing of the seasons.
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Alternative A&W’s 50th anniversary

Spring Break By Alexandra Weston
Anchor Staff Writer

feel like donating food, money Fifty years ago, Joe

By Laura Horton
Travel Tips
Another Spring Break
article! Believe me, I’m kind
of sick of them, too. This one,
though, can be considered the
most important. An alternative
Spring Break can be the best
way to spend your Spring
Break. If you like to get
involved in your community,
country or even the world, try
an alternative Spring Break on
for size.
With all the disasters
happening over the years and
recently, the need for help
is outstanding. Take a look
at New Orleans and other
areas affected by Hurricane
Katrina. It has been almost five
years since this devastating
hurricane, and parts of New
Orleans still look like Katrina
hit yesterday. The city
still needs help to rebuild.
Volunteers are needed to bring
the city of New Orleans back.
The hearts and souls of the
residents touched by Katrina
were damaged, but not all
is lost, as with a little handy
work these towns and cities
can be brought back to life.
Haiti, Chile and Taiwan all
have been hit with earthquakes
devastating buildings, homes,
hospitals and families. If you
or supplies to these countries
isn’t enough, spending a few
days there may suit your
want to help. During this
upcoming Spring Break, a
few RIC students are traveling
to Haiti to help rebuild and
help Haitians cope with this
horrifying disaster.
If you do not want to
travel, there is plenty of
volunteering needed to be
done locally. You can spend
time cleaning a park, painting
over or removing graffiti off
buildings that children are
near or volunteering with
less-privileged children. Even
volunteering for one day can
make your Spring Break worth
it. If you are having trouble
finding volunteer opportunities
in your area, visit the Career
Development Center in Craig-
Lee and they will steer you in
the right direction.
Plan your alternative
Spring Break ahead of time,
especially if you plan on
traveling. The United Way,
Habitat for Humanity and
Freedom Corps are three
groups that offer alternative
Spring Break opportunities.
This is the place to start when
looking into alternative spring
breaks. If you are looking
for advice, asking these
organizations can help no
matter if you are helping out
locally or globally.
Spring Break is seven
days of no classes and
endless possibilities. Pick up
a hammer, crayons or trash.
Volunteer for an hour or a
whole day. Enjoy your Spring
Break no matter what you are
doing. Relax and let the books
collect dust for a few days.
Fanning, a mill worker living in
Smithfield decided he wanted
to open his own business. He
hired a carpenter and together
they began building an old-
fashioned car-hop restaurant on
Route 44 in Greenville. Joe was
able to finish just in time for the
summer season of 1960, and he
hung out a sign that’s still there
today: “A&W Root Beer.”
Back then, the root beer cost
a nickel, one employee would
take care of up to seven car-
hops at a time and sometimes it
was even necessary to employ
a police officer to direct traffic
in and out of the restaurant
parking lot.
In 1985, Fanning finally
decided to retire and sold
his small restaurant to Joel
Feinberg. Feinberg ran the
restaurant until 1993, when he
also chose to retire and sold
A&W to another set of owners.
For a time, these owners
operated their business under
the name “Bill’s Old Time Root
Beer.” Unfortunately, without
the A&W brand behind them,
their business didn’t even last
an entire season and it went
back into the hands of Feinberg.
Feinberg put the business
up for sale again, and even
considered selling the land and
starting a different business.
Finally, he sold it to a Smithfield
native and Johnson & Wales
graduate, Stephanie Mosca.
She resurrected the A&W
name and, after opening it up
for its first summer season in
1995 under new management,
it was an immediate success.
Almost all of Mosca’s sisters
have worked in the restaurant
at one time or another, and her
younger sister, Pennie Nero,
continues to work there today
as the general manager.
The A&W franchise has
always stressed its deeply
rooted, family-oriented
traditions. The current owner,
Mosca, said, “Many of our
employees have come from
family units, where we have
employed several members of
the same family. Sisters ask
us to hire their brothers and
sisters and we find that we have
reliable employees for many
seasons. In fact, we have had
parent-child employees who
have worked for us in the same
season.”
Mosca has also reached
out to the community in an
attempt to raise funds for
any community group or
organization that might need
help. As long as the group
members dine at the A&W
restaurant, a portion of the
money spent will be donated to
that group’s cause.
A&W has daily specials
starting on Monday with the
10-percent senior citizen
discount, through to Friday
when they offer clam cakes
and chowder, and even into the
weekend where you can buy
three wieners for $3.50 with the
purchase of a large root beer. In
addition, every Tuesday is the
“Tuesday Night Cruise” with
Cruisin’ Bruce Palmer, where
classic car aficionados display
their vintage automobiles. At
15 years, and still going, this is
the longest-running, single-site
weekly cruise in Rhode Island.
Since that first summer in
1995, A&W has opened on
the second Saturday in March
through rain or shine, served
over 1 million hot wieners,
more than 97,000 gallons of
root beer poured in frosted
mugs and over 40,000 gallons
of root beer poured for root
beer floats. NBC 10’s Frank
Coletta has done a coffee cup
salute to the business on the
Sunrise program for the past
five years. The establishment
itself has been remodeled and,
in addition to being brought
up to the new fire codes, has
upgraded the bathrooms, patio
area and the roof was replaced,
bringing this 50-year-old
building into the 21st century.
The continued success for
A&W today is all attributed
to the same traditions that Joe
Fanning created when he first
started the business in 1960.
The root beer recipe is exactly
the same as it was when
Fanning made his first batch;
the use of car-hops (“Turn
Lights On for Service”) is still
employed, which is the only
one available in Rhode Island,
and the tray on the window
service of root beer in mugs is
all part of the nostalgic charm
that still continues today.

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Taking them out the cheap way
By Andrew Massey
Ballin’ on a Budget
Let’s face it: we all have
someone we’d like to take out.
Maybe it is the person who sits
next to you in class, or someone
you work with, but you want to
take them out, and what better
way to do it than on the cheap?
After all, dates cost money.
(What did you think I was
talking about? Assassination?
You sickos.) Well, I have some
experience with cheap dates and
I can give you some pointers.
Cheap food – The best
places to go for cheap food
are mom-and-pop places.
Find a locally owned place,
or at the very least, a local
chain like Uncle Tony’s. Since
these places obviously cannot
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compete with national chains
with all of their advertisement
money and larger staff, they
focus on what counts: food
and service. Very often these
places will offer better food for
cheaper or equivalent prices to
the national chains. Better yet,
the mom-and-pop places offer a
cozier and quiet environment –
perfect for a first date.
Cheap movies – I know the
dinner and movie date is very
cliché, but that is because it
works so well. Tuesday nights
seem to be the slowest nights
for movie theaters so they
offer matinee prices at night to
increase traffic. It is definitely a
good time to take advantage and
go on a date. Also, because of
the reduced traffic on Tuesdays, theatre in the Lincoln Mall falls card, and for about $5 to $6 of brave Sir Robin and run
you are less likely to be in a in between normal theaters and more you can upgrade to a $20 away), staying in will be a very
theater with a screaming baby, discount ones, since they have game card. So for about $30 to enjoyable date for them.
or noisy kids. a regular movie schedule, but $40 you have an entire date. No matter what you do,
Alternatively, check lower prices than Showcase. Not a bad deal if you ask me. make sure you have fun doing
out discount theaters, like Dave & Buster’s – Now it Stay in – The cheapest of it. Obviously, there are many
the Patriot Cinema in East may not seem like it, but Dave all dates is to stay in, maybe other date options out there, but
Providence. They show movies & Buster’s is actually a good order some takeout (or even this should help you get a basic
that are about to go to DVD for place for a cheap date. Sunday cook a meal for your significant date going. If you want to do
the low price of $2, allowing through Thursdays and Friday other) and cuddle up to a movie. anything unique for your date,
you to see a movie you either before 5 p.m., you can get their Sure, it may not be the best just remember the Golden Rule
really wanted to see and missed Eat & Play Combo. For 16 date, but unless you are with a of Ballin’ on a Budget: keep
for cheap, or a movie you may bucks you can get one of eight very superficial girl (in which your eyes peeled for good deals.
never pay $10 to go see. The or so combos and a $10 game case, please take the advice

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By Briana Butterworth
Anchor Contributor
True Rhode Islanders know
about the awesome music scene
circulating through the major
cities and finding its way into
bars, clubs and halls near you.
So, it should go without saying
that true Rhode Islanders ought
to know about June and the
Ocean, a band with its roots
at our very own Rhode Island
College.
A pop-rock band with the
musicianship of alternative
artists, they have more than
perked up the eyes and ears
of local listeners. Composed
of five members, June and the
Ocean isn’t just a group of
your friends playing for fun.
They are all serious musicians
who approach their craft with
dedication and focus.
Paul, a student at RIC and
a guitarist of June, has been
playing his instrument for nine
years. That kind of commitment
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Spring broken?
June and the Ocean
to one’s art seems to be what
members expect from each
other. Members were studying
their music in bands such
as the January Design, The
Parting Gift, and You Breathe
Like a Machine before coming
together in June and the Ocean.
The ardor oozes through not
only the music itself, but also in
the production value. Working
out of a studio, the members
of June and the Ocean have
made sure that their audience
is getting the best value of their
music that they can provide. As
a local band, it’s easy to cop
out with cheap recordings and
demos, but this band promises
more.
Make this band the
soundtrack to your weekend.
Seriously. It’s pretty refreshing
to hear a band that’s fun, and
one that you can dance to, but
also loves what they do enough
to make sure it’s great. That’s
the key part – they love what
they do, every one of them.
By Justin Wilder
A&E Editor
It’s not every year you can
go to smoking hot beaches or
frosty diamond mountains for
Spring Break. Sometimes it’s
just free time to relax, pick up
a few extra shifts, go out and
have a little fun. Providence
has you covered this break with
multiple places boasting cheap
events for those inclined for
entertainment.
AS220 – A slew of R.I.-
based rock shows, café pand
dinner events, an artist talk with
artist Joshua Enck, and a singer/
songwriter and poet open mic
night. All shows throughout the
week are either free or from $5
– $7. Check out www.as220.
org for more details on specific
events.
RISD Museum – The
RISD Museum always has
a $3 College ID charge, but
Thursday, March 18 is a free
admission Gallery Night. Every
It’s pretty obvious if you listen
to songs such as “Wait of the
World” and “The First Step
is Knowing,” which they say
is their favorite to play live.
Whether you know a lot about
music, or are just looking for
a great band to jam to, there
is something to be found for
everyone here.
For those of you who are
already fans, it may suit you
to know that a recent change
third Thursdaym RISD opens its
doors for a special 5-9 p.m. time
slot where anyone can enjoy the
global collection of artwork and
visual history. Log on to www.
risdmuseum.org if you’d like to
scope it out.
RIC Bannister Gallery – A
closer art experience running
through the majority of break,
Bannister Gallery presents the
work of two Art Department
faculty from their recent
sabbatical leaves. Sculptor
Doug Bosch and printmaker
Stephen Fisher represent the
Art Department’s commitment
to supporting contemporary
visions that speak to the current
dialogue and provide students
with a professional vision of the
art-making process. At www.
ric.edu/banister you’ll find all
the other details necessary for
this always free-for-students
artistic experience.
Foreign films – It’s not the
name of a venue, but there’s
quite a selection of different
has occurred in the lineup of
June and the Ocean. Kyle, the
former vocalist, is now the
drummer. I have faith that this
will be a positive adjustment
for the band, and hope that they
accomplish what they want
musically from this change.
As serious musicians,
the members of June and the
Ocean put forth a lot of effort
to ensure that they support
their fan base. High production
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films screening at Providence’s
Cable Car Cinema and Avon
Cinema all coming from a
variety of cultures. If foreign
cinema isn’t your thing, there’s
always Patriot Cinema, because
my America knows how to sell
a $2 movie with sticky floors
and gun shots. Go to www.
cablecarcinema.com, www.
avoncinema.com or www.
patriotcinemas.com/eastprov
for selections, show times and
theater locations.
Any place else? Trying to
keep it cheap…
Let’s say you go to one of
these venues this break and
have yourself a good time.
You’re suddenly possessed by
an opinion or two about said
performance, an upcoming
performance or even the venue
itself. Send your story or story
idea to arts@anchorweb.org
and have your two cents in the
paper.
values, a dedication to their
craft and rigorous touring come
to be expected by their fans. In
return, fans should go out and
support June and the Ocean
(who are currently playing a
number of shows in-state as
well as in Massachusetts, and
New Jersey), not only because
they deserve it musically, but
also, do it for yourself. Their
music is not something you’ll
want to miss out on.

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A St. Patrick’s
Day favorite
By Edward Taylor
Anchor Staff Writer
With St. Paddy’s Day
right around the corner, what
band could be better to review
than the good-old Dropkick
Murphys? The Dropkick
Murphys are a hardcore Celtic
punk band that got their start
in Quincy, Mass. in 1996. The
band became popular as a
result of their nonstop touring
and their St. Patrick’s Day
shows.
The band has blown up
since their humble start back
in the late ’90s. Starting off
playing in the basement of
a friend’s barbershop, the
Dropkick Murphys have
moved on to headlining major
venues. Their St. Paddy’s Day
weekend shows every year
draw one hell of a crowd in
Boston.
The Dropkick Murphys
have a hard edge sound in most
of their music, but there are
a few exceptions with some
songs, such as “Fairmount
Hill,” on their latest album.
While the band doesn’t scream
their music, it has a very high-
intensity sound.
The Murphys are first and
foremost an Irish-themed
band. They use instruments
that are used in traditional Irish
music, such as the tin whistle
and the bodhran. However,
the band also uses other odd
instruments such accordions,
bagpipes and even mandolins.
Of course, while I can’t say
these guys have a fresh sound
since there are other popular
Celtic punk bands out there
such as Flogging Molly, these
guys stand out. They sing
about the working class, their
favorite sport teams and also
cover classic Irish songs.
The Dropkick Murphys are
one of the best bands to see
live. They have high energy on
stage and their high-intensity
sound loans itself to mischief
by the crowd. I had the pleasure
of seeing these guys over two
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Broken Bells rocks
you’ll feel a chill come up your
spine that’ll make you sink into
your chair and crack a smile.
came out as a single EP in Dec.
2009, “Vaporize,” “The Ghost
Inside” and “Citizen.”
Other than Broken Bells, Broken Bells played their
years ago when they played a
Burton is also a member of neo- first-ever live show last month
show at Pawtucket’s McCoy
soul group Gnarls Barkley with at the Fold in Bootleg Center
Stadium; it was a concert I
dirty south soul brother Cee-Lo, in Los Angeles on Feb. 19.
would not forget. Touring
who have put out two albums, Soon afterwards, the duo
with the Mighty Mighty Boss
“St. Elsewhere” in 2006 and played the Nouveau Casino
tones, when they Murphys
“The Odd Couple” in 2008. in Paris on March 1 and the
hit the stage the crowd was
The hit song “Crazy,” off of St. Insititute of Contemporary
warmed up and ready to cause
Elsewhere, was actually named Arts in London on March
havoc. Mosh pits formed and
By Rob Duguay song of the decade by Rolling 3, selling out both shows to
flying plastic beer bottles filled
Rob’s Album of the Week Stone in 2009. Burton has also jam-packed audiences. The
the air. I stayed away from
produced albums for The Black next batch of shows Broken
the chaos as people started to
Back in 2004 at a music Keys, Gorillaz, The Rapture, Bells will be playing are at the
get dragged away in a bloody
festival in Denmark, music Beck and Sparklehorse, along Music Hall of Williamsburg in
mess.
producer, DJ and multi- with putting out “The Grey Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 10,
With the Murphys being
instrumentalist Brian Burton Album” in 2004, which is a the Troubadour in Los Angeles
an Irish-themed band, there’s
(a.k.a. Danger Mouse) met mix of Jay-Z’s “The Black on March 14 and then at the
always plenty of drunken fools
James Mercer, the lead singer, Album” and “The White South by Southwest Music &
around at their concerts, which
songwriter and guitarist for Album” by The Beatles. It’s Film Festival in Austin, Texas
are almost as entertaining as
Albuquerque, New Mexico one of the best mashup albums on March 17.
watching the Murphys on
indie rock band The Shins. of all time, with the rhythms After that, who knows?
stage. While the crowds that
They both discovered they and beats being nothing short Hopefully Broken Bells will
they draw are almost worth the
were fans of each other’s of perfection. grace the New England area
price of admission, the band
musical work, and four years James Mercer has worked with its presence sometime
itself is more than entertaining
later, in 2008, Burton and with bands other than his own, soon. If you are looking for
to see. Despite being hardcore
Mercer began holding “secret” including The Shins, which a groovy, psychedelicized
punk, the Dropkick Murphys
recording sessions at Burton’s include one of Modest Mouse’s album that’s also easy to listen
sound better live than they do
studio in Los Angeles. most recent studio albums, “We to when you’re just looking
recorded. They embrace the
Soon enough, the Were Dead Before the Ship to sit back and chill out for
stereotypes that are associated
collaboration between the two Even Sank,” which came out about 35 minutes, go to your
with them and just make the
musicians became Broken in 2007. Mercer sang backup local record store or your
concert fun. When seeing them
Bells, which released a self- vocals on the tracks “Florida,” friendly neighborhood Internet
at McCoy, the band welcomed
titled debut album on March “Missed the Boat” and the hit download site and pick up or
all the women they could fit
9. The album is a perfect single “We’ve Got Everything.” download a copy of Broken
on stage to join them as they
combination of Burton’s hip- Some tracks off of Broken Bells. It’ll make you feel like
ended the concert with my
hop beats and psychedelic aura, Bells that I highly recommend you’re being transported to
favorite song, “Kiss me I’m
and Mercer’s smooth singing giving a listen to include: “The another dimension. Trust me
shitfaced.”
and strumming on his acoustic High Road,” which actually – I’m listening to it as I’m
This band is just worth
guitar. Right when you blast reached No. 36 on the Billboard finishing this article.
checking out. If you’re a fan of
this record from your speakers Alternative Songs chart when it
Irish music you probably know
about these guys already, but
if not they are a must listen.
These guys are just all-around
talented, and while they may
not be everyone’s cup of tea,
I’ve met a lot of fans of this
band.
If you’re a fan, the
Dropkick Murphys will be
playing the Boston House of
Blues March 12-17, and seeing
these guys live would be the
perfect way to celebrate the
Irish holiday on your Spring
Break. So this St. Patrick’s
Day, raise a pint of stout with
a few old pals and throw on
some Dropkick Murphys. You
won’t be disappointed.
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By Adam D. Bram
Rental Raves
This week’s film is a murder-
mystery turned on its ear by
celebrated writer Neil Simon
Murder by Death
– 1976’s comedy “Murder by
Death.”
Eccentric aristocrat Lionel
Twain (author Truman Capote)
has invited the best detectives
in the world to his mansion for
the weekend: Belgian sleuth
Milo Perrier (James Coco),
hard-boiled American gumshoe
Sam Diamond (Peter Falk),
London’s Jessica Marbles
(Elsa Lanchester), high-society
couple Dick (David Niven)
and Dora Charleston (Maggie
Smith) and Asian investigator
Sydney Wang (Peter Sellers).
They have been gathered
for one purpose: to save their
reputations. Twain states that
one person at the dinner table
will be murdered, and the first
one to solve it gets a million
dollars. They think it will
be a piece of cake, but when
the blind butler Bensonmum
(Alec Guinness) winds up a
decoy body, and the deaf/mute
cook Yetta (Nancy Walker)
disappears entirely, Twain’s
house of mirrors begins to draw
everyone blank.
This film is utterly hilarious,
especially for those who enjoy
mysteries. A lot of people might
have problems with Sellers as
Wang, and he certainly runs
the ethnic stereotype into the
ground on purpose despite
being one of the good guys,
though it does get easier to
handle when the following is
considered: all the characters
are thinly veiled caricatures
of famous literary and screen
detectives. Perrier is Hercule
Poirot, Sam Diamond equals
Sam Spade, Jessica Marbles is
an ersatz Miss Marple and Dick
and Dora Charleston are letters
away from Nick and Nora
Charles.
Wang’s inspiration, Charlie
Chan, was never played by an
actual Asian in his famous film
series, so Sellers’ performance
can be seen as a “take that.” In
fact, that’s what the whole film
seems like. The performances
are wonderful across the board,
with special mention going to
Guinness for just being a damn
good sport if nothing else. If I
had one complaint, it’s that this
film seems far too short, and the
mystery resolved too quickly,
since most of the film is our
introduction to the stellar cast.
Also starring Eileen Brennen
and the first film appearance of
James Cromwell. PG.
Rating: 4/5

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Up-to-date: Naruto 484
By Julie Kessler
Anchor Staff Writer
As a continuation
of my previous
articles, I would like
to keep up-to-date
reviews on the most
current Japanese manga.
Since I have already
briefly described the plot
for Kishimoto’s popular
shonen series “Naruto” in
a previous article, this week
I will jump directly into the
newest issues. Dedicated
fans, be warned: this article
will contain spoilers!
In the last chapter of
“Naruto,” we saw Sasuke
plunging his sword into his
teammate, Karin, as he attempted
to murder an enemy, Danzo. In
the subsequent aftermath, Danzo
is killed, leaving Sasuke, Karin
and Sasuke’s master, Madara,
on the battlefield. Karin, still
breathing, is seen lying on the
ground, badly wounded.  blurred sight. Sakura takes advantage
After subtle prompting from
Madara, Sasuke intends to kill
Karin, as he has no more use for
her. However, just as he is about to
finish her off, Sakura, Sasuke’s former
teammate, arrives claiming that she
wants to join him. Her actual goal is to
get close enough to kill Sasuke; but of
course silly, uncreative Sakura is easily
seen through and, like most women in
the Naruto universe, she is not strong
enough to carry out her mission.
Instead, she is saved by Kakashi, her
teacher, as Sasuke attempts to kill her.
The final panel in the chapter shows
Naruto on his way to the fight.  shows Sakura being saved twice in a
In the most recent issue, Chapter
484, Sasuke and Kakashi begin their
fight. Sasuke is immensely powerful,
despite his being majorly weakened
from his previous fight with Danzo,
and still manages to use an attack that
would weaken him further. Although
Kakashi was just named Hokage, and is
considered one of the strongest ninjas
in the Leaf Village, he is still toe-to-toe
with the weakened Sasuke.   many other shonen authors, Kishimoto
Finally, all of the fighting catches
up with him and Sasuke is shown with
blood dripping from his eye, staring
confusedly with the thought bubble,
“…My vision!” and shown to have
of his momentary weakness, but is still
unable to land a killing blow (because
this is “Naruto-Land,” and therefore
female characters fail to accomplish
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anything). Sasuke is about to kill her
when Naruto finally arrives, saving her
yet again.
As is evident from the previous
paragraph, “Naruto” has been bothering
me lately. The author Kishimoto fails
to deliver even moderately interesting
female characters, always needing
them to be saved by the far-superior
males. The most recent chapters are
perfect examples of what I mean, as it
short period of time.
However, Kishimoto manages
to balance out that batch of
disappointment by finally reuniting
the original members of Team Seven:
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi.
With this chapter acting as a segue,
the author sets a great precedent for,
most likely, a six-month long battle
between Naruto and Sasuke. Like
often orchestrates prolonged battles
that could easily be finished in a few
issues, sometimes stretching them over
many months. I, of course, hope this
battle is short, as Sasuke is injured.
Unfortunately, Sasuke fanboys will
claim that Naruto only won because of
that, so I plead for divine intervention
to avoid that annoying argument.

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The icons of gaming: a character study
By Rob Lefebvre
Anchor Staff Writer
Mario, Link and Sonic: The
three biggest names in video
games. Gamer or not, you have
heard these names, as the media
has been saturated with them.
But, with good reason.
They paved the way when it
came to the gaming world. They
made people want to take them
home. Their games brought us a
new wave of entertainment that
lasts to this day.
But why do we keep coming
back to them? Sure, their
gameplay may intrigue us, but
still, what makes people want to
take control of these characters
again and again. And besides,
are they even really that great to
want to have them keep coming
back? Well, let’s take a closer
look at these characters and try
to find out.
Let’s start with Mario from
“Super Mario Bros.” Created
by Shigeru Miyamoto, he
made his first appearance in the
arcade game “Donkey Kong”
as Jumpman. Eventually he
was given the name Mario in
the sequel, “Donkey Kong Jr.”
Then he starred in the arcade
game “Mario Bros.,” where he
and his debuting brother Luigi
are plumbers who must combat
creatures coming from the
sewers.
But then he comes to the
game series we all know about:
“Super Mario Bros.” In this
game, he embarks on a journey
to rescue Princess Toadstool
from the evil King Koopa.
These names get changed to
Peach and Bowser, respectively,
in forthcoming games.
But who is Mario? Do we
get to know him as a character?
He is supposed to be a plumber
but he’s never fixed a toilet or
replaced a pipe. He certainly
is better suited for fighting for
the kingdom as he learns quite
the array of moves throughout
his games. He’s evolved from
jumping on heads. He also has
great strength, considering he
can knock out enemies 10 times
his size with roundhouse kicks.
As far as his personality
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goes, he doesn’t seem to have
much of one. He clearly doesn’t
have time for a personal life, as
he’s always rescuing Princess
Peach. Sometimes he goes go-
karting and takes part in bad
party games. He did once go on
vacation, but that went south in
a hurry.
But he’s mainly saving
Princess Peach, who never
gives him any lovin’ for his
efforts. He’s constantly rescuing
her sorry butt from Bowser,
but she won’t reward him. The
closest he’s ever been to being
rewarded was in “Super Mario
64” when he got a kiss on the
nose and had a cake baked for
him.
Seriously, he just saved
you and your entire castle
from some dragon/turtle thing
and all he gets is a cake? You
don’t knight him or give him an
award for bravery or put out?
Nothing? Just a cake? OK…
This is really an issue in
“Super Mario Bros. 3,” when
every castle you go to you’re
told, “Thanks but the princess
isn’t here.” You’d think he’d
be fed up by the third or fourth
time and go straight to Bowser’s
castle that’s clearly exuding
evil.
But not Mario. He’s bound
and determined to not get
that reward he’s justly due.
Personally, I don’t think it’s
worth it to keep rescuing a
princess who’s just going to get
kidnapped again five minutes
later. So let’s see if another
character has any hope. Let’s
try Link from “The Legend
of Zelda,” another creation of
Shigeru Miyamoto who made
his debut in 1986.
Now I know some of you
weren’t so fond of my “Ocarina
of Time” review and may be
mad that I’m going to talk
more about him. Well, get your
laptops out and be at the ready
because here I go.
Link is really one of the
more pathetic characters in the
gaming world. But not of his
own fault. He’s always a victim
of circumstance. He’s always in
the wrong place at the wrong
time, he always ends up pitted
against dangerous quests and
evil monsters and sorcerers,
he always gets caught in time
warps that force him back into
childhood, and, let’s face it,
he’s never, ever, going to bang
Princess Zelda.
For 14 games, it’s the same
thing over and over again. Sure,
there are some changes to the
story here and there, but it’s
the same quest. Ganondorf is
evil – supposedly – he’s taking
over Hyrule with the Triforce,
Pincess Zelda is kidnapped,
Link must stop him. Although,
I will give them credit that they
made a new storyline with new
villains in “Spirit Tracks.”
Granted, Link is a pretty
good character. He has some
personality. He’s brave, loyal,
noble, he’d never turn his back
on a friend, he’s always there to
defend, he’s the one whom we
can depend, he’s the one named
Sailor Moon. Yeah, I get it.
The problem is that he’s too
much of these things. So much
so that he keeps falling into
the same routine. When are we
going to see a new dimension to
Link?
And to top it all off, he
never gets any credit for his
work. Think about it, the series
is called “The Legend of Zelda”
when Link does all the work.
That’s just the ultimate kick in
the balls, and he’s taking it.
But there’s one more
character to examine, and that
is Sonic the Hedgehog. Making
his debut in 1991 for the Sega
Genesis and created by Naoto
Oshima, Hirokazu Yasuhara
and Yugi Naka, this blue critter
quickly became Sega’s mascot.
Sonic is always in a constant
battle with Dr. Robotnik, who
is trying to take over the world
with the Chaos Emeralds.
Again, not much time for
a social life. Although he
manages to gain some friends,
like Tails, the double-tailed fox
that follows him around, as well
as the woodland creatures he
keeps freeing.
He even gets a girl at one
point, Amy Rose, only he’s
not very interested. As with
Zelda and Peach, she’s been
kidnapped, but Sonic doesn’t
really care. He only rescues her
because he has to, not because
he wants to.
Sonic manages to have more
dimensions to his personality
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than Link or Mario. He has
thoughts and feelings that aren’t
so heroic, and he’s not afraid
to show it and rub it in his
enemies’ faces.
The only problem with Sonic
is that he hasn’t had a decent
game in over 10 years. After
“Sonic Adventure” there hasn’t
been a respectable mainstream
Sonic game released since, save
for the handheld games that
follow the classic formula.
But to give him credit,
Sonic has tried a lot of different
concepts. He’s been a knight,
taken part in team games, and
he’s been a were-hog. I’d like
to believe that someday the
Sonic Team will come up with
a formula that will work.
So to sum this up, who is the
better character when it comes
to character itself? Well, I
guess I have to give it to Sonic,
because his personality is more
roundabout. Mario and Link
get hopelessly locked in their
struggle to save the princess,
while Sonic does what he wants
when he wants and doesn’t care
what anyone thinks.
Plus, of the three, Sonic is
the only one who had a decent
TV show. No, I don’t mean
that zany “Adventures of Sonic
the Hedgehog” failure, rather
the one simply titled “Sonic
the Hedgehog” that actually
had a plot and well-developed
characters.
And for those of you
wondering why Pac-Man didn’t
make the cut here, while Pac-
Man can be considered the first
video game character, he hasn’t
contributed anything recently
to the gaming world. While his
legacy is strong, he hasn’t done
anything for the longest time.
Now of course, these
characters were created when
games were focused on actual
gameplay and not so much
on story and character. So,
it’s not surprising our favorite
characters don’t have much
character. But still we love their
games and hope that they will
always challenge and entertain
us, even if the characters are the
most boring part.

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Rob lives the Half-Life again
By Robert Lefebvre
Rob’s Game Shelf
Ah, Valve Corporation.
You never let us down. With
games such as “Portal,” “Team
Fortress 2,” “Left 4 Dead”
and the game Jack Thompson
called a terrorist training game,
“Counter-Strike.” But what
really made you famous was the
“Half-Life” series.
Last year, I reviewed “Half-
Life” and mentioned how it
took the gaming world by storm
upon its release, and is one of
the greatest games of all time.
In 2004, the sequel came out
and once again the gaming
community became enthralled.
“Half-Life 2” has become
one of the most critically
acclaimed games of all time for
its great, simplistic gameplay
and compelling narrative. It
was released for the Xbox and
Windows in 2004 and then re-
released in 2007 for the Xbox
360, Windows and PS3 as part
of “The Orange Box.”
The game tells the story
of Gordon Freeman as he
is awoken from some kind
of stasis by the G-man, a
mysterious being who has some
kind of control over Gordon. He
has put him on a train headed to
City 17. It appears the events of
the first game have triggered a
world infestation of the aliens
that have come from the portal
ripped open back in the first
game. A scientist named Dr.
Breen has become the ruler of
Earth in exchange for allowing
humanity to be enslaved by the
Combine, a multidimensional
empire that took advantage of
Earth’s crisis and took over.
Gordon comes to City 17
and discovers the situation. He
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comes across several characters
from the previous games that
have become key figures in the
resistance against the Combine.
After a botched teleportation
to the resistance base, Gordon
ends up being chased by the
Combine across the country
while trying to find a way stop
them once and for all.
“Half-Life 2” is a first-
person shooter. The entire game
is told from Gordon’s point-
of-view. There are no actual
cutscenes, as the story unfolds
while you still control Gordon.
Not once do you lose control of
him.
The gameplay is incredibly
simple. Choosing and operating
weapons are simple single
controls. You also have other
functions you can perform
thanks to the Hazardous
Environment Suit that Gordon
wears. You have a small oxygen
tank for going underwater, an
attached flashlight for going
into dark places and you can
go into a power sprint for some
time.
There are also some
new weapons you obtain.
Unfortunately, none of the alien
weapons that you got to use in
the first game come back, but
you still get an assortment of
great weapons here. One new
weapon you get to use is the
gravity gun, which has to be
one of the greatest weapons in
gaming history. You can grab
any object with it – and I mean
any object that’s lying around
– and hurl it at your enemies at
such a velocity that it kills them
when they’re hit.
One new feature that
comes into the game is
vehicle sections. These end up
becoming the worst part of the
game. Remember back in my
“Halo 3” review when I said
something along the lines of the
vehicle controls being the worst
I had ever played? I take it back.
“Half-Life 2’s” vehicle
controls are the worst I have
ever played. All of the vehicle’s
actions are limited to the right
analog stick. Forward, reverse,
steering, spinning out, brakes
and parking are all left to the
right analog stick. If you’re
holding the stick forward and
twitch it a little to the left, the
vehicle will take it as a left turn
and have you plunging off a cliff
faster than you can say “Black
Mesa.” Good luck if you’re in a
crowded area with it, which you
will be…a lot.
The only functions that
have separate buttons are turbo
speed, the handbrake and the
horn. Seriously, the horn,
the most useless function a
vehicle has in this game, has its
own button. The acceleration
and reverse aren’t important
enough that they may need to
be separate, but the horn is. It
doesn’t even scare enemies
away. If anything, it lets them
know you’re coming.
All right, enough of that
rant. One other aspect of the
game that has received praise
and criticism is the linear
gameplay. This means that there
are no diversions, side goals or
alternative routes throughout
the game. You are just supposed
to plow on through.
The problem is whenever the
characters set a goal, something
goes wrong and they have to
figure out a way around it, like
paths being blocked, important
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devices being destroyed and so
forth. This happens pretty much
throughout the entire game and
there is only one way to solve
the problem. The thing is, it’s
not always clear what that
solution is.
For example, there’s a scene
when I’m in a Combine base
and I have to escape through
some sort of trash compactor.
But I had trouble finding the
way out, and I kept getting
crushed as a result. It turns out
there is a passage somewhat out
of sight that I have to quickly
build objects to climb up on to
reach using the gravity gun.
This actually leads me to
another nitpick I had with
this game. There are several
occasions when you come
across a see-saw puzzle where
you must put objects on one
side of a platform so it will lean
and you can climb it to reach a
higher area. Two or three times
is all right, but there had to be at
least six of these. Okay, we get
it, Valve. You made a working
physics engine. Stop showing
off.
But other than these, I
highly enjoyed this game –
especially the story. There
were some scenes that I really
enjoyed, like towards the end
when the people finally have an
uprising against the Combine.
You run through the city taking
on hordes of Combine soldiers
while other people come along
with you to help fight. I didn’t
feel like I was playing the game;
it felt more like I was a part of
the game.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it
influenced the uprising scene in
“Children of Men.” Awesome
movie, by the way; if you
haven’t seen it, see it.
Bottom line, I think “Half-
Life 2” is good. In fact, I
think it’s top notch. A great
story, simple-yet-effective
gameplay (despite its downfall
with vehicle controls) and an
amazing and unique setting. If
you have not played this game,
put down “Aliens vs. Predator,”
get your butt back to the game
store and get it, because you’re
long overdue.
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are going to the Sweet 16!

RIC students and friends are invited to cheer
on the Anchormen as they enter the next phase
of the NCAA Tournament.
Tickets will go on sale at The Murray Center
Tuesday 12PM to Thursday 11AM.

$7.00 RIC Students

$10.00 Non Students
PRICES INCLUDE BUS TICKETS!
Buses will be leaving The Murray Center @ 2:30PM
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Softball prepares to
continue dynasty
By Andrew Augustus
Sports Editor
As men’s basketball
continues their dynasty, another
Rhode Island College athletic
program looks to continue on
one of their own. I am talking
about the Rhode Island College
softball team – the regular
season champs for the last five
seasons and LEC tournament
champs the last four.
The dominance over the past
seasons has opened the eyes of
the media, as they have Rhode
Island College ranked as No. 17
in the country for Division III
softball. Last year the team did
not graduate a single player, but
that doesn’t mean the team is
the same. Four freshmen made
it though tryouts and had the
talent to get on to the team.
When asked about making
the team, freshman Outfielder
Kristina Gingell said, “As a
freshman I’m really looking
forward to the experience this
year and hope to contribute
anyway I can.”
Freshman catcher Jamie
Vesciglio added, “I’m excited
to play for a team that’s so
good and that has such a good
record.”
Last season, the team
continued their dominance
after they won their fourth-
straight tournament title. A key
part in that title was standout
sophomore shortstop Donielle
Mattoon. Mattoon returns this
year as a junior and looks to
repeat her season from last year,
which earned her the honor of
team MVP.
“Well, I believe we learned
a lot from last year’s turnout in
regionals and we are prepared to
do whatever it takes to get back
to the nationals,” said Mattoon.
Having returned most
members of last year’s team,
the Anchorwomen will look
to their seniors for guidance.
Senior outfielder Jackie Dube
said, “I’m excited to see what
this season brings to the team.
It’ll be challenging so we have
to remain focused and work
together. Going into the season
ranked 17th is rewarding from
our past years, but we have to
work harder if we want to go
further. Being our last year, us
seniors want it all and we have
the team to do it.”
The team will start their
campaign down in Florida at
the 2010 NTC spring games.
The first home game for the
Anchorwoman will be on March
27at 1 p.m. in a double header
against Bates College. Come
out and watch history in the
making as the Anchorwomen
look to claim their sixth-straight
regular season title and fifth-
straight tournament title. Anchor Photo/Alex Hoffman
RIC softball practices for Florida tournament.

Anchorwomen
gymnastics places third
By Mohsin Siddiqui
Anchor Staff Writer
After taking a week off,
the Rhode Island College
gymnastics team travelled to
Springfield College to face
off against Yale University
and Springfield. In the end,
the Anchorwomen finished in
third place. Even though the
team finished in last against
Division I Yale and major
ECAC contender Springfield,
the team had many standouts in
the meet.
One would have to be Alana
Henderson,who finished fourth
in the all-around category with
a total 34.6 points. The event
Anchor Photo/Jesus Mendoza
Henderson excelled at was
the vault, where she received
a score of 9.05. Sophomore
Courtney Winsor received the
highest for the vault with a
score of 9.15.
The next event the
Anchorwomen took on
was the bars. Leading the
Anchorwomen charge was
Henderson, who earned an 8.15
score after she completed her
routine. Behind her was Senior
Elizabeth Glaunt, who earned a
score of 8.0.
After the bars, RIC moved
over to the beam. The beam has
always been a strong point for
the team, and that didn’t change
at Springfield. Senior Kelly
Longo led the Anchorwomen
charge by finishing eighth
overall with a score of 8.85.
Henderson continued her
versatile charge by earning an
8.4 score.
The final event for RIC
was the floor. Glaunt recived
the highest score for the
Anchorwomen when she
recived a 9.275 on the floor,
putting her overall score at
34.275. For Henderson, she
had a beautiful routine that
received a score of 9.0 for her
to attain her final score of 34.6.
Up next for the gymnasts
is the ECAC Championship in
Brockport, N.Y. on March 13 at
1 p.m.

Kate Bachelder finishes a handstand on the beam.

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throws. It would prove to be the
first of four ties in the first half
as the two squads went back
and forth in the first stanza.
RIC went up by four
points, 14-10, to enjoy their
largest advantage of the half
on a Grimes layup. The Scarlet
Raiders then went on a 5-1
run, paced by three free throws
Follow the RIC
from Johnson and a Singleton
layup to knot the contest at 15-
15 with 10:17 remaining in the
Anchormen and first half.
Rutgers-Newark
fire offensively, going on a
caught
Anchorwomen 13-3 run, building up a first-
half high, 10-point lead, 28-
as they dominate
18, with 6:03 left. RIC battled
right back to pull within two
points, 28-26, with 4:24 left.
the competition! A Gray 3-pointer, layup by
Debnam, and a 3-point play the
old-fashioned way by Grimes
paced the Anchormen attack.
Rutgers-Newark continued to
Basketball
hold off the Anchormen over
the final minutes of the half, as
RIC could never gain enough
momentum to take the lead.
Gymnastics RIC sophomore center Mike
Akinrola banked in a layup
with 40 seconds left to bring
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sports@anchorweb.org Sophomore center Mike Akinrola scored four points off the bench against
Rutgers-Newark and 11 points the next night against Middlebury.
the Anchormen within a single
point at the break, 37-36.
The Scarlet Raiders
continued to keep the
Anchormen from overtaking
their lead in the second half
by playing solid defense. With
RIC down by one, 48-47,
Gray nailed a jumper to give
the Anchormen their first lead
since early in the first half.
Grimes followed Gray’s lead
with a jump shot of his own to
make the score, 51-48, at the
10:16 mark.
The Anchormen dominated
the final 10 minutes of the
game, pulled in front, and
never looked back as a jumper
by Gray sparked a 16-3 run
for the Anchormen, who built
a game-high 13-point, 67-54
lead with just 1:30 remaining
in the contest. Gray and Choice
keyed the outburst with six
points apiece. Debnam and
Grimes each sank a pair of free
throws.
Johnson attempted to rally
the veteran Scarlett Raiders,
scoring four points in the final
minute, but Rutgers-Newark
never got closer than seven
points, as RIC pulled away for
a 12-point, 72-60 victory.
“We were down at halftime,
but we went on a huge run,
took the lead back in the
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second half, and held on for the
win. Jake Grimes and Antone
Gray were huge for us today.
They dominated this game,”
Akinrola said.
With the victory, the
Anchormen advanced to the
second round of the Division
III National Championship
Tournament. The Anchormen
scored a major upset in the
second round, defeating
Middlebury College, the ninth-
ranked squad in Division
III basketball this season
according to d3hoops.com, 75-
59.
Anchormen Notes…
RIC has won their first
round game and advanced to
the second round in three of the
last four seasons under Head
Coach Bob Walsh…It was
the eighth-straight win for the
Anchormen (21-7), who have
not lost since Feb. 2…The
Scarlet Raiders (20-8), who
were making their program’s
first-ever NCAA Tournament
appearance, saw their season
come to an end…Junior Carl
Lee (7 points) and sophomore
Mike Akinrola (4) also scored
in the NCAA Division III first-
round victory for RIC.
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Panthers was freshman guard
Jake Wolfin, who scored 13.
Junior All-American center
Andrew Locke scored nine
points for the Panthers, and
continued to display his shot-
blocking prowess and dominant
defense in the paint, recording a
game-high four blocks.
With Locke, the NCAA
Division III leader in blocked
shots during the regular season
(110 blocks) stationed under the
basket, the Anchormen relied on
their superior outside shooting
to jump out to the early lead.
RIC opened the game with a
flawless 11-1 run through the
first 5:02 of the contest, stunning
the Middlebury home crowd of
over 1,100 raucous fans. The
Anchormen kept Middlebury
without a basket on defense,
and drained three trifectas
during the opening minutes as
Choice, Manson and freshman
guard William Williams each
nailed a three.
After a pair of free throws
from Lee stretched the RIC
lead to 13 points, 18-5, the
shots finally began to fall
for the Panthers on offense.
Wolfin splashed back-to-back
3-pointers on consecutive
possessions to cut the
Anchormen’s lead down to 18-
11, with 9:11 remaining in the
first half.
Gray and Wolfin traded
layups before Akinrola came
off the bench and took it right
at Locke and Sharry in the paint
for a right-hand layup. On the
next RIC possession, Akinrola
was left unguarded at the top
of the key, and buried his first
3-pointer of the season to give
the Anchormen a double-digit
lead, 25-14.
Middlebury cut the lead to
just under 10 points for the final
time in the first half with two
free throws from senior Captain
Tim Edwards, but they could
get no closer, as RIC closed
out the final four minutes of
the half on a 10-4 run, led by
back-to-back 3-point baskets
by Manson and junior Captain
Darius Debnam on RIC’s final
two possessions to take a 37-22
lead into halftime.
“They were both huge
3-point shots Nick hit for us
tonight in the first half. He’s a
natural gun; everybody knows
he walked onto our team last
year. I didn’t play him at all,
I never game him any time,
and that was my mistake. He
does everything right. He’s
extremely tough, and he’s got
that gun locked and loaded
at all times. I thought tonight
he had something special in
him, and I knew if we got him
open for some looks tonight
he would bury them. He never
hesitates, and I love that about
him.” Walsh said in a postgame
interview with WXIN.
The Anchormen shot 44
percent (13-for-29) from the
field, connected on 6 of 11
from downtown and 5 of 6
from the free throw line, while
out-rebounding their hosts, 22-
19, over the first 20 minutes.
Conversely, Middlebury
struggled to get rolling
offensively, shooting just 21
percent (8-for-30) from the field
and 15 percent (2-for-15) from
3-point range.
RIC came out of the locker
room on fire, going on a 7-4
run to start the second half,
taking their largest lead of the
game, 18 points (44-26) with
18:34 remaining. The Panthers
responded with an 8-0 run of
their own started by a Locke
dunk, capped off by a layup
from Sharry in transition to cut
the lead to just 10 points, 44-34.
Walsh then called a timeout.
With their home crowd
re-energized, Middlebury
battled back into the game,
but the Anchormen displayed
tremendous poise on the road,
hitting a number of clutch
shots to keep the Panthers from
getting close enough to tie the
game in the second half. RIC
freshman forward Steve Roberts
backed down Sharry in the paint
forcing him to foul, and Roberts
rattled home two free throws to
push the lead up to 13 points,
54-42, with just over 11 minutes
remaining in the contest.
Five-straight points from
a hard-working Sharry pulled
the Panthers to within eight,
55-47, and a Wolfin layup
made it a seven-point deficit,
56-49, with 8:54 left in the
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game. Middlebury freshman
guard Nolan Thompson cut the
lead to six points with a layup,
but Choice responded with a
3-pointer for RIC, to give the
Anchormen a nine-point, 63-54
lead.
In the final five minutes,
the Anchormen turned to Gray
once again to take over the
game. Gray split two defenders,
and shot past Locke to the
basket for an uncontested layup
to put the Anchormen back up
by double digits, 69-58, with
4:36 remaining. Gray knocked
down two clutch free throws
on the next possession in front
of a hostile Middlebury crowd
that was doing all they could
to distract him. Sharry netted a
layup in transition after Gray’s
free throws, but it would be the
final meaningful basket of the
game for the Panthers, as they
missed five of their final six
shots.
Gray recorded a steal on the
next possession and lobbed it
ahead to Lee, who threw it down
for an incredible right-hand
slam-dunk. The Anchormen
strangled the life out of
Middlebury, and were able
to kill any hopes of a Panther
comeback by collecting three
offensive rebounds on their next
possession before Gray was
fouled with just 1:32 remaining.
Gray stroked two free throws,
and senior guard Jake Grimes
put the exclamation point on
upset victory for the Anchormen
RIC Head Coach Bob Walsh rallies his squad
during a recent game at the Murray Center.
with a steal and breakaway two-
hand slam after another Panther
missed 3-pointer. Wolfin closed
the scoring with a jumper, and
Gray dribbled out the final
33 seconds as RIC defeated
Middlebury, 75-59.
“I told our team that kid
[Locke] is a big-time defender;
it’s like having a goalie. He had
13 blocks in their first-round
game the other night and I said,
‘Guys, if we are going win this
game I want him to have 15. Go
after him. If you get a chance
cram it on him. If he blocks it,
so what, try to crush it on him
again, ’” Walsh said.
“I told Carl Lee, I don’t
know if you’ve listened to me
all year, but you were listening
to me there, and now you have
a bloody nose to show for it,”
the victorious RIC head coach
added. “I wanted our guys to
have that mentality that we
weren’t going to back down,
we weren’t going to be afraid.
It was great to see Carl go up
there and crush it on [Locke].”
On to the next one
RIC (22-7) will face
Brandeis (21-6) with a chance
to reach the Elite Eight for
the second time in four years
on Fri., Mar. 12 at sectional
host Williams (27-1). Tip-off
is scheduled for 6 p.m. If RIC
defeats Brandeis, they will face
the winner of the SUNYIT
versus Williams matchup on
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Sat., Mar. 13 at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the Brandeis
game will go on sale on Tues.,
Mar. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Murray
Center athletic office at RIC.
RIC will be sending a fan
bus to Friday’s game, which
is expected to sell out. Ticket
prices, which include a seat
on the bus, are $10 for adults
and $7 for students. Game
ticket prices, not including bus
transportation, are $7 for adults
and $4 for students.
Tune in to RIC Radio 90.7
WXIN and Anchor TV for live
coverage of the RIC versus
Brandeis matchup on Fri., Mar.
12.
Anchormen Notes…
RIC shot 48 percent (26
for 54) from the field, made 8
of 18 from three-point range
and sank 15 of 19 from the free
throw line…Through the first
two rounds, RIC has made 35
of 43 from the charity stripe…
Middlebury shot 40 percent (24
for 60) from the field, went stone
cold from downtown hitting just
2 of 22, and made just 9 of 17
from the free throw line in the
loss…Senior Jake Grimes (4
points), junior Darius Debnam
(5), freshman Steve Roberts (4)
and freshman William Williams
(3) also scored for RIC in their
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RIC upsets Middlebury
College to become a
Cinderella in the making
The Anchormen took down
the Panthers 75-59 to earn
a spot in the Sweet 16.
By George Bissell
Anchor Staff Writer
The Rhode Island College
Anchormen basketball team
began writing the script for
the biggest Cinderella story in
the tournament, upsetting the
heavily favored Middlebury
College Panthers 75-59
in the second round of the
NCAA Division III National
Championship Tournament on
Sat., Mar. 8.
“It feels pretty good to be
in the Sweet 16; this team has
come such a long way since
Junior Forward Carl Lee, shown in this file photo, scored a team-high 15 points off the bench against Middlebury College.
December. We just have a
bunch of really talented players,
everybody knows that. We’ve
just learned to trust each other,
and believe in each other, and
we played terrific tonight. We
have had a lot of wins since I’ve
been at Rhode Island College,
and I don’t know if there’s been
one better than this,” said RIC
Head Coach Bob Walsh in a
postgame interview with RIC
Radio WXIN.
RIC junior guard Antone
Gray continued his stellar
play in the NCAA tournament,
finishing with 12 points, five
rebounds and five assists,
while fellow starters junior
Nick Manson (11 points) and
sophomore forward Mason
Choice (10 points, five boards
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and five assists) scored in
double digits, as well.
The decisive factor in the
Anchormen’s victory was
the scoring off the bench
from junior forward Carl Lee
and sophomore center Mike
Akinrola. Lee finished with
15 points, six rebounds, two
blocks and two steals. Lee
knocked down 4 of 6 from the
field and 7 of 10 from the free
throw line. Akinrola scored 11
points on 5 of 8 shooting in just
15 minutes off the bench.
Middlebury College was led
by sophomore forward Ryan
Sharry, who scored a game-
high 25 points. The only other
player in double figures for the
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Anchormen sink
Rutgers-Newark
in opening round
By George Bissell
Anchor Staff Writer
Junior guard Antone Gray
and senior backcourt mate
Jake Grimes scored 19 points
each to lead the Rhode Island
College Anchormen basketball
team past the Rutgers-Newark
Scarlett Raiders, 72-60, in
first round action of the 2010
NCAA Division III Men’s
Basketball Tournament
at Middlebury College in
Vermont on Fri, Mar. 5.
Sophomore forward
Mason Choice and junior
Captain Darius Debnam also
scored in double figures for
the Anchormen with 12 and
11 points, respectively. The
Scarlett Raiders had only
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two players with double-digit
points in the loss, senior guard
James Johnson (20 points)
and senior forward Deshawn
Singleton (16).
“It was a really hard-
fought, tough win against
a really good team,” RIC
Head Coach Bob Walsh said
afterwards. “We only gave up
eight field goals in the second
half. I’m really proud of how
tough we played.”
Rutgers-Newark opened
the game with back-to-back
buckets by Singleton to take
a 4-0 lead. The Anchormen
responded quickly, tying the
game with a basket from
Choice and two Grimes free
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